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Volume 18.
Waynesboro, Georgia, Saturday, March 31, 1900.
Number 50,
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11 OF MAJUI
HAS
Gen. Joubert, Commander oi
Transvaal Forces, Bead.
IIAINSTAY OF BOER ARMY
It WasTl: rough 5Us Leadership That
Troops of Son tli African Republic!
V/ci-o Brought to Their Present High
S in inlai d.
Lorenzo Marquez, March 28.—Gen
eral Joubert is dead.
(ra: serai Pietruskobius Joubert, com
mandant general of the Trausvaal
1 arcs, was born about 68 years ago. Ho
was descended from an old French Hue-
genot family which settled in South
Late
Commander in Chief of the Trans
vaal Forces.
Africa many years ago. He was horn in
Cape Colony, but was taken by his pa-
r -nts when several years old to the
Orange Free State, where he was taught
fr an early childhood to shoot straight
and hate the British. \
He is described as having been utterly
f- :::T.'ss. Of schooling he had but little
and he never saw a newspaper until he
was 19 years old. In spite of this, his
ambition prompted him to read the few
hooks he could obtain and he succeeded
iu obtaining a fair knowledge of history
and language.
In consequence of the acquisition of
Natui by the British his family moved
from Natal and settled in the Transvaal.
Soon afterward be became a burgher of
the South African republic and a daring
lighter. It was claimed in his behalf
that he could lead a body of men more
successfully against hostile natives than
any other man in the Transvaal. He
came to be so feared hv the natives that
the knowledge that he was at the head
of a punitive expedition usually resulted
in their surrender.
It was during these wars with the na
tives that Joubert became acquainted
with. Paul Kruger and the two men be
came bosom friends. He was elected
vice president of the Transvaal in 1896,
defeated Sir George Colley at Majuba
Hill in 18S1 and acted as president of the
republic in 1884, during President Kru
ger’s absence in Europe.
General Joubert was always iu favor
of the use of force instead of diplomacy,
and President Kruger on several occa
sions had great difficulty in repressing
his hotheaded colleague, notably in 18/9
when Joubert, with Kruger and Preto-
rius, was planning the rebellion to over
throw the British rule in the Transvaal.
The result was Majuba hill and the
practical independence of the Transvaal.
It was Joubert who organized the army
of the South African republic.
According to the general’s plans every
native became a trained soldier without
leaving the farm with his equipment al
ways at hand. So near perfect was the
system carried out that within 48 hours
after the present war was declared the
Boer nation was under aims.
It was also due to General Joubert that
the South African republics succeeded
in amassing the ammunitions of war
and provisions whicti have stood them
in such good stead dining the conflict
now in progress.
When the Jameson raiders were locked
up in Pretoria jail, Joubert was strongly
in favor of their immediate execution.
In spite of these characteristics, Jon-
bert. on some occasions, showed consid
erable regal'd for the usages of civiliza
tion. When the Boers raided the Brit
ish territory of Bechuanaland in 1884,
Joubert was probably the only promi
nent Boer who refused to support the
movement and his opposition resulted in
the withdrawal of the Boers from the
territory seized, as he threatened to re
sign unless he had his way.
in November last it was reported that
General Joubert had been killed in action
and later reports said he was danger
ously wounded and had to use a cart in
order to follow the operations in the
field. The circumstances of the death of
General Joubert are not explained in the
dispatch from Lorenzo Marquez, which
recalls the fact that William Cox, a
newspaper correspondent, who was re
cently released from prison at Pretoria
and who lias arrived at Durban, said
General Joubert was apparently sus
pected of half-heartedness and that his
life would be in danger at the hands of
the burghers if Pretoria was besieged.
Burglars Run Down.
Union Springs^.Ala., March 28.—
Burglars broke into the storehouse of J.
M. Ellis & Son at Thompson. Deputy
J. G. Carmichael, with the hounds, hur
ried to the scene. They put the dogs on
the track, but this could not he followed
farther than where a horse had been
hitched. The track of the horse was
then followed by the persons who had
gathered, and the horse having thrown
off one shoe, was easily followed to the
home of Bill Marlow, a negro, where
most of the stolen goods were recovered.
