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THE WEEKLY CONSTITUTION. ATLANTA. GA.. TUESDAY AUGUST 19 1884. TWELVE PAGES. k Id The Constitution office may not be without Interest. Mr. Hemphill is usually the first man on deck in the morning. He has the mails brought to his room, where they are assorted. The exchanges are sent up to the editorial rooms, together with the newsletters. The personal letters are distributed as directed, and the business lettem are opened and the names of new subscribers sent to the prin ter, who enters them on the printed lists for the mailing departments. As these often go into the hundred?, it Is a considerable work. It la Mr. Hemphill???s policy to make every day take care of Itself, and each mail la disposed of before another oomisln. At about 0 o'clock Mr. Howell and Mr. Grady ar- rfje, and a consultation la usually held in Mr Howell's rooms, In which the work for the day la outlined, and the policy of the paper on any issue that may be np is indicated, and the subjects for editorials assigned or suggested to the different writer*. Whea the managing editor reaches his room he finds that the exchanges and news letters have been ran oyer by Mr. Reed, and the points perti nent to the dsy noted snd laid aside. A surrey of the state and the surrounding states ia then male. If there Is a convention, an election, a hanging, or anything of Importance act for that day within Thb Constitution's territory, a dispatch Is sent, ordering a correspondent to cover it. If there Is a local item In any of the exchanges, needing ad ditional details, the corre*|rfindent at that point Is requested to send such details. Tub Constitution has over 200 correspondents scattered through the ???outli, covering every section of Its territory and aubjeetto telegraphic order*. Their names are kept classified In a correspondent's book, and ???very Item sent by them, and the date of ihe tending, la checked opposite the name of the sendsr. It Is thus possible In an hour's time for Tnr. CONSTITUTION to here the details of any event that may occur within Its territory sent by Us correspondent. Frequently fifty dispatches arc needed Jn the morning to start tho machinery that is to supply the next day's paper with Us special new*. At stout 12 o'clock the city editor reports, and ask* for suggestions or instructions. Tho city Is carefully scanned, and each event that is fixed for Ihe day Is scheduled to some reporter, and a note Is laid on his desk notifying him of the fact, and Indicating how much a (men can be given to St. When there are more meetings or cvqul* than tho regular force can handle, space ntcu aro put at work, or tho editorial force la drawn upon, for It la the cardinal rule of Tiib C'oNariTUTioN odito llal rooms that no man on tho paper ia above doing any work that cornea to hla hand. In a< ditlon to his schcdulo work ??? each reporter has a certain section of the city asslgnod to him, and ho la responsible for a report of the happenings them. The court reporter makes a round of the courts, the police reporter goes to the atatlonhouso, the de]??!tmcfit reporter to therspito), postofllce, etc., the market reporter pi the exchanges, tho person al reporter to the hotels, the railroad reporter to tire depots, offices, etc. Ily two o'clock In the day, news machinery la fairly started, rsspondenfs, reporters, editors, special writers are at work In their various departments, preparing copy for the morning paper. Ily alx o'clock tho matter begins to pour In???the man- aging editor has written such articles as he laid out for hlinself???a scorcher from Mr. Kowoll, or a brief, direct editorial on some practical subject??? a foreign editorial, or a statistical one from Mr, Finch, with a handful of news notes groupod for the editorial jogo-n clincher from Mr. Harris on the railroad commission, or on Henry James'*hut novel, and a few of those lucomparablo para graphs that aoaparklo and sting???u doaon pagoa of manuscript from 1 Wallace Heed, containing tho cream of a hundred pagan??? tho "Georgia Goa tip" from Mr. Morau-n bundle of postals or telo- grams from tho correspondents???tho IcodJug local articles from tho reporters ???and 'Urboes from tho People" from all quarters, are piled on his desk. Th* shape and backbone of tho morrow's pnpor is now I cing outlined. The leading telegraphic and local sensations aro assured. Tho Hugo col lection of manuscript, ao lingo Hint it looks a hopelira task to handle it. ta gathered Into shape, goes to the fureman of tho eom|MMlng room. By seven o'clock the printers Itavo gathered at tLeir earss aud are ready for it. The special telegraphic correspondents, vis: Mr. T. It. Gibron, iu Augtihta. (Jo,; Mr. T. L. Gantt, Athens; .Mr. II. II. Jtlehanlson, Havaiin ih; Mr. W. F. luAVolf, Columbus; Mr. # Walci Wyn ton, Macon; Mr. Max Meycrhardt. Home; Mr. A. Htraaburger, Mont gomery, Ala.; Mr. John It. Towers, llirmlnghain, Ala.; Mr. K. K. Ames, Chattanooga, Teun.; Mr.J. K. Orchard, Columbia, H. C., send In dally telo- graphic reports,, News is exchanged at Charles ton with the News and Courier, aud at Jackson, vllle, Fla., with tho Timea-Uulon. There aro ???cores of local corn**ponenta who send rtqmrta hy wire or mall whenever anything of Importance occurs. There are special writers, such as Goo. Alfred Townsend, Franklin Fllo, W. F. U, Shanks, of New York; F. A. Hurrand John Paul Uncock,of Philadelphia, who send iu news or gossip as it cornea to them. There aru sketch writers, such as Major Chas. 11. Hmith C IUII Arp"), Mrs. J. W. Plowman (???IUUy Hamilton"), whoso contribu tions always find a welcome place. Judge J. T. Lumpkin, the society and dramatic editor oocu. I lie considerable space Iu the Sunday paper, and always fills it well and rntbrtainlngly. Ily seven o'clock this mass of matter, classified as well ns may be Is given, to tho foreman of the composing room. 11c clips It into pieces of Uu or fifteen lines eaeh and It la distri buted to the printers. It la pul Into type at tho tat# of about three columns an hour. Ihe night editor is now on deck, ???ud delicate and difficult work Is bis. briefly put, hla duty is to get twenty columns of matter Into ten columns of space. The associated press matter la rushing Iu at a lively