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W. B. YOUNG, President. .1. G. WEIGLE, Cashier. ,rc OEOBHIA. I UHi HI SIVINUS ACCOUNTS SOhiriTKD. Interest Pntrt On Drpomls THE CITIZEN. Volume 19. Waynesboro, Georgia, Saturday, January 12, 1901. Number 39 THE PLANTERS LOAN AND SAVINGS BANK, Augusta, Ca. Oil DfiDOSitS. Solicited. L-C. Hayne. President. ORGANIZED 18 0 | , WATtDLAW Cashier. Trip to Savannah 11 WE RAY YOUR RAILROAD FARE OWE WAY. 'jh Only Condition is, that 5 ou Buy Twenty Dollars’ Worth of Goods, at Prices that are Unmaicbable, and we leave that point to your judgment. 1 ou might not need Twenty Dollars worth ef Goods, hut certainly your two. neighbors on either side of you, and yourself can use that much. lliese are Days of Combinations and Trusts, go coini ine with your neighbor and run down to Savannah, at no cost to you, and save yourself the middle-man’s profit. Our Five-Story Building, Covering Nearly Block, we carry a OJT EVER Y K I X 1 > Low Prices aucl a Free Ride Maxe a GreatCombination. Merply as an Index to !he Basis of Prices—We are Selling- A Good Brussels Carpet, worth 75d II tmisome Parlor Rockers, Oak or Cherry, worth $5,.... .... 3ii inch Black and Navy Blue Storm Serge, .... .... .... li) inch Bhvk Taffeta Silk, splendid value,..:. Wen’s Black and Blue Cheviot Fancy Suits, sold everywhere -110, Now i 55 i $2 69 | .25 .59 i 7.50 i Ladies Fast Black Lace Lisle Hose, good 40c hosiery, .... New fancy Ginghams, Outings and Percales, Ladies pat. tip Vici Kid Button and Lace Shoes, worth $2, Men’s Calf Bals. ana Congress, plain and tip, good value, $2. Everything in this store on lliis same basis. sw Make up your Club. .25 .SI/3 1.5(1 I 50 THESOUTK’MElBERy LEOPOLD AOLERj 0FT0WPR1CES. I Savannah, - - - Georgia j uaptam TYazer, received later iu fue j day,stated that Bass was not at home and j indicated tha greatest snrprise that he I was not at his boardinghouse in At- j i lauta. Miss Williams was at a loss to under- stand the situation, as she felt a respou- j | kibility attaching to her iu the matter of j | the young man’s safety. Monday afternoon Captain Frazer, at j his home at Union Springs, received the j letter which explained his son’s unn- i snal absence from Atlanta. This letter, which tells the tale of the kidnaping, was not dated by its author, but the envelope, which bore a special delivery stamp, also bore the postmark, “Memphis.” Better to Ilis Father. The words of the letter had been care fully priuted out and the wording indi cates that the writer is a man of meager education. The letter is as follows: “Dear Sir—As kiduaping is all the rage nowadays, we have stolen your son. We intended to steal him before Christmas, hut could never get a chance. We don’t know your financial standing, as your son refuses to tell us and we ouly found $15 on his person. He is a boy 'way above the average and we need him iu onr business, so we intend to keep him, but you might send a letter to Jim Glacer, General Delivery, Kansas City, as we will be in that city by the time this reaches you, stating how much you will give for his return, and if the amount meets with my approval I will write you more about it. Do not notify any official authorities, as it won’t do any good aud would ruin all your chances of getting him. We will allow him to sign his name, to prove to you we are not jokiug. We have him iu a stupefied condition and we are carrying him as a sick person and onr younger . brother. Bass Frazer. ’ ’ The letter is iu pencil throughout, while the signature of “Bass Frazer” Is in purple ink. The name or names of the abdnctors rlo not appear at the end of the communication and the only name lending the slightest clue to the ! identity of the men is that of that “Jim Glacer,” who is mentioned as the inter mediary at Kansas City between the kidnapers aud the family of the kid naped. The careless tone of the letter lent the impression to the members of the fami ly that the abductors meant business and that to put the detectives on the track would be to work the injury of Bass Frazer himself. A Door for Less Than a Dollar! We make a great many doors. We make thousands upon thousands and carloads upon carloads every year. In the process of making these doors there are sometimes pieces of lumber slight ly defective in quality or accidentally dam aged by the machines. All these imperfect pieces are made up int# cheap doors, and we paint them one coat of lead color paint, which is put .on to cover up the defects. The doors are solid, strong and durable. Here is what they cost you : n in. ■ in 2 ft. 6 in. wide, 6ft. Gin. high, l£in. thick, 75c. each. 2 ft. Sin. wide, G ft. Sin. high, 80c. each. 2 ft. 10 in. wfide, Gfc. lOin. big 85c. each. 3 ft, Oin. wide, 7 ft. Oin. high, 90c. each. They are money-savers, particularly for ordinary or common buildings. 