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THE BULLOCE TIMES.
VOL VI. NO. 30.
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GEORGIAN SHOWS INDEPENDENCE
BY VOTING WITH REPUBLICANS.
WAS CRITICISED BY COLLEAGUES.
A Brief Summary of the Proceedings in
Both Upper and Lower Houses of
Congress—Notes.
Excepting reporting the legislative,
executive and judicial appropriation
bill, the house did no public business
Monday. The entire session was con
sumed in adjusting a personal dispute
between Mr. Hepburn, republican, of
Ohio, which grew out of a controversy
that occurred last week dnriug the de¬
bate on the pension bill. The point
at issue was as to whether a certain
word used by Norton, but which he
afterwards disclaimed any intention
of using should appear in the perma¬
nent record.
The chaplain, Mr. Couden, in hiB
invocation referred eloquently and
feelingly to the death of the president’s
mother.
Congressman Fleming, of Georgia,
was in some respects the star per¬
former during the Hepburn-Norton
dispute. Mr. Fleming took the
the Hepburn side of the controversy,
was cheered by the republicans and
criticised by his colleagues, and when
it came to vote, was the only democrat
to vote with the republicans. the dem¬
Mr. Gorman, chairman of
ocratic steering committee, presented
an order which was adopted, re-ar¬
ranging some of the committee assign¬
ments of some of the democratic mem¬
bers, made necessary by the incoming
of some new members.
Chaplain Milburn, in his invocation
at the opening of the senate, made
touching reference to the death of
Mrs. McKinley, mother of the presi¬
dent. He expressed thanks for the
assurance of immortality and hoped
that this comforting truth might come
homo to the and his house¬
hold as they stand beside the coffin
of the beloved mother who has laid
aside the garments of the flesh to
stand beforo the great Ruler of the
universe. He begged that they might
be sustained in their affliction and
might join her who had gone before
when they entered that realm where
there is neither sorrow nor pain. build¬
A bill was passed for a public
ing in Durham, N. C., to cost $125,
- 000 .
Mr. Butler, of North Carolina, spoke
at length upon amendments he had
offered to the bill which he had pre¬
viously introduced providing for a
postal savings bank system.
Mr. Wilson, of Washington, pre¬
sented a resolution directing the civil
Service cojuminalon to transmit to the
senate a statement by fiscal years since
1890, showing the total number of
persons examined, the total number
passed and the total number ap pointed
iu the several branches of the govern¬
ment service and the total numbers of
persons on the eligible list of the sev¬
eral branches of the civil service at
the beginning of each of these fiscal
years. The resolution was agreed to.
At 2:40 o’clock p.m. the senate ad
- journed.
Immigration Bill Postponed.
Mr. Lodge, of Massachusetts, made
au effort iu the senate Monday his to se
cure an iminediate vote upon immi¬
gration bill, which is substantially the
same measure that was passed vetoed by the by
fifty-fourth congress and
President Cleveland. Mr. Allen, of
Nebraska, objected to an immediate
vote and suggested that the final vote
on the amendments and the bill he
taken Monday, January 17th, at 3 p.
m. This suggestion was- accepted by
Mr. Lodge and the order for a vote at
that time was made.
notes.
The members of the next Dawes In
dian commission who have been sum
raoned to Washington for conference
with the secretary of the interior and
beginning bechufing 1 (oa.nve. to a-rive^" 8 C ° ngreSB ’
The leg.slat.ve, executive and pub
c.al bill as reported to the bouse Mun
day by the committee on appropna
tions carries a total of $21,562,425,
The being number $780,861 of less salaries than provided the estimate^ for is
10,000, being 198 less than the num
her estimated for and twenty-five less
than the number provided for in the
current law.
PI toms “ on ?„ the l Canadian ahi and Mexican
t- 8
missioners of immigration are not em
ployed are charged 8 within their re
♦iininir spective districts with the laws per
in immigration and to the
importation of laborers under contract.
These collectors are empowered to
employ all their officers of the custom
service to enforce snch laws and M
custom officers are authorized to act
*s‘«r ,i - —*“ a —
EXTENT OF THE WHEAT CROP.
Indications Point to a Yield of 630,000,000
Bushels.
p The agricultural issued'the department at
■Washington a “ B has following:
The special wheat investigation
stitnted by the department of agncul
fire indicates a crop of 530,000,000
bushels. These figures, however, are
subject to slight modification in the
fi lal report.
BOTTLE MA KERS TO COMBINE.
A* s Kesult of the Ileport Flint Bottle,
Advance to Per Cent.
ubBsbedaTpittsbufg Xhn rnmmnne. and Ol*** Worker
C P Pa savs
“One of the closest organizations of
JTSS SLTJr&SZ
i*^er'cent ^lacthrers of the flint bottle the taanu
of the country are in new
iiation
“As a direct result of the formation
there has been advance of 10 per cent
ou flint bottle*,’’
Assassination.
Later dispatches from Wesson, Miss.,
state that a party who left the scene of
the murder of the Smith family at 2
o’clock Saturday afternoon and had
just reached Wesson says a mob of
1,000 men formed and that a whole
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Additional details of the murder of
Mrs. Brown Smith ancfher four chil¬
dren and the subsequent lynching of
the supposed murderer were received
during the day.
