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lerdti^—The Foi-mul Opeuing
In me Evening.
il'ym Tuesday’s KVKNlXn, 11 i:u A l.l».
The opening iluy of the Flffh An
nual Session of the Georgia Chautau
qua was all that could be'deslred. The
day waspcrfect and the orowds were
good. ■
-
rill 1 Is entertainlri'g an appreciative
audience with his Inimitable recita
tions of wit, humor and pathos. He Is
a gifted elocutionist and has the power
of drawing fits of laughter and tears
of sorrow from his hearers with equal
ease. Whenever Prof. Merrill makes a
public appearance in Albany he may
feel sure of an enthusiastic reception.
To-Night.
'At 8 o’clook this evening Chancellor
C. N. Sims will lecture. All those who
have previously listened to him will
attend, and many yfho know him by
reputation will avail themselves of
probably the last opportunity that will
be offered to hear one' of his 'splendid
lectures. His subject will be, "The
Philosopher’s Stone,” All shauld be
sure to hear Dr. Sims to-night.
good.
At Miss Johnson’s class in the morn
ing there tfcas a large attendance of
ohildren and Sunday-school teachers
who were highly entertained by tills
gifted lady.
Miss Johnson possesses ‘the happy
faculty of claiming the children’s at
tention and interest from the start and
holding it. She is teaohlng them
the Books of the Bible and their class
ification.
Dr. Palmer met Ills chorus in tile
morning at 10 o’olock at the tent aud
held a rehearsal for an hour.
! Yesterday afternoon at 4 o’clook
Rev. W. D. Pdwell, of Mexico,! deliv
ered a most interesting and Instruc
tive leoture on Mexico. Dr. Powell
haB been a missionary to Mexico for
about fifteen years and is thoroughly
conversant with the coilntry and the
people. He is a fluent, ready speaker,
and Ills address was highly enjoyed by
tbe cultured audience assembled.
There was not a very large atten
dance ,qt the lecture owing to the late
ness of Dr. Powell’s arrival. He was
atinoiinoed to speak at d 'o’clook, and 'a
great many vvent to the tent at 8, and
growing tired of w’aiting, left before
Dr. Powell’s arrival.
The formal opening of the Fifth
AnpHa), Session of the Chautauqua
took place last niglit. An immense
crowd was .present and all enjoyed the
"feast of reason, and the flow of soul."
Dr. DunCan, In a few words nnd in
hiB happiest manner, made an address
of welcome and then called on the tol-
TIIK OPENING NKKVICE VEMTEIt-
DAV AFTERNOON—DR.
Mills’ NKRCION.
Prni.e Service I.nel Evcuing—Pro-
gramme Far To-dnv and To
morrow—Opening of Ihr
Teachere* In-
■Unite.
EASTER
And your new suit requires
. new pair of elegant
SHOES
To make your costume com
plete. Our spring Ox
ford Ties and
Slippers
Are above reproach, and you
should
SEE THEM
lowing gentlemen, who responded in
ihort addresses, replete with Wit,
and
CHAUTAUQUA.
Before you make a selection.
We are anxious to wait
on you.
short addresses, replete
humor and words of good will
cheer:
The speakers were: Dr. A. E. Dun
ning, of Boston, Mass.; Chancellor
Sims, Syraousc,.N. Y.; Col. Parker, of
Chicago; Dr. J. Wm. Jones, Commis
sioner Bradwell, of Atlanta, ami Dr
Pqlmer, New York. The home speak
ers were: President J. S. Davis, Capt,
John A. Davis, Mr. Clins. Wcssolowsky,
Col. J. P. Fort and Mr. Ilj' M. Moln-
tosh. During the evening the oliorus
rendered several beautiful selections
Miss Johnson, sang“Suowllakes,” and
was heartily encored;. Mr?. Geiger
played, most artistically, a piano solo,
“La Tarantella.” Prof, and Miss
Palmer also played an exquisite yjojid
duett. Mrs. Dr. Anderson gave a
rendition of the song, “Just as I am,”
with the Delsarte gestures. It was
beautifully performed while Miss
Johnson sapg the words. Mrs. Ander
son has a warm place in the hearts of
the Albany people, and she was greeted
last evening with the blooming of the
Chautauqua lilies.
