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Volume 19.
Waynesboro. Georgia, Saturday, May 5, 1900.
Number 3.
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THE WAR IN
SOUTH AFRICA
Hamilton Is Facing the Boers.
Battle Is Imminent.
London, May 1.—The following dis
patch has been sent by Lord Roberts to
the war office from Bloemfontein:
“The Boers made very persistent at
tacks around Thaba N’Chu Saturday
and Sunday. But the position which
the right (Bundle’s) division holds ia
very strong and he had the assistance of
Gordon’s and Dickson’s brigades, the
cavalry under French and Smith-Dbr-
rien’s infantry brigade and a body of
mounted infantry under Ian Hamilton.
Pole-Garow’s division has returned.from
Dewet’s dorp.”
Lord Roberts also cabled additional
casualties sustained during the fighting
of April 17 around Thaba N’Chu, con
sisting of Lieutenant Grady and two en
listed men killed and one officer and
three enlisted men wounded.
Neither the commander-in-chief nor
the correspondents’ dispatches throw
any light upon the plans being made to
oust the Boers from Thaba N’Chu vi
cinity and how long before a definite
move is made to assert British suprem
acy is only a surmise. In the mean
time, the Boers are remarkably aggres
sive, and especially in view of the large
forces opposing them. A special dis
patch from Thuba N’Chu says they
made a daring attempt to cut off a Brit
ish convoy which got into broken ground
between Thaba N’Chu and Dewet’s
dorp, opening fire from the adjacent
hills. In the nick of time, General Bra-
bazon, with a strong force of yeomanry,
returning from Wepener, arrived on the
scene and ex tricat ea the convoy.
The same dispatch describes the dispo
sition of the forces at Thaba N’Chu as
follows:
General Bundle is covering the ad
vanced camp, facing the Boers’ position
to the east, where they are strongly en
trenched.
General Ian Hamilton and General
Smith-Dorrien occupy strong positions
on the road to the north.
Another dispatch says a company un
der General Hamilton located the Boers
to the north and an artillery duel oc
curred without result.
There was much artillery firing with
out much casualties. It is hardly likely
that the forces will face each other in
very large numbers until reinforcements
arrive, as both sides seem to be waiting
for troops.
Stringent measures are being adopted
to prevent the Boer guerrillas from se
curing supplies from other centers.
At the conclusion of General Sir
George White’s visit to Windsor today
Queen Victoria, decorated the defender
of Ladysmith with the cress and star of
the Victorian order.
Her majesty and the soldier had a
long conference. It is learned that the
queen was more angry than for years
over the publication of the Spion kop
dispatches.
A significant item of importance has
been received from Cape Town. It is
asserted on good authority that General
Hunter has been sent to Kimberley to
command a strong column intended for
the relief of Mafeking. It will also in
clude Barton’s brigade, which has lately
been brought around from Natal, and a
strong contingent of horses and guns.
A dispatch from Mafeking, dated
April 20, says:
Boers have been busy for several days
blowing up the railway southward.
There was little firing during the past
week.
Fever is rife, hut otherwise the health
of the garrison is good and all are well.
Dewet Is Foiled by French.
London, April 30.—The latest news
received from the Orange Free State in
dicates that though the Boers have
evacuated Thaba N’Chu, they have only
done so in order to occupy stronger po
sitions.
On Sunday General Dewet made an
effort to turn General French’s eastern
flank, which was only foiled by the cav
alry after vigorous maneuvers. The
Boers hold the ridges to the eastward,
whence they will probably fall back
when the pressure of superior numbers
increases.
The British casualties sustained dur
ing the Thaba N’Chu fighting were
slight.
General French’s object, now that all
chances of catching the main bodies of
the burghers has disappeared, is to
harass the Boers and prevent any well
organized retreat.
The distance between Thaba N’Chn
and Lady brand is 40 miles and the veldt
is beyond the mountains. On the edge
of the Basutoland Ladybrand is an im
portant point of concentration for Oli
vier’s and Dewet’s forces and can only
be approached by a British army in
strength.
