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AHEBICUS, 0A., JULY 26, 1901.
Schlatter, the "divine healer," ii do
ng time in a Washington jail for va
grancy and drunkenness.
The Washington Post thinks the ne
gro picnic is giving the Georgia coro-
ler all the work he can attend to.
A number of learned theorists are
liscnesing at this Iato day whether our
ivil war could have been avoided.
From tbo English point of view, Mr.
'arnegie's philanthropy is regarded as
i sort of Wanamaker advertisement.
Amencus warehousemou are prepar-
ig for the now cotton year, and the
eecy willsoou be rolling into the mar-
ot at a good rate.
The "favorite sou" racket is being
forked overtime m 13? Georgia coun-
iob twelve months in advance of the
ubornatorial primary.
■■Iho Kentucky court of appeals do
idee that a | ublic officer cannot assign
is salary in advance of earning it, as
t is against public policy.
The Augusta Herald says that "if
ioorgia will leave the gate open long
nough she will soon have a yard full
f candidates for governor."
Kansaa and Telus seem to be furn-
ihing the settlers for the Indian coun-
•y, whieh ie a guaranty of some lively
olitical battles in the fnture.
It is stated in a Washington dispatch
to the New York World that it is the
intention of our government to retain
possession of Morro Castle, which
guards the eutrauce to the harbor of
Havana. There is nothing in the Platt
amendment about retaining this fa
mous fortress, and it is certain that
there has never been anything said in
Congress about retaining it. On whose
authority then is it to be retained.''
Has the President authority to say
that the American flag shall continue
to wave over it after Cuba has a gov
ernment of her own?
It is donbtfnl, and if he hasn’t, it is
hardly probable that Congress will au
thorize possession of the fortress to be
retained.
It seems to us that Cuba went to
the limit when her constitutional con
vention accepted the Platt amendment.
The convention would never have ac
cepted that amendment if it had not
been apparent that it waB really for
the best interests of Cuba. But the
retaining possession of Morro Castle
and the keeping of a garrison there
are totally different matters. It would,
in effect, mean that Cuba was not in
dependent, was only a dependency of
the United States. It is doubtful if
the Cubans would ever consent to oc
cupy such a humiliating position.
They might be forced to do so.
The plan is, it is said, to have a com
mission to make a treaty with Cuba
just as soon as Cuba is in a position
to appoint commissioners, and thon to
insist upon the retention of tlio fortress
as one of the provisions of the treaty
It will bo interesting to hear what the
Cubans have to say about this inten
tion of our government.
It will make them far more angry
than ever the Platt amendment did.
It will go a long way towards satisfy
ing them that this country doos not in
tend to give up its hold on the island.
But has the government any snch
intention as is alleged in the Washing
ton dispatch in question? 'Phat is a
difficult question to answer. The first
impulse would be to declare that it
hasn’t, but such strauge things are
happening all the while that it is bet
tor to wait and see what the Presi
dent or his cabinet officers have to
say about the matter.-Savannah Nows.
That Clty;Assuinlng
serious A-pect.
Columbus, O.. July 2k—The icemen’s
strike took a serious turn today and
frequent riots resulted. The strikers
announced that they would not only
stop non-union men from tvorking, but
that they would not permit consumers
to secure supplies irom the storage
houses.
An employe of a local drug house
went to the Crystal lee company’s fac
tory to secure ice,when he was set upon
by a crowd of strikers, pulled from his
wagon and severely beaten by a crowd
of drivers who had assembled there for
that purpose. Probably 15 or more men
jumped ou him and he was frightfully
beaten. Both sides are firm and there
is no compromise in sight.
Clgurinakers May Strike.
Tampa, Fla., July 21.—Another strike
is threatened by the cigarmakers at
Tampa, which promises to affect 5,000
men. The La Resistencia union de
mands that 100 men who deserted that
organization be discharged from Ou-
esta, Rav & Oo. ’s factory, or a general
strike will be declared. They also served
notice that if the strike was carried ont
they would make a demand for on in
crease in price to the amount of (4 on
each 1,000 cigars.
THE APPOINTING POWER.
Several OOlceseekers Made Happy by
the President.
Washington, July 22. —The president
today made the following appointments:
State—Richard Sprague, Massachu
setts, consul at Gibraltar?, Spain; Ed
ward A. C. Recvey, Connecticut, super
intendent at Giauehau, Saxony; Samuel
Smith, New Jersey, consul at Moscow,
Russia; It. S. Reynolds Hitt, Illinois,
third secretary United States embassy
at Paris, Frauce.
