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Newspaper Page TextX J IB WEEKLY CONSTITUTION. VOLUME XIT TUESUDAY MOKNING, FEBRUARY 21, 1882. PRICE 5 (JEN T.S THE FLEECY FORCE THAT WIELDS ITS SCEPTER LIKE A MIGHTY KING. An Hoar Passed in the New York Cotton Exohanse- rbe Wild Howls of Iho Hob and the Quiet Movements o the Belf-Poisod— A Talk on the Crop. Naw Yore, February 18.—{Special Cor. respondcuce.J—For once, il never before or again, tbe southern staple has come to the front In New York and challenges universal attention. Tho enormous operations of the past ten days, aggregating according to record, over 2,000,(40 hales and really over 3,000,000, and representing a tmasfcr of values equal to 8150,000,000, or, count ing both ways £500,000,000, have startled even the oldest operatom.atid provoked general inquiry. At the cotton exchange everything was boiling when I dropped in to-day. The din was deafening, and hung like a cloud of clamor above a sea of pale and desperate faces upturned. Men rushed to nd fro, as if they were mad. shouted hoarsely, and, to my ear. Inarticulately, buying or selling millions worth of property by a nod. a shrug, and expressing, in the violence of their gesticulations and the furious rush of their work, the emotions, the hopes and the distractions of the vast constitu ency that, hidden in the towns and country sides liung trembling on the (‘chocs of their uproar. Here and there was a tmnqnil and self-contained figure—moving quietly amid the storm and com manding confidence and respect, through musterful alienee and serenity. On a bench, doubled upasif in pain, looking for all the world like a cross be tween a countryman and a Jew, sat Sol Kangcr, the audacious operator who cornered the English spinners last August and commanded for thirty days the supply of every mill in Christendom. Ho never said a word, but looked out wearily upon the turmoil, holding the some changeless front whether r ' he was bleeding at every pore or amassing money at every throb of the pulsing crowd before him— wearing a sort of contempt upon bls«facc, but the spirit of a tiger benealb it. John iuman moved through the crowd, square-shoul dered, erect and poised—bis haudsome face lit with a smile, giving a pleasant word here and there, noting the dri f is of the common is and watch - fng the work of the brokers. Mr. Salter,of Latham, _ Alexander «fc Co., a very sphinx, silent, impenetra ble, absorbing everything and giving out nothing, with a strong bud contingent behind him, watched their interests soberly and coolly, and I fancied, with nsbadcofanxie y—managing his brokers with a sign ora whispered word. Lehman, a wire, de termined little fellow, who has put Israellio blood to tho front in the cotton world, was another "quiet" one, working out his anxiety through his lingeni,whieh were clinched.os if he had all the crop it* his hand and was trying to get away. There were a few other veterans who held themselves together, but outside of these the ring was a howling mob— sweating, shouting and suffering. Dr. Westmore land once expressed the opinion, while looking at tho stock exchange, that all broker, were crazy. It certainly looked as if tlic mind of no man could stand the racket of the coltou ring and still sit en throned. In and out ol the cotton room 1 got some opinions about cotton and the market which I ap pend herewith. I asked John C. Latham, Jr., the senior of the firm of I-niliam, Alexander A Co., what lie thought of the market. "As ta the launedla c market I do not know. .4 -- x 'Yi aresto cYatsSit Ww tlmt btc » disturl •d It lately, but in time it must act on common sense principles and independent of manipula tion." ••What arc these principles?" “Why simply two, a decreased crop and an in creased consumption. The crop will not, in my opinion, go above 5,500,000 bales, and will likelier go below. We have sought tho most trustworthy advices that years of experience and acquaintance give us, and without exception they put the crop between five and five and a half millions. At the best this leaves it over a million hoick short. Now Kllyson’s circular before me here puts the Increased consumption of the mills of England aud the conti nent at six thousand bales per week. This Is 300,000 extra bales needed for the year. Tlic in creased demand in this country is at least 150,000 iHiles. Mr. Atkinson in his Atlanta speech put it at 235,000. This added to the extra foreign demand makes the extra consumption 150.000 bales with a shortage of nt least 1,000,000, and the bales this year average twelve pounds less than last year. That is the situation, stripped of all speculative or outside influence, t-ooner or later the market must get on ita merits and the question of supply and demand regulate the price. When this is done the price must go up." „ **Wha' are the influences that have kept tlic mar ket down?" •*ln ihe first place, it was overbought. Everybody rushed in to buy early in the season, and especially llie southern contingent, which is not generally a strong holder. All heavy movements either way intis’be liquidated. The liquidation of the exces sive buying movement was hastened by the influ ence of the enormous stock that had accumulated in the hands of actuul on nets who held for Higher prices. As tho market started down, weak or timid holders went ont, and their cotton was put on tlic market. The gcuenu liquidation had commenced, and the more cotton was offered the lower It went, and the lower it went the more holders were forced to sell. The financial troubles in Paris, the caution they imparted to Loudon, the demoralized condi tion of the produce trade here—all these conspired to help the downward movement.” "Do you think the bottom has been reached?" "I think the liquidation is about over. It has lent wonderful unloading. The sales reported at the stock exchange In two weeks amounted to over 2.000. 000 bales and there is fully one-third of tho sales made that arc never reported. Not less than 3.000. 