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the WEEKLY CONST!rtfTlON; TUESDAY MAY 2T 1884 TW^aLYH PAffMC OUR ANTI-LIQUOR FIGHT- Against the Demon of Intemperance??? For Happy Homes and a Happy People. -.Wesolicltshert letter* givingtho evU effect* ??t Uqunrin communltlea, *?? witnessed hy the writer*, we don???t care tor argoment*. We want facta and Usurer. Send them In, mother*, father* 1 wflee, aooa. everybody, and help In the fight agelnit thla terrible and growing evil.] How A Saloon Was Closeti,??????My son a i, /reloon keeper! dealing oat draughts of jipoison, death and destruction tt his fellow- (jjFlneii! 0, that I have lived tosee thisdayl" The speaker was an old, grayhtfred man c?? eighty yearn, who had tried to bring up ids children to he respectable men and wo. men; and to a certain ???extent he had suc ceeded. Bat now when he was CD near life's setting sun, this bitter knowledge most be tbrnst upon him, to rob him <f that calm content which the aged alone can feel when all Is well. The love of God wes strong with in him, and he felt that there was still a work for him to???So, ao'bo hastened up to Salem where his eon lived, and tried by prayer and entreaty to turn him from hie shameful work. Although the son seemed tonched by his aged???fLther???s r.ppeal, yet he went on with hit'vile trainees before, the old gentleman now tried to bo; hit saloon, offering him the sum of two thousand dolicrs, which was all the money he Lad in the vorld. ???Ton don???t want to rue the thing yourself, do you, father??????? said tbr son, in a mirthful tone. ???'See, if- you???ll let ass have It, I???ll mu ft off the face tl the earth,??? was the old gen tleman???s reedy reply. Bnt the eon would, ndtsell, ant the old gentleman???s next more was to follow his son up town morning, and when the saloon door was unlocked, he ata- ???tioned himself, with- cane in hand, in the 'doorway. The saloon was on tha corner, ??nd men began to flock 'around it as bees do ??round the hive; hut the old man who stood, ???there, leaning heavily on his ctue, with sad- mess'depicted on every lineament of hishind ???old face, bis hair white as the snow, pre-, >aented each a sad .picture of age and helpless ness, that the would-be tipplers turned away, 'in shame. Bat there was another class of debauchees 1 who were not abls to be ont so early in the, i morning as the fcrmer. They came at last,??? with unsteady ???Step and blood-shat .eyes. What did they care for this little old man, -who stood as ??? barrier between themxnd the ??? subtle poison that robbed theca of strength ???Don???t come here!" said the oli manges ' they attempted-to pass him. ??????It???s the gate -way to death and destruction; think-?????? ' ???I???m thinkieg of a drink just now,?????? yelled an old toper, In an angry tone, and - ?? he said this he caught the old man by 1 the arm, and threw him on the pavement with . great force. ' Before the btr-tender could realise what was being dene, be saw his father lying "bleeding and censeiess on the -sidewalk. He was over theounter and out of the saloon in a moment, and picking hisfathcr up, he ??? carried him tenderly across tbs street tc a doctor???s office. Seeing that be would receive ..proper attention, he rushed out of the Office, like a lion let loose in his rage, hurrying ??? hither and thither in search of the vlllian who had committed the octrago; but this monster in human form was not to be found, and it was> well for him that he .conld not, ???Tho old gentleman was soon restored to-conr sciolism's-. ???There wss a slight .cut on his temple. This, and the shook that tie-sus tained to hie nervous system, rendered'him - incapable for a time. But when he was again able to be ont, be took his stand-in the ???i saloon door.again, saying to his eon: ???I shall stand hero until I am again thrust ont, or if need be, nntil I drop deed in.my tracks, if-God so wills it.??? It is needless to say the saloon was closed.??? i Lydia A. Hee'iet in Cbnrch and -Home. i Pool and Drinks.???The ceil dooriin ike . police station was closed upon a thief who had given his age as ssventeen years, and.wbo looked even younger. Ho did not looi much . like a criminal. His clothing and person were clean, fed his features were of a. typo Indicating intelligence. The brutal expres sion often noticed In the features of law- 1 breakers was entirely lacking in his. -Tribune reporter, who saw him locked, np, noticed tears in the youth???s bine ayes. .The detective who had made thearreit had-served .many years In the police deportment, and was familiar with tbs history of many thieves. - ???That boy ought not to be a thief,??? he said. - "His father is .dead, and he hue respectable, hard working mother, to whom he,might bet a comfort, instead oi a eurse. He has been ???on the island twics already, and now he drill 1 go up for burglary." ???What kindor ooya become barriers?" "All kinds." ???Do good boyaever get to be thieves?" ???Yes, when they fall into bad oompatjy." "What influence do yon consider the moot [powerful In leadieg boys on to crime???? "Ram.??? ???Has not natural depravity much to do with their fall???? "I do not believe that human depravity is .natural,??? thedetective said. 