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THE WEEKLY TELEGRAPH: TUESDAY MORNING. OCTOBER 16--TWELVEPAGES.
GEORGIA NEWS.
Emory College Enters on Its
Fifty-Second Year.
marriages at several points.
Tbe 11 runmwirk mu! Western Road Again
Kunning Through Trains-Judge Crisp
to Speak at McRae Next Wednes
day—Telfair Superior Court*
Oxford, Oct. 11.—Emory College
opened Wednesday with a large attend
ance ot students and entered upon the
fifty-second year of its existence under
very favorable auspices. The new presi
dent, Dr. W. A. Candler, and Mr. J. W.
Roberts, the financial agent of the college,
have worked zealously and faithfully in
behalf of the institution for the past three
months, and the large increase of new stu
dents (of whom there are about one hun
dred) is proof of the fact that their work
was well done. ,
During the period metioned Mr. Roberts
has raised about twenty thousand dollars
for the loan and endowment fund, and
thereby secured educational facilities for
a number of young men who would other-
j Rhodes, the junior member of the diy upon our streets week a'ter week is proof
j goods firm of Long & Co., is the happy Jositiv<\ and we can lasso them in their
possessor of one twentieth of ticket No.
WAS JUSTIFIABLE.
<ieii8. There are detectives out whose duty
• th* further statement that he to >k the
. body of his brother-in«ia\v home and, at j
I the request of his wife, examined the
t J „ II l I _ '
puj-hcssor oi one twenueui oi ucaei a* a* i, . . . . ' . • —» 1 r . vauuj.uiu mo
46,755 in the last drawing of the Louisiana l“ ll i 0 .?P 0r \ , £ ls . “ a “« r *® be proper ; Coroner’s Turv Brin? ill , He found u small barlow knife
State Lottery, which took place Tuesday. We intend to hew to the line, 1 V-oroner b jury Dnng m and a little money. Powell, however, can-
ii. • i. let tile chins tail where tn#»v mar. 7 ana , nut .nrrnmit fnr ih.. lm-.,,. L.,;rn n,,*
DWIO A^Oliery, nlllCii luun liiabc jliicduhv. til,,* *i .. • • : ,, , , .. ,
He was informed by telegraph last uight t * e chins fall where they may, and
of hU good fortune, and will go to New , veek ,hese Wegal vendors may look
Orleans today to receive the 315,000. , . ,, ...
Everybody rejoices in Jamie’s good luck, Amencus Republican: The committee
because he is one of the brightest and most
highly esteemed young men in the city.
Mr! William Davis, who lives three
miles from the city, last night lost his gin
house, two new gins which lie had on trial
and some cotton by fire. It is a very heavy
loss, with no insurance.
B. Harrison, the dry goods merchant,
yesterdav sold his stock of goods to his
tfiste , lifts. P. Bernstein, who in turn of
fers the whole stock for sale.
Citizens Paying Taxes Promptly—Opening
of the Schools,
Augusta, Oct. 10.— [Special.] — City
Sheriff Jones remarked today that his in
come was cut ofi one-third by the prompt
paymentjof taxes this year. Today the last
installment of city taxes fell due, and de
faulters were very few. Beside the regu
lar collection $50,000, or about one-hall of
the special tax for flood rcpairs,has already
been paid. The citizens have four months
t r to pay it, and this promptness indicates
wise perhaps haveTiten debarred the privi-j the people’s enthusiasm. The collector
lece of an education. I says the big tax-nayeA have not yet come,
At the next session of the legislature a mid a US the lirst to rc-pum} are poor
bill will he passed authorizing the gradu
ates of the law department of the college
to practice law in this state on receiving
diplomas from the proper authorities.
A Charming Evening at an Elegant Home—
Marriage of Mr. Locke and Miss Rogers.
Dawson, Oct. 9.—On Tuesday evening,
October9th the handsome residence of
Judge Harrison Rogers, on the corner of
Church and Stonewall streets, was beauti
fully illuminated and the scene of a bril
liant reception given in honor of the ap
proaching nuptials of his daughter, Miss
Lillie to Mr. W. F. Locke of Eufaula.
The guests assembled at 8:30
o'clock and dispersed lliemselves about
the richly furnished parlor before the hour
of supper, enjoying tho luxuries of the
delicate and elegant decorations, indulging
in music, laughter, sparkling wit merry
repartee. When the hour of 10 :30 arrived
the supper was announced, and it was lit
erally a fo»st. The merry comnany re
paired to the spacious dining hall, which
was also skillfully and extensively decor
ated. The table was loaded with all the
luxuries the seat on afforded and there was
an almost interminable succession of
dishes. A joyous conviviality prevailed,
each one endeavoring to contribute to the
generallamusement. When the banquet had
ended the guests returned to their respec
tive homes, each feeling he had been de
lightfully entertained. Miss Lillie makes
a charming hostess and ns usual was the
life and delight ol the assemblage.