000 bales have been sold in the past ten days or two weeks. In my opinion the past has bceu en tirely wi|*ed out, and the market is now unembar rassed by its influence. The early and excessive buyiug has been followed by an equally strong soiling movement, and the price of cotton will be governed by legitimate influences.” "Yoq think then the price will go up?” “I do not say it will go up immediately. A movement up or down must speud itself fully. It fs just like starting a stone down hill.it doesn’t stop naturally till it gets to the bottom. My opin ion is that we have about reached the bottom, if so there will be a reaction, a sharp one and a legi timate one. The crop is heavily Aiort aud the con sumption is heavily increased. There ia not an idle spindle to day in the world, and none likely to bo idle. The daily receipts are light and the end is about in sight. The question of a heavy stock in New York, or in America, will not influence the market except to assist in its temporary manipula tion. What does it matter where the stock is held? After all it is simply a question of supply aud de mand, and it must be tried on this. Whether the stork is held to-day iu Hoboken or to-morrow in Liverpool, makes no difference except on early ■peculation. 1 ho only real important ihirg is how much cotton is there—not where it is held. The spindles will seek it when they need it—no matter where It is held, aud they are bound to need It, need it all, and need more before we see another , crop." Mr. Latham says: “It most not bethought that all the men who have sold here lost. On the con trary many of them have made money. The losses have been heavy of course, bnt not of such nature as to make serious trouble.” Another gentleman of position says: "The Inhe rent streng'b of the market is demonstrated by the fact that over 2,000,000 bales have been thrown on it at a time vghen there was general suspicion and trouble in financial circles, and only drove the price down a cent. Much of this cotton. Indeed the bulk of it, comean the market in the most demor alizing way. It was either sold by mtn whose mar gins were out, or by brokers who hnd failed, and it was consequently to bo sold at any sort ol sacrifice, and yet every time the pressure was lifted the mar ket recovered, aud its total depression doesn't amount to more than a cent.” "IIow has the heavy stock affected the market?" "In no essential way, but in a speculative sense* The English spinners have been trying to bluff the holders of American cotton, and have succeeded. Owing to the heavy stock they carried over they hove been able to do without cotton longer than we were able to hold it. Consequently it hns been ■book out But the situation is different now. The cotton is held by strong hands—the stock iu England and afloat is decreasing rapidly, aud the shortage of the crop Is beginning to show Itself. In the high contest between the spinners and the holders we shall have a fairer fight and I think a different issue. The rise may not come soon, but It {scorning sure." In the office of Inman, Swann & Co. we discussed •be situation with the shouts of the brokers in the ring falling on our cars. 5iaid Sir. John Inman, “I think tire price of cot ton will be considerably higher eventually; but I doubt il the bottom is reached yet. Any immedi ate rally will be detrimental to future high prices, if the market could hold where it is, or even work a half a cent lower and stay there for a month or so, we should have a much better rise when it did come. By.that time, and on that basis, we could have worked off much of the enormous stock that is now held iu this country. We may have rallies here and there, but do not look for a con: idem We or permanent rise at once.” Mr. Inman thinks the crop will be about 5,600,090 but docs not agree with others os to the large de ficiency that this sized crop will produce. Mr. W. n. Inman says: “If there are not over 5,500.000 bales, cotton will go to 13J-J cents before we arc through with it." He said further: “The south ought not to specu late in cotton, however. I am satisfied the south has lost $30,000 000 a year by. cotton speculation in the past nine years. This immense snm she pays yearly to New York as a tribute to her own persis tency in doing what she ought not to do. Her peo ple would be greatly better off if they had simply raised the cotton and sold it." Mr. James Swann said: "Is is my opinion that tbo south is hurt much worse this year than she has ever been before. Everybody down there has bought—bought wildiy in many cases—and bought heavily all the time. Many country merchants own actual cotton that they have advanced on at high prices, and this fall will force many of them sell at a loss.” Mr. Swann shares the general belief that cotton will go up sharply,but he has ad vised friends not to buy within the past day or two. He looks priees possibly half a cent or more lower. The report of the agricultural department, pub lished to-day, foots up a total of 5,150.000. This is tho first February report ever made, and the de portment announces that it is impartial, thorough and as accurate as human endeavor could make it. At this late point iu the seasou it ought to be j>os- sible by appeals to intelligent persons In each lot cality to tell approximately what tho crop will be. The Brudslrect people still stick to their estimate. They say -that the-rrop may tarn out a small amount bigger than 5,018.000, but they can get no information that will justify, much less suggest a material change ol their figures. There is no ques tion that the Bradstreet report is based on the most thorough and comprelienslrt ever made. Mr.Ford, the editor, is an authority on all financial and commercial matters. The cotton reports are made up by Mr. Todd, lie has an extensive basis of comjiarisou—gets * reports from every coun ty in which cotton is raised and figures out the total on a sheet of paper bigger than a wall map. Mr. Todd is mure positive thou ever that the crop will not go over 5,100,000 bales. He