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| AUGUSTA, GEORGIA.
Volume 18.
Waynesboro, Georgia, Saturday,
April IT, 1900. Number 52.
Augusta. Ca. U-c.
1 W. C, Wardlaw
ORGANIZED 18 Oj Cashier.
THE WAR IN
SOUTH AFRICA
Bo rs Vigorously Attack British
at Wepener==Losses Heavy.
London, April 10.—The Boar attach
r a General Brabant’s force at Wepener
v.'as resumed again at dawn today. The
enemy’s attack on two or three sides on
Monday lasted until 2:30 o’clock in the
afternoon, when the firing ceased, and
i r wa • believed that the enemy had been
i■oaten off, but it was announced this
: -oming from Aliwalnortli that the
lighting had again begun.
General Brabant’s force, numbering
Loin 2,000 to 3,000, hold positions in a
rough country. It is not known what
numerical strength of the Boers is,
: whatever it may be, it is being rap
idly augmented. A body of 2,000 Boera
1 s marching toward Springfontein from
. aiithfield, between Wepener and
S; iringfontein. The detonation of heavy
guns was beard at Maseru on Monday,
dir Godfrey Lagden, the British resident
munissioner of Basutoland, has left
Maseru for the border.
The events in the southeast portion of
fhe Free State have caused the Eighth
division, which had been ordered to
Fourteen Streams, to be dispatched to
Springfontein.
Mysterious movements of troops at
Bittemfonteiu are proceeding. The news
paper correspondents are not allowed to
telegraph their destinations and the pre-
suns pi ion is that Lord Roberts is making
a disposition to cut off the raids of the
j Ger forces when they try to withdraw
northward from the pursuing British
columns.
The reappearance of the Boers in tho
occupied country hits caused a revival of
the warlike feeling among fhe Free
Staters of the Fauresmith and Pliilip-
polis districts. The federal agents are
busy getting details of the surrendered
Boers, and owing to the British gam-
sons being withdrawn from these dis
tricts the British residents are uneasy
and have sent delegates to Springfon-
t e-iii to ask for help. They were told
that steps for their defense would be im
mediately taken.
The Boers are reported to have ven
tured to the Biggarsberg and to be post
ing heavy gnus 4 miles north of Elands-
laagte. They are also said to have forti
fied the vicinity of Wessel’s Nek.
The war office proposes to land at
Cape Town before the end of May 20,000
horses, which will be conveyed there in.
.23 steamers sailing from New Orleans,
Buenos Ayres and Australian ports.
A dispatch from Aliwalnorth says an
engagement took place yesterday at
Wepener. The Boers’ Yickers-Maxim
did considerable execution at first, but
the British guns soon got the range and
did great havoc. The RCuxville com
mando has gone to Wepener.
The fighting was severe and lasted all
day long. Tho Boers received a check.
The casualties were rather heavy on
both sides. Another commando is ad
vancing toward Wepener from Dewett’s
dorp.
Heavy fighting was continued at We
pener this (Tuesday) morning. The re
sult is unknown. Three Boer com
mandos are attacking the town.
News has been received of the ad
vance of the southern relief column to
ward Mafeking. The Boers opened fire
at sunrise with seven guns, including
one 100-pounder. This has been the
most vigorous bombardment of the
siege. The Boer siege gun alone has al
ready fired over 60 rounds.
Under cover of the fire the Boers ad
vanced to the northern face of the works,
but retired reeipitately on coming within
rifle range.
They also advanced to the southwest
ern posts, but were repulsed.
The Boers under Commandant Jan
Cronje ax-e evidently falling back before
the advance of the southern relief col
umn and are concentrating with two
commandos, who are retiring before
Colonel Plumer in order -to make a final
effort to reduce the town.
.Ail the forts and outlying positions
are manned, the troops are standing to
arms and everybody is under cover.
All are convinced that this is the
Boers’ last attempt.
A dispatch from Pietermaritzburg says
heavy cannonading commenced this
morning in the vicinity of Elaands-
laagte.
A dispatch from Ladysmith says the
Boers have posted a big gun on Knights
hill, north of Elandslaagte, and another
in the vicinity of Wessels Nek station.
The enemy are reported to be strongly
intrenched at Holpmakaar.
