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AMERIOCS, GEORGIA, EKIDAY, DECEMBER 18, 1903. 4
NUMBER 195
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East Lake, Ala., Dec. 8th, 1902.
Ur. A. B. Girardeau, Savannah, Ga.
Dear Sir:—This Is to certify that Q n Au-
ust 1st I went to Verbena, Ala., to hold a
eries of meetings. Was at that time, and
been for six weeks prior, so feeble I was
ircely able to preach. Mr. P. 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
bnce. Within three weeks 1 was was much
etter. In three weeks I had taken the
bottles of Tonic and was fully well,
rook no other medicine, then nor since, and
am In better health and heavier than for
lie past fifteen years.
J. M. McCORD,
Pastor Verbena Baptist Church.
President
Suspender
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Con/or<
{Freedom
{Durability
Metal Parts Rust Proof.
Positively Guaranteed if
"President" is on buckles.
Everywhere SO cts.,
or by mail postpaid.
Light or dark, wide or narrow.
c. A. EDGARTON MFC. CO.
Shirley. Mu*.
k.
Is a Delight at this Store.
We are showing on every.slde a great
variety of osefnl and ornamental
Christmas gifts.
Gifts Suitable For Every One.
A visit cannot fail to oiler many eng'
gestions of value. It is the early shop
per who gets the piek.
Will Be Pleased to Show You
Celluloid Ebony and Staghorn Novelties.
ling Sets Traveling Oases, Atomisers, Toilet Bets
pin Fens,the beet made, Brnahea—Hand Mirrora Triplex Mirrora
N Perfumery in Cat Olaie Bottle, Gloves and Handkerobief Boxes
(Tabes and Holders, Meersobanm Pipes—Fancy Frenoh Briar Pipes
plly’s Finn Candy In Baskets, Finest Cigars in Small Boxm
leases—Pocket Books Work Boxes WorkBsaketa
}nd Collar Boxer,. Ihfant Seta—Lamps Razors and Srtapa
Rembert’s Drug Store.
Next to Postoffice.
SLAUGHTER SALE.
Wo have purchased the entireatook of Merchandise
belonging to E. D. Sheffield Oo. and we bought it at a
great aaorifioe. wbfoh puts ns 1 in position to eeli t**e
e took for LESS TH AN HALF NEW YORK COST
We intend closing this stook out in the next THIRTY
DAYS. It yon will uome to see ns at the X. D. Snef-
fleldOo. old aland wo will prove to yon that this ad. is
no fake,
WILLIAMS
113 COTTON AVENUE.
PEOPLE AWED BY TYPHOID FEVER IS
QUEER FflENOHEIUI RAVAGING^A TOWN
Boa of Azof Is Reported to Broad Disease Has Beoome
Be Disappearing. Epidemio at Butler, Pa.
VESSELS LIE HIGH AND DRY. 1,000 CASES SO FAR REPORTED,
At Taginag Waters Have Receded to Worst Epidemio of Recent Record
8uch an Extent that Bed of Sea Is
Visible for Thousands of Feet—Great |
Confusion Prevails.
Attributed to Suspension of the Me*
chanical Filtration of City Water
Supply—Fifty-One Deaths.
tie for a distance of
High winds hurled cj
Bhoreward, covering
sela are lying high
greatest confusion pri
bor.'
Work In the foctoi
reduced to a min!
of water.
1
SL Petersburg,-Dec. 16.—The sea oil ..New York, Dec. 16.—Dr. George So-
Azof is disappearing a id remarkable per, a sanitary specialist engaged by
scenes are In course of enaction. I The News to investigate the typhoid
At Taganig, the water > have receded j epidemic in Butler, Pa., and Its causes
to such an extent durlr ; the last five Will report in tomorrow's Issue of The
days that the bed of t e sea la vtsl-1 Publication that the epidemic has by
.... ... lf ands of feeL no means attained its culmination,
>uds of sands I about 60 per cent of the cases not hav-
town. Ves-1 Ins reached the critical stage,
dry, and the The epidemic, which he regards as
is In the har-1 the most severe one of typhoid of
cent record, he attributes to the sub*
as had to be I pension of the mechanical filtration of
wing to lack j the city water supply.