1£ in. thick, thick, thick, TiugustajjiuAr^ V ^iigusKE PARENTS HEAR THE NEWS m i i itu 3&J •F ORPHANAGE ’-'-EIGHT PERISH ■ E ’H Others Were So Badly Burned They Will Die of Their Injuries. ORPHAN HOME DESTROYED Eire Spread So Rapidly That Escape Was impossible—Horrors Were Be yond Description—Children Die in Sight of Thousands of People Una ble to Aid Them. Rochester, Jan. S. — By the burning of the Rochester Orphan asylum early today between 30 aud 40 lives were lost aud many of the inmates will die from burns or other injuries. The asylum was a 3-story structure and its occupants numbered between 163 and 195. It was but a few minutes after 1 o’clock this morning when a nurse in the hospital. Miss Giine, smelled smoko. Site immediately called another nurse, Miss Vallient. and the latter reported the matter to the matron, Miss L. Dine- The suioke was speedily located hart. in the boiierroom aud word was sent to Police headquarters. All the fire app.i- latus was rushed to the burning build- iim, but before the first engine arrived the neighbors for blocks around had ar rived and were doing their best to res cue the inmates. Shortly after the fire broke out a bod or exploded with terrific force, com pletely blowing out the lower part of west end of the connecting wing, thereby cutting off the escape of the children in the east end of the building. Ibe children nearest to the connecting "mg we re apparently dazed by the force of the explosion aud with difficulty were able to take in their surroundings when anally aroused. In the east wing were the sleeping apartments of the asylum. They were located mainly oil the second and third doors, ide lower floor was known as tile first nursery aud the upper as the second. Herein were 40 children or l!li b T H. B.McMaster, Druggist. xiiiss sarah Ash bow n was in charge lor the night and with her was Miss Brad of the hospital ward, who was taking care or two sick children. T!ie Work of Rescue. The explosion, though of great force, was not loud enough to awaken the sleeping nurses. When the smoke be gan to pour into the east wing it was but a matter of a few secoud.s before the whole sleeping population was brought to a realization of the situation with a suddenness which at once seemed to rob nearly every one of their judg ment and mental faculties. A terrible chorus of cries and groans filled the air. It was impossible to see anything and as the thick smoke ponrefd iu the scene became one of indescrible confusion. The chief nurse, Miss Ashdown, did all within tier power to save the children and nurses. When the firemen arrived on the scene their attention was first turned to the inmates of the hospital ward on the western section of the asylum. Ou the floor next to the top was Miss Brad. With the flames leaping all around her it seemed impossible to es cape. She did, however, but was so se riously injured by ialliug that she will not live. It was stated by the matron, Miss Dinchart, that there were 75 girls iu the west wing. Besides there were two children and two nurses in the hos pital department, which was also in the west wing. It was estimated at 8 o’clock that all the inmates of the west wing had been gotten out, either dead or alive. Many were taken away early and the number saved and those dead and injured could with great difficulty be counted. The work of rescue and attempted rescue was taken by many bands, vol unteers as well as firemen, and in many cases was carried on in a mauuer that was nothing less that heroic, but the flames gained such rapid headway and spread with such incredible speed that it was beyond human effort to prevent the loss of life. Horrors Beyond Description. Ambulances from all the hospitals were