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AMERICUS TIMRS-RECORDER.
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AMERICUS, GEORGIA, FRIDAY, JUNE 21, 1901.
NUMBER 10
- 5 OUMMEK is hero, and those who start
Pl|l : right will go through the whole summer
^5 : season with little trouble. A taint of Mala*
I L f : rial poisoning in your blood to-day will last
1 : .hi ii.„ •n’„n ^
UMMEK is hei
BURIED TREASURE
DUG UP IN GEORGIA
until the Fall unless you drive it out now.
5 I Blood Medicines can’t cure Malaria poison-
ing. The antidote for Malaria poisoning is
ION S TONIC.
I„, sickest man is not always in bed. The meanest kind
' es5 is just to be able to attend to oTie’s duties. With
• j j„ your veins you perform, with pleasure, the work
.comes' an arduous task for half well people.
f| lV don’t you take JOHNSON'S TONIC? It is the
I s Greatest Medicine. The dealer makes less money on
cniiS TONIC than on any other kind. Now remember
1th is your business and making money is his
Fortune Teller Leads a Farm
er to a Fortune.
vniihl pay you better to drive twenty-five miles to get a
JOHNSON’S TONIC rather than use the cheap kind
i JOHNSON’S TONIC rather than use the cheap
u _ im >re profit to the dealer.
I ney-making and Life-saving don’t run very close togeth-
OHNSON'S TONIC is the kind that cures. It is 100 times
than Quinine. Does in one day what slow Quinine
it do in ten days.
Getter do your own thinking when your health is at stake.
upon having the World’s Greatest Medicine,
SEARCH CAUSED A LAUGH
W. W. Ilrannen, a Prosperous Planter
of ltulloctl County, 1'iieartlis a Vet.
•cl Containing $30,000 in Gold Coin
oil Ills Own Plantation.
JOHNSON’S CHILL and FEVER TONIC.
.1 Imm a Letter dated
S. C, August 26, 1889.
the a?e of 50, with 23 years of active
1 am a careful obsorver and cau-
tnlorslng proprietary modlcines, but
sclcntioosly endorse yonr Johnson’s
,vi; t'Evtu Toxic as ono of tbo best
,ioa remedies for Cnills and Fever I
r used. H corrects the vitiated se
lf the liver, relieves costiveness, and
absorption and assimilation of food,
illinj all tho indications claimed for it.
Yours truly.
T. P. ED WARDS, M. D.
It 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.
RUSSIA RETALIATES jWAS IT MURDER OR
Oil UNITED STATES SELF-DESTRUCTION?
Czar Determined to Get Even Mysterious Tragedy In Penn-
With Uncle Sam; | sylvania Town.
DOUBLE TRAGEDY '
AT THAN, ALA.
Op' A Teacher Shoots
Kills Another.
DISCRIMINATORY DUTIES BULLET HOLE IN TEMPLE
Costs 50 cents a bottle,
to day.
A. B. CIRARDEAU,
SAVANNAH, GA.
IDEA
;ms to prevail among most persons that the walls
id ceilings of their home must be papered; or if
lew dwelling, unfinished until the plaster dries.
p,ain walls never harmonize with the furnish-
irs and very often paper does not, but the four-
in beautiful tints in which
MURESCO
Statesboro, Ga., June 10.—There is
no need to go to California, Colorado or
even to North Georgia to hunt for gold.
It has been unearthed right here in Bul
loch county. Ouo mau, W. W. Bran-
ueu, is no less than $30,000 better off to
day than yesterday, and ho fouud it
right here in the feoil of this county.
Mr. Brauuen is a prosperous farmer of
the Laston district. Ho has had re
peated promonitiou that he would one
day be a rich nmu. He chauced to drop
into a fortune teller’s place of business
while in Savaunak, and this sage of the
occult told him that on his plaoe in Bul
loch county, at the end of a certain old
milldam, was buried a large amount of
money. Branuen quietly went to dig
ging around this old mill site, searching
for tho hidden treasure.
Told by Three Girls.
In tho meantime a young married wo
man living near him found that sho
possessed tne power of mesmerism. Sho
happened one day to get ono of Bran-
uen’s little girls under her influence.
While in that state of mind the little
girl said timt there was on her father’s
place, at a -certain spot, a large pot of
gold buried. Branuen renewed his ef
forts. He was laughed at by his neigh
bors, hut, to make matters doubly sure,
this woman of mesmeric powers got an
other little girl from another communi
ty, who had not heard of tho gold story
at all, and while under tho spell, she,
too, told the story ot tho fabulous sum
of money buried at tho same place. A
third girl repeated tho same prophecy
that gold would be found at that partic
ular place. ...
