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THE HENRY COUNTY WEEKLY.
VOLUME XVI.
Highest of all in Leavening Power.— Latest U. S. Gov’t Report
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the Flint Judicial Circuit, the Supreme Court
of Georgia and the United States District
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ATTORNEY AT LAW,
McDonough, Ga.
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the Flint Circuit, the Supreme Court of
Georgia, and the United States District
Court. marl6-ly
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ATTORNEY AT LAW,
MoDonougii, Ga.
Will practice in all the Courtß of Georgia
Special attention given to commercial and
other collections. Will attend all the Courts
At Hampton regularly. Office upstairs over
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J F. WALL,
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
gi v -n to collections. octs-’79
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McDonough, Ga.
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Georgia and the United States District
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Hampton, Ga,
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the Flint Judicial Circuit, the Supreme Court
of Georgia and the District Court of the
United States. Special and prompt atteu
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DEMOCRACY IN TEXAS.
A Split In the Convention—Pistols nnd
Knives Brought Into Play.
A dispatch from Houston, Texis, says:
Democracy is rent in twain and a doublo
barreled convention is tho result. The
same scenes which were enacted in this
city four years ago during the Stewart
Hutchinson campaign occurred Tuesday.
It was a foregone conclusion that if the
Hogg people, who had about two-thirds
of the instructed delegates, attempted to
control the convention the Clar.c people
would bolt. The body agreed upon this
line of policy at their secret caucuses and
they carried it out, the convention n> ver
completing or even getting to temporary
organization. The Clark faction as
sert that knowing the danger of a dea l
lock to the success of Governor Ilogg,
the chairman was to arbitrarily run the
machine, and his attempt to do this
brought on a fight. Men, in angry pas
sion, were surging, rushing nnd pulling
at the tables and chairs, and all the time
yelling and cursing. Several tt.-hts wire
going on in the audience, nnd pistol? and
dangerous looking knivis were flourished.
For several minutes it looked as though
the bloody scene of Carnegie would be
enacted. Reporters were jostled about,and
in the melee had all they could do to look
out for their notes and memoranda.
One of them had gained a seat of advan
tage, and in a mad stampede he wus
hurled a distance of thirty feet on the
heads of some of the crowd below. At
last semblance of order was worked out
of the chaos. As though by mutual
consent, murderous looking pistols and
knives were put back in the pockets and
each side took half of a platform and
hall, Sheppard presiding over the Hogg
convention and Lane presiding over the
Clark legion. Both sides soon got down
to business and began the work of organ
ization, by appointing the usual com
mittees, when adjournment to Wedms
day was takeD.
ALLIANCEMEN OF TENNESSEE
Hold Their Animal Meeting—Address
ed by Gov. Buchanan.
The annual meeting of the Tennessee
State Alliance began at Nashville, Tues
day with a hrge number delegates pres
ent. President McDowell called the
meeting to order aud introduced Govern
or Buchanan, who delivered 'he add re s
of welcome. Among other things the
governor said : “I was honored with the
first presidency of your order and in
those days the organization was only a
small body. Since then I have contend
ed for your rights, and so I still coutend.
You have bad to suffer the contumely of
misrepresentation aud abuse. You have
groped blindly in the dark for a long
time. This has been the history of every
reform movement and the history of every
reform .movement has been th t l’r m
such conditions they arose to great
ness and to eternal prosperity.
Above all things I now call up
on you to stand solidly toge Iter.
Stop the plow and you stop the wold.
Then you who drive the plow, bind to
gether your common interests and hold
them solid forever. Our enemies are
seeking to persecute us out of existence,
hut the very opposition that is trying to
crush us will cement us all the stronger
together if only we do our duty and
stand bravely oy our colors.” After a
reply from Miss McCollum, of Ctrroli
county, tin alliance went into sicnl ses
sion. In an open session Tuesday i ight
President McDowell delivered a lengthy
annual address. He insisted that the
non-partisan character of the order he
maintained, and thm proceeded to urge
the members to not be hound by any po
litical party, but to be independent in
the r political action
AT LAURENS.
The South Carolina Campaign Closes
am! the Candidates Still Live.