will issue no further reports this season, but will rest the case where it stands. The receipts certainly reem to be bearing out his estimate—the shortage for this week being estimated at 70,000. A SUMMING UP OP SUGGESTIONS. Altogether the following is the summing up of he situation here, as made from reports, rumors and opinions: 1. If you are ont s*ay out. The outside is always the safest side. 2. If you are iu, stay in. The market has seen Us heaviest decline and will recover some, if notall of the ground it has lost, and possibly go above tho best figures it has yet seen. 3. if you have bougbtat figures very much higher than at present, buy more at lower figures—always, providing you have enough money to support your bolding through a further decline of a half cent at least. I. The later months are the safest to buy, as they will have more time iu which to recover. Mr. John Inman thinks the acreage will to much less next season, th n this. 5. The chauces are that for the next thirty days cotton can be bought at almost any time within a few points of its present range. There is a strong belief that it will work higher rather than lower, from this date, and a general belief that a half cent from this point (June 11.95) will cover the low estdrop. 6. The crop will more probably be below than above 5,500,0(10, but that it will not vary consider ably from this, either way. Tbesc points cover the situation here asl am able to get it, and there is general frankness of expres sion. it is fair to state, though, that these points are summed up by a man who, through a brief but checkered career, has invested in cotton on what he considered the best of information, seven separate and distinct aud well remembered times, and iost every single time. Indeed, 1 think my average in cotton is eight losses out of seven “flyers." H. W. G. There Is one man in Atlanta to whom I wish to send con-olatiou. He- is "long" of cotton and sad Let him brace up. It may "come high." but the spinners "have got to have it." IL W. G. SOME VERY OLD FOLKS. John Hoyt, ninety-four, is the oldest man in Gntf- ton, N. H. 1 Mrs. Nancy Catons, of Dover, X. H., is dead at the age of ninety-four. Roderick Outlaw, of Morgan county, Ala., is ouu huudied aud niue years old. Mr. and Mrs. Barnet C. Finlay of Aewortb, N. H. have observed their golden wedding. Elisha Morey, of Holland, Mass., aged one hua dre-d, the oldest inhabitant, died Tuesday last. William Peters, of Salisbury. N. H., a minute- man iu the war of 131A is dead at eighty-seven. A Mrs. Riehards, who passed away recently at Grafton, N. H., bad attained the age of ninety six. Mrs. Effie Basmore. of Rockland Lake. N. I., died on January 20, at the age of one hundred and two years and four months. Anson Barber, aged ninety, was frozen to death in Connecticut recently, lie was an old soldier of 1812, and participated in several battles. Mrs. Sallie Tilton, of Bristol, N. IL, Is quite fee ble, and there is much duabt of her reaching her one hundred and tir-l birthday, which would occur in May next. Mr. Adam Wirick, bom In 1793; Mrs Ann*Chris tODnenu 1779; Major John Edwards, in iSUB: Mrs. Carrie Fisher, in 1305, and Mrs. Adeline Wirick. In lsoi, are members of one family, have lived in Jef- feisou county for nearly sixty year?, and their ag gregate ages at the present time is 407 years. A SPELL OF GLOOM CREATED BY A FATAL EXPLOSION. The Thrilling Sensation Reported from Cartersville— Explosion of the Boiler, Resulting In the Death of Five Men, and the Serious Wounding of Othere—The Very Latest Details. crushed and was badly scalded about the head and face. He may recover. Henry Heclcsun was ba.Uy scalded about the face. His right eye was knocked out and ■his brains were oozing from a hole in his head. He presented a terrible sight, and if not dead now, will linger only a few hours. Elijah Henderson was badly cut in the back. His left ankle was broken and his body slightly scalded. He will recover. Mason f homos was scalded and liis right leg broken. J. F. Mitchell, a white man who is watch man, was slightly injured in the back of head. After being viewed by the coroner and his jury the bodies were. removed to their homes and to-day their burials will take place. All of the dead are colored. No cause for the explosion can be assigned at present. It has been, as is stated above, the habit of the hands to congregate in the en gine room to await the blowing of the whistle and of all those who were there yesterday morning there is not one who can tel'l the tale, as all were killed except the engineer,- whose condition is such as to render him unable to speak. At the inquest only three witnesses were examined. The first was John Mitchell, the watchman, who said: "I fired the engine, which is my duty. The necessary quantity of water was in the boiler when l tired it this morning. The fire had been in the furnace about 1 hours before the explosion. There was then about forty poumls of steam. The engine usually carried about eighty to ninety pounds.” Mr. Kendrick, the second witness, said that he passed through the engine room about one minute before the explosion aud that the guage then pointed to SO pounds of steam, and that the engineer seemed to be making preparation to start his engine. Mr. J. Z. McConnell said that the engine worked all right the previous evening, and that the safety valve was arranged to go off at 90 pounds. _ He said lie considered Engineer Woods a skilled man and that he was at his post. Upon this evidence the jury returned the following verdict: OUT ON A TRIP. We, the jury, find that the following named per ms, Leonard Choice, Hard Hammond, R. Lee Pat terson, David Richards and Mat. Borman, came to their death on the morning of the I7th of February, 1882, in the car factory building, CaTtersville, Bar tow county, Georgia, by the accidental explosion of the boiler. The cause of the explosion is total ly unaccountable to us, and a careful investigation shows that no blame can attach to the company or