Advices from Mafeking say a band of
armed Kaffirs left Mafeking, through
the burghei-s’ lines, during the night of
April 5 and were followed and sur
rounded in the bush, where they were
shelled by a Maxim-Nordenfeldt gun.
The Boers then .stormed the Kaffir posi
tion, killing 31. The Kaffirs fought
stubbornly.
Skirmishes are reported at Biggars
berg and in the Free State, mostly be
tween patrols.
A Ladysmith dispatch says heavy fir
ing was heard early this morning in the
direction of Sunday-; river. It contin
ued for a few hours No details oil the
engagement have been received
It is expected that the Boers will en
deavor to retake and destroy the bridge
over the Orange river. Consequently,
extraordinary precautions have been
taken. A force of Boers is located 12
miles east. As a matter of fact, the
Boers practically again hold the Free
State eastward of the railroad and are
greatly encouraged by their successes at
Reilddersburg and Korn Spraitt.
Advices from Accra, British Gold
Coast Colony, say: A relieving force of
100 hussars has" started for Kumassie.
As this body of troops is considered in
sufficient, a larger force is being concen
trated in the Hinterland. Kumassie is
evidently invested. The Ashanti have
captured several native teachers and
their families. The rising is spreading.
Prisoners at St. Helena.
Island of St. Helena, April 10.—The
Niobe and the Milwaukee have arrived
here with the Boer prisoners. Their
health is good, with the exception of
four cases of measles, necessitating the
Milwaukee being quarantined. The
prisoners are quiet and well behaved.
They will probably laud tomorrow. The
governor has been notified of the desire
of the authorities that the prisoners be
treated with every courtesy and consid
eration.
killing of obie tharpe.
Young Man Was Shot by His LTncle
Through Mistake.
Montgomery, Ala., April 10.—A letter
ter from a gentleman in Geneva~county
relates the facts of the killing of Obie
Tharpe at that place.
F. B. Tharpe, a Georgian, has charge
of a railroad construction camp in Ge
neva. A number of negro loiterers came
into tlie camp and started a row among
Tharpe’s workmen, and he, accompan
ied by his assistant and nephew, Obie
Tharpe, ordered them to leave, where
upon the negroes showed fight. Tharpe
and liis nephew went together to the
commissary and secured shotguns. As
they loft the building Tharpe walked
around it on oue side and his nephew,
unknown to him, started around on the
other side. When he reached the rear
of the store, Tharpe, seeing a man with
a gun coming upon him, fired, aud a
minute afterward realized he had killed
his nephew.
Obie Tharpe had been his uncle’s ward
and constant companion since he was 10
years old, and the-uncle is almost crazed
with grief.
PROFITS FROM CONVICTS.
State Clears $85,000 Under the New
Cease System.
Atlanta, April 7.—The year which
was asked for the trial of tlie new con
vict lease system in the state closed
April 1, and the report of the last quar
ter of the amount received for convict-
hire has been prepared at the office of
the prison commission.
The report shows that the new system
has brought into tlie treasury $200,389.13,
not including a clear profit of $5,000 on
the prison farm at Millsdgeville. Of
this amount $120,000 was appropriated
to meet the expenses of this department,
leaving at the lowest figure a profit to
the state of $85,000 in a year as a re
sult of its experiment.
Under the old lease system by which
the state practically sold the convicts,
labor and all, to the lessees, the annual
profit amounted to $10,000 and seldom
exceeded $12,000.
RECEIVERS ARE APPOINTED.
Southern Home Building and Loan As
sociation to He Wound Up.
Atlanta, April 5.—Judge Don A.
Pardee of the United States circuit
court has appointed Judge John T. Pen
dleton and Wee President and General
Manager William H. Henderson receiv
ers of the Southern Home Building and
Loan association.
The plaintiffs in the bill are three
stockholders, Mrs. M. C. Alexander of
Tennessee, owner of 32 shares of stock,
valued at $3,200; W. S. Bradley of Vir
ginia, owner of 10 shares, valued at $500,
and A. T. Spalding of Texas, owner of 2
shares, valued at $200.
It is expected that the affairs of the
association will be wound up within a
very short period.
DETECTIVES IN CONTEMPT.
Job Printing promptly executed.