The South Carolina campaign closed at
Laurens Saturday. Contrary to expecta
tions, all the candidates still live, though
many of their friends bear wounds as the
result of the meeting. The feeling was
intense, and the crowd of two thonsand
was in fighting humor. When Tillman
took the stand, aft r several speeches had
been made, a riot was immediately pre
cipitated between several scores of the
two factions. Sticks and clubs were
hurled through the air with great force,
and for ten minutes the fighting wa9
vicious and vigorous. Pistols were draw n
by outsiders, but the actual participants
in the fight contented themselves with
the use of fists and clubs.
The speakers witnessed the fight from
the stand with much interest. When the
rioters stopi>ed fighting from actual ex
haustion, the meeting proceeded. But
ttie speeches were temperate. Governor
Tillman made no reply to the denuncia
tions Colonel Youmans had heaped upon
him at Newberry, and Colonel Youmans,
at the request of citizens -desirous of
avoiding any more bloodshed, did not
speak at all. Threats had been made
that if Youmans spoke he would be shot
down, and coolor heads thought it best
to advise him not to participate in the
joint debate. As Tillman had not re
fern d to him, Colonel Youmans decided
the e was no’hing for him to say.
M'DONOUGH. GA , FRIDAY, AI'GUsT k 2(i, 189*2.
THROUGHOUT THE SOUTH.
Notes of Her Progress anil Prosperity
Briefly Transcribed.
Important Happenings from Day to
Day Tersely Told.
Edward Bermaduz, late chief justico of
Louisiana supreme court, is dead.
l'r. Thomas F. Wood, a prominent
North Carolina physiciujtf died at Wil
mingtm , Monday, of heart disease.
Turner & O ites' sawmill at Mobile,
Ain., was burned Thursday m> ruing.
Loss $14,000. Insured. The dryhouse
and planing mill were saved.
A bub, spoke and handle factory to
work forty hands has been secured for
Huntsville, Ala. A movement is also on
foot to establish a large merchant flouring
milt.
The carriage factory of A. Wrcnn &
Son at Norfolk, Vu., the largert in the
souih, was partiully destroyed by fire
Monday night, Loss about $50,000; in
surance small.
The Belle Grove refinery, together
with tlie contents and adjoining cabins,
situated a half mile from Jeanette, La.,
was burned Friday morning. Loss,
$40,000; insurance, $17,000.
A Nashville dispatch of T! ursday says:
A telephone message from Governor
Buchanan’s residence elicited the infor
mation that the governor is confined to
his bed but is in no danger, whatever.
The people’s party convention of the
fourth district of Virginia on Friday
nominated J. Thomas Goode, at present
a member of the house, delegate from
Mecklcnberg county, as a candidate for
congress.
Representatives of all railroads enter
ing Memphis met in that city Friday and
reorganized the Memphis Passenger asso
ciation. An iron clad agreement was
signed. This puts an end to the rate
war.
Jack Wolfe, an employe of the Knox
ville and Ohio railroad, was arrested at
Knoxville Saturday night by a detach
m- nt of Oeueral Carnes’ brigade sent from
Coal Creek for that purpose. He is ac
cused of leading the Knoxville Volun
teers into an ambush Friday morning.
The first annual meeting of the Konne
saw Marble Company was held at Mari
etta, Ga., Saturday. The company w r as
shown to be in a very prosperous condi
tion. It does a wholesale business exclu
sively and its sales for the last six months
have more than doubled those for the
first six.
An Anniston, Ala., dispatch of Satur
day says: The railroads entering Annis
ton report the freight business improving.
The Alabaum Mineral reports an increase
of over $0 0 for the first half of July.
Business seems io be improving and with
the opening the cotton season all hope
for a general revival of business.
A dispatch of Saturday from Hunts
ville, Ala., says: The opposition has
filed contests in all the county offices to
which dcmocra’s were elected. The con
test for the probate judgship has been
set for hearing before Circuit Judge
Speake on the 81st of this month. The
others will abide the result of this.
A lialeigh dispatch of Friday says:
The democratic state executive commit
tee to-day perfected its arrangement for
tl-e six speeches of General A. E. Ste
venson in North Carolina as follows:
Asheville, September 15th; Raleigh,
itith; Goldsboro, Charlotte, Wilmiugton
and "Fayetteville on the following days.
A Nashville dispatch of Sunday says:
The men arrested at Coal Creek must
he tried in that county by the civil
authorities, and it is very doubtful
whether any one of them will ever be
punished. For this reason they will
probably be kept prisoners as long as
possible, in order that they shall not en
tirely escape punishment.
