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a- suit oil a it ro woman, au i wh-n
eiie.! by oOi-'er^ :> ...an to snoor,
a ;ii tue result anove sra . d
The shoo-icg i.c -urr-.-d on Fourth
girt- -t, neari in front o' tue union pis
sender -ta:ion, and rue :a c ti.at mo s
bioni was no: shed is regarded as a
miracle.
bu: or came to Georgia from North
Carolina about eight ■ . irs ago and has
been engaged iu various pares of the
stite cutting imber and b xiug tnrpen
tine, lie was located last year at Pine
bu s-, bu r recently has been in Houston
enuttr-.*. Yes erriay he arrived iroin By-
r i itii hi wive, L-na 13a ler. aud
t voung ctiiidi eu enroa e for Ozark,
A: i . wuere ho expectad to work on a
turpentine farm. On arriving iu Ibci n
h- toes ms wife and cni-dren to a negro
b a :ing house on P cm street in t.ie
rear ot he Brown House
;*.i r:iy n ier 2 o'o ocit he met a negro
woman named Ns v O i<>m, or Hattie,
w is u known at Piuehurs', in
from o tus union Gcuot and he wanton
her to go somewuere witu him, but she
w.i< nor inclined to go ana he crew a
Stni h & Wesson 44 caliber pistol, point
ing it at her, said he wou d kill her if
she attempted to leave him. She com-
m n-ed calling for the police and ran
rapidly away. Policeman Pearce heard
her cries and Hastened to the scene.
When he appeared Butier ran and took
re:age in the boardiughou e wiiere his
wife was. Policeman P- aree followed
in hot pursuit. When Pearce entered
the house Butier leveled his pistol at
tile policeman, but Pearce drew is pistol
a.-o. whereupon Ba ier ran out of tne
h use, followed by Pearce.
As Bu ler got on the sidewalk he saw
Nicy Odom, the woman he had threat
en d to kill a few minutes be ore, and
he fired at her twice, but missed. He
then ran across Pium street towards
Shinhoiser’s corner, and on reaching
the trout ot Shiuhoiser’s saioou he saw
an old and inoffensive uegro man,
Armntead Smith, standing on the side
walk, and he fired at him, the bail en
termg the heart. Smith staggered back
ward- a few steps aud fell cead.
Butier continued to rung along the
sidewalk on Fourth street toward Pine
and presently lie met Mr D Feiman,
an umbrella mender, and fired at him
the ball passing through the side of L:s
body.
Bu'ler continued to run up the siJa-
waui. tiring indiscriminately as he ran.
Policemen Pearce and Herndon were
closing in fast on Butler, and when'
Butler reached Henry Hammond’s sa
loon he retraced his steps and ran down
the sidewalk Seven persons commenced
firmg at Butler aud he dropped dead on
the sidewalk in front of the store of
Charles B. Moore, shot through the
heart aud mouth.
SCHOOL SUPERINTENDENTS.
they Are Holding Tlieir Annual Con
vention In Augusta.
Augusta, Ga., Jan. 23—The super
intendents of education are in session iu
Augusta. They have an annual con
vention or conference for consultation
aud the discussion of methods, and this
tear they meet in Augusta.
Superintendent Otis Ashmore of Sa
vannah’s puiic schools; Superintendent
C. B Gibson of Columbus; Superin
tendent D. Q. Abbott of Macon; Presi
dent J. L Stewart of Dahlonega Col
lette; Superintendent N. E. Ware of
Hawkinsville, and Superintendent Law-
ton B. Evans of Augusta were present
at yesterday’s session.
State Commissioner G’enn, Superin
tendent Guinn ot Fulton county’s pub-
J 'c schools, Superintendent Bond of
Athens and Proiessors Bransou, Ernest
and Smith of the State Normal college
arrived today.
Strengthen Coast Defenses.
