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VOLUME XV.
THROUGH GEORGIA.
BITS OF NEWS GATHERED FROM
OVER THE STATE,
Being a Summary of Interesting Hap¬
penings From Day to Day.
A northen man is going to establish
a large nursery nearFolkston.in Charl¬
ton county.
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There is said to be a large crop of
bears foraging on the crops in the
vicinity of Okefenookee swamp.
The people of Augusta are kicking
against the inefficient telephone ser¬
vice to which they have to submit.
It is said that more than two-thirds
of the people are disfranchised in Bibb
county for non-payment of taxes.
Athens has a cotton exchange in full
blast, where the fellow who thinks he
knows all about cotton can back his
judgment.
An exchange says that only forty
one counties in the state have licensed
barrooms; but with a knowing wink
notes that all the dry ones made fine
corn crops.
Mr. Abe Morgan, of Waycross, has
tho distinction of killing the largest
bear ever seen in the vicinity, It
weighed 800 pounds. The bear '’had
destroyed a large part of the pork crop
iu that vioinity.
There were four stalks of corn on
exhibition at the Berrien county court¬
yard, at Nashville, lust week twice as
tall as the average man. They con¬
tained several ears which grew from
the stalk higher than a man’s head.
A movement has been started in At¬
lanta to have the legislature pass a bill
during its present se-ision paying the
jurors in the justice courts of the Btate
the same amount as they receive in the
higher courts.
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Adjutant General J. M. Kell,though
still quite sick at his home at Sunny
Side, is considered out of danger by
the attending physicians. He is gain¬
ing strength rapidly, and it is only a
question of time until he will be able
to resume his departmental duties.
Application has been made for the
incorporation of the Colquitt County
Cooperage Company, capitalized at
$5,000, with privilege of increasing to
$20,000. A factory is to be located at
Moultrie for the manufacture of tubs,
buckets, barrels, etc.
Henry McLean, the 17-year-old boy
who killed his uncle, Henry McLean,
last month in Charlton, has surrender¬
ed to the sheriff and is now in jail in
Waycross. Young McLean says he had
no fears in surrendering and that he
killed his uncle in self-defense, and
will prove the assertion by McLean’s
daughters at the trial.
Senator Long is the father of a joint
resolution providing for tho committee
of three from the senate and five from
the house to consider the propriety of
selling the Northeastern railroad,
which has become the property of the
state since the last session. This was
adopted by the senate and Messrs.
Long, Harris of the twenty-second,
and Lewis are the senators appointed
on tlio committee.
Dr. Robert Battey, of Rome, is now
recovering from his late illness and
expects to be able to attend to busi¬
ness in a short time. No more pub¬
lic-spirited citizen lives in Rome.
He has built quite a number of elegant
houses in the city in the last few years.
His reputation has given quite a name
to Rome, and thousands know it who
probably would never have heard of it
but for him.
The wholesale liquor dealers of Sa¬
vannah have raised a fund for the pur¬
pose of fighting the dispensary bill,
now before the Georgia legislature.
They will have representatives in At¬
lanta and will work conjointly with the
interests of other cities of the state to
stop the progress of that legislation.
The passage of the bill would require
the raising of $100,000 more from real
estate every year in that city alone for
city expenses.
The car building and repairing ma¬
chinery of the Huntington car and
wheel works, of HuntingtoD, Pa.,which
has just been purchased by J. J. Mc¬
Donough, Captain John Flannery and
several other capitalists of Savannah,
will be moved to that city, and it is
understood that some verbal arrange¬
ment is made By wbieh the new com¬
pany is to have the work of rebuilding
and repairing cars for the several rail¬
roads which center there.
The University of Georgia has earn¬
ed a great reputation in athletic cir-
SPRING PLACE, MURRAY COUNTY, GA., SATURDAY. NOVEMBER 9, 1895.
cles. Her football team has especially
attracted attention far and wide. The
great Yale football team, the undis¬
puted champions of America, has chal¬
lenged the foot! all team of the Uni¬
versity of Georgia to a game to be
laved in Atlanta Christmas day. The
wearers of the red and black have de¬
cided to accipt the challenge from
i’ale, and the arraugem -nts for the
game '' ill at once be made.
The Eden Tark cotton mills, of
Donglasville, will increase its capacity
1,500 spindles before December 15th.
Colonel ,!(>< Janies fays that the mill
owners had decided to add 1,500 spin
lies to the 2,500 already operated,
caking a total of 4,000. The addi
s He.el spindles will be put in at once.
H: action of ties mill in putting in
adiitnn : 1 spindles will add a large
num! er of employes to the pay roll of
(bo company. The town of Douglas
vdle »id be benefited by the action of
'lie mill company.
