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THE 4MEBICUS WEEKLY TIMES-RECORDER: FRIDAY, OCTOBER 5,
1900.
THE TIMES-RECORDER.
Daily and Weekly.
Thb Am timers Kecokoth, Established 1879
Th« Amshicus Times. Established lWKi
Consortia ted, April, 1891.
Incorporated. January. 1894.:
Subscription Hates:
HOLDING BACK COTTON.
A number of the members of the New
York Cotton‘Eschnnt'o were interview
eil, a day or two ai,"\ respectiu;; the
Cotton (.rowers'Protective Association,
Most of those who consented to talk on
the subject expressed the opinion that
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MARIE LOUISE MYRICK,
EDITOR AND BUSINESS! MANAGER
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ANEKICBS. GA., OCT. 5, 1900.
Senator A. O. Paeon will make
speeches far Jinan and Stevenson in
Man land and Delaware, Ue is n
strong and cogent reasoner and his
speeches will exert influence on voters.
—Augusta Chroniele.
twenty icars to form combinations
of cotton growers for the purpose of
holding back cotton and thus controll
ing the price of it, and that practically
nothing had bee accomplished.
According to their view there are too
many cotton growers and too many in
terests concerned in the cotton crop
to permit of the success of any effort to
control the price of cotton by holding
it in warehouses or by any other means.
Tu the first place it would be impossi
ble to get a majority of the cotton
growers into the combination, and in
the second place it would be a difficult
matter to get those who entered the
coubinntiou to hold cotton when thev
thought the time had como to sell it.
When tho price was low many would
sell thinking the price would go lower,
and whon it was high many would re
fuse to sell-hoping the price would go
still higher.
HORRIBLE BUTCHERY
OF THE MISSIONARIES
Hasss.crod Through Treach
ery of the Governor.
SLAIN BY THEIR ESCORT
The legal profession could improve
matters considerably in this State if it
would get rid of the shy ster element.
These legalized birds of prey stir up
strife nnd litigation to a disgraceful
and alarming extent.
The farmers of this section of the
cotton belt have had tho most fa
vorable weather for picking cotton
this fall, and have availed themselves
of the advantages thus afforded. While
the crop is smaller tbau usual, the
sample has, for the most part, been
very fine, which has added materially
to the price received for it.
COTTONSEED TOO HIGH.
Manufacturers of cottonseed oil are
"up against” a proposition that has
already closed four or more of the
largest mills in the state and will likely
cense more mills to close down. At
the beginning of the season the market
price of Beed was §12 per ton. Tho
quotation later in the season was set at
§17 by tho Atlantic Cotton Oil Com
pany, which operates four of tho larg
est mills in tho state. The price has
bounded past the ((notation and is now
§20 per ton. Previous to the civil
war the farmers used their cottonseed
to fill gullies and now they are selling
them for 30 cents per bushel. Manufac
turers claim that when tho seed is
bought for §2<> anywhere from §2 to §3
is lost per ton. There is no expected
advance in the price of crudo or refined
oil and all mills which are now buying
at §2 > are engaging in the wildest
speculation. — Charleston
Courier.
Some members of the exchange.how-
ever, expressed the opinion that the as
sociation was a good thing for the cot
ton farmers nnd that in the course o
time thero would bo warehouses all
over the cotton section, in which cot
ton would be stored and negotiable
certificates issued on it, just as thero
are warehouses in tho West now for
the storage of wheat on which ware
house certificates are issued. They ex
pressed the belief that it would be pos
sible for the cotton growers to control
tho price of cotton to a cortain extent.
Nothing, they said, could be inferred
from what the association has done
and is doing this year, because condi
tions in the cotton world this season
are abnormal. The cottou growers get
a great deal more for their cotton than
they expected to get when they
plnuted, and there is no reason why
they should hold back cottou. If,
however, the crop was largo and the
price low, cotton growers would bo
anxious to encourage the holding back
of cotton, so that by the judicious
marketing of it—that is, distributing
tha sale of it throughout the entiro
season—a better price would be ob
tained.
The Cottou Growers Protective As
sociation is not likely to get a fair trial
until a season of low priced cottou
comes. From present indications such
a season need not bo expected for at
least two years. The present crop is ad
mitted to be a small one, aud tho
world could and would take a big crop
next season at a prico that would be
very remunerative to the growers.
■Savaauah News.
News and frauds
IT COSTS MORE TO LIVE.
Tho “prosperity” of tho country is
being constantly burped upon by tho
Republican organs nnd speakers. Ti nt
the tru-ts and the moneyed meu a:o
exceptionally prosperous goes without
saying, but what of tho toilers? A
Maryland paper gives tho following
figures as au object lesson to show b(.w
consumers are faring:
‘ It requires 50 per cent more wheat
to buy a stove than it did in 1893. It re
quires 2'i bushels more corn to buy a
WBgon than it did iu 1MW, It requirt s
ICO per cent more corn or wheat to buy |
a copper kettle tbau in 1MW5. It requires
twice as much corn to buy a coil of
rope as in 189i>, It requires 40 per cent
more grain to buy a plow than in lsuil.
It requires 75 per eeut more grain to
by a hoe, a rake or a shovel than in j
1896. A set of common wheels that!
cost §7 in 1830 now cunt §12. The price !
of cultivators and other farm imple
ments has gone up proportionately.
Galvanized barbed wire costs from §d
to 44.50 more than in 1830, You have
to pay 40 percent more for glasses than
in 1830. Freight rates have climcd
back to tho exorbitant prices which
caused a popular revolt in legislation
a few years ago. The prices of oil,
coal, lumber, tools and hardware have
gone up from 40 to loo per cent. ’’
The bitterost enmity exists between
those who were formerly tho best cf
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! If a Woman
I wants to put out a fire she doesn't
1 heap on oil and wood. She throws
! on water.knowingthat waterquenches
•fire. When a woman wants to get
well from d.seases peculiar to her sex.
she should not add fuel to the fire
already burning her life away. She
should not take worthless drugs and
potions composed cf harmful narcot
ics and opiates. They do not check
the disease—they do not cure it—they
simply add fuel to the fire.
Bradfield's Female
Regulator should be
taken by every woman
, or girl who has the
I slightest susp ; cicn of
k any of the ail-
m-nts which uf.
flict women.
They will fciir.ply
be wasting time
until they take it.
The Regulator is
a j) u r 1 f y i
stren g t h e n :
tonic, which rets
at the root*of the
disease nnd cures
It does not drug
h—•» it eradicates it.
J'S falling- f the womb.
ind periodical sutlerir.'gVlr*-
reguiar, scanty or painful
menstruation; nnd by doing
all this drives away the
hundred and cr.e aches and
pains which drain health
and beauty, happiness and
good temper from many a
woman’s life. It is the one
remedy above nil others
which every woman should
know about aud use.
61.00 per bottle*
ut an j drug store.
Send four free
The c Bradfield
Tfyguhtor Co. #
AtUntt, Ci.
Refugees Murdered by Chinese Sol.
liters—Olliers Went to the Governor
For Protection and Were Cut to
Pieres by liuxers In Ills Presence.
Tik.v Thin, Sept. .7, via Sax Fua.v.
cisco, Get. 3.—A circnmstautinl narra
tive of the massacrees iu Slmu Si prov
ince has reached here through a uativo
Christian teacher who escaped aud, after
a remarkable journey through the coun
try by foot and boat, has just arrived.
This man is u graduate from the North
China college, speaking English fluently
and absolute confidence is placed iu his
statements by the American missiona
ries.
His story confirms previously reported
murders mid adds details of shocking
crucify. It covers u period from early
June, when the trouble beguu, down to
the latest known outrage, which, us pre
viously roimrtcd, occurred Aug. 15 at
Yen Chou Fu, about 50 miles southwest
of Tnsyunn when .Mr. nnd Mrs. Atwa
ter uud their little children, Mr. and
Mrs. C. W. Price, their son, nil of tho
American I ward; Mr. and Mrs. Brugh-
rtu of the Swedish mission nnd Miss
bldered, an English lady, were butch
ered. The refugee Vstory of tho mur
ders directly implicates Hu Hsien, tile
governor of Slinn Si, who has previously
U-en charged with instigating aud abet
ting the killing of foreigners.
One old prefect of Y'cn Chou Fu died
, °. r , before Anp. 13 and the governor
of Shan St sent a new man. Two days
after his arrival ho demanded of the
local officials why tho foreigners had
not been expelled.
■ Treachery or the Chinese.
The magistrate, who was friendly to
the missionaries, replied that there was
no occasion for their expulsion, but un
der compulsion arrested the chief dis
penser of tho hospital. The mau was
ven 300 blows and the demand made
lat he should secure the arms iu pos
session of the mission. These were ac
cordingly given up, two pistols and two
rifles. The demaud was repeated that
they must hasten their departure. Four
country carts were prepared for them
and their goods duly packed. Thev
were to start on Aug 15, guarded by 20
soldiers. The teacher, on tho advice of
one of the soldiers, escaped from the
party some few miles from the village
of Ksi Shili.
Theparty was supposed to be sent to
Ping Y ao, about 30 miles from Fu Chow.
