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Waynesboro, Georgia, Saturday, September 16, 1899.
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IEISEHEN Gi-VeS TO E IGHT
London, Sept. 13 —A representative
of the'Associated Press learned today
tha: the British message to the Trans*
va:t; hoes not demand a reply in 48
hours, the exact wording being a re
quest for “an immediate reply.” The
message is not an ultimatum, in the
generally accepted sense of the word.
It expresses the hope that President
Kruger will accept the propositions to
“relieve the present tension.” The
only nart which is at all aggressive is
the u*aerated declination of the British
government to discuss the matter of
sovereignty in any shape or form.
The British officials refuse to deny or
affirm the correctness of the latest Pre
toria dispatches, saying the British
term.' are as outlined in the special dis
patch from Pretoria, cabled to the As
sociated Press last night, namely: a
fi-rear franchise, a greater representa
tion for the gold fields in the volksraad,
equality for the British and Dutch in
the volksraad and equality for the new
burn hers in regard to presidential and
other elections.
A special dispatch to the Pall Mall
Gazette from Gape Town says the Brit
ish reply is regarded as equivalent to an
ultimatum : mi the correspondent’s ad-
ativices from Pretoria indicate that war
is inevitable. \
A Pretoria special to the Cape Times
says the Transvaai has notified the mi
ners of Itaiy that it will give them a
sate conduct and protection in case they
wish to remain in the Transvaal.
The report that the Rand Irishmen
have formed a corps to help President
Kruger is confirmed and it is said at
Cape Town that a cablegram has been
received there from New York saying
10,000 Irishmen there are ready to help
the Transvaal.
The Orange Free State burghers are
reported to be bitterly divided over the
merits of the controversy and their
probable course in case of war.
NEW OIL TEST IN GEORGIA.
Commissioner of Agriculture Stevens
Issues Notices.
Atlanta, Sept. 13.—Formal instruc
tions have been issued at the state de
partment of agriculture to oil inspectors
to govern the future tests of illuminating
oils in Georgia. Thirty-eight out of
•11 inspectors in the state answered the
call of Commissioner Stevens to appear
yesterday at the capitoi for instructions
in the method of handling the new oil
test adopted by the department.
Experiments were made on several
grades of oil with the new test by State
Chemist J. M. McCaudless as an illus
tration of the work for the benefit of
the inspectors, and the unanimous opin
ion expressed by the men, many of
whom have been handling oils for years,
was that the new tost was infinitely su
perior to the old one.
Enough of the new instruments are
now in the bauds of Commissioner Ste
vens to supply one to each inspector in
the state and the announcement was
made that the new test would go into
effect on Oct. 1.
Notice was drily given the agents of
the two oil companies in the state that
from Oct. 1 the new test would supply
the place of the old one and that all
samples of oil flashing below 100 degrees
Fahrenheit would be marked “State of
Georgia—rejected.”
N., C. & St. Ij. Directors Meet.
Nashville, Sept. 18.—The annual
meeting of the stockholders of the Nash
ville, Chattenooga and Sf. Louis rail
way was held here today. The annual
reports were presented and the old board
of directors re-elected. T. W. Edwards
of New York was 'elected a director to
fill the vacancy occasioned by the death
of Col. E. W. Cole. The directors met
and re-elected all of the old officers.
Trusters For Erskine Act.
Greenwood, S. C., Sept. 13.—The
trustees of Erskine college met here and
elected Rev. F. Y r . Pressley to serve as
chairman of the college faculty until
the meeting of the Associate Reformed
Presbyterian synod in November, when
a successor to the late President Griei
will be chosen.
Volcanic Eruptions
Are grand, but skin eruptions rob
life of joy. Bucklen’s Arnica Salve,
cures them, also old running and
fever sores, ulcers, boils, felons,
corns, warts, cuts, bruises, burn ,
scalds, chapped bands, chilblain.-.
Best Pile cure on earth. Drives
out nains and aches. Only 25 cts. a
box. Cure guaranteed. Sold by H.
B, M CM ASTER, druggist.
