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2 ANOTHER DAY OFJXECUTION Mrs. Nobles Has Passed One More of the Days on Which She WAS SEHTEHCEO TO DIE, One Week More and She Will Either Have Closed Her Career Or She Will Have Been Saved. Again has Mrs. Nobles, the old woman over whom the shadow of the gallows has been hanging for so many years that it now must have a horrible familiarity for her, passed another of the days set for her execution. And naturally the hope that springs eternal in every breast still stands be tween her and the carrying out of the sentence of the court so often delivered. 'There is not the slightest change in the manner of the old woman. She still greets visitors in the same way and still gives the same answers to the same questions, for what new questions are left to ask her? But the old woman does not want to die. I She clings as hard to life as though it held in store for her all the brightness and all the hope that she had perhaps in her child hood home, before she met her husband and before the real battle of her dreary life began. Unless the Board of Pardons Interferes she will die on next Friday. But she does not believe she will pay the penalty of her crime upon the gallows. She says that “they will not let an old woman hang,” and more emphatically than ever does she deny her complicity with Gus Fambles in the killing of her old husband. THE BOARD’S VIEW. There is only one view for the Board.of 'Pardons to take of the case. They can not commute the sentence of Mrs. Nobles and let Gus Fambles hang so long as they (believe that the old woman was the prin cipal in the killing and that she hired the negro to kill the old man. But they can find some reason to doubt the story of the negro. But this is not probable. The fact of the matter is that the Board has nothing but the purest sentiment to go upon unless they believe that the old woman did not have a fair trial and that she might be acquitted or sent to the asy lum if she han another chance. They can not consider the sentiment in the case. There is not a man in Qeorgia who will say in cold blood that he wants to see the old woman hang, and there are very tew people who can conscienciously say that she should not hang if indeed she killed her husband. APPEAL OF GRAY HAIRS. ’But the fact remains that she is a wo man—an old woman whose grey hairs ap peal more strongly than anything else in the case to the individual members of the board. She is an old, old woman. There is nothing in the future for her but the prison, and the death angel is even now waiting for her, the grave is yawning and the end will soon come in the good time of Providence itself without the aid of the hangman. Aye, if he should but come tonight how happy would be the solution. All these delays have been but refine ment of cruelty. The old woman has suf fered such punishment, such slow torture, such agonies of dread as the history of the inquisition fail to produce. The law and the courts and the lawyers have tortured the worn and tired soul until death could but be a relief, but not that hideous death —the most hideous and most horrible of them all, as those who have seen such ex ecutions will testify. Has she not suf fered a thousand deaths, if indeed there is reason left. How many time in the last few years has she seen the setting and 'the rising again of the sun, marked by the shadows of the bars of her cell win dow, and counted the hours, almost the minutes that she had to live. How much remorse, how great the struggle and how pitiable the feeble prayer that came too •late that has gone up in the silence of the night—a prayer to the court of last re sort a prayer to the giver of life for a lit tle more time and a little more life. SIMPLE FACTS. ■All this is not sentiment. It is a fact. The woman has been tortured with slow torture, she has died a thousand deaths unless she is without brain and without feeling and there is really no reason to think that she is except from the fact that she is alive today. For what old woman, endowed with her full faculties, could have stood the strain? The Board of Pardons has a terrible task before it. and will be right whichever way it decides- But there is another phase to this close of the chapter of two lives. The people of Twiggs say that they will oppose by armed force any effort to carry out the sentence of the court upon one of these prisoners without the other. Os course no one attaches any real im portance to this statement, coming from a few individulas who are no doubt in earnest, but are really thoughless in mak ing an assertion that would stamp the best people of Twiggs county as lacking entire ly in the preper respect for the government of their state. The statement has been so frequently made that people have not stopped to think, really believe that if lus Fambles were to be taken to Jeff er onville to be hanged while Mrs. Nobles is till alive and there is a chance of her es aping the gallows, it would be necessary o send troops in order to assist the sher iff in the carrrying out of his duty. That is all nonsense! There would be no interference. There would be no demon stration of armed force, but