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- "■ YM <jOo Broad Mrret, •.(JBU»T», HKIIKliU W. B YOUNG, President. J. G. WEIGLE, Cashier. SAVINGS ACCOUNTS I SOLICITED. Interest Paid On Oi pu.iKN. THE CITIZEN m Volume 19. Waynesboro, Georgia, Saturday, February 2, 1901. Number 42’ S THE (Pays interest I \ PLANTER* on Deposits, j | LOAN AND I SAVINGS j Accounts 'i \ BANK, Solicited. I Augusta, La. I L. C. Hayne. j- President. g Jchas-C Howard, I ORGANIZED lt>70 Cashier. Free Trip to Savannah WE PAY YOUR RAILROAD FARE OXE WAY. ! I The Only Condition is that; You Buy Twenty Dollars’ Worth of Hoods, at Prices that are Unmatchable, and we leave that point to your judgment You might not need Twenty Dollars worth cf Goods, but certainly your two neighbors on either side of you, and yourself can use that much. These are Days of Combinations and Trusts, so combine with your neighbor and run down to Savannah, at no cost to you, and save yourself the middle-man’s profit. In Our Five-Story Building, Covering Nearly Block, we carry a BOTH PLEADED GUILTY. Mrs. Draschmel and Her Soil Arc Sentenced In Mobile. Mobile, Jail. 25.—The capital cases against John and Agnes Drasciimel (white) in the city court, in which both were jointly indicted for murder, were decided without the necessity of empan eling a jury. The defendants, through their attorney, entered a plea of guilty of manslaughter in the first degree. The mother and son resided at Bayon- Le-Ratre. Some boys had been in the habit of throwing stones at the house. This irritated the mother. On the oc casion of the killing, the rocking was repeated, and the mother fnshed out of the house with a broom in her hand, and the son followed with a pistol of 22- caliber. The mother proceeded to be labor with the broom a number of girls who happened to be passing, thinking they were the ones who thre- r the rocks against the house. The boy fired the pistol at one of the girls by the name of Bessie Miller. The ballet struck the girl in the neck, killing her. The jury returned a verdict sentenc ing the boy to five years in the reform atory and the mother to one year in the penitentiary. The jury signed a peti tion to Governor Samford for a pardon for Mrs. Draschmel. The pardon stared that the woman had already been con fined in the county jaii about 11 months. wmmmmmmmM mmmmm m m m m m m m & m BE Let Us Know About Your Building. When you get ready to build let us know. If you think of buildiaglet us know. We want to send you a catalogue and some circulars. They will be found inter esting. Then if you will write us fully we will be glad to help you with suggestions, or in any other way we can. Glad to tell you our prices at any time. Better get them when figuring on the cost, of your building. TICKET OVER To Be Voted EVERY KIND YARD LONG Primary In Low Prices and a Free Ride Maxe a GreatCombmation. Merely as an Index to h« Ba-is of Prices—We are Selling Now; A Good Brussels Carpet, worth 75*. .. .... ... .... 551 Handsome Parlor Rockers, Oak or Cherry, worth $5, ... .... $2 69 j 36 inen Bm<k and Navy Biue Storm Serge, .... .... 25' 19 inch B!a>k faff-da SMk, splendid value,.... .... .. v 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 fancy Ginghams, Omings and Percales Ladles nat. tip Vici Kid Button and Lace Shoes, worth $2, Men’s Calf Bais. and Congress, plain and tip, good value, $2 Everything in this store on this same basis. ew Make up your Club. .25 -8t 3 1.50 1 50 THE SOUTH’SeLEADEfc LEOPOL Savannah, HOLER: OFTGW TRICES, Georgia DAMNABLE LIE, DECLARES NEELY To Be Tried For Fraud Cuban Postal Service. In ASSERTS HE IS INNOCEN' Unable, However, to I’rove Ir, and Expects to Be Convicted and to K:id His Days I11 a Wretched Cuban Pris on—Some Plain Talk. New York, Jan. 2$.—The Journal ; and Advertiser contains a long dictated | statement from Charles F. W. Neely, who has just been taken to Cuba for trial. In the course of this, Neely cle- were destroyed. 'For rde'pmj*’ -e'bi o.> ducting the destruction, Director Get; eral Rathbone appointed a commission he says, composed of himself {Neely 1, Auditor Reeves of the registry division and Marfield. an Ohioan. It has been alleged that Neely stole many thousand dollars worth of stamps by burning in their place packages of waste paper. In reference,, to this charge, Neely says about tiiese stamps: “The man who says they were not de stroyed, or who says that I said the packages contained only brown paper, tells a damnable lie. Save for one or two packages, they were in their origi nal form, the seal of the department un broken, and if they contained only brown paper the fraud was commuted BANK CLOSES ITS DOORS. One of the Oldest Private Institutions til Alabama. Montgomery, Ala., Jam 26.