Judge Lumpkin Sentences Looney and
Bradley to 20 Days In Jail.
Atlanta, April 10.—David S. Looney
aud William A Bradley, two private de
tectives of Atlanta, have been declared
by Judge J. H. Lumpkin to be in con
tempt of court and were sentenced to 20
days in Fulton county jail.
A few minutes after announcing this
decision Judge Lumpkin granted a su
persedeas and placed the two men under
$1,000 bonds, making the provision that
the bill of exceptions is to be filed within
20 days. The case will be taken to the
supreme court for final decision, and if
the judgment of Judge Lumpkin is
affirmed the two detectives null at once
begin serving their sentences.
Boycott Is Threatened.
Columbus, Ga., April 10.—The brick
manufacturers of the city have received
anonymous letters regarding the selling
of brick to a local firm of contractors
which has been awarded the contract
for erecting a school building requiring
considerable brick. Copies of the letter
were sent to each manufacturer, who
was warned against selling any brick to
the firm mentioned, the letter stating
that the firm was unfair to labor, and
suggesting that brickmakers would
avoid a boycott by refusing to sell to
them.
Charged With Attempted Bribery.
Atlanta, April 7.—Charged with at
tempted jury bribing Detective David S.
Looney and William M. Bradley, form
erly a justice court bailiff, have been or
dered to appear before Judge Lumpkin
Monday morning and show cause wby
they should not be attached for contempt.
Governor to Visit 3Iacon.
Macon, April 7.—Governor Candler
will attend the reception and dance to
be given by the Macon volunteers, April
22, in honor of the seventy-fifth anni
versary of the company. Captain Ha-
zlehurst has received notice that the
governor has accepted the invitation.
Threatened the Recorder.
Atlanta, April 7.—Dred Crumpton
and Leila Williams, both negroes, have
been bound over to the superior crimi
nal court on the charge of sending a
threatening letter to Judge Broyles, re
corder of the police court.
Quitman Machine Shops Burned.
Quitman, Ga., April 10.—The Quit-
man machine shops burned to the ground
Sunday night, entailing a loss on O. F.
Goodwin, its owner, of more than $4,000.
There was no insurance on the building
or its contents.
Georgia Cliautauga.
Albany, Ga., April 10.—Albany is
making elaborate preparations’ for the
approaching twelfth annual assembly of
the Georgia Chautauqua, which occurs
this year from April 22 to 29, inclusive.
Death of J. E. Williams.
vSlanta, April 10.—James Etheldred
Williams, one of Atlanta’s oldest and
most highly eespected citizens, died yes
terday afternoon at 3 o’clock at his home,
185 Forrest avenue.
Judge Wooten Dead.
Albany, Ga., April 10.—Judge Coun-
cel B. Wooten died Monday afternoon at
his home in Arcadia, a suburb of Albany.
SEVEN RUNNING SORES CURED
BY
Johnston’s Sarsaparilla
QUART BOTTLES.
'THE GREAT SPRING MEDICINE.
JOHNSTON’S SARSAPARILLA as a Blood Food and Nerve Energizer, is the
greatest SPRING AIEDICINE ever discovered. It comes as a rich blessing from
heaven to the “ worn out,” the run down, the overworked and debilitated. That “ tired
feeling,” these “sinking spells,” the languor and despondency which arise from badly nour
ished nerves, from thin, vitiated blood and an underfed body, vanish as if by a magic
spell. The weariness, lassitude and nervous prostration which accompany the spring,
time and the heat of summer, are conquered and banished at once. For every form of
neurasthenia, and all ailments of the brain and nerve, insomnia, hysteria and nervousness
generally, it is almost a specific. It furnishes the very elements to rebuild worn-out nerve
tissues. It feeds brain, nerve centers and nerves, calming and equalizing their action; it
makes rich, red, honest blood. Newness of life, new hope, new strength follow its faith
ful use. It makes the weak strong, and the old young again.