Ou ihe lOui promptly at 1 o'clock, Mr.
W.JF. Locke of Eufaufa and Miss Lillie
I;. Rogers of Dawson were married at the
home of the bride’s parents. Judge and
Mrs. 11. Rogers. Rev. B. W. Davis per
formed the ceremony gracefully. Immedi
ately after reteiving the congratulations of
their many friend., the happy couple
boarded the train for Eufaula, their future
home.
Mr. Locke is one of Eufaula’s most
promising and successful young business
men, and bis bride is one of DawBon’s
fairest danghters. The presents were
numerous and costly.
Tta. Itrnusvvlck find Western Running
Through Train. Again—Per.onnl
Tt-Tt, Oct 11.—Tho many friends of
that genial and clever gentleman, Capt.
W. S. Bull, conductor on the Brunswick
and Western railroad, are pleased to see
that he has resumed his run on this end of
the line again,ho having been only running
between Waycross and Brunswick for the
lsst two months on account of tho quaran
tine restrictions. I have not learned for
certain whether the quarantine has been
raised on the Brunswick and Western rail
road or not, but suppose it has by Capt.
Bull resuming his through run.
The management of the Brunswick and
Western road are having the old mile posts
replaced with new oues. We have had
Hreral extra freight trains running this
*eek. A vast amount of freight passes
uter the road just now.
A heavy rain fell yesterday.
Mr. and Mrs. W. 8. Smith have returned
hum Sumter county, where they have
been lor some time past to recuperate the
bea th of the former, who had a severe at-
hekof malarial fever here in the summer.
There were received here last week two
of the Hatcher iron wagons, the first that
bare been brought here. The/ were one-
bone wagons, and shipped to J. L. Mat-
pje»> of the alliance warehouse.
ATI1KN-.
^rof. Spencer—Nothing V.t Xlenril From
Pr. Hoggs—A .Sensation Spoiled.
Atiikxh, Oct. 11.—Prof. J. W. Spencer
Canada, who has been elected by the
board of truateei of the university to fill
jje chair of geology, is expected in Athens
7* ***t of the week. Prof. Spencer has
many of the specimens to be used
® h;s department, which are at the uni
'Stilly,
Nothing has been heard as yet from Dr.
“fits concerning his acceptance of the
jjtocellorshlfc. His friends here think
visit Athens and the university be
he makes any definite decision.
.the Mrs. Autry reported to have died
ws necessaries of file turns
^‘Wbe false, in almost every particular.
* tejMirt orh-inated from the death of a
JjJ - B'to. Her father is indignant, and
thou that his daughter had every atten-
Mr. Rodgers, a lamplighter, by stepping
an unbridged gully (Ml toOflhfc U
- 'I up , .ui-idelahly.
‘rnianent arrangements are being made
i^“* erection of electric lights in this
(colored) is in the hands ol
p^tff for stealing a coat.
Cnarbonnier hat notified the stu-
. the University that hereafter per-
.i, lo leave the city must be obtained
Jf * departure.
kutaola.
C| u»n*e Lucky Wlndfall-GIn Hons.
llnrned-Itu.lne** Change.
c, *ula, Ala., Oct, 11.—Mr. Jamie
people and colored property Folders.
•The public schools were reopened today.
The rooms were all crowded aud hundreds
turned away.
Judf’e Roney today assigned cases for
trial m the superior court, which opens
Monday. The docket is light.
Work was begun today on the new bridge
across the river.
ck With Fever—Gopher. Kindly bnt
Firmly Declined.
Wenona, Oct. 11.—We learn that Mr.
Tom Roylcs, of the firm of Hedgood &
Royles, of Arabi, is very sick with typhoid
fever.
As the’state fair has offered a premium
for the prettiest young lady, we will wager
$100 that a certain portion of Dooly will
go. All we ask is for some one to take it
up. We know whereof we speak.
If the Telegraph would like to hove a
“gopher” for a pet we will send one at
once as we counted forty-six dens in the
space of an acre. Hurrah! for Dooly.
M’ltAK.
Judge Crisp to Speak Next Wednesday—
Telfair Superior Court—Personal.
McRae, Oct. 11.—Hon. C. F. Crisp, our
member of congress from this district and
nominee of the Democratic party for re-
election, will address our people here next
Wednesday, the 17th.
Telfair superior court convenes here
next Tuesday. There are only about twen
ty five new cases filed for this term.
Col. Robert V. Swain, a talented young
lawyer of Warrenton, Ga., has locatet
here and formed a co-partnership with
Col. John T. Bright, which makes a strong
firm and deserves a liberal patronage.
