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AMERICUS, GEORGIA, FRIDAY, APRIL 3, 1903,
NUMBER 45
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East Lake, Ala., Dec. 8th, ig02.
Mr. A. B. Girardeau, Savannah, Ga.
Dear Sir:—This Is to certify that on Au
gust 1st I went to Verbena, Ala., to hold a
series of meetings. Was at that time, and
had been for six weeks prior, so feeble I was
scarcely able to preach. Mr. F. A. Gulledge,
of Verbena, with whose family I was stop
ping. kindly offered me three [bottles of
Johnson’s Chill and Fever Tonic, gratis. I
accepted, and began the use of the Tonic at
once. Within three weeks-I was was much
better. In three weeks I had taken the
three bottles of Tonic and was fully well.
Took no other medicine then nor since, and
am in better health and heavier than for
the past fifteen years.
J. M. McCORD,
Pastor.Verbena; Baptist'Church.
iLS WRECK
PASSENGER TRAIN
bounds Strike Trail and
I Men May Be Caught.
ERAL SEVERELY BRUISED.
Ivillc and Nashville Southbound
■In Left Track Near Sparta, Ala.
I Lives Lost But Several Severely
■lied—Miraculous Escape.
ptgomery,' Ala., April 1.—No. 3
•train, which left*here at 11
i last night on the Louisville and
Mile railway, southbound, was
1 tear Sparta, about 85 miles
! Montgomery, at 1:40 o’clock
orning,
i engine, with the baggage car,
•tins, three sleeper* and smok-
I left the track and were thrown
|ttelr sides, except the engine,
after leaving the track, jumped
[one was seriously Injured, but
1 arc reported to bare received
i bruise*. Physician* left here
this
STRIKING OF BELLS
BRING NO RESPONSE
Massachusetts’ Big Cotton
Mills Are Silent.
COTTON OPERATIVE- ON STRIKE
Seven Corporations Make no Attempt
TERRIBLE EXPLOSION
IN BLAST FURNAG
Men Enveloped In Shower Of
Molten Metal.
WERE MEMBER8 OF REPAIR GANG
Two Other* Net Accounted For and
May Hava Been Blown Into Furnace.
Bodlee Burned Until Recognition
Almost Impotlble.
To Open Mill* Today—Increase
Wages Couie of Controveriy—Long
Strike Expected.
Lowell, Mass., March 30.—For the
first time In many years on a work
ing day the belle on the great cotton
mills In this city were silent this
morning and the streets usually mark-
od by (ho hurry and bustle of thou-
aands of operatives on their way ul
work, were atlll and almost deserted.
Although the ahut down of the sev-
c% plants affected by the stock order
of the textile council, which was pass,
ed to force a demand for a 10 per
cent Increase In wages. Issued Sat
urday, Its full effort was apparent to
day. . Absolute quiet prevailed this
forenoon in the section occupied by
the cotton factories. The period .of
Is morning for the scene of Inactivity, the duration of which cal
L not bo definitely nredlcted>. be van
•fixation of the track showed the
*aa due to a disjointed rail,
• ’u the work of some one sup-
1>V<> had designs upon Uvea
fawegers.
Abounds secured by the comps-
“ ! ’ruok tho trail, and are In
It Is regarded as mtracu-
at co lives were lost Traffic
> renewed by noon.
Somr of Jerrold’s Wit.
«jas Jerrulil, the playwright onee
‘"i'd uf the Inferior company
* Performing one of bis play*
' Ilaymarket theater. In London,
'there - * said the manage;,
phng. -He was bred on these
"He look* as If he hnd been
■ of them." prowled Jcrrold.
Playwright was always very
« "first night.” Another
l'"!‘Ularly supposed to ‘‘lift”
' ^and situations from the French,
’h“t he did not know tlio
nervousness on such nn oc-
' an unite understand that,"
'I pleasantly; “your pieces
III i S 1,0111 * ri 'al be4qre.”
N'nt ;t kind man,” raid nn nc-
|al,h ^ i ' " f an acquaintance who
not be definitely predicted, began
without a notable incident, save, per-
haps % lhe fact that a few men and wo
men who had started to finish up
some work In the cloth rooms of one
or two of fhe mills were turned back
by committees from the labor unions.