'TtUimsatura!. People get to be bad because their surround ings are bad, because they cannot resist- temptation, because their better instincts are' takes away by evildafluencer, Tina boy here lives.in a tenement house. His mother is poor .and there Is not much plsssure tor him in tho house. So he .lues about the Btreet. If he lived in the country, like I did when J was a boy, he couldn't And mischief away from home. Here.he associates with all kinds of boys, and these is not mneh wick edness which a New Yoik gamin does cot know about. Every grog-shop which bean the sign ???pool for drinks???Is a training school for young thieves. The boysget heated with beer, and are fascinated with the game. They must have money to -enjoy the sport, and drinklesds them to ctcal it. This ltd began stealing from his poor mother first. She would.not have him punched. I caught him pickingpockels, and sent him the peni tentiary. Tf hen he got out, he robbed a money-drawer in a grocery. Last night he and his 'Dais??? broke the sbotten of a cigar store, and carried off a small amount of the stock. After ke gets out of prison again, be may become a more expert borgltr, ont his mother will die of a broken heart.??? A sob within the cell eonnded like an ex pression of assent The officer noticed it, and turning away from the door, ho added in a lower tone: ???It is the fault of the parents sometimes. If his home life had been made a little better and pleasanter, he might have been a steady boy. His mother was always complaining ana fretting in the boose before he began to steal, and since then she hts tried to shield him from the police, while she kept nagging him when they were alone. Boys arc growing np to be sober, honest men In the worst tenement houses in the city. Yon will find asaruie that they have been taught by their parents to expeet punishment for evil doing, and that they have amusement at home.???New York Tribune. High Licxnsx Hcsidcooery.???Let our friends beware of this, the last trick of the rum-sellers, in their effort to work np a sympathy among weak-kneed temperance people for high license. Toe liquor dealer wants no better thing than hign license. Tbeir organs try to per suade the people that high license will dole the low saloons. Tbeyargne that prohibition will not close them, bnt that high license will???that men will violate prohibitory laws, ont will not violate high license laws. , This argument of the friends of the liquor traffic only shows the weakness of the whole fabric upon which the business of making drunkards stands. A thief will steal every time he thinks he can do so withont detection. A man who would violate a prohibition law would violate a high license law, Under like Circumstances. The friends of high license calm that it would be to the interest of those paying high license to see that the law in regard thereto in enforced. In other word*, those paying high license would become detectives, to hunt out those who would rell without paying the license. There may be some reason in this position, ret if it Would work with one set of law-brea&ers, would It not work equally as well wish others? That the traffic in alcoholic liqu??i is a curse to the nation, but few of the high li cense organs will gainsay. The whtfe busi ness is a thief and a murderer-stealing from the mothers of the land their precions boys; robbing wives of their husbands, and children of theic parents. It incites men to bloodshed and murder. Says Judge Jackson: ???Nine-tenths of sll crime grow out of the Uqaor traffic." So we charge thet the traffic in liquor is a traffic Of thefts and murders, licensed by the government to bo such. Un der the same plea of bigb license to reduce the evil of the liquor traffic, why not licenao gamblers, counterfeiters, prostitutes and thieves, instead of having prohibitory laws? Instead of saying, "Thou shell not steal,??? say only those who procure license shall -bs allowed to doso, and that he that ahail be caught stealing without having license, shall be punished. Ds the friends of high ItceDse pretend to tell uo that high license thereof would lessen petty theft, cr that to license prostitution in cue case vocnld prevent it 'in smother? Will the high license men answer? DacRKEsass-fXMONO Wtatiw,- At th.'recent conference of the New Work state W.???C T. 'll. held in thiocity, one of the ladies, refer ring to the ate oi alcoholic liquors fey women, quoted a physician of ber acquaintance as saying tnat be now hasuix casts of delirium tremens ameng women-in his practice, and also made reference tom paragraph, ???which is given place in various papers, to tbo effect that many Caahionablo ladies of -New York, supposed to be abroad for pleasure, are really in an inebriate asylum because of (heir over mastering appetite -for strong dtink. The very next day after We heard thlspnblio testi mony, eoipainful to all, we read fa the tele graph dispatches oi a wealthy Beaton widow, who, having taken board at a hotel in this city, was rbobed of ber diamondsand money, and accrsed the elevatorattendent and a hall- ???boy of the theft. The dispatch'further said: ???-'Investigation shewed that Mrs. Brenn, who in other respects:! a very proper person, has an nnfortnnate liking for champagne. On Wednesday, after returning tc the hotel from visiting friends, the drank ten bottles of beer and four quart and one pint *bottle of I???om- mery champagne, and about'flO o???clock that night a hall boy named Phillips and the hotel barber named'Frasier were fonnd stupidly drunk in her room. Mrs. Bienn was also ia a atateot oblivion yesterday." We have more than oncoccen well-dressed woman in this-city,evidently notof thedemi-; mor.de, so intoxicated that they could not; walk straight upon the street, It is a com mon thing here, and in the smaller provincial cities, for ladies to go unattended into reetan- rauto and ice cream parlors, call for beer, and there drink itiquite as a matter-of-course, i c is thought one of the necessities of a grocer???s business, in seme of the smaller towns re- fervid to, that beer be kept on tap and dealt out by the glass to certaiE fashionable women when they give their dsiiy orders; andecouie it made that these women must be so ???treat ed??? or the grocer would fose their trade. 1 V/bence do these awful facta lead? these women in many instances are mothers;; and we saw one of them once, on the streets of an- intend toward early evening, staggering -un certainly homeward, but often atopning to tom back, her hesitating footsteps Jed by el pretty girl of seven or eight years, who -wept bitterly as they went on, and who .pleaded piteously that her mother would not go and drink again-fcat would let her lead ber home. Said a friend.