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Ho will then lilt various engagement*
In northeast Georgia. Next week bo
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SIOCItlCTAltV "blilTH’rt SPEECH.
Ia Mr. Smith’s Speech ma.lo In Mil
•light there was I.tile or
no attempt to touch tlio fancy or tickle
the risible* of bla licnren. U was
plain, stralglitforwunl, easily under
stood sbittanent of and argument upon
the liiiuiirla! questions now before the
people for settlement, itjvns perfectly
evident ilial Mr, Hinttli mid small cure
to merely please anybody. Tills fact
was not cridcut from miy lack of at-
tmctlveucss In the speech itself or Die
iniiutior of Its delivery, but ,u the per
sistence with which Mr. Hmlth ltd-
dressed himself solely to tho Intelli
gence of bis beiirent, IIu was ip.-oklng
to convince, not to please; he was per
forming n* high duty of n statesman In
unlhority, not seeklflg to gain populari
ty for liluiself.
Mr. Hmlth performed that duty well.
tVe have seen nowhere an abler argu
ment ou Hie bimetallist sale of the sil
ver quiwtlon or it stronger statement of
the historical facta whluli show that ibo
free coinage of silver lit n less ratio
than Unit fixed by the world's markets
must result, not -Hi bimetallism, not In
the equal currently of gold and silver
inouey, but In silver monometallism,
with all the evils tlmt necessarily nt-
tend such a system. Mr. Smith wns
especially happy when dealing with the
carefully fostered idea that before 1873
currency wns muru' ubumlaat titan now,
uud more nbundaut because- silver cu
teretl largely Into It through tho open
doors of the mint, Tho fact that from
the opening of the mints m 17112 until
their reopening In 1878, under the op-
rmtlou of the illaml law, only 8,000,000
silver dollars were coined wus n fa
miliar one. It has bccu repeated again
uud again by the newspapers. But the
elgnllleauco of tlila fact was more
strongly brought out by Mr. Smith
than we have seen done by others. It
Ima been oontuuded by the advocates
of tho free coinage of silver that while
It wns true that only 8,000,000 silver
dollars were coined In nearly
ninety years, yet tho colunge
of allver was considerable be
cause tho mints turned cut a good
many millions of fractional silver. The
popular preference, they iuive said, was
for tile minor coins, nud the prluclplo
for which they contended wus then
fore not affected by tho fact that tli
mint* coined half dollars, quarters nnd
dlmee Instead of dollnra. But they neg
lected In making this oontoutlon two
Important facts—that oven our minor
silver coin* were largely exported be
cause die ratio was too high, nnd the
further fact that early In tho fifties tho
legal tender quality of silver subsidiary
coins was fur this reason wlthtr
It Is true,, thou, tho , much talk,sl-ef
•’dollar of our daddies” had practically
ho existence. It tveut out of the coun
try so promptly that oven tho 8,000,000
coined did not make for auy cotis'dcra-
hle length of time a part of the curren
cy. It 1* also trite, therefore, that tho
allver which WUS lu circulation before
the war, which wo nro told contributed
so much to tlie national prosperity, was
not a legal tender. Then, as now, gold
was the stnndnnl of valuo anil silver a
subsidiary coin, useful, but formln,
part of wliat tho advocates of free
honest man wlio Is trying to arrive at
a Just aud true conclusion In regard to
this much disputed und vastly import
ant question.
POPULIST
IDEAS ABOUT
SION&
PEN-
There were four pension bills Intro
duced at the last session of congress by
PopultsU, Representative Hudson from
Kansas wanted tq pay to each pen
sioner ten times the annual uraount of
tiie pcuslon he now receives In a lump
sum. This would cost 11,000,000,000
Ilepresentatlre Davis of Kansas
wants to give a pension to every man
who served In the Union army or navy
amounting to from $10 to SIT, a month.
Cost to the government this year $100,
000,000.
• .Senator Allen's service pension bill
would require the first year $350,-
000,000.
Senator Boiler's cent a day pension
bill prorides for the expenditure of
$2,413,000,000. Georgia would have to
pay of this $00,000,000-aliout $172,30
tor the head of each family In the state.
How much would come back to her?
