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THE FRANKLIN
Life Insurance
‘Open the Local Safe, or We’ll
Kill Yon.”
THAT SAFE WAS OPENED
Co.
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OF ILLINOIS.
ISSUES THE MOST ATTRACTIVE,
LIBERAL, NOVEL AND
UP-TO-DATE POLICIES
liver Placed -on the MARKET I
Every policy issued by the FRANKLIN
is registered by the State of Illinois,
And approved securities are deposited with the state to be held
for their protection. For further informaton consult,
W. H. SIIERMAN, Manager, Augusta, Ga.
Or, W. H. WALTERS, Local Agent, Waynesboro, Ga.
After Appropriating Its Contents,
They Blew Up the .Express Safe,
Transferred Its Contents to Their
Bag and Made Their Escape.
Little Rock, April 23.—The Choctaw,
Oklahoma and Guif pa.vfrrger train was
held up at midnight near Iron Mountain
j crossing, miles west of Memphis,
; and arrived here at 6:10 this morning,
half an hour late.
Sydney Drew, the porter-, who was
shot by the bandits, was taken co St.
Vincent’s hospital and his wouud
dressed by the company’s local phy
sician. His condition is serious aud he
may die.
C. T. Meader, the express messenger,
was badly beaten over the head aud
shoulders with a pistol, but he was able
to continue his run.
The passengers were not molested.
Frank W. Haskell, the local agent of
the Wells-Fargo Expre.- company, could
not estimate the amount the robbers se
cured, but it is said to be over $3,000.
Story of the Holdup.
The train left Memphis at 11:40 last
night, and after crossing the bridge,
made the usual stop at Bridge Junction,
Ark. At this point six masked men
boarded the train but were not seen by
any of the train crew. When a point a
half a mile west of Iron Mouutain cross
ing had been reached, Messenger Mea-
Postmaster at Greenville,
S. C\, In the Toils.
Greenville, S. Cl, April 23.—Frank
N. Jordan, assistant postmaster of the
local office, was arrested yesterday on
the charge of embezzlement. The war
rant was sworn out by Postoffice In
spector H. T. R. Moye as a result of an
inspection of the postoffice made by him
self and Inspector A. J. Moore.
Jordan’s total shortage was found to
be $1,178.34. He was arraigned before
the United States commissioner and
pleaded gniltv. He was put under a
bond of $1,500, signed by his uncle,
Postmaster Nichols, to appear at the
next term of federal court to be held in
October.
The arrest of Mr. Jordan was a great
surprise and shock to the entire popula
tion of Greenville. He was recognized
as a sturdy, upright, straightforward
young man, holding the respect and
high esteem of all who knew him.
LYNCHING AT COURTHOUSE
CASE OF MUCH ADO
ABOUT NOTHING
Idle Talk of World Alliance
Against Uncle Sam.
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IMPRACTICABLE
Europe Would He Starved On .
The common opinion among state de
partment people about this suggested
anti-American alliance is that unless
Europe can find a source of food supply
cheaper and more convenient than the
United States, there is not likely to he
an alliance for covering a scheme of
land acquisition in South America for
any other undertaking involving no one
can tell what complications, with Euro
pean disturbance as the outcome of a
hastily devised plan to arrest the expan
sion aud prosperity of the United States.
A Kasimr, Roaring Flood
Washed down a telegraph lino which
Chas. C. Ellis, of Lisbon. Ia., had tore-
pair. “Standing waist deep in icy wa
ter,” he writes, “gave me a terrible
cold and cough. It grew worse daily.
Finally the best doctors in Oakland,
Neb., Sioux City and Omaha said I had
Consumption and could not live. Then
I began using Dr. King’s New Discov
ery and was wholly cured by six hot
ties. ” Positively guaranteed for Coughs,
Colds and ail Throat and Lung troubles
by H. B. McM aster. Price 50c.
America’s Assertion of the Monroe
Doctrine Calculated to Create More
Alarm Ia South America Than In
Tills Country.
Washington, April 23.—Very little
serious interest is manifested here in
the London report suggesting the possi
bility of a world alliance against the
United States for the reasons set forth
by Admiral Count Cauevaro of Italy.
There have been discussions of the re
port among diplomatic scholars in the
departments and in the army and navy,
but most of those who have discussed
the suggestions speak of them as idle
SURRENDER OF FILIPINOS
OGDEN PARTY AT TUSKEGEE
Lars
to
Number Swear Allegiance
United States.
