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A SECTIONAL VIEW OF THE BATTLESHIP MAINE
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Democratic Mass Meeting'.
To the Democrats of Houston County:—
The democratic voters of Houston
county are hereby called to assemble at
the court house on the 1st Monday in
April next, at 12 o’clock M., in mass
meeting. A now executive committee is
to be chosen, and other business of im
portance to the party to be transacted.
W. C. DAVIri, Ch’m’n.
ouston Dem. Ex. Com.
J. H. HODGES, Sec.
Perry Municipal Election.
The voters of the town of Perry are
hereby officially notified that the annual
election for a Mayor and six Aldermen
of the town of Perry, to serve during the
apsuing year, will be held on Saturday,
tho 9th day of April, 189S,
G. \V. Killen, Mayor.
.Tko. H. Hodges, Clerk.
/ Perry, Ga. March 15th, 1898.
$500 REWARD.
I will pay a reward of Five Hundred
Dollars for the delivery at Perry, with
evidence to convict, of the person, or
persons, who set fire to a crib on my
premises on the night of Wednesday,
March 2nd, 1898.
E. L. Dennard, Perry, Ga.
FARM ERODICTS FOR SALE.
I have for sale prodnets of my own
farm, as follows:
1000 bushels of Corn.
50 bushels Groundpeas.
About 1500 stalks Green Sugar
Cane.
Hams and Lard.
Apply at farm, or address
2-17-3m A. A. Smoak, Perry, Ga.
GOING AT COST.
Special Bargains in Furniture,
TinWare, Etc.
Nice Bed Springs, from.. @1.50 to @2.00
Nice Tiu Safes 215
Nice Oak Hall Back 8.40
Nice Oak Folding Wire Bed 0.75
Worth @10 00.
Nice Dining Chairs... @5.25 worth 7.50
Nice Stove 6.50 worth 10.00
Nice Violin 2.50 worth 5.00
Nice Accordeons 1.50 worth 3.00
Nice Marble-top Bureau and Washstand
@18.00 worth @25.00.
Everything goiug at cost for the
cash, or will exchange goods for
corn or haled hay. Don’t fail to
Bee them at
J A!. Nelson’s, Perry, Ga.
Administrator’s Sale.
By virtue of an order from the Court of Ordi
nary of Houston county, Ga., I will sell at pub
lic outcry before the court house door in Berry,
within the legal hours of saie on the first Tues
day in April, 1898, the following land belonging
to the estate of Miss Eunice Till, of said county,
deceased, to-wit: One-half undivided interest
in 45 acres in the southeast corner of lot No.
147, one-half uudirided interest in 142 acres of
lot No. 174, being all of said lot except 60 acres
in the southwest corner thereof, anil also the
undivided one-half interest in part of lot No.
107 on the road leading from Perry to Montezu
ma. being the land whereon the dwelling and
outhouses are situated, containing 18 acres,
more or less; and also the one-half undivided
interest in the remainder interest of Calvin Till
in the dower of his mother, widow of Henry Till,
deceased. Said lands being in the 14th district
of Houston county, Ga., by original survey, now
in the 13th district of said county, being the
lands deeded by Durham Bowen to Mrs. Martha
Till and her two daughters, and recorded on
page 301 in Deed Book “P” in office of Clerk Su
perior Court of Houston eounty. Said lands sold
for the purpose of paying the debts and making
distribution among the heirs at law of said de
ceased. \Y. E. TILL, Administrator.
Biiai'diau’s Sale.
'Ey virtue of an order from the court
of Ordinary of Houston County, .Ga.,
will be sold before the court house door
in'Perry, Houston county, Ga\ witbiu
the legal hours of sale on the first Tues
day iu April, 1898, the following describ
ed property, to-wit: One-half acre of
land, more or less, in the city of Fort
Valley, bounded as follows. On the
' north' by the Anderson estate, east by
Henry Brown, south by Vineville street
and west by Gip Basset. Said property
to be sold for the purpose of distribution
between Mary Mitchell and Charles Fur-
ner, they being the legal owners of said
property. N. C. Cody.
U’d’n of Mary Mitchell and Charies Tur
ner.
March 7,1898.
GEOBGIA—Houston County.
A, D. SkeUie, adm’r of the estate of J. G.
Visscher, dec’d, has appled for leave to sell
realty belonging to said estate.
This is therefore to cite all persons con
cerned to appear at the April term,
1898, ol the court of Ordinary of said
county, and show cause, if any they have,
why said application should not be
granted.
Witness my official signature this
March 7,1898.
JOSEPH PALMER, Ordinary.
SUBSCRIBE A DVERTISE
FOR. — IN|
T iE HOME JOURNAL
BOARD LAYS WRECK
TO SUBMARINE MINE
But Spaniards Are Not Mentioned In
Connection With tho Disaster—The
Findings Referred to Foreign Rela
tions Committee Without a Word of
Debate.
Washington, March 28.—-The presi
dent today sent the following message
to congress:
To the Congress of the United States—
For some time prior to the visit of the
“Maine to Havana harbor our consular
representatives pointed out the advant
ages to flow from the visit of national
■hips to the Cuban waters, in accustom-
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BOAED OF INQUIRY.
ing the people to the presence of onr
flag as the symbol of good will and of
onr ships in the fulfillment of the mis
sion of protection to American interests,
even though no immediate need therefor
might exist.
Accordingly, on Jan. 24, last, after a
conference with the Spanish minister in
Which the renewal of visits of onr war
vessels to Spanish waters was discussed
and accepted, the peninsula authorities
at Madrid and Havana were advised of
the purpose of this government to re
sume friendly naval visits •at Cuban
ports and that In that view the Maine
would forthwith call at the port of
Havana. This announcement was re
ceived by the Spanish government with
appreciation of the friendly character of
the visit of the Maine and with notifica
tion of intention to return the courtesy
by sending Spanish ships to the princi-
' ports of the United States. Mean
while the Maine entered the port of
Havana on Jon. 25, her arrival being
marked with no special incident besides
the exchange of customary salutes and
ceremonial visits.
The Maine continued in the harbor
of Havana during the three weeks fol
lowing. No appreciable excitement ex
citement attended her stay. On the
contrary, a feeling of relief and confi
dence followed the resumption of the
long interrupted friendly intercouse.
So noticeable was this immediate effect
of her visit that the consul general
strongly urged that the presence of our
ships in Cuban waters should be kept
up by retaining the maine at Havana,
or in the event of her recall, by sending
another vessel there to take her place.
At 40 minutes past 9 in the evening
of Feb. 15 the Maine was destroyed by
an explosion, by which the entire for
ward part of fhe ship was utterly
wrