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The Herald-
Official Organ Town and County
Ttlbk M. I’kiepi.ks, - Editor
' Hwrencevillp. Gs
Tuesday, Ang, 8, l SOT.
The terms of a final treaty
between Turkey ami Greece
have been agreed on.
It is reported that the Gov
ernor offered the place of State
Librarian to Gen’l. Evans, bul
that he declined it.
The labor strikers in West
Virginia und Pennsylvania have
not been settled yet. Ihe situ
ation remains serious.
Tom Watson has at last con
cluded to bury his hatchet and
advocate peace instead of war
in the Populists ranks.
It is rumored in Washington
that John Sherman will soon
resign and that he will be suc
ceeded by Wbitelaw Reed.
Prof. .1. S. Stewart of Ma
rietta has been selected as Pres
ident of the North Georgia Ag
ricnltural College at Dahlonega
The government will send a
companv of regulars to Alaska
to aid the civil authorities m
keeping order in the vicinity of
the gold fields.
The Blalock committee was
in Athens last week trying to
find the agricultural farm re
ported to be lying loose around
there somewhere.
Mrs. Nobles’ case is still pend
ing in the Supreme court of the
United States. Gus Fumbles is
in jail. Gus is having a pretty
good time on account of the old
woman.
The Gainesville Chataugua
has been a decided success
Many of the best, speakers of
the State have instructed and
amused the large audiences t hat.
dniiv assembled.
In the recent Epworth League
convention at Toronto, there
were 20,000 delegates present.
Georgia was represented by
2f)f» delegates, the largest num
ber from any Southern State.
Judge Bleckley aptly puts the
case in discussing lynch law.
He says it amounts to this:
►•Let past, crime be met with
present crime in order that fu
ture crime may be prevented. ’
The Legislature ought to pass
a law requiring a sheriff wlm
will not defend his prisoner
from a mob to turn over his
pistols to the prisoner and give
him a chance to defend him
self.
Geu’l. Rivera of the Cuban
army, who was reported to be
deaii, is a prisoner in a Cuban
fortress and rapidly recovering.
He succeeded Muceo in com
mand of the field operations of
the Cuban army.
The Chicago platform is be
ing endorsed by the conven
tions and conferences of the
party in all the States. It is
the test of Democracy, and
there is no disposition to yield
one iota to sutisly the gold bug
element,
President. McKinley will go
to Ohio to attend the re union
of his old regiment. This shows
how deeply the Northern sol
dier feels the ties which bind
old soldiers together in the
North. They are not tired of
the idd soldier racket .
Judge Beck lias granted Tay
lor Delk a new trial. The old
man may yet g<> free. There
is great curiosity a* to what
Tom Langford will swear when
put on the stand. Ip to date
he has been as dumb as an oys
ter us to the old man’s connec
tion with the murder of Sheriff
Owiu.
Dr. J. W. Roberts, pastor of
Trinity church, Atlanta, says
that the newspapers are respon
sible for the frequency of lynch
ing and mob law in this State.
He insists it is the sensational
reports of the daily press that
inflames the minds of young
men and encourages the vicious.
The Doctor has very nearly
diagnosed the case.
An eclipse of the sum is caus
ed by the moon passing between
us and the sun. There is never
a total elipse, because the moon
is not large enough to hide the
entire sun. An eclipse of the
moon is caused by the passage
of the moon through the earth’s
shadow. In the eclipse lust
Thursday a little more than
one-third of the sun’s surface
was obscured. There have been
4'J eclipses of the sun in the
last eighteen yeurs.
The Spaniards 1 ave been in
forming the world that the in
surrection in Cuba is about
over, Last week the insur
gents, 800 strong, attacked a
town only ten miles from 11a
vauua, carried it by storm,
killed 40 Spaniards, wounded
14‘> and then sacked the town,
with a loss of only two uien.
The insurgents were splendidly
armed and well mounted. I bis
does not look much like they
were couyuered,
FLANAGAN GUILTY.
SENTENCED TO HANG AUGUST 25.
Last Saturday morning the
jury who had been considering
the case of Flanagan, in De-
Kalb Superior court, since the
day before, returned a verdict
of guilty without, recommenda
tion, and the judge promptly
sentenced him to be hung on
Wednesday the 25th day of
August. The execution will be
private.
