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AMERICUS, GEORGIA, FRIDAY, AUGUST 7, 1903.
/^NUMBER 14
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. 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 Jme 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.
I EXPECTED TO
OR AT ANY TIME
e Preparations of Bus-
ians at Port Arthur.
S ARE ON THE MARCH.
it. and War Munitions Being
id—Reporta Brought by Officers
Ittamer Arriving From Yokoha-
Victoria, B. C.
fit, B. C., August 3.—Ofticors
•iraracr Tacoma, which has ar-
f'om Yokohama, report that
Mints are buying up large or.
1*1-1 i-ake at the Japaneso
Liil storing provisions and war
»» at Fort Arthur. Troapa
*> tieiug hurried westward and
errected to occur at any time,
ricnia brought news to the
Mat three Roman Catholic mil-
*1 have been murdered by Chl-
hturieata at Hnh Li, Shansi
MOB OF MASKED
MEN STORM JAIL
Stern Justice Dealt Murderer
of Little Girl.
WAS A WELL-TO-DO FARMER.
In Spits of Efforts W Sheriff and
Twenty-Five Deputies, Mob Secures
Assailant of Little Olrl and Lynches
Him.
ELECTION OF POPE
IS STILL IN 000BT
Cardinals Have Hot Yet Ar
rived at Decision.
THIRD DAY’S IMPRISONMENT.
Oraat Crowds Assembled at Vatican
In Hops of Learning Something Def
inite Regarding Lao’s Successor.
Left Diiappointed.
>
l.oou Ycnoule, a Japanese as-
»r. ha* discovered a new comet
Cirnu* constellation, not far
Lyra, moving northward.
Japtm.se, telegraph companies
aurstwl to the lowering of the
charges on messages be-
Saiuiki and Hong Kong for
"? cable. The Ruiaian Asiatic
ha» been ordered to assent
nscouevers In the vicinity of
Japanese standing squadron Is
: t*s«4 In summer manoeuvers
kaaldo. Thu», # says the Jap-
aid, the main naval forces of
““ Russia arc ’’naturally’’ at-
to northern waters.
Evv M EN 00 TO WORK.
by.
Ttadci Tie Up In New York
City.
August 3.—Pew. If any,
|ip n who wero to go to
cording to C. P. Cheney,
v: the Iron league, did so,
Oils was the day appointed
•Bployera to attempt to end
tie-up caused by the re-
Houses ml tha and Brldgo-
a-'he to sign the employers
avhltratlon.
-rear
Hue
"** eo short,’’ laid Mr.
( *k<i action aftar ere had
' Sc refusal of the houseamltha
" probably will be aome
" r can get Into working
to call the men from va-
11 where they have been
k *s aot yet been put into
^ Treasurer Found 8hort.
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J ' '“miner of pnblle ac-
fi'ed with Governor Jelke
? J* J - U Garden, treasurer
► tu r ’®°* Bd **• *•"»
county the warn of
fc C0 , T . h * * r **»nrer did cot use
for Ms personal use, but
t from one fund to another,
>4? . Th » Attorney gen-
the county «et the
money.
Asotin, Wash., August 5.—Despite
the efforts of the little victim's father,
Sheriff Richards, of Asotin county,
who had (worn In 35 deputies to guard
the brute, William Hamilton, a well-
to-do farmer, the self-confessed out-
rager and brutal murderer of little
Mabel Richards, was forcibly taken
from the Asotin county jail shortly
after midnight and lynched by a mob
of over 1,000 men, which bad been
congregating all day from all parts
of Asotin county.
All oighi long the feeling that Ham
ilton should be strangled Instantly
grew in volume.
Thorn were those who thought the
wretch should be tortured, ,but It was
Anally agreed that vengeance would
be satisfied by blotting out the life of
tho boast.
About 13:15 o'clock 20 masked men,
their facet concealed with handker
chiefs, ulnrched In an orderly manner
up the rlreot towards th jail. When
they got within sight the guards call
ed upon them to halt. The answer
from the masked men was to throw
the guards to tho ground. The keys
wero taken from the guards, the Jail
yard entered and finally entrance was
effected into the Jail proper.
Moanwhlle another company of
masked men. about 80 In number, had
marched up the street and taken post
tlons about the cmrnnco tp the Jail
With their men none attempted to in
terferc. They ke,)t back the crowd
which bad filled the streets all night
waiting for the lynching. It was cer
tain would oc$ur, and a* soon as the
Attack wac mado upon Hamilton's cell
the entire population of the town,
their numbers swelled by people from
th surrounding country, gathered about
the Jail.
W?ien tha lyncher* and Hamfllon
reached the comer of FlrsT and Fill
more streets thay halted under a guy-
wire which cross** the street and
Joins eleotrlc light poles. Here one
of the leaders asked Hamilton If be
wanted to confess. He did so.
Some of th* mob thought hanging
too good for him, and wanted to tor
ture the brut*, But the original pro
gram prevailed and It waa decided
him.
Reme, August 3.—Today'* firat bal
lot for pope has been taken and ap
parently resulted In no election.
Smoke was observed Issuing from
the Slatlne chapel chimney at 16 min
ute* after 11 o'clock this morning.
Indicating the burning of the ballots.
Though this la the third morning of
the cardinals’* Imprisonment they hare
not yet arrived at a decision. In
the hope that over night some agree
ment might have been arranged, the
(foreign ministers, many mther jien
socage* and two or three thousand of
the geaeral public, went to St. Peters
this morning to await the develop
ments. They were doomed to another
disappoIntmenL for at 11:16 a. m., like
th* broken-out pennant of a ship, the
amwoke announcing that the fifth bal-
lot had bean fruitless, rose from the
chimney of tha Sistlne chapel and waa
borne away by a light breeze. It waa
smoke announcing that the fifth bal-
crowd, which Immediately left the pi-
l Many exhibited regret that the
failure of the ballot.
u Many exhibited regret at tbe
afternoon's ballot may bring tbe new
pope, but tbli does not appear to be
based on any particular reason.
The correspondent of tbe Associat
ed Press visited the Inside of tbe Vati
can this morning and found that all
around tbe precincts of tbe conclave
the guard had been doubled and wher
ever there la the slightest possibility
of communication with the conclave,
the Swiss guards, gendarmes and Pal
atine guards watched-together.
The antagonism existing between
these bodies Is the best guarantee that
nothing underhanded will be allowed.
Besides, tbe captains of the conclave
In tbelr cocked bats and uniforms em
broidered- with gold lace, assisted by
the. valets of Prince Chlgo, the mar
shal of the conclave, In gorgeous liv
eries, arj constantly on the alert.
The only thing known from the In
side is that tbe cardinals rose early
today and Individually celebrated mass
In tbe Pauline chapel. They took
breakfast at 9 o'clock, going shortly
after to tbe Sistlne Chapel, where they
remained until about 11:30 a. m.
The piazza of St. Poters this morn
ing bore the usual appearance of the
past days.
PROCEEDINGS OF
THE LEGISLATURE
WhatSdlons Are Doing In
Atlanta.
DAILY SESSIONS AS REPORTED
Proceedings of Both the House and
Senate During the Week—Measures
of Interest and Importanoo aro In
troduood.
ftt, ;
To North 8tate Negroes Return.
Raleigh. N. C, August 6.—Over 100
negroes hare returned to this state
from New York and vicinity. Many
of them wept and shontad on their re
turn to this state when their rela
tives met them at various stations
from Raleigh to Weldon. From what
they aay negroes intend to leave the
north In large numbers and coma Kwh
to tbe south. Some ot (be Dtgaoes
have bean away for years and aome
but a few months. Th* return of
negroes from th* west has already be-
*um
House Revives Convict Bill—handler
Compromise.
Atlanta, July 30.—It was by a nar
row margin that the house yesterday
reconsidered If* action In defeating
the Steed bill and substitutes relating
to tbe disposition of tbe stnte'a fel
ony convicts. But the house did es
predicted, and by a vo tf oe79 to 78
the convict question as outlined un
dcr the Steed bill waa brought back
to life.
Tberc waa only one object, however,
in gelling this measure back before
Ibe honse That was In order that
tbe Candlek compromise, which went
down In defeat with the Steed bill,
may be offered as a substitute for the
senate bill when that measure comes
up for consideration.
Mr. Felder, of Bibb, made the motion
to rec.mslder, and stated the matter
would go to the foot of the calendar
If the house agreed to that motion.
There was no desire, he said, to bring
tbe Steed bill up again, and the only
ohject In view was to enable thosa
most Interested to offer tbe Candler
compromise bill again as a substtute.
Mr. Steed, of Taylor, opposed the
motion to reconsider, as did also Mr.
Mosses, of Coweta. They claimed
sufficient time had alerady been given
to the ccnslderatlon of this question,
and that the duty before tbe boose
now Is to enact some legislation with
out further delay, to provNe for the
disposition of the felony convicts.