Treasury—John V. Wild, second lien-
tenant, revenue cutter service.
War—Elden Swift. Jr., first lieuten
ant and G. P. Morrow. second lieuten
ant, Porto Rico provisional regiment.
Henry Scott, second lieutenant, artil
lery corps.
Northern Paeiltc Elects Dlrectol
New Yoke, July 23.—At a meeting
,f tlie Northern Pacific Railroad com
pany, held here today, the following
new directors were elected in accord
ance with the recent letter of J. P. Mor
gan: Robert Bacon, George F. Baker,
Edward H. Harrimau, James J. Hill,
Kravtou Ives, L>. Willis James, John S.
Kennedy, Daniel S. Laraout, Charles S.
Mellon, Samuel Rea, William Rocke
feller, Charles Steele, James Stillman,
E. 13. Thomas and II. McK. Twombiey.
The meeting at which this action was
taken was very short. The directors
adjourned immediately after electing
the new directors.
REDUCTIONS.
ANOTHER GREAT SWEEP!
in
HE TOUCHED A TENDEE SPOT.
The fertilizer trull ia still scooping
II mills in Georgia, having bought up
jvoral within the past woek. It’s a
ard matter to combat a trust.
It is raid that the British are able to
atrol bat a small portion of conquered
African territory. Bat, then, they aro
ble to conquer but a email portion
Atlanta still leads,and in the number
f blind tigers beats Americus all hol-
>w. It is discovered that 500 blind
gors roar and rear in the outskirts of
dlanta every Sunday.
Sumter farmers shonlil look after
ieir hay crops. The great West is
taking little hay this year, and car
lads of Georgia grass cau be sold iu
.meriens this fa'l for shipment.
UBE ELECTIONS IN GEORGIA.
Application for Charter,
Another week of our busy Mid-Summer Reduction Sales.
Value giving is at its height. There ought to be the livliest
sort of rush of shoppers here Monday and all next week. We quote
no prices—enough to say that everything has been slashed right and
left from one end of this store to the other regardless of cost; regard-
less of profit. In less than one month autumn goods will be pouring
in. Mid-Summer clearances must b® swift and sure. Every energy
is bent in this direction.
The dress goods department offers thousands of yards of pretty
summer dress goods for less than they could be bought in the East
ern markets today by the cass. Inthehoisery department will be
found hundreds of odd lots of fine Hoisery; as good in winter as
the summer, and all are reduced fully 25 to 33 1-3 per cent.
The men’s furnishing department offers shirts, underwear
night shirts, ties, collars, etc., at wholesale factory cost.
The shoe department offers hundreds of pairs women’s, misses
and children’s slippers for $1 pair. Some have sold all the season at
$1 50, $2 00, $2 50 and $3 00 pair.
The notion department has hundreds of little notions reduced
25 to 50 per cent for this mid-summer reduction sale. It the public
could realize what will be offered here for so little the entire stock ot
summer goods would not last through the week. However, there
will probably be some even for those who come next week.
We Invite Visits Whether You Wish to Buy or Not.
GEORGIA—Sumtek County.
To the Superior Court of said county
The petition o^C^B.^Duffey Wn
A New Jersey minister has conolud
ed that a man’s soul as well as his
heart can be best reached through
his stomach, says the Indian
apolis Sentinel. The other day he
announced that every person at
tending servioe last Sunday should be
given a free dinner iu the vestry of the
church. The experiment was highly
successful. The attendants was in
creased, and the .odor of the dinner
floating into the • ohuroh imparted
added fervor to the proceedings. It ia
now announoed that the experiment
will bo continued. The minister may
be jnst a trifle undignified, but he
seems to understand human nature.
i ne pennon «»» v,. »».
Mass.T 11. Clements. Faribault. Mlnu.jU
O. Clement. Moultrie. Ga.,Ctaas E. Smith, £
L. Smith, Desoto, Ga , J. A Ansley, Ameri
cus, Ga„ respectfully shows:
1st. That they desire for themselves and
their associates, successors and asoigns, to
be incorporated and made a body politic
under thename and style of DeSoto Fruit.
