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THE WEEKLY CONSTITUTION. AT^aNTA. GA« TUESDAY SEPTEMBER H 1886
IX
THROPGHDIXIE
WHAT THB SOUTHERN FOLKS ARB
SAVING AND DOING.
»• Freak *f a lead Cat-Lore. Wklikr and Saluda
-A Karra JCUla Eli cuidrea-Bmen tor an
— Par azd Site or Hydrophobia — A
Wsacart Slock Via Murdered.
Norman, a white man, married > colored
woman, near ShroTOport, end waa treated
te a ehariTarl terenade by a number of colored
men and bora The eerenade was kept up for
some time, bat Norman coaid not be found,
haring, no doubt, learned of it aud kept out of
the way. Norman ion carpenter by trad* and
ire cadre of New Orleans. This is his second
colored wife, and he has some children by the
former one. His first wife wss a mulatto, aud
the pretent it a black woman.
Florida.
Oily Clerk Weat,pf JaekionxHle.hu received
the following letter which explains ltwlfi
"BunaFP. Vt, August “
I ear Sir : can you Rise
to the death of one
sorted in JacksonvIlL
*077 II you cau find the'rtcoifi make me out
eettlfied copy of tame and tend by return mall.
“Yours,
, "0. B. Smkc**. 1
The city clerk nys it is not likely that ho
earn find a record of this death, as he first ae
the light in 1857. Wart, floods, conflagrations,
pestilence and earthquake hare occurred since
the shore date. Graveyards have beenoblit-
crated, records destroyed, the body long ago
returned to dost ana the wlnde of heaven
swept the dust to the four corners of the earth.
North Carolina.
The tobacco crop it now being cut, at
least the earlier epedmene of the weed are
being boused. The crop, sa a whole, is a
genalno surprise to planters. A month ago It
waa thought that the yield and quality would
be disastrouily inferior to last jeer. It was
feared a half crop would' not he realised and
that this would be of a poor grade. But the
aspect of the crop has been materially changed
by the last four weeks and planteis are hope,
fah Some few of the earliest planters have
eared their first barn. Where the Wells’ pro
cess, suggested byCaptalu E. B. Wells, the
cures have been msrvcloualy brighter and
uniform. Tbe cutting and curing will begin
hi earnest this week, and the present is the
moat important period for the planter and hi:
crop, as it may be made or mined by the cur
lag. .
Mississippi.
Tbo vigilance of tho mhrshel of Jackaon
In hie endeavor td capture tho muriorer
of the old negro Potter has been rewarded,
and WilUsm Steele, a. negro man, Is now In
jail charged with and has confessed that ho
did tho killing. He waa arreatsd in Viokt*
hnrg upon a warrant sent from here, and aome
hleody clothing found in his valiao. His ac
complice will, tho officers think, bo caged by
tomorrow night.
J. T. Ebyan, of Durant,has Invented a process
for the tanning of leather r in from thirty to
feity days without the use if bark. Tho in
vention ha* been patented, and tue citizens of
this place havo organized a stock company
nadar the name oftha Durant Tanning com-
pa»y, for Ihe pnrpoeo of starting a tannery,
Virginia.
A Dispatch to the Adtinoo from Pulaski
station aaya: Capitalists aro buying up
s’l tba mineral lands in aonthweat Virginia.
Northern capitalists purchased a largo track on
Saturday near here, peylog $31,000 each. Two
Iren millionaire* from Penneyivanla will ar
rive tomorrow and a large pvrty of northern
and English capitalists will he hero this week.
Joe Banka, colored, entered the store of B.
7. Ward and behaved 1st such a disorderly
manner that Word ordered him out Ho re
futed to go and a difficulty ensuod, iis ‘which
Ward killed Banka With a cart wheel. apoke.
Ward la in jail.
*4
In a recent letter from - Southampton, It
if itated that a colored man pf that .county
several days ago fonntVa large amonnt in hid
den treasure. Ho'was flihing In a shallow
pondi and while thrusting his pole down
through tho water to ascertain the doptb, tho
pole struck against a box. The man’s curiosi
ty waa aroused. and he got the box out—a
small, compactly made one, but found to be
very heavy for its alia. On opening It, so tho
story goes, tho box was found to bo filled with
gold coin of different denominations, all of
foreign countries, and aggregating In value
several 1 thonaanda of dollars. It Is itated that
tho “find” caused much axcitomoat In the vi
cinity, aid no explanation la given at to how,
when, or by whom It wav plarod there.
A terrible tragedy occurred at Liberty be
tween two young men, named Wilson and
Flaer, at a boarding house, over a mulatto
woman. Wilson shot Flier fatally, and, It is
supposed, shot tho woman also, her body be
ing fonnd in an orchard near the house with
a bullet wound in her head. Tho young men
are highly connected, and gnat excitement
exists. ■
Tennessee.
Sudsy OTCnisg as Hr. W. E. Norvell
wa> walking with his little girl, who is but s
few years of ago, up High street, in Nsah-
n cat. that seemed Io'be in quite a
ft ensy, rushed up and jumping upon the child
fluted its teeth in her tide in a moat ten-
clous manner. Hr. Norvell forced the eat to
release ita hold, only after kicking and beat
ing It moat severely. A short whilo after
wards as Dr. W. L. Nichole was going to hit
home, corner of Cedar and High streets the
same animal rushed upon him and seised him,
billnghlmin tho thigh of tho right log. U r.
Norvell took tho ehUdatonco to Dr. Bichard-
son, who cauterised the wounds which wore
inflicted by the cat’s teeth through three
akirte. Dr. Nichol gave his wound prompt
attention. All parties are aick ana very un
easy. Fean of bydnphobiaan entertained.
Dr. Nichol will visit Pasteur in Paris unless
he recoven within a day or so.
The cotton Jcton reports of the Uomphis
district, which embraces west Tennessee, north
Hissteiippl, north Arkansas and north Ala
bama, published lately by Hem. Hill,
Fontaine Sc Co., mji :
"The weather during August has not been
molt favorable to cotton, although a large ma*
jority of our correspondents report It much
more favorable than last Jons. The wet
weather which prevailed la June
left the piut In poor condition to
withstand tho drouth, and the warm dry
weather which extended from early in July
to about tha mlddltof August, caused mate
rial ihcdding, and then te general complaint
of Injury to tho plant throughout tha entire
district from this cause, together with rust,
which te also generally complained of, except
in Hiaalmlppl, where the outcome of the crop
is noted most favorably. Seasonable showers
fell dating tho lest two weeks of August and
there has been a marked improvement in
tha crop since that period. Tho
pleat 1s reported as being
uneasily heavy fruited, and in a majority of
cates ie retaining its squares and holla. Of
310 responses, 22« report the crop in a batter
erudition than last year, which la stair indi
cation or a bright prospect for a fail average
yield within the district Tbo picking begin
in some few localities, hut will not become
gvnora] throughout tho dtetrict until about
kept* other 18. Notwithstanding tba damage
repotted, tho indinatioas are that with a fair
teaion and a late froet, the yield of this die-
tiict will exceed those of tha past three yean.
Arkansas.
Bav. G. W. Iloltzetaw was iodgad in prison
at Little Bock, being convicted of lotgery
at tho last term of Cleburne county circuit
court ud sentenced to five yearn' Imprison
ment. Tha primer baa an interesting hla
tely. For teme yairs past be has been operating
in different ports of the country udsr various
aliases. Ha te a natira o< Pennsylvania. He
catered tho Hethodtet ministry and waa ex
pelled fromoee of Ihe Ohio conferences, hav
ing been proven guilty of conduct uubtcomUg
a minister. He aoon after appeared aa a Chris
tian or Cunpbelllto preacher. It la said he
waa paster of chuichcs In Springfield aud Poo-
ria, 111., and in other placer- Htereal character
aocn revealed itself end led to diagram aod
dlimiual. Wherever ho located he married,
deserting htewifo when exposure camo. Ho
Milled and married in Cleburne county, this
state, a year ago. Ho was considered a very
eloquent preacher, and crowds gathered to
hear him. When arrested upon the charge of
forgery he waa conducting a revival in Frank-
iin county, and waa immersing converts in t
stream of water near tha charch. Ute arrest
created intense excitement, frlendi threaten
ing the officiate withriolenc*,but he was taken
FFithcmt trouble. Upon trial he pleaded
guilty, from the fact that an Illlnote sheriff
was in the courtroom with a warrant for his
arrest on the charge of bigamy. Two minis-
tors of the Christian denomination aocompan-
ied the sheriff to identity Hortzclaw. Hate
■aid to bo under Indictment inOkio and Penn
sylvania.
..A murder in Stone county te reported at
Little Bock. Gitee Hiller, a stockman
and resident of Missouri, was waylaid while
buying cattle, and ahot three times and left
for dead on the roadsido. Ho was found by a
farmer, who happened to pass along tho road,
and who cared tor him, hot ho cannot recov
er. Hiller waa robbed of 1800. Throe un
known men msde the assault on him-
Alabama.
8, _D. Turner, late engineer of tho Georgia
Pacific railroad, suicided at Birmingham by
taking ten grains of morphine. He waa in
love with a Mrs. J. H. Kennedy, who waa di
vorced from a husband who objected to her
reoelving attention from other men. Turner
waa discharged, and went to the boarding
hotueofMr*. Austin, and met hte fiancee,
whom he waa to marry In October. He be
came enraged at a remark made by another
boarder, Hr*. Wilson, who had him arrested
and fined before tho mayor for
disorderly conduct. He returned to tho
house afterwarde, and tried to kill Mrs. Wil
son with a knife. Ho was beastly drunk.
Next day he felt remoise, and told Sirs. Aus
tin that he wae not fit to llvo. Sunday ho took
morpblne.and at late hour Monday night died.
Before hte death he lent for Mrs. Kennedy,
who went to hte room at tho First avenne ho
tel. She wae overwhelmed with grief. He
never epoko to her. She ceiled again, but was
denied admission. Hte remains were called
for by the brotherhood of locomotive ei
ghteen; of which ho was a member. Ha
waa from Elmira, N. Y„ where ha h»
brother in the hotel hualnaia.
* Wc rk on the Mobile and Western Alabama
road began Monday hut hardly had some fifty
men broken ground when about 200 other
colored men gathered in the neighborhood aud
ordered the laborers to doctet, saying they
should not work for a dollar a day, but must
demand two dollars. The laborers were In
timidated and qnit work. Thereupon a pro
cession was formed and the streets of tho town
paraded. Tho railroad company contracted
two weeks ago with laborers for track-laying
through tho etreeta at one dollar, but volun-
puiuu|w mo uiio uuuar, uui> yuiuu-
tartly raised the wages to ono dollar and a
2 natter, working tho men about thirteen
ours a day. Beginning on tha main line
this morning, the noun were reduced to ten
houra and the men wore willing to take one
dollar- Since the strike other men havo boon
obtained at that rate who worked today pro
tected by deputy ibertflb, but all the time men-
anced by crowds of negroes who threaten to
kill them. | .
