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An Attack Reported.
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AMERICAN FLEET AT SHANGHAI SAID
TO BE READY FOR ACTION.
Union
Ohe Poo, Auk- 22.—It is re
ported that the general attapk on
Port Arthur hat begun, and that
a terrific battle it raging.
Union Araocinted I’rnw.
Shanghai, Aug. 22.—The Ta-
tol hat granted the Russians un
til tomorrow noon to disarm the
cruiser Ashold and the destroyer
Orosovoi, or take them out of
the port. They will not be al
lowed to make any further re
pair!.
The Japanese torpedo boat
whoso arrival yesterday caused
great excitement, and which was
blocked by the United' States
torpedo boat, Ohauncey, left the
harbor today to carry dispatches
to the Japanese Heat outside.
Shanghai was te carry dispatches
and that It had. nothing to do
with the arrival of the Japanese
destroyer.
Union Associated Press.
Brussels, August. 22.—Three
French submarine boa^^Jyi
been shipped from hero to Viad
ivostok by rail.
Uhlon Alloc Isted I me.
London, Aug. 22,—It is report
ed that a Japanese fleet it bom
bardiog Korsalkovoki Isltnd,
Sakahlin.
Union Auoclstcd Prase.
London, Aug. 22.—It. is re-
ported hero that the American
fleet at Shanghai is prepared for
action, that the decks are clear
ed and guns sighted.
It is also said that Admiral
Sterling offered tho Russians to
escort them outside of the three
mile limit.
Union Associated Press.
Tokio, Aug. 22.—Terrific rains
have changed Manchuria into a
country of lakes and torrents.
Military operations are practi
cally impossible at the artillery
and infantry cannot be moved at
all. Many of the camps are un
der water.
Union Auoclatsd Frew.
London, Aug. 22.—It is re
ported from Che Foo that the
Japanese have swopt the Rus
sians from Pigoon Bay and cap
tured the northorn most fort of
tho western line of inner defense.
It is also stated that the"Japas
nose’ bombardment is making
Port Arthur practieally unten
able.
Union Anoclsted Praw.
Tokio, Aug. 22.—A severe
storm was raging at the time of
the sinking of the cruiser Novik,
and made it impossible for tho
Japaneso to savo any of the crew
of the ship. The Novik carried
a crow^of throe hundred and
thirty-four men.
Tokio, Aug. 23.—The Japaneso
government will elaim the Rus
sian ships which sought refuge
in the neutral ports, aud disarm-
ed as good prises. It claims Ja
pan considers the disarmament
aa only a temporary solution ac
quired by th« Japanese to avoid
farther international complica
tions, *
New 2 or it, Aug. 22.—In a
message from Shanghai, • Rear
Admiral Sterling says that the
trip of the American destroyer,
Ohauncey, from Woo dung to
Union asociattd Praia
London, Aug. 22.—It is ad,
mitted in diplomatic circles here
that the Russian’s sefusal
to leave Shanghai harbor, or to
disarm the Askold or Grozoyof
seriously complicates matters and
mar cause a crisis between Rus
sia and Japan, and China and
foreign powers..
The Taotoi is helpless, as the
Russians pay no attention to
their orders, and there are no
Chinese war ships in the harbor
to enforce them. The foreign
consuls will hold a meeting to
discuss the situation.
Will Hold Conference.
Union Anoclsted Pren.
New York, August 22,—Em
ployees of .elevated roads will
hold a conference today to decide
whether they should strike to
compel the subway manager to
give preference to ele\^"‘yra-
ployes in filling places oii|° iub.
way system. The open shop
policy goes into effect infall {con
cerns connected with building
trades. If employes refuse to
give in ono of the greatest build
ing strikes in tha history of the
.city is expected to follow. The
employes'will hold a meeting to
day to decide on strike question.
The employers {aregdetermined
not to give in.
They Have Organized
THE TRUCK OROWERb FORMED AN
ASSOCIATION.
At Saturday's ipeeting of the
truck growers, the following
resolution,' introduced by
Mr. Jno. W. Greer, was adopted
Whereas, the farmers of Wire-
grass Georgia have discovered
after several years of practical
experiment that truck farming
ie a profitable busines in this
section, and
Whereat, it is a fact that the
■oil here is suited to nearly all
the crops included in the list of
truck farming and the yield in
these cropt compares most favor
ably with their like in other
sections where track farming, is
carried on extensively and profi
tably, and
Whereas, the same crops may
be harvested a month earlier
than they are in sqctiops where
millions of dollars have lieen
made in their cultivation, there
by giving this section an advan
tage in price over those sections
flesssge to Minister.
