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About The Rockdale banner. (Conyers, Ga.) 1888-1900 | View Entire Issue (Oct. 22, 1896)
i jlOl'Gll GEORGIA. i g*SGA THERED FROM is of N state. OVER xhf yof interesting Hap- 50lBn iar W » Day to Day. pening* jiYom • <‘ bon ds or no bonds,” . * 0 f establishing a system * e P ort kg in Eatonton, resulted m bonds by a estimated, large ma * oi *t system, it is of New England cotton &e fwho -iy in Eastman several were and ’have returned home, tgo is nothing definite bo far, . 16 fhere b /Ln probable that within a or JL tb L will remove their “OTBuilOoE^tmai. iMt, poiata to such Every a re. L Kowhave { ; 0 m Franklin from to Roopville. Roopville Kollton a line would E and this extension ata “ e direct from Hogamville to It would he a great cod- be ' and ought by all means to lienee It would pay the pro h.t Lr*much once. than the two short better U fe Ellen Dortch wants to bohbra f state of Georgia. ^ne is at , 0 librarian, and be ■entthe assistant of f fi U qualified for the position fender woman who, from girlhood, when she first be the struggle of life for herseli, has aiiy gone forward, she feels that incement ib the natural order of coueeqnently the young woman ask the legislature to pass a law )liug her to compete for the high important office that has in the been filled by many illustrious trgians. he first meeting of the stockhold af the Tennessee, Georgia and At ic railroad w.'S held a few days ago Lthens. The charter of the new iwas accepted at the meeting, and following were elected directors; 8. Cornell, F. M. Ferguson, G. Y. Henry A. Blake, Henry E. a, W. 8. Witbam, D. H. Lever ■e and E. A. Richards. During the tling papers were served on those lent by attorneys for James P. nison, giving formal warning of his pi to sanction the sale of the rtiteasiera lease to the new road. Eicbanls says the new road will »a straight purchase of the North¬ ern lom the stato. ob McCullough, the alleged Clay county murderer, has been re red from his cell in tbe Atlanta ton nouse and is now locked in the ton county jail. The prisoner been kept iu the station house r since immediately after the mur , several months ago. While it is tbe custom to confine stato pris¬ ts bled at police headquarters, it was to make a special concession -dcCullongh’s case, merely out of rtesy^ The to station the Clayton county offi *• house is a much ’ecomfortable prison than the old Ttie alleged murderer was al ea many privileges there, aud does like the change. * * * ■Gbe result of a mass meeting Fitz |ia s town charter will contain a = : ; ition clause. The citizens as :a the corn and cotton palace * iiysagoto determine the senti !t o! the community regarding the B «nate section principally,and the ^incidentally. poized When the. meet the prohibition clause urst taken up for discussion, voted to omit all argument ‘ D * ’b aa d to immediately pro 0 ul7e s ballot on it. This was ’who had not been youths residents of the -__ 1 iowu a!i °wed to participate. The ' ecret - and resulted in 187 u Dlil0Q aud against. The t«n ^.emeut of *ith the outcome was cheers. ko county’s second annual fair ? ed at Marietta Monday with a u y Congressman Maddox, of skr iar * ent « e crp ff *d attended, and km - ° aup he Piciously. Tbe Jf held kiDd 1D th * tie kst year, jnsfc prior 'k® Cotton States ^POBition. The ex At] u .. ’ “Posed it were carried d formed on® of the ^ a>P ; ^gricultnral . pro - % ^ iar park. This year’s Ja superior to the first eiiubit!™; 8 8 ; Det J ‘ er he ar, a d ” specimens aD g® m e Dt •• are composed were ae better sense of coliec [-« tea »strik- t0S1 ex P er i e cce. They ■ .J nd(?x of the varied Cobb - “ Picturesque show. H. K. McHarg ,| of New >5* M.%- /,. e ' ar ^ es t stockholders hi ; -turned ! aod North New Georgia to York. vfter making a careful inspection of the road from Marietta to Knoxville, in company with the superintendent. Before leaving he expressed himself as greatly pleased with the property. He expects to return to Georgia on November 1st for the purpose of ef¬ fecting a reorganization of the prop¬ erty. The new name will be the At¬ lanta, Knoxville and Northern rail¬ way. The plan which is to be carried into effect is to extend the present Marietta and North Georgia from Ma¬ rietta to Atlanta, and after that to ex¬ tend the line northward from Knox¬ ville to Bristol. When the road is re¬ organized in November, Mr. McHarg will be elected president. * * * A letter has just been received at Augusta from Vice Consul Constantino Khouri, at Beirut, Syria, giving full particulars of the death of Consul