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VOL. 9.
ALBANY, GA.. 'SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 28, 1901.
NO 22
HAVE WE STRUCK OIL
DOWN IN GEORGIA?
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DIE MONDAY. OCTOBER 28.
Strong Indications That Albany
Will Soon Have a “Gusher.”
At a Depth of Nearly 900 Feet, While
Boring Artesian Well For the City’s
Waterworks System, Oil is Found.
Deposit Increases as Well Goes
Deeper—No Little Excitement Pro-
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From Tuesday's Drily H jrrid.
There is excitement in Albany.
And it’s all on aooonnt of a little oil.
Be it said to the credit of the exoited
ones, they have thus far been able to
prevent their feelings from running
away with reason, and the looal sensa
tion of the hour may still he referred to
as mild.
But at any moment restraint may be
thrown to the four winds, and the pop
ulation of Albany beoome a wildly ex
oited, half maniaoal multitude.
And as we said before, it is all on ao
oonnt of a little oil.
As is well known to the pnblio, the
work of boring a new artesian well for
the city of Albany has been in progress
for several months past., The site of
the new well is on the lot of the water
works pumping station, and but a short
distanoe from the 12-inoh well whioh
supplies most of the water to the city
mains. The new well Is being sunk for
the purpose of increasing the water
supply, whioh is now hardly adequate
to the aotual demand, even though the
strictest economy is exerolsed in its use
at all seasons of the year.
The new well is being bored by Ur. J.
F. Joyce, of St. Augustine, Fla., and
the work launder the immediate charge
of one of his superintendents, Ur. J. A.
Lynch.
For some time Ur. Lynoh has been
remarking to parties who engaged him
in conversation at the well, that the
drill was passing through geological for
mation, which, up in the oil country,
would indioate the propinquity of a po-
-troleum bearing stratum. "There’s no
telling what we will strike when we
get down here a little deeper,’’ Ur.
Lynch would remark with a knowing
shake of the head.
Several dayB ago it was announced
that a steady flow of water had been
seoured at a depth of about 875 feet, but
this only amonnted to about twenty-five
‘.gallons per minute. Yesterday morn-
| ing Mr. Lynch noticed that oil partiolei
I-were oomlng up with the water, and
that as the overflow passed off through
a little channel provided for that pur
pose, its snrfaoe was almost completely
covered with a greasy soum. Later in
the day, the oil particles became more
numerous, and could be platuly seen
even by uuexperienoed eyes.
The news quiokly spread over the
lity, and during the afternoon many
arties visited the scene to verify with
iheir own eyes the report Bpread by
ithers. And every person who saw be-
,me enthused. VisionB of gushers and
,n oil boom, with real estate leaping to
ihe command of fabulous prices, filled
ihe minds of men and women, and the
hole city was talking oi oil.
Mr. Lynoh has spent fifteen years of
is life in the oil region of Pennsylva-
ia, having come from that state only a
ew months ago to take ohargo of the
ell he is now boring. His experience
boring for oil enabled him to per-
ilve, some tims ago, that indications
ere strong that petroleum lay below
e point to whioh his drill has pene-
ted.
Said Mr. Lynch yesterday: "Up in
ennsylvania, we always strike the wa-
bearing strata and pass through
cm before finding oil. Then comes a
itratum of shale, where braoklsh water
>ts. All these things I hare found
ere. The shale deposit was exactly as
have'found it.in Pennsylvania, and
ie brackishness of the water has been
leptible at times for several days,
boring arteiiari wells, it is never safe
make pndloUws, tat SI I lwro Mn*
ed anyth,. "*een years’ experience
in the great on ju of Pennsylvania,
there 1b oil not far below the point
through whioh my drill is now passing.
There is enough oil in the water now to
ruin it for drinking purposes, ard we are
obliged to keep going down. It is cer
tain that in the end we will either strike
petroleum or pure wator. And I’m
looking for oil."
The well at the waterwo' k) station is
now deepor, by about seventy feet, than
any that has ever been sunk in this im
mediate section. The present depth is
not lesB than BOO feet, while the next
deepest well is that on Oommeroe street,
alBO owned by the oity, whioh is 830 feet
in depth. Mr. Lynch, therefore, is now
passing through hitherto unexplored
territory, and, as he himself expresses
it, "there’s no telling what we will run
upon down there."
