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THE chronicle.
OFFICIAL ORGAN WILCOX COUNTY.
A. K. Jknningh, Editor.
j. R. Mosrok, Prm.isuv.ii
SI'llsriMI’TIO.N RATIOS.
Twelve months. . ti oo
Six months..... ... . 60
Three months.. 525
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THURSDAY, APRIL 21, 1898.
If “war is hell.'’ as Sherman aver
red, the Spaniards will find that I n
cle Sam lias a corner on brimstone.
Should Cuba he invaded the troops
of the North and South will lie
found fighting side by side as they
,did in the Mexican war.
There will lie livelier music than
the Spanish fandango when Samp
son’s fleet gets to liavanna, and it
will be “A hot time in tilt; old
jtOWD.” __________
The Denver Sentinel quotes Mrs.
llano ford us saying that we never
would have had u civil war if the
yvomon of the country htul had their
rightful influence.” Every one fa
niiiiar with the influences most po
tent in bringing Oll the war knows
that Harriet Beecher Stowe contribu
ted more to that result than any
.dozen men in the country.
A Madrid dispatcu says the bull
lighters of Spain have tendered their
services to Sagasta to fight the
United Stales, Now if our foot ball
players will volunteer to fight Spain,
:vn<l both gangs will wear distinctive
4 ii ii forms so ns to he readily re cog
nked by the sharpshooters, the wav
,viil not be without its compensa
jli 011.5
It i* announced that a regiment of
Wail street brokers will volunteer
for the invasion of Cuba. Tue
Spaniards have considerable reputa
tion as bull fighters, but they had
]letter “hedge” and cover their
’.shorts,” declining ail future en
gagements if they enter the arena
against the bulls and bears of Wall
street.
The primaries for governor and
idatv Uqqse officers will be held in
every county in the state on June
6th.
Tiie state convention to nominate
candidates for governor and state
house officers will he held in Atlanta
on June 29th,
The primaries for the supiorae
court judges will lie held throughout
the state on June 23rd.
The convention to nominate su
preme court judges will be held in
Atlanta on July 10th.
Should Go When Duty 6firs.
If Cuba is invaded by .tuU Ameri
can army the war department has
'determined that the invading force
shall consist of the regular army,
reinforced by the national guard
from the Gulf and South Atlantic
States. This arrangement was do
fi led upon on the ground that it is
believed tiie ••Southern men will lie
hetter able lo withstand the danger
Of the climate of Cuba.” The troops
of the Northern and Western States !
will he utilized to man tiie torts and i
boast defences. Will the regular j ,
troops who have been stationed in
the North and on the Western front
'ec lie able to ••withstand the danger
of tiie climate of Culm'' any better
Ilian the national guard of the
Northern and Western states? The
Southern troops are ready and willing
to go where duty calls thorn and this
should lie the spirit of tiro American
troops regardless of the location
from which they come, in case of
WtVr the people of every section of
the counter should he ready to go
tv here they are most needed.
Notice of Dissolution.
! have this day sold my interest
mi the stock and fixtures of the Cen
*rui Drag Co., to Mr. ,1. L. Pittman.
assuming all liabilities and col-j
Reeling all inck-Modness due the
•above tin:). It expect fully,
W. ,\. CllKRRV.
•M uvh 31 -.1 1M
WAR DECLARED.
SPAIN GIVEN FORTY-EIGHT HOURS
To Abandon Cuba.
Congress lias passed resolutions
on the Cuban question which is ,n
virtual declaration of war. The
j and President notified has the signed Spanish the government resolution
that unless it relinquishes its BOV
ereignly over the island of Cuba and
withdraws its army and navy
from the army and navy of the
United States will at once be sent to
Cuba to secure this result.
The resolutions are as follows.
“Joint resolution:
“Joint resolution for the recognit
ion of the independence of the peo
ple of Cuba, demanding that the
government of Spain relinquish its
authority and government in the
island of Cuba, and to withdraw its
land and naval forces from Cuba
and Cuban waters, and directing the
President of the United States
use the land and naval forces of the
United States to carry these reso
lutions into effect.