rate, the special correspondents are shooting In their telegrams, and the reporters grinding out copy. He already has enough matter to fill the paper and yet it ketpa coming. It is difficult to deride what to condense or what to omit. And yet there is no time to think It over. Every mo ment is precious. Just, pcrha|?? as he has got tho thing arranged snugly, there cornea the news of au earthquake, of a murder or an arcident that will require two columns at least. In constant communication, as he is, by telephone with the managing editor there is no advice that can show a way out of this. Two columns must go to make room tor the two new columns. Whet two columns must be aacrlfle t he tmut k dcciili. aud the essence of those col umns condensed into a few linre. It is now perhaps 2:36 o???clock in the morning, and the paper must go to press by :t:aiX The prin ter* ere tired and half Minded. From the proof reader's room cctuis the droning aud rapid read- tap of the copyholder. Already the press room ia txt luting to wake up and ahnuts of warning are news must go together, aa must the polit ical, the sporting, tho commercial and the criminal. When an item refuses obstinately toflt In a column It must be reduced, or added to as the cure require*. Not a moment must be lost. The night tralni to bear the malls away are slowly puffing Into the depot. The "turtles" are the curved form* in which the type is held. There l?? on* to each page of the paper, and they alt on ta bles pineal oa wheels. As each one Is Justified and locked up, tt is wheeled to the elevator and rent down to the press room. When the last is gone the night editor, the foreman and his as- sfatantsdepart. The Janitor turns out the light and the great floor, but shortly the scene of such tremendous activity, la silent. The nuinberlcaa electric lights that shone like stars a few momenta before, twinkle out and the - building stands dark and grim. But the activity is transferred from up in the air, to below the earth. The proas room is in a bustle. The pressman and his superintendents stand with Iron cranes and levers, at the elevator and swing each turtle aa It comes to them into Us place on the press. When the Inst in fixed, the en gineer is notified and the engine opens up. And then comes the marvel of printing. There 1* a roll of paper, five miles long and aa wide ns Tiib Constitution. It is start'd on it*J ourney, and no baud touches It or guides it until its perfect work is don*. It first plunges through a steam bath Unit maker Its dry body pliable and Impres sible. It then enters a wilderness of screws, knives, and cylinder*, where It is twitched to and fro ao rapidly that the eye cannot follow it As delicate as It Is, and as heroic as is tho proems through which It la put, It la never torn or broken. 1 he endless roll is cut Into such lengths as will make twelve pages of Tub Constitution. Each et these sheets la whirled Into lu proper place, and receives the embrace of Its particular turtle. They are then gathered together ???gain, arranged In one, two, three, order and delicately pasted each page to tho other. At this point each paper registers Itself, so that the dial on (he side of the pros* shows exactly how many paper* have been printed. After register ing, the paper hurries on, and Is folded In precise ly the fold In which it goes to tho reader, And all Uilsls accomplished with such Incredible awlft nets that four oomplcto paper* are cut, prlntod, pasted, registered mid folded every aecond, or lour for cvciy tick of a watch. Aud no paper ever Jostles another???no sheet is misplaced???no piece of paper is fouled. On nrd on the paper rushes In to the innw of tho press, unrolling almost ns rapidly ns u train of cars runs until the five miles Is rnu out, and 7,000 papers are ready for delivery. Another roll is put on and tho process begin* sgalii. JJy ihon ly adjusting a lever, the paper can he changed from 8 pnges to 4 or to 12, and tho fold from the mail fold to the oorrlers. After seolug the press work, one no longer wonder* that, though covering hut a feW feet and looking like the separator to a threshing machine, It coat as it Hand* iSO,COO, or more than three loco motive engines, or than threo entire buildings such a* the Constitution has Just loft. Kve-y part of ft fa as nest and as asset as the put* of an F.IkIh watch, and Its work Is simply am-izln r- By the time the press Is started, Micro Is activity in the mulling room, Mr. Lively and his assist ants, aro there with tho sloop rubied out of their cyos. Files of wrappers (with 'the names of towns or news-dealers printed on them, Ho on the tables. Three men stand ready with mailing machines, that cut the printed uninca from sll|ia aud pastes them on the puj*er. A cart stands at tho door ready to rush to the trains with the mall as rapidly as it la ready. For an hour uothlng la hi aid In the mailing room but the clicking of tho machine, hurried orders aud alluglng to and fro ol hugo sacks of malls. The trains loavo at Interval* of a few minutes from 4:15 to 7 o???clock, so that thtre is not a moment to spare after the work is first bet un, until it is over???for If there is a bobble, "the mall Is missed,??? and one section at least of Qtorgla la out ol joint for the day. About the tlmo tho flret cart load of mail la sent ntr, tho pair, thoughtful face of Mr. Jln^ Carter ap pear* fn the darkish little enddf adjoining the press room. Already ono can hear beyond tits window, tho small murmur of a little mob, a* If wc had imprisoned there a cargo or so of monkey*. Dishevelled, hut reliant young heads, hob up and down at the window, and way back Iu the dark ran l>eseen a muss of Heruinbllng,struggling, push ing boy*. These are tho carriers and tho newsboy* ???the bravo little fellows who, through rain or aliiiif, snow, linll or storm, fly like birds through the night, delivering Tiib (kiNsriTUTtoN to Us pat rons or selling it to the early traveler. They Ugh*. Just as fiercely for precedence In that long rev* ,i a* older men tight In isiUtlcs or LunIucm*. T:.