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The Irwin County News
Official Organ of Irwin County.
A, G, DeLGACH, Editor and Prop’r.
•ri«r rioUT nuni
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FOH DEMOCRACY.
CHAIRMAN Cl. A V MAS BEGUN IS
EARNEST.
AUGUSTA MEN ON EXECUTIVE AND
CAM PA IGN COM M1TTEES.
A Railroad Accident—Pardons Gran-
ted—The Mayoralty Fight.
Atlanta, j Ga., Aug. 6.—(Special.)—
lion. A. S. Clay, cha’rman of -the new
Stale Executive and Campaign Corn-
initlee. came down from his home In
.Marietta on Ihe early train this -morti-
ng and lias established himself in
'i ’inters at the old Capitol building
lor i7\. campaign. ’ ,
The rooms that the State Commit¬
tee will occupy from now oil until
at er the election are tlie same as used
for headquarters for Gen. Evans, and
are already comfortably arranged for
the work in hand.
Hon. W. .H. Venable, nominee for
the Senate from this district, who is
one of the owners of the old Capitol
building, furnished the campaign head¬
quarters complimentary to the party
Chairman Clay has begun with his
customary energy, which guarantees
that the campaign against Judge
Hines will be vigorous enough to sat¬
isfy the most enlhusias ic Democrat.
He has already prepared a list of
speakers and appointments, which he
will be ready to announce in a day or
so. This will be supplemented as the
fight progresses, and sp*eakers will be
put anywhere and everywhere that a
request is made in addi ion to the
regular program.
Oae of the opening shots will be
fired by Secretary of State Col. Allen
Candler, who goes to Jefferson, Jack-
son county, to make a speech tomor-
row.
Col. Atkinson wns in the city today
discussing the campaign with Chair-
man Clay and other party leaders
who dropped in at headquarters.
Judge Hines and Mr. Watson
booked for speeches at the Opera
House here on August 18ih. This will
he the first showing of strength the
Populis s have offered to make in At¬
lanta without outside assistance. It
will be an event watched with inter¬
est all over the State because it will
give a pretty good idea of Judge Hines’
ideal strength.
It has not yet been decided, hut Mr.
Atkinson will' probably ask Mr. Hines
for a division of time, and later chal¬
lenge him to a series of joint debates.
As a stump speaker Judge Hines is not
in it with Mr. Atkinson, and with the
argument in his hands the young man
from Coweta would simply wipe the
earth up with his Populist rival.
(Mr. Atkinson will not go into a dis¬
cussion except one based upon the legiti¬
mate issues between the two parties. If
he and Judge Hines meet on the principles stump
-it will be a’ clear cut fight on
and not a mud slinging or personal cam¬
paign.
THE COMMITTEES.
Chairman Clay this afternoon an¬
nounced the members of the State execu¬
tive committee from the State at large
as follows: F. G. DuBignon, vice chair¬
man; R. _H. Lewis. T. S. Crenshaw, L.
J. McLendon, B. M. Blackburn, M. V.
Calvin, Thos. R. .Tones, Marrion Harris,
Geo. R. Brown, Jno. W. Nelms, S..W.
Cooney and A. W. Fite. He also ap¬
pointed the State campaign committee,
which has been called to meet here on
Thursday at 10 a. Venable, m. as follows: it.
L. Berner, W. H. Gen. C. A.
Evans, Dan Rountree. T. It. It. Cold),
J. W. Tiniiprt ^^^Bhu^Dniss. snn— i m B. Goodwin,
Clarke Hovvel!
Tn
'JlWI!, _ II. 1^. ^^^penee, D. B. Harm
Glenn. .Tno. Witgell. TL W.
Bell, Dupont Guerry. R. W. Freeman,
J. II. Morrison. S. T. Blalock, Hermon
Meyers, Ed L. Bell, W. C. Adamson,
H T. Lewis, W. B. Burnett, Robt. .T.