Tho Populists certainly meant what
they said wheu they declared in their
platform that they believed in liberal
pension* for the sailors and soldiers wlio
served In tlie navy and army during
the war. We have tlie highest authori
ty for tho statement that the Populists
are thoroughly united on tho ccnomlc
questions set forth in this platform]
Hence the Georgia Populists, It Is fair
to presume, favor these “liberal’’ pen
slon measures. If the rank nnd file of
Hie Populist party in Georgia are will
big to tax themselves $172.30 apiece
for the benufit of their suffering broth
ers lu the North and West, it speaks
well for Uielr generosity und shows that
they can mnke a heap mora money out
of (i-cont cotton than their Democratic
neighbors can do. ,
It Is not to bo wondered at that the
saving In pension expenditures effected
by Secretary Smith of some $20,000,000,
by the cutting off of fraudulent pen
sions Is act down by men who would
give billions to three people as of no
account Wo poor Democrats, who are
not used to handling such vust amounts
of money, laid nu Idea that we were
dolug the people a servico by saving
even such on Insignificant sum ns $20,-
000,000 und sttll claim credit for good
Intentions at all events.
THE EASTERN WAlt.
coinage jiro so foml of describing as
“primary" money.
Mr. Smith also dealt ably with die
proposition put forisranl with so much
Insistence by tlie silver mouotuetaUlsU
that the money supply of tho United
States Is ‘shinII how ’ compared with
what it was In times of untlon.it pros-
pcrjty before 1801. He showed that, on
the contrary,' there has been a large lu-
erease lu the supply of money In this
country siuce that time—that the sup
ply of money'actually 1-a existence Is
large. If not ample, however true it
may be that money Is difficult to obtain
Mid, In the cotumcrelul sense, scarce,
the lack being not of cunoucy but of
the eoafideuce that 1* agraMtqr to the
fret use of money.
Mr. Smith’s speech Is lu the h’ghcst
degree creditable to him a* s pabllo
man. Ho show* courage In dealing with
n question ou which there is a sharp di
vision of opinion among his constitu
ents. We believe thet it will raise him
higher In die estimation of Democrats
generally, aud of Georgia Democrats In
particular. It ought to be used as a
eampalgn document aud read by every
It Is not surprising that the Japanese
decline mediation at tho present stage
of tlielr war With China. They linvo
so far been wonderfully successful.
They have practically destroyed the
Chinese armies In Corea, and have so
strengthened their position vital It is
now almost Impossible for the Chinese
to regain their foothold In tlio penlu-
suln. At sea they have been equally
successful. -In the naval battle off the
mouth of tho river Yalu the northern
aquadron of tho Chinese navy was so
crippled, loelng many of its finest ships,
that-lt can no longer bo considered nn
offensive force. Japan Is therefore free
to strengthen her position iu Corea un
til It Is Impregnable and is proceeding
to do so with great vigor.
It Is probablo that at this stage of tho
proofed lugs Japan could obtain through
mediation all of tlio objects for which
sho avowedly went to war. It Is c-vcn
possible that Chinn would consent to
pay a largo war Indemnity, by which
many of tho financial sacrifices of the
Japanese people would ho compen
sated. -But though Japan professes to
ho fighting only for tho Independence
of Corea sho Is In fact fighting for tho
prestige that will give her u complete
nnd undisputed ascondanoy in Eastern
Asia. Feudalism In a nearly perfect
form existed lu Japan later than In uny
other country, nnd wns overthrown
only about twenty-five years ago. With
the overthrow of this system, whose
fall wus a great shock to the Japanese
tinblts of thought, began the rising of a
national prldo and ambition which lu
development und results ha* been tho
wonder of the world. No people known
to history hnvo Improved so fust ma
terially and mentally, Judged from the
European standpoint, as tho Japanese
have doue during tho last quurtor of u
century. Thut short time has sufficed
to change a reillly hermit natlou—o na
tion which resolutely shut Its door*
against nil foreigners nud treated them
as uecessarly putillo enemies- into a na
tion whoso government is orgaulxcd on
European models, the ndmlmgtratku of
wlilch Is strong nud efficient, nnd which
In adopting tho forms of civilization
has adopted also Its ambitions nnd iu n
very huge degree tts spirit Having
tuiblbcd the European ambition to wage
don’t stick. That transaction with
Mrs. Rowe, about which so much fuss
was made, turns out very much to the
credit of Mr. Atkinson. The truth of
the matter la Mr. Atkinson Is a scru
pulously honest man.
