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• -a £ j, Mg THE . . . AUOUST A . SAVINGS GAWK, . . . £05 Broad Street, ttjersTA, 6E0BHIA. W. B. YOUNG, President. J. G. WEJGLE, Cashier. SAVIS'OS ACCOCNlS SOLICITED. Interest Paid On Deposits. €unm Volume 20, Waynesboro, G-eorgia, Saturday, December 14, 1901. Number 35 THE PLANTERS LOAN AND SAVINGS BANK, Augusta, 6a, Pavs liters?! OR DeMSitS. ACCtlffi suited. L C. Eavme, i-rssicient. ORGANIZED 1870 Chas. C. »^<>ward cashier. w WAKT i T We can save ) 3 ou money on good Shoes, The Trash kind we do not handle ? Inspect our Shoes and get our prices. We will sell you ! Still selling a. good solid Leather Brogan lor $1.00 Ladies’ Solid Leather Glove Grain Button and Lace for 90c. Children’s Shoes, Gram Spring Heels, 6 to 8, all Leather for 65c. Children’s Shoes, Grain pring Heels, 9 to 12, all Leather for 75c. WE ABE SURE. GREAT CUT IN CLOTHING FOR 30 DAYS! We are sure of several things We are sure that we can serve you promptly, efficiently, carefully. We are sure that we can shew ycu an assortment of stock that is without a peer in magnitude and quality. We are sure our mechanical facilities are so simple and complete that your special orders will get best attention here. We are sure that our prices are worthy of investigation. Doing a big business with big facilities, cuts down the cost. We are sure that you have not thought over that building question as it deserves. We are sure that we can satisfy you in every respect. WE HANDLE GROCERIES. T. A. CLARY & CO Oppo. Citizens Bank, Waynesboro, Georgia. Dr. Henry J. Godin, EYE SIGHT SPECIALIST, Spectacles and Eye-Glasses Manufactured to accurately correct al! correctable errors .-1 I'.i- human eye-sight. Artificial eyes carefully matched and In serted without pain. Consultation and ex amination free. Works and Office;: 028 Broad Street, AUGUSTA, GA. £3“ Opposite Planter’s Hotel. : SB OATS SCHOONER WAS STORM TOSSED Eventful Voyage of the Ralph PASSED BOGUS CHECK. REMARKABLE DOUBLE TRAGEDY. Atlanta Man Gets Into Trouble at Co- Two Wen Killed By Trolley Cars Near !umbus - East Point. Columbus, Ga., Dec. 10.—W. Rawls Moody, an Atlanta man, was bound over to the superior court in the sum of $250 by the recorder yesterday morning, charged with passing -a bo gus check on Mr. Jordan, a butcher, on Saturday afternoon. At the trial Moody stated that he had only recently been released from the asylum at Milledgeviile, where he had been confined for treatment. Unless the bond is made Moody will have to remain in jail until court meets in January. A letter on his person was directed to him care the nineteenth male ward, Milledgeviile. x-Ioody once traveled for Brewster & Moody, of Atlanta. It is also charged that he passed a bogus check for $10 on another mer chant Saturday. Atlanta, Dec. 10.—A peculiar and re markable double tragedy occurred last i night on the East Point line of the At- , lanta Railway and Power company. CATHOLICS AT CINCINNATI. Five Hundred Delegates to the Ameri can Federation of Societies. ' Cincinnati, Dec. 10.—The American Federation of Catholic societies con vened here today with about 500 dele gates present, representing an esti- A farmer, W. J. Smith, was killed mated aggregate of about 600,000 J. Dong From Nome. MATE WAS SWEPT OVERBOARD For Two Days Her Passengers Were Without Water, the Supply Having Been Exhausted and Washed Away. Out From Nome 47 Days. Port Townsend, Wash., Dec. 10.—- The schooner Ralph J. Long, Captain M. F. Green, 47 days from Cape Nome, with 90 passengers and io stowaways, lias arrived here after one of the most eventful voyages of any vessel sailing from the north. Leaving Nome Oct. z3 with provi sions enough to last her to Dutch Har- bor under favorable circumstances, I before reaching the port the water | supply gave out and for two days tha passengers were without water. From the time of sailing from Dutch Har bor the long experienced continual gales of unusual severity, the worst being on Nov. 11, when seas swept the vessel from stem to stern, carry ing away a portion of the water sup ply and one lifeboat. Mate Hanson was washed overboard by an immense sea and drowned. The last two weeks of the trip the passengers had to depend on what rain they could catch for a Farril Ends His Life. Fitzgerald, Ga., Dec. 10.