Albany weekly herald. (Albany, Ga.) 1892-19??, June 17, 1893, Image 1

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Newspaper Page Textft ''Alt; li mM VOL. 2. ALBANY, GA., SATURDAY, JUNE 17, 1893. NO. 24. Ehrlich’s City Shoe Store. THE LARGEST AND MOST COM- PLETE LINE OF SPRING 00000000000000 o HATS! HATS! OOOOOO O OOOOOOOO ft FOR GENTLEMEN BOYS AND CHILDREN. ( Shoes! * (■ * Shoes! FOR LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, MISSES, BOYS AND CHILDREN. WE HANDLE ONLY THE BEST GOODS! IN OUR LINES, AND NO OTHERS. CALL AT EhrlicVs City Shoe Stars. Great Calamity in Wash ington To-Day. THE OLD FORD OPERA HOUSE, IN WHICH LINCOLN WAS ASSASSINATED, GIVES WAY. Five Hundred Government Em ployes Caught in the Crash. Great Excitement Around the Scene of the Disaster— Many Killed and But Few Escaped Injury. A I* I* THE IIOSTITAI.N IX WARN. 1XCSTOX CLAIMED ox to take CARE OF THE WOUNDED, AXD THE WAR AXD NAVY DEPARTMENT RUK- «EONRCALLED OUT. The Old Building Hud Been Con demned, Bui Neutiuienc PrcNerrcd it and the LSorernnient Uicd il Foe (he Record* and War Department. Special Telegram to tho Hkkald. Washington, D. C., June 0.—The top tloyr of the old Ford Opera House, in which LInuoln was assassinated, and whioh was occupied by the Gov ernment, fell in this morning, carry ing the two lower floors with it. There were about five hundred clerks in the building, and -scarcely one has escaped more or less-Injury. Twenty- eight persons had been taken out of the ruins up to 10:15 o’clock. The Emergency Hospital Is orowded with the dead ami injured. The in juries, from the very nature of the acoldent, arq of the severest character, crushed and broken llmbsand internal injuries prevailing. The excitement of the relatives and friends of the victims of the disaster is naturally intense. Thousands are surrounding tho scene and the ex citement has spread all over the city. General Schofield has ordered two troops of cavalry from Fort Myer, just across the Potomac river, and two companies of infantry from the Ar senal to tlie scene of the disaster. The Secretary of the Navy has or dered out the naval medical officers stationed here, and has also opened the Naval Hospital to receive the injured. The commandant at the navy yard has been ordered to render all the as sistance in his power. Every hospital in tlie city has been called on to respond to requisition to care for the wounded. The building had been condemned as unsafe and unsuitable for the pur pose for which it was occupied for some time, but sentiment has kept it unchanged. The doors were heavily loaded with the records of the Records and Pension Division of the War De partment. The clerks employed there were all men. Mnrrieit. On last Thursday, at the residence of the bride’s father, Mr. M. W. Deariso, in Worth county, Mr. W. B. Bothwell, of Fhilenia, to Miss Mattie Deariso. Mr. Bothwell is one of Philemn’s most prosperous and substantial busi ness men, while his bride is a lady of rare culture and accomplishments and was the belle of the section in which she resided. Both parties have many friends in Albany who will join the Hkrald in wishing for them every happiness. Dubino the recent session of the Georgia Banker’s Convention in Sa vannah, Mr. J. S. Davis, of this city, responded to the address of Col. C. H. Olmstead in behalf of the convention. The response of Mr. Davis was a char acteristic one, and, according to the Savannah News, was thoroughly en joyed by all who heard it. Mr. Davis was one of the committee that con demned the Sherman silver law, and was among the prominent hankers, mentioned by the News, as in attend ance upon the banquet at Tybce. SUSPENDED PAYMENT. IIOBBM Ac TUUKER NOT PAYING OIIECKN TO DAY. Quin But Urntlunl Run On Forcen n Molrent Bunk to Muipcnd Payment. CLOSING EXERCISES OF MRS. STROKE'S TO-DAY,' scnooi. The Girl, nnd liny. Who Ilouor.. Prom Saturday’. Evksinci 1Ikuai.ii. Hobbs & Tuoker’s Bank suspended payment to-dny. A quiet run on the bank had been going on for a week or ten days past, resulting from a loss of confidence on account of the well-known fact that Mr. A. IV. Tucker was individually in volved to the extent of a considerable amount in the failure of Mayer & Ull- maii, of Brunswick. The bank stood the run ami paid every check presented until this morn ing, when the money on hand gave