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VOL. XXVIII. NEW GOODS! NEW GOODS! GEESLNIG & HOBBS, We are now receiving our STOCK FALL and WINTER GOODS, Consisting in part ol DRY GOODS, CLOTHING, BOOTS, SHOES HATS, DOMESTICS, CALICOS, DUES.- GOODS, NOTIONS. Etc, GROCERIES, Our lines of Groceries are full and com plot-. BACON, LARD, MEAL, FLOUR GRITS, RICE, SUGAR, COFFEE. Full line of including everything in Hard ware, Cutlery, &c. GEES LING & HOBBS, Main St., Thomson, On. •. T. NEIAL* Dtiiifmp. Will be found at his office in Tliomon tnc first Monday in each month and remain two weeks. TEETH EXTRACTED WITHOUT LA IE. PJ.ATIi Wnhi A SPECIALTY $ AMES IS. OIIATt, HEALER IN DRY GOODS, DRESS GOODS, NOTIONL. BOOTS and SHOES and HATS. I carry a Large and Select Stork of HI rat-Clot. G-roceries, —CONSISTING OF Bacon, Flour, Mod, Lard Sugar Coffee, Molasses, Tobacco. also PLOWS, SHOVELS, HOES and ail Farm! ng Implements. #The Red Hot Shoe Man Always has "Red ■Hot "Bargains in M-class Slum. R. G. TARVER, Mgr. Good Solid Sloes A Specialty. Your Shoe bill will be just half what it is now if you buy your Shoes from IE GREAT EASTERN SHOE CO. E. G. TARVER, Mgr., 907 Broad St., - Augusta, Ga. JOli m.Yi'L\G * Is an art. Neat, attractive work catches the eye. Low prices, in conjunction with * tood work, pleases customers. Wn Ara Prepared to Fill Your Orders in tlis Lise. ALGER ROASTS MILES Ex-Sercetary ol War Has Breezy Article In North American. REHASH OF “EMBALMED ’’BEEF Charges Made By General of the Army are Brought Forth and “Dissected” Thoroughly. The Notth American, iu its next Issue, trill contain an article on “The Food of the Army During the Spanish War,” by former Secretary of War Bussell A. Alger. The article cits the creation of the Wftr investigation commission; and says: “Outlie 21st (layof December,lß9B, the major general commanding the army of tlio United States appeared before the commission, then sitting iu Washington, and made his statements with respect to the canned, fresh and refrigerated beef furnished to the army during the war, The article says: “Genera! Miles refused to be sworn or affirmed, ns eVery other of the 495 witnesses had been, declaring in sub stance that lio would ‘moke his state ment without being sworn, and was responsible for what he said,’ “Although the commission had been sitting three months, the charges with respect to canned and refrigerated beef were nyw made for the first time; and, stranger and more inexcusable, and more tinkoldierly still, during all those months, with this pretended knowledge of facts which, if they ex isted, should have been made kuo,wn to the secretary of war for the protec tion of the army, General Miles never mentioned the subject. Nor did I ever hear a rumor of chemically treat ed beef being purchased for the army until the general’s testimony was given before the commission.” Iu answer to inquiries as to how canned beef became a part of the army ration, reciting General Miles’ charges, the ex-secretary says: “If General Miles did not know that canned freah beef was a part of the army ration, then he displayed an ■gnoranee in nn Important matter of his profession that is, to say the least, most remarkable. If be did Viot know that canned fresh beef was a recog nized part of the ration, then his alle gation to the contrary is much more reprehensible. “File allegations of General Miles that canned fresh meat was not a part of the army ration, and that it was is sued as the ‘pretense of an experi ment,” were not only contrary to fact, lint wero made absolutely without a particle of evidence or excuse. “If General Miles really believed his serious charges, his conduct is all the more blameworthy, iu that ho ap parently made no effort to assure him self of their truthfulness, nor to report tlism to the secretary of war before publicly uttering them. "If we are to believe written evi dence to the contrary, it does not ap pear that General Miles was even hon est iu makiug his dilatory charges that the tinned beef was issued as the pretense of an experiment. “The charges of General Miles, twice proven false in spirit and sub stance, are the more heinous in their effect because of the false impression they produced about the food furnish ed the army, “Yet the present congress promoted I General Miles to lieutenant general, and has thus far failed to give to Gen eral Shaffter the rank of major general to retire upon his old age, and this