Quinn. D. R. Groover. W. G. Wooten,
W. M. Hawkes, .T. B. McDuffie, W.
H. Little, F. M. Ridley, W. E. Sim¬
mons. A. P. Person, Robt. AVhiffield,
T. D. Kilpatrick, Boykin Wright, B.
D. Evans, Jr., W. G. P. Price, P. A.
Stovall, W. A. McNeal. F. B. Simons,
Judge Dave Roberts and AV. T. McAr¬
thur.
STRUCK BY A CAR.
M. L. Bates, president of the Bntes-
Farley Co., private bankers, was run
into by an electric ear on the Consoli¬
dated Company’s line today and very se¬
riously injured. Mr. Bates, who is deaf,
was crossing the street and did not see
or hear the ear which struck him. He
was taken to his home at 171 Peachtree
street, where he was given the best pro¬
fessional attention, but on account; ot
! his advanced age it is feared that his
injuries wiii prove fatal.
PARDONED.
Governor Northen today granted q
pardon to Jeff Conaher, sentenced for
life in Haralson county upon a * plea of
guilty to . the .. charge . of , manslaughter, .
re- „
fused the application of Tom Farmer,
convicted in 1893 of manslaughter in
Jackson county and serving a sentenc#
of 20 years. *
The developments of the past few days
n give strong indication that there will be
«. lively . municipal . . . • .
very campatgn tins ...
a
fdfi-
So far Hon. Porter King is the only
announced candidate for Mayor but
there are several other big guns ready
to get into position at the proper time.
Among them are Captain J. W. English
and Hon. G. V. Green. Captain English
was Alayor some years ago and is gen-
SYCAMORE, IRWIN COUNTY, QA., AUGUST 10, 1894.
ernlly regarded as invincible In politics.
Mr. King is also a strong man. before
tlie people. A movement was started to
get these two aspirants to withdraw
their claims to a committee of MO. Mr.
King refused to do this unless Onp.
English announced his candidacy. His
advisers do not think he will do it then,
hut will fight shy of every committee on
the idea that it would simply he a game
“freeze out.”
THE GOVERNOR INVITED.
To ;Address a Large Meeting of
Farmers in Nebraska.
Atlanta, Ga., Aug. received 6.—(Specia|.)—Gov¬ invitation
ernor tcTaddress Northjpn big lias meeting of an farmers
-a at
Salem, Nebraska, on August 14th and
will probably accept it in the interest of
immigration to Georgia. The Governor
whose plans are being perfected to de¬
vote himself entirely to bringing good
settlers to Georgia after his term of
office expires, believes that now is the
time to strike in' the West. For this
reason he is especially desirous of going
to Salem on the 14th. Hon. G. Brooby
Jordon, the new railroad commissioner,
has recently returned from an extensive
trip in that region, and adds in strong
terms bis experience, to the views held by
tlie Governor, that with a little effort
a large and desirable ci’.ass of immigra¬
tion could he attracted from the West,
to the South.
REFUSED HIM CREDENTIALS.
Because He Delongs To a. Milfitmvy
Orgunixation.
Springfield, Mass., Aug. G -The connec-
tion between labor matters and military
organizations, which developed in the late
Chicago strike, came to the surface here
yesterday when George H. Had<l, the
delegate from 'he Springfield central labor
uniou to the Federation of Labor conven¬
tion at Bosfdn, wad refused ids creden¬
tials. for *be reason, he says, that he be¬
longs to a military organization. The offi¬
cer of the Central Labor Union at first de¬
nied Bull such was the case and then re¬
fused to talk about it. Mr. Hadd was
elected a delegate to the Federation of
Labor convention at the July ist meeting, of
the Centra! Labor Union. His credentials
were signed but were not g'ven to him.
He asked the secretary for the credentials
«ast week, but was toM to wait awilile.
At yesterday’s meeting he again asked
vis refused. His connection
with Company TL. of the Naval Reserves
was ’brought up as the reason why he
should not i>e permitted to go as a delegate.
