Pickens County progress. (Jasper, Ga.) 1899-current, March 29, 1901, Image 1
PICKFNS COUNTY PROG -ff 1 I A 1 VOL. X1Y. GENERAL DTRCTORY United States Commisslonci John F. Simmons. Superior Court, .fourth Monday la April and S-)p • I in I Judge,— Geo. K. Goiter, Marietta. Somoitou,— Titos. Hutcherson, Canton. County Officials. Ordinary Calvin J. Cornells,,!, Sessions held first Monday in each imnitl, Clerk Sup. Court. AND J. T. A tin rton. County Treasurer. Sheriff,—0. T. Wheeler. Tax Collector, —A. It. Bradley. Tax Kroeivkr.—I l.l*. Fields. Countv SURVEYOR,— Dick Gravity. Coroner,— W. .\V SVrght MUNICIPAL OFFICERS. Mayor, J. F. Simmons. COUNOILMEN: C. J. ( ornelis' ii. XT.ti. Wheeler, F,. IL-od, E. Henning, Walter Rhyne, Religious Services. M. E. CHURCH, SOUTH. Uresidino Elder.— Bev. S. 18. Ledbetter. Pastor.— Rev. J. II. Little. Services liist and tbhd Sunday, and Suini»> nights in each month. Sunday School, 9.30, n m. B. H. Simmons,Buj BAPTIST church. Pastor, Rev. G. A. Bartlett. Services, foutli Sunday, in every month Sunday School 9.30, a. m. Tollerson Kirby S uj>t Board of Education. Ebei Wofoid. Barney Pendley, M. Morrison, J. N. McDaniel. Gen. W. Little, Commissioner . 1 . W. Henley, Professional Cards. Dr. W"'. JONES ■O' o Physician – Surgeoii Jasper o ■o Georgia. Dr. F. C. Hie g auds. PHYSICIAN — – — SURGEON .1 ASTER, Georgia. —— nBw HjSSST- mm* - Dr. R. L HUNTER, Dentist. JASPER, GA. Will bo at the Richards Hotel ten days in (Rich month beginning with the 20th. Richards House F. C. RICHARDS, Proprietor. — Rates — Reasonable. — opecial Rates to Citizens of Pickens County. - - Guests Receive Special Attention. Also First Class Livery in connection with Hotel. J. P. GROOVER MANUFACTURER — OF Harness, Sadies and Shoes, — Also, Dealer In -- Shoe anti Harness Materials. Buggy Cushions, Team and Buggy Whips, Sadie Blanks –c –c. -- Repairing Neatly Done. Jasper, Georgia. DESIGNS TRADE-MARKS AND COPYRIGHTS OBTAINED ADVICE AS TO PATENTABILITY ss Notice in “ Inventive Age ” Book “How to obtain Patents” Charges m oderate. IT o fee till patent is secured. J Letter* strietl eo jldential. Addrers, E. G. SIGGSFS » * ' \\T ANTED—ACTIVE MAN OP GOOD CHAU W aoter to d. liver aiul collect in Georgia for old established manufacturing wholesale house. $900 a year, sure pay. Honesty more titan experience required. Our reference, any hank in anv eitv. Enclose self-addressed stain - ed envelope. Manufacturers, Third Floor, 334 Deaborn St., Chicago. 28Sge » A to Obtain u.S. and Foreign I'atenU and Trado-Ma rk j. FUEE Faire-st term* ercr offered to inrentore. PATENT LAWYERS OP 26 YEARS' PRACTICE. 1 20,000 PATENTS PROCURED THROUtH advice, THEM iaithfnl All businors conSdential. Sound service. Moderate charges. 8t CO. A, SNOW PATENT LAWYERS, F Opp. u. S. Patent Office, WASHINGTON, D. C. HURRICANE CLAIMED EIGHTEEN VICTIMS Property Loss In Birming ham Over $300,000. THE WORK OP RELIEF Citizeni Mibscrlbe $10,000 For the immediate Uaiiu of Those Uider tunnies Who Lost All by the Fury of the Tornado. Biiimingham, Ala., March 35.—A ter rific wind aud luiu.-torm passed over Birmingham and vicinity about 10 o’clock this morning, doing much dam age, the extent of which is not yet known owing to the demoralized condi tion of telephone aud telegraph wires. A large number of houses are reported to have been blown tlowu in the south western section of the city, and one re port says that 1,000 persons have been hurt. The entire police force, fire de partment aud all tlio ambulances in the city, together with scores of surgeons, have been summoned to the scene. The same storm swept over Irondale, 7 miles east of here, and it is said prac tically destroyed the business part of the town. Seven men are reported killed there and many injured. Pratt City also suffered, the public school building being unroofed and the First Methodist church having its steeple blown off. Many negro cabins were wrecked ami a number of people hurt. North Birmingham aud other suburbs also suffered. The wind blew a fearful gale and rain feel in enormous sheets aud is stiil falling. It is feared that when full reports come in the will bo shown