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GEORGIA NEWS.
er ENTS OF A WEEK IN TUB EH
-I‘JilE STATE.
Tersely Telling of Passing; Events Calculated
to Catch the Eye and Interest the
Reader—Other Matters.
Davisboro, Ga., June 14.—(Special.)—Dur
ing a thunder storm yesterday afternoon
Dan Stevens, colored, was killed by light
ning. He was employed by Mr. A. M.
Riddle, whose plantation lies on the Ogee
chee river. Stevens was returning from a
stay’s fishing. While walking alone in an
open space he was struck. The lightning
tv re his shoes and clothing from his body,
but left no marks on the body.
A Ha. ging ii> ,'asner.
Monticello, Ga., June 15.—(Special.)—Frank
Coleman, colored, was hung here today for
the murder of Will Smith last November.
The hanging was private but was expedi
tiously done by Sheriff Phillips and Mr.
F. D. McDowell. Colemans neck was
broken and he was pronounced dead by Drs.
Elder and Webb in seventeen minutes after
the trap was sprung. Coleman was com
pletely unstrung. He had to be held up for
the nccse to be adjusted. He claimed to the
last that his crime was in self-defense, but
everything was done that could be done by
his attorney, Colonel A. S. Thurmond, to se
cure a new trial or commutation.
The Heward Drought Him.
Quitman, Ga., June 13.—(Special.)—The
sheriff of Travis county, Texas, reached
here this afternoon with John G. Connell,
a white man, who last August killed a
negro by the name of Charles Jenkins. Con
nell was drunk at the time, and the kill
ing was regarded here as unprovoked, and
a great outrage. Connell left, and has
been living in Texas since then under the
name of John Gray. He refuses to talk
about his side of the ease. He was living
about thirty miles from Austin. A re
ward of S2OO had been offered by the gover
nor for his arrest.
Cruelly Crushed by Horses.
Brunswick, Ga., June 13.—(Special.)—A
horrible accident occurred on Newcastle
street at 0 o'clock this evening. A double
horse carriage team ran over Miss Mari
anna Way, daughter of W. J. Way, crush
ing and mangling her in a terrible man
ic r.
The street was crowded with prome
naders and those near appeared to be
paralyzed with horror. As soon as possi
ble the horses were forced on and the
crushed and bleeding young girl was car
ried by tender hands into Crovatt’s drug
store. Dr. M. Bishop, wiio was near, was
hurriedly summoned, while several ladies
helped stop the How of blood and assisted
to dress the wounds. After Miss Way
was carried home Dr. Bishop stated that
the wounds may not prove fatal.
Miss Way is one of Brunswick’s most
estimable young ladies, her family being
cne ot tne best and oldest in this section.
A peculiar fatality of late seems to be
ghadowing her. Bast Saturday, while re
turning from a pleasure party from Sti
S.mon's, she accidentally fell overboard
at i fie dock, and sank twice before being
rescued by Captain Martin Anderson ana
her brother, who plunged in alter her.
Not Kosher Meat.
Savannah, Ga., June 11.—(Special.)—tne
orthodox Jews of Savannah are m a stew.
Last Friday about twenty of the hundred
c-' more families here were sold meat that
was not koshered, that is Killed by then
butcher according to the ceremonies pre
-6' ribed by their church. This is a great
violation of their religion and they had to
destroy all the dishes with which the meat
had come in contact. This went rather
hard with many of the families, most of
whom were poor, and they were loud in
thiir cry for vengeance. His name is
Sam Friedman, and he had been a trusted
servant as a butcher. An indignation meet
ing was held Friday night and lie was
found guilty. A second meeting was held
Sun iay at which there were more than
1 • members or the three congregations.
They jessed resolutions prohibiting any
m< oilier of the se t from buying any more
meat from Friedman, and decided to put
their shoehet, .1. Merski, in lull charge,
both of the killing and selling of the meat.
It i.- estimated that s6oo worth of dishes
had to be destroyed on account of their
religious rules, which forbid the use oi
UM. ils touched by unclean meat, may
have instituted proceedings against Fried
man to make him pay lor the dishes.
I* rec to A illi<-toil Ladies.
I :rst treatment sent lire and a valuable
treatise, containing lull particulars of my
special treatment for diseases ol women,
tv rite, stating case, to .Mrs. Dr. Mary A
Hrannon, North ! ’nor str. .t. Atlanta, Gtu
THE HEATH HOi.J,.
The Death of a Patriarch.
The oldest man in Pike county is dead.
His name was John Beak. He was born in
that county 102 years ago, among the In
dians. Sixty-nine years a,go he bought
the fa.nn on which he tiled, having built
his cabin thereon at the same time.
Fifty-five years ago he was. for the first
time, married. The socks which he wore
on that occasion he preserved, and they
were placet! on his feet when he was bur
led. He hud never on a railroad train.
His home was near Gordon’s store, in Pike
county.
Richmond, Va., June 14.—(Special.)—Colo-
nel Randolph Harrison, a member of the
distinguished Virginia family of that name,
and cousin of ex-President Benjamin Harri
son, died today at Williamsburg, Va., aged
sixty-three years. Colonel Harrison was
a son of Randolph Harrison, of Elk Hill,
•who married Miss Wells, of Kentucky, and
was recognized as perhaps the handsomest
officer in the confederate service. He com
mantled the Forty-sixth Virginia. regiment
and spent DG3 fighting in South Carolina.
Colonel Harrison and his lieutenant. Col
onel Peyton Wise, were taken prisoners
near Petersburg, and, preferring to be killed
rather than go to prison, he cried out as
they were passing near the confederate
lines at night:
“They are yankees! Shoot!’’
Fire was at once opened and some fell,
but the deceased was taken on into the fed
eral lines and carried north. While passing
through Baltimore en route to prison, the
Colonel leaped f 1 om the window of the mov
ing train and es ap?d to Philadelphia where,
at the house of a friend, he secured a cit
izen’s suit. He returned to Baltimore and
while there was arrested and taken to
Johnston island where he remained until the
end of the war.