General Roberts’ plans are not re
vealed by the dispatches. He can either
follow the Boers toward Ladybrand and
then resume his advance northward to
Senekal or he can make a narrow wheel
ing movement from Thaba N’Chu and
throw the hulk of his forces between
Winburg and Dewet’s and Olivier’s com
mandoes. The conditions of bis trans
port are unknown and the direction of
the next movement of the British forces
cannot be forecasted with any degree of
confidence. General Roberts has cleared
his eastern flank, but may be compelled
to hair until his transport is in order.
From Beira, Portuguese East Africa,
conies news of the arrival there of a Ca
nadian 12-pounder battery.
A conception of the contiuous ravages
of the war can be gathered from a Cape
Town dispatch briefly describing the
arrival from Natal of 25 officers and 252
men invalided home and the sailing of
the Aurania for England with 400 sick
and wounded soldiers.
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British Follow Boers North.
London, April 28.—The British forces
in the Orange Free State are still pre
sumably following the Boers northward,
but at this hour there is no word from
the most interesting field operations.
A dispatch from Ladysmith says there
are only small parties of Boers in Tintwa
pass, hut that some hundreds are guard
ing Van Reenan’s and Oliviershoek
passes. Commandants De Beer and Van
Nieskark are in charge and their forces
have been so disposed that the whole
body can be massed at any pass the
British may attempt to force.
Job Printing promptly executed
Over Two Hundred Bodies
Have Been Recovered.
CAUSE OF CATASTROPHE
Several Kegs of Blasting Powder Are
Supposed to Have Been Ignited.
Work of Rescue Progressing—Over
iOO Bodies Recovered.
Salt Lake City, May 2.—A special
to The Desert News from Scofield at
10:30 today says: At this hour 201 bodies
have been recovered. It is now known
that between 300 and <J00 men entered
the mines and it is also known that a
great majority of them have been killed.
Salt Lake City, May 2.—Two hun
dred or more lives were lost in the ex
plosion of mine No. 4 of the Pleasant
Valley Coal company, at Scofield, Utah.
One hundred and thirty-seven bodies
have already been recovered. The work
of rescue is still progressing, although
there is no hope that any cf the men not
accounted for escaped death.
The scene of the disaster is just out
side this place on the line of the Rio
Grande Western railroad. The explo
sion, which occurred in the interior por
tion of the mines, is attributed by some
to the blowing up of a number of kegs
of powder. The company has two mines
known as No. 1 and No. 4. The explo
sion occurred in No. 4.
As fast as bodies are reached they are
taken to the boardinghouse and other
company buildings where they are
dressed and prepared for the coroner.
In each building are from 10 to 35 bodies
which are laid upon long rows of
benches.
A special train hearing the seriously
wounded is run from Scofield for Salt
Lake.
News of the disaster received in Salt
Lake gave the list of killed at 25, hut it
was known in the evening that the full
extent of the disaster was far greater.
It appears to be one of those accidents
that are common to the very best regu
lated mines and against the best en
deavors of the most competent superin
tendents.
31 any Have Narrow Escape.
W. C. Woilson, mine owner, was in
the lower level. He said:
“There was a rumbling noise in the
distance, followed by a sort of wave that
can hardly he described, hut that is
known to all who have been in explos
ions, and I have been in several. I told
my partner that an explosion had oc
curred. We ran to the tunnel with six
others." They had noticed the strange
occurrence. We were none too soon in
leaving the mine, for the after damp
reached us some 3 or 4 minutes before
we reached the open air, almost suffo
cating us.”
The after damp delayed the work of
the rescuing party, hut the magnitude
of the disaster soon became apparent.
All the men on the raise known as
“Pike’s Peak” stood close together.
