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are otherwise made.
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BltVAit A OICKF.N,
ATTORNEYS AT LAW,
McDonough, Ga.
Will practice in the counties composing
the Flint Judicial Circuit, the Supreme Court
*f Georgia and the United States District
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ATTORNEY AT LAW,
McDonough, G*.
Will practice in the counties composing
the Flint Circuit, the Supreme Court of
Georgia, and the United States District
Court. marl6-ly
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ATTORNEY AT LAW,
McDonough, G*.
Will practice in all the Courts of Georgia
Special attention given to commercial and
other collections. Wili attend all the Courts
at Hampton regularly. Office upstairs over
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J F. W ALL,
ATTORNEY AT LAW,
McDonough, Ga .
Will practice in the counties composing the
Flint Judicial Circuit, and the Supreme and
District Courts of Georgia. Prompt attention
giv")n to collections. octs-’79
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‘ ATTORNEY AT LAW,
McDonough, Ga.
Will practice in all the counties compos
ing the Flint Circuit, the Supreme Court of
Georgia and the United States District
Court. janl-ly
Jj A. PEEBLES,
ATTORNEY AT LAW,
Hampton, Ga,
Will practice in all the counties composing
the Flint Judicial Circuit, the Supreme Court
of Georgia and the District Court of the
United States. Special and prompt atten
tion given to Collections, Get 8, 1888
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Gkiffin, Ga.
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Atlanta, Ga,
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VC ® GRAY
THE LAMP IN THE W INDOW.
Placed There by a Child, It Reunites
His Father and Mother.
The life-saving departments of somo
countries keep a careful record of the
lives lost upon each coast, but it would
be difficult to estimate the number of
lives saved by a lighthouse. The people
living near a town, however, will often
toll you of vessels, and even give the
names of individuals, preserved by the
light. There is a lighthouse near a vil
lage upon the Canadian shore of Lake
Ontario that has had as great a part in
the lives of some upon tho land as it
eould lmvo in that of any mariner. Re
fore tho lighthouse was built a young
couple lived in a cottage overlooking tho
town. One day they quarreled, and,
smarting under bis wife’s sharp words,
the husband went away. She repented
before he was out of sight, but was too
proud to call to him. She thought lie
would soon return, but he did not come
back, and the baby in tho cradle grew
to be a boy of seven. But he could not
run about and play, for bo was acripplo,
and tho neighbors took their sewing to
her and she stayed in the cottage, always
sewing except when she was doing some
thing to entertain the boy. When the
lighthouse was built he was delighted,
for he could watch it from his window,
and when the light was shown his joy
knew no hounds. It was a companion to
him, for often in the long night when ho
could not sleep {or pain he would look
out upon it. Ono day ho asked his
mother if he could keep a lighthouse
too, and so to please the child, she fitted
up a little window, and every- night when
the light from the great tower flushed
out, tho lamp in tho cottage window was
lighted and kept just as faithfully. Tho
husband was wandering nbout, never
very prosperous, never I Hippy, and ut
last ho grow very ill. He thought that
before he died he would like to go hack
and take one more look at his old homo,
and perhaps get a glimpse at his wife as
she went about her work. 11c reached
the place late at night, and when he saw
tho light in tho window he thought it
could mean but one thing, that his wifo
had put it there, so if by- vhance he saw
it ho would know that she wanted him to
return, and in the morning she found him
fainting upon tho doorstep and very ten
derly nursed him back to health again.
When tho father had nearly recovered
the boy died. liis life-work was finished
and there was no need of Lis suffering
any more. Before his little life went
out, he gave to his father tho lamp in the
window, and upon his mother he be
stowed his possessions in tho great light
over the water, for company if she should
be wakeful in tho night or left alone
again. She has never been alone since,
and the years that have passed have been
very prosperous ones. People sometimes
wonder that the fine house is not more
conveniently located, hut the mother
never wants a room except where tho
windows look out upon the light-house.
And in a beautiful cabinet is preserved
the iittle lamp locked away from the eye*
of the curious and indifferent, as ono
keeps in his heart a great sorrow or a
great love.—[Detroit Free Press.
Tattooing Burmese.
Of all Burmese customs ono of the
most singular is that of tattooing one
person from the waist to below the knees
with figures in black ink. Every man in
the whole of Burmuh is thus adorned;
aud, unless the skin be unusually dark,
he looks at a little distance as if lie were
clothed in a tight-fitting pair of knee
breeches, says the Baltimore Sun. This
"mark of manhood,” which is usually
conferred when the sulije t is between
twelve and fourteen years of age, is a
very painful one, and the agony, which
must necessarily be of the most intense,
is often prolonged from three days to a
week.
