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ti The county
Official Organ of County.
A. e. D LOACH, Editor and Prometor.
THE LEGISLATURE.
GEORGIA SOLON3 MEET IN
ULAR SESSION.
Proceedings of the Senate and
Presented in Brief.
Wednesday’s session of the »
was a short one, as the body
ed at 11:30 to attend the
Day” exercises at the
grounds. No bills were passed,
the following were introduced
read for the first time: To establish
new charter for the town of
in Newton county; To repeal
4162 of the code of Georgia;
amend an act to provide for the
and sale of property; To amend
charter of the town of Shellman;
amend an act known as the
pension act of 1894; To regulate
ceedings to sell real estate under
power of sale in mortgages and
To provide for a correct survey
plot of the Cherokee purchase
also a bill to prevent the
ing of fire arms on tbo
day and to prescribe penalties for
same. The following resolution
offered by Mr. West, of
“Eesolved by the house of
tives, the senate concurring, that
Hoke Smith, of Georgia, be invited
address the general assembly on
public issues of the day one
next week at such time as he
desiguate.” The resolution was
mously agreed to. This action is
accordance with the desire evinced
the legislature to hear from
now prominently before the
which desire resulted in the
SKfiSSKSi c aX w “
probably Willingham bo callod stated upon lator. in
the resolution that he felt
88 Suspicion
ready ■ that “the
dog yelp- s >’’ to t^t he had been
ways , been well ,, known. , „„ At A ,, the „
time he considered it a slur upon
gentleman in the house which
not but be a disreputable
on the way in which each member
vote when the bill comes up
SSaSi
friendliness to the bill would
to vote for it unless the charges
sustained or retracted, referring
ticularly to the Wesleyan
Advocate’s article. He denounced
story as a lie in tato. Mr. Bush,
‘father of the measure in question,
arose and repudiated the
and proceeded to eulogize
probity of the members of the
,r He said the writer had simply
The resolution was then put to a
and passed unanimously. The
tigation committee were then
ed and are Messrs. Willingham,
Hopkins, Traylor and Hall.
routine of business was taken up,
number of new bills were
and the following were passed: A
to amend the charter of Guyton
Effingham county; A bill to
for the removal, of obstructions
the running streams of
county. To prevent the sale of
in Elbert county ; To amend the
ter of the city of Dalton. A
deal of debate was raised by Mr.
ing’s bill to make the personal
' ings of a married woman her
property and not liable for the
of her husband. The bill
passed by a vote of 98 to 29.
The following new bills were
$25*000 diiced in to°theGeorgia the house Thursday^: A
Memorial
for the purpose of marking by
ments the spots occupied To^ by
troops at Chickamauga; req
county treasurers to make reports
to° do so^Tlso a bill to provide
the confinement of certain felons
the discretion of the court in
county chaingangs. The
' bills were passed: Bill to create
park and tree commission for the
7- of Savannah; A senate
tion appointiDCf . ,. a committee
two from thi senate and
from the house to investigate the
panics who are in arrears to the
for t the lease of convicts; To
for sanitary .. purposes the .,
of the mayor and aldermen of
nah; To authorize policemen of
, city of Savannah to make arrests
in two miles from the corporate
of* the mty; To abolish the
the city court of Savannah; To
a board of education for the town
Lithonia; To change the time
holding the spring term of the
B ° 1
Representative Branan’s bill to
salaries for Fulton county officers
to abolish the fee system which
prevail,
^deration of the committee
county and county matters, and
reported LI back to the house
by that committee on Friday.
is understood that the opinion
t. th.» —
SYCAMORE. IRWIN COUNTY, GA., FRIDAY. NOVEMBER 22.1895.