One man elapsed his arms around his
son. The men realized that death was
coming and tried to save themselves by
burying their faces in the dirt, hoping
to escape the deadly gas that was fast-
enveloping them. Bernard Dougall, an
engineer from Springville, Utah, who
had just returned to the mine a few
minutes before, was found and his men
lay dead around him.
Work of Rescue Begins.
As the foul air had cleared from No.
1 the work of rescue began and it was
soon seen that many of the miners of
No. 1 had been suffocated. The lower
level had been warned of the explosion
and made their escape before the gas
eous air had reached them. Cars were
taken in and the dead were loadqd into
them and brought to the mouth. As the
bodies were brought out and recognized
by their respective families the lamenta
tions were most heartrending.
This mine has been worked for over
20 years and has the reputation of being
one of the best ventilated and protected
in the west.
State Mine Inspector Thomas stated
that be inspected the mine three weeks
ago and believed it entirely safe at that
time. It had never been in had condi
tion and was free from gas and as the
coal was loaded with shovels there has
not been a large accumulation of dust.
Nine-tenths of the men killed were
Americans and Welsh.
Injured 3Iau’s Story-
Henry Taylor, one of the injured men,
said:
“I was preparing some track out on
the dump when I started to the mouth
of tne tunnel to get some tools. Sud
denly there was an awful report and at
the same time a black cloud filled with
rocks, bore down on me like a streak of
lightning. The next thing I knew I woke
np with a man pouring brandy down
my throat, and I saw the boys lying
all around me, moaning for help.”
J. M. Beattie of Scofield, who is the
company’s storekeeper, said on his ar
rival this morning that it was thought
the-shaft in No. 4 had been wiped out
and many were killed in No. 1.
The scene around the mine was be
yond description. Women, children and
friends crowded around, weeping and
wailing, excited beyond control, waiting
to see if the next body brought out was
their loved one.
The financial loss to the company can
not at present be estimated. This is re
garded as the worst disaster that has
ever occurred in this part of the •coun
try. The nearest approach to it was the
Southern Pacific, Almy (Wy.) explosion
five years ago, when over 100 men were
killed. '
Astronomers at Thomaston.
Thomaston, Ga., May 2.—Astronomer
W. W. Campbell and his assistant, C.
D. Perrine, of the Lick observatory
eclipse expedition has reached Thomas
ton. After investigating they finally
decided to locate the observatory at a
point within the suburbs of Thomaston
in the northwesterly part of the city.
The site will he upon a high plateau
within 300 yards of the city square. The
car containing the instruments and
astronomical apparatus has arrived and
Professor Campbell and his assistant
will at once prepare the site.
DeWitt’s Little Early Risers,
The lamoua little pills.
CATARRH CAN BE CURED BY
Johnston’s Sarsaparilla
QUART BOTTLES.
‘‘DANGER IN THE EARTH AND AIR; DANGER EVERYWHERE.’*
A Wise and Venerable Doctor Talks about Advanced Sclenee.
In a leading hotel, in a great city, a famous and aged physician was convers
ing. Listening to liis wise and sententious discourse, were a group of well
dressed men, evidently lawyers, business men and commercial travelers.
My firm belief, is “ that medical science is certain yet to show that all dis
eases without exception are caused by invisible germs which are living organ
isms. Here is the germ of that terrible disease diphtheria. Here is the bacillus
of typhoid fever; and here is the still more dreadful bacillus of tubercle which
causes that most destructive of all diseases, consumption. This of that very
common and supposed incurable disease, catarrh.”
“ I wish, Doctor," said the traveling man, “that you would tell us about
catarp:. I have had it for years, and I am thoroughly discouraged.”
The Doctor answered. “Catarrh, like diphtheria, consumption, typhoid
fever, and a host of other diseases, is the result of a microbe invading the blood
and attacking specially the mucous membrane. This foul and most disgusting
disease is especially prevalent in the United States and it is rare to meet one
who is not, or has not been troubled more or less with it. How often is he or
she obliged to remain at home from pleasant entertainments, deprive themselves
of many intellectual treats, from fear of the disagreeable odor arising from ca
tarrhal affections. In its worst phase, the patient becomes loathsome both to
himself and his friends.
