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AMERICUS, GEORGIA, FRIDAY, JULY 31, 1903.
NUMBER 13
East Lake, Ala., Dec. 8th, iq02.
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.
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SSE ON CHASE OF
ESCAPEDOONVICTS
oke Out of State Prison at
Folsom, Cal.
1CAPE PRECEDED BY FIGHT.
nvicts Took With Them 8everal
pujrd. and Jail Official* a* Hostages
Iheriffs and Officer! Making Deeper-
^te Effort to Recapture Them.
in Francisco, July 28.—At Inst ac.
•U the troops and posses organized
I the sheriffs of the different coun
are keeping in close touch with
convicts who broke out of the
; irison at Folsom, and their pris
». the guards and Jail officials
ai they have taken with them In
protection. The party Is moving
,,r 'i Coloma. where She clUzens
t armed themselves and are pre-
n« to resist auy attack. They
s keen warned of the advance of
convicts and will unite with th*
‘tics in an effort to put an end
:r existence. It Is reported by
river of a stage which passed be-
a Pilot Hill and Coloma that be
the convicts walking close to-
’ They all wore citizens' clothes
«rre accompanied by men who
Icntly residents of the vicln-
vhuni they had apparently forced
*ith them as guides. A posse
Plarervlll* under Sheriff Boat-
reported not far behind them
In; their trail.
1 result of the light between the
" 0,! and the officers at 7 o’clock
“'Sin near Pilot Hill in Eldorado
■f »«s the death of Frederick
a convict, killed outright and
‘ veundlng of another couvlct,
named Seavls. The coroner of
■ He, at the request of tho pris-
onioials. will hold an Inquest on
" a 'l convict. When last seen
convicts were In citizens' cloth
hile the prisoners wore the
'• The latter appeared to be
lc « a hard time of It as they tre
I’ 1 J laden with bundles and ammu-
WARSHIP KEARSARGE
MADEJUICK TRIP
Department Officials Pleased
With Run Made.
QUICK TRIP ACROSS ATLANTIC
I
Big Battleship Steamed Across Atlan
tic Ocean at Rate of Two Thousand,
Eight Hundrsd and Eighty-Five
Miles In Nine Hours.
Washington, July 27.—Tho navy de
partment today recelvod a report from
Captain Hemphill giving some Interest
ing details of tho run of tho big bat
tleship Kearsarge across the Atlantic.
Department officials are greatfy pleas
ed with the record made by the Kcar-
sarge. Captain Hemphill’s dispatch
date! at Dar Harbor today reads as
follows:
’’Kearsarge steamed 2,885 nautical
miles In nine days, four and one-h
hours; average speed 13.10: Experi
ences variable head winds, force threo
to eight; slowed four hours on account
of fogs and Icebergs; consumed 114
tons of coal; average dally consump
tion 126(4 for all purposes; average
speed from engines 13.60.”
It Is explained that tho ”wnlds ex
periences," the force of which is giv
en at from 3 to 6. ranged from gentle
breezes to almost a cate.
PROCEEDINGS OF
THE LEGISLATURE.
WhatSolons Are l^oing In
Atlanta.
DAILY SESSIONS AS REPORTED.
Prooeedlnga of Both tho Houao and
Sonata During tho Week—Measures
of Interoat and Importanee are In
troduced.
MANCHURIAN QUESTION.
* latest Information la to the of-
■ . “** another encounter baa tok-
|»»cs between the fleeing convicts
1 their
pursuers, resulting in the
I them
of John Allison, a convict, and
er whose name la unknown.
' P 0 "** 8 and militia are closing In
d «»peradoes, and It la likely
* *" ln » few hours they will be
nded °n all (Idas. The cap-
/ destruction of the complete
* 0B| f • matter of a very abort
8 the authorities have now got-
thoroughly In hand.
f Appoints Commissioner*
lull, July ha *overi
Ecuador has appointed cot
’a <n different section* of the
10 Prepare the exhibit* tot
Louis exposition. A special
ttion will go to the AmasonM
. u,, n> regions with the same ott
“"•'and Wen Trtpny.
won
—chftJlefife tractr toOty
?T5r%£Jwn. ~
Intlim stored IM*
On Same Jepaneee Press Still Main
tain* Resolute Stand.
