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Newspaper Page TextMIB LURKED BN THE DEEP Fill TWELVE CAPTAIN AND FIVE OF CREW OF LIFE SAVING STATION DROWN IN TRYING TO SAVE ... , OTHERS. CHATHAM. Maw., March IT.-Seven members of the crew of the Monomy 11(6 savin* station. including the captain, were drowned today while trying to reach a distressed < barge in a terrific sea. One boatman. Surfman Ellis, was res cued by a sailor from the barge, which had summoned the life savers to her as sistance. He was unconscious several hours, so that the details of the disaster could not be learned. The men who perished are: CAPT. MARSHALL ELDRIDGE. South Chatham. EDGAR SMALL. Harwick. ELIJAH J. KENDRICK. Harwick. OSBORN CHASE. Harwich. ARTHUR KOGERS. North Harwich. THOMAS FOYE. South Chatham. VALENTINE NICKERSON. Harwich. Captain Elbridge was a widower. All the othe/s were married and had families. Five persons form the barge Wardens, in addition to the seven members of the life saving crew, were lost by the capsiz ing of tbe surf boat of the Monomy sta tion. • ■ Surfman Ellis, on regaining conscious ness, made known the fact that the life boat had reached the barge ano ha<t tak en on board five persons from the barge apd was returning to the shore when it capsized. These men were lost in addition to the crew, making twelve In all who perished. TWELVE THOUSAND HORSES ARE SOLD BY CONTRACT. ST. JOSEPH. Mo.. March 18.—Oqe of the largest single orders for horses ever given in the county has been closed with a buyer at the South St. Joaeph horse and mule market. The contract calls for 12,000 horses, to ba delivered at the rate of 500 per month for 24 months. While the contract Includes many varie ties of animals, it is the general belief • that the greater part of them are for the use of the British army in South Africa. The Semi-Weekly Journal reaches the subscribers twice a week, and the New York World three times a week, which will give you five papers per week, all for $1.50. Address The Jour nal. Atlanta. Ga. GHHHIWS HIS JAIL SENTEHCE GOV. AYCOCK LIGHTENS THE SEN ,-TENCE OF MAN WHO IS SAID TO HAVE TRIED TO * • CORRUPT JUROR. CHARLOTTE. N. C.. March IT.-Gov ernor Aycock has commuted the sentence of J- A. Gorham, who. as Southern rail way law agent, was sentenced to 20 days* imprisonment and fined SSO by the Judge for an alleged attempt to corrupt a juror •agaged in the trial of an action against the Southern railway. The sentence is re duced to a fine for the reason that a jury subsequently felled to convict Gorham of embracery and many petitions were of fer* d in his behalf, among the latter being one from Georgia, where the defendant formerly lived. An Electric Belt Free Send Your Application At Once To The Phyiiciau’s Institute. They Will Send Ten Absolutely Free One •f Their 100 Ou*<<> Supreme Electric Belta, the Belt Which Haa Made aoMany Wonder fnl Curee— lon Need nt bend Even a Postage Stamp, Just lour Kame and Addreea. * Seven yean ago the Sute of Illinois gToatoC |o the Physicians’ Institute cf Chicago a charter. There was need of something above the oral ntrv method of treatment for cl.ronlc diseases, something mere Ilian any one specialist or any ■umber of rirclaiists acting. Independently eould do. so the State Itseff. under the powers eranted it by Its general laws, gave the power to the Ph-.sktaDs’ Institute to furnish to the sick ■neh help as would make them well and strong. Ever sfoee Its establishment this Institute has endeavored in every possible way to carry out the original purposes of Its establishment under the b« Deficient laws of the State. Throe years ago, the Physicians Institute, realizing the value of electricity In the treat incut of certain phases of disease, created under the saperlntenden>-c of Its staff of specialists an electric belt, aud this belt lias been proved to be of great value as a curative agent. From time to lime ft b.'.s Chat stage of perfectkn which warranted its Diesro: nano cf •’Supremo. -1 This belt is the mostcfTe-tivoof r.Il agents in the cure of rheumatism, lumbago, lame back, nerv ous ex hauati on. weakened or lost v ital f unctions, g*rlcoc< k, kidney doorders and many other AOS> ’ »|3 Id t So This ••Supreme Electric Belt ” Is made in one grade onh —KO guage— then* Is no better clo t ric belt made and do better b-lt can be mado. Whenever In the opinion cf o :r staff of special ists tbe wonderful c. mtlve end revitalizing for-cs of electricity will cure yod wo send you, frrt' of all cost, eno of those Supreme Electric Beits . Jt Is not sent on trial, it Is yours to kvp fcav.vr witbout tho paynn nt of one e nt. Tiffs eenerous oOer may bo withdrawn at any time, so iou should write to-day for this free “ Supreme r-ctrtc Belt” to