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GEORGIA NEWS.
EVENTS or A WEEK IK THE XT
EIRE STATE.
Tersely Telling of Passing Events Calculated
to Catch the Eye and Interest the
Header—Other Matters.
Hon. J. H. Lumpkin will be the, new
judge of the superior court of Fulton
(county.
Cotton Damaged by Kain.
Albany Ga., September 9.—(Special.)—
This section of the state has been experienc
ing a perfect deluge of rain for the past five
davs The cotton crop has been damaged
ereatlv. There are hundreds of bales of
cotton open in the field and tins is rotting
nnd being stained so badly that its value
will be reduced one-third.
>tsitteiic«*d to Iteat-li.
Madison, Ga., September G.—(Special.)—
Ike Williams, colored, the murderer ot Har
riet Williams, an account of whose crime
has appeared in The Constitution, was tos
♦lay tried, convicted and sentenced to J’ e
executed on Friday, October 2<th. Ihe
hanging will be private and will occur be
tween the hours of 11 a. m. and 2 p m-
This will be Morgan countj s second legal
hanging since the war.
A Counterfeiter Captured.
q.vnnnah Ga.. September 7.—(Special.—
Henry Mcdollum was arrested near States
boro today and placed in jail here on a war
rant .worn out before United States Commis
sioner Beckett charging him with making and
passing spurious coin. McCollum passed a
lot of well-executed counterfeit dimes of the
}£ue of 1842 ami 1593 He is one of the
gang of counterfeiters who have worked ex
tensively in that section.
Cohen Brightened Up.
Convers Ga.. September 7.—(Special.)—
A majority of the best people of this town,
white and black, are gratified nt the commu
tation of Henry Cohen’s sentence. Many be
lieve him innocent of intentional murder.
Cohen was brought here from Decatur tins
afternoon by Sheriff Austin. Neither knew
of the commutation till their sitn.tl hole.
A great crowd was at the depot. Cohen still
claims it accidental. He did not seem to
be affected by the news, though Ins counten
ance grow a iittlo brighter.
White Cap* Got Him.
Dalton. Ga.. September <S.—(Special.)—
White caps visited Spring Place. Murray
rounty, last night after a negro suspected
of o burning the barn of Harvey Ellis,
who lives one mile from Spring 1 lace.
They got the negro and the last seen of
them they were leading him out of town
with a rope around his neck. Nothing was
seen or heard of rhe negro today. Murray
countv people in town oday say they sup
posed he was lynched.
Cyclone in Bullock.
Savannah. Ga.. September 9. -A sntail
cyclone passed through Bulloch county tins
inoriiiiig. cutting a swath through the forest,
scattering fences and deco roving a. number
of outhouses.' It originated one mile from
Ashe’s branch and took a northeast cours".
As far as heard from there are no lives
lost The roaring could be heard a long dis
tance. Il blew down t"ne cotton houses and
barns of .1. M. Bowers, doing damage to the
property of Lamar Hughes, near the same
place.
Two Children Disappear
Cordele, Ga.. September s.—(Special.)
Two little sous of Mr. James Hayes, Sr.,
a prosperous farmer living near Cordele,
have disappeared in a mysterious manner.
About 3 o’clock yesterday afternoon they
went to a field some distance from the
house and di.l not put in their appearance
at supper time. A search among the
neighbors was instituted. They searched
nil last night and all today without success.
The parents are quite uneasy, fearing foul
play.
N<» |’»v, Bio Preaching.
Cartersville, Ga., September 5. (Special.)
Tonight Rev. Sam Joni's preached. He
said in the pulpit this morning that if the
people did not pay for this meeting he
would not hold another under the taberna
cle. Cartersville and this section could
not afford to give up the Sam Jones taber
nacle meetings, and are not going to do so.
This year's meetings have done a great
deal toward bringing about a good feeling
between the members of a.I cliureiies in
Cartersville, and the people feel deeply in
debted to Mr. Jones.
Drowned at Conyers.
Conyers, Ga., September 4. (Special.)---Mr.
Bill Nelins, a white workman at tlte Rock
dale Paper mills, was drowned in Yeliow river
this morning. ID and another employe went
out in a boat to examine the gate to the race,
when their boat tilled with water and turned
over, throwing them out. Nelms’s companion
swam to the bank, but bo. .after a few futile
efforts, went to the bottom. He had been
under the water forty-fire minifies when taken
out. and life was extinct. He was a single
man and lived with mot ler ami two sis
ters here in town. "1 lie waler was ci) 11 feet
deep where he was toiml.
Death of Nununl VVeisiger.
Augusta. Ga., September 9. —(Special.)—
Mr. Samuel I*. \\ eisiger died at. half past
12 o’clock this afternoon, after a short and
sudden illness, from congestion of the brain.
Mr. Weisigor was a member of nearly
every benevolent and social society in Ihe
city. He was a Mason, a member of the
Jl.iyal Arcanum, the Knights of Honor
end various other organizations. Tie was
a past master of Social lodge of Masons,
lie belonged to the Confederate Survivors’
Association, of which be was an active
member. He was twice president of the
Travelers’ Protective Association of Geor
gia.
A Husband Charged w ith Murder.
Thomasville Ga., September 3. —(Spe-
cial.)- Diola Beard, a colored woman, living
about two miles east of Thomasville, was
shot and killed Friday night by unknown
parties, though circumstances point to her
husband as the murderer. She was in her
room when a gun was fired through an
open window from the outside. The shot
took effect in her stomach and she fell, ex
claiming that her husband, Isaac Beard,
had shot her.
The woman lived only a few hours. She
and her husband b.ad been separated for
some months and were not on good terms.
He had threatened i<« kill her if she did
not give him the children. The coroner s
jury pronounced it murder and laid the
crime on Isaac Beard.
“The best thing yet!” That is the way a
young man pur it who made arrangements
to work for B. F. Johnson & Co., of Rich
mond, Va. You can get further information
by dropping them a card.
TWO GIRL CAPTIVES.
