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MBMO—g— fj / HE l AUGUSTA ■ j SAVINGS . I bask, . ■ ■ I gOS It road Street, f n-fii tn, aKHBSHA. W. B. YOUNG, President. J. G. WEIGL.E, Cashier. .SIVIMJS AtCOl'XfS solicited. Interest Paid On nepuaits. 1 n H E TRUE CITIZEN. THE PLANTERS LOAN AND SAVINGS BANK, Augusta. Ga. ORGANIZED 18 C Pays interest on Deposits. Accounts Solicited. L. C. Hayne, President. . ' , Wardlaw Cashier. ii \ Volume 19. Waynesboro, Georgia, Saturday, November 24, 1900. Number 32. A Free Trip to Savannah! WE FAY YOUR RAILROAD FARE OWE WAY. } WOMEN WITNESSED BURNING OF PORTER Voted Unanimously For tlie Negro’s Punishment. The mly Condition is, that You Huy Twenty Dollars’ Worth of Goods, at Prices that are Unmaichable, and we leave that point to your judgment Tou might uot need Twenty Dollars worth cf Goods, but certainly your two neighbors on either side of you, and yourself can use that much. HIS BODY INCINERATED These are Days of Combinations and Trusts, so nimbiue with your neighbor and run down to Savannah, at no cost to you, and save yourself the middle-man’s profit. I Our Five-Story Building, Covering Nearly Block, we carry B a Men Remained at the Spot and Re plenished the Fire Until It Was Com pletely Destroyed—Story of the Ne gro’s Crime and Punishment. Limon, Colo., Nov. 17.—No inquest, it is said, will be held over the remains of Porter, the self-confessed murderer of Louise Frost, who was burned at the stake by a mob of men at Lake Station i last night. In fact, the coroner can find no remains upon which to hold an in quest. A few men remained late last night at the spot out on the prairie where the murder was committed and avenged and replenished the fire again and again, until every vestige of the ne gro was incinerated. It is estimated that 700 people witnessed the execution. While no one witnessed the crema tion, many of them went to the scene before the fire was lighted and remained while the negro was led from carriage to carriage for inspection. The womens’ vote was a unit for burning. A mound of earth has been piled around the iron rail and covered with ashes aud it will remain as a monument in sight of all passing trains. OW EVERY KIND PORTER BURNED AT STAKE Low Prices and a Free Ride Maice a GreatOombination. _JPFU] Merely as an Index to !he Baris of Price?—We are Selling Now | A Good Brussels Carpet, worth 75c .... ... .... -55' Handsome Parlor Rockers, Oak or Cherry, worth $5, $2(391 3d inen Black and Navy Blue Storm Serge, 25' 19 inch Black Taffeta Silk, splendid value, .59! Men’s Black and Blue Cheviot Fancy Suits, sold everywhere $10, 7.50 j Ladies Fast Black Lace Lisle Hose, good 40c hosiery, New funcy Ginghams, Outings and Percales, .... Ladles pat. tip Vici Kid Button and Lace Shoes, worth $2, Men’s Calf Bals. and Congress, plain and tip, good value, $2 Everything in this store on this same basis. Make up your Club. .25 Y 1.50 1 50 U THE S0UTH’S»LEMER« LEOPOLD ADLER OFLOWPRIGES, Savannah, Georgia. WILL NOT JOIN THE oi Exorbitant Demands Will Not Be Made on China. NO AGREEMENT As Fa as ihe Officials Are Advised : the -Ministers Have not Concluded I Their Labors—Settlement Relieved j to Re a Long Way Oil'. Washington, Nov. 20—The Chinese j situation was the main topic under con-! side-ration at today's cabinet meeting. | The administration is not disposed to | join with the other governments in! making demands upon the Chinese im perial authorities with which the Chi nese government cannot comply. So far as our government is advised, the 1 reign ministers at Peking havn nor yet- agreed upon all points undei discussion. Mr. Ci niger had reported from time tfl time the various propositions under com side-ration, but he has not yet indicated tiiat die end is at hand or that anything m the nature of an agreement has been reached upon which the various powers might act- and which is to serve as s basis of negotiations with the Chinesj authorities. Having passed over the stage of pro scription of the Chinese loaders who were responsible for the Boxer outrage ! the foreign ministers are believed now to i■-• engaged with the different sub jects nf indemnities and guarantees. Ike last United States proposition was' m line with that- of Russia, to allow The Hague commissioners to adjust the in demnities. It is believed that this prop osition has never commended itself tc the British or German governments. I his apparent difference in original purpose between the United States gov ernment and some other powers hava operated to prevent a settlement of th.2 $100— Pr. K. Petclieon’s Anti-DiarPti* May i„ -worth to you more than *100 if you lav " ''liilti who soils bedding from inconte- water during sleep. Cures old and xouni; alike. It arrests the trouble at once. -.1. l by H. B McMaster, Druggist. uaniess question on the Buies iaiu down by the stare department. It may be stated, however, regardless of the delays that follow, that the United States government does not pro pose to be driven out of the concert at this juncture. Cigarette Law Sustained. Washington, Nov. 20.—The United States supreme court has rendered an j opinion in the case of William B. Aus- REACHEB; tiu versus the state of Tennessee, in- ; volviug the question as to the recogni- I | tiou to which cigarettes are entitled uu- j der the law. The case called into ques- j tion the validity of the state law pro- i hibiting the sale of cigarettes on the 1 ground that it was an iufriugemeut of f the rights of congress to regulate inter state commerce. The Tennesseee su preme court upheld the law and the de cision sustained that verdict.” LEGISLATIVE PROCEEDINGS What the Georgia Lawmakers Are Doing—New Bills Introduced. Atlanta, Nov. 1(3. — The principal features of today’s session of the house FOR PURE DAIRY PRODUCTS. Bill Enlarging Duties of Commissioner of Agriculture Passed. Atlanta, Nov. 20.—The most impor tant bill passed by the house today was that of Mr. Bark of Greene, enlarging the duties of the commissioner of agri culture, and authorizing him to inspect all packages claimed to contain pure dairy products. The bill provides for pure milk from healthy cows; that artificial dairy pro be advertised and sold as was the turning down of the Park bill j ducts shall .. -i - - ■ ,, such; that hotel keepers shall apprise the admission into the j ^ guests when they use oleomarga- Population of Illinois. Washington, Nov. 20.—The census providing for Technological school of girls over 14 • r j ue or butterine, and that the commis- years of age. The vote in the commit- slouer of agriculture shall see to the eu- tee was 12 against and 6 for it. On j forcemeat ot the law. ' A number of local bills of minor im portance were passed by the senate. motion of Mr. Park, the author, the bill was referred back to the committee, but it is understood that it has little chance to pass. A bill was introduced by Mr. Houston of Fulton providing that every Saturday bureau officially announced today that should be a legal half holiday iu Geor- the population of the state of Illinois gia Job printing at (lie right prices. Subscribe! Subscribe!! For . . Christinas Our holiday stock is now open for inspec tion. The largest and b a n d s o m e st stock ever displayed, in our city. - - Y rite tor new catalogue. HMHGHM Jewelers, Augusta, Georgia. was 4,821,550, as against 345,506 iu 1890. These figures show an increase of 995,- 199, or 26 per cent. Population of Rhode Island. Washington, Nov. 20.—The popula tion of the state of Rhode Island, as officially announced today by the census bureau, is 428,558, as agaiust 345,506 in 1890. This an increase of 83,050, or 24 per cent. NORTH CAROLINA TOBACCO State Stands 1 hlrd as a Producer and Manufacturer. Washington, Nov. 21.—In his annual report Commissioner Wilson states that 483 illicit stills were seized and 52 ar rests made in North Carolina during the past fiscal year. The value of the prop erty seized foots up $43,425. With the plants seized were 58,000 gallons oi spirits. . North Carolina stands third on the list of states producing the largest quan tities of chewing and smoking tobacco, 34,952,401 pounds, and is only surpassed bv Missouri and Kentucky. North Caro lina has 29 manufactures producing cigars aud the output last year was 10,- 838,794. She also produced 994,396,50C cigarettes, usiug for that purpose 5,000,- 000 pounds of tobacco. In all the 15a factories which last year turned into the finished product 46,290,982 pounds oi tobacco were used. Ghouls In North Carolina. Charlotte, N. C., Nov. 21.