the Physicians’* Initiate, M 2ZH Masocie Temple. Chief go, lUs. J NEW DISCOVERY MADE BY A MAN IN ALLEGHENY, PENNSYLVANIA. George C. Eldridge Finds Something Which Many Consider to Be Better Than Gold —His Statement. There is much talk in the town of Al legheny. Pa., over the discovery made by Mr. George C. Eldridge of that place. After a long search he has found some thing better than gold. In a recent in terview he says: •'Yes. I have made what I consider to be an important discovery. To tell you about it I must start at the beginning. “That was a number of years ago.” he continued. “The nature of my work forced me to be very irregular with my meals and that, together with a general misuse of my stomach, brought on ner vous dyspepsia. My trouble commenced with bloating constipation and this was accompanied with pain In the back and stomach. I suffered with shortness of breath and palpitation of the heart, sleep lessness and an absolutely miserable feel ing at all times. About three years ago I had an attack which confined me to my bed for three weeks and times without number after that I was obliged to give up. My kidneys also became affected and caused me considerable trouble. “Four different doctors attempted to cure me but they gave me only temporary relief. I became utterly discouraged. Then I tried Dr. Williams* Pink Pills for Pale People. Relief came in about a week and at the end of four months I was en tirely well. "I can only say that I believe I owe my life to Dr. Williams* Pink Pills and can find no words to express my thanks for what they have done for me. Better than gold is but mild praise for them. Everybody who knows me remarks the wonderful change. I can eat anything now. sleep like a child and do my work with ease. I do not need medicine any more although I always keep Dr. Will iams* Pink Pills for Pale People on hand.” Mr. Eldridge lives at No. 235 Carroll street, and is but one of thousands who always speak of Dr. Williams* Pink Pills in the bigheat terms of praise. They know what this remedy will do, for they have used It. It acts directly on the blood and nerves. This makes these pills Inval uable not only for stomach trouble but also for such diseases as lomomotor atax ia. partial paralysis. St. Vitus' dance, sci atica, neuralgia, rheumatism, nervous headache, the after-effects of the grip, palpitation of the heart, pale and sallow complexions and all forms of weakness either In male or female. Dr. Williams' Pink Pills for Pale People are sold by all dealers, or wUI be sent postpaid on re ceipt of price, fifty cents a box, or six boxes for two dollars and fifty cents (they are never sold in bulk or by the hundred) by addressing Dr. Williams Medicine Co.. Schenectady, N. Y. Be sure to gel the genuine; substitutes never cured anybody. PTOMAINEPOfSON ENDS LIFE OF MISS MILLED YOUNG LADY OF ATLANTA IS KILLED AND SEVEN OTHERS MADE ILL BY EATING INFECT-' ED MEAT FRIDAY. Miss Salite Miller, of 12 Factory street, died early Sunday morning from eating meat Infected with ptomaine poison and seven others in the same house were also affected by the same food. Coroner Stamps held' an inquest Sunday and a verdict was returned attributing the death to poisoning. No blame was attached to any one in the verdict. The meat which caused Miss Miller’s death was eaten Friday morning for breakfast. Number 12 Factory street is a small boarding house, patronised by the operatives of the Fulton Bag fend Cotton mills. The meat was purchased from a nearby butcher. Soon after breakfast eight persons were affected, four of them becoming dangerously ill Miss Miller, though, was the only one to die from the effects of the poison. Dr. Pierce, the city physician, attended the patients. Four of them recovered in a very short time and only Miss Miller was still ill Saturday morning. In her case the antidotes administered failed to have the desired effect and she grew con tinually worse until Sunday morning. The meat which caused the death was nig s feet and ears. It had been boiled and pickled and the kettle in which It was boiled Is supposed to have been unclean. If your subscription has expired and you wish to get our next issue send us a money order or register us sl, select your premium, and your aubscription will be renewed for one year. Don’t delay. TERRELL COUNTY WILL HOLD PRIMARY ON APRIL 10 DAWSON, Ga., March 17.