-???f ours once, with whom we spoke of these things: ???There arc scores of children less than one year old, in this fiery city where we live, who never drew a sober -breetb.??? i It eras an appalliug declaration, because it implied so much. What -made them drunken? How shall they be re deemed? THEY COMPROMISED. THB TWO CLASSES OF DKPOSITOBS COMB TOGETHER. Tha Creditors or Mr. John H. J#me?? Bold a Meeting and Decide to Accept tha run of Conprcmlea Bagcettad by tbe Committee??? A Untol moui Decision on tha Matter. THB TARIFF SINKERC. ot VaIC Xm Beate Mene-Of Bcw Math ihs U??n Dear Tlion. .'Wssbinoton, May 21.???[Special^??????Every body la commenting on the recent spurt of the house. uS.ll the while the tariff bill woe a bug bear and ac incubus. While it was pend ing there was Dcthlng but talk and .oross fir ing among tbe democratic factions. Its.dis cussion elicited speeches whose publication alone has cost -tie government ten thousand dollars. Besides tuts thousands hawe been put out by the enthnsiastio oratoro them- .selves tor the- two -million special copies of their speeches which are to be scattered over Atlanta did a big day's work Wednesday when the preferred and nou-preferred creditors of Mr. John H. James, the sutpended banker, met and without a discordant voice or a dissenting rote adopted tbe compromise reported by tbe epecltl Joint committee. This committee report gives a diversion ot per cent all around and an additional 31 cent to tbe preferred creditors. The bank property, tbo moat msgnlflcent piece ot real estate In Atlanta, will not be sold. Other assets will be turned Into money and the cash be paid tho depositors will be secured from that source. The people will read with pleasure the proceed ings ot (he depositors??? meetlng??printed below: tub preferred criditous' hretino. The preferred creditors met In the city court room. Dr. Hutchison was, on motion, celled the chair. On taking the chair Dr. Hutchison slid: ???Gentlemen, I can truly ray that this is an unex peeled honor. I feel also that It is necessary to that I do not feel that tbe action of this meeting binding either upon its presiding officer or upon tbose present. I understand It is more for tho pur pose of getting an expression of tbo views of those present, and I big to ask the Indulgence of ail present in sutlng in re gard to theta detiberatlons thet I havo noticed In the pact (wo evening* that there haa been a great deal of contention. I think this can be well obviated if the members still bear and forbear with etch other. Especially In considering matters so vital as there. I trust the indulgence of rail present will 'be extended tc the chtlr and that wo may bave an orderly meet lng and conducted In a business llko manner. Wo are now ready for business. Without dissent Mr. Forbes will continue to act ac (croiary. Mr. Forbes said the Hist tlilny tn order was toe report of the conference committee. Mr If all???Before reading the report of the Com mlttee I would Ilka to hare tfce privilege of a???few remarks In a general wsy. The chairman???If ft Is tbe drefro of the body Mr. Hall still be allowed the privileges of the ffeor. Mr. Hall cruao and add: Gentlemen, I am neither-a lawyer nor do I pre tend to boconversant with -*U the technicalities * thfsmatter. bat I do wan moment for the purpose _, , tnat onr worthy chalrmin???his expressed. IVe have mot hero - on important business, and It Is vllr.lly Important that each *fetd every one ot us here should sli feel a deep 'Interest in all that trans pires, whether It la binding or not It not theques ???ton, at-lcast It Is not-ono that I will discuss W< have met here to discern together what this com mlttee has concluded-upon, and your commliiue are ???here for the purpose at the proper time-end In the proper manner will ce rtain ??? you-what their scitou la I ask that orory r _ fcrrrt' crcdltorln tht room como lnddo of this bar If there Is room, and that every other Individuals whether a private oftoten here for the general In terest, or whether ttbe a non-preferred-nreditor. go orntbe outside. W?? don???t care who hem what Is dune, but there la an Important matter that that - class of creditors ought to consult about smout themselves,and tew uld be better if all others would go where they conld not board and would uo( participate taflt stall until this menu ------ (ferred creditors bave heard the report of tfon-of the committee that they have appointed and have dete mined whether they will accept tho report u a Judicious one o - not. t think tufa is due to the prefer.ed creditors, due In the enmatit. ???tee and dun to tka whole subject. 1 don't do ttl??? a prtxcrlptlvo way at all, but after ft all over. I don't care who In tho VMrld knows all the fact*??? But Chore are facta that are not blown to even all of tko preferred creditors, and probably mot to amsjorttjof them???and it rosy ba necessa ry that we have to mske explanations to them that -it would not be prudent to make te tho world right now???and for tho sake of perfect harmony, gentle men, I hope that overy man will adopt that plan and that feeling. And then one word more: No mailer whether ???approve of any sentiment that rtexeremed C? 111 F* 0 ???,!* ???oney'faX per oerit ot toelr rlsltn. o? P ???oil hope that wewtltalt t??w It Swrfy^toSSi L ttt *???ZX u **?? ??kta eompjmr cratelyandeyetemaUcally. 1 dohopo that every: ^ gentleman wilt perfectly control himself and let this bo a meeting of honest and sincere defibera gestloo. The cbsltcrnn???Tho presumption now fs treat there Is no one tn Urn room who Is not a preferred credl??? uWe ???too. Mr. Avery???Ur. Chalrmau and gentlemen.- Tho duly bus devolved upon me as cnaltman on tho conference committee to present to tho preferred creditors tho report of theeoinmtuee. I will toad It asking that (no gentlemen will give ft does at- ???(cation. ??????Tligjcomcllteo of conference appointed by fire creditors of tbe Hoc John H James, beg leave to present tho following report: ijtesolved, That wo present to the croditore of the Men John H Junes the following basis of settle ment, and of agreement, and recommend Use adoption these*:, ??? L It le agreed that ten per centum of all tho claims of all tbe creditors be distributed to thorn iron the monoyc t!rat rslsed. ??? 