Stolen from Homo Tney Are Help Prisoners
in the Forest by a Negro.
Waycross. Ga.. September (>.- (Special.)
There' is great excitement in Coffee coun
ty on account of the brutal treatment of
two young white girls by a negro mau.
The story was told here today by Mitchell
Cobb, Aaron Bailey and M. E. Skinner.
Mr. Bailey is a well-to-do citizen of Coffee
coutnv, and lives near Stokes s still on Sev
enteen-mile creek. He said that the great
est excitement known in the history of the
county prevails there.
All day Stokes’s still was surrounded by
thirty armed men. They would not permit
any one to leave or enter the place. The
strictest quarantine regulations were in
force. Bloodhounds were secured from
Waitertown and Waresboro. The people
all over the county were organizing crowds
for the purpose of scouring the woods in
every nook and corner. The search is on
and news of further developments is
anxiously awaited by the people here and
in Coffee county. .
The story of the outrage is told by
Mrs. Joe Taylor, a white woman, who
lives not far from Stokes’s still. She said
that yesterday morning a pretty white girl
ran from the woods into her house and
fell on the floor on account of fright and
exhaustion. The girl was poorly clad, but
showed by her looks that she was of a
highlv respectable family.
Without disclosing her name or homo,
she began to tell her story. She prayed
that somebody would come to kill the ne
gro who had disgraced her. It wits learned
that the girl and her siAter are both in
the keeping of a desperate negro. They
are tied to trees with ropes and never trav
el except late at night. Tne girls were
stolen from their parents. Nothing further
could be learned as the story was never
finished. The girl bad gnawed the rope
with which she was tied and leaving her
•is ter, who was some distance from her,
she escaped to the house of the widow wo-
THE WEEKLY CONSTITUTION: ATLANTA GA„ TUESDAY. SEPTEMBER 12, 1893.
man. The negro discovered her escape and
went in search of hen.
He easily found her and threatened to
kill her if she did not go with him at once.
The girl begged Mrs. Taylor to save her
and upon this the brute threatened to kill
the woman. The girl was dragged out of
the yard by tiie negro and was flogged
with a rope, which was hard twisted. The
widow woman was nearly frightened to
death and gave th alarm to the neigbors
at once. They armed themselves with
Winchesters ami started in search of the
abductor. It is their purpose to rescue the
two girls from their terrible fate and re
store them to their parents and then cap
ture the negro and make mincemeat out; of
him.
Professor Skinner has just returned from
Coffee county and says that there is great
excitement and that the search for the
negro is very close.
Onr Public Schools*
are the mainstay of our republic. In them
are being cultivated the minds which are
to be our future lawmakers and leaders m
everv walk in life. How essential it is
Hint these minds should bo united to strong,
healthv bodies. So many children sutler
from impurities and poisons m the blood
that it is a wonder that they ever grow up
to be men ami women. Many parents
cannot find words strong enough to .express
their gratitude to Hoods Sarsaparilla for
its good effect upon their children. Scrofu
la. salt rheum and other diseases oi the
blood are effectually and permanently
cured by this excellent medicine, and the
whole being is given strength to resist at
tacks of disease.
MAYOR FOR A MINUTE.
Almost Directly After Taking the Oath Mr.
Cochran Resigns.
Barnesville, Ga-, September 9.— (Special.)
Tim town was in a fever of excitement and
indignation today on account of the resig
nations of Mayor T. W. Cochran and
Aiderman J. G. oilier, which went into
elici t immediately after they were install
i'il For years there has been two factions
here At’ a meeting of one of the factions
wliieh was called to nominate a municipal
ticket a message was read in the meeting
n quest mg the body not to nominate but
to appoint a committee to confer with a
joint committee from tne ''tber faction.
This was reluctantly done. The committee
was appointed from both shlcs and, alter
long mmrs of balloting and filibustering,
T \V Cochran was agreed upon for may
or ami J. C. Collier for aiderman by one
side, and M. B. Smith and Edward Elder
aldermen by the other. Mr. Cochran tried
to get out of it, but friends on both sides
induced him to accept, promising him their
full support. A-'ochran and Collier then con
sented to rim with the understanding that
the new council would divide the offices
equally between the two factions, which
they readily agreed to do, at the same
time allowing them to select the officers
they desired to fill. Last night they met,
and in the face of all the facts, which
not only the members of the new council
were fully aware of, but every citizen tn
the town was familiar with, they ran in
a ticket which was entirely different from
the agreement. At the first bitch both
Mayor Cochran and Aiderman Collier pro
teslerl and spoke of the agreement, but tlhe
election w.-m carried through. After the
election of the officers amt the fixing of
salaries. Mayor Cochran handed in his
resigr.fct’oaj mieondiit'ionjally, and stated
that it had to lie accepted at once. He
would not commence with an unharmo
nioiis administration. Aiderman Collier
at once offered his resignation with the re
quest that it be accepted.
Many of (he most, prominent citizens on
both sides endorse rhe action of Mayor
Cochran ami Alderman Collier.
Jersey Bulls for Sale- Two registered Jer
sey bulls, dehorned. One works in yoke,
cither double or single, b'or prices or pedi
gree address ( lydesdale Jersey I';.rm. Spar
ta, Ga. sep7 - <l”f & wky It
REVENGE IS SWEET.
So Thinks a Veteran Moonshiner who Has
About Fort v Customers Indicted.
Calhoun, Ga., September 8. —(Special.)—
One solitary moonshine still stuck away
among rhe hills and operated by an old
decrepid man has involved a whole commu
nity in trouble.
About, a month ago revenue officers cap
tured and destroyed a small still four
utiles east of Calhoun. The still was in
charge of an old man named Veal, a vete
ran moonshiner from Lumpkin county,
leal mi] his son wore arrested and carried
to Atlanta and lodged in the moonshine
stockade.