A $1,000,000 of stock of Pratt Coal andjron
company bee been sold to John H. Inman and
others, of New York, and Nathaniel Baxter
and A. U, Shook. Tho company hag tho
largest bitumlnoue coal mine* in tho world.
Nineteen-twentieths of tho stock te owned,
besides the persons named, by Enoch Easley,
T.T. Hillman, John H. Inman, Nathaniel
Baxter and A. M. Shook, of Tonnr
An awful crimo te reported from Gadedon.
Gaorgo Watte te the tether of three children,
d ton, twelvo and fifteen year* respectively
had often itated that he was tired of (up-
porting tho children, bnt would not allow
them to work for .any one, and (earned to
have a horror to letting them be bound out to
a white termer. A few night* sine* ho
cured a heavy wooden olnb, and while
were afileephe brained them with thohlndgeon,
thinking they were all dead. He ooverea
their forms with old qatlteand sot them on
fire. The light of tho fire attracted tho atten
tion of tho two men pining by tho honae
who bravely entered tha burning build
ing and dragged the bodies of the threo
children from tho flames. Two of them are
dead and tho third has a fractured akull aud
cannot recover. Watts 1a In fall and hae made
a frill confession of hte awful deed.
Last Friday a young man named
Gaines, residing on Sand monnteln, In Marshall
county, whilo out hunting, waa bit
ten by hte dog. Tho young man’s flesh was
terribly lacerated in hte oonflletwlthth* brute,
which was finally killed, but he had no bar of
ueriooa results, and applied to hte wounds come
simple remedies and retired. In a tew boon
the poison with which his system bed been
inoculated began to do ita deadly work, aud
tha temtiy of tho unfortunate man at once
recognized, that hte doom wu sealed. Ute
limb* began to swell, and goon attained twice
their natural size, while froth tesned from hte
month and ha began to marl and baric ilka a
dog. In hte lucid momenta he would entreat
hie frlendi to cut hte throat and thug end hte
terrlbio suflering. After houra of tho most
horrible torture death camo to hte relief.
Texan.
A telegram received at San Antonio,Toesdsy
from Kennedy station, on tbe lino of tho Sin
Antonio and Arkansas Pus railway, says an
affray occurred between twoUexlcane and two
American! on one lido and officers on tho oth
er, at Dalyville, Kearns county, throe milo*
from Kennedy, at 2 o’clock Monday, daring
voting on tho local option question, in which
Sheriff Tate Elder: his brother, Deputy Sher
iff B. Eidor, end A. U. Pullen were killed out*
tight. Deputy Sheriff Jsck Bailey and anoth,
er member of the Pnllen
family were dangeronely wounded,
and County Attorney Graves, Deputy Sheriff
Blair, Charlca Dailey and W. G. Butler slight
ly injured. Tha two Pullens were old men,
and were not engaged In tbo affray. They
were hit by stray bullets. The Mexican! who
engaged in the shooting havo escaped. County
Attorney Graves ha* telegraphed to Uoveroor
Ireland for the Itangere to aid In capturing
the Mexicans and others engaged In the ebaot-
ing. As tho econo of riot li some distance
from a telegraph office, tha original cause of
the trouble haa not been made known. It te
known, however, that the local option elec
tion wu at the bottom of It.
A telegram received from Marshal «ay ; :
Sheriff Sid Curtis retained with th* negro Doe
Thompson, who wu arrested at Hillvfllt for
hone stealing. When the train reached Abney’s
•witch, six mltee from here, tho prisoner, who
wu hendenffed,jumped through a window.
The train wu running about thirty mite* an
hoar at tha time. It wu stopped and the
(Acer followed hte prisoner through a cane-
brake end cam# up with him at a creak, where
he foond him In tho water, with only hte nose
exposed. A good wetting wu all tho datn>go
done. The conductor held tho train until the
officer and prisoner got aboard aud came on to
town. Tha negro hu four chargee against
him for bona stealing in this county. He is
‘so wanted In Louisiana.
Thnnday night sear Summerville, twenty-
ons miles southeut of Houston, it le ssidluero
occurred a fatal tragedy. lost Saturday,
at Bummervilla, daring a game of baseball.
Jen Orchard and Blley Martin engaged in a
violent dispute but were separated before learn
ing to blows. Last Thursday a “com catting’'
wu gives at tha residence of a farmer, near
Summerville, and daring tbo dancing the
baseball dispute wu revived and pistols were
drawn. Orchard wu seen to discharge
hte wupon at Martin, the
bullet passing through tho latter’s
body from back to breast. Orchard wu there-
opon attacked by a friend of Martin’s, turned
Btogsdsis, who ska* him in the breast, inflict-
Inga mortal woond. Stogsdals, not satisfied
with his Moody work, attacked other fritode
of Martin; the first being Zeem KcCoikell,
nave any inree tninge no woum wien rnr.
Id darky npiied; "Well, bone, do ruts ting,
i a fifty dollar In money; den a Uuo suit or
v; and next, n band o' rice. Den, boss/’ ho
who sustained a wound from the formor'
pistol over the head. Lewie Balder, a man o
great etrength, rushed through tbo crowd and
attempted to disarm Stogadale. The latter
hsd ono more obarge In tha pistol and thte ho
fired, taklDg effect In Raiders thigh. Martin,
Orchard ana McCoskell are thought fatally
wounded and Raider dangerously. Stogadale
hie not been captured and te belloved to be on
his way toTexu.
J. E. Bosworth, who shot and killed George An
drews, netr McDade. wu arrested by Deputy
sheriff Kennerd lut Thursday.- about tea miles
east of Nsviioti, It wu a lurprise to the
of tbit section to leant that Uoswortn hai
a man. He bad been a citizen of fl»t com ,
•luce 1873, and bu always borne a good renutatloo.
