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THE WEEKLY TELEGRAPH: FEBEUAEY 21, 1895. Qis Defense of lib Resolution De claring for a Double Money Slaudard. IIAD STRONG OPPOSITION. Wolcott ml Toiler AttocUod Him Prom the Proo Silver Side md Lodge Attacked tile President— Home Proceedings. Washington, Feb/ 16.—President Cleveland and his secretary of the treasury came In for the principal share of attention in the senate today. The debate was launched upon a res olution ottered some days ago by Sen ator Hill, declaring it to be the policy of the government to establish a safe system of bi-metallism ami to maintain gold and silver at a parity; and upon a substitute for It offered toy Senator Sherman, making a similar declara tion except that it asserts that policy to be the established policy of the United States. Mr. Hill made an earnest and Impas sioned speech in support of Ills resolu tion. He 'Was replied -to by Senator Wolcott, by 'vhorn it was described as "thrashing old straw” inasmuch as the house hid disposed yesterday of the subject of issue or endorsement of gold bonds. More of the same kind of denuncia tion was indulged in by Mr. Hodge. Senator Teller went still further in the same direction, saying tha/t it was ■■tlte ilrst time In the history of the country that the people had a right to charge absolutely a lack of honesty on the part of an administration in dealing with Its financial affairs.” The debate not oniy uwOided the t?:o hours allowed for momma business, but was carried on while the agricul tural appropriation bill was ostensibly before the senate. SBNA.TOR HILL'S SPEECH. In opening the debate upon the finan cial resolution Mr. Hill said he assumed that nearly every senator was a bi-met- nllist in the proper sense of the term. He excepted, of course, some who might be gold or sliver nKHKsnertalliets. The resolution was a safe, conservative and appropriate resolution at this time. The first part of It announced that the true policy of the government, which was that the efforts of the gov ernment should he steadily directed toward the establishment of bimetal lism. He recalled to the attention of the senate the aot which repealed the purchasing clause of the Sherman act, and declared that It was the duty of the government to pursue steadily steps toward the maintenance 01 metaDism. He appealed to the true friends of tooth silver and gold, to the men who desired the double standard. To those who said that It was imuon- sthle to maintain the double standard In this country he had nothing to say. Ke believed' that it waa possible to maintain It. It perhapa cou'.d not bo maintained at all times, and at all hours at exact precision. It might take preparation. It might require wise laws. Jt might require a friendly adminis tration. His resolution did not express any opinion upon the question of the pro- e rtety of the Issuing gold bonds, or of isuing coin bonds. But he thought it of the most supreme Importance, at this hour, that congress should Inform the country, and Inform the world as well, Itoat tho policy of the United Plates was not to malntalnythe single silver standard or the slng.e gu.d standard, and tie thought it wise to make this declaration emphatic, brief and appropriate. That was all he de sired to Kiy on the first branch of the proposition. Coming to the second part of it. he said the tru" policy or the United Pistes was bi-metallism, meaning that silver and gold should be maintained nt a parity and meaning also that the government reserved the right, the ab solute, technical, logical right to pay its debts In the authorized coin of tho country. That, he declared, was true hl-metakism—the •maintenance of the gold standard and the maintenance of the alive?standard; In other word*, the maintenance of the double standard. The next question was, tie said, how shall we pay our bonded debt, or our other debts? He believed that the declaration that we believe In a double stnndard was most Important. We should say that we believe in both gold and silver, but reserve the legal light to pay In either. We Should pledge our fatal that we ty in the best coin In use. The contrary of this preposition waa to pay our debts in a depreciated cur rency. It may be called unwise to con template a failure of bt-melalllsm, but we cannot be blind to the signs of the times. Parties are loaning money anil making discrimination In favor a* to the coin of payment. It is likely that gold will soon go to a premium. If that be so, who would lnabtt that we whall not pay In the best money? This dies not Involve the question whether bonds shall be payable In gold or sil ver. ir Involve the question of opening