Savannah, Jan. 23.—At a meeiing of
the Savannah board of trade resolutions
Were adopted urging an increase in the
number of men on coast defense duty
at the principal harbors as well as im
provement in the fortifications. Reso
lutious were also adopted protesting
against the passage of the proposed
measure by congress to put pilots under
federal instead of state control. Copies
of both resolutions will be sent to Geor*
Rla ° senators and representatives in
congress.
The senate has agreed to vote on the
financial bill Tharsiay. Feb 5.
A London paper say3 Tom Weldon is
tc replace Tod Sloan the American
rider, as first jockey for Lord Beresford. ‘
Robbers forced au entrance into the
Tv part Vadey bank, at Pntiipyi, W. j
Va , during the night, ami blowing open :
the safe, secured ab >ur $6 000.
The British government has forbid
den he further export of carbolic acid,
as an of tue output or the Eng ish man
al:iwur. rs is needed iu the masting of i
lyddite sheds.
Isi<-ho as Ittner of A suita has been
awarded the ccrhjrace tor i.-u idtng a
new city hall at Columbia. S. O., which :
is to contain a modern opera house with i
a seating capacity of 1.600.
A post mortem examination held at j
: Chicago unou Esther H Hockiug, 2
j years old, develop *d the fact that the
| child died irom measles whiie under the 1
| treatment of Eider .Carbon, a disciple of
| Dow.e, the faith cure preacher.
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Thomas McDowell, the first mavor of
Sacramento, Cal., is dead, aged 83 years.
The Virginia house has passed i hill
requiring separate coaches for whites
aud blacks.
i A rai-e of £0 cents a 1,000 has been
j ordered by the executive committee of
1 the Southern Lumbermen’s Mannfac-
j turiug association.
I: is rumored on the Paris boerse that
Count Boni de Casteiiane, husband o
I Anna Gouid, ba< lost 3,000,000 francs by
| unlucky speculations.
„ | Both Great Britain and Germany
* Jt * 1 have formally served notice that they
r h O.ir-.i | will protest against for.ideation ot the
-- ..I . : Nicaragua canal if that waterway be
. ! constructed ny the Amer.cau govern
ment.
United States Minister Deichman, ac
Berne, Switz°riand, nas cable i rue srati
department that the Swiss government
has revoked a former decision and gives
general authortz itiou for the importa
tion of American dried fruit.
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Canon Henry Twells, a well known
writer of hymns, is dead at L udou.
The British losses in kiiied, wounded
and captured up to date are 7,287 officers
and men.
About 40,000 miners in the anthracite
district iu Pennsylvania, who have been
in a restless state for some time, have
decided to sirike.
B. H. Snell, a former Georgian, is on
trial in Washington city for the mur
der of 13 year-old Lizz e Weiseuberger
at that place last August.
Fruitgrowers and farm produce ship
pers have formed a permanent organiza
tion to be known as rk9 Growers’ anti
Shippers’ National Protective union,
with headquarters m Kansas City au ;
branch offices in oiher cities.
According to a decision of the United
States attorney general, the interna!
revenue department has been charging
an excessive tax on export bills of lading
aud receipts issued by carriers irom the
United States by raii to Canada.
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The Seaboard Investment company
has been organized at Charleston.
The anniversary of General R E.
Lee’s birthday was observed with ap
propriate ceremonies in cities through
out the south.
General Otis reports that Filipinos
ambushed a pack train near San Pablo,
kiiied two Americans, wounded five and
captured nine.
The house elections committtee has
decided to recommend the seatiag of
Aldrich (Rep.) who courests the seat
be d bv Robbins (Deni.) of Alabama.
The grand jury at Frankfort, Ky., re
ported indictments cnarging Colon**
David G. Colson with the wilful mu:
der of Etuelberc Scott and L. W. Dem
aree.
By reason of the growing importance,
from a labor standpoint, the naval sta
tion at Port Royal, S. C., has been pro
viried with regmarly organized boards
for the employment and regulation oi
labor.
