The ledger. [volume] (Gaffney City, S.C.) 1896-1907, September 22, 1898, Image 2
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THJtS LBDUER: GAFFNEY, 8. C., SEPl'fiMBEK 33. 181)8.
MiSS GhVIS TO REST
AT HER BIRTH PLACE
Funeral Will Occnir on Friday
Next In Richmond.
MESSAGES OF CONDOLENCE
Ag<*<l Moth it Still Prostrntfd With
Grief and Unable to Read the M»ny
Sympathetic Telegrams Pouring In
From All Parts of the Country.
Richmond, Sept. 39.—AH that is mor
tal of Miss Winnie Davis will teat in
this enty, where, 34 years ago, she first
saw the light of day. The funeral will
occur here Friday. The hour has not
been fixed. The services tvill be held iu
St. Paul’s Episcopal church, of which
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The Birthplace of Miss Dav is.
(The Confederate White House,).
President Davis was a member, and the
interment will take place in the Davis
square, iu Hollywood cemetery.
The confederate veterans’ camps of
this city will attend in uniform. An
effort will be made to have the Second
regiment, which arrived here today, at
tend the funeral, in addition to the
three companies of the First regiment,
which are stationed here.
The camps of this city have adopted
resolutions of sympathy and the flag on
the coutederate soldiers’ home has been
lowered to halfmast and will be kept
thus until after the funeral.
A telegram from the management of
the Louisiana room in the confederate
museum has been received directing
that the entrance to the chamber be
draped in white crepo.
GORDON ISSUES AN ORDER.
Veterans to Accompany the Remain*
t to Last Resting Place.
Reynolds, Ga., Sept. 20.—John B.
Gordon, commander-in-chief of the
United Confederate veterans, upon hear
ing of the death of Miss Winnie Davis,
sent the following, addressed to the
United Confederate veterans:
“The commanding general, with a
sorrow which no words can express, an
nounces the death of Miss Winnie Da
vis, the idolized ‘daughter of the con
federacy.’ The boundless enthusiasm
which whs evoked by her every appear
ance at our reunions indicated'the depth
of affection and the unfeigned admira-
rution which all confederates felt for
her.
“It is not too much to say that the
ovations with which she was every
where greeted by the ex-soldiers of the
southern armies were such as have
rarely been accorded to any woman.
Their grief at her untimely death will
be as profound and poignant as their
love for her while living was universal
and sincere, and their most affectionate
syfnpathies are with the grief stricken
mother.
“The commanding general directs
that the department and division com
manders select delegations and escorts
of honor as they may deem proper to
represent the United Confederate veter
ans and to accompany the remains to
their final resting place.”
Mrs. Davis Still Prostrated.
Narragansett Pier, Sept. 20—Mrs.
Davis is still prostrated and unable to
read the many messages of condolence
which have arrived from all parts of
the country. On Wednesday afternoon
the remains of Miss Winnie will be re
moved to the parlors of the Rocking
ham hotel, where they may be viewed
by friends. The time for the departure
of the remains for Richmond will not
be decided upon until Mrs. James A.
Hayes of Colorado, daughter of Mrs.
Jefferson Davis, reaches here.
Veterans Kxtend Sympathy.
Atlanta, Sept. 20.—This oity was
grief stricken by the news of Miss Win
nie Davis’ death. The camps of con
federate veterans, the Daughters.of the
Confederacy and the officers of the con
federate organizations held meetings
and adopted resolutions of sympathy,
which were forwarded t® Mrs. Davis.
Defuuiak Swept by Fire.
Pensacola, Fla., Sept. 20.—A special
from Deftmiak, headquarters of the
Florida Chautauqua, 80 miles east of
here, says that a fire began there in the
large store of W. L. Cawthon and de
stroyed 1ft stores and hotels, besides a
number of smaller buildings. The loss
is .estimated at fully $100,Oud.
