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AMERICUS, GEORGIA, FRIDAY, FEBRUAKY 6, 1903.
NUMBER 41
The Sickest Man is Not Always in Bed.
The meanest'kind of sickness is just to be able
to attend tojduties^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 a
splendid appetite. Renews strength and restores
vitality. ,
Office of J. R. LASSITER.
Hehmoxville. S. C. f Sept. 2, 1S96.
Mr. A. B. Girardeau, Saranunli, 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
ont of it. For this reason, in August and 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 1 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.
OFFICIALS HOPEFUL
OF EARLY RESULTS
Confidence In Venezuelan Ne
gotiations at Washington.
EXPECTATION OF ADJUSTMENT
General Disinclination In 8ome Quar
tern to Consider a Reference to The
Hague Court of Arbitration aa Means
of Terminating Difficulties.
I’aris, Feb. 3.—The advices rccelV'
•d here from Ambassador Jusserand,
nmunarizing the status of the Ven-
eeuelan negotiations at Washington
lead the officials to express moro
confident expectation of adjustment
of the difficulties than at any time pre
vious. The tendency here appears
to be toward allowing the allies
month, or other brief period for prl
city collection of the customs. As
It is (climated that the amount that
would thus be collected would not ex
feed 330,000 it Is considered that it
will not interfere seriously with the
ulUnste equality ot treatment of all
the claimants.
k is further said here that negotia
tion* have developed a general disin
flation to consider a reference to
Thr Hague court of arbitration as a
mesa* of terminating the differences.
BRITISH CABINET’S ATTITUDE.
In Mood to Accept Any Way Out of
Venezuelan Muddle.
Berlin, Feb. The German ambas
sador at I-ondon. Count Wolffe-Metter-
nlch, in a dispatch to bis government
referring to British opinion on the
Venezuelan question and the British
cabinet's attitude In consequence
thereof says the government la con-
rrlous ot the lack ot popular support
io Its associations with Germany, espe
cially of the disapproval of the middle
classes.
Premier Balfour and Foreign Min
lf tcr I.ansdowne have the support of
the other members of the cabinet In
th«lr determination to carry the agree-
m, tit out with Germany, but tho am-
'‘assador ventures the opinion that
“ f d 1-ansdowae’a position la weaken
'd through loss of public support aud
that the cabinet Is In a mood to accept
almost any way out of the Venexue-
‘»n entanglement that promises tho
ultimate payment of the claims.
Ambassador Wolff-Motjternlch also
'»>* a very genuine dislike exists gen-
,r a!iy In Great Britain to the govern'
ttent’s partnership with Germany and
•a consenting to the negotiations at'
^aahlngton. he Intimates that if the
''tuatlon becomes more confused It If
"mceirable that Colonial Secretary
'tamberlain on hte return from South
AMca may become the interpreter of
«« popular view In the cabinet and
Mvlie the other ministers accordingly.
Corbett to Flghl Jeffries.
New York, p*b, 4.—James J. Oor-
wit has signed articles here for a to-
round contest with James J. Jeffrie*
•r the heavy-weight championship ol
rvl*"? 4, th » ffght to take place ml
Erie, Canada, on Jane JO. Jef-
cl7 pn *** t ’ the niti-
cl?. . ! h® ,0rw * rt ««l <0 Wm. The
tc ** !* to be for a mine of 336.000
TORRENTIAL RAINS
ANO FIERCE WINOS
Southern Cities Are Visited
by Severe Storms.
TENNESSEE RIVER ON BOOM.
At Chattanooga Wind Reached Almost
Cyclonic Velocity, Uprooting Trees,
Tearing Down Sign* and Domoralli'
ing Telegraphic 8ervlce.
Chattanooga, Tenn., Feb. 4.—The
■torm which has prevailed through
out this section for the past two or
three days reached a climax last night
when the rain fell In torrents, the
wind reaching almost a cyclonic ve
locity and flooding the street* from
shortly after midnight until ubout 6
o'clock thli morning.
Signs were blown down, trees up
rooted In some peris of thejdty and
telegraph and telephone wire* badly
demoralized. The rainfall for a few
hours during the deluge waa .38 of
an Inch.
