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volJI. mull Aaainl ALBANY, GA... SATURDAY, JUWE1 29, Comptroller af, (be Currency Appoints Ten pottrjr Receiver—Rumored ’ Tbat'. Bit Stock Excheoge Firm ii In Trouble. Seventh Nstlonel’t Failure Hud Been Ex. peeled Since Tuetdty. . New York, June 37.—The Seventh .National Bank olosed its .doors this ’morning. It is rumored that a big Btook •exchange firm is id great trouble,'and may go to the wall before the clcdtytig of the exohange. The report of tSeSev* enth National's, failure started a sh selling movement on the exohange /a downward movement:-. Attorney Cromwell stated that work on the bocks had begun, and a atari iifaent will bn pre#J sented at tho earliest jmehiblo moi On the door of ‘‘"'the . sign; “This hank is'itt thdhaflds'Wthe 1 Comptroller of the Ourrenoy. Eorest Turner, national bank examiner.’’ tftr l> J,u FROM 001 COUNTY beino loaded Mr. S. C. Mayo, of Acre. ° 0 firower, and He’s a “Ho| and Hominy’’ -r—Prof. R H. Schell,>1 Baconton High itool, Takes a Wile—To Attend Normal School. Aoree, Qa., June 27.—(Spoolal).—The first oar of melons for this plaoe will‘be loaded today .by Ur. S. O. Mayo and shipped to Albany to be marketed or consigned to some commission house. ' Ur. Uayo has been raising melons for _ several years ■ and always raises nice harp melons and gets them into market With among the first. But this melon orop is not his only orop, for he believes in the “Hog and Hominy" plun of farming, sen a nice lot of meat eaoh season iho market men are always glad to ihanco at' his faVshoats every fall, fall he marketed several stall fed fi V ivioUBtd New York, June 27.—Just pre- .Cashier Adams olosing the doors of the Seventh National Bank, President T. R. ^|5jnai j^sec|^^yfj^noe with ther. President W. H. KimboLwho wi , forced to retiranto majimjrnCTor Presi dent Thomas, vvhoaeifW$V’ w 6n - uel Thomas, saved the bank on Tnei by paying the clearing hoqMM983,00C/, •was noi permitted in I thY Whferpnoe, though he was 'lit the building. Na tion was given that certain ohookB drawn ohUie bank would »llo Jpa*» v im mediately If presenJ^J^qfsr desig nated banks, mostly at the Chose Na tional Bank. 1 ’ , , J / | 1 ,» SUBDUED EXCITEMENT AT CLEARING HOUSE. MEETING. New York, June in Wall street are <at the susponBlonof the Seventh Nation ml Bank, seemingly thinking It tb* , jjj ■* Blidsa.. mnbitAl nntnnmfi nf Tuesday's affair. Prom Ihursday’s Daily £ PaWs. coming in on tad bjng reports of a eeves and has been soiling hay' this jfflWfj no v/m! '-•'// Kti ,|7Che weather is very dry and hot here aid the orops need rain, bnt that does nit stop tHS’peopreTrdhtmaprying. Miss Aberta Vason is justUsIclL from Graves, G^y_.svbebfi (she} Whhi lyn witness the ■ttniria^^titPrtrf.^ttajiHoll, of Bacon- **"jfh ( Sohoql, ‘to Miss Ella Barge,.of 1 P'“?' The marriage ‘ oocnrred ’at 7 tip last evening and Prof, ana Mrs. Se/ell left at onoe for Athens, Ga., where tht^-will speLd the vacation attending the Normal Training School, after whlh they expert-to return to Bacon- ton, where they will be engaged to teaciing. Boh are fine teachers and yonng peo ple o exemplary characters, and their (nan* friends will be pleased to see them, sneood in their journey through life S. A. LTrslo Went Through B. & W. Freight natural outcome of Tuesday’s affair. The effect on the Btook ■ exohange is as yet not great, being to some extent dis counted. • I?- ‘iJ V.'TEMPORARY RECEIVER APPOINTED. Wasbingtoa, June 27,^8 . Oomp- •troller of the •Ourrenoy has appointed Forest Rainor temporary r^i)’^ ofcjWjj Seventh National Bank. He ordered ■the bank closed beoauee it opuld not comply with the conditions imposed on Saturday. . The olearing house meeting,was marked by subdued excitement. All balanoes were promptly settled. Im mense crowds surronhded the. Seventh National Bank immediately after Its olosing. Police were stationed at the door, admitting none. > ( The Seventh National Bank was a debtor to the clearing houBe In tho sum of six hnndred and forty-four thousand dollars this morning. When asked re garding payment, the directors and connsel of the hank held a oonferenoe with the clearing house officials, where It was stated that the bank’s Indebted ness was so large that suspension was thought most advisable for all interests. The Seventh National is a depository for poatofifioe finds. The postmaster stated that a quarter of a million gov ernment bonds are deposited with the •government, whioh is ample pro ;eotion. . IT road Prom {hursday's Daily Herald. the B. & ty. g reports of a serious wreck whioh iBourred early yesterday morn ing whre the B. & W. and S. A. L. railw&Siues cross. 