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Spring Place Jimplecute.
Carter tfc Henrtsell, Putolisliers.
• OLUME XV.
THROUGH GEORGIA.
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BITS OF NEWS GATHERED FROM
OVER THE STATE,
Being a Summary of Interesting Hap
peniugs From Day to Day.
The fifty-third session of the Sonth
era Female College was inaugurated
at Manchester last Wednesday morn
ing.
Congressman Lester is at work try
ing to get the government to give
Georgia marble the preference in gov
eminent buddings in Georgia.
Governor Atkinson has appointed
Hon. Ira S. Chappell, of Laurens
county, to be judge of the recently
constituted city court of that county,
There were several other aspirants for
this judgeship and nil of them .were
well endorsed.
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The grand jury of Clarke county,
which convenes next month, will take
up for consideration the working of
convicts on the public roads. A com
mittee of the last grand jury will ro
port as to the advisability of the county
taking such a step.
At the regular annual meeting of
the stockholders of tho Atlanta aud
West Point railroad held in Atlanta a
few days ago, the following directors
were elected: George C. Smith. Mil
ton H. Smith, John 8. Rigby, H. M.
Comer, T. I, Langston, W. B. Berry
and H, C. Fisher.
The constitutional convention made
a good start. It is the most important
body that has convened in the state
since the war, and it is composed gen
orally of good material. It is vastly
superior in point of intelligence and
ability to any deliberative assembly
the state has had for years.
n up . ain . T onn , A. . , Miller, r .„ of , Atlanta, ,
who for fifteen years has served as offl
ccr and private in the state military
service, made application ior retire
ment. i.he Jaw governing such cases
provides that after fifteen years service
«n officer is entitled to retirement with
the highest rank, and with all tho
privileges of an active officer. The
application was granted. Captain
Miller served during tho civil war in
tho Ninth Kentucky Cavalry under
John H. Morgan, and he now retires
with the rank and stylo of Captain of
Cavalry.
In the clerk’s office of tho circuit
court of the United States at Atlanta,
a suit has been filed by Wanamaker &
Brown, of Philadelphia, against tbe
city of Atlanta. The suit is for the
amount of the contract entered into
between that firm and the city, in
which Wanamaker & Brown agreed to
furnish the suits for the police forco.
The ampunt of the bill rendered for
the suits and furnishings was$2,421.86.
The Atlanta police commissioners re¬
fused to pay tho bill, claiming that the
material used was inferior and did not
come up to contract stipulations, hence
the suit.
Governor Atkinson has offered a ro
ward of $200 for the capture, with
proof to convict, of the murderer of
B. A. Bass, who was killorl recently at
Atlanta. This, with the $300 offered
by Mrs. Bass, makes tho total reward
offered $500, and it is believed that it
may lead to the capture of the mur
derer. This case has attracted wide
attention, because of the controversies
which have grown out of it and because
• of the peculiar circumstances sur
rounding it. It is understood that
private detectives are working on the
case, though nothing definite is an
nounced on that line, and probably
nothing definite is known. "
The Georgia Normal and Industrial
college celebrated last Wednesday the
best opening in the history of that
popular institution. Every train that
reached Milledgeville on that day
brought a crowd of college maid
ens, bright, rosy and happy, all seem¬
ingly equipped for hard study and
work. These young ladies, about 250,
represented almost every section in
Georgia. A most gratifying feature
of the opening was the large attend
anee of old-students. More have re
turned this sesson than ever before,
The students, visitors and friends of
the institution completely filled tho
college chapel, presenting a scene full
of inspiration.
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Next Thursday several carlords of
Georgia editors will be in Atlanta. It
is their annual meeting, and it chances
to fall right at a time when they can
revel in the Midway and the other de
lights of the exposition. Colonel
Dick Grubb, of Darien, has already
written asking that seats be reserved
on the schute for himself and Uncle
Jimmie Anderson. John Triplett may
wish to go, too, and to provide for
such an exigency three seats have been
reserved. Editor Ben Perry writes
that the most success; ul meeting of the
year is expected. All the editors will
SP1UXG PLAC E, MURRAY COUNTY, GA.. SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 21,
fi?t&S
Coney island, Canada and other festive
points, but they are banking on the
Atlanta exposition for solid fnn.