Miss Betts rendered a piano solo, a
“mijnuet” by Paderewski. Her touch
is very fine and shows the training of
a matter hand,
Prof. Merrill, of yanderbilt Univer
sity reoited an extract, from Artemus
Ward’s’ London lecture, which was
enthusiastically received by the au-
eience.
The quartette, “T.nsi. Night,” by Mrs.
Pearson, Mrs. Lockett, Mrs. Tift and
Miss Sherwood, was sweetly sung and
gave very great pleasure.
The lilies bloomed last night for
Mrs. Geiger, our pianist, and they
bloomed in a good cause.
Ilnrtridge DiSn’l Come.
Hon. Gazaway Hartridge, of Savan
nah, who ®is on the programme for
II o’clock this morning for a lecture
on that interesting Subject, “The Girl
of the Period,” failed to reach the city
on time, and many who had come out
to hear him were disappointed. Mr.
Hartridge, it seenis, had started to Al
bany, but managed, sdmehow, to get
left at Thomasville. He wired that he
could reach here by 1:30 to-night, but
the reply was sent tq him that there
was no vacancy ahead in the pro
gramme, and that It would be ' useless
for him to come. But the large audi
ence that had assembled to hear Mr.
Hartridge was not so much disap
pointed after all, for the management
of the Chautauqua found a most excel
lent substitute in the person of Rev.
Edward Anderson, of Donaldson
Conn., who delivered a most pleasing
address on the subject of "Pluck.”
' The Afternoon (Session.
As we go to press, Prof. A. H, Mer-
From Mn.n’»y> Evening HernUI.
The Fifth Annual Assembly of the
Georgia Chautauqua has fairly opened,
nnd the attraction^ offered, the uni
versal interest manifested, and the
brillihnt programme presented, seem to
indicate that the present session will
surpass all previous ones in its attraO'
tivoness and perfect success.
The assembly opened yesterday
afternoon aji p o'clock, with a sermon
by Rev. O. N; Sims, Chancellor of the
Syracuse, ^N. 1 Y 1 .',j University/ Here
tofore, it lias been customary for the
opening sVrmon to be delivered in the
morning, but the oliange was made
yesterday in order not to oonlliot with
the Easter services and preaching held
in the different ohurches of the oity,
A large, attentive congregation
was assembled in the tabernacle, and
services opened with an anthem by the
Choir, lifter wliiob Dr. Sims announced
Ills text, from the book of JoBhua: “As
for me and my house, we will serve the
Lord.” From the first, Dr. Sims held
the undivided attention of his hearers,
and his earnest manner, and forceful
delivery completely captured all those
within the range of his Irresistable
voice. Dr. Sims’ sermon showed him
to be a man of deep thought and re
search, Snd his remlirks on home life
and domestic influence were rich in
gems of HaU |that foqtid. their way
into theTiwirts of all who listened
the speaker.
At 8 o’clock In the evening, the
Chautauqua vespi-r service was held.
Some itiofct'Excellent mii'sio-was fur
nished by the choir, especially enjoy
able being a vOcalsoio by Miss John
son, of Memphis, a duet by Mr. Goode
Price and Mrs. J. M. Tift, and a violin
solo by Miss Palmer.
Tltey N lil-il nil tiled.
From the Worth Local.
Tile Local is informed that a raid
was made-on a gambling den at Aeree
the first of the week;- by Mr. Dillard,
the town marshal, who succeeded in
oapturing seven or eight Negroes who
were engaged in their favorite game
of “skin,” with their money and cards
on the board, and it also appears, from
our informant’s report, that he (the
marshal) had captured a darky who
had made an assault upon Mr. Acl
Land with a knifo and had run that
gentleman into his own house
escape being cut to pieces, he not hav
ing anything at liaOU with which to
defend himself.