The matter was put to- a vote and it was
decided to declare Mr. Hadd’s election as
a delegate void. lie then left the meeting
and anoTher was elected delegate in liis
place. Mr. Hadd will lay his cause before
Mi^Todoration of Labor convention In xsos-
ton.
THE PRESS CLUBS.
Clarlv Howell PresideM Over file Ses-
Kioll In New Y'orlc.
New York, Aug. 6.—The governing board
of (lie International League of Press Clubs
are in session this evening at, the Mai-
borough Hotel. Clark Howell, of The At¬
lanta Constitution, president of the league,
presides and among those who are present
or expected during tlie proceedings are
the following: Murat Halstead, T. ,r.
Keenan,'of the Pittsburg Press, J. S. Mc¬
Cartney, of tlie Philadelphia Record: Wil¬
liam V. Alexander, of the Boston Trans¬
cript; John A. Hennessey, of tlie New
York Maff and Express; R. C. Doyle, of
the Oil City Derrick; S. H. Agnew, of the
New York Recorder; Col. John A. Cock-
erjll, of the New York Advertiser; W. J.
K. Kenny, of the New York City Record;
L. N. Megargee, of Ihe Philadelphia Times;
Mrs. Loniie M. Gordon, of the Georgia
Women’s Press Club and Mr. E. A.
O’l'nnnnr of tlie American Press Associa¬
tion of New York,
Hie consideration of plans for a national
home for superannuated and disabled jour¬
nalists is oife of the leading matters be-
'MlfTlu) ufttfcT ' *
THE whIskey tax.
It Will He Puld To Suve tlie 20
Cents n Gallon ,
Chicago, Aug. 6.—Preparations were
made today by the officers of the v.’hiskey
Trust to pay the tax on tlie immense stock
of spirits which it lias on hand. Collector
of Internal Revenue Mize at tills point,
sent six gangers to lie Trust i.b.tillery
to assist in the work >f ganging the whis¬
key stored there. The men went there Mr
orders from Washington, D. C. Every
available man was put f > woik at Poors
to get the spirits out of bond. The force
now at work there can mi. : I.o Tim »q gal¬
lons a day. The Collector received appli¬
cations from the distilleries at Riversdale
and Shufeldt’s. The Trust will save 20
cents a gallon by paying the tax before
the tariff bill is passed, 'l'he tax on tlie
whiskey bonded in the Chicago revenue
district amounts to $600 000. The -trust has
ordered 3;000,000 gallons out of bond in the
Cincinnati district and an or wmeli Is to
tie l-eganged.
KILLED HIS PRISONER.
i
Raleigh, N. C., Aug. 4.—A special to
Th erfordton p e News-Dhscrvei-Chn^.cle says: ‘Jonn ^ewis, from a negro, Ruth-
a bout thirty years of age and known to be
a desperate character, was shot and killed
today by .Town Marshal John Shotwell.
Lewis was under arrest and was trying
to raise money to pay ...a tine, imposed for
drunkenness and disorderly conduct. He
into » ^£wlth l.totw.H and ad-
vanced on him. hr.#Tt pulled his pistol
aild sUot Lewi3 t ties, in the side
and back. Lewis died within a half hour.
Shotwell has surrendered to the sheriff.
This is the first man killed in Rtilherford-
tou s’-nce its corporate existence, over a
hundred years ago.
The low condition of the Treasury
scarcely attracts attention.
“In Union, Strenjjlh anil l’rosperily Abound.”
KOMI'S MAJORITIES COMPARED
WITH TWO YEARS AGO.
THEY SHOW A FALLING OFF IN
EVERY COUNTY.
A Safe Democratic Majority and llic
Legislature All Right.
