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Newspaper Page TextA ESTABLISHED 1626, IE NEWS m GEORGIA. I , tne first things discovered _ I that thousands of dollars had been paid to the treasurer which he had .RAILROAD ACCIDENT AT AL-! pot entered on the books. Ho had also ' •• ...»iMfimon * v \ loaned and oolleoted large amounts of which Macon, Georgia, tuesdat, august u;, 1887.~twelve pages. EASV THURSDAY. Ifliole Train Turned Up.lde Down . ,| aD y Passengers AVonnded— '“sobodj Kllled-Rome’s New psper—Other Notes. v Angust 12.—The most fearful HR 'occurred here last night ever in ttit section. 3ust aa the through , (jjin from Atlanta to Jaoksou- Sled out ot the depot, at 11 o’clock, liMiwr from some unaccountable cause Tiid the Hack and ran on ties about fifty f' .ty.ihe yards before it was disoov- uhv tie tillcera of the train. As soon 11 discovered the engineer, Oliver this applied bis brakes and stopped the tat not until it had orosaed the Sa- — j Florida and Western railroad track Kj'the trestle leading to the bridge that 1 a the Flint river. When the train .he sleeper turned over oarryiug KT ;' uo entire train esorpt the engine instance of fifteen to tweenty test ■ jn alarm w.s sounded and in a few A, 0(l i firemen and oitizens were at Intck and tendtred valuable assistance •jiog too passengers from the ruins. aicene that prtsanted itself to those Itltst arrived was appalling in the ex L, Uaay of the wounded passengers C'ed the appearance of being dead or lifiom the terrible eonoussion, but ■ Vit,iy they all rallied nnder proper lest aud" without exception give ,/se of an early and safe recovery. To Iiitfiog the wreck it seems impossible lgse could have esoaped uninjured. Ill oar physicians were summoned and Ljied ptomptly and rendered adequate The wounded are all well oared E d comfortable at tbi3 writing and t laterals of the highest praise ot their gable treatment by onr oitizens. I in* [tilt of tronaded from News and Ad- iereitracf this morning: |stge Ulster L. L. Wilson, who wai Rjj one ia this coach, escaped with a Labis right cheek. Eedactot M Verdery, seeing the imrni [■peril, leop.d from the falling train and li'i inn real injuries, the extent of Etcosldnot be definitely ascertained, |p i o’clock this morning he was resting hi; ia bi> room at the Artesian Hotel, [an able to talk with but little apparent Ill SICOXD CLASS COACH, ihbsd several colored passengers, all dots were more or less injured, was kin on its top and crushed, hr Cooper, colored train hand, dislo i oi right sbouldar. gas Webb, colore,!, of Atlanta, d for Tilton, had right arm injured attired mere bruises. ■ Dudley, colored, of Ocklockcec, for ■, see injured in back 2nd hip. m Thomas, a negro boy abont 12 i old, (ram Ocklocknee, bound for tiibU'Bed injuries on the head and khota falling seats. (HcDnfie, colored, from Ocklocknee, lifor Tiftoo, complained of painful a ia side and Inability to nsa his Lllindenon, colored, from Ocklock- I :.,r T. im, should' r blade torn V - eu i contusion it cervical ns ladies’ cab, i:tu Western and Atlantia coach No. * Homes Williams ns porter, who i:ii: Iriiiif s on the L.co »• d se- |-’.;:its ia the breast, contained eight ,ill of whom, excepting two, I'-'iloi injuries. | * 1 Mk. ut rinmner, received ■ li.- luce, none of any aeiious [-C. W. UcCranie, of Ty-Ty, suffered a rdipnin of the little finger of the left I ' • bruises O! U lenH Serious [ 11L Pis pies, of Nashville, Ua, mi- neaped uninjured. r ■■ J. Usmmond, of Ty-Ty, sustained Whfltctur* of the small bone o! the atiivrst of his right hand. [O.Kodnn, Atlanta, was injnrtd in land hand, the extent of watch tlie "* were not able to estimate at 12 k®W»F, Smith, of .Clevelslld, 0., '••uTatnpft, Fla., shewedau uglygieh r.*®*.tad evidenced stiff ues-* from ^ Rlt wag not much hurt, bh ho wrote leaching the hotel Mrs. J. II. N»ho was making her way from La., to her hunhand employed i■ t*.