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. r-. 8, i'ot'SG, J. G. Weigle 1 President. Cashier. iUGUSTA SAVINGS BANK, 811 BROAD STREET ■\.-crc2-'csa? J B., -=- gsoesia. ransacts a general banking business; corn- • U : rcial paper discounted and loans made I on approved collateral. . ; ssues certificates of deposits payable on | c iiand, drawing interest if left three 1 ,, mths o longer. , Inter paid on saving accounts. THE TRUE CITIZEN. Volume 17. Waynesboro, Georgia, Saturday, January 21, 1899. Number 40. TLP PLANNERS LOAN AND SAVINGS BANK. L. O. H*”*' ••• C es. G. J. Howard, V.Pres V/. C, Wardeaw, Cashier. ORGANIZED 1870. O dest Savings Bank in Eastern Georgia. Pays interest, on deposits and compounds every sis months. marll,9f THINK OF HOME And Your Next Thought Will be of ME! We Furnish Everything For the Home. SENATORS ELEOTEO IN SEVERAL STATES Michigan Legislators Choose Julius C. Burrows. HUNTING FOR PAUL JONES. Here is where the widows mite lias mighty power. This elegant Oak Bedroom Suit handsomely carved 24x30 mir ror, G ft. bed worth §27.50 ev erywhere, we slaughter a car load of them at §10.50. Other i Suits at §12.50 to $100. \\ This Steel Range Full Size Guaranteed, $25. Send for circular, and no matter what you SSHst! waut cal1 ou us - PADGETT FURNITURE GO., 844 Broad Street, UGUST, GEORGI. 1110 and 1112 Broad St. RAH, or ur HIS RESOLUTION fcl Georgia Senator Gpposed to Euling the Filipinos. HE POINTS OUT BANGERS Says a Declaration From Congress of Our Intention to Withdraw From the Islands Will Prevent Fighting at Alanlla and Iloilo. Washington, Jan. IS.—Mr. Bacon of Georgia today addressed the senate upon his antiexpausion resolutions which were presented last week. He said in part: “Of ail the great powers of the earth the government of the United States is the ouiy one that contends for the right in all people of self government. When they abandon in practice this principle, when they impose their dominion on an unwilling people in the majestic march of free institutions, the hand upon the great dial of the clock of the world will have been set back 100 years. “It is not to be believed that the gov ernment of the United States will, with lull appreciation of the nature and the consequences of the act, thus violate the principle of the right of self govern ment. It is incredible, nay impossible, that the liberty loving people of these United Stales will consent that by power of arms the dominion of this government shall be forced ou a people who have owed us no allegiance—who are struggling to be free. “There is not a civil official of the government who will admit that he favors such an act. There is not a pub lic man in the country who will admit that he favors the enslavement of a peo ple. There is not a senator who would not repel the charge if made against him and yet there are many who are advocating a course, the inevitable con sequence of which, if successfully pur sued, is to accomplish the enslavement of the people of the Philippine islands. “When we declared war against Spain we also declared that we did not go to war for aggrandizement or for the acquisition of territory. We said that ou the contrary w r e went to war to make good to the people of Cuba the title to the independence and freedom, which all recognized that as a people they had already won, and to secure for ‘hem the establishment of a stable government. The war has passed. There has been no foreign intervention and will be none. Cubans and Filipiucs Equal. “Now, what I wish to accomplish by these resolutions is that the United States shall in this hour of victory; in this hour of undisputed physical power, make substantially the same declara tion relative to the Philippine islands that we have made relative to Cuba.” Mr. Bacon declared there was no dif ference in the rights of the Cubans and the Filipinos, and they should all be treated equally under the resolutions adopted by congress, although the Phil ippines were not in mind at the time of the declaration of war. He said our obligations to the Philippines rested upon the alliance of the Americans with the Filipinos during the war, and added: “We hear frequent and earnest asser tions that it is our duty to see to it that European nations do not appropriate the Philippine islands. Well, sir, I do not wish to see these islands become the prey of land grabbing nations of Eu rope. I wish and hope to see the inhab itants of the Philippines a free and in dependent nation. They have the ter ritory and the population sufficient for nationality and they have shown their readiness to light for their freedom. I