Bill has implicated a noted negro poli
tician, Jerre Thompson, and a negro
named Reuben Townsend. AI1 three are
now in jail here. The loss sustained by
the burglary is about $25.
Twenty Inches of Snow.
Iellette, S. D., March 28. — The
•st blizzard of the season prevails
e. Twenty inches [of snow fell last
ht and a heavy north wind is blow-
. However, the temperature is mod-
Jeb Printing promptly executed.
!S HELD AS AN ACCESSORY.
Powers Remanded to Await Trial as
an Accomplice.
Frankfort, Ky., March 27.—The
fourth day of the examining trial of Re
publican Secretary of State Caleb Pow
ers began with the courtroom cleared of
all people excepting attorneys, newspa
per correspondents and officers of the
court. The court adjourned yesterday
to meet at 9 o’clock, but it was nearly 10
when Judge Moore called for order. The
attorneys for the defense held a consulta
tion, and afterward caUed County At
torney Polsgrove.
Immediately after the consultation
Governor Brown, for the defense, aro.se
and announced that no testimony would
be introduced for the defense and they
would waive further examination. The
pardon issued to Powers by Governor
Taylor was tendered by ex-Governor
Brown as a bar to the prosecution and
asked that the defendant be dismissed.
Colonel Campbell said that the com
monwealth denied Governor Taylor’s
right to issue a pardon at the time the
pardon was granted. Governor Brown
moved that the prisoner be dismissed
upon the evidence. The motion was
overruled. Bail was asked for. Judge
Moore said:
“It is not my belief that Powers fired
the shot which killed Governor Goebel,
but from the evidence it is my opinion
that he was connected with the con
spiracy to kiH him. I shall therefore
order that he be held over without bail
to the Franklin county grand jury that
the case he investigated.”
SCROFULA AND ITS AWFUL HORRORS
-CURED BY-
Johnston’s Sarsaparilla
QUART BOTTLES.
A MOST WONDERFUL CURE.
OPENING OF MACRUM’S
MAIL AT GAPE TOWN
Stampeded the Audience.
Frankfort, Ky., March 27.—During
the afternoon session of court,. while
Witness Golden was being cross-exam
ined in the trial of Powers for complic
ity in the murder of Goebel, Attorneys
Campbell and Denny got into an argu
ment and the lie was almost passed.
Great excitement prevailed and people
rushed for the doors and windows while
Judge Moore rapped for order. Quiet
was finally restored. Governor Brown
informed Colonel Campbell that he had
misconstrued Colonel Denney’s remarks,
and Colonel Campbell at onco arose and
apologized to Colonel Denny and the
court.
Another Arrest Made.
Frankfort, Ky., March 27.—Detec
tive D. E. Armstrong has arrested H. E.
Yontz, Republican Auditor Sweeney’s
private secretary, as the man with a
black moustache whom Golden men
tioned in his testimony as the man John
Powers gave the key to the office of Ca
leb Powers.
You tz is a half brother of John L.
Crawford, a prominent Republican of
Newport. The warrant charges him
with being an accessory before the fact
to the murder of Governor Goebel.
NEGRO MURDERER LYNCHED
He Was Huujj-mI to a Tree lu tile
tile Courthous- Yard,
Richmond, March 24.—A meeting of
citizens waa held in the judge’s cham
bers at Emporia today and ic was voted
to withdraw the troops who have been
guarding the negro Cotton, charged
with the murder of two white men,
when it was openly asserted a lynching
would follow.
The troops left Emcoria for Rich
mond at 11:25 o’clock. Tne mob was
immediately formed ana Cotton was
hanged to a tree iu the courthouse yard
at 12:45 o’clock and his body was then
riddled with ballets.
N>grors Lyncli White M-tn.
Richmond, March 24.—The negroes
of Greensville today lynched O’Grady,
the white man who was with Cotton,
the negro, when he killed Saunders and
Welton. Cotton was lynched earlier in
the day by a mob of white men.
DONNED BULLER’S PAJAMAS.