ou the ground as soon as the fire companies and houses in the neighbor hood were thrown open to receive the little waifs who were carried from the asylum. Ambulances were started to the hospitals with the more seriously burned of the children. Iu several cases the little victims were dead when taken from the vehicle at the hospital doors. The horrors near the asylum were be yond description. A large portion of the asylum was de stroyed and the portion that remains standing is probably in such condition the imprisoned inmates. The long lad ders were run up aud plunging iuto the stifling smoke, fireman after fireman came sliding down the ladders bearing inanimate forms iu their arms. Most | of the children and adults carried from the building were unconscious from the effects of the smoke. BASS FRAZER, TECH Kell to Their Death. When it became apparent the fire was not being subdued with the apparatus already on the scene, a general alarm was sent out, bringing the remainder of the department. The fire was fought from every available point, but iu spite of that the building was almost com- j pletely destroyed before the flames were [ finally under control. * Fireman Morris Keating went up to j the roof on a ladder to rescue women j and childreu. Just as he reached the I top a stream of water was turned on j him to keep away the flames, but it had | the effect to confuse the man. He reached for a woman and the latter Young Alabamian Abducted In Atlanta Saturday. IS TAKEN TO KANSAS CITY h "'i human cured In 30 minutes by - sanitary Lotion. This never fails- fts demolition will be necessary. For . . Christmas Two young men were coming down Plymouth avenue this morning when they saw smoke issuing from the asy lum. Clark immediately ran to a fire alarm box and sent in an alarm. Then he and his companion ran up the fire es cape to the roof of the buiiding farthest away from the fire. Just as they reached the top a terrific explosion was heard aud the flames burst forth with renewed Our holiday stock is bow open for inspec tion. The largest and handsomest stock ever displayed in our city. vigor. In a few minutes half of the buildings \ybich the hospital was situated were a mass of flames. The smoke poured from every window aud screams and frantic cries conlihabnerd * ^ nte tor new catalogue. IB CHIT* CO Jewelers, Augusta, :: Georgia. A Fireman’s Close Call. “I stuck to my enginp, although every join; ached and every nerve was racked with pain,” writes C. W Bellamy, a locomotive fireman, of Burlington, Iowa, “I was weak and nale, without any aopetite and all run down. As I was about to g ve ud I got a bottle of Electric Bitters and, after taking it, I felt as well as I ever did in my life ” Weak, sick ly run down people always gain new life, strength and vigor from their use. Try them. Satisfaction guaranteed by H. B. mcmaster. Price 50 cents. Send us the news of your section. jumped for his arms. Suddenly the man lost his hold on the ladder. The crowd groaned as the fireman fell with the woman to the ground. The woman was kilted outright aud the fireman was j so seriously injured that he may die. The roof was covered with children who ■ had escaped through the scuttle aud the ! firemen were kept busy carrying them down. Many escaped unharmed in this way. . Heartrending Scene. One nearby house was like a morge. Half a dozen dead bodies lay on the floor in heaps of consumed rags. Crowds j gathered around to look, but turned away quickly, sickened at the dreadful sight. ! Miss Hibbard, who had charge of 23 children on the third floor in tne main building, said: “I was awakened by the cries of the children. I knew that the building was ou fire, as did all the childreu. As quickly as possible we all made onr way | to the .roof of the buiiding, escape in any other direction being impossible. “Already the firemen had their lad ders to the roof of the building aud quickly the children were carried down. After most of them bad been rescued the heat became so intense that to save myself I slid down a post leading from the roof to the ground.” Miss Hibbard was terribly burned about the face and body. The flesh ou her face was hanging in patches and blisters had formed on the exposed por tions of her body. Most of the dead taken from the building were carried temporarily to the residences of the janitor, William E. Er- bardt, Herman Behan and Louis W. Egmau. In oue house a dozen bodies were lying at one time. The living aud dead were laid on the floors, conches and beds. As soon aa the hospitals ambulances arrived, how ever, the living children were speedily sent to the hospitals, while the dead were taken in hacks to the morgue. Early this morning the morgue reported that already 25 children have been brought there, some of whom still re main to be identified. Slain by His Uncle. Saluda, S. C., Jan. 7.