The report says that 'the water for
the-’town Is obtained from surface
HAD NARROW ESCAPE. | sources, and Is usually treated by me
chanical filtration, but that during
Family of Rear Admiral Rodgers |AI* I changes In the water works plant un-
most Asphyxiated. filtered water from Oonoquonslng
New York, Dec. 16.—Rear Admiral I creek was supplied from Oct. 20 to
Rodgers, commandant of the New I Nov. 2, the epidemic starting on No*
York navy yard; Mrs. Rodgers, their I vember 5.
son Frederick and four servants have! In three weeks there were 1,000
narrowly escaped asphyxiation from cases and op to Dec. 14, 1,247 cases
coal gas in the commandant's house at | and 61 deaths bad been reported,
the yard.
, Mrs. Rodgers and Frederick, as well | BATTLE OF COLEN80.
as one servant, a Japanese, were at
tended by a physician and soon recov-1 Plan for Its Reproduction at St. Louis
ered. The admiral was not seriously World’s Fair,
affected. Npw York, Dec. 16.—General Benja-
Borne time after the family had re-1 mlnJVHJoen, who was one of the three
tired the furnace in the basement assistant commandants general In the
began exuding gas. Almost every Boer war, who has Just arrived here
room In the house soon filled with the froth Europe on his way to SL Louis,
fumes. The admiral iwas awakened says a plan has been evolved for the
by a choking sensation. Hastily reproduction at the Louisiana Purchass'
flinging open'the windows, he carried I exposition of the battle of Oolonso,
bis wife and son out of their rooms the defeat of General Duller and the
to tbe fresh air. | British forces of the Tugela, Dee. 16,
1899, and Cronje’s surrender to the
ITALIAN BARK BURNED. | British on Feb. 27, 1900.
"The unique feature will be the ap-
Four of Her Crew Missing—Explosion I pearanco,” said Captain Arthur W
Started Fire. I Lewis, who fought on the English side
Marseilles, France, Dec. 16.—The I and dho came .over with General YU
THE OLD RELIABLE
Italian bark 8atf Bornardlna from Phil-1 Joed, "of about 600 to 1,000 men, prob-
adelphla Oct. 12 for Cetto, was de- ably about equally divided between
stroyed by. Are today. Four of her I the British and Boers, who actual'
crew are missing and two wero In-1 ly had a part in the hostilities In South
Jured. I Africa. A percentage 'of the net pro-
Tbe flames were started by an ex-1 ceods will go to the relief of the suffer-
ploston of petroleum of which the ves-1 Ings of the destitute women and chil-
sel contained 6,687 barrels and they I dren in the Transvaal. 1
quickly spread throughout the vessel, I Captain Lewis, who Is associated
and thenco to 30 laden freight wagons | with the Boer general. Is a native of
Clinton county, tfo. He fought on
the side of tbe English through the
on the quay and to a schooner.
PLEA OF INSANITY.
war and rose from tbe ranks.
Carroll County Man Being Tried for
Wife Murder.
Carrollton, Ga.. Dec. 16.—Tbe trial
of Robert Smith for murder is. pro
gressing In the' superior court here
this week before Judge T. A. Atkin-
son. The plea of Insanity Is being
relied upon by the defendant's counsel.
INJUNCTION PERMANENT.
Important Decision Regarding Theatri
cal Contracts by Judge.
New York, Dec. 16.—Aa Important
decision regarding theatrical contracts
has been handed down by Judge Town
„„„„„ .. . . . send, In the United States circuit
h h H ? y court, who has made permanent an
^ ? lc l uncUon asked for on behalf of tho
w th r«thor'. »hn « d f t ^ d S b Castle Square Opera company, against
to her father s, who, after a day or I gYank Moulin, a comedian.
Zy'X£ waTE^e^d UDder deClSl0 “ MoUl,n 18 r *
Wt^'waviald bv Mth thfZ,!, strained from appearing on tbe stage
tho ^hnnhe. ! ! under an T other management until his
, “^contract expires 18 months henco.
shot her live times, from which she
W-
Many a child
has been fooled
by the story of
tlie pot of gold which
is to be found just at
the foot of the rain
bow, and has started
out to gather riches
full of happy dreams.
Many a man and
woman have been de
ceived by the tale that
there was health to be
found out beyond tbe
sunset, and they have
started, out dreaming
of a healthful future,
never to be. realized.