Manila, April 24.—One hundred and
fifteen soldiers and 2,157 bolos have sur
rendered and sworn allegiance to the
Industrial School and Buildings Are
Fully Inspected.
Tuskegee, Ala., April :!3.—Robert C.
Ogden of New York aud the party of
United"States' at NarvacanTprovincV of [ distinguished guests went to Booker
South Iloilo. The Americans’ activity ! 'Washington’s school yesterday morning
throughout the archipelago accelerated | B00u aiter ^ey arrived in town,
the surrenders.
The commissary investigation is pro-
and sensational, being not probably as
indicating an experiment of the alli
ance practicable, if really proposed to
be undertaken.
It is a.-sumed that there are foreign
politicians aud statesmen who have re
garded with disfavor America’s asser
tion of the Monroe doctrine, while this
government is acquiring territory in
the West Indies aud in Asiatic waters,
the obvious cause of the European dis
satisfaction being the inhibition by that
doctrine of continental invasion aud ac
quisition of South American territory.
Would Cause Great Tumult.
To those American officers who know
how free from desire to acquire South
Amo.lean territory is the administra
tion, and probably the great majority of
the people, this report is regarded ns
calculated to create more alarm in Soutu
America than here. For if any of the
South American countries obtained the
impression that Germany, France or
Italy, in consequence of the importance
of their interests in certain South Amer
ican countries, were disposed to try
their colonizing experiment after grab
bing territory, the first bint of such a
purpose would lead at once to an ar
rangement that would involve not only
the invaded country but the whole con
tinent in a controversy with the conti
nental alliances.
That distrust of the United States
that has sometimes been manifested in
Chili, Argentina, Venezuela and other
South American republics would be for
gotten in the event of auv appeal to the
Monroe doctrine, with the probability
that the commercial interests of the in
vaders would be injured so badly that it
would take years to overcome the dam
age wrought in a very brief campaign
o: occupation and colonization.
gressing. Several important witnesses
in the Reed case have left Manila.
Barry Baldwin, Thomas Harris, Fred
Macondry and H. Schindler, prominent
merchants, who are supposed to possess
information concerning money paid to
commissary officers, are detained as wit
nesses under $2,500 bail. Ocher arrests
will be made-- The trial of Captain
James C. Reed, formerly deputy com
missary at Manila, who, as announced
April 15, was arrested on the charge of
participating in the commissary frauds,
has been temporarrily postponed.
Famous Dentist Dead.
St. Louis, April 24. —Dr. Henry By
ron McKellops of this city is dead, aged
78 years. He had an international repu
tation as an authority on all matters
pertaining to dentistry and dental sur
gery. In 1S68 he was chosen president
of the American Dentists’ association
and later of the Southern Dental asso
ciation and of the Missouri Valley Den
tal association. Dr. McKellops was com
mended for gallantry in the Mexican
war, commanding Morgan’s riflemen in
that struggle between the republics. He
was quite wealthy.
Not Sustained by Evidence.
Nashville, April 22.—The committee
appointed to investigate the charges of
attempted bribery preferred by Senator
Eldridge in open senate against ex-
Comptroller James A. Harris reported
that the evidence lid not sustain the
allegations and submitted the testimony
for the consideration of the senate.
All departments of the school were in
Operation and the visitors spent the
time to noon going through the shop
and classrooms. At noon dinner was
served by the school in the teachers’
diningroom. The party went down in
a body under the direction of W. H.
Baldwin to visit the students in their
diningroom. They were received with
great cheering by the young people.
The afternoon was given to the dedi
cation of the “Dorothy hall,” the new
building for girls. It is of brick, cost
ing $15,000. The material was all made
by the students and the building erect
ed by them. Over 500,000 brick were
required. Dressmaking, millinery, cook
ing, housekeeping aud mattressmaking
are already installed. The building and
other industries for girls will be opened
as soon as the rooms are equipped. The
building was given by two sisters of
New York city, who named it “Doro-
; thy hall, ” a name in their family for
over 30 ) years.
The address of dedication was by Dr.
j E. Winchester Donald, the successor of
! Philip Brooks in Trinity church, Bos-
| ton. Other addresses were by State
; Superintendent Abercrombie, President
: Mclver of the Girls’ Industrial school,
: Greensboro, N. C., and Robert C. Og
den, the leader of the party. Mr. Og
den is president of the Hampton board
I of trustees. He was the boyhood friend
of General Armstrong and knew Booker
Washington when he first came a stu-
| dent to Hampton.
