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The Morgan Monitor.
VOL. II. NO. 5. SI PER - YEAR
IN THE TWILIGHT,
Over the dusky verge
Of the quiet sea,
Slowly I watch emerge
Tho silvor rim
Of the orescent moon; pale, dim,
The soft stars, one by one,
With holy glaen.
Steal out and light their lamps;
For day is done.
Tho tempests are asleep;
Only the balmj
OE some cool evening wind
Ruffles tho calm;
Tho listening ear of night
Can catch no sound,
Save when, in slumber bound,
Earth turns and sighs; ~
Peace rules the deep.
Aye, peace! across the dark
Star-paven sky,
The Night Queen’s silvor bark
Goes gliding by;
With murmuring faint, the streams
Drowso as they flow
In their hid channels; slow
Gown-dropping dews
Slide from, tho heavens liko gleams
Of love-born dreams.
Frail breaths of violet,
Of roses fair,
Shy hints of mignonettes,
WyoVwhf 30 tllrougl1 tll ° air
om unseen gardens, there —
Beneath my feet.
Ah, me! how at their spell
Swift fancies rise!
i What touching sympathies,
: Wliat gilden memories,
Aud thoughts, how sweet!
—Good Words,
finis LAPIN.
JjL / WAS wandering,
58 gun in Hand, in
-ISi * ore3 b Tr T*e!i
I saw a stone
Jijrtfc Sta ^- 1 cross. I had been
that a::.; this
ft- i!/ (i (f \iV cross
The was new to me.
skirt gossip of tho little hamlet, on the
of tho woods, was Taupet, who
had onco kept the villago cafe, and
was the barber of tho country, but ho
was too old now to exercise either
calling. ail I knew Taupet conhl tell me
about that cross. Meeting him
next day, he gavo me with much de¬
tail the story of Gris Lapin :
They called the man Gris Lapin be¬
cause of his beard, which was thick
and gray, ami he hnl prominent teeth
—and did Monsieur notice the promi¬
nent teeth i 31. de Bienville, the mas¬
ter of the h-: mids? He was not of this
country, this Gris Lapin, but from
Brittany, an.« was once valet do chieDS
to the Comte de Bienville—with his
hounds aurl his other distinctions.
Tho Count had to soil his estate, and
he went iu hiding, nobody know
where. As for Gris Lapin, ho would
not take another place ; he loved his
freedom and to jlivo after his own
pleasure, and ho set up as a woodcut¬
ter, a business at which he was very
export—loo oxpert, perhaps, for the
forest keepers, who suspected him of
felling more wood than he paid for,
but for a long timo they could prove
nothing against him.
He would often come to my little
cafe, and we became great friends. He
told me ho had a wife in Brittany and
a son there named Eustase, and that iu
tho neighborhood lived Mile. Agnes,
tho Count ! do Bienville’s daughter,
who was being cared for by her aunt.
Sometimes Gris Lapin would quit the
forest and go to Brittany.
It was Gris Lapin who brought us
tho xfflws tot all tins, and soon we
heard how the chateau was to be new-
ly furnished and furbished up, and
tho Count’s old debts paid off, and
presently de we hear of nothing -but M.
Bienville and Mine, la Comtesse.
And the new housekeeper at the
chateau was no other than the wife of
Gris Lapin; and their sou, the little
Eustase, was running about the place,
a fine playfellow for Mile. Agnes, who
bad now come back to her father’s
house. The Count had married a rich
wife, but it turned out that tho new
Countess had no lovo for her step¬
daughter. AH the lady thought was
to get rid of Mile. Agnes —by marry¬
ing her off to some rich man. Eustase,
that was^Jris Lapin’s boy, was going
to school, and was to ho brought up to
bo a priest. Ho studied Latin and all
that kind of thing. Gris Lapin did
not like tho idea, of the hoy becoming
a priest. “Make him a soldier,” said
bo. But Gris Lapin’s wife and her
mistress insisted that Eustaso owed
a disposition to be a cure, and it was
arranged, so that he was shipped to
the seminary. The fact is that Gris
Lapin absorbed a great deal of brandy,
and was not exactly a reputable sort
of a father.