2- It Is agreed'that alter tbii Is donctoto per cen tum of the baleuce of the claims of the preferred creditor* be pale out ef the funds next raised. i. -The bilaoce-of the debt shall be csplulUsd auks: the property assigned to be tbe capital and the amount of tho bat. , -selgot the Mock In theasme to be sues el stld debt, each creditor of all claKce to bavo clock to tbe-amount of hie debt of like char- thelauf. These Are small items of -expense ?????? ????????? compared to tbeirig account for running tbe ??? aoterand dignity vrllh each other, the certificate concreteonal machinery during tbit useless to.botrxuedtoeaoh In the amount ot the claim o debate. The prof ta of this investment .of *?????? * public money are found only tu the tmtgina- eien of tbe -Morrison men who' declare that a wonderful lightenmeut has been furnished to i beofgkted people. It would be interest ins to knot? how many of tbe two million or more tarifl,speech** are read. It would be atllLmore icuereatiut??? to know how maoy opinions were changed by this extended and airy discussion. Fortunately for the states men who Injected these useless speeches Into the current of necessary legislation, these facts cannot he ascertained ehd they are at iiberty to eujoy any imaginary results which their enthusiasm msy picture. Itlaevident that tbe removal of the tariff question was final, for this session -when tbe need .was horixomally cut off of the .Morrison bill. Mr. Hewitt was awav behind tho procession, cs usual, rhen be brought in his tunny little atterclap. Tbe house has turned its attention seriously to busiueae. it is getting/iver ths calendar with charming expedition. The speech makers have been forced <o tbe roar, and the practical leaders ore in charge of tbe pro gramme. A few,more days like last Friday will bring the house te the edge of tbe woods. At all events It will finish In .ample time for the democrats to go to Chicago and counsel with their brethren-from the various parts of the-union on the plans for the campaign. Borne of them insist on canning into the convention the dissensions which have so seriously divided the party in ooggreas; others ask that a solid front be presented against republican malcdmlnittration on a platform of general rather than special reform. Some of tbe tariff theorist* are very sore over the defeat of the Morrison bill and axs looking for the application of balm to their wounded hope* at the Chicago convention. A Cere Css HrSrwtilli, Pams, May JL???M. Louis Pasteur, the seededum Idan and eminent chemist, reads paper before the academy to day. In which ha stated that the te- searchee which he hts tor some time been pcoaecu- ling, conclusively prove that the fatality attending hydrophobia may be avoided by Inoculation. U. Pasteur says that hts discoveries are so Important that a government commission should at onoe ba appointed lu order to thoroughly lnvcetlgato the ???object. Messrs: "I have been devoting the fact four rears to this subject, and hart found ont that tha trlrns loses lu intensity by transaifarion to certain animate and increase lu Intensity by reap.mission to other animals. With the rabbli. or instance, the vlraa Increases, with the monkey i mad and tied of acme ??? ???,???id the second dog to my treaunent.gtvlng hlm the,-three rabbit Inoculations, beginning with use weakest and ending with the ???ongeat. Thlsaeconddo* waacoopletelyenred, rather, breads completely lnsuecepUble to by- crophebis.??? leach, tha mid certificate to beer Tntmes aw per centum pcs annum, payable acmtannuall y I Mrs J.'.H. James guaranteeing any deficiency ???which stay arias fre-n any cauee in the payment of iheeald wml-annnal Intern: for and during the tpacc and terra of ??a o years, aald guarantee to bei ???soured Or the ren ts of the nropcrtr of Mrs. J. H. dames on Whitehall .end Alabama atresia, in Use dry of Arams, to be rendered of legal force andi eject by fropsr oonsent, raid decree to be bed and obtained la which she,shall be made a proper party I. W. Avaav, chairman, ASVtUOMV MURl'HY, JaHUS FINI.KV, A, H. Cox. A.q, Adams, OxoaoeB Foaua, John T. Hall, A L, McBride, ??? Isaacs. Boyd, Governor McDaniel was appointed a member of thecemmtttee. He stated that on account of hu olfiaiat duties he preferred not to he classed at a memhoraf thaoommlttee. Heehared freely with us la our deULctsiioue and made many valuable suggestions and he heartily and warmly approves ef the ???Compromise, Now, Mr. Chairman and gentlemen, I wish to oc cupy yonr time for one moment In a word or two of explanation. J wlsn tossy, fir - committee havo performed tiladut, Kously. a I labor tody, a* faltufalty as they conld. they wore tip nearly all night last night. They were In session all c-f the morning. Tney examin ed Impatdaily every pfan promoted, or offer ef compromtao or settlement Itnat was presented to them, or that was spoken of. They made a thor ough and careful Investigation Into the matters of Mr. James; They subject* t him to the closest ex- amtnailoo. In a wo??J, they did everything tnat they could In tbe discharge of every da they coutc in the auchargs of every duty to team the tight and to do what was right and tnat, and for the interest ot alt parties conrcrned. 1 Again Z detire to state what this compromise ts. ItWree to the preferred creditors agto per cent of their rlilms In meney. and it elves to themSCJi per cent In good, solvent, i percent bonds running for five years, recnicd hi ample property end gcannteed by the Inoomeof Ifa. Damee's property. For tha nonnr.ferred creditors fit secure* ua percent in cash,uo per cent in these strong, eottd a pet cent bonds. In other words, Mr. Chairman and gentlemen, this compromise ae cure* dollar for dollor to avers creditor of Mr. James. In addition to thstfapuu Mr. James upon hie feet In two days after this i.omproml*o fa rati fied by the creditors he will aurt hu banking bus iness with ample capital and pledge on hit uouor tor??dffira d hW h m U . , Sti n b e r5 l oJld OU to q^J^iV.TnrVrMoS 8 ^ only this, bat this compromise fa an Indication of the Integrity and good faith ef Mr. and Mrs. Ijames. Her property haa been honestly brought htoffiH pm-lf 1 may tue this eaprtaalo/ andher Income stands lor fire years. Lett. Mr. Chairman ??????rtous damage that might avoided. ??? Interest has been u??S??;&??L^??? t,,rt, Uut *???? * centra*bepaXd? 