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THE WEEKT.Y TET.EGBAI J H: WEDNEHDA Y. FEBRC AUY 26.1&Q0.
.TREACHER DUNCAN HANGS.
.ALABAMA'S BAPTIST MINISTER PAYS
THE PENALTY FOR WIFE MURDER.
On the Gullonri lie Naye HI* Part '
luour, Georgia Haldree, Poisoned
Bra Dnnctn-HtaSpeeeli Motrei
the Spectator*-!!!* Crime.
Ozark, Ala., Feb, 21.—[Special.]
Iter. Henry Duncan, a Baptiat preacher,
«u hanged hero to-day. The drop fell
at 2:05 o'clock p. m. His neck was
broken and ho wait pronounced dead i:
three minute* Only three heart strokes
occurred after the drop fell. The pris
oner was conveyed to the gallows from
tho jail in a two-horse hack accom
panied by Sheriff Byrd and Jailer
Barnes nt 12:30 o’clock p. m. Hit manner
was cool and decisive. He mounted the
acafTold at 1 o’clock p. in. and addressed
the people who thronged about. It i-
cstimated tlrnt thero were 7,000 people
on the grounds. Ilia remarks were
characterized by coolness and delibera
tion except at times ho would work him-
•elf up to a state of religious oestaej*.
Duncan Speak* on the Gall©We.
Uis statement was in effect as fol-
«“ Honorable gentlemen and ladies of
Alabama, I am standing here over the
deathtrap to suffer dcatii for a crime
re-aentenced to hang to-day. He was a
farmer by occupation and a preacher of
the Free Will Baptist faith, and was a
man of more than ordinary intelligence.
Ho confessed his guilt the other day and
implicated his «].i!om mistress and her
father. As nothing could bo brought
against them but his evidence they
were discharged.
DUNCAN’S APTKABANCE,
The condemned man was altogether of
a pleasant and pleasing address and
manner. Ho measured about & feet 8
inches, and was of a dark, swarthy com
plexion, He had largo grey, cat-liko
©yes, whick looked from under Jhick,
arching brows, A dark, heavy mous
tache covered a thick, protrusive upper
lip, beneath which wore rows of long,
white, gliitening teeth, nis noee was
large and full and slightly inclined
Human. His hair wan coarse and thick,
aud hud the raven'd blackness Iiis ex
pression was ut times sinister and
dogged, recalling the Italian of low caste.
BUCK FORCES A BLACK PILL DOWN
ANOTHER GEORGIA CITY.
Tlie ami nil Ollier Georgia JSe-
publlcaiiK Nnte SprcrUsfked Mail*
—Wanamnlier Apologize* lo
Carlton for Libeling A then*.
which I know I am partially guilty of,
but if justice were done there would bo
two other* that would swing with me.
Old J. Q. Baldreo and his daughter
ns guilty aa 1 am. 1 call God to witness,
what 1 say to you to-dny is the troth.
3 havo no motive now to conceal tho
truth. I know anything I say will not
prolong my life one moment I do not
bear any hatred to anyone. Oh. if I
could only recall that horrid deed, not
all the fair maidens of Alabama could
again ontice me into it.
Hays his ciiabmeii Georgia is guilty.
“Georgia Baldreo poisoned my wife.
I did not give my wife any poison. Geor
gia came through the field and toMj
OANCLIillS AND BLIND TIGERS.
The Twain Holding Carnival Ui La<
Grauge-t Itizetis Indignant.
LaGrakgk, Feb. 21,—[Special.}--This
city ha? Lc-tn .shaken from center to cir
cumference recently, by the flagrant
violations of the prohibition laws. Gam
bling. while carried on eecretly, has be
come more common, and public senti
ment hns become thoroughly aroused on
the subject.
Dr. lL D. Pitman, the efficient mayor,
caused the arrest of one of tho “drug
gists” who had been filling '‘physician'*
prescript ions" very freely, and the “pre
scribing physician,” and bound both
over to appear before the superior court
in April.
Last .Saturday quite a large game of
cards was played in which a country
man “had his leg pulled,” and was re
lieved of all his cash. A warrant was
sworn out by tho tu»r*lml, acting under
the direction of the mayor, and tho gam
blers were bound over for on investiga
tion by the next grand jury.
Last night the officor* of the different
churches met at the Presbyterian church
and endorsed the action of the mayor in
his efforts to suppress these violations of
what nhe had dune, and told me Dolly
wanted me to go to the bouse and told
me if ahe was ino she would not do It.. 1
Went and found Dolly in agony. She
told mo she felt like there w ere ropes
tying around her, and she had difficulty
law.
Tho meeting was enthusiastic, and
remAutinnm uv-jr? rtt)iing tnm nt-
tention of the courts to these violations
of tho laws of the land.
ATHENS DOSED WITH DAVIS.
st pKitioiiroriiT
Washington, Feb. 21.—[Special.]—The
President to-day nominated Matt Davis
(eoiofed) as postmaster at Athens, Ga.,
in divregar 1 of the report of Senator Col-
juitt and Representative Carlton tiiat no
negro should be given this place.
1IAUR1KOM YIELDED TO DOSS BUCK.
L'avis was recommended by Boas Buck
and all the other republicans except
Ju Ige Speer and so received the appolnt-
nt.
Other presidential postofllce nomina
tions were as foliowt:
Virginia—Charles It. Lee, Berry ville.
Florida—Edward C 'Weeks, Talla-
bas-ee.
Mis'tiadppi—Henry C. Griffin, Natcher.
Alabama—William T. Kwiug, Gads-
den.
CARLTON is HOT AT WANAMAKER.
Carlton is warmly indignant at tho
appointment of Davis.
it i*," ho wtid to-night, “a deliberate,
Intended outrage upon the people of
, Judge 21a
COLLISIONS ARE A CRIME.
Iiig-l'rubabie Child .11
Greenville, Feb. 21 .—[Special.J—Su
l#*rior court convened last Monday,
Judge Harris presiding. His charge to
to the grand jury was ablo and compre
hensive, and evil-doers and violators of
the law will be looked after aud made to
answer therefor.
Among tho visiting attorneys are:
Cola Henry Goetrhius and J. H. War-
rill of Columbus, lion. W. Y. Atkinson
and L. K. Way of Newnan, lion W. A
Post, George A. Carter, li II. Strick
land and F. P. Pierce of Graniville, and
Col. John F. Methvin of Seuoia.
