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THE OFFICIAL ORGAN —OF— PIK E C Oil >TY, KEBSCItlP riON, $1.00 PER ANNUM. Edgar L. Rogers! Sweeping Summer Jteductions! .1 ill® ARE Cri LOW IN WM 111: From this date for 30 days I p opose to make a cut in prices on everything in ray store re gardless of cost- I do this in order to convert goods into cash, and to CLEAR MY STORE to make room for my Tremendous Fall and Win ter stock that I am now buying. THIS IS NO GUSH or blow just for sentiment, but a plain, COLD BUS I N KSS TRUTH. I mean every word of it. My entire stock will be subjected to this reckless cut in prices, but l will cut deepest on DRESS GOODS AND CLOTHING ! I am not scared or overstocked on anything, but I want tho room tl at tiieso goods occupy and the money that is invested in than.. star >1Y B A J? (jt V l X CJO17 ,s 1' ICR „.«* -Will be a NEW DEPARTURE FORBARNESVILLE But I am going to have one on a big sede and show the people what a Bargain Counter means. Lookout for my Bargain Counter! Cash is the poweiUd lever with which I propose to rabe a sensation in the dry goods ana clothing trade next season, and cash I will have if low prices are any inducement. Wow to the Point. When you have a cent or a dollar to invest call for next 30 days and ^et mv cut figures. pure, IT TUI, IS TIE HITO, YOURS TRULY, EDGAR L. ROGERS. Barnksvillb, Ga., July 1, 188!). PATRONIZE HOME INDUSTRY! Osborn – Wolcott GRIFFIN, GEORGIA, Man ufacturers of V / •V /h S ,iflffpf HI i~Z ’MM £3 a *" : r ----- y\ s \ - ■ \ r \ <■ CARRIAGES, BUGGIES AND WAGONS. FINE VEHICLES MADETO SPECIAL ORDER. * Repairing done neat ly, substantially ami with dispatch, Ilomt-made wagons war* ranted. A car lorn! of Tennessee Wagons Just Received. Best hand made harness always on hand. Wo can suit you. Don’t lose your money by investing in worthless vehicles and machine made harness. Dealers in Rough and Dressed Lumber, Every kind of House Material constantly on hand, and own make anything you want. Manufacturers, also, of ENGINES AND SAW MILLS, SYRUP MILL S FARM MACHINERY. ALL MANNER OF CASTINGS Carry a full line of Pipe and Pipe f ittings and engine Fixtures. Can make or h pair anything from a Baby’s Cra-de to a Locomotive. S sEser s - > – <❖> MufpJiejj HEADQUARTERS FOR Cfarmag^s, Engglm a–i W-A-G-0-N-S 5 000 PLOW-HOES AT BOTTOM PRICES! Barnesville, Ga. Cotmtg lottrcoi VOL. 1. ZEBULON, GA., TUESDAY, JULY 2, 1889. GENERAL NEWS. V OND RN3A Tl ON OF CURIOUS, AND EXCITING EVENTS. NEWS FROM RTRHVWHRRK—ACCIDENTS, STRIKES, TIRES, AND BAl'RENINOS Or INTEREST. Tho flood damaged the property of Pennsylvania to the extent of $44,250, 000 . The king of Holland, who recovered sufficiently from his recent illness has had to re sume the reins of government, a serious relapse, A portion of tho Manningliam mills, at Bradford, England, was burned Sun day. Loss, £50,000. Two firemen were killed by falling debris and several in jured. A dispatch from Lincoln, Neb., says: Mr. and Mrs. John Leavitt were arrested Wednesday, charged with the murder of their two daughters, near Gresham, Sun day night. No further paiticulars yet received. The withdrawal of gold for shipment from to Europe on Saturday’s steamer New York, has already set in, $4,250, 000 in gold burs being ordered at the assay office-Thursday for export by for eign brokers. Courier DoBruxelles says that Primo Minister Beernaert (who is also minister of finance) will bill present authorizing parliament the issue at Brussels, a of bonds to tho amount of $2,000,000 for the Congo railway. Rivers have overflowed their banks and partially submerged the town of Bar Leduc, Franco, in the department of Meuse, and the surrounding country. Many houses underminded and de stroyed, and crops and vineyards have been ruined. The marriage of Prince Frederick Leopold and the Princess Louise ot Schleswig was solemnized nt Berlin, Monday. The emperor and empress and many royalties were present at both the civil and religious ceremonies. A grand banquet followed. Official returns have bc^n received from every county in the state of Pennsylva nia. The majority against the prohibi tory amenduii nt is 180,020/ The ma jority against the suffrage amendment, providing for a repeal of the poll tax qualification, is 235,540. General Cameron w'as prostrated Springs, on Thursday at his home, Donegal and Pa., with paralysis of the right arm Ex side, and his condition is critical. Attorney-General Wayne McVeagh and wife, and Mrs. Haldeimin, General Cam eron’s daughter, are with him. Mrs. Hayes, wife of Ex-President Rutherford B. Hayes, died last Tuesday morning at Ftempnt, O, At the bedside were members of the family, together with Mrs. Mitchell, of Columbus, coudn SKSSSWSK–rS ........../***«•,. A boy named Snyder, thirteen years old, residing at murdered Highland, near fotirboys, lerre Haute, Ind,, was by whose ages range from nine to fifteen. 