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TOGO MAY FOOL THEM
RUSSIANS WANT HIM TO FIGHT
IN ThE OPEN SEA.
Togo Does Not Seem Inclined to Meet
Them Just as They Wish—Evident
ly Has Ideas of His Own as to How
- Should Fight
l St Petersburg, April 20, 7:55 p. m.
j.—The keenest Interest Is manifested
In dispatches referring to the Russian
[T squadron commanded by Admiral Ro-
lestvcnsky, but the admiralty claims
be as much In the dark as the pub
lic regarding the plans of the admiral.
The report that part of the squad
ron was sighted off Hong Kong 1b not
credited here, however, as Hong KOng
■Bgtr off his route.
The main question now agitating
the naval officials Is whether Rojest-
vensky will elect to proceed north'
MR. CARNEClt'S HE1CE MARRIES
She Pleased Her Uncle by Wedding
an Honest Poor Man.
New York, April 20.—It became
known today that Andrew Carnegie's
niece,. Nancy, was secretly married
about a year, ago to a riding master
named . Heaver, whom she met at
Newport.
The.'story was confirmed by Mr.
VALDOSTA GA., SATURf^
HELD UP REV SAM JONES |
Southern I
"YOU OR I MUST DIE” WERE THE
WORDS SAM HEARD.
Unusual Experience Befell the Geor
gia Evangelist at Montgomery—An
other Preacher, Who Had Been In
the Asylum, Invited Him to Hla
Room. *
Montgomery, Ala., April 20.—Rev.
Nancy marry an honest, poor man
than a worthless duko. Wo want no
rich men In the family."
Mr. Carnegie said that Mr. and Mrs.
Heaver went to Europo Immediately
^ afptr 'their marriage. They returned
ward through the straits of Formosa a few days ago and are now on a visit
or bear off into the Pnclflo through to New England.
Carnegie. "My niece was married to Sam p Jones, of Cartersville, Gs.,
Mn Heaver to New York about a ye,r ^ ^ ^ , Tan<vlut „„ Iectur .
tha Vamfiv tarn I er » had an unusual experience here to-
l i L With another minister, who threat,
ily has no objection to the match. . .. ...
Mr. Heaver Is an honest, upright en * d r h, ‘ '“ e ’ ... „
young man. I would rather havo 1 Mr ' J ° D * S W “ ln M °” tg0mery ® rf
Bash! channel, south of the Island of
iFormosa, or BaUngtangTfiignhel, north
of the Island of Luzon.
The conviction Is growing stronger
that the Japanese heavy division is
concentrating close to the shores of
Jnpsn, gud it is.also believed that
Admiral Togo will decline to give bat
tle ln the open sea. This Is what the
Admiralty.;officials hope for, as it sin
cerely believes. Rojestvensky would
have more than an even chance If the
two squadrons lined up in an open
fight They believe that Togo’s tac
tics will be night torpedo boat at
tacks In attempts to scatter the Rus-
■ slan ships, putting some of them out
of action and then picking off the dam
aged vessels in the morning, as .it is
recognized that if one of the Russian
ships is Injured it might be too dan
gerous for the whole squadron to
stand by her and thus offer a big tar
get. for the Japanese .torpedoes.
pgl .V.running -A,
- by nightly lorpedo attacks, toi
Is What Is most dreaded.
The admiralty has no confirmation
of the reported cutting of the cable
connecting the Island of Formosa
with the Chinese mainland at Foo
Chow, but It Is pointed out that even
If true, this would not sever commu
nication with Formosa, as there Is a
direct cable from Filung ln the north
ern part of the Island, running by way
of the Luchu Islands to Japan.
Mr. Heaver was formerly coachman
for his wife's mother, Mrs. Thomas
M. Carnegie, ln Pittsburg, and at her
winter home at Fernandlna, Fla. He
was a widower with two small chil
dren. vVk
WILL GIVE TO POOR COLLEGE8.