For the Blue and the Gray.
The 21st day of September has been
6et askle for tho blu « » T1< 1 the gray,.
and . that occasion
upon many veterans
from the north and south will be in
attendance. In view of the fact that
11 ?p ecial da J hfts been set nside - tb e
jewing <T ' !,loral Gordon: orders have been issued by
Veterans, “Headquarters United Confederate
^ New Orleans, La., Septem
her 7, 1895. — General Orders No. 148:
The general commanding takes pleas
ure in announcing that the executive
committee of the Cotton States and
International Exposition Company, of
Atlanta, Ga., has set apart Saturday,
* be 21st day of September, as Blue
aud Gray Day, and all ex-confederate
veterans are cordially invited to be
present, in Atlanta on that day. By
order of ,T. B. Gordon,
“General Commanding.
“George Moorman,
“Adjutant Gen’l aud Chief of Staff.”
Georgia’s Growing Crops.
The report of the condition of the
? rop ? 18f,ued , , b *T the weather bnreHU
for the past week shows that the crops
of the state are in splendid condition.
The following is the summary as to
tho effect of the weather on the ripon
m ?,4L° 1 l ,e p8: weat ,. her of , the .. past , seven days ,
* 88 favorabl , °. to Georgia crops,
Gotton IS opening rapidly in the south¬
ern and , central sections, and slowly in
the .. extreme northern „ counties . Com
Points continue of rust and shedding,
hut there is still a gratifying absence
of bo11 l°\ ma and other injurious in
Beets. Ricking is generally well under
W- rm the corn crop ,s ■ made, -. and , the ,
f eat bnlk _°f. b «yo“ d al > ordinary
nger ' W ‘ th the exception of slight
dawage , °" botto “ lands f 5. om e *? eB8
‘
a U alon r . al ?’ 8 f beel3 0 weather unusually conditions favorable have for
this t crop, aiul tho of opin
concensus
ion of our correspondents is that it is
as good a8 eotild be produced by the
ground . Melons and early fruits have
about all been gathered and marketed,
Minor crops and vegetables are in a
flourishing state.”
the governor is well.
Hi8 Friends Say That He Will be a
Candidate for Re-Election.
The friends of Governor Atkinson,
who have, since his recent dangerous
illness, been much disturbed in mind
concerning the influence his health
would have upon his future political
course, may take heart. Tho governor
18 greatly improved by his last outing,
and bas S? ained a great deal of
^rength. be would By many never it has again been be thought suffi
-
clentl . strong
y to engage in a political
ean3 I >ai gn «nd it is with genuine pleas
! lre that the P e0 P le will learn of his
lm P r ovement.
is ann °nneed with confidence by
tbe governor’s associates that he will
be a candidate to succeed himself, and
two of the most prominent men in the
state they do occupying high positions, say
not anticipate any opposition
to a second term for him. The gover¬
nor is not authority for this announce¬
ment, but the men who make it are in
position to guess pretty accurately.
The governor considers his restora¬
tion complete, and thinks his health
from now on will be better than ever
, before . „ Hls futur will, in his opin
- e
lon > be ln no wa J influenced by the
Btato of h,s Physical condition. He
sa J 8 bo dld more work in the two
weeks s P ent at Salt Springs than ho
could bave doBe in two months at his
offic ®’ because of the constant iuter
ru Ptions at the latter place,
In the Ber esford and Littlefield ap
P llc ations for pardon there were sev
eral bundred pages of manuscript to
be considered, and many other smaller
applications were brought under his
notice there.
° f ^ P r0p08ed trip
S P rin f> Virginia, was not
that tb « 8 health was mum
L,?^’ J. 0 " 011 of A hl8 offlce m he entlrel might y for get a out week of
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THE TECH’S OPENING.
Prospects of the School for the Next
Session Very Bright.