Now, as ill luck would have it, when
Eustase came home for his vacation,
Madame had gone to ner own estate
in Brittany, and the Count had taken
the opportunity to bring homo his
daughter from the convent to givo her
pleasure, and our young Monsieur
must nee' eeome enamored of this
-n see, Eustase Jiad
1 so, when it
was
boy and the girl
her, there wa3 a
tadeuioisello was
111 tain young n& and the lad
past few bouse to see w
aud when hfi#Comte the Prussians
went into
sure was on a rult'bile tlio Germans
attended sheriff ssi,h and a Prussian
seen don’t ho the? Tedqnartci-s at the
say let has already/piu kd Prussians dktagV and Cut-
old tin- iff e earn-
teacher tend monev. The fact ic.
0 f entertainment ; j
durin" tt * of business. Some-
■ - .Gris N Lapin: “Take
hold you respoa-
11 tho wood you
"tout, tho Count 1
eel And f. whflt was th« I
which he had referred? Nothing -
may have somebody looking to his in¬
terests.”
Well, one day a man camo into my
place—there were ever so many Prus¬
sian soldiers there—and he was dressed
like a peasant, with his bill hook hang¬
ing at his girdle, an honest woodman,
as it would seem. Some of the soldiers
laughed and made faces at him and
called him Herr Crapaud. But ho did
not seem to mind. A quiet, middle
aged man, his resemblance to Gris
Lapid struck mo at once, only he was
younger iu the face, though his hair
looked grayish. Then suddenly he
said: “Monsieur Taupet, will yon cut
my hair?” “Walk into my back room,”
said I. You see, these Prussians
dreaded spies and were very suspi¬
cious. No sooner was ho seated in
my barber’s chair than I noticed that
his hair was powdered, so as to give
him an older look. Says ho at once :
“I am Enstase. Find me some way of
getting into the chateau. I cannot
ask my father to help me. IIo must
not know I am here. I saw him as I
came here. My father was drunk and
was fraternizing with our enemies.”
Then I was sure tho Germans wore
watching ns. Now, a sudden inspira¬
tion seized me, and I said aloud:
“Yes, they buy chickens at the
chateau, and it you had any pigeons
you could soli them. Any kind of
poultry is in demand.” Then I noticed
that Eustaso started. “Pere Taupet,”
said he, in a low voice, “that guess
about pigeons was a dangerously good
one. Look!” and, opening tho bosom
of his blouse, ho showed me a white
carrier pigeen there, one of the true
Antwerp brood.
“But tell mo about the chateau and
Mademoiselle Agnes?” lie ssked.
I gavo him the last news. "They
are all well,” I said. Thou ho told mo
that he was no longer a seminarist,
but had taken up arms in dofenso of
Franco. That ho had been promised
his epaulets if he would undertake a
dangerous service, and it was to find
out the exact force of Pruseians in
this province, That he had three
pigeons, and that two of thorn had
been loosed, and tho third, with tho
final news, tho most important, was to
be seut to the French headquarters.
I managed somehow that Eustaso
had entrance to the chateau, and you
may fancy what joy there was when la
mere and tho pretty Agnes fouud out
who was the elderly pigeon morchant
who had brought tho birds for the
kitchen. Such information as Eustaso
obtained ho wroto and put in a quill
and attached it to tho pigeon, aud I
think Mademoiselle herself carried it
to the upper window of tho chateau
aud lot it fly ; and (ho bird winged
her way right over the forest. And
now Eustase said to Agnes: “You
have won for me the cross and my
epaulets.” But just thon they heard
a shot.
That evening Gris Lapin came to my
place, and I told him about his son,
aud he could hardly believe it. Aud
as we were talking together in a low
voice we heard the sound of a military
jiarty, tramp, tramp, tramp; nnd be¬
hold, there camo along at the doublo
an armed guard of Prussians, with a
prisoner in tho middle of them, his
hands tied behind him,as pale as death,
with a strange glazed looked in his
eyes. “That is a poor fellow whom
they have caught sending messages to
our army by a carrier pigeon, beaven
bless him,” somebody said. And at
thal Gris Lapin staggered forward and
threw himself among tho soldiers with
a loud ery, while the prisoner turned
his head. “Mon pore,” ha cried,
springing toward him as well as he
could, but the soldiers urged him
along with their bayonets, and drove
away Gris Lapin with blows, and he
foil backward among us more dead
than alive.
It wai terrible I Tho young man was
to bo shot. The Countess and Mile.
Agnes were to be sent out of France.
