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F THE BULLOCE TIMES. VOL VI. NO. 30. Iran rsi 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 ^ 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. - • „ 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 ' >" ' « 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 ___________. 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, >—• *• 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 > l ? *° P S V “ _ 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. - 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 ' ~ . 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. . ’** • MS GARDINER HUBBARD DII8. - 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. m 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.