itsemployes. H. H. Hall, Foreman. It seems from all that can be ascertained in addition to the evidence deposed that the engineer had just taken hold of the throttle and that the wheels had begun to turn when the explosion occurred. There was then, it is generally believed, about eighty pounds of steam on aud the boiler contained its usual supply of water. The boiler was a new one and was purchased by the Georgia ear company, from the Carters- ville car works, which corporation had bought it from Lane & Bod ley, of Cincinnati. It was considered first-class in every respect.' It had been thoroughly inspected by Captain Flynn, master machinist of the Western and Atlan tic railroad, whose judgment is considered almost infallible. It had passed under the eagle eye of General Macltae, and was there fore thought to be good. It was calculated for a 25-hopse power engipc and was so used. That portion of the building in which it was located was about 00x60 feet, and just that much of the buiiding was a total wreck. So great was the concussion that the machinery near the boiler was moved four feet, Pieces of timber were thrown three, four and five hundred feet. The ball which held the safety v-i've down was thrown about one hundred feet and then buried itself iu the solid hard ground. Mr Foute’s residence, which stands about 150 feet away, was perforated by sticks and brick, and his yard fence looked like a cyclone had struck it. One piece of scantling, about five feet long, was driven through the end of a house 300 feet away, and a brick forced itself into Mr. Foute’s house through the wall and plastering. Mr. Robert Hockman, a young gentleman, was standing near the engineer talking to him when the explosion occurred. He was clown clean through a door into the yard and escaped uninjured, while a small white hoy, who was in another part of the building, was blown through a window. Just beside the engine room was the office of the company. In this were Mr. E. L. Lu cas, the superintendent, and Mr. White. Pieces of the boiler, timber and bricks flew fast and thick about these gentlemen, and the office was totally destroyed, but fortunately neither one was killed. Mr. White escaped without a scratch, while Mr. Lucas was less fortunate, as two ugly scalp wounds will tes tify. When the explosion happened he was about fourteen feet from the engine, and liis escape from instant death was wonderful. Every window iu the building was shattered, and for blocks around glass were broken. Drs. Hamilton, Baker and Johnson, aided by the other physicians of the city, were among the first upon the grounds and did everything they could to relieve the injured. All during the day and night they labored zealously iu alleviating the pains of the un fortunate. Too much credit cannot be given these medical gentlemen for their devotion to the wounded. The Georgia car company is a new corpora tion but this does not interfere with their success. They were making about one hun dred cars per month, and will be in good working order in a few days again. The works were yesterday visited by Captain Flynn, president of the company, and Mr. C. T. Watson,the secretary and treasurer. After a careful investigation of the wreck th«y estimated theft - loss at about $6,000. They say re-building will he begun at once. The Hawaiian Sugar. » San Francisco, February 18.—[Special.]—A ves sel recently arrived from Honolulu with sugar con signed to Williams, Dimond & Co., which is being shipped by rail to 8t. Louis at a low rate of freight. It is understood that, owing to the termination of the contract between the California refinery aud the Hawaiian planters, such of the sugar coming here as is not taken by the refinery is free to any buyers, and, tbc planters wishing to realize, a sur plus is likely to go overland. HUMOR. OBSERVATIONS THE ROUTE. Bill Arp Takes in 8everal Counties in Georgia and Seems Inclined to Let the Status Quo Alone—His Opinion of Runaway Matches —An Old Friend. Etc.. Etc. The usually gay little city of Cartersville is to-day clothed in a sable garb,and her thrifty, busy streets wear a lonely, desolate and de serted appearance, for upon the doors of many homes hangs that sombre sign of death—a bunch of crape. Yesterday the angel of de&tti reaped a rich harvest in that place, and to-day the tolling of the bell and the muffled rumbling of the hearse wheels will carry sadness and sorrow to many a heart, and when the rays of the set ting sun east their weird shadow over the grave-yard there will be five new graves to add to the superstitions dread of the home of the dead. Just at the southern end of Cartersville is located the Georgia car company’s works, and there it was that this terrible carnival of death occurred. The buildings cover several hun dred feet of ground, and in them about cne hundred and twenty men are accustomed to toil for their daily bread. Yesterday morning after bidding their families good-bye for the day, these laborers sought their place of work, and with a laugh and smile, greeted each other as they began preparing for their daily task. On the eastern side of the building is locat ed the engine room, and in this the men were wont to assemble until the hour^or work was at hand, and it was this custom which led to the death of all who were kill 'd, with probably a single exception. Seven o’clock was the hour for work,: ad in many parts of the town persons were w ’it- ing for the whistle to announce its arrival, but instead of the usual shrill blast of the steam as it escaped from the valve the wait ing ones were startled by a loud rumbling noise, the like of which they had never heard before. Close upon this strange noise came a terrible rolling and swelling of the earth which was felt for miles around. The noise and the jar made strong men quail and look to each for on explanation, but in a second the mystery was in a measure solved by the large column of steam that arose above the Georgia car company’s build ings.