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The Duke of Teck died at Loudon
from pneumonia.
Comptroller General Wright is mak
ing a fight- on “wildcat” fire insurance
companies in Georgia.
The Methodist church is about to be
gin active missionary work iu the Phil
ippiues under the supervision of Bishop
Thoburn.
A vast quantity of lead ore has been
found near Maryville, Tenu., the vein
being long aud deep aud abounding
with rich deposit.
General Shaw, commander-in-chief
of the G. A. R, and the pension com
mittee of that organiza'iion had a hear
ing before the house committee on in
valid pensions on the pending bill to
amend the act of June 27, 1890
Brig-dier General James F. Wade,
commanding the ueparunentof Dakota,
has been directed to assume command
of the department of the lakes upon the
retirement from active service on Jan
21 of Brigadier General Thomas M.
Anderson.
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Inundations destroyed property val
ued at ever 6,000,000 yen iu Hokkaido
province, Japan, iu December.
The president has appointed H J.
Hirshinger of North Carolina to be sec
ond lieutenant in the marine corps.
Hon. George W. Ellis, state treasurer
of Alabama, has determined to make
the race for nomination as state auditor.
While hunting rabbits, near Prosper
ity, S. C., Bartow Wheeler, 15 years
old, was accidentally shot dead by his
companion, David Cannon.
Mr. Pettigrew of South Dakota offered
a resolution calling on the president to
send to the senate the report of General
Bate, relating to the treaty with the
sultan of Sula, but it went over under
objection.
Advices from Caracas, Venezuela, an
nounce the imprisonment there of Man
ual A Mattos, minister of finance un
der ex-President Andrade and one of
Venezuela’s wealthiest men, by order
of President Castro, on the charge of
conspiracy against the government.
Miss Maud Bemis, of Scipio,
Ind., sa\ T s:
‘‘Something over three years
ago, I became affected with ner
vousness and neuralgic troubles.
This continued until a year ago,
after which time I w ? as almost con
stantly confined to my bed. The
neuralgia gradually grew worse;
nervous debility set in, and I was
completely run down. My blood
was impure, watery, while my
complexion was sallow and color
less. I had no strength, and was
almost completely helpless. The
doctor finally advised me to try
Dr. Williams’ Pink Pills for Pale
People.
“Father bought a couple of
boxes of the pills and after taking
the first box I was much improv
ed. I think I must have used
about a dozen boxes with the re
sult that I was entirely cured, and
have since had no symptoms what
ever of my old trouble.’’
From the Sun, 2/orth Vernon, Ind,
Dr. Williams’ Pink Pills for Pale People
contain, in a condensed form, all the ele
ments necessary to give new life and richness
to the blood and restore shattered nerves.
They are an unfailing specific for such dis
eases as locomotor ataxia, partial paralysis,
St. Vitus’ dance, sciatica, neuralgia rheu
matism, nervous headache, the after-etfects of
la srrippe, palpitation of the heart, pale and
sallow complexions, all forms of weakness
either in male or female.
Dr. Williams’ Pink Pills for Pale People are never
sold by the dozen or hundred, but always in pack
ages. Atall druggists, or direct from the Dr. Wil
liams Medicine Company. Schenectady, N. Y., 50
cents per box, 6 boxes S2.50.
r Will Have a Representative
at Washington City.
Washington, Jan. 23.—Montague
White will be received as the consular
and diplomatic representative of the
South African republic. The state
department has formally determined
upon such action. White has been
given intimation of this intention.
When he gets properly executed creden
tials be will present them to Secretary
Hay aud enter npon his official career.
The precedent for receiving Mr.
White is found in the case of the
United States consular and diplomatic
agent ac Cairo, Egypt, the only analo
gous case. Although Egypt is under
Turkish suzerainty, and the United
States has a minister at Constantinople,
a consular and diplomatic agent is ac
credited to Egypt.
