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THE UKERICU8 WEEKLY TIMES-REOORDER: FRIDAY, JUNE 29, 1900.
SLOW STRUCK BY HIDDEN FOE.
Small Boy With Sum of Money is
Badly Hurt
Do Ville l’arrott, the ten year old
eon of Mr. C. W. Parrott, while riding
into the city yesterday morning was
knocked senseless by a blow delivered
by an nneeen hand and is now in a
rather precarious condition, as it is
Feared that his brain has been injured.
The attack was made at Willett's
branch, two miles from town.
Mr. Parrott sent the hoy to the farm
of Sir. G. 1). Hays to deliver a cow
jinrchased by Mr. Ilays, and it was
while drivine back in his wagon that
he received the blow.
[LITTtR TO HIS. FISKHAI1 NO. 4IJO7J
“ Dear Fhik.ni>—A year ago I wi
great su fferer from female weakness.
My head ached all the time and I would
get so dizzy und have that all gone
feeling in the stomach and
nervous and restless that I did not
know what to do with myself.
My food did me no good and lhada
bad case of whites. I wrote to you and
utter taking Lydia E. Pinkham s Vege
table Compound as directed, I can
truly say that I feel like a new woman
and cannot tell you how grateful 1 am
The boy was knocked senseless, hut to you.
recovered sufficiently to drive on to| “I have recommended it to all my
friends and have given it to my
daughter who is now getting along
splendidly. May you live many- years
to help our suffering sisters.”—Mrts. C.
CARPENTEB, 253 liln.MI Sr., ISllUUKI.V.N
N. V.
the city where a physician examined
the wound in his heath This evi
dently, was made by a sharp rock or
some instrument which cnt deep into
the back of the little fellow s head
Late in the afternoon, when carried
borne, he was still suffering greatly
end serions results may follow
The blow was strnck by some onel such letters as this were re
C °Th eal , e Hi b V ber r; l9il ! ,! ' „ , Jceived by Mrs. Pinkham
The little boy did Dot see the hand . J .
that struck him down, but in his dazed curing I ‘>97* Surely this IS
and semi conscious condition this was Strong'proof of her ability
hardly to bo expected. No doubt the to help suffering women.
Over eighty thousand
appearance of someone else in the road
prevented a second and perhaps fatal
blow from the same source.
FINE ORCHARD AND YINEYARDS
Citizen in
This Line.
Whon The Times-Recorder told yes-
Was robbery the object, or was the n , « -
i , “ Success of an Amertcus
blow indicted by some careless rock
thrower in the swamp near at hand ?
One theory is that some one saw Mr
Hays pay the hoy for the cow in his j terday of the yield of onions on the
front yard, and that the purpose of the farm of Col. Henry R. Johnson, two
attack was robbery. The appearance of ml,eB from the city.it made no men
)■■ someone upon the scene may, as above f' on of the other crops produced there.
suggested, have prevented a further But there are others, and the harvest
K| attack by frightening the robber away, promises to be abundant
At all events the hoy is badly 'if not Fruit, corn, cotton, wheat and sugar
J dangerously hart, and the affair is a eane deserve special mention
l complete mystery. From a half acre of land Col. John
son has gathered more than :t00 bush
State op Ohio, City op Toledo' I 0,8 of fine onionB " worth a dollar a
Lucas County. ) s s | bushel. Many of these will be ship-
Fbank J. CiiENEY^hinkes oath that ped to northern markets,
he is the senior partner of the lirm of | From three acres of wheat he thresh-
F t c 7 . . . . irurn mriu uwcm ui wutui uo lureuu-
. J. Cheney x Co. doing business in n . ,,
the city of Toledo, county and state 6,1 bnsbel8 ’ is a fine yield tn-
aforesaid, and that said firm will pay deed. From 125 acres planted in cot-
Personal Liherty of Citizens Again
Menaced.
