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AMERICUS, GEORGIA, FRIDAY, AUGUST 11, 1899.
|ft Week of Specials
LEE ALLENS
j[ t have several broken lots of goods that we are
[determined to close out this week. See these prices:
SPECIAL No.
it $2 25 per suit-
About one dozen Men’s Crash
Suits, worth $5, to close this
:PFCI4LN0. 2 About on e dozen (Pure All-
^ ‘ hnen) Men’s Crash Suits, worth
i to close this week at $3.50 per suit.
;PFC!4L No. I One lot of Blue and B'ack All-
,r u wool Serge Coats and Vests,
r and slim sizes, which are very cheap at <5, go
cek at $3 75.
SPECIAL No. 4
We have about two or three
dozen the latest styles (up.to-
Straw Hats, this season’s purchase, worth $1.25 and
1150, this week they may be had for 75c and 98c to close
|nt the lot.
SPECIAL No. 5 New lot of Colored ’Bosom Neg
* ^ ligee Shirts, very cheap at 75c,
be sold this week at 59c.
The above prices are for SPOT CASH ONLY.
THE DRY GOODS DEPARTMENT
L'e are still offering that yard-wide Percale, worth ,
ice at .- 5c yd
i Ladies's Ready-maie Muslin Underwear we have a full
bd complete line. We want every lady in and around
Imeriain to see these goods and let us quote prices. We
you the finished garment as cheap as you can buy
le material.
EX-GOV. ATKINSON IS
DEAD AT NEWNAN.GA
Unconscious Several Hours
Before the End.
PASSED OFF PEACEFULLY
He Wui For Years Prominent as
Leader of Heinecrats and Served
1 wo Terms as Chief Executive, De
feating General Evans.
Newnan, Ga., Aug. 8.—Ex-Governor
Atkinson died at 8:52 this morning,
after 10 days’ illness, at his home in
this place. He was unconscious for
several hours previous to his death, but
I will not be undersold on anything in my stock.
:e is -.vanted and will be appreciated by me.
Vours truly,
Your
Lee Allen,
Full (Established Whiskey
Quarts in l88 ‘-) for= = =
"OLD SHARPE WILLIAHS”
Impress pre-paid. Guaranteed 8 years old.
ysicians recommend this fine 'Old Rye for Medical use.
jis absolutely pure, bottled at ."he Distillery without any
(iteration. Goods shipped in plain package without
to indicate contents. If not satisfactory, you can
prn at our expense and we will refund money at once.
Me goods as above, in a fancy jug. boxed, for $3 25, or
[thout boxing for $3 per gallon, express prepaid. Send
Jr price list and other information, as we handle all the
pa ng brands of fine Rye and Bourbon Whiskies sold in
nsmarreet, and can save you 50 percent.
[lie Altmayer 8 Flatau Liquor Co.,
SOfl ami 508 Fourth.st. - Mncoti, Georgia.
■'war Union Depot. Phone 265.
; goods Ey the gallon, such ns com wbifckev, 1’iach na*l apple
•< s oM equally ns low, from $1.25 per gallon ami upwards. We
j ’ ’ I'ty of the jug trade and all orders by mail or telegraph will have
B * -t illt ention. Special inducements offered.
\V7E Guarantee
1 v Our Popular Price
...SHOES
L. DOUGLAS’, for Men ar.d Boys.
C. GODMAN CO ’S, to. Ladies and
Children.
More Service, Comfort and Better
Styles for less thanariy other
Shoes made.
ncflATH BROS.
W. Y. ATKINSON,
passed away peacefully. Dysentery
was the cause of death.
He was a prominent leader in the
Democratic party of this state and for
several years directed the party’s state
political machinery.
Mr. Atkinson was elected governor
for the first time in 1894, defeating Gen
eral Clement A. Evans. In the second
campaign he defeated Seaborn Wright,
a combination Populist and prohibition
candidate.
He served six years in the legislature
previous to occupying the gubernatorial
chair. He was for one term speaker of
the house.
Since the expiration of his last term
as governor he has been engaged in the
practice of law in this county, where ho
was born and reared.
In his personal bearing Mr. Atkinson
was dignified, affable and easy of ap
proach, being the very embodiment of
simplicity. His chief characteristics
were his remarkable courage aud his
keen political foresight. Nothing ever
daunted him, aud several times he had
beeu at death’s very door, but he always
won before by bis determination aud
strength.
