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jj NEWS IN BRIEF.
interest Gatlsrea at Haidon
a ill over tie State.
I Korthen has apn ointed Hun.
I , r of Chattooga eouuty, succeed
fnr . 1892 for Fulton
.
f F Se taxable The property tax digest to be
K ami
[grease $52,345,972. This
up ^$4,574,879.
^plaints \xssssr of the Georgia s >9 state
lion.
complains of new rates of
bus southern and eastern
„ cotton to Rad
esta blisbed by the Southern
Steamship Associaiion for the
seas n. It is claimed that
ling discrimination has been used
,
Columbus.
Aluminum Plant for Rome.
„ been mad for the
have ■
cements extensive Aluminum plant
of an will be located in
Ibe plant the railroads have
ime, where All
portant concessions. neces- abun
eria ; can be obtained in
- - ...
Floyd county. Tne factory will
abant five hundred dollars worth
mum per dav whe t first started,
it is expected to double this ca
jt will be shipped to eastern
for the present.
Augusta HerciH says that the
Lowers of southwest Georgia sold
,,p for $200,880 net, and that
of Northern money is now circu
a that region. About the same
k we presume, was lost for want
png, evaporating _ and distilling
fses’to iMarahallvilie work up sho the uld surplus double pro- her
] next y ar by utiliz ng what she
ship. She should also bore an
i ^11 and not depend on Monte
ir pure water.
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has been broken at Savannah
istructim began on the Macon,
;| ,n i Savannah railroad from Sa¬
U to Dublin. Engineer Dunn steadily states
I will be prosecuted it. When
any effort to rush
ted this road will be the shortest
rom Savannah to Macon, 164 miles,
[our miles Dublin are now and in the operation
■aeon L to company
well. The road, when finished
In through Chatham, Bryan, Bul
B’attuall, L, Emanuel, Montgomery,
Twiggs and Bibb counties.
Ilessw zaeTchants of Savannah who
Insurance amounting to about three
I I dollars met a few days ago to
against the recent increase in the
pf insurance in that city, ranging
B to 80 per cent of the old rates,
itions were adopted requesting a
race with a committee of the
rn Jjsociation aud a committee
pointed for that purpose and to
b ind with insurance companies not
f compact and see what arrange
can be made to place insurance
bem. Other business men will be
ted in the movement at once. Mer
are determined not to submit to
:rease if it can be avoided.
F students who attended the Geor
ormal College at Athens, passed
plowing Ksioos: resolutions at the close of
FjlvetJ, ofthe Georgia That we, normal the teachers college, and express stu
Ipnciation and gratitude to Governor
sn for his successful efforts in behalf of
tr education and the elevation of the
raiid we tender him our cordial support
1 D8 °f this great state and claim him as
wdel governor.’
solved, That we, who have attended the
i of the Georgia normal college, fur. her
?eMion the legislature of our state at its
ission to take such steps as will perma
establish aud equip this normal school
tat we believe to be one of the most im
it and pressing educational works in
ia.”
a
■om the 6th to the 10th of September
f be in session at Atlanta one of
■most important conventions repre
the manufacturing interests of the
PQ States ever held in the city. This
•Dization is known as the National As
lition of Stationary Engineers, and is
posed fleam of engineers in every branch of
P>aal organization engineering profession. The
franch is composed of lo
pmerable associations in all cities of any
size in the United States.
Py state and territory in the union be
R presen ted, there being upwards of
P f undred and forty of these branch
rfpmzations. f The obj ct of the asso
oa 13 be development and elevation
f e methods and practice of the en¬
tering P,° knowledge business, and for the dissemi
n among its members
Ris particular line.
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, Georgia at Chicago.
- ' e * orld’s fair committee for Geor
[®J nes a a few days mining held and a meeting account in
ago, on
*k of* ecur \ ’ n nterest g a mineral ma nifested exhibit in the for
w or ,j a’s fair, the following
s resolu
were passed:
anLi?’ !! ei mee ^ this committee. committee will not
■!iolv n “ as a
e <> That every member of this
r» v - com
r “Sources “,„ eTer of y the person state interested be and they in the min
are heie-
by requested t<» forward at one ail miner*
specimens which they desire ■ xhibited at the
World’s fair at Chicago to Hou. R. T. Nesbitt,
commissioner of agricultui e of the state of
Georgia, at Atlanta, Ga.
