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YOU. VI. NO. 2. HE WAS A PROMINENT AND BELL KNOWN GEORGIAN. UNTIL RECENTLY INDIAN AGENT. Several Terms a Legislator and Author Of the Famous “Olive Bill,*’ Intended To Prevent Bailroad Combines. Indian Agent Joel Thomas Olive, of Crawford, Ga., committed suicide at St. George, Utah, by t,hooting himself t ough the head. Mr. Olive had resigned his position and last Saturday Secretary Bliss ap¬ pointed Alfred C. Hawley, of Illinois, to succeed him. The position pays $2,000 per annum. The telegram announcing tho ap¬ pointment of Hawley annoyed him greatly and he felt that his efforts were not appreciated in a source where tiny should be. It is hard to say what, was the real cause of his sui¬ cide, but it is evident that he was suf¬ fering greatly from mental depression for Several days. Mr. Olive was one of the best known public men in Georgia, made so by liis advocacy of a railroad bill which boro his nahie, and which had been intro¬ duced by him in the Georgia legisla¬ ture of 1888. The causes loading to this bill were the growing distrust of the people with railroad consolidation. The West Point Terminal, of Virginia, owned the lines between Atlanta and New York, now making up the South¬ ern railway main trunk. By some connection which he bad made in New York city, lion. Patrick Calhoun be¬ came the controlling spirit of the Cen¬ tral railroad system of Georgia, which ran a steamship line to Now York and Boston as well. Shortly afterwards Mr. Calhoun joined with Mr. John Inman in the West Point Terminal management and secured control of it, thus joining the two properties and erasing the name of the Central, making the whole sys¬ tem the Richmond and Danville. There were enemies of Mr. Calhoun in Georgia who took advantage of the ex¬ citability of tho people, and used this consolidation in order to make war upon the railroads. The section of the constitution under which ibis attack was made was wliat is known as the competitive clause, which had been drafted by Robert Toombs in-the Georgia state conven¬ tion in 1877, the purpose of which was to prevent the consolidation of com¬ peting lines. While the two lines which tho legislature of Georgia was asked to take charge of were widely separate so far as their physical conti¬ guity in Georgia was concerned, yet, as a whole, from Georgia to New York they were supposed to be in competi¬ tion, the one by ocean, the other overland, but that competition was in territory removed from the limits of Georgia. The legislative fight which followed the introduction of Mr. Olive’s bill was notable in that it brought before the legislature the most distinguished railroad men in the country, as well as the strongest men in favor of limiting the powers and opportunities of the railroad companies. The bill was amended out of existence, and finally went to defeat, but so long continued was the debate and so great the in¬ terest taken in it throughout the union, that the name of Mr. Olive had become just as well known as that of any active leader in the national house of repre-. sentatives. The controversy went through two sessions of the legisla¬ ture before it died out. CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENT The Object of a Kill Introduced In the Senate Ry Pettigrew. Senator Pettigrew introduced a bill in the senate Tuesday to provide for the submission to a popular vote at the congressional election of 1898 of the following question: “Shall congress at once enact a law pro¬ viding for the immediate free and unlim¬ ited coinage of silver and gold at the ratio of 16 to 1. “Shall the constitution of the United States be so amended as to provide for tho election of United States senators and of the president and vice president by direct vote of tho people,” It is made the duty of the secretary of state to forward the result of the vote to the president, xvho is required to transmit the statement to congress. FIVE CHILDREN CREMATED. Parents Were. Away From Home On a Visit at the Time. A special of Tuesday from Welch, W. Ya., says fix-e children xvere burned to death iu the residence of J. H. White, two miles from Keystone, Monday night. Enemies of the family are beliex r ed to have fired the house. Both White and his xvife xvere away on a visit, and their five children xvere left alone in their farmhouse. The children had retired when the fire was started. The children who met death were a boy of twelve, one of ten, one of five, one of four and a girl of six. IRON WORKERS (40 OUT. Two Hundred at Pittsburg Refuse to Ac¬ cept Cot. A ten per cent ent in wages affecting all men not under the Amalgamated scale was ordered at J ones & Laugh lin’s American Iron Works at Pitts¬ burg, Pa. As a result the open hearth xvorkers and