Montgomery, Ala., Aug. 7.—Nearly
every county turns uj> with a heavy!
loss for Kolb as compared with his vote
of 1892. For instance Madison county
in 1892 went for Kolb by 298; official
returns give it to Oates by 1,443, a
change of over 1,709 votes. Lawrence,
another Tennessee valley county, goon
for Kolb by only 1,250 as against 2,133
before. Limestone goes for Kolb by only
153 as against 1,023 in 1892. Tallapoosa
goes for JvolM by only GOO as a gams t
2,441) in 1892. In Cherokee his majority
falls 300. Crenshaw went for Kolb by
775 in 1892; Ibis year it is very close*
Sumter goes for Oates by over l,o00, a
Democratic gain of over 1,000, and Ma¬
con goes for Oates by 800, a Democrat¬
ic gain of over 1,500. Henry, Oates s
own county, went for Kolb in 1892 by
over 1,500, this year over 500 for Oates.
Barbour’s official’ Democratic majority
is increased.
The smaller counties go the same way
in less degree. Oates’s majority will be
close to 40,000. No one places it under
25,000.
Legislative returns indicate a safe
Democratic majority, even without Jef¬
ferson’s * delegation of tAx, though tlie
prospects are that Jefferson has gone
Democratic
Birmingham. Ala Aug. 7 Cept.
R. F. Kolb, the defeated caniidaie
for Governor, is at his headquarters
here with a number of leading men
off his party. In response to The Age-
Herald’s request for an interview he
furnishes the following over his own
signature:,
••I have deferred making any state¬
ment to the public as to the result ot
the election until the reliable return**
nave been received upon which a just
and proper statement can be made.
Up to this, hour (10 p. m.,) sufficient
returns have been received to show
that I have carried 40 out of 51 white
counties and! 1 have been elected with
the entire Stta'e icket by a majority
of not less than 18,000. This majority
X claim after giving to the opposition
fraudulent methods in the nature ot
intimidation and bulldozing in the ah-
sence of inspectors or fixers for our
side. ordm-
“Any citizen- of Alabama of
ary intciligence who will take the
trouble to examine the figures as re¬
port eil by tire Associated Press and
claimed by the opposition. can at once
see that it will be a physical in.possi
bility for 'the ticket headed by Cot.
Oates to’ be declared elected except by
claiming a majority of over 27.000
from seven black belt counties having
a whi'e votkng population not exceed
ing 12,000.
“The frauds of this year are more
notorious and shamefuf than those of
1892 For the purpose of deceiving
the public they have, to- some extent,
been shifted. The returns as reported
from Lownles county indicate frauds
exceeding anything ever before known
in the history of this State or atiy
other State and tlie record in that
county is a disgrace to our civilization.
In Montgomery, Bullock, and Barbour
the frauds arc hardly less aggravated.
The opposition claim Madisdn county
by a majority of 1,443. There arc
hardly a dozen intelligent; citizens lr.
that county who do not know that cur
strength in Madison county this year
is much more strongly developed than
in 1892, when we carried the county
by about 400 majority.
"The intensity of feeling prevailing
tliis year is much greater than in ’92,
and it is ridiculous to claim that there
has been a change of nearly 2,<K)0 votes
in Aladison county in favor of ballot
b ox staffers and machine Democracy.
“Furthermore, it is known to the dis-
grace i of the whole State, that some seven
or eight negroes were appointed inspec¬ whom
tors in Madison county, several of
could neither read nor write. U is a
serious fact that in the city of Mont¬
gomery at half past four p. m„ only
thirty minutes before the polls were
closed, not execeeding 1,340 white voters
and 74 colored voters had cast their bal¬
lots tiy actual count. Notwithstanding
this faet, it is claimed that the city ot
Montgomery gives a majority ot 2,400
for Col. Gates. In the county of Jeffer-
son a large number of votes were oon-
trolled against our ticket by fixers who
are opposed to us. Deputy sheriffs
crowded the rolling places and treated
illiterate indignity, voters, and particularly insisted negroes, fixing
•with upon
their tickets. In many precincts we had
in no the fixer city and of in Birmingham one j important had ffrccinctj only
we
one fixer, while there were from eight
to ten deputy sheriffs standing around
the polling place's, ready, anxious and
solicitous in fixing the tickets of voters
whs declared their desire to vote the
other ticket. At Bessemer, more than
four Siundred of our voters were denied
an opportunity of casting their ballots
on account of opposition lendect crowd-
ing the irolling places and beingi material-
ly aided by officers of the law in blocking
the polling place to the disadvantage of
voter*
“In view (if this condition of affairs,
in the aKsciico of a contest law, } cannot
ertcape l he responsibility of presenting
the is^ue. not only to the supporters of
our ticket, hut to all intelligent, honor¬
able and law abiding citizens of this
State.