Branuen continued his digging, and
yesterday struck a pot of ante-bellum
mold which coutaiued $30,000 in gold
coin. When or by whom this treasure
was laid away nobody knows, nor does
Branuen cure, now that ho has tho
laugh on his friends and neighbors.
The community is wild over the find,
and now that the prospects for crops aro
so poor, the people will spend the rainy
days, whqn they can’t plow, in digging
for valuables, hidden probably in too
early sixties to keep tho Yankees from
getting them.
WITH SUICIDAL INTENT.
Kates on American Bicycles iiud White
Kesia Are Lurgely Increased In Cou-
sequeuoe of American Restriction
Agaiust Russian Petroleum.
Washington, Juno 18.—The Russian
ambassador, Count Sassini, has comma
| Young Man’s Deud Body Found on
Porcli of Home of Intended Hrlde
on Morning of the Day Fixed For
tho Wedding.
Shamokin, Pa., Juno IS. — Daniel
I Richards, aged 30 years, of Green
amoassuuor, tuuui uua nituaius, “h v * 4 J ’
nicated to the state department that in Ridge, was found dead on the porch of
consequence of tho action of the Ameri* tho homo of his intended bride at Mount
can government, through a treasury or- Carmel today, with a ballot hole iu his
der of March 9 last, applying restric- right temple,
tions against Russian potroloum im- Young Richards was to havo been
ported into this country, the Russian married today to Miss Elizabeth \\ al
minister of ilnance, M. DeWitt, has tors, daughter of Harry Walters,
issued an order, dated June 7, imposing The young man called at the Waltors
the high tariff rate of the Russian sched- bouse last night aud shortly after 10
ule ou American white resin, under ar- o’clock started for his home in Green
tide 82 of tho Russian tariff law, aud Ridge, a
increasing the.rateon^meriowibicycle, the >»« *“ e “ n ° til w> bo * dy W as*und on
that taken in connection with tho »»*• flre(1 h l a „ 110t yBt boon found,
siau sugar, aud is a new development ^ Walters saul there had beon no
in tho discriminatory duties imposed by „ rel jJjJwoou them and that Uich-
thls government and the retaliatory dn. qnarr unusually good
ties imposed by Russia. The order of
the Russian minister is to tako effect j spirits,
next Friday, or two weeks from tho
dato of its issuance.
BIG FIRE AT BUFFALO,
Toper! y
manufactured, permits of each room being fin*
led in different combinations to harmonize with
s furnishings and may be altered from time to
ae at less expense than paper.
Muresco is economical for the plain cottage
d artistic for the mansion. Durable. Sanitary.
For Sale by Reliable Dealers.
CHANGES ON SEABOARD.
I McGee
I'li ir«I Vice President.
Mutter to Sucr-'ed Him.
Nokfoi.k, Juno 18.—Humors are rifo
| concerning forthcoming changes iu tho
traffic and executive departments of tho
Oe
WEN COMMITS SUICIDE
Railing to Secure Klectlon to I’l.oo
to Which Ho Aspired, Prof. Rankin
Murders Prof. McNeill and Then
Takes Ills Own Life.
Montgomery. Ala., Juno 17. — A
double tragedy occurred this morning,
at 7:30 o’clock at Dothan, Ala. Profes
sor Rankin shot and killod Principal
Georgo R. McNeill of the Dothan pub
lic school aud then shot himself.
Professor McNeill was one of the host
known educators in tho state and had
been president of Lafayette college.
Professor Rankin was one of his assist
ant, last year. , • ,
A now faculty was elected Saturday
night and Professor Rankin’s name was
left off tho list He tried to reopen the
case yesterday, bat was unsuccessful.
He mot Professor McNeill nt the school
building early this morning nud shot
and killed him instantly.
Rankin was unmarriod and from
Pensacola.
McNeill leaves a wife aud threo chil
dren.
SAND WORTH $320 A TON.
i One Who Cookg^
Icnows there Is one sure way to reach a man s
heart, and that is by always having a nicely
spread table. To do this [you must have
choice groceries.
Columbus Man shouts llimsclf With
Unpald-Kor Pistol.
