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ALBANY WEEKLY HERALD: SATURDAY, APRIL 9. 189a.
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SATURDAY, APRIL 9, 1893.
kbb li no plaoe for mugwumps In
) South.
Tub Kvbmmki Herald gives you all
the news.
E you a stockholder In the Geor*
t Chautauqua?
Tub Hill boom seems to look the en-
huslaam of sincerity.
I Congressman Hosbs refuses to be
be Moses of the Third party.
Tub Georgia Baptist State convcn-
:lon met In LaGrange Wednesday.
It Is time for the Democratic party
l Georgia to begin to call the roll.
, Cleveland Is against free silver
coinage, and Hill Is dodging the Issue,
^Albany is now known far and near
i the home of the Georgia Chautau
qua.
Spuing seems to havepurted com-
any with the lap of winter for good
ns time.
Sbkatob Gobdok has left Washing-
on, on aocountof bad health, to spend
■ month at home.
Tub Atlanta Constitution and Col.
onldas Livingston seem to under
stand caoh other.
Tna feeling with regard to Central
illroad stock and securities Is stead,
r growing better.
Tub Third party can’t, somehow, or
nehow else, get rid of that pension
plank In their platform
| Thk Camilla Clarion has let out a
ok lu Its dress, and conies out this
ek very rnuoh Improved.
Dkmoorats who are Democrats on
urposo will give no heed to tho syren
voice of Third party boomers,
Now the Democrats in Congress had
ist as well leave tho silver bill alone,
Hut the country Is not done with It.
Tub Hill boom Is threatened with
lissolutlon, and when It is gone nn
pproprlatp obituary would bo“Dlod
f prevlousness."
Speaker Crisp’s consistency and
onesty with reference to the cloture
will win In tho end. It pays to bo
honest even in politics,
TIirrk is a smooth, terse, overy-day-
In-the-week solidity about the edi-
■lal page of the old reliable Savan-
ah News that oarrieB force with It.
Tna Herald expects to wield a free
ice In politics tills year,but its spear
III he pointed with true Demooray,
■nd will thrust no adversary below the
It is well enough for all the county
nooratto executive committees of
) State to oall themselves together
• the purpose of ascertaining who’s
here.
. Eighty thousand bales of cotton
ciit up In emoke lu New Orleans on
unduy to bo pnld for by the Insurance
npanies. Tho South has plenty of
he staple left.
. Congressmen who want to make
speeches on the free coinage bill will
i allowed to do so, but It is not now
obable (hat anything more will be
done with the Bland bill.
To the friends of Congressman
urner, over in the new Eleventh dls-
rlcts Get up a meeting and arrange
Turner and Judge Atkinson to
neet in joint debate. Turner will do
lie rest.
Trkrb is a very noticeable oliange
i the politteal tone of the Bainbridge
i since the action of the Dlstriot
llanoe convention at Cuthbert. The
obe’s man failed to get the Alliance
nomination.
Thk Democratic party of the conn
ry Is In a bad way indeed If it has
cached a point where it Is compelled
o confine itself to one State and choose
itween two men for a Presidential
ndldate.
President Comer and the board of
ctors of the Central railroad, have
nanded of the Richmond and Dan-
i the return of the $30,000 insur-
? collected on the Macon depot, and
r expect to get it.
O. B. Stevens, the Alliance
date for Congress, carried Terrell
lu the primary election held
,t oounty Tuesday, by a major-
about three hundred. The con-
Terrell was between Mr. Stevens
Judge Guerry. The latter real
> day or two before the eleotion
Alliancemen were going to
lor Stevens, and the result
matter of surprise.
LET IT AI.ONE.
Georgians, let the Tblrd Party alone I
It is a dangerous thing to fool with.
As you value good government and
appreciate the difference between
Georgia as governed now and as gov
erned while the Republican party had
control of It, let It alone!
There is nothing holy or righteous
about this Third Party movement,
neither Indeed can anything good
come out of It.
I.et it alone I
It Is born of iniquity and treachery
and Its mission Is one of ruin.
It is the Republican party in dis
guise.
It seeks to divide the Democratic
party, as Is shown by the fact that
where the Democratic party Is strong
est there have Its emissaries been sent
to work.
