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EXPANSION
AMERICUS
Hfl
11(e STV-THI*B YEAR
AMERICUS, GEORGIA, FRIDAY, MAY 31, 1901.
NUMBER 7
O I JJUMMBlt « hero, and those who start
OC^' * * I ** n S ht wlU 8° through the whole summer
^ • season with little trouble. A taint of Mala-
ry^Uf* T I rial P oisonin g >n your blood to-day will last
kIEOL • = until the Fil11 unl <-‘ss you drive it out now.
r O | Blood Medicines can’t cure Malaria, poison-
The antidote for Malaria poisoning is
JOHNSON S TONIC.
The sickest man is not always in hed. The meanest kind
0 f sickness is just to be able to attend to one’s duties. With
rich blood in your veins you perform, with pleasure, the work
that becomes an arduous task for half well people.
Why don’t you take .JOHNSON’S TONIC ? It is the
World's Greatest Medicine. The dealer makes less money on
JOHNSON S TONIC than on any other kind. Now remember
that yoar health is your business and making money is his
business.
It would pay you better to drive twenty-five miles to get a
bottle ot JOHNSON'S TONIC rather than use the cheap kiud
that pays more profit to the dealer.
Money-making and Life-saving don’t run very close togetli-
JOHNSON'S TONIC is the kind that cures. It is 100 times
better than Quinine. Does in one day what slow Quinine
cannot do in ten days.
Defter do your own thinking when your health is at stake.
insist upon having the World's Greatest Medicine,
JOHNSON'S CHILL and FEVER TONIC.
Extract from a Latter dat d
Granitvllle, S. C, Auguat 26, 1889.
At the age of 50, with 25 year* of activo
practice, I arn a careful observer and cau
tious In endorsing propriotary medicines, but
I can conscientiously endorse your Johnson’s
Chili, anu Fevkh Tonic as ono of tbe best
combination remedies for Cbills and Fever I
hare ever used. It corrects tho vitiated se
cretions of the liver, relloves costiveness, and
promotes absorption and assimilation of food,
thus fulfilling all tbo Indications claimed for It.
Yours trnly,
T. P. Edwards, M. D.
Tt has been on the market for tho
past seventeen years, and stands
higher to-day as a curative agent
than any other medicine made.
Take a thorough course of JOHN
SON’S TONIC and enjoy that keen
pleasure in life that only belongs to
thoroughly well people.
Costs 50 cents a bottle,
to-day.
A. B. GIRARDEAU,
SAVANNAH, GA.
and contraction are two of tbe most important fea
tures of paint. A paint which will rot expand or
contract according to atmospherical conditions is
sure to crack, blister and peel off.
Moore’s Pure House Colors
being competed of the best pigment t and pure
iinseed oil possess the necessary elasticity to ob
viate these difficulties and therefore make it the
one preferred.
We will send yor.c- painter color card and
quote prices rf you will furnish his name.
The Sheffield-Huntington Company,
Paints-and Hardware, Americus, Oa.
PARKER & DUNCAN.
Successors McLeod Co M -Oglethorpe, Ga.
M'e bundle tike best brands of Wliiskey and Beer, and give
part icular attention to Mail Ordcns. Following is a price list
"I a few of our leading brands of fine liquors.
I’rul Jones Four Boses,full quarts $2.00.
Paul Jones Four Star, full quarts, $1.25, per ease, $13.00.
Paul Jones KXXX full quarts, $1.00, per ease, $11.50.
Uatherwoods Upper Ten, full quarts, $1.50.
Barrett Williams, Solace, full quarts, $1.50.
Barrett Williams, O. P. S. full quarts, $1.00, per case, $10.00.
Kentucky Thoroughbred, full quarts, $1,00, per case, $11.50.
-"Antiquity” very fine, full quarts, 75 cts. per case, $8.00.
Barrel goods price according to proofJand age.
PARKER & DUNCAN.
OGLETHOEPE. GA.
SITUATION IN CHINA j
STILL UNSETTLED
Views of a Person In a Pos:
tion to Know.
