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Vol. V.
WAS SEC. SMITH SNUBBED ?
IT LOOKS THAT WAY TO THE
WASHINGTON FOLKS.
Cleveland Ignores the Secretary in an
Appointment that Falls Under
His Department.
Washington, July 29.—One of the most
interesting unsolved problems in Wash
ington today, is the question whether Mr.
Hoke Smith of Georgia, has resigned, or
is about to resign as Secretary of the In¬
terior.
There is a widely prevailing impression
that the President’s action in selecting a
West Virginia man at the request of
Postmaster General Wilson for Union Pa¬
cific railroad director, an office under the
control of the interior department was
intended as a direct snub to Secretary
Smith, and was meant to be so regarded
fey him, especially as there does not ap¬
pear to have been any pretense made by
the President of asking the advice of the
Secretary of the interior on the matter.
Mr. Cleveland’s known views against
the free coinage of silver were entirely in
accord with those expressed by his Secre¬
tary oi the Interior in his recent joint dis¬
cussions with ex-Speaker Crisp in Geor¬
gia. But the fact that Mr. Smith’s news¬
paper, the Atlanta Journal, has since
come out in favor of Bryan and Sewall
and free silver, and the further fact that
Mr. Smith himself is advertised to open
thecampaign in iavor of Bryan and free
silver at Augusta, Ga., on the 12th of Au¬
gust next, have naturally revived the ru¬
mors that Mr. Smith’s resignation cabinet as a
member of President Cleveland’s
will either be requested or enforced with¬
in a very few days. asked this .
Secretary Smith being proposed even
invj whether it was true that he
to go to Gray Gables for consultation
with President Cleveland prior to enter¬
ing upon the Georgia campaign, declined
to make any statement for publication.
Who Owns the Central?
Atlanta, Ga., July 29.—The mooted
question of the ownership of the Central
railroad was up before the state railroad
commission again to-day. The commis¬
sion has been hammering awav on the
theory that the Southern owns the Central
and the Georgia Southern and Florida for
several months, but up to date no satis¬
factory conclusion has been reached, and
after to-day’s proceedings the question is
still hung lip concerned. in the air, At so far as future the com¬ day
mission is some into
not yet named thecommission will go
the case again with the hope of working
down to bed-rock.
Moving Convicts.
Atlanta, Ga., July 27.—The removal of
the convicts of companies No. 2 aud No. 3
from the camps of company No. 1, on ac¬
count of fine the of failure $750 of levied that by company thegovernor to
a y the
for cruel treatment, took place to-day,
under the personal supervision of Princi¬
pal Keeper Turner of the penitentiary de¬
partment. of removed 406.
The number men was
There were 407 ordered away by Gov. At¬
kinson, but one man died since the order
was issued. All chained together, with
their earthly belongings strapped over
their backs in sacks, and under strong
guards, the desperate men were marched
to the railroad station and shipped to
their new field of labor and confinement.
Forty-five oi the men were marched across
the country nine miles to the camp of W.
B Lowe of company No. 2, 190 were
brought to Atlanta to-night to bo sent
from here to different points, sixty-two go
to rienox, sixty-two to Wad ley, sixty-six
to Smitbsonia, forty to Emerson, Bartow
the Chattahoochee Brick Comp^^near
Atlanta. convicts set on the move to-day
srs^robbisT’ In the “is™
“
twenty-five rapists, twelve horse thieves,
lour cow thieves and two bigamists, with
-others of various offenses.
.
Evicts L takecharge of the 200 and more
evicts remaining tei h in the custody of com
P ^pL «?mo-al of Hie convicts the from closing the
Ufie „ Annexations mines will result in
tber e. At one time
JiJi OOOfoJthis Senator Brown was offered $1,
00 Kvir^sed property, it is now so
embarrassea ma^ financially that Receiver and
1 resident JU hashada „ he
‘ fml dothe
could do to y n ds to and
theC °am-directing court recently refused
ord ) the sale of the property
an aecount o{ the stringency of the times,
°ii o‘ ‘ of the I
feat will take tud case up
. Q g Jp tember. and
iiseto that end.
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BULLOCH TIM: 0$
Statesboro, BuUocli County. Georgia, Thursday, July 30,1890.
“First Bales” Coming In.