People who have tried change of cli
mate in vain for the cure of weak lungs
have been perfectly and permanently
cured by tbe use of Dr. Pierce’s Golden
Medical Discovery. It cures deep-seated
coughs, bronchitis, bleeding lungs, ema
ciation, and other conditions which, if
neglected or unskilfully treated, find o
fatal end in consumption.
■US sorias t bad s ssvsW attack of poets I ®* # 8u PP l l' c “r Cff.
numia which left me with s very bad cough. I Huntington, W. VS., Dec. 16.—Hunt-
I Ington, Catlcttsburg, Ashland, Iron-
Nat. lud.Ty. *■! bad so sppcUts sad was so I ton and alt nastier towns in this Sec-
linn wfthnnt n.tnr.1 M. hvl.. ^
The comedian set up the plea that
the contract allowed his employer to
break It on two . weeks' notice and
maintained tbe same privilege for
nlmseir. ' /
Deputy Sheriff Shot Dead.
RIverhead, L. I.. Dec. 16.—William
I Rafford, a deputy sheriff, and warden
of the county Jail here for more than
16 years, was shot dead today by A.
I Tuttle Reeves, at. Aquebogue, a vil
lage 3 miles from here. Rafford had
gone to serve an execution upon
I Reeves, who has for years had 'th J
I reputation of being very eccentric. The
murderer dragged tho body out of the
I house barricaded tbe doors and win
dows and armed with a double-barreftj
| shotgun propot cd to resist arrest.
Emigrating to Cuba.
Mobile, Ala.* Dec. le.—A party of
about 20. persona from South Dakota
Iowa. Michigan and . Illinois, have
| reached Mobile enroute to Cuba, where
they have purchased 24,000 acres of
grazing land and -48,000 acres of tim
ber land iq Puerto Principe province.
They will locate them.
•ore with rumiing sores. 1 got two bottles of Dr.
Pierre's Gol-I.n Medical Discovery, which I be-,
liere saved my life. I caouot express my grati
tude to you. I am able now to do very good
Any substitute offered as "just as good”
as "Golden Medical Discovery” is a
slm-low of that medicine. There are
cures behind every claim made for the
"Discovery,” which no "just as good”
medicine can show.
Tile People’s Common Sense Medical
Adviser, a book containing looS pages,
is given away. Semi 'll one-cent stamps,
for expense of mailing only, for the book
'a paper covers, or ji stamps for the vol-
ine bound iu cloth. Address Dr. R. V.
:e, buffalo, N. Y.
tlon are without natural gas today and
practically sll tho factories, largo and
small, have been forced- to close down,
the result of a breaks In the pipes
near Warfield, Ky., Great suffering
Is reported among sll clauses.
Veteran Newspaper Man Dead. f
New York, Dec. 16.—John C. Hen-
nessy, a veteran New York newspaper
man and-former president of tho New
York Press club. Is dead, after a long
Illness. He was born in Ireland 71
years ago, and has occupied high po
sitions on several leading dallies.
Absolutely^ Pure
THERE IS NO SUBSTITUTE
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INDIANAPOLIS SCENE
OF OARING BOBBERY
Cracksmen Stood Guard with
Brawn Bevolvers -
AS THEIR PALS WORKED
Terrified People In Neighborhood Stood
at Distance and Watched Operations
of the Robbers, Who Fled Before
Police Arrived—Loot Was Small...
Indianapolis, Dec. 16.—One or the
most daring safe robberies In the his
tory of tho police department occurred
In the office of tho Star Elevator com-
p -9MX this morning.
The robbers worked for an hour
and exploded seven cartridges ot
dynamite. Three men stood guard
witty drawn revolvers, while tlireo
others ran In and out of fireplace 'at
taching the fuses.
The heavy explosions lifted the rcor
of tho building.
Terrified people in the neighborhood
stood at a distance and watched the
operations of tbe robbers, who finally
became discouraged at their repeated
failure to reach the Inside of the bur
glar proof strong box inside the sate,
and left a fow minutes before the po
lice arrived. j
Only a small sum of monoy was so-
cured by tbe burglars.
Cracksmen Get $3,000.
CJunlby, Iowa, Doc. 16.—Tho bank of
Quniby has been robbed ot $3,000. The
cracksmen escaped.
