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AMERICUS TIMES-RECORDER.
fWt>T V-rOIBTH VEAB,
”fjie Sickest Man is Not Always in Bed.
The meanest kind sickness is just to be able
to attend to duties and yet not ieel equal to the task.
The eternal grind keeps many in the traces who
eught to be in bed.
A thorough course of Johnson’s Chili and Fever
Tonic would give a new lease on life to such people.
It tones up the the whole digestive apparatus. Puts
the Liver in the be«t condition possible. Gives a
splendid appetite. Renews strength and restores
vitality.
Office of J. K. LASBITKR.
Hendsonvillel S. 0, Sept. 2, 1896.
Mr. A. B. Girardeau, Savannah, Ga.
Dear Sir: —Some years 1 operated a float
ing saw-mill on the Savannah liiver. My base of
operations was being constantly changed, and my
hands were always exposed to the worst malarial
influences. I employed over one hundred hands,
and the work was conducted as much in water as
out of it. For this reason, in August and Septem
ber there was great loss of time and business, on
account of sickness among the workers.
My attention was then called to Johnson’s Chill
and Fever Tonic, and I determined to give the
medicine a trial. I procured it, and those who
were sick were put on this treatment, and those who
were feeling badly were at once given the Tonic.
In a short time every one of the one hundred hands
was well and reported for duty; and from that time
on I used nothing else but Johnson’s Tonic, and
never had another case of fever.
Yours very truly,
J. R. LASSITER.
For Xmas Shoppers.
Th : s store has givers Special atten
tion to the purchase of a Beautiful
and useful line of goods suitable for
HOLIDAY GIFTS
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to Hen. Our line of Smoking Jack
ets at $7.50, $8.50 and SIO.OO, and
Bath Robes at $3.50 to SIO.OO are
very desirable.
Our line of Suits and Overcoats
are well tailored and shapely, and the
Swell Young Fellows” are very par
tia'to*them. They have a distinc
tiveness alt their own, that'you do
not see in Clothing bought from
ot her stores.
Jur line of Linen |and Handkerchiefs and
u^er sare beautiful in pattern and rich in design.
on * toake your Holiday purchases until you have
visited
; X 0. BAILEY,
. V Wfen’s Outfitter,
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I Use Corner. - - - Americus, Ga.
AMERICUS, GEORGIA. SATRUDAY, DECEMBER 27, l»02
CONSTERNATION IN
WALDORF-ASTORIA
Man’s Strange Actions Ter
rorize Guests.
attacked men and .women.
Attendants and Detectives Rush to
Rescue and Crazy Man Is Carried
Off to Police Station—Man Could
Not Be Identified.
New York, Dec. 26. —Consternation
was caused in the Red sitting room of
the actions of a powerfully built man,
evidently a foreigner, who attacked a
man and woman among the guests be
fore he was finally subdued, arrested
and removed to a hospital for exam
ination as to his sanity. On entering
the sitting room the stranger grabbed
a passing guest by the arm, snook
his disengaged fist in his face and said,
rapidly and with a decided accent:
“You’re rich, and you’ve had a good
Christmas dinner. The encroach
ments of organized capital on the poor
of the country have driven me fnom
pillar to post until I cannot get work.
What right have you to eru. when I
am starving?”
Attendants rescued the guest, and
the excited man then sprang at a
young woman. He snatched a fur
boa from her neck and then began to
berate her in similar language. She
screamed, but at that moment the de
tectives rushed in and began the strug
gle to suibdue him.
No papers or anything that would
identify the man were found in his
pockets. All the way to the hos
pital he raved of the iniquities brought
about by wealth.
The prisoner is said to be the same
man who, during the Cornelius Van
derbilt illness, has frequented the
neighborhood of Ma Vanderbilt's
home and has several times attempted
to obtain an interview with Mrs. Van
derbilt. He has also written to Mrs.
Vanderbilt complaining that her ser
vants would not admit him to the
house.
interest and Dividend Payments.
New York, Pec. 26. —As shown by
figures compiled by The Journal of
Commerce, interest and dividend pay
ments to be made in January, there is
little doubt that the total disburse
ments at the new year will be the
largest ever recorded. The total of
payments, according to these figures,
is in excess of $132,000,000. This to
tal is considerably larger than were
the payments made in July last, when
a similar compilation showed a grand
total of $123,678,353. These figures
did not include interest on Greater
New York city bonds. Allowng an
approximate sum for this, the total
for July would be brought up to a lit
tle more than $125,000,000. The
coming January payments, therefore,
exceed those for last July by approx
imately $7,000,000.
Demand For English Coal.
New York, Dec. 26,—The American
demand for English coal again, is in
evidence, cables the Tribune’s London
correspondent. Pour lange steamers,
carrying among them 17,500 tons, have
this week been fixed on the New Cas
tle market for New York and Boston.