—George Lewis of this county was shot and killed by his uncle, Jim Stidham. There had been ill feeling between the two for some time concerning a small tract of land which Lewis had hired from Stid ham’s mother. ! Crime Committed on the Streets of At lanta iu Broad Daylight—Letter Is Sent to His Parents Stating That He is Held For Ransom. Atlanta, Jan. 9.—Frank Bass Fra zer, of Union Springs, Ala., a 19-year- ola student of the Technological school, was kidnapped last Saturday afternoon. He was taken in a stupefied condition to Kansas City aud is now held there by his abductors for rausom. The only cine to the perpetrators of the crime is found in a letter mailed from Memphis aud addressed to the father of the boy, Captain N. H. Fraser. Tne letter stated that young Frazer was being carried to Kansas City, but the police of that city have been unable to secure any clue as to the kidnappers’ identity. An explicable motive for the crime seems entirely lacking. Captain N. H. Frazer, father of the kidnapped youth, is a comparatively poor man. Until six years ago he had considerable wealth, but business reverses at that time swept bis fortune almost entirely away. All the circumstances surrounding the crime are cloaked in deep and seemingly unfathomable mystery. The first intimation received by the parents of youug Frazer of his disap- ■ pearance in Atlanta came in the shape j of a telegram from Miss Callie Williams l of 405 Spring street, with whom Bass Frazer boarded in this city. The young man was last seen at his boardinghouse at 1:45 o’clock Saturday afternoou. He did not return to supper, but this fact did not cause his room mates any uueasiness. It was taken for granted that he was taking tea with some college friend. His Father Notified. When, however, young Frazer failed to show up at his room Saturday night, Miss Williams gave expression to some uneasiness. The fear that some mis fortune had happened to the young man took firm hold of her mind when the roommates of the youug inau notified her Sunday morning that they were en tirely ignorant of the cause of his ab sence. Half of the opinion that Bass Frazer had gone to his home at Union Springs, and hoping that such would prove the case, Miss Callie Williams addressed the following telegram to the fattier of the missing boy on Sunday: “Bass left Saturday at noon. Is he at home?” This came to the parents of Bass Fra zer as a first intimation of his disappear ance from Atlanta, for the reply from They Were Almost Prostrated Upon Learning the Facts. Union Springs, Ala., Jan. 9.—The letter containing the news of the abduc tion of Bass Frazer created a great sen sation here, his home. His parents are almost prostrated over the affair, while the whole community is aroused over the outrage. The first intimation his parents had of his disappearance was on Sunday after noon, when Captain Frazer received a telegram front Atlanta asking if his son was here. This was followed Monday afternoon by the receipt of a letter from the abductors, signed by the young man, stating that he had been kidnaped and would be held for ransom. The fact that young Frazer should have been kidnaped is almost beyond belief. The theory generally accepted ftere is that he was drugged after being lured away from his boardinghouse. The generally accepted impression is that the abductors must have made a mistake in selecting tbeir victim. The brother of Captain Frazer is a man of considerable wealth, although he him self lost nearly all he had some six years ago. It is the hope of the grief-stricken parents that when this fact is made known the abductors will release their son. — No name is signed to the letter re ceived from Memphis except that of the boy himself. Bass Frazer was forced to sign the letter, and his family have agreed that without doubt the signature is genuine. THE RETURN TO NASHVILLE. GOLD MINING IN GEORGIA. President Adams Issues a Statement /■ to Stockholders. Chattanooga, Jan. 8.