People's party paper. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1891-1898, 1898-03-18
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AIKEN, 8. O., March 15.-The South
ern Gross championship golf tourna-
ment will be played on the Palmetto
golf links this week.
LrrTLEToN, N. O., March 10. = Elk
Governor P. II. Bell of Texas died at
this place. He was for years one of
Texas most prominent citizens.
Young HARRIS, Ga, March 12:-Hon.
J. Il. Kimsey, ordinary Of Towns county,
has declared quarantine against North
Carolina on account of smallpox.
COLUMBUS, Ga, March 11.-George
Bush, aged II years, has been acquitted
of murder. His alleged crime was the
killing of Enoch Tyler, another boy.
He put up plea of self defense.
DECATUR, Ala, March 14.-Fire has
destroyed the large saw and planingmill
of Arantz Bros This was one of the
largest establishments in the state, and
did a heavy business direct with Eng
land.
AUGUSTA, Ga, March 10.--Hon. vii
liam J. Bryan spoke at the opera house
here on the money question. Frequent
outbursts of app ause evidenced the au-
dience's approval of the sentiments he
expressed.
CHATTANOOGA, March 15.-Increased
foreign trade, steady home business,
and eight less failures than for the same
week last year show to The Tradesman
how little the country fears any sort of
fO,.oiern oOY,o n1ioa fioD
ROANOKE, Ala, March 15.-J. L.
Price, a tobacco drummer from Reids-
vile, N. O.; was found dead in his bed
here. A coroner's jury found he came
to his death from strangulation, caused
by che over use of whisky.
ATLANTA, March 14.-Claude Law
renee, secretary and treasurer of the At
lanta Soda company, and one of the best
known young men in Atlanta, commit
ted suicide by taking morphine. No
cause can be assigned for the act.
MONTGOMERY, Ala, March 10.-The
Alabama railroad commission is now en-
gagged with its inspection of the lines
of railroad in Alabama. The inspection
will continue until all of the lines of
railroad In the state have been covered.
ATLANTA, March 11-News has been
received here Of the death in Oklahoma
of General Edward L. Thomas, brave
soldier and prominent Georgian, who
left his native state number of years
ago to accept government position in
the west.
.,TALBoTToN, Ca, March 14.-W. s.
2 Brown, a prominent farmer of this
county, shot and killed J. H Miller,
also farmer. No cause is assigned for
the act. The coroner's jury returned a
verdict Of murder. Brown is now un-
der arrest.
MONTGOMERY, Ala, March 14.-The
quarantine board of Mobile bay met
here and determined to put on the quar-
antine of the bay on April 1. 1t is the
Judgment of the board that there will
be no yellow fever in the state this year
unless it is imported.
FITZGERALD, Ca, March H. - The
charges preferred by Millen lodge against
Charles R. Warren, grand chancellor of
the Knights Of Pythias, for neglect Of
duty, have been withdrawn and the
high tribunal which convened here to
try him has adjourned. ls
MOBILE, March 15-The British steam
ship Selma of the Horsley line has
cleared with 10, 582 bales of cotton and
1000 tons of pig iron. This is the largest
cotton cargo that has been exported from
this port this season, and it is thought
that it is the largest on record.
DoTHAN, Ala, March 11.-George O.
Harper of Montgomery has instituted
suit in the superior court here for $780,
600 against the Alabama Midland di-
vision of the Plant system. He lost a
leg in wreck about year ago. Har-
per was fireman ON the road at the
time of the accident.
MONTGOMERY, Ala, March 12.-State
Examiner Foster has reported on his
investigation of the books of former
Tax Collector G. w. Wright of Law
renee county. Mr.. Wright was found
clerical errors $120, which he promptly
paid into the treasury.
BIRMINGHAM, Ala, March 100. A.
Smith of Atlanta has closed a deal for
the erection at Ensley City, near the
Semet Salvay Biproduct coke ovens,
now under construction, of a plant for
the consumption Of the tar product of
the ovens and its conversion into the ar
ticles of trade of which it is the basis.
ATLANTA, March 14.-Church circles
are greatly stirred over the suspension
of Rev. j. T. Gibson, pastor of Walker
Street Methodist church, on charge of
immortality. The name Of the lady he
is alleged to have written an improper
letter has not yet been made public, but
it is stated that she is the wife of a
preacher.
DUE WEST, s. c., March 12-Hon.
W. J. Bryan delivered his lecture on
bimetallism in the chapel of Erskine
college here before an audience which
taxed to its utmost the seating and
standing capacity Of the auditorium
Special trains were run from Columbia,
\ Anderson and Greenville, all of them
bearing large crowds.
MONTGOMERY, Ala, March 12.-The
Fear of smallpox appears to have en-
tirely disappeared from the minds Of
the people of Alabama There is per-
haps as much, if not more, of the dis
ease in the state now as there has been
at any time in tie past, but the cases
are of such a mild type that the people
do not fear it any more than measles.
ATLANTA, March a. - The biggest
crowd that has greeted Hon. W. J.
Bryan since he began his tour Of the
south turned out 20 hear him here. Mr.
Bryan spoke at the tabernacle, build
ing with q seating of about $1,000 This
immense structure was packed to the
doors and hundreds were turned away.
State officials and prominent men from
all sections were present.
CEDARTowN, Ga, March IA wreck
occurred on the East and West railroad
at Trout creek trestle, near Ragland,
Ala. The regular eastbound passenger