—The Jo- siah Morris bank, one of the oldest pri vate banking institutions in Alabama, did net open its doors for business this morning. The capital stock of the bank is §100,000. Deposits are believed to be heavy. The assets and liabilities are not yet known. At the hour of opening the following announcement was posted on the door: “To the Public:—Yesterday some of our checks in New York, tor whica we GRAND MONUMENT TD SOUTHERN WOMEN United Confederate Veterans Propose to Erect It. MOST COSTLY IN COUNTRY in Washington before the stamps were I had made provision, were temporarily shipped to Cuba. ” refused by our correspondents, thonga Prepared to Be Sacrificed. they were afterwards paid. This iu- . , - , . T formation came to us late after the close “My innocence can be proved but I of baaki hour ,. since then a num- never expect to be able to prove it. ine opportunity will not be given me. and I C. F. W, NEELY. scribes in detail how, after an after* issue of stamps had been made for the Cuban service,, the surcharged stamps am prepared to be sacrificed and to re ceive a sentence of from eight to ten vears. All idea of obtaining justice has left me, and I have no thought now than that my fate may be decreed as quickly as possible. I cannot stand the strain, and when I go to a Cuban prison it will be with the knowledge that I have only a few mouths more to live, for no Amer ican can stand confinement in those tropical prisons. “But, sooner or later, I expect the facts in this case to be made and sub stantiated, and when tnat day comes the public will confess that it prejudged, and instead of being guilty I was inno cent of the crimes laid at my door.” Florida Daughters of Confederacy. Gainesville, Fla., Jan. 30.—The an nual state convention of the United Daughters of the Confederacy, Florida division, met here today. In addition to a large number of delegates, many members of the various chapters are present. The ladies will discuss the matter of another state fair, next fall, for the benefit of the Confederate Sol diers’ state home at Jacksonville. The home is very much in need of additional room and it is the intention to give the fair so that a sufficient amount can be raised to defray the expense of enlarging the present headquarters. Florida Convict Statistics. Jacksonville, Fla., Jan. 29. — On Jan. 1, 1900, there were m the state prison of Florida 710 convicts. During . a — tro/1 tA I*,}]Q ber of inquiries have been made, and • the apprehension created convinces ns j that, in justice to creuiror.-, we ought to suspend payment. This condition of affairs has arisen from inability to make | quick realizations on cash and the shrinkage on assets. It is hoped that : the assets, prudently arranged, will pay creditors in full. We have not arranged or taken any legal steps con cerning the disposition of assets, l^nt await the wishes of our creditor To Commemorate tlic Valor and Fi delity of the Noble Women of the Confederacy—five Hundred Thou sand Dollars the Estimated Cost. Chattanooga, Jan. 29.—Colonel Gar nett Andrews of this city, prominent as a member of the United Confederate veterans and well known throughout the south as one of the foremost lawyers of this section, is at work on the, details of a plan, which he will present to the next encampment ot the United Confed erate veterans, looking toward the ereo tiou of the most costty monument in the United States to commemorate the valor and fidelity of the confederate women. 1 The agitation among confederate vet- 11 Com in Selma. Selma, Ala., Jan. 25.—The primary election, which will be held in this citv about Feb. 18, for the election of city officers, promises to be one of the hottest political battles ever fought in the state. The last legislature passed a bill mak ing all the city offices of Selma, with the exception of policemen, elected bv the people, and there are $ow in the field for the various offices about 35 can didates, and before the primaries will come off there will be about 25 more. Heretofore the ticket in the city prima ries has had not ever 15 names on it, but this year the ticket will be over a yard long. Farmers I11 Good Condition. Dadeville, Ala., Jan. 25.