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AMERICUS, GEORGIA, FRIDAY, JUNE 12, 1903.
NUMBER 6
East Lake, Ala., Dec. 8th, 1902.
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. Whs 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 1 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.
IOLATION AND
DEATH HOLD SWAY
rrors of the Pacelot Mill
Disaster.
IRES OF LIVES WERK LOST.
itj cf Ruin and Desolation Are Al-
cit ..Without Parallel—Property
:u Will Probably Reach Over
1X00,COO.
S. C., June 8.—Desola-
, civalli and ruin .ire holding lull
.' aims iho banks of the Pacelot
r licni Clifton to Pacelot, a dls-
* of lu miles, as tl? result of the
t! fluid of Saturday morning.
ton iiu- scene of the destruction
He big ii'.ooU'Spindlo mill kuown as
icia Xu. 3, down the river a quar-
o! a mile where Clifton No. 1 is
eked, and around tho bend another
fter of a mile to Clifton No. 2,
tb is also half gone, nothing but
ru ami wreckage can -bo seen when
' a lew hours ago the hum of over
spindles and the musical rip-
o! the river was heard,
te transformation is one that
»the spectator dumb, and words
Uthogether Inadequate to describe
ieei II u r ruin which line the banka
te river for miles down. In some
a where a mill village stood with
kirn, of houses today is seen only
flat sand bank, the river hav-
changed completely they aspect of
ctuttry. in sumo pta(40the road
c! the electric railway Is complete-
'snihiisted and the entire bed Is
ht-J away, water covering the
1Clt It will probably be neces-
ter the line to tako a detour of
* from the old location In order
“ch Clifton.
t'e’es of Ruin and Desolation,
la sonic places tho sites occupied
be houses are hurled beneath
lt sand banks and only an
ur.al piece of plank projecting
,J sh the sand would Indicato that
»t«<>d lu that place. The dc-
c,iot is awful and complete. The
' 1 1 the llood has so completely
the banks of tha river and
“t'i'rs on which numerous houses
• that it will not bo possible to
-- O' the former site*
rorty to p I tty iscsd.
i"»s of life is conservatively
"i u: from 10 to E0. Only a few
es I'erhaps half a dozen, have
• -"(iired from tho floods. A
R i i s tHidy was found burled so
1 ‘ n the sand that only her knee
One man was taken out
r ‘ v, r in an unconscious con-11-
J ®ile, below the scene of his be-
^"•Uen |,y tho flood.
•""« Mill No. 3, just above the
, " railway trestle, ten people
' ' !r,, wne<i and only a email part
' immense mill, about one-fourth,
''■mains. Some eight or ten of
[■ tso » aro gone and several are
^ A t Mill No. 1, next In order
the course of waters down
* third of the mill la gone.
■ " r floors that remain are
ar ‘ 1 Plied with debris. The
Is Indescribable. The
/ r " : of tho mill te gone end the
. r ; thus expoeed shown the crook-
‘ !l “ n t machinery, tho broken
1 'he wreckage and the debris
puea up to tne second, ana Ymhl floors.
Out of lower windows long dirty
strings of cloth are hung , the ends In
the mills still being attached to the
looms, which were wrecked by the
floods.
Across the river that part of the
mill village located within 150 feet
of the hanks of tho river is gone. Tho
long covered bridge and tho gangway
fos^the hands are gono and also a liv
ery stable, a store and other struc
tures.
At Mill No. 2, which Is the last down
stream, this once handsome four-story
structure Is now half demolished, the
two lower stories are piled with de
bris and rubbish, and flooded through
out. When the waters struck the mill
about 5 o'clock Saturday morning all
of the operatives living across tho
river were warned In time to escape
with their lives. A number of houses
were washed away. At this mill the
occupants saved nothing whatever.
Tho warehouse of the mill and 2,000
bales of cotton were also carried away
by the angry waters. Tho company's
store at this mill was also destroyed.
Tho damage to various property Is
now placed at over $3,000,000.
President Montgomery, of tho Pace-
lot mills, places their loss at $1,000,
000.
Preildent A. H. Twltchell, of tho
Clifton Mills, places their lost at
$1,000,000.
Foi$the D. E. Converse company, at
Glendale, 8. e.. the estimate la $50,000.
Tucapau mills' loss placed at $25,000.
Lockhort mllla’ loss Is $25,000.
Fairmont sustains a loaa of $5,000.
Whitney loss Is placed at $5,000.
I-olo loaa Is about $5,000.
Total mill loss. $3,280,000.