“The great majority of our citizens
without regard to past or present party
affiliation, favor honest elections, and
in my opinion the good people of the
State are not willing longer to submit
to the domination of a machine organ¬
ization whose perpetuation of power is
solely contingent upon election frauds.
“The is*no was made in 1892 and we sub¬
mitted. ft has again been made and it now
rests wifli the good people of this State
to determine whether or not they wilt
longer submit to a policy which sets aside
the wiii of the people and destroys the
form of republican iust-tution* in this
State an*l which, if persisted In. will sure¬
ly end in deplorable consequence”.
“Supported by the conservative, intelli¬
gent, industrious and honest elements of
this State, it has been our sincere desire
to maintain and respect the law, and it
will still be ou.r policy to advocate only,
those measures that will insure the perpet¬
uation of republican institutions to the
end that lawlessness may sot prevail. The
time has arrived, however, when the peo¬
ple of Alabama must decide for themselves.
“A <*nTerence of the candidates on our
Stale ticket as well as the members of
our committee has been called to meet hi
this city tomorrow and at the conference
a line of policy will ue determined upon
and the people of this State will be given
an opportunity definitely and quickly to
determine whether or not the law shall be
‘master of us all,’ and our Government be
maintained in* purity according to the will
of the people.”
(Signed) It. F. KOLR.
AdOTJT 20,000 MAJORITY.
Blrmiiigham, VI a., Aug. 7.— Jefferson
county. ' beats, official, gives Oates be-
twee ic f»() and 100 majority. Tlie entire
Democratic legislative ticket is elected by
major-hits ranging from 500 to /TJ0. Tlie
cause of the legislative ticket running
ahea-d *»f Oates was the illiterate Kolb voter
who were taught before they voted that
Kolb’s name came first. So he marked the
first man's name and let the rest go. The
total vote of the highest legislator is be¬
hind ili.it of Oates. Kolb has made gains
in sixteen conn ties and Oates in all fhe
rest. It depends on the Democratic major¬
ities iii Montgomery, Dallas, Lowndes and
Wilcox counties as to whether Oates has
mode or less than 20,000 majority.
Montgomery, Ala., Aug. 7.—Complete
unofficial blit reliable returns from every
County in the State except two, make tne
DeiiHViftr.'c majority 26.J65. Tho-se two
counties are Baldwin and Covington, both
.small counties, which cannot possibly
change the foregoing, result more than a
few hundred. The official count in the
counties takes place Saturday and the re¬
sult will not be changed mater ally. The
Democrats have at least 22 members of the
Senate out of 33 and 61 members *»f tlie
House out of 100.
THEY BREAK CAMP
And tlie Industrial Army Will Re
turn Home.
Washington, Aug 7.-—The 00 or
more members ol the eo.mmoowea:
army under Gent rads Gaivin and
Thomas left for their homes tonight,
lli'itire their departure the commanders,
gave out the following letter;
“We, the- erntk'rs of the Galvin con¬
tingent l2 Los Angeles, Caia., and the
Thomas contingent of Cincinnati, O.,
industrial army, desire‘td express our
gratitude to the people of Washington
and vicinity who in any manner aided
and assisted us. Particularly lo ve
thank Chief of 'Police Moore who has
proved himself a true and humane
man, and also the district commission¬
ers who cheerfully responded when
transportation was requested. 1 Last
but not least, do we express our tin cere
thanks to the Hon. Frank • Hume,
through‘whose influence trampu.'ta-
■ ion was secured and our oomm.ssary
many times replenished when we
knew not whe.re our next meal was to
come from. We desire the Governor
of Virginia 1 to understand that it !s
not his threats nor fear of his mi.itia
that cruses our departure. VVe deparr
through request of Mr. Hume, tiff
whom we ' have the greatest reepeci
and also our own welfare. We are go¬
ing to our homes wnere we will con-
tin e to fight for liberty'and equality
at the ballot box. We will do all in
our power to condemn the aJmmistra-
tion of Grover 'Cleveland and the ac¬
tions of many of the so-called senators
and congresmen who have refused to
act favorably upon any of the bills
presented > for our relief.
