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THE WEEKLY CONSTITUTION. ^iLAiVrA, GA, TUESDAY MARCH 20. 188CJ
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ALL THROUGH DIXIE.
WHAT THE SOUTHERN FOLKS ARE
6AY1NO AND DOINQ,
Elocdr ' Tr»«ldlt. - Dno.tor.l attachmeela and
Occurrence.—Elopcm«nu-CuUIn*« That Qlvo
Uu Brum Slda and tna Dark side or
Sanaa Ntture-SIxzteriee mind.
Arkansas.
On lbs Arkrasu river Bottle Knotts, eon'
In.law of V. B. Bates, went to the letter's
bouse, with the intention of seeing
his wife's youngest sister. Bates
forbade him entering tho house,
Knotts demanded to be allowed to enter and
tbst tho girl be sllowod to go with him, book,
ing bis demand by on attempt to draw a pis
tol from bis hip pocket. Bates fired at him
with a double-barreled shotgun, one barrel or
which exploded, the contents lodging in his
son-in-law’s thigh. Knotts by this time
freed his pistol from his pocket and find at
Kates Bates then succeeded in getting the
second barrel off, which killed Knotts instant
ly- - T .
Louisiana.
News of a tragedy comes from a French settle
ment in Livingston parish. On Wednesday
night the wife of A. Trynsban, a popular
young lawyer, assailed her sleeping husband
with a hatchet, sinking the weapon into bis
skull seven or eight times and dashing out his
brains. Shu then ran to tho residence of a
slater near by, where she attempted to cut her
own tbroet with acarving knife, but was pre
vented by tbe timely interference of hor sis
ter, who succeeded in getting tho knife sway
from her. Mrs. Trynsban is a handsome
young woman, and belongs to one of tho most
respectable families in the parish. Her des
perate deed is doe to sadden insanity. She is
not aware of tho terrible oonseqnencos of hor
mental aberration. She has a brother in the
state insane asylum.
Florida.
At Tallahasse, last Saturday, Frank Low-
rir, tho murderer of Vanderburg, was
found guilty and sentenced for life to the pen
itentiary. Alter the rnhrder Lowrie returned
to his home. South Carolina, where ho mspi-
cion existed of hie crime.
The TimraTnlon hie a letter from Oovemor
Ferry raying that Senator Jones's absenos (tom
bis seat does not make a vacancy in a con: 1
tlonal sense and consequently he has no now
make so appointment to DU a vacancy which does
not exist. _
North Carolina.
At Coneord, Wednesday, the body of
Elias Uiscnhclmcr waa found in the grave
yard grove, hanging from a tree. In hkt
pocket was found a bo*. from whloh seven
morphine pills hsd been tsken. It is thought
tbst Uiscnhtlmer’s mind hsd been .unbat-
isnccd. .
Wm. H. Jones and Frank Jones, fsthor sod
son, upon trisl for tbe mnrder of Usry Ktoe,
closed Saturday st 5 o'clock with a vorJict of
not guilty. »t Nasbviilo.
One hundred and raven witnesses wore
osamined. The prosecution was sbly con
ducted by Solicitor Ferguson, with assistants,
snd the prisoners were as ably defended. The
crime for which tho prisoners were tried in
volved tho murder of fimr poraona and the
burning of a dwelling. Tho Indictment was
for tbe mnrder of Mary Bloc. Bills were
also found for the killing of others. After tho
verdict today anol pros. was entered as to tho
other indlctmentr.
Washington is Indignant over tho action of
Governor Scales, in commuting the death sen
tence of s negro, convicted of tuning a white
girl in this city. The effect of this ereitement
is to render unsafe the life of another colored
ravisher now In Jail hero.
South Carolina.
Forest Urea in parts of tho state are sweej
pied by tbe Bov. W.’C. Smith^Vu destroyed.
Lots $1,500. The wind was exceedingly high.
lies lest their homes snd ail their e
The
residence snd ontbnlidlngs of Captain John E.
Scott were also destroyed.
The people of Chester, for some time past,
have been divided in opinion over
tho strange disappearance of Peter
Chambers, colored, many holding to the
Opinion that he hsd been foully murdered by
a party Of ’possum hunters, snd his body se
creted. It appears that a few days before
Christmas, a party consisting of W. D. Wells,
a white man, with Peter Chambers, Billy San
ders and other colored men, went out into the
woods after dark on a 'possum hunt. The
next morning tho party, with tho exception of
Chambers, appeared. In relation to the miss
ing man, they stated that on thetr-sray along
Thompson’* creek, Chambers drank so freely
that he was a hindrance to the hunt. They
built a Are, and placing tbe drinking man by
it, left him there, intending to call for him on
their return. They found their nothing but
the embers of the lira, and supposed that
Chambers had turned homeward.
Several hundred men, principally
set out to scour tho woods. Tho failure to
discover tho body led tha negroes to charge
the murder opon Sanders. A few nights later
Banders found his esbln surrounded by a howl-
ing horde of masked men, who challenged
him to come out. His only answer was a row
discharges from his rifle, and pending tho
confusion thus crested, he made his escape
through tho mob into the woods, when ho Md
oat for several days.
Several dns ago whilo D. F. Crawford was
clearing his land lying along tho crook ho was
astonished to And the body of a dead nun on
tho creek bottom. Before Trial Jostloo
Baskin, assisted by Dr. Kalioek, tha body was
established to be that of the missing Chambers.
As there wer* no mark* of violence on the
body the only foonclusion laft was that tho
man walked into the creak snd was drowned,
and that the waters, which had been high all
winter, having fhllan, tha body ins exposed
to view, thus clearing away tbs mystery which
placed a cloud ovtr tho reputation* of honest
Virginia.