The pigeon, which had been shot, had
told the whelo story. That evening
Gris Lapin came to sec me. I tried to
comfort him, but ho bade me hold my
tongue, for that I knew nothing about
the matter. “That might be,” I said,
“but I knew this much; that if I knew
the traitor who had betrayed him I
would do my best to strangle him with
theso two hands of mine.” At this
Gris Lapin dashed at me, tearing the
wrapper from his brawny throat. “Do
you say so? Then strangle me, for I
am tho traitor 1”
He had shot the pigeon and had
taken it to tho Prussians and sold it
for fifty francs, with the little burden
it carried. “Yes; I have sold my son’s
life,” he groaned. “Well, I am going
away—I nin going to take chnrgo of
mademoiselle and my wife. They need
never know,” looking nt mo fiercely,
“No,” I said, “they need never know
I —nor anybody else, for that matter.
should not betray von.” “You will
not betray me,” repented Gris Lapin;
“bni you will not touch hands upon
that.” “No,”I said, drawing back, “I
will not.” At that his mood changed,
aud he flunghimself into the operating
chair, and bade mo light iny lamp and
shave his beard. In a new country he
would he a now man.
And indeed ho looked a new man
with liis gray beard taken off and his
hair shortened. A much younger
mail, for his hair was still black, or
only spreekled with gray. When I
had finished he muffled up his face,
saying with a bitter laugh, that it
would not do to take a chill. “And
now,” ho said, “I am promised ten
minutes with my son. It will be a
pleasant interview, don’t you think?”
'Vith a hollow laugh that made rnv
blood rnu cold ; “and before daylight
to-morrow,” he continued, “I shall be
far away from here, and wo shall never
meet again. Will jou not touch
“My friend,” I said, “may
Heaven forgive you, but I cannot take
nr hand,” and Gris Lapin turned
aad was lost to sight in thedark-
I slept soundly enough that night,
for whatever pc-oplo’a troubles may be
must work, and work brings the
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POPITZiATIOKT AKTD DRAIKTAGB.
MORGAN, GA., FRIDAY, FERRUARY 12. 1897.
need of repose; but just before day¬
break I was aroused by the soldiers
who were billeted upon ruo turning
out. I got up to see what was the
matter, when a Sergeant, catching
sight of me, made signs to mo iu a
rough, authoritative way to take up a
spade and follow him. I turned sick
at what was going to happen, but
theso were people not to be trifled
with, and I marched away to the for¬
est with the rest.
It waB in this little clearing, mon¬
sieur, whore the firing party was
drawn up, with one solitary figure
stripped to his shirt standing before
them. I flung myself down on the
ground and buried my face in the
moss, and then tho volley rang out
loud and clear. And then tho firing
party marched off, and I was left with
the Sergeant, who was carelessly pac¬
ing up and down, and who motioned
to me to dig tho grave. But first I
went up to the body to close the eyes
that were sti) ing wildly, with, I
fancy, somo little consciousness still
loft in them. But tho face was quite
different from what I expected. With
the marks of my razor upon it, and n
gash that I mado in my agitation the
night beforo ! It was tho face of Gris
Lapin. Ah, how I pressed his bauds
and I fancied that tho numbed fingors
feebly returned the pressure 1 His
crime was expiated, ho might rest in
peace. And, raa foi, I should like to
lie here myself, with tho sound of. tho
axe' in the distance and the wood
pigeons cooing. But that is all folly,
for when wo are doad, what matters?
Mind, I do not believe for a mo¬
ment that tho young man thought
that he had loft his father to dio. Ho
could net think it possible that they
should shoot one man for another.
Nor would they have done so but for
tho ruse of Gris Lapiu in having his
well-known beard taken off. But,
anyhow, the young man escaped, and
the guard did not recognise tho
ohango. And perhaps ho does not
know to this day, for when tho war
was over none could tell what had be¬
come of Gris Lapin. And I also hold
my pence, for I thought that such
would bo the wish of my old comrade.
But M. Eustnso got his epaulets after
all, and iu tho end the Comte gave
his permission that he should marry
Mile. “Agnes. And madnme, who wa3
at first very angry, was afterward re¬
conciled, and when she died—both
she and tho Comte are now dead—aha
loft tho bulk of her fortune to the
young couple. And so tho little Ens-
tase i3 now M. do Bienville, and hunts
the forest liko a grand seigneur, but
some of us remember that., after all, ho
is tho son of Gris Lapin.—All the
Year Round.