after his magnificent campaign at San tiago, as well as his former distin guished services.” “General Miles said in the charges which will be recalled: “ ‘You had better ask the secretary of war or the commissary general ns to the beef. I think they can tell yon, I know it was sent to the army as food, and the pretense is that it was sent as nn experiment. * . There was sent to Porto Itico 337 tons of what is known as, or called, refrigerator beef, which you might call embalmed beef. ” The article closes with a severe roast of General Miles for publicly uttering the above "grave” and “scandalous" charges. Two Killed in Explosion. The boiler in Hitchcock’s sawmill, near Courtland, Ohio, exploded Tues day killing Edward and Lucius Hitch cook and badly wounding throe other persons. Other deaths may result. The cause of the explosion is un known. Aoticc of bond Issues, Secretary of State Philip Cook of Georgia has received two more notices of bond issues. The town of Puona Vista issues Jo,ooo of 6 per cent bonds and the Tenuille Cotton Milis 825,000 of G per cent. JILTED LOVER’S RASH ACT. Attempt* to Murder Hi* Sweetheart After Her Mnrrlrtffe to Another. Robert Morgan attempted to kill a Mrs. Tompkins, a young married wo man, near Harrison, Ga., Saturday night, and then put a bnllet into his own heail, inflicting a very dangerous Wound. Neither of the two shots he fired at Mrs. Tompkins struck her. Morris had been paying attention to Mrs. Tompkins and her marriage to nnother mannas the motive for the at tempted murder and suicide. THOMSON, GA., FRIDAY. JANUARY 4, 1901. BIG SMASH IN LONDON. Financial Corporation Suspends and Many Prominent Firms Are Seriously Jnvolved. Advices of Saturday from Loudon stated that the London nnd Globe flnanoe corporation, limited, had sus pended payment. On Friday, when the brokers delivered stock purchased on the London and Globe and asked for payment, they received checks, which were dishonored. This was followed Saturday by the failure ou the stock exchange of twelve firms, as follows: Haggard, Hale k I’ixley, Garle k Driver, Douglas, Jr., A Cos,, Cotnfoot Bros., F. A. Cohen, Blockey & Buck ingham, Gunn & Aubrey, Richards & Sloper, Baker k Smith, F. C. Watts .% Cos., Flower k Cos. ami F; Bonlly k Cos. The first named is a big ilrill with important connections. It is feared a number of smaller jobbers will bo affected. While the difficulties of the firms closely connected with the Loudou and Globe division were largely dis counted, the repeated fall of the ham mer Saturday morning caused a great sensation. It. is feared the full list of failures is not yet kuown. The failures involve twenty-eight members of the stock exchange and are equally divided among jobbers and brokers. It is generally regarded in the mining market ns being the blackest day since the Baring smash, which was disastrous to all depart ments. This crisis, however, did not extend to other markets, though most of them closed depressed. The chairman of the London nnd Globe finance corporation, limited, is the marquis of Dufferiu and Ava, the former governor general of Cnuada and British ambassador to Paris, The failure of the concern of which he is the head adds ono more sorrow to the closing chapter of his life, fur bola nt present preparing to start for South Africa, in company with Lady Duffer in, in consequence of the serious con dition of his son, lord Frederick Temple, the lieutenant in the Ninth Lancers who was wounded a few dayH ago at Glenfontein. It is scarcely a year ago since Lord Dufferin lost liis eldest son, tlio earl of Ava,who died at Ladysmith. Ho is now encompassed by family grief and his honored name is dragged in the financial mire. FAMILY’S SAD PLIGHT. Caught In I'cat. [, r,.1) ;.n,lha;■■■<,.t Wiped Out of Existence. Some days ago Gottlieb Stacker and family, consisting of a wife and half grown daughter, a married daughter and her husband and babe, left Still water, Oklahoma, in wagons to settle on a claim near the Texas line. They arrived at their destination Christmas day and at once put up touts for tem porary residence. When all wero asleep a prario fire enveloped them before they knew it, and in a few moments everything they had was destroyed, and all of them nearly perished. The little bubo died and the mother is blinded and may die. The father and son wore both badly burned, while the seventeon year-old daughter will loso both feet and will likely die. GLENN ELE( it