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AMERICUS TIMES-RECORDER. TWENTY-FOURTH YEAR, AMERICUS, GEORGIA, FRIDAY, AUGUST 29, 1902. NUMBER 17 The Sickest Man is Not Always in Bed. | DEMOCRATS HOLD PRIMARY IN ALABAMA The meanest kind of aicT .u s is just to be *'--H to attend to duties and yet not feel equal to the task The eternal grind keeps many in the traces who ought to be in bed. A thorough course of Johnson’s Chill and Fever Tonic would give a new lease on life to such people. It tones up the the whole digestive apparatus. Puts the Liver in the best condition possible. Gives splendid appetite. Renews strength and restores vitality. Office of J. R. LASSITER. Hkndbo.vvii.le, S. 0, Sept. 2, 1890. Mr. A.'B. Girardeau, Savauuah, Ga. Dear Sir:—Some years ago I operated a float ing saw-mill on the Savannah River. My base of operations was being constantly changed, and my hands were always exposed to the worst malarial • influences. I employed over one hundred hands, and the work was conducted as much in water as out of it. For this reason, in August aud Septem ber there was great loss of time and business, on . account of sickness among the workers. My attention was then called to Johnson’s Chill and Fever Tonic, and I determined to give the medicine a trial. I procured it, and those who were sick were put on this treatment, and those who were feeling badly were at once given the Tonic. In a short time every one of the one hundred hands was well and reported for duty; and from that time on I used nothing else but Johnson’s Tonic, and never had another case of fever. Yours very truly, J. R. LASSITER. FALL s WINTER Opening Day, Sept. 1st. Standard of Excellence. * If you want to be “correct” wear a AND Hart, Schaffner & Marx’s I am the Agent. W. D. BAILEY, Tj/ig 97/en’s Outfitter, Allen House Corner, Americus, Ga, For Sale. Excellent,farm, soo.'acres, one'mile from-Camilla. Confer with M. CALLAWAY, Americus Ga. - , -r Vf Governor and State Offloers to Be Ghosen. EQUIVALENT TO AN ELECTION. There Is More Than Ordinary Inter est In Primary For the Reason that Coming Legislature la to Elect a United States Senator. Birmingham, Ala., Aug. 25.—Demo cratic primaries to name the nominees ol the party for the election In No vember are being held In Alabama to day. In Alabama, as in every strict ly Democratic atate In the south, the selection made at the primaries Is equivalent to an election. State of ficers will be chosen, legislators se lected and in many parts ol the com monwealth county officers will also be selected. There is more than ordinary Interest attached to this primary, for the reason that the coming legislature la to elect a United States senator. The term ot United States Senator E. F. Pettus Is about to expire. He is • candidate for renomlnatlon and for re-election. Aa far as Is publicly known, there is no opposition. There are two candidates for the gu bernatorial nomination—W. D. Jelks, at present governor of Alabama, and Captain Joseph J. Johnston, former governor.The-, former, as president of the senate,■'succeeded Governor W. J. Samford, who died after being In olfice but a short time, nearly two years ago. Captain Johnston served two terms as governor. Other, offi ces to be filled are secretary of State, lieutenant governor, treasurer, audi tor, attorney general, superintendent of education and commissioner of agri culture. The new constitution, with Is pro visions for registering and paying of poll taxes, the latter necessary to vote, but not compulsory as to being paid, has reduced the voting population of the state to 183,818 registered. The census of 1900 showed 232,394 white males over the age of 21 years, it* Is figured that there are 40,000 voters .who have not paid their poll taxes, it is is not believed that the vote will go above 100,000. If that much. The term of governor In Alabama Is four years. INTO OPEN SWITCH FAST TRAIN PLUNGES Accideut eu Southern Road Near, Toccoa, Ga. ONE KILLGlb; ONE INJURED. ITALIANS ATTACK MOTORMAN. Tried to Lynch Him Because He ran Over-One of Them. New York, Aug. 25.