Officials, raiding an Illicit distillery in
the southern part of tho state Thursday, had
a sharp fight with raoonshtnsra, in whien shots
ware exchanged. Ten stills wer* cot out and
25,000 gallons of beer destroyed.
Mrs. Anderson, of Aocomae county who wis
alone st home, noticed a Stubblefield on fire
near her home. She attempted to keep the
flames from tho house but in doing so hor
clothing caught Are. She screamed for help
and ran about in u frantic manner, fanning
the flames into greater firry. The neighbors,
attracted by her cries, ran to tho rescue, but
not till tho unfortunate lady had been burned
to death. Hsr clothing was entirely con
sumed and hsr feature* disfigured beyond re
cognition, tho flesh dropping from her bones.
The neighbors managed to rave the house
from destruction. , Hr. Anderson returned
home some bout* after tbs tragic occurrence,
and became almost wild with grief.
A gentleman from Florida tells of tha strug
gle or the people to save their frnlt daring
the cold spells. He says that la his vicinity
the only persons who have managed to rave
their strawberries are Miss Belle Bussell,
fotmeriy a teacher for many yean in Peters
burg, Vs, and hsr associates, Ur. and Ulra
Kinney. It waa only by tha greatest labor
possible that they wore thus successful.
Night after night daring the prevalence
of the cold weather they kept ap
jrrtftt lor Arts tnand their
strawberries, each taking turna'ln replenish
ing tha Ana. By this means they kept the
atmosphere warmer for a considerable era*,
and reaped th* reward of their lsborr by get
ting $2.00 a quart for their first strawberries.
n Hilton especially
e discovery that tho
4 place, eloped
lost night with hU cousin, Mir* Boss Hcnicy.
The affair is rendered mors shocking by the
bet that the rovorened gentleman, who stood
most high in the estimation of his congrega
tion, leaves an excellent vrifo and three
rmall children. Miss Boss Hen
ley wos a social bello here,
eighteen, and very beautiful. She was re
gnrded as an especial friend of her paramonr’n
wife. Mr. Bamsey was a Presbyterian, and
bee expounded tbo Gospel here fur
ten years, and the fall of tho
heavens could not have created a greater
shock than this iosane action of his. Mrs.
Bsmsey, it is thought, will die from the blow.
The family of tho young lady vow summary
vengeance on her seducer. The whereabouts
of the guilty pair are unknown, bnt it is be
lieved they have gone over the Chesapeake
and Ohio to Cincinnati.
J. W. Gsyven, was killed in Norfolk In T4 by
W. W. Nottingham. Tbe murderer, who has
been a digit iva aver tinea in the Florida
glades, has jut returned and surrendered
himself, saying bo was tired of wandering
around tho country an axils from home, ana
preferred returning and surrendering himself
The colored people around Petersburg have
arranged forthe holding of sn agricultural snd
mechanical fair to bo held here next 1*1L The
white people propose to extend liberal aid.
Mississippi.
Mrs. Shelton was fined (5 for abusing _
colored brmer named Moore. In retaliation
Shelton went to’ Moore’s house and called
Moore out. Mrs. Moore followed, and when
they approached Shelton they sawn pistol in
bis bunas. Hooro immediately urn back to
the honso and Shelton fired npon the woman.
The ball took effect in her back, bnt she did
not fall, whereupon, to prevent her escape, ho
knocked her down with a heavy stick, and
while aha lay on the gronnd ho And two more
shots into her body, leaving her dead.
Tha Clarion, published at Jackson
snd late official journal of the state, in a
long editorial, condemns thofierrollton affair,
characterizing it as a murderous, brutal and
entirely inexcnsabloand unjustifiable, without
extenuating ci reams lances of palliation and
adds:
The people of Mississippi, who do not wish to
rest under the odium of acquiescence In th* whole
sale butchery, have a doty to perform. —
speak out In denunciation ol all the det-^
upon tbe persons of citizens of the stats. Tnera
civilized world would aptly lit a nation of savage*
Wc must reassure tbe negro, wo must call a ''halt"
to bis murderous enemies,
Circuit court of Carroll coMpffiffiffiMHHMMP
rolltou Saturday. The grand jury examined over
one hundred and fifty witnesses on tho InmMlH
lion or the shooting of the negntee at that pOT
the 17th instant; bat nollght whatever was thrown
upon the matter and, os It was nmghgnto
ran be (bund ng/timt any indlvl
I Hit In tlic tragedy. The whites h
eelved several anonymous lot ten or threats sup-
poafd to come from tho negroes: though It Is to
bs hoped the ttrrlble matter la at an cud.
Saturday night strangers went to'lhe bouse of Mrs
Schlsuder, a widow lady Bring across thsltko
from Ichnla. twelve miles from Lexington uurate
land bound her and a peddler who wutaPMRH
He st the time, wi th tho view of securing s large
int of money raid to bo secreted about tho
■■■e. The old lady was subjected to *11 manner
of torture, and II waa not rata they carried her to
the peddler had, the robbers
to take tbe train. The ped *'
cut the cords And relcifcd
lake to Ichnla, and gavo the alarm. The town
marshal, MeBee, C. Jenet snd John Otvln, started
mmMted?*Janet > M^^&hfl^ramd5^Mit
wounded robber was traced io tbs edge of town.i
Iraced to the edge of t
of his capture,
ollsrs wot.found In si
hnndretfand fifteen dollan wen found In a seek,
addressed to Mrs. Schlandsr, on tho person of the
dead robber.
Alabama.
Mr. B. Holcomb waa murdered near Wilson-
vlUo. He sraa a vendor in patsnt medicines,
and it is supposed that robbery was tha mo
tive of the unknown murderers.
