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THE BLACKSHEAR TIMES
E. Z. BYRD, Editor and Proprietor.
VOL. XX. NO. 35.
Pierce Coantv Directory.
Clerk Ordinary —J. I. Summer all.
Superior Cmi-1—John Thomas.
Sheriff—,T. K. Carter.
Tax Receiver—J. O. Waters.
Tax Collec or—J. A. Jacobs.
County Treasurer—B. D. Brantley.
Cou . y Surveyor— ; W. H. Bowen.
CoruUer—-Dr. J. M. Brown.
Superior court fiist Monday iu May
and third Monday iu November.
COUNTY COURT.
Rnbt. G. Mitchell, Jr., Judge.
W. A. Milton, Solicitor.
Monthly session, seeouil Friday in
each mouth; quarterly sessions, third
Monday in March, June, September
and December.
TOWN DIRECTORY.
Robert G. Mitchell, Jr., Mnv >r.
B. D. Brantley, W. G. McMillan,
John A. Strickland, Jos. A. Harper,
Councilman.
M. U. McAlpin, Clerk and Treas
urev.
W. L. McMillan, Marshal.
Police court every Monday morning.
SECRET ORDERS.
Blackshear Lodge No. 270, F. & A.
M.< meets first and third Friday nights
iu each month.
A. B. Estes, W. M.
J. I. Sum M mi all, Sec.
Alabuba Lodge No. 16, K. of I\
meets every Monday night.
B. D. Brantley, C. C.
E. Z. Byrd. K. of R. & S.
PROFESSIONAL CARDS.
\ 1 ‘ EMMET COCHRAN,
Practices LAWYER,
in United Suites courts,
district, circuit and supreme courts,
aud in all counties in Brunswick cir
cuit.—Redding B ock, Wuycross, Ga.
K. G. MITCH AttoruEy-ut ELI Law Ju., and Judge
County Court, Ulacksiieaiv Ga.
A. Ii. ESTES. IS. L. WALKER.
J/STES •*- J & WALKER, Attorn Law,
i -yk at
Bluckshear, Georgia.
W M. TOOMF.R,
8 ' * Attorni.y at-Law,
Office Waycri.fs, Ga.
in First National Bank Building.
AMf ALTER A. MILTON,
Attoruey-ut-Law aid Solicitor
County Court. Office in the court
house. Blackshear, Ga.
KJ ipvR. A. I'hysician L. R. AVAN P, Surgeon,
and
Patterson, Georgia.
Calls promptly answered day or
niglff from my office or residence.
\\7 ~ N. BROWN, Denti-t,
* * Office Near the Courthouse.
Offers his professional services to
the citizens of Pierce and adjoining
counties. Guarantees satisfaction.
Crown and bridge work a specialty.
Blackshear, Ga.
A LLEN BPiO^'N, I). D. S.
■*“ Office np-tairs in McCulley &
Walker’s new building. Tenders his
professional services to the public.
Crown and bridge work a specialty.
Waycross, Ga.
BRUNSWICK CIRCUIT.
COURT CALENDAR.
Appling Superior Court-—First and
secoml Mondays in March; third aud
fourth Mondays in September.
Camden Superior Court—Tuesday
after the third Monday in March;
Tuesday after tlio first, Monday in
October.
Coffee Superior Court—Fourth Mon
day iu March; second Monday in Oc
tober.
Charlton Superior Court—Tuesday
after the first Monday in April; Tues
day after the fourth Monday iu Oc
toner.
Clinch Superior Court—-Second Mon
day iu A pi il; third Monday in Octo
her.
Ware Superior Court_Third ard
fourth Mondays in April; first aud
accond Mondays in November.
Pierce Superior Court-First Mon
dav day iii in Mnv- May, third thuu Moneay Mom uv in in Novcm Vnvem
Wayne Superior Court—Second
Monday in May; fourth Monday iu
November. ___
Glynn Superior Court—Third
dav <lay in U. Mav lay and a 1 first ll t .Mon Monday .ay in lit Da- JJd
ceiubcr; to continue for such tune us
the bubiuess may reqtrre.
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J. C. BREWER,
DENTIST,
BLACKSHEAR, 6.4.
Gold Crowns and Bridge Work a
tpecialtj. 5-5, ’99
HOTEL - v J * i! ii H !
j. w. mmm. vm.
