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The , A A- Irwin / County News
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Official Organ of Irwin County.
A. G, DeLOAGH, Editor and Prop’r.
THE DEMOCRATS
I TO CAUCUS.
THEY WILL OECIDE THE METHOD
OF ELECTING JUDGES.
THEY WILL ALSO DISCCSS '1'll.fia ■■
i MILITARY APPROPRIATIONS !.
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Several Important BUI* Were Pass-
cd ThU Week.
Atlanta, Ga , Nov. 13.—Whatever
change is made in the method >f
choosing b Judges nod solicitous will be
■More by trthc V. . Demooa.lc members . e.
Legislature without the interfrt
■f oi . in*. .. 1 Pnnulists op SIB.
caucus of the Democrats of the
he L was called this morning ftn
—'nesilay , night . .. . to considei the dues-
f!on of the selection of judges anl
solicitors The caucus will also discus?
the military appropriations at that
limo, nnd whatever is done for lhe
military of the State will stand 1.,
the credit of the Democrats alone.
In fact the Democratic caucus will
te-ce KL TZldnlure-the unen all the important work of
Wk ,^ ?, ’ a j u rr Pon Pop, ilists ‘' tS w’U
Kply Hhc n-vt be \f ,
cauavj was decided upon this
Hming »:ltwr the hUl of Mr. Houston, election
Kill'd, providing fov
W. judges and solicitois by the people,
slhich . , was repo,. id in av . . V
the committee, had >een set as tie
special order for next Friday. There
is a division of opinion as to whether
appointment.by the Governor or ele;-
tion by thr people is the best method
of selecting the judiciary. The settling
,h. n .», r «», r
that the opening skirmish of the oat .1 \
and hence it was. important to know
What way the will of th> Democrat
side .. . before . ... this bill comes ______ to . a „ o._
ill the House.
There was very little interest in th-
proceedings in cither House today. The
session of the Senate lasted but one
hour and the House adjourned after a
two hours session.
® The Legislature has been in session
IV days today—next Sunday, just half
- o'f the 50 days session will be gone-
and this morning the House and Sen-
I ate both pat-sed their first bill,
i By Rockwell, of Chatham—finding
ihe time of electing custom municipal
officers In Savannah; also a bill fixing
the time for fishing in the water of
this State; also to allow Judges of
Superior Court to send persons to the
lunatic asylum whi i. the ordinary is
out of the county.
By Mr. Worley,, of Elbert-AuUiori;:-
iug judges to appoint coinmisioneiv to
lay off dowers during vacation us well
ins in term time.
The House killed a bill to pay Nnncv
Comsc-y. the widow of a Confederate
soldier, . .. $100 ...... because . , . she . had , , lee-wd , ... ,
no pension in 1891. Theb 1.1 came to
the- House with an adverse committee
report. intro-
The following new bills were
dlined in the House- n’f
■ «*- \r»* gvmnnd 1 Pk-nn-To 1111 ^?. rene-il e ‘,
section . : 14869 of the code , providing for
the transfer of banks stocks.
By Mr. Jones, of Doughterty—-To
amend section 3699 of the code so as
to amend the fee bill of justices of the
peace.
Mr Brannnn. T of , Fulton, , introduced . ,
a Mil placing the appointm-nt of jailors
in counties of 75.000 population in the
hands of the Grand Jury instead ct the
An Invitation was extended the Leg
islnturc -today by President Hopkins,
of the Georgia School of Technology,
to. .vigit' that institution at any tunc.
The school is now m its 6th yeart-h.
Mr. Broyles, of Fulton, today intro-
duced a bill requiring all mutual assess-
ment life Insurance companies of this
State seeking to do business In other
States to deposit securities with the State
treasurer of this State, the bond and
amount of this security to be determined
also Introduce,
au imoprtaut insurance bill today. It
requires fire insurance companies to piy
the full amount of policies without re-
gard to other stipulation cm the face of
Mestsrs. I olhl.l, of Bibb I ittman, of
Troup, and Rengon, of Henry were
added to the geueml judiciary committee
by request of, that committee today.
lu the senate today Sena Lori Harr .
in-
reduced practically the same reeolu-
tion for a joint committee on ballot re-
form as was introduced by Senator Me-
Ga.vor last week. The resolution adds
t wo merubere to the present committee--
Spnators Harr and N. E. Harris.
