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THE MORGAN MONITOR
VOL. IV. NO. 22.
AN AUDITOR
IS APPOINTED
For the Southern Mutual Build=
lag and loan Concern.
AN ATLANTA MAN IS SELECTED
Status of Defunct Association ts
Changed and Final Disposi-
tison of Affairs Delayed.
Thod. .
A. Hammond was appointed
auditor in tlie Southern Mutual Pci hi-
ing and Loan Association case at At-
1 anta ,, , Wednesday , , morning by , Judge T i
Lumpkin. The test case which was
under way collapsed and fttl'tb'e? pl*o-
6T6SS being impossible, owing to tbe
the facts, 1 «>„«» the auditor Was ”-op- appointed
Upon motion of one of the attorneys.
It is thought that the litigation has
been delayed a year aud a half by the
change in the course of affairs.
Under the conditions which the
case was progressing, it was
.that the court would settle the ques-
tinn Goa „# of withdrawing ■ members, , , , but
wlnrn the attorneys for the plaihtiff
offered an amendment to their peti¬
tion there was considerable objection
and this was the beginning of the
breakdowtt in the proceedings.
To vottlo the difficulty Judge Lump-
hiu asked if their was any objection to
■an auditor. There was some discus-
«ion of the proposition, but no decided
opposition was offered. Many of the
attorneys present agreed that it was
the proper thing to do. Suggestions
were then made as to who should be
appointed.
Judge Spencer JR. AtkinmPt was sug¬
gested. Other names were put forward
aud there was a long discussion over
the selection. It was finally agreed
tha t Mr, Hammond should be
ed by the court. Judge Lumpkin then
directed an order to bo drawn to that
efieot.
The entire case will be in the bands
of the auditor and he will hear all the
-evidence that is to be presented, the
■contentions of the parties and the ar¬
gument on any questions which may
urisc. Every feature of tho case will
fee struct-ed considered the by him, and he is in- I
by court to have his re¬
port ber ready to be submitted by Decem¬
1st of the present year.
The answer of the receivers to a pe¬
tition asking for a reduction of ex-
filed ,
jpensen Was with the court. In it
the receivers stated that the work
which had been entailed on them by
virtue of the winding up of the affairs
of the association had. been very great
and would continue as much so as in
the past.
It was stated while the expenses of
%h<e association for office help during
Che prosperity of the concern had ex¬
ceeded $2,000, since the receiver took
hold of it the office expenses had been
about $385 per month or less than one
fifth of the amount expended each year
by the association when it was in its
corporate existence. !
They “showed who had been _ employ- j
ed by the receivers and how they had i
been conducting the affairs on a great- :
!y reduced scale. It was stated that
in the original order of the court re-
garding the appointment of a receiver, j
while receivers, the court thought it best to have !
two compensation for only
one was
It was stated that the work of caring
for ships the. in numerous various ancillary other receiver-
states than
Georgia had been very great and the
work would continue so long as the af-
fairs remained open. They said that
the appointment of an auditor will
place upon them considerable more
work.
The question of reducing expenses
precipitated and a long Mr. discussion. Judge
Anderson O’Brien both spoke
of the work they had done and that
which will fall on them in the future.
Judge Lumpkin announced that he
would make no cut in the expenses at
present, but in the future if there was
any provocation further. he would consider the
question
A GOOD EXAMPLE.
Worfolk, Va., Imitates Atlanta By Prom
pectlve "Anti-Spit" Law.
Some time since a sanitary commis¬
sion, composed of heads of the sev¬
eral city departments of Norfolk, Va.,
was organized to frame such sanitary
ordinances as were deemed essential
to tlie maintenance of public health.
The commission completed its work
Thursday, ordinance, including an “anti-spit¬
ting" SI imposing a fine of
from 10 M every man who spits
upon sblewalk s , in p n ^j. 0
street or other cars, receptioa rooms,
’
etc. ordinances will _
The bo submitted
to the council for enactment.
iFTPK 1 STRFpt “ __AILP miin, AYS.
' 1 ifjjnore Capitalist, siay Purchase oh at
~
Unooga Linei,
Tt is authortiativelv reDorteJ in .