'I he hoys are two brothers, mimed I eat man, and two named Douglas. Snyder » body was found in a creek, lie had >cen stabbed and shot. All the boys are un der arrest. George McCann, who was awaiting trial for the murder of his wife, hanged prison, himself in his celt at the county Philadelphia, early Tuesday morning. that His cell was but a few yards from in which Mrs. Whittling was at the time awaiting execution. He hanged himself with a pocket handkerchief fastened to the door knob of his cell. Two veidiets were rendered Tuesday in two murder esses at Admits, Gn. The first was that of M. T. Whitlock,charged with the murder of ,J. G. Welding. Whit lock was found guilty of manslaughter, and sentenced to ten ye r- in the peni tentiary. The second verdict was in the ease of Arthur flayne, tried for the mur der of the Itdian fruit vendor, Christo phinc. The jury found him “not guilty.” “Red Nosed Jlike,” who muidered pay master McCluto and the stable boss, Hugh Fiuunngan, in October last, was bunged Tuesday morning at Wilkesboro, l’a. Hu gave to ouo of the clergymen who attended him a coufetsiou of his crime, covering fifty-two pages Italian manuscript. The confession lias not yet been fully translated, but lie admits hav ing killed both McClure and Fiannagan, though ho asserts that he acted under compulsion. Harry H. Flamm, who was an cm ployo of the Marine National Bank, at Pittsburg, Pa., was lodged in jail Sat urday night on the charge of having em bezzled $35,000. About 4 o’clock that afternoon, W. W. O'Neil, president against of the hank, lodged information Flumui Flamm for embezzlement, was taken from bis desk. $20,000 bail was demanded for his bearing Monday. Be- he ing unable to secure that amount, was lodged in jail. A disastrous fire, accompanied Friday by se rious loss of life, occurred early evening in the, fireworks establishment of Heycr Bros., corner Summer and Hawley streets, Boston, Mass. Three dead bodies have been taken out, and others and one probably fatally injured, and two boys mining. ^ dispatch from Providence, It. I., says: The fifth amendment to the con stitution of Rhode Island, the prohibi tory amendment, was on Thursday re pealed by a vote of 5,469 more than three fifths of the total vote necessary to carry the amendment. The vote will be officially counted on or before July 15th, and will be announced by proclamation on or before July 10th. The election was quiet, and the result created no ex citement in the city streets that night. At midnight a sa'ute of fifty guns was fired in consequence of the repeal. $144,722,425 The liquor interests ot Pennsylvania they have invested in roa! estate; $ft,!2I,b80 em- iu ploy 17,000 men; pay annually Govemm"'^’ permits wagoj?, and stamps, $12,502,S2» *1,743,570 for in Htato red county license fees, $4,401,073 in twees pa real f Et.de. and $27,172,873 fo? -xgg.terf.ftl used. CALLS HIMSELF CHRIST. A KEORO IN OEORGIA CREATES MUCII EX CITEMENT AMONG III8 RACE. For ft month, ft man culling himsell Jesus Christ has been going about through insane Liberly which county, ho called da., preaching. raving in an way The negroes have come, to believe in him, and have a ceptod his words as inspired teachings. “Give commanded. up everything ‘Let ami fol low me,” ho your crops go. Turn your cittjo into the patches. The Lord will hundreds provide tor of you.” And, obeying him, little negroes have quit weak Their crops have grown up with weeds. The planters have been deserted by their la borers, who absolutely refuse to work. Turpentine manufacturers and the saw mill men have difficulty operations. in getting help The enough to continue colored population has boon