KaHi i- aim Son .Acquitted.
Knoxville, Jan. 23.—John and Jo
seph McGhee, father and son, have
been acquitted of the murder of Ernest
Howard last May. The McGhee and.
Howard factions had been antagonizing
one another for years, aud the trouble
culminated in a desperate fight in the
mountains last May in which Ernest
and Henry Howard and John Murr
were killed by the McGhees. At the
first trial they were sentenced to life
imprisonment. This verdict was re
versed by the supreme court. John is
a nephew of Colonel C. W. McGhee, a
Wall street broker.
An Ii.f-riial Machine Found.
New Albany, Miss., Jan. 20.—Today,
while the janitor was clearing the crim
inal courtroom, he found an infernal
machine, primed and ready for dis
charge, ingeniously arranged under the
chair provided for witnesses. It is pre
sumed that the builder intended to as
sassinate in this manner au important
witness iu one of the big trials scheduled
for this term of the court.
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more about our goods.
You certainly owe it to yourself
to find out all you can about the goods
for which we claim so much.
For all we claim, we only claim
the truth.
We will send you circulars and
catalogues any time.
Write lor them,
We make this a safe place for you
to buy at.
W’e c-heeriully give your money
back if anything you get from us
doesn’t prove to be just exactly as rep
resented. •
No back talk —just your money.
We want you t-> see our prices.
We want you to try our goods.
Manufacturers of Doors, ash,
Blinds, Lumber, Laths, bhingles, and
Fancy or Pla n Woodwork tor all kinds
of buildings.
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<rrnil E.iinpr s-s R.-purti-d
Hill ing n Wf k.
Baltimore, Jan. 19. — The new indus
trial enteprises of the week reported ro
The Maau natures’ Record were:
$25,000 eiecrric company, 50 barrel
flourmill, $o0,000 soil p:peworks, S30,- r
000 water and light company in Ala- I
bama.
$50,000 drainage company in Florida.
$100,000 telephone company, $.’5,000 |
wheelworks, $16,000 coffiu factory, $30,-
000 knitting mill, $200,0U0 cotton rnill j
in Georgia.
$15,000 sawmills, $20,000 telephone
company, 50,000 birrel brewery, $50,000
shovel factory, $75,000 sash aud door
factory in Maryland.
$100,000 lumber company, $5,000 lum
ber mill in North Carolina.
50 barrel flour mill, 30 ton oil mill,
10 ton ice factory, $200,000 cotton mill,
$150,000 gas and electric cA-apanv m
South Carolina.
$50,000 veneering factory, $125,000
phosphate mining company in Tennes
see.
kii LONDON UNEASY
Most Anxious Paii33 Sines the
War Began.
I). xv<-y to Visit the South.
Memphis, Jan. 23.—A special says:
Admiral Dewey has told a Georgia con
gressman that he was contemplating a
visit to the south next spring. He ex
pects to leave Washington on March 17
and will be at Savannah, Ga., March
20 From Savannah he will go to Ma
con, then to Atlanta. It is not at all
improbable that the admiral will visit
Nashville aud Memphis.
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SITUATION A GRAVE ONE
DELEGATES
Florida
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CHOSEN.
After
Republicans Adj .urn
Indorsing McKinley.
St. Augustine, Fla., Jan 20.—The
Republican state convention has ad
journed. Delegates to the national con-
yen tion at Philadelphia were chosen as
follows: John G. Long aud Henry
Chubb, white; Joseph Lee aud Mark
White, negroes.
McKinley’s administration received
hearty indorsement, but the delegates
were not instructed for any candidate.
The leaders in the convention all
agreed that the vice presidential candi
date would come from New York, Lien-
tenant Governor Woodruff being the
favorite, though Secretary Buss had
many supporters. Tne Florida delega
tion will, it is conceded, follow the lead
of the New York delegation.
Candler Starts For Havana.