It was ascertained that the
long delay in bringing in a ver
dict was caused by a difference
among the jurors as to whether
I hey would recommend impris
onment for life. The jury
promptly ngreee on a verdict of
guilty. Then they began con
sidering a recommendation.
Rev. M. D. George insisted on
recommending him to mercy;
Jim Wood and John Morris
sided with him at the outset,
but soon yielded. This left the
preacher alone, but he held his
ground up to the last.
A motion for new trial was
made by defendant’s counsel,
which will bo heard on the 14th
inst. They think that they
have ample grounds to set the
verdict aside.
During the trial there was a
large crowd about the court
house, and while the jury was
out they gathered in knots in
the yard, discussing the case
and the probable verdict . Had
a verdict, of not guilty been re
turned there would have been a
scene. Even with a verdict, of
guilty, and under sentence,
there wire many wild rumors
of the approach of a mob, but
these turned out to be sensa
tions without much founda
tion.
Had he been acquitted in this
case there are others pending
and they would have stood for
trial.
There was an immense mass
of testimony by medical experts
going to show that the prisoner
was insane, but his dear state
ment, of his case before the jury
doubt less satisfied them that lie
had too much sense to go about
shoot ing people.
ABOUT LYNCH INGS.
The pulpits in the State ai'p
joining the press in denouncing
the crime of lynching. Certain
papers and some public men in
the State have been justifying
ami excusing the crime against
the State and organized society.
H needs but little encourage
ment to incite evil disposed
men to take the law into their
own hands. Thoughtless youths
and vicious men, hacked up and
encouraged hy this public sen
timent, will take the execution
of the law into their own hpr.ds
not only for ra|>e and murder,
but for other crimes, and law
lessness will rule in tiie laud.
These men do not stop to
consider that they are making
criminals of themselves, subject
to be indicted, tried and pun
ished.
Rubiic opinion has much to
do w ith the prevention of crime,
but public opinion cannot
change the pluin law which
holds every man who engages
in mob violence as guilty of the
highest crime known to the
State.
Men engage in this rebellion
against the State who would
not singly go out and murder
their neighbor. They have er
roneous ideas of the duty of
citizens.
A public sentiment that jus
tifies tiie commission of murder
to punish murder encourages
border ruffianism, where life is
cheap and the law is set at de
fiance.
THE GOVERNOR OFFERS
REWARDS.
The Governor has offered .|.">(K >
reward each for information
necessary to convict the first
two |M*rsons who were engaged
in the lynching of Dr. Ryder.
Other ruwurds arc offered for
others.
He proposes to take active
steps to punish flic guilty par
ties. It is said three of the
men are well known and their
identity i-stniyished beyond a
doubt. Rut it is said that no
grand jury will indict them.
Is it possible that in such a
county hh Talbot that the grand
jury will utterly ignore their
duty under their oaths ?
Tic* mere offering a reward
has never secured evidence to
convict a single lyncher in the
State. More heroic measures
must be taken, or courts will
be powerless to enforce the lew,
THE PERRY CASE.
Steve Perry is still confined
in Fulton county jail, and will
probably remain'there until the
18th inst.
It is understood that his
counsel will make an extraor
dinary motion for a new trial
on the ground of newly discov
ered testimony that is of great
importance.
The great trouble in his de
fense was his inability to prove
the brutal assault on bis wife,
which he claimed was the cause
jf his shooting Lanier. Mrs.
Perry was an incompetent wit
ness, and therefore her testi
mony was not before the jury,
and the defense had to rely up
on his statement, supported by
such circumstances as could be
obtained to corroborate it.
It is evident that the jury
did not believe it, for it is hard
ly to be presumed that twelve
intelligent men would, even
under the charge of the court
which excluded from their con
sideration any assault which
may have been made on his
wife, have failed to recommend
to mercy a man who had shot
the one who outraged the moth
er of his five children.
Since the trial, and since the
decision of the Supreme court,
Perry has received letters from
a man of good standing, who
has been out of the Stale, stat
ing that he will swear that La
nier admitted to him the as
sault, and wanted to borrow a
pistol to defend himself.
This would clearly establish
his defense, and would have
certainly changed the verdict
had it been before the jury.
Newly discovered testimony
as a ground for new trial is not
favored by tin 1 courts, and if
the judge refuses to entertain
the motion, then the case will
be carried before the Governor,
who will be asked in yiew of
all the facts to commute the
sentence.