The wind reached a velocity of 46
miles an hour, continuing so lor two
hours. The Tennessee river as
result of the heavy, rains during the
past few days Is rising rapidly, all
tributaries pouring la volumes of
water. Today Is clear and pleasant,
with a light wind.
\ KNOXVILLE CUT OFF.
City Devoid of Communication With
Outeldo World For Hour*.
Knoxville. Feb. 4.—A very heavy-
rain and wind storm prevailed here
last night and early this morning. At
2 o'clock the velocity of the wind was
60 miles an hour, the highest It has
ever been known since tbe local
weather bureau was established.
Extensive dsmsgo was done to elec
tric wires aud for several hours thlb
city was cut off entirely from tele
graph and telephone communication
with (be outside world. Even the
railroad wires were down. Many lo
cal light, power and telephone lines
were affected.
The Tennessee river Is rising rapid
ly. It being 4 feet above low water this
morning at 7 o'clock. Thjs shows
a rise of 2 feet during 24 hours.
Reports from flood-warning stations
on streams above here Indicate an av
erage rainfall of 1 Inch throughout
upper East Tennessee yesterday and
last night. This, the weather bureau
thinks, will cause a rise of several ad
ditional feet In the Tennessee river
here, though no serious flood Is anticL
pated. The temperature Is slightly
warmer this morning than yeaterday
morning, but * drop la predicted with.
In the next 1J hours. Yeaterday and
last night’s rainfall was .64 ot an
Big Company Chartered.
Ralelgk. V. C.. Feb. The state
has chartered the Union Supply com
pany. of Spray. Rockingham county,
authorised capital of $500,000. The
company win make and aril cotton
end yam goods and other product*.
The stockholders are B. Frank Me-
bane. W. R. Walker and J. 8. Patter-
MAY BE PRETEXT
FOR WORLD'S WAR
President Castro Talks of the
Venezuelan Affair.
HOPEFUL.
8AY8 HE IS STILL
If, However, All Peaceful Meane Are
Exhausted, HI* Country Will Not
Give In, but Will Fight—Refers to
Honor Among Nations.
New York. feb. 2.—The Herald’s
Caracas correspondent quotes Presi
dent Castro as saying, in the course
of an Interview:
‘‘I cannot grasp the news from
Washington. I fear that the Vene-
auelan conflict will be made a pre
text for a world war. I have an
nwered, however, the demand for pref
erential treatment, as follows: 'The
Venezuelan government desires equal
treatment for every, creditor nation, at
the same time keeping in mind and
respecting Its previous diplomatic
agreements and obligations.’
“Aa far as I can see, the French
claim la absolutely perfect, yet the
blockading powers seem to desire to
invalidate it This Is a strange pro
cedure, indeed, when you recall that
the French, Belgian and Spanish
claims already have that solemn sanc
tion which the blockading powers pre
tend to be desirous their own abould
receive.
"Yet I am hopeful, yes, always hope
ful. Mr. Bowen has cabled me to
be prudent and patient. I shall be
both, and we will exhaust all peaceful
meant, with the understanding, that
when that has been done we will not
give In, but will light
We have concluded that If there le
no honor among nations nor virtue In
International agreemnta we most de
fend ourselves and to insure tranquil
ity we must take possession of Trini
dad and other .adjacent places from
which, 'with the consent of unfriendly
powers, filibustering expeditions have
started and have made Venezuela
welter In blood.
"The Ban Rlgh, which sailed from
England, and the expedition under the
command of General Carlb-VIdal,
which sailed from Trinidad, landing
arms two weeks ago at Hlguer^tc,
would cost England as mueli as the
Alabama claims If we had equal
rights with the strong.’’
New French Ambasaaaor.
Washington. Feb. 2.—M. Jusserand,
the new French ambassdor who ar
rived In Washington Sautrday night,
called at the state department today,
ari-ompanled by M. Boeufve, the chan
cellor of the French embassy. The
ambassador speaks English perfectly,
and had half an hour conversation with
Secretary Hay. No date has yet been
fixed for bis presentation at the white
house, but this will not take place be
fore the middle of the week according
to the present plan.
ounnam acts Rehearing.