A Remarkable Kentucky Clock.
Tho oldest clock in Breathitt Coun¬
ty, Kentucky, is owned by Mr a. R. 0.
Hord, and is thus described by the
Jackeoil Hustler : “It is one of theso
old-fashioned, seven-feat tall time¬
keepers, nnd the year 1740, iu which
it was made, is stamped on one of tho
wooden wheels, together with another
inscription, indicating that it was
manufactured in Liverpool, and still
another showing that a firm in Lcitah-
ficld, Conn., handled it as an article
of merchandise on this side of tho At¬
lantic. Just before his death, oight
years age, Alfred Marcum gavo it to
his daughter, Mrs. Hord. Alfred Mar¬
cum purchased the timepiece at the
administrator’s sale of Bimeon Bohau-
nan, who lived on Tronblosomo in
1843. It was in the possession of
Simeon Bohannon fifteen yoars and ran
constantly all that time, Simeon’s
father, who camo from Viriginin, pre¬
sented his son with tho clock after he
had owned it fifty years. It was
brought from Virginia, taken to pieces,
on tho backs of slaves. Thus there is
accurate account that tho clock is 150
years old, has been running for over
100 year-, and, as far as is known, it
has never had to bo repaired. It is
still running and keeps good time.
All the wheels except one nrc mado of
hard wood., A relative of Mrs. Hord
offered her $500 for the ancient col¬
ossus, bat sho refused tho offer, hav¬
ing mado up her mind that sho nover
will part with it during hor life.”—
Louisville Courier-Journal.
American Rubbers.
There is a big field in Germany for
American rubbers, says United States
Consul Motioghan, at Chemnitz, in a
report to tho State Department. At
present Russia is supplying most oi
the rnbbersjworn in Germany, gelling
through agencies all over tho empire,
but neither tho Russian nor the Ger¬
man-made artiolo is as good as the
American product, being clumsy and
lacking in durability, although it
commands tho market just now by
reason of its lower price. The Consul
also submits some statistics to show
how Germany is building up a large
trade nt England’s expenso with New
South Wales. He gives a list of the
principal German exports to that col¬
ony, and says thoy are not nearly as
good as our own wares, and with the
advantage of cheaper and quicker
freights across tho Pacific tho United
States should certainly have, this trade.
The Gormans, however, keep their
goods up to or above sample, pack
them with great care and employ com¬
petent salesmen speaking several lan¬
guages, and thus continue to extend
their trade iu all quarters. Circulars
are, in Mr. Monoghau’a opinion, not
worth the paper they arc printed on
aa a means of introducing goods.—
Star.
Remarkable Madstone,-,
Mudstones which aro sai l to have
come from tho mew of a Rooky Moun¬
tain goat inoro than fifty years ago,
and to have been applied to 1000 raad-
dog bites, successfully in every instance
except one, arc still iu efltvico Vt/mb iu
counties of Casey au-l < ”
They aro owned by ,\Y. V-'
whose father brougiir "" fc
'i 1
—New York Hu. l pA
! e as a
their strength.
r
QUEEN REGENT OF SPAIN SIGNS
AU TO X 031V OOCUMENT.
SYSTEM OF HOME RULE DECREED.
Tho Reform Measure Gives to the Cubans
An Administrative Assembly To 15o
Selected By Popular Ballot.
The queen regent of Spain, Thurs¬
day, signed tho plan for reforms iu
the island of Cuba.
The schemes includes numerous and
elaborate decrees and will occupy sev¬
eral pages of the Official Gazette. It
is understood that the reforms consist
chiefly in the creation of an assembly
to be called the council of administra¬
tion, composed of thirty-five mem¬
bers, of whom twenty-one are to be
elected by the people and six by tho
different corporations. The.remainder
will be one magistrate, one university
professor, one archbishop and livo
senators or deputies.
The council of administration is
empowered, firstly, to prepare a bud¬
get; secondly, to examine into the fit¬
ness of officials appointed; thirdly, to
make a tariff subject to the condition
that the Spanish exports have admis¬
sion over the general tariff.
Tho governor general will represent
the home government and will have
the right to nominate officials, who
should ho Cubans or Spaniards, who
have resided 20 years in Cuba. Nev¬
ertheless, he may freely nominate
high functionaries, such as magis¬
trates, prefects, etc.