One Minute Cough Cure, cures.
That in what it was made for.
All c-veh the country.
INTERESTING HAP ENIN S O
WEEK COILED DO WN.
McKinley will preseut to Dewey the
6 'Vot'd voted him by congress.
I be new battleship Kear.-arge made a
record of 17}^ knots on ner trial trip.
Advices received from Ng .v York
state that the S inherit railway has
bought the Knoxville and Bristol road.
American apples are in such great
demand in Germany this year that ship
ments have commenced one month ear
lier than usual.
A factory ha« been starred at Titus
vide, Fla., fo- the manufacture of re
cently patented tents to protect orange
trees in winter.
Judge Bildwin of the Connecticut
supreme court declared in an address
that it was \ ong for doctors iucasesor
mortal disea to seek to prolong life.
The farmers of Troup county, Ga.,
have passed resolutions declaring the;,-
will hold their cotton until the uric
reaches S cen s and calling on planters
throughout tae south to join in the
movement.
* § §
The Garden City hotel at Garden
City, L. I., owned by the A. T. Stewart
estate, has been Burned.
Admiral Dewey expressed the hope
that the dry season in me Phi ippines
would see the insurrection quelled.
The A’abama Steel and Wire com
pany’s plant, now in course of construc
tion at E-nsley, will be in operation by
'Oct. 15.
The Southeastern Passenger.associa
tion has issued a circular giving a rate
of one fare for the round trip during
the state tair in Atlanta.
The German ambassador at 'Washing
ton gave a dinner to Mr. Chambers,
chief justice of Samoa, and the :aot is
taken to indicate a better state of feel
ing.
Two hundred coal miners at the Sale
creek mines, near Chattanooga, have
gone on a strike because the company
was furnishing coal to the Dayton Coal
and Iron company, whose miners are on
a=strike fair higher wages.
§ § 5
Admiral Henry F. Picking, command
ant of the Boston navyyaru, is dead.
Andrew C rnegie, it is said, will be
the next Liberal candidate for parlia
ment from Surherlanashire.
Latest- Note eiT Great Britain
Islay Cause w ar.
jLiini Sons of Erin Farm a Corps t ,
Help I’l-rsidrnt Kruger and It USihi
J,-ii Tiiou-miid Arc lii-ady to tj.iii
From New York,
The lowest price on record for “fu
ture” coffee was reached in New York
when October deliveries sold at 4.40
cents.
A small body of troops from San Sal
vador have crossed the frontier of Nica
ragua and attacked the garrison located
near the Pacific coast.
New Jersey won the Hilton challenge
trophy on the rifle range at Sea Girt,
defeating the Georgia team, which cap
tured the prize last year.
Mayor Si L. Davis and his six conn-
oilmen of Hobson Ciry, Ala., Calhoun
county’s new exclusively negro town,
have been inducted into office.
Many ship owners have called at the
offices of the English admiralty aud
offered British vessels as transports in
case of war with the Transvaal.
§ 4 §
James B Eustis, former ambassador
to France, is dead.
A Chinaman killed a negro at George
town, S. C., in a dispute over lTent.
Advices from Samoa are that pending
the final decision of the three powers
the natives are iu a state of uncertainty.
Daniel E.- Sheehan, a hunchback,
stabbed himself to death iu an Atlanta
saloon. He had been drinking heaviiy
for several days.
One freight train ran completely
through another at a crossing near
Brunswick, Ga. Th9 crews miracu
lously escaped serious injury.
General Otis has been instructed, in
framing his plan of campaign for the
dry season, to allow for the fullest par
ticipation of the naval forces now in the
Philippines.
Senator Hanna, on sailing from Liv
erpool for New York, denied recently
circulated reports to the effect that he
would retire from the national Repub
lican committee.
§ § §
The state board of control has issued
an order closing all beer dispensaries in
South Carolina.
The mayor of Imus has disappeared
aud it is supposed he joined the rebels
on the promise of receiving a general
ship.