there would be a deep feeling of injustice and the state cannot afford to so offend the people of Twiggs or of any other county in the state. ABOUT GUS FAMBLES. As a matter of fact, the one cannot be taken and the other left. If Mrs. Noblese hangs Gus Fambles must hang, and vice versa. That is one thing which is morally certain. Both of these prisoners are guilty and it will never be known how much more guil ty the one is than the other, but it is very certain that the sense of moral re- sponsibility of the one is no greater than that of the other. Gus Fambles is an ignorant, brutalized negro, without education and no better than a savage. He would kill a missiona ry and eat him if he were hungry as read ily as a native of the Cannibal Islands, i He has, though, the same horror of death and he too has suffered the same tortures or he too is a maniac without reason, and as such should not be hanged. So far as the punishment goes, both these creatures have been punished, if indeed it is pos sible for them to feel, ai<i if they cannot feel they should not be hanged. And the negro in his cell and woman in hers are awaiting the action of the Board of Pardons and the governor, while the people of the state watch the struggle with the deepest interest. Will the cat put the mouse out of its misery? Discovered by a Worn in. | Another great discovery has been made | and that, too, by a lady in this country. “Disease fastened its clutches upon her I and for seven years he withstood its se verest tests, but her vital organs were undermined and her death seemed immi nent. For three months she coughed in cessantly and could not sleep. She finally discovered away to recovery by purchas ing of us a bottle of Dr. King’s New Dis covery for Consumption, and was so much relieved on taking the first dose that she slept all night and with two bottles has been absolutely cured. Her name is Mrs. Luther Lutz.” Thus writes Mr. W. C. Hammick & 'Co., of Shelby, N. C. Trial bottles free at H. J. Lamar & Sons’ drug store. Regular size 50c and sl. Every bottle guaranteed. ARTERY SEVERED. H« Had Cautioned Man Who Nailed Him at a Museum Exhibition. Cincinnati, March 25—Without imme diate attention an ordinary’ person would bleed to death from such an accident as befell J. R. James at the Museum Monday afternoon at the public test of his freedom from pain. A half-drunken butcher from the West End insisted upon doing the “crucifying” act. Fearing that a refusal would be a vio lation of his written contract, James con sented, as no one else at first would vol unteer to take the butcher’s place. James cautioned the butcher in regard to the position of the bones and arteries of his hand. The very first nail was sent crashing through a bone of the right hand. The bone splintered, but there was no pain. The butcher then place the left hand of James against the prong of the tree and hammered a nail through that member. The nail punctured an artery. James was quickly released from his po sition, and grasping the injured member he checked the spurting blood. The audi ence scarcely’ knew’ w’hat had happened, supposing that it was usual for him to bleed. The punctures emitting blood healed in less than an hour, but the wound bled internally, and the hand swelled consider ably. Monday night, after his exhibitions had been concluded, James took a pocket-knife and cut open the wound. He washed out the congested blood without assistance, and then walked home, with his little boy swinging on the injured member. CONTINUNUS TRACKAGE Secured From New York to Puget Sound by the Vanderbilts. Seattle, Wash., March 25.—An important railroad enterprise is on foot here in the formation of the British 'Columbia, Seat tle and Pacific Coast Railroad Company, which has just been organized by New Yorkers, who propose to build a standard gauge track from Portland to Seattle, and northward from Seattle to the interna tional boundary. This will give both the Canadian Pacific and Union Pacific ter minal facilities in Seattle. The indications are that the great Van derbilt interests are back of the enterprise, with a view to securing continuous track age from New York to Puget 'Sound. The Canadian Pacific already co-operate with Vanderbilt lines eastward. The Vander bilts already have access to two transcon tinental lines which unite in the east, and will be joined in Seattle by the new line. The terms of the 'franchise call for the completion and operation of the new road within eighteen months. A Texas Wonder. HALL’S GREAT DISCOVERY. One small bottle of Hall’s Great Dis covery cures all Kidney and Bladder troubles, removes gravel, cures Diabetis, seminal emission, weak and lame backs, rheumatism and all irregularities of the kidneys and bladder in both men and wo men. Regulates bladder troubles in chil dren. If not sold by your druggist will be sent by mail on receipt of sl. One small bottle is two months’ treatment and will cure any case above mentioned. E. W. HALL, Sole Manufacturer. P. O. Box 218, Waco, Texas. Sold by H. J. Lamar & Sons, Macon, Ga. Clanton, Ala., March 4, 1897. —I certify that I have been cured of kidney and bladder troubles by Hall’s Great Discovery (Waco, Texas), and I can fully’ recommend it. Rev. L. B. Pounds. WHIP SPAIN Would United States is Opinion of Sir Chas. Dilke. London, March 25.