Agricultural and Manufacturing Company.
bnd- Your petitioners ask to be Inc or do rat’
e • for the term of twenty years, with the
privilege of renewal at tne expiration ol
3rd U TU»t me capital stock of said cprpor
ation Is to be (Ft .',0001 Sixty Thousand Dpi
lars/wlth the privilege .ot...Increasing the
■KS
d 4th. ( ThaUhe whole of ■aid capital stock of
Sixty Thousand (W)000) Dollars has actually
b 5th.^ThaiThe object of said corporation is
pecutUry gain acd proilt for its share-,
holders.^ a ,__ —,_„aw,im onera propose
jrporatlon is agri
culture ana maau»«»tvug*i*g, raising cultivat
ing; selling and conducting a K^ral agri
cultural business; crops of every kind that
be raised by petitioners, and everything
connected thereto. Also to carry, oo a gen
eral nursery and fruit and vegetaole busl
ness; the raising, selling and baying fruit*
‘ bles ot every kind; rnd in<
Pretty
Children
and vegetables ui •
lng. buying and selling fru ttreesand erery
thing necessary in connection therewith
he rais
iGso to construct, own and operate a can-
nlng factory tor canning fruits and xege
table. Also to construct cotton seed oil mill
own and operate a co ton factory for spin
nlng, carding and weaving cotton and ma
Ir.g the same Into thread ami doth of eveL
kind. Aleo to construct or buy and own an-
operate a cotton and guano warehouse. Also
t mnun Mari in conoec-
operate a cutuiu auu _ -----
to ran and operate a conunitwarf in connec
lion wlth-tald business; the buying and tel*
Inc goods of every description that may b**
peededfor the enterprises ot said corpora-
^M'toSuTS. and own real estate
stocks and bonds, and to Issue stocks and
bonds on the property of said corporation
and secure me same by a Sf
Thore sooms to be an earnest effort
eing made in Savannah to stop the
ee of money in elections, eaye the Au-
usta Hdrald. It is high time that all
he Georgia citiee took some steps in
his matter. A fearful monace cou-
ronte any city that allows its offices to
ie bought and sold to tho highest bid-
ler. The corruption chargod iu Atlan-
a and Philadelphia city councils cau
ie traced back to the bought votes that
ilected bribed officers. The people
ihould see to it tlrnt vote-buying and
:ote-selling should stop. A poor man
nay salve his conscience in selling his
,-ote by specious arguments, but tho
city’s birthright and privileges, those
belong to tho whole body of his fellow
citizens and they should see that they
ire not bought and sold. Surely some
thing can be done in the South to pre
vent the debauchery of the ballot, now
that the negro vote has about been
eliminated.
••We have three children. Before the
birth of the last one my wife used four bot
tles of MOTHER'S FRIkND. If you had the
pictures of our children, you cuutJ see al
affiance thatlhe last one
is healthiest, prettiest and
finest-looking of them all.
My wife thinks Mother’s
Friend Is the greatest
and grandest
remedy In the
world for expect
ant mothers.”—
Written by a Ken
tucky Attorney-at
-Law.
corporation therefor.
Also lo Improve, lease or rent any of the.
property of slid corporation.
Also to buy, sell, own and operate
ery of any and all kinds, to appe
The people are the final arbiters in al
ucstion.3 in this country.
prevents nine-tenths of ths
suffering InctJent to chill*
birth. The coming mother’!
disposition and temrer remain unruffled
tthroughout the ordeal, because this relax
ing, penetrating liniment relieves the
usual distress. A good-natured mothei
is pretty sure to have a good-natured child.
The patient Is kept in a strong, healthy
condition, which the child also inherits
Mother’s Friend takes a wife through ths
crisis quickly and almost painless!}. 1
assists in her rapid recovery, and wasdi
off the dangers that so often follow de
livery.
Sold by drucento lor SI a bottk.
THE BRADFIEI.O REGULATOR CO
ATLANTA. OA.
Kj- i f 0 . our fr.o illustrated book writtrr
uprm.Iy lor «ip«< taat mothetu..
a.v machla
..rv 01 any ami an a.uun- appoint anil
elect all offleent and agents neceaumr to
carry on and transact any and all of the busi
ness and Interest of said corporation, and to
have acd enjoy all rights and nrivllegesas
are by the laws of Georgia conferred” upon
corporations of like character. The right to
sue” and be sued, to use a common seal tor
the corporation and to adopt *d .by '*" 8
. ’ and nropel
the corporation auu ... -j
rules and regulations necessary and proper
tor the conducts of Its business,
sth That the prlnclpa' oMce and place or
sin. ui-.. ... i . , _ rtr _ nra ,| nn -hall
sth That tne principa 1 mmc ... ---
business of said proposed corporation shall
be in the i lly o/Amerlcus sa d state ami
county, with the right to establish and mala-
,a tVteref'jre°i£tUloners pray to lie made a
wcererore petitioners ... —
body corporate under^narae andstjle
aforesaid, entitled to the rights, privilege
ani iBiio-iniUep, ami subject to the llaoiL
... ansley,
Petitioners Attorney.
