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i Volume 19.
Waynesboro, Georgia, Saturday, May 19, 1900. Number 5.
Augusta, Ga.
ORGANIZED 18 0
L.C. Hatse,
President.
W. C, Wardlaw
Cashier.
■I-i
E WAR IN
SOUTH AFRICA
Boers
Will Resist Further
vance 01' the British.
Ad-
I, May 15.—The war office has
f : hhed tardy confirmation of General
Lei: t’s movement on the Biggarsburg
j a dispatch from General Boiler at
Vs Farm as follows:
‘•[a accordance with instructions to
i; a ri; enemy occupied at Biggarsburg
,11 lay 11, I concentrated the Third
cav.ihy brigade of the Second division
; !U d some corps of artillery at Sunday’s
r jv . drift on the Hslpmaakr road and
( li;- rrcd Colonel Bethnen to advance on
(ivy town with the Bethucn mounted
iia'.mtrv, the Umvoti mounted rifles and
k;
• Imperial
we moved
nen, with
andslaagte,
Light infantry. On May
to Waschbank and Be-
General Hildyarcl from
occupied Indoga moun
tain
•On May 13 I sent General Hamilton
with throe battalions up the steep slope
nf Withock hill. The Third cavalry
brigade crowned a hill oil each side of
the main road and Bcthuen attacked hv
ilie Pomeroy road from three sides. The
canny hurriedly abandoned the position
which they had strongly entrenched
and retired to the nek in front of Help-
mankr, whence we hope to dislodge
them, as many of them have retired.
\Vc have gained the summit of the Berg
with the loss of only a few men
wounded. I am advancing on Beith
and Hildvard moves on Wessel’s nek.
• Our small loss, I think, was certainly
due to the excellent troop leading of
General Hamilton and Lord Dtmdonald
and Colonel Bethnen.”
A second dispatch! says:
“The enemy evacuated Helpmaakr
Nek during the night, leaving a rear
guard of about 1,000 men in front of us.
These wo have forced hack throughout
the day under considerable difficulties,
as they tired all the grass on top of the
berg as they retreated, and the wind be
ing unfavorable to us, we were scarcely
able to see at all. I halted the infantry
who marched very well through the hot
smoke at Beith.
“We have taken a few prisoners. Our
casualties are small.”
A third dispatch says:
“Dundonald reported, late last night
he had driven the rear guard on to the
main body of the enemy, near Buraltn-
den, where they occupied in force a
strung position with three powerful
guns. Major Gough, with the compos
ite regiment, maneuvered to the rignt
an mud their left flank and they retired.
Dundonald then halted. He was 25
miles as the crow flies from his previous
night's bivouac and had covered nearly
in miles during the day in a waterless
country, most of the time being through
smoke. From prisoners I learu that the
enemy numbered over 2,000 at Help
maakr and being joined by those who
left Van .Tenders pass they must total
nearly 3,000 men.
■‘Heldyard reports the occupation of
Was.-als Nek and repairing the line.” .
Judging from the above dispatches
the British advance is little more than
an arduous march. The Boers who
were active at first later appear to have
shown the same readiness to retreat
which is now marking the movements
of tlie federals in the Free State.
Apparently the burghers are about to
evacuate Natal and concentrate for the
(b-b-nse of Laing’s Nek, northward, and
an R enan’s pass, westward.
The reoccnpation of Dundee by the
British places the coal supplies there in
their hands. There is little news of a
definite character. Interest for the mo
ment is almost entirely centered in Mafe-
king, whence the wife of the mayor has
received a cablegram setting forth that
all was well on May 4.
Tim war office has received the follow
ing dispatch from General Buller at
Dundee:
“We have occupied Dundee. About
2,500 ■ >f the enemy have left for Glencoe,
"'here they are entrenched. Their wn-
V'lis left by DeJagers drift and the
Daunhauser road. Their Kaffirs said
tiny were going to Laings Nek. Almost
every house in Dundee is completely
k mt"d. The navigation colliery is all
right. The machinery of the Dundee
collieries is destroyed. The houses of
the own are damaged, but are struc
turally intact.”
