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Score3 of Lives Lost and Dam
age of Millions.
10,000 OPERATIVES ARE IDLE
M ny Mills Have Been Forced to Close
Down, and It May I3e Many Weeks
Before They Can Resume Work—
Many Daring Rescues.
,\ v York, March 4. —Flood condi
t as in the east are reported rapidly
itnprovin although affairs in the Wy
i : leg valley and northeastern Penn
s-.U vania generally and along the Hud
;• =ii, near Albany, are still in bad
shape.
Dispatches from Wilkesbarre, Pa.,
show that more than a score of lives
wi i'i> lost and $5,000,000 worth of prop
erty was destroyed in northeastern
D nnsylvaisa. The danger is over, but
tie lull extent of the damage is yet to
be seen. Eighteen thousand homeless
persons in the Wyoming valley are
anxiously watching the backward
course of the waters.
The water has receded in Paterson,
N. J., so that the danger there practi
< ally is over, but there were many*dar
i g rescues of persons who had stayed
in the flooded houses.
So many mills were damaged that
14,(100 operatives are thrown out of
work for an indefinite time.
In Passaic six men are reported to
l ive bef n carried down with a bridge,
which was washed away. The current
was so swift that it was impossible to
r< scue them.
( flies and towns in almost all sec
tions of Now York and in New Eng
land stab s suffered heavy damage t(
;■! )])'- rty and delayed trains were re
ported.
>!-l for many years have the mails
• idling New York been so delayed as
during the last three and a half days.
WRECK ON L. AND N.
Two Freights Collide—One Man Kill
ed, Three Injured.
Nashville, Tenn., March 4. —A colli
pien yesterday afternoon between two
fr iylit trains at Pulaski, 80 miles
ith of here on the Louisville and
Nnshville road, delayed traffic two
h< irs and caused the death of one
man and the injury of three others.
The dead:
John Hariley, fireman.
The injured:
Joe Zanone, engineer.
J. fl. Martin, conductor.
Robert Wilson, brakeman.
The northbound train Mas attempt
ing to pass on the main track, but the
switch, for some unknown reason, was
turned wrong and the train ran in on
a siding where the southbound train
was standing.
Both engines were wrecked.
The killed and injured were on the
moving train.
DOCTOR FACES GRAVE CHARGE.
Accused of Betraying Insane Girl In
North Carolina.
Raleigh, March 4. —Dr. W. J. Clantz,
who for a long time lias been one of
the most highly esteemed citizens of
Buncombe county, is now under a $2,-
s'hi bond, and laced with a very se
rious charge.
The crime of which he is accused is
bertyaing an insane girl and taking
I ' i to a western city, where it is said
they remained for some time.
Dr. Clantz makes little denial of the
accusation and declares it is an at
tempt at blackmail.
A warrant was issued for him a few
'lays after his return from the west
and he surrendered himself.
His bail was fixed at first at SIO,OOO.
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Volume 20.
SHOT WIFE AND SELF.
Domestic Infelicity E?:c.'c In Sad Trag
edy sc Pelham, Ga.
Pelham, Ga., March 4. —In a neat lit
tle cottage on Barrow avenue was
found the body of Harvey Nesmith,
shot through the head with a pistol
ball.
In an adjacent room his wife’s body
lay with a pistol wound in her head.
The only other member of the house
hold, a 12-months-okl babe, was found
unhurt by those first to arrive on the
scene.
It is one of the saddest tragedies,
the people of Pelham have ever been
called on to witness. Mr. and Mrs.
Nesmith had been living in Pelham for
a year or more and bad a number of
friends here. For some time it was
known io friends that the domestic re
lations of the family were not alto
gether pleasant, but no such fateful
tragedy as this was anticipated.
About 11 o’clock Saturday night
neighbors were attracted by the report
ot a pistol and the screams of a wom
an. Rushing to the scene they found
Mr. Nesmith lying on the flood with
a bullet hole through his head and his
brains slowly oozing out in a pool of
blood. Close by his wife lay also, shot
in the head. Both were unconscious.
Mr. Nesmith died yesterday morn
ing at 4 o’clock. Mrs. Nesmith suc
cumbed a few hours later.