Columbus,Ga., June 19.—JohnFloyd,
a white man, who formerly lived iu
Girard, walked into a pawn shop yester
day afternoon to buy a pistol. After
selecting a pistol he rushed out of tho
door without paying for it and ex
claimed that ho was going to kill him
self. He hurried into Yurbrough s sa
loon, two doors away, uitd handing tho
bartender n note, walked over in the
corner, pulled ont tho pistol, stuck it to
his hend and shot himself. Floyd fell
to the floor and lay iu a pool of blood.
It was thought at ftrst he was dead,
bnt he showed signs of life and after
wards was brought to and carried to his
home up town, where his life is now
hanging by a thread. Tho ball entered
near bis right templo and went through
hl Thenote Floyd left the bartender was
addressed to his mother, and read as
f °"Dear Mother—I know this will break
your old heart, but I cannot help it
Take care of my children, and bury me
by my brother, Bob.”
Floyd has a wife and several children.
He formerly worked in the mills.
Destruction of Water Front I
Valued nt $’Jo0,000.
Buffalo, Juno IS.—Fire early today - ,
swept out of existence all the buildings Seaboard Air Line effective on tho first
ou Squaw islnud, fronting ou tho Niagara of tho coming month. The promotion
river, foot of Ferry street, to a point of Captain V. E. McBoo, general super
three-quarters of a mile north. The intendent of the system, which was in
loss is in the neighborhood ot $250,000 timated Heveral days ago, is ow.
Tho principal buildings destroyed seems, practically assured. He vrtil be
were the Frontier mill, owned by tho come third vice president of the system.
Seoelkonf estate, valued nt $10,000; tho Tho rumor that Mr. J. William aim
Rvau elevator tho property of Stephen dendorf of Baltimore will bo mado sec
SssrLlSS!* ffiffiJp-TdSS.CWLf’S
p Besides these buildings, a dozen nap- Co., has individually dono jBCgothan
tha aud steam launches, cminl boats almost any other man toward U‘
and houseboats anchored in the harbor, ing the general ™““natlo^ rMlway
valued nt about $15,000, wero dostroyed, properties comprising the greater Sen
Sfer ** k 0°ck itself. worth &&
Scores of shanties and boathouses oo- poiutment of his friend af co-worker
copied by squatters stretching along tho to the position i“ dl ca'ed’ U would Mem,
nhorn of tun river for nearly a mile is in line with Mr. Williams po -y.
„ f, el to tho fllmos Ic i» announced that upon Ins promo
added fuel to tho flames. tion t0 tho position of third vice presi
r oriT noc im nnFFNVILLE dent Captain McBee will bo succeeded
GREAT FIRE IN liKbfc.NVH.t-t:. i N p at presont suporiu-
I tir-o I’ortion of the Town Said to tendont of tho Pocahontas division of
Large I or.lo . ot l ie «o (he Norfo lka..d Western railway, whoso
1 ‘ . a capabilities in tho position now held by
Atlanta, Juno 18. —It is reported I Ouptaiu McBoo aro well known to Mr.
hero that a largo portion of tho city of Barr, who wns formerly general man*
Greenville, S. O., has boon swept away nger of tho Norfolk ami Western,
by firo.
Illark Stuff In lire! of Catawba alvei'
Rich In Gobi.
Citaklottk, N. C., Jane 17.—Tho gold
miners who have been operating a hy
draulic plant in tho Catawba river havo
made the discovery that tho bluck sand
in tho bed of the river is rich with gold.
An assay of p quantity of this sand re«
coutly mado shows a yield of $320 per
tou. This is an extraordinary rich yield
and if all tho sand in tho company’e
workings hold up to it, tho result will
bo a veritable bonanza.
Old gold miners have always claimed
that there is gold iu tho sand of the
streams in this section, and back in the
fifties tho saud was worked with good
results by tho primitive syBtera of pan
ning.
J. S. Spencer, president of tho Com
mercial National bank, rolates thatl
when ho was in business in the Uwhario
section as a member of tho firm of
Bmitherman & Spencer a great propor
tion of his business was with peoplo who
paid for their goods iu gold dust, ob
tained by pauuing the sand in tho Uw
hario river aud its tributary streams.
The bed of that river is as rich now
as it was then, and with improved
methods of securing tho gold, offers a
profitable field for tho prospector.
fir0 - , , , . _ MRS. M’KINLEY’S CONDITION
The manager of the telegraph office -
there advised Atlanta at 3 o’clock this
morning that a big fire was burning on
both sides of him nud that his office
would be destroyed,
munication was lost.