FATAL COLLISION.
One Kllltd and One Fatally Injured on
’Frisco Road.
Fort Scott, Kan,, Dec. 16.—One man
lost bis life, one was fatally hurt and
several others were more or less se
verely Injured In .a collision or two
sections of a freight train on a long
bridge on the ’Frisco system, 16 miles
from here today.
F. M. Hermitage, of Monett, Mo., a
brakeman, who was riding on tbe en
gine of tbe roar train was roasted
alive in the view of the other members
of 'the crow, who were unable to help
him. He begged to be killed and
placed out 3f his misery. W. E. Willi
ford and H. J. Kramer, brakemen, are
believed to be fatally hurt.
The bridge bqrned under the wreck
and one engine and several cars went
own ~
CREMATED IN THEIR HOME.
Entire Family Burned to Death at
Johnstown. Pa.
Johnstown. Pa., Dec. 16.—James
Crssbys, wife and daughter, Grace, tbe
latter aged 13, wero burned to death
their home today,, while a son,
James, Is missing, and Is believed also
have perished.
The family was asleep when the fire
started from the’kitchen stove.
COLLEGE STUDENTS
HAVE SERIOUS CLASH
A Warfare Between Sopho
mores and Freshmen.
BOUND, THEN THROWN IN LAKI
For Several Days Grave Disturbances
Have Eeen Rampant Among 8tudenti
of State University at Seattle—Said
Sophomores Started the Trouble.
Seattlo, Wash., Dec. 15.—The Fresh-
men-Sophomoro warfare at the etats
university took a serious turn lost
night. »
A band of freshmen wero fired on
whilo surrounding a house in which -
Ormund, one of-tho sophomore*, lived
under tho supposition that they were
burglars. Later Ormund, -bound hand
and foot, was thrown into Lake Union
and was revised with difficulty. -Miles
Leiser, another sophomore, was thrown
into the lake with his hands bound.
He was seized with- cramps but was
rescued by a fresh man who swam oul
and carried him ashore. j
Some 40 freshmen and sophomores
were engaged In last night’s battles.
Tbe trouble has been going on for
three or four days. It started when
tho sophomcros tore dowd a trophy
wnlch had been used In the decorations
fer the treihmen class' dance last Fri
day. At that time ono of the sopho
mores cut one of tbe freshmen with
an ax.
MLLtu wniLt HUNTING.
New Trial Asked for Burton.
Columbus, Ga., Dec. 16.—Attorney
Wynn has field a motion for a new
trial for Robert H. Burton, who. was
Bullet from Parlor Rifle Ends Life of
Atlanta Youth.
Atlanta, Dec. 16.—A shocking trage
dy occurred Tuci-u y In an old field
In the rear of Aim ta university when
Fred Bradshaw, l'r> ear-old son of Mr.'
and Mrs. Bradshaw, of 122 Chestnut
street .was shot and Instantly killed
with a parlor rille in itho hands ot
James Dean, a 13-year-old youth, who
resides wjth bis widowed mother
the corner of Davis and Mitchell
streets!
Young Dean was taken into custody
shortly afterwards by -Police Call Of
ficers Maddox and Luck and locked
in the police station. Coroner J. H.
Stamps held an Inquest lator In the af
ternoon, the verdict of tho Jury being
to tbe effect that the killing was ac
cidental. Derm was released.
Injured In Lamp Explosion.
New York, Dec. 16.—By tho explo
sion of a kerosene lamp In tho tene
ment of John Stonkervltcb, 247 East
Fwcnty-flfth street, Stankervitch ami
his daughter wero badly burned and
bis wife and son were so sevorly
burned that they are not expected to
live. t
Members of -a family living on the
floor just above were found half sot-
focated and policemen assisted them
to the street.
The damage caused by the firo was
small. y
Box Factories Cloze Down.
New York, Dec. 16.—A two weeks'
shut down has been ordered of 60 box
board plants Included In the comblna-
last wc-ek convicted of'man.lauqbtnr ml:!^
SKETlffS wiuTear “tlon, because o/an or&
man who stabbed his son to death. I j^n^ma^d at lMM-tons* ** *
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* Hair Victor
Only 35? Your gray hair makes
you look 20 years older. No
need of this old age. Restore the
color. Keep young. kw.TK?;: