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THE MACON TELEGRAPHS FRIDAY MORNING, FEBRUARY 8, 1901
ALL THE COtNTY RECORDS WERE
DESTROYED AM) THERE IS LIA
BLE TO BE SOME SERIOI'S COM
PLICATIONS.
Tried to Kill
Dick Peyton
DESPERATE ATTEMPT TO ASSASSI
NATE A MT.nO FARMER IN
LOWNDES COUNTY.
JEFFERSONVILLE, Ga., Fe
The county court house her
burned last night* together with all the j away
county records, dockets, furniture and
everything. Fire was seen coming
through the roof about 2 o’clock by
Pate Harrell, the negro janitor, who
lives in the jail. The structure being
a frame building, before he could give?’
the alarm the fire had made such rapid
progress anil got so hot it was impos
sible even to make an effort to save
any of the records or furniture.
save his folding
i on the first floor
side from where
. close scratch
VALDOSTA. Ga., Feb. 7.—A negfo
named Matt Webb was arrested today
In the southern part of the county on
the charge of being implicated in an
attempt to assassinate a well known
npgro farmer, Dick Peyton. Yesterday
morning before day several negroes
went to Peyton’s house and set his
barn on fire with the intention of kill
ing him as he came out of his house.
It happened that Peyton was spend
ing the night with a relative a mile
so the barn burned, but ho was
not harmed then. The negroes then
went to the house where Peyton was
spending the night and set that on lire.
! As he came out of the house he was
shot in the stomach with a load of bird
Hiot. Inmates of the house extinguish
ed the flames and saw the. parties who
did ih*» shooting. Upon their state
ment Webb was arrested and other ne
groes are being hunted. Peyton is sal !
to be a very quiet negro and is there
fore unpopular with the lawless cle
ment of his race.
Were Guests
of Waycross
THE ENTERPRISING LITTLE CITY
GIVES llEll VISITORS A GOOD
TIME.
BRUNSWICK, Ga , Feb. 7.—Mr. F.J-
win Brobston, the young Bruns'wlckkjn
who introduced the ship subsidy reso
lution at ttie recent session of the na
tional maritime congress held in this
city, has received many lett?
ing a statement of Id?
subsidy,
should 1
Owing
gagemen
and
his vie.
wWi
the
:queet-
n ship
t^outh
Trouble Over
Waynman Mill
DISAGREEMENT AMONG STOCK
HOLDERS LEADS TO RECEIVER
SHIP—THOM ASTON NOTES.
Col. Shtinnon
desk. His office wt
and on the opposit
the fire started, and by
he saved his desk.
The building Was perhaps about sixty
years old, first erected in old Marlon,
then the county seat of Twiggs, ana
afterward moved here by reason of the
county seat being changed to this
place, perhaps about 3S6S, or just after
the close of the Confederate war. At
was a two-story building, very tall and
roomy. Constructed of very heavy tim
bers from bottom to top, perhaps one
of tlie strongest wooden buildings in the ! THOMASTON, Ga., Feb. 7.—The
country anywhere. About two years ; Waynman cotton mill- of this city
ago the building was overhauled Inslfle ,, ...
and out and three or tour coats of paint I n 1 <l d ,n hand, of a
put on. I temporary receiver. This action was
The first floor was composed of the j taken not because the mill Is insolvent
court room, board of county commis* . or in debt, but because of a dlsagrco-
°?is** 9°!' Ij \P‘ n,f ' nt a ,T1 °ng the stockholders, which,
Shannon is advisory counsel for the.., v . •
board of commissioners. His office was ,s f ,,il r°d, might affect the business
connected with the sheriffs, of the mill. The hearing for perma-
Col. W. C. Nottingham is clerk for j nor.t receiver will be had February 11.
the board of commissioners, and his The entire stock of the mill changed
office was In their office. The scond hands about sixty' days ago, and the
floor was composed of the clerk’s of- present entanglement? are between
flee, ordinary s office, county school thp former and present stockholders,
commissioners office and grand Jury This- mill is considered a valuable piece
room. Col. M. J. Carswell had his or- , G f property, and has been paying
flee in the county school commission- j handsome dividends during the pas:
ers office. The building was carpeted, . feu . years. It was one of thn first cot-
iffi 1 i°° r ’ ai yl offices j ton mills built in Georgia.
;i "J?“"SS??; JTCi an ? th ® law - I Mr. Warren Smith of this county died
y is o^ce. The loss falls heavily on very suddenly at his home last Tupb-
the county. There were j <j oy and was burled Wednesday.
Mr?. Nellie Suggs, who recently lived
here, died in Atlanta last Monday and
was buried in Thomaston Tuesday.
Mr. JcEiso Tarbert died at his home
at Pleasant Hill last Saturday.