Much excitement exists over tho report msdo
by W. O. Kerr, who is boring artesian
wells for tho water supply of ths Birmingham
rolling mill. Two bole* hare boon bored a
depth of-five hundred feet below ths surface.
Water, pure snd clear, filled up the well within
twelve feet of the top. It was announced
by Mr. Kerr that the water cam* from
an underground stream, the size of
village creek, on which is built tho olty
water works. Tbs stream is largo enough in
places for hosts. Persons placed thelr ears to
tho top ofthe hole, snd heard the inter rush
ing below. The rolling mills have secured
enough water to run its machinery. The find
saves the company three hundred dollars a
month water rents. This is not the first evi
dent)* of the underground stream. At Wil
liamson’s foundry, distance half a mile, is*
well fonrteen feet deep, with a solid stream
running through it with n loud rumbling
noise.
from tho shaft of the Pratt mine by
Clarence Keiffer, tho white convict, who
climbed a wire cable 310 feet from the bottom
of the shaft to the top of ths shaft. Tho mine
•f the Pratt Iren ana ooel company Is 810 foot
from sorfheo to bottom. The mines are enter
ed by means of * donble elevator, which works
on n single wire cable two inches in diameter.
The elevators are arranged so when one is st
the surface ths other is st ths bottom. Tho
cable is slack when the elevator* are stationary,
and can be swayed sens* the shaft, which is
20 feet. The min* is extensive. Over three
hundred convicts are working in It. The only
means of egress is by tho elevators, which are
railed by steam, snd ere used for eonvaying
coal from tho mines. Ths convicts are closely
watched, and no one has escaped from the
mines. Keiffer was on ths nighttarn, and waa
working st 3 o’clock digging coni. At daylight
ho was missing. At the bottom ofthe abaft
was found several pieces of rope tied in peon-
liar slip knots. Hs hsd elimbsd the eabteby
mesne of tying tho knots ss h* took each step.
He must have worked two hours. He ran
great risk of being mashed by the elevators,
~ blch began running st daylight.
Professor Cranswell, with hh famous blood
hounds, Booker snd „
Keiffer was eonvietei of
county, sentenced to tha coal mine* twenty
years In 1885. He la n German, weight 140
pounds. He claimed to hare boon a fresco
isintu, and did work tu St. Peter’s church,
Borne. <
Friday, near Birmingham, James Thomas,*
small negro hoy, waa abducted by n white
man. Tb* boy was playing with a companion,
when tha man drove np and told him to go
with him and hold bis hones. Ho promised
the hoy nice clothes snd plenty of candy.
Neither the man nor the boy has bean heard
of since. Tha boy’s mother is nearly dis
tracted. She has not oaten a mouthful since
hor sou was abducted.
A brutal murder waa committed near Wll-
sonvlll* Saturday. A body found after lay
ing several days. The victim, “Blackey” Hol
comb, well known and respected, was seventy
yean old. Ho sold modtclsi* through the
country and was knosrn to haV* money. When
found, his head was crushed
in with a pine knot, which was stick
ing in bis skull. His clothe* wore ridod snd
medicines and money wore found lying on tha
PSd , S5-.5iS!iiS5lt.rf^«
ed tbst several negroes had been tricked snd
hews* blamed for it, H* hsd boon told if hs
did not quit selling a certain kisd of liniment
he would bo killed. No. cine has been ob
tained. This is tha first murder ever known
in this csmmualty.
General John B. Gordon has accepted the invite-
tn of the soldiers’ monument committee snd will
bit Montgomery snd deliver sn address on the
lajlng of tbe comer-stone ofthe monument and
the cooing of cx-Presldent Davis. General Gor
don beten his military carats In Montgomery, and
leu here ss mqjo. of the Sixth Alabama. ’
At the defense of Galveston Island daring the
late unpleasantness tbe gallant confederate
General Magruder established a fort in ths
western suburbs of th* city, In n locality now
known as th* lnterssetioa of Arenas N and
Thirty-seventh street. Time ud increasing
population has, however, effaced all evidence
of the fort, and but for the reoeut discovery
by a number of boys of n quantity of Shrap
nel! shell* in tbe numerous sloughs snd
lagoons in tho vicinity, all recollection would
bo but s matter of history. Among tho boys
were Edward snd Henry Dippo, the oldest
aged fifteen, and on finding that these
spherics! case shot contained a number of
leaden ballets, which could bo ntllised for
hunting, they took a number of them homo,
on Avenue N, near Thirty-fifth street.
Among others, Fred Gould, living In the vi
cinity, was informed of tbe find.
Fred removed the plugs while tha
Dippo boys, after soaking the shells in a
bucket of water, shook ont tho bullets. Sev
eral of tho shells hsd been thus treated when
Fred picked np one which he remarked would
bo difficult to open. Tho plug was covered
with a led cap, which he sought to remora
with a hatchet snd sn old file. Mrs. Dippo
wss tested on the back gallery,watching Fred
as, with the shell between his knees, he
worked sway with hatchet and file, Tho
Dippo boys were standing in front, a few foot
away from him, when suddenly the old file
struck firs. The tiny tpsrk ignited tho fuse
which, after all the years and water soaking',
bad stiil kept dry beneath the leaden cap.
Thera was a flash, an explosion, and Fred
Gould lay dying on tbo ground, with horrid
rents in his side snd both legs filled with
bnlletsand (see blackened with powder. Ho
lived about twenty minutes. Fragments of
tho shall tore through tbe bouse from rear to
front, carrying away tbo sashea snd making
great holes In the westborhoaiding. Tho back
gallery, against which Fred was seated at the
time, alto bean the marks of shell and shot.
