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THE HOLTON BLOCK
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BURNS
n, i/i!
Destructive Fire In the Cot
ton District.
PROPERTY LOSS REACHES $100,000
An Accident at the Pumping Station
Temporarily Cut Off the Water Sup
ply, Eut It Was Restored in Time
to Prevent Flames Spreading.
Charlotte, N. C., Nov. 19.—Fire in
the cotton district of Charlotte early
today destroyed the Holton block,
causing a loss of $100,000. The prin
cipal losers are:
H. G. Link, groceries, $30,000; R. H.
Field, groceries, $15,000; B. K. Bryan,
groceries, $8,000; Oglesby Bros., dry
goods, $3,000; J. H. Sloan, cotton fac
tor, $1,000. All were insured.
The fire broke out in Oglesby’s
store at the corner of Trade and Col
lege streets. An accident at the pump
ing station temporarily cut off the
water supply, but it was soon restored
m time to prevent the flames spread
ing beyond the Holton block.
injunction Suit Is Dissolved.
Raleigh, Nov. 16.—Two weeks ago
the Cumnock Coal Mine company,
which several months before had
transferred that property to the Chat
ham Coal and Iron company, applied
to Judge Purnell here for an order
to restrain the latter from selling any
bonds, alleging that it had sold soma
and had used the money to meet cur
rent expenses and not in paying off a
mortgage debt. The matter has now
been adjusted and the injunction dis
solved at the request of the applicants, ;
who are Philadelphians. The output j
of coal from this mine will by tjie end j
of this year be larger than ever before, j
OLD MAN MURDERED
COTTON FIRE IN ALEANY.
Found In Dying Condition In a Sa
vannah Park.
Savannah, Ga., Nov. 18.—Samuel T.
Baker, a highly respected citizen and
confederate veteran, formerly of Eeau-
fort, S. C., was found unconscious in
Colonial park about midnight Saturday
‘light with a fractured skull.
Parties who found the old man lying
near one of the walks reported the
matter to the police. ju.e was at once
removed to the barracks and physi
cians summoned. Later he was taken
to his home at 416 Hull street, where
he died yesterday afternoon without
having recovered consciousness.
Mr. Baker for years had been em
ployed as bookkeeper for the Lyons
Grocery company, and yesterday col
lected $800. This, however, he had
turned over to his employers. It is
the theory of the police that some
one knew of his collections and hoped
to find the money on his person.
He left the store at about 11:30
o’clock at night and went to a barber
shop. After getting shaved he started
homeward, going through Colonial
park as the shortest route. That was
the last seen of him until he was
found in a dying condition yesterday
morning. The body had been robbed
of a watch, chain and other valua
bles and the pockets turned wrong-
side out. There were evidences of a
struggle.
The spot where the body was found
is about midway between tbs police
station and the county jail and is with
in hailing distance of both.
Warehouse and 25,000 Bales Go Up
In Smoke.
Albany, Ga., Nov. 16.—A. W. Muse
& Co.’s cotton warehouse, with about
25,000 bales of cotton, was destroyed
by fire last night. The building and
cotton, except one or two lots of cot
ton, belonged to individuals pretty
well covered by insurance. The fire
department emptied over 6,000 gallons
of water on the fire in the vain en
deavor to put it out.
ALBAN’S TROOPS
TACK iNSURi
itN
Carry Modern Quick Firing
Guns With Them.
REBELS STRONGLY INTRENCHED
Warehouse and Cotton Burned.
Vienna, Ga., Nov. 16.—Smith & Wal
ton’s warehouse, with its contents, was
destroyed by fire here at an early
hour yesterday. Nearly 800 bales of
$1,COO,000 BRIDGE CONTRACT,
The Artistic
Woodworkers.
News of a Decisive Government Vic
tory is Confidently Expected This
Week—Liberals Poorly Aimed and
Have Small Ammunition Supply.
Colon, Colombia, Via Galveston,
cotton were destroyed, involving a loss n ov . 19.—General Alban, with a force j adequate.
American Company Will Erect Twen
ty Steel Structures in East Africa.
Philadelphia, Nov. 19.—The Ameri
can Bridge company, of this city, has
secured a contract for the construc
tion of twenty steel bridges along the
line of the Uganda railroad, in East
Africa.
The amount of the contract is about
$1,000,000. Several English and conti
nental firms offered bids, but the Phil-
i adelphia company was not only the
; lowest bidder, but they guaranteed
! the completion of the work in a short
er space ot time than its competitors.
The new bridges will replace wood
en structures which were built sev
eral months ago and found to be in-
of over $25,000. The property was
only partially covered by insurance.
