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• ; R-ui.l.uim la mu', aim IUOSC WHO Start
j i* : r iRl'I "’*11 g° through the whole summer
: season-with little trouble. A taint ot Mala-
• • l t, f | rial poisoning in your blood to-day will last
1|P i: C • : lln *'^ ^ ie U,1 I° SS you drive it out now.
* * I Blood Medicines can’t cure Malaria poison
ing. The antidote for Malaria poisoning is
dhnson s TONIC.
I,,. s j,-kest man is not always in bed. The meanest kind
i UtW < js just to be able to attend to one’s duties. With
. i.| 0(1l l in your veins you perform, with pleasure, the work
^tieciini s an arduous task for half well people.
Why don’t you take JOHNSON'S TONIC? It is the
Krill's Greatest Medicine- The dealer makes less money on
•ISON'S TONIC than on any other kind.! Now remember
jjj VOiir health is your business and making money is his
ness.
j t would pay you better to drive twenty-five miles to get a
fled JOHNSON’S TONIC rather than use the cheap kind
it pays more profit to the dealer.
Money-making and Life-saving don’t run verv close togetli-
JOHNSON’S TONIC is the kind that cures. It is 100 times
tttr than Quinine. Does in one day what slow Quinine
anot do in ten days.
Better do your own thinking when your health is at stake.
s j ;t upon having the World’s Greatest Medicine,
JOHNSON’S CHILL and FEVER TONIC.
It has been on the market for the
{ >ast seventeen years, and stands
dgher 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. Qet it
today.
itntf from a Letter dated
MitvIll^S. C, Augutt 26, 1889.
At the of 50, with 25 year* of active
ncUce, I am a careful observer and cau-
to-j in endorsing proprietary medicines, but
eta conscientiously endorse your Johnson’s
sax and b'EVKii Tonic as one of the best
mbinstion remedies for Chills and Fever I
in erer nscl. It corrects the vltlntod se-
sUoas of tho liver, relieves costivoness, and
Nootes absorption and assimilation of food,
to fulfilling all the Indications claimed for it.
Yoar« truly,
T. P. BDWAXDS, M. D.
A. B. CIRARDEAU,
SAVANNAH, GA.
Parker & Duncan,
Successors McLeod Co., Oglethorpe, Ga.
IVe handle the best brawls of Whiskey and Beer, ami give
pariii-ular attention to Mail Orders. Following is a price list
off i.-w of our leading brands of tine liquors.
' Ibiul . I ones Four Roses, full quarts 8:1.00.
I’mil .(ones Four Star, full quarts, SR 25, per case, $15.00.
Jones XXXX full quarts, -S1.00, per case, SIRoO.
( atiu-rwoods Upper Ten, full quarts, $1.50.
iium-tt Williams, Solace, full quarts, $1.50.
Cam-tt Williams, o. P. s. full quarts, $1.00, per ease, $ 0.00,
Kentm-kv Thoroughbred, full quarts, $1,00, per case, $11.50.
••Antiquity”/very fine, full quarts, 75 ets.perca.se, 5-s.0(l
Barrel goods price according to proof and age.
PARKER & DUNCAN.
OGLETHORPE, GA.
ie One Who Cooks
knows there is one sure way to reach a man s
heart, and that is bv always having a nicely
spread table. To do this yon must have
choice groceries.
NED GOODS,
DRIED FRUITS,
SEEDLESS RAISINS,
CLEANEDICURRANTS,
PRIME PRUNES
besides all the canned and Fresh Vegetables,
we recommend for yonr hearty enjoyment.
J | CYJ Juriesian Corner,
, /fix,
jfmonous, Sa
FURNITURE
CROCKERY
AMD
COFFINS
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52 6 —528
COTTON AVE.
FINE OLD SHERRY
OF XING EDWARD
Auction Sales Draw a Very
Large Attendance.
AMERICANS BUY HEAVILY
Plerpont Morgan, Charles T. Yerkes,
Fuxliuil Keene ami Klchard Croker
Lay In Heavy Supplies of the Favor
ite t ipple ot British Royalty.
