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Spring Place Jimplecute
O rter cfc Hoartsell, Publisliors,
VOLUME XV.
National capital
GOSSIP OF WASHINGTON IN
BRIEF PARAGRAPHS.
Doings of the Chiefs and Heads of the
Various Departments.
Owing to the rapidity with which
the work of constructing naval vessels
■is being pushed no le.-s than eight
ships will be added to naval lists and
be ready for commission before the
first of next July.
The house committee on publio
lands has ordered a favorable report on
the bill granting to the state of Ala¬
bama 25,000 acres of public lands for
the use of the industrial schools for
girls. Also a bill granting a like
amonnt of land to the same state for
the use of the Tuskegee Noj^ial and
Industrial institute.
The announcement is made that
Senator Quay, of Pennsylvania, has
consented to permit his name to go
before the republican convention at
St. Louis. The senator is now in the
hands of his friend*; aud his promi¬
nence as a factor in the race will de¬
pend upon their efforts. It is under¬
stood that the senator has full knowl¬
edge of the statement thus made pub
lie.
It is announced in New York on
high authority that Mr. Morgan’s re¬
cent visit to Washington was for the
purpose of consulting a-ith Secretary
Curl isle in regard to defaults by bid¬
ders. It was arranged that Mr. Mor¬
gan should buy all the bonds not ta¬
ken by bidders at the same figure,
110.8877, paid by the Morgan syndi¬
cate. The Graves combination, which
bid for $4,500,000 of tho new bonds,
d.d not pay their first installment Sat¬
urday, notwithstanding the fact that
treasury officials were notified that 20
per cent, due would be turned in.
With the close of Saturday the last
day expired in which the firs*t juiyment
of 20 per cent could be made on the
new bonds. The total payments, as
reported to the treasury to date, have
aggregated $62,988,746, or more than
50 per cent of the total issue. The
Morgan syndicate paid in all of its
purchase money during the day, with
the object in view of catching any of
the defaulting bidders’ bonds, to which
they are entitled to render their blank¬
et bid of 110,6877 for $100,000,060,
or auy proportion thereof. How many
bidders di^aulted, and in what amounts
and who they are, is not yet known at
the treasury.
Tlio Waller Case Settled.
The president ha= sent to congress a
long report from Secretary Olney and
all correspondence in the case of John
L. Waller, ex-United States consul to
, Tamataye. Secretary Olney says
Waller is guilty of the offense
charged, and the penalty inflicted
would be regarded as exceedingly
model ate, but the French government
made tne offer to release Waller and
pardon his offenses, on condition that
the affair be thereby terminated as be¬
tween the two governments, and the
United States to make no claim for
damages on account of his arrest and
confinement. Ambassador Eustes has
been instructed to notify the French
government United of the acceptance by the
States of the conditions.
Tho Correspondence Furnished.
In response to a resolution adopted
in the house calling on the secretary
of state for copies of the correspond¬
ence between this government and
Spain in relation to the warfare in
Cuba, etc., the department of state
has sent to the house the data asked
for. It is very voluminous, comprising
copies of some 2,000 letters, the larger
number of them between the depart¬
ment of state and Consul General Wil¬
liams at Havana and with other con¬
sular officers in Cuba. It also includes
correspondence with Minister deLome
and with the Spanish foreign officers.
The senate lias confirmed the nomi¬
nations of A. B. Clayton, postmaster,
Bedford City, Va., and a list of pro¬
motions in the navy, headed by Lieu¬
tenant Commander W. T, Swinburne,
to be commander.
Statement as to Coast Defenses.
In response to a resolution of in¬
quiry the secretary of war has sent to
the senate a statement of the amount
of money which could be used advan¬
tageously in coast defenses.
He says that $25,678,860 could be
so used by the department prior to
July 1, 1897, of which amount $4,722,
000 should be made available during
the present fiscal year. Of the total
amount he recommends that $15,807,
000 be designated for fortification,
$1,000,000 for sites, $2,500,000 for
submarine defenses, $6,316,860 for
guns, mortar projectiles, etc. The
special advantage of the increased ap¬
propriations as enumerated by the
secretary are:
The utilization of the army gun fac¬
tory to its full capacity; the more
rapid armament of our fortifications;
the addition of twelve mortars and
carriages to those already estimated
for; the purchase of an additional five
hundred d^ck-piercing shells and the
supply of heavy material for sea ser¬
vice.
SPRING PLACE,'MURRAY COUNTY. GA.. THURSDAY. FEBRUARY 20. 1896.
Big Imports of Sugar.
Mr. Worthington C. Ford, chief of
the bureau of statistics, issues the ad¬
vance figures of the import of sugars
in the month of January, 1896, and
states that the imports have not been
so heavy in the corresponding months
of any years in last ten years, with
the single exception of January, 1890.
The five ports of New York, Boston,
Baltimore, Philadelphia and Galves¬
ton, imported in January, 1896, 233,-
264,828 pounds of sugar, valued at
35,115,608. No account is taken of
the imports at- San Francisco, of
New Orleaus, and in addition to what
those two ports might bring in an al¬
lowance may be made of eight mil¬
lions for the rest of the countr y
which would bring the total up to at
least the point reached in January,
1890, when the imports wero 246,647,-
863 pounds, valued at $7,046,422. A
further feature of the January imports
is the improved price of sugars, which
was a shade below 2.2 cents per pound.
A year ago the price was 1.8 cents a
pound, showing an increase of nearly
25 per cent, in import value. 1 he
treasury will thus get more than
$2,000,000 in revenue for the imports
of the last month.
Senator Sherinan is Happy.
A Washington special says: Sena¬
tor John Sherman is gloating over the
defeat of silver in the house. He haa
given out an interview in which he ad¬
vises ns to what should be done now.
Here is what he says:
“The vote in the house on the free
silver substitute may be considered a
fiual verdict against free coinage. The
last congress had a much larger silver
element. The uext congress, I firmly
believe, will be for ‘sound’ money in
both house and senate, and the free
coinage movement will be at an end as
a political issue.
“The measure of greatest import¬
ance now is the tariff bill, the consid¬
eration of which the democrats op¬
posed and were supported in their op¬
position by certain republican senators
of free coinage views, I do not see
why the democrats should opposo the
tariff bill. It is not framed on pro¬
tection lines, and would increase the
revenues sufficiently to relieve the
treasury and the alministration from
embarrassment- ent,wJ|jLyMpfldeDt >• >■,
“I am '“-resi¬
dent Clevelaiit^wwfiid allow' the fariff
bill to become a law if it passed con¬
gress, even though he did not sign it.
As the situation now is, President
Cleveland would be justified in sus¬
pending all public work which is not
absolutely necessary. By so doing he
would stop the deficit and place the
treasury balance on the other side.”
KEENER SWINGS.
Executed at Clayton for the Murder
of IliB Cousins.
Seymour Keener, who killed the girl
he loved and her sister, too, one pleas¬
ant summer afternoon iu 1895, had his
neck broken on a scaffold at Clayton,
Ga., Friday.
The death sentence was imposed by
the jury of the Rabun county superior
court a few months after two of the
sweetest, pleasantest and most popular
young ladies of the county died in a
grove near their home from pistol shot
wounds inflicted by Keener.
It was Miss Arizona Moore and Miss
Leona Moore, both cousins of Keener,
whose tragic death caused the hang¬
ing. And it was the first legal execu¬
tion the county has ever known.
The death warrant was read by the
sheriff in the presence of a half dozen
persons. Keener never flinched as he
heard the words of the law by which
he was to die.
At 12:30 he was called from his cell
and escorted to the gallows, which had
been erected in the enclosure. He
walked with a steady step and went
up the short stairway without a sign
of the slightest emotion.