Beware of these Republican evan
gelists who come In the guise of Alii
anoemen to appeal to the prejudices of
the farmers. They dare not come to
Georgia as the avowed disciples of
the party of hate that has done all in
Its power to oppress, rob and humlll
ate the people of the South. They
therefore come like wolves In sheeps'
olothing.
As long as the Republican party
lives and keeps up Its polloy of hate
and oppression toward the South,
there Is no place for a Third party In
Georgia nor In any other Southern
State.
Let It alone!
It will ruin every respectable white
man In Georgia that Is lured from.the
grand old Democratic party by it. It
cannot succeed. It onnnot live and
become respeetable In the South.
Let It alone I
Those who enlist under Its banner
are on the high road to Republican
headquarters and their own politloal
ruin.
About the best thing the Demoorats
In the present Congress could do now
for their party as well as for tho ooun-
try, would be to adjourn.
The twelfth plank In the Third
party platform reads: “We demand
that the government Ibsuo legal tender
notes and pay tho Union soldier the
difference between the price of tho de
preciated money In whioh ho was pnld
and gold.”
The silver men who are trying to
make n scape-goat of Speaker Crisp
will fall In their purpose. Mr. Crisp
hns shown honesty and consistency,
whioh ip more than cau ho said of some
of those who are now criticising him,
Col. I.konidah Livingston brought
Post, Maoune and Mrs. I .case to sow
tho seeds of Third pnrtyism, amt tf lie
ib sorry for it it is mete that lie should
oome homo from Washington and go
to prenolilng repentance and sound
Demooratio doctrine.
O. C. Post was born and bred a Re
publican, and seems to have been, at
one time or another, a member of all
the political parties exoept tho Deni-
erstlo. Ills history, rb given by Hon,
J. 8. James, In a speech at Llthia
Springs, the other night, is interest
ing.
Hebe is the wny the Sparta Islunael-
Ite puts It on C. C. Post, the Third
party apostle: “Emissary Post Is a
Republican carpet-bagger, and there
Is no wonder that lie hates tho Demo
oratio party. For thirty years it has
withstood tho plunderlngof the South
by exploiters like himself, and he bears
it no good will. The wonder is that
intelligent white Georgians can be
found to endorse his revolutionary
and communistic purposes.”
There was a great ootton fire In
New Orleans on last Sunday. Four
ootton oompresBes and 80,000 hales of
ootton, together with four Bquares of
dwellings, were destroyed. It is one
of the most destructive ootton fires on
reeord, and the loss of property is es
timated at from $2,750,000 to $3,000,000.
Tho cotton was held by faotors and
commission merchants, and was all in
sured under their open policies, so
that the loss will fall mainly upon the
Insurance companies.
An inventor, who is now in New
York, claims to have an invention
which will overcome fog. Experi
ments have been seoretly made at
Sandy Hook and in Boston harbor.
The foree used is a form of eleotrical
discharge, but no spark is seen or ex
plosion heard. The largest area yet
cleared by one discharge is nearly two
acres. The fog falls In the form of
rain, but drifts in so rapidly from sur
rounding areas that within live
minutes the original condition pre
vails. It is, of course, impossible to
obliterate the fog, but by a succession
of discharges at intervals of two
minutes, it keeps the area practically
clear. There can he no doubt as to its
efficiency, and before long the appa
ratus will be a part of the equipment
of the trans-Alantic lines.
The San Francisco Examiner has hit
upon a novel plan to interest the
young people of the Pacific coast In
the World’s Fair and also in their
soliool work. The Examiner proposes
to send twenty of the brightest school
children that can bo found In Califor
nia to the World’s Fair and bear all
the expenses to and from Chicago.
The excursionists are to be selected oy
ballot and by examination. The con
test Is open to children in the gram
mar grades In cities and to those not
over fifteen years old in the country
sohools. The pupils In the schools are
to select by ballot one pupil who shall
enter the examination, which will be
conducted by the State Superintendent
of Education, and the twenty are to be
ohosen by examination. It Is a plan
whioh does credit not only to the en
terprise or the Examiner, but also to
its patriotism and Its consideration
for the sohools of the State. Sufch a
proposition ought to stimulate the
teaohera and pupils in every school of
the State, for It will be an honor to the
tencher as well as to the pupil to have
one ohosen from his or her sohool. It
will also excite an Interest in the fair
among the school children, and If the
young people are not well informed
regarding America and Its history it
will be because they are unable to get
the books that will give them the in
formation they seek.
