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Volume 4.
Waynesboro, Georgia, Friday; July 24th, 1885.
Number 12.
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rr Another fool of Keely mo
tor class, has locked himself up in
a room in New York, and claims
that he only needs capital to per
fect the invention of perpetual mo
tion.
A Full Text of the I,oral Option Hill.
The Buffalo Express calls
the Rev. Sam Jones, the great
Southern revivalist, “the cracker
Talmage.” The Express Is more
than half right in its estimation of
the Iiev. Sam.
We notice that the Savan
nah Neics is very prompt and vig
orous in its condemnation of Radi
cals at a distance, but not one word
can it be induced to utter against
a Certain pet rascal right under its
nose.
ir John Roach, the ship build
er, has assigned. He lays all his
troubles to the refusal of the secre
tary of the navy to receive 41 s old
steam tub Dolphin, which he late
ly constructed for the government
as a transport ship, and which re
sembled the beautiful and active
fish after which it is named in one
particular only—that of going down
in deep water head first. We hope
soon to hear that old Rill Chandler
has gone to join his friend Roach.
g0F Mr. Sims, of Lincoln coun
ty, has introduced a bill in the
house to prevent the sale, barter, or
exchange, by farm tenants, crop
pers, or farm laborers of cotton in
the seed without the consent in
writing of the owner. This is one of
the best bills introduced in the leg
islature during the present session,
and while we do not believe any
law which the legislature can pass
will entirely sunpress this nefarious
trafle, it will be another safeguard
to protect the farmers’ ginhouses.
Queen Victoria, of Eng
land, will shortly witness the mar
riage of her youngest gal, Beatrice.
She is to marry a little saurkraut-
cating Dutch prince, and they are
fixing up for the largest time im-
agineable, but we have no idea
that old lady Vic and Mrs. Ran
dolph Churchill,’both together, can
fix up a programme which will
halfway equal the festivities which
■will be inaugurated at the reunion
of the old Third Georgia Regiment,
which will come off in this city on
the 29th and 80th insts.
&r The question of purchasing
the Northern States of Mexico by
the United States has been agitated
for some time. The United States
has no use for any more territory,
especially any part of Mexico, in
habited as it is by half breed ne
groes, Indians, Mexican Greases
and Spaniards. The United States
lias a surfeit of that kind of cattle as
citizens already. This country will,
like the Roman and Macedonian
empires, fall to pieces by its own
weight anyway before another cen
tury is past, and every acquisition
of territory will only hasten the
catastrophe.
fJ/T If the text of the local op
tion bill which wo copy from the
Atlanta Constitution, and which
appears in another place, is a cor
rect transcript of that instrument,
then it is the most miserable thing
ever put upon the statute hooks of
Georgia. It is a violent assault
upon the English language, and
when analyzed by the rules of
the language means simply noth-
i ig, and we do not believe there Is
a lawyer in the United Stutes of
North America who can understand
it. The building of the hill is ac
credited to Hon. Dr. Felton, and
we wore astonished that such a
bungling instrument should come
from under the hands of one so ex
perienced and learned as he is said
to be, until our Ned suggested that
perhaps Mrs, Felton was too busy
with her editorial duties on the
Cartersville Courunt, or was sick
and could not render her usual as
sistance.
Mr. Chappell, of Muscogee
county, has introduced a bill in the
house compelling the registration
of voters in the state ot Georgia. It
requires the ordinary to nppoint
registers in each militia district to
open books for the registration of
voters 510 days before the election.—
Admonished by the Contests arising
out of the late elections, all over
the state, we have earnestly advo
cated the enactment of a state regis
tration law, nor can we conceive
of a reasonable argument that can
be offered against it. While we be
lieve that every man whom the law
clothes with the right of the fran
chise should he allowed to cast ids
vote freely and without hinderance,
we also hold tliut no man burred
by law from the use of the ballot
should ho allowed equal privilege
with the law abiding citizen, it is
to he Imped that this law will lie
promptly missed, and tho purity of
the ballot liox that far at least pro
tected.