Atlanta, Jan. 23.—Bishop Warren
A. Candler of the Methodist church,
south, left today for Havana, to estab
lish a church in that city. Ho takes
with him $5,U00 raised by his personal
efforts in Georgia. This will be the
first church and school of the Methodist
denomination to be established in Cuba.
A Night of Terror
Awful anxiety was felt for the
widow of the brave General Burn
ham, of Machias, Me., when the doc
tors said she could not live till
morning” writes Mrs. S, H. Lincoln,
who attended her on that fearful
night. “All thought she must soon
die. from pnuetnon a, but she beg
ged for Dr. King’s New Discovery,
raying it had more than once saved
her lifp, and had cured her of con
sumption. After three small doses
-he stent easily all nigh f , and it«
further use completely cured her”
This marvelous medicine is guaran
teed to euro all throat and lung
diseases. Only 50c and $1 00 Trial
bottles free at if. B. McMASTER’s
drug store.
SHILOH PARK BOARD PdEETS.
Worlc to Hr. Hone by the Commission
This Yenr Mapped Oil'.
Chattanooga, Jan 23.—The Shiloh
National Military park commission held
a meeting at the Read House here to
day, those present being Colonel Cor
nelius Cadle ot Cincinnati, Major J. H.
Ashcraft of Padncuh, Ky., Hon. Josiah
Patterson of Memphis, Major D. W.
Reed of Chicago and Albert Thompson,
the chief engineer.
The meeting was for the purpose of
mapping ont the work to be done this
year, and the engineer received instruc
tions to push the work of marking the
battle lines and camps with iron tablets.
The commission has already spent
$150,000 oh the battlefield and it is ex
pected that it will be ready for dedica
tion in two years.
DeWitt’s Little Early Risers,
The famous little pills.
L T. Travis, Agent Southern R.
R., Selina Ga , writes, “I cannot say
too much in praise of one Minute
cough cure. In ray case it w’orked
iikeacharm.” The only harmless
remedy that gives immediate re-
nults. Cures coughs, colds, croup,
! bronchitis, and all throat and lung
trouble?. H, B. McMaster,
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Captured at Tremendous Cost — War
Office Besieged.
London, Jan. 24.—The extreme ten
sion caused by what may justly be
designated the most anxious pause since
the war began had no: been relieved up
to the time of writing this by anything
save the daily Stock Exchange rumor,
which today happens to have been
started by ttie bulls, who assert that
General Warren has captured Spion
Kopf.
Anxiety in regard to the news is vis
ible on all sides. The war office was
besieged at an early hour this morning
and the clubs and other resorts liable to
receive early news have been crowded
with eager inquirers.
It is generally recognized that the
Boer position, if ever taken, can only
be captured at a tremendous cost.
As the afternoon progressed the ex-
citement on Pall Mall reached a nigh
pitch. But the war office officials reit
erated at 3:30 p. m. the oftrepes.ted
statement that “nothing had been re
ceived from General Buuer. ” The sus
pense was increased by the belief that
General Bulier would never have pub
lished his intention to attack the Boers
on Spionkopf unless satisfied that rhe
assault wonld be carried on: before the
news could be published, and it was
fully anticipated that the news of his
success or failure wonid reach London
in a few hours at the most.
The cabinet ministers calied at the
war office, after lanch, to ask for news.