Tho damage to the Southern railway
cannot be accurately estimated at this
time. Bridges arc down In evtry di
rection and tracks have been inundat
ed In many localities. The reports of
tho condition of the road are being
constantly sustained. —
Quiet Night at Jackaon, Ky.
Jackscn, Ky.. June 9.—It was quiet
here last night and court this morn
ing reconvened without special Inci
dent. The Increased guards Mill con
tinue at the homes of B. U-Ewen,
Mrs. Marcum and Mrs. Patrick. Curtis
Jett was as confident as ever, but
Thomas White, although allowed to
sleep with Jett In the same cell, wept
during the night and was despondent
today.
Brief Cabinet Meeting.
Washington, June 9.—The meet
ing of tho cabinet today was shorter
than usual and was rather routine in
character. Owing to the absence ot
Postmaster General Payne, tho post-
office investigation was not considered
In any shape. Secretary Hay briefly
discussed the Panama canal ncgotl*
tiona and the Chilean situation.
Jett and White Trial Delayed.
Jackson, Ky.. Juno 9.—The failure
of Elisor John Jones to get beck from
McGoffin county, whither he went to
summon veniremen, « caused a post
ponement of tho trial of Jett and
White until $:S0 o'clock this after
noon. John Hoskins, one of th# vt-
nlremen, was excuied fronMuty M ■
Juryman. He said he was tick as a
result of being exposed to
and feared be was taking the dlseaie
Prosecution look* upon this as part ol
a plan to delay the trial. _ ^
WIFE ACCUSED OF
HUSBAND^ MURDER
Mrs. Tanner Is Charged Witn
Giving Poison.
WARRANT 18 SWORN OUT.
Wiley F. Tanner, Father-In-Law
Chargee Wife of Hla Son With Ad
ministering Strychnine, Which
Caused His Death,
Gainesville, Ga., June 9.—John W.
Tanner, father of Wiley F. Tanner,
who died under suspicious circumstan
ces at h!s home In Clinch district, this
county, Saturday, May 23, has sworn
out before Justice of the Peace A. G.
Dorsey, a warrant against Mrs. Onie
Tanner, wife of tho young man who
died, charging her with murder.
Tho warrant was turned over to
Sheriff M. O. Gilmer, of Hall county,
and tho officer immediately'left for
the home of 1. Frank Duncan, father
of tho ycung woman, where she is stay
ing, to make tho arrest and. bring her
back to Gainesville to bo ie.carcerat-
cd in the Hall county Jail.
The state chemist forwarded tho re-
fult of his Investigations to Dr. J. D.
Mauldin, of Flowery Branch, who Im
mediately communicated tho same to
John W. Tanner at hla homo near
Chestnut mountain.
Tanner at once hitched up hla team
and came to Gainesville, where the
warrant was sworn out at 6:30 p. m.
The result of the chemist's analysis
showed nine-tenths of egratn of strych
nine In the stomach'and glass from
which mjlk was drank. This was
sufficient to satisfy Tanner, end he at
once proceeded to swear out a war
rant, charging his daughter-in-law
with murder. The sheriff wlil reach
Gainesville early today with the fair
prisoner, who will, in all probability,
occupy a cell In the county jail until
the next term of Hall superior court,
which convenes the third Monday In
July.
SWALLOWED CARBOLIC ACID.
8trango Man Creates Excitement on
New York Ferry Boat.
Now York, June 9.—An unldenti.
fled man has committed suicide by
swallowing carbolic acid In tho pres
ence of aft or 00 women passengers
on the ferry boat leaving the Battery
for Thirty-ninth street, Brooklyn.
When the women realized what had
napper.ed. they ran to the deck, shriek
ing an ! were only calmed when the
pilot stopped the boat.
" The man boarded the boat at the
slip only a few moments before lt
started nn its trip. He appeared pro
occupied and attracted the attention
of the deck hands and other passen
gers by wandering aimlessly about the
boat.
One of the deck hands watched him
closely, fearing he Intended Jumping
overboard. After walking through
the cabin reserved for men several
times ha crossed over to the women'*
cabin and sat down.
Suddenly he drew a bottle from hit
pocket, drank Ita contents at Jwe
draught' and threw the bottle on the
floor. The odor of the acll alarmed
the women who sat near and when
the man fell to the floor, where he
lay writhing In agony, they fled
screaming loudly. The man died be
fore tho boat reached the dock. He
was well dressed, hut could not be
Identified.
HIGHWAYMEN HOLD UP STAGE.
Eight Passengers Relieved of Money
and Valuables.