Victoria, II. C.. July 28.—Advices re
ceived yesterday by the steamer Toss
Maru from the Orient are that the
Japanese press Is still-maintaining a
resolute stand <>n the Manchurian ques
tion. Tbs general opinion Is that the
time is gone by for warnings to Chi
nese statesmen. As tho Japanese
Times epitomizes it:
"The situation with regard to Man
churia baa passed the stage where
questloni of China’s moral courage or
cowardice are of any Importance. Th*
only possible way to permanently set
tle fhe trouble Is to discuss the matter
frankly with Russia and there may be
war or may be peace, but either way
the settlement will be definite."
Wounded In Peculiar Manner.
Raleigh. N. C.. July 29.—A confed
erate soldier named Lawrence, th*
latest arrival et the Soldiers’ Home, I*
wounded in a most remarkable man
ner. In 1862 e bullet entered at hi*
right eye at the left law. He
ered, of course, losing tb* sight of that
eye, and re-entered th* service. Th*
following year he was again wounded,
this time the bullet entering th* right
eye. thus exactly reversing tho pre
vious WOU£4g }
Judge Little Reappointed.
Atlanta, July 29.—Ooveraor Terrell
yesterday settled the contest over the
Judgeiblp of the city court of Hancock
by reappointing Judge Frank H. Little,
the incumbent Judge LltU* l» one
of the beet known men in bla section
of the state and baa masy friends
throughout Georgia who will ho Ik.
to know of bla
Day of Filibustering In House—Busy
Time In Senate.
Atlanta. July 24.—Yesterday was
truly a day of filibustering with all of
tts accomplishments, for not one item
of business did tbe house treansact
during the almost four hours of the
Session.
Incidentally the proceedings weree
enlivened by tbe speech of Mr. Tlgncr,
of Muscogee, who charged the exist
ence of a lobby in favor of the Steed
bill.
It was a case of the Felder bill prov
ing an exceedingly lively corpse, Mr.
I elder and other sop port or* declined
to let it stay dead. It there was any
way of reesmeeting It
Tbe Steed bill was np as tbe special
order, byL tbe house did not get any
where M|r to a consideration of 1L
A motion to reconsider action on tbe
Felder bill, motions to indefinitely post
pone and to table the Steed bill, mo
tions to adjourn, calls for tho
and nays, and various other expedi
ents, Including appeals from tbe speak
er's decisions, -were adopted to prevent
the Steed bill from being brought to a
vote, the object being to postpone ac
tion until next week and give the op
ponents of the measure a chance to
submit substitutes Involving other
plans for the disposition of the con
victs.
The plan worked so far as the killing
of one day was concerned, -but filibus
tering long drawn out is a practical
Impossibility under the house rules
and tbe rulings of Speaker Morris, and
tbe end of the rope has about been
renchod.
The ways and means committee of
tho house yesterday afternoon adopt
ed the amendment proposed by the
city council of Atlanta to the Davis
bill, nmencJng the franchise tax law,
and sent tho measure back to the house
with the recommendation that it be
passed.
In the Senate.
The uppei house had a busy day
yesterday, a large number of measures
being disposed of. Several important
senate bills were passed, some gener
al bills which had been adversely re
ported were killed and another large
batcb of local houso .Mils were given
the formal approval, of the senate.
Among tbe senate bills passed was
that of Senator Smith providing that
all the property which Is without
lawful owner shall belong to the state
and setting forth the plan under which
It Is to be secured.
Tbe senate passed tbe bill of Sen
ator Perritt, providing for the care of
Insane convicts at tbe penitentiary
farm, at Milledgevllle. Instead of
tbe asylum.
A touching tribute to tbe memory
of Senator Rountree was paid by tbe
senate yesterday
In the 8*nate.
The senate had a short bnt very
busy session yesterday, devoting its
time principally to the consideration
cf local house bills wblcb came up
on third reading.
One senate Mil was passed. This
was the bill of Senator Lee to Incor
porate the Kensington school district
In Walker • county.
Senator Williams introduced a reso
lution for the relief of J. K. McAfee,
J. R. Grice and W. N. Raley, auretlel
on the bond of Charley Harris. It
was referred to the committee on gen
eral Judiciary.
Convict Bill la Carried Over Until Next
Tuesday.
Atlanta. July 26.—The whole con
vict question goes over until Tues
day of next week. This time the res
olution postponing the question came
from Mr. Sneed, of Taylor, the author
ot the bill now before tbe house, and
Mr. Felder, of Bibb, leader of tbe op
position, readily assented.
