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CRIMES AKD CRIMINALS
Negro Woman Places Her
Head on the Table
'AT AN IMPROMPTU PASSOVER FEAST,
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The last scene in the trial of E. L. Harper,
the defaulting vice-president of the Fidelity
{ir>gnk of Cincinnati, was dramatic and affect
pg. The evidence was all dead against the
defendant. It was shown that he had used a
ai'ge amount of the funds of the bank in his
speculations. Mr. Harper's statement
>n the stand instead of helping him tended to
rake his criminality more plainly apparent,
luring the trial Sirs. Harper appeared in
ourt witli her baby and remained by her
usband’s side.
Cincinnati, December 12.—The greatest
firowd yet gathered in the corridors of the
SJnited States courtroom assembled this
ihorning long before the time for the assem
bling of court.
In two minutes, the marshal entered follow
ed b.V Sir. Harper, looking pale and concerned.
Behind came his wife, looking as if she was
borne up by a faith that she was to hear good
pews from the jury. Miss Matthews, her sis
ter, followed. When they were seated, the
clerk took the sealed envelope, tore it open
Jtnd read the fatal words:
/T "We, the jury, find'the defendant guilty as
fiharged in the indictment.”
’[ At 10:25, court directed Harper to stand up.
It was a most distressing scene. The strong
man stood erect with tears coursing down his
cheeks, but no other sign of emotion save her
blanched face. Behind his chair with bowed
pead, sat his wife, in an agony that had no
better manifestation than the wringing of her
bands. Tears did not come to her relief. Miss
ylatthews was far more demonstrative in still
repressed sobs and in her own distress, reached
Over to try to comfort her sister. So they sat
While the court, with impressive solemnity,
recited the usual form of sentence, saying the
iSvidence left no doubt of the defendant’s guilt,
find that the offense merited the highest pen
alty of the law, which would be used now—
ten years in the Ohio penitentiary—and that
the marshal convey him thither at once.
Still no outcry. Harper sat down, turning
to his wife-. Their lips met; het hands
Were around his neck; his arms encompassed
her. The silence in the courtroom was awful,
(furors wept; women and mon all over the
courtroom were in tears. The silence was
broken by Mr. Blackburn making a last re
quest from the court. That was that the order
for immediate imprisonment be suspended and
gave as a reason that there was much business
to be atended to by Mr. Harper, in which his
wife was closely concerned, and it would be
Exceedingly difficult to attend to it, unless
Jlarper could remain bore for a few days. But
the court was relentless. Judge Sage said
there Could be opportunity for his wife to see
him in Columbus, and he repeated the order
to the marshal to convey him thither today.
At 10:30 the jury was discharged and Mar
shal Urner conducted the defendant to the
marshal’s office, where they spent some time.
Harper then went to the jail, where he spent
the afternoon preparing for his departure.
His bedding, his trunk and his other proper
ty wtytptyken/mt anti sejit to his house. His
family jomedhim aria lie ba'deTliem good-bye.
Mrs. Harper lingered after the others had de
parted, and her farewell was spoken with him
alone.
A Horrible Story Reported From Henry
County, Alabama.
Montgomery, Ala., December IG.—A spe
cial to the Advertiser, from Eufaula, tolls of a
horrible murder in Henry county, Ala. Brad
ley Johnson, ex-sheriff of that county, is one
of the oldest and most respected citizens.
Thursday, two of his sons got drunk, and at
night, in cold blood, butchered an older broth
er, named Charles, aged 27. The murderers
are aged 18 and 20 respectively.- The old
father, when he went to his murdered son’s
rescue, was made, by the two younger sons, to
kneel on the floor and beg for mercy.
Their old mother came into the room and
tried to them. She was knocked in
the bead by her sons and horribly bruised.
Their brother-in-law and another brother,
Ben, also drunk, were made to leave the
house. A neighbor came and discovered what
litid happened, and spread the news abroad.
When the two murderers found their brother
was dead, one -whistled and the other danced
in his blood. The surrounding country is
greatly excited, and the latest news is that
lynching is almost certain. The victim was
asleep when his brothers, Robert and John,
began their murderous work.
JSx-Ti casurcr Vincent Goes to Serve His Sen
tence of Fifteen Years.