After that com-
ED GOODS,
dried fruits,
SEEDLESS RAISINS,
CLEANED CURRANTS,
PRIME PRUNESJ
besides all the canned and Fresh Vegetables,
we recommend for your hearty enjoymeat.
orge S. 9fix,
jfrtesian Corntr,
jfmettcus, Sa
FURNITURE
CROCKERY
AND
COFFINS
526-528
COTTON AVE.
'Iiy.lclaiis Him «r- Mm I, Now Out
of Danger
Washington, Juno 18.—Dra John
ston and Rixey held a consultation at
the Whito House this forenoon, at the
CflARLOTTK, N. O., Juno 18 — Fire conclusion of which Dr. Johnston pro
this morning destroyed a largo portion uounced Mrs. McKinley out of danger
of tho business section of Greenville, S. and convalescing. He said J^ere may,
. • . , „ nr no ,or n I of course, bo a recurrence of nor trouble,
O. The destruction of '^® Tlmmn but for the present the danger i, past.
Union telegraph offleo.renders j, j, eX peoted President and Mrs. Me
nicatiou impossible. It was learned |..t.'n lonvn fnr Oantot
over the ”
no lives
fectlon bad disappeared entirely.
-- . Dr. Rixey, although encouraged by
■ .. the improvement in Mrs. McKinley’e
National A,»oclatlon In besslon at condul J n| wos , omew hat more eonser-
Chattanroga. vative in bis statement than Dr. John-
Chattanooga. June ia—The Nation- , ton . He thought it scarcely safe tosay
THE CROPS IN GEORGIA.
Excessive Rains Hove Damaged Them
In Many Ways.
Atlanta, June 19.—The weekly crop
bulletin issued by the weather bureau
yesterday for the week ending June 17
makes a poor showing for Georgia. It
confirms the reports that havo been
received recently by the department of
agriculture of the poor condition of the
cotton crop all over tne state, and, gen-
erally speaking, of almost all the crops.
Th A r cemive 6 rains again occurred during
the week in many sections of the state.
In some counties, particularly in the
eastern part, the rainfall exceeded 5
inches. There has been no opportunity
for cultivation, for which all crops are
suffering. Grass and weeds have ob-
rained the lead and are growing rapidly.
The reports of correspondents contain
much information of a discouraging na
ture and little hope of improvement is
expressed. Labor seems to be a scarce
commodity, and with so much cultiva
tion that is necessary, this becomes a
serious factor iu the sitnation.
2 K fiJKTSi ibl. to .cave for Canton
s were lost j johuattm laid that the blood in-
' I • Um. I.nA iAin rtrtnnt-Afi OlltiPAlv.
ECLECTIC PHYSICIANS.
CHATTANOOGA, dune io.-J.uo »iunuu- slon . no iuuukuv ^
al Eclectic Medical association convened that she was *nttelj crat^ £
, , . ... mnrt\ her extreme weakness might precipitate
in annual session in this oity this moru & re ] apsei bnt her condition was quite
ing. About 800 delegates from all parts ttt t 8 [ act0 ry, her improvement being
of the United 8tates are in attendance. ,teady and seemingly certain of contln-
The meeting will last for three days. nance.
President E. Lee Standlooof Su Louis I The Alabama Convention.
- The^ddress’of welcomewas’deUverod Montgomphy. Ala.. June 10 -Con
by Mayor Wassmau of Chattanooga and I .idemtion of the executive department
responded to by Dr. John Uri Ward. I f BS umcd in tho constitutional con*
There will be no afternoon session of . (hlf mor „i ng . The section mak
the association, the meeting having ***“ lnB governor ineligible to the United
adjourned to allow the men to take a * * ena te was adopted, as was also
trip to Lookout Mountain and Chtcka- , um forbidding the governor to
manga Park.
crops in Missls.lppl.
Jackson, Miss., June 19—Reports
from representative section, of the state
indicate great progress mado by grow-
Estates .tmme - .—, —
the section forbidding iho governor to
apfioint members of the legislature to
office.
To Revise Geneva Convention.
Berne, June 19.—The president, M
Brenner, announced today at a meeting
jt the bundesrath tilut most of the sigua
tories, including the United States, had
tecepted an invitation to a conference
tor tue revision of the Geneva conven-
:iou. He thought tho delegates would
aieel in 1902^ ^
The Greenville Klre.
Greenville, S. O., Juno 19.—A con-
servative estimate of the loss by yester
day morning’s fire is $125,00(1 Eight
of the most prominent stores In the city,
North Main street, were de-
Llpton Leave. It to I.edyant.