Whites apd Blacks Fight.
Raleigh, Sept 20.—A party of sub
dkgti of the Second North Carolina vol
unteers were attacked by negroes and
two of the negroes injured. Later a
pitch#*! fight tooji place between 15 sdl-
diem and about 150 negroes. No one
was seriously hurt, though 50 or CO
shots were exchanged.
HARBOR DEFENSE MEETING'.
Governor Bloxham Culls a Convention
to Meet at Tampa.
Tallahasse* SeT>t. 17. — (/otvEnpr
BloXham has issued the 'Following cufl
for a national harbor defense conven
tion:
“Imprcsced with the necessity for or
thorough reorgaimatiou of our state
tuilitia service as discussed by meirfber*
of the national harbor defense conven
tion at Tampa in 1896, I have deemed it
proper to issue a call for a national con
vention in this interest to assemble at
Tampa, Fla., on Feb. S, 1899.
“The object of this convention will
be to discuss and suggest methods for
placing state troops on the most ef
fective hxrtfng. Questions telatfc’.g te
arms, equipment, tactics, clothing, fhod
and transportation Will lie eoenncLerefl
and disemeed By experts. Special at
tention will be given to the camp sites,
sanitary and all precautionary measures
that‘modern scienefe can suggest to in
sure the comfort and health of troops.
"I respectfully request governors of
the various states of the Union to ap
point delegates from their land and
navhl militia service to this convention.
, “The army and navy of the Unified
States will be represented by prominent
delegates. ”
LIEUTENANT O’BRIEN DEAD.
He Figured In a Sensational Court-
martial Some T jne Ago.
Atlanta, Sept. 17.—News has reached
here of the death of Lieutenant Michael
J. O’Brien of the Fifth United States
infantry, at Santiago, where he was
stationed with his regiment
About a year ago, it will be remem
bered, Lieutenant O’Brien resigned
from the army under charges preferred
against him by officers at Fort McPher
son, but upon the outbreak of the war
with Spaiu, when new officers were
needed to command the troops author
ized by the act of congress, the officer
re-entered the service and was again
MISS WINNIE DAVIS SPANIARDS PUN TO
HAS PASSED AWAVi MISTREAT CEBVERA
A TRUST COMPANY FAIL'S.
ItvMilt of £!ie Ciioterft of and
Americans For Contmt.
Bw:Mi»:ar.AM, Ala . Sept. 16.-The hot
contest wlmrh is {winding 4)i |tr®4*kit*
oonct-s and in federal courts !x , t we< ' u
M'MEY TO AMENDr
CIVIL SERVICE ROLES
• u/r wn V) • |m. T£j ci 't*o TIT’i^ iu njuenw Cvmri* petWtteu
Daughter of tho ^otEfedoraoy ^ n Who Jknrt DHips wu EughA&u’d Ameciwui xtmki«aqr8/«r , Places Wifi Be Taken Off flhe
Goljd In {Death.
HAD BEEN ILL SOME TIME
Mother Watched Constantly at Her
Bedside and Frequent Rallies Gave
Hope That She Would Recover, but
the Grim Reaper Won.
N AH KAGANS HTT
VTi^nLc Davis, danghTtcr of
sen Dlvis, i* dead at the Rockingham
Offer Him ItiauK.
the control of the H Ja<q**' tfcwu tmd
Lands company, limited, of London,
_ f*iT-' r T f Tv a the P riud f»^oatu*fe‘pf Which
DUKE OF TlTUAN Ah G-..Y i3 a ^ ^ Khall liame t k e re _
— ceiver of the Corona Coal and Coke
company, the most valuable possession
of the English company, has resulted in
He Blames the Liberals For Bringing
on the War That Ruined Madrid and
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stationed with the Fifth infantzy.
