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THE . .
AUGUSTA
SAVINGS .
BANK, . . .
805 Broad Street,
AUGUSTA, GEO BUI A.
W. B. YOUNG,
President.
J. G. WEIGLE,
Cashier.
SAVINGS ACCOUNTS
SOLICITED.
Interest Paid
On Depoaits.
THE
CITIZEN.
Volume 19.
Waynesboro, Georgia, Saturday, ..April 28, 1900.
Number 2,
THE
PLANTERS
LOAN AND
SAVINGS
BANK,
Augusta, Ga.
ORGANIZED 18 0
Acconnts
interest
L.C. Hat he,
President.
W. C, Wahdlaw
Cashier.
THE WAR IN
SOUTH AFRICA
Important Developments Must
Occur In Near Future.
London', April 24.—All attention is
centered on the interesting though com
plicated' situation in the southeastern
portion of the Orange Free State, from
which developments of the utmost im
portance must ensue in the near future
General Rundle, it will he seen, has
been confronting the Boers "at Dewet’s
dorj) in stronger force than he cares to
engage and so he is marking time pend
ing the arrival of support. While Gen
eral Bundle is preparing to strike Dew
et’s dorp, Generals Brabant and Hart
are pushing along the frontier of Basu
Poland, where they will be able to frus
Irate any attack on General Bundle's
right and Generals French and Pole
Cnrew are approaching from Bloemfon-
t in to bar the Boer line of retreat-
northward.
In the meanwhile the burgher forces
occupying Thaba N’Gha are in a p >si-
t-ion to fight a delaying action, giving
the Boer forces at Dewets dorp and
Wepeuer time to retire in case of defeat,
and it seems as though General French
must dispose of this Thaba N’Ohu force
before he can reach the rear of the Boer
forces opposing Generals Rundle and
Brabant, otherwise his flank will be
open to assault.
The Boers driven out of Leeuw kop
will probably rally at Thaba N’Chu
where a stiff fight may be expected.
Should the British fail in this attempt
to bring about another Paardehurg it
must immensely affect the larger issues
of the war, as it will undoubtedly lead
to a persistent repetition of the guerrilla
tactics which, have been largely respon
sible for the penning up of Lord Roberts
at Bloemfontein for so many weeks.
During the course of General Ander
son’s advance on Leeuw kop the Cana
dians found themselves in a tight cor
ner Sunday near Donkerpoort. The Ca
nadian mounted infantry went out to
reconnoitre the Boer position and ap
proached within 300 yards of a farm fly
ing the hospital flag under cover of
which the Boers opened such a hot fire
oil the Canadians that they were unable
to attempt to retire until another force of
Canadians covered their retreat by
threatening the rear of the Boer posi
tion.
Boers Driven From Tlieir Position.
Leeuw Kop, April 24.—The Boers re
tired from their positions here so hur
riedly that they left a quantity of am
munition and many rifles behind them.
When the Warwickshire regiment took
the farmhouse at the foot of the ridge,
the'Boer’s pompoms inflicting no dam
age, the Welsh regiment advanced along
the Warwickshire’s left and approached
the ridge, experiencing a cross fire.
When the Boers fled they were obliged
to move for some distance along the sky
line and the artillery planted a shell
with great accuracy, it bursting just-
above the Boers, rolling over three
horses.
It appears that General Dickinson met
with opposition, the Boers firing their
rifles at long range. Then’ position was
one of great natural strength.
General Pole-Carew’s admirable dis
position of his force thoroughly puzzled
the Boers, who were unable to see the
direction of the attack owing to the
deep spruit.
The. British artillery was unable to
join the right iu time to reply to the
Boer gun which was shelling the mount
ed infantry vigorously. The shells,
however, hurst 300 yards high and did
no damage. It is stated that General
Dewet holds the waterworks with a
strong force. The Boers who held Leeuw
kop trekked to the eastward. General
French sent out- a body of cavalry to the
south, and a few shots were heard, hut
apparently the Boers do not hold strong
positions anywhere in close proximity to
the Leeuw kop.
The shelling of Warrenton was re
sumed yesterday morning, the fire being
directed at the "British river Redoubts,
which are steadily being pushed for
ward. The Boers appear to be in stronger
force down the river and the yeomanry
patrols are frequently sniped. It is con
fidently believed that important devel
opments are not far off.