The condition of Mr. Ed Thompson,
them as well i
two large iron safes in the building, i'
one in the ordinary’s office and one in I v
the board of commissioners’ office, but |
the fire is too hot yet to ascertain if
their contents are safe.
The most valuable records
&£ons
1 off In the matter.
• a pressure of business en-
Mr. Brobston hasiiot found
time to reply to all of these In separ
ate letters, and to all correspondents
he refers to an article under that title
which is published this week by the
Manufacturer?’ Record of Baltimore, at
the request of Mr. Richard H. Ed
monds, the editor.
Mr. Brobnton’f* letter reads: “Re
plying to your telegram asking iny
hip subsidy ami reasons why
the South should lead rvff in this mat
ter/ I cannot more clearly state m?
views than as presented in the resolu
tion I offered at the maritime congress
which convened in Brunswick this
week.’and which resolution was unani
mously reported by the resolution com
mittee and was adopted by the con
vention with but ono dissenting vote,
that of Capt. Rates of Denver, Col.
The resolution reals as follows:
"‘Resolved, That our farms, forests,
mines and factories need wider mar
kets, an! that we must find those
among the fourteen hundred millions of
people who constitute the population
WAYCROSS, Ga., Feb. 7.—Two hun
dred representative citizens from Fitz
gerald, Douglas and intermediate sta
tions on the Air-Line railroad were
*ts of Waycross today in cehibra-
‘•f the completion of the Waycross
Air-Line.
r. W. M. Toomer called the meet
ing to order in the opera house at 11
o’clock. Addresses of welcome wore
made by E. A. Pound, for the city; L.
A. Wilson, for the chamber of com-
mereo. Ei sjk ns s were made eu be
half of the Waycross Air-Line by
Judge J. L. Sweat; Douglas, by Mayor
McDonald: Fitzgerald officials, W. 11.
Mnrston; board of trade, T. P. Jay.
The guests were given a carriage ride
over town this afternoon.
wiie king or n.i. mmi.ia) un its
Is tho celebrated "Bohemian/' tho per-
f. ciod product of tho American Drawing
Company. St. Louis. More of this br
is exported than any other In the wi
Order a case for your homo today.
Will Vote on
School Bonds
HURLIN’ IS TO DECIDE WHETHER
S11E WILL HAVE A f:r.,{l(KI BUILD
ING—NEWS NOTES.
SMrfcWaoM ©<U)iin^
Juiisil
75^° I
STILL BUYS ’EM. |
Wero you one of the «
lucky ones last week? $
Jf not you’ll havo tho »
chance now, and you Many Indies enmo to «
should not miss it. buy one or two and wore «
so Well pleasod with tho (!
bargain, purchased a $
dozen. You havo tho «
same privilege. «
*
of th
State*
tem o
rid
of tho IT;
that While our unequalled sy*
•a{bonds' Which carry our prod
uct? to tin* renboard at rates one-half
those of other countries have been de
veloped by subsidies in Hind, money
and mail nay. we have starved our
over-sea shipping while other countries
were protecting theirs by subsidies un-
tsri from 00 per cent, of our foreign
commerce carried in American bottoms
It has dwindled to 9 per cent.; that
every ship is a missionary of trade,
and steamship lines work for their
countries as railroads do for their ter
minal points; that It is as inconsist
ent to rely upon foreign ships to dls-
goodf» as it would be for
9 house to rely upon the
competing house to make
that improvement for
nil compcnration
are as much sub-
lin “llf// SSStftESJffiri; 1 has b«n quit. .ickn. muchlm-
i.tiwuh : proved, and dhere is hopes ot his re-
establish those records. No insurance
on the building or furniture. The ori- I
gin of tho fire is unknown. J
The fire was plainly visible from Ma
con, and was seen by a number of peo
ple who happened to be on the streets
at that hour. But on account of it?*
great distance, being twenty-one miles,
it could not be located, and was sup
posed to somewhere on the hill?,
near Bond’s store.
The fact that the court house and all
of the court records were destroyed 1?
not without local interest, because Jef-
forHonvUla has furnished quite i\ num
ber of prominent citizens to. Maccn,
and Nome of Macon's business men
were directly interested in tho records
of Twiggs county.
Within the last few years the old
court house has been the scene of some
fierce legal combats, two of which
grew out of the Nobles cape and the
train-wrecking case against Shaw and
Criswell.
Mr. Walter B. Chapman, who was
reared In the community of Jefferson
ville and Old Marlon, remembers when
the court house was crccred. Ills step
father, Mr. William S. Kelley, con
structed it. and in speaking of’the mat
ter to a Telegraph reporter lust night
Mr. Chapman said:
"It was an old building before it was
moved from Old Marion. My step
father moved it In 1867, when the
county site was changed to Jefferson
ville. It wan expensive in those days
to tear clown and rebuild houses, hut
he did the work, and aim constructed
the big log Jail, which burned a few
yearn ago. I have always contended
that he di»l not get a cent for it. Tn
fact, I instituted suit against the
county for the value of the building,
and was represented by Messrs. A. O.
