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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. | 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 Fl-00 a bottle. J • AVERCO.. AH f QJ“ Ma**. 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. kw rS) ’ ‘ '^ ' r '( \Jfwhw3’ 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.