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POSTMASTERS FAULT The Coined Preacher • Charged With Bhckneil Talks a Bit. PECULIAR SITUATION IN FIRST DISL FeMx Sima Charged With Kxtenting Money From Postmasters in Order to Se cure His Indorsement. t The Macon Telegraph has already told of the trouble between the fourth class postmasters in the first congressional district and the negro republicans. Yes terday it was announced that Deputy United States Marshal White had ar rested a negro preacher charged with having attempted to blackmail the ap plicants for this class of postmasterships, but the defense offered by the negroes charged with the crimes has not hereto fore been made public. The last issue of the Savannah Morning News contains the following interesting account: Felix R. Sims, colored preacher, poli tician and postmaster at or near Thebes, in Libery county, was placed under arrest yesterday by Depty Marshal Charles J. White on a warrant sworn out before United States Commissioner Lewis charg ing him with using the mails in the furtheiance of a scheme to defraud, The affidavit upon which the warrant was issued was made by Wm. S. Harden, postmaster at Walthourville, also in Lib erty county, who is one of the' parties Sims is alleged to have worked upon through the mails. It appears from the evidence, so far a s ' it has developed, that Sims as the mem ber of a republican committee for the first district, wrote to a number of fourth class postmasters in the district, princi pally in Liberty and Mclntosh counties, calling upon them for certain amounts anywhere from $lO to $25, in considera tion of which the postmaster making the ■ payment was to receive the committee’s endorsement tor re-appointment. With out such indorsement it was intimated that the postmaster in question would not retain his office under the new ad ministration. In several cases postmas ters are said to have paid the money, one of them paying, it is stated, as high as $75. Postmaster Harden did not make the payment of sls that was demand ed of him, though he came near doing so. He had considerable correspon dence with Sims about the matter, and now has a number of Sim’s let ters in his possession. In one of these Sims informs him that the cost in his case would be $lO additional because he had not paid the sls promptly when it was demanded. While some of the fourth class post masters paid the tribute, considering it necessary if they desired to hold their jobs, all of them have been out spoken in .their denunciation of the plan of “shaking them down” as they considered it. Mr. Harden came to Savannahand swore out a warrant, charging Sims with using the mails in furtherance of a fraudulent scheme. The warrant was placed in the hands of Deputy Marshal White who went to Thebes and returned yesterday morning with the defendant in custo dy. Sims was brought before the com missionerand spent most of the day together with his attorney, J. H. Kinckle, in arranging to give bond, which he did in the afternoon. The A healthy woraan expert tf’-f JrC |/'.J'l»Kz-' / ences the great /jk-<£✓/ est happiness of all her life when her first born nestles in hel ' 11V& a woman’s duty and /it Iwl should be her joy. —4 < 1 y ilr/jl There are thousand* I Z. 1 , >Wft of women to whom I motherhood is a tor- ture because of weak- i ness atl (l disease of the organs that make it possible. This is wrong and need not- be. If a woman will but study the physiology of the organs dis tinctly feminine, and learn to take the-prep er care of her health —to take the propet remedy for weakness and disease peculiat to her sex, motherhood will become an un alloyed pleasure, where now it is dreaded and avoided for its pains and dangers. The best medicine for a woman to take during the period preceding motherhood is Dr. Pierce’s Favorite Prescription. It is the only medicine for this purpose invented by a regularly graduated, skilled and expert specialist in the treatment of the peculiat diseases of women. It cures all weakness and disease of the organs that perpetuate the race. It makes them strong ana vigor ous. It rids the expectant period of its usual discomforts. It insures baby’s health and makes itS Coming easy and almost pain less. It is the discovery of Dr. R. V. Pierce, chief consulting physician of the Invalids’ Hotel and Surgical Institute, at Buffalo, N. Y. Women who wish to know more of the “ Favorite Prescription ’’ should write him. Frederick Frederick, of No. 1114 8. Second St., Camden, N. J., writes: “My wife is a customer of yours. She has used ‘ Favorite Prescription ’ to prevent miscarriage. She had a sickness last July, and suffered