Ni'vs from Mafeking is expected
speedily. The war office is reported to
have expressed the opinion that news of
raising the siege of that place may be
expected by Wednesday.
Steyn’s Brother Surrenders.
Braxdsdrift, May 15.—General Rnn-
dle lias completely checkmated the at
tempt of the Boers to come south again
and the enemy is retreating before the
persistent advance of the British. Many
have been captured or are surrendering,
aiming them President Steyn’s brother.
Uie Lndybrand district is clear of Boers,
.limy have evacuated Mequatlin’s Nek
and are now near Linsley.
^ hat remains of the Free State force
('mid be easily dispersed if General
biiiyard’s division were sent from Na-
iuIgvit the mountains to Harriainith,
hut Run del’s division, with cavalry,
*n' lns entirely competent to deal with it
without assistance.
Refugees From Mafeking.
Plumper's Camp, May 15.—Twelve
hundred and eighty refugees from Mafe-
Mng have reached here. Patrols who
U f lV | munic ‘d from the northern borders
0 . -he Transvaal say they saw no signs
oi Boers. The Boers regularly patrol
J l! " neighborhood of Mafeking, but do
not seem disposed to be aggressive.
Boers Lost 25 Men.
Mafeking, May X6.—The Boers Sat
urday opened fire on the Kaffir location
a: Mafeking. They were in turn at
tacked during the night of Saturday
uud on Sunday found themselves sur-
1 on tided. The Boers lost seven killed
and i-S wounded. The British loss is re
ported to have been heavy.
Concentrating at tlie Vaal.
Krooxstadt, May 15.—It is reported
that the whole of the Boer forces are
concentrating on the Vaal, drawing
J oni Biggarsburg and southwestern bor-
y , r 'y', tt computed that not more than.
’ J J Tree Staters will fight on the Vaal.
Printing promptly executed
GRAVtS ON_RACE PROBLEM.
Separation, He Says, Is the Only Per-
mnnent Solution.
Moxtgomory, AH., May 9.—The fea
ture of today’s session of the race con
ference was the speech of the Hon. John
Temple Graves of Georgia. Mr. Graves’
speech was one of the ablest efforts of
his life and shows a deep study of the
problem. The distinguished Georgian
was never in better voice and was given
the closest attention throughout.
Mr. Graves paid tribute to the efforts
of Council, Booker Washington, Bishop
Turner and other leading negroes, hut
nis speech shows that he is uncompro
misingly iu favor of a separation of the
races.
lie contends that there is no room in
the industrial field for the negro, and
that education only' awakens ambitions
which can never be realized, unless there
is a separation. To make his argument
more pointed Mr. Graves refers to the
time when the Lord led the children of
Israel from the land of Egypt, thus re
leasing them from bondage.
The speaker dwelt at length upon th«
race problem as it presents itself to rhe
thinking man, touching upon the ne
gro’s industrial, political, social and
civil standing in the United States. He
stated that the industrial education of
the negro only tended to bring him in
closer competition with the white man,
thus augmenting the bitter feeling al-
ready existing between the two races.
Proceeding Mr. Graves presents meth
ods for the solution of the problem,
and advocates the repeal of tlie fifteenth
amendment. He regards the enfran
chisement of the negro as the American
mistake of the century, but the disfran
chisement of the negro would not be a
permanent solution.
Must Separate the Races.
The only permanent solution, he says,
is the separation of the races. Proceed
ing, he says:
“On this great question I stand now
where I have always stood—where Web
ster stood and Henry Clay; where
Thomas Jefferson stood, and Abraham
Lincoln, and Henry Grady, and Council
and Turner and the rest—where in time
all men will stand who see the light and
dare to face it.
“Separation is the logical, the inev
itable, the only way. No other proposed
solution will stand the test of logic and
experiment.
“For no statute will permanently
solve this problem. No anodyne of law,
no counter- irritant of legislation will
quiet it longer than the hour of its ap
plication. The evil is in the blood of
races, the disease is in the bones and the
marrow and the skin of antagonistic
peoples.
“Religion does not solve the problem,
for the Christ spirit will not he all per
vasive until the millenial dawn.
“Education complicates the problem.
