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SOUTHERN RECORD SUCCESSOR TO (?g?S: ®o)
VOL. XXV.
Tallulah Falls Ry. Co.
TIME TABLE NO. 2.
In Effect June 13, 1808.
N O 11 No 12
STATIONS. Mixed
Daily Dai ly ;
except Except
Surry Sun’.y
PM. Lv Arj P M
Tallulah Falls
6 50 Turnerville. 12 45
‘i iO . Ana ndale . 12 25
o 30 , darken vi lie. 12 05
« 45 .. Demorest.. 11 50
7 00 .Cornelia ^j’
p Lv
—
North-Eastern Railroad
Time Table No. 3
Between Athens and Lula.
1 1 9 1 12 IO
Daily Dally STATIONS Daily Daily.
1
P. M > .. M. Lv. > r. A. M P. M.
8 20 1 05 W Lula N 10 50 8 00
8 35 11 22 i Gillsville 10 33 7 43
8 47 11 :ki Mays vi lie 10 19 7 29
9 01 11 r»2 Harmony 10 03 7 13
9 15 12 07 I Nicholson 9 48 6 58
9 22 12 15 Center 9 40 6 50
9 35 12 30 IW Athens 1 ) 9 25 (i 35
i Ar Lv
V. M P. M. A. M P. M
11 9 12 10
SOUTHERN RAILWAY*!
4m4«m< hhcdnlt of l’uo«ng«r TmlOfc
In Effxct Oct. in, 1898.
j v«». No 18 Fat. iwl
Northbound. No. 13 No. 33 Ex. No. S«
Dally j Dally. Sun. Dally.
Lt. Atlanta, C. T. co>etC7'*‘^ec^Mfc»3M^^cccc*“ : » “12 00 in 4 giSfeSg&'g -kS 50 J
“ Atlanta, Nororosa..... K T. »i “I 100 p ■
“
1
" Buford....... ai km ;
“ Gaiuexvill*... a 2 22 p ‘
“ Lula.......... a;f2 42 p 8
At. Oornalla...... a f3 00 p 8 7
Lv.Mt. Airy
Lt. Ar. ** “ ** ** M “ “ " - *• OreenvUle Central...... Toocoa______ £«neca....... Gaffneys..... Blacksburg.. Gastonia... Chariot W Spartanburg. KingsMt Greensboro eatiuinxtor to ... ... . « p P pi p P p p p a \ 10 ........!••• 5 6 8 nip., 7 3 4 IK) :*p 22 43 30 15 44 pj....... p pj - p P ... ... ... ...... 4 7 StRSSSS&fee&SB dV4,,,X,,,9s <
Lt . Greensboro .......110 50 pj.......
Ar. Norfolk_____ ....... 7 50 a.......
Ar. D anville . 11 26 p 11 51 1 35 p
Ar. Richmond 6 40 a 0 40 6 24 p
Ar.Washington . 0 42 a 9 35 p
“ Baltm’e PRR. 8 03 a 11 85 p
** Philadelphia. 10 15 a 2 56 a
* Nmv York .. 12 43 ra 6 23 a
Vat. Ml I Vex. No.il
Soutlibouad. No. 35 No. 37 Daily-
Dally. Dally.
Lv- Philadelphia. N Y..P. HR. 12 IS » 05*- B8SS P.......
- 3 60 a; P
•* Baltimore. 6 31 A ro P
It. “_Washington. U 15 a c. P n> —
Richmond . 12 01 m tZ
Lt. Pajiville . . 6 15 P 8 a 610 a
It. Norfolk tig i »*g
Ar. Grtcnahoro,
Lt. Greensboro 7 26 p 7 05 a
Lt. At. Charlotte 10 00 p 9 25 a
Gaatouia 10 49 P
** “ Blacksburg King's Mt.... 11 31 10 45
.. p a
" Gaffney*..... 11 46 p lu'58 a p
“ Spartanburg. 12 20 a 11 84 a
“ Greenville.... 1 25 a 12 30 p
" Central....... Mol7.
“ Seneca ....... 2 80 a i 83 p Ex.
*• Westminster
“ Toccoa 8 25 a 2 IS p Sun.
.......
" Mt. Airy.....
Ar, Ar. “ * “ “ “ Cornelia...... Gainesville Lula.......... N Buford Atlanta, Atlanta, ore rose ...... O. E. . . T. T.I ,. 4 5 6 5 4 35 25 18 10 10 99 99 9 - ee* : 8 4 55 18 p p P pi P ggiifcgsig? a I *
*" N >ss N(5oN TRaIN?
Lv. __Daily Except Sunday.
Atlanta, central time ....... ... 1120
Ar. Norcross, eastern time .... 1 15 p
Lv. Sorcross, eastern t ime .. ...... 2 20 p
Ar. Atlanta, central time .......... 2 20 p
” t .^
* A" a. m. “P" p. m. "M" noon. "N" nigh*.
between Chesapeake Norfolk Line and Steamers Baltimore. in daily service
Nos. 37 and 38—Daily. Washington and South-
wesieru Vestibule Limited. Through Pullman
sleeping cars between New York and New Or¬
leans. and via Washington. between New Atlanta York and Montgom¬ Memphis,
ery, also and
TiaWaahington,Atlanta thoroughfare and Birmingham. between Washing¬ First
class coaches
ton and Atlanta. Dining cars serve all meals
•a route. Pullman drawing-room sleeping cars
between Greensboro and Norfolk. Close con
naction at Forfolk for OLD POINT COMFORT
arriving there in time for breakfast.
Nos. afr and 3fV— United States Fast Mail
runs solid between Washington and New Or-
leans, via Southern Railway. A. & W. P. R. R.,
and L. A N. R. R., being compost'd without of baggage
car passenger# and coaches, of all through classes. Pullman change drawing for
1
room sleeping cars between New York ana
New Leaving Orleans, Washington via Atlanta each Weduesday, and Montgomery.
a tourist
sleeping car will run Francisco through without between Wash¬
ington Noe. 11, and 37, San a$ and 12—Pullman sleeping change.
cars
between Richmond and Charlotte, via Danville,
eouthbound Nos. 11 and 37, northbound Nos
88 and IS
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Oftice in Davis Building, Doyle
street. Toccoa, ( a.
Dluxin of the Blood and »rve*.
No one need suffer with neuralgia. This
disease is quickly and permanently cured
by Browns’Iron Bitters. Every disease of
Bitters. Known and nseti for ^5±t nearly a
srs^*r^r3Si Browns’Iron Bitters is sold by , all dealer*
CUBAN OlL cures Cuts
^ Burns, Bruises, Rheuma
tisin -and Sores. Price, 25 cts
Sir ontbefn Iwfafft
FRAME YIELDS
TO THE BRITISH
One Paris Paper Learns on Au¬
thority That Marchand
Will Be Withdrawn.
Paris, Oct. 31.—The Eclair to-
day says it learns on reliable au-
thority that the Fashoda question
will be settled favorably to Great
Britain by the recall of Major
Marchancj. France, the paper adds,
all, reserving only the ques-
tion of the right to the Bahr-El-
Ghazal district, which she does not
consider as belonging to Egypt.
Continuing, the Eclair remarks :
“M. Delcasse, however, has now
decided to raise thejwhole Egyptian
question, which should have been
done from the first and thus avoid-
ing the humiliation of yielding to
the British ultimatum. When the
question is thus enlarged, France
will not be alone in its discussion
with Marquis of Salisbury. Egypt
interests all the powers. Russia has
promised M. Delcasse its most ef¬
fective assistance and, besides Ger¬
many, has the biggest interest in
view of her east African posses¬
sions and trade in the far east, that
the Suez canal should not become
exclusively British and is disposed
to support France-Russiati argu¬
ments for a definite settlement of
the Egyptian question.”
LEGISLATURE ORGANIZES.