Amcticus poople who visit our thrif
ty neighbor, Albany, had best leave
their tobacco on this side of the raging
Muckalce or go prepared to pay the
penalty of their rashness. For Albany,
like Atlanta, has decided that she need
not expect to rate higher in the scale of
cleanliness while tobacco masticators
expectorate npon her immacnlate
sandbed sidewalks, and the city coun-
cil, therefore, has passed an anti spit
ordinance effective July 1st. On and
after that date it shall ho unlawful for
anyone, within the corporate limits
of Baid city, to spit upon any paved
sidewalk or paved crosswalk; npon the
floor of any opera honse, ehnrcb, or
other place of pnblic gathering or
amusement, npon the steps leading in
to or npon the iloors of hallways lead
ing into or out from said places; upon
the floors of any waiting room in any
public passenger depot or upon the
platform of such depot. The fine for
such offense is from SI to 825 or labor
upon the streets. Heretofore Albany
has been regarded as the cradle of per
sonal liborty, but the council, at one
fell blow, has dispelled this illusion,
\meriens is a “dry ” town, hut wo can
drink our alcohol and other beverages
sold for “mechanical purposes" and
spit where we please without having a
lynx-eyed cop arrest us. Poor Albany;
great must be her humiliation in this,
her honr of boasted cleanliness and
immaculate purity. Come to Americus,
friend Malntosh, and spit with ns.
Everything goes here.
ANOTB ER STRIKE AT FREEDOM. p|^JpQjj|y| Q|T TJ||I
REPUBLICAN PARTY
Leading Issues of the Day
Are Touched Upon.
TRUSTS ARE CONDEMNED
Administration Indorsed—Civil Ser
vice Commended—Fifteenth Amend
ment — Country's Prosperity — Gold
Standard Indorsed — Open Door In
China—Expansion, Etc.
Pl'ii.A DELPHI a, June 20.—The follow
ing is n text of the Republican platform:
The Republicans of the United States
through their chosen representatives
met in convention, looking back upon
an unsurpassed record of achievement
i.ouvuisc. uetrices of state govern- j^ronp and the best Ilftrbor in the south
ments, whether by statutory or consti- e ru Pacific, American interests hav«
tutioual enactment to avoid the purposo been safeguarded,
of the amendment, are revolutionary I Mol , roe 1)o( . trInp>
and should be condemned.
“Public movements looking to a per-! „ * y a aonrov© annexation of the
maneut improvement of roads and high- I A° t ^!L L i li P 3(I
ways ot the country meet with our cor- ! (r( _^ ta ^ e „ n b >’ our
dial approval, and we recommend this | Povernmeut in ^ the Po&ce conference t
subject to the
the jMiople of the legislatures of the sov
emi states.
“We favor the extension of the rural
free delivery service where it may be
justified. In further pursuance of the
constant policy of the Republican party
to provide free homes on the public do
main we recommend adequate national
legislation to reclaim the arid hinds of
the United States, reserving control of
the distribution of water for irrigation
to the respective states and territories.
“We favor home rule for and the early
admission to statehood of the territories
of New Mexico, Arizona and Oklahoma.
Isthmian Canal.
recommend nils g,. „ ... * - - t
consideration of Tb ® a ?? ert our stoa.lfa-t
“The Diugley act amended to provide
sufficient revenue for the conduct of the
war has so well performed its work that
it has been possible to reduce the war
adherence to the policy announcer]
the Monroe doctrine. The provision"
of The Hague convention were wisely
regarded when President MeKinl.V
entered his friendly offices in the inter,
est of peace between Great Britain ami
, the South African republics. While tin,
American government must continue!
the policy prescribed by Washington
affirmed liy every succeeding president
and imposed upm us by The Hague
treaty, of non-intervention in European
controversies, the American people earn,
estly hope that a way may be found bun.
orulily alike to both contesting parties to
terminate the strife between them.
New Responsibilities.
and looking forward into a great field of i debt iu (ho g „ m of $(0,000,000. So ant-
duty and opportunity, and appealing to plo are the government’s revenues and
the judgment of their countrymen, make I so great is the public confidence iu the
I fun*™ d ‘ a . n {J cvcr >’ oaBe Ca- I Pales whijo twenty or thirty barrels
H TAitmi that cannot be cured by the use t ... , • ,
i I of Hall’s Catakrh Cure. of 8 ? ni P W,H be mado from a l ,atch
FRANK J. CHENEY. of sugarcane now growing luxuriantly.