Tho lime of the court ao far has been
occupied in civil business, but the crimi
nal docket will bo taken up Friday. So
licitor General T. A. Atkinson is seeing
after the business of the slate with
marked ability, and will reinforce the
chain-gang with a uumber of able-bodied
laborers.
MAY BE CHILD MUBDKR.
Coroner J. E. Adams has goue into the
country this ovening to hold an inquest
over tho body of a Jhycar-old negro child,
who,(its parents cla*m, was avnathorod in
ted with them accidentally. But some
of their immediate neighborhood believe
the child was murdered by the parent*..
Tho fanner* are taking advantage of
the line weather, and farm work is
rapidly going on. Corn planting will bo
in full operation in a few days.
JUDGE HARRIS FOR CONCRES9.
Seme knowing ones say that Judge S.
RAILWAY CONDUCTOR ARRESTED ON
AN UNUSUAL CHARGE.
unty.
FRANKLIN K
WoII-IC ,i
I PEN WILKINS.
i TRADESOMEWHAT PANICLY
Athens and, by nsroclation, upon the | W. Harris will probably enter tho race
people of
belief*, resented Ly them olL Our ©b-
‘ tho whole South and will he, I
fctvis, although the Postmaster-General
bus admitted that Davis is ignorant and
ilhn-rato, and therefore unlit. Davis
will bo well treated personally in Athens.
But our objections go to the appoint-
luun of n negro in the university town
of Georgia.
collisions between negroes and
or congress in this district If ho does,
e will be a lion in tho path of other
candidates, of whom there will perhaps
be a number.
IlOVriUK WANTS TO BOOH.
Great
by morning you can go for a doctor,
cannot tell you my feelings, while 1'
aitting there, knowing that my wife wae
poisoned and that 1 bad been instru
mental in it
Georgia’s father bought the FOKOX.
“Old mau Baldreo got tho morphine
for me. Th* pretense was |it was to be
for my mother's sick headache. I lmd
no monor to get anything. Aftor my
wife was buried old man Baldreo told
me there was bad talk in the neighbor
hood about me, and advised me to go
to Florida and wait uutil everything
quieted down. Hs betrayed ine. If it
liad not boen for him and Georgia l
would be alive to-niorrow and back to
my family. I do not fear death, because
I am prepared to go. If I had died
thirty days ago 1 would havo been lost.
1 havo labored mentally over mr con
i'll go to boa
r I, pr
HOWLS Til:N, lilt. TBKRGLLf
Take* Xlacon llnll t ivo May* to Heath
Ilawkliaavllla.
Hawkinsville, Feb. 21.—[Special]—
Tho Last Tennessee railroad sends over
threo train* daily. Yet we are, by some
Hew arrangement by which tho Haw-
kinsvillo train misses the mail, com
pelled to read the Telegraph tho second
day after publication. It la bad on the
people, but I guess we will have to griu
und bear it.
. OF THE VOTING GENDER.
The latest arrival at the home of Mr.
and Airs. J. ai. Burrows is a wee bit oi
•crectur” of the voting gender, lio has
drawn n sight draft on the pa and tu*
for food ami raiment, and tho iudics-
lions are that he has como to stay.
GETTING READY TO t!X»W.
It wilt to liawkinsvillo's fortune to
soon possess a line brass bend. Five or
six young gentlemen, embracing fins
musical talent, have rcceutly organixsd
such a bond, and to say that it is bound
ittli
gln-lic
WHITES INEVITABLE.
“I explained to Wanamaker that, In
asmuch as the railway mail service cen
tering nt Athens was large}/ manned
With tic-gross, the appointment of Davis
Munnt turn over th© postal business
of Athens to negroes. I i ointed out to
him tlmt tho postofllce would become
the loafing place of young negroes and
that collisions between them and the
young whito students would bo almost
.voidable.
WANAMAKER A MISCHIEF-MAKER.
1 consider that in view of this knowl
edge the Postmaster-General has thown
himself to be a misebief-maker and bas
unwarrantably interfered with'tlis edu
cational interests of our slate, and no
good can coin* of It and he know it; but
on the contrary much barm. I am told
that he gives as an excuse that bo was
Hirsutenud with a boycott by Georgia
merchants. If that be so, i say that it is
ho who baa applied tbs boycott by atrik-
si ucorguvs educational interests."
ng *
Tbs nominations of Davis at Athens
B >ST1CK, Feb, 21.—[Special]—There is
more room for a big, live town here thaa
stiy place in Georgia. 3Ir. J. K. Roberts
is tho leading spirit of Bostick 'and
llostick would be a city if there was an
other like him. He is postmaster, ex
prof* agent, merchant, shoemaker,
mechanic, blacksmith, farmer, land
lord and father. *
It is reported that the popular agent,
Mr. C. walker, will assume official
duties soon at Reynolds as agent
The sudden departure for borne of the
two pretty sisters. Hisses Griggs, has left
all Bostick and the country m sadms*.
They have been guests ot friends soinu
weeks near the station.
Miss Addis King of tierrard, Ala., Is
the gutst of Mr. Kobertr.
A mammoth new steel boiler for J. B.
Gorman’s new saw mills, southwest of
this place, has arrived from J. 8. Scho-
tield&Hon of Macon,
Macon has n large trade in this section,
influenced largely by advertisement* in
its incomparable paper. The Telegraph
is a bummer whm it comet to a good
newspaper, lta circulation is increasing
all over* this region, ills by far the
newest and best edited paper that the
people hero read.
Atlanta, Feb. 21. — [BpeclaL]—In
Europe, they eay, when people are killed
on the railroads, somebody hangs for it,
but that h&3 not been the cu*tcm in
America.
An arrest of a very unusual order
took placo here this morning.
John Dobbs, an ex-conductor on
Georgia Facitic railroad, was seized by
the officers of the law, because on the
17tU of January ho went to Bleep while
waiting with his train on a siding for
another train to pass, and allowed a
passenger train following him to crash
into his caboose, without taking precau
tions to avoid suck an accident, whereby
ngineir Wm. Berry came to his death.
at A HOED WITH UAN5LAU0HTFR.
Dobbs is charged with voluntary man
slaughter. lie will be taken to Alabama,
whore the accident occurod for trial, as
soon as requisition papers can be re
ceived.