The subject, stupefied with opium, lies
insensible to the pain, while one figure
after another gradually appears on the
skin. The instrument used by the tat
toocr in doing this dainty work is a brass
rod nearly two feet in length and one
half inch in diameter, weighted sit the
top with a little ornamental figure and
provided at the other end with a hollow
point, divided into four very sharp
points by cross slits. Deep as the points
of this stylus sink into the flesh they
seldom draw blood, but the limbs and
body soon swell in a manner that would
alarm any one who did not know what
the final result would lie.
A »w View of the Wild Parsnip.
It is Profossor Power, of Madison,
YVis., who is credited with claiming,
after a series of investigations, that the
parsnip is never poisonous. As report
has it, recent investigations show that
neither the cultivated parsnip in its sec
ond stage of growth, nor the wild parsnip
is poisonous. The belief that the par
snip is ever poisonous is caused by the
fact that there is another root, closely
resembling the parsnip, and poisonous,
that has been mistaken for it. 1 his is
contrary to the popular opinion, which
regards the wild parsnip as rank jeiison.
—[New York World.
M’DONOUGH. GA.. FRIDAY, JULY 8, 1892.
PROHIBITIONISTS
Hold Their National Convention at
Cincinnati.
DELEGATES FROM EVERY STATE IN TUB
UNION IN ATTENDANCE—PROCEED
INGS OF THE CONVENTION.
The National prohibition convention
met it Cincinnati Wednesday. Chair
man Dickie, of the national committee,
called the meeting to order, and intro
duced Dr. J. G. Evans, of Bedding col
lege, 111., who opened the convention
with prayer, in the course of which he
entreated that rum be driven from the
country and that the saloon cease to exist.
A number of belated delegates sought
seats after the prayer, and the Silver
Lake quartet, of New York state, ren
dered a temperance selection while order
was being restored. They received an
encore. Rev. Dr. Lockwood, of Cin
cinnati, then on behalf of the city
and the state of Ohio, welcomed
the delegates. Professor Dickie res
ponded to the addresses. He
closed by naming ex-Governor St. John
as temporary chairman. Wild cheering
and the waving of flags and handker
chiefs greeted the mention of the name
of ex-Governor St. John. The shouting
was renewed again and agaiu as the noted
Kansan stepped forward and assumed the
gavel and addressed the convention. His
closing words, "What is the pleasure of
the convention?” elicited the prompt re
sponse from numerous voices: "We want
St John for president.” The name of
A. F. Wolfenbarger, of Nebraska, for
secretary, and a list of assistant secreta
ries and sergeauts-at-arms selected by the
national committee met no opposition.
THE FIRST DISCUSSION.
The first in the convention oc
curred over the question of adopting the
temporary rules prepared by the national
committee. I hese provided that only
delegates present should be entitled to
vote. This would have deprived a num
ber of far-off states, especially tho o in the
extreme sou:h, a part of their represent
ation in the temporary organization, as
all their delegates could not come on ac
count of the expense. Mr. J. B. Cranfill,
of Texas, took the lead in behalf of these
delegates. He said that if that rule were
adopted it would leave the control of the
convention in states around Cincinnati.
It would cost $3,500 to send the thirty-five
delegates of Texas to Cincinnati, and they
could not afford it. The temporary rules
would probably be the permanent rules.
He moved that each delegation have the
right to cast its full vote whether all the
delegates were present or not. After a
lively tilt Mr. Cranfill carried his
amendment on a rising vote, and then
the rules with this amendment wore
adopted. The roll of states was called
; for the announcement of committee
• membership, and then the convention
adjourned until 4 o’clock, after giving
directions to the committee to proceed at
once to the work assigned them. The
most interest centered in the member
ship of the platform committee and the
New Nation commiltee.
AFTERNOON SESSION.
At the afternoon session the committee
on credentials reported 972 delegates
present, Louisiana and South Carolina,
being the only states not represented.
The presentation of the report of the
committee on permanent organization
recommending O donel Ritter, of In
dianapolis. for permanent chairman and
Sam Small for permanent secretary and
reinstat ng the rule voted down in the
morning giving states’ votes only for
delegates present, was tho signal
for a fight. Mr. Small presented
a minority report recommending that
each state delegation be permitted to cast
the full vote to wnich it is entitled. He
made a vigorous speech in favor of the
minority report and protested against
depriving these states of their full vote as
monumental injustice. The minority re
poit was defeated by a vote of 350 to 72,
and the majority report was adopted, so
that absent delegates will have no vote.
The convention then adjourned until 8
o’clock p. m. The following national
executive committee was selected : Chair
man, Dickie; vice chairman, John P. St.
John, of Kansas; secretary, W. C. War
dell, New York; treasurer, Samuel D.
Hastings, Wisconsin; additional members,
Helen Gougar, Indiana; J. H. Tate. Ten
nessee; A. A. Stevens, Pennsylvania.