completely demoralized for three weeks. To such an extent had the craze spread uud the that the intelligent colored people whites joined in discussing Thursday sonic plan to put a stop to it. So a warrant was issued for the man’s arrest. He calls himself Jesus Christ, declaring cloud. that ho desceudod from heaven in a Ia the warrant the name jCampbell prophet was told ap- his plied to him. The new people not to offer any resistance. They feared that ho would he crucified, but lie told them that he would not bo put to death again, When tho officers wont to arrest him no resistance was offered, but a largo crowd soon joined the favored disciples, who aro almost constantly about him. They wore ready to tear the officers to pieces, but at the Lord's request suffered him to be taken quietly away. The constable drove to 1'lemington, where Justice Fleming resides. Friday he was tried. There is no telegraph office near Flemington, and the result of tho trial could not yet be learned. Ho shows scars in his hands which he says were made by the nails wheu he was crucified on Onl vary. Jlis hair and beard are long and ahaggv, although he evidently endeavors to Him his beard as the Sivior’s is rep resented in sumo old pictures. The negroes fall down and worship and anoint him, and kiss his hands and feet him. He dresses shabbily sometimes, ami at all times poorly. Tie refuses moil ey publicly, but is suid to have mon ev. Campbell ciimo from the West, it is believed. At his bidding women their fami- have left their husbands and men lies to follow him about. His familiarity with tho scriptures is exceptional. will back Hu lias told the people that ho go to Heaven in a chariot of tiro at uu early date. MURDER C^5NFES8ED. AN OLD WOMAN 'fiti !W SHE KILLED it Knit .vfJLiN LtNi). fe'wrersjraT:™ .A S* »■;;, o. „ cnr j,j s | I0US „ with his throat cut from cftr to e „ r j t waa thought to he a case and no inquiry was made. A fcw ( |., ya a ,, 0 w hilo laboring under re jj„j 0Ua excitement, Mrs. Charlotte Allen, tlu , 8CVC1) tv-year-old widow of the dead nlnn confessed to two colored servants J j tu £ ,|j C ted tho crime. She said she and her husband hid trouble ns to who was the rightful owner of the farm, and in order to settle the dispute she gave her husband morphine in his ten. Allen fell sleep in the garden. She then procured a table knife and rope, and tied the rope around his body, and, making several slashes at his throat, half severed his head from his body, She then dragged the body to a tree and tied it there. A HORRIBLE DEATH. KNOCKED DOWN BY AN ENGINE AND DRAG OED THREE HUNDRED FEET. Savannah Brown, a workman, was killed by a Georgia Ruilroad switch eu engine near Atlanta, Ga., Thursday morning. He was walking along hand. the track with a dinner bucket in ids After he was knocked down some pirt of the dragged engine caught three him, hun- and lie was nearly machine could dred feet before the be stopped and his body extricated. _ When it stopped ho was dead. The engine had to back before the b sly could be pulled loose from the ash-box, to which it was fastened. The right foot v. ;is crushed off, the left firm crushed ground and to a pulp, the face and chest mangled and the neck broken. lit owe wafi about twenty ax years old, body and bar a wife arid two children. The was taken charge of by his relatives. LITTLE ENGINEERS. PHIL A DELPHI A BOfS KILLED BY THE EX PLOSION OF A SOME-MADE BOILER. Harry and W/dinm Jerscr, aged 16 and IT year.-', wort killed Saturday, and are victims of tied mechanical pieco ciousncs'. They were inventive lad-, and employed much if their time running a small engine. Ticy had been get lending steam in i.n old rtngo boiler and convey ing it to tho eiigi in by mi ana of a gas pipe. They to reived the idea of at taching the engine 10 the family icc-crc.nu with fretz-r, and thejiby doing away fire bund turning. 