“ I believe,” continued this great physician, “that the true way to heal ca
tarrh is to medicate the blood. This can be done only by powerful alteratives
which act as blood purifiers.”
Betsy A. Marett, of Manistee, Manistee Co., Mich., writes:
Dear Sirs:—For ten years I was a sufferer from general debility and chronic
catarrh. My face was pale as death. I was weak and short of breath. I could
hardly walk, I was so dizzy and bad a ringing in my head all the time. My
hands and feet Were always cold. My appetite was very poor. On getting up
in the morning, my head swam so I was often obliged to lie down again. I had
awful pains in the small of my back. 1 had a continual feeling of tiredness.
My muscular power was almost entirely gone, and I couldn't go half a dozen
steps without stopping to rest, and often that much exercise caused me to have
a pain in my side. It seemed as though the blood had left my veins. The doc
tors said my blood had all turned to water. I had given up all hope of ever get
ting well. I tried the best physicians in the state, but failed to get any relief.
My husband got me a bottle of Johnston’s Sarsaparilla. I took it, and then I
bought another. When these had been used, I was somewhat improved in
health. I continued its use, and felt I was growing stronger; my sleep was re
freshing, and it seemed as if I could feel new blood moving through my veins. I
kept on taking it, and now consider myself a well and rugged woman. I work
all the time, and am happy. I am positive that the Sarsaparilla saved my life.
The sick headaches I have had since childhood, have disappeared, and my ca
tarrh has almost entirely left me. I cannot be too thankful for what Johnston’s
Sarsaparilla has done for me. I recommend all women who have sick head
aches to use your Sarsaparilla.
BAICHICAAIV jOItUGr COMPANY, DETROIT, MICH.
H. B. McMASTKR, Wavnesbors, Ga.
DANIEL, SONS & PALMER. Milieu, Ga.
S.F, OOOPER, Rocky Ford, Ga.
I W, II. PARKER, Rocky Ford, Ga.
| E. S. LANE & CO-, Dover, Ga
I M. M, PERKINS, Perkins, Ga,
WATSON WILL NOT ACCEPT., AMERICANS MADE
GALLANT DEFENSE
Under No Cireunistrnces Will He Stand
For President.
Atlanta, April 27.—The action of j
Populist conventions in several north- j
ern states in indorsing Hon. Thomas E.
Watson of Georgia and naming him for j
first place on the ticket has caused some- ’
thing of a stir in political circles all over |
the south. The association of Mr. Wat- j
son’s name with his rumored re-entry j
into politics took the form in one in-1
stance of a report that he had decided to
accept the nomination and that he was
considering who should present hia
name.
Mr. Watson has stated several times,
tersely and emphatically, that * he was
out of politics, but in view of recent ru
mors connecting him prominently with
the Populist convention, the distin
guished Georgian was asked for a final
declaration, to which he has replied as
follows:
“Under no circumstances would I ac
cept any nomination or any office.
Please number me among the politically
dead and let me henceforth rest in
peace. ’
FRAUD AND CORRUPTION.
The Ware Grand Jury 3Iakes Charges
Against School Commissioner.
Waycross, Ga., May 1.—The grand
jury for the April term of Ware supe-
.rior court charges fraud and corruption
in the management of the public school
funds of Ware county, and demands the
resignation of County School Commis
sioner J. D. Smith.
Mr. Smith has held the position l(j
years and has done much to build up the
schools of the county.
It is claimed by the grand jury in
their general presentments that the
board of education and commissioner ap
propriated $1,668 for the salary of the
commissioner in 1898 and 1899, and as
they consider $600 ample for the service
rendered rhey ask for a return of $1,068
into the school fund and that the com
missioner tender his resignation.
Smith *ays he is ready to have his
books examined as the grand jury recom
mended.