*i'weaker boys are driven to the wall, and tho stronger come fo He front. Hut Mr. Tarter, with |*erfeet Impar tiality, distributes his salts, and after his carrier* are served, feeds pnjwr* out by the hundred* to tin* cormorants beyond Ihe window. The* press has censed la-lore he has finished, and Is deserted. Tho mailing room Is quiet. Thb tires In the engine aro banked. And lie hold* the building almost alone. The paper has been written, made up, printed and sent on Its thousand any*. Mr. Tarter hold* hla place until the sun is up,and UielmsInoMof a new day has started. The face of Mr. Hemphill which rises over the bus I new counter, a* regularly and os punctually as the sun rises above the horl- *on, appears. The jsipcr sales are turned over to him. lie take* up hi* morning???s mall, and the business and the history of n new day In begun. GEORGIA GOSSIP. A Narrow XstapsFron Death-An Old OommlMtoa ???Daptfclog st Poplsr 8prlng??-Couut??rf*lt Ten-Ceoi Piece* in Colambus-Proeper- oas Farmers la Prsaklla Coaaty. Id. Young, writing in the Greensboro News, has this to say of the business manager of Tux Constitution: Fpeaking of The Constitution, I see that Mr. W. A. Hemphill is mentioned In connection with the mayorallty. It may not be my premise, hut I cannot refrain from writing one word in his praise. Such men aa he are an honor to any com munity. I have had the honor of bis acquaint ancc for a number of years???in fact, from my boy hood up???and a kinder, nobler man never lived, lie la naturally of a reserved nature, but he is a deep thinker with it. As a financier I do not believe he has a superior in the newspaper bust- ness of the south. The phenomenal success,of Tub Constitution Is due to bis able management of ltsalTairs. Atlanta would make a good mo** should she place him Jn the major'a chair. The Thom aaville Enterprise tells of ?? narrow escape there last Monday. While T. E. TM??, Venn. Nat Turner, aud Bart Hamilton were m> ting together In the bouse of the Utter gcntlcmin alklng, the alarm wai given that a little son of Mr. Hamilton had fallen Into the well. That gen tleman waa naturally greatly alarmed andexcitS, Friday he carried away from her by force their little infant boy only six months old. Mr*. Alien came to town on Saturday and employed Major . Arnold to get her child from her husband. A writ of habeas corpus w*s sued out, and an additional affidavit made l Judge Giles, that the child would likely be re moved, on order was directed to the sheriff to ar rest the baby and bring him before the court of ordinary to be disposed of as the taw direct*. Mr. Ammons eaya the Itttle fellow was crying like its i heart would break when he reached Mr. Alien's, hut that he hushed crying a* soon as be took it In bis arms and started with it to It* mother about three-quarters of a mile away. The mother teemed to be perfectly elated when her chUd wea restored to her. Mrs. W, B. Snipes, of Washington county, killed a rattlesnake with thirty-six rattles, In her wood pile a few days ago. R. T. Hargrove, Rome'a banker, who waa recent ly forced to the wall, is now engaged packing flour | at a mill near that city. He does not believe In waiting, Micawber-Jike, for something to turn up, but with commendable pluck proceeds to turn up something. T. F. Rice, a prosperous DetCaib county fkrmer was waylaid by a footpad on Decatur street last ; night and bad bis throat cut, beaides being knock ed on the head. Mr. Rice has a large peach orchard, and yester day brought a wagon load of parches to the city. Lost night he went out near the Air-Line crossing I to tee his daughter, and about halt past twelve j o'clock started back to tne wagon yard where his team was. When passing Fort street a negro man stepped in front of him and laying a hand on bis shoulder said: "Old man give mo your watch and money.' Mr. Rice, though well advanced (n years, la a GEORGIA BY WIRE. The Xanitr Boas* in ICMon-Xaprovsment* in Slake!**-A Cor* for D/spepals???How th* Crop* Btaad-BeBcloos Brrlvsl in Ran dolph Coaaty Other News. Macon, August 12.???(Special.]???It is not often that a proprietor of a fashionable hotel announces to the guest* after breakfast that they must look cut for dinner elsewhere, that his hotel will not serve it. Sueh was the state of affairs to-day at the Lanier bouse when that celebrated case of the. company against Mr. J.S. Stewart, the lotsec, came to a focus also involving Mr. Geo. W. Bylngton who bad leased It from Mr. Stewart. It was the latter that had to resort to the unpleasant duty of dismissing his guests to protect himself from loss. The hotel presented an unusual appearance this morning. After the announcement, the guests all gathered about in groups, discussing the situation The waiter* and band* were paid oft and bad left and the house appeared as solemn as a tomb. Mr. George W. Bylngton, the proprietor, was asked the enure of the trouble. During the conver- ration be said: "When I assumed control of the house, June 15th, I leased It with the distinct understanding that it was to be put Jn thorough repair at once. Sixty days passed and no repairs to amount to anything waa done. 1 leased the house from Stewart and the compauy promised to put it in good share indorsed by Stewart. They have violcted the contract aud to-day I offered the hotel to Stewart. He refused to accept it. and I and Immediately rushed to the well, and seizing ??? milled out anyhow. He thinks It will strengthen bold ot the rope ,M down to tho water with .nib I'T.??? jj?? pad a terrible blow in the face. The lick, though powerful, bad no effect upon the negro, who In stantly struck Mr. Rice head with a heavy stick. mediately alter giving the blow tho negro threw rapidity as to burn all tho skin from both hands. Mess**. Turner and Tiller to the welfand looking (u saw Mr. Ifaml standing nearly up to hla neck iu the water, bolding up the little boy. At length a sti rope waa procured, attached to a bucket _ . lowered. In tills Ihe bo, ni pUccd, Mr. IUmU- w *>*>??? ?????? Safe'S* J- ???truiralcd manfully . ??? hltflW . , ... .. - . .and called loudly tor help,but he could not stop ion trrainlnir tli?? hucknt with hu hand*. fb e asssaafu fTc^xn Ills pur}M>Kc; for after opening ton grasping the bucket with hi* hands. Aft much labor the father and son were both extrj ted by Messrs. Tiller and Turner, and Mr. Hi ton on landing was so exhausted by the sti l oth bodily and mental, through which be jmd