The loss will fall mostly on farmers
who were holding their cotton for
higher prices. The origin of the fire
I is unknown.
of 1,100 men, well armed and sup
plied with ammunition and having
cannon and modern quick firing guns
Portion of Stcicn Diamonds Found.
Portland, Ore., Nov. 19.—Seven dia
mond stick pins, valued at about $200,
With them, has started to attack the ; -were picked up cn Park street and
insurgent forces, which are strongly ' have been identified as part of the
SUMMONED IN POISON CASE.
RURAL DELIVERY IS- WANTED.
Cotton Crop 180,000 Bales Short.
Raleigh, Nov. 19.—The collected re- j
ports from this state as to the pres- j
ent cotton crop show it to be 180,000 J
bales less than the last crop. The !
farmers know how pitfully small the |
crop is. They are unable to under- ]
stand how the manipulators keep down
the prices. Last year, for the first
time, the farmers had the upper hand,
and cotton was high early in the sea
son, with a big crop. This year they
are in the grip of the manipulators.
Crusiied By Falling Pole.
Tampa, Fla., Nov. 18.—Harry Solan,
foreman of a gang engaged in raising ^
telephone poles for the Peninsular j
Telephone Company, was seriously in
jured. The gang was at work rais
ing large poles on Sixth avenue when
one of them slipped and fell. It caught
Solan and crushed him about the back
in a most painful manner. He was at
once taken to the Emergency hospital.
pQOOQOQOQO
Newton County Making an Effort In
Thjs Direction.
Covington, (fa.., Nov. 19.—The pros
pect of a rural free mail delivery for
Newton county seems good at present.
Congressman L. F. Livingston has
been working hard to obtain this ser
vice for Newton county for several
months and feels sure that his plans
will succeed. The postofflee depart
ment has sent out two agents from
Washington, who are investigating the
claims of this county for a rural free
delivery.
To establish this system in New
ton about 35 or 40 mail carriers will
have to be employed. A conservative
estimate made by those who are fa
miliar with the working of this sys
tem shows that $17,500 more will be
turned loose in this county by the
new system than by the delivery sys
tem now in operation. If Newton
county obtains this service it will be
the only one of the kind in the south
and one of eight in the United States.
Sensation at Memphis In Which Wid
ow Figures.
Memphis, Tenn., Nov. 19.—The sen
sation sprung yesterday in the grand
jury’s investigation of the poisoning
of C. G. Hooks, a Main street book
merchant, was the summoning of his
widow to appear Wednesday morning.
The summons was issued upon the
intrenched at Ckorrera. Half of Gen
eral Alban's force left Panama in large
launches towed by the Colombian gun
boat Boyaea. The remainder march
ed overland. These forces are to
combine and make a front and rear
attack on the insurgents.
Chorrera is only one good day’s
march from Panama. Ceneral Castro
accompanies General Alban. General
$10,000 diamond collection stolen Sun
day night from A. W. Loewenthal’s
room at Portland hotel. No arrests
have been made in the case, but de
tectives are steadily at work.
Darmstadt Museum Burned.
Darmstadt, Nov. 19.—The great
building erected by the Darmstadt Mu
seum societies, which was opened
with great ceremony October 6 by
, . , , . , Grand Duke Ernst Ludwig, was de
theory that she was about to leave Luego is in command of the insurgent . Btroye( j fcy £ re ear j y t ^j g
Three Children Burned to Death.
Raleigh, Nov. 20.—Yesterday after
noon while Mack Blalock and his wife,
colored, were at work on their farm
near here their house caught fire and
was destroyed. They had left locked
in the house their three children, all
of whom were burned to death.
Crazed by Cheap Cotton.
Raleigh, Nov. 16.—A negro farmer
became crazy on the street here yes
terday on account of the low price
of cotton and became so disorderly
that his arrest was necessary. He
fought two policemen like a tiger,
was sent to the asylum.
DANISH WEST INDIES.
He
Stepped Into Live Coals.
“Wheu a child I burned my foot
frightfully,” writes W. H. Eads, of
Jouesville, Ya., “which caused horrible
leg sores for 30 years, but Buckleu’s Ar
nica Salve wholly cured me after every
thing else failed. ” Infallible for Burns,
Scalds, Cuts, Sores, Bruises aud Pilea
Sold by H. B. McMaster at 2c c.
Scheme of Magnate Morgan.
New York, Nov. 19.—According to
the London correspondent of The
World, The Daily Express publishes
a rumor that J. Pierpont Morgan is
negotiating for the purchase of one of
the largest of the British shipyards,
where he can build 21-knot steamers.