After capturing Charley placed Lewis, the
alleged murderer, the mob him
alongside of several other negroes and
asked the little girl, who was spared
ttasrjuf&'ssi
pointed to Charley Lewis. This difficult strong
evidence to the mob made it
for Sheriff Gassel, of Montioello, to
induce the people to turn Lewis over
to him for safe keeping. He assured
them he would have the Negro at
Bankston Ferry Friday morning for
trial.
As promised, he .arrived theie on
time with Lewis, and another mob of
two hundred men armed with shot
guns and winchesters met him on the
opposite bank of the l iver. Speeches
were made by the cool-headed men,
among them being Hon. A. F. Weath
ersby, senator from Lawrence county,
and Key. Drummonds, a Methodist
preacher, who pleaded eloquently for
the negro’s life. The mob for a time
was quieted and an attempt was made
to hold an improvised court. the
After parleying for some time,
mob, under the leadership of a few
determined men, made a rush for the
negro and succeeded in getting him
from the deputies after a hard struggle.
They then put a plow line around the
negro’s neek and ran up the street
with him. He was put on a big horse
and driven under a tree. After that
the rope was made fast to a limb amt
the horse was driven from under him.
His feet touched the ground, but he
was strangling, and Mr. Arrington,
one of the lawyers, and another man
cut him down. He could not speak.
The crowd allowed him to be revived
nnd then hung him in earnest
A report that the negro committed
the murder at the instigation of femith,
which has gained currency, is discred
ved by his neighbors, but the facts
and circumstances connected with Ue
affair will all be sifted to the bottom.
The three negroes arrested m the
Montioello neighborhood m conjunc
tion with Charley Lewis, the negro
lynched for the quintuple butchery of
the Smith family, -were, after a long
trial, declared not guilty, but given
until Monday to leave the country.
T0 INVESTIGATE CIVIL SERVICE,
Republican Representatives „ . In Conjfross ____
Hold » Special Meeting.
A Washington special says: Alargely
attended meeting of republican repre
sentatives in congress was held Sat
urday night at the river and harbor
committee room to devise means for
securing a change in the present civil
service law
About sixty members were present,
representing most of the dates having
republican delegations iu congress.
The discussion took a wide range,
but in the main was temperate and
conservative. It was finally deter
mined to name a committee to devise
a plan of action and the following re,so
lution was adopted;
“Resolved. That the chairman ap
point a committee of seven, the chair
man of which shall be Representative
Grosvenor, of Ohio,with the chairman
of this meetingas a m,ember,who shall
examine the bills pending before the
committee on reform of the civil serv
ice and report to a subsequent meet
ing of this conference by bill or other
wise.”
PRESIDENT’S MOTHER DEAD.
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Succumb* To stroke of Faraly.l. After a
A speciaTfrom Canton* O. says:
^ Su^av Nancy Allistfn McKinley o^lock died
morninK at 2:30
Motber McKinley was stricken with
paralysis two weeks ago and her death
had been constant y looked for since
The end came after a day of marked
,, nk ,„g. It was quiet and peacefnl.
Life went out without a struggle. ...
The piesident and the members of
the family had been around the bed-
8lde all night, knowing that the final
struggle was near.
DURRANT’S THIRD SENTENCE.
"HSS||g5 f ays ‘ lhe p ?P e f s on '
, thhatf^e b, V lber . hn’Tue^ay'’and \ I £ Mn F !t *i
f o “ r the tanned “he will
on first Friday of the
v! ^ ■ • i / now^awriting 4. *i * p *1
'“ “rteto exe-'
de d n
“ EbtnkJand « a -i Quentin throe_Allen
d ““’son^Xb Purran - killed killed two
per
««cxtniHT.
Three White Men In South Carolina Nab
bed For Wholesale Robbery.
Three white men, giving their names
as Joe Jones, Charley Jones and Henry
Johnsou, were arrested in Batesburg,
a C., Saturday for safe cracking in
Will.iston some days ago. onifstbre and
Thev got $250 out of
bro k e op*., one safe in t£e'postoffice,
but g 1100 liad beea transferred from
tbe Fa fc they J entered to another one
tba t da y
Three supposed" more qf the gang are at large
and are to be operating in,
Greenvitlff.
BEER’S SEW RULES
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« 111 . Be presented .. .„ nte d B By v the the Sneaker .pe.ker After After
* HoHd * y
A Washington special says: A new
At present t^M^g twfvearsago, m proceeding
under the rules of these
having been newsies! adqMRu pending (
framing of ^adept The present
purpose is to the old rules
without impo t changes, •
inmiiti i nut
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report THAT INGURGENT GENER
At HAS JOINED SPANIARDS, ....
, REPORT.
MAKES .DENIAL OF
Peace Commissioner* Are Missing and
Supposed to Have Been Rung
by Cubans.
