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g a ppenings In the State of Inter¬
esting Import,
Protective Colonies T or Oeorgia.
A letter from Sparta, Wis., which
hed Secretary of State Phil Cook
?r^e Ivor two ago, people indicates of that that a
number of town
nd elsewhere are preparing to form a
colony for the purpose of coming to
^The communication has is one in which confi
Lnce the secretarv of state everv
since" it comes through an ofii
;-l 0 f Jlonroe county, Wisconsin’, t o
whom anplication had doubtless bee P
made as*to the conditions in Georgia,
C H Stevens, register of deeds,
in bis letter, asked for facts concern
in* the climate, soil, price of land and
cdacational advantages to be found in
this state Mr. Cook will make an ef
fort to get all the pamphlets descrip
tire of Georgia soil and life at the ear
best moment and will forward them to
Registrar Stevens.
Tho communication is the second of
the kind to be received from the north¬
west in the past two weeks. The first
letter reaching Secretary Cook was
from a French philanthropist, who is
now in St. Paul preparing the way for
several colonies of French peasants,
who are to be brought to America.
There is a hope that both plans to
bring large colonies to Georgia will
work out successfully. Following is
the letter from the registrar of deeds
of Monroe county, Wisconsin:
Hon. Phil Cook, Secretary of State: Dear
Sir—There are several parttics in this stato
who ne thinking of locating in tho south.
They have capital and would like to locate
a colony, We would like to get all the in¬
formation possible in regard to climate,
soil, price of land and educational advan¬
tages of your state. Any information you
can give us on these points will bo appro¬
bated. Eespeetfully, C. H. Stetexs,
Registrar of Deeds.
Governor Candler Cannot Attend.
Governor Candler has decided not
to attend the great nationol reunion of
the Blue and Gray at Evansville, Ind.,
October 10th, 11th and 13tb.
He has informed Colonel A . J. West,
who called on him with an urgent in¬
vitation from the secretary of tho re
nnion general committee, that his pub¬
lic duties at that time would prevent
him from going. The invitation in¬
cluded the governor’s wife and staff.
The reunion promises to be the
largest meeting of the kind ever held
on the continent, and Governor Cand¬
ler would hnve an audience of 50,000
people if he could be induced to go.
The selection of his subject was left to
him.
The governors of Alabama, Miss¬
issippi, Arkansas, Missouri, Illinois,
Indiana, Ohio, Kentucky and Tennes¬
see will bo present, and also President
guished McKinley and many other distin¬
men from both sections.
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Toccoa Presidential Postofilcs.
Postmaster Walker, at Toccoa, has
been informed by the postoffiee de¬
partment that the Toccoa office had
been made a presidential office. This
increases the salary considerably and
shows what a wonderful growth the
little city has experienced in the last
iwelvo months. Mr. Walker is being
fortune. congratulated freely on his good
THE PRUDENTIAL
INSURANCE COMPANY OF AMERICA.
Home Office, Newark, N. J. John F. Dryden, President.
j*. mm ASSETS JULY 1st, 1899, $30,876,019.39.
ai»jT Mm ’71 SURPLUS JULY 1st, 1899, $ 5,747,423.39.
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m am 1 DATE,
TOTAL PAYMENTS TO POLICY-HOLDERS TO IN LIFE NUANCE
$ 39 , 333 , 060 . 09 . And Under the Best Mions.
FOR PARTICULARS AS TO GENERAL AGENCY CONTRACTS APPLY TO
R. L. WHITE, Special Agent, JAMES O. WYNN, Manager Southern Department,
Conyers, Oeorgia. Prudential Building, Atlanta, Ha.
The
looking to the erection of a cotton mill,
received a fresh impetus recently when
Hons. O. N. Starr and W. R. Rankin
commenced a canvass of the town for
the sale of stock. The proposed cap¬
ital of the new mill is put at $50,000,
with shares of $100 each.
An Cr.nsnnl Injunction.
In the Chatham superior court Mrs.
