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JUDGE REAGAN WANTS SOME OF
THAT THOUSAND DOLLAR RAISE.
Butts Superior Court is Busy-Continuances Ex
hausted--“ Pro Hac Judges,” Camp-meeting,
Base Ball, Racket, etc.
Editor News;—Butts Superior Court
has been in session this week, Judge
Reagan presiding. There is much bus
iness on the civil docket and some old
criminal cases of several years standing
in which continuances are exhausted,
that will have to be tried. The consti
tution guaranteed to every man a speedy
trial, but “in this day and generation”
the first move in criminal cases is
“a sick lawyer, or a sick client, or a
sick witness.” If it is » real bad case, a
case of sickness will develope on time
I suppose it is by the process ot what is
called “reflex action” of the nerves or
“sympathetic afflictions.” We have
several old cases, where everybody must
be well and come up to “face the music.”
Butts will likely have an adjourned
term on the second Monday in Septem
ber to conclude these and criminal
matters.
As the judges have all lost their rail
road passes by legislative enactment
there will be but little “rotating” and
we will have our own good judge with
ns, and the lawyers will have to post
up as they will be judges pro diac vice
now and then in disqualified cases.
But none of them need set their eyes
on the judgeship itself. Judge Reagan
announces that as he has been “starved
out” by the former salary be thinks he
ought to have one term under the “fat”
regime of the thousand dollar rise.
The City Court.
Butts has been stirred up about the
city court the legislature gave them.
There is a good old populistic referen
dum string to the measure dnd it is now
conceded that it will oe defeated by
overwhelming majority. I do like so
much lor people to vote on measures
that way. If they want the cofirt they
can say so and if they don’t they can
say so.
The Camp Meeting.
I went out to the Holiness Camp
Meeting at Indian Springs the other
night. There was a large attendance
REIGN OF TERF.O. 7 . ,1.1
Statesboro Has Again F >.sui.-.:d Its
Usual Quiet State.
Savannah, Ga., August 20. —Reports
from Statesboro ar.d other points in
Bulloch county indicate that the reign
of terror is over, and that the people
have returned to their peaceful pur
suits.
Discussion of the tragic events oi
this week is constant, however, and
there are two divisions in Statesboro,
as there are here, one thinking that
the military should have offered armed
resistance and to the last, and the
other believing that the soldiers took
the best course and that it was bettei
that the lives of the two negro mur
derers should have been sacrificed tc
the fury of the mob rather than that
the lives of the members of the mob
and the military should have been lost
in the murderers’ defense.
Captain Robert M. Hitch, who com
manded the troops, says that he is
ready to stand a courtmartial or a
court of inquiry, if one should be de
manded. For that matter, he declar.
ed, he is willing to leave the whole
matter to Governor Terrell, who might
demand and receive his resignation
from the military service if he should
liter an examination of Captain Hitch's
report, rcide that such would be the
best course.
F. A. Corey, of Statesboro, one of
the attorneys for the negrbes burned,
declares that Captain Hitch acted as
he should have done, and that a reg
Iment of soldiers would scarce have
saved the prisoners. The mob, Corey
declares, was composed of some of
the best citizens of Bulloch county,
who had laid their plans with a pre
cision that could scarcely fail of suc
cess.
HEALTHY PLANTS
Require the Most Careful Attention on
Well as Good Soil.
Did you ever see a rosebush which—
despite the most beneficent environment
of soil—of sunshine—and of atmosphere,
—seemed never to achieve a healthy
growth.
A ton of manure will not help a plant
that has a canker eating out its heart.
You must destroy the cause before yoii
can remove the effect.
You cannot cure Dandruff and Bald
ness by rubbing on hair lotions, and
rubbing in vaseline, etc.
You must look to the cause of the
trouble —It’s a germ at the roots of
your hair xvhlch causes it to fall out.
Newbro’s Herpicide destroys ths srerm,
and healthy hair is the sure result.
Sold by leading druggists. Send 10c. in
Stamps for sample to The Herpicide Co..