•*. lit Tifton, on the Florida railroad, was painfully |T*M the hip-, ami experienced i i 1 *®! chest, but au exituil- WHM no injuries calculated to P^ciil alarm. Her tec-year-old son escaped without Id jury, and kit wounded mother with a [ *jr**4# that was touchingly beaa- there was no record. The disoovery camo about through the demand of two members on the secretary for a statement showing how many had paid op and how many shares remained unpaid. Nothing was bua- peoted until the treasnrar failed to fuinUk Jhls promptly. Then, after it was obtained, it was learned that several parties were paying assessments who were not down on the list. The oonclnsion wsb immediately reached that there had been an overissue of stock. Following this np, it was discover ed that Mr. Kennedy was collecting $590 more per month than he ahould have done on the legitimate number of shares. The monthly payments per share borrowed on are $10, and the over issue appeared to be69 shares, on which loans amounted to over $20,000. A nnmber of members had neglected to pay assessments for sev eral mont. s, and interest and fines for baok dues amounted to o large sum, indicating tba the affairs of theaisooialion had been most loosely managed, the rules In regard to dues and fines not Laving been enforced. Mr. Kennedy is himself behind on his per sonal dues for twenty-four shares fir sev eral mouths, owing now on them probably $10,000. These are secured by real proper ty in which the money was invested. Ken nedy has been assisting the committee to nntangle the accounts, and has expressed a willingnees to do all he can to help the as sociation out of tho tangle. He is tinder bond for $ 5,000, and has property and other assets to the amount of *20,000. He says ho will give all that np and hopes he will be able to make the loss good. He has not yet been arrested. FORSYTH. strut. IVcold be glad if you will make the Eighth Georgia Regiment h«d to postpone 1 TniJ rAJQ1TA17 AD i TT AVTl 2?"“-“ ?! con£ “ ion be caused from tc.-ir reunion until Angust 30ih, upon which ‘•lUj jLi'IOLU-E, Ur A 1 I. A IX I A. day they expect to meet their triend., of theMaoou Guards. Atrangemente ate be ing perfeoted to bavo a North Georgia barbecue in addition to other items on the programme. It is earnestly desired that Oolo el In M. Lamar will bring a good delegation with him from Macon and Hawkinaville. VOL. LXII.wOW. I >r* t® I |V'» J THE SLEEPEB, i Mann Boudoir car, Idomr nc, P*» Gibson, of Newport, Ky„ ■ *°d T. U. It.chain, colored, ■ .“"•“■vepassenger*, allot whom 'n i. • escaped injury, ex- LJJJWooa Emmett, ot Chicago, i* Rubber Paint Company, I T “8 “Despondent for the Com- R^gvelltr', publishing company. bad retired tor the night 'bully thrown from his berth, and paiutnl oontu- sucetations °nhis right hip and filially last night, the re- .! a. ®*** and attention that the e v eHoose could bestow. « iA***K“ »nd her thr. e chil- ■'asonvlUe, Fla., passengers in Wad a blessed imwuoity ,,25®. »“d retired to rest alter *ith grateful hearts ia fiuaiUn at the Barues House. "savannah. Ihort In hi. At l Ai.nclatluu. -A good deal of ex- ty , tL » anoouuce- KvuUedy is snort in ffij? Jasper Mmtnal I. an •HhichheiaUeas.irer. Ken- premir.-nt hT-Moneer and ■ l«tMnl.Ui,',nunaai.e^- i , ‘ Jtry suddenly vomc \»/‘u,’’ ^ Lodii Wrt-i appointed •' la at once sent out a ■ ■ -‘■ra to biing in their re- ■* m balanced, and a com- J ri J 01 “’* , l to e-xamine the ’ : “ ,!r ‘K trcaanrer. One Left For XYasIilneton—Fight In the Jail— F.raaital Fobstth, August 13.—Hon. W. H. Head is orilically ill. Dr. K. P. Moore, of Macon, was in For syth a day or two ego on professional bust ness. From ihe.prrsent outlook there will be no Superior Court held here on the fourth Monday, but the term will be adjourned un til some time late in the fall. Mias Jack Massey, of Marshallville, who has been spending some time in our town, left for home this morning to the deep re. gret of the it any friends she made during her stay. The Forsyth brass band has exchanged their brasi horns for silver ones and the boys are happy. Some weeks ago two negroes oconi the same cell in Monroe oonnty jail, bad a fight, and one bit the other's lelt-hand little finger. The finger wes neglected, infirm' motion set in followed by gangrene, and yciterday several physicians met at tho jail and amputated the finger. Miss lleesis Walker and Miss Gresham, if Mini Me*dH»kjP'lrM|>mi Jfcw Uuidall, ot Albany, Mrs. S O. Moore, of Macoo, Mrs. L. J. Johnson and Emmott Johnson, cf Harrow, ara visiting Forsyth Charles H. Harden, E-rj., deputy clerk of Monroe Superior Conrt, and onn cf on.* worthiest young men left for W shiugton, D. C , to-day to accept n poeition unelt r the superintendent ot the lb ;ul Letter OfR Tho place pays $' '00 per annnrn, and came to Mr. U mien a. tho result ot a civil vice .lamination, which hnntcod in Atlanta last December. We rejoice ot the good luck of onr irici.d, but regre t to etu him deport from among os. Dud Hammond, an old Forsyth boy, now a successful buhinc.