—Roger Far ril, aged 65 years, committed suicide here yesterday by shooting himself through the head with a revolver. He told people yesterday morning he had received a letter trom his daughter and that she was married, and from conversation with him it seemed he was dissatisfied with the marriage. He lived on a 10-acre tract north of town and was in easy circumstances. Dur ing the civil war he was an ensign of Admiral Farragut’s staff. between East Point and Fort Mc Pherson about 6:30 o'clock, and the car that was sent out to relieve the car that killed him killed a second man whose name is unknown, and his horse, when it was returning to the city. The first man killed was W. J Smith, of Palmetto. The man killed by the relief car had not been identified up to a late hour last night. When the news of the killing of Smith reached the city and it was re ported that the car that caused the ac cident had been ditched, another car was sent out to take its place. The second car when coming into the city about 11 o’clock ran into a buggy at a crossing between West End and Oak land City. The buggy was smashed into kindling, the horse was killed and the man was crushed to death. Both bedims were brought to the city and turned over to Undertaker Pat terson. NEGRO KILLS BARTENDER. Negro Rock Throwers Caught. Brunswick, Ga., Dec. 10.—Y/alter Bennett and Charles Anderson, two negroes, were brought to Brunswick from Everett, tried ar.£ bound over for throwing rocks at a Seaboard Air i Line tram passing Everett. One of the rocks went through a window In Superintendent Maker’s car George H. Fitzwalter, of Savannah, worked up the case. water supply. V/hite Primary at Cedartown. Cedartown, Ga., Dec. 10.—The white primary held here for the nomination of municipal officers for the ensuing year resulted as follows: Colonel J. K. Davis, mayor; A. H. Vandevander, alderman second ward; R. O. Pitts, alderman fifth ward; J. V/. Judkins, J. H. Dodds, W. S. Shifiett, members of school board. Will Springs Shot By Sol Dunn at Au gusta, Ga. Augusta, Ga., Dec. 10.—Will Springs, the bartender in Whiteley’s bar, at the corner of Marbury and Florence streets, was killed last night by a ne gro, Sol Dima This negro and two others came in- j to the bar and called for one whisky and two beers. By mistake the bar tender, Springs, served three Deers. The negro, Scl Dunn, became very indignant and abusive over the mis take and cursed the barkeeper for his inattention to orders, whereupon Springs put him out of the door. In a moment Dunn walked back in j the door, pistol in hand, and shot i Springs through the heart. He and i the membership of the co-operating so- | eieties. The officers of the federation and of ! the different societies continued their : conferences today over the construc tion of a constitution that would be I acceptable to all of tne societies. ; At 8 a. m. the parade, consisting of ; the local societies acting as an escort for the delegates and visiting prelates, 1 proceeded from the headquarters of j the association at the Grand hotel to ; the cathedral, where Father Qualman, master of ceremonies, and Bishop Horstman, of Cleveland, celebrated high mass, the sermon being delivered by Dr. Lacelle, pastor of the cathe- J dral in Newark. Archbishop Elder presided and was on the tin cue with the visiting bish op in the sanctuary. The music of the large choir was a feature of the : ceremonies at the cathedral. The delegates proceeded direct from | the cathedral to the auditorium, where Anthony Mater, president of the Cin cinnati federation, introduced those : who delivered the welcoming address es as follows: Governor Nash, on the part of Ohio; Mayor Fleischmann, on the part of Cincinnati, and President T. B. Mena- han, of Columbus, cn the part of the Ohio federation. President Fries and Judge Thomas W. Fitzgerald, of New York, vice president of the federa tion, responded to the addresses of welcome, after which the convention proceeded with its business in execu tive session. THINK GiRL WAS ABDUCTED. In Kidnaping Theory Gains Strength Cropsey Case. Elizabeth City, N. C., Dec. 10.—A member of the committee of five which has charge of the search for Nellie Cropsey, whose mysterious dis appearance has created a sensation throughout the state, says that he ex pects important developments within 48 hours. He adds that he believes the girl has been kidnaped and that they will succeed in finding her. A massmeeting was hold last night at which ov*r 1,000 persons were present. Chairman P. T. Greenleaf, of the special vigilance committee of five, made a speeen, saying they be lieved that after chasing shadows and rainbows they at last have brought to light a tangible clew which they are assured, if followed up, will clear up the mystery. They could go no further without more funds, however, he said, as the previous subscriptions had been ex hausted. lU^US iural ^ususta; (ju? CHAS. F. DEGEN, Manager. The Artistic Woodworkers. Despondent, She Ends Her Life. Raleigh, Dee. 10.