RATES: S2.GQ PER DAY
M’aycro'S, 6t*orfcia.
Convenj^ot t«) dtpoi not find cole
bat lift. T*ib!ts flfC* .'it* k ■ Ei ctri.
li«fi thr agi r.i: \
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BARBER • *
JOHN ALDRIDGE, Proprietor.
BLACKSHEAR, GEORGIA. i
Hair Cutting,Sliaving, Dyeing,Sham
! pooing, etc., done at the following
prices:
Cutting hair, 15 cents.
Shaving, 10 cents.
Shampoo, 20 cents.
Blacking, 25 cents. Dec y-’ '7.
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.Yvektccm VmvtRSiTv. LBciNa-ro*, ky.
Koference—Awards at 2 Greatest World’s Expo
sitions and thousands of Graduates in positions.
Vosi afMfal 1 Llnais ao«.-s t oursc, including Tui
n, Hooks and Boirrd in family, about $'J0.
* ) '.TI1ASD, TIP2-WR1T1R8 & TELEGRAPHY, SPEIIALTIES.
o4y*The Kentucky University Diploma, under seal,
awarded graduates. Literary Course free, if desired.
No vacation. Enter now. Graduates successful.
In order to /. ice yov.r letters reach us, ad.'ress only
WILBUR Kentucky R. SMITH, Lexington, Ky. and
yotc .— University resources, $T>00,Q(!Q,
i ad n r arl\ / 1000 students in attendance last year.
SOUTHERN RAILWAY.
Schedule in effect July 1-t, 1000.
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Nos. la and 14.—Pullman Sleeping Cars be
tween Brunswick and Atlanta, between Jack
sonville, Pia., and Cincinnati.
Nos. 15 and 16.—Pullman Sleeping Cars be
tween also Tampa and Cincinnati, via Chatta
nooga; between Chattanooga and Mem
phis. Nos.
7 and 8—Pullman Sleeping Cars be
tween Atlanta and Chattanooga, and Pullman
Drawing-room Buffet Sleeping cars between
Macon and Asheville.
Louis and Kansas City, via Jesup and Atlanta.
Nos. Dand 20—Pullman Library Observation
Cars boiween Macon and New Yoik.
Connection at Union Depot, Atlanta, for all
points Jacksonville, north, east and west. Also at Jesup for I
lumbia, Washington Tampa, and etc., the and Havannah, Co
east.
SOL'TH EKN PROWRESS.
List of Nt;vr ImluBiri«B Reported Dur
ing the I*a*t Week.
Arnong the more important of the
new industries reported for the pa t j
week is a bobbin factory at Greens
boro, N. C.. aud bottling works at
Greenville, Tex.; brick works at An- j
niston, Ala., and a $60,000 brick plant
at Atlanta, Ga.; a chair lactory at Mil- [
ton, N. C,, a $100,000 coke company j
at Birmingham,Ala.,acoal miningcom- j
pany at Knoxville, Tenn., and another j
with a capital of 350,000 at Grandview,
W. Va.; a $100,000 cotton compress
and gin at Little Rock, Ark.; a distil- ;
lery at Watauga, Tenn.; and electric j
light plant at Humboldt, Tenn., aud a |
$100,000 electric light and power plant j
at New Orleans, La.; an engineering
and construction company at New
Orleans; a $40,000 furniture far
,or ? nt Shreveport, La., and others
at P* ue Rl u ®» Ark., High Point,
y c < ftnd Jobll8on city, Tenn.; a
hardware company at Fairmont, \V.
Va ; ice factories at Brewton anil Sel- |
ma, Ala., Waycross, Ga., aud Lafay- |
ette and Lockport, La., a knitting mill
at Washington, N. C.; a $100,000 lurn
others'at . „ nmn „. v p; Tre^Ark r V fin u VV Vn anil und
V Marked ™C‘a Oak
Grove Lrrove, «. o., a lumber lumoer mm mill ut ut L-euar Cedar
town, Ga.; machine shops at Way
a r «150 roo’naval stores com ’au/ a[
Kueminc IHa 1 ‘ oa tat r at
'u L. il andga com L
F„“l7. MWw tV.uu!!;' t™ L W v.tff. V, plan 1 '
mill, .1 at iai auegn, Ala., > Jri a
- ,
La., Jack on, Miss and Knoxville,
Jenu.; saw mills at Plaqnctmue and
Hinestou, La., and one to cost $50,000
at Lmporia, Va ; telephone systems at
Waynesboro, Ga. and F.ncastle, As.,
ana a wagon factory at Union. S. G.