Of the seven corporations which are
•hut down, four had practically no
help working today. At the Merl-
mac and at the Hamilton plants the
print works were not closed. These
departments are not directly Involved
In the contest over wages, but they
are affected by the suspension and
when the present stock of material
Is finished they will be forced Into
i man who Is away from
iiiicl never sends them a far-
:i ‘ ,ll:,t Limitless"Certain-
J’-rrolU; "unremitting kind-
MORGAN MAY ASSIST. 1
Representative of Bridge Workers
Pittsburg, March 31.—One dead, sev
en not expected to live, two missing,
and seven others so badly burned and
disfigured as to beb almost unrecogniz
able, was the terrible result of an ex
plosion In a blast furnace ”1” of the
Edgar Thomson steel plant of the Car
negie company at Braddock, Pa., early
this morning.
The name of the dead man ,1s given
as John Smith, probably an Anglicized
form of his proper name. The others
have not been Identified.
As far as can be learned the explo
sion wag due to a supposed! defect In
tho electrical department of the fur
nace.
During the night the furnace wmrked
In an unsatisfactorily way, and*bout
daylight a number ot men Were sent
to the top to repaft-fne troublue which
was located at the ‘’bleaker.” At the
same time the discovery was made
that the automatic electrical equip
ment was out of order and additional
men were detailed to locate the trou-
ble. While aeveneteen mcn’work at
work Ither at the toy or bottom, a
"hang” In the furnace was found and
before the alarm couldi bc glven, there
was a terrific explosion was and the
workmen were enveloped In a'rain of
molten metal, coke and lime, which
burned the clothing from their bodies,
and rendered them unconscious. Not-
withstanding the danger of a second
explosion, a party was organized and
tho men retuced from their perillous
position. Only fifteen could be found,
however, and It Is not known wheth
er fhe two missing were blown Into
the furnace or are wandering about
the district In a seml-dcmented con
dition.
NUURO SAVED BY POEM.
•Ippl
Unique Proceeding In Missli
Court Resulted In Mistrial.
Jackson, Miss., March 31.—Joe
Strong, an old negro, was tried In the
circuit court at Aberdeen last week
an the ebargo of stealing two year
lings and a row.
The attorney* for the defense adopt
ed a novel plea, and while they did
not succeed In getting an acquittal
for their (Kent, the hearing resulted
in a mistrial, and there Is much doubt
whether the negro will ever be con-
vlcted.
Strong served during the civil war
with his young master, Charles Strong,
who held rank as the ablest forager
In the regiment, and the defendant's
attorneys contsnded that their client
bad Inherited his foraging Instincts
during the dark days of civil strife,
and his former master was the ne
gro's shining light and txample In all
materia! things.
Pursuing this llnd of defense, one of
the lawyers recited the touching hoem
by C. E. Merrill. “Old Moee—A Get
tysburg Incident.” a production analo
gous In fact and sentiment, and the
poem produced such an Impression on
the jury that a majority of the‘num
ber were for acquittal.
PRESIDENT STARTS
, ON WESTERN TRIP
Journey Expected To Occupy
Over Mine Weeks.
PARTY WILL TRAVEL 14,000 MILES
President Is Protected by 8trong
Guard from 8ecret 8ervlee—His Spe
cial Train the Finest Ever 8ent Out
of the National Capital.
Ten
nt5se * Fruit Injured.
!'■ [?»»- April 1.—Professor
• heffe*-, horticulturist of
-ity of Tennessee, states
k: . orop J“ this section Is
ll'
|"ie fruit
■- ,, , tho freeze
» to ,I ^ dld 018 «*<*“*«
*»tr'£l«rt l,t 1 pr08 «* cto - « 8
• MSCe^M ‘. h# 1 ° Wer VltCtM W8r «
m ‘ lb ’ 6 to Injury than those
ca higher ground.
May Succeed Wright v '
Wv r ', lAprl L—William
i!r.c 0 ig£ **• department of
Calls on .Trust Magnate.
New Yyrk, April 1.—President Bu
chanan ot the Structural Iron Work
ers, called upon J. P. Morgan yester
day In'reference to the strike of the
men he represents and told Mr. Mor
gan that the American Bridge compa
ny officials had treated the inen fair
ly. Mr. Morgan replied that while
he was not officially concern
ed In the dispute, he was certain that
the men whom Mr. Buchanan repre
sented would receive fair treatment
from the company.