some other employees, in all abont two hundred, refused to go to work Tuesday night. The firm employs nearly 3,000 men. BULLOCH TIMES. SIMPSON AGAIN AFTER REED. Assisted This Time by Richardson, of Ten¬ nessee—McLaurin Sworn In. The house Tuesday sustained a sharp attack on the speaker by Representa¬ tives Simpson nnd Richardson because of non-appointment of committees. On motion of Mr. Dingley, by 89 to 65, the house upheld the speaker’s re¬ fusal to recoguize the resolution of Mr. Lewis relative to Cuba, as priv¬ ileged business. At the regular order there was pre¬ sented for immediate consideration a resolution providing for the transpor¬ tation of supplies for India and per¬ mitting the use of any vessel, instead of restricting the Bending of famine relief to American ships. After further talk by Mr. Simpson and others concerning the alleged au¬ tocratic power of the speaker, the order was adopted. The senate resolution to amend the resolution of April 7 for the transpor¬ tation of supplies to India was passed by the bouse. The senator from South Carolina, John L. McLaurin, who succeeds the late Senator Earle, was sworn in at the opening of the senate Tuesday. This establishes the personnel of the senate as it will remain for some time, viz: Republicans, 43; democrats, 34; pop¬ ulists, 7; silver republicans, 5; vacan¬ cy, 1, (Oregon); total 90. The tariff bill was taken up imme¬ diately after the disposal of routino business. SOUTHERN PROGRESS. New Industries Established in th$ South During: the Past Week. The report of business conditions in the south for the past week show no material change. Trade, generally speaking, is active and the markets for iron and steel are assuming a healthy appearance, Considerable new business is reported, and the ru¬ mor of a combine among; the rod mills has caused the placing of some new contracts. *Trade in southern iron is increasing, and pig iron for export is in large demand, the movement from the Birmingham district giving prom¬ ise of steady growth. Among the most important new in¬ dustries reported for the week are the following: A $100,000 fertilizer fac¬ tory at Birmingham, Ala.; n $25,000 guano factory at East Point, Ga.; a foundry and Machino shop at Ameri cus, Ga.; the Port Arthur Light and Gas Co., capital$50,000, Port Arthur, Texas; the Pokahontas Marble Co., capital $500,000, Academy, W. Ya.; the Wheeling Stamping Co., capital $500,000, Wheeling, W. Ya.; the Texas Petroleum Oil Co., capital $100,000, Corsicana, Texas; a 30,000 spindle cotton mill at Graniteville, S. C.; a $20,000 furniture factory at Ma¬ rion, N. C., one to cost $12,000 at Raleigh, N. C., and a $15,000 planing mill at Allentown, La.—Tradesman (Chattanooga, Tenn). SEARLES GOES FREE. Sugar Trust Witness Secures Verdict of Acquittal. In the case of John E. Searles, the Sugar Trust witness, at AA’asliington dered Tuesday the morning, jury to bring Judge in Bradley verdict or¬ of a acquittal, holding that the questions asked the witness by the senate com¬ mittee xvere not pertinent and xvere not within the jurisdiction of the com¬ mittee. The judge’s opinion was exhaustive. It had been reduced to writing. He pointed out that Mr. Searles had testi¬ fied specifically that no money had been contributed by the sugar trust to the national campaign or for the pur¬ pose of influencing legislation o • the election of United States senators. As to local contributions Mr. Searles testified that he did not knoxv hoxv tho contributions had been used, by xvhom or for xvhat purpose. BOAT AND CREW ARRESTED. Government Agent Hamilton Was Knock¬ ed Down and Disarmed. The steamer Biscayne and crew of six men are under arrest at Miami, Florida, charged with having trans¬ ferred a cargo of arms, ammunition and men to the tug Dauntless. According to an eye witness the ex¬ pedition was transferred successfully and consisted of sex r eral hundred rounds of ammunition and 160 men. Tho steamer was boarded by Special Agent Hambleton of the treasury t e partment, who placed her under ar¬ rest. He xvas then seized by several Cubans, bis revolver taken from him and he was beaten about the face and body. SOUTHERN MUTUAL CASE UP. Attorney General Terrell, of Geor¬ gia, was before the United States cir¬ cuit court of appeals in New Orleans Wednesday to represent State Treas¬ urer Speer in the Southern Mutual Building and Loan case. Roberts as Treasurer. A Washington special says: It is un¬ derstood that the president has fully decided upon Ellis H. Roberts, of Nexv York, for United States wilt treasurer and that bis nomination be sent to the senate in a day or two. Mr. Roberts at one time xvas assistant treasurer of the United States at Nexv York, STRIKING MINERS RETURN. Coal Minos at Baldwin, Colorado, Ro same Operations. The coal mines