Laura E. Newton, of Savannah, filed a
petition for divorce from her husband,
Robert Newton, alleging cr.«el treat
sensational part of the proceed
. "hen the petitioner asked
* n S s cfltne
for ftn injunction restraining her hns
band from coming about her house or
Paving anything further to do with her
or her children.
The injunction was granted by Judge
Paul Seabrook of the Atlantic circuit
ln tlie absence of Judge Robert Falli
E ant - Mr - Newton was permitted to
send a drayman to the house for his
weflnn i? apparel, but if he tries to en¬
ter tlla 1101139 b9 will be arrested and
placed in jail.
This is the second time in the histo¬
ry of Georgia so far as the Savannah
attorneys know of this action being
taken by a wife seeking divorce. Tho
supremo court in 1S97 decided that
the course was a legal one.
Northeastern In Good Shape.
The investigating committee ap¬
pointed by the last legislature to look
into the affairs of the Northeastern
railroad, have concluded their labors
and will make up their report which
will bo pgp.senl to the next legislature.
While the report has not yet been
formulated, Chairman Swift, of the
joint committee, did not hesitate to
say when asked about it that tho com
mittee found everything in connection
with the road to be in the very best
condition. They found the roadbed
and rolling stock in good shape and
the general affairs of the road to be in
excellent condition.
Atlions OH Mill Disposed Of.
Mr. George Lyndon, owner of the
Athens oil mill and the Athens ice
factory, has sold both plants to a
company of Abbeville, S. C., people,
headed by Preside t J. Allen Smith,
of the National bank of Abbeville,
The purchasers will make a number
of improvements at once.
Atlanta Depot Ca*e.
The stato railroad commission will
not take up the Atlanta depot case that iin
til Thursday, October 5th. By
time the roads expect to be prepared
to present to the board plans for a
union station on tho present site.
Major J. W. Thomas, who controls
tho situation, is conferring with Air.
Spencer, of tho Southern.
Tho Western and Atlantic, Georgia,
tho Atlanta and West Point and the
Seaboard are willing to go into the
project. Some modifications were
made in the plans to meet the views
of the Central.
The present indications are that all
the roads will get together on the
plan for an elevated station, and they
will bo propared to push it if the city
and state accept their proposal.
Valdosta Bond* Sold.
The Valdosta city council opened
for tho issue of $35,000 of city
which are to be made for the
of constiucting a system of
sewerage. A number of bids
CONYERS, GA., FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 29, 1899.
fere received, the highest
from F. M. Stafford, of Chattanooga.
They offered $37,650 for the bonds.
The total amount to be received for
the issue is $37,650, giving a total
premium of $2,650 on the lot.
Gold Mine Closed Down.
Charles C. Jones, of White county,
has gone to Marquette, Mioh. He
has been gold mining on lot 10, White
county, for the past two years and
has spent a large sum of money in de
veloping property. Recently he had
a handsome offer for his mine, bathe
fore the negotiations were completed,
a suit was begun by a party, who
claimed the title. Mr. Jones Bhutthe
mine down and accepted a position as
consulting engineer in Michigan. He
will be engaged in the great iron
field* of Michigan and in the Rainy
Lake gold oountry, aoross the border.
He says that he will fight the case to
a finish and the mine will be shut
down for ten years if the litigation is
not soon ended.
Disastrous Fire In Fake Park.
Lake Park had a very destructive
fire to break out in F. M. White A
Son’s general merchandise store at
8:30 last Sunday morning. One entira
block of twelve buildings on Main
oireet was entirely destroyed.
PARADE PROGRAM
«\* ArtRngeA By \l\o Reetiplion
Committee at New York*
A New York dispatch says: The
Dewey reception committee has finally
decided upon the order to be taken by
the oity officials and tho guests of the
city in the land parade. It is as fol¬
lows:
Sousa’s band.
Battalion sailors from Olympia.
Dewey and the mayor.
De vey’s five captains at Manila,
Dewey’s personal staff.
Rear Admiral Sampson and Ran¬
dolph Guggeuheimer.
Admiral Sampson’s staff.
