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The Irwin County News.
Official Organ of Irwin County.
A. p. D'.LOACH, Editor and Proprietor.
THROUGH GEORGIA.
BITS OF NEWS GATHERED FROM
OVER THE STATIC,
Being a Summary of Interesting Hap¬
penings From Day to Day.
Georgia’s governor and his stuff will
be in Chickamauga at noon September
19th, and will participate in all of tho
exercises ^tending the opeuing of the
national park.
He * *
The city court at Monroe county is
to be abolished. The jury aftor ex¬
amining the records of the city court
and books of the county commission¬
ers, entered into a full discussion of
the merits and demerits of tho court.
The jury then balloted on the ques-
tiod with the following result: To
abolish court, 13; against, 10.
Mr. W. S. Witham, of Atlanta, pres¬
ident in several banks in this and other
southern states, has organized a strong
bank in Davisboro. The stock was
over-subscribed and paid for on the
spot. A new bank building will at
once be erected. In the meanwhile
temporary quarters have been ar¬
ranged for, and the bank is expected
to begin business at once.
Wine-making is becoming a promi¬
nent industry in Lawrenceville. More
gallons have been made this year than
ever before. Right in the town fully
3,000 gallons have been made. Colo¬
nel T. E. Winn has made about 1,600,
Bagwell Brothers about 800 gallons
and J. B. Shackelford 500 gallons.
Other parties have made smaller quan¬
tities.—Athens News.
Vice-President and General Mana¬
ger W. B. Sparks, of the Georgia
Southern and Florida railway, has
been asked to resign by President
Wm. Checkley Shaw. There is no
bitter personal feeling between
Messrs. Sparks and Shaw, but it is
simyly a difference arising from re¬
fusal of Mr. Sparks to recognize Mr.
B. C. Smith, an appointee of Presi¬
dent Shaw.
* * *
The program f<5r tho International
Fire Chiefs to be held at Augusta next
month has been announced and prom¬
ises to be extremely interesting. A
special train has been procured to con¬
vey the chiefs attending the convention
to the exposition in a body, and ne¬
gotiations are on foot to engage one
from Atlanta to Augusta to those of
the chiefs who may wish to attend the
exposition first.
The prohibitionists of the state will
meet in annual convention at Atlanta,
on the 30th of October, for the pur¬
pose of considering matters of inter¬
est to the members, notably tho anti¬
barroom bill now pending before the
legislature. The president of the as¬
sociation, Hon. C. R. Pringle, of San-
dersville, and the secretary, Mr. A. A,
DeLoack, of Atlanta, have issued the
official call for the convention.
The synod of the Presbyterian
church of Georgia will meet at Macon
on November 20th next. This will be
the semi-centennial session and it has
special significance from the fact that
the synod was formed at Macon fifty
years ago. There will be from 200 to
250 delegates in attendance, consisting
of preachers, elders and deacons. The
semi-centennial exercises will be very
interesting. Some of the ablest and
most eloquent preachers in the south
are members of the synod of Georgia.
The plan for the rehabilitation of
the Savannah, Americus and Mont¬
gomery railroad has been unanimously
approved by the reorganization oom-
mittee, and promulgated by General
John Gill, chairman of the committee.
The plan provides for the raising of
$1,675,000, which is deemed sufficient
to wipe out the indebtedness of the
company, extend the road from Lyons
to Savannah and provide a considera¬
ble amount for the improvement of
the property. A new corporation has
been formed under the name of the
Georgia and Alabama railway.
* * *
Governor Atkinson has returned to
Atlanta from Lithia Springs, whore he
has been spending the last two weeks.
The governor walked into the execu¬
tive mansion with a steady step and
appeared much stronger than he has
been since the violent attack. In fact,
ha is pronounced by his physician,Dr.
Holmes, to be in a better condition
than he has yet been since the opera¬
tion. Dr. Holmes made a trip to the
Springs and removed the coating from
the wound caused by the operation.
In the meantime the wound has entire¬
ly, healed and will give the governor
no further trouble.
When the Brunswick State bank
failed it was a state depository and
had $30,000 of the state’s monoy on
hand, secured by local bondsmen.