Mr. Steed's reason for postponing
consideration of tbe question was tbe
absence of many members of the
house. He thought tbe question
should be considered before as full a
house as it is possible to have, though
be said he was willing for a vote to
be taken at once if tbe boose desired
it. His resolution was passed without
objection, and tbe substitutes and
amendments were ordered printed for
the benefit of the members.
The Steed Nil and amendments will
be taken up Tuesday Immediately af
ter tbe reading of tbe Jonrnnl. end un-
dor this resolution the debate will be
concluded at U o'clock,, when tbe pre
vious question will be called, snd tb*
vote on the bill and amendments will
be concluded before 1 o'clock. Th*
Indications are, therefore, that the
convict question will be settled so far
the house is concerned on Tuas-
dsy.
In the Senate.
The senate passed unanimously tbe
bid amending the charter of tb# city
of’Atlanta In respect to the election
of members of tbe police board and
regulating tbe term of office of mem
bers of tbe force. This is tbe (bill pre
pared by tbe city attorney upon In
structions of tbe council.
Governor Terrell yesterday sent to
the senato the nomination of Hon. A.
D. Gale to be Judge of tbe city oourt
of Brunswick. This nomination puts
an end to a lively three-cornered con
test that has been waged with Judge
Gale, tyh. Courtland Symme* and
Hon. A. D. Meador as tb* aspirants.
ranrouaa to luinmu cars promptly ior| me r/CL ot tne nunae i
the transportation of any freight that to pass tu%j.’ed bill by aubstituo,
may be offered. This bill received kill* tbe wboi^ «ure and all of tbe
an adverse report at tbe hands of the amendments aha 'titutes offered
railroad committee, but will be thresh- to It.
*d out on tbo floor of tbe senate. I The senate after two duscus-
On Wednesday tb* special order In slon, killed two- railroad bli.. >y agree-
tbe senato Is tho measure by Mr. Ran- Ing to the reports of the committee
kin of Gordon, which has paasod the which were unfavorable to tbelr pass-
house; providing for the election of •**- In both cases the test vote was
railroad commissioners by the people, overwhelmingly against tbe bill.
Tbe house passed this bill In spite of Both bill* killed provided for ex-
an adverse committee repost The tension of the powers of tbe railroad
senate committee, however, has report- commission. Tbe first was intro-
*d on it favorably. The discussion daced Senator Comas. It provided
la expected to be an Interesting one. tb *t tbe commission should be given
power to order In sidetrack* when-
Audubon Bill Passed For Protection I • ver and wherever It deemed fit; to
of Bong Bird*. order idllroads to make physical con-
Atlanta, July 29.—Tbe bouse of rep- “action with other roads at the ex-
resentatives passed only one measure I pens# “1 the road not dealring such
of consequence yesterday, tbe Audubon j connection, and providing that rail-
bill, which Is designed for the protec- road * b * compelled to Interchange
tlon ot song birds and birds of plum- ctr » wllb all other railroads.
‘ , |.rere| th o'bcr D »e..„r« wore up ter HARDY ™DD_F.NED 81.000-
‘L? w"b“nT wet P" p '«* d ^Ity to
found thoy wore not likely to get tbo I ?' Peon *8«- m
required majority they ware tabled on L J " lr ’ 88 ' Tmo
motion of tbo authors. f™. °J «’ DD '
Perhaps the most Interesting of these ^ H " Todd ’
w*. tho bill by Mr. Adame, of Pntnam, *? ■*?.**
!L\ r " C “ U . W, * h .. ln, * n i. to . I o P n“ e n otb n . e r. CMe r“ey ^reTn* £&
contracts to perform manual labor. At
present such action is viewed practical
eacn In this one case.
They are allowed 80 days In which
^ “• ‘"“1W tbrir finmi, but during this*Urns
Thl* measure seemed to meet with Hr^r-^st^d^HU h |T. gW »
“nch favor In tbe honee, and amend- .? A “
ments were adopted makloc ft much *
stronger than la tbe original bill. Tha w acP'^d ^ p ** d the
house agreed to an amendment by ,
Mr. Deal, of Bulloch, making tbe mesa-1 ? •*7 , ected that during the next
uro apply to any service which on* ^me^foreVhe rot^anTulead Vfmv
might contract to render, whether It *!, nt3r
be manual labor, professional service I* . 6 '
or anything else of that nature. Th* " “ ^
bill proposed to make tbe obtaining oil!,?'"*' *° D * d * Tl " 8 tat# ^
such advances with fraudulent Intent t, „
Mr. George,, of Morgan; Mr. Deal, J ° f Pe °" Me “ th ' ,, 01
Bulloch, and Mr. Flynt, of Spalding, I
MOB CHASING NEGRO.