5 ■ > ^ B: No.'irol was bound L fr il Bruhs \yiok with fbout fifty p eshm'ttbiy had Ihe right of way,«.iff tea stopping at the oroesing, started! move on abend of the S. A. L. * -• ’ 1 l/V. train, Ihe latter started forward, too, and’ crated into the B. & W/train im- mediare in the rear of the engine. The B. & Wxain was om in two and several cars deraod. The Engineer on the S. A. L. trn was seriously injured, and the negrflreinan was instantly killed. As a rest of the cplliBion, all trains on both rots were delayed for several hoars. ] \ SAFELY LANDED. TO SHIP TBIS WEEK FIRST CARS OP CANTALOUPES AND WA TERMELONS TO 00 FORWARD. Market Improvement la the Condition of the Crops Since the ISth Inst.—(bowers Mach Encouraged by Present Outlook— Shipment! Will Become General Next Week. TOM DECLARATION FORUtOCIPROCFIT IN OHIO REPUBLICAN ’PLATFORM. ItoWkeMngtoo U It Regarded «s’the Key NMe to the Administration's' -PeHey-—Congress . Wilt Bo Asked to Ratify PKndtoff Reolprec- Ry Treaty, end Others WHhbk Negotiated. .1 Washington, June 27.—Thro dbolnra- tion.favoring reciprocity, made in the Ohfqpepublioan platform)' was due- to the influence of President’ McKinley. Here' it is regarded as the key note- to j administration's policy,, and it in CUTTING THIRD SET OF TBZTHi . Youth, at Puieogerind Crew of the Wrecked Steamer Lnsltanln. St. Join, N. F„ June 27.-All tho passengerlrom the wrecked steamer, Lusitanlayhioh went ashore at Seal Oove, weiilanded here today by the steamer lencoe. There were four hundred a; thirty passengers- Ninety- three of tlorew were placed in a rink here, whet they are being fed at the town’s lying the pending reciprocity treaty, bub will' negotiate additional ones 'with Germany aUd Russia. PATTOJWFALL WEDDIRK Prom Tuesday’s Daily Herald. There has been a marked improve ment in the oonditlon of the watermelon and can talon pe crops in this section dur ing the last ten days. Up to tho 16th inststat the melon stated'that the president wilt’not only- growers were about the bluest set of men press-on congress the neoessMyfor rati- to be found in these parts, and their do- '' spondenoy was npt to be wondered at, in view of the unpromising oonditlon of their vines. Between the heavy rains, wind) hail and sand storms, the vines were in a oonditlon oousidered deplora ble, and n vpry small crop was looked forwasd to. • . .»■ ■ l > I oxiim i The last-fe'w days, however, have will nessed a marked improvement in the oondition.of. the vines. More fruit hop been brought forthinnder tho influeuoc of the warm, steady sunshine,' und the Vines are all 1 flourishing ina veiy grati fying mtmner. , ^orneofthegrowersare really,. euthusiastio,,qTer the outlook,,so greatly has it improved within the past fortnight. It is probable that the first oar load of cantaloupes will be shipped from Albany on Friday. Several of the growers who .have large pkwtinga near. the oity will combine, and,,by taking tjje,.ripest mel ons from tbeir vines make np a fall oar. Next week, shipments well become gen eral. The first car of watermelons from this point will also probably go forward this week. No, single grower will be able to make a shipment, bnt, like the oantaloupe men, several will combine to make up a oar. By tbe last ot next week watermelons and cantaloupes, from all over this sec tion will bo moving northward. The- growers are unusually sanguine, for* while their orops are short as oompared with past years’, prices are expeoted to be better. i There is no general idea among tho growers as to the manner of disposing of their crops. Some will seUtoQom- nission booses in the fields or an' the tracks, while others iwlll ship. to. the markets, “on their own hook’’ andttake ohunces of finding ready sale. Antons grower expressed it, “We ore in the market for the best thing that-comes along. If we can sell for satisfactory prices at home, we will do so. If, we oan’t, we will ship.” TERRIBLE SUFFERING. latest News From West Virginia Flood Is Appalling. Riohmoud, June 25.