—Terrell coun ty’s Democratic executive committee has appointed April 10 as the day on which a white Democratic primary election is to be held to nominate a representative and all county officers, and also to express Terrell county’s choice of a candidate for state senator for the Eleventh district. Up to this date Editor E. L. Rainey has no opposition in his race for representa , tive and it is not thought that he will have any. None of the candidates for the various county offices have so far had any oppo sition, the present incumbents all being faithful and efficient public servants and will very probably be nominated without (any contests. Within the past few days they have been heartily and graciously “shaking hands” with their fellow citi zens and suffragists. The senatorial race is waxing warm, the opposing gentlemen being Hon. 8. R. Christie and Captain T. A McWilliams. TROOPS VACATE NORFOLK; MORE TROUBLE IS FEARED NORFOLK. Va.. March 17.—The troops which have been on duty here during the strike of the street car men left for their homes this morning. It is thought by many that it will be necessary to recall them. The first trouble following the withdrawal of the troops oc curred on the Ocean View line. A rock was tied to a trolley wire and when a car passed at high speed, it was thrown against each window and the passengers were cut by flying glass. Eighteen union men returned to work this morning. If there is trouble tonight the militia will be returned to duty and held until the disturbance ceases. - Patents Issued Georgians. WASHINGTON, D. C.. March 18,-Pat ents were Issued to Georgians today as follows: Averao A. and W. L. Darbick, Vidalia, engine; Leland L. Foss, Manas sas, punch: William L. Peterson, Vidalia, plow line snap; Joseph W. Pitts. Augusta, spike extractor; Charles S. Pruden, Rome, nut lock; John M. Woods and J. R. Crumplar, Cordele, folding iron table. THE SEMI-WEEKLY JOURNAL, ATLANTA, GEORGIA, THURSDAY, MARCH 20, 1902. WILL OPEN UP HOT PARTY FIGHT HILL, GORMAN, BRYAN AND OTH ER LEADERS TALK OF THE CRUMPACKER MEAS- * URE. WASHINGTON, March 19.—Since the Repuolican leaders have determined to force through the Crumpacker resolution for an Investigation of the suffrage ques tion as its affects the southern represen tation In- the house, it has become clearly evident that this move of the majority means a repetition of the old Force bill fight and a revival of the sectional bit terness of reconstruction days. The supporters of the measure have made no concealment of their desire to utilize it for purely partisan ends. This is particularly true of certain western ret resentatlves, who seek to solidity the negro voters in their districts. Conserva tive Republicans, such as Cannon, at first arraved themselves stoutly against any such legislation, and the speaker himself took but a perfunctory Interest in the proposition and only ceased when a policy of conciliation became necessary on ac count of the row* over the Cuban The Democrats will fight the resolution vigorously, beginning with the P r^sea^ A tljh of the rule of the house. They believe that if so radical a step is at once taken the majority will not hesitate to go even to greater extremes to insure control of the house in the next congress. The Dem ocrats will probably consider their plan of action In caucus tomorrow night, ana it Is said they may agree to stop the reg ular procedure of the house by fllllbus- Th e sudden change In the attitude of the Republicans toward this resolution is re garded as full of significance, coming as It does at a time when the prospects of the Democrats electing the next house are admittedly bright. •' The Post yesterday published views on action of the Republican leaders, as fol '°Davld B. Hill says: "The proposed in vestigation will be fruitless, and will not injure the Democratic party. Os course it should be opposed because It is partlsa,. and unnecessary. It Indicates a despera tion which is ominous. If the investigation should be followed by an attempt to enact a federal election law, the effect will be to unite the Democratic party north, south, east and west as nothing else could do. It will work the beginning of the ena of Republican national rule." W. J. Bryan says: "If the Investigation of election methods Includes northern elec tions as well as southern there ought to be no objection, but an investigation that ignored the fraud practiced in the Hanna senatorial election and in the Pennsylva nia elections would be unfair. The com mittee should also investigate the coercion practiced by employers and bankers, as well as fraud practiced on black men. An investigation to be valuable must not be partisan.” Senator Gorman says: "The entire country will be amazed at the extreme radical partisanship embraced in the action taken today. It Is proposed to stir up sectional animosities at a time when all thoughtful men of every party In the country recognize that the problem of the sufferage of south must be ad justed by the people es the states where the great negro population exists. “The business Interests of this