Notwithstanding the gossip that tho
headquarters would be changed to Chi
cago, the committee then chose New
York for another four years. Song and
prayer by Rev. David Tatum, a Quaker
preacher, of Chicago, opened the even
ing session. Colonel Ritter, of Indiana,
who was selected for permanent chair
man, was escorted to the platform to
succeed Governor St. John as presiding
officer. Speech-making took up the time
of the evening session.
SECOND DAT.
The southern question broke out before
the prohibition convention had been in
session five minutes Thursday, the cause
being a speech made by Mrs. Gougar at
Wednesday night’s meeting, which was
largely made of a story about the sale of
a negro child at a slavery auction block,
the application being made from slavery
to drink. The speech caused indigna ion
oc the part of a Dumber of southerners,
and at the first opportunity Thursday
Mr. W. W. Gibbs, of Virginia, was on
his feet and offered the following rcsolu
lion: ‘•Whereas, The prohibition party
is not a sectional party, but a national
party; whereas, The issues of tho late
civil war are settled, and se’tled forever;
therefore resolved, 'That it is the sense of
the convention that speakers who are ac
corded the honor of addressing the con
vention be requested to refrain from un
necessary reference to illustrations th it
could be considered reflective on partici
pan s on the last struggle.
After considerable wrangling. Chair
man Dickie, of the national committee,
t'ien introduced Dr. Evans, of Abingdon,
111., who presented a plea for contribu
lions to e iable the national committee to
prosecute i s work. They needed money,
oe ssid, not for “blocks of five,” but t
keep up the contest against the liqu u
rraffi '. Tbousand-dollar subscriptions
vere made by Tne Voice, the prohibilio
ngin, and W. F Wardwell, of New
York, secretary of the national prohibi
tion executive committee. Through sev
1 rat lndtv.duals ilhe sine ot Uensyivama
gave $1,200; Virginia, SI,OO i; Illinois,
$1,000; Miunesoti and Tennessee, 3000
ach; Massachusee s, Colorado, Ken
tucky, California, Wisconsin and New
Jersey, SSOO each Tftere were several
individual subscriptions of SSOO each.
New York state g ive SI,OOO to the na
tional committee laud raised a considera
ble amount in addition for state work.
Gathering of suhscribtions was vigorously
pushed and enough small subscriptions
were finully recod ed to swell the total
ainouut to $20,00:’, or $.5,000 more than
four years ago. The co.iventi >n adjourn
ed until 2 o'clock, just as the platform
committee su ceeded at la t in tempora
rily getting by th silver plank.
When the convention re issctnbled at
2 o’clock, two rep irts from the platform
committee were su Knitted. That of tho
naj >rity was adopted, after being amend
ed in two patticul s, and after a great
deal of excited discussion. The platform
savs:
The liquor trafflo 1* a fon to civilization, the
arch enemy of popu'f.r government mid e pub
ic miisanoe. It is the citadel of the forces i hat
corrupt polities, promote poverty and crime,
degrade the nation’s hom • life, thwai t the Will
of the people and will deliver our c iun ry into
ho han Isof r ip.ioiod-i class interests. Ail laws
hat imdei the gmse yf r gulation legalize and
protect this traffic Or nuke the government
s are in its ill-go’ten gains, are vicious in prin
ciple and powerless a. a remedy.
We declare anow for the enliro suppression
of the manufacture, sale and importation, ex
portation and transmutation of alcoholic liquors
as a beverage by federal and state legislation,
ami the full powers of the government should
Pr exerted to Be ure tnis result. Any party that
f its to recognize the dominant nature of this
is.ne in American politics is undeserving the
support of the pe; >ple
5. No citizen shoulr be denied the right to
vote on account of sc and equal lalior should
receive equal wages v ohout regard to sox.
3. Tho money of t’ :e oott .trv. compos 'd of
gold, silver and paper should be issued bv the
general government t ily, and in no sufficient
quantities to meet tht demands of busin"ssand
give full opportunity for theemploymout of la
bor. To tins end an u rease in bn volume of
money is demanded, and uo individuil or cor
poration should be all 'Wad to make any profit
through its issue. ], should be made legal
tender for the payraet t of all debts, publio and
private. Its volume mould be fixed at a defi
nite sum p-r capita at I made to increase with
our increase in popuhi ion
4. We favor free an unlimited coinage of
silver aud gold.
(This fourth plank was s'ricken out by tho
convention by a vote of 596 to 333.)
Tariff should be evie.l only as defense
against for. ign governments which levy tariff
upon or bar ont our pios'uets from their mar
kets, the revenue bein ; incidental. The resi
due of the means neces-ary to an economical
administration of tho government should lie
raised by levying the burden on what the poo
ple possess, instead of what we eousutne.