A n act to be entitled an act to pro
vide for preventing the evils of in
temperance by local option in any
county in (his state by submitting
the (j nest ion of prohibiting the sale
of intoxicating liquors to the qual
ified voters of the county; to pro
vide penalties for its violation,
and for other puposes.
Section 1. The general assembly
of the state of Georgia do enact,
That upon application by petition,
signed by one-tenth of the voters
who are qualified to vote for mem
bers of the general assembly in any
county, the ordinary shall order an
election to be held at the places of
holding elections for members of
the general assembly, or to take
place within forty days after the
reception of sucli petition, to de
termine whether or not such spirit
uous liquors as are mentioned in
the sixth section of this act shall
be sold within the limits of
said county; provided that no elec
tion held under this act shall be
held in any month in which general
elections are held; so that such
elections as are held under this act
shall be separate from any other
elections whatever; provided, fur
ther, that the ordinary shall deter
mine upon the sufficiency of the
petition presented by the tax books
of the year.
Sec. 2. Be it further enacted,
That notice of such elections to be
held as are by this act provided
shall be published once a week for
four weeks in the official organs of
the ordinary and sheriff of the coun
ty where such elections are to be
held, and such other notice may
be given as the ordinary may think
proper to give general publicity to
the election. Such elections shall
be held under the same regulations
as are now prescribed by law for
holding elections for members of
the general assembly; except as
otherwise provided by this act.—
All persons qualified to vote for
members of the general assembly
are qualified to vote under the
provisions of this act, provided, that
they have actually resided within
the territorial limits to be affected
thereby at least six months next
preceeding the election; provi
ded, further, that all voters at elec
tions held under this act, shall be
required to east their ballots in
their own militia districts.
Sec. 3. Be it further enacted,
That all persons voting at elections
held under the provisions of this
act, who are against the sale of
such intoxicating liquor mentioned
in the sixth section of this act,
shall have written or printed on
their ballots “Against the sale,”
and all who favor the sale of the
articles mentioned in said sixth sec
tion'shall have written or printed
on their ballots, “For the sale.”
Sec. 4. lie it further enacted,
That managers of elections held as
by this act provided shall keep, or
cause to be kept, duplicate lists and
tally sheets, and it shall be the du
ty of the managers to deliver one
list of the voters and tally sheets to
the clerk of the superior court, to
be filed in his office, and one list of
the voters’ ballots and tally sheets
to the ordinary, who shall carefully
consolidate the returns and decide
all questions and contests arising
from elections held by virtue of
this act. If the result of any elec
tion BlmU be “against the sale,” the
ordinary Hliall publish the same
once a week for four weeks in
the paper in which lie gave notice
of the election. This act shall take
effect as soon as the result is aseer
tained, except as to vested right
of persons whose annual license
have not expired.
Sec. . r >. Be it farther enacted
That if the result of any election
held under the provisions of this
act shall be “For the Hale,” then no
other election shall be held in the
county in less than two years there
after, which must be done upon a
new petition ns aforesaid, and by
otherwise conforming to this act.
Hk«\ (I. Be it further enacted,
That if a majority of the votes cast
at any election held as by this act
provided, shall ho “agaiust the sale,”
it shall not be lawful for uny per
son within the limits of such coun
ty to sell or barter for valuable con
sideration, either directly or indi
rectly, or give away to induce
trade at his place of business, or
furnish at other public place, any
alcoholic, spirituous or malt liquors,
or intoxicating hitters, or other
drinks which if drank to excess,
will produce intoxication, under
penalties hereinafter prescribed.
Sec. 7. Be it further enacted,
That section 4570 of the code of
1KK2, in regard to prohibiting the
salo or furnishing spirituous liquors,
on election days shall apply to all
elections hold under the povisions
of tills act.
Sec 8. Be it further enacted,
That nothing in this act shall be con
strued us to prevent the manufac
ture and sale of domestic wine,
or cider, or the sale of wine for sac
ramental purposes; provided that
such wines or cider shall not be
sold in barrooms by retail, nor shall
anything herein contained prevent
licensed druggists from selling or
fuonishing pure alchohol for medi
cinal, art, scientific, and mechani
cal purposes.