From Friend io Friend
Goes the story id tne excellence of Hood’s
Sarsaparilla and what it has accomplished,
and this is the strongest advertising which
Is done on l>< half <if this medicine. We en
lieavor to tell honestly what Hood’s Sar
saparilla Is and what it will do. but what
It has done is far more important and far
more pot.-nt. its unequaled record of cures
is sure to convinc, those who have never
tried IPod’s Sarsaparilla that it is an ex
cellent meipcine.
A MINISTER SUSPENDED.
Rev. Mr. Murdock, of Rome, Suspended
from the Ministry.
Rome, Ca.,’June 12.—(Special.)—The Rev.
William Murdoch, who since last Decem
ber. has had charge of the East. Home
church and mission, has -icon suspended
by Presiding Elder T. F. Pierce.
Mr. Murdoch is the editor of The Rome
Evening N< ’.vs, ant', this is the cause of all
the trouble.
The last Me! hod is*, conference assigned
Mr. Murd n for duty ia Rome, and when
h • came he went zealously to work with
pis East Home mission. He made many
friends i n enjoyed to the fullest extent
the comb bin- of his congregation.
Mr. Murdoch’s salary was small, how
ev r, as is generally the case with small
mission -hur< tics. and when the opportuni
ty was pr. < nted early in the spring for
him to sligiitly augment it by accepting an
offer t > assume the editorship of The Even
ing News, he thought it was a good op
portunity, and whin the publication com
pany was organized he took charge as edi
r>r of the new paper last April.
this is Mr. Murdoch’s fourth year in
t»e ministry, he having joined the con-
ference after several years in the news
paper business, in which he was engaged
1.. Ringgold, and also Tunnel Hill. He be
. lieved, however, that he was called to the
ministry, and giving up his newspaper
work, he joined the conference and has
been preaching steadily since.
1 Presiding Elder Pierce notified him that
he could not continue as editor of The
Evening News and be the occupant of the
East Rome pulpit. He disagreed with the
presiding elder, but said he would be will
ing to leave it to the conference, as there*
! was no reason why ho could not devet’ a
few hours a day to his newspaper work, so
long as his congregation did not object.
The presiding elder disagreed with him,
t however, and insisted upon his suspension.
! The Rev. Marseles Troutman has been ap
r pointed in iiis place and is now regularly in
charge of tf.e East Rome mission.
2 In the meantime Rev. .Mr. Murdoch con
tinues in charge of the editorial manage-
k ment of The Home News.
r Mill Make It a Test Case.
He says he will make it a test before the
conference, which meets in Rome in De
cember, but in the meantime will defer to
3 the judgment of the presiding d ie".
5 - “You see,” said he, “the church regula
r tlon under which the- presiding elder acted
■ says in substance, ’When a minister enters
r secular work which makes him no longer
e acceptable, he should be suspended until
x conference.’ Now the question at issue is
F as to whether the presiding elder or the
congregation should pass upon a man’s ac
ceptability in such cases. I bold that the
question applies to acceptability as between
e pastor and congregation, kle bolds that
1 it is between ’he pastor and the presking
’ elder. This is a difference which can
1 only be decided by the conference. Ia the
meantime I .otice that other ministers are
’ engaged in secular work. Some are edit
ing, some are doing one thing, some an
’ other. I thought that as 1 hail a chance
! to help myself and at the same time do my
full duty to my congregation, there was
’ nothing improper in my taking the course
I did. The truth of the matter is, 1 owed
some money before 1 went to Rome by a
debt which I haa contracted during the ill
ness of my wife and three children, all of
' whom died. I had heavy physicians’ bills
! and other expenses, and when 1 went to
Rome I hat. a weight of debt on my shoul
ders, which I thought it was my duty to
pay, as I could do so honestly. It is true
it was only S2OO, but that's a big amount to
a man whose only dependence in paying it
, is the meager salary of a mission. I was
. unwilling to give up my work as a minister,
» but I thought that I could do my duty to
my people and at the same time by a little
; extra effort pay this debt, of which I
5 wanted to be rid.
j “That is why I took up my pen again
1 and why I accepted the offer of The News
' publishers to act as editor of that paper,
r That is all there is in it and I believe the
conference will sustain me.”
The Evolution.
’ Os medicinal agents is gradually relegat
j Ing the old-time herbs, pills, draughts and
vegetable extracts to the rear, and bringing
i Into general use the pleasant and effective
i liquid laxative, Syrup of Figs. Io get the
f true remedy see that It is manufactured by
1 the California Fig Syrup Company only.
For eale by all leading druggists.
> ROPER KI K LUX ED.
■ The Revenue Witness Mint, and Thrown In
a Copper PH Sixty Feet Deep.
Dalton, Ga., June 17.—(Special.)—Bast
Monday a revenue man named Roper, well
known in Whitfield and Murray counties,
J also in Atlanta, as a witness against the
moonshiners of north Georgia, was called
• upon by the knklux of Murray county,
; composed of five disguised men. They
L carried him over about the Cohutta moun
; tains, twenty miles east of Dalton, to an
old copper pit, sixty feet deep. They asked
him if he could pray, as they were going
to kill him. Roper replied that he could
. | pray a little. After lie said his prayers
i the knklux shot him four or five times and
; threw him into tin; sixty-foot pit to die.
I When he was missed the people began a
i search fur him, scouring the country in
I squads. Today a party passing near the
i pit heard some groans and aroused the
man enough at the bottom to learn that it
was Roper. They sent down a rope, which
he tied around his body, and was drawn up
by his friends. Roper is apparently shot
all to pieces, and although he has been in
i tiiat bad fix without food or water for
seven days, he is still alive.
They carried him to his home in Murray
county today and his home is guarded to
night to prevent the whitecaps or kuklux
from killing' him. He says that he knows
the five men, because after he said his
prayers and they decided to kill him they
removed their masks, believing that the
shots and the fall of sixty feet would kill
him and further concealment was unnec
essary. Roper says that he lay near some
vim s and roots that grew in the bottom of
the pit. He ate and sucked tHe juice from
; the roots, which saved his life.
