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THE CHRONICLE. OFFICIAL T OHGAN WILCOX COUNTY. . A. K. Editou. ,1. li. MonK‘»k. iTlil.lsUKU. ruscuti'i ion it m:s. T wel vc niont It - „ t *• L\ month'- ... *i‘ lire* mm»iiI It’s. 15 . Ifi'.n Habl.v iUliihUIUM*. j «*i»t l in r j:t!»’s | ihiiMd «lonHpplleation. l he < it aoMima: Is published oinmunicjil0»ris> every Thursday. to liw.iit hkt \hllHVlU*’. <»». t office lh?tu insertion should ivnch ihc not inter ponied b\ Mondnv. ami mint alwny ■ In? ncrom ? ti • wrl tor siir'iunm : not ur<*e**nii i> publication. lint ;n- i ^'t:»rftiiti ,< * of good t h* 11» l <»jttulvcrtIsiit ^ rate* apply at thU office. Ttl.EPHONfi NO. 44.------ I in I at the 1‘osl. Office nt Abbeville. On. :ts st-cond-cla** matter. TlirKSDAV. MAY 5. IsilK. Latest War Bulletins. - HnevUllI to A i Ilf t 'tv : t.ttlel' . Atlanta. (!a.. .May . 1 . 10 a. u. Spain in revolution. Martial law l w >' elnimed Uiioughout tlie kingdom Spain is anxious to end die war. Out ean 't pay indemnity. Queen willing to surrender (!ul»a. Battleships Oregon. Marietta and dynamite cruiser Nielderoy leave Rio .leuiero 1o join Sampson's licet ill Cuban waters. Mel’liers.m banaeks of Atlanta. Ga.. to be used for eoidiiiement ol >p.mis.i pi i 01111 s ol w.o . Well lidnY Dewey dew up the 'panisli licet ! . Commadore Schley, to Admiral of Spanish Heel : ‘•Come across. Now if Spain will pul Weylei in . e harge <■! her army in Cuba and let our bovs ;><*( a chance a! him. all will be forgiven. The wai revenue bill requires a one ccnl stamp on each package ol chewing gum. Rut a girl need not jpav this tax unless she chews. Spanish bank notes are now only worth h cents on Ihc dollar in 11 a - vana. But ••Spams honor" is at a Rigger discount than her money. A good many newspapers seem to have nii"iiitorprelod the President\ .cal! for volunteers, and are volun teering advice. II is men the govern incut wants \dmiral Sampson s fleet in Cuban waters comprises fifty four vessels, divided into two squadrons, one under Commodore M atson and the other under Commodore Ramey. Devvcv •■didn't do a lliing to • but destroy half their fleet, and com pel them to .ink the other half avoid capture; and still the fool hurl ;il»out it. Some people are •>u unro:i'on;i!»lo. General Blanco says that when our lie 4 bombarded Matansus. •■only a limlo \v.‘s killoil.' It was proli ably an \mcrhn i mule, and eonse . quenlly the only tiling there that had grit enou> h to stand its ground. _ Knowing that the goveniinent wants thousands of horses and mules for the invasion of Cuba, western dealers have cornered the marki'l. How can we establish « •stable government" in Cuba, with mil horses ■Serving in Sampson s fleet heat going to tlie Klondike, all and there is no danger of freezing starving lo death. The first eight laysol the liloekade. the ldue-jaekets took over 4wo million dollars in out til the wet \ sitede value,Hit nim-wet s,;no." pi Spanish ship, was 4100. Many n Confederate uniform thut Year- aeo.Mvnt A<> Ike >agdealer, will veappear iu the ranks -of rhe army, But they will not bevdistlngfuishable. They haw been through the shodii' mill, 1 he carder. ll«' hvim-’uml tin Ivc put, and will V shoved off on •I'tu I • San; a • blNja Pew emulation uOoil- Great is The British Htrtpire. While England 1ms declared tier neutrality , hi our present enntliet with .Spain, yet her sympathy and friendship Tor the I’nited States are well known. Indeed a! this very critical time we hear "more talk of an AtlJ*b>-A . . illllsin'T' .. IIHTlcail illiUl OV<T ly>f(>n> flow many readers of the CnitoN rn.r. realize what such an alliance would mean? Mow manv have aiiv just conecplioii of the immensity and power of the British Empire? 