. Sworn to before me and subscribed But Col. Johnson’s chief pride is in
jj cember I ' r A SC D C %8(f 1 ' 8 <lay ° f b>e ’ his orchard and vineyard, now laden
■ - ‘ ' \ ' LEASON with ,be fineBt varieties of fruit.
l - Notary Public. | Four thonsaud grape vines will yield,
„ cen
£
at a low estimate, 40,000 poumlB of
na^y!*'and*acts b lirecHy 8 on*the Ltodl^T What " UOt “ a " av ° r
and mucous surfaces of the system. I
Send for testimonials, free. '
sold hero will he converted into wine,
and thus will the vineyard yield a
handsome revenue.
Col. Johnson is one of the most sne-
. cessfnl farmers in Georgia, but to Mr.
Tile Apportionment ot Plums is At-1 w. R. Speer, who superintends this
ready Begun. farm, isdne much credit for the sne-
PldKING OUT MUNICIPAL JOBS.
— ’
Along with the various other elec- ocsb achieved this year,
i, tions this year Americus will choose a This splendid litile farm of 150 acres
j mayor, three aldermen and city treas- was literally dug oat of tho swamp and
I nrer, and while the primary is yet hillsides along Willett's branch, and
4 some months off tho knowing ones are I from a poor and barren tract has been
j already dishing ont plums and in a brought np to what it now is, one of the
I speculative way forecasting the resalt. most beautiful, productive and alto-
; Interest centres largely around the gather desirable farms in Sumter.
; aelection of the mayor. A fortnne is hidden in the soil the-r
For this office not loss than seven S n<1 , Co1 ’ Johnson, ever a successful
To those living
in malarial districts Tutt’s Pills
arc indispensible, they keep the
system in perfect order and are
an absolute cure
for sick headache, indigestion,
malaria, torpid liver, constipa
tion and all bilious diseases.
Tutt’s Liver Pills
CROP SUSTAINS MUCH INJURY.
aspirants are being coached by admir
ing friends, though probably less than
halt this number will be in the field on
the day of election.
But it is a fact that their names are
being seriously discussed and esti
mates placed npon their chances. Of
developer, is after these golden riches.
A Thousand Tongues.
Could not express the rapture of An
nie E. Springer, ef 1125 Howard street,
Philadelphia, Pa., when she found that
Dr. King’s New Discovery forConsump-
, .„.tion had completely cured her of a
course some of theso gentlemen will I hacklug cough that for many years had
disclaim tho statement that they are I made her life a burden. All other rem-
cindidates, but there are others who e< bes and doctors could give her no help,
arc squarely in the raco now. ->* Bhe Ba i’ B °, f thlB 3 * 0 J al Cure-“it
rr,.— soon removed tho pain iu mychestand
Then the aldermanic raco will com- j can now sleep soundly, something I
mand a hit of attention. can scarcely remember doing bofore.’'
The terms of Aldermen Guerry 1 ,eo1 >ike sounding Its praises throirffi-
Oliver and Watts expire this year, as 01 !' l h .° U ^ lve ff“ e '”, £° w ‘ , 1 l eTP * °, ne
, .. . . ’ who trie. Dr. King’s New Dll vc.y for
u06B that of City Clerk Davis home I any trouble of Throat. Chebt liiin^s.
of these may want another tern>, or Price EOo and $100. Trial b -le. free
may even have higher aspirations. at K. J. Eldridge’s Drug Store; every
It is a trifle early to discuss proba-1 bo,tle guaranteed.
and tlie Transvaal “the boyB” are east-
ing about for suitable ones to suvo the Columbus Will Can a Thousand Bush-
country. The forthcoming city pri- el* Fruit Daily,
mary will doubtless be a f pirited one. j Americus’ big ami prosperous neigh-
At least that is the forecaste at this hor, Columbus, which owes her great-
distant stage of the game. j ness to her varied manufacturing en
terprises, will have an immense fruit
An Editor’s Awful Plight. | caunery in operation within two weeks.
Great Damage Will Result if Rains
Continue.
Commissioner of Agriculture Stevens
estimates that the recent heavy rains
hive damaged the cotton cron in Geor
gia to an extent hitherto undreamed of
by the public. He thinks a few more
days of rain will prove disastrous.
Speaking of tho serious situation
Commissioner Stevens said:
“The cotton crop has suffered great
ly and is exceedingly fall of grass.
Hundreds of acres of young cotton
have not yet been chopped out for the
first time. In addition to this the
cool nights and damp atmosphere have
caused a great deal of the cotton to be
come lousy. Lousy cotton never
amounts to much.