—A statement has just been issued to the stockholders of the Dahlonega Consolidated Gold Mining company, operating extensively in the territory surrounding Dahlonega, Ga., by President J. W. Adams, from the headquarters in this city. A list of about $100,000 in real estate aud per sonal property donated to the corpora tion is given, consisting largely of miu- eral lands in that section. Iu regard to Colonel Baxter and Party Enter tained at a Banquet. Knoxville, Jan. 9.—The Tennessee Central special train with the Nashville party and 94 representative citizens of Knoxville, left here this morning at 8 o’clock on the return trip to Nashville. The trip will be made over the Tennes see Central route, reaching Nashville tonight at 7 o’clock, aud will be the sec ond through train between the two cities over this route, the first having arrived here Monday. Before departing Colonel Jere Baxter, president of the Tennessee Central, ex pressed his appreciation for the courte sies extended by the citizens of Knox ville aud said that the only way he could repay them would be to bring the Tennessee Central here, which he hoped to do in the very near future. The Knoxville party will be ban- quetted tonight in Nashville aud will return here tomorrow. Knoxville is en thusiastic for the Tennessee Central. Knox county has been asked to pay a bounty ou the completion of the road to Knoxville. Savannah’s Property Valuation. Savannah, Jan. 4.—The board of city tax assessors has made its annual report to the mayor. The report shows the total assessed valuation of the city’s property to be $27,100,077, divided as follows: Realestare, $25,254,635; ground rents lots, $976,117; stock in trade, $2,- 099,120; personal property, $5,737,775; banking, $2,386,120. shipping, $654,025. The city’s estimated income on this re turn at the present tax rate of 1.45 is $538,067. Northerners at Cuthbert. Cuthbert, Ga., Jan. 4.—Cuthbert’s already large colony of northern citizens is being increased. Mr. Knowles of Wisconsin, father of H. J. Knowles, who has been here several years, has moved his family here. Last week his son, also from Wisconsin, purchased a farm near here and will move to this county. Hughs and Hoffman, from Il linois, have purchased the telephone ex change and moved their families here. Party In Nashville. Nashville, Jan. 9.—The special from Knoxville over the Tennessee Central arrived here at 7 o’clock this evening. Colonel Baxter and party were met at the depot by a delegation of business men and conducted to the chamber of commerce, where a banquet and speech- making were indulged in. Boy Robbed the .Mail. Asheville, N. C., Jan. 4.—Hugh Ivey, 13 years old, went to the post- office and secured Dr. T. C. Smith’s mail on representation that he was em ployed at the store. He took out two checks. Dr. Smith’s name was forged on the back aud the boy presented oue at a grocery store and the other at a bank, but payment was refused on both. He was arrested aud held for the United States court. He told the com missioner that an older boy bad sug gested the scheme. Fire In a Coal Mine. Aspen, Colo., Jan. 9,—At midnight last night a party of miners coming off a shift discovered fire burning about 400 feet from the mouth of the Cowen Haven tunnel. It was on the side next to the Smuggler mine aud it was sup posed started in the black shale. This the operations of the new 120-stamp mill, j is where the great Smuggler’s fire of President Adams says: j two years ago originated. The mines “The mill was started May 1, and | will have to be closed down, shows a capacity for haudling 500 tons j ” Belief In Six Hours. Accidentally Killed Himself. Blacksburg, S. C., Jan. 5.