Pieces of the shell were carried great dis
tances, yet strange to say, though only a few
feet away, Mrs. Dippe and heraone escaped un
injured.
While the houie of H. Branch sraa burning,
at Brownwood.lt waa discovered that a boy was
in the house. Tha father made* desperate
attempt to rescue tho boy, probably st the
cost of his own life, but to no effect, snd tho
family snd friends could do nothing bnt stand
and see the burning timbers fitll in, consigning
tbe little fellow to a fiery grave. Mr. Branch's
body was horribly burned.
Tonnesseo.
Thomas W. Tyler, the detoctire who arrested
James Davie ana brought him from Jackson
ville, Fla., to Nashville thinking ho had in
custody Charts* Clemmons, the murdorer of
John Price, found, after the prisoner was ex
amined and released, that tho tables were
completely turned. Tyler was anxious to part
company with Davis, but this Davis would not
agree to. They wont to Gilchrist's hotel to
get dinner. Tyler paid for the dinner, snd
requested his former prisoner to go in tho din
ing room, saying h* wonld follow In a few
minutes. Davis went In, and tho dotoettvo
failing to com* in after soroo timo had passed,
ho ran ont, collared him and brought him
back, saying:
“Yon are not going to give me the dip that
way. Yen brought me up here and pud my
way against my will and now you have got to
take mo hack and pay my trey against your
will.”
Then, turning to tho elork, ho went on:
“The next man that arrests me I want him
to act like somebody and not fill bis pockets
with sweet potatoes to eat on the route.’’
The detective had filDandJoffered it to Davis,
telling him that was ail ths money ho hsd.
After waiting all day Davis finally took ths
money gare 51 back to tho crestfallen man,
who seised hi* valise and started home afoot.
Two hours later Davis left for Jacksonville on
the train.
Transferring a large number of insane peo
ple from the asylum near Nashvlllo, to tho
asylum at Lyon* View, was a difficult under
taking. The train was mads up of one bag
gage car and two second class ooaches, snd be
tween six and seven o’clock Tuesday morning
tho train started with its load of insane wo
men for Knoxville. Tho patients were com
paratively quiet on tho road, and tbe trip was
made most sueccssfrtlly, without any of tbo
unfortunate wosnenlboooniinx susdnUy violent
or attempting to escape. When tho train
reached Erin, a little station about ono mllo
from the Lycus View asylum, there were in
waiting for them two omnibusses snd four
hacks whloh bad been sent out from tho
dly, to transfer the insane from the train to
tho asylum. Bopea hsd been stretched around
the conveyances to keep back tho crowd. A
good many hsd gone out from tho oity, and
the people about the little station had assem
bled to stare at tho poor women. Ths sromen
were tsken from the can ono st a time and
placed In th* oonvayaneaa. In th* smaller
omnibus wore placed eleven; in ths larger ono
fifteen. There were placed in tho hook which
runs between the Hattio House and Fort Saun
ders, nine; in the Bosabud hack, eight, snd in
one of the Lyons View hacks, seven;
making in *11 fifty Insane women brought
to be kept in the new insane asylum
at Lyons View. The women ware rather more
troubleaomo than th* man, and were consider
ably noisier. Two or three of them ware In
straight Jackets, snd one cams raring from
th* train, One poor unfortunate seemed to bs
frightened at tha crowd and had to bo taken
forcibly from tho train. She wonld cling to
the seats and to tho guards around tho plat
forms of the oar. On* or two were very so
ciably inclined, snd would speak to anyone In
tha crowd whoso aya they oould catch. On*
aged woman evidently waa deranged upon re
ligions subjects, snd preached to the crowd in
German.
MARRIED IN OEOROIA.
Mr. J. P. Adams snd MleeMaUle R. Osborn, At-
yiyn. aassw—4,-tffi*.... ffitr. niiusia itimi wm
.Ola white, Macon....Mr. B.T. Pommy and MUa
LnlaBarrett, Atlanta... Mr. R. K. Brandenburg
and Min 8u»la Btewart, Waycron,
DIED IN OEOROIA.
nui’i-wr, in. n. u. avDai. UUHKU.„.„
IS. Mary k. Johnson, Newtou county Or. M. 8.
bison, Uawklnxvlllc... .Judge Charles A. Beasley,
eliaferro county—.Mr* Anna M. Harris, Bruns*
jj*....Mis. Mary Friend, Savannah....MI« It*.
[Reynolds, Savannah....Mr. J. j. Norman,
Baton... Mr. John Meehan, Atlanta....-Mr. M.
CTftnan, KendersvUla ...Mis. Lawrenoc, Maoon
......Ur- Monro* Gorman. Sparta.. Mrs. Edward
..Mis* Fannie Wilder,
O. Floyd. Logaiunilla...
BrunfwJck Mr*. U. II.
—Mr. William Gamer. W-u.su
Law*!)#, Atlanta .. lira. J. J. I
.—.Mr. J. W. Quicken bu, Gi *
L. Jonca. Macon.....Littie La
Sand Yonr Orders to
M. Rich A Bros., 64 sad M Whitehall street. Allan*
la. Us., tbe largest Cry goods and carpet house In
thosouth. They have one pries for S:L “
guaranteed on all orders
Uon
on all t
Philadelphia proudly claims that she has
88,000 more women than men.
Important Salt.
The Magruder mine snd plantation, twslrs
—lies from Washington, Georgia, win bo offend
for rale st public outcry on ths first Tuesday In
Jons. It lea tract of Ml sens, trail watered, snd
Is considered s fin* opportunity for Investment.
Bee advertisement of F. J. SulUvsn, trust**, Slao-
whera in this paper.
Tn* “happy bunting ground*” bars waited
too long for Osronimo.