Iradesman (Chattanooga, Tenn.i
URGE RIVER IMPROVEMENTS.
Soutliprn Delegation Appears Before Kiv
vr* a:i'l Harbor* Committee.
A Washington special says: A large
delegation of Tennessee and Alabama
citizens appeared before tbe rivers ‘
aud harbors committee Friday to orge
the improvement of tbe Tennessee
rivef in Alabama and Tennestee. Ike
delegation was headed Ly General
John T. Wilder, of Knoxville, and
J. C. Harrie, of HooUville
DEVOTED TO THE INTERESTS OF PIERCE COUNTY.
BLACKSHEAR. GA.. THURSDAY. DECEMBER 13..1D00.
TAX LAW IS UPHELD
United States Supreme Court Da
cides Against “Peg” Williams.
IMMIGRANT AGENT MUST PAY TAX
Teat Case Was Made to Decide Constitu
tionality of Georgia Law and the State
Courts Are Upheld In Decisions.
A Washington special says: In an
opinion handed down by Chief Justice
Fuller, the United States supreme!
court Monday affirmed the opinion of |
the supreme court of Georgia in the
case of R. A. Williams against Sheriff
Fear, of Morgan county. The case
involved the constitutionality of tho
state revenue law, and especially that
portiou of it applying to immigrant
agents. Both decisions upheld the
law.
R. A. Williams, better known as
Peg Leg Williams, has gained wide
notoriety of late by .his immigration
operations in Georgia and his refusal
to pay tho tax demanded of him by
the stale, and lie will now have to pay
$500 tax, or discontinue business.
The history of tho Williams case is
well known as its different features
have all from time to time been pub
lished. It will be remembered that
Williams created quite a sensation in
Georgia by visiting different counties
and inducing the negro farm hands to
immigrate to other states. There is a
state law that requires such immigrant
agents to pay a tax of $500, and it was
only a short time until the tax collec
tors were hot on William’s trail, in an
effort to collect the tax.
In some counties, however, the
agent stoutly refused to obey the the law,
und i i two counties ho paid lux
under protest. Williams visited Mor
gan county and began to pursue his
profession of transporting the negro
labor. The tax collector there called
on him for the tax, requisite to carry
ou the business, but Williams refused
to pay it. The cullec’or then swore
out a warrant before a justico of tbo
peace, charging Williams with a mis
demeanor, aud on trial he was com
mitted to the county court.
The matter was carried through all
the lower courts, and as a last resort
Williams appealed to the United States
supreme court for a decision.. This
decision- was handed down Monday,
aud it filially decrees that the immi
grant agent must accede to tho de
mands of thesitate of Georgia, or seek
new fields to prosecute his immigra
tiou business. There are also war
rants in several other counties against
Williams for failure to pay tnx, and it,
is probable that the state will receive
a neat, sum in the nature of back taxes.
An migrant office was recently open
ed in Atlanta by Williams, and he lias
persistently refused to pay the state,
tax. He will now have to pass over
to the tnx collector the necessary coin,
or he will he arrested aud prosecuted in
the state courts. This stubboruly
fonght ease has attracted much atten
tion, not only iu Georgia, but all over
the south, and the courso pursued by
Williams will be watched with inter
est.
“NfJUABULE” OVER BEAD I1DDV.
Undertaker Claims Remains of Negro For
Whom Upward Was OfFored.
A few days ago a negro named Doug
Miller fell from a Southern trestle
in Rome, Ga., crushing liis skull and
sustaining other injuries. He was not
dead when picked up and the physi
ciuns resorted to trepanning, but witli
out result, as tho negro died in a short
time.
Since his death the fact has been
brought out that Miller is wanted in
Alabama for the murder of a white
m a n and that there iH $100 reward for
his capture. Just here is the point
for a hot discussion between tbe police
force and Frank West, undertaker,
When tho negro fell West’s ambulance
removed him to his hoarding house,
When be died the body was removed
to West’s undertaking parlors,
West thinks the reward belongs to
iff,,,. The police hold descriptions of
tho negro aud claim that they discov
ered the fact that he was wanted.