untold misery from a severe pain. I repeatedly told her to use your medi cines. but she persisted in going to a so-called spc cialist, whose treatment only made her more sick and miserable. Then she used the ‘ Favorite Prescription' and was cured.” Pleasure. It is a matter of health alone. Nothing else. A healthy man can't be un happy if he wants to. Much sickness is caused by constipation. Dr. Pierce’s Pleas ant Pellets cure constipation. commissioner set the hearingfor Wed nesday, Octobers. Sims and his friends deny that he is guilty of any crime such as charged. The correspondence, they state was begun by the fourth class postmasters themselves who wanted the indorse ment in question, and the charges made, they will be able to show these fact at the hearing. The case promises to be quite an in teresting one as it "involves the minor district, Jand all of the republican politicians are indulging it speculation over it. J When your stomach begins to trouble you, it needs help. -The help it needs, is to digest your feod, and, until it gets it, you won’t have any peace. Stomach trou ble is very distressing, very obstinate, very dangerous. Many of the most dan gerous diseases begin with simple indi gestion. The reason is that indigestion (not digestion, not-nourishment) weakens the system and allows disease germs to attack it. The antidote is Shaker Diges tive Cordial, strengthening, nourishing, curative. It cures indigestion and renews strength and health. It does this by strengthening the stomach, by helpingin to digest your food. It nourishes you. Shaker Digestive Cordial is made of pure herbs, plants and wine, is perfectly harm less and will certainly cure all genuine stomach trouble. Sold by druggists, price 10 cents to SI.OO per bottle. CASTOR IA I For Infants and Children. rt» ftc- /y APPEAL TO THE VETS. Commanding GSti. Evans Urged Them to Begin Preparations, Gen. Clement A. Evans, com manding the Confederate Veterans’ organization of the south, issues the following: The Confederate Veterans of Geor gia: The annual convention of ex confederate soldiers and sailors, to be held in Georgia, in Atlanta, 1898, will be made the most interesting and en thusiastic reunion that has yet been held. Assurance is given that every effort will be put forth in Atlanta to make the occasion worth of the brave men who served in the southern army and navy. The first preparations fox the event having been energetically made since the close of the reunion at Nashville. It is the desire of the commanding genera] of the Georgia division that all camps within the state should at once begin to make arrangements to attend the reunion in full force. In continence of waterduring sleep stopped immediately by Dr. E. Detchons' Anti Diuretic. Cures chil dren and adults alike. Price sl. Sold by D. W. Curry, druggist, Rome, Ga. , SHOUT or CABS. All the Railroad* Need Freight Cara on Ac count of Increased Busiueaa. AU the railroads need more freight cars than they have right now. Business has picked up so much that every me is in need of from 500 to 2,500 cars. The Western and Atlantic could use 1,000 more cars than it has. The South ern could use more than twice that num ber to advantage. The Central is short and so is the Georgia. The Atlanta and West Point’s traffic has been held up in Atlanta or diverted to other routes until it is not so much in immediate need of cars as it is of an opportunity to use what it has. Alabama’s quarantine interfered with this road’s traffic, but the quaran tine is being gradually modified and be fore long the wall will be taken down altogether. The Seaboard has al! the freight it can move just now and is shy on equipment, like the rest of them. The Southern railway has begun sending empties into Alabama after coal and iron. Western roads keep calling for the prompt return of their box ears in •order to keep grains moving. At the same time the western lines are holding all the foreign cars they get their bands on. ' • The Southern railway has 25,000 freight cars on its 5,000 miles, an average of five cars to the mile. The company owns 20,000 cars of its own and besides a great many from the Southern Iron Car Line and other equipment companies. There may be 7,500 foreign cars on the system now and that number of its own cars on foreign lines. All through the fall and winter the roads in the south are short of cars, but in /the spring and summer they usually have a good many idle case on hand. The increase in the volume of business Jivas so much greater than was expected this fall that the roads did not make full preparations. As a result they have to keep right after all their rolling stock and see that everything is moved promptly and loaded and unloaded without delay. Running sores, indolent ulcers and similaj troubles, even though of many year’s standing, may be cored by using DeWitt’s Witch Hazel Salve. It soothes strengthens and heals. It is the great [ pile cure. THE hOAIE TRIBUNE. SATURDAY, OCI’OBEK 2. 