to have been very heavy. Birmingham, Ala., March 28. — day’s efforts iu the storm stricken por tion of Birmingham are being directed towards giving relief to those who’lost all by the fury of the tornado. Troops guarded the devastated district last night and firemen aud policemen con tinued to search the ruins, but no more dead bodies were found aild so far as has bean learned up to 9:80 o’clock no J—•*------—— Mayor Drennen, who is directing the relief work, estimates that $10,000 wiiL relieve the immediate wauts of the suf ferers. The larger part of this has al ready been raised among held citizens and to a citizen’s meeting was at noon raise the remainder ami to more per fectly organize the distribution of the relief funds. As the larger number of the losers are negroes and the poorer class of whites, the suffering among many of them has been acute. Just how many people Were hurt m the storm will probably trifling never bo injuries known. Many who sustained paid no heed to their wounds iu their anxiety to save their scattered house hold effects and to look alter the dead aud more seriously wounded, The names of about 50 wounded have' bee.i obtained, but this is thought to be only about half the number who were really hurt, The properrv loss is estimated by some as high a- $300:000. The death list iu Birmingham aud vicinity stands at IK. Tin* Death List IS«*viseiI. Birmingham, Ala., March 20. — A careful revision of the death list up to noon today places the total number of dead in the city at 18, several persons who were missing atul had been reported dead having shown up. The negro women reported missing at Irondale are believed to be dead under wrecked build ings. It ,hey are dead, this will in crease Irotidale’s total deaths to five, making a grand total of 18 dead iu Bir mingham aud vicinity. The following is a complete list of the dead: White— Dr, G. C. Chapman, Mrs. Robert J. Lowe, infant sou of Robert J. Lowe, 8-year-old daughter of B. B. Hudson, L. C. Chlumpe, a German. Ne groes—Ji-4m Myre, Carrie Henry, H years old; Carrie Hudson, Maggie Blevins, F. Stedmeyer, school girl; Lizzie Good low, Lizzie Qleuu, cook of B. B. Hud son. Dead at Irondale—John Gardner, white; Mamie aud Clarenoo Hunter, ne groes; two negro women are missing. Thirty-five persons wore more or less seriously hurt in Birmingham, seven of whom are expected to die. JACKSONVILLE HAS A BLOW Stoiiii I . uaes Over ,, City, .... but . „ „ No beri- „ , otis Damage Results. Jacksonville, Fla., March 20.-A se vere windstorm - passed , over #1 themy . this . . morning, but no very serious damage in the city or along the water front is yet reported. Electric light wires were blown down and at the corner of Cedar and Beaver streets the fire department had to be called out. One lineman received a severe but not fatal shock 2?o fa talities repo rted. Millions Given Away. it is certainly gratifying fn w the public f<i know of one concern the land who are not afraid to be generous to t e need v and suffering. Theproprietovs of Dr. King’s New Discovery foroonsump tion coughs and colds have given away over ten million tr.a) bottles of ,gcat medicine; and have the I of knowing it has absolutely cured thousand of hopeless cases. Asthma bronchitis, hoarsness and all disease «.f the throat, chest and lungs Simmons, are surely cured bv it. Call on.Tate – Co* and get a free trial bottle. Keguiai size 50c. and $1. Every bottle gu can teed or price refund. SUCCESSOR TO ’J'HE HERALD. Jasper, Georgia^ Friday Mareli, 29, 1901. DEMOCRATS OF ALABA’ State Executive Committee Will OL lu Birmingham. Birmingham, Ala., March 37.— tary Jolm Pugh of the state executive committee, acting for Chairmau Robert J. Lowe, has hold informal conference with several cratic leaders and as the result a ing will of the state Democratic be held in Birmingham April 8 the same time all Democratic for delegates to the constitutional vention are expected to gather here conference with the committee in to map out- the campaign in behalf the new constitution. Tne special election to determine whether or not the constitutional vention shall be held and vote for dele •hat gates there to it will take place April weeks 33, so will bo less than three in which to push the campaign in be half of the movement and the Demo cratic nominees. ■ As the iorihcoining conference ar rangements larly will be made for a particu active canvass in tiio close and doubtful counties. BAD STORM VISITS FLORIDA Much Damage Done About tho City of Pensacola. Pensacola, Fla., March 23.