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-GOODS
Out The Bottom
Determined to dispose of the immense and
varied stock now upon his snelves, has knocked
prices and profits into a cocked hat, for the
present'week.
For a tew days we are going to wake up the
natives with low prices- No surface shaving,
but To The Core, is the ^y I am CUTTING
PRICES to reduce stock. H
Reed and Consider the Following:
All Prints at -
Cotton Challies
All Ginghams at
yd.
5c per
5c per
8c per yd.
yd.
REFUSED TO REPRIEVE
Him Did Governor Northeu, to Charles
Mi Ozburn Hang By the Neck Until
He Was Dead—The Story of the Hang
ing—Hie Neck was Broken by the Fall—
He Seemed Unconscious.
Toile Du Nord Chambray, 10c.
Atlanta, July 24.—Charles M. Oz
burn paid the penalty of his crime with
his life to-day.
The drop fell at 12:38. The cruel
murder of John M. Bradley has been
avenged, and justice still has an abiding
place in Georgia.
Governor Nortben this morning de
elded that he could not Interfere with
the sentence of the court.
Ozburn passed last night about as
usual, drinking many toddies. When
told that his time was almost ended, he
said: “I don’t give a damn.
Only a few people were allowed to see
him in bis cell this morning. Sergeant
Bob Ozburn of tho police forco was
among the number, as wore Or. G. B.
Strickler and Kev. Walker Lewis, who
were with him some time. These men
of God received by little encouragement
from Ozburn. When Mr. Lewis asked
him if ho wished him to pray ho said he
didn’t care If he did or didn’t.
Mrs. Ozburn paid her doomed hus
band a last visit this morning. She left
him at 10:03 o’clock. She was heavily
veiled but her red eyes could bo seen
seen through the veil. Mrs. Ozburn re
mained with her husband for quite
a while, but he did not seem to recog.
nize her. When she told him he had to
die ho said:
"I know it I don’t care."
At 11:25 o’clock Ozburn called fora
toddy, which was given him. At 11:45
the gallows suit was placed ou the con
demned man. A short while afterward'
the march to the gallows was taken- up.
Just before that was done' Drs.
Strickler and
prayer for Ozburn
murderer placed his bands over his face
while the prayers were being said, and
then told them he would try to do what
they said for him to do. Just after tho
prayer a stiff toddy, the last he drank on
earth, was given Ozburn.
The death warrant was then read and
Ozburn was marched to the gallows.
Supported by his cousin, Sergeant Oz
burn and Jailor Faith he walked out of
the cell smoking a cigarette. At 12:20
he aicendcd the gallows. He was
__ _ _ __ dressed In alight suit of elotbes and
$1.00 C. B. CORSET, “ - .OO, wore a derby hat. He seemed much
$1,25 KABO CORSET. - 1.00. SESlX"*” " a
Ozburn did not seem to realize what
Is going on, but stood with bowed
head, holding his derby hat in ono band,
while with the other be picked at the
short stubby beard upon bis face.
Everyone was withdrawn from the
gallows but four men—Ozburn, Jailer
Faith, Jailer Miller and Sherif Mor
row.
The two jailers stood on either side of
Ozburn on tho narrow shelf between tho
trap and tho railing around the gal
lows.
With one hand each held to the rail
ing while with the other he clutched
Ozburn by his arm, while he swayed a
little back and forth, for the snpporters
wore In a strained position.
The three ropes attached to the trig
gers two dead and one ‘‘alive,’’ were
stretched through the windows as thsy
were in Washington’s hanging.
There was a momentary buzz of con-
venation, but it was hushed like magic
when the word “one” rung out from
Sheriff Morrow.
Every eye was fixed upon the frail
body standing on the gallows, when the
word “two” sounded out like the voice
of doom itself.
■Three,” called the sheriff, and then
with a tightening of the trigger strings
and a rattling of the traps he fell down
ward to his death, a little moan escap
ing from his lips, as his neck was broken
by the fall.
The banging was altogether private,
no one being admitted who didn’t hare
a ticket. Only about forty people saw
the hanging. The sheriff sew that there
were no Kodaks tnslde the raelotqro.
The street In front of the jell wee
Be assured that you will be the loser if £
BIG'CORSET SALE
$1.25 C. B. CORSET,
L.00 C. B. CORSET,
L,25 KABO CORSET,
$1.00 KABO CORSET,
$1,00.
.85.
1.00.
.85.
Black Silk Gloves only 40c.