_ i S. Hambletou and others f
Baltic L‘ 101 ' 9 ’ ia ’ s ' e engaged Mavor F
tl ias|and Tenn., Frank Thompson of
cbst ,,nooga, to secure options
on«!’ tk® street railway interests in
1 This inolnrW Tv.° 4 .
^rep??sentativ^ up Lookout mountain
, of HambUten ' *
i 3 said to bointoinsted
ROYALISTS DENOUNCE LOUBET
Exciting Scene In the French
Chamber of Deputies Over
Sunday’s Affair.
A Paris special says: There were
violent scenes in the chamber of dep
utica Monday afternoon «wiHg to roy¬
alist defluPuifttiohs of President Lou-
hst, had the soldiers on duty had to
expel the chief anti-Loubet speaker,
M. Pious de Lnrgentaye. The chiim-
her of deputies met St 3 o’clock. The
public gslinries were crowded with
people, The including many ladies.
diplomats galleries of the senators and
were also full. There NVR8
a ttes, largo who and animatedly early atteildaiiOl: diiibit^e'd of this cigpit- iB‘
cidehts of Sunday. jpV-feStier bupuy
and the talnlste of justice, M. Lehret,
s&t eft the ministerial bench,
At 2:25 o’clock M. La Logo e?.id the
kour of action had Struck, This pro-
voke<1 etoaw from the leftists and
aV)n . mu , R from the Hghtists. and l
babel I/aslies*, of cries in which M. Casagnao
and. uti-Semite, participated.
*joge asked the premier if he
gized &*Z£33r"£«,5!£
said, undertook President Lbfihet, who, he
the presidency in a
I'nie oi 'stress. (Loud applause.)
M. Bious de Largentaye, conserva-
Live, representing the division of
Dinan, Cotes-Du-Nord, shouted;
“Lonbet is not honest! he is a Faiid-
maist!”
Tilts sWeifient 'ciTlied r violent
for pro-
tests , and Shouts of “order;” but M.
Lar’gontaye persisted in spite of the
uproar aud hooting, in declaring hon-
est men were arrested Sunday. This
was followed .with shouts hi “down
. “ Lo «beV „ ail’d , h scene of wild
ex-
citement , ensued.
tev an exoitin g debate, M. Meline
an<llna ,, supporters moved the order of
tbe lla J> approving the government’s
ac H . on ‘ after was tbe carried without a been di-
vmon P art
adopted by a Vote of fil'd . t'o 32 and the
B |j; ond pa!}t b ' eel1 vott “d by 326 to
The scenes at Auteuil on Sunday
and in the chamber of deputies Mon¬
day have only had the effect of in¬
creasing the popularity of President
Lonbet and of strengthening the hands
of the government.
Count Boni de Castellane has writ-
ten a letter to The Echo de Paris de-
nying the statements of newspapers
that the countess (formerly Anna
Gould, of New York,) placed herself
at the head of the Jeunesse Royalist
at the Auteui! demonstration. The
count declares his wife does not belong
to the clubs, and that she did not leave
her seat, from which she could not
even see what was occurring,
Theihunicipal council also dismissed
the Auteuil affair Monday afternoon,
and M. Blanc, prefect of police, an-
nounced that fifty of those under ar-
rest ’"'ould be pro’secuted for insulting
t ' le president. The council unani-
umusly adopted a resolution express-
' n 8 i tB abhorrence to the insulting
demonstration and its respectful sym-
P a H>y with and confidence in M.
Loubet.
A REDUCED COTTON CROP.
lteports Indicate That Fall Off Will 15© at
Feast Ten Per Cent.
The indications are that this year’s
cotton crop will bring better prices
than that of 1398.
Tho crop of 1$09 will be smaller
than that of i893 unless there is a
phenomenal yield. The acreage is re¬
duced and fewer fertilizers are used,
All estimates and authorities agree
that this is true.
The records of the Georgia depart-
meat of agriculture show that the sales
of fertilizers in the state have dropped
from 421,256 tons last year to 335,016
during the season just closed.
This is a reduction of 21 per cent
on all crops, but the reduction on cot-
ton is greater. The department esti-
mates it at 25 to 27 per cent. Latham,
Alexander & Co. put it at 30 per cent,
This means, other things being equal,
a reduction in the yield per acre,
The reduction in the acreage in
Georgia is estimated 13 per cent by
Latham, Alexander & Co. The re¬
ports received by the state department
of agriculture show a decrease of about
J5 cent.