WorKInc Night and bay
The) busiest and mightiest little
thing that ever was made is Dr,
King’s New Life Pills. Every pill
is a sugar-coated globule of health,
that changes weakness into
strength, listlessness into energy,
brain-fag into mental power.
They’re wonderful in building up
the health. Only 25c pel box. Sold
by H. B. MCMASTER’S.
Twenty Men Are Slaughtered
by Filipino Rebels.
HELD OUT FOR FIVE DAYS
p,. Howard Will Surrender.
Middlesboro, Ky., May 2.—Barry
Howard, who is an alleged accomplice in
the Goebel murder, announces through
a friend that he will go to Frankfort and
surrender if he is assured that he will be
allowed bail. Otherwise he will go
when the time for the trial comes. He
declares he is not disposed to evade the
trial.
Jlay Purchase Davis 3Ianslon.
Opelika, Ala., May 2.—The annual
state convention of the Daughters of the
Confederacy is in session here with a
large attendance. The address of wel
come was delivered by Mrs. W. W. Wil
liams of Opelika. The convention will
vote on buying the old Jefferson Davis
mansion at Montgomery.
Permission Denied Costa.
Lisbon, May 2.—The chamber of dep
uties has refused almost unanimously to
permit Deputy Costa to interpellate the
government in regard to the Beira mat
ter.
There is more caturrn in this section of the
country than all other diseases put together,
and until thelast 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 direct!j* 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
Large Force Attacks Garrison of 30
3Ien at Catubig Church, Surrounded
and Building Set on Fire—200 Reb
els Killed.
Manila, May 2.—The American gar
rison of Catubig, island of Samar, con
sisting of 30 men belonging to the Forty-
third regiment, has been attacked by
rebels. Twenty of the Americans were
killed. The remainder were rescued.
The men were quartered in the Catu
big church which the enemy, number
ing several hundred, surrounded and
fiercely attacked. The Americans fought
for two days and the rebels managed to
ignite the roof of the church, and it
burned away and finally fell upon those
inside the edifice. The walls remained
intact, however, and were r^od as a
shelter by the besieged Americans for
three days longer, the enemy attacking
the building on all sides. The Ameri
cans continued firing from the window:)
and doors of the church and did great
execution among the Filipinos. It is
estimated that over 200 of the latter
were killed.
After five days’ resistance by the
Americans a lieutenant and eight men
arrived from Laoan and engaged the be
siegers, who thereupon retired.
The arrival of these men prevented
the annihilation of the American force,
who had repeatedly declined to surren
der when ordered to do so by the Fili
pinos.
The ten survivors were without food,
had little ammunition and were prac
tically exhausted when relieved.
“DeWitt’s Little Early Risers are
the finest pills I ever used.”—D. J.
Moore, Millbrook, Ala. They quick
ly cure all liver and bowel troubles.
H. B. 3icMaster.
Officer In Boer Army.
Scottsboro, Ala,, May 2. — Walter
Rosser of Stevenson, this county, who,
while a member of a Tennessee regiment
in the late war with Spain, shot and
killed a man in San Francisco, and was
acquitted, and later shot a man in New
York and was acquitted, is now a second
lieutenant in the Boer army.
General Methodist Conference.
Chicago, May 2.—The twenty-ninth
general conference of the Methodist
Episcopal church—the twenty-third oi
the delegated congresses—began here to
day. It will last a month and is ex
pected to he the most important of any
conference since the memorable one in
1844, when the southern branch severed
relations with the main body over the
slavery question.
Newspaper Changes Hands.
Canton, Ga., May 2.—The Cherokee
Advance has again changed ownership
and control, Henry Brewster having
sold to Major H. J. Mills, who will gel
out the first issqp this week.
Billions Uiren Away.
It is certainly gratifying to the
public to know of one concern in
the land who are not afraid to be
generous to the needy and suffering.
The proprietors of Dr. King’s New
Discovery for Consumption, Coughs
and Colds, have given away over
ten millions trial bottles of this
great medicine and have the satis
faction of knowing it has absolutely
cured thousands of hopeless cases.