Thomas R. Gibson, who died recently from smallpox in that far-away coun¬ try. The disease with which Mr. Gibson died being a most contagious one, the Americau medical faculty iu aisted that the funeral be of a private character, and therefore it was attend d by oulv a select party of the mem bers of the American colony. Tin. jofi&Q was wrapped in the stars and stripes and covered with many gar¬ lands of flowers and palms. The hearse was followed to the cemetery by a long line of carriages carrying the friends and acquaintances of the beloved rep¬ resentative of the United States gov¬ ernment. The remains were interred n the Prussian, English and Ameri jan cemetery, near the grave of the late J. Eldridge, consul general of her British majesty. Central Directors Meet. The directors of the Central railroad net in annual session at Savannah Tuesday. The stockholders’ annual meeting was to have been held and many of them were present, but is was decided to postpone this meeting un¬ til November 10. The meeting of the stockholders will be of special interest as it is the first annual meeting since the reorganization of the property. The time of the annual meeting of the company has been fixed in the by¬ laws on the second Tuesday in Octo¬ ber. The end of the fiscal year, as with other railroads, is June 30, but it usually takes two to three months to get all the reports of the year’s work iu shape to be submitted to the direc¬ tors, which is the reason for putting the annual meeting about this time. The president of the road read his annual report. It makes an especially good showing, the text, however, is not yet made public. Bigby is Sued. Tho attorneys for Receiver J. W. English and G. Gunby Jordan, of the Eagle and Phenix Manufacturing Compauy, has brought suit against Judge John S. Bigby for $59,292.56, which they claim he owes the com¬ pany. 8th of October Judge New¬ On the man, of the United States circuit court, passed an order: “That J. W. Eng¬ lish and G. Guuby Jordan, tho re¬ ceivers appointed in the above stated case (which is the case of J. A. New ton, administrator and others, vs. Eagle & Phenix Manufacturing Com¬ pauy) be and they are hereby author¬ ized and directed to bring suits against any and all persons who may hereafter become so indebted, or against whom they may have the right of action for any cause. Said suits may be brought as original action in courts having ju¬ risdiction, or by auxiliary bill iu the two divisions in the United States court for tbe Northern district of Geoigia.” under the last The bill was filed por¬ tion of the order in the United StateB circuit court, as an auxiliary bill. Tbe bill recites that Judge Bigby was president of the company at the time of the filing of the bill asking for a receiver and for tbe several years prior to that time, and that during that time he kept two accounts with himself, one an individual account aud the other as president. They Bay, in the bill that he began his personal ac¬ count iu July, 1891, on which he is entitled to a credit of $11,074.22, and us president his account began in No¬ vember, 1893, on wh'ch he is due the company $73,366.78. All of which they claim as snowu by an examina¬ tion of the books. After making a thorough examina¬ tion of the books they found these discrepancies, they claim, aud that be¬ fore bringing tbe suit they brought it to the attention of Judge Bigby, aud demanded settlement, but that he failed and refused to make a settle¬ ment. BAYARD FOR PALMER. Our Minister to Great Britain Repu¬ diates the Chicago Platform. In a letter to Samuel Bancroft, of WiimingtoD, Del., the Hon. Thomas F. Bavard, the United States minister to Great Britain, repudiates the plat¬ form and nominees < f the democratic convention held at Chicago, and ad¬ vises constitutional democrats to vote at the approaching presidential Buckner, elec¬ tion for Messrs. Palmer and the nominees of the Indianapolis cou vehtion. The letter is dated at Lon don, September 30. DILL ARP’S LETTED. PHILOSOPHER MAKES EARNEST PLEA FOR FATHERLESS ONES. *.3 a Result of a Visit to the Decatur Orphans’ Home. Why don’t some rich man give an endowment to the orphans’ home at Decatur—why don’t somebody leave it a good lot of money in his will, and then die soon after? And there is the orphanage at Clinton, S. C., that right now is on a strain to provide food and clothing for the winter. I am satisfied that if our good people could visit these institutions and see the children aud realize their condition,they would help them. It is all right, of course, for the millionaires to give millions to