The reduction in acreage for all the
cotton states is estimated at 10.4 per
cent by Latham, Alexander & Co,
This estimate is given in a circular
! letter issued by that house. It is based
ou 2,577 replies to inquiries sent out.
STATE OFFERS REWARD
| For Arrest or Harve Minir..*, tl.e Ne Br o
, Kapist of Paulding County.
Governor Candler, of Georgia, was
formally notified by Sheriff Wheeler,
of Paulding county, of the reward of
$200 offered by the citizens of Dallas,
Ga., for the arrest of Harve Minifee,
who assaulted and so brutally out-
raged the" little 12-year-old girl, Leo-
mie Smith.
The malignity of the assault has
hardly been surpassed in the record of
crime in the state and Governor Can-
dler decided at once that he would
offer a reward of $300, making a total
reward for ihe negro $500.
NAMED FULL TICKET '
__-
So<:lBl Democrat * of Massaehuaetta Hold
state Convention.
The state convention of the social
democrats of Massachusetts was held
in Boston Sunday, twenty-five branches
being H represented }/*. by flfty y siv dele c ‘
e ^‘ a Li T 1 i , *
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MORGAN, GA., THURSDAY, JUNE 8, 1890.
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GEOKGlA’3 RESOURCES ARD HER.
ALDED ABROAD;
GREAT SPEECH BY MR. BROBSTON.
Wealtlk o? Her Industries, Mines and
Quarries are Beyond
Computation.
[CONTINUED PROM OUR I,AST ISSUE;]
There ftl-e places that it few ye ft vs
ago Ms [mineral as wtieii Indians
held sway,. that now bodst electric
lights, waterworks; pavbd ItrestsJ piih-
lic buildings, schools, churches and
all the conveniences of modern thaii tinies;
There is one city of paoire ejglii
thousand souls less tliftri cinis liSindTea
and fifty miles from where I live that is
possessed of those conveniences, and
yet, less than five years ago this place
was in dense wilderness, no railroads
in 20 mile?, and neighbors lived eight
miles apart.
One county in the district in which
I live has increased its tax values
§3,000,000 in three years, and every
town and hamlet is growing while ag¬
riculture is being pushed into the pine
forests-, Jet just think of it; rtiy con¬
gressional district has 11,770 square
miles, and less than 200,000 popula¬
tion. We could support 2,000,000
people in the same territory.
To our northern and eastern friends,
let me feel-cation, say right here; if you seek Lbst
and if yon seek health aud
pleasure, if you are looking for a place
to turn a nimble penny, or if you are
looking for great enterprises that re¬
quire millions to handle, you can get
suited in Georgia. Not only is oUvs
a land of sunshine itntl peaftheft ttud
early Vegetables and watei-meloris, but
along with the entire south we are
’’a land of pith and great moment.”
In manufacturing we are already
putting our goods into New Englann;
one illustration in point is a towel
factory at Griffin in the centre of our
state; it is said to be the largest towel
factory in the United, all of the em-
ployes are Georgians, and Mr. Kin-
kaid, its president, told me recently
that they have a fine trade in Boston,
Mass. Think of it, the people of Bos¬
ton using _ Georgia made towels!
Not only are we rich in minerals,
and agriculture, aud horticulture, and
climate, but Georgia is rich in water
power to turn the machinery for man¬
ufacturing. Not only does her myriad
streams go fretting to the sea. Inviting
the manufacturer to Convert his raiv
product along these hanks, but Under¬
neath the ground there Hoiks to the
sea ft vast crystal fountain held as a
reservoir for the iis6 bf of man; he taps it
at will by means au artesian Well;
these well’s spout a 'constant stream of
great fore, going iu some instances ii-
high as forty feet in the air; the power
from these might be used for light
machinery and small industries.
Where it has been tried it is cheaper
than coal at the mines, wood at the
forest, cheaper than steam or electri¬
city can ever adjoining be made.
In the County to where I
live is a small grist mill, ft rice mill, a
syrtlp mill and a small machine shop,
all iun by Small no other power wells. than afforded
by In two krtesiah
Georgia cotton ftmnufacturing ’tis true
has permitted our Carolina
sisters to lend, and more of their
streams are set to the music of the
loom than are ours. Each of the Car-
olinas have more than one and a quar¬
ter million spindles, while Georgia has
but little more than 750,000, yet it is
not lack of advantages that has made us
laggards in this race, but it is because
we have not taken hold of our oppor¬
tunities; it is because we have been
content to rest on our oars while
others reached out for immigration
and capital, and if we do not mind ii <:
will permit the palm of supremacy to
drift away and be caught by other
hands.