They demand the body. West refuses
to give it up, so a pretty muddle ex
ffts. In the meanwhile officers from
Alabama are awaited for thorough
identification.
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SENATE DAS BUSY DAY,
»°'<r l * Arto.n of Imtu.trial
CnmmU.lon at New Orleans.
It was decided Friday that when tho
senate adjourned J for the day J that it
bo .. j
sented B teJ „ ran>
addressed to the president of the sen
ate from N. F. Thompson, secretary
of tbe Southern Industrial commission,
in session at New Orleans, to tho
that the convention had passed a reso
f.vr.rii.n ‘ f„ ths i hokmiis Lv eon
gress of of B a ship b subsidy ab ffdv WH bill for for a a.. l
= CTnZu'L >Pon th tlS to inage
yt.tua.ly carried beside compeu. at.on
for carrying the mails.
___
THOOPS FROM PORTO RICO.
Klerentli Regiment Arrive* In Atlanta
»nd Static* rd at Mcl'herion.
A special military train arrived in
Atlanta, Ga., Thursday night with two
full companies of the Eleventh infantry
regiment of tho Lnited Btates army,
w hich will be stationed at Fort Me
Fberson.
The Eleventh regiment has been in
-Porto Rico, where it eaw some actual
tield scrvic acd engaged in some of
tbe on tbe island.
ARMY BILL IS PASSED
In the National House of Repre
sentatives By Big Majority. I 1
ARMY CANTEEN SECTION KNOCKED OUT
Party Lines Were Clearly Drawn—Plans
Of the Democrats Failed to t Secure Sup- !
port—Vote Was ICO to 133.
A Washington special says: Tho
110,186 of representatives Thursday
P a " 8ed tbc arm y reorganization bill by
“ vote ol 1(10 to Tllree Democrats
- Me8srs - Hall, of Pennsylvania, and
Underhill and Clayton of New York ^
voted with ,bo Republicans for the
bill, and Mr. McCall, Republican, of
Massachusetts, with tho Democrats
against it.
The proposition which some of tho
Democrats attempted to commit their
side to iu caucus, an extension of the
present temporary army until July 1,
1903, which was voted upon indirectly
on a motion to recommit, commanded
the votes of Only about half the oppo
sition and two Republicans—Mr. Mc
Call and Mr. Mann, of Illinois. Many
of the Democrats, however, voted
against the motion because they were
not only opposed to the reorganization,
but. al.-o to continuing the temporary
army at its present strength.
Quito a number of amendments voro
placed upou the table before it was
paused. Tho liveliest tight was made
upon a substitute offered by Mr. Lit
tlefield, of Maine, for the canteen sec
tion. Tho substitute absolutely pro
hibited tho sale of intoxicants at mili
tary posts. It. was supported by Lit
tlefield, Grosvonor, Republican, of
Ohio; Dick, Republican, of Ohio, am)
Hay, Democrat of Virginia, and op
posed by Slaydeu, Democrat, of Tex
as; Fitzgerald, Democrat, of Massa
chusetts; Pearce, Republican, of Mia
souri; Parker, R publican, of Now
Jersey, aud Bartholdi, Republican, of
Missouri,
Large delegations from the Woman's
Christian Temperance Union, which iH
in session in the city, watched the
fight from the galleries. Whep the
vole was taken the prohibition anuud
meut wns carried by an overwhelming
majority—153 to 01. Mr. Ilarlholdt
attempted to secure a record vote in
the house, hut the peculiar parliamen
tary status shut him out. The sections
designed to retire General Bluffier ns
a major general and Generals Fitzhugh
Leo and James H. Wilson as brigadier
generals were stricken out.
Among the amendments adopted
were those providing for fifty volun
teer surgeons and 150 assistant sur
geons for service in tho Philippines,
for thirty dental surgeons and for a
veterinary corps with aetuul rank.
The officers of the pay. corps were in
creased eleven and of the signal corps
twenty-three. The age limit was re
moved from volunteer officers eligible
to appointment ns first and second
lieutenants and the provision for re
tiring officers who served in tho civil
war as of the next higher grade was
stricken out.