-- uuu of Hanford, Flc ida, left for homo this murning after Hptnd' ing several d»ys with relatives aud mends at ibis place. The Ltdi' - Fdrelgn Minionary Society of tho Griffin dislrioi is now m coilvintiou at this place. AMKRIUUS. F.ne, Crop, of Ilay-Tli« Simmons- Coutrovrr.y. AUEBtcT-., August 12. -Northern liay la now Helling in ihi» market for $1.:!5 per hundred. To .how that it ought nut to be helling at all I sulimit tho following: Mr, IJ. W. Ilagli y liaH a farm mar this city. Off a five-acre patch he cut a fiue crop of oate, without any preparation, ho olluwed the grass to grow. Ili.1 not even turn under the stubble. This week he has cut from that five-acre palch ten ton- of the fin crow-foot glass hay. 11 -s has refused c per hundred for the entire He was to-day offered 17 wagon tend of it as it was passing through the street. Mr. Bagley sayahe ex pects to get half the amount, or one to r acre the second cu’.tiDg in October, which will make three tons or fi," per aftir a go id crop of oafe and all without any expe: a , t x ept the cutting i nd haul ing. llo also baa a watermelon patch of ral acres, flow which he expects to cut at least one ton per acre. . ’ . Col. S. H. Haw kit.- and family returne to-day fr. m an extended vis.t North. Judge Fort and family returned last night »!-_ V-.lr_ Our people are greatly interested in the personal tilt between Hon. E. G. Simmons and Dr. Felton. All admire Air. Simmons' courage in measuring lances with the elo- que-t Doctor, butsomo condemn his judg ment. But we are all inclined to "shin ny on onr own side,” bo we hollow hnr- tnw einimnni! The Doctor's tirade w as reading your paper. PARTICULARS OF THE LATE M’DO- NOUGH HOMICIDE. Onr correspondent at McDonough Fends further particulars of the killing of Mr. li A. Tomlinson by Mr. Chas. B. Linn. A bare statement of tho exae was uriDted in theTFj.Eor vra of Saturday: McDoHoroH, August 13.—The shooting took place at the residence of Mr. J. W. Alexander, a brother-in-law ot Mr. Tomlin son and a friend of Mr. Linn’s. The origin of the difficulty is uuknown; and until this trouble began between the two gentle men they were on most intimate terms. Four shots were fired—threo by Mr. Linn and the other by Mr. Tomlinson, whose pistol fired but once and snapped twice. AU of the shots fired by Mr. Linn hit Mr. Tomlinson. One just above the left nipple and the one snpposod to have oaused in stant death as he fell backward without a groan and expired immediately. The pistol used bv Mr. Linn is a "Smith & Weseon” 38 oalibre. Air. Tomlinson’s pistol is also 33-calibre but cf a cheap make aud con sequently failed to fire bnt once, and then without effect. There is only ono eye wit ness to the affair, who testified that Mr. Tomlinson was the first to draw pistol. Witness also testified that Mr. Tomlinson had threatened Mr. Lien’s life. Several others also testified to the same, i. e., that he threatened to kill him. The ooroner's inquest was held this morning and a verdict of "jnsti&ablo horn- iciido" rft d.-rAit Air. Linn, whose borne is now at Apopka City, Fla., was once a resident ot onr town. Ile has been, also, prominently ooncccted with some of the best wholesale houses in Atlanta He has a boat of warm friends ell OVer the State who will learn with sorrow of this nnfortnnate affair. Mr. Linn is an unmarried man abont 37 years old and a man of small physical bnild, weighing about 110 pounds. Air. Tomlinson was bom and reared in our town and was liked by all who know him. Ho has a host of friends and relatives that will be grieved to hear of his untimely death. He leaves a wife and six children. Was about 40 years old end a man of fine physique, weighing about 186 pounds. This is a most unfortunate affair aud is Ttry much regretted by all. Mr. TomliuRon will be interred at the cemetery hero at 4 o'clock this afternoon, REYNOLDS. Augusta-Loss by the Lombard Fire, Akodstz, August 14 —Air. Geo. R. Lom bard had a force of hands at work to-day and two engines were pat np to ran the machine and hollar shops, whioh escaped the flames last night. Work will be resum ed to morrow in these departments. His k-HH will not exceed fifteen thousand dol lars. Covered by insurance. Marietta-Narrow lhcapo From Drowning. Mabietta, August 12 —W. J. Pitner, a clerk tor A A Fletcher & On., while in lathing in G octal Phillips's 11 .a pond last night, became t-xhans-Cd and would have drowned but for the timely help of some companions. He was nnoonsoious when taken out and it took some hard work to revive him. • Athens-llurglnr Ayers Sentenced. Athens, Augnst 12.