He was stolid and apparently indif¬
ferent. As the sheriff concluded read¬
ing the warrant he laid upon the pris¬
on cot a new suit of clothing and un¬
derwear, with a shirt, a collar and a
black cravat. Realizing what it
meant Keener disrobed, took a bath
and dressed for his coffin.
From the trap he talked fifteen min¬
utes in an even manner. His words in¬
dicated that he was in full possession of
his mind then, but also that he desired
those who heard him to conclude that
he did not know what he was doing
when he fired the fatal shots.
At 1:14 o’clock the trap waf sprung
and Keener went down, the fall break¬
ing his neck.
Twenty-four minutes later the phy¬
sicians pronounced the man dead and
said it was a broken neck. Thus
ended the first legal hanging in Ra¬
bun county.
EX-SLAVES WANT PENSIONS.
Negroes S*art an Organization to De¬
mand Help From Congress.
An organization of ex-slaves has
been effected at Topeka, Kan.,by fifty
colored men for the purpose of mak¬
ing a demand on congress for pen¬
sions. It is the purpose to make it of
national scope. Of those in the meet¬
ing fully one-third said they had felt
the lash.
The aged, the lame and the blind
were happy in the belief that all they
have to do is to write to congress to
get national relief for their distress.
“Toll tHe Triitli.”
THROUGH GEORGIA.
BITS OF NEWS GATHERED FROM,
OVER THE STATE,
Being a Summary of Interesting Hap¬
penings From Day to Day.
At a meeting of the Dooly Couuty
Confederate Veterans’ Association it
wns decided to locate the confederate
soldiers’ monnmont at Vienna, in the
center of the park or public square.
Subscriptions are rapidly coming in,
and the monument will undoubtedly
be built.
Mrs. M. A. Lipscomb, principal of
Lucy Cobb institute, is confident of
being able to raiso the $1,000 fund for
the enlargement and improvement of
that college. She says that a good
start has already been made and that
the movement is sure of stiooess.
Mr. Albert Guerry, of Atlanta, has
just fiaished a life size portrait of
Robert Tombs for the state. The por
tait will be hung in one of the nails of
the capitol, the place to be selected
by Governor Atkinson. Mr. Guerry
will receive $1,000 for the portrait,
Tho work was done in three weeks.
The taking of testimony for Major
Black in tho Watson-Black contest for
a seat in the fifty-fourth congress was
concluded at Sparta last Tuesday, so
far as the contest conoerns the county
of Hancock. Hon. John T. West, of
Thomson, was present representinc
the interests of Mr. Walson, while
Major Black was represented by Judge
Frank L. Little and Hon. Robert H.
Lewis.
lliousands , upon thousands ,, ... of peach
trees have been put out at Adairsville j
ln he ii'jst four years, but this season
has seen more trees set out than any
other. This is a guarantee that the j
town will be a live and industrious
? ne, *i U seaaon *° other places, «
for the fruit • and wheat will
cause
money to now. Mo need a eiifite fac
tory to handle the crop; and a bank to
keep the money in. Will somebody
establish them?
Tho Wilkes Immigration Company
has been organized with the following
members: B. D. Irwin, O. S. Bar¬
nett, J. M. Callan, James A. Benson
and G. C. Jones. This moans a good
deal for the future welfare of Wash¬
ington and Wilkes couuty. The gen¬
tlemen who compose this company are
some of the most substantial and en
terprising citizens of Washington.
Its purpose is to encourage in every
way possible immigration to the
county and the sale of surplus land to
immigrants.
Mr. Theodore Clark, of Grand Rap¬
ids, Mich., the owner of land lot No.
725, 12th district and first section, has
had the same laid off into two hundred
and forty beautiful town lots, and has
named it Clark’s first addition to Dah
lonega. Mr. Clark has ordered Clerk
of the Superior Court, John H. Moore,
to make for him 240 certificates of the
abstract of title to the property, and
forward them to him iu Grand Rap¬
ids. It is Mr. Clark’s intention to
dispose of these lots to his Michigan
friends, who, when tbe proposed Dah
lonega railroad is finished, will erect
elegant winter homes.