at Baldwin, Colo., have resumed operations giving em ploy men t to a large number of miners. The differences between the company and the miners, who have been on a strike for some time, have been ad justed by the state board of arbitra tion, created by the last general assem- advan bly. Neither side gained any tage by its decision. STATESBORO, GA., THURSDAY, JUNE 3,1897. SOUTH CAROLINA COLLEGE CAM¬ PUS THE SCENE OF A RIOT. BROKEN SKULLS AND BLOODY MUGS Militia Wanted to Drill and Students Wanted to Play Ball On Same Grounds at Kamo Time. A special from Columbia, S. C., says: South Carolina college students, police and militia came together Friday af¬ ternoon. Columbia companies bad permission to use the college green for annual in¬ spection on Wednesday evening. They postponed the inspection until Friday but did not get a renewal of permit. The college men had arranged a game of ball for the day and held the grounds. Two companies of the Pal¬ metto regiment, under Colonel Jones, and accompanied by Adjutant General Watts and staff, came on for annual inspection. The parties did not interfere till the troops were marching off the field, when they attempted to cut across the diamond. A hundred students blocked the way. General Watts ordered them to move, but they stood firm. Then lie suggested to Colonel Jones to charge with a squad, The color guard charged and the students knocked the colors down. Several students were clubbed and the soldiers attempted no further in¬ terference. The town is greatly stirred over the incident. The students and townspeople blame Adjutant General Watts for precipitat¬ ing the riot. He first backed his horse in among the boys, and when they closed around him, called in a lond voice: “I will have these grounds cleared; Colonel Jones, advance your battal¬ ion.” Watts is a very young man and what might have been obeyed in of an older officer, even when the right posses¬ sion was on their side, was resented by the students. When the companies advanced, the color guard in front, a student, with a baseball bat waving, ran down their front. He. was seized by policemen and these were immediately rushed upon by a body of students. Bats and clubs rattled for a moment, then the policeman used his club. Professor Davis ran in with out¬ stretched arms, imploring peace, and it now developwthat a policeman, blinded with a blow, struck him in the forehead. This further infuriated the Students, who beat down the officers. The militia in the meantime seemed paralyzed. They took no part, and for their non-action the police are in¬ censed. The president, Dr. James Woodrow, of evolution fame, immediately sum¬ moned the students together, and, standing on his steps, made a speech, imploring them to go no further. Their rights in the premises were not questioned by the preside'**, and lie said there was no question of their courage to maintain them, but if an attempt was made to arrest them he begged that they submit quietly. D. D. McCall, one of the most se¬ riously injured of the students, will probably die. His skull is crushed. Policeman McDowell is also iu a precarious condition. Professor Davis is receiving medical attention, but is not dangerously hurt. The friends of the college fear that although the students may have been in the right, the affair will give its op¬ ponents in the legislature an excuse to cut off state aid, and so close the in¬ stitution. INVESTIGATION PROBABLE. Tillman's Charges In Relation to Sugar Trust May Ho Looked Into. Senator Jones, of Nex'ada, chairman of the committee on contingent ex¬ penses of the senate, has not yet call¬ ed a meeting of his committee for the purpose of considering the Tillman resolution making sensational charges in relation to the sugar schedule of tho tariff bill. It is believed to be probable that the resolution xvill be reported back to the senate and the senate will order an in¬ vestigation. HARD ON IRISH MEMBERS. They Are Driven From House of Common* For Expressing Their Opinions. John E. Redmond, the Parnellite leader, was suspended in the commons at London Saturday, owing to his per¬ sisting in an irregular discussion of the financial relations between Great Britain and Ireland. John J. Clancy, member for the north division of Dublin county; Will iam Redmond, member for West Clare and William Field, member for the St, Patrick’s division of Dublin, for similar conduct, were removed from the house by the sergeant-at-arms. Mr. Clancy first opposed the harbor x-ote, declaring Ireland is overtaxed to maintain English establishments. SPAIN DECLINES MEDIATION. It Is RelIterated That She Will Allow tio interference, A special from Madrid says: A semi¬ official denial is given of the published statement that President McKinley hag made overtures to Spain on