Loudon Society Woman Creates it Sen
sation at Cape Town.
London, March 24.—If anything is
interesting society more than the con
stant departure of fashionable women
for Cape Town it is the scandals that
come back about those already out
there. The iatest is that of a woman
prominent iu society and the wife of a
well known baronet. Sue went out to
nurse General Buller’s wounded, but
becoming the worse lor liquor she was
shut up by that commander in < he room
of the*local station master. Discover
ing his pajamas and a short coat, she
donned them. She afterward refused
to make a change and thus scantily
clad she was carried through the lines
of General Builer’s troops iu an ambu
lance, was shipped to Cape Town and
is now in Eugiand.
New Steamship Line.
Jacksonville, Fla., March 27.—Com
missioner N. B. Kelly of the Philadel
phia Trades’ league, who has been in
Savannah several days inquiring what
chances a steamship line would have
with the Quaker City, has arrived in
Jacksonville on the same mission. His
impressions of this port and the prospec
tive business to go through it are said to
be favorable to the establishment of the
line.
Neck Broken by a Fall.
Knoxville, March 27.—Matthew Har
din was kiUed at the Carnegie iron fur
nace at Johnson City by a falling ele
vator. He was on the elevator wh&i the
steel cable hoisting it broke. It feH a
considerable distance and his neck was
broken by the faU. Death was instanta
neous.
New Plant In Operation.
Middlesboro, Tenn., March 27.—The
steel plant rolling mill made its first
“roU, ” which was very successful. The
plant is now in fuU blast and the rolling
mill will be operated simultaneously
with the furnaces. The plant has until
recently been idle for two or three years.
Strike at Knoxville.
Knoxyiixe, March 27.—Two hundred
union employes of the KnoxviHe Woolen
mill went on a strike at 10 o’clock. Re
fusal of the company to recognize the
union is the cause.
DeWitt’s Little Early Risers,
The $327ious little pills.
A Grand Old l^ady Gives Her Experience#
Mrs. Thankful Orilla Hurd lives in the beautiful village of Brighton,
Livingston Co., Mich. This venerable and highly respected lady was born in
the year 1812, the year of the great war, in Hebron, Washington Co., New
York. 81ie came to Michigan in 1840, the year of ‘-‘Tippecanoe and Tyler
too.” All her faculties are excellently preserved, and possessing a very re
tentive memory, her mind is full of interesting reminiscences of her early
life, of the early days of the State of Michigan and the interesting and re
markable people she has met, and the stirring events of which she was a wit
ness. But nothing in her varied and manifold recollections are more mar
velous and worthy of attention than are her experiences in the use of
JOHNSTON S SARSAPARILLA. Mrs. Hurd inherited a tendency and pre
disposition to scrofula, that terribly destructive blood taint which has cursed
and is cursing the lives of thousands and marking thousands more as vic
tims of the death angel. Transmitted from generation to generation, It is
found in neary every family in one form or another. It may make its ap
pearance in dreadful running sores, in unsightly swellings in the neck or
goitre, or in eruptions of varied forms. Attacking the mucous membrane, it
may be known as catarrh in the head, or developing in the lungs it may be,
and often is, the prime cause or consumption.
Speaking of her case, Mrs. Hurd says: “I was troubled for many years
with a bad skin disease. My arms anq limbs would break out in a mass of
sores, discharging yellow matter. My neck began to swell and became very
unsightly in appearance. My body was covered with scrofulous eruptions..
My eyes were also greatly inflamed and weakened, and they pained me very
much. My blood was in a very bad condition and my head ached severely
at irequent intervals, and I had no appetite. I had sores also in my ears, i
v,as in a miserable condition, I had tried every remedy that had been recom
mended, and doctor after doctor had failed. One of the best physicians in
tae state told me I must die of scrofulous consumption, as internal abcesses
v ere beginning to form. I at length was told of Dr. Johnston, of Detroit, and
ms famous Sarsaparilla. I tried a bottle, more as an experiment than any
thing else, as I had no faith in it, and greatly to my agreeable surprise, I
began to grow better. You can be sure I kept on taking it. I took a great
many bottles. But I steadily improved until I became entirely well. All the
sores healed up, all the bad symptoms disappeared. I gained perfect health.