Resolved, 3 That if a sufficient quantity of
minerals a-e not sent to be exhibited at the
World’s fair at Chicago that whatever is sent be
placed upon exhibition in .he agricultural de¬
partment of the state of Georgia.
Resolved, 4. That we can ot too stronglv
urge and impress upon the people of Georgia the
great importance of taking advantage of this
exhibition to advertise to the-world the great
resources of the state.
Georgia Crops.
A ccor d ing -u* v* nattier bureau
port rnr Tndphst week an excess of rain
and want of sunsh ne the crop prospects
in the northwi st section of the state are
rather discouraging. There is little
change in the condition of cotton, and
the outlook is generally poor. But little
cotton has opened in this portion of the
state. Fodder pulling has been retarded
by the wet weather, aDd it is now firing
and drying up on the stalks of the early
crop. Fruit and melons are about gone.
Northeast Section—The weather was
highly benefic al to nearly all crops.
About the average amount of rainfall,
heat and sunshine, was received, and
everything is in a much better condition.
Cotton is doing fairly well on r d lands
but it is shedd'ng at an alarming rate on
gray and sandy S"il Reporters es imate
the crop to be < fif from 25 to SO per cent.
Corn is in good condition, but fodder
pulling is only begun in some of hese
counties while in others it is nearly
finished. Caue is b ing cut in some
places and the mills are already at work.
Sweet potato s and peas ar*- looking well.
West Section—IL avy rains, accompa¬
nied by an exc ss of heat, seem to have
been general over theen ire section. Cot¬
ton, although very poor, is not shedd’ng
as much as it was last week. It has been
impossible to s>ve fodder on account of
the wet weather, and in some portions of
the sect! n 90 per cen f of it st 11 remains
on the stalk The general condition of
corn is good. Fruit is about gone. Ail
of the smallet crops are doing very well.
Centra! Section—Warm, rainy weather
has prevailed during the eut re week.
Although cotton picking was commenced
on a few plantations, yet it has not be¬
come general on account of the excessive
rains. The bolls are rotting in many
places. Fodder is nearly alt pulled, but
it has been damag d in places by rain.
A large yield has already been harvested.
With a few excep’ions the yield of corn
will be above the average. An abundant
yield of potatoes and [teas is expected,
and a large crop of turnips bus been
sowed.
Eastern Section—Very encouraging re¬
ports are received from this section of
the state. As a rule all crops have im¬
proved very perceptibly under the influ¬
ence of a seasonable amou t of rain,
heat and sunshine. Cotton is opening
rapidly and picking is in progress. From
the pres* nt repot ts it is thought that the
shortage will not be as great as in other
sections, A large amount of folder has
been secured and a good crop of corn is
expected. All small crops, such as peas,
potatoes and turnips are very good. it Rice
is in good condition and some of is
being cut. Section—More damage has
Southwest
been caused in thus counties than in any
others in the state. Rain has been fall¬
ing continuously for several weeks and
the outlook is very gloomy. Cotton is
seriously damaged on nearly all planta¬
tions, and rotting is very general. Quite
a number of bales have been marketed
but a large percentage of them were
stained badly.
Cane is good, but potatoes have a poor
appearance in many p aces.
South Section—The rainfall, though
about normal, was badly distributed.
Cotton is still reported as in poor condi¬
tion, and there are numerous complaints
of rotting. Rust is also quite gen -ral in
some localities. Corn is very good and
ready to be gathered. A good yield is
expected. Potatoes, peas and cane have
been injured as much as other crops.
Southeast Section-The rainfall, though
about the average, was mostly in the
form of local showers has which improved were badjy in
distributed. Cotton
most portions of this sec,t ion, though
where heavy rains fell the growth was
retarded and rust appeared. The pick¬
ing of early cotton has been in progress
between the showers. Potatoes and
cane are excellent.
BARON HIRSCH TO VISIT US.