It was the antiquated (but now happily exploded) method in the good old times, to
treat Sait Rheum, Scrofula, Cancer and other troublesome disorders arising from
BLOOD TAINT with powerful alteratives, such as mercury, arsenic and other mineral
agents. It was expected by ihis treatment that the- poison could be killed while the blood
was left to course through its channels holding in its circulation the specific germs of the
disease. But in this way, every part of the body became more or less diseased. Noth
ing can be more terrible than a horribly destructive blood taint. It not only attacks viru
lently the different structures of the body, but many times the bones are honey-combed
and destroyed. It often seeks out the nerves and spinal cord, and again it will bring de
cay and death to some vital organ, as the kidneys, liver or stomach. There is only one
scientific method for the cure of blood taint. That is, PURIFICATION! Every particle
of the blood must be removed through the execretory channels, the lungs, kidneys, bowels,
liver and skin. “ First pure, then peaceable.” The great restorative, reconstructive and
vitalizer of the blood, JOHNSTON’S SARSAPARILLA, not only radically and ex
haustively removes the taint, but also removes all mercury, calomel and other minerals,
and fills the veins and arteries with the ruby, glowing current of vitality. “The blood is
the life.” Good health means pure blood. The old and reliable remedy, JOHNSTON’S
SARSAPARILLA, is universally regarded as the greatest Blood Purifier ever discov
ered. This fact is now established beyond question or cavil.
BLOOD POISON CURED BY .JOHNSTON’S 8 A KS A PADILLA.
Byron, Mich., October 31, 1894.
Williams, Davis, Brooks & Co., Detroit:
Gentlemen:—In April last I began using JOHNSTON’S SARSAPARILLA for Blood Poison, caused
by an amputation of one of my arms. I had SEVEN RUNNING SORES on my legs. 1 used two bottles
and was entirely cured. I know it is what cured me. Yours truly, G. W. LUTHER.
MICHIGrAlV DHTTGr C03X]PAJnr, DETROIT, Tvrrrm-.
H. B. McM ASTER, Waynesbors, Ga.
DANIEL, SON* & PALMER. Millen, Ga.
S.F. OOOPER. Rocky’Ford, Ga.
I W, H. PARKER, Rocky Ford, Ga.
| E. S. LANE A-CO , Dover, Ga
| M. M, PERKINS, Perkins, Ga,
PUERTO RIGAN BILL
IS PASSED BY HOUSE
Final Vote on Measure Taken
at 5 O’clock.
PARTY LINES ARE DRAWN
Few Republicans, Who Could Not Be
Whipped Into Line, Voted Against
Measure—Quay Case Laid Before
Senate - Other Matters Considered.
Washington, April 11.—The closing
struggle over the Puerto Rico tariff hill
set for today in the house attracted great
crowds to the galleries, and all the pre
parations indicated a field day replete
with exciting incidents.
Excitement was at a high pitch when
the speaker’s gavel feel at noon. Aa
soon as the reading of the journal waa
concluded, Mr. Dalzell of Pennsylvania,
one of the leaders of the majority and a
member of the committee on rules, pre
sented the special order under which the
house was to operate.
Up in the conclusion of the reading of
the rule upon demand of Mr Dalzell, the
previous question on its adoption waa
ordered. The rale was adopted, 158 to
143, indicating the passage of the hill.
This gave 20 minutes for debate on each
side under the rules.
The final vote on the measure resulted
in its passage on strictly party lines,
with the exception of a few Republicans
who could not be whipped into line.
When the senate convened a resolu
tion was adopted calling on the presi
dent to inform the senate whether any
persons have been executed by garrota
in Puerto Rico since the United States
have been in control, and if so why this
method of execution was employed.
The resolution relating to the Quay
case was laid before the senate and Mr.
Burrows of Michigan rose to address
himself to it. Mr. Allison of Iowa re
quested Mr. Burrows to yield to him
that he might have the senate take up
the District appropriation bill.
It Saved His Leg.
P. A. Danforth, of LaGrange, Ga.,
suffered intensely for six months
with a frightful running sore on his
ieg, but writes that Bucklen’s Arni
ca Salve wholly cured it in ten
days. For Ulcers, Wounds, Burns,
Boils, Pain or Piles, it’s the best
best salve In the world. Cure guar
anteed. Only 25c. Sold by H. B
McMaster, druggist.
THE COMPTROLLER’S REPLY.
He Answers Some Inquiries Regarding
the Currency Bill.