—Some 50 years ago an old French gentleman, Dil- lamott by name, died and was buried near Albemarle. The old man kept a golden image in his possession which, it is said, he worshipped. During his sick ness he requested that it be buried with him. Ghouls dug into the grave in search of the buried'idol A bill was offered by Mr. Jordan of Jasper to restrict the sale of oleomar garine. A bill repealing the dog law passed last year was passed. The Wright dispensary bill was made the special order of the day for next Thursday. The house adjourned until Monday. INSPECTING THE COOSA. INSPECT THE STATE’S ROAD So Right to Ugliness. The woman who is lovely in face form ami temper will always have friends, bnt one who would be at- ractive must keep ber health. If she is weak, sicsly and all run down, she will be neryous and irri table. If she has constipation or kidney trouble, her impure blood will cause pimples, blotches, skin. eruptions and a wretched complex ion. Electric Bitters *—* medicine in the stomach, liver and kidneys purify the blood. a . DUJUU - U , I ”'" wi| , is the best world to regulate and lo It gives strong nerves, bright eyes, smooth, velvety skin rich complexion. It will make a good-looking, charming woman of a run down invalid. On ly 50 cents a bottle at H. b. mcmas- ter’s drug store. ‘ Orders promptly attended to. Committees Make the Trip to Chatta nooga on a Special. Atlanta, Nov. 17.—The subcommit tees from the senate and house appoint- ] ed to go over the Western and Atlantic . railroad aud make a full report of its physical condition to the general assem bly, left the city this morning at fl o’clock on a spscial train. Accompanying the subcommittees were the special attorney of the Western and Atlantic aud a number of railroad officials, who will furnish what informa- . tion the members desire in making up their report. The objective point was : Chattanooga, the northern terminal of the state road, where a close investiga- j tion was made of the depot facilities. j The subcommittee of three from the ' senate committee on the Western and Atlantic consists of J. C. Stone of the twenty-seventh, B. Z. Herndon of the forty-third, ajid John T. Allen of the twentieth, ex-officio chairman. The house subcommittee consists of Bower, ex-officio chairman; Steed of Taylor, Knowles of Floyd, Hall of Bibb, Ousley of Lowndes, Blalock of Fayette, Miller of Muscogee, Copeland of Walker and Hitch of Chatham. River and Harbor Committee Visits Rome aud Gadsden. Rome, Ga., Nov. 19.—Members of the congressional rivers and harbors com mittee today began an inspection of the Coosa river for the purpose of determin ing the advisability of building 27 more locks on that stream between Rome and the gulf, giving an open passage and ..greatly increasing the horsepower for j (manufacturing purposes. I The party is composed of Representa- ' tives Bishop of Michigan, Alexander of New York, Laureuce of Massachusetts, Lester of Georgia and Bankhead of Ala bama. Chairman Burton and the other members of the committee met the party at Gadsden later iu the day. Cannot Visit Dublin. Dublin, Ga., Nov. 19.—During the past few days an effort was made to in duce Congressman Thomas E. Burton, chairman of the river and harbor com mittee, to visit Dublin and inspect the Oconee river. Chairman Burton wires that it will be impossible for him to in clude Dublin in Lis trip. IN THE HOUSE AND SENATE Bill Providing For a Dispensary at Cartersville Introduced. Atlanta, Nov. 19.—Iu the house to day a bill by Mr. Blalock of Fayette to require the deposits of insurance and other companies to be registered was passed. Iu the senate Senator Bell’s bill to amend tbs constitution of the state so that the money paid as taxes by negroes shall be used for the education of the negro only was continued until Thurs- dav as the special order of the day. Mr. Baker introduced a bill providing that the mayor and council of Oarters- ville be authorized, empowered and re quired to establish a dispensary, and to provide for its regulation by submitting the question to the qualified voters of that city. Itcli ou human cured In 30 minutes by Woolford’s Sanitary Lotion, This never fails Sold by H. B.McMaster, Druggist. Send us the news of your section. Believe McCrary Was 3Iurdered. Fitzgerald, Ga., Nov. 19.