Asthma, Bronchitis, Hoarseness
and all diseases of the Throat, Chest
and Lungs are surely cured by it.
Call on it. b. MC3faster druggist,
and get a trial bottle tree, regular
size 50c. and $1. Every bottle guar
anteed, or price refunded.
COLLECTOR ROBBED OF $35,
Negro Driver Disappears With 3Ioney
and Is Still at Large.
Augi5sta, Ga., May 2.—Joe Ramey,
city collector for Timberlake & Co.,
went into a store to make a collection,
leaving a satchel containing $35 in his
buggy in charge of Tom Farris, a negro,
who for more than two years had been
his driver in his daily rounds.
When Ramey came out of the store
the horse and buggy, negro and mouey
had disappeared. A search was insti
tuted and after some hours the horse
and buggy were found hitched to a post
at the comer of Campbell and Ellis
streets, but the negro is still at large.
ALABAMA POPULISTS MEET.
The Name
“ALGO.
Will Put Out Ticket and 3Iake Dis
pensary Leading Issue.
Birmingham, Ala., May 2.—The Pop
ulist state convention met at Birming
ham auditorium this afternoon with a
fair attendance present, State Chairman
E. W. Crowe calling the meeting to or
der. A full state ticket, headed by
Judge S. M. Adams of Chilton county
for governor, will be nominated and the
dispensary will be the leading issue.
The convention will also elect dele
gates to the middle-of-the-road Populist
convention in Cincinnati. The delegates,
it is expected, will be favorable to Barker
and Donnelly.
ADAMS WILL HEAD TICKET.
North Carolina Republicans Will In
dorse President 3IcKInley.
Raleigh, May 2.—The North Carolina
Republican state convention met here at
neon. A full state ticket will be named,
headed by ex-Judge Spencer B. Adama
of Greensboro. The present attorney
general of the state, Zeb Yance Walser,
is presiding over the convention.
The platform will indorse President
McKinley and his policy toward “our
colonist,” also the administratian of
Governor Russell. It will declare against
the amendment and arraign the present
election law.
CHANGE OF VENUE GRANTED.
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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.
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NEW OFFICERS OF W. C. T. U.
Alleged 31urderers of Goebel to Be
Tried In Scott County.
Frankfort, Ky., May 2.—Judge Can-
trill has ordered a change of venue to
Scott county for the trial of Powers,
Davis, Youtsey and others.
After Scott county had been selected
as the place for the trial the attorneys
for the defense asked time to consult as
to whether they would ask for trial at
the regular term next week or ask for
the special term to begin in July. Time
was granted.
Knoxville’s Spring Meet.
Knoxville, May 2.—The East Ten
nessee Fair association has announced
that it will present a spring racing card
here the latter part of May. This will
be in addition to the annual races in
September. Horses will be here from
Kentucky, Tennessee, Georgia and
North Carolina, ijrhe dates this month
have not been definitely fixed.
Question A nswerecL
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 is
nothing serious the matter with
you. Sample bottles at H, b. mcmas-
ter, Waynesboro, Ga., and H. Q.
Bell, Milieu, Ga.
DENTON WAS SOLDIER AT 14.
Captain Bill Probably the Youngest
Confederate Officer.
Waycross, Ga., April 27.—Bill Den
ton of Bickley, Ware connty, Ga., was
a captain in the confederate army and
bears the distinction of having enlisted
before he was 15 years of age and served
four years. “Captain Bill,” as he is
called in his country, is a popular citi
zen, a clever story teller and a generous
hearted gentleman of the old school.
He is a native of Georgia, and his an
cestors fought the battles of this coun
try for freedom from the yoke of Eng
land and were prominent in the various
Indian wars.
The Dentons of Georgia are well
known and are among the best families
of the state. Captain Denton is a pro
gressive fanner and a retired merchant.
STOCK IS ALL SUBSCRIBED.