Washington, April 11.—The comp
trailer of the currency, in answer to in
quiries today, said:
“Under authority of section 5193,
United States revised statutes, national
bauks have heretofore been permitted
to deposit with any assistant treasurer
of the United States lawful money in
sums not less than $10,000, and to re
ceive therefor a certificate of deposit,
which certifies that they were author
ized to count it as part of their lawful
money reserve.
“Section 6, of the act of March 14,
1900, known as the currency bill, repeals
this entire section of the revised statutes
and iu consequence the bauks will here
after be prohibited from counting such
certificates as part of their lawful re
serve.
“There are about $14,500,000 of these
certificates now outstanding which are
held entirely by the banks in the prin
cipal cities of the east with the exception
of a few western cities and also indi
cated in their reports as United States
certificates of deposit.
“The result of this repeal of section 6
will be the reappearance in circulation
of the legal tenders against which the
certificates have been issued.”
DeWitt’s Little Early Risers,
The lamous little pills.
31 urdered and Robbed His Wife.
Jacksonville, Fla., April 11.—Fof
the possession of $1 his wife had earned
by doing washing, Charles J. Williams
murdered the woman at Cummer’s saw
mill, 4 miles east of Jacksonville. Wil
liams took the dollar from his dying
wife’s hand and left the house. He es
caped and no effort was made to capture
him.
To Be Tried For Embezzlement.
Raleigh, April 11.—At the approach
ing term of the federal court here two
negro postmasters are to be tried for em
bezzlement.
Kellogg Gets Four Years.
New York, April 11.—James Kellogg,
the head of E. S. Dean & Co., has been
sentenced to four years and six months
in the state prison.
There is more emarrn in this section of the
country than all other diseases put together,
and until tbelast 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 with 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 & 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.,
jggf-Sold by Druggists, 75c. Toledo, O
President to Visit Charleston.
Charleston, April 11.—It has been
practically determined that President
McKinley will visit Charleston next
July, during the session of the teachers’
convention. Frank Q. O'Neill, wha
with Mayor Smyth, visited Washington
and urged tho" president to come to
Charleston, states that President Mc
Kinley took kindly to the invitation anil
expressed the pleasure that he would ex
perience in visiting Charleston.
Seizure of Tobacco.
San Francisco, April 11.—Five hun
dred pounds of plug cut tobacco have
been seized in various localities by in
ternal revenue agents because the pack
ages were insufficiently stamped. This
tobacco, manufactured by a St. Louie
firm, has been put up in packages weigh
ing from an ounce and three-quarters to
two ounces and the packages had been
uniformly stamped as weighing an ounce
and two-thirds.
Wimmer Goes East.
Louisville, April 11.—Yesterday wag
a cold, raw, rainy day at Churchill
Downs and as a consequence work among
the thoroughbreds was devoid of inter
esting features. The most noteworthy
occurrence of the day was the leaving of
Peter Wimmer with the big string of
horses owned by ex-Secretary of the
Navy Whitney for the east.
Hemp Culture In Carolina.
Camden, S. C., April 11.—A special
Agent- of the United States departmenl
of agriculture has been to the South
Carolina state farms during the past few
days for the purpose of planting experi
mental plats of China and Italian hemps
to test the practicability of growing
them in the climate and soil of this
vicinitv-
H. Clark, Chauncey, Ga., says De-
Witt’s Witch Hazel Salve cured
him of piles that had afflicted him
for twenty years. It is also a speedy
cure for skin diseases. Beware of
dangerous counterfeits. H. B. Mc
Master.
May Have Bull Fight at Fair.
Atlanta, April 7.—There is a possi
bility that a Mexican bull fight, con
ducted on strictly humane lines so as not
to cause bloodshed to the bull, but at the
same time to furnish exciting sport to
the spectators, will be one of the features
of the Southern International fair, to be
held here this fall.
Ice Advanced In Price.
Atlanta, April 9.—As a result of an
agreement between the manufacturers
of ice in this city the price of that pro
duct has been advanced from 20 cents tc
35 cents per 100 pounds.
Subscribe! Subscribe!!
SOUTHERN’S TROUBLE
WITH OPERATORS
Organizer Stillwell Talks of
Telegraphers’ Grievances.
On April Second
DEFERRED TO SPENCER
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.