Buffalo, Sept. 26.--Leon F. Czolgosz, the mur
derer of President McKinley, was sentenced today to
die on Monday, October 28, as predicted yesterday.
OIL SIGNS GROW STRONGER
Signs of oil have been growing
stronger today aa the well was carried
deeper. Gradually the flow of water
has increased, and every gallon that
oomes up is strongly Impregnated with
globules that are presumably petroleum.
The little stream that flows off from the
well is covered with an oily soum, and
the enthusiasm of those who are watoh-
ing the growing evidenoes of a ooming
’strike” is fast increasing.
Mr. Lynoh says it is his opinion that
the well on whioh he is now working
should be abandoned, for should oil be
found the whole water-bearing strata
might be ruined. The oil, coming up
before great pressure, would penetrate
the strata above its natural bed, and
ruin the water coming out of every ar
tesian well in this immediate section.
Ur. Lynoh said: "lam as confident
as a man could be that there is oil down
there,” and he pointed to the opening
of the well. "So great is my confidence
that I am willing to take as muoh stock
in a company to sink an oil well os any
man in Dougherty oounty, and will put
in my experience in the business, and
my labor. There’s oil there, I tell yon,
and sooner or later we will strike it.”
Training
Is indispensable to athletic
success. In training, much
stress is laid upon diet; care
ful attention to the quantity
and auality of the food eat
en, with regularity of meals.
That is the secret of strength for every
man. No man can be stronger than hu»
stomach. The careless and irregular
eating, of business men, causes disease
of the stomach and its allied organs of
digestion and nutrition. There can be
no sound health until these diseases are
cured.
Dr. Pierce’s Golden Medical Discovery
cures diseases of the stomach and other
organs of digestion and nutrition, and
enables the body to be built up into vig
orous health by the assimilation of the
nutrition extracted from food.
"I was taken with the grippe, which resulted
in heart and stomach trouble," writes Mr. T. ft.
Caudill, of Montland, Alleghany Co., N. C. «I
was unable to do anything a good part of the
! 1®?* I.wrote to Dr. Fierce about my condition,
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having full confidence in hU medicine. He ad-
viwd me to take hla 'Golden Medical Discovery,'
which I did. Before I had finished the second
bottle I began to feel better. I have used nearly
ix bottles. I feel thankful to God for the bene-
It I have received from Dr. Pierce's Golden Mcd-
cal Discovery. I can highly recommend it to
all persons as a good and safe
CZOLGOSZ TO DIE.
JURY RETURNED A VERDICT OP OUILTY
YESTERDAY AFTERNOON.
LEESBURG HAS IT, TOO.
If There’s Oil in Dougherty Couoty It Ie Alio
In Lee, Stye This Writer.
The Macon Telegraph publishes the
following:
Leesburg, Ga„ Sept. 25.—The re
ported discovery of oil at Albany has
started surmises here to a large extent.
It has been known for years that wells
in the oounty have had to be abandoned
beoanse of this same greasy slime, and
at least a dozen plooes show this sn-.faoe
indication. Nothing was thought of it
and nothing done abont it, however.
Now, the question arises. Lee connty
is exactly the same formation
Dongherty. The artesian strata is not
bo deep, and if Albany has oil Lee is
compelled to have It. The writer oan
find the senm floating on the serfaee in
several places. Citizens are skeptical
about the value of the reputed discovery
at Albany bnt the same thing that ib in
Albany water is in some wells aronnd
Leesburg, whatevor it iB.
AT THE WHITE HOUSE.
No Presidential Receptions to Be Held Until
New Year’s.
Washington, Sept. 26.—Secretary CJor-
telyon has given out the announcement
that President Roosevelt will not hold
any official functions at the White
House until the public reception on New
Year’s day. After that date they will
take place as formerly. The flag on the
executive mansion will fly at half staff
and mourning papers will be used by
the heads of the departments for a pe
riod of thirty days.
STAMPEDING CATTLE.
Chicago School
Trown Into
Children
Panic.