Ito Senator first bill' Broughton passed by establishing the senate was
by of a
system of public schools for the town
Madison.
Senator Cummings’ ... bill providing that
when persons are killed in a catastrophe
their heirs shall inherit their property
on a pro rata 'basis was passed.
Senator Cummings’ bill to perfect the
method of probating foreign wifis was
also - passed. Mercer today introduced bill
Senator (.
gives the Stir if me Court authority to
|l>ass upon decisioins of the lower courts
without going to the trouble of writing
nn opinion in cases where no important
huestloiis are considered arid the amount
rxK'u&T executive sreskm con-
frG^e^or £ A^lS5n: PPP ‘ nta,e " te
[ HowelK'Cobb, judge, Clarke nnd. Jnq. I). Mel),
Solicitor, city court of county.
I Juo. F. Brannon, judge, aud Geoge N.
•Williams, solicitor, county court of Bui-
lock county.
I Thos. N. Hopkins, solicitor county
1'ourt, Thomau connty.
SYCAMORE, IRWIN COUNTY, GA., NOVEMBER 16, 1894.
APPORTIONMENT.
The Republicans Will Have Another
Chance.
Washington, Nov. 10.—The recent
election will have an important bearing
upon Congressional captured appointments from of the the
States that were
| Democrats by the Republicans. reversal of the The re-
suit will be an entire pres-
I ent order of things and thsuisplvcs will enable the
i Republicans to entrenciL tA r^hIq
| In power in several States. present
there are 24 States that have been ap-
| portioned Republicans by and Democrats, 8 that have 12 appointed been by
j never
I apportioned. The 12 States apportioned
! under Republican direction are Colorado.
Iowa. Kansas, Maine. Minnesota. New
Hampshire. Ohio, Oregon. Pennsylvania.
Rhode Island, Vermont and quite recently
New Jersey In the slump of 1890 the
RepnMleins lost and the Democrats re-
apportioned California. Connecticut, T.lln-
0 | s> Massachusetts. Michigan. Nebraska,
New York and Wisconsin. By so doing
they gathered in from these eight States
53 members of Congress- The election
of Tuesday last gave the Democrats from
I the same States but seven members. Tn
addition to securing what they had pre-
viously lost the Republicans w/ere also
| successful in electing legislatures which will ih In-
! dlana aide and West Virginia, apportionment en-
them to make such
, m -hose States as Seems best. In I'n-
i diana the constitution stipulates that the
tfmFK
| publicans have already begun to discuss a
j plan by which they cab get around this by
means of various amendments. Tn
Xortto Carolina the apportionment wil,
also be under the control of fnsionists.
This will change the presen* figures there
- go f n af the DemocrnN will have charge
I 0 f apportionment In 13 States, the Re-
! publicfi^is in 22, and fusionistfl in Maho. ono.
: The small States of Delaware.
| Montana. Nevada. North Dakota. South
j , Washington and Wyoming have
| never been apportioned.
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j NEGRO ES Quit work.
I Tlie cold I» Drivinir Them Back
Sonth
Imported into the coke regions *“!“ to
i g ,roes
; break the big strike scarcely any are now
j working. The most ot them threw np their
| j jobs when the coke companies quit paying
tl)em - 'Hundreds blie fl ay flni j put them on piece
I work. brought suit against the
companies on alleged contracts at high
rates, and the justices gave them judgment.
All the cases were carried to court by Ue
operators and the negroes having no ire®ns
could not avait for the oases to he ..iken
up in the regular order and had to mak *
fhelr way hack to the South It ifl not
thought that any of them wil-, appear w -tn
nsza working last
hundreds of negroes were
j June, about 100 ace still employed and this
Is probably the largest colony of ilfm at
, inT wor ii a i u ^be region. Those no-w 3,fre
1 unused to the cold and tnls snap of
(tr g
winter Is causing an exoiirs to the South.
AUSTRALIAN VIEW GF TALMAGE.