—S. G. Mc Crary, city engineer aud candidate for city clerk, has disappeared aud all traces of him are lost. He was last seen Fri day morning, when he told his wife he was going to his farm. Inquiries about his farm and near neighbors bring no light, as he had not been there. He had been in ill health the past summer and bad been downhearted at times. A great many people think he has been mur dered; while others think he has gone to his former home, Dayton, O. Door Open; Prisoners Escape. Jackson, Ga., Nov. 17.—Six negro prisoners escaped from jail here and only one of them has been captured. The door of the cage had been left open. Ills Life Was Saveli. Mr. J. E. Lilly, a prominent citi zen of Hannibal, mo., lately had a wonderful deliverance from a fright ful death. In telling of it he says: ‘I was taken with typhoid fever that ran into pneumonia. My Iudss became hardened. I was so week I couldn’t even sit up in bed. Noth ing helped me. I expected to soon die of consumption, when I heard of Dr King’s New Discovery. One bottle gave great relief. I continu ed to use it, and now am well and strong. I can’t say too much in its praise.” This marvelous medicine is the surest and quickest cure in the world for all throat and lung trouble. Regular sizes 50 cents and $100. Trial bottles free at h. b. mcmaster’s Drug Store: every hot- guaranteed. Murderer of Louise Frost Pays the Penalty of His Crime. Limon, Colo., Nov. 17.—Chained to a railroad rail, set firmly in the ground, on the exact spot where his fiendish crime was committed, John Porter last evening paid a terrible penalty for his deed. The father of the murdered girl touched the match to the fuel which had been piled around the negro, and 20 minutes later a last convulsive shudder told that life was extinct. What agony the doomed boy suffered while the flames shriveled up his flesh could only be gu<'*sed from the terrible contortions of bis * ce and the cries he gave from time to time. The executors, who numbered about 800 citizens of Lincoln county, had not the least semblance of the ordinary mob. Grimley they stood in a circle about the fire until the body was entirely con sumed, and then quietly took their way back to Limon, whence they departed for their homes shortly afterward. Porter did not seem to realize the aw ful punishment that he was destined to undergo. For more than an hour, while preparations for his execution were in progress, he stood mute aud sullen among the avengers. When everything was ready he walked to the stake with a firm step, pausing, as he reached the circle of broken boards, to kneel in prayer. He was allowed to take_his time. He arose and placed his back to the iron stake aud half a dozen men wound chains about his body aud limbs. Kerosene oil was applied to the wood, aud, after a brief pause, Richard W. Frost, the father of little Louise Frost, whose cruelly mutilated body was found one week ago ou that very spot, applied a match. LYNCHERS WILL GO FREE. m VERY] CHEAP DOORS AND BLINDS. We are making a cheap grade of paint ed doors and blinds for ordinary or common work. The prices for the doors range from 75 cents to SI 15, and the blinds 47 cents to 78 cents per pair, according to size. Let us send u circular giving full infor mation about these cheap goods. They will save you money. H BE m ^uqiista^umberi m SNOWSTORM IN COLORADO, j POLICEMAN SHOOTS NEGRO Slides Interrupt Traffic and Mines Are Closed Down. Denver, Nov. 21. — A heavy snow storm, accompanied by a high wind, has been in progress on the western slope in Colorado for the past three days. The warm weather melted the snow very fast aud slides have ocourred, doing considerable damage. Railroad traffic is being interrupted and work iu the mines in certain sections has stopped because of the inability to transport supplies. North of Glenwood Springs very cold weather is reported, which is gradually extending southward. Light falls of snow are reported from several places on the eastern side of the range. Youngest Attorney General. Raleigh, Nov. 21.