Montgomery, Ala., December 11.—[Spec
ial.]—This morning officers from the Bratt
Sines called at the jail for ex-State Treasurer
Isaac H. Vincent and took him in charge,
leaving on the train for the mines, where A in
gjnt <Wrll be put to work. He had an. inter
view with his wife and children last night
which was very affecting. The announcement
‘that ho wonld be taken off today was a great
'burprise to them. The officers do not state
jwhat work Vincent will be put at. That will
rbe determined when they reach the mines.
They paid the cost, as required by law, amount
ing to three Hundred dollars. The physicians
who examined Vincent yesterday state that he
fias consumption and express thejopinion tha
he wilil not live five years and that it is.impos
feiblo for him to stand any hard labor.
'lho Hori-iblo Deed of a Negro Robber in
Mississippi.
Meridian, Miss., December 14.—Informa
tion has been received from Smith county that
Mrs. Henry Husband, while traveling to her
•brother's house, some miles from her own
home, was assaulted by a negro and robbed.
After committing the robbery the negro cut
Mt the lady’s tongue. Mrs. Husband recog
nized the negro and brought his name so that
the would be arrested. The husband of the
[unfortunate lady is a man of considerable
'Aieans, and it is supposed the negro thought
iliis victim had money with her.
A Birmingham Merchant Missing —Foul
Flay Suspected.
’ Birmingham, Ala.. December 15.—[Special.]
A Merchant, named Shepard, who owned a
[retail grocery store in the suburbs of the city,
has been missing since Monday, and no trace
of him can be found. About two months ago
[Shepard opened his store late one night to nc
[commodate two strange negroes, who wanted
[io purchase some small article. When inside
the negroes dealt him a terrible blow on the
head with an iron weight, and then robbed the
[store of everything of value. When Shepard
[recovered from the wound, he employed de
tectives to hunt down the negroes, and Ids
friends fear that he has been murdered by the
game negroes.
Flie Last Cry of a Culprit on the Gal
lows.
Chari.es City, lowa., December Ifi.—Ches
ter Bellows was hung at 10:46 o'clock this
forenoon. He had to be supported to the gal
lows, and as the rope was placed around his
iieck he exclaimed three times:
> “Please, don’t.”
As the sheriff placed the white cap over his
liead he exclaimed again :
. “Please, don’t; lam innocent.”
The trap was sprung at 10:46, and in eight
piinutes and 43 seconds his heart ceased to
beat. II is neck was broken.
’■ Bakei'.si-ii'.ld, Cal., December Ifi.—Thurs
ton Leo was hanged h.-r<‘ today for the murder
of John Smith, in March, 1883.
■t Vincent’in the Mines.
Birmingham, A!:-... 1 >-< ember Ifi.—[Special.]
T* J. Rodgers, warden of tiie prison at Pratt
felines, arrived here at 5 o’clock this afternoon
•with Isaac H. Vincent, ex-state treasurer, who
was re. ently sentenced to lift<<-.ii year- in the
felines. Vincent appeal ed much depressed and
Refused to talk, lie will don a convict':, suit
[tomorrow and be put to work. He will not be
ifiut in the mines, but will be given such work
about the prison as ho is able to do.
Killed by u Foolish Brother.
Cor.VMfii’s. Ark.. December 17.—Charles
tVhits- ft ludf-witt I b ...•ed 13, went out a-ilk
ing with hit-young brother. atreci 9, and Mt Sister
Urged II- returned Imm- alone mid informed Ids
EdUwr 1- hvl klJlcrl them, rbw.vtag a b.r_- knife
Vilh wl.iJi 1 0 had done tn- de. d. Tic i-.y and
Ctrl n ore found “.retched out m pools of blood wrt.i
their heal- .cut of*.
Bloody Time-* in Kentucky.
Winchester, Ky., December 17.—The feud
Letwcon the Adams and (asswell factions
broke of.t again last Sunday night, in Rock
Fustic county, when. <ft r church services,
Frank Adams was killed by one of the Cass-
_ TIIE ' VI ’ EKLI (OKS TITITIGK, ATLANTA, GA., TUESDAY. DECEMBER 20. 1887.
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wells. Since then Frank Hagdon, James
Sunsford, James Townsend, Tom Jackson
and two others, names unknown, have been
killed while many others have been wounded
and several houses have been burned.