Boer Bulletin Reports Y T ictory.
Pretoria, April 24.—An official bul
letin issued here says:
“The Federals continue their fighting
at Wepeuer and have captured a herd
of Brabant’s cattle and horses.
“Dewet’s losses at Dewet’s dorp was
one man killed and six wounded. The
British lost 20 captured, killed and
wounded. The British are retiring be
yond Dewet’s dorp.
“Oronje reports that with a strong
command he attacked the British north
of Boshof. A heavy engagement fol
lowed and the English were driven from
kopje to kopje. The federals displayed
great courage aud resolution and spirit
edly chased the enemy in the direction
of Boshof. Only two burghers were
wounded. The British lost 15 men
killed and left three wounded and eight
prisoners in the hands of the burghers.”
The Conje referred to is Commandant
Cronje, second son of the famous Boer
general now a prisoner on the island of
St. Helena.
Buller Advancing on AVepener.
London, April 23.—General Buller is
apparently advancing slowly toward
Wepeuer, every step being closely con
tested by the Boers. From the Repub
lican side there is a good deal of inter
esting news today . A Thaba N’Chu dis
patch dated Friday reports the arrival
there of Commandants Dewet and Vil-
lieres and an attack upon 3,000 British
under General Gatacre. The latter, of
course, is a misstatement, as it is prob
able General Rundle is meant-.
The British, it is added, occupied
some kopjes, hut their left wing was
driven hack. The Boer loss was one
killed and five wounded.
From Brandfort comes the news that
on Saturday a British patrol of ten men
ventured uear the place and suffered the
loss of one man killed and two men cap
tured, including a Free Stater who was
leading the party.
A Pretoria dispatch, dated April 21,
says the latest official news was that
fighting was. proceeding within half an
hour’s ride of Dewet’s dorp with no re
sults.
DEFENDS ON FRENCH
He Is Expected to Repeat His
Paardeburg Feat.
MOVING FROM THE NORTH
Job Printing promptly executed
His Force Relied Upon to Swoop Down
on Boers In Free State-Britisli Troops
Occupy Wepener aud Roode Dorp
After Heavy Fighting.
London, April 25. — The indecisivo
action aud slow progress of Generals
Hart and Brabant are relatively unim
portant when compared'with ihe prog
ress of General French. It is now evi
dent that Lord Roberts wishes not only
to defeat the Boers, but to pen them in
as at Paardehurg. To this end 40,000
British troops are concentrating in the
southeastern portion of the Orange Free
State and are operating according to
carefully devised plans, in which the
delay may be as much due to strategy as
to necessity. The success of this im
portant- move almost entirely depends
on General French. If he can sweep
flown from the north with the rapidity
of execution which he displayed at Kim
berley aud Paardehurg he will effect the
same swift, sudden transformation
which followed the cavalry evolutions
two months ago. According to last ac
counts he was pursuing on successfully.
Every day r the Boers remain at Wepener
improves General French’s chance of
success.
To put a girdle around the 25,000
Boers estimated to be iu the northern
part of the Orange Free State, Lord
Roberts has evidently taken large
chances. The British critics differ re
garding the result, while others reserve
their opinion until more definite news of
General French’s progress is received.
There is a general impression that the
main advance upon Pretoria will be
taken up without any reconcentration at
Bloemfontein, as with more than half
the British army stretched in echelon
across the Orange Free State such a
change in directions would indefinetely
delay the accomplishment of Lord Rob-
ers’ main objective.
It is reported that the British have oc
cupied Wepener after heavy fighting.
It is also said that the Boers are unable
to escape to the north and that great
developments are expected.
British Occupy Roode Kop.
Lord Roberts reports that Pole-Ca
rew’s division reached Roode kop yes
terday without casualties. Its advance
was covered by cavalry and horse artil
lery which drove back the enemy with
heavy losses, their dead being left on
the ground- The mounted troops halted
for the night at Grootfontein and at 7
o’clock this morning were crossing the
Modder river at Yaalsbank, in accord
ance with instructions to French to en
deavor to place himself astride the ene
my’s line of retreat.
French’s arrival near the Modder evi
dently alarmed the Boers, who evacu
ated their position near Dewets dorp
during the night, and it was occupied
by Chermside’s division this morning.