The Technological school begins its
session Sept. 25th, just one week after
the opening of the exposition. It is
expected that there will be not less
than 200 pupils in attendance when
rob 38 called the first day and the
number of students for 1895-96 is cal
culated at something like 225.
A matter that has caused some worry
and a great deal of correspondence is
of board for the students. A
number of prospective students have
written the faculty regarding this very
important feature of school life,
Many of them have expressed the
f ear tba t board would be too high as
tho exposition crowds would be in
town. A member of the faculty,
speaking of the matter, says that this
will not be the case. Arrangements
have been made by which the students
will be given the advantage of the us
ual rates of last year, which will not
exceed $15 per month.
“Tell tlxe Trutli.”
progress. It is expected that the dor¬
mitory will be completed in less than
two months. When this is completed
the average eost per mouth will be re»,
dnced to $10.
It has been stated on one or two oc¬
casions that the school would be opened
on the 15th of this mouth. As stated
above the date is September 25th and;
the 15th was a typographical error.
The success of the Technological
school has been remarkable. The
work done by the students is of an ex
ceptionally high class and the instruc¬
tors are men worthy of tho charges en¬
trusted to them.
Since Dr. I. S. Hopkins has con
sen ted to retain the presidency of tho
school renewed confidence has been
the result.
Will Discuss Irrigation.
Tho Southern Irrigation Congress
will assemble in Atlanta on October
7th. It will be the first session of the
congress aud a great deal of interest is
manifested in tho gathering. Tho
meeting will be called to order by Dr.
H. C. White, president of the state
commission on irrigation, at 10 o’clock
in tbe morning. As this will be the
first session of the congress, the first
officers of the association will bo elect¬
ed ; a constitution and rules aud by¬
laws will be adopted and tho organiza¬
tion perfected. Tho programme has
not been fully completed, but sufficient
is known that it will be a highly inter¬
esting oue, covering all the phases and
subjects connected with irrigation.
PENNSYLVANIA DEMOCRATS
Hold Their State Convention, Adopt a
Platform and Name a Ticket.
Tho Pennsylvania state democratic
convention mot Wednesday at Wil¬
liamsport. Ex-state chairman James
A. Stranahau was selected as tempo¬
rary chairman. Tho usual committees
were announced and the coavei tion
took a recess.
When the convention reassembled
John M. Garinau, ex-district attorney
of Luzerne county, was made perma¬
nent chairman and the other officers of
the convention were mado permanent.
The platform adopted renews its al¬
legiance to, aud declares its faith in
the principles of democracy as formu¬
lated by Jefferson and illustrated by
Clovolaud. It congratulates the Amer¬
ican peojile upon the first fruits of the
democratic administration, which in¬
herited from its republican predeces¬
sor a bankrupt treasury and unwise fi¬
nancial legislation, impaired public
credit and widespread disaster, and
which under the sagacious, courage¬
ous and patriotic leadership of its
great president, Grover Cleveland, led
the people out of the Slough of De¬
spond to the high ground of substan¬
tial and increasing prosperity.
Tbe following ticket wai named:
Ex-Congressman Benjamin F. My¬
ers, of Harrisburg, was nominated for
state treasurer by acclamation.
James S. Morehead, Judge Harman
Yeskes, Charles S. Noyes, Judge
Smith, Christopher Magee and Judge
O. P. Brecklet were nominated for
judges of tho superior court and at
8:22 o’clock p. m. the meeting ad¬
journed sine die.
BLAZING NAPHTHA
Causes Fearful Havoc Near Alton
Illinois.
The Chicago, Burlington and Quincy
railroad had a peculiarly bad wreck
just east of Alton, Ill., early Thursday
A west bound train broke in two,
and as the front part slowed up at the
water tank, the rear part ran into the
front, causing a car of naptha to ig¬
nite. There were twelve curs of
naptha and petroleum in the train and
all were soon ignited. The flames shot
hundreds of feet high. Three cars
exploded with tremendous force.