out and payment was suspended. Here we have a peculiar case, the rare instance of a perfectly solvent hanking concern ill the embarrassing predicament, of being unable to honor checks and meet the demands of de positors. The situation Is due entirely to the present financial stringency, whioh Is general throughout the country, and tlie consequent inability of the bank to realize on its assets, Hobbs & Tucker have been doing the largest banking business in the city, perhaps, for several years past, and their deposit account is n large one. And, having made heavy loans and discounts, they were not prepared for such a run as has been made upon them, especialy at a time like the pres ent. But it is not really a bank failure. Certainly it is not a “busted” bank case; for, as lias already been stated, the bank is perfectly solvent. No body seems to doubt the solvenoy of the firm of Hobbs & Tucker; for it has more than enongli good assets to pay olf its entire indebtedness, to say nothing of the personal property of the members of the firm. Oapt. Hobbs, who is himself worth more than the bank owes, assures the IIukald and authorizes it to assure the publio that, while (he bank is unable to meet all .demands that have been made upon it to-day, depositors will be paid off In full' and that all the bank’s obligations will be met with one hundred cents to the dollar. The Commercial Bank and the Ex change Bank both offered assistance to Capt. Hobbs to-day, but he declined to accept it. Mr. Tuoker is in New York, where, it is understood, he went nbout a week ago to make some money arrangements. Capt. Hobbs told tlie banks above named anti some personal friends who also tendered assistance, that he thought it best to let the bank work itself out of‘Its own embarrass ment, Inasmuch as confidence had been lost and the proffered aid would not be likely to stop the run. The bunk has'not closed its doors, nor will it unless forced to do so by some of its depositors. There lias been nothing liken panic about tlie bank to-day. Upon the contrary, those who have presented clieoks or called for money and have failed to get it, have gone away quietly, and no one seems to be alarmed. Business men of the city nnd depositors who ought to know, do not question the solvency of the bank, and the members of the Arm of Hobbs & Tucker have the confi dence of the community. As is usual in sueli instances, those who linve Hie least at stake, so far as the suspension of payment by the bank to-day is concerned, have had the most to say and seemed to be the most exercised about it. Ilobba Ac Tucker Check. Good. As evidence of the fact that the sus pension of payment by the Hobbs & Tucker bank lias not had the effect of destroying confidence in the integrity of the firm or its solvenoy, it is only necessary to state that all tile business men of tlie city are willing to take cer tified checks from depositors in the bank. But, as still stronger evidence of tlie fact that those who are in posi tion to know something about the real condition of the bank are not afraid of It, it may be stated that Mr. M. Urine, local agent of the Equitable Building and Loan Association, has sold over two hundred shares of the association’s stock during the last day or two, tak ing in payment certified checks on Ilobbs & Tucker’s bank. Tlie Hebai.d is gratified to be able to give publicity to these evidences of confidence in the only bank of the city that is at all embarrassed during the prevailing financial depression. Take. Fir.t Honor. The many friends of Miss Bessie Carroll, daughter of Rev.E. B. Carroll, of this city, will be highly pleased to learn that she took first honor in the graduating class of Monroe Female College, Forsyth, for the term just closed. Miss Carroll is one of Albany’s most popular young ladies, and herjtrlumph will afford great delight to her many friends here and elsewhere. The closing exeroises of Mrs. S. Sterne’s school took place to-day, and the occasion wns an Interesting one. Quite a number of the patrons of the school were in attendance, and the audience was highly entertained by the follnwing program: Van Fir.t. Duty—Master llerrmnn Strauss. Five Little Green Peas--Miss Etta Brown. Dialogue—“Two Sides of a Question” — Miss Gertrue nnd Master Mack Far- kas. , The Farmer’s Daughter—Miss Rosie Geiger. ‘ Dilly Dally Dllly—Miss Rebecoa Parker, No Kiss—Miss Gerlrndo Plonsky. Kitty’s Wish—Miss Jeanette Wes- loaky. Pussy’s Class—Miss Fannie Blatt- ner. Keep Trying—Master James Tift Hllsman. Whiqh Loved the BeBt—Miss Mnrlon Davis. The Very Best Thing—Miss Au gusta Smith. Dialogue. Table Rules for Little Folks—Misses Gertrude Plonsky nnd Etta Brown. Elf Child—MissRettn Wcslosky. Now I Lay Mo Down to Sleep—Miss Ethel IOnBters. Little Steenle—Miss Pauline Plons- ky. Good Bye—Master Albert Hender son. i ...