Alabama’s gubernatorial contest, it is
said, will have another entry iu the per
son of Dr. R. M. Cunningham of Bir
mingham.
Senor Quesada has been informed
that nine more Caban prisoners have
been released from the Spanish military
prison at Cadiz.
The comptroller of the currency has
issued a call for statements of the con
dition of ail national banks at the close
of business Sept. 7.
Five thousand dollars has been as
sessed for rhe purpose of arranging for
the meeting of the Southern Educa
tional association at Memphis in De
cember.
§ § §
The street- railways of Birmingham,
Ala , have combined.
The exodus of coal miners from south
west Virginia is alarming the operators.
Twelve of the whitecappers who
whipped Postmaster Crum, at Peck,
T,,1 ~ have been bound over to the*fed-
Fla.,
eral court.
An nncensored dispatch from Manila
says General Wheeler only obtained as
signment to active duty after a serious
dispute -with Otis.
Cuba, a leading nowspaper of Matan-
zas, which advocated harmony among
the Cubans and Spaniards, has sus-
aended owing to lack of support.
It is almost certain an effort will be
made when congress meets to withdraw
the support of this government from
the Paris exposition because of the ver
dict in the Dreyfus case.
A Mobile and Ohio freight train was
wrecked at Bidden, Ills., several un-
known tramps were killed and cars de
molished containing merchandise con
signed to southern points.
One Minute Cough Cure, cures.
That is what it was made lor.
Hon. J. H. Fletcher, former
ly Governor of SouthTJakota, but
now a resident of Salem, Ore., says:
For over two years my daugh
ter had been declining from a
strong, health}’-, rosy-cheeked girl
to a pale, weak and helpless in
valid. She was afflicted with ter
rible headaches, and gradually
grew w.eaker, and more languid,
apparently without cause. I tried
several doctors, but all without
avail. Finally, to please a friend,
I bought a box of Dr. Williams’
Pink Pills for Pale People, and to
our surprise, before it was used up
her headaches ceased, the color
began to return to her cheeks and
lips and her strength began to
assert itself. I bought five boxes
more, and by the time she had
finished them she was completely
restored, and to-day she is a robust
rosy, healthy girl instead of a pale,
tired and sickly one.”
MISSING CASHIER RETURNS
George Sloan of Wilmington Back
From Ni-w York.
Wilmington, N. C., Sept. 13.—Mr.
—From ilie Oregon Independent,
Salem, Ore.
Pr. Williams’ Pink Pills for Pale People
contain, in a condensed form, all the ele
ments necessary to give new life and rich
ness to the biood "and restore shattered
nerves. They are an unfailing specific for
such diseases as Jocomotor ataxia, partial
paralysis, St. Vitus’ dance, sciatica, neural
gia, rheumatism, nervous headache, the
after-effects of the grip, palpitation of the
heart, pale and sallow complexions, and all
forms of weakness either in male or female.
Dr. Williams' Pink Pills for Pale People are never
sold by the dozen cr hundred, but always in pack
ages. At all druggists, or direct from the Dr. Wil
liams Medicine Company. Schenectady, N. Y., 60
cents per box, 6 boxes S2.5G.
TRAIN FALLS INTO A RIVER,
Four 3Ieii Ar.- Killed In all Accident
Near Colombia.
Columbia, S. C., Sent. 11.—The en
gine aud several cars of a train loaded
with granite went through the trestle
of the Columbia, Newberry & Laurens
road over Broad river, near this city.
Engineer Weathersby, Fireman Ren-
nick and two negro tramps were killed.
A car is supposed to have jumped the
track and the jar caused the structure
to give way. There is no other way of
accounting for the accident, as the tres
tie has just been overhauled by the
hr
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DREYFUS IS FOUND GUILTY.
Artillery Officer Sent to ■Bristu Ten
Years For Treason.
Rennes, France, Sept. 9. —Captain
Alfred Dreyfus, who for five weeks has
been on trial here charged with treason
in communicating army secrets to for
eign governments, was today declared
guiity and sentenced to 10 years’ im
prisonment.