'However, if there should be a few
days of dry weather with hot sunshine
a great deal 'of the loss sustained dur
ing the past few w’eeks would be re
covered. Rut if the weather continues
damp and rainy for many more days
the prospect in Georgia will be any
thing but flattering.”
these declartioiis
“The exjiectation in which tho Amer
ican people, turning from the Demo
cratic party, in power four years ago, to
the Republican chief magistrate and Re
publican congress has been met and sat
isfied. When the people then assembled
at the polls after a term of Democratic
legislation and administration, business
was dead, industry paralyzed aud the
national credit disastrously impaired.
Tho country’s capital was hidden away
and its labor distressed and unemployed.
Tin* Democrats had no other plan with
which to improve the ruinous conditions,
which they had themselves produced,
than to coin silver at the ratio of 10 to 1.
“The Republican party denouncing
this plan as sure to produce conditions
even worse than those from which relief
was sought, promised to restore prospe
rity by means of two legislative meas
ures—a protective tariff and a law mak
ing gold a standard of value. The peo
ple, by great majorities, issued to tho
Republican party a commission to enact
these laws. This commission lias been
executed aud the Republican promise is
redeemed. Prosperity, more general and
more abundant than we have ever
known, has followed these enactments.
There is no longer controversy as to tho
value of any government obligations.
Every American dollar is a gold dollar
or its assured equivalent and American
credit stands higher than that of any
nation. Capital is fully employed and
everywhere labor is profitably occupied.
No singje fact cau more strikingly tell
the story of what Republican govern
ment means to the country than this—
that while during the whole period of
107 j’ears from 1700 to 180
integrity of its obligations that its newly
funded 2 per cent bonds sell at a pre
mium.
“The country is now justified in ex
pecting, and it will be the policy of the
Republican party, to bring about a re
duction of the war taxes.
“We favor the construction, owner
ship, control aud protection of the isth
mian canal by the government of the
United States. New markets are neces
sary for the increasing surplus of our
farm products. Every effort should be
made to open and obtain new markets,
especially in the Orient, and the admin
istration is warmly to be commended for
its successful effort to commit all trad
ing and colonization nations to the policy
of the “open door” in China.
Department of Commerce.
“In tho interest of our expanding
commerce, wo recommend that congress
create a department of commerce and
industries iu the charge of a secretary
with a state portfolio. It should be
organized under the basis of appoint
ment, and will render it serviceable to
the nation’s increasing trade.
“That confidence the Democratic par
ty has never earned. It is hopelessly
inadequate, and tho country’s prosperity
with Democratic successes at tho polls
halts and ceases.
“We renew our allegiance to the prin
ciple of the gold standard and declare
our confidence in tho wisdom of tho leg
islation of the Fifty-sixth congress by
which tho parity of all our money and
the stability of our currency oil a gold
basis has born secured. We recognize
that tho interest rates are a potent fac
tor in production and business activity
qualiz
and for the purpose of further
an excess of exports over importaof only I ing and of further lowering the rates of
$()S:j,028,497, there has been in tho short ! interest we favor such
. ... monetary legi.
three years of the present Republican t latiou as will enable the varying needs
administration an excess of exports over ! of tho season, and of all sections, to be
imports in the enormous sum of $1,843,- ■ promptly met, in order that trade mav
637,094, und while the American poople, oe evenly sustained; labor steadily em-
sustained by this Republican legislation, ployed and commerce enlarged. Tho
have been achieving these splendid tri- volume *of money in circulation was
umphs in their business and commerce, ’ never so great per capita a* it is today,
thoy have conducted and in victory con- j .
eluded a war for liberty and humanity. 1 r,,Ht
“Iu accepting by the treaty of p ar ii
the just responsibility of our victories iu
the Spanish war the president and tin-
senate won tin* undoubted approval of
tlie American people. No other couiv
was possible than to destroy Spain’s soy
ereignty throughout the old world and in
the Philippine islands. This course cre
ated our responsibility before the world
and with tho unorganized population
whom our intervention had freed from
Spain to provide for the maintenance of
law and order and for the establishment
of good government and for the perform
ance of international obligations. Our
authority could not be less than our re-
sponsibility, and wherever sovereign
right extended its area the high duty of
the government to maintain its author
ity, to put down armed insurrection
and to confer the blessings of liberty
and civilization upon all the rescued
peoples.
“The largest measnro of self-govern
ment consistent with their welfare and
our duties shall be secured to them In
law. To Cuba independence and self,
government were assured in the sumo
voice by which war was declared and to
the letter of this pledge shall be per
formed.
“The Republican party, upon its his
tory and upon this declaration of prin
ciples and policies, confidently invokes
the considerate and approving judgment
of the American people.”
THE OLDEST CONFEDERATE.
No thought, of national aggmndizemout
tarnished tho high purposo with which
tho American standards were unfurled.
It was a war unsought and patiently re
sisted, hut when it came the American
government was ready. Its fleets were
cleared for action. Its armies were in
Coadein nod.
“Wo declare our steadfast opposition
to the free and unlimited coinage of sil
ver. No measure to that end could Ihj
considered which was without the sup
port of the leading commercial countries
of tlie world. However firmly Republi
can legislation may seom to have secured
MORE ROMANCE THAN DOLLARS
F. M. Higeins, Editor Scucea, (Ills.) A half hundred such enterprises could
News, was oillicted for yerrsivith I’iles do a successful business in Georgia,
&W?, CtO Z, 0r f eD L cd T b ®jl’ ei3 until au ,i Americus ought to have one. The
he tried Bncklen a Arnica Halve. He 1
writes two lanes wholly cured him. It's
tho snrest Pile cure on errth and the
best salve in the world. Cure guaran
teed. Only 25 cents. Hold by E. J.
Eltlridge, druggist.
COTTON JUMPED FORTY POINTS
Advance of Nearly a Half Cent With
in Two Pays.
Bad weather reports from tho cotton
belt sent prices scaring yesterday, and
the end is not yet. August 'contracts
jnmped to 8.u0. an advance of nearly a
ball cent within two or three days,
while January, another favorite month,
was quoted at 8.25 on the close. The
coulract market has advanced nearly a
cent a pound within the past three
weeks, though recovering from a bad
“break" of fully that mnek. Contin
ued rains this week will send prices
ain above nine cents.
plant of tho Williams Company, iu
Columbus, will have a capacity of
1,000 bushels of fruit daily. This
company will erect seycrcl large can-
net ies theie before another season.
THIS MARRIAGE AT rRIFNDSHIP
Cupid's Arrows Strike Heme There
Yesterday Morning.
At the home of thebridenear Friend
ship yeste day morning Miss India
lluchanao, of this county and Mr. E.
P. Carr, of Wilcox, were unite 1 in
mo-tiage in the presence ol numerous
relatives and friends. Tho fair bride
is an accomplished aud popular young
lady and well known in Americus,
where she has relatives. The young
couple c- me litre after the ceremony,
en route to ‘heir home near Abbeville.
Curo Cold In Hoad.
Kermntft Chocolate, Laxative fiuitiiae, easy
' i .ere
to take amt quick to cure culd m bead a
Couple Get the Marble Heart For
Lack of Cash.
A colored coupled ambled into Judge
.Speer's office attho courthouse yester
day, and planking down $1 50 in nick
els, dimes and coppers triumphantly
demanded u marriage license. After
carefully counting the currency, to see
that the pile was not shy a penny,
Judge Speer gave them written per
mission to open hostilities for life.
The radiant groom and coy bride-
elect then asked that the knot be tied
“on a crcdick,” but here they got the
marble heart. A dollar is the price,
and having not a eon left in his jeans
the bridegroom pocketed his smiles
aud with his half wedded partner sail
ed forth in the rain to find somebody
who would either marry them “on
credit" or lend the price
the field and the quick and signal tri-I the country ugainst tho peril of base and
uinpli of its forces oil land und sea boro ' discredited currency, tho election of u
equal tribute to the courage of Ameri- ' Democratic president could not fail to
eon soldiers aud to tlie skill and foresight impair tho country's credit and to bring
of Republican statesmanship. To 10,- once more into question the intention of
000,000 of the human race there was ii' e American poople to maintain upon
given ‘a new birth of freedom’ and to tbo K° lf3 standard the parity of their
the American people a new aud noble money eirculation.
responsibility. j “Tlie Democratic party must bo cou-
Admlnlstratlon Indorsed. vinced that tho American people will
.. . . . . . 1 never tolerate the Chicago platform.