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! he state convention of all the
Christian churches of Georgia held an
interesting session of throe days at
Vtlnntn. Hie following officers were
elected for the ensuing year : Presi¬
dent, Dr. C. P. Williamson, pastor of
the First Christian church; vice presi¬
dent, H. C. Bowen, of Savannah;
corresponding secretary, H. C. Combs,
of Macon; treasurer, John Cooper, of
Atlanta; state evangelist, E. L. Shel
nut. Under the direction of these
able leaders the progress of the church
during the coming year will be even
more decided than during the year
which has just closed.
One of. the last steps in the reorgani¬
zation of the Central railroad was
taken a few days ago when a deed to
the property was filed for record iu
the office of Clerk Tanner at Atlanta.
The deed was from the special masters
of the court, Alfred E. Buck and
George W. Owens, and was made to
tho purchasers of the property, Samuel
Thomas and Thomas F. Ryan. The
consideration for which the deed was
made was the sum of two million dol¬
lars. It covers the property known
as the Southwestern railroad, both be¬
long, subject to the tripartite mortgage
bonds of the Farmers’ Loan and Trust
Company, of New York.
The Savannah News thinks the idea
of the Georgia legislature passing a
special act directed against a dance is
little if any short of ridiculous.
There is already a plenty of law to
deal with all indecent exhibitions, and
it is the duty of the police or other
officers of the law to see that such ex¬
hibitions are suppressed. The Atlanta
exposition is incorporated with the
city for- police purposes. It is the
business of the Atlanta police authori¬
ties to see that the shows in the
grounds are unobjectionable, The
legislature would be engaged in mighty
small business in enacting a special law
to meet a situation that could be met
and mastered by one policeman with a
club under existing laws.
Fitzgerald Wants Banking Facilities.
The new city of Fitzgerald, now
just arising from the ground lately
covered by a pine forest, is beginning
to show every sign of busy life. The
survey of the town has been almost
completed and the demand for town
lots seems to be almost general and
comes from almost every section. In¬
quiries are answered with the infor¬
mation that lots will be put on sale
within a few days. The town is in
need of railway facilities, but these
will soon be provided as a road has
been bought by the colony manage¬
ment and will soon be extended to the
place and give communication with
the outside world, both by the South¬
ern Railway and the Plant System.
Notwithstanding the fact that there
is no railroad yet, stocks of goods are
being bought to be shipped there and
numbers of merchants will soon be
ready for traffic with the new settlers.
One of the crying needs of the col¬
ony is a bank. At present there are
no banking facilities whatever. Many
of the colonists have brought their
money in the shape of bills of exchange
which cannot be readily converted
into currency. The need of small
change is so urgent that the use of
postage stamps is frequently resorted
to. Of course, a bank will come in
time, but the demand for one is al¬
ready urgent and the first banker in
the field will reap a rich harvest.
There are thousands of colonists on
the colony lands, and as soon as the
allotment of holdings is made an un
paralleled activity in building will be
witnessed.
The colonists are all pleased with
the colony location and with the cii
mate of this section,
FATAL COLLISION.
Three Men Killed and Many Severely
Injured.
A terrific head-on collision occurred
late Tuesday night between two subnr
ban trains on the Missouri Pacific rail
way just outside St. Louis, in which
three persona were killed outright and
several more or less seriously injured.
Both trains were running at top speed
and the collision was, therefore, very
severe, and the damage to engines and
cars very serious.
“Tell tlxe TrxxtlA.”
THE LEGISLATURE.
GEORGIA SOLON9 MEET IN REG
ULAR SESSION.
Proceedings of the Senate and House
Presented In Brief.
The steady pour of new bills which
has kept up in the house during the
past few days became a veritable de
■uge at Wednesday morning’s session.
Every member seemed to be a very
storehouse and new measures made
thmr appearance with startling rapidi
ty A few of the most important were
ns follows; To define the duties, oh
ligations and liabilities of receivers of
corporations; lo exempt certain state,
county and city officers from carrying
concealed weapons; To regulate the
manner and rate for legal advertising,
io declare councilmen and aldermen
C! le8 ’“eligible during their term
of office , by accepting offices created
by the general assembly; To prevent
merchants from opening their places
of business on Sunday; To provide for
the filing and trial of contested election
cases of the state. A resolution was
offered by Speaker Fleming oongratu
lating the governor and other mem
bers of the board on the splendid ex
lnbit which they have gotten up for
Georgia at the Atlanta exposition,
Ihe resolution also congratulated the
exposition officials for the magnificent
enterprise which they have brought to
so successful a result. A res
olution was introduced by MY
Broyles, of Fulton, that with
the concurrence of the senate
an invitation bo extended University,^ Dr. Boggs,
the chancellor of the
university. It is prescribed by the
state that the privilege of addressing
the general assembly at least once a
year belongs to the chancellor of he
umvorM}. .No\un>er is day
ja as h i n st i or earing im, am
it is known that Dr Boggs will touch
rsTsiss? of itrr‘r:
pending in the house and a great fight
is an .cipa ed on this measure, which
asks that the college be taken from the
jurisdiction of the university and lo
cated at Griffin together with its ex
perimental station. The college is one
of the principal sources ot revenue for
e umversi y.