Cordele, July 28.-The first bale of new
cotton grown in this section was brought
to market today by A. J. Fenn and sold
by .I. A. Perry, warehouseman, to S, J.
Hill for 10 cents per pound.
Albany, Ga., July 28.—The first bale of
the new cotton crop to be received iu this
market was brought in today from Lee
county by Ed Stocks, a prosperous white
farmer, and stored at Plonsky’s ware¬
house.
Fort Gaines, Ga., July 28.—-W. E. Bil¬
lings worth brought in today the first
new bale of cotton for the season. It was
classed middling, and was bought by E.
J. Hardin at eight and a quarter cents.
Americus, Ga., July 28.—Americus re¬
ceived two bales of new cotton to-day, the
first from the plantation of Parker &
Duncan in this county. It weighed 64.1
pounds. The other was from S._P. Jones
of Dooly county, and weighed 465 and pounds.
Both classed as low middling were
sold to Littleton & Lamar, at 7 cents.
Savaunah, Ga., July 28.—The first bale
of cotton arrived this morning, consign¬
ed to Gaudry, Crisp & Co. It was raised
at Montezuma and was shippep by Boli
ver H. Ray, of Macon. The bale, which
weighed 504 pounds, was put up at auc¬
tion by Gaudry, Crisp & Co. and pur¬
chased by Colonel Tom F. Johnson at 7%
cents. The bale by its arrival this morn
ing beats last year’s record by 17 days
and all records for the past six years by
one day.
The First Bale.
Dallas, Tex., July 24.—Reports from
the cotton belt to the Dallas commercial
clubs show the crops to be in good shape.
The estimated average yield is half a bale
to the acre. The first bale of central
Texas cotton was received yesterday pound at
Waco and sold at 5% cents per at
auction.
State Committees Called.
Atlanta, Ga., July 28.—Chairman Clay
of the state executive committee to-day
issued a call for a meet ing of the state ex
seeutive committee and the advisory com¬
mittee named by him last week, to be helt
at the Kimball House, on next Monday,
August 3, at noon.
The joint meeting of the two commit¬
tees will be for the purpose of consulting
and mapping out the details of the cam¬
paign. The meeting of the advisory com¬
mittee was to have been held on nextFri
day, but since determining to call the ex¬
ecutive committee together, Chirman
Clay thought it advisable to postpone
this nnering, together so that both committees
could come at the same time.
While nothing has been given out by
Chirman Clay to cause that impression, it
is believed that one of the important
matters to be discussed by the state’s
committees is the policy to be pursued by
the party toward the ticket put out by
the St. Louis convention. Thesentiment
among democratic leaders, as far as it
has been expressed here, is Chicago in favor of
standing squarely up to the tick¬
et without regard to the St. Louis nom¬
inee. It is more than likely that, the com¬
mittee will adopt a definite policy along
that line.
Backed By The Banks.
New York, July 27.—Deposits of gold
at the sub-treasury up to 1 o’clock was
$370,000, makiug a total thus far depos¬
ited of $18,015,000. The committee of
seven appointed at the bankers' confer¬
ence last week were in session today and
it was stated that an outline of the scheme
would be given out later in the day. It
is not thought that thebaukers will make
public the details of their plan. The
street, however, as far as it is concerned,
will be satisfied to learn that foreign
banks, assisted by local banks, will staud
together to protect the gold reserve un¬
til the November elections are decided.
Sewall May Resign.
St. Louis, Mo., July 24.-“Mr. Sewall
has telegraphed persons in authority here
^hat jj e w ffi no t stand in the way of an al
fa ° e ,iie p°p" ii8te °° d
oerats.
The speaker was ex-Governor Barnett
Gibbs, of Texas. He was asked by a cor
Sewall respondent: would be ;‘Do willing you to believe withdrawfrom that Mr.
the democratic ticket,
ti j am In f orni cd that he wired to one of
the most influential men here that he
would not stand in the way if it was
thought that Bryan and a man from the
Populist party would make a stronger
ticket. I cannot te l you to whoin the tel
egram was sent. I think Mr. Sewall will
reeign if this con venfion nominates a pop
ulist for vice-president. Il he does, how
ever, it, will be his voluntary act. There
will be no force used. He will then be the
hero of the hour, and can have anything
within the gift of ths two parties. He
could be Secretary of State, or anything
a5o^SttoM»>ndMmffttMn?the in and
to .top
POPULISTS NOMINATE BRYAN
TOM WATSON, OF THIS STATE,
THEIR VICE-PRESIDENT.
