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About The Rockdale banner. (Conyers, Ga.) 1888-1900 | View Entire Issue (Jan. 23, 1896)
IllOtG ;H GEORGIA. GATHERED FROM 0F> F * 5 ' s THE STATE. 0 V£K Interesting flap- 5 s soiflnW'T pay to Day petti**®* from - - j made to raise u at Way -iformatory ckildren. organized an emigra with eap italof$ 5 , 000 . It a Augusta’s claims ope front ic , Lpeopte of Vienna are discussing ’’vJof building cotton fac- 50 per [jf the capital. ♦ * * S3 ! ...^Banner thinks the North will not bring the Knit,and Ln it. that the governor lease # ^ i .-i ' ijnuor dealers of Macon S because the city the $50, wholesale and are tH, o h pay the been quart,, raised while from the SI license has lo §500. be annu al meeting of the stock Enof the Southwestern railroad te held in Macon February 13 the election of ft president and n directors to serve the ensuing Main Goodyear thought he had ceded in getting 23 feet of water be Brunswick bar, but he has been bed by the government that, while s lias been some improvement, the jas not been deepened as much as qnired under his contract. Cap Goodvear will continue his work. jury in the Rome city court ren¬ te Bverdict granting $1,600 to the [iff Lily in the case of Mrs. Eliza VS. the Keeiey Institute, A. E&snald, manager. Mrs. Daugh Ipked her sonin the institute for Let last year and he died sud R The suit was filed for $15,000 feges, alleging mistreatment. Mc ilil filed suit for $10,000 some ago for injury to character. I the meeting of the officers of the I regiment infantry, Georgia vol lers, |ge held at Savannah, Colonel A. Mercer gave notice of his ption bvernor to tender and asked his resignation to be placed to he retired list. Colonel Mercer P an eloquent speech in praise of ffegiment. He was compelled to P» he said, on account of his phys i eondition, which prevents him being in active command of the ment, As soon as his resignation ccepted another meeting of the Eis will be held to consider the hi further. r governor has granted a respite [Seymonr °t the Keener, who was con r murder of Arizona and N Moore, and who was to hang at r®; ! Thirty | n Dabun days’ county, last Fri time is granted 1 He case has attracted much Mban ordinary attention, because “ e peculiar circumstances it, sur '™c aud the governor makes "spue upon the showing of Keen Htorneys that new evidence will Maced which may induce the gov 0 c °nunute the sentence to life ‘lament. Judge Estes will bring ; before the ordinary of Rabun J T r - ° lY his amine actions, fnt° the stated, sanity of filar for as were edy. £ long time before the * * * w . ” * * Ended. i-Cas> Brt er ^ r E. Cunningham, he ^ate bank, Ed * C -ougb two who has „ sensational and & w' a S 011 charges of felony, 6 , i? fuU reported, »ed tf y was Bor \ S uilt J to a misde nr S llles ^ Through tnevs ivii h", L ' h ' re S9nted a J* an exculpatory his s Y. ^ he said he It of rj was c j iens charged techni j j UQT : He W3S sen " ^be fja"' U a - 6 °^.S deved 0, 5O and cosSs, fertrvY’ Uaderthepenallaw . re himself of & d end- _V 1 Ca *; s that have - tejonX; 2 ? Brunswick furnish and else talk about for two ^S ij'B ; ViD any S the cases interests before of c ever ,# °nsi7 Y, 0i i U L hnsiness ge ’ an(i intereststas eff ecting a ta& t the turn which , 3 It 6 C f ^‘rectors se ® t°°k would indi-' ’t ’-- may expect 1 ^‘ .“criminally 0ase charging Cun 9 4 , of the misrepre k atd bank in 5*5 t ti 18 a e |° final 8i , t8 trial resu lted in a was the demands 'Indge Sweat of the '' M ~ He ^udedtothe * by the Penalty ordeal of two trials which the defendant httu. to undergo, and deemed the punishment (•ufficient. On the indictment before the court for felony Cunningham was acquitted, and his friends are congrat¬ ulating him now on his once more be¬ ing a free nian. A Question of Remuneration. The pardon commission, appointed by a joint resolution of the senate and and house at the recent session of the legislature, met in the capitol a few days ago and began the work assigned to it, looking over applications for pardon, on which it is to report to the governor, who will either accept or reject the application as he sees fit. The gentlemen appointed as mem bers of the commission are Senators Whitley and Bush and Representa¬ tives Jenkins, Humphries aud David son. The resolution under which they were appointed provided that they should visit all the convict camps in the state and examine iuio the case of those prisoners who were seekin g pardons and report to the governor, either recommending a pardon or rec¬ ommending that one should not he granted. Then the recommendations of the commissioners are to be passed upon by the governor who can accept them or reject them as he sees fit. The resolution creating the commis¬ sion was introduced in the senate by Senator Whitley, and provided that the commissioners, who were to serve ninety days, if necessary, should re¬ ceive the regular per diem of a legis¬ lator, four dollars a day, as well as mileage in going from point to point, which was sufficient to cover all their expenses. reported When the commissioners to Governor Atkinson he called attention to the resolution which originated in the senate, providing for an appropri¬ ation. Under the constitution, all bills or resolutions appropriating money to be binding must originate in the house. The commissioners were non-plussed, as Governor Atkinson was inclined to rule that they could serve, but they would have to pay their own expenses and do without tho per diem until the next meeting of the legislature, which could be trusted to make the appro¬ priation. No decision was given, how¬ ever, but the matter was referred to the attorney general for an opinion. Mr. Terrell, after looking into the case, gave it as his opinion that the resolution was perfectly legal as far as it went, but that no money could be appropriated from the treasury for the purpose, as there was none for this fund. He said that it would be legal for the governor to allow the work done and to make his warrants on the contingent fund. This the governor decided ho would do to start the work at any rate. When this decision was made the commissioners went to work at once. They were given a big batch of pardon applications that were on the gover¬ nor’s desk and when they have re¬ ported on these it will be decided when they will begin to hear applica¬ tions. FREEDOM FOR REDWINK. He Will Probably be Released From tlie Columbus Prison. Probably within the next week Lewis Redwine will walk out of the federal penitentiary in Columbus, Ohio, a free man, and it is likely that he will make his way back to Atlanta. The official physician of the peni¬ tentiary has forwarded two reports to "Washington. The first gave the facts in Redwine’s physical condition, and stated that the life of a convict was sapping the man’s vitality, and that he would probably die if he was kept to the end of his term. A few weeks ago another report was forwarded to Washington. It is un¬ derstood from sources absolutely au¬ thentic that the penitentiary physician urged the necessity of Redwine’s early release. It stated that he was a cer tain victim of insidious consumption, and that even in the bright balm of some sunny clime not over two years of life was left to him. Backed by the earnest work of his attorneys, and with friends working hard and faithfully for him, there seems to be no doubt that Redwine will shortly be free. It is stated by these who know that such a report as has last been forwarded by tho chit f physician at Columbus is never turned clown. And so, at auy day in the near future, the white face of the unfortu nate man be seen in Atlanta again. "WILL TEST PRAYER - As a Means of Preventing Prize Eights. The city ministers’ union of El Paso, Texas, has decided to send a circular letter to all religious bodies in the United States, calling on preachers, endeavor societies, Epworth leagues and young people’s societies generally to unite Sunday, January 26, in prayer that the prize fights at El Paso, be tween Mayer and Fitasimmons may be prevented and the city saved from disgrace __ General Thomas Ewing Dead. General Thomas Ewing, ex-member of congress from Ohio, who was strnck by a Third avenue cable car in New York Monday, is dead, the result of injuries received. SYNDICATE 18 GUI. __ MORGAN ISSUES A CIRCULAR AN¬ NOUNCING DISSOLUTION. He Writes a Letter to President Cleve¬ land on tile Subject. The bond syndicate has been dis¬ solved. Members of the syndicate re¬ ceived in their mail "Wednesday morn¬ ing a circular letter from J. P. Morgan & Co. releasing them from their com¬ mitments to furnish their pro rata of $100,000,000 in gold aud a second $100,000,000 if desirable, taking their payment therefor in4 per cent govern¬ ment bonds. Accompanying this letter was a cir¬ cular explaining why the syndicate was formed, what action was taken on its behalf, and why it is now dissolved. The reason for the dissolution of the syndicate is that the syndicate con¬ tract called for a bid of “all or none,” and therefore Mr. Morgan was unwill¬ ing to make a bid under the present circumstances, as he might seem'to present for the consideration of the secretary of the treasury the throwing out of smaller bids made in good faith under the public call. The only emergency in Mr. Mor gan’s judgement, which would justify such a course would be the failure of the public to respond to the call of the government. It has been necessary to delay the dissolving of the syndicate up to the present time as every financial inter¬ est required protection afforded by the knowledge that the syndicate was in existence prepared to make the loan a success under any circum¬ stances. Letter to the President. The following is the text of Mr. Morgan’s letter to President Cleve¬ land: To the President, Washington, D. C. : Sir: It is with great hesitation that I venture to address you in relation to the present financial situation. As you are doubtless well aware, financial affairs are approaching a serious crisis; and whilst no outward evidences have developed, we are likely at any moment to reach the point and consequences which it will then be too late to remedy. The gravity of the situation must be my excuse. “The most important step at the moment is the restoration of govern¬ ment credit by replacing the gold re¬ serve in the treasury beyond question. This once accomplished, confidence at home and abroad in the stability of our currency will be restored. “After my recent visit to Washing¬ ton I became convinced that any leg¬ islative action to improve the methods at the disposal of the executive was unlikely; in fact, impossible. 1 there¬ fore took steps to ascertain whether it would be possible to obtain the co¬ operation of parties at home and abroad to an extent that would enable me to negotiate a contract with the government for the sale of 11,500,000 ounces of gold, approximating $200, 000,000, on about the basis of the con¬ tract of February 8, 1895. In this ef¬ fort I have been successful, and am now in a position to make such a con¬ tract for the full amount. “I do not hesitate to affirm, in fact, to urge that such a contract would in every way be for the best interests of the government and the people, and would be followed by less derange¬ ment of the money market, of trade, in fact, of all interests, including for¬ eign exohange, all of which, until re¬ cently, were in such an increasingly prosperous condition, and I urge your serious consideration of such a con¬ tract. At the same time I recognize the effect of legislation which has been proposed, and the discussion thereup¬ on in both houses of congress, all of which might lead you to hesitate to make - a private contract, and, conse¬ quently, in view of the gravity of the situation, I feel bound to. say that, if, after a conference, in which I can more fully lay the matter before you and without expressing any confidence in such a mode of pro¬ cedure in the face of previous