The mounted infantry drove the enemy
off the kopjes in the neighborhood of
the waterworks without casualties on
our side.
Boers Attacked Hart.
Mazeru, Basutoland, April 25.—Gen
erals Hart and Brahahdt have covered
only a short distance, finding a strong
force opposed to them bivouacked on the
ground they had occupied.
The firing has been desultory and the
casualties very slight. The British are
edging up toward the Basutoland bor
der.
Persistent rumors are in circulation
that Commandant Olivier, with 1,500
men, is preparing to attack General
Hart’s rear. There is no sign of the ad
vance of General Rundle from Dewet’s
dorp.
It is reported that' firing has been
heard between Zazetron and Wepener,
and it is believed that Generals Brabant
aud Hart are in contact with the enemy.
The Boers are so numerous that it
took them two days to cross the Caledon
river at Bastard’s drift.
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 MEDICINE ever discovered. It comes as a rich blessing from
heaven to the “ worn out,” the run down, the overworked and debilitated. That “tired
feeling,” those “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 actionf 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 Salt 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 this treatment that the poison couldFe 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 I 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.
MANY SUFFER FOR
FOOD AND SHELTER
Deplorable Conditions Exist
ing In Mississippi.
HEMMED IN BY WATER
BLOOD POISON CUBED BY JOHNSTON’S 8AKSAPABILLA.
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. I used two bottles
and was entirely -cured. I know it is what cured me. Yours truly, G. W. LUTHER.
MICHI&AN DRUG- COMpAKY, DETROIT, urmw.
H. B. McMASTER, Waynesbors, Ga.
DANIEL, SONS & PALMER, Millen, Ga.
S.F, OOOPER, Rocky Ford, Ga.
I W, H. PARKER, Rocky Ford, Ga.
I E. S. LANE & CO., Dover, Ga
I M. M, PERKINS, Perkins, Ga,
FOUNDER OF HELENA DEAD. I DOCTORS ELECT OFFICERS.
S. C. Benedict Is Chosen President of
Medical Association.
Atlanta, April 21.—The election of
officers was the most important feature
of the last day’s session of the annual
meeting of the Medical association.
Man Who Located That Town Was
Native of Georgia.
Helena, Mon., Aoril 24.—The recent
death at Ac worth, Ga., of John F.
Cowan, removed one of the most noted
early day characters, as well as the
founder of this city, and unlike most There were no openly avowed candidates
men who opened ground that produced
millions of dollars, he left the mines
with a fortune, which he kept and added
to in later years. Cowan was even in
those daj’s considered an unusually brave
man; in the language of a friend, “He
wesn’t afraid of. the devil,” and thi3
trait saved him his wealth on more than
one occasion.
Cowan invested his gold in successful
southern enterprises, such as farms,
flouring and cotton mills and died quite
wealthy. His search for gold was a long
one and until the last moment promised
only failure. He was never downcast,
however, and the old timers at their an
nual gatherings always recounted his
cheerful nature aud persevering spirit.
He died from natural causes at a ripe
ago. '
BAKER SENTENCED TO HANG.
Boers Attack Dalgetly.
Mazeru, Basutoland, April 25.—On
the breaking up of the bivouac this morn
ing Generals Brabant aud Hart discov
ered ihat the Boers who fell hack toward
Wepener Monday had advanced during
the night several miles nearer to Strauss’
farm, which is a favorable position for
i isistance.
Colonel Dhlgetty was severely attacked
with six guns Tuesday morning proba
bly with a view of preventing him as
sisting the relief column. It seems that
Dalgetty has practically been relieved,
but the offensive attitude assumed by
the Boers this morning shows that to
have been erroneous. General Hart is
behind General Brabant’s division,
which is waiting for the former to come
up. t_
NEGRO PREACHER ARRESTED
He Is Wanted at Five Different Places
In Georgia.
Biloxi, Miss., April 25.—Rev. S. S.
Dawson, alias R. L. Durden, said to be
wanted in five different places iu Geor
gia under charges varying from murder
to skipping a bond, has been arrested
here. Dawson, as he says his name is,
claims to be well known in Atlanta and
a graduate of the Baptist college in that
city.
When arrested he endeavored to es
cape and fought like a tiger until lauded,
in jail. He says he will return to Geor
gia and face the charges. E. C. Ander
son, the sheriff at Marietta, Ga., and
the sheriff at Rome, Ga., have tel<
graphed here that officers with tho
proper papers are on the way to get
Dawson.