—The farm ers in this section are in better condi tion financially at the opening of the new century than for 25 years. There is not a farmer of any consequence who has not paid his debts in full, with the exception of probably some who have gone in debt for more lauds, and who still have wheat, corn and meat for a year. Clear Field For McKlderry. Talladega, Ala., Jan. 28.—G. A. Mattison and D. R. Van Pelt have with drawn from the race for mayor of this city. Each of these men had a strong following, but their private business in terfered with a further candidacy. This leaves the field clear for H. L. McEl- derry w.ho will be nominated and elected. Dropped Into Boiling Water. Birmingham, Ala., Jan. 26.—Arthur Osborne, an engineer at the plant of the Alabama Steel and Wire company at Easley, accidentally fell into a pool of scalding water at the rod mill yester day and was literally cooked to death. He lingered six hours. His skin peeled from his nead to his feet. m m m m m M S £1 SE if if Doors, Sash, Lumber, &c. MISSIONARIES TO CHINA Large crowds assembled around the bank and much excitement prevailed. erans to build a great monument to the the city of Montgomery was also large depositor. Tne county is practi cally secured by the bond of the county treasurer, made with a Maryland com pany, for §120,000. The bank itself was surety on the city treasurer’s bond. The bauk was a depositors' for nearly every railroad entering Montgomery. Itch ci human cured in SO minutes by I’oolford's Sanitary l otion. This never fails j Sold hy H B.MeMaster, Druggist. For Hi cs Jewelry Our stock is dow open for inspec tion. The largest and h a n d s o m e st stock ever displayed in our city. - - Write tor new catalogue. MMSIGttKO Jewelers, Augusta, :Georgia. the year 330 were committed to prison and two recaptured, making a total of 1,042. Among those committed during the year 34 were for the crime ot murder. 38 for larceny and 53 for break ing and entering. Fore the year ISO!) there were distributed among the sev eral counties $10,562.32 from moneys re ceived for the hire of convicts. Tor 1900, $9,841.28 of said moneys was dis bursed to the counties. Great Fishing at Palir Beach. Palm Beach, Fla., Jan. 30.—Captain Clow, Mr. S. D. Adams, Sr., and Mr. Joseph Jefferson went out ou a fishing trip Friday aboard Mr. Jefferson’s new yacht, the Marion. For a beginning they caught 110 sheepshead and 5/ snap pers and then came on down opposite Riviera and caught 36 bluefish, mailing one of the best day’s records ever known in Palm Beach’s fishing history. A Raging, Roaring Flood Washed dawn a telegraph hue which Chas. C Ellis, of Lisbon, la., had to repair “Standing want deep in icy water,” he writes, “gave me a terrible cold and cough. It grew worse daily Finally the best doc tors in Oakland, Neb., b.oux Ci-y and Omaha said I had consumption and could not live, rhen I began using Dr. King’s New The Josiah .Morris Bank. Montgomery, Ala., Jan. 29.—At an adjourned meeting of creditors held this morning of Josiah Morris & Co.’s bank, which suspended Saturday, the committee of 12 which was appointed at yesterday’s meeting made its report. The report showed the total assets of the bauk to be $1,506,841 and liabilities $1,325,233. The bauk has $23,000 in cash on hand, with cash due from other banks amounting to $19,521. Most of the securities reported are in bonds of New York and other banks, amounting to $83S,795. Telephone Lines In Florida. Hillsboro, Fla., Jan. 29.—The St Petersburg Telephone company is mak ing arrangements to put in a long dis tance line to Tampa. The people of Tarpon Springs have formed a co-opera tive company to put in a telephone sys tern in their town, and expect to make arrangements to connect with the I Tampa-St. Petersburg line. Poultry and Pet Stock Show. Macon, Jan. 30.—The exhibition to be given by the Central Georgia Poultry and Pet Stock association next week, beginning Feb. 5 and continuing four davs, will be perhaps the best ever held in the state. The officers are receiving notice of many entries. A bench show of cats will be one of the features. Discovery and was wholly cured by six bob- guaranteed for ail throat and ties” Positively cough 4 , colds and lung troubles by H Price 60c. b% MeMaster. License For Concealed Weapons. Selma, Ala., Jan. 28.