189 . , ‘PUBLISHED THE LETTER.” Mrs. Myrick Challenges Editor Triplett to Publish Letter About Hanna’s Receptioc, The Macon Telegraph published, several days ago, Editor John Trip lett’s strong and emphatic denial of the story printed in the Americus Times-Recorder to the effect that Sen ator Hanna tendered, on one occasion in Thomasville, “a grand reception’, to Thomas county negroes, and that “Col. W. M. Hammond, the chief cook and bottle-washer of the occa sion, together with other Georgia gold bugs, who played the agreeable, mingled with their brothers in black on the most perfect terms of social eqifhlity.” Mrs. Myrick, the editor of the Times* Recorder, does not withdraw the state ments made, but under the heading, ‘‘Publish the Letter,” challenges Editor Triplett as follows: ‘•The Thomasville Times-Enterprise repudiates and refutes the state ments published in the Times-Record er of Sunday last which was that the negroes were entertained by Mark Hanna at his Thomasville home in honor of Mr. McKinley’s visit there, and that some of the white men of Thomasville were present at the en tertainment. The Times-Recorder does not desire to do any citizen of Thomasville injustice. This informa tion was obtained from what we con sidered a most reliable source, and, if it was not true, then our published statement was an error. We have ad dressed a personal letter to our esteemed friend, Editor John Triplett, of the Thomasville Times-Enterprise, which he is at liberty to publish, provided be will give it in toto. The letter will probably settle the differ ences and suffice for a public explana tion to the good citizens of Thomas ville.” In her letter probably Mrs. Myrick gives the name of her informant, and we presume it will be published, as it ought to be, of course. How’uTnis! We offer One Hundred Dollars Re ward for any ease of Catarrh that can not be cured by Hall’s Catarrh Cure. F. J. Cheney & Co. Props. Toledo O. We the undersigned, have known F. J. Cheney for the last 15 years, and be lieve him perfectly honorable in all business transactions and financially able to carry out any obligation made by their firm. West & Truax, Wholesale Druggists, Toledo, O. Walding, Kinnan & Marvin, Wholesale Druggists, Toledo, O. Hall's Catarrh Cure is taken inter nally, acting directly upon the blood and mucous surfaces of the system. Price 75c. per bottle. Sold by all Drug gists. Testimonials free. r - 4 CA.STOHIA. The fae- „ ilaile Xlr IL'S slirtaturc f s' y / r,. A crt.ry vrijpea ro THE COKRECr DRESSER. S. M, Stark, The Artist Taylor Has a Beau tiful Line of Gouds. I have recently moved across the streets’from the Curry building to the Dougherty store. I am fully prepared for my gentlemen friends and customers with one of the newest and most fash ionable stocks of goods ever displayed in Rome. I have the choicest selections of suit ings and trouserings frdm the foreign mills. You will find everything turned out from establishment correct in style, finish and price. Give me a call and see for yourself. S. M. Stark. Small precautions often prevent great mischiefs. DeWitt’s Little Early Risers are very small pills in size, but are most effective in preventing the most serious forms of liver and stomach troubles, They cure constipation and headache and regulate the bowels. For sale by Curry-Arrington Ooffipanv Ga. SELL LOTS OF GOODS _J W. H, Coker & Co.. Have an Immense Stock of Goods in Their Store, The enterprising firm of W. H. Coker & Co. are having a big trade now. Their store is literally packed with the choicest bargains, and the large corp of clerks are kept busy as bees waiting on the people.. They have everything in stock that man, woman or child needs, and are selling at rock bottom prices, too. The Short Line to Texas And the Southwest is via the Ala bama great southern railroad. Tickets may be routed either via Shreveport or New Orleans. Train service aud sched ules via this line, are unexcelled. This is the only line operating tourist sleep ing cars from Chattanooga to Texas points and the Pacific Coast. Parties contemplating a trip should address C. M. Billheimer, Trav. Pass. Agt., Birmingham, Ala., C. E. Jack son, Trav. Pass. Agt., Chattanooga, Tenn. C. A. Bensooter, Asst. Gen’l Pass. Agt., Chattanooga, Tenn. Bloodpoisoh A tiary BLOOD POISON permanently curedin 15t035 days. You can