' atainmente, having
the Navasota Tab
hte residence in
inn country no nu oeeu eni *
Ing until lut fall, when ho left ..
went to Caldwell county, where he madoacrop
on the farm or Mr George Lnw, a former resident
of test conuty. After nnleblng hie crop he en
gaged In teaching a school. Nothelng acquainted
with tee clrcunmarcee under which he ibot An
drews, and he (Bosworth) being known u a quiet.
Inoflbnelve man, It le the general opinion that tbo
clrcnmitances which led to the act matt have
been of amoat provoking character.
CBOROIA NEWS,
The Kewe of th# Week Throughout tho State
Briefly Told.
Tho Irwinton Appeal vouches f« an ear of
com u having 1,100 grslns upon it.
An election for “fence" or “no tence" wu
held in Wilson’* (505th) district, G. M., on the
10th inat., and resulted In a majority of nine
teen for “fence.’’
In Nelson, Pickens oeunty, on lut Saturday,
whilo unloading some logs at a saw mill. Hr.
Bash Boo wu instantly killed, a leg having
struck a stick which flew up and hit him on
tho head crushing hte skull. Ho leaves a
family.
Dooly Vindicator: Mr. J. B. Wilkes brings
us atrout head measuring 21 inchu around, 7
inches across. Sevan persons dined oa the
fish and had anffleisnt left for eight at upper;
htetrontship wu caught in Paulk’s pond in
Irwin county.
On Friday night at 12 o’clock, John Baun-
dere, colored, of Joanp, who had boon ill fur
aome time, took whet ho enppored to be a
doseof blue man. It proved to be a Spanish
fly blister ointment and after lingering in
great agony, death relieved him
A writer in the Eastman Time.
1 heard a gcutlcmau ask an old colored man
tbo other day wbat be would take provided he
could have any teres things be would wish for.
1 take a
clothes; ,
continued, “irjou let me mako mother wish I'd
take four gallons o' good whisky."
Wlno is under the bann in Cartersvlte. Tbo
city council met Tuesday afternoon and passed
an ordinance to the effect that ail urine offered
In thte market for sale must undergo Inepeo-
tlon by a regular city inspector, who will
charge five dollars for every gallon inspected.
Thte virtually wipes out the wine business so
far u Cartersvllle te concerned.
The keeper at Tybeo teland light, below
Savannah,reported Tuesday afternoon between
land 2 o’clock a column, at lint bol loved ,to
be a water epent, appeared at sea twenty miles
northeast of tha light, bnt u it nmslnod
stationary it wu later hollared to be a column
ofymoke from a volcanlo eruption or ship on
firo. Tonight, however, Tyboe reports belief
that the smoke eomu from St, Helens island,
and te probably from afire in tho woods there,
though it te not definitely settlod yet.
Snndsy morning Mr. J. M. Rhodes, of Har
mony Grove, began working in hte shop
ss hte custom 1s during tho week. Sev
eral wont past and thought soma ono hsd
broken their boggy, and that Ithodu wu
fixing it usn accommodation. After worktm
some time ho srent to tbo well for water, and
seeing all tho doors oloaed, he asked some ono
why they were not open. Ho wu told it was
Sunday. Ho immediately closed hte shop and
began observing the Sabbath.
The usually quiet town orDanielgrlllowu
thrown into excitement Thursday evening by
an nn provoked cutting affair. Tha enttlo,
took place near Dr. Sewell’s drug store, an,
twudono so quickly that it wusomotimo
before it wu known that anything had oc
curred. A man namod Herring ukod Crack
Graham to treat him, and Graham npiied
that there wu no ohanoe to get anything in
DanleliviUe. Herring atminsIHed, and laid
that ha had treated Graham eomo tioo before,
and thought that ha ought to reciprocate.
Graham, whole considered ono of tho best
natnred
ring t
end bi
make Herring mad, and drawing hte knife ho
plunged it into Graham four tlmos. Tho
wounds on tho hack and side are tho most
dangerous on account of being in the region
of the heart.
Tho whig party of Coweta hu expired, its
funeral rites per formed and the volume of its
history dosed. A few weeks since some of
tha hilarious polItldiZu of Coweta called a
whig convention, and after rollcklng with all
tbo political questions of the present and the
put, nominated Judge BeqJtinln Zelgh u a
candidate for the legislature, and jpteood him
en a platform favoring everything that te
lovely. After a short run the party got out of
breath, and lie candidate seeing that the psrty
aid appeared tho following call
The nldgs ol Oowate are rtquJHnnmnn
tha oourthouM on tba flntTUaOar fit floplaabor
for Iht purpoaeofdlejwUngot a dilemma aud pay
ing tbo laeltribnte to tba tela HUsaSuSoutyTlte
autiogmusUw |
ItmomtM^oo^nora^udlng are coidUHy
invited to panldpala. Bore with atloka will not
be admitted. Whio EiKx nveConkrrTsa. i
I Today at eleven a. m., Ur. Tett Ferrell with
fiddle in hand, accompanied by the trinmvi-
ratooftha Coweta whip and followed by
numberless monrnere, marched across the pob.
llo squua and took possession of tho court
house. Tha fiddler was piaoad on tho stand
in tho judge's chair, and then opened the
meeting by playing a tuna known as "Hell
Broke Loouin Georgia." After thte Hr.
