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The Irwin County News.
Oiliriiil Organ of Irwin County.
A. c. DELOACH, Editor and Proprietor.
THROUGH GEORGIA.
BITS OF NEWS GATHERED FROM
OVER THE STATE,
Being a Summary pf Interesting Hap¬
penings From Day to Day.
There are three negroes in Lee coun¬
ty whose combined ages aggregate 310
years. *
* *
Oglethorpe is now blessed with two
telegraph offices and a telephone world. con-
neotion with the balance of tho
More than a thousand barrels of
pears have been shipped from Valdos¬
ta by express this season. They
brought from $4 to $6 per barrel.
Two of the largest sawmill plants in
the state are among the possibilities
for Colquitt in a few months. They
will employ about two hundred hands.
The watermelon business in South
Georgia has been, If not a failure, a
complete disappointment. Cars which
sold for $100 wero eaten up with
freight and commissions.
* * *
This year will be a memorable one
in the history of Irwin county for its
much bridge building; contracts for
nearly 10,000 feet have been awarded,
and still there is more to follow.
Complaint comes from all sections of
the country to the effect that cotton is
shedding—in some places it is abso¬
lutely ruined. Corn is made and oth¬
er crops, such as cane, potatoes, etc.,
are fine.
* * *
A veteran who -testifies that his age
is 105 has applied to the stato for a
pension undjr tho indigent pension
act. He is IV. A. Kilpatrick, and his
home is in Bartow county.
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*
The twelfth annual reunion of the
thirty-eighth Georgia regiment will be
held at Clarkston on the 26 th of Sep¬
tember. The Confederate Veterans’
Association, both county and monu¬
mental, will be present that day. Gov¬
ernor Atkinson with his staff with Gen¬
erals Gordon and Evans with other
distinguished gentlemen will be invit¬
ed to be present.
* * *
Notwithstanding Uncle Charley Bes-
ser iB eighty-five years of age, he is al¬
ways np and doing when anything will
comes forward which he thinks
benefit the town. He was the first one
to subscribe anything to the Dahlone-
ga railroad—$500. The old gentleman
is very much enthused over the matter
and says that ho feels like he will live
long enough to ride on this road yet.
Cartersville’s new bank is now a cer¬
tainty, an organization of the banking
stock having been already secured.
The new bank will be called the bank
of Cartersville, and will do business at
the old stand of the Howard bank.
It will have ample capital, and being
established on the co-operative plan,
individual subscriptions to the stock
being limited to $100, distributes the
shares so as to interest many persons
right at the beginning.
•» .. * * *
The hearing of the Western and At¬
lantic right of way ease before the spe¬
cial commission appointed by the state
came to a temporary stop at Atlanta
Saturday afternoon by the completion
of the evidenoe. The testimony is now
all in as to the question of whether the
right of way used by the Central rail¬
road between Forsyth and Loyd streets
in the city of Atlanta does not belong
to the state road. Arguments will not
be heard until the 17th of September,
because it has been determined to have
all the evidenoe typewritten before the
speeches commence. The commission
adjourned until that time.
The South Brunswick Terminal
Railroad Company has been the reorgan¬ South
ized under the name of
Brunswick Railway Company, and a
charter has been granted the new
company by Secretary Candler, The
road waB sold at receiver’s Bale by or¬
der of the court and was bought in by
Mr. Hiram H. Steele and Mr. John B.
Keer, of New York. They havo reor¬
ganized it and capitalized it for $500,-
000. The road runs from Colonel’s
Island in Glynn oounty to Waynesville
in Wayne county. It is said that sev¬
eral of the short roads in that vicinity
will combine with the new road, which
will be extended so that it will connect
with the Southern.
Opening Exposition Program.
The committee appointed by Presi¬
dent Collier for the purpose of ar¬
ranging a program for the opening day
exeroisos of tho expypition, adopted
the following:
“Salute to Atlanta”—Composed Gilmore’s by
Victor Herbert. band.
Prayer. address President
Introductory by
Collier. Address on behalf of wo¬
man’s board, by Mrs. Thompson.
SYCAMORE, Hi WIN COUNTY, GA,. FRIDAY, AUGUST 16, 1895.