Selma, Ala., December 18. —A horrible
murder was committed here today. Wm. W.
Jordan, a faith doctor, has been living in
Selma for the past twelve months, and has in
that time acquired great influence over the
negroes, whom ho told that he had come to
redeem the Jews. He arranged for a passover
feast at the house of two negro women in the
outskirts of the city this morning, and told
them that a sacrifice was necessary. Frances
Driver said she was willing to offer herself as
a sacrifice, and laid her head on the table.
Jordan thereupon took a sword and struck her
several blows on the neck, and stabbed her a
number of times, killing her instantly.
The body was then dragged out into the
street by two other women. A white
woman witnessed the affair, and gave the
alarm. Police Officer Payne, after a terrible
struggle, succeeded in overpowering Jordan,
and with the aid of several other officers, con
veyed him to the city prison. Two negro men,
who were present at the feast, have also been |
arrested. The negroes arc greatly excited [
over the murder, and there are threats of I
lynching, but the police have a strong guard
at the city prison, and say that they will bo
able to prevent mob violence. Chief of Police
Rosser says that Jordan is unquestionably
crazy. The murderer has a brother living in
Sheveport, La.
A Swindling Negro Caught Un With in Nash
ville.
Nashville, Tenn.,December 18. —[Special.]
The police have arrested a shrewd negro here,
who is wanted by the government arid parties
in Ohio, Kentucky, Kansas, and
Tennessee for swindling ignorant people out
of small sums of money. He goes by the name
of W. H. Washington, Dan Williams and Jim
Douglass, operating in Nashville under the
latter name. He is a gambler laid general
fraud, but is wanted for personating a federal
officer. His method was to hunt out widows
of soldiers, inform them that there was
a largo amount assigned them by the
pension office, protend to give a check,
collect two dollars or more for
alleged necessary expenses, and leave. The al
leged check sometimes for several hundred
dollars was usually filled with unmeaning
scratches. Here the negro claimed tobe a son
and sometimes a nephew of Fred Douglass.
The chief of police of Wyandotte, Kansas, has
been telegraphing here for him. Washington
or Douglass or Williams came here in October
and reaped a rich harvest, going hence to Mur
freesboro and thence to Mississippi. A few
days ago he returned here, and was soon run
in. He will be examined by the federal au
thorities here tomorrow. When searched he
had a dozen or more Hoodoo bags on him, and
it appears he has also been filling the role of
a Hoodoo preacher and driving a good busi
ness selling Hoodoo bags at a dollar and a half
apiece.
GREAT LOSS OF LIFE.
Millions of People Starving and Homeless
in China.
San Francisco, December 18.—News has
reached here from China of the disaster occa
sioned by the Yellow river overflowing its
banks in the province of Ho-Nan. It is de
scribed as one of tho most appalling occur
rences in loss of life and property recorded in
recent times.
The river broke its banks on tho evening of
September 28th, southwest of tho city of Chin
Choo, and not only completely inundated that
city, but aiso ten other populous cities. The
whole area is now a raging sea ten to thirty
feet deep, where it was once a densely popu
lated and rich plain. •
The former bed of the Yellow river is now
dry, and the present lake was the bed of the
river centuries ago.
The loss of life is incalculable, and tho state
ment is made by missionaries that millions of
Chinese are homeless and starving. Thomas
Paton, one of tho American missionaries, writ
ing from No-Nan province, under date of Oc
tober 28th, says:
“The newly gathered crops, houses and trees
are all swept away, involving a fearful loss of
life. The country was covered with a fine
winter braid, which is gone, and implies com
plete destruction to next year’s cron. ‘Bread,
bread! ’ is the cry of thousands, who are on tho
river bank. Benevolent people go in boats
and throw bread among the masses here and
there, but it is nothing compared with tho re
quirements. Tha mass of people is still being
increased by continual arrivals even more hun
gry than the last. There they sit, stunned,
hungry and dejected, without a rag to wear or
a morsel of food. Mud huts are being erected
for them. What it will be in two months I
can not conceive. The misery is increasing,
owing to tho bitter cold weather.”