CONVENTION WAS CARRIED
Southern Appointments.
Washington, April 23.—Among the
appointments made by the president to
day were those of William Vaughan, to
be attorney of the United States for the
northern district of Alabama, and Henry
M. Coper, to be marshal of the United
States for the eastern district of Ar
kansas.
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Bishop of Portland, Me.
Rome, April 24. —The report is con
firmed that Father O’Connell, presi
dent of the American college in Rome,
has been selected as bishop of Portland,
Me. His official nomination will be
made known through a papal brief.
No Bail For Captain Carter.
Washington, April 22.—The United
States supreme court today denied the
ii application of former Captain Oberlin
M. Carter to be admitted to bail.
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Alabama Voters Declare In Favor of
New Law3.
Montgomery, Ala., April 24.—The
people of Alabama voted yesterday on
the proposition to call a convention to
assemble in this city on May 21 to re
form the constitution of the state to the
needs of the present day. An exceed
ingly light vote was polled throughout
the state, but the returns indicate that
perhaps five-sixths of the counties voted
in favor of a convention being held.
The principal reforms which the con
vention has in view are the suffrage,
the courts, the terms of public officers
aud the abolishment of so much local
legislation. No definite program has
been mapped out by auv faction of in
fluence and the convention will neces
sarily be in session some days before the
drift of sentiment can he obtained.
There has been apathy in every coun
ty in the state, so far as reports go.
Fifty-five delegates from the state at
large were elected aud 100 from the
counties, each county being allowed so
many delegates as it has members in the
house of representatives.
There will in no event be exceeding
four or five Republicans or Populists in
the convention.
You will waste nine if you fry to
cure indigestion or dyspepsia by
starving yourself. That only makes
it worse when you do eat heartily
You always need plenty of good
food properly digested. Kodol Dys
pepsia Cure is the result hr years of
scientific research for something
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it is the one remedy that will do {it.
der started to cross over from the first
car to the other, where the express safes
were, as he had finished arranging the
baggage. As he opened the door he
found himself staring into the barrels
of two revolvers and two shotguns and
saw four men standing on the platform.
He was grabbed- by one of the robbers,
and his pistol, which he carried in a
belt around his waist, was taken from
him.
About this time the train began to
slow up aud came to a full stop. Then
shooting began. Two men who had
boarded the rear end of the second car
captured Sidney Drew, the train porter,
and made him uncouple at that point.
The engineer and fireman had been
taken care of by this time. Two of the
robbers mounted th6 engine cab and
forced Engineer Johnson to pull the
baggage and express cars about half a
mile. The place where the cars stopped
is in the midst of a dense canebrakeaud
10 or 15 miles from any habitation. The
track is raised 15 feet above the sur
rounding country. When the engine
stopped George Ward, a boy who had
.been riding on the blind baggage, sprang
off and started into the woods. A shot
from one of the robbers brought him
back to the train.
Command Promptly Obeyed.
Then “Open the local safe, or we will
kill youl” was the order given to the
messenger by one of the robbers, who
seemed to be the leader. He was very
calm, while the other three were very
much excited and worked like amateurs.
The messenger obeyed, and one of the
men, who carried a sack, placed all the
contents of the local safe in it.
“Now, you and the kid get into the
car ahead,” was the next order. Mea
der did not seem to move fast enough to
suit the robber who had him in charge,
so he delivered a few blows with the
heavj" revolver he carried. After the
messenger was in the other oar the rob
ber continued to beat him, the messen
ger says, until he was badly bruised.
He received a bad cut over the right
eye.
With Nitro-Glj’cerine.
One robber stayed to guard the two
prisoners, the other two joining their
comrades in the express car, where tney
were at work on the through safe, which
was locked and conld not be opened un
til Little Rock was reached. They had
about a pmt of nitro-glycerine aud
poured it in the cracks of the sate.
When everything was ready, all left the
car and the explosion followed. It was
a complete success, for the door of the
safe was blown off and hurled 20 feet
away, striking a tree trunk and smash
ing it. The robbers re-entered the car,
and it was but the work of a few mo
ments to transfer the contents of the
safe to the sack. Everything wa3 taken.
The robbers then jumped off and with
a few parting shots disappeared into the
cauebrakes.
The engineer ran back to the rest of
the train and as soon as the coupling
was made started as fast as possible for
Edmiston, 12 miles away, the next tele
graph station, where the affair was re
ported to superintendent John H. Harris.