Chicago, Sept. 20.—Stampeeding cat
tle from the stock yards this morning
threw 15,000 sohool children into
panio. The cattle roamed the streets for
two hours, oharglng pedestrians. Two
boys were fatally injured >7 the ftenv
peodlng oPtttot
1 person, a. a good and aafe medicine.'*
Dr. Pierce's Pellets cure constipation.
Judge White Will Sentence Ihe Preeldent's
Assassin Ie Ihe Electric Chtlr it 2 O'clock
Tomorrow Afternoon—Ctoelo, Scenes of
the Pamous Trial.
Buffalo. N. Y„ Sept. S5.—Leon F.
Ozolgosz will give up his life in the
eleotrio ohair in expiation of his awfnl
crime, the assassination of President
William McKinley.
A verdiot of guilty was returned by
the jury at twenty-five minntes after 4
o'olook yesterday afternoon. The
"twelve tried men and true" were ont
of the oonrt room bnt a short time.
The distriot attorney abrnptly olosed
the oase for the Btate at 2:44 o’clook,
and Judge Lewis immediately addressed
the jury for the defense. He was fol
lowed by Distriot Attorney Benney, for
the state. Both addresses were short,
as was Judge White’s oharge, though
every point was fhily oovered.
The jnry re-entered the coart room at
exactly 4:25, and order was at once
commanded by the oonrt. The roll of
the jnry was called, and when the court
called for a verdict the foreman an
nounced in a dear veice:
We find the defendant guilty of
murder in the flast degree."
There was no applause. Judge White
stated that sentence would be passed
npon the prisoner at 2 o’clock Thursday
afternoon.
Czolgosz was immediately oarried
through the underground passage back
to the Delaware street jail, where he
will remain until Thursday afternoon,
when his guards will carry him before
Judge White to receive sentence.
OIL IN PLENTY
CONTINUES TO COMB UP FROM THB NEW
ARTESIAN WELL.
Water More Strongly Impregnated With Oil
Today Then at Any Time Since lie Pres-
ence Wn* First Discovered—Stale
Geologist Aiked to Come and Mike
Examination..
THE SCHLEY INQUIRY.
From Thursday’s Dailj Herald.
Albany is bMII mildly exoited over her
oil prospeot. The predioted "gusher”
has not yet materialized, but hope
reigns in the breast of every Albanian
that “something is going to happen”
aronnd at the waterworks station before
many days.
Today, work on the well has been in
progress without Interruption, and to
the inexpressible delight of those who
have visited the soeno, the water ooroiHg
to the snrfaoe contains more oil than
has been notioed at any time elnoe signs
of its existence were first discovered.
As was staled in yesterday’s Herald,
work did not prooeed without interrup
tion yesterday, and whenever the drill
stopped for any length of time there
was a diminution of the supply of oil
appearing at the snrfaoe, due to the
aoonmnlation of sand at the bottom of
the well. Today, however, the drill
has been going down steadily, though
on account of thp rooky formation
progress is neoesaarily slow.
Hoar after hour it is seen that more
otijUPpears in the water. The flow of
water does not increase ve?y rapidly,
bnt the proportion of oil becomes stead
ily greater. It oompletely covers the
snrfaoe of the little stream made ap of
the overflow from the well, and whioh
runs off into one of the oity sewers on
North street.
Hnndredsof persons visit the toons
of the well morning and evening, and
many are confidently expeoting oil to
bnrst forth at any mlnnte. Superin
tendent Lynoh is as oonfident as ever
that he will open np a gusher If he la
permitted to go deep enough.
The well la now oased to a depth of
only about 400 feet, bnt as the result of
an understanding between the Oity
Oonnoil and Mr. J, F. Joyoo, the con
tractor, casing will be pnt in to the bot
tom, so that there will be no danger of
the well failing or filling In at some fu
ture time.
It Is probable that the state geologist
or one of his assistants will come to Al
bany tonight or tomorrow to investigate
the oil qoestion and adviBe the oily au
thorities what is best to be done. If
there is strong probability of opening
np a gnsher, the municipal officials want
to know it and be prepared. Another
question on whioh the state geologist’s
opinion ie desired is whether the open
ing ,np of the oil stratum supposed to lie
below would ruin the waterbearing
strata from whioh onr water snpply is
derived, and what measures may be
taken to prevent each a catastrophe.