Buchanan then complained tha^ the
American Bridge company had brok
en Its agreement by employing non
union men In preference to union men. strengthens the body and gives great
muscular strength ana elasticity, so that
Mr. Morgan replied that If any such
agreement had been made by the
American Bridge Co., and he (Mr.
Morgan) had authority to cause that
agreement to be lived- up to. be would
do so.
Prominent Man in Trouble.
St. Louie. March 8L-fell* Scalzo,
president of the V. Scalzo IMt com
pany and one of the largest commis
sion dealers In the city, U under In
dictment charged with keeping an Im
moral resort. Scalzo was arrested
and gave bond for Ms appearance.
Big Firs In Calcutta.
Calcutta, April 1.—A number of oil
tanka at BaJbaJ, province of Bengal
belonging to the Standard Oil com pa,
ny and two other concerns, ware burn
ed y eaten toy. Tho dama^ amounts
to about »1.300,000.
THE FIRST STEP
Ol the child it on event in the mother's'
life. How proud she feels when the
attempt to walk is begun so early as to
evidence childish courage and sturdy
strength. Such pride should be enjoyed
bv every mother. But it often happens
that the child it timid,
weak and-deficient in
Vitality, and clings to the
mother’s arms with no
desire to walk or play.
Mothers should letrn
that to hssn strong chil
dren they must them
selves be (tcong, for the
child's strength is
the gift of the
mother.
The use of Dr.
Pierce’s Favorite
Prescription by
expectant mothers
gives them health
and strength to
give their chil
dren. It nour
ishes the nerves,
Washington, April 1.—President
Roosevelt at 9:05 oclock this morning
started on his western tour jjnder the
most favorable auspices. As the ape
clal train pulled out of the Pennsyl
vania station the president stood on
the platform of his private car tipping
his hat and smiling In response to the
enthusiastic cheers of hundreds of ad
mirers and personal friends.
As jearly as 8 o'clock a crowd began
to gather at the white house to wit
ness the president's -departure. As
he entered his carriage to drive to the
station .the men made the historic
ground echo with cheers, while men
and women * ived their handker
chiefs and many of them their hats.
The Pennsylvania station and plat
forms were crowded with people anx
ious to extend to the chief executive
their good wishes for a safe and suc
cessful Journey. Notable precautions
were taken to Insure the safety of the
president. The police arrangements
were under the personal supervision
of Commissioner West and Chief SyL
Tester. Uniformed officers, head
quarters detectives, plaln-clothes-men
and, secret service operatives surround-
ed the president and covered every
point.
As President Roosevelt alighted
from his carriage he was Joined by
Secretary Hitchcock and they walked
down the station platform arm-in-arm,
the president stopping now and then
to greet personal friend*. He was
attired In a black cutaway coat, dark
•firipedi trousers and wore a black
hat. He was In the best of spirits
and chatted enthusiastically to friends
of the trip on which he was about to
start Near his prlvato car he met
Baron Speck Von Sternberg, the Ger
man minister, who had como to seo
him off. The two liad several min
utes’ conversation/ the president
thanking the minister for his thought
fulness In coming to the station.
No member of the president’s Immo-
dlate family, except his sister, Mrs.
Cowles, was at the station. Mrs. Roose
velt and the yo4ng children being
down the Chesapeake bay on the May
flower, and MIsa Alice being In Porto
Rico. Several members of the cab
inet, Including Secretaries Cortelyou,
Wilson and Hitchcock, were present
The president and Secretary Cor-
telyou chatted several minutes, the
president expressing bis regret that
tho secretary waa not to accompany
him. Other members of the cabinet
had taken their formal leave of the
president at the white house. Among
.other notable people who wore at the
station to see the president depart
wet* Assistant Secretary of State
Loomis, Colonel Theodore A. Bing
ham and Captain Cowles, respective
ly the president’s military and naval
aides. Second Assistant Postmaster
General. Sballenberg and District
Commissioner West The train Is
one of the finest ever run out of tha
city of Washington, by the Pennsyl
vania rallrpad, handsomely equipped
and manned with a crew of picked
men. The only change In the per
sonnel of the party as heretofore an
nounced was John M. McCoy, who
goes as special representative of the
Pennsylvania railroad Instead of C R
Rosen berger In add It 1st, those
officially designated as members of
the president's party three secret ser-
vice men and two postofflee Inspectors
accompanied the president ns a per
sonal body guard. The Journey as
planned will occupy nine weeks and
three days, and the party will travel
a little more than 14.000 miles
BREWERY WOKKER8 STRlHU.