The superintendent immediately wired
to the convict camp at Hnlbert, £ miles
this side of the scene of the hold-up,
asking that the bloodhounds there be
placed on the trail of the bandits. Re
wards will be offered.
Story of the Messenger.
Messenger Meader, in relating his ex
perience, said:
“I started to the other cat, and upon
opening the door found two pisiols and
two guns pointed in my face. I threw
up my hands and one of the robbers
searched me, taking my pistol. About
this time the train stopped, and later,
when we had uncoupled and run ahead,
I was made to open the local safe with
my keys. I was then ordered into the
car ahead and heard them blow open
the safe. They beat me with their pis
tols just for pastime. I did not care to
get shot. I saw'six of the men and all j
were masked. They appeared to be !
young men, and all were excited but
one, who seemed to be the leader.”
Sidney Drew, the porter, lives in
Memphis. He is shot in the thigh and
may die. He refused to uncouple the
train when first commanded to do so •
and one of the robbers fired at him.
The Choctaw officials will co-operate
with the express company and will spare
no expense to capture the bandits.
Temple of Justice Invaded by a Jlob
In Tennessee.
Nashville, April 24.—Last night at
9 o’clock a mob of 100 men forcibly en
tered the courthouse at Springfield,
Tenn., took Wyatt Mallory, a negro,
from the officers guarding him, and
hanged him from the courthouse veran
da. As the rope grew taut with the.
negro’s weight each member of the
mob fired a shot at tlie swinging body.
Then the leader of the mob warned
the sheriff not- to interfere with the
corpse until 10 o’clock in the morning,
and all Divot it swung from the place
of execution.
Maliory nad fatally wounded J. H.
Farmer, a white man. The sheriff
heard that a mob was forming and se
cretly moved the negro from the jail to
the courthouse for safetv.
It is not enough that the goods
we sell shall please you at the time of
purchase. They must continue to
please you : else we shall not be sat
isfied.
We receive so many compliments
on the merits of our goods that it is
wholesome sometimes to htar a com
plaint. It keeps us up to the mark.
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CAUGHT IN THE BELTING THE OULOQK FOR COTTON
WAS AWARDED ONE-TENTH
in
Sensational Suit For Damages
Florida Court.
Jacksonville, Fla., April 24.—De-
Land had a sensational case, last week
in the circuit court there. It was a case
in which E. K. Loud sued Dr. R. J.
Skipper, a druggist, for alienating the
affections of his (Lond’s) wife, who is a
daughter of C. B. Futch of Hawks Park.
The sum sued for was $10,000, aud the
jury, at 4 o’clock Saturday morning,
rendered a verdict of $1,000 for Loud.
The case was, a sensational one, the
evidence of a great deal of it not being
fit for publication.
Loud said he was satisfied with the
verdict, as it established his right to the
possession of his child. The parties are
all prominent people of New Smyrna.
Education In North Carolina.
Raleigh, April 23.—During the past
20 years this state has expended for
white schools aud school buildings $7,-
310,764, and for negro schools and school
buildings $4,091,139. Then it has ex
pended for the pay of county superin
tendents and for various other objects
common to both races $3,823,5: : 4. The
total is, therefore, $15,225,668. Yet more,
the state has expended $102,000 for ne
gro normal schools, beginning with $2,-
000 a year, while now the amount is
$14,000 annually. It must be borne in
mind that while negroes pay only 5 per
cent of the amount expended as above
given, they receive 44 per cent, the
whites 56 per cent. An official makes
the positive statement that nowhere else
on earth has one race done so much for
another.
Negro Mangled to Deatli Iu Alabama Crop Will Not Be Materially Affected
City. | by Cold Suap.
Gadsden, Ala., April 22.—A horrible j Atlanta, April 23.— It may safely be
accident occurred Saturday at the fur- I said that the receut cold snap, though
nitnre factory in Alabama City, causing ’ of unusual severity for this season of
the death of Charlie Whisenant, an em
ploye. He was sent to place a large
belt on a puller. The engine was run
ning at full speed, but instead of wait
ing until the engine slowed down, he
attempted to put the belt on the pulley,
which was revolving so rapidly that
Whisenant was jerked upward and fell
between the pulley and the belt, com
pletely stalling the engine, stopping the
machinery and crushing the life out of
the negro.
Other workmen ran to his aid and
when he was removed and laid on the
floor, he presented a sickening appear
ance. His body was horribly crushed,
his entrails protruding. He was gasp
ing for breath and suffered horribly for
some hours before death relieved him.