—Representa tive Young has prepared a bill to license the carrying of concealed weapons and will introduce it at the session of the legislature that meets next Tuesday. It provides that all persons who carry pis tols on their persons shall pay a license of dollars and have the same regis tered, giving the make and number, in a book to be kept by the probate judge of each county. JIOO— Dr K. Petchpon’s Anti-Diuriti* May be worth to you more than $l<;0 if you have a child who soils bedding from Ineonte- nence of water during sleep, Cures old and voung alike. It arrests the trouble atonoe. jl. Sold by H. B. MeMaster, Druggist, here ou Decoration day, two years ago, when Col. Andrews, the orator of the occasion, made it the theme of his ad dress. Afterward N. B. Forrest camp (local) and the general coavention at Louisville of United Confederate vet erans approved the undertaking, but no plan of action was adopted. An Associated Press reporter called on Col. Andrews and requested his views as to the" progress or the work, the necessity for it, plans of organiza tion and style of monument. “My idea of what should be done can be told in a few words. Collect at least $500,000 or more; I believe it can be had; no man would refuse for an object so sacred and popular. With it build one monument — not several inferior ones—bat one, so grand in size, rich in material, artistic in design and execu tion and faultless in location that the world would applaud and thousands would come to revere the memory of so great a womankind. “I believe in a single working ma chinery, with few officers, for expedi tious accomplishment. “An executive head of one to three, the fewer the better, should be pro vided, with power to appoint sub-officers and cauvassers. Allow them reasonable compensation, otherwise they cannot afford to devote themselves to the work. Get speakers here and there, canvass every county in the south, and, in my judgment, the $590,000 would be in the bank wirkin a year.” Colonel Andrews stated that he would prefer to leave the matter of location of the monument to the United Confed erate veterans, and that he had no sug gestions to make in that respect. Seven Years In Bed, “W.H wonders ever case ?”inquire h Q friends of Mrs. Pease, of Law rence, Kan. They knew she had been unable to leave her bed in sev en years on account of kidney and iver trouble, nervous prostration and general debility; but, “three bot'les of Electric Bitters enabled me to walk, she writes, and in three months I felt like a new person” Women suffering from headache, nervousness, sleeplessness, melan choly. fainting and d'zzy spells will find it a priceless blessing. Try if. Satisfaction is guarenteed H. B. mi- Master. Only 50*. Send us the news of your section. Call on us when in the city. Baby Burned to Death. Gadsden, Ala., Jan. 26. — Walter Price and wife, who live near here, went from home for a while and left their 2-mouths-olu baby lying ou the bed by the fire. When they returned they found the bed on fire and the baby burned to death. Dr. T. W. Ayers and Family Going to Flowery Kingdom. Anniston, Ala., Jan. 28.—On March 15 Dr. T. W. Ayers, hjs wife and four children will sail from San Francisco for China, where Dr. Ayers will go as a medical missionary. He is sent by the mission board of the Southern Baptist church to a station at Hwang-Ili-en, in the northern part of China. It is a city of 100,000 people and is on the Yellow river, the second largest stream in China. It is in Shan- Tnng province and 60 miles from Che- foo. It is a great seaport and noted as a commercial center. This mission field is occupied solely by the Southern Baptist church and is a very important mission station. There are 800 villages in the county which is considerably smaller than the average sized county in Alabama. In the county are 500,000 people. A noticeabie fact is that at present in the entire county there is not one edu cated physician, and Dr. Ayers’ field will be a large one. No efforts are made on surgical lines, although several Chi nese doctors practice. Dr. Ayers goes from a sense of duty, not so much on account of the Chinese, but from the feet that the families of missionaries need an educated physi cian. NOBLE Home EPiSCOPA For CHARITY. Girls of Pawed to Death by a Horse. Selma, Ala., Jan. 29.—Willie Phillips, a negro boy, while playing in a pasture on the outskirts of the city here, was run down bya horse and pawed to death today. The horse tried to paw the boy’s rescuers. Alabama Nloonshiners Active. Opelika, Jan. 25.—United States dep uty marshals captured two stills near Malone, in Randolph county, last night. They were of 50 gallons capacity, and were in charge of Earnest Trammell and Arthur Knight, who were brought here this morning and tried before Oommis sioner Thomson. Both were placed un der bond to appear at Montgomery. Trammell could uot give bond and will remain in jail. An immense quantity of beer was destroyed. Both the moon shiners and the officers are unusually active in this section at present. LEGISLATURE OF ALABAMA Important Matters Claiming Atten tion of That Body. Montgomery, Ala., Jan. 28. — The two houses of the general assembly of Alabama will convene tomorrow (Tues day) at 12-o’clock. The legislature, un der the constitution, has 25 more work ing days to its credit, but as a holiday will intervene and the legislators are likely to have oae or two off days, the session may continue throughout the month of February. The constitution restricts the session to 59 working days, 25 of which were consumed before the holiday recess. Among the measures to be discussed are the revenue act, creation of a state pardoning board, reapporiionment and anti-whisky bills. As to the latter, The Training Poor Good Character. New York, Jan. 30. —A special to The World from Washington says: Right Rev. Henry Y. Saterlee, formerly of New York and now Episcopal bishop of the District of Columbia, is planning to establish a home where poor girls of good character may be trained by ex perienced housewives into competent servants, housemaids, cooks and nurses. It is proposed to locate the home next to the House of Mercy, which is also conducted under Episcopal auspices. Among those who have volunteered aid in this plan are Mrs. Henry* Cabot Lodge, Mrs. Miles, wife of General Miles, the Misses Kean of New Jersey, Miss Helen Chamberlain, Mrs. Leiter and Miss Paulding, niece of Senator De pew. It is proposed to call the institu tion the St. Agnes home. Orange Trees Budding. Tamp a,Fla., Jan. 30. —The orange tree* in this section are already budding, and in some cases blooms are seen. The weather has been very warm and has forced the sap earlier than usual. This is causing some apprehension for the buds, as the cold which is usually ex pected about the full moon of February might theu bo in a position to nip some thing. Every arrangement has been made to protect the trees as much as possible, and unless the cold comes in a sneaking manner it will not do any damage. Shooting Near Dade City. Dade City, Fla., Jan. 30.—Sunday morning at 1 o’clock, at a negro dance at Rice & Phelps’ turpentine camp, the negroes began to break up the dance by shooting promiscuously. Dan Childers aud a Mr. McNeill (white) were shot. Childers died last night, Two negro women and one negro man were also shot. McNeill is not expected to live. The two negroes who did the shooting made their escape. The white boys were only looking on at the dance and did no shooting. Stepped Into Live Coals. “When a child I burned my foot frightfully,” writes W. H. Eads, of Jonesviiie, Va., “which causpd hni- rible leg -sores for 30 years,but Buck- len’s Arnica Salve wholly cured me after everything else failed ” In fallible for burns, scalds, cuts, sores, bruises and piles. Sold by H. B. mc- Master 25c. CASTOniA. Bears the j* The Kind You Have Always Bought Job Printing. A. C. L. Sued For §50,000. Wilmington, Jan. 30.—The trial of a $50,000 damage suit against the Atlantic Coast Line Railroad comply of South Carolina was begun in the supreme court here today. The complainants are Joseph C. Shepard, Jr., a prominent young druggist, aud his wife, Mrs, Win-, itred B. Shepard. They were out driv ing Jan. 12, 1900, aud at a crossing col lided with one of the trains of the de fendant. The horse was killed, the buggy smashed and Mr.- Shepard aud his wife thrown a distance of several feet. They both claimed permanent in juries and brought suit to recover $25,- 000 damages each. The case will take several days. Cigar Trade of Tampa. Tampa, Fla , Jan. 30.