passed, Hint fora few moments he was unablJytb speak. The little Loy received no Injuries; Ail got only a thorough ducking. Pays the Dawson Journal: A prime cause much nick nos lies in the fart that so many r neglect to have their wells cleaned out. This U * matter that should not he neglected. TheFummerville Gazette also tells thefollffifr- fng: the knife he drove ft into Mr.Uicc's neck and cut i long gosh. Tho blood from tin wound ou the head was dripping over Mr. Rice's face, and believing Gist tho uegro inu nded to kill him, he dropped to tho ground and feigned death in order to save hla life. As soon aa he struck the ground the negro proceeded to n Hive him of his coat, but after getting the coat started off, leaving Mr. Iticu on the ground. As soon as the negro left him Mr. Rice arose and sought a policeman. He found Patrolmen Mcrccr and Loony coming to hla aid, they having heard his (alls, hut the negro had made good his cicatie, and the patrolmen turued their attention to Mr. Rice und conducted him to tho city prison,where his wounds were attended by a phystfiou. The wound on hi* head was himii ki'w. o. Jvnox n WHO a roue no i ft b,5<l * Ild one - 11 profusely bfWI., Tom Kuo*.oomtoSV, ??????? - Make when a hIk hue, with the re murk: *1 blow your brains out." Tom M<??o fiom Nam Knox's ran up, and several ldof- i a pistol t "any a word, and I Oort for help; ( f< ctivc Hint* were discharged oii'hoth aides, aTfae ran oft through the field, being cut off from the ho tie. Bslnbrldgc expects to handle this year five thousand;nioro hales ot cotton than in any vious year. r ng foi ... _ windpipe, where it terminated a deep stab. This wound came near being a fatal r ue. Hud the negro pushed the knife an Inch further the wind pipe would have been severed, or had the knife entered the flesh a quarter Inch further back tho Jugular f Id have been cut In two. Mr. Rico, how- h the wouuds well, although he lost a Bc P?. r f- r: T? 1 * m *. n 7 ^l??nd.ofpol^l I I The New,inn Herald wn.nhown (he other d.y . M/lm-m" 1 K ??? 1 lilt Ilk itl*. ??????nn.f ??? 11,1 .tin ... MAt.ta.aln ~ I nnwilH no . it AMA.n... ??? | .... ' (U \\ left to the coast and, also, to the mountain Bion of north Georgia, without having read . any Material benefit from the change. Jlia phy.-J clan Is of the opinion that it ia a bad coon ol chills and fever, and Mist if tho malaria can be expelled, he will rally from his prostration. In the mrimtlfjic, hi* frame of mJnd la that of the true C'hrhtlan???patient resignation. His afilic- tlpus have ripened his diameter???imparted a halo of gcntlencH* and sweetness to hLs wool* and ao- commission a* aid-de-camp to Governor Towns, of Georgia, which was Issued*Fcbruary 20th, 1818, to the late Cblonei William L. Gordon, father of Mrs. F. G. Hill. The Baptists, of Monroe, have decided to build a w ooden church to coat between fourandrtve Uiou tand dollars. In Columbus it has been noticed recently that their board elsewhere. I have not closed the house or intend to do so, as the sheriff has levied n the furniture.??? "What do you intend to do iu the premises?'' "I em undecided. It Is an unexpected tormina- [on of a business transaction for me. i am open >r a lease or to take charge of some good hotel. I expected to make my home here for life, and had Intended to build Macon a tint-class hotel, equal to that of the Brown house, except on a mu>h larger tcalc; but since the failure of the I^iuier house company to carry out their contract, I can not do it. When I came here I saw the necessity of a first clufs hotel in the central tairtlon of ihe city, convenient to business, and fully inteuded to make this one sueh. I will make Atlanta my future home." Gainesvk lb, August 12.???[Special.]???There were three entries for the contest of the cadetship at West Foint in the ninth district, to-wJt; Mean. Rufus Clark, Charles Lahnttc and ?????? Johnson. They all stood-creditable examinations, but tho prize was borne away by Mr. Clarke, non ot Oliver Clarke, nominee for senator from the thirty-third district. Blakeley,Go.,August 12.???[Special.]???Tho paint r's brush has made quite a wonderful Improve ment upon many of our business houses and resi dences recently, and numbers of others are to be "touched up??? soon. The town is on a regular ???boom" any way, and its merchants are looking foiwaid to u better trude the coming season thau tor ten year* past. Tallulah, August 12.???[Special.]???Lem T. Wil liams, division superintendent of tho Air-Line railroad, committed suicide at Toccoa yesterday by taking morphine. Overwork in his railroad - catihc of the act. Ho best rallroadonicvruconnvctvd with aud one child, a daugh- of about 186,000 In twelve months. The town tax will be between thirty and forty cents on the 3100. Mr. John W. Almond And Mr. J. J. Parham, two old and highly respected citizens of this county, died withm tnc lost two day*. The cotton iced oil mill company are preparing to erect extensive fertilizer works in connection with their miH. Athens, Ga., AugusOG.???[8pecial.]???Hill Faldo the negro charged with kidnapping Judge A. E Eiwln's little son a short time since, was arrested Friday afternoon and lodged in Jail, after a stub born resistance to the officers of the court. He had confessed to Sheriff Harvey Town* that he was tho - man that carried otf the child, but deuies tho charge since bis arrest Cabteksvillk, Gt. August 16.???[Special.]???Tho republican convention held a meeting in Kingston to-day, and after much wrangling adjourned amid great confusion to meet on the 30th instant. After the rdjournment Hargrove got his crowd together aud nominated Z. B. Hargrove for congress, and a negro by the name of Graves for elector. CVTHCEBT, Ga., August 16.???[Special.]???The fol lowing are items from the tax books of Randolph county for the present year. Value of all property, 31,917 810. Number of white polls, 899; number of colored polls, 897; the white* have Just two ma* Jority. Lund owned by colored people, 4.SW acres. Value of fcllver plate and Jewelry fl(W,083. Horses, mules, (te., 1226.220. Randolph county lands aro ritun ed at a valuation of $3.50 per acre. Ihe cotton caterpillar is sweeping the cotton field.