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VOL. XV. NO 49 . ADEL, BERRiEN COUNTY, GEORGIA, FRIDAY, MAY 20i!i., 1904. $1.00 PER ANNUM.
MEET IN NASHVILLE.
Southern Baptists in Sc sun?— Gov.
Eagle is President.
Nashville, Teuo., May 13.—Tin*
49rii annual session of the South-
ton Baptist convention begun
this morning in the Union Gos¬
pel tabernacle, and more than
kt)G0 delegates and visitors were
in attendance when the assembly
was called to order.
The meeting was calle 1 to or¬
der promptly at 10 o’clock hy ex-
governor Eagle, of Arkansas, and
the president called upon ex-
(JoYc-rnor Northern, of Georgia,
to lead the invocation. The
Scripture lesson was read by Dr
S. II. Ford, of St. Louis, editor of
(li,. Clir stian Kepositorv, ami Hm
olM member „f the convention.
'1’lie devotional exercises
followed l,v the roll-call, which
consumed , nearly . hour. .
an
John Ferguson, of Ool-mbo,
Ceylen, . , was invited . . . . to address ,,
the convention, .. and , said ., he . , had .
come ten thousand miles to meet
the Baptist brethren in America,
and spoke of the great possibili¬
ties for mission work in Asia.
He emphasized the importance of
the education of the women in
the foreign fields.
OFFICERS ARK ELECTED.
After the address by Dr. J. M.
Ferguson it was announced by
Goverm-r Eagle that the time had.
Arrived for (he election of a pres
ident, and Dr. Robertson, of
Louisville, said tlie convention
should honor itself by again bon-
oritig the man who had served so
faithfully for the past two years.
The nomination wasseconded and
the secretary was instructed
east rhe vote of the convention
for Governor Eagle, who accepted
the office with 1 ho declaration
that it was the greatest honor
that could he Conferred on him,
and that he accepted with the de-
termination to discharge his du-
ties to the host of his ability.
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ran negro with a gun.
Plucky Young Woman Threatened to
Shoot Farm Hand.
McRae, «'■, Ma >' 13 —'The
pleasures of a picnic, hit'll was
held near here today, w-re marred
by an attempted lynching.
Min fclleu U«*ey »*« ,
lioine, (he <»M(er iiiembers of
family having left during
morning, w hen \V ill Dan __. els, , a
negro v. ho worked on the place 1
wrote and delivered to her an of-
tYnsive note.
Seizing a gun, Miss Bussey or¬
dered lhe negro to leave tin*
place. He went back to his work
and Miss Bussey gave the alarm.
The crowd which responded
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There . indications . of fur-
are no
flier trouble today,
Not For Hearst.
In the Moultrie News, Hon. J.
B. Norman of Colquitt makes two
that will surprise
many people. One is that he has
majority-of the delegates from
district to the state con veil-
tion ami will represent it as
triet delegate to St- Louis con-
venfion. The other is that in is
iiot committed to llearst as many
suppose, But is v-rv'conservative
and says he will vote forthe man
upon whom Now York agrees and
w ho stands best chance to carry
that state. —Times-Enteiprise.
Whooping Lough.
“Iu rlie spring of 1901 my chil-
Imd whooping cough,” says
Mrs. D. W. Capps, of Capps, Ala.
“I used ChamberIain’s Cough
Remedy witli the most satisfac¬
tory results. I think this is the
be'st remedy l have ever seen f<>r
whooping cough.” Tins remedy
keeps die cough Too?q, lessens the
severity and frequency of the
spells and counteracts
any tendency toward pneumonia,
For sale by alt druggists.
y w0 Banks, Owned by Plant,
|J0 IT-J |JH(l€r 111 • t!l0 js C/0Htfcll ry
Macon, G.i., May lo. 1 he
doors of the I. C. Plant’s Son
Bank wore closed for business
tins morning, . and a notice was
^ lh#t the bo „ u
])(lt for haeii Uut
would issue a statement later,
Forty-Uve minutes later the
First National Bank announced
that that institution would also
be closed pending the arrival of
a bank examiner.