Sec. 9. Be it further enacted,
That no election shall be held un
der'the provisions of this act for
any county, city, town, or other
place in this state, where by law
the sale ot spirituous liquors is pro
hibited either by high license, local
option, or other legislation, so long
as these local laws remain of force.
Sec. 10. Be it further enacted,
That any person voting illegally at
any election held under the provis
ions of this act, or otherwise viola
ting the provisions of the same,
shall, on conviction thereof be pun
ished as prescribed in section 4310
of the Code of 1882.
Sec. 11. Be it further enacted,
That all laws and parts of laws in
conflict with this act be, and the
same are hereby repealed.
The \*e of Horaeii.
Pollening Different Hoad*.
Philadelphia News.
When William C. Endlcott, secre
tary of war, wrote his name in the
register of a New York hotel one
day last week, and turned to follow
the bell boy to the elevator, there
stood in his way u man whose face
had been handsome before rum
bleared it, and whose clothes were
the worn out remnants of a fashion
able suit, but whose big figure re
tained a port which made him still
imposing. He extended his hand
and said: “IIow are you judge?”
with an assurance and heartiness
which made repulse all but impos
sible. The detective on duty in the
corridor stepped hastily forward,
took the bummer by the arm and
told him he must not annoy the
guest.
“What!” the chap exclaimed in
dignantly; “I annoy Judge Endi-
cott! Why, he and I were college
chums.”
Secretary Endicott chatted a
minute with his ohf acquaintance,
got away from him without resort
ing to a rough process, and after
wards said: “You are right in sur
mising that he wanted an appoint
ment to office, and that he based
his request on the ground of our
college relationship. He was near
ly foremost in my class, his family
had wealth and respectability with
which to help him forward, and
there seemed to be no reason why
lie shouldn't distinguish himself in
life. For ten years I have not seen
or tieard of him. He seems to have
wrecked himself. Suppose, now,
that he had sent me a written peti
tion, signed by numerous reputable
persons, and reminding me of my
former knowledge of his abilities,
isn’t it easily conceivable that I
might innocently and properly
have placed him in government
employ? Ah, good character at
the beginning of a decade is too of
ten all gone at the end.”
Th« Stole of iibira Prison.
A closely observing horseman
gives different rules for determin
ing the age of horses, extending to
thirteen years. They are as fol
lows :
At one year the colt has a full set
of temporary front teeth, which are
short, round, and very white. At
tiie age of two years, the colt sheds
two centre front teetli above and
below, and the horse teetli make
their appearance. At three, lour
other teeth are lost, one on each
side of the first. At four the cor
ner teeth drop out. At the age of
five years, the new corner horse
teetli are up even with the others;
the mouth is full and the tusks ap
pear. At six the cavities or cups
in the centre will be nearly worn
away and tiie tusks are up' full,
white and sharp. At seven the
cups disappear from the front mid
dle teeth, being brown curved
lines. At eight the cups are all out
save the corner ones. At nine all
the teeth are full, shut even, and
present a fair appearance. At ten
the teeth turn yellow or brown, the
tusks are either blunt or very long,
the gums shrunk away, giving the
teeth a large appearance. At elev
en, the teeth are black and foul,
and the gums form points between
them. At twelve the upper teeth
begin to overhang the lower ones.—
At thirteen the front teeth thicken,
and assume a triangular shape.
vVhen older than this very little
dependence can be placed upon the
appearance of the mouth. From
this period on, the teetli grow more
foul and long, and are worn fiat
from side to side, and the gums ap
pear to dry up and recede.
A horse has forty teeth, twenty-
four grinders, four tusks and twelve
icisors or nippers. The colt is
born with eight double teeth; at
about two months of age four more
appear, one upon each jaw. At one
year four more appear, and at the
age of two years four others, and at
three four more, making the mouth
full—twenty-four grinders.
Soma Plain Talk.
Ulull'ton Springs.