—The Harmony Grove burglar, who robbed the store of C. W. Hood & Sou some time ago, has been aentenoed to ten years in tho chain-gang. Mis name is G. W. Ayers, and hails from Indiana, Leary-Now Cotton. Least, August 12.—The first of tho new orop coiton w-s shipped from this point to-day by Cspt. P. E. Boyd. NOTES FROM THE PRESS. INSURANCE COMPANIES WHO DO A SNEAKING BUSINESS. ltattom Crops Ilulnad, but Those on Up land Never Uetter. Reynolds, August 12 —Since tho long and heavy rains I have traveled considera bly over the coantics of Taylor and M&con, e pedally that portion lying on Flint river. I find that the oorn crop ar well as the ootton crop on Flint river ia a total loss. I BUI satisfied that there will not be gath- ertd tfcja.. - In T-tyhir ooootf, more .h .-i half orop of cotton. Tueruot i, in overy ootton field 1 have ee> >i or heard of, and mat on cotton means deutb to tho plant. The corn crop on upland-, I do not think whs uT'-'f better with uh. I hear of corn rotting ia the fields. If the true situation was known to th-; moneyed world, thvfarm- em t tin cotton growing States would real- lze a pti:e for thur cotton that would in a sure recompense them for their great Iohh by tho late rains, but there is a ciaart of i who buy on credit almost exclusively, that puff the cotton crop, no matter what tho drawback i», and therefore the true sit uation is BOmellmcs hard to arrive at. FIRE IN AUGl’sTA. rah forBimmons 1 The Doctor’s tirad generally rent and commented on lure yesterday. Same say It can't he answered, bnt many of Mrg Simmons' entbutiaatic friends isy "ju.t wait till the papers come to-day, and aee if Edgar didn't got there, in his reply yesterday. MlLLtDGbVlLLE. Dr. Lockhart Attacked In the DarkneM and Wounded. MlIXED'.i-TlLLE, Angust 12 Last night asDr.Lockhat:,.f Midway. » tew milm from the city, w - - 1 "IU08 to Ll " h "~“ wo .itt , k : ' ; two m. u nil t roughly li u u'.">l. H received two from a knU ~ Ll ** *' Tho bat the d’ c1 thtir identity. J geroat 4od were A oood. Cotton aou row ror ft holidvt A number city to Ci.* if the pr completed by u-« THE I see rather oundn ia his ,y'AntA hftve not bid lcc-sU-d, r has st ror x i mere not d&n- ...ti ov l'r. Moore. . ; Me -r*. Hay* will l#*»ve to-mor- 1 ..MO BftftC-1. ill go from thui oli ctaiup meeuag r urrMagemeu^ ftre •ora.!* rsilrcikd iu time. 1‘Etort. d toritl in yoar weuo ot the 12:h u.,t»nt that ye,n ha T « staUd that the c.oveotioo of tb. WeaWyl’’«« of the St4te will meet instant, wh»rta MniedsrtMlk on the l^th ill be on the d* *th in- Tlie prisonerB who recontly esoiped from tuts Laurciia couui> jail ImVo mi uruu fcO»p- tured. A mad dog was hilled near Bner.n Vista last week after ho had bitten sixteen other animals. Col. J. W. Preston, of Montioello, with hia two sons, haa loft Georgia, to toke chargo of tho Indian sgenoy to whioh ho was appointed at San Bernardino, Cal. Tho explosion of an upright engine on tho wharf at Savannah, used in hoisting freight from vessels, Saturday afternoon, perhaps fatally wounded threo negroes—Tom Alex ander, Gus Grineko and William Bennett. A peddler named Copeland was stopped on the highway near llockmart, by threo negroes and robbed of $2*25 and a check for $75 on a Codartowu bank. Tho names of tho Degrees aro known and they will bo arronted. , George Mason, a young man living near Tallapoosa, accidentally killed himself last week. In coming out of tho door of an out- houso tho hammer of hia gun caught nnd the weapon was discharged, the load enter ing bin stoin&ch. this place, at Mr. J.»mts Cox’s, last Friday night during u sevtro thunderstorm, light ning struck the houso in which tifreen per sons hud tuken refuge. Shiver, d a p^ut m four feet ot a man and killed two dogs un der the house. Xo person uus hurt, but it <ib gooe-dog bud time on dogs. Meriwether Vindicator: It i« said that the stoDch arising from the overflowed corn of Mr. John F. Alford has compelled the f-mily to remove from their dwelling. There is a largo Oorn field between the dwelling and Flint iliver, the crop being one of the Uncut ever Men. This has been under water so long that the corn soured aud the foul odors have driven the family away. Athens Fanner Watchman: The people living in the section of Georgia traversed by the survey cf the August* and Chatta nooga railroad, have refused to pay their subscriptions until diit is broken in their own counties. The directors have made a demand of 10 per cent., and we learn, are paying lawyers three per cent, to oolleot the