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bill was in its makeup
al, and the committee’s report was
accordance with this view. All of
county officers, the parties most
cerned, appeared before the
and opposed the measure. Despite
efforts of its advocates, the bill
ceived a unanimously unfavorable
port.. Mr. Brannn says he will
duce another similar bill and ask
it be referred to the judiciary
tee. The judiciary committee
<' d favorably to the house
bill by Mr. Giles, of
' vl, ich provides for the
of verdict by a majority of the jury
>ny case. It offers an amendment
the constitution of the state so that
general assembly may require a
ity, consisting of not less than
thirds of the jury trying the cause,
find a verdict in any court in
state. The bill has been made
special order for next Friday.
following new bills were
To make the theft of domestic
of a value less tluin $50, a
to amend an act. incorporating the
vannah Bank and Trust Company;
prevent the sale of liquor at Trion
> torv. ‘Also’ a bill to prohibit the
intoxicating liquors within
0 f tbo a e p 0 t on the Atlanta
Richmond line at Duluth. The
i ow j n g bills were passed: A bill
-create a system of public schools
tbe town of Cartersville, Bartow
t y; to authorize the payment of
j ve ^t criminal costs to the clerk of
superior court of Macon county;
/authorize the mayor and council of
c ity of Savannah to condemn
j for tbe pur p 08e 0 f widening
Senator Snead introduced a
j j u the senate Wednesday
waa unanimously passed, appointing
j committee of two from the senate
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Haatiog, of P.no.plvao.., aod lo
^ ^ q( Penn8ylyania
taken in the exposition by her
Bo.. The committee » .hop.,, o,
senate are Senators Claiborne
^ N E Harris. The
r introduced: To
count [ • of Campbell from the
circui to the Tallapoosa
* id { electlon of the clerU
^ t commi ssioners of
-T b rgm »< tbo
^°. em power of the the penitentiary pnncipa to p
8 charge ! elan subordinate physicians;
change the law fixing the license
Photographers; To allow justices
P. e “ 00 reside outside of
Tbo s ^ate passed
well’s bill changing the penalties
The bill reduces many of
penalties now in force, making
that were felonies misdemeanors.
bl11 °/ “ r - Jones ’ sending the
ter of Albany was passed. The
«° ncurr f m the house resolution
the se “ a * e and boU8e S J
810U a ‘ 8 ° ® look P- n hear an
dr A f! bomb fro “ was Hon exploded - °: * f'wp- m he
Thursday morning by Senator
He introduced a bill to move the
penment station from Griffin to
en8 ’ bas been demanding
f mova l ot ,b ® a K rlcul . ‘«al
lr om Athens f to, Griffin Athens is
. LT’h
‘ hat a11 be concentrated \ there.
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senate was engaged most of its m r
session in debating the Dodson
suranee bill. Senator Cummmgs
borne and Wado opposed the
wb, ! e S e “ at orB Hroughton and
» 0 22d f ia \°* ed Us P as8a f ’
as P as9 f j 8 a8 follow8: “ Tb
fr0 “ and after the P a88a « e °. f
ac a11 lr,surance companies
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^unt of loss sustained upon
property insured by them;
«aid amount of loss does not
he amount of insurance expressed
the policy, and that all stipulations
such polices to the contrary shall
1 and vold > P” vlded > tbat ln
of losses on stocks of goods and ,
chandise and other species ot
, , ■ - a i
tbe U8ual c«Btomsof trade
he aot " al value the
1 “° of lo88 ma ? be ^coveted. 0
bills passed were as follows: Bill
^ ^ co(J
« to obstruoti fiah w
(Ja To defiae
f of * guardians and
Lnl Shepperd introduced
to amend, revise and
r This l r ? C -\ biU is aimed a /■ mdependent 7 ^ ,
PW and if passed will disband
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Soon a f 0r * be 8e “ te “® t F " da ^’
ad l°«ned to the hall of the house
representatives to assist m the
read the secondAnne, and the
!”« bllla ,P aS8ed ; A bill by
Tatu “> takln « P ber oke0 C0 “ Dt y f r 0
be Cherokee circuit f and potting 1 . f
th® B°me Oircuit; Houae bdl of
“In Union, Strength and Prosperity Abound.”