Other decrees concern the organiza¬
tion of the improvisional municipali¬
ties, which aro to he liberally repre¬
sented.
The municipal councils general will
be empowered to elect presidents aud
will have a representative control of
public education.
According to another decree the
government reserves to itself extraor¬
dinary powers in the event of any dis¬
turbance of public order, aud Cuba
will continue to elect senators and
deputies to tho cortes as at present.
Altogether, tho reforms are much
baoador in the direction of docent rec¬
ognition than those granted to Porto
Bico. Tho powers of the governor
general are much extended, while the
council of administration is fairly rep¬
resentative of all parties and interests.
The Spanish government will con¬
tinue to vote budgets aud treaties for
the colonies.
The Spanish products, according to
the reform scheme, will be allowed a
rebate of 40 per cent, on the Cuban
tariffs compared with other imports.
FIGHT 'WITH BANDITS.
General Thomas, Indian Agent, Reported
To Have Keen Killed.
General Edward Loyd Thomas, In¬
dian agent at Sac and Fox agency, near
Guthrie, Oklahoma, is said to have
been killed a day or two ago while re¬
sisting a gang of eight bandits, which
mode an attack upon the government
store at the agency.
In the battle which ensued, three
men were killed who were in the offi¬
cer’s party and and one of the outlaws
was killed.
Tlio news of the battle reached
Guthrie Thursday afternoon, but the
details could not be ascertained. At
Shawnee, tho nearest telegraph station
to the Sac and Fox agency, the report¬
ed battle was confirmed.
COFFEE COMPANY INCORPORATES.
Officers of the Sugar Trust Arc Now Ready
for Rusinoss.
At Trenton, N. J., Thursday tho
American Coffee Company was incor¬
porated with a capital stock of $100,-
000 .
Tho incorporators are Henry O.
Havemeyer, John E. Henries, John E.
Parsons and Theodore Havemeyer, all
officers of tile sugar trust.
Ueakon Appointed Aide.
William R. Leaken, of Savannah,
Ga., has received a letter from General
Horace Porter appointing him an aid-
de-eamp on his stnff- in the inaugura¬
tion parade, and lias accepted. Mr.
Leaken was the republican elector
from flie first congressional district
and received tho third highest vote
on the ticket.
MINES MAY CLOSE.
Strike of Railroad Kmployes Will Cause
Works to Shut Down.
A dispatch from Butte, Mont, says:
A strike inaugurated on the Butte,
Anaconda and Pacific road by thirty
members of the freight crows, because
one of their number was discharged,
threatens to result in a closing down
of all the Anaconda milling properties,
which are dependent on the road for
supplies. The company will not take
back the strikors, and so far no new
men have been fouud to take their
pjaces.
Tho Anaconda properties employ
over 0,000 men and the supplies on
hand soon will be exhausted.
Big Shipyards In Flames.
The shipyards of tho Fairfield Ffifip- S
building Glasgow, Scotland, company, have at Govan, beeffi -near |
almost
$250,030. fjSssrel for ( j !
.
( ’ Tlio NorHoovo place. Von passed ;
littlieoapf YThumlay V
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A pur A-ttrt „o„„
aft
THE MAJOR’S PRIVATE SECRET Alt V
J. Addison Porte ■v, JmiviVdUst, . Will Suc-
c«ed ’ Mr. Thurber.
The Connecticut delegation at Wash¬
ington received a telegram Thursday
morning from J. Addison Porter, of
Hartford, Conn., dated Canton, for¬
mally advising them that he lind been
offered the position of secretary by
Mr. McKinley and had accepted.
Tho delegation is highly gratified
over Mr. Porter’s selection for this
important place and predict that he
will make an ideal private secretary to
tho incoming president.
Mr. Thurber, Mr. Cleveland’s private
his secretary, wired Mr. Porter offering
services in conducting his succes¬
sor into oflice.
The next secretary of state is a son
of a distinguished father, John Addi¬
son Porter, the celebrated chemist,
who was the author of several books
on the subject which have become the
highest authority. He was a graduate
of Yale, as is also his son, John Addi¬
son President Porter, who lias been selected by
retary. McKinley for private sec¬
Mr. Porter is a cultured and ablo
writer who lias made a reputation both
in a literary and journalistic way. Ho
has been connected with a number of
tho leading besides newspapers of the east and
lias contributed a great deal to
magazines and other periodicals.