—Sir Charles Dilk, in speaking of the relations between the United States and Spain, said that there was no doubt that if war came the United States would more than hold her own. Asked as to the attitude of other na tions in the case of war, Sir Charles said: “Japan is perhaps the only nation that might be tempted to interfere. She has not found the opportunity for expansion, and a war with Spain might tempt her to grab the Phillipine Islands. I regard it as improbable that England would in any way take part in such a war officially, but the sympathies of England would all be with the United States.” CASTORiA For Infants and Children 'T'’ MACON NEWS FRIDAY EVENING, FEBRUARY 25 1898. SUIT AGAINST THEOSDPHISTS The Anti-Tingley Faction Wants to Get the Work of the Society. INTERNAL DISSENTIONS Have Divided Them and They Are at Loggerheads—Do Not Approve Her Methods. It would seem that there is a very con siderable row among the Theosophists, and that the breach in the ranks is widen ing. It is well known that 'two factions have been created in the order, the one siding with Mrs. Catherine Tingley and the other with Mr. Hargrove, of London. Mrs. Tingley, it would seem has been somewhat self-assertive and her followers say that she has the right and the au thority’ to assume all the prerogatives to which she lays claim, but this is denied by the other side, and there does not seem to be any’ chance of an early healing of the sore. At any rate information has reached Maccn that a suit has been instituted in New York against Mrs. Catherine A. Ting ley for the purpose of the recovery of the archives, books and treasury by that por tion of the society which has declared against her. The plaintiff is Alexander H. Spencer, who is the vice president of one branch of the Theosophical society. Os course it is known here that the The osophical society changed the name under which it used to be known, and is now called the Universal Brotherhood. The Universal Brotherhood is the spe cial undertaking of Mrs. Tingley, and un der her the society has assumed that name. Tn© Roots O wy C; £3 oi Life Cancer strikes at the very roots of life. It is beyond all human power to foresee its coming. In the begin ning it is just a speck or small lump or pimple. That is the time to stop it. Don’t delay an instant. Every pimple or mole is a possible Cancer. In a year it may be eating your life away. For Cancer Take Swift's Specific. It is the only known cure for this deadly dis ease. It will free the system of the poisons that cause Cancer and other morbid growths. Even after Cancer has a deep foothold, it will cure, but it takes longer. It is a medicine that goes right down to the very roots of life in the blood, and forces out. every vestige of impurity. It goes to the seat of the most obstin ate cases, which are beyond the reach of other blood remedies. No sufferer who cares for life can afford to lose time with surgical operations or torturing piasters, as such treatment cannot reach the blood. 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STYLES FOR SPRING During this week Messrs. Burdick & Company will display the most up-to-date line of imported suitings, vestings, etc., for‘spring that will be seen in Macon this season. Their cutting and tailoring facili ties are very superior and their customers will find it an easy matter to obtain re sults that are very pleasing. Geo. P. Burdick & Co., Importing Tailors. la’coiiEGE"mjSffli"BYEi a ftD/Tb.. V.,— Thorough instruction = -IK M in book-keeping and | s business, shortband.sci-s s tf*-., ence, journalism, lan- 5 | *TL j|IYV7 guages, architecture, s = surveying,drawingjciv- S S 511 mechanical, steam, = 2 electrical, hydraulic, 3 S municipal, sanitary, a i railroad and structural - 5 engineering. Expert in- s = etructors. Fifth year. S | Fees moderate. S s iMSm Illustrated catalog free, a § IIL LbJ IF rf’Stli Tj p tate subject in which g S Interested. » NATIONAL CORRESPONDENCE INSTITTTE, (Int.) = £l4sbecond National Bank Building, Washington, D. 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All chronic dis eases of the above, such as sore eyes, granulated lids, deafness, running at the ears, ringing in the ears, catarrh, sore throat, h oarseness, coughs, consumption, etc., will be treated at my office for $5 per month cash. Eye glasses and spectacles fitted aeeu rately and furnished. Prices very reasona ble. I will examine school children’s eyes for glasses free from 3 to sp. m. on Sat urdays. . Office consultation and treatment for t he poor absolutely free from 8 to 9 every morning. Visits in the 1 city for cash, day, |1; night, #2. Office hours: 8 to 10 a. in.; 12 to 1 p. m.. and 3. to 6 p. ni. —— On the Fence Which divides your garden and chicken runs depends the success of both. This is a good time to repair breaks or put up new fencing. Heavy wire for hogs and other animals and lighter weights for chickens. Barbed wire for field fencing. We can quote better prices than any other house. 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