the universities aud colleges, and so provide cheap education for the poor; but there is a class of helpless, friend¬ less children scattered over the land who will never get to college, and who would be grateful for bread and clothes and shelter. The scriptures make no mention of schools or col¬ leges, but the fatherless are mentioned over and over again, and woe and curses are threatened those who neg¬ lect or oppress them. I have long believed that good peo¬ ple would give more to charity if they were face to face with those who suffer. It is not a pleasant business to hunt up the poor aud look upon want and rags and pale faces, but it ought to be doBe sometimes, even by the rich and busy people. The good St. James said that true religion was to visit the widow and the fatherless—ves, to visit them. It will not do to sit in the parlor or counting room and wait till somebody calls for charity. Little orphans can’t come; they don’t know the way. Thair father is dead or their mother, or both, or perhaps qne or the other is in the asylum or down with chronic sickness. It is a pitiful story, and every case is diff rent, but all pitiful. They are all children of misery baptized in tears. I have been ruminating about this,and must write about it, though to most people it is an unwelcome subject. A few days ago I rode out to the orphans home near De¬ catur just to see bow the children were getting on. My good friend, Robert Hemphill, went with me. He is the business man of that busy pa¬ per, The Constitution, but next to his family his heart’s affections are ab¬ sorbed in the orphans’ homo. He is the president of the board, and ought to be. He goes there every few days, and the children smile when be comes. On the way we never talked politics— not a word—it was all orphans and the home. The farm wagon met us at Decatur and took us out a mile in the country. I didn’t mind the rough riding, for it did me good to have my corporosity tumbled up a little; but I did mind getting in and out of that high-swung wagon that had no steps. 1 tried to show my activity, but I couldn’t, and almost fell down before I got up. For aged orphans like me they ought to have a comfortable car¬ ryall, but Mr. Hemphill taya they haven’t got the mouey to bay it. Where is the carriage man that he don’t send one right away? Mr. Brumby, of Marietta sent six dozen good, strong chairs for the boys building, that has just been completed. Now, where is the big-hearted carriage man? It is a beautiful building, and will be dedica¬ ted soon; and I’ve a notion of taking my wife down with me if the carryall is there; she can’t ride in a road wag¬ on any more. But that building and the girls’ building need water—plenty of water. There is a little lake of clear spring water not far away, and Mr. Hemphill says there is fall enough for a water ram, but it will cost about $500 to fix everything and put water in the upper stories—but the money is all ont. It has taken all to complete the new building. “Where are you going to get the $500 ?” I asked. “ I have no idea,” he said, and he looked distressed; “bnt I reckon it will come. Three men have given us $500 each with the last twelve months, and I reckon there is one more some¬ where. I know that there are several, if they knew bow badly we needed it,” Then he told me about what, George Muse, Mr. Er Lawshe and Mr. G. V. Gress and others had done for the home. For about three hours I went about the premises and mingled with the or¬ phans. Some of the boys were digging and wbeemg dirt to stop a leak in the dam at the lake. Two had to go after the cows. Half a dozen came trotting down to the bam with their milk buckets. The milch cows marched to their stalls and tbe stanchions closed upon them, while <he boys sat upon their stools and talked merrily as they drew down the milk from their ud¬ ders. The eldest of these milkers was Dot more than 12 and the youngest about eight. Near the house, in the back yard, there were two boys swing¬ ing at the-ends of a large rocking churn, nnd in 20 minutes they had gathered several pounds cf nice yellow butter. I taw the girls washing and ironing in the laundry, and others preparing the evening meal, of which I was invited to partake. There were no idle hands, save, perhaps, the two youngest, one of whom was an infant in arms and one only three years old. All had some duty to perform, and were doing it willingly, and all were comfortably clothed. But there were two master spirits about the place—Mr. T'vlor and his wife had plenty to do. The outdoors and farm work and the cat'le and get¬ ting wood and