Mrs Perry visits her husband
almost daily, nnd cherishes the
hope that lie may yet escape
the extreme penalty of the law.
She feels Unit her husband is
suffering for defending her, and
is untirring '■* her labors in his
behalf. Whih in Decatur jail
she visited him almost daily,
and she says that all these
stories published ill the Consti
tution about, certain women
visiting Perry in jail are false.
Shelias investigated them fully
and is satisfied they are only
part of the scheme that Ims
been so industriously worked
so prejudice the public mind
against her husband.
WILL HAVE TO GO.
The appointment of Rucker
as Internal Revenue Collector
for Georgia has created a Hurry
in official circles. Many of the
deputies who have heretofore
hold office in this department
are not willing to serve under a
negro.
it was at first reported that
they would resign in a body,
hut this seems to be a mistake.
Some of the men say that they
have no other means of support
ing their families, and are dis
posed io hold on if they can.
It was sUUid that they were
under the avd serypjo rules,
and that they oould Uot bo re
moved except for cause. Rut
it is now understood that they
arc subject to removal at the
discretion of theif chief.
Whether they aro or not, if
the Collector wants to got rid
of them in order to put Re
publicans in, a way will be
found, lie can simply refuse
to give them work, and no
work, no pay. They will have
t > hunt uuother jolt.
And they had ns well pull
out now. The Republicans are
clamoring for places, and with
that party the rule that to the
victors belong the spoils is well
recognized, and while they may
allow some of them to hold on
for'a while, they will have to
go. __
CLARKSVILLE VS. TOCCOA.
Habersham county is excited
over an effort to remove the
county scut from Clarksville to
Toccoa. An election will he
held on the 19th inut,, for the
people to pass on the removal.
As it requires a two-thirds vote
it is hardly probable that the
people wilt decide to make tile
change. There are two serious
objections urged to the change.
Toccoa is on one side of the
county, being only six miles
from the State line. Resides
this, in a large part of the coun
ty the people would Ituve to
cross a mountain to get to Toe
coa.
STONE MOUNTAIN GETS IT.
The long contested question
about the removal of the county
seat from Decatur to Stone
Mountain has become a lively
issue in DeKalb.
When the question of remov
al was submitted to the quali
fied voters of the county, the
friends of Stone Mountain
turned out and voted. Those
opposed to removal were led to
believe that if they failed to
vote it was equivalent to a vote
agai nst removal. The construc
tion placed on the law affecting
this question was that two
thirds of the qualified voters of
the county must vote for re
moval and not two-lhirds of the
votes cast Ht the election. The
result was that, in that election
Stone Mountain carried the
county by much more than the
requisite two-thirds.
The question was carried into
the courts and Judge Candler
decided that as two-thirds of
the qualified voters had not
voted for removal that the
court house would remain at
Decatur, and a tax was levied
to build a new court house, but
when the Ordinary advertised
for bids to contract for the new
building he was met by applica
tion for injunction.
The case was carried to the
Supreme court, which last week
rendered a decision in favor of
Stone Mountain. That court
holding that the law only re
quired two-thirds of those vot
ing in the election.
Stone Mountaiu was much
elated over this victory and will
go to work with a will to secure
the county seat. To do this it
is necessary to secure the Legis
lature. For after the county
acts the General Assembly
must ratify that action.
The light will now be trans
ferred to the Legislature and a
big contest may be expected.
Both sides wifi strain every
nerve to carry their point and
On- fight will be a notable one.
Stone Mountain starts in with a
majority of the votes cast in
her favor, biji (liejr were 2,000
people who f uib if to vote. How
they would have voted is not
known.
TO BE SWORN IN.
Henry Rucker, the new Col
lector, will tie sworn in next
Friday and take charge of the
oflice, relieving Collector Tram
mel who has presided over the
office for four years. It is un
derstood that Smith Easley, a'
prominent Atlanta negro, will
be put in us chief deputy.
It is reported Unit if Rucker
appoints negro deputies to go
witli the marshals on raids that,
the deputies will resign. With
every ruid there is a collector
who seizes and destroys the
stills and seizes the goods. The
white deputy marshals are fear
ful of trouble.
—— 1 -
South Carolina has a red hot
race now on for United States
Senator to succeed Gen’l. Earl,
who died recent ly.