Tho speech of Secretary Hoke Smith
iu this city Monday night bad the ring
of true Democracy. It wns a thought
ful speech and will set the people to
thinking. -With the truth told to the
people as Secretary Smith told It, from
every slump In Georgia, Populism
would disappear like tlio morning mist
under the rays of the summer sun.
Silver Is a full legal tender for all
debts, public aud private. Yet the Pop
ulist speakers are constantly talking
of the demonetization of sliver. By
what means would It be possible for
the United Sta-tea government to give
to sliver more power as money than it
now possesses?
Japan has her fighting blood up. The
Chinese are apparently willlDg to put
an end to "dla here foolishness,” but
tiie subjects of the mikado are not tired
yet by a long jump, and a Japanese
army of occupation at Pekin lu tlio
near future is by no means among the
impossibilities.
This slump In cotton is getting tire
some. Thank goodness, many of our
Georgia, fanners have something lu crib
nnd smokehouse, nnd they can wait for
tiie upward turn, which' ought to come
with an Increased demand for cotton
goods.
successful war and dominate her neigh
bors, Japan will hardly consent, unless
'infers reverses. Hint the war cud
until she has thoroughly Impressed upon
tiie minds of all eastern peoples that
she aud not China Is tho douiiuaut
power of Aslatlo nations, and upon the
minds of Europeans tiie fact that she
can no louger be treated ns a semi-bar
barous weakling among tiie nations.
Senator German evidently does net
represent the Democratic party of Ma
ryland in tho United States scuate.
Convention after convention la that
indorses Ptvsldcut Cleveland and
denounces the course of tho senate In
regard to tariff legislation. Unless
there Is a radical change in Democratic
sentiment In the state before the exptra-
Ion of hh> present term, Mr. Goman’s
opportunities for mischief, so far a*
the senate is concerned, will soon bo
stopped.
Tire Populists nre trying hard to at
tack lion. AY. Y, Atkinson's record os
an offset to'the ugly things cropping
out about their candidate. Judge lllut-s,
but somehow or oth* their charges
With the per capita of circulation be
tween 1830 and 1800 at $14.70 and the
per capita of circulation In 1803-01
$31.30, will some of our Populist friends
please explain what they mean by a
contraction of the currency?
TYSON IS NOT SATISFIED.
He Proceeds to Rip Up Judge Hines'
Explanation of tho Lawson Trust.
Tho Sandersvillo Progress of today
contains the following Interesting card
from Mr. Charles 11. Tyson In refer
ence to tlio explanation of Judge James
K. Illues of the charge made against
him that he bad not made uu account
ing of tho funds eutrunted to him by
Mrs. Lawson, aud that ho was keeping
out of their rights the orplinu children
of Capt. and Mrs. Latvsoh.
Mr. Tyson's card shows very plainly
that the orphans have not beea able to
got their money from Judge Hines.
Looking,at this jaso In tho most char
itable light trad It shows a carelessness
lu uiout-y matters on tho part of the
Populist candidate which augurs ill for
the affairs of the state, should they by
nny strange freak of fortune be en
trusted to his cure.
Mr. Tyson’s enril Is astollows:
Editors Progress: Please allow me
space In your valued columns to reply
to Judge Hines' anaiele ipub-l-ehod In the
Constitution of tho 20th ir,-:;., ub the
same atkempts to distort facts und is
untrue In reference to • the material
points of this matter. Judge Hlues
olaitiu he did not seek Mrs. Liuwson,
etc. Judge Hints knows laho-t Mio.