—There were 418 cases of cigars shipped from tbi= city last j w -ek, while for the same week last year j the shipments were 394. The shipments last week carried 2,140,000 cigars, ai.d i the shipments of last year carried 1,- 970,000. Since the first of the present mouth 1,739 cases of cigars have bec-u shipped from Tampa. For the same length of time last year the shipments numbered 1,244 cases. The shipments this year have aggregated 8,695,000 cigars in round numbers. The ship ments last year same time touched the whisky men say that the lawmakers , (j 240 000 mark. will be so busy daring the last half ' ’ ’ _—! of the session that thev will hardly I Will Do So No More. have the time to devote to the con- j Wl5STOK N. C., Jan. 30.-Rev A G sideration ot a sweeping anti-whisky T ,. , „ , bill. Kirkman, register of deeds for Guilford ; county, has just had to pay nearlv $500 ROUGH ON THE PEACEMAKER for the issuance of two marriage li- , , . „ .7 77 7. , , „. censes to couples under age. The ens- Iudicted r or Double Murder by B.r- ! tom used to be for the regls cer of deeds mingham Grand Jury. j to sign up a few marriage licenses and Birmingham, Ala., Jan. 28. — The place them in the hands of a magistrate grand jury has returned two true bills or two in remote parts of the comity, so -ci d at 11 r 1 - i that when a conDle took a notion to get against F. P. McDonald for murder m j married they could do so wichout % 0 the second degree. The defendant is a j much expense. This was done in this 1 well known young man about town. , and other counties many years, but it ) He is charged with killing Joe Ashby j wl ^ not done any more, and Thomas Fitzpatrick, as the result of a difficulty which occurred in the Peer less saloon last November. The men were drinking together and a dispute arose between two of them. McDonald was playing the part of peacemaker, so it is claimed, when a general shooting occurred. McDonald pulled his pistol and, it is alleged, shots from it killed Ashby aud Fitzpatrick. A man named Sandy Cauterberry was also shot and wounded. SHORT ON REVENUE STAMPS to Florida Secretary of State Fails Comply With Revenue Law. Tallahassee, Jan. 30. — A special agent of the United States has been here examing official bonds filed in the office of the secretary of state, in order to ascertain if they Lore the required 50-cent revenue stamp. There are 3,000 bonds, more or less, now in the office of the secretary of state which must be stamped. The bond of every state and county official, including justices of the peace, constables, notaries publics, shipping agents, naval stores inspectors, timber and lumber inspectors, auctioneers, etc., is required to be stamped. Waycross Air Line Railway. Waycross, Ga., Jan. 25.—The Way- cross Air Line railway laid rails into Fitzgerald today. Scheduled trains will be started Feb. 3 from Waycross through to Fitzgerald. The distance from Way- cross to Fi fczgerald is 70 miles. Belief fa Six Ilnurs. 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 bladder, kidneys and back. In 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 MeMaster, Druggist Waynesboro, Ga. Charleston’s Sympathy. | Charleston, Jan. 30.—At a meetin_ ! of the board of directors of the Cotton | Exchange the following resolution was 1 adopted: “That the Charleston Cotton Exchange be closed on the day of the | funeral ceremonies of the late Queen \ ictoria of England as an expression and mark of our deep feelings oi' regret and earnest sympathy for England at the loss of their good "and distinguished que«n.” Something of a Hog Himself. Appling, Ga., Jan. 29.—For quite a while several parties near Appling have been considerably interested to know what the large hog, owned by Rev. M. Fuller, in that community, would weigh. Last week the owner of this gigantic hog concluded to slaughter him, aud when he was put on the scales he tipped the beam at 803 pounds net. More Aid For Pensioners. Raleigh. Jan. 30.—A committee of the- Daughters of the Confederacy met here today to memorialize the legisla ture for more aid to pensioners aud the soldiers’ home. The confederate vete rans committee met today for the same purpose. It seems that the memorial will be in a sense a joint one by these two organizations. Deafness annot be Cured by local applications, as ibey 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 iinperfec* hearing, and when it is entirely closed deafness is the result, and unless tiiis inflammation can be taken out and this tube restored to its normal condition, hearing will be destroyed forever; nine cases out of ten are caused by catarrh, which is nothing 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 0