country will resent this effort to create political strife as they did when it was attempted during the speakership of Mr. Blaine and again in 1890. when, the whole country protested against the force bill. "This latest attempt can only be ac counted for In one way. The republicans fear the defeat of their party in the next congressional elections of the Issues they have made, growing out of the Philippine question and the enormous expenditure of the government. Therefore, they have seen fit to array the north against the south. Business interests will resent this wanton and unnecessary agitation. • The democrats must fight this proposi tion from now until the end of this con gress. They must fight, and fight, and fight." Henry Watterson says: "I have thought and hoped the Republicans were done with the bloody shirt, at least as far ,as the south is concerned. It has always done them more harm than it has done us. The only effect of its revival now will be to unite the Democrats and frighten the conservative element of the north and east. Millions of. dollars have gone south the last five or six years. This movement will be regarded as a direct attack upon those millions. Both sections yearned for peace. At last they have got It. This proposal to rip open the old wound Is an assault upon the peace of the country, and for what? Under what pretext? Why, the negro vote—a fungus vote—car rying no moral weight, but on the other hand, the occasion of incalculable corrup tion.” Note premium list in this Issue, make your selection and subscribe at once. fiEORGIA COLLEGE NAMES DEBATERS WARM CONTEST FOR HONOR OF REPRESENTING THE UNIVERSI- TY OF GEORGIA HELD SATUR- DAY—THE WINNERS. UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA. March 17. —The men who are to represent the Uni versity of Georgia In the annual Georgia- North Carolina Intercollegiate debate have been chosen. The contest was held at Phi Kappa hall last Saturday night and out of the long list of able debaters it was decided to Intrust the honor of up holding Georgia's side of the debative question to Messrs. J. W. McCartney and W. M. Hardy. More interest than was ever before manifested was shown in the recent contest for these two places and It wr.s a great trial to decide which were the lucky ones out of so admirable a list of logical and eloquent debaters. SAMPLES MAILED FREE. One Hundred Thousand Trial Pack ages of Catarrh Cure Sent Free to Applicants. Dr. Blosser's Catarrh Cure Is a pleasant and harmless vegetable compound, which being inhaled by smoking, is applied di rectly to the diseased parts, and being ab sorbed. also purifies the blood. It will cure ninety-five of every hundred cases of •Catarrh. Bronchitis, Asthma, etc. A sample will be mailed free, and further treatment, if you desire ft, will cost only SI.OO for a box sufficient for one month's treatment. Write at once to Dr. J. W. Blosser & Son, 51 Walton street, Atlanta. Ga. ••• PHILIPPINE WAR IS DECLARED OVER - - / GENERAL OTIS SAYS PHILIPPINES ARE IN STATE OF PERFECT QUIET. WASHINGTON, March 18.—Major Gen eral Otis again appeared before the senate committee on the Philippines today. When he left the Philippines in May, 1900, Gen eral Otis said that the army had disposed of alt Agulnaldo’s army, quiet prevailed during the months of May and June, and hardly a shot was fired. It was safe to go to all parts of Luzon and other.islands, and a very large trade had been estab lished. A civil government had been set up, also the supreme court and courts of first Instance in seven of the nineteen provinces of Luzon. General Otis, answering a question by Senator Culberson, said he never trusted native officers because they were too cruel to their men. He sa.a he could trust their loyalty, but they treated their captives with too much cruelty. “They were as bad as the insurgents,” said he. When he left the Philippines he says the war, as war, had ceased. Answering a question by Senator Hale, General Otis said he saw no difficulty in withdrawing a material number of troops from the Islands. The native forces, he declared, to be very necessary, and he said there war. no peace In Manila until the native police was organized. General Otis said that when he left Manila he apprehended further trouble because there was a certain element which dominated the ignorant classes. The great major ity, however, wanted peace. No armed bands of any importance, he said, were opposed to the United States at that time. Asked by Senator Hale where the sup plies, money, arms, etc., of the Insurgents came from. General Otis said they receiv ed 2,500 rifles from Admiral Dewey and they also received from Hong Kong cer tain arms, shipped aboard an American vessel, which landed