same. The subscribers refuse to pay this, and huve themselves employed lawyers to defend them. Crawfordville Democrat: Last Sunday evening late there was a white woman on our streets who wus in a pitiful condition, having walked all day and through the rain and heat and without pnrse or scrip, friends or actpuintances, aud she wus sick and hungry. She gave htr name which we did not get, an< said that she was trying to rnakb her way back to her home near Thom son. She said she had been to Mississippi to visit her relatives there and they had all died with fever and she had only money enough to pay her way to Atlanta. Griffin Sun: While workingmen are en gaged swabbing out holes for a blast on Tuesday, the leage settled and tho dyna mite cartridges exploded from the friction. At tho time of the explosion a heavy drill, eleven feet long and weighing forty pounds, was lying across the top of the hole. This drill was carried HOO feet in the air, strik ing Ilolman Clark, colored, one of the men at work, and tearing his face completely off. lie died almost instantly. Tobe Turner, utrtu cob j red, had uis rigui arui brukcu iu two places *nd was otherwise seriously in jured. When the drill was found it was bent at both ends. Cnthbert Liberal: Jim McDonald tells the following story from North Alabama: \ lady, who foiin&rly lived In Cnthbert, bought two dozen eggs from one of the rough specimens of humanity who dwells among the mountains there, but when she counted the eggs there were only twenty- two. She told him there were lacking two to complete tha two dozen, to which he re plied: “.Vo, nam; two of them aigs is got double yallc-rs in ’em, and we always counts a double aig far two algo." And he would not consent to anything but pay for full two dozen. T ho*o people are decidedly “close.” Uut they have to be clwe to make a living in that country. Rome Courier: It is probable that Henry Pop**, the negro who was tried, found guilty and aratenced to be hung for ravishing Mi-3 Kendrick, in Chattooga conuty, but who was afterwards respited and is now w-xiting the termination cf a motion for a i ev trill, is not the right parly aftf-r all. We copy the following from tin bummer- ville Gazette: “For several months Nelson H gg ird, of Walker county, L^s hr. n on tr. rk of a negro whom he suspected of Annie, the infant daughter of Mr. an 1 j Lemg the ravjsner of Miss Kendrick. Me Mrs. Tom Christian, dtcJ h st Monday j ?. lni l** 1 tndky in bon eraet county, night. I A number of (hojoung people attended | the picnic al James nution yesterday. | They report it as a very n.< ) affair. The I picnic Wit followed up by a sociable *L the 1 Atlanta, August 12.—There is likely to be something of a sensation soon in Atlanta insuranoo circles, if present developments moan anything. The insurance men who aro governed by the laws of this State reg ulating their business, who pay licenso fees, and represent companies that have complied with tho insurance laws have lor somo time been aware that thero is a groat deal of urdergronnd insurance going on. By this term is meant that companies that liuvi* no legal r<n ignition in (Itt-rgiu, and in violation of its laws without making returns to tho Gomptroller-Gdnera), and without tho payment of taxtw, license fees, and agents tuxes are in a covert an-l clan- destine way, carrying on its businetfc of in- Minuicc, life and lire. There huve already been exposures made of this kind of contraband insuranco in a number of Georgia^ities. The recent case brought to iigut in Taiiapoosa wiii be re membered by the readers of theTelkoturn. While HHUrunco men have bur. sutrxtUd that tho business was being operated on a larg- sc,tie in Atlanta, tho mutter 1i-sh here tofore been kept qniet out of feeling for somo of the parties implicated, who stand high in business circles. A prominent in surance man told me to day that it had boon tolerated too long, and that bo understood somo of the parties at least will be presented to tho next grand jury of Fulton county. This gentleman informed me that policies aro bo ng issued right along in Atlanta through agents representing insuranco companies that aro not recog nized by tho Comptroller-General, and have no authority whatever to do business in the State. If this be true—aod there i« no reason to doubt tho accuracy of tho statement—au injustice is beiDg done to tboso companlrs that comply with the law, and a fraud is being praoticed upon tho Btate and upon the people. I learned that imioDg the companies marked