—Governor Russell has appointed Robert Dick Douglas at torney general to fill the vancancy caused by resignation. Douglas is only 25 years old, the youngest attorney general North Carolina has ever had. He is the son of Associate Justice Robert M. Doug las, who was President Grant’s private secretary, and grandson of the famous Stephen A. Douglas of Illinois. Assaulted His Mother. Wilmington, N. C., Nov. 17.—Wil liam Joues, a white man, made a brntal assault ou his mother, because she in- terl'erred wheu he was beating his sis ter, striking her over the eye with a club and knocking her eye out of the socket. Timely Arrival of Reinforcements Pre vents Further Trouble. Charleston, Nov. 20. — Policeman Burton shot and perhaps mortally wonuded a negro malt named George Lessessue. The shooting was done in self defense. Had the officer waited a iniunte later to shoot he would have been attacked by a mob, for the negro he shot had thrown him to the ground and called for assistance. Policeman Burton was carrying out the recent order of the chief of police to drive in all vagrants. The officer or dered a crowd of negroes to move on and all obeyed except Lessessue. He refused to move and defied the officer. As Bur ton attempted to arrest him the negro grappled him. The officer grasped his revolver and shot the negro in the abdo men. The remainder of the men who had been driven from the corner stood at a distance. When they saw the offi cer fall to the ground they rushed to their comrade’s assistance aud sur rounded the two men and the officer shot his assailant. As Burton was sending in the report of the shooting and asking for the am bulance the negroes "became threatening and only the arrival of reinforcements prevented further trouble. BENCH WARRANTS ISSUED. District Attorney Says an Effort to Prosecute Would Be Futile. Denver, Nov. 17.—Up to noon today no steps had been taken to prosecute any members of the mob that burned the negro Porter at Limon last night and it is unlikely that any will be taken. Governor Thomas refuses to express any opinion in regard to the affair. District Attorney McAllister of the judicial dis trict of which Lincoln county is a part said iu reply to a question that criminal proceedings against the leaders of the mob would be utterly futile, on account of the public approval of the lynching and proceedings would not be begun un til the next meeting of the district court if at all. He condemned the removal of Porter to Lincoln county when it was known that it could not be done with safety to the prisoner. Clergymen who have been inter viewed unanimously deprecate the method pursued iu the lynching, but some of them say frankly that the ne gro should have been hanged or shot. A movement to reinstate capital pun ishment in the statutes of Colorado has has received an impetus from the mur der of Louise Frost aud the lyuching. A bill with this object in view is now being drawn aud its advocates, it is said, will make an aggressive fight for its enactment at the coming session of the legislature. It may also make crim inal assault a capital crime Preston Porter and Arthur Porter, fa ther and brother respectively of the murderer, were released from jail this moruiug. They intend to return to their home at Lawrence, Kan. PUT ARSENIC IN THE WELL Boy Wrecked the Train. Burlington, N. C., Nov. 20.—De tectives investigating the recent wreck ing of a passenger train here find thaffa little negro boy caused it by driving a spike between rails to see whether the j are summoned to appear as witnesses, fniiii would cut off the snike’s bend . , , , , . , , , Ihe judge told the grand jury tmit he Judge Shaw Overrides the Grand Jury lu a Lynching Case. RutherfOrdton, N.C.,N6v. 16.—The grand jury failing to find any true bills in the lynching case whfth they have been investigating for the past few days, Judge Shaw issued bench warrants for six of them. Three of the grand jury Child Burned to Death. Manning, S. C., Nov. 20.—The cloth ing of Lynward, the little 3-year-old daughter of Joe Mims, caught fire and she was burned so badly before the flames could be extinguished that death soon relieved her. Child Burned to Death. Union, S. C., Nov. 16.—While Mrs. Henry Neal was out on business her 3-year-old child, which had been left alone in the house was burned to death. Reformatory Indorsed. Raleigh, Nov. 16.