D I’RESI I)ENT. Southern Kdurittimiitl AftMoGintlon Fin ished Its Work mill Adjourn*. The meeting of tho Southern Edu cational association at Richmond was brought to a close Friday night. The question of the next place of meeting was referred to the executive committee for final action. It lies be tween Columbia, 8. C.; Charleston, S. C.; Asheville, N. C., and Knoxville, Tenn. The following officers wero elected: President, Hon. O. R. Glenn, At lanta, Ga.; vice president, Chancellor R. B. Fulton, of Mississippi; secre tary, Hon. P. H. Claxton, of Greens boro, N. C.; Treasurer, Hon. F. L. Stuart, of Knoxville. CLEVELANI) ON DUCK HUNT. Party Will Bo tho Gluost of Morphy Island (Jun Club. ‘ Grover Cleveland, Fighting Bob Evans and other sportsmen, arrived at Georgetown, S. C., in a special sleep er at midnight Saturday night. They slept in their car and Sunday morning went by launch to Murphy’s Island, where they will for ten days be tho guests of the Murphey’s Island Guu Club. VALUABLE MAIL POUCH STOLEN. Among Its Contents Was •100,000 Worth of Negotiable Taper. A mail pouch containing SIOO,OOO in negotiablo paper and an unknown amount of money was stolen from the Michigan Central railroad passenger station at Wyandotte, Mioh., some time Thursday night. The last mail for Wyandotte arrived at 10:28 o’clock and owing to the late ness of the hour it is left in tho sta tion nntil morning. Night Operator Richert threw the pouches under a seat id the corner of the waiting room and then went to his home in Detroit, Friday morning Mail Carrier Mc- C’ieary missed the sack. CHILDREN WERE NOT DROWNED. Sensational Story Proves to Bea Fake oi Jjarge Proportions. A special from Des Moines, la., says: Investigation hue disclosed the entire falsity of a report circulated Thursday to the effect that forty-nine school children had been drowned in a skating pond, either at What Cheer or Foster, la. The story was started, it ie stated by railroad trainmen as a joke. SOUTH’S PROSPERITY Acts as “Loadstone” to Northern Financiers and Capitalists. THEIR CONFIDENCE UNBOUNDED President ol Old Colony Trust Company of Boston Talks of Encouraging Outlook. T. Jefferson Coolidge, president of tho Colony Trust company, of Boston, is now in Thomasville, Ga., where he will spend a week ou an inspection trip of the Tiftou, Thomasville and Gulf railroad. Mr. Coolidge, as the head of the Old Colony Trust compnny, one of tho strongest financial institutions in the country, is interested iu large invest ments throughout the south, aud par ticularly in Atlanta, where he has con siderable capital iuvested in tho Em pire building, it sky-scraper Which is now being built at the corner of Mari etta and Broad streets. Ou being asked as to the business situation, Mr. Coolodgo said: “The feeling in tho north is that tho conutry iH entering or has already on fared upon a period of great prosper ity. Special Industries may, of course, huve temporary setbacks, but there is a strong belief that all industries will sharo in the prosperity of tho next few years, “The greatest confidence is felt in tho industrial development of the south. What with tlio satisfactory prices obtained for cotton, iron, coal and itn other staple products the Bouth is realizing many millions a mouth more thnu the most sanguine persons expected two years ago. Manufactories are springing up in all parts as the natural result of tho increased wealth of the community. “W’hilo I think cotton manufactories have been erected in some places with out due regard to the many difficulties of manufacture, and there may be somo losses for this reason iu that dif ficult branch of business, yet most of the great number of the manufactur ing companies which have been started up in all parts ot tho south should have tho advautngo of nctivo business for the next two or three years. And, whou dull timos come again, the south will have reached a position of woalth and strength which will fit her to meot all competition. “It is safe to say that tho south lias slipped into the front rank as a man ufactnring community and she will never have to tako a backward step. Tho result of increasing wealth throughout tho south will be shown by increased values of all properly, both in the country and iu the citieH, aud Atlanta will as (he leading city naturally show the mobt rapid im provement.” STORMS DEVASTATE ENGLAND Fearful Gales and Big Floods Sweep the Country, Causing Enormous Damage. A