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The troubles that led up to
drawal of Lieutenant O’Brien from the
army wore supposed to be duo to a fond
ness on the part of the officer for strong
drink, and to the fact that charges were
preferred against him shortly after the
courtmartial of Captain Romeyn, with
whom he had a difficulty at Fort Mc
Pherson. .
NOTED FAT^ WOMAN DEAD.
Mrs. Mahala Mullins Expires on the
Top of a Big Mountain.
Knoxville, Sept. 17.—News has just
reached here that Mahala Mullins, the
famous fat woman of Hancock county,
died day before yesterday.
Mrs. Mullins weighed 560 pounds and
lived on the top of a mountain, where
she conducted a “stiH” in defiance of
law. The officers were unable to ap
prehend her on account of her size,
there being no way to get her down the
mountain side.
Mrs Mullins was one of the tribe of
“Melungeons,” whose origin has been
a mystery to ethnological students for
many years.
New Orleans Badly Tied Up.
Nf.w t Orleans, Sept. 19.— At the
board of health today it is stated that
there was no information of any other
case of yellow fever than that of Mal
lory Kennedy, announced on Saturday.
The United States barracks hero is
quarantined against the city; none
of the troops there wil} bo allowed to
come into the city. New Orleans is
badly tied up as a result of the outside
quarantines and the railroads and busi
ness community especially are suffer
ing. , ’
Three Buildings Destroyed.
Franklin, Ga., Sept. 17.—This town
has suffered a loss of $10,000 by fire.
About 1 a. m. flames were seen coming
from the law office of Colonel Frank 6.
Loftin. In a few moments the whole
office was enveloped and the blaze soon
spread to the Harris hotel on the west
and the Whitaker brick building bn the
east and resulted in a complete loss of
three buildings.
Governor Kllerbe’s Majority.
Columbia, S. C., Sept 17.—With the
exception of one box from each of the
counties of York, Oconee, Lancaster,
Greenwood, Fairfield and Abbeville and
a few missing boxes from the cpunty of
Darlington, the official and complete
votes from all the counties of the state
give Governor Ellerhe 87,618 and Mr.
Featherstoue 33,043.
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l». MISS WI2IKIE DAVIS. ^ '
hotel, to which place she oamt* as a
guest in the early part of the social
Bpafiou. She had been ill for several
weeks and a fortnight ago her ailment
was diagnosed as nularial gastritis.
At times her coatiition became very
serious, so that consultations of physi
cians were deemed necessary, but fre
quent ralh«8 gave renewal!
■he would ultimately Recover.
Mrs. Davis bad watched unremit
tingly at her daughter’s bedside and she
is now bowed with sorrow. Mrs. Davis
is holding up with great calmness in her
affliction and. no fears are at present en
tertained of her health yielding to the
strain.
Miss Innio Yarina Davis, affection
ately called ••Winnie” ami “The Daugh
ter of the Confederacy,* was born in
Richmond in ]S.i4, while her lather was
president of the .Southern Confederacy.
6fie was a hand some girl, large and
stately, with blue eyes and light brown
hair.
bhe had literary talent of a high or
der and wrote for a number of periodi
cals. No woman of the south was more
endeared to its people. She possessed
intelligence, culture and refinement.
She was educated in GermanyT*'
Her last appearance in public vras
during the recent confederate veterans’
reunion in Atlanta, when she was the
recipient of every attention.
First Georgia to Macon.
Atlanta, Sept. 17.—The First Geor
gia regiment, nowin camp at Knoxville,
Teuu., has been ordered mustered out
at once, and the officials of the depart
ment of the gulf have been instructed
to furnish the command transportation
to Macon, where all lie companies of the
regiment will be mustered out.
8am Jones Revival Closes.
Cartkrsvillk, Ga., Sept 19 —The
Sam Jones meetings have closed after a
most successful week. There were
many conversions and great good wae
accomplished. Next Sunday the evange
list opens a revival in Grantville,.Ga.