He is a very voung man, a nephew of
Mr. Z, JT. Dobbs of Dobbs & Wey. Ho
resigned his position on the road the
day after tho accident.
It seems that lie was waiting on tho
siding for»feinted train which ha ex
pected to approuch from the front and
forgot About that which would follow
him. He took precaution against u col
lision with the first, but not with tho
other. His train was too long for tho
side track and a careless glance nt his
watch throw him an hour out of his
reckoning. This mistake contributed to
tho accident
S.T1ITII TO Tin: PAHJ1EHS.
gage in a Fight.
Atlanta, Feb. 21. — [Special.]—Mr.
J. IL Franklin and Mr. Samuel Wilkins
are two well-known merchants who oc
cupy adjoining stores on Mitchell street
A little after 2 o’clock this afternoon a
difficulty took place between them, and
Mr. \\Tlkins received several ugly cuts
about the neck and face.
Tho drays which brought Mr. Frank-
In.'- | ro . .■ • t" bn s'. >r»- have, r
charging their loads, been stopping on a
part uf the street to which his neighbor
laid claim, and the latter vesterilay
i i ;•<“•! t i.c | .ui :i!i 1 i.hj- 'cl. '1 licattiT-
noon finding another wagon o-*cupying
tho space in front of tho building to
wi it ho (■•n-ilorcl the U-uiih en
gaged in serving him entitled, ho
sent a young man named Dean, who
works in his store, to drive it up. Mr.
Frank!.n was on tho sidewalk and told
young Dean to leave the dray alone.
Dean retired after insisting, and Mr.
Wilkins umo out. The two proprleton
quickly became engaged in a fight.
Wilkins gut hold of 1 ranklin’* beard and
pulled it and the Litter used hi* knife.
Ho far as can be learned tho hurts
not - of a dangerous character. Mr.
Franklm declined to relato the details of
the affair.
CltnilED BETWEEN CARS.
DUN REPORT? A LACK OF CONFI
DENCE IN BUSINESS CIRCLES.
Spite of Till"
icy market Was
to Us a success. is putting it quits mildly
g U quite mildly,
.w w. of liawldnsviU*
hat tho bond under advisement, and this,
within lt*e!f, U , aks abundant success
fur tho eat rj il*.
now s Vuo*i j i rr.
j) iu . v. .!'. ;u. I 1 •.!L li •• «
t.ffk. Th- only thing I hato to Isavs
tbi* beautiful worl l for is th© thought of
niy little orphan children. I know the
rend before them. I have been an
orphan and iraveled it. God in mercy
shield than from the dangers that be
set
want to say a few words about the
sheriff and my jailer. They havo been
kind to mo and Uono their duty so far as
I know. In regard to them tools and a
rope found in my cell tho other day, Bud
Pelham got his brother to bring them
these, bomo of you may say why
didn’t you tell all tliia before? Because
J thought I could get out of it and not
let anybody tuffer. * L “" * ‘
tlolra Smith Addreuri tho Farmers ol
DcKalb at Deeatur. *
Atlanta, Feb. 2L-[BpeclaL]—Mr.
Hoke Smith made «n address to the
farmers of DeKolb county in tho court
house at ncoa to-day.
The caurt was adjourned by Judge
Richard Clark, so as to give Smith from
12 to2 In which to make his address.
A large crowd sawm >lod in tho court
room. There were farmers from every
section of the country. Some had como
to attend court and 'many to hear the
expected address on tho vital question of
the day in Georgia.
INTRODUCED TO TI1K FARMERS.
At 12 o'clock noon, the assembly cam*
to order and Mr, McCurdy of Stone
Mountain was naked to preside. IIo in
troduced 3Ir. Hoko Smith.
“He is the mod 'distinguished young
man in the state,” raid Mr. McCurdy,
Horrible Death of FInanian Tinrtln
on the Georgia i'aclfic,
Atlanta, Feb. 21.—[Specinl.)—AtEd-
. i 1 i t m^iit Man-mill Martin, a
flagman on the Georgia Pacific railroad,
while running on tho top of a train sig
naling tho engineer, fell between tho
cars and was crushed to death. The en
gineer, uiis ting Martin's lantern, stopped
iiis train and notified the conductor, who
Was a brother of the flagman. A search
was instituted and the young man's re
mains were discovered under the wheel*.
Ho appeared to havo been killed in
stantly. He was crushed from th* ankle
of tho right leg up to the shoulder.
Martin was about 5.0 years old and camo
from Greenville, S, C., wkero his body
will be buried.
171,50 roil A It t It licit COAT.
HI
People Wonder
PI A CON COUNTY TEACHF.ItS.
Dudley at Amerlcus will be con
finned In spite of tlie opposition of Col-'
quitt. Crisp and Carlton.
WANAHAKUk’S SLANDER ON ATHENS.
Postmastcr-Uoneral Wannmaker was
disturbed by the story which lleprescn- Oolkthorte, FeU 2
Uiiivo Carlton told about his firat Inter- Macon county's schools are in
view with TYansinsker on this subject, ing condition. Derides her
whtr.'inhu quoted Wanamaker os inti- pu bl!c schools,
nwllnK lhit-11 would not Nj ol. fur blin ^ - lorat.d ii.lHIi.It at MariUll
(Wami maker) to go to Athens to find out ’ . * . r,
whether tho wlnt» man Carlton iug-1 Y, Jjf» Uortnuma mb OfW!
Cvital I'pr |n\stuia*Ur I'Aas a retiuUkaD. I ^ comp
A New Jerifjr Hsu Get* n Taste of
Ueoraim Jnallcr.
Atlanta, Feb. 2L—[SpcciaL]—^Georg*
AV. Thor])*, the neat looking traveling
man, who, it will b* remembered, re
cently snatched a rubber coat from the
front of a store on Marrfetta street, was
this morning fined $71.00 for committing
the theft.
He has been in jntl ever sines the rainy
day on which he took th* coat sayingly.
ho had uono and needed one. lie says
ho was drinking. Kclatives sent him the
money lo pay the fine from New Jersey,
and he is now at liberty.
ecial,}—
flourish-
nun in uw »uur, f uu nr. jurvuruT,
beenuso of bis splendid intelligence; bo-
cause of his active, tireless and fearless
energy In fighting for the farmers and
people of Georgia; because of his nerve,
when Lo declared In Athens, In lb* very
teeth of tb« monopoly, that h* would
take up the bait!* of the people against
illegal railway combinations and trusts.