DRESS GOODS
In Silk, Woolens, Linens, Lawns, etc,
sold at reduced figures.
will be
This is no wild oat chance game, but
strictly business. We wish to impress you
with the fact that no summer goods will go
into winter quarters. They are for sale and
go they must.
WE KEEP OPEN SATURDAY NIGHTS.
OUR DEEPEBT CUTS ARE IN FINE QOODB.
Do not fail to heed the above as I am in
earnest.
Two gentlemen from Webster county
were in town yesterday to secure help to
obtain ammunition to capture two men
who are doing mischief and disturbing
the peace of the settlement.
These men who are supposed to be es
caped convicts are armed and secreted In
a jungle of about four hundred acres on
the plantation of Dr. D. M. nail. One
of them is said to be either a white man
or a bright mulatto and the other black.
Last Saturday was the tlrat time it was
known that these outlaws were In the
settlement by one of them shooting a
negro boy In the hip as he was passing
through a thick wood going to the
spring. Several other negro boys were
shot at as they passed along the roads.
This aroused the men of the settle
ment and a hunt was instituted. They
have been seen eaoh day since last Sat
urday but the posse was too small to
capture them in such a thick jungle.
Charlie Brooks got a glimpse of one of
the men as be was retreating like a deer
In a close path through this wilderness
but he was out of sight beforo Brooks
could draw a bead on him with his rifle.
They were searching for tho men again
Tuesday and in passing In the outskirts
of the jungle Joe Henderson heard
something snap, and looking in tho di
rection of,the sound|saw the head of both
mon peered abovo a log behind which
they were lying. One of the men snap
ped his pistol three times at Joe, but it
would not Are, and both of them jurap-
ped up and ran like deers. Joe fired his
single barrelled gun loaded with Ho. 7
shot at them but whether he hit them or
not Is not known. It ho had the small
shot would only have accelerated their
speed.
They were also seen Wednesday, the
day Gordoitand Brooks were In town,
but at sufh’a distance to be safe from
their pursuers.
That settlement is stirred from center
to circumference and women and chil
dren are frightened out of their wits,
The settlement Is sparsely settled with
white people, which Increased the fear
of the weak and unprotected.
A posse headed by the sheriff is still
after the men and evory effort will be
made to capture them if that is possible.
you do not come.
GEO. D.
iiO
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TLEY.
OUT MR. J^KENZIR.
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lu^wia, £e^ Offered Another nsc, bat
Banwttos*nCws > tqBia^^'^R u . m u * Acc ' pt -
Izburn In his cell. The| what will bccomo of Mr. McKenzie?
That question was asked by many yes
terday when they saw it officially an
nounced In The Times-Rscobdeb that
he was to be superintendent of the
Southwestern no longer.
Wbat he will do no one but himself
knows, but The Times-Recoiideb has It
from a Central man who quoted a high
authority what he will be offered. As
Is known Mr. Curran is to be, after Au
gust 1, superintendent of the
Southwestern. The territory of the
road Is almost doubled, that is
the mileage has been almost doubled.
While the Richmond A Danvlllo people
think one man can enperintend the
whole thing, they are aware of the fact
that the division is so situated that two
train masters will be necessary. One of
tbeso will be at Macon with Superln'en-
dent Curran. The other will have his
headquarters In Columbus.
Mr. T. C. Molse- will be offered tho
Macon place. Mr. McKenzie will
be offered tie Columbus place.
That will bo a drop from super
intendent to train master for both
of them. Whether they will care to ac
cept the places or not is a matter entire
ly with them. Owing to the source
from which It was obtained, The Times-
Recoiider Is almost willing to affirm
that those places will bo offored them.
Supt. Curran will carry Mr. E. Ford, at
present raed master of of .tho Savannah
<fc Western, with him to hold down tbs
same place on the Southwestern. That
lets tho present roadmaster, Mr. Wil
liams, out. What other changes will be
made in. the Southwestern’s men Is not
known yot.
Found Dead In H«d ;
Aeol’sta, Ga., July 24.—Mr. Joe
Craney, eldest son of Major Craney, was
found dead In bsd this morning. His
death is attributed to a hurt received
last month by the falling of a telephone
lineman, the spurs hitting in his breaft.
He was 31 years old and engaged with
his father in the cotton easiness.
A Hanging Postponed.
Athens, July 24.—This was the day
set apart for the hangtag of William
Johnson, for the murder of John Weed,
whieh wee postponed on account of an
appeal tothesifpreme court.
. New Blgh Priest.