Every year of enlightenment increases
the negro’s apprehension of his position,
of his merits and attainment, and of the
inconsistency between his real and con
stitutional status in the republic. Edu
cation brings perception, and ambition
follows, with aggressive assertion against
the iron walls of a prejudice that has
never yielded and will never yield- The
conflict is i rrepressifrlb and inevitable.
Time Complicates Problem.
“Time complicates the problem by
giving increasing numbers and addi
tional provocation to the negro, and in
creasing danger to the struggle which
logic and destiny render certain.
“Politics complicates the problem by
bringing times of fierce civic conflict
when the passions and prejudices of fac
tion may he moved to partisan align
ment with the deep and lurking dan
gers of the race question.
“We have come in God’s providence
to the parting of the ways.
“In the name of history and of hu
manity; in the interest of both races,
and in the fear of God, I call for a divi
sion.
“We can make it peaceably now. We
may be forced to accomplish it in blood
hereafter.
“The time is propitious and the coun
try is ripe for separation.”
In conclusion, the speaker says:
“Away with experiment! Let us have
done with temperizing. Away with
timidity and hesitation! Let us face the
great question like men! Let us grapple
the mightv issue bravely and once for
all. Let us see the end from the begin
ning, and go forth to meet it with faith
in God and in our race.
“And Almighty God, the last immi
nent factor in the destinies of men, will
strike the scales from our clouded eyes
and lead to the kindly light a people
who, with earnest faith and strenuous
endeavor, have sought to help others
and to help themselves.”
ARE DYING OF STARVATION.
Inhabitants of Palmerston Island In
Desperate Straits For Food.
Sax Francisco, May 15. — Letters
have been received here from the bark
Empire which sailed for Adelaide, South
Australia. These say the vessel called
on the way to Palmerston island, mid
way between Tahiti and Samoa, and
found the people starving. The island
is seldom visited except by the traders
from Baratonga.
Elihu Williams, a trader, who owned
the island, had died of starvation. His
son and the rest of flie people were re
duced to desperate straits for food.
Adelaide sent out a relief vessel.
Woman Uses Butcher Knife.
Scranton, Pa., May 15.—A quarrel
between children at Dimsmore was fol
lowed by Mrs. Mary Pace, mother of
one child, making a furious attack on
Mrs. Sylvester Bellows, mother of the
other child, with a butcher knife. IMrs.
Pace repeatedly slashed Mrs. Bellows
with the weapon and inflicted a number
of wounds. The injuries may result fa
tally. Mrs. Pace escaped, but the police
are after her.
Terrible Distress In India.
Simla, May 15.—Terrible accounts are
received of the distress which prevails
in all the famine districts despite the
lavish distribution of funds. Fifty-eight
lacs of rupees have already been ex
pended iu purchasing cattle and seeds,
while the government has made a fur
ther allotmont of 75 lacs of rupees.
Heavy Snowfall In Leipslc.
Leipsic, May 15.—It has been snowing
heavily here since early morning. The
thermometer registered 361J degrees.
There is also a heavy snowfall at Gnem-
uitz.
One Minute Cough Cure, cures.
That is what it was made for.
CATARRH CAN BE CURED BY
Johnston’s Sarsaparilla
QUART BOTTLES.
“DANGER IN THE EARTH AND AIK; DANGER EVERYWHERE.’)
A Wise and Venerable Doctor Talks about Advanced Science.
In a leading hotel, in a great city, a famous and aged physician was convers
ing. Listening to his 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- | accepted, and the work of preparation
isms. Here is the germ of that terrible disease diphtheria. Here is the bacillus j is begun. The division is composed of
of typhoid fever; and here is the still more dreadful bacillus of tubercle which
MEET AT WAYCROSS JULY 4*
Review of South Georgia Veterans to
Be Held.
Waycross, Ga., May 14.—The grand
review of confederate veterans for July
4 is taking definite shape. At a meet
ing of South Georgia camp last Febru
ary, it was decided to invite General
McGiashan to call for a grand review of
the South Georgia division, to be held
in Waycross July 4. The invitation was
The Name
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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
catarrh. 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 wav 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 had 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 m3 7 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.
ffiEICHI&AW D11U& COMPANY, DETROIT, MICH.