^ Pun Meconri. The. Hunter—Master Eddie Easters. Little Golden Hair—Miss Mary Blnttner, Purest Pearl—Miss Fannie Fnrkns. and tlie Priest—Master Gus waome. Nobody’s Child—Miss Mamie Brown. The Minuet—Miss Bertha Davis. George, Washington—Master Willie air, ’be First Party —Miss Estelle Tlie Leak in the Dike—Miss Freddie Fnrkas. Tom—Master Lee Roy Brown. Where’s Annette?—Miss Dolly Mayo. Providence Pulled Him Through- Miss Luclle Bacon. Little Meg and I—MissZaokle Mayo. Foreigners View of the Statue- Miss Hattie Mayer. The Prayer Gauge—Miss Myra llils- man. Virginius—Mist Mabel Hllsman. The Battle of Waterloo—Miss Julia Bautin. The Dying Child—Miss Rcsa Meri wether. AWARD OR l'RIZKS. At the oonoluslon of the exercises Mrs. Sterne, in nn appropriate ad dress to the pupils, delivered the prizes to those to whom they had been awarded in the several departments. In tho collegiate department the first prize, a gold medal, went to Miss Daisy Green, the younger sister of Mr. J. A. Green and Miss Alice Green, her average being 98 out of a possible 100. In the Intermediate, preparatory and pr mary departments industry prizes were awarded as follows: Intermediate—Miss Mary Blnttner, daughter of Mr. nnd Mrs. Sam Blatt- ner. Preparatory—Miss Freddie Fnrkns, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. 8. Farkas. Primary—Miss Jeannette Weslosky, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Morris Wes losky. Special awards of merit cards in spelling knd arithmetic were awarded after a contest decided in the public examinations last week, to tho follow ing girls and boys: Misses Dollie Mayo, Freddie Farkas, Pauline Plons ky, Jeannette Weslosky, Rosio Geiger, Fannie Blattner, Master Leroy Brown, Jim Tift Hllsman, Herman Strauss. After the formal part of the exer cises were over Mrs. Sterne Invited tlie children and their guests to partake of refreshments. Thus the sohool closed in a sort of love feast, and hap piness ruled the hour. The patrons of Mrs. Sterne’s school are well pleased witl: her methods of teaching and delighted with the prog ress made by their children. Venfrlloqui.llc Jakcii. Mr. R. L. Jones, yesterday morning, wns standing in front of Mr. S. B. Brown’s store talking to some friends when he heard his name called several times. He began to inquire who was calling him, and was mystified for some time, to the amusement of the bystanders, until he discovered that a harmless looking individual, standing near, was a ventriloquist. Mr. Jones determined to play the same joke on his partner, so he carried this modern Valentine Vox to his store and bad him to call Mr. Hofmay- er, who made several trips over the store to find who wanted him, while those in the joke were exploding with laughter. Mr. Hofmayer, when he discovered the plot, was as much amused as the others, F.P.l UP IN RANDOLPH. A FORMRR RENIDBNT OF DOUGH- BHTY COUNTY Writes Entertainingly About Fruit Cut- lure nnd Fnrmiu« Operniiaua— Nettie Oilier Iniereniintf Matter* Touched Upon. Spccim CoiTOHIiOllduncOof tho IIKHALI). Duckkhb, Ga„ June 10,1893, Randolph is pushing to the fiont ns fruit growing section, and bids fair, in a few years, to rlvnl Macon and Houston counties in fruit pulturc. She is spending some money to induce im migration. Tills is opposed by two olasse.t, or portions of tw’o. Tlie farm er who rends but little outside of a weekly paper takes no interest in ag ricultural Journals, and is not up in Ills business. He lias ail able coadjutor in tlie home money-lender who wants ironolnd pnpers; and no one objects to good security who is honest, and 12J£ to 18 per cent, off the fuce of a note, whether it runs for one or twelve months. Tlie farmer is opposed to nercase in population through Igno rance—tho better for fear of compe tition. A seotion of oountry lying north of Outhbert is well drained, of a olnyey