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THE WEEKLY.
CONYERS GEORGIA.
The passing of the horsi seems about
to be followed by the passing of
steam.
Naval officers express the opinion
that aluminum is unlit fol sea vessels
as the salt water causes it to crumble.
Plenty of money was forthcoming
for the Russo-Ciiinese loan. On the
day of issue the loan was subscribed
five times over in Russia and fifteen
times in France. Ou the other hand,
the effort to place a new £25,000,000
Brazilian loan in Europe hits been
very coldly received, even though the
name of the Rothschilds is connected
with it.
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The lead markets of the United
States are supplied from four sources.
The first is from domestic mining,
divided between the soft lead ores of
the Mississippi valley, end the silver
lead ore of the Rocky Mountains. The
second source is Mexico and British
Columbia, The third is the base
bullion sent from Mexico for desilver
ing and refining in bond in this
country, and the fourth is refined for¬
eign lead.
The venerable French “Academie
des Sciences” has this to say on the
scientific fad of sending out polar ex¬
peditious: “North Polo expeditions
are very laudable ; wo approve of the
idea, but we would not take the moral
responsibility therefor.” The eminent
French savants very sensibly think it
a pity that so many valiant men should
risk their lives in icy deserts when
they might render actual service to
science by following less perilous
paths.
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A foreign correspondent calls atten¬
tion to an opportunity to do some¬
thing fpr Ireland, which would bless
hor more than any possible political
move. She needs a new potato. For
twenty years the famous “champion”
potuto has been the mainstay of the
island, but it has run down in quality
till its abandonment has become a
necessity. It lasted much longer than
any potato variety, but finally lost
focundity aa well as the power to resist
disease and ns Scotland also is giving
it up, fresh seed supplies from that
source are shut off If some rich Irish
American would institute experiments
with new varieties and find the one
best adapted to the soil and climate
of Ireland, it would be a philanthropic i
work of the first magnitude, which !
would also pay its own expense immo !
diutely.
The sale of autographs, reported in
a recent number of the Bookman,
suggests to Truth great possibilities.
The authenticated signature of Mark
Twain sold for seventy-five cents, and
that of Mr. W. D. Howells for fifty
two cents, and the names of a number
of other living writers brought prices
ranging from four cents to $1.15.
As there has been a great deal of com¬
plaint lately, among writers, about
the pay they receive for their work,
and as literary men are notoriously
without tho business faculty, Truth
feels that it would be doing them a
kindness to show how they can mate¬
rially increase their incomes. At the
least calculation, it is probable that
Mark Twain can write out his name
twenty times in a minute. At that
rate he could earn $900 in an hour.
According to the papers, lie is going
on a lecturing tour to retrieve his
fortunes, and it is probable that he
will lecture for two hours about three
times a week. Now, it would be no
trouble for a strong man to write out
his own uumo for two hours in each
twenty-four, and in that way Mr. Cle¬
mens might earn $1,800 a day, which
is a fair income, for anyone who hasn’t
a corner in sugar or oil. In the same
way, Mr. Howells could earn $1,248
an evening; and surely that would be
better than writing eulogies of Tolstoi
and detractions of Sir Walter Scott.
Even a person whose autograph is
worth only four cents would probably
find the employment profitable. Here
is undoubtedly a chance for authors
to make money and provide for their
old age. If some o'f them would only
take to it kindly, perhaps the reading
public w ould not suffer.
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Lovr is more pleasing than marriage,
ouiauces more amusing than history.
THROUGH GEORGIA.
BITS OF NEWS GATHERED FROM
OVER THE STATE,
Being a Summary of Interesting Hap«
penings From Day to Day.
The Talbotton creamery has sus
pended temporarily on account of the
Kcai-pitv of milk
The woods around Port Valiev are
infested with gypsies, who are en
camped there in great numbers.
The United States circuit court will
begin to grind on north Georgia moon
shine grists next month. Several cases
from Cherokee will be disposed of.
Catoosa county J claims the unique
distinction of not having a drug store
within its boundaries. From this fact
idie residents argue that it is the
healthiest part of the state, “if not
the world.”