Union AnocUtnl Pram.
G Washington, Bug. 23- —’.Tito
state department sent a message
to Minister Conger at Pekin ask-
ing for informationCconcerning
the steps China intendsjto take to
preservo neutrality and”to] pre
vent occurrences in Chinese ports
that would provoko international
controversies. The position of
the United States neutrality de
pends upon tho nature of the re
ply
Will not Consider Protest
Union Anoclsted t’ran.
Washington, Aug. 28.—It is
reporteditjiat President Casto of
Venezula in a violent note, re-
fates to consider tho protest of
the United States t^j’; Jjtu the
seised property of the New York
<k Bermudes Co. -
To Be Smuggled In.
Union Associated Press.
Now York, Aug. 22.—Mr*.
Maybric, convicted murderess,
recently released from English
prison on parole, is expected to
arrive here on the Vaderland.
Effort will b* made to smuggle
her into the city by a misleading
and curious mob that will be at
the landing. Some other woman
is to pose as Mrs, Maybrick.
and
Since we know that indi
vidually we can complish but
little in bringing puyors to our
doors to purchase these products
without which, the business is
hazardous, and often unprofi
table, and since it is necessary
to have concerted action among
large number in order to get
the best results,
Be it resolved that this body
uf men here assembled from Ware
and the surrounding counties, do
form ourselves into ud assoc
iation to be known as the South
east Georgia Truck Growers
Association.
Be it further resolved that it
is the sense of this body that a
complete organisation be imme
diately perfected with a full
corps of officers and that a sec
retary be paid a small salary or
certain perquisite to enter into
negotiations with the buyers of
the East and west so that they
will know jnst what we have to
sell when the next season rolls
arountTand have their buyers on
the ground to complete in the
buying of onr products.”
The afternoon session was
very interesting, and from a talk
by Prof. Joe. Stewart, of the
University of Georgia, tbe truck
growers gained much valuable
information.
A permanent organisation of
tbe truok growers was formed
Saturdey ofternoon to be known
as the Southeast Georgia Truck
Growers’ Association.
Dr. J. E. W. Smith was elected
president Ot the association and
Mr. E. J. Berry secretary and
treasurer. A Board of Govern
ors was elected as follows:
Ware—Bon Birmans, M. M.
Woodard, Henry Strickland,
John G. Steifesund Dave Jordan.
Pierce—Jas. O. Witers, Cal
vin Thomas, John .Baxter, Jack-
■on Walker and Jeff Dixon.
Coffee—T. B.’Marshall, Sew
ard Lott, W, L. Kirkland. Jesse
Lott and Dun Newbern.
Charlton — Benjamin Sams,
Wiley Wsinwrigbt, J. T. Mlzell,
N. N. Mizell and H. S. Mattox.
Wayns—B. O. Middleton, D.
R. Johnson, Jackson O’Quinn, C.
O, Grace and J. W. Poppell
Appling—Dr. Patterson, Allen
Johnsob, C. W. Deen, Berry
Crosby and Eli Womack
Dr. J. E. W. Smith, Jno. W.
Greer and E. J. Berry were ap
pointed as a committee on by
laws, constitution and literature.
The annual dues of .each member
of the organization is $1 per year,
Tbe Board ot Governors will
hold quarterly meetings, and tbe
annual meeting will be held in
the fall. Wayoross will be head-
quarters of the association.
Said Jonathan Swift, “The
reason why so few marriages are
happy is because yonng ladies
spend their time in making nets
not in’making cages.’’
Endorse Deen-
c : - Wood sciioo
LETTERS FROM JMES E. DICKEY
- WALTER B.ltlLL
T’bo following letters from
James E. Dickey, president of
Emory College, and Walter B.
Hill, chancellor of tbe University
of Georgia, endorse tbe proposed
school for boys which wtllin all
probability he erected in Deen-
wood, near Ibis city:
Oxford, Gs.. Aug. 18, 1904.
Rev, J. A. Harmon,
Waycross, Ga.