- on the river bottom* of the Chattahoochee, an lust I* spreading over the highlands. GEORGIA CROP ITEMS. t Ion*. We sincerely hope that It will plea* ??? Him 1U , n , en| In whose hands lathe breath of all mankind to re- counterfeit tenccnt pieces arc getting quite I merous. 1 hey arc clumsily made and are brighter Feme Constitution reraonnt*. Colonel T. M. Acton and Mr. J. D. Robinson,two veterans who have bran on Tiib Constitution since it am flt*t issued, have tx-come rich and re tired from service, with the esteem of everybody about the building. Mr. John H. Moiitoto and Mr. William II. Kott- n an, of II. Hoc ,1 Co., New York, have put Tiib Constitution under special obligations by their courtesy and skill. They came out a* export* to Mi|x rvhe the putting up of our new press, and their work has been perfect, as the paper testifies. They arc clever gentlemen aa well as skillful work men. and have made a host of friends In Atlanta. Fort mau Henderson has over his desk an old clock, battered and ouc-handed, hut still reliable, that has looked down upon every Laue ot Tiib Constitution. Amid all th* changes aud excite ment it has held the even tenor of Its way, aud n.*y still be counted on to tell off mauy a day. Ihe Otis elevator, fitted up In Tnr Constitution building gives the raimpUtest satisfaction. After full inquiry and observation, we are satisfied there la no eleva tor that i oiupares In ??prad, safety and comfort w ith the Oils. It U rapidly becoming the standard in this hh'Uou. Mr. Weston, the efficient manager tor mis A Co., to whose courtesy The Constitution ts indebted, has sold eight Oita elevators since he put iu Thb CoNsTttiTton's. butting the brick work ot Tub Constitution in chaise ot Mr. Georg* Barker, oared thousands of dollars, speeded the work hy at least a month, and resulted (u getting the besi Job of bricklaying ever done Jn Atlanta. Mr. Barker la a model supcrlri temient???holiest, capable, attentive, with flue ex store our friend to his family, hla church and hi* country. On Wednesday night an attempt was mado to wreck a train upon the East Tennessee, Virginia ???nd Georgia railroad, near Big Cedar Crook, ,1a the curve Just licyond the creek some ono unbolt ed a rail on tho outer curve, aud moved it two Inches and left it loos*. Ono of tho bolts that held the rail coutd not be uuscrcwtd.to train* ran over It that night. The division master found It the next morning. No clew to the persons who removed tho rail. Ihe con tract for rebuild lug tho Baptist church in Blakely ha* been awarded to Hr. John T. Wil liams, and work will bo commenced at onco and I ashed rapidly through to completion. The edi fice Intended to be erected will bo quite a pretty building and an ortmmeut to thu town. The recent cxtffirsiou of the Georgia press associ ation las served to form many new tfos, one of the most plruMantof which is tho existence of a h sly member of tho fraternity, the only i the *ict who bus ever passed across the threshold o regular Journalism iu Georgia. Nearly a year ago Mrs. M. W. Hbavcr. daughter In-law of Rev. Dr. Bi avir, purchased the Conyers Weekly, which she has since managed with all the skill and discre tion of alveternn. Phe formed ono of tho party hIch invndt d the fields of Gettysburg, and her I sign for car*. and of lighter weight than the original coin. They feel soft to the touch and look as glossy as quick silver. The metal is so soft that tho finger nail will almost make an Indentation. They bear the date 1875. Counterfeit half and quarter dollurs i ???Iso In circulation, but bad ten- rout pl-ross aro the most numerous. Augusta News: The compliment to Mr. W. A. . ??? ???????? jo tendering him i for tbomsyorallty of head tho ticket, and tondored him Its unnidraous nomination. Tim demands of theCoNKTiTUTioN'shusInesM forced Mr. Hemphill to decline what would have been a race without opposition to the next executive offieo In import ance to the governorship. Mr. Hemphill Is en tirely worthy of the compliment, and tho city of Atlanta lores in his not l??eing aide to accept It. We say tbj* Jn a)! sincerity mid from a close per- iniial acquaintance with Mr. Hemphill tor more than fifteen years. Ho is a man???every inch of Mr. If. N. Jenkins, solid tor ol patents, Wash ington, D. C??? officially reports to Tux Constitu tion the following complete list of patents granted Georgia Inventors for the week ending August 12, 1FF4: Mark M. Hunt, Round Oak, mechanical movement; George M. Traylor, Atlanta, moving swict face ami merry laugh made her the special charge of every editor present. The Athens Ban-f tier injs: Aiming I........ .... ol the late press assm-li iion tlmt ?? 11V none surpiisreri the ouc from the pen of that gifted and accomplished Indy, Mrs. M. W. Shaver, of the ionyera weekly. Her language and descriptions I w?? to In anti fully expressed. Mrs. .Shaver is the only regular lady nu mber of the Georgia press associa tion, and our body Reis Justly proud of it* |raO> ful and talented daughter. This lady will certainly make her nmrk in the literary world, forshdpoa- s?? mi nil the attributes of n successful writer???ease, grace and sidec. Her pleasing hits at tho various im mbeis of the "Bang" were very happy, and will dpubUesa be highly appreciated by the boys. Mm FI IlHwkin*, of the Covington Enterprise, is ahrar regaling the readers of that excellent paper with rente hi nutUul descriptive letters of the trip. L BOrlffin News: "Are there many Jurymen who b(0il upUicelev.tot.tuUl, Hut lut.iihcnew m.t- i crutlrcibimr. tt.tlunttHuHroalilat Mrntainn,. l.rtlic, Hut??Bitu??lili Th. ulwnpb *11- ) 11.1, worth hi. -right Iu .llr.Md.nr m??tt who torture. Iu hU U??t Inch ol uuw., group,.',! mid ha, , conihlcrebl. bulhtlug to erect. br??tfrit. 1 hr nUht alitor wui. the ; SqoaltjrfortutiftL wuTiik tx??t,Tm*Tio5c In Ui. J tr??n'[.i.lijg thi'rr. Th. cltjr | ..h-rllon ur Mr Jt<hu lilshop u >up??r|titcu.hint of editor Makes his lost call by tel?? phmi* on the po lice headquarter*, and takes Ids last survey of the aheping city. A paragraph or so Is tome I on the latest ntws received, aud the piper l* announce 1 rle**d foi the day. Already the tints of dawn are kfnitfulnf to tighten the (pastern sky. the v a oik. 