(Signed:)
CO. THOMAS GALVIN.
COL. THOMAS GALVIN,
EVICTED TENANTS MUU.
It Passes, a Third Reading: In the
House of Commons.
Trillion. Aug. 7.—T. W. Russell, the
Liberal-Unionist member tor South Tyrone,
has -an article in today's Pall Mall Gazette
concerning tlie future of the evicted ten¬
ants bill. He urges the adoption of an
amendment making the reinstatement of
the evicted tenants in question vohmtnr
lly instead of compulsory. The change >u
the nill he thinks would place the House
of Links in a position to pass it. The Lib¬
eral-Unionist leaders considered Mr. Rus¬
sell's proposal at a special meeting licit
this morning under tlie chairmanship of
the Duke of Devonshire. The meeting «'is
without definite result. Tne efforts to
bring about a compromise -were vainly -re¬
newed prior (o and during the debate on
The bill in tlie House of Commons this
■evening. Tlie Tory landlord members
declared that no compromise would over-
come their objections to the - bill. Event-
nally the oill passed tlie third reading by
a vote of ISO to 167. The House of Lords
met at midnight and heard the first rend¬
ing of the Bill.
$1.00 a Year In Advance.
JUDGE HINES’S
FALSE CLAIMS.
HD SAYS DEMOCRATS WILL NOT
SUPPORT ATKINSON.
T. It. H. conn WRITES A CARD
DENYING IT.
A ilaiKlNOluc Residence Saved from
tlie IIlock.
Atlanta, Aug 7.—(Special.)--One of
the strongest cards being played by
Judge Hines in his game for votes :s
that the old soldiers especially and the
Evans men in general, will not support
Mr. Atkinson for Governor, hut are ral¬
lying to his (Hines) standard. Judge
Hines is making this declaration where-
ever he speaks. He makes the claim out
of the whole cloth, however, for there
is not the least ground for the suspicion
even that the men who favored General
Evans’s nomination are deserting the
party because of their disappointment.
Mr. T. R. R. Cobh, who cas one of
General Evans’s most ardent supporters,
has written the following refutation of
tlnse claims of Hines and Watson,
which will he re-echoed by every loyal
Democrat in Georgia:
“1 notice that Judge James Iv. Hines,
ihe Populist uomiuee for Governor, in
his Milledgeville speech, asserted that
the Evacs men are leaving the Demo-
era tic party to support him. lie cannot
prove it I The men who followed Gen¬
eral .Evans a,re as loyal Democrats as
any in Geoigia. It is an injustice to
General Evans and his stanch and many
followers for Judge llines 4lo make such
a statement. When General Evans with¬
drew from the race, I, ae> his friend and
supporter, tendered my services to the
Democratic party, and the day after,
received a warm letter from him, con¬
gratulating me on my fidelity to De¬
mocracy and endorsing the step 1 had
taken in offering my humble services to
the greatest party in the Union. Why
should Judge |lines insinuate that the
Evans men will be untrue to Democracy?
His partner at law and personal friend,
lion. Thomas B. Felder, than whom no
truer Democrat lives and no more ef¬
fective and ardent Evans man worked in
tlie recant eampajgii, avowed uu the
stump lie would support and work for
Mr. Atkinson, and will prove his words
by opposing Judge Hines to the best of
his splendid ability. The Evans men
entered the Democratic primary in good
faith, and when General Evans withdrew
for the sake of party harmony, every
honest Democrat felt himself bound by
honor md party loyalty and fidelity to
General Evans, to support the Demo¬
cratic nominees and work for tlie Demo¬
cratic party. If Mr. Atkinson had been
defeated in the primary, knowing his
friends as I do, 1 know they would have
rallied to the Democratic banner, as
Evans’s friends are doing wow, and
bring up a greater majority than that,
which met Peek when Governor Nortben
was made Go'vernor!