“Whereas, abhorrent conditions
which have existed for more than
three years in the island of Cuba, so
nettr our own borders, have shockad
the moral sense of the people of the
United States, have been a disgrace
to Christian civilization, culminating
as they have, in the destruction of a
United States battleship with two
hundred and sixty-six of its officers
and crew while on a friendly visit in
flic harbor of Havana and cannot
longer be endured, as lias been set
forth by the President of the United
Strtes m his message to Congress of
April 11, 1898, upon which the ac
tion of Congress was invited; tliere
.l'ore.
“Resolved, firsf, That the people
of the island of Cuba are, and of
right ought to be freo and inde
pendent.
“Second. That it is the duty ol'
the United States to demand, and
the government of the United States
does hereby demand, tiial the gov
ernment of Spain at once relinquish
its authority and government in the
isiaad of Cuba, and withdraw its
land and naval forces from Cuba
and Cuban waters.
“Third. That the president of the
United States he, and hereby is, di
rected and empowered to use the en
tire laud and naval forces of the
United States, and to call into actu
al service of the United States the
militia of the several states to such
extent as may be necessary to carry
the resolutions into effect
“Fourth, That the United States
hereby disclaims any disposition or
intention to exercise sovereignty,
jurisdiction or control over .said
island except for the pacification
thereof, and asserts its determination
when that is accomplished, to leave
the government and control of the
island to its people.
In order to raise a sufficient reve
nue to meet war expenses Congress
lias determined to levy a tax of one
dollar a barrel on beer and a corres
ponding tax on tea, coffee, manufac
tured tobacco, cigars and cigarettes.
It is estimated that the revenue re
sulting from such a tax will reach
the sum of one hundred and fifty
millions of dollars a year.
A mill nil the vexations ot' two nn
lions about to fight, there is one sign
in Hie heavens which promises well
for the America;! people. tVc
to English sympathy for
cousins On tins side.
It is not only another illustration
of the saying that ••blood is thicker
than water,” hut it is an earnest of
good will w hich may serve this conn
try a great part in more trying times
than those yet to come. j
lua contest with Spain, single-:
handed, the United States will need !
neither the good will nor the strong ,
Tight arm of any power other than
hir own, but the evidences of real ‘
kinship now now manifested is grat
ifying and reassuring. Should tiie |
time ever come the English-speaking
race will rule the world.—Macon i
Telegraph.
The steamboat traffic o:i thv
Oemnlgee river is increasing steadily
in volume, between Mueon u»d the*
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r - ■ Is the way a woman phonM Hid. If Ac is .'.red anil despondent,
niuo time* out of ten it is caused Ijo tome female trouble*.
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' l« ing disorders of this kind.
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Makes strong healthy women. It nets directly on the female
organs. Makes Monthly Periods painless and regular. Dangers and
of child-birth can lie almost entirely avoided.
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Send this coupon end
loc. In stamps to tlieNew
Spencer Medicine Co., Chat
tanooga, Tenn., and v.o
will sr*»d you FREE a sam
ple box of Planters Mon
thly Regulating
For sale bv CITY DRUG STORE, Abbeville, Ga.
The Pension Roll is Growing.
Thirty-three years have passed
since the war between the states and
still the pensioners are increasing
with alarming rapidity. Within the
past eight years, the roll has increas
ed 90 per cent. A recent statement
made to the senate by Secretary
Bliss of Hie Interior department on
the alarming increase of the already
colossal pension roll closes as fol
lows:
( ( From this it appears that the pen
sion roil lias substantially doubled
since a quarter of a century
the close of the war. tn 1890, 25
years after the war closed, the
number of pensioners on the roll was
537.944. At the close of the cur
rent fiscal year the number on the
roil will approximate 996,000, an
increase of nearly 90 per cent since
1890. Tn that time the roll has in
creased to $132,000,000 in the
present fiscal year.”
“The roll is now larger than at
any former time, notwithstanding
that 33 years have elapsed since tiie
cessation of hostilities. It contained
about 5,500 more pensioners in 1897
titan it did in 1896. and approxi
mately 20,000 more in 1898 titan in
1897, and the value of the roll has
also increased in the same period.”
If we are to invade Cuba to drive
tlie Spaniards out .the wisest and
best policy would be to land a force
of two hundred thousand men on the
island at the start and make short
work of it. The experiences of our
late war should not be forgotten. A
decisive blow at the outset would
assure a short war.
Defending the Editors.