—Consid erable damage was done to shipping by a severe southeast cyclone storm rhis morning from 8 to 4 o'clock. The wind velocity ranged from 48 to 54 miles an hour, with puffs of a minute duration reaching 70 miles. All three of tho masts of the Russian bark Liilto wero snapped off. Tiio Russian ship Loclie lost tier bowsprit iu collision with the Liilto. Tho schooner Irene was beached and several lighters of lumber sunk; tows of timber went adrift and there is a mass of wreckage of small boats along the water front, while all the lurge ex port steamers at the Louisville and Naslfeillo railroad wharves are so badly tangled together that it is impossible to tell how seriously they are damaged. Granted Letters Patent. Tallahassee, March 20.— Letters pat ent have been granted incorporating the Florida Telegraph and Telephone asso ciation, with headquarters'at Inverness. The capital stock is $5,000, which may be increased to $250,000. The associa exchanges and instruments, connecting with other telegraph and telephone lines, and deal in real and personal property. Cyclonc Strikes Baxiey. Baxley, Ga., March 37.—A cyclono *• r o! ,1 ’" t;" - totally demolishing the premises ot Levi Youmans aud Mrs. David II. Carter. The wind blew at a fearful velocity. It is a distance of ten miles between the Youmans and Carter places, and the cyclone appears to have struck the earth only at these spots. Its path was only a few rods wide aud nothing but utter rum is now found in it. Florida insurance Pays. Jacksonville, Fla., March 23.—Hon. J. B. Whitfield, state treasurer at Tal lahassee, has compiled a table, which shows that 54 fire insurance companies were authorized to do business in Florida during the year J900. The total losses of these companies tor the year was $438,228.24 and the receipts for the same period were $808,703.31, leaving the profit of the companies for the year $370,475.07.______ Charged With Counterfeiting. Tallahassee, Fla., March 28.—Win. and Randolph Diggers, who, it is al leged, have been passing counterfeit half-dollars at Carrabelle, were arrested by Deputy United States Marshal J. M. Forbes and brought to Tallahassee. They were arraigned before United States Commissioner W. C. Hodges, who held them in default of bond for $250 each.______ Governor Samford Pardons Two. Montgomery, Ala., March 27.—Two more Butler county convicts have been pardoned by Governor Samford. They are Michael Feeney, an aged white man, and Lee Sheppard, a negro boy. Each of the convicts was charged with un lawfully riding on railroad train*. Feeney was sent up on tho additional charge of vagrancy. llobson Gets Silver Service. Montgomery, Ala., March 87.—Cap talu Hobsou rl , recelVe<1 au ovaUo “ aC lus home iM ^ensbaro, the occasion being the presentation {, to mm of a silver ser vice ostlUf? | lf000 by bis neighbors and friends. The presentation took place in the opera house, and the speech was ma Ue by H on. L. W. DcGraff enreid. Populists .Meet at Clanton, Clanton, „ Ala., March 27.-The Popu- T , lists held their convention here and nominated L. H. Reynolds for the con stitutional convention. A resolution w«w offered and adopted calling upon all patriotic citizens to go to the polls and vote against the convention aud for the nominee of the I opuJist party. Morm I ouelied Adairs ville. Adairs ville, Ga. 1 March ' ~ °<i_' cv- y clone , of f about . 