This did not please old man Veal, who felt
that the community in which he worked
at his trade had betrayed him and ho at
once set a bout securing the names of all
who ever bought liquor from him. He was
released from prison and went to Dalton,
where he now is and where he gives to the
commissioner every day a now batch of
mimen. Marrams are made out and sent
here to Deputy Marshal Bud Turner. One
by one every person who has ever removed
even a half pint of Veal's moonshine from
his still is gathered in. Forty arrests have
resulted so far and still they go on. One
half of the community is on the bonds of
the other half. Every morning for almost
two weeks a party of prisoners, bondsmen
and marshals has boarded the train here
for Dalton where al! of the preliminary
trials are held before commissioner Ham
ilton .
The feeling towards old man Veal is not
the kindliest and mutterings of Weugeance
are heard against him on every hand, but he
is at a safe distance and promises to re
main there.
Today is tlx- Best Timo.
Write Hr. W. J. Tucker. Atlanta, Ga., for
free pamphlet and question list.
CONDEMNS TIIEII.
Sunday Schools Asaoiled by a Baptist As
soela'ion at Jasper.
Jasner. Ga., September s.—(Special.)
The Jasper Baptist Association which has
just been in session here condemned Sun
da v schools. The association convened with
Philadelphia church near here. The sub
ject came up on an inquiry from Sardis
church, in Cherokee county, which asked
if there is any scripture authorizing Sun
day schools.
After debating the question for some
time the association decided that there is
no scripture for Sunday schools and con
demned them.
Dr. AV. M . Jones, who has been the mode
rator for several years, and who is the
present representative in the legislature
from this county, preached on Sunday. Hi 1
condemned Sunday schools, saying it is
wrong to have them, and he said he had
rather have a dance at his house than to
go to a Sunday school picnic. He said
a great many things that sounded strange
in the mouth of a minister.
Dr. Jones was followed by J. R. Allen,
of Talking Rock, who preached on the same
line. It is needless to say that the peo
ple here do not endorse the views expressed.
You Don’t. Know
what ails you. Today you think it’s your kid
neys. tomorrow your heart or lungs, the next
day'Something else. Write fir. W. .1. Tucker,
Atlanta. Ga. He will tell you what the trou
ble is and what can be done for you. Also
will send free pamphlet ami question list.
WATSON IN THE WIItEGRASS.
The Democrats Went Out to Hear Uiin But
Were Not < onv<-rte<l.
AVaycross, Ga., September 4.—(Special.)
Thomas E. Watson spoke hero today to
2,000 peoiile, composed of about TOO dem
ocrats, 500 negroes and SOO country peo
ple, who seemed to be in sympathy with
v.hat Mr. AVatson had to say. The speak
ing took place under a brush arbor in camp
meeting style, one mile from the court
house. Mr. AVatson was introduced by
11. AV. Reed. ll<' spoke for three hours,
lie was interrupted once while appeali’flj
to the negroes by a colored member of the
Georgia legislature from 'Tatnall county.
They argued for about ten minutes. The
populists received the speech enthusiasti
cally, but it did not effect the minds of the
democrats. The speaking wns followed
by a barbecue. Air. M'atsou goes from
here to Tattnall county ami then to John
son county and then home. He has filled
twentv-ojie appointments and addressed
about fa»,000 people since July 4th.
M. M. Mauck, wall paper, paluts, shades,
picture frames. Samples sent. Atlanta.
JU.ST FROM GEORGIA.
A bonu oi
The sky made a whip o’ the winds, and
lashed the sea Into foam,
And the keen-blowing gales tore the flags and
the sails of tiie ships that were plunging
home;
Os the ships that were tossing home ou the
black and billowy deep—
But who shall reach to the wrecks— the
wrecks, where the ships and their cap
tains sleep?
O, wrecks, by the black seas tossed,
In the desolate ocean nights!
Lost—lost—in the darkness! lost
In sight o’ the harbor lights!
The sky made a veil o’ the clouds, and a
scourge o' the lightning red,
And the blasts bowed the masts of the ships
(hat fared where love and the sea-gulls
led;
Os the ships that were faring home with love
for the waiting breast—
But whcre~is the love that can reach to. the
wrecks, where the ships and their cap
tains rest?
O, ships of our love, wave-tossed
In tiie fathomless oeean nights!
Lost—lost—ln,the blackness! lost
In sight o’ the harbor lights!
There was once a ship of my soul that tossed
o'er a'stormy sea,
And this was my prayer, when The nights
gloomed drear: “Send my soul s ship
safe tq me!
Send my soul’s ship safely home, from billows
and blackened skies!”
But where Is the soul that can reach to the
depths—the depths where my soul's ship
lies?
O, ship of my soul, storm-tossed,
In the .far and. the fearful nights!
Lost—lost—in.the blackness! lost
lu sight o’ the harbor lights!
Unparalleled in Journalism.
From The Thomaston, Ga., Times.
The splendid work done by The Atlanta
Constitution in giving details of the recent
storm on the Atlantic coast is almost un
paralelled in the history of journalism. Two
special reporters ahd an artist were sent to
the scene and 200,000 words were sent over the
wires.
Lines to Baby Ruth.
’Tls a truth, ’tis.a truth,
Baby Huth;
You’ve a sister:
Have you kissed her,
Baby Ruth?
Are you quite resigned today
To move gently out the way,
AVhlle your sister has a say,
Baby Ruth?
’Tis a truth, ’tis a truth,
Baby Ruth;
Cease your prattle—
Yield your rattle,
Baby Ruth!
But did this your hopes destroy,
Put a bridle on your’joy?
Didn't Grover want a boy—
Baby Ruth?
Hundreds Think So.
“What vice, do you think, irritates the pub
lic most?" asked the preacher.
“Advice,” said the Hardened backslider.
Autumn Timo in Georgia.
There's something in the burnin’ of the sun
ns he goes down,
That’s hintin’ of the turnin’ of tho leaves
to gold an’ browu;
An’ the air’s a gittin’ clearer in the valley
an’ the plain,
For the Autumn's drawin nearer with its
sunshine an’ its rain.