Lawson la dead. Mrs. Lawson’o daugh
ter was present, and •affirms my prevl-'
ous statement. Judge Htacs does not
deny having stone to her home, and I
defy him to produce a letter or note re
questing him to do so. Mrs, Lawson
was almost an Invalid, and my atu-te-
motti about Judge Hines seeking her
etc., Is true. A person seeks another by
going ot hem or writing for them. Fur
thermore, Mrs. Lawson was so much
surprised In receiving tile letter Inform
ing her that he had made Investments
without consulting her that she en
closed his letter to R. a. Stone, her
brother, exrrcosing her surprise at
Judge Htnes’ act, and asking, advice.
2. Hinas claims thtt a day or two be
fore 51m. Lawson's death he wrote the
company tn whose possession, he
thought the note nnd mortgage were
anil directed It to draw on him at sight,
etc. This cannot he true. On May 1,
1833, he wrote Mrs. Lawson he had paid
tho debt on April 4. 1893. He had tho
money a month and four days before
Mm. Lawson's death, and-alter tho
time April 4. 1S93, when ho claimed ho
had paid 4L He knew tlmt only pay
ment oould etop the tut crest,and calcu
lated 'the cost of taking up ,the said
debt on April 4. 1833. at $3,835.60.- I at
tach a copy of his letter do Mrs. Law-
son without further comment on this
point.
$.1 do not suppose any one rave
Judge Hines saw sny suppression of
truth tn the otaitement thut I had paid
over $3,200 on the Oconee debt, espe
cially as I did state that of $12,600 he
had accounted for It exempt about $s,-
000. An administrator of nn estate Is
supposed to pay off debts with funds of
the estate collected In. I did not nrp-
poso that even Judge lllnes would im
agine anything else, nnd do not believe
ho truly uoe«. Tho Imagined prevarlca-
tlon by tho supposed suppression of
truth. I laws, will have to rest In tho
brain of tho Judge, where it originated
and j>i\>perly bo!a are.
4. It la fctnanjce that Jud*e Hlnw
could not lend 12.500 to dir. Young - , $c*
aured by 120.000 worth ot property, an
aocount ot the d«*ith of Mrs. Lawson,
and yet could ufterw.irda lend $3,500 tu
parties, takln* only n note. This U the
loan which he claim, he hae made, and
the hat of w hferh he could saddle upon
&£.JK& >0ll i < ? hlld . r ? n « l know nothing
about this at aimed loon. and atill assort
?£iM n . by ITi S*!? chl, » e Lawson
!h!, <lr3n wtai '■ ,***• •**>l«t»tion proves
mxiertlon, Um he fulled to
5**® , t , hu . lc ’ ao Dn ti>e Tallulah Falls
property. Is true.
^c k»n for about $2,000. j nm un .
der the tmprwolon, wns made to an
an
error, l -te loan w.\3 to rkTnr.4 w«
swtned BU* K. fealer. but nothin* more.
V Salter but enn-
not get >. < in> reply. .Vbovit 1225 int*»r»-*t
im^ accumulated, and rcmallu due ami
untuii. Judge nine* bSm
hla'reSt I*wax n°t thU "^’to^Un'ti
tira < to*theae > 9M £
debtednjB, to hlmeelri TOirrepW of Ms
to confirm me in mj- opin
ion, and rather thin a bona fide loan
It was an effort to tramfer to Mr a t/w-
»"« M ' A- September
Hines again states vrtiat it
not true. I nev.-r wrote Mm «... I
could aft use the Wd, w
the money and I deK" hlm m
any sudd letter. I suspected e, vio
never Invested any of eS
bonds anti have siattal «o hbn that*?
vrouU settle wfeh him to bin^
money. 1 did state not to mSTm
three of the Imnda as deht.TSTo^
mo - sod his letter of
I ^f pect to vwt
^ «viii mKirJSf n * xt aws
and eiuU brine with me and tarn over
to yon the Gaorgta bonUs iwhioh I hold
for tho minor Children,’’ I stated he had
not produced trie bonds or the money,
aril letter shows that on May 12, ltoj,
he bud tihe bond3, and now attempts
tt> ctilm be sent me the money, -Which
Is entirely false. Nearly all the money
I got from Judge Hlnea wus in MAroh
and April, 1834, and a -i be claimed Clay
ing in hand -t/ho bonds, It oould lave
been no other money but part of that
with which he bad nd: paid the d»bt
on.’the Oconee p>ice and the umount
lie flailed to lend Mr.. Young.