Minneapolis, July 24.—The general
grand chapter of Royal Arch Masons
this morning elected Jos. H. H. Olner
of Xew Orleans, general high priest for
the ensuing tri-annual period.
.%n Old staff
Milwaukee, July 24.—Lieutenant
Colonel Tourtellot, formerly Gen. ‘Sher
man's chief of staff, died in Lacrosse
last night.
and down the sidewalk keeping' tho peo
ple ont of Ufa way.
Men, women and children, the Women
being colored, stood for hours or sat
upon the curbstone watting patiently,
and yet all they could hope to see was
the covered wagon as It passed out with
the lifeless body of 1 he murderer.
Atlanta, July 24.—After the roll
call in the bouse this morning Mr. At
kinson rose to a personal explana
tion.
He said he had learned that some of
the physicians misunderstood and mis
construed his remarks yesterday in
moving to table their resolution asking
the governor to respite Ozburn. He de
sired to say bo meant no reflection on
them, and so said at the time; that his
reference to “something behind the re
port” was not that the members knew of
It, but that he believed the physicians’
meeting was caused by the friends of
Ozburn, and that, too, without the
knowledge of the physicians who did
meet.
Mr. Chappell of Laurens rose to a per
sonal explanation. He claimed that Mr.
Glen Waters, tho reporter of the Macon
Telegraph, had mlsrepiesented and ma
ligned him in reporting his speech in
reply to Mr. Fleming.
He said he was hurt and mortified that
he should have boon so treated. He bod
asked the reporter to retract It and he
hod not done so, and he had written to
the Telegraph to do so, and he had not
beard from them. He claimed that it
was an insult to the house and that
every member was interested In this
question. The matter was settled by the
house passing substitute resolutions
which expressed confidence in Mr. Chap
pell and disapproved of any personal
criticism of him.
Mr. Jackson introduced his fertilizer
bill this morning. It is an amendment
to the present law, and provides for a
higher grade of fertilizer. It provides
that “no fertilizer shall be sold in Geor
gia In which any part of the ammonia
therein Is in the form of ground hoofs or
horns.”
Senator Harp's bill to provide for the
certain payment of costs In divorce eases
came up this morning. The yeas and
nays were ordered, resulting In ayes,
100, nays, 18.
A bill by Senator Lanier of the flth
district to better protect landlords. The
bill la Intended to prevent any tenant
from selling anything grown on tho place
without the consent of the landlord. Mr.
Tatum opposed the bill. He said It was
tyrannical to say a tenant ebonld not tell
a mess of beans without being arrested
for stealing. Mr. Everett said be saw
no necessity for the bill, and therefore
opposed It, Mr Walker opposed the bill
and called for the previous question,
which call was sustained. It was lost
by a vote of 52 yeas to 87 nays.
The house devoted the remainder of
Its time to now bills and things of In
torest only to localities.
The Senate.
The first business before the senate
tb'e morning was the reading of a bill by
Mr. Walker of the 12tb, to amend section
1,805 of the codo of 1882. Referred.
A bill by Mr. Boibeuillet of Bibb mat
lng the office of state sohool commis
sioner elective was read the third time.
This bill wae referred to the school
committee, who repotted it “with a
recommendation that It do not pass;”
but tho report of the committee was
disagreed to and the bill passed.
The house bill by Mr. Goodwin, of
Fulton, In reference to a railroad corpo
ration keeping a discharged employee
from securing a place with any other
company. This bill places a fine on the
railroad so doing not to exceed $500 and
not less than $100, and w(s passed unan
imously.
At their executive eestlon yesterday
just before adjournment, the following
appointments were confirmed;
J. L. Underwood, county judge of
Mitchell county, for four year* from Sep
tember 5, 1801.
R. M. Jackson, county judge of
Oconee county, for four years from No
vember 1$, 1801.
Frank L. Little, county judge of Han
cock county, for tour years from April
20, 1892.
L. C. Bryan, county judge of Pulaski
county, for four years from April 30,
1802.
Hon. Virgil Powers, railroad commis
sioner, for nnexplred term of six years
from October 15, 1880.
The senate to-day adjourned until
Monday.
Dave Dudley Tells of the Augusta Fire
mens' Tournament.
“My telegram was official. I sent it
as president of the state association.
What's more, the boys have the money
for the two prizes I said they won here
in Amerlcus now.”
So spoke Dave' Dudley to a reporter.
Continuing he said that all the compa
nies In the state were combined to work
against Americas. He says the water
pressure Is not as good in Augusta as it
is here and that the water was manipu
lated with In favor of the Augusta con
panlee.