Bacon and T. J. Simmon?, but after a
long and tedious litigation I lost my
case. I do not remember how it hap-
penod, but I know I never fel:
lled that 1 had received justice.
"The story of the court house re
minds me of Old Marion's past glory,”
continued Mr. Chapman, growing rem
iniscent. "Ref
remov**d. there were about 1,500 -citi
zens In Old Marion, but after th.
they commenced to desert it like rats
from a barn .and went down until
you can hardly tell where it stood. Old
man Peck, a big merchant; mad**, I
suppose, a million dolars there, and af
terwards moved North/*
Many complications will very likely
aris- because of the destruction of the
records of Twiggs superior court, and
many sugges ions were heard among
the lawyers yesterday’ as to what
would have to be done about Jt. The
r,»xt court is to convene in March, and
the question has been asked: "Will
the destruction of the records prevent
the holding of the court?” In the
opinion of many, the court will be Just
r.a able to proceed in March as it will
hopes
covery.
Mr. J. D. Caraway, who has been
quite sick, is able to be out again. His
friends will be glad to learn that he
has recovered.
A pretty marriage was. that of Mis?
Leona Pearl Trice to Mr. William
Ashley Hoke Davis, which occurred in
thi? place at the Raptlst church last
Wednesday afternoon at 2;30 o’clock.
The church was beautifully and artis
tically decorated with palms and as
paragus ferns. The usher? were S. S.
Ix*e, J. Roberts, W. E. A. Adams and
Stumpy. Th* bride and groom
were unattended and marched to the
altar while Mrs. J. T. Alien played
Mendelssohn's wedding march. Rev.
M. II. Massey performed the ceremony
in a happy and very Impressive man
ner. The bride looked her best in a
traveling suit of nib* green trimmed In
applique. The groom woro the conven
tional black. The happy couple left
this morning for Douglas, Ga., which
will be their home in the luture,
Mr. Davis is a prominent business
man of Douglas and is to be congrat
ulated upon winning for a wife one of
Thomaston'?# cultured and most popular
and lovable young women.
tribute
one busixies:
wagons of a
Us deliveries;
rivers and hnrb
for fast mail on land t
sidles ns those proposed on the seas;
that this Ik a n national business prop
osition outside of politico, therefore.it
is our opinion that It is the duty of
congress, before the ndournment of th-
present scrafon, to revive our shipping
upon tho S'Iik by governmental aid to
American mail carriers and freighters,
equitably distributed,! sufficient In
amount to enable them to succrrsfully
compete with the cheaper built, cheaper
operated and subsidized and bountled
merchant ships of foreign countries in
the carrying of our imports anil ex
ports/
"The South ought to be more inter
ested In this carrying trade question
than any other .section of our common
country, for thn reason that phr* will
soon produce more material to be car
ried to foreign markets than will any
other section.
”L have not advocated the bill now
pending In congresr, nor any other bill,
but it does seem to mn that mmfl kind
of a bill ought to pass the present con
gress which will strike at the root of
this evil and will revive the Americnn
, merchant murlr
ms not only
A MONSTER DEVIL FISH
Destroying it* victim is a type of
constipation. The power of this mur
derous malady Is felt on organa an!
nerves and muscles and brain. There’s
no health till it’s overcome. But Dr.
King’s New Life Pills are a safe and
certain cure. Rest In the world for
jtomaeh, liver, kidneys and bowels
Only 25c. at all drug stores.
C'll A Hi.EM II. OSIIOHN HEAD.
The
rtlo
is likely
nd the subsidy pla
osonnblo but aboi
which the major.t
in
the Natlo
Cong
ship subsidy proposition line bi
v '■> *!> < rill. I •. | and greatly ,
ited by leading politicians o
state.
They claim that the action «
a small body of men as gath
Brunswick will have little effec
effect. But in thi? they may find thi
selvw seriously mistaken, for as
Mecklenburg meeting In North Cn
Una was a forerunner of the Dccla
tlon of Indef
DUBLIN, Ga., Feb. 7.—Last night
tho city council of Dublin passed an
ordinance calling for on election March
12 to determine whether or not bond?
to the amount of (25,000 >l\all be issued
for the purpose of erecting a new
school building and for enlarging the
light and water plant. It is propose I
to Issue 5 per cent, bonds, interest pay
able semi-annually at the Hanover Na
tional Rank of New York, payable
thirty years frdia date, Interest and
principal both payable in gold, in de
nominations of from $1,000 to $3,000
Clio purchaser may dc?lre. The city
now has on hand $6,000 realized from
insurance on the burned public school
building January 20, last. This uiakis
$.’51,000 that can be used towards erect
ing a new ochool building and better
equipping the light and water plant.