hope that by negotiation or otherwise it may be arranged and agreed among the leading nations that they may remain a free nation. I am willing that the United States shall through peaceful measures "endeavor to accomplish these results. But I am not willing that the United States shall go to war to protect the Philippine islands from being des poiled and appropriated by one or more European nations. “I am most deeply impressed with the importance of the prompt announce ment by this government of the declar ation contained in these resolutions th it the United States does not intend to es tablish its dominion over the Philippine islands. One good result from such a declaration will, in my opinion, be the prompt conclusion of a lot of the ques tions growing out of the war with Spain. Armies Face Each Other. “Another most important result will he immediate reliet from a most embar rassing aud threatening situation in the Philippine islands. It is useless for us to shut our eves to the fact that the American aud Philippine armies are fronting each other with danger of col lision. Why is this? It is because the Filipinos, who fought Spain for their freedom, do not intend to become the vassals of the United States, and while senators announce on this floor that there is no intention to impose this gov ernment upon an unwilling people, there are other utterances that lead tne Filipinos to a contrary conclusion. In consequence there is danger of blood shed between the American and Philip pine armies. If this declaration is promptly and authoritatively made by this government the apprehension w d be relieved and there will be no distn t of the American army and no thougnt of hostility to it.” Mr. Bacon then entered upon an argu ment against the annexation of dista territory with a dense population of an alien and inferior race. He said: “If annexed this territory must either be in the end admitted as states in the Union with their peoples as citizens en titled U> equal rights and power with the citizens of other states or the terri tory must be held as colonies with their people as subjects and vassals of the United States.” Mr. Bacon discussed the question of the cost, civil and military, of keeping up a colonial government in the Philip pines, that tlie vast expense must neces sarily add largely to the taxes imposed on the people. He concluded by urging that the American people had enough to do in develping their own country, which, exclusive of Alaska, was ample for a population of 300,000,000, and in de veloping our own resources there was enough to task the energies and inspire the hopes of our people for centuries to come. Davis Succeeds Himself. St. Paul, Jan. 18.—In joint session of the legislature today the journals of both houses were read, giving the vote cast by each yesterday, and the speaker formally declared Cushman K. Davis elected to succeed himself as United States senator. Coekrel :*s Fifth Term. Jefferson City, Mo., Jan. 18.—At noon today the legislature in joint ses sion formally elected Francis M. Cock rell to his iifth term in the United States senate. The vote stood: Cock rell, 103; Kerns, 61. Senator Hawley Re-Elected. Hartford, Jan. 18.—The two houses of the Connecticut general assembly met in. joint convention today and declared General Joseph B. Hawley elected United States senator for six years. Hale Elected In Maine. Augusta, Me., Jan. IS.—Both houses of the legislature met in joint conven tion today and the election of Eugene Hale for United States senator was for mally announced. Indiana Selects Beveridge. Indianapolis, Jan. 18.—The formal election of Albert J. Beveridge to be United States senator was announced today. CUBAN OIL cures |i IdaisVl v Cute, Hums, Bruises, Rheu matism and Sores. Price, 25 cents. Depositors to Lose Nothing. Columbus, Ga., Jan. 17.—An order has been received from the comptroller of the currency, at Washington, direct ing that the stockholders of the defunct Chattahoochee National hank be as sessed $39,000. This is $39 per share of stock. With the money raised from this source the remainder of the depos itors’ money will be paid, and the debts of the institution wiped out. An Indiana Battalion Sails. Charleston, Jan. 17.—Major Bach man, with Companies A, B, E and F of the One Hundred and Sixtieth In diana volunteers, arrived from Colum bus, Ga., last night and sailed for Ma- tanzas, Cuba, at noon today on the transport Saratoga, There are about 400 men in the battalion. One Minute Cough Cure, cures. That is what it was made for. DEPEW SUCCEEDS MURPHY Hawley Will Again Represent Connec ticut-, While Both Quay and Addicks Fail Short of the Votes Necessary to Make Them Winners. Lansing, Mich., Jan. 18.