The Atlanta constitution. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1885-19??, 1893-04-18

SO IL seems the LOFO kHeW OcSe'
The cambridge Globe makes the following
announcement, and calls on the farmers 10
rally"
Hon Thomas e. Watson will canvass s, me :,
state of Georgia during the summer mohths'
The grand jury of Floyd county has en-
dorsed and recommended the Australian paiiot
system The Tribune says that TINS actioh
of the grand jury Indicates the drift or puphc
sentiment"
The Augusta Evening News gives the
northern editors pointer in the IoiloWihs'
THE southern whites pay nearly every cent cent
of the money necessary to maintain the
schools for the negro. Isn't it ABOUT uin ne
write accurately about the south, ana 10
show some sort of intelligent appreciation u
what the southern people are doihs
Editor HeartseIl. of The Spring Place Jlmple-
cute says editorially: , A., CO..
I'VE are with The Constitution in the fight
for Georgia to have her snare Oh lnu neu th a,
Offices There is no thimrs and it is nothing
hut right that the offices should ne dlVlueu
among the states according to populatioh.
The question CT worRing criminals on the
pub::c roads is one which is being discussed
by the press of the state at TINS time. On
this line The Butler Herald says:
1T will require well-Ecatured plans to devise
means of working criminals on t me p 'abnr
to the counties, but it can be done; If tn the
present legislature is not equal i, 10 tne taSA'
OF an old house which is now peing TORN
down In Swainsboro The Pine Forest, OF that
place, says:
used to stand: opposite the Koun,ree nUuSe
and Of Swainsboro.. 1t was builI III Ioo3, ,. Il
possibly at an earlier period 1t mas VIII
hail rain and Storm 1t was a mansion, or
supposed to be. the finest in thiS sGGidon d,
was tha owner and dwelt therein when the
aborigine of our country-the req mln.p VT
sued the wild fox ana deer up anu and Streets
and where only the stupble ana soioeh lou
grew
The Talhotton News. commenting ., on a, re.
cent editorial in The Constitution" we M"s'
Redeem Our Pledge'-says: r, A.
.SThe above is from an editorial In The At
Ianta Constitution last Wednesday. AS demo
Gratis we must face the issue and give, the
people promised relief. We have now All de
partments of government we are urn, TO ~
orr pledges the reinS of government VIII re-
main in our hands for years to come IL IN
faithful the condemnation OF nation OF the
world will be upon us
Two Men Drowned.
Savannah. Ga. April 13.-(Special This
morning five men in governments Sawl
crossed under the how Of schooner pelng
the yawl broadside, capszing IT. Wine MI
liams and another ncgro were drowned Inc
other three escaped drowning.
brown Acquitted.
Brown is free man and The death of Val
liam Hatchett ut his hands was justitiable
homicide so pronounced by Il jury not OF
his peers, but II jury of his superiors IN
every respect in the scale of humanity,
promptly at midnight last evening
Pushed Her Under the Car.
Savannah, Ga, April 13.-(Special.) "A
negro man pushed negro woman named
Matte Baker under an electric car as 1t
was coming into the city tonight and she
was crushed to death. Search was insh-
tuted for the murderer but he has not been
found
Guilty of Wife Murder.
Conyers. Ga. April 11-fSpeciaI Hen
~ Cohen colored. charged with the murder
Of his wife, was tried today.
The jury brought in a verdict OF guilty.
lie win be sentenced tomorrow.
lie is the first man ever found guilty or
murder in this county.
Guilty of Arson.
Elberton. Ga, April 13.-(Special.)-Af
ter being out about thirty hours the jury
returned verdict of guilty in the case of
the state VS.. Jep Brunuer. colored charged
with the burning of the barn Of DR.. Oliver
on the 18th of December, 1892. Judge
Query gave him ten years in the peniten-
tiary.
knights Of Honor.
The state grand lodge of knights of
Honor adjourned it's regular animal session
in Atlanta Thursday after holding Two days
with the business before it,
Hon. w. II. Kimsey, of joneshoro, comes
30 be grand dictator of the state grand
lodge. He is one Of the brainiest men in
the state and wel-known citizen of Clay
ton county.
Visiting His Old Home.
Lexington, Ga, April 12.-Ex-GOvernor
William II Sims, of Columbus, Miss. and
recently appointed first assistant secretary
Of interior is visiting this. his old home be
fore his departure to Washington City.
His accomplished wife is with him. Lex
ington has the distinguished honor of being
the birth place and boyhoo1 home of Col
oneI Sims as we'll AZ the home of his wife,
who is Il daughter of Mrs. $. S. Stephens.
Of this place. Both families are noted for
their learning and piety. Colonel Sims IS
o self-made man. and Secretary Smith has
shown good judgment in obtaining his able
assistance in the Office Of the interior.
Burned To Death.
Athens, Ga, april 13.-(Special. "A lit
tie four-year-od negro girl was burned to
death on Cleveland avenues yesterday,
her whole body being charred into crisp.
Ella Wales, the girls mother, went gut
in town. leaving the child at home with Il
fire in the CRATE. Just as the woman was
approaching the house on her return she
saw her child run out of the house into
the backyard with her whole form wrap
ped in a mass of flames The woman, of
course, ran and caught the burning baby
and did all she could to save it, but it was
burned to such an extent before the flames
were extinguished that it died shortly after
wards.
Guarding the Jail.
Valdosta, Ga, April 14.-(Special. Wv.
T. COthran, who was arrested on suspicion
of being connected with the murder of
john +. Wisenbaker, has been fully iden-
tilted by Mrs. Wisenbaker, wife of the
murdered man. One Of Mr.. Wsenbaker's
neighbors has also been arrested and lodged
in Jail suspected of being connected with
the murder. 4 strong guard has been
placed around the jail and every effort will
be made to protect Cothran. The accused
claims to be from South Carolina, and is a
horse drover. The sheriff of this county
has learned since his arrest that there is
very large reward offered for Gotham for
murder in South Carolina.
= white Capper Convicted.
Carrollton, Ga, April 14.-(Special)-T
trial of DR.. Dan Rodgers, who was chaIG-
ed with being the leader of the white cap
crowd that whipped Rowens, Rritts, Eason
and White, on the 23d of March, ended
this evening The case was given to the
jury at , o'clock and the jury made YER
Diet in forty minutes. It read: We, the
iury find Dr.. Dan Rodgers guilty. The