Filed in the office of the Clerk of the Sl
jcrlor court of Sumter county, ua , Jul> aa
L 1)1 aUlllLc' CWUllST, I--Y -
C. A. CilA MULISS, Clerk S. C
A PROCLAMATION.
Governor of
lEORGIA: Bv A. D. Camll
Where inofficial information has been ^re
Whereas, omciai imormai-uu v
cetved at this •lepwtinenUhaiouthe ‘thdaj
unknown person shot and’killed Tom staple
ton. colored, and made his escape. I
t.ho^ntprope-r.therefore^to^ssue this, y
thought proper, there lore. >w■w"**.
Proclamation, hereby offering * regard_
One Hundred ami I itty UollaJs for ‘ne ap
orehenslon and delivery of said unknown
person with evidence sufficient to conjict, to
the sbei iff of Webster count>, Ga. Ann I dc
moreover charge and require all officer* in
this State. Civil and Miiitay. to be vigilant In
endeavoring to apprehend the said unknow n
person inorder that he.may^br ought Jo
person in order mat nc muj
trial tor the offence with w hlch he stanu-
Ci Given 1 under my hand and *ealof the State.
thU the 2uth day of'
a. i>, CANDLER, Governor.
Ily the Cvve COOKt Sec y c f state,
A. G. DUNCAN.
. a . J I _ 1 J aa r\ A O ■! £1
us and 117 Forsyth Street, Shaw’s Old Stand Americus. Oa.
TWO BOYS MURDERED.
Their Bodies Found In a Mill Pond In
Tennessee.
Knoxville, July 23.—The bodies of
Wheeler and Mvnatt Hatmaker were
fonnd in a mill pond near the Kentucky
line not for from Jacbsboro, Tenn. In
vestigation by a coroner’s jury showed
that the boys bad been mnrdered by be
ing stabbed and beaten and then their)
bodies thrown into the water.
Snspioton Is said to point to Silas
Netlly. Neilly fled after the verdloc of
the coroner’s jury, was known. A fend
has existed between Neilly and the Hat.
makers for several years, Neilly having
been whipped by a brother of the Hat-
maker boys. The boys who were hilled
were* only 11 and 14 years old, and the
murder mast have been unprovoked and
therefore excitement is intense in the
wmmnnity.
Will L. & N. Enter Charleston?
Charleston, July 23.—Rumors con
cerning the entrance of the 'Louisville
and Nashville railway system into
Charleston are current here from good,
reliable sources. For a day or more
railroad people have heard in an indi
rect way that the Louisville and Nash
ville had pnrohased, or arranged to par-
those, the Augusta division of the
Southern railway, extending from Au
gusta to Branchville, and that Charles
ton would bo teached over the Uae of
the Southern under traffic arrange
ments between the two systems. While
no railroad official here it authorized to
talk of the report, the fact is not denied
that it has reached their ears, and just
now the situation is extremely inter
esting,
7/finuto Voo jCato>
And all Because Your Watch was Out of order.
> > > TIME LOST J* > >
Cannot be regainedt 'tis best to have your watch tn
order. The cost of repairing ana regulating is slight!
the benefit is great.
G. T. SULLIVAN,
Watch Inspector Seaboard Air Line IL R.
Bnccestor to _
Atnerlcna Jewelry A Music Co
Next to Ladles' Entratce
Windsor Hotel.
Eighth Uletiulai session.
Philadelphia, July 32.—The eighth
biennial session of the grand lodge of
Theatrical Mechanics association of the
United States and Canada began today
In the Walnet street theater. Twenty-
lix subordinate lodges were represented
when J. Frank Eline of Baltimore,
grand master, called the conventioa to
order. The sessions will continue nntil
Thursday. The exercises of the morning
session consisted ot an address of wel-
DROUTH PARTLY BROKEN.
Kavlhms of Texas Shower* Di
Ureat Uood.