I Fannin county; Bill by Mr.
j amending the charter of Dalton,
j j Senator Mercer introduced a bill
prescribe how elections shall be held
j | i n counties on the fence question,
when previous elections had
bold on the subject. The senate
journed until Monday at 10 o’clock,
The senate was not in session
day and on account of the large
i )e r of absentees there was no
of importance transacted in the
during the short morning session.
session was principally devoted to
ing bills for a second time while a
new measures were introduced,
which were the following: To
an act authorizing the town of
iugtonto issue bonds; To change
time for holding the Pulaski
court; To authorize, in counties
60,000 inhabitants, thepayment by
county for dockets of justices of
peace; To fix compensation for
tion clerks in Pierce county; lo
vent the sacrifice of real
ty at legal Bales by
for the appraisement of the same
allowing the defendant to redeem
fame under certain circumstances.
ty. Law, the colored member .
Liberty county, introduced a
unusual bill. Its object is to
all persons who sell or offer to sell,
the county of Liberty, any beef,
or mutton, to exhibit the ears of
animal.killed and to state the brand
the same. Mr. Tatum, of Troup,
troduced a resolution, which fixes
time for Hon. Hoke Smith to
an address before the legislature.
time fixed is the evening of
ber 3d.
The Bribery Investigation.
The investigating committee iu
matter of the corruption charges
connection with the Bush
bill, began its work Wednesday
noon. The two principal figures in
causus belli, Rev. T. T. Christian
Mr. M. S. Biekart, appeared
the committee and gave their
mony. Mr. Christian was the
of the article in the Wesleyan
tian Advocate, and Mr. Biekart, of
firm of Blumenthal & Biokart,
dealers, is responsible for the
addressed to the liquor men.
two articles raised the storm, and
committee took up the matter from
first source.
Mr. Christian stated that he
written three articles in the
and that it was based on
given him by Mr. Walter B. Hill,
Macon, who is the vice-president
the State Prohibition Association.
showed a letter from this
as his authority for the matter
tained in the article.
Mr. Biekart was then examined.
stated the circular had been sent
by his firm, but that no
had been been effected by the
men nor any fund raised to defeat
m ^r 8U re '
With , regard , to , that ,, , portion .. of .
article which refers to-the liquor
having before been put to
‘ expense to defeat a similar bill,
Bickart said it was simply
to the trade and intended only to
them up. He did not really know
any money having been used for
a purpose; it was mere hearsay
he did not remember where he
heard it.
It was then decided in view of
Christian’s testimony to subpoena
W. B. Hill, of Macon, who was
Christian’s authority for the
that $800 had been raised by
liquor men in Macon for a
fund. A number of other men
been summoned to appear before
committee. Among them are
F. M. Potts, of Atlanta, and Mr.
bert Steiner, general manager of
Atlanta brewery. These
will be .asked if they know anything
the existence of a corruption
Mr. Hill has asked for several
mons, to be served upon Macon
men.
It seems that the prohibitionists
so have a fund. This fact
in Friday morning’s session of
house investigating committee.
was made up for purely legitimate
poses and is intended to promote
cause of prohibition by smiding
literature and defraying expenses
delegates to the legislature to
cate the Bush bill. The
went far into the matter of
tion at the morning’s session, and
amined a number of witnesses.
Walter B. Hill, of Macon, u as
also Messrs. R. H. Plant, Sam
mayer and A. Gibian, of the
city. Captain D, Purse, of
was there and likewise Captain P.
Potts, of Atlanta. In answer to
tions Mr. Hill acknowledged that
side has raised a fund to promote
interests of the Bush bill. It’s
ed use was entirely legitimate and
did not think the fund was ever
enough to pay for sending out
bition literature. He named the
todian of this fund, Rev. A. J.
of Lexington, Georgia. Mr.
will be summoned before the
tee and asked to tell the amount of
fund and the exact sources of
ture.