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remarkably goad •ttud.no. ot mom
bers conHidermg the tact that it was
Atlanta day at the exposition and that
everybody else was assisting ” m the
celebration i i of f iu the occasion. c< Several i
important . . new T bills were introduced xi v
and others weue brought up for a third
reading. i7 Among the new bills were
the ,i following: „ • m To make lA tax collectors 11 i
publish the names of those who fail
to pay their taxes before the books are
closed ; lo cause railroads to issue
mileage books and protect them from
the use by others than the legal own
cr and to make them redeem-
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o e ,i ® cons ... i n .. ion o e n Georgia, .
so as to provide for the election of
judges of the superior courts, and so
lieitor generals by the electors of their
respective judicial circuits. A bill by
Mr. Little, of Muscogee, to amend an
act providing a new charter for Colum¬
bus was brought up for a third reading
and passed the house. The Bush pro¬
hibition bill bronghtup an interesting
point during the day. It was rumored
that the supporters of the bill would
endeavor to have some names iu sym¬
pathy with the proposed measure
added to the committee which has the
bill under consideration. Hence when
Mr. Bush arose to ask the appointment
of two new members to the committee,a
resolution was introduced by Mr. Battle,
of Muscogee, to the effect that no new
committee appointments be made. Mr.
Battle explained his position by say¬
ing that he did this in view of a rumor
that the standing committee would re¬
ceive additions of members who were
to forward the interest of certain bills
now in the hands of the committee. As
committeemen were not appointed by
reason of their private opinions on any
subject he moved to make no further
appointments to any of the committee.
A lively debate followed during the
next few minutes, which resulted in
the resolution being disposed of by
being committed to the committee on
rules,
The Georgia legislature may put its
foot down upon child insurance in
this state. A bill to that effect was
introduced in the house Friday morn
ing by Mr. Wright, of Floyd, which,
it becomes a law,will be a serious
blow to the industrial insurance com
panies doing business in this state. In
some of these companies this branch
°* business is tho most extensive and
lucrative in spite of the fact that it is
prett y 8 enerall y condemned. In some
of t4ie Iar 8 er cltles the practice of in
HUrin " children from 1 to 12 years of
a ® e ’S' cftrri e a 01110 a “ enormous extent
Hmoll « the working classes, and great
,n Bome of the metropolitan jour
nals has beea devotoa to condemning
its retultH which are said to be in
T the ny session ln8tancefl many other durable. new bills During were
introduced: A bill by Mr. Broyles, of
Fulton, to cause the owners of dead
animals to bury same within a certain
and proper time, was passed. This
bill is only intended to affect Atlanta
as the same is not to be enforced ex¬
cept in counties having a population
of 00,000 or more. Other bills passed
were: To fix the the time for the
election of a mayor and council for the
city of Dacatur; To cede to the United
States Jurisdiction over certain roads
leading up to Chiekamanga National
Military Park. The house adjourned
until Monday morning.
expected' THE SENATE lTvely
It wa3 that a debate
would take place in the senate Wednes
d morning over the bill introduced
b Senator Munro to amend the con¬
Btitut i on * H() as to provide for the elec
tion of j udge8 an d solicitors by the
)e The bill had been made the
Bpeoia i orde r for the morning hour,
but it waB re f erre d back to the judiei
ary com mittee for the purpose of mak
ing somo changes . The legislature at
j as t Bess i on appropriated a sum of
mo to build a no rmal school at
Sheppard Athons _ Wednesdavmorning Senator
introduced a resolution
which was passod, providing for a com
m i t t ee 0 f five from the senate and seven
from the house to visit Athens and see
vvliat progress has been made iu tbe
work, and what else may bo need
e d. Senators Sheppard, Boyd, San
ford, Snead and Lewis were ap
pointed on the part of the senate.