Montgomery, Ala., Feb.’ 4.—The su
preme court has granted to Major
Bradford Dunham a rehearing In his
divorce suit from bis wlfet who lives
In Savannah. The court formerly
threw out the case on appeal of Mrs.
Dunham on the ground that the fact
of Major Dunham's residence In
Montgomery was not established. The
rehearing remands the case to the city
court for trial on Itjjjmarita.
Bargain Babies.
If babies were for sale the most invet
erate bargain-hunting woman in the
world wouYd not look fora
She would want the beet baby
be bought, regardless of price.
Every woman naturally
healthy, handsome child, and her crav
ing can be gratified if she win but re
member that the child’s health is her
own gift, and to give health she must
'I
have it to give.
Mothers
whose babies have
been weak and puny
have nursed in strength
their first strong child
after using Dr. Pierce’s
Favorite Prescription. It
is the best preparative for
maternity, encouraging the appetite,
the nerves and inducing te-
sleep. It gives the mother
to give her child, and makes
's advent practically painless.
■ My wife had bra sick nearly all bn !U*,»
■y* Mr. 8. B. Pricks. aS.Mrnbera. Mro.nl
the baby’i
Dr. Pierce's Pleasant Pellets are the
best and safest laxative for the use of
delicate women.
DISASTROUS FIRE
AT OKLAHOMA CITY
Many Business Blooks Have
Been Destroyed.
STARTED IN GENERAL STORE.
City Hat Called on Neighboring
Towns For Aesistanee In Coping
With the Conflagration—Town le
Second Largest City In Territory.
Guthries, O. T., Feb. 4.—Oklahoma
City is burning.
The Are started In the Lion gener
al store and already the beet business
blocks have been destroyed. Fire
apparatus has been sent from Guth
rie.
Oklahoma City is the second city In
size in the territory, and has a popu
lation of over lO.OtX).
The loss la placed at $250,000; In
surance about one-third of loss. Hie
entire stock and building of the Lion
■tore was consumed, entailing a loss
ot more than $176,000.
Another Are in a frame building on
Broadway at the same time caused
additional lose.
ANI)'
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SHOT WIFE
THEN KILLED HIMSELF
THE OLD RELIABLE
Tragedy Ocours Ir. Knoxville
Boarfling House.
RESULT OF FAMILY QUARREL.
Becoming Angered With Hie Wife
William Thomas, a Weaver, Delib
erately Shoots Her and Then
8endt Bullet Through Hie Heart.
Big Fire at Richmond.
Richmond, Va., Feb. 4.—The whole
sale grocery and liquor store of L. C.
Younger was gutted by Are last night
The loss Is estimated at $100,000, of
which $76,000 la In stock, the rest
being on buildings. The lose on
buildings la entirely covered by Insur
ance. The insurance on stock la
placed at $65,000.
KISSED WIFE AND KILLED HER.
Husband Then Turned Weapon Upon
Himself.
Winston-Salem. N. C., Feb. 4
Banks Miller, a young man, shot hla
wile last night and then killed him
self. Both died in a few minutes.
Miller and his wife had a dispute
yesterday and decided to separate.
She left her husband, taking their two
children to tbs home of relatives.
Last night Mlller«called to ses bis
wife, and after talking over their mis
understanding the wife consented to
Hve with her husband again. As he
started to leave the room he asked
his wife to come to the door and IdSs
him good night. She compiled with
tbs request.
Iflllsr Immediately thereafter turn
ed around and fired at her, the ball
taking effect In her right breast. The
husband then placed the pistol to hla
head and flred. When the officers
arrived at the house Miller and Els
wife were lying on the floor dead.
There were two eyewitnesses to the
tragedy.
TO 8TART PARKER BOOM.
Will Bo Launched at Chattanooga If
Judge la Willing.
Chattanooga, Tenn.. Feb. 4.—if
Judge AHon Parker will accept an In
vitation to attend a local southern
banquet to be given here In hla
honor at a date that will auit hla con
venience. It la planned to have die
governors of Tennessee, Kentucky,
Missouri, Arkansas, Texaa, Louisiana,
Mississippi. Alabama. Georgia. Flori
da. North and South Carolina and Vir.
glnla attend, aa well aa several south
ern senators.