MB OF CHAUTAUQUA.,
TIIE FOURTH ANNUAL, SfeWoN
ENDS IN A LOVE FEAST.
FASHION’S FADS AND FANCIES.
Ah Kff.rt !• b. Hltde ta Halle a Tab
ernacle.
I1KAVY RAINS.
A Relax, la IV.rtk (leergla—Rapid Rise
la Water dear.ee.
From Thursday's livening Herald.
Terrlflo rainstorms prevailed In the
northern part of the State yesterday
evening and last night. A speoial
from Rome says:
At sundown on yesterday the Eto
wah'and Oostanaula were as blue and
clear as mountain streams.
This morning, by sunrise, they were
roaring, raging torrents.
In tho history of the oldest Inhabit
ants never was seen such a downpour
ns the rain which fell last night.
Thu storm cloud began to pour a lit
tle after 5 p. in. and thunder and
forked lightning terrified man and
benBt. Great ponds of water stood In
the streets and so great was the deluge
thnt the sidewalks became impassable
and crossings washed away. The
storm lasted all night, and the gauge
of Mr. R. S. Norton registered 5:54
Inches at 8 o’clock thU morning.
The gentle streams of yesterday were
rising at the unprecedented rate of two
feet per hour. Early this morning citi
zens were nlnrmed, and when the
register of the water guage was known
some began to move thelrgoods higher
and others tied to tho hills. The bul
letin board showed heavy rains last
night up the rivers.
At Cnnton the rainfall was 0:81;
Rcsaca, 2:18, and the river is
rising twelve inches per hour.
At Calhoun the rainfall was tremend
ous and many streams had left their
banks. At Dalton the rainfall was
reported the heaviest In years, and
still mining. At Cartersvllle the
rninfall was great and bo the reports
enme from nil along the courses of the
Etowah and the Ostannula. The re
ports nlnrmed those who lived along
tho river fronts and they moved out.
THEY (SEPARATED.
Ilaw na Augusta Couple Celebrnl.il
Their (Hirer YVeridlug Auulreranry.
The Augusta Evening News tells
this strange little story: Last Thurs
day was tho twenty fifth anniversary
of an Augustn couple's marriage.
On that morning the husband, upon
awaking, asked his wife how they
should celebrate their silver wedding,
The wife did not suggest any partic
ular observance of the day.
The husband then said, “Shall we
remarry or sepnrnte?”
The wife said It was immaterial to
her either wny, and wlmt suited him
would sntisfy her.
lie then said he would just as leave
part as not.
The wife acquiesced, and she packed
up her trappings and left the house,
and they have remained apart ever
since, and neither has sought the
other or proposed reunion or any
other sort of celebration.
TVauld Y.u Hnw Peace a, Haaaef
From Good Housekeeping.
Open doors quietly and shut them
without a bang.
Use the door-mat, instead of the
floor oarpet, for a foot scraper.
Live sociably with your family, and
peaceably with your neighbors.
Let your manners at home be a little
better than they are abroad.
Be ns agreeable to your wife as you
would be with “other men’s wives.”
Speak as pleasantly to your husband
as you would to “other women’s hus
bands.”
When the “last word” is likely to be
an unkind one, let some one else say it.
Look out for the olaws of the family
cat when its paws are fairly let out of
the bag.
There are lots of well-educated fools
in the world.
From Evening HeroNI.
Dr. Bolton’s lecture and stereoptlcon
views at the tent .tabernacle last night
were^the last ftenure on the programme
of the fourth annual session of the
Georgia Chautauqua.
There was a fair audience, composed
almost entirely of home people, and
the pictures and leoture given by Prof.
Bolton were enjoyed perhaps more
than any of the series, his subject be
ing the Golden Age of England.
At the conclusion of Prof. Bolton’s
lecture he wns given the Chautauqua
salute, and then the officers of the
Chautauqua Association asked the au
dience to remain a while for the con
sideration of matters relating to the
future of the Georgia Chautauqua.
Capt. R. Hobbs, President, made a
statement showing the financial con
dition of the Association, and sug
gested s plan for building a perman
ent tabernacle. He thought that by
selling off half of the Association’s
sore lot on tho corner of Pine and
Jackson streets, and by colleoting the
balance due on the original Btook sub
scribed to the Association, enough
money might be raised to put the As
sociation in position to negotiate
with the city with the view of
forming a sort of alllanoe by which a
building could be erected on the re
maining half of the lot that would fur
nish the city what It very muoh needs
In the way of a olty hall, and at the
same time serve tho Chautauqua As-
sembly as a permanent tabernacle.
“Ilow muoh money do you think you
will have to raise, Capt. Hobbs?” asked
Dr. W. A. Duncan.
“About four thousand dollars, In ad
dition to what we have in sight,"
answered Capt. Hobbs.
“Then I will be one of forty, ond
of twenty, or one of ten men to sub
scribe It,” said the Doctor.
This liberal proposition upon the
part of Dr. Duncan was greeted with
applause and seemed to awaken Borne
enthuslas.n upon the subjeot of build
ing a permanent Chautauqua taber
nacle.
Capt. John A. Davis was coaxed to
the platform by Dr. Duncan and Capt.
Hobbs, and when they had him where
they wanted him, onlled on him for a
speech.
Capt. Davis responded In a few well-
ohosen remarks, which showed him to
be thoroughly in sympathy with the
proposed Improvement and his readi
ness to contribute to It.
An Impromptu canvass was made in
the audience for new stook subscrip
tions, nnd sixty shares, or about $800,
were subscribed In a few minutes.
A CANVASSING COMMITTEE
was then appointed to take up tho
work of raising enough money by
stock subscription to build the Chau
tauqua tabernacle on tho plan sug
gested by Capt. Hobbs. This commit
tee consists of Capt. Hobbs. Messrs.
T. M. Carter, A. C. Von Gundell, L. E,
Welch, E. L. Wight 8. J. Jones and A,
W. Muse.
The committee, or a majority of
them, met this morning and went
right to work. When seen by the
Herald reporter on the street at noon
they reported that they wore meeting
with as much success as they had ex
pected.
It is fair to say that tile outlook for
a permanent Chautauqua tabernacle in
time for the next Assembly is encour
aging.
A LOVE FEAST
concluded the exercises at the tent
tabernacle. It had not been announced
on the programme, and wns an im
promptu affair, but none the less im
pressive for tlint. Dr. Duncan made
one of his tender, loving talks to the
people of Albnny, and they responded
In a manner that must have assured
him thnt they appreciate the work he
has done here and that they love him,
After a few touching remarks at the
parting, Dr. Duncan called Miss Nettie
Sherwood to the piano, the audlenoe
rose and sung “Sweet By and By,” re
ceived the benediction, and the fourth
annual assembly of the Georgia Chau
tauqua was at an end.
FIRST CYCLONE OF THE SEASON.
The woman who is homely, who is
aware of it, and who is not ashamed
of it, is generally a companionable
sort of a person.
Anything in hats is admissible, from
the tiny toque with but flimsy chiffon
for a rim, to a leghorn or tuscon with
a wide flaring brim.
The shirt waist has coine to stay.
Your wardrobe ia not complete with
out a number of these convenient
articles of apparel, They are worn with
suspenders to match the skirt. ‘
The baudean Is a necessary feature
of an evening dress.
A small ring that slips but half war
on the little Anger Is the latest thing.
Gingham Is the goods ordained by
Dnme Fashion for every-day spring
wear.
. The woman who will not- orimp her
hair is without the pale of fashion.
And it is alBo deoreed that you shall
wear your lialr parted—parted and
orlmped. The ultra fashionable wear
no bangs, just leaving the hair to
make a fluffy appearance all around
the face. But style will not make a
sensible woman dress unbecomingly,
and the appearance of most women is
greatly improved by that curly fringe
of hair softening the outlines of her
face.