When not far away ou his li., • f escape
h i heard the firing of a gun. tie after
ward learnoil that this Was the siguul
for the attack upon the party. They
were escorted by tho soldiers a few
miles further, where they were met by
nnothor detachment and all wore at
tacked aud killed with swords.
Going back to early iu June a graphic
and apparently reliable account of all
the murders iu the Shan Si provinco is
given. Much of it is too horrible for
publication. Men, women aud children
were butchered, their bodies mutilated
aud, in many instances, their heads
were placed on tho gates of the villages
So far as known tho first murders oo
curred Juue 28, when two women, mem
bers of the China inland mission, were
killed at Hisia Ti Hsi Fa. They were
Miss Whitechnrch and Miss Sowell,
who lived alone at tho mission, a re
mote placo.
Horrible Hutehery of Foreigners.
The next outrago took place at Show
Yang, about 75 miles from Tai Yuan
Yu, which is a mission station of the in
dependent workers, on Juno 29. ' The
story of this massacre, if true, leaves
llttlo doubt of the guilt of tho locul
Chinese authorities. Iu all 33 persons
were slain. Amoug them were Mr. and
Mrs. T. W. Piggott, their soil, Mr. Rob
ertson, a tutor; Miss Duval, a teacher,
nnd the dnughter of Mr. Atwater of
Yen Chon Fu. They were sent to Tai
Y'uan. On the march they suffered ter
ribly. Ou qjrivmg ut Tai Y'uan tlie\
were placed In separate rooms and suf
fered many indignities. A complete list
of nil foreigners was demanded by tho
governor ou July 7. Ho then ordered
them all to come to his yamen, assuring
them they would bo protected aud cs
oorted safely to tile coast.
The order was complied with and tno
entire party of foreigners was admitted
between flies of soldiers through tho
outer gate to the court. Ouco sufely in
the wulls of the yamen the ranks of tho
soldiers were opened and about 40 Box
ers admitted. They fell upon the un
armed missionaries with swords and a
horrible butchery ensued. Tho bodies
of the unfortunate men nnd women
wore hacked to pieces, their heads cut
off and placed tu baskets, which were
suspended over the four gates of the
citjt. |
Forty native Christians were also
slain aud the following day the Catholic
priests, said to have all teen French
men, were beheaded.
According to reports current here aud
at Peking tho governor at Sliau Si sent
a dispatch to the Peking government re-
imrtiug the massacre and demanding a
reward.
fa At Tai Kn, about 20' miles from Tai
Yuan, F. W. Davis, C. 1). Williams. D.
II. Clapp nnd wife, Miss Rowona Ford
and Miss Susan Partridge were killed.
Tho heads were taken to Tai Yuan and
placed in the baskets on tho gates, and
it is said the hearts of the men were cut
out and carried to Peking.
One hundred native Christians were
killed at the time, do of them being con
verts of tlie Roman Catholic mission.
These Poop!,, bad no means of resistance
and were simply slaughtered.
Ordered to Shoot Foreigners.
Berlin, Oct. 3.—Official udvices from
Peking, dated Sept. 23, assert that a
further examination of the Chinese non
commissioned officer accused of Baroa
Kettolcr's murder, resulted in this state-
incut: “On Juno I we received orders
from the prince to shoot„ foreigners
wherever we came across their.’’ The
accused, it aupears, decided that the or
der was to shoot a minister, or the Ger
man minister. He declared hiuuelf on-
able to say which prince gave the order.
9/ews of a Sreat Shoo Sale.
y AST preparations have been made for this sale. Hundreds upon hunting
on new and handsome shoes have just been opened and added to the already . °
stcclc. You can’t go anywhere and find better or more stylish shoes; and no whe/e T
can equal shoes be bought tor less than a third more to double our bargain price. * *
Two hundred pairs Ladies’ Dongola Shoes, comfortable, serviceable, fashionab'e- n
sizes, heels and spring heels, made to sell for $2 00, at «, ‘ ;
_ _ ’ • • vi»2^ pair
J%t 65c, Children’s Shoes of black kid sqin button and lace; sizes 5 to 8.
yZt 75c. Children’s black bid; better grade; sizes 5 to 8.
Jtt s/. OO; Children’s black kid; excellent school shoes, sizes 12 to 2.
57:25; Fine g ratl e kid skin, several neat shapes, 12 to 2.
‘Wonderful 77dargains
•Tor 7/fonday and Tjuosday.
One thousand remnants of heavy fleec
ed Flannelettes. They are yard wide and
are considered great values at 12|c; Monday
and Tuesday only, at 7 /-2c yd.
Remnant lot of Men’s English Square
Ties; made of Silk of high character; not
one in the lot worth less than 50c, and most
of them are the 75c quality. P ; j ce to dose
Monday and Tuesday, at 3S C . cad,
Fifty Ladies’ Mercerized Petticoats, all
colors, worth as usually sold at $1.75, Mon
day and Tuesday only, at 9Sc. oacA.