W. G. Ashlsy wu elected chairman, and Ur.
Lon Davie secretary, and then earns u the fa.
nerel dirge, "Sugar In the Gourd.’*
A dispatch from Waycrose, uys: At 6 o’clock
Friday afternoon, near Brown's turpentine
still, four miles west of this place, three ne
groes attempted to violate the person of a Min
Vllllama. Mbs Williams wu in th* habit of
driving the cows np ovary afternoon from tba
pasture, and in going for them had to pus
along a road that lead through tho woods
where the turpentine hands ware at work.
Tho thru negroes; whose names aro
not known, hid sen bar pass along
tho road several evenings, and entered
into a plot to criminally assault bar. As shs
pasted along th* read th* thru seized hu,
whereupon tbe aensmed, when tiro of tho
villeins fled. Th* other, more desperate in
tho ftilfillmentof hie heinous designs, threw
the girl upon th* ground near tho road. Bho
struggled bravely, screaming all the Gate. A
Mr. Warren, who me pasting near by, heard
her cries and camo to thonsene. Tbo negro
ran. Mr. Warrep chased him a mile and a
half through tha swamp and water and too-
ceeded in capinring him and brought him back
to tbs scene of hie crime. Hare ne ms iden
tified, whertupou ha wu hung by the neck to
tho nearest tree. Tha ann want down and
the dukncu found him banging there, a ter
rible warning to hte brethren.
Mbs Williams te shoot eighteen years old,
and cf fin* form and features. Her brers
■tjngglesnd th* timely help of Mr. Warren
prevented th* brat* that assaulted her from
accomplishing hte design. Th* negro wu
stems nineteen yea re old. Tho ground bore
evidences of a terrible struggle. Tho negro
wu employed by Mr. Brown, sad wu said to
be a very dangerous character. Tholyneblog
wu very qntetly done, so mnehao that no one
knew of It In thte dty nntll tonight.
Hot an Unusual Malady,
From the Philadelphia Call,
Do Bagge—Begley blind! Impotaibic!
Do Bam—My dear air, I saw yon teat Sunday
in hte pew with an abaolatelr exprcuionlcw face
while Deacon Smite wu trying to attract hte an
tent loo.
Be Reyes—With a motri button boar My dear
ehsmp, that Sind of bUndsna attacks bias once a
STORIES OF THE WAR.
A Thrilling War Story.
Wu it mnrdert
Agronpof officers stood Inin Atlanta book store,
eneenitry afternoon In 'ilxty-fbur, dtsoneelngtha
execution of a batch of deserters. It wu Just be
fore tho ilege. thermau wu on tho other side of
the Chattahoochee, end u the officers talked tbe
sullea coom of canson every sow and then inter-
repted their oottverratlon.
Bnt wu It murder?
Thte qnesuon wu uppermost-In nur mind u I
listened horror-stricken to the running talk around
me, It had been remarked that eneof tbe de
serters who had boon shot an boor before wu a
youth of sixteen.
"I felt rather sorry for the boy," said the Cap-
ills*
“Oh, It'e ell right," obaerred the Major.
"Discipline must bo maintained si any Ooit,’j
put In the General.
"Yes, of course," assented Ute Captain.
"Beyond a doubt,” wu the Moor's comment.
"BeeldM,” laid the General, “he wu no longer a
key. Be wu a soldier, and when he deserted he
knew the consequences."
“Just so," echoed the othcre simultaneously, bnt
their faces wore a cloudy look.
The General picked np Jomlnra “Art of Wu, 1
and apoke of It aa a greatly overrated book,;
"What te Ute price of Itr’ ho inquired.
"Fifteen dollars," replied the bookseller.
"You «e, gentlemen," said the aonaral, "how
these cormorants take advantage of our mlsfefe
tunes. Fifteen dollars for a book worth fifty
center
The military men all glued at tho bookseller,
who wtaely raid nothing.
"Yfg," raid lireCaptain,apparently resuming Jill
talk, "I wu never so affected In my Ute u I wtk
when 1 ran that little fellow ahot."
■Bid ho flinch?” uked the Major.
"Not a bit, Bo wu Tory pale, and hte eyes hied
that far away look peculiar to men who era look
ing death In th* face, lie stood it like a hero,
never trembled and had hte wits about him to tha
lut.!’
Died Instantly, didn't he?" utd tho General
'Yea Four balls tbroneb the heart."
?0 much tbe better. Be did not suffer,’’ and
tbe General picked up Mahan on l"Fleld Fortifies
lions." .
'What 1a this worth?" he asked.
That," answered tho bookseller; "that te worth
twenty five dollars”
■lUmiaoMef!" blurted out the General. Now
this te an outrage. Hero’s a book printed on
brown paper, bound In paste-board, hardly worth
ploklng up In the road, and this men wants twen
ty-llve dollar! for 11 I won’t pay II!"
'I heard that the boy belonged to a good fast
By," mid the Major. "Ho ran away from homo
and Joined Ihe army ud fought bravely. Bis
desertion vru more of a little escapade than any:
thing el?e."
if Sherman wu not pressing ns so Infernally
hud,” Interrupted tba Captain, "he would have
boon let off,but the court martial Just rushed things
throngb, and there wa* nobody to look after the
boy.”
Boom! Boom! thundered the cannon over the
hUteatthofrool.
"Why should anybody look after him?” Inter,
roeed the General. "We mutt look alter the army
and its discipline.”
Booml
“The fact It," continued the Centra), "suiters
have retched a point where we moat make an ex
ampleof every man who falls to do hte duty."
T admit ltT replied the Captain, "hat lit makes
my blood ran cold to slaughter mere boys.”
■Ihs General tucked Jomlnl'a "Art of Wu” in
hie pocket and paid for It Then he turned around
and cleared hla throat.