'flier Tlie fore gets ready graph ope k hi* *>UtauU and . rail tor*, tele- gone by this the re-tl<us tilt tor at bi?? ig the minion moss, os tho better workman thau Mr. Blkhop, at d w o do uot kuow ot % better man ager of iut n. He b square, straight, and always at his post, commanding th* couddenc* of hU men. kbdgt tting the best three ts in the them. The man who has Mrasr*. Bailor and Bishop iu cturgo of bis work ??uii goto sleep over it u ith perfect fafety. Conducted With skill. Fre ni tkcZkk???aib New*. fere him. and maybe he is ???ginning to bah a preju dice sgal tut me." The tax receiver, J. T. lUrrison/of Harris county, has completed his tax digest* for the year ISM. The w hole amount of property returned in the county Is |!,coJ.C32.00, an Increase over hut year ot i..T,coo. Twenty-six persona were baptised by immersion at roplar Npriugs church Iu Franklin county Saturday morning last The Franklin Neva say*: There has never been hut one flvraycar loan negotiated on Frankttn county dltt that we kuow of. Th tats a good show ing for us, while several of the adjoining eountica have takt u money under this system. Our citl- sens have managed to get along without borrow ing on their land. Mr.J. Bryan Creech, of Quitman, was shown, I Jewtlr while iu Mariana, Fla., a few days ago, by a grand daughter of General David Blackshewr, of Lau- rente county, Go., a pocket knife that was carried by her great grandfather all through the revolu tionary war. aud also a pocket knife that was car ried by her gratid/nther, General David Black- shear, through the war of 1812. The blades anl bsudics of these kuives are kept covered with beeswax, and are in a perfect state of preserva lion. Mr. Walter Mann, of Albany, while attempting to Jump from n moving train on Thursday, In Columbus, fell with Ids right nrm across the track and it was completely cut oil betwram the el bow and shoulder. He ia n son-in-law of Colonel Nelson Tift. The farmers about Cass station report an un known disease prevailing among hogs which kills them very suddenly, Bob Fatttllo, of Cnrtcravtllo, lias shipped ono thouminO dozen eggs to one firm in Brunswick. The first bale of theuew crop of sea Island cotton was received in Savnunnh on Thursday by Messrs. >V. W. Gordon 4c Co., from Echols county. It raised hy Mr. R. T. Frencott. The bale Is fully lured and of excellent staple. Only hero and there could he found a few green seed peculiar to cotton. Mr. Frcseott has the honor ot the first new bale ot sea islnud to that market the pant four seasons, that of F<vt arriving Au gust 13, of 1882 August 12, and of 1881 August 15. Messrs. Gordon A Co. also received advices of tho shipment of another bale of the new crop of Flor ida cotton, raised hy Ira J. Carter, of Bronson, which will be hero in a day or two. The Amerirus artesian well has reached a depth of five hundred feet. Diphtheria is prevalent around Americu*. The assessment of Sumter county shows the fol lowing figure*: Foils of white. 1.177; polls of col ored, 1,821; profesiions, 45; hands employed be tween 12 and CO. 2,1*2; acre* of land, 295,1X1^; valueof land, 11,321,450; city property, foil,521; ???hates of hanks, 2,003; value of shares, 1200,330; money and solvent debts, all kluds, $131,692; merchandise, all kind, $276,019; stock and bonds, ISC0; furniture, 9157,906; watches, silverware and * _??23U??; live stock, all kind, 931-5,730; ter, aged about ten years. New nan, G*., August 12.???[Special.]???On yester day while Mrs. T. W. Anderson waa at dinner a negro boy entered her room, broke opeu her trunk and stole about thirty dollars. In a short while Sheriff Cannicnl was on track and soon captured the thief. 'J he boy was down town spending the money iu twenty minutes after it was stolen. Athens, Ga., August 12.???[SpccIaLJ???Anderson and Miller, the two Ocouee county trappen and fishermen, have just returned from Lumber Cit' where they caught 1,:??0 pounds in ono wa??J They sell fich for six ccuta per pound. Eastman, Ga., August 12.???[Special.]??????Within tho last few daya $13,000 hare been added to tho tax returns in Eastman, making the Increase of taxa ble property in the town about 923,000 more than la* t year. Macon, Ga., August 12,???[Special.]???There oc curred about four miles from Sterling on tho Eut Tennersce, Virginia and Georgia railroad, yaitor- day morning, ono of the moat horrible crimo ever committed in tlmt acction. A negro named Jim Tombcrs hud auspcctcd a white man of beiug too iutlmate with his wife. Ho waylays them and began to shoot, killing hia wife instantly. Ho then shoots a German, mimed titrobcraky.aud wounds him, the wounded man draws a revolver and shoot* the negro, who ran away. He Inn since turned up nml him given lilinsclf up to the author ities at Brunswick. The wounded German la bad off, and it is said the negro will dio Irani hia wounds also. Klueuton, August 13.???[Special.]???Tho present prospect for a cotton crop in this county la excep tionally good. The most experienced farment nay tint over an average cron will be made. Corn has Improved greatly In the Inst two weeks. Athens, Ga., A ugust 13.???[Special.j???The mo<t wonderful cure* of dyspepsia are being made nroutul Athens by taking a spoonful of find sand afttreach meal. Parties who have been suffer ing for years arc entirely relieved. There is a good deal of excitement over tho new remedy. ???kin, Ga., August 13.???[Special.]???Jerry Ilry- i,'living on W. G'. Bryan???s place near Florenca, went to the latter place on Friday night lost to a negro meeting. Before leaving ho looked two small children of his in the cabin. When ho re turned the distressed father found his cabin burnt together with his two little children. Madhon, Ga., August 13.???[Special.]???There was another one of those always interesting meeting* at Brownwood, a few miles from this city. There were several hundred poojde present. A new set of officers were elected and tue librarian, Edwin Robertson, wits empowered to movo tho library from thl* city to h(s home at Brownwood. While some negro boys were hunting on tho farm of Mr. James Watkins, of this county, a few days ago, one of thorn accidentally discharged his gun, instantly killing a companion. Lincolton, Ga., August 14.???