the mints to the free coinage of silver. It avoids this question. The resolution is safe, prudent and proper, now while we are drifting apart. The danger la the greenback Issue. There la a drain of gold from the country. We can at least take this step. We can assure the peo ple: 'Take our coin bonds. We will pay them In the best money In the world.” In closing the senator said: “I reiterate that I believe that It Is the Imperative duty of congress to proceed to take steps to retire the greenback currency. Need I argue be fore this senate that that la one of the principal difficulties that now confront us? ■ “Need I remind you that It Is because of the existence of this greenback cur rency that the gold Is taken out of our treasury? The retirement of the green backs is the step that we ought to take but k la the step which, I regret to say. U seems Impassible to take by reason o‘f the difficulties here, diffi culties in the other house, and pooslbly difficulties of both houses with the president. But If that cannot be done, we can, at least do these two things; We can declare that congress Is Rot c''m***ttte*1 to «ntd alone: not com mitted to silver alone, but that we stand where we stood when we were repealing the purchasing clause of the Sherman act: that we stand by bl- mrta'.ham and that we will take steady Stops toward the maintenance of that principle. Farther than that, we declare mat If our efforts Khali fall; If, the credit of the United States has been the most disastrous occurrence of this generation. It has been the most wan ton and criminal and deliberate attack upeii the credit ci cvr country th** could be indulged In. Our nest waa be fouled by he men who should have stood for our credit. The president en tered into a secret negotiation with the Rothschilds of Europe, whereby be shall give them "long bonds” at an excessive rate of interest, so that he can. make an apparent showing to the discredit of our country and its finances. But. even before tne bonds are Issued the reaction has come. The subscribers of this syndicate are called upop for only J® per cent, of their sub scription. The balance of it they will never be called upon to pay. The syn dicate has already been offered 1121-2 for these bonds, and tne president of one of the leading banks of New York says that within nfffety days they will rise to 120. If there ever was a bond which ought to be paid in silver or deprociaded money—if it can be found— it is this issue of bonds whch this syndicate has purchased at less than its worth.” ■Mr. Lodge argued that parity was the question, ar.d not bl-metalllsm. He re ferred to the contract of the president In these words: "It is on its face the Blackest con tract ever made by file government of tho (United States. But thiose very facts that our credit has been assailed by the president, that such a contract has been made with a syndicate of bankers, givfTig them an undue and gigantic profit, seem to me to moke it only more Imperative that the con gress of the United States dhtould say In language which cannot tie misun derstood that every one of its coin ob ligations, whether bonds or demand notes, is payable as they were under stood to be issued—in gold or silver at the option of the holder; that is. in the best money. In gold if It should be demanded. That, sir, Ls simply honesty.” A TELLING REPLY. Senator Hill, in reply to Mr. Wol cott, referred to the position of the president in being unable ho Issue bonds except under an old statute, and the cause of the gold loan was the in action of congress. Congress had re fused to do anything that would en able the president to get better terms wi bonds. In defense of the president's action, Senator Hill said: ■But. 'Mr. President, what do we hear? We hear tile senator from Colo rado denouncing the president in un measured terms ns having made an at tack upon the credit of this country, and In the next bre.Kth he tells us that in a very short time after this alleged secret contract had -been made the credit of this country, instead of be ing Impaired had been Increased and the bonds, he tells us, are about to be sold In the market for from 115 to 120. And this is the attack that has been made by the .^resident of the United States upotrthe credit of the country. The credit of the country has imme diately advanced, and Its bonds are selling at a higher rate than they have been in maiiy long years. Mon may be blind to the signs of the times if they have a mind to. Men can shut their eyes. Without, at this time approving —because it is not necessary for me I? “’TLT. an opinion upon tlia't point. 