A news special of Friday from Nash
ville -avs: Orders were sent by wire to
Memphis, Jackson and other cities in
structing sheriffs to hold their posses,
and to volunteer companies noi to move.
No more Iroops or volunteers will be
sent to Coal Creek until further orders,
as information is that the miners have
dispcised and quiet prevail.
Railroad Commissioners Powers and
Fort reached Brunswick Thuisday morn
ing for the pur [lose of hearing represent
atives from the city council, hoard of
trade and the railroads on the question
of building a depot at that place. The
iai'roads pleaded poverty,'and said they
should not be required to provide a place
for the people out of whom they made
llii r money to rest while waiting for
trains, or shelter from heat and rain.
A telegram of Sunday from Austin,
Tex i“, sa\s: The Missouri, Kansas and
Texas railway has filed in this depart
ment a copy of a resolution authorizing
thc mortgages of its corporate property
aud franchises to secure the payment of
th- issue of bonds amounting to $lO,
000.000 for the extendon and improve
meat of the system and also a certificate
for the increase of the capital stock in
Texas from eight to thirteen million dol
lars.
Intelligence was received in New Or
leans Monday of the death of Dr. Colvin,
a prominent colored physician, at his
home in Paris. Col vis was horn in 1831,
was a graduate o' the Lycee Bonaparte
and very successful in his profession,
hiving been decorated with the cross for
services in the war, hut retained his
American citizenship to the end. He was
a brother of Major Dumas, of the Louis
iana National Guard, organized by Gen.
Butler during the war.
A Louisville dispatch of Friday says:
In the general mix, due to the failure of
the legislature to pass a number of bills
t-y the constitutional majority, there is
danger that the electoral vote of Ken
>ucky will he thrown out in the ap -
proaching presidential contest. A num-
In rof amendments to the election bill
failed to receive a majority vote in the
sit ate, and if Governor Brown’s con
struction of the constitution is adhered
to by the courts, serious trouble may re
-ult, : ince the endre bill may be declared
unconstitutional.
A special of Sunday from Knoxville
to the Nashville Banner says: The men
who fought under Major Carpenter on
the brow of Weldon's ridge Friday
morning say that Colonel Woolford acted
with cowardice that has no equal in the
present camp dgu except that exhibited
by him refusing to march from Harriman
to Oliver Spriugs when he knew ho was
sorely needed at that place. James
Harris and Shell Hale, prominent eiti
zens, say that when the miners showed
up Colouel Woolford and some of his
men kept out of the fight.
A Raleigh, N.C., dispatch of Satmdij
says: The report of Grand Sre Busbee
to be submitted to the Sovereign Grand
Lodge of Odd Fellows ai Pordaml, Ore.,
September ll)th, will show the largest
gain in membership for the past year
ever made in one year during the order’s
history. The net Increase was 48,807.
The membership in good standing re iched
a total of 72,14(1 and including the mem
bersbip of Re'iekuh degree lodges, was
802,881. The expenditures for relie
were $8,170,882. lire statement show
encampment members 124,553, Uuhckah
degree members, 155,015; revenue , $7,-
950,004.48, an increase o' $221,133 42.
GOV. BUCHANAN’S ADDRESS.
He Gives a Detailed Statement of the
Labor Troubles.
The following address to the public
was issued Saturday by Gov. Buchanan:
To the People of Tennessee:
That there is an insurrection in the minin''
district of this state is a fact well known to ih -
public. As many wild rumors and sensational
reports have gained credence, I deem it wise
and prudent to make tho following statement
in brief to the public. A complete and detailed
account according to records on tile at tins
office of the troubles ’Bill hereafter be made
public.
Information was received at this office Au
gust 13th that the|Traoy City branch prison had
surrendered to the miners ami the stockades
were burned. On Sunday, August '.4th, the
superintendent of prisons ordered an addition
al warden and guuvd to reinforce Inman’s
stockade. On Monday, August 15th, re liable
information was received that the stockade at
Inman was threatened with an attack. Tho
sheriff of Marion county was ordered to sum
mon a iiosse and protect the stockade, but failed
to execute tho order and the stockade was cap -
ured by the miners, The sheriff failed to olkjv
the order. Troops from knoxvillc reached Oli
ver Springs; troops froth Chattanooga were in
teroepted. The stockade was attacked by min
ers who were repulsed, but it it finally capitula
tek to an overwhelming force.