Maxrlnge nt Tliomoavllle.
Tuomasville, Oct. 11.—Miss Flattie
Thornton was married at the Methodist
church to Mr. Thomas A. Acreeof Camilla
yesterday morning at 8:30 o’clock, by Rev,
CL G. N. McDonntll. The attendants were
Miss Sallie Acree and Dr. Joel B. Coyle,
Miss Minnie Jeter and Dr. I). A. Keaii'e,
and Miss Willie Cochran and Mr. Will
Butler. The ushers were Mr. E. L. Brown
and Mr. L. IL Jerger. The bride is
graduate of Young Female college here
and is a daughter of Dr. J. A. Thornton,
prominent dentist in this section, and also
a Methodist minister.
Marriage nt Hmlthvllle.
Smitovjlle, Oct. 11.—At tho Baptist
church at 8 o’clock p. m., Wednesday, Oct.
10th, Rev. M. B. L. Binion officiating, Mr.
John Burton and Miss Stella, the beauti
ful daughter of Mr. W. D. Wells, the
Central railroad agent at this place, were
united in the holy bonds of wedlock. The
contracting parties were both of Smith-
ville. Seldom has "worthier knight won
fairer lady.” May long, happy, and use
ful lives be theirs.
Denth of Wm. B* Brldgof*
Ooncar, Oct, 10.—[SpeciaL]—Mr.
Bridger, nil old and highly-esteemed citi
ztn of this county, died this morning at i
o’clock. Hia remains will be interred at
Gordon at 11 o’clock tomorrow.
OVER THE STATE.
Yesterday 'a Look Through the Telegraph’*
Correaponilence anti Kxclinngea.
Covington Enterprise: Mr. A. C. Heard
caught a seven-pound carp in Yellow river
the other day.
Dawson News: We learn that Dawson
is to have a bicycle club. Six or eight of
the boys already own machines, and three
or four more have ordered them.
CoviDgton Enterprise: Hon. Wright
Bradv of Sumter will get his bill, allow
ing farmers to plead a failure of considera
tion on poor guano, through the next
house without much trouble.
Baruesville Gazette:_ The weather proph
eta among the oldest inhabrants are pre
dicting a cold winter. They say th.t the
manv thunder storms during the surnmef
will be followed by unusually severe winter
weather.
Iiarnesville Gazette: The Central rail
road has established a telegraph station at
the depot in Baruesville ami engaged Mr.
C. 6. Maun as operator. The Western
Union office is still continued, with Mr. R.
L. Swans ss operator.
Albany News: Albany’s cotton receipts
will reach 25,000 kales before the 15th of
October. The receipts for the past two or
three davs have fallen ofi measurably, but
the farmers are at home picking out the
staple that whiteua their fields.
Dalton Citizen: Dr. Hammond, an old
ami highly respected former citizen of Dal
ton, Hied at his home in Murray county
last Sunday. He was a prominent physi
cian and a good man, and his death ia
lamented by all.
Vienna Vindicator: A fellow from an
adjoining county happened to be in Dooly
ou election day, and voted for state officers.
He tore off Gordon’s name from his ticket
and refused to vote for one of the most
conservative governors we have ever had.
Such are the ways of the world.
Eastman Times: That there arc blind
tiger arrangements conducted iu this town
goes without saying. To see drunken men
Their Verdict
I not account for the large knife nor can he
j tell who cut Mr. Humphries.
AN E. ITOR SHOT.
Lawless State of Affairs im
tlie Model City.
ppointed at a citizens meeting, held some
weeks since, for the purpose of canvassing
for subscriptions to the stock of the pro-
jiosed cotton factory have at least uone
something. They have not exactly secur
ed the factory, but they have put "the mat
ter iu such a shape as to make the pros
pect of success iu that line brighter than
it has been since the day of their appoint
ment.
Dalton Citizen: Last Saturday afternoon
as the two-horse te«Li of T. M. Felker was
i’oing over the Mill-creek bridge the horses
became unmanageable. One of the horses
plunged ofi the bridge, carrying the other
and the wagon with it. Luckily the water
was very shallow at the place, which per-
haps kept the accident from resulting seri
ously. There was 700 pounds of flour in
the wagon, which was sjightly damaged.
The driver escaped with slight bruises.
Americus Republican: Mr. McElroy.
the foreman engaged upon the new pnrsou-
age building, met with a very painful and
well nigh fatal accident late yesterday af
ternoon. A heavy plank fell from the top
of the building to the ground, a distance
of thirty feet, striking Mr. McElroy upon
the head and knocking him senseless. The
plank cut a deep gash five inches long,
which bled profusely. Dr. Hawkins was
telephoned for and stitched up the wound,
and'late last night the wounded man was
resting very well. It was a narrow es
cape.