be treated at home lor same price under same guaran ty. If you prefer to come here we will con tract to pay railrondfareandhotolbills,and nochargs. It we fail to cure. If you have taken mer cury, iodide potash, and still have aches and pains. Mucous Patches in mouth. Sore Throat, Pimples, Copper Colored Spots, Ulcers on any part of the body, Hair or Eyebrows falling out, it Is this Secondary BLOOD POISON wo guarantee to cure. We solicit the most obsti nate cases and challenge the world for a case we cannot cure. This disease has alwavs battled the skill of the most eminent physi cians. ©500,000 capital behind our uncondl tiona 1 guaranty. Absolute proofs sent sealed on application. Address COOK REMEDY CO.. V»1 Maaonlc Temple. CHICAQOTUU . A STRANGE MIX UP. How the Theft of a Bicycle Led to Em barrassing Complications. Among the strange complications for which the bicycle has been responsible the following is rather a masterpiece in point of intricacy. Those persons who took part in it are now disposed to view the incident with some pride as a tri umph of confusion and misunderstand ing not likely to be duplicated. B. „ who lives far up town, had occa sion to visit a bicycle store on the Bou levard a few days ago. He left his wheel outside, near the rack in which stood several machines for rent. While he was attending to his errand inside the shop he chanced to glance out through the door just in time to see a man spring upon unguarded wheel and ride off at a furious pace down the street. With an exclamation of rage B. rushed to the sidewalk, seized one of the wheels from the rack aud started off in hot pursuit of the thief. The proprietor of the shop stood for a moment aghast. He had not seen the beginning of the trouble, and the only thing clear to him was that his sup posedly honest customer had made an astonishingly bold attempt to steal a wheel from the rack. There was only one thing to be done. Jumping upon another wheel, he joined in the chase, and the three scorched up the Boule vard in admirable racing style. The real thief proved the poorest rider of the three, as the shopkeeper was unques tionably the best, and the result of this state of affairs was that the distances between the different members of the trio grew speedily less. As they drew together a truck crossed the avenue, crowding them into a small space. The rate at which they were going preclud ed any dismounting, and the three came into collision with a resounding crash. Before they had fairly extricated them selves a policeman appeared. His first proposition was to ‘‘run them all in” for scorching, but, impressed by the un usual excitement of his prisoners, ■who seemed to be more disturbed in mind than ordinary scorchers, he waited to hear their stories. This, as may be imagined, was no short task. The genuine thief was the only one who saw’ humor in the situa tion. Knowing that he had nothing to say for himself, he stood by and grin ned, while the shopkeeper and his cus tomer sputtered out angry and conflict ing accounts of the affair. But the truth was finally ascertained. As he collared the guilty nan and dismissed the other two the policeman announced that no charge of scorching would be pressed against anybody. ‘‘lf I have two or three more cases like this to settle, ’ ’ he remarked to a bystander, “it’s a lawyer I’ll be,callin meself instead of an officer.”—New York Tribune. If you have ever seen a little child in a paroxysm of whooping cough, or if you have been annoyed by a constant tickling in the throat, you can appreci ate the value of One Minute Cough Cure, which gives quick relief. . A Strong Hint. The late Professor Jowett had a curi ous way of- Commenting on the work that was brought to him by students. On one occasion he was shewn a set of Greek verses. After looking them over Carefully he glanced up rather blankly and said to the author, “Have you any taste for matheanatics?’ ’ If the armies of Europe should march at an eight mile gait, five abreast, 15 apart, it would require 9 % days for them to pass a given point. In Brussels the height of house front age in public streets is determined by the width of the street. The maximum height is 60 feet. Druggist catarrh! for a 10 Cent WS&M BAInV Trial Size. tlv's Cream Balm K contains no cocaine, Bg S mercury or any other in jt rious druir. It is quickly ab- fa.irbed. \ VXffivJY OR *SSKa Gives relief at once. r- —- - -"'JJ It opensand cleanses I’fll fl IK| H P A IB the Nasal Passages. UULU 11 LrtW Allays Inflammation. Heals and Protects the Membrane. Restores the Senses of Taste and Smell. Full size 50c.; Trial size 10c. at druggists or bv mail. ELY BROTHERS. 