Hon. Champ Clark of Missouri in
a recent speech in congress, in de
fense of the newspapers, (especially
the weekly press,) when the outrag
eous Loud bill was up for considei
ation, in tne house, made a magni
ficent speech in defense of the coun
try editor, and in denunciation of
the iniquitous bill, The following
extracts are taken from his speech.
“The editor is the pack horse of
every Community, the promoter of
every laudable enterprise, the worst
underpaid laborer in the vineyard.
Counting his space as his capita!, be
gives more to charity, his means
considered, than any other member
of society. He is a power in poli
tics, a pillar ot the church, a leader
in the crusade for better morals.
He is pre-eminently the friend of
humanity.
“We are all more or less, generally
more, his handiwork; and it does not
become the creature to injure the
business of his creator. Without
''is ingenuous, generous and enthnsi
astic labors most of us would never
have been here: and when he tires of
us. we will retire to private life timid
rural scenes propitiotls for secret
meditation and silent prayer, Work
ing night and day during the cam
paign, often without any money and
without price, when the election is
over, the victory won and the loaves
and fishes, now vulgarly called “pie, ”
are to be distributed, by some
strange lapse of the human memory,
he is generally forgotten, p
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Notice.
State of ’Georgia: Wilcox county.
To make t r.lon a public vv.,n!„ vonin'.en
fin*at Bovt : - m : minim: «v,: •_’.■■■, mites to
Bonfcfci Pu t. T.*\v .Lis i- to cite :sml adnion
iLli j.'.; Hv'T->.o:-. ■ tL,' iti's: Moiuuiy in May
1898 tins road \viH !>.• r.atdo a public road If no
on"; is show n to the contrary,
TKs day of April. 1898.
By order of
L. F. Nance,
I). McDuffie.
M. E, Me Anally.
J. N Lvarus Clerk. v ovn«. oV Uoatis a Rev-.
ovn roTTi.n cured.
Mrs. Martha Stanley, of Denton, trouble Ivy.,
writes: “I Buffered from womb
for probably five years, until recently Female I 1
began treatment with Planters
Regulator. One boltio cured me.
always speak words of praise for
wonderful medicine.
Citation.
GEORGIA—Wilcox county.
To all whom It may concernMary c Fitz
gerald. administratrix of Samuel Fitzgerald,
deceased, has In due form applied to the
undersigned for leave to sell part of the lands
belonging to the estate <Qf said deceased, to
\v It:—East half of lot of land No. 275 In the 8th
District of said state and county. Said appli
cation will be heard on the 1st .Monday in May
next. This April 4th, 1898.
John M. warren.
Ordinary.
Administrator’s Sale.
GEORGIA—Wilcox county.
Agreeably to an order of the court of Ordi
nary of Wilcox county, will be sold at public
outcry before the court house door of said
county on the iirst Tuesday in May next within
the legal hours of sale the following property,
to-wit:—A certain tract of land sit lift ted in the
town of Rochelle, said state and county,
bounded as follows, on the north by the right
of way of the Q. A A. K. R.. on the east by lands
of Crummey & Hamilton, on the south by First
avenue, and on the west by “Mill” street: said
tract containing one acre, more or less, and be
ing formerly owned by the “Farmers Alliance.”
Held cs the property of Mrs M. J. Brophy, late
of said county deceased. This April 4th 1898.
.Tames Brophy, Administrator.
SHERIFF SALES FOR MAY.
G CORGI A. WILCOX COUNTY—Will be sold
before the Court house door, in the Town
of Abbeville, said county, between the legal
hours of sale, on the first, Tuesday in May,
188S, the following described property, to-wit;
One house and lot in the town of Abbeville, Ga.
fronting 180 feet on Main stceet and 210 feet on
Forrest street, bounded on west by Main street
and north by Forrest street, south by ten-foot
alley and east by W ilson Bros, and lying In said
county of wilcox. Levied on as the property of
J K Bowen to satisfy a mortgage ft fa in favor
of the Rank of Southwestern Georgia vs J F
Bowen. Property pointed out in said mortgage
il fa.