After Four Days of Wrangliug Over the
Matter the Above Ticket is
Placed Iii The Field.
St. Louis, July 24.-The People’s party
convention, on the third day of its ses
session, got down to solid work. It turn¬
ed down the committee on rules by a de¬
cisive vote, and gave the nomination for
Vice President precedence over that of
President, so as to force the selection of a
Southern populist in place of Bewail,
whose record was strongly attacked by
members of the Maine delegation.
Then the convention launched upon a
sea of oratory. At midnight the speeches
seconding the nominations for the vice
presidency were in full swing. The hall
was mor« crowded than it bad bien dur¬
ing any oi the previous sessions of the
convention. In fact, it was almost as
packed as during any sittings of the re¬
publican convention. There was a good
deal of enthusiasm displayed, though not
in favor of any special candidate. Most
of the speeches were in favor of the nomi¬
nation of Mr. Watson, of Georgia, and he
was eventually nominated.
Mr. Bryan, the nominee of the Chicago
convention, will not accept a nomination
at the hands of the populists, now that
they have turned down his runningmate,
Mr. Bewail, ol Maine.
This announcement is made oa the au¬
thority of Mr. Bryan himself.
As soon as the convention decided to
nominate the Vice President first, Sena¬
tor Jones wired Mr. Bryan at his home in
Lincoln, Neb., as follows:
“St Louis, July 24.—The populists
have decided to nominate the Vice Preei
dent first. If it is not Bewail, what shall
we do? I favor your declination in that
event. James K. Jones.”
Senator Jones, within sixteen minutes
after he sent his message, had the follow¬
ing reply handed to him at his room in
the Planters hotel: “I agree with you
fully. IfSewall is not nominated have
my name withdrawn. (Signed) W. J.
Bryan.”
St. Louis. July 25,12:45 a. m.—Watson
had 541 votes at the end of the first call,
aud Texas and Tennesseechanged,giving
721 votes, 699 being necessary to a
choice.
Just as Mr. Watson was declared nom¬
inated the electric lights went out, leav¬
ing the hall in darkness while paudemou
iurn reigned. then adjourned
The convention until
9:45 o'clock this morning.
St. Louis, July 25,—The national con¬
vention of the people’s party, after four
days’ heat, turmoil and unlimited ora¬
tories, completed its labors at 4:40 sine o’clock
this afternoon and adjourned die.
Notwithstanding the receipt of one or
more telegrams from W. J. Bryan, declin¬
ing to permit the use of bis name on the
populist ticket unless Arthur Sewall. his
associate on the Chicago ticket, was aLo
indorsed. Mr. Bryan was put in formal
nomination as originally contemplated
by Gen. Weaver of Lowa, and was second¬
ed by one or more spokesmen with from every
state and territory, about ten ex¬
ceptions, and on a ballot received 1,042
votes, against 321 for Col. Norton of Chi¬
cago, who at the last moment was select¬
ed as the candidate of the unreconstruct¬
ed “middle-of-the-road” element. It was
the intention of this faction early in the
morning to place Eugene V. Debs in nom¬
ination, and thus to force the labor issue
to the front, but Mr. Debs telegraphed de¬
clining to serve, aud his telegram was re¬
spected.
At 8:40 o'clock the call of states was
commenced for votes ou the presidential
nominations, the two candidates being
Mr. Bryan of Nebraska and Mr. .Norton
of Illinois.
The call of states was finished at 4:15
o’clock with Mr. Bryau nominated by an
immense majority. Beforethe announce¬
ment of the result, Ignatius Donnelly rose
to what he called the “occasion of infor¬
mation ” He understood that Mr. Bry¬
an had sent a telegram to gentleman on
the platform in which he positively re¬
fused the populists nomination. lie
thought it just aud right to the conven¬
tion to know whether that was true or
not.
“The regular order is called for,” said
the chairman, ami uo other reply was
made.
At 4:22 o'clock the result was official
y announced as follows:
For Norton, 321 votes.
For Bryan, 1,042 votes.
Chronicle Caught For Libel.