He Will Come to America Sometime in
September. 1
Baron Hirsch, who is perhaps the mos
liberal and philanthropic Hebrew living,
will visit America in a few weeks. He
will sail from France about the middle
of next September. The purpose of hii
visit is to further and promote the planf
he has in view for assisting the persecutec
and unfortunate members of his race
There are many Russian Jews in this,
country, and many of them are in strait¬
ened circumstances. It is benefit principally Jews the
object of Baron Hirsch to the
who have thus been driven away from
ineir homes by the tyranny of Russian
despotism.
North Carolina at Chicago.
Dr. Battle, director of the North Caro
liua state experiment station received on
Saturday a very important order from the
United States agricultural collection depot of all to secure grains
for it the choicest Caro¬
and other cereals grown in North
lina for the above department’s exhibit
at the world’s fair, and in connection
with it will secure specimens for the
state’s own exhibit. Both collections are
to embrace every county in the sta e and
will number probaoly over one thousand
specimens. The farmers will in reality
make both displays at no expense what
ever to them and their names wiil in all
cases anoear on their exhibits.
TELEGRAPHIC GLEANINGS.
Tie Hews ol tie WorlS Contaisei Into
Fitly aud Pointed Parairapls,
Interesting and Instructive to All
Classes of Readers.
Casey’s refining works, Brooklyn, N.
Y., were totally destroyed by * fire Tues
day night.
nn on tt the n Australian l. ... . r . , coan Newfield w s Monday. was wrecks Eleven , ,
of the crew were drowned.
The supreme lodge Knights of Pythias
has decided upon Washington City as
the place for the next encain ment.
Anderson & Co., manufactu era and
dealers in carriages and agricultmal im¬
plements, Port Huron, Mich., failed
Monday.
Assistant Secretary Crounse, of the
treasury having department, will resign shortly,
been nominated for governor of
Nebraska.
Pennsylvania Iron Works,at Lancaster,
Pa., started to work Monday, alter two
mouths’ idleness. The puddlers accept
a reduction of 35 cents a ton.
W. R. Brooks, of Smith’s observatory,
Geneva, N. Y , announces to the Har¬
vard college ■ bservatory the discovery <>f
a new comet found by him August 28 h.
The death of Rev. Wm. II. Wit hing¬
ton, the oldest Harvard graduate, oc¬
curred in Jackson, Michigan, Thur-day.
He was 94 year* old, and graduated from
Ha vard in 1821.
The American petition in favor of the
release from prison of Mrs. Maybrick.aDd
which contain” the names of Mesdumes
Hanis'm and Blaine, was presented t >
Queen Victoria Monday.
A big delegation from North Carolina
and V rginia waited upon Superintend¬
ent Hahn, of the speakers’ bureau <if the
republican committee in New York,
Tuesday, to obtaiu the aid of efficient
speakets in their states.
A . New , T York dispatch says: Pierre
Lorillard, on Thursday, engaged Jocky
Willie S mins to ride for him during the
season of 1893 at a salary of $12,000, and
-r, Dr. n G. T L. rr Knapp signed , S. ,, J. T Doggttt . to
ride for the Oneck stables at a salary of
$8,000.
Presid-nt Harrison arrived i« New
York Wednesday morning and left again
without more than a half dozen peoble be
ing able to get t-ight, of him. It reqirred
considerable manoeuvering and ordering
and counter ordering to accomplish the
feat, but it was accomplished.
A London cablegram of Thursday says :
Home Secretary A squuh, at the request
of the Ir sh members of pirliament, has
consented to take into consideration the
question of the lease of the Irish convicts
now serving in the prison under convic
tion of having been connected with
dynamite plots,
A Fall River, Mass., dispatch says:
Counsel for Lizzie Borden and the state
made arguments Thursday before Judge
Blaisdell, reviewing th« testimony given.
The court w >uld not release Lizzie Bor -
den, but held her to awuit the action of
the grand jury. Th» accused was or
dered to the county jail lor trial at the
November term.
cial session Wednesday morning for the
purpose of declaring a strike. As this
organization embraced 90 percent of the
car service the strike, if declared, will
resu t in a complete tie up of all the lines.
