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THE VALD
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ATURDAY, MARCH 2 S , 1905.
The Empire Sto
Has a Line of Dry Goods, Clothing, Shoes, Oxfords and Everythil
DRY GOODS.
Sea bland, 7c. value,
Danville Plaifls,
Riverside Plaids, . f
Calico, your choice.
Apron Ginghams,
A. F. C. Drew Ginghams,
Bleaching from 5c to
Cliambray, Solid Colors,
White and Black Pique, 10c to I-
White Lawns and Dimities, from
10c to ... .
Gibraltar Percales,
Curtains S/rim. 5c to
Yard-wide Black Briliantitie
Aborted colors in Cashmeers, .
All Outings arc? reduced in prices.
Ten-quarter Sheeting Cheap at
Indian Head, lOr to 1*<
Fancy White Waists Goods
from J5e to
BARGAINS IN MEN'S PANTS.
$1.50 Men’s Pants at 98c to * $1.25
2.50 “ “ “$1.98 to 2 29
3.00 . . 2.63
4.50 ... 3.48
BOYS' PANTS.
We have a complete line of boys’ pants
ranging in price from 25c to 68c. Real
big bargains.
BOYS' SUITS.
Boys’ suits from three to twenty years
old, at prices from 98c to $4.48 per suit.
SHOES 1 ANO OXFORDS.
Mem’ Americas Sham and Low
Cat. at j, $3
Men’. 14.00 ziknixter Shoes only 3
Men’. Glorirfp. Shorn, Worth
$2.25, only T - I
Ladles’ $1.25 Krome Kid Shoes
and Oxfoi
Ladle.’ $1.60 ftlgh Point Shoes
and Oxford}!
Dixie Girl Bhq and Oxfords,
$2.60 Boxia W| l Ape. and Ox-
fordi, oiily
MISCELLANEOUS.
Coffee Mills,
$ 24c
$4.00 Guitars only,
2 48
2.50 16x20 Framed Pictures,
98c
25c. Crepe Paper,
10c
10c. “ . .
8c
30x60 Smyrna Rugs,
98c
Suspenders from 10c to
25c
Large, Nice Pillow Shams per
pair from 20c to
48c
$1.50 Black Sateen Underskirts.
98c
$4.00 Large Family Bibles,
98c
We are closing out all of our mens’ suits. Be'
sure and see them. We have a large assort- i
ment of men’s and boys’ pants also to select
from.
We have a complete line of gents’, ladies’ and
childrens’ Shoes and Oxfords, too, remember.
We carry almost anything the common house
keeper needs at the very lowest prices.
Trunks of every description and at prices to
suit anybody. Everything else almost.
CALL FOR AMTHING YOU NEED. WE HAVE IT.
COME AND SEE US.
Ill North Patterson Street.
The Empire Store
POLICE COURT PEONS
JUDGE SPEER GIVE8 A BROADER
MEANING TO PEONAGE LAW.
A Strong Charge to Jury at Savannah.
Sentence to Gang for Minor Offenses
by Police Courts Characterized at
Peonage — Police Court Judge Re
ferred to as “A Slave Catcher.”
Savannah. (!«.. March 21.—Judge
Emory Speer. In the United Staten
court today confined hlw charge al
most exclusively to a dlHCUHHion of
the peonage decision handed down
last week hv the supreme court of
the United States in the case of Cly*
aft. from Florida. Judge Speer said:
ERUPTION HELPED DEBTORS
"It in;
will hat
another opl
of cur coin
black man.
is infinite!.'
and libertj
lies »ha: v
tak'* who h
lin
king
<»PP<
before
rt unity
vital to tin* flit
is salutary to
the whit
Mount Pelee Destroyed All Papers,
and Survivors Are Gainers.
"Mount ivke In still boiling ami
bubbling and smoking, or at least it
was when I passed it,” said American
Consul Aynte to the Washington Star.
The consul has Just come to the
United States on leave of absence
from his post in Para, Brazil.
Aynte was the sole representative
of the state department on the island
of Martinique after the frightful erup
tion a few years ago, and consequent
ly was prepared to note any change
in the appearance of the evil peak.