A dispatch from Pretoria, dated Tues
day, Jan. 23. somewhat amplifies the
dispatch of Monday, Jan. 22, from the
Bi er head laager, cabled to the Asso
ciated Press last evening. It says:
“Four or five times during the day
the British replaced their wearied sol
diers by fresh ones. The Boer casual
ties to date are one man killed and two
slightly injured. Our men are in ex
cellent spirits. There is a large slaughter
of the British. General Botha is now
in so e command, General Cronje hav
ing been sent elsewhere ”
The same dispatch, apparently re
ferring to the situation atCoienso, says:
“One of the large Boer Maxims was
temporarily ai.-ordered, but was soon
repaired. The British northern camp
is in confusion. Ptople are observed
trekking aimlessly in all directions ”
Commenting on Captain Mahan’s at
titude, the St. James Gazette today re
marks:
“His advice is good and needed in
America. While strict neutrality is
maintained in the official world and
good will for England is felt by the bet
ter informed, it is simply misleading
the public of this country to suggest, as
some correspondents are doing, that an
tagonism to England is confined to a
negligible body of Americans. The
sympathy of America as a whole, as a
matter of fact, is no more with England
at this moment than was onr popular
sympathy with them at the outbreak of
the war with Spain, and the contrast of
official and popular attitudes is no less
marked in the United States than it is
iu Germany.”
Alleged Lyncher on Trial.
Gainesville, Ga., Jan. 23.—Tom
Bryson, charged with being implicated
in the lynoking of Si Smith in the Hall
connty jail iast July, is on trial here.
STALLINGS WAS tXPELLED.
He Refused to Appoint a Negro ns
Assistant Postmaster.
Augusta, Ga., Jan. 24 — W. H. Stall
ings, Republican postmaster of Au
gusta, has been “expelled” from the
Republican party by negroes in control
of the politics of the party in this
connty.
He presented himself to register for
selection of delegates to state and na
tional conventions, and was denied the
privilege, on the ground that he was
expelled.
This action was taken because he re
fused to appoint a negro named Wim
berly as assistant postmaster.
Wimberly has since been appointed
deputy revenue collector.
An Injunction Suit Heard.
Macon, Jan. 24.—The case of Michael
Dady versus the Georgia and Alabama
and the Florida Central and Peninsular
railways came up today before Judge
Speer of the district court. The case is
the hearing of an injunction in a suit to
prevent the consolidation of the two
roads, the ultimate intention of the
merger being, it is claimed, an alliance
with the Seaboard Air Line. The Sea
board Air Line officials claim that Dady
is not a stockholder of record.
Gin and Stilling Company.
Ozark, - Ala., Jan. 24.—The Ozark
Gin and Milling company has been
formed here with T. W. Chaffin, presi
dent; E W. D. Dowling, vice president;
H. C. Dowling, secretary, and S. J.
Goff, treasurer. All the stock has been
subscribed, the lot selected and pur
chased, and work is to begin on the
plant at once. The Muuger system is
to be used with a standard square bale
press. Rope and cordage machinery
will be added later.
Bi sin ark’8 Iron Nerve.
Was the result of his splendid
health. Indomitable will and tre
mendous energy are not found
where stomach, liver, kidneys and
bowels are out of order. If you
want these qualities and the success
they bring, use Dr. King’s New Life
Pills. They develop every power of
brain and body. Ooly 25c at H. B.
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CASTORIA.
Bears the ^ The Kind You Have Always Bought
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Sj mpatiiy With ihe Boers.
Philadelphia, Jan. 24 — The Nether
lands soci*ty of this city has adopted
resolutions sympathizing with the Boers
and “with all peoples struggling to
maintain their homes against uujust
assauit aud ravage.” The resolutions
also add: “That we likewise sympa
thize with the millions of people in In
dia now starving to death in enjoyment
of that civilization tendered to the
Transvaal. ”
Southern Freight Derailed.
Varnsvillb, S. C., Jan. 24 —Quite an
accident occurred about 4 o’clock just
east of Almeda, on the Charleston and
Western Carolina railway, to the South
ern fast freight going north, derailing
four or five cars, injuring one man—a
hrakeman—but not seriously, and com
pletely blockading the track, so that no
trains could pass.
AFTER PASSENGER AGENTS.
“l*eg Leg” William* DeclurfS II Will
Swear Out Warrants.