100 yards . , width passed . ; “ere, blowing down a number of house:-, three barns aud injuring some live Stock. The cyclone came from the southwest and jiass^d off to the north east. Rumor says one large residence was blown down 6 or 8 miles from here. SEARCH FOR A LOST GIRL Prominent allssls-lpplnii Charged With Kidnaping. Mohilic. March 35. — W. H. Stevens, a white man aged about 55 and a promi nont merchant of Luc,Male, Miss., is being searched for by the authorities of several counties on the charge of having kidnaping. Stevens is charged with of B kuluuped the 13-year old daugh ter M. Stearns of Lucedale. It is charged that Stevens boarded with the family and on Wednesday took the girl to Mobile. They were not missed for some hours mid their de parture was not known until after the train had reached this city. With them was J. A. Freeman, who was arrested on the charge of assisting in the affair. Freeman says Stevens and the girl in tended getting married, but uo to Sat urday midnight the ceremony had not been performed so far as is known in Mobile. Freeman was taken to Luoedule in charge of a deputy sheriff. FELL THROUGH A TRESTLE t iiknown White Jinn Lose* Ills Life Near IIliTiilugliiini. Bihmixgham, Ala., March 33.—An un known white man fell through the tres tle of iho Kansas City, Memphis and Birmingham railroad and was instantly killed. Iu his pocket was an envelope on which was written “J. A. Duncan.” The envelope had on it the advertise ment nljiold berg – Lewis, but did not state their place of bu-inoss. Oitiz-nsof mo town have prepared the body for burial and are holding it for identification. —v- ------ CARRIE NATION IS COMING i Kansas *«lo<». tfmaTfier Will Lecture j la Hit mliigliaiii. Birmingham, Ala., March 23.—Mrs. Carrie IViou, tho Kansas saloon smash er, March will ydiver a lecture in Birmingham on 28 for the benefit of the Vine Street Presbyterian church, a recently organise:, church iu West End. a suburb of BirinupTham. Her ( excuses Are to be paid by the church mifl it is believed that a couple of hun '’.ed dollars will be realized. Out^iab,...... Coal Mines. output, My 0/the Alabama -M| coal mikes for the year jj.,900 was 9,400,000 ton.*, an iu- I crease ok nearly 1,000,000 tons over the | previous?year. The mines are being worked,» their full capacities and new opening^i-Tire ti\at the being made for this and it is esti- will mated output year reach 12gjp0,000 fous. The figures have rcj p or j;. Joli.a ! j'on Urged For l'lili-d Term. BiKM! GUAM, Ala., March 25.— G. B. Burklialu r, a prominent contractor in this ciry aud former member of the leg islature, a good friend of Captain Jo L sepli F. Johnston, ex-governor ot Ala bama, is authority mr the statement that Captain Johnston is receiving of a number of letters from various parts the state requesting that he allow the use of his name in connection with a third term in the chief executive’s chair of the state. 1 mid' For Alabama Schools. Montgomery, Ala., March 27. —The superintendent of education lias <re-. ceived $1,200 of interest, on the Peabody fund aud $1,170 of interest oil the Slater fund. The Peabody money will be dis tributed among the normal schools as follows: Troy $300, Florence $300, and the Montgomery negro school and Washing! on’s Tuskegee school $300 each. The Slater money goes to the Montgomery negro normal school. In tsessloii at Opelika. Opklixa, Ala., March 27.—The Wo man’s Home Missionary society of the Alabama conference is in session, with 25 delegates in attendance. Mrs. H. D. Moore, wile of tiie pastor of the Meth odist church, is president and is presid ing. Tho session was treated to an in teresting address by Mrs. Belle Bennett of Richmond, Ky., president of the Woman’s Home Missionary board. Opelika Nominate* City Officials. Opelika, Ala., March 27.—The pri mary held here resulted in the follow ing nominations: Mayor, J. G. Palmer; aldermen, J. A Jones, Wiley Boss, G. E. Driver, M. R. Meador*, J. P. Duffey, H. C. Jerniguu, R. M. Greetiu, Jr., J. R. Hardaway. The school trustees were N. P. Banks, J. T. Gorman, A. B. Ben nett. Lee Echols, J. J. Ingram and J. B. Greene. .Miner .Meets t ragic Kud. Birmingham, Ala., March 23.—R. M. McDonald, a white miner, was killed at Blossburg by being run over by a South ern railway train. McDonald was walk ing along tiio track and did not hear the train, which was backing down upon him. He was horribly mutilated, both legs and both arms being cut off and hie head crushed to a jelly. Order* From Cuba. Birmingham, Ala., March 25.