Tennille Enterprise: A certain well-
known drummer visited a Methodist meet
ing not long ago, and owing to the unusu
ally D.ng service be fell asleep. About the
close of the service the preacher was mak-
: ng some proposition, and remarked that
11 who wished to go to heaven to stand
up. All except tho drummer rose from
their seats. Then the preacher said that
all who wanted to go to hell to stand up.
This woke the drummer. He stood up,
rubbed hiB eyes and looked around and
said, directing his remarks to the minister:
“I did not hear what the proposition was,
but it seems that you and I arc the only
ones that have accepted.”
Thomasville Times: The dream of
more than a quarter of a century has been
realized. Year alter year has rolled by
since the agitation of the “missing link”
wns begun. At last tho work is done.
The Times has never doubted its ultimate
building. For long years we have tried to
show that a line between Thomasville and
Monticello, Fla., was a necessity, and that
sodner or later it would- be built. And it
lias been. At a 8:15 o’clock yesterday
morning, Monday, Oct. 8, and in the year
of our Lord 1888, the first regufar passen
ger train over the Thomasville and Monti
cello railroad pulled out from the Savan
nah, Florida and Western railway depot
Dublin Post: At the consolidation of
the vote of Lawrens county on the liquor
question on the 20lh ult, the ordinary was
restrained from declaring the result by a
notice of contest on the part of the prohi
bitionist. They expected to be able to
show that a great number of illegal votes
had been cast for the sale and by throwing
them ont it would be found that the coun
ty had gone dry by a decided majority.
After due consideration ol the matter,
however, they decided it best to abandon
the contest. Through their attorney
Messrs. Griner,Stanley and Chappell, the
ordinary was notified" of tho withdrawal
on Saturday, whereupon he declared the
county wet by r. majority of 41 votes
Albany News: A most brutal and mur
derous nssauli waa made Monday night on
Dave Hill, colored, in Sandy Bottom by
John McDonald, a negro living down the
Brunswick and Western railroad. It seems
that Dave charged that a friend of Mc
Donald’s was a gambler, whereupon Mc
Donald gave him the lie and heaped abuses
and opprobions epithets upon him. finally
striking with such force as to fell him,
when he drew his murderous pocket gun
and shot him in the face. The ball took
effect in the right cheek, striking the bone
and glancing out. He waa afterward ar
rested by officers Kemp and Mc-
Larty, who jailed him. The injuries of
the wounded man while painful, are not
regarded serious.
Washington Chronicle: A meeting of
the subscribers to the Washington street
railroad was held in the council chamber
this morning, at which it was decided to
commence work as early as possible. Pre
vious, however, to SDy definite action
being taken, the city council will be peti
tioned to amend the present charter of the
roid so ns to permit the lino to run from
the depot to the square, via Main street.
The council will also lie petitioned to ex
empt the road from taxation for several
years, at least, in view of its being a pub
lic enterprise. The subscribers say they
'In 11. ; unlit ip:,!,- any ilillii ullv w it Ii the
council in this matter. On the other
hand, they believe their requests will be
readily accorded. There will be three cars
on the road—passenger, baggage and
freight—for the operation of which six
mules are considered adequate.
Albany News; Upland rice ia raised in
this section with far more success and in
much larger quantities than our people
realize. Tne wet lowlands, lying along the
intermittent runs, are splendidly adapted
to the culture of rice. One would be sur
prised to see bow large and lull rice heads
grow in some of tbe little patches pitched
THE CLINTON ROAD AFFAIR.
WILL ir COME.
Tli* Tentimouy of the Principal Witnesses
Retire the Jury—The Verdict Says
It Was Justifiable Homicide—
The Full Particulars.
The coroher’s jury empaneled to hold an
inquest on the body of Willis Lundy, who
was killed at Lowe’s store on the Clinton
road Wednesday afternoon, re-assembled
at Geoige Lumpkin’s store in East Macon
yesterday morning, but owing to the ab
sence of witnesses, adjourned to meet in
the afternoon.
The particulars of the affair were given
in yesterday’s Telegram, and varied but
little from the sworn statements of the
main witnesses given below:
TESTIMONY OF J. R. ROUERTS.
This darkey, Albert Green, and his
brother was about to have a fuss in the
store, and Gus told them to get ont. Al
bert Green tried to get his rod out of his
wagon body. Gus went out and they went
together. Gus struck Albert on the bead
with a stick. Gus struck Albert three
licks. lie knocked him down the last lick,
This other negro, Willis Lundy, deceased,
ran up and had his knife -nearly in Gus’s
back. I hollowed to his father, Mr. A. E.