The contest has attracted much In
terest In Brunswick.
The senate Is well up with Its work.
Yesterday it passed the bill of Senator
Smith, giving street railroad
nies the authority to take up and re
move their tracks, by permlailon of
tbe city authorities where the line Is
in tbe country outside tbo city.
strongly urged tbe passage of the moas-1
uro, declaring that It would do awayl
with a great deal of fraud and awln-11. a rm , rf W i»h c,,.,-„ no
dlln. that i. nnw „„ Armed w,,h shotgun*, Revolvers
dllng that la now golng,on all over tha
itato, and which the law dost not |
reach.
Growing Old
Ought not to mean growing weak and
feeble. It does not mean weakness or
feebleness for those who eat with good
appetite and sound digestion. It Is of
the utmost importance that old people
should retain the power to digest and
assimilate food which is the sole source
of physical strength. When sge brings
feebleness it Is generally because of the
failure to assimilate the nutrition con
tained in food.
Dr. Pierce's Golden Medical Discovery
cures diseases of the stomach snd other
organs of digestion and enables tbe per
fect digestion snd assimilation of food.
It invigorates the liver and promotes
general physical well being.
•II Is with fralltade we seknowtedee what
v. *v pendwolh-
:er, of rerry.tmrr, Ohio. -9h» h.4
VT. nfrvt idusra hff vut to oo.
boulnor-CMdraMrS-
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■welled with
id she could hardly wiUc. M«(rmad-
'■ name is Mre. C*rclio« Henoen. her awe
art. X will *Ud!y anawer all letter! oi
people are invited to consult Dr.
R. V. Pierce by Utter, free. All cor-
spondencc is held as it "
id sacredly confidential.
Dr. Pierce'* Pleasant Pellets
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House Will Have Busy S
■ Week.
Atlanta, July 27.—There will be all
aorta of a time in the bouse this week.
Just before tb* adjournment of the
bouse on Friday, a number of special
order* were fixed, and tbe Indication*
are that tbe calendar, or the regular
order, baa very little chance.
It waa thought that last week would
witness tbe final disposition of tbe
convict question, so far as tbe house If
concerned, but It waa not to he. Two
weeks hare been spent in discussing
tb# disposition of tbe felony convicts,
and, as a matter of fact, the house
has done little else. Local bills have
gotten tbrougb with practically no dif
ficulty, but general measures outside
of those relating to convicts, have
been Ignored. Many-thlnk It better
that this Is so.
However, the settlement of tbe con
vict question Is In sight now and a
vote will be taken loon on the matter.
While the ardent advocate* of the
Steed bill, providing for a continuation
of the present lease system, with the
contribution of the entire net reve
nue to the school fund, seem hopeful
of getting their Mil through without
material modification, it begins to look
as If tbe bouse wlU Insist on some
amendment that will break 1b on th*
'{pare plan. Tbe last substitute for
tbe Steed bill, which ha* (Men denom
inated by the "Gandrer compromise,
has attached to It names of twenty-odd
members of tbe borne, several of
whom were warm in their opposition
to tbe Felder bill.
Despite tbe fact that the bouse cal
endar Ik crowded with general meas
ures, the house fixed a number of spe
cial orders for the week. There are
but 17 day* of tb* session left sad it
will take fast work to dispose of say
conslderabIe.number of them.
‘Senate Up With its Work.
.The senate is practically up with Ks
rork. It will bare before it this
Week, however, tbe large number of
local bills passed by tbe bouse oo Sat
unlay, hi addition to wblcb two spealel
order a bare been fixed for consider*,
tlon.. Today the senate will consider
couple of railroad bill* wblcb pro-
pose to confer power* upon tbe rail
road commission relative to rMalrlca
and Pitchforks.