The Officers Elected to the Differ-
ent Positions.
Wednesday ot last week, the
legislature met and organized. Mr.
Geo. P. Erwin withdrew his can¬
didacy for clerk of the senate, and
accepted a good place with Mr.
Northen.
In tl'.e organization of the two
houses, men of unquestioned abili¬
ty were elected to every position
of importance. lion. W. A. Dod¬
son, of Sumpter, was elected pres¬
ident of theser.ate and lion. John
D. Little speaker of the house.
Neither had opposition. For sec¬
retary of the senate, Colonel Chas.
S. Northen went through unani¬
mously, and for clerk of the bouse
Hon. John T. Boifeuillet, of Bibb,
had but little opposition. There
were several contests for minor of-
fices, but on the whole both branch¬
es of the legislature seemed to have
made up their mind in advance how
to vote, and the men selected are
of a character which reflects credit
upon the men who selected them.
The exact make-up of the senate
and house organization is as fol¬
lows :
THE HOUSE.
Speaker— John D. Little, of
Muscogeer
Speaker Pro tem —A. O. Bla¬
lock, of Fayette.
Clerk— John T. Boifeuillet, of
Bibb.
Doorkeeper— J. H. Williford,
of Fayette.
Chaplain— Rev. C. G. Wright,
of Putnam.
THE SENATE.
President —W. A. Dodson, of
Sumpter.
President Pro Tem —J. Render
Terrell, of Merriwether.
Secretary —Charles S. Nor-
then, . ultOll.
Oi r
Doorkeeper —R. E. Wilson, of
MurrdV i * *
Messenger —Flynn Hargett, of
Habersham.
Chaplain —Rev. J. W. G.
Watkins, of Fulton.
The officers of the house were
elected in caucus, but the senate
went into formal session without
the tormahtv ot a preliminary par-
tv meeting'. Senator M.' W.
Gross, of the twenty-ninth district,
the only populist member of the
upper house, was not present. Sen¬
ator William Clifton, of the second
district did not run for the presi¬
dency of the senate as he had threat-
ened to do, and as senator declined
to take the oath of office in order
that, as secretary of state, he could
be a conspicuous figure in the in¬
auguration ceremonies HHi Satur-
day. But as secretary of the sen-
ate he colled that body to order,
and voted for the candidates who
were elected to office in the senate.
*>•»«“«? nel Clifton °f the his most *°o- «»«o>io- ubiquitous
is
figure in Georgia politics, and if
anybody else should attempt to hold
so many offices at the same time it
would lead to unending legal con-
troversies.
“I Know Not What the Truth May Be, / Tell the Tale as ’Twas Told to Me.”
TOCCOA, GEORGIA, NOVEMBER 4, I898.
Florida as a Winter Resort.
“Cuba and Puerto Rico? Yes,
the unknown is ever the alluring,”
remarked John M. Beall, of the
Southern Railway, in reply to a
question yesterday in regard to the
outlook for tourist travel to Cuba
and Puerto this winter.
Mr. Beall has just returned from
a four-week’s stay in Jacksonville,
where he has been looking after the
transportation arrangements
taining to the movement of the
twelve regiments of the Seventh
Army Corps, ordered home to be
mustered out.
“During my lengthy stay in
Florida,” said he, “I had the time
and opportunity to look around a
good deal and also to secure the
views of army officers, hotel men
and railroad officials in regard to the
approaching season, and I am con¬
vinced that this will be the most
successful one Florida has seen since
the freeze, if not in the entire his¬
tory of the State.
“Cuba and Puerto Rico will at¬
tract a great many people and
Florida’s proximity to those islands
and the inauguration of the steam¬
ship service Flagler proposes to
operate from Miami will draw the
majority of these tourists through
the Jacksonville gateway and nat¬
urally benefit every one of his mag-
nificient hotels dotting the tEast
coast at frequent intervals from St.
Augustine to Miami.