Small, to look out, for lie would cut Gus
in spite of tho nation. Mr. Small jerked
up the hind gate of a wagon and struck
Willis Lundy. By that time Gus had got
loose, and "Willis Lundy run up to Lee
Humphries with his knife. Lee told nim
to stand back. Ho nnd Lee were in a tus
sle, and Lee struck him over the head
with a pistol. The next thing I heard was
the pistol fired. The pistol was fired twice.
I did net see Lee shoot him. When I
looked the negro was down and Lee was on
him.
TESTIMONY OF WALTER KILPATRICK.
When it first started it was in the store.
Gus caught hold of Albert Green and told
him that he must get out of the atore. Me
went out to his wagon and started to pull
out an iron rod. lie then came back to
the door and began to abuse Gus. Gus
told him to get away from there, ns he was
boss of the store. Albert said be would
leave when he got ready. Willis Lundy
stepped up and told Gus that he had said
enough. The next thing I saw was Mr.
A. E. Small strike Willis, who was fying
to cut Gus, with n plank. Then Will
Lundy pissed Gus and caught Lee Hum
phries, and was in the act of stabbing him
in the neck. Gus struck him with a small
stick, and soon after Lee shot him, and
when lie fell he cut Lee iu the side.
TESTIMONY OF A. E. SMALL.
Albert Green and his brother earn* Iu
the store for some purpose uml a dispute
about some money. Gus told him to get
out. He went out to his wagon nnd tried
to pull oit the rod. lie came Lack cursing
anu swote lie could whip the whole lay-out
Gils and Albert were in a tus-le. Willii
ran up bthind Gus with liis knife open. 1
picked t.|> a plank from the wagon and
struck Willis over the head. It stopped
him, and I# grabbed Lee Humphries and
they Mtiflled around there and he rushed
I,"e back twenty or thirty feet toward a
gully. Lee pulled out bis pistol and struek
him over the head. Willis had Lee in the
collar and was cutting at him. The con
tinued otruggiiug alter Lee had struck him
and got back in the road. Willis wns
pressing Lee backward down the bill. My
attention was called to Albert when I
heard the pistol fire. 'When I looked
Willis was over Lee.
TESTIMONY OF A. T. SMALL.
Albert Green ran an account with I-owe
Brothers for Jack McKenzie and Wade
Johnson. Albert wanted to pay some
money for Jack; Jack wanted more money
outoi hia part; Albert refused to let him
have what’lie wanted, aud they got into a
dispute. I told Albert if he wanted to fight
he must get in the road, as they could not
fight in the store. Albert ran out to the
wagon and got a rod. I told him if he did
not stop his cursing Iwouldgivehim .
Willis Lundy Haul to me that I had said
enough. I told him that he had nothing
to do with it, and to keep his mouth out
of it, as 1 controlled the store. 1 came in
and went behind the counter. Albert came
from his wagon in front of the door, curs
ing me and the whole lay-out, and daring
me to take it np. I picked up a stick and
started at him and he ran to the wagon to
get an iron rod. I struck him with the
stick; he then bulged at me and I knocked
him down with the stick. I saw Lundy
catch Lee Humphries in the collar with
his left hand and cut him and run him
bnck in a gully. Lee ran his hand in his
pocket aad drew his pistol and commenced
hitting Lundy over tne hehd with it. Lun
dy was shoving him back in the ditch and
was in .the act of cutting his threat. I
struck him with a stick on the head and
knocked him down, and about the time I
hit him the pistol fired. At that time his
hand dropped around Humphries’s side,
and the second time the pistol fired he fell
on his hands.
THE VERDICT.
Tim jury brought in a verdict to the of-
M feet that Willis L ndv earn* to his death
ere and there iu the botioros of planta-’, from a gunshot wound at the hands of Lee
tions. The writer had occasion recently to | Humphries, and that in the opinion of the
go to a place in Lee roomy, sold by Capt. I jury it waa justifiable homicide.
John A. Davis to a thrifty family of ne- | The verdict was signed by James Keat-
groes, and waa very much surprised to see , ing, foreman, Wm. if Lowe, W. F. Carroll,
great stacks of rice in the sheaf, t he in- W. II. Btese, J. T. King, B. F. Finney,
mustans liniment mustang liniment
JWuAxitumvo LINIMENT cure* all all-
Houta. llrrx.»nj Csrruu Rub Ini
CBrtF.3 HOLLOWDORN, CAKED BAGS,
6KUB i HOOF DISEASE IN CATTLE I
dustrious farmers had patched about over
the place and made, what seemed to us, a
very Sue uiipsfiice—more than enough
lo supply the whole plantation for the
year. A primitive wooden mortar, formed
bv charring out an excavation ir.to the
end of a pine log, and a pestle made of a
fence rail constituted the machinery for
threshing ont the grains from the cliafi.