failures of similar attempts, but recognizing as I do that the responsibility of de¬ cision lies with you, I pledge to you every influence and effort in my power to assist tho government in its en¬ deavor to make successful a negotia¬ tion by public advertisement which shall result in the sale to the treasury of 11,500,000 ounces United States gold coin ($200,000,000), possibly and further, I will, so far as I can, take such steps as will enable the syndicate which I represent to join in making the negotiation successful to its full amount. Awaiting the indication of your pleasure, I remain, Respectfully yours, J. Piekpont Morgan. Big Failure at Columbus, O. A. D. Ady, a large dealer in rea? estate and builder at Columbus, Q., has made an assignment to Ben Mo* nette. At a meeting of his creditor* Mr. Ady stated that his assets wer« about $550,000 and his liabilities about $420,000. „ ________ - - - GEORGIA RAILROAD SCHEDULES. OFFICE GENERAL MANAGER. Commencing Jan. 5th, 1896, the following schedules will bo operated. All trains run by 90th Meridian Time. The schedules arc subject io change without notice to the public. READ UP. BEAD DOWN. Train No. U.jNo. 1. Train Train No. 2. N o. 4. Train No. 11 N’t Exp Day m’1 No. 27 STATIONS. No. 28 Day m’1 N’t EXP No. 12 4 OOp 10 30p 12 lOp 7 15a Lv Augusta Ar 8 10p 1 OOp 5 15a 7 45a 4 24p 10 58p 12 36p...... Belair 12 36p 4 48a 7 12a 4 37p 11 OOp 12 46p 7 42a Grovetown 7 44 p 12 27t> 4 37a 6 59a 4 51p 11 21p 12 58p...... Berzelia 12 16p 4 25a| 6 47a 5 00p 11 29p 1 05p 7 57a Harlem tr* > 7 7 25p 10p 12 09p 4 16a' 6 35a 5 lOp 11 38p 1 14p 8 03a Dearing 7 03p 12 m 4 07a 6 26a 5 28p11 5Bp 1 1 30p 8 19a Thomson 6 50p 11 44a 3 50a 6 11a 5 42p 12 08a 1 42p...... Mesena 11 33a 3 38a 6 Ola 5 50p 12 16a; 1 50p 8 35a Oamak G 34p 11 26a 3 28a 5 54a 5 58p 12 25a 1 57p' 8 40a Norwood 6 27p 11 19a 3 20a 5 48a 6 14p 12 42a 2 12p 8 53a Barnett 6 14p 11 05a 3 04a 5 34a 6 -6p12 56a 2 24pt 9 04a Crawfordville 6 04p 10 54a 2 48a 5 22a 6 45p 1 22a 2 45p 9 25a Ar. Union Point 5 45p 10 34a 2 21a 5 00ft Lv. 1 38a 3 04p 9 3Sa Greensboro 5 52p 10 21a 2 04a 2 05a 3 30p 10 00a Buckliead 5 09p 10 00a 1 37a 2 22a 3 46p 10 12a Madison 4 55p 9 40a 1 20a 2 41a 4 05p 10 28a Rutledge 4 38p 9 20a 1 Ola 2 56a 4 25p 10 40a Social Circle 4 25p 9 05a! 12 45a 3 19a 4 44p 10 58a Covington 4 06p 8 43a 12 22a 3 41a 5 04p 11 15a Conyers 3 48p 8 22a 1200nt 3 54a 5 15p11 26a Lithonia 3 37p 8 10a11 45p 4 15a 5 31}) 1 1 42a Stone Mountain 3 22p 7 53a 11 24p 4 4 39a 28a 5 5 49p 41 p j 12 11 51a Clarkston Decatur 3 3 06p 13p 7 7 43a 34a11 11 OOp lip m 5 00a_ 6 10p!12 15p Ar Atlanta Lv 2 55p 7 15a10 45p Sun. Sun. Only Only 1 50p 1 15a 1 OOp 8 40a Lv Camak Ar 6 30p 11 25a11 45p 35p 1 59 p 1 31a 2 03 p 8 47a Warrenton G OOp 11 17a11 32p 28p 2 18p 2 06a 2 34]> 9 02a Mayfield 5 20p 11 OlaTl 03p lOp 2 32p 2 30a 2 54p Culverton 4 55p 10 49a 10 44p 59p 2 43p 2 50a 3 12p 9 22a Sparta 4 34p 10 40a10 27p 49p 3 00p 3 22a 4 OOp 9 36a Devereux 4 00p 10 2Ga 10 07p 34p 3 lOp 3 37a 4 15p 9 43a Carrs 3 44p 10 18a 9 48p 25p 3 32p 4 16a 5 OOp 10 00a Milledgeville 3 06p 10 00a 9 16p 06p 3 50p 4 48a 5 30p Browns 1 52p 9 46a 8 5Op 5 Op 4 OOp 5 07a 5 49p 10 24a Haddocks 1 38p 9 37a 8 34p 40p 4 12p 5 28a 6 07p James 1 24p 9 28a 8 18p 30p 4 45p 6 30a 7 00p 11 00a Ar Macon Lv 12 40p 9 00a 7 3 Op OOp 6 lop 11 08a 2 15p Lv Barnett Ar 1 50p 8 50a Ql ifir rjt 6 23p 11 21a 2 27p Sharon 1 4 Op 8 37a ov ^11 H 6 3 Op 11 31a 2 35p Hillman 1 81 p 8 27a Cl CO H 6 55p 12 03p 3 04p Ar Washington L v 1 05p 7 55a ^ «Q C 5 6 05]) 2 45p Lv U nion Point Ar 9 20a ch 45p 6 15p 2 55p Woodville 9 08a 35p 6 19p 2 59p Bairdstown 9 04a ct 31p 6 32p 3 lip Maxeys 8 51a cn 19p • • • 6 38p 3 17p Stephens 8 44a ct 13p 6 50p 3 29j) Crawford 8 30ft oi 01 p 7 OGp 3 45p Dunlap 8 12a ^ 45j) 7 lOp 3 49p Winters 8 07a ^ 41 p 7 25p 4 05p Ar Athens Lv 7 50a ^ 25p • • • • • * 10 50a Lv Union Point Ar 2 05 p 11 30a Siloam 1 42 p 11 50a Ar White Plains Lvl......J 1 20 p ...... 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