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Official Organ of Irwin County.
G. A. D LOACH, Editor and Proprietor.
STATE NEWS NOTES.
CULLKD PROM MANY SOURCES
BRIEFLY PARAGRAPHED.
Happenings of General Interest to
Georgia Readers.
Tt is said that a gentleman of expe-
rience as well as capital, contemplates
starting a cracker manufactory in
Americus, believing that such nu eu-
terprise will pay handsomely there,
He will invest $10,000 in plant and
machinery to begin with.
Judge Janes in his able charge to
the grand jury urged the importance
of a new court house for Douglas coun¬
ty. He stated that Douglas was the
only county in his circuit that didn’t
have a house for holding court that
was not up to the standard.
Cherokee county is said to be now
in a fine financial condition. It owes
comparatively nothing, and has fifteen
hundred dollars in the treasury. The
good management of the affairs of the
county is said to be largely due to the
efforts of Judge Conn, the efficient
ordinary.
The students at the Technological
school are preparing for their com¬
mencement, and the promise is given
that this year the commencement ex¬
ercises will be more entertaining than
they ever were. Major Hanson, of
Macon, will deliver the annual address
this year.
The pear crop, once so promising,
is almost a failure in the vicinity of
Alapaha. Subsequent to a report
made a few weeks ago blight has taken
hold more firmly of the trees and the
fruit has begun to drop off. The Keifer
is holding fruit much better than the
LeConte (sand pears). Peaches are
doing well and the treos are loaded '
Grapes are simply abundant.
The exhibit of the weather bureau
at the Cotton. States and International
exposition will be one of the most
complete ever made by this branch of
the government. The appropriation
is not as large as that for the exhibit
at the world’s fair, but the display that
Uncle Sam will make of the weather
bureau service will be one of the most
interesting features of the exposition,
* * *
The Macon News states that the
management of the- exercises of Dec¬
oration Day at Andersonville cemetery
on May 30th, first invited ex-President
Benjamin Harrison, of the United
States, to deliver the annual oration, ’
but as he could not accept, the man
agement then invited the next best
person, Mr. Walter Corbett, of Ma-
con, and that young gentleman will
make the address.
It is thought that the decree will be
presented to Judge Speer in a few days
for his approval of the sale of the At-
lantie Short Line railway and the
property will be ordered sold. The
Macon, Dublin and Savannah railroad
will doubtless buy it. The claim un-
der which it will be sold is for about
$50,000, advanced by the New York
lark as purchase money with which offered to
buy the property when it was
at public outcry under the name of
the Macon and Atlantic.
The sale of the Empiro Lumber
Company property at Empire, Dodge
county, has been confirmed at East-
man by Judge Charles G. Jones, of
the Tallapoosa circuit. W. A. Heath,
of Empire, was the purchaser. He bid
$7,105 for the entire outfit, the saw-
mill plant, electric light plant, tons of
trarn road iron, timber options and
about 1,000 acres of land, including
the town of Empire. The mill, which
a few years ago was one of the largest
in the Bouth, will be again .ninning at
full blast in a short time.
A magnificent temple is soon to be
erected in Atlanta by the Masonic
brotherhood. It will be a gem of
architecture and one of the handsom-
est buildings in the state. No city in
the south is more loyal to the ancient
sbrine of this mystic order than At-
lanta. The Masons of the city have
always taken the lead in public enter-
prises and have been active, in season
and out of season, to promote the
city’s welfare. The strength of the
brotherhood in Atlanta is greater, per-
, haps, than ,, it .... is in any other ,, city of ,
the same population in the United
States.
The prohibition campaign is on at
Griffin, and within the next sixty days
the voters of Spalding county will say
whether it is to be wet or dry.
Heretofore the antis have always car-
ried it by a good round majority, but
now, after a lapse of several years,
the prohibitionists have gained such
strength that the issue is extremely
doubtful. That the question would be
brought up this summer has never
been doubted since the ineffectual at-
tempt to hold it last August, and it
SYCAMORE, IRWIN COUNTY, GA., FRIDAY, MAY 17, 1895.
likely will be called for some time in
July. One-tenth of the qualified
voters of the county are necessary for
the ordinary to grant a petitlou or-
dering such an election, and as there
are only 999 registrations, there will
be no difficulty in obtaining the req¬
uisite number.
A Groundless Rumor.