— /-
Louisiana Purchase.
St. Louis, April 25.—A special car at
tached to the Washington train on the
Baltimore aud Ohio, which left here to
day for the national capital, contained
the delegation that will appear before
the special committee of the house to
consider the legislation affecting the
Louisiana purchase centennial building.
DeWitt’s Little Early Risers,
The iamous little pilla.
Murdered His Wife Friday and Was
Convicted Thursday.
Atlanta, April 20.—The trial of James
L. Baker for murder was concluded in
the criminal branch of the superior court
yesterday. Baker shot and killed his
wife last Friday, and in less than a week
he was tried, convicted and sentenced to
hang. The jury was only out a short
time when a verdict of guilty was re
turned. Judge Candler then passed tho
death sentence, setting May 10 as the
date for the execution.
On the stand he told a remarkable
siory, the substance of which was calcu
lated to blast the good name of the wife
whom he had shot to death while sho
sat at the supper table. His statement
was delivered in a manner that carried
ont the idea that the man failed to real
ize the gravity of his own situation. Hu
did not appear to be nervous in the least
and spoke clearly sc that the majority
of those in the courtroom heard every
word of the statement.
• Volcanic Eruptions
Are grand, but skin eruptions rob
life of joy. Bueklen’s Arnica Salve,
cores them, also old running and
fever sores, ulcers, boils, felons,
corns, warts, cuts, bruises, burns,
scalds, chapped hands, chilblains.
Best Pile cure on earth. Drives
out pains and aches. Only 25 cts. a
box. Cure guaranteed. Sold by H.
B MCMASTER, druggist.
for any of the positions to be filled, but
the various members of the association
did some quiet but effective work for the
men of their choice. The following
officers were chosen:
President—Dr. Samuel C. Benedict of
Athens.
First Vice President—Dr. V. D. Lock
hart of Mayesville.
Secretary—Dr. Louis H. Jones of At
lanta.
Members of the Board of Censors—Dr.
Floyd W. McRae and Dr. W. S. Elkin
of Atlanta.
The president and the two vice presi
dents will serve for a term of one year.
Secretary Jones will hold his office for
five years. Dr. McRae was elected to
the board of censors for three years, and
Dr. Elkin five years.
NEW FIELD FOR HYPNOTISM.
Hundreds of People Take Refuge on
Small Islands — Have Been Three
Days Without Food—Efforts to Re
lieve Situation.
Jackson, Miss., April 25.—A relief
expedition has just returned from the
overflowed district in Rankin county
and they report a deplorable condition
of affairs among the inhabitants who
have been left homeless by the high
waters. Over 40 families, nearly all of
them negroes, were found iu a destitute
and starving condition and in several
instances people were found on small
islands who had not tasted food for
three days.
Two boat loads of rations were dis
tributed among them aud a popular sub
scription is being taken for further re
lief. On one small island the relief
party found 40 negroes and over 100 head
of hogs, cattle and dogs gathered and
shirt off on all sides by high water. The
dogs, driven to desperation by their
ravenous appetite, were tearing the hogs
to pieces, and the negroes were almost
equally desperate.
The Alabama and Vicksburg road is
still tied up at Pearl river, but expect to
get trains through by Thursday night.
RESUMPTION OF TRAFFIC.
Venable Uses Power to Secure Con
fession From Parham.
Atlanta, April 23.—Hypnotism was
used in Atlanta for he first tithe Satur-
as an agency for the detection of crime,
when F. A. Parham, a well-known
young man, after having been placed in
a hypnotic state by Melvin Venable, con
fessed to having stolen a number of hats
and other articles.
The story is one of tho most unique
ever recorded in Atlanta, and is declared
by those in a position to know, that it
opens up practically a new field in the
science of hypnotism.
By an adept aud practical use of hyp
notism Mr. Venable unraveled a mystery
that had bailed the city detectives, and
was enabled to recover for R. F. Graves
goods that had been stolen from him,
and at the same time secure a promiso
of reformation from the young man who
confessed to the theft.
Clense 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,
GREENE DIES AT VICKSBURG.
Former Georgian Succumbs to Effects
of Dose of .Morphine.
Vicksburg, Miss., April 20.—O. L.