Now, listen to ma," ho mid Impressively,
"Yon certainly will Ms* me credit ibrtho aver
age amount of kindness, sympathy ud human
feeling. Yeti cannot agree with you about that
deserter. According to all acooonta ft* wu a era-
libloted.-Boknewiite duty u a soldier,
kneW that if he deeerted he would be shot. What
did be do? When the enemy vru marching on,
threatening this very city, endangering tha exis
tence ot tbe oonfedtracy, bo sneaked off to the
woods. Borne lay he wu going to aee hte mothir.
It does not matter. Bowua deserter. If wo
■pared him others would havo to bo spared; iTho
army would be damocaUmd. Deaertkma would be
tbaorCarof thaday. We had to shoot him uau
example. It could not be avoided. Now, let ns
drop the rubiest I know that I am right, and!
should like to ate any one stand up and lay that I
am wrong.”
Booml Booml
Tbo wav* Of thunderous sound rolled over the
whole city, and people stopped to listen.
Jut then a light wagon ooTend with dust and
evidently from tho country stopped In front of
the store. Two women alighted and earn* la.
On* wu qnlle young, and Ihs other who wae old
enough to he her mother leaned on her arm,
"Have yon an evening paper?" tha young wo
man asked tha bookuller.
Be handed/one to her, and tho old woman, ar
ranging her spectacle*, glanced nervouily over it,
"Yes, ills true that there wu an elocution here
today," shs whispered hnsriedly to hu ootspan-
al
some reason the officers relapsed Into an
embamamd silence. Th* Major with hte index
finger commenced drawing fortification* on a map
of Georgia. Tho Captain looked moodily as Ihe
floor. The General palled Jomlnl's "ArtofWu"
out of bis pocket end then thrust II back again,
“Ob. mercy l” exclaimed th* young woman In a
low tone, “thou people told ns tbs troth then.”
"Ob.myOodl My poor murdered boyl"
go wild, unearthly and piercing wu the cry
that every man is lbs room retried In alarm.
The old woman had fallen back in a chair gup*
ing for breath, with her tkeo u whit* u a shoe!.
Her companion gently fanned her until eha irid
her gray head on her hand and lobbed aloud.
Turning to tb* sympathetic end eltact epecla.
ton tho young women pointed to a paragraph lu
the Diner ud uld;
“It wu her boy—her only eon. The paper cells
it military Justice. W* call it mnrderI"
The General grad nelly moved towards the doer.
Ilia bead wu bowed ud hla bands trembled. Aa
icon u he got ountde ho walked off at (rapid
pace. Tho Major made several ineffectual at
tempts to build a strong redoubt with hte finger
Up on tbe map of Georgia, bnt euddenly eollapzod
and abruptly bolted. Tba Captain remained. Be
brought the old woman a glass of water, and
fenced bar while ho listened with aud but
kindly be* to the young women'* story.
.. teems that tbe boy's mother lived thirty miles
In tbe country. Vague reports reached her that
her eon wu In trouble, and she rod* lu with *
neighbor, striving an boor or two after the execu
tion. I caught thte much of It, and then an sage?
deslrt seized me to fellow tb* sxasiple of th* Gen
eral aad the Mtjor. As I want oat of the door 1
looked back. Th* old woman yu silently pray
ing, wMle th* tears ran down her witberedchceka
Iier blend looked down npoo her with pitying
eyes, and th* Captain had one hand over hie
bronzed fees. Tb* Mg gnu continued to boom all
that afternoon, but I did not hear them. I had
someUiiag elm to think of.
A Scene at Getllaburg
ihe procession of that day rode a moth-
officer of whom (u hla boon l« here In
Atlanta) It seems not Inappropriate to tell
a etoiy In harmony with tbe aptrtt of Ute
boor. As U bu been related to nu by both th*
acton In th* scene described, I can vouch for 1H
literal accuracy. I give It u nearly u I can in tho
very words or that gallant soldier of Georgia,
General Jobs B. Gordon :
"It wu Dm fins day of Gettysburg. Tb* belli*
. sain program wksnlcssM Into It with my di
vision, and struck Ure federal tin* at an eagle,
which casatd It te DreeMouMIng on Umteao Urns
It wu driven back In isms disorder. Aatt wu
rreraatlsg, and our line adrancing, in eroUng a
I saw an officer lying on Ute ground, and die-
s 1C* UI could render ala any smtst-
sues, ltelslag him np lbs blood sported from htm
and I tkongbt he moat bo mortally wounded. To
my Inquiry for hte asms, be answered that be wu
outre)Barlow, ot New York. I ukod him If I
eenld be of any service te him. He said'No,'and
told ae to leave him
aid do my duly. Bnt on prees-
log my offer of assistance, bo uked
me to tend word to Ma wife, who wu In tho rear
of Geaeral Meade’e army. I answered that I
would aolpnly lend to her, bnt for her. I called
for beartrg who were coming on th* field to pluk
np Ike wounded, to bring a etreteber. They took
him np and carried Mm back to 'the branch' (lb*
acme given at tha south to a stream), on wMch a
esap hospital bad been improvised, end I sent an
aid with a lag or truce to the lines to forward the
menage fetho wife of the wounded end, u I sup
posed, dying officer. The mmiago reached Ita
destination, although His Barlow was seventeen
miles beck from the front, and all o'clock in the
mtrainE word wu brought to mo that , she
was at tho llnee, I tent ward to hero
her immediately passed through, but
hade the mereenger tell her that
kcsbaid wu 'desperately wounded.' I hsd no
Ides that she would find him ellve.