11 < many are aware that it is thrice size of Europe, and contains times the population of all the sitts 7 I'he British Empire is three | a | lu |f times larger than the ' " fl ' ,ll ‘ "* • "imain. and nfu liott limes if France. 11 einluaces square miles, oeeupying one-fifth the globe, ami contains • people, one-fifth of the entire 1m or man race. | The next blow will be struck j Havana, If is highly probable ; will driven Hie Spaniards be i Cuba within sixty days. This ami the war will end. Abbeville has so far furnished volunteers lor the army, we believe. but there are many young men a boil Is who would lain ••><•(•!< j 1 bubble reputation at the mouth ...... blamed . 1 ! the tiling wasn loaded. Commodore Dewey in ol the American Asiatic smuulron. annihilated the Spanish licet, in harbor of Manilla. Fhillipine Islands, last Sunday. Anothei such will i ml the war between the Stales and Spain. The audacity of the average tieian in this Great Republic of lias never been more ideinonsirated than by the I applications lo the President for military positions by IrnK who, never charged a or smelled the breath of war. President McKinley lias mined to confer the brigadier eral appointments on deserving offi cers of the regular army, rather on inexperienced civilians, who have no greater claim than political intiu cnee to such exalted and responsible positions. The President is right. competency is the great consider in making ■ such appointments. DESTRUCTIVE CYCLONE. Several Persons Injured—Houses Swept Away. Mr. A. .1. Harp of this place forms ns that a cyclone struck his brother-in-law's home near Atlanta. Texas, ahout 22d ol April, and gives (he following clipping from a Texas ■■Lasl .Friday about noon, a furi ous cyclone struck Mr. M . G. M alls' home, a good frame building, and I tore ii into splinters and carried il away, not leaving sills or pillars. ! Every thing in the house was blown I ’I’be family were carried some distance and all more or less hurl 1 except two little grand el"Idren, .... who . i ( , *s('!t |)l‘tl unhurt. Ilu* stalls whm* I his mule, were vveiv also carried away, the mules imimri. Furniture ami eh, thing of every description broken and scattered to the four winds. Ono-lourth of a mile from Mr. M alls, a man and his wife were killed. It hlew uu the yard and den posts and swept everything be p,,,,. j, M'hen Dr. Connerly reach ml Rh< M'aR place the family were all sitting under a cow shed that was j u ' st Mtdsido. the track of the U '"> A ' V ' TIr 'N Uluw they got I here. He says they were as dirty a set as he ever saw. The dir! had blown into and filled the ^ lsht . s cul on their Uxlic^ and their \ x . x \.. V ,. w W ith dirt. Mr-'. Wail '■ has an ugly gash on her face. Siu; u '■ veiviy hart otherwise and it was fva.ied she would not recover, but is somo better, The doctor -a\ s it wa . ou*' of the most pitiable stvnes he * VOL ; S'.IW. The people responded liberally Mrs Wall j •. t| u . on i v j tiro 1 ' V. 4 Harr of thi- [ilact 1 .. . i:k !'r j .■ r<»' C:L * H "'F dr . ,„2 Wir »5 S®?\ ^ •** f tUdb . Vi : '■ f®y >1 i'u '. 1 1 'll- * Vs! !lt, \ l' v v***'...-:.J ■ ■■ ! ;• IIM *.>{*• i*»««< G if ■ ■■i t'-i . »! 11 i itiulf l. t 4, YV1 1 ,** v i I i ... a . , ■, . *^r*. n n«.. 1 sr.'i.y I u • ; it-, t. . tici; . .is l .ad. jMR JG lv*— ■ : c : • -. >1 H *&£&£ 0 11^5>. |V. — - c hir L j e’H ’ . - strong lto.tBhy wnnv.'h. If nets • 'ovtlv rn iii.' "oir.e '* WssUVh Mcstthr Pcr!r.d.ipn : i lcs : ; a:h! vcptlr.r. I) invcrj: ;tl .lino.; -.'nt?;• niuo*!. » . : ' i f “*.rrcOIi\v'’ iio:;!