'he details of this contract—without agjproving tfime Oof the suggestions made In the message of the president. I am here to say that the president has undoubtedly endeavored to do his duty as he umlerstans it. I am here to say that the (Statement Is unwarranted anil unjustified, that the presld " desired or endeavored to give the syn dicate no higher rate of it he felt obliged to do. "Mr. President, It Is unworthy of sena tors upon this floor to make such an at tack. It ls not necessary that I should reply to it. Mr. Cleveland has his faults, hut. sir. no senator has a right to say ho has deliberately gone to work and given a larger rate of Interest on the bonds than any other president wouid have done. What do we know of the efforts that have been made, except as we glean them from some statements In the pub lic press, which may or may not be en tirely reliable. I pass over such charges aa substantially unworthy of notice. It Is sufficient for me that tho president and secretary of the treasury tell us that they obtained the beet terms possible, under ah circumstances of tho case, and I am disposed to accept that statement In good faith. "Mr. President, no prejudice can be stirred up and the senator who thinks he can stir up some prejudice against this administration simply because a contract haa been mads with the Roth schilds Is mistaken. I am no defender of the Rothschilds, but I say the attitude of congress has compelled the financial office of this government to make a con tract with whoever has the money. "In this the first time In the history of this country that we have borrowed money Irom the Rothschilds? No. the records sf this government, show that, repeatedly, qver and over again. Repub lican administrations lion-owed money from Rothschilds and from other money VOMEN DID III. Tho Atlanta Journal in Feminine Rands Was a llaguilicent Success. FOUR THOUSAND DOLLARS. Hnmhome Sum Netted for the Woman’i Dnlldlug at the Reposition—The Whole Newspaper Field Thoroughly Covered. lenders of Europe. The attempt to stir up some prejudice among the people be cause the administration borrowed this money In London. I say, is uncalled for and unwarranted.” Senator Teller replied to Senator Hilts speech that there are bad evidences that some persona wanted to place this country on s gold basis. The president and seer-lacy had not done the'beet they could. He did not charge that they proi- Ited financially by the transaction, but he attributed their action to a desire to put the country on a principal of gold bonds The financial debate broke off here and tho dlscilaslon of the agricultural bill ta ken up. Without disposing of the bill the debate closed, and after u short ex ecutive session, the senate adjourned at IJS o'clock until Monday at noon. IN THE HOUSE. General debate on the naval appropria tion bill was dosed, Mr. Washington be ing the only opponent to the movotbmt to Increase the navy. The general deficiency bill was reported and placed on the calendar. The post- office appropriation blU yas placed In conference. When the hour for the special order arrived, the house listened to eulogies upon the life and services of the late Senator Colquitt of Georgia by Messrs Turner (Democrat) of Georgia, Tate (Democrat) of Georgia. Livingston. (Dem ocrat) of Georgia, Wheeler (Democrat) of Alabama. Orosvenor (Republican) of Ohio and Maddox (Democrat) of. Georgia. At the conclusion of these, and as a further mark of respect, the house, at SrfS o'clock, adjourned until Monday noon. OHTLOH’S CONSUMPTION CURR Is beyond question the most sue cstsful cough medicine we bars ever sold. A few doses Invariably cures the worst case of croup, cough and broochltia. while its wonderful suo cere in the curs of consumption is without a paraU.il In the history of by medicine. Since Its first discovery it reason of any of these differences be- haa been sold an s guarantee, a test •ween the value of gold and sliver coins, we will pay the debts of the government In the best money we us*. am. woloottb reply. Mr. Wolcott (Republican) of Colo rado. replied to the speech of Mr. Hill, which he characterized os "thrashing old straw." The house, he said- had Thursday dlsposed-re far as this ses sion was concerned—of the subject of the Issue or endorsement of gold bonds. He asserted that no genuine bl-met- alllst had voted for the repeal of the purchasing clause of the Sherman act. except two or three, and they would not do so again. The senator from New York and h!* followers wanted bi-metal lism on a gold basis. Sneaking of the gold bond issue, he said: •Toe president's wanton attack upon Atlanta. Fab. 16.—(Special.)