Georgia has done probably less to
advertise her resources than any other
state, I mean printed matter at the
state’s expense. I doubt if there is
even a pamphlet at our state capitol
for distribution, and.you will probably
find it easier to get information as to
the resources of most any other state
than ours. North Carolina, South
Carolina, Tennessee, Florida and Al¬
abama are more wide-awake advertis-
ers ing than the reward is Georgia, and they are reap*-
which comes from in¬
telligence.
The great colonies which have come
to Georgia in the past few years; the
0 i ( ] soldiers at Fitzgerald, the Shakers
in Glynn county, the Germans at Tal-
lapooso, and the Minnianites at Salt
Springs,and many other colonies,have
a " come after having their attention
directed by private parties.
Wo need more public enterprises in
Georgia, we need more citizens like
these people of Southern Pines; and
they are coming; it may be slowly at
fir8 t but they are coming, and it will
n °t be long until we will double our
manufacturing and multiply every
ot her output tenfold. The entire
B °uth is on the mend,
I want to read you a few lines from
that old, staid journal of conservatism,
the New York Financial Chronicle. It
has been looking into the rich south-
orn highlands, and lias become won-
t ] er f u liy impressed. “In the moun-
t a ; n region,” it says, “covering the
Re ntre of the states east of the Miss-
i 8Bi PPi. extending from Pennsylvania
‘“1° N “ rtl,ern AI “ i,ama an<1
!1I » d embracing an urea of f somebAO K)
«<iuare miles, is more natural wealth,
more basis to sustain dense population,
aud profitably employ it than can he
found in any million square miles of
in the ■world,” and this eastern journal
of ftriRnce goes oh td give good peasons
and facts to sustain this broad state¬
ment, and concludes with a most flat¬
tering prediction for the future of the
South.
WKtt Rapidly world the of changes burl. .The come great in .tide this
of immigration which has for so long
rolled westward, has begun turning to
the south. Eastern manufacturers
have caught on to our advantages.
Moll, what (fbmfiuV did In twenty
years of industrial development, it is
marvelous, but why should we not do
more in half the time? The south
produces about sixty per cent of all
the cotton in the world, and manufac¬
tures isiiiiftin; about f three per cent! Great
iance tin it Qeriiiau^ iiiive
nearly 80,000,000 spindles, .New En¬
gland sout-ii nearly 20,000,000, 4;000;00d, and the .en¬
tire li?ss than. convert! H(£ For¬
eigners each year by our
lint cotton into manufactured pro¬
ducts give it an added value of near
three-diiitrtefs bf, it ft. billion fliis dollars.
How long would rake lunount
of money to make the south a rich
country? New England has begun
waking mdfing Up old to fhilljj .the situation, building and is
or new
ones here. A machinery drummer
coming up ou the train with me said
that sixty per cent of all cotton ma¬
ehinery iu'the placed in mills in the United
States past two years have go lie
into southern mills. The Yankee is
Coating South,ftnd in bringing profjpeiuty
with him, and ail the parts of trade
we are sharing it also.
In 1880 Georgia had but 28 mills
with 123,000 spindles, while a few days
ago the Southern railroad in its in¬
mills dustrial publication, claims linB thirty-six
In Georgia on its alone, $dth
520,000 spindles. Why should they
not come? New England grew rich
hauling our cotton thousands of miles,
getting coal from one place, iron from
another and raw material from nn-
other l she has waited ih strength attd
powhr until sJih jm&jr almbsi bbfefelifed
the mistress of the world.
But the Arkwright club, which
speaks for New England’s cotton in¬
terest, has said something significant
when it declared that “the more OOll-
ditions are studied,” the conditions
under which cotton is manufactured at
the north and south, “the wider seems
that difference, ” and in making report
the committee frankly declared “the
chief difficulty is in finding words suf¬
ficiently strong to express the hope¬
lessness of prolonged competition with
the south under present conditions.
So you see we are moving steadily on
and the rate will increase as we move.