London, June 19 -Itisnot probable
indicate great progre., muuu | that g ir xnomas Liptou will accept the
5 ing crops during the week jost closed. _ made by an American magazine
Under the influence of a hot son cotton
good, nud there will bo an abundant Commander Lewis L-dyards bauds,
yield' if there are no further blighting ' Kcl , u „, < | „„ n a n.
inflnences, and the farmers of the state . .„ ,1, v ow
will not have to send north and west for hciv York, June 19.-Judge New
their corn supply next winter | berger acred today to release Dr. bam
spring, as was the case this year. I j Kennedy, who has been tried
•al Note,. three times for the murder of Emmeline
San Francisco, June 19 -The battle- | Reynolds, ou •WHO hail. Robert M.
ship Oregon is now discharging her am
munition aud as soon as the work is
completed she will go to Bremerton
(Washington) navyyard to bo docked.
The Philadelphia has been ordered to
Moore, Kennedy's attorney, said that
bail would be tnnished at once.
i«»ll»4 to <
Wasiiinotox, Jane 19.—James Bailey
Ky., has bceu
appointed secretary of legation at Gun
ti 1 L "~ L
The Philadelphia has been ordered to v „ eoaa;y
suchors'and 50*\onl‘ oYXin she is“o I «— „
take oh arrive. Otherwise she may
aot get away natil next week.
Whitney’s Horse Won.
London, June 19.—At the Ascott races
_ A et-wvtu.j ”-0“
iemala. The post has been vacant lor
some mouths.
Death of 31 r. Filigree.
LONDON, June tv.-«v tue . London, June 19.—Ex-Governor Pin-
today. William O. Whitney’s Elizabeth gree of Michigan died here last night,
M (R-iffi won the Fry Hill stake,; 1 after a protracted illneia. Cancerous
was second and Lord Melton third.
HOW OIL WAS FOUND.
Dlicovered Thut Stock Would Not
Drink From Certain Pond.
Ocala, Fla., June 17.—The oil excite
ment continues, aud it is tho talk of tho
town. Different stories aro told as to
what led to its discovery. The follow
ing seems to be the most reasonable:
seems that near the residence of
Mr. and Mrs.Vogt is a pond. Mrs.Vogt
noticed for a long time that neither
horses, dogs nor cnttle would drink the
water. She called Mr. Vogt’s attention
to the fact, so one day when they wero
passing by the pond he got down and
put his arm np to his elbow into the
water, and discovered an oily substanoe
clinging to the same, which hud the
smell ot kerosono.
When the excitement of tho oil
gushes at Beaumont wore filling the
Sewspapers, Mr. and Mrs. Vogt instant
ly thought of the pond near thsm, and
an analysis of the water followed,wbloh
showed prevalence of oil, and the dll-
covery gradually found its way Into the
newspapers.
WILL BE BARRED OUT.
Senator BIcLaurln Cannot Run In
Democratlo Primary.
Columbia. 8. O.. June 17. — Sena
tor Mclatnrin will bo barred from the
Demoor&tio primary next enmmer. Sen
ator Tillman said, before the recent
resignations, that he would oppose snoh
action, but now says that while he does
not think it wise, it Da matter with
wnich he has nothing to do. » id it has
been already determined up.il. The
state chairman of tne party. Colonel
Jones, was asked whether bis commit
tee contemplated excommunicating the
junior senator.
“I cannot spiak for the committee as
u whole,” he ituid, ‘*aml I have not seen
all the members recently, bnt so far as
I can ascertain of the 40 members only
State Senator Appeit is a McLaurin
mau. And it is questionable whether
the committee will meet thia year. If
McLaurin gets to 'cutting up* in the
state and action is deemed necessary,
any five members of the committee can
force me to call a meeting.”
Colonel Jones will he a candidate
next year tiimsclf. He thinks Senator
McLaurin is a full-fledged Republican.
Tho action of ruling him out of the
party is more likely to be taken by the
new committeo or the state convention.
This committeo will be chosen next
April and tho convention will meet
about May 1.
The chairman felt certain that action
would be taken in oue way or another
that would prevent McLaurin going
into the Democratic primary.
TedUy ana 1 wain.
Kansas City, June 19.—Vico Presi
dent Theodore Roosevelt and Mark
Twain have been invited to attend and
iddrets the celebration of the eightieth
tnniversary of Missouri’s admission to
the Union, in this city, on Aug. 10.