"The island of Martinique has pros
pered marvelously as a result of the
the court ! f?ront eruption,” said the consul, and
to rentier then, in answer to a look of surprise
CASTRO, COME ACROSS
UNCLE SAM REQUESTS HIM TO
ARBITRATE MATTER*
man it
e labor
,’ery cl^zt
principle.
it
itlli-
thf pt»'
It is
keep wt
spates t
from ft
lawless, to the dogenernU
hint
tml let hint
true that it
negro race
•ckless and
and ttnscru-
pukmh; a slavery which, compared
with that of our fathers, differs as
widely as our conceptions of paradise
after and before the fall of our first
parents. But It emancipation of the
felte man Is not less significant The
ultty of~0«0iftige, \Ike othar
atchsrs. Is not «|
tt|ce to.
of* htffck. It is prob
ably true that In a number of cases
or peonage ready nml willing wit
nesses for tho government are white
men who havo been deprived of their
servants because the modern slave-
catcher, usually a man of intliulke
and determination, himself armed,
ami with .united followers, would In
vade the domain of the small farmer
and by violence the most cruel, and
Intimidation the most reckleas, tako
i therefrom the laborers whose services
the witness had engaged.”
Judge Speer expressed the opinion
that petty munieipnl offenses like
walking on the grass, spitting on the
sidewalk, or going to sleep In a depot,
or loitering on the streets, and multi
tudes of other similar offenses, nro
not crimes for which Involuntary
vltude is peonage, and that the penal
ty of this statute is applicable to tho
person engaged in Its Imposition.
Judge Speer concluded: “For my
self I do not hesitate to declare that
enforced la 1km* on a local chain-gnug
for any offense not amounting to
crime is involuntary servitude, and
peons -e. in the light of the decision
of the supremo court of the United
States, no mutter what tin* state law
or municipal ordinances on the sub
ject may In*. Should the Sultan of
Morocco or Abnl Hamid at Constanti-
nople consign to an Oriental chain-
gang American citizens for such tri
valries as are thus daily punished j
hen*, tieforo the sun w$^»t down the
steel-clad battleships of the Union
would Ik* speeding o’er mountain wav
of ocean to demand redress for an
injury or to avenge the wrong,
but peonage be fastened on on
tent and all may soon, with Ilionzi,
exclaim:
"We an* but slaves; the bright sun
course and lights a race
it sets, and Its last beam
f his auditor, he explain
ed: "Yes, I know it is remarkable,
but true, and resulted from this fact.
At the time of the eruption St. Pierre
was the metropolis of the island, and
everything substantial—all of the
wealth In concrete form—centered
there.
"Well, along came this eruption and
wiped the town off tho face of the
earth, almost, but not quite. It did
wipe off every single paper and ad
mission or indebtedness, mortgages,
notes, I. O. U.’s and the like, so that
there was no means for any creditor
to collect a debt.
“AH the debtdjw on the Island,
most of the pdople^putsfda
United States Will Take 8teps Neces
sary to Secure Justice—This Has
Been Made Plain to the Govern
ment at Caracas by Minister Bowen
—Venezuela Is Required to Give an
Answer.
Willemstad, Island of Curracoa,
March 21.—The Venezuelan govern
ment, it is announced from Caracas,
received a note from the American
minister, Mr. Bowen, requestlrg an
answer as to whether Venezuela will
arbitrate the questions pending, and
saying that, in caso of a refusal, the
United States will feel free to tako
steps which may be necessary to se
cure justice.
The charge d’affairs of The Nether
lands has adviced the Venezuelan gov
ernment that Holland will use coer
cive measures in view of the fact she
has been unable to secure tho release
from imprisonment In Venezuela of
five Dutch sailors, who have, been ille
gally kept
months.
Has Specific In
Washington, March
upon President
to hla proposltloj
tratloi
TAXABLE VALUE IN FLORIDA.
in
> time, and they suddenly found
themselves free.
“But what the eruption did not de
stroy was the large store of specie
and metallc wealth In the bank and in
the houses of the wealthy at St.
Pierre, and all this came Into the pos
session of the surviving Inhabitants
of the island, ho that they were really
much better off than before the erup
tion.”
