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PROFESSIONAL CARDS
pARUS M. CARIIKIIAEI.,
Dentist,
M’DONOUCH, CA,
Office over McDonough HuidwareStore.
U. T. UICUE.\,
LAWYER,
McDoxoush, Qa.
pRANK REACAW,
Attorney At Law,
McDonough, C>
Office in Sheriff’s office in court bouse.
Prompt and careful attention given to
collections and all other business.
JJARCI'S W. BECK,
ATTORNEY AT LAW,
Office over Merchants & Planters 1 Bank
Griiilu, Georgia.
jjl w. SMITH,
ATTORNEY AT LAW,
McDonough, Ga.
Office over Star Store, south side squsire.
All work carefully and promptly atteaed to.
Am prepared to negotiate loans on
rear estate. Terms easy.
BASTARDLY WO.IK Of A MIND.
Defenseless Woman and Hir Little Daugh
ter Brlined With Hatchet.
When George J. Shields, a well
known young business man, reached
his Ijcme in the heart of Roanoke, Va.,
at the luncheon hour Saturday he
found his 3-ycar-old daughter, Mildred,
lying in a pool of blood on the recep
tion hall floor, with two ugly wounds
on the head.
Following blood stains from the din
ing room to an upstairs chamber, he
found his wife lying in pools of blood
on a clothes closet floor, with her
throat cut from ear to ear, and her
head horribly hacked. Mrs. Shields
managed to gasp: “A large, black ne
gro man came through the kitchen and
attacked me in the dining room.”
Besides this there is no clue to the
criminal. Mrs. Shields had been out
raged, after which her assailant dealt
her several blows on the head wHTi a
hatchet, fracturing the skull, dragged
her upstairs, where he cut her throat
with a razor and threw her into the
closet, fastening the dcor on the out
side.
The little girl was struck to husb
her cries. The dining room floor was
covered with blood and showed there
had been a terrible struggle. The doc
tors entertain but slight hopes for the
recovery of either the mother or child.
When the discovery of the tragedy
was made known a large crowd of cit
izens gathered in the vicinity of the
city jail, watching to see if the officers
carried any one into the building. At
8 o’clock Saturday night this crowd
numbered more than 1,000 men.
Mayor Cutchin Captain
Francis, of the Roanoke Blues Military
Company, to assemble his men as a
precautionary measure. The soldiers
kept guard all night.
A later dispatch stated that Mrs.
Shields and her daughter w r ere still
alive Sunday night, but physicians
say if they recover it will be a miracle.
Thus far no arrests have been made,
and there is no clew to the identity of
the assailant. The Roanoke Light In
fantry and Roanoke Blue:? are again
sleeping on their arms, and will not
be disbanded until the guilty man is
caught, or all probability of an out
break :s past.
The city council will offer a reward
of SSOO for the capture of the negro,
and this amount will be duplicated by
the state.
Washington is in the dark.
Regarding Report of Mrs. Maybrick’s Rz
lease from English Prison.
Regarding the case of Mrs. May
brick, interest in which has been re
vived by reports that she has been re
leased from prison in England, state
department officials at Washington say
there has been no recant communica
tion between them and the English
government in the matter. The last
information the department had re
garding the case, and this is now
some months old, was that Mrs. May
brick probably would be released late
in the coming summer.
SERVICL P NSION PILL IN HCI'SE.
New York Congressman Introduces Meas
ure of More Than bsual interest.
Representative Loudeus'.ager, of New
York, has introduced a bill in congress
providing for a serv.ee pension of $'
per month to all veterans of the civil
war who served ninety days; $lO to
those who served two years, and sl2
to those who are over sixty-two years
old and served three yea's or more;-
$lO to widows of soldiers, and sl2 to
widows of soldiers who v/omd recer. e
COSTLY COTTON
BROKE BAXTER
Bit Erokerage and Commission
Firm Forced to the Wall*
DONE BY “KING” SULLY
s %
Failure Attribute] to Manipulations of
Bull Clique--Had Branch Offices
Throughout the South.