1 ???* Wh,a U W Avery???Jtut as soon ts ft can be realized from ICO.CCO of good dfaoonnu that are falling aneevt^ day and as soon as aome of hfa real estate which u not central and la notof a character to bring in rent,can ba soU.tVPr Instance, among the property that waa thought of to be sold was tho mansion, time from tbo resources, and that it would tako tlemen to say only one or two words more, a wanted for It to say this ; th 11 it baa boon a matter of very profound regret to the commttteo that there should bave been any mlsunderetandln noon In this room. I merely ret , If there was any unkind feeling engendered, then the committee expresses the profound hope thet that feeling will ??? and that wo will In a generous spirit of friendliness and forbearanco ot toleration and good feeling, and do whst we tbluk to bo for the Interest of uiall, and for the public Interest I wanted to say one other thing. Wo bellevo that thla compromise is tho very best that fa obtalnabto. After looking at all tho plana that were proposed we do not bellevo that It fa E salbls to get t~ ??? 0roughly servo uio luicic.'ui an wo onwiun. and that will be better for tho general lntercat of Atlanta than this compromise, which we respect fully submit to this body, and In conclusion, I move the adoption of the repert. Colonel Avery's motion wa*seconded, and Colo nel Albert COX store and said that before that motion wasput he desired to offer to tho house some figure! In order that there might be perfect under, standing among all who might vote upon the te- port, It being a matter ot business. He wont on to **f'iie property propoaed to be capitalised, aa you all know, la but a part of tbo assets and certain other property there It that can bo mod for a basts upon which to make negotiation! for lmmedtat-) payment. That property consist* ot dlaconnta, cash, <55.000, Peecntroe house <15.000, quarry <15 Odd. There are valua tions placed by the commlitoo and which wo be lieve can bo realised on and they are not valua tions aa placed by anybody but the committee alt lots of Borne smalt lota of real eatato <1,800; Memphis and Charleston railroad stock CO 000, that la the Inter est we have In there bon da they being now worth tut mi umuu iu wo uu iuo stile. Borne sundry itecks in vartona concerns which aroavatlablo for caih II.OOJ. That made a total of <I27j!00, which fa assets ovor and abovo the property proposed to bo captained It was proposed uuder the propos 1 Ion to pay out ten per cent mat <51,<XW of this money should be paid, ont Immediately or approximately so. Qlconrse not to-day or to-morrow but Just aa aoon aa this thing faratiffed and aa soon as it can begotten together safely In shape to do It. Then there will be 33% per cent paid ont to the pre ferred creditor* ihat amount* to 151,403, making t total ot <101,003, This amount taken from <127,300 leaves a balance of about 310,3.0 bo- (onglng to tbo creditor! together, and held aa a reserve fund, and vary wisely so held, because If In any contingency that house we have capitalised were to be burned down, wo would ot ooarse get Insurance; still we would waut something more than tbe insurance to put back Just such build- logs aa they were, although while wo were putting them back we would notloso any Interest, beeaxsu Mr. Jamet hu guaranteed that, and more- fore we would have <26,003, you might aay. as a reserve fund belonging to all the creditor together. -It you fake or thla <127.<09 thla wonld leave <105.ON of the debt, or rather <37S,S00 nearly after yon havo taken off tbo <???26,000 reserve. 1M* l*ave??<378,ooo not debt. To ralao four percent on that yon ice would require an income of abouKIG.OttO. Tho figure* are quite cloeo to that. 1 onll them <33.000 in round num bers. Tho incoixo of me rroperty fa new <18,000. In order to bo nr* matwe'wereonaenud basts we took oat for taxes, for insurance and for Inci dental repairs <3,000 Thfa leaves <131330 of net tecome from the property, leaving a deftetercy-of <1000. -It seemed perfectly proper that eihlr. Jane* had recently put improvement* on tire bank block It seened but reasonable that there should g?? tome internet guaranteed to tbe crtdivjr* by Mr*. -James, It was a proposition which met With favorfrom them. They agreed to IL 'It became necessary, however, (bat It should be contract-v. that lhas agroamoutshould be raado ??? legal and of binding '.???orco (or your lntcreat, bo -cacra In taw tho Indorsement of tho wife of tho. husband's -debt would bo null sod void, and tbo outy way by which (??? oould ho raado ot legal (orco. was to bind aUmoLolrto! Mrs James, tu tire event iht were to die. and to bind alt> ipertlt* It would bo mccaaarr tobavs aconaent! aoctco taken, lu wtrlch mere would be no coateat l ed litigation bntatimpe consent decree In order! that Mr* tames wvuld be legally a* welt a* z* trolly,??? tnrt hephetr would bo bound ar. well tl she were tv die. That protection was token In order that there might be no risk of tbe (merest, eo that me ???: would ba that tho ???*???