This rice does not nave that pure white
ness of that lo be found in the market, lmt
the grains are large and plump and it is
euuallv wholesome as an article of diet.
The diversity of products possible to our
climate and soil is one of tbe chief induce
ments of this section. There is scarcely a
field or gardenproduct that cannot be cul
tivated successfully.
George Lumpkin.
In his t* > ini'-nv before th* jnv* TV. Vf,
K. Carroll Hated that he examined the
wound of Mr. Humphries nnd found that
he had received a knife wound in the left
side about six Inches long, and which was
painful but not serious.
The knife which was found in Humph
ries’s coat when the wound was made was
turned over to the jury and is now in the
possession of Coroner Hodnett. It is an
ordinary bucVhorn handled knife and
there was blood on the blade and mud on
the handle
AN OLTVIDE ACCOUNT.
Yesterday morning Edmond Powell, a
negro who came in for tbe coffin, came to
the Telegraph and said he was a broth
er-in-law of the dead Lundy. He said his
• Imlgr Thurman (toe* Hum,-.
WASUlNOTON,_Oet 11.—Judge Thurman, daughter witnessed the fuss, and sars that
Hew York Gossip About a Possible Kail-
road War In Georgia.
New Y'ork, Oct. 10.—The Times Bays:
Just as the big rate wars in the west ap
proach settlement a fight breaks out among
the railroads of the touth. Threats have
been heard for some time. Yesterday
there came what amounted practically to
an official announcement of it. The East
Tennessee, Virginia and Georgia Company,
backed by the controlling powers of the
Richmond Terminal Company, comes to
the front ns the aggressor. The Georgia
Centra], richest of all the big louthern
r ads, has the other end of the fight, and
if plans publicly proclaimed are carried
ont there will be a bitter contest, and
one that, continued to its declared aims,
will involve tbe loss of a million of dol
lars. Briefly told, the East Tennessee,
Virginia and Georgia Company proposes
to parallel the Georgia Central road into
Savannah, aud not this only, but carrying
tbe war to the bitter end, the East Ten
nessee proposes to establish a line of its
own steamships to compete with the Ocean
Steamship Company, running between Sa
vannah and New \ork. This sensational
plan was discussed and agreed upon at a
meeting of the East Tennessee and Georgia.
PROFITS FOR THE ROAD.
Though the plan proposes nothing short
of a serious war between tHe two-strong
companies the friends of phe East Tennes
see read insist that their only purpose is to
conserve their property’s best interests.
There arc profits for the road, they insist
in the extensions, and in explanation of
the steamship project they point to the
often-deciared fact that the best paying
property that the Georgia Central owns is
the New York and Savannah steamship
line. The Georgia Central railroad haa no
right to monopoly, they suggest, and the
East Tennessee, in pushing forward to get
its share of such profitable traffic, is merely
pursuing a policy of progressiveness. It is
not, thev say, the East Tennessee’s con
cern if the Georgia Central suffers, so long
as the cause of that suflering means at the
same time much increased prosperity for
the East Tennessee.
NORTHWECTF.RN TRAFFIC.
The proposed extension of the East Ten
nessee to parallel the Georgia Central road
will have to be only 100 miles long. If
built it will give the East Tennessee not
only as a road tha terminus at Savannah,
but will open up opportunities for the
handling of northwestern traffic by con
nections that its Memphis nnd Charleston
line give it at Memphis, creating lor Kan
sas City a new route to reach New York by
the use of the facilities of the new parallel
and the proposed Savannah water route
north. And aside from this, even the pro
jected line will open up to competition
profitable territory in Georgia where now
the Central road enjoys n monopoly, '(here
will be astonishment in tbe railway world
over the lioldplan now officially announced
Tile Georgia Outrage
From the St. Louts Republic.
The bloody shirt publication.which has
become uotorious for its slander* of Mis
souri, Arkansas and Texas, b.ivs that in
Georgia “the election passed ofi quietly”
with no opposition lo tue democratic state
ticket because “things have come to such i
pass that it ia not only useless, but notori
ously perilous, for men to go to the polls
witli any intention of depositing «republl
can ballots. The Republican party ha:
been eliminated from the politics of the
state as completely as though such an or
ganization had never been ItDown in that
part of the country."
This is a falsehood that has grown stale
with repetition. The reports of congrega
tions of negroes massacred in Logan county
had at least the merit of novelty, but this
Georgia falsehood, venerable with age, was
remarkable even In its youthful freshness
for its dullness and stupidity.