Yellow river has long been known as
“China’s Sorrow,” and the present disaster
has served to reassert its right to the terrible
title, As yet details of the disaster are very
meager. It has occurred in a district where
but tew foreigners are, and tho reports furnish
ed by tho officials and published in tho I’ekin
Gazette convey a very inadequate account of
the extent of tho loss 'of life and property and
the sufferings of tho survivors.
The governor in Ho-Nan [reports to the
throne that “nearly all the people have been
drowned in the district reached by the water,
the survivors being those who escaped to tho
high grounds or took refuge in trees, where
they remained till they were rescued.”
This gives but little impression as to what
the extent of the disaster really is.
The Chinese Times states that in the prov- j
ince of Chihi, where disastrous inundations '
have also occurred, there are 270,000]people I
homeless, representing those whose lives were j
destroyed, and adds that the misery in that J
province is trifling *as compared with that
caused by Hoang-Hp, or the Yellow river.
The extent of ground swept over by
THE OVERWHELMING FLOOD,
given in English figures, is over seven thou
sand square miles, and land thus submerged
formed a part of one of the richest and most
densely populated plains of northern China.
The necessity for liberal aid may tiierefore be
imagined. Already considerable sums have
been contributed toward tho relief of suffer
ers. The emperor of China has given 2,000,-
000 taels, ami the Chinese have started a sub
scription list in Shanghai, to which foreigners
have liberally contributed. ,
Millions have been rendered homeless and
entirely deprived of all chances of earning
their livelihood, for their fields will either be
come permanent lakes or uninhabitable
swamps. It is feared that the -distress which
will be felt during the coming winter will
equal in intensity the famine of ten years ago,
when charitable donations contributed from
all parts of tho world were utterly inadequate.
It is stated that owing to tl>e action taken by
the Yellow river it no longer flows toward tho
sea, but seems content in converting eastern
Jlo-Nun and northern Ngunwhui into a lake.
It may ultimately flow into the sea through
the Kiangou, or it may possibly join tho
Yui „;eze.
Hoang-Ho, the “Yellow River,” so named
from the color which the yellow clay along its.
banks gives to its w aters, is one of the princi
pal rfv<nn of the Chinese empire. it rises in
the Koko-Nor territory, in Thibet near lati
tude 34 north, flows northeastward into Mon
golia, re-enters China proper, and after abrupt
bends southward and eastward,enters the Gulf
of I’’ -Choe-Leo, after a total course estimated
nt 2,70) mile:. Ou its banks arc many cities of
lir*t and second rank, the principal Ix-ing Lon-
Choo and Kni-Fong, respectively the capitals
of flie i r .vine's o! Kun-800 ami Ho-Nan. Pre
vious to 1853 it entered the Yellow sea by a
mouth om hundreds of miles south of its
present one. The stream is so turbulent and
impetao"s that it is scarcely adapted to Chi
nese navigation, and its frequent overflow is
the cause of much destruction; henoe the
river has been called “China's Sorrow." Chic-
Choo is in the province of Uo-Nan, eighty
miles south of Kai-Fong.
DENVER’S DESPERADO.
Cornered in a Cave Fighting Des
perately For His Life.
HOLDING AT BAY DEPUTY SHERIFFS
Trail, Colo., December 7.—[Spe
cial.]—Newton Vorce, a desparado who several
months ago escaped from jail at Denver and
has been terrorizing people in this part of tho
state ever since, to day brought on a war
which will either end in his capture or death.
For five months he has been living near tho
town of Deer Trail, committing depredations
of every character, such as stealing cattle and
horses, and robbing ranchmen with impunity.
Although several attempts have been made to
capture him, they have failed. It appears
that he is the leader of an organized band who
comes to his assistance in time of trouble, and
invariably rescues him. Deputy Sheriff Cant
ley of this place yesterday went to Denver and
procured a warrant for A cree’s arrest. lie re
turned here at neon, and hearing that tho des
perado was in the house of Mollie Collier, a
whlow of uncertain reputation, who lives in
the centre of the town, lie started out to make
the arrest. Vorce, getting wind of what was
going out left the house and hid in a bunch or
trees at the edge of the town. Tho officer, in
company with Ned Hanks, a merchant, starte.d
after him, and when a quarter of a mile from
hero they saw Vorce in a wagon driving to
wards them. They stepped to the side of tho
road, in the shadow of the trees, and let Vorce
approach within a hundred feet of them before
he discovered tho officer's presence. Ho then
leaped out of the wagon, between his horses,
and called out:
“What do you fellows want?”