The Hepburn amendment to pro
vide that vacancies in the quartermas
ter’s department could bo tilled from
civil life or from volunteer officers
commissioned since April 19, 1838,
which was pending when the house
adjourned AVednesday, was voted
down without division.
Mr. McClellan, of New York, gave
notice that at the proper time lie
should offer a substitute for the whole
bill to continue in force the present
law for a provisional army.
OLD OFFICERS RE-ELECTED
At Thar»day’> K»*»lon of XV. C. T. 11. Cob
volition In Woftlilncton.
•
At Thursday’s sossion of the Wo
man’s Christian Temperance- Union
convention in Washington the old
officers were re-elected as follows:
President—Mrs. L. M. N. Stevens.
Vice President, at large—Anna A.
Gordon.
Corresponding secretary—Mrs. Hu
Recording secretary Mrll Mrs. Clara dara C 0.
Hoffman.
| Assistant recording secretary-Mrs.
Frances Beauchamp.
Treasurer — Mrs. Helen M. Barker.
DEWEY’S MOTHER-IN-LAW ILL.
IM 15 Ki<‘iaim liiivo Lift,Jo Hope of M t*
Lean’s Recovery.
M f «- Washington McLean, mother
of John R. McLean, proprietor of the
Cincinnati Enquirer, and of Mrs.
1Jewe 7‘ of Admiral Dewey, is
‘ »«« *?'""*'* ner home dl tn . 0 [ Washing v h ™ rt ^'“M.ca- en. The
“ ‘ending pl.ys,cans have little, hope
of ,Jtr nmovery.
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A wreck t, occurred i at 10:30 o’clock
th. Boutharn raff
way three mdee south of Sanford,
Tenn., result.ng .n the death of Cou
doctor Luvid I. Glover and two nn
known tramps.
BLANDEOUD l.O'Es LUCRE.
N«w Yorker Hmya lie Wa* Hohho/I of 44,
ooo s».ar» * of stock.
^ T* Blanford, of New York,
ar
rived in Jacksonville, Fla , Monday
and reported that he was robbed of
44,000 shares of stock in the Rio
Honda Copper Company of Kew Mex
* cfJ > while on bis way south, he alleg
that the certificates were tftkeji
Zombis grip in a sleeping car. He
has reported the alleged robbery to the
WORK OF ANGRY
Negro, Charged With Assault, fs .
Swung From a Trestle.
BODY IS PULVERIZED WITH BULLETS
Mr*. White, Victim of KnviiiKir, YVm
Honten Into Insensibility ami Left
III Dying: Condition,
As a result of the fearful assault on
Wrs Joo Wbite at Early, «a., Thurs
dny afternoon afternoon Bud Rufus,
oolored> W11S , yllclied Friday night be .
tweeu n*nd 12 o’clock by a determ*
ined bfttld 0 , men.
The negro was swung .from a liigu
trestle about half a mile from Early
on the Rome and Decatur railroad.
The rope was tied around his neck and
he was asked if he had anything to
say. Rnfus replied:
“Nothing, ’cept to tell you gentle
men goodby, and to ask tlint yon toll
my folks farewell.”
Ho made no reference to the crime
and said nothing as to his guilt or in
nocence.
Rufus was theu shoved from tho
bridge, but the ropo proved too weak
and broke, iho body plunging into tho
ravine below. The crowd then began
firing upon tho prostrate body. One
shot struck Rufus squarely in the een
ter of the forehead and plowed its " ay
through his brain. His chest, was al
most in a pulp and one baud hung by
a tendon. There is no way of tolling
how many shots were fired, but Rufus’
holy was struck fully a hundred
times. 1
Tho remains were carried up the
embankment mid laid near tho rullrond
track. On his breast wns a placard
bearing this notice:
“This is a warning to both black
and white not to meddle or you
will suffer the same fate.
“Wk Auk Tub PeoMjB.”
Friday morning the tiody was viewed
by hundreds of curious people who
traveled scores of miles in buggies,
wagons, horseback and walking to wit
ness the giewsome sight.
The full and awful details of the as
suult on Mrs. White are as follows:
Mrs. White was picking cotton near
home Thursday afternoon when the
assault was made. The miscreant evi
dently slipped up behind her and
dealt a fearful blow over the head
with the limb of a tree as large us a
man’s leg.
