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STATE BANK NOTES.
The House Committee V«tes
Against the Cox Bill.
Washington, Feb. 2.—The ef
fort to repeal the tax on state
bank circulation was beaten in
the committee on banking to-day
by a vote of Bto 9. The vote was
taken on the bill of Representa
tive Cox, of Tennessee, which re
lieves state banks from any tax
on their circulation, but does not
extend the relief to circulation
issued by private individuals or
corporations.
The result is regarded as cut
ting off the possibility of favor
able state bank legislation in the
present congress. After taking
the adverse vote motions were
carried to reconsider and then to
lay on the table, which perma
nently disposes of the bill.
Joseph V. Dory, of Warsaw,
HI., was troubled with rheuma
tism and tried a number of differ
ent remedies, but says none of
them seemed to do him any good;
but finally he got hold of one
that speedily cured him. He
was much pleased with it, and
felt sure that others similarly
afflicted would like to know what
the remedy was that cured him.
Be states f>r the benefit of the
public that it is called Chamber
lain’s Pain Balm. For sale by
all medicine dealers.
Walker County Messenger.
He Saved the Mare.
Waycross, Ga., February 4 .
C. M, Eunice, a farmer who lives
two miles from Waycross, says
that a few days ago a valuable
mare was eating yam potatoes
and got choked. A potato lodged
in the mare’s throat, and several
plans were tried to dislodge it
without success. Finally Mr.
Eunice took a cloth which was
greased with lard, wrapped it
around the end of a small limb
from an apple tree, thrust it down
the mare’s throat and dislodged
the potato. The mare recovered.
—Waycross Herald.
A trade has just been closed
with Mrs. Jones, of Rockmart, by
a Knoxville syndicate, for all her
slate interests, valued at $40,000.
J. J. and W. L. Craig and J. and
T. L. Van Deventer and others
composing this syndicate, have
organized the Georgia Slate
Company, and will develop the
property extensively. They pro
pose manufacturing all kinds of
slate commodities that the market
will justify.—Ex
For Rent.
One two-horse crop on the j
John Arnold place. Good houses I
and good land, about three miles
above LaFayette. This Jan. 23,
1894. A. Arnold, Adm’r.
of John Arnold, dec.
LAFAYETTE GEORGIA THURSDAY FEBRUARY 8 1894-
Whiskey and Death.
Calhoun, Ga., Feb. 3.—Uncle
Jimmie Gaines, who for years has
been a well known citizen of Dry
Valley east of Calhoun met with
the most horrible death Thurs
day night that has ever been
known in this county.
He was in Calhoun Thursday
afternoon and left town consider
ably intoxicated. Be drove a
wild young horse to a light road
cart. About ten o’clock that
night his wife heard the horse
neigh at the gate and went out
She found the horse standing at
the gate and the cart apparently
empty. Going round behind the
cart a horrible sight met her
eyes.
Hanging by one foot entangled
in the seat of the cart hung the
mangled remains of the old man.
He had been diagged head down
for more than a mile over a rocky
road and his head was reduced to
a jelly while his arms were bruised
and torn horribly. It is supposed
that he fell out and was dragged
slowly or that the horse ran away.
Mr. Gaines was sixty years old
and has been a bailiff for years.—
Ex.
The Wilson bill has passed the
i House of Representatives by the
handsome majority of sixty-four.
In the barren waste of disap
pointed hopes, this is one refresh
j ing act.
A GREAT HEART
Has Been Stilled in Death.
Philadelphia, Pa., Feb. 3.
George W. Childs, editor and
proprietor of the Public Ledger,
died at his home, Twenty-second
and Walnut streets, at 3:01 o’clock
this morning.
Mr. CLilds was born in Balti
more. May 12, 1829. He obtained
his early education in private
schools, and during vacation
worked as errand boy in a book
store at $2 a week. In 1842 he
entered the navy as an appren
tice, but remained in the service
only 15 mouths. In 1844 he re
moved to Philadelphia and ob
tained a position in a book store
and at the age of 18,having saved
a few hundred dollars, he began
business for himself. In 1850 he
became a member of the publish
ing house of R. E. Peterson &
Co., afterwards, Childs & Peter
son. On December sth 1864, he
purchased the Public Ledger and
soon brought it to a commanding
position in journalism.