CHARACTER OF CHINESE
, S.TOWC
p FURNITURE
CROCKERY
AN D
COFFINS
They Nover Forgive nml Never Forget,
Foreigner* Are Not Yet Out of l>au«
gcr—Kvll KlIVct* of German Greed
ami Aggression,
New York, May 27.—Prineo Oukh-
tomsky, president of the Kusso-Chinese
bank, who is described ns knowing the
Chinese, as having studied them nud as
having lately spent four months at Po
king, is quoted at some length on tha
Chinese situation in a St. Petersburg-
dispatch to Tho Herald. In the courso'
of tho interview ho said:
“I did uot see Couut Von Wuldersee
at Pokiug, but every one there knew
that ho felt the usolessness of his posi;
tion. The fiaiser thought Peking could
bo taken witu a batalion. So it
could; but the battalion could not
stop there. That is what he did not
understand. He did not comprehend
the tenacity and silent resisting power
of the Chiuose, who have the character
of the Finlander and characteristics of
tho Turkistan blood. TheUhinoso will
never forgive and never forget. There
is no fear with them. Tho spirit of fa
talism among them is far too strong.
They would not care even if as many
more of them were sacriliced.”
All Foreigner* Hated.
“Do they hate Germans particularly?”
“No; they disliko us all about equally,
and now more than ever.”
“What would havo been tho right
courso to pursue?”
“Retire at once after the legations had
beon rescued and treat tho Chinese as
barbariaus, with whom we would have
no more intercourse.
“Had that been dono Li Hung Chang
and tho rest of the mandarins would
have come running down after us. In
stead of that—aud I look upon it as a
shame that Russian representatives
should be in such a position—ministers
are running after Li Hung Chang, bow
ing, scraping and craving audiences of
him.
“Should Germany not evacuate Po
king before tho wet season comes on,
when tho season commences tho lega
tions cannot remain in the city. They
will have to go up the hills. They will
go with a small guard of tidier*.”
“Wnat will happen then?”
W ill Again Attach Legation*.
“In tho recent trouble over which
there was such great difficulties only
one of the legation* was attacked. The
probability is that the Chinese are new
more augrv and excited than ever and
will attack all tho legations. Remem
ber, the Gnincso are very bitter aud
have much right to be so. The pillag
ing at Peking was something awful,
pricing was fabulously rich.”
Prince Unkhtomsky said further of
:ko situation:
“The Germans do nor mean ro got ont
of China at all That was what every
body knew who was iu Peking. It- was
the cotutuou tnik of every German
there, ami they made no attempt at con
ceal rg tho object of% their mission,
widen was to stay.”
“But what do they want?”
“The province* of J£iian Tung and
Cni Li adjacent to us in Manchuria, n
territory with 25.000,000 of Chinese in
habitants. They want Yuug Tse, but
only lor trading purpo os. All look
upon this ns a colony for Germany.” *|
TO LIMIT INDEMNITY.
>trik:i
g ll.ti-tr i'Ion of the Geitoros-
iiy of U.ieie Sum.
Pekiso, May 27.—It seem* probable
that Great Britain’s proposition limit
ing the indemnity to be demanded from
China to 45u,009,000 taels will be agreed
by the end of tho week. United
States Special Commissioner Rockhill
thinks this may be consideredau Amer
ican victory. Thongh his proi>o*itiou
limiting indemnity to 310,000,000 taels
was not accepted, still it was the cause
of the other powers considering tho
idea. The only point likely to cause
further delay in a decision by all the
powers except America is time regard-
the raising of the foreign customs
5 per cent.
Mr. Rockhill told the ministers at a
recent meeting that rather than take
this step America would relinquish all
claims to indemnity aud even make a
money present to Chiua, as American
commercial interests would suffer far
more thereby than those of any other
power, with possibly ono exception.
BLOWN INTO ATOMS
GN THE MISSOURI
River Steamer Meets With
Terrible Disaster.
LOADED WITH EXPLOSIVES
Two Men Killed and Thousands of
Dollurs Worth of Property Destroy-
cd— Force of Kxploslou Felt For
Many Miles Around.
Booxf.ville, Mo., May 20.—Tho Lau-
rine, a 14-ton freight boat, plying be
tween Boonovillc anu Rochefort, on the
Missouri river, for the new railroad, is
a complete wreck, liaviug been blown
to atoms by explosives stored on board.
Burt Crippo (white) of Osceola, Mo.,
aud Stevo Wilson (a negro) of Denison,
Tex., who wero employed on tho boat
aud who havo been missing siuco tho
explosion, aro believed to have been
killed. Considerable damage to adjoin
ing property resulted from tbo explo
sion, which was felt for miles.
The boat was propelled by a gasoline
engine, and when a match got iuto tho
generator the fluid exploded. In the
rear end of the vessel was stored 2,500
pounds of dynamite, ubout 100 kegs of
powder, 8 cn>es of fuse and 1,000 deto
nating caps.
When tue fire reached the powder
and dynamito the Lauriuo was blowu
to atoms and many thousand dolmrs
worth of property in tho vicinity was
destroyed.
The ferryboat Josci>h L. Stephens,
lying near by, was badly damaged, the
woodwork of tho upper deck aud pilot
house being torn iuto kindling wood.
Three residence#, 600 yards from the
disaster, wero wrecked aud 15 platoglass
windows a half mile away were broken.
Nearly all the windows and glass doors
for a mile snrrouudiug tho accident
wero smashed.
TO REBUILD JACKSONVILLE.
.526 — 3 2 £>
COTTON AVE
i(: ^r'chs
JOHN 1W. SHIVER, j»ssAL
•Gumbo) 0oa/er,
-tal deuce, Nc.-IOT
•Rough end Dressed Xuotbsr,
jCaihs, Shingles, Ole.
boxne.Ro. 117 Uptown Offlce. U7
Car.Hunt Gibbon. In Item..
Rome, May 29. — Cardinal Gibbons
ims determined to prolong his stay in
Rome and he will remain here during
the greater part ot the month of June.
The cardinal says tho appointment of a
rector of the American college here to
succeed Mgr. O'Connell, tho bishop of
Portland, Me., ha? not reached a stage
where any statement can be made. It
is understood tho cardinal during tho
andienco bo had with the popo explained
at length tho views of tho government
at Washington regarding religions
matters in the Philippines.
Can’t Liu Convleti Any More.
Tallahassee, May 89.—The question
of taking convict* oat of the phosphate
mine* was settled when the bill intro
duced end passed in tbe house of repre
sentatives, prohibiting the board of
state institutions from leasing convicts
to phosphate operators, outne up In the
sscate Monday. An effort to cripple
e measure by amendment failed and
' Jif Jtcond read in*.
Generous Act of a Railroad Mugnate
of New York.
Jacksonville, Fla., May 29.—A stock
company to rebuild Jacksonville is what
seem* probable at the present time, al
though tho company does not contem
plate owning the city.
Ex-United States Senator Call hopes
to organize a corporation for tho pur
pose of lending money to persons who
wish to build or rebuild in tho ruined
city, ays a New York dispatch. These
plans tho ex senator has submitted to J.
J. Hill, tbo railroad magnate, who was
so heartily impressed that ho tendered
th ex senator hi* personal check for
$1 90 to be used in whatever way it
was ought best.
Mr. Call’s plan is to form an associa
tion, to bo a corporate body, under the
j ws of New York or New Jersey. It is
planned to issue bonds and sell them, u
portion of the proceeds irom this sale to
bo set aside ps n Finking fund.
It is Mr. Call’s idea that money bo
loaned only for rebuilding purposes and
iu amounts not to exceed an extreme
limit of $5,000 in one loan, thus giving
to the fund extensive circulation uud
capabilities of great relief.
Mr. Call hus submitted the plan,
which seeks to establish tbe relief fuud
on a sound business* basis to many of
tho prominent bu-iuess men of this city,
and has met with general encourage
ment.