The annual meeting of the South¬
western railroad was held at Macon a
few days ago. More stock was repre¬
sented than has been at any meeting
in years. There were thirty-six thou¬
sand shareholders present out of fifty
one thousand. Dr. John S. Baxter, of
Macon, presided. R. T. Wilson, of
New York, declined re-election as pres¬
ident, and Vice-President JohnS. Bax¬
ter was elected as president. The fol¬
lowing were elected directors: W. G.
Raoul, of Atlanta; W. R. Cox and J.
M. Johnston, of Macon; T. E.
Gresham, of Baltimore; J. F. Minis
and B. A. Denmark, of Savannah, and
R. T. Wilson, of New York.
* * *
Some of the military officials at Sa¬
vannah are making objections to Gov¬
ernor Atkinson’s proclamation calling
for the arrest of the Zeigler brothers
in Screven county, because it calls on
all civil and military authorities. The
military officers say i! they were to at¬
tempt to arrest the man and any one
was killed they would be subject to
trial and oonvietion for murder. They
do not relish'being called on, as it ap¬
pears from the proclamation, to do
something which, under the law, they
might not be justified in doing. They
have not made any open statement,
but that they have made criticisms
and strong ones has just become ap¬
parent.
Ballew Is Guilty.
The supreme court of the United
States has confirmed the conviction of
A. W. Ballew, of Rome, sentenced to
two years in the penitentiary on ac-/
count of pension frauds alleged and
proven against him. Th '.t is, the sn
preme oourt confirmed tt‘| conviction
on the count which charged Ballew
with illegal and exhorbitaut charges;
but reversed the lower court on the
count which charged the illegal with¬
holding of pension money; since it ap¬
pears that Ballew first paid his client
what she ought to have received, but
gouged her afterwards. Ballew will
be resentenced on October 24th. The
penalty for the count under which
Ballew’s conviction was sustained, is
two years.
A Valuable Relic.
, Mr. W. H. Harrison, of Taliaferro
j county, owns a canteen that once be
longed beyond doubt to General An
drew Jackson. He prizes it highly
because of the fact that “Old Hick
ory” used it in the war of 1812. He
came into possession of it in the fol¬
! lowing manner: General Jackson gave
it to a Mrs. James Moore, who, before
her marriage, was a Miss Jackson, and
• probably a relative of General Jack
; son’s. Mr. James Moore and wife
j were blessed with several children,
j one latter of received whom was the named Jackson. from The his
! canteen
. mother and in turn gave It to one of
| his Jackson sons named Moore Isaac Jackson. daughter, Isaac
; has one
whom Mr. W. H. Harrison married.
Mr. Moore gave the canteen to Mr.
„ H . font , twenty
" r,80n years ago
The canteen is of a peculiar pattern,
ft « of earthenware and holds seven
***** 0 a P ln *' 11 ? 8 about “ lnob f
high and about five inches wide. The
, reservoir is perfectly circular. A hole
: goes right through the center of it,
and through this holo the strap that
was used to carry it was passed.
• The Soldier’s Home Case,
, The s 0 i dier8 > Home at Atlanta, is
still in i itigation . About seven years
lho bomo wfts buiU by the con
federates of the oounty. It was erect
ed as a home for indigent ex-oonfed
erate veterans, but no disabled soldier
ever slept a night or lived a day under
roo f. it was erected at a cost of
over ^o.OOO and paid for by the sol
( Ji er s, the money having been raised
by 8ubscri ption,
About a year ago the trustees of the
bome asked permission of the supe
r j or cour fc to sell the home, lip as it was a
for them to keep the insur
policies on it while it was stand
ing unoccupied and not paying a cent
in any way. When the trustees ap¬
peared iu court, stockholders of the
Atlanta Land and Improvement Com¬
pany appeared and asked that the
trustees be not allowed to sell the
property. They claimed that they
donated the land upon which it was
built with the understanding that a
soldiers’ home be built there and used
for nothing else except a soldiers’
home.