the subject of Cuba. it is reiterated that it is impossible f or the Spanish government to accept mediation in a question “which eon cerns Spain alone.” ABOLISHED EDUCATIONAL BOARD. Atlanta, Ga., City Fathers Create a Sensa¬ tion at a Connell Meeting. The city council of Atlanta, Ga., sprung a sensational coup Friday by abolishing the old city board of edu¬ cation, consisting of seventeen mem¬ bers—with one exception. A new board, with only one single member of the old organization was then elected to administer the affai s of the public schools. This action, the most astounding sensation that has developed in city affairs in many years, was taken at a special meeting of the council Friday afternoon, for the ostensible purpose of passing on a plumbing ordinance. action The real purpose of the taken, as it appears to disinterested onlookers, was that the mayor and general council thought the old board of education was organized foregoing on a wrong principle, and took the meth¬ od of bringing about a change. TILLMAN AFTER SUGAR TRUST. South Carolina Senator Makes a Sousa tional Speech In tho Senate, Mr. Tillman, of South Carolina of¬ fered a resolution iu the senate Friday making sensational charges in relation to the sugar schedule of the tariff bill and asking for an investigation of the mysterious methods employed by the sugar trust in its control of tariff leg¬ islation. Senator Tillman made a speech which was no less dramatic in its de¬ livery than sensational in its allega¬ tions. He preceded it by presenting a reso¬ lution for the appointment of a special committee of five senators to investi¬ gate charges of speculation by senators while the tariff bill was before the finance committee.. In advocating the resolution >Ir. Tillman threw aside the hmial conventionalities of the sen¬ ate and with a plainness of speech sel¬ dom heard about the halls of congress called on his associates to investigate the published charges of senatorial speculation, and if they were found to be true, to purge the senate of those who debauched it. The senator had published articles read from the desk stating that sena¬ tors had recently made large sums of money in speculating in sugar stock and in one instance the name of a sen¬ ator was mentioned. Mr. Tillman spoke for nearly an hour, every line of his' speech being punctuated with intense invective. The Tillman resolution was referred to the committee on contingent expen¬ ses of the senate. SENATOR M’fU'RlN ACCEPTS. In III* Letter To Governor Ellerbe, He Fnvors Senatorial Primary. The new appointee for senator for South Carolina, Hon. John L. Me Laurin, has forwarded his letter of acceptance to Governor Ellerbe. McLaurin comes out squarely for a senatorial primary. Iu his letter he says: desire that I believe that “I to say United States senators should he elect¬ ed by a vote of the people; and as the constitution debars us tffat privilege, I sincerely trust that the democratic executive committee will, at its conve¬ nience, order a primary and give every democrat the chance of having a voice in the selection of one to fill this, the highest office in the gift of the people, If I am not selected I xvill humbly acquiesce in the wishes of a majority of my fel¬ low citizens. If I am selected I xvill have the proud consciousness of know¬ ing that I am in fact truly the repic sentative of the people—the whole people of the state of South Carolina. It is peculiarly gratifying to me to receive this appointment at your hands, but had not the exigencies of tho situation in the senate demanded the immediate appointment of one soinexvhat familiar xvith the situation I would have requested yon to hold tho matter of appointment in abeyance until a primary election is ordered, which, I hope, the executive committee will SCfl proper to do and other candidates see fit to enter. I shall at every meeting insist upon no one voting for me merely because I have been appointed to the position. office but little infe¬ “I resign an If I to rior in dignity and honor. an. be continued in the senate I want it to be given me in an election where ex’ery citizen, however humble he may be, can have an opportunity to say so at the ballot box.” NO MINOR POSTMASTERS. Department Shows Its Policy Toward Appointment of “Children." The policy of the postoffice depart¬ ment as to the appointment of minors in postoffice-i has been definitely fixed, and they will be debarred from chief clerkships and deputy postmasterships except a few of the third-class offices where circumstances urge their pecu¬ liar fitness. Even then they will not be allowed to become acting postmasters that on account of the legal declaration contracts made by minors are voidable. This effectually bars them from be¬ ing even temporary postmasters, so