Admiral Philip, commander of tho
New York station, and President T. F.
Woods, of the board of aldermen.
Staff of Admiral Philip.
Junior officers of the Olympia.
Junior officers of the North Atlantic
squadron.
That will complete the naval forma¬
tion. Then will come the guests of
the city in this order:
Visiting governors not accompanied.
Major General Miles and aides.
Rear Admiral Schley and Rear Ad¬
miral Miller (retired.) municipal
Joint committee of the
assembly (fourteen of them.)
Sailors of the North Atlantic squad
ron.
Following the sailors will be sol¬
diers of the regular army and other
military organizations.
MOSBY'S MEN HONORED.
monument to Their Memory Unveiled at
Front Royal, Va.
Five thousand Virginians, West
Virginians, old confederates from
nearly every southern state and men
and women from as far north as New
York, witnessed the unveiling at
Front Royal, Va., Saturday of a mon¬
ument erected by the survivors of
Colonel John S. Mosby’s famous com¬
mand to seven of their comrades shot
and hung at that plaoe during the war
between the states.
Over 200 of Mosby’s men were in
altendance, the largest number of
members of this band which has beon
together since 1865.
READY FOR DEWEY
Reoeption Arrangements Com
pleted at New York.
DEMAND FOR TICKETS ENORMOUS
A Hundred Thousand Applicant. For a
Twenty Thousand Issue— Expense*
More Than Expected.
A New York special says: All the
general arrangements for the recep¬
tion of Admiral Dewey are now com¬
plete and only a few detail* are left to
be settle!. The majority of these can
not be attended to until the admiral
has arrived and his wishes have been
consulted,
All tho sub-committees have about
finished their work and have presented
their reports to the general committee.
The committed on distribution of
tickets was at work nil day in the
mayor’s office until late at, night. They ail
apportioned nearly 20,000 tickets,
there were at their disposal. There
were applications for more than 100,
000- Their work did not include the
distribution of tickets to the munici¬
pal assembly and the school children’s
stands. These tickets will be at the
disposal of the municipal legislators
and tho president of the board of edu¬
cation.
The committee on stands is yet to
decide exactly what will be tho capaci¬
ty of the new' stands. If the commit
tee stands for all the expenditures it
has authorized, it will have spent more
than $45,000 in excess of the first ap¬
propriation made to it of $30,000 and
$1,000 more than it has in sight even
if the municipal assembly votes to give
It the additional $25,000 that is to be
asked fer at the next meeting of the
aldermeu and council.
For the seventy odd thousand ex¬
pended, the committee has furnished
about 20,000 seats to the ticket com¬
mittee, 4,000 on the city hall stands,
6,000 for tho school children, 10,000
for the municipal assembly and 25,000
for the veterans of the Grand Army of
the Republic, a total of about 40,500
seats for about $73,000.
Concerning the committee of seven
that is to attend Admiral Dewey during
his stay in New York, Mr. Foster said
he had received a reply in writing from
Chaunoey M. Depew and in person
from Richard Croker and William
MoAdoo. Mr. Croker said tbs com¬
mittee could make any use of him
they desired and that he was ready to
do anything in his power to help along
the success of the celebration. With
the exception of Levi P. Morton and
W. 0. Whitney all the members of the
committee have accepted.
MISTRIAL IN HUGHES CASE.
Jury Announce* That It W«i Impossible
to Roach Agreement.
Another mistrial has resulted in the
Mattie A. Hughes murder case at
Greenville, S. C.
The jury retired Friday night shortly
after 6 o’clock and at 10 o’clock an¬
nounced that it would be impossible
to agree, They were sent back to their
room with instructions to deliberate
further.
At 8 o’clock Saturday morning they
asked that they be discharged, having
reached no verdict.
The jury stood eight for acquittal,
three for manslaughter and one for
oonviotiou.
The defendant will be tried again at
the coming spring term of court. She
i3 charged with the murder of her
husband, George W. Hughes, on No
vember 18th, 1898.
FAMOUS ASTROLOGER DEAD.