keeping the boys em¬ ployed in their working hours took all his time. But Mrs. Taylor has the creator responsibility, and she meets it. She looks after the needs of all, both boys and girls, their food and clothes and health and conduct. She has one of those large, benevolent faces that a child could not help loving. Her tender care of the little ones and their affection for her was plainly visi¬ ble. The little boy of sixteen months was in hot arms as she walked around with us and called up the turkeys and chickens. “I don’t believo I can ever give up this one,” she said. ‘‘These orphans are coming and going all th« time. As fust as they get old enough the Lord seems to fitpl places for them, and it. always grieves me to s->e then, go, but 1 am going to keep this one and adopt it as my own. We have no children, and this one will be a com¬ fort to ma when I get old and have to leave the home.” He was a pretty boy —the youngest of four that came there from one family. Their mother was dead and the father the same as dead; but they are better off now, and all of them seem contentod aud happy. Ev¬ ery one there has a sad history, bnt they do not realize it now. Several hundred have come aud gone within twenty-five years, nnd nearly all of them have done well. Many revisit the spot in after years; many write af¬ fectionate, grateful letters, and some send tokens of their kind remem¬ brance. One young man who has prospered aud receives good wages sends 05 monthly out of his earnings to help maintain seme other orphan. That is about, what it takes—$250 to $300 a month for the sixty who are there. At twilight there was a curfew bell, and the children gr.tbered in the parlor and we had music. The girls and boys sang somo sweet songs to the lend of the piano, a gift from Mr. M. R. Berry, and then the supper bell rang. The elder persons and the visitors were seated at one table and the children at three others, and at a signal from Mrs. Taylor there was silence, ‘and there was reverence, too, for she made one of the sweetest and most motherly prayers I ever heard. It was brief, but it was beautiful. Then came the feast—not a display of good things, but good bread, good butter, good coffee, and at onr table a good, fat, well roasted turkey, that the girls had cooked for Mr. Hemphill and he let me have some—yes, I got a plenty. That was the second turkey, Mrs. Tay¬ lor said, and she had many more that she had raised—about one apiece for each child. Good gracious! Feeding orphans on turkey 1 Well, why not once in a while? I never saw an or¬ phan who didn’t like turkey. There are lots of good things about there. While down m the field I found somo ripe maypops, and I have not passed liking them yet, and black haws and red bawa were in sight, and these boys knew every tree, and where the chest¬ nuts and chinquapins grow. But the home needs money, and its wants must be kept before the public. It is a blessed charity to give it, a charity that is full of promises in scrip¬ tures. It should be enlarged and more orphans sent there, for I believe that it is the best training school in the state, and its inmates will all moke good citizens. Old Father Jesse Bor¬ ing founded it, and if there is a heaven be is in it. He was a pioneer in good works. That’s the kind of paternalism I believo in—being a father to the fatherless. My good mother lost her parents when she was a little child. The pestilence Bwepfc them into one grave aud she was sent to an orphanage in Savannah. They were good to her there and she used to tell us the sad story, and we would stand by her side and listen, and our hearts get full and our eves oveiflow. But one day a lady came and chose her from among the children and took her away. It is the same way at this orphanage now. They come and they go, and are scattered from Georgia to Texas. Good people, this is the noblest and sweetest kind of charity. Let us help it. —Bill Aup, in Atlanta Constitu¬ tion. LETTER NOT RECEIVED. Chairman Butler Has Not Seen Wat¬ son’s Acceptance Yet. A Washington special says: Popu¬ list Chairm a Butler had not received Watson’s letter of acceptance up to 7:30 o’clock Friday night and raid that if it should reach him later it would not be made public before Saturday. He added that he saw no reason why Mr. Watson himself should not m»ke his letter public. This suggestion w telegraphed to Mr. W at-mu liut he re iterated hts previous I ;t t'm ih- nutter re-ted now entir**»y in Mr Sat i «’* t,n _ Big Miners’ Str ke tn Ohio. Wednesday morning over 2,000 men in the Hocking Valley (Ohio) struck on account of a reduction