far as the assumption of the real re¬ sponsibility of that office is concerned. EARTHQUAKE IN NEW YORK. A Number of Towns In the State Are Shaken Slightly. An earthquake, lasting about 45 sec¬ onds, occurred at AYalthall, N. Y., at 10:20 o’clock Thursday night. Reports from Plattebnrg, Port Henry, Ticon deroga and other places state that the shock was felt. No damage is reported. The shock was felt at Goveneni. Houses were shaken and loose articles on shelves were thrown to the floor. An hour later another shook wae felt. THE ALABAMA SENATOR ATTACKS SPEAKER REED’S METHODS. SAYS THEY ARE UNCONSTITUTIONAL A Point of Order Daises Morgan's Ire And He Proceeds to Create Con¬ sternation. Senator Morgan raised the question of the legality of the sessions of the house in tho senate Saturday afternoon by declaring it to be his opinion to tho contrary. Senator Morgan is a very able lawyer whose opinion on legal matters carries great weight, and a very able legislator than whom no man knows more about parliamentary laws. He believes that the house of repre¬ sentatives is not legally in session and that it follows that is not legally in session. In the course of a discussion of ad journment over decoration day he took occasion to pay his respects in vigor¬ ous language to Speaker Reed. Hale, of Maine, raised a question of order, making the point that it was not in order to criticise a co-ordinate branch of congress. Senator Gallin ger was in the chair and sustained the point. appeal,Mr. When Morgan lose to Hale withdrew his point. This gave the Alabama senator un¬ disputed right to the floor, and he went ahead with his criticism of Speaker Reed’s methods, culminating in the declaration that congress is not legally in session. ¥he rule which the house majority adopted and which provides three day adjournments whether they have a quorum present or not, is the ground for Morgan’s attack. believed in the The rule is to be very teeth of constitutional provision, which is that less than a quorum of either legislative body can adjourn from day to day. This resolution Morgan calls an “au¬ tomatic trap door resolution for ad¬ journment.” He goes so far as to maintain that the house is not in ses¬ sion legally, hence all legislation put through this congress would be uneon stitutioral. The Alabama senator xvill be beard from at length in support of his posi¬ tion at some future time. SULTAN FEARS ISLAM. Fanaticism Act* a* a Harrier to Fence Arrangement*. Advices of Saturday from London state that the negotiations at Constan¬ tinople hax’e entered upon the anxious stage owing to doubts as to the real intention of the sultan xvhether he means to resume the war or not. A spirit of conciliation is shown at the Yildiz Kiosk toxvard the ambassa¬ dors, but the Turkish government is playing a double game and is inciting public opinion secretly to oppose the abandonment of Thessaly. greatly Tho sultan affects to be afraid of the Islamic party and the attitude of the grand vizier, as shown by the report which he presented xvhole to of the sultan urging that the Islam was fully determined to retain Thessaly and tendering his resigna¬ tion in case Abdnl Hamid differed with these view's, lias strengthened the suspicion that the sultan is pre¬ pared to plead that Islamic pressnre is the reason for not yielding to the powers. CONDEMED COUNCIL’S ACTION. Citizens of Atlnnta Hold a Ma.a Meeting and Express Their View*. A mass meeting was held at Atlanta Saturday night for the purpose of tak¬ ing action on tho abolishment of the old board of education by the city coun¬ cil. Resolutions were adopted declar¬ ing that the action of the council was illegal, revolutionary, without cause and without warrant of authority, and was an usurpation of power, and is despotic and dangerous in the extreme, in that it throxvs the public school system into politics, and makes it a prey to political heelers at every elec¬ tion, and threatening an upheavel in the board of education as a result. SEARLES CASE NOT DECIDED. Defendant’s Attorney Make Motion For An Acquittal. A Washington special says: The trial of John E. Searles, secretary of the American Sugar Refining Company, Friday followed that of President Havemeyer, who was acquitted Thurs day by order of Judge Bradley. The government presented its case very briefly, whereupon the defense, following the tactics pursued in the The motion was argued at length by the counsel on both sides, after which the court adjourned until Tuesday, when Judge Bradley delivers ruling. EL PASO FLOOD SUFFERERS Make Appeal to Congre** Through City Official* For Aid. At least 400 out of520 families whose homes are under water at El Paso, Texas, are without the necessities of life. Saturday morning the city coun¬ cil held a meeting authorizing