Mayor Pro Tern. Whitehead wirod to
Atlanta this morning for the pnrposo
of having the state geologist come down
at as early an hour as possible. It iB
hoped that he will arrive tonight or to
morrow.
CLAIMS AGAINST TURKEY.
Royal
v AbsojluieiyIPuee
Baking
Powder
ABseumnrtouitE
Makes the food more delicious and wholesome
BOVAl SAMWO rowww OO.. MW VOSS.
NOW BELIEVED THAT HE WILL WANT
TO MAKE A STATEMENT.
The Prisoner Takes More loterest In His Case
sod the Opinion Is Olven That He Will
Want to Make a Hnrriofue to the Court.
Progress ot the Trial Thli Morning.
Buffalo, Sept. 24.—"Will you pnt
Ozolgoezon the stand in hie own be
half?" was asked of Oarlton Ladd, the
assassin's attorney, this morning.
"Not anIesB he aska permission to do
so," waB the reply "and we are in the
dark as to bis views on this point."
Assistant Distriot Attorney Haller
this morntng said:
'Ozolgosz is developing symptoms of
garrulity and wants to talk. He desires
to make a statement to the court and
will be given an opportnnlty at the
proper time. I beUeve he baa a har-
rangne ready.”
Ozolgosz arose at 6 o'olook this morn
ing and bathed and dressed with scru
pulous oaro, something he has ignored
before. He was taken to oonrt a lew
minntes before 10. He sat upright in
bis ohair and took more interest in the
oase. Judge Titos, his lawyer, spoke to
him for the first time, the prisoner mat
tering a few inaudible words in reply.
The first witness called wan Civil En
gineer B. J. Fields, who Identified a
diagram of the Temple of Mnslo show
ing the ohair into whioh the President
sank when he wan shat and the place
where the crowd approaohlng the Pres
ident broke into single file. He won not
cross examined.
A PLOT
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TO I0NORB AND HUMILIATE SCHLBY IS
SHOWN.
Ao Important Admission Wrong Prom Cnptnln '
Wist, Who Wm Recalled In the Scbiey
Court ol Inquiry Thli Morning—Members
ol Court to Attend Judge Wllson'e Funeral.
Washington, D. O,, Sept. 21).—In the
Bohley ooarb of inquiry Captain Wise
was recalled this morning, Hla testi
mony showed that a plot to Ignore and
hnmUlate Bohley had been formed.
He admitted that he had never given
Bohley any Information as to the where
abouts of the Spanish fleet, thoagh be
had been In communication with the
commander on many oooaaions.
The oonrt holds only one session today
In order that they may attend the fu
neral of Jndge Wilson, Sobley’s ohlef
counsel, who died Tuesday,
SOME ARTESIAN WELL HISTORY.
HAD FOLLOWED THB PRESIDENT TO
NIAGARA PALLS.
Attorney Quaokenbush told the dra-
matlo story of the shooting of the Presi
dent, and made the sensational and
hitherto unknown statement that for
two hoars after the prisoner had been
taken to the polioe station, and while
howling mobs in the streets were mak
ing ready to storm the jail, the prisoner
talked to the poUbe and others in Su
perintendent Bull's office. He told
them that he had gone to Niagara Falls
on the morning of the shooting to kill
the President, bnt oould not get olose
enough; that he was an anarchist and
had premeditated the crime for a week,
Mourning Badges Worn This Morning by tale
Judge Wilson's Associates.
Washington, D. O., Sept. 25.—Admiral
Bohley and his lawyers were in mourn
ing for Jndge Wilson when they ap
peared in court this morning. A new
series of maps, a great deal larger than
any before used, were sent to the court
this morning. One is fifteen feet long
and three feet wide. There were half a
-Jdoaeu other charts isut tc» illustration
lo< the oase.
France Signifies Acceptance oi One Offer, bnt
Rejects Another.
Constantinople, Sept. 28.—Fran oe ac
cepts Turkey’s settlement of the olaim
ot M. Turbini, bnt rejeots as being too
small the offer as to the olaim of M
Lorando, who loaned money to Turkey
yean ago. M. Lorando offered to aoeept
settlement of the debt with oompobnd
interest, bnt the ports booked and offer
ed him 45,000 pounds, Turkish money,
Jew ttJUtbU original claim;
HAT BE CONVICTED BEFORE NIGHT.