Address of welcome on behalf of
state by Governor Atkinson.
Address of welcome on behalf of
city by Mayor King.
Chorus.
Oration.
Chorus.
Benediction.
-Starting of machinery by President
Cleveland from Gray Gables.
National salute.
The exoroises will begin at noon of
the opening day and will be concluded
before three o’clock and the grounds
will then be declared open.
Colonel W. L. Kellogg, who is in
command of the Fifth Regiment at
Fort McPherson, will be. asked to take
charge as marshal of the day of the
parade. If he accepts the program
for the formation of those who will
take part, and tho line of march will
probably be left to him.
The Contest in the Tenth.
The race between Messrs. Black and
Watson, in the tenth district, is, no
doubt, the only instance in the country
in which a congressman voluntarily
resigned h is seat to contest a seoond
time The for the privilege of holding It,
convention to nominate Major
Blaok will meet In Crawfordville, and
nearly, if not all the delegates, will go
nninstruoted. This remarkable eleo-
tion is the result of au agreement be¬
tween Blaok and Watson. Mr. Watson
was nominated by the populists in the
early spring.
Governor Atkinson has authorized
the secretary of state to call the elec¬
tion for the second day of next Octo¬
ber.
The coming election will take plaoe
under the registration law passed by
the last session of tho legislature, and
will be the first general election held
under that act.
The new law provides that the judge
of tho circuit shall appoint a board of
registrars who shall look over the reg¬
istration books and perfect a list. Af¬
ter the registration books are closed,
which must be at least twenty days be¬
fore tho election, the clerk of the
court, the ordinary and the sheriff
must make a list of all those who are
disqualified, on account of crimes
committed and must submit this list to
the registrars. With this they purge
the registration list and make a oorrect
registration sheet, from which the
election must be held and any man
whose name is not on the list cannot
vote.
Sold the Bridge Only.
Still anotl er effort to sell the Mari¬
etta and Noith Georgia railway was and
made at Marietta last Saturday,
this time with partial, success.
Th> property was offered in five dif¬
ferent sections, and then as a whole.
The minimum price for the whole was
required to be $942,000, andacertified
check for $125,000 had to be deposited
before bidding. The first part offered
was that section of the road locatod in
Tennessee, exclusive of the bridge and
track across the Tennessee river at
Knoxville. No bid was received. The
bridge and track and right of way
across the Tennessee river was then
offered. A certified check for this had
been deposited by NJr. R. D. T. Law¬
rence for $5,000, and Colonel Jerome
Templeton, in behalf of Mr. Lawrenoe
and others, then bid the $40,000 upset,
prioe required in the decree for the
bridge. The Georgia sections and
North Carolina sections of the road
were then offered and then the whole
property without any further hid.
Those associated with Mr. Lawrenoe
in purchasing the bridge are: V. E.
McBee, superintendent of the Sea¬
board Air-line; S. P. Gordon, United
States marshal at Knoxville; R. W.
Kellar, a contractor; Charles Living¬
ston, a contractor, and Thomas Mo-
Farland, a contractor. They are cred¬
itors of the Knoxville Southern, which
means that portion of the Marietta
and North Georgia extending from
Bine Ridge to Knoxville. Their pur¬
chase will hold if the court within
days does not reject their bid.
The State University’s Exhibit.
The University of Georgia will have
at the Ootton States and International
exposition one of the most interesting
exhibits ever made by an educational
institution in America. The old uni¬
versity is full of precious memories
and interesting traditions and an ex¬
amination of thoir exhibits will be in¬
teresting. Campbell
Professor J. P. has the
work in charge of getting up the ex¬
hibit and has been working faithfully
during the summer. The historical
feature of tlie exhibit will be of special
interest. It will show by the means
of charts, neatly arranged, just what
the graduates of the university have
done after graduating.
In national affairs it will show that
the university has contributed one sec¬
retary of the treasury, eight United
States senators and over forty con-
greastnen. confederate affairs it will show
In a
vice-president, seoretary of state, three
assistant secretaries of departments,
two senators and fifteen congressmen,
In state legislation it will show eight
governors, sixty senators and nearly
150 representatives. irreligious
As against the charge of
surroundings it will show that of its
“In Union, Strength and Prosperity Abound.”
graduates nearly 200 have risen to
eminence as ministers of the gospel.