—Mrs. Frank Tur ner, aged 50, the wife of a farmer of Senoia county, committed suicide yes terday by taking carbolic acid. De spondency, due to a long illness, was the cause. She told her little daugh ter to prepare breakfast, went in her room, drank the poison and got on the bed, where her husband found her. Ayoock Is Called to Court. Raleigh, Dec. 10.—United States Marshal Dockery yesterday served up on Governor Aycock a subpoena to ap pear before the United States su preme court in the suit against this state by South Dakota to compel pay ment of principal and interest of cer tain state honds issued in aid of the Western North Carolina railway. LASHED TO MAST OF A BARGE. A SUCCESSFUL MISSION. John E. Redmond and His Associates Return to Ireland. New York, Dec. 10.—John E. Red mond, leader of the Irish parliamen tary parry, and his associates, Messrs. McHugh and O’Donnell, have issued a his companions, all drinking and ap- i ,, , , ....... parently out or. a lark, got into a hack | s ^ tsment to tlleir fneilds 13 at the door and drove hurriedly away. The murderer was subsequently cap- l tured by the police at a house just out- Robbed at His Own Gate. Talbotton, Ga., Dec. 10.—Tom Great- house, a farmer living near Prattsburg, in this county, was called out to his gate by two unknown negroes and knocked down and robbed of $35 or ?10. No clew has yet been found to the robbers. Augusta Weavers Strike. Augusta, Ga., Dec. 10.—In the Sib ley mills, one of Augusta’s largest cot ton factories, 68 weavers walked out yesterday. They were side the city limits, where he vs J sleeping off the effects of his spree. A KIreiiiaa’s Oio-s Call, stuck to my engine, although Whisky Selling Now Come- High. Washington, Ga., Dec. 8.—The city council of Sharon has increased the li cense for selling whisky to $2,000 per j year. There is also strong talk of a prohibition election in Taliferro coun ty at an early date. every joint- ached and every nerve was j _ engaged in ; racked with pain,” writes C. W. Bel- weaving fine check goods, the price on ! lamy, a locomotive firemen, of Buriiug- ana hppn 18 cents ner cut. Yes- ■ ton, Iowa. “I was weak and pam, witn- I out any appetite and ad ran down, as I was about to give up, I got a bottle of I Electric Bitters and, after taking it, I felt as well as I ever did in my life.” Weak, sickly, run down people always which has been 18 cents per cut. Yes terday they were notified of a reduc tion to 16 cents and walked out. Cp(>OC<iOOOQOQQQQQOQQQOQOOO-0 'istmas 1 1 Presents. Night Was Her Terror. ‘‘I would cough nearly all night loucp” writes Mrs. Chas. Applegate, of Alexandria, IucL, and could hardly geo any sleep. I had consumption so bad that if I walked a block I would cough frightfully and spit blood, but, when all other medicines failed, three $1.00 bot tles of Dr. King’s New Discovery whol ly cured me and I gained 58 pounds.” It’s absolutely guaranted to cure Oougns, Colds, La Grippe, Bronchitis and all Throat and Lung Troubles. Price oOo and $1.00. Trial bottles free at H. B. McMaster’s drug store. America. It says that their mission has been the most successful since the days of Charles Stuart Parnell, asd the en voys will start on their return to Ire land today with the assurance that a fund of $100,000 will be raised. A committee of 25 has been selected for this purpose. Captain Morrissoy and His Men Had Fearful Experience. Mobile, Ala., Dec. 11.—The steam tug E. L. Russell has just reached port and reports that while towing a barge containing 9,000--barrels of oil from Sabine Pass, Te%., to New Or leans she encountered a southeast storm on Sunday and lost the barge the following morning. The crew or the barge, Captain Thomas Morrissey and seven men, had a terrible experience Sunday night, lashed to tne mast of the barge. They were rescued Monday by means of an improvised breeches buoy. Captain Morrissey was so exhausted that he could not stand. Working 24 Hours a Day. There’s no rest for those tireless little workers—Dr. King’s New Life Pills. Millions are always busy, curing Torpid Liver, Jaundice, Biliousness, Fever and Ague. They banish Sick Headache, drive out Malaria. Never gripe or weaken. Small, taste nice, work won ders. Try them. 25c at H. B. Mc Master’s. Oil In the Old North State. Asherille, N C., Dec. 9.—Announce ment is made that oil has caen dis covered 3 miles from this place. In vestigations have been for some time in progress, the matter belag kept a secret. Large options cn lands have been secured. Boring will be made to a depth of 2,500 reel. Compulscyy Education Probable. Raleigh, .Dec. 11.