* ????????? twi raereeviit and for _ will receive In r.imcy per ??????mil o[ tlrelr rlalm- really was not such a hardship on tbe non-prefer red. The reading of the report a second time was asked for. and Mr Finley read the paper. He also explained me opcrnlloua of tho compromise. The report ot tbo committee, namely, tho plan of the compromise, waa adopted unanimously. At that moment Colonel Albert Cox entered the room, accompanied by mo committee from tho preferred creditor*. He said: ???I am requested by tho chairman of the committee upon tho part of tho preferred creditors to report tho action of that body. Upon hearing the report of the committee and tho explanations thereof the preferred creditors, without a dissenting voice and enthusiasm, htvo adopted the report of the committee. (Immenia applause.) The session of non-preferred creditors thon ad journed. THE JOINT Minina or CREDITOR*. Aa aoon aa tho meeting of non-preferred credl- ltora adjourned, me preferred creditor* filed Into tho room and tha Joint eesalonwaa held with ex- Mayor Eigtl t n the chair. Captain English mideacme happy alluiloni to me ending of the trouble and auggeated that nme one make a motion for the appointment of a com- mltteo to invito Mr. Jamcalnto the hall to partici pate In me deliberations ot the two parties. The report wae then read by Colonel Avery, who prefacidthercadlog by saying; , , "I regard thla aa the beat day a work that baa been done for Atlanta In a long time.??? The report was adopted by the Joint session. Ur E W Martin made a rattling speech In favor ot (he compromise. He raid he thought tho peo- pto would nave loeome up and acknowledge the oorn and say that Atlanta was the grandest city In tne country, the grandest people mat he ever knew or ever a ??w or ever read of In history. captain Bnallah-Buch action aa only the people of Atlanta are capable of taking. [Applauso ] Captain English proceeded and said that whtlo waiting for Mr, Jamoa be had a low words to aav. Ho aald ho was lull a lawyor and he did not know me legal effect ofthe action that waa being taken. He said It waa presumable that there wonld be eomodissontorabut he behoved that on reflection they would decide to go (or the good of alt. He aald ho did not bellevo there wet any man in Atlanta itrong enough and bold enough In view of all tne facta that have been presented, to defy public sentiment and litigate over mo matter. He said that there were many changes In fortune and there waa no telling whoa a man might call on other men (or aid. When tho purse proud oppressor would bo to'd to fake a dose of hts own medtetno. He was saititlcd.that there no creditor,high or low. rich or poor, preferred or nnprclerrcd, ot no character or elan that would not accept tho compromtso and help to carry tt through. . , Tho speoen elicited great applauie and three cheers for Jamca. MR. JAMII SPEAKS, There were a number of call* for Mr. Jam**, and as he passed Into mo hall there waa great ohcerlng and about* of "three cheers for Jameat" aud the threo cheers rang out. Mr. Jamca walked to tbe platform sad addressed the audlenco., Ho aald: dratlreacn???Please excuse me. I am so fitlrd wlthenrotionv. Voujhave done the right thing. You have dene a thing that will honor you and honor me, and eond me down to posterity as a man who did (he right thing Captain English la ?? man who helped me Out of my troubles In 1873. Jfe la here again helping me out. Ho wee here yesterday helping me ont. Uo te working for the right thing for yonr luteresta, and gentlemen nope of yon still ever regret tile action. If I ehonld die to morrow yon are tu a c intk'ilon to get yoatr money. It 1 llvo, Ihota mat need their money will he In cnndlUoa In got low aa ninety cent, they Jy lcso llvo cent* on tho dollar, because they would only lose on 50"; gier cent. 1 heartily coneurlo the report; In isct I may eay that the ... l0 | rom l!l0 protected .creditor* propostlloiiorlgiiifttcd with them. It la our proposition, and wo loci therefore tho more lutoresigu hoping that the preferred'credit. ora-till sustain onr action, aa wo relieve wo hav?? acted wisely for them. Wo bolters jf they adopt fits settlement, and tt fa carried ttirorgh, they will lose lea* meney than (( would cost oven If they tuceccded. A ,-jstioc la asked me, wto la to manage tht*eatato',??? It U to he managed by *H the men wbohavn any Interest, He will alt be (hero on an-even footing. After we havo been settled with on the preference wo havo no rniflcting Interests with tho non preferred credl an. We Monk amt . jy having llfifia cents of our money lu It ud thoy 'having VS3 cent*. Bnt of coureo tho management will have to ho cloctcd by all tho creditors. Having noconfitcllng tatcrests they will all meet and voto together. In titemean-i MImo though until these payment* are made and tho preferred creditor* hare been paid the prop erty will stand In the hands of the assignee* who will go on safae tho monoy sand pay out tire ten percent nu rapldlya* they can, which nodnubt will-be-vory aoon. and afterward* pay out thefflU per cent aa rapidly aa they can realise on tha dis count*, sell the I???eachtree property and tne quarry. Heme of the money can bo raised Immediately and acesbof It can be railed In tho ooune of one or two mouths. It waa thought to-day on consul, latton with tbe astignee and Mr James that In the course of-CO to 00 days theae preferred dfatrtbattone will bo aide and that the Joint stork company or corporation could * be organised and everything would be peace. I am eased Why we pay 10 per cent to everybody, the non preferred a* well aa the preferred creditor*. Tho reason for that I* humanitarian. A gicat many of thca'l are in distress. and moo are OiikI to pel???ber class and that la tho reason for thla sedan. Iwti'.tay am.im r rcaaon which aeiuaiedl ua aud I Ocpolt win actuate ibis meeting. At oms in bor onward.march rannot afford to quib ble orer what might bo called aicompromtie, but which 1* mom llko a auttlement. There fa not much enrapfomtie In a use where mill gets AV.,1 percent ot blatooneyand the balance in 4 per cont securities. Toere fa not much cnmpromlie In that. I looked at Ibismtitcr firat in my own In terest. That fa hcilnea-, I looked at It in tbe lntercat of the preferred creditors first and tho.i when we had got down to thla settlement I looked at It from apublle aland point and I beheld undor this the tanking facilities nf Atlanta reestablished aud every trench of trade cocoueigcd and the peopln ol Atlanta going orward f n prosperity, theulder toaboulde-r to their uture. (Applause., ???The chairman???Tbe question fa nowon the, adoption of the raportof tho commttteo. Amid loud and continuous applause the report waa unanlmonaly adopted. J Mr. Forbes-I would suggest that a* early aa prrcl Ucettio a committee ot five be appointed to notify tne other meeting of the setlon we have taken. Tbe motion waa