There is absolutely not the slightest
foundation of the report that Bruns-
wick is in danger from infection evidently from
yellow fever. The report
originated from the tour of inspection
of (Surgeon General Wyman, who has
been inspecting all quarantine stations
on the Atlantic and gulf coast. He
spent two days in Brunswick, inspect¬
ing the station. Before leaving he
gave out an official interview in which
he state 1 that, the Brunswick station,
which is in charge of Assistant Surgeon
B. E. L. Burford, was in most excel¬
lent condition and that all the appli¬
ances and improvements in use were
the best known, and highly compli¬
mented the management and efficiency
of Surgeon Burford. No vessel infeo-
tod with yellow fever has even beon
entered at quarantine since 1893.
* » »
onoriugtlie Late Judge John Erskine
The committee of (he Georgia bar
appointed to prepare a report commem-
orative to the life, character and ser¬
vices of the late Judge John Erskine,
reported to Judge William T. Newmau,
of the United States district court at
Atlanta Monday. Judge Hopkins, the
life long friend of Judge Erskine, read
an interesting, able and touching biog¬
raphy of Judge Erskine, which had
been prepared by perhaps the late
jurist’s best friend, Judge Logan E.
Bleckley. The paper gave a sketch of
Judge Erskine’s life and -was filled with
many beautiful passages, characteristic
of the writer. The report was signed
as followsL. E. Bleckley, J. L.
Hopkins, Henry Jackson, C. G. Me-
Cutchen, Marshall J. Clark, Hoke
Smith, J. S. Bigbv, Mark H. Bland-
ford, P. L. Mynatt, Joel Branham, N.
J. Hammond, Alexander S. Erwin,
George Hillyer, E. N. Broyles, Jas. S.
Hook. After the reading of the re¬
port there were speeches by Judge
Newman, Mr. W. C. Glenn, Judge
Marshall Clarke and others,
A. BENEFIT TO AMERICA.
Will the Peace Agreement Between
Japan and China Be.
Large opportunities for the intro-
duction of American machinery and
the investment of American capital are
offered by the peace agreement Japan
has just effected with China. A pro¬
vision is made that China shall here¬
after be open to the introduction of
all forms of modern machinery and
that such machinery shall be admitted
free of duty. should
American cotton machinery
benefit specially from the new open-
^ . Presented, , and . also , telephones , , ,
electric light*,, printing presses and
many other devices of civilization,
which heretofore have been kept out
0 f China. The emperor of China has
heretofore prohibited the introduction
0 f modern machinery. As a result the
Chinese are using wooden plows simi-
] ar t Q those used centuries ago. Mod-
e rn tools are included under the head
0 f a machinery aud mechanical de-
yj oej eo that the American plows and
all other implements and tools will en-
ter China free of duty.
it is stated that cotton machinery
will be brought at onoe into extensive
use, thus enlarging the demand for
the raw cotton of the southern states.
Tho Chinese use so much cotton that
the emperor granted a monopoly of
using cotton machinery to the viceroy
of the southern provinces of China,
He has since produced large quanti-
ties and has prevented the Brit-
ieh and Americans at Shanghai and
elsewhere from using similar machin-
ery. Now, however, the viceroy’s
monopoly is at an end, and American
machinery is expected to be freely in-
troduced throughout the empire,
RAILWAY CONDUCTORS
*'°^' ^ ^I,?.'. ® i ® nnial
Convention ti at Atlanta Ga.
^ The biennial conven-
ion of f the Order of Kail way Conduc-
tors met in Atlanta last Tuesday with
nearl 7 three hundred and fifty dele-
g ft tes in attendance,
In addition to the delegates there
we re over six hundred visiting conduc-
tors who were interested in the pro¬
ceedings. The meeting was called to
order by Mr. M. J. Land, chief con¬
ductor division 180, in a few appro-
priate £ words. Governor Atkinson wel-
omed the Order of Bail way / Oonduc-
tors ^ Georgja in a neat nd appro .
priate speech, after which organiza¬
tion was perfected and the business of
the convention begun.
There were 2,000 delegates and visi-
tors to the convention of the conduc-
tors and the ladies’ auxiliary. They
partially filled all the hotels and some
of the boarding houses of the city,
Altgeld’s Vetoes,
Governor Altgeld, of Illinois, has
solA B message to the house vetoing
the Miller gas (frontage) bill and also
one the senate vetoing the Crawford
and e i eva ted street railway bills,
“In Union, Strength and Prosperity Abonnd.”
CAPITAL GOSSIP.
ITEMS OP NEWS PICKED UP AT
THE NATIONAL CAPITAL.
Sayings and Doings of the Official
Heads of the Government.
Secretary Gresham has made rapid
progress towards recovery in the past
few days.