People who came from him this evening
j say he is the worst looking sigiit they ever
■ witnessed. The blood that covered his
body had dried on him and water will not
j wash it off. Although he was formerly a
j large, healthy man, he looks like a skele
| ton now. Fears are entertained for his
! safety, as those who began tlie job will
evidently kill him tonight if they learn of
■ j his being alive and able to testify against
■ : them.
It is said that those who join these ku
klux elans take an oath to obey the orders
I of the elan and that when a man is to be
’ killed they use a machine like a lottery
drawing. The five who draw the numbers
1 must kill the man named or they them
selves will suffer the same fate by their
own members.
Many of their members when they join
are not aware of what they have to do,
but their oath is such that they are com
’ polled to kill an informer when it falls to
1 their lot or suffer death instead.
>
Thanked Senator Walsh.
Savannah, Ga., June 11.—(Special.)—At a
meeting of the Savannah board of trade
, this morning resolutions were adopted
confirming the action of the committee
; appointed to meet the Charleston com
mittee with regard to means of securing
a : st.or.ition of the differential rate on
, cotton to 11 cents. The resolutions adopted
by the conference were fully concurred in.
I Resolutions were also adopted warmly
> thanking Georgia’s junior senator, Hon.
j Patrick Walsh, for his efforts in retaining
the rice schedule as fixed in the Wilson
tariff bill in the house. It was urged
, upon the city council as most important
for the port that the present quarantine
i charges for fumigation and discharge of
ballast of vessels be removed and the quar
antine be supported by general taxation.
I’si ref ie!i ng tin- South <’liroli Uli.
I New York, June l(i. —Chairman August
Belmont, of the Bouisville and Nashville,
says the matter of jiaralleling the South
Carolina road is not sufficiently advanced
to talk about at present. The project in
[ volves the building of a spur from the Port
Royal and Augusta railroad to Charleston,
Bouisville and Nashville has one-sixth in
terest m the lease of the Port Royal and
owns tile terminals of the South Carolina
in Chari ston. The road would therefore
get the haul ironi Augusta to Charleston,
which the South Carolina now gets.
Turpin Uns Admitted.
Lebanon, Tenn., June I(l.—The jury in the
■ celebrated Turpin case brought in a ver
j diet of not guilty yesterday and Captain
E. B. Turpin, indicted lor the murder of
Vv iliiam Carter, in Gallatin, two years ago,
1 was given his liberty at J o’clock. The de
. fondant was very much affected by the
I jury’s verdict and fainted when it was an
nounced. The trial just ended is the fourth
Turpin has had. In the lirst he was con
victed and sentenced to be hanged. The
r.-txt two, at Bebanon, a change of venue
having been taken to this county, resulted
in hung juries.
Fio<*<*e<linp,N Agiilnxt Judge Tally.
Montgomery, Ala.. June U..—(Special.)—
The supreme court will go to Huntsville,
Ala., to hear ’he evidence in the impeach
ment proceedings of Judge Tally, of the
ninth judicial circuit. The court will take
up the evidence on July 2d.
THE WEEKLY CONSTITUTION: ATLANTA. GA.. MONDAY. JUNE 18,1894.
JUST FROM GEORGIA.
Good Tinies.
Good times now in Georgy—from ever vale
an’ hill
You hear the howdy, howdy of the offlss
seeker till
The air with heartv welcome as the breezes
softly float
An’ fan your cheeks with kisses, while
you’re pricin’ o’ your vote!
• Good times now In Georgy—the sun’s
a-shinin’ bright;
The mockin’bird’s so happy—Jest a-singin’
day an’ night;
The knife is in the melon, an’ the nigger's
by its side
Almost shoutin’ hallelujah, as his mouth
hops open widel
Good times now in Georgy—you can get
your flshin’ bait,
Fer nothin’ at the stillhouse, ’cause It’s a
candidate;
It knows jest how to work It, an’ before
the race is done
You’ll find, though there's no ofllss, it is
always on the run!
AVliut It Was.
“Don’t weep, my dear; there is one great
consolation- ”
“Yes, 1 know there Is; I have had a great
many to tell me that black became me
more than anything else.”
Two Views.
“Yo look gloomy, old man; what’s
wrong?”
“I’ve found Miss Goldwing out at last.
“Gracious! That oughtn’t to worry you;
I’ve never been able to find her in.
EDWARD N. WOOD.
Os the World.
The world grows greater as it goes,
And brighter still it seems;
The flag of peace waves o’er our foes
And softens all our dreams!
The grass grows greener, and the flowers
Climb higher to these homes of ours.
The world grows greater as it goes,
And more of love remains;
The sunlight strikes the lowliest rose
And crimsons all its veins.
The hills climb higher from the sod
And sweeter sing the birds to God.
The Steps of Him.
My heart was once content
Where his dear footsteps went;
The tender, little pattering feet
That made my heart a pathway sweet!
But never come his steps again,
Save in the echoing of the rain—
Save in the blossoms downward sent,
That patter where his footsteps went.
My heart was once content
Where his dear feet made merriment.
Where made his arms—so sweet to see
A necklace round the neck of me!
But nevermore those arms shall twine
Around this lonely heart of mine,
And yet, in dreams I feel them near,
And kiss his lips, and hold him dear!
Didn’t Wnnt the Family.
“You ought to have heard ia>l Goldshow
cursing his coachman today.”
“You don’t say! Why, 1 thought his fam
ily was carried away with the fellow.”
“No—no one except the daughter.”
The Little Man.
The little man who stands within
The little soul! we see him oft;
He plays, and plays always to win,
His face is sleek, his hands are soft.
I envy not his great control —
The little man, with little soul!
The little man who stands within
The little soul! he ambles here
And there, and sweet to him is sin
If he can but its profits share.