In the department of education it
will show a list of names of over 200 !
high grade teachers.
On the bench it will show 123 judges
of the supreme court and the superior
courts.
The different departments at the
university will have excellent exhibits
and a full line of textbooks used there
will be on exhibit. Of especial inter¬
est the alumni of the institution will
be the photographs and relics that will
reooll ,, to them the scones of , college „
iife Prominent among these will bo
a photo of old Bhud lub, known to
all university men who attended since
DR. BUSH APPOINTED
As Principal Physician of Georgia’s
Penitentiary.
Dr. T. M. McIntosh, principal
keeper of the penitentiary, has re¬
signed. His resignation was sent to
Governor Atkinson some three weeks
ago. It was accepted, and Dr. E. B.
Bush, of Colquitt, Miller county, was
tendered the position.
The announcement caused great sur¬
prise throughout the state, as it was
thought that Dr. McIntosh was se¬
curely installed in offioe. The fact
that the physician relinquished his
offioe was kept severely quiet for some
time. When the letter containing his
resignation came in the gqvcrnor was
convalescent from his extrema illness,
and it was not deemed wise to make
public the fact until a suitable suc¬
cessor could be selected in order that
the flood of applicants might be
ohecked. In the meantime Dr. Bush
accepted the appointment.
For some time Dr. McIntosh had
his resignation under consideration.
Since his appointment ho has found
that the duties attendant upon his of¬
fice require his absenoe from Thomas-
ville, where he resides, so frequently
that it is impossible to keep up with
his home practice.
He found also that to attend to the
affairs devolving upon him it would
be necessary to move to Atlanta. This
he did not care to do, and it was for
this that he decided, after long con¬
sideration, to send in his resignation
to the governor.
DISREGARDED CONTRACTS.
Members of the Bond Syndicate Dis¬
cover Some Schemers.
The government bond syndicate
added $1,346,000 to the gold reserve
in the United States treasury Tues¬
day. The deposit was made at the
subtreasury in New York. It was
mainly in checks issued by the assay
offioe for gold bullion delivered to that
institution. Some coin was furnished.
The assay office checks wero purchas¬
ed by the syndicate from bullion
dealers. The syndicate is to supply
more gold.
Arbuckle Bros., the woll-known cof¬
fee importers, withdrew $750,000 in
gold during the day for shipment to
Europe. The withdrawal, it is statod,
was made only after a meeting of the
members of tho syndicate. As tho
story runs, the syndicate after o close
investigation discovered that all tho
members were not adhering to their
original contract in regard to gold
shipments—that two well-known firms,
instead of appearing in the matter
themselves, used the house which has
reoently done the bulk of the shipping
of the yellow metal. It has been said
for some little time that Crossman &
Bro., were Dot forwarding gold in such
large quantities to meet that payments bills on
tho firm’s account, hut its
were sold against the gold for the
profits accruing directly from such
operations. Arbuckle Bros, are rec¬
ognized as competitors of Crossman &
Bro., and shared in the bond syndi¬
cate profits, whereas Crossman & Bro.
were not in the deal. While the syn¬
dicate members would speak only in
whispers, it is evident that they have
discovered treachery in their camp and
have taken the initiatory steps to inside pun¬
ish the offenders. When the
facts are known, they are liable to
cause considerable commotion in
financial circles.
Having made enormous profits
through their participation in the syn¬
dicate operations, it was believed for
a moment that any of the foreign ex¬
change houses would ship gold and
thus hamper the Belmont-Morgan in¬
terests, which have been striving to
keep the treasury gold reserve as high
as possible.
BICKERING OVER THE BELL.
Tho Courts Ashed to Keep “Old Liber¬
ty” Away from Atlanta.
A bill in equity has been filed in the
common pleas court at Philadelphia to
have an injunction issued restraining
the city from taking the Liberty Bell
to the Atlanta exposition. G. Mor¬
The bill is filed by Thomas
ton, Wm. F. Frazier, Wm. S. Bligb,
Wendell B. Bowman, Joel J. Bailey, and
Samuel R. Shipley, Harry Rogers
George Phillips, citizens and taxpay¬
ers, in behalf of themselves and all
others who may care to intervene.
The bill sets forth that the bell is too
preoious and historic to be endanger¬
ed by such a long journey.
PARLIAMENT OPENS.
GULLYRE-ELECTED SPEAKER OF
THE HOUSE.
The Liberal Members Showed Up In
Flue Force.
The English house of commons as-
sembled at London Monday morning,
There was a large attendance of mem-
bers. Tho government benches at an
early hour wero crowded to excess and
many membeBs were compelled to take
refuge in the cross benches. The lib¬
eral and Irish benches were not
crowded early in the day. Among the
Irish members of parliament present
was T. M, Healey, who sat between
Mr. T. P. O’Connor and Mr. Edward
Blaka Also present on the Irish
benches were Mr. T. D. Sullivan, Mr.
John Dillon, Mr. Charles K. D. Tan¬
ner and other distinguished leaders of
the Irish nationalist party. Later in
the day, however, the liberal benches
became orowded and when the pro¬
ceedings commenced, the liberals had
showed up in fine farce.
The right Hon. *r John Mowbray,
Bart moved the re-eleotion of Mr.
William Court Gully as speaker of the
house, and congratulated the house
upon being able to open itB proceed¬
ings with such an act and without a
dissenting voice. He pointed out that
Mr. Gully had eminently proved his
fitness for the post.
The liberal whip, Mr. Thomas E.
Ellis, member of parliament for Meri-
otehire, seoonded the motion and com¬
plimented Balfour, the conservative leader, Mr.
on the course he had taken in
this connection.
Mr. Gully then thanked the house
for the honor done him, which he said
he did not think he owed to personal
considerations, but to the manner in
which he hoped he had acquitted him¬
self during his term of office. The
speaker was then conducted to the
chair amid loud cheers from all parts
of the house.
Upon assuming the chair Mr. Gully
again thanked the house for the honor
done him and the mace was then laid
upon the table.
Mr. Balfour oongratulated Mr. Gul¬
ly upon his re-election in a few words,
expressing confidence in his impar¬
tiality.
Sir William Vernon Harconrt, on
bohalf of the liborals, also congratu¬
lated Mr, Gully, but it was noticed
that he was not cheered as warmly as
was Mr. Balfour.
The house of commons then adjourn¬
ed until Tuesday.
FOUGHT ONE ROUND.
Fitzsimmons and Corbett Have a
Lively and Unexpected Meeting.
Bob Fitzsimmons and James J. Cor¬
bett came to blows in Philadelphia
Saturday night at Green’s hotel.
Fitzsimmons had just come down from
the Winter circus, where he bad been
giving a bag-punching exhibition. He
was going over to the eating bar to get
a luncheon with his boxing partner,
Thomas Forrest.
Corbett, his brother Joseph, W. A.
Brady and John MoVey, a member of
Corbett’s company, were standing near
the clerk’s desk at the end of the bar,
as Fitzsimmons and Forrest passed in.
The Corbett party had been
drinking and in a spirit of
braggadocio Corbett attempted to
pull Fitzsimmon’s nose. The latter
backed away, but Corbett followed up
and Fitzsimmons finally resisted. In
a moment there was a general melee.
Brady picked up a chair and attempt¬
ed to brain Fitzsimmons, and the lat¬
ter threw him to one side. Corbett’s
brother then took a band in the gamo.
He struck Fitzsimmon in the mouth,
cutting his lip. Forrest came to Fitz-
simmons’ assistance and he and Joe
Corbett ware tusseling about the place,
knoking chairs and tables to the right
and left.
Meanwhile Corbett was trying MoVey to
get at Fitzsimmons and then
got into the struggling crowd. See¬
ing the odds against him, Fitzsimmons
picked up a heavy water decanter and
hurled it at Brady and Joe Corbett.
The flying bottle went wide of its
mark, and striking a heavy iron col¬
umn, was mashed into thousands of
fragments. As soon as they could re¬
cover from their astonishment, the
attaches of the plaoe rushed at the
struggling crowd of exoited pugilists But
and attempted to separate them.
it was a hard, job and a reserve force of
polioe officers were called In and in a
few moments the men were separated.