^ aye nevor been troubled with scrofula since. Of course an old lady
of 83 years is not a young woman, but I have had remarkablv good health
since then, and I firmly believe that JOHNSTON’S SARSAPARILLA is the
greatest blood purifier and the best medicine in the wide world, both for
scrofula and as a spring medicine.” This remarkably interesting old lady did
not lok to be more than sixty, and she repeated several times, “I believe my
life was saved by JOHNSTON’S SARSAPARILLA.”
MrenrG-AU DIi.UGr COaiDAWY, DETROIT, TVTTr-TT.
ff. B. McMASTER, Wavnesbors, Ga.
DANIEL. SONS & PALMER. Millen, Ga.
S.F. OOOPER, Rocky Ford. Ga.
I W, H. PARKER, Rocky Ford, Ga.
| E. S. LANE & CO , Dover, Ga
| M. M, PERKINS, Perkins, Ga,
THE REPUBLICANS
WILL BE RECOGNIZED
Acknowledged by President
as Be Facto Officials.
REFUSES DISARM MILITIA
Informs Kentuckians That He Cannot
Interfere to That Extent—Promises
to Assist Them In Other Ways—State
of Affairs Unchanged.
Washington, March 28.—The presi
dent has informed the Kentucky re
publicans that while he cannot interfere
in Kentucky affairs to the extent of dis
arming the militia of .either faction, ho
is willing, so far as he can legitimately
do so, to recognize the Republican offi
cials of that state as the de facto officials.
He told them in the same connection
that he would give directions that mail
addressed to an official by title only, as
to “The Governor,” or “The Secretary
of State,” should he delivered to the
Republicans and not to the Democrats.
Judge Battle Dead.
Raleigh, March 28.—Judge Dorsey
Battle of the eastern district criminal
court died this morning of lagrippe at
his home in Rocky Mount, N. C. He
has been ill for two weeks and in addi
tion to lagrippe he suffered a great deal
with his heart. Governor Russell will
appoint his successor.
lie Fooled the Surgeon.
All doctors told Renick Hamilton
of West Jefferson, O, after suffering
18 months from rectal fistula, he
would die unless a costly operation
was performed ; hut he cured him
self with five boxes Bucklen’s Arni
ca Salve, the surest Pile cure on
earth, and the best salve in the
world. 25 cents a box. Sold by
II. B. MCMASTER, druggist.
MAINTAINS HSS INNOCENCE.
Yontz Denies Having Made Confession
to Prosecution.
Frankfort, Ky., March 28.—There
are no now developments this morning
in connection with the men held on the
charge of being accessory to the murder
of the late Senator Goebel.
Though the prosecution claims to have
some strong evidence against the man
Yontz, arrested by Detective Armstrong
yesterday, the nature of it is not dis
closed, and instead of making a confes
sion as ho is reported to have done yes
terday, it is admitted he has told noth
ing and he stoutly maintains that he had
no knowledge of the assassination, ex
cept such as the public knows, and that
he has from the first stood ready to tell
about everything he saw around the ex
ecutive building the day of the shooting.
The friends of Yontz deny that the
statements which he made to the attor
neys for the prosecution are as incrimi
nating and full of details as they have
been made to appear.
Surveying the Route.
Walnut Grove, Ala., March 28.—The
engineering corps of the Louisville and
Nashville Railway company is within 2
miles of this place, surveying a right of
way from Oneonta to Attalla. When
constructed this line will traverse a
country exceedingly rich in coal and iron.
Wat erworks Coin pi eted.
Cullman’s, Ala., March 28.—Cull
man’s electric light plant and water
works system have been completed, but
owing to an alleged failure on the part
of the contractors to comply with the
specifications the electric light plant has
not been accepted by the city council.
Shot by a Negro.
Luverne, Ala, March 28.—A negro,
Jim Tisdale, shot a white man named
William Morgan Saturday night on ac
count of a claim of Tisdale. Morgan
was seriously wounded. The negro es
caped and np to last reports had not
been caught.