H. B. McilASTKR, Wavnesbors, Ga.’
DANIEL, SONS & PALMER. Millen, Ga.
S,F, OOOPER, Rocky Ford, Ga.
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I W , IT. PARKER, Rocky Ford, Ga.
I E. S. LANE A-CO., Dover, Ga
I M. M, PERKINS, Perkins, Ga,
RAILROAD AND COTTON MILL.
Two New Enterprises Have Been Pro
jected at Barnesville.
Barnesville, Ga., May 14.—The citi
zens of this place have within the past
week set in motion several big projects,
any one of which if pushed to a success
ful conclusion will mean a substantial
boom for the town.
The two most important plans that
are now approaching maturity are the
building of a new railroad and the estab
lishment of another cotton mill to cost
something like $250,000.
At a recent meeting of the newly or
ganized Barnesville board of trade a
committee was appointed to canvass the
question of building another railway
with this city as one of its terminal
points, and a substantial smn has al
ready been pledged. The direction the
road will take has not yet been defi- j
nitely determined, although several ;
routes are now under consideration.
Within the past week one of the
wealthiest northern mill men has visited
the city with a view to establishing a
cotton mill to cost not less than §250,-
000. He has proposed to contribute a
material per cent of the necessary capi
tal and let the balance be made up by
the citizens of Barnesville who have
capital to invest in such an industry.
AN OBJECT LESSON
OF THE CONVENTION
Product of Industrial Schools
and Textile Exhibits.
GOODS FOE THE FAR EAST
That Throbbing Headache.
Would quickly leave you, if you
U3ed Dr, King’s New Life Pills
Thousands of sufferers have proved
matchless merit for Sick and Ner
vous Headaches. They make pure
blood and strong nerves and build
up your health. Easy to take. Try
them. Only 25 cents, money back
if not cured. Sold by H. b. mcmrs-
ter, druggist.
YOUNG’S HORRIBLE DEATH.
Caught In Machinery and Is Badly
Crushed and Torn.
Fort Valley, Ga., May 12.—William
Young, an employe of the Georgia Fruit
Packing company, met a horrible death
at the -crate factory at this place last
afternoon. While attempting to replace
a belt which had slipped, he was caught
and thrown to the ceiling on the heavy
shafting. The engine was stopped and
Young fell to the floor. His left arm
was torn into three separate pieces, the
right leg broken and the knee cap torn
completely off. He was otherwise lacer
ated and bruised.
He lived for three hours conscious up
to 5 o’clock, when death came to his
relief.
Contract Has BeeiuLet.
Quitman, Ga., May 15.—The contract
for the extension of the South Georgia
railroad t e-Greenville has been let, and
the contractors have broken ground with
about 150 men. The work will be
pushed rapidly through, they being un
der contract for 23 miles of the exten
sion by Nov. 1.
New Cotton Mill For Covington.
Covington, Ga., May 14.—Covington
is to have another cotton mill to cost
§100,000. The money is all up, the ma
chinery bought and contracts for brick
and other material let. The Porterdale
mill has jnst been completed at a cost of
over §750,000.
Cotton Mill Projected.
St. Matthews, S. C., May 15.—The
indications are tEat St. Matthews will,
at an early date, have a cotton mill. A
charter has been applied for and the
work of soliciting stock is progressing.
The capital stock will be §100,000.
Cotton Mill In Operation
Quitman, Ga., May 15.—The various
industrial enterprises here are doing
well. The cotton mill has been in oper
ation for two weeks.
$100 Reward $100.
The readers of this paper will be pleased to
earn that there is at least one dreaded dis
ease that science has been able to cure in all
its stages, and that is Catarrh. Hail’s Catarrh
Cure is tlie only positive cure known to the
medical fraternity. Catarrh being a consti
tutional disease, requires a constitutional
treatment. Hail’s Catarrh Cure tis taken in
ternally, acting directly upon the blood and
mucouksurfaces of the system, thereby de
stroying the foundation of the disease, and
o-iviug the patient strength by building up
the constitution and assisting nature in do
ing its work. The proprietors have so much
faith in its curative powers, that they offer
one hundred dollars for any case that it tails
to cure. Send for list of testimonials. Ad
dress, F. J. Cheney & Co., Toledo, Ohio.