Sirs. Hart Sibley Elected President.
Child Labor Bill Indorsed.
Augusta, Ga., April 28.—In the third
day’s session of the Woman’s Christian
Temperance union state convention an
excellent report from the South Atlanta
union was read by Mrs. G. A. Cochran.
Mrs. Teeple of Savannah read an en
couraging report from her union, which
was also adopted.
Mrs. J. S. Moore of Oxford, state
treasurer of the Woman’s Christian
Temperance union, gave a talk on the
dues of the union. It was definitely
settled that local dues should be 60 cents
per year.
Mrs. Jennie Hart Sibley moved that
some member of the union be appointed
to memoralize the legislature ou the
“child labor” hill and the “age of con
sent” bill. This resolution was adopted
and Mrs. Sibley appointed.
The following officers were elected:
President, Mrs. Jennie Hart Sibley,
Union Point: rice president, Mrs. B. J.
Tarbutton, Sandersrille; corresponding
secretary, Mrs. Stainback Wilson, At
lanta: recording secretary, Mrs. G. A.
Cochran, Atlanta; assistant recording
secretary, Mrs. G. W. Wilson, Atlanta;
treasurer, Sirs. J. S. Moore, Oxford.
District presidents: First district, Sirs.
H. J. Tarbutton, Sandersrille; second
district, Sirs. S. S. Bouchelle, Thomas-
rille; third district, Sirs. Phil Smyth,
Americus; fourth district, Sirs. S. J.
Blanchard, Columbus; sixth district,
Sirs. Godwin D. Myriek, Slilledgeville;
seventh district, Sirs. A. SI. Street, San-
dersville: eighth district, Sirs. Walter
B. Hill, Macon; ninth district, Mrs.
Starweather, Demorest: tenth district,
Sirs. Claiborne Snead, Augusta; elev
enth district, Sirs. J. H. Redding, Way-
cross.
REGULATORS IN TATNALL.
Threatened Johnson’s Life Because He
3Von Id Not Join Them.
Savannah, April .28.—A white man
by the name of Johnson came here from
Tatnall county to make complaint of
what he declared to be an organized
band of whitecappers that exists in that
connty a few miles from Reidsville. He
said that he had refused to take part
with the band in whipping and assault
ing negroes and as a result his life had
been threatened and he had to leave the
county. Johnson declared that two or
three murders could be traced to this
band and that they had committed nu
merous outrages, for which none of th£m
had ever been punished.
“They defy arrest, ” he said. “They
serve ou the grand juries and it is im
possible to jpdict them. It is also im
possible to get warrants against them
served and they continue their outrages
unmolested.”
BIG STRIKE AT SAVANNAH.
Bunn Kills His Playmate.
Waycross, Ga., April 30. — While
playing with a gnu at Elsie, 18 miles
from here, Saturday afternoon, Martin
Miller, aged 14, wa3 shot and instantly
killed by a young son of Taylor Bmin.
The boys were bathing, when young
Bunn picked up a shotgun and, not
knowing it was loaded, pointed it at
Miller and snapped. Again pointing it
at Miller, Bunn pulled the trigger. This
time the gun fired and the charge took
effect in the back of Miller’s head, pro
ducing instant death.
Governor Names Arbor Day.
Atlanta. May 1. — In compliance
with a request from the Georgia Federa
tion of Women’s Clubs, presented by the .
president, Mrs. Lindsay Johnson of
Rome, Governor Candler has issued a
proclamation fixing and setting aside
Dec. 7 as Arbor day. The Georgia Fed
eration of Women’s Clubs has con
tended for some years for the appoint
ment of an Arbor day and their success
is gratifying to the members of the fed
eration.
Small Cotton Crcp Predicted.
Columbus, Ga., April 28.—Colonel H.
Bussey, one of the best posted men in
the South on crop conditions, says it is
practically certain that a large crop of
cotton would not be made this year. The
farmers of this section of Georgia and
Alabama have planted a larger acreage
of corn and small grain than ever before
and will have plenty of “hog, hominy
and hay” at home this fall.