Ho was born in New Haven, Conn.,
in 185G, aud is now, consequently,
nearly 11 years of ago. He is a cult¬
ured and refined man and in many re¬
spects well fitted for the duties of tho
post to which he been appointed.
00L. CROFTON RETIRED.
The President, Has Recourse to the Law
To Fire Ilim.
A Washington special says: Col.
Robert E. Crofton, of tho Fifteenth
infantry, was arbitrarily relieved
Thursday has by order of the president.
It been the desire of the war de¬
partment that this officer should leave
the active service, and efforts have
been made during the past two years
to attain this end, first through
intimations to tho friends of
Colonel Crofton that his retire¬
ment would lie granted if applied
for, and this failing, through tli6 law,
which obliges officers to retire if found
physically cal board. unfit for servioo by a medi¬
This last, course was adop¬
ted about nine months ago, but also
without success, the board finding
that the officer was in good condition
physically. Finally recourse has been
had to the law which permits the pres¬
ident to retire an officer arbitrarily,
when he shall have reached 62 years
of age.
Col. Crofton has passed this mile¬
stone and the law applies to liis caso.
This is a most unusual occasion, the
last instanco of an enforced retirement
being in tho caso of General Carr, who
was forced out in order to permit tho
promotion of officers below him in
rank. Col. Crofton was in command
of the Fifteenth infantry while the or¬
ganization was stationed at Fort Sher¬
idan, near Chicago, and was without
just ground held responsible for the
many incidents in the history of tho
occupation of tho posts that furnished
tho matter for reports.
Crofton has a good war record. lie
was lint a native American, being born
in Ireland. Ho was brovetted major
and oolonel for gallant service at Shi¬
loh and Chiekamauga. Ho becamo
colonel of tlio Fifteenth infantry in
October, 1886, aud is now stationed at
Fort Bayard, N. M., whence that com¬
mand was removed when the last
change in stations of troops was mado.
DON’T WANT AUTONOMY.
Cubans Will Accept Nothin# Hut Absolute
I mlcpeiulencc.
A New York dispatch says: Honor
Thomas Estrada Palma, the Cuban
delegate, when interviewed Thursday
concerning the proposed reforms in
Cuba, gave out tho following state¬
ment:
“Had genuine autonomy instead of
sham reforms been offered to the peo¬
ple of Cuba before they rose in arms,
the Cubans would surely have accepted
it and, therefore, bloodshed and total
devastation of the island would huva
been averted.
(t If the Cuban people did not accept
those sham reforms anil rose in arms
for independence, how would they ac¬
cept thorn now or enter into any kind
of compromise which has not for its
basis the absolute independence of the
island? They are sure of success, and
one thing is certain, that is that the
Cubans will never again place their
necks under the Spanish yoke.”
CONFLICTING POINTS DEVELOP
In Uoganl Ut l,Ji© South Carolina DiHjicn-
Hiiry Dedsion,
A Columbia special says: By a series
singular oversights, ull correspon¬
and reporters in Washington,
overlooked an opinion by Justice
filed with another in tlio South
Carolina dispensary cases somo ten
ago. Its bearing on the enforce¬
of the law is as important as the
which was printed in almost
every paper in the country.
An official copy of the document in
has just been received by
Attorney General Barber, and it seems
Gentmliot. on somo points the
already published.
GOOD ROADS CONGRESS.
A KiTeetcd and
At the second day’s meeting of the
S" 111 ’Y; F's ; 00 t1,f fSiSng General
n v -s effected:
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dent; Q *. tT u - a “
Cite xident; V 1. J. Apple-
in a rev -f
T. P. GREEN, MANAGER.
REESE WAS EXONERATED; SWEAT
WAS CENSURED.
SOBER CHARGES NOT CONSIDERED.
Special Session of tlio Georgia State !>*?#-
islature to Act on Committee Kcport.
The Result. Ilrtatly Told.
The special session of the Georgia
legislature to pass on the report of the
Carter investigating committee met at
the capital Wednesday morning.
Many interesting facts were brought
out at the session.
Tho house of ropreseniatives adopt¬
ed tho report of the investigating com¬
mittee on tho charges against Judges
Ileose and Sweat after sharp debate,
aud after a resolution for the impeach¬
ment of Judge Sweat had been voted
down.
Tho question was divided and the
vote to adopt the report on Judge
llceso was unanimous niji was receiv
ed with applause.