He was 45 years old at the time of his
death and is survived by a wife and
several children.
KulUtiiifiits For Philippine*.
Washington*, Aug. 9.—The number
of enlistments yesterday for the Philip,
pine regiments was 639. making a total
of 11,297. The regiments which liavo
their full quota have begun the “weed
ing out” process. In the orders pub
lished today the discharges of nearly
100 recruits have beeu ordered.
Didn't Si»-ul CarirtliZ t Letter.
Montreal, Aug. 9. - George F. Bell,
the man who claims he stole the cele
brated Carranza letter, was discharged
today by Magistrate Le Fontaine, on
the ground that the prosecution had not
proven in the first place that a letter
was stolen and in the second place that
Bell had stolen any letter.
DREYFUS ARRAIGNED;
ASSERTS INNOCENCE
Voice. Quivers With Emotion
as He Pleads Not Guilty.
A RIGOROUS EXAMINATION
OB. MOFFETT'S
TEETHIN6 POWDERS
Bakes Teething toy.
TEETHINA Mens a
Bowel TrooMes of
Children of Any
SHOT THAT TELLS.
you know
happens
t w hen one of our
big thirteen-inch
shells strikes a
fortification ? It
is fairly lifted off
its foundations.
This is the mod-
i / / ern wa >' of doi " g
r0\*^' I / things; concentra-
VW* -L < X '''"'K n«l outre*
■Yy—- . ^ V' —of power and en-
b / . V\ ergy into one tre
mendous irresisti-
* ble blow that siui-
( '' ply annihilates
opposition. This
"V* is the method that
means success.
It is just the
same in the war
fare against dis
ease. While all
sorts of half-
ay corapro-
lising medi
cines in the hands of only ^partially ex
perienced doctors make a feeble, ‘'small-
calibre'’ sort of resistance to the enemy,
I)r. Pierce's magnificent “Golden Medical
Discovery,” with its splendid blood-purify
ing. liver-toning, strength-creating power,
hurls the fortress of disease from its very
foundations, and searches and drives out
the lyrking symptoms of weakness and de
bility from every secret hiding place in the
entire physical system of mankind.
The work of this grand “Discovery" is
thorough; it gives the health that is all
health; the strength that is solid and sub
stantial and lasting; not flabby fat; not false
stimulus; but genuine, complete, .renewed
yitality and life-force.
•• I had been a sufferer for fifteen years nearly
all the time." saw Mrs. Sarah K. Taylor. <*
Eureka. Greenwood Co., Kans., In a friendly letter
to Dr. Pierce. “ In August. 1896, was taken with
severe cramping pain in my stomach. The doe-
tor here said It was due to gall-stones. He re
lieved me for a short time, and then there was a
hard lump about the size of a goose egg*formed
in my right side. It became so sore I could
scarcely walk abont the house, and I had no ap
petite. I consulted the best doctors in town and
they said medicine would do me no goad. 1
gate tip all hope of ever getting well again.
”*You advised me to take your 'Golden Medical
Discovery* and ‘Pleasant Pellets.' which 1 did
according to directions. I began to feel better,
and my appetite came back. NOW it is a little
over a year since I began todo ray own work. I
am stronger than i have been for five years.**
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Prisoner Deathly Puls' on Entering
the Courtroom, Hut Regains Ills
Composure and Answers Questions
Without Hesitation.
Rennes, France, Aug. 7.—The pro
ceedings tif the courtmartial before
which Captain Dreyfus is on trial
opened at 7:10 o’clock this morning.
The court adjourned after deciding
to sit behind closed doors tomorrow
and as many of the following days ae
are necessary for the examination of
the secret dossier.
The next public session of the court
will probably take place on next Satur
day.
Captain Dreyfus entered the court
room with a firm step, though his fea
tnrea were pallid. He is partly bald and
what hair he has is gray and close
cropped. He answered the formal
questions of the judge as to his name,
age, etc., in a clear, determined voiue.
He sat facing the judges with his hands
resting on his knees, an impassable
figure.
The trial opened, so far as Rennes is
concerned, in an atmosphere of perfect
tranquility. The population is appar
ently indifferent. A small crowd, at
the most 50 persons, had gathered out
side the entrance to the Lycee by 0
o’clock. A majority of these were
journalists. The prefect of police and
chief of the secret police, Vlgaier, ar
rived just before G aud began the super
intendence of police measures.