Atlanta, Jan. 23.—R. A. Williams, j
better known as “Peg Leg” Williams,
has a rod in pickle for the traveling pas
senger agents of the various roads do
ing business in Georgia. He says that
he is going to swear oat warrants
against them ail, charging them with
doing bnsmess as emigrant agents with
out a license, if he is found guilty of
the same charge when his case comes
up before Judge Newman iu the United
States circuit court Tnursaay.
Williams was in Atlanta yesterday in
charge of Sheriff C. C. Oliver of
Greene connty. v
Williams is under arrest charged with
doing bnsiness as an emigrant agent in
Morgan connty without a license. He
said yesterday:
“I have never solicited bnsiness in
Morgan county, and have never asked a
negro to leave there I have conducted
all my business by correspondence. Mt
circulars offering the negroes induce
ments to go to Arkansas and Louisiana
were distributed through the county for
me by the white farmers and others.
When tho negroes wrote to me telling
me they wanted to leave, I went down,
collected them and brought them to
Atlanta.
“The traveling passenger agents of
»U the roads in Georgia are jnst as lia
ble to this tax on emigrant agents as I
am. If I am found guilty next Thurs
day I am going to swear ont warrants !
against every one of them, charging
them with the same offense I am .
charged with.
“I have shipped about 2,500 negroes
from Batts, Oglethorpe. Green ana Jas
per counties during the past two or
three mouths. As soon as the crops are
made iu the fall I am going down there
and get others. ”
The case of Williams has attracted
wide attention in the south and the out
come of the case will be closely watched.
BOLD ATTEMPT TO ESCAPE.
Triple Murderer Flanagan Leads In a
J5r<-alc For Lib-rty.
Decatur, Ga., Jan. 22.—Edward O.
Flanagan, the triple murderer, led
eight desperate prisoners in an attempt
to escape from jail at this place. Flan
agan felled the jailer to the floor with a
blow from a heavy piece of iron, but
the injured man waS" game, and draw
ing his ph;ol fired into the gang of
prisoners.
Flanagan was shot through the thigh
and fell. The other prisoners, cowed by
the fate of their leader, hesitated. The
shots attracted the attention of the jail
er’s family and, summoning assistance,
they managed to overcome the prison
ers and all were locked up.
Flanagan’s wound is not dangerous.
Eugene Debs lit Columbus.
Columbus, Ga., Jan. 23. — Engene
Debs lectured to an immense audience
in Columbus last night at the court
house on the subject of “Labor and Lib
erty. ” The superior courtroom was
filled to overflowing, every foot of avail
able space being taken. It was perhaps
the largest audience that ever gathered
in tho courtroom. The majority of
those present were laboring men, al
though there were a good many busi
ness aud professional men and a few lo
cal caDitaiists.
A Frightful Blunder
Will often cause a horrible burn,
scab!, cut or bruise. Bucklen’s Ar
nica Salve, the best in the world,
wili kill the pain and promptly heal
it. Cures old sores, fever sores, ul
cers, boils, felons, corns, all skin
eruptions. Best Pile cure on earth.
Only 25 cents a box Cure guaran
teed. Sold by h b mcmaster, drug
gist.
Question Answered.
Yes, August Flower still has the
largest sale of any medicine in the
civilized world. Your mothers and
grandmothers never thought of us
ing anything else for indigestion or
biliousness. Doctors were fcarce,
and they seldom heard of appendi
citis, nervous prostration, or heart
failure, etc. They used August
Flower to clean out the system and
stop fermentation of indigested
food, regulate the action of the liver,
stimulate the nervous and organic
action of the system, and that is all
they took when feeling dull and bad
with headaches and other aches.
You only need a few doses of
Green’s August Fiower, in liquid
form, to make you satisfied there is
nothing serious the matter with
you. Sample bottles at h, b. mcmas
ter, Waynesboro, Ga., and H. Q.
Bell. Millen, Ga.
Fire at Wintervill**, Ga.