Eugene Field is to have a
ment iu Chicago. It is to be built
the name of little children.
east, neither grown folks uor
build monuments to roeis.
THROUGH GEORGIA.
BITS OF NEWS GATHERED FROM
OVER THE STATE,
Being a Summary of luteresting Hap¬
penings From Day to Day.
Brunswick’s new union depot,
completed, is said to be one of the
handsomest in the state. It is built
pressed brick and Georgia marble,
cost about $10,000.
Senator Tatum has given the
legal notice that he will introduce
bill in the legislature to prevent
hunting in Dade county, and to
hibit the sale of whisky in the
Dougherty county’is setting a
example in her road work, and
the beet highways of any county in
state. Instead of brush and pole
a general system of tile drains has
put in operation.
According to Colonel W. W.
the general inspector of fertilizers
the state, who ought to be good
ity on the subject, 40 per cent less
tilizers have been sold in the state
year than ever before.
The University of Virginia and
Vanderbilt football teams will
for supremacy on the gridiron
ber 16 th. The game will be played
Atlanta and both teams will
to win the victory. With the
will come a large party of their
and the colors of the two
will-flutter to the breezes.
Receiver H. M. Comer, of the
tral railroad, has issued an order
ing eaoh of the employes in the
chanical department of the
railroad a five days’ leave of
with full pay in order that they
bo enabled to visit the Atlanta
tion. They are also given free
portation for themselves and
The Seaboard Air Line announces
rate of $5 from all paints on its
to the Atlanta exposition. This
road means to bring passengers
all points on the road north of
ville, S. C., for this most
fare. It is to facilitate and
tha attendance of strangers at the
and it is not intended to inaugurate
rate war on the associated
railroad.
Messrs. Howell, Rockwell,
Q;j eg auc j Rattle have been
&g the committee from the house to
I raDge a programme for Georgia day
exposition. They will get up
rou8ingbig celebration. Messrs.
of Coweta; McDonald, of Ware,
p ee pj e8 werf> appointed as a
tee j rom tbe boU8e to accept the
tj>ait tendered by the Atlanta
As80ci ation, of Hon. N. J.
The annual session of the
Georgia conference will convene
the Methodist church in Elberton
November 20th. Rev. J. H.
burn, the pastor, and the church
made every arrangement for
ing the delegates. The members
all the churches throw wide open
doors and will do all in their
toward its success. Homes have
ready been provided for every
gate. Bishop Keener will preside,
The Seaboard Air Line has come
the front once more with a
rate war. This time it is with the
pose of encouraging exposition
The Seaboard makes the offer
that it will sell tickets to the
exposition north of Abbeville at
from any station, no matter how
up the line from Atlanta that
may be. These tickets will be
on special dates, which will be
ly advertised by the Seaboard.
D. C. MoCuilock, of Laporte,
well known in the Grand Army of
Republic and political circles
out that state, has become a
of a syndicate which has Georgia
100,000 acres of land in
which will bo settled an Indiana
ny. The projectors of the colony
already laid out the embryo city
Fitzgerald, which it is proposed
rapidly build up. It is estimated
the emigration from this state
reach 40,000 before next fall.
The Southern Dental
after an interesting seession of
days at Atlanta, adjourned to
next year in Nashville. The work
the association was very
and the clinics were well
The following officers were
Dr. John S. Thompson, Atlanta,
ident; Dr. L. P. Botterer,Charles
first vice president; Dr.W.
Bay St. Louis, second vice
Dr. E. P. Beadles, Danville,
sponding secretary; Dr. S. W.
Atlanta, recording secretary; Dr.
A. Lawrence, Athens, treasurer.
VOL. VI. NO.; 9.
Stuckey Goes to the Penitentiary.