- Then towards this place everybody rushed. Men, women and children were abreast in the ruce and many a step was taken with that unaccountable feeling of hor ror which seizes one who knows that tho life of those he loves is in danger. Arriving at the building the multitude was astonished to find it one pile ol' ruins from which men were rushing, shrinking and bh ed- ing. covered with dirt and wounds. . > A glance only was necessary to show -hat terrible accident had happened. The western side of the building was one total wreck. The roof was piled atqut sections, and the sides were igyne, no one knew where. Pieces of iron ,md timber were scattered around lice elu-is.-.but amid all tY.s pieces of the taige4«v{<»r JwAfa had given life to “the ponderous engine nuit turned the machinery were seen, then the horrible noise and terrible jar were under stood. The engine had exploded and this pile of ruins was the result. Soon it began to be rumored that many—how many it was impos sible to tell, were buried under the ruins, and that they were dying inch by inch. This announcement put activity into the crowd, and in a second a hundred brave hearts and hands were battling with heavy timbers and hot irons for the life of their fellow-beings. Piece bv piece, inch at a time, heavy logs were rolled away, sections of the roof re moved, uutil at lust a pile of human llcsh was discovered under a half of the boiler. This was found to be two colored men, Leon ard Choice and Mat Bowman. They were both dead, and upon them lay the* heavy timbers of the building weighted down by half of the boiler. Near by was' found another, and yet further on anoth er and another until six bodies rigid in death were exposed to view. These were removed to the lot around the build ings, and then the work continued until four more had been found and removed. The last were still alive, and to them the people gave their attention. Mr. E. L. Woods, the engineer, whose home is in At lanta, was found to be badly in jured, and his death is anticipated at an early hour. He was terribly scalded about the head, face and breast and in addi tion to internal injuries was horribly gashed by the falling timbers and flying pieces of iron. His nose was cut nearly ’ in.two and a piece of one ear was gone. There was a ter rible scalp wound near the left temple and the skull was crushed in over the right eye. His clothing was badly burned, and from the position in which he was found—under a heavy beam—his escape from instant death was marvelous. The dead as they lay in a row awaiting an inspection by the coroner and his jury, before being turned over to their friends and farni lies, were viewed by a countless hosts of curi ous persons aud a horrible spectacle it was that met their gaze. First there was Hardy Hammond, the fire man. He was a large negro, as fine a speci men of manhood as one sees in a life-time. ^lie back o£ his head was mashed flat, and a portion o£ liis nose was gone. His right leg was u roken,_and the shoe he had but a few hours efore tied upon the same f jot was gone. Next to him lay Leonard Choice, whose condition was worse than Hammond’s. The right side of his head was crushed fiat and his left ear was gone. His face and body were raw and his clothing were saturated with the boiling hot water in which he was found. Then, next in order, came Mat Bornar.- His head was perfectly raw and the hair on one side was entirely gone. His right leg had been torn from the body and his brains were slowly dripping from two awful wounds in the side of the head. His hands had been burned to a crisp, and every eye that fell upon him glanced quickly away "from the sickening sight. Close beside Bornar rested jhe mutilated trunk of Have Richards. His left leg and right arm were off", and were piled beside the body, that was ulmost as fiat as a pan-cake. His head was crushed, and but for iris clothing his identity could not have been established. Bob Patterson came next in the row of mortality. He was a young negro, and with his father worked at tfie mill. They were both ! found buried close together under a pile of timber, the son dead aud the father just alive. I He was awfully scalded about the head, face : and body. One leg was off and his charred good child aud a faithful little messenger.”'"Thank I bead gave evidence of the fire in which it had you. ma’am: and 1 shall tell hertoothat I didn’t j rested, while a hole through one creek indi- • **7 y° u Ior ten cents, because mamma told me not cated the course some flying missile of death j . , . ... __ , had taken A house painter who is at work on a scaffolding 1 111.1 u d .. three stories from the ground, falls from it upon the t Old BoO Patterson, the dead boys father, | sidewalk, wlre-e he iies iimp and apparently life- was badiy scalded. His right arm and face ■ le -c . A crowd of benevolent folks surround him were cut terribly. His lips were mashed and 1 and labor with him. till his pulse returns and eye- iris left ear cone* One le-r was aKo broken ! lid* begin to flutter, when a good Samaritan places £u t hones o?^his roi^ver^nr^nteTbiiiiSd ’ water to his lips. The sufferer (feeblyl- 1 t)U J,r. 0 R es °‘ h* 3 recovery are entertained. How many smiles has a fellow got to fall in th * hllui L)we, u colored laborer, li&d one thigh ward before he gets brandy, durn ye?