With naught of grief doth he condole—
The little man, of little soul!
The little man who stanus within
The little soul! he plays his part,
And through his pale lips, set and thin,
Glides the keen cunning of his heart!
*iot, far him God’s thunders roll—
The little man, of little soul!
JI in Grounds.
“On what ground do you base your refus
al to pay this lady your board?” asked the
"On her coffee grounds,’’ was the soft
reply.
Good Times.
Good times come to Georgia,
On every hill and plain;
The Lord sends down the sunshine.
And afterwards the rain!
And bright the sunshine falls, and still
The raindrop makes the living rill!
Good times will come to Georgia,
And living songs be heard:
The Lord sends down the message
To the piping mockingbird;
And music, as if learned by rote,
Comes streaming from its thrilling throat.
Good times will come to Georgia,
And all the days and nights
Shall splendid feel the winds that reel
In musical delights!
And every vale shall tribute bring,
And all the wild, sweet land shall sing!
Os II Little Girl.
Here is a little girl—
S<> sweet, so perfect sweet
From every golden, wind-tossed curl,
Down to her slippered feet!
And even the rustle of her dress
Is unto me a sweet caress!
Here is a little girl—
So perfect, sweet and pure,
That I do think the thought of her
Shall evermore endure!
And even her lightest footfall seems
Ta pass like music through lay dreams!
Here is a little girl
Who in the storm and strife
Still sweetly whispers words of love
And tenderest words of life!
And even her lightest whisper falls—
A melody in memory’s halls!
The Vole Is on Hie Market.
This tariff legislation ain’t a single thing
to me.
They can tare it all to flinders, or silent
let it be.
I am rolling now in clover—hard times all
f ergot.
Fer the vote is on the market, an’ the race
is gittin’ hot!
The price is rangin’ higher, an’ the voter’s
in the swim,
Es he’s got th' nerve to keep his vote an’
make ’em look fer him,
Fer he’s the lucky feller—they must have
the stuff he’s got,
When the vote is on the market an’ the
race is gittin’ hot!
I’m jest a bilin’ over, an’ I feel like whoop
in’ loud,
When I see ’em lookin’ fer me in the mid
dle o’ the crowd;
I know they want my ’sistance, an’ air Ax
in’ up a pot,
When tne vote is on the market an’ the race
is gittin’ hot!
When Hnby Goes to Sleep.
When Katie takes the baby, and the nod
ding little head
Gives token that it’s weary and would like
to go to bed,
An air of death-like stillness ’bout the house
begins to creep,
And everybody’s silent when the baby goes
to sleep.
Sometimes I get so frightened that I almost
lose my breath--
If I chance to make a bit of noise it scares
me most to death.
When from ’neatb a tiny eyebrow I see a
half-way peep
From big blue eyes, when baby has almost
gone to sleep.
And when at last the twinkling of a tiny
smile appears
On lips that angel kisses softly touch as
dreaming nears,
I give a sigh of gladness, that is full of
thanks, and deep.
That the world can once more move on, for
baby’s gone to sleep.
—EDWARD N. wnon
ALL THROUGH DIXIE.
UABI'ENtNGS OE A WEEK IN THE
BUNNY SOVTHEAND.
Georgia Alone Is No wa j)omaln We
Covertlie Eut.ir.er wardrc,*’®*’® t,l °
I‘otomac to sheer thin rand.
beyond all
Memphis, Ton to be thankfu.he Merrell-
Kramer Dry (creed the wcaringle a partial
assignment _t>re. It is a long tindness .of
$32,825. Th<; organdies and such gos The as-
been in vogue except” of the
firm to *r, at garden parties or sum
aments. Such a thing as a ’
Nasndie or muslin gown on the -Sam
Butba city, or even in the country Weil
Bro- unheard of, and women buckled *em-
Deq into tight-litting cloth and silk
Bu gerene resignation. uons
for ; could ever be prettier or dain- s - v I,ro "
P r * a ae flowered muslins and organ- [S ilon
as they are, in such
rtistlc patterns? For those V.'JT,,
Me one color, plain blues, pF;. ’, urt al
Colum-an be had in (jstonishinr T ' l today
after a a all-over effect of that was
called toue patterns or . : caps tnat
infest tl/one who tak<F p . ’ man, James
Newman, , ' 1 was sentenc-
ed to serv> \ t • penitentiary on
a charge o&D i-n'oo'j-s ’
A jY? (> j- ’Atopu Breaks.
Chattanooga,” I.j-nn., June 14.—(Special.)—
Thomas J. Carney, one of the wealthiest
and best known citizens of Pineville, Tenn.,
was killed today. He was supervising the
unloading of a large block of stone from a
car. The derrick rope broke and the im
mense mass fell upon him, mangling his
body horribly. Death was instantaneous.
Six Ini plicated in Murder.
Scottsboro, Ala., Juno 14. —(Special.)—Four
men and two women are in jail here charg
ed with the murder of a young man named
John Dixon, near Belleforte, on the Ten
nessee river, yesterday. It is claimed by
relatives of the deceased that the parties
arrested murdered the young man and
threw the body into the river. Searching
parties have failed to recover the body.
Three Female Graduates.
Montgomery, Ala., June 14, —At the com
mencement exercises of the Agricultural
and Mechanical college, at Auburn, three
young women graduated with hig honors.
That Institution, like the State university
at Tuscaloosa, is open To young women on
equal terms with young men. This marks
a long step forward for the cause of educa
tion in this state.
Ntorni at Meinpliis.
Memphis, Tenn., June 16.—The worst elec
tric storm ever experienced in this section
swept over Memphis last night. Telegraph,
telephone and trolley wires were rendered
useless for over an hour. In the Central
telephone oflice lightning played havoc
with the switchboard, and compelled the
operators to desert their posts and flee for
safety. The storm was accompanied by a
deluge of rain,
A Florida Jack Hie Ripper.