[Applsuse.l Mr. Smith is too well-
known to tho farmers of Gocrgia for me
to intrtxlueo him to a farmers’ audience.
in enjugh. I j>ri < rit to you
Iloko i-iniih. [Gi--.it applause.]
favorably wii
v other
red fron
I have told th*
truth and I will fac* this throng on it at
tho judgment bar of eternal God.”
' A RESCUE FEARED.
The excitement was intense. It waa
seriously thought that the prisoner had
about awayed tho multitude over to him
and a reecue was apprebsnded. Duncan
was a hero in death. He remarked to the
sheriff not
roBPrcl for an Oat tioo i:\ra1lcnt
Prraonal and ^*«rlai Notes.
Tv Tv, Fob. 21.—[Bf ecfal. ]—Every
thing in and around town is quiet.
Farmers are busy planting corn. The
weather is line aud everybody is in good
spirit* and is putting in for larger
crops Utan were mad* last year. 11m*
oat crop* are tho fine**. 1 ever sulk and
tliere is a large acreage planted this year.
1 notice that CoL John Burrow u do
ing some nice work on hi* farm near
town, Th* color.*!, when not engaged
in hb law practice, makes a good hand.
He just pulls eff lib coat, mils up hb
sleovos and puts In good tlms. CoL
Murrow is on* of th* most pruqtoroos
lawyers in our county.
Sir. Koberts, who has recently located
here, gave a hat! and social lust night,
l.ver> thing tossed quietly and the young
folks hud » good time,
1 am sorry to not* th* death of th* In
fsnt child of Mr. and Mrs. H. C. Harper,
the si
w*i scut lo m.T maker.
WANAMAKER EXPLAINS TO CARLTON.
fnok imiinn to am Pail-
ton aUni it ondexjilain tbattbe remark,
which stirred Carlton's indignation, wav
humorous and was Intended to he takrn
Pickwickian sens*. Ckita, *f
coarsc.si'ceptedtlie'expLuintloD.iiUhough
on tU 13th. Its remains were iateired
in the Ty Ty cemetery.
“31k
not to get excited,
it right; fix it so it will do the
iiF.itNArmi:/. may livk.
MlllodKovlIle** U uiild-be siilelds 11s*
work,” were his last words, referring to
tho adjustment of the noos*. lie was 28
years old.
Story ©r Iter. Mr. Dunrin'i Crime.
An account of th* crim*for which
lt«jv. 31 r. Duncan to-day paid th* pen.
alty was published in th* Telegraph
last July. It stands out as on* of th«
blackest In th* category of tragedy, vlx.:
wife murder. In a little Itoiuo in the
southeastern portion of tbb [Dad*)
count*, twelve miles from this place,
lived Henry Duncan, hb aged mot tier,
t hb three little children aud hb wife,
Dolly Duncan. Duncan was a tenant of
one Mr. J. Baldree.
DUNCAN MEETS THE SIREN GEORGIA.
All was peace and love up to twelve
months ago, when Duncan met and be
came enamored of Miss Georgia Baldree,
a diary beauty of questionable virtue in
'the community and a daughter of lib
‘landlord. Weeks passed along, during
which time they became intimate, met
often and sometimes clandestinely. The
old story of jealousy sprang up. lib
home became not whet it waa one* to
him. Every return to it from hb daily
labor la th* field was m*t by a jealous
harangue from lib now murdered wife,
in reference to hb asecciation with tho
Baldree*. to rid himself of which the
horrid thought of putting hb wife aw«y
AilLLEDOEViLLR. FcU 21.—[Special]—
Mr. Hcrnandes, thojoungmau who shot
himself yesterday afternoon, b still alive,
lio was kept under the influence of
tqdatcs last night and therefore suffered
little. An examination shows the tall
to liav* ranged from left to right and in
an upward direction. It Is now lodged
about an Inch to th* right of bis back*
bone, near th* skin.
The wound la, in th* opinion of the
surgeons, almost inevitably mortal,
tlfough some think b* has a chance for
life, lie U possessed of a powerful con.
stitution and that may save him.
Thu sufferer express— great regret for
hb rash act, and wonders “How any
man in lib right mind could tie such *
fool as to shoot himself.” He himself b
hopeful ot recovery and very anxious
about it.
i
torrid thought oi putting lib wire aw
uggested itself, aud y biding, os lie sa;
to the bad influence of this woman
. Georgia and lib ow n pervenenres ho
| farrM it intoessrotinn.
J MURDERS BIS Wire AND FLICS WITH
[• GEORGIA.
J Dolly Duncan died on June 24, IflSt,
k ostensibly of fever, him had been com-
I plaining several days. The circumstance
; of her death was a matter of suspicion in
f the neighborhood. No sooner was ab*
Duncan plans and executes an e*cap*d»
with th* blooming Georgia. This con
firmed tb* suspiciorv* and s legal investi
gation followed, rewilUng in th* finding
in tbs
DUNCAN WFLlCATns BIS U'/TUZK.
Duncan was arrested in Florida, wbitber
he and Georgia had fled. When first
confronted with th* awful charge he
ire tested his innocence and implicated
hb own grey-haired mother. L*Lrf «I
lie recanted tbb and pleaded not guilty
lle w as convicted at the July, ltep, term
< f * ourt. lie Sj i * tied to lit* supvenie
* whose MUing was last January
dgmeotwa* affirmed and h# %u
'lUt j
I have been afflicted with an affection
of the throat from childhood, caused by
diphtheria, and have used various reme
dial, but liava never found anything
equal to Brown’s Bronchial Troches."—
Iluv. G. 31. F. Hampton, Piketon, Ky.
Hold only in boxes.
. Loots
'Ilit
of tip
he had t o. understood the remark that
way,
NOUINATIONS f.’ONFIRMED.
The Senate lias confirmed the follow
ing nominations:
8u|!ervbors of ctnsuit
Alulama-J. II Wilson, fourth dis
trict.
Florida—Chaa L. Hartridgr, fifth dis
trict.
Georgia—Isaac Beckett, fifth district;
!, A. llnrrb, sixth districti 3larion
Bethune, fourth district; C. (X Haley,
first district.