Mr. Dillard had all the prisoners
confined in one house,and guards sta
tioned to prevent their escape, but
Tuesday morning, while ho was away
to procure a vehicle in which to take
them to Albany nnd to jail, the prison
ers stampeded from the house iu winch
they were confined, carrying with
them trace chains and all other in
cumbrances that had been placed
their way except the guards, who im
mediately opened fire, hut without
effect so far as the Local could learn
Those darkies knew that Dough
erty’s Superior Court was too near
hand fur them to take any chances ex
cept that of “leg bail,” which, it
said, they furnished in requisite quan
tity.
served
4tf
Mixed fruit and fruit juices
at Leben’s Soda Fountain.
l-om Monday's Ei-oning Ifol-Hld.
There came very near being a trag
edy on the old Kenton place, on the
Nekton road south of the oity, Satur
day, night.
F. A. Biliihgsien, a Negro well and
favorably known in this oity, who
runa i the Keaton place, has, for a long
time been at outs with another Negro,
Jack Jackson, Who lives on an adjoin
ing plantation.
The trouble was nil on nocount of
both the Negroes playing for the hand
of the same Amazon.
Billingslea eondiiots a nieVcnlitilo
husipcBs on his piano, and It 1 was il
o’clock Saturday night before lie closed
the-dporsof ills store; When He did
this Jackson wasin the building. Sohn
after this Billingslea hnd occasion to
go out. to iiisutablek in the rear of Ills
residence to' attend to hlsinules. When
ho had completed this errand he turned
nnd started toward the “big house,” as
it is oalled. When nearing the back
yard gate some one emptied the con
tent! of a douhle-barreled shotgun at
him, By the flash of the gun he recog
nized bis assailant ns Jack Jackson,
who immediately beat a hasty retreat.
(Billingslea was but slightly wound
ed, only about half a dozen of the bird
shot taking effect. He kept quiet dur
ing the remainder of the night, but
when daylight arrived he dispatched a
messenger for Dr.T. L. IUlsnian and
the oflioirs In this city.
Deputy Sheriff Godwin,'In oohipany
with Mr. W. J. Smith, responded to
tile call yesterday morning about 10
o’olock and When they arrived Bil-
iingslea made his suspicions known'to
them. Officer Godwin found Jackson
lounging hear the Billingslea store
and - had him "h'rrested a'nld placed
under the charge of Mr. Smith. He
then weHtbver to the David Brown-
Lewis place and arrested Pat Glith-
bert as nnaccbssory. Having affboted
this the two prisoners were brought to
the city and pthoed in jail.
Officer Godwin questioned Jackson
in regard to the assault, add nmong
other things learned that lie had left 1
tbe Mioes he wore the night before at
home. Officer Godwin went out to the
Billingslea place again yesterday
afternoon, found Jackson's shoes, and
upon oomparison found thattlie tracks
in the horse lot wero made by Jack
son’s everyday shoes. This was con
elusive and the officers felt that the
poisoners were not jailed upon sus
picion alone.
Billingslea has identified Jackson as
the man who shot him, and says that
he has reason to believe that Cut-hbert
was implicated in the attempted as
sassination.
. When Dr. Hllsmatt arrived he ex
amined the wounds of Billingslea and
found that ohly a fair of the shot had
taken effect as above stated. ’ It seems
that Jackson’s aim was bad and that
Billingslea narrowly escaped death, as
ho was w.ithin fifteen feet of the gun
when it was fired. „ .
Alex. Billingslea is one of the best
Negroes in Dougherty county and is
very well-to-do, and his many friends
both white nnd black, congratulate him
on ills narrow escape.