Of 10,000,000 pounds of cotton
goods freighted over the Chicago and
Northwestern railroad last year botind
for trade itt the Orient, every pound
of it wfis manufactured ill the South.
trial Beyond the dark hills Of her indus¬
and,a past rises (he gleam of intoning
n@W life inspires this old land;
gradually we are learning to convert
our lint cotton into manufactured pro-
ducts.
When wo learn this lesson well, and
learn to convert it on machinery turn¬
ed out of our own workshops, made of
iron dug from our own mines, when
wo learn to utilize our own coal and
water power, in thus making machin¬
ery to make the cloth; when we
leaftn that it is easier and far bet¬
ter cheap to ship clieap furuitute than
wood, then, indeed; we will
hhve the world at our feet, and the
hew century will open on Dixie; then
we will have ships ou every sea, sail¬
ing from southern ports, laden with
the products of our own mines and our
own factories? While every farm on
the hillside and every farm in the val¬
ley will laugh in the gladness of har¬
vest ever to bo found in a home mar¬
ket; aud above it all and beyond it all,
is the grand yet beautiful thought that
the new century will open on a united
people with their faces all turned to
the future. One hope, one thought,
respected one prosperity, one flag, and that flag
wherever kuown, and known
on every sea.
CUBAN OFFICERS WANT PAY
For Service* Rendered In Identifying
Member* of Cuban Army.
A special from Havana states that
there is milch comment over tho fa-t
that Cuban officers have been demand¬
ing $5 as compensation for identifica¬
tion of Cubans who have been appli¬
cants for the $75 allowed by the United
■States authorities te former soldiers of
the Cubau army, nho surrender their
arms.
DISPLEASED AT ORDER.
Vutlonat Civil Sin-vlcn Reform League
Makes ‘-Kick.”
A New York dispatch says: The na¬
tional civil service reform league in a
statement just made public declares
that tho order of President McKinley
of May 29th, changing (lie civil ser-
vice rule, is a backward step of the
most pronounced character.
The order, the League says, is a
long succession of violations of both
the spirit and ihe literal terms of the
law and rules in various branches of
the service.
A MWSWHT CONFERENCE.
President Summon* Meiklejohn and Cor*
bin to the White fl«u*e.
A Washington special Hays: Acting
Secretary of War Mciklejohn and A<1-
jutaut General Corbin had a confer-
once with the president after midnight
Sunday night. They were summoned
by the president, it is understood.
What the nature or result of the con-
ferenco was can only be conjectured as
it cuss t it V t0 ^
Mr. Meiklejohn said m response to
all inquiries 4 that there was nothing to
make public and that the subject
under consideration was not of a seri-
1
IS HEAD lit t it niTnitF RFrOKL tup TllE PLACE pp,A
CONFERENCE AT THE HAGUE,
PLAN MEETS FULLEST APPROVAL
Any Country Mify Offer To Mediate—Doc¬
ument Consists of kigjll
Articles.
Advices from The Hague state that
tlie dfiiilrtUisn ftoirlmittee of the pe
fconfethub’e hfe'id li Meeting Monday
undfeft the eiiairmlitnajiip of M. Leotl
Bourgeois. Mr: Andrew D.White,- head
of the tllilted Slates delegation; Sir
Julian Piiuncefotey liead of the Ifritisfi
delegation, and M. De Staal; head of
tlie Kussiaii aelegistion; with all the
members of the eommitteo preseijt,
After M. Bourgeois had made a
sympdthetife reference to the death of
Miss Both, daughter of Dr. Roth, head
of the Swiss delegation, who was killed
in a railway accident last Thursday at
Flushing, the secretary of the drafting
committee rekd thr draft scheme of
mediation it had had under eOhSidefft-
Udh.
Articles 1 and 2 are declm-atory—to
the eftect that the signatory powers,
in order to prevefat a recourse to force,
have agreed to effect pacific solutions
of differences aiid will in excep¬
tional circumstances before an ap¬
peal to force, have recourse to the
mediation of one or more friendly
powers, Aftieje fl. Indapetideptly
of a re-
course to SuSh fiwlcaltle. mentis, the
signatories deem it expedient that Oiie
or more powers not concerned iu the
coufliet should offer its or their own
initiative aud so far as circumstances
will permit its or their good offices of
mediation to the states at, variance.