as engaged in this business aro the Merchants* Insurance Company, of Alabama, the People’s Insur ance Company, of New Orleans, and tho Council Blntl* Insurance Company, of Iowa. Numbers of policies havo also been issued by tho Louisiana Insurance Compa ny, of New Orleans, whoso operations at Tallapoosa have alrcndy been noted. A largo number of tho policies of this company have been issued in At lanta. The company haa already failed and is nominally in tho hands of a receiver. As the company hts no deposit with toe State Treasurer to seouro policy-holders, ts re quired by law, and oh licensed companies have, tho deluded policy-holders are simply swindled. I was unable to learn the names of tho agents who took tho Atlanta risk*, bnt understand they aro quite prominent. It would seenk.tlio prop -r oourse to pro- M'ijt thorfo OOmpaun 4 aud the Uflin H ot their agents to the Comptroller-General, ho that tho machinery of tho law might be put in motion at once. Comptroller Geu- Wrfght is vigilant in the enforcement of tho insurance laws, and hen violations aro brought to his notice he in not long in acting. The Tki.i kai ii will probably be able to print the names of companies in a few diiyn. An investigation would doubtless show that wild-cat inHnr- auco is not unknown in other Georgia cities. jniliard'i Ills Foundry and Simp* Hunted thl* MoniiDK. Augusta, August 1 i.—Gecrgo R. Lom bard's mammoth iron foundry on Fenwick street is in flauei at 2 o'clock this morning. The engine house, gin factory, brass foun dry, moulding houh<-3 and a large amouut ot lumber ia the yard i * now burning. Tho fire Los not spread to the muchine hbop-i, as they are on oppoHtte nide of the street, but every depirtment on tho north side is burn ing. The firemen are fighting heroically and will get the flames under control ia an hour It is impos.iibio to get at the loss at present. It will be between $15,000 and $30,000—that is if the tlames spread no further. He is well insured. COLUM1H Miitfcuge -Homicide In Chat- Tax Itet tahooclice Comity. Columbus, August 13 —Tax Collector Roedy hhs just completed his return of the taxable pru| erty of Muscogee oounty. The total valuation is $11,810,62-1, an increase over lost year of $8*20,851. Thearc were 2,797 polls returned, of which 1,384 were whites, and 1,113 colored. Thera are 29 lawyers, ‘25 doctors and 0 dentists in the conuty. Sidney Carter, exlortd, was killed by an other negro in Chituhooohee county on Thursday. Carter had juft served a four year’s term in the penitentiary. The negro wh * «li 1 ih'j k hinghus surrendered himself to an officer. ________ Ty-Ty—Worth County People Hurt in the Albany Ty-Tt, August 13.—Messrs. Hamlin and McCranire were both injured in tho rail rr.ad wreck at Albany on tho night of the lllb. Both arrived homo on the 12:32 train yo6terd«.y. Mr. McCranire's injuries were internal, having been crushed by something faliicg on him. Mr. Hamlin had his right arm caught and thinks one of the bones between his elbow and wrist is fractured. Mr. McCrsnire, besides being mashed in his bowels, hud one finy-.-r knocked out of jsint, and several oth«*r ahull bruiaed on his person. Dr. W. L. Sykes, of Sumner, was severely injured, so much so. osAo be unable to help himself on or off the car. I have not learned tho na ture of bis wounds. Clinton—Tho Crop* Very Fine. Clinton, August 13 Folder pulling is in order with the farmers now, ir.d if the t.iir weather and ^bright uni shine will con tinue a few d■$} h lor g r, a fine lot will be Saved. Cottj. is growing finely. It'll- ready hud on a Urge crop, aud with favora ble weather for the r.exi two or three weeks J .,r.*-d county's yu-ld will unaoubtecly be Lrv r than ever before. residence of Dr. <r. T. Puraley. —Th* KIsHth Georgia* Auguit li.—The survivor Reunion. cf the Ky , application was immediately msd< < r iv. r'ior Gordon for a requisition. lie tl'ri the dedcr ption exactly, and waa on the Ibu.e and Decatur rod rood on I’ebroary 2 1. A day or two after that date he went home, told hia wife he h A teen guilty ot a great crime, and fled the country. *unh tly cnr*U bj Dt. THE NEGRO PRESS ON THE GLF.NN EDUCATION BILL. Atlanta, August 13 -In its i«*uo last week, the Ilf ru'd, a negro organ published here, contained somooviticimu of lion. Mar tin V. Calvin, one of the momhers of iho Honce from the cnnnty of Richmond. Mr. Culvtu, it secuiH, could not rt:nist the temp tation of writing a card, aud hA tho follow ing in tbo Herald of to-day iu explanation of the matter