MILLIONAIRE GRI8COM SUICIDED
Andrew M. Griscom Jumped From i
Steamer in Midocean.
Now York, March 22.—Andrew M
Griscom. of Philadelphia, who disap
peared from Philadelphia several
weeks ago and was supposed to be In
Europe, committed suicide March 19,
Jumping overboard at sea from the
steamer Minnetonka.
Griscom sailed on the Minnetonka
from London to this city.
It Is supposed that he was tempor
arily unbalanced mentally.
When Griscom disappeared from
Philadelphia, whore ho Is prominently
known, it was reported that ho had
loped with a young woman and that
both of them had gone to Europe
Griscom’s mother, however, denied it.
News of his suicide was inado pub-
• when the Minnetonka reached this
port today.
NAVAL STORES CONTRACTS.
rises t
of sla\
falls o!
slave
Mr
l.anicr. the efficient tax
collector, has made a settlement In
full with the state and county for the
year 19<»4. Mr. Lanier’s collection of
taxes for last year were better than
for the previous year, which means
that fewer names were placed on the
Insolvent sheet of 1904 than for 1903.
—Waycross Herald.
Savannah Exporters Extend Contracts
From April to June 1.
Savannah, Ga., March 22.—Tho na
val stores factors and exporters of
Savannah and Florida havo had those
outside the trade, and some Inside of
it. too. for that matter, guessing to
know Just what was being done about
renewing contracts which have been
In existence for some time, but which
art* to expire April 1.
These contracts have resulted In
Suvnnnah exporters taking all of the
Jacksonville receipts and making
that port a closed one, so far as naval
More* were concerned. Tho contracts
have been extended to June 1st, by
which time it Is hoped that some
agreement can be arrived at that will
keep Jacksonville closed. If not, It
will become an open port and compete
with Savannah
partment, which have
placed in hla hands.
if President Castro rejects this last
offer of Mr. Bowen to arbitrate these
cases. It is expected that he will
promptly report that fact to the state
department, and it will be determined
what course to pursue. The minister's
presentment of this matter, therefore,
is not an actual ultimatum, for the
way Is still open for further negotia
tions If the department decides that
the time has not yet arrived to with
draw its minister and adopt some co
ercive measures
There is great reluctanco on the
part of the officials to the adoption of
the latter course, hut the situation
believed to be such that unless the
department is willing to submit to
the complete effacement of the Ameri
can claims, some action must be ta
ken very soon.
Reports have been arriving here for
some time that many of the people of
Venezuela are penniless and in need
of food. One foreign diplomat there
promptly reported that the conditions
there were indescribable, and that the
strict censorship upon everything
sent out prevented tho world from
knowing the actual condition of af
fairs. All foreigners are closely
watched.
No French Ultimatum.
Paris, March 21.—The foreign of
fice says the French minister at Cara
cas has not presented an ultimatum
to Venezuela and no French warships
have been sent to Venezuela
Tho cable company during the day
received a dispatch from M. Brun, the
company’s manager at Caracas, say
ing that the court’s expected decision
was not given today. He reported
the general condition to be quiet.
The Increase in Values for 1904 Over
1903 Aggregates $5,731,105.
Tallahassee, March 22.—Statement
from assessment rolls of 1904, in' the
office of Comptroller Croom, showing
the total assessed valuation of all real
and personal property, including rail
roads and telegraph lines, by coun
ties; Aggregate
Valuation.
Alachua $ 4 596 504
Baker 856,062
Bradford 1,869,668
Brevard 2,939,155
Calhoun 1,195,410
Citrus 1,263,222
Clay 1,121,654
Columbia 2,229,254
Dade 4,120,149
Do Soto 3,178,783
Duval 12,251,461
Escambia 6,647,053
Franklin . 890,377
Gadsden 1,286,968
Hamilton 1,517,932
Hernando 1,104,483
Hillsboro 9,759,128
Holmes 998,112
Jackson 2,314,447
Jefferson 1,637,555
Lafayette 1,146,830
Lake 2,344,707
Lee : 1,687,092
2,502,183
1,718,037
630,223
*4f&m
1,960,403
4,453,129
Monroe 1 1,864,916
Nassau 2.126,574
Orange 3,976,701
Osceola .-. 1,612,613
Pasco 1,607.088
Polk 4,297.501
Putnam 2,707.524
Santa Rosa 1,813,937
St. Johns 2,728,675
Sumter 1,502,631
Suwannee 2,564,959
Taylor % 1,326,287
Volusia * 3,822,636
Wakulla 710,203
Walton 2,156,219
Washington 2,022,395
Total $117,064,840
The above table shows tho aggre
gate valuation of property by coun
ties for purposes of taxation, and
shdws a net Increase over the valua
tion for the previous year of $5,731,*
105.