Cantley and Hanks walked towards the
team, tho former, throwing his shot-gun to
his shoulder, and said:
“I want you. I have a warrant for your ar
rest.”
“Well, you will have to come and take me,”
was the reply of the desperado, at the same
time throwing his revolver on the horse's
back and pointing at Cantley, who stepped
back several feet, and fired almost at tho
same instant. Vorce also fired, tho ball whis
tling past Cantley’s ear. A regular fusilado
then took place between the officers and the
desperado, until all the chamber of the lat
ter s revolver were emptied. Cantley’s right
arm was broken below the elbow by tho last
shot from Vorce’s revolver, and while ho was
bandaging the wound, Vorce broke and ran
towards town, dashing into the house ot Mrs
Beattie, who lives alone with her daughter in
a house situated upon a place near the edge of
the village. The lady and daughter being out
Vorce proceeded at once to barricade tho place
and prepare for defense. In tho meantime
the officers returned, but Cantley’s wound pre
vented him from continuing the fight. Hanks
soon collected some fifteen or twenty citizens,
all well armed, and started to surround the
house whore Vorce was lodged and defying
them. A telegram was sent to Denver for help,
and several deputy sheriffs are expected to
arrive to night. Just as tho posse of citizens
came in sight of Mrs. Beattie’s house, she and
her daughter drove up to the front door and
alighted. Vorce rushed out with a winchester
under his arm and a revolver in his hand. Ho
cut, the traces, jumped onto a horse, and,
shaking his fist at the crowd, dashed away
towards the Platte river country, before any
of the posse could get within shooting distance.
There are about fifty well armed and deter
mined men hero now, waiting for daylight,
when they will start in pursuit with a deter
mination to capture or kill tho desperado.
Kun Mown at Last.
Denver, Col., December 12.—Newt Vorce,
has been run to cover. At last ac
counts he was lying in a dug
out badly wounded and surrounded by officers,
but it cost the life of one deputy sheriff to do
this. Gay B. Hollingsworth is tho name of
the unfortunate officer. 11 c was from I leaver,
and is a brother to Deputy Sheriff Hollings
worth, who was in command of the sheriff’s
posse at tho time. The posse had been in pur
suit of the desperado for several days,
in fact, ever since Vorce shot Dep
uty Htnnlff Cantley, last TUutbclu;. liap
uty Hollingsworth was shot on Sunday after
noon at 3 o’clock. Tho posse had chased
Vorce seven miles across a level prairie, and
he had finally taken refuge at the L. H. C.
ranch, where he had formerly worked as a
cowboy. Deputy Sheriff Hollingsworth was
in hot pursuit, and as Vorce jumped off Iris
horse Hol lings worth shot at him and killed his
horse. The desperado then took refuge in one
of the many dugouts on the ranch anil showed
fight. When Officer Hollingsworth approached
with his rifle in hand, Vorce was tho first to
fire, but ho missed his mark. Hollingsworth
then returned the fire, and Vorce, who was
standing in the doorway of the dugout, fell on
the inside, apparently wounded. Three other
men were in the dugout at the time. One is
reported to be a horse-thief and the two others
cowboy friends of the hunted man.
Open hostilities then ceased for over two
hours. Meanwhile the others of tho posse
had come up and preparations for a siege were
commenced. Finally Gay B. Hollingsworth
volunteered to go out and make a reconnoiter
of the field, and was told to be careful and to
keep out of tho range of bullets from the dug
out. He was about 350 yards in the roar of the
dug-out, when two shots were tired, and the
bold rcconnoilerer fell. Ono shot only was
heard by tho posse, but it was afterwards
found that two bullets had entered Hollings
worth’s body, thereby showing that two men
in tho dugout had fired simultaneously.
Hollingsworth’s body lay where it
fell until nearly sundown, the posse
being kept away from it through fear of also
being shot down. Finally the ranchwomen
volunteered to go for tho body. They drove
up in a wagon, and placing the body in it
brought it back to tin: ranch house. Tho
sheriff’s posse was not a largo one, and the
cowboys at the ranch would not assist them.
