Georgia Historic Newspapers

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DR. TALMAUE-S SUNDAY
key. discourse.
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teenth Competitive Series—Dr. Tal
Herald’s Sermon to Sisters
mage Preaches a
“They cast four anchors out of the
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mu The synib rm hoi ism of the sbip
Singgestive. j; ves have been
wrecked ^fJgtness. - ‘ d f anchors holding
iliem to ste However deep we
6 through which.we
^’sailing we are often nearer the shoals
fend reefs than is ^ fee throwa
bxed ness of purpose. The inner
put is L • ]i vos i s in the
I fee 103 ' Son Paul of power “This along one certain thing de- I
K hues says, do him rev
” and the Avorld will ever “This
® p pr, Hudson Taylor says, opened
i,'jn a T do,” and China is as
_ f one e; er J t hofore to higher ideals Shaftesbury and larger
F IS10D . Vh The Earl of
iowntobie s one thing I do,” and he goes
Knd Holborn viaduct, in London
the bootblacks and hucksters and
street arabs and costermongers are trans¬
formed The great names in art, in science,
n Philosophy and in finance are always
identified with pain and Purpose Lite is
power, but power undirected is lost. Only
constant striking on the same spot makes
an impression. Purpose connects and
unifies our months and years and makes or
them ail but parts of a single Avhole. Each
day ought to be a link tempered and!
welded into the chain of a completed life. be
Three-fourths of men’s failures may
attributed to the lack of purpose. The
house can scarcely b# constructed without
a plan; boAV much less can a human life be
fashioned without a conception of what
it will be wheD finished? Plan must precede realiza¬
construction; the ideal before the
tion, the purpose before the accomplish¬
ment. Only the man Avho aims will strike
the mark. Turn your life into a definite
channel; let it not cover too much terri¬
tory, for it is the deeply flowing stream
which cuts away the obstructions and at
last reaches the sea, while the stream
which spreads itself in shallowness goes
silently into the swamp-land and its life
is ended. The analysis of every completed
life reveals a central point about which
energy and emotion and devotion cluster
themselves.
But purpose to exert its influence must
be accompanied by perseverance, so east
out the second anchor. Here is a vast dif¬
ference between the aim and the accom¬
plishment. Perseverance bending
of the bow to send the sha
and the bow is the will, “I will fight it
out on this line if it takes all summer,”
says the great general. That is the spirit
which conquers. No sooner have our plans
been drafted or our purpose lixed than cir¬
cumstances and difficulties seem to con¬
spire to defeat and ruin them. Many a man
has seen his star in the east, but ODly here
and thero has one been possessed of the
courage and devotion to follow it over an
unbeaten path until it led him to his treas¬
ure. It is blood earnestness which tells.
The man avIio is ever unconscious of defeat
is he avIio some day will plant his standard
upon the enemies’ ramparts and win the
day. He who holds on in the face of the
storm, in spite of discouragements, calmly
suffering temporary delays, is he who final¬
ly secures his crown and his reward. Shall
we complain of difficulties when a thou¬
sand ilDgors are pointing at wonderful
achievements, made after overcoming tre¬
mendous obstacles? Helen Kellar, without
sight, without hearing, without language,
presses on until she passes the entrance
examinations to Harvard University. John
Bunyan, the drunken tinker of Bedford,
rises to the authorship of “Pilgrim’s Prog¬
ress.” It is half-heartedness Avhieh fails,
but the “doing with thy might” which suc¬
ceeds. Before a determined will and a
passionate devotion men will stand aside
and let you pass—they cannot help it; diffi¬
culties will vanish—they cannot withstand
you; obstruction will be crushed—their
puny Then, strength desepts them.
in order to make perseverance
possible, anchor the third, faith in one’s
self. Too often the estimate of our power
falls far short of what it really is. Emer¬
son’s word, “Trust thyself,” carries with it
a true philosophy, for one may not achieve
until there is a Arm belief in one’s own
soul. If we rate our ideal at 100 and our
power at fifty the accomplishment will be
but one-half. The great crime men com¬
mit against themselves is not in overjudg¬
ing, but in -underjudging. My self-set
limitations determine the extent of my
achievement. And what right has man,
born in the image of God, with unknown
and undeveloped powers standing before a
hidden future, to measure and to circum¬
scribe his capabilities and to limit his pos¬
sibilities of success in the construction of
life? Only God may measure man, for only
God knows the height the individual may
reach. Men Avho to-day are almost meas¬
ureless in their intellectual sweep are they
who have not dared Avith compass and rule
to set tneir bounds. This is not conceit,
hut a respect forthe untouched, undreamed
of potency of your own soul, 80 then,
believe not only in your ideal, but in the
possibility And of realizing it.
then the fourth anchor, faith in God.