-—Paris Pape Written for the Constitution. I think I feel better about the state of the coun try. A little journey down south has encouraged me. for I found the people, especially the farmers, doing better than I expected, considering the short crop. I have been down as low as Marion county and saw nobody about to perish, but on the con trary the people seemed generally happy and hope ful. Well, I did see an old beggar man in Macon, and he looked so pitiful we all gave him a dime apiece and he sat down in a chair to rest. Pretty soon an old beggar woman came along and we gave her a nickel all rouud aud the old beggar man gave her a quarter. She showered upon him her special benedictions, and he remarked that he considered it every man’s duty to divide with the poor. That shows how easy it is to be liberal with other people’s money. The old man's charity reminded me of Jake Kit-miller’s dream. He had a mill and one night he dreamed he died and went up to Saint Peter’s gate and knocked for ad mission, and Saint Peter says. "Kitsmiller did yon not have a mill?" "Yes, your worship,” says he. ‘And did you not sometimes take too much toll?” says the saint. “May it please your worship,” says Jake, "sometimes when the creek waalow and the stones were dull, 1 did take a leetle too much toll, but I always gave it to the poor.” The good saint studied over it awhile and said, "Well, I reckon I’ll have to let you iu, but its a mighty tight squeeze.” This'encouraged Jake very much when he waked up, and so he continued to steal from his customers until one day he was caught at it and put in jail mid punished, and then his uabors turned him out of the church in spite of his dream, and old Jake come to the conclusion he was not so near heaven as he thought he was. Buena Vista, the county*seat of Marion, is a good old town with a court house in the middle, and plenty of nice level suburbs all around to make it bigger when the time comcth. lhey want it to cornu now and have made up forty thousand dollars towards a railroad to Geneva, which is twenty miles away. They will get it before long. The time is near at band when every county town will be on a railroad line or have a little road of its own connecting with one. Buena Vista has a splendid country south and west of it and suffered no drought last year. The armers are in good condition and the oat crop is large and beautifully green. The gardens are splen did and I saw peas iu bloom, aud everywhere the fragrance from the yellow jessamine perfumed the air. But what surprised me most was the lively interest which the people of that section manifest in their schools. There is a high school there of 126 scholars In charge of Professor Iverson Bran ham, quite a young man, tho son of Dr. J. R. Bran ham, of Macon. His pupils love him and his pa trons are enthusiastic over his success. The boys all dress iu uniform and have their regular milita ry drills. The girls also have a ealisiheuie dress which is very pretty aud attractive. These perform ances are merely incidentals for amusement aud physical training, and are not allowed to interfere \vith*t'.. ir select and solid course of education. You seethe fishing creek is a good way off and there is not enough birds’ nests to go around and there is no railroad depot for the girls to walk to, and no shows ever, go there, and so it was thought necessary to get up something to keep the young folks from stagnating. Mr. Singleton. Jr., who runs the Argus newspaper, is a mighty nice mjui ami ihe mail carrier told ineihcy were g ing to send him to the icgislatu*^: TdtttuT see as much of him as 1 wanted to for he said he had an engagement with a lady for that particular evening, which was all right of course, bat the mail carrier told me it was a purty regular thing. But he will be married the next time I see him and not hare to run away with his girl either. It’sa mighty bad sign to see so many elopements now a days, it’s a sign that the feller aint much account or that the felleress has been badly raised. Uf course there are exceptions, but somehow I never had much respect for a runaway marriage, and if I was a preacher I wouldent officiate atone of ’em. It qll comes of too much romance and signifies that somebody is to blame or it wouldent nave to be did. There was a couple run away last week in a naboring county just for devilment, for 1 heard the old man say that he and his wife had given their consent and was fixiug to give ’em a wedding supper. He said he told Adeline that Jim was a sort of a fool, and now he knowd it. I wanted to remark that Ade line wasent overcropped with sense herself, but I dident. Its a poor example for a young girl to set to the children who are to grow up andf call her ISOS, and was therefore past bis 74th year at the time of his death. Converted at 16 years of ace and graduating from his college at 19. he entered into the Methodist miuistry when 20 years old, tuning the South Carolina conference. His abili ties brought wim rapidly forward into broad iielda of usefulness to the world. Many circuits and stations cujoyed the services of the gifted aud earnest young preacher. Colleges began to call him to their chairs, and he was persuaded to ac cept, in lS3i,the professorship of English litera ture m Wofford college, where he remained two years. Thegeneral conferenceof 1S10appointed him editor of the -outhem Christian Advocate, and after again serving his college as a professor he was made chancellor of the Southern university in Ala bama. W hile holding this position he wai elevated ,to the important office ot the Episcopacy in his ■church, by the general conference of 1SG0. thus in varied labors he has faithfully, successfully and bnlliantiy, served his generation. His national gifts were of high order, and they had been dis ciplined by a judicious aud thorough culture. Few equalled him either with pen or tongue. His gifts were in demand by papers, magazines, and reviews not only of his own church, but of other denomina tions. Whether before a cultured audience, or in the presence of a mixed multitude, his oratory was powerful to move He was remarkable for his suavity of luauncts and presided over the conferences with grace aud force* His own people loved him and all people admir ed and respected him. He labored with gseat faithfulness until near two years ago his healiu be gan to fail aud gradually his life ebbed away until the final hour. We conclude this hasty notice of a great and good man assured that it is not such a full tribute to his memory as will be paid by the religious press. OVER A LUNCH. A teacher says: "In one evening I counted twenty-seven meteors sitting on my piazza." Money often leads men astray—some of them will run after a dollar; but a bound dog is more avari