The report on .TudJ' Sweat was
adopted by a vote of 931o 64, and the
announcement of the result was
ceived with silence.
The special session decided to take
up no charges against Judge Gobor. It
allowed $0,000 for the purpose of de¬
fraying expenses of tho committee of
investigation. It allowed tho usual
per diem of members of the general
assembly ing the and usual mireago for attend¬
adjourned session. The house
and senate split on tho resolution to
pay Senator Carter for his work during
tho investigation.
Immediately after the sossion opened
in the house Mr. Blalock, of Forsyth,
offered a resolution to investigate all
the state departments and institutions,
and it was adopted by division, 10-4
to 4.
Mr. Folder then submitted his re¬
port as chairman of the investigating
committee.
Mr. Felder moved the adoption of
tho report. Mr. Branch introduced a
resolution that the special committee
appointed to investigate the charges
against Judge Sweat and Reese,having
made its report, the house hereby ex¬
punges all parts of said report
which e lit in any particulars of
defenses 1 11 rod these judges be¬
fore the committee; and he it
further resolved, that all finding for
or against tlio said judges by the com¬
mittee be expunged from its report,
aud bo it further resolved, that a com¬
mittee of this house be now appointed
to prepare articles of impeachment
against J. L. Sweat.” The resolution
also provideed that the committee take
charge of the evidence and prosecute
Judge Sweat before the bar of the
senate. Tho resolution was tabled by
a vote of 80 to 87.
Mr. Wont, of Lowndes, offered a
resolution to authorize tlio committe to
investigate Judge Gober and other
judges.
Mr. Branch offered a substitute re¬
citing the fact that charges against
Judge Gober were submitted to the
committee by Senator Carter, arad con¬
tinuing the committee. He also offered
a substitute embodying Senator Car¬
ter’s communication to the committee
with the following at tho end:
“Unsolved, That tlio investigating com¬
mittee is hereby continued and Instructed
to oxamtno into tho above charges recited in
this preamble against Judge George F.
Gobor and report back to tlio next meeting
of the general assembly.
“Resolved second, That the next meeting
of tills committee shall be hold in the capltol
on tho second Wednesday in October.’’
A lively discussion here ensued, nt.
the termination of which a motion to
table the West resolution and Branch
substitute was put and carried viva
voce.
When the house was preparing to
adjourn Mr. Jenkins, the speaker,
made a fow remarks. He thanked tho
house for tlio kindness with which ho
had been treated and stated that, ho
left tho ball with a feeling of warm
personal friendship to each and every
member. After thanking them again
for their attention to his rulings, he
declared the February sossion of the
house of representatives adjourned
sine die.
Iiilflu IliiHiitOHH for flic Semite.
The senate was in session the greater
part of the day, but had very little
business to transact. The body re¬
ceived no message from the house of
representatives concerning tho subject
for which the special session was con¬
vened—-tho report of the investigating
committee in the Sweat-Reese ease,
and therefore took no action.
During the morning session no mat¬
ters of importance were taken up. A
few house bills were read and laid on
the table. In the afternoon bills that
were passed by tho house during the
day were concurred in or amended as
the senators heaved saw fit. Everyone pres¬
ent a sigh of relief when Presi¬
dent Burner announced adjournment
at 6:30 o’clock.
A CORRUPT COUNCIL
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AJtlcnnon «w 1 Poll©© Officer# of Louisville
Indicted on l>ain:i#lit# Charges.
The grand jury of Louisville, Ky.,
indictments « few days ago
ugainst M foi.ri^„ people connected with
q 117 t Monday and pleaded
he cast "ue<l
March
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THROUGH GEORGIA.
The Hade Coal Company lias paid
its lino of $750 which was imposed by
Governor Atkinson nearly a year ago,
when the convict lessees were investi¬
gated by tho court of inquiry, over
which Governor Atkinson presided.
The motion for a new trial in the
of case death of Henry White, under sentence
at Columbus for the murder
of Policeman Jackson, was denied by
Judge Butt. Tho case will bo ap¬
pealed to the supreme court.
Governor Atkinson has fixed Febru¬
ary 12th for the hearing of-the case of
Will Heas, who was granted a respite
a fow days ago. On that date the
counsel for Boas will appear before
the governor and argue tho case.