Detroit. Mich.
Carlisle & Ward, Special Aents.
CASTOR IA
for Infants and Children.
The Kind You Have Always Bought
Bears the /'"tf / f “
Signature of
and a fine sermon and a good meting.
At the end of the sermon there were
great demonstrations ot joy—the wav
ing of handkerchiefs, and the shaking
of handsand exclamations of happiness,
ft looked like Jesus had come sure
enough. Well, he is coming sure
enough “some of these days,” and
some will go with palm branches to
meet him, full of rejoicings, bringing
m the sheaves. Others will stand
aloof or hide from the glory of his face.
I do love to see people happy.
The Base Ball.
The “Patrick Club” of Spalding
come down yesterday and after a battle
with Union Ridge Club and the Jack
son Club beat them both. Our Spald
ing boys behaved nicely, and showed
themselves to be splendid athletes. I
do love to meet Spalding boys out from
home, when they do so well as these
bright, manly, young fellows.
The Cotton Crop.
Cotton is still shedding ns squares
and we can’t exactly sec the end yet.
Only one open cotton boll has turned
up here. My wife writes that I have
plenty open bolls at home, f planted
some of the Greer cotton which Col
Redding claims is the earliest, and I
have demonstrated side by side with
. other cotton that Col. Redding is cor-
I rect in his statement that there is con
‘ siderable difference in cotton as to ear
liness of opening. As to cotton, we
have a bottom crop in squares many of
' which have fallen and the others may
tumble to the ground from weather
conditions. That is the situation.
Griffin Visitors.
Messrs. A. Rogowskie and John
Howell, two clever Griffinites, have
i been down this week on business. Judge
j Marcus Beck represents the Griffin bar
i and has been very successful in his ex
' tensive law practice here.
i More anon. Searcy.
JOKE CAUSED ARRESTS.
Raid Made on New York Brokerage
Office by Police.
New York, August 20. —A joke thai
miscarried caused a police raid on a
brokerage office in a big building on
Lower Broadway and the arrest of five
men who were locked up or charges
of gambling. Two of the prisoners
are members of the Consolidated Stock
and Petroleum exchange.
After the day’s business had been
finished, some one in the brokerage
office produced a pocket roulette
wheel such as is sold in the toy
shops, and those present, anxious foi
amusement, sent out for a lot of pen
nies. Then all sat down on a big
table and were having a lot of fun
when the door suddenly flew- open and
a squad of detectives entered. The
broker explained that they were only
amusing themselves, but admitted that
they were gambling.
The pennies and wheel were confis
cated, and the players marched off tc
the station.
It appears that some outsider, in a
spirit of fun. had called up police
headquarters and reported a gambling
house in full operation in the office..
The word was telephoned to the
Old Slip station, which resulted in the
raid. The instigator escaped without
even giving his name.
STATIONS MILITARY GARRISON.
Panama Assumes Possession of Part
of Colombian Territory.
New York, August 20. —Private ad
vices here from Buenaventura. Colom
bia. are to the effect, says The Times
that the government of Panama has
stationed a military garrison at Nugui
a city at the affluence of the Atrata
and San Juan rivers.
If this news is correct, the Panama
republic has assumed formal posses
sion of a wide strip of the Colombian
department of Cauca, which, according
to a map of the greater Colombia, is
sued in 1830 at Caracas, was original
ly the southern extremity of the old
department of Panama.
If Panama succeeds in maintaining
her hold, she will acquire an addition
al Pacific sedboard extending from the
isthmus proper south to Punta Li
mon’s. near the mouth of the Baudc
river—a distance of about 100 miles.
The minimum width of the territory
is 18 miles, the greatest 58. The
news is said to have created intense
excitement at Bogota, the capital oi
Colombia.
Drake’s Palmetto Wina t
A trial bottle is seat prepaid, r ‘ cl .- .
to every reader of tn - : r -1. ■
Stomach Trouble, E ■ . C .