4IS0 at the same time and place will be sold
the following land, to-wit: All that parcel of
land known and described as the north-west
end of the west half of lot of land No, 129 of the
1st district of Wilcox county, Ga.. containing
890 acres more or less, conveyed to Meinhard,
Bros. & Co. by mortgage deed dated June 23rd,
1891, for the securing said note. Levied on as
the property of G W Williams and A B Cain to
satisfy a a superior court mortgage ii fa issued
from Wilcox Superior court in favor Meinhard
Bros. & Co. vs. G W Williams and A B Cain.
This April 5th 1898.
L. C Covington, Sheriff.
$rofcssio«ai Cards.
MAX E. LAND,
ATTORNEY-AT-LAW.
53?*OITice In Headley Building. Depot street.
Residence 'Rhone No. 05.
ABBEVILLE, GA.
Elduidcjs Cutts. Hal Lawson.
CUTTS <fc LAWSON,
ATTORNEYS-AT-LAW.
Office on Broad Street, near Court House.
Abbeville, Georgia.
W. R. GOOGE, M. D.,
F*Hy«ician & Stirgeon,
Calls answered promptly, day or
night ABBEVILLE, GA,
City Barber Shop.
First Class Work.
IIAIR CUTTING IN ALL STYLES, 25c.
SHAVING IOC.
Commerce St.. Opp. Wilkinson’s stove.
M. P. BEAESOL, Prop.
J. E. Bivins, Pres. A. .T. Callahan, V. P
'V. j. Bivins, Cashier.
Capital $50,000. Surplus $8,000.
FIRST NATIONAL BANK,
COK CJA.
4%
Accounts of Banks, Corporations, Firms an
Individuals Solicited. Collections made. Six
percent. Interest paid on time deposits.
Boiler and Idachinery
Repair Shops.
All kinds of boiler and Machinery
repairing. Executed on Short Notice
JHU Yy T ORK QUARANTEED.
Second Hand Boilers
Bought,
o Sold and o
Unchanged •
Shops on Bowen street near railroad crossing
JONES & EMnTTKLI), Props.
Abbeville : «
Such a rush as we hail last week would
have sold ms out had it not been for the goods we received from
New York by the Ocean Steam .... .
SHIP
Company. We are selling this week Bottle machine oil 3c; 10 yds.
yard wide sheeting 33c; 144 shirt buttons 4a; pair towels 8c; mens
seamless socks 5c; straw hats 5c; ladies sleereiess vest 5c; mens’
moleskin pants 43c; memo books lc; 25 marbles le; pair suspen
ders 7c; 14 slate pencils lc; mens summer undershirts 15c.
We have ..........
DESTROYED
(Competition.
Gut PriGe ©tore,
A. F. CHURCHWELL & CO., COMMERCE ST.
ABBEVILLE, GA.
HOMER REID,
The Leader In
Fancy & Family (groceries
Highest market prices paid for Country Produce
SCHOFIELD’S
RON WORKS.
MACON. GEORGIA.
High Grade Machinery,
Engines, Boilers and Saw Mills.
jyOTK. Have lately made extensive additions to onr already well equipp
ed Boiler Shops, making it the most Complete Boiler Manufacturing
Plants in the Southern States
■7 f ‘rafts® 3mm
In the Lead for Sixteen Years.
Anything in the machinery line supplid at nopular prices. Full and
complete stock of Iron Pipe, Bar Iron, Boiler ''iibe. Steam Pumps, In
jectors, Inspirators, Valves, Belts, Etc., always hand.
Deal tKltb the manufacturer Direct and
Save Agents’ Commissions.
J. S. Schofields Sons & Co.. >
/Htocon, Georgia.
Georgia and Alabama Railway.
SAVANNAH SHORT UNE.
Passenger Schedules Effective December 12, 1897.
MAIN UNE.
No. 10. No- 17. No- 18. No- 20.
7 13 p m T 25 a m lv Savannah aril JO pm s in a m
12_<U a m 11 3(1 a m ar Helena a r a 40 p m 3 85 a m
1 00 a m 12 20 p m ar Abbeville ar 5 50 pm 2 40 a m
2 13 am 1 3n p m ar Cordele ar 4 45 p m 1 35 a m
3 In ft m 3 35 p m ar Amcricus ar 8 8(i p m 12 2S a m
4 11 a m :i 55 p m ar Richland ar 2 40 p m 11 80 p m
8 On a m 8 on p m ar .Montgomery lv 10 15 a m T 45 p nt
COLUMBUS & ALBANY DIVISION.