M/mday Spivey, an aged negro, win
found dead in the field of Mr. Terrell
Perry, about four miles from Dublin,
yesterday morning.
MIps Hiilllo Forest, a highly respected
spinster, died Wednesday and will bo
interred today in the Poplar Springs
burying ground, eight miles north of
Dublin.
Mr. C. W. Brantley has returned
from a visit to Macon.
Air. J. A. Spain, who dle.l In Macon
Wednesday, was quite well known in
this city, where for some months lie
was manhger of the Dublin Hamc
Works and agent for the Oconee In
vestment Company. He wns a mem
ber of Oconee Grand Lodge No. 81,
Knights of i’ythbiH, of this city.
Mr. Henry Walker and Miss Martha
Woodard were married In this city yes
terday. It was a Gretna Green affair.
Mr. J. A. Jackson and Mr. Judson
Jackson went up to Tefinlllc yes.erday
to witness the marring-* of Mr. Free
man H. Keen of this city and Mins
Jennie Jordan of Tennillo.
Mr. H. W. Hwlnson of Achord spent
yesterday In the city, guest of his
daughters, Mrs. E. J. Tnrpley and Mts.
James T. Rales.
Shed Plummer, ono of the city pris
oner who recently escaped from tho
barracks In this city, was arrested yes
terday at Darien. Chief of police J,
A. Peacock immediately left for Da
rien to bring him hack to this city.
PNEUMONIA C AN IIE I'll EVENTED.
TIiIh disease always results from i
•old or an attack of the grip and
anted by the timely us
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Cream of Kentucky i
..Whiskey.. »
$1.00 PER QUART. IT IS THE BEST. »
FLEETWOOD & CO. I
S Distributing Agents. °
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GEORGIA SOUTHERN
& FLORIDA Rv.
RUWANEE HIV Ell ROUTE.
('linns* Without Pnlillo Notice,
IN EEFErTT I 1 'Ell. U«l, 1(MM,
HTA TH >Nrt. ff
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exte
•mlence si t Philadelphia, berlaln'n <
It the few Southern Dem- world-wMi
He Wna One of the I.«*it<llnir Maiiu-
fiM’turcrM In (irlfTIn.
GRIFIN, Ga.. Feb. 7.—At. 6:20 o’clock
thi? morning Mr. Charles II. Osborn,
the senior member of the Osborn
Walcott Manufacturing Go., died at his
home in northwest Griffin of th? grip,
after tin day?/ confinement.
Mr. Osborn web in his 7Sth year and
Wfll* a native of Connecticut. Coming
to Griffin in 1813, he married Mis?
Laura Walcott, the daughter ofTDr. \V.
W. Walcott, who, who with his sons,
form the company of which Mr. Osborn
was* the head. He was the pioneer
wagon and buggy manufacturer of
this section, and hi? business grew to
such proportion? that he added an iron
foundry and machine works to it.
Later on the firm began the manufac
ture of chairs, and today they furnish
the trade all over the South
Western states. Mr. Osborn’? name
was a syn mym of honesty, and in all
of his dealings with his fellow man
he was Just and upright. His wife
died in 1><88, and in 1 S I>5 he again mar
ried the widow of the late Uriah As-
.. later date, for, if the records i hew, who survive? him. Ills remains
be*n burned, they are gone, and j w 'ill be Interred In the Citizens' ceme-
e re-eatablish-i 1 only by slow do- |
mlcs of La Grippe i
s, and not a single case ht
ever been reported that did not v<
cover or that resulted in pnoumonl
which shows It to be a rertnfn proven
of thr.t dangerous disease, r’hnm-
gh Remedy has gained a
eputntion for Its cures of
•at? at Brunswick this _
indication of sentiment unmistakable, kists,
and the resolution will be more far- n K cn
reaching in result* than was dreamed 1
of by those who participated. [ have I
been deluged with letters from people
in ait walks of life congratulating mo
for having led off. and tho indorsement
is coming particularly strong from the
buslner? element. Tho action of the
Brunswick Board of Trade seems to
havo touched a chord that warn already
in tunc though we did not know It, and
the stand taken by Southern men in
this convention show? a disposition to J build up
break away from old traditions and I dl« ? whic
Inclined to examine questli
from a buslnre? standpoint; and when
our congressmen are willing to vote
for subsidy for fast malls and for rural
mall delivery and arc always ready to
Ing trade by land.
SOUTHERN RAILWAY
from Macon for the
cans .Mar<!i <»ras.
fouthern Railway.
years
community ali of h:s life U
honored and upright hf«*. hi*
h!s bon!. He leaves a *i!
sons and one daughter, b'-td:
many relatives and friends, who will
mourn ht* death. The burial win be
at t'ntor church in Crawford county
. tomorrow afternoon.