Redding. Cal.. June 1%—A stage
traveling between Weavervllle and
Redding was held up and robbed late
yesterday by two masked and heavily
armed highwaymen who secured about
$400 and some valuable watches from
the eight passengers, including one
woman. The robbers lined up the
passengers and driver and searched
them carefully. Valises were opened
and two express boxes smashed tc
bits. The robbers were very abusive
during the entire proceeding. Most
of tho men robbed were either com
mercial travelers from San Francisco,
or miters. The woman was not mo
lested. The robbers made their es
cape.
A Berlin "Jack the Ripper."
Berlin, June 10.—The Tagblatt, com
menting on tho recent Increase In the
number of horrible murders of little
girls in Berlin, expresses the opinion
that tho city harbors a flend-llke “Jack
tho Ripper.” It points out the almi-
larlty In the methods of the perpe
trators ot the murders and that the
Berlin miscreant, like hla London pro
totype, disappear* Into Impenetrable
mystery. >
Jewess Attack* Qandarmle Chief.
Kelff, Russia, June 10.—A Jewish
midwife Niamed Frunkatein, who was
arrested on a political charge, was
being Interrogated yesterday by Gen
eral NevltUky, chief ot the gendarmie
when she rushed upon him with a
knife wMch she had concealed In her
dress, and Inflicted a wound in Us
neck. The general’s Injury Is not se-
BUREAU'S REPORT
OF CR0PJ0N0ITI0NS
Excessive Bains Interrupt
Farm Work.
GREAT DAMAGE TO THE CROPS.
Cotton In Eastern Portion of Belt Has
Made Good Growth, but It Very
Gratty and Much In Need of Sun
shine.
Washington. June 9.—The,weather
bureau's weekly reporj^of crop condi
tions is as follows:
Excessive rain In tho lower Mis
sissippi. central Mississippi and Ohio
valleys, Tennessee, theff^arolinas and
Georgia have interrupted farm work
ani caused great damago to crops,
especially in tho central Mississippi
and lower Missouri valleys, tho flood
Stage in tho Mississippi river at St.
Louis being the highest since 1S5S, and
that in the Missouri river at Kansas
City since 1844. The protracted and
probably unprecedented spring drouth
continues practically unbroken In
northern Now England and in castorn
New York. Much corn remains to
be planted in the Missouri, Mississip
pi and Ohio valleya, where the plant
la greatly In need ot cultivation and
much drowned. Planting was return
ed in Nebraska and Iowa during the
latter part of the week -where under
yost favorable conditions the acre
age will be reduced. Rust In winter
wheat It very generally reported from
the Ohio, central Mississippi and tha
lower Missouri valleya, and in the two
last named districts the crop haa sus.
talned much damago from floods.
Over the northern part of the south
ern states Improvement la generally
noted. Harvesting la progressing
rapidly In Texas.
Cotton in the eastern portion of the
belt has' made good growth, but Is very
grassy, and It much In need of sun
shine, while portions of the central
district suffered somewhat from cool
nlgiits during tho early part of the
week. Good showers were very ben
eficial In Texas, where chopping has
progressed rapidly. Considerable dam
age by web worms te reported from
northern Texas and by cut worms and
boll weevil In central and southern
counties. The crop also has sustain
ed damago by Insects In Indian Ter
ritory and by floods In Missouri and
Tennessee. The week as a wholo
has been very favorable for trans
planting tobacco, which is nearly com
pleted over about three-fouikhs of the
tobacco area, having mado favorablo
progress In all districts. Good stands
are generally Indicated and the plants
are starting nicely. Favorablo re
ports on apples are received from
Tennesse. Excessive rain has Im
paired the outlook In Missouri and a
abort crop Is indicated In Arkansas.
Postoffice Investigation.
Washington, June 9.—There was
no developments today as a result ol
the grand Jury's Investigation Into
the affairs of the postoffice, and It 1*
said no farther Indictment* may be
looked for this week. The decision
to lay the case of James Tyne*, for
mer assistant attorney general, before
the grand Jury was reached only after
the most careful consideration of all
the clrcumitances surrounding it. At
a matter of public duty It was felt
that the accounts leading up to th*
rifling of the safe la Tyner’s office
had been looked Into. It la under
stood there la a feature connected with
the opening of the safe and tha ab-'
atractlon of papers therefrom which
haa been disclosed, and that lt was
this which led to the determination to
put the casea before the grand Jury.
Charged With Killing Her Child.