The commute* of awards at th* New Orleans ex
position bev* Just swarded the retd medal as first
irtse lo the Ktraub Machinery Co., of CtnoInnul,
)., for the best flouring snd corn mill machinery.
Hat wheat is lower at Chicago than at say
Ume in twenty-fly* ysare.
People who value time always use Dr. Bull’s
Gough Syrup to get rid of a cold.
Tiis.se has been very little hydrophobia in
London sine* tho new law compelling the
mnssling of dogs went Into offset
Victims of youthful indiscretions suffering
from nervous debility, lock of self-confidence,
impaired memory, and kindred symptoms,
should send three latter stamps Cor tars* Illus
trated treatise, giving means of osrtaln Cura,
with numerous testimonials. Address World’s
Dispensary Mod leal Association, Buffalo, N. Y.
SCOTT-8 EMULSION Off PURE
Cod liver on, with IlypopbMphltee, Its
Cs* In Lang Troubles.
Dr. Hiram Codoretto, of Jsckeonrllls, FIs., says:
T bar* for th* test ten months prescribed your
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end they seem to be greatly benefited by Its me."
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GEORGIA NEWS.
THE HEWS OF TH ESTATE BRIEFLY
CHRONICLED.
rivonblt tad VnAfonbU: Crttfotam -XarrfagM—
Deaths From Natural and Unnatural Cauaea-
Lawfal Sxeoutlon or Criminal* rad Jadf*
Lynch’r Viotimr — Other Mows.
\Vednscday fifteen hundred negroes, men
end women, attended sn suti-prohlbitlou bar
becue on tho river bottom, near Tremor's
mill, having gathered from all orer the county.
About midday a procession of about a thou
sand, headed by music, formed snd inarched
through the city and back to tho river. While
the crosrd waa orderly, with the exception of
now and then some one exclaiming such words
astbese, “white folks down, nigger on top,”
the whole affair waa lU-ad vised and gave much
offense to the eitlsena.
No interference was made to tbe procession.
Bat ono white man was seen In the procession,
snd be waa H. E. Krauts, a barkeeper here,
who rod* horseback np and down the proces
sion. It is said that he, at times, need some
violent language shoot prohibitionists. Last
night, In his bar, waa a crowd of negroes, snd
one ertwo white men. Kreuta spoko many
hitter words to tho negroes, and among other
things was heard to tell the negroes that if
any white ladies here hsd anything to say
about prohibition or blue badges to make In
sulting proposals lo them. A white man pres
ent took np tho matter, snd a fight took ploco
between them.
Thursday the affliir became pnblle, and
Kreuta was waited on by a eitlsena eommttteo,
who told him that ha must leave the place.
Ho tried to explain tha matter by saying that
he was drunk all day yesterday and last night,
and did not know what ha had said, but tho
firm answer wu that he . must leave by fire,
o’clock this afternoon. 1
Herald he would go. la about two hours
he left in a buggy, going toward Toombsboro.
There was s strong disposition to lay hands
on him, ou the part of many, but wlsor
counsels prevailed, snd ho was sllowod to go,
with tho caution to not return.
At a citizens meeting at night, composed of
both prohlbitlonUte and antis, tha following
oo resolve:
First—w* strongly condemn ths lawless sworn-
blase of negroes In MlUedeevlllo on yestesday,
their disorderly insolent and Indecent behavior,
and the malignity shown by many of thorn towsnli
the while peoplo.
Second— 1 We more earnestly denounce thecondnet
of any whiles who, for porpaeca of election or
by these Ignorant people towards Ms race, as
treacherous and loathsome beyond contempt.
Third. Whereas. IL K. Krenlx b manifestly guil
ty of siding snd abetting these disorders by ruling
in Hue with them, furnishing them Uquor, leading
snd cheering them through our streets, snd coun
selling them lo lueoleuce towards our people, sad
especially towards tho ladles, and
Whereas: certain eUlaens have thb morning
warned said Kreuta to leave this county at onco
and finally, which warning ho has hastily acted
upon, we most cordially approve tboactlon of those
gentlemen and adopt It aa our own.
Fourth, wo gladly commend tho good conduct of
tho many of our good colored fellow cltlzcut whose
conduct in this, as in all Instances, b true snd law
abiding. |
The exssntlon of Whitehead, in Wstkins-
ville, ordered for Friday last, did not tako
place; owing to an order granted by Judge
Hutchins.
Crawford Whitehead and George Hardeman,
tha murdered man, lived vety close to each
other, and Whitehead, being a renter of Har
deman’s, they wore together a great deal.
Whitehead clalme that Hardeman would oh-
I ect to everything he did and refused to allow
ilm to put his cow in the pasture. He triad
to kill ul of bla chickens for going into his
wheat patch, snd would enrse snd abuse him
every time they met, until hi* life sras a bur
den to him. Whitehead says that Harde
man carted and abused his wife, call
ing her had names, and on one occasion, while
they were,quarreung, he started to spit lo his
wife's face,-and made several motions si if- ho
would do so. Hsrdomsn nearly always car
ried a pistol, snd threatened toosoit oa him.
Th* morning of the killing, July 10, White-
head went to his patch to ho* cotton, and bad
net been there loug before Hardeman’s wlfo
came down the path, leading a mule, and Har
deman following behind with a plow stock on
his shoulder. As soon as Hardeman saw
Whitehead he-eommenced cursing and sinn
ing him, snd said some very bad things to bis
wife. Whitehead picked np blsgnn and cook
ed both barrels, snd told Hardeman ho hsd
stood thb Jnstas long ns he eonld. Harden) tn
polled open the bosom of bis shirt snd told
him to shoot. Whitehead took him
his word, snd tired both barrels
Into hi* breast. As soon as he
shot ho claims that Mr*. Hardeman told hor
husband toshoot him, Herdsman did not ear
anything, hut walked off a few paooa and fall.
