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Carter cfc ITcartsell, Putolisliors,
V OLUME XV.
THROUGH GEORGIA.
BITS OF NEWS GATHERED FROM
OVER THE STATE.
Being a Summary of Interesting Hap¬
penings Front Day to Day.
The jury in the Hanvey wife murder
case at Atlanta returned a verdict oi
guilty and recommended that the pris¬
oner be imprisoned in the penitentiary
for life.
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The Afro-American press associa¬
tion—the negro press association of
America will bold an adjourned meet
ing of their body at the Exposition
Thursday, November 21st.
The genera! judiciary committee of
the senate will report adversely on the
bill of Senator Long to create an in¬
surance commissioner and give him
the power to fix insurance rates.
At a recent meeting of the Macon
city council, resolutions were passed
and opposing the Bush anti-barroom bill
a committee of four was appointed
to go to Atlanta and protest against
its passage. The action of the Macon
council was in co-operation with Sa¬
vannah’s council who took like action.
The Georgia Southern directors held
a meeting at Macon last Wednesday
night, and in fifteen minutes decided
the future policy of that road. Samuel
Spencer was elected president,William
Checkley Shaw, vice president, and
Ben. C. Smith, of Macon, secretary
and treasurer. The appointment of u
general manager was left to the presi¬
dent.
A few days ago the Austrian steam¬
ship Tergeste cleared from Savannah
with a cargo of cotton and phosphate
rock for Venice and Trieste. This is
the first steamship of the regular line
recently established between Savannah
and Austrian ports. She- will be fol¬
lowed by the Austrian steamship Is
brin, which is now due to load a cargo
for the same ports.
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Hon. T. C. Crehsfinw took the oath
of office as railroad commissioner
Thursday morning, at 11:30 o’clock
and from that time became a member
of that important body. Colonel
Crenshaw took the oath in the office
of the governor, when there were pres¬
ent several of his friends. There was
no ceremony, the* new commissioner
simply taking the oath and subscrib¬
ing to it.
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A bill will be introduced in the leg¬
islature to withdraw the jmwer from
the board of county commissioners of
Floyd county of apportioning tho sev¬
eral district lines. For the past two
years the county has been divided on
the fence question. Many of the peo¬
ple who have been opposed to the
stock law have been compelled to sub¬
mit to the laws of a new district which
has been apportioned by the commis¬
sioners. And this has caused no end
of trouble to the citizens.
The Clan McRae, several centuries
old and many thousand strong, held a
reunion at the Atlanta exposition
Thursday afternoon. For the first
time in the history of the family the
descendants of the Scots of the Parish
Kjntall met together and discussed
matters of interest and figured out
their genealogy. Every one present
was a McRae. It was but tbe generations
of one family. Old gray-headed men,
tottering under the burden life* of years,
young men in the prime of aged
women, bent with age, and young,
blushing, smiling girls in the bloom
of youth.
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The W. <fc A. road has paid its taxes.
A day or two ago a crisp bank check
was handed in at the little grated win¬
dow at the city clerk’s office at Atlanta.
The check was made payable to the
city of Atlanta and was for $10,000,
being the amount compromised upon
for city taxes against the road. When
the taxes were due a special order was
necessary before tho receiver could
pay the amount. Ia the meantime fi.
fas. were issued by the city against
the road. At a meeting of the repre¬
sentatives of the city and Receiver
Stahlman the matter was recently dis¬
cussed and the amount owed, $16,000,
was compromised for $10,000, the
amount paid.
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The resolution introduced in tho
senate by Senator Sanford, inquiring
into the status of the accounts of the
penitentiary leasees, brings out the
fact that there is due to the state
about $12,000. This is contained in
the report of Attorney General Ter¬
rell, who has collected something
over $13,000. All of the companies
were behind, and on the instruction of
the attorney general fi. fas. were issued
against them, by which much of the
money was collected. The balance is
due from the company of which Mr.