The wiregrass exposition at Haw
kinsville will be opened on the 15th of
October, and will continue three days.
The exposition last year was excellent,
but a better fair is expected this year.
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The widow of the late Colonel Jack
BrowD, has come into the possession
of air estate worth $15,000. Colonel
Brown was a gallant Confederate sol¬
dier and was one time solicitor general
of the Chattahoochee circuit. After
the war he joined the republican party,
went - to Washington as a lobbyist and
died very poor.
An injunction signed 'has by Judge
Lumpkin, at Atlanta, been secured
by interested parties to enjoin tin*
payment of the $20,500 to Willis B
Sparks, recently awarded to him by
Special Master Kibbeo as extra fees as
receiver of the Georgia Southern and
Florida road. The temporary injune
tion was granted and the bearing was
set at Macon on October 12th. Notice
of the injunction has been served on
the commissioners who sold the road,
Owing to the fact that the jockey
club of New York did not grant li¬
cense to the Southern Raeing Associa¬
tion to hold a race meeting at Macon
until late last Saturday afternoon and
as a matter of consequence track offi¬
cials and eastern horses could not get
in for several days, the executive com
mittoe of the Southern Racing Asso
ciation met and decided to postpone
the opening of the races from October
1st to October 7th, when they will
open in full blast.
The committee from the board of
directors of the Georgia and Alabama
railroad, the old Savannah, Americus
and Montgomery, spent a day in Sav
last week looking after the mat
ter of securing a terminal for that
roa d when it builds into the city. Ihe
committee will report to a meeting of
Ihe directors to be hold in Mont
gomery. The committee is not in
dined to enter into an arrangement
with the Central, preferring to secure
a separate termiual for the property if
it can do sc on reasonable terms.
Negotiations which have been pend¬
ing between Abbeville’s hustling real
estate agent, J. It. Monroe, and T. V.
Horton, a big dealer in Minneapolis,
were finally consummated a few days
ago. Mr. Horton, in a few hours,
closed the deal for 3,300 acres on the
Abbeville and Waycross road,ten miles
south of Abbeville. Mr. Horton rep¬
resents a colony of twenty German
families (not connected in any wise
with the G. A. R.) who will at once
make preparations to move on the
land between now and the new year.
Georgia has a woman evangelist who
is creating a decided sensation by the
strength of her utterances and the re¬
sults of her work over in South Caro¬
lina. She is Mrs. Jennie King, of
Calhoun county. Mrs. King is a wo¬
man of great strength of character, of
strong religious convictions and of
rare ability to present them. Her
preaching is said to be wonderful.
She has just been conducting a series
of services at O’Neal, S. O., which
have been so successful as to cause all
that section of the state to wonder at
her work.
In the case of A. J. Robinson, et al.,
rs. the Piedmont Marble Company, et
al., it has been ordered by Judge New¬
man, of the district court of the
United States, that E. DeForrest Sim¬
mons and James M. Malone and all
agents and employes of Simmons be
enjoined and restrained from deliver¬
ing any of the quarries or property to
anyone but the receiver, Alex P. Hull,
who is now in charge. It was further
ordered that none of the creditors of
the company should be allowed to levy
or issue legal proceedings against the
company’s property. Mr. Percy Ad¬
ams has been made special master in
the case.
Bill McLeon, Dr. Taylor’s colored
driver, has been locked up at Thomas
ville charged with attempting to assas
inate the doctor. Three weeks ago
two shots were fired at Dr. Taylor
through an open window near which
he was sitting working on his books.
Dogs were procitred, but the one who
fired the shots was never caught.