'Jlmy Saturday were getting in (-mull a • for iliis purpose a brick furnace uirhr the boiler, when a teirdie cxplosion;took place, killing both boys, and tnjtiriJg Mrs. wild FloraKriesoand nearby. little Henry KrU* , were FIRE IN JOHNSTOWN. THE FLAMES DEM 1 HOY A LARGE NUMBER OT HOUSES. A sweeping fire broke out in Johns town, Pa , at 12.30 Monday afterm on. The iLiues spread rapidly, and burning. at ont o’clock twenty houses were' Among those burned is the fits, ward school-bouse. All engines lit the intense place wire called out. and tho most excitement prevailed. Nearly all the houses burning were n ore or less de stroyed by the tl od. The wind was high, and tin tire -picad rap'dly beyord towards Kernvi'R It->.is soon of the tire dtp.r m.nt», and at lust c mots coy., fed five acr a, WASHINGTON, D. C. MOVEMENTS OF THE PRESIDENT AND 1U8 ADVISERS. APPOINTMENTS, DEOISIONS, ANJ1 OTIIEll MATTV.nS OF INTE11UST FROM TUB NATIONAL CAPITAL. The President on Wednesday appoint ed Johu 11. Lewis to be po-tmaster at Atlanta, Ga., vice John W. Renlroe, re signed. Tho pension offico on Tuesday made requisitions for upon the treasury depart ment $15,000,000 out of the appro priation amount will to bo bo available placed July the 1st. credit This of to pension agents on the first or second of tho coming month. There are said to be between 8,000 and 10,000 first payment vouchers awaiting the depositing of this money. Mr. made Porter, brief superintendent of before the cen- the su<, President, a Wednesday argument afternoon, oppos ing rules the proposition to apply civil service office, to appointments in the census iu tho course of which he said that ex puriencc lias shown that for this particu lar service better men can he secured by election, on account of specialties, well-known qual ifications in ceitain than by selection from a list of persons willing to enter competitive examination. A delegation of colored men waited on tho President Wednesday morning and urged the appointment of Air. Calvin Chase as recorder of deeds in Washing ton. Tho delegation took occasion to thank the President for tho disposition shown by him not to restrict tho ap pointment but of colored consider men their to elegibility particular <>IUecs ; to for offices other than these Another previously colored held by colored men. delegation, led by ex-Representative asked Smalls, called later in the day and tho appointment of Mr. Webster us col lector of internal revenue for South Car olina. Twenty-seven tho President postmasters wero Tuesday, ap pointed them by the following: on Joseph II. among vice L. B. Manly, at Augusta, Me., Shaffer, Ra Fowler, removed; A. W. leigh, N. C., vice Samuel A. Ashe, re moved; Hansford Anderson, at West Point, Va., the office having become presidential; Louis OcLaRue, at Ash land, Va., the office having become presidential; William Worth 11. Logan, Rmieffer, at Woodstock, expired; Va., vice William J. Gibb-, commission 11. at Jackson, Miss., vice Weit Adams, de ceased; Byron Lemly not having been confirmed by the Senate, James E. Ever ett., at Yazoo City, Miss., vice Claiborne Bowman, commission expired. The President on Friday appointed A. T. Wimberly collector of internal reve nue f r the district of Louisiana. To be United States attorney, William E. ■ 'r.aig, of Virginia, for the western dis trict of Virginia. To ho Cunningham, United States marshal, George I. of South Carolina, for the district of South Carolina. Frank Mason, of Ohio, lias been appointed consul Trait, general of Maryland, at Frank fort; Charles B. consul at Marseilles, and IT. G. Knowles, of Delaware, consul at Bordeaux. The following consular appointments Simons, of were Col made later: Olivet'll. urado, consul to Hong Kong; Chatham, Win. loriaghan, of Oiiio, consul to Ontario; Win. T. Rice, of Ma-sachu itls, consul to Leghorn; Lyell T. Ad ,ms, of New York, consul to Ilorgen, .■Switzerland; Henry W. Diedcrick, of Indiana, consul to Nuremberg, and Ro land J. Hcmmiek, of Pennsylvania, con sul to Geneva. Switzerland. VOTING INSANE PEOPLE. AN INDIANA POOR-HOUSE SUPERINTEND ENT CONFESSES HIS GUILT. Hiram W. Miller, ex-treas.ircr of Mn ■imi county, Ind., and Smith Williams, Hiperioteinleut of the county poor asy lum, who were indicted tor voting the idiotic and insane inmates of tlie county asylum at the Judge last election, Thursday. pleaded guilty before Woods Miller, who, ns election inspector in too precinct, disregarded the challenges in receiving the votes of the unfortunates, Was fined $250, and Williams, who the preliminary hearing showed conspired with Miller to vote the paupers, was fined $50. The result of the prosecution will ia regarded as important