The house of Thomas Craver, near
by, was set on fire and destroyed, and
Mr. and Mrs. Craver barely escaped
with their lives. Samuel Welsh,
twenty rods distant, a village fireman,
was covered with burning oil and
burned to death. Other firemen were
badly but not fatally burned.
The loss to the railway company is
$12,000. Houses a quarter of a mile
away were scorched by the burning
oil. The track is twisted, telegraph
poles burned down, ties burned, trees
blasted and the whole scene is one of
ruin.
ON TO CHATTANOOGA.
Thousands Expected to Reach There
in the Next Few Days.
Thursday morning a rather queer
sort of train went of Chattanooga. It
was composed of seventeen passenger
coaches and not a single passenger was
on the train, but it is expected to re¬
turn from Louisville in sections,loaded
down with passengers. Passenger
agents say that between 15,000 and
25,000 of tho Louisville visitors will
be present at the park dedication.
Even this early the streets show that
Chattanooga is entertaining over a
thousand strangers. Flags and bunt¬
ing are already displayed in profusion.
The national guard of the state of
Tennessee will be represented by about
six hundred enlisted men, not includ¬
ing officers. Tents are now being
pitched for their reception on the on
oampment grounds.
WE HOLD THE CUP.
THE; ENGLISHMAN REFUSES TO
SAIL OVER THE COURSE
And Defender Gets the Third and
Final Race.
The America’s cup race ended in a
fiasco. Lord Dunraven withdrew the
Valkyrie immediately after tho start
and the Defender sailed over the
course alone.
The America’s cup committee noti¬
fied C. Oliver Iselin that three races
and the cup were awarded to gallant
Defender, and the crowds afloat and
ashore cheered the ship that sustained
Uncle Sam’s supremacy on the seas
and the skipper and crew that sailed
her. For at least another year the in¬
ternational tropy is ours and in all
probability it will be many years be¬
fore a British yacht again challenges for
the cnp. The mishap of last Tuesday
and the rather remarkable action of
Lord Dunraven will not further the
interests of international sport. Ameri¬
cans have complained of not being
given fair play when racing in Eng¬
lish waters, and both in 1893 and this
year extra pains have been taken to
prevent his lordship from having cause
to complain of unfairness here. In
withdrawing ho does not charge any
special unfairness to his boat, but
bases his action upon the interference
with both yachts caused by the large
excursion fleet.
This was not tho cause of tho trou¬
ble Thursday, for the course was clear
at the start when the British boat
withdrew. The objections raised by
tbe owner of tho Valkyrie were mado
bofore the boats reaohed tho line and
were based upon the conduct of the
attendant fleet on Saturday and Tues¬
day. Lord Dunraven sent the Amer¬
ica’s cup committee a strongly worded
letter complaining about tho action of
steamboats and tugs, and stating that
he was not willing to continue nacing
the Valkyrie unless a clear course WUH
provided. He ndded that in his opin¬
ion the course should be distant from
nny large city.
r T P; to tho time fox the stnrt.for
t >
Thursday’s race Lord Dunraven had
received no reply to his communica¬
tion. After his withdrawal from the
race he said itwasliis intention to start
if he received a reply, but none com¬
ing to hand he merely went down and
crossed the line to give the other boat
a ebanee to make the race.
Another Account.
Valkyrie crossed the line with De¬
fender in Thursday’s race in a half¬
hearted fashion and immediately sur
rendered, hoisted the colors of tho
New York Yacht Club, as the signal to
that effect, and started hack to the
city. She claimed that sho had been
blanketed by a pilot boat. Defender
sailed over the course alone, turning
the mark about 1:40.
The unfortunate foul between Val¬
kyrie III. and Defender, at the start
of the race on Tuesday, the awarding
of the race to Defender, and, above
all, the fact that Valkyrie was. looked
upon by many as a hopelessly out¬
classed yacht, all tended to blue mat¬
ters up considerably.
But, under the gray mantle of clouds
hovering over Sandy Hook and its vi¬
cinity, there was a glimmer of bright
suushino caused by the report tint!
Mr. C. Oliver Iselin had asked the
America’s cup committee if they had
any objection to his proposing to
Lord Dunraven to resail the triangu¬
lar race of Tuesday.