put and carrl.il, and tbo chair- isa ihtm appointed tho confetenco committee to U aeon, because 1 havo friend! that wilt bank mo ???almough 1 start cut nog without any money ant any credit except my 'integrity, ft nui berm salt that Jamea hauled wagon loads of teeurltles ant thing* away from tho hank the night before the fallore. ff we* making an awtgn* meat and Illllyer * Bro. were drawfu?? (ho papers. I was passing toand fro tclween my hank and the -Atlanta National bank, where the meeting of hanker* waa held. -I took out of tbe bank about 1312 OUO worth ot vtockl and carried (hem homo that night, hut 1 put hack every alnglevlalfar the next morning.??? _ Nr. Jamca cxplalneC how tfln bookkeepers look their hook* aud went to the Cannon house and worked alt night. That was the way the magnified story got out. Mr. Jtmet pledged the four per rent net certain. On motion oJ Captain John Wlltodge (h??J??tht committee waftdontlimL'd In tervlcaand dlrectod to arrange all tho details fortheceulcmciit. A meeting uf this permanent commttteo which rtpreMnla tbo inter**!* of alt tko creditors ot Mr. James will be hu???d at half east three this after noon, at ths dfilciint Hon. Albert Cox, on While haU street. A full attendance 1* asked., TCAHKt TO MS. .'SUES When Mr jamca concluded Mon Albort U Cox arose and said: T move that the thanks of (ho creditors of Mr THB OLD-FATHER SPEAKS, And Claims tha Kells Laft by Ilia soldlir JJey *??????!???( tbe La*# War*. Dalton, Ol, May 20.???Editors Constitution: A friend writing to me from Klnggold, yesterday, en- cleeed a slip taken from your paper, In which It was said that: ???E L K, of Madison, Os, had In her poreearion a silver half dollar, wiih the following inscription on one side: ???Presented to W A Rsmtey, by hfa mother. July 7,1861.??? I thought perhaps he was a soldier boy, and If still living wonld like to own the rvln as a relic: If so, by letting It be known In the WaxgLV CONaniuiioN, with postofflce addrem, the coin wonld be forwarded." Now Walghtatlll Avery Bsmsey wes my son; he was truly a soldier boy; be went Into tbe con federate army early fn the summer of 1861, contin ued In II all Hie lime until afier the ituireuder except a few months that ho waa confined In a federal prison, having been captured In one of the early battles tn Kentucky, ab soon as he was released by being exchanged, he aonght hla red- and commanded a company of engineers and preceded tbe army In all their marches bn tiding bridges, opening road*, etc., until after tho surren der of (ft J'.tral Lee. He then returned to his homo. Lenolra then. Roane now, London connty, Tennessee. Major (Vm B Lenoir, the founder of Lenolr???a manufacturing company, waa my aon???a grandfather. He there sickened and died only a few weeks alter hts return from the aimy. J know nothing about my son???a rnotber bavfrg liven him the 60 cents, but I feel confident that it was him that owned It, and If I could get rbsretstou of ft I would prixo It very highly as a relic. I tm now In my 85???h year, of comae not long to tarry here, Mrs. Ramsey having preceded me on the 15ih nf February, 1882. My present borne la at Lcnolr???a, London connty, Tennessee. But 1 am for the present stopping for a few wreka with ray sister at this place. Mv address!'Dal> ton, Ga., care of Mr* 8. C. Blunt Respectfully, R A. RAMaav. CHEMISTS HAVE ALWAYS FOUND The Most Perfect Made* ft PURE FRUIT ACID BAKING POWDER, There is mo stronger. None so pum tnd wholesome. Contains no Alum oi Ammonia. Has been vied for years In a million hornet. Its great strength makes it the cheapest. Its perfect purity the .healthiest, tn the {amity loaf most delicious. Prove it by tht oaly true test. THE TEST OF THE OVER MAltUFACTUltXI) BY STEELE & PRICE, Chicago, HI., ??ad St Louis, Mo. }tffi??Bfeetur??ra of Lap all* Omm, Dr. PrtM???a ftp*!* n??rorUc BstrMU, ud Dr, PrlM'a CsI??m PirfUMA. Of MftKE HO SECOND OWADI COOD??* i 13 JL F002TZ7Z CUSI For Female Complaint* iWrnknoOm no common to onr bcNt Amnio popalntlaa. entlroljr tho wont form of Femile Com- James be tendered to him end[to hi* wffo for tho plaint,, atiorarlan tronMca fatkm??.tion audit; mmABUflU ir.annor in whfah thev havn tn??r I ,< ^ .... it????lira anu uj cmrntfl, and tho codimim l>??rticuUr!j tdaptwl to 1 muguanlmouH ir.minor lu wbleb they h*vo wel I n??? n , rmilam *nri iliowo co whom ft!r James wm indebted In this crl- I HpiiuU WmlfcncM, lunSijfnu tit. Jldo 1 ttlr. # with thiDon ijplnrart becauie rm | CteaftofLite . ??? ??? tawndtjatireaBdaipot tumor, from lh?? nt*rtiir"SiS* one member of the committee I am qufto sure that thecbmmltlea could not havo arrived at their very t atrloito conclusion ao early and so expedi tiously without tbe .constant aid, tb constant liriclllgonca and conatant open neaaandeandor ef Mr. Jamea And at tho end they could not have concluded their labor with i nut, tho magnan nous ai-tlmi of Mrs. James, win. I came to her husband???s aid when ho sorely needed Colonel Avery seconded the motion sad it was oSm!aSISSi??!i!StflSJjafafapfjrihsr ??-,.u,ia emlvusIaaltcaUy ikasscd. I u ?????? , P?? , ???9i??un*arp??md. l???rlc<,|i.w.8utaiui t ??forhs!i* William Fined, ths colored tailor, made a happy I Koramiinhouid hi .. speech susying the creditors had hson kind to sir. I urxujh'ir i froiA filllMW Jameabecauaohewaa boiieTnlentand gayo toihol ??HSJS5z.^y? f,< ** l W ,B<w 'bllfaniiitaa,are ehnrehsa sad ha argad the othara present to prod 11 monrer. cscentaaboxataimmggwa'^ by that warning, and be Christian*. 