Fearing a similar outbreak at Coal Creek
without waiting for official information, lat
once telegraphed the sheriff of Morgan coifflfr
to summon a large posse, and protect the at iff.-
ade. The nearest military force, the Chatta
nooga and Kuoxville companies,wore ordered to
go at once to the scene of rc ion. I ordered the
sbeiiffs of Hamilton and Knox counties to sup
plement the regular troops by 500 men each,
and sheriffs of Shelby and Davidson to furnish
1,000 men each, and the sheriffs of other coun
ties to furnish their respective quota. I ordered
General Carnes with the force at his disposal
to proceed as rapidly as possible to coal Creek
and disperse the mob. 1 have entire confidence
in the skill and bravery of General Anderson,
who is in command of the s ate forces at < oal
Creek, and occupies a strong fortified position.
The last official reports wore Unit General
Carnes, witli a strong force, reached with
ina few mil s of Coal
On Wednesday, August 17th, having obtaine d
reliable in format ion or the strength of state
troops at Coal Creek, I ordered the entire mili
tary force of the state to concentrate at Knox
ville, under command of General Carnes, brig
adier general N. G. 8. T. I have every reason
to believe that tho insurrection will be anelhd.
To render this result certain, additional forces
are being sent as reinforcements as rapidly as
they can be assembled and transported. Some
sheriffs and citizens have gallantly volunteered
offers of assistance and have been gladly re
ceived. It is the purpose of tho executive de
partment to use every power conferred on it l»y
the constitution and laws to restore order and
preserve the maintenance of law. I therefore
call on every patriotic citizen to hold himself in
readiness incase his services should be needed
by the state.
John P. Buchanan, Governor.
HOT WEATHER IN EUROPE.
Many Fatalities Attributed to the
Fieree Heat.
A Vienna cablegram of Sunday says:
The emperor, Francis Joseph, has conn
termanded the orders for the holding of
the military manouvers fixed for August
29th, owing to the intense heat. The
action of the cnqicror is due to reports
received from Carniola, where manouvres
have been held, notwithstanding ex
tremely hot weather. Two hundred
soldiers there were sunstruck. Eleven
men died.
A TILLAGE ALMOST DESTROYED.
Advices come from Lucerne that the
heat caused a fall of ice in a glacier iu the
Valley of the Yisp, which almost de
stroyed the village of 'fasch, near 7, r
matt.
WRECKS A TRAIN .
A cablegram from Paris states that the
heat snapped a rail at the Bourget station
Monday, causing the telescoping of a
train. The driver and stoker of the en
gine were crushed to death.
CROPS RUINED.
A later cable dispatch from Vienna
states that the heat has caused numerous
forest fires and injured the field crops,
especially in Hungary, but the vintage
prospects are very fine.
CAUSES A SPREAD OK CHOLERA.
Advices from Berlin state that since the
hot spell set in, numerous cases of chol
era have occurred in variou-i parts < f
Germany, and several persons have died
of the di-ease in Hamburg, hut no cases
of Asiatic cholera have been reported.
ARMY OF THE CUMBERLAND.
(treat Preparation Being Made at
Cliickamaiiga for the Re-union.
A Washington dispatch of Suuday
«nys: Pre; arations for the coming reunion
of the Army of the Cumberland at Chat
tanooga, September 15tb, 10th and 17th
next, have brought out some information
of great interest to all veterans. A* one
example, it is found that there are 21,-
000 surviving officers and non-comm s
sioned officers of the 263 regiments
and batteries which served ia
ihat army. Names and present
postofiice addresses of this whole
number have licen secured and invi
tations to the reunion sent to each. Be
sides these, several thousand invitations
have been sent out under direction of
Gen. Rosecrans, president of the society.
This list of officers and non-commissioned
offic rs is accepted as showing that about
eighty thousand private soldiers, who
served in the Army of the Cumberland,
or about one hundred thousand in all,
still survive. Information received by
Gen Rosecrans indicates that the C'hat-
Unooga reunion will ne one of the largest
army gatherings of recent years.
GEORGIA NEWS IN BRIEF.