at which < ffeose was taken: "Hoi k ok Rkplesent jitiveh, At las i a, Ga., AogUHt 10, 1887. Editor of tho Ht;r- ald: ^'ho editorial in yoar issue of the 6th intit , charging that a secret meeting ot the committee on education was held on Mon day, the 1st iunt., does me great ir.justice. You were misinformed. “There has never been a meeting of the committee named without previous notice from the clerk’s desk or written notice to each member. “A meeting was held on the day men tioned, by gentlemen who are members of the education committee. They met os in dividuals for the purpose of interchanging views on a question in which they felt » deep interest. “R-miirking the fact that Messrs. Wilson and Crawford seemed apprehensive that a meeting of the committee of education had been held, I stopped at the ir desks, and, as a matter of justico to all concerned, ex plained to them tho character of the meet- ng. “Neither Mr. Gb nn’s amendment to the nnti-co-cdacatiou bill, nor any amendment to any bill, was considered by the confer ence. I k? “That tho desire to take advantage of | any person or persons, nothing *as farther ! removed from the object of that conference. “When the'Glenn nib' was umi.-r con sideration in tho committee on education, Messrs. Wilson and Crawford were heard at some length When they fiuihhed their speeches, the bill was orde red to bo returned to thtj House with a favorable report. Re spectfully, Martin V. Calvin.” Judging from the following e<litorial comment in the- Herald, the card i.i not en tirely Hatisfactory: “In another column of this issue appears a car.I from Hon. Martin V. Calvin, Haying the Herald Lad done him au injustice. Wo gladly publish the . ard, as we nave no de sire whatever to do Mr.* Calvin any injustice. But in his card he does not deny that thero was a meeting of all of the members of the committee on education on the day named and that W. C. Glenn addressed tL.»t oorn- mitt, c- and ti-.it tht Ifou. Mr. Suhoti.ri.i, ot Ribb, refused to stay with the comioitte be cause lions. Wilson and Crawford were not present. ** The same issue of the Herald has the following interesting editorial: alah! run okorgia's t.oa-rrn civilization AND ORIIT BXNOWN. as for many year* lead the civiliz -d irx all manTKT nf CRffiy, Rst all Cf i sn.lden the chief-arch fivnd of Hades ap pears to have broken the adamantine rock and chain that so long held Urn in confine ment and made his w«y to Georgia and has Ml np his kingdom. However, he waited orgia had repodiated millions of le gal and just bonds. Farther, after the State had enticed Northern capital into its midst to rebuild the devastations of war then drove them away, and the'i h^ar If. W. Grady boast of Atlanta bring built by Southern capital, wo repeat that he delayed his coming until thene things wore done. Human rights, nor human life regarded, respected, or nafe in Georgia. In no other civilized community the world over can a parallel onse bo found to equal tho Woolfolk murder; and tho murder of Horn the night following in tho Kimball House, is appalling iu.Jo.d. Tho question might be asked, what ia the cause of thiH? Tho answer is plain and simple: The news papers of he State have advocated the lynching, murdering and outraging tho ne groes until every man in the State haa be come a traveling arsenal, and in tho mean time reaction set in and the arsenals be came bloodthirsty and despera o. So they regarded neither man r»or God. Oh, Geor gia! the land of our fathers, whose soil is bleechicg their bones, we mourn the fading of thy Ulastriocs name, and as wo lift, as it were, our eyes heavenward and see thy grandeur es tho noise of a falling meteor passing out, we bow onr heads in shame and say alas for thee; thou once was great and powerful, but has now fallen. The Iiiter-State Convention of Farmers. Atlanta, August 13.—The inter-btate convention of farmers from the cotton Statos, which convenes in this city Tuesday morning, will doubtless bo the larg. st gath ering of representative agriculturists that ever assembled in this country—certainly in the South. Already many delegates bavo arrived. The convention will meet in Do- Give’s Opera House at lo o’clock Tuesday morning, and will bo called to order by Gov. Gordon. Tho delegates will be wel comed to tho city by Mayor Cooper, and to the St at o by Mr. 11. \V. Grady, hfeer whioh a permanent organization will be effected. The following is a list of topics suggested for consideration, tho diH.'UHHions of which will be epenod by speakers from tho re spective States to which they have been as- general: Defects in the agricultural system of tho cotton States, (assigned to North Carolina) —L L. Polk, Raleigh, N. O. General views of tho cause of depression and the remedies, (isrigned to Tennessee'.