1 ??? ??? -- - - failure of Uoveroor McDaniel to acc-pt. Mr. Jamea I was also put on the committee, butlaat night said ho would dentine to act. Tha mmmitteo relented Ibenka byreaelutlon tol Mr W Kaytswkabnry. the welt known awnog-1 rapher, for hfa records of tha procaedlnga of mol day, Themeailng than ailjnumsd, Tne special committee meet* at half put three at Hon. Albert I Cox???s office. ??? Tho meeting adjourned yesterday at 6 o???clock. R I The committee old excilleut set vice. Mr. Forbes, I who hu doos noblu work for three days, wsa an I ardent workar. Ho was missed from hts accus tomed place in the comity clerk???s office, but he I helped to do three big days work for Atlanta. A TALK wirtl UR. ALBERT COX, Mr. Albert Cox. who reprerent* a large number I of claima and fa one of our brightest attorneys,aald I Ira Constitution man Wednoaday night: "I havo signed for myself and my clients on ths compromise and am heartily In favor of it. It can be proved that ths preferred creditors will get I NEW STORE! NEWG00DSI A. O. M. GAY, MERCHANT TAILOR, HATTER AND CENTS??? FURNISHER. FINE GOODS. - halt to notify tho non-preferred creditors ol the action rf the preferred creditor,. Captain Milledgo was called for to reply to the Inquiry made u to ths legal affect of a refusal r.f two or three holders cl claims to enter uto thla agreement. Captain MlUedgo stated tbit ha had beeu Ita???entng very carefully In the ' of the commttteo and that be bad listened great deal of utlsfactlon to the adoption of that re port, but had been sitting himself what effect even the unanimous votes of thla meeting would hive Ilasald he wuanxious that this propoaltioo shall ba carried ont bnt the question wu stilly answered to himself u a lawyer. There were but two ways In which tire action of the meeting conld be mads effectual, one wu to get the signature In writing to the proposi tion of every creditor, aud theotnsr wu to buy ont the dliscntlng ones. He thought there was no power In ths courts to form the action of this meeting on any Churning creditor. Ha proposed that the settlement should putln permanent form and the signature* of u?????ounff pinies icciued. Ths commute*sound the room, and Mr. Cox, being requested by the chairman, stated that sfter consultation with the other brooch of the creditors they bad been lnfoctttaof a similar and untnls their ball for the purpose of a a genual ta'Jon and united action. On motion the meeting wu then tdjourntd to tho hall below. THX KOX??PDJtrUUKKb CKHltlTOKI. There wm no dUcuMloala the meeting of non- preferred creditor#. The? met in the public haU of the neir court home, and heard the report of the apcdal committee on compromise. Tte report waa the atme aa that reported to tbe preferred creditor*, and waa read and elucidated by Mr. An* IbOBF Morphy. The dlacnulon of the report wae wholly informal, and its adoption waa unaolmoui. While It appeared that tbe preferred creditor! JSfWhJStThJffiilf IS 1 7#r W# V. h .2 ,??? An \ ,0D J "e? 5 Kiting the llon???a ibare, Mr, Murphy ex* lor wblco Ihe/e taae beehan effsrof IW,0Q0. And plained thet their clalmt were ro mneh more by this plan than they can ^bT/geUf UtVy FAULTLESS FITS go to law. For egomple: They get first, 10 per | AND- oent of tho general division. Then they get *3% REASONABLE PRICES I per cant. This fa U% per cent In cash. Then they wnuuiusgiuww* get get M per oent In stock. Now. II they were to 35 Whitehall St, Atlanta, Ga. ulltnlieiM cents, the lowest it would bring, they * ??? would late only 6 per cent of their claims. This fa leu than tbeirUwyere' fees would be. If they ge the face of tbelrclslms. There fa <127.003 available forthe cub ptymoit Oaly <101,0001* needed to p??y tbe 10 percent and the??J< percent. This will leave <26 000 u a reserve fund In cash to build the houses, with the insurance money, II they were borned." ??, ... I ^ my pfaeaaod aaawaring to thanome'o'f'Fraak Not alt. They are rapidly signing, however. I Ifendenoo, took my mutoaod redo it off. Whea Yon see the proposition hu been voted on four I xen (bundsr noonl ho wss p,fri>ig through aBMla . on y | ??y th?? 1 mmeaor preferred credllora, by tho committee of I scrlptlnn of ncgro-Uriaht muUito, rieau face, non-preferred, by the meeting of preferred and tho I ??t>per front troth conc.bntween 20 and 25 jearaoldl ???Jd>er for the mule or thief delivered to mn al STOP THE THIEF!- "There fa one thing that fa Important," utd Mr. Zbin lnael'utiVm ox. "Thou who favor ihe scheme shenld come I , th ** why 1 Cox, up at onoe and itgb. Inaction means rejection. I It will he claimed ibei there who do not sign promptly ere opposed to the plan. 80 that those who don???t eel, will ba simply acting against it. [ All who favor Ihe plan should sign at once. UtT* every man will sign. Everybody ought to| sign." it true u ifeeniebwsj. From Ihe Valdosta, Ga, Timet. While Mr..??? Bray wu returning to hfa home, I after* visit to Ur. W.T. Brinson's residence. In the neighborhood, lut Sunday night, someone stepped out of the bushes In Foi bay, oo th* road near Red- land church, and aald: "Oh yes, John, O???d d-n I you, I???ve get you!??? Mr. Bray, which, he rays, wu I nnusasi with him, happened to havo a pistol Id bis | pocket, and be at once opened fire He shot three Umes and the party) either fell or dodged violently. Bray wheel ed his horse round and hurried back to Mr. Brio , ???on???*. A party ot men went with Mr. Bray to the spot, but round noons and sew no itgn cl blood, I hut they uw the print of the man's hand where | he hod unght either In fatting or dodging. Mr grayihtnJuhewu mistaken for his brother John., hut John knows no reason why any one should I have attacked him tn that way. There have been ??? to ????>**???? I (JOODWIN. /GEORGIA. RABUN COUNTY,MARCH TERM, fra- j.., a. '??? .... ~ w;a. t lUif, nf the superior oonrt/of sold osaaty; , Whitmire Tt.'Baraha.Whlimtr*. Libel fordl- torco In Rabun superior oonrt. It appearing ra the court by the return of the uerlff In this cau thol th# respondent In this llbetr the said Santa Whitmire,rannot be found in this county nor state It It ordered by ths oonrt that.th* told Batata Whitmire do appear and anrwer this libel at tta next terra of tbis coart and that ebt be served by ??? be publication'of this Older once a month leg lour month* previous to the next term of thM ???Mart In the newspaper tn which the eonntv advee- tKments of this county are oubllahed. Oranled ???hfa March 17,1884. BARROW A ERWIN, ??? w w.wwo , ??? ??? Llbefant???i Attomeyn. J. B. FSTE8. J.B.C. I hereby certify that th* above Is a true oopy 4 h* order taken from thh minute* of the tun, ??? hfa April 13, UeL L. C, HOLL1F1KLD, Clerk a a . rrH