—The Birmingham Machine aud Foundry com k a1 ... '. * at East . Birmingham, has received . an order from Cuba for seven Corlcss engines, which, it is stated, wid -cost when completed Nearly $100,000. 1 he engines are to be used on s nupr plantations in ClnHn Th o One Day coio wire. Cold in head and »ore tliroat cured by Ker ! Ske ascaudy? Child ten My'fortiiem***^ BAD WRECK ON THE PLANT Qne Man Killod and Four Injured. THE LIST OF CASUALTIES The Accident Occurred About I >vo Miles South o! .Ytoiitgt nicry and Was Due tu a Jlisumler. lnnalng ot Orders. Montgomery, Ala., March At —In a wreck which occurred on the Plant sv teni this morning, at 5:80 o’clock, be tween two passenger trains, mo was killed aud four injured. Following it a list of the dead und injured: Doc Huggley, fireman, dead. Flagman, Wocxihiun, hand nuishod. Engineer Jewell, head bruised. Conductor Seidell, taco bruised. Postal Clerk Huggins, hum! mashed. The wreck occurred about 3 miles bo low Montgomery, and was duo to a mis understanding of orders. NUMBER OF APPOINTMENTS President McKinley bills Positions n .'tine and Army, ■Washington, March 20.—The presi dent today made the following appoint ments: Justice Warren Reese, Jr., of Ala bama, to be attorney of tho United Statos for tho ,llitldle district of Ala bama; Edward Augier of Georgia, to he attorney for tho United States, north ern district of Georgia; Pliny L. Soper of Indian Territory, to bo attorney for the United States court of the northern district of Indian Territory. United States Army—To be judge ad vocates with rank of major, Harvey O.. Carbaugh, George M. Dunn and John A. Hill; to be captain of cavalry, Isaac R. Dunkelberger; to be captains, infan try, Morton F. Smith, Louis B. Lawton, Louis M. Nuttman, James A. Hutton, Glenn H. Davis, Franklin S. Hutton,.. '.Wk of major, w H W ilson, James M. Kennedy, William F. Rippitt, Jr.; to be assistant surgeons with rank of captain, Win. R. Summerall, Willis J. Raynor, Frederick A. W. Conn, Thomas K. Mullins, Simon F. Frazer. President May Appoint Knox. Washington, March 20 —The presi dent lias sent for P. O. Knox, the Pitts burg attorney. lie is expected here Thursday, when the attorney general ship will be offered to him. MR. COOPER TALKS OF CUBA ^ptwiiurdH A'** A ii Guxat lonintH, but t ii bu us Amu i ntlppciKleiicu. Washington, March 20 —Representa tive Henry Co >-r of Wisconsin, chair man of in vk'.r .ilia r* committee of the house of i • -ciuc.tives, who has just returned i I'uoi, relieves that the chief i in the Cuban situation is the po.i ■elation of the island ers v 11 t-Gl 1 i r u d in some new i a • considers this as ac covin. i; :: ui the misunderstand ing nn Ii : ; -r. •I a \ . imre hud talked with everyi ii y j cud find,” said Mr. Cooper. ; j:; r is and Cubans, men and v. o • .i I muiid that the Spaniards are mitn x l mist#, The Cubans are al most u, i n :ii"U'iy in favor of independ ence. even '.hose of tin m who believe that annexation is inevitable iu the long ruu They want to try it for awhile, anyway, because, as they said to me, ‘we want to show the world that we are not thieves, bandits and cutthroats. i tt MACARTHUR SENDS REPORT War Department Not llled ol' (.'asual tltM la the Philippines. Washington, March 20.—Tho war partmeut has received tho casualty list from General MaoArtur at Manila as follows: Killed—Feb. 18, Second infantry, Al bert Mason; March 9, Sixteenth infan try, Corporal Alonzo C. Hooker; Second infantry, Alfred Jones. Wounded—Corporal William G. Al dred, leg, above knee, serious; James C. Brinkerhoff, buttock, moderate; Thomas Sparrow, arm, serious; Feb. 25, First infantry, Jesse L. Gray, leg, below the knee, slight; March 15. Eighth infantry, First Sergeant James Delaney, log, above knee, serious. UNCLE SAM WARNS CHINA State Department Makes Public Note to .Minister Wu. Washington, March 20.—The state department made public today a note lent to tho Chinese minister Feb. 19 warning the Chinese govern moil' against entering into any private, territorial or financial arrangements without the full knowledge of all the powers. Will Not .Marry a Catholic. Berlin, March 27.