Here and there over the rooms were
spots of blood and on the clothing of
the baby were blood stains that indi
cated the efforts of the mother to
reach her child in her extremity. It is
supposed that Mr. Nesmith shot his
wife and then killed himself.
PICKPOCKETS IN CHURCH.
Three Ministers Are Victimized at
Baptist Tabernacle.
Atlanta, March 5. —A gang of pro
fessional pickpockets, composed of
men and women, made their appear
ance in the Baptist? Tabernacle yester
day afternoon while the Bible confer
ence was holding a session, and before
they left they succeeded in rifling the
pockets of three ministers of the gos
pel.
This sacriligious as well as feloni
ous act was partly witnessed by Dr.
Broughton, pastor of the Tabernacle,
who chanced to see the gang when
they came into the church and when
they robbed one of their victims.
Pickpockets are said to do very bold
acts, but it is the first time that ever
a gang of thieves operated in a church
in Atlanta in the broad daylight and
while religious services were going on.
SAVANNAH IN DARKNESS.
Fire Near Power House Destroys the
Wires, Breaking Circuit.
Savannah, March 5. —Savannah was
shoruded in darkness last night. Save
for those of a very restricted section
of the city all the electric lights were
out. Not only were the arc lights on
the streets dark, but incandescent
lights in houses were without current.
The trouble occurred at about 8:30
o’clock, when a fire broke out in Yam
acraw, near the power house. The
flames melted the wires that ran from
the power house and the current was
broken.
A minstrel performance was in prog
ress at the theater when the lights
went out. The show was practically
broken up, as the gas formed but a
poor substitute.
Killing In Lee County, Ala.
Opelika, Ala., March 5. —A killing
has occurred on the farm of T. J.
Whatley near Opelika. Sam Matthews
shot Link Dallas. It seems from the
reports that Matthews had had trou
ble with other people’s cows eating
his cotton seed, and becoming exasper
ated, shot a cow. Dallas heard the
shot and seeing the trouble, thought
it was his cow and Csme to the scene
with his shotgun and a qutrrel ensued.
Matthews says he did not shoot Dal
las until he had been knocked down
several times. Matthews is now in
the hands of Sheriff Hodge.
Policeman Behind Bars.
Wayeross, Ga., March 5. —Matt Rob
inson. a policeman, has been arrested
here charged with complicity in the
Plant system car robbery. In default
of SSOO bond he was placed in jail.
Large quantities of goods were found
hidden in a horse stable at Robinson’s
mother-in-law’s home, 4 miles from
town. Her son says Robinson paid
him $4 to haul the goods there and
bury them.
LaGrange Dispensary Fiqht.
LaGrange, Ga., March 4—Judge
Harris has turned down the injunction
proceedings against the dispensary.
Exceptions, however, have been filed
to his rulings, a supersedeas has been
granted and the injunction will go by
a fast bill to the supreme court. r he
fight for and against a dispensary has
not been as hot as the one in Rome,
but has been just as determined.
Colonel Charters Announces.
Dahlonega, Ga., March s.—Colonel
W. A. Charters, of this place, has for
mally announced himself a candidate
for re election as solicitor general of
the northeastern circuit, subject to the
Democratic primary. The piesent in
dications are that Colonel Charters will
have no opposition.
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BURGLAR STABS WOMAN.
Mrs. J. C-. Ar.crej Has Exciting Expe*
r.cnce Near Jacksonville, Fia.
Jacksonville, Fla., Mai eh 3. —Suffer-
ing from ohocl., as the result of an
experience Thursday night, Mrs. Joe
C. Andreu is quite ill at her home on
Evergreen avenue.
Shortly after the midnight hour
Mrs. Andreu was attacked by a ne
gro burglar, who was in her bedroom.
Two attempts were made to stab her,
and 51 rs. Andreu has an ugly wound
on her left shoulder. She was visit
ing her. niece, Mrs. J. Humphrey, who
lives with her husband on the rock
road near the Half-Way house.