“The location of - our army in
winter quarters in that section,”
continued Mr. Beall, “will attract
sightseers and friends and relatives
of the soldiers from all parts of the
country. Many of these people
have probably long wanted to go to
Florida, but have never had a suf¬
ficiently strong incentive. For such,
a better year than this could not
have been selected,inasmuch as the
vegetable kingdom has now had
time to recover in a very great
measure from the injury sustained
in its one great freeze, and it will
bloom forth this season in all its
pristine glory.”
“When I left Florida the hotel
men were already busily engaged
about their houses, refurnishing,re¬
painting and improving things gen¬
erally and we are doing likewise.
There will be no lack of hotel ac¬
commodation and good accommoda¬
tions, too, Neither will there be
anything wanting in the way of
railroad facilities, and they will be
of the best. To our regular double
daily service, operated all the year,
we will as usual add the - Florida
Limiled early . January. It will
in
equal, if no eclipse, in comfort and
luxury ‘the finest trains in the world.’
There are lots of them advertised,
but the excellence of the Florida
Limited of previous years is so well
known that enough has been said
when it is stated that this season’s
train will surpass all its predeces¬
sors. Furthermore, our trains will
be run on time, and very fast time
at that. Last season, an unpre¬
cedented record for operating its
trains on schedule was made by the
Southern Railway and effective
measures will be taken to maintain
the same high standard during the
one approaching.”—Philadelphia
Times, October 11, 1S9S,
Playing With Edged Toois-
From the Boston Hereld.
The contient of Asia is soon to be
the scene of one of the most despe¬
rate struggles for commercal and
military supremacy the world has
ever known. Russia, England,
France and Germany no doubt pro¬
pose to avoid war if they can, but
all of them realize th it at any time
the assumed encroachments of oth¬
ers upon what they consider their
own interests many make impossi¬
ble the continuance of peace. It
is to be both a struggle of wits and
of strength, with no certainly as to
what will be the final outcome.
This is a complication in which, bv
the possession of the Philippine is¬
lands, we hall be compelled to take
a share.
To Builders.
First-class Plastering Hair—es
pecially prepared, free from lime,
dirt or lumps. Send for sample.
Demorest Saddle Tree Factory,
Edw. Flor, Prop.,
7-24-2 Demorest, Ga.
SPAIN RELINQUISHES
CUBA UNCONDITIONALLY
_
J he Complete Surrender As Out«
lied in the Terms of the Pro¬
tocol Accepted and Placed
By Consent in the
Peace Treaty.
Ail Differences as to Porto Rico
Also Amicably Settled and
There Is Nothing of Impor¬
tance Left But the Philippine
Question and Conditions have
so Shaped Themselves That
the Annexation of the Logical
Outcome.
Paris, Oct. 27.—The Spanish
peace commissioners have accepted
a negative view of the United States
commissioners towards the propos¬
ed assumption by the .United States
of the Cuban debt.
The American commissioners
have firmly but courteously declin¬
ed to assume for the United States
the entire or joint responsibility for
the Spanish financial conditions and
the Spanish commissioners have
finally abandoned the effort and
have agreed that the Cuban article
of the protocol shall, without con¬
ditions,have a place in the ultimate
treaty of peace.
It was not until Monday that
they became absolutely convinced
the Americans had, from the outset
of their refusal to accept the Cuban
debt, meant exhctly what they said.
In spite of the fact that the Span¬
ish commissioners had, as a back¬
ground of their efforts, doubts of
succeeding, their hope of so doing
has been so keen and their conten¬
tion has been so vigorously prose¬
cuted that the final conviction of
their inability to win their point
brought to the Spaniards such a
shock and depression that, consis¬
tent with these dispatches at the
time, there were grave doubts as to
continuance of the negotiations.
Its support of these statements is
the fact that Senor Montero Rios,
after Monday’s session, and on
Thursday last, would have resigned
the presidency of the Spanish peace
commission, had he not believed
that his so doing may have griev¬
ously shaken, even if it had not un¬
seated Senor Sagasta’s governmet.