At this time only half a dozen of gen
darmes vrexfi visible. They were sta
tioned at the portal of the Lycee aud
inside the garden in front of the Lycee,
which is separated from the sidewalk of
the Avenue De la Gare by a high iron
railing, which no one was allowed to
pass until Dreyfus had been transferred
l rom the military prison to the room
within the Lycee building, where he
was to await the moment when he
should be summoned to enter the court
room.
GeudHi-mes on Hand.
Strong det ichmebfs of gendarmes, on
foot aud liiouuted, began to arrive at
0 o’clock and took np their positions
in the side streets around the Lycee.
At C:Jo the prefect of police gave the
order to dloso the Avenue de La Garo
for 300 yards iu from of the Lycee aud
also all bystreets leading to the avenue.
The gendarmes were immediately
drawu up aloug the avenue aud the
space in front of the Lycee was cleared
of all spectators. A detachment of in
fantry was drawu across the avenue
in two double lines, leaving between
them a passage fur Captain Dreyfus
across the avenue from the military
prison to tho entrance to the Lycee.
The crowd, which by that time had
increased to a few hundred, were kept
by the gendarmes at a distance of 150
yards 011 either side of this passage.
Captain Dreyfus emerged trom the mil*
itary prison under escort of a lieutenant
and four gendarmes. He crossed the
railroad quickly and disappeared within
tho Lycoo, the hedge of soldiers hiding
him from view.
The principal personages in the trial
arrived between 9:30 aud 7 o’clock. The
generals passed with hardly a cheer
from the spectators, General Mercier
alone being greeted with a few cries of
“vivo l’armee,” and “vive Mercier” as
he drove up in a closed carriage. Lieu
tenant Colonel Picqnart arrived on foot,
at 6:40, weariug a silk hat und black
frock coat with red ribbon of the I^e-
S ion of Honor iu the buttonhole. No
emonstrut ion was made upon his ar
rival, but he appeared in the most cheer
ful mood, smiling aud chatting with
friends, aud if he may be judged by his
bearing, he is sanguine of a favorable
issue of the trial.
An Animated Scene.
The scene iu the courtroom was most
animated. Every inch of space was
filled a quarter of an hour before the
proceedings opened.
The splendid gold-laced uniforms of
tho generais summoned as witnesses,
and the uniforms of the judges, soldiers
and various officers present, combined
to light up tho dark tints with which
the walls of the hall were painted aud
gave a bright appearance to the court
room.
Immediately after Colonel Jousaust
was seated he gave the order to bring in
the prisoner. All eyes were then turned
to the right of the stage, beside which
was a door leading to the room iu which
Dreyfus was awaiting the summons.
Almost everybody but the most promi
nent officers stood on their feet, some
mounted on benches to obtain a better
view. There were subdued cries of “sit
down," amid whicn the door opened
and Captain Alfred Dreyfns, preceded
and. foliowed by a gendarme, emerged
into the courtroom.
His features were deathly pale and
bis teeth were set with a determined
bnt not defiant bearing. He walked
quickly with almost an elastic step
and ascended the three steps leading to
the platform in front of the judges.
There be drew himself np erect, brought
his right hand sharply to the peak of
his kepi, or military can, giving the
military salute, showing that years of
incarceration on Devil's island and ter
rible anguish of body and inigd hud not
impaired his soldierly instinct and bear
ing. The prisontr then removed his
kepi and took the seat placed for him,
facing his judges, just in front of his
counsel's table and with his back to the
audience. Behind him sat a gendarme,
holding a sheathed sabre in his hand.
Drryfu* Facet His Judges.
Twwna in a n«w nniform ol canton
NUMBER 16
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ASKED RYAGUINALDO
Filipino Chieftain Appeals to
the Powers of Europe.
MOVE FOR INDEPENDENCE
of artillery, dark Dine witn ibu I ..
fixedly regarded the judges, with im- DEPflRMITIftM 1C NftU/
movable features ami without stirring FlLuUUIll I lUll 10 llUVf
hand or foot, scarcely ever moving his
bead, during the whole course of tho
proceedings except when he entered and
left the courtroom.
After tho formal proceedings, which
occupied a couple of hours, Colonel
Jouaust began the examination of
Dreyfns respecting the farnoas borde
reau and what Dreyfns did with, or
could have known of its contouts.