at Batangas. They had received some arms of a Japan and had captured some from the Spaniards at small garrisons which they attacked. . He said the merchants gave him more trouble than the insurgents themselves. The troops of the United States had treated the Filipinos with the greatest kindness. Every statement of harsh treatment he heard of had been Inves tigated. • “In fact,” said he, ”we were laughed at by the Spaniards and the European army officers for the humanity exercised.” As to the capacity of the Filipinos for self government, he said that Agulnaldo’s former secretary of state had told him that It would take one hundred years to accomplish this. General Otis said that the Filipinos were not capable of self government. The Filipinos, he said, un derstand that they must have protection, because without it other nations would divide up the island, but they were de sirous of making the best possible terms they could with the United States. Their idea was to have control of the Internal affairs of the island, but protection out side. General Otis testified, in response to questions by Senator Rawlins, that he knew very little of the correspondence between Merritt and Agulnaldo, but he recalled Agulnaldo’s reply to a communi cation referring to an agreement that the Insurgent forces should withdraw to a cer tain point designated. He had himself di rected Agulnaldo to withdraw to the sub urbs of Manila, outside the American de fenses, according to the terms of the pro tocol with Spain. This was not only a military necessity, but in accordance with right and duty. No nation in the world, said he, except the Vlilted States, would have allowed those people to have hemmed us In the way they did. The order for their withdrawal was made zoiety in the interests of peace. The dual occupancy of Manila. General Otis said, he considered dangerous. He based his whole action, he said, on the protocol, as he understood it. NEW INDUSTRIES REPORTED IN THE SOUTH IN A WEEK CHATTANOOGA. Tenn.. March 18—Among the more important of the new industries re ported by The Tradesman for the week ended March 15 are canning factories at Nacogdoches, Glsrrison, Timpson and Lufkin. Tex.: an elec tric light and power plant at Leesburg, Va.; $20,000 gas works at Alexandria, Va., a steam heating company at Clarksville. Tenn.; oil mills at Grantville, Ga... and Linden, Ala.; a box factory at Bedford City, Va.; a lumber mill at West Point, Ark.; a saw mill at Bear, Ark.; a >200,000 cotton mill at Griffin, Ga.; a saw mill at Ozark. Ala.; a $150,000 creosoting «lant at Texarkana, Ark.; a cotton gin at Zhitaker’s, N. C.; a >150,000■ development com pany at Jennings* La.; an electric power plant at Madison, Ga.; a medicine factory at Pitts burg, Tex.; a >25,000 plant to manufacture ex tracts, syrups, etc., at Atlanta, Ga.; a >IOO,OOO company to promote manufacturing enterprises at Houston, Tex.; a >IOO,OOO oil company at Beaumont, Tex.; a >200.000 oil company at Beaumont, Tex.; a >500,000 oil and transporta tion company at Beaumont. Tex.; oil mills at Cartersville and Columbus, Ga.; a >30,000 cot ton mill at Glendale, 6. C.; a >60,000 cotton mill at Taylor, Tex.; a >35.000 knitting mill projected at Waco, Tex.; a >IO,OOO lumber mill at Wallace, N. C.; a button factory at Buffalo, Ark.; >500,000 car works at Pensacola, Fla.; a cold storage plant at Raleigh, N. C.; a cotton compress at Tupelo, Miss.; a >50,000 electric light and power company at Ensley, Ala.; elec tric light plants at Meridian, Miss., and Dal las. Tex.; a >50,000 grain mill at Glovers, Ga.; a flour and grist mill at Bethelrldge, Ky.; an iron Company at Chattanooga; a >IOO,OOO lumber and mining company at Waynesville, N. C.; a >IOO,OOO soap factory at Jackson, Miss.; a cotton mill at St. George, S. C.; a tobacco plant at Wlnston-Salemn. N. C.; a >40,000 lumber and manufacturing company at Memphis, Tenn.; a >200.000 lumber company at Horatio, Ark.; a >25,000 lumber company at New Louisville. Ark.; a lumber company at Scottsboro, Ala.; a coal, mineral and lumber company at Scotts boro. Ala ; a lumber mill at Merrill, Miss.; a >50,000 pulley works at Chattanooga; saws mills at Bethelridge. Ky„ and Donovan. Miss.; va riety works at Tifton, Ga.; brick and tile fac tory at Quitman. Miss.; >50,000 street car works projected at Birmingham. Ala.; a roller flour ing mill at Stone Mountain, Ga.; a >25.000 foundry end machine shops at Fredericksburg, Va.; a >»,000 ice factory at Louisville. Ky.; a >150,000 wharf and coal company at Key West, Fla.; a >300,000 cold air plant at Birmingham, Ala ; a >25,000 refrigerator factory at Knoxville, Tenn.; a >15,000 valve manufacturing company at Louisville. Ky.; a >150,000 oil company at Beaumont, Tex.; an oil mill