Loudou special says: Severe snow storms, deluging rains and furious gales have created havoc in the United Kingdom. In many parts of tho country there have beou disas trous floods, landslides and washouts. On ail sides much stock has been drowned. The railroads and high ways are blocked, buildings and bridges hao been carriod off and tho overflowing streams have inundated miles of country, while they have sub merged the streets in some of the towns from three to four feet deep. At Coventry the devastation is greater than at any time in the last 30 years. Mauy factories have been flooded and hundreds of inhabitants are im prisoned in their homes. Immense tracts of land in several counties have been transformed into inland seas, the inhsbitants seeking refuge in tho upper rooms of their dwellings. Many villages are isolated completely and somo towns of consid erable size are without gas owing to the works being flooded. BED OF DIAMONDS FOUND. Volcanic Hill In Now Mexico Produces “Gem* of the Purest Itny Serene.“ A recent discovery of diamonds in the volcanic hills near Capitan, Otero county, New Mexico, has created In tense excitement among mining men. The discovery was made by J. J. Blow, general manager of the Linder man Coal Company, who picked up four gems in an ant heap where they had been brought to the surface and deposited by the large red insects. Ho took then to a jeweler who pronounced them gunuine diamonds of the first water. Blow then dug into tho ant hill and at a depth of twelve feet un covered a bed of the precious stones. SAVANNAH RANKS PROSPEROUS, Clearing* For the Fait Year Show an Inorenne of •107,000,000. Savannah’s bank clearings for the year 1900 are $24G,313,844.04. This eclipses previous records and is an increase over the previous year of $107,000,000. The sum named rep resents tho actual business handled by the Savaunah banks for 1900 and is not obtained by adding debits and credits or including fictitious items. Men’ Stylish Single j and Double=Breasted Suits, j We are well aware that wo can offer an exceptional op portunity to our many patrons anti friends of I his county, when we show you our large and excellent stock of SUITS of all sizes, patterns and the very best of quality. For Furnishings and Hats wo can certainly please you. Sometliing INJew Is our Ladies’ Department, Ailed with the latest Tailor- Made Suits, Skirts, Silk Waists, Flannel Waists and many other handsome novelties. I. C. LEVY’S SON & CO, ; Tailor-Fit Clothiers, ' i 338 BROAD ST., - AUGUSTA, GA. G. E. LYNDON ...DEALER 1N... Carnaps, Buies, Phaatons, Samis and Waps OF ALL SXZBS, I have on hand ono of tho lurgost stocks of CARRIAGES, BUGGIES, PnAETONS, SURREYS, TRAPS and ROAD WAGONS ever brought to thi section of tho state. Also a largo and well selected stock of Harness, Saddles, Bridles, Harness Material, Waioa ail bid Material, Lap Rate, Wilis, Collars, Horse Baals, Axle and Harness Oil And everything usually kept in a first-class ( arriage Repository, Cheap for Cash, or ou time to responsible parties. Those wishing to buy on time nnd who are strangers to us would save time aud trouble by bringing letters of credit from reliable parties. I am now opening up A CARLOAD OF (MIES AID CARRIAGES which I intend to sell at old pricos. If you want n Good Vehicle cheap,write or oomo to see me. J. S. BARNWELL Manage r. Washington, Ga., July 27, 1900. G. R EMBREE, WITH O A WYLBS, DISTILLER OF Pure Corn ‘W'iiisli.ey, AND DEALER IN WINES AND LIQUORS OF ALL KINDS ioo Proof Corn Whiskey at $1.50 per Gallon. Country Trade ’•elicited nml Prompt Attention Given to All Orders. 803 Broad Street, - - - Augusta, Georgia. /MR* E. @mss, Qottccn. DF’a.ctor, —THOMSON, GEORGIA— I hereby announce *o the Farmers of McDnfflo and neighboring counties that I have bulit in Thomson a COTTON WAREHOUSE IOR THE PURPOSE OF Storing and Selling: Cotton* I give this business my strict personal attention, and by selling direot to export buyers, hope to be able to givo the farmers tho benefit of the Vtry Best Prices fur their Cotton I am prepared to make advances on Cotton at a reasonable rate of interest, with goodeeoority. I solioitand hpo to morit a liberal pa ronage. Very reepjotfuliy, JOHN E. OEOB9x —'l 1-1---.. - ——UN ' II I Our Job Printing Department Is complete and up-to-date. We are prepared, therefore, to fill your order with promptness, assuring satisfaction by doing good work at such prices as WILL SAVE YOU HONEY. NO. 48.