When Dreyfns, wearing eyeglasses,
rose from his seat for examination, ho
stood erect, holding his kepi iu his hand
before him. He looked Colonel Jouaust
in tho face daring the whole interroga
tory.
Colonel Jouaast began by saying:
“It results from the documents jast
read that yon are accused of having
brought abont machinations or held re*
lotions with a foreign power or one or
more of its agents In order to procure it
means, by delivering it documents, in
dicated In the incriminating bordereau
to commit hostilities or undertake war
against France. I notify yon that yon
will be allowed to state during the
coarse of these proceedings anything
that appear* to yon nsefnl for your de
fense. ”
Asserts Ills Innocence.
Dreyfns replie<L with a vehement
declaration of hi^muocence, repeating
several times, ‘’I am innocent," in a
voice which quivered with omotion.
The agonized manner in which be ut
tered his protestations of innocence had
a most painfnl effect and mast have
evoked the sympathy even of his most
inveterate enemies.
The prisoner grew more composed as
the examination proceeded, answering
every question withont a moment’s heS'
itation. The accoustics of the court
room were abominable, only those
within a few feet of the judges being
able to follow the examination closely.
Even M. Labori, who was seated be
hind Dreyfns, within 8 yards of him,
held his hand to his ear in order to
catch the questions and answers.
Colonel Jonanst submitted Dreyfns
to a rigoroas examination, more in the
style of a prosecuting conusel than a
judge, and mad* gestures of impatience
at some direct denials which Dreyfns
gave repeatedly to tho judge’s questions.
The prisoner’s voice resounded fre
quently through the courtroom as he
energetically replied:
“No, my colonel," "nover, never,”
to questions put to him.
Henry’s Widow Present.
Tho widow of T.lentennnt Colonel
Henry, dressed iu deep mourning, was
present in court, and replied to her
name in tho roll call of witnesses.
After the court bad decided not to ad
journ on account of the absence of cer
tain witnesses, the clerk of thocourt was
ordered to read M. D’Ormes Cbevvillo’s
bill of indictment of 1804, which be did
iu a loud voice, Dreyfus iu the meanwhile
listening unmoved as the old charges
against him were rSEif. * -
Colonel Jouanst then handed the
prisoners long slip of cardboard, upon
which the bordereau wns pasted:
“Do yon recognize this document?"
Dreyfns replied, with a passionate
ontbnrst:
"No, my colonel. I am innocent. I
declare it here as I declared it in 1884,
I am a victim —” bis voice hero was
choked with sobs, which must have
stirred every spectator in coart. Tho
voice of tlie prisoner did not seem hu
man. It resembled the cry of a wounded
animal.
As he ended bis reply with tho words.
"Five years iu the gallers! My wifel
My children! My God! I am innocent,
innocent!" Colonel Jouaust said:
••Then you deny it?”
Dreyfus replied?
"Yes, my colonel.’’
LACONIC CAKAU KAl'IIS.
A conference of Populist leaders iu
Atlanta dociared against fusion under
any circumstances.
South Carolina’s first bale of col to i
for the present season brought 8 cents
per pound in Charleston.
General Brooke has been given in
structions to prevent at all hazards any
tilibusioring expedition in Jiminez’s in
terest leaving Cuba.
The supreme court of Tennessee has
decided that the legislature’s action in
removing certain judges and attorneys
general was constitutional.
Six hundred members of an East St.
Louis church were excommunicated be
cause they rebelled against the appoint
ment of a German-born priest to suc
ceed an Irish-American.
The governments of Brasil, Chili, Ar
gentine and possibly Uruguay, Para
guay and Bolivia, intend to form an
alliance, offensive and defensive, which,
it is asserted, will enable them to dis
pense with their unnecessary arma
ments.
Alliance Against America.
Bio di Janeiro, Brazil, Aug. 9.—In
spite of denials on the subject, it is said*
that President Boca of the the Argen
tine republic, who it now here ae the
guest of Brasil, is desirous of negotiat
ing an alliance between Argentina, Bra
sil and Ohili against the United States
The presidents of these three repnblice
will meet at Bnenoe Ayres next month.
Slob Threatens a Prison.
jACKsoKvnxs, Fla, Aag. 9.—Mel
vin Washington, a negro, ehot and
killed Deputy Sheriff Van B. Jackson
at Bristol. Fla. He was captured and
placed In jai). A mob now threatens to
take him Item prison and lynch him.