Case Has Been Appealed to President
of Southern Railway—Unless Opera
tors Are Given 3Iore Pay and Shorter
Hours Strike Will Be Declared.
Knoxville, April 11.—A. B. Stillwell
of St. Louis, assistant to W. V. Powell
of the Order of Railway Telegraphers,
was in this city last night conferring
with local telegraphers of the Southern
railway. It is said he failed in his effort
to secure a local organizer. He said the
complaint is against small salaries and
long hours, aud that unless President
Spencer grants relief a strike will be set
on foot that will shake the Southern
system to its foundation. He said it
might be postponed for several months
or a year, but it will surely come. About
10 per cent of the telegraphers on the
Knoxville division belong to the order.
3Ioulders 3Iay Strike.
Cincinnati, April 11.—Representa
tives of the National Iron Founders’ as
sociation and of the International Iron
Moulders’ union, after a 2-days’ confer
ence here, have disagreed on the subject
of a wage scale. The demand of the
men was for an advance of 25 cents a
day on the minimum'wages of $2.75 and
for other concessions. The outcome
will now depend on the action of local
unions throughout the country and may
result in a combination to enforce the
demand.
MILLIONAIRES IN OVERALLS.
Meta With Big Bank Accounts Shoulder
Soldering Pots.
Chicago, April 11.—Twelve men in
overalls which were spotless and whose
hands looked anything but accustomed
to manual labor, today marched into the
Marshall Field building against which
the unions have called a strike and went
to work.
They were employing pnmbers whose
aggregate wealth foots well up into the
millions. In order to fulfill E. Biggott
& Co.’s contract on the building they
volunteered last night to step into the
breach made by the strikers and with
the aid of such skill as remained to them
after years spent in watching growing
bank accounts to finish the plumbing
work in the structure.
Among them were M. J. Corbock,
who, as he placed the soldering iron m
the coals, might have boen preparing to
buy the whole block, for he is rated a
millionaire. Aud there was Thomas
Colin, whose wealth is estimated at
$500,000, Paul Radisski, another of the
workmen, is worth $200,000. Frank
Falk, Charles Herbert and ex-Alderman
Andrew Watson, all credited with
liberal fortunes, were others in the vol
unteer ranks now warring against the
building trades council which they say
must go.
Later in the day it was learned that
E. Baggott & Co., who had the plumb
ing contract for the Marshall Field
building, on which the unions have
called a strike, announced that they
would not avail themselves of the offer
of several wealthy plumbing contractors
to take the place of the striking plumb
ers in order that the contract might be
finished in time, and no work was done
by the bosses.
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 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 the action of the liver,
stimulate the nervous and organic
action of the system, and that is all
the,y 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.
KILLING OF YOUNG THARPE.
His Uncle Is Charged With Having
Murdered Him.
Macon, ADril 9.—Fred Tharpe be
lieves his son, Obe Tharpe, was mur
dered in Alabama several weeks ago, in- j
stead of being accidentally killed as was j
reported here.
It was stated at the time that Obe j
Tharpe had a row with the negroes ;
working for him and had been killed.
There was some doubt as to the story, I
and Fred Tharpe visited the scene of the j
killing for the purpose of making an in
vestigation. He has returned here and
states that he believes Frank Tharpe
killed his son and wants him arrested.
It is reported here that Frank Tharpe
has disappeared from the railroad camp,
where the crime was committed, and
that he cannot be found anywhere. It
is also said that the coroner’s jury in
vestigated the killing, and on examina
tion of the body found that there was
only one bullet hole in the man’s head,
while Frank Tharpe reported that there
were 13.
BRITISH SUSTAIN
SEVERE REVERSES
Six Hundred Are Killed and
Wounded Near Brandfort.
THE BATTLE AT WEPENER
BIG SENSATION IN AUGUSTA.
Excavation Near Cemetery Startles the
People of the Town.
Augusta, Ga., April 9.—Foreman W.
H. Powell of the cemetery force has dis
covered a newly-made hole in the ground
just on the outside of the waff, on Lin
coln street. He went out to investigate
aud found that some object had been dug
out of the ground, and had evidently
been carried off in a wagon, as there
were the tracks made by wheels leading
up to the hole.