Their grievance is the discharge of three
conductors without trials.
A cablegram of Sunday from Berlin,
Germany, states that radical newspapers
condemn the proposed military bill and
demand the legal two years’ service sys¬
tem. The liberals also are preparng to
oppose all military votes unless the con¬
cessions are made. The situation threa¬
tens a renewal of the crisis that atteuded
the introduction of tLie Septennate bill
of 1887.
A Kansas City dispatch of Thursday
says: It is stated that a wholesale dis
change of the pisseDger train comiuctor
on the Santa Fe and other railroads will
be inaugurate 1 at once and will continue
until every one of the old men has been
di missed. The reason for dismiss d is
believed to be the re-ult of the investiga¬
tion which developed that all conductors
were car ying passengers for less than
regular fare and pocketing the amount
charged.
BIG FIRE IN AUGUSTA.
Prominent Business Firms Burned
Out—The Chronicle’s Misfortune.
At three o’cl ck Saturday morning, fi e
►Tore m^AugUBuf Boxes’ 1™
rdture house Ga. Before .he
fire was extingui-hed the Alexander’s
Drug and Seed Co.’s building and stock,
Feming & Boxes’ furniture store,
Thomas & Barton’s music house, the
Chronicle building and pl.nt and por
tions of Dorr’s tailoring establishment
and Delmonico’s restaurant were burned
These buildings wer all on Broad street
and in the midst of the b-st business
portion nortion of 01 the me city cu,y. The lo«s is $250,
000, and the insurance *,-,-000 f 175 00 0 The
’ '
,
Chronicle lost its ent r . p ant am -
thing except books and the files of titty
vears years. The lDeLQron Chronicle wi 1 not miss an
issue, however, ha g arrange 0
the J ,
ments to print paper .emp •
another office. Ihw • '* the ‘-b^st h t
Augusta ever had. Rebuilding will com
men on at once.
TWENTY DAYS’ QUARANTINE
Will le Enlerai on all Immigrant Slips
Il Oar Gmrment.
A Circular Issued from the Office of Su¬
pervising Surgeon General.
A Washington disp tch says: Presi
de " t H f« s ™ «nd party reached Wash
jngtou from New Yor* Thursday morn
ing and were at once driven to the exec
ut ive mansion. The presiden.’s unex
pe( . t ed return to the capital at this time
was due to his desire to consult with
members of his cabinet as to what furtner
measures if any, should be ad’ pted by
he government to prevent the introduc¬
tion of cholera into this country.
TWENTY DAYS’ QUARANTINE.
At the request of the president, Assist¬
ant Secretary Spaulding, of the treasury
dep trtuient, and Dr. Wyman, eurgeou
general of the marine hospital, met the
president and nrnnb rs of h s cabinet at
comereuce at 11 o’clock Thursday morn
ng Afhr an hour’s deliberation it was
decided not to issue a proc amation at
this time, but to issue a special ciriular
n stead.
The circular was issued by direction of
the pre-ide"t. and is as fo lows:
“Treasury Depar ment, Offi-e of Sitpervi-ing Hospital
Surgeon General United states Marine
service.—Washing on. D C-, Sept "uber 1.—To
Collectors of Customs, M dioal Oftie rs Marine
Hospital Service, Foreign Steamship Compa¬
nies, State and Local Boanls of He ltli: It hav¬
ing been officially declared that cholera is pre¬
vailing in various portions of Russia, Ger¬
many and Frunce and at c rt in ports in
Great Britain, as well as in Asia, and
it having been mad- to appear that im¬
migrants in large numbers are coming in o
the United S ates from the infected districts,
aforesaid, and that they and iheir personal
effects are liable to intr >duce cholera into the
United States, and that vessels conveying
them are thereby a direct menace to the pub¬
lic health; and it having b> en turth r sh wn
that under the laws of the several s ates,
quarantine detentions may be impo<ed upon to
these ve-seb a sufficient length of of time
insure against the spreading contagious
disea-es, it is hereby ordered that no v ssel
from any foreign teener port carrying immig ants
s)l8lI |, e admitied at any pot of the
United States until the said vessel shall have
undergone a quarantine detention of twenty
days-unless such detention is forbidden by
laws of the state or regulations mide thereun
( j 0( ,— an( ^ ^i, gre ter number of davs as
m iy b fixed in each special case by the state
authorities.
w be raade t i 10 atl bject 0 f special eonsidera
tion upon due application to the department.” Wy
The circular is signed by Walter United
man, supervising general of the
States marine hospital service; t harlcs
Foster, secretary of the treasury, and ap¬
proved by the president.
will stop immigration .