Then follow declarations in favor of
government control of railroads, telegraph
and other public corporations, and strin
gent imm'grntion and naturaliz ition laws,
ngaist alien ownership of lands in the
United Stales, favo: ing a legal day of
rest, arbitration, beral pensions and
public schools witlihe English language
alone,agamst msrgHWffrdilution and mob
law, and the arraignment of both old
parties for a loug catalogue of sins. To
ihis was atlded from the minority report
the following:
Recognizing and declaring that the prohibi
tion of the liquor trafflo has become the domi
nant issue in national politics, we invite to fit 1
party fellowship all hogo who, on this one
dominant issue are with us, agreed in the full
belief that this party can aud wi 1 remove sec
tional differences, promote national unity and
insure the best welfare of our entire land-
This ad itional plank was at once voted
down along with the balance of the mi
nority platlorm, hut its failure came near
causing a large number of delegates to
abandon the convention and it was recon
sidered and addi d to the pla form as
adopted. Discussion upon it developed
great heat and confusion, and there
seemed danger of another schism. Then
the following resolution, offered by Rev.
U G. Evans, of Abingdon, 111., was car
ried :
Resolved, That we favor a liberal ap
propriation by tho federal government
for the world’s Columbian exposition, but
only on condition that the sale of intoxi
cating liquors on the grounds he prohib
ited, and that the exposition be kept
closed on Sunday.
NIOnT BEBBION.
Immediately after the opening prayer
at the night session, the nominating
speeches promptly began. Ex Governor
John P. St. John, at the request of the
Californis delegation, w»( given the floor
first to place before the convention the
natno of General John Bidwoll, of Cali
fornia. Speeches seconding Bidwell
oontinued until New York was reached,
when W. Jennings Demurest was placed
in nomination. L. B. Logan, of Ohio,
put in nomination Gideon T. Stewart.
Though only three candidates wore
named for the first place, innumerable
nomtnaing and seconding speeches
lasted until nearly midnight. On the
first ballot, at two minutes to midnight,
General John Bidwell, of California, was
nominated t) head the national prohibi
tion ticket. The totals, beforo any
changes or corrections were made, stood
582 for Bidwell, 184 for Stewart,l42 for
Demorest and three for Ba«com, 487 being
necessary to a choice.
AN IRISH STEW.
I)r. Tanner is Mobbed While Attempt
ing to Make a Speech.
Advices from Dublin, Ireland, state
that on Thursday, Dr. Tanner, protected
by 100 policemen, attemp’ed to address
a political meeting at Tu-im. The Par
nellites seized the speaker’s platform be
fore the arrival of the Tannerites. Dr.
Tanner made determined efforts to get on
the platform, but each time was knocked
down. Finally the platform was pulled
down and Tanner was caught beneath
Then a free fight, and fun waxed fast and
furious. The situation became so dan
gerous that the police were compelled tc
charge the mob with drawn swordg.
This had the desired eff ct and the m >b
dispersed.
TAILORS WALK OUT.
One Thonsandof Them Dissatisfied with
“Task” Work.
One thousand coat tailors in Bdtimore
went on a strike Thursday morning in an
effort to free themselves from "ta-k”
work. Heretofore each tailor has been
allotted a certain amount of work by the
contractors to be done in a day. Some
time* to finish this, it is claimed, they
had to work fourteen to sixteen hours.
The men want to work ten hours a day
with reasonable wages and weekly pay
day.
NEWS IN GENERAL.
Happenings of the Day Cniled from Onr
Telegraphic and Cable Dispatches.
WnAT IS TKANSPiRING THROUGHOUT OUU
OWN COUNTRY, AND NOTES OF INTER
EST FROM FOREIGN LANDS.
The ship Peter Stewart struck off Clie
boyne Point, N. 8., Monday, and drown
e l three pers ns.
The national convention of representa
tives of the colored race assembled at
Cincinnati Monday morning at 11 o’clock.
In a balloon ascension in Boston, Mon
day, the elements were unpropitious.
I lie balloon fell into the bay. Two men
were killed and one is dying.
The president has decided to appoint
Col nel Robert Williams, senior a-sist
ant adjutant general, to be adjutant gen
eral of the army, vice Gen. J. C. Ivellon,
retired.
Four men were killed while at work
Thursday afternoon laying a siono abut
ment to a railroad bridge at Providence,
B. I. The bank above them caved in,
completely burying them.
A telegram from Lima, 0., says: A
tornado pissed through this sec
tion at 1 o’clock Saturday morning. At
Foraker several houses were blown over
and three barns were unroofed. The
cyclone did $50,000 damage near Bluff
ton.
News comes from Elreno, Oklahoma,
that the influx of negroes has so incensed
ttie white portion of Cleveland county,
which is principally made up of citizens
of Texas, that they have commenced the
old “koklux” methods of driving the
black settlers out.
