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. . •- AMERICUS TIMES-RECORDER. itSTV llUB YMB, 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-*/ ’