The navy department has received
a cablegram from Admiral Carpenter
stating that the cruiser Charleston was
disabled at Nagasaki, having broken
her port low-pressure piston.
Secretary Carlisle announces the
following dates upon which he will
deliver speeches on the financial ques-
tion: At Covington, Ky., Monday,
May 20th; before the Memphis “sound
23d;‘at money” convention, Thursday, May
Bowling Green, Ky., Satur-
day, May 25th; at Louisville, Tues-
day, May 28th. The secretary will
leave Washington next Sunday after- All
noon, going direct to Covington.
the addresses will be delivered in the
evening, except that at Memphis,
which will be delivered in the after-
noon.
An . organized _ movement . , has already , ,
begun xor the repeal of the income
ax Jaw. Representative-elect Francis
Wilson, of Brooklyn, has been select-
ed to lead the fight lor repeal m the
house next December. A thoroughly
conducted campaign will be m.de
against the law in every city and ham-
et in the United States, with a view
to presenting to congress a monster
petition urging the immediate repeal
of „ the ,, tax The machinery . necessary
to accomplish tins end was constructed
prior to the order of the court for a
reargument, but when the court agreed
to reopen the case, proceedings were
suspended pending action by the
cour B
Little doubt is felt at Washington
that when the supreme court an-
nounces its decision on the income
tax, it will sustain the constitutionality
of the act, with the exception of the
exceptions made in its former decis¬
ion. There is excellent authority for
the statement that at the consultation
of the justices, Justice Jackson voted,
with Justices Brown, White, Harlan
and Shiras, to sustain 1he constitu¬
tionality of the income tax law, and
that the vote when announced will
stand five to four in favor of the law.
It is learned that Justice Jackson’s at¬
titude was understood by his col¬
leagues on the bench before he re¬
turned to Washington. He has at all
times been fully advised ns to the
merits of the case and was furnished
with the record and the lawyers’ briefs,
so that he was fully prepared to vote
when the justices met in consultation.
The Cotton Acreage.
The cotton report, as consolidated
by the statistician of the department
of agriculture for the month of May,
relates to the progress of cotton plant-
ing and contemplated acreages. The
amount of the proposed breadih plant-
ed prior to the lst of May was 78.5
per cent, against 81.6 last year and
85.3 the year before, which is 10 points
lower than the acreage usually planted
at that date. The returned estimates
of area planted by the states are as
follows: North Carolina, 55; South
Carolina, 75; Georgia, 79; Florida, 95;
Alabama, 87; Mississippi, 84; Louisi¬
ana, 86; Texas, 75; Arkansas, 79; Ten¬
nessee, 79. The delay was caused
principally by a cold backward spring,
while in some sections it was the re¬
sult of dry weather. The indications
at present point to about the usual
acreages in the states of North and
South Carolina, Georgia, Alabama and
Arkansas, and a reduction in the states
of Mississippi, Louisiana, Texas and
Tennessee.
Railroad Commissioners Convene.
The seventh annual convention of
railroad commissioners of the various
states convened at Washington Tues¬
day morning with an attendance rep¬
resenting almost every state in the
union that exercises authority over
the movements of railroads and freight
transportation. This meeting differed
from those that have preceded it in
that there were present a number of
members of the association of Ameri¬
can Bailway Accounting Officers, who
will join in the discussion of such top¬
ics as may come before the organiza¬
tion. The discussion will be devoted
to general subjects of interest to dele¬
gates but will be turned especially in
the direction of railway statistics, uni¬
form classification of freights and leg¬
islation, the committee appointed directed at
the last meeting having been
to submit a report on these" matters
to this session. The convention was
called to order by President Allen
Fort, of Georgia, who made an ad¬
dress outlining the proposed work of
the session.
Carlisle’s Speeches.
A Washington special says: Secre¬
tary Carlisle has two distinct objects
in view in the speaking tonr he has
just formally announ'ced. He goes to
Memphis to present the administra¬
tion’s side of the money question, and
he goes to Kentucky to square himself
with his old democratic constituents.
who insist upon the charge that, since
assuming his present office, he has re¬
versed himself as to silver. The one
speech—the Memphis speech—will be
addressed to the country at largo, while
the speeches delivered in Kentucky will
be in a certain sense local in their
topio and treatment. The Kentucky
speeches will exceed the Memphis
speech in interest. The administra¬
tion’s attitude on finance is already
understood. Mr. Carlisle, at best,
a >" witl > a11 of bi8 P°" ers of clear
statement, can only , hope to emphasize
it. But the secretary of the treasury
is a great national figure, a d the
charge of a sudden change of oane on
his part on a matter so important as
the free an 1 unlimited coinage of sil¬
ver, is not only calculated to put him
on his mettle and make him declare
w hat his metal is, but will necessarily
bring out explanations and points of
much historical and other value,
The Cotton Movement.