Items of Interest Gathered at Random
from All Over the State.
Only four men who wire in business nt
Athens before tho war nro in business
tbero now.
* * *
A temporary receiver lias been ap
pointed for the Clayton Motor Company
at Atlanta.
* * *
There ate sixteen hundred lutia*its in
the Georgia lunatic asylum, six hundred
of whom are negroes.
...
A city court having been recommended
for Jackson county by the grand jury,
Governor Northen has npp duted VV. \V.
sb>rk judge, to serve until the general
assembly can fill the office by election.
* * .
At a recent meeting of die confcder
ate Veterans in Atlanta a committee was
appointed to prepare an address to the
people of the state on the Confederate
Veterans’ Home. General Evans was
made chni rmtm of the committee.
* * *
Governor Northen has authorized tin
secretary of state to oiler a reward of
$250 for the arrest and delivery of Julius
Spikes to the sheriff of Terrell county
Spikes murdered J. L. Huff on Angu-I
oth, in Terrell county, and tied.
...
Joshua L. Braswell, who, witli Horton
ami Thornton, robbed n Southern Ex
press car near Collier’s station, on the
Central railroad, a year ago, made appt
catiou some time ago for a pardon. A te
lookiug into the matter, a day or wo
ugo, Governor Northen refused to gnnt
Braswell a pardon.
...
The Griffin manufacturing Company is
about to chauge its mill to all colored
goods. It is now operating 5,000 spin
dles and 170 looms in the manufacture
of stripes, plaids, ticking, sheeting and
slrirting. A recent addition to this fac
tory is a one-story brick dye house 40x100
feet, fittid up with new and improved
machinery for adopting the long chain
system of dyeing.
* * #
Within tire next fortnight tire Macon,
Dublin and Savannah will begin work on
the extension between Dublin nnd rtavnn
uah, and it will be pushed rapidly to com
pletion. Those who nro familiar witti
the geography of the country between
Macon and Savannah, which is rich and
populous, will understand the signiii
catice of the completion of tho connect
ing link between Duhliu and Savannalw
* * *
The Augusta Herald says: Wc hope
that the people of south iuul soiithwt st,
Georgia will not overdo trffi quickly the
planting of fruit trees The success of
the south and southwi st Georgia orchards
was largely duo this year to a failure of
the eastern fruit crop, and a partial fail
ure in California. Besides, this was a
year of superabundance at the south.
Next year may not be so propitious, and
then discouragement will come. Ihr
M iryland peach growers pushed their
planting too fur, and one bad season de
mob shed many of them. At the same
lime, fruit culture is better than bumble
bee cotton.
* V *
The farmers of Georgia can buy Ap
pier outs from the experimental station
at the rate of 80 cents a bushel, f. o. b.,
in quantities not exceeding five bushels
to a man. It is stated that the officers
of the station are ready to supply the de
mands of the farmers, and ask that letter!
be addressed to the Georgia Kxperiment
station, Experiment, Ga. The Appier
oats have been grown at the experiment
station for three years, end have proven
to be a profitable and excellent rust-pro: I
variety. Farmers desiring to have tlieii
orders filled will write immediately.
♦ * *
An Air-lsfn«’ f» Duluth.
Colonel James H. Fannin, of La
Grange, has good reason to feel happy.
His Brunswick, LaGrange and North
western railroad, for which he obtained
a charter last year, now stands a liue
chance of being pushed through at an
early day. This line will be rim from
Brunswick via or near LaGrange to th
Alabama state line, and from thence fo
Sheffield, where its connection will make
an air line route from Dublin to the sea,
shorter than the route from the wosi to
the sea by some 200 miles. The charter
provides for making a contract with a
line of steamers from Brunswick to Eu
rope. In a word, this railroad will
make direct trade a permanent thing.
Colonel Fannin has worked indefatigably
for it, and has interested New York cap
italists in it who are anxious to push it.
* * *
The oldest woman in Georgia, Aunt
Peggy Water, colored, died a few days
ago at the poorhouse near Thomasvillc.