We indorse tho administration of j “We recognize the necessity and pro-
William McKinley. Its acts have been priety of the honest co-operation of capi-
established in wisdom and in patriotism, tnl to meet new business conditions, and
and at home and abroad it lias distinctly I especially to extend our rapidly increus-
elevated and extended the inflnonre nf 4,,.. 1 1 .
THE BOVINE WAS A FIGHTER cl , on, '- v ,,f tb i s couutr >'- moreover, sup
ply^! compelling reason for legislation
which will enable us to recover our
former place among the trade carrying
fleet of the world.
“The nation owes a debt of profound
Idlers and sailors who
And Took Issue on Beius led to the
Slaughter.
A two dollar piuey woods bn!! and n
confiding colored citizen made a circus
well woith seeing at the courthouse
yesterday, Africauus bought Taurus
at estruy sale, but when the excursion
towards home began his bullship es
sayed to push instead of pull back. A
head end collision resulted, and then
the main performance, entirely free,
opened np. The man caught the bull
by the horns aud was afraid to turn
loose, and together they plowed up an
acre rf street as the combination
whirled round the circle. It was a
great show, and 1,500 “busy” civilians
enjoyed it.
frwaBMP
Ue.t C-.u,li iyrup.”’’!z
in tin:.. Sold by drtieal.i
X In tlm.. Sold St dru.-ot-t-.
elevated and extended the influence of mg foreign trade, but wo condemn aU
tho American nation. Walking untried conspiracies and combinations intended
paths and lacing unforeseen responsibil- | to restrict business, to create monopolies
ities, President McKinley has been in . to limit production or to control prices
every situation tho true American pa- | and favor such legislation us will c’f-
tnot and the upright statesman, clear in fcctually restrain and prevent all such
vision, strong in _ judgment, firm iu abuses, protect and promote competition
actum, always inspiring and deserving a iul secure the rights of producers, la
the confidence of his countryman. | borers aud all who are engaged in iu.
"Iu asking tho American people to in- dustry und commerce,
dorse this Republican record and to re-
new their commission to the Republican | Hcstrlctlon or Immigration,
party we remind them of the fuct that ! “Wo renew our faith iu tho policy of
the menace to their prosperity has til- j protection to American labor. In that
ways resided in Democratic principles isilicy our industries have been estab-
and no less in the general incapacity of! lished, diversified and maintained. By
the Democratic party to conduct public ■ protecting the homo market com]ietitiiin
affairs. The prime essential of business ' bus been stimulated und production
prosperity is public confidence iu the | cheapened. Opportunity to tho inven-
good sense of the government and iu its tjve genius of our people has been lie-
ability to deal intelligently with each cured and wages in every department of
new problem of administration and leg- labor maintained at high rates, higher
islatiou. That confidence the Demo-1 now than ever before, always distin-
cratie party has never earned. It is our guishing onr working people ill their
present dependence upon foreign ship- ! better conditions of life from those of
ping for nine-tenths of our foreign car-! any comjietiug country,
rying that is a great loss to the industry “Enjoying the blessings of American
of this country. It is also u serious dim- common school, secure iu the right of
ger to our trade, for its sudden with- self government and protected in the
drawn! in the event of European war cupanoy of their own markets, their con- „„i,i„ ,,,
would seriously eripplu ew. expanding 1 sfantly increasing knowledge and skill f 1 *' 1 lraflk '' tho onl
foreign commerce. | have enabled them finally to enter the
Civil Service Commended. markets of the world. We favortlie as-
“The national defense aud naval effl- ^ ,,f rt ' ci F'*’ i ff, so directed
Seymour Garner of Alabama Cluims
This Distinction.
Camden, Ala., June 23.—Perhaps tlie
oldest confederate soldier is Seymour
Garner, living near here. He is 108years
old. He was born in Georgia iu 1791,
and came to Camden in 1812, when it
Was the wild woods of the territory in
which tlie Indians roamed in almost un
disputed possession. That was before
the name of Alabama was ever applied
to any region of country, Ho says he
has buried three wives and nine chil
dren.. Tho only child he has now liv
ing is a son about 60. This son wan
born when the father was already an
old man with gray hair.
He is a small man rather below th -
medium size, with white hair and beard
and a complexion as fresh as the usual
man <>* 70. His eyes are somewhat dim
and he is slightly hard of hearing. His
eyebrows still have some streaks of Un
original dark color among the gray, al
though they droop over the eyes from
age.