The coal covered by these transactions
is for January loading, and* the rates
at which the vessels have been char
tered show# smart advance.
STRENGTH
Is an attribute of manhood universally
desired. Few people understand that the
only source of physical strength is food,
and that every one who has sufficient
nourishing food should be strong. But
there are thousands of puny people who
have plenty of good food. How is that
J explained? The
simple. Food
does not nour
ish the body un
less digested
and assimilat
ed. Diseases of
the stomach
and other or
gans of diges
tion and nutri
tion hinder the
proper diges
tion and assimi
lation of the
nutrition con
tained in the,
food eaten. Thus
the strength of
Dr. Pierce's Golden Medical Discovery
cures diseases of the stomach and its al
lied organs. It causes the perfect diges
tion and assimilation of food and thus it
makes men and women strong.
n | had been suffering from indigestion so
badly that I could not work more than half the
time' but now can work every day and eat any
thing I want.” writes Mr. Victor r,. Hayden, of
hi irkstone, Nottoway Co.. Va. " Why ? Because
I ti-”k I*r K. V. Pierce's Golden Medical Discov
ery"' It has put new life and energy in me, re
stored tuv health and made a man of me once
more I 'used to weigh 170 <»'t had gotten down
to ,44 now am !>ach to 160 and will soon be back
at my old weight if nothing happens. Your
medicine has done it all.”
Accept for”Golden Med
ical Discovery.”
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volume, to Dr. R.V. Fierce, Euiiaio, N.Y.
SUNNY SOUTH IS IN i
GRASP OF ICE KING
Coldest Weather of Winter
Is Reported.
COLD EXTENDS TO GULF.
Many Cities and Towns South of the
Ohio River Report Temperatures
Ranging From Freezing Point to
Many Degrees Below.
liouisville, Ky., Dec. 26. —The cold
est weather of the winter is reported
today from many places south of the :
Ohio river. The temperatures report- J
ed to the weather bureau range from j
6 degrees above at Evansville, lnd., I
to 46 degrees at Galveston and 48 at
Corpus Christi, Tex. Some of the
temperatures reported aro:
Louisville, 9, which Is 21 degrees
below normal; Nashville, 14; Chatta
nooga. 16; Memphis. 20; Atlanta, 18,
and Little Rock, 22.
Memphis, Dec. 26. —Tills is the cold
est day of the year in Memphis and
vicinity. The thermometer register
ed 19 degrees at 6 o’clock.
Chattanooga, Dec. 26. —The ther
mometer at this station reached 16.1
above aero today, the coldest season
of the year. There was a light snow
and indications of continued cold to
night.
Birmingham, Ala., Dec. 26.—Chriat
night was the coldest of the win
ter in Birmingham, the thermometer
dropping to 19 degree* above. The
mercury had risen very little at 10
•’clock this morning, it registering
M. The day is fair, with sharp
winds blowing.
Asheville. N. C., Dec. 26.—The tem
perature . here reached 12 degrees
above zero this morning. The cold
est weather Asheville has had this
season. There has been a light fall
of snow.
Knoxville, Tenn., Doc. 26.—The tem
perature last night was 16 degrees
above zero. * The indications are that
it will be colder tonight. This is the
coldest temperature in Knoxville this
winter, the previous record being 25
degrees on Dec. 9.
Mobile, Ala., Dep. 26.—The coldest
weather of the season visited Mobile
today, the thermometer registering
32.6 degrees early this morning. Cold
er weather is promised for tonight.
Nashville, Tenn., Dec. 26.—This is
the coldest day of the season. The
mercury stood at 13 at 7 o’clock this
morning and had risen but two de
grees at noon. There is a biting
wind from the north, and indications
point to a drop of 10 degrees by night.
New Orleans, Dec, 26.—'The weather
is clear and cool; mercury at noon 44.
The prediction of the government fore
caster is for colder weather tonight,
with freezing at most to the coast.
TELEGRAPHIC brevities,
A dispatch from Rome say* that
Bishop Oonaty, rector of the University
at Washington appears to have the
best chance for the appointment to
the bishopric at Dos Angeles. The
vacancy will be filled after the holi
days.
R. R. Cable, for many years chair
man of the Rock Island* board of di
rectors, ha* resigned that position,
saye a New York dispatch, and has
been elected chairman of the execu
tive committee. D. G. Reid has been
elected chairman of the board of di
rectors. Mr. Cable request Mi the
change. He is now 70 years old.
Mrs. Langtry, the actress, was a
passenger on the steamship Celtic,
which arrived in New York today from
Liverpool.