Hardeman bad a pistol and made sn attempt
to draw it. Whitehead claims that ha was
bounded down, snd that the killing was in
self defense, aa ho firmly belters* tbst Harde
man eame with bis pistol ou purpose to raise
the difficulty and kill him.
Whitehead fled, but was suhssquentiy cap
tured in White county, near Cleveland, by Hr.
Houston, snd wu cirriod to Jail. His captors
had him chained to tho vehicle snd kept a
clou watch on him from White county to Oeo-
It is a sham* and a sad commentary on the
Induetry and enterprise of tha southern fsrm-
ets that tho manufacturers ofthe south are
compelled to import thsir broom com from
tho west and north, when our climate Is so
much bettor adapted to it* cul
tivation. Wo can plant a mouth
etrlier snd harvest * month
before the western crop comet in. Tb*
southern firmer can have tha money in hi*
pocket in four months from the time ho drops
[he seed in tho ground, long before ootton
erases to bloom. Ono hand can cultivate bo-
tween 30 and 40 acre*.
One bnzbel scad will plant 10 to 18 acres
One man can cultivate 30 to 40 acres. Oaa
man can cut from I to an acre par day. Yield
per acre 100 to 800 pounds.
Near Toy lot list* • fiunilF consisting of two
white women—ono Mrs. Julia Hutto tho other
Mrs. Vint Hutto, both the wive* of tho tarns
man. The husband Is living, but not vary
often with them. They are not living nmter
the best repot*.
A few nights ago n party of masked men
went tehra to see abont correcting their morale.
They found ono negro man st one of the
bouses, who took his flight so soon that tb*
vigilantes only heard him strike the swrtmp,
about a quarter of a milt away, llkaa tornado.
They took tho woman from tbeir bods and
but them ap pretty badly with their whips,
snd told them they would have to be gono In *
certain time. They are making preparations
for a hasty removal. Th* parties wire not
known, but their acts are approved by tho
people in tbst community.
The huzbsnd. Wm. Hutto, is tho man who
hu tbe reputation of selling his wives. It is
a fact he fi at marriad a womau and arid her
soon for a fiddle and pen of shacks. Ha mar
ried another and got a barrel of ayrnp to marry
her, and she non died. H* married another
and oflbred bn for is]*, and got hair bushel of
cow pus fur hsr; married another snd offered
her, sad no one wanted hsr, and ha just quit
and uid that waa a good trade. Ha offered
her first on trial. |
i. J. 8. Powell, who wu severely horned
Fridsy, near Boms, by hsr drsu catching fire,
died (Saturday.
Mrs. J. 8. I’owell wss in tha yard putting
some shacks into a nop,' whoa bar clothing
caught fire from tha shneka. Bite tan to the
houie, her husband all th* white trying to pat.
out th* fire, tearing off bar clothe* sad trying
to smother the firs out by wrapping bad quilt*
sroundhar. Iter hands ware burned to •
crisp snd hsr body from tbs waist down was
severely burned.
Both Mr, Powsll snd Ms two daughters hsd
their hands burned in th* effort to extinguish
th* Same*. •
Gordon Byrd, aged about seventua. st-
tempted to commit suiddsst Boom on Taevtey
rooming. Gordon Is • pupil at tha pablic
retool el d is subject to fit*. This morning ho
hsd s fit in th* school, snd when h* mowed
wu sent horns. Ho went down to the river
bank, st the foot of Elm strut, having in tbo
■nnuwhile procured s six-shooter. Three
time* he placed the |,isto! to his hud and fired.
Two balls entered hi* check, ranging upward,
and one inflicted a scalp wound. Mr. John
son, who works In a mill near by, ran to his
stsltlsnco as be fell.
“Who did tblsf’ asked Johnson.
“That negro blacksmith,” answered young
Byrd, faintly.
Tbe negro alluded to ns arretted, bnt oiur-
It proved his Innocence, and wu discharged.
The negro said that he uw Byrd when he
fired, snd ran to his relief. When Byrd saw
him he turned snd fired three shot* st him,
whereupon tho negro ran sway,
Tbe pond of Editor Smith, ofthe Washington
Chronicle, hu for some time boon a resort for
Captain Cade’s geceerand lately a goose hu boon
found setting on sn island in the mlddlo of
tbo pond. Tha Opinion is expressed that the
S oso selected this place for her nost so that
0 would not bo molested by tho hogs snd tho
dogs.
A writer In the Americas Becorder thus
tells of a gigantic oak in Lee county: “Three
feef above tho gronnd this tree meuures
twenty feet and ten inches in circumference,
ud at a height of six feet, the point at which
It divide* into two branches, Itmeasnre* twen
ty feet ud two inches around it, Tbo small
est one of tho branches measure* cloven feet
snd three inches, snd the other fourteen feet
ud three Inches in circumference. Some of
its longest branches extend more than ono
hundred feet in opposite directions,
bnt it has sn avenge diameter of
ninety-five fret, covering an ana of about flvo
hundred and sixty aquare yards. This grand
old oak is about ono mile out of old Btsrksrillo,
in Leo county, ud is noted, not onty for its
immense size, but u being the onlyzoutlnot
that stands to watch over rad mark the spot
where once stood the historto Indira town of
Chehaw. or An-nuro-cuMa. These were friend
ly Indians, and did all they Could In tho
way of tarnishing tho governor of tho
state with provisions rad warriors to holp
maintain tbo pesos and to protect tbe lives
and property of the people. But through
some misunderstanding tbs village was con
signed to tho flames on tho 83d or April, 1818,
by a force under Captain Wright, and about a
dozen of tbo Indlani were killed. The do-
atiuctlon of this town caused great excitement
in the country, snd gsvo rise to quite a spir
ited correspondence between General
Andrew Jsckeon snd William Bit-
bun, who wss then governor of tlio
state. Captain Wright wu arrested, but soon
after made his escape. This treo Is known ss
Sheriff M. P. Blvlere has arrested Mr. 81m
Btnden, tho youug mu,who, a few woo tea ago,
induced Miss DellaMathews to elope with him.