A. B. Baxter & Co., brokers, of New
York, with 138 offices in the United
States, 38 of which are in the south,
failed Saturday. It is said that the
failure will amount approximately to
$3,000,000, thought the exact figures
will not be known for several days.
A New York special says: Daniel
J. Sully, the cotton king, cleared $600,-
000 Saturday morning in the spectacu
lar rise of July cottcn, which touched
16.88. He bought 200,000 bales Friday
morning at 16 and sold out Saturday at
an advance of from 60 to 80 points.
Directly charged to the operation of
sully in the market was the assign
ment of A. B. Baxter & Co., dealers
in stocks, bonds and cotton, at No. 61
Broadway, with offices in all the prin
cipal cities of the United States, most
ly in the south and southwest. The
failure involved $200,000. The firm as
signed for the benefits of creditors to
George J. Vestner.
The officers are A. B. Baxter, presi
dent; W. W. Vensel, treasurer, and
Felix P. Lipp, secretary. The com
pany was incorporated in 1502, with a
capital of $300,000. The concern is
the largest of its kind on this conti
nent and its operations have been
on a mammoth scale.
The assignment was not filed in
New York 1:30 o’clock Saturday after
noon, and there was no hint of it be
fore the close of trading on the cot
ton market at noon. At the office of
Baxter & Co. it was said that it would
take several days to estimate the lia
bilities and assets which could not,
it was said, be estimated now.
George J. Vestner, the Baxter firm’s
assignee, is a lawyer in the office of
Mclntyre, Cantor & Adams. John F.
Mclntyre said for tne assignee of the
company:
“The company has a large number
of branch offices, one in nearly every
principal city of the south and west.
It has 30,000 miles of leased wires,
and pays $30,000 a month tolls to the
telegraph companies. As soon as wo
ssigned we wired aff our branch of
aces not to accept another cent from
customers.
“What caused the suspension was
the continued rise in cotton. Most of
our customers in the south and west,
who had been long on cotton, went
short recently, thinking the high water
mark had passed, but when Sully con
tinued to send cotton up we called on
our customers for more margins.
We thought we saw hope when cot
ton fell off 50 points Friday, but when
it roSe 75 points Saturday and the
majority of customers failed to re
spond to requests for more margins,
we had to assign.”
CASH TO EASE COLOMBIA'S HEIST.
Democratic Senators Favor Paying Her
Liberally for the Loss of Panama.
For three hours Saturday the demo
crats of the senate discussed plans for
united party action in support of the
Bacon resolution for paying Colombia
$10,000,000 in cash for the loss of Pan
ama. During the discussion it devel
oped that if the senate will take action
on the lines of this resolution demo
cratic opposition to the ratification of
the Panama treaty will be withdrawn.
No final action was taken, however, as
there is to be another caucus on the
subject.
The republican attitude on the ques
tion of paying Colombia the sum stated
for a quit claim deed to her interest
in the canal zone was made known to
the senators in tho caucus. The re
publicans. it is understood, have al
ready agreed to satisfy Colombia in
this matter, but they propose to have
the canal treaty ratified before they
make the deal public.
FRANKFORT REMAINS THE CAPITAL.
■ 1 «
Kentucky Legislature Appropriats a Mil
lion Dollars for State House.
The passage through the Kentucky
I senate Thursday by unanimous vote
of the house bill appropriating a mil
lion dollars for a new capitol at Frank
fort, marked the end of a fight which
had been waged for the removal of the
seat of government since the days
when Henry £lay, as a representative
from Lexington, started a fight which
has been the cherished ambition of
that city since, till the present ses
sion, when Lexington, Louisville and
other towns joined in and aided Frank
fort for the present bill.
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m f ■-? -Jy
Miss Ida. M. Snyder,
Treasurer o? the
Br*okljn East Eml Art Clnb.
“ If women would pay more attention to
their health we would have more happy
wives, mothers and daughters, and if they
would observe results they would find
the* the doctors' prescriptions do not
perform the many cures they are given
credit for.