—Gov error Atkinson was somewhat puzzled this morning when Heard, his porter, announced that there were a couple of young ladies in the reception room who desired to ‘'review' 'the governor. The functionary who presides over the fates of the Fulton county Jail was surprised when he saw a hanJ- s-ime sleigh stop in front of the gloomy old hulk and •& stylishly dressed young lady alighted, and iwltih notebook and pencil in hand approached the Iron- grated doord an asked admittance. When Chief of Fotloe Connodly, af ter 'trudging valiantly through ten Inches otf snow for in mile, reached his office somewhere between 7 and S o'clock be found a vision of feminine loveliness, all wrapped up in furs, with a big scratch pad in hand and pencil tied with ribbon, awaiting him. A little later on the Important sol emnity of the legal proceedings which characterize the Saturday session “at chambers" in the United States court was set in aflutter by the advent of a bevy of fascinating society belles, who -broke in uuanuouiicvu mid inquired in chorus of the sedate Judge Newman if be toad “any *ne.ws" today. In the county court house pretty much Uhe same thing occurred. Justice was paralyzed for the Ome being, but the demure maidens with their scratch pads and pencils proceeded ail uncon scious at Wnuit they did. It was a,red letter day with the Jus tices of the peace and the Jolly under takers. Every one of them received a call from one of more of the dear creatures with their scradch pads and newly-pointed pencils, some of them are still wondering what the deuce It all imtittl. and the Journal telephones wore kept constantly busy explaining to the public at large 'that the paper was In 'the hands of the ladies for the Tlie ladies literally covered the town, us the newspaper parlance goes. They were net onfv the editors, advertising solicitors and business managers of the Journal for the day. but office boy as well. Despite the ten Inches of snow that confronted them this morning they turned up their coat collars and wailed In (or out. though scfcne used sleighs and others did ueslgnments by the aM of a coach and pair. They got there all the same, however. State Treasurer Hardeman is the only man who escaped the pretty In- qutsStcrs. He hid i n * cloiet. The ladies went the whole stale: they not only Interviewed governor, Judges, ct cetera, but the prisoners at the Jail and tho police station went,, favored us (well. While all this was going «n on the outlsdc the ladles on the Inside of the Journal office were grinding out edito rials an the financial Issues, the po litical problems anil numerous other problems. They alro handled the cash, managed the "devl’." in the composing room and kept the rout boys straight. When the first paper came from the press It was sold at a premium of $15. Journals have never brought that fig ure before and probably never will again. Tim ladles filled forty pages with reading matter and ads and made some $1,000 met for the woman’s (Is- p&rtmcnt of »th« exposition* ‘by their work. . Altogether they made a big sucoeaa of their undertaking.. CHISHOLM CAUGHT AflAjS. He Finds It Hard to Desist from His Wrong Doing. Atlanta, Feb. 16.—(Special.)—"Little Charlie" cliislmlm, whose reputation as a counterfeiter of tho smoothest class and crook In general, as made up from the criminal record.) all over the state, ns well as other mates, was sent to Jail In default of $500 bond to day for burglary, after having been out of tho Ohio penitentiary only s few weeks. "Little Charlie" and his cousin •'Big Charlie" did time there for coun terfeiting. • It appears that Chisholm, who made many vows of reformation when he was released, soul fell from grace. When tho store of I. C. McCrary at Manchester was burglarized a few nights ago, he and three other men fell into the hands of ihe pullc*. These other three were sent to jrdl a. with "Little Charlie" today. The cap ture of tho gaag led to the arrest of three women alro—Mrs. Buttles, Lucy Btodgill and Lucy Chandler. These women, all of them young, well-dressed and good-looking enough to be the pals of a Tot of slick crooks, were arraigned today also for receiving stolen goods, K rt of which were recovered from tbe me of Mr*. Buttles. They made a scene In the oourtroom with tears and lamentations. Mrs. Sutt'.e* pictured a couple of lonely, hungry babies waiting for her at borne, and the racket worked so well that the prosecutor asked the court to let them go on their own rccomlzana?. Wfille In the Ohio penitentiary, Chis holm frequently saw Lewis Redwlne. the dcfaullng cashier of the Gate City Bank, whose defalcation was such a big sensation two years ago. Today “Little Charlie" told a good deni about the Ohio prison In file courtroom, and among other things