'— Sold by druggists 75c.
An Interesting Comparison Is Made of
American and English Made Cloths.
Progress of the Negro In Evidence by
Normal School Exhibit.
Chattanooga, May 1G.—The South
ern Industrial convention in a body, ac
companied by a large delegation of
Chattanooga citizens, devoted the fore
noon to an inspection of the industries
located in this city.
General Joseph Wheeler has arrived.
He will deliver an address on “The
South and Its Relations to the Trade of
the Philippines and the Orient.” The
great object lesson of the convention is
the exhibit in the auditorium, where the
sessions are held, of products of indus
trial schools and the textile exhibits by
ihe Philadelphia Commercial museum.
One of the best exhibits is made by
the Agricultural and Mechanical col
lege of Normal, Ala., an institution for
negroes, which is sustained, partially,
by government appropriation. In this
college are now about 500 students from
20 different states and several from Af
rica, of both sexes. In its 25 years of
existence the college has graduated 584
students from its mechanical depart
ment and 299 from the literary.
The President of the college, Professor
W. H. Council, will address the conven
tion on a phase of the race problem. The
delegates were deeply impressed with
the progress shown among the negro
students along this industrial and other
lines.
The Philadelphia museum has a large
exhibit of textile, such as the southern
manufacturers can produce in competi
tion with other countries. Dr. Wilson,
in charge of the museum, and Dr. Green
will appear before the convention and
explain their plan of gaining and dis
seminating information to those want
ing to branch out into foreign markets.
Among the articles displayed are tex
tiles made in England for the Chinese
trade, dress goods made in Turkey,
English made goods for the Turkish
market, samples of goods made in
America and offered in the Smyrna
market, but refused on account of in
ferior finish, English textiles made for
Australia, Germany yarn fabrics and
many others, which it is claimed are
inferior to the products of the southern
textile mills and the exportation of
which the American manufacturer has
not profitably engaged.
Hon. James A. Wilson, secretary of
agriculture, addressed the convention on
“The Agricultural Interests of the
South.”
Georgia Farmers Meet.
Macon, May 12.—A convention of
Georgia farmers, to devise a means for
a more profitable marketing of cotton,
is in session here, with a large attend
ance. The meeting was addressed by
F. M. Longley of LaGrange, Governor
Candler and Hon. Hoke Smith.
camps in Savannah, Waycross, Bruns
wick, Gainesville, Valdosta, Dupont,
Quitman, Thomasville and other towns
in South Georgia, and it is probable that
500 to 1,000 old veterans will be here.
The Daughters of the Confederacy, the
Sons of Veterans, Waycross Rifles band
and other organizations will participate
in the event.
At a meeting of South Georgia camp
Friday night a committee of citizens
was appointed to co-operate with com
mittees from the Daughters of the Con
federacy and Sons of Veterans in mak
ing all necessary arrangements. The
committees will meet some time next
week to appoint sub-committees and
map out a line of work which will in
sure the success of the movement.
CUT HIS THROAT WITH KNIFE
Bryant Attempts Suicide In View of
His Family.
Tifton, Ga., May 11.—A white man
named Jesse Bryant, about 45 years of
age, and having a family of a wife and
eight children, attempted suicide by cut
ting his throat on I. W. Bowen’s place,
near Brookfield.
The act was committed in full view of
his wife and members of his family, as
he made a savage slash at his throat
with a pocketknife. His swallow was
nearly cut in two, but he narrowly
missed his jugular vein, and a physi
cian sewed up the wound.
Since then, however, he has tom
away the stitches from the gaping
wound and tried to kill his wife, she
only escaping by fleeing from home.
Bryant has been taken in charge by
the authorities, and is now in Irwinville
jail awaiting trial for lunacy.
TRAGEDY AT STOCKBRIDGE.
Three Negroes Attack Farmer and One
of Them Is Killed.
Stockbridge, Ga., May 11.—Thomas
J. Hambrick, a farmer living northeast
of this place, shot one of his farm hands,
James Burton, a negro, through the ab
domen, Burton dying a few hours later.
Hambrick became involved in a diffi
culty with the negro and Burton and
his two brothers attacked Hambrick.
While Janies Burton was holding Ham
brick from behind and beating him over
the head with a rock, he pulled his pis
tol and fired behind, the bullet striking
Burton. After Hambrick had shot James
Burton, the brothers of the wounded
man jerked the pistol from Hambrick’s
hand and shot at, but missed him.
Mr. Hiynbrick was seriously bruised.
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
they took when feeling dull and bad
with headaches and other ache3.
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.
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 ge,t 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.
end for an “ALCO” catalogue.
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WHITNEY'S SLAYER LYNCHED
■MWM the
A startling incident of which Mr
John Oliver, of Philadelphia, was
Ihe subject, is narrated by him as
follows: “I was in a most dreadful
condition. My skin was almost
yellow, eyes sunken, tongue coated,
pain continually In back and sides
no appetite—gradually growing
weaker day by day. Three physi
cians had giyea me op. Fortunate
]y, a friend adrlsed trying ‘Eiecfrir
Bitters,’ and to my great joy end
surprise, the first bottle made a de
cided improvement. I continual
their use for three weeks, and *rr:
now a well man. I know they eav
jed my and robbed the grave oi
another vietlm.” No one phonic,
fail to try them. Only 60 cents pe;
bottle at EL B, MoMastet’s dru/
atoca. :
WIPED OUT BY YELLOW FEVER
All But Three Members of au Opera
Company Dead.
Rio de Janeiro, May 16.—One of the
most disastrous accidents that ever befell
an opera company was the almost com
plete destruction by yellow fever of an
Italian opera company which gave per
formances recently in the city of Ma-
noria, Amazonias, and other cities on
the Central Brazil.
Signor Alofink was first taken with
the fever. Shortly after bis death the
leading prima donna, Theresa Zeeichi,
developed symptoms of the fever, which
frightened her into hysterics. In a
paroxysm she bit her tongue through
and bled to death.
Twelve members of the company were
then taken with the fever and died, three
only surviving. Those who escaped
took their departure from the country
for Genoa.
AN IMPORTANT DECISION.
Rights of Firms and Individuals In
Bankruptcy Defined.
Raleigh, May 16.—Judge Purnell of
the United States district court has filed
an important opinion in a bankruptcy
proceeding. He decides that in a volun
tary proceeding in bankruptcy by a part
nership the firm is a distinct legal en
tity. The estates of the firm and the
individual members must be adminis
tered separately, hence the clerk, referee
and trustee are entitled to fees in the
case of each person in the partnership.
The question involved is one of first
impression, no decision having been
cited or found that the bankruptcy act
was intended not only to be joint to the
bankrupt and the creditors, hut to the
court officers, and that any other decis
ion would be flagrantly unjust to the
latter.
Negro Murderer Is Shot to Death by
Mob Near Augusta.
Augusta, Ga,, May 14.—Aleck Whit
ney, a well known and popular young
man, was shot and killed Sunday after
noon by William Wilson, a negro.
The tragedy occurred on a Summer
ville electric car, because Whitney, who
was riding with Lieutenant Pinckney
Steiner, refused to give up his seat to a
negro woman accompanying Wilson.
The negroes forced themselves into
the seat, the man sitting partly upon
Whitney, who shoved him off forcibly.
The two men grappled and the negro
pulled a pistol and shot twice. One bul
let entering'Whitney’s eye and the other
missed, but grazed Steiner’s hand and
buried itself In the back of a seat.
Steiner seized the pistol and prevented
the third shot, the hammer coming down
upon his hand.
Whitney fell across the hack of the
seat in front of him, and a panic re
sulted among the passengers, women
growing hysterical.
The negro tried to escape from the
car, but was seized by passengers and
turned over to a policeman.
Whitney died as soon as he reached
the hospital, where he was carried in
the ambulance.
Wilson was taken from the Georgia
train Sunday night at Grovetown. The
authorities tried to get him to Atlanta.