—It is widely be lieved that compulsory education is near at hand for North Carolina. It is, in fact, a natural sequence cl the fran chise amendment to the constituion. The latter has acted already a3 a great stimulus to public education. Train Saved By Eoy. Decatur, Ala., Dec. 11.—Walker Simpson, aged 12, discovered a broken rail on the Louisville and Nashville railway near Hartselle yesterday and reported it just in time to prevent a serious wreck. He is the hero of the day. Wright Will Sustain Veto. Atlanta, Dec. 9.—Hon. Seaborn Wright, of Floyd county, announced on his return to the city last night that he would vote to sustain the gov ernor’s veto of the dispensary bill, of which he is the author, should the matter come up in the house with a view to overriding the veto. Aged Farmer Robbed. Austell, Ga., Dec. 7.—Burglars en tered the room of Henry Parker, an aged one-legged farmer, near Bremen whiie he and family were at supper last night and took away a trunk con taining $700. Dr. William W. Harris Dead. Raleigh, Dec. 9.—Dr. William White Harris, one of the oldest and most prominent residents of Wilmington, fell dead there yesterday, rfc was 82 years old. He was the oluesi. living alumnus of the University of North Carolina, where he graduated In 1842., Taxing Cotton Seed Meal. Raleigh, Dec. 7.—The board *>f agri culture yesterday afternoon imposed a tax of 20 cents per ton cn cotton seed meal used as fertilizer and places it under the same rule as other fer tilizers. We have the most complete stock of Dia monds, Watches, Ster ling Silver W are, Fan- Goods especially for the Holiday*, and would be pleased to have you make our store heaaquerters while in Augusta. Expert engraving, J. W. Jones Asks for $15,000. Buchanan, Ga., Dec. 9. John W. Jones, by his attorney, C. T. Ladson, of Atlanta, has filed suit in Haralson superior court against the Southern railway company for $16,000 damages. After the Dope-Stick Vender. Brunswick, Ga., Dec. 9.—Glynn’s grand jury has been at w'ork this week and current rumor has it that several merchants have been indicted for selling cigarettes to boys. Augusta, Jewelers, Georgia. Smvrna Postoffice Robbed. Atlanta, Dec. 9—The postofflee at Smyrna, Ga., was robbed last night of a small sum of money and stamps. Two safes were blown. Not a Dissenting Vote. A perfect laxative! That is the unanimous verdict of the people who use Dr. Caldwell’s Syrup Pep sin. 50s and $1 00 sizes. Sold by H. b. McMaster, Waynes boro, oa. h. Q. Bell, Millen, Ga. gain new life, strength and vigor from their use. Try them. Satisfaction guaranteed by H. B. McMaster. Price 60 cents. Cornerstone Laid. Jacksonville, Fla., Dec. 10.—The cornerstone of the Elks’ cluo building was laid with appropriate cermonies Sunday. The officers of the club were present anci about 75 members wit nessed the ceremonies. Action Dismissed. Edinburgh, Dec. 10.—The court of sessions today dismissed the action brought by the Spanish minister of marine against the Clyde Bank com pany for a 75,500 damages owing to delay in the delivery of four torpedo boat destroyers, which, it was claimed, were required for the Spanish-Ameri- can war, but were not delivered within the contract time. The ruling of the court of sessions reverses the deci sion of the lower court, the sessions court holding that as the contract was made with a state which was a mon archy, the monarch alone could make a claim. Modern Surgery Surpass-d. “While suffering from a bad case of piles I consulted a physician who advised me to try a box of DeYViM’s Witch Hazel Salve,” says G. F. Car ter. Atlanta. Ga. “I procured a box and was entirely cured. De Witt’s Witch Hazel Salve 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 HazelSalve will cure any ease. Cuts, burns, bruises, and ai! other wounds are also quickly cured by it Beware of counterfeits Cold Weather injures Cotton. Lamont, Fla., Dec. 10.—The recent cold weather killed all the growing Sea Island cotton hereabouts, thereby causing the crop to be very short in j w hom h this section. Embezzler Hoepner Arrested. New York, Dec. lu.—Word has been received by the police from Detective Sergeant McCafferty oi his arrival in Liverpool with William Hoepner, arrested in Buenos Ayres. b}&iciaa Testifies. ‘•I have taken Kodol Dyspepsia Cure and have never used anything in my life that did me the good that did,” says County Physician Geo.W. Scroggs of Hat! county, Ga , “Being a physician I have prescribed it and found it to give the best results.” If the food you eat remain^ 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 faiis. H. B. McMaster. The detective and his prisoner will sail from Liverpool in a few days. Hoepner is accused of embezzling be tween $30,000 and $40,000 from A. W. Faber company. He was a book keeper for the firm. Fugitive Driven Gut By Cold. Raleigh, Doe. 9.