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The Pike County Journal.
VOL. V.
justice con; ts.
ZEBULON
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W J Coggm, Jusiice
.1 P Baker, No:ary
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BIS McGintv, Notary
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R L Meiritt, Justice
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PROFESSION A h C A It 7)8.
J S. POir’E,
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ZEBULON, GEORGIA.
S. N. WOODWARD
attorney at L aw,
BARNKSVILLE. - - - GA.
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E. F. DUPREE,
Attorney at Law,
ZEBULON, GA.
Will practice in all the fourts. Promp
attention given In all business en
trusted fo him.
J. C. UOOTEN
Physician and Surgeon,
HOLLONV1LLE, - - - EOK IA
AE Calls Besponded to Promptly, Day
or Night.
DR. D. M. SNELSON, 9
Operative – Mechanical
Dentist,
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SOUTHERN NEWS ITEMS
Tie Drift Of Her Progress ailt _ Pros
PClliy „ - tTr bueny r n.t-j iTOlljlL
Happenings of Interest Portrayed In
Pithy Paragraphs,
The largest cotton dealers in North
Carolina sav that upon a careful sum
mary of reports, they And that the
cotton crop of tlio state promises to
Monday. y,ZZ'ZTc^:p:,,. In his charge to the grand
jury, Judge Hicks paid special atten
tion to the Drummond lynching. True
bills are expected to be returned
against the soldiers for the crime, and
the trials will come up at once. The
cases of the Coal Creek rioters in the
recent miners’ war will also be tried.
At tlio Monday noon meeting of tlio
board of health of Brunswick live new
cases of yellow fever were report
ed: Mrs. Lorenston and child, 907
Oglethorpe street; Mrs. William John
son and mother-inlaw, on Amherst
street; Callie Mitchell, 1015 Ogle
thorpe street. Mullins, tlio policeman,
was buried Sunday. Five hours after
his death the ease of his was said to be
very serious.
The famous Four Seasons hotel, at
Sunday Harrogate, Tenn., closed its in doors
night.. It has boon a re
Ceiver’s hands for four months, iu
which time they have spent $45,000 in
receiver’s certiticats. Eighty persons
were thrown out of employment. Chief
Clerk Hess boat tho hotel receivers by
paying himself off in full Saturday
afternoon and skipping to Kentucky,
Officers are after him.
Tlie North Carolina stateoropreport
issued Monday evening says cotton
has opened with remarkable rapidity
and the prospects is that the entire
crop will be gathered earlier than usual,
Cotton has improved greatly. Tohac
,. u curing is progressing, but the crop
is below the average. Cotton in the
western district will probably all be
open by the middle of October and
the picking is far advanced.
A San Antonio special of Sunday
says; Cattle are being driven out of
Uvalde county by the thousands. The
range lias at last succumbed to the
long continued droughts. Stockmen
in been the vicinity of Kabitml, who have
ranching there for forty years,
and never before bad to move their
cattle on account of scarcity of grass
Watlif, art* ilOW (*Oinp« 1 U(*(l hwoToA to take
ti^m Uw ........ iiuve oceti
With l’ftin.
' ew Urloatw dupaicli wya t The
leaders , who who hml imu culled cftiieci a a meeting meeting tor for
the colored people to protect against
^ ie lynching in Jefferson with
drew the cull Saturday. This was
done at the suggestion of those whites
who are opposed to lynch law. They,
took the position that a colored meet
ing to denounce the Jefferson outrages
would arouse race prejudice and that
all should unite, regardless of color, to
oppose lynch law and suppress vio
lence.
i A Memphis special of Monday says:
j Colonel David II. 11. Poston, Clay King, serving murderer life of
! now a
1 sentence in the Tennessee penitentiary
i asapunishment for the crime, has issued
j an address to tho public in which he
| alleges makes some sensational charges. He
! his conviction was brought
j Julius about by J. Dubois, a conspiracy of the between Shelby Judge
I criminal court and the relatives county df
| j* os ton
The sensation of the day in Bruns
j wick Saturday was the enforcement of
martial law, and the punishment of
| Mike J. Eagan, the newspaper corres
pondent, by banishment from the city
! °n account of his slanderous state
{ mentis. The census of the city shows
j white males, 600; colored males, 1,070;
! white females, 570; colored females,
“’ 428; ^
i rnunes, 23i>, total sick from yellow
fever and other cases, 40. There are
j about fifteen oases of malarial fever
| under treatment.
The Savannah Frew made the fol
; lowing statement Sunday: “We have
information from reliable parties in
| Brunswick tiiat Egan’s action is en
! : dorsed by many prominent citizens,
notwithstanding the intimidation and
j the health whitewashing board and of the the accused relief by
the com
mittce. It seems to become a case of
persecution by the authorities and ev
ident spite by Doming in bis reports
to Ins papers. The action of the
Brunswick authorities is far from be
ing approved by the public outside
their city in several instances of late.
Reports coming in Monday from
eastern and central Texas state that
the present drought, one of tho long
est and most severe on record, has
been broken by good rains. Tlie open
cotton will hardly be damaged, but
cisterns were drying up in many sta
tions and stock had to be driven seve
ral miles to water. It has not rained
at Houston since the 3d of August
last, while in some counties the pres
entrain is the first rain since June.
The cotton estimate lias been entdown
to 1,700,000 bales, against 3,200,000
last year.
Application was made in the United
States circuit court at Mobile, Ala,,
before Hon. H. T. Toulmin for a writ
of injunction against Frank Scheur
man and others, striking Louisville
and Nashville employes, to restrain
them from interfering with workmen
sent to Mobile to fill the strikers’
places. No new men have been se
cured by the railroad company on ac
count of this interference, the men
being shipped out of the town as soon
as they arrive, the strikers giving
them a few dollars and sending them
back from whence they came,
XllHUUOX, PIKE CO., GA, EH I DAY, SEPTEMBER 29, 1893.
A Birmingham; Aia., special of
| Monday says: The organized state has
democratic executive committee
I boon called • by Chairman Smith to
met in Montgomery on October mb.
I it will consider the democratic proposition made
| by live tho committee, Jeffersonian which is that the execu- next
] shall be
candidates for state officers
selected by a ptimary. At sucb pri
lnary all white men who were demo
crats before the election of last year
J participate. Kolb claims that if
s ' l(>h a proposition is accepted the Jef
! fersomnns will fill the state offices next
term.
I AT THE NATIONAL CAPITAL
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; Affairs of Goycrument and Routine of
j tlie House and Senate Discussed.
| |
Notes of Interest Concerning the Peo
ple and Their General Welfare.
Tho committee on hanking and enr
! rency decided Tuesday to at once begin
hearings on the proposed Increase of
the national bank circulation, and the
proposed repeal of tax on state banks.
The honso committee on banking
and currency Friday authorized Mr.
I CuX, of Tennessee, to report favora
j bly to the house the bill introduced by
I him to promote the safety of funds
| j and deposits of national banks.
The election bill debate opened in
j the house Tuesday. There were bnt
' two speeches. Mr. Tucker, of Vir
ginia, opened for the democrats and
' Mr, Brosius, of Pennsylvana, for the
republicans, Both speeches were bill ar
' guments for and against tho
proper. There was nothing of a sen
Rational nature,
j There were some sixty nominations
scut to senate Friday afternoon. One
. Georgian waH named, Mr. T. R. Gib
| sou, of Augusta. He goes to Beirut,
| .Syria. Mr. Gibson will very likely
accept the place, ns be expressed a de
. sire to go to the Orient, naming Bie
I rut as one of tho places he would like,
j The place pays $2,000 per annum and
I the unofficial fees are considerable.
j senate The president the following Tuesday nominations: sent to the
l
i Jefferson t Brown, of Florida, colleo
tor of customs for the district of Key
West. Postmasters—It. C. McCall a,
Tuscaloosa, Ala.; W. A. McNeill,
WnycrosH, Ga. ; S. C. Exum, West
J Point, Miss. ; David McDowell, Holly
Springs, Miss.; W. H. Tbompaen,
\ j |{n»lw, * -/» It. liodott**,
Woodstock, V« k
. Senator Stewart again had the floor
• 1 in the senate for several hours Tues
j day. - He continued liis critioismB of
tho president, but principally read
newspaper clippings. Did tho criti
c ism which he is indulging in
come come from from uuv any other other source M<mree it it
would create a genuine sensation, but
Mr. Stewert is so wildly enthusiastic
on the subject of silver and silver alone
ami has talked so much recently that
nothing he would say could attract ex
traordinary attention.
Honnte ('oiifiriuai ioiiM.
Tho senate has confirmed the follow
Illinois, ing nominations: Frank H. Jones, of
to be first, assistant postmas
ter gonerttl; Kerr Craig, of North Car
olina, to be third assistant postmaster
general; William S. Carrol, of Balti
more, Md., to be consul general at
Dresden; Charles L. Adams,of Lynch
burg, Vu., consul at Cadiz, Spain.
Lewis P. Stearnes, for the district of
New Port News, Ya, ; Naval Officer
Jeff B. Snyder, of Louisiana, for the
district of New Orleans, La.
Tlie Pension Orab.
Pension Commissioner Lochren, has
submitted his annual report to the
secretary of the interior. Number of
pensioners on the rolls, 9fi(i,012. Net
increase during the jiiint year of 89,
944. During tho year, 24,715 claims
for increase of pension and 31,990
claims for additional pensions under
act June 27, 1890, have been allowed.
In same time 115,321 claims for pen
sion and for increase were rejected.
Claims pending July 7th, 1894, num
bered 711,150. Amount money paid
for pensions during the year, $150,-
740,401.14. Estimates for 1895 amounts
to $162,931,570. In referring to tho
revocation of the order regulating
specific disabilities under the act of
June 27, 1890, the commissioner states
that by tho provisions of the order the
act itself was being set asido and dis
regarded. Accordingly a board of
revision was organized to examine, in
to cases under the act and call out
such as had no legal basis. The com
missioner concluded thiiB: “I recog
nize to the fullest extent my sole duty
is to execute and administer tho laws
as they are enacted, fairly and honest
ly interpreted.”
WORK OF WHITECAPS.
They are Burning Gin Houses In Parts
of Mississippi.
A special of Tuesday from Brook
haven, Miss., says that Frederick Grif
fith, a colored farmer living fourteen
milts southwest of that town in Frank
lin county, had his cotton house and
contents burned by whitecaps a few
nights ago. The mill and cotton gin
and contents owned by Dan Sasser, in
the southern portion of Lincoln coun
ty,' siderable was burned to the ground. Con
excitement prevails and more
trouble is ex pected.
The Mayor Will Return.
A Richmond, Va., dispatch of Tues
day says: Mayor Trout states Friday. that he
will return to Roanoke He
thinks there will be no more trouble
in Roanoke, and is not surprised at
the action of tho citizens’ committee,
calling everybody back who left the
city.
THE NEWS IN GENIAL.
i
Condensed from Onr Most Iinporlanl
Tclcgrapliic Advices
And Presented in Pointed*.!.! ft#sulst‘
hie Paragraphs.
A special of Monday from Hamburg',
Germany, says; During the past twen- j
ty-four hours eight new cases and four !
deaths from cholera have been re
'Tim Northern Pacific e uuer which
Russian steamer Alphonse Zeevecke,
with a loss of sixty lives.
Ntf(IoTroad;;-a.fNr’Y>uk m m»d Iveily. B rn
assignment Monday to William
He negotiated loans, bought paper and
promoted various companies. In
April he claimed to worth $300,000.
The L. – C. Wise Company, jobbers Broad
in boots and shoes at No. 300
iTavingTemi 0 ll unftbi^To C 0
mert noteB
which foil duo today to the amount of
about. $10,000 of to have them extend
ed. The liabilities are $250,000.
Advices from Brussels fate that a
mass meeting of the miners of the
Mens coal district, was hold in Wasmca
province of Hainaut, Sunday, Reso
lutions in favor of an immediate strike
wore passed almost Without dissent.
A Washington dispatch of Saturday official
Bays' Statistics compiled from
data show that from January to Sep
tember this year 500 state and private
banks in tlio United States failed, and
that seventy-two have resumed busi
nesB. In the same time 155 national
banks failed, and seventy of which
have resumed.
The arrest Saturday of fourteen an- the
archists at Vienna, Austria, and
capture of sixty-eight members of a
secret society at Brucm, has revealed
the, existence of a widespread anar
chist plot. Monday seven more into mem
bers of tho gang were taken cus
tody, and the proof against all those
arrested is said to be overwhelming.
The sovereign grand lodge of Odd
Follows concluded its annual session
at Milwaukee, Wis., ;Saturday,
adjourned. Tlio action of tho grand
secretary in declining to furnish
Archbishop Kaiser a copy of the ritual
was confirmed on tho. ground that no
authority exists for revealing the se
ereta of the him t.. any man except
by initiating as a member.
Three solid blocks of the business
houses of St. Joseph are in ruins and
a million dollars worth of property has
been destroyed. About 10 o’clock
Monday morning fire broke out in tlie
eight-story apartment house of Town
send – Wyatt, The entire building
was soon in flames. A strong wind soon
carried the flames.across the street to
the magnificent Commercial bank
structure, and it was soon destroyed.
The Central Savings bank went next
and then followed the Cejter block.
The Reguier – Slump Crockery Com
pany's new house was next to suc
cumb, and $75,000 worth of goods
dropped into the cellar, The Oarbroy
block was next attacked and then
Binswanger <fc Co., the Hong Kong
Tea Company, the Spencer Cigar
Company and a dozen smaller iustitu
tions went up.
TRAIN ROBBERS KILLED.
They Attempt to Hold lip the Wrong
Train—Met by Policemen.
Tho Kansas, Bt. Joe and Council
Bluff road foiled an attempt to rob
one of its passenger trains, killed two
of the bandits and captured throe
others, ot Francis, Mo., one and a half
miles from St. Joseph, Sunday night.
The officials of the road had been
notified that a robbery had been plan
ned, and notified the police. When
the train arrived at St. Joseph a durn
my train was made up and sixteen
police officers, under command of the
chief of police, were put aboard.
When the dummy reached a point,
two miles north of St. Joseph, it was
stopped by six masked men. One
mounted the engine and presented a
revolver at the engineer’s head and an
other at the firemen and held them in
subjection while the other five men
hurried to the express car. They or
dered the messenger to open tho door,
which lig did. Three of the bandits
entered, leaving two to keep guard.
The police secreted in the car or
dered the three men to surrender.
Tlie robbers were taken by surprise,
bnt opened fire on the police. Tho
police returned the fire and u general
fusilade followed. Two of the robbers,
Hugo Engel and Fred Kohler, were
shot in the head and killed, and three
others, T. N. A. Hurst, Charles Fred
ericks and William Garver, were des
perately wounded. Th« sixth man,
Henry Gleitz, escaped, None of tho
police wore injured.
They Make Auroras to Order.
Artificial miniature auroras of the bo
realis variety have been produced by
both De La Rive, tlie French savant, and
Lenstrom, the Swedish astronomer. In
Professor Lenstrom’s Firilan experiments, the peak of which high
were made in , a
mountain was surrou nded with a coil of
wire, pointed at intervals with tin nibs. ;
The wire was then charged with elec- I I
tricitv, whereupon a brilliant aurora ap
penre'd spectroscopic above analysis the mountain, revcaledthogreon- in which !
tureTi'^display 3 of “northern ‘ ^hrtffs - ;
ISt Louis Republic.
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It ia cited as complimentary that
nearly all the monarchal of Europe are
tHeadtd by American Bentists*
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G RAN D OPEN IN G
OF THE
NEW YORK STORE 4
Griffin, Georgia.
We raspectfully announce to the trading
public of Pike that we have opened a fli st-class
Dry Goods and Clothing Establishment. |
We uropose to carry only the best grade ci
goods iu all depaatments and we will sell at
STRICTLY
ONE PRICE TO EVERWDY.
Write us for Samples and prices on goods
either at Retail or Wholesale.
■ David Waxelbaum – Comp'y
AT LYONS’ OLD STAND,
MIFfTO, ©A O
J. A AYCOCK.
MANUFACTURER
SASH, DOORS, BLINDS, MANTELS,
MOULDINGS, ETC.
j and wedges
My blinds and doors are put up with mathematical acuracy no are
In reliable workmanship I yield to no consent in the .South. When you
'
( .i ; rt aOiy to
| Build a House
;
h will bo very little trouble to see me and I mav buR yon better than anyone else
in both material and prices.
EXCHANGE WARE HOUSE,
GRIFFIN,GEORGIA,
Open Sept. 1st, 1893
For the purpose of weighing and storage of Cotton, with good Fire-Proof Shed,
good Wagon Yard, with fine well of water and feed troughs for the patrons of the
Warehouse. CLAY' DRIVER will liavo charge of the Scales, and give liis personal
attention to al’ who favor him with their patronage. It is tlio most convenient and
well arranged JFARE-HOUSE in tlie city. Truly,
D. W* PATTERSON,
BASS BROS -A.
Griffin, Georgia,
i in = wren i
Have amply prepared themselves for the Fall trade by buying
superior goods in very largo quantities, thereby getting tho ben
efit of prices that enable them to sell their goods lower than
most, merchants buy them.
CLOTHING
Us a (UicJded Specialty at this popular house, and if you want
Men’s or Boys’ Clothing at Very Low Prices, tli n there is no
pluce like BA8S BROS, to get them.
Shoes and Hats
Arc also kept in very large quantities, In these goods we can
please the most fastidious taste.
Dress Goods.
In Ladies’ Dress Goods We lead the van in quantity, quality and
price. We have some Bargains for von in this line and invite
you to take advantage of them.
BAGGING AND TIES
Are bought and kept by ns in large quantities, and west'll for
small profits, dinners arid Farmers will do well to see ns be
fore buying these goods.
Our Entire Stools.
as Aull of Wholesome Bargains as an egg is full of meat, and wc ask the
patronage of the people of Pike, confidently believing tha it will b
to their interest, as well as ours, to do so.
BASS BROS. /
NO. 47.
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