at Jackson, Miss.; a >25,000 telephone company at New Decatur, Ala.; a telephone system at Lynchburg, Va.; a >50,000 woolen mill at Birmingham, Ala.; a >50,000 tobacco factory at Owensboro, Ky.; a tobacco factory at Winston-Salem, N. C.; a saw mill at Coosada, Ala.; a shingle mill at New Iberia, La.; a hoop factory at Rosedale, Miss.; bottling works at High Point, N. C.: >IO,OOO brick works at McHenry, Miss.; a can ning factory at Maxton, N. C.; a cotton gin and cotton seed delinting plant at New Iberia. La.; an electric light and power plant at New Decatur, Ala.; a flouring mill at Shelbyville, Tenn.; a >50.000 Company to manufacture beer coolers at Montgomery, Ala.; a >30,000 saddlery at Waxahachie, Tex.; a >50,000 oil company at Brownwood, Tex.; a >30,000 oil mill at Dunn, N. C.; a telephone system at Grafton, W. Va.; a >200,000 cotton mill at Rockingham, N. C.; a >200,000 land and oil company at Lake City. Ark.; a plant for the manufacture of mill st6nes at Price’s Fork. Va.; a >40,000 cotton oil mill at Homer, La.; a >50,000 electric power plant at Petersburg. Va.; a >60.000 lumber company at Fayetteville, Ark.; two extensive packing plants at Fort Worth, Tex.; a >50,000 coal, oil, gas and manufacturing company at Mannington. W Va.; a >IO,OOO lumber company at Welch, W. Va.; and a >IOO,OOO coal mining company at Fairmont, W. v*- CREEKS ARE RIVERS; COUNTY IS FLOODED ALBANY, Ga., March 17.—Since Thurs day morning, about nine inches of rain has fallen here. The creeks and smaller streams of this f-catjon are out of their banks and much of The county is flooded. Dry creek, a wet weather stream about two miles from Albany rose into a river Saturday night. A negro attempted to drive in the road across the bed of the creek Saturday night only two hours after he had driven along the same roads Both the mules he drove were drowned and the negro only escaped by floating off on the wagon body and lodging in a The river is also rising but It is not high enough to do any damage yet. MURDER DONE AGED WOMEN THEVICTIM AWFUL CRIME COMMITTED NEAR FLOWERY BRANCH—MURDER- ERS ARE IN JAIL TODAY. GAINESVILLE, Ga., March 18.—One of the most brutal and revolting crimes ever committed in this state occurred about five miles south of here yesterday after noon, when Mrs. Christiana Blake, a wid ow, 82 years of age, was brutally murder ed and assaulted by J. C. Stover and Charley Pirkle, his brother-in-law. Both of the men are well known in this city. There Is no question as to the guilt of the men. When the dead body of the old woman was found, the two men who had committed the crime were found lying on either side, so beastly drunk that they could not walk. They were too drunk to escape from the punishment that such a crime will merit. Stover and Pirkle were brought to Gainesville and locked up. If they had been taken back to Flowery Branch ft Is more than probable that they would have paid the penalty of their crime last night. The crime is one of the most revolting ever known here. The two men. Stover and Pirkle, had been td Flowery Branch, where they had received 11 bottles of whis ky. On their way home they had ‘been drinking heavily. They stopped at the home of Mrs. Blake, for what reason has not been ascertained. They were quarrel some and soon started a disturbance. Mrs. Jack Evans, an adopted daughter of Mrs. Blake, who was in the house at the time the men entered, became fright ened and ran to the field to get her hus band. When she returned to the house with help, the dead body of the old wo man lav on the floor, while on eltheV side of her, too drunk to move, lay Stover and Pirkle. The old woman had been choked to death, her windpipe having been torn and cut almost In shreads. The men were bound hand and foot, and Judge Estes was notified. He Immediately sent J. M. Green, formerly a deputy sher iff, and W. L. Hawkins to the scene, and the men. too drunk to walk, were bundled into a wagon ajid brought to Gainesville, where they are now confined Besides having murdered the old wo man, the men had brutally assau'ted her, and her body borq the marks to the blows she had received while fighting for her honor. ■ Stover is a married man, 30 years of age, and has a wife and one child. Pirkle Is a youth, 16 years old. and-is a brother in-law of Stover. Public sentiment runs high, and a quick trial for the two men has been demanded. STOPS THE COUCH AND WORKS OFF THE COLD. Laxative Brom-Qulnina Tablets cure a cold In one day. No Cure. No Pay. Price 25 cents. poorWdutLdok ALONG THE RIVER FARMERS ARE FAR BEHIND ON ACCOUNT ON THE RECENT HEAVY RAINS —GROUND IN BAD CONDITION. COLUMBUS. Ga„ March It—The condi tions as to crop prospects in this vicinity and in fact along the entire Chattahoo chee