Irby, Evans, McLaurin, Dun
can and are in for
the war. They are canvassing
the State together, and the
speeches are full us personali
ties. Each man attacks the
others, but it seems that the
whole- grqwd i H after Senator
McLaurin, who was appointed
by the Governor to fjlt thu V#r
fancy until an election could
bo held,
D is a repetition of the dis
graceful campaign a year or
two ago. He is believed to
have tin- inside track and all
sorts of combinations are beiug
made to d*>f«at him, Four
pluck one is Um rule-
COOPER IN JAM,.
John T. Cooper, former may
or of the city of At lanta, is now
in Fulton county jail serving
out a sentence of l| months im
prisonment for embezzling tin.
county funds.
He hail made full restitution
t*. the county, and the jury that
tried him and the grand jury
joined a large number of citi
zens in asking his pardon, hut
the Governor refused to in
terfere, IL< will spend a sum
mer vacation at L’apf. N’eJmes’
sanitarium.
GETS FIVE* YEARS.
Rev. Bridges, who embezzled
the school funds of Floyd
county, while he was acting as
school commissioner, was con
victed last week and sentenced
to five years in the jumitentiary.
Hie counsel will carry the case
to the Supreme court.
Greatest Triumph Of
MODERN CHEMISTRY.
Not Liniment, Not Salve, but Clean, Pleasant Liquid.
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New Orleans Oct. 14 ’B9.
I have used Dr. Tiche
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plantation with most sat
isfactory results.
G K Pratt, M D.
Winchester, Mo- Sep 1 *9<»
J)r. Tichenors Antrsep
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have found for cholera
morbus.
G E Lewellyn, M I).
Learned, Miss. Mar 12 ’92
I found Dr, Tichenors
Antiseptic all that is claim
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Hamburg, m -, Sep 5 ’96.
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ABORT TAOS.
The Blalock committee has
stirred up a row over the tag
question. Commission Nesbit
has heretofore been paying
from $1.60 to #2 00 per thous
and for tags that go on guano,
shewing its inspection.
The committee claimed that
these same tags, or others as
good, cou' l have been pur
chased so _ 1 1- uls ath 'iisand
Tlljs yi n' the Commissioner
advertised for bids. A largo
number of bids were received.
Mr. Goal man of Savannah got
the contra t at £>l centsa tlio'us
and.
This In ilia at first iikea small
matter, but when it is explain
ed that there are millions of
these tag-, they aggregate a
large sum.
babTnoja.
That is the new name of an
old diseii n that has been prev
alent in tliis country since the
Indians left. They used to call
them fools, crunks, lunatics,
etc The fellow that goes
around shooting folks for fun
is no loug r insane, nr a mono
maniac, but he has paranoia.
And you know what that is,
don’t you ? Of course you do!
POLICEM \N KILLS A CITI
ZEN.
Policeman S. H. Bankston of
Atlanta shot 11 ml instantly kill
ed Charles Welch, a white me
chanic, in Atlanta last, night,
lie claim i that it was done in
self-defense.
THE kTust"HALE?
John Holland brought into
market, at Dawson, (ia., the
first bale-of new cotton. It
weighed f,ilf) pounds and sold
for 12 cents.
Savannah received her first
bale of cotton last Saturday,
W. J. Jfiiyfjeld, who was sent
to the chain gang f„i ajtomut
ing to murder Mr, Swift in Kl
bertou, has made his escape,
Jfrank It. Elliott, yard master
of (he * ah<w| 4' r li'ne, wga
run over by an ejigjnw upt| kjlied
iu the. yards in Atlanta just
Saturday
Kafo Ji pkiiji, a negfn, is in
jial jn jf'runklin county changed
with assaulting Alps. Ijegrge
Taylor, lie admitted his
guilt.
The striking working men,
whose families are almost on
starvation, ||ave ip>t seen any
sign ye( of that returning tide
of prosperity.
The P,evident sent a special
ill**“sag ■ to Congress urging the
appoint up'nt of a money com
mission to investigate nap king
and curiHiiey laws,
Dr A \V. Calhoun, one of
the oldo-t physicians iu Geor
gia apd lather of Dr. Calhoun,
of Atlanta, died at his Jjoup* in
Ncwiimi last Monday.
Cousin John Thrasher, Wash
Collier end Geo. W. Adair,
three of the old pioneer citizens
who Ia ul the mud sills of At
lanta, gre having a re-union in
that city, 'limy are all lively
old im u. way up near the four
score v ars aml can tnjl inter
esting storms of thy early settle
ment of the uity.
every respect
•l L Martin, m r>.