Shortly after midnight Mrs. Andreu
became restless and thought her little
child was stroking her hair. Soon af
tef she became fully awake and arose,
going to the closet in the room. Open
ing the door, she stooped to pick some
thing from the floor and saw the two
big feet of a man. Frightened and
unable to scream, she raised her eyes
and saw directly in front of her a tall
negro with hand outstretched and rais
ed on high, ready to strike at her. She
does not remember how she gained
her feet, but as she tried to get away
(he negro sprang at her. she being
between him and the open window,
through which he had gained access
to the room. He made two thrusts at
her, the first missing her and the sec
ond grazing her left shoulder and in
flicting a wound. The negro then rush
ed to the window, blowing out the
lighted lamp in the room, and made
his escape.
GAME WHEN TRAP FELL.
Burglar Johnson Faced Death Without
a Tremor.
Raleigh, March 3.—One of the pluck
iest prisoners who ever met a well
deserved fate on the gallows was
Johnson, the white man hanged at
Asheville Wednesday for burglary.
He said he had much rather die than
serve a life sentence in the peniten
tiary. He .really appeared glad to die.
The authorities here and elsewhere
made all sorts of efforts to ascertain
his real name. All efforts failed. He
once bad the name Wilson. He was
wanted for murder in the Indian Ter
ritory and in Florida, and in the latter
state there was SI,OOO reward out
standing for him. Such are the receiv
ed statements.
He was by profession a safecracker,
and declared he was born in north
ern Ohio, but that his last home was in
the Indian Territory.
At almost ihe last moment he re
fused to tell his name, saying it would
do no good.
TO GO UNDER HAMMER.
Abraham Lincoln’s Birthplace Will Be
Sold for Taxes.
Hodgenville, Ky., March I.—The
birthplace of Abraham Lincoln, near
Hodgenville. is advertised at sheriff's
sale for taxes.
A few years ago the place promised
to be a property upon which the gov
ernment would spend thousands of dol
lars, but it was bought by a company
of eastern capitalists with the inten
tion of making it a public park. This
scheme fell through when the cabin
in which Lincoln was born was carried
to Central park, in New York city
The place has been uncared for and
has gradually gone down until its value
is not more than enough to meet the
taxes on it.
Gage and Party In Florida.
St. Augustine, Fla , March 3. —Hon.
Lyman J. Gage, of New York, former
secretary of the treasury, arrived here
yesterday with a party of friends, in
cluding Mr. and Mrs. William Rocke
feller, Miss Rockefeller, Miss Hawley,
Mrs. North and James Stillman, the
well known New York banker. After
a stay at the Ponce do Leon the party
will proceed down the coast and visit
other Florida resorts. Their stay in
the south is expected to extend
through several states.
A Fireman's CIO'C Cal!.
“I stuck to my engine, although
every joint ached and every nerve was
racked with pain,” writes U. W. Bel
lamy, a locomotive firemen, of Burling
ton, lowa. “I was weak and pale, with
out any appetite and all run down. As
I was about to give up, I got a bottle of
Electric Bitters and, alter taking it, 1
felt as well as I ever did in my life.”
Weak, sickly, run down people always
gain new life, strength and vigor from
their use. Try them. Satisfaction
guaranteed by H. B. McMaster. Price
50 cents.
Killed By Live Wire.
Jacksonville, Fla., March 3. —William
Stone, a young white man employed
by the city electric light plant, was
killed by an electric shock Saturday
morning about 11 o’clock, received by
him while engaged in cleaning an arc
light on Riverside avenue near the
residence of J. N. C. Stockton. Stone
was found lying on the ground where
he fell, and it Is supposed that his
death was instantaneous.
Florida Postoffices.
Washington, March 3. —W. H. Casen
has been appointed postmaster at Hil
liard. Nassau county, Fla. The post
office department has issued to Wil
liam Worth his commission as post
master at Englewood, Fla. He was
appointed postmaster several days ago
and the commission was issued under
date of Feb. 24.
You Known What You Are Taking
When you take Grove’s Tasteless
Chill Tonic because the formula is
plainly printed on every bottle
showing that it is simply Iron and
Quinine in a tasteless form. No
Cure, No Pay. 50c.
job Printing promptly executed
Advertorial rmtM liberal.
Waynesboro, Georgia, Saturday, March 8, 1902.
TRIPLE CR/ME NEAR SAVANNAH.
Store Burglarized, Two Men Killed and
Building Fired.