—The last act for the election of a United States senator from Michigan for the term of six years from March 4 next was en acted at noon today when the two houses of the legislature met in joint convention and ratified the election held by the senate and house separately yes terday. Senator Julius C. Burrows, the pres ent Repudlican incumbent,-received 110 votes. Daniel J. Campau of Detroit, chairman of the Democratic sta te com mittee, received the Democratic vote of 13. Senator Burrows was first elected senator four years ago, when he was chosen by the legislature to fill ont the unexpired term of Senator Francis B. Stockbridge, deceased. The latter’s un expired term had been filled for a year previous under appointment of Gov ernor Rich by .Senator John Patton, Jr. Senator Burrows defeated Senator Patton in the election by the legis lature. Senator Burrows is a native of Erie county, Pa., and is 62 years of age. In 1859 he engaged in law practice at Kal amazoo, where he has since resided. He served 16 years in congress, hav ing been a member of the Forty-third, Forty-sixth, Forty-seventh, Forty-ninth, Fiftieth, Fmy- Second and Fifty-third congresses. He was elected to the Fifty-fourth congress^ but was chosen senator before his ninth term as con gressman began. GUAY SHY THIRTEEN VOTES. Another Ballot Taken In Pennsyl vania Without Result. Harrisburg, Jan. lb.—The vote in joint session for United States senator was: Quay, (Rep.) 112; Jenks, (Deni.) 81; Dalzell, (Rep.) 15; Scone, (Rep.) 9; Stewart, (Rep.) 9; Huff, (Rep.) 5; Tubbs, (Rep.) 4; Irvin, (Rep.) 3; Charles E. Smith, (Rep.) 1; Rice, (Rep.) 2; J. E. Downing, (Rep.) 2; Grow, (Rep.) 1; Alvin Markle, (Rep.) 1 Necessary to a choice 125. No election. Both branches of the legislature met at 11 o’clock today. In the house a large batch of hills were presented, after which a recess was taken until 12 o’clock. Governor Stone sent to the senate the nomination of John P. Eikin as attor ney general and of W. W. Griest as sec retary of the commonwealth. The lat ter was confirmed unanimously, but Senators Glinu aud Henry bitterly op posed the confirmation of Mr. Elkin. Senator MaGee defended Mr. Elkin. He said he had known him from boy hood and that he was an honest man. A vote was taken, which resulted in Mr. Elkin’s confirmation, 33 to 13. The senators then went into the house for the purpose of voting jointly on the senatorship. Story of a Slave, To be bound hand and foot for years by the chains of disease is the worst form of slavery. George D Williams, of Manchester, Mich , tells how such a slave was made free. He says: ‘ny wile has been so helpless for five years that she could not turn over in bed alone. After using two bottles of Electric Bitters, she is wonderfully improv ed and able to do her own work.” This supreme remedy for female diseases quickly cures nervousness, -leeplessness, melancholy, head ache, backache, fainting and dizzy spells. This miracle working med icine is a godsend to weak, sickly, run down people. Every bottle guaranteed. Only 50 cents. Sold by h. B. MCMASTER, drutrgist. Xo Tidings Received of the Missing Naptha Launch. Mobile, Jan. 38.—Captain La Bogne of the fishing smack John W. Hilden, which arrived this morning, reports that while cruising at Chandeleur island on Jan. 6 he was told by Captain Han sen, the lighthouse keeper, that a party of ladies and gentlemen in a large yacht had stopped in the island on Jan. 5 and visited the lighthouse. H9 did not say what course they took after leaving the island. The report of a launch stranded on Daupbm island that was received here late last night will be thoroughly in vestigated today. Instructions have been sent by Mr. Harry Hartwell, a prominent yachtsman here, to Fort Morgan to one of his boats to visit Dauphin island immediately and look for the launch. No information ha3 been received up to this time by him. Mayor Taggart of Indianapolis ana Mr. Lawrence Jones of Louisville, the owner of the yacht, will secure a tug boat, two naphtha launches- and several men who will visit the entire coasts and all the small islands. They will leave this afternoon if no news of the missing yacht is received here. A nnmber of pilots here think she is somewhere around Chandeleur island aground in one of the numerous inlets around that place. The Harrub broth ers, residing at Daphne, Ala., once spent 20 days in one of these sloughs, having gone aground in a storm. DAM GIVES WAY; BRIDGE GOT IN TWO Force of Men Barely Escape With Their Lives. BIG LOSS FOR CLEVELAND m <f>ro m Look For The Brand. Sterling Brand’ Doors, exclu- EAGLE AND PHEN1X RULING. Judge Newman Fixes the Fees In This Celebrated Litigation. Columbus, Ga., Jan. 18.