The court stood 5 to 2 for conviction
j of the prisoner, but found extenuating
i circumstances.
i Everything passed off with complete
I calm. As the people emerged from
ridge builders of the Atlantic Coast j co f l the gendarmes kept thenj movmg
in*, aud was recently turned over to
President Childs with the report that it! cheered for the army, but the gendarmes
was in perfects condition. An inspection i d * d “ ot «»erf«e ana there was not the
showed the timbers to be new. j 6ll f^ test ? Isord< ; r '
While the trestle is being rebuilt the ! ^ judgment was read to Dreyfus m
Columbia, Newberry and Laurens road I ^joining room by me clerk erf the
will use the tracks of the Southern from ! conrr ’ M ' Counois. Dreyfus listened
Newberry to ©olumbia.
The engineer aud fireman were car
ried down iu their engine. The fall
was so sudden that neither moved from
his rsost and thev met instant death.
YELLOW FEVER IN JACKSON.
One
Case Officially ID-ported to tile
Hoard of Ileal ill.
Jackson, Miss., Sep*. 11.—One case of
yellow fever in Jackson was officially
reported to the state board of health
yesterday by City Physician Todd aud
Dr. H. H. Hughes. The patient is D.
P. Porter, city clerk, whose residence i3
on Northwest street, near the peniten- i he will be immediately released.
impassively, but did not give the slight
est sign of emotion, did not utter a word
and marched back to prison like an an
tomaiom.
It is understood Dreyfus will be sent
to Fort Corte, in the island of Corsica.
The court deliberated nearly five
hours before returning their verdict.
An appeal has been taken to the court
of cassation, but there is little hope of a
reverse of the decision.
In the presence of the extraodinary
sentence, it is believed the tribunal
recognized the prisoner’s innocence, but
was afraid of the generals and public
opinion and that, as Dreyfus had suf
fered five years cellular imprisonment,
which in France counts for double time,
tiary.
The city council held a special meet
ing this morning ami passed a strong
resolution advising the people to keep
their senses aud not create a panic like
the one of a year ago.
Dr. Murray of the marine hospital
service expresses no doubt that the foci
is directly traceable to New Orleans, as
a brother of the sick man spent several
days there recently and returned homo
sick.
Rpports to the surgeon general are to
the effect that new cases are still re
ported daily from Key West. There
were two deaths there yesterday from
fever.
SUPREME COURT TO DECIDE.
Judge Pope K< fuses an Injunction in
the Mayoralty Kiglit.
Greenville, S. C , Sept. 11.—Justice
G. J. Pope having refused to assume
the responsibility of enjoining the can
didates for mayor and aldermen in this
city from ai owing their names to bo
used in the geuex-al election for munici
pal officers, the case will ba carried di
rect to the supreme court.
The application fora writ of certiorari
was made before Judge Pope on the
part of certain citizens who seek to have
the recent primary for mayor aud aider-
men declared null aud void on account
of the fraudulent registration of voters.
The relators are Eueene E. Stone and
J. W. Goddard, who are represented by
Messrs. B. M. Sliurman aud A. H. Miller.
KILLED
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Merchant Assassinated by
Near Valdosta, Ga.
Valdosta, Ga., Sept. 11.—Henry
Vickers, a well-to-do merchant and
farmer doing business in the country 5
miles from here, was assassinated Sat
urday night. Vickers had sold cotton
here and had considerable money. Three
negroes have been arrested on suspicion.
Some of them had blood spots on their
clothes aud others could not give satis
factory accounts of themselves. Vickers’
body was found in his store, with throat
cut and head beaten to a jelly.
It. is believed others than the men ar
rested are implicated, and the sheriff
with 100 men is out on a hunt for the
guilty parties. There is some talk of
summary justice.
Hamilton Clarke, of Chauncey,Ga
says he suffred with itching piles
twenty years before trying De Witt’s
Witch Hazel Salve, two boxes of
W’hich completely cured him. Be
ware of worthless and dangerous
counterfeits. H. B.MCMaster, Way
nesboro.
CASTOniA.