Sale of the Islands a Foregone Con*
elusion—Price Agreed Upon.
New York, November 19.—Dispatch
es from Copenhagen stating that the
Bale of the Danish West Indies has
nearly been concluded contain noth
ing that has not been known in diplo
matic circles for several months, says
The Tribune’s London correspondent.
The sale is regarded as a foregone
conclusion, as the price has been
agreed upon, but the Danish govern
ment is deliberate in its methods and
scrupulous about providing every pos
sible safeguard to business interests
in the colonies, especially the sugar
planters of Santa Cruz. The Ameri
can minister at Copenhagen, himself
of Danish descent, has found it diffi
cult on this account to hasten nego
tiations.
WHEATON SHOOTS HOULIHAN.
the city for her health.
Hooks, according to an expert, was
poisoned with arsenic. Ground glass
was also found in his stomach.
The grand jury yesterday had be
fore it a man who said enough arsenic
j was found in the stomach to have
killed twenty men.
forces, though Domingo Diaz is the
nominal head.
The Liberals claim that they pos
sess a stronger force than the gov
ernment’s, but it is generally admit
ted that they are indifferently armed
and poorly supp’ied with ammunition.
Nev.'s of a decisive government vic
tory is confidently expected this week.
General Alban’s marching orders were
kept secret until the moment the j
troops were ordered to move. A ma
jority of the troops which arrived
here Sunday last on board the gun
boat General Pinzon will remain at
Panama in order to garrison the city.
morning.
Servants employed about the building
were burned to death.
Treasure Amounts to $1,000.
Kingston, Jamaica, Nov. 19.—It is
now asserted that the treasure found
by the Grand Cayman turtle hunters
in October last amounts to $1,000 in
old Spanish gold coins. The money
was buried in a reef off the island of
j Jamaica. It has been sent to Mobile
for sale.
Ticket Dealers’ License Raised.
Charleston, Nov. 16.—The anti
scalping audience adopted by the
city council for the exposition period
is not popular with the army of ticket
dealers which had been sweeping to
ward Charleston. Out of 23 ppplica-
tions the city assessor has only is
sued one license, but it is expected
i that many others will be issued af- .
! ter January 1. The license has been Large Shipment Leaves Guayra on i an( j was entirely cured. Da Witt’s
ARMS FOR INSURGENT3.
Modern Surgery Surpass'd.
“While suffering from a bad case
of piles I consulted a physician who
advised me to try a box of De Witt’s
Witch Hazel Salve,” says G. F. Car
ter. Atlanta. Ga. “I procured a box
i raised from $200 to $500, and dealers
j opening now will be required to pay
I the entire $200 for the rest of this
i year.
Jewelry.
If you want
Something real
fine and stylish
in Jewelry, Sil-
verw are, Cut
Glass, Clocks,
Diamonds, go to
&
Jewelers,
Augusta, : : Georgia.
Seven Years In lied.
“Will wonders ever cease?” inquire
the friends of Mrs. L. Pease, of Law
rence, Kan. They knew she had been
uuable to leave her bed in seven years
on account of kidney and liver trouble,
nervous prostration and general debility;
but “Three bottles of Electric Bitters
enabled me to walk,” she writes, “and
in three months I felt like a new per
son. ” Women suffering from Headache,
Backache, Nervousness, Sleeplessness,
Melancholy, Fainting and Dizzy Spells
will find it a priceless blessing. Try it.
Satisfaction is guaranteed. Only 50c
at H. B. McMaster’s, drug store.
Negro Arrested for Assault.
Dalton, Ga., Nov. 18.—Will Collin,
a negro, has been arrested in this
county for assault, one of the first
perpetrated in Whitfield county in
many years. The victim was Sirs.
McPherson, a white woman, living
near Carbondale. The negro was first
taken to Dalton and placed in jail,
but on Sunday afternoon was spirit
ed away and taken to the Rome Jail,
as the whole community was wrought
up and a lynching was threatened.
Ex-Mayor Matthews Dead.
Roberta, Ga., Nov. 18.—Hon. J W.
Mathews, ex-mayor of Roberta, Ga.,
died Saturday morning. He was chief
promoter in the upbuilding of this
town.
Not a Dissenting Vote.
A perfect laxative! That is the
unanimous verdict of the people
who use Dr. Caldwell’s Syrup Pep
sin. 50c and $1 00 sizes.
Sold by h. b. McMaster, Waynes
boro, os< R* Q- MillBDf
A Raging, Roaring Flood
Washed down a telegrank line which
I Ohas. C. Ellis, of Lisbon, la., had to re-
I pair. “Standing waist deep in icy wa-
I ter,” he writes, “gave me a terrible
! cold and cough. It grew worse daily.