A writer ln the Sydney Presbyterian says
that ’‘the next time Dr. Talmage ieotures
on ‘Big Blunders’ he should note tne blun¬
j der of the man who talks on something lie
. knows nothing about. It may tic safely af-
firmed that the good Doctor knows as much
about evolution as evolution knows about
The euhject of ^o’ut.on. requires-for
• its investigation thought, reason, logic,
aeU men; but these .are just -the
; ele , ments that have not yet been developed
j m the cranium of the American orator. The'
' Doctor is a rhetorician, pure and simple,
wil.i an abnormally exuberant verbosity,
plenty of go and gas; but. reasoning power
*» 86 yet 8 latent fi - c nlty which will require
! time and culture for Its evolution. When
: we , a hat we go to the hatter. We
j consult our taller when sartorially dlsp ■«-
) ed. We don’t go cured to the of bootmaker the measles, when nor
j we want to get
! do we trouble the chemist to mend the
i shafts of our buggy. When we want law
j we go to a lawyer, and when we want to
know all at)OT1 t evolution we go to a sclen-
tLst and not io Dr. Talmage, who Is as
, Information
; capable of supplying us with as
au oyster of telling: os about the tabus of
: a ■”
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| OI 1 F O R LIB ERIA.
j
1 a Large Colony of Kcgroea Will Soon
( Follow.
Washington. R ri a „ Jta „ '10.-A in . spe-
ciaI from Birmingham, Ala., ears the
advance guard of the negro emigrants
j left Birmingham yesterday en route to
j Monweville, Liberia, via. New York and
^a^arrangements Liverpo ol. They go as a committee tor
for the emigration
of several thousand of
’money men - w to **° the ha ^ International e pa f th f Migration 8aary
Society and only await perfected plans
to leave. The President ot Liberia has
serlt encouraging letters and promise*
twen ty-five acres of land and tempora-
jy o ., . h emigrant. As soon as
the JAfrica guard has “e gotten things ftiS
mapped out in Africa the m rest of of their
countrymen will follow by steamer. Re-
liable railroad agents here say they have
more inquiries from negroes anxious to
t Liberia than they can answer.
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A-CKERMAN RBSIGfNS.
.
Chicago, ID., Nov, 10.~AVil-.iam B. Aclt-
6nman now Comptroller of the city has
, take effect
resigned, his resignation to as
soon as his successor can be appointed,
Mr. Ackerman gives as his reasons for res-
igation the complications -with which we
are surrounded the natural result of a le-
fectlve system of assessments existing for
many years past, rendering It practically
Impossible for any one, however -well dis-
posed or skillful, to suceeewfudy fulfil the
X ° f e "
--
FULL TT M~F
*
Rockville, Conn.. Nov. ll.-Cheney
Bros., the hig silk manufacturers ot
m fufitno WSrewInJ weaving: de-
winding, werping and velvet
partments start on full time and all other
departmets in the mills will begin r '''t' 1 ’
ing 50 hours per week, Instead of 48
hours. All departments will soon be run-
nln-g full time. The mill employs 2,500
hands.
4a Ii» Union, hitrenifih and Prosperity Abound.”
A STORM ON
THE CHANNEL.
VESSELS BEING WRECKED ON
BOTH COASTS.
A HURRICANE SWEEPS HOLLAND
AND BELGIUM.
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Three Men Were Killed by a Fulling
Chimney.
Loudon. Nov. Id. lhe tloodo m in Varlmw varwue
parts of Lntfiand are stld ragmg. In
ourtunguam houses in tne lower portion
ot tne loan are uooded, and uie toque
olocKed. Tue Avon uaa ovemowed Ue
pauas at uatn and thousands ot persons
coueequenuy, are imprisoned iu the up-
per »u>nes ot Lhe factorial and dwellings,
x >ne gare on the Lugosn cnanuei .as,
night was the most vio.ent experienceu
lllH year. The euannei steamers reo.cn-
shore report tearru'l scan. Uhe woe
ului)le l0 lua tte uover and returned lo
0a ihe steamer Flanders was badly
ualua ^ e( ] anil her rudder was diaa’o.eu.
A found derelict and towen
her,cr^.^Lhe Nothing wafsnqks has Deen Heard oi
anenored at St.
*U.v»ow, T rance, were m serious dangei
allU P ut t0 sea dying sigpous ot crawdeu
Uieroourg and other ports are
wita damaged craft. Ihe steamer i’rus-
man was lorn trom her moorings at
Hamburg and damaged many other ves-
se.ij.with which she collided, although she
sustained no damage herself. The storm
was very violent in Raris. Much darn
age was ta to chimneys, r ?9'® s
windows Three persons were kn’ed by
falling chimneys and several more were
injured. The velocity of the wind as
recorded on the Btfel tower, was 82
miles an hour. Deaths and injuries due
to the storm are reported from Nantes
an c1 otkor towns. The telegraph and tel-
. l^es brown down in France.
were
swasssaRyiafertfis: p v] Dorset Somerset nnri
ormv ij.’^gJand else-
whl>re is enormous.