Julius Brown is president and which
is not in the hands of a receiver, aud
from Colonel Smith, of Oglethorpe,
and Colonel T. J. Janies.
SPRING P LACE. MURRAY COUNTY . GA.. SATURDAY. NOVEMBER 1G. 1895.
The famous Wigwam hotel at Irnlinn
Spriugs, celebrated throughout the
south as a resort for the gar. lias been
sold by order of the court and brought
the remarkably low price of 815,000,
less than one-fifth of the original cost
of the house, besides the great im¬
provements, furniture and various
other things that have beeu' added to
make it a hostelry equalled by none in
the south in its magnificent appoint¬
ments. Mr. Strother, from South Car¬
olina, who was so fortunate ns to pur¬
chase this property at such a low price,
claims that he expects to change it
from a hotel to a female college. No
better place could be selected for a fe¬
male college than this picturesque spot.
Nitrates From Chile.
Of all the foreign exhibits in the
transportation building at the exposi¬
tion, the Chilean section is the most
interesting to the farmers of this sec¬
tion, because it consists largely of an
exhibit of nitrate of soda, an import¬
ant part of fertilizer mixture. Iu the
display there are thousands of bags of
the pure nitrate and a working model
of the Chilean nitrate works. This
model shows the method of preparing
the nitrates for the market. With it
are samples of the crude material
which is first dumped into crushers
and pulverized and then put through
a process by which the nitrate is sep
erated from foreign substances.
Nitrate of soda is the chief product
of Chile, and because so much of it is
used iu the south this exhibit is made.
Chileans claim, and the tests made
show, that the nitrates in
crease the yield on an acre about
one-third of a crop on which acid
phosphates have beeu used.
Georgia Day at the Exposition.
The old commonwealth of Georgia,
rich in minerals and teeming with na¬
ture’s bounty, will unfold her great
resources to the world November 19th
at the exposition. Georgia day is one
of the great days of the present month.
Georgia day—November 19th—will at¬
tract one of tho largest crowds that
has yet passed through the turnstiles
of the exposition. By the train loads
the people are coming from every little
hamlet in the state. Governor Atkin¬
son has called the attention of the
legislature to the fact that the day has
been especially set aside and has placed
in the hands of the representatives the
work of making out and arranging a
programme for the occasion, Tho
legislature has been asked to take com¬
plete control of the matter, and urged
to complete the programme just, as
soon as possible iu order that publicity
may be given it.
Roasted tlie Sheriff.
The grand jury which was especially
empanueled at Atlanta and charged
with the investigation into the Myers
escape from the Fulton county jail,
returned its presentments on that sub¬
ject severely roasting the sheriff. The
presentments, while not long, make
one of the clearest, ablest ancl most
fearless declarations which have come
from a jury in some time. Some very
ydain language is used in reference to
both Sheriff Barnes, Jailor Mardis and
Guard Pollock. The grand jury said
it considered Sheriff Barnes as pri¬
marily responsible and moro than any
one else to blame for tho escape of
Myers. He is charged with having
made his appointments for political
purposes. He is charged with having
known of Jailor Mardis’ inebriety and
to have still retained him. The grand
jurors recommended that the jail be
taken from out the charge of the
sheriff and put under the supervision
of the county commissioners.
ROLLING MILLS CLOSE DOWN.
Fifteen Hundred Men Thrown Out of
Work at Birmingham.
A Birmingham, Ala., dispatch says:
The Birmingham and Gate City rolling
mills will close down for an indefinite
period, laying off more than 1,500
men . The only reason given by the
local managers is as follows: “At a
meeting of the bar iron manufactu¬
rers of the district it was decided, in
order to regulate or equalize the sup¬
ply and demand, to close down tem¬
porarily. This action is in sympathy
with the manufacturers north of the
Ohio river who have closed their plants,
and is in accordance with the articles
of agreement of the Manufacturers’
Association.”
A COLORED JUDGE.