Jacksonville, Fla., June 15. The body of
an unknown colored woman was found this
morning in Springtield, a suburo. She naa
been stabbed over thirty times, her throat
cut and many other wounds inflicted. Evi
dently she had defended herself desperate
ly, as her hands and lingers were cut to
the bone where she had grasped the knlte
blade. There is no clue to the murderer.
GOI\G TO CAMP.
Excited by a Lynching.
Columbia, S. C., June 14. —(Special.)—The
negroes in Lancaster county are greatly
incensed over the lynching of Hardy Giil,
which occurred a fortnight ago. The
quarterly conference of the Mt. Carmel
African Methodist Episcopal church
passed resolutions condemning the
lynching in strong terms and
declaring that Gill had been previously
adjudged insane by two physicians, Drs.
Mackey and Crawford. Gill's offense was
tile usual one. The governor has offered
a reward of $250 for the apprehension of the
lynchers.
Sale of The Appeal-Avillanelie.
Memphis, Tenn., June 16. —The Memphis
Appeal-Avalanche, with all its franchises,
contracts, name and good will, was sold
under the hammer today to satisfy credi
tors. The Memphis Commercial was the
successful bidder. The price paid was $65,-
200. The property was transferred this af
ternoon and The Commercial assumed con
trol. The Appeal-Avalanche was first
knocked down to W. A. Collier, the presi
dent of The Appeal-Avalanche Company,
whose bld was $65,300, but when called upon
by the commissioner, Mr. Collier did not
lave the money. The paper was then sold
to The Commercial people, the next highest
bidder.
Lynching in Lnuisiana.
Monroe, La., June 14.—Last night about 9
o’clock fire was discovered in a vacant
residence in the upper end of town. The
fire was soon put out. One half hour later
another vacant residence was found on fire
in the lower part of town. Bloodhounds
were then put on the trail of the party
who had done the work. After making a
circuitous route they went to the house of
a white man named J. H. Day, a party
who has been strongly suspected of having
done such work before. Circumstantial
evidence pointed conclusively to him as
having been the incendiary. Day was ar
rested and put in jail. Later in the night
he was taken out of jail and hanged to the
limb of a tree. No one doubts but that he
was the man who did the work last night,
as well as being at the bottom of a number
of fires that have occurred lately.
Sohn us t derails.
Knoxville, Tenn., June 11.— The sixth an
nual encampement of the Sons of Veterans,
United States of America, came to a brill
iant close tonight. The encampment was
the best the division of Alabama and Tennes
see has ever h;£d. inasmuch as several ques
tions of much importance to the order
were taken up and also the matter of
election of officers for the ensuing year.
The election of officers was a hotly contest
ed one. The following was the result: Com
mander, Valentine Gilb. Jr.. Birmingham,
Ala.; senior vice commander, J. G. Crum
bliss, Kingston, Tenn.: junior vice com
mander, Harry Reep, Knoxville. I’ast Col
onel M. D. Friedman, of Birmingham, Ala.,
was presented with a gold cross for meri
torious conduct towards the order. Athens,
Tenn., was chosen as the next place for
holding the encampment.
liv Never Said It.
Columbia, S. C., June 16.—(Special.)—Gov
ernor Tillman today got the first informa
tion he has had regarding an alleged opin
ion of his about Dr. Cave’s speech at the
memorial celebration at Richmond. The
governor ; ejays that he never read the
speech, sj e i that he had nothing to say
about thdf ft daster. He makes it the occas
ion, hov f , a X>r a ’*;bute to confederate
soldier ° , -rernor said about the mat
; c ; O m Lou; d
ter: ' ie c
“I *'.- ov <cn to The Globe-Demo
crat' warranted in
den p (falee which may not
l' a ’Vptf paper. All I have to
say BL fier New York Herald
fal WA s appeared anywhere.
I W aeh telegram or ever
ex Uk „.ent like this is re-
poi 1 d* (l not rea, i Dr.
CaV'ij lt» <eld to no man in his
adm; , Utur ;1 who fought for the
‘lost < e /'eiuse was first and the
confed ! J is my highest type of
patriot.‘k / ‘I '
Wn;*='.‘ji’e Sanitarium.
Is permanen fy located in Griffin, Ga., to
receive and ts ,t all Invalids. Send postage
stamps for ciivular.
March 12, 1594.
DR. J. M. ARMSTRONG, Proprietor.
mar2o wk lyr.
HEMINGWAY IS PARDONED.
He Had Served More Than Two-Thirds
of His Term.
Jackson, Miss., June 16.—(Special.)—Ed
Hazlerig and Marvin Gibson, of Greenwood,
were tried this morning before the United
States commissioner for counterfeiting,
Hazlerig was discharged and Gibson was
placed under a bond of SIOO to answer at
the next term of the federal court.
Ex-State Treasurer W. S. Heiningway,
sentenced December 1, 1890 by the supreme
court to a term of five years in the peni
tentiary for failure to turn over to his suc
cessor in office $315,621.19, was pardoned late
this afternoon by Governor Stone. Volumes
of petitions bearing the names of some 15,-
000 citizens, including senators and congress
men, had been presented in his behalf, and
it is said that only two protests had been
filed, one from a non-resident, and the
other anonymous. At 7 o’clock this morning
Colonel Hemingway entered a carriage
sent him by a friend, and in company With
his loving wife and devoted children, drove
to the family residence on North street in
this city.
AL M. Mauch, wall paper, palnta, shades
picture frames. Samples sent. Atlanta.
REORGANIZATION.
The Richmond anil Danville sold Friday
by tlie Courts.
Richmond, Va., June 15.—(Special.)—The
Richmond and Danville railroad was today
sold under a decree of the United States
circuit court, to Messrs. C. H. Coster and
A. J. Thomas, a purchasing committee of
the Drexel, Morgan & Co. reorganization
committee. Their bid was $2,030,000. The
foreclosure and sale were under the third
mortgage and subject to the gold debent
ure and equipment mortgage. The sale
was immediately confirmed by the court,
and this act constituted the reorganization
committee a corporation under a charter
granted by the legislature. The commit
tee will meet here Monday and reorganize
the road, giving it the name of the South
ern Railway Company.