Greene, who took morphine at his room
in the Campbell house with suicidal in
tent, died early yesterday morning. For
14 hours Dr. D. P. Street worked with
the insensible patient and toward the
last indications of recovery were very
strong, but paralysis of the respiration
took the unfortunate man off and his
heart continued to beat for several min
utes after Dr. Street knew he was dead.
There are several different reasons
why O. ■ L. Greene took his own life.
From evidence brought forth it
may he that disappointment in love had
much to do with the ease and again the
more-plausible theory is that he was
’driven to desperation simply through
depondency at not being able to secure
a position. Greene once held the posi-
tson of bookkeeper of the Exchange
bank at Fort Valley, Ga.
There is more eaiarrn In this section of the
country than al! other diseases put together,
and until thelast lew years was supposed to
be incurable. For a great many years doc
tors pronounced it a local 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 reauires 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.,
Sold by Druggists, 75c. Toledo, O
President Goes to Cleveland.
Canton, O., April 25.—President Mc
Kinley, accompanied by his private sec
retary, Cortelyou, and Postmaster George
H. Frazee of this city, left here for
Cleveland this morning. The president
goes to Cleveland to visit his two sisters.
He will return to Canton this evening.
State Takes an Appeal.
Columbia, S. C., April 25.—Attorney
General Bellinger has filed a formal no
tice of his intention to appeal from the
decision of Judge Benet in quashing the
indictment against Colonel Neal on the
charge of failure to turn over certain
money received by him aS superinten
dent of the state penitentiary.
Rumors of Revolution.
Montevidio, Uruguay, April 25.—
There are new rumors of revolution in
the republic. General Martinez, who is
in Argentina, is supposed to be the au
thor of a plot against Cuestas’ govern
ment. Two arrests have been made.
Work of Repairing Damage Is Being
Pushed Forward.
Louisville, April 25.—Railroad offi
cials here expect that all trains will be
running regularly throughout the south
by tomorrow. The worst of the flood
has passed and the tracks are being re
paired quickly as big forces of men work
ing night and day can do the work.
Charles A. Critzky, chief clerk to Gen
eral Manager Metcalfe of the the Louis
ville and Nashville, has just returned
from the flooded district. He said:
“Trains on our line can now go as far
south as Scranton, Miss., and as far
west from New Orleans to the Pasca
goula. It is difficult for any of the trains
to move there on account of the bridge
disaster. The bridge is being recon
structed, however, and will soon be in
good order.
“The railroad property has not suf
fered so much from the flood. Little
damage was done on the Louisville and
Nashville besides the destruction of the
Pascagoula bridge.
“Everything iu that section of the
country is under water and the resi
dents say it is the biggest flood that ever
visited that country. The only one that
can compare with it is the one iu 1874,
and then railroad traffic was tied up as
it is now.”
The Southern railway proper is not
affected by the flood and nearly all the
trains on the system are running regu
larly.
TheTllinois Central now has trains
about as usual.
The Name
“ALCO.
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it
BE
“<£>*
The evolution of a trade name is
sometimes interesting. Take the
word “ALCO” for instance. It
is coined from the initials of the
words Augusta and Lumber, with
the Co. Thus we have the A. L.
Co. By running all the letters
together we get the word ALCO.
The merits of the name are that
it is short, suggestive, and easy
to remember.
In our business we apply it to
our Fly Screens—the celebrated
ALCO brand.
That name means Standard of merit
in screen work.
Send for an “ALCO” catalogue.
v Augusta:
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ALLEGED KIDNAPERS HELD.
Question Answered,
Alvino and Sabro Arrested at Marietta
and Taken to Macon.
Macon, April 24.—The two men, W.
C. Alvino and Bang Sabro, charged with
kidnaping, were brought back, to this
city last afternoon from Marietta by
Officer Amerson. Preston Everett, the
boy, returned with them.
The boy stated at the police station
last afternoon, when questioned, that he
left on his own accord with the two men
and that he was not carried away by
force as was charged.
Preston said that he did not go on the
same train with Alvino, hut left on the
noon train. This statement is not cor
rect, however, as there is no noon train
from here to Atlanta.
They will be confined in jail unless
they give bond, and it is the intention of
Mr. Everett to push the prosecution
against them, despite the fact that his
son stated he left on his own accord.