—Because one of a party of fifteen Ita! lions was run over at Je rome avenue and Potter place .by trolley car, the men In the party at tacked the motorman, John O’Neil, pulled him oft the car and beat him and attempted to drag him to a tree with the intention of hanging him. The passengers of the crowded car Inter fered and fighting ensued, but polled reserves appeared, drove the crowd of 2,000 away, which took nearly an hour, and rescued O’Neil. The Injured man, Rosano Christiana, was leading two children. He made them run on ahead as he saw the car coming. Chrlsttano was knocked down by the car and both legs were cut off. TEARFUL OR CHEERFUL? Whether a woman is tearful or cheer ful depends not on what she baa materi ally, but what she la physically. Many an indulrent husband is driven almost to despair by the tearful outburst of a wife who lias "every thing she wauls.” He wants to k now what’s the matter. Hut the wife can’t tell. She only knows that she is de pressed and despondent. Such a condition is usually re lated to form of womanly disease. The mental depression hat its corresponding womanly weakness. Doctor Pierce’s Favorite Prescription changes tearful women to cheerful women by curing the diseases which cause phys- ical weakness and depression ol spirits. ■ establishes regularity, dries unhealthy drains, heals inflammation and ulcera tion, and cures female weakness. bottles of Dr. Pierce’) Favorite Prescription and two of bis -Golden Medial Discovery,’ and I do all my work. I can t praioc your medi. too highly. I wilt recommend your medi- i os long as I live. If any one doubtl this glee them my address." "Favorite Prescription” makes weak women strong and sick women’ well. Accept no substitute for the medicine which works Wonders foe weak women. Keep the bowels healthy by the timely use of Doctor Pierce’s Pleasant Pellets. Switch Was Thrown Open by Un known Persons with Malicious In tent—Officials of Road Are Making Rigid Investigation. Toccoa, Ga., Aug. 25.—The United States last mail train on the South ern railroad was wrecked at Tugaloo river, a few miles from Toccoa, about 3:30 o'clock this morning. The engine and nearly all of the coaches and Pullman cars were turned over and some of them badly wrecked, Strange to say, very few people were seriously Injured. Engineer Busha was badly hurt and It 1b reported that a negro tramp was killed. The train ran Into an open switch, is said. The railroad officials are'mak ing a rigid Investigation of the cause of the accident. The fast mall Is one of the fastest trains operated oa the Southern rail way and It handles thousands of pounds of mall matter, and this train was loaded,with a large quantity of mall for southeastern and southwest ern points. This mall matter has been saved, and was sent to Atlanta on a relay train. Conductor Cannon was In charge of the train. Many Atlanta people re turning from the east were aboard, but none of them are reported seri ously hurt The railway officials are hard at work clearing up the wreckage, but the line will be blocked all day. The fast mall train on the Southern Is one of the most popular trains in the south. It Is always crowded, and Is the train subsidized by the Unit ed States government to haul the malls from the east to the southeast and southwest The officials of the Southern declare that the switch was thrown open by persons unknown and with malicious Intent. Detectives and local officers are scouring the country for the mis creants and every effort will te made to apprehend the guilty parties. In regard to the wreck the Atlanta officials of the Southern are reticent. The full particulars have not yet been received by them and they decline to give out anything until they are fully informed as to the cause and effects of the accident. BATTLE ABBEY LEA8ED. Michael P. Grace Will Uce Same as Winter Residence. New York. Aug. 25.—Battle Abbey, the historic pile which marks the spot where Harold, sur rounded by his ' Saxons, fell before the ax of William the Conquer or at the battle of Hastings, has been leased for a term of years, says the Herald, to Michael P. Grace, brother af former Mayor William It Grace. Mr. Grace will use the ’abbey as a winter residence. For a long time Mr, Grace has leased Lord Howes’ estate In Hertfordshire for bis winter home. Battle Abbey, which belonged to the late Duchess of Cleveland, widow of the fourth and last Duke of Cleve land. and mother of Lord Rosebery, was sold at auction last autumn to Sir Augustus Frederick Walpole Webster, a descendant of Sir Thomas Webster., who bought the abbey from the slr.th viscount Montague in .18, and In whose family the abbey remained for 130 years. The purchase price was the equivalent ol $1,000,000. cr.owos c . ... .r. _j::vclt. Fccpla of Lc :i, f.’.-.-r.. Ci-.c .’.alien Chief C vr lie::. Lowell. Mass.. Aug. 25.