Since the failure Receiver Brobstou
has paid off $23,000 of this debt. The
accumulated interest added to the bal¬
ance due makes $10,000 in round num-
SYCAMORE, IRWIN COUNTY, GA.. FRIDAY. SEPTEMBER 18, 1895.
hers yet due. Comptroller General
Wright has written that he can wait
no longer for a settlement of this bal-
uncr and unless the boudmneti pay up
the state’s attorneys will be instructed
to bring suit against them. He prom¬
ises, however, if tho bondsmen pay up
at once without suit, he will try and
get the legislature to refund the in¬
terest.
Atlanta is to have a new jail. This
was decided at a meeting of the coun¬
ty commissioners when the tax rate
was fixed for the county at $6.64 on
the thousand. Of this amount $2.20
on the thousand was levied for publio
buildings. This will raise about $100,-
000, $90,000 of which will be used for
building a new jail. The looation of
the new structure has not yet been de¬
oided npon. The direct tax for the
j nil will necessarily raiso the rate in
Fulton county, tho county rate being
$6.44 and tho state rate being $4.56,
the total rate for state and county
taxes being $11,00, or in plain figures
$11.10 taxes to bo paid ou every one
thousand dollars’ worth of property.
Tho dateB for the Bale of the Central
and Savannah and Western railroads
have been fixed. Judge William D.
Harden, who represents the reorgani¬
zation committee in Savannah, has re¬
ceived a letter stating that October 5
has been fixed as the date for the sale
of the Savannah and Western, and
October 7 the date on which the Cen¬
tral railroad and its property and
franchises will go under the auction¬
eer’s hammer. No reason is given as
to why the Savannah and Western is
to be the first property to go on the
block, but as the sale, in any event, is
only a matter of formality, it really
makes very little difference whiok
property is bought in first.
The Middle Georgia Horticultural
Society met at Experiment a few days
ago and proceeded to discuss the
causes leading to the financial failure
of the present year’s fruit crop.
Quite a large crowd was present and
listened attentively to addresses from
various members, prominent among
them being those given by Colonel J.
D. Boyd, Judge J. J. Hunt, George
C. Stewart, S. M. Wayman and Colo¬
nel F. W. Flynt. The causes fixed np¬
on were excessive freight rates, de¬
fective packing, lack of co-operation
of shippers and others. Various com¬
mittees wits appointed and the reg¬
ular routine of business gone through
with. This was perhaps the largest
meeting the society has yet held, and
the display of frpits and flowers were
especially fine.
The parade on the opening day of
the exposition will be one of the great¬
est in the history of Atlanta. There
will be no civic organizations in the
line which marches from the center of
the city to Piedmont park. It is to
bo a military procession entirely. Col¬
onel Kellogg, who has charge of the
arrangement for the parade, has an¬
nounced that he will confine the pa¬
rade to the military companies which
will be in Atlanta on that day. As a
result it is probable that the parado
will be the most imposing in the his¬
tory of the state. Every effort is be¬
ing made to induce the military com¬
panies from every portion of the state
and the surrounding states to join in
tho parade, and Colonel Candler ex¬
presses the belief thnt.there will be a
full brigade on hand.
FARMERS RESENT IT.
They Declare They Will Not Pay the
Extra Charge.
The warehousemen of Griffin have
announced that during the coming
season they would assess the farmers
15 cents per bale in addition to the
amount paid by the buyers. For
several years past the weighing has
been done free so far as the farmers
were concerned, and when the raise
was announced it caused a great big
kick.
One prominent planter from near
the city even went so far as to say
that he would haul his cotton to Jack-
son, a distance of twenty-one miles,
before he would pay the extra amount.
It is also said that a petition is being
circulated asking the farmers of the
surrounding territory to carry their
cotton to other markets.
On the other hand the warehouse¬
men claim that they have lost money
right along while the old system was
practiced, and claim that as the price
of cotton has gone up that the farmers
ought not to grumble at such a small
increase in the expense column. They
are not worrying themselves over the
matter,as they claim their market will
pay higher prices for cotton than ^ny
of the surrounding towns, a circum¬
stance that will be sure to bring them
all to Griffin.