All of Aunt Peggy’s acquaintances, hei
o'd master and she herself before In r
death, say that her age wns one hundred
and twenty-five. Am t Peggy did nol
date events from the civil war, as many
do, but from the revolution. She was a
grown woman then, nrid in life nothing
('slighted her more than to relate nmi
nisccnces of those stirring dais. Sh
was a great weather prophet. The many
seasons that she had experienced had left
her wise in signs, and she could fon-t 1!
the indications for cold, rain, storm,
etc., with remarkable accuracy. Th<
negroes looked upon her as a great won
der. Aunt Peggy had outlived all In l
children except one, and there were quite
a uutnber of lhem. The one living is a
daughter who is in her ninety seventh
year.
* * •
Some Pardon*.
William Woods, convicted of burglary
at the October term, 188:5, of the Gilmer
county superior court and sentenced t<
the penitentiary for fifteen years, was
pardoned a few days ago by Governor
Northen. Woods had serve 1 nine years,
his conduct has been good and the jurors
who convicted him recommended his
pardon. Neal Taylor, convicted of m m
slaughter at the March terra, 1886. of th"
Washington superior couit, was pirdon
ed. Taylor is weak-minded and w-as pr»i
voked into committing the act. El Mont
ginnery, convicted of arson iu Wilke
superior court. 1870, nnd sentenced b
the penitentiary for life, was pardoned,
lie was young, was influenced by okh i
men and tho building was < nly partly
damaged. Clemency was urged by the
court officials and leading citizms. Mack
Pullen senteuced to the chuingang of
Chatham county in 1891 for three years,
had his term commuted to two years, at
the expiration of which time he will l>o
released. Commutation was urged by
prominent county officials familiar with
the case. Gus Anderson, a twelve-year
old boy, of Stewart county convicted ol
■tabbing, was pardoned. He was i -
1 enced to four months and has served
half his time.
...
Went tier timl (!ro|u».
The Georgia weather bureau In its
weekly reports says: Tile weather con
ditionsof the pist week have been some
what diversified. In the northern coun
ties of the state hot, dry weather has
prevailed with more than the usual
amount of sunshine. In a fe.v localities
there have been light showers but they
were, ns a rule, very poorly distribu'ed
nnd insufficient in amount. Tho effect
of these conditions on crops has been
far from encouraging. Cotton is partic
ularly in need of run. There aro nu
merous complaints of shedding and
near y all reporters agree that it will lie
very short. That portion of lho crop on
cray lands has sustained more damage
than any other. There it is turuiog
yellow and shedding very badly. The
corn crop, which, up to the present time,
has been uniformly reported as in excel
lent condition, is also suffering for tho
want of moisture and in some places it
will lie rather short. Early corn is in
much better condition tha t tho late crop.
Fruit is plentiful hut iu some sections it
s of inferior quality nnd there are many
complaints of ratting and dropping.
Peas, potatoes, turnips and other small
crops are in good condition.
In the middle portion of the state a
more favorah e state of affairs exists.
There has been more rainfall and this,
with nil average amount of heat and sun
shine, Ims proved highly b nefioial to all
crops.
Cotton in the western counties is gen
erally in good condition, being much
Letter cm red than gray lauds, but in the
central and eastern tedious the t arty crop
has stopped growing and rust and shed
ding seem to be quite general. In tho
west sortiou it is opening rapidly nnd
picking will probably commence during
the coming week. In many portions of
the central and eastern sections picking
is already iu progro<s. Throughout this
entire belt corn is in ti io condition ami
fodder pulling is almost over. In some
portions of tho eastern couutiee corn
is firing, hut the larger portion of
the crop is far above tho average. Dur
ing tho present season there has been a
large increase in the corn acreage, and
from its flourishing condili m it would
seem that an enormous crop will be
■‘thrown -upon the market. Fruit., which
lias been s> plentiful in the western nnd
central sections, is about gone. I’ota
toes, peas, rieo and all small crops are
doing well.
Reporters in the southwest section are
the only ones who complain of excessive
rainfalls. Here tho weather of the past
week provid veiy injurious to cotton,
hut it was generally favorable to all
other crops w'lit, perhaps, the exception
of tobacco. In m iny places excessive
rains fell, which, when followed by hot
sunshine, caused cotton to sited greatly
fn other southern count es tho rainfall
and temperature lmvo Ine t about the
average except in a few places where
there has been too much rain for cotton.
Cotton in the southwest is opening rap
idly and picking has become general.
Complaints of rust arc very numerous
this week. Itiscm ing a premature open
ing of tlie bolls and killing the plant.