Catarrh of the Mucous i • . <
of Li ver or Kidneys, or :■ ■•.■. ii-
One dose a day reiiei. s .t- c • -
solutely. builds up ti!- i.i ■ ■ •• t •
motes .antcr. i- irer f - r b. I
Seventy-five cer-s ■ ■ r-
bottle, usual <l<>llj
this pap'-r alio i. : .-, •
with a 'rial bolt. • < :■ ..:
free of charge, by w' • r ■ t• i
mula Company. Oral:-' ii
IRRIGATION CONGRESS,
Important Meeting Will Be Held In
El Paso, Tex.
Chicago, August 19. —The official
call for the meeting of the twelfth na
tional irrigation congress, to be held
at El Paso. Tex., Nov. 15 to 18, w&»
issued today by C. B. Bothe, chairman
of the executive committee.
An invitation to attend the congress
is extended to all who are interested
in conserving the great national re
sources of the country—extending the
habitable and increasing the products
of the land: insuring greater stability
of prosperous conditions; making .oc
cupations upon the land attractive;
the extension of internal trade and
commerce, and a wider knowledge of
a gr-at economic movement which
had for its ultimate object the up
building of an empire within the bor
ders of a great nation. I
The work of the congress, tha call
says, has been so greatly enlarged
through the increasing interests in the
matters pertaining to irrigation tha?
the executive committee has decided
to divide it into sections: “Save the
Forests,” “Store the Floods,” “Reclaim
the Deserts,” and “Homes on the
Land.” Each section will be conduct i
ed by a chairman, recognized as an !
eminent authority in his line.
Information will be dispensed re
garding the increasing of production j
by irrigation in the Atlantic states as |
well as in the Pacific section; fores- |
try problems in New England, and ;
along the Appalachian chain, as well |
as along the Rockies and Sierras, en- '
gineering applied to protect from the ■
devastation by flood: drainage; clima
tology and rural settlement will also
be discussed.
HUGHES FOR PRESIDENT.
Georgia State Agricultural Society
Elects Officers.
Hawkinsville. Ga., August 19.— 1
Hawkinsville is at high tide.. The
state agricultural secretary did a
heavy day’s work. Gunby Jordan led
off with a lengthy address on the land
of cotton and dealt largely with in
teresting statistics from the day of
Whitney’s cotton gin to the present
time, showing up the wonderful im
provements in agricultural affairs in
the cotton states, and warned farmers
to not worry over the early reports of
cotton lice, too much rain, etc.; that
this trouble has been known to come
every year and prosperity advanced
notwithstanding the consumption ot
the cotton crop by southern mill had
advanced 45 per cent in five years.
Georgia lands alone produced 4,000
cars of peaches, which, being exposed
for sale, brought back $2,000,000 at a
season when it was most needed.
A conservative estimate numbers
the crowd present at 5,000.
The Pulaski Volunteers marched
hand in hand with Hawkinsville. All
business was suspended for the day.
The convention meets at Albany next
year. The new officers elected are:
President. D. M. Hughes; general
vice president. J. J. Conner: secretary,
Martin Calvin; treasurer, J. C. Clem
ents; vice president, G. M. Ryals, R.
F. Crittendon, John A. Cobb, W. R.
Burrows, George Gilmore, J. M. C.
Bryan, R. L. Leonard, W. H. Lumpkin,
A. J. Smith, J. E. Cloud, John D. Wil
liamson.
F. J. Merriam, of Fulton, made an
eloquent address to the assembly, ad
vocating many measures of impor
tance
G. A. R. ENCAMPMENT.
Chief Events Over, Veterans Depart
for Their Homes.
Boston, August 19—The chief events
of the encampment week being over,
many of the veterans of the Grand
Army of the Republic left for their
homeg.
A business session was planned for
today by the Daughters of Veterans,
and the Sons of Veterans, both organ,
izations having to elect national offi
cers and consider other routine mat
ters.