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Signature
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MONTHLY COTTON REVIEW.
Weather In the Memphis District Un
favorable During August.
Memphis, Sept. 9. — The regular
monthly cotton crop report for the
Memphis district, which embraces West
Tennessee, North Mississippi, North Ar
kansas aud North Alabama, says:
“The weather during August was
very unfavorable tor cotton. Abnor
mally high temperature, accompanied
with dry winds ptevaiiing and the re
sult was heavy shedding and the propa
gation of rust and blight. Out of the
total of 396 responses received 366 re
port the weather much less favorable
than last year.
“Crop conditions within the district
are anything but encouraging. Three
hundred and twenty-six report the crop
in poor condition; 62 in fair com
aitiou and eight in good condition,
258 report the present conditions much
worse than last year at this date.
“On account of the unfavorable
weather the plant has not retained its
fruit and a large majority of our cor
respondents say oniy a July crop will
be gathered, as nearly all the August
bolls have been shed. This means that
only a bottom crop will mature, and
there will be a very light middle and no
top crop, except in isolated sections.”
FIGHT OVER A MAYORALTY.
Greenviilo May Soon Kind Herself
Without an Executive.
Greenville, S. C., Sept. 9.—The
raw over the Democratic nomination
for the mayoralty of this place which
has been in progress since the last party
primary, held on Aug. 29, is now tak
ing a turn which may place the entire
matter in the courts and leave Green
ville indefinitely without an executive
head.
The friends of the defeated candidate,
Samuel A. Townes, have asked Judge
Y. J. Pope of the South Carolina su
preme court for a restraining order to
prevent the successful candidate, James
T. Williams, from making the race as
the nominee of the Democratic party.
The friends of the defeated candidate
also ask that the regular election for
city officers, scheduled for Sept. 12, be
postponed until after the courts have
settled who is the party nominee.
a month
“Our baby wa3 sick for
with a severe cough and catarrhal
fever. Although we^tried many
remedies she kept getting worse
until we used One Minute Cough
Cure,— it relieved her at once and
cured her in a few days.”—B. L
Nance, Principal High School,
Bluffdale, Texas.
DeWitt’s Witch Hazel Salve
Cures. Piles. Scalds. Burns.
George Sloan, late cashier of the Wil
mington Savings aud Trust company of
this city, whose mysterious disappear
ance on Saturday, Ang. 27, was widely
j published iu the press reports at the
j time, returned to his home here last
evening, from New York.
It will be remembered that the affairs
of the bank were not in the least dis
turbed by his absence, and that the
j stockholders of the bank lost not one
| cent by hts disappearance. Tnere was,
i therefore, no valid reason why he should
j hesitate to return and the assumption
! of his friends immediately after his dis-
' appearance that by overwork he was
suffering temporary mental aberration
has been fully verified.
As yet he has had no conference with
the bank officials, bnt there is no reason
to doubt but that it will be the most
pleasant aud all mystery attendant upon
his leaving fully explained.
Clash Between tim Iiaces.
Columbia, S. C., Sept. 13.—A crowd
of whites, fall of whisky, went to a ne
gro campmeeting iu Lancaster county,
10 miles from the county seat, last
night. Negro men objected to their
conduct aud the whites then fired into
the crowded church. The negroes re
turned the fire and the W hites scattered.
Two whites, named Hough, brothers,
were seriously wounded and a number
of negroes, just how many cannot be
ascertained, were shot. None reported
dead. No arrests.
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You can be free Irom annoying
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Use our ALCD window and door
screens.
Tbey are made in various designs.
They cost little.
Our ALC0 circular tells abdut them.
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PENSION LAWYERS SCORED.
Another Mill In Columbus.
‘Columbus, Ga., Sept. }3.— The Co
lumbus Manufacturing company,„whicli
is to erect a $250,000 cotton mill here as
soon as the work can be done, has or
gauized and elected officers. F. B. Gor
don of Columbus is president ami-C. H.