The entire cotton crop will be very short
in tiiis section and some correspondents
state that it will not average more than
50 per cent of the usual yield. The crop
will also he short in ttie other sections of
the southern tier of counties but the pros
pects iu the southern und southeast' rn
sections are more < ncouraging, although
there is considerable shedding. Fodder
pulling is about over and a fine crop has
been saved, and corn, though somew hat
injured by the unfavorable condition of
the last few weeks, will still make an
average crop. Tobacco cutting still con
tinues and witli a few exeptions the crop
shows a lair average. Potatoes, field and
ground peas and all tlie small crops arc in
fine condition.
CONVICTS WILL BE RETURNED
To the Branch Prisons at Tracy City,
Inman anil Oliver’s.
A Nashville dispatch of Monday siys:
The convicts are to be returned to the
branch prisons ut Tracy City, Inman and
Oliver Springs and the dignity of the
law maintained The lessee- of the pen
itentiary, the Tennessee Coal and Iron
company, had not fully complied widi
their contract, and a few days ago tin
hoard of inspectors demanded that
they comply with all the contract's
terms within twenty days or a for
fiiturc of tlie contract would be de
clared. This coming right in the midst
of the rioting look'd like a surrender to
the miners as in case the contract were
forfeited the convicts won d be locat'd
at Nashville, at least until another con
tract was made. Saturday the inspectors
made another demand on the hssces,
viz: to remove from tlie main prison at
once all the convicts above four hun
dred, This action was taken because tie
contract provides that this number shall
be the limit in the main prison. Mon
day the prison board had a confer nee
with Vice President Bixter, Attorney A.
M. Shook and 11. F. Debardeleben, a
heavy s’ockholder. The proceedinjs were
secret, but in an interview Mr. Baxter
stated positively that Saturday’s order
will be complied with and the convicts
sent hack to the branch prisons. The
state w ill furnish protection. This means
tiiat the convict lease question will have
to be settled by the legislature and that
the state officials will not surrender to
the miners.
The microscope exhibits 4.000 muscles
in a common ea'teapillar; a thousandmir
•ors iu lie eve of a drone l>ce, besides
roving that the large eye of a dragon flv
is .. ally a collection of 2*,000 polished
lenses.'
SINGLE COPY 5 CENTS.
GEORGIA STATE ALLIANCE
Aclmn m the Annual Contention Held
in Gainesville.
Ellington Elected President The Order
Will he Non-Partisan.
The (looigii State Alliance assembled
in aniitid convention in Gainesville
Wodnosd y morning, Any. 17th, and was
called to older by President Livingston.
Prayer was off red by ihe chaplain, Bcv.
11. It Davies. Tin eommitb con ere den
tins reputed that all the counties iu the
stale int twenty live wire repriseated.
Twelve county alliances are m arrears
wiih tlie slate s cretnry. Kev. 11. R.
1) ivies moved the appointin' lit of a press
committee to give su, li news as was per
missible to the newspaper reporters.
Then Colonel Livingston spoke and Vice
President Wilson made report as to how
the alliance has been proceeding under
his management. In M-. Livingston's
spe eh he tisid the official iceord* to
prove that a year ago there were more
than thirty-six thousand members of the
Georgia alliance, while today there are
but 16,000. A year ago there were 2,290
sub alliances in the slate, while today
tin re aro but 889. L ist y ear the dues
collected by the state ullianee amounted
to #II,OOO. This year only $6,000 has
been collected, showing a decrease of 50
pc r cent.
At die afternoon se sion reports of
committees weie in order. The com
mittee in charge of the Southern Alli
ance Farmer made its report. This com
mittee consisted of Livingston, Calvin
and Ellington,and Livingston and Calvin
reported that the p per hud been con
ducted, editorially, contrary to the con
sti ntion of the alliance in espousing tho
c use of the people’s p tidy. They went
to Editor Irwin and asked him to cease,
but he refused to do it. Ellington cn
<l rieil Ir*in’s course, saying Larry Gantt
rati the paper ns a democratic organ and
that turn about was fair play. A reso
lution whs introduced, endorsing tho
course of Mr. Irwin with the paper, and
proposing to adopt it hr the official organ
of tho alliance for the coming year, also
i ndorsing the National Economist. It.