Complete , , and , revised . , statements
furnished the department of agr.cul-
tur “ at Wash.ngton by the railway
and water transportation companies of
the cotton movement from the south-
«u states to ports and northern and
eastern to P 0 April . 1Qt8 , i 1, ro 189o, “ Ji e 8 ,anl together “f of with tao
season
returns made by the departmen s
comity agents ot the amount of cotton
remaining * on plantations * and in in-
tmor t wn8 n A u l8t , and the
am0UIlts reported by mills as bought
{rom 8 4 tember lst to April i Bt) show
ftH foJ|o s . Total rai]way movement,
8 496 127 . relQ aining on plantations,
384 880 ; bought by mills, 602,-
g96 Total crop, 9,482,913.
In addition to the above m ;u pur .
phages are to be added n ;9 65 bales
1 ht b A]abam a, Mississippi, Geor-
gia, Tennessee, North and South Caro-
]inP , mills from Btates in which their
mi u 8 are rot i 0C atecT; also 19,601
ba j es b ought by Virginia and 12,266
bale8 boug ht by Kentucky mills, all of
which aro included in railway move-
making a total of 646,128 bales
reported by southern mills as bought
from September 1, 1894, to April 1,
1895. No deduction has been made
of cotton remaining on plantations
and in interior towns on September 1,
1894.
They Must Go Back.
Following the precedent established
in the case of Levi P. Morton’s under
coachman, Howard, in New York, the
United States court at New Orleans
has decided that the secretary of the
treasury is the judge of the law and
the facts as to whether immigrants
are in this country in compliance
with the law, and bis decision
in the matt.er(is final. The case in
which this principle was reasserted
arose in Key West, Fla., in January,
1894, a Cuban cigar firm imported
from Havana forty-six cigar makers.
The immigrant bureau at Washington,
after an exhaustive examination, ex¬
tending over several months and sev¬
eral oral hearings before Secretary
Carlisle and Superintendent Stump,
decided that the cigar makers in ques-
tion came into this country in vioJa-
tion of the alien contract labor
law. The men were ordered deported,
Writs of habeas corpus were sued
out before Judge Bowman, who re-
leased all the men. An appeal from
this action was taken by the treasury
department and now Judge Bowman
is overruled and the treasury officials
sustained in their right. Commis¬
sioner General Stump Tuesday after¬
noon directed Immigrant Inspector
Bethel, at Key West, Fla., by tole-
graph, to at once make preparations
for the arrest and deportation of the
cigar makers in question.
O’SHEA WAS BLACKLISTED,
And Is Suing the Railroad Companies
for.Damages.
William J. O’Shea has commenced
three suits for damages, at Toledo,
Ohio, in the sum of $10,000 in each
case, against the Lake Shore, Ohio
Central and Wabash railroad compa¬
nies. The suits are based on the alle¬
gation that as a result of his discharge
and boycott during the American
Railway Union strike and bis subse¬
quent blacklisting, he is unable to se¬
cure employment on any road. He was
for a long time in the employ of the
Lake Shore road. He avers that his
name is on the blacklist books of the
roads and that he has seen it there.
The case will be watched with great
interest in the railroad world, for
should it be successful a hundred
others would Boon follow.
FULTON GORDON DISCHARGED.
The Judge Says That He Did Right in
Killing Brown.
At Louisville, Ky., Thursday, Judge
Thompson, after listening to Gordon- argu¬
ments for four hours in the
Brown murder case, decided that Ful¬
ton Gordon Bhould not be held for
trial, and discharged him from cus¬
tody. Judge Thompson, after the
closing argument, said: careful¬
“I have listened to the case
ly and have consulted the authorities.
It is my delibeiate judgment that this
man is not only not guilty in law, but
his action will teach adulterers
when they ply their nefarious calling
they are standing upon a precipice
from which they are in danger of be¬
ing dashed at any moment. The pris¬
oner is discharged.’’
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SHERIFF’S SALES.
Irwin County Unreturned Wild Land
Tax Hales for June, 1895.