— Col. B F. Cockerel, Nashville. Tho exact objects a farmerfchoulif seek to accomplish, nnd the best mearm of nccom- plUhing these olj?ctB, (assigned to Ala bama)—Prof. J. 8. Newman, Auburn. Government in itsrelation to agriculture, (assigned to Georgio)»-S jnator A. il. Col quitt. “All ootton,” its relation to tba present con.*.ilion of agriculture, (Assigned, to Mis sissippi). Thouro of commercial fertilizers; its re lation to the present condition of agricul ture, (Assigned to South Carolina CoL Ohos. C. Law, Coronaca. Labor; its relation to tbo present condi tion of"tgii ultnr*\ unsigned to Arkansas) —Col. W. M Fishhook. Credit; its relation to the present condi- >r 4 s»f .I'jrL'uUr.r**, !;•$■ signed to L^uiniana'i Ho). H. (- Stringtellow, Cotton Point Extensive aud mtemrive Farming, mui- s 'ne.l to Florida) Diveridty of crops as promotive of Agri cultural prosperity, ..i-igned to Ttxasj — Cspt. 8 .in Evans, Iri. Worth. idnstrial education Cbas. M. Dabney, ident Agricultural Cullige University, of 'IVnntHsee. Every posdble facility will be afforded reprcHfcUtuUves of the pre-.s, to enable them to secure full reports of the proceedings. Messrs. A. F.Cooledge and John M. Graham have been engaged to mako u stenographic report ot the proceeding-*. DEAD ON THE TRACK. Luke McNamara’* Mutilated llo«ly Found- Ncgroe* Arretted. Atlanta, August 11. Early this morning the remains of a white man named Luke McNamara were found l)ing on the State road near the Hoap fuctorv. Roth legs and his right arm were out off and his breaat was crushed iu. Hut body had turned black. It is not known how many trams had pasHcd over him. A man named Mc Crary saw two negro* h looking at the body. They Htarted off when they saw McCrary. The polios were informed of the oircnai- aUnciH and the negroes were arreatod ami locktd up. They are Hunpceted of murdering the man and laying bin body on the track. Somo money which Mc Namara was kuo An to have iu bis pockets w«m mUsing. McNamara came to\tlanta Homo time ago from Lexington, Ky. He worked at Jack’s Cramer factory. Last bight he was seen in company with a man named Norman, who works at the name place. They sepa rated pretty late, Norman going to hm borne in South Atlanta and McNamara Htwrted np the railroad for Rellwood, where he hoard**. He has not been «een since un til this morning. The doctors at firHt thought that ,t here were marks on Mr. Mam«ra'H breast going to show that he had been cut or shot, but a < lostr examination convinced them of their error and be is believed to have been killed by % train. His people in Lexington were dispatched to. Georgia Im in Wealth. Atlanta, Augnst 12.—Captain Furlow, in the Comptroller General’s < flic-*, was foot ing np, to day, the aggregate increase in the returns of taxable property, ho tar us tho counties have been Luard from. There are now but fourteen counties out. The in crease as exhibited by the tax digests of tho others is $7,600,000. The increase in the value of rail road propeity nuiject to taxation, with the Rome, the Rome and Carrollton and tho Americua, l'rtv >n and Lumpkin jtt to hear from, is $1,471,115 13. It is estimated that the tax digests of the remaining counties and th« r* tarns of the three railroads mentioned will swell the eg negate inerea*? of wealth to something over $12,OW.OOO for the year. Ih*: tux digest of Fulton county, which came in to-day, shows $21,156,'»12 O’* of taxable property, an increase over h year of $1,447,525. The >|»aldii>K County Jiiilge**M|>. Atlanta, Angust It It is understood there will be a vacancy *»con in the judge- ship of the County Court of Spalding coun ty. the rc. ignation or the pr. Hunt meum- bent bring anticipated. I h«re are already h r-.'"' ber ot aj piicauw for tr;*i cilice, or ar. lea-it tuo Daui-n of heverai members of the Griffin bar aru being nrgod upon the Gov ernor by friends for the appointmenL A delegation the Fx'cutive offioo yts- terday on this buMne**. Tha moat prom inent of the names mentioned are Iioo. John L Hunt aud Judge Robert T. Daniel. in the bright lexicon of speculation thero ii nothing -*o uncertain as a tare thing,— Harper * Ruztar.

Georgia Historic Newspapers

The weekly telegraph. (Macon, Ga.) 1885-1899, August 16, 1887, Image 1