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THE ■ W. B. YOUNG, President. \ AUGUSTA • J. G. WEIGLE, Cashier. SAVINGS . SAVINGS accounts BANK, ... M)MCITE„. THE 1 TRUE CITIZEN. THE PLANTERS LOAN AND SAVINGS BANK, Pays interest on Deposits. Accounts Solicited. Interest Paid si)0 Sroad Street, On Deposits. VtGISTA, GEORGIA. j 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 ALCO. u 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. ! 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. l 1 m 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. RALSTON BADLY WOUNDED. “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. MCMaster. “After suffering from piles for fif teen years I wa9 cured by using 2 boxes of DeWitt’s Witch Hazel Salve,” writes W. J. Baxter, North Brook, N. C. It heals everything. Beware of counterfeits. H, B. mc- Master. * 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. A Thousand Tongnes Could not express the rapture of Annie E. 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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. One Minute Cough Cure, cures. That in what it was made fnr. 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, a