W. A. Stuckey has been placed
jail again, the supreme court
affirmed the decision of the
court. Ho had been sentenced
twenty years’ imprisonment Taylor, at
labor for murdering Ira
brother-in-law, a little over a
ago in a passenger coach of the
Dublin and Savannah railroad.
Previous to the murder
was considered to be a
zen and had amassed
property. Sinoe the tragedy his
and other personal effects have
turned into money to defray the
penses of his trial, and today he
utterly penniless and a
wreck.
Gus Fambles Must Hang.
The motion for a new trial in
case of Gus Fambles, colored, for
murder of old man Nobles in Twiggs
county, was argued at McRae, a
days ago before Judge Smith, by
onel Cooper, of Macon. There
twenty-eight grounds in the
Colonel Cooper argued the case
two hours and a half, and argued
as Fambles was tried jointly with
Nobles and the other accused, that
did not get a fair and impartial trial.
Also that he, Fambles, was under
complete control of Mrs. Nobles.
greatest point was the abandonment
counsel. The judge dismissed
motion, The case will be carried
the supreme court.
To Hold a Poultry Show.
The Georgia Fanciers’
composed of several poultry raisers
the state, has been organized, and
stock of birds will be exhibited at
exposition. Rare birds, both
and domestic, have been entered,
will be placed on exhibition.
of the leading fanciers of the state
members of the newly formed
tion, and they have determined
show what can be accomplished
Georgia in the way of breeding
\ birds. Several shipments have
made from England and Russia
other foreign consignments are will
pected in a few days. Awards
made December 5th to 12th,
Much interest has been manifested
a the coming show, and the public
be given an -opportunity to see
best poultry display ever given
in the south.
Dr. Battey Laid to Rest.
The funeral ceremonies and
ment of the remains of Dr.
a Battey at Rome was witnessed by
great throng of people, many of
came from different sections of
gia and adjoining states to pay a
tribute to the memory of the
guished surgeon. Candler,
Rev. Dr. Warren A.
dent of Emory College, Oxford, and
life-long friend of Dr. Battey,
by Rev. S. R. Belk, pastor of
First Methodist church, and Rev.
George T. Goetchins, pastor of
First Presbyterian church,
the services.
After the ceremony wbich Was
lovable tribute to a noble life,
doors of the spacious resting place
the dead were thrown open and
derly the pall-bearers, selected
his friends and associates, carried
casket inside where it was laid to
in the Battey vault.
The Battey infirmary will be
ducted in Rome as a lasting
ment to the great specialist.
Free Whisky Wins.
The treasury department at
ington has settled the question samples
ing the free distribution of
whisky and wines at tbe Cotton
and International exposition
has long vexed the officials.
whisky has finally won. Among
many foreign exhibiters are
houses wbich deal exclusively in
and liquors. They had samples
here put up in small bottles
they distributed free among the
ple who visited their exhibits.
the law all articles imported for
exhibition were permitted to come
free of duty, provided an
bond was filed by the importer to
duty on all articles not returned
the exhibition. On articles sold
ing the exposition the usual
attaching to such articles are
The foreign wine and liquor
ers contending that their
unlike all other wares
only be judged by consumption ;
the quality of their goods could
be determined by looking at the
tle containing the liquor or in
ing the cork with which it was
They were perfectly willing to
duty attaching to the liquors
wines sold, but asked that duty
sample quantities of liquors
uted free be remitted. The
department officials have
in various ways to reach some
factory test of the quality of the
other than by drinking it, but
success. The KentuckianB said
whisky must be tasted. So
Carlisle has fallen back on the
treasury regulations applied tc
world’s fair and the California
tion, which permitted the free
of liquors for free distribution as
ples, at the Atlanta exposition. ____
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CHANCE FOR OLNEY
TO END THE DIFFERENCES BE¬
TWEEN AMERICA AND ENGLAND,
While England’s Attention Is Occu¬
pied by the Eastern Troubles.
In diplomatic circles at Washington
it is believed that the agitation of the
powers over the eastern question ends
all danger of conflict between the
United States and Great Britain over
the enforcement of the Monroe doo-
trine.