A. Kelley offered a substitute as fol
lows :
rissnlvnl, Thai the past eonrso pursued by
The Son'liern Alliune i I'urm r be endorsed l.y
die State Alliance; Hint we earnestly i-< quest; its
e i or to advoe-ito the principles and purposes
for which the Alliane • was organised, and tho
a local ion ot tho people in the | rlucipl si.f die
order as outlined by till! ritual and constitution
in a non-partisan spirit.
Colonel Searcy added the following
amendment: “Provided that tio'hing in
said resolution shall be tin endorsement
of any political party, but of the princi
ples of tliu order proper,” These mens -
ores brought the n'sViH down to a question"
fairly and squarely whether the alliance
shall endorse the third party or not.
Then came the tug of war. The major
ity was third party —that was plain Lora
Ihe applause given speak'rs on their
side. Editor Irwin made a speech asking
for endorsement. Twitty, of Jauk-ou,
wanted the paper to discuss partisan pol
itics m a non partisan style. Colonel
Calvin urged n non partisan organ. Col -
onel Livingston made a speech favoring
the substitute and threatened to lead a
bolt out of the order if the laws were dis
regarded. Finally Colonel Irwin arose
and suid he would abide by the substi
tute and the resolution was finally with
drawn and the substitute adopted.
The report of the executive commit too
»ns submitted. Among other things tho
report says:
"We have examined the hooka of your snere
tnrv ami ttlul them neatly ami accurately kept,
liia account* being covered by pr per vonelii ra.
We unbuilt exhibit "B," mailo part of iliii re
port, allowing county no" otarioa in aceount with
your state secretary. While tin ro ia a alight
improvement in the general make up of comity
reports, they are atilt note I for their inaccnra
ciea ami crudeneaa. This condition of affairs
entails much additional and unnecessary work
on your secretary and executive committee. In
view of the foregoing facta we would again urge
the ncoessity of prompt report* uml inoro gen
eral accuracy in the Mine."
After calling attention to some reports
the committee says:
We especially call your attention to the niim
her of allianc a in arrears as shown in exhibit
"B," tho decrease of membership ia appalling,
and the decre ise of revenue from fei H and dues
is from *11.247.05, August 1, IH'JI, to *6,232.56,
on August 1, 1H92, making a doorcase of nearly
s()|ier cent, amounting to the large sum of
015.09. It will readily b« seen by tin* exhibit
that the days of tho allianc ire numbered un
less you can cill a halt in the process otdisinte
gration now going on. In view of tho mimi
n' lit danger now threatening the order »e urge
conservative action, backed by huaim si pur
poses and close fraternal non-partisan relations.
In the matter of counties being behind
the report says this:
• In this connection we call your attention to
the decrease in expenditures for the present
liseal year ov. r that ending August Ist, 1891-
A comparison of tho a atoinenis will show a
reduction of $2,104.02 But for the rigid
ee ninny practiced tin expense! of yourpre ens
session would well nigh mrrrvrnpi ynnr irrarnr .
We respectfully cdt your attention to a number
of counties still largely indebted to the state
alliance, and would recommend that the proper
Steps be taken to either compel the settlement
or the du s or that their charters bj revo.ied.
As it is, your state alliance is liable for national
dues on such non-paying abi inces-
The election of officers was the first
thing in order Thursday morning, and
the third party, although strong efforts
were brought to hear by the democrats
for a conservative man, elected its presi
dent.
ELLINGTON THE LEADEK.
C. 11. Ellington was placed in nomi
nation fir the trt sidenev by McGarrity,
of Haralson, lie spoke of him its an
honest, capable man, who Could fid the
i fficc with credit, and that he would tun
the alliance as a tru • allianc man and as
a non-partisan. Hi* nomination was
numerously seconded,among the speakers
being several democratic alliaucemen.
There were no other nominations, and
Ellington was unanimously elected. W.
E A fearcy, of Spalding, was elected
vice-president; A. W. Ivey was re
elected secretary; W. A. Broughton was
re-elected treasurer, and Rev. S. A.
Walker was elected state lecturer. Dr.
Taylor, of Merriwether, was re-elected a
member of the executive committee, ant
Colonel Livings'on was elected a dele
gate to the next national alliance. Afti r
some miscellaneous business, Ihursdiy
aft moon, the meeting adjourned.