.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
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 13
nothing serious the matter with
you. Sample bottles at h, b. mcmas-
ter, Waynesboro, Ga., and H. Q.
Bell, Millen, Ga.
No Bight to Ugliness.
The woman who is lovely in face
form and temper will always have
friends, but one who would be at-
ractiye must keep her health. If
she is weak, sickly and all run
down, she will be nervous and irri
table. If she has constipation or
kidney trouble, her impure blood
will cause pimples, blotches, skin
eruptions and a wretched complex
ion. Electric Bitters is the be9t
medicine in the world to regulate
stomach, liver and kidneys and to
purify the blood. It gives strong
nerves, bright eyes, smooth j-velvety
skin, rich complexion. It will
make a good-looking, cbarmiDg
woman of a run down invalid. On
ly 50 cents a bottle at h. b. mcmas
ter’s drug store.
ALABAMA DEMOCRATS MEET.
Indications Are Samford Will Be Nom
inated For Governor.
Montgomery, Ala., April 25. — The
state Democratic convention met in the
’ statehouse here today at noon. It was
called to order by Chairman R. J. Lowe
of the state Democratic executive com
mittee, who announced W. P. Pinchard
of Birmingham for temporary chairman
and presiding officer.
The indications at this hour joint to
about 220 votes for Samford for governor
on the first ballot, the remainder scat
tering among the other three candi
dates, and neither of them with more
than 100.
PREDICTS LABOR UPHEAVAL,
CHEST OF MONEY FOUND.
Mrs. Parksr Unearths Treasure While
Sweeping Her Yard.
Americus, Ga., April 20.—Mrs. Wil
liam Parker,'residing near Americus,
has stumbled upon a fortune. While
sweeping her yard, the broom caught in
an obstacle, partly unearthed by recent
rains, which proved to be a rusted and
decayed iron box containing a solid
block of paper money, two inches in
thickness. The bills are mildewed with
age and so compressed together that
their value cannot be determined, though
they are probably worth several thou
sand dollar^.
Nobody knows when or by whom the
treasure was buried, but the general sup
position is that the money was probably
concealed during the civil war and its
whereabouts forgotten.
Negro Woman Murdered.
Louisville, Ga., April 23.—A killing
occurred on Captain G. H. Williams'
plantation, a few miles below here, Sat
urday. Mose Strowbridge, a negro,
shot aud killed Mary Anderson, a ne
gro woman. It is said that Strowbridge
got the woman in a house and closed the
door, so she could not escape and when
she tried to force her way ont, he picked
up a shotgun and fired the load, inflicting
a wound from which she died in a few
hours. He was lodged in jail.
Gainesville’s New 31111 Assured.
Gainesville, Ga., April 21.—It ap
pears certain that the Woodside cotton
mill will be erected in Gainesville.
Already $180,000 of the necessary $200,-
000 has been subscribed, and it is be
lieved that the remaining $20,000 will
be secured. Committees are now at
work to get np the remainder.
Healey Says Japanese Rush to America
Will Cause Trouble.
Seattle, Wash., April 25.—United
States Immigrant Agent Healey gives
an interview on the Japanese tidal wave
in which he says the rush will cause a
labor upheaval. Five thousand are on
the high seas and 25,000 are to come, he
says. They will land mostly in British
Columbia and sneak over the line into
the United States.
A systematic plan of importation is in
force. He says Canada and the states
should take joint action at once.
H. Clark,Cbauncey, Ga , says De-
Witt’s Witch Hazel Salve cared
him of piles that had afflicted him
for tweDty years. It is also a speedy
care for skin diseases. Beware of
dangerous counterfeits. H. b. MC
Master.
Building Boom at West Point.
West Point, Ga., April 23.—A build
ing boom has struck this place. A num
ber of new residences are in course ol
construction, while several new busi
ness houses are being erected. The
Chattahoochee Valley railroad is build
ing a roundhouse and preparing to put
in machine shops.
Colombian Revolution.
Kingston, Jamaica, April 25.—A pas
senger from Panama, who has arrived
here, says that the filibustering party
from Nicaragua which recently landed
at David, a town of Colombia, 115 miles
west of Panama, was composed mostly
of Colombians who are fighting on the
side of the revolutionists and that it has
no designs upon Costa Rica.
Bis Life Was Saved.