Since then he received two letters
telling him that he wonld be killed
within ten days. A Pinkerton detect
ive was sent for and put on the case,
A lew days ago the detective had Bill
McLeon arrested and says he has snf
ficient proof to convict him ot tlie
crime. McLeon has been working
^ or Dr. Taylor about three years and
the doctor had implicit confidence in
him. His arrest was a surprise to ev¬
erybody.
only development, politically,
of the week comes in ihe shape of a
very straight tip that there is going to
Jl Bulge e , an circuit. interesting The split announcement in the Blue is
made that George Brown has decided
to antagonize Judge Gober and make
the race against him for the judgeship
of that circuit. Neither of the men
has had anvthing whatever to say with
regard to the politics of their circuit
tlme ’ and probably this story
be demed Mr ; Br ^ n 8 frieadp -
}?“• but l4 comes B ? th the very judgeship straight, and neyerthe- the so
of the legislature, and there has been
a « ood de,dof doubt as to how thesG
races would snape , up, especially „ m
view of the fact that in north Georgia
candidates are always plentiful.
The firemen’s tournament at Atlanta
on the llih and 12th promises to be
one of the greatest attractions of the
exposition. Eleven companies from
different cities of the United States
will participate and make it an exciting
as well as interesting feature. On the
dates fixed for the tournament Atlanta
will be overrun with firemen. They
will be given a royal time and the city
department will turn out to welcome
them to the city. The handsome prizes
that are offered hnve tempted many of
tbe companies from a distance to par
ticipate. Nearly every company that
is going into the races have records
and wear medals as prizes won at
other tournaments. All the companies
are going to enter for the $1,000 belt
given by the Cotton States and Inter¬
national exposition. The second prize
is the light reel that will be used in
the races donated by Rumsey & Co.,
of Seneca Falls, O.
Will Represent Georgia.
Governor Atkinson has appointed
tho following delegates to represent
Georgia in the Farmers’ National par¬
liament, which will meet in Atlanta
on October 10th:
Sol Barrett, Baldwin county; A. J.
Perkins, Burke county; Thomas Tal
madge, Monroo county; Peter Clif¬
ton, Tatnall county; \V. O. Waddell,
Polk county; J. B. Lane, Early coun¬
ty ; W. C. BryaD, Floyd county; B.
J. Cochran, Mitchell county; J. S.
Reid, Putnam county; R. A. Forres¬
ter, Lee county; A. J. Matthews,
Hartwell county; Thomas Hudson,
Schley county; W. T. Thurmand,
Jackson county; J. H. Winn, Coweta
county; William J. Little, Jefferson
county; T. H. McDowell, Talbott
county; S. M. Chapman, Hancock
county; Rush Irwin, Campbell couuty;
J. G. McCall, Brooks county; John
Nunnally, DeKalb county; A. G. Mc¬
Arthur, Montgomery county; R. B.
Nesbitt, Cobb county; G. M. Ryals,
Chatham county ; Pope Brown, Pulas¬
ki county; R. W. Everitt, Polk coun¬
ty ; John T. Gaines, Hall county.
THE ROAD PARLIAMENT.
The Delegates From Georgia Who
Have Been Selected.
The Road Parliament will convenp
in the Auditorium cn the exposition
grounds at 10 a. m. on October 17th,
and will be called to order by General
Roy Stone, special agent and engineer,
office of road inquiry, United States
Department of Agriculture, and
opened with prayer by Rev. T. P.
Cleveland of Atlanta. It is thought
that Judge W. F. Eve, of Augusta,
will be either temporary or perma¬
nent president. will
The sessions on the 18th be
opened with prayer by Rev. A. T.
Spalding, and on the 19th by Rev.
Wilbur P. Thirkield. General Stone
has not completed the programme lesson
fully. He will give an object
on the grounds by constructing an im¬
proved public highway. An excur¬
sion to Stone Mountain will be given,
it is thought, on the last day of the
session. On Sunday morning, Octo¬
ber 20th, Rev. J. B. Robbins, D. D.,
will preach a sermon to the parliament
in the First Methodist church. The
Georgia delegates are as follows:
J. Pope Brown, A. P Brantley, S.
P. Callaway, F. H. Colley, J. H. Es
ti 11, J. D. Frederick, A. M. Fonte, H.
P. Farrow, T. M. Howard, Thomas
Hardeman, R. W. Jemison, W. F.
Jenkins, R. N. Lamar, Ben Miliken,
W. Phillips, B. F. Perry, Dr. George
Paterson, G. A. Ramspecb, O. B.
Stevens, J. J. Spalding, W. A. Wilk
inp, W. J. Weeks.