I Finally the best doctors in Oakland,
Nob., Sioux City aud Omaha said I had
Consumption and could uot live. Then
I begau using Dr. King’s New Discov
ery and was wholly cured by six bot
tles. ” Positively guaranteed for Coughs,
Colds and all Throat and Lung troubles
by IL B. McMaster- Price 50a
Venezuelan Steamboat.
New York, Nov. 19.—The Tribune’s
Caracas correspondent says: A large
shipment of Mausers and cartridges
has left Guayra on a Venezuelan
Bteamboat for the Colombian insur
gents. President Castro’s position de
pends on the success of the latter. All
Venezuela, even his ministers, oppose
his policy.
The revolutionists under General
Juan Pietri are gaining in the state
of Carabobo.
Snow Falls In Columbia, S. C.
Columbia, S. C., Nov. 19—It has ^ _ ____
been snowing ^here^ since^ early this p Urc j- iase war ma terial and to pre
vent the purchase of such material by
Special Colombian Commission.
New York, Nov. 19.—Among the
sengers who arrived today on board
the steamer Allegheny from Savanilla
were General Diego de Castro, spe
cial commissioner of Colombia, and
his secretary, Antonio L. Armenta.
General De Castro says his mission is
Witch Hazel Saive is a splendid
cure for piles, giving relief instant
iy, and I heartily recommend it to
all sufferers” Surgery is unneces
sary to cure piles. De Witt’s Witch
QazeiSalvo will cure any case. Cuts,
burns, bruises, and all o'her wounds
are also quickly cured by it. Be ware
ol counterfeits
Money For Public Library.
New York, Nov. 19.—Peter Reid, a
wealthy millman, has given $50,000 for
the erection of a public library to the
city of Passaic, N. J. The municipal
ity has formally accepted the gift.
morning and the Indications are that
it will continue throughout today and
tonight. This is the first snow that
has fallen in Columbia as early as No
vember.
the revolutionists. He will go direct
to Washington to consult the Colom
bian minister.
To Operate Reed Mfrie.
. Concord, N. C., Nov. 16.—The gold
mining business in this county is at-
Hardlng Resigns Hio Office.
Raleigh, Nov. 16—The Rev. Natha-
nlel Harding, who has been superin- tractiag very much attention this fall
tendent of education of Beaufort coun- and a]so _ what is
more to the point, a
ty ever since that office was created, large amount 0 f capital. The old Reed
26 years ago, tenderd his resigna on m j ne> f amous as the locality where
yesterday. I the 7-pound piece was found many
years ago, will be operated in a short
hrslcias Tentifisa.
‘•I have taken Kodol Dyspepsia
Cure and have never used anything
in my iif“ that did me the good that
did,” says County Physician Geo W.
Scroggs of Hall county,Ga., “Being
a physician I have prescribed it and
found it to give the best results.” If
the food you eat remains undigest
ed in your stomach it decays there
and poisons the system. You can
prevent this by dieting but that
means starvation. Kodol Dyspep
sia Cure digests what you eat. You
need suffer from neither dyspepsia
nor starvation. The worst cases
quickly cured. Never fails. H. B.
McMaster.
time by a Massachusetts company.
The Meadow creek mine, where so
many rich nuggets have been picked
up lately, is in the vicinity of the
Reed mine.
Big Mortgage Filed.
Sandusky, Nov. 19.—The United
States Telephone company has filed a
$1,000,000 mortgage here to the Cleve
land Trust Company on all its prop
erty in Ohio.
Union Men Taken Back.
San Francisco, Nov. 19.—According
to The Examiner, three more machine
shops in this city have taken back
their union men cn the 9-hour sched
ule and an increase of 2% cents per
hour in wages.
Pergonal.
Will ihe lady who fell in a swoon
last Thursday, in front of the post-
office, call at our store? She suffers
from Biliiousness, Dr. Caldwell’s
Syrup Pepsin will surely cure her.
Sold by h B. McMaster, Waynes
boro; H.Q Be!!, Millen.
Bad Feeling Had Existed Between the
Two Men.
Savannah. Nov. 19.—John F. Whea
ton, a member of a prominent family
here, yesterday shot Thomas Houli
han, a mail carrier. The shooting oc
curred on Habersham street, where
Wheaton was a lodger at Houlihan’s
house. For some time there had been
ill feeling between the two because of
alleged attentions that Wheaton had
been paying his landlord’s wife.
Yesterday afternoon they were both.
at the house. Wheaton claims that!