The posse kept up a tiro on tho dugout at
night, and it was returned at intervals by the,
besieged party. Toward morning one of the
cow boys with Vorce attempted to escape across
tho eountry, but he was captured and brought
l ack. He reported that Vorco's hip had been
broken by Deputy Sheriff Hollingsworth’s
shot, but that lie was doing most of the shoot
ing through a crack in the wall.
The cowboy was put under arrest. Shortly
after daybreak this morning another posse of
officers from the county scat arrived on tho
scene and relieved Hollingsworth’s party, who
left with the dead body of young Hollingsworth
and brought it to Denver, arriving this event
ing. The L. If. C. ranch is twenty-five miles
from Coriwiada, the nearest telegraph station,
and nothing has been hoard from the dugout
since Hollingsworth left. Hollingsworth says
that the desperado has many friends and sym
pathizers in the country, and he is fearful that
they may come to Vorce’s rescue. Large re
wards have b< en offered for Vorce’sbody, dead
or alive. A half-dozen deputy sheriffs left
Denver this erening for the scene.
MOWN THE RIVEK.
Eight J’ei'Mius Mrowni-d “’I he Details of the
Disaster.
Bathurst, N. I!., December 18.—A terrible
accident occurred yesterday afternoon near
< Inraquette station, on tho northern division
of the Inter-colonial railroad. When tho train,
which left Caraquetto at 2 p. m. for Gloucester
junction, was near McKinboshes covo bridge,
three miles west of Caraquetto, the train men
noticed heavy drifts of snow on the west side
of the bridge. The train consisted of one pas
senger car, engine and a snow plow. Eight
section men wore aboard for the purpose of
assisting in clearing the road of snow, which
fell in Friday’s storm. The passenger car was
left on the east side bridge. Thirteen persons
were on tho engine, and when on the bridge
the plow and engine left the track and fell
over into the river.
Only five men could be found, tho root, eight
in number, wore pinned down under the en
gine, whi'.li was lying bottom up in the river.
Tlie train was running slowly at the time a,
they had plenty of time when they got over
the bridge to get a run at the drift. The f*»l
lowing is tins list killed: Conductor Kenney,
of Douglastown, Miramichi, Driver Lanegan,
Bathurst, Felix Boucher, fireman, Bathurst,
Joseph Viennean, section man Bathurst,
John Paulin, sccti si man Caraquetto, John
Carney, flathurt, Frank Miller, Bathurst. Sec
tion nn n I). Patterson, Cornier, Fullam and
E. Jlackey es aped, and also did Brake
lean Ixmdon. who jumped through the cab
window. These are jnoie or less injured, but
net fatally.
Women with pale, colorless faces, who feel
weak and discouraged, will receive froth men
tal and bodily vigor by using Carter’s Iron
Pills, which are made for the bitrod, nerves
and complexion.
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COTTON AND CORN.
Some Astonishing Yields Re
ported From Georgia Soil.
THE LUCKY WINNERS OF PREMIUMS
For tho past five or six years, Messrs. George
W. Scott & Co., have been offering special
premiums for the largest yield of cotton and
corn, by the use of gossypium alone. Tho ef
fect has been to stimulate tho planters of the
state to adopt the intensive system of farming,
and to demonstrate by facts and figures that
farming pays. The premiums offered are lib
eral, and tho regulations fair end just. Tho
award is not made upon the amount of gos
sypium use<] per acre.
The contestant is required to certify that no
other fertilizer was used, and to give all the
facts about the culture of the land, its condi
tion, etc. A committee of three citizens, certi
fied to by the ordinary as reliable citizens ca
pable of making an accurate report on a crop
of cotton or corn, must state that they are dis
interested, that they measured the plat of
land whereon tho crop was grown, according
to the rules proscribed, tho same being one
connected piece of land, that they supervised
the gathering of tho crop, and carefully weigh
ed and measured it. They report the yield of
dry seed cotton and of dry lint cotton, clear of
bagging and tics, the yield of shucked corn in
the ear, and how many pounds of shelled corn
100 pounds of average ears yielded, and an es
timate of how many bushels of iifty-slx
pounds each of shelled corn.
THE PREMIUMS OFFERED.
This year Messrs. G. W. Scott & Co. offered
the following premiums:
For the largest yield of clean lint cotton
made on five acres, on which gossypium only
has been used, $250 in gold ; for second best
yield, $l5O in gold; for third best, SSO in gold.