London*, June 20.—The second day of
the auction sale of King Edward’s
sherry wine drew a large attendance.
Many well known Americans were pres
ent and they were among the most ac
tive bidders. Wines from the Bucking
ham palace cellar were sold off. Most of
these were of old vintages, dating from
1869 to 1879.
J. Pier pout Morgan bid in several
cases from the bins representing both
the St. James palace and tho Bncking-
ingham palace cellars. So did Charles
T. Yerkes and Foxhall Keene.
Richard Oroker’s agent purchased
51 dozen bottles of pale golden sherry
from St. James palace, bottled in 1879.
These will be shipped by Mr. Croker as
a present to the Democratic club. He
also bought liberally from the Bucking-
in g palace bins.
American theatrical persons bought
freely.
Tne auctioneer received several com
missions to bid in lots for New Yorkers,
including the proprietors of well known
hotels.
It has been suggested that an auction
sale of the empty bottles would bring
good prices, for they are blown with tho
royal arms.
LARGE STEAMER WRECKED.
Silo Had 500 l’asseugers Aboard—All
St. Johns, N. F., June 26.—Tho Ori
ental Steam Navigation company’s
steamer Lusitania, Captain JicNay,
from Liverpool, June IS, for Montreal,
having 500 passengers on board, was
wrecked last night off Cape Bullard.
All the passengers are said to be safe.
The Lusitania was hound round Caps
Race for Montreal, with a large cargo
and shipload of passengers. She mis
took her course in a dense fog and went
ashore near Reus, 0 miles north of Capo
Race, before daybreak. The ship ran
over a reef and hangs agninst a cliff.
The disast r occurred miles from the
nearest telegraph station, and the de
tails obtainable at this time are meager.
Several steamers are fitting oat here, to
go to the scene of the wreck. It is ex
pected the large cargo of tho Lusitania
will be salvnged.
As this dispatch is being sent a report
has reached hero that a boatload of peo
ple from tho Lusitania was upset aud
that SO persons were drowned. The cor
respondent o' the Associated Fress is
unable to verify the report at present.
Cape Ballard, ns cabled from St.
Johns, is situated on tho coast of New
foundland, about 00 miles south of St.
^°The Lusitania was built at Liverpool
by Laird Bros, in 1871. She is 379 feet
9 inches long, has 41 feet 1 inches beam
aud is 27 feet 7 inches deep.
PACIFICATION OF CUBA.
Senator 1-latt Writes Interestingly mi
the Subject.
New York, June 28.—The next issue
of The Independent will contain a pa
per under the caption, “The Pacifica*
tion of Cuba,” written by Senator Or
ville Platt. In closing, the writer uses
these words:
“One question must be asked. Will
the new governmeut succeed? Some
conditions iu Cuba are favorable to suc
cess; some are not. The United States
cannot be satisfied witli the ordinary
South Americau republic there. It
most be a real republic, that will insure
our peace and quiet and safeguard our
interests there. A mere paper repnb-
lie with a virtual dictator, or constant
ly recurring revolutions, would he near
ly as disastrous to Cuba and dangerous
to the United States as was tho Spanish
domiuatiou, to which wc put an end.
THE ALABAMA CONVENTION.
iuber
s, A.
•rciist
JOHN W. SHIVER,
dumber \Dealer.
) Office in
Bank of
Commerce
..teldtoce, No.*107
Slough and grossed Xumbor,
jCaiht, Shinghf, O/e.
Kms.lNc.yw upumioace HI
Important Changes In the Constitu
tion Are Proposed.
Montgomery. Ala., June 20.—An im
portant feature iu the constitutional
convention today was the report of
Chairman Parker of tho committee on
county aud county boundaries. Among
the material changes reported is one
that permits the state to acquire addi
tional territory, as iu tho case of the
purchase of West Florida, as is proposed.
Ir permits toe legislature to change
conntv boundaries and by a two-thirds
vote qualified electors residing in the
proposed territory can be taken trora one
aiui added to auotuer county.
counties can only be created iu
. manner. No county site can be re
moved without a vote of two-thirds of
the electors of the county, and an elec
tion for such purpose can only he held
once iu four vears. The area of the
counties is reduced from 000 to 400
square miles. ,
The coumy site of Shelby, out ol
which much legislative scandal has
grown, is to remain at Columbiana un
til changed by vote of the people.