San Diego, Cal., July 27.—Afterdeliber
atiog nineteen hour*, the jury in the caw,
oi Jtr.J.C. Hearno v».M.H. Young and
action was brought 4“ to recover
'g,™— °orZ
which Hearno alleges implicated him in
the murder of Amos J. Stillwell, at Han¬
nibal, Mo., Dec. 20, 1888.
The case will be appealed.
Scene In A Church.
Asbury Park, N. J., July 26.—At the
national service in the Asbury Park Au¬
ditorium this afternoon, Bishop John P.
Newinan created a sensation by declar¬
ing that populists were no better than
anarchists and were not good American
citizens. Instantly a man m the rear of
the hall jumped up and shouted:
“Bryan is three a good cheers American.” He tried
to propose for the democrat¬
ic-populist candidate for president, hut
his voice was drowned by the music of the
choir.
Populists Have Cheek.
Paris, Ill., July 26.—The people’s party
of Edgar county met in mass convention
yesterday in the court house here, and
put out a county ticket. They appoint¬
ed a committee of five to call on A. J.
Hunter, the democratic candidate for con¬
gress to induce him to withdraw, and al¬
low the people’s party to put up a candi¬
date in his place. They made an effort
to fuse with the democrats in making up
a county ticket, but could not agree, and
placed one of their own in the field in¬
stead. Delegates were selected for the
congressional convention at Carey, III.,
on August 5, and the state convention at
Sprinfield on August 12.
16 People to 1 Watermelon.
Mr. W. N. Mitchell, representing the
Baltimore and Ohio road at Atlanta,
may be watermelon collector plenipoten¬
tiary under the next, administration.
The Democratic presidential nominee
has written him a letter thanking him for
the big Georgia melon Mr. Mitchell seat
him, saying that he will recommend him
for that place in the diplomatic service.
The letter is as follows:
Lincoln. Neb., July 21.1896.
\\V N. Mitchell, Co. F. A., B. & 0. Ry.,
Atlanta, Ga.:
My Dear Sir—We are in receipt of the
watermelon mentioned in favor of July
18, and beg to express our thanks. We
called in the newspaper correspondents
who are temporarily sojourning here, and
it required about sixteen persons to eat
the one melon. If the melon sent to Mc¬
Kinley was as satisfactory as the one re¬
ceived by us, I think he will join me in
recommending you as watermelon col¬
lector plenipotentiary under the next ad¬
ministration, whoever may be elected.
Yours very truly.
W. J. Bryan.
Eli Perkins to Endeavorers.
Eli Perkins, who made bis fame as a
humorist, showed a depth of feeling and
pathos unsuspected by his most intimate
acquaintances,says the Washington Post,
when he stood solemnly a moment in his
Christian Endeavor lecture and said:
“Young ladies: I once heard a bowed
down father talking to a careless daugh¬
ter whom be loved.
“ ‘Lizzie,’ he said, looking into her deep
blue eyes nsd stroking her golden hair,
‘Lizzie, I waul to speak to you about
your mother. It may be that you have
noticed a care-worn look'upon her face.
Of course, it has not been brought there
by any acts of yours; still it is your duty
to chase it away. I want you to get up
tomorrow morning and get breakfast.
When your mother comes and begins to
express surprise, go right up to her and
kiss her on the mouth. You can’t imag¬
ine how it will brighten her dear face.
* “Besides, you owe her a kiss or two.
Away back, when you were a little girl,
she kissed you when no one else was
tempted by your fever-tainted breath and
swollen face. You were not as attractive
then as you are now. Through years of
childish sunshine and shadowsshewas al¬
ways ready to cure by the magic of u
mother’s kiss the little, dirty, chubby
hands whenever they were injured in
those first skirmishes with the rough old
world.
“ ‘And the midnight kisses with which
she routed so many bad dreams, as she
leaned over your restless pillow, have all
been oh interest these long years.
*i < Of course she is not so pretty and
kissable as you are, but if you had done
your share of the work during the
ten years the contrast would not be so
marked.
H « Her face has more wrinkles than
yours. And yet, if you were sick, that
face would appear far mere beautiful
than an angel’s as it hovered over you,
watching every opportunity to
to your comfort, and every one of those
wrinkles would seem to be bright wave¬
lets of sunshine chasing each other over j
the dear face.
“ ‘She will leave you one of these days. I
These burdens, if not lifted from her
"‘"’"I’*?’ 1 - ±* n ;, J!“*!
■^ cmMry thing, for you will be,
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No. 10.
TIMES IN CAROLINA.
OVER THERE DON’T
SEEM TO LIKE EACH OTHER.
Evans And Earle Have a Set-Td On
the Stump, and Earle Came Out
Second llest.
Columbia, S, C., July 24.—The political
campaign in this state, which has been in
progress for a month, has developed in¬
tense bitterness between Gov. Evans and
Circuit Judge Earle, candidates for the
United StatesSeuate. Thefeeliugbetween
the two men culminated to-day in a fisti¬
cuff on the hustings at Florence.
Judge Earle is not only a brave and
chivalrous man, but one of the highest
refinement. During the campaign Gov.
Evaus has been referring to Judge Earle
in terms that he did not like. The Judge
had warned him that he would not submit
to such an indignity and told thegovernor
that he would make such remarks in the
future at his peril.
To-day Gov. Evans in the course of his
speech said his opponent had been trying
to down him by making the people believe
that he wascorrupt in connection with the
funding of the state debt, but that Sena¬
tor Tillman had indorsed his course, and
now Judge Earle was running along like
a flee dog with his tail cut off.
Judge Earle rising from his seat said he
couldn’t stand that and walked up to Gov.
Evans and asked him what hemeant.
Gov. Evans said that he did not believe
he had said anything wrong, but Judge
Earle asked him what he had said.
The judge was white with rage. Gov.
Evans became angry, too, and repeated
his remark, whereupon the judge let his
right fly and struck the governor back of
the left ear.
Gov. Evans responded and struck the
judge in the face, breaking the skin, and
blood flowed freely.
The two men then grappled, but were
pummelling each other atl the time. The
crowd was about eqnally.divide 1 between
Tilhnanites aud auti-Tillmauitei, Earle. the lat¬
ter supporting Judge
As soon as the first blow was struck the
crowd rushed to the stand, and the two
men were separated. gathered The adherents of
the belligerents around f hem and
both sides pulled their fiistols. Cooler
heads came iu and succeeded in quieting
the people, and thus avoided a bloody riot.
For half anhouritlookedasiftherewould
be a pitched battle between the two fac¬
tions.
Gov. Evans, as soon as comparative
order was restored. attem pted to continue
his speech. He did so, butwasconsfcantly
interrupted by the cheers hisses of his friends. political
foes and counter of his
Gov. Evans escaped without a scratch.! Day]
Judge Earle was arrested by Mayor
appearance later in the day to-morrow. and put up $10 for his] i
A warrant was also sworn out for Gov.l
Evaus, but it was not executed, as the >
governor cannot be arrested under the/
law. i
For the past six years candidates for )
public blackguarding offices in each South Carolina have stump] been j
other on the
and have been, time and again, ou the.
verge of getting together in personal com¬
bat, but they have never gotten up to the
Jghting point. The people had come to
believe that such a thing as resenting an
insult on the stump was a dream of the
past. But Judge Joseph 11. E trie broke
the record to-day. It was an exeitiugep
isodeanda most painful spectacle—the
governor of the state and a circuit judge
In a public “scrap.” The whole court
room was wild with excitement for at least
fifteen minutes. Candidate Duncan spoke
afterwards, going for Gov. Evans in pret¬
ty stroug language. There was a lively
passage of arms between Gen. Watts aud
Mr. Kiehborough, candidate for adjutant
general, the latter telliug Gen. Watts fi¬
nally that he would hold him personally
responsible for what he had said.
Touching Coaiiatency.
Prison Visitor—Ab! Here is a cell
j j that is so tidily kept that it reveals evi
j j donees fully worked of refinement. of And “Home, that beauti¬ Sweet
motto
Home, „ on the ,, farther „ wall „ is , it pos
siblc that that is the handiwork of the
occupant of this cell?
Warden—It is, sir.
Prison Visitor—Wonderful! And for
what offense against the law can such a
man be confined?
Warden—Just wife beating;
all.—Boston Courier.
His Bash Innovation.
“Dabber’s poster didn't win a prize?”
“No; he forgot to paint in the
toniary girl and the judg
to divert them •—
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