Fifty dozen all-linen Towels, size 17x
34 inches; a great bargain Monday and
Tuesday, at , 0c . each.
One hundred Ladies’ full size Hand
kerchiefs, colored borders, Monday and
Tuesday, at /c . oachi
Patent Elastic Seam Drawers, Scriv-
en’s and Garland make; you know the
price; Monday and Tuesday we will sell
them .49c. pair.
One case Ladies’ full seamless Hose,
guaranteed fast black, high spliced heels
and tees; never sold for less than 15c; here-
Monday and Tuesday, at 8 /-3c. pair.
Five hundred yards Crash Toweling'
good weight; worth 5c; here Monday and
at 1.2c.
One thousand yards wool dress goods,
38 inches wide, ten shades, worth 35c, here ]
Monday and Tuesday only, at /g c , y
Five hundred yards fine Embroideries, 1
shoit lengths ana brightly soiled pieces.
Some of it is 10 inches wide worth up to I
35c. Choice Monday and Tuesday, at.
• • • 12 /-2c. yd, I
20 dezen imitation Guyct Suspenders,|
regular price 25c, here Monday and Tues-
da y> 8t /(fc. flair.I
Fifty Men’s suits, all-wool filling, al I
sizes from 34 to 44. They are the best!
value you ever saw at $5.00, Monday andl
Tuesday only we offer them for. S3.98 nitl
Men’s White Dress Shirts==The 85c Kind for 50c Each]
Just twelve dozen of these very good shirts left. Had four times that many few day]
ago. Monday will probably close out this remaining lot. They are shirts with lined
bosoms and made of good muslins, and carefully, honestly made, equals
m every detail to a good 85c. shirt, sizes 14 to 17. Price, q §OC GcICl
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IIS and 117 Forsyth Street, Shaw’s Old Stand, Amerlcus, Qa.
CATARRH
LOCAL
and
CLIMATIC
Nothing hut a local
remedy or change
of.cllmatc will cure
CATARRH
The specific Is
Ely’s Cream Balm
It Is quickly Al>-
orbed. Gives Relief —
Opens and cleanse* COLD >n HEAD
the Nasal Passages. Allay* Inflammation.
Htals and Protects the Membrane. Restores
the sense# of Taste and Smell. No Murcurv.
No Injurious drug. Kegu’ar Size, 50 cents.
Famliv Size. 91 <H) at DrugipstH or by mall.
ELY HKOTH KKS, M Warren St. New York.
GAc City *Druy Store,
/Tfotcl Windsor. - P.
amar
Stroctl
1 - If yon want a
LudnS. l08Q on Y° nr
Ul farm or city
- —" ' property, yon
will save aioucy by seeing me. Three
to ten years time. Rates low and tbrms
easy. Office iu Planters Hank building.
G. "R. ELLIS.
Americas, Ga.
A SUIT
FROM
OUR SHOP
Can te ‘spotted” every
time. It has a tony, dressy
effect that other Tailors can
not equal, and that is not
even imitated by the makers
of ready made goods.
Finninger Co.,
....Tailors
4o5 Jackson Street.
Our handsome store is now open and we can
supply every want in Drugs, Chemicals,
• Toilet Goods, and everything carried in a
....First=CIass Drug Store.
Our prescription department is under the man
agement of MR. W. F. MIMS, a skilled ami
experienced pharmacist.
..Full Line Cigars and Tobaccos]
Ihc finest sedawater and ices at our splendid
fountain. Remember the City Drug Store.
H. E. ALLEN, Prop. Americus,
s-t-tt-t-o-te-j-e c-s-s-e ; t-t3et6s-e-e-fte*6(8is<i’fr<s-eee e - ttJS *i
| la grange female college
LA GRANGE, GA.
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Standard Literary Curriculum. Er^dling in
H tlon and Music. The Music Course w the bifi
and the Lest graded In the South. Knghsh
la the native tongue of every tea.’-er.
Simplicity and economy lu
dress required of
every pupil.
I -I Next session begins September 1% 19ft)’
for the Facts.
j : | RUFUS W. SMITH, Pr<>^
i a’j-j-a-s'a-s-j'ai.j .33.3.5.5
Situated in one cf
the oldest and most
cultured communi
ties of Georg a, and
surrounded by all the
benefits of Christian
influences* An un
equalled climate for
healthfulness ....
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Rulesf'sou?“5 •a?|r W ?SiS°, VE,tNMENT POSITIONS. 85,000places ucdernG 1 ^^
ye... cash or Prepares by mall for all Government r*
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