7. It is untrue that Judge Hines will
owe nothing- When he hu» paid the
$8,000 he acknowledges due. About
$1,100 of these .funds are due me at
agent and -attorney for the heir of nge
ltor the claimed loon of about $2,00-.
I have neither security or the money
Dimply a defaulted interest note sign Jd
Elta. E. Salter.) For these amounts
suits are pending In she city court o
Atirota Bor tunouwts hod -and received.
The temporary Investment: of $5,6000
tbolt he speaks of he claims bo have
loaned to ilr. English and Mr. Haas,
one worth at time of loan $100,000 anil
the other $60,000. That wuohts explana
tion on Jimp 2$, 1894. when he produced
neither bonds or money. At 'tbit time
he attempted to secure tne for a little
over $5,000, promising to fix up the
claimed leaned ito Mrs. Balter. I stated
to him that I wanted enough money
to pay off aw debts, and tint when they
were paid I would be satisfied ff-oecured
foe baCutrce. He promised to -pay $1,000
oaSh by July 0 and enough more cash
soon ufterwatds to enable me Ho pay
off ail debts. IV’-ih this urider.-riandCng I
-took what securities I couM get out
of him. These promises he failed
keep.
8. Judge Hines ha, been continually
explaining, but they have failed no ,»
cure the money to ;ahe parties entitled
When -he has paid the amounts above
Stated he may claim having accounted,
but not before. .
9. It Ls true Judge Hines bos offered
to furnish me w-fth copies of tits letCers
and telegrams to me. But he foils to
state bun I accepted that offer with
thunk, ’two months ago. and also th-nl:
he has fafled to furnish me with the
copies of the letters and telegrams.
Judge Hines -would have ft appear
-that I entertain hatred -to him growing
out of some -advice he gave my wife
before marrying me. It 1-s true Judge
Hines did write to her one of those
insinuating ami contemptible kilters
Where surmises without Charges an-d
without authors save under -die pledge
of secrecy made it Impossible to 'teach
some one a lesson. Judge Hlnea Is. h'ow-
ever, in error in supposing hatred, os :
readily aa-w Why and excused his act
It was after I had applied for the ad
ministration upon Mrs. Lawson’s es
tate. land; he knew it was nearly time
to account. 1 do not wish to Injure
Judge Hines, and have for a -long time
hoped he would do rigirt, ntnv I de
mand It. The orphans of Oapt. and
Mrs. Lawson are entitled to their
money, and I will not permit
Judge Hines net only to fall
to -produce their patrimony bu-t to at
tempt to misrepresent the Pacts.
I h-ave stated in letters -to Judge Hines
foots a, plain and as pointedly as I
have In my article; but he did not see
fit -while here during court this month
to take offense at them. This has been
a matter of -business with me, but If
Judge Hines -wishes -my opinion to per
son or irn affirmance of these articles
os well as my -letters to him, he knows
very well how he can get It. My com-
mun'lcatfon -wta» published in answer
to a part of his stpeedh (Which speech I
did not hear). It was -purely a dental
of his assertion arnd not written on ac
count of 'hts political campaign. I -have
-never considered Uhfllt such a calam
ity us his election couldsever befall
Georgia. Very respectfully,
Charles -M. Tyson.
Adim'r ESta'to of Mrs. Lawson.
HINES’ LETTER TO MRS. LAWSON.
Atlanta. Ga„ May 1, 1893.—Mrs. Addle S,
Lawson, Sanders vllle. Go.—Dear Mrs.
liawran: I have your letter the 22d 1111.
The draft you gave P. Happ’s bou &
Co., has never been presented to mo for
payment, or the same would have been
paid. I was absent all last week from
tho city, and this draft was presented
at my office last Friday, as I wns in
formed. Owing to my absence the same
was returned unpaid. I would have paid
the same if It had been presented to me
for payment. If I bad notice of it. I would
have made provision for Its payment
In my absence.
1 have written to Messrs. P. Hopp’i
Son & Co. to make out their claim against
Oapt. Law-soil and have the same duly
transferred and signed to you, and 1 would
send them a check tor tho amount thereof,
us soon as I sec the claim is properly
transferred and is all right.
I wish you bud not given Louis Cohen
the draft for this claim, until I had had
an opportunity to examine the same. I
did not have this opportunity while In
Sandorsvlltc.
I have paid out tho following money
for you:
1833, April Paid O. D. Werthen
for J. S. Wood & Bro. note and
mortgage $1,117 60
G. D. War-then, note and Interest 67 17
Account W. H. Lawson 23 32
Estate of W. H. Lawson 138 10
Deposit with Warthcn A Irwin
subject to your order 463 31 P
iCo
$2,100 00
Stnte bonds, 34. $1,000 each 53,949 M
Ga. Loan and Trust Company,
taking up Capt. Lawson's loon
on river 3,365 C-0
April 8.A—Amount paid L. Cohen
on draft 977 93
May 1.—Amount paid P. Happ’s
Son & Co. on your draft 118 66
$10,141 88
Besides the above I nave made
for you the following loons:
1.—IL C. Lee. secured by deed to
117 acres of land worth $3,000, at
8 per cent. It payable semi-an
nually $1.000 00
3.—W. D. Young, eecured by deed
to the Young hotel property, Ta-
lulah Falls, were worth $=O.OOL g
per cent Interest, payable semi
annually 2J-00 00
3.—R E. Salter, secured by deed to
800 acres ot land, $6,000. 3 per
cent, interest, payable semi-an
nually 1,968 12
i.—Have bought you one piece of
property In Atlanta, lot (0x200, 3-
room house, renting tor $11 per
month 1.60) 00
Making to all $13,000 00
I regard all the above absolutely safe
Inrestmenta The money 1 have loaned
tor you Is all secured by deeds to land
worth three times the amount loaned,
and bring* In t per cent, interest, payable
semi-annually.
The property I have bought you here
Is % good Investment I want you to see
tn a few years what It will do.
We are tolerably well. All send love.
I expect to see you about tho middle of
May. Yours truly.
James K. Hlnea
IN MEMORIAM.
9, 189 L
Just as the run was sinking tn the west.
Her hands weft folded on her bi-exit:
filie has met her maker and ctamal reit
Death, with embrace so sad and cold.
Has caught her youth and Innoceuce to
his told.
But our tear* have stopped, our sighs bare
For*sbe" Is with God on hts holy throne
—J. & O.
Atlanta, Bept 23.
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In a dump of castor bean bushes
the city reserve below the East Ten
nessee cotton yards, -and only a short
distance from -tiie place -wtl)ere -the cir
cus tenlt w-as located, yesterday morn
ing at 6 o'clock
The woman's throat was cut to two
places raid Uhere was a gasth on her
right hand. The discovery of the.body
was made by a negro, who after giving
the Information of the discovery to the
people Working in the Bant Tennessee
cOcson yards went a-.v.iy and has not
been seen since by thbse whom he tol-.l
Tne negro's r,-.t.me Is not known, and
although Coroner Knight endeavored
find him hie oould not do so, and till
that Is kn'own of khe discovery Is -that
he told the people at the East Ten
nessee yards ’that his dog ran Into the
bushes and began barking. He went to
see What they were after a ml found
-the body of iche woman, lying face
downward. This whs at 5 o’clock yes
terday -m-ormlng.
After -flndting that the unknown ne
gro's story of -the discovery of a dehd
woman to the bushes was true, 'the yard
hands sent for Coroner Knight, who
pnomtply arrived and (took charge of
the body. As quickly as possible a Jury
-was empanelled and then the search
for some one Who could throw some
-light -on the murder, or who could tell
something about, -the .woman, began.
After much -Inquiry three negro women
were found who hod seen the deceased
on -tlhe diay before, but as none of them
knew tmynhlng about her actions on tho
night previous, or -with whbm khe had
been, their testimony amounted to
-nothing and the murder was as much
a -mystery after the Inquest was over
as before. At 11:30 the inquest was over
und Coroner Knight had the body re
moved to the -womu-n’s home, on Chest
nut street.
From the beet lnfonmutfan that can
be learned. Ida Hall -wus last seen with
her sister on their way to 'the circus,
but as this sister could not be found
yesterday, her neighbors saying she
(raid gon« to the country Ito pick cotton,
this report could ndt po verified,
Whether the -woman werit -til the circus
or -not is not known, os no ono could
be found who sow -her there. The wit
nesses -Who saw her on Monday tes
tified IttMt she was sober wi;en they
solw her, but as none of 'them saw her
on -the night of the murder they oould
not say whether She wa-s drunk or not.
The cut tlha-t -produced death was no
the loft side of the nook and was very
deep. Tho out on the hand gives rl3e
to the presumption that tho women
grasped -She knife to prevent her ns-
eullaint from cutting her. -About ten feet
from the spot where (the woman -was
found was a pool of blood arid todlcu-
tiaM tlhut -tlhe -Woman staggered to the
rpot where She wus found.
The -place where ithe murder was
committed Is a long distance from any
habitation, nod is In an old field grown
up in ragweeds higher thsn- a man’s
head, und any number of people could
eonaetH themselves 'there. A bolter
S ince for such a crime could not bo
ound without going deep into the
Hwnmp, and 9t Is believed that tlie
murderer persuaded the woman to tlio
spoil-, cither during the circus perform
ance or shortly niter It was over, as
the body when found gave evidence off
having been dead some time.
Tho general belief among tho negroes
thut the woman was murdered by
aonie one connected with the oircn*,
but no evidence baa been found to sup
port this theory. It is reported that a
woman was found uear the circus
grounds with her ihnnt cut in Augusta
on last Saturday morning after tho
chons had departed.
Coroner Knight Is doing all In his
power to find some trace of tho fflur-
drifter, but so far tuts no clue to work
on. When the woman’s sister Is found
she may bo ablo to throw some light on
the crime.
The verdict of the coroner s Jury was
tl-at tho woman came to her death
from two knife wounds on the neck at
the hands of some one unknown to tho
Jury.
Ida Hall has a husband living
Sparks, on the Georgia Soutii-rn rail
road. v
STRONG’S SHOE STORE.
Bargains In high grade footwear. Wo
can save you money. A call is all wo
ask. SchoU shoes a specialty.
\Y. II. Woodson,
L. A. Wood,
Managers.
perfectly bald,
HOT SPRINGS
Si, 0 «« d b v tills celebrated
The effect was
tnily wonderful. I
commenced to re-
ssfca&SAap tlw fcorld-rtnolStJ
WM.S. LOOMIS. Shrev,port. U.
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‘■WlfTsmciUCCO-, Llau,.Cc
The Stroller went around to see Rev.
S. S. Sweet at {he Public Library yes
terday and was furnished by him with
the followmg very Interesting statistics
on the conjugal condition of Georgia.
When It comes to reminiscences anil
and unfailing memory on all subjects
historical, Mr. Sweet finds Ills equal
only in a man like Judge Richard H.
l‘lark of Atlanta. Ill- very inioreMlug
articles have often been enjoyed by tho
readers of the Telegraph:
According to the census of 1S1K), there
were 1,SS7,333 Inhabitants in tlio state
of Georgia. Out of this number 01U.-
923 wore males and 917,428 were fe
males, showing almost an equal divis
ion of the sexes. Of the males 003,21!)
remain single and 298,091 were mar
ried. There were 10,823 widowers and
there were 579 divorced men. Of the
females 543,3U9 enjoy single blessed
ness, while 302,097 were living under
marriage vows- There were 18),123
widows and 1,551 women who had been
divorced. There were CS0 men whose
conjugal relations were unknown, and
1,280 women who were tn v-1 same
condition. •
It will be seen by these figures
there are 19,880 more single males than
females.. Also that there are 3,503
more females married than men. The
greatest disparity exists between the
widows and widowers. There were
52,302 more widows than widowers.
On the subject of divorce the females
lead by more than double in number.
There were 1.551 ladles who had been
relieved of the matrimonial yoke and
only 579 men enjoying the same free
dom, Bhowlng a difference of 072. or
nearly a thousand noro women then
men who are, liy tlielr present posi
tions, giving convincing evidence that
marriage is a failure. These figures
are suggestive and many a wholesome
lesson may he drawn from them.
VITAL TO MANHOOD.
torrhOM rum*) hr
aw!S5ST{-i5*Rtt ° n ,;lS?? s ‘ ipolltm ’
GOODWYN & SMALL. -
Sole Agents. Siacon, Ga.
SPECIAL NOTICES.
FOR CLERK SUPERIOR COURT.
I ora o. candidate for re-election to th-i
office of clerk of the superior court and
eameauiy desire the support of nil
v at :the Primary on Septem-
Per 27th. ROBERT . A. NISBET-
FOR TAX COLLECTOR.
I am a candidate for re-election to the
Jmcf of tax collector of Bibb county.
J u ,t Demt>c ratlo nomination, and
solicit the support of the people.
. ALBERT JONES.
FOR SHERIFF.
a 2J a candidate for re-election to
the office of sheriff of Bibb couuty and
earnestly solicit the support of all Dem
ocrats a-t the primary on September 27.
G. S. .WESTCOTT.
FOR SHERIFF OF BIBB COUNTY.
E..MACK DAVIS,
eobjeot .to this Democratic nomlna-
tlon. September 27, 1894.
TO THE VOTERS OF BIBB COUNTY
by^ o rrm U ^l^VS3Ae h 7o C ;
the Democratic
your support "on ^hcro
1 wa J 3 wounded to tho head
Ilusit * n ”* y duties as a Confederate
soldier, which partially paralzyed my
disabling me re that x am
not able to work sufficient to make a
•2W"* To oxer t myself to any way
2™*? “ y “e™ 8 «> ‘hat It prostrates
2£ MV wife la a filleted also;
she has not been able to go to the table
.1 . flve y®"” some time next
£ - „,ilJJ ow , refer you to the foltaw-
tog wntlaroo to verify my statement:
S i fil?, R> . 1 ^ >r ‘5 er ' Leonard McManus,
Ed tills. A. J. Davis. H. C. Parke. Syl-
Chambliss, city police. Joseph
hi 00 **, T. A. Clay. James H. D. Wor
sham. county pjiyslolan, H. B. Caloway.
superintendent bf Roff Home. Youra
respeotfully, THQ8. W. AMASON.
ANNOUNCEMENT.
I beg -to announce myself as a candi
date for re-eleotlon to the office of
receiver of taut returns, aubjeot to Oho
Democratic primary. Thursday, Sep
tember 27. and respectfully ask the
support of the people of this county,
R- J. ANDERSON.
NOTICE OF REMOVAL.
The uptown ticket offleo of the Mi-
eon and Northern railroad has been
moved to J. W. Burke ft Co.’s book
owns. Mr. E. W. Burke has beenTp:
pointed agent. Local and through tick
ets, also Pullman tickets, can be pur
chased from him. Local and through
tickets will also be sold at depot «s
heretofore. e. T. HORN,
GeneTal Manager.
MONEY TO LOAN.
Seven per cent. L-oass negotiated ou
clty mvsvriy and farms.
SOUTHERN LOAN AND TRUST COM.
PANY OF GEORGIA.
358 Second street, Macon. Ga.
LOANS ON REAL ESTATE.
Loans nude on choice real eatate and
farming lands to Georgia. Interest 7
per cent. Payable to two, three or flvs
years. No delay. Commissions very
reasonable.
SECURITY LOAN AND ABSTRACT
COMPANY,
420 Second Street. Macon. Ga.
Cheap Money to Lend
0 “jK. prov i d , clty * nd farm Property
I Bibb and Jones counties in loana
ranging from $6)0 up at 7 per cent, rim-
ple Interest: time from two to fivo years.
Promptness and aocummodauon a eno.
clslty. L. J. ANDERSON ft CO ‘
No. SIS Second Street. Macon, da.
NOTICE TO CONTRA CTOS.
Bkl-s for the erection of an engine houee
a the city hell lot will be received until
noon of Friday. October 12th, nt the -if.
flee of the Board of Public Works. Plan,
and specifications can be seen in the of.
Bee of the city engineer. Terms: An-
onAbd city voucher* pwrsble twelve
months from date of completion of build-
tag. The board reserves the right to re
ject any and all bide.
.J. DANNEXHERO.
Chairman Board Pubdc Works.