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£aST" The senate reconsidered
and passed the railroad commis
sion bill. This is as it should be.— !
Wo know of no subject of rights j
and wrongs which the subjects of a j
free government should be forbid
den to test in the courts.
Lately two postal route
agents in Georgia have been ar
rested for robbing letters. Thero
are just enough Democrats in office
to show up these Radical office
holders, all of which proves the fal
lacy of the civil service law.
ggtT Ex-Congressman Tom Har
deman has been appointed post
master at Macon. Every city in
the state is rapidly redeeming it
self from Radical rule except Sa
vannah, and we are sadly driven
to the conclusion that it is the in
fluence of galvanized Democrats
which keeps the worst Radicals in
the state in office there.
gjF Thursday last, while the
railroad commission bill was being
dicussed before the senate, Senator
Thornton took occasion to say
that the country press had been
subsidized to oppose the railroad
commission. If Senator Thornton
believes what he says, he is a fool;
if he docs not believe it, he is a
knave. He is welcome to choose
between the horns of the dilemma.
gJF Late last week the news
that the Central railroad authori
ties had shut the steamer Katie off
its wharves at Savannah startled
the public. At first it was sup
posed that the Central R. R. Co.
had shut off the Katie for the pur
pose of killing off competition in
carrying freights between Savan
nah and Augusta; but it transpires
that the action of the railroad au
thorities were merely precautionary.
Thero is a large quantity of cotton
stored at the Central wharves, and
the danger from fire from open
steamers being very great, the or
der was issued to prevent a catas
trophe, there being nothing cap
tious or contrary about it.
§JSF~ We would as respectfully as
we possibly can, call the attention
of Senator John Sherman to the
groat massacre of the Chinese at
Rock Springs, and mention the
fact that the place has been in a
state of seige ever since the riot.—
As Mr. Sherman has not mentioned
the occurrence in his “bloody shirt”
speeches in the Ohio canvass, we
are afraid he has not heard of it.
Besides, as it has the merit of being
fresh, and puts the beer on any out
rage which ever happened in Soutli
Carolina, Mississippi, or anywhere*
else in the South no doubt Mr. Sher
man could make a good thing of It,
as he is an adept at turning the
crank of the outrage mill. Try it
John, wo don’t care.
fitF" The valued policy bill, now
pending before the legislature has
greatly disturbed tlie oquilibriumn
of the insurance companies. A
dispatch from New ’York, dated the
19th lust, says: In view of dispatch
es from Georgia, received here by a
fire insurance company doing bus
iness in that state, indicating the
passage of this law by the Georgia
legislature, a meeting of such com
panies was held to-day at the rooms
of the New York Hoard of Fire
Underwriters, at which it was
unanimously resolved “that the
pending bill would compel the com
panies to decline insuring any
property affected b' its provisions.”
All the agents of these companies
in Georgia will he at once notified of
this action. Should the bill bo-
come a law a large amount of prop
erty in Georgia will bo rendered
uninsurable in these companies.
Dakota is holding a conven
tion formulating a constitution pre
paratory to a request for admission
into the Union. A few days since
while considering the bill of rights
in committee of the whole, the con
vention was dazed by the introduc
tion of a resolution by Hugh J.
Campbell, member from Yank
ton, declaring Unit Dakota reserved
the right at all times to alter, re
form, or abolish their form of gov
ernment as the people may think
proper. A few of the members al
most went into spasms over “the
secession resolution” as it was call
ed. Judge Edgerton, president of
the convention, loudly protested,
and fiery speeches were made both
for and against the resolution, and
for some timo all was confusion
and uproar. When order was re
stored and a vote was reached, the
resolution was carried by a vote of
45 to 17. Pending a motion to re
port the resolution, Judge Edgerton
asked that the matter bo deferred
till the next day, but a motion to
adjourn prevailed. The greatest
excitement prevailed over the
matter. Thus do these people
cling to the principle of state’s
rights, and endorse and acknowl
edge the truth of the cause for
Which the Mouth fought.
itllUTAMiV I1HTC11KUKI*.
A I.awlms Tragedy in Edgefield South Carolina.
Augusta Chronicle.
Another act in the terrible trage
dy, which began with young Ham
mond’s assassination in Edgefield a
few days since, has been enacted in
Edgefield, and the town is in a state
of wildest excitementover the mur
der of Mr. O. T. Culbreath by a
masked mob, who charged him with
the killing of Hammond. Whether
guilty of the charge or not, the man
ner in which punishment was meted
out is greatly to bo deplored, and
cannot be too heartily condemned.
The law-abiding citizens of old
Edgefield cannot too plainly make
known their horror and disapproval
of this red-handed outrage upon
law and order. Our dispatches
bring word that indignation meet
ings will be held, and the fullest
efforts made to apprehend the guilty
parties. We furnish below full par
ticulars of the bloody tragedy:
Clintonward, S. C., September
22.—[Special.]—The town of Edge-
field is intensely excited over the
last act in the tragedy which was
inaugurated last week by the assas
sination of young W. H. Hammond,
in the yard of Mrs. Culbreath. Sus
picion settled upon Mr. O. T. Cul
breath,husband of Mrs. Culbreath, as
the murderer of Hammond, and last
night this suspicion culminated in
the murder of Mr. Culbreath, right
in the heart of the village, by a
band of masked men.
Early Manday morning a war
rant was sworn out before Trial
Justice Glover for the arrest of O.
T. Culbreath, the husband of Mrs.
Fannie Prescott Culbreath, charg
ing him as the assassin of young
Hammond. The warrant was
placed in the hands of Constable
Robert Ramsay, who found no diffi
culty in executing the same. Re
turning to Edgefield village, it was
agreed that Mr. Culbreath should
not be placed in jail, as no fear was
entertained of his fleeing from jus
tice, so ho was left at the hotel. Af
ter tea last night, he repaired to the
office of his attorneys, Messrs. Gary
& Evans, to consult with them in
reference to his bond and petition.
It had been raining all day, and at
about ten minutes before 8 o’clock
the village was as quiet as such an
occasion could demand, when Con
stable Ramsay rushed into the of
fice of Messrs. Gary & Evans and
informed them that a body of men
were coming up the road. Rumors
of a lynching party had been heard
in the village, and Mr. Culbreath
had been advised by friends to
leave, but he said no body wanted
to hurt lum, and it was probable an
attempt to extort information from
some negroes on his place who were
thought to know something about
young Hammond’s death. When
the constable entered the office
with the announcement that a
body of men were approaching, it
could no longer bo doubted that
they wero after Culbreath, and he
was told to enter the back room of
the office, and make his escape
through a door opening into a small
yard. lie had no sooner left the
room and closed the door than the
mob knocked at the front door, and
asked if Mr. Culbreath was in.—
They were informed that he was
not, hut not satisfied with this an
swer, they entered, and two of the
men covering Mr. Gary with cock
ed pistols, and two threatening Mr.
Evans in the same manner, and two
others proceeded to open the back
room door. Messrs Gary and Evans
were unarmed, but protested vehe
mently against the invasion of their
private office. Upon the opening
of the door of the back room, Mr.
Culbreath fired, his shot inking ef
fect above the door. Ilis fire was
immediately returned, one hall
striking Culbreath in the right
shoulder, and another penetrating
the door. Culbreath cried out
“don’t shoot me any more, I am
killed.”
He was seized and dragged out of
the office, all the while protosting
his innocence and the great wrong
that was being done him. lie was
drugged between two men about a
mile back of the court house, out of
town, to a small hollow between the
Creighton and Eichelberger places.
He called the names of several
members of the party, begging them
to let him ride, saying that ho was
dying trom his wound and was un
able to walk; also asking cortain
persons, whose names ho called, if
they wero not ashamed to treat an
old friend that way, and alledging
his innocence of the crime for which
ho was being murdered. When
they arrived at the hollow ho asked
to bo allowed to pray, and also re
quested that he tie shot in the back.
He was then shot threo times, one
hall striking him in the small of the
back, one in the ldp and one lower
down in tho leg, neither of which
were serious wounds, lie sunk to
the ground and the mob dispersed,
leaving him for dead.
By this time a party of citizens
had been organized a.id set out in
pursuit of the lynching mob. Near
tin' house of Mr. Creighton they met
Mr. Culbreath walking back to
town. He had stopped at the house
of Mr. Creighton, lie said, asking
admission and saying that he had
been shot all to pieces, and was dy
ing. He gave his name and asked
for a glass of water, but it was re
fused, and he was turned away. lie
had set out to walk to town when
he was met by the party of citizens,
who, having heard the shots, and
believing him dead, at first thought
it was his ghost, but soon saw it was
Culbreath in flesh and blood. He
was taken in a vehicle and carried
back to town, and placed upon a
bed in the jail for safety. The doc
tors suppose that he fainted from
loss of blood and exhaustion just
about the time he was shot the last
times, and thus it was that the mob
thought him dead. He was unable
to lie down, and complained of ex
cruciating pain his side. He was
propped up in bed, but the attend
ing physicians did not consider his
wounds fatal. He was perfectly
conscious, and the account of the
fearful outrage upon him, which has
just been related, is as told by him
self. He protested his innocence
throughout, and prayed for his mur
derers, calling the names of several
whom ho recognized. He lingered
until 5 o’clock this morning, when
he died. An inquest was inaugu
rated, and has been adjourned for
the procurement of further .testi
mony. Taylor, one of the posse
who guarded Culbreath in jail, in
his testimony before the coroner to-
day, gave the names of several par
ties that he says Culbreath affirmed,
with his dying breath, were among
his murderers. It is perhaps not
wise to publish these until further
developments are made. It is due
to Mr. Creighton to say that he ex
plains his conduct, when Culbreath
sought shelter at his house, by the
statement that he believed him an
impostor and the whole tale made
up. The coroner’s inquest will be
resumed Thursday and a verdict
will be rendered. An indignation
meeting will be held to-morrow by
the citizens. Great excitement pre
vails. It was an outrage of the deep
est dyo ever perpetrated in the state,
Resurgam.
A FAMILY AFFAIR.
The circumstances surrounding
the terrible tragedy are peculiar,
and the parties are all connected by
marriage or other relations, making
it one of those unfortunate family
affairs which are so disastrous in
their consequences and so deeply to
be deplored. From a gentleman ac
quainted with all the parties, and
the circumstances of botli chapters
in the bloody tragedy, we get the
following facts which have bearing
upon the matter: The parties are
all respectable, well connected peo
ple, and stand high in the county.
Mrs. Culbreath is the daughter of
the late Captain Win. Prescott, one
of the most respected names in
South Carolina. Dr. Win. Prescott,
a brother of Mrs. Culbreath, married
a sister of Mr. Culbreath. The
brother of young Hammond, who
was assassinated, was engaged to
be married to a daughter of Cul
breath. Culbreath was a man past
forty years of age, and had grown
children. Owing to his cruel treat
ment of his wife, she was forced to
separate from him about two years
ago. It is said that on tho separa
tion she gave him $5,000, expecting
him to go away to some other place
and leave her alone. Instead of
this, however, ho settled within a
mile of her, and has since then kept
jealous vigilance over her, making
threats against any one who went
to see her, and constantly importun
ing her to let him come back. He
is said to havo threatened young
Hammond’s life more than once,
and his own daughter testified at
tho coroner’s inquest over Ham
mond’s body that she had heard her
father vow he would kill him.
Young Hammond was about twen-
ty-one years of ago, a near neighbor
of Mrs. Culbreath, and had been em
ployed as a sort of overseer on tho
Culbreath place. His mothor testi
fied at the inquest that her son had
told her a few days before that Cul
breath had threatened his life, and
ho told her so she “might know, in
case ho was killed, who was his
murderer.”
Maid our informant, in view of
these facts, thero is llttlo doubt on
tho minds of the people of tho neigh
borhood that Culbreath Is responsi
ble for young Hammond’s death.
There is a fence running along by
tho Culbreuth house and thero is a
door at either end of the house.
Thero was a beaten path along the
outsido of this fence running tho
length of tho house, showing that
Hammond’s murderer had boon
waiting tho opportunity to kill him
lor somo time, and had paced back
ward and forward from door to door
in tho attempt to see in the house
or secure an opportunity to shoot.
When Hammond came into the
yard with the child tho desired op
portunity was afforded, and he was
shot down like a dog. Said our in
formant: “WhileI was notin Edge-
field at tho time of the killing of
Culbreath, I know tho feeling which
existed towards him, and the reas
ons which led to his being dealt
with by the mob, viz: the firmest
conviction of his guilt, the inability
to prove it, and the knowledge that
his arraignment and trial would be
a mere farce, resulting in his ac
quittal. It is not certain that Cul
breath did the killing; he was, per
haps, too smart for that, and I learn
lie wrote a letter to Dr. Prescott as
suring him that lie could prove an
alibi. It was firmly believed, how
ever, by the men who killed him
that he was responsible for the mur
der, if not the actual slayer, and
that if a negro or other person did
the shooting it was merely as a tool
in Culbreath’s hands.”
The report that there were im
proper relations existing between
Mrs. Culbreath and young Ham
mond is utterly without foundation,
and receives no credence from the
people who know her. She is one of
the most estimable ladies in Caro
lina and is above suspicion. Said
our informant: “Ido not give you
these facts in justification of the ac
tion of the mob that killed Cul
breath. 1 deprecate the sad occur
rence as much as anybody, and
heartily disapprove of their course.”
A Wonderful Tunnel.
N. Y. Herald.
Deep down under the rustling
cornfields, green meadows and
peaceful woods, by the faint, yellow
light of innumerable smoky lamps,
and the intermittent cold gleaming
from white electric lights,six thous
and grimy men are toiling night
and day that the water supply of
New York may flow through twen
ty-eight miles of solid rock. It
never ceases, this grinding, and
cranking and whirring, and dull
booming of powder explosions, save
for two hours out of the twenty-
four, when three thousand men
drowsily crawl out of the dim
shafts on the surface of the earth
to eat their meat and bread, and go
to sleep, while three thousand other
men take their places. Since the
first of the year these cold, trickling
cayerns and shafts have been drill
ed and blasted continuously.—
Hundreds of steam-drills, driven by
streams of compressed air from
wonderful, shining engines, eats
into the hard rock like so many
steel parasites, and mountains of
torn gneiss and shining mica have
been piled up around the shafts as
the work went on. In two years
more a tunnel thirty-one miles in
length will stretch from Croton
lake to the reservoir in Central
Park, through the brick and stone
lining of which will gush a body of
crystal water, more than enough
to supply the metropolis. For all
these blessings and the proud dis
tinction of owning the longest rock
tunnel in the world, the city will
have to pay $33,000,000, or perhaps
$00,000,000. The Mount Cenis tun
nel is seven and a half miles long,
and cost $15,000,000, while the St.
Gothard tunnel is nine and a quar
ter miles long, and cost little more.
Few people in tho city have any
idea of the marvelous rapidity with
which the acqueduct tunnel is be
ing made. Indeed, the speed which
is kept up has attracted the atten
tion of miners all over tho country,
for nothing even approaching to it
has ever been seen before. The
work is divided into two parts.—
From High Bridge to Tarrytown it
is in tho hands of O’Brien & Clark,
the contractors, and from thence to
Croton lake it belongs to Brown,
Howard At Co. These contractors
farm out tho tunnelling to sub-con
tractors. On tho whole line there
are twenty-six shafts. These shafts
are bunched up into sections of two
or threo shafts each, and tho sub
contractors are under agreement to
tunnel out the rock and clay in
their respective sections at so much
a yard, and to build tho brick.and-
stone water-way inside at set pri
ces. Over eight thousand men are
employed In the work—six thous
and underground, and two thousand
on tho surface. At tho bottom of
each shaft tho miners work in two
directions, so that while one set of
men are drilling soutward, thero is
another set of men in another shaft
working northward to moot them.—
Those shafts are about or nearly a
mile apart, and yet so delicate and
accurate are the plans of the engin
eers that In no case, they declare,
will the lines of the tunnel be more
than an inch out of tho way when
tlio miners in the different tunnels
meet each other under ground.
Hlmmons’ Iron Cordial restores tln< action
of sluggish kidney's, causes healthy seero-
t Ions.
ChHxitiK n llnlloon ut Sph.
London Standard.
An exciting balloon adventure
was lately witnessed at Dover. The
balloon was sighted about 4 o’clock,
sailing at a great altitude over
Shakespeare’s cliff, and being driv
en toward the Castle before a fresh
westerly wind. It was noticed that
the occupants of the ear were dis
charging a great quantity of ballast,
apparently having some difficulty
in keeping tho balloon up. Moon
after it had passed over Dover Cas
tle it was seen that something was
wrong, and that the balloon was
descending very rapidly. It was
then over the Channel, about two
miles from the shore, and much ex
citement prevailed in the town, the
people assembling in great numbers
on the piers and sea front. The bal
loon continued to descend rapidly
until it readied the water, through
which the car was rapidly dragged.
Several boats put off from the
shore, but they were unable to
get near the balloon, owing to the
rapid rate at which the wind car
ried it along. Mr. Reader, the cap
tain of the Dover harbor tug Gran
ville, who went to the rescue, has
made the following statement:
He says his attention was first at
tracted to the balloon about 5
o’clock. It was then descending rap
idly’ off the shore, between the Con
vict Barracks and the South Fore
land. Seeing the dangerous situa
tion of the leronauts, he at once
weighed anchor at the Admiralty
pier, where he was lying, and pro
ceeded at full speed to the spot. One
of the London Steam Navigation
Company’s steamers, the Sir Walter
Raleigh, which had just left the Ad
miralty pier, with passengers tor
Ramsgate, also gave chase. The
balloon struck the water a little to
the westward of the South Fore
land lights. As soon as the balloon
touched the water the car sank, and
it was feared that the occupants
were lost, as the balloon went over
on her side and rolled about a great
deal on the water. But the men
were soon seen clinging to the ropes
and signaling for assistance.
Although the tide was setting in
the opposite direction, the balloon
was impelled through the water by’
the wind at a great rate, and the
tug gained on them very slowly.—
The men wore seen to be in a very
exhausted state. When the tug
reached within half a mile of them
a galley, manned by some travel
lers by whom the balloon had been
sighted, shot out from St. Marga
ret’s bay, and succeeded in reaching
the balloon as she was drifting by’,
the tug being then within halt a mile
of them. Lines were thrown the
icronauts, and they were hauled
into the galley with great difficulty.
They were very much exhausted,
and were taken ashore immediate
ly’, where restoratives were admin
istered. The accident is attributed
to Capt. Dale loosing control of the
valve at the top of the balloon. The
balloon had evidently lost a large
quantity of gas, as it partly collaps
ed on the tug coming up to it. Prep
arations wore made by the captain
of the tug to secure the balloon, but
it suddenly rose from tho water,
soon after it was relieved from its
impediment, ascended to a great
height, and drifted away over the
cliffs in tho direction of Ramsgate.
A Singular Story.
Toledo, Ohio, September 21.—
The Commercial Telegram publish
ed a singular story, which is in
substance, that thirteen years ago
Thomas Hubbell, a farmer, residing
in Moneclova township, in this
county, was supposed to have died,
and was buried. A few years ago
liis friends received a letter signed
in (he dead man’s name, saying
that lie was alive, and would visit
them. Recently a second letter of
tho same character was received.—
This caused an examination of the
grave, and the casket was found to
be empty. An explanation of the
mystery is said to be that the grave
was robbed, and the body sent to a
medical college in Michigan. It
was then discovered that the man
was not dead, but Ids mind being
atllicted by disease, ho could give
no information concerning his
friends, and was placed in an asy
lum, where he subsequently recov
ered. A brother of the resurrected
man has gono to Michigan to in
vestigate tho matter. Tho widow
of Mr. Hubbell married again seven
years ago.
Tho Hlade gives the details of an
interview with some of the relatives
of Thomas Hubbell. They place
no credence in the story that
ho in alive. They state that Dr.
Huhhell died of pneumonia, and
that four days elapsed before burial
took place. The grave has been
opened, but the remains were not
found, and with thin exception the
story is pronounced without found
ation In fact.
Denlli from (lazing.
A dispatch from Hazleton, Pa.,
says, a young son of Edward Turn
back died here to-day from the ef
fects of the hazing received last
Wednesday at the hands of several
of his schoolmates. The scholars of
the public school to which young
Turnback had been admitted make
a practice of initiating new schol
ars by making them run a gauntlet
through two lines ol ten or twenty
boys on each side, they punching
the victim with their fists as he
passes through. They injured the
little fellow so badly in the region
of the kidneys that he died in great
agony to-day. No action has been
taken in the matter, but it is likely
that an Investigation will be made
by the school authorities.
Texas Cotton Injured.
Galveston, September 22.—Re
ports are coming from the cotton
belt districts of Texas showing that
the heavy rains of the past week
have worked serious damage to the
standing cotton. The northern por
tion of the state was not so seriously
affected as the central, southwestern
and eastern sections. The damaged
area is quite as large as the states
of New York and Pennsylvania
combined, and comprises the most
valuable portions of the Texas cot
ton belt. The most disastrous rains
occurred in the middle of the cotton
picking season, and reports indicate
that thousands of acres have gone
to waste for want ot gathering, it
being impossible to pick cotton
while wet, On account of the dam
age caused by the rain it is esti
mated that two-tliirds of the Texas
crop this season will grade low mid
dling, whereas about one-third is
the usual average for low middling.
No accurate estimates have yet
been made by experts, but all agree
that the damage to cotton by waste,
destruction and lowering of grade
will reach several million dollars.
I’uss it Aruunil.
Denver Tribune-Republican.
A young man came into the car
groping through the aisle for a seat,
His left eye was covered with a red
handkerchief and his right was
swollen nearly shut. A white hand
kerchief, now blood-soaked, was
around his head, tied under his chin.
His left arm reclined lazily in a
sling and his right was without am
bition, though able to be around.
His coat was torn, and his trousers
looked as if ho had made a Chicago
slide for third base through a briar
patch. He limped in one leg and
didn’t feel well in the other. “I
say,” said an inquisitive passenger,
“been in arailroadaccident?”“Naw.”
Here was a brief pause and the in
quiry: “Runaway?” “Naw.” An
other pause, but finally the query:
“Baseball?” “Naw.” “Well, I say,”
exclaimed the inquisitive passenger,
warmly, “will you be kind enough
to tell me how you did get banged
up in that style?” “Certainly, sir,”
replied the afflicted individual,
swinging his right hand around
quite vigorously, and displaying a
big muscle, “certainly, sir, certainly;
I tried to stick my nose into another
man’s business.”
A llcrolc Woman.
Camden, S. C., September 21.—
For sometime past the jail in this
place has been known to be inse
cure. For tins reason the prison
ers have recently been kept in their
cells, and not allowed tho privile
ges of the corridor. The jailor is a
cripple, and has been confined to
his bed for months. During this
time his duties have been attended
to by his daughter, Miss Gaskins,
and she lias proven herself well
worthy of the trust reposed in her.
Friday evening a new lot of prison
ers was received at the jail, and as
the prison was already crowded,
nine of them were locked up in an
old cell which had not been used
for some time. During tho night
one of tho prisoners managed to
get out of the cell into the corridor,
and by some means procured apiece
of iron with which he broke the
lock and released the other eight.—
They immediately commenced pry
ing off the bars from one of the
windows, and in a few minutes all
of them would havo been out. At
this juncture, however, Miss Gas
kins heard the noise. Tho plucky
little woman at once picked up a
bar of iron, unlocked tho other
door, and rushed into the corridor
where the prisoners wero working
at tho window. Mho drove every
one of them back into their cell in
short order, and kept guard at the
door until tho sheriff arrived ami
took charge of the Jail, and mana
cled the prisoners, several ot whom
are noted negro desperadoes, and
one a convicted murderer under
sentence ot death.
Ciiii.i.h ok Knurr Months’ Ktanihnii
('Ulli:II. I Imvc been Ilia victim of chills ami
lover lot' Ilia |iHHl a illil mouths. (Hi May 1st
I bought a bottle of (' III I lurl in*, amt after tin
(Idl'd day’s using I lain' Inal no chills. mid
am gaining strcnglli.— 11. C. Konlek, Warn,
1 Tax., May U, 1SHI.
The. Prohibitionists.
Atlanta Cor. Macon Telegraph.
The prohibitionists here are mak
ing great preparations for a most
active campaign. Their committees
are piebald, being composed of good
democrats, negroes and ex-scala
wags and carpet-baggers. John E.
Bryant and Bill Pledger propose to
take a big hand. There Is much
talk already about the prospects for
the 9th of November. The prohibi
tionists claim that they will carry
the city by 2,000 majority, and that
the effect will be to add to the busi
ness of the town. The wet people
say that the election will be close,
and if whisky is driven out Atlanta
will be set back twenty years. I
have failed to find a woman who is
not against whisky world without
end. Several female orators will
thunder during the campaign,
among them Miss Missouri Stokes.