—Judge New man has rendered his rulings in the fee features of the Eagle and Phenix case. In his recent findings, Special Master Peabody recommended that the receiv ers of the mills, G. Gunby Jordan and J. W. English, be given $50,000 for their two years’ service. The finding was excepted to by the bondholders. Judge Newman ruled that the receiv ers be given $35,000, $17,51)0 for each year’s service. He also ruled that they get 1 per cent on the moneys they fur nished the mills. During the two years they were in charge they secured, by their personal credit, nearly $1,000,000, for which they were individually responsible. The 1 per cent on this, together with the $35,- 000. will make the receivers get $49,000, practically the amount recommended. The special master recommended that L. F. Garrett get $15,000 for his services as attorney in various capacities. Mr. Garrard had asked for $37,500. He ex cepted to the master’s findings on the ground that he deserved more. The bondholders excepted on the grounds that he was getting too much Judge Nesvmau overruled both exceptions and Mr. Garrard gets $15,000. Judge Newman sustained the finding of the special master that the American Baukiug company, trustee for the bond holders, be given $2,500, but ruled that the sum of $1,000 previously paid the trustee should not be counted in this. n BE The Sash and Blinds are made sively by this Company. It requires more thought and more care to make “Sterling” goods than the indifferent sort. They are made just as good as the best ma terial, machines and men can make them. “Sterling” will help any build er make a satisfactory job. “Ster ling” makes present profit and fu ture reputation tor builders. “Ster ling” is the kind to use if you want your building to be a good building ten years or twenty years hence. Look at the matter in that light. A little forethought is requir ed to remember to ask tor “Ster ling Brand.” It will pay you to buy “Sterling” every time. Structure Recently Erected at a Cost of Nearly Four Hundred Thousand Dollars Wrecked by Heavy Rains and Melting Snow. Cleveland, Jan. 18.—About 1:15 this morning a dam under the Wilson bridge gave way. Back of the dam is a body of water lj^ miles long, hundreds of feet wide and in places 25 to 30 feet deep. The break in the dam has already al lowed torrents of water to pour down on the flats below it and the entire col lapse of the bridge may occur at any moment Along the line whence the flood, if it comes, must flow, through the big plants of the Standard Oil com pany, the Cleveland paper mills and other manufacturing plants. There are but few people living in the track of the flood and these were warned and have sought safety on higher ground. The cause of the flood is recent heavy rains and melting snow from the hillsides. The right pier fell and the whole structure may go at any time. No loss of life as yet. The Wilson bridge has been built but a few months. It cost $350,000. The break in the dam, whioh was an unsubstantial mass of earth, occurred while 30 men were at work in the arti ficial canal being sunk by the city en gineers to allow the pent-np water to find a gradual and safe outlet. These men had a most harrowing experience and escaped with their lives with nod a second to spare. L , , . A big force of men were at once put’-WEDS HER CONVICT LOVER. 1 uc.hu lidkmpiiAdi Euluuiz.uu. sag If m Confederates Want Pensions. Columbus, Ga., Jan. 18. — Certain confederate veterans of Columbus havo prepared a petition addressed to Senator Marion Butler of North Carolina, in dorsing his bill for the national govern ment to pension confederate veterans It is claimed that nearly 100 signatures have been obtained to the petition. The majority of the old soldiers here, aud practically all the better element, are deeply opposed to the national govern ment pensions. Remarkable Freak of Nature. Waycross, Ga., Jan. 18.—At Red Bluff Primitive Baptist church, near here, in Ware county, a great natural curiosity has been discovered in the shape of three different trees in one. The original tree is a mammoth mul berry, the heart of which is rotted away. Out of the heart, 5 feet from the ground, grows a cherry tree and a peach tree, both 8 inches in diameter. All three of the trees bear fruit every year. No Election Day Whisky. Atlanta, Jan. 18.