The parties in interest are reticent- as
to who will be the officers of the new cor
poration, but it comes very straight that
Mr. Samuel Spencer will be made president.
Tlie reorganization committee became a
corporation under the charter granted by
the legislature as soon as the sale was con
firmed. It is understood that their policy
will be to purchase outright such lateral
lines as they may think desirable and get rid
of all dead wood. The reorganization com
mittee holds all the third mortgage bonds
except fourteen, and practically the float
ing debt, the aggregate amount being a
little upwards of $5,000,000. All the pro
ceedings before Judge Golt’ were in cham
bers, and there was no opposition to con
firming the sale.
N ot li ing in It.
Richmond, Va., June 16.—(Special.)—This
morning the following telegram was re-
I ceived here from a reliable party in Wash
ington:
"It is reported that Representative Breck
inridge is to be dismissed from the position
of counsel for the Chesapeake and Ohio rail
road. It is understood that H. T. M iekham,
of Richmond, can give information on the
subject.”
Mr. Wickham is general solicitor for the
company. When shown tlie message iie
stated that the firm of Breckinridge &
Shelby were general eousel for the corpor
ation in Kentucky. "I would have no au
thority to dismiss either Colonel Breckin
ridge or Mr. Shelby,” he continued, “unless
1 had been instructed to do so by the high
er officials of the road. I have not received
any such instruction and have no reason to
believe that I shall. Mr. Wickham added
that he did not believe the report was true.
President Ingalls, of tlie company, is in
Europe at the present time.
Hidden Shoal* Wre'-k strong Ships.
The good bark health, with the brave
mariner hope at the helm, is drifting on
concealed reefs if you are troubled with
inactivity of the kidneys. Shift your
course by the aid of Hostetter’s Stomach
Bitters, which will pilot you into the har
bor in safety, t»nd save you from Bright’s
disease, diabetes or dropsy. The Bitters
checks malaria, rheumatism, dyspepisia and
liver complaint.
RESTORATION OF RATES.
The Southern Ruilivtiy and Stenniship
Assuriiilioii to Restore Rates.
New York, June 16.—There was a slim
attendance at the convention of the South
ern Railway and Steamship Association, at
the Waldorf, when Chairman E. B. Stahl
man called it to order promptly at 10 o’clock
this morning.
The tenth article of the new agreement'
was taken up and passed in quick order.
The eleventh, relating to prorating ar
rangements, evoked considerable, discus
sion. When the eleventh article had been
discussed, the remaining twelve articles
of the new agreement were taken up and
disposed of.
After the question of a new agreement
had been disposed of so far as its im
mediate adoption is concerned, the question
of the restoration of rates was again taken
up.
A recess was finally taken for an hour at
2:39 o’clock, without any satisfactory con
clusion having been reached.
Just before the adjournment of the con
vention tonight to meet at Harrowgate,
Tenn., on July 17th, a resolution was unan
imously passiMl agreeing to a general resto
ration of rates on August Ist. The con
vention has been in session five days and,
has not been able to agree on a new
agreement for next year. A committee has
been appointed to confer with the repre
sentatives of the lines opposed to the
form of the new contract, and they will re
port at the meeting at Harrowgate.
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Pain from indigestion, dyspepsia, and too
hearty eating, is relieved at once by taking
one of Carter’s Little Liver Pills immedi
ately after dinner. Don’t forget this.
FOR THE SOI TIES BENEITT.
A JleeliiiK Culled to Induce Invest
iiient in the Soullicrn States.
Washington, June 13.—A meeting fraught
with the utmost significance to the in
terests of the whole south will be held at
the Fifth Avenue hotel, New York, Thurs
day. June -Ist. It is a direct outgrowth
of the many public conventions held of re
cent years in the south to induce capital,
industrial plants and desirable immigra
tion to this section.
The general invitation to this New York
meeting wiil be published in The Baltimore
Manufacturers’ Record tomorrow and is
made at the request of Senator Patrick
Walsh, Colonel D. li. Dyer, of Augusta,
Ga.; R. H. Edmonds, editor of The Manu
facturers’ Record, and others, and fifty
New Yorkers who have investments in the
south, trade with the south, and of south
erners who now live in New York, but
whose interests are south. These fifty
names directly own or represent not less
than $1,000,000 of capital.
The paper signed by this splendid and
most complimentary list of names of the
famous mercantile concerns of New York is
as follows:
"New York, June 12.—We have considered
the communications of Colonel I). B. Dyer,
Hon. Patrick Walsh and Mr. It. 11. Ed
monds, and suggesting an early meeting
in this city of New York southerners and
prominent New York business men in
terested in the south or southern trade, to
confer with representatives of leading in
terests from that section. Recognizing the
vital importance of the subject, not only
to the south, but to the whole country, we
will be glad to meet southern business men
for conference at the Fifth Avenue hotel
on the 21st day of this present month.
“Signed: R. T. Wilson & Co.. Hon. W.
L. Trenholm, J. H. Parker, Abraham S.
Hewett, Inman, Swann & Co., Coffin, Alte
mus & Co.. Hubbard, Price & Co., Hop
kins, Dwight & Co., E. M. Lehman, of
Lehman Brothers; H. B. Claflin & Co., C.
P. Huntington, G. M. Sorrel, C. 11. Mal
lory & Co., E. 11. Allen, Coats Threat
Company, Henry B. Plant, Willis J. Best,
W. L. Gullaudeau, Samuel M. Jarvis, Ro
land R. Conklin, Hugh R. Garden, C. C.
Baldwin. George Gordon Battle, L. M.
Martin, Charles A. Deshon, John Allen
Wheth. John C. Calhoun. Woodward, Bald
win & Co., W. L. Strong & Co., Tefft, Wel
ler & Co., Francis H. Leggett & Co., E. H.
Sampson, Colonel William I’. Thompson,
Mills & Gibb, ’Willis Steinway, Walter
Stanton, Wheelwright, Eldridge & Co.. M.
B. Fielding, T. M. Ives, Nanberg, Kraus
& Co., Bernheim, Bauer & Co., Horthal,
Weissman & Co., Bierman, Heidelberg &
Co., Hammerslough, Saks & Co., Banner
Brother, George F. Basset & Co., Hall &
Ruckel, Peter Mallett.”
Judged by the financial prominence of
the men who have signed this invitation,
this promises to be the most important
meefing ever held in behalf of southern
advancement. Men representing not simp
ly millions, but hundreds of millions, wha
recognize the fact that the advtanges and
■resources of the south only need to be fully
known to the world to bring about a great,
increase in the south and its future to meet
them in New York in order to have a gen
eral interchange of views from a purely
business standpoint as to the best means of
advancing the prosperity of the south. This
invitation is general. It is extended to all
business men, whether they be farmers,
transportation officials, bankers, mer
chants and manufacturers or property
owners, interested in the south. As the
notice of this meeting is necessarily brief
all business men who desire to attend can
receive all particulars by addressing by
mail or telegraph, R. H. Edmonds, editor
Manufacturers’ Record, Baltimore. It is
expected that the outcome of this meeting
will be of momentous consequence to the
entire south.
KILLED THE SON
After Knocking Down the Father in a
Itarroom—Lynching Probable.
Birmingham, Ala., June 12.—(Special.)—Af
ter knocking down ex-Mayor Jeffries, an
aged man, P. G. Bowman shot and killed
young Eugene Jeffries, the two affairs oc
curring at the same place and only an hour
apart. It is the same old story of too
much whisky. Both scenes of the affair,
which resulted in a tragedy and may end
in a lynching were enacted in the bar of
the Florence hotel here tonight.
About 7 o’clock P. G. Bowman, a promi
nent figure in Jeffersonian politics and a
right hand man of Reuben F. Kolb, was
in the Florence hotel bar drinking, when
ex-Mayor Thomas Jeffries, who Is an
•old and inoffensive man, walked in. Bow
man made some insulting remark; the lie
was passed and Bowman knocked the old
man down, friends intercepted and the old
man went his way.
It was an hour later when Eugene
Jeffries, a son of the ex-mayor, whom, it
is said, had heard of the affair and had
expressed his intentions of making Bow
man apologize, walked into the bar, where
he was still drinking. No sooner had the
boy opened the door than Bowman
pulled a gun and fired, killing Jeffries in
stantly. While Bowman claims that the
boy had a pistol and that he did the
shooting in self-defen.-e, it is generally
thought that the affair will come under
the heading of cold-blooded murder.
Bowman was hurried from the scene as
quickly as possible and soon a crowd
gathered whose threats were many, and
there is a likelihood of his being lynched
if a chance is had.
This killing will have a bad effect on the
Jeffersonian campaign, in pro-
gress and which Bowman was leading.
The affair is regretted on all sides.
FINANCE AND TRADE.
cons rir yro \ T n-? (i 5.
Atlanta. JunelS.BH.
The Loral Cotton ’M ifiiet.
Market closed quiet; middling 6 1316?.
1 The following K the range ol coU-kuiCuds in Na*
i York today:
I f I I 2 f ."'i
, : » 5 |5
■ 5 i
; ° I|A
‘ June
1 Julv.. 7.14 7.H 7.12 712 13 7.15 16
August 7.17 i.l< 7 16’ ».ifi I.' 7.18 19
L j September. -J 7.19, 7.1* .18 7.18 K»j 7.20 21
’ I October.. 1 7.25 7.2a 7.24 <.2l 2‘! 7.27 28
I November.
; December 7.3*>! 7.3' 7. 5 7.J)-.u> ~38-39
January I7 d 7.42 731 12 U .
Closed very dull; sales 22,100 bales.
Hubbard. Price & Co.'s Cotton Letter.
NEW YORK, June 16—The statistical position
1 as made up by Saturday’s Financial Chronicle, Is as
follows:
This Last Lost
| week. week. year,
i Visible supply 3.114,090 3,'>!'•,1:09 3.18...>73
' | American.....: 2.512.9JU 2.011.800 2.582.2,3
. Crop in sight 7,282.338 7,>63,181 0,390.,a_>
Cawe in sight 19.1'd I’.‘. .54 16,3-0
■ i Piantat’n deliv’es 6.664 6.585 ... .
Comparative Cotton Statement.
; NEW YORK, June 16- The following js ths
, comparative cotton statement for the week ending to
' day:
I Net receipts at all United States ports 1,.6»5
Same time last year - 19,135
Showing a decrease - 1,440
Total receipts 6.813,392
Same time last year 4.890,287
Showing an increase ,105
Exports for tile week 26,906
Same time last year - 39,136
Showing n decrease 12,530
Total expo:ts to date. 4,971.827
Same time last year. 4,03 c, ,s:
Showing an increase 937,214
Slock at United States ports 386,538
Same time last year - 413.978
Showing a decrease.. 27.U0
Stock nt interior towns - 29,1j2
Same time last year .. 53.889
Showing a decrease. _21.ft97
Stock at Liverpool I, •' 8.000
Same time last year 1,5'20,000
Showing a decrease 12,00<
American cotton atloat for Great Britain. 2 ~00
Same time last year . - 36,001
Showing a decrease • • 11,001
New York Bunk Statement.
NEW YORK. June 16 Trie following Is th, state
ment of tho associated ban tor tie week ealiij
today:
Reserve, de Tease S
i Loans, Increase 329,9.0
i opecie. decrease . - D3a,.'iMi
| Legal tenders, decrease >i ■ 1
Deposits, decrease —396.500
! Circulation, decrease 80,500
Banks now hold $76,40 1,57.5 in excess of tha legal r»-
: qoirement* of tha 25 per cent rule.
AtlantaCleabinx Association Statement.