Houlihan was advancing upon him
with an uplifted bed slat when he
fired.
The wound will not prove fatal.
Wheaton was arrested. 1
CITY TREASURER SUSPENDED.
Philadelphia Editor Dies.
Philadelphia, Nov. 19.—T. Henry
Martin, publisher and editor of The
Daily NeWs, died today of hydrostatic
pneumonia, following a surgical opera
tion. Mr. Martin was 38 year? of age.
He was president and secretary of the
Pen and Pencil club for several years.
He also served one year as vice pres
ident of the International League of
Press clubs.
Explosion Kills Two.
Charleston, W. Va., Nov. 19.—Oliver
Dodge and Frank Wilby were instant
ly killed and Frank Lancaster, of
Cleveland, and Pearl and Robert Nice-
werner were seriously injured by an
explosion of dynamite in a quarry.
They accidentally exploded the dyna
mite.
SlOO Reward SIOO.
Burglar Shot and Killed.
Seattle, Wash., Nov. 19.—T. D. Rush,
a burglar, was shot and killed early
today while attempting to open the
safe in the Northern Pacific ticket
office.
Reliable and Gentle.
“A pill’s a pill,” says tbe saw. But
there are pills and pills. You want
a pill which is certain, thorough aud
gentle. Mustn’t gripe. De Witts’s
Little Early Risers fill the bill.Pure-
ly vegetable. Do not force but as
sist the bowels to act. Strengthen
and invigorate. Small and easy to
take. h. b. McMaster.
The Children's Friend.
You’ll have a cold this winter.
Maybe you have one now. Your
children will suffer too. For coughs,
croup, bronchitis, grip and other
winter complaintr'OneMinuteCough
Cure Dever fails. Acts promptly.
It is very pleasant to the taste and
perfectly harmless. C. B. George,
Winchester, Ky, writes “Our little
girl was attacked with croup late
! one night and was so hoarse she
could hardly speak. vV T e gave her
a few doses of One Minute Cough
Cure. It relieved her immediately
and she went to sleep. When she
awaken next morning she had no
signs of hoarseness or croup. H. B.
McMaster.
The readers of this paper will be pleased to
earn that there is at least < ne dreaded dis
ease that science has been acle to cure in all
itsstages.andlliatisCatarrh. Hail’s Catarrh
Cure is the only positive cure known to the
medical fraternity. Catarrh being a consti
tutional disease, requires a constitutional
treatment. Hall’s Catarrh Cure is taken in
ternally, acting directly upon the blood and
mucoussurraces of the system, thereby de
stroying the foundation of the disease, and
giving the patient strength by building up
the constitution and assisting nature in do
ing its work. The proprietors have so much
faith in its curative powers, that they offer
one hundred dollars for any case that it fails
to cure. Send for list of testimonials. Ad
dress, F. J. Cheney & Co., Toledo, Ohio.
Sold by druggists 75c.
Philip Gerst of Buffalo, Charged With ,
Misconduct In Office.
Buffalo, N. Y., Nov. 19.—Mayor Diehl
today suspended City Treasurer Philip
Gerst from office.
In the notice of suspension the may- ‘
or charges Mr. Gerst with misconduct
in office and with having kept ina_.
curate and false accounts and specifi
cally charges that from the accounts
of the city treasurer the amount of >
cash on hand to the credit of the city
is $50,000 in excess of the actual .
amount.
The examination of the treasurer’3
accounts, which have been in prog- ;
ress several days, will be continued. ^
f
Relief in Six Honrs. *
Distressing Kidney and Bladder Disease re
lieved in six hours by New Great South-
American KidneyCure. It is a great surprise
on account of its exceedingpromptness 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 a.d cure this is the remedy. Sold by H.
B McMaster. Druggist Waynesboro, Ga. ;
Mother and Child Cremated. \
Centralia, Ills., Nov. 19.—Mrs. Mary !
Mannering and 4-year-old daughter, J
Edith, were burned to death at Xenia.
The child caught her clothing afire j
from the stove and the mother in try-j
ing to save her was fatally burned. ^
Gold for Shipment.
New York, Nov. 19.—Gold engage
ments for shipments on Thursday were
made at the assay office today. The
first sum announced was $1,000,000,
half of which was for Ladenburg, Thai-
man & Co.
Gall on n« when In the city.
Choicest Offerings. ....
Diamonds, Watches.
Gold and Fina Plated Jewelry,
Rich American Cut Glass,
Lunoje China, Bic-a-Brac, Etc,
tw You are cordially invited to visit our
our beautiful store—Nothing finer in the
South. Polite attention—Prices right.
A. J. RENKL,
Jeweler,