You can see the blue smoke curlln from a
hundred happy huts,
An’ can hem- the sudden droppin’ of the
ripenin' hickory-nuts;
An' the days are feelin' softer, an the nights
are growin’ chill,
An’ the woods are now delightin In tne
Georgia whippoorwill.
O, the autumn time's a-comin’ an It s happy
on tho way,
For the days are now a mixture of the sum
mer au’ the May;
An’ the world will soon be dreamln' where
the dreams are sweetest —best,
An' the mountains an’ her valleys sing the
songs o’ peace an’ rest!
The Blllville Banner.
YVe learn thaT Cleveland has another girl,
'lliis is disappointing, but there are lots of
boys in the country named after him.
There are very few privates In Georgia at
this writing. All who are not going to the
United States senate are candidates for gov-
\Ve spent three weeks in the congressional
gallery nt AVashington. M'e were not aware
that the lunatics at Milledgeville had escaped
until wo arrived there.
When onr congressman was running for of
fice he favored bimetallism, but he lost his
mind on the way to Washington, and aa there
is uo reward out for it, he can’t tell what
he favors now.
Has It Come to This?
A weekly editor announces that he will
take a bale of cotton on subscription. It
should be remembered that his paper is only
one dollar a year.
The Old Church Bell.
It’s rustin’ In the steeple, for it’s been a
many a year
Since we heard it on the evening breezes
swell;
Since across the vale and mountain It has
summoned them to prayer —
Tiie old—the old church bell!
The dusk owl hoots around it; but it has no
tale to tell;
It Is silent in the steeple—the old church
bell!
Did it eease its pleasant chiming when the
pastor, bent amt gray,
Was laid within the old churchyard to rest?
When they draped the church in mourning
on that desolated day.
When his faithful hands were folded o’er his
breast ?
Not much! it has a story wliieh is different
to tell—
The sheriff—he has levied on the old church
bell!
Tliat’s What!
When you move through Georgia state,
Comes a man—a trouble-weaver;
Asks for your certificate—
At the Cross Roads Postoffice.
“Any letters for me?”
“Who’s you?”
“I’m Bill Jones’s son.”
“And your name’s Jones?”
“Ain’t he my daddy?”
“What’s yer Christian name?”
“Hain’t never jiued the church!”
The CainpHign’s Coming!
Campaign’s kinder coinin’ on—feel It in the
breeze:
Know it by the candidates a-blazin’ of the
Talks is gittin’ sociable—feller understands
Somethin’s loose in Georgia when they git to
shakin’ hands!
Campaign’s kinder coinin’—see the rabbit
jump!
Feller jes a-wranglin’ fer a option on a
stump!
Mules a-dashin’, splashin’, ’till they’re altnos’
out o’ breath.
Children earin’ candy, while they’re kissln’
’em to death!
Campaign’s kinder coinin’—all the boys js
game:
Fifty-six fer governor, an* balance fer the
same!
Old-time jokes a-craekin’—feller understands
Somethin’s loose in Georgia when the coun
try's shakin’ bunds!
—FRANK L. STANTON.
i-g-j UIIHES WlftßE ALL ELSE FAILS. £5
Eu Best Cough Syrup. Tastes Good. Use
ifiCT * n ti:m>- §ol*l by druggists.
dec!s—dly top or bot col n r m
THE DESOLATE COASTS.
EROH THE STRICKEN SEA ISLANDS
COMES THE CRT OE DISTRESS.
20,000 Mouths to be Fed—Their Crops Ruin*
ed and the Field* and Gardens Laid Waste
—The Half Has Not Been Told.
Columbia, S. C., September 7.—(Special.)
The awful stupendity of the disaster of
the storm-swept coast of South. Carolina id
at last realized. It proves to be the ca
lamity of the century. A death roll of
several hundred persons develops into al
most that many thousands, while absolute
destitution extends to 20,000 persons,
nineteen-twentieths of whom are ignorant
negroes., These awful facts have been
ascertained by Dr. J. AV. Babcock, of this
city, who spent four days as the special
rqprescii(at.iv<; of Governor Tillman at
Beanfort and vicinity. In point of fact,
the whole truth is not yet known, as on ac
count of the impossibility of
at present making a circuit of
the score or more of islands that make up
this archipelago, but enough lias been de
veloped to warrant the foregoing state
ment as to the death and devastation. All
these islands were submerged and the seeth
ing waters annihilated, almost everything,
scarcely leaving a land mark.
Twenty Thousand Destitute.
These 20,000 persons are now confronted
by the terrors of starvation and pestilence.
These facts have caused Governor Tillman
to give all 'his personal attention, to thd
situation and he is now working with might
and main to procure relief. He tonight is
sued a proclamation to the people of the
United States appealing to them to make
contributions to the cause. lie states
therein that these people will have to be
fed. by charity for six months and that it
will take $75,000 to furnish them with
bread alone. He calls upon tiie whole
people to aid hint and pledges his official
word that their charity shall not be misap
plied. The contributions that have been
made are a mere bagatelle in comparison
with what will be needed. The governor
has telegraphed the mayor of Charleston to
come to this city at once and confer with
him as to the appointment of a central
committee to take charge of the work.
To the American People.
The official appeal is as follows:
An appeal to the people of .the United
States:
Tiie hurricane wliieh swept the south At
lantic coast on the 27(h of August was un
paralleled In its severity. It spread desola
tion and ruin throughout the entire state of
South Carolina, but the sea islands, spreading
northward along the coast of South Carolina
from the Savannah river to the north Edisto
inlet, were tin? greatest sufferers by reason
of the severity of the wind and tiie unpre
cedented height of the tide. Tiie sen invaded
the land. Hundreds of houses have been
swept away by the waves or blown down by
the wind, and while tiie exact number of
deaths will never be known, it eanubt be less
than a thousand. Yegelation has been ns
completely blasted by the salt water as though
it were the breath of a simoon. What was
a prosperous and blooming expanse of rice
fields, gardens and farms, is today a desert
with the very land marks destroyed, leaving
the people without shelter, without food,
without the possibility of getting work ex
cept for a limited number to confront the ter
rors of starvation until another crop can be
grown, owing To th<> f act t,lat nineteen
twentieths of them are negroes and that
means of communicating with the remote
islands have been destroyed, I have only
within a day arrived at a clear understand
ing of tiie situation and the misery it. un
folds.
Starvation and Pestilence.
Dr. J. IV. Babcock, superintendent of the
State lunatic asylutn, an accomplished physi
cian and sanitarian, who went to the scene
of the disaster on the Ist of September, as
my official representative, returned today, and
ids report accompanies litis appeal. 1 do not
deem it necessary to dwell upon the picture
lie draws. I have not fejt justified hitherto
In asking for help except from our own peo
ple. The people of the state whose losses by
tho storm will ran into the millions, have
responded nobly and Immediate suffering is
being alleviated, but starvation or pestilence
will claim mau?' thousand victims before tae
winter is over if our efforts are nob supple
mented by the charitable in other states. I
pledge my official word that contributions
shall reach the people for whom they are
intended; that the charity which may lie
given shall not be misapplied; that laziness
and idleness will not bo ejv'ouraged. but tiie
money and provisions which may be donated
will be applied to the support of these people
so ns to enable them to rebuild their homes
and take tt new start in life with the new
year. There are not less than 20.(M>0 thus
destitute. Broad alone for these storm suf
ferers will cost not less than $7.">.000 between
now and Marell, while practically 11 months
will elapse before they can grow any. Med
icines, lied clothing, anything that can be
used in a house, because everything is gone,
will be thankfully received. YYe can buy
these things with money, but if money is not
to be had do not hesitate to contribute. Send
all money contributions to me. They will be
acknowledged through the press, and will be
put lit bank to be cheeked against as needed.
Send all other contributions to t’entral Relief
Committee, at Charl.eston, S. C. My efforts
to relieve these unfortunates are stimulated
by the fooling that being negroes, ignorant
and helpless, they are peculiarly the wards of
the executive. A common humanity pleads
with those who are able to help these poor
wretches in their destitution.
(Signed.) B. R- TILLMAN, Governor.
RESPONDING TO THE CALL
Philadelphia Has Subscribed 65,003 for the
Sea Island Fund.
Columbia, S. C., September 8-—(Special.)
Governor Tillman’s appeal to the country
for aid for the sea island sufferers is meet
in'' with ready response, lie reeeixed a
telegram from' -Major Stuart, of Philadel
phia, today advising him that the charity
committee of the city council of that eitj
hail appropriated s£>,(>oo for the sufferers.
Governor Tillman returned thanks and wir
ed the major to semi tiie contribution., if
in money, to him, if in supplies to the Cen
tral relief committee at Charleston, lite
governor also directed Chairman Barnwell
of Charleston., to purchase s<..> worth of
supplies ami send them to tiie white suf
ferers at Ridgeville. Edisto island, and
draw' on him for the money 'I his contri
bution is made from Columbia. lit
governor’s fund on hand >s A>> ’
her of phosphate men were heie todaj Horn
("li-irlestoii. Beaufort and other paosphaie
fioMs to see Governor Tillman about a re
(* Hion of the royalty. Nothing is gtven
out oflieiallv but. it is learned that Governoi
T ! itan gt<ve no satisfaction, saytng the
w I • nestion would be settled at a moe -
ex? Thursday. A phosphate man. said:
“Governor Tillman wants < >e vanh. I m
less some reduction can be. made, we Mill
!lm Phosph’tte ‘se'verM
Semes' a'ro'Hill'd of. but nothing definite
has been decided. *l,l
Colonel Ellb’t Secures Aid.
, \.,.,o lMll ber <l.—Colonel El-
M-ashmgom. / fi < Bp;iu forr.
liot ex-membei ot • 111 - • i,v and
< <’ reached M'ashmgton ceMei.lav amt
ing surgeon gnuia
S f l aff''ir? l in 11?' ?mmtry that promptly se
)f i 1 that department and the
CUred " ’ f Hie president of the United
sX™ cXaI HH.'l 'rth >“'»
a letter from Dr. Peters, one of the t .1-
mv- nhvsici ius. who had examined the
country’ 'iit the neighborhood of Beaufort,
and saitl that unless the hospital service
?, k on'pt action there was mm;-
nent danger of an outbreak tnat might
spread disease and pestilence throughout
the land. The whole coast was spread w ih
d-bris and the dead bodies of animals.
VI. nt the island of st. Helena the condi
tion was particularly deplorable, the bodies
of human beings being washed up or un
earthed almost daily.
Since the great storm of two weeks ago,
Dr Peters has been called to attend to
over 700 eases of malarial and other fevers,
while bowel trouble, with a preponderance
of diarrhoea is almost epidemic. He said
that it was impossible for t'he local force to
take care of the sick, provide the disin
fectants necessary and the medicine that
the sick required.
Colonel Elliot httd’ a conference with the
president, who. this morning issued an or
der detailing Past Assistant Surgeon Ma
gruder, with a force of officers to go to
Beaufort and take charge of the work and
placing a revenue cutter at their disposal.
This cutter, as soon as it can be equipped,
will be started south loaded with disinfec
tants, medicine and sustenance for those
who are down sick. Those who are well
will be provided with food from other
sources, ns the law does not permit the is
suance of rations save in cases of sickness
where the federal government is in charge
of the hospital.
Colonel Elliot also made arrangements
today with the secretary of agriculture for
the shipment of a large amount of turnip
set'd to the people of the islands and the
coast. This is the only thing that can be
planted now from which a crop can be gath
ered before the winter season.
Stops Toothache instantly. Dent’s Toothache Gum
Al! or send 100. Dent & Co., etroit, Mich
Mention The Constitution. jan2s wly
REFUGEES FLECKING HOME.
Regular Schedule* Will Soon be E»tablifthed
by the East Tennessee.
Brunswick, Ga., September s.—(Special.)
Over 4UO refugees returned on today’s East
Tennessee train. The East Tennessee of
ficials have notified .Mayor Lamb of their
readiness to resume regular schedules as
soon as he advises them. Thursday they
will probably be resumed. Not a new or
suspicious ease was reported today.
No Few C.ascs of .Fever .Reported.
Brunswick, Ga., September 6. —(Special.)
No new or suspicious cases were reported
today, ami every one here is hoping that
Surgeon Huttou will advise the lifting of
all quarantine against Brunswick
KeMUiuaiiK
The barrel factory, employing about fifty
laborers, resumed this morning, and only
two stores remain closed in the entire
city on account of the scare. About fifty
leading Brunswick business men, the ma
jority of all that have returned, met at the
courthouse today and formulated a plan to
issue SIO,OOO worth of city scrip to Aelieve
the present; stringency. President Mad
den, of tho Merchants and Traders’ bank,
announced that both of the Brunswick
banks will take the scrip on deposit, if is
sued. After varied discussions as to the
plan a resolution asking the city to issue
such scrip and an agreement attached
pledging to take it. for all debts and sales
of goods was adopted and presented to those
present for signature. It was largely
signed and a committee of seven was ap
pointed to canvass every business house in
the city. That the plan is practicable and
timely is generally agreed. It is a solu
tion of a very serious condition of affairs
that confronts Brunswick at present.
lhe I.iiwivM Are There.
Rows in and around Brunswick are
troubling the police now. George Ponder
shot Ophelia Reese in the leg last night
and amputation is necessary to save the
woman. Both are colored. (Ponder es
caped. Disreputable women have flocked
into Brunswick for several days, making
night hideous in the barroom dance halls.
Chief Lewis Beach and his men have
bagged two lots of white women this week.
They were bound over today to the county
court for trial.
All Danger Over.
Brunswick, Ga., September 7.—(Special.)—
Dr. Guiteias could give no information in
regard to the quarantine being raised on
Brunswick. Front his conversation, it was
learned that, personally, he thinks all dan
ger is over, but the surgeons are governed in
this matter by the wishes of the citizens in
neighboring towns. Surgeon Hutton was to
confer with Dr. Brunner, of Savannah, at
Camp Hutton today on that matter, but Ills
illness prevented. Dr. Guiteras thinks that
until Surgeon Hutt,on resumes his duties, Hie
matter will be postponed, but that is only
a question of a few days. Surgeon JiaGrtt
der, of Camp Hutton, will probably be de
tailed here for the present.
Dr. Guiteras is the only government offlelal
here now. He was requested to come and inves
tigate the causes of the first case, owing to
his ability and fame as an expert. His work
and researches have been exhaustive and he
is beginning so show signs of fatigue. He says
a f w nights’ rest will recuperate bis strength.
Fifteen days have passed and no new or sus
picious cases of fever have been reported in
that time. Barred in by virtually it shotgun
(plat amine, Brunswiklans have patiently
waited, with lint few protests, for the fif
teenth day to pass before requesting that the
qiiaraot me lifted. With Hie eyes of Hie
world turned on her people, Brunswick hits
been viewed by thousands as a veritable hole.
Officials Are Red Hut.
Inspired by the government’s promise to lift
tiie quarantine on tiie fifteenth day and
knowing tin more eases existed, Brunswick
stood iter troubles, but now more delay has
been added and the blood of the people boils
with indignation. Four thousand people here
suffering Hie pangs of hunger, witli no means
to leave or earn money, would take their guns
in hand, if necessary, to break down the In
human barriers that surround (item. Fortu
nately. this is not necessary, but when at a
council meeting today Dr. Guiteras announced
that Dr. Brunner. Savannah’s health officer,
would be consulted on lifting the quarantine.
Dr. Brunner’s right to be consulted was de
manded. He is a municipal officer. Official
dianite controlled speech that otherwise would
have caused trouble. Aldermen Madden, May
or Lamb mid others controlled themselves as
best they could under such circmnstances and
said the quarantine must be raised. Alderman
Madden wns red-hot mid his speech rang with
burning words. It brought tiie council to
action, and the result, was that the govern
ment was given until noon today to advise
that tho quarantine be lifted, or tho rights
of a sovereign people will be demanded. Un
less the government acts then, n mass meeting
will be held mid Brunswick will send a dele
gation one hundred strong to Governor North
on to demand her rights. There is no yellow
fever here and. admitting t|io experts were
right, there has been none in fifteen days.
Scheitiiles Resunied in Brunswick.
Brunswick. Ga.. September 9.—(Special. 1 )
Surgeon Magrtnler is working faithfully
to wind up Hie government’s affairs hero.
A\'lieu lit' concludes here he will begin.at
the M'ayeross end and will settle all bills
against the government.
Surgeon Hutton is better and will leave
for home when able to travel.
Dr. J. A. Dunwoody today filed his re
port on his action as health officer in the
Branham fever case and also his resigna
tion as health officer. Dr. Dunwoody ex
onerates City Physician Branham from
blame in bringing Surgeon Branham to
Brunswick.
The East Tennessee railroad resumed
regular schedules tonight. The Brunswick
ami AVestern will resume in a few days and
the AL'tllory steamer will arrive on regular
schedule Monday week.
Augusta Opens Her Gates.
Augusta. Ga., September 7.—(Special.)—Au
gusta tonight raised the quarantine against
Brunswick and Tampa.
Savannah Will Not Relax.
Savannah, Ga., September B.—(Special.)
When asked for his opinion of the indigna
tion meeting today at. Brunswick and the
manner in which his name was greeted
when Dr. Giuteras suggested a consulta
tion with him regarding the raising of
Hie quarantine. Health Officer Brunner re
plied :
"Their indignation, conduct ami threats
against mt' tire wasted. I have paid no
attention to Brunswick's feelings in the
matter at any time and do not propose
to consider them now. Everything 1 have
done has been striely in the line of duty
to the people of Savannah, whose health
interest are to a large extent in my hands.