Th* girl was Just entering Into womubdod.
She Is tho daughter of Mr. T. F. Mathews, a
prominent citlsen, and one of Jackson county's
ez commlstioncrs. Sid Bandera, tha abdoetor’a
brother, helped to steal tho girl, and Hr. Mar
tin, a well-to-do farmer rad prominent oitlien
of Upson county, camo with his wagon snd
carried them off by night. Last week the
grand jury found a true bill against all three
of tha men. The other two will doubtless bo
in Jail in a few days if they don't gtvobond.
Mr. Mathews will also institute suit against
Mr. Martin for damages. The wont feature of
the case is tbst Bonders has a wife In Texas,
who is now scorching his whereabout*. If tho;
have to servo four years in tho ohslngrag,
they will decide that kidnapping is s poor
game.
Newt Barker, who lives near 8uwanes, wu
chopping In the woods; he happened to a very
curious accident. In felling a tree, it lodged
•gainst another, and a limb flaw book and
knocked him down. Ho wu bolding the ax
in his hsnd, and in some way it aplit hu thumb
open, cutting ont an entire piece, which he hu
been unable to find, after dlllgont search.
Quito a romantic marriage occurred in
Greensboro hut Sunday night. It wu a run
away match, and tho parties to it were Mr.
Bobert Montgomery, son of tha Baptist min
ister st that place, and Mias Msttla Brown, tha
lovely and highly accomplished daughter of
Colonel James L. Brown, the moat prominent
lawyer of that Motion. Tho schomo of tho
runaway wu wall managed, ud even tbo pi-
rants and most intimate frlonds of the groom
knew nothing of it until tho conpio were *
good hundred miles away. For
more than a year ths young man hss
beta paying court to the young lsdr. Ho
snd tho yonng lady—ns is always the case
with joung beads and loving boarte—were
anxious for an immediate union. Tho parents
of tho bride—white not opposed to tho mar
riage-thought it best sod prudent to wait
until young Montgomery had finished his
second course oi law lecture*, In which study
he had been engaged in Tennessee. On iut
Bnndsy night the couple went to chnreh to-
S ther, and at tha timo there wu not tho
Intcit suspicion of tho intention they had.
They returned from chnreh. Tboyonnglsdy
retired. Tbo hours flew by. Her fsthor,
mother and fiunily slept. There wu • tap
on her window. She awoke, snd In a moment
more Joined hersoonlo bohusbhnii. Thatwo
then took tho np express for Atlanta, and
when tho town awok* on Monday morning
they had been married.
A little two-year-old boy of Ur. T. W. Orr,
living in th* eastern portion of Forsyth
county, swallowed some hot ooffeo on Bunasy
evening, tbe 21st initent, drinking It from tho
spout ofthe coffee pot boiling by tho fire. Tbo
little hoy wu siono In tbe hoas*. His mother
bad stepped ont to attend to some out door
duty, and was bnsy preparing anppar for tho
family. She left the little boy playing about
the fire where tbo pet of cofiha wu boiling. Ha
put his mouth to tho spout and Inhaled steam.
The child snffared with great pain until
Tuesday, 83d, wheo death relieved him.
THE STATE CAMPAIGN.
Tha i tat a catni
The uncertain snd dieturbl
ent Is the attitude of Geua__ -
probable that there will bo levs rat candidate*
In the race who are not yet named. laths
meantime Messrs. Bacon and Blmmons are
making an active canvass or tha state. Tha
latest gossip In tho campaign will tm found
below:
Tha friends ofJndga Blmmons are com-
plsinlng st tha attitodo of Collector Crenshaw
sod his deputies in tha nos. They have for
mulated thsir complaints and forwarded them
to Washington. They declare that ha hu
asked bis deputies to work actively in thsir
various district* to s*cure tho nomination of
Hon. A. O. Bacon, ud that on thou sugges-
ions tho deputies are neglecting tha pnblio
business and giving thsir Ume to personal
K iltie*. Letters have been received by Judge
nmons snd bis friends stating these feeta,
sad naming dsputierw ho are working even oat
of their district* in opposition to Jndg* Sim
mons, Tbe Simmons men ssy they bar* no
objection to tho position Collector Crenshaw
takes, bnt think it is not right for him to nso
his office and Influence the men si work under
him to promote th* ambition of any democrat
u against uothcr democrat, and that they
Intend to sen If ths department at Washing
ton does not agra* with them.
Last night a representative of th* Consti
tution called on Collector Crenshaw at blj
homo to obtain bis statement in regard to tbo
above. Mr. Crenshaw hsd retired. When ha
met tha reporter it wu with a pnuled coun
tenance. When told of the charges that bad
been mad* against him, ha said that ha eonld
> it, snd eonld not believe that
Frame court. He slated that ho thought there
wss no need of burry In calling tbe commlttea
together; that bo would consult tbo mem
bers of tbo committee and ascertain whit timo
wu moot convenient for them to meet. His
own judgment waa tbat soma timo id tho lat
ter part of April or tbo early part of May
would he seen enough. His snxlety is to do
wbst Is best for the party snd tbe state. Ills
probable tbat tha committee will not bo called
together until May.
t 7IiZ ATT1TTDK OF OZNXRAU GOUDOV.