Highest Office Ever Held by a Colored
Man in This Country.
James C. Matthews, colored, for¬
merly recorder of deeds at Washing¬
ton under President Cleveland’s first
administration, has been elected judgo
of the recorder’s court of Albany, N.
Y., which office carries with it the
power of a supreme court judge. His
majority iB over 2,000. He was nomi¬
nated and elected on the regular demo¬
cratic ticket. It is the highest judicial
office ever held by a man of his race
in this country.
Snow in Tennessee.
Passengers on an incoming train re¬
port the ground Covered with snow at
Elk Valley, Tenn., a small station
twenty-five miles from Knoxville.
“Toll tlie Truth..”
J HE LEGISLATURE.
GEORGIA SOLONS MEET IN REG
ULAR SESSION.
Proceedings of the Senate and House
Presented iu Brief.
The house was honored Tuesday
morning by the presence of Speaker
Crisp from Washington. He was es
eorted to the i'roijt, where he enjoyed
a friendly handshake with the mein*
bors present. The house adjourned
witli the announcement that each
member meet at the Kimball house at
’ o clock p. in. to go in a body to the
exposition to enjoy a barbecue that
had been arranged for them. The
session lasted only an hour and a half,
during which time a number of bills
were read for the farst time
le dl 0rC kjjl introduced by Mr.
,, McDonald n , j of * Mare the special
was
order in the house Wednesday more
ing. It had been adversely reports!
upon, but some of the members ot the
general judicial committee submitted
a minority report in its favor and this
brought up the debate. The bill pro
vides for the granting of divorces on
y on the grounds aid downm the Bi
ble. The speaker here interrupted the
discussion and said he could only al
low the chairman of the general com
mitt.ee and the minority committee
twenty mmutes each to present then
sides of the question. Mr HammonAj
of Richmond then spoke favoring the'
passage of the bill and Air. Jenkins
opposed it The vote was then put
and the bill was defeated by a vote of
8G to 57. Another special order of the
day was a bill by Mr. Polhill, ot Bibb,
to deckre thei status of dogs as prop-
6 011 spoke in favo*
of f *i the meagre, which
been avorably reported by
committeo, but it failed to
cps ituhonn' majority and
Mr. I olb.ll gave notice tlmt he
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to
agement. oMl.e Heshtn Lon.
port an attendance ot over -H
session and recommend,
h building ot an additional
ory to relieve the crowded state of
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m. The state’s , educational , ,. ... interests , had - ^
their innings Thursday, and were very
ably presented to the general assembly
by Hon. G. R. Glenn, state school
commissioner. He spoke for one hour
on us su ijoc aiK reft e< i in ns
full and exhaustive a manner'as possi
be with so great a theme in that length
As soon as the session of the house
was formally opened Thursday morn¬
ing, Mr. Polhill brought up his dog
bill for reconsideration. It failed to
get a constitutional majority Wednes¬
day and it was decided to give it an¬
other trial. Mr. Johnson, of Hall, said
he had hitherto not expressed any ob¬
jection to the bill, but he thought it a
piece of “peanut legislation” that
ought not to go upon the records of
the house. The house voted upon a
reconsideration, aud it was decided to
take up the bill again. At this, junc¬
ture a message from the governor was
brought into the house. It was to no¬
tify he" the general assembly of a letter
had received from the Atlanta Bar
association gmng to the state the p 1C -
ure of Hon. N J Hammond, now
hanging in the state library A num
ber ot new bills were introduced and
read Among them was one to require
pubhc off,cals, whose income is do
lived from fees, to report such gross
ncome at the first day of each year to
the ordinary for public record, and to
te reported to the comptroller This
.k n uc ore aiice i i an if ea ex
pressei in e governors message.
a bill to establish a system of public
BC 0 ,? B 01 le ,? WI1 0 J J eV e ’. n<
a bill , to extend , , the corporate limits j. of „
the city of Waynesboro were passed
Mr Jones of Dougherty, then moved
to take up the bill to amend the char
ter , of - Albany, changing the term . of .