Savannah. Ga., March 3. —Robbery,
arson and double murder were crimes
committed by unknown persons Satur
day night cn tfie Ogeechee road, 16
miles from Savannah. The store of
Michael Schrenk was entered, the pro
prietor and his clerk, Jacob Carter,
were killed, the safe and cash drawer
were rifled and then the store and out
buildings were fired. Not until yester
day morning was the discovery of the
triple crime made, and then there was
no trace of the miscreants to be found.
Schrenk was a prosperous German,
who had a store in the Black Ankle
district and another 4 or 5 miles away,
which had been onened but recently.
His wife and his stepson were away
from the Ogeechee road store at the
time of the murder, being at work at
ihat which had been more recently es
tablished. Stories of the wealth that
Schrenk had amassed had been float
ing around in that section for a long
while, and it had been feared that a
murder would be committed, for there
had been an attempt made not long
since to rob the store.
Not until 5 o’clock yesterday -morn
ing did neighbors reach the scene. A
search was at once instituted, but
there was naught to be gained, though
it was prosecuted most faithfully.
Among the ashes were found the
bodies of Schrenk and Carter. The
body of Schrenk lay where the cash
drawer had been located, that of Car
ter was in the rear room. By his side
lay a burned Winchester rifle.
The coroner and deputy sheriffs vis
ited the scene. An inquest was held,
but nothing was developed.
WRECK ON SEABOARD.
Freight and Passenger Trains Collide.
Several Injured.
Elberton. Ga., March 3. —A head-on
collision occurred yesterday on the
Seaboard Air Line railway just 4 miles
out from Elberton.
An extra freight, No. 512, and vesti
bule, No. 41, ran into each other, both
running at the rate of 35 miles an
hour.
Superintendent E. Berkeley was in
the cab on the freight and was badly
hurt. He was brought to Elberton on
a Pullman sent for him.
Will Jerrett, a negro flagman; Guer
ry Hall, engineer on 41, and Flagman
Murray were the others injured. Flag
man Murray received internal injuries,
though the physicians think he may
recover.
Engineer Hall was close to the
freight rounding a curve before he saw
it. He at once put on the brakes,
called to his fireman and jumped, be
ing badly though not seriously hurt
by the jump. The fireman escaped
uninjured. The freight crew also
jumped without injrrry.
Both engines were-completely demol
ished. as were several cars and the
track was torn up for some distance.
WORK ON EXTENSION BEGINS
On the Line from Tallulah Fails to
Franklin, N. C.
Demovest, Ga., March 4. —Work on
the extension of the Tallulah Falls
ra’lway from Tallulah Falls to Frank
lin, N. C.. will begin this week, the
contract for the first 5Y 2 miles having
been let.
The entire extension of over 40 miles
will be, it is expected, completed with
in the year.
Work on the new depot at this
place wiil also be commenced in a few
weeks. The proposed removal of the
depot from its present site on Georgia
street to the new site on Main street
gives almost universal satisfaction and
will lie of great advantage to local
manufacturers. Anew side track will
be put in and the new depot will be
modern in style and a credit to the
road.
They Want Perry To Run.
Buford, Ga., March 4. —Many voters
in this section of the county are urg
ing Hon. J. A. Perry, of Lawrence
viile, to stand for re-election to tlie
next general assembly. Mr. Perry
served in the last legislature with dis
tinction. being the youngest member
of that body save one. If Mr. Perry
should decide to enter the race he will
receive a handsome vote in this part
of the county.
Raided Blind Tigers.
Tifton. Ga., March 1. —Tifton’s po
lice made a raid on the blind tigers
operating in Tifton. and as a result one
white man and two negroes were
caught. Mayor Boatright fined the
white man $lO or GO days, one negro,
who was acting as agent for another.
sls or SO days. Both have not paid
their fines and are working out sen
tences. One of the negroes has not
been tried yet.
Wheaton's Battery Has Reunion.
Savannah, March 3. —Veterans of
the Chatham Artillery, known during
the civil war as Wheaton’s light bat
tery. bad a reunion at Tybee island
Saturday afternoon. Superintendent
Clement Saussy, of the Tybee railroad,
was the host, and the occasion was his
celebration of the fortieth anniversary
of his enlistment in Wheaton's bat
tery.
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POLICEMEN AS SPANKERS.
Novel Coff-ic Witnessed In Poiice
Court at Kearny, N. J.