Adjusting the Losses.
Prattville, Ala., March 28. -- The
town has been overrun with fire insur
ance adjustors since the late fire. It is
understood that all the losses will be
paid promptly There is only about
$15,000 insurance on all the property de
stroyed.
Secretary Hay Applauded.
London, March 28.—The afternoon
newspapers here' applauded Secretary
Hay’s diplomatic achievement in estab
lishing the doctrine of the open door in
China, and say his success is much more
considerable than hitherto realized.
Davis Is Still In .Jail.
Frankfort, Ky., March 28.—Captain
John Davis, one of the alleged accessories
to the murder of Governor Goebel,
whom the attorneys have agreed to re
lease ou bond of $5,000, is still in jail, no
one having appeared to execute a new
bond instead of the one rejected.
Ground Broken For Vance Statue.
Raleigh, March 28. — Ground was
broken in the capital square today for
the statue of Senator \ auce. It will
stand east of the capital facing New-
berne avenue, at the opposite end of
which is the Confederate Soldiers’
Home. A mound will be raised so the
statue will he placed like that of Wash
ington, which is south of the capital.
There is more c-alarrn in this section of the
country than all other diseases put together,
and until theiast few years was supposed to
be incurable. For a great many years doc
tors pronounced it a iocal disease, and pre
scribed local remedies, and by constanti
failing to cure witii local treatment, pro
nounced it incurable. Science has proven
catarrh to be a constitutional disease, and
therefore requires constitutional treatment.
Hall’s Catarrh Cure, manufactured by F. J.
Cheney A Co., Toledo, Ohio, is the only con
stitutional cure on the market. It is taken
internally in doses from 10 drops to a tea
spoonful It acts directly on the blood and
mucous surfaces of the system. They offer
one hundred dollars for any case it fails to
cure. Send for circulars and testimonials.
Address, F. J. CHENEY & CO.,
ggySold by Druggists, 75c. Toledo, O
Taxes Are xVll Paid.
Columbus, Ga., March 28.—Not a sin
gle piece of real estate /has been adver
tised in Muscogee county this year to se
cure the payment of state and county
t xes. Every real estate taxpayer in the
county came up on time this year.
Count de Beneditti Dead.
Paris, March 28.—Count Vincent de
Beneditti, the French ambassador to
Prussia at the time of the outbreak of
the war between Prussia and France, iu
1870, is dead. He was born in OerCeca
in 1817.
Mrs. Harriet Evans, Hinsdale,111.,
writes, “1 never fail to relieve my
children from croup at once by us
ing One minute Cough Cure. I
jvould not feel safe without it.”
Quickly cures coughs, colds, grippe
and ail throat and lung diseases.
Mines Are In No Danger.
London, March 26—A distinguished
Boer, said to be a relative of President
Kruger and the sou of a well known
Boer general, has declared there was
not the slightest danger of the Boers
destroying the South African mines.
“That report,” he said, “must have
been invented by our enemies. Ic
would meau to us merely destroying
our own property.”
Referring to Montagu White’s state
ment on this subject in Washington, he
said:
“They are totally unauthorized. He
had absolutely no right to savanything
of the kind and what h9 has said has
given a false, harmful impression.”
Ex-Consul Before Foreign Re
lations Committee.
RELATES HIS EXPERIENCE
Probable Fatal Shooting.
Savannah, March 28.—At 1:30 o’clock
this afternoon Daniel Singleton, a negro,
shot Daniel Fields, another negro, in a
quarrel. Believing that he had killed
Fields, Singleton turned the revolver on
himself and attempted to commit sui
cide. He is badly shot in the head, and
it is feared he will die.
States That British Officials Have State
Department Cipher— Mr. Howard Re
gards it as an Effort to Slake Sensa
tion Out of Nothing.
Washington, March 28.—Charles E.
Macrurn of East Liverpool, O., the Amer
ican ex-consul at Pretoria, appeared be
fore the house foreign affairs committee
and told of the alleged indignities he
suffered at the hands of the British dur
ing his incumbency. When he gave out
his statement some weeks ago, declaring
that his official mail had been opened by
British officials, Representative Wheeler
of Kentucky introduced a resolution
railing for an investigation.
It was subsequently arranged that the
foreign affairs committee should take
the matter up on its own volition with
out any direction from the house and
Mr. Macrum was summoned to Wash
ington to testify. In opening Mr. Ma-
crum recalled the statement he made
some time ago to the Associated Press.
That statement, he said, practically em
bodied all he had to say. He explained
that when he asked for leave of absence
he desired to come home for private
reasons and also because he desired to
place before the United States govern
ment certain facts which he deemed it
essential to be known here. He under
stood, he said, that the British had pos-
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One Minute Cough Cure, cures.
That is what it was made for.
session of our cable cipher. He was uot
certain of this, but he had since had in
formation which convinced him that his
suspicions were correct.
He also desired information as to his
course when the settlement came at the
end of the war. Further he had a peti
tion from some American residents in
the Transvaal asking that the United
States maintain absolute neutrality
which lie wanted to present to the state
department.
Asked as to when he was first satisfied
that his mail was being tampered with,
he said that war was declared Oct. 24.
He did not receive any mail between
that date aud the second week iu No
vember. Ordinarily he had a box of
mail every week.
Pressed for specific information as to
how he got the intimation that the Brit
ish were opening aud delaying his mail,
he replied that when his mail did not ar
rive he telegraphed our consul at Lorenzo
Marquez requesting him to iuquire of
Cape Town why it was being delayed.
The consul replied that he also had re
ceived no mail.
Mr. Macrum said the delay of his mail
created a conviction in his mind that the
British authorities were responsible. The
first actual evidence be had was the re
ceipt of- two opened letters. He pro
duced the envelopes which he said con
tained those letters. One was from a
private citizen, addressed to the Uuited
States consul at Pretoria, and the other
was to him by name from Colonel Stowe,
at Cape Town.
Mr. William Alden Smith of Chicago,
questioned the witness sharply on rea
sons for stating his belief that the Brit
ish authorities had possession of the state
department’s cipher.
Mr. Macrum said lie could not affirm
that fact from actual knowledge, hut
there were certain facts which convinced
him that such was the case. He ac
knowledged that ou Nov. 6 he had ca
bled the state department in cipher ask
ing for a leave of absence. The message
had goue through Durban. The next
day, Nov. 7, he said, he had been in
formed that a newspaper at Durban
printed the fact that he had asked for
leave of absence.
Mr. Smith proceeded to interrogate
Mr. Macrum as to the character of the
code used by him in this dispatch.
“The message,” said Mr. Macrum,
“was sent in the state department cipher
of the Slater code.”
At this point Mr. Howard of Georgia
interposed to question the utility of the
examination of Mr. Macrum. “It looks
to me,” said he, “like an effort to con
coot a sensation out of nothing.”
Populists 3Iay Nominate Georgian
For tho Presidency.
Indianapolis, March 24. — Henry
Walter of tho middle-of-the-road Popu
lists is preparing to leave for an ex
tended visit to the various state organi
zations. He is said to be slated for na
tional chairman.
“Tom Watson of Georgia can have
the uomination for president if he wants
it,” said Mr. Walter, “and I believe
Dr. B. F. Fay of Minneapolis will be
his running mate. He is a close friend
of Ignatius Donnelly.”
When asked if the previous nomina
tion by the middle-of-the-roaders of
Barker of Pniladelphia for president
and Ignatius Donnelly for vice presi
dent would nave any effect toward
binding th9 coming convention Mr.
Walter said:
“Those nominations were made only
to show our party that we are de
termined to stand by our guns.”
A call has been issued for a meeting
of the National Reform press, which is
composed of all the Populist papers, to
be held in Cincinnati, May 8 and 8.
THE WAR IN
SOUTH AFRICA
Negro Industrial College.