—Tho latest news from the flood district describes the havee as most appalling. Homeless and hnngry women and children are exposed to elements and wandering through tho moan tains crying for relief. The sick are without medical attention or food and the dead ate left uaburied. Only quick relief can prevent heavy mortality among the helpless sufferors. Near Keystone, in the Elkliorn- Valley, a graveyard was carried away by the flood. 1 The services which are being con-, ducted by Mias Emma Tucker at the Presbyterian church every afternoon at 6 o’clock for 1 men only are growing in interest, and the congregations which assemble in that church every afternoon to hear this consecrated little Christian woman discourse qn the love of Ohtist for sinners is most gratifying in point of numbers, and much good is being ac complished. BARR DETS FIVE YEARS. - Sentence Prcunced In the Famous Preacher IShootlng Case. * New Yox^ June 27.—In the cironit court of So* Jersey Oity Thomas G. Earker, reepy convicted for shooting Rev. Kellobr alleged intimacy with his wife, w»entencod this morning to five years bjudge Blair. CROwItPT BACK FIREMEN, A South Macon Mao Renewlnj: the A,e of 77; Prom tho Mnoon Tolograph. South Madun has oue ot the most un usual men Known in this section. He is Mr. John Larry, who at 77 year* of age, is as strong and vigorous as a man of SO, and lie has eyas that haT* not be™ dimmed in the slightest by age. Hu sits hour after hoar reading his Bible, the. print of wbioh is as small as one usually’sees these days, and he has never worn glasses. The most remarkable peculiarity of Mr. Larry aside from the foot that he was never beyond the limits of the state, is that he is cutting a third set of teeth. His second teeth were shed some time ago, and he had to gum it for a time, but recently new teeth have been com iug through -to take the plaoe of the others, and these are enabling him to oliew his food as well as he ever coaid. A FssMeosMe BSeSt at Newton—OMterSeclai Newi. Newton,, Ga t ,,.Tune 27.—Qsile a fash ionable wedding- took plaoe in the Bap- tist xliurqh htee.' Rev. Detwee*, of Ca milla, porformlhg fhe oerenohy. The contracting panties were Miss Idolns, daughter oMflri'Hi’H. HalVot'Nbwhne, and 1 hlr. JI Bfc Patton, o£' ; Valdosta These wos a very large aptombly at the ohuwh to witness the Interesting event; the bfide- beingrone of the maetif'*'' ' ful ond 'raost' attractive young ladies’Of this- oo mm unity. Of oonrssr many ’of her warm- personal frieddo-wouldoome to- wlfncss tblB thomost important-event of’her life, Being' tall and” commands InjN she was sjaeply graudeomb boauti- ful’in her elegont weddlng-rebesi Bap. py li-the man who has won., tbls-splon- dld and lhrely woman fprx-wife, Mr. Pattun is a most excellent'.beui- aesa man. Hs.starts oukln life aider eery flittering prospeots,- Dr. Glimmons, of ThomaavUlbi was hla hest man. They were aooompttnied by. Misses Oliromons anduPuttoni The bridal prosenta were very numerous, and many-ot them veryboodsome and costly. The bridal party left> at' one* for TbomawlUbv where tbey.wlll remain a few days), after whioh..they, will tie at home, to their friends ka.VAldost*. May all tbe.good thing! in tbie- life- fall to their lot. Tho handsomo steamer, “J) P. Will iamo," Gapt. Buohanon.. ln.oonunand, Is here on her way to Albany, where she writ, arrive In the atternoom of today. The house party of Mrs. 0> K. Norris came up on this boat*, from. .Bainbrldge, wdiere- they have been spending a week aetbegnestsot Mrs. A. L. Hawes, and haviiiga jolly good-time at the enoamp- meat of the Fourth,Goglment, G. B. T, The party is mafia-up of Misses Ella, May Williams, and TEate and Eunloe Williams, of Maoon.; : Whilbert Davis and Stella Hawes, of Bainbrldge, and Carrie Mayo, of Wayoroes; Messrs. Quit don Bower, of Bainbrldge; W. E. EUis, Jr.,"Tirown Taylor. Stewart Watson and Lieatenant Smith, of Maoon; Charley Pitman, of Thomnsville, and WL B. MoGregor, of Lancaster, Fla. Logansportj lhd;, Jhmn SB.