Dear brother:—I have read
your statement concerning the
“Deenwood School for 'Boys,’
and heartily endorse the plan as
set forth in your recent prospec
tus. Fraternally yours,
Jamas E. Dickey
August 20,1904.
Rev. J. A. Harmon,
Waycross, Ga.,
Dear Brother:—Your letter of
recent date received, together
wheregreat profit ha. been madef" Ub ‘ he "TZl* °*
v the Deenwood School. I am very
flew* and notes
Japanese capture another fort
at Port Arthur.
Losses to tbe Russian navy
since tbe commencement of tbe
war in the East aggregated sev
enty millions of dollars.
Chicago strikers will ask the
public for aid.
Mosquito-bite kills farmer
Indiana.
Taggart says Tammany must
settle her troubles outside the
national committee room. Mr.
Taggart is right.
A mighty battle is raging at
Port Arthur.
The United States expects fur
ther trouble with Turkey.
The Russian warships at
Shanghai will be put out of busi
ness all right, either io the har
bor or just outside.
The United States intervenes
for Russian Jews.
much gratified to observe tbe
proposed movement. In Geor
gia the point of pressure in edu
cation is in the High school. The
recent enlargment of the fund
for common schools shows that
the state will make provision for
them. Emory College, Mercer
University and theState Univer
sity, make provision for tbe
higher education. Tbe reason
why more boys do not go to col
lege is because so few are pre
pared in the* highschools for
college.
Your plan to add industrial
features and to pay attention to
physical culture, increases the
excellence of the scheme aa a
whole. -
' With best wishes for the suc
cess ot the movement, I am
Yours very truly,
Walteu B. Hitt.,
Chancellor.
The recent rains will cost
Georgia farmers many thous
ands of bales of cotton.
' Sir Thomas Lipton will buijd
another boat.
L. J. Jones, a stockman, of
Benjamin. Tex., stabs his wife
to death.
Baptist Chnrch.
Iron Bridge Baptist Church
will hold its third annual meeting
commencing on the third day of
September, 1904, and will end on
the eleventh day of same month,
embracing two Sundays and nine
days This churclt is situated
in about two hundred yards of
the iron bridge, across the Sa-
tilla river, in what is known as
the Cason and Thigpen settle
ment, which is a guarantee of all
people being well taken care - of.
Everybody is invited to attend: a
good service, good people and
an ideal place to go to church
and roam about and seethe beau
tiful river and its waters flowing
by. We especially invite our
Baptist brernren from every
where, and most especially those
of our county. Good roads from '
all directions, eight miles from
Waycross; ten from Millwood;
four from Elsie and three from
Waresboro. All welcome. All
invited. This Sept. 22, 1904,
S. V. Jeffords, Pastor.
Died Alter Short Illness.
Monday's daily
" Mr. Don McDonald, son of Mr
and Mrs. W A. McDonald, of
Waycross, died yesterday after
noon at 1 o’clock at his home at
Brookfield, rear Tifton, after a
short illness. Ttr. McDonald
was 'apparently in good health
Saturday>but was taken violent
ly ill about 3 o’clock yesterday
morning, and sank rapidly. The
parents of the young man were
advispd of his illness yesterday
morning, and Mrs. McDonald
left at once for Brookfield, and
Mr. McDonald and little soft went
up last night. Don McDonald
was about 25 years old and leaves
a wife anyone child. The fu
neral and interment ocurred this
morning at Brookfield.
•TEETUIiTA" Ales Digestion. R«gn
lates the Bowels and makes |Teeth!ng
Easy bv Overcoming and Counteract-
ing the Effects ot the Summer’s Heat - .
unon the dear little ones. Journal.
Col. E. C. Macbeo Dead.
Brunswick, Ga., Aug. 2
Col. E. C. Machen, the founder
of the Brunswick & Birmingham
Railroad, and-for a long time its
president, and one of the fore
most industrial promoters and
financiers, died 'at his country
home, Avocha Filla, only a few
miles from this city at 3:10
o’clock thisaf ternoon.
While the de jth of Col. Mach
en was not unexpected, at tbe
s^tme time its announcement has
caused eeneral sorrow in this
city, where he had a very large
circle of friends. He had been
a very ill man for months, suf
fering with a complication of dis
eases, largely due to disorders
of the nervous system, superin
duced by very hard work last
fall in connection with the Bruns
wick & Birmingham property.