The Cornell university registers
were ready for distribution today. The
book shows that the total number of
students in attendance to date is 2,965,
a gain of 176 over last yean
Hadda Mullab, who caused so many
outbreaks on the northwest frontier
of India, died l Dec. 22.
Premier Balfour says a Ixmdon dig
patch is confined to his bed at Whit
tingham, Scotland. He is suffering
from a sharp attack of influenza. *
J. Raymond Palraenberg, founder
of the Form and Fixture business in
this country and the inventor of the
method of display now in use in many
stones, is dead' at New York.
Associate Justice Jackson Temple,
of the supreme court of California,
i* dead in San Francisco. .
Stabbed by Two Negroes.
Mobile, Ala., Dec. 26.—Ernest Wim
berly, a well known young man of this
city, was fatally stabbed tonight at
the corner of St. Francis and Warren
streets by two negroes. One wound
is in the neighborhood of the heart;
♦he other in the side. Charle* Hum
phreys and John Golden were arrested
charged with the crime. The cause
of the difficulty is not known.
YOUNG ATLANTAN SUICIDES.
Son of President of Neal Loan and
Banking Co. Kills Himself.
Atlanta, Dec. 26.—Ben Neal Thorn
ton, son of E. H. Thornton, president
of the Neal Loan and Banking com
pany, and one of Atlanta’s beet known
and most popular young men, killed
himself last night in a room at the
Scotia apartment house by firing a
pistol hall into his right temple.
There waa no witness of the trage
dy; there was no statement left by
the young man, nor any intimation
given of any cause or reason for tak
ing his own life.
He was a victim of lung affection,
and had once or twice been west in
the hope that t'he change of climate
would, improve him. This, however,!
did not seem to have the desired es- ■
feet, and the belief that he had but
little longer to live has long weighed
heavily upon him.
The news of his> death spread ragid
ly, and there were many inquiries
about him. A physician was sum
moned, but Mr. Thornton was dead
when he arrived l .
Coroner Stamps was notified and
held an inquest in room 32, at the
Scotia, where t'he body was found.
The only witnesses were William T.
Newman, Jr., who was in the adjoin
ing room when the fatal shot was
fired, and Dr. W. S. Elkin, wtio was
summoned by Mr. Newman as soon as
he learned what had occurred. The
coroner’s jury returned a erdict of
death from a pistol shot wound In
flicted by his own hand', or suicide.
TWO NEGROES DIE IN AUGUSTA.
Christmas Liquor Caused the Death of
Both of Them.
Augusta, Ga, Dec. 26.—Two deaths
have occurred, in Augusta as the re
sult of Ohrlatima* drinking. Two
young negroes—Denvp Shabrack and
Ed Tirvley—got in a' quarrel over a
cane for popping dynamite torpedoes
and* Tinley drew a pistol and shot
Shadrack in the left breast, killing
him instantly. Tinley wag arrested
All the parties were drinking.
An, unidentified negro, apparently
between 40 and 50 years of age. was,
killed by an electric cam on the expo
sition track, at a point jurt back of
the Bon Air livery stables.
Motorman Hill says the man was
lying parallel with the rail and al
most on it on the side of the track
and he was within 20 feet of him when .
be saw him. It was Just at the foot j
of a long bill, and the car wan- travel-j
ing rapidly and it was impossible to
stop. )
The negro was horribly mutilated
from head to foot, and the car was
thrown from the track, narrowly es- j
raping being ditched. There were a I
number of passengers but nobody was !
hurt. ’ The negro seemed to be sat
urated with whisky and* the odor per
vaded the atmosphere for 10 feet.
MAGNATE MORGAN’S CHRISTMAS.
Huge Electric Ligted Tree In Million
aire’s Palatial Home.
New York, Dec. 26. —J. Pierpont
Morgan and hi* family held their cel
ebration Christmas night around a
huge electric lighted tree in one of
the conservatories of their home. The
electric lighting devices are said to
have been Mrs. Morgan’s idea.
Late in the afternoon the tree was
completely laden and a private watch
man took bis stand in the conserva
tory, for some of the gifts were of
great value. After dinner the ser
vants swarmed in the doorway, where
they were received by Mr. and Mrs.
Morgan. As ttheir name® were called
they stepped to the tree, where they
received envelopes containing crisp
new bills to the amount of one month’s
wages from Mr. Morgan. Mi%. Mor
igan and her daughters also had a gift
for each of them.
MARRIED FIVE COUPLES.
Remarkable Marriage Ceremony at
Armstrong, Mo.
Chicago, Deo. 26.—Rev. N. B. Nay
lor performed a marriage ceremony
last night by which five couples were
uilited', says a special to The Chron
iele ftom Armstrong, Mo.
The brides and bridegrooms formed
a circle around the minister and with
clasped hands took the vows.- They I
belonged to. a matrimonial club and 1
had agreed to be married at the same J
time and by the same minister.