Fort Valley, Ga., March £3.—The
Negro industrial college at thi3 place
is making extensive improvements. The
work has already begun and is satisfac
torily progressing. About $5,000 will
be pnt in the proposed D9W buildings
and equipment. Some good contribu
tions from northern friends to the
school are coming iu to be added to the
$5,000 gift from the Pennsylvania lady
recently and the prospects of the col
lege under the officient management of
Professor J. C. Davidson were never so
flattering.
General Joubert Is Suspected by
the Boers.
A Life and Death Fight.
Ouestion 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 scarce,
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.tbe 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 Flower, 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.
Awarded to Wayne County.
Atlanta, March 28.—The 25,000acres
of land over which Charlton and Wayne
counties have been fighting during the
greater part of the present century have
been declared by Secretary of State
Philip Cook to belong to the county of
Wayne. Under the act of the legisla
ture the decision of the secretary of state
is final, but at the same time there is a
tendency to believe the act of the legis
lature in conferring on an executive offi
cial undeniable judicial powers, is un
constitutional.
M. B. Smith, Butternut. Mioh.,
says, "DeWitt’s Little Early risers
are the very best pills I ever used
for constiveness, liver and bowell
troubles.” h. b. MCMaster.
Mr. W. A. Hines, of Manchester,
la., writing of his almost miracu
lous escape from death says: “Ex
posure after measles induced seri
ous lung trouble, which ended in
consumption. I had frequent hem
orrhages aDd coughed night and
day. All my doctors said I must
soon die. Then I began to use Dr.
King’s New Discovery for consump
tion, which completely cured me. I
would not be without it even if it
cost $5.00 a bottle. Hundreds have
used it on my recommendation and
ail say it never fails to cure throat,
chest and lung troubles.” Regular
size bottles at 50c. and $1 00. Trial
bottles free at h. b. MCMaster’s
drug store.
Griffin Is Captured.
Columbia, S. O., March 28.—Middle
Griffin, the 15-year-term convict who es
caped last week when a gang of convicts
on the farm near Columbia made an at
tack on the guard, which resulted in the
killing of one, the wounding of another
and the capture of all but Griffin, is
again a prisoner. While being pursued
Griffin became entangled iu a barb wire
fence and before he could extricate him
self he was handcuffed and shackled
Pay of Schoolteachers.
Atlanta, March 28.—The teachers in
the common schools of Georgia, under a
decision rendered by Attorney General
Terrell, will get their salaries this year
•i time. Payments will be made from
state treasury for the two spring
mbs of the school term, though it
d for a time as if only the salaries
,ui one month could be paid on time.
Will Soon Be In Operation.
Cullman, Ala., March 28.—The Cull
man Handle factory will begin opera
tions in about ten ' days. Twenty-five
men will be employed in operating this
factory, the money to build which was
contributed by enterprising business
men of this place. Geisen Bros, of
Crown Point, Ind., will have the man
agement of the new enterprise.
New 31 ill For Carrollton.
Carrollton, Ga , March 24.—A cot
ton mill with $200,000 capital is to be
established here. Local capital entirely
is to push this new enterprise to suc
cess. Ic is expected that all of the
stock will be taken in Carroll county.
Creamery For Sparta.
Sparta, Ga., March 27.—Sparta is to
have a creamery. The necessary amount
of stock has been raised and work will
be commenced on the buildings in the
near future.
Bloemfontein, March 27.—A cavalry
reconnoissance was made Sunday to
ward Frankfort. The Sixteenth Lan
cers, by skirmishing, drove the Boers
from their positions into the open, when
the Ninth Lancers attempted to outflank
the enemy, while they were engaged
from the front by a dismounted section
of the Sixteenth Lancers. Our casual
ties are reported to be few.
A dispatch from Maseru, Basutoland,
dated March 26, says:
“The Basutoland government is busy
collecting natives to be employed at
Bloemfontein in repairing the railroads.
The natives report that the Free Staters
on the borders of Basutoland have re
fused to go to Kroonstadt and are stay
ing on their farms, as it is now the
ploughing season and they are inclined 1
to keep their land aud submit rather
than give it up aud fight.