Noonelsaulhoilzed to speak for General
Gordon In the matter of tho gubernatorial
race. Hebunot himself decided what hs
will do. He hu had tho moat urgent appeals
to sllow the use of his name, coming from ill
section! ofthe state, and from persons repre
senting every shade of democratic opinion.
These matters be hu laid before some of Ms
friends and bolds in abeyance. Ho is engaged
In closing a business matter of greet magni
tude which will Insure the aneceu of his rail
road enterpriM for Florida, a now and impor
tant line, and leave him a very rich man, if
they are successfully carried through. Ha is
now in New York busied with this matter snd
has no time for polities or anything olu until
it Is concluded.
KX-BXNATOK I.ESTKS MAT XNTgX TIIB RACE.
Ex-Senstor Butaa K. Lester, who hu boon
considered s probsblo element in tho eomlng
race, wu in the city during tbe week. Ho
declined to talk on state politics. His friends
uy that that ho will not enter tbe race, bat
then is good authority foijsaying that ha de
clined to declare Mmself out or the race, rad
that he stated to a gentleman that be would
answer him definitely on tho suliJoet after ho
relumed to 8*vsunsh. This gentlemen
thought that ho would probably be in tho race.
A prominentBavunah man wu asked if Sa
vannah wonld hsvo s candidate in tbe field,
no replied; “I think she will, without
doubt.”
RON, J, J. JONES WILL BE A CANDIDADg.
A Burko county gentleman who ii'closo to
Hon. J. J. Jones uys that he will be in tho
race for governor, ud adds: “Bis friends in-
tended to put him in the last nee snd tMnk
that he wu treated badly by the Burke county
deirgstlon in the test convention. Thocounty
convention poised resolutions indorsing Jonos
u first cboico, snd then passed resolutions In
dorsing Bacon u second cboico. Jones’s nemo
wu never put before the convention, bnt tbo
delegation went for Bacon from the start.
Thera will ba no such slip this time. Yon
notice the artlelo of tho Citizen nominating
Jonet uys ws want t delegation this time that
can ho counted on. Yon may count on Mr.
Jones being in the race snd on bis bringing
his section solid.*;
campaign Nolee.
The Franklin News thinks that Judgo
Simmons Is Heard county's cholco far gov
ernor,
A correspondent of tho Ogletliorpa Echo
wtnto that section to rally for tho support of
State Senator James M. Smith,
The Washington Chronicle believe* now
that Hon. Seaborn Boeso will not have sny
opposition for the nomination in tho eighth.
DoKslbChronleie: Governor McDaniel hu
made more friends and fewer enemtee during
his administration than uy other publle man
hu ever done.
DeKalb Chronicle: “If General Gordon con
tents to enter tho race for governor, ho will
ba more than apt to receive tha nomination.
He is our mu.”
TalbottonNow Era: “Governor McDaniel
hu declined to enter tho no*, and with now
no other prominent candidates before tha peo
ple, Hon. A. O. Bacon, of Bibb, is undoubtedly
the strongest man in ths race/’
Tho Washington Gsutto objects to “Croat-
totting Hector Simmons," slaking his chance*
for gubernatorial honor on tho decision of
Bibb county alone, snd adds tbst “It is not
yet certain tbst A. O. Bacon is tho Tetamonlra
AJ»x of his party.”
LaFajclto Mcnonger; Besides Mr. Glo-
mrnts, we hear mentioned os candidates for
nomination to congress tho names of Fain,
Branham, Hockott, Maddox, C. D, Phillips, of
Cobb, Joe lllance, of I’olk, with llsnkin, of
Gordon, as a dark horso.”
Tho Hall county correspondent of the Au
gusts Chronicle uys that Gainesville has been
considered pretty certain forBscon,but that
if General Gordon catered tho rsco ho would
sweep tho county,
Tha announcement of tho probability of
General Gordon being in the nee for gov
ernor hss created considerable talk In DonglaB
county and it is uid tbat he will unques
tionably carry it should be run.
The Gwinnett Herald aayst
Kx-Gorernor Bmflh msdo hit long talked of
speech atTslbottim liu weak. If': 1"> : ‘ -V-: 0■!
to fackol Governor McDaniel without (loves, It
will be remembered tbst McDaniel appointed
JudgcRrwln ootmnlartoaar over his head. That wu
anunpardonable slain tbe eyes or tbo ex-gorer-
McDaniel and Uaoon.
Tha withdrawal of McDaniel leaves an easy
rfotMcJoe ! *
locon, snd wt belters that ba
aShWf
its campaign la rapidly shaping up.
irtaln and disturbing element st prat-
i attitude of General Gordon. It is
not rollw _. r
Judge Simmons wonld do snob a thing, or ab
low say of bis officiate to do so. Ho uid that
th* news came to him like * flash of light
ning from a clear sky. That ha had never had
uy intention directly or indirectly In regard
to It. When asked by tha reporter if ho was
opposed to Judge Blmmons for governor Mr.
Crenshaw said that ba had no personal anl-
otily toward Jndg* Blmmons, tbat ha re
tried Mm ua pure and npright gentle-
an, and recognized bis worth as leader, but
that on tenant of Major Bacon being hit person
al friend ha preferred Major Bacon. 'This,"
said, Mr. Crenshaw, “I say, not to parade my
preference, but becansa I think it • right of
uy man to express his opinions.”
WDEBTOK COMMITTEE WILL IIK CALLED.
Ex Senator Polblll, chairman of the atet*
democratic committee, hu been in tho city
daring tha week In attendance oa th* sn-
Let mo nrg* his old friends through the Wzsslt
CoFsmtrrioN not to commit Ihemzclrei until ths;
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