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HURRICANE IN .pAMBURGT-
Hamburg, Nov. 13 .-The hurricane
srhlch swept over this city vesterday Mid
gmtt danla g c ty tie town and to smaller
c:aage g of snipping ln tUe harbor. A num-
Der of small vessels sustained consideraib.e
damage. Lmbeek. on the Tra re, suffered in
a s ; m i lar manne r.
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-WIRES ARE DOWN.
***. *».»-».«»«.«»
has prevailed along the coast of the North
Sea has done a great deal of damage and
conslderalble -loss of - life ie reported. The
telegraph wires throughout Germany have
suffered greatly from thestomn and in many
sections they are wholly prostrated,
THE STORM IN BRUSSELS.
Brussels. Nov. 13.—A terrific rain and
hail storm prevailed ln this city and vlcln-
tty today, doing immense damage to prop
erty and involving considerable -loss or life, j
So far uo particulars arc reported. During
the slou-in the roof of a factory at Ath was !
carried away, killing four persons. |
NO MORE COT’I'OBi. , ; |
The Cold Weather Put* n n Eiul To
Cotton l’lcktng; In Texas.
Dallas, Texas, Nov. 11.—The cotton crop
is ended. The thermometer was at thirty-
j j two degrees at daylight this morning. They
are black, the stalks are dead, hulls, blooms,
squares aud all. Not one pound more can
j be made this year. Half the patches have
been picked clean, the other half will yield
a little more possibly. An eighth of the
; amount is already picked, ginned and cither
marketed or lying at the gin houses. As no .
rain of any consequence has fallen In three
mouths the planters are well up with pick- iheir
; qg . There is no reason to prevent
marketing every bale within the next six
weeks. They are unanimous upon one point,
not to plant more than half the present
^ ffl ,"
c.e, t reason on It doren t pay. It i la now at
production on leased or rented'lands, and
.me cent below where a man .wns .he land.
Wheat, corn, oats and prairie b iv pay J bet-
;Br than «« at three and a half ftur
^ n ta per iwuud. Fortunat^.y for fbe Toxae
planter, the homestead laws of the 3trte
will not allow him to incur other than debts
f mg. honor. He has He made therefore one ow'd of the lltt’c- finest or cereal nmh-
«•« '<****
t
tha t he has worked this year on that crop
for nothing.
. DECISION AFFIRMED.
Washington, D. C., No\. 12. The
United States Supreme Court today
ha nded down a number of minor deel-
<* w«ch were of special
™Potdnce^ Among Amog them tnmwaaoru was one
am ruling tne ueewaon oi rue urcmi
(>f Arka-nioas ..n t.^e case oi H. a.
-UH®. formerly president of the First
National Bank, of Little Rock. Ark.,
Oonvdeted in the State court of altering
the books of the bank and appealed to
. 0 - - r . . , ,
“ e Un ei Bates Lircuu t wurt anil to
the United States Supreme Oourt. Jus
ticc Brewer read the opinion, which
was very brief, and affirmed the eon
vletion of A'.lts '
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un>mv«mii iUk.xJiil BLLI T Ml Did , r ,, v A.
U-JlA.u 1 ,
Davenport, Iowa, Nov. 12.--T.he Rioh-
ar j K. [-’ <)x diamond championship belt ^
window lwt^v^iSr of by^ nnknown men
The belt was Tnlued at 'in $7,000 or $8,000.
Corbett won the be’t fight* with Sulll-
van fln d Mitchell hut had. to win once ’•
more before ft became his personal prop- !
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THE VATICAN SATISFIED. j
Rome. Nov. 12.—The Vatican is satis-
fled with the results of the conference ot
patriarchs, nnd the lope has authorized ,
them to maintain a resident bishop In
Rome to assist in the p’ams Orient to develop
the Catholic clergy in the and I j
prepare for a union of the churches.
THE JAPANESE VICTOR! .
Further Del,ills of the Capture of
Tnlten Wo a.