"I believe every honest Evans Demo¬
crat will support W. Y. Atkinson!
THOS. R. R. COBB.”
UNDER THE HAMMER.
A very unusual sort of a legal sales
day crowd wns gathered about the court
house door today when Sheriff Rainer
mounted the dock for his regular month¬
ly foreclosure proceedings.
The crowd, which was unusual in point’
of the many well known residents of
the north side who never attend anything
of the sort, who drove to the scene in
their carriages and on their luxurious
cushions, awaited developments—was
attracted by the advertised sale of the
old AV. M. Dickson place on Peachtree
street. The property which is one of the
handsomest homes on that popular boule¬
vard, has been occupied for about a
year by Air. AV. J. McCaslar, who took
his bride to it after the wedding cere¬
mony. Mrs. McCaslar or Aliss Lizy Gar-
trell, daughter of the late General L.
J. Garlrell, was a belie known through¬
out the State.
Air. AloCaslar, a yanng business man
who was quite successful up to his pres¬
ent complications, bought tlie handsome
place front Mr. Dickson for $32,000.
He paid $15,000 cash and gave a mort¬
gage for the balance. The hard 'timesi
came on and Mr. McCaslar could not
meet the mortgage. He proposed a com¬
promise, which he claimed was accepted,
blit at any rate the mortgage was order¬
ed foreclosed. The misfortune to the
young couple was genuinely deplored in
their high circle, and was quite a mat¬
ter of gossip in society.
When it became evident that the beau¬
tiful place was to be placed under the)
sheriff's hammer and sacrificed Air. Mc¬
Caslar began proceedings to avert the
catastrophe. Last night he sent hie at-
torney down to Alacon to secure a re¬
straining order from Judge Clark who was
there. This morning the crowd was
gathen-il about the court house ready to
scramble at the sacrifice, but Judge
Clark’s order arrived in the nick of rime
ami the beautiful place was at least tem¬
porarily saved from tlie sheriff's clutches,
though a great many covetous ones were
disappointed. Air. McCaslar claims that
he has spent $0,500 in adding to the
beauty of the place, that the Dicksons-
hud agreed to accept payment of the
mortgage in instalments but broke faith
with him and it was upon this showing
that Judge Clarke restrained the sheriff
almost as he was ready to knock tke
property down today.
Tlie Montgomery volunteer fire com¬
pany. of Alontgomery, Ala., thirty-two
strong, under command of Captain H.
L. Erwin, stopped over in Atlanta to-i
day. The company is on a tour East and
will take in Washington, New York,
and other big cities.
Tlie employment of convicts in grading
for the exposition has called forth a
loud protest from the working classes.
Last! night a meeting of laborers warn
held at the court house to enter their
protest and tonight another meeting was
called for the same purpose. The labor*
ing people claim that the exposition man¬
agement was virtually pledged to em¬
ploy only free labor before the city ap^
propria ted her $200,000 to this enter¬
prise.
Two rewards were offered this morn¬
ing) by the Governor for the apprehen¬
sion of fugitive criminals.
A reward of $200 was offered for the
delivery to the sheriff of Wayne coun¬
ty of Tom Johnson, who murdered J. F.
Nelson, July 22nd.
A reward of $150 will also he paid for
the conviction of the incendiary who
burned the hotel of J. H. Hanks, of Lula,
Ga., on the first of last April.
A Til H I l.l.l \G EXPERIENCE.
How tlie Hold En&ineer Foiled tlie
HI*;Uwa y man.
OleveTand, Ohio. Aug. 7. TVo Lake Shore
express train No. 12 arriving from the
West putted into the uii’-ou station this
morning after having enjoyed a most thrill¬
ing experience on the plains of Indiana.