The delegates to the woman’s relief
corps convention went to Reverebach
this afternoon and participated in a
general reunion. About the same time
the delegates to the Grand Army oi
the Republic encampment started in
special steamers for Bass Point, Na
hant, where a shore dinner w'as to be
served. The party numbered about
1,400 persons.
O’Brien R'e-Elcted to Parliament.
Cork, Ireland, August 19.—William
O’Brien today was re-elected a mem
ber of parliament for Cork city unop
posed. It is not known whether he
will accept, but the local executive oi
the United Irish league will use every
effort to induce Mr. O’Brien to return
to parliament. Mr. O’Brien, Nov. 14,
1903, resigned his seat in parliament
for Cork City, owing to differences of
opinion with members of the national
ist party.
Heavy Rains In Kansas.
Kansas City, August 19.—Western
Missouri, Kansas and Oklahoma were
visited by heavy rains during the past
24 hours. At Rich Hill, Mo., the fall
of rain was estimated at 8 Inches and
it is feared Marias Des Cygnes river
will again overflow the lowlands. AU
the coal mines at Rich Hili are closed
on account of being flooded. The rain
in Kansas will prove beneficial to the
crops.
RULES AND REGULATIONS
ADOPTED BY REGISTRARS
To Facilitate Their Work in Preparing a List of Qual
ified Voters for the Prohibition Election.
The board of registrars, who will
meet on Saturday, August 27th, to
mrke up the iist of voters for the com
ing prohibition election, have already
met and agreed upon the following
rul -s:
Ist. Only one person on each side
shall be allowed to be present in the
ro<>m while the board is examining
witnesses.
2d. Not more than two witnesses
shall be allowed in the room at the
same time.
3d. No examination n r cross exam
ination shall be allowed except by reg
istrars.
4th. The board will meet "t nine
o’clock ii. in. and adjourn at 4 o’clock
. in.
MORE VICTIMS OF MOB.
Bulloch County People Aroused to a
High Pitch.
Statesboro, Ga ..August 18. —“We
shall have trouble with the negroes
here just as long as they can’t be- '
have,” was the remark of a leading
citizen of Statesboro, as he comment
ed on the terrible scenes.
That he was not mistaken was
shown by the developments yesterday ,
—one negro found dpad by the road- i
side, 5 miles east of the town, his
body pierced by two winchester bul
lets; two negroes, one of the “old
time” darkies and his son, 17 years
old, shot in their cabin during the
late hours of last night by unknown
marauders; half a' dozen cases of flog
ging. which are of nightly occurrence,
too frequent to excite more than pass,
-ing notice, such was the history oi
the day.
The scene of excitement has shifted
from this city to the rich agricultural
region.- surrounding it.
Business in Statesboro has resumed
somewhat its normal state, but the
lawlessnes that prevailed within the
town limit yesterday has pervaded the
country districts and men are report
ed as roaming the county at large
whipping negroes wherever found who
are thought to be in any way implicat
ed by deed or word of mouth in the
Before Day Cluo of organized mur
derers.
Negroes are now reported sleeping
in the woods while from along the
line of railroads come reports of many
boarding trains'for other points. The
danger to the whites of Bulloch county
of labor and consequent effect on the
cotton picking season than from
other cause.
Roving bands of inflamed whites
were out last night and during rhe
early morning hours seeking ven
geance on the negroes, and several
serious affairs are reported as the re
suit. One negro reproted to be Hau.
dy Bell, was reported shot to pieces,
but parties who know Bell, viewed ths
remains and declared it was not Bell.
Albert Roberts, an old negro living
near Register, and. his son. were shot
while sitting in their cabin last night
and seriously wounded.
At Riggs’ mill, 6 miles from here,
several well-to-do white planters met
today and planned how to rid their
neighborhood of obnoxious negroes. In
dividual negros were marked for lash
ings.
This is the condition in this section.
It is not a race war, for the violence
comes al Ifrom one side. It is a
determined effort on the part of a
large class of citizens here to rid the
community of a class of blacks that it
is said ha.s made life unsafe here. Men
of property and family make no secret
of their intentions or of their approv
al of such plans. If the lash will
not quel] the undesirable population
or cause them to leave, sterner meas
ures will follow, so say the leaders.