No. 3. No. i.* No- 2.* No. 4.
8 in p m in 05 a m lv Columbus ar 5 20 pm 12 uo m
(i 00 p m 11 40 a m ar Richland ar 8 55 pm 7 45 a m
8 B0 p m 1 80 p m ar Albany lv 2 10 m 5 ue tv m
FITZGERALD DIVISION.
.................... No- 9- No. 7. No. 8. No. 10...........
.................... 5 55 p m 7 15 a m lv AbbcvlUt ar 12 15 p m 11 uo p m
.................... (1 55 p m « 15 a m ar Fitzgerald ar 11 15 a m 8 45 p m .............
.................... •Trains 7 25 p m 10 (X) a mar Ocilla lv is 20 a m 8 00 p m A!..”..".”
Nos. 1 and 2 carry through coaches between Atlanta and Albany in connection with
Southern Railway.
CONNECTIONS.
TRAIN NO. 19. Connects at Savannah with Plant System, F, <■, A p am ] steamers u
Helena w ith Southern Railway Train No. 13 north bound. At Abbeville for Fltzm-valri and
Ocilla. At Cordele with G. S. A r. K. R. No. 4 north hound. At Richland with C. A \1 ( vision
tor Albany and the Columbus. At Montgomery with L. A N. for New Orleans and beyond for itir
mlngham and north, also with IV. Ry. of Alabama, for Selma.
TRAIN NO. 17. Connects at Savannah with Plant System and F. C. A I>. R. R. At Helena
with Southern Ry. No. 1(1 south hound and No. 15 north bound. At Abbeville for Fitzgerald and
ociijla. with At O. Cordele Division with a. S. A F. it. R. No. 1 south bound and No. 2 north hound At Rich
land A A. for Columbus ami Atlanta also lor Albany. A> Montgomery' with 1
A N. for New Orleans and beyond, for Birmingham and the north, also with Western ifv of Al
abama for Selma.
TRA 1 N NO. 18> Connects at Montgomery with L. A N. from New Orleans and from the
north, also with Western Uy. of Alabama from Selma. At Hiobiand with C. A 1 Division for
t 'olumhus and Atlanta, also for Albany, At Cordele with G. s. A F. Rv. No. 5 for Tilton and
Valdosta^ At Abbeville for Fitzgerald and Ocilla. At Savannah with Plant System and F. C. A
^
TRAIN NO, 20. Connects at .Montgomery with L. A N. from New Orleans and from the
north, also with Western Ry. ot Alabama from Seltna, At cordele with G S A P Rv v„ i
south bound. At Abbeville for Fitzgerald and Ocillu. At Helena with Southern By. No - 14smith OUtU
bound. At Savannah with Plant System, F. C. A 1>. R. R. and Steamers. ‘ '
Elegant Itnrt'et Parlor Cars on Trains Nos. 17 and 18. Pullman Palace Sleeping Cars on Trains
Nos. 19 U/Viol 29.
C. X. KIGIfT. \ poPF
Assistant UenL ,._er ^
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Tifton and Northeastern Railroad.
“SOLDIERS COLONY ROUTE."
Ivcooo 1 Time Table No.
H. 8. tift,
President.
NO. 7 XO. 3 NO. 1
P. M. P. M. A. M. LEAVE
it 10 8 10 S 00 0
3 22 3 23 8 15 F
:{ SC 3 •’ 8 25 Cfc F
3 60 3 52 F
3 55 S 58 9> S'iV
4 00 4 10 9 13 F
4 20 4 25 9 30 ARRIVE
>••• c. BOATRIGHT Traffic ilanajer.
Miles.
General Offices:
TIFTON, GEORGIA.
EFFECTIVE
(euember- 19tli< 1807,
TIFTON,
BRIGHON
HA RUING
PIN ETTA
MYSTIC.
FLETCHER,
w. o. Tift,
Vice President.
Miles.
ARRIVE »- M. P. M. P.
2f> 12 15 6 25 5
20 12 00 « JO r>
i 7 11 51 0 01 5
11 11 31 5 41 5
9 11 25 5 m 5
5 11 14 5 23 5
LEAVE 0 11 00 5 10
NO. 2 NO. 5 NO. 8