The all-jet bonnet is stylish and
elegant—and exorbitantly high in
price.
Slender neok chains with a single
enameled heart or flower pendant are
much worn.
ALLIANCE VOTE IN TERRELL.
Knntn. In la It na Usual.
A tornado of mad destructiveness
swept over the country from Texas
northward through Kansas, Nebraska,
the Dakotas and Minnesota on Thurs
day night nnd Friday last. Late Fri
day night the storm, then much
abated, passed through Michigan and
into Canada.
The town of Towanda, Kansas, con
taining about 1,300 inhabitants, was
swept completely off the face of the
earth.
At Atchison a damage of $50,000 was
done to buildings. From all along the
track of the storm comes news of de
struction, suffering and death.
A speoial from Kansas City to to
day's Constitution says that at about
10 o’clock Sunday night another tor
nado struck the town of Cherryvale
denibiishing half a dozen houses ant
killing several people.
How I hr Vole IVm Divided Between
Guerry and Site vena.
Albany, Qa., April 7, 1892.
Editor Evening Herald: — In
your issue of yesterday you say that
Judge Guerry’s defeat In Terrell was
not a surprise to him, from the faot
that it was known several days before
the election that the Alliance would
vote solid for Stevens. Now I can say
on good authority that this is not true
as to the Alliance vote. First, that
the Alliance did not vote solid for
Stevens, and next, that Stevens got
more votes outside the Alliance organ
ization tlinn did Judge Guerry, That
is to say, Stevens’ majority over Guerry
was greater than the number of Alli-
ahoeinen in the county; besides,
Judge Guerry did get some votes from
the Alliance. W. O. W.
THE TAX RECEIVERS.
A BIG HAUL
A Gang of Thieves at the Rail
roads
SPOTTED AND ARRESTED-ESI-
PI.OYES OF THE CENTRAL
Aad F. As W. Rnllratlda IVfea Have
Rccu mitring Into Eueh Other’s
Hnndr and NyilcnKitlcnlly
(Menling.
A NIlNnadenitnadlHg of the New I.nw
Corrected.
From Thursday's Evening Herald.
Yesterday’s Atlanta Constitution
says that a misunderstanding lias pre
vailed among the tax receivers of
Georgia in tlielr conception of the law
bearing upon their duties:
The following explanation is being
mailed to them from the Comptroller-
General’s office to straighten matters
out:
Atlanta, Ga., March 29.—Dear Sir:
Section 2 of the act providing for a
board of equalization, does not mean
that the commissioners must complete
their work within thirty con-
seoutive days. They cannot
meet before the 1st of May,
but after that time they can meet
whenever they see proper until the
usual time of closing the books, provi
ded all the days of meeting, put to
gether, do not exceed thirty. The time
for closing your books is not affected
by this law. Very respectfully.
W. A. Wkigiit.
Comptroller General
Through the mistake that was made
in constructing this law, many of the
tax receivers have advertised to close
their books within thirty days, which
is not nt all neocssary in the eye of
the law.
A SEQVBL OF JOHNSTOWN.
From Tuesday’* Evening Herald.
Chief of Police Westbrook flushed a
big game and made a good haul to
day.
For some time past the Central and
S. F. & W. railroads have been suffer
ing from Btealage, and the looal agents
of the company have been’ greatly an
noyed by the mysterious disappear
ance of various goods.
They tried to oatch up with the
thieves through their own “spotters”
and detectives, but failed. Finally
they placed the matter in the hands
of Chief of Police Westbrook, and to
day he “oailed the game" and made
five arrests. The parties are all Ne
groes employed by the railroads.
Some of them are well-known Negros,
and have, heretofore, been considered
as “above suspicion.”
The five men arrested were: Jim
Ham, Mose King, Fender Holmes, Ike
Rutherford and George Stubbs.
Jim Ham works at the Central de
pot, and the other four are employes of
the 8, F. *' W.
The first man arrested was Jim
Ham, and as soon as he found that the
wily Chief had him thoroughly
trapped, he concluded to give away,
his accomplices. ThlB fixed the whole
business, and in a very short time the
offioer had all the evidence he wanted
to warrant the arrests made.