—For 25 min utes today the city entertained th< president of the United States and then watched him depart for New Hampshire and Maine, giving him r, hearty cheer as the train pulled out The president left Eoston at 8:35. North Billorca turned out Immense crowds and gave a rousing cheer ae the train passed by. At each place the president appeared on the plat- form and acknowledged the greetings The special train arrived here at 9:19 m„ and Us arrival was signalled by the firing of a presidential salute by the militia. The sidewalks about the station were thronged with people, and the common which was tbo scene uf Vfi real reception was black with hu manity. Acting Mayor Badger and a committee of the city government met the president and ’party at the station, who was presented by Charles 51. Al len, former governor of Porto Rico. After a few words of welcome the 'party took carriages and drove rapidly to the common through tho qtrees arched with bunting and lined with cheering people. Arriving at the speaker’s stand, the president was presented to the people in a brief sentence by the acting may or. LIN iEN’S STRIKE * CRESCENT CITY Telej. is Service Disabled tfires Beiitg Cat. SITUA N GROWING SERIOUS. Cumberland Company Has Applied td Mayor for Permission to Arm Their r.’.en—Men Imported from Nashville Badly Beaten. New Orleans, Aug. 20.—As a result of the linemen’s strike, which has now been on ter several weeks, the Cum berland company Is meeting \$th great difficulty in operating Its service hero, in spite of the blanket Injunction re cently issued by Judge Parlange In the federal court. Today the police reported that 48 wires being stiung on Joseph street bad been cut during the night and the ends found lying on the ground at daylight. The effect was to put .many of the phones in the upper resi dence district of the efty out of ser vice. The company is still bringing men here from other point* but have bad to appeal to the poUce to protect them. Yesterday three of the men who had come from Nashville were badly beat en. Today Chief Journal detailed policeman In uniform on each of the wagons of the company which are try ing to repair the damaged service. Ne gotiations between the laboring peo ple and the company for a settlement of the strike have completely failed. Later In the day the Cumberland people, through Manager Powell, ap plied-to the mayor Tor permission to arm their men. YIELD OF GOLD AND SILVER. Director of the Mint Issues Hie Final Estimate for 1901. . Washington, Aug. 20.—George E. Roberta, director of the mint, has Is sued his final estimate ot the produc tion ot gold and silver la the United States during the calendar year 190L Mr. Roberts’ statement shows that during the year the United States pro duced 3,805.600 ounces of gold, valued at $78,666,700, a decrease of $504,300, or 0.636 per cent ns compared with the yield of 1900. The silver yield for 1901 amounted to .55,214,000 ounces, of the common clal value of $33,128,400, which was 2.433,000 ounces, or 6 per cent less than it was In 1900. The total value of the precious met als produced by the United States in 1901 amounted to $111,795,100, which was $1,964,100, or 2 per cent, less than the yield for 1900. ^ In 1901 the gold production of Oeor- gla wag valued at $124,500; silver $240. North Carolina produced $65,- 500 gold and $12,180 silver; South Car- olina $46,000 gold and $120 silver; Vln glnla $5,300 gold and $420 silver. TORCH APPLIED TO BUILDING8. People of Gilmer Excited Over Incen diary Firee. Eliljay, Ga., Aug. 26.—The barn, crib and one or two other email outbuild- Inga on the Roberta farm on the BUI- Jay river, 2 miles north ot town, have been burned within the last two days. ' The burning took place moetly In daylight. An outbuilding was first burned. Next, the crib and stables adjoining were burned. The cr:b contained about 60 bushels of corn. Saturday morning another small build ing was burned. A man whose fare was blackened Is reported to have Won seen to run Into the woods. A fire on a previous night was alsq discovered In the kitchen and a light ed broom was thrown through an open window Into the top of the dwelling. TheBe were extinguished. The shep herd dog had been shot and killed on the premises some time before the first burning.. . The people here are greatly excit ed over this burning. COLOMBIAN REBEL8 ACTIVE. Reported that They Are Continually Increasing Their Forces. Kingston, Jamaica, Aug. 25.—The British ateamer Orinoco, which arrived here today from Colombian ports, re ported that tho rebels of Colombia are Increasing their forces continual ly and that thero la greater activity In the vicinity ot the lithmua. It la feared that the government garrison at Colon cannot successfully defend tho town owing to the strength of the rebels. The Orinoco haa a passenger. Cap tain Navarro, who Is proceeding to the Island ot Trinidad 'to tako command of the Venezuelan revolutionary steam er known as tho Ban RIgh and Boli var, which the Colombian government Is reported to have acquired from tho revolutionary party for warship pur poses. 'Not For Whisky Trust Peoria, Ill., Aug. 27.—Peorla’e two monster independent distilleries are not for sale, and will not be absorbed by the recently srgMied whisky trust • DIVIDED HIS TIME BE- TWEEN JSUN AND PEN Escaped Conviot Sends Mcs* sage For Publication. VOW? DEATH OF SHERIFF! In Mountain Fastness Montana Crlm. Inal Writes Letter—Winchester In Hand Ready For Action—Pursued by Posse and Bloodhounds. Butte, Mont., Aug. 27.—With officers of the state penitentiary - upon his trail, assisted by bloodhounds, convict Tom O’Brien, who last Friday mads a daring escape from the state prfsi on, has sent a communication to Ww Miner, pleading for a publlo state) ment of his alleged crime and vowing the death ot under Sheriff Dave Mor< gan, who alleged perjured testimony, the convict declares, sent him to yrlfi: on and wrecked bla home. The document received by Th« Miner bears the postmark of Anacon. da. The writer date* his communb cation from a mountain in the sur< rounding hill* of Anaconda and that he wrote hi* story bebjnd a i dividing his time between his Chester and bis pen. The tdn cation Is a literary freak and 1 no question as to Its authanUMta OS the handwriting has been AIM I dhoti fled by the warden of the fw! febtlair and others acquainted vftH the criminal. O'Brien's declared ab ject la escaping from the prison la te Ml! Deputy Bhsrlff Morgan. O’Brian waa tent up for robbery hi 1901. KILLED IN AUTO ACCIDENT. Catastrophe Similar to Fairs’ Occurs at Long Branch. Long Branch, Aug. 27.—Two ward killed and three injured In on afto* mobile accident at the Park avanau bridge over the New York and Drag Branch railroad tracks yesterday. In trying to avoid running down a man, Frank J. Matthews, president of the Realty Trust company, of Jersey City, lost control of his machine and it plunged against the rolling,, broka through and dropped to the rillfe'35 feet below. Mr. Matthews was instantly killed, the heavy machlnq fall'ng upon him. Mrs. J. H. Cobb, of Richmond, Va., one of his guests, died later at tho Monmouth Memorial hospital. Mrs. Louts Plszlnl, her sister-in-law, Is believed to be dying. Rev. Father Grant, of the Paullst church, Nw York, suffers from shock and braises. The chauffeur, Rudolph Meyers, es caped with slight Injuries, os he leap, ed to the bridge Just as the machine plunged over the side. Mr. Matthews had been summering at AllenbursL Today he called at the Hathaway Inn and took tho two ladles and Father Grant for a trip along the coast. They bad gone but a short distance wlven the accident took place. William H. Havens, a gardener, was crossing the bridge which spans tho railroad track and was close to tho end from which the automobile was Bhproacb'iK. There la an up grade and the powe,- of the machine woe turned on full'-to reach the bridge. Havens was directly In front of It. Mr. Mat- thews was at the lever and swerved to avoid him, and In an Instant the heavy machine crashed against tho railing and plunged over, the bridge with four ot Its occupants. The chauf. feur jumped and escaped. Mrs. Cobb, Mrs. Plzzlnt and Father Grant fell clear of the machine. Mr. Matthews fell under It, hla death being Install* taneoue. SHOT NEGRO TO DEATH. Ascallant of Mr*. Smith Lynched In North Carolina, Raleigh. N. C., Aug. 26.—Tom Jones, the negro who assaulted Mrs. Will Smith near Seven Spring*, on Friday, has been lynched. He was caught by a posse of three, taken to Mrs. Smith’s house and Identl* Bed. He confessed his crime and gave up a razor he had stolen from his victim’s husband. He was jAt In a barn to await the arrival of tha sheriff, but ten men. disguised as ne- frees, came from the woods and da* manded him. Officer Walker refused to give hint up and was shot in the neck. The men battered down tho door, put Jones on a tram car, ran It Into the woods, bound him to a log and fired a volley of shot Into him. Ha was not killed at the first fire and an other volley ended hfs misery. Buttons and pieces of cloth wera taken as souvenirs from bis body. Many Injured In Trolley Accident. Youngstown, O., Ang. 27.—In head-end collision nt an early hour this morning between electric cars on tho Youngstown and Sharon* Electric railway, seventeen persons are report ed Injured, several seriously. The ac. eldest oeaiftred between Uubbard and Bharen..