Those giving the banquet will 6e
limited to strictly one hundred. It Is
Intended that this banquet shall show
the sentiment of the south on the
Democratic presidential nomination,
and that the Parker boom shall be
formally started fa the south.
Knoxville, Tenn., Feb. 4.—A trage
dy occurred this morning In a board
ing house in the western part of the
cHy. \
William Thomas, who baa been em
ployed ns a weaver In the Knoxville
woolen mills, became angered with his
wife on account of another couple be
ing assigned to sleep In the si
m with them at the4r boarding
house.
It Is said they quarreled and he
arose from bed, dressed himself aad
deliberately shot bis wife Just over
Jhe heart. He went out Into the street
and shot himself through the heart
aad died laetaatly. Mrs. Thomas
may survive. She Is about 18 years
of age aad Thomas waa about 21.
GUATEMALAN 8TEAMER LINE.
It la Backed by $800,000 of American
Capital.
Louisville, Ky., Feb. 4.—The Guat
emalan northern steamship llae, with
$800,000 capital, la the outcome of the
meetings held during tlw past two
days between Messrs. James Me-
Nought and Alesander Hollander, of
Hollander A Co., New York, aad
C. R. Mongol A Co., bos manufactur
ers, of this city. The plan* at pres
ent contemplate the establishment of
Mae of steamers between Puerto
Barrios, Guatemala, and either Pensa
cola or New Orleans. Thera will be
only two steamers on the Una for tha
first six months, providing one steam
er each way every week. After that
another freight and passenger steam-
with a capacity of 4,600 tons, wiU
be added to the line.
According to the statement of one
of tbe men Interested In the proposed
line It Is the Intention of the compa
ny to extend Its service to South
American points In a abort time. The
Louisville tnd Nashville railroad, alio,
It Is stated, is Interested In the com
pany.
&AKIN0
Absolutely-Purer
THERE IS NO SUBSTITUTE
OPERATORS’ AND
MINERS’ CONTEST
Settlement Differences May
Be Long Belayed.
ACTION BEHIND CLOSED DOORS.
WILL INCREA8E ACREAGE.
New Oriental 8teamshlp Lino.
San Francisco. £eb. 4.—Hok Rong
and Ham Ming, president and vice
president of tbe Commercial Steam
ship company, have returned' here
from tbe eastern states and Mexico
where they have been making arrange
ments for tbe New Orlentat steam
ship line. President Hok Rong says
the first steamer of the line will leave
Hong Kong on March 27. calling at
Shanghai, Yokohama. Honolulu and
Manzantlln. Mexico. The return trip
will take the steamer to San Francls-
The company expects to trans
port many coolies to Mexico.
Mississippi To Plant -Blggsr Cotton
Crop Than Last Year.
Jackson. Miss, Feb. 4.—Tho month
of February will bring a season of
great activity among the farmers _of
Mississippi, and In some sections the
preliminary farming operation* are al
ready under way.
Crop observers are generally agreed
In the belief that there will be a con
siderable Increase In tho cultivated
area this year, and the belief la con
firmed by the extent of preparation*
already launched, and the goodly
acreage of lands that have boon clear
ed during the winter, particularly in
the delta socUon. where It la estimat
ed that the acreage to be tilled will
be an Increase of from 3 to I per
cent over that of last year. Many of
the largest and best bodies of wild
lam) In that tortile section have been
placed In shape for cultivation. The
planters are making large purchases
of mules and farming Implements, and
the demand for labor waa never so
great as at present,
Joint 8cale Committee Is At Work
Thrashing Over Demands, but It
Will Be Surprising If 8ettlemsnt
Cornea Within Week’s Time.
Indianapolis, Feb. 1.—lie Indiana,
Ohio, Illinois and Western Pennaylra-
nta coal operator* and miners took
their fight back behind clooed doors
at the English hotel today and tho
Joint scale committee la at work
threshing over the demand*. It wilt
be surprising If a settlement la made
In leas than n week.