of nine cents per ton for mining. Their families are destitute. GEORGIA i’Ol’liLISTS MAKE DEMAND FOR A DIVISION OF ELECTORS. State Executive Committee Are In Favor of Fusion. The state executive committee of the populist party in Georgia has devised a plan of- fusion in the state. They propose to amalgamate with the democratic electoral ticket, and form a combination made up of six populists and seven democrats. They have issued an edict in the shape of a resolution which will be presented to the state democratic com¬ mittee, insisting that the action off-r¬ ed by them be carried out. The populists oetuand that the vote of the entire thirteen electors on the fusion ticket proposed shall be cast for Bryan and Watson. By their action Sewall is shoved ont of consideration. The populists have placed a limit of five days upon the acceptance of their proposition. Unless their plan is agreed to by that time, according to the resolutions adoptod thoy hint that they will make trouble in any way possible. resolutions full fol The in are as lows: Whereas, The people’s party of Georgia accepted in good faith the St. Louis compromise, viz; The nom¬ ination of the Hon. W. J. Bryau ns the presidential candidate on the ticket with the Hon. Thomas E. Wat¬ son, with the tacit understanding that this act of patriotism on their part would bo met with a similar one onj the part of the democratic party ef-j in. the withdrawal of Mr. Sewall and feet a complete combination of the sil¬ ver forces, and Whereas, The people’s party of Georgia, in their state convention, in accord with said understanding, did provide for a joiut electoral ticket, and Whereas, The democratic party of Georgia, the home of tbe Hon. Thom¬ as E. Waison, has not made and is not making any effort to perfect or obtaiu the fusion of forces inaugurated at St. Louip, although such fusion exists in almost every state in the union; and Whereas, It should be their pleasure and pride to advance a citizen of their state and section, a man who is with¬ out stain, above reproach and whom all fair-minded men esteem, respect .and honor, aud whose every action in this campaign has been so patriotic find manly ns to challenge the admira¬ tion of American manhood ; aud Wnereas, It is onr belief that it is not only tho tbe intention of tbo lead¬ ers of the democratic party of this state to defeat but, if possible, to hu¬ miliate the Hon. Thomas E. Watson, either by a corrupt ballot, as has been manifested in the tenth congressional district, or by a partisan legislature setting aside the will of tho people, and forcing Bryau and Sewall eleotors on the state, even though that ticket should run third in the election; and Whereas, Tho silver-plated demo¬ cratic press of this state has belittled and belied the candidacy of Mr. Wat Bon aud issued this edict, “No Sewall —No Bryan—No silver.” Therefore bo it resolved, That as a final effort to secure the union of the silver Zeroes to which the democratic party is committed and to test the patriotism of our professed allies, we do now withdraw the follow¬ ing electors; William H. Felton, state at large; H. C. NewtoD, Second district; Thomas B. Davis, Fourth district; W. H. Whittaker, Sixth district; J. J. Green, Eighth district; William Landsdell, Tenth district; W. M. Bennett, Eleventh district, nnd insist that the democratic party of Georg a withdraw six of their electors, substituting the remaining six populist electors with the under¬ standing that tbe thirteen shall cast their vote for Bryan and Watson. Be it further resolved, That, if the democratic party do not accede to the foregoing just and reasonable proposi¬ tion within five days from date; then be it Resolved, That our central commit¬ tee is authorized and empowered to withdraw, if advisable, our remaining electors or reinstate those that are now withdrawn and that wo concentrate every effort of onr party jn the elec¬ tion of our congressional nominees. Resolved, That a copy of these res¬ olutions be transmitted to the demo¬ cratic executive committee. John D. Cunningham, Chairman Jambs L. Sibley. Secretary. MURDERED BY OKANDSON. Confronted With the Charge tbe Youthful Assassin Confesses. Mrs. F. Y. Glover was murdered by her grandson, St. Clair Glover, at her home about four miles from Clarks¬ ville, Ga., some time last Thursday night. belonged oDeof Mrs. Glover, who to the most respectable families of South Carolina, was living on a farm mar Clarksville with oae unmarried daugh¬ ter and two grandsons, St. Clair and his brother, who is a mute. The leg of a turkey is more satisfy than a rabbit’s foot.