Sam Jones is also expected to tako
the stump.
I do not believe that the prohibi
tionists will succeed, because tins
city pays a yearly revenue of $52,000
for the privilege of selling spirits.
Property owners will hesitate a long
time before casting their votes and
influence for the side which pro
poses to sweep this revenue away
and make up the deficit by raising
the tax on real and personal prop
erty.
A Fight with Moonshiners.
Nashville, September 22.—In
ternal Revenue Collector Hillsman
late last night received a dispatch
giving information of a conflict be
tween a posse of officers and Carrol
county moonshiners, intimating
that four farmers had been foully
dealt with. R. M. Green, deputy
collector, left Nashville Sunday
night with several officers, and am
pin ammunition for a stubborn con
flict with the manufacturers of illic
it whisky. Ten rifles were part of
the stores of war. It had been ar
ranged that Green should receive
reinforcements at McKenzie. He
had a dozen men with him when he
ventured into the lair of the moon
shiners. Last night Green tele
graphed here saying: “Two stills
were captured last night, the first
one at 10 o’clock. Four guards were
left to guard it. The second was
seized at daylight. Seven or eight
shots were fired by both sides. Wo
returned at 9 o’clock, and found
that at still No. 1 the guards were
gone. We made search, but were
unable to hear of them or find them,
and were driven in. It may be that
the four deputies who disappeared
from the posse are merely lost, but
the presumption is thought to bo
inaccurate, as they w’ould not havo
left their post until further orders.”
Charles Johnson, a negro convict
who was in for teu years for burgla
ry, escaped from James English’s
brick yard gang, near Atlanta,
Monday. He was pursued by train
ed hounds all the afternoon. The
hounds discovered that he was run
ning in a circle, and coming to a
halt, he ran in upon them about
dark. After a fierce resistance he
was double shackled and had an
iron ring placed around his neck,
and was taken back to camp, wliero
Whipping Boss Hammond gave
him a severe beating with a leather
thong. Johnson is the negro who
entered Mrs. Ballard’s female col
lege one night last spring, and was
afterwards captured by Captain
Couch, then on tho police force.—
lie made a desperate fight, and
came near killing Couch bpfore ho
was overpowered.
CHOI.EUA ANI) YKLI.OW KKVKH.—A HIClll-
cine wlilcli perfectly regulates the liver, kIoih-
aeh ami bowels, anil keeps them la a natural
anil licntttiy eonilllion, as Simmons’ Liver
Medicine does, will In 111 eases out of every 1110
eases prevent an attack of these fearful dis
eases. And If, after using the Liver Medicine,
you should take either of the diseases, your
system will he so thoroughly cleansed, Invlg-
orated and strengthened that the form of the
disease will be very light, and recovery sure
and speedy. Ample proof of this Is found In
the fact that very few physicians uttendlng
these diseases die, because they keep toelr
liver, stomach ami bowels In proper condi
tion. Wo have many certificates on this
subject, which we would Is' pleased to print If
space permitted, lie on the sale side and
prevent tho attack with tho “ounce of pre
ventative," and you will never need tho
“pound of cure.”
A man named. Adams came from
from Alabama to Early county
some weeks ago, and got work at A1
Mills’ house as a farm hand. Rep
resenting himself us a single man,
he gained the consent of a worthy
young lady m the neighborhood to
umrry him. Mr. Mills, however,
“smelt a mouse,” and learned that
In Henry county Adams bad de
serted bis wife and seven children,
Mr. Mills went home, took Adams
down and gently laid on bis bare
back 100 lushes. Ho left Mr. Mills
with thanks; said he’d alwuys re
member him, and go straight homo
to his wife and children.
It Nkvkii Fail*,—I am a ludles’ nurse,
and have been with a great many ladles who
have used your Mexican Female Remedy,
and 1 must say It lius proven to be the best
medicine tlint 1 have ever known for the dis
eases It lx recommended to euro. It bus nev
er failed in a single ease.—Mrs. M. Dorman,
ltobuil, I nil., April ‘.’I. lskf.
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