He then dragged her unconscious
form to the river hank ami seized an
other largo stick and beat tbe woman
about the head and body until he
thought lifo extinct. Mrs. White was
then flung into a oanebreak on the
river bank. The stick lie tried to
throw into the water, but it was found
next day in some vines. It was clot
ted with blood.
When Mrs. White failed to rolnru
at dusk tho search began. It was over
an hour before she was found, ami
tlion by a low gurgling groan coming
from the canes.
Her skull wus crushed iu, jawbones
broken and face and head out and
beaten almost beyond recognition. She
never gained full conscousness,but lay
in a stupor.
Bud Rnfus, who was suspected of
perpetrating the crime was arrested on
the place of Mr. Appleton, near
Early, und carried before the dy
ing woman. Who could not speak, but
when asked if the negro was her ussail
ant, nodded her bead.- Tbo negro was
then given a bearing before ’Squire
Early and remanded to jail.
Tbo officers hoped to get him into
Rome, twelve miles distant, on a local
freight train which passed that point
ut 6:25 o’clock, but an armed cordon
of men stood grimly about tho train
and the effort was abandoned.
Bailiff Poole theu carried the pris
oner to an old out of the way house,
thinking to thus throw the crowd off
the track and spirit tho negro to some
jail.
l'he hope was futile, for about 10
o’clock tbe lynchers broko into tho
home and overpowered the bailiff.
Rufus ivan carried to iho trestle and
met death vs described.
Johannesburg Is Fenced In.
A dispatch received in London from
Johannesburg says the town has been
fenced round with barbed wire to pre
vent the inhabitants getting food to
the Boers.
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SULTAN JOLLIES AMERICANS.
OfHupr* of HattlesliIp Knntmtky Knter
t a fried In I'aIhco.
j A dispatch t from . Conslant.nople
says: A dinner was given at the Yildiz
I palace Monday night in honor of the
officers of the United States battle-’
| ship Kentucky now at Smyrna, previ
oiih to winch the United State, charge
d’affa.res, Lloyd G. Gn.com, .ntro
duced the officers to the su tan. The
grand vizier and other dignitaries were
present at the dinner. Subsequently
Se.S Mr (} r i ^ Hl .„m r^IvSr and Captain Colby M
enC(i , #v the Hult an. who afterwards re,
other officers and addressed
lh , m iu B , ow „ r8ciou , words.
FIRST SUPPLY RILL I'ASSED.
Hunan ARtcfi to Apppoprlatlo*! M<si*urn
Ca* ryln* Ovrr 924,000,000.
The Aral of tbe KT<‘ht mipply hilln,
tbe legiHlative, executive and judicial
appropriation bill, was parsed in the
house Monday in record time, The
bill carries $24, 400, BOH, and lias RII
pages, bat there was less than t6n rain*
utes consumed upon it. Mr. Bing
^am, of Pennsylvania, who was in
I Fanils charge of tbe measure, tendered b»s
to the hon»e
Subscription, One Dollar a Year.
ESTABLISHED 1880
MINISTER ACQUITTED
A Sensational Murder Trial at
Hamburg, S. C , Ended.
DEFENDANT MAKES HIS STATEMENT.
Viirrilot ikOiulorcd SuiuFty Mm'iiittB »ncl
Rev. John sou Went at Once »n<l
l'li'ucUed to III* Con irretention.
Rev. William E. .Tohusou preached
to a large congregation in tho Baptist,
church in Bamberg, 8. O., at 11
o’clock Sunday. At 5:30 Sunday
morning the jury that hud been hear
ing tho evidence iu liis case for four
days rendered a verdict acquitting him
of tho murder of William T. Bellinger,
court stenographer of the second cir
cuit. Joudhou went from the court
room to his home, and after spending
a few hours there repaired to his
church, where ho was greeted by ii
There wore a few in the court room
when the jury announced their agree
ment. Johnson appeared, aud from
hiB calm demeanor none would have
suspected he was a man who was
about to be told whether he was to
suffer tho penalty for a terrible crime
or bo given freedom aud returned to
liis family. Quietly he stood,'■without
showing tho least emotion, while the
clerk read tho papers and read not
guilty,
Tho trial throughout attracted wide
spread interest. The dosing testimony
for tho dofense, liowover, wus the most
important. It was known Hint the
defendant would take the stand, and
tho courthouse was packed.