“There was a atop cock In a building
nearby where the thing waa worked,”
said Dare. “It was so noticeable that a
committee of the officers waa appointed
to Investigate. That committee was
prohibited from entering tho building
whore the tampering was done. So con
fident were the officers of Improper con
duct that one of the Augusta companies
which might have gotten second place
was ruled out.”
He attributed Vigilance’s break In
the tint to that tampering and to the
fact that a new pull off- was of necessity
substituted just a few days before
the tournamont. He says that In
the second test Vigilance made every con
nection In 14] seconds, by every stop
watch on tho ground. Parties trampled
on the hose and kept the water from go
ing through and a chair from the grand
danced the racquet on the lnterferer’s
heads. Vlgilanco made It In 18 seconds
any how and tho D. A. Dudley’s
in 24.
The firemen had to psy for what they
got in Augusta, something unprecedent
ed and the fact that the contest took
place on the exm^ltton grounds instead.
of in the cjtp caused complaint.
Dave was pretty severe on the G., S|j|_
A F. road, saying it didn’t do as prom
ised in the matter of transportation.
A business mooting of the association
will bo held in Washington, Ga., In De
cember' at which time new officers will
be elected and the plaee for the next
tournamont chosen, Amerlcus may so-
cure the tournament
‘•Now This Is Time.”
On June 25 Hr. C. H. Byrd had a car
of corn—C. O. 0. & St L. 8001, shlppod
from Nakomls, Hie., which vnu received
in Amerlcus July 24 over the Southwest
ern and connections. “Now this is
time,” says Hr. John T. Argo, 0. F. A
P. A., of the Savannah, Amerlons A
Montgomery system to a TiheS-Recoii-
deb reporter. “Twenty-nine days be
tween Nakomls and Amerlons li good(?)
time, even If they did try to put It off on
the S.j A. A H. while It was - routed and
oame the other way,” cooeluded Mr.
Argo.
Now for Ou.
Work has been commenced on tho
new gee plant The walls havo already
risen to considerable portions and soon
the long and anxiously looked for gas
will flood tho pipes of thoso who so de
sire. Some of tho best men In Amerlcus
are Interested in this plant There will
be no experimenting, for they mean
business from the go and Amerlcus will
have a first class plant which will furn
ish the best gas that can bo made In
qualities amply sufficient to supply the
demand.
The Hyena Killed.
The hyena has at last met the fate
which bo moted out to so many dogs—
death; and it wasn’t a hyena, either but-
a big yellow dog of the “poor folks
cur” variety. The dog was a largo oro
and had tnshes over two Inches long.
It was killed near tho S., A. A M. depot I
Thursday night, by a negro, just aftor
It had dovdured four puppies and was
in the act of eating the fifth. ■
This may not bo the original “hyena.”
which has attracted so much attention,
hut It was a formidable dog killer.
Second Slethodlst Church.
Preaching at It a. m. and 8 p. m. to
morrow (Sunday) by tho pastor, Rov. K.
F. Williamson. Sunday school at
olclock. At the close of the 11 o’clock
sorvice, tho sacrament will bo adminis
tered, to which all mombers of tho
church aie expected to bo present. All
christains who may desire aro invited to
attend and partake also. ;fl|
Tillman end Terrell.
|Spartanbcbo, S. C. July 24.—Tillman
and Terrell argued tho sub-fn " . , in
secret bore to-day. Tillman against the
measure Terrell for ft.
Tillman submitted that the alliance
must stick to measures on which they
can go beforo tho democratic party. Tyr
rell replied that the alliance Is bigger
than the party; that tho Ocala platform
is fur better than the old line democrat
ic doctrine.
Tho audience was with Tetreil to
start with and it is natural that they
thould be with him still.
To Test the Law.
New Youk, July 2s.—District Attor-
neypftcoll went beforo tho grand Jury on
tho subject of bringing tho Dally News
to task for printing tho dotalls of tho
lato electrocution. Constitutionality of
of tho sectional of tho electric execution
law a lilch seeks to prohibit tho publica
tion of tho details of tho killing of the
murderers by tho state is to ho the
oughly tested.
Suicide In Athens.
ATHENS, July 24.—Mr. William N.
White, a prominent Athens man, com
mitted suicide this morning by hsnglng
himself to a rafter in his carriage house.
Ho jumped off a box with the rope
around Ms neck. Death was caused by
strangulation. No cause for the deed is
known. Mr. White purchased the rope
vesterday which proves he shielded do-
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