said Redwlne ha* galloping consumption, and wl'.l be a dead man before the year Is out Red- wine Is filling a soft berth as a book keeper at the prison. Three weeks ago. when OhlxViTfn left, he was a mere Shadow, with no chance at all of living out his sentence. FEW SPECIAL ELECTIONS. Nearly All the Tax Collectors Have Filed Their Bonds. Atlanta, Feo. l». (jpnjsi) Ii«« will be very few. If any, special elec tions on account of the failure of tax collectors and receivers to qualify tor duty wltnln tne forty days specified by tho code. At the expiration ot tne forty days last Tuesday mere were some forty-five counties where these officers had not yet tiled their bonds wltla me governor, and at the time there was some talk of a big rot of special elec tions to elect new officers In tneae coun ties, although the law leaves It discre tionary wim the governor whether he auall accept bond after the forty day a or not. Up to today the bonds from all these delinquent counties but twenty had been received and accepted at the executive office, and the others will probably come in next week. Governor Aikinaon will give tne tardy receivers and colleotors ali the time ore can be fore taking the step that would precip itate another election. COLD WB.VQHER AT .M'RAE. Cattle Suffering From Want of Protec- t'.oa—-All Busin .sa Suspended. IDE BUM IK GEORGIA. iioiv tfcO'CiiUmlfe CuIiuiiiOIia uiiTu Been CbaDged in Different 1’aris of tho State. HARD ON SOUTH GEORGIA. Cattle Down There are Dying for Want of Proper Protection—Noble Char ity Displayed at Atheni— Frnlt Hem-fitted. the freezing point for aevtni a ■ past. The oldest citizens have soon bo coutinued and severe weal* I fore in this county. Oats are anth for the second time and this crooiS!I he a total failure 1n this ’ v -' ■ AT BLAKELY. Blakrty. Feb. 16.-(3pecla| )-~, nvarirally speaking, "where arV^' at?" It commenced Knowing tm.L* dav night and we have about VV - Inches of the beautiful * now ' promise of some more. Some 'W? * snow" is falling now. Some entomjf/ jug gentlemen improvised some « K' yesterday by securing buggy bodies* slides, so we had sleigh riding .2 s'.elgh bells in Blakely, a novel *£? to the oldest inhatottauit. A gested as the rensomm-o had so enow is to keep the -Northern touXS down South acclimated. uns " McRae, Fob. 1(1.—(Special.)—A snow storm struck McRae at d o’clock Thurs day u.ght, continued all night and turu.d io a fine sleet this moru.ng, af ter snowing to. a dept of three inches. This ls the heaviest snow that has fallen in this section for many years, and it will cause a heavy loss of stock. Castle on the ra nge hard -bean dy.ng for some days from the effects of the se vere cold weather, anil -tho snow will hill out hundreds of head where owners are not prepared to stutter and feed them. It Is feared that the oat crop wifi be a complete failure in this son:Ion. Tho first crop planted was killed by the De cember freeze, and It looks now like ihe recent blizzard has destroyed all of the second plain ting that had come up, but lho fanners ore not discour aged a t -the failure of the grain crop, as they can raise an abundance of crow foot bay on the land, which is good forage, and they bttvo a good supply of com to carry 'them through. William Jones from Ilullock county. student In the Couth Georgia Ctfim died bore Thursday night of pneu monia. Business Is almost entirely suspend ed here and the college Is closed on ac count of the severo weather. Lieut. James H. McRae of the Third regiment, Stationed at Fort Sneiling. Minn., is spending a month's leave of absence in Telfair county, where his parents reside. He commanded a com pany of United States troops that took part in suppressing the great railroad strikes In tile Vicinity of Chicago last summer. Ho graduated at West Point Id -the class of 188(1. was promoted to first lleuietnnt in 1802. and will prob ably be made adjutant of his rog'nient In a short time. He was selected some time ago Io write the history of the Third regiment, which ’« nearly one htildred year old, and has taken part In several wars. He ha* Just complet ed- this work, wh'rh will toe published n one of tlte military Journals, com- raenclng In the March number, and af terward in book form. which no other medicine can stand. If you have a cough, wo earneeUy ask you to try it. Prtoe » rams, u cents and ti. If your lungs an tors, chut or gack is lame, use Shiloh's Porous Piasters. Sold by Good ary n A Small Brut Com pany. corner Chery street and Cottoa avenue. __Th» J. Oberman Brewing Company of Milwaukee was placed In ihe hands cf s receiver. J. Oberman also made a personal axalmmenf. The company's assignment f» for 1120,000. notice! I wajt trtry bib and totna In the Suuc interested In tfie Optnm an t Whhkt tiiM> Aadrcu B. M. Woolley. Atlanta. box M2,sad eoc Will be real,wire * GONE TO A CONVENTION. Atlanta. Feb. 16.