the mayor to wire the Texas senators and representatives in congress to secure an appropriation of $10,000 for the re¬ lief of the victims. The war depart¬ ment has also been appealed to for more tent* : ai CHILDREN HURLED TO DEATH. Locomotive Crashes Into Wagon Loaded With the Little Innocents. A special from Denver, Col., says: At 8 o'clock Sunday evening a spring wagon driven by Henry Marsatt, a car¬ penter, and containing eight children, ranging in age from three to nine years, was struck by a special train on tho Denver and Rio Grande railroad and as a result four of the children are dead and the others are terribly in¬ jured, two so badly that they will die. Marsatt with his three children had been spending the day at the home of a friend in the southern portion of the city. When ready to start for homo he took a load of children up in the neigh¬ borhood for a short ride. It is claimed by tho police that Mar sau was intoxicated and paid no atten¬ tion to the signals of the engineer, but drove upon the track while the train was in plain sight and but a few feet away. The engine struck the wagon, demolishing it and crushing and mang¬ ling the children in a horrible manner. The dead are: Elsio Marsau, aged three; Otto Schoneweiss, aged five; George Baker, aged five; Etta Speaker, aged nine. The fatally injured: Alfred Marsau, aged seven, badly mangled; Will Ba¬ ker, crushed and internally injured, badly but not fatally; Emily Marsau, ngod five, leg broken; Bertha Sehone weiss, badly bruised. Henry Marsau, the driver, sustained a severe scalp wound. THE RUIZ REPORT Said to Have Been Sent the State Depart¬ ment by Secret Messenger. A special from Havana says: The commission conducting tho inquiry into the circumstances surronnding the death of l>r. Ruiz has closed its labors. A mysterious messenger from Wash¬ ington come from Tampa on the steamer Mascotte Saturday morning, but did not land. Mr. Fishback, secretary of tho commission, accompanied by Con¬ sul General Lee’s son, went on board the steamer before she sailed and held a brief consultation with the stranger, and it is supposed they delivered to him the report of the commission and other highly important dispatches from Consul General Lee and Mr. Calhoun, who was selected to investi¬ gate Dr. Ruiz’s death, to be conveyed to the state department at Washington. The messenger was registered upon the Mascotte’s inward passenger list ns H. AV. Kimball and the same name appeared on the steamer’s outward list. Dr. Joseph Congosto, the Spanish consul at Philadelphia, who represent¬ ed the Spanish government in the in¬ quiry, is also said to have .forwarded a long report to Seuor de Lome, Spanish minister at Washington, by Saturday’s mail. Messrs. Calhoun,Fishback and Con¬ gosto will leave in a few days for New York direct. SNOW STORM IN NORTHWEST. Points in Michigan and Wisconsin Expe¬ rience Cold Weather. Many points in Michigan and AA’is consiu experienced the nox r elty of Dec¬ oration Day snowstorms Monday. At Meuotninee, Mich., it snowed at frequent intervals all day Sunday, at times quite hard. At Bayfield, Wis., sufficient snow fell Saturday night to cover the ground and the thermometer dropped to 30. At Oshkosh snoxv fell Sunday morn¬ ing and at noon the thermometer reg¬ istered the lowest that it has for many years at this season. WAR MATERIAL BIDS. Tlio Tred«g»r Company of Richmond* Get* the Contract. The ordnance department of the army has just opened bids for supply¬ ing about 1,904 cast iron projectiles for sea coast and seige cai n ms, the lowest bidders in each class being the Tredegar company of Richmond, A r a , at these rates: 500 seven-inch 125 pound eye shells, $5.50 each; 200 eight-inch 300 pound seaeoast shells, $7.90 each; 300 ten-inch 675 pound seaeoast shots at $13.50 each; 300 twelve-inch 1000 pound seaeoast shots at $19 each, and (504 twelve-inch 800 pound mortar shells at $22 each. Banker Gets Five Years. In the ciiminal court at Lebanon, Tenn., Saturday, AV. E. Hale was found guilty of unlawfully receiving deposits and his sentence was fixed at five years in the penitentiary. Hale xvas cashier of the Bank of AVatertown, which failed abont a year ago. NEW TOWN PROJECTED. Colony of “Putney” to Be a Rival of Fit* gerald* Ga. Ex-Governor Northen, of Georgia, has organized a new colony toxvn which will rival Fitzgerald. land have Fifty thousand acres of been secured at Hardaway, near Ad bany, and a model farmers,colony will be established there in accordance with Governor Northen s long cherished plans. Pntnev areas, ranging from ten to one bun dr ed acres, and so laid out as to allow families to be located near each other, 0 n the community plan. angel is not wanted. Turks Object to Our Minister On Secta¬ rian Grounds. receiving J. B. Angel as