A cablegram of Thursday says: The
steamer Spaiirndam from from Rotterdam
June 20th, passed the after part of a sail
ing vessel. Only the white rail was to
be seen of the quarter deck. This un
doubtedly is the Fred B. Taylor, which
was cut down by tho Trave Juno 22d.
The Sealers’ Association of British Co
lumbia, received Sunday a lengthy dis
patch from Ottawa, reporting the seizure
of the British steamer Coquillou at Post
Etches. The matter has been placed in
the governor general’s hands and imme
diate steps will be taken to have the ves
sel released.
A London cablegram of Monday says:
The hull of the City of Chicago has been
examined by a diver, who reports that
the steamer is firmly caught on the jagged
rocks, and is in n much damaged condi
tion. Tho steamers sent by the Inman
line from Liverpool nro preparing for an
attempt to pull tho Chicago into deep
water.
A Paris cablegram of Wednesday states
that public feeling regarding the charges
against Captain Borup, late military
attache of the legation, is be
ginning to quiet down. There is a gen
eral disposition to accept as true iiis
statement that whatever information ho
procured was for the war department at
Washington.
Independence day was more generally
observed in Washington city than ever
before. Mercantile business was almost
entirely suspended, the executive depart
ments and municipal and private offices
were all closed, and everybody who
could do so took holiday. The Sons of
tho Americnn Revolution and Sons of
the Revolution held joint patriotic exer
cises appropriate to the occasion.
A letter from Grover Cleveland was
received Monday by Norman E. Mack,
chairman of the sub committee appointed
by Hon. A. L. Wilson, chairman of the
committee to notify Cleveland and Ste
venson of their nomination, stating that
the 20th instant would he a good day.
Mr. Mack wili call his committee to
gether a day or two before that date in
New York for the purpose of conferring
with William C. Whitney and Mayor
Hugh Grant, in whose hands the matter
of making arrangements for tho notifica
tion has been placed.
A NEGRO NATIONAL PARTY
Organised In Texas-Will Put Out
Candidates for Every Office.
A dispatch of Tui sdny from San An
tonio, Texas, says; Gualoupe county to
day saw the birth of a new party op
posed to all the old parti<». U> der a
call isaued by B. Berry, a large number
of negroes assembled in mass meeting
and perfected a permanent organization
with Berry as chairman, and adopted
a platform calling for negro nom
inations for every office in the
gift of the American people from presi
dent down to constable. It recites that
democracy is inherently opposed to ihe
African; that republicanism is false to
bun and that theie is no hope for him in
the people’s party. He is the rational
balance of power. Delegates in every
rotiug precinct were duly appointed and
t convention called for the 22nd of July.
A BIG LOCKOUT.
Carnegie’s Iron Works Shut Down and
Three Thousand Men Idle.
A Pit sburg, Pa., dispatch says: The
Homestead shut-down went into effect
Thursday. There are 3,000 idle tonnage
men on the streets and they have invited
the mechanical department, day laborers
and watchmen to j iin them. They ex
pect that they will do so. If th'-y do,
the entire p ant will be idle. The firm
discharged all their employes at mid
night, and notified them to report for
their pay at the office on Saturday. By
this action, the C’arnegies have cleverly
forestalled the men, and, by making it a
lockout instead of a strike, have placed
them on the defensive. The streets arc
crowded, but everything is quiet so far
No Lotteries.
A New Orleai s dispatch of Tuesday
says: The general assembly has passed a
bill whereby the lo tcries will not 1>«
allowed in the state after December 31,
It? 03
ttlgantte Strike Threatened.
A special dispatch of Thursday from
Ouray, 001., ie to the effect that ten
thousand mieess in Bae Juan distric wil.
strike on Jriy let sgaloet a reduction of
wages.
THE COMPANY SAYS “NO.”
Drexei & Morgan Refuse fo Take Hold
of Uiclimond Terminal Affairs.
A New Yoili tel: gram of Tu siluy states
that Drexei, Morgan & Co. have declined
the invitation to tied i take the reorgani
zation of tlie Richtnoi d Terminal io a
letter to W. C. Strong, chairman of the
Richmond Terminal stock Holders' com
mittee. They givu their reasons for so
doing in the lollowiug letter:
Dear Sir—Referring t > our | revious
correspondence regarding tho affairs of
the Richmond Terminal system, we beg
to say that we have made a careful inves
tigation of tho tiff drs of tile Richmond
Terminal system. We liavo ro cited the
conclusion that a reorgauiz ition is fen i
ble on the basis of equity to ail concerned,
one that we should he prepared to uuder
take, and one which in our opinion would
place your property on a sound financial
basis.
The complication Bnd difficulti s which
mu-t be met in this connection, make it
necessary, we need scarcely add, that we
should us your representative and as far
as possible ho protected against any single
interest which might for persouai or
| other reason desire to th .vart the success
ful carrying out of such a icorganiza
tion.