The practical eff et of this twenty
days’quarantine ci cular it is believed
will step immigration fr m Europe for
the time being and thus will be brought
about a result which the popular mind
believes to be desirable at this time. The
steamship companies, it is argued, will
not care to bring immigrants to this
country and support them for a long
period before they are allowed to land,as
tmeh traffic would be very unprofitable, days’
The declaration of the twenty qunr
antine will be a notice to the foreign gov
ermnents that immigration for the present
is not desirable.
GEORGIA WEALTH AND TAXES.
The Tax Rale This Year Will be 4.85
Cents oh $100.
Georgit’s tax rate will be 4.85 mills
for this year. The rate was fixed Tues¬
day by Governor Northen and Comptroller
General Wright. The state has to raise
$2 245,000 by taxation this year, and it baa
$462,000,000, in round numbers, to levy
taxes on. To determine the rate was a
question of division.
Of the total taxable property, $42,000,
000 is returned by railroads and street
railways. 1 hree counties l ave not made
their returns—Chattooga, Dougherty and
Sumter—but last year they returned
$12,284,000, which added to the $4<)8,
<)07,0U0 for this year by the other 134
counties makes $420,000,000 of taxable
property exclusive of the r ilway prop¬
erty. Last year the tax rate was 5 08
mills on the dollar. The rate for this
ySkr is .23 of a mill, or nearly a quarter
of a mill, less than last year.
Two latge items in the S' ate’s expenses
for the coming y< ar will be $590,000 tor
state schools and $585,000 tor pensions,
these two items and $99,000 more
awarded the old lessees of the state road
for betterments ran the rate up last ye ir.
Were it not for these large appropria¬ mills.
tions the rate would be only 2
For general purposes exclusive of the
schools and the pensions the new tax
rate is lower than it has ever been since
ihe war.
LETTER FROHMHR. rpniVT MR CLEVELAND CLEVELAND
Commending a Colored Democratic
Worker
Herbert A. Clark, a colored man of ,
Columbus, Ohio, rem ntly prepaid an Pres.- ar
tide in reply to some criticisms on
dent Cleveland, p-esenling an argument
t o show from his standpoint why colored
voter s sh.m d support the ex president.
Copies of the articles were seat to tne
two candidates and Cl»rk is in v ceipt of
the following acknowledgement:
“I have received your letter of the 2!st in
£3 stant ES with ffihfn clippings which you enclos-d and
t most satisfaction. lam
we 1 satisfied that in time to come yonr con-
8cionsn eae of having done something to benefit,
in a practical w y, our colored fellow citizens,
will be abundantcompensation for the effort,
you are making in support of the democratic
cange> Assuring yon that I fully apprec ate
yonr expressed de.ernunation to labor lot the
truly, ^ of the dmocraijcpnnmples^^ your. ^
THKODGHOOT THE SODTH.
notes ol Her Progress ail Prosperity
Briefly Transcribed,
Important Happening^ from Day to
Day Tersely Told.
A news special of Tuesday says: An¬
other attempt is being made to form a
consolidation of the tobacco warehouses
of Louisville, Ky.
The Jellico and Birdeye Coal Company
have awarded the contract for building
rdlroad from Jelico, Tenn., to
Ky , to the Chattanooga Con¬
struction Company.
The bovcott on the Marietta and North
railroad has been declared off by
the S utherti Passenger Association.
Hereafter all lines in the association will
give that road ticket repres ntation.
The Alabama board of health, through
president, Dr. J. T. Searv, of Tu-ca
has petitioned President II irrisou
to stop foreign immigration to this coun¬
try till the ctiolera epidemic ceases.