subsoil, nnd extending from Cuthbert nearly to Lumpkin—nbout eight miles in width—is ns well ndnpted to fruit culture, especially the penoh, as nny section in the State. The writer lias known as fine wlient raised on this land as any in North Georgia. It was largely owned by large planters before the war, nnd now most of it, after leaving Cuthbert, four miles, is owned In large bodies, and oooupled mostly by Negro tenants. It is to be Imped this will be taken up first by our pros pective immigrants. Tho writer does not live nor own land in this belt, but Ills old home is there, and lie would like to see it peopled with intelligent whites instend of shiftless Negroes. Exoept on the water courses it is healthy. The 1Ikiiai.d goes into Northern homes; Is In favor of right kind of developemcnt—henoe this ar- tiole. Editor Gunn is laboring with the saloons. What Cuthbert, and all other towns similarly ou.rsed, needs ts jne.fi of sound bnokbotie who will work seven days in the week and twelve months In the year to raise the inoral tone of the people, and not llyo above saloons on Sunday and during sena- tional revivals, and patronize them the balance of the time. It is like giving gum logs a veneering of oak coloring and selling them for building timber. Any carpencor would deteot the flaw without examination, and saloons are going to stay In a town as long as the people want them, and no longer. Cotton drops are good. The usual cold mornings in May made it look ragged as it does every year. Oats are fine. Corn fair, and hogs likely to he plentiful. More attention is be ing paid to small crops, such as peas and potatoes. And pasturage is being arranged so sb to let the iiog do his own gathering. Tho low price of cot ton and high price of meat will yet prove a blessing. Politics are quiet. By the by, why not push Jno. P. Fort, of your county, for the place made vacant by Prof. White? As a lecturer on different strata of jsoils and understanding their relationship to given changes, I do not know Ids superior. He demon strated this in establishing tile fact that artesian weils were possible in your county. He is not personally a favorite of mine, but he could serve himself nnd do the State more good In one year, In my opinion, than Prof, White could in five. Randolph is a good place, and as my home I love it, but old Dougherty has more men nnd women, aocordlng to population, than any place I know. Yours, Andukw P. Rivks. IN A MUDDLE. School Madera Make Trouble Over iu Worth County. INDSTINCT PRINT A special from Tifton to the Atlanta Constitution of yesterday, says: “The people of Worth county, were never more completely muddled, even in tlie bitterest period of the court house removal agitation, than they are now over school matters. “The Grand Jury at the' late term of the Superior Court caused the dismis sal of three members of the board of education and tlie appointment of three others to fill their places. Neith er of these gentlemen haye taken up their commissions, and the business of the board is in statu quo. But the trouble does not end here The ssuie Grand Jury preferred two bills of indictment against the school commissioner and asked his removal. Judge Bovyef passed the order of re moval 1 but it seems no suoh power is vested in the judge* 6f the Superior Court and the order is inoperative, and the old commissioner still “rules the roost.” ■ Have your eyes attended to at once. * ' iSl EYE GLASSES ——A N D SPECTACLES! SKILLFULLY ADJUSTED. Eyes Examined Free. Mr. and Mrs. Phil Harris SCIENTIFIC OPTI0IAN8., = ALBANY. GEORGIA. REVOLVING DISC FLY FAN UdLEORN Cost. — I- V'.v'Ciffj Otily few more left. Fine line Dia monds, Watches, and , * At Bargain Prioes at the leading Jew elry Store. PHIL HARM* ALBANY, CALL ON l _ ’ J. R. deBraUi & Co., FOR THE PUREST AND MOST DELICIOUS -AND- We also carry a Full and Oomplete- Line of PURE DRUGS. When you want anything in the way of TOILET ARTICLES ! ' ii jp Yon should give us a call. Our goodp : aro excelled by none, and our prices are the lowest. Consult your inter- by trading with J. R. deCRAFFENREID 4 GO. BROAD STREET. DR. H. S A NOE’S Oxydonor “1 A Most Wonderful Invention 1 Cure of ALL — ~ For further informati- J. G. STEF

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Albany weekly herald. (Albany, Ga.) 1892-19??, June 17, 1893, Image 1