] A special from Havana, via Key
West, Fia., states that it is announced
j gemi . officiaUy that General Sanguilly,
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Marshal Bianco tendering his services
unconditionally. Spaniards of
i Some of the richest
Cuba have held further meetings in
Havana, at Cienfuegos and at Sagua,
‘ to consider the advisability of sending
| a petition to establishment President McKinley of United ask¬
! ing for the a
States protectorate over Cuba, if,
j within six months, the government’s
plans for the pacification of the island
gj ve no results.
j At the Cuban junta headquarters, other in
New York, and from sources
^ere, it wa3 i earDe a that Sanguilly’s
loya i ty to the Cuban cause had been
j under suspicion for some time and that
^ reported ac tion in offering his ser
vj( , es unconditionally to General
R| aneo wa <, by no means a surprise,
! Delegate Tomas Estrada Palma,
however, speaking for publication, Sanguilly
gai(J he could hardly believe
had capitulated, but that he did not
attach much importance to the report,
eyen d true
A prom inent Cuban at New York re¬
ce j ved tlie following dispatch from
Genera i j u ]j 0 Sanguilly, dated Phila
de!pll j a , Monday night:
.. pleaae (} „ ny the falg9 and ab9urd report
Q( having offered my services to Gen
(iral B]anco or t0 the Spanish government,
lt i3 an inf , lm ous lie.”
Additional advices from Havana
Ktate ttmt ; t j s officially announced
that t]l0 comm i s8i aners sent by Gen
ftra t Psndo to parts of the island with
jnstruct ions to negotiate with the in
surgents {or t b e ir acceptance of the
autonomous form of government pro¬
ed bv g pa j u have not returned m ' a
single case, which seems to confirm
thp repol . ts t)ia t some of them have
b , en har)ged by the insurgents and
othera baye e i ee t e a to remain with the
enemy. is'reported that Juan Delgado,
It
the insurgent leader, has hanged the
two commissioners who were sent to
him with peace propositions.
“DIDN’T GO FAB ENOUGH,”
S. 1 J V 8 Comptroller Eckel* A* To Currency
Itecommendntione In Me.eage.
ComptrollerJames H. Eckels w^rn
St.. Loum Monday as the guest o. the
Commercial Clnb and delivered a
speech before that body, s^fen takmg ns his
subject A Great Nation n s.
After the meeting Compfroller Eck
els ,va3 asked lf he a S reed wlth the
recommendations » to the currency
”'aJe by President McKinley in his
recent message to congress. He said.
I think they are very g o
ae they go. He does no g ai f> >
mmy opinion, vb«.ke
Unugs ought to ® be done k ^Pol¬ . ,' ■
Things that aught to
V^ . business . B0 life. T The Toreri pr«,si
admits °00 “00 of
greenbacks and $12 000,000 Sherman
lega tenders should be taken «P a ' ld
would, I dare e**?' ' ■,/
but it is -a eonditional problem , , with
bim. Those notes are eimp y
an 'l the only way to ge >
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LABOR FEDERATION MEETING.
Delegates I ntm Many State* Aisembl* at
j Nashville.
TUe American Federation of Labor
: began itB seventeenth annual session
i | lu Nashville, Tenn., Monday*• hundred it an
^tendance of more than one
8 e fa!’ “ 1 ^““
, a nba ^ orD 0 | { ng 8eeeion President
Oompcr8 l\ delivered his annual address.
At he afternoon session Secretary
Mo>rison J presented his report, show
j - in in receipts of $2,352
easc
• . h - j ^vinn's' vear 4n extra
” ba been ended in organi
exp
zation anJ 34 280 new meml)er s were
enrolled.
ROCK HILL IS EXCITED.
'“r-sr. developed
case of small pox has m
Rock Hill, Where there are 450 youug
women from a “ ^ the s tate att em1 '
in « Wiuthrop college, and , considers ,
b!c is felt ;,
A twelve-year-old son Of’J. , T B. s John- T .
^ ^turned to Rock Hill some days
ago from Atlanta, where he had been
for treatment to his. eyes, and a day or
tw0 later becalm with smallpox.
, The board of health and city coun
t “ttzzssjr’
j BKEiTiTSTSEiSa CASE.
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wnuky Dealer’s Affair, to Be Wound Up
By Court.
At Atlanta, Ga., Friday afternoon,
Judge J. H. Lumpkin granted a per
mahent receiver for L Steinau. The
ease had been on trial for a week in
the superior court aud had been very
, warmly contested.
Although a'receiver was appointed
the validity ot the mortgages of the
Capital City bank,, of Julius L. Brown
and Mrs. Martha Semmons was recog
nized by the court.
HENRY WILL GO TO PEKING, i
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. Squadron _. , Will
Commander of German
M »ae Vl.lt To Emperor of China.
Advices from Berlinwtato that Prince
Henry of Prussra, who has been ap
) »n equal, an unusual honor.
| Prince Henzy, it » announ ced, is
the bearer of a message from Emperor
-William to the Chinese emperor, in
which-is.ua^ded a programme of
Ghiueee reform •-
STATESBORO. GA.* FRIDAY. DECEMBER IT, 1897.
THREE WERE IMPLICATED
In the Horrible Murder nt Mr». Brown
and Her Children.
A special from Wesson, Miss., says:
Late Thursday afternoon the negro who
murdered the family of Brown Smith
was captured by the posse, espied to
Montioello, the county 6eat offlLaw
rence county, and at 7 o’clock was
carried back to the scene of his crime,
where he waft fully identified by the
little girl. The New Orleans
Another special Wesson, to Miss
Picayune from , says:
“Your correspondent has just inter¬
viewed one of the most prominent men of
in this section, who left the Beene
the massacre of the Brown Smith fam
ily Friday morning. The accused ne
gro, Charley Lewis, is being tried be¬
fore Justice D. T. Holmes; he has
given testimony implicating two other
negroes_Will Powell and Andy Smith,
who are now in custody. positive that the
“My informant is
recent lynching at Monroe will be im
itated, making it public, and each ne
gro will be made to carry pine knots
to burn the other.