People who can read have long ago
learned that the Republican partr of Geor
gia surrendered its organization in order
to avoid the payment of taxes—or rather
because it refused to pay them.'The Geor
gia republican is furnished with all the
blessings of civilized government. He has
free schools—even free universities and
colleges—for hischildren. His own chicken
roost and smokehouse are protected by the
state, while the stalo ha* never vet been
able to devise a system that would protect
from his Ingenuity and pertinacity the
chicken coops and smokehouses of Georgia
democrats.
In return for "these blessings, he is
asked to pay a small tax—$1 or $2 a year
almost. Ills property is portable, and of
too unstable a character to be reached by
the assessor, for about the time the assessor
or any other unwelcome representative of
the state’s authority is to visit him. the
Georgia republican lias a confirmed habit
of putting his portable properly into his
wagon, hitching up the mules on which he
has given a mortgage, and driving them—
mortgage, portable property and all—into
some more secure and comfortable part of
the state.
After having done this, he naturally de
sired to run the Btate government and
triple the taxes on land, a* he had done
when he had things his own way in the
state.
The land owners, of course, objected, but
very mildly. They did not say the Geor
gia republictn should not do this; they
merelv asked him lo pay a small sum to
help the government—to show a tax receipt
for $1 a year poll taxes from and after the
date of the passage of the act up to the
date when he proposed to take charge of
the state to run it to suit himself.
The Republican party oi Georgia at
once disbanded, and it haa been disbanded
ever since. In the local option contests,
where Georgia republicans had their poll
taxes paid for them, they voted; but we
understand that at present they are gen
erally from $5 to $10 in debt to the state
for back taxes.
Uulil these are paid by some charitable
or me'evolent person they will never vote
at all as a party. The Georgia republican
expects to w paid lrom $6 to $10 for bis
vote. Rather than submit to the outrage
of paying back taxc* before he votes be
will never vote at all.
Modest Frank Hard.
From the Cincinnati Tlmet-Star.
A vain effort has recently been made to
seenrea portrait of the great apostle of
free trade, Frank Hurd. It is * J
ATTEMPT AT ASSASSINATION,
Preceded by Intemperate PubllcatimiH at
Home and Abroad—Two Others
Wounded-Immediate Cause
Leading to the Trouble.
i<l ke
accompanied by his son &ii»l 11. fc>. Cowen oi « wheu Smaii struck Albert, both the
the Associated Press, left Washington at 10 Smalls, father and son, aftd Kilpatrick, . . . .
o'clock tonight for his home at Columbun, jumped upon Lundy and held him down; never 7 et r *°° t Int ? „ muzzle of a
Ohio, in a special car attached to the Chica- w hile he wan btruck with a board by Mr. camera. He believes in a literal interpre*
go and Pittsburgh express of the Baltimore Andrew Hmall Kdrnond aay.s lie admits I tatioa of tbe scripture, and makes no
•‘■‘■1 0hi ° railroad. Lthat I.nndy would always fight. He imide 1 imto lli " 1 "' lf -
MUSTANG LINIMENT MUSTANG LINIMENT MUSTANG UNIMtNT
HRAIsB INFLAMMATION, OLD SOUL.
SAKE!) D1GCAST3 A INSECT DITLS!
I CUBESSWINNKY. SADDLE ANDHAIt CURES RHEUMATISM, LAME BACK
KLsS SORES IN UOUnKS A MULES ! AND STIFF JOINTS. BUB IN HARD I
Anniston, Ala., Oct. 8.—About 2:30
o’clock this afternoon an attempt wns mad©
to assassinate W. H. Edmonds, editor of the
Hot Blast,In his office.
The trouble grew out of enmity aroused
among the lawless class in consequence of
rigorous warfare waged by the Ilot Blast in,
favor of the rigid enforcement of the prohi
bition laws. A week ago four ex-policemen,
who had been discharged for inefficiency,
waylaid Editor Edmonds nnd one of them
jumped on him and beat him severely, Ed-
monds making such resistance as he could.
An outingcously false account of the affair
was sent to the Montgomery Dispatch, re
flecting seriously upon Edmonds, who re
plied through the Dispatch, pronouncing the
author a liar nnd charging him with coward
ice in sen ing forth soch a falsehood un
signed. It was developed that the corres
pondent was J. 8. Lawrence, a justice of
the pence.
RETRACTION DEMANDED.
This afternoon Lawrence, accompanied by
Will Lacy, entered the Hot Blast office, i»
which at tbe time were Edmonds, Jno. Chap-
pell (the mailing ckrk) nnd A. Tripney, a.
clerk who had come in on business. Law
rence called Edmonds outside, where some
conversation was hnd in reference to tho
communication, nnd Lawrence demanded
a retraction of Edmonds’card pronouncing
him a liar. Edmonds said there was noihiog
to retract, whereupon Lawrence adratced-
towards him. Lacy inquired if Edmonds was
armed, to which a negative reply was made,
when Lucy said, "Neither is Lawrence,” at
the same trying to get behind Edmonds, w ho
then began to bach into bis office. As ho
partially turned fire was opened,
upon him. He was shot iu *the left,
arm at the elbow nnd seriously-
wounded. Lacy attempted to shoot again,
but his pistol snapped, which probably
saved Edmonds’s life.