in that it stop' the of voting the county of idiotic throughout and insane the inmates state, a practice that has become common during recent years. mail pouch stolen. MYSTERIOUS DISAPPEARSNE OF A NABII VILLE, TKNN,, MAIL POUCH. Ail the mail that left tho Nashville postoffice for the Soutli on the night fact of May 17th has disappeared. The bus been withheld by the postoffice ofh cials, that investigation might not be hampered. Up to the pnseiit nothing han been learned iurthor than that the mail was made up ns usual and delivered al the door of the postoffice to the keeper of the wagon which carries the mail to the depot. The pouch was locked up in this wagon, which drove off toward the depot, and that is the last heard of it. It. i- impossible now to learn how much money was in the mail. It was destined for a large and important territory, and the presumption is that the pouch con tained much valuable matter._ COLORED ALLIANCE. A MEETING IN COLUMBIA, S. C.— A LARGE ORGANIZATION. Delegates from most of the counties in which there are colored Farmers’ Allian ces met Wednesday morning in the Court House, in Columbia, S. C., to perfect a State organization. The risso elation in South Carolina is a branch of the “Colored Farmers; National Alliance nnd Co-operative Union.” The <)rder seems to have been first founded ill Texas, and lias rapidly spread R. over M. eighteen states. Superintendent Carolinian, and Humphrey, who is a graduated nt Furman in 1858, report* that there are n w 358 Sub-Alliances throughout the state, with a membership ^ of 49,000. The Order has 575,000 mem hers in the United States. NUMBER 32. WOOLFOLK GUILTY. UlS TRIAL ENDED AT PERRY, GA., WITH THE A110YE VERDICT. On Monday, the jury in the case of the Woolfo.k murder declared as their verdict, after having retired fur only forty-five minutes, that Tom Woolfolk was guilty. The jury was called, and Foreman Joe Frederick gave it to Solic itor Felton, wise slowly and distinctly said: “IVo, the jury, find the defend ant guilty.” A defense, poll of the jury ordered. was asked for by the and so Each juror said the verdict was his. The verdict was received iu absolute si lence, very few having left the court room white the jury was ont. with Though the tho verdict is in accordance convictions of the people, there ■was positively no demonstration possibly of approval the whon rendered, except 1 ilcased expression on tho expectant aces. It. S. and J. IV. Woolfolk, cous ins of the prisoner, left the courthouse and town after the jury retired and bo loro the verdict was rendered. The aggregate exact time occupied the by tho argument on both sides, after evi dence was oil in, was thirty-one hours and thirty fivo minutes; by the prosecu tion thirteen hours and twenty-nine minutes, by tho defense eighteen hours and six minutes. ing, When Judge court Gustin opened asked on tho Tuesday prisoner morn. if be had anything to say, why sentence of death should nut ho passed upon him. With subdued emotion ami hands clasped tremblingly ill front, Woolfolk answered: “Nothing, except that I am an innocent man.” Captain Rutherford then asked tliut sentence lie postponed until a motion for a new trial could be perfected, us the case would be carried to tho supreme court if a new trial is not granted. This r< quest was denied, and Judge Gustin proceeded to puss sentence, which pro vides that Thomas G. Woolfolk shall be hung iu Houston county on tho 10th of August next, between 10 a. m, and 3 p. m.. in an enclosure, to which ro specta tors will he admitted, save the relatives and friends designated by the con demned, the guards chosen by the sheriff, and Drs. M. \V. IJav s and O. R. Maun, examining physicians. MRS. WHITELING HANGED. the woman who poisoned her whole FAMILY IN PHILADELPHIA. Mrs. Whileling, who poisoned hanged her husband and two children, was yard Tuesday morning in the jiil at Philadelphia, Pa. The drop fell at 10.07 o’clock, and the bo ly was lowered and reruov ed at 10.41. The woman's bearing throughout tho terrible ordeal was the most remaikabie exhibition of fortitude and resignation to tier I'a’.c. During the entire morning she never for ofweakness, a ni-.mcnt showed tiio slightest evidence and frequently expressed her pleasure husband at the prospect of “meeting