A big crowd got on the train, as a crowd
did on all outgoing trains. This crowd
got the man and carried him out into
the woods from Grovetown, where they
kept him all night. They were deter
mined to lynch him, but were not sure
he was the right man. They sent back to
the city for some one to identify the ne
gro. He was positively identified this
morning. The negro was brought back
from Columbia, into Richmond county
shortly after 10 o’clock. He was swung
up, but the rope broke aud he fell to the
ground. His body was literally shot to
piecies. A placard as a warning to
all negroes in Georgia was pinned to the
body and it was left where it lay. The
coroner has been notified.
KILLING IN CHATTANOOGA.
Mi
Bennett Claims She Shot Starnes
In Self-Defense. -
Chattanooga, May 15.—Mrs. Kate
Beuuett, a handsome woman about 19
years of age, shot and killed A. R.
Starnes, a prominent and well-to-do con
tractor of this city, in her private bed
room, at her residence. She stated that
she shot Starnes in self-defense, and
that he was trying to kill her with a
beer bottle when she fired.
About six weeks ago Mrs. Bennett had
her husband, Jack Bennett, also a con
tractor of this city, arrested and placed
in jail on a charge of bigamy. Bennett
had gone to Dayton. Tenn., to complete
a job, where he had married a young
lady named Davis. He lived with the
Dayton girl for several weeks, when
Mrs. Bennett learned of what had hap
pened. She at once secured her hus
band’s arrest.
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Two Days’ Crime Record.
Montgomery, Ala., May 16.—Follow
ing is a record of two days’ crime in this
community: Leonard Whitten, a negro
hack driver, was assassinated by a negro
passenger. Rush Zeigler, a Montgomery
negro, was killed at Tallassee. Bob
Dickson of Lowndesboro shot and killed
a negro. A white man named Coles
was knocked in the head on Commerce
street and is in a critical condition. A
citizen of Sandy Ridge was knocked in
the head and robbed of money and val
uables.
Talbotton Road In New Hands.
Talbotton, Ga., May 16.—The Tal
botton railroad has changed hands again.
Edgar T. Smith, temporary receiver, re
tiring and W. T. Dennis of this place
taking charge of the road as superin
tendent and general manager, succeed
ing CaDtain F. S. Thornton, former su
perintendent before the receiver was ap
pointed.
Native Christians Massacreed.
Tien Tsin, China, May 16.—More
“Boxer” outrages are reported 60 miles
north of Tien Tsin, where a number of
native Christians have been massacreed.
The British admiral has arrived here
and proceeded to Peking.
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Lawyer Probably Fatally Injures
Jeweller In Chattanooga.
Chattanooga, May 15.—Graham T.
Holtzclaw, son of the late Judge J. A.
Holtzclaw, and a member of a promi
nent Georgia family, returning home at
an early heur this morning, found a
young man, named E. H. Ralston, a
jeweller, who came to this city from In
dianapolis, in his bedroom. Drawing a
revolver, Holtzclaw fired three shots at
Ralston, one taking effect in the lower
part of the abdomen, inflicting probably
a fatal wound. Holtzclaw immediately
notified the county authorities what he
had done, and was placed under arrest,
but later was released on bond.
Mrs. Holtzclaw was a Miss Fluker,
from one of the-thriving towns near At
lanta, and is also a member of a promi
nent family.
HERNDON IS FOUND GUILTY.
He Is Convicted of the Murder of John
Lovinggood.
Washington, Ga., May 11.—After be
ing out 18 hours the jury in the case of
the state versus Herndon rendered a ver
dict of guilty without recommendation.
The trial was begun Monday afternoon.
On the afternoon of Oct. 20, 1899, Dil-
liard Herndon, a farmer who lived 3
miles east of Pistol, in the northern por
tion of this county, shot and killed John
J. Lovinggood, a merchant at that place,
while he stood behind his counter.
Herndon was placed in jail and the next
month was put on trial at the November
term of Wilkes superior court. A mis
trial was the result, the jury standing
j ten to two for conviction. The defense
relied on the insanity dodge at both the
• trials.
Policeman Shoots a Burglar.
Macon, May 12.—A policeman found
a negro burglar in the store of George
Lumpkin Thursday night and attempted
to arrest him. The negro resisted and
took refuge behind a door which he re
fused to open. The officer fired through
the door, the bullet piercing the burg
lar’s heart and producing instant death.
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