Mr. J. E. Lilly, a prominent citi
zen of Hannibal, Mo., lately had a
wonderful deliverance from a fright
ful death. Iu telling of it Hie says:
‘‘I was taken with typhoid fever
that ran into pneumonia. My lungs
became hardened. I was so week I
couldn’t even sit up in bed. Noth
ing helped me. I expected to soon
die of consumption, when I heard of
Dr King’s New Discovery. One
bottle gave great relief. I continu
ed to use it, and now am well and
strong. I can’t say too much in its
praise.” This marvelous medicine
is the sorest and quickest cure in
the world for all throat and lung
trouble. Regular sizes 50 cents and
$1.00. Trial bottles free at h. b.
mcmaster’sDrug Store: fevery bot-
guaranteed.
DIRECT SULTAN’S POLICY.
German and Russian Influence Para
mount In Turkey.
New York, April 24. — Rev. Dr.
George Washburn, president of Roberts
college, Constantinople, speaking at a
dinner of the Brooklyn Congregatioi al
club last night said:
“The political transitions which have
taken place in Turkey in the last few
years are the most important that have
occurred in years in the empire. You
have probably read of some German con
cessions obtained by the Russian gov
ernment. Well, there is a story con
nected with these concessions. When
war broke ont in the Transvaal the
kaiser went to Constantinople and car
ried home a reward for keeping his
hands ont of the affair. It was a con
cession for all the railroads in the west
ern part of Turkey for the Germans.
These concessions gave the Germans the
right to construct all tie railways in
Asia Minor west of a line from Constan
tinople to the Persian gulf.
“It now appears that as Germany
made a compact with England, so Ras-
siarhas made a bargain with Germany.
As Germany is to construct all the roads
in the western part of the empire, so is
Russia to construct all the roads in the
eastern part. These two powers, with
the consent of England, are dividing
Turkey into two spheres of influence, in
the belief that when the final partition
comes the sphere which is under Ger
man influence will become German and
the sphere which is under Russian con
trol will become Russian.
“By mobilizing troops upon his bor
ders the two powers have compelled the
sultan to agree to this. The line be
tween the two spheres of influence runs
from a little town on the Black sea to
the Persian golf. This is the arrange
ment the sultan has been compelled to
accept and the arrangement that has
meant so much politically to the Turk
ish government in the last few weeks.”
Ferrough Bey Warns Porte.
Constantinople, April 24.—The porte
has received telegrams from the Turkish
minister at Washington, Ali Ferrough
Bey, pointing out the bad impression
created in the United States by the non
payment of the indemnity due and an
nouncing the determination of the Amer
ican government to insist on a prompt
settlement of the claims.
ENTIRE TOWN IS WIPED OUT.
Panuca Destroyed Entailing Loss of
Over $2,000,000.
San Antonio, Tex., April 24.—Ac
cording to advices received here, Panuca,
Mex., one of the most important trading
towns on the east coast of the republic
of Mexico, 60 miles west of the seaport
of Tampico, has been completely de-
j stroyed. Panuca is a town of 11,000
people n the Panuca river. Thatched
roof adobe houses and modem frame
business blocks, surrounded by brush
huts, constitute the city. Everything
went down before the flames, as there
were no fire fighting apparatus in the
city. The loss will aggregate $2,225,000.
LOSS OVER HALF MILLION.
Illinois Central Suffered That Ex
tent From Flood.
Jackson, Miss., April 24.—The regu
lar schedules were resumed over the
main line of the Illinois Central between
this city and New Orleans this morning
and trains are now running through
both ways on time.
Local railroad officials estimates the
damage to the road from high waters
and the subsequent loss and delay to
traffic at $500,000.
The Alamaba and Vicksburg road
hopes to get regular trains through to
Meridian by tomorrow night, as the
river is falling very fast.
Bullet Through His Head.
Sanderson, Fla., April 23.—In a shoot
ing affray between E. E. Pons and Dick
and James Altman, Pons received two
shots, one entering the forehead, abont
2 inches above the left eye, from which
he died shortly afterward. Neither of
the Altmans were hit.
Taylor In Washington.
Washington, April 24. — Governor
Taylor of Kentucky was on the floor of
the senate today. He refused to discuss
in any way the situation in Kentucky.
One Minute Cough Cure, cures.
That U what it was made tar. ,