Utley of Boston, treasurer. A strong
Boston syndicate is interested iu this
enterprise, and it is quite probable that
it will develop into a §1,000,000 mill.
Knoxville Judge Creates a Sensation
by His Attack on Fraud.
Knoxville, Sept. 12.—Judge C. D.
Clark of the United States court, which
is in session here, today stirred up the
TRANSPORT TARTAR
HELD AT HGNG-KGNG
local pension attorneys by a charge to : RoglllcirS AbOcti’d Complffinod
the grand jury. He denounced pension
attorneys as members of a trade in
A Prohibition Leader Dead.
Saluda, N. C., Sept. 13.—Leandor
Childs, a leading prohibitionist of South
Carolina and one of Columbia’s wealth
iest citizens died snddenly here last
night. He wits 44 years old.
State of Ohio. City of Toledo,;
Lucas County j * s
Frank J. Cheney makes oath that he Is the
senior partner of the Arm of F J. Cheney &
Co., doing business in the city ol Toledo,
county and state aforesaid, and that said firm
will pay the sum of one hundred dollars for
each and every case of catarrh that cannot
be cured by the use of Hall’s Catarrh Cure.
Frank J. Cheney.
Sworn to before me and subscribed in my
presence, this fith day of December, A. D. 1SS0.
, K , ^ A. W. Gleason,
Lhe,u ' J Notary Public.
Hall’s Catarrh Cure is taken internally and
acts directly on tlie blood and mucous sur
faces of the system. Send for testimonials
free. F. J. CHEN EY & CO., Toledo. O.
Sold by druggists 75c.
Trial of Boys For Murder.
Camden, S. C., Sept. 11.—The case of
the state against Edgar Harriet and
Frances Chestnut, for murder, was
ended here by the jury acquitting Chest
nut aud finding Harriet guilty of man
slaughter, with a recommendation to
mercy. They are boys, and the de
ceased was a boy 10 years old. The
children quarreled over their dinner,
and Harriet struck Henry Aucruin on
the nose with a spoon. A small cat
was made, severing the facial artery,
aud on account of ignorance, or neglect,
the child was permitted to bleed to death.
which not so much is done to aid hon
orable and worthy soldiers as to put j V0LUNTEEES
upon the government payrolls and cause
to be supported the grossest kind of
frauds.
Judge Clark referred to the recent ex
posures of pension frauds made before
his court at Nashville, saying iu some
instances the transactions brought to
light were a disgrace to civilization. He
said it was doubtful if any other well
managed government suffers such a bur
den of fraud as the people are bearing
by reason of the abuse of the govern
ment’s justly liberal disposition to dis
abled soldiers and their families. He
continued:
“It will be a happy day when law
shall establish commissions and elimi
nate the vocation of the pension attor
ney.”
In private conversation the judge is
said to have warmly espoused the cause
of Pension Commissioner Evans. The
judge is a Democrat aud townsman of
Mr. Evans.
cf Overcrowding.
SATISFIED
General Kmist.on and His Kansas ISeg-
iment on the Vessel and They Are
Anxious to Proceed on the Journey
Homeward.
BLOODHOUNDS
Nej
IN PURSUIT.
Pig Iron Boom Continues.
Birmingham, Ala., Sept. 11.—The
Birmingham district is receiving con
siderable attention throughout the conn-
try now on account, of' the persistent
boom in pig iron. There is not enough
iron being made in this district to place
any on the yards. As soon as it is made
it is either placed aside for shipment on
orders already accepted or shipped in
cars placed in the yards for it. High
prices obtain. Orders are being sene
into the district rapidly, and tile fnr-
nacemen are happy.
lJrownrd While In Bathing.
Wilmingmon, N. C., Sept. 11.—Wil
liam Harvie Wade, a well known me
chanical engineer, was drowned while
in surf bathing, on Wrightsvilie beach.
Mr. Wade was about 33 years of age,
a natvie of Richmond, but spent the last
three years in Europe. He arrived here
last Friday and had just, secured a con
trolling interest iu the Wilmington gas
works, intending to locate hero.
Central Suit Being Argued.