To find thnt there are so many
apparently intelligent men at your
next door, in the same city, town,
village or community who refuse or
fail to subscribe for or to support
their home paper is surprising to
us. It Is indeed strange that some
people are possessed of such little
ness ot soul. You might put the
souls of a thousand such people in
a mustard seed, and then there
would be room enough for them to
rattle. We have hunted around for
something to compare this class of
poeple to, and have found nothing
better than the hog which eats the
acorns from under the tree, and
never looks up to see and consider
the source from whence they came.
In many instances it Is not so much
for the little old dollar and a half
annually the publishers care as the
principle involved in not appreciat
ing and encouraging the editor,
who sometimes over-strains his fer
tile brain to get up something ac
ceptable for you to read. Many
times the newspaper men had
rather give away the paper than
have you not read it. It is not so
much the subscription as the adver
tising that puts the milk in the co-
coanut to sustain a paper. Wo have
known people to get mad and order
their pauer stopped and think it the
largest thing they ever did in all
their born days, and we actually be
lieve they thought surely that little
act of theirs would so cripple the
concern that it would not be able
to get out another issue. But they
iived long enough to find out what
fools they were. The birds will
sing as sweetly, the sun will shine
as brightly, the paper make Its ap
pearance as regularly, and the
world move on as smoothly as if
they had never existed.
Therefore, come along, all you
who are not of the class described
and subscribe for your home paper,
and read it.
ltullotn in Four Bodies.
Louisville, July 19.—Meagre
particulars of a triple tragedy that
occurred at Stepstone yesterday
have just been received. The trag
edy grew out of tiie revival of an
old grudge between Town Marshal
Perry Oakley and John Smith.—
Very few words were exchanged
before Oakley fired on Smith. Be
fore Smith could return the fire he
was shot dead.
Nute Osborn, a friend of Smith’s,
came up to take part, firing at Oak
ley, when lie was himself shot in
the breast. He died in hall an
hour.
Henry Smith, a brother of John,
was next shot twice in the head
and in tiie breast, and died last
night. The fight occurred in H. C.
Hooker & Co’s, store, and it does
not appear at all clear who fired the
fatal shots, which were all from pis
tols. John Smith’s body was left
in the store, but the wounded men
were removed to the house of R.
McGuire, where they both died.
Later as McGuire was going be
tween his house and the store with
a loaded shotgun in his hand he
was fired on by Marshal Oakley
without effect. McGuire returned
the fire with one barrel of his gun,
the shot taking effect in Oakley’s
right eye, neck and body. Oakley
was also shot by unknown parties.
He was removed to the residence
of MaJ. Cassidy, where he lies in a
critical condition. All was quiet at
a late hour last night. An Inquest
was to be held to-day.
More trouble is expected, as both
sides are well represented, and the
feeling toward each other is very
bitter.
New York, July 21.—Timmy
Halden, counterfeiter, arrived in
this city from Auburn prison to-day,
where lie met James D. Fish, ex
president of the Marine bank. He
says Fish is the greatest an most
uncomplaining convict in Jail. His
wants are very few, and he exe
cutes whatever orders the jailers
give him without a murmur.
Tho first night of his confinement,
he asked that he might have bread
and milk and tea for supper. He
got instead the regular prison diet
of bread and molasses and tea
without milk or sugar. He ate it,
and seemed to relish it. The con
vict suit he wears is far too small
for him. There was none in tiie
prison that would go'around him
comfortubly. He bus been made a
clerk in the siioe department, hut
there is little for him to do. Tfir
Brady, the chief of bank uuiglurs,
Is with him a good deal. Fish tolls
the keeper that he was not the one
most to blumo in the Grunt A Ward
business. Halden came out of
prison with a new suit uf clothes
and $15. Fish will get the same
when ho is released in 1892.
Two sons of CorneliuH Vander
bilt are amateur priuters. In their
father’s Fifth uveuue dwelling they
have a room devoted to the craft,
witli a press, cases, type and other
materials used in printing a neat
Uttle paper called the Cornet.
Thoaa troublesome dWeaxoa of man or wo-
man nro nainuul by a ruluxoil mu! Hubby aon-
<111ion nl ilia nuiHrular HyMum. If tin* non-
■yrft ulinn Iihh mil boon completely Hn|i|>i<il,
Simmons’Iron Cordial taken persistently In
KinHlI doses after int-uls. will Dfluid a snoedy
and permanent vuru. In uny ease It will af
ford uroat relief and mu do no possible harm;
11 lure fare try II. A bottle costs but one dol
lar, to be obtained at all dniyyl.xtx.
Aiotker Itsinarksblc Faith Cara.
At Lawrenceville, this state,
several weeks since, Mrs. W. E.
Simmons, accompanied by Mjs.
Turnley, returned with Mrs. Prin
gle from Major James T. McEi-
raney’s residence, and it was soon
ascertained that tho object of tiie
visit was to see Mrs. McElraney,
wlto, it seems, lias been on an inva,
lid’s bed for quite twelve months.
Mrs. McElraney wrote several let
ters to Mrs. Pringle to visit iter be
fore she left the county. Mrs. Prin
gle has been attending the holiness
meetings conducted here, in con
nection with the session of the con
ference, and figured very promi
nently in them. When she arrived
at Major McElraney’s she found
Mrs. McElraney in bed, and in a
short while, after praying and sing
ing for some time, Mrs. McElraney
felt she was able to arise, and she
did so and walked across the room
and threw her arms around and
embraced her husband, who, on see
ing her get up, became greatly ex
cited. Hhe then went and embrac
ed her children and each of her
lady visitors without any apparent
exhaustion. At noon she went to
the dinner table, probably thirty
yards from her bed, and ate a hear
ty dinner, being the first time she
had been in tiie dining room for
months. Hhe declared to Mrs.
Pringle site had complete faith in
God, and believed that He had
completely restored her to health.
A Pwltd (ksrr k Clerk.
910,(MM la a Wastt-Baskct.
Washington, July 21.—A pack
age containing five “certificates of
transfer,” each of the denomina
tion of $10,000, sent from the office
of the register ol the treasury last
night to that of the comptroller of
the currency, was inadvertently
left in the office of the deputy comp
troller upon top of the safe. The
package was found by the charwo
man and carried to the lieutenant
of the watch. The deputy comp
troller was sent for, and went to
the treasury at once. Upon exam
ining the package only four of the
certificates were found enclosed,
and a search was instituted, result
ing at the end of half an hour in
finding the missing certificate
among the waste papers and much
crumpled up. The certificates have
something of the appearance of
government bonds, and one of tiie
theories advanced is that some one
undertook to steal one, but finding
it worthless, or that he or she was
likely to be searched before leaving
the building, hastily threw it away.
Some inconvenience would have
resulted from the loss of the paper,
but the government would have
lost nothing of value, nor would
the assumed thief have been a gain
er. The comptroller will investi
gate the matter as thoroughly as
possible.
A colored brother removing from
Coweta county to Meriwether, car
ried along his church letter. Set
tling near Rocky Mount, he conclu
ded to become a member at Bethel
a colored church near him. It so
happened that in the same pocket
in which reposed the certificate of
churchmembership was also depos
ited last year’s guano note. In
handing in his church letter, the
brother made a mistake, and gave
his guano note instead. The church
clerk not being a very good reader,
never detected the error till several
months afterwards. Being at a
loss what to do about the matter,
he called upon a learned white
brother in the settlement for ad
vice. The white man counseled
that the matter be allowed to
stand, saying that a guano note
was more binding than anything
else in the world. It forbid him
even to take a homestead against
his religion, and if one lived up to
the note’s requirements he thought
the church ought not to complain.
So the guano paper entitled the
colored applicant to full member-
hip at Bethel.
For a Mfr-Tlmc.