Predictions are even made that the
miners and operators will not get to
gether and that the Joint wage con
ference, which has now held together
for four years, will go to pieces before
a settlement Is reached. There is
considerable difference between the
miximum demands of the operators
and tho minimum ot the miners. It
will be a long fight over the run of
mine basis demands of the miners of
7 cents differential between pick amt
machine mining and the flat Increase
of $0 per cent In the wages of outside
and Inside labor. Tbe brunt of this
fight will fall especially on the min
ers and operators of the Ohio aad
western Pennsylvania district
WHOLE FAMILY DROWNED.
ATTEMPTED SUICIDE A FAKE.
Socialist Member of Reichstag Firs*
Revolver at Himself.
Berlin. Feb. 4.—Alfred Agster, a so
cialist member of tbe relcbstag, flred
a revolver at himself In a committee
room of the house at noon today but
sx he bad previously removed the bul
let from the cartridge, the deputy was
only slightly Injured.
Agster wrote to some of his fellow
deputies -yesterday saying he Intend
ed to commit suicide. He Yecently
had shown signs of mental weakness.
Cloudburst In Kentucky.
Knoxville, Tenn., Feb. 4.—A special
to The Sentinel from Mlddlesboro,
Ky., says that a cloudburst In *the
mountains last night precipitated a
flood down Yellow creek valley; but
little damage was done here. Two
houses were flooded beyond the rail
road tracks and some fencing was
washed away. Several treaties of the
Mlddlesboro Belt railroad were un
dermined and nil trains are delayed.
Quiet at Waterbury, Conn.
Woterbury, Conn., Fslb. 4.—Reports
from the captains of tho militia com
panies on guard duty at tho car barns
and the powerhouse of tho Connecti
cut Railway and Lighting company
early today said that everything had
been quiet since midnight The can
of the company were ran at usual this
morning on all lines.
Settlement Reached In Controversy.
St. Louis, Feb. 4.—The final step
In the settlement of tbe controversy
between tbe Chicago, Rock Island and
Pacific Railroad company and the SL
Louis Terminal association over the
control of the Wiggins Ferry compa
ny, has been reached by the Rock Is
land Joining the Terminal associa
tion.
Ashore on Arabian Coast
Aden, Arabia, Feb. 4.—Tho North
German Lloyd steamer ForOEtarg, from
Hamburg J*SL"8 foPfcjrts ot Ctiafc and
Japan, is astoro near Mordfik, Ara-
tfa. It is spitted that the
rggoatp,), ..
will be
Emigrant Car Precipitated Into tho
Mississippi River.
Vicksburg. Miss.. Feb. 1—J. H.
Land, of Newton, Miss., and nil bis
family, five in nomber. were drowned
In C box car which broke loose from
a switch engine on the Vicksburg.
Shreveport and Pacific Incline last
night and ran down an Incline over
the transfer boat Delta and Into the
Mississippi river.
Three bodies, that of n young man,
an slderly man and a boy, have so
far been removed from the ear in the
river.
The accident I* without n parallel
In this section. The last heard of
Land were ills shrieks for aaslataaoet
which 20 man. standing helplessly by,
could not give him. .
Acting Superintendent Dabney, at
the heed of e force of willing work
ers. endeavored to remove tho bodies
from tbe car as It floated about In the
river, sometimes showing itself half
way above the surface of the water
and then going nnder.
J. H. Land Is n farmer from Newton,
who la thought to have had his fam
ily In the emigrant car with him when
he was plunged to death.
The drowned man's name was learn
ed through a freight waybill of freight
train No. 31. part of which train it
was that ran down the Incline.
Great Sale at Biltmore.
Knoxville. Tenn., Feb. 4.—A special
to The Sentinel from Asheville, N. C,
■ays the sole ot foreign and domestic
bred Berkshire hogs Is being held to
day on tbe famous Biltmore estate of
George Vanderbilt. Tbe find hog
■old realised $616. An aggregate ol
*1 pigs brought $13,000. Stockmen
ara at Biltmore from many southern
southern and western states.
International Sunday School Worksra
Atlanta. Feb. 4.—Today's session ol
the midwinter conference of tho third
district of the International Sunday
School Workers was devoted to the
discussion of methods best for organ,
ixatlon of Sunday schools. Tho d!»
cusslon was led by Rev. B. W. fiplll
man, ol Nashville, Tenn.
Cherry Pectoral
ft IP quiets ticking throats. Your
doctor will explain this. He
knows. Trust him. U
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