Dunraven’s Protest.
Lord Dunraven’s strong denuncia¬
tion of tho interference of steamers
with the racers was looked upon in
quite a serions light as thero seemed
no doubt that he meant what he said
when he threatened to withdraw from
Thursday’s race if interfered with.
Contrary to expectations the excur¬
sion fleet was full twice as large ns on
Tuesday. From Scotland lighship
up through the Narrows there was one
continues line of boats.
When the Valkyrie came down to
the line a large schooner pilot boat,
came directly across and to windward
of her. In an instant she was blank¬
eted and as soon as she got a bit of
wind she went to port and rounded the
lightship.
As she did so she sent up to her
mast-head the ensign of the New York
Yacht Club, signifying that she sur
rendered the race.
It became apparent that Lord Dun¬
raven had carried out his expressed in¬
tention of refusing to raoe any more
in these waters if crowded by the ex¬
cursion fleet.
Meeting of Tennessee Bivouacs.
I he state association of Confederate
Bivouacs of Tennessee met in Colum¬
bia Ihursdav and elected the followin g
officers: Thomas Claiborne, presi¬
dent; W. W. Carnes, first vice presi¬
dent;, Richard Ransom, second vice
president; John P. Hickman, secre
tary and treasurer; R, B. Tomlinson,
sergeant at arms; Rev. Joseph E.
Martin, chaplain. The association
will meet in Nashville in October,,
1896.
a Year in Advance
GOLD IS GOING.
Heavy Shipments Were Made on Sat
urday’s Steamers.
A New York special says: J. Pier
mont Morgan, when asked as to the
reported rupture of the government
bond syndicate as indicated by the re¬
appearance of Lazard Freres as heavy
shippers of gold, said:
“There has been no rupture; the
syndicate is going on just the same,
trying to help all it can, but its obli¬
gations expired some time ago.”
Asked if he did not anticipate a de¬
crease in the supply of bills against
cotton and breadstuff's, he replied in
the affirmative and expressed some
surprise that a greater supply of bills
was not in the market. The president
of a large downtown bank, which is
a member of the syndicate, said that
he thought it was going too far to say
that the syndicate had been disrupted,
although its members may have con¬
cluded not to deposit any more gold
at present. On the other hand, sub
treasury officials express confidence
that the impairment of the txeasury
gold reserve by the exports will be
made good.
The following announcements of gold
shipments by Saturday’s steamers were
$1,000,000; madeFriday: W. H. Crossman & Bro.,
$500,000; Hoskier, Wood & Co.,
Hard and Rand, $200,000;
Nessiage and Fuller, $100,000; Lazard
I rreres $2,500,000; Handy A Harman,
$250,000, making an aggregate of $4,-
550,000.
Zimmerman & Forshay forwarded
3,000 pounds of English gold.
DAVIS MONUMENT ASSOCIATION.
Statement of the Fund Made by the
President.
At a meeting of the Jefferson Davis
Monument Asssociation, held at Rich¬
mond, Va., Friday afternoon, thepres
ident stated that a collection for the
monument fund was taken in that city
on June 3d resulting in subscriptions
to the amount of $1,000 or $1,200, in
addition to what had heretofore been
raised. On motion of Judge Christian,
tho president was authorized to take
steps to collect such of these subscrip¬
tions as have not yet been paid in.
On motion of General Wise the pres¬
ident was requested to apply to the
city counoil for permission to erect
the monument in Monroe park. It is
desired that the foundation shall be
removed to another site in the park,
and the monument erected on that
spot.
The president was authorized to ap¬
point a committee to report at the
next meeting how the board should
proceed in the matter of inviting pro¬
posals for a monument plan. Messrs.
Chesterman and Richardson were ap¬
pointed as the committee, which is not
to recommend a monument plan, but
to suggest to the board how to pro¬
ceed in that direction.
SAD DAY AT CALUMET.
Burial of Ten of the Victims of the
Mine Fire.