Explosion of Steam Table.
Omaha, Dee. 26.—The explosion ot
a steam table in the stereotyping de-'
partment of the Omaha Bee complete* I
ly wrecked the table, tore the plaster
ing from the ceiling of the office di
rectly beneath and came near being
a serious consequence to three men
and two women in the office below, j
who were in the stereotyping room!
The accideni was caused by the break- j
ing of a steam pip*.
yj * Cherry Pectoral
jWyk g IP Get well before you have to
iut VI Os think of weak lungs, bron
chitis, pleurisy. ££&«££:
NUMBER 152
BLAZE IN BROOKLYN
DOES MUCH DAMAGE
Froperty Loss of $400,000.
Three Firemen Killed.
THREE OTHERS BADLY INJURED.
While Fighting Flames Wall Tumble#
Upon Them, Burying Them Under
Tons of Debris — Fire Occurred In
River Front District
New York, Dec. 26—In a fire which
shot through five factories in the riv-
I er front district of Brooklyn after 1
o'clock this morning, three firemen
' were killed, three were badly injured
1 and more than $400,000 damage was
done. The list of dead and injured is
a® follow*:
Dead
Michael O’Toole, fireman, of Engine
company No. 55, on water tower.
Thomas Jeffrie*, fireman, water tow*
er No. 6, crushed out of recognition.
Battalion Chief Toluuas Coppinger,
of twenty-third battalion, skull frac
tured, arm and leg broken.
Injured':
Thomas McCarthy, fireman, engine
company No. 68, on water tower, right
leg fractured and right hip crushed.
William McCooky, citizen, skull
crushed.
Beginning among the inflammable
materials in the cooperage plant of
AKbuckle Bros., at Plymouth and
Bridge street*, within a half hour tha
flame# were shooting from all the
buildings and' all the available fire en
gines in Brooklyn, with Chief Purrey
in charge, were trying to save the
district.
The cooperage plant of Arbuckle
Biros, is an old-fashioned, 6 story brick
building. It was filled) from top to
bottom with material for making bar
rels, the refuse from the carpenter
work, old barrels, and loose odds and
ends of lumber, and fears wore enter-
Kalned that the flames would spread
to a number of factories in the imme
diate vicinity and to the nearby ten
ements.
Thomas Kenney, a watchman in the
Arbuckle plant, was passing down the
stairs when he saw a ribbon of flame
shoot out of a rubbish heap on the
' first floor. "Almost before he could
‘ gasp, the 'entire 11 ret floor was in a
| blaze. He jumped from a window,
and before he had crossed the street
1 the flames were shooting from the
| windows. Policeman Buckley sent
in one, then two alarms. B fore the
firemen had arrived the third and
I fourth floors had caught.
I When Deputy Chief Murray arriv
| ed lie sent in a third and fourth alarm,
' and when Chief Purrey arrived, a half
hour later, he ordered engines and
flreboats from Manhattan side of the
river to help. With the arrival of
water tower No. 6, battalion Chief
Coppinger assumed charge of it and
ran it directly under one of the walls.
Suddenly the wall was seen to bulge
at the third story, and before the
men could move It, crashed directly
down on them. Three firemen and
McCooley, a citizen, were burled, and
the water tower and ladder# were
smashed into kindling wood*. Ten
minufps late:* the first of the men
was taken out. Thi* was the bat
talion chief, unconscious and fatally
hurt.
McCooley came next. McCarthy,
who will die, it Is thought, was found
half under a wheel of the tower, also
unconscious. The bodies of Jeffries
and O'Toole were found near togeth
er.
BUSINESS BLOCK BURNED.
Schenectady, N. Y., Suffers Fire Loss
of SIOO,OOO.
Schenectady, N. Y., Dec. 26.—The
Maxon block, opposite the union sta
tion, was totally destroyed by fire to
day. The fire, which probably was
caused by an overheated chimney was
a* spectacular one. The total loss
was SIOO,OOO. Insurance about $75,-
000.
The principal portion of the build
ing waa used l as a hotel.
The occupant# of the building were
aroused and removed in safety by the
firemen and others.
i
Blow Caused Blood Poisoning.
New York, Dec. 26.—Anton Ander
son is dead in a hospital here as the
! result of a fight In the eotfrse of which
' he struck hi# opponent in. the mouth.
I Anderson’s knuckle# were cut by the
i blow against the teeth, and the next
day hi# hand puffed l up and a physi
formanee was given in Sing Sing pris
from blood poisoning and amputation of
the hand' would' be necessary. An*
i derson would not permit the operation
! to be performed, and the poison spread
| to his arm and then to his body,
i Eventually the band was taken off,
but too late to save the patient's lifo