No cabal in Brunswick or any other point
can swerve me from the path plainly marked
by that duty.
Over the Doctor’s Protest.
Savannah, Ga., September 9.—(Special.)—
The people of Brunswick, Tampa, Port
Tampa, Ybor City and other points recent
ly infected with yellow fever, can come to
Savannah now if they desire. The sani
tary board at its session today raised the
quarantine on these places and all restric
tion is to be removed immediately.
AVhen Dr. Brunner went into tiie meeting
he realized that he was leading a hopeless
tight for a retention of quarantine. Those
who favored the abandonment of restric
tions were guided by tho fact that no eases
of fever have been discovered in Brunswick
in sixteen days, ami also by the opinion of
Surgeon General AA’yman and the doctors
on the scene. Dr. Brunner, however, de
clined to accept these things as atty proof
that all danger had passed, and earnestly
protested against the raising of quarantine
for the present at least. He counseled,
but his words fell on barren soil.
A Nice Business for You.
If you want tojnake $175 per month address
J. E. Harding, Atlanta, Ga.
HOPE FOR EPILEPTICS.
Interesting Testimony Regarding • Re*
markable Case of Epilepsy.
Montmorenci, Ind., January 25, 1884.
To whom it may concern: This certifies thal
my little boy, when about four years old,
was attacked with fits or epilepsy. They
came on periodically, every three or four
weeks, becoming more frequent and more
severe as he grew older, causing him to
fall helpless whenever or wherever attacked.
He finally became a physical and mental
wreck, pitiable to see..
He was treated by three different phyi
siciaus, running through a period of font
years, but he still grew worse. They all
gave the ease up as hopeless.
Finally Dr. Coblentz, of Fort Wayne,
Ind., hearing of tho case, wanted to treat
it- 1 told him it was no use as other good
doctors had failed. He still insisted, and
at last, th,rough a sense of duty rather
than any hope of relief, I consented.
To my surprise and delight the boy began
to mend immediately, and continued to do
so until he was thoroughly cured. My boy
is now twelve years old, nnd has had but
one symptom since and that was soon aftei
the commencement of the treatment.
I cheerfully recommend Dr. Coblentz to
all suffering with a like disease.
This is no purchased or forged certifi
cate, but is a free will offering to the af
flicted.
Should anyone want confirmation of the
foregoing, let him write or call on M. V-
Rowe, of the above address, who knows
all the particulars and facts in the matter.
Yours truly, JESSIE DICKENS.
Write for full particulars to Dr. J. W.
Coblentz, 63 Harrison Street, Fort Wayne,
Ind.
A Young Man’s Bad Break.
Washington, Ga., September 4.—(Special.)—
Another Washingtonian goes wrong. Janies
•TiCklen, a boy sixteen years old, forged a
check for a small amount on his unde, Mr.
Boyce Flckien, cashier of the Washjngton Ex
change bank. This took place tin's morning
and Ficklen hired a horse and hugy from
Jackson’s livery stable and left at once. He
was captured and brought back to Washington
tonight.
Mrs. Winslow’s .Soothing Syrup for children
teething rests Hie child and comforts the
mother. 25 cents.
THK COTTON MARKETS.
CONSTITUTION OFFIUB,
ATI.ANTX. September 1
Loesl—Market firm; middling 7 6-lflc.
Delo* we give the opening nnd closing qnotattonsoi
eotton futures in New York today:
Opening. Closing.
September 7.91,& 7.9*
October 7.99<j 8 flip) 8.02
November.— 8 10j*... 8 19(4
beoember ■ 8.23<t1. 6.3t® 8.3 J
January 8.32 g). 8.13 <4 B.li
February 8.43 31 8.52a S it
March ... 8 503 8 63$ 8.61
April 8.68® 8.86 8 71® 8.7 i
Closed steady; sales 123,400 bales.
Hubbard. Price ft Co.'s Circular.
NEW YORK, September 9—The statistical position
as made up by Saturday’s Financial Chronicle, is os
follows:
This Last Last
week. week. year.
Visible supply- . . 2,154.536 2,327,789 2,532.955
Americanl,7o7.33B 1,770.589 2,129.755
Crop In sight 52,119 76,472
Came in sight 52.119 68,271
Plantnt’n deliv’es 33,544 15,311 62,392
The governmen report showing the average condi
tion of the crop a cording to states is as follows:
1893. 1893. 1892.
September. August. September.
North Carolina 76 84 76
South Carolina 63 75 77
Georgia 77 83 70
Florida 85 92 66
Alabama... 78 79 72
Mississippi 76 61 72
Louisiana 8! 8'? 76
Texas 63 72 81
Arkansas 80 89 79
Tennessee. 66 83 70
Total average 73.4 80.4 76.8
NEW YORK, September 9—The total visible supply
of cotton for tho world is 2,151,538 bales, of whioi
1,707,338 batea are American, against 2,532,955 an*
2,129,755 bales respectively last year. Receipts at all in<
terior towns 21,667 bales. Reoeipts from plantations
33,544 bales. Crop in sight, 52,119 bales.
NEWIYORK, September sTfheTfollowing is the com
parative cotton statement for the week ending today:
Net receipts at alt United States ports 21.661
Same time last year- 40,897
Showing a decrease 26,248
Total receipts- 50,578
Same time last year - 43,336
Showing an increase 7.242
Exports for tne week 16,167
Same time last year- 9.086
Showing an increase 7,099
Total exports to date 18,147
Same time last year 10,008
Showing an increase 8,439
Stock at United States ports 243, *93
Same time last year 435.365
Showing a decrease 192,461
Stock at interior towns 20,24*
Same time last year..,. -41,017
Showing atdecreese 20,.33
Stock at Liverpool... ....1,113.000
Same time last year 1,291,000
Showing a decrease, 1 <3,000
American cotton afloat lor Great Britain 25,000
Same time last year. 17,000
Showing an increase 8,008
Weekly Bank Statement.