MbiUsippi—K. Aldrich, first district;
J. H Grisly, third district.
North Carolina—L’. P. I<ockey, third
district
SouUi Carolina—F. W. Blscusker,
fourth dbtrict; K T. f'lineer, first die
trict; !>. Yates, second district.
Tennessee B. H. lllnkle, fourth db-
trict; J. H. Walker, fifth dbtrict.
l\s*. masters:
Alabama—Andrew J, Locke, F.ufaula.
Georgia—!#, li. Peacock, Hainbridgt.
Florlds—F. A. Harri on, PaUUa.
Mbsisrit pi- James W. Lee, Aberdeen;
Kdmund it. Thomson, Wesson; Joshua
btevens, Macoa.
North Carolina—Mra Ada Hunter,
Kingston.
Virginia—IL Anderson, West Point
if organising themscl 1
into an fetsoriatlon fur the mutual U*n»
ef its member.
Quite a number of them will attend
the Georgia Teachers’ Awociatioo in C<
lurabus tnb year, and frel that they hav
treat in store in the discussion of, ft
Blair bill by Mr. F. IL KLlrardion of tl
Telbobaml
Mr. B. lb Zeltltr’s Scliool Journal
quito popular with the teachers. They
say it b working hard to p t all tl
ttachtr* of the stale to attend the meet-
tog in Columbus this year. The infer
ence Is that a uumber of innovations In
tl*e school line for Georgia will In dis-
cutacd, ami they want to present them
selves loth* law-making authorities as
biding toms influence.
A TUIAT IX TUB COIRT.
The Cotton Seed oil Octopus li
Trouble.
New York, FcU 21.—The arguments
on th* injunction which was granted by
Judge Lsoooib last week restraining the
cotton seed oil trust from dissolving, re.
organizing and turning all th* property
•mounting to millions of dolhus over to
s corporation in Now Jersey waa heard
to-day by Judge Wallace in the Uniter
btetes circuit court.
A temporary injunction was obtained
by majority trustees who argued that
when the present trust was formed u
was agreed that it would not b* absolved
as long as it w as bring conducted on
Ui
Take (‘are! There I* Dancer
Snallowiiijr Inactivity of th*kWliP*y* to grow
I Urousli oetfleet. Th« deadly iU*Ud UngUf*
cturoart sad dUt«te* «ill wreck Up- xoudty uark
ot hralth If tt> allowed to drift I »kkrlo« uioa
than. 1U- hlfdder, too, if tuuitre. and jodk-PNis
nu-dk-auio du«a not speedily
So*sr<l Hie i»ntuf Mivty, wi!l m, «irunw nr
ih»- 'I'dAMHi Mf. iw selectiit< * dliaet^-,
lialSZ wh* U**lmuUw«rtL* rrtii of|D»’m**wUh!
end in exiUmjc (beta.tvorl^ru to
lor,. »^r ♦ rt-d l‘>. Tt.,.- lute* t.-adracy to
reari pcejM-Uctany. Tb* »lt*n Inr^o-rat* Uvo
kldar) » »*»d l.tetter. In n-curnoa * ua tbe nr
and tte dlcr*o«« otgJJ*, an t so U»tlnr
aid. It ri%i <Wil fetktauw lu r-rciratire
•ui iurlnglntmutUut Mil mailuol trvrr.
Ikbiwsoro.w uasUpah * aad rfarn wusim k »u,
urUd, »nd whil. y.t * »r:nTa b„g«y^
J rotital le bail*, and tiiat it had made
•JJOO.OU protit in 1». Tim majority
trustee* argued that aa the defendant
trustees were resident* of five states, do
cssa coukl be made ugair st tliem uuW*d
they were proceeded against imiividu-
ilte judge dissolved the injunction and
•aid he would he*r the araument in the
case when bills of complaint were filed
against some individual trustee, and, in
the meantime, consider th* question of
jurisdiction. Two weeks were given to
Mr.
i he roso to speak.
•ko of tho relations cabling be
tween railway treaspctUtlon and tho
of the
FREE FIXO.H *11 AlHLCS NOW.
Renton Rrll and UlllUfai Seabrook
UcIraMi'd From lit* Gan;.
Atlanta. Feb. 2!. [Spcci?L]-Ncw
ton Bell, a Jackson county convict, who
has bran in ths penitentiary since1873,
was pardonod to-day.
William Seabrook, who was sent to
th© penitentiary from Glynn county for
assault with intent to murder in June
last, has obtained a new trial and was to
day liberated after giving bond. Sea
brook went up for a term of seven years.
He has been st the Chattahoochee Brick
Company's convict camp over since his
fiction.
A iMin: <
New York, Fob. 21.—IL G. Dun’s
weekly review of trado says:
While the prevailing impression
busiuess circles is rather less confident
than it was ' a week ago, thei
wero several signs of improvement. Th
cooler weather Las caused littlo more
activity in some linos of trade. Wheat
is better and stronger. And without
clearly defined reason, thero is a iirme
tone in the Eastern iron markets, while
tho reduction in the Bank of Engla
rato from 6 to 6 per ccnL, with its largo
gain of £4,315,(0) in gold during the
past week dimimshes tho chance3 of
convenient demands from abroad.
On tho other hand general trado is not
increasing in volumo or in profits, and
w|,il > it --o ui'li. ■ ^ i* inffuaUd by tho
occurrence of fewer failures than many
expected ns a result of tho phenomenally
unseasonable weather tho complaint of
slow collections is common and rather
increasing. The clearings through tho
banks at Now York fell below those
of the corresponding week last year 52 per
cent At Boston. Philadelphia
Chicago together, tho increaso was hard-
lv 1 per cent., and nt all other cities only
1 per cent., a considerable decline fro
tho recent rato of gain.
At 1’ittsburg iron is weaker because of
increased .Southern competition, with
duller coal trade, but thore is good busi
es in glaw.
THK country’s foreign trade.
Tho foreign trado of the country Is
not as favorable as it was two montlis
ago. The extraordinary outgo of cotton
has passed, and tho exports in January
•how an increase In that item of 11,500.-
000. and in all principal items of about
Ich indicates an excels of
exports over imports of about
$10,Ow,000. In three weeks of Feb
ruary the exports from New York
shows • -urcciy an increase of 0 per cent,
indicating thus far an excess of imports.