Buffalo, Sept. 24.—When the oonrt
resumed for the Ozolgosz trial this after
noon, there was every indication that
be would be fonnd guilty as charged in
the indiotment before night.
KRUGER HAS PLENTY.
An Interesting Local Reminiscence Prom lbs
Pea ot Mn|. R. J, Bacon,
Baoonton, Ga., Sept. 20th, 1901.
Mr. Editor:
It will be remembered by many old-
zens of Albany that when the "Brood
street artesian well” was bored and
reaohed a depth of 600 or 700 feet, and'
still no water, great discourage
ment prevailed among the citizens and
Oity Oonnoil, regarding the experiment
a failure and the money spent np to that
date as lost. A motion was mads in the
City Oonnoil to abandon the work. The
vote resulted In a tie, when the lament
ed then mayor, Major W. H. Wil
der, gave the oastlng vote to oon-
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tinno the boring, as he expressed It,
"until they got tA China.” A magnifi
cent flow of water was the result. Who
oan estimate the value of that (lasting
vote to Sonth Georgia and Florida ? All
honor to the memory of Major Wilder I
Now, perhaps, the City Oonnoil of
Albany oan immortalize themselves by
persistent boring ot the well now In
process to 1,500 or 2,000 feet in an effort
to reaoh oil, of whioh there la snoh
strong lndioatlon.
An oil gnsher in Albany, wonld odd
millions of dollars to all Flint river val
ley lands.
It is inonmbent on Albany to oon-
tlnne the boring. Urge it! Press It I
Robert J. Bacon.
P. -8.—The names of John P. Fort and
W. H. Wilder ahonld never be forgotten
In Sonthwest Georgia, B. J. B.
$§§19
JUDGE WILSON'S DEATH
Report Tbit Boer President Is Destitute Vig
orously Denied.
London, Sept. 20.—The Brussellsjstory
to the effeot that former President
K-mger is destitute originated in the
BrnsBells Soir.
The Soir is an unreliable sheet, bnt
the story was promptly telegraphed to
Enghmd, disseminated throughout that
country, aDd then cabled to the United
States.
The Transvaal legation in Brnsselis
domes the story and says:
“Mr. Kruger is living simply beoanse
all the funds are employed injour oauee.
These funds are still adequatejand are
frequently inoreasod"by; contributions
from Boer sympathizers.”
A DAKOTA BLIZZARD.
Snow sud Heavy Rain In Ibe Northwest
Today.
Minneapolis, Minn., Sept. 26.—Tele
grams received from Bottineau, B, D„
and surrounding towns state that that
seotion is experiencing a Dakota bliz
zard. At6a.m. the ground was,oot-
ered two inches with snow. Bain fell
heavily. Gniaihookitn stmAlpg in
WftttCi
Causes Adjournment ol Scbiey Court ol In
quiry Until Tomorrow.
Washington, D. C„ Sept. 24.—After
hearing the nows of the death of Jndge
Jeremiah Wilson, Sohley’s ohief coun
sel, who died of nraemio poisoning, the
Bohley oonrt of Inquiry today adjourned
until tomorrow morning. Bohley and
Baynrrwentat once to the rooms of
the dead lawyer to Beoure all papers that
he had in his possession bearing on the
e. Both were visibly affected. Bay-
nor says that though Jndge W'ilson pre
pared the case, postponement will not
be aeked, as all the lawyere are cogni
zant with all the important facts and
minor details.
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JUDGE JERE WILSON.
Leading Counsel Per Schley, Died Suddenly
This Morning.
Washington, D. O., Sept. 24.—Jndge
Jere Wilson, leading oonnsel for -Ad
miral Bohley, died this morning at 11
o’olook at his rooms In the Bhorehsm
hotel of aonte indigestion.
WAS MADELINE POLLARD'S LAWYER.
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Jndge Wilson tvas the lawyer of Mad
eline Pollard In her famous case against
Hon. W. O. P. Brooklnrldge, in Ken-
tacky, and was an i
one Ot the IUW6