—(Special.)—State School Commissioner Glenn 1 left last night for Cleveland, Ohio, (o attend the annual convention of the state school superintendents. Every state In the union will be represented at the meet ing toy Its stale school commissioner, and much valuable work will be done for the general cause of education by the Interchange of views and ideas, and Investigation of the vari»u< k. systems of the country. CITY PRISONERS SET FREE Atlanta. F*4>. It.—(Spec**.)—Tt “beautiful snow." whldh ha* long since erased to be a novelty In Af. inta. and is now regarded as a boav.ly nuleance by the satiated public, eras a Go.1« 1 literally to Ihe prisoners la the city stockade today. There wae so much of the beautiful snonr that business ha 1 to be suspended at tbs city stockade aa well as elsewhere. T:.- prisoners could n«t work and were therefore a deau expense on the city's hinds, so tbit morning they were all * t fuo. LESS COTTON-LESS GUANO. Logunviiie, ua., rcb. *5.—^(Spec-mi.)— The fasmers of Walton county, pur suant to a call made by Mr. J. C. Phil lips, one of the must progressive farm ers In the county, mat. at Monroe last Tuesday to decide what should be done about the low price of cotton and high price of guano. Hon. M. F. Hurst, rep resentative from this county, was elected chairman and .\1t. c. 51. Booth, county treasurer, secretary. After the election of officers a committee was ap pointed to draft a resolution. The com mittee's report, after some discussion, wan accepted as follows: "Whereas, the continued decline in the price of cotton, our stuple product, has reached a point fur below the cost of production, and it is only a matter of a short time. If the same course pur sued in the past is continued, till it will put the farmers of our county In total bankruptcy. “Therefore, be it resolved, by the formers of Walton county, in conven tion assembled for the year of 1W5, "First, That we reduce the acreage planted (his crop one-fourth os com pared wlln Gie years '93 and '94. 1 "Second, That the use of commercial fertllinzers, entering largely into the successful raising of cotton. Is one of the chief cause* In tho cost of produc tion, be abandoned, except to n lim ited extent; and that we cannot, as a people, at tills time pay for finst grade fertilisers more than $16.25 per ton, or 325 pounds of middling cotton.” A NOW COURT HOUSE. Jack-son, Keb. 1U.—(Special.)—Archi tect B. F. Smith Is hen- making plans for a new court house. It is very prob able that a now one will be erected shortly, as the clt sens of Butts county anxious for It aud it Is badly needed. Sirs. E. L. Smith, who has been very Hi, is conralvncing. The snow hero was four Inches deep. Professor Htsslnguun suspended school yesterday on account of (he snow and sleet. Jaokson Institute is enjoying a large attendiiDce and trill open again when the weather moderates. The superior court convened here Monday. This wifi toe a term of two weeks, with Judgi Beck on Ihe bench. Burglars appear, il again Thursday night in West Jaclnon. They made three different* nttonspts to enter llie residecce of Mr. J. T. Harris, who fired on 'them tout nover captured thorn. Mr. L. Pierce, who bis been traveling tho stafo of Florida s'41'ng la w books. Is here, stopping at the Morrison house, where hU -wife his been for some time. Tho moasles here has about subsided, with no serious results. Athens, Ga„ Feib. 16.—(Special.)— “Man's inhumanity to man , Makes countless thousands tmourn," may ba 'truo when applied ito some seortone cf this vast universe, but file author of (those lines, who has long since passed .to the great subsequent, and was perhaps never in the least de gree familiar with any such weather as is now bong served to suffering mor tals with a lavish hand, would fed thoroughly ashamed had it been his privilege to witness itha scenes enacted in Athens today and lute Into'the night. It would have been realized at once -that our good people were not included in the list which made people mourn, but a whole array of them ga.vo (he r time and money to relieving .the wunts and necessities of those 'whom fortune had not been kind ito. Hundreds of homes tonight ore comfortable and warm where Friday nighlt hunger and cold held full sway. The work was sys tematically, thoroughly and quickly done, and if tonight there is one home in want and distress H surely cannot be the fault of -those fibo Interested ihemstnves In die work of relief. All during the cold spell the city au thorities have endeavored to look after the poor, and -the charitable assoc-ia lions were not negligent in do.ng their (uu pan, wa.lt' .ua.viduals did itie.