We may imagine Paul as the last anchor is
tbroAvn out calling to the sailors, “Men,
does it hold?” and the answer coming back,
les; the rope is taut; we do not seethe
ledge down below the waA'ej. but the
anchor holds.” Ah! that is the blessed ex
perience of life; this anchor always grasps
w roc k, the unseen rock of God!
c ®° neets lnan with Omnipotence.
Faffh r -fK is . the conductor which places
disposal divine at our
the testimony grace and power. This is
of every child of faith. “I
can do all things through Him.” This is
the power not our own which may be ap
f l f?F nat e c Y And there are times when the
Batety of , the . whole life depends upen this
sili dislodged ? r - and flung an °hor high of purpose the may by be
storm and tempest; upon shore
the anchor of perse¬
verance may be worn away by the fretting
cutting sands, the anchor of
... r snap in twain in some fearful
crisis when the strain is great and the heart
is sick, but awav down below the crashing
Diilows of passion and temptation rests
1 anchor of faith embedded in the heart
oruod. 80 let us live with a noble purpose
worthy the patient endeavor and unfalter¬
ing devotion we bestow upon it, mindful of
oup own undiscovered resources and hold¬
ing fast to the might of God..
r . Chakles Atwood Campbell,
.rirstPresbyterian Church, Providence, R. I.
f FOR GIRLS.
Rev. Dr. Tclmage Preaches Directly to
the Sisters.
Text: ‘ And his sister stood afar off to
■witness what would be done to him.”—Ex¬
odus ii., 4 .
roah, Princess. looking Thermutis, out through daughter of Pha
bathing-house the lattice of her
on the hanks of the Nile,
saw a curious boat on the river. It had
neither oar nor helm, and they would have
been useless anyhow. There was The'boat only one
passenger, and that a baby boy.
was made of the broad leaves of papyrus,'
tightened together by bitumen. “Kill all
the Hebrew children born,” had been Pha
roah’s order. To save her boy, Jochebed,
the mother of little Moses, had put him in
in that queer boat and launched him. His
sister, Miriam, stood on the hank watching
that precious craft. She was far enough
off not to draw attention to the bent, but
near enough to offer protection. There
she stands on the bank—Miriam, the poet¬
ess: Miriam, the quick-witted; Miriam, the
faithful; though very human, for in after
time she demonstrated it.
Oh, was not Miriam, the sister of Moses,
(loins?a good tiling, an important thine, a
glorious thing when she watched the boat
woven of river plants and made water-tight
.with asphaltum, carrying its one passen¬
ger? Did she not put all the ages of time
and of a coming eternity under obligation
when she defended her helpless brother
from the perils aquatic, reptiliau and
ravenous? She it was that brought that
wonderful babe and its mother together, so
that he was reared to betho deliverer of his
Jla ti 0 n, Avhen otherwise, if saA-od at all from
the rushes of the Nile, he would haA'e been
only one more of the Clod-defying Pha
roahs; for Princess Thermutis, of the bath
ing-liouse, would have inherited the croivn
of Egypt; and, as she had no child of her
own, this adopted Had child would have come
to coronation. there been no Miriam
there would have been no Moses. What a
garland for a faithful sisterhood!
Miriam was the oldest of the family;
Moses and Aaron, her brothers, Avere .
younger. Oh the power of the elder sister
to help decide the brother’s character for
usefulness and for heaven! She can keep
off from her brother more evils than Miriam
could have driven back water-fowl or croco¬
dile from the ark of bulrushes. The older
sister decides the direction in which the
cradle boat shall sail. By gentleness, by
good sense, by Christian principle she wicked can
turn it toward the palace, not of a
Pharaoh, but of a holy God; and a brighter
princess than Thermutis should lift him out
of peril, even religion, whose Avays are
Avays of pleasantness and all her paths are
peace. The older sister, how much the
world owes her! Born Avhile yet the family
was in limited circumstances, she had to
hold and take care of her younger brothers.
And if there is anything that excites my.
sympathy, it is a little girl lugging around
a great fat child and getting her ears
boxed because she can not keep him quiet!