National bank exam nar Ap-
pie ton reached the city at noon
and began an examination of the
affairs of the First National Bank.
A statement will be made later,
but the I. O. Plant’s Son Bank,
being a private banking institu-
lion, will not come under the su-
rz ervision of a bank ( 2 3
- nd it is stated that the ^ - of
Left $100,000 to His Fiance.
Ft. Louis, May 17.—It has just
become known that E. L- Wentz,
the young Philadelphia million
whose body was found near
Big Stone Gap, \ a., after a dis-
appearance of s-mia months, u is
to be married to- Miss
Cordelia Brookmirp, of this city,
Mrs. Brookmire’s husband was a
wholesale grocer here fur many
years,
! Miss Brook mire, it is anuouno-
cd, was left about *100,000
the will of Wentz, winch
tiled for probate in the
county court, Virginia.
Help! Help!
A cry which goes up out of the
midst of great calamities like
floods, famine, pestilence, fires
and tornadoes. In the case of
Fires and Tornadoes the Help is
Prompt and Certain, if you
pare yourself before the disaster
i).v taking out a policy against
loss or damage by fire and wind¬
storms in the companies repre¬
sented bv us.
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tiie bank ,vill be h**ld personally
responsible for the payment of all
deposit?,
N. B. Corbin, president of the
Macon Grocery Company, was
appointed receiver this after¬
noon for I. C. Plant’s Bon bank
and to act for R. H. Plant in all
matters in which Mr. Plant, has
a personal interest.
Mr. Corbin is to serve as re¬
ceiver until a Trustee is elected
by the directors.
Mr. Corbin was placed under a
five thousand dollar bond, His
appoint uu nt a* receiver was
made by Judge Enmrv Speer, of
the United Stales court.
It is believed the First Nation¬
bank will pay dollar for dollar,
National bank examiner Apple-
ton in ch.iruo of the First Nu-
malpractice.
Mr . J. \\. Evans is Probing the Cause
of His Wife’s Death.
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Prosecution is being waged on
tJ , e physicians who attended Mrs.
^ yy. jr; vans d ur j n g her late i!l-
Tampa,
w jjj be remembered that Mr.
and Mrs. Evans moved from Cool-
idge to Tampa only a few weeks
ago, and that Mrs. Evans died
there very suddenly tast week.
Mr. Evans was in the city yester¬
day on his return from Coolidge,
where he had carried his wife to
be buried and talked freely of the
case.
Doctor? Hampton, Stafford and
Saxton were called in by Mr. Ev¬
ans to attend his wife and after
her death he was so dissatisfied
with their manner of treating the
case and its results that he Lad a
post mortem examination held by
fen of the leading physicians of
Tampa On tho strength of their
examination an inquest was held
by the coroner and his report, is
being hourly expected.
An operation was performed by
the physicians and Mr. Evans
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that it was botii badly advised
and badly executed, and feeling
this wav about the matter he re¬
garded it as his duty to probe it
to the bottom.
If malpractice is proved against
the doctors, which is not at all
unlikely, they will be severely
dealt with.—Times-Enterprise.
Widows Sue Slayer.
Luling, Tex., May 18.—Mrs.
John L. Veazey and Mrs. R. Ma¬
lone, widows of two prominent
business men of this place who
were shot and killed recently by
S. M. Nixon, a banker and Dem¬
ocratic leader, filed suits in the
district court against Nixon for
$100,000 damages.
Each sued for $50,000.
Little Boy Kills Sister.
Bowman, Ga., May 18.—The
little son of William Simmons, a
well known farmer residing about
four miles west of Bowman, Sat.
urday afternoon accidentally shot
and kiUed diis four-year-old sis¬
ter. The father was away from
home, but hearing the report
a gun, hastened to the
only to find his litRe child dead.
SERMON MADE HIM CONFESS.
After Hearing it He Told of Embezzle¬
ment Committed.
Chicago, May 12.—Influenced
by an eloquent sermon, Frederick
Beach, a well known society man
of this city, lias been led to n
confession of embezzlement and,
as the result of self-imposed ac¬
cusations, is now under arrest,
awaiting trial. In addition to
embezzlement charges ho may al¬
so b<; tried on a charge of lug—
a my.