Reports from Natal show no develop
ments of importance have occurred ( here
up to March 23. A dispatch from the
Boor camp at Glencoe, dated March 26,
says:
“No attack is expected to be made on
the Boer forces in Natal. Generals Botha
and Meyer have been joined by their
wives. Pretortus, with a patrol, got be
tween an advance guard of lancers and
the main body March 22. One lancer,
who refused to surrender, was shot.”
A Ladysmith special says:
“A Boer patrol endeavored to trap a
party of the Thirteenth Hussars March
26, at Wasclibank. A hot chase resulted
and several Boers were wounded.”
Advices today from Cape Town say:
“Rains are general throughout South
Africa and rivers which have been dry
for years are being flooded. Many camps
are transformed into swamps. This will
still more militate against the British ad
vance.
Sickness among the Boer prisoners on
the transports is increasing. Three
deaths occurred March 26. Typhoid
alone claims 100 victims among the pris
oners and the population of Simonston
fear an epidemic.
A meeting of the bund was held at
Paarl March 26 aud was attended by
several members of the case assembly.
It passed resolutions regretting that the
Cape government was not consulted be
fore the war and declaring that any set
tlement which does not respect the inde
pendence of the republic will be detri
mental to the British interests of the <
Cape. Mr. Hargrove, the chief speaker,
prophesied another war within six years
unless independence was granted, and
Assemblyman Myers characterized the
war as a “continuation of the Jameson
raid.”
General White was present and stood
by the mayor and municipal council of
Cape Town, assuring them of his sym
pathy in their enforced home-going and
declared that the records of the siege of
Ladysmith are among the brightest an
nals of the nation.
Michael Davitt arrived at Lorenzo
Marquez March 24.
A dispatch from that port declares the
Boers are using natives to construct
trenches around Johannesburg, adding
that the mines are expected to shut down
soon.
A dispatch from Dor ban says:
“William Cox, a newspaper corres
pondent who was released from impris
onment at Pretoria, has arrived here.
Mr. Cox saw Secretary Reitz and
says he was evidently worried at the
turn of events. Prominent persons at
the Transvaal capital bitterly accuse Mr.
Hofmeyer, the Afrikander leader, and*
Premier Schreiner with deserting them.
They say they expected 100,000 Cape*
Colonists to join the republics. General
Joubert is apparently suspected of half
heartedness and Mr. Cox gathered that
his life would he in danger at the hands
of the irate burghers if Pretoria is lost.
Owner of Teeth Shows Up.
Savannah, March 23.—An owner has
shown up lor the overcoat, hat and set
of false teeth found on the stoop of a
Daffy street residence. The gentleman
learned that his molars had been found
and lost no time in sending a friend to
the police station to claim them.
Glorious News
Comes from Dr. D. B. Cargile, of
Washita, I. T. He writes: “Four
bottles of Electric Bitters has cured
Mrs. Brewer of scrofula, which had
caused her great suffering for years.
Terrible sores would break out on
her head and face, and the best doc
tors could give no help; but her
cure is complete and her health is
excellent.” This shows what
thousands have proved,—-that Elec
tric Bitters is the best blood purifi
er known. It’s the supreme remedy
for eczema, tetter, sait rheum,ulcers,
boils and running sores. It stimu
lates liver, kidneys and bowels, ex
pels poisons, helps digestion builds
up the strength. Only 50 cents.
Sold by H. B. MCMaster, druggist.
Guaranteed,
Commencement Exercises.
Augusta, Ga., March 24—The sixty-
eighth annual commencement of the
medical college, which is the medical
department of the University of Geor
gia, took place in the opera house to
night The graduating class this year
numbers 59.
Gainesville’s New Mill.
Gainesville, Ga., March 24—The
Pacolet Manufacturing company of Fac-
olet, S. C., have begun work on the
New Holland Springs property, which
they purchased last week for the pur
pose of erecting thereon a $1,000,000
cotton milL
Rich Coal Find ut Dawson.
Dawson, Ga., March 24—While bor
ing the artesian well at the Dawson oil
compress plant a strata of coal w:@
struck. Contractor Tinsley, who is
sinking the well, says that the strata is
200 feet below the surface and is 60 feet
in depth.
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