“ In consulting with my druggist he ad
vised McEiree's Wine of Cardui and Tned
ford’s Black-Draught, and so I took it and
have every reason to thank him for a new
life opened up to me with restored health,
and it only took three months to cure me.”
Wine of Cardui is a regulator of the
menstrual functions and is a most as
tonishing tonic for women. It cures
scanty, suppressed, too frequent, irreg
ular and painful menstruation, falling
of the womb, whites and flooding. It
is helpful when approaching woman
hood, during pregnancy, after child
birth and in change of life. It fre
quently brings a dear baby to homes
that have been barren for years. All
druggists have SI.OO bottles of Wine
of Cardui.
WINEo'CARDU!
$7,500 Cash Contest
THE ATLANTA CONSTITUTION’S
i
Great New Offer Upon Receipts of Cotton at All
United States Ports From September Ist, 1903,
to May Ist, 1904, Both Inclusive.
Contest Opened Jan. (Bth, 1904, Closes April 20th, 1904.
DIVISION OF PRIZES.
For the exact, or the nearest to the exact, estimate of the total number of Balo3
of Cotton received at all United States ports from September Ist, 1903, to May
Ist, 1904, both inclusive $ 2,500.00
For the next nearest estimate 1,000.00
For the next nearest estimate 500.00
For the 5 next nearest estimate, $25.00 each 125.00
For the IO next nearest estimates, 12.50 each 125.00
For tho 20 next nearest estimates, 10.00 each 200.00
For tho 50 next nearest estimates, 5.00 each 250.00
For the 100 next nearest estimates, 3.00 each 300.00
$ 5,000.00
Additional Offers for Best Estimates
Made During Different Periods
r of the Contest.
For convenience the time of the con
test is divided into estimates received
by The Constitution during four pe
riods —the first period covering from
the beginning of contest to February C
10, 1904; second period, from Febru
ary 10 to March 1, 1904; third period,
March 1 to 20; fourth period, March
20 to April 20, 1904. We will give
the best estimate received during
each period (in addition to whatever
other prize it may take, or if it take
no prize at all), the sum of $125.00.
The four prizes thus offered at“~ _
$ I 25.00 each amount to $ 500.00
Conditions of Sending Estimates in This Port Receipts Contest.
Subject to the usual conditions, as stated regularly in The Constitution each week, the contest
is now on. Attention is called to the following summary of conditions:
1. Send SI.OO for The Weekly Constitution one year and with it ONE ESTIMATE in the contest.
2. Send 50 cents for The Sunny South one year and with it ONE ESTIMATE in the contest.
3. Send $1.25 for The Weekly Constitution and Sunny South both one year, and send TWO ES
TIMATES in the contest —that is, one estimate for The Constitution and another for The Sunny South
4. Send 50 cents for ONE ESTIMATE alone in the contest IF YOU DO NOT WANT A SUB
SCRIPTION. Such a remittance merely pays for the privilege of sending the estimate. If you wish to
make a number of estimates on this basis, you may send THREE ESTIMATES FOR EVERY SI.OO for
warded at the same time estimates are sent. If as many as ten estimates are received at the same time
without subscriptions, the sendqr may forward them with only $3.00 —this splendid discount being of
fered for only ten estimates in one order. A postal card receipt will be sent for ALL ESTIMATES RE
CEIVED WITHOUT SUBSCRIPTIONS. Where subscriptions are ordered, THE ARRIVAL OF THE PA
PER ITSELF IS AN ACKNOWLEDGMENT THAT YOUR ESTIMATE HAS BEEN RECEIVED AND IS
CAREFULLY RECORDED.
5. The money and the subscription and the estin.ate must come in the same envelope every time.
The estimate, the money and the subscription go together. THIS RULE IS POSITIVE.
Secretary Hester’s Figures Covering: the Period of the Contest.
total port receipts. bales in cotton crop.
from Ist September to Ist Mnv (inclusive) This j H merely for year information ana is
ccACfIN of following year. The period covered by this not the subject of this present contest. It is
1 contest. given only as an additional aid to an intelli
gent estimates.