-r share, but Friday afternoon after the terrioio snow it wjs rejlizivl that heroic efforts must bo resorted (o, as It was im-poss-ble for oven tho ncti lo provide uutnse-ren w.th fuel. The line of aoiiou was quickly agreed upon. Mayor O'Farrell appointed comma ices for each ward, -w.th Instructions to make a thorough canvass. These gen tlemen went right to work and many oasees of urgent need were found. This mormiig a meeting wus held at the council chamber, reports were made, new subscriptions were received, and by 11 o'clock wagons and (larys, ac companied by volunteer caserne, we>rc traversing different sootions of the city di'llvering all kind* of necessities. These w ifions of relief hive been going all day and are still running tonight. Belief headquarter* have been 'Stato- lshed at the council chamber aqel w’U bo continued ns long as necessity do- mind*. Jt Is In charge of I)r. B. F. Riley, Judge Howell Cobb. Merer*. T. IV. Heed. (I. II. Yancey, E. U. Hodg son. G. II. Palmer, Robert Chappel and Hon. T. 8. Moll. An excellent failure of the relief was the establishment of a free soup house nt Jester’s old stand on Brood street. Tills was taken charge of toy well- known ladles, and since It open’d minv have been fed. John Finch. G. U. Bo"-ti and others mude liberal con tributions of beef, wh'le other* sent in bread and other noonwiry ortln’es. COLD WEATHER NOTES. “It is giw.ng prewy tough when we Who hive money cault get wood and coal,” said a ge-mlemon to a member of Tho committee, 'land d—d if J know how uhe poor make out. Here's a fiver to help along, and call for more if you ue'd It.” -Many families in Athens hivo had no wash.ng In three weeks. The washer women cu-n’t get wood to do the wash ing. Glover Tom Reed has been on the go early -anil late. As a member of the relief committee be has done excellent work. This Is -th longest and deepest snow Athena has ever known. Athena street ears are having a hard time of It. Mr. It. I,. BIoonrlHil of the Athens factory notified b s employes yesterday that all the wood storel there and Iwo oar loads besides could bo ttseel by A GODSEND TO FRUIT GROWERS Fort Valley, Feb. 16.—(Special e_,', 3 o'clock this afternoon there Wa » h ' tween three and four inches of sn „ id this section and it is suit failing Nothing of the kind has ever curre here before. The fruit g r o w ,„ are pleased, as the weather tndlcatu the heaviest kind of a peach crop. DEAN ACQUITTED. ' The Comer Case Apparently a Scheme 0 f Blackmail. Athens, Felt. 16.—(Special.)—C. c. Deu of this place, charged with an attempts assault upon Mrs. Lavlna Caldwell of Comer, Ga„ was given a hearing today at that place. Dean was released and ask, the publication of the following caret: "We, the undersigned citizens 0 ( Co. mer, are acquainted with the (acts In n, case of the state vs. C. C. Dean, charts with assault with Intent to rape Jif, Caldwell, and hereby pronounce the cu as one which. In our opinion, |, atu of blackmail. Signed: J. P. Chaste, mayor; J. B. Clnrk, P. S. Rice, J. q Eberhart, councilmen: J. R. Brooks marshal; J. S. McCurdy and B. J. 5i eM . owe.” EXCITEMENT AT DUBLIN. Chief of Police Fired on From Ambush, Systematic Robbery. Dublin. Feb. 16.—(Special.)—on Thuri. day night about 8 o'clock, as the chin # police was on his way home, aomo n. known party waylaid and shot at hlaSi, times. None of tho shots took dee. He was unable to ascertain who the tar, ty was. The citizens hold an lallox tion meeting last night. Thieves entered the Southern Ezprts office Thursday night, taking thertlnt several packages. Owing to snow hat. Ing fallen after the theft was comnh- ted It was Imporalble to track the thlcva with blood hounds. A car of the Macon, Dublin and Sa vannah road waa entered last night ea some goods taken. It seems that a base of thieves has organized for the purpue of systematic robbery. ROSS SENT FOR LIFE. A Vondlct of Guilty Returned lu tie IMonroo Murder Trial. Foreyith. Feb. 10— (Special.)—Itle'hari Robs, who killed his fatlsuMn-liw, Job T. G;b<on, at Cabans*, last Anpst was today senteenex'd to life tnijrt** mont. Tlie Jury at 0 o'clock (Ills limit Ing returned a verdict of guilty wfi recommendation to mercy. Apples- non for n now trial wiii too xtraue ij the deifetuLtm's attorney* DEATH OF MRS. WILKINSON'. Jaokson. Feb. lit—(Spirlnl.)—.Mn E. A. Wilkinson, known toy aim- every ono as “Aunt Sally." proprietr* of the Cleveland house, died yestenky. Mr*. Wilkinson had for over twmy fire years been engaged In th? h- busiue.