TWO OTHERS WOUNDED.
The would be assassin then fired on Chap
pell and Tripney. The former was shot
through the neck and the latter receive!
two wounds in the head, both serious. The
parties escaped but were subsequently.cap-.
tured and turned over to the sherill' on stutc
warrants and taken to Jacksonville, Ala.
The feeling in tho city is intense, and.
stroi^ talk of lynching has been indulged
in. Never were peoplo more thoroughly
aroused, the cownruly attempt at assassina
tion being most bitterly condemned.
Mr. Edmonds is doing well ami it is hoped
to serious results will follow his wounds.
The shots nt Chappell nnd Tripney were ui'V-
iiclous nnd unprovoked.
MANS MEETING.
A mass meeting of citizens will be held to
morrow, when a plan of action will be taken
to rid tbe city of these desperadoes.
To.night the city is in a tumult of excite
ment titiil indignation latwreuce’s report to
the Dispatch is universally coudemned.
Sir Samuel IteKer Think* Stanley I* Safe
The well-known explorer, Sir Samuel
Baker, has written again to the London
Times, reiterating hia confidence in Stan
ley’s ultimate suocea in reaching Kinin
l’aebe. “i’er-Jiitiiy,” he-r.Vn, "1 .io mu
despair of Mr. Stanley’s safety, and the
delay of bis advance is whiti I should
have naturally expected. Thore persona
who have only followed in the footsteps of
otlierB have no idea of the advantage
which they derive from the indefatigable
explorer who first carved out the road for
future travelers; but the first wedge
through new ground in Africa is hard to
drive. Stanley has 500 utiles of untrodden
country to penttrate between Arnwhimi
river and Wadelai, This, may require
years instead of months before the journey
can be accomplished. Those will he at
tended by the usual risks of climate, want
of proper food and the hostility of natives;
notwithstanding which he should succeed,
as his large armed force of 500 men
should render him secure from attack,
provided the escort shall remain faithful.
It should be remembered by those whose
anxiety ia overstrained at the long inter
val we have passed without news of Stan
ley that for two years ond five months we
were ourselves entirely cut off from all
communication (even with Kartoiim)
when I was in command of the Khedive’s
expedition for tbe suppression of the slave
trade in the White Nile Bs-in. When wo
next hear of Stan’ev I trust’the news will
come direct from himself ns having joined
Kmio, thereby having gallantly lulfilled
his mission nnd gained the applause of the
now impatient world. That world must
not despair, nor give credit to startling
rumors such os in 1873 (April 17) in meed
lilt-lions to (levoti- kimliy, llati. f.ng
but obituary leading article lo the mem©-
rv of Lady Baker anti myself, ‘‘murdered
by the savage tribes of t'cntril Africa.’ ”
IMI’ROVKHKNT AT JACKSONVILLE.
Forty-Seven Now lu.r, nnd Two Dentil*- -
The Gale.
Jacksonville, Oet 11.—Last nights gain
was very destructive. In the suburbs many
■mall buildings were bidly injured. The
gale reached a velocity of forty miles in
hour just after mid-night. The weather to
day was clear and bracing, and tbe situation
decidedly improved.
The official bulletin of the board of health
is a* follows: New cases. *7: death*. '2 It R
Johnson and Maria Register; total cases,
3 429, total deaths, 304. Of the new cases,
only twelve are white.
No contributions were reported by tbe
finance committee to-day. Bishop Weed as an
envoy of the auxiliary association, will to-
morrow visit Fernandma to make an official
examination of tbe condition there, inasmuch
as the pecple of that city are decidedly un
communicative. A special train will be pro
vided.
The question of tbe return of nunt™ to
their homes is fast becoming a moot embar
rassing one. Louisiana, Mississipni, Ala
bama and Texas will not receive yellow fever
attendants until after frost. Meanwhile,
their pay goes on under the terms of the
contract, and with the lessening numlter of
the sick their services are no !cug<t re
quired.
One Death at Drrntur.
Decatur, Ala., Oct. n.—Two cases of
yellow fever, both colored, were reported
yesterday afternoon, ond one death. IJnie
Jackson, (colored).
There are no new case's today.
MUSTANG LiNlMENT
IS FOR MAN A BEAST. PEN ETLATUM
s i l bL ns 4 y aim to the v*r r wum