her and children.” Several p; ysicbins who were present at the execution, uml who have, more or less, frequently been with the condemned w oman ijince her incar ceration, expressed surprise at the wo man’s exhibition of calmness in meeting her death, although they agreed time in shown tho statement that she lias at uo any evidence of an unsound mind. Physicians say her death was instant from strangulation, though the heart continued to beat spasmodically Thc body for sometime thereafter. was turned over to Dr. Alice Ben nett, of Norristown hospital, for tho insane, for an examination of the brain, after which the body will be buried by the side of the murdered husband nnd children. Tho only witnesses of the ex ecution weic the sheriff and his deputies, prison officials, physicians, and about a dozen newspaper men. This was the first execution of a female in Philadel phia county. There have, however, been aevornl women hanged in other counties in Pennsylvania. THE OTTAWA, THE WRECKED NORWEGIAN HARK OTTAWA FOUND BV A PHILADELPHIA TUG. Shortly before midnight Saturday, tht tug “Argus,” of Philadelphia, having iu tow the wrecked Norwegian bark, Otta wa, arrived at Lewis whurf, Boston. The Ottawa was abandoned at sea about May 15th, while on passage from Pensa cola to Buenos Ayres, laden witti bard pine lumber. Her crew were received and taken to Loudon. The Argus made an unsiiccetsfid cruise in search of the bark about three weeks ago. She left Boston on a second cruise June J4ih, and found the balk on the 19th. The wreck piesents a hard looking sight and gives evidence of battling with the elements for some time, Hvory available spar, with the exception of the foot fore lower mast and mizzen mast, are gone. The fore yard is hanging in the slings, look ing as if it might fall at any moment. On it the foresail hangs in rib bons, and that is the only piece of canvas left, except the mizzen gaff top sail, which is furled on the ma t. Her cabin is completely gutted, and a lot of boards arc piled up m the center of the cabin floor. A portion of the deckload of hard pine lumber remains on deck. Tho bulwarks are completely washed away, and a portion of tho stanchions are broken off. Masts, yards, blocks, a vast amount of ropes, rigging, etc., are strewn about the cicqks. FLOOD IN KANSAS. FOUR FARMERS KILLED— RESIDENCES, RAILROADS AND BRIDGES SWEPT AWAY. A dispatch from Wichita, Kansas, says: The violent rain storm on the head wa ters of Walnut River caused an immense flood to reach Augusta and Eldorado. About midnight of Sunday the waters cainc rushing into tho towns, and washed away 1,500 feet of the track of tho Missouri Pacific Road arid car ried away twelve residences. Monday four farmers were drowned a few miles north of Eldorado. East of Eldo rado, on tho branches of Walnut river, the Missouri Pacific lost six bridges. At Augusta three hundred feet of the Santa Fee track was lost and the bridge of the Frisco ltoad was carried, away. Great damage was done to wheat in tho rich bottoms, and over a million bushels de stroyed. PRINTED EVERY TUESDAY -AT— ZEBTJLON, - - -DY PARRY LEE, A SPLENDID ADVERTISING AGENT. FARMING HINTS, GARNERED FROM SOUTHERN ALLIANCE SOURCES. Rose culture is on a boom in tho vicln ity of Atlanta, Ga. Grifiin, Ga., expects to ship ten thouav and bushels of peaches this season. Tho Surry county, Va., Alliance are moving the matter of organizing the poa nut growers. The Alliance of Oconee county, S. O., has saved $i,000 in the reduction on the price of fertilizers. The Summer session of the State Agri cultural Society of Georgia will bo held in Cedartown, August 11th. The State Farmers’ Alliance of Geor gia will meet in Macon on the 20th of August. It will be an important meet ing. The John II. Dent Alliance of Floyd county, Ga., have their scalping millets knives sharpened for light-weight and) sellers of corn meal. The Horticultural Society of Georgia will meet in Griffin, July 31st and Au gust 1st and 2d. President P. J. Berck mans is preparing an attractive pro gramme. Dr. A. F. Pharr, of Decatur, is one of the moat successful grape growers in tho state. Major G. A. Ramspeck, of the same town, has a vineyard of twenty acres that yields enormously. The Atlanta Horticultural Society is investigating the