it eeems that under the present law
domestic wines may be sold in quanti
ties not less than a quart, without a
license. Senator Brand introduced a
hill allowing oities and towns to regu
ffite the sale and to charge a license to
regular dealers in domestic wines. A
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^“'r.ng all persons who carry pis ols
the county Tn’whiclAhey bve and Z
pft { y % a tax of ten dollars. A house hill
0 equire tho gran d juries in each
county to appoint a committee to visit
the convicts, ’ and thouroughly gill inspect
the 8am0 wa s d< The provides
J Ls.° Curiolity'and r T oi r, interest r
t r Berv
in the a pp Zb oin tment8 which Governor
Atkinson still to make was balked
, the adjonrnment of the 8enate be .
fore the last batch of appointments
reached them . That body ( was in the
ftet of adjourning when he appoint .
ments were presented and they were
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m - itt Wayne county, was amended so as
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waters that run through the land,
Tbe bm of Sel)ator Broughton j| amend
s the oharfcer of adifl0IJ> was
{ SBed . Tbe bill incorporating \ Car
ersvill waB ftmen(]ed a bill to
)hufc { ,ff e ct introduced by f Senator
L j kin . The resolution () the hougo
invit tbe chftncellor of tbe state
on next Tuesday was concurred in.
g enab>r Mercer introduced a resolu
tion Thursday morning providing for
a committee of two from the senate
and three from the house to
take into consideration tho con¬
vict question, with power to sit during
vacation and make a report to the gov¬
ernor before the meeting of the next
general assembly suggesting somo plan
for disposing of the convicts after the
The governor settled the question
of whether or not the senate could act
upon the appointment of John Berry
as judge of the criminal court of At¬
lanta, as unfinished business Tuesday
morning, by sending his name in again,
and asking the senate to confirm.
This the senate promptly did. The sen¬
ate in executive session confirmed tne
appointment of the following judges
and solicitors: J. S. Carter, judge
county court of Appling; James B.
Brown, judge county court Bryan;
F. Willis Dart, judge county court of
Coffee; Samuel J. Winn, judge county
court of Gwinnett; T. L. Guerry, Jr.,
judge of county court Quitman ; P. II.
Taliaferro, judge county court of
Washington; Ira 8. Chappel, judge
city court ot Laurens; G. G. Lark, T ,
judgecounty court of Clay; J. W.
Ldmondson, judge of the county court
of Brooks; A. P. Smith, solicitor
county court of Brooks; F. F. Julian,
solicitor county court of Gwinnett, and
T. W. Hardwick, solicitor of the
county court of Washington. There were
two bills made thespecial order for the
moriflng. One was a bill introduced
by . „ Senator . Cra „ . go to . make . the ,, judges . ,
of all courts e ective, am the other
was Senator Whiteley s bill to allow
judges u the trial ot cases when the
testimony is obscene, o exc udo all
except the parties concerned. Senator
Craigo was absent so the consideration
of his bill was postponed until h.s re
turn. Senator Whitely at-ked that the
consideration of his bill be deferred
until it could be perfected by the ju¬
diciary committee. Senator Long in¬
troduced a resolution, which was
adopted, asking for the appointment
of a committee of three from the sen
ate and , five „ from the ,, , house to , consider .,
the propriety of selling the North
eastern Railroad. Under the resoiu-
a Tear in Advance
tion the president appointed Senators
Long, Harris of the 22d, and Lewis,
as such committee. Several now bills
were introduced and the senate ad¬
journed uutil Wednesday morning.
The senate, in executive session,
Friday morning confirmed the follow¬
ing nominations made by the gover¬
nor : W. B. Bennett, judge county
court of Brooks; W. L. Jones, judge
county court of Dougherty; W. B.
Calloway, solicitor county court Burke;
John D. Pope, solicitor county court
of Dougherty, and J. F. Bodgers so¬
licitor county court of Newton. The
first hour of the senate session proper
was consumed in reading house bills
the first and second time. Senator
McGarrity introduced a bill to amend
the law establishing county medical
boards. Senator Banks introduced a
bill to amend the law establish¬
ing state depositories. Senator
Osborc introduced a bill requir¬
ing that all brooms made by convicts
be so stamped. The bill introduced
by Senator Brand requiring arresting
officers to hold prisoners until they
have notified the officers of the epunty
that want him that he is in custody,
was passed. Senator Broyles’ bill to
amend the law relating to aqueducts
and canals in mining districts was
passed. Senator Beek’s bill amending
the law relating to the granting of
charters by the secretary of state, was
passed. Senator Whiteley introduced
a resolution which provides for a com¬
mission of two senators and three rep
resenatives, who shall make a thorough
investigation of the records of the pen¬
itentiary, and note cases, where from
long service, age, infirmity or other
reasons convicts should be pardoned.