While the funeral arrange
ments have not yet been made,
the services will be held at his
country home, at 4 o’clock to
morrow afternoon and inter in
the evening the remains will be
shipped to New York, where
the ioterment wiH take place at
Woodland Cemetery on Wed
nesday. It is understooe that
the remains will be escorted to
Now York by, an -honorary list
of pallbeareas, who will*be se
lected later.
In addition to his connection
with the Brunswick and Bir
mingham property. Cel. Machen
was the owdter of other valuable
interests in Brunswick.
Heavy Loss Reported
2M0* JAPS REPORTED KILLED AT
PORTARThUR.
Union Associated Pros. ” ■
London, Aug. 28.—It is report- r
ed from well, Informed sources -
that the Japanese have lost 28,»
000 men in the attack on PoH
Arthur up to the present time.
It has also reported thattheJap-' ’
anese have been reinforced by
30,000 and that tbe general at->
tack which began Sunday morns
ing continues unabated.
Then, may be war* sad rumors o
war, si*l our darling (why boys may
•ickeuaod die and never be Midlers
anises are give tbem Dr. Moffett's ...
•TEETHIN’A" (Teethtng Powders.) props yield a vast amount of mid-
~ .ids Digestion, Keeu- r j , T .l-
KEEP THE EARTH BUSY.
Nothing is so essential to good
farming as to keep the soil in
use all tbe time. A bare uncul
tivated soil is losing fertility by
having ihe soluble plant rood it
contains washed down into the
subsoil out of reach. of plant
roots. The growing’plant takes
up the soluble food and holds it,
building it up Into' the organic
compounds that make the plant
This is especially true ot the ni
trates, the most valuable of all
plant food from a financial _poiut
of view.
Just now the wheat and oat
field are having their crops re-
moved, leaving them void of veg
o tat ion. This can be remedied
by disking and redisking, -sow
ing to some crop, as rape, millet,
early corn or cow peas. These
can be removed in autumn, the.
second disking again and a win
ter crop sown. These catch
summer feed and keeps the
ground occupied. — Industrial
Union Asaodstad Press,
Tien Tsing, Aug. 28.—It ia res
ported from New CHwang that
the Russians are detaining tbe
iuterior. Liao Yang is expected
to fall shortly. New Chwang
and the country the Japanese
control are progressing wonders
fully. The consuls get every ass
sistanco from the administrators.
Union Associated Press.
Paris, Aug. 23.—It is reported
that the Russians have not
abandoned Anshan Oban 20 miles
south of Liao Yang. U is slated
that Gen. Kuropatkiri discovered
that Gen. Knroki’s force had'
been weakened by tbe with- _
drawal of' 15 regiments which-
were sent.south to assist in:the
attack on Port Arthur.
Union Associated Press*
Shanghai, Aug. 28.—Viceroy
board the Nankin refused the
request of the Taotoi of Shang
hai for the dispatch of the Ohinv
ese squadron to this port to en
force the Taotoi’* effort to mains
tain neutrality. Foreign con*
suls held another meeting this
morning to discuss tbe situation,
"i ■'
Union Associated Press.
St. Petersburg, Aug. 28.—An
army order has been itsu9d proa '
moting over 3,000 young noble
men to ra nk officers.
i
Anion AuocUtnd Press.
London, Aug. 28.-?-It Is res
ported from Che Foo that the'
Japanese have taken tbe chain
fort after severe fighting yesters
day,
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Union Associated Puss.
Rome, Aug. 23—It is reported
from Shanghai that a Japanese ‘
squadron composed of the battle
ship Tujt, cruiser Kasago and
two other (hips'anchored before .
Woo Snng while a squadron and
destroyers entered the harbor of
Shanghai. Itjs stated that tbe
Japaceie have orders to sink the
Askold and Groaivoi unless they
are promptly dismantled.
Not Oordered to Shanghi.
Union Auoci&ted Praia.
London, Aug. 23.— Official an
nouncement was made today stat
ing that tne British squadron
stationed at Wei Haiwei had not
keen ordered to Shanghai.
Condition Unchanged.
Unk» Associated net i
Worcester, Aug. 23.—Senator
Hoar’s condition was unchanged
this morning.