It is tuvgested that 6 per cent bonds
to the amount of $1,000,000 could bo
placed, the proceeds of the sale convert
ed into United Btutts bonds and depos
ited with some triift compauy, either in
New Y’ork or Florida, to be loaned up
on real estate, under the direction of o
of men of New York and
Florida
iu tendering his gift of (10,000 to Mr.
Call Mr. Hill expressed a belief that J.
P. Morgan would lend material aid to
the plan to mid the stricken city.
Woman's Work
in preparing appetizing and
wholesome food is lightened by
this famous baking powder.
Light Biscuit
Delicious Cake
Dainty Pastfles
Fine Puddings
Absolutely pure. It adds
healthful qualities to the food.
ROYAL
Baking Powder
The "Royal Raker and Pastry
Cook"—most practical and
valuable of cook books —
free to every patron. Send
full address by postal card.
There are cheap baking powders,
made from alum, but they are ex-,
ceedingly harmful to health. Their
astringent and cauterizing qualities
add a dangerous element to food..
ROYAL BAKING POWDER CO., 100 WILLIAM ST., NEW YORK.
EUROPE IS ALARMED
BY INSULAR DECISION
English View of Our Supreme
Court’s Action.
SONS OF VETERANS.
LOGIC OP IMPERIALISM
Itelatlou ot the United States to Ku-
rope mi,! !In* World Declared to l)c
Ilia* • ce 31,in Mla-lug.
Jacksoxy ,.LE, Fla., May 29.—Alex
ander Ji Crawford is one man badly
wanted by parties in Pensacola, bnt his
present whereabouts is a deep mystery.
Crawford, for several months, has been
the local manager of the Jacksonville
Insurance and Banking company, and
had built up a very extensive Dacrouago
in Pensucola aud vicinity. Thursday
of last week, however, bo left bis borne
at tbo navyyard, telling ids wife busi
ness called him to Mobile and that he
would retnrn tbe day following. The
entire week has passed aud his contin
ued absence cansed some suspicion; and
investigation proved that Crawford bad
forged the uamo of prominent citizens
to notes, obtaining thereon, it is said,
over 17(H). He was also in debt for sala
ries of agents.
in terestIng EXPERIMENT.
Cost of Milking Pig Iron May lie Rev
olutionized.
PirrsuL'ito, May 29.—Preparations aro
being made by the United States Stool
corporation for tho erection of a refrig
erating plant at tbo Lucy furnaces of
tho Carnegie compauy, which will prob
ably iiguru largely iu revolutionary re
ductions iu tho cost of malting pig iron.
Tho plant, while an experimental one,
will bo built un a omimercial basis and
will cost in tbo neighborhood of filOO,.
000.
The Idea is to deprive the air of the
Urge percentage of its moisture by pre
cipitating and freezing tbe water before
the bloat is sent into tbe furnace. The
fnrnace owners have found that in win
ter, when tho air U cold, dry and crisp,
they can make pig iron more cheaply
than in tho summer, when the air is
filled with moisture. The experiment
will be watched with interest by all
bloat furnace men. .
l’rufui ml j Jloddltd by the Netv
Departure.
London, May 29.—“Tho world at large
stands to gain something by this mo
mentous decision by which congress
may devise for tho decadencies a form
of government ontsido tbo American
constitution,” says Tho Westminster
Gazette today, discussing tho United
States sapremo court’s judgment.
Without tho deco-ion," continues The
Westminster Gazette, "tho United
States government would havo been un
able to adopt a more liberal trade policy
outside of America without deraugiug
tbe whole of their continental fiscal
system.
“The relation of America to Kuropo
and the world is profoundly modified
by the new departure. Colonies mean
a navy, a navy menus naval bases and
coaliug stations, and naval bases are in
secure unless they are backed up by tbe
possession of land.
Z.oglc of Imperialism.