The five men were arrested at about
noon by Chief Westbrook and speoial
officer T. E. James, and are now all in
jail.
At the house of one of the prisoners,
George Stubbs, Chief Westbrook found
a quantity of goods, inoludlng twelve
or fifteen pairs of pants, coats, veBts,
shoes, eto. Other goods in the hands
of the gang have been located and will
be brought to light.
It appears that these employes of
the two railroads have been carrying
on a systematic stealing, playing Into
the hands of each other, for a long
time, and there is no telling what the
extent of their operations has been.
Some of the goods found to-day were
Identified as belonging to Mused: Cox,
and have been on the “short” list for
nearly a year.
Chief Westbrook has done a good
piece of detective work in bagging
this gang of thieves.
BOR COOK ARRESTED.
Ilimbniul null Wife Reunited After
I?lnny Year, of Narrow.
Louisville Special in St. Louis Globe-Democrat
At the time of the Johnstown horror
James Agnew was in the employ of
tho Cambria Iron Works, which were
destroyed by the flood. Just below
the illfated-town lived Agnew and his
wife Elizabeth and three children.
Mrs. Agnew and her children were
among the human waifs cast up by the
flood homeless and hopeless. She was
sinking in despair, when there came a
letter from this city. It was from her
brother, John Pritchard, a machinist
at the Louisville and Nashville shops,
He bade his sister come to him.
Now as to the father. When the de
stroying waters swept over the works
Agnew was swept away in the wreck.
Down the river he floated and thought
he was lost. At last he was picked up
and carried to a Red Cross tent.
There he lay many days unconscious,
shattered in mind and body. When
he got on his feet again they told him
that his wife and children were dead
and buried. Until recently, Agnew.
who removed to Allentown, Pa, never
doubted this statement;'then, through
the inquiries of a good priest, it was
learned that the Pritchards lived in
Louisville, mid with them the lost
wite and children. James Agnew and
Elizabeth Agnew are reunited, but
they will never forget the Johnstown
horror. '
Girls are of three kinds: The girl
who is awfully pretty hut hasn’t any
sense; the girl who is mighty nice,
but isn’t very pretty, and the girl who
is neither.
Auother of the Dougherty County Jail
Breaker. (Secured.
Deputy Sheriff Godwin wore a smile
Tuesday. He had heard from another
one of his escaped prisoners,- Bob
Cook, who was one of the gang that
broke jail in January last.
A telegram from Sheriff Patterson,
of Decatur county, notified Mr. God
win that Bob Cook had been arrested
and wns safe in the Decatur county
Jail.
Mr. Godwin will go to ThomasviUe
to-night, nnd Sheriff Patterson will
meet him there with the prisoner.
Bob Cook is the man who is charged
with an attempt to burn Mr. F. F.
Putney’s mill at- Hardaway, and will
have to be tried for arson.
THE I'HINT BALLOT.
How She Vote In (he Democratic Conven
tion YVIII Probably (Hand.
New York, April 2.—The New
York Press’ Washington correspond
ent of to-day hns interviewed the
Senntors and Representatives from all
the States, and gives the probable first
ballot in the Democratic Convention
in Chicago in June as follows:
Hill
u > *- • *
Carlisle
Patt-ison
No votes will be cast for Gorman,
whose strength, it is said, will lie on
the table with other candidates, as
dark horses.
The votes against Mr. Cleveland, and
not committed to other candidates,
will be 78. Georgia’s 26 votes are put
down as being against Cleveland.
The same correspondent says that
Mr. Harrison would be nominated by
acclamation if the Minneapolis Con
vention was held to-morrow.
Tried (• Jump Her Beard.
Mr. W. P. Holley came near being
victimized by a would-be board jumper
last Tuesday. A woman who gave
htr name as Mrs. Williams took a
room at Mr. Holley’s boarding house
several days ago, and up to that that
time had not paid any board. A friend
of hers, named Quinn, was going to
leave on the 11:10 train to-day, and
the woman went to the depot, as she
said, to see him off.
Mr. Holley “smelt a mice,” and go
ing to the depot, found his boarder
about to leave the city. He stopped
her, however, but it was some time be
fore, the matter was settled and the
money paid.