Corbett and his party left the place.
Fitzsimmons sat down to have his
luncheon, but he was too excited to
enjoy it, gnd after partaking of a small
portion of it he gave up the attempt
and went out for a walk. His clothes
were somewhat disarranged and his
shirt torn. One of his hands were
bleeding and it looked as if it had been
cut with a pen knife, or some stnall
weapon, although the wound might
have been made by a piece of glass
from the'broken decanter. No arrests
were made.
In a false quarrel there is no true
valor.
THE BUILDING FELL
And Many Workmen Thereon Caught
in the Crash.
Au eight-story building in course of
oonstruotion at the northeast oorner
of West Third street and South Fifth
avenue, New York, fell Thursday
morning and a number of the work¬
men were carried down in the ruins.
Eighty odd men were working in the
building. The great dead’ majority esoaped.
One was taken out and four in¬
jured, but alive. A dozen or more are
missing.
All of the dead, injured and missing
wero workmen, plasterers, carpenters
and electrical fitting men.
A policeman was near the sceno
when the accident occurred. He said
he heard the roar of tho falling build¬
ing and immediately after it saw a
horse running away.
Hurrying towards the animal, he
saw the cloud of dust near Third street
and turned towards it. There he saw
two men struggling in a pile of debris.
He pulled the men out and began to
release a third when the floor beneath
gave way and let him down into the
basement. He was terribly bruised
and it is feared his back was broken.
The structure was to be ah office and
warehouse building, the property of
John Ireland, real estate dealer. It
is supposed that one of the supports
in the oentre of the third floor gave
way and let the upper stories fall,
crushing the lower floors.
What adds to the confusion is that
a number of the men who were en¬
gaged on the building soon after the
accident occurred left the soene. This
makes it impossible to state just how
many men are actually missing and
tho true number will not be known
until these have reported to the fore¬
man.
The ruins fill the centre of the
building with broken timber, twisted
iron girders and columns, brick, laths
and plaster. It makes a mound as
high as the second floor and is a mass
as dense and hard to handle as a bank
of clay.
It is said that seven men were at
work in the cellar directly under the
centre of the wreck. The building
was filled with plasterers, electricians,
plumbers, gas fitters and laborers.
Contractor Parker and Foreman Seig-
mann have both been arrested.
It was said at the scene of the disas¬
ter that the causo was undoubtly the
overloading of the sixth floor with
plaster and building material.
Searching the Ilulns,
The work of clearing away the
wreckage of the collapsed eight-story
building at West Broadway and West
Third streets was systematically be-
gun. has
But one of the missing men re¬
ported, and it is believed that at least
ten bodies will be found in the ruins.
The bodies of two more victims
were discovered in the ruins shortly
before noon Friday. One was identi¬
fied as that of Michael Flynn. His
body was drawn from beneath a mass
of wreokage on the first floor. Tho
other body was not identified. It was
found beneath the first floor.
The body of the sixth victim is
thought to be that of Michael O’Hare,
a laborer, of 112 Walworth street,
Brooklyn. No positive identification
has yet; been made.
The revised liBt of the dead and
missing as furnished by the police is
as follows: John Burke, Brooklyn,
plasterer; Clans Peterson, electrician,
New York; Charles Smith, electrician,
New York; Michael Savage, plasterer,
Brooklyn; Michael Flynn, laborer,
New York; Michael O’Hare, laborer,
Brooklyn. Patrick Oashin, la¬
The missing: Conlin,
borer, Brooklyn; Patrick
plasterer, Brooklyn; James Grosso,
New York; Edward Hanley, plasterer,
Brooklyn; John Murphy, laborer,
Brooklyn; Christopher O’Rourke,
Brooklyn; Augustus Phillips, New
York; George Smith, iron . worker,
New York; Wm. Hayets, Brooklyn.
SEVENTEEN ROBBERS KILLED.
Executed by Mexican Authorities for
Robbing a Messenger.