With this in mind, we deem it eesen
tial before any action ou our part that a
majority of ihe stock and bonds of the
Richmond and West Point Terminal
Railway and Warehouse company he de-
I posited with us for purpose of io irgaui
| zation aud that all litigation should be
put under our control and the persons of
our selection substituted for the receivers
now in possession of the property.
Therefore upon le ruing of theappoint
ment of receivers of the Richmond and
Danville property by the United States
court, we applied to Mr. W. P. Clyde to
know whether in case we undertook tlie
reorganization, the suit under his control
would bo irunsferred to us ami tlie pres
ent receivers resign in favor of Mr. Spen
cer, stuting to him that, in our opinion,
such course was essential.
Ho dccliues to give us any such assur
ance, aud our cotmrsaiim with him
leads us to doubt it s loyalty to any or
ganization plan whatever, although he,a*
one ol your committee, Bigne I a request
to us to undertake the same.
As, in our opinion, it is essential to the
success of mi) plan that during the reor
ganization the properties involved should
be under our control, as already mention
ed, und as the position taken by Mr. Clyde
makes this impossible, we are obliged,
reluctantly, to decline tiio invitatiou to
undertake the reorgan zati oi.
'l'hanklng you for your confidence, we
remain, dear sirs, yours very tiu y,
Dkkxel Morgan & Co.
LETTERS TO OTHER STOCKHOLDERS.
A similar letter was sent to Kessler A
Co., Spencer, Trask & C0.,-Job* Rsuodg
good & Co., Charles Head & Co., unT
other*.
SOUTHERN PROGRESS.
New Enterprises Reported for the Past
Week.
Tho industrial nitna ti< *n in tlio Son Mi for tho
oast week, according to the (!hatr*ncoga Trade*
man, ba-t been genera-hr favo able. The judi
cial a ttlements of railr ud d Men 1 ties which
are now n pngro-s will have a goo I effect in
preventing unheal 1 by compel ition, and bringing
into mauxgeablo shape the various into.* chin
which for some time pa t have b on in need • f
adjournment. Tho iron producer* in the Ala
bama, G orgia and T< unn-Ho • district ar- look
ing for an early advance in price*, because of
great reduction instock*. Arrangements »re
being nitdo, and am nearly perfected, which
will considerab y increase tho demnud, ami ex
tend th«* markets for Houthem coal. The ex*
port at ion of large quantities at regii'ar inter
vain, will hoof permanent benefit to the pro
ducer* and I hose engage I in tran*po. tation and
shipment. The lumber market hld w hii ad
vancing tend* nev, iufln need by Increas ng
iliipments and a steady d* maml.
Forty-nine new Industrie-* ar reported as es
tablished or incorporated during the week, to
gether w*th 8 enlargement* <»f manufactories
and 21 important n* w building*. Am ng tho
qow Industrie* are a brew r. with $36'.>,0 K) caj>-
Ital at Louisville, Ky , brick w**ikß at Danville,
Va. t canneries at Atlanta und Madison, Ga.,
and a cigar factory at Sanford. Fla. A $ >O,OOO
30 1 ton compre * will bo built at Van Huron,
Ark. A development company with $50,000
•apitftl has been organ zed an I i* in operation
it Bridgeport, Ala., a $25 000 e eoti-ie e niipany
it Louisville, Ky,, an I others at Chattanooga,
renn., and Stanford, Ky., a fence compare/
chartered at Manning. *. 0,, and a SUS (KK) fer
tilizer company at Orlando, Fla. Flouring
anil s are to be built ut S:ili*bnry und Roxlxir »,
N. 0., Gracey, Ky ,an t Key <r, W. V , an ice
factory established a ; Nownan, Gi., a
?as company »t Manniugton, W V» ,
Mid a $25,000 iirigatiui company s.t
Orlando, Fla. A machine shop will l>e li*-
tablUhed at Kilgore. '1 ex , a land company with
$ 100,h00capital at. Huntsville, A h., coal mines
opened at Jasper, Ala., iron mineiat Laney’s,
Ala., and a quarry at Draiden T**wn, Florida.
A cott -n oil company with $100,( 00 capital has
been chartered at Marlin, Tex., one with $50,-
'JOOcupital a' Macon, Ga.. and a $30,000 cme*t
Lad-»nia, Tex., a pbo-phate mini >g company
with $3,000,000 oapital chartered a Ocila Fla..
\ steel plant is icportei ut Midille bo;ougb,
Ky., sugar refineries at New Ibera, La., and
Ga., a tannery a f Loui.svill , Kv.,
and cotton nulls at Sanford and Salisbury, N.