valley Is becoming to be a problem. The rains and floods of the last days of February caused much damage all over the section and this has not yet been re paired to receive the crops which should have been in the ground some time ago. As a rule, by this time, the corn crop is planted but now It is doubtful if one-tenth of it is in the ground. The lands are in no condition to be planted. For many weeks they have been too wet to plow and where this is not the case, which is only on Some of the up-lands, the ground Is full of washes and little ditches which means lots of work before the crops can be planted. .. . The same floods washed away or dam aged almost all the bridges across the creeks, and farmers nave had a hard time of it getting to town and back with their supplies. The countv officials • have all the available help at work on the public roads and bridges and the plantation roads have tto be looked after by the farm er. The rains of Saturday and Sunday morning, while very hard, were not such As to cause a great amount of damage except to render the ground still unfit for work. The concensus of opinion is that the crops In the Chattahoochee valley will be greatly behind this year. NEwmioHiiL ADDS TO POPULATIOI 85 NEW COTTAGES BEING BUILT AT COOLEEMEE, N. C., TO BE OCCUPIED BY MILL OPERATIVES. CHARLOTTE, N. C., March 17.—Work has begun at Cooleemee, N. C., on 85 new cottages and five larger houses to ac commodate the increased number of em ployes’ families which a pending Increase In the equipment of the Cooleemee Mill will bring in. This will result in a mate rial increase of the population, now about 1,000, of the Davie county cotton mill set tlement. The mill people Intend ultimate ly to install electric light and sewerage systems. They now have under consider ation the question of building an Iron toll bridge across the South Yadkin to more readily admit the cotton and produce of Rowan farms.. The increase of equipment referred to consists of 5,000 spindles and 168 looms and will give the mill a total spindleage of 25,000 and 800 looms. The operation of the plant will then require 1,100 horse-power. HIS EYESIGHT FAILING HE KILLS HIMSELF MACON, March 18.—News received from New Decatur, Ala., yesterday was to the effect that Mr. Charles E. Wood ruff formerly of Macon, but more re cently a railroad engineer, running be tween Birmingham and Nashville, had killed himself in a fit of despondency, be cause his eyes were falling and he could no longer stick to his engine. He has two sisters residing here. They formerly came from Griffin. The remains were interred at New Decatur. Aqents’ Contest « For March and April, 1902., $175.00 In Gold to Be Given Twenty oUOur Best Agents. This contest is the third The Semi-Weekly Journal has offered to its agents. The first was SIOO.OO, distributed among fifteen agents, for the month of December, the second was for the months of January and February, L 902, with $160.00 divided among seventeen agents. We now offer $175 to be given to twenty agents who secure the largest number of yearlv subscribers during the months of March and April. This contest will include all orders received from March 4th and will close with the orders received on Monday, May sth, 1902. The contest carries more money and more, prizes than the former contests, therefore more agents have an op- 1 portunity to secure a prize. . . 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The Semi-Weekly Journal wants good live energet ic men and women as local agents, and we want you to write for further particulars. Do not delay, hut get in the contest and secure a nice spring prize. The money is up and the prizes will be awarded at the end at the contest. * We have many attractive combination offers that an agent can use in securing subscribers, and from the way agents sent us subscribers in the last contest we know that the Semi- Weekly is a newspaper the people want, and if you will begin your canvass and push it through the first two spring months we know you will be surprised at your success. Now is the time to start your work. For further informa tion, address, THE SEMI-WEEKLY JOURNAL, ’ ATLANTA, GA. WILD MAN’S HORNS AND TUSKS ARE ARTIFICIAL VALDOSTA, March 17.