Home Burned at Live Oak.
Live Oak, Fla., April 19.—Fire at
3:30 o’clock this morning destroyed
the handsome residence of George M.
Burnett. It was occupied by bis
brother, Paul, who saved only a part
of his wearing apparel, and had no
Insurance. The house was Insured for
$600.
Tho family was sitting up with a
sick child, which was expected to die
at any momont. Tho origin Is sup-(larger.
Dr. Pearsons Haa 5250,000 for Institu
tions In the (South.
Chicago, April 19.-r-Glfte amounting
in all to 2250,000 will he made this
year to small collegajtlh the rural dis
tricts of Tennessee, Kentucky, North
Carolina-and West Virginia.
This announcement was made to
day by Dr. D. K. Pearsons, retired
capitalist and benefactor of many
small colleges In the United States.
amfiqt going to give to any rich
colleges," said Dr. Pearsons. “I have
a lot of colleges to , choose from ln
distributing 2260,000 that I have, de-
^ " I fern
~to_
most worthy and hate'The money
ready by May ljj
route to Tuskegee, Ala., where he to
day delivered a lecture to Booker
Washington’s school. Sam H. Wind
ham, a Methodist preacher, whose
home Is at Ozark, Ala., accosted him
on the street and persuaded Mr. Jones
to accompany him to his room In a
hotel.
No Booaer were the two men In
Wlndahm’s room than the preacher
turned to Mr. Jones, after first lock
ing the door and plaolng the key
thereto In his ppeket, Said
posed to bo Incendiary.
Fortune of Presidents.
Washington left an estate valued at
2800,000; John Adams left about 275,-
000; Jefferson died so poor that he
would have been a pauper had not
congress purchased his library for
220,000; Madison left about 2160,000;
Monroo died poor and was hurled at
the expense of relatives; John Quin
cy Adams left about 255,000 at his
death; Jackson about 280,000; Van
Buren, 2400,000; Polk, 2150,000; Tay
lor, 2160,000; Tyler married a woman
of wealth; Fillmore left 2200,000;
Fierce, 275,000; Buchanan, 2200,000;
Lincoln, 275,000; Johnson, 250,000;
Grant lost his wealth In tho Grant &
Ward failure; Hayes, Garfield and
Harrison wero all moderately well off,
and Cleveland's fortune Is probably
McKinley’s fortune was not
over 200,000.
than, Ala., and get married and to
take you with me to perform the cer
emony. Then we afo to conduct a
meeting at Demopolls, after which we
will return to Montgomery and con
duct a meeting. I;:
“It you don’t assent to this, cither
you or I must die.”
At this moment a bell boy knock
ed at the door and Informed Mr, Jone3
that he was wanted at the telephone.
Excusing himself, he managed to
leave the room, and, needless to say,
did--not return. He waB followed to
the depot, however, by Mr. Windham,
who was arrested there by Detective
Payne. eV
Windham, who Is a former Inmate
of an Insane asylum, and
been once “divorced ' " "
WfllnfifW w6h
lice barracks as a suspicious chi
ter.
It Is not known at this time Just
what disposition of his case will ho
made.
isitroyed In' Burning
BridS^Near Rome.
Rome, <J«bi April 2I><—The first sec
tion of tbs' Southern Railway train.
No. 13, loemposed of five can, two
mall and baggage, was wrecked
this monjtng,a( 7: to o’clock at Duck
Creek, ;s#^JnUes Bouth of Rome.
The wiiplUL ^n causqd by a burning
trestle agjMkJt creek. It caught fire
from a ffiflgWre.
The twWpYrof the crew was most
miraculous. WThe only porsons Injured
were Mike Bums, of Atlanta, who
leaped f Jjjjptyi# hatch on top of the
cab. He-focqived bruises about the
face andi^’ few minor bruises about
the
W. jgBjijibty;- express messenger,
was bmfip' ahout the body.
L.,Htfl|{ihe r was bruised slightly.