Advices from Fronteras, Sonora,
Mex., say that six weeks ago Colonel
John Weirs, a messenger, was killed
and $6,000 taken by highwaymen in
Sonora, south of Bisbee. The Mexi¬
can authorities have pursued the ban¬
dits with unrelenting vigor. Seven¬
teen of the number, who were in some
way concerned in tho affa’r, have been
oonvioted and shot. One of the ac¬
cused was an American. Forty others
who belonged to or sympathized with
the robbers have been pressed into the
Mexican army. Nearly all who were
taken were from Fronteras. All of
the robbers who had infested that re¬
gion have been shot or are under ar¬
rest.
To Consider the Paper Trust.
A meeting of newspaper publishers
throughout the country at some cen¬
trally located city is contemplated at
an early day to consider the question
of tho paper manufacturers’ trust,
wh’ch has been lately organized. The
movement for the meeting has its ori¬
gin, it is said, with the American
Newspaper Publishers’ Association.
1.00 A Tear.
VOL. VI. NO. 25 .
GEORGIA
IIMCRATION
AND
INVESTMENT BUREAU
ATLANTA, GA.
Ex-Got. I. J.Iortlien 5
MANAGER.
PROPERTY
FOR SALE IN
IRWIN COUNTY
1.—2,040 aores in ths 3d district
with 125 acres in a high state of culti¬
vation, produces 80 to 40 bushels of
corn or bale of ootton per acre, Bal-
ance of land the best timbered in the
state. Thirteen miles east of Syoa-
more and four miles west of Irwin-
ville. Price, $13,500 oash. Ir-
2— 245 aores one mile north of
winville and six miles from Tifton &
North Eastern R. R. 60 acres in cul¬
tivation with good new residence and
other improvements; balance land
thick with fine yellow pine timber.
Price $3,500 cash. lot in
3— One 3-room house and acre
town of Sycamore, convenient to
Methodist ohurch, 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 cash.
5— One 5-room house, new, and sev-
en acres land in town of Sycamore; choice
ample quantity and variety of
fruits for family demand. The very
place for small truck farm Oan get
more land adjoining. All ia. 3 njil)-
utes walk of the depot. Price $1,700,
on easy payments.
In Worth County.
6—Lots of land Nos. 12 and 18, in
the 7th district of Worth county, con¬
taining 490 aores each; no improve¬
ments, but well timbered. 1 Only 8
miles from Inaha, G. S. & E . R. R.
Price $2,100 oash.
All of the above well properties worth the price are very
desirable and 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. this
For fuller information about or
any other property in south Georgia,
write to A. G. DeLOACH,
Immigration Agent, Sycamore, Ga.
TRAIN HELD UP BY ROBBERS.
They Get Into the Safe and Slake Way
With Much Booty.
The westbound Now York and
Chicago express on the Lake Shore
and Michigan Southern railroad was
held up by six masked men at 12:30
Wednesday morning at a lonely plaoe
in the woods known as Reed siding,
between Archibald and Stryker, O.
The train stops there to let the east-
ern express pass, The latter train was
approaching when the robbery took
place. The robbers were mounted
and rode out of the woods, which are
dense and close to the track.
Conductor Darling, who was stand¬
ing near one of the coaches, was order¬
ed inside at tho point of a revolver.
Admission to the express car was ob¬
tained by some means and the messen¬
ger wbb forced to open the Bale. The
robbers were entirely familiar with the
train. It is thought that employes the of
the railroad company or of ex¬
press company are implicated, It either
as principals or confederates. was
undoubtedly known to the bandits that
an unusually large sum was in the ex¬
press safe at the time. Tho amount
obtained is said to be $8,000, but it is
believed that a much larger sum was
taken. No attempt was made to mo¬
lest passengers, none of whom knew
anything of the occurrence. When
the thieves secured the contents of ths
safe they rode quietly away.
BEN AND MARION SPEAK.
They Entertain a Large Crowd at Con¬
cord, N. C.
Senator Ben Tillman, of South Car-
alina, and Marion Butler, of North
Carolina, spoke 5 to 3,000 people at
Concord, N. ( ., Tuesday. They both
made strong free silver speeohes.
While not flatly coming out in favor
of a new party, there was a strong in¬
timation that way in the speeches of
both. They both advocated the get¬
ting together of all silver men of all
shades of opinion to nominate a presi¬
dent in 1896.
He who is in evil is also in tho pun¬
ishment of evil.