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VOL XXIII NO 1 Si a yeak In advance REV. W. E: MUMEGRD DEAD. All Georgia mourns the death of Rev, W. E. Mumford since Priday morning, when his noble heart ceas ed to beat, and the great spirit pass ed out of a lifeless form, taking from earth one of the noblest char acters that ever graced our state. He founded the Georgia Indus trial Ilcme, near Macon, five years ago last February, for the protea- , tion and oaro of-the friendless child* ren of Georgia,-regardless of de- nomsnatibn. Ho loft the Methodist conference about seven years ago to build this home, having no cap ital bnt his faith in God and tho people, depending entirely upon charity for its purchase and sup port. Obtaining 150 acres of land five miles from Macon, called upon the lUJLJLl JN tr liN 1KWJUN James Burke was out to death by J. L. Mooley, at Fawfl P. O.— Warren’8 Still, about 8 o’olook Sat urday night. It is claimed that Burke was druhK and broke into the house ef Jane NasWorthy, where J. L. Mobley was wiih Annie Naswor- thy. He cursed Moblev, it is olaimod, and shot at bun by tho light of a match. As (lie match burned out they grappled in the dark and Mobley cut Burke to death. Coroner McCormick held an inquest at whioh tho jury return ed tho verdict of 1 ‘killing in self- defense 'Phis is tne second killing in this county that has occurred about this girl or woman. The fathor of Annie Nasworthy was killed by J. C. Barton near citizens of Georgia to support it, j Whitley station about ten years ago. went to improving it and to receiv-1 l nvl „ county has had threo mim ing- children who were homeless I der cases within a few weeks John and friendless and Bhut off from orphan homes of the different churches. Starling with five children the homo now has, 150 whose support, edticatiou anu training depended on the personal efforts of this gre.it man, whose life was devoted to the good of others. Tne home is ohaitered under the laws of Georgia Rev. Mumford was president and manager, with a board of directors composed ot suoh men as the ordinary of Bibb county, President Pollock, of Mer cer University, G. R. Glenn, for mer state school commissioner, and others of the best business men of Maoon. The home is not expected to be neglected because of the death ol its founder, but a suitable man will be sought to take his place, and continue the work of the noble and honored Mumford. Land kiiieU his rather, Robert Land, about a dog. J. L. Mobley killed James Burke about a woman. John Smith killed Abo Henderson about a small account of about $2.00.' They sell liqhor m that county, and one of these murders was at the rear of a saloon. KILLED BY EXPLOSION. The saw mill of Mr. J. F, Ar- nall, near Sanoia, was blown up by an explosion of the boiler Monday evening at 5 o’clock and four men killed, J. F. Arnall, owner of the mill, Will Arnall, Bluford Arnold and a negro. Bluford Arnold was brother to Mrs. S. Fr Simmers, of Vienna, and was here oi a visit two weeks ago. lie left here on Thursday to take a position at the mill to work until his fodder got ripe. He work ed a week and a day, when his life | „ , . ^ , , . . j , . , J road to the Georgia railroad com was taken suddenly and without^ Henry b. Baker, a well known negro, in a letter to the Washington Post, says: “As a colored man I wish to call attention to the differ once between the Republican and Democratic national conventions. At the Republican convention the colored man was treated as a com panion, friend and brother. There lie was made to feel as if ho were not only a political, but a social equal. The delegates followed the advice and example of our beloved president, Theodore Roosevelt, who teaches that tlie colored man de serves to be treated as a social equal. To emphasize this fact, he had the courage to have at his table Prof. Booker T. Washington. If Roosevelt is elected it will so en courage the colored inen that we will demand that Booker T. Wash ington shall be the next candidate for vice president in 1908. Let not my colored brethren forget that . sconce in the Republican conven- vention when a beautiful white girl was placed ou r the stage, and by her side a negro boy. They then placect flags in their hands and al lpwed them to lead the cheering thus making the 1 first and grand ■eat example of the equality of the races that history records. In the Democratic convention there was not a single colored man. It was :in word and deed a white man's con yention of a white man’s party All bail to Rooseveitj ; ;who has given the poor negro so much to enenur age him to persist in his political .and sooial rights. ” warning. The Grenadier Guard Band from posed to the building of one beceuse London, England, one of the most it would have to be so far from the famous of royal bands, will begin union depot, and'it is now begging the year 1904. an engagement at tho World’s lair the road to get 411 with the other • The wavdens of the stale prisons August 29. Special permission roads and use tho union depot, land the sheriffs of tho,counties are was obtained from King Edward to We don’t always know what we j being requested to act as sppial allow this band to leave England. want. ] agents to report certain facts con- j.cerning every person delivered into | their custody. Some counties Ginnintr Notice | have not been heard from. In some RUINED BY RUM. “I am a physical wieoic from tho use if whisky,’’ exolaimed J. G. Marston, of No. 176 Randolph street, in the police court yesterday morning when he was arraigned on the charge of failing lo support his family. Marston is a veritable wreck, and when he appesred lii court ho was illy clad, and he shook as it strick en with palsy. Ills haggard face and bloodshot eyes clearly told of tho terrible ravages the liquor habit had made on his health. He stood before anting Recorder Sid Holland and pleaded guilty to all the charges against him, and then made a plea to bo given a chance to break off frtm tho habit that had ruined his life. “God knows I don’t want to drink whiskey,” lie said, ‘'but the habit is stronger than my will pow er. My brain has become stupified and I hardly ever know what, is go ing on around me. The thirst for liquor is so great that I will go without food and clothing to got a drinkb There was onoe a time when lovgd my wife and children. I want to be sent somewhere for a long time until I regain my health and try onoe more.to break off from the liquor habit.’’ The poting recorder decided to bind Marston over to the state oourts on the charge of abandoning his family. In this was *£he man sent to the Toiver, where lie will be kept threo or four months. He will be treated by the sheriff, who has done the same kindly deed for other men who were sent there and who had become physical wrecks from the whisky habit.—Constitu tion. A GOOD WOMAN GONE. BLACKS LYNCH ONE. Selma, Ala., Aug. O.-Edmund | Tne homo of Mr> j^ 8B0 chmonts, Bell, a negro, was taken from threo I at Arabi, rests beneath a gloom of by a maskea mob of 80 rrow from the death of his constables by a maskea about threo hundred of his race, eight miles from Selma, this after noon and haifged to a tree, his body then being nddlod with bullets. Tuesday night Bell assassinated Houston Scruggs, another negro, shooting him from tho dark. To day at Sardis iu preliminary exami nation Bell was bound over, and it was while en route to jail that the lynching took place. Tho shonff with a posse has gone in search of the lynching. Tho oflioers of llio law arc com plaining of tho vast cumber of war rants that are sworn out for little tiofcy charges that would amount lo nothing but satisfaction ,to the pros ecutor. They are mostly among negroes, and when one gets piad with another, one makes a dash to a court oflicer and swears out a war rant and goes back home smiling with a satisfaction of rov.cngo. We heard an oflicer say Voconlly that ho kaa lost as much as $1,000 worth of legal service in his t'rao on frivo lous warrants that amounted to nothing, In some stales a man has to deposit the amount of tho uost before he can get a warrant for any- Christian mother on Wcdhesday morning ol last week. Mrs. Clements was known as Aunt Margaurott, was ono of tho best women of tho ago, and every body loved hor. She was 84 years old, had long outlived ber husband, had seen hor children well Rottlod in. life, and was living among tnom. Thus a beautiful life is gone, but not forgotten, .tho influenooof wliioh will live on and on for good. Old age took hor away; the oil of lilo had burnod out, and she lay dowu to rest, fell nslcep iu tho arms of mercy, ami-passed poacefnlly away. She was buried Thursday at Salem church, in Willoo.v county, whore her membership -was, and where her husband, Jessie Clements. Sr., and her son George wore buried several years ago, Threo hundred now bills to go on the statute boons of Georgia, and too many laws already. Like a crate of eggs, half of them will bo broken before they got anywhere, Thero is estimated by the farmers with whom wo have talked that the cotton crop is off about one fourth, as a result of tlin.resent rains. body, and if the accused is convict- j When dog days began the cotton ed ho gets nis money back. If that dutlook was for the largest crop wo The ohamber of commerce in Cordele reported the A. & B. rail- mission on having no passenger ] depot, and urged that the road be forced to build ono. Now it is op- wero the case iu this slate thore would bo loss livwing, and narrow minded people would havo to nurse their grievances outside the courts. IS CRIME INCREASING. Few social questions are asked more frequently than, What is the increase of crime? The national census bureau is seeking a 1 answer to this inquiry. It is undertaking to secure a record of all tho per sons who are sentenuod to the va rious jails, penitentiaries aud oilier prisons iu tho United States during The Vienna Cotton Oil Qcmpany will run both the up town and down town Gins this season. The rianagement has taken the trouble to put both these plants in first-class condition. The one down town will pack both round and square bales, while the up town gin will pack square bales only. flessrs. A. J. Shell and C. A. Joiner, both well knownTby the people of this section, will have charge of these gins, Mr. Shell having the manage ment of the up town and Mr Joiner the down town gin. * We propose 10 give first class service in every re spect and we wish to notify the public that we will not gin any wet cotton knowingly as it will not only gives a poor sample, but interferes with the opera tion of the gin, thereby, causing our patrons to wait an unnecessary time to get their cotton and a use less expepse to kaep the gins in repair, therefore, parties bringing such cotton to the gin and causing us to .shut down on this account, will be charged the actuai cost of time lost. Thanking you for past patronage and asking for a continuance of same, we remain, Very truly yours, VIENNA COTTON OIL CO. perhaps there is no jails in others' perhaps the local jails are no longer used, iu still others the sheriffs have possibly neglected the matter. But the records of the census bu reau and the resulting statistics will not be complete until all are heard from, and it is hope I that the pres sure ot other bush-css will no cause the sheriff of any county to block this most important inquiry. have had tor year . But oven uow thero is a prospeot of a crop about equal to that of last year. The people of Dooly county will nov make any further kick pn the road law if the powers that bo will collect the tax in tho fall and not in the summer whou money is scarce. This limy make it harder on tho of ficers, who whould have a harder time locating tho floating popula tion, but tho farmers would bo much bene fitted. We have, talked with lots of peo ple in Dooly who will vote against the amendment for now counties. Very few men outside of Cordelo want to give up any part of Dooly for a i.ew county, and if it is left to a vote of the people of Dooly there will be no change. Dooly is doing 'fairly well and should not be disturbed. The new county movement struck a post at the first turn of the road, and is held up for 12 months at least, until the legislature next year 0.111 pass on a commission to lay out the new co.untios, whioh this legis lature failed to do. The move ment may burst Ur boiler in tho gencial election this year. Only eight new counties are allowed, but if it fails there will bo about forty disappo nted towns in this state.