The rights to offer good offices of me-
diatlott bejlpHgs to powers not. eon-
cerned in the conflict, evftu during t,bo
course of actual hostilities, and the ex¬
ercises of this right can never be con¬
sidered by the parties at variance as
an unfriendly act.
Article 4 provides that, the role of
mediator shall consist in the reconcil¬
iation of conflicting claims aud the
allaying of bitterness between states
at variance,
At-tlcle 5, declining the limitation of
the functions of a mediator, says these
shall Cease oil the moment when it Is
Mated by oiie of the parties to the (11s-
jmte or by the lhfecliator; that the ar¬
rangements or thh basis of ii frieridly
Understanding proposed by him is not
accepted.
Article 6 says that the good offieos
contemplated, either at the instance of
the parties at variance or on the initia¬
tive of ftuinvolved powers are exclu¬
sively of the character of friendly
counsel.
Article 7 assertft acceptance of medi¬
ation Cannot have the effect except by
vivtiie of a convention to the contrary
of interrupting Or retarding or hftm-
pfering mobilizing or other prepara¬
tions for war. If mediation intervenes
after the opening of hostilities it shall
not interrupt except by virtue of a
convention to the contrary military
operations in course of execution.
Article 8. The signatures are in
accord to recommend in all circum¬
stances permitting it, special media¬
tion in the following form: In the
event of grave differences threatening
political states at variance shall choose
respectively a power to which each
shall confide the mission of entering
into deliberations with the power
chosen by the other side, iu order to
prevent a rupture of friendly rela¬
tions. During the currency of their
mandate, which except in the event of
a stipulation to the contrary, shall not
exceed thirty days, the question in
dispute shall he considered as referred
exclusively to these powers. They
shall apply all their efforts to settle
the dispute and in the event of an
actual rupture of friendly relations
shall remain charged with the mission
of taking advantage of every occasion
to restore peace.
The draft was adopted without mod¬
ification, although the committee stip¬
ulated that it should be subject to
modifications at the second reading.
CAPTURED BY REBELS.
Two American Officers Pounced Upon
While On Pleasure Cruise.
Details regarding the capture by
Filipinos of two officers of the hospital
ship Relief Tuesday have just been
obtained from Manila. The Relief
lies in the harbor in front of the city.
The third officer, Fred Heppy, and
Assistant Engineer Charles Blandford
rigged a sail on one of the ship’s boats
aud went sailing along tho shore on
the south, opposite the insurgent lines.
The boat became becalmed near the
shore and some native canoes with
Filipinos on board put out and cap¬
tured the two men, who were unarmed,
and also took possession of tho boat,
BRYAN FOR PRESIDENT.
District of Columbia Democrat* Hob!
Meeting Ami Endorse Nebraskan.
The democrats of tho District of
Columbia held an enthusiastic meet¬
ing Monday night, at which many
speeches eulogizing Bryan and indors¬
ing him for the next president was
made. 1
There was forwarded to Mrs. Will¬ \
iam J. Bryan, of Nebraska, a fine I
marble bust of her husband, for pre¬ |
sentation to her on her birthday.
iifett given quick trial.
i Alleged Assailant of Mrs. Itifltpldn Is Ar¬
raigned at Cedartown.
One of the most fiendish assaults in
the history of the atate was committed
xieai* Ofecliowli f Oa., one night the
past week. MfS, Anna Lumpkin,
widow of the late Charles Lumpkin,
is the victim.
as her assailah’t. Bell was quickly ar¬
rested and jailed, ft Se’etaed certain
at one time that a lynching woiild be
the outcome, as the jail was surround¬
ed by fill excited mob. Cool heads and
conservative ttoitnsel, however, pre¬
vailed.
Judge the Janes promised a speedy trial
of negro, and on last Monday
hiorniug in special at 10 o’clock he opened court
session for the purpose of
trying tile case. This course of Judge
Janes Wits warmly commended by all
law-abidhg citizens.
The special chftvge of Judge Janes
to the gram! jury was strong and clear.
He expressed his appreciation of the
cool-headed manner in' which the peo¬
ple had passed through the crisis,
He thanked the jury for their full
.and prompt response to the summons
of the court, stating that he felt re¬
enforced by their presence in his up¬
holding of the majesty of the law. It
took the grand jnrf less than an hour
to examine witnesses aud find a true
bill against Grant Bell for the rape of
Mrs. Lumpkin.