“This is the logio of imperiah<m, nud
it may lead the Americans ns fur ns it
led us. Moreover, by steppiug outside
their continent tho Americans nudonbt-
edly weaken the force of the Mouroo
doctrine. There is a certain reciprocity
in the present arrangement to conciliate
Europe and to tholr excladou from
South America, bnt if the United States
plunges into welter-world politics,
equipped with a strong navy and an
American canal enabling it to concern
trnto on either ocenu, she can hardly
claim to compete oil the principle which
limits liability while putting no limit
on her expansion.
Europe Is Alumicd.
“Tho entrance of tho United States
on the sceno as a world power is already
regarded as a highly disturbing factor
by the Euroiy-an chancellories. Tho now
departure makes it more important than
before for tho British aud Americans,
by nil possible menus, to keop ou good
terms with each other aud settle by
friendly negotiation all outstanding dif
ferences. ”
IJalkcl by the Uritiah.
St. Peteksbcro, May 29.—News has
been received from Persia that the pro-
posed new Russian loan of 15,000,000
roubles has fallen through because the
■bah was unwilling to give the required
security and grant the privileges re-
quiredin South Persia. British influ
ence is blamed for the failure of the
loan. _
surrtnaar oi Doers.
Cape Town, May 29.—Two hundred
men have surrendered at Palapye, in
Beohuanaland, aad 42 wagon load* of
en. yromeo and ohllArea have sar*
Pica For impartial History of the
Civil War.
Memphis, May 20.—Tho main floor of
tho Anditorinni was well filled by dele*
gates at tho forenoon session of tha
United Sous of Confederate Veterans
convention. General Hindman rapped
for order at 10:49 o’clock. As tho com-
mittee on credential*, was not ready to
report, tho report of the historical soci
ety was called fur.
Owing to tho absence of Chairman
William F. Jones of Elbcrton, GA,
whoso wife is very ill, and who hod the
report with him. Department Com* :
mumlcr Brunt II. Kirk of Texas made a
short speech, embodying tbo points to
bo presented In the report.
Ho said that the history of the war as
taught to tiia school children of the
soutli gave them ho impression that the
whole caaso of tho south was wrong,
fr.m beginning to end. Iu order to
counteract this impression, tiro report of
tho cominittco should bo printed and
spread broadcast throughout the south,
and prizes should be offered for the host
articles written by thu children, show
ing that they had had their former im
pressions dispelled and understood the
southern cause thoroughly.
A gonernl diicussion of school histo
ries ensued, aud it wns the general
opinion that none bat histories written
by an impartial author and presenting
fairly tbe southern uud northern sides
of the war sboald bo aied in the public
schools of tbe south.
MURDERED IN THE PULPIT.
Negro Preacher Aousslnated While
Breaching Gospel.
Birmingham, Ala., May 27.— J.
McEweu, a negro preacher, was shot
aud killed last night while standing in
his pulpit expounding the gospeL The
■hot was fired from a wiudrv ’>y tbe
side of tho pulpit, a gun loaded with
buckshot being used. Fifteen buckshot
took effect aud the preacher died within
half an hoar.
Suspicion points to Henry Fletcher
as the guilty party, and he has been or-
rested and locked in jail to await on in
vestigation. Some weeks ago Fletcher
charged McEwen with being too atten
tive to his wife and at that time made
considerable trouble. It is now os-
netted by other negroes that Fletcher
fired the fatal shot. Neighbors say be
had threatened the life of tho preacher.
The shooting occurred at tho Har
mony Street Baptist church, one of the
largest negro churches In the city.
THE PRESIDENTIAL PARTY.
Sirs. McKinley Doing Jiieely — Tho
Case of Cuba.
Fokt Wayne, May 29.—The presi
dential train reached here at 8:30 this
morning. Mrs. McKinley had a com
fortable night and is looking forward
with pleasure to seeing her relatives
Canton.
The president and members of the
cabinet an much gratified at the aotlon
of the Caban constitutional convention
yosterday in accepting the Platt amend,
incut. Cuba's acceptance ot our terms,
however, will not change her status for
the present. She mast hold an eleotiou
and eetablish a government and con
gress will eventually be allowed to take
the final action which will release her
from the military oontrol of the United
SSEVfi.
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