It is thought that if the state de¬
partment presses the matter at this
time to a speedy conclusion a peaceable
victory will be won by the United
States. England has her hands full to
hold her own with other powers. If
the division of Turkey is imminent,
and with war threatened on the conti¬
nent, it is likely that she would go a
long way to avoid embroilment with
the United States. Her interests in
the east, it is argued, are so much
greater that she could well afford to
forego her claims of very doubtful
value and validity in Venezuela. It is
the custom of all nations who make a
point of the practice of diplomacy,and
especially of Great Britain, to seize
such an opportunity as is now present¬
ed to the U nited States to secure a sat¬
isfactory settlement of disputes. It is
understood that Mr. Olney fully ap¬
preciates the situation and is endeav¬
oring to make the most of it.
The question that Spain may cede
Cuba to Great Britain rather than let
it fali under the influence of the
United States, which is made in cable
dispatches of Saturday morning, it is
not thought much of, for the same
reason of England’s eastern complica¬
tions, if for no other reason. England
surely doesn’t want to add anything
more to her troubles. Lord Salis¬
bury’s desire to establish a friendly
alliance with this country, it is sur¬
mised, was influenced by the situation
which he saw must develop in Turkey.
’ This country will put no fingers in that
pie except to protect American citi¬
zens, and even if compelled to join
other nations in chastising the Turks,
would ask.for no part in the partition
~ of the empire, but the moral influence
of the friendship of tMis ene disinter¬
ested government, it is thought would
be beneficial to England in any con¬
flict that may occur over the eastern
question.
Altogether, it is argued that events
a are falling out fortunately for Mr. Ol¬
ney, and the luck may give the ad¬
ministration a victory which might
not be so easily attained under differ¬
ent circumstances. Considerations
similar to those expected to influence
the action of Great Britain as to Yen-
a ezuela may operate to secure a satis¬
factory settlement of the Waller case
with France. The dispatches from
Paris that this case is being earnestly
pressed are construed to indicate that
Mr. Olney is availing himself of the
situation in that matter, also.
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TURKS KILL 800.
American Mission Property Destroyed
But the Missionaries Unharmed.
Secretary Olney has received a cable
from United States Minister Terrell
confirming the reports from Constan¬
tinople concerning the massacre of
800 persons by the Mussulmans at
Kharput, and the destruction of a
large amount of American mission
property. The scene of this massacre
is far inland and beyond the reach of
a man-of-war, which would be obliged
to pass the Dardanelles and enter the
Black sea to approach even the neigh¬
boring coast.
It was from an apprehension of
trouble on the Syrian coast Marblehead that the
United States steamship
was stationed there reoently and the
wisdom of the move is now apparent.
She has been cruising along the coast
but unfortunately just when the mas¬
sacre is reported to have occurred at
Alexanderetta, Bhe was further down
the coast at a place called Mereine.
The value of the property reported to
have been destroyed is between
$75,000 and $100,000.
The News Confirmed.
The following cable message was re¬
ceived at Washington Saturday, by the
American Board of Foreign Missions,
from Rev. H. O. Dwight, of Constan¬
tinople, by way of Philipopolis:
‘‘Five hundred were killed in Kharpout,eight
or twelve missions burned; lives spared, houses
stripped. Turks will regard this as a test of
the intention of the United States to defend
missions. No missionaries anywhere; villages
everywhere desolated; people starving and
naked. InBtant help.
(Signed) Dwioht.
Costly Blaze in Sherman, Tex.
Fire destroyed the Lentz block at
Sherman, Tex., Saturday morning.
Loss $100,000; fully insured. The
buildings were the finest in northern
Texas.
Brewery Burned.
Fire which originated early Sunday
morning in the Banner brewery, at
Cincinnati, resulted in the total de¬
struction of the building and contents.
The loss will aggregate $250,000; well
insured. 1
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