“The trial is being conducted in a
lawful manner. The committee has
charge of the prisoners and will not
permit them to be sent to any jail.
Buring the trial Lewis broke
down and confessed, saying: ‘It’s
miglity hard for me to suffer for what
somebody else has done.*
“Upon being allow to talk further,
he said: ‘Get Will Powell and Andrew
Smith.’
“Lewis is a mulatto about twenty
three years old, and married. It is
believed that a general clean-up will
be made in that section of the country,
and that a number of negroes will be
lynched.”
CALL TO VETERANS.
Ueople of GeoVcla A«ked to Assist In Mak¬
ing Reunion a Success.
The work of arranging for the reun¬
ion of all Confederate survivors to be
held in Atlanta, Ga., in July, next
year, has been begun in earnest. All
of the committee have been appointed the
and as the details are now over
work will progress rapidly. General
C. A. Evans has issued the follow¬
ing communication to the public:
“To the Confederates of Georgia and
Their Friends:
“The organization of the reunion
association of Georgia, With its neces¬
sary officers, general executive com
mittee, and sub-committees has been
secured and the work for the reunion
of the Confederate veterans in 1898
has commenced with that enthusiasm
and organized effort which will make
the occasion memorable.
“I now make appeal to the people
of Georgia to unite heartily in show¬
ing that great consideration which 1
know they feel for the men who so
willingly made the offering of lifa.011
the call of patriotic duty. The 01 ca
sion will time bring in together Georgia for the probaply Conffd
tbe last
erate survivors of the entire conn'
north and south, and the scene wifi
the most impressivj that tho eye
our sons and daughters ever tendel-ed • ,
The co-operation already
from all parts of the state to the aity jits
of Atlanta is most gratifying in
assurance that the' hospitable arrange¬ s^me
ments now in progress will be in
degree worthy of the Confederate-.mr
vivois who are to be our guests, and
in order to make our work effective I
beg all officers of camps ind districts,
all Sons and Daughters of Confede¬
rates, and all citizens to organize with¬
out delay in every place, so as to be
put in communication with the exeeu
tiye committee in Atlanta.
“Clement A. Evans,
‘President Georgia Reunion Associa¬
tion.”
HAD KILLED NINE.
Nilbet, the Multi-Murderer, Swung Into
Eternity.
Henry Nisbet, colored, was banged
at Irwinville, Ga., Friday, for the
murder of Jim Arlington, another-«••
gro, at Fitzgerald last spring.
Nisbet, according to reports, is a
most desperate character. After he
murdered Arrington an attempt was
made to lynch him by the negroes and
he was nearly cut to pieces. He was
given a pistol by one of his friends,
however, and in the fight he killed two
of his assailants and wounded three
others.
Nisbet has Blain nine men in chic
career of crime and wounded and
crippled as many more, All his vic
tims were of his own race, which'' he
always declared he nbhored.
MAY RANK WITH HOLMES
New York Barber Supposed To Have
Murdered Many Women.
hnmed from the cemetery M Astoria,
L. I., Monday, where wiI it had ^.eVu 1
buri f' Au eXftmia ‘ tio " .‘ b * ma -' *
, for the presence of poison in the or-
8 ° f ^
^d, was murdered by Zanoh for tho
purpose of realizing on a *5,000 ijf«
insurance policy.
Zanoli has collected insurance-on
alibis dead wives, whom he claims
died by natural causes, and if it is
BIG DEAL IN PETROEEUMI
on producer.' Tru.t of California DU
P o.o of so.ooo Barrel*.
A dispatch from Los Angeles, oal.,
states that E. Strasburg manage: of
the oil producers trust, has justcon
eluded two Urge sales of Californupe
troleum, one of 30,000 barrels, to be
delivered in San Francisco,
The sales were made at $1 a barrel,
and to Strasburg $1.25 in ninety expects difi, t^dyhisprice there is
.go as
a shortage in sight. . ’**
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GARDINER HUBBARD DII8.
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Director In BeU Telephone Cotnpanr •*»<
Wei! Known Amon* Fubllc dljt m
Gardiner G, Hubbard,'a and
t h« Bull Telephone cAipany, Li
morning His death was due a
complication of diseases and Uxjm
being in his 7t>th year. timeM-j He lidm
in poor health for some
was not until Friday that |§§|
tiuu became alarming.
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ONLY ONE SLIGHT CHANGE IN THE
MEASURE WAS MADE.
HOUSE PASSES THE HOPKINS BILL.
Smallpox Create* Scare In the House—
The Legislative Proceeding*
Briefly Summarized.
The Georgia senate Tuosday passed
j be ]j onse convict bill with practically
no change and in almost the identical
shape that it . left . the committee. ... .. Dur
ing two long sessions in the afternoon
and evening it debated the provisions
of the measure, but the r.ct result was
only an amendment which provided
that the secretary of the proposed peu
itentiary commission should receive a
salary of $1,200 instead of $1,000.
