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| the . . B AUGUSTA B I SAVINGS l BANK, . W. B. YOUNG, President, J. G, WE1GLE, Cashier. I SO 5 Broail Street, I.U'fiUSTA, Georgia. R A VINOS ACCOUNTS SULiriTKl). Interest Paid On Deposits. Hi THE TRUE CITIZEN. Volume 18. Waynesboro, Georgia, Saturday, March 31, 1900. Number 50, THE PLANTERS LOAN AND SAVINGS BANK, Augusta. Ca. (pays interest L. C. Hayne, President. ORGANIZED 18 0 \V. C, Ward law Cashier. 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- mmmmmmmmmmm'mmmmwMWM M H On April Second We will issue our NEW CATA LOGUE of FLY SCREENS for WIN DOWS and DOORS. If you would like to have a copy please drop us a postal. c' Augusts: WATSON IS THEIR CHOICE. 1 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. -— 1