Both legs were severed from his body
when he was caught between the belt
and pulley.
the year, will not materially affect the
cotton crop of the south one way or the
other. The chances are that as much,
if not more, cotton than was destroyed
will be immediately replanted.
The only difficulty that can possibly
intervene this year might be the scarcity
of cottonseed, but it is not believed that
there will be any material trouble on
that score, though iu some sections the
farmers are quite apprehensive.
The 1. T. U. Convention.
Birmingham, Ala., April 22.—J. W.
Bramwood, secretary of the Interna
tional Typographical union, with head- j
quarters at Indianapolis, has practically j
completed all arrangements for the an- I
nual convention of that body in this j
city in August next. The convention
Truck and Fruit Crops.
Savannah, April 23.—Truck growers
in this section have suffered but little
from the recent low temperature. The
cold winds killed a few tender plants on
the truck farms, but the farmers say
that for the most part their vegetables
are uninjured. The Southern. Express
company has received no advices of in
jury to truck in Florida and the Plant
system officials say they have received
j none. Watermelons south of Savannah
appear to have come through the cold
all right.
Sea Island Cotton Injured.
Savannah, April 23.—In the riorrh-
will meet on Ang. 12, and will hold for I ern counties of South Georgia much of
a week. The meeting place will be at i the young cotton has boen killed, aud
the Elks hall. On the Sunday preced- j will have to be replanted. This is es
ing the convention an informal recep
tion and a smoker will be given the
delegates. The officers will make their
headquarters at the Morris hotel. The
committee on laws will meet here a
week prior to the convention proper in
order to frame its report. The conven
tion will bring upwards of 1,000 visitors
to the city.
pecially true of sea island cotton.
WHITE CONVICT IS KILLED
Hospital For Koek Hill.
Rock Hill, S. C., April 23.—For some
time it has been understood that Cap
tain W. L. Roddey had determined to
establish a hospital at this place, and,
while the sire has not been selected, the
erection is certain. This has been the
hope that has been the “guiding star”
of the King’s Daughters for several
years, and, though it has been at times
a distant vision, they have worked on
and hoped on, until now Captain and
Mrs. Roddey, who have, at all times,
had the city’s best interest at heart,
have come to the aid of these devoted
women.
Seven Years In Bed.
‘Will wonders ever cease?” inquire
the friends of Mrs. L Pease, of Law
rence, Kan. Tuey kuew she had been
nuable to leave her bed in seven years
on account of kidney aud liver trouble,
nervous prostration and general debility;
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Sponsor and Chief Maid.
Montgomery, Ala., April 22.—Gen
eral George P. Harrison of Opelika,
Commander-in-chief of the Alabama
Confederate Veterans, has appointed
Miss Lncy Randal of Union Springs
sponsor for the state and Miss Mary
Kirkpatrick chief maid of honor, to act
at the reunion of Confederate Veterans
to ba held on May 28 in Memphis. These
two young ladies will go to Memphis
Monday, May 27, in General Harrison’s
private car.
Shot For a Burglar.
Oxford, Ala., Aril 20.—Floyd Smith,
the son of Captain John F. Smith, was
shot and seriously wounded at mid
night, in the center of town, by Robert
McCombs, night watchman. The offi
cer. supposing him to be a burglar, call
ed to him several times and receiving
no reply, fired, the ball passing through
the yotmg man’s body just below the
ribs on the left sid6. It is thought he
will recover.
Knockout Blow Proved Fatal.
London, April 24.—“Billy” Smith,
the American pugilist, who was knocked
out in the eighth round of a contest
with “Jack” Roberts for the 126 pound
championship of England at the Na
tional Sporting club Monday night, and
who has lain unconscious in a hospital
since, died at 11:45 o’clock this morning.
Cattle Frozen to Death.
Knoxville, April 24 — As a result of
the present cold weather prominent cat
tlemen estimace that 1,000 head of cat
tle have been frozen to death in the
East Tennessee mountains m the past
week. Twenty-two inches of snow is
said to have fallen. This freeze may
affect the local beef supply in the falL
Freight Depot Burned.
Columbia, S. C., April 23.—The Sea
board Air Line temporary freight depot
with contents and all records was burn
ed yesterday morning at 4 o’clock.
The' building was a frame affair, and
as the loss is covered by insurance, the
people of Columbia regard the fire as
anything else than a calamity.