cious—he will follow a scent. The attention of the government has been called to the fact that Adelina Patti's tour through the country is a costly star route. Never despair. Many a boy who goes aronnd with a yellow patch on his blue pantaloons may some day write a volume of poety in blue and gold or have a silver plate on his door. An Ohio girl sued a man for breach of promise, and proved him such a mean scoundrel that the jury decided that she ought to pay him some thing for not marrying her. "Previous good character” counts in Texas. A man who was on trial for arson brought forward witnesses (o prove that he had neglected two good chances to steal horses, and the jury decided that no such man could be guilty of burning a barn. A little girl once took a letter from her mother to an old lady friend. “Many thanks, my child," she said; "you may tell your mother that you are a mother, and no good ever comes c The law is A Little Episode In a Hallway Car. Louisville, Ky., February 18.—During the pas sage of a train across the connection between the Southall street depot and the Short Line junction, quite a flutter of excitement was occasioned by a shooting sc rape* between two passengers, who fell out about the lunch that both were engaged in de vouring, and for a time the few passengers in the coach kept their heads tucked dowu. with wonder ful care not to raise them until the matinee was over. One of the men, Mitchell by name, from Alabama, had purchased a lunchcu and spread the same on a scat, after which he invited his uewly made friend, a Mr. Martin, of Georgia, to take part. While so seated the lunen fell to the floor, when Mitchell accused Martin of kuockiug it off purposely. This brought rough words, and finally blows, duriug which many passengers, feariug there would be shooting, left the car aud hunted those iu front and to the rear. The men did finally draw their weapons, and fired five shots each, and it is said that both were slightly injured iu their arms. The confu sion and ill shape oi the car prevented the passen gers from interfering in time to prevent the shoot ing, and, strange to say. no one outside the bclli- ger nt- were touched by any of the stray shots. Marlin, at Short Line Junction, managed to evade' his opponent. Duriug the interval it was neces sary to await a south bound train over the Louis ville and Nashville, aud both meu evidently journeyed south without iurther trouble.. A DISSATISFIED PRIEST. lie Goes Into the Connubial and ltc»taurant BaslnoM. IlARTFOitn, Conn., February 18.—It is reported from Winsted, iu western Connecticut, that Father Agudi, assistant priest of St Joseph's Roman Cath olic church of that town, was married in New Ha ven, January 31, to Bridget D. Welsh, of that city, she had previously lived iu Wiuslcd, afid was a member of the congregation of at. Joseph’s, but re cently returned to the house of her father in New Haven. The priest left Winsted the 3Ulli of Janua ry, ostensibly to attend a religious convention in Boston, and until this week was supposhk to be still there. It appears, however, that lie went di rect to New Haven, aud that the couple were mar ried by a Methodist clergyman the following day. They.are now living iu Bridgeport, and he is re ported to have opened a restaurant. THE PROFESSOR’S REALM. very kind to let the young people run together in this sort of a way, but after while when they want to run the other way they canL Talbolton is a lively town, and now has a branch railroad of her own. New buildings are' going up all about. Several warehouses have re cently been built, and the twenty thousand dollar hotel is well kept and is a substantial orna ment to the town. Tnlbot county is on the heel of the Blue Ride, and abounds in red land and oak timber with here and there a deposit of iron ore. There are many farmers here who never buy corn or meat, but always have some to sell. Judge Willis lives here beloved aud honored by his people. Governor Towus lived here and Judge Warner lived here iu his early professional life; Benniug lived here, too, before he was married. Hearing that the negroes had a protracted meet ing going on with great excitement, I enquired how long it had been uuder way. and they told me ever since 1S65, which is about the protraciedest meeting X ever heard of, but there is a lot of ’em in jail all th same for stealing, aud 1 was a ruminating ' of bow many more would be there if it wasen't for ”’ the meeting. Jesso. I. B. Gorman now runs the only newspaper in the town, for he is the survivor of the fittest and can’t be surpressed. He also runs a farm and a saw-mill and a warehouse, and has a guano agency, and holds levees and issues bonds, and hasseveml more irons in the fire and keeps ’em all red hot. He is a whale, he is. They talk politics a' Talbotton aud ore pretty much on Gov ernor Smith’s line, that is to let the old stags rest awhile and take up Borne men who haven’t been a f ussin around. They talk kindly of Hammond and Blount and Buchanan and Black, of Augusta, and everybody is proud of Persons. Parsons is their pet. They told me that when Harris was running for congress, John Maunn told the boys that Harris was distributing a sack of guano to every voter in his own county, bat wusent sending a pound outside of it and made em beiiev-s it aud the last man voted against him. They swote that they couldent be bought up w th a paper or two of buncom turnip seed by nobody ior it was all for buncom anyhow. Butler is a pleasant village in the countyof Tay lor, and has a very good trade of its own. They have a prosperous college in charge of Professor Dozier, a genti man highly esteemed by the entire community, not only for his fitness ior the trust but for liis kindness aud genial disposition. He has over a hundred pupils iu his charge. It is pleasant to see a community united upen a school or college and they are so here. Competition is a good thing generally but in all these modest, un pretending towns it is better to have one high school and one newspaper