BASS DEFENDED.
His Attorneys Present Some Sensation¬
al Affidavits.
Those muchly talked of affidavits in
the case of Baker A. Bass, the com¬
mission man who was murdered at At¬
lanta have come to light. The affida¬
vits are seven in number, all of which
are sensational in tho extreme. In
addition to the affidavits, the attorneys
for the wife of the murdered man have
written a card for the publio touching
“In Union, Strength anil Prosperity Abound.”
on the ease. The enrd refers to oue
written by Detectives Conn and Me-
haffey, wherein they denied that they
had any ill will toward Bass and cited
instances in which they allege that the
commission man receivod stolen goods.
Messrs. C. D. Camp, T. W. Rucker
and 0. L. Pettigrew, attorneys for
Mrs. Bass, have been .securing affida¬
vits attempting to show that efforts
were mado to bribe witnesses to swear
against Bass, and that his life had been
threatened by certain detectives.
In one of the affidavits the affiant
alleges that he heard Detective Conn
threaten the life of Bass. Several of
the affiants allege that efforts were
made to bribe them to swear against
Bass.
The detective department makes a
sweeping denial of the charges in the
affidavits, especially as to the allega¬
tion of threats and as to attempting
to bribe witnesses.
Through their attorneys they have
dared the men who made affidavits to
the test and have taken vigorous steps.
They have employed legal assistance
and propose to meet every statement
that comes with a strong answer.
They announce ready for any sort of
investigation that may be suggested
by those making the charges.
A BOOK ON GEORGIA.
The State’s Resources and Possibilities
Presented in Neat Form.
There has just been published, un¬
der the direction of Commissioner of
Agriculture Nesbitt, a valuable and
important book, showing the resources
of the state.
It will be remembered that at the
last session of the legislature a resolu¬
tion providing for such a publication
was introduced by Representative Fo¬
garty, of Richmond county, and was
adopted. Since then the commission¬
er and his assistants have been kept
busy preparing the material for the
handbook. It has just been issued
from the press and is entitled “Geor¬
gia, Her Resources and Possibilities.”
This is the most comprehensive work
of its kind yet given to the public. It
covers the entire field, and it is ar¬
ranged admirably, so that the seeker
for information will have no trouble
whatever in finding just what he de¬
sires to know. The book closes with
a condensed statistical description of
each county, the counties arranged tho by
sections. The population, re¬
sources of every kind, agricultural and
mineral, is given in convenient form.
Especially valuable just at this time is
the information given about water
powers and manufactures.
Throughout the book are maps and
illustrations affording an exoellent in¬
sight into the physicial and product¬
ive character of the state. Commis¬
sioner Nesbitt has devoted not only
time but enthusiasm to tho prepara¬
tion of the work. It is a subject which
is near his heart, and the result is a
valuable addition to the literature rel¬
ative to Georgia.
DOUBTFUL THE FIGHT.
Governor Culberson Against the Cor-
bett-Fitzsimmous Mill.
The nearer the day for the great bat¬
tle botween Corbett and Fitzsimmons
comes around the more doubtful the
probabilities of pulling off the fight
become.
Dun Stewart, who is at the head of
the Florida Athletic club, under whose
a us piees the fight is to take place, if
it does occur, is a well-known politi¬
cian of Texas, and he has considerable
influence. He gave the matter of prize
fighting in Texas a thorough legal in¬
vestigation before goirig into this af¬
fair. Through that investigation he
came to the opinion that the laws of
the state do not prohibit the fight.
But since the work of arranging for
the battle was commenced, opposition
has sprung up, and now the governor
has taken a hand in the agitation. At
first Stewart and others paid no atten¬
tion to the opposition, but when Gov¬
ernor Charley Culberson said the fight
should not take place in Texas, Stew¬
art and his associates called in the best
legal talent of the state. The attorneys
found a law which expired September
1st and then Stewart came out assuring
every odo that the fight could take
place. Governor Culberson saw that
the point was well made. He and the
attorney general went to work to find
something that would prevent a fight
and they raked up an old law which
said that the congregating of more
than three persons was unlawful. This
was searched and run down by the
legal department of the state and was
found to be effective enough to suit the
governor.