—R. M. Rose, a sa loonkeeper, has been convicted in the Fulton criminal court of selling whisky on election day. The case, which is a test one, will be appealed. The liquor dealers claim they have a right to open their doors after the ballot boxes close at 6 p. m. No Election In Delaware. Dover, Del., Jan. 18.—The Delaware legislature met at noon today in joint session to ballot for United States sena- ator. The ballot resulted as follows: For J. Edward Addickr, (union Rep.) 15; H. A. Dupont, (regular Rep.) 11; William S. Hills, (Rep.) 2; George Gray, (Dem.) 15; Irving Eandv, (Deni.) 5; John G. Gray, (Dem.) 1; absent, 3. Necessary to a choice, 25. No election. A second ballot was taken later, but without change. One Minute Cough Cir*e, cures. That is what It was matte for. State of Ohio, City of Toledo,; Lucas County ) Frank J. Cliene.v makes oath that he is the senior partner of the firm of F J. Cheney & Co.. doing business in the city ol Toledo, county and slate aforesaid, and that said firm will pay the sum of one hundred dollars for each and every case of catarrh that cannot be cured bj 7 the use of Hall's Catarrh Cure. Frank J. Cheney. Sworn to before me and subscribed in my presence, this 6th day of December, A. D. I8SG. , s , ^ A. \V. Gleason, l J,eal -J Not .ry Public. Hall’s Catarrh Cure is taken internally and acts directly on the blood and mucous sur faces of the system. Send for testimonials free. F. J. CHENEY A CO., Toledo. O. Igjg 07 Sold by druggists 73c. GASTON TO PROPOSE UNION. Populist Leader May Urge Co-Opera- tion With Democrats. Montgomery, Ala., Jan. 18.—Judge Zell ‘Gaston of Butler, the Populist leader in this state, has proposed to the Democrats that if they will accord to the Populists as many representatives in the approaching constitutional con vention as they now have representa tives in the Alabama senate, he will urge the Populists to abandon their or ganization and bring all the white men of Alabama together again. As the Populists have only seven members of the senate, and as the con stitutional convention will contain 133 persons, Judge Gaston’s proposition is regarded as entirely fair. The proposition will, it is said, be for mally made to the Democratic execu tive committee, which will meet here on Jan. 26. LAKE CITY MAN IN PRISON. Accused the of Helping to Lynch Negro Postmaster. Charleston, Jan. IS.—Allen Belk, a prominent citizen of Lake City, this state, has been lodged in jail here, charged with being implicated in the lynching of the negro postmaster, Baker, in his town a year ago. The postoffice, where Baker and his family lived, was fired by a white mob and the inmates shot down as they fled. Baker and his baby were killed aud sev eral of his children seriously shot. United States marshals have gone to Lake City to arrest other parties against whom there is said to be proof. Thirteen prominent white men are now under indictment for the crime and the case will be tried in the federal courts here in April. Hayward Gains In Nebraska. Lincoln, Neb., Jan. 18.—The legisla ture met in joint convention today and took one ballot for United States sena tor. There was little change from th* separate ballots taken yesterday. Al len received the full fusion vote of 58, Hayward gained one, reaching 29. The other Republican votes were distributed among 16 candidates. Necessary to elect, 66. Mr. S. A. Fackler, editor of the Micanopy, Fla, Hustler, with his wife and children, suffered terribly^ from La Grippe. One MinuteCough Cure was the only remedy that helped them. 11 acted quickly Thousands of others use this reme. dy as a specific for La Grippe, and its exhausting after effects. H. B, to work making embankments in order to hold the waters in check as mtich as possible. A number of factories and manufacturing plants below the dam have suffered to some extent from the flood, but no great damage to them has occurred so far. The north end of the Wilson bridge has been moved from its foundation half an inch and engineers have given up hope of saving the structure. Five of its piers have crumbled away and sunk below the surface of the water. Two stone abutments on opposite sides of the dam on the west side of the bridge were at the very brink at 10 o’clock. The earth was slowly but surely giving away on all sides. A terrific collapse of the earth 011 the south side of the dam near the abutments occurred early to day, carryiug away 15 feet of earth and several telegraph poles with it. A few moments later the water undermined an embankment 50 feet high and 50 feet area, sweeping it down with the raging flood. Shortly after 10 o’clock the sixth abutment of the big bridge gave way. The structure sagged and then, with a tremendous report, snapped