I have suffered for years with an
eruption—breaking out at intervals
all over my body. At times my
hands would be useless, which were
both painful and annoying. All
other remedies had been exhausted,
when my merchant here, who
who handles H. S. H., induced me
to try Hwift’s Hpecittc. I tried one
bottlo and could see that the sores
on my huiuls were drying up. Af
ter the use of seyerul bottles I was
entirely cured. My skin is now as
fair and smooth as that of a new
born babe. This eruption was
hereditary, as my father was simil
arly affected. He had also been
entirely cured. I take great pleas
ure In recommending it to othors
who are similarly affected. I can
vouch for it. It is all it claims to
be. I consider it a God send to this
generation, and my house shall
never he without it.
J. D. Ross.
Hparta, Gn., Novembor 21,1884.
Treatise on ltlood and Hkin Dis
eases mailed free.
The Swift HubcifioCo., Drawer
3 Atlanta, Ga.
Chilians*.
Six Months'Xt-KFr.uiNM Ut'Hien.—I suf
fered for about hIx months with chills amt
fovur ami tried every!IiIiik Ilia! wan ruuom
mended, luil (Tdlhtrluo wiih tlm only modi
olno I could Hud that permanently ouruil nu
—John Moruuu, Willoughby, Ohio, May 'JU
1884.
“Ilapp) Time* «ij Mows is Bailor,”.
Special to Macon Telegraph.
Butler, Ga., July 21.—The pro
hibition contest was again decided
last night by tho commissioners,
two of whom rendered a verdict in
favor of prohibition, while the oth
er, Judge J. D. Reese, the only law
yer among them, disagreed, and
left the court room. It will be re
membered that after adjourning
the prohibition election in June
from the 9th to the 12th, the ybte
was consolidated. Tills resulted
against prohibition 197 majority,
Tho prohibitionists have since com
menced a protest, which continued
till to-day, when the two county
commissioners declared tliut the
county gave prohibition a majority
of twenty-two and refuso to show
tho precincts thrown out. The
other comgiissioner claims the elec
tion fair and the voice of the peo-
ple should Htand. Great Imligna-
nation prevails, and the case will
go to the superior court.
Amcrlcus Jtecorder: Dr. G. A
Harper, of Plains of Dura, has been
troubled with midnight raids on
his poultry yard for some time,
Kvery night a commotion among
the chickens and every morning
doad chicken or two in the yard
Home nights ago he went out to in
vestigate the matter, upon hearing
tho usual racket, and run afoul of a
monster chicken snake, which ho
dispatched in short order. No mo
iive, except pure serpentine cussed
ness, for the destructive doings of
tiie reptile.
Chattanooga, Tenn., July 21.-—
The barn of Samuel Williams, a
wealthy farmer residing near this
city, was burned ten days ago by
John Woods, a desperado, whom he
had convicted of robbery. Two
horses and considerable grain was
burned, and a fine horse was stolen.
Two hundred dollars reward whs
offered for his capture. He was
found forty miles above tho city
last night. While being brought to
this city on an express train ho leap
ed through theear window while the
train was running at the rate of 35
inilos an hour, and was seriously
injured. Ho was found where lie
alighted, and reached the city to
night. Woods died from the effects
of ids injuries at 11 p. m. He con
fessed.
Utplai for l.ifc.
A Murdrrcr CaitgM.
Special to Atlunfn Constitution.
Gainesville, Ga., July 21.—
Crawford Whitehead, who killed
George Hardeman in Oconee coun
ty on the 10th of this month, was
captured in White county, near
Cleveland, by a Mr. Houston, and
was carried through Gainesville to
jail. His captors had him chained
to the vehicle and kept a close
watch upon him. He is a quiet
looking man, rattier under tho me
dium size, has a pleasant face and
does not seem at all dejected over
his capture. The party halted for
some time in front of the postoffleo
and a large crowd soon gathered to
see a man who had taken human
life.
TIIE STORY OF THE MURDER.
Athens, Ga., July 21.—Crawford
Whitehead arrived in Athens in
charge of officers, on his way to
Oconee county. In a talk with a
reporter of the Banner- Watchman
he told the story ol the murder, in
substance, as follows :
He and Hardeman, the murdered
man, lived vory close to each other
and Whitehead being a renter of
Hardeman’s they of course were
together a great deal. He claims
that Hardeman would object to ev
erything hid and refused to allow
him to put his cow in tiie pasture.