SOUTIIEHX PROGRESS.
List of New Industries 1>hi 1/11S.-rt the
Pnafc Week.
A in on g the most important of the
new industries reported for the past
week are brick works in fiofth Ala¬
bama; coal mines in Virginia and
West Virginia; large cotton mills in
Georgia ibid North Carolina; two cot¬
tonseed oil mills lit Georgia, two in
Mississippi, one each Ifi North and
South Carolina, and two in TeXas> au
electric light plant in Alabama; flour¬
ing mills in the Carolinas and Tennes¬
see; ft hay pl'oss Alabama; factory in Arkansas;
an ice factory in! knitting mills
in Kentucky and South Carolina; lum¬
ber WeSt mills in Florida, Mississippi mill and
Virginia; a $50,000 paper
in Georgia; stove works in West Vir¬
ginia; a $100,000 sugar mill and re¬
finery iu Louisiana; local telephone
dull lines in Kentucky, Texas and Virginia,
li tobacco stemmery iu Kentucky.
—Tradesman (Chattanooga, Tenn.)
SAYERS CALLS MEETING.
Governor Want* nn Antl-Truat Con¬
vention Held In St. ZiO tiIff.
Governor Snyers, of Texas, lias tel¬
egraphed all the governors and attor¬
neys general of the southern states a
call for an anti-trust convention, to
meet in St. Louis September 20tli, for
tbe purpose of securing concerted
action against trusts. The governor’s
letter sent out reads iu part;
Deaf concluded Sit: After much reflecting I
have that it would not be
improper for me th'Rtjgg/*t and that, a eon-
ferenco of tho governors attorneys
general of the several states and terri¬
tories bo held to consider tho effect
which the formation of trusts is hav¬
ing upon the country aud, if possiblo,
to agree upon a character of legisla¬
tion that will not only force those now
in existence into dissolution, but will
also prevent their further creation.”
SlIOULli SUI’I’OIIT PRESIDENT.
I’ruDjMicUvc Successor 'la S|fc;,kcr Ilec,!
ij flea Some Talking.
The Milwaukee Journal prints au
interview with General D. H. Hender¬
son, of Iowa, in which he expresses
gratitude for the effective efforts of
Wisconsin congressmen in his behalf
as candidate for the speakership to
succeed Speaker Reed. In regard to
tho report that he is an anti-imperialist
General Henderson said that now is
not tho time for individuals to fix pol¬
icies.
“Bee where we are,” said General
Henderson, “and then see whether
it is reasonable for us to attempt to
anticipate the condition which time
will bring. What wo all should do at
this time is to steadfastly support
President McKinley.”
Grasshoppers Doing Damage.
The grasshopper plngue has struck
some of the farms of the country sur¬
rounding Logansville, Ga., , in full
force and is playing havoc with the
crops. They strike in big droves of
thousands upon thousands, eating the
corn and cotton in a most ravishing
manner aud leave nothing except the
hare stalks.
EXPENSE CAUSED DISPUTE.
Cottelnr'B Family Protected Agnlnut Oov-
ernunent Paying For Funeral.
A Madrid dispach says: When the
body of Senor Castelar arrived at
the station a dispute arose be-
tween the family of the dead states-
man and the government repre¬
sentatives, the family protest-
ing against tho wording of the de-
cree ordering that that the expenses of
the obsequies he borne hv the public,
as the preamble seemed to indicate
that tho only merit of the deceased
was that he died poor.
They also disputed tho right of Pre-
mier Bilvela to act as chief mourner,
IN FLORIDA LEGISLATURE.
Important Bill, are l’aised at Heel of the
Saaiilon.
A special from Tallahassee says:
Both houses of the legislature at
Thursday’s session passed the general
appropriation bill for expenses of the
state government for the next two
years. The senate killed the radical
house revenue bill and the house
ed the senate revenue bill. A com¬
promise is being arranged
SI PER YEAR.
ft DULY STREET DUEL.
FIVE KIEV EXOAGE IX BATTLE AT
ATHENS, ALA.
AN OLD FAMILY FEUD THE CAUSE
All Were Prominent Clt Ixenn and the Flgh.1
Occurred on Principal Street
of tlie Town.
The quiet city of Athens, in Lime,
stone county, Alabama, was the scene
of it terrible bloody tragedy Thursday,
in which five men participated.