Heas, it will be remembered, was sen¬
tenced to bo hanged on January ‘.tilth,
but was respited for a month on ac¬
count of new evidence ami deyehtipL
meats in his case.
Curing the special se/siou ofJKe
legislature last Wed'.....lay, Mr^ola-
leek, of Fayette, introduced. jt-'Tesolu-
tioiv W the house to havffl a special
"(remittee of five appointed to inves¬
tigate ail the departments of state and
re; >i at the next session of tho gen-
e"al assembly. The resolution went
through ; id the committee was ap¬
pointed by Speaker Jenkins with Mr.
Blalock, chairman.
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Harrison Wilson, t he Gwinnett coun¬
ty man who was recently convicted of
conspiracy in the United States court
at Atlanta, has been refused a new
trial by Judge Newman. Wilson was
charged with joining a lot of moon¬
shiners and attempting to kill revenue
officers who were raiding in his sec¬
tion of tho county. The officers hero
fired upon and Deputy Marshal Me-
Afoo was wounded.
The ax of retrenchment has been Up¬
lifted by the Fulton county commis¬
sioners and lot fall upon the payrolls
for the hire of convicts from other
counties. The county has been pay¬
ing too much, tho commissioners say,
heretofore for the hire of convicts
which arc taken from other counties.
Now, the commissioners say, the coun¬
ty must economize in this particular
and hereafter will only pay $3 p er
month for able-bodied convicts.
Tho president of tho Chattahoochee
River Street Railway company says it
is not true that, hi fine is soon to bo
extended from Boltan to Marietta as
published. He reo.-ntly hud made a
survey of tlio propir . 1 extension and
submitted a plan,to the peopled ja-
riotta has met for with consul#,-ntjlm. enjmragoment, Bo far, ho
no and
unless the Cobb ’ nfy capitalista
change their attitudiT-" addition will
not be built.
The now Atlanta city directoi’y wJV.
ho out in a few days. It will bo a
complete record with many new feat¬
ure!!, and the entire make up of tlio
big book will be the handsomest yet
seen of a city directory. This diroft-
tory of Atlanta for 18!>7 shows a pop¬
ulation of over 117,003, indicating tho
continual wonderful growth of the
city, and representing a prodigious
amount of work iu the way of canvass-
ing and arrangement.
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Georgia may soon have a colony of
Mennonito". -located within hor borders.
For some weeks leading members of
that faith have been in correspondence
with ox-Governor W. J. Northeu, head
of the Georgia Immigration and In¬
vestment Bureau, relative to securing
homes in this state. As a result of
tho correspondence Rev. J. B. Lehman,
a» Mennonito minister, of Elkhart,
link, will visit the at,ale to look oyer
the field anil perhaps select a location
for the colony.
Tho stato of Georgia will be repre¬
sented by an exhibit at the Tennessee
Centennial exposition. Besides acting
on the judicial investigating commit¬
tee’s report, a bill was put through
for the exhibit. The sum of $2,000
was appropriated. The action of the
legislature provides for the sending of
an exhibit to Nashville, and also pro¬
vides for making an exhibit of wo¬
man’s work. Nftio resolution was
passed after a longhand heated discus¬
sion, and at times it seemed that the
measure would fall through.
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Judge Joseph Babcock, one of tho
quaintest characters that ever lived in
Sparta, died a few days ago He lo¬
cated in tlio town about forty years
ago and came from New York. Ho
arrived a poor boy, but by frugal in¬
dustry had accumulated quite a little
fortune. He would have no confiden¬
tial friends and not even his daily as¬
sociates know anything of liis history
prior to his life in Sparta. For a quar¬
ter of a century or more he has been a
jeweler and has accumulated at least
$50,003. It is presumed that lie made
no disposition of his hard earned es¬
tate. In that case liis property would
naturally belong to th9 state.
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The engineering journals are prais¬
ing southern enterprise on account of
tlio development of large water power
for electric transmission on the Tow--
aliga river, nom Gl'iffiu. Moore &
McCrary, two Georgia Technological
school graduates, lmvo charge of tho
extensive work. They expect to get
2,000-horse power and all neighboring
towns will be supplied. This is but the
beginning of such enterprises in tho
south. The men who are to reap the
profits of such work should be trained
in thej Georgia Bchool of. Technology.
It offend superior engineering. inducements in the
vavioiys fields of Nb en-
trance examination is reqniuejrforen- -
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