«• I ■;:11 • t ;* t.i) . • x '•e.h-mm, If. t! '*P / ' S ‘"Poccr He!-arc Lt • ' / ( - ’» r Y' • tMDOO^; c .................is;: • »e>.r J’taMer '!or* ; tlily Kotriihitic.:' !': J - Fot; sale liy (TTY DBVB STORE. A'hieville. Oa. Cubans Not In It. i The Macon Telegraph does not i j wish the Cubans to have any part in | their own war for independence. In ills issue of last Saturday it said: j ■■fl will he deplorable if ean not 1 we j win this wav without Cuban aid. We ; have promised the nations of tne eartli that we would pacify the | island without taking possession of it. This being the ease we should j accept no favors irom the Cubans, 11 is generally supposed that the object of the war is to restore peace 1 lo the island by going to the assis : tauce of the Cubans and enabling : t | lem to t | mnv oir die yoke ol Spain. j When the war resolutions were adopted „ in congress ^ notifying ' Spain ! that she must 'withdraw her army and navy from Cuba and Cuban | W{rtore .■ why (lUlll ’ t The i OtYur an amcMKlment ordermo |‘ U11 ' ^’ . s alln ' f 1 L ( f °'M Important Facts About Cuba. I j From an article in the ..Yew York i Tribune we glean rile following facts 1 j The isI:Ulli - (' vl,id ' is * b(,l,t fo,u ' fifths the size of Georgia) contains six provinces. Santiago de Cuba iU1( i Principe, tlie greatest in area, embracing over half the habit able part of the island, are held by the insurgents. These provinces have a population of 1539,551 of whom 21(1.212 are white. Santa Clara and I’iiutr del Rio provinces, a large part of which is dominated by the insurgents, have a population ol ATM. I UR of whom 511 .aha are white. The <)t l„. r two, Havana and Ma tansas. though .. , comprising . . less than one fourth of the island, have the most people, viz.: 717. 49S. ,)47.58li of whom are white. The provinces last named eontaiiv the two largest cities and principal sea ports, and are the stronghold of the Spanish army. From Ibis it will he seen that C lllm )ias 1.lG<i.;i(l8 white, and 457. Kill colored population, or a total of I. Ii2d.4 72. The blockade by the American fleet covers Havana and Matansas j on the. north side of the island, and j t'ienf "egos m Santa Clara province, j on Uu . s()Uth si()( , ! The insurgents have possession of r,uu ' h !,1 urt ‘ Uuui liult t,R * lull " t! ‘ hk ‘ | . Uu- island ami pmeticaBy l bold sivav o\ei fully halt the peo-: A Colored Company Tenders Its Services. Peter McRae, a prominent of Rhine. * Dodge ■ countv. • - lias raised coni pan v of able-bodied colored men to light against Spain in the P^ent wav. The company now..numbers eighty and will ui a few days be increased to one hundred men. ('apt. McRae lu»« writtiiu. Qovernor Atkinson ten tit*ring kill >t*i vic(‘< of llis COUiptlliy to $£<> V. lHMVver they art* iuhm.UkI oil thirty days notice. The I'liKoxici.E congratulates Mc Rae and his followers on their ant and patriotism. The example be emulated. . . - r .^ • ?11, i i Ikc ron, K’*.. { s fmrM Y.’oVt ' ’ ft r h!y It •.'*'■ • . nt:''} r.*c.■’itlc I 1 rr.:ii i :'c:;inM'’if v. i; 1: P'hmV ; a I I i ]<’ lit! 11<’ ( >! IV ! I:J( . i 0 1 !v.’:". ’ • *:Y v-mt’.i k : ’•'.v.v.'a i ■: .. v 1 i ic'l!ci::c. • General Blanco’s Ability. •■Oh how this world is given to lying." exclaimed Falstaff: himself the prince of liars, in his day. But Falstaff couldn't hold a candle to General Blanco. Blanco's ability in this line, whatever may by thought of his generalship, must be uuiver sally conceded. In his oificial portoftheiiombardmentofMatan sas. it was no effort at all for him to get oil this one; ■ The Spanish bat tery only replied with four shots, as the American squadron was beyond range. * ->r * it appears that our shots i>n> so.mu ham auk to the American ships." Mow fortunate that they were •■•bevond , range! ,.. 