Savannah. Ga., \lune 6.—Camilla
Gray, a white woman, was arrested
by the police upon the charge of mur
der. She Is suspected of having
poisoned her 5-months-old son. Tha
& other claimed that the child's negre
nunw had administered the laudanum
and then made her escape. The nurse
girl surrendered and declared that she
had seen the mother administer the
poison.
Lost Live* In Blizzard.
Great Fails. Mont., June 6.—Word
has been received from Leth bridge
of tho loss In the recent blizzard ol
two small sons of J. Derrick, a sheet
herder. The faJier was six day* find
lug the bodlea of the boys. They'haJ
been dead eight day* before be coul-.
get them Into town to bury them. Der
rick was living with his children It
a tent when the blizzard broke. .
niahwar Frail Tree*.
It will not do In this country to plant
fruit tree* along the public highway*
as is done with great success in many
European countries. The great state
farm of Hungary distribute* 15,000
choice fruit trees without cost to town
ships and communities which will
plant an! cure for them until bearing
age. The characteristic American boy
would never permit a fruit of any sort
that can b* eaten to reach the age ot
maturity unless a full grown bulldog
was kept chained to *ncb tree.-Fann
and Rauch- £•
CREST OF FLOOD HAS
PASSED ST. LOI
Waters of Mississippi
ing Towards Golf.
HIGH FLOODTIDE IS RECORDED.
THE OLD RELIABLE
Report* Indicate that th* Death Lltt
10 Madison, Granlt* City and Venice
May Be Larger Than at First Sup
posed.
St. I.culs, Mo., Juno 9.—At th*
rate of from 8 to 10 miles an hour
tho Mississippi river, over half a mile
wiio and 90 feet deep In the channel,
Is pouring pest St. Isiuis toward tile
guif. For a week tho river, ilo-viy at
first, ami thun gaining in speed, crept
out ot its ordinary confines until on
Juno 8, 1903, it had established a high
water mark of 37.5 feet, the highest
floodtido since the same mark was
unofficially established In 1858. The
river is now receding. Thirty feet
above low water mark Is tho danger
lino for St. Louis, and the river rose
71-2 foci above the danger line.
Tho crest ot tho flood has passed
6t. Louis, and any further destruction
to bo wrought will he from the possl
bio crumbling of undermined build
lugs, and to the country below this
point, danger of which is lesaened by
the spreadlag ot the river over the
lowlands.
Rapid falling of water. It la expect
ed, will quickly drain the Inundated
•action on the Illinois tide, where the
property lots will bo heaviest, and re
pair* to t#o damaged property will
soon ho possible.
Death List Increasing.
Reports are coming in from Madi
son, Granite City and Venice, which
indicate th* death list may be larger
than Are* estimated. It Is known
that at least 20 people have been
drowned In that vicinity. A report
was received early today from Now-
port, a small town S mile* from Gran
ite City, that a school building In
which are sheltered 50 children, wad
tottering sod threatened to collopso
at any moment. Appeals were made
for assistance, but these was no way
to reach them from St.^-ouls or East
St. I.ouls, the only places that can
now render aid. .
City Attorney Robert Hagneur, ol
flooded Venice, Is reported- by his rel
atives to he missing and they fear bt
perished when the city was overwhelm
ed. Deputy Coroner William Ball-
horln, of Madison county, and his son,
who lived In Venice, have been given
up as lost. Ivouls Klshcr and wife,
who lived In Madison, are believed, to
have been drowned In the breaking
of the levee that flooded that town.
William Anchor and Mrs. Clifton and
her Infant have been missing for sev
eral days, and It Is thought they per
ished.
And so reports are coming In, but
they cconot bo verified until order
shall have been restored, and that will
not be until the flood shall have sub
sided.
Smallpox Develops.
In one party of refugee* near E<1-
wardsvlllc, four case* of smallpox de
veloped yesterday and the dlicovery
■truck terror In the minds of the un
fortunates. The officials of Madison
county sra doing all In their power
to Isolate the eases and prevent a
spread of the disease.
Numerous families, penniless and
having no friends to whom to go, re
fuse to leave their flooded homes.
They live In the second stories and
rabslst entirely upon what food hap
pened to he on hand when the flood
rams. In many cases these people
are actually starving and food will
be furnished them by men In skiffs
at once
Many Flood Refugees.
From' police reports It Is learned
there are 390 destitute flood sufferers
In St. Louts, refugees from East SL
Lo ils, Madison. Venice end Granlt-’
Cltv and Kaskashta. There are over
$.000 refugee* lu the country,,but the
remainder have either secured trans
portation to other eitle* or aro being
eared for by relatives and friends In
St. Louis.