Mr. Garner is probably the oldest man
in Alabama and the oldest confederate
soldier. He enlisted for the Mexican
war, but his company never got to the
front.
NEW RAILROAD UNDER WAY.
Work I leg a ii on the Chattahoochee and
Gulf Line.
Montgomery, Ala., Juno 23. — The
Chattahoochee and Gulf railroad is now
under construction. It has been sur
veyod, and is being built from Colum
bia, Ala., which is on the line of the
Georgia railway, iu a southeast direc
tion, passing through Dothan, Ala..
thence into Geneva county, crossing the
Chattahoochee river about 10 miles north
of Geneva, and passing through Coffee
Springs, Ala., to a point on Pea river, a
distance of about OS miles. Tho lino is
being built by individual capitalists iu
Georgia and Alabama.
The company has agreed to construct
the line according to tho specifications
of the Central of Georgia railroad, which
has entered into uu agreement to lease
the property for a term of years. All
quipmout will be furnished by the Cen
tral of Georgia railroad.
The line (Kisses through a fertile and
undeveloped country abounding in lum
ber properties and good laud.
CITY FREE FROM DISORDER.
Louis.
as to open our markets on favorable
terms for what we do not ourselves pro
duce. in return for these foreign markets.
“In the further interest of American
workmen we favor a more effective re
striction of tho immigration of labor
from foreign lands, the extension of op-
•ctive system of labor insurance.
Foreign Affairs.
Tho American
who fell in the country’s cause. Tim
pension laws founded on this just senti
ment should be liberal and should bo
liberally administered and Dreferenco
snoum in} given to them m the employ
ment of public servants to soldiers and
sailors or to their widows and orphans.
••We commend tho policy of the Re-
publican jiurty in maintaining tho effi
ciency of the civil service. The admin
istration has acted wisely in its efforts
to st -cure for public service in Cuba,
Porto Rico, Hawaii and the Philippine
islands only those whose fitness has been
determined by training and cxjierienot*.
Iw-lieve that the employment in the
• territories should
s possible to their
effective
government must
urs Running an Usual at St.
Merchants Protest. .
St. Louis, June 22.—The strike situa
tion lias quieted down, cars are running
on all divisions of the Transit com
pany’s system and to all appearances,
public service in tin
he confined as far
inhabitants.
“It was the plain purpose of the fif
teenth amendment to the constitution to
prevent discrimination on account of
race or color in regulating the elective
protect the person and property of every
citizen wherever they are placed in
peril. \V(* congratulate the women of
America upon their splendid record
public service in the Volunteer AM
sociation and as nurses in campimdho.s.
pital during the recent campaigns of our
armies in the East ami West Imii.es ami
we appreciate their faithful work iu ed-
ucation and industry.
••President McKinley has conducted
the forenm nffmrs of the United States
with distinguished credit to the Ameri
can people. In releasing us from tho
vexatious conditions of an European al
llauce for the government of Smi.ra. ui.
• of Samoa, his
course is especially to bo commended
By securing to our individual control
the most important island of tfie Samoan
dication that a strike exists is the pres
ence of armed men, members of the
posse comitatus oil guard around the
powerhouses afad carshedsof the Transit
company. Tho police barracks have been
deserted and the police are no longer
held iu reserve to answer riot calls.
Representatives of various busim-*
houses ore protesting that tho boycott*
declared against them are unmerited
and unjust. In a bulletin issued today
the unions are advised to act slowly and
with care iu declaring boycotts and t*>
take no steps without according a hear
ing to those against whom action is pro
posed.
Mici itr Reduces tlio Force.
St. Louis, June 23.—Sheriff MI-
maim has begun reducing the force of
deputies cm duty to • 600, under order*
issued by the .board of police coiniui--**
Honors. The men not needed are given
furloughs until July 4, when the whole
force will be on duty again. The
numbers 1,226 men and 75 officer-.
Rough Rider Reunion.
Fort Wohtii, Tex., June 23.—It k
estimated that 100,000 people will attend
the Roosevelt Rough Rider reunion at
Okluhomu City July 1, 2, 3 aud 4.»
velt makes his speech on July 3, the
first set speech since his vice presidential
nomination. He will visit Kansas and-
Missouri.