Mr- Flynt, of Spalding, spoke strong
ly for reconsideration, showing that
the only object was to put life In the
Candler ccmpromlse, as it Is proposed
to offer It as a substitute for any other
measure on the convict question that
may be considered.
Tho vote for reconsideration waa 79
to 7a, and was announced amidst con
siderable applause and cheering.
The house passed, by a vote ot 139
to 21, the resolution of Mr. Howard,
of Baldwin, appropriating $15,000 to
the state, sanitarium at Mllledgevllla
for the purpose of putting In lights and
buildia&'B necessary wall In connec
tion with the two new bulldogs at that
Institution.
The advisability of the election ol
railroad commissioners by the people,
instead of having them selected by the
governor, ka Is now the case, furnish
ed the theme for the principal discus
rion before tbe senate yesterday* Tha
net result waa the overwhelming de
feat of the election bill which had
come from tbe bouse.
New senate bills were Introduced as
follows:
By Senator VanBuren—To require
the ordinal les of all tbe counties ol
this state to- keep a record of all pen
sioners In tbelr county that are paid
by the slate.
By Senator Atkinson—To amend
section 3393 of the code as to applica
tion for administration on estates.
By Senator Perry—To cede to ths
United States government Jurisdiction
over certain property In Qalnesvll*
to be used or postofflce purposes.
dpi
be-
by
of Ms iprcaem puruens. tbs
will be taken up again on Monday,
when a committee from thg Oeorgla
Bar association will be beard In
half of ii.
The senate general judiciary com
mittee baa reported favorably the
houso bill to abolish days of grace
In this state.
The most Important till passed
the senate at yesterday's session la
especial interest to Atlanta. Thla
the bill introduced by Senator Perry
providing (of the appointment of pro
bation offlcera In the cities of <0,000
and over—a measure which, as Its au
thor explained, was especially cham
pioned by a largo number of ladti
Atlanta and other cities who have giv
en though: to the problem of better
ing tbe condition of youths who mey
be sstoJ from becoming criminals.
Tbls measure does not make the ap
pointment of such probation officer*
obligatory upon any city, but leave*
It to tbe mayor and council to pro
vide for such appointment In case they
see fit. It applies, aa stated, only
to the larger cities end only to person*
guilty of violation* ot municipal or
dlnance*.
Both bouie* of the general aisembty
hare acted relative to the general
charges of lobbying which have been
made in connection with the legtela*
tnre, the Joint committee ban been ap
pointed, and Investigation of the mat,
ter will begin on Monday.
Busy Week For th* Lower House
Lobby Investigation.
Atlanta. August I.—Tills will be
busy woek With the general assembly
The members of the house realise that
they have been wasting a good deal of
time In uielese wrangling, and many
of them express regret now thet more
attention has not been given to the
matters o( Important builnesa which
ahouM oe acted on before adjourn
ment.
The legislature started out well by
pesilng a bill to amend the constitu
tion so as to limit'Che tax rate to 6
mills. The bill wee defective and
had to be sent back by tha governor
and another one passed. The sec
ond bill passed th* senate several
weeks ago, but has never been report
ed to tho house. It begins to look
as if tho measure had been forgotten.
Some uf the committee have worked
diligently, but on others the atten
dance has been small, anil It has fre
quently been found Impossible to
cure .a quorum. Members of the house
particularly- are. putting forward the
hot weather as a reason for the gener
al dislncllnaton to work, and some of
those who voted for the summer ses
sions bill are regretting, on this ac
count, that they did so.
This week, howover, the housa will
bold two sessions a day, and proba
bly the.-o will be one or two night
•Ions, The house has done practi
cally nothing with senate bill* up to
tbe present time, and the members
of tbe upper house are criticising the
manner In which their measures ar*
being treated.
Some of the afternoon session* this
week will be given up to senate Mile,
and tbe house will try to “make good”
with tbe other body.
The convict question Is still la s
most unsettled state, with th* Indica
tions that a compromise is entirely
out of tbe question.
The rootlet question was . /as a
special order for today Immediately
after the reading of the JournsU, and It
Is hoped the house will finally dispose
of th* measure at that time.
A new game law was panes* Rath
er It Is a compilation of the* present
game laws of the-state with several
Important amendment*, including pro
tection for summer duck, marsh hens
and other game birds which have not
heretofore been taken. Into considera
tion.
Another interesting mean ore which
went through provides for a register
ot all posted lands to be kept In the of
fice of tbe ordinary, such register to
be considered as notice to all parties
proposing to hunt, fish or otherwise
treseoass.
The resolution appropriating $3,000
to obta'n copies ot Importsuit
records relating to Georgia which ex
ist only In LondoiJ and tbe
anthorlxng tbe state treasurer to
for pension money from one
fond In which there la a surplus to
another In which there may ba deficit,
wero both passed.
Again tbe house refused to entertain
the proposition looking to the appoint,
ment ot a steering committee. Tb«
mem ben opposing *<h*' steering
mlttee Idea tljlnk the plan put* too
much power over tho business of ths
house in the hands of the apoaker.
Only the calendar, therefore, will bav*
tho light of way unless certain titfaa-
ures are token up-and made special
orders.
The following new bills were Intro*
duccd In the housA:
By Mr. Stovall, ot Chatham—To pre
vent the adulteration of medicines or
articles ot food or drink In th*
Mate,
By Mr. Alfon\ ot ■Worth—To Incor
porate the town of Isabella, In Wtartk
county.
My Mr. Mitchell, of T&omaa-'to
amend the charter of the town of Bos
ton, in Thomas county.
By Mr. Beauchamp, of Bat to—To,
abolish the board of commissioners ol.
loads sad revenues of Butts county.
In the 8enate.
The senate held a abort session yes
terday, but when It adjourned the
desk was cletr ot business. Boms
bouse bills of general interest, and
two senate bills were passed. The
bill to abolish "ddys of grace*: In Oeor
gla, which had passed the bouse, was
perhaps the most Important of the
general measures considered. As thore
was some little opposition to this the
roll was called. Tho bill passed by a
voto of-23 to 3.
The hill of Air. George, of ilorgsn,
amending the act “to make it unlaw
ful for any person to employ or con
tract with, as tenant or cropper, any
person under contract with another,
came upon third reading. •>
Senator Atkinson explained the pur
pose of the bill to be to recognize v*r»
bal as well as written contracts. He
•aid this relief was necessary to plant
ers. and he hoped the bill would be
parsed.
Question of Appointing Steering Com
mittee Uselessly Discussed.
Atlanta. August 6.—The house of
representatives, let go another hoar
end a half yesterday la an apparently
useless discussion over the question
_ ‘ appointing a steering committee to
That Is to say i flx th * or<J cr ot hustasaa far tha ra
the ardent advocates ot the present toMader cf the aeulcn.
system and those who doslre to put A> b * for ®- tbe b-us* eat down
ait or a part of tbe convict* on the wiuarely on the proposition and there
public reads will never get together. w,l> be 1(0 ■ieering committee. Th*
By
The Start
FIRE DEVASTATES TOWN.
In married life Is generally
made on nn equal footing
of health in n;..n and wife.
But how soon, in many
cam, the wife lose* the
start and fades in face and
fails in flesh, while her
husband grows even mote
nigged and robust.
There is one chief cause
for this wifelv failuie anil
that is, the failure of tbe
womanly health. When
there is irregularity or an
unhealthy main, inflam
mation, nlceration or
female weakness, the gen
eral health is soon im
paired.
Dr. Pierce's Favorite
Prescription cures woman
ly diseases. It establishes
regularity, dries unhealthy drains, heals
inflammation' and ulceration and cures
female weakness. It makes weak women
strong and rick women well.
• a little ovrr a Tftr ego I wrote to too for
***£»•’ L SfnYr
W. vi. _\QM MVMw me to use Dr. Pierce s
Favorite Prescription and 'Golden Medical Die*
covevr.'which r did. and with the moat happy
teeofi. I wai troubled with Soilt wtehoero
ood bee ring-down uiu lied e very bod polo
orerlT ell the time la or left «iJf. nervousness
ood owdoche. Wee eo weak I could hardly
walk oaoee mj room. Could aot At op only
Joel o little while et e time. My hosbend got
roe rone of Dr. Pierre'■ rae-licinc and t began
its one. Briber I had token two bottle, I was
Armenak In Vilayet of Adau Suffer*
Several/.
Constantinople, August 8.-A. con
flagration baa devastated the town of
Armenak. In tho villayet of Aden, Asia
Minor. x
Tho moeqo* and other public build- Th* Canada Settee Medical Adviser.
do-1 in paper covers, la sent free on receipt of
to pay expense of
„ „ ts»Dr.R.V. Pierce,
been started. Bualo.N.Y.
abia to help do my work. I nard three be
ft all and ft cured me. Mow I do nil my hi
work. It la the bent medicine 1 crcr used.*
and 60 boom were de- in paper covers, is a
strayed. The population to la the zt one-c
greatest dtotrea* and • reltof fdnd baa] l .