Georgia —Irwin County.—
Under and by virtue of sundry tax
fi fas issued by J. W. Paulk, tax col¬
lector of said county, against nnre-
turned wild lands, I will offer for sale
before the court house door in Irwin-
ville, Ga., between the legal hours of
sale to the highest bidder for cash, on
the first Tuesday in June next, the
following described lots of land, to-
wit:
Lot of land No. 227, in the 4th
district of said county, containing 496
acres more or less, levied on and to be
sold for unpaid taxes, state and county
tax for the year 1894.
Also, at the same time and place, lot
of land No. 209, in the 4th distriot of
said county, containing 490 acres more
or less, levied on and to be sold for
unpaid state and county tax for the
year 1894.
Also, at the same time and place,
lot of land No. 114, in the 3rd district
of said county, containing 490 acres,
more or less, levied on and to be Bold
2rM4 Btate ttDd C ° Unty ^
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Also, at the same time and place, lot
of land No. 173, in the 2nd district
of said county, containing 490 aores,
more or less. Levied on and to be
sold for unpaid state and county tax
for the year 1894.
Also, at the same time and place,lot
of. land No. 39, in the 3d district of
said county, except 100 aores, more or
less in the south-east corner, levied on
and to be sold for unpaid state and
county tax for the year 1894. This,
March 4, 1895, Jbsse Paulk,
4tf Sheriff I. C.
Nason’s
Delivery
Wagon
Will be in Sycamore|twice a week,
bringing Fresh Meats, Sausage
and Vegetables. Go to Nasan’a
Market, next door to hotel, for
Cheap
Groceries.
Fish every Thursday and Satur¬
day. Fresh Oysters every Satur¬
day.
WANTED!
:o:-
One Good Wheelwright
and Wood Work in an to
work in wagon, building Address
and repair shop.
Minnie M’f’g Co.,
Minnie, Ga.
Lar&e quantity best va¬
riety Tobacco Plants for
sale at $10.00 per thou¬
sand, f. o. b. Cycloneta.
D. G-. IRBY,
Ix-1fcrsr. Ga.
1.00 A Year.
GEORGIA
IMMIGRATION
AND
INVESTMENT BUREAU
ATLANTA, GA.
Ex-MJJortaen j
MANAGER. ,
PROPERTY
FOR SALE IN
IRWIN COUNTY
! i._2 940 acres in the 3d district
T'ith 125 acres in a high state of culti-
i
' Tation Produces 30 to 40 bushels of
-
corn or bale of cotton per aore. Bal¬
ance of land the best timbered in the
state. Thirteen miles east of Syca¬
more and four miles west of Irwin-
ville. Prioe, $13,500 cash.
2— 245 acres one mile north of Ir-
winville and six miles from Tifton &
North Eastern B. B. 60 acres in cul¬
tivation with good new residence and
other improvements; balanoe land
thick with fine yellow pine timber.
Price $3,500 cash.
3— One 3-room house and acre lot in
town of Sycamore, convenient to
Methodist church, institute and depot.
Best location in the town for resi¬
dence. Price only $350 cash.
4— One 5-room house and lot 200x200
feet in town of Sycamore, close in.
Price $425 caBh.
5— One 5-room house, new, and sev¬
en acres land in town of Sycamore;
ample quantity and variety of choice
fruits for family demand. The very
place for small truck farm. Can get
more land adjoining. All in 3 min¬
utes walk of the depot. Price $1,700,
on easy payments.
Iu Worth County.
6—Lots of land Nos. 12 and 13, i»
the 7th distriot of Worth county, con¬
taining 490 aores each; bo improve¬
ments, but well timbered. Only R. 3
miles from Xnaha, G. S. & F. K.
Price $2,100 cash.
All of the above properties are very
desirable and well worth the price we
ask.
It is not our purpose to “skin” you
but to give you a warrantee deed to
the property when you inspect it and
pay the price agreed upon.
For fuller information about this or,
any other property in south Georgia,
write to A. G. DeLOACH,
Immigration Agent, Sycamore, Ga.
WARM WEATHER
Experienced in Chicago and Other
Western Cities.
Last Friday was the hottest day on
record for Chicago for this time of the
year, 90 degrees in the shade at the
Auditorium tower station of the gov¬
ernment bureau being marked on the
thermometer at 5 o’clock p. m.
A special from , Indianapolis says:
Friday was the hottest May day in In¬
diana in twenty-four years. The ther¬
mometer reached 94.
At Des Moines, la., the heat was in¬
tense, the thermometer several hours
standing at 94, and at Madison, Wis.,
Friday was the hottest day for that sec¬
tion of the state ever known this time
of the year.
Lager beer is ousting English ale
and stout from the markets of the
1 world.