0. A chair factory will bo built at Fort Smith,
Ark., a handle factory at Jlnntsvil o, Ala., a
S3O 000 lumber oomp«ny at Warn-11, Fla-, nn i
ene at Little Rock, Ark., saw and planing mill*
at Texarkana, Ark., Lawrencevillo, Ga., ami
South Rost*ui, Va., und a stuve and heading
factory at Jonesboro, Ark.
The enlarg rne.it* reported for the week in
clude coke oven* at Fire Creek, W- Va.,anelec
trical plant at Morristown, Tenn., flouring mill*
tt Paducah, Ky., and Han*a Anna, Tex., iron
work* at ChatUnooga, T*mi., cotton mills at
Salisbury, N. C., and woodworking plants at
Luveme, Ala-, and Palestine, Tex.
Among the new buildings are bank building*
at Harriman, T mu, St. Charlcm, La., and New
port, Ky.; b sin s houses.at Birmingham awl
Fort Payne, Ala-; church©* ut Richmond, 5a.;
a cotten compress a I homasvillc, Ga.; schools
at Hi *h nier, Ala, and Maryville, Tenn.; a
$30,000 hotel at Hamilton. Ky. -, a refinery at
Lousville, Ky., an l warehou-i* at < ordele, Ga.,
Harriman, Tenn , and Louisville, Ky.
COMER IS RECEIVER
Of the Central Railroad Appointed
by Judge Speer.
A dispatch fr m M ion. Gv, stys: At
12:20 M nday morning Judge Sp er, on
>i i etition of stockholder- repnsenting
11,000,000, appointed 11. M. Cono r ic
eiver of he (Vitnl rudroid. J idge
Vdams fil>d
Epidemic of Scarlet Fever.
A scarlet fever epidemic prevails io
London, according to cablegrams re
ceived Thursday. Already 2,360 cases
have been reported. The asylum board
is causing huts to be hastily erected upoL
the grounds of the hospita s for the re
ception of patients suffering with the
dbMue.
SINGLE COPY 5 CENTS.
THE SOUTH IN BRIEF
The News of Her Progress Portrayal in
Pithy and Pointed Paragraphs
AND A COMPLETE EPITOME OP HAPPEN
ING* OP GENERAL INTEREST FROM DAT
TO DAT WITHIN IIEIi BORDERS.
The convenlion of confederate vete
rans of South Carolina has been called to
meet at Columbia on Julv 10th. for the
purpose of effecting an organization
similar to the Grand Army of the lie
public. Ex-Seaator Wade Hampton
will preside.
A Raleigh dispatch says: Thursday
night the third company of North Caro
lina's naval res rve militia was organized
at Fayetteville, with sixty six men. J.
1). McNeill i-i chosen lieutenant com
mander. The first company is at Char
lotte and the second at Now Berne.
Upon the petition of Samuel Thomas
in a bill filed Wednesday in Tate
chancery court, at Mobile, Ala., the
register in chancery appointed a receiver
for the Mobile and Birmingham Railroad
Company, naming T. G. Rush, president
of the company, as such receiver.
Fire broke out at 8 o'clock Friday
night in the wholesale denortment of
Goetter, Weil & Co., the largest whole
'll dry goods and notions dealers in
Montgomery, Ala. The four-story build
ing was destroyed. At one lime the
whole bloc s was threatened. The loss
to the stock is sloo,ooo,fully covered by
insurance. The lost on the building is
about twenty thousand dollais.
A Birmingham dispatch of Thursday
says: The search for oil amid the moun
tains of north Alabama hns at last been
rewarded at Hartselle.in Morgan county.
The well is 1,700 feet deep, and the drill
has penetrated .>nly a foot into the oil
bearing sand. The oil rises 800 foet in
the well, and is cloar and beautiful. Gas
flows from the well, mul, when lighted,
the flame burned steadily for twenty feet
in the air. The prospecting has been
done by experts from 1* nnsylvania.
Col. James L. 8h ffleld, one of the
most prominent politicians in Alabama
died suddenly nt Montgomery Saturday.
He commanded a Confederate regiment
during the w>r which he spent his entire
fortune equipping, and he served with
signal bravery until 1804. He was noted
as one of the most effective slump speak
ers in the sttte. and in 1884 was an inde
pendent candidate for governor. He
was interested in the Kolb movement in
current Alabama politics, ami was ranked
ns one of the most influential speakers on
that side in the present campaign, lie
was seventy-three years old.
In a recent, account of u free distri
bution of flowers lo the poor of- a certain
dirtriot ill New York city was included a
description of the society's perambulat
ing ice-water tank wagon which followed
the truck bearing the flowers, and from
which all who wished could have a drink
of cold water. Men, women and chil
dren from Baxter, Mulberry, Park, Mott,
and Centre streets swarmed about the
truck in such numbers that it was with
great difficulty that those wlm were in
charge could make any equal distribu
tion of the precious fluid.