and one hotel. I met a friend of the olden time a few miles from Butler—a refugee from the foul invader In 1864—we run away from Rome together and he got so comfortably fixed near Butler that he concluded to stay. We are now a good ways apart, but I found Bob Tomlin the same big-hearted man he used to be. I spent a day with him and perused his farm and was surprised at his oat and wheat crop that spreads over hun dreds of acres. He is another farmer who never buys corn or meat, and all can farm in tne same way if they will. What one man can do is possible for another. And General Warren is dead—a good man and a great man. Who did not honor him in life, and who does not feel sad at his death? There are now but a few,very few.left of his kind. Thcsegrand old statesmen dignified and adorned society like moun tains adorn and dignify a landscape. General War ren was a noble man—always true and sincere and patriotic. He grew old most gracefully, aud has gone to his rest, not under a cloud nor in a blaze glory, but rather like the sun when its rays are soitened and subdued by an Indian summer’s sky. Bill Arp. Harvard university has another gift—$100, €00 from a rich Bostonian. The cane was used on 1,415 public school children at Sl Louis duriug the last quarter. TSere are 12.643. pupils in th* public reft opto of Mralpife.wi5fe-.-_ The univeafty of Tennessee, at Knoxville, has just purchase* e fine $3,0'0 telescope. It is Mx feet long and magnifies over 500 diameters. The 810.000givenTo each of Hamilton and Yale colleges by Hon. James Knox, of Knoxville, 111., will be paid over to the managers of those instilu- 1 tions about March I. The Hartford theological seminary has sent out 24 per cent of its graduates os missionaries, stand ing in this respect at the head of the list of theo logical schools in the country. Oberlin comes next with 19 per ceut and no other exceeds ten per cent. The trustees of Vincennes university hare filed with the governor their annual report. The infor mation set forth is very meagre. During the year 188) 157 pupils were enrolled. The course Is simi lar to that of an ordinary high school. This is the Indiana university for the ostensible benefit of which policy shops have been started, in various pans of the state. Amougst the educational reforms about to he car ried out In France during the present year may be mentioned the establishment uf five technical schools, for cabinet-making, building industries, scientific instruments, domestic economy for girls and industrial chemistry. The latter school is of particular importance, for hitherto the French man ufacturers of chemical products have been obliged to employ foreigners to direct the scientific depart ments ol their enterprises. Dr. William Everett, of the Quincy (Maas.) School, says in the preface to a volume of sermons for the boys that "a teacher of boys liasabundant cause to - auxiety, for doubt, for vigilance, for misgiving. .\» profession demands more faith in Provideui-6, more appeals lor all possible oi:t»ide or inside help. But there is none that teaches more truly the duty of hope; that one of all the three which the opposite theological schools of faith and love seem to crowd out between their systems IVofcssnr Limes Bearer, teacher of mathematics iu tlie Hro klyu evening high school-’, baa invented ashor.er and simpler method of finding the square of a number than that generally louse. By this method he can find the square of numbers of half a yard or more long * y n simple mental process, and write the required product wiii but little hesi tation. This performance bus been tested and wit- neared by many eminent mathematical authorities who agree iu pronouncing it a great discovery. Professor Boarer has been importuned to make hi. method public, but he has as yet declined to do so FASHION NOTES. Bishop William M. \Vi C htmau. D.D„ LLD. Not only the great community of Methodists in this country, but many thousands of others, have watched with painful anxiety the progress of the sickness which terminated on the l&ih instant the valuable life of Rev. William May Wigbtman, D.D., L.L.D., bishop of the Methodist Episcopal Church South. This very eminent Christian minister wa s born iu Charleston, South Carolina, January a New trains are pear-shaped. Sufrano roses are again in fashion. The new blue is called bleu-de-mar. Gold tulle trims evening dresses. Velvet dresses need little trimming. Yellow diamonds are in great favor. Guipure guimps are in new dresses. Fcarl combs are a Parasian novelty. “Sulpnr lace” is a new importation. The English dress is worn by children. Tulips are worn with street costumes. Tiny humming-birds loop lace drapery. Double trains complete French dresses. Faille Is coming into fashion again. A comb of rosees fastns up low c liffnraa. Worth loops tulle drapery with birds. Pink acacias trim garnet velvet dresses. Scantily gathered frills trim new dresses. French dresses are voluminous at the back. A mammoth sunflower is the new valentine. Oval necks are newer than Pompadour squares. Twofpoints finish the back of new evening dresses. Tan colored fluffy feather* appear on black bon- neta. Narrow mantelets, like scarfs, match new cos tumes. Violet velvet corsages arc worn with white moire trains. New bodies have short basques pointed in buck and front. Dresden china shepherdesses afford models for Parisian toilets. • India mull, with rosebuds, is used (or trimming velvet bodices Pink hyacinths are worn with pink, while, or black dresses. “Eighteenth century embroidery” is the name given newbpen work. Ecru Venetian embroidery is used on black velvet and satin dresses. Ladies with Titian red hair delight in black satin and jet soilcttes. White silk muslin is used for the entire ball dress of debutantes. A jabot of lace trims each side of the dfuare neck of dinner dresses. indistinct print \\ ‘ i • ! \ j i

Georgia Historic Newspapers

The Weekly constitution. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1881-1884, February 21, 1882, Image 1