Uniform Text-Books ' Adopted
House—Vote 107 to 45.
Atlanta. Ga., August 1.—Lit
tle doubt remains that a uniform
system of text-books will soon
be established for Georgia’s common
schools, for the bouse of representa
tives passed yesterday by a vote of
107 to 45 the bill providing for (bis
change ir. the preient arrangement.
The large vote given the measure
was somewhat ol a surprise, though it
was generally believed It would past
with a good margin over a constitu
tional majority.
There bar been determined opposi
tion to tLc measure and every possible
effort has been made to defeat It. The
fight has been conducted both in the
commit’ee room and on the floor of
the house, and all aorta of legitimate
tactics have been used.
The uiiffcrm text-book bill, as pass
ed by the house, to a compromise sub
stitute. It beers the names of Mi
West, of Lowndes; Mitchell, of Thom
as, and Whitley, of Douglas, all of
whom had introduced measures aa the
•abject and It was prepared by a sub
committee on education and adopted
after considerable scrapping In th*
committee room.
For a Court of Appeals.
The general Judiciary committee of
the bouse heard interesting arguments
yesterday from former Chief Justice
Logan K. Bleckley and Justice Little,
of the supreme court In faror of the
bill which proposes to create a circuit
of. appeal* for the purpose ot
ijls now s question only of which
faction In the house can develop thd
•reate it strength.
There ar* many other important
measures before th* house, Including
bills of a departmental nature, some
of them providing for much-needed ap
propriatlcns, others looklog to th* dor
house is evidently afraid of It
of the members who most strenuously
opposed It said they did so because
they thought It would give tha speak
er too much power, or that the oom-
mlttee would steer no bills forward
except such bills aa members of the
commit: ae were Interested In.
last sesilcn. Some or these correc
tion* ire intended to remove unjust
burdens of taxation. Other bills
propose certain reforms made nec^
aary by progress and Increased busi
ness. The indications aro that th»
majority of these will hare to go ovei
until thetoext session.
All eyas aro turned on the Investi
gation of the charge* of lobbyism by
the Joint committee of- the house ami
senate. Senator H. W. Hopkins
chairman of the Joint committee^ has
called a meeting to begin th* work
this morning at 9 o'clock la the •easts
chamber. Messrs. Tlgner, of Mutco
gee, and Overstreet, of Screven, t* tell
all they know relative to th* general
charges they mad* oa tha floor of tlx
honse. Mr. Overstreet has promised
to furnish some names of parties not
members cf th* legislature from whom,
be says, th* committee mey he abli
to gather aome interesting Informs
rect Ion of errors In tows passed at thei. Today tbe house will vote again on
ree the
Many Bill* Are Passed ‘ by Lovwr
House at General Assembly,
lent*, Oa. August 4.—Th*
house did a little bit of all aorta yes-
hitej a—b
convict question, hut the prospects
for a settlement as Indicated by a
teat void yesterday, on a motion to
recommit, are about as remote as ever.
Tbe lines are tightly drawn with tha
evident advantage somewhat In favor
of those who oppose tbe re-enactment-
ment of tbe present lease system.
The house pasted the bill by Mr.
Slaton, or Fulton, to abolish insanity
trials under certain circumstances, by
a vote of 96 to <1. This.blit provides
that where e person ha* been convict
ed, of a capital offense and sentenced,
he shall dm hare-the right to plead in
sanity fit the time of th* commission
of the crime, thereby securing another
trial. The question ot subsequent in
sanity may be determined by Inquiry, If
the governor thinks th* ctrcumstancae
warrant 2L . The bill contains a pro
vision making It Inapplicable to any
case pending at the time of Its p*#-
'#'C
smother bill passed by th* bouse, 99
to 30, was by Mr. Booth, of -Walton, to
prescribe the qualifications of Juror*.
The object of this measurs I* to pra-
vent a person from serring aa a |
Juror at terej
> spurt from i
T) 1 Neglected colds al way
JJCICL Lf OUQUS 10 something serious.
run into chronic bronchiti
pneumonia, asthma, or consumption. Don’t wait. ~ *
Ayer’s Cherry Pectoral and stop your cough.