It is given out that the suffrage com
mittee is ready to report today or to
morrow.
SDe lanes a arrive. "
Washington, June 20.—Mrs. McKin
ley’s condition is so much improved that
she was able to take a drive with the
president today.
JOHNSTOWN HORRORS |
PRGSA3LY EXCEEDED;
Rush of Mad Waters In Po
cahontas Coal Region.
TERRIFIC LOSS OF LIFE
Several Hundred People Believed to
Have Perished—Damage to Coal
Mines Almost Beyond Computation.
Communities Wiped Out.
Bluf.fif.lds, W. Va., Juuo 24.—This
entire section has been visited by a flood,
the extent of which iu all probability
will equal or exceed that of Jobustowu
iu 1889, so far as tho loss of property is
concerned. Early Saturday morning,
shortly after midnight, a heavy down
pour of rain began, accompanied by n
severe electric storm, which steadily
increased in violence until 10 o’clock in
the morning, then ceasing for several
hours aud beginning again with renew
ed violence. This continued throughout
the entire day and night, aud at JO
o'clock Sunday morning, while the
storm had abated, the lowering clouds
indicated another terrific downpour at
any moment. Many miles of the Nor
folk and Western railroad track, bridges
and telegraph lines are entirely de
stroyed and communication is entirely
cut off west of Elkhoru. so that it is im
possible to learn the full extent of the
loss of life and property, but officials of
the coal operations located in the
stricken district have sent out messen
gers to Elkhorn, the terminus of both
telegraphic and railroad communica
tion, aud have received a report that a
conservative estimate as to the loss of
life will easily reach 200. Some of the
drowned are among the most prominent
citizens of the coai fields.
Scene of Hie Disaster.
Tho Pocahontas coal field is located iu
a basin , ith high mouutain ranges on
either side. Elkhoru creek flows through
tne center of the basin, which ranges
from one-fourth to 1 mile in width.
From Ennis, W. Va., to Vivian Yard,
W. Va., a distance of 10 miles, miners’
cabins, coal company commissaries and
coke plants line this basin. Elkhoru
creek, being fed by numerous small
streams coming from the mountain
sides, rises very rapidly aud this water
spout came so suddenly that the entire
basin between tho two mountain ranges
was flooded, and before tho terror strick
en people realized what was upon them
they were carried down by the flood,
which swept everything in its path.
It is now certain that the total list of
the dead from one end of tho Elkhorn
valley to the other will reach 200. A
full list of the names of the victims cau-
nofc be ascertained at this time. Hun
dreds are missing, having taken refuge
in tho mountains to escape the fury of
the flood.
Several hundred mines are reported
flooded.
At least 800 mine mules were
drowned, and at least 25 could bo seen
swimming about iu the flood and mak
ing an unusual fight for life.
Passenger train No. 4 of the Norfolk
and Wtstera railway reached Vivian
yard, the western terminus of the coal
field, about 8:30 a. m., met the flood and
was unable to proceed further.
ltrscued i'll rough Windows.
The waters reached such a depth that
the coaches had to be abandoned, the
passeugers being rescued by means of
ropes strung from the windows of
coaches to the tops of remaining coke
ovens some distance away. Between
Elk Horn and Vivian yard, a distance
of 10 miles, 100 cars are said to be
washed away from the tracks and many
of them carried down the streams.
From present indications it will be
impossible to get trains through to Viv
ian and points west of there under a
week or 10 days.
This will render it impossible to get
relief into the stricken district, and
with those who escaped with their lives,
homeless and without food, indescriba
ble suffering is inevitable.
Families Swept Away.