Beach formerly held a position
of confidence in a Chicago mer¬
cantile house. According to the
police he two years ago appro¬
priated $1,000 of tiie funds ei:-
tr»sted to him. Fearing that the
shortage would be discovered, it
is claimed, he afterwards cashed
n check for $10,000, made paya-
ble to himself, and immediately
left the city. After visiting a
number of places he finally
tied in Dallas Texas.
It is claimed that whils in Dab
las, Beach married Miss
Miller of that city. Several years
before leavingUhicago, it is said,
Beach ha:l been married here.
The discovery of Beach’s iden¬
tity and his subsequent arrest
were tiie result of remarks made
by him, after attending services
m a Baptist church in Fort
Worth, l’tx. The young man wae
brought back to Chicago to-day.
Good Spirits.
Good spirits don’t all come from
Kentucky. Their main source is
the liver-ami all the fine spirits
ever made in the Blue Grass .State
could not remedy a bad liver or
the hundred-and-one ill effects it.
produces. You can’t have
spirits and a bad liver at the same
time. Your liver must be in line
condition if you wauld fee l buoy¬
ant, happy and hopeful, bright
of ey », light of step, vigorous and
successful in your pursuits. You
can put your liver in fine condi¬
tion by using Green’s August
Flower—the greatest of all med¬
icines for the liver ami stomach
and a certain cure for dyspepsia
or indigestion. It has been a fav¬
orite household remedy for over
thirtv-five years. August Flower
Wl ]> ,j ul lce your liver healthy and
active and'thus insure you a lib-
eral supply of -‘good spirits.”
Trial size, 25c; regular bottles
75e. Al .nil druggists.
GROCERIES.
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Bargains, Full Weight
and Fair Dealing
is what you will find at the New Grocery Store, next door to
Mrs. Hester’s Millinery Shop. It will be to your interest to call
on me. Respectfully,
H. L. DAMPIER.
THE BANK OF ADEL
wants yoyr business and offers you all the accommo¬
dation and courtesy to which your business and balance
entitles you.
W. J. ROGERS, Pres. J. T. WLKES, V.-P-
M. CROSBY, Cash.
F10HT BETWEEN MINISTERS.
Leading Texas Baptists in an Ugly Af-
tjir on Train.
Nashville, Tenn.. May 13.—The
opening session of the •Southern
Baptist convention was in a flut¬
ter of excitement over the report
of a sensational encounter be¬
tween Rev. J. 1>. Oranfill and
Rev. S. A. Hayden, of Texas, on
their way to the convention.
Both are among the delegates.
There has been bad bh<od be¬
tween them for some years. Mr.
Crantill is editor of the Texas
Baptist Standard, v hilr »y-
den is editor of the Texas Baptist.
Herald. There has Imen quite a
stmggle in Texas between those
who have stood by the work of
the denominations as conducted
through the boards of the conven¬
tion.
fkeling very bitter.
Crantill has been advocating
the organized w >rk while Hayden
was against it.
The tight grew so warm that
Hayden was refused a seat in thw
Texas convention, He brought
against the committee Mint
reported against him. lie was
awarded thirty thousand dollars
damages, but in another trial
this was cut down one half, Two
other trials were^granted, the
last decision practically thrtMEWljJ.
the case out of court. ,
The feeling between the
ers and others has been very bit¬
ter Cranflll has said some bitter
things in his paper and Hayden
has tilings equally as bitter,
Crantill has been managing a nat-
oil company and his alleged
U nbusine-a-like methods have
drawn much criticism upon him,
it is said.
Yesterday %>th these preachers
were on their way to the conven¬
tion.
'They were both in the same
sleeper and met in the bivratory.
Sharp words passed between
them and Crantill took a pistol
from his grip. Hayden seized it
and in the struggle two shots were
fired, neither doing any damage.
When the train arrived at Tex¬
arkana Crantill was arrested and
after a preliminary trial was re¬
leased on a bond of $1,000.