For largest yield of clean lint cotton on one
acre under the same rules, slooin gold; second
best yield, SSO in gold; third best, one ton
gossypium; fourth and fifth best, same pre
mium.
For tho largest yield of sound corn on one
acre, gossypium only used, SIOO in gold ; sec
ond best yield, §SO in gold; third, fourth and
fifth best yields, one ton gossypium each.
CONSIDERING THE REPORTS.
The loth of December is the day sot apart
for considering the reports, and awarding the
premiums. There were three contestants for
tho premiums offered for tho best yield of lint
cotton on five acres, and twelve for that on
one acre, and eleven contested for the pre
miums on tho best acre in corn.
On Thursday morning several sturdy looking
countrymen wended their way to the depart
ment of agriculture. All the contestants did
not come, as, having implicit confidence in
Commissioner Henderson, they wrote to him
to represent them. ft. G. Ray, a stalwart and
successful farmer of Douglas, Mr. G. M. Davis,
a worthy planter of Monroe county, Messrs.
J. F. Ellington, of Campbell county, J. T.
Madaris, of Fayette, and others, were present.
The contestants agreed upon the following
as the committee on awarding the premiums:
Colonel U. J. Redding, of Schley; Colonel
AV. S. DeWolf, of Muscogee; Captain J. F.
Ellington, of Campbell; Cantain J. T. Mada
ris, of Fayette; Mr. W. G. Whidby. of
DeKalb.
Tho committee organized by electing Colo
nel It. J. Rodding, chairman, and Colonel W.
S. DeWolf, secretary, and tho work of exam
ining the reports began.
THE FtVE-ACHE CONTEST.
There were only throe contestants. Tho re
ports were all regular and correct. R. G. Ray,
Chapel Hill, Douglas! county, by the use of
5,100 pounds of [gossypium, made 0,788 pounds
of lint cotton on five acres. The first premium
of $250 in gold was awarded him, The fertil
izer cost him S7O; receipts §1,228, or a net
profit of over §231 per acre.
Mr. G. W. Truitt, of Lovelace, Troup coun
ty, by the use of 5,000 pounds of gossypium,
made 8,766 pounds of lint cotton. To him was
awarded $l5O in gold, an average net profit
per acre of over $l3B, after deducting cost of
fertilizer.
The third best yield was reported by J. T.
Wyatt, Enon, Jasper comity, who used 4,000
pounds of gossypium and gathered s,osopounds
of lint cotton. He got the premium of SSO in
gold. This was an average net return of .SIOO
per acre.
THE ACRE IN COTTON CONTEST.
The following is tho list of awards:
J. W. Mann, Palmetto, Campbell county,
used 60) pounds gossypium, made 2,677 pounds
of lint cotton ; SIOO in gold awarded.
11. G. Ray, Chapel 11 ill, Dougins county,
I. pounds gossypium, 2,556 pounds lint cot
ton ; SSO in gold.
G. W. Truitt, Lovelace, Troup county, 1,300
pounds gossypium, 2,087 pounds lint cotton;
awarded one ton gossypium.
J. H. Widner, Handy, Coweta county, 1,200
pounds gossypium, made 1,775 pounds of lint
cotton : one ton gossypium.
Smallpiece, Providence, Sumter
county, 1/100 poundsgossypium. 1,082 pounds
lint cotton; awarded one ton of gossypium.
THE ACRE IN CORN CONTEST.
J. T. Mann, Palmetto, used 600 pounds gos
sypiuin, gathered lII7J bushels shelled corn.
SIOO in gold awarded him.
J. J. Millions, Jr., Handy Coweta oounty,
made 174.85-100 bushels of shelled corn. He
was awarded SSO in gold.
G. W. Truitt, Irovelace, Troup county, used
800 pounds gossypium, gathered 156.50-100
bushels shelled corn. Awarded one ton gos
sypium.
J. L. Clay, Dallas, Paulding county, used
700 pounds gossypium, gathered 10H.36-KX)
bushels of shelled corn. One ton of gossypium
awarded him.
J. H. Widner, Handy,Coweta county, used
300 iwnuids gossypiiun, gathered 100.50-100
bushels shelled corn. Ono ton of gossypium
was bis reward.