A special from Calumet, Mich., says:
Ten Saturday was funeral day in Calumet.
of the victims of the Osceola fire
were buried Friday, and the others,
except Saturday. the last three, were interred
Every hearse in the county
was pressed into service and the mines
are idle, the miners being busy going
from one funeral to another. In ad¬
dition to the thirty killed in the Osce¬
ola mines a week ago, four miners
have since been killed by minor acci¬
dents. In the seven years ending with
1894, 532 men were killed by acci¬
dents at the mines of the upper pen¬
insula of Michigan, and the recent
disaster will bring the list to morejthan
A CRANK’S CRAZY FREAK.
Strikes Columbian Liberty Boll With
a Hammer.
A Chicago special says: The Colum¬
bian liberty bell, which is on its way
to Atlanta, thence around the world,
was greeted Friday at various towns
in Illinois by throngs of citizens and
school children, At Areola a man
named Matthews created a sensation
by brushing through the crowd and
striking the lower rim three hard
blows with a sledge hammer, makiug
three dents in it. Then he ran back
through the crowd. Manager Knapp
leaped from the car and succeeded in
locating the man and immediately or¬
dered his arrest. Tho United States
marshal was telegraphed for to take
the prisoner to Springfield.
TENNESSEE’S MONUMENTS.
The State Will Erect Five Elegant
Ones at Chlckamauga.
The Tennessee board of Chickamau
ga park commissioners havo 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, hence
the main work of commemoration on
an adequate scale will have to be
carried out at a later day.
N UMBER 34.
If You
ARE GOING TO
Missouri, Kansas, Arkansas,
Texas, Nebraska, Louisiana,
Colorado, Utah, California,
Oregon, Washington, Mex¬
ico, New Mexico or Arizona,
And will send me a postal card or let¬
ter stating where you are going,
when you are going, where
you will start from, how
many there are in your
party, what freight and
baggage you have,
I will write you or call at your
house and furnish you with
the fullest information regard¬
ing routes, lowest rates of all
classes, besides maps, descriptive and
illustrated land pamphlets, resort
books, Hot Springs guides, etc.
Cheap farming lands, in Mis¬
souri, Arkansas, Kansas* and
Texas.
A. A. GALLAGHER,
SOUTHERN PASSENGER AGENT,
Missouri Pacific R’w’y
and IRON MOUNTAIN ROUTE.
103 Read House,
Chattanooga, Tenn.
QUARLES N. KING,
Attorney-at-Law,
SPRING PLACE, GA.
J. BATES,
Attorney-at-Law,
SPRING PLACE, GA.
Special attention to collections and
criminal practice.
Y, l. watts,
Attorney-.At-Law,
SPRING PLACE, GA.
Prompt attention to all business.
L. HENRY,
Attorney-at-Law,
SPRING PLACE, GA.
Will practice in the courts of this and
adjoining counties.
J # S. FANN,
Dentist,
DALTON, GA.
Solicits TOUT nillr nn n er g
JJcNELLY & HEARTSILL,
General Job Printers,
CLEVELAND, TENN.
Mail orders will receive prompt atten¬
tion. Send for prices and
samples of work.
THOMAS J. BRYANT,
Livery Stable,
DALTON, GA.
I have • bought the entire Livery
business of Calaway & Longest, anti
solicit your patronage.
P. BAGWELL, M. D.,
SPRING PLACE, GA.
Offers his professional services to the
people of this section and solicits a
share of the patronage.
W. ANDERSON,
Physician and Surgeon,
SPRING PLACE, GA.
Professional servioes offered to the
people of this section. Calls cheer¬
fully answered day and night.
J. A. PRICE, M. D.,
SUMACH, GA.
Will practice his profession in this
and surrounding country.
Will be at the Temple House on the
first Tuesdays in each month for the
purpose of examining and treating
Acute and Chronic diseases.
Wo have Money to Loan at 6 per cent.
On farm or city property in anj sec¬
tion of couutry where property has a
fixed market value. Money ready far
immediate loans where security and
title is good. No commission. We
solicit applications. Blanks furnished
upon request. ALLEN & CO.,
40-42 Broadway, N.