[Speelal.1???For some weeks negotiations have been pending for tho pur chase, by a company of Cincinnati capital :*t of tho Bale gold mine which Is located five miles west of here, mention of which was made in The Consti tution some days ago. The trade haa been closed and ihe entire property will go into the hands of the new owners m a few days. I learn from a gentleman Interested that the new firm will com mence very extensive operations Immediately. Two fifiy-horse-power engines ami forty stamps will be put into service as soon as they arrive. A c- ual is to l*e cut from the mine, four miles long to a large crack, which will furnish all the water meded. From twcuty thousand to thirty-five tfcoufand dollars is to be invested in machinery, ment is to be on the most approved plans. Unco] is not only one of thefinckt farming *ountles in Georgia, but is also one of the riche*t in mineral* in the state. Montezuma, Ga., Aughst ll. ??? [Special.]??? Montezuma received her flrat bale of cotton to day, raised by M. E. Chastain, a progressive Good crops throughout middle Georgia. The crops ot Clarke or,unty are veay fine. The r rop prospect In Lowndes county is general ly good. Crops in the vicinity of Hampton are very good. Hart cennty will make more than an average of all crops this year. Cotton is spreading Itself in Gwinnett county Upland corn is very fine. There was never such nn upland corn crop mad# in Fpflldfngcounty as this year. The grape crop of Spalding is so large that pe?? pic bandy know what to do with it. Farmers in Clarke county are carrying a great deal of nice fruit to Athens by the wagon loads. Captain 51. 51. Potter, of Screven county, will - make sixty-five bushels corn on one and one-half . acre*. 5!r. 5falcolm Mc5fillan has one of the prettiest fields of cotton In Berrien county. It is good for a bale to the acre. Corn end cotton prospects In Putnam county aro , very promising. A large crop of cotton will bo made In the county. The cotton crop in Hall county is excellent. Corn and potatoes will be way above the averago in quantity, size and quality. Fanner* arc preparing to gave a very largo fodder crop in Bartow county. The prospect for a pea, , sweet potato, corn and cotton cro*> in tho county ia very fine. The Athens Banner-Watchman says: "From Athens to Gum Spring, on poor lands, the finest ??? crop* are growing. Cotton is loaded down with fruit, and old fields apparently too poor to sprout peas, will make from 15 to 20 bushels of corn pec ???ere.??? Clnyton Claim* the Benatorship-Colonel Spence Retires in Fnver ot Colonel Tigner. ??? JoKKsnoRo, Go., August 15.???[Special.] The dem- , erratic executive committee ot Clayton met yes- tertny aud ordered a primary election on August ??? ! 23d, tor senator and representative, there being four candidates In the Held for representative and two for K'trator.nt the time???Hon. R. K. Morrow ' and Colonel J. T. Spence. 5Ir. Spence has declined the race in favor of Colonel W. A. Tigner, who has been put forward ns the proper man and is now actively engaged in the canvass. TUB ACTION OF CLAYTON. The following is the action of the democratic ] executive committee of Clnyton county: The democratic executive cominittco ol Clayton county, in session, do declare aa followa: Whereas the time la approaching for the seleo- ! tint! of a suitable candidate for senator of this (thirty-fifth) senatorial district, and Whereas, this county, associated with the coun ties of Fulton and Cobb, has been for a scries of years deprived of the privilege of naming a sen ator; and Whereas, the rotation system established by tho denim rntlc party has become a part of the unwrit ten law of the party and gives general satisfaction throughout the state; aud Whereas, this county iu the past fas she will In the iuturc) has In every party conflict stood truo to the democratic party and contributed her quor- ? tn of votes to every democratic majority, and ' Whereas, Clnytou bound as sho 1s to Fulton, in the strongest business and political ties and to tho democracy of Cobb in her political affiliations. Therefore be It Resolved. That we present to the democracy of Fulton and Cobb the Jtistleu and fairness of allow ing our county to namo the candidate for senator, pledging them to present a true, faithful and ablo democrat who will guard carefully the best inter ests of the whole people of the 85th district. | Resolved, That In order to determine tho chotco I ot Clay ton couuty for senator and representative, a a primary is ordered to Ik- held at cacn precinct in | the county on the 23d day of August, 1881. That I said dic tion be conducted under tho same rules < and regulations as govern the election of tumnberf of the y* tural assembly except that no one shall 1 l>e deprived from voting for non-payment ot poll l tax. and that no person rhall be allowed to vote at j mid election except white democrats who havo * heretofore affiliated with the democratic party. , Resolved. That the person receiving the highest * S number of votes shall be declared the cholco of J clnyton county for representative and senator. ?? Tint tlio returns bo certified to ( ???y the managers to the chairman I ???fthc democratic executive committee on tho | .5th day of August, 18M, and the result there de clared. Resolved, That the person so chosen for senator * shall bnve a right to name the delegates to repro- I sent this county in the senatorial convention to be holdcn in Atlanta on the 19th September, 1881, t'Allb FIIOM MU. SPENCE. Jonesboro, Ga., August 15.???Editors Con stitution: In response to Inquiries from frU-nds in Cobb and Fulton countfai pleaiesay that 1 am not a candidate (or senator ol this dls- Irlct.Cohuel W. A. Tigner, ot Clay ton, a much abler, sml wiser man than myself, is a candidate, and I shall urge bis nomination and election. J. T. Spenci. A Chairman's Card, Lexington, Ga., August lO.-Edltor* Atlanta Constitution: I see In your issue of the 9th Inst., the following telegram, to-wit: NEGRO CANDIDATE IN OOLETIIOKPE. Athens, Ga., August 8.???[Special,]???J. T. Oliver, chairman of the executive commute* in Ogle- > thorpe county, will settle the trouble by ordering ??? primaryelection. It is reported that a negro candidste for the legislature ?? out, which hasten ed this action. I know the author would not do me an inten tional injustice, but he evidently doe* not under stand the tact*. I have only called a meeting of , the committee for conference. If they think boat wc will call the party together and let it deter mine whether ur not we will have a nomination. 