New York, March 4. —Two police
men. with broad hands and plenty of
strength back or them, acted as mas
ters of ceremonies at a public spank
ing administered to. six youthful do
linquenlG in Kearny, N. J., police court.
The boys, whose ages ranged from
10 to 12 years, were brought before
Recorder Krebs on charge of opening
freight cars and destroying property.
Recorder Krebs sentenced each to “a
good, hard spanking,” as the alterna
tive of a $5 film. The parents spoke
for the boys and chose the spank
ing.
Chief of Poiice Toler, selected two
able-bodied policemen. Each took a
boy and placed him across his knee in
the approved position, and an instant
later the courtroom rang with yells.
When the round had been completed
the, youngsters were again arraigned.
They were very penitent, and alter the
( court had admonished them against
evil doing they promised to be good
in the future and were discharged.
DEATH CAME AS HE WROTE.
Body of an Aged Man Found In Bir
mingham Lodging House.
Birmingham, Ala., March 4. —The
dead body of an aged man, H. C.
Pearce by name, was found seated in
a little room in the third story of the
Stewart building, a cheap lodging
house on Avenue B.
The man had probably been dead for
two or three weeks, as the body was
beginning to decompose. On a table
at which he sat was a Tetter which he
was evidently writing at the time
death overtook him and in which he
was asking some unnamed relative for
aid.
The other rooms in the house are
occupied by foreign wage workers. The
old gentleman, for his clothes show
ed him to have been a man of gentle
surroundings, was probably unable to
make them understand his necessities.
The officials are looking for his rela
tives. •
PRESIDENTIAL NOMINATIONS.
Postmasters Named In Several South
ern States.
Washington, March 4. —The presi
dent has sent the following nomina
tions to the senate:
Postmasters —
Georgia—Mcßae, Albert J. Mcßae.
Tennessee—South Pittsburg, Robert
A. Patton.
Louisiana- —Plaquemine, Alexander
Salomon.
North Carolina—Lexington, J. G.
Walser.
The senate confirmed the following
nominations:
Ormond. Stone, Charlottesville. Va.,
member of the board of visitors Unit
ed States naval observatory.
Postmaster:
Alabama —C. F. Rankin, Brewton.
Navy:
Captain P. H. Cooper, rear admiral;
Captain G. H. Wadleigh, rear admiral.
PHILIPPINE TARIFF BILL.
House Votes on Adoption of Confer
ence Report.
Washington, March 5. —When the
house met today the pending question
was on the adoption of the confer
ence report upon the Philippine tariff
bill. On a rising division the vote
stood ayes 66, nays 65.
Messrs. McCall, bf Massachusetts;
Heatwole, of Minnesota, and Little
field, of Maine, Republicans, voted with
the Democrats against the adoption of
the report. Mr. Payne, the majority
leader, then demanded the ayes and
nays and the roll was called.
Night Was Her Terror.
“I would cough nearly all night
loug,” writes Mrs. Oiias. Applegate, of
Alexandria, lud., and could hardly get
any sleep. I had consumption so bad
that if I walked a block I would cough
frightfully and spit blood, but, when all
other medicines failed, three SI.OO bot
tles of Dr. King’s New Discovery whol
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Coal Company Leases Lands.
Birmingham, Ala., March 4. —The
executive committee of the board of
trustees of the University of Alabama
has ratified the lease of 1,200 acres of
coal lands to the Galloway Coal com
pany. The lands are located in Bibb
county and will bring in $4,000 per an
num, exclusive of royalties, which may
reach as high as SIO,OOO per annum.
Much Steel Is Bought.
Sheffield, Ala., March 3.—T. F. John
ston, president of the Sheffield Roll
ing Mill company, has returned from
New York, where he made the pur
chase of something over SIOO,OOO
worth of steel billets, to be used in liis
mill here in the making of hoops and
ties. The mill is running full force.
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Jail Birds Take Flight.
Greensboro, Ga., March 4. —The larg
est jail delivery that has ever occur
red in this county was accomplished
Sunday night. With the aid of outside
parties, six prisoners regained their
freedom and are now at large. They
were to have been tried next week.
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WHITES AND BLACKS BATTLE.
Fatal Fight In Guilford County, North
Carolina.