Three miles west of - Tazewell, on the
Higginbotham farm, the home of Paris
Van Dyke, a farmhouse was swept
away, carrviug with it Mrs. Van Dyke
and four children, two of the Van. Dyke
children, John, aged 17, and Charles,
aged 5, being drowned. Mrs. Van Dyke
with the two remaining children, Edgar
and Laura, were fouud this morning iu
a dying condition 1 mile from where
the home stood by Mr. Van Dyke, who
was absent from home at the time of
the cloudburst. S -
While the rescuing party was search
ing for the Vau Dyke family they
found the body of a white woman, well
clad, floating down Plum creek. No
one thus far has been ablo to identify
her and it is supposed the body had
washed down for some distance.
A report comes from Wit tens mill, a
small station between Bluefield and
Tazewell, that three children, Christian
names unknown, belonging to Raleigh
Brush, were burned.
Town Washed Away.
It is stated that everything iu the
town of Keystone was demolished or
carried away by the water save one,
Hid that a barroom which stands on a
bill.
Tn*’ normal population of Keystone is
2,000, and as lust night was Saturday
night, there is no telling how many mi
ners had gone into the town to swell its
jopulatiou. It is estimated that 200
ives were lost at Keystone alone.
Dead bodies could be seen floating
along the valley by those who gained a
place of safety on the heights.
Sugars Advanced.
New York, June 26.—The American
Sugar Refining company today ad
vanced all grades of refined sugar five
points, or 1-20 cent a pound.
Absolutely
Pure
Bskincf
Powder
Hot-breads, hot biscuits, cakes,
muffins, puddings and crusts made with Royal
Baking Powder are wholesome, delicious, quickly
made, always light, never sour, and most economical.
Royal Baking Powder is specially refined, and
equally valuable for the preparation of the finest,
most delicate cookery, and substantial, everyday
food. In the easy, expeditious and economical
preparation of wholesome and appetizing food it is
indispensable.
There *re;lmitstlon;haklng pow
ders, made Irom alum and sold
cheap, which it is prudent to
avoid,£Alum in food is pobvnoui,
The “Royal Baker and Pastry
Cook containing over 8oo most
practical and valuable cooking re
ceipts-free to every patron. Send
postal card with your full address.
ROYAt BAKING POWDER CO., 100 WILLIAM STREET, NEW YORK.
CHINAMEN PROTEST
AGAINST MINISTER WO
Not Wanted as a Fourth of
July Orator.
SAID TO BE A HYPOCRITE
Chinese Statesman, It I* Declared by
His American Friends, Covertly Aid
ed the Boxers In Their Massacre of
the Christians In China.
Philadilphia, Juno 26.—At a meet
ing of the Chiueso-American society
here resolutions were adopted protest
ing against the selection of Wu Ting-
fang, Chinese minister, as orator of tho
day at the Fourth of July celebration in
this city.
The resolutions allege that Mr. Wu
“covertly aided the ‘Boxers’ iu their
massacre of tho Christians iu China”
and “ha3 been misleading the public by
his statements in regard to his position
toward them.”
JACK EPPS IS KILLED.
He Is Shot lo Death by a Tennessee
Deputy >her.lt.
Atiienh, Ala., Juno 26.—Jock Epps,
better known iu uud about this section
’Happy Jack,” was shot and in
stantly killed in the northern part of
this county by a deputy sheriff of Giles
county, Tenn., who was watching for
him to arrest him on a charge of disor
derly conduct in this place*.
He and his family dropped in tnis
place last fnli from un* Indian lerritory
aud they liVi-d till winter uuiier a sort
of tent tuat wus made ui rags ana
blankets. They rested on what the
children couai beg. until tiii- spring,
wneu they were toreju to work, iue
man and woman were of a dissolute
character and were always figauug. He
creared a scene some time ugo by trying
to commit suicide because some other
man hud won h.s wife s uffecuou lie
tnrew him-elf in iront of a uain oue
morning jiw u: day fturm of town ana
tut for ui<* watcbiu.nes* of the engineer
he would Have been killed.
The tram was stopped and the en
gineer unci fireman iioo off tne engine
and went to wnere ne lay and tound
that he was determined to commit sui
cide by allowing the train to pass over
his body. hey put him off the track
and went back ami mounted their en
gine, when he throw himself before the
irou steed again and would not move.