/I
THE OLD RLUAL:
POWDER
Absolute!?? oure
THERE IS MO SUBSTITUTE
LOWER MISSISSIPPI
IN THROES OF FLOOD
Breaking of Levees drive
Thousands From Homes.
BIG VALLEY SITUATION AWFUL.
Constant Breaking of Levses Terror
ize People Along Lower Mississippi.
No Immediate Relief In Sight.
Gloom Overspread* District
New Orleans, March 80.—Discour
aging news comes today from tha Hy-
melia break. During the early morn
ing more of the cribbing was swept,
away by the terrific current that is
away b the terrific current tbat la
running through the broken levee
and tho ends are caving with great-,
er rapidity than ovor.
Large fotce* are at tho scene and
lumber Is arriving In abundance, but
the crevasses Is apparently getting be
yond control. Senator Brady Who
Is in charge at one ( ot tho crevasses,
says the break has now reached
FLOOD CONDITIONS
SLIGHLTY IMPROVED
River Falling, and Few New
Breaks Ooour In Levees.
BELIEVED WORST 18 OVER.
Water* Recede From Residence Por
tion of Greenville, and Blectrio Light
Plant Resume* Operations—Breaks
In Levees Being Closed
width of GOO feet aud that while work will then begin. A small army of
the baby's advent is practically painless,
•I hire been using Dr. Pbrn'i Fivorite
■eviction, and can any it U hut what you ftdrer*
tlae it to be. and can cheerfully recommend/! t,"
write* Mrs Victor I. Hadla, of LconanMlI*.
" I began taking it juat two
Riley Co.. lUnu*. * l begun taking it Js
month* before behy rime end wm» greatly bene*
fited by iU uae. The doctor wko attended me
filed by it* uae. The doctor wko attended me
mid I did about u well nr any on* he knd men
(me I was rick only about three hours), and eloo
that your •fmwmkt Trent!Iuinii * wna ‘the one
pntent medicine* which bn did have fnith in.
"Favorite Prescription* nukes weak
women strong, sick women well. Accept
no substitute for the medicine which
works wonders for weak women.
The People's Common Sense Medial
Adviser, a book containing lonB pay .-a, is
given ewey. Send at one-cent rumi*
for expense of mailing only for the book
3« stamps (or the
otb. Address Dr.
N. Y.
Fight a Repetition of that Recently
Waged at Cincinnati.
Columbus, O., April l.—'u6c*l brew,
ery porkers to the number of 600 went
out on strike this morning from threo
breweries here. The fight Is a repe
tition of that recently waged by the
brewers In Cincinnati, and was caused
by the United Brewery Workers' craft
refusing to accept tho decision of the
American Federation of Labor con
vention to the effect that engineers
and firemen In brewery plants must
affiliate with their respective crafts.
Another objectionable clause In the
agreement gives the ‘proprietors the
right to employ and discharge tha
will continuethe outlook for closing
It Is less promising than It has been.
A conference of all the agencies at
work hss been called to determine
whether it la advisable to go on with
the present efforts. The laod for
miles around Is a vast sheet of water
and-the tracks of the Texas and Pa
cific railroad are now completely cor
trod, while the Southern Pacific
constantly In danger from backwater.
If the crevasse Is abandoned, the
tweak will doubtless prove one of the
worst since the Duvls crevasse In 1884.
The levcfe is built of river sand and
unless the ends can be held will cram
hie with great rapidity,
The river here stands today at 20.3.
There was no rain during the night.
Greenville Practically Submerged.
Greenville, Mlts., March 30.—Acting
under Instructions from the mayor,
the city engineer cat the protection
levee to the north of tho city last
night with a view of letting the back
water out to Fish bayou and thence
southward. This morning there was
little change In the situation here.