He tried to kill all of his chickens
for going into his wheat patch, and
would curse and abuse him every
time they met, until his life was a
burden to him. Whitehead says
that Hardeman cursed and abusod
his wife, calling her some very bad
names, and on one occasion, while
they were quarreling, he started to
spit in his wife’s face, and made sev
eral motions as if he would do so.
He said that Hardeman nearly al
ways carried a pistol, and threaten
ed to use It on him. The morning of
the killing Whitehead went to his
patch to hoe cotton, and had not
been there long before Hardeman’s
wife came down the path, leadiug a
mule, and Hardeman following be
hind with a plow stock on his shoul
der. As soon as Hardeman saw
Whitehead he commenced cursing
and abusing him, and said some
very bad things to his wife. White-
head picked up his gun and cocked
both barrels, and told Hardeman he
had stood this just as long as he
could. Hardeman pulled open the
bosom of his shirt and told him to
shoot. Whitehead took him at his
word, and fired both barrels into
his breast. As soon as he shot he
claims that Mrs. Hardeman told
her husband to shoot him. Harde
man did not say anything, but
walked off a few paces and fell. He
says Hardeman had a pistol and
made an attempt to draw it. White-
head claims that he was hounded
down, and that the killing was in
self-defense, as he firmly believos
that Hardeman came with his pis
tol on purposo to raise the difficulty
and kill him. He seems to regret
the killing and will employ tho best
counsel to defend him. Col. T. W.
Rucker has already been retained
by Whitehead which insures him a
strong defense, as Mr. Rucker is
recognized as one of the best crimi
nal lawyers in the county.
«a. K. Dudff'a Uatl.
Bloomington,- III., July 21.—
Abraham Denser, tho German far
mer who yesterday burned his
houso and barn and all his live
stock to prevent his wife, who is
suing for divorce, from getting any
of the property, and who was sup
posed to have perished in the
flames, was subsequently found hid
ing in a clump of tall weeds and
lodged in the couYity Jail. During
the night ho improvised a rope
from Ills suspenders, a towel and
a piece of cord, and huuged himself
from the door frame of Ins cell clos
et. His body was found hanging
dead this morning.
In Germany it has been ascer
tained that the average life of a
rich man is 52 years; of one of the
middle-class 49; and of a poor man
42. It seem to be a matter of life
and death with the Gormans to got
rich.
The Crown Cotton mills, at Dal
ton have orders for 12 months
ahead. They are at present filling
an order of 350 halos of domestics for
a firm in Brazil.
Subscriptions are positively cash
From tlio New York World.
The late William E. Dodge, of
this city, was at one time a resident
of Georgia, where he acquired sev
eral thousand acres of land, most of
it in Dodge county, so named in his
honor. An action in ejectment was
brought Friday by the executors of
Mr. Dodge’s estate In the United
States Court at Atlanta, Ga., through
their attorneys, against several par
ties who have laid claim to parts of
the land.
William E. Dodge. Jr., one of tho
executors, said yesterday to a World
reporter: “There is a gre&t^fleal of
the property, but its valiie is ver^
doubtful. It is all yellow pine land,
and Is worth perhaps $1 an acre, bat
there are so many taxes to pay and
so many suits about it have arisen,
that I question whether It la worth
owning. I know comparatively lit
tle ot the suits myself, excepting
what my lawyers tell 'me. They
write that some Massachusetts man
has bought up some claims against
the land which date hack to 18341.—
A morning paper said that we were
trying to dispossess atiout seventy-
five squatters, and that many of
the men who will find .themselves
ousted from their homes bought the
ground In good faith. This version
of the nffuir strikes me as being
cruel, as our lawyers say that the
claimants are simply trying a black-.'
mailing game upon us.”
“Has your father’s title heretofore!
been considered good, or nre
bringing claim to land which
been settled upon under tho s«
position that it was open to so*
tiers?”
“(>ur titles have always boeri
recognized, ami while some squat
ters may he on tho land, I know
nothing ot them.” r