Oscar Frick, firoman, was bruised.
Tbe®jnage Is estmated at 230,000.
EngjgWNo. 960 Is a total wreck and
top five cars are practically lost
The track Is torn up for 300 feet.
The Wrecking crew Is now at work,
hut. It will bp at least three days be
fore the burned trestle will bevassa-
bleTffl& regular trains.
’’God has directed me to go to Do^ This wreck Is on the spot where ln
1896 sixty people were badly Injured
and la the narrow mountain valley
WfiroKwis almost completely devas
tated by too cyclone In 1898.
The engineer saw the smoke of the
-lililpg bridge on rounding a curve
OTjHjrTdegrees. He applied the air
brakes, but could not stop before his
CsIHifoJl ipto the openlng'of the tres-
The engine is over on Its sfdo and
tan cars are In cinders, splinters and
f ry muchly burned. At least 1,000
fegfilS’* drove out from Rome this
to see the wreck.
LYNCH A NEGRO,
i, Ark., -April 19.—Enraged
Barnett, a no-
killing Albert
MOST OF JURORS IN HER CASE
ARE BENEDICTS.
Child Burned at Trash Pile.
Brunswick, Ga. April 19.—'While
playing around a burning trash pile,
the clothing of G-year-old Jennie Dev-
arls caught fire yesterday afternoon,
and before the flames could be extin
guished the little girl was so horribly
burned that she died shortly after
ward
Mrs. Devarls, (he mother, In trying
to save the child, was also badly
burned. Tho parents of tho little girl
are prostrated over the lamentable af
fair.
House cleaning may be good exer
cise for the muscles, but most mar
ried men can testify that It docs not
beautify n woman's face.
was a dangerous
ma.o, twenty other negroes employed
ln b levee camp near Askew have tak
en Darne'tt out and hanged- him.
>^4b megger reports the story of
tho Trime la-as .follows:
Barnett camo tcMhe camp early last
week and secured work. Walsefleld
bad'known Barnett before, and told
the (boss of the camp that ho was a
dangerous man. Barnett hoard of
this, J|nd the shooting followed.
Tried to Wreck Train Near Ocllla.
Ocllla, Ga., April 20.—A futile ef
fort to wreck tho passenger train of
the Ocllla and Valdosta railroad, eight
miles north of here, was made last
night by some unknown parly placing
large polo across tho track. An on-
g ne passing discovered tho obstruc-
Ii»n and saved tho passenger from
I rallment. Thero Is as yet no cluo
-i tho guilty party.
8ome of Them Have Married Daugh-
' tara—Nan Will Again Take the
8tand and Tall Her Story of How
Caeaar Young Met Hit Oeath.
New York, April 29.—The Jury
which la to decide the fate of Nan
Patterson waa completed at 7:40
o'clock tonight, when Recorder Goff
adjourned court until Monbay morn
ing.
Nan Patterson Is to again face a
jury composed almost entirely of mar
ried men, only two of toe accepted
panel of twelve being single, one
bachelor, toe other a widower.
Most of toe Jurymen are men of
middle age and beyond. Many of them
have large families, some grown
daughters who are married.
It was announced tonight that the
defendant will take the stand again
during the present trial and tell her
story how Young met his death ln toe
hansome cab last June as he waa
driving to the steamship pier to Join
his wife on a trip to Europe. It also
Is said that Nan Patterson Is anxious
that her sister, Mrs. J. Morgan Smith,
should become a witness for toe de
fense, although It has not been de
termined - yet either by the prosecu
tion or the girl’s lawyers Just what
part the J. Morgan Smith shall play.
When the last Juror had taken his
place in the one empty chair remain
ing In the box. Recorder Goff turned
to the. twelve men and delivered the
customary warning not to discuss the
case or allow It to be discussed In
their hearing. He then adjourned the
court.