—The Cologne Ga zette says regarding the rumors that the Crown Prince Friedrich Wilhelm in tends to marry an Austrian princess that The Gazette is reliably informed that the crown prince will, under no circumstances, marry a Catholic but either a German or an English princes*. No. 29 m J V, Ir I fa To produce the best results in fruit, vegetable or grain, the fertilizer used must cor tain enough Potash. For partic ulars see our pamphlets. We send them free. GERMAN KALI WORKS, 93 Nassau St., New York, FEAR BL.CGDUHED IN COFFEE Trouble Hrowiii:; Dot ween Gig Fine t '.injmny ami J,s Neighbors. Wayckoss, Ga, March 35. — The Southern Pino company und residents of Coffee county are at war over the ownership oils, of timber lauds around Nich and tiro feeling has reached the danger mark. During iho past, month no less than 25 saws have been ruined at the big mill, seven of them being de stroyed Saturday. One man employed by the company has been notified that he must leave at once or suffer the con sequences. Ha says that ho expects to bo assassinated at any time, but docs not propose to bo frightened off. People in that part of tho county are Pino so intensely bitter against the Southern company that bloodshed is feurod by tho more law abiding element. It seems that the company is having tim ber cut on lands claim • : by others, aud, in order to get cv.-n, holes have boon bored in tho trees aud railroad spikes, plow points, iron pipes, ota, have been driven in, tlv-n the lioles being plugged up with wood. When the saw strikes those pieces of icon it is ruined. There is great danger of employes of the mill being fatally injured by the q-iTPv proportions. * :? ,, teach dangerous TO SERVE IN PHILIPPINES Government Order- Ccnipanic.i L and K to t he Fur hast. Atlanta, March 25.—Orders were re ceived at Fort McPlu-rson yesterday from tho war department directing companies L and If of the Eleventh in fantry to leave on their long journey for the Philippines Tuesday. It lias been known for some days at tho post that the two companies were under order:- for fore, an service, but it was not known definitely until yester day, when tho orders were received from Washington, just when they would leave. In the two companies there are ap proximately 210 men, including the com missioned officer*, 'iho troops will bo taken as far as San Francisco in a special train -the men m tourist sleep ers and the officers in a Pullman. With their departure Fort McPherson will bo left in charge, sixth of Companies E and F of the Twenty infantry. Mru Dixon .May Get New Trial. Macon, March 27.— Mrs. Dixon, who was sentenced last week at Wrightsville to the penitentiary for life for assisting iu the murder of her husband has been brought to this city and' placed in jail for safe keeping, pending a motion for a new trial anti appeal to tho supreme humor, court, the appears in good though .she says she did not, kill her hus band and ought not to have been con victed. Accidentally shot iiliii-clf. Washington, Ga., March 35.—While Hon. F. H. Colley, Archie Colley and Judge Henry B. Tompkins of Atlanta were snipe hunting yesterday afternoon Archie Colley’s gun was accidentally discharged, burying a dozen or move shot in Hon. F. H. Colley’s hand aud side. Otto entered his eye, but his phy sician thinks it will not necessarily de stroy the sight. New York It each «s Tangier. Tangier, March 25. — The United States armored cruiser New York, which is to convey the American em bassy to Maseugou in connection with the settlement of the United States claims against Morocco, arrived here today. Wf3 ns ■ T I/JZi i haven’t a regular, you’re iii healthy v.ili movement Lc. Keep cf the el;j every day, be v/el). Force, or S:i the shape of your vio bow ehi i open, aiul leutpiiv? i;: or pill poison, i ; ilf.in crou:;. The smooth easiest, most pc rl take 'cut way ot Beeping the bowels clear anti clean i a to EAT 3 Ei¥! L5KE GANDY ri'-x.ant, Patutahte, Pole i it, Taute Good, Do Good, ,>JUiioi; L 'wino fo* n i or ( 3ripe, 10, and 2'*, and booklet 50 cents V‘id rco ta napic, ; 4153 on BOSS sew youx. KEEP YUUH BLOOD GLEAN