After a short rest he then goes to hold
a series Of revivals in Texas:
MUilstevial Nominee* Win,
LONDON. Sept. 20. —Special dispatches
from Madrid say the provincial conn-
cils election has resulted in the reiarn
of the ministerial nominees, except at
Bilbao, where the Basque Patriot Sa-
rana has been elected by an overwhelm
ing majority. Serious street disorders at
tended ths election.
An Explosion Kills Four.
Evekorbkn, Ala., Sept. 17.—News
has reached here of the birrsting of «
boiler at the sawmill of Travis & Per
due, 14 miles from here. Bud Archer,
the engineer, his wife and child, and
his wife’s sister, were instantly killed,
and four men knocked senseless, but
not fatally hurt.
Zurllmfeu Made Governor.
Paris, Sept. 20.—Tbe cabinet council
this morning reappointed General Zur-
linden to the post of military governor
of Paris, which he occupied previous to
accepting the portfolio of minister ol
war, made vacant by the resignation of
H. Cftraignao.
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Candler aad Lewis Speak. ,
Ooletijope, Ga., Sept. 17,-r-Colonel
Allen D. Candler, Democratic candidate
for governor, and Congressman Hal
Lewis spoke here before aerbwdof S,OM
citizens. Both discussed the issues of the
campaign at some length and their re-
[ marks were well received.
Volunteers on Furleugh-
| Ralciuh, Sept 19.—Colonel Burgwyn
announces that the Second regiment
furlough will begin on Tuesday, the
\ t soldiers to return Oct. $0.
A BIG VOTE FOR WHEELER.
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Uuunim'in.sly Rciioinlnat^ 'For His
Nlntli TVrtn In t'oiigr-wi.
Birmingham. Ala., Sept ‘YJ.—AX the
Eighth congressional district Demo
cratic primaries Major General Joseph
Wheeler was unanimously renominated
for his ninth term in congress.,
A good vote was cast throughout the
district, though it was not ns heavy as
two years ago, when General Wheobw
had nn active onpouetit in Judge Wil
liam Richardson, la the various towns
keen interest was felt ih giviag the
hero of laantiago a big vote, uud A the
request of the operatives factories and
I shops at Decatur, Huntsville, Florence
• and other pkices closed down in the
! afternoon to afford the employes an op-
I portunity to vote.
General Wheeler made rp cnnva,s
1 whatever, simply stating his desire for
re-election. This caused the immediate
I withdrawal of all opposition, the other
j Democratic candidates, Judge Richard-
| sfm and Colouel Sam Brockville, having
I been iu the race up to that time.
At the November election General
I Wheeler will have no opposition, as tho
I Republicans and Populists have an
nounced their determination to support
him.
LIEUTENANT TAYLOR DEAD.
Kutive of GeorgTu Dies In New York
City While on Furlough.
Thomasvillk, Ga., Sept 19.—A tele
gram has been received in this city an
nouncing the death of Lieutenant Wal
ter T. Taylor in New York. Lieuten
ant Taylor went with his regiment, the
Twenty-second infantry, to Santiago,
and was one of the few officers that es
caped injury m the battle of El Cuney.
He was stricken with fever at Moutauk
soon after his arrival there, aud secur
ing a furlough went to the home of
relatives, where he died.
The remains will be brought here for
interment. Lieutenant Taylor was born
and reared in this city and went to
West Point 1.5 years ago, where be
graduated and was assigned to the
Twenty-second intautry. He was an
excellent officer and had command of
his company during the Santiago nkm-
paign. .
Question Kot Yet Decided.
Monii.K, Sept 19.—The question as to
whether a nominettsa Mas Ut-eu in^dtv^P
the First Alabama district ia still an
open one, as the Democrats supporting
Hannis Taylor, candidate for congress,
ostensibly defeated on Sept, qj, have
taken an appeal to the state exeaftlve
copmiittee, setting forth that there was
no quorum present when George Wash
rlo
Declares If Cunovus Had Lived There
Would Have Been No Conflict.