Early Garden Seeds.
We handle all varieties of garden seeds.
Pot yonr order in early and have an
early'garden. Genuine seed Irish Pota
toes—the kind that grow. For sale by
W. D. Dunaway,
Druggist and Optician.
A. C. L. Depot it Dixie Burned.
At a late hour Saturday night tho
depot of the Atlantic Coast Line was
burned at Dixie. The fire was not dis
covered until tho whole building was
enveloped in flames, and consequent
ly all tho contents were lost. Tho
origin of the Are Is unknown, but Is
supposed to bo tho work of nn Incen
diary. The depot was probably rob
bed flrst and then burned.—Quitman
Advertiser.
I-oon Smith, the young white man
who was convicted In tho city court
last week of selling whisky, was car
ried to tho convict camp at Chatter
ton this morning to begin his sen
tence of six months. Smith was sen
tenced to servo six months, without
tho privilege of paying a line. His
fate should be a warning to others.—
Waycross Herald.
Russell Sage's secretary has gone
Into bankruptcy, with liabilities of
$77,105 and aiaeta amounting to $100.
Often a big bluffer Is called by
bigger one. Nothing wins so com
pletely as a bluff which Is not called
New Grocery Store.
ive operiW a
eery store at 126 N. Patterson street
where you cah find a complete stock
of staple and and fancy groceries.
A share of your trade is respectfully
solicited. Accuracy and promptness
our motto. Yours for business,
J. E. Culpepper,
Phone 259.
DISCRIMINATING LADIE8.
Enjoy l r *tnjr Ilerplrlde on Account of
Ita Dlatlnctlvcncaa.
Tho ladles who havo used Newbro’s
Ilerpicide speak of it in tho highest
terms, for Its quick effect In cleansing
the scalp of dandruff and also for tts er-
eellcnco aa a general hair-dressing It
makes the scalp feel fresh and It allays
that Uchlng which dandruff will car.*?.
Newbro’a Herpldde effectively cures
dandruff, as It destroys the germ that
causes It. The same germ causes hair to
fall out. and later baldness; In killing It,
Herpldde stops falling hair and prevent*
boldness. It Is also an Ideal hair dress
ing. for It lends an aristocratic charm to
the hair that fe quite distinctive. Sold
by leading druggists. Send 10c. In stamps
for aamplo to Tho Herpldde Co„ Do-
trolt. Mich. *
A. E. Olmmock, Special Agent.
YOU’VE TAKEN COLD.
NOW TAKE
Bron=cho=da
AND BE
Relieved Within Twenty=Four Hours.
PLEASANT TASTE.
Absolutely Harmless and Costs Only
25 Cents.
WE HAVE
Prepared the Remedy and Given the
Advice,
NOW, “IT’S UP TO YOU.”
Sherrouse Medicine Co., Mfrs.,
NEW ORLEANS, LOUISIANA.
Administrators Sale-
GEORGIA—Lowndes County :
Notice Is hereby given that Lawronoo Duffy,
administrator on the estate of Thomas Fox,
has appUed to the ordinary of Mid county for
leave to sell lands belonging to the estate of
Thomas Fox, for the purpose of distribution
among the heirs of the said estate. Said ap
plication will be heard In tha regular term of
the Court of Ordinary for eaid county to be
held on fhe flrst Monday In April, 1806.
This 6th day of March*—
Established in 1901.
D. H BELL,
Wholesale and Retail.
Fish, Oysters, Etc.
Only Fresh Stock.
At the Old'H&milton and Brinson Stand,
112 Ashley Street. Phone 104 aa uiual.