It is generally believed that some oue
dug up a pot of gold which was buried
there during the panicky years of the
civil war. What was buried there and
who dug it up is one of the mysteries
surrounding the Augusta cemetery.
Siorj or a Slate,
To be bound hand and foot for
years by the chains of disease is the
worst form of slavery. George D.
Williams, of Manchester, 3iicb , tells
how such a slave was made free.
He says: “My wile has been so
helpless for five years that she
could not turn over in bed alone.
Heavy Engagement Fought There.
Details Unobtainable—Boers Bom
bard Ladysmith - 3IovIng to Cut the
British Line—Roberts’ Report.
London, April 11.—The seventh month
of the war in South Africa opens with
dispatches from Boer sources of another
British disaster. If the news can be
trusted, a terrible reverse has been in
flicted upon the British arms. Accord
ing to an ofSaf al announcement iu Pre
toria a .battle has been fought south of
Brandfort, in which the British suffered
a loss of 600 killed and wounded in ad
dition to 800 captured by the Boers. This
intelligence is amply confirmed by a cor
respondent on the Boer side, who re
ports from Brandfort that General De
wet on Saturday defeated the British
for the third time within a week, the
scene of this last engagement being
Meertkatsfontein.
No confirmation has been received
from British sources of the reverse.
Lord Roberts wires the war office from
Bloemfontein under date of Tuesday,
April 10, as follows:
“The enemy have been very active
during the past few days: One com
mando is now on the north bank of the
Orange river, not far from Aliwalnorth,
while another is attacking Wepener.
The garrison there is holding out bravely
and inflicted serious loss on the Boers.
Major Springe of the Cape mounted
rifles was killed. No other casualties
have been reported as yet.
“The troops are being moved up rap
idly. A patrol of six men of the Sev
enth Dragoon guards, under Lieutenant"
Wetherly, which has been reported
i missing since April 7, has returned
! safely.”
Boer Dispatch Discredited,
j As the foregoing dispatch does not
mention the alleged British reverse on
Brakeman Crushed to Death.
Atlanta, April 7.—W. M. Austin, a
brakeman on the Central of Georgia
railroad and a member of the yard crew,
was killed while attempting to uncouple
s box car. His foot caught in an open
switch, which held him despite his
efforts to wrench himself free, and a mo
ment later the wheels of the box car
passed over his body.
Printer Commits Suicide.
Macon, April 9.—J. H. McGehee a
well known printer of Macau, was found
dead in a room at Benner s hotel, on
Mulberry street, Sunday afternoon, hav
ing taken his own life by drinking a
large quantity of laudanum. McGehee
had been in bad health for the past five
years, suffering from a complication of
diseases.
Cornerstone Laid.
Atlanta, April 9.—The cornerstone
of the First Universalist church, corner
of East Harris and Peachtree street, was
laid at 3:30 o’clock Sunday afternoon.
The grand lodge of Georgia Free and
Ancient Masons, under the direction of
Thomas H. Jeffries, officiated with im
pressive ceremonies.
Clen9e the liver, purify the blood,
invigorate the body by using De-
Witt’s Little Early Risers- These
famous little pills always acts
promptly, h. b McMaster,
After using two bottles of Electric
Bitters, she is wonderfully improv- j Sunday at Merketsfontein, the Boer dis
ed and able to do her own work.” patches are not credited at the war office
This supreme remedy for female ; and they are further discredited on ac-
diseasea quickly cures nervousness, ; count of the discrepancies in the dis-
sleeplessness, melancholy, head- j patches, as Merketsfontein in one mes-
ache, backache, fainting and dizzy j -sage is located near Brandfort and in an-
spells. This miracle working med- other it is located southeast of Bloemfou-
- - - - tein, the places being 100 nnles apart.
General Gatacre’s reiuru to England
is accepted as being in the nature of a
recall, though no reason is given for it
and it will be associated with his lack of
success. Lord Roberts criticised his
management of the Stormburg attack,
and possibly Gatacre’s haring arrived
an hour and a half too late to rescue the
Reddersburg force may have decided his
return.
Geueral Riuidle, seemingly, succeeds
General Gatacre and according to a dis
patch from Bloemfontein, the command
ers of several brigades are about to be
changed.