From this standpoint, if for no oth¬
er reason, Senor Montero Rios re¬
tained his position, and at yester¬
day’s session, acting under the con¬
viction arrived Monday ; the Span¬
iards announced that they would
forego further argument on the
Cuban debt and agreed that, prac¬
tically in the terms and absolutely
in the spirit of the protocol, the
article about Cuba should go for¬
ward into the final treaty.
Thus Spain agrees to relinquish
sovereignty over and claim to Cuba
without either terms or conditions.
All differences, if any existed,
regarding Porto Rico and the selec¬
tion of the island of Guam, were
also arranged by mutual under¬
standings, and the commissioners
found themselves well nigh touch¬
ing the Philippine question, which
will be taken up next week.
Widows Were His Victims.
A queer story was developed in
New York by the conviction of Carl
Hecking for swindling widows,sev¬
enty of whom were victims to his
charms. The culprit said : “I
guess I’ve married one or more
women in every state of the union.
I was convicted of bigamy once and
Recorder Smyth sent me to Sing
Sing. I did a term in the Snake Hill
penitentiary in New Jersey for
swindling Denny McLaughlin, one
of the political leaders over there. I
was sentenced to the Trenton prison
for swindling Mrs. Annie Gebhardt
out of $i,ioo. When I was released
from Trenton February, it took me
only three days to find a widow who
was anxious to get married,and after
courting her for a week,I got $600
of her money and came on to New
York. The widows were easy.
Talk about the Klondike! The
Klondike is not in it compared to
the Klondike of German widows
which any good looking fellow can
find light here in New York city.”
The Record from now until
January 1 for 25 cts.
CUBAN ASSEMBLY
CALLED TOGETHER.
__
The Cradle of Cuban Independence is
the Desolate Fishing Village of
Santa Cruz.
New York, October 28.-A dis-
patch to the Herald from Santiago
says:
“The cradle of Cuban indepen-
dance, is the desolate fishing village
of Santa Cruz, a place with only
four hundred inhabitants. An old
store is the Fanuil Hall of the new
republic.
There the Cuban assembly was
called together for the first session
October 24. There are eight dep¬
uties from each six corps of the Cu¬
ban army.
After organization the first busi¬
ness that will occupy the assembly
will be the appointment of a com¬
mission to consult with President
McKinley in regard to the state of
affairs in Cuba. The composition
of the commission will probably
be :
General Calixto Garcia, chair¬
man.
Ganzalo de Quesada, Cuban
charge d’ affaires in Washington.
Carlos Parrago.
General Mayia Rodiguez.
The commission will go to Wash¬
ington to see what can be done
about dismissing the army. One
thing is certain, the organization
of ihe army will remain as it is un¬
til the commission makes its report.
The commission will endeavor to
make some arrangement by which
the army will receive some pay be¬
fore its disolution in order to avoid
brigandage.
Food and water are scarce in
Santa Cruz, and the assembly will
probably adjourn in about a week
to meet at Mariano, a suburb ot
Havana, where provisions and wa¬
ter are more plentiful.
The assembly will remain in ses¬
sion at one place or another until
a new government is formed by a
general election.
SECOND GEORGIA JOINS LEE.
Regiment When Ready For 5envlce
Will Qo to Seventh Corps.
Washington, October 31.—The
Second Georgia is, according to
present arrangements, to be at¬
tached to the Seventh corps, and is
to go to Cuba. As soon as the
regiment is fully organized under
the new dispensation, it will be or¬
dered to fill a vacancy in the
Seventh corps.
This subject was discussed at the
war department today, and there
is a disposition to give the Georgi¬
ans every reasonable advantage in
carrying out the promise and assur¬
ance given Senator Bacon and Col¬
onel Brown. One of the Missouri
regiments now with General Lee’s
army is about to be mustered out of
the service, or is anxious to be mus¬
tered out, so it is the intention of
the war department to fill the va¬
cancy thus created with the re¬
juvenated Second Georgia.