Convlcled of Smuggling.
In the United States court at Port¬
land, Oregon, Judge Bellinger sen¬
tenced Seid Beck, the wealthy Chinese
merchant convicted of Smuggling, to
pay a fine of $5,000. James B. Lo-
tan, ex-oolleotor of customs, was sen¬
tenced to pay a fine of $8,000. He
was convicted of being implicated in
the smuggling ring.
Mlners Refused to Come Out.
The miners’ union at Ishpeming,
Mich., ordered the pump men, fire¬
men and other union employes en¬
gaged at section 24 mine of the Lake
Superior company to come out, but
the mon say the order is a ridiculous
one and stick to their posts.
VALKYBIE GETS ONli
THE BRITISH YACHT WINS THE
SECOND RACK.
The Defender Claims a Foul and Sail¬
ed Under Protest.
The seoond of the five races for the
America’s cup Tuesday, off Sandy
Hook, was over a thirty mile triangu¬
lar course, ten miles to a leg, starting
at Scotland light ship off Sandy Hook,
dbwn the Jersey coast to a stake boat
off Long Branch, thence up toward
the Long Island coast to a second
stake boat and thence back to the
starting point.
Close jockeying at the Btart between
the two combatants resulted in an acci¬
dent to the American boat which
spoiled the race. A protest was ac¬
cordingly lodged by the Defender
against the Valkyrie.
Valkyrie led from the start and fin¬
ished a winner by about a quarter of
a mile.
Valkyrie won by 47 secondsand sub¬
ject to the protest entered at the be¬
ginning of the race.
In regard to the protest lodged by
Defender against Valkyrie all that can
be said at present is that the regatta
committee will have the case on its
merits, and decide upon it later on.
It is thought probable that the decision
of the committee will be that the two
yachts sail a» extra race.
The Course a Triangle.
The race Saturday was a beat of fif¬
teen miles to windward for the first
leg and a broad reach of fifteen miles,
intended to have been a run home.
Tuesday’s race was around a triangle,
ten miles to a leg, thirty miles in all,
starting from Sandy Hook lightship.
DURANT WAS CALLOUS.
Unmoved by a Most Interesting Part
of His Trial.
The fourth day of the Durant trial
at San Francisco was pregnant with
sensations. A fresh stage in the case
was reached—a stage which was thrill¬
ing in its horror and kept the crowded
court room almost gasping with inter¬
est. The story of the finding of
Blanche Lamont’6 clothes, that were
hidden away among the rafters of
Emanuel church belfry, was told on
the witness stand by the man who
found them, and as each bit of cloth
was shown the crowd swayed with ex¬
citement. There was just one man in
all that crowd who sce-'ied to feel no
interest in the garments. This was the
man who, of all other j, might have
been expected to shudder and cover
his eyes when the clothes were exposed
—the man accused of the murder of
the girl who wore those garments when
she was last seen alive.
The introduction of the girl’s
clothes was rather startling—almost
theatrical. It happened soon after
the noon recess. A man bearing a
burden pushed through the crowd and
into the court room. No one could
see exactly what he held in his arms,
but it appeared to be a woman’s form.
What the bailiff brought into the
court was really harmless enough—
simply a dressmaker’s dummy, over
which had been draped Blanche La-
mont’s dress and skirt. In order to
make it realistic, however, the dummy
was as near as could bo made the dead
girls height and figure—a tall, slight,
girlish figure, undeveloped, but still
not lacking in grace. The basque and
skirt were torn and wrinkled, but the
tears were pinned up in part and the
gown draped so as to show much as it
must have been where its wearer was
alive.
The prosecution is still a good dis¬
tance from its testimony, if it has any,
which will prove beyond a doubt that
the mild-mannered, well-bred little
man is the one that committed the
fiendish double tragedy at Emanuel
Baptist church.
SCOTT ACQUITTED.
Jacksonville’s ex-Treasurer Gain* A
Victory Over His Enemies.
Robert C. Scott, ex-city treasurer,
of Jacksonville, Fla., who was on trial
four days on a charge of embezzling
city funds, was acquitted Thursday
evening. The specific ground on
which Scott was tried was the alleged
embezzlement of a oheok of $2,000,
which the Savannah, Florida and
Western railroad had paid for taxes.