Document Received by Ail Foreign
Consuls In Muuila, With the Re>
quest That They Forward It to Their
Respective Governments. -
Manila, Ang. 8 — Agninaldo has ap
pealed to the powers for recognition of
“Filipino independence," in adooument
dated from Tarlac, July 27, and signed
by Bnencamino. It bus been received
by all the foreign consnls in Manila
with the request that they forward it to
1 their respective governments.
Tho Filipinos nse their old argument
that they had conquered the sovereignty
of these Islands from Spain befora the
signing of the treaty of Paris and there
fore Spain was in no position to cede
them to the United States. They argne
that the possession of 7,000 Spanish pris
oners captured with their arms, fight
ing against the Filipinos "is eloquent
proof of the nullity of the Spanish sov
ereignty, as when they surrendered
Spain's hold was irrevocably lost."
The document then says:
"Replying to the Spanish commis
sioners’ request to release the prisoners
because Spain no longer has political
interests in the island, we asked for n
treaty of peaco and friendship between
Spain and the Filipinos whereby the
prisoners would be released. Bnt the
commissioners refused, because it would
mean recognition of onr independence.
This is equivalent to saying that the
prisoners must stay in oar hands indefi
nitely, becanse their possession is onr
most efficacious method to adjust onr
account with Spain and obtain from her
recognition of onr inilopendenoo."
The Filipinos claim that they con-
qnered all the conniry except Manila
and that they co operated in securing
the latter’s capitulation by surrounding
it at the cost of thousands of lives.
Tboy aiso claim they conquered the
country unassisted except for t)0 guns
Admiral Dewey gavo Agninaldo and
that Admiral Dewey and ilia British
and Belgian consuls recognized the Fili
pinos’ sovereignly by asking for passes
to visit the conniry.
They repeat tlie claim that they have
letters from American consuls and gen
erals recognizing their sovereignty and
promising tlmt ibe Americans would
reeogn z) iboir independence, "which
was at tiie disposition of the power*."
The Filipinos attempt to make capi
tal of the siu’ement that Admiral
Dewey had sack confidence that Agnl-
uaiiio would serve und fulfill the rnles
of war ihat ho garo him 100 Spanish
prisoners which the American navy
had captured.
Fiually ibe Filipinos nppeal to tbe
powers to influence Washington to
bring to a termination "tbe unjust war
which is devastating tbe country."
STRIKERS CHARGE ASSAULT.
NVw York Stereo!yp *rs Ask For War
rants Against Detectives.
New YoftK, Aug. 0.—Mr. Farrell, an
oflicial of Typographical Union No 0,
accompanied by A. J. Bertram, Thomas
J. I.ucas, Joseph II Co.nmbiue nnd
Max Laugbart, former stcreotypers on
Tho Sun, appeared before Magistrate
Braun in police court today and asked
for warrants for Business Manager Pad-
dock of Tbe Sun ami several private de
tectives on tbe charge of assault.
The stereotypers said they went to
work Monday night and decided to stop
work last night. Iu the room 'n which
they qnit, they allege, were Baveral pri
vate detectives, who hnsiled them into
an elevator and on reaching the lower
floor kicked and beat them.
Lncas said two of bis teoth had been
knocked ont, Columbine bad beeu
beaten on tbe bead and face and Lang,
barth on tbe bead.
The magistrate refused warrants, bnt
said he wonld issue summons. Two
were issued, one for Paddock and the
other for John Doe.
KILLED TWOJVND HERSELF.
Ohio Women Shot Husband aud Child
and Then Suicided.
Oantos, O., Ang. 9. — A terrible
triple tragedy occurred 3 miles east of
this city last night, resulting in the
deatj^of Edward Eekinger, his wife and
their 8-year-old daughter. ’
Neighbors today discovered the dead
bodies of the three lying span the bed
in the Eekinger home.
Mrs. Eekinger evidently first shot her
husband and daughter with a shotgun
and then tridi to commit suicide by gash
ing the vein* in her wriet with a knife.
Tbe latter apparently proved too alow
or else too painfnl, for the woman pnta
third charge in the shotgun and lent it
through her heart.
Eekinger was 26 years old and a farm
I borer. Lately he has been drinking
quite heavily and frequent qnarrels
took place between him and his wife.
The conple had agreed to separate, com
mencing today. Mrs. Eekinger was 23
yearsoli!. . _
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