Besides winning a brilliant rep
citation as a publisher and jour
nalist, Mr. Childs was known the
world over for his large and un
ostentatious philanthropy. It
may be said that his ,best eulogy
is that the accumulation of his
riches was not for him alone, but
to make others happy during and
after his life. He planted him
self iu the human heart and laid
the foundation of his monument
upon universal beneyolence.
Mr. Childs’ philanthropy was
not confined to his own country.
The public drinking fountain at
Stratford-upon-Avon waß erected
by him in 1887. as a memorial to
Shakespeare, and he placed iu
Westminister abbey a memorial
window to the poets Herbert and
Cowper iu 1877, and one in St.
Margaret’s church, Westminister,
as a memorial to Milton in 1888.
He gave to the typographical
society of Philadelphia a ceme
tery and endowed it, and the
printers throughout the country
looked upon him as their special
friend.
It is estimated his charities
reached at the present time fully
$200,000 a year.
While Mr. Childs was best
known to the outside world as a
generous, whole-souled man who
wished to observe the golden rule
he had many other qualities. He
had always been a hard worker,
a wide-awake, practical man of
business, with a devotion to his
personal friends, which is seldom
equaled in men of his promi
nence.
lie had a magnificent seat in
the suburbs of this city, a hand
some town residence, where he
died, and a cottage at Long
Branch, where he usually spent a
part of the summer. His wealth
was very great, probably over
$10,000,000.
The Press says: "The life of
George Childs is like a romance
—a romance with many lessons.
Alone and almost penniless, at
the age of 12 years, he stood at
the bottom of the ladder and
looked up. His youthful eye
caught something at the top, and
slowly, with firm grip and care
ful step, he made the ascent that
would have seemed impossible to
many others. As he worked and
won he looked for others to share
his success, until all over the
world the name of George W.
Childs is known as that of a
liberal, philanthropic and up
right business man.
“ ‘lf the record of my life,’
wrote he on one occasion, ‘has
any value, it is in showing that
at least it is not necessary to suc
cess in business that a man should
indulge in sharp practices.’
‘‘Again he said: ‘I have de
rived and still find the greatest
N. E. Bakkrr, 8. It. Hhad, W. A. Sadd, R. W. Bark,
President, Vice-President, Secretory, Cashier.
QKattanooga Savings
Cor- Eighth and Cherry Sts., Chattanooea, Tenn.
CAPITAL. SIOO,OOO-00 SURPLUS, $12,000.
This institution pays 5 per cent, interest on deposits, and confines
its business strictly to the receipt and care of Havings and Trust
funds.
Certificates of Deposit issued at following rates:
Certificates payable on demand - - - 4 per cent.
Certificates payable in 0 months - - - S per cent.
Certificates payable in li months - - - 0 per cent.
Xen Wheeler, D. M. Key, J. P. Smartt, J. L. Lombard, A. S. Ocha
Willard Warner, 8. R. Read, N. E. Barker B. Lombard, Jr., W. A. Sadd
pleasure in my life in doing good
to others.’
"These two sentences alone tell
the history of one whose death the
world mourns.”
Mobile Register.
Mobile, Ala., Feb. 3.-The Reg
ister says of George W. Childs:
"What he had above and beyond
these qualities was a heart. He
spent a large share of lps time in
trying to make the world better.
Be did not. preach or exhort, lie
made himself as sunny and bright
and as good as he could, and then
did everything he could think of
to fix things so othor people could
be happy also. He practiced be
nevolence, kindness and charity,
and in return won the sweetest
reward man can obtain in this
world—the love of his fellowmen.”
Birmingham News.