There are five other cases of a similar
character against Scott, but they will
not be pushed.
At the last city election Scott’s po¬
litical enemies won and they started
out to “Lexow” the out-going officials.
It has been generally conceded that
there was no basis for the charges
against Scott and that they were made
by his political enemies solely for the
purpose of disgracing him.
Enormous Damage by Army Worms.
The army worms which are so de¬
structive to the young cotton bolls
have made their appearance in the
river counties of the Yazoo delta, in¬
cluding Cohoma, Bolivar, Washington,
Sharkey, Issaquena and Warren coun¬
ties of Mississippi, and also in the
Louisiana parishes of Madison, Con¬
cordia and Tensas and east and west
Carroll.
GREEN WAS ACQUITTED.
Result of a Remurkable Murder Trial
at Madison, Ga.
William Green, on trial at Madison,
Ga., for the murder of Tom Estes, was
acquitted by the jury on short order.
The case wbb an unusually remarkable
one and a rehearsal of the material in¬
cidents are interesting. On May 12,
1895, by previous agreement, Miss
Cora Estes, the fifteen year old daugh¬
ter of John Tom Estes, a prosperous
farmer of Morgan county, who resided
noar the line of Newton, met William
O. Green at the little church at which
the people of the neighborhood assem¬
bled for holding Sunday school. Af¬
ter a consultation the young couple
got into a buggy and drove away.
Bam Estes, a brother of the young la¬
dy, in company with a friend, follow¬
ed, rode quickly to the Estes home and
informed the father that the girl had
started off with Green to be married.
Hastily getting into the buggy with
his son, the two Esteses rode in hot
pursuit of the fleeing couple. Estes
and his son overtook the girl and
Green at the residence of Rev. J. M.
Harwell near Newbern, Newton
county, but on the Morgan side of the
line, where they had gone to be mar¬
ried. The elder Estes sprang from
his buggy, walked up to his daughter
and, ns witnesses have testified in the
court, said, “Come on, Cora, and go
home with me me.”
Green thereupon drew his revolver
and shot the old man dead in his
tracks and, turning, fired at the
younger Estes, who fled for refuge to
Mr. Harwell’s house.
The girl and her lover went on in
their flight, and in less than forty
minutes were married by Justice James
N. Mann, who, of course, knew noth¬
ing of the tragedy.
Green fled to Baldwin county,where
he remained until a few weeks ago,
when, in attempting to pass through
Macon on his way to Texas, he was
captured and carried to Madison and
lodged in the county jail. His case was
set for this term of court and last Fri¬
day morning Judge John O. Hart
called the case for trial. On Monday
the trial ended with the above stated
result.
NEW ORLEANS RESENTS
A Threat of the Liverpool Cotton As¬
sociation Regarding Packing.
Felix Couturie, vice president and I
acting president of the New Orleans
cotton exohange, has addressed the
followi ng to the Liverpool Cotton
Association in answer to its announce¬
ment to tho New Orleans cotton ex¬
change relative to the proposed pen¬
alty of £5 a bale on cotton not put np
after this year as that institution de¬
sires :
“I am requested by the board of
directors to acknowledge your com¬
munication of August 14, 1895.
“They desire me to state that while
this exchange is in sympathy with any
proper move to secure improvements
in packing American cotton for mar¬
ket, they decline to reoognize tho right
of the Liverpool association or any
other mercantile body to enforce by a
penalty such improvement.
“In their opinion the matter is one
that must be regulated by competition
between individuals, it being quite
certain that the parties directly inter¬
ested will soon solve it on a basis of
dollars and oents.
“This exchange, as the representa¬
tive of a large per centage of southern
cotton growers, opposes anything in
the nature of a threat (for in that
light the proposed penalty may be
regarded), as calculated rather to re¬
tard than advanoe the improvement
desired. It doubts the ability of the
Liverpool association or that of any
commercial body to carry out any
such arbitrary ruling and would refuse
even if the measure were feasible to
join in a matter which it considers
disrespectful alike to American cotton
planters and merchants.