Cotton exports this week have boen IV
000 bales larger than a year ago, but for
tho month thus far 30,000 bales smaller.
But speculation has pushed ths price
still higher by a sixteenth. Speculation
in coffee is stronger at 20 cents, but
sugar bas nut changed.
T1IK UTRONO IRON MARKET.
It is difficult to account for tho better
tons which cloarly exists in the iron
market hero and at Philadelphia, unless
it b« duo to th* hop* that the Southern
Iron which U now moved from Sheffield
at 10.20 per ton to Pitteburg, and selling
iiiu* mnaewuai isrgwjr, iuujt ii*mui«r
affect the Western rather than the East-
markets. Tho production has
so large that a serious
question exists as to tho ad-
oquacy of the demand, and yet
the resumption of work at old wages by
th* striking coal miners in Alabama will
iput three large now furnucos in opera
tion speedily. For Bcstcour pig there la
demand st Philadelphia. Tho bar
market Is not satlsfscUrr. Tb* plate
and structural mills sro still busy on old
orders, but doing littlo new* business, and
are reports of steel '* ~ ‘
W HEN they find how rapidly healt*
i* restored by takin-AyerN S.irl
saparilla. The reason Is that tLi*
preparation contains only the purer,
anti most powerful altf-ratii** ^
tonics. To thousands yearly it proves %
veritable elixir of life.
Mrs. Jos. Lake, Brockwav Centre
Mich., writes: “Liver complaint an<i
made my life a burden
ending my existence.
ir more than four years 1 suffered
Id agony. I was reduced almost to
skeleton, and hardly had atrencth tn
;»g myself about. AH kinds of food
stressed me, and only the most deli,
ato could be digested at all. \Vithin
tho time mentioned several r*hyiici«_
t rented me without giving relief. Noth
ing that I took seemed to do any per.
Improvement
in my i
return and with it cams the ability to
digest all tho food taken, my strength
Improved each day, and after a few
months of faithful attention to your
dirertii s, I found myself a well
woman, ablo to attend to all household
duties. Tho medicine has given me a
new lease of life, and I cannot thank
you too much.”
••We, tho undersigned, citizens of
Brockway Centre, Mirli., hereby certify
ard l
r th
Rlurde
AN K. T., V. A G. « Alt LOCKBO.
Eerolc Jlethod* Adopted by an Odum
Halllir Uihrr odnm Now*.
Odun, FeU 21,—[Special)—Conriablo
Bronctt bas locks* down a box car on
thesido track as properly Is vied < n of
th* East Tcnnvsse*, Virginia and Geor
gia Railway Compfmy in favor cf cer
tain executions against tha company.
Mr. 11. C. Joyner. Dr. J. 1* liuiland
Mr. J. 11. Kemudy enjoj««l a fine p..rty
*bool
just. N»oris could expect any!
IMhim st thin. But tb* practice
bs v been to charge as much as the traffic
will bear.
There Is the Injustice tiiat th* people
have to bear. U is to help prevent just
such unjust burdens that he was speak
ing to tb* |i*ople. They should know
these things, and thty should remedy
them.
THE RAILWAY COMMISSION.
Jlr. Smith then took up tho subject of
ths railroad cotmnlmion, showing that
the reduction of freight chargee in Geor
gia, caused by tb* commission, had been
about ooc-tLird. The railways luff
fought tiro commission in *its inception
end erer since. Tory tried to crush it
at tint, and aro now trying to curtail its
power,
Mr. J. IL Kemudy emoje«I a fine p.»ri’
at the residence of Mr. O'NraTa Th'_
I arty was given in honor of Jllss linde
and Mbs Horcr.ce Roberson of Envtile,
Georgia.
Th* county sheriff was in town ysster.
day for lb* mrposs of collecting some of
tho nvgroee poll taxes.
Deri
Atlanta. Feb. tl.—[Special.]—'Th>
governor today offered a reward of $100
lor tho apprehension of tutrise tteevee,
unknown!, who is
ice from McIntosh
that the above statement, made hy
Mrs. Lake, Is true in every particular
and entitled to full credence/*— O. P.
risanff-r'-i”, <' w "' .n. r.
Wells, Druggist.
" Mv brother. In England, was, for
ngtu u. ^
lone time, unable to attend to his MV
ration, by reason of sores on his foot
I sent him Ayer’s Almanac and the tes-
timonials it contained Induced him to
at Brisbane, Queensland. Australia.”
A. AttewtU, Sharbot Lake, Ontario.
Ayer’s Sarsaparilla,
FREFABKD BY
Or. J, C. Ayer ec Co., Lowell, mast.
Price $1; six boUlas, 15. Worib %i s boette
The nvi/w.rf, k ttld, must clam or it^i (ex , c t nim.
:ongh to ta»k. Ih«ir ba^M. r,y.. TUu , f0BiUT#from lurti
..Ca«ju.t. S, on. co«U expect anj- whm b { matdem i It. F. T.
Gronwald ou the first of this month.
than35por ton. Tho manufacture
is active, but must soon feel tins high
cost of material.
THE MONET MARKET.
The local’money market has been
easy at uucliangsd rates, although ino
treasury hts taken in since last
Saturday $2400,000 moro than it has
paid out and the interior exchange*
UK PIIAIBKDANDLIIBONVILLIL
Death of * Federal Soldier at llnln-
bridge wltu Pralacd Andersouvlll*.
B.\ismudge, FcU 2L—[6peciaL}—Mr.
31 T. North, who. In appircclir perfect
health, fell dead at Donaldson last Tues
day, was an ex-Federal soldier and very
highly esteemed by the people of this
community.
He was once a prisoner at Anderson-
ville. and said that be was treated with
uniform kindness hr the prison authori
ties. When sick be was paroled and
sent into the country that 1m might find
moro comfortable quarters among tho
farmers.
He w “ buried hero on Wrilnrida
with Masonic honors.
Tim advantage of competition was
clearly shown by fignraa giving the rate*
where there is no competition and where
there is competition.
Tho •I'oaker then urged the people to
take im interest in these matters, and
then toe tiiat free competition is pro.
served, and that the railroad commisriun
i retained with all its power.