A Knoxville, Tenn., dispa eh says:
Commissioner Ford was acquitted at Coal
Creek Wedne-day. The indictment
against Alleman was withdrawn, All
prboners have now been tried. There
are twenty seven in jail here and a num¬
ber at Clinton. Many arc out on bond.
A cl arter was granted Thursday by
the secretary of state to the East and
West Railroad of Georgia. This line is
project'd to run from Sparta, in Han¬
cock county, Ga., to White Plains, in
Greene county, and to D ivisboro, in
Washington county. The road will pass
through the counties of Wa hington,
Haneock and Greene and will be about
fiftv miles in length. The capital stock
is $30,000 with the privilege of increas¬
ing it to $500,000.
A Knoxville dispatch says: A promi¬
nent official of the East Tennessee, Vir¬
ginia and Georgia railroad states that
Major Henry Fink has telegraphed South¬ Mr.
E B. Stahlmnn, commissioner
ern Railway and Steamship association,
that after considering the matter he is
ready to sign the names of the Cincinnati
Southern and the Alabam i Great roufch
ern railroads to the new agreement offer¬
ed by the association. This ends all dif¬
ferences existing between the lines in the
association.
A Nashville dispatch of Tuesday siys:
Judge Caldwell has called a sp cial ses¬
sion of the county court for September
12th to consider the question of submit¬
ting to the p ople a proposition to sub¬
scribe $350,000 to the cap tal stock of
the lenmssee Midland railroad, This
special s sson was called up m the peti¬
tion of President S. J. Moss, of the Mid¬
land, who pioposes, in the < vent this
amount is subscribed, to complete the
road from Perryville to Nashville by De¬
cember 25ih, 1883. The road is now in
operation from Perryville to Memphis.
GOV. TILLMAN WINS.
He Carries Sonth Carolina by Over Ten
Thousand Majority.
Dispatches from Columbia state that
in Tuesday’s primary elections Governor
Tillman carried South Carolina by a ma¬
jority variously estimated at from ten
thousand upward, and the entire reform
ticket goes through with him. Returns
have been very slow in reaching Colum¬
bia and Charleston, but the latest report*
show that, while the conservative
strength is far greater than two years
ago, Governor Tillman still bus a majori¬
ty, which must be very gratifying to him
and his supporters. The comparisons
made with the vote two years ago need
some explanation. At that time. General
Haskell ran as an independent democrat
against Governor Tillmitn, the democratic
nominee, nnd Tillman’s majority was 44,- and
331. The race between Tillman
Sheppard is strictly withiu party lines,
and, of course, nothing like the majority
over Haskell was expected all this that time. his
Governor Tillman has (loae
friends have claimed, and Tuesday’s pri¬
maries emphasize his great strength with
the people of South Carolina.
the conservatives gave it up.
The conservatives concede the state to
Tillman by about teu thousand majority,
but claim three conservative c mgrt ssmen
—Brawley, in the first; IL mphill, in the
fifth, and Johnstone in the third district.
These are present members. Shell, alli
anceman, in the four h district, is also re¬
elected. The vote on prohibition was
general, but there is nothing definite as
to the result yet. The country vote is
conceded to be Iarg ly Tillm mite.
LETTER OF ACCEPTANCE
Ot the Prohibition Candidate for the
Presidency.
An Indiau.poli. t. lcernm or Thumd,.
Slot of 01 OMifornT.“Sd,« L.nrorma canuiuaie
fur ^^LZt ^urse for !!u°b c t on the'liquor The
i ett( r o f first de ounces dted Zd
^ J ii ■ umnin
8 ' rlit to the
l £ ^ On the subiect ]
f aaV9 J .
*nc nnancia fina jfti question , estio m our o i p.anorm D ; at f 0 rm
. is bn fly and burly stated and broad
enough to satisfy all reasonable men in
these words, ‘the money of the country
gbould consist of gold, silver and paper.’
A.*o, th-.t tnnt it it o. b • ‘issued issued bv oy the toe trovern- govern
ment on y.’ It should, of cour- , oe in
sufficient quantity to meet all demands
iUld the volume to be so increased and
a(J j ugted M at al , time8 to re8pon(i the
q[ tfac couutry