Bricklayers Strike.
Columbus, Ga., April 28.—The brick
layers employed by Griffiu & Fitz, the
Atlanta contractors on the new guano
factory here, have struck for higher
wages and a 9-hour day. Every man
but one stopped work. Non-union men
may be imported from Atlanta.
Gainesville Gets Woodside Mill— Cap
italized at $200,000. •
Gainesville, Ga., April 27. — The
Woodside cotton mill is a certainty for
Gainesville, every dollar of stock neces
sary haring been subscribed. The mill
is capitalized at $200,000, $110,000 of
which was subscribed by the citizens of
Gainesville.
The Woodside cotton mill will operate
10,000 spindles and 300 looms. About
350 operatives will be employed and
plain cotton goods will be manufactured.
It was only about one month ago that
,the Pacolet Manufacturing company de
cided to erect a $1,000,000 cotton mill at
New Holland Springs, and now another
mill is secured, capitalized at $200,000.
“After suffering from piles for fif
teen years I was cured by using 2
boxes of DeWitt’s Witch Hazel
Salve,” writes W. J. Baxter, North
Brook, N. C. It beals everything.
Beware of counterfeits. H. B. mc-
Master.
Carpenters, Painters, Bricklayers and
Others Quit Work.
Savannah, May 1.—It is claimed by
the president of the Building Trades
council, representing all branches of la
bor connected with building in Savan
nah, that 800 men are on a strike in this
city.
They include carpenters, painters,
bricklayers, plasterers and others con
nected with house building. They have
gone out for an increase in wages and
decreased working hours. The builders
and contractors ciaim they are not seri
ously embarrassed by the strike, as they
can get all the men they want to work.
They do not think 800 men are idle.
There is no disorder, but in some cases
the forces at work on large jobs are very
Brare Men Fail
MR. BACON’S RESOLUTIONS.
One of Them Calls on Secretary of War
For Information.
Washington, April 20.—Soon aftei
the senate opened Senator Bacon of
Georgia offered two resolutions, one
them asking the secretary of wat
whether any officers had received or
were receiving salaries for the perform
ance of civil duties in addition to their
regular pa3 r , and the other inquiring
about the expenditure for rent of offices,
the equipments and all similar expenses.
Mr. Bacon said the first resolution was
introduced in response to a challenge
made by Mr. Chandkr. He hail no spe
cific information on the subject, and
indeed, had received assurance that no
such extra salaries were paid.
Attacked by 3Iad Cat.
Atlanta, April 23.—A cat supposed to
have hydrophobia attacked two children
at 69 Frazer street, lacerating a little
hoy’s face with her claws and severely
bit a girl. Fears are entertained that
the girl is menaced with hydrophobia
and an effort is being made to secure a
mad-stone
One Minute Gough Cure, cures.
That is what it was made for.
Victims to stomach, liver and kid
ney troubles as well as women, and
all feel the results in loss of appe
tite, poisons in the blood, backache,
headache tired, listless, run-down
feeling. But there’s no need to feel
like that. Listen to J. W. Gardner,
ldaville, Ind. He says: “Electric
Bitters are just the thing for a man
when be is all run down, and don’t
care whether he lives or dies. It
did more to give me new strength
and good appetite than anything I |
could take. I can now eat anything
and have a new lease on life.” On
ly 50 cents at h. b. nicmaster’s
drug store. Every bottle guaranteed
DeWitt’s Witch Hazel Salve
Cures Piles, Scalds, Burns.
Wedding Gifts.
We are now receiv
ing new goods suit
able for Wedding
Presents
Sterling Silver
ware, ....
Libbey’s Cut Glass,
CLOCKS, VASES,
Lamps,
Bric-a.-Brac . .
and Fine Jewelry.
Wm. Schweigert & Co.,
Jewelers, ■
Augusta, Ga.