The defendant was the last witness
for liis side. lie was the pastor of
three Baptist churches- at Bamberg,
Denmark and Hunter’s chapel. Iu
.Tuut, 1899, ho was called on by Mr
Brown to perform a marriage cere
mony between him and Miss Bellin
ger. Saturday following Mrs. Bellin
ger cauie to his house and abused him
to his wife. Willie Bellinger, who
came for his mother, said to Mrs.
Johnson: "Shut up; I've heard enough
of that,” when she remonstrated for
the abuse of her husband.
Tho witness did not see Bollinger
again until the day before tho shoot
ing, when he found him sitting on the
line fence between the parsonage ami
the Bellinger's. Mrs. Bellinger was
present. A negro painter was in the
parsonage yard painting a Bollinger fence. John
son ordered him out. or
dered him to remain. The negro said
ho was afraid. ‘‘Afraid of what I” ex
claimed lielliuger. ‘‘That long log
ged —,” with several other epithets.
‘‘1 told Bollinger lie could not go out
in the road and say that. Ho jumped
down and went out of his gate. I went
out of liiinu and saw he hud a pistol iu
his hand. I exclaimed, ‘You are
armed, oh T Bollinger repeated his
abusive language. 1 tinned and walk
ed back. Boon after Colonel Counts
came to my house, and I told him of
the difficulty. He went off and 're
turned with Mr. Sanders, bringing a
gun, which I used in shooting Mr.
Bellinger. It was loaded. I expected
to use it to protect myself, my family
and my home.
‘‘Tho next morning I went with
Mr. Brown to the postoffio. 1 was
armed with a pistol, because I thought
I wus iu danger of heirig shot. After
returning to my home, Brown drove
up to the gate, and I started out to
meet him. I saw Willie Bellinger
coming across the campus, which is in
front of my house, and 1 picked up my
shotgun to defend myself against any
possible danger.
‘‘When I got to where Brown was
Bellinger had approached to within
ten or fifteen stops ol us, and he open
ed fire on us with a pistol. Mr. Bel
linger shot at me twice. Then I shot.
I was standing in the road. Without
reference to any telegraph pole, there
was nothing between us that I saw.
I shot him to save my life.”
On cross examination by the attor
ney general, Johnson said lie was
standing by Brown’s horso talking,
when Dellinger came up. After tiring
tho first shot he brought his gun to the
position of "ready” so lie could use
the other barrel, if necessary. After
tho shooting he quieted his wife ami
drove to tho jail. He had wanted to
fight Bellinger with his fists, not with
a pistol.
KARAN RES I OKED TO DUTY.
Folio vs I mic I'reulflefil'i Order <J«n. Mile*
rinr uA III* Detractor on R<it.lr«-«l LUt.
A Washington special says: Thnrs
day . Br.gad.er . , General „ 0. „ I*. Eagan, r ,
j oommisaary general, was restored lo
| duty by the president aud at once
placed on the retired list
Tha order issued by the president
remitted the unexp.r.d portion of he
sentence and restored him to a status
i of duty with station in this city."
This order win immediately kies followed
by one issued by General an
! nonneiag that General Eagan had been
placed on tbe retired list on his own
application after thirty years service.
fOWNK GETS COMMISSION.
! .Sliver lUpuhllcMO Ooea to Senate to Fill
Cushman RnvU’t I’leoe.
Former Congreaaman Charles A.
Towne, silver Republican, of Duluth,
arrivtn! in St. J'»'ff, Miuu., Turkilay and
nt once called on Governor Lind. He
formally accepted the nomination to
the United States senate for the
vacancy caused by tbe death of Cuah-
1 rujiu E. Davis, and received hie com
tniasiou.
COTTON TAKES DROP
As Result of Report Issued By
Government Statistician.
PRODUCTION GIVEN AT 10,090,000 BALES
Publication of F.stlmate of Crop For
1000*1001 Produces Panic on Stock
If ^changes—Slump 50 Points.
A Washington special says: The
statistician of tho agricultural depart
ment reports 10,009,000 bales as the
probable cotton production of tho
United States for 1900 1901. In tho
uiukiug of this estimate the same
methods and agencies have been used
'but were employed last yepr. Many
'housands of giuuerB linvo, however,
made reports for the first time.