Countless other amendments came np
and were lost. Other bills were intro
duced as substitutes, but tho members
of the penitentiary committoc had sue
needed in drawing tho line so closely
as between their bill and any amend
merits thereto that the amendatory
contingent was in a most conspicuous
The populists did not present the
bill by Representative Hogan which
created such a stir in the honse, but
Senator Yancey Carter did present as
a substitute for tlie amended house
bill a measure of sufficient ingenuity
to make it of g 'neral interest. His
bill provided for a certain peni¬
tentiary system for the state; for a
penitentiary commission; for the nse
of not less than 500 able-bodied long¬
term convicts in constructing an ex¬
tension of the state railroad from
Atlanta to Savannah on an air line;
for the purchase of a farm on or near
the state road on which the juvenile
convicts will be worked and on which a
reformatory is provided for and an¬
other farm on the proposed railroad
where the femaie convicts are to he
worked—the surplus products of both
farms to go to the support of the con¬
victs in general; for the working of
short-term convicts on
roads by the counties, or on eon
structing public municipal parks; for
the establishment of a central peni¬
tentiary to he located near Atlanta, in
which all long-termed convicts not
otherwise employed shall he worked.
Tho distinctive feature of the bill is
the absence of any lease feature what
ever and the expenditure of all convict
labor on public works.
School Tax Bill Up.
file house of representatives Tnes
d sponkmoat of its session wrestling
oyer y ena t 0 v Turner’s bill to exempt
proper ty 0 f denominational schools
j ] f rom under taxation. consideration When this in the measure senate
wag
the att ack upon it was so hitter as to
necesSiSt'e g-Tote froi 0 Pres ident Ber
ner in order to give it a coDiitiiirtillf*
majority. The same sort of a fight
came up wheu the bill was presented
for final passage in the house. After
one of the warmest debates of the
session the verdict showed the lack of
but two votes, and the measure was,
therefore, declared lost, although an
overwhelming majority had declared
in its favor.
The members of the house were
seized with a panic when it was an¬
nounced that a case of smallpox had
been taken from the chamber of the
hall of representatives. Mr. Berry, of
Whitfield, introduced a resolution to
prevent any visitors being admitted
into the hall unless invited by the
members. The mention of smallpox
caused a genuine sensation, and every
member of the house hastened to vote
for the resolution as loudly as possi
ble.
The house at Tuesday night’s ses
sion decided to have compulsory vac- Mr.
ciuatiou in Georgia. The bill by
Longley, of Troup, provides that all
municipalities or conuties be author
ized aud empowered to compel all
persons in their jurisdiction to submit
to vaccination or to be subject to a
penalty for refusal to be vaccinated,
The measure gives health authorities
absobite power to compel persons to
submit to vaccination.
Only three other small bills passed
al the night session, as follows: To
negotiate the sale of prison-made
goods in this state so that all snch
may be plainly marked “convict
made;” resolution to pay the printers
of the code the balance due; to regu>
late the sale of patents or proprietary
rights to any article, so as to protect
the purchaser of the article.
The house at Friday’s session passed
the Hopkins bill providing for the
election of judges and solicitors by
the people. It was an overwhelming
victory Only 15 of the 158 members
present voted against it. The populist
members voted solidly for the bill.
The debate which preceded the vote
was lengthy and spirited. A number
of aharp passages occurred and several
very fine arguments were heard.
The bill passed by the house is the
senate hill amended by the house com
mittee so as to provide for election on
the state ticket instead of by circuits,
The measure was sent immediately
the senate for concurrence in this
amendment. bill
The original school book was
also passed by a vote of 103 to 37.
This measure provides that county
boards of education shall buy books
directly from the publishers and shall
fnrnish them to the pupils at whole¬
sale price less the cost of handling.
The measure is aimed at the book trust,
which, it has been charged, has doiie
busiuess through the teachers toMheir
profit and the greater expense of tbe
pupils. fell into line
The populist members
anotfpted to a man for the measure.
Tljkyfhad elect made by a state fight ticket on the instead amend¬ of
ment to amend¬
by districts, but when that
ment was adopted they clung to the
bill as a step in the right direction.
The result was an overwhelming vic¬
tory for the measure. Only fifteen
members voted against it-- _!43 to 15.
Tbe Berner bill to test the law im¬
posing a ten per cent tax on state bank
of issue was passed by the senate I ri
nlav morning by a vote of 32 to ,8.
HBwyor Atkinson concluded his argu
^efrwiiieli w» cut off Tbnrsdav at
m
the hour of adjournment. Ha-bad the
attention of the senate and.was loudly
applauded. Mr. Berner closed the
debate. He said its purpose was to
give some relief from that financial
servitude which is written in mort¬
gaged homes aud in the judgments of
the courts. read
The honse convict bill was then
and referred to the penitentiary com¬
mittee. r.
Saturday'. Proceeding*.
The house convict bill was' read the
second time in the senate Saturday
morning, and Chairman Phil Cook, of
the penitentiary committee, called a
meeting for 2:30 in the afternoon.