Nan Patterson had a little chat
with her father and was then led
to hey cell In thej Tombs. Her
el declares the (Iritis well pleaa-
ed with the Jury. Tbrovfehout the day
SCii-'bho had evidence^ theflreengst Inter
ifr^wy^i *i
meny listening intently r as ttnb
another declared he hjhd formed'or
expressed an opinion to her gnllt
or Innocence and that nothing adduc
ed at the trial could alter that op!n«
Ion.
HE WA8 SHOT FOR A ROBBER.
Richmond, Va., April 19.—Thinking
an attempt to rob the bank waa being
made, Dr. Lawrenco Anderson Bragg,
a dentist, who had rooms In the Citi
zens' National Bank building at Cov
ington, Va., early this morning, shot
In the direction of the noise, killing
Dr. Alexander Nolson, of the staff of
the Western State Hospital, who had
arrived on a Jato train to visit his
brother, Attorney George E. Nolson.
In endeavoring to reach his broth
er's room, near tho bank, Dr. Nelson
lost his way, and was at tho entrance
of tho oank building when killed.
Bankruptcy Notice.
In *“
Southwestern Division*
In the matter of ) WfP !
W -&.2jSST b ’ { B-krupf,.
Notlee of Flret Meeting at Credltere
To the creditor* of w. H. Slocomb of Bain-
HS!L!S.XSS&, s
adjudicated bankrupt; and that
laesBxrnSviiigBg
f’
which time the wid creditors -may att
» rove their claims, appoint a trustee, a—
the bankrupt end transact such of her 6
MiTSE 5 "™ b * ,0 '» *“* -
J. H. WERRIM,,
Referee ln Bankruptcy.
Notics of Application for Dis
charge-
In t h« District Court of the United Btotaa for
the Houthweetera Division of The
Hon the in District of Georgia.
In the matter of /
Miles H Plowden, J In Bankruptcy.
Bankrupt. )
^To theereditom of the above named bank-
E-to by
the United Btafee Court noose in
sr ^
aJhI'a'd ltoL"**’ u * 0 '* 1 *’ *“• ‘•‘k *»«*
A. W. VARNEDOB,
'"1
Notice -of Application fbr^Dla- .
charge- '•
. "iSr* I In Bankruptcy.
To th4 creditors of t
You sroherebv not
bankrupt ha. filed Eh
chan, tram *11 debt, p
Intact the —Id O.L.I
ill—Mon will be h—
Newspapers.
kansas are too Buzz Saw and 1
Log; Osllfornla, tho Condor, tho
Wasp and the Tomahawk; Colorado,
the Rattler end Yesterday and Today;
town, the Postal Card, tho Unit, toe
Nucleus and the Firebrand; Kontucky,
the Salt River Tiger, the Push, tho
Boomer; Missouri, toe Rustler; Okla
homa rejoices In the Dinner Bell and
tho Plain People; South Dakota has
n Plain Talker; In West Virginia is
the Irrepressible; Missouri has toe
Crank nnd the Entering Wedge; Wyo
ming reads BUI Baton’s Budget,
The senate committee on Interstate
commerce Is now holding dally ses
sions with tho purposo of recommend
ing to congress such railway rate leg
islation ns will least annoy their
friends, tho railway magnates.
The Sherwin-Williams Paints Adopted.
Growing in Public|| Esteem and Confidence.
THE VERY BEST BY TEST.
Do you contemplate painting? Ask yourself this question, what constitutes good paints?
Do we answer correctly? ‘‘Pure Lead, Pure Zinc, Pure Oil—these three, no more.”
That’s exactly
™e Sherwin-Williams Paints.
I
One of our loading contractors said to us: “I am going to refuse to use any but Sherwin-
Williams Paints, as I have found by actual test, that it brushes on better and goes
further and gives better satisfaction than any paint I have evbr used.”
The Harley Hardware Co., Valdosta, Gaf
MADE TO PAINT BUILDINGS WITH
COVERS MOST, WEARS LONGEST