Dallas. July 20.-The shower, of tM
last three days fell in 20 c°nntle*»
about 100 inclciled in the Texas eo
growing distriot Rain has not
general in any of the 20 counties, at
good has been done in cbeckinj
work of the drouth in localities
session consisted or an annress ot wel- ~ h ~'~ 71 ,Yjr hue « heavy general
is needed’to" make *
a response by Grand Master Eline and
general business.
Baby Ate Lye.
Birmingham, Ala., July 23.—Louis
Buxton, the 18-months-old baby boy of
Mr. and Mrs. John Bnxton, living on
First avenue and Seventh street, died a
horrible death last afternoon, the result
of poisoning from concentrated lye. The
child was crawling along the floor when
in somo manner it got hold of a box of
lyo and placed somo of it in bis month.
Considerable was swallowed and the
sufferings of the little fellow were ter
rible. Death came in a short time.
Tournament at Charlotte.
Charlottl, N. C., July 23. — The
state firemen’s contention opens in this
city tomorrow, and there will be four
days of parades and contests. Ths occa
sion will bring many representative firo-
meu ami representative men to Char
lotte from ml parts of the state, and
s,'>iiio from South Carolina. It will also
be a week of baseWl, and furthermore
the cottonseed oil men are to assemble
in tho city during the week.
Mint sri,m Ambush.
Knoxville, July 22. — News has
reached here from Tazewell, Tenn.,
stating that Clint Legere was shot from
ambash and instantly killed In Han
cock county, Tenn. He was robbed of
about {60 which he bad «n his person.
Artist Drops Dead.
Los Angeles, July22.—Colonel Albert
Jenks, a well known artist, dropped
dead this morning on the street in front
of the residence of his friend, Mra O.
B. Bruhn. Tho latter and H. Langley,
B. Bruhn. The latter and H. Langley,
the writer and publisher, were walking
with him at the time and were laughing
and chatting when, with an unfinished
joke upon his Ups, Colonel Jenks pitched
forward aud expired. Heart disease was
the cause of hfk death.
i3lg Florida Land Deal.
St. Andrews Bay, Fla, July 22.—
The Germau-American Lumber com
pany, of which Messrs. B. P. Jones and
J. R. Saunders of Valdosta, Ga, have a
controlmg interest, has purchased 30,-
000 acres of timber land near this place
from the St. Andrews Lumber company,
paying about {48,000 for it. This gives
the company about 80,000 acres in this
section, which is said to be realizing
about {8 an acre for milling purposes, to
say nothing of its valnc for naval stores.
Wreck on Koclt Island.
Des Moines, July 24.—A special jnst
received from Iowa City states that tho
Rock Island passenger trains, Nos. 25
and 0, collide .1 at Tiffin and six persons
were seriously injured. No. 6 was at
tempting to get on a siding when struck
and two sleeping cars were demolished.
The engineer oa No. 25 is missing.
the rain fell, but a neary
is needed to make the cotton crop »
Good showers fell in Marshall
rounding sections of eastern
morning. r .. ch! d 9i
The thermometer at noon re (
degrees in the shade at Halls. ^
certainty of going higher du« Jf t3j
middle of the afternoon. *odi «
rainfall of the last three days m
any good. The crop was r£«
ekn unin mtttlll 1 Il6 V161U
any good. The crop was p»y .-yf ncl
when the rain came, ihe yield«
exceed oue-qnarter of on aye
Isolated sections of the catt e
have been helped, but the rang
ally is still dontrarod* 1 " A "
Census Taken of Columbu 4
Columbus, Go., July 24.-A “ ^
census, just completed by the c
thorities, snows that Jhere “ re
people in Coiambus proper. wfJ .
increase of l,!p3 I« i0 P I e9'' e , t t f tei
meut census of June, 1HW. 1 . e fll t
show both tho rapid g r0 " ' tjie p e
aud confirm tho suspicion that t .j
not <l l1 Hu *.t—-to
eminent figures did not do ti
Justice. This census does u
any of the suburbs.
Korin Off • o:nP' in -
Karmers
La von. a. Ga., July 24.—
Oil and Fertilizer company
....
.-e
od
organized with the folio"'
President, T. F. Aiii-ou, '" L
Oscar Cannon; secretary ai. * Alil0 a,
J. \V. Cannon; directors, i. • <j»
000, is taken by 75 prommen
in and around town. _ ,