The senate Bpont the morning in
reading and passing local bills, but
there was one general bill which
caused discussion. It was Mr. Ber¬
ner’s bill limiting the fees of receivers
to a scale ranging from two to eight
per cent, according to the amount of
money brought into court. Mr. Berner and
It was supported by by Mr. Go
Mr. Gray and opposed
lightly. The favorable committee re¬
. the bill
port was adopted, but of thin was
tabled temporarily because at¬
tendance.
At Saturday night’s session of the
senate there was great difficulty in se¬
curing a quorum. From half past
7 o’clock to nearly 11 the doors of the
chamber were looked and barred and
nobody was permitted to leave it. On
the inside were eighteen members,
and on the outside were doorkeepers
with clubs. Other doorkeepers sim¬
ilarly armed were out scouring the
town .for some of the thirty-six ab¬
sentees, and in the gallery enjoying was the a
bunch of house members
scene. A number of the absentees
were finally corailed, and the senate
got down to work. Up to midnight
they read house bills and passed a
large number of local measures.
The general assmbly will hold over
one day after the expiration of the
present session. The senate resolu¬
tion provided for two extra days by
declaring Sunday and Monday dies
non, but this resolution was tabled by
the house Friday night. It was called
up again Saturday morning and
amended so as to declare Sunday a
non-legislative day, thus extending
It was generally acknowledged that
there was not time enough ahead of
the legislature for the transaction of
all the business before it. The ex¬
tension even of one day would benefit
the convict bill, the existence of which
was otherwise threatened. Several
bills were passed. Among them a bill
by Senator Turner, to allow the use of
registration lists in tegular elections
to be nsed in intermediate elections.
Another mensnre passed was a bill by
Mr. Beunett, of Jackson, to authorize
suits against the state for acts of the
Northeastern railway. This places the
Northeastern in the catagory with’the
Western and Atlantic railway.
IJuaruntlnn ICcsolutlnn Talced.
The honse at Monday’s session pass¬
ed the Knowles ,esolntion memoraliz
ing congress t. establish a natioual.
States Marine hospital service
Mr. Charter a bill providing for the
sale of the Northeastern railway was
al«» passed, ami by the provisions of
his measure the governor is g von uu
limited time in which to find a pur
chaser. The order of Mile emanating
from the last session of the legislature
cahed for the _sale of tho road within
six months. The minimum price, as
in the other case, is fixed at $287 000.
Altogether, a busy session was held.
In the senate, Monday, President
Berners bill limiting the fee of re
cmvers to a scale ranging from two to
eight per cent, according to “c amount
admiuistered, and restricting lawyers
fees in receiverships to the actual
value of the work done, was passed by
a vote of 28 to 5. It was discussed
briefly by Mr. Berner for and Mr. Go¬
lightly against, anil tho senate gave it
a good majority with only a thin at
tendance.
Wheu Hcuator Golden’s bill,making
jt unlawful for anyone to give money
or other things of value for the pur
pose of influencing a vote or securing
tho election of a candidate, came up it
was warmly debated. The bill was
lost 15 to 21.
The bill authorizing the sale of liq
our at the Salt Springs hotel met with
strenuous opposition. It was under
discussion when the hour of adjourn¬
mont arrived.
The following bills were passed:
Amending the charter of Columbus;
amending the charter of Statesboro;
amending tbe charter of Clayton; for
the payment of constables’ fees for
transporting prisoners from one county of
to another; amending the charter
Griffin; abolishing the city court of
Carroll; incorporating Columbus; iu
corporating Toccoa; establishing the
city court of Ca*ollton; amending the
barter t,f Clarksville,
The penitentiary committee of the
state, which had been considering the
bouse convict bill for three days, sub¬
mitted its report to the senate at 9
o’clock Monday night, and that body
agreed to take final action upon the
measure when it met Tuesday morn
ing. In the meantime the state pnnt
ing establishment was charged with
the duty of publishing 200 copies ol
the bill ftfr the use of tbe august mem
bers of the upper honse.
O’BRIEN FORCED TO (JUIT.
Be.ianntlnn Prom the Army
Was Not Viihntsry.
Colonel H. C. Cook, of the Fifth
United States Infantry, in au inter¬
view with a newspaper man, said that
Lieutenant Michael J. O’Brien’s res¬
ignation from the army was not vol¬
untary on his part, but was requested
but was requested by the war depart¬
ment, and that the officer was given
his choice ol resigning or submitting
to a dourtmartial.
REDEMPTION of bonds.
Secret ary Ga*e Frop^riu* To Psy Out
* Over S49*01>0,000.
Secretary Gage has issued a public
notice to the effect that on Friday,
December 24th, 1897,' thet easury de¬
partment would be prepared, to begin
the redemption without rebate of in¬
terest of.the bonds of the Pacific rail¬
roads, commonly kuown as 1898, currency and
Ts ami maturing January 1,
that cheeks will be mailed on Decem¬
ber 24th iu; payments of principal
interest to matnrityof all bonds pre
grated before that date.
TREY ADOPT MEASURES FOR BET¬
TERING CONDITIONS.
FORMULATE STRONG RESOLUTIONS
Representative Grower* From SI* State*
Took Fort In Meeting at Atlanta,
Georgia.
The cotton growers of six southern
states met in Atlanta, Ga., last Tues¬
day, and took the first steps toward
the permanent organization of a
Southern Cotton Growers’ associa¬
tion, the objeot of which shall be the
protection of the industry in the south.