The Macon correspondent of the At
lanta Constitution, writing to that
paper under date of March 30th, gives
the following interesting news:
“The Central railroad was the mov
ing spirit in what might be termed a
boycott against the Columbus South
ern.
“To all intents ami purposes what Is
practically a boycott has been declared
against the Columbus Southern by the
Southern Passenger Association on
complaint of the Central road, whioh
alleged that the Columbus Southern
lias broken the agreement made be
tween the various lines in the asso
ciation to tile effect that no rnilroail
should put its tickets ill the liafids of
“scalpers" to sell. •
“It is generally known that the rail
roads are opposed to ticket scalperb,
The Columbus Southern runs from
poiumbus to Albany. The Central
runs from Maoon to Albany, and also
has a lino from Albany to Columbus.
The Central's road from Albany to
Coitimbus is, of oourse, a competitor
with the Coluta'bus Southern.
"Some time ago the Central, so it
alleges, found a number of Columbus
Bouthern tickets, from Albany to Od-
luinbus, in the hands of a scalper at
Albany, which had been placed in the
scalper’s hands by some official of the
Columbus Southern to bo sold at re
duced rates so as to take business from
Your Eye Sight
A Ornnd Diiplnf
Of photographs, postals, crayons, etc,
to be seen at Kuhns HIM Broad street,
You are cordially invited to call.
4-d4t
travel over thfe’ Columbus Snuthebn
from Albany to Columbus and Inter
mediate points, instead qf via the Cen
tral.
“The regular fare from Albany to
poiumbus Is $2.65 by either route,
The Albany scalper sold tickets Via
the Columbus Southern at $2.60, 16
cents less than the regular or agreed
rate ( wltli the railroads. It is not
nown how aheap the Columbus-
outhern official! let the scalper -haie
the tickets. When'the Central learned
that the cut rate tiokets were in the
scalper’s possession, ,it, bought fit}, on
‘nmbus Southern
If your oyes jtuln yon--feol tii;qd-
tvy our M
SPECTACLES!
-A N D L
TJiey nvo nbnolutol.
tllO CVOrt. WO COITOOl
ami uofoctivu vision,
y iiorfoot and cooling to
it nil errors of rofracUv*
.Eyes Examined
Otir GlnsBOfi aro skilfully adjusted, i • A
—
Mr. and Mrs. Phil Harris
SCIENTIFIC OPT1CIAN8,
ALBANY. - - -
.i.yt'iiiW
and the Ooinmbus
learning of this, refused to redeem .or
recognize the tiokets when -presented
by the Central. The Central made
complaint to the passehgor association
and when the Commission called the
attention of the Columbus Southern to
the matter, the Columbus Southern
denied the truth of the ohnrge nnd
said it had mado investigation at the
scalper’s oliioo at Albany and-found
no Columbus Southern tickets on sale.
The Central had previously bought all
the Columbus tickets, hence there
were none in the scalper’s possession
when tile Columbus Southern made
the investigation, so the Central says.
The Columbus Southern retaliated by
making a charge similar to the above
against the Central. The Central de
nied tile charge and offered its books
and all other records, for the Inspec
tion of tho association, in proof of its
fair dealing. Later the Central again
found tiokets in tho Albany scalper
and renewed its complaint to tho pas.
Arms are adjustable
AND UICS BEVOLVE RAPIDLY IN ANY FdSItnS.
pig
Li” 1 r>
Will not break easy. Will, not get out,
of qrder. The best in the World. . The
only agency for them in Albany.- latmlVh M
1 -»• m
PHIL HARRIS
■
■ORGIA
LEADING JEWELER. . -
ALBANY, -----. GEORGIA, if
CALL: ON
FOR THE PUREST AND
MOST DELICIOUS • ■ ?!
senger association. The association
f
at
((Reserve. Sncce...”
From tlie Altunlu Constitution.
The Albany Daily Herald easily
keeps its place among the first-class
minor dailies of the South. It is chip
per, chuck full of news and thoroughly
progressive in thought and methods.
It deserves its success and a good solid
support from the people whom it
serves so ably.
Lost.
Monday morning, on the streets of
Albany, a lady’s small gold medal,
bearing on one side the Inscription,
“Ellen Fields,” on the other “Stone-
wall Jackson Institute.” Finder will
be liberally rewarded by returning
same. 8. T. Philfot,
4-dtf At Albany Inn.
'
At least one man made a fortune
while he was a clerk in a government
office, says the Savannah News. Until
Inst Friday Thomas H. Meriwether
was a clerk in tlie office of the second
auditor of the treasury, department,
lie is a colored man and is about
forty-live years of ape. lie went to
Washington from Kentuoky when a
mere yoiltlf nnd was given a place in
the office of Solicitor General Bristow,
lie was merely an office boy, and hence
his compensation was small. He final
ly got a place ns night watchman in
the treasury department, and he spent
much of each day at . Howard Univer
sity, from which institution be. finally
graduated, /lie then passed a 'civil
service examination and secured the
clerkship which he resigned
last Friday. lie saved his
money and invested it in
real estate in Louisville and Washing
ton. From his small beginnings lie
has accumulated a fortune. A fair es
timate of the value of his property is
said to be $260,000 and he 1$ steadily
increasing it. He is now building
nine houses which are to cost $80,000,,
and he reoently completed a block w
sixteen bouses at a cost of $120,000. It
is doubtful If any other government
clerk in Washington or elsewhere has
made as much of bis opportunities.
has just issued a circular letter setting
forth the foregoing facts and notify
ing all roads in the association ol the
violation of agroemelit by tlie Colum
bus Southern nnd to withdraw from
the Columbus Southern ticket repre
sentation on nil the lines In the asso
ciation. In other words, none of *-*’ e
railroads will sell through tiokets to
points on the Columbus Southern
road. AH tickets bearing thb' name
Columbus Southern in ticket offices of
other roads will now have their faou
turned to tlie wall. The boycott is on.’
When the above was learned a re
porter of the IlmiALD called oil Mr.
Sam Fleisher, the ticket scalper, In this
oity and asked him what he thought
of the article in the Constitution.
“I am sure,” said Mr. Fleisher, “that
a great injustice is about to be dono to
the Columbus Southern. I have noth
ing to say for print as yet in regard to
the matter, exoept that I will assert
that I have sold.tickets over both the
Central and Columbus Southern.
When the proper time comes I will be
prepared to make a statement in re
gard to the whole matter. Further
than that I have nothing to say.”
It is to be hoped that the Southern
Passenger Association will give tbe
Columbus Southern an impartial hear
ing before tbe boycott is inaugurated.
-AND-
1 You,will be waited on by >Ir- P
Strozer, whoso bland and, oliild,
smile will assure you of a hehrty Wel
■comb. ‘ ’ . 'T"**' vWRI —
We also curry a Full and Complete t
Line of ■ ■>, .id'ijH
r «jpjy
PURE DRUGS.
m
When you want anything in tlje; -.
way of
df rt'$s
C'#
You should give us a call. Our
are excelled by none, and our 1
are the lowest. Consult' yopr.ij
by trading with
J. R.
BROAD STREET. ' ‘
ManaelMag Nice.
Leben’s Ice cream parlor is now open!
We serve strawberries and pineap
ple vitb eream and sberbert.
Don’t Foil
To have some fine photos made by
Kubna, before you go borne. Call and
see hie new work at 1HM Broad street.
Bbdwinb saya he will come oat all
rlgbtyet; at least, that’s wRat be la
“banking” on.
CHABLYF ONG LONG,
Remember the Artesian City Bakery
for cakes, breads, rolls and pure can
dles. 4tf
Only FIRST-CLASS
everything done at i
prices. Yon will find me c
street, next to r " ~
Give tpe a call,