11 . appalling ... to is .. . think what would have happened to j them if tliev had been within Now if tu , Spflnial , ls are to be (Iiinoii 1 • om. a. aud 1 the 1} /t Ui.wms n i vlnC4 are to have nothing to do with affairs in the island, and we are not to ••take pos session of it." who is going to run things down there? But perhaps the army and navy editor of the Tel egraph will take charge. The aphorism AYhoin the gods would destroy they first make mad. " applies with singular propriety to Spain just now. .Maddened by the destruction of their squadron by Admiral Dewey, and other reverses, the English Consul at Santiago de Cuba has been assaulted by a Span mob. and an English steamer at Madeira Spain lias been compelled to leave the harbor by the assaults of a frantic mob. The doom of Spain is sealed. Rally At Mt. Zion. least Sunday tlie church at Mt. Zion ^Spectacles) had an all day meeting recounting its past history, prosperity, blessings, etc. Mr doliu A. Tombevlin gave.the history of the church for the last half cen tury (54 years) telling of many pas toral incidents and facts connected with the church in the good tunes of the past. A sermon by Rev. (). Y. Fuller, telling of the blessings of the Holy Spirit was next in order. After which a splendid repast 1 , n , u .,. tjie shad( , ((f 0 . lk , ] ^ !] till' :ii tl*l noon tllO ,S:\bhllHl , wus Uh1 ,, v Ml , j. j;. Monroe very etl'ectively. with manv stirring "Bt-own. songs j ^ by M) . ;u)d Miss • A " h « etl,cr ,l ' vas a ^° 0t1 (,a v there ’ - Homestead Notice. UKOKulA Wilcox countv. Narcissus V. lioweu (lu*v husband rofusiini;) applies to me for exemption of personalty and M , , in|;a! '' irt and valuation of homestead and I will . . . pass upon the . same at 10 o^lock . . . a. m. on J "“ ,; *»h. t««< at my oflic* in Ahhcviu.-. wtu-«x founty Georgia. May ind, 1HU8. dolin M. Warren, Ordinary. Notice. state of Geor-Ha: \N ilcox count v. Whereas, .1. W. Hamilton and others have petitioned this court praying for an order to chanjre a portion of the Rochelle and Hamilton road as follows: commencing at the, ford of Brusli Prong and comi^ctiivjf again with old ro «dal>out 1*4 miles froiij Parting i»oint. does not leave old road over U«» yards and will be on ' good groumL Now this to cite andadmon ish all tbai Hie. «ir>i Monday in June. ! t-atd rfnarngv will be granted if no good cause is ' shown tt&Shfc’CoiMViiv.Y. This r,th day of May, tv.is. <>rd»*r of L. IT Nance. I>. McDuliie, 51. IL .McAnaliy. , .4. N. Kians. Clerk. Corns, of Rouds Rev, ’ WAR Is on with Spain and we are battling against hi<>ii prices. Ladies' ('ndervests........... Day Book................. . * V • • Receipt Book................ ..... lie Radies' Gingham Apron....... .lllc Pair Hood Towels............. Sc Shoe Brush................. !k* Box Shoe Blackin'*'........... Jc Paper Pins.................. lc Stove Polish................. Yard Wide Bleeching......... Ink...............'.......... OC Pencil...................... lc Three (lakes Soap............ Alarm Clocks................ Dozen Safety Pins............ 2e Leather Watch Chain......... Key Chain.................. Quire Paper................. Twelve Bone Collar Buttons... Swans' Down........................... :-ic Cigars..................................... le Box Paper and Envelopes......... Hair Brush............................ ^ p OHUROHWELL & O© COMMERCE ST. • n ABBEVILLE. GA. - —------ HOMER REID, The Leader In Fancy Sc Family Groceries Highest market prices paid for Country Produce SCHOFIELD’S RON WORKS. MACON. GEORGIA. High Grade Machinery. Engines, Boilers and Saw Mills MOTE. Have lately made extensive additions to our already well equip) ^ Boiler Shops, making it the most Complete Boiler Manufacturing Plants in the Southern States Schofield’s Staium presses II In the Read for Sixteen Years. Anything in the machinery line supplid at oopular prices. Full and complete stock of Iron Pipe, Bar Iron. Boiler cube. Steam Pumps. In jectors, Inspirators, Valves, Belts. Etc., always hand. ©cal Vvlitb the /Manufacturer JDirccf and Sait agents’ CtmitiMeas. J. S. Schofields Sons Sc Co. ilfiacon, Georgia. Georgia and Alabama Railway. SAVANNAH SHORT LINE. Passenger Schedules Effective December lg, ISO". MAIN LSNE. No. 10. No- 17. sVoni 7 lo 1> = ;5a tv Sinarinali ' r: 3 8 -I 2 1 00 in 00 15 15 Ha a a a a ti 2 H £ 2 2 £ E 11 ii li C C 55 55 30 20 an i» ]» J> )> a SSSEHSS ar ar ar ar ar ar Montgomery A Abbeville Kichland Horde Helena morions le aril ar ar ar ar nr lv ti -» I_I r 1 — #» 4o go 5o -J5 15 in P 0 j. ji )i a |I 2 S E E £ S S 1’- W •* 7 :: 1 30 -15 :j5 -3 :ir> jo « a a |> j> U m m m hi m 1:1 . ... !!! ... COLUMBUS & ALBANY DIVISION. . No. 3. No. I No. 2d 4 .. *> III pm HiiMii rnlv Columbus ar 5 20 11 335 m 0 00 ]> m 11 40 a m ar Uiebland ar 3 55 p ■).-> u 2 ..... .. s 50 }» m l 30 )» m ar Albany lv 2 111 p uu a 2 FITZGERALD DIVISION. .... No- 9. No- 7. No. f). No- 10. ... -V VI p m 7 IS a ill lv Abbeville ar 17’ IS p m II (hi p m ... 11 S3 p ni u is a 111 ar Fltzauialil aril !.i a ill S 45 p in ... 7 -X') p m 111 uu a 111 ar Ocilbt n 1 -, uu a m s '«■ P m trains No-. I ami 2 carry through coaclies between Atlanta and Mbim in connection with southern Kallwav. CONNECTIONS. TRAIN NO. 19. connects at Savannah wiiii mant Svstem. k. e a e „„i ,, I'lcif.r AuaSiKffi noun uZWhl v't rS” Yi/h'r'v'T 0 n 1 *'. for Hir TRAIN NO. I7. Connects at Savannah with Plant Svstem anil F C v i? p .. oh^°''u LortWwiifee^^ withwisu^n'VYV 1 ‘.he \u coinminisamt Aitanta. yt.WTO^u t l\T i p- m , ?•* V.'i h F * «■•«> o'.yisicn from tor also for .ui>»nv. .u cordele wiih i; 7r 'vib.’i-.amkjV^ ^^d! U AbheVl " e for "' i,i! ” er ' ,,dand0c,1, »’ Al =r i RAIN MO. 20. Connects al Montgomery with I.. & N. from New luv,,, . bound. At Savannah with Plant Svstem. p. c. ,v p. il. |; anil Stei4ii>L°" ,h " ' J ' >0 ' 1 soll,l > NosJ'lu a^ul 2u!' :,t ' l “ rl0, ' < ' ars,m Tra "* sNos ‘ "<• i’ullmitn PiiUich Sleeping Cars on Trains c. N. Killin'. Assistant Cent. Passenger Agent. (lenprni (h-noiY i.voi.rto „,'i CKi'ii, (iAUIIMTT. Vice President ami Manager! “ SS ‘'" Se * VKCnt ' [professional Cards. .MAX E. LAND. ATTORNEY-AT-LAW. ..... ° nk "«"<«** Hmlding. ‘ e " l.epol street. ltesuienci' Phone No. U5. AliniiVIU.E, GA. ( 'L'TTS. Hal Lawson. (TITS & LAWSON. ATTORNEYS-AT-LAW. on Broad street, near Court House. VliBEVILLF (1KOBGIA. W. R. GOOGE, M. D„ 1 *1 1 yr-» io; n l i «S: Hu rjgt:orii» Calls answered promptly, day or . flit ABBEVILLE. QA. City Barber Shop. First Class Work. it uu crrn.xn in am. srn.Ks. 25c. aiiAViNo 14 V.. "ells building, Hroad St., next to* Webb »v < ’o. M. V. 'HiVRSOL, Bmp. .7. Ii. ITos. W.r. (’AU..MUS. V, P ■ .1. Invi\s. (>,liier. Capttarf S59,QC(?. Surplus $3,000. First National bank, coivnici^ii, oa. A«i«iit* of 1 tanks. Corporations, Firm.- an iPflivWuals Sol letted. Collections made, six Per cent, Ini arts, t naki ooTtni- deposits.