in two. About 150 feet of the bridge formed an incline plane to the ground. The Deadly Grip Is again abroad in the land. The air you breathe uiav be full of its fatal germs! D u.’c neglect the “Grip” or you will open I he door to pneumonia and consumption and invite dea’h. Its sure signs are chills with fever, headache, dull heavy pains, mucous discharges from the nose, sore throat and nev- er-let-go cough. Don’t waste precious time treating this cough with troches, tablets, or poor, cheap syrups. Cure it at once with Dr. King’s New Discovery, the infalli ble remedy for bronchial troubles. It kills the disease germs, heals the luogs and prevents the dreaded af ter effects from the malady- Price 50 cts. and $100. Money hack if not cured. A trial bottle free at H. B mcmaster’s drug store. A Now Road to Be Built. Montgomery, Ala., Jan. 17.—Articles of incorporation of the Anniston and Coosa Coalfield railroad have been filed with the secretary of state. It is to be gin in Anniston and to run west into the Coosa coal fields in St. Clair county to intersect the Alabama Great South ern railroad at some point between At- talla and Birmingham. The capital is to he $250,000. The incorporators are W. F. Johnston, C. B. Randolph, F. M. Hight, J. S. W. Kee, H. W. Sexton and J. C. Sprowell of Calhoun county. A Shooting In Brunswick. Brunswick, Ga., Jan. 17.—Dan Ran dolph, a well known man about town, was shot and badly wounded by Alfred Turner. The shooting, according to Randolph’s supposedly dying statement, occurred about an alleged insult Turner is said to have offered a relative of Ran dolph. Turner states he was justifiable in the shooting, but on the advice of his attorneys declines to say anything fur ther. Randolph will recover. A Courtinartial For Eagan. Washington, Jan. 17.—President Mc Kinley announced to the cabinet at its regular meeting today that he had de termined to courtmartial General Eagan. Secretary Alger was not present at the cabinet meeting, but Adjutant General Corbin was at the White House in con ference with the president on the sub ject just prior to the cabinet session. The order for the courtmartial probably will be made today. Youug Lady Slurries a Sian Sent to the Pen For Slurder. Mobile, Jan. 17.—Miss Iona Lay of Montgomery, a young woman of excel lent family, was married at Dolive, a convict camp a few miles north of here, to Dr. W. S. Baldwin, a convict. Baldwin is a member of one of the most influential families in the state. He killed a young man named Edson, in Bullock county, two years ago, and was seutenced for ten years. He is a highly educated and polished fellow, and has, since his incarceration, been serving the state as convict physician. Miss Lay had charge of a school at Mittyloues, near where Baldwin was stationed on the convict farms, and a mutual infatuation ensued. All efforts 1 on the part of the relatives to break up , the love affair were futile. Miss Lay boarded a train in Mont- 1 gomery and came to. Dolive, where the 1 ceremony was performed. Depew Formally Elected. Albany, Jan. 18.—The senate and as sembly in joint session today formally declared Ckauncey M. Depew the suc cessor to Hon. Edward Murphy, Jr., as a representative of the state of New York in the United States senate for a term of six years. The Appetite ot a Goat Is eDvied by ail poor dyspetics whose stomach aDd liver are out of order. All such should know that Dr. King’s New Life Pills, the won derful stomach and liver remedy, gives a splendid appetite, sound di gestion and a regular bodily habic health and I that insures pprfect McMaster, Waynesboro; M. D. La- Lr rea t energy. Only 25c. at H B mc- nier, Milieu. 1 master’s drug store, Found Hanging to a Tree. Bessemer, Ala., Jan. 17.—William Bram, a German employed at the Bes semer Pipe plant, was found dead hang ing by a little rawhide string to a tree "7U:; in the wo«ds near here. He had been - - drinking for a few days and it is be lieved he committed suicide, though there is suspicion that the man was robbed and then hanged in the woods by highwaymen. Bram was educated at Heidelberg university and was an officer in the Franco-Prussian war. The coroner held an inquest and decided that it was a case of suicide. Coughing injures ami inflames sore lungs. One Minute Cough Senate Chaplain Refers to John Rus-> sell Young’s Demise. Washington, Jan. 18.