^ept £0 —The Workmen of
•Bilbao, wher^ tfce urtkee* which be
longed to Admiral Cervera’fc fleet wefe
built, have decided to go to Santander in
order to make a demonstration against
the defeated Spanish admiral on his
return to Spain. The government, how
ever, has taken measures to prevent the
E ’ u being carried out and the ministry
lurbiddeu duiooustratiuus welcow-
Gcfrera home.
. Captain General Blanco cables from
Havana that he is not iu accord with
the Cuban colonial ministry, to which
the government here replied that while
Spanish sovereignty existed iu Cuba he
must apply autonomy, therefore he
could not turn out the colonial govern
ment now in office and appoint a new
one.
The Duke of Tetaun, who was minis
ter for foreign affairs in the cabinet of
the late Premier Cauovns del Castillo,
is quoted as saying in au interview:
“Senor Canovas, if he bah lived,
would never have accepted war with
the United States. Canovas and my- i
self were convinced that warwnld lead |
inevitably to tbe ruin of Spain.”
Continniug, the duke blamed the Lib
erals, who, he said, could have averted
war. either by accepting the . proffered ,
good offices of the United States minis
ter, General Stewart L. Woodford, or
V treating with the ineuygents on the
$m:s of vlabtta in^pCkideKoe, or* by sell
ing Cuba.
“Senor Sagasta,” the Duke of Tetuan
eaid, “is responsible for all our disisters
and must be ejected from power.”
SUMMONED TO WASHINGTON
Members of tbe Inquiry Board Will
Confer With McKinley.
Washington, Sept. 20.—The presi
dent is making progress iu tbe matter
of preparation of the commission for the
investigation of the conduct of the war
so far as it relates to the war depart
ment, and he stated to members of the
cabinet today that he had so far com-
! pleted the commission that he had in
vited the members to meet him for a
conference at the White House ou Sat
urday next with the view to begiuniug
J their work next week.
Seven of the nine members of the
body have defiuitely indicated their ac-
| ceptanco of the president’s invitation
! and ho expressed himself today as being
i very confident of being able to secure
the servlets of the other two gentlemen
necessary to complete the quota by nine
by the time set for the conference.
ALGER HAS NOT RESIGNED.
Secretary Gage Denies the Report
After a Cabineet Meeting.
Washington, Sept. 20. — Secretary
Gage aud Attorney General Griggs were
i the only members of the cabinet present
at today’s meeting, aud as a conse-
t uence tbe meeting was informal and
rief. The preeidout suggested the ue-
oefcsity of giving early attention to an
nual departmental reports, saying that
he desired to begin the preparation of
$is tneVsflge o> oungRtts as soon as
pracfacaWe.
He talked with Secqptapy Grge at
some length as to the lines of his re
port, but no information was given ont
concerning its probable scope or 'char
acter.
After leaving the White House Sec
retary Gage s*(id there was no fonuda-
rion to the report that Secretary Alger
b* tendered his resignation as had been
reported.
NO NEW CASES OF FEVER.
the Jasper Trust company, of Jasper, j
Walker county, assigning to John A.
Gravelee, its cashier.
The Kink stock woe largely owjjed by
the Jasper Town and Lniiris tfpinpaiiy,
which went lute the. Lands ^ a re
ceiver, and this caused a run on the
bank Monday aad Tuesday, forcing the
assicnmenL Tbe liabilities of the bank
are $65,000 and its assets are $80,000.
The receivershjp case is noli’ being
heard in the United States court In this
city and some sensational charges are
Dfdde by the Engiijth side, one which
is that John A. James, w^io tied too
petition ou which J, W. Burke of Mo
bile was appointed receiver of the Jas
per Town and Lands company, is a
netrro porter in the office of UrPbhough
& Poor, New York.
MAY ASK FOR A DIVORCE.