Atlanta, Sept. 11.—The hearing of
the suit of the state against the Central
Railroad company for alleged violation
of the constitution was began before
Judge Hart of the Ocmnlgee circuit at
the state capitoi this morning.
A Boy Kills His Sister.
Eufaula, Ala., Sept. 11.—Essie Hat
field, rhe 10-year old child of Mrs. G. W.
Hatfield, was killed by the accidental
discharge of a shotgun in the hands of
her brother, Bunuio Hatfield, a boy of
about 16 years of age.
roes Assault a '"Young White
Woman Near Tifton, Ga.
Tifton, Ga., Sept. 12.—Mrs. jf S.
Johnson, a young white woman 23 years
old, accompanied by her 8-year-old
brother, was picking cotton a short dis
tance from her home aud near the town
of Ty Ty, 9 miles west of Tifton, yes
terday, when two negroes slipped uu
behind her and one caught her aronnb
the waist.
She screamed for help, as did her
brother, and parties iu the business part
of town heard the cries, but did not
know what they meant One of the
negroes held her while the other as
sanlted her. At the approach of other
parties the negroes fled.
The alarm was quickly given and pos
ses began to assemble from every quar
ter. Constable Oliver of Tifton was
telephoned for with his dogs, and Sher
iff Story of Worth also procured dogs
and joined the pursuit.
Two negroes, supposed to be the ones
wanted, were soon captured aud are be
ing held for identification.
BRUNNER AT PORT TAMPA.
Health Officer to L >ok Out For Sa
vannah’s Interest.
Savannah, Sept. 12.—Upon the re
port of a case of yellow fever at Port
Tampa, Dr. W. F. Brunner, health offi
cer here, left at once for that place with
a view to looking out for Savannah’s
interest.
The question of a quarantine against
Tampa and Port Tampa by Savannah
Svill depend upon what is heard from
Dr. Brunner. Up to the preseut time
no word has been received from him
and it is taken for granted that so far
the situation is in no way serious.
As a precautionary measure, however,
the city has placed inspectors on the
trains coming from that direction and
notes are taken of all the people from
that city and port, so that they may be
kept under observation in case the fever
should spread.
Strikers Lose Their Fight.
Chattanooga, Sept. 11.—Miners of
the Dayton Coal and Iron company, at
Dayton, Tenn., will return to work after
being out on a strike for several days.
Ills Life Was Saved.
Mr. J. E. Lilly, a prominent'" citi
zen of Hannibal, mo., lately had a
wonderfuldeiiverancefrom a fright
ful death. In telling of it. he says:
“I was taken with typhoid fever
that ran into pneumonia. My Junes
became hardened. I was so week I
couldn’t even sit up in bed. Noth
ing helped me. I expected to soon
die of consumption, when I heard of
Dr King’s New Discovery. One
bottle gave great relief. I continu
ed to use it, and now am well and
strong. I can’t say too much in its
praise.” This marvelous medicine
is the surest and quickest cure in
the world for all ihroat and lung
trouble. Regular sizes 50 cents and
$1.00. Trial bottles free at H. B.
mcmaster’s Drug Store: every hot-
guaranteed.
Crops In llie North State.
Raleigh, Sept. 12.—The North Caro
lina crop report for September was com
piled today by the agricultural depart
ment. From returns from 1,200 corres
pondents it shows another heavy decline
in the condition of cotton. This crop
fell off 15 points in August, as compared
with July, and nowit declines 25 points
from its August condition. Its present
condition is only 75 per cent of an aver
age crop. Tobacco is 87, corn 85, pea
nuts 85.
‘Washington, Sept. 13.—A cable mes
sage was received today at the war de
partment concerning the transport Tar
tar, which has been held at Hong-Kong.
Secretary Root thought it was of suffi
cient importance to take to the presi
dent for consideration. The dispatch
has not be9u made public.
After Secretary Root’s return from
the White House he had a conference
with the commissioner of navigation,
Mr. Chamberlain, aud also decided to
take up the matter of the Tarter with
the state department with a view of
having the ship cleared at Hong-Kong.