Birmingham, Ala., Feb. 3.—The
Daily News will say of George
W. Childs in tomorrow’s issue:
“To use an expression trite, but
so true that none other will suf
fice, a good man is gone; not a
great man, nor a grand one, but a
philanthopist in the primary
sense; a lover of humanity in rags
and humanity in silk, humanity in
smiles. Os lowly origin, the emi
nence he attained turned not his
head. He looked with kindly
pity upon those below him and
without envy towards those above.
Heaven blessed him and he
blessed others. All through the
land there is sorrow at his death.
The world is better that he has
lived.”
BEFORE THE COMMISSIONER.
W. D. Stansell vs. the Kinsey Broth
ers.
Yesterday, February 2nd, Eli
sha Kinsey and John Kinsey were
given a preliminary hearing be
fore United States Commissioner
Broyles on the charge of conspir
acy.
The charge against the two men
is made by W. I). Stansell, of
Walker county. Stansell claims
that some time ago he was a wit
ness in a case against some of the
friends of the Kinseys.
He says that they notified him
before lie appeared that if he
swore against them they would
kill him.
He appeared at the trial, and
last Sunday night a crowd gath
ered around his house and called
him to the front door.
They began firing on him as
soon as he opened the door. Be
fell to the ground and remained
there until the crowd left. He
was not hit by any of the bullets.
He says he recognized the
voices of the Kinseys in the crowd
and had warrants taken out
against them.
After hearing the evidence,
Commissioner Broyles placed
each of the men under bond of
SI,OOO for their appearance before
the United States court.
After the hearing of the con
spiracy case, a charge against
Joseph Kinsey, a brother of the
others was called.
It is claimed that Kinsey han
dled counterfeit dollars in Walker
county last year. Tho charge
against him is made by Stansell.
Kinsey waived a hearing and
SIOO PER YEAH
whs placed under bond. The Kin
seys ciuiiu that they are being
persecuted by Stansell.—Atlanta
Journal.
The Common Enemy
A prominent citizen of Chat
tanooga Valley writes us:
The enclosed clipping from my
Nashville Christian Advocate is
so strong, so encouraging and so
much to the point that 1 feel con
strained to ask for its insertion in
the Messenger. We are told ev
ery day by the whisky men that
prohibition has proved a failure
every where that it has been tried
and this argument has had and
is having great weight with our
people. They udmit the great
curse of whisky but claim that it
is an unavoidable evil that this
aye at least is doomed to submit
to and this plea is doing more to
discourage and weaken the pro
hibition sentiment of the coun
try than all other causes and ar
guments combined—hence the
value of this extract. If the faots
here set forth were generally
known the saloon would soon be
a thing of the past all over the
country.
In Maine, which I know better
than any other State, the change
among the entire population is
wonderful,uot only as to drinkiug
habits, but in every other direc
tion. The liquor traffic here is
under the ban of the law, and has
been so for more than forty-two
years,supported by an overwhel
ming public opinion, the people
having put prohibition into the
constitution in 1884, by a popu
lar vote of 47,075 majority, the
affirmative being three times
larger than the negative. Tho
liquor traffic here is regarded
as infamous; in the same category
as gambling hells and houses of
ill-fame. In large sections of the
State, being more than three
fourths of its area with more than
three-fourths of its population,
the liquor traffic is practically un
known; an entire generation has
grown up there never having ever
seen a saloon nor tho effects of
one. In tho old time Maine was
the poorest State in the Union,
consuming in strong drink the
entire valuation of all its property
of every kind in every period of
twenty years, as the nation is
now doing in every period of
thirty five years. But now Maine
is one of tho most prosperous
States in the Union, because of
its large sayings of the wages of
labor and the profits of business,
which, but for prohibition, would
be spent, lost, wasted in drink as
in the old time. Everywhere in
that old time—never to return
evidences of poverty and unthrift
obtruded themselves. Now, all
that is changed; evidences of in
dustry, enterprise, thrift, are
seen everywhere; indications of
idleness, laziness, unthrift, dilap
idation nowhere, all growing out
of the changed condition of things
in Maine, and the very small pro
portions to which the liquor
traffic has been reduced, and the
consequent change in the habits
of the people.—Gen. Dow, in In
dependent. __
Criminal warrants for sale at
thiß office.