—At the open ing of today’s session of the senate the chaplain in his invocation referred feelingly to the death of John Russell Young, the librarian of congress. Mr. Young was referred to as “one esteemed by all who knew him,” and as who “by toil had converted his endowments into accomplishments. ’ ’ Mr. Davis, chairman of the commit tee on foreign relations, withdrew his notice given yesterday of an executive session today on account of the an nounced speech of Mr. Bacon of Geor gia, but gave notice that tomorrow at the conclusion of the speech of Mr. Turner of Washington he would ask the senate to go into executive. Mr. Perkins of California called up the resolutions providing for admission to naval academy students of Ricardo Yglesias of Costa Rica and Alberto Ven ezuela Montoya from Colombia. Mr. Gear of Louisiana moved to amend the resolution with reference to young Yglesias by adding the name of Oscar Deignan of Iowa, one of the Mer- rimac heroes, but later, at the request of a number of senators, withdrew the amendment. Both resolutions were Cure loosens the cold, allays cough ing and heals quickly. The best cough cure for children. H. B. Mc Master, Waynesboro; M. D. Lanier, Millen. Legislature to Investigate. Raleigh, Jan. 18.—Governor Russell, in accordance with .the legislature’s re quest, sent a message telling why he dismissed James W. Wilson and S. Otho Wilson as railway commissioners. He gave no evidence whatever, merely extracts from letters sent to him saying the Wilsons were interested in a hotel at Round Knob, which the Southern railway had made a dinner house. The legislature decided to fully investigate the evidence and will ask for the names of the governor’s informants. This no table case will now assume greater in terest than ever before. A bill defining jurisdiction of the cir cuit district courts of the United States in certain cases was passed. The house, under special order adopted last week, devoted today to tbe consid eration of bills reported from the com mittee on interstate and foreign com merce. The first bills passed were small measures to improve the lighthouse ser vice. Lf? Grippe is again epidemic Every precaution should be taken Peanuts For a County Board. Jacksonville, Fla., Jan. 18.—The county commissioners of Sumter county, this state, at the last meeting ordered the sheriff to provide parched peanuts free at every meeting for the board, which he agreed to do. The order is a matter of official record and as Sumter county is one of the largest and leading counties in the state the state papers are having lots of fun over this “official free lunch. ” Contractor Fatally Injured. Charlotte, N. C., Jan. 18.—W. A. McKinney, a well known builder and contractor, was perhaps fatally injured by falling from a house he was build ing. He lost his footing on the roo^ and fell on a fence with great force. Paul Perry, of Columbus, Ga., suffered agony for thirty years, and then cured his piles by using De- Witt’s Witch Hazel Salve. It heals injuries and skin diseases like mag ic. H B McMaster, Waynesboro; M. D. Lanier, Millen. to avoid it. Its specific cure is One Minute Cough Cure. A. J. Sheperd, Publisher Agricultural Journal & Advertiser, Elden, Mo., says; “No one will be disappointed in using One Minute Cough Cure for La Grippe.” Pleasant to take, quick to act. H. B. McMaster. Waynesboro; M. D. Lanier, Millen. TO DISFRANCHISE BLACKS. Bill Will Probapiy Go Through the North State Legislat ure. Raleigh, Jan. 17.—A bill has been introduced in the North Carolina legis lature to disfranchise the negro. The Democrats have a big majority, and the bill will doubtless be passed. It is mod elled after the Louisiana law. The committee having the measure in charge recently announced that it would give the negro leaders a hearing. Two responded—the Rev. R. H. W. Leak of Raleigh and Professor Crosby. Leak said he would be satisfied with any thing the legislature might do in the matter. “In the south,” he declared, “negroes are allowed to work and earn money together with whites, but not te spend it together, while in the north they are not allowed to make money to gether. I like better the conditions here.” Professor Crosby is principal of one of tbe seven state normal schools. He said there were 125,000 negro voters in North Carolina, of whom only 25,000 were qualified to form an opinion as tc suffrage. “I regard this solid black vote, ” he asserted, “as a great menace to our government. The negroes need, in fact, to be saved from themselves. “You want to disfranchise enough negroes to make it certain that good government will prevail. Da that and stop. Do not go to the extent of per secution.” : AUGUSTA MANTEL & SUPPLY GO 807 Broad St., Augusta, Ga. . ^ ■f V Mantels, Tiles, Grates, Roofing, (Felt and Tin ShlnglMj Hardwood Flooring, GrUl Work, and all that pertains to BmlcLero Supplies.