1 think this is as far as the committee have a right to go. It circumstances require I shall favor ??? nomination. If not then I shall op pose it. for I do not belteve in tmtulllng the liberty of the citizen any further than the public good requires. My motto In government is "the largest liberty to the citizen consistent with public order," and never, in put>- 2m 1 tantation^ndutcliaMoS toots, ??&; ???il???tonl J^VkWiSbJoSf ^tejSffir*153?8*STS 290: all other nrmwrtv not enumerated.. SluL&u! S.KJ? * j!??! 1 ???????**!? JoUtt Uw ??? A * ,n * ??' WtlchUviUe Recorder: A very singular misfor- 1 vers 13- ton, UMl Mr. J. r. ???l ihUcimly. m he vii going vu a visit last Holiday to hi* sick | 1 father who itstees In Wilkinson county, lteweut * to what 1* known as Thompson's ferry, a 1 rivate mating on theevon*-*, und left his horse. I very valuable animal, standing on ride hitched to the bu^gy, with the lines tied |o li e dashboard, while he wool acr.w* the riverla the fiat. Jast a. ??ite bank, he te hors* entering 1 email Art bark reached th qulvkiv | . ???truck the m ?????*????!-??? his vnt. the horse was , and met . He caught him l*y the bridle, 0 buggy turned over: the ero- 1 turned the horse over on ids hen broke and the bupty au 1 >tn his vk-w. Mr. Thompson of lucw until eight hour* late mired yanls beta-. 1 and the bug.-y w taro sheriff for v arrest*, but not | e before day ha* Mr, A. L Allen- of Mr. Jeae IVv- -Utly. and on U??t 1290; all other property not enumerated,. StehAll. Aggregate value. 93,497,740???Increase over U??t year, 948,2U6. The corn crop of Whitfield couuty is bettor than aver before known. + There i* a bunch of Egyptlau gnus iu Dalton seven feet high. The tax receiver???s book* of Whitfield county show the following returns for 18??t: Number polls, wh^c, 1,538; colored. 270; total, 1,82*. Lavr- doctots, ll; dentist*. 3. Aggregate value $837,679; aggregate value of town property, aggregate value of notes, debts, etc., 9333,- 176; aggregate value of merchaudise, a f!39,673; ag gregate value of stock and Umd??, 910,506; aggre gate value of household and kitchen furniture, (124,450; aggregate value of watches, silverware, etc., 16,815; aggregate value of live stock, horse*, cattle, $217,146; aggregate value of plantation and mechanical too!*, etc., aggnuAte value olton and other product* for sa'e April fat] $1.561; aggregate value other property not included In fotcgolrg, $33,(27; aggregate value property, $2,- cxregxte value property in tsw, 92,1*2,0*9; liicrraie over hut year. $37.551. Colonel W. A. McDougaM sent the Cdumb u Er.qulri r office a lew of thcgcuulne cotton cater pillar found ou bis river plantation, three mile the city. They have made their appearance in the fast tew days, and have not yet done any damage. The caterpillar was found on the same last year on the Cth of August. for fiitecu cents per pound. Rome, Ga., August 14.???[Special.]-News has Just reached the city that Mr. Sam Hardwick was killed near Alpine. Chattooga county, last night. Just before retiring he went to the well for a bucket of water and while there wus shot by an unknown person. Two loads of buckshot entering his body. There Is no clue to the murderer. Cumbert, Ga., August H.???[Special.]???For sev eral days past a large proportion of the po ??p!o pf / Imre been gathering at au Im mense bush arbor in the villhure of Soring Vale, lfati-ning to three sermons each day by Rev. Sam Jt nis. There fa a wonderful rclivious awakening. ikorea of our leading citizens have been converted ???nd forty-eight have joined the church. Rev. F. A. Branch did thctpro-arhlng before Rev. Sam Jones g?? t leu*. He leaves for north Georgia to-d ty. Ameeuts, Ga., August 15.???[Special.]???AmerScus lived her find bale of now cotto i to-day from the plantation of Colonel S. H. Hawkin'. It w.c- d at the warehouse of Coaosil A WHUn.for l. r thirteen >nd was bought by Colonel A. i vnt*. ATirr.f* Ga., August 15.???{.??pccfa!.J-ft f?? pn>- t our city council take steps to have ?.??>,. ??in bonds fasued to put the streets in perfe- t rer*fr. TLc mayor and a majority of the alder- ??? in fa\i??r ?????( the project. Ttc grr. vry firm of Rro.,k?? .e Itush to^Uy dis- u-h sviiiog cut his iutirat to Allen lie positions, to assume powers not oonfereed. Hence, 1 did not and could not assume the powers attributed to me in the telegram. 1 do not believe the negroes will hare any can didate here. If let alone by candidate* and de* signing men, I believe they would ignore politics. They arc largely what candidate* make them, and are not entirely to blame for what they do. Respectfully, J. T. Olivbs. Allen 1). Candler Renominated tor Con* greis, Gainesville, Ga., August 12.???[Special.)??? 1 Tho ninth district congressional convention met hero to-day. C. J. Wellborn* of Union, was made pres ident, aud A. C. Johnson, of Lumpkin, and B. F. Ferry, of Cherokee, fecretaries. Every county In the district, except Towns and Fannin, wore rep resented. George P. Bell, of Forsyth, placed in nomination Hon. Allen D. Candler, and on a call of the coun ties Cntidler received the unanimous vote of the* convention, and was declared the nominee much enthusiasm. The nominee was brought ball by a committee aud admirable speech, into the made a il giving an~ account -TS& representative of the people. ???troeg and the nomination, fctewnrifahip n?? a . . "hieh was received with cheer*.' 7 lit re in i?? yet no one who has the hardihood to announce bim>cif as u candidate against tue nom- Ince The independent movement is buried k> dit p In the ninth dfatrict that the hand of i\mup?? " c ????? 5n , will never reach U. and the sfekly attempt ot the late Independents to organize a republican pKtty will die a horning. The democracy iu??? unit ed tnd victory assured. Fu. Au*i ait 15.???(Snerial.1???The hurt -rdetc.;u.,ri. ih a pr?? | ??? f.r U an inci A Carious Specimen, From the Burlington, Vi., Free Press. "Aiurfous speefmenot human beinghasbeea In this vicinity recently.??? says an exchange. efroDd and Imre-headed, and hfa l "He fa la