—The 1 in- jured passengers oft a vireok on. the Wabash raUroed at? Oas s, early this morning, were brought he re and- same taken to Peruiu Sereial an i so lodly in jured that they will: probe 1 , bly dim The total number of ’kUledile six teen ;ln<jared forty. ' The train lefi here otml dnighh about an hour lata/ Near- (Hit) fifteen* mliea west of heror-it ran into a ;■ trestle. Tlio engine andthlrieen of the fouiheon.car* of the train.-plungedi Into. tho- ravine. Company rergeons- and dootnre fronr Peru are here-and'-dWtig ev erytiling. this morning to 1 relieve the su iferers. The bodies of the dead were not gathered from the' debris’ until: the injured, bad been dared Or/ TWO. SfOUEr.HiaVB DIECl- ■ Peru,' Ind.-, June SO.—Two- djootmI deaths haye -ooourredl froitn tho-wreak victims near Pass ow the Wabash: :nM- road this -morning pad tiyo ether will , hardly survive the day. - Moot'of the passengers were Italian, emigrants eh route to Sal*Lake,City. TheUte-of.the- dead is yet nubbtainoble. Ths-injijrod/ are now stated to. mwebor about 60.. Who fled to t Forceful Measures la New York today. New YorMane 27.—Fire in a tene ment house »ly this morning footed several hull'll Italians, who gathered into a crov.no as to prevent the fire men from anguishing the flames. Foroefal'meges had to be adopted. of the year when ihould be taken, to clean und free of STRYCHNINE FOR MORPHINE. APPBOACHIHC MARRIAGE,. Drug Clerk's Mistake Costs J. H. Calhoun Ills Lite. A dispatch from Dawson says that J. It. Calhoun, of near Brouwood, died on Monday from tho effects of strychnine poisoning. It seems that the poisonous drug was sent to Mr. Oolbonn by Oscar Davison, a clerk in the drag store of H. A. Hall of Brouwood, for morphine. Coroner W. J. Lewis held an inquest over the body of the deceased and the jury rendered a verdict that the deceased oame to his death from .strychnine poisoning, and that the strychnine was sold by Osoar Davison through careless- Mr. Joseph P,. Carson and Miss Isadora Ttah. mono to Wed July 9. Tifton, Qa.,/ June 26.—^Special*— Cards have, just been issued, announcing the approaching marriage of Mr. Joseph Peyton Carson to Miss Isadora Tim mons, July 9, 1001. Miss Timmons is the third daughter of Mr. and Mrs. W. W. Timmons, and possesses all of the traits of the pare Southern woman, and Mr. Carson is to be congratulated upon his good fortune in winning such a prize as she is. Mr. Onrson is among Tifton’s most promising yonng business roon. The wedding will oconr at the Tim mons- home on Love Avenue at 11 o’clock p: m. i remedies, but nope seemed to do me nny every day* i Sense Medical { Adviser, hi Ipaper covers; is sent free on •receipt of at, one-eent stamps to my expense of mailing only. Address Xr. R. V. Pierce,.BuffAlo, N. Y. WEDDING AT? FITZGERALffll’ Two Popular.-Youngt People Married/.it- to*> Hnoe otltoo, A B. Merten FitzgoraW, G*.Jtono 24.—On.0 of th* most boaatifnl. home weddifign over witnessed-tn HtJgerald oooumadl.whete Mr. James U. McCarty and .Miss -ElUa May Wooten wens- married, at. the hocae of Hoti. JiiB. Mercer In this-city yester day ot cuing. Th* ceremony waB. psr- formed.by Rev. Bltxard, pastor.of the Baptistrohurohi. The woddlng.-msoeh was plowed - bjr Mbm J. L. Jaty,Jr.,.of Tifton.