Loudon, Nov. 12. —The correspondent of
The Centra! News at T’oklo gives the fo!
lowing additional details of the capture of
Talien Wan by General Oyama. Six forts
placed tn strong positions on Talien Wan
Bay, mounting eighty guns of various sizes
and patterns, together with all the stores
of ammunition etc., wore captured. The
narrowest part of land at Talien Wan Is
seven miles wide. This st.-lip of land was
fitted with a network of telephone and
other advanced systems of communication
and the place was protected by powerfully
arr;m g»-d batteries and other defences
gainst a sea attack. General Oyama there-
fore considered It adviaab.c to make an nn-
expected attack from the rear and in this
he was abundantly successful. The sur-
prised enemy were routed tn coifuslon and
panic.
The Japanese Parliament has been sum-
moned to meet at Tokio. December 2 The
two Americans who were arrested on board
the steamer Sydney, at Kobe have been re-
'eased under a writ of guarantee that they
would gv« no assistance to the enemy. Tne,
have a’so written a -letter expressing
thanks for the kind treatment they receiv-
ed white under arrest. The Chlnaiman who
was arrested at the same time wns sent to
Hirosfilmo.
TORPEDOES TAJCEN.
London. Nov. 12 A dispatch from
Toklo to The Central News says: Count
Uo Huobumi. the ja-paneee Prime M'n-
'ster, reports ,hat the Japanese at Tn
r en Wan have destroyed all the tome
do boats laid by the enemy at that
’jlacf. and captured several torpedo
boatti. with their apparatus, etc. The
torpedo barracks at Talien Wan were
occupied by the Japanese without die-
turbing the mines. Important mope
of the position of a.H the torpedoes laid
were also seized. When the Japanese
fleet with transports entered Talien
Wan bay it was rumored that a Chi-
nese squadron had appeared outside
and a naval encounfr seemed immi
Suddenly, however, the Chinese
.observing the Japanese fleet. st°amed
toward Wei-hai-Wei. A
' 1tepat ° h f ? m '?’?£
another r.slng of the Took Haks In
fhp Province of Kyong Sang Do. Th”
rebels were dispersed by Japanese
troops, who killed six and captured
: wen tv nine
JAPAN WILL ARBITRATE.
Alaef £.an mediation alreadv agreed nnon
by China .has not. vet reached the De-
partinent of State no doubt whatever b
entertained in diplomatic circles that i*
will be forthcoming as promptly as the
Japanese government can act without
sacrificing ceremonies and avoidance of
undue haste. The reply to the proposl-
tion of President Cleveland is momen-
tartly expected and confidence is felt
that it will convey Japan’s assent. The
reason for this unusual degree of oop-
fidence is due io the knowledge tha‘
Japan practically has but a single al-
ternative either to accept tills prouos'-
tion or to consider an ultimatum from
Great Britain and the allied nowers. It
Is understood that while President Cteve-
’and’s offer to mediate simply presented
a general proposition without details as
to prO-edui-e Japan has been made awan-
•hat China concedes in advance most od
T-man's probable claims ns far a-s cash
mdeniniitv nnd Corean Independence arc
concerned but does net expect that anv
portion of her territory will be in¬
volved.
TRIFLES I.E.AD TO INVENTIONS.
. flu f lnvpntIon . ln<J thp h ,. P(1
* p 11 s 1 - p
‘
V****** B ., - '• Warner ... tn h!«
l’? T ’* ape p pU *! ™*'* haf <1 ® re ” rs * 1^, L"w 1 !’f a anT a
,''" y l,» * w*. P ,5^
. Tnd P a wLnrtr .
w:’h
what care and what anxious thought aft
, h;s 1)ag be(U1 brought form. The hterorv
M many of the inventions now In* common
' ^ *” «r«n^Tw nmi-o
“ ? p HoimV A® S
th * , ve t L. ion of linrd rubber Ooodvonr
, , po«***ed'*nd TMrs h e had spent everv
he , the monev of tho.e
n . h 18 ^ d d f f Ith the laea but that w . as
p&to?.^in „, a were reduced were'due to -want:
ffie his llrtle garden
^ ^ ^
, ... ,v„ Hoft b! , n of , rnbl>er m . XP fl
wIth s „ :n , hur allf i overcome b.v a rush of
,
despair, flung the ball Into the open fire,
place, and as he watched It simmering on
the coals, the Impulse of changing mood led
h ,, m t0 r e«, CU e It. The heat had a-'com
.q.shed the work and he stood hoding in
his hands the achievement of hi* lifetime.
there only remained to be ascertained by
easy experiment the amount of heat which
T he same outline of pam-
fu] pff(>pt d . flap n„i, ltm ent. failure and n’tt-
mate 8UCCPS}1 m « w ht be to!d of hundreds of
ot hers. nnd there hive been thousands wh-
have lahnrod and antrered tn the cruse wun-
nut achieving success, other than thnt of
taring the foundation for those who should
( >mn» after them with better fortune.”-
papcr Trad(?
