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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. JHUyMLsb M \ I M / i? H|r AUcfP p ' P' v LMA "- , mm i & ii j, li life cr-^ twss ^aat'gl m r ?A KmtSm'iami m 3P (m :«3 n T IpMB^ Krtr & y Yd 44 n M) ft ths t%wnj "S '-jC & These people make the jmrest and most refreshing drinks on the market. They make more dif¬ ferent flavors than any bottling concern in the country. Nut the cheapest, on earth, but the BEST. Their goods are made from the best ingredients obtainable. Send (hear your orders. VALDOSTA BOTTLING WORKS, VA1TGSTA, GEORGA. £ ‘ /*3^aas? ii P) / i if J! 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 C3 ”* ht " K ‘ ""« ro in,d "° ,,kl ,,av0 i> u » isl ‘-'' lum for Uie ,mleH ui ’ v “”'^ * ,1<> ske1 *^ tl lu l “ lsse ’ tl “‘ k ' 0t ‘ prisoner ” and placed lum m tUe jai1 lsero * 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. 0.1:13OX, B VXaO A 0) 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. ' 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 " 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. ti • 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.