The senate then adjourned until 10
o’clock Monday.
Members of the house of representa¬
tives finished their ninth day’s work
Friday. Saturday was taken as a holi¬
day, and a great many of them used
their photographic passes to the expo¬
sition, and some who live in the near¬
by counties went home to spend Sun¬
day
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“ATLANTA DAY.”
Tile Whole Turns Out to Take In
the Exposition.
Not in the history of the city of At¬
lanta has there ever been such an out¬
pouring of her population as on last
Thursday, “Atlanta Day.” Whitehall
street, always tho gayest thoroughfare
of the city, presented only a long se¬
ries of barred and locked doors, and
the patrolmen along the retail street
street were trying tho doors, just as
they do when coming in on Ihe night
watch. The only place where the
usual life and stir was seen was in
the neighborhood of the union depot,
where steady streams of people poured
out into Wall street from the main en¬
trance, and where the call and cry of
the porter was heard as loud and bois¬
terous ns usual. Alabuma street, the
street of banks and wholesale stores,
was deserted.
No 6inoke came from the tall chim¬
neys of the cotton factories, and the
hum of industry was hushed, and
throughout the city the trip hammers,
the forges, the lathes were still, and a
silence like that of Sunday liung over
the city.
When the weather man announced
over the telephone in the early morn¬
ing that he was unable to announce
anything favorable in reference to the
weather, one was inclined to believe
him. When the daylight opened it
was one of the dampest, most disagree¬
able, most penetrating days that At¬
lanta had seen in a long time—and as
it turned out, Atlanta day, the day of
all days, proved to be the most disa¬
greeable since the exposition opened.
And yet there was every indication
at noon of the largest attendance
which has yet favored the exposition.
When the people awoke on the mucky
morning, they found out that the day
would not be postponed and they de¬
termined to make the most of it.
The Crowds Poured Out.
They had a holiday on their hand?,
they knew that tbe great buildings
would be ample to shelter them, and
with the true Atlanta spirit they made
for the exposition gates. The weather
did not affect the crowds as much as
one might suppose and while, of
course, on a bright and cloudless day
many more would have gone, the peo
pi® poured in steady streams through
the entrances, and the great obstacles
notwithstanding, deed, Atlanta day was, in
the red letter clay of the fair
WATT HARDIN IS ILL.
He Is tbe Democratic Nominee for
Governor of Kentucky.
General P. Watt Hardin, democratic
nominee for governor B of Kentucky,
W(lfj taken dan gerously m Wednesday
a t Morgantown. He arrived at Mor
tow!1 Tuesd ni ht from Glasgow,
whefe he spoke that evening. He had
atla p po j n t me ntto speak at Morgan town
Wednesday, & but being very sick he
leftfor owlin ^ Green. He was
taken violen% while en ronte and
was forced to stop at Riehardsville.
Physicians were at once sent for and
they report that the general is in a
very serious condition.
New French Cabinet.
President Faure, after conferences
with M. M. Peytral, Bourgeois, Lock
r0 y and Cavaignao, has asked M. Bour
g eo is to form a cabinet.
NUMBER 41.
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ARE GOING TO
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Texas, Nebraska, Louisiana,
Colorado, Utah, California,
Oregon, Washington, Mex¬
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And will send me a postal card or let¬
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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 rateB 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,
SOUTHEKN PASSENGER AGENT,
Missouri Pacific R’w’y
and IRON MOUNTAIN ROUTE.
103 Read House,
Chattanooga, Tenn.
0IL111LES N. KINO,
Attorney-at-Law,
SPRING PLACE, GA.
J # J. BATES,
Attorney-at-Law,
SPRING PLACE, GA.
Special attention to collections and
criminal practice.
Y 9 l. watts,
Attorney-At-Law,
SPRING PLACE, GA.
Prompt attention to all business.
L HENBY,
Attorney-at-Law,
SPRING PLACE, GA.
Will practice in the courts of this and
adjoining counties
J # S. FINN,
Dentist,
DALTON, GA.
Solicits vour liatranaa-q
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 fought the entire Livery
business of Galaway & Longest, and
solicit your patronage.
J ji P. BAGWELL, M. D.,
SPRING PLACE, GA.
Offers his professional services to the
people of this section and solioits a
share of the patronage.
flT W. ANDERSON,
Physician and Snrgeoa,
SPRING PLACE, GA.
Professional servioes offered to the
people of this section. Call* oheer
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,
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immediate loans where security and
title is good. No commission. W-e
solicit applications. Blanks furnished
upon request. ALLEN £00.,
40-42 Broadway, N. Y.