The cause was an old feud existing
be tween the Campbell and Yarbrough
families, being near neighbors, and alj
prominent, educated and well fixed
people.
The fight occurred on the public
square, the streets being crowded with
peoplo. Charles Campbell and his
brother-in-law, Jesse Surginer, were
in Athens on business, ami met two
of the Yarbrough men. Bertram and
Walter, ou the streets, in hu Itiug
words sprang to the lips of the three
nion simultaneously, , and they , closed ,
in a desperate bodily encounter.
Seeing the difficulty, Will Yarbrough
rushed out of a near-by store, it was
claimed, with peace-making in¬
tentions, but his coming only made
matters worse. Seeing Will Yar¬
brough rushing to the scene, and
thinking all throe were attacking his
brother-in-law, Surginer sprang up
and began firing into the crowd.
AU then jerked revolvers and a des¬
perate battle ensued. When the smoke
cleared away the five men were lying
or crawling on the sidewalk, snapping
their revolvers and feebly attempting
to use their knives.
Bert and Walter Yarbrough were
soon lying in one room with their
life blood ebbing fust away. Both dy¬
ing game.
Will Yarbrough is desperately
wounded through the lungs, the ball
that struck him ranging up toward the
cerebral column.
Campbell and Surginer are both
seriously Dnriug wounded. Surginer is in jail.
the battle one hall crashed
through a plate glass window, grazing
the skull of Peter Crenshaw.
LOST BABY FOUND.
if tils Mttrhtti Clarice Is at Iasi ReffS«re4
to Ilor Parents.
Marion Clark, tho twenty-one
months’ old child, kidnaped from her
parents, Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Clark,
of New York city, May 21st, was dis¬
covered two miles south of Sloatsburg,
N. Y., Thursday afternoon. She was
found at a farmhouse of CharleaYou-
maus and was in tho custody of Mrs.
Jennio Wilson, who took the baby to
that place the early part of last week.
Mrs. Wilson was accompanied by her
husband and stated to Mrs. Youmans
that she wanted board for the little
girl for the summer.
The Clark baby attracted people
by her large bluo eyes and pink com¬
plexion being particularly noticeable.
As soon as the notices of the abduc¬
tion reached the neighborhood the
people began to suspect that the
child was Marion Clark. They felt
positive of it because tho child wore
the same clothes as at the time when
she was stolen.
When placed under arrest Mrs,
Wilson weakened aud made a partial
confession. The baby was then pro¬
duced. Marion is in good health.
Arthur Clark, the father of the ab¬
ducted huby, arrived at Hloatsburg
Thursday evening and immediately
identified the child as his lost Marion.
GOVERNOR’S COURSE APPROVED.
Offer* Reward For »t White Man Who
Attempted An Awsault.
A special from Atlanta, Ga,, says:
The reward of $250 which was offered
u few days ago by Governor Candler
of Georgia for the j>rrest of William
Armstrong, the Hams county man
who attempted an assault upon a ten-
year-old negro girl, has been strongly
commended by a number of the most
prowient citizens of Harris county.
While the reward was offered by
the governor without being solicited
by tlie county officials, he first com¬
municated with ordinary and sheriff
of the county to learn the situation in
the community before issuing the or¬
der for the reward.
TO STAND SECOND TRIAL.
Mr*. Huiflifi* Will Again bo Arraigned fo*
Murder <•*' lfii*ban<l«
Mrs. Mattie A. Hughes, the young
woman who killed her husband at
Greers, S. C., last fall, will be again
arraigned on the charge of murder at
Greeneville next week. At the last
term of court Bhe was tried and a
mistrial resulted, The case will be
called this session on motion.made by
defence. The allegation was that ow-
ing to Judge Townsend ordering a
mistrial and dismissing the jury in the
absence of the defendant amounted to
a practical acquittal. The new con-
stitution forbids twice placiDgin jeop-
ardy a citizen on the same charge.
FOUL MURDER SUSPECTED.
Latest Theory In Howard to IMsaiipenrano.
of John A. lionedict.
A Greenville, B. C., special says:
When the full record of the disappear¬
ance of John A. Benedict is made up,
it in all probability will be the story
of a tragic death. There seems, now,
to be tlie best of reasons for this be¬
lief and it is more firmly held by
those immediately interested than it
has been ut "ay former stage of the
search.