The estimate of the yield iu pounds
of lint cotton per acre is as follows:
Virginia, 180; North Carolina 199;
South Carolina 107; Geortjia 172; Flor
ida 133; Alabama 151; Mississippi 159;
Louisiana 234; Texas 220; Arkansas
223; Tennessee 177; Missouri 275; Ok
lahoma 318; Indian Territory 289.
Tho acreage, after eliminating nil
bind from which no crop whatever
will bo gathered, is estimated at 25,-
134,734.
The publication Monday of the gov
ernment's estimate of tho yield of tho
cotton for the season of 1900-1901 pro
duced >■ panic on tho cotton exchange.
It wad a damper on the bull contin
gent, from whose standpoint it is a
idiculous document, tlio estimated
yield being far in excess of what had
been exp. cted and what all privateaud
.fficial advices led them to believe.
There are very few friends of cotton
who believed the government’s esti
mate would reach 10,000,000, tho max
immn figures of Neill—9,750,000 bales
—being accepted by tho conservative
olemeut.
Although the report wOh expected,
no no of tho traders wore prepared for
such a largo estimate. Perhaps not a
dozen members on tho floor had any
idea that the crop would excoed nine
tnilliouH and three-quarters.
The estimate made by the Cotton
States Association of Commissioners
f Agriculture ut tlioir meeting in
Raleigh iu August was 9,364,660
nates, and various predictions by
many prominent cotton men in tho
south, which ranged in somo cases as
low us 7,500,090 hales, bad prepared
the general mind for a government
estimate of about 9,500,000 bales.
The effect on the market was start
ling. Helling orders camo in from
every quarter and the market was soon
choked Tho price declined iu a fow
Every #
minutes from 40 to 50 points.
trude was handled that could poHHibly
lie recorded aud tho selling was ouor
riioiis. Much cotton, bought only a
half hour before on bullish rumors,
was dumped on tho market and aided
materially in sending tho markot on
its downward course. Tho south sent,
in orders by the thousand tiaies and
Europe was also a heavy seller.
The prevailing opinion in all parts
of the country, arid especially at tho
south, that tiie crop this year would
be a “short" one lias, it is beliovod,
caused much cotton to be held in
farmers’ hands. While there was a
great amount of the staple rushed to
market when tho market went on its
rampage several weeks ugo, touching
tho 10-cent mark for the spot option,
it is thought by traders that, there is
still a large amount of cotton hold in
first hands.
“11,1.1,(UI,” KISSING
Is Ul»i«.r|(h 1/poll Which on Atlanta Den
tist Is Arrested.
Under a charge of assault Dr. J. S.
Thompson, one of tbe most prominent
dentists in Atlanta, Ga., awaits his
trial in a justice court.
Tho circumstances connected with
the ease are sensational in their nuturo
and the charges involve improper con
duct towards Miss Ida Hollingsworth,
a 16-ycnr-old girl, who of possesses nwru and
than a usual amount beauty,
v h i, it is claimed, was unduly taken
an vantage of while iu the office of Dr.
Thompson, where she had gono to
have some dental work attended to.
Dr. Thompson vehemently declares
himself innocent and says that therein
nothing in the story.
NEW FACES IN SENATE.
Mr. Towni’i HlliT’cstor to th** Lato Senator
Diivls, I* Sworn I ii,
A Washington dispatch saye: When
the senate convened Monday Mr.
Chandler, of New Hampshire; Mr.
Bate, of Tennessee, and Mr. Turley,of
Teuueatee; who has heretofore iluiing
the present se ion h ol not been in at
tendance wire in their seats.
Charles A. Towue, appointed to
sneered the late Senator C. K. Davis,
of Minnesota, was also in attendance.
Mr. N'.lson, of Minnesota, present
ed the credentials of Mr. Towno and
they were read und ho was sworn in.
UUUI) .SHOWING MADE.
Folia! Affair* In I*h!llpplnes Are In Fine
ttbape—Bljc fiarplu* Shotvn
J. W. Vallie, director-general of
posts of the Philippine islands, in his
annual report to the postmaster gen
eral, shows a surplus of 819,623 to tbe
credit of the Philipplne-postal servico.
The revenue to June 80 last was $117,-
348 and the expenditure. $98,220,
making both yeara of the department’s
existence ahow a aurplus. Decided
progreia has been made iu opening
po.toffl.s,