The water Is on a stand, and covers
nearly ail the city.
Many negro refugees continue to
arrive and there I* some difficulty In
providing for their Immediate wants,
but there has been no real suffering
in this direction. Tho electric light
plants expects to resume operation t»
nignt. Relief boats continue to scour
the overflowed! district south of here,
atu! arc taking out any and all who
dcglrp to leave their homes. Trains
on the north end of the Yazoo and
Mls«lF»lppl Valid railroad are run
ning promptly, but owing to thf La-
Grango crevasse traffic hss been sus
pended south. Both of the city's news
papers have, been unablo to print their
editions on their podrer presses.
TO CARE FOR OLD EMPLOYEE
New Orleans, April 1.—The cribbing
work st Hymella held throughout the
night, and the extension of the two
lines to being prosecuted with vigor.
Plenty of men are now on the scene,
the Southern Pacific carrying thither
a force of GO today and Waggtman
sending 150.
Now. that there la a strong hop* of _
closing the break, planters are scrap
ing together all their bands and pkc-
Jug them at the disposal of those who
are directing tho struggle. . It Is ex
pected that the two wings of cribbing
will meet tonight and that the sacking
men Is now engaged In filling sacks
with earth and It Is expected that
over 200,000 will be In rendlneas when
the c.vll madd for them.
The river here today stood at 20.1
(set, the same aa last nlghL All tha
levees on the west bank of the river
from the Arkansas line to the Hymella
crevasse are reported in excellent con
dition. Armed cltlxens guards con
tinue to patrol them to warn away
would-be levee cutters.
The water from the Howell crevasse
on the LaFourche Is threatening some
of the highlands In that basin. Re
ports from Red river Indicate a falling
stream and State Engineer Kerr thinks
the river will be within Its banka
in the next w«$k or ten daya.
The crevasse at Cross Keys, on thn
Red river, will r-t do much damage.
No further dels.”, i:>vp been received
of the break at / ngola.
Special River Bulletin.
Waehlngton, April' 1.—The weather
bureau today Issued the following spe
cial river ballet In.
There Is no change In the lower Mis
sissippi river situation except a new
crevasse on the left bank opposite tho
mouth of Red rives' resulting In the
flooding of the state farm near Angola.
Stages at Vicksburg and New Orleans
this morning were 6LS and 20.1 feet,
respectively, a fall of 0.1 feet.
Still Falling at Vicksburg.
Vlcjtsburg, April 1.—There are no
new developments In the river situa
tion* here. The river Is still on the
decline, having fallen one-tenth of a
foot In the past 24 hours. The guage
this morning registered 51.8 feet, and
Is now stationary. The weather is
clear and oool.
may Regain Sight
Derby, Oonn., April L—Doctors now
•ay Miss Juli* Fox, the 17-year-old
high school girl who was stricken sud
denly blind while at examinations,
may eventually regain her sight Al
ready with one eye she can distinguish
light and darkMHK and !•*•»«*«■»
outlines. The, specialist treating her
thinks she may even read In the
coarse of a few weeks, but possibly
never by gaslight Ho ascribes the
> of her blindness to cold super
lndused by oveiptudy.
Standard Oil Company’s Pension Sys
tem Goes Into Effect Today.
New York, April 1.—The pension
system of the Standard Oil company
by the terms of which employee who
have been in tho service for the com
pany 25 years will be retired, goes Into
effect today. The pensions will
amount to half pay tor Eve yean, and
one quarter pay tor tho remainder of
tho peas loners* Urea.
The officials will not say how many
men will he retired.
Situation Improved at Greenville.
Greenville, Miss., April 1.—The wa
ter Is receding In the residence por
tion of the city and the general situ
ation Is visibly improved. The elec-
trio light plant resumed operation test
night and the people are gradually
rallytag from the effects of the
fright.
Moonshiner* Murdered.
Raleigh, N. O.. April 1.—New* has
reached hero that near WhttevUle,
Jesse Soles, white, and aa unknown
negro, were murdered and Bolt’s hou
burned, / Tha murdered
moonshiner*.
Your grandmother's doctor ordered
Ayer’s Sarsaparilla for your father. It’s I
the same old Sarsaparilla today. Ixwtl^Mas*.’ I
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