H « Predicted Hate of HU Demise Dike
wise That of Ilia Wife ami Son.
Dr. Luke D. Broughton, president
of the Astrological Society of America,
died in New York Saturday. He cast
his horoscope many years ago and pre¬
dicted that the critical periods of his
life were the 15th, 16tli and 21st days
of the present month and present
year. His death, he predicted, would
occur on Se] tember 22d.
Dr. Broughton has made many suc¬
cessful predictions. Ou his advice
his eldest son did not marry, as his
father had predicted the exact time of
his death in 1885. Airs. Broughton
also died as predicted in 1891. lie
wrote many many pamphlets and one
book on astrology.
COMPOSITORS WERE DISATI8IFED,
Non-Union Type-Setters on New York Sun
Claim Bad Treatment.
A New York dispatch ssys: A num¬
ber of tho non-union compositors who
took the place of the locked
out printers of the Suu struck
Tuesday night. They complain that
they have been unjustly treated and
that the management has not kept the
agreement made with them.
According to their story they were
to receive 50 cents per 1,000 eras,
which is the union wnge RCnle. They
have reoeived this, but from eight to
ten proof correctors have been em¬
ployed and their wages of 60 cents per
hour have been deducted from the
earnings of the compositors.
SIX KILLED OUTRIGHT
In CollUIon Between Freight «n<l
senger Trains In Colorado.
A special from Denver says
passenegers were killed outright
five injured, one perhaps fatally, in
collision on the Denver and Rio
railroad at Reno siding, near Floronce,
Saturday evening. Tho trains in
lision were the Pbillips-Judson
sion from tho east and the
fast freight. had
The excursion train run
Chicago over tho Chicago and
and Missouri Pacifio railroad and
turned over to the Denver and
Grande at 2 p, m.
OFF FOR THeThTlIPJP1NES.
Half of tho Twenty-Ninth
Teavos Fort. McPherson.
Six companies of the
regiment United States
have left Fort McPherson, Ga., en
route to San Francisco, where they
to board transports for tho
pines. the regiment
The first section of
under command of Colonel 13. E.
din ; the second section, under
mand of Captain Stern, and a
section left under command of
Case. ___
GENERAL IIETH DEAD.
Confederate Historian Pusses Away nt
III* Homo In Washington.
General nenry Hetb, the confeder¬
ate chieftain and historian, died
his home in Washington, D. C.,
Wednesday morning of Bright’s dis
ease. The end had been expected
hourly for several weeek*.
Official Organ of Rockdale Conn
t.y. Has Largest Circulation In
The County.
EXPLOSION KILLLS FOUR.
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Boiler of Ginnery at Palmetto,
Ga., Blows Up With Disas¬
trous Results.
By the explosion of a boiler in the
Hearn ginnery, a half mile from Pal¬
metto, Ga., about 9 o’clock Moilday
morning, three men were instantly
killed and the building around the
boiler room was torn to fragments.
The dead men are: D. P. Hearn,
aged forty-seven years, married and
had a wife and several children; J. P.
Hearn, aged forty-five years, single;
Penn Hearn, aged sixteen, son of D.
P. Hearn.
The ginnery had been operated by
the Messrs. Hearn for some time past.
At the usual hour Monday morning
tho three Hearns went to work with
the help they employed about the
plnoe. Shortly aftor 9 o’clock it was
discovered that the engine was out of
order, in some way, and the Hearns,
who were of a mechanical turn of
mind, undertook to remedy the defect.
Tho three men gathered about tho
engine boiler and were at work when
the explosion occurred, the helpers
being in another part of the building.
The three men were within a few feet
of each other and all received the full
force of the explosion, which was ter¬
rific.
D. P. Hearn was lifted bodily from
his feet by the force of the explosion
and throwu through the side of the en¬
gine room, tenring away the weathor
boarding as ho went. His body was
picked up forty-five feet away, horri¬
bly torn and lacerated. One-half of
his head was torn nway and missing.