NEW YORK, September 9 Tha following Is ths state,
ment of tho associated banka lor ths waek ending
today:
Reserve, increaseS 4,533,900
Loans, decrease 3,200,109
Specie. Increase* 2,400,100
Legal tenders, Increase 2,077,900
Deposits, decrease 222.100
Circulation, Increase 1,297,300
Banks now hold 42,966,375 in excess of tho legal re
quirements of the 26 per cent rule.
Atlanta Clearing Association Statement.
For the week- 596, *33.4*
Clearings last week 490,379.82
GRAIN, PROVISIONS. ETC.
CONSTITUTION OFF! 13.
ATbiNTi, September 9, 1893.
Groceries.
ATLANTA, September 9 -Roasted coffee—Arbuckle'j
23.10 c 109 tb cases Lion 23.10 c; Levering’s 23.10 c;
Green—Extra choice 20c; choice good 19o;iialr 18c;
common Sugar—Granulated 6c: powdered
6SJC- cutloaf6bs; white extra C 4 tq; New Orleans yellow
clarifiedsh,xts*»; yellow extra C 4 Syrup—New
Orleans choice 4oc; prime Ss<a4oc; common 20 3:39a
Molasses —Genuine Cuba 35r638c; imitation 22i®25a
Teas—Black JSOUioc; green 40.7:60c. Nutmeg 65
Cloves 25m 30c. Cinnamon 1C0.12-ec. Allspice 19 folia
Jamaica ginger 18c. Singapore pepper He. -M ce $1.9)
Rice—Head 6c; good O-jo; common 4‘i.c; imported Ja
pan 5(8 ‘ioc. Salt—Hawley’s dairy 81.60; icecream jl.10;
Virginia 75c. Cheese —Flats 12 White fish
4 bbls $1.00: pails 60c. Soap-Tallow, 100 bars’
75 tbs, $3.00®3.75; turpentine, 60. bars. 60 n.a
52.25<a250. Candles—Paraffin tl'jc: star lie. Matches
- 4.00554.00; 300 s
6 gross, $3.75. Soda—Kegs, bulk. 4 ,c;do. Itb package.
6£c. cases, 1 lb do 1 and S its 8c; do. )v ibs 6*42.
Crackers—XXX soda XXX butter 614 c; XXX
pearl ovsters 6c; shell and excelsior 7c: lemon cream 9c;
XXX ginger snaps 9c; cornhilta 9c. Candy--Assorted
etick 7‘<sc; French mixed 13c. Canned good. Con
densed milk f5.00ifo8.00; imitation mackerel $3.95214.00;
salmon $600.a 7.50; F.W. rysters $1.80; L. W. $1..15: corn
$2.50(23.50; tomatoes $2.10. Ball potash $3.20. Starch-
Pearl 4c; lump 4 l»e; nickel package s3.o3:celluloid
$6.00. Pickles —Plain or mixed, pints, SI.OO fol. 40; quarts
$1.50(61.80. Powder -Rifle, kegs, $3.50; kegs S2.OA' j*
kegsjl.ls. Shot—*l.6o *4 sack.
Flour. Grain and Meal.
ATLANTA. September 9-Flour—Firmer; first patent
«5.00; second patent $4.75; extra fancy $3.50; fancys3.43
family $3.00. Corn—No. 1 white 60c; No. 2 white 59c;
mixed 58c. Oats—Texas rust proof 39; white 49c; mixed
38c. Seed rye—Georgia 85iM90. Hay—Choice timothy,
large bales, $1.00: No. 1 timothy,large bales. $1.00; choice
timothy uniall bales, $1.00; No. 1 timothy, umall bales.
il.00; N 0.2 timothy, small bales, 95c. Meal -Plain 58c;
bolted 56c. Wheat bran—large saetts. 80c; small sacks
85. Cotton seed meal —51.30 % cwt. Steam iced—Bl.lo
d cwt. Stock peas 607t65c f 1 bu: white 60(£6dc; lady_6s
($76. Boston beans $2.65@2.70 bu; Tennessee sl.*
2.00. Grits -Pearl 83.25.
Country Produce
ATLANTA. September 9 Eggs Butter—West
ern creamtrv 27(<$30c; choice Tennessee other
grades Live poultry Turkeys
hens 25 a 28; spring chickens, large 13 <j2oc; smau
soring ducks 18(&20c. Dressed poultry
Turkeys 15«gJ18c; ducks 15c; chickens 12Irish po
tatoes—New bbL Sweet potatoes, 60.<u
70c # bu. Honev—Strained SfalOc; in the comb 10
12‘t.c. Onions 75ct0«1.00 bu; # bbi «2.20@2.60; crate 50
(3175 c. Cabbage Pears—Fancy bu. crate ioo
LeConte bbls $3.00(<£3.50; Kiefer $3.
Fruits and Confections.
ATLANTA. September 9-Apples—None on mar
ket. Lemons—Messina 83.00 Florida f1.70a2.00.
Oranges—None on market, Cocoanuts 344<W4c. Pine
applesfl. #doz. Bananas—Selected f1.00rj2.00.
Figs 13;rf 18c. Raisins--New California $2.25; boxes
$1.60; M boxes 75c. Currants 6 7c. Leghorn citrou 20
id 25c. Nuts—Almonds 10. pecans 120t14c. Brazil 11$
12 l tc. Filberts U’*>c. Walnuts Peanuts—
Virginia, electric light 6Si"7c; fancy handpicked 6
North Carolina s'^6S: Georgia
Provisions.
ATLANTA, September 9-Clear rib sides,boxed
Ice-cured be Hi as 13JXc. Sugar-cured hams lao
cordingto brand and average; California Break
last bacon IC‘6@lsc. Lard —Leaf compound
B'4 c.
Bagging and Ties.
ATLANTA, September 9—Bagging—tb &X| a B
SM; tt> W' Tles-60 lb f 1 .05; «tb |I.OO.
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