-w In Jackson, and the palt can well tvxtlfy as to how «at!sfa :l lu* been tlte entertainment furuMr Sbu has for *evora 1 years been a is tlm of a complication of nultdb which termlnu-ted In her death. Till Utile town is griefodrioken. for there) not a child or nelult In this town tits diet not love and honor Aunt Sill h t mnny trait* of character and imH Christian charity. She wa* a loyalM lovable wife, a member of ihe Motho 1st church, devoted to her church ti pastor. Babies And rapidly growing children derive more benefit from Scott’s Emulsion,than all the rest of the food they eat. Its nourishing powers are felt almost immedi, ately. Babies and children thrive on Scott’s Emulsion when no other form of food is assimilated. them. GREAT DAMAGE TO CATTLE. Dougin*. Feb. 16.~< Special.>-The citizens of Douglas upon awakening this morning bftoeld something rarely seen in tthi* portion of south Georgia. The whole face of the earth waa cov ered tvltto n mantle of snow. It com menced falling about 9 o'clock Cast night and continued very nearly all night. It wu* on a level 3 1-2 inches deep and banked up in many place* to a depth of twelve or more inches. A sleet followed the snow. Stack is suffering and dying, as no attention is paid to range stock here, a mhe winters are generally mild enough for' stock to support them selves. This Is * large wool-growing pnmty. and the l imbing season being nUW cn hundreds of doClars will be lost 1n sheen aelom If an early thaw of the frozen snrnv does not occur. Many citizens wixo heretofore have resided further south sura: their first aoAw yesterday. It Is coiwMeel by oid citizens t* be the heavirat hero rrlr.ee lsjo. Stock men take the disaster cheer fully. saying if they lose in stock that the whole country will be blessed with fruit and other craps sufficleot over an average fo make up the loss in stock. 5cott’s Emulsion 4: stimulates the sppetite, enriches the blood,overcomes wasting and gives strength to all who take it. For Coughs. Colds, Sore Throat, Bron chitis, Weak Lung., Emaciation. Con- sumption, Blood Dhoasas and ail Forms of Wailing. SenJftr pamphlet. Free. SectUBc«ei<.N.r. AnDrsnhls. 60c.sod$1. OATS KILLED IN LEE. Leesburg. Feb. IS.—(Special.)—Snow oam.-n.Oced failing here Thursday night about (1 o’clock and continued through tbe night. Friday morning opened up with a slow, drizzling rain, freezing as it fell. Yesterday ora* a gala day for trie young at snow balling •nd sleigh riding, using for alrighs empty goads Boxes. One party dragged an oid battcau firm tbe creek, bitched •wo mules (o it, end taking several tadlr# a* passenger* they drove: about sewn rake* seeming to greatly dnjoy their sport. 'Among the passengers were Miss Clara Hays, Mr*. C. M. Mc Donald and Mr. Howard Hays, all of Century. Then came Mr. W. W. Rogers with M* team,‘bringing Mias Kittle Rogers. Mias Millie Uovan and Mr* Julian Price, making (he very welktng ring with their merry laugh ter. But (be most provoking party waa tint of Juie Forrester and Professor Costello, who a poor old woe-be gone mule, lined with bris, tiltcbed lo an old good* box, with which they pro ceeded to take In the city. The mercury has been at god below At Death’s Door Blood Poison After Typhoid Fever A Marvelous Curo by Hood's After All Elso Fallod. Mrs. Vlicle L. HallJ Galra, Kansas. “C. I. flood k Co., Lowell Moss.:"*' "DearHire: Twenty-liveyearsagoltd bilious fever, and typhoid fever, and W five weeks I lay like one dead, but at lad I pulled through and got np around, noon discovered on my left leg Just sboit the knee a small brown spot about u cig os a UUM-cent piece, which pulled upbd did not hurt me or feel aore. I did not peg any attention to It until tvro years aM. when It commenced to apread and had the appearance ola ring worm. It ltebefi and burned and I commenced doctffht hut to no avalL I Cot Only Momentary Relief* And aometlmea not aven that. I could ad sleep nights, and on account of tbe IkbW I scratched the spot unlit the blood *«= run. In hot weather my elbows and u my Joints were just the same, and «bai I have suffered I cannot describe wilh s pA Last February I tried an herb for UJ blood and U broke oat In the worst fora * a rash an over your body. I began sf scratching, and scales would faU off. W •ores cnscharged and I logged to • Finally my husband bought a bottle * Hood's Sarsaparilla and I bsd not tab* more than half U before I began toebsMf for tbe better. I have had (our bock* Now I Am All Weil bat two UUle spots on my leg. leans)* sleep and cat well and work all tbe tts** sm M yean old, sod the mother ot «*• Hood’s. Cures children, and think I can do as * any one my age." JlkS. Fum* Galra, Kansas. Get DOM*