-, Only a.few invited,Quests wore present.,to witness the montage. ,M*. and Mao,. MoSOrty are amhng onr most prominent' and, pejmiar. young people, end hundreds- ct frietids.' Uiroughant thls^ostlon wish for thorngv long lit* a/.t porf oc*. happlhesst BEEF CATTLE. A dougberiy Coonly Farmer Pockets t623.3J For Twenly-Pour Head. From Wednesday’s Herald. Mr. ijU'Ri.Wotlierbee, of EaftDough* erty, srid twenty-four head of beof cat- tlo in Albany today to Messrs.,W- W. Rt;wins- and IV. A. Malono at conts par pound gross, He really sold tw ty-soven.head, but tho Herald got i figure* for only twenty-four of thorn. Tho twouty-fouv of which ho g. woight-will bo shipped, and the three wero token by Mr. Rawlins Ills own.slaughter pen. T,ha twenty-four cattle of which jj got tho weight, wolghod 17,810 pounds, andnotted Mr. Wotherbeo t02a.S5, being within a fraction of 22(1 per head.' It was a, pretty "buuoh” of cattle, None iif them wore very .largo, they being of ,the end in ary or common-herd breed, but •they i wore in lino condition and will j.'make good'Deed. Messrs. RawUnB and Hiss Abba,Bowen) of Hawklnsvilkh ;ls yieiMiig,friends ion tho qityt . Edward StaninWrihat hnstdb w i M,1,oao bought thorn on spoouiatlon, and ° A ' Mv. Malone will , take them to Atlanta to market. There was perhaps more-olenr profit to Mr. Wefcherbcoj in theso boof cattle than in any other prodnot of like amount that will bo sold from his farm this.year, os ho probably fed,nothing to thom except what was produced on ills own farm, much of whioh. would have Atonuda Huntley, Who,was put.cm trial '*«»« tuwaste if he hqd had no , in tho circuit court hare today fon th* ^ 1<?Q ‘bero was leas labor required ,d man, ot the W'fii'K, U ite.t the dlty-iti the interest of kladltno. 1 ' Axrowibof cor younganaet are aptMifi. iagitho.doy at, Bowen’S JMitll todajSr 13IE “ONWRIlTEHl lAW." : : luj<gntwk»Weatan Matastoe Plea mi, Mm So Olleajise*.. Somerset, Ky„ June ."SSs—Mrs. ,cm trial murder of the woman who won, alleged to have been her husband’s paramour, sees up an nnlqua.pleu, Sha basea hep defense upon thexawritten law oiKeh- taoky whioh hoe been lnlerpretod to, mean that a husband is justified in slay* tog the dpspoiler, of his heme. This is. the first time that a wife- has sought a. refuge in the-’/nnwrlttea. law.* WARRANTS FOR PRIZE MONEY. Admiral Sampson and Captain Chadwick Oet Nice Takeouts. Washington, June 26.—Warrants were today issued to Rear Admiral Sampson for thirty-thrde hundred and thirty dollars, and to Capt. F. E. Chad wick for sixty-six hundred, their shares of the prize money; decreed tq them by the oourt of cfairas, ENGLAND CET&NJiWS ■ 1 ■ i 01 a Wouidcrful Amerlcaa,Invention ThahWUI Rovelutlanlr» Wenriog. Manohoster, England, June .20.—At the meeting of the- Chamber ot Oom- meroo today Seorotary Holm annoonoed that an automatic, loom is being $erfeot ed to America which is likely to revo lutionize constantly the weaving ma chinery of the world. With this inven tion one man can attend twenty-four looms. ; EARL RUSSELL INDICTED And Will Be Tried For Bigamy In Ihe House o Lords. London, Jane 25.—The Old Bailey coart grand jary today returned a truo bill against Earl Russell for bigamy. The recorder announced that the trial would be in the House of Lords. The Plague in Spain. Oporto, Spain, June 27.—Twelve oaBes and forty deaths have occurred, h,t from bnbonlo plague. V. ■ ■ . ■' ■■■i'fM"'.- to produce those oattlo and put thom on tho market than would bo 'neocssary to produce ' enough ootton to bring.au equal amount. Mr. Gilbert Promoted. From, Tuesday’s Daily Herald. Mr. J. I. Gilbert, who has been em ployed iu the yards of the railroads here for some months, past, has been pro moted to the position of yard master to suooood Mr. H. MdUo, who has been as signed to other duties. Mr. Moise has been transferred to Fort Valley to handle tho big peaoh bus iness there, and' left Sunday night for '■/ that plaoo. Mr. Gilbert’s promotion cam* pleasant surprise to him, he having had - no Intimation of it until last Saturday, when the official announcement of kis appointment came. Mr. Gilbert’s many friends will join - the Herald in extending oongratuhi- - tions to him and in wishing that be may continue to rise in tho servloe of tho roads. No church in Albany could seat t congregations whioh nightly gat! the Chautauqua Auditorium to hear the Bible readings of Miss Emma Tucker. Ia fact, it is doubtful if tho people of Albany over experienced suoh a religi ous awakeuing as that whioh is being accomplished by thisjgood little » Briohhyers are iu damund in All just now, and geoi wages paid ocujp INDSTINCT PRINT