,, . . _ , . Loganaport, Ind., July 28.—AnmeJ
. . - ,r - Slaton, ofFulton.apolcoL^th shotgun, revolvers, pitchforks
* ,‘ h n °T °V° ‘I* 0 . b . Ul * , d<> and cI « b ». * mob of Infuriated citizens
Clark g that It. enactment nto law Lf Harrison township I. acouring the
* t0 1C,a "* !aS la conntr ' for « u “ b »°™ negro who
Thcllyca StJi wore eal.ed, b ». fiTSKSTff MSS
bm°was ,h taWed Ult n , mM| ar ^TM l1 IV homo ’ about 3 n,lle * fro,n Luce™#,'in
uill was tabled on motion of Mr. A3* I thin county fc
, am ’: . ”°. l vo, ° °, n b111 WM 81 * he mob is headed by George Watte
* j* r \ ““J* 00 c - FranUln—To e* tract wblcb is planted In corn,
tabllsh a local school system at Canon, I _________
In Franklin county. New Enterprises Given cnartsrs.
By Mr. Butts, of Olynn—To make It Columbia, 8. C.. July 23.—Tbe see-
unlawful for any person to kill or offer rvtary of state baa Issued a charter to
for sate any cow, sheep, bog or like the* Ulmer A Irlck Mercantile compa-
domestic animal In tbe twenty-fifth I ny. of Elloree, 8. C.. The officers are
district of Olynn county. E. F. Ulmer and H. F. Irlck. Tbe
By Mr. Oook ot Telfair—To amend I company propose! to do a general mer-
an act relating to tbe sale of liquor* I cantite business tad Is capitalised at
la Telfair county. I 810,000. Tbo Association of American
By Mr. Daniel of Emanuel—A reso* I Clerks, of Union. 8. C., waa chartered,
lotion to pay a reward of |J00 to tbe I Thl* association hit been organised
captor* of Charley Jcffcoat, outlaw. | Lot tbe general trod of the clerks of
I Union. Tb* offirc - are: President,
Couvlct Bill Killed; Te Be Reeenald- Thomas McNally; secretary and treas-
•red. I urc-r, James Gordon Hngbee, and O. L.
Atlanta. July 29.—Tbe bouse of rqp-1 Debs, manager. The Olive
resentatlvea settled the convict quea-
Uon yesterday ly putting It in as no-
settled e state as It was before the
present session began. Is other
words, tb* houso proceeded, after
adopting the Candler compromise for
tho Stead bill, to kill the whole thing,
falling by two votes to give It tho con-
stitutfonal majority of 88.
The Candler compromise, which
proposed to give any counties desir
ing It the option ot working convicts
of ten-year terms and under, was
adopted by a vote of 98 to 71. Tbl*
gave that measure one tnore vote
than a constitutional majority, and
it* friends were Jubilant
It was when tbe vote waa token on
tbe main bill by substitute that th*
msasure was lost, sad It was lost be
cause four members of the bouse who
voted to adopt It, failed to vots to
its It.
Every effort waa mad* by those fa
vorable to the bill to get the four
named to vote sa they bad In the first
Instance, but one or two of them had
disappeared, and tho other* who wore
on the floor of tbe houso refuted to
vote In spite of tbe fact that atten
tion was called by Mr. Felder, ot Bibb,
the rule ot the house which re
quire* that every member pretent
when a vote 1s taken on a question
shall vote one way or another.
When tb* result waa announced It
aa time JSL. the aitvocAtae M
lodge, of Blabopvllle, 8. C., was char
tered today.
Organ Grinder Claims Earldom.
London, July 28.—Tbe claim ot Wil
liam Turner Thomas Poutctt, Viscount
Hinton, the former organ grinder In
the streets of London, who la a claim
ant to the earldom ot Poulett, was bo-
fore the committee on privilege of the
boose of lords today. Tho claimant,
who le of striking appearance, waa
present with counsel who requested an
adjournment on the grounds that he
did not have hla testimony ready.
The committee on privileges granted
this request, and the session was ad-
Journod for the day. It la probable
that tbe case wlU require toveral days
lor adjudication.
Steamers Collide; On* 81nkt.
Plymouth, July 29.—Tbe British '
third-class cruiser Meiampua collided
with and sank tbo British steamer
Ruperra, oil the Llsard last night. The
erew ot the Ruperra were saved. The
damage sustained by tbe Melampus
will necessitate her laying up for re-1
pairs. .
wuty Aoonancd on Molaasts.
London, July 28.—In the course of i
statement In tbe house ot commons (
day on tbe remaining business of
session Premier Balfour Informed t
house that a customs MU would be
traduced abolishing among other
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