Ths speech was received with great
pplxusc, Jlr. Smith bring frequently
interrupt* d by the enthusiastic reception
given uis arguments and aDpeai*. It
has mado a tromer.dous hit. nnJ the
sound of it will resound round the
1st*
niG REUNION OP *»VET§.»*
Whero I* Ham I
Atlanta. Feb. 2L—[Special}—W. A.
Ham of ltd 5 Water street, Chicago, and
Rita 3L Ham of Iowa City, have sent out
the pliotograplt ami description of Ed-
ward llain, a good-looking relation of
theirs, 3’> years of ag*. who Is supposed
to be demented su'd has been missing
s.nc* tho 12th of last Decomber.
The description acconqaniod by a
photograph, s copy of wliich reached
Secretary of btate Cook to-day.
Georgia Military Note*.
Atlanta, Fob. 21 -[Spoctoli—Th* ad-
jutant general to-day issued eommi*.
•ions to th* following offioors of CoL \V.
W. Gordon’s comjiany of Georgia Hu*,
airs of riavannab: Ceptein, G. D,
Pritchard; tir>t lieutenant, Beirno Gor
don; second lieutenant, Abram Migaa.
t* A :t i \ it a i r.s dun* r go.
old <
utederat* Soldier* to m**t In
Atlanta :*lrmortal Day.
Atlanta. Foh. fL—[SpociaL ]—There
will be & Mg reunion of prominent Con
federate veterans in this city next me-
mcrial day. It Is proposed to invite all
the surviving generals who took part in
the “late unpleasantness" to unite in
honoring tho Confederate dead In At
lanta.
CoL John MdlcJge is the father of th*
i 1. .i. ru.-l nip.vra enthusiast..- m ha
hup i uf success.
91. A R. TO APPEAL,
DON’T WORK WITH NEGROES.
Symptoms of Torpid Liver. (
Leas ef nprilU and aa—ret the D»»fi
sr*m*Ure, hat **an«l— tltemU «Klr
tewurwarearrlmi pale laUMhMd.M,
>«ai|Mu.te4 wUU m g ii. t—svy wmsHm lm
• ra kpart;p^oteikortcktrtdeaad*».
ll.»U k part; |.jdahit' ■ rl.ht* •*,
drr ikottfdf r I M»; fall«»»4 -ft. r .1
«Uh * Si.lv Hut brti :<> •urtlon ol body mr
lls4ilrrS»MIM/*lUap*r.W«»»lrS*jl—
of tneu—ry. wUI. afe ..« * «l
od*«m«d*tyts*c»»r»l neorlM** ■wldrbiii.
ly. If Ilk— VtarateK* — ■■Beedo*. eerteo*
Sliaiw*m —hnhwIeyrS. NatetUr
rtmfdyr*n U um<I tluaTuU'*PDU. A
;.r<«t>k...u>li*rlunt« of
» an amended Mil ot complaint.
Th* lined Will Take (he Tlioine*tu B
('■»r to ilia anprciu* Court.
TuomASTON, FeU 2L—{bp*daL ]—Th*
3I*coo sod Brnn-ogham HsiiroaJ Cuij.
Company, li rough their attorneys, Lied
a bill of exceptions yesterday In the
clerk’s office preparatory to carrying to
the supreme court tbs css* of John Gib-
►«»o and Jonathan M Stamps arainst tl.»
Macon and Birmingbaiu Kailrbad Cota-
pany, which was recently heard by
Judge Boynton.
Th* contractors on th* Macon and
Birmingham are pFogteasing finely with
Nr.VVN y«Oil GAINFSt ILLS.
Hall** Jell I* Now Safe V fenii
Silas*.
Tutt’3 Livor Pills
Cure Bilious Diseases,
Price, tic, C".;o,
Gainesville, FeK 2L—[Special ]—
After this it wlU not be ntccssary for
Hal! county to send her prisoners else
where for safe keejHng, Th* jail i -•
just been repaired with six new steel
cells, cnl they present tb* appearance cf
perfect security.
Last nrtht, or rather this morning, be
tween t and 3 o'clock, the fire alarm was
sounded. Tb* fir* was discovered la
th* iarg* dry good* bouse of Barnes,
j Evans & Co. The fir# «*• buraiug
I abuut the center of tb* room, just mi drr
an electric light (Thomson-Hoti-kton), and
the supposition is that the sparks ignited
some silk fringe lying beneath. FVttu-
AHaul* \» film Csrpcnirr* Draw
Great nig Color Line.
Atlanta, FeU IL—{SpecULj—'Tills
morningtLo white carjenters engaged
in the cv n Unction cf buildings *t th*
barracks for FuUon county convicts,
threw down their work and retired.
This action was tb* result of th* etn-
rJ mmwrn rarwtiluni and Ilia
discharge of four white workman yester
day. Half a derail men walked out this
mure ing. They say negro carpenters
r white.
ttii some cities are 'adverse. It is
hardly to be expected that the banka
will bo able to gain strength until April,
but tho decline in foreigu exchangu to
4tMH puts further away tho possibility of
gold exports. The bus.ness failures oc
curring throughout ths country during
ths last week number; for the Unitod
States 230, fer Canada 41, total 271,
against 302 last week.
irtni exinirt* and import*.
New Yolk, Fob, 21.—Th* export* of
specie from the port of Now York last
week amounted to $l,S€0,7fl0 t of which
|372,180 was in gold and $i!D4,6t0 in sib
vcr. All th* gold and $7,NX) In silver
went to Booth America, and $467,100 In
silver wae shipped to Europe. Th* im
ports of specie for tho week amounted
lO$3l.l&h of which $16,230 was in gold
and |17,fH0 in silver.
enco over i
ihvir work.
Jl'ITJUMUD DEATH.
Into the
im, I some silk fringe lying k
3 A 'i 1 f’a. v. Place, H, y, j nauly tut littk damage was
A Udj and * Rof Throw
Hlirr lu l pion « ountjr.
Thom ASTON, F*h.2i.—(S|«ci*L)—Mu*
Anthony and Leon Whitehurst, . * H
about 14 years of age, were painfully in
jured to-day about on* mil* from town.
They were gotog to th* lower portion of
the county in * bony.
In crossing a Muigs across * small
stream the bun* Locked ths buggy off
ths bridge and precipitated the pome* in
tho stream below, the haras and boggy
falling on them. Tiieir taemp* fr u ^ }
d*uh apprers almoit utiraculouk
ii»n>uoff»rMlssd Accept**.