-The great wild man from South America, with horns like an ox and tusks like a wild boar, who has been heralded abroad in the cor respondence of the morning papers from Waycross, came to grief tn this city after his performance last night. After tne tented exhibition, he discarded his native garb and attired himself like other ••coons” and went to a negro hall to at tend an entertainment. He became in volved in a quarrel there and pulled his gun and fired it off to frighten his an tagonist. A policeman in that neighborhood pull ed the wild man whose name was given as Calvin Byrd. His arrest disclosed one of the most novel fakes ever seen here. Byrd Is a ginger-cake colored negro and has had an incision made on his head and a thin piece of metal slipped under the skin. Attached to this piece of metal are two threaded knobs to which large horns are screwed, giving an appearance exactly as though the horns grew from his head. On his eye teeth are large threaded gold crowns •to which are screwed the tusks when Byrd goes on exhibition. Rigged up as the wild man from South America he was a capital attraction until he went out on the town last night with his little gun. The down-fall of Byfd was accompan ied by trouble for one of his managers, who gave his name as J. C. English. He was arrested this morning on the charge of cheating and swindling, the charge be ing based upon the fact that he had been passing Honduras dollars, the Honduras coin being valued as less than half of American money. It is said that he had a bag full of the Honduras money and this fact created the belief that he was using it to defraud those who did not know its real value. ( CASTOR IA For Infants and Children. The Kind You Hate Always Bought Bears tho Signature of CfayZZ/'&'&A-M FIRE IN FITTEN BUILDFG; TWO CAME NEAR PERISHING Gelders’ hotel. Tyners drug store and the Pabst saloon in the Fitten building, at the corner of Marietta and Broad streets were practically destroyed by fire, which started Monday morning shortly after 9 o’clock. The building was not seriously daipaged. . The damage to the hotel fur niture was largely done oy the smoke which was dense. In five min utes after the first alarm was given the building was enveloped in smoke that was blinding. A heavy w'nd made it worse. In a portion of the basement were stored chemicals and liquors. These burn ed briskly despite immense amounts of water poured onto them. As soon as Chief Joyner saw the condition of affairs he sent in a general alarm and had the entire department on the scene immediate ly. The men worked in smoke that was suffocating and several of them were al most overcome by it. The fire for a time promised to be a most disastrous one. Many of the occu pants of the hotel were rescued by fire men on ladders and down tne fire escapes, some but partly clad. The fire for some time did not reach the upper part of the building, but the dense smoke filled the halls and rooms. There was great danger of suffocation to those in the building. Alblans Attack Town. CONSTANTINOPLE, March 18.—A band of 200 Albanians recently attacked the town of Flliata. Bew:ral men were killed or wounded on both sides. The reinforce ments of troops sent to Filiata from j ’ I WOULD DISQUALIFY JUSTICE . cm ROME, Ga.. March 18.—It is probable that the anti-dispensary people who are Seeking to have the jecent act of the leg islature declared void for Floyd county before the supreme court will ask that Justice Cobb be declared disqualified in the case. It is rumored the point will be made that Judge Cobb in a letter to par ties in Rome during the campaign ex pressed a desire to see the dispensary law go into effect and that he was strongly in favor of dispensaries over tne state in wet epunties. It is alleged that these let ters of Justice Cobb played an Important part in the campaign and had much to do with the victory at the polls for the dis pensary side. • During the contest Hon. W. J. Neel wrote Justice Cobb for information rela tive to the dispensfu-y in Athens, his home. Judge Cobb replied in a long letter prais ing the dispensary in Athens and the sys tem in general. The judge’s communi cations were read from the rostrum in public meetings and published in part by The Daily Record, the dispensary paper. There are three injunction cases before the supreme court, and they will be heard March 25th. All the cases attack the con stitutionality of the act of the legisla ture. The dispensary people claim if the motion is made to disqualify Justice Cobb, it will be unavailing, for that he expressed his views as a voting citizen and resident of a locality where the system was in vogue without regard to the legality of the question in any of its phases. CAROUNAAND GEORGIA IS PURCHASED BY SOUTHERN GREENSBORO. N. C„ March 17.—1 t 1* rumored that official announcement will soon be made of the purchase of the South Carolina and Georgia Extension railroad by the Southern. The roads run from Camden. S. C„ to Marlon, N. C., a distance of about 1A miles, and is a very valuable piece of property. It was built as a part of what was known as the 3C’s that was to form a connecting link be tween Charleston and Cincinnati. 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