Both sides employed attorneys to
represent them, and after a trial be¬
fore Judge Lumpkin, he ordered a de¬
cree for the sale of the home.
The decree was passed on the 17th
day of last December, and on the 13th
day of last month the attorney for the
land company entered a motion for a
new trial, which motion will be heard
at the spring term of the superior
court.
No matter what may be the result
of the hearing of the motion for a
new trial, the matter of the sale of the
Soldier’s Home will undoubtedly go
to the supreme court, as either side
will carry it there if defvatod in the
superior court.
BOILERS BLOW UP.
Five Mill Hands Killed and Many
More Injured.
Information has been received that a
battery of six boilers in the sawmill of
the Southern Pine Company of Geor¬
gia, at Offerman, a station eleven miles
east of Blsckshear blew up Wednesday
morning with frightful loss of life.
The mill whs shut down for break¬
fast when the explosion occurred,
otherwise the fatality would have been
much greater. Five negroes, mill
hands, are now dead and two others
are expected to die. Some of the
bodies are terribly mutilated.
One boiler was broken half iu two,
one end being burled in one direction
aud its fellow in the opposite. Three
boilers were lifted out bodily aud
buried with great force, doing great
damage to buildings and machinery.
Two boilers remain in position. There
were two explosions, the first followed" not so
severe, but immediately by
the "second, which did the greatest
damage.
ANALYSIS OF THE BIDS.
The Morgan Syndicate May Get Less
Than Fifty Millions.
Late Friday afternoon Assistant
Secretary Curtis announced that he
was able to state that from a complete
analysis of the bids for bonds they
showed that bids aggregating $66,788,-
650 above 110,6877 has been received
and the 780 persons making those bids
would be awarded bonds. The Morgan
syndicate’s bids of $110.6877 for $100,
000,000 bonds or any part thereof,
would be accepted for the balance of
the $100,000,000 or for $33,211,350.
, A11 bids below the figure 110.6877 are
before rejected. The gold reserve
at the close of business Friday stood
at $44,483, 186.
Yiirk The withdrawls for the day at New
amounted to $730,000.
Si a Year in Advance
FIVE CRUSHED.
FATAL WRECK ON THE ILLINOIS
CENTRAL RAILROAD.
Mixed Freight and Passenger Trains
in Collision.
Two mixed freight and passenger
trains on the Illinois Central railway
collided at Dongola, Ill., at 6:45
o’clock Tuesday morning. Five men
were killed, as follows:
George Huntington, engineer; Bag¬
gageman Armstrong, Fireman Ander¬
son, Fireman Adams, Brakeman Mc¬
Lean.
Most of them live at Ceutralia, Ill,,
The conductor, a brakeman and ex¬
press messenger of the passenger train
were badly hurt.
None of the passenger, were killed,
and so fur as known none were injured.
Engineer Bates, of the freight train,
escaped by jumping, though he was
slightly hurt.
The paasenger train had a waiting
order at Dongola for the freight, but
as several freight trains had pulled in,
the engineer supposed the track was
clear und left. The collision happen¬
ed on a sharp curve. The damage in
railroad property was great, as both
trains were going at such speed that
the force of the. collision drove both
engines and cars together in a mass.
Three of the men killed wore buried
under the wreck and their bodies were
not found for three hours.
ON MEXICAN SOIL.
The Pugilistic Contests Are Expected
to Take Place.