Washington, FcU 21.—The bom! offer
ings to-dey were $9,QUO; 4js at 104
wm av-ei icL
n the pr<
Vlllllonatr* rhembcrlala or Denver.
Atlanta. FeK JL—fRpeciaL}—Mr. H.
1*. C hambertam. j resilient of th* cham
ber of commerce at Denver, CoL, who
was atnung lb* gusste invited to attend
th* recent Lanquet of th* chamber of
com mere* here, being now on * tour of
th* booth, will ccnduct the service* of
the Young Men's i.ur.4iaa Association
of Athu.u tfuwU/ next. He presided
over the recent intornsti- nil tm-Hing ot
tbs orJer in FhCwklphu. Mr. Cham
berlain is a milliuoaireof Denver,
In -imiori or \% •-Ulnr.(«n.
Atlanta. FeU 21— (BpraiaLJ—To-
toorrow bring th* anniversary of Wn»h-
uigtort’# Win msd st legal holiday, tL*
■jam fdertd Us* executive
Interstate Commerce Commissi
Forbids Lore It airs to Actors,
Washington, FeU 2L—A decision by
the Interatxt* co-omission in the cai
the lMt-J-tirg, Onrit.nati and bt. Ixnils
Bailway G >m|<iny against tho Baltimore
and Ohio ludlroad Company, was an
nounced to-day. Tho opinion waa writ,
ten by Couiuimiooer Ve**y,
The complaint in this case alleges that
th© Ilsltlmoro and Ohio Kailway l orn-
piny Las adopted and has in operation
jwrty tales, so-called, whereby jartire of
ten or more persons, such as theatrical
p*rti«* traveling together on one ticket,
ai* transported at 2 cents per i '*
which Is lees than the regular
* single person, said
being about 3 cents per mile,
and that said company also sells round
trip excursion tickets without publicly
posting the rates at which said tickets
are sold.
In this case ll«e counsel appeared not
only for the respondent but aLo in L©-
1 .all of tlvo manages* of tho theatrical
coir, pa nice, who at© said to be special!;
inter*-ted in ma:nlaining thoso so-called
I«rty rates.
Th© roiniruiion hold* that pt*wru-i
o-.< Ml M !i :»I• • r. r*‘d t«» I)** i U'>-
lisli©<i according to tlie provision of sec
tion 0 of tho art to regulate cummer
that party rates srv not commnrntin
ticket* and when parly rate tickets are
lower than contemporaneous rates for a
single passenger they constitute discrim-
instionondare iUegmL The Baltimore
and Ohio Kailroad Company is ti a**-fore
required to tmmsoiauiy cease ana astn:
from the sal* of party rat© tickets and
ordered to print and poet its excursion
rate*.
VIKUIMl PILOTS WIN.
The Northern siil|>i>lns Assocletlo
•uaraMarssap
UPPNIAM BROS.. Pronrlvtora,
\VV3LESALS DRUUOIdTS.
.IkpuRvL mvv'Mh. ru
For sal* by Taylor Sc Daniel, Macon. 0*
Shipping A»
Itralrn at * ». r> Point.
Bptdiond, Feb. 21.—In the bitter con.
test between Northern shipping av.ocia
tions and tit* Norfolk (\’a.) Pilot Asso-
tiun, th* latter to-day won its second
victory over the former during the pres-
ent sesaloo of the general assembly.
The first contest was before the Senate
for tbe purpose of abolishing compulsory
pilotage on coastwise vessels. The bill
i defeated hy a large majority. The
jpfng associations then renewed the
war on tho pilot* in the House with a
till to abolish th* fivo year* apprentice
ship system as a qualification for becom
ing a j il t, and tuLMituting an examina-
ti .n by the board of commissioners for
any person who couli pass such an ex
amination.
The till was argued before the fuff
committee, which, with only one dissent,
ing vote, reported tint it do not pass.
THE DR onOOT
ELECTRIC REGENERATOR
DIG THADE IN Gt ANO.
Ilillr* of the Stair
n County.
OoLETiionrE, Feb. 21.—{Special.]—'The
farmers of Macon county arc fe'-ientific
gsis proven by tho quantity of fertili
zers they use. Mr. C. IL Keen, agent of
the Patapeco Guano Company of Balti
more fur 3Iacon, Taylor andbchley < u n .
t.i «, itas sold 1,000 tons of tho l rand,
and be ©ays the season is not near l:ali
over. This coraj any has built a lacker
guanu is chipped here iu bulk aud then
iz 32CC? C3., C« Lftotj lb, Vtt 7kL •
< ABBOTT S y
rEMo^JN 1 -
cor Ns ^s
■ bunions /
^VO.WARTS
NOT A HILL
The
NED.
ic Title of
offices clorad and the local reporters are deadlock
Helena, 3fonL, Feb. 21.—The legisla
ture adjouroad Last night, having hern
in session ninety days and failed to pass
asiagl* bill Addresses to tit* people
were hsoed by tbe republican senators
and democratic reprreentativs* It is
understood that Governcr Toole will call
a special seftsloo to pass apjircpria
bills about the first of May.
Uis said the sr«> .:nr vuil reo g
the tifsliiy of th© election of tho re
lican refwent stives from hiiver
(xmuty i£ th* United States Banato i
.Sounders anl i'owe.A This lioce
ed.
Tbs watermelon industry in this
county is enormous. Mr. D. Kelsoe i«
now preparing twenty-five acres to bo
planted in this delicious fruit.
8. T. Lofley fa now the sole proprietor
of the drug firm of Lofley d. Co,, having
bought Mr. D. Kelso*** interwt
’.VvSam •
An Aerd -miner Lady Ildrnrtl.
Milxlu. Fsk tL—[spsdaLj—M
Milton Ceutlicn of this place, who h
b**a cobfined to bra room with tb* “p..
veiling malady,” accidentally fell Intoiin- 1 v l
>'0R HEH
: HMSITWE^
-r -r*mN0
CUES
fire this morning
busy interviewing “prominent rratk-
men on the rcco lecticn and opinion of 1
ths rmwnt-i
ends, ana toe teguiaiioa may
Ma^imfis and Clark have prsc-
. _ ren up the fight, and will return
to Hi' i»a iu a ft d-js,