Mrs. Sidney Lascelles Reported to Be
Tired of Her Husband. j
Fitzgerald, Go., Sept. 16.—Profes
sor and Mrs. McIntosh, accompanied by
Mrs. Sidney Laecellos, the wife of the
notorious “Lord Beresford,” have left
for their future home in Providence,
R. L Mrs. McIntosh is the guardian of
Mrs. Lascelies, and she goes oust to
wind up some of the affairs of her ward
relating to the Peikey estate.
It is reported that Mrs. Lsscelles is
thinking of applving for a divorce. It
It will be remembered that sbe has re
cently returned tram Mri.
Molutosh went *ut #o the CiW *>f Mex
ico about 60 days ago, and when she re
turned brought Mrs. Lascelies back
with her. Since that time she has been
spending her time here with the McIn
tosh family. Their decision to go to
Rhode Island seems to have been reached
rather suddenly.
War Histories Condemned.
Richmond, Va., Sept. 10.—The his
tory committee of. state grand camp,
confederate veterans, has adopted reso
lutions reiterating its objections to the
use of Barnes’ history, which has been
dropped from the public school lists of
the state, aud its commendation of
Jones’ and Lee’s histories, which have
been adopted by the state board of edu
cation, ami and objecting further to the
use of Fiske’s history of tbe United
States and the work called “History of
Our Country,” by Cooper, Esteil &
Lemon.
Classified List.
SWEEPING 0KDER COMING
Question of Relaxing tile Law So as
to Open More I'ositioiiH For Political
Appointments Again Takaii Up by
the Chief Kx-cntive.
■N^w York, St^t- 20.—A dispatch ‘te
. The Henjfld from Washington says:
President McflSiuley Ids again taken
up the question of relaxing the civil
service rules so as to open more places
for political appointments. Some months
ago, when the subject was under discus-
| 8 ^ oa * u congress, the president had the
; bead of each executive department pre
pare retcominezjidatiouH showing which
* places under his department could best
; be exempted from tbe civil aervice rules.
^ An executive order was drawn up
j based on these recommendations and it
has been on tbe desk of the president
untouched ever since. Now that the
war is not occupying so much of his at
tention and as the congressional cam
paign is making the pressure for places
stronger, the president is considering
the matter aud it is expected that he
will issue an order in a short time taking
a large number of places from the classi
fied civil service and throwing them
open to appointment by the various
heads of departments aud their subor
dinates.
The places which will be removed
from the protection of the civil service
law are those of private secretaries and
chief of clerks and confidential clerks of
heads of departments and assistant
heads of departments and all persons
classified p* firomnn, watchmen and
Jaboiers. The mast important exemp
tions will be iu tho internal revenuk
service throughout the country, where
all deputy collectors of internal revenue
and ak storekeepers and gaugers who
receive less than $3 per day are to bo
taken from tbe classified service.
In the customs service the only places
now iu the classified service that will
be exempted are two at New Yorl£-the
counsel to the board of general apprais
ers and the paymaster to the collector
of the port of New York. In th» de
partment of justice all attorneys and
assistant attorneys and all deputy mar-
ehals are to bo taken from the service.
In the postal service all superintend
ents of branch postcffices and earner
stations aud all clerks in charge of car
rier stations, assistant cashiers, private
secretaries and stenographers to post
masters in the larger cities, messengers,
porters, charwomen, janitors, watch
men and laborers, are to be taken from
the classified service.
People Deserting Jackson.
Jackson, Mis*., Sept. 17.—Manley,
the single fever patient, it is thought,
will recover. A special train loft Jack-
eon for northern points this afternoon.
About 200 were aboard. More will
leave tonight. Suburban residents have
taken things in their own hands aud es
tablished quarantines on several roads
leading from the city. The union depot,
which is within the infected district,
has been abandoned aud the railroad
offices established 2 miles north of the
city.