56 Warren StNew Yotk. Ostrich Feathers- Boas, Plumes and Tips Cleaned, Curled . and Dyed. Kid Gloves cleaned, 15c to 50c per pair. I. PHILLIPS Whitehall AtlhntalCa. M. A. THEDFORD’S VEC3-32 T T J ZEi E FOR ! dyspepsia I L/C | Sick of iNOicssTiari \Hekvcus- JeW / HEADACHE. DiLiObiUE a s\ Jaundice DOUfWESS OF WfKwZjjfZ OSS OF Stomach Appetite None Genuine V/ithoutThe Likeness Ano SIBNATUNE OrM.A.THEDFORO ON FrONTOF Each Wrapper. M.A.Thedforii Meo.© 1 ■ ■ ■ • -Rome.ga. PERIODICAL SICK-HEADACHES. Os Interest to Women Because In this Case they Proceeded from an Ailment Peculiar Io the Sex. j THE MOTHER OF A YOUNG INFANT INTERVIEWED. From the Herald Democrat, Huron, S. D. A. few years since, J. W. Kelley came to Huron, South Dakota, from Osceola, lowa, and purchased an interest in the Huron City Mill, an immense structure having a capacity of 200 barrels of flour per day. Soon after his arrival Mr. Kelley’s family removed here and some months later they were joined by their son Elmer and family, he having purchased an interest in the con cern,' and the firm became known as J. W. Kelley & Son. Since their arrival they have built up an immense trade for their patent roller flour, and ship many earloads every month to eastern and other markets. When they came to Huron, Mrs. J. W. Kelley was in very delicate health and the change of climate and conditions seemed to benefit her. But the relief proved only tem porary however, for after a few months’ resi dence here she lapsed into the same infirm physical condition that had been her lot for then nearly twenty years. Her ailments were those peculiar to women, and which women alone can best understand. In ad dition to these troubles Mrs. Kelley was a sufferer from acute sick-headache. This would come upon her at intervals of about two weeks, continuing for two, three or four days, much of the time compelling her to keep to her bed. Because of her affliction she was quite unable to do her housework, visit her neighbors, or attend church. This worried her greatly for she is a devout Christian and lives according to her profes sion. As Rev. B. H. Burtt, pastor of the Congregational Church, to which Mrs. Kel ley belongs, said of her one evening at the close of service: “Mrs. Kelley is indeed a true mother in Israel; she is conscientious and earnest, faith ful and devoted—a Christian in the truest sense of the term.” In replying to inquiries touching her case, Mrs. Kelley said: “I am sixty years of age, and was born in New York State, where I lived for fourteen years, then removed with my parents to Michigan, living there about the same num ber of years, then went to lowa, remaining there till we came here some four years ago, or more. I have been troubled with weak nesses peculiar to my sex, for the past twenty-, five years. During that time my husband has expended a large amount of money fee ing physicians and buying remedies, but I found little relief. Physicians told me the womb was badly disarranged and no perma nent relief could be afforded till the change of life had fu.ly taken place. In this they like myself, were disappointed. To add to my other troubles a headache, painfully sickening would come upon me about every two weeks. I became quite discouraged arid for a time ceased doctoring almost entirely; I had lost faith in the science of medicine, both of the old school and new, and cared to expend no more money in that way. ' “About a year ago ray son rend in some newspaper an advertisement of Dr. Wil liams’Pink Pills, and urged me to try them. I hesitated I had tried so many patent medicines without securing the much sought and long hoped for relief. But he insisted so strongly that I finally decided to give them a trial. Almost from the first I experienced relief, and after using the first box a change for the better was so apparent that I took courage and continued to use them strictly according to directions, until ‘a short time Since. lam so muffli better, as any one can see, that I have gradually dis continued their use. I take -.them now, but not regularly. I am a firm believer in Dr. Williams’ Pink Pills and have po hesitancy ; in recommending them to any who may be | similarly t afflicted as myself. What they, have done for me they will do for others." | Kentucky Dew Whisky s $ STANDARD OF PURITY. ® Ui W Distilled of carefully selected grain and pure limestone spring water; matured in wood and bottled under our own supervision, W Kentucky Dew is the leader of fine old fashion sour mash whiskies, iL and for mellowness and richness of flavor has no soperior. Buy /A Kentucky Dew boctled by the distiller if you want an absolutely Pure W/ Whisky for the club