The Reuter Telegram conpany’s cor
respondent at Aliwalnorth, wiring this
morning, says:
“There is no further news from We
pener. Too cloudy to heliograph. More
British troops are arriving.”
In view of the state of unrest across
the border Lord Roberts has proclaimed
a warning to Cape Colonists that further
acts of hostility will be treated with the
utmost rigor of martial law.
icine is a goflsend to weak, sickly,
run down people. Every bottle
guaranteed. Only 50 cents. Sold
by H. B. 31C3IASTER, druggist.
monument to Coniederate Deuil.
Monroe, Ga., April 7.—The R. E.
Lee camp of confederate veterans, at
their last regular meeting, decided to
erect a monument on the square in Mon
roe to their dead comrades. Speeches
were made by Colonel B. S. Walker and
Hon. John Nunnally, and over $200 was
raised in a few minutes. The monu
ment is to cost $2,000, and will be ready
for nuveiling exercises on Memorial day,
April 26, 1901.
To Curtail Lumber Output.
Tifton, Ga., April 9.—The Georgia
Sawmill association, representing some
800 yellow pine mill plants in Georgia,
South Carolina and Florida, have de
cided by a practically unanimous vote
that on and after May 10 all mills be
longing to the association would be run
on two-thirds time. This will affect
thousands of operatives, and decrease
the output of yellow piue in this state
nearly one-third.
Two Fires In 3Iacon.
Macon, April 9.—Macon was visited
with two fires Sunday morning. The
first alarm came in at 4 o’clock in the
morning, when the house of Mr. George
Clarke, at 710 Spring street, was almost
totally destroyed. The second fire was
at the lumbor yard of Mitchell & Elder,
where nearly 50,000 feet of lumber was
burned.
Placed Under $1,000 Bond.
CoLfTMBUS, Ga., April 7.—F. V. Dol
lar, a Troup county bailiff, has been
bound over by United States Commis
sioner Williams, charged with raising a
dollar bill to $10, by pasting over the
numbers clipped numbers from a con
federate bill. It was rather a clumsy
piece of work. Dollar was held under
$1,000 bond, pending his examination.
Prevented a Tragedy.
Timely Information given Mrs,
Geo. Long, of New Straitsville.Ohio
prevented a dreadful tragedy and
saved two lives. A frightful cough
had long kept her awake every
night. She had tried many reme
dies and doctors but steadily grew
worse uutil urged to try Dr. King’s
New Discovery. One bottle wholly
cured her, and she writes this mar
velous medicine also cured Mr.
Long of a severe attack of pneumo
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of the matchless merit of this grand
remedy for curing all throat, chest
and lung troubles. Only 50c and $1.
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bottles free at H. B. McMaster.
Boers Bombard Lndysmith.
Ladysmith, April 11. — The Boers
opened fire Tuesday morning early, send
ing shells into the British camp at
Elandslaagte from three positions widely
separated. The shells did no damage.
The troops moved out to reconnoiter and
found the Boers in strong force and well
fortified. One naval 4.7-inch gun re
plied to the Boers, who have again
placed a Long Tom in position.
Advices from Aliwalnorth place the
British loss in the fighting at Wepener
yesterday at 11 killed and 41 wounded.
Fighting was resumed today. The
British are holding their own well.
When the Boers commenced shelling,
the British were drilling, and one pri
vate was killed and another wounded
before the soldiers were withdrawn from
range. Then the naval brigade opened
fire and drew a heavy Boer fusillade and
two gunners were killed. The naval
men stuck to their position, however,
and the Boers unmasked six guns, in
cluding a 100-pounder, and shells fell in
all the British camps. After three hoars’
bombardment the British fire slackened
and the burghers cleared from a kopje
on the right when a British shell lit on
the spot occupied by their gun. Another
commando was seen moving toward the
British left apparently with the inten
tion of flanking them, but the British
shells forced them to retire.
In the afternoon the naval brigade
again fired a few shells.
It is rumored that a body of Boers has
gathered southwest of Elandslaagte with
the apparent intention of cutting the
British lines of communication.
General Cleary directed today’s ope
rations.
General Buffer visited Elandslaagte
today.
One Minute Gough Cure, cures.
That is what it was made for.