1897- 8,333,802 | 1,199.994
1898- 7.993.45’ I 1,274,840
1899- 6,843,134 10,383 422
1900- 0,346,312 9,436,4i6
1901- 7,218,179 10.680,680
1902- 7,378 627 10,727,539
The figures above are certified by Secretary Henry G. Hester, of the New Orleans Cotton Exchange, who will
furnish the official figures to decide this contest.
Address All Orders to THE ATLANTA CONSTITUTION, Atlanta, Ca.
HEALTH OfHCtR CIUitGE’J WIT 1 LIBcL.
President of National Association Arrested
in Mobile and Released on Hand,
Dr. J. M. LindsJey, president of tho
National Public Health Association,
who has been in Mobile, Ala., several
days, was arrested Wednesday night
on a charge of criminal libel, preferred
by the members of the Mobile quaran
tine board. He gave bond and was
released
About a year ago Dr. Lindsley charg
ed members of the board with using
the regulations for their own personal
gain.
HAITI MECCA FOR NEGROES.
Colored Bishop Visits Island and Returns
With Flattering Report.
Bishop Smith, of the Afro-Methodist
Episcopal church, who has just re
turned to his home In Detroit from
Haiti, says that Haiti and not Africa
is the place for colored Americans.
Twenty thousand, he says, could be
assimilated there at once. Bishop
Smith is> considering the question of
agitating the emigration of colored
people from the southern states to
Haiti.
GRATT SET MS TO BE A FAD.
Delegate to Congress From Oklahoma h
Now Accused of Violating the law.
Charges have been filed at the inte
rior department against Bird S. Me
Guire, the delegate in the house from
Oklahoma, charging that in violatior
of the law he has been prosecutin',
claims in behalf of Indians and accept
, ing fees therefor while serving as sen
! ate delegate in congress.
TWO CR AND ICON SOL ATION OFFERS.
First —For distribution among
those estimates (not taking any of
the above 188 prizes) coming within
500 bales either way of the exact
figures $ 1,000.00
Second —For distribution among
those estimates (not taking any of
the above 188 prizes and not shar- fs
ing the first consolation offer) com
ing within 1,000 bales either way
of the exact figures 1,000 OO
Crand Total $7,500 OO
In case of a tie on any prize estimate the
money will be equally divided.
Thousands Have Kidney
Trouble and Never Suspect it*
How To Find Out.
Fill a bottle or common glass with your
water and let it stand twenty-four hours ;
a a sediment or set
/TJIL £ £2 tlingindicatesan
w/fcevTTo) unhealthy con-
TtWi (iition of the kid-
ULA l i Y neys; if it stains
I your linen it is
evidence of kid-
Til \\j ffj ney trouble ; too
i yTa^W 3 /y fwSequent desire
to pass it or pain
: al«o convincing proof that the kidneys
and bladder are out of order.
What To Do.
There is comfort in the knowledge so
j often expressed, that Dr. Kilmer’s
; Swamp-Root, the great kidney remedy,
fulfills every wish in curing rheumatism,
I pain in the back, kidneys, liver, bladder
I and every part of the urinary passage,
j It corrects inability to hold water
and scalding pain in passing it, or bad
effects following use of liquor, wine or
J beer, and overcomes that unpleasant ne
i eessity of being compelled to go often
! during the day, and to get up many
j times during the night. The mild and
the extraordinary effect of Swamp-Root
|is soon realized. It stands the highest
for its wonderful cures of the most dis
tressing cases. If you need a medicine
you should have the best. Sold by drug
gists in fiftv-cent and one-dollar sizes.
You may have a sample bottle and a
book that tells all FTW” - '
, about it. both sent free drtmSffrlWg
by mail. Address Dr. BjgpSjttßHlK
Kilmer & Co.,
haillton, N. Y. When Homo of Swamp-Root,
writing mention this paper and don’t
make any mistake, but remember the
name, Dr. Kilmer’s Swamp-Root, and
the address, Binghamton, N. Y.
Wo are ready to enter your name on
our subscription books. Von will not
miss the small sum necessary to be
come our subscriber. .