office of mayor and council from one
to two years. It was put Upon its
third reading and passed. NJr. Giles,
of Houston, who introduced the bill
providing that three-fourths of a jury
is sufficient for a verdict, moved that
it be made the special order for Fri
day. A a resolution j was introduced 1 , , by
Mr. Pittman, of Troup, to invite Hon. ;
Charles F. Crisp speaker » ^
national house of representatives. 1 . *
to , address it, xi the general i assembly , , ;
at such a time as would be j
most convenient for him. This res- 1 I
elution was amended so that the
time would be when tho house was not 1
i v , i •
thk^orm wL^pLsed „ . 11
unanimously introduced^ j
Mr providing B’-oyles of Fulton
bill for an University appropriation of
$15,000 to the State or the
benefit “ of the State Techuolotrical
partmcat of electrical engineers and
the other ten thousand to build a
dormitory for theont-of-towa students.
Chancellor Boggs, of the State Uni¬
versity, addressed the general assem¬
bly Friday, and for one who has the
interests of that institution so much
at . , heart as has , Dr ,, Boggs, it . was an
opportunity to be splendidly taken ad
vantage of. His was a worthy effort
in behalt of the university, and from
the very beginning he gained the at¬
tention and interest of his hearers.
He showed the steady progress of the
that university since the war and
hIh r U. ii.laiii.ti was now
221 creater TK To 7 °
dents iu the university and the en
rollment is expected to reach 275 by
January. He spoke of the splendid
moral tone of the institute in spite of
the misrepresentations of people
throughout the state. Ho paid a fine
tribute to the boys, and attributed
their good conduct to the splendid
regulations. He appealed to the gen
eral assembly for help. If the uni
versity does not profit by its chancel
lor’s effort this time it can certainly
not be laid to his blame, for his appeal
was an eloquent one.
Little other business was transacted
in the house, ns the chancellor’s speech
took up most of the morning’s session,
Several new bills were introduced. A
resolution was presented by Mr. Jen
kins, of Putnam, providing for the
appointment of a joint committee of
three from the senate and four from
the house to meet with the exposition
committee and that both houses of the
general assembly do adjourn upon that
day and attend upon the celebration in
„ body Saturday’s
session of the house was
very brief. Thera was no quorum
present, and nothing occurred except
the introduction of a few bills and a
{ew comrait tee reports. Nothing was
considered, and after a brief session
house adjourned. Mr. Pittman,of meks
introduced an important J
wUicb make8 , tlie offen86 of
ri 0 b Htrll ctiug I or interfering
f , mstlll)b H or their dopu
th<> of an order or
the Volution r,’
governor to
f
‘ prisoner, after
” been convicted and sentenced
g , wa9 taken from the court
and j J hed . Ml . rittmaa is
much in torested ia this mea8Ure>
ftn d h 0 has consulted with several of
the superior court judges about it. It
8 eems to be indorsed by judges and
othe and Ml . Pittma n W ill push it
before tho ral assembl J
Tbomafi c Cr6lmhaw was made rail .
road commissioner Tuesday morning,
jjis nomination by Senate the governor was
conflmod by the Mr. Cren¬
shaw succeeds Ool. G. Gunby Jordan
whose term recently expired. A num¬
ber of nominations for county judges
and solicitors were also confirmed.
The balanoe of the session was devot¬
ed to routine work.
Senator Long introduced another in¬
surance bill in the senate Wednesday.
It is done in the interest of encourag¬
ing the organization of local insurance
The law now a
deposit of $100,000 before they can be
chartered. This bill allows them to
hypothecate real estate to that amount,
and makes it the duty of the insurance
commission to pass on the rates of the
property offered for this purpose.
Senator Roberts’ two bills to amend
sectioa 4322 6f tbo cod reduoin ^ tbe
f 1)fembezalement J tQ
neano ; where the „ of m ? or
merch& dise do not exceed fifty f i()1 .
, ars in vaI ’ were d> T1 0 bill
f Seuator W biteI J to f give the public
school fund for D ong asvi i, e to the
Do ?, , asvilie CoUege, 3 ’ aud Senator
Lew bm to amen t he state deposi
/ - j | were also ^ passed. Sena¬
tQ San ()rd iutrod C(1 a rosolu .
4 j on> wb j cb vae unanimously adopt
ed legislative providing for the appointment of
a committee to ascertain
what lessees are in arrears to the state
f tb bjre of convicts _ Eumor bag
it tb . at some of tbe lesso08 are ono and
bebimi in the payment of
the ,, , hire • for c convicts. . Senator o * a San
ford was made chairman of this com¬
mittee. The bill of Senator Shepard
to amend the law regulating the set¬
ting aside of a widows’ yearly support
brought on quite a debate. Seuator
a fheppard , , explained his bill, as not , ,n- .
apart, ten ? but ° to red make £* the the sum amount more cer- set
Senators y tarr aD(1 Becks in
fiisted that th6 biU wou!d intorfMe
ith the right8 of widoffB aad orpha 1 ns.
ana tnat the , law should , ,, stand . , as it .. is. .
SeDator Cnmmi ng spoke in favor of the
v “ -n J „ • i f P W ° ul i V°' 1
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th« eei * nl ‘“tynowsinrrounduag
a ^ , or tt Harris ^ a l lft also ^ ° supported 10 e ^P°, the r ,‘ bill. , f, 1 }"
The Seuatedeoline d to P ftss The
resol , utlon of Senator Mercer, asking
w^ 01 ^ . «PP“ntment g of a committee c ° Q8lder ,^ to e
b e 8t m ea °s fl of disposing of . the convicts ,
*i‘ t , tr I e zLnh?cr:, d b‘'
a in. Advance
then taken np. After some desultory
debate the resolution was adopted.
The bill of Senator Roberts provid¬
ing for a board of equalization was
erroneously reported as having been
lost. It is still a live question before
the legislature, and its passage will be
Xlrge d by Senator Roberts. The bill
wag 8 i mp j y recommitted to the finance
committee, and will be reported back
j at(T
Immediately after reading the jour¬
nal Thursday morning the senate took
up the special order of the day, which
is a bill introduced by Senator Starr
4o j ucreage t be nu mb er of supreme
court judges from three to five. Mr.
Starr explained the bill and the neces¬
sity for its passage. The bill proposes to
It seems the state will need more
money than it has in the treasury, not
otherwise appropriated, to pay off
about a half million dollars of the pub¬
lic debt maturing in July of next year.
To provide for this Senator Lewis,
chairman o! the finance committee, in¬
troduced a bill in the senate Friday
morning authorizing the issuance of
$242,000 of bonds to discharge this
debt. The bonds are to bear four per
cent interest, and shall mature in
1926. Senator Long introduced a bill
to reincorporate the town of Elberton.
Senator Oumming introduced a bill
amending the law funding the pub¬
lic debt, so as to authorize new
registered bonds to be issued in
lieu of the old bonds. Quite
a number of house and senate
bills were read the second time. Gov¬
ernor Atkinson sent a communication
to the senate he had received from
President Collier, of the exposition
company, asking the appointment of a
joint committee to assist in arranging
a program for Georgia day at the ex¬
position. The governor expressed the
hope that the legislature would ap¬
point a committee for the purpose,
and that they would aid in making the
occasion a grand success. At 11 o’clock
the senate went into the hall of the
house of representatives to hear Dr.
Boggs' address, and afterwards ad¬
journed until 10 Monday.
Ex-Speaker Crisp, of the national
house of representatives, has notified
Speaker Fleming that in response to
the resolution of tho house he will ad¬
dress the general assembly on the
political issues of the day next
Wednesday evening at eight o’clock.
Mr. Crisp will speak in the hall of the
house of representatives and it is
needless to say that there will be a full
attendance of senators and members
as well as a large attendance from the
general public. The hall will be
thrown open and every one will be ad¬
mitted.
DR. BATTEY DEAD.
As a Surgeon His Fame was World
Wide.
Dr. Robert Battey died at his home
near Rome, Ga., Friday afternoon.
Dr. Battey was one of the most dis¬
tinguished surgeons in the south. He
was the originator of what is known
as the Battey operation that is now
performed by the great Burgeons all
over the country. His sanitarium ia
Rome has been visited by patients
from every state in the south, and as
a successful practitioner his reputation
has extended to the remotest boun¬
daries of the oountry.
Dr. Battey was born in Augusta,
Ga., November 26th, 1828, He re
oeived his medical degree from the
University of Pennsylvania and from
Jefferson medical college in 1857.
During the civil war he served as a
surgeon in the Confederate army, at
first in the field and later in charge of
From 1878 to 1875 Dr. Battey was
professor of obstetrics in the Atlanta
medical college, and from 1873 to
1876 he edited the Atlanta Medical
Journal. He was president of the
Georgia Medical Association in 1876.
Dr. Battey wrote several books and
papers on surgery and diseases of
women, many of which have been
copied in foreign languages.
If ever a man was a martyr to his
profession or calling, that man was
Dr. Robert Battey. For nearly half
a century he has labored assiduously
for the relief of human suffering, de¬
voting every moment that he was not
engaged in the active work of his pro¬
fession, in studying, reading and in
vestiga ting.
ACCIDENT ON THE L. AND N.
Reports Say Many Liv es Were Lost in
a Collision.
A special from Nashville received at
2 o’clock Monday morning says: There
has been an accident on the Louisville
and Nashville road near Franklin,
eighteen miles south of Nashville.
Many reports are in circulation, and it
is stated that both engineers and seve¬
ral passengers have been killed.
It is impossible to learn tonight any¬
thing except that a New Orleans train
and a freight train ran into each other
four miles south of Franklin, and that
many lives were lost, including five
passengers.
Railroad Rail* Deal , Pending.
The Lookout Mountain, or Broad
Guage n railway, will shortly, it is B emi
officially stated, go into the hands of
Southern railway, which will op
erate the line for the benefit of visi
m ° a zz ,a -“‘f” 0 * to
NUMBER 42.
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.
(JIIARLES N. KING,
Attorney-at-Law,
SPRING PLACE, GA.
J # J. BATES,
Attorney-at-Law,
SPRING PLACE, GA.
Special attention to collections sad
criminal praotioe.
Y. L. WATTS,
Attorney-At-Law,
SPRING PLACE, GA.
Prompt attention to all business.
Q L, HENRY,
Attorney-at-Law,
SPRING PLACE, GA.
Will practice in the courts of this sad
adjoining counties.
J, S. FANN,
Dentist,
DALTON, GA.
Solicit* VQIIT PalrAnacm
JJcNELLT & HEARTSILL,
General Job Printers,
CLEVELAND, TENN.
Mail orders will receive prompt Atten¬
tion. Send for prices and
samples of work.
fJHOMAS J. BRYANT,
Livery Stable,
DALTON, GA.
I have bought the entire Livery
business of Calaway A Longest, And
solicit your patronage.
P. BAGWELL, M. D.,
SPRING PLACE, GA.
Offers hia professional services totha
people of tHis section and solicits A
share of the patronage.
^ W. ANDERSON,
Physician and Surgeon,
SPRING PLACE, GA.
Professional services offered to tho
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 th«
purpose of examining and treating
Acute and Chronic diseases.
We hare Money to Loan at 6 per cent.
On farm or city property in any sec¬
tion of country where property has a
fixed market value. Money ready f»r
immediate loans where security and
title is good. No commission. We
solicit applications. Blanks furnished
upon request. ALLEN A GO.,
40-42 Broadway, N.