Raleigh, March 1. —Seymour Shaff
ner, a young white man, who, with
several companions, went to the house
of John Hubbard, a negro, in Guilford
county, for the purpose of beating or
killing a negro in the house, was him
self shot and killed.
This was only part of a general row
between drunken whites and negroes.
One of the latter was shot and his fall
was the signal for a shot which killed
Shaffner. Hubbard and his wife are
in jail, charged with the killing of
Shaffner. The negroes and the whites
in the section where the fight occur
red tried to keep it quiet and wanted
no action taken.
Another Old-Time Minstrel Dies.
Hot Springs, Ark., March 4. —Billy
Rice, another of the old-time minstrel
men has just died at this place.-, This
makes the fourth death among the fa
mous burnt cork performers within
two weeks. First it was Billy West,
then Billy Emerson, next Johnny
Queen and now Billy Rice. Rice had
been lost sight of for years, but in his
day and time he was at the top of the
ladder.
Esterhazy Seen In New York.
New York, March 4. —Major Ferdi
nand Walsin Esterhazy, who confess
ed that he forged the Dreyfus borde
reau, has, according to The Herald,
been seen in this city. He is said to
have spent two hours in a Broadway
restaurant in animated conversation
with a young man and woman. Ester
hazy was shabbily dressed and -'his
features were extremely thin.
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Texas Independence Day.
Houston, Tex., March 4. —Texas in
dependence day was generally observ
ed yesterday as a holiday. The formal
exercises were confined to the public
schools. At Huntsville the grave of
Sam Houston was strewn with flowers.
At Austin the university students ob
served the day with a set program. At
Waco the cornerstones for two new
buildings for Baylor college were laid.
Governor Sayres was present and
made an address. The two buildings
are to cost $140,000.
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TIGHT SCREWS WILL
BE POT ON RAILROADS
Interstate and Sherman Laws
to Be Enforced.
SO SAYS PRESIDENT ROOSEVELT
Decision Has Caused Consternation
Among Many Executive Officials of
Western Roads —Traffic Must 3e
Handled Free of Pools, Etc.
Chicago, March 4. —President Roose
velt has given the railroad manage
ments of the entire country to under
stand that the interstate commerce
and Sherman laws will be enforced to
the letter, says The Record-Herald.
The information has been conveyed
through the medium of the interstate
commerce commission, and it is under
stood that the administration will not
favor any amendment to the law until
the present laws have been enforced
and the result noted.
The Record-Herald asserts that the
new order of things has caused con
sternation among the executive offi
cials of roads centering in Chicago,
and all are engaged in the work of
“cleaning house.” Hurried consulta
tions have resulted in the decision that
all associations and organizations
which are in violation of the laws
involved must he done away with, and
every effort made to show the com
mission that the roads purpose hand
ling traffic free of all pools, agree
ments or cut rates.
Unless the commission insists upon
it. nothing will be done with the west
ern trunk line committee at present,
nor with the various passenger- asso
ciations which are in violation of the
Sherman law.
Similar action will be taken by the
lines east of Chicago, and bureaus in
the charge of Chairman Tucker will
probably be abolished. Railroad offi
cials are not a unit regarding the char
acter of action necessary, but a large
number of them believe that all or
ganizations should be done away
with, as if everything is to be han
dled on tariff schedules there will be
little use for associations.
Upon Hunting Twenty Years.
Winfield, lowa, Nov. 24 h, 1900.
Gentlemen: —I write to say that I
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and indigestion for the past twentj
years, and have tried many medi
cines and spent much money to no
purpose until I tried Dr. Caldwell’s
Syrup Pep-un. 1 have taken two
bottles and am entirely relieved of
all stomach trouble. I cannot say
too much in favor of this remedy. I
recommend it to all sufferers from
indigestion or dyspepsia
Yours truly, Wm. Ruebsam.
Sold by it B. McMaster, Waynes
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Petition for Dispensary.
Forsyth, Ga., March 1. —A petition
is being circulated calling for an elec
tion on the dispensary question for
Monroe county. A sufficient number
of signatures have already been ob
tained and it is expected that an elec
tion will be held at an early date to
settle the question.
Pavs ihierHt
on wits.
Access
L. C. E. 4 yK.
President.
Chas. L inward
o^hier.