A special from El Paso, Texas, says:
Many of the sports are becoming so
anxious about the chances of seeing
the big fight that they declared their
iutention of watching the depots all
through Thursday night to avoid be¬
ing left. Besides tbe sports, General
Maybrey’s rangers are earefully watch¬
ing every train that pulls out with the
intention of boarding it if they see
any intention of pulling off the fight
in T.Stuart has repeatedly us¬
sur ed the adjutant general that he has
no intention whatever of pulling off
the fight in Texas.
Will Fight in Mexico.
It is practically certain now that
the fight will be on Mexican soil some¬
where. It will be a dash across tho
border and a run for home after the
fight is over. If the Mexican troops
can manage to reach the battle grounds,
the chances are that it will be more
than a run. It will be a wild and tu¬
multuous fi,ght with the chances
against those who are unable to swim
the Rio Grande.
Large delegations are expected from
the east before the start is made for
the battle ground. The number at
the ringside will not greatly exceed
2,000 if it reaches that number.
May Shoot Fitz.
Adjutant-General Mabrey gave Fitz¬
simmons a scare that sent the lanky
Australian to Stuart with eyes hang¬
ing out. General Mabrey called at
Fitzsimmons’ headquarters in Jaurez,
Wednesday, and informed him that no
matter where he went, no matter
where the fight took place, some of
the state rangers would be with him
If he attempted to fight on Texas
soil, the rangers, General Mabrey de¬
clared, would at once open fire and
give the principals in the fight the dis¬
tinguished honor of drawing the
troop’s fire.
Fitzsimmons at once hurried over to
El Paso and declared his antipathy to
being shot and demanded absolute
protection, without which he would
not fight at all. He aud Stuart held a
long consultation, and at its close
Fitzsimmons mounted his wheel, and,
with apparently easy mind, started to
his headquarters, saying he was satis¬
fied to take the chances.
Klnetoscope Man on the Scene.
F. J. Rector, tho manager of the
Kinetoscope Company’s business is on
hand. He left town at 11 o’clock last
Tuesday night on one of the roads
that runs out of El Paso. With him
went the kinetoscope apparatus with
which the big fight is to be photo¬
graphed and four employes of the com¬
pany who are to aid Rector in putting
the machine in position. In what di¬
rection they went no one seems to
know. Dan Sturt certainly had his
plans well laid, and got Rector and his
outfit off without exciting even the sus¬
picions of the rangers, wiio seem to be
everywhere aud at every point one
turns.
BLACKBURN PASSES HUNTER.
For the First Time He is Ahead in the
Senatorial Race.
The roll call for the twenty-third
senatorial ballot in the Kentucky leg
islature showed 116 members present,
necessary to a choice 59. Senator
Bowling joined the three republican
senators who have left Dr. Hunter,
and this with the pair of Walker with
Garrard gave Blackburn more votes
than Hunter. The ballot resulted:
Hunter, 53; Blackburn, 54; Carlisle,
3; Holt, 3; McCreary, 1; Cochran, 1;
Bate, 1.
NUMBER 52.
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 yon 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 IKON MOUNTAIN ROUTE.
103 Read House,
Chattanooga, Tenn.
£JJIARLES N. KING,
Attorney-at-Law,
SPRING PLACE, GA.
J # 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.
(J # L. HENRY,
Attorney-at-Law,
SPRING PLACE, GA.
Will practice in the courts of this and
adjoining counties.
S. FANN,
Dentist,
DALTON, GA.
Solicits YOU! iin.irnna.tr^
JjcNELLY & HEARTSILL,
General Job Printers,
CLEVELAND, TENN.
Mail orders will receive prompt Atten¬
tion. Send for prices and
samples of work.
rpiIOMAS J. BRYANT,
Livery Stable,
DALTON, GA.
I have bought the entile Livery
business of Calaway <fe Longest, and
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 tho
people of this section. Calls 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 tha
first Tuesdays in each month for tha
purpose of examining and treating
Acute and Chronic diseases.
We lavs Mousy to Loan at 6 ner cent,
On farm or city property in any seo
tion of country 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 b OO.,
40-42 Broadway, N. Y»