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COMER WILL REMAIN,
„ Savannah. , Ga., „ Oct.^ 13. Dispatches , ,____ re-
ceived ln this city this morning leave no
doubt of the fact that H. M. Comer will
continue as president of the Georgia Cen-
tral Railway ^ after the reorganization.
Mf ' ^ ^ *%
■’efontatives of every MrtarMC connected
property m New York that he
w ® remain.
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The phenomenon of sheet- of flame
and balls of fire which accompanies for-
Area is exptamed by a writer as due
to gases in tb# air, which arise from
turpentine, resinous gums and volatile
y h . from eve rgreen trees
P a ! aie eas,lj 1?t f * e -„a Rnd cxp o, e ln
flie , io ry waather.
arr ®
$1 CO a Yea In Advance.
REWARDS FOR
THE LYNCHERS.
THE GOVERNOR TAKES A IslSTISll-
MINED STAND.
A SENSATIONAL MOONSHINE CASE
ON TRIAL.
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To Make the Danse dn Venire n
Misdemeanor.
Atlanta ta ’ On ' xa -’ *' Nnv ,OT - io ‘— _/ (special.) Sno ,,. n _
Governor Atkinson has taken a stand
against lyinchlng that will undoubtedly
eo f ar toward notion? p ' h dnwn the nm.-rice '
™ . , consolation . with
loaay, arier ft long
" u(1 t> r e Jenkins and solicitor General
Lewis concerning the Montlcello lynch-
iDg last week, be determined to offer a
reward of $500 for the firs; man proven
to have been in the J lynching nartv p y and
J f * ,., 00 ( f h
others otap ™- '
Besides these vigorous measures Gov-
ernor Atkinson says he will send the
Attorney General to the scene to take
charge of the prosecution, and If neces-
sary will employ special counsel to se-
| cure the admimstration of justice to the
j ! lynchers. Governor Atkinson is deter-
i ®' ne< ^ ,lse every means in his power
to put a stop to lynching.
The Mouticello case was a flagrant
outrage. The negro had been convicted
at a special session of court and sen¬
; tenced to be hanged, but the mob could
Dot wait tor the * urp k ra, ' e8ri of law
hl “ out and strung him up.
j What has the element of the most sen-
sationa! moonshine case on record was
i called up for trial in the Federal Court
before Judge Wm T. Newthans this
prosecution of the
i wh, t ? cap ^™ ''’ ho are ctlari -’ e ' 1 wUk as '
fiau , ' trag Will Ropef, suspected of being
\ a reven ne informer, up In the Copntta
| mountaiM . of Murray county. Five
uamed a Morri'sm. ^ an" Th' two £ o era
Dflmed Brfd »d
ment against them is for conspiracy P
j q • hf . t S P
! tU magmtieent specimen , of ,
! *“ e P11 r< V r j’® un S mountaineer, was taken
out of the house of a friend, where he
! spending the night by a band of
masked men, who accused him of heing
Ihtft “•»•«! «? «Lr°hin/ *~3
j •„! fiftv feet deen* There There, after bind-
him hand and foot, they fired sev-
| er, “ bullets into his body and then
pushed him over into the shaft. He lay f
j there wounded and • without food but 1
) fortunately in the there bottom was of a the little shaft, pool for of
water ,
five day and nights, at the end of which
time he was recued by a mountaineer
out searching for stray cattle.
The most intense feeling exists in the
Copntta mountain regions over the ease,
Roper was brought to Atlanta to pro-
tect him from his assailants while con- j
valescent.
One hnndred witnesses have been sum-
moned to testify in the case, which will
occupy two weeks. One juror was se-
cured today.
Hon. W. O. Glenn, of Atlanta, and
T. W. Jones, of Dalton, will conduct the I
defence, the Tbiited States bein grepre- j
sented . , . by District ...... Attorney Jones T and .