J. P. Hearn was tossed through tho
side of the building and his body was
picked np about twenty-five feet from
the engine room.
Penn Hearn, the son of D. P. Hearn,
was thrown fifteen feet away, Ilia
right arm was completely torn from
his body and was found fifty yards
from it.
The explosion was heard for miles
away, while the houses in Palmetto, a
mile distant, were shaken as though
by an earthquake.
The building was completely wreck¬
ed and pieoes of the boiler were car¬
ried a hundred feet through the air
before falling, while the build¬
ing was scattered in all directions.
The men who wore working in tho gin
with tho Hearns, escaped injury.
Just what caused the accident will
probably never be known. It is sup¬
posed the water had been allowed to
run low in the boiler, while the Messrs.
Hearn were at work on tho'engine and
that cold water was injected
lessly or by accident.
COMMANDER WAS A GEORGIAN.
Watson SojhIh a Dispatch Regard lug Ihe
Capture* of Boat By Insurgent*.
A Washington dispatch says: Naval
Cadet Welbern Wood, who was in
command of tho gunboat Urdnneta,
which was beached and captured by
the Filipinos, and the commander
killed, was from the Ninth district of
Georgia. It was erroneously announced
that Wood was from Oregon.
The navy department Tuesday re¬
ceived from Admiral Wataon a cable¬
gram announcing the capture and de¬
struction of the gunboat Urdnneta,
reported in the press dispatches.
Another dispatch from the admiral
stated that he learned from the insur¬
gent forces that hor comraander.Naval
Cadet Wood,was killed in nction. The
fate of the crew is unknown.
38.
A JUDICIAL HEARING
Asked For Captain Carter By
Wayne MaoVeagh,
THE PLEA IS LISTENED TO BY GRIGGS
Counsel Declares Verdict Was Fall of
Errors and Gives Many Reason!
For Revision.
A Washington special sAys: Attorney
General Griggs gave a hearing Wed¬
nesday to Wayne MacVeagh, counsel
in the conrtinartial case of Captain
O. M. Carter, of tho army. Mr. Mac¬
Veagh asked for a judicial hearing in
the case, saying that if the president
affirmed the proceedings he would be
guilty of an act of great, cruelty and
wrong. The record was, he continued.
so saturated with errors of law that it
is impossible in a country governed
by law to affirm tho finding.
Before proceeding with his argu¬
ment proper, ho corrected what he
designated ns erroneous reports con¬
cerning the case. Tho first of these
to which ho gave his attention was a
statement that Secretary Alger had al¬
lowed the attorneys for Carter to take
away and keep possession of tlie record
J
of the case. This, he said, was abso
lutely untrue. the accused had
Tho counsel for
never seen the original record and
bad received no favors. It was also
false that tho representatives of Car¬
ter had importuned the president in
the captain's behalf. On the contrary,
the only pressure brought to bear
upon the president was from the other
side for the affirmation of the finding.
He recited eleven instances of what
he termed positive inventions retailed
to tho correspondents of the newspa¬
pers during the past, eighteen months.
Sooner or later he expected to reveal
the authors of these reports and ex¬
pose their motives and then to hold
somebody responsible for proving
their truth.
He had thought of asking the new
secretary of war to signalize his en¬
trance upon his duties by posting this
notice over the doors of two of the di¬
visions of the department:
“No falsehoods shall be dissemi¬
nated from this office during office
hours.”
Mr. MaoVeagh also denied that the
finding of the court had been unani
mous notwithstanding, he said, the
war department had bo stated. %
In asking that the conrtmartial ver¬
dict be set aside, Mr.
urged the unfitness of such a court
composed of men untrained in the
law to deal with questions such as
those involved in this case.
The findings of such a court has no
validity and carries no weight. The
findings were based ou a jumble of in¬
congruous and discordant charges,
ranging from embezzlement and deceit
on the smallest matters to charges of
conspiracy of immense magnitude.
In reply to a question from the at¬
torney general, Mr. MacVeagh admit¬
ted no objection to the misjoinder of
charges that had been made in the
courtmatial.
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