A dispatch was sent to Colonel Met
calfe of the Twentieth Kansas, who is
in command of the troops on the trans
port, asking ir in his opinion the ship
was overcrowded and if there was just
ground for complaint of the subsistence
furnished the men. A dispatc-h was
also sent to General Otis asking for
farther information concerning the Tar
tar and the supplies with which she
was furnished.
No definite decision can be reached
until the state department has commu-
cated with our embassy at London, as
it is a question which must be settled
by the British government.
A private cable message from Hong-
Kong says complaint was made by the
400 discharged regulars on board the
Tartar o i overcrowding, whereupon
clearance was refused. The Twentieth
Kansas volunteer infantry, with Gen
eral Funston, is aboard the Tartar, bnt
it is understood that the volunteers
made no complaint and are anxious to
have clearance granted the ship in or
der that they may proceed homeward.
The army transport Tartar, which iB
reported detained at Hong-Kong by the
British authorities, was chartered by
the United States and is owned by the
Canadian Pacific Steamship company.
She sails nudor the British flag.
It is said that under these conditions
she is subject to the British navigation
laws, as being chartered by the United
States does not entitle her to American
registry. The British consul can de
termine whether she complies with the
British navigation laws aud if she does
not, he has authority to unload her.
HORRIBLE CRIME ALLEGED.
Free of Charge.
Any adult suffering from a cold
settled on the breast, bronchitis,
throat or lung: troubles of any na
ture, who will call at h, b. mcmas-
ter, Waynesboro, Ga., and H, Q.
Bell. Millen, Ga , will be presented
with a sample bottle of Boschee’s
German Syrup, free of charge. On-
—~ *•**''“ WULUlLIiOOlUU
ly one bottle uiven to one persop, fixed and which the roads are fighting.
and none to children without order
from parents.
No throat or lung remedy ever
had such a sale as Boschee’s Ger
man Syrup in all parts of the civil
ized world. Twenty years ago mil
lions bottles were given away, and
your druggists will tell you its suc
cess was marvelous. It is really
the only throat and lung remedy
generally endorsed by physicians.
One 75 cent bottfe will cure or prove
its value. Sold by dealers in all
civilized countries.
Number of Mm Charged With Assault-
ing a White Woman.
Asheville, N. C., Sept. 18.—Fonr or
five men went to the almshouse in Tran
sylvania county at 10 p. m. about ten
days ago and entered the room of Brazil
Chappel, a weakminded white woman.
Choking her to prevent an outcry, the
men carried her to some bushes and as
saulted her, keeping her there several
hours. i
She crawled back to the house about
3 a. in. and told the story. The matter
was kept quiet until the officers could
secure clues. Sunday the first arrest
was made, the suspect being Tillman
Anderson, a negro. John Gather, an
other negro suspect, was arrested in
Asheville last night and taken to
Brevard, the county seat of Transyl
vania, today.
John Gaston, a negro, and John
Stancill, white, are also suspected aud
warrants are out for thtm.
BIG TAX ASSESSMENT SUIT.
Teu Millions Involved In a Case to Be
Heard at Asheville.
Raleigh, Sept. 9.—By far the great
est suit in which the state of North Car
olina has ever figured will be heard be
fore Judge Simonton at Asheville next
week. It involves $10,000,000, being tha
additional assessment of the Southern,
Seaboard and Coast Line railway sys
tems which the corporation commission
There are nearly 5,000 affidavits in
the case. The railways have taken
them to prove that other property is not
taxed over 60 per cent of its true value,
while the state’s affidavits are to show
that other property is taxed as fnlly as
r^ilaKrr-o
“De Witt’s Little Early Risers did
me more good than all blood medi
cines and other pills,” writes Geo.
EE. Jacobs, of Thompson, Conu.
Prompt, pleasant, never gripe—they
cure constipation, arouse the torpid
liver to action and give you clean
blood, steady nerves, a clear brain
and a healthy appetite. H. B. mc-
Master, Waynesboro.