State College of Agriculture—Dr.
H. C. White. Prof. J. B. Hunnicntt.
Central Committee National Good
Roads League—George W. Harrison.
Advisory Council—Governor W. Y.
AtkinsoD, ex-Governor W. J. Northen,
Prof. C. M. Straham, Hon. Halstead
Smith, Hon. H. P. Smart, Judge W.
F. Eve, Hon. W. A. Huff, Hon. W. H.
Venable, Col. G. TV. Adair, Hon. Wul
ter R. Brown, W. G. Wind by.
THE TOBACCO INDUSTRY.
Indications of an Awakening in the
Tobacco Growing Industry.
There seems to be quite a movement
along the lino ot the Atlanta and West
Point railroad looking to the develop¬
ment of tnissection as a tobacco-grow¬
ing region.
It is claimed by tobacco growers who
have looked over the territory that to¬
bacco can be grown as advantagaously
in the peculiar soil of this region of
Georgia and Alabama as in the Caroli
nas and Virginia, and in the current
issue of The Southern Tobacco Jour¬
nal a writer who has visited this sec¬
tion has the following to say :
■“Starting from Atlanta and making
a careful examination of the lands
along the line of the well-conducted
road. I was at once impressed with
the fact that here is the home of a
great tobacco-producing section in the
near future. All the conditions in cli¬
mate, soil and timber growth are here
to be found. There is abundance of
the light, grayish soil, upon which the
finest types of the yellow tobacco
thrive. As the reader may know, the
tobacco plant is very fastidious and
partakes very much of the nature of
the soil on which it is grown. Planted
on heavy, dark soil, and the yield is
heavy, dark and rough, and of very
small commercial value; but planted
on the light, sandy lands, which are
so abundant along this line, and the
highest type of the weed is the result.
“And aside from the soil, the tim¬
ber growth here indicates just what
classes of tobacco will flourish,for any
tobacco expert will tell you that this
Indian weed is partial to such lands
as the oak, hickory, dogwood and the
gum flourish on, as they do in this
section. There are here, too, thous¬
ands of acres of what is known as ‘old
field’ land, such as has grown up with
young pines and ha s thus been re¬
t
claimed after from five to ten years of
rest. It is a noted, fact that upon such
lands with a light, grayish soil, some
of the highest results have been reach¬
ed in tobacco production, and I find
along this entire section a great abun¬
dance of such lands in the
state of reclamation and ready for the
touch of the tobacco grower.
“It is true that there are lands along
the Alanta and West Point and West
ern Railway of Alabama which are not
buited to tobacco growing, as there are
in all sections of the country, but
from a careful examination from At
lanta to Selma I find here as large a
proportion of land suitable for to
bacco growing as in any section of the
south.”—Atlanta Constitution.
WANT THEIR BEER.
Open Sunday New Yorkers Have a
Big Parade.
Fully 20,000 of New York citizens,
who proclaim themselves lovers of
liberty and against the enforcement
of excise laws on Sunday, joined in a
parade Wednesday evening with brass
bands and American flags, end with
floats showing liberty in mourning,
and a workman in the hands of the
police for drinking beer on Sunday,
while the millionaire tipples in his
club.
The platform was crowded with
leaders of the liberal Sunday law
movement, including Dr. Anderson,
president of the German-American
Reform Union ; Excise commissioner
Harburger, James P. Keating and a
score or more of breweis.
The head o f the procession passed
the reviewing stand and Commissioner
Roosevelt stood with bread and re¬
viewed the paraders. He received a
hearty reception and was almost in¬
stantly recognized by the men in the
line. He was frequently applauded.
A number of banners carried by the
paraders made caustic allusions to him
and he laughed heartily at them.
Some of the devices on the banners
read: “We don’t drink strong tea
“Home rule for'New York;” “We
prize personal liberty;” “Away with
hypocricy and reform;” “Roosevelt
ism is a farce and a humbug.”
At the end of the lino of inarch the
paraders adjourned toSulzer’s Harlem
river park, where they listened to
speeches in favor of more liberal Sun¬
day laws.