By the time she gees to young Avomauhood
she is pale and worn out, and her attrac¬
tiveness has been sacrificed on the altar of
sisterly fidelity and -she is consigned by to
celibacy, and society call her an unfair
name; but in heaven they call her Miriam.
Let sisters not begrudge the time and
care destowed on a brother. It is hard to
belieA'e that any boy that you know so well
as your brother can ever turn out anything
very useful. Well, he may not be a Moses.
There is only one of that kind needed for
six thousand years. But I tell Avhat your
brother will be—either a blessing or a
curse to society, and a candidate for happi¬
ness or wretchedness. He will, like Moses,
have the choice between rubies and living
coals, and your influence will have much
to do with his decision. He may not, like
Moses, be the deliverer of a nation, but he
may, after your father and mother are
gone, be the deliverer of a household.
What thousands of homes to-day are piloted
by brothers! There are properties now
well inA’ested and yielding income for the
support of sisters and younger brothers
because the older brother rose to the
leadership from the day the father lay down
to die. Whatever you do for your brothers
Avill come back to you again.
Don’t snub him. Don’t depreciate his
ability. Don’t talk discouragingly about
his future. Don’t let Miriam get down off
the bank of the Nile and wade out and upset
the ark of bulrushes. Don’t tease him.
Don’t let jealousy ever touch a sister’s
soul, as it so often does, because her brother
gets more honor or more means. Even
Miriam, the heroine of the text, Avas struck
possessed by that evil unlimited passion influence of jealousy. She Mo.?es, had
over
and now he marries, and not only so, but
marries a black Avoman from Ethiopia; and
Miriam is so disgusted and outraged at
Moses,first because he(bad marriedat all ,and
next because he had practiced miscegena¬
tion, [that she is drawn into a frenzy, and
then begins to turn white, and gets white
as a corpse, and then whiter than a corpse.
Her complexion is like chalk, the fact is,
she has the Egyptian leprosy. And nOAV
the brother whom she had defended on the
Nile comes to her rescue in a prayer that
brings her restoration. Let there be no
room in all your house for jealousy either
to sit or stand. It is a leprous abomina¬
tion. Your brother’s success, O sisters, is
your success. His victories will be your
victories.
If you only knew it, your interests are
identical. Of all the families of the earth
that ever stood together, perhaps the most
conspicuous is the family of the Roths¬
childs. As Mayer Anselm Rothsehild was
about to die, in 1812 , he gathered his chil¬
dren about him—Anselm, Solomon, Nathan,
Charles and James—and made them promise
that they would always be united on
’Change. Obeying that injunction, they
have been the mightiest commercial power
on earth, and at the raising or lowering of
their scepter nations have risen or fallen.
That illustrates hoAV much, on a large scale
and for selfish purposes, a united family
may achieve. But suppose that instead of
a magnitude of dollars as the object, it be
doing good, and making salutary impres¬
sion, and raising this sunken world, how
much more ennobling! Sister, you do
your part, and brother will do his part. If
Miriam will lovingly Avatch the boat on the
Nile, Moses will help her when leprous dis¬
asters strike.
General Bauer, of the Russian cavalry,
had in early life wandered off in the army,
and the family supposed he was dead. Af¬
ter he gained a fortune he encamped one
day in Husain, his native place, and made
a banquet; and among the great military
men who were to dine he in\ r ited a plain
miller and his wife, Avho lived near by and
who, affrighted, came, fearing some harm
would be done them. The miller and his
wife were placed one on each side of the
General at the table. The General asked
the miller all about his family, and the
millersaid that he had two brothers and a
sister. “No other brothers?” “My younger
brother went off with the army many years
ago, and no doubt was long ago killed.”
Then the General said: “Soldiers, I am
this man’s younger brother, whom he
thought was dead.” And how loud was
the cheer, and how warm was the embrace!
Brother and sister, you need as much of
an introduction to each other as they did.
You do not know each other. You think
your brother is grouty and cross and queer,
and he thinks you are selfish and proud
and unlovely. Both wrong! That brother
will be a prince in some woman’s eyes, and
that sister a queen in the estimation of
some man. That brother is a magnificent
fellow, and that sister is a morning in Juue.
Come, let me introduce you; “ 3 Ioses, this
is Miriam.” “Miriam, this is Moses.” Add
seventv-flve per cent, to your present ap¬
preciation of each other, and when you
kiss good morning do not stick up your
cold cheek, wet from the recent washing,
as though you hated to touch each others
lips in affectionate caress. Let it have all
tne fondness and cordiality of a loving sis¬
ter’s kiss.
I read of a child in the country who was
detained at a neighbor's house on a stormy
night by some fascinating stories that were
being told him, and then looked out and
saw it was so dark be did not dare go home.
The incident impressed me the tiiore be¬
cause in my childhood I had much the
same experience. The boy asked his com¬
rades to sro with him, but they dared not.
It got later and later —7 o’clock, 8 o’clock,
9 o’clock. “Oh,” he said, “I wish I were
home!” As he opened the door the last
time a blinding flash of lightning and a
deafening roar overcame him. But after
awhile he saw in the distance a lantern,
and lo! his brother was coming to fetch
him home, and the lad stepped out and
with swift feet hastened ou to his brother,
who took him home, where they were so
glad to greet him, and for a long time sup¬
per had been waiting. So may it be when
the night of death comes and our earthly
friends can not go with us, and we dare
not go alone; may our Brother, our elder
Brother, our Friend closer than a brother,
come out to meet us with the light of the
promises, which shall be a lantern to our
feet; and then we will go in to join our
loved ones waiting for us, supper all ready,
the marriage supper of the Lamb!
San Jose Hug in Germany.
Dr. Heinrich Dorhru, of Slettiu, writes
that the Sau Jose bug has long been known
in Germany as the unjustified. blut-laus and that the
present scare is
PENITENNT1ARY OFFICERS OUT.
Governor Taylor, of Tennessee, Causes
a Shake-Up Among Them.
A Nasliville dispatch says: There
Avas quite a shake-up of penitentiary
officials Friday. Warden P. H. Rags¬
dale, of the old prison, and Warden
Andrew McClelland,of the neAv prison,
Avere both discharged.
Ex-Sheriff G. W. Farris3, of Coffee
county, succeeds Ragsdale, while Mc¬
Clelland is succeeded by M. H. Gam¬
mon, Avho has been Avarden at Inman.
The vacancy at Inman has been offer¬
ed to John T. EdAvards, of Marshall
county, but he has not yet signified
his intention of accepting.
nONEY FOR “REDSKINS.”
Senate Passes Indian Appropriation
Bill Carrying $8,000,000.
A Washington dispatch says: Con¬
sideration of the Indian appropriation
bill was resumed by the senate Friday
and after being amended to some ex¬
tent the measure Avas passed.
The most important amendment to
the bill was that offered by Mr. Petti
greAv, of South Dakota, Avhicli, if final¬
ly enacted, will restore the free home¬
stead Iuav so far as it relates to Indian
lauds ceded to the United States, for
which lands the settlers have been
obliged to pay the purchase price paid
to the Indians. The bill carries appro
nriatinns amirecatiner &8.000.000.
ANOTHER GULDENSUPPE CASB.
Limbless and Denuded Body Found In
East River at New York.
The mutilated body of a man
out a stitch of clothing on it Avas found
in East > river at NeAv York Tuesday.
Half of the head was missing, the right
leg Avas cut off at the knee and both
arms were gone, having been cut off.
The police believe that another mur¬
der mystery of similar character to the
recent Guldensuppe case has been
earthed by this discovery.
KELLY HEIRS CONTROL ROAD.
A Decision Rendered In the East and
West Alabama Railroad.
Judge DoAvdell, of the chancery
court at AsheA’ille, rendered a decree
Saturday in the case of W. C. Brown¬
ing and other bondholders of the East
and West Alabama railroad against
the estate of the late Eugene Kelly, of
New York, declaring that $625,000 of
the receiver’s certificates bought by
Kelly are prior to all other claims
against the property.
spaiNTswatchful.
She Is flaking Additions to Her Navy
In Case of Emergency.
A dispatch to The Standard (Lon¬
don) from Glasgow says the Spanish
government has requested the Clyde
Bank Ship Building company to push
Spanish work.
The company, it is added, has de¬
spatched to Spain a high speed torpedo
cruiser fully manned by Spaniards.
In addition two torpedo boat destroy
ers are being completed for Spain.
NEW TELEPHONE COMPANY
Organized at Portland, Maine, With
Capital of Ten Millions.
The Union Telephone Company has
been organized in Portland, Me., for
the purpose of acquiring and operating
telephone lines.
The papers of incorporation call for
a $10,000,000 capital stock, of which
$300,000 is paid in. The officers are:
President, Frederick H. Gorman, of
New York; treasurer, George A. Bea¬
ton, of Detroit.
CARPET PLANT CLOSES DOWN
And Hore Than Two Hundred Opera¬
tives Are Out of Work.
A part of the plant of the Hartford
Carpet company, at Thompsonville,
Mass., has been closed for an indefi¬
nite period. More than 200 hands are
affected. An unsatisfactory demand
is said to have been the cause of the
shutdown.
A portion of the Westfield Plate
company’s factory at Thompsonville
also has closed its doors.
JUDGE ATKINSON
OUT FOR GOVERNOR.
Makes Formal Announcement Of
His Candidacy,
CANDLER RESIGNS POST.
Resignation Sent to Governor to
Take Effect March 31.
There Avere tAvo startling deA r elop
ments in the Georgia gubernatorial
arena Saturday.
The first of these Avas the announce¬
ment of Judge Spencer K. Atkinson
as a candidate in opposition to Hon.
Allen D. Candler.
The second Avas the resignation of
Colonel Candler from the office of sec
retary of state.
The announcement of Judge Atkin¬
son that he av i 11 oppose Colonel Cand¬
ler is the logical result of the efforts
of those opposed to Colonel Candler
to bring out a candidate.
As soon as Colonel Candler Avas in¬
formed of the announcement of Judge
Atkinson, he Avrote out his resigna¬
tion as secretary of state. His resig¬
nation is based on the ground that he
does not belieA’e that a man should
hold one office Avliile making an active
race for another. •
Colonel Candler’s resignation is to
take effect March 31.
Judge Atkinson’s announcement. Avas
gh-en out Saturday morning, and is as
folloAvs:
“I have decided to become a candi¬
date for the democratic nomination
for governor. Within a feAv days I
will state my views in regard to such
matters as may be pertinent to the
campaign. S. R. Atkinson.”
The announcement Avas not a sur¬
prise, since it has been knoAvn for
some time that Judge Atkinson was
likely to take such a step. *
Judge Atkinson is at present a
member of the state railroad commis¬
sion. He resigned recently from the
supreme bench, and several years ago
Avas a superior court judge,from Avhieh
position he resigned to make the race
for congress against Hon. H. G. Tur¬
ner.
Judge Atkinson is said to be one of
the state’s best stuiiqo speakers, and
as Colonel Candler also has a reputa¬
tion on the same line some lively times
may be expected.
Judge Atkinson’s friends believe
the ‘Svire grass,” or south Georgia,
Avill support him as solidly as will
north Georgia take up for Candler.
That the fight will be from now on
a hot one is not doubted. Those Avho
haA’e fought Colonel Candler Avill
align themselves Avith the supporters
of Judge Atkinson and the campaign
for the democratic nomination Avill
proceed with lines closely drawn and
the promise of a fight to the finish.
TO CONTEST EVANS WILL.
Brother of the Celebrated Dentist Will
Hold Up Bequests.
Advices from Paris state that the
will of the millionaire dentist, Thomas
W. Evans, Avho attempted to bequeath
the most of his fortune, amounting to
something like $10,000,000, to the es¬
tablishment of a dental institute and
museums named after himself, in
Philadelphia, is to be contested.
The matter came up in the Palais
de Justice Saturday and a lawyer,
representing Rudolf H.Evans, brother
of the famous dentist, announced that
he would contest the will, though by
so doing he forfeits $10,000 left him
by his brother, a clause iu the av i 11
disinheriting any legatee who shall
attempt to contest.
JUDGE TAYLOR ANNOUNCES
His Candidacy For Gubernatorial
Honors In Tennessee.
Judge John M. Taylor,of Lexington,
Tenn., announces that he will be a can¬
didate for the democratic nomination
for governor. He declares for the Chi¬
cago platform, favors tariff for reve¬
nue only and opposes any increase in
the state debt.
Congressman McMillin has not yet
decided whether he Avill enter the race,
but is being strongly urged to do so.
The race will be an exciting one, as
there has been no contest for the nom¬
ination since 1890.
INDICTMENT AOAINST CARTER.
Merchant to Be Tried On Charge of
Larceny After Trust.
H. B. Carter, who was carried from
Florida to Atlanta, Ga., to answer to
the charge of cheating and swindling,
has succeeded in giving bond, but has
not yet seoured his release.
The accused maD was taken to Ma
con Wednesday afternoon to answer to
the charge of larceny after trust. He
has been indicted by the Bibb county
grand jury. other charges
In addition to the
against Carter a Avarrant has been
sAvorn out at Atlanta charging him
with haA'ing committed arson in Wayne
oonnty-
HOUSE WANTS INFORfl ATION.