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ter our order for ICO grot-s
of Tichenors Antiseptic.
- L L Lyons & Co.
I ,\ hoiesale Druggists.
New Orleans, La.
( Jentlemen-Please enter
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lot of Dr. Ticheoors Anti
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E .J Hart tV* Qo-
W holesale Druggists,
New (Means- La-
Pickens, Miss, Nov 27, ’9l
I find Dr. Tichenors An
tiseptic a valuable house
hold remedy. I always
keep it in my house,
T VV Wrighti m n.
President K. B. Andrews of
Brown l diversity Ims been
forced to resign because he ad
vocated free silver. Let the
people keep tally.
Candidate* for Governor are
beginning to submit to inter
views. They are not hard to
natch and are as tame as lambs.
I'lir-y milk without kicking.
Thousands of people are rush
ing to the new gold lields in
Alaska. A few of them may
find paying dirt but nine out of
t'“ii will be dead broke before
they have been there a month.
I lie New York World sais
that trusts and other stocks
have risen 170 millions since
Congress has been monkeying
with the tariff bill. The Wull
street speculator is iu his glory
again.
Had not Atlanta better have
some inure laws to protect the
people from the midnight bur
glar ? All we have to do now
is to pass laws and the crimi
nals will come in with their
hands crossed ready for cuffs.
Solah!
Now another Georgia wonder
has been found. Miss Bishop,
of Oconee county, is file young
lady who has been manifesting
the same powers that Miss Hes
ier and others astonished the
public with. She is only 14
sears of age.
Miss Lilly Hinson, a young
lady of exc. llent family, has
been arrested and bound over
in Fulton county for stealing
s'>o while at church from Mrs.
W. I). Williams. Mrs. Wil
liams claims that she had the
nrmey in an envelope. The
young lady indignantly denies
her guilt.
Maj. McKinley was cute
enough not to send to the Seim
ate a large number of appoint
ments tbut bad to be confirmed.
He knew that would breed
trouble, so he quietly waited
until Congress adjourned and
then mad,! his appointments.
Congress will not meet until
December and by that time he
hopes the Hurry will he over.
Another crank lias made his
appearance jn Atlanbp He
elaine d to he a Igwye} and em
ployed Col. Glenn mid the
medical experts to go into a
case with him in Rome. It was
soop ascertained that he was in
sanp and he was lodged in flip
station lioiis.o 1 efuj'p he filled
somebody. His home js in
M issisdppj
And now a uoimtry editor has
h' eii knocked down and I'obbud.
The thieves did not know he
was the editor of a country
weekly or they would have let
him alone. Who ever dreamed
that a country editor went to
town at this season of the year
with anything on him worth
stealing ? The fellows were
either just practicing or mis
took him tor a speculator.
Country editors ought to wear
a badge when they visit the
city.
For Sale.
The undersigned, as agent for
lh - Maddux-ltncker Hanking Co.,
"her- f'-r sale on very liberal terms
it I we -lory brick store hmp*« i|) sh«
town el Siiwanee, it being ei|u-lialt
Of t lie Kieg-Teagle building.
This i- the most desirable loca
tion in the town for a business
house, being dose to the depot aud
fronting 25 feet on ftailroad street
and running back 100 feet.
A small cash payment will be re
huired The bat mco cun be made
pavahleto si|il (lie pi|rctiaser.
Parties dpiiring io purchase wilj
common cate with me.
June 7, ’97. T. It. PaarLsa.
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convenience 100 gross Di
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New Iberia, La, June 7
1 have used Dr Tiche
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Have you seen our new line of Organd
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Our line of French Figured Organdies at
15c are being advertised in Atlanta as a
leader at 1 9c.
We also have the plain French Organd
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ings.
In this lot came another beautiful line
of Shirt Waist goods.
Also a new lot of black and figured Sat
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Hoys Waisfs tit
A lovely line of Summer Lap Robes.
With the assurance of a good fruit crop
comes the necessity for fruit jars and jelly
glasses, We can supply you with either
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keep extra rubbers.
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City School.^-
JAMES A. HARWELL, Supt.
Opens September 20th and continues
for 9 scholastic months,
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influences good. An excellent corps oL
teachers-
Expenses per month—Board $9, $|Q
and $ 12. . Tuition 50c, 75c and $ 1 -00.
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