It has long been the custom in all tho
great railroad depots, ferry waiting
rooms, largo stores and many of tho
public buildings to furnish free ice
water, hut of course the very poor could
not avail themselves of such opportuni
ties, and how thankful many of them
must have been to those who sent them
this cup of cold water free!—[Harper's
Y'oung Peoplo.
ATLANTA MARKETS.
COnitECTKD WEEKLY.
Groceries.
Coffee —Roasted —ArbuckUi’s 19.00 |i 100 lb.
cast h,Lion 19.60 c; Levering’s 11160 c. Greon-Ex
tra choice 20c; choice good 19c; fair 18c;com
mon ifi%c. Hngai-Granulated 15c; ofi granu
lated —c; powdered 5%c; cut loat 5%c; white
extra C 4%c; New Orleans yellow clarified
4>/c; yellow extra V 4c. Syrup—New
Orleans choice 48<tC50; prime Ss@4tk-: common
30(<i36c. Molasees—Gennino Cuba 35@:!Hclimi
tation 22®25. Teas—Black 35®55c; green
40ftifi0c. Nutmegs 65(n 70c. Cloves 25@30c.
Cinnamon lOtfiaMi!. Allspice 10@llc. Jamai
ca ginger 18c. Singapore | epper 14c; Mace
SI.OO. ltice fair 7%c; good 6%c; common
(IV (ft 6c; imported Japiui I! os7a
Salt—Hawley’s dairy $1 fiO; Virginia 70c.
Cheese--Ftlll cream, Cheddar t <•; Oats
12c- White fish, half bbl«.s4 00; pails 60c-
Soaps—Tallow, 100 bars, 75 lbs $3 00(375;
turpentine, 00 bars, 60 lbs, $225 a 250 ;
Candles—l’araflne 12c; star tOWc. Matches—
400s $4 00; 300* $3 00a3 75; 200* $2 00a2 75; 60s,
5 gross $3 75. Soda—Kegs, bulk sc; do i lb pkgs
sy/,.; cases, 1 lb sttc. do 1 and ‘/.lbs Bc, do‘/.lb
H>:c. Crackers -XXX soda 6l£c; XXX butter
XXX pearl oysters 6c; shell and excelsior
7c-lemon cream l*c-; XXX ginger snaps He; oorn
ipll. y,-. Candy—As-orted stick 6%0; l ranch
mixod 12%c. Canned g"ods—Condensed milk
$6 00a8 00; imitation mack rcl $3 95x4 00; sal
mon $6 00a7 50: F. W. oysters $1 75a ;L.W.
*125- corn $2 50a8 50; tomatoes $l6O.
Ball liotash $3 20. Htarcli—Pearl 4%C; lnmp
sc; nickel packages $ i 59; celluloid $5 00.
Pickles, plain or mixed, pints $1 OOal 40; quarts
*t 50al 80. Powder —B lie, kegs $5 50; % kegs
$3 00;% kegs*l 65. Sliot $1 70 per sack.
Flour« Urnln and 3l«*al.
Flour—First patent $5 75; seotral patont
$5 85 ; extra fancy $4.75 ; fancy *4 50; family
$3 50@$4 00. Corn No. 1 white 68c.
No 2 white 68 •; mixed 6G j. Oats—
Mixed 45*~c; whito 47c; Kansas rust
Droo f 53c Hav—Choice timothy, large bales,
$1 00- No. 1 timothy. Isrg- titles, 95c; ch -ice
timothy.small bale*, 97%c;N0. 1 timothy, small
hal<*a 98c; N'»- 2 inuothr, small bale*, 92c.
Meal—Plain 67c: bolted G 0 -. Wheat bran—
Large sacks SI.OO small sacks 1-00 Cotton
sco<l meal~sl 10 per cwt. Steam feed—
perewt. Grits—Pearl $3.50.
ConnlrT Proilsrf.
Fires 12%c. Butter—Western creamery
20a22‘/c; choice Teimess- e 16a20e; other grades
10al2V?o. Lire poultry—Turkeys 10@18/Jc per
lb- hens 30c, young chickens
largo 2Ca2sc ; small spring
poultry—Turkeys 18a20e; ducks 15al8e;chick
!ns 15a16. Irish potatoes, 2.00(5,2.59 (ter bb..
sweet poratoessl.o6al. 10 per b.L Honey-btrai..-
ed 8a 10c •in tho comb 10a 12c. Onion
*2 50 |>er bbl. Cabbage—Green Floitda 1%®2,-.
I*r lb. Louisiana 1%.
Provision*.
Clear rib sides, boxed 7%c; ioe-cured bel
lies B%e. Sugar-cured bams 1
to brand and average; California BXQB/V--
break fast bacon Lard-Pure lear —c;
leaf 7%; refined none.
Cat ton.
Market finn.- Middling 7e.
A Cup of Cold Water.