As soon as the Georgia regiment
notifies the war department that it
is organized and prepared to rec-
ieve orders, an entire new outfit
will be supplied to the officers and
men. Captian Willcoxon called at
the war department today and had
a very satisfactory conference with
the officers of the quartermaster’s
department on the subject of new
clothes and general equipment for
the men of the Second. He said
they were in need of winter clothing
as most of them are still wearing
the summer uniforms originally is-
sued to them. Captain Willcoxon
was informed that the department
stands ready to issue new clothing
as soon as the department is official-
ly notified that the regiment is re-
organized according to the revised
order.
It is understood that Genenal Lee
made sevaral requests to have this
regiment added to bis corps while
the Georgia boys were at Tampa,
and this request probably has some¬
thing to do with the present deter¬
mination on the part of the depart¬
ment officials.
Fine W'riting Paper at 20 cents
per pound, at The Record
tionery Store.
Council Chamber.
Cit .v of Toccoa.Oct. 24th, 1S98.
Council met at regular monthly
meeting. Present: E. E. Mitchell,
Mayor protein ; Davis, Harris,
McJunkin and Mize.
Minu *“ ° f last meetin * read and
&
™ Treasurer then submitted
bis report for the month of Octo¬
ber, 1S98, which was read and or¬
dered recordered as follows : (ex¬
cept error on fines, Five Dollars.)
' Dr.
Sept 26, Cash on hand $692.30
Oct. 1, Rec’d St tax $1.50
44 <1 'r, 44 4 4 “ “ 3.00
44 44 QO 4 4 4 4 “ “ 3.00
4 4 4 4 IO 44 it “ “ 3.00
11 it 13 “ “ .. “ 1.50
<< << 15 “ “ “ “ 1.50
tt <t 22 “ “ Fines 2.00
tt it 23 “ “ tt “ 2.00 17.50
709.80
Cr.
Sept. 27 Pd Capps’ acct 75
tt tt 11 Brown Bro’s 5.85
11. 11 “ J. R. Mann 90
<« “ C. L. Mize 7.00
it ,( W. A. Fowler 61.72
tt tt J. W. Me Clure
for Bill Wood’s work 3.60
tt tt tt “ “ Salary 25.00
4 4 4 4 for feeding mule 6.50
4 4 4 4 Bill Wood St.wk. 2.75
Oct. 1 Pd. G. T. Goode
salary 4 ‘ 17
4 4 4 4 II. Taylor salary 25.00
“ “ W. C. Taylor
for lumber 7.67
tt 11 Bill Wood st. wk. 3.00
tt tt W. C. Taylor
for lumber 4-15
Cash to balance 551-74
709.80
Respectfully submitted,
W. M. Kilgo, Treas.
The following accounts were
read and ordered paid, City of Toe -
coa to Dance & Kilgo, $5.38; To
J. J. Bright, W. J. Hayes and C.
A. Cooper, assessors, $36.85 ; To
T. W. McClure, $4.40; To M. B.
& J. H. Collier, lumber, $12.15.
The following bills were read
and referred to the finance com¬
mittee :
City of Toccoa to McClure &
Rothel, $4.00 ; To Hogsed & Gar¬
land $5.81.
On motion it was ordered that
Pulliam and Thomas’ account for
serving as witnesses in the Mayor’s
court, be tabled.
On motion it was ordered that
the appeal cases of Andrew John¬
son and Loss Hunter,from Mayor’s
court; that bonds be forfeited and
appeal be dismissed.
On motion it was ordered that
the ordinance regulating the sale of
wine be referred to the committee
on ordinances.
On motion it was ordered that
the Marshal proceed to collect the
municipal tax for the year 1898,
and that the books be closed Dec.
20th,1898.
On motion it was ordered that
the petition of A. H. McAllister
be referred to street committee.
No other business, council ad¬
journed.
E. E. Mitchell, Mayor protem,
G. T. Goode, Clerk.
Cornelia.
We were present at the layang
of the corner stone of the new
school building at Cornelia last Sat¬
urday. Dr. J. W. Oslin,of Gaines¬
ville, was the master of ceremonies.