—Charles Blackwell, a white c-cnvict. was brought to the penitentiary Saturday to serve ten years of an unexpired term for mur der. He escaped 18 months ago and took refuge in the mountains between the states of North and South Caro lina, in which there are many despera does from both states. The cold weather ran him out of the mountains and this caused his capture. Disease Among Horses. Raleigh, Dec. 7.—State Vetenarian Tait Butler has left for a second trip to Hyde county, upon news of a fresh outbreak of disease among horses there. Last summe- and in the early autumn about 60 horses and po nies died and Dr. Butler diagnosed the disease as forage poisoning. He did not arrive in this state until the disease was nearly spent. Reliable and Gentle. “A pill’s a pill,” says the saw. But j there are pills and pills. You want i a pill which is certain, thorough and gentle. Mustn’t gripe. De Witts’s Little Early Risers fill the bill,Pure ly vegetable. Do not force but as sist the bowels to act. Strengthen and invigorate. Small and easy to take. H. B. McMaster ▲dwrtlsiB* nttaa litoral. Tbe Children’s Friend. You’ll have a coid this winter. Maybe you have one now. Your children will suffer too. For coughs, croup, bronchitis, grip and other winter eomplaintsOneMinuteCough Cure never fails. Acts promptly. It is very pleasant to the taste and perfectly harmless. C. B. George, Winchester, Ky., writes “Our little girl was attacked with croup late one Dight and was so hoarse she could hardly speak. vV’e gave her a few doses of One Minute Cough Cure. It relieved her immediately and she went to sleep. When she awaken next morning she had no signs of hoarseness or croup. H. b. MCM&pter. Person f, 1 \\ Ml tho lady who fell in a swoon l$-it Thursday, in front of tho post- office, call at our store? She suffer- from Billionscess. Dr. Caldwell’s Syrup Pepsin will surely cure her. Sold oy h. b. McMaster, Waynes boro; H.Q. Beil, Millen. To Investigate Complaints. Raleigh, Dec. 7,—An official has gone to Rutherford county t-» investi gate the Amos Gwen Cherry Tree company. Eight complaints regard ing it were received here in one da*- Lubricating Company Formed. Birmingham, Ala., Dec. 9.—Articles of incorporation of the American Lu bricating company, ^wlth a capital stock of $40,000, have been filed in tbe probate office here. The incorporators are Thomas W. Kirkpatrick and John T. Stocks, of Atlanta, and E. S. Bra- zleton and William Hood, of Birming ham. The object of the company is to manufacture and refine oils and its business will be conducted from this 8100 Reward 8100. The readers of this paper will be pleased to earn that there is at least < ne dreaded dis ease that science has been able to cure in all its stages, and that is Catarrh. 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 mucoussurfaces 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. .1. Cheney & Co., Toledo, Ohio. ISP- Sold by druggists 75c. Increase of Capital Stock. Charlotte, N. C., Dec. 9.—Tho secre tary of state has authorized an in crease of the capital stock of tho Levi cotton mill at Charlotte from $100,000 to $200,000. Belief In Six I'istressing Kidney and filaddr r i M «ease re lieved in six hours by New Gr—-' South- American Kidney Cure. It is a gr* ** "-urprise on account of its exceeding prom p-:-ess ir. re lieving pain in biadder, kidneys hack. In male or female. Relieves reten‘.-.» <-*f water almost Immediately. If you \va_ Quick re lief ai.d cure this is the remedy. STJ by H. B McMaster. Druggist Waynesnorr. Ga. Indian Soldier Ran Amuck. Berlin, Dec. 10—The official report ot the affair at Tien Tsin Detween a company of Punjab infantrj and Ger man troops says that an Indian sol dier ran amuck, invaded tha German commissariat quarters, shot and mor tally wounded a quartermaster and wounded three others severely, where upon he was shot down by a German sentry. Good Roads Train Arrives. Atlanta, Dec. 9.—The Southern rail- ’ way’s good roads special arrived ear ly this morning from Montgomery, Ala. A section of road near the Sol diers’ home is being put in condition for work and a practical demonstra tion of road building will be made there Wednesday. A state good roads convention will be held in Atlanta on that day. CONTINUED ON SECOND PAGE. Choicest Offerings. Diamonds, Watches, Gold and Fina Plaled Jewelry, Rich American Cut Glass, Lunoja China, Bic-a-Brac, Etc, You are cordially invited to visit our nur beautiful store—Nothing finer in the South. Polite attention—Prices right. A . J. RENKL --'3 Jeweler 706 [Broadway, Augusta, Gra.