"The next morning the battle wu rammed, end
sit that had passed wu fergoUen in the great
straggle. It wu nearly two yean sure to th*
elose oi the war. 1 remained in the army to the
last, end wu with General Lee when ne surren
dered st Appomattox. When ell wee over I re-
toned hone to help restore the femmes of my
cute, if anything were left to her In the general
rain. Years passed on, and I wu chosen United
State* senator from Georgia. Wlion In Washing
ton, I wu Invited one evening to dine at Mr.
Clarkson N. rotter’s I did not arrive till tho
"were seated. Among the ethers to whom
' 'need I heard the name or Barlow, but
jcaofltun there wu a ptnsolnthe
Ion, when I turned to the gentleman so
I and said: 'Pray, itr, may I seji If you
lative or the General Barlow who
~ killed st Gcttysbnrgt Imag-
ntehment st the answer: 'I
‘And you, sir,* he uked la reply-
Gordon who picked me up c
he sprang
_ ..sped over
,bd then he Uld the story of the sceno
hsd met befere, et which not only
. I tho men round the table, found It
difficult to control their emotion."
Haw esn officers who havo nut thus on the Hold
«nMile fivre regard etch other bnt with menly
slftttfoh? And can we of the north ever look
fiftSHWcp who have shown inch qualities si "on-
rimetf?"' Oh tho contrary, woolslm tnamssonr
friends and brothers, and wnold defend them with
Wtffirfti. " .
'affi'Stou Ihs General Gordon who picked me up on
thefieMH, I could not dcnylt. At this he sprang
HTATB POL1T1C8,
Forth* Senate,
J . W. 1*. McClatchy, of CoM> 4
an Independentrantl'-hiL .. .
McUliitchjr went into
i Ailftiitn, Lut Lccnmln^
of UelcK-atci', aiiuonrea
the convention called at
. ooonly, Is In tha
detn for senator In
For tb* Uonee,
r. H. Lanier. Early oounty.
* r. Fsltoni of Ilsttqw hu I
hu snnonnoed himself.
Dr, Falloot of Bartow bu snnonnt
J. JS. U Matthews, Upson county,
5^,«&ffll!d C rauUlcsn., Da
tiDfwniji ■'
Walton county te liable to bsvo s colored^oml-
MARRIBD IN OBORQIA.
Mr. Frank B. Graham and Mire LotUo FelUgrlnl
Atluts..,...Ur. O. W. Beall, and Mire NottloAni-
ley, Atlanta Mr. L. P. Thomu and Mrs J, It.
Payne. Atlanta Mr. Lee Thompson and Mian
«»»»«
r. Georg* Alexander aod Mrs Krallna Kenner,
iacon Mr. 0. W. Howard and —
-, Atlanta.
■ Emma Fish,
DBATHS IN OBORQIA.
OUR OWN COLUMN.
Short Talks With Our Readers
on Matters of Interest,
Mrs. John C. Shannon, Atlania.__,Mr. Q. C. Jor
dan, West BowcmlUe .Mrs. J. It. Meredith,
itwell..... Margaret Norton, Plpkens, oounty
Ulsm Watters; Floyd county..',.„M1*« Johtmlo
I S2 0 u£n 0 ‘ u %
fimnner KBuller, Anfinia... Mrs.Nancy Greer
Atlanta.—Mr. John R. FreeHa"Atlanta. Ifni
Laois Kvsns, Thoms nllle Mrs. M. B. fitewsrt,
DongluvlUo—-Mrs, eland* K. Qoshran, Atlanta
The Emperor of All America.
From Dm National Republican.
He entered the white house yesterday with
majestic step. The doorkeepers looked at th*
man with official awa. The vial lot wu nttUy
dressed, aad Uiellllk hit sst well oo a finely shap
ed heed. Black side whiskers oovstsd a rather
pale fee*. In build tho stranger wu Mil and
— "— luee-
il* band#
onto the first pradnet station, and,In a.ahortl
liruhewaiient to tho insane uyltrm. Itwu
temg - gtitly learned that tho man'a name wee
•itr weeks pare b* has base
stopping at 622 Pennsylvania even ns norihtrnatj
In bla flunk wu fesU^H
notes. H was slated .
KfeedJiemfrmnKnglendJ
THB BOTTOM HAfiMBk.
oojtgnTtmo* OFFica,
IA TUFTS. September 12, kWl.
TOBK, September 10-The following Is Dll
fivt option sutevntnt far Ute we*k.*ndUf
<M*reoeIpt> st Ml United Btatea parte—~ am
New York-Tb* ion* of Dm Dolton market te doii,
■till there teno.chaoge In quotations. Spots, mid
dling SMc.
Hes receipts today id,1M bales *galnn;i 0,573 bates
tut year, exports 211 bales; teat you 5,933 bales;
■took lMJCfi bales; lartyauMMM bales
Below we give th* opening and closing quotation)
aOotioo ftttaree In New York today;
doted outre: ealee 27.eoo bales
BMW YORK, September 11—The total risible «P
,.j of oonotiffi* th* world tel,07SA02 eatea or which
trim Baleetre Auteriegn, again* LlW.loa bates
aad 711,361 respoettralylut year. Booalptatl *11
Interior terras 0 017 twice. BecdpKfreai planter
rose47,10*. Cron in sight SUM balsa:
PBOYINJOXE, OIL* IN, BIO,
Angara, September 12 lltAl
September..
19 77X
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itratViOfiMStnesw raneyI
Please Renew Yonr BnbssripDsn tutors
your Dm* le out. This prevent* yonr missing
a elngfe number. Tbe printed slip on your
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least onn wash ahead, and krteganatviub-.
acrlber with you.
A Word About Our a.* teg Haehlnaa.