THE AWAI’.DS 01'1886.
Pounds.
J. C. Sims. Troup county, best five acres cot
tonlo,Bß7
K. .1. Kay, Fayette, second bestlo.B73
M. i:. I’yron, Camplsfll, thirdlo,7B3
G. W. Truitt, Troup, fourthß,-38
J. T. tVyutt, .lasiierjlftli 6,713
G. W. Truitt, Troup county, best one acre cot-
tun 2.191
F. A.I. W. Hudgins, IroKalb, seeond.... I,B'M
T. G. PaaohaU, Heard county, third. 1,791
W. L Tliorniaron. Oconee, fourthl,7Bß
J. T. Wyatt, Jaipur, 1 ,H 6
Bushels.
W. It. I'Zhola, II ■ ird county, I«'S’ a' re corn. .. 169
T. C. Kelley. Henry county, second 17>
L. B. Toland, Clayton county, third 162
W. 11. Faulkner. Hal! county, fourth 135
11. H. Kelley, Henry county, fifth IZO
PRE l-.xTING THE AWARDS.
Secretary DeWolf read the action 'if tho
committee and it was received with demon
strations of applause.
Fanner Ray as he received the S3OO in gold,
I said, in a triumphant tone, "Who willhay now
that farming don’t pay?”
, “Another Man will be made happy in
[ Campbell tonight,” observed jovial Squire
Ellington as ho receipted for SIOO for J. T.
Munn, of Palmetto.
"Hurra for Sumter county,” shouted Col
onel R. J. Redding, as ho enclosed an order
for ft ton of gossypium to Sirs. Laura Small
piece, of that county.
Everything passed off to tlio satisfaction of
all parties. Mr. O. L. Buffington, of Hall
county, who in 1886 made 101) bushels of corn
on one acre wrote that lie hud planted an
aero this year, but that when in full
rousting ears, tho freshet swept it off'. Ho
wanted to bo considered in for the contest of
1888.
The South Carolina Award.
Messrs Scott. & Co. have not received the
official report from tho contest, in South Caro
lina, but their reporter at Columbia gives tho
following as the result :
FOR FOUNDS OF LINT COTTON MADE ON
ONE ACRE.
J. P. Goodwin, Greenville county, 1,0'37 pounds,
first premium.
J. L. O. King, Oconee county, I,o36pounds, second
premium.
Miles I'. Singleton, Pickens county, 1,019 pounds,
third premium.
Cnfn 110 iker, Greenville county, 1,002 jounds,
fourth premium.
J. W. Grubbs, Oconee county, 988 pounds, fifth
premium.
Tlio Alabama Awards.
Tho following is tho report from Alabama:
Auburn, Ala., December 15, 1887.—Messrs. Geo.
W. Scott & Co., Atlanta, Gn.: Gentlemen--We, the
committee selected by tho contestants to award tlie
premiums offered liy you, upon crops of cotton and
com, grown in Alabama during tlie season of 1887,
by use of your gossypium phospho only, after
enruful.lnvestigatiu.n ie|>ott the following awards:
FOR FOUNDS OF LINT COI’TON MADE ON ONE
ACRE.
George W. Norwco 1, Leo county, 2,391 pounds,
first premium, 8200.
W. I>. Shotl'eltt, Tallapoosa county, 1,961 [Kiuiidß,
second premium, SIOO.
W. 11. Jnmes, Lee county, 1,193 pounds, third
premium, *SO.
Elijah Smith. Perry county, 1,035 pounds, fourth
premium, one ton gossypium.
W. I’. Hutcheson, Tallapoosa county, 928 pounds,
fifth premium, one ton gossypium]
FOR BUSHELS OF SHELLED CORN MADE ON ONE
ACRE.
George W. Norwood, Lee county, IC6 bushels, first
premium, 8100.
John T. Russell, Tallapoosa county, 98 bushels,
second premium, 850.
J. 1). Rice, DeKalb county, 86 bushels, third prem
ium, one ton gossypium.
.1. A. Hollifield,
J. 8. N EWMAN,
E. C, Jackson,
F. M. Reese,
Committee.
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Violent Death of a Lady ut Hot Springs of
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Hor Springs, Ark., December 18.—A deep
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and prominent citizen. Tho sad event is in
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