or’sick room. Ask your dealer for Ken lucky Dew, bottled by ourselves. If he hasn’t it write us. A OLD KENTUCKY DISTILLERY, (I) D. Meschendorf, Proprietor. LOUISVILLE, KY 11/ W For sale* by A. R. Hudgins. Agent. £ The Chattanooga Buggy and Wagon Manufactory, ALL KINDS OF TOP AND NO TOP BUGGIES, . Merchants’ Delivery Wagons, Bread and Milk Wagons. PLEASURE AND FARM TRUCK WAGONS. The cheapest place in the South for first-class Vehicles, all kinds We carry a foil line of Springs, Axles, Wagon and Buggy Supplies. In our repair department we do first-class work. Employ competent mechanics and the best painters and trimmers. Best, Oils, Paints and Varnishes used. T. I. WILSON. Proprietor. Tyner’s Dyspepsia Remedy cures indigestion, Bad Breath, Sour Stomach, Heart-burn. Subscribe for The Tribune. AW IWTERESTIWG STORT TOLD UKDEK EMBARRASSING CIRCUMSTANCES. From the Ezprees, Loe Ange lee, The interviewer’s lives in ! queer places. People who are to be talked to may be in all sorts of conditions and frames of mind, but one cannot conceive a much more embarrassing thing for all par ties concerned than an assignment to inter-' view a mother of a two days old infant.’ Some things are too sacred for even the cal- 1 lous newspaper man to lightly ignore. But! Mrs. C. C. Reeder had a story to tell and this paper wanted that story. The baby was asleep, and the mother expressed her amia bility, so the reporter was ushered into the room. Mrs. Reeder used to be Johanna Rinker, and lived for several years at Riverside, Cal. She was a domestic and worked very: hard. Perhaps it was the toil, perhaps tho’ climate, at all events, she fell sick. Doc tors and medicines did her no good. Her ap-l petite vanished. Sleep eluded her at night, always and ever that dreadful feeling of las situde and depression, so familiar to women, ■ made itself apparent to her. And then she began to imagine things. One night while driving across a bridge that she knew per fectly well was there, she cried out in fright because she could see nothing. The doctors might call this insanity, but until the hallu cinations and delusions grow to be a menace to life or peace, not much heed is paid to the imaginings of weakly girls. Last Spring Mrs. Reeder, for she had mar ried in the meantime, concluded to visit her old home at Daleville, Ind., and it was while there that her mother, Mrs. Caroline Leaser told her ot the wonderful properties of Dr. Williams’ Pink Pills for Pale Peo le. Mrs. Reeder began to take them. When she started in she could not walk the three- ' quarters of a mile to the post office, she was so weak. In about three weeks she took! according to directions about five boxes of the pills, and at the expiration of that time could go down into town and come back and do a big day’s washing over the tub at home. Her blood came back into the pale cheeks, sleep once again refreshed her at I night, the cold sweats left, and she c< uld eat and enjoy all the pleasures and diver-: sions of life where before she had been averse to society and amusements of all kinds.; The awful notions and hallucinations, left her, her brain again resumed its normal functions. From that time to now she has : taken no medicine and she is well in all' respects. 1 “See my baby, God bless its heart,” said the proud mother. “It is as strong and; healthy as any baby ever born. It weighed nine pounds.” As it lay there, its little, pink fists clinched over its thumbs, its little eyes puckered up in sleep, a bundle of pink, satiny infantile loveliness, there could be little doubt of the physical health of its parents. Mrs. Reeder lives at a cottage numbered 407 i East Pico Street, Los Angeles, Cal., and the last words she said were “Oh, you are perfectly excusable. lam just.as glad to endorse Dr. Williams’ Pink Pills as you can possibly be to hear my story. If all sttflei ng women only knew their power and g< -d, there would be less sickness and misery in the world, I’m sure. Good bye. ” Dr. Williams’ Pink Pills for Pale Peonle contain, in a condensed form, all the ele ments* necessary to give new life and rich ness to the blood and restore shattered nerves. They are an unfailing specific* for such dis eases as locomotor ataxia, partial paralysis, St. Vitus’ dance, sciatica, neuralgia, rheuma tism, nervous headache, the after effect of la grippe, palpitation of the heart, pale and sallow complexions, all forms of weakness either in male or ‘female. Pink Pills are sold by all dealers, or will be sent postpaid on receipt of price, 50 cents a box. or six boxes for $2.50 (they are never sold in bulk or by the 100) by addressing Dr. Williams* Medicine Company, Schenectady, N. Y.