Alabama Postoffice Itebbed.
Chattanooga, April 23.—The United
States postoffics inspector’s department
has received a report from Inspector
Keys of the robbery of the postoffice at
Kellytown, Ala., last night. Loss not
given. ...
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Old Landmark to Go.
Lake City, Fla., April 23.—One of
the old landmarks of Lake City, the
Hancock property, has changed hands;
consideration $5,000. The purchaser was
W. Brown of Welborn, who will
erect a 3 story hotel on the property,
which corners on the courthouse svuare.
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Slystery Is Solved.
Arcadia, Fla., April 23.—The mys
tery surrounding the finding of the
body of a man at De Leon Springs sev
eral days ago has been cleared. The
party was R. Brewer, 67 years old, who
left here January, one year ago, to visit
his daughter, Mrs. Polliman, at Pablo
Beach. He left the train at Enterprise 1
Junction, and was never heard from |
again. J. L. Miller of Arcadia, who
married his daughter, wrote the letter
that was found on his body.
Dave Webb Shut to Death by Deputy
Warden.
Atlanta, April 23. — News has
; reached the city of the tragic death of
Dave Webb, a young Atlanta man who
was convicted a short time ago before
Judge Candler in the criminal superior
court aud who was serving a 20-year
sentence in the Durham coal mines,
near Chattanooga.
According to reports, Webb was shot
and killed by Deputy Warden J. Walter
Mitchell while Webb was making an
attack upon him with a razor. Only
one shot was fired by the deputy war
den aud thi3 produced almost instant
death.
The late career of Webb is well re
membered in Atlanta. He was impli
cated in the robbery of No. 6 fire engine
house and was also charged with high
way robbery in two cases. He was tried
before Judge Candler iu the criminal
superior court and was couvited i:i all
three of the cases. Judge Candler im
posed a total sentence of 20 years.
FIVE DIVORCES IN ONE DAY
Georgia Court as Good as Oklahoma
Territory 31 ills.
Macon, April 24.—Five divorces in
45 minutes is the record the Bibb su
perior court has just made. The juries
were at work breaking the matrimonial
chains and the wife was the complain
ant in all the cases. Two of the women
were particularly handsome and their
husbands, the court papers said, had
been specially mean and neglectful.
One of the five complainants was Mrs.
Millie Schmidt. She was granted a to
tal divorce from her husband. John
Schmidt, who is now serving a five
years’ sentence in the penitentiary of
Louisiana for bigamy. He had previ
ously had trouble iu Alabama for al
leged theft of a diamond ring. The
couple were married in Atlanta and
came to Macon, where Schmidt con
ducted the Merchants’ buffet on Four: a
street. He deserted his wife and chil
dren and went to Alabama and fiually
landed in the Louisiana penitentiary.
$100— Dr. E. Detcheon’s Anti-Diuri tl»
May be worth to you more than 1100 if you
havp 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,
Stray Bullet Causes Suit.
Raleigh, April 24.—The suit of B. F.
Penny of Wilmington, a well known
merchant, against the Atlantic Coast
Line railway is in progress. Penny was
Now Shipping Strawberries.
Fitzgerald, Ga., April 20. —■ The
strawberry crop is on the move from
this section, the first shipment going
out by express last night for New York.
The estimated crop here is 20 carloads
outside of the express shipments. The
berries are fine, large ones, and from
present prices the growers will reap a
harvest. The Fruit Growers’ union has
estimated the peach crop at 100 cars this
a passenger on one of defendant’s trains
when a negro became unmanageable aud . „„„„„„
the conductor ejected him. Penny and season ’ owing ^to Jhe tact^that 100,000
other passengers were upon the plat- * " " v ” '
form when the negro, in leaving the
train, fired at the crowd. A bullet struck
Penny, wounding him dangerously.
“Last winter I was confined to my
bed with a very bad cold on the
lungs. Nothing gave me relief. Fi
nally my wife bought a bottle of
One Minute Cough Cure that effect
ed a speedy cure. I cannot speak
too highly of that excellent reme
dy.”- Mr.*T. K. Houseman, Mana-
tawney, Pa. H. b. McMaster.
new trees will be bearing this year.
Relief In Six Hoars.
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 inLladder, kidneys and back, in
male or female. Relieves retention of water
almost immediately. If you want quick re
lief a d cure this is the remedy. Sold by H.
B McMaster. Druggist Waynesboro, Ga.
Job printing at the right prices.
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