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ington Taylor was nominated, and ooa-
sequeiifly no legal nominaHon was
made. The appeal will be heard next
Thursday in Montgomery.
Inspectors Visit Col Minima.
Colukbcs, Ga., Sept. 10.—A party of
army officials, headed by - Brigadier
General Schwan, visited Columbus and
inspected the city’s advantages as a
piece #or the location of an encamp
ment of troopa They seemed well
pleased with the eites offered and it is
thought will moke a favorable report to
Writhing too.
State Quarantine in Mississippi Will
Probably Be Raised.
Jackson, Miss., Sept. 20.—No new
cases of yellow fever are announced
from aijy part of the state today. The
prevailing weather is having a tendency
to check the disease. The state board
of health announces that if no new cases
of fever appear in Jackson during the
next two weeks the state quarantine
Will be raised.
Inspector Haralson states that he hoe
traced the infection in LaFayette county
to a box of bananas shipped from New
Orleans to Taylor’s station about a week
before tbe appearance of the disease.
The children who were first taken ill
in the straw in which the bo-
mas were packed. y
Young Man Sawed In Two.
Columbus, Ga., Sept. 20.—Evict Bry
ant, a prosperous young farmer living
near Derbin church, employed Cook
Broe. to saw a bill of lumber for a new
residence, and went over to the mill to
see how they were progressing with the
work. Just as tb« last plonk was being
sawed he jumped upon the carriage for
Jbme reoSoji, it ip not known why, he
Docame crverbalaneed 'and saw that he
tkas going to fall, "so he made an effort
to jump across, hut slipped aijd fell
ueross the aiw’vfcndm an instant-Mje
Was sawed In naff; flhMg hifla instantly.
Train Service Discontinued.
Columbia, S. O., Sept. 20.—Reports
Of tbe yellow fever situation at West
Point, Stewart, Winona, Carrollton and
Greenwood, Miss., show that the
Privates WHl lie Advanced.
Atlanta, Sept. 16. — The commis
sioned offices made vacant i« Ihe Third
; Georgia regiment by the resignation of
those men wlioprelnr ^return so their
t hemes to doing guard duty in tinba or
Porto Rico will bo filled from the ranks.
This is the present intention of Gover-
i nor Atkinson, wha has received many
! requests from officers, both of tbe First
; and Second regiments, asking to be
. transferred to the Third Georgia, as
they desired to remain in the service.
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Cotton Planters to Meet.
C6LUMRIA, 8. C., Sept. 16.—The State
Cotton Grov.-ers’ convention will meet
here next Tuesday. President Wilborn
of tbe association says that advices from
various sections of the state indicate
that the attendanoe will be large. Mat
ters of importance to cotton growers
will be discussed. The convention pro
poses to take decisive action iu regard
to the handling of cotton for the farm
ers in the state. The matter of reduc
ing the acreage will also be discussed.
Captured After Five Years.
Birmingham, Ala., Sept. 17<-*Y. C.
Hughes, a negro murderer who escaped
from the Jefferson county jail five years
ago, has been brought bock to his old
quarters and is again behind tbe bars.
Hughes was under sentence of death for
killing Lula Kelly at Bessemer when ho
escaped. He will probably be taken
before Judge Green for re-sentence,
lie was captured in Chambers county
upon information furnished by the sher
iff’s office here.
oity
t off
; officials will not allow persons to get
i trains except they are residents of these
respective towns, and tbe Southern rail
way has discontinued trains Nos. 35
and 36 between Columbia and Green-
Wile, Miss.
Aid For Hildebrand's Family.
San Francisco, Sept. $0.—In each of
the regiments at the Presidio collections
fts being token up for the benefit of ths
family of Henry Hildebrand, who was
murdered by Hospital Steward Rosser
of tbe First Tennessee. The collections
now amount to abont $2,900.
Three Deaths at Huntsville.