“It trusts, therefore, that in the in¬
terest of mutual good feeling the
Liverpool exchange will rescind its
threats of a penalty of £5 per bale
against American cotton planters who
do not pack their cotton in such man¬
ner as may be suitable to it. ”
TENNESSEE’S MONUMENTS.
The State Will Erect Five Elegant
Ones at Chickamauga.
The Tennessee board of Chickamau-
g» park commissioners have decided
to erect five elegant monuments to
her sons engaged in the Chickamauga
battles, of which three will stand to
the memory of her confederate dead,
one to the troops in each branch of
the service and one to the Tennessee¬
ans in the union army—a cavalry mon¬
ument. The monuments will cost $2,-
000 each. Although Tennessee leads
the list of states with fifty-eight com¬
mands engaged at Chickamauga, her
appropriation is but $10,000, henoe
the main work of commemoration on
an adequate scale will have to be
carried out at a later day.
Plug Tobacco Manufacturers.
The plug tobacco manufacturers
held a meeting at New York behind
closed doors. It was announced that
it has been deoided to manufacture
cigarettes and flood the market. The
first of the new brands will be plaoed
on sale within thirty day.
1.00 A Tear.
VOL. VI. NO. 29.
GEORGIA
IMMIGRATION
AND
INVESTMENT BUREAU
ATLANTA, GA.
Ei-M.JJorta,
MANAGER.
PROPERTY
FOR SALE IN
IRWIN COUNTY
1.—2,940 acres in the 8d district
with 125 aores in a high stats of culti¬
vation, produces 80 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,o00 cash.
2— 245 acres one mile north of Ir-
winville and six miles from Tifton &
North Eastern R. R. 60 aores in cul¬
tivation with good new residence and
other improvements; balance land
thick with fine yellow pine timber.
Prioe $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.
Prioe $425 cash.
5— One 5-room house, new, and sev¬
en acres land in town of Sycamore;
ample quantity and variety of choioe
fruits for family demand. The very
plaoe for small truck farm. Can get
more land adjoining. All in 8 min¬
utes walk of the depot. Prioe $1,700,
on eajy 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¬ 8
ments, but well timbered. Only
miles from Inaha, G. S. & F. R. B.
Price $2,100 cash.
All of the above properties are very
desirable and well worth the prioe 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.
ANOTHER CLAIM
Against the Spanish Government Will
be Presented by Uncle Sam.
Another claim of as much importance
as the Mora indemnity is going to be
presented by the United States govern¬
ment before the government of Spain
in a demand for the restoration of the
property confiscated by the Spaniards
during the last war from Martin Cas¬
tillo and Agramonte, an American cit¬
izen. Like the Mora claim, the case
has been the subject of no small
amount of correspondence between
the two governments and it was ru¬
mored late in Havana that owing to
the demands made by the state depart¬
ment at Washington the Agramonte
claim would be paid immediately after
the settlement of Mora’s.
One year ago the prospects of a set¬
tlement were so bright that a Spanish
capitalist came all the way from Mad¬
rid to New York and tried to buy
Senor Agramonte’s claim. Agramonte
refused, stating that he had his case
in the hands of the state department
at Washington.
Seven months ago Mr. Agramonte
died, leaving five daughters, one of
whom is married to Senor Miguel de
Morales, of this city. The claim is
for the amount of $1,500,000 with in¬
terest.
Was a “Fake” Bomb.
The bomb found upon tho man ar-
rested at Paris Thursday in the bank
of Messrs. Rothchild, in the Rue la
Pitte, was opened by experts Friday.
It was found to contain a mixture of
chloride of potash and ordinary gun¬
powder, which, the experts declare,
would not have exploded, even had it
come in contact with a lighted fuse.
There were no projectiles in the bomb.
No Deposit by the Syndicate.
At the close of business Friday the
stated gold reserve was $100,113,529.
Prom this the gold withdrawals of
the day $1,600,000, as officially re¬
ported, were to be deducted, leaving
the true gold balance $98,213,529. Up
to the oloso of business no telegram
announcing Morgan a deposit by the Belmont-
syndicate had been received.