matter of peach yellows in Georgia. This society meets overy Saturday in the quarters of tho Depart ment of Agriculture iu tho new capitol. Hon. W. J. Northan, one of the con tributing editors of tho Southern Cultivai ior, is of the opinion that tho farmers will stick on cotton bagging and says so in thu July number of the Southern CuD timtor. The Interstate Farmers’ Association, 188f, organized in Atlanta in August, will meet in Montgomery, Alabama, on August 20tli, of this year. Hon. L. L. Polk, of North Carolina, is president of the association. The attendance will b» large. The county Alliance met nt Cutlibert, Ga., and after consultation purchased the Rawles – Perry guano house, which they will couvert iuto an Alliance ware for the handling of the coming cotton crop. The price paid was seven dollars. Edgcwood (Ga.) Alliance ia a plucky They are arranging plans fora co-operative cotton seed oil mill, an extensive cannery, and a grand county exposition in DeKulb county of the work of Alliance meH. Major W. B. Ilender son is the live president. The lato Road Congress in Georgia ia attracting attention, Several Southorn states ure moving in the matter of hold ing similar meetings. It is said that one count/ in Georgia has subscribed for one thousand copies of the proceedings of the Georgia Road Congress. THE INTER STATE FARMERS’ ASSOCIATION. This body was organized is composed at Atlanta, of Ga., in August, 1887, and Georgia, from Louisiana, Alabama, Mississippi, Arkansas^ North Carolina, South Carolina, Tennes Texas and Virginia. These repre (five or more from each con district) are appointed by tho presidents of the states respectively. Kalb, vico presidents are: R. F. Montgomery, Ala.; L. P. Featherston, City, Ark.; J. T. Petterzen, Pen Fla.; John P. Foit, Mount Airy, John Dyrnond, Belluir, La.; J. X. Henry, Greenwood, Miss.; Elias Carr, Sparta, N. C.; E. R. Mclver, Pal metto, S. C.; L. D. Yarreli, Belifield, Va.; B. M. llord, Nashville, Term,; G. I). Pickett, Decatur, Texas. The asso will meet in the city of Mont Ala., on tho 20th of August next. Reduced rates, on ait lines of will be secured, as also at the hotels and boarding houses of that city, will bo furnished to dele in due time by the secretary. Composed of h ading practical agricul turists of tho south, this body progressive will rep resent tho which enterprise conditions and. anil sur thought, have evolved, new and which musk roundings economic questions solvo thu great be now confronting us. Let every state. fully and strongly represented. Important questions, affecting tho material advance ment and industrial development ol tbs south, and especially the promotion ot her great agricultural interests, will be; considered, A TRAGEDY. NORWOOD, OF BIRMINGHAM, ALA., AND TWO ITALIANS, KILLED. Gov. Norwood, of CumOerland Birmingham, Valley Ala., contractor on ttie extension, was murdered Saturday at his camp near Cumberland Gap, by an Ital ian, known us Tony Cravasso. Cravasso and his brother were bakers at the south end of Cumberland Gap, and had sold bread to some of Norwood’s men, and had requested him to hold the men’s pay till they could collect their bills. Nor wood tolrl them he could not withhold men’s pay except on garnishee, and di rected the Ituliuns to a magistrate. Sat urday they called on Norwood and asked if he had their money. Ho told them he did not have any money for them, and walked out of the commissary store and entered a cabin adjoining. Just as ho stepped in the door, lony, who had followed him, shot him in the buck, killing him almost instantly. The Italians escaped to the woods, but they wero captured Saturday night back jn Ten nessee. They were brought to Kentucky Sunday, and were being Judge eon ducteil to tho Pineville jail, when Lynch took them in charge and tias-e them a trial, resulting in the hanging oi the elder Cravusso,and the Sending of the brother to jail. The officers started for Pineville with the younger Cravasso, and as they were traveling al. ng the load, a W.nchcster rifle cracked on the moun tain side, and the prisoner ft 11 in the road a corpse. --* * * The President amt directors of the Chesa peake and Ohio Canal have boen authorized to restore tho channel to a navigable 1890,000. con dition. The cost will.be about