Darwin G. Jones, Manager.
For the week 861 t aM.H
Clearings last week.
PKOVISIOSS, GRAINS, ETC.
< ON STITUTION OFFICE,
Atlanta, June 16. UH.
Groceries.
ATI ANTA. June 61 Roasted coflee Arbuckle’s
22 5c %• 100 tt cases; Leverihks 22.25. Green- Extra
c’oice-jc; choice good 19c: air 18; common 17, Sugar
—Granulated 4 powdered 4 *»c; cut loafohl white
! extra C 4: New Orleans yel-low clarified 4: yellow
aitr.i C 3 u- Syrup—New Orleans choice 45; prime 35
■ . i.4oc; common zua.3H. Mo'usses Genuine < üba
I 35a38c; imitation 22.<t>z»c. Teas—Black 33 , 55c; green
i st) 5 60c. Nutmeg 65. ißsj. Cinnamon IG'iWjfcc. Allspica
i lOziillc". Singapore pepper lie. M..ee $1.09. Rice
I’ —Head 6c; good s>*c: common i . : imported J a
pan s£s .Re. Halt—Hawly's dairy $1.10; icecre vmsi.lo
Virginia 76c. Cheese—Flats 12.u.12‘c. 35 Into lish— ■$
bbls SI.00: pails 60c. Macker. i—■ bbls. $6.00« 6.50 So in
I —Tallow. 100 bars, 75185. $3.00<i?..75: turpentine. 60 bars.
«0 Its 52.26i<125U. Candles Paraflin lie star lie.
Matches—4.oos $4.00; 300 s S3OO >t 3.75: 260 s $’.00012.73; 60s,
6gro‘-s. 83.75. Soda—Kegs, bulk 4' c;do. 118 package,
sic cases Itb 6’ R e; do 1 and R its 8c; do. >$ tbs biles
Crackers-XXX soda XXX butter 6’.,c; XXX
pearloysters 6‘yc; shell and excelsior 7;lemon creams;
XXX ginger enaps 9c: eornhills 9c. Candy—Assorted
stick 6; French mixed 12:.il2‘sC. Canned good.—Con
di used mi1k56.00,.18.00; imitation mackerel $3.95 ct i.00;
j salmon J5.25a5.50; F.W. ivsters $1.75; L.W. 81.33: corn
I 52.60(a3 bC; tomatoes $2.00. Ball potash $3. 0. Starch—
! Penrl 4c; lump 4 .c; nickel package s3.lo:celluloi,i
i 45.00. Pickles —Plain or mixed, pints,sl.Ou <41.40; quart!
sl.so<«’Lßo. Powder —Rifle,ke<s, $3.2a; kegssi.9J; *
kegsjl.lo. Shot—sl.3s 79 sack.
Flour. Grain and Meal.
ATLANTA. June 16-Flour First uatent $1.35,
second patent $3.75; extra fancy $3.15; fancy $3.00: fam
ly $2.75. Corn—No. 1 white 62c; No. 2 white 61c;
mixed6oc. Oats—White 55c; mixed 52c. Seed rye—
Georgia 75W80. Hay—Choice timothy, large bales.
95e: No. 1 timothy, large bales, 95c; choice timothy
small bales, 95c; No. I timothy, small bales. 90c; No.
I timothy, small bales. 82' 2 c. Meal -Plain 60c; bolted
57c. Wheat bran—large sacks. 90c; small sacks 93.
Cotton seed meal-?!.30 cwt. Stenni feed—sl.lo
r cwt. Stoekpeas sLJo.ai.3o. Grits—Pearl $3.25.
Counrtry Poauce.
ATLANTA. June 16 Eggsl3’sc. Butter—Westen
creamery 22)p(g;25c; fancy Tennessee 15,<(i17‘.c;
choice lOiii'llh-c; other grades 6,« 10. Live poultry—
Turkeys 7(dißc tb; hens spring chickens,
large 25d3(ic;; ducks 20 J 0;22‘ ? . Dressed poultry—Tur
keys 12'2(91150; ducks 12 ; ig.lsc: chickens 10J512 1 -. Irish
potatoes" $2.75 tl bbl; fancy <flbu. $1.10(<41.15. Sweet
potatoes. 90c@.?1.00 bu. Honey—Strained 8dl0c; in
the comb 10(u112,‘ 2 c. Onions $1.50 bu; bdl sacks
fl bbl $3.00<a3.50. Cabbage 2.
Fruits and Confections.
ATLANTA. June 16 -California cherries $2.60 el 13 n
crate. Watermelons $20@35100. Lemons— Messink
$3.n0(<a4.00; Florida none on the market. Oranges
Florida $1.00(<t4.50 box.. Cocoanute 3; 6 (<(’4a
pineapples $ s?. doii. Banan s Selectee
$1.60a2.00. Figs 13\a>18c. Raisms--New California $1.90:
z ls boxes $1.00; boxes 75c. Currants 6(<li7c. Leghorn
citron -om2sc. Nuts —Almonds 16. petans 12a 140.
Brazilll>s 12,Re. Filberts 11 Re. Walnuts 12*$ z alsc.
peanuts—Virginia, electric lignt sc; laucy handpicked
4j4 z ‘»c; North Carolina 4a4v 4 ; Georgia 2,<£2Re.
Fresh Vegetables.
ATLANTA. June 16—Vegetables are ir. more plentiful
supply, though a good demand still prevails at the fol
lowing are quotations: String beans SI.OO a.1.25 yl crats
English peas $1.25fti1.50 fl bh; squashes $1.00.21.10 H
cru.e; Irish potatoes, new54.25(«i4.50 fl bbl; bunched
vegetables 43qp75c oz; strawberries @ 025451 quart.
rovisions.
ATLANTA, June 16—Clear rib sides, boxed T’xe
ice-cured bellies 90. Sugar-curcd hams 11'$ a
according to brand and average; Ca'iforma 9 : t,
Break last bacon 12. Lard—Leaf 1?$; cotupouad
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