Huntsville, Ala., Sept 16. — Tbe
Thirty-second Michigan was unable to
get away from Camp Wheeler today
on account of lack of tnualpomtioti.
Deaths at the corps rtserve hospital:
F. A. Kirkpatrick, Com parly K, First
Florida volunteers, typhoid fever; Alex
Johnson, Company K, Second Georgia
Johnson, Uompany ri, becopd Georgia
volunteers, tuberculosis; .Geoijge Bran
don, a Michigan volunteer, typhoid.
Rods HU blfs by Morphine.
Columbus, Go., Sept 16.—Henry Ty
ler, a white man, 88 years of age, sui
cided by taking morphias at a disrepu
table house on upper First avenue.
Nine months age ms brother, Enoch
Tyler, was shot to death, on the streeto.
Recently one of his sisters was sent to
the asylum. He bos been greatly wor
ried by bU troubles and this probably
caused him to take his life.
Second Carolina Joins Lee.
Columbia, 8. 0., Sept 16 —Tbe en
tire Second Sooth Carolina regiment
has left here for Jacksonville, where it
will go into comp. The regiment is in
charge of Colonel Wilis Jones and has
been at Camp Lee here since muster in.
COLONEL BRYAN TO RESIGN.
He Will Soon Resume tho Discussion
of National Issues.
Jacksonville, Fla., 'Sept. 20.—Col-
o»el William Jennings Bryan of tho
Third Nebraska volunteers will shortly
resign his commission iu the United
States army aud resume the discussiou
of public questious. This statement ia
not made upon the authority of Colonel
Bryan, however. When asked to ex
press himself ou questious of public in
terest, he said:
“You can say that I refuse to discuss
any imitteri connected with politics,
the army or myself, except that I see bo
reason to change the views in regard to
exptmdiug the territory of the United
Slates 1 expressed in my Omaha speech
m;tde before entering upon this army
life.”
This is all Colouel Bryan would say
except to add:
“You might also say that I am not
so enamored of camp life that I would
at tbe close of the war apply for a com
mission iu the regular army.”
AN INVESTIGATION NOW ON.
Judg? Lumpkin Calls the Fulton
County Gruud Jury Together.
Atlanta, Sept. 20.—An inquiry into
the last jury box of Fulton county has
begun. Judge Lumpkin ordered the
grand jury to convene in special session
and consider the matter. He told the
jurymen to make a thorough investiga
tion and learn if anything wrong had
been done.
Judge Lumpkin said in his special
charge that he did not intend to imply,
by calling the jury together, that he
suspected any one of intentional wrong
doing, but since the fact had been
called to his attention he felt that in
justice to the citizens of the county he
ought to do whatever he could toward
having any errors corrected.
The jury at once met aud commenced
the taking of testimony. Presentment*
will be made to the court as soon os the
investigation is completed.
Big Reception For Soldiers.
Atlanta, Sept. 20.—The Army and
Navy league, of which Mrs. W. Y. At
kinson is president, is making prepara
tions to give the Second Georgia regi
ment a big reception on its arrival here
»ext Thursday. One of the most im-
portehlj features of the day will be the
parade review of the regiment. The
men wili be given 80 days furlough and
at the end of that time they will return
to this city and be mustered out.
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Quarantine at Montgomery.
Montgomery, Ala., Sept. 20.—The
quarantine of the state of Alabama
•gainst New Orleans aad oU yellow fe
ver infected districts in being rigidly
enforced. No trains from New Orleans
are allowed to stop hero, but are run
out 2 miles beyond the city to where tbe
Second regiment is encamped, where
those entitled to enter the city are
transferred to another train and brought
back to town-
Troops Anxious to Leave.
San Francisco. Sept 20.—The troops
just ordered to the Philippines are all
anxioas to depart os soon as possible
aud tboir wishes are likely to be grgti-
fled, for General Miller, who hoi
head tbe expedition, is doing all
to expedite their transportation.