And his will continue until the see
tion is purged.
AT WORLD'S FAIR.
Work of Naming and Listing Members
Jury of Awards.
World's Fair Grounds, St. Louis, Au.
gust 18.—The work of naming and
listing the members for the interna
tional jury of awards, world's fair,
will be completed this week.
More than 200 names of jurors, whe
will comprise the majority of the for
eign jurors, were approved by the na
tional committee. The number oi
jurors accredited to each country mak
; ing exhibits, and which have been aj>
I proved according to the rules and reg
ulations governing the selection of ju
| rors, which specified that a juror may
1 be selected for each 50 exhibits, are
as follows:
Venezuela, 2: Sweden. 5; Siam, 9;
• Mexico, 14; Italy, 14. Hungary, 3;
Great Britain, 14; France. 100; Egypt,
1: Cuba, 2; Ceylon, 4; Belgium. 14:
Austria, 14.
Tho selection of jurors for the do
mestic exhibits as well as the remain
Ing number of jurors for the foreign
countries not yet made, will be an
nounced within the next few days. The
work qf judging the exhibits will begin
sth. Every person summoned will be
required to come before the board in
person and qualify.
Bth. The chairman of the boiird shall
conduct "11 examinations of witnesses,
and no member of the board shall ask
any question until the witness has
been turned over by the chairman.
7tl>. Each member of the board shall
address the chair when he has any
thing to say and shall coniine himself
to the subject in hand.
Bth. All investigations will close at
four o’clock on the last day of the ses
sion. C. A. <Jooi>rr,
hairman,
Alex. 8. Mihuay.
W. H. Taylor,
-Secret ary.
on Sept. 1. and continue to Sept. 20. A
large number of jurors will arrive in
St. Louis next week.
Clearing House System for Roads.
Chicago. August 18. —J. W. Midgely
has been employed by the Hlll-Harri- ;
man and other big railway interests tc
demonstrate the advisability of apply
ing tho clearing house system to rail
reading and to devise a plan for sc
doing. Mr. Midgely’s duty is to show
the railway magnates how business
■ principles can be applied to the use
1 of railroad equipment, how economies
can be effected in the handling of
freight at terminals and how big sav
Ings can be made in the settlement ip
tho interchange of accounts.
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Body Found In Harbor.
I New York. August 18.—The body of
-a man almost completely nude whe
i was found in the harbor, has been
positively identified, says a Herald
dispatch from Villefranche. He i
Henry Mitchell, a previous’,
reported to have disappeared from
aboard the Olympia in the night of
Aug. 4 or 5, while the squadron wa
off Villefranche. No clew to his
murderer has been found.
DESPOt:?~“~ . E SUICIDES.
Vice .F. ecident Georgia Cotton Oil
Company Takes His Life.
Atlanta, August 20. —William J.
Montgomery, vice president of the
Gr: rgia Cotton Oil company, shot him
self to deat'. late yesterday afternoon.
The : tkeide was committed, in his
privtte office on the ground floor of
the At:, toil building and was discover
ed an hour later by W. R. Lester,
superintendent of tho building.
The univf’-al opinion is that he
killed hi: ■ of In a sudden fit of despon
dency following the request for his
resignation from the office of vice
president of the company with which
he had been connected for the past
23 years.
The news of the tragedy created a
profound sensation on the streets, for
I Mr. Montgomery enjoyed a wide
popularity and had tong been a promi
nent figure in the cotton oil industry
of the south.
Mr. Montgomery had no Immediate
relatives living but his wife, who was
Miss Ida Hightower, and whom he
married about 12 years ago, has nu
merous relatives who are prominent
In Atlanta and elsewhere in the state.
They have no children. Mrs. Mont
gomery is the daughter of T. J. High
tower, Sr., and her brothers are well
known business men.
The Death Penalty.