An attempt was made last night to hold
lip the Train at Kessler, Iml.. upon the
identical spot, that the train was held up
last fall The train was approaching a
spilt switch at Kessler when the engineer
noticed that the switch was turned so as
to run the train on the siding. A hig ob¬
struction of ties and lumber was piled up
ft few rods ahead of his engine. The oo-
struction did not appear to be impassable
and the engineer put on all the steam and
dashed through the pile, passing safely on
to the main track through the split switch
at a high rate of spied. As the train
passed the obstruction the engineer notic¬
ed a group of masked men and as the en¬
gine cleared the .track of all obstacles tkc-
would-be highwaymen fired several shots
into the train, none of which, however,
took effect.
The United States express car was at¬
tached to the train and it had on board
a large amount of money. It is thought
that this was known to the desperadoes
who attempted to hold up the train. Their
disappointment in carrying out their plans
of stopping the train was evinced in their
firing shots when they saw that their plans
had been foiled by the boldness of the en¬
gineer in dashing, through the heap of ties
upon the track.
THE GEORGIA EDITORS.
They Reach Atlanta On Their Way
to New York.
Atlanta, Ga., Aug. 7.—(Special.)—'The
Georgia 'Weekly Priss Association
reached here from MiIleageville at 5
o’clock this afternoon en route to
Washington and New York on their
annual excuieion. The editors were
entertained by a concert tonight at
the Kimball House, At their business
meeting they elected Editor W. 'I*,.
Coleman, of The Cedartown Standard,
president, and Hon. A!f Herrington,
of The Swain-sboro Pine Forest, was
elected secretary, The (editors leave
tomorrow at upon for Washington.
CA1*T. BRIDGMAN RETURNS
He Thinks That Japan Will Eu*!i>
Win the Flit lit.
Tacoma, AVash., Aug. 7.—Oapt. AV.
It. Bridgman, who bus commanded the
United States cruiser Baltimore, for the
last two years, returned here on two
months leave of absence, having left tlie
cruiser ait Chemulpo, Corea, .Itry 12. tie
regards the orienta 1 war as ait unequal
contest with the odxbs greatly favoring
Japan, which he says has a splendid uavy
and ;ii/ army as weil equipped as that
of any European country. Japan)., he
thin) s is sure to will unless China is
given v’jie to make war preparations on
a gigantic sciale. In his opinion the
Japanese GuvemimeM has been endeavor¬
ing to force the war in order to detract
attention from its internal political dis-
sensious.
DENTISTS IN SESSION.
Routine Business Occupies tlie
Moral uk Session.,
Fort Monroe, Va.. Aug. 7.—The Na¬
tional Association of Dentists which held
Ps meeting last year in Chicago, was
called to older at 10 o’clock this morn¬
ing with about three hundred present.
Dr. J. B. Patterson, of Kaunas Lily,
president of the association, read hie
address, which was referred to a com
inittee. Reports uf committees and
routine business occupied the morning
scision.
DURANT DU PONTE DEAD.
New Orleans, Aug. 7.—-Durant Dn-
ponte, a veteran journalist and financier,
died today at Alameda, Cal., of a para¬
lytic stroke. He was sixty-five years
of age and the grandson of the librettist
of Don Giovai ria and other operas. He
was at one time editor of the Picayune
and other papers but made a fortune in
speculation and retired frou literary
work
< TO OPPOSE AV HEELER.
Aladison. Ala., Aug. 7.—Judge Win.
Riehlardson, of this city, announced his
candidacy today for Congress to succeed
Gen. Joe Wheeler, subject to the conven¬
tion nomination, which meets Sept. 4.
Col. AV. H. Paddock, fi nr several.
years a prominent citizen of Anniston,
died here today after an illness of sev¬
eral mouths, coming here ill last spring
from Anniston.
It is very hard fSr a girl to lie graceful
at a lawn party. The bugs gather around
the electric light over the platform end
fall down her back.— Atchison Globe.
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