Resolution Asking For Latest News
On Cuban Situation.
A Washington dispatch says: Con¬
siderable unnecessary excitement was
caused among the members of the
house Monday by the rumor broadly
circulated before the house convened
that, important action relative to Cuba
was to he taken.
It turned out to be simply a resolu¬
tion of inquiry unanimously reported
by the foreign affairs committee last
week calling on the state department
for information as to the condition of
the coneentrados in Cuba and the pro¬
gress made in Spain’s effort to induce
the Cubans to accept autonomy. It
was adopted without division.
Mr.Quigg, republican, of New York,
a member of the foreign affairs com¬
mittee,was recognized. He first called
up a resolution reported from the for¬
eign affairs committee calling upon
the secretary of state, if not incom¬
patible with public interest, to trans¬
mit to the house the correspondence
relating to the discrimination of the
German government against the im¬
portation of American beef, fruit or
horses. It was adopted without divi¬
sion.
Mr. Quigg followed this with the
Cnban resolution. It Avas the resol u
tion previously offered by Mr. Will¬
iams, slightly modified.
Mr.Quigg stated that the resolution
would put the house in complete pos¬
session of the facts. There was no
effort on the part of the minority to
contest the ordering of the previous
question,and the resolution Avas adopt¬
ed without a dissenting voice.
PETTIGREW ON ANNEXATION.
Alabama Senator Closes His Long
Speech In Opposition.
The senate devoted about four hours
in executive session Monday to the
consideration of the Hawaiian treaty.
The principal speech was made by
Senator Pettigrew, this being the third
installment of his remarks upon the
subject. devoted himself
Senator Pettigrew Presi¬
largely to the administration of
dent Dole, showing how the govern¬
ment of Queen Liliuoknlani had been
overthrown and to a presentation, of
his views of this government’s partic¬
ipation in the revolution. He con¬
tended that the downfall of the queen’s
government was due to a conspiracy
oil the part of Minister Stevens, rep¬
resenting the United States and a few
citizens of Honolulu, of whom Presi¬
dent Dole was one, who were backed
by the marines from a United States
battleship. Vermont, fol¬
Senator Proctor, of
lowed with a brief speech m favor of
annexation. He devoted himself ex
clusively to the military phase of the
question. He cited the fact that
England has strongly fortified posts
all along our Atlantic seaboard.
Senator Davis simply stated that he
could not at present say when the de¬
bate would cease or when the senate
would be prepared to take a vote.
BAILEY A CANDIDATE.
Will Enter the Senatorial Race In
Texas Against Senator Chilton.
A Washington special says: Con¬
gressman Joe Bailey, of Texas, lias
declared himself a candidate for the
senate against Senator Chilton. Chil¬
ton’s term does not expire until 1901,
but Bailey’s early announcement was
forced by conditions in the Mills-Cul
berson case, which is now Avaxiug hot.
Mills is a candidate for re-election
and is trying to force the tariff to the
front as the main issue of the cam¬
paign. To do this lie attacks the
position taken by Bailey against free
raAv material, and to strengthen him¬
self, draws Senator Chilton into the
controversy.
CARTER CHARGED WITH FRAUD.
Savannah Aldermen Testify That He
Deceived the City. -
A Savannah special says: The gov¬
ernment Monday morning continued
to inA r estigate in the trial bycourtmar
tial of Captain O. M. Carter on the
charge that lie entered into an agree¬
ment Avith the Atlantic Contracting
company to defraud the city of Savan¬
nah out of a large sum of money by
forcing the city to sell at a sacrifice a
large quantity of rock ballast at quar¬
antine.
It Avas shown by old bills against
the city that the rock in 1887 brought
$1 per ton. It was sold for an insig¬
nificant amount in 1896, because Cap¬
tain Carter declared it must be moved
at once.
TRUST FALLS THROUGH.
Effort of Sewer Pipe /Takers To Com¬
bine Fails.
A dispateh from Akron, Ohio, says:
The sewer pipe combination by which
it was planned to organize an $11,%
000,000 corporation out of the compa¬
nies doing business in Ohio, West
Virginia and PennsylAanin, seems to
have gone the way of all previous at¬
tempts at similar combination.
The committee appointed to obtain,
the signatures to the agreement re¬
port that several large plants have
failed to join the movement. As a
consequence the formation of the pro¬
posed combination has been declared”
off.