A little thing sometime results
in death. Thus a mere scratch, in
significant cuts or puny boils have
pvid the death penalty. It is wise
to have Bncklen’s Arnica Salve very
handy It’s the best salve on earth
and will arevent fatality, when
Burns, Sores, Ulcers and Piles
threaten Only 25c. at Carlisle &
Ward and Brooks Drug Store.
Powell Named for Congrss.
Montgomery, Ala., August 19. —T. W,
Powel), of Cullman county, a Populist,
was nominated for congress by tha
joint meeting of the Republican
and Populist conventions of the sev
enth district. A Populist and a Re
publican previously dominated giv«
way to Powell.
Blew His Brains Out.
Fort Worth. Tex . August 19.—A dis
patch to the Record from Roswell N,
M . says: J. Frank Kirby, formerly
of Blue Springs, Mo., blew his brains
out here yesterday. He was consid
ered one of the wealthiest sheep mor.
In this vicinity.
Senator Hoar’s Condition.
Worcester. Mass , August 19. — Sena
tor Hoar’s condition showed a slight
improvement today. He passed a com
fortable night according to his physi
cians. and •.vai- resting quietly at "
o'clock this morning.
CAHTOHTA.
Bears the yf Kind You Have Always Bought
/tier’s
Why is it that Ayer’s Hair
Vigor does so many remark
able things? Because it is a
hair food. It feeds the hair,
puts new life into it. The hair
Hair Vigor
cannot keep from growing.
And gradually all the dark,
rich color of early life comes
back to gray hair.
•’ When I first hmm! Ayer’s Hair Vfror my
hair was altout ail gray ><ut t ; .»« ■is a nir«*
rich black, and a» thick as I - -‘ImI wish."
Mrs. si han Klopfknxtiks, Tuscombm.
Ahu
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Gray Hair
LARGE RALI-Y OF
PROHIBITIONISTS
Exehangn W»r»ho««e FI|I»<I to Hear
R,». McConnell S»inr<i«y.
Th- Exchange Winehouse was
well fi led rtiturda* moraine by
ladies and gentlemen from all over
the county to hear the address of
Rev. Lincoln McConnell, of Atlanta,
on the prohibition issue now at
stoke inthts county. One side of
t,hn warebon-ie, however, is now
fill-<i with eotr-m. The address
was i<i good temper throughout,
though po-xnant with Gliiog p lots
in the speaker « usual taking st vie,
at -t -vrt« interspersed with frequent
hoirty epplmse The speaker was
int er t upteil » number of times by
H<>n. Timothy Baird, of Akins,
which only served to make the
<n- « ng m-r-i interesting, as all
such div-noons do, helping oat the
'tn u who tins the rodrim ant? ’he
[ audiotc?.
The meeting was oper id with art
earnest prayer by Rev. W. A. J.
Noles, after which Mr. McConnelß
was eloquently introaue d by Col.
T. R Mills and spoke ab ut an hour
and thirty minutes.
A committee meeting was held at
the conclusion of the speaking, at
which resolutions were passed ask
ing the county commie-doners not
to give out tax fi fas at less than
their face value.
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MEN AND WOMEN
; in your lai th to our statements about
Jewelry. If you have not seen the
pretty things we have in lockete, chains
and watches, etc., for the ladtea, and
the studs, rings, watches and scarf pins
for men, pay uh a visit. Don’t miss
seeing the new gold mounted side and
back combs. So sure as things won are
things done, so sure our
FINE JEWFLRY
has captured the confidence of al
judges of good things.
T. H. WYNNE’S.
30 Hill St:
Wanted!
We are having a great
many inquiries from par
ties wishing to buy farm
lands in this section. If
you have improved or un
improved farm land for
sale it will be to your in*
terest to place it in my
j hands at once.
| S. B. SAWTELL,
Real Estate Agent.
Over Postoffice.
‘ I w ill be in the Insurance
business this month with
E. W. Bigham.
W.B. GRIFFIN,
Aug. 1, 1904.