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OFFICIAL T OHGAN WILCOX COUNTY.
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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.
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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
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tiro 1 ' V. 4 Harr of thi- [ilact
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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()( ,
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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.
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• 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
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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
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A " h « etl,cr ,l ' vas a ^° 0t1 (,a v there ’
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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.
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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.