Speeches were made by several and
a basket picnic was given. Alto-
gether it was a day long to be re-
membered by the people of that
town. The -people there are in
earnest about school matters. They
have a large brick structure, as fine
if not finer than any school build-
ing of the kind in North Georgia,
They propose to secure a live, up-
to-date teacher and open the school
January 1st. Such men as Dr. D.
A. York and others whom we
might mention, are men of pro¬
gressive ideas and we predict that
very soon this will be the leading
school of the kind in the State.
We are under special obligations
to W. D. Burcb, Worth Grant and
Dr. York for special favors shown
us while there.—North Georgia
Baptist.
SUBSCRIPTION, $1.00 A YEAR
NO. si.
FORMAL DEMAND MADE
FOR THE PHILIPPINE GROUP.
The American Commissioners
Present the Spaniards With
the Ultimatum of the Uni*
ted States to That Effect
and the Spaniards Ask Till
Friday To Reply.
Paris, Oct. 31.—The American
commissioners presented a written
expression of the purpose of the
L T nited States to take the entire
group of Philippine Islands and to
assume such proportion of the Phil¬
ippine debt as has been spent for
the benefit of the islands or their
inhabitants in public works, im¬
provements and permanent better¬
ments.
It was also se£ forth that the
United States would not assume
any part ot the Philippine debt
which had been incurred by Spain
for the furtherence of military or
naval operations to quell inspec¬
tions of the natives.
The session adjourned until Fri¬
day in order to give the Spaniards
time to prepare a reply.
The session today lasted a little
over an hour. The Spanish com¬
missioners made no protest, only
asking for time.
The American commissioners,
each carrying a portfolio containing
records and a personal memoranda,
left their headquarters in the Con-
inental hotel for the meeting
with the Spanish commissioners at
the foreign office, shortly before 2
o’clock. The president of the
Spanish commission, Senor Monte¬
ro Rios, whose health at one time
was so precarious as to threaten an
indefinite adjournment of the ses¬
sions of the commissions, had im¬
proved to the extent of enabling
him to attend today’s meeting. lie
arrived at the foreign office in a
closed carriage with his colleagues
shortly after the Americans reached
the meeting place.
Shortly after 2 o’clock the ten
commissioners confronted each oth¬
er across the table on which, in 17-
82, Benjamin Franklin and his col¬
leagues signed the treaty of inde-
pendance of the United States.
The American demands as to the
Philippines were promptly made.
CART. COHEN IS PROMOTED
Well Known Young Officer is
given a Hajor’s Place in Third
Georgia.
Governor, Atkinson last Thurs¬
day appointed the following officers
in the Third regiment:
Captain, L. F. Garrand, Jr..pro¬
moted from lieutenant.
Major, John S. Cohen promoted
from Captain.
First Lieutenant,Max L. McRae,
promoted from second lieutenant.
Second lieutenant, P. W. Har¬
rison, promoted from first sergeant.
The promotion ot Captain Cohen
was not an unexpected one,as he has
made on excellent record since enter
ing the army, and his appointment
was urged by prominent men in
military circles. The advancement
of the young officer has been really
remarkable, for in a few months he
has advanced from a lieutenant to
his present position.
. Major Cohen was one of the first
newspaper correspondents to go to
the front when hostilities began
between the United States and
Spain. He followed Sampson's
fleet for several weeks and finally
returned and entered the army.
Captain Garrard is a son of I loti.
L. F. Garrand and his promotion
is considered a deserved one. Lieu¬
tenants McRae and Harrison have
justly earned their advancement.
The appointments were made
necessary since the resignation of
Colonel John S. Caqdler from the
command of the Third Georgia.
The action of the governor has
been awaited anxiously for several
days and early Tbusday morning
there were a number of gentlemen
around his office eager to know who
would be given positions.
Druggists and physicians’ lables
printed in two colors for $1.00 per
1000 at the Record Job office.