—Joseph Ham bright, while handling a shotgun, lowered the rnuzze below his body when the trigger caught aud emptied both barrels in his bowels, inflicting wounds from which he subsequently died. $100— Dr. E. Betclieon’s Aali-Diurttia May be worth to you more than *100 if you have a child who soils bedding from inconte- nence of water during sleep. Cures old and young alike. It arrests the trouble at once. $1. Sold by H. B. McMaster, Druggist, Night Was Her Terror. ‘I would cough neaily all night long,” writes Mrs. Chas. Applegate, of Alexandria. Ind., “and could hardly get any sleep. I had con sumption so had that if I walked a block I would cough frightfully and spit blood, but. when all other medi cines failed, three $100 bottles of Dr. King’s New Discovery wholly cured me and I gained 5S pounds.” It’s absolutely guaranteed to cure coughs, colds, la grippp, bronchitis and all throat and lung troubles. Price 50c and $1 00 Trial bottles free at H. b mcmaster’s drugstore. of ore per day. “Investigations by mill tests of ores have proved couclusivelv that the ores .. , , . coming from the solid formation under heved in six hours i ew the ground yield precious metal with- American Kidney ,ure. is j out difficulty, aud as depth is attained, the ore bodies increase iu value and Distressing Kidney and Bladder Disease re- Great South- American Kidney Cure. It is a great surprise on account of its exceeding promptness in re lieving pain in bladder, kidneys and back. In Augusta Southern Soid. Augusta, Ga., Jan. 5.—It is reported here that the Southern railway has pur chased the majority of the stock of the Augusta Southern and that the transfer of ownership will take place during this month. President James U. Jackson would neither deny nor. affirm the ru mor. The Southern has been operating the Augusta Southern for several years under a lease to the Sonth Carolina and Georgia railroad. Mayor Woodward Retires. Atlanta, Jan. 7.—The government of the city of Atlanta has passed into the hands of the new administration. Mayor James G. Woodward formally relinquished the reins of the municipal ity tonight, and Mayor Livingston Mims assumed his duties. The ceremonies of the occasion were of a most interesting nature. The oath was administered by Judge Lumpkin of the superior court. Ordered to Levy a Special Tax. Savannah, Jan. 7.—In the United States court today an order was signed directing the city of Fitzgerald to levy a special tax to satisfy a judgment iu favor of the Fire Extinguisher company of Chicago. The amount involved is about $4,000. Deafness Cannot be Cured quantity, and that for every ton of sur face ore wo have thousands of tons of far better ore than that which can be obtained by deep mining.” Appended to the statement are the re sults of mill tests of ores from various veins. President Adams says: “It is manifestly clear that the mines will soon be yielding large returns, thus bringing about the dividend paying time. ” The report shows about 300 tons of concentrates have been treated in the chlorination plant, to the entire satis faction of the company. Regular ship ments of gold ore are made from the mill to the mint, some of it passing through this city. Harris Commits Suicide. Augusta, Ga, Jan. 7.—Christopher Harris committed suicide Sunday after noon by taking laudanum. SajBHeWas Tortured. “I suffered such pain from corns I could hardly walk,” writes H. Rob inson, Hillsborough, III, “but Buck- len’s Arnica Salve completely cur ed them Acts like magic on sprains, bruises, cuts, sores, scalds, burns, boils, ulcers. Perfect healer of skin diseases and piles. Cure guaranteed by h. b mcmaster 25c, male or female. Relieves 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. by local applications, as they cannot reach the diseased portion of the ear. There is only one way to cure deafness, and that is by constitutional remedies. Deafness is caused by an inflamed condition of the mucous lin ing of the Eustachian Tube, hen this tube gets inflamed you have a rumbling sound or imperfect hearing, and when it is entirely closed deafness is the result, and unless this inflammation can be taken out and this tube restored to its normal condition, hearing will be destroyed forever; nine cases out of ten arc caused by catarrh, which is notiiing but an inflamed condition Of ihe mucous surfaces We will give One Hundred Dollars for any case of deafness (caused by catarrh) that we cannot cure by taking Hall’s Catarrh Cure. Send for circulars, free. F. J. CHENEY' & CO., Props., Sold by Druggists. 75c. Toledo, O 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.