—The North Caro lina Presbyterian synod has indorsed the proposed state reformatory for youthful criminals. Severe Storm In California. San Francisco, Nov. 21.—A severe storm prevails over northern California but no serious damage has been reported though telegraphic communication with some points has been interrupted. The Southern Pacific company has ordered out its snow plows on the Central Pacific line. How’s This? We offer One Hundred Dollars Reward foi any case of Catarrh that cannot, be cured by Hall’s Catarrh Cure. F. J. CHENEY & CO., Props., Toledo. O. We, the undersigned, have known F. J. Cheney for the last fifteen years, and believe him perfectly honorable in all business trans actions and financially able to carry out any obligations made by their firm. Mi est & Truax, Wholesale Druggists, Toledo, Ohio. Walding, Kinnan & Marvip, Wholesale drug gists. Toledo, Ohio. Hall’s Catarrh Cure is taken internally, acting directly upon the blood and mucous surfaces of the system. Price. 75c. per bottle. Sold by all druggists. Testimonials free. Hall’s Family Pills are the best Wholesale Foisoning Near Chatta nooga—Twenty-Five People Sick. Chattanooga, Nov. 21.—A most sen sational case of poisoning has occurred near this city, and at present six fami lies, numbering in all 25 people, are suf fering from the effects of arsenical poisoning, while several of them will probably die. It appears that this whole sale attempt to kill these familes is due to a neighborhood quarrel which broke out about a week ago. All the parties are white, their names being Hall, John son Crow, Jefferson, Baird and Jones, and are pretty well to do. These par ties began getting sick Monday night, from what the physicians pronounce arsenical poisoning. One of the doctors examined the water from a well in the neighborhood and found it strongly impregnated with ar senic. A Powder Mill Explosion Removes everything in sight; so do drastic mineral Dills, but both are mighty dangerous. Don’t dy namite the delicate machinery of your body with calomel, croten oil or aIoe3 pills, when Dr. King’s New Life Pills, which are gentle as a summer breeze, do the work per- pectly. Cures headache, constipa tion. Only 25 cents at H. B. MCMas- ter’s drug store. should untangle the matter and that he intended to do so. The judge has also made an indict ment against the county commissioners for not having had the jail repaired. He said the graud jury had been reporting the jail unsafe for more than 10 years. The jail was guarded all la3t night for fear that a mob would take the negro woman from jail—the lynched negfo's wife. BIG LUMBER TRUST FORMED New Corpoi ation Capitalized at $125,- 000,000 to Control Southern Mills. Baltimore, Nov. 19.—President Theo- philus Tunis of the Tunis Lumber com pany has returned from New York, where negotiations have been concluded for a combination of leading pine kiln- dried lumber interests in North Caro lina. It is understood that the combi nation will have a stock aud boud capi talization of $15,000,000. All the great lumber plants of Virginia, North and South Carolina will be controlled by the new company. A new company will be incorporated under the laws of New Jersey and the main office of the com pany will be located in New York city. The banking house of August Bel mont & Co. is interested in the deal and will probably finance the new company. Belief In Six Honrs. Distressing Kidney and Bladder Disease re lieved in six hours by New Great South- American Kidney Cure. It is a great surprise on account of its exceeding promptness in re lieving pain in biadder, kidneys and back. In male or female. Believes retention of water almost immediately. If you want quick re lief and cure this is the remedy. Sold by H. B McMaster, Druggist Waynesboro, Ga. Call on us when in the city. THE NEW STORE. HONEST CLOTHING We know only one class of Clothing—worth a full one hundred cents on the dollar, at -which we price it. They are garments built for comfort, service and style, and sold with your money back if you want it. From this standpoint, of excellence it is impossible for us to give greater bargains than we are now prepared to offer. Visit our new store. £ s. McCreary & company, CLOTHIERS, HATTERS. FURNISHERS, 716 Broad Street, - AUGUSTA, GEORGIA. f IP -