The convention unanimously de¬
clared in favor of reduced acreage as
ti e most feasible means of raising the
price of the staple; against the present
system of gambling in cotton futures;
heartily endorsed the American Cot¬
ton Growers’ Protective Association;
appointed delegates to the convention
of that body which meets in Memphis;
declared in favor of making farms self
sustaining; determined to steer clear
of politics; decided to perfect an or¬
ganization of southern cotton growers,
extending into every state, county and
district of the cotton growing regions,
and adjourned with n renewed enthu¬
siasm to tight the onslaughts of capi¬
tal with increased vigor, aud place the
profits of the industry in the bauds of
the producer instead of tho spccula
tor*
The three sessions were held in the
ballroom of the Kimball house—morn¬
ing, afternoon and at night.
Hon. J. 0. Willboru, temporary
president of the Cotton Growers’
Association of South Carolina, also
president of the Farmers’ Alliance of
that state, who sent out the call for
the convention, was unanimously
elooted chairman. H. E. Watson, of
Texas, was elected vice
Richard Cheatham, editor and mana¬
ger of the The Cotton Planters’ Jour¬
nal, of Memphis, was elected secretary.
Some of the most distinguished cot¬
ton growers of the south were present,
including Dr. J. Williams Stokes,
congressman from the seventh district
of South Carolina; Col. R. T. Nesbitt,
commissioner of agriculture from
Georgia; Hon. I. S. Culver, commis¬
sioner of agriculture from Alabama;
ex-Gov. W. J. Northen, of Georgia;
Col. R. J. Redding, superintendent of
the state experiment station; Professor
Hunnicutt, of tho state university;
Dr. J. B. Steppe, of South Carolina;
Hon. Hector D. Lane, president Grow¬ of
the American National Cotton
ers’ Protective Association; Hon. M.
T. Leach, of Raleigh, N. 0., and oth¬
ers.
The delegates were a representative
body, and although they did not often
, he rntire dav mostly spent in
digcn9fliona) conven tion got down
businMH at the „ ight sesHioni and
honi . f o{ « glir i n g finally adopted
* , of the committee on reso u
0 ne of the features of the night ses
wag t)(e addre8g ot Hon. Hector
D whQ wag presont at the ,, on \
venUon , jal invitat i on f rom
PrMident Villboru. He explained
the olof J t!l0 American Cotton
Grower g . Assodation> claiming it was
firat for reduced acreBge , tbo cheapest
h dg (jf nijninR good C otton, and
bflflt metho ,i„ of getting the largest
1 • thcre[or _J____
GUARDING DUBRANT’S l’ASTOR.
I*readier Glb*»n ftul.l To Be In Danger of
Assassination.
The San Francisco Examiner says:
‘‘The police and the people of
Emanuel Baptist church believe that
the life of Kev. J. George Gibson,
Durrant’s former warned pastor, is in danger.
Tho police have the reverend
geutlemau to protect himself against
the possibility of harm. The warning
has been heeded and Dr. Gibson is
protected night and day. The police
will detail an officer to attend every
public service at Emanuel church.
Since the murder in tho church
many attempts have been made to east
suspicion on the pastor, and his re¬
fusal to be drawn into the case, even
as Durrant’s spiritual adviser, has
caused much comment.
MOB’S WORK IN LOUISIANA.
Two Murderers of Merchant Babin Are
Lynched.
A New Orleans dispatch says: Two
negroes arrested for the murder of a
storekeeper named Babin, at 8t. Ga¬
briel, La., were lynched Monday
night. The proof of their guilt was
conclusive, aud popular indignation
was great. fearing jail deliv¬
Sheriff Brown, a
ery, put the two men on the Texas
Pacific train to be taken to New Or¬
leans for safekeeping. The people
stopped the train six miles below
Placquemine, locked up the conductor
and the deputy sheriff, took the ne¬
groes off and hung them in the woods.
REPU BLICANS TO MEET AT OMAHA
National U«.gu« Will Hol.l Annual Con
mention In That City.
The next annual convention of the
National Republican league will be
held at Omaha June 14-16. The exact
date had been left open to suit the con¬
venience of the Omaha committee, but
Secretary M. J. Dowling has received
information from Charles E. Winter,
president of the Nebraska branch of
the league, that the above date had
been definitely settled.
POPE BROWN DECLINES.
#mvs He Will Not He Candidate r«ir Ciov
ernor of Georcio.
Hon. J. Pope Brown has written a
letter in reply to a communication
from a committee of the citizens of
HawkinBvilte and Pulaski county,Ga.,
urging him to become a candidate for
the governorship. Mr. Brown states that
In his reply
after due consideration he has decided
to decline to enter the race. His let¬
ter contains 1,006 words, and in it ho
1 thanks the people of his own county
| for the honor conveyed.
BY TH9S. A. Kc&RSGOR.
SOUTHERN PROGRESS.
Many New ZmlilStrt#* -- Keported as Kltae' i
"
Uahed the Pa*t Week. .. _ .
Despite the near approach of the
holiday season, which is usually the
dullest time of the year in industrial
circles, in volume trade and shows southern but little correspond^ decrease^ 1
ents report continued activity at the
mills and factories.