The demonstration was under the
enpervision of the United Societies for
Sunday law3. Early in last July the
board of directors of the United Soci¬
eties met and selected September 25th
as the day when they would hold a
great outdoor demonstration to show
New York how many people want more
liberty on Sunday.
FATAL EXPLOSION.
Six People Lose Their Lives by a Pre¬
mature Explosion.
Six lives were crushed out Monday
at a quarry eight miles out from Inde¬
pendence, Mo., by the premature ex¬
plosion of a blast. The men were
crushed under a huge rock and in¬
stantly killed.
0, Moonlight.
O, mellow moonlight warm
Weave round my love a charm
O, countless starry ;
Watch from eyes,
the holy skies •
Shield her within thy might
"Watch her, little i
my one!
Shield her my darling.
How my heart shrinks with fear
Lonely to leave thee, dear, ’
Lonely and pure within
Vast glooms of woo and sin,
Our wealth of love and bliss
Too heavenly perfect is.
Good night, my little one!
God keep thee, darling!
James Thojiboj
HUMOROUS.
“What was the outcome of
affair with Miss Croesus, }
Charii
“An income of $20,000 a year.”
When you show some rnana f
instead av
of appreciating it, they flat
themselves that they are works
you.
will The lose Younger looks, One—“I too, wonder ij
my when I get]
your age?” Elder One—“You «•
be lucky if you did. ”
« t No, Johnnie,” said the leach*
“not five; four quarts make a galloi
Johnnie said he guessed he knew; 1
father was in the business.
Miss Withers—What would yon
if I should refuse you? He—I’d .
if I couldn’t find some other felli
who would be willing to marry you.
Alphonse—You never hear of WO]
cashiers running off with their e
ployer’s money. Henri—Not ofte
but when it does happen they take t
employer too.
She—It can never be. All I d
promise you is a mere acquaintau]
ship. He—Then accept my offer
marriage. It will drift into mi
acquaintanceship fast enough.
“What is the greatest difficulty yi
encounter in a journey to the arcl
regions?” asked the inquisitive ma
“Getting back home,” was theprom
reply of the professional explorer.
“I think” said the unsophisticat
m an, “that Groggins must be quite
power in city politics; I was passi
bis P laco yesterday, and . T I noticed ,
big letters the word ‘pull’ on
door.”
Thepoewe phenomenon , rare,
caa
who < efle3 ““ ra3h ’
But we know that the longer v his verse p , a
13 f lr ’
The shorter w0 oft fin(1 hls caslu ,
Mistress (greatly scandalized) —“
it possible Huldah, you are makii
bread without having washed yo;
hands?” New Kitchen girl— “Lo;
what’s the difference mum? It’s broi
bread. "
“A mortal can never toll wherein
going to be next in this life,” sail t,
moralist. “No,” replied the m
with bandage his eye, “
a over
pecially if ha is learning to ride
bicycle.”
Jones —This chicken is fourte
years old. Smith—How can you t
the age of a chicken? Jones—Byu
teeth. Smith—By the teeth. teeth! JoMi Chij
ens don’t have any
But I have.
Working Bee—A fellow e f
around here hunting for our nest I
day. Queen Bee—What did yon I
Working Bee—Those of the us who lij gl
pened to be around at tune
him a few points.
“She had learned all musical she knoj infl
said the mother of the
prodigy, “in four lessons.
replied the eminent musician, j
think of the hundreds of lessonsitj
take her to forget.”
She—I wouldn’t be down surprised next lij jj
price of wheels went
dear. He difference. (gloomily) By I ^ that at "j H
make any
they will learn how to make ®
expensive bicycle costumes.
“I have finished your portrait,
De Fash,” said the artist, “All
the coloring of the face, “And
not finish that?” ‘‘I * a3
do you j
to hear from you as to whether
preferred to have you look heal
me
or merely interesting.
“Young man,”said the prison
convict, “do J 011 re *
lain to the
that have blasted your hr-wl
yon life
prospects, thrown away your
wilfully disgraced your family
“Oh, no; not that!” said the pr*
couldn’t do it; “5 :
stoically. “I
ily name is Smith.