He was finally put aboard the train aud
carried to the next station, W'iiere he
was left iu euargo u£ trainmen.
Enps recently had trouble in misplace
and a warrant was issued for him aud
he was making hasttfto got to Tennes
see, but wua headed off by the deputy
sheriff of Giles county and in an effort
to avoid arrest last night was shot and
killed. ,, , ,
He wlm well bred and well reared. A
prominent business man of tins place
atter'hd scnool with him in Bedford
county in their younger days and says
that “Happy Jack” was of a prominent
familv in that county. He loaves a
vid w and a number of children.
The Oldest Pensioner.
New York, Juno 20.—A pension of
$12 a month has just been granted to
Mrs. Pelemeria Decker of Philadelphia,
says a Washington dispatch to The
World. She is the widow of a soldier
of the war of 1812, is nearly 99 years old
and is blind. Her husband was a pri
vate in the First regiment of Pennsyl
vania volunteers. He has been dead
nearly 21 years and Mrs. Decker will re
ceive arrears of pensions for the whole
period, amounting to a little more than
$3,000. Mrs Decker, it is believed, is
the pldest person to whom a pension was
ever granted. *. a- -
THE TABLES TURNED
BY THE BRAVE BOERS
Surprised and Routed by the
British Columns.
SOON RETURN TO CHARGE 1
Kenewed tho Fighting and Attacked
the Enemy With Greut Impetuosity.
Finally Forced to Betlre in i*ris#uce
of Superior Numbers.
Capk Town, June 25 — Details of the
engagement between General Elliot’s
columii and Geucrul Do VV’et’s force near
Ilse, Juno 0, show that tho British sur
prised tho Boer camp. Tho burghers
fled, but, seeing that tho captors were
not iu strong force, the Boers returned
aud charged with great determination,
after desperate figuring, capturing the
convoy.
Meanwhile, Colonel Do Lisle arrived
with reinforcements aud tho fighting
was renewed. Tho Boers lay beneath
their wagons and fired volleys between
the wheels, while their comrades were
eugnged iu inspauumg and driving off
that portiou of tne convoy turthestfrom
the British. The iutter poshed in among
the wagons, using tho bayonets freely.
General Delarey wns present and per
sonally used a rifle. A man at his right
hand was killed uud lue comrade on his
left hand wounded.
The uffuir euded in a series of band-
to hand encounters aud fierce melees,
the Boers eventually being driven off.
One of Da Wet’s staff officers was
wounded aud taken prisoner.
Chastised by the Boers.
Cape Town, June 25 — Jacobus Botba,
the member of the Cape assembly for
AUwalnorth, has been captured by the
Boers and publicly sjamboked. In ad
dition, his house was burned. The
reason assigned for this treatment is
that Botha voted iu favor of the treason
bill
FARMERS IN BAD PLIGHT.
Serious Condition of Affairs In North
Carolina.
Charlotte, N. O., June 25. — The
farmers of this part of North Carolina
are despondent just now on account of
the never-ceasing rains of the last few
weeks. Cotton and corn are suffering
not only from the rain, but from a too
vigorous growth of gross. There has
been no fit season for plowing within
the last three weeks. *Much work has
been done on ground that was too wet.
This hurts the land and the crop. Acres
of both cotton and corn will be left un
worked, to grow up in weeds and grass.
The harvest season is on and demand
ing immediate attention.
Many men who arc firstclass farmers
have not been able to keep ahead of
Geueral Green this year. The care
less, indifferent tiller of the soil is
swamped.
But, with all this, if the sun shines
for a week the situation can be helped.
A few days of hot, fair weather is whau
is now needed.
Sewers For St. Petersburg.
St. Petersburg, June 20.—It is said
that representatives of a Dutch syndi
cate; with 70,000,900 florins capital, has
arrived in this city to investigate the
plans to sewer St. Petersburg. ^
Deadly Work of Lightning.
Charlotte, N. G., June 26.—While
working in a field in Lincoln county,
N. C., yesterday afternoon, William
Hsu Mid one ion were instanUy killed
*nd another eon probably fatally in*
jured by lightning.