Manufacturers are still busy with
orders booked earlier in the year and
are rushing matters to catch up with
orders that they may be ready to take
care of the heavy trade expected early
in 1898.
The iro i and steel market is firm
and structural material and railway
supplies arc in active demand. Tha
oiport trade is good with prospects of
greater improvement. Southern iron
is moving steadily and several idle
furnaces in the south will be put in
blast at an early date.
Southern lumber conditions are more
favorable than for several years and
the coal mines are being worked at
full capacity to keep up with the in¬
creasing demaud.
Among the new industries reported
for the past vr«ek are the following:
The Atlantic Chernies! company, capi¬
tal 8100,000, Norfolk, Va., the Long
Island Improvement and Construction ^
company, capital $50,000, Charleston,
S. O.; the Southern Bridge and Con¬
struction company, capital $25,000,
Houston, Texas; electrio light Danville, plants
at Fernandina, Fla., aud
Ky.; flouring millH at Cedartown, Ga.,
and Gate City, Va.; ice factories at
Spartanburg, S. C., and Dennis, Tex¬
as; machine shops at Corsicana, Texas,
and the International Machinery Wheeling, com¬
pany, capital $100,000, at
W. Va.; the Golden Star Mining and
Milling company has been chartered
at Huntington, W. Va, and the
Eastern Arkansas Land company, cap¬
ital $50,000, at Little Bock, Ark.; a
$100,000 oil mill will be erected at Me¬
ridian, Miss.; a rope and twine mill at
Anderson, S. C.; a barrel factory at
Texarkana, Texas, and W. F. Zim»
iLerman Lumber company, Hands- capital
$5,000, lias been organized woodworking at plants
boro, Miss. Other
will be erected at Adairsville, Ga.,
Union town, Ky., and Florence, S. O.
—Tradesman (Chattanooga, Tenn.)
GENERAL OKDER ISSUED
In Regard to Confederate Reunion By
Gen. Gxirdon.
By order of General John B. Gor¬
don, commander of the Confederate
Veterans, Adjutant General Moorman
lias issued n general order as follows:
“The general commanding an¬
nounces that under the resolution
passed at the Nashville reunion, and
under the custom established by thtr
association leaving the date of .the
next annual meeting and reunion,
which is to be held in Atlanta, Ga.*
to the general commanding and the
department commander, the next re¬
union will be held at Atlanta, Ga.»
«!>«'" the following 111 dates: 0
-
i*lsT3ially _ ‘ils* and #l urg 22d, r ra be- "
Gates-, of July 20th, „
I i»g anniversaries of the battles of
Peachtree Creek, Manasas and Atlan
respectively. the general command
“With pride 1,070
ing ftlgo announces that camps
have now joined the association and
applications received at the lieadquar
tars for papers for at least 150 more,
He urges veterans everywhere to send
to the headquarters for organization
papers for camps and join the associa
tion, so as to assist in carrying out and
participating m .ts benevolent, praise
worthy ami patriotic objects,
“The rapid growth of the aseocia
tion . has caused such an accumulation
of business, which demands urgent at¬
tention at the coming session,' that it
is absolutely necessary to give ample
time to dispose of all the matters to
lie submitted to the delegates, there¬
fore four days limit will be given for
this important session instead of three,
as heretofore;___
GERMANS FOR 111METALISM.
Pre*l<i«*nt of Lengue bays the - Messnr*
Will Yet Be Accomplished,
A spoeial from Beilin stntes that *
Herr Wilhelm Kardorff, president of
the Bimetallic League of Germany,
presided Monday at the meeting of
the league, at which it was resolved
to take steps to promote the objects of
the league iu other countries, as,
though England's attitude might delay,
it could not permanently prevent bi¬
metallism.
STEEL MEN CONSIDER FOOL.
They Hold a Meeting In New York, Bit
Are Reticent.
A meeting of tho representatives of
nearly all the steel companies in the
United States was held Friday in New
York eity, at which the harmonizing
of their interests and the division of
tbe territory are said to have been the
chief subjects of disceussion.
Among those present were Presi.
dent Stackhouse, of the Cambria Irox
Comjany; Linderman, of the Beth¬
lehem Iron Company; Fellon, of the
Pennsylvania and Maryland Steel
Company, and Secretary Kenney, o(
the Bessemer Steel Company.
None of those who were present at
the meeting would dsscu'ss the matter.
SUN SPOTS VISIBLE,
Solar Disturbances On Bit Scale «©
Announced* 4
A dispatch from Geneva, N. Y., says :
Professor William Ii. Brooks, of Smith
observatory, reports the observation
of a great group of sun spots approach¬
ing the center of the sun’s disc.
The group is visible to the naked
eye through smoked glass.
’ by Professor
Measurements made
Brooks show this vast solar disturb¬
ance to be 100,000 miles in length.
TO ASSORT MAIL.
A Reform Urged Upon Pnbliaber* By the
Department.
For some has time lien past making the • jpostolfiee en¬
department the large publishing an
deavor to have send
houses in the principal cities
their mailing matter to'thegeneral
postoffices, dispatching assorted and it to sepjn^tod, the Office in¬ in
stead of bv'fhw clerks.
a mass, to be separated betm put in
Ths suggestion has
practical operation by many of the
newspapers and publishing-houses and
has resulted in greatly expediting the
it nulling of the mails.