Winterville, Ga., Jan. 23.—The
most disastrous fire Winterville has ever
had occurred at 4 a. m., entirely destroy
ing McAlpin’s drygoods store, Dr. F.
W. Coil’s drug store and C. C. Feagin’s
grocery store. Loss between $8,000 and
$10,000, with no insurance. The fire is
supposed to be the work of an i
cenaiary.
Dealt! Sentence For Mell.
SavanNah, Jan. 19.—W. S. Mell was
last night convicted of murder without
recommendation and will be sentenced
to be hanged. Mell shot and killed his
15-year-old brother-in-law, James Buz-
bee, on the afternoon of Oct. 2 last.
Dt-wcy to Come In March.
Macon, Jan. 22.—Admiral Dewey,
accompanied by his wife, will come to
Macon on March 22 to spend several
days. He will come here from Savan
nah, and irom Macon he wili go to
. Florida. A special meeting of the cham-
! her of commerce will be called for Tues
day afternoon aud plans for entertain
ment of the admiral and his wife will
be agreed upon. Admiral Dewey will
travel in the private car of Samuel
Spencer of the Southern railroad.
How’s This?
We offer One Hundred Dollars Reward foz
any case of Catarrh that cannot be cured by
Hall’s Catarrh Cure.
F. J. CHENEY & CO., Props., Toledo, O.
We, the undersigned, have known F. J.
Cheney for the last fifteen years, and believe
him perfectly honorable in all business trans
actions and financially able to carry out any
obligations made by their firm.
West & Truax. Wholesale Druggists, Toledo,
i Ohio.
I Walding, Kinnan A Marvip, Wholesale drug-
i gists. Toledo, Ohio.
Hall’s Catarrh Cure is taken internally,
acting directly upon the blood and mucous
surfaces of the system. Price. 75c. per bottle.
Sold by ail druggists. Testimonials free.
Hall’s Family Pills are the best
Mell to Hang In March.
Savannah, Jan. 20.—W. S. Mell,
known among his friends as “Sandy,”
was sentenced in the snperior court to
day to hang March 2 He killed his
brother-in-law, 10 years of age, in a
family quarreL
The modern and most effective
cure for constipation and all liver
troubles—the famous little pills
known as DeWitt’s Little Early
Risers. H B McMaster.
Lnmberm-n In Jacksonville.
Jacksonville, Fla., Jan. 23.—Two
hundred Indiana lumbermen, represent
ing the Retail Lumber Dealers’ associa
tion of that state, arrived here thia
morning. After breakfast they went
to St. Augustine, returning this after
noon. Tomorrow the party will enjoy
an elaborate program prepared for them
by the board of trade.
Agricw Will Be Set Free.
Ocala, Fla., Jan. 20.—E. W. Agnew,
former president of the National Bank
of Ocala, who was convicted in the
spring of 1897 and sentenced to five
years in the United States prison at Co
lumbus, O., has had his sentence com
muted by the president, and will be set
at liberty on March 8 next.
Americans Take Santa Cruz.
Manila, Jan. 23. — The Americana
have occupied Santa Crnz on Laguna
de Bay, Lagnna province. It was re
ported many insurgents were concen
trated, but the town was found de
serted.
DeWitt’s Witch Hazel Salve
Cure* Pile*. Scald*. Burn*
One Minute Cough Cure, cures.
That U what it was made for.
Louis Sehler ^ Son,
TAILOBS, •
725 Broad Street, : Augusta, Georgia.
Havin"enlarged our establishment and added a large assortment of all the leaning
novel and staple goods for Men’s wear. W*-are better! prepared to serve our friends and
ensfomers than ever before. We invite your kind consideration. The great increase in our
business we attribute it to the excellency of our STYLE, FIT and FINISH.
MERIT MEETS WITH SUCCESS.
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"We have also added to our Men’s Department Ladies’ Tailoring: In all its branches and
make a specialty of this. Ladles’ garments made, cut andialtered. dec9,’99- tf
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