envoy extra ordinary - and minister plenipotentiary of the United States in Constantino pie. Though as a rule a govern¬ ment is not bound to state reasons for sidering a are j :l8SS mm BY DAVID B. TURHER. JUDGE SIMONTON RENDERS AN IMPORTANT DECISION. DISPENSARIES MAY BE CLOSED. Tho Decision Admits Original Packages In the State and Makes Dangerous Competition a Possibility. In the United States circuit court at Charleston, S. C., Monday morning Judge Simonton handed down his de¬ cision in what was widely known as the Yandercook case, a case which in¬ volved the validity of many provisions of the South Carolina dispensary law. The decision created a sensation when it was learned that the court bad declared certain provisions of the law in conflict with the interstate com¬ merce regulations of congress, and that consequently it might result in the total downfall of Sonth Carolina’s monopoly of the whiskey business within her borders. In a syllabus prefixed to the full text of the decision, Judge Simonton says: Any state may, In the exercise of the police power, declare that the manufacture, sale barter and exchange or the use as a beverage of alcoholic liquors are public evils, and having thus declared, can forbid such manufacture, sale, barter and exchange or use within her territory, “But when a state recognizes and approves the manufacture, sale, bartor and exchange and tho use as a beverage of alcoholic liquors, and the state itself encourage* the manufacture, engages in tho sale and pro¬ vides for the consumption of all alcoholic liquors as a beverage, and so precludes the idea that such manufacture, sate, barter, exchango or use, are injurious to tho public welfare, it is not a lawful exercise of the polloo power to forbid tho importation of such liquors or their sale in original pack¬ ages for personal use and consumption. “Such pri hibltlon, under such circum¬ stances, Is in conflict with tho laws* of interstate and foreign commerce. “Tho dispensary act of 1896, as amended by the act of 1897, inasmuch as they approve tile purchase and manufacture of alcoholic liquors for the state and provided for tho sale of such alcoholic liquors ns a beverage, in aid of the finances of the state, in so far a« they forbid the importation of alcoholic liquors In original packages for such use In this state, are in conflict with the laws of interstate and foreign commerce, and are, therefore, to that extent void.” The court then goes into a lengthy discussion of the facts and the law of the case. The New. Ill Columbia. A Columbia special says: Another sun may not set on the Sonth Carolina dispensary. Ellerbe said several days Governor ago that if Judge Simonton decided against the state in this case he saw no alternative but to close down tho dis¬ pensary. not made defi¬ The governor has a nite statement, saying he must consult with the attorney general. astonished The governor said he was at the decision, but was prepared for its sweeping scope. It is clear that the dispensary cannot be operated at 31 profit under existing conditions, and the state authorities do not hope for a reversal of Judge Simonton should they appeal. From talking with the members of the board of control but two moves seem probable, either the dispensary xvill be closed down or an extra session of the legis¬ lature will be called to take xvhat ac¬ tion seems advisable on prohibition or high license as allowed in the new constitution. It is claimed that should | the dispensary be closed by the gov ernor prohibition would result, because this decision annuls all of the law ex¬ cept the first section, xvhich prohibits the sale or manufacture of liquor in this state. The state has in the sev¬ eral dispensaries about $350,000 worth of liquor, which it will find difficult to dispose of. NEXT MEETING IN MACON. Southern Grocer* Select That City For Next Convention. The Southern Wholesale Grocers’ Association will meet next year in Macon. This was decided on at the Nashville meeting. The convention meets next May. DECIDED AGAINST DURR A NT. Governor of California Says Doomed Man Must Hang. A special from San Francisco says: j Theodore sealed. Durrant’s Governor fato Bndd lias has again been au • nounced bis decision that, the con ! detuned man must be executed June 11 . , Mr and Mrg _ Durrant reco¬ ^ newg o{ Qoyeruor B udd’s de . cision they expressed themselves as S~U7 dw.pporote.l, but took O. news quietly and xvithont anger or tears Durrant attorney sta that there , s :j [^tneconl . T‘ P HARYILL IS ACCUSED. ! Coroner’s Jnry Say Evidence Points To Him a* Wright’s Slayer. i assassinated a r- at Winder Ga Sunday * nd at Alex Harx ill, alter a mo. sensational search, was arrested and charged with the crime. Monday the coroner’s jury returned the following verdict: ■