Tn ■ cosrrimiox does not Ml Us paper with ile^
reriptiens of the sewing machines It offers to its
subscribers. It belteret that the space belongs to
its readers, and does notcrowd It with Its own bus,
Tbe COKsmcnoF machines are accepted al
over Die country u tbe boat machine* that are of
fered. Tbe machine that we nil with the papers
for <22 te equal to any <53 machine on tho market,
end we guarantee it tobeaueh. The machine that
we sell fog <12 with the paper la equal to any <15
machine that te sold, and we guarantee it to be so.'
Every machine Is sold wltb our guarantee. Any
buyer can try the machine tor fifteen days, and U
not satisfactory, can return It Under thte gasp.
enteo wa have had trat one machine returned, and
that camo from a sewing macMna agent who
thought he would finney us thereby. Tho best teg
Umouy IsDutt of those who have tried It, MM
COFSTITI’TIOH machines are being used In every,
state In the union, snd hare tawhstta said aboftt
them; •
W. M Moore, Bnrgew, N. O.-*
received o. K. Am Mr"’ -
wife equally so. it fus
aa we think 1 (superior _ __
told lor <45. Would advise any ono wanting a ma
chine to cetTuaOoHSTlTUTloF machine end Trig
Wikly CoxsnrunoF, hour being Um beet.
Thud M. Htephene, Nolia, Texae.-I received tits
and find Globose represented lu every panlculac
-good enough tor any one.
B. H. Martin, Abbeville, Ala—Yonr Cu-tmTf-
tion ren log marblDo 1 bought oi yon received
about ten Otoe since. I mnet say It gives perfect
salUfeetlon—rune Ught-ln (act, it will do all you
claim u to do. and more, too.
Other papers bav* an Inferior machine whirl!
they are trying to palm off at tear prloas, and by.
Claiming that It lias good aa Tag CoFsrmmnw
machine. The saisst thing teto buy TirrConrt
tutiof machine Itself, and then yon know it te DM
best. Don't b* misled by naming advertisements
or other machines, which are obeap John affairs,'
and mad* tofiuU tho public with. Tui Co.wrro*.
tiox machine 1a the best, end we guuantce It to
be snob. Bend In yonr ordeta at one*. Ymtavo
MO to 140 on ovary machine yon boy from ua.
Don't II* Mlated . .
By Inferior articles offered by other papers. -Tan
CoFirmmon guarantees everything It sends to Ita
subscriber!. Bern ie a Uet tbit you ought tiordec
for today:
Tbo High-Arm MacMne, wltii paper, <aw.
Th* Blgh-Arm Machine, without paper, 121.00.
The Low-Atm Machine, with paper, <18.00.
Tho Low-Arm Machine, without psper, <17.02.
The Waterbary Watch, with paper, <2-70.
The Waterbary Watch, wlDtout paper, <2 00,
Tho Breech-loading Gun, wltb paper, mu).
The Breech- Loading Gun, without paper. 7I100J
Order one or all of Ibesa articles at once,
lfen Who Know.
Thte paper may hosent you aa a sample copy,'
Yon may Ilk* Ito !ooki,but want toknow tnoro
abont It before yqn taka K. That te right)
Now, who are tba heat men to tell you abonfi
it? Clearly, those who havo been reading it,
and who know what It 1a every weekend
every year. Hero te tho uneollcllod opinion of
* "a dozen subscribers, ltcad what they any,
if it convlncos yon, aond us yonr subscript
Mrs. V. K. McCary, Blanton, Ala—Wo ■» all
dfiughtfid with Tho Con'lllutlmi. Tho children
are uurii-.l away with lu-t-y Ham Hum's loiters.
If nny of 111* ninny renders of The (Vm.‘ [fffiloH
know anything of tho wlicrcaboul* of Willy w.'
Gragg, they will confers great fare - —
know through Tho (.‘onsiltutlou, <
letter,aaheumyonly brother,
F. M. stokes, Jefficnonvillo-I have been a rub-
scrlber for two jean, I don't aeo how any family
can be without It after rcedlngonc of your sampln
—... ‘papsn, but I find none of
amientertaining av Tug
g may she live and flourish.
SfflMpffr'
t(ca of people, _____
Ono Thousand Waterburys,
Wo have Juit received ono thousand Watcrbury
watches, of tho lut style, wltb alt improveincniv:
We hero sold thousands and thousands or teeao
splendid watches, and they give perfect sSUifac-:
on.
Foa« 20 wo will lend one of them watche*,'
packed in a stUn-lIned box,with chain and charm;
and TuxWkzkly Cobititutiom for one year. Bob.
rcrihera who want tbe watch and chain alone can
get It by sending HOC.
Bnjiega Watcrbury el this price Is tha belt lx J
vestment can be made. Far <3 25 ysu getagoeffi
paper one ycarand a watch and chain that will
keep u good life* utha beat lion wan h. Ill* bet
ter then a high-priced watch for every-day use,fog
It te not to easy to gat out of repair.
Dr. Wm. King bu worn ono of our WaterburJog
tot two years, and it has not coat him a cent for re,
pair. Bte gold watch core him an average of <0.00
ayeu for repair, or twice th* cost of a Waterbary;
Remember, U 23 gtti lb#'watch, chain a nd paper
or KOO icta Dtewatoh end chain alone. Every
farmer, every fSrmer’a wife, and certainly every
fetmer'a boy ought to be wearing ono or Dies* Wa-,
tciburtes. Don’t delay, B*nd In your order.
Army amt Navy fiterae.
Scene: Hardware department.
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MgSBr J "
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wiu flint wufcwiM
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