T. W. Rucker, assistant district at- I
torney. i
The Meyers case went to trial in the
Ruperlor Court this morning. Judge
Richard H. Clarke, presiding. Ail of
todays .it session • of £ ,i. the_ conrt . was con-
sumed in empanelling jurors, nine hav-
ing been selected when the court ad-
journed for the day. Meyers is being
defended by IV. T. Meyers and Eugene
and Gordon Mitchell, all young attor-
neys. but with reputations thnt iustify
.i— the prediction of -v a _____ most stubbornly con- ___
tested case at every point. Sn.ieitor
General Hill Is assisted in the prosemi- j
tion by Hon. A. S. Clay, of Marietta,
who was a close personal friend to For-
rest Crowley, the murdered man. i
Great interest is being manifested in J
the trial. A long array of witnesses
has been summoned, and the taking of I
testimony will commence this week in
a » P^««ty.
Meyer appeared in conrt with his
father. He is as unconcerned about the
proceedings in the court room ’ns he hns
been from the time of his arrest.
There is no doubt about Meyers lmv-
K been a °. nartv p tT to r ® the np murder re of Grow-
, He 1lafl hls 11
hia «*• persistent declaration d^pre , that rests he upon was
merely a tool in the hands of another.
T n the Semite today Senator Brough-
f on i^trodneed a Mil f hnt will iro far to-
!T* , , • q.. t r fn u V ., n v
tn. J "* kri ' l • •*enevo i i ent .
institutions which . u have for their obieet
the care of children and young girts a
p nrt 0 f the school fund, and also vests
institution with the nnvrer ' of guar-
, . , . .
aisnemp over an wuo necome inmates oi
them. -
The visit of the Legislature to the
Macon fair caused some of them tn hold
nT) (heir hands in hoiv horror nt the
revelations of the nnnchtr M'dwsv
^ pi a ;s ."CfTSS nC ce Today Z Mr .Tones of Dnn-h-
fair.
, ntr od„ced a hill to make the “danse dn
ventre** nnd the “mnecJe rtnnee** nn ■
given at the Macon fair, a misdemeanor
in Georgia.
These dances created a disturbance in |
the Mr nn -11 as at
^ thresh they will
^ number ^ln Oeorfirta.
Tho House committee on general jndl-
efary this afternoon unanimously agreed
to report adversely . , the bill , to eleet , .
judges and solicitors by the people. Ren-
tlment appears to favor the appointing
VOL V. NO. 27.
of the judiciary by the Governor and a
bill to that effect pending may be aup-
ported. The House finance committee
agreed to report favorably the Branch
resolution reducing the eaiariee of rail¬
road commissioners to $2,000 a year
from $2,500 by a vote of 10 to 13, but
notice of a motion to reconsider has
been given.
HE HAS SOLD HIS FARM,
Ami Changed Ills Poxtatllre front
Sparta lo Atlanta.
Ex-Governor Northetn will soon be a cit-
Iron of Atlanta. He has decided to
transfer hi?citizenship from Hancock to
p nlt()n connt p’| y an( j w jjj jj e | n n os ition to
ons| . vnt Fulton "OHntv ' for the
first nrar tJme nine at , lt rno w next eiicnon. pU , ction
Although Mr. Nor,hen has been living
in Atlanta for the lust four years, during
which time he was Governor, he has con-
s idcrod Hancock county ns his home and
be has always gone there to vote
When he was elected Cnr.rnr. t,„ t
„ ne '' i a far „ ™ of tie., ahtmt tTO ' TP >i"ndre«l , .
ros of 1111,1 , ™ nnn, ' ock cm 'tity. nenr
Sparta, on which were all the modern
improvements known to a progressive
farmer. ,Tnst before coming to Atlanta
he f*old foil? hundred acres of the place,
reserved the dwelling and eight Inin*
A WPek m morp ngn hp soH th(1 w1lo]o
plapp t 0 Mr Fieklen. of Atlanta, taking a
house and lot here as part pavment. and
the balance tu cash. He still owns sev¬
eral valuable pieces of store property in
Sparta.