There were 1,200 flood refugees In
Edwardsvllle, HI., last night from the
tri-dtlca and Newport. Because ol
the congestion It was found necessary
to distribute the sufferers In the vil
lage* along the Wabash as far north
at’Lltchfleld.
At 7 o'clock the official gauge regis
tered 37.4 feet The trend ot the
river this morning seems to be to rise,
but the volume of water coming from
•hove 1* spreading out and doea not
make Itself apparent on tha guage
by added Inches.
In the tri-clttes, Madison. Venice and
this
&AKIN0
POWDER
Absolutely Purer
THERE IS NO SUBSTITUTE
uif cant at u'umi i,ow men, women
and children aro in a prccarioua condi
tion. They are awaiting rescuo^nany
la tho second stories and on top* SI
bouse* and other points above the flood
are in less danger of Immediate
death than starvation.
Immediatn steps are being tale
token to remove these people to placet
of safety and comparatTv* comfort In
East St. Louis, -wbero the railroad
yards are flooded, the condition* are
the same si yesterday. All last night
pea were at work strengthening the
|*v»e that la keeping the .water bach
from the business and residence sec
tion* of th* city. The railroad situa
tion shows go Improvement
ATTEMPT TO WRECK TRAIN.
Southern Passenger Saved From Prob
able Destruction.
Atlanta, June 10.—But for the timely
discovery yesterday afternoon about
$ o'clock by a railroad aeoMon hand
at Constitution, a station 5 miles from
the city o n the Southern road, • pas
senger train would have been wrecked
and a number of Uvea probably lost
A rail had been removed by a gang ol
outlaw* and robbers, who did not stop
at wholesalo murder In order to find
▼Ictlmc for their greed.
Tho heavy Iron rail had been moved
far enough to one side to give a train
a plunge down an embankment, and a
train going at the rato ot spcod usu
ally run along this point would hav*
meant a terrible wreck and a certainty
of many persons bolng seriously In
jured and probably many killed.
It required tools and strength to
removo the rail and It Is believed th*
work was not that of an ordinary
criminal, but that the Jobxu^* don*
by desperate men skilled lq suohjjur-
derous methods Jo secure boot^
ROUMANIAN JEWS FLEEING.
Anti-Semite Pre*s Inciting People te
Acts of Violence.
Venice. June 10.—Two hundred Aou-
manlan Jews paaeed through here yes
terday on their way to America. They
asserted tbit the conditions In Ron-
mania are dally growing more peril
ous. The anti-Semite press Is openly
Inciting the people to follow the ex
amples of the Russians at Klshlneff.
The Voces Tutool of Berlat, Rouma-
nla, concludes an article on Klshlneff
aa follows:
"Tho orthodox r -irlan priests have
done their duty, it .* your turn, Rou
manian priests. False the crow and
begin tho battle here against the
wretched Jewish horde which ha*
brought the Roumanltu people to her
gary, and your reward In heaven will
be zrOater." . .
IT WAS WATER HE GAVE HIM.
Governor of South Carolina Meet* th*
Governor of North Carolina.
Columbia. 8. C., June 10.—In anawet
to the time honored query, “What did
tho governor of South Carolina say to
the governor of North Carolina "
Governor Heywood yesterday stepped
to the cooler and drawing a glass ol
Sparkling water, banned It to Govern
or Charlea H. Aycock, of North Car
olina.
Governor Aycock was enroute to
Ersklne college. Where fie was to h&v*
delivered the rqmmcnccment address,
but owing to the recent flood, which
ha* delayed rallrpad traffic, the gov
ernor was forced t(r lay over In Colum
bia for tho day
All ages Discriminate
In Rate*.
ion in
Waehlngtong June S.—The Planters
Compress company,-ot Boston, today
fllo dcomplalnt with t^o interstate com
merce committee against the Cleve
land-, Chicago and St. Louts, Lake
Sboro and Michigan Southern, Now
* k Central, Brie, Illinois Centra!,'
ton juid Maine, New York, New Ha-
and Hartford, Delaware, Lacks-.
na and Western, the Wabash, tha ,
Pennsylvania, Cincinnati, Chicago and
Indianapolis, Nashville, Cbattanoog -
and St. Louis, sud the Southern Kali-
war alleging that found bate cctton la
discriminated against In fralL'.t rat-
Y . YT • “My hair came out badly, and
Lnstriair was * urn,n g g«y* 1 tricd
EjU&IA IU// Ayer , s Halr Vigor B , t stopped
the hair from coming out and restored the color. ’—
Mrs. Af. D. Gray, No, Salem, Mass, j.r.Sj-*/ ’