Mr Northen has gone to work in earn¬
est to settle desirable immigrants In
Georgia. He Is preparing to send a man
through the West to talk up Georgia, and
to tell the dissatisfied fanners out there
wh at they can do in Georgia. He is also
preparing to open nn office In New York,
hut he will be particular tn see that not
a single i mm forint from 0«Hwi
will be brought by his instrumentality to
Georgia. . M
He has a representative in Illinois who
calls in person on the farmers and tells
^ ^ a-^ ^ d’’ 11 , ta 1^ ’T
Afr xr v -^rihen has v. received -a a rail , from r a
P p fnsylvantn physician who re'resents a
colony of fifteen farmers, nil i f them de-
siring to come to Georgia, and will f ring
hi.s colony hire as snon is he ean '.01001 a
desirable place for them.
The doctor will or-tcrice his nrofesston
t!0 " f ° fn,it rn!sinp " Mr ’ Xt>r ‘' ,Pn llaa
S eut the doctor a description of three
farms he has for sale, con taring from
3,000 to 6.000 acres each, one in 'tenth
Georgia, one in Middle Georgia, and one
f u North Georgia.
A Journal reporter, while in the office
this morning, met a gentleman from Mas-
gachusetts who is here for the purpose of
starting a factory for the manufacture
0 f hosiery. He expressed himself as
being delighted wi h the climate, and
thought there was little doubt of his es-
tablishing his factory as soon as he had
decided upon the location,
Mr. Northen lo being overwhelmed with
letters asking about Georgia, and it is
more than f wo men can do to keep tip
with and answer these letters.—Atlanta
Journal.
LACK OF CONFIDENCE.
Th e defeated Democratic candidate for
Governor in Connecticut publishes over fits
name his opinion that the causes of the
Democratic reverses were ‘‘lack of confl-
donee In the administration, delay in pass-
‘ n S the Tariff bl.I and general apathy on
'Chicly par iwivl L,°f inqn.re D ™iocrat:c more careful voters / ” y he If will Mr.
ageerta ; n , we tll - nk . that It waa ot ;ack of
confidence In the administration, so far as
that means Mr. Cleveland and Ills policy,
but djsznst excited by Democsjts who
oon-ht to thwart the purposes of the sd-
ministration who opposed and abused their
President, and undertook to convince the
people that they nnd their policies and me-
thod3i aad not the President and Ms poll-
cles and 'methods, should be regarded as
the front and meaning and .character of
-ae,party. Who caused that "delay in
passing the Tariff bill” and the injurious
scandal which accompanied the delay? Was
it the administration? And If there was
apathy due to the delay of nearly seven
months Ln the Senate, the scandal eu-gen-
(fared therewith, the de'ay in the repeal of
the silver-purchase law. and other unfortu¬
nate exhibitions of opposition to nn bou-
cst -and courageous Chief Magistrate, can
f he administration fairly be held responsible
p or it? “The chief cause.” writes Gov.
Campbell, of Ohio, "was the genera-: feeling
that a Democratic Senate prevented the
party from fu'.iy redeeming -its pledges.”
This covers only part of the ground, but it
is a thrirthfn! exp’anatidn so far os It goes.
—Netv York Times.
POPULAR DISSENT
Tientsin Nov. 13.-L! Flung Chong’s ean
Tientsin, ta'klnsr with him h!« vniu-
rb.es. Cot. Von Henneken lately suhmitfed
-U: the foreign boards request a .scheme of
military re-organfiwtion. The Emperor nnd
, 1)e mnnlrtnnlity approved the scheme but
the stratagem of certain wealthy Taotats
.OMt-a’.led It. Theer Is mn-h popular dls-
s ent over the imbecility of the Government.
A TOAST TO DEATH
New H-aven, Conn., Nov. 13.—Alary Nell-
son. aged 25, ol Philadelphia, while dining
a P art J' 0( friends here ast afternoon
n re ??*P* e t0 a ,08 i t ' laughingly dr.it k a
S- as * of -earho.lc ., ac.d . t w.in suicidal intent
Z> m
until Its fata; results were seen. Grief at
the rteath of her husbantl led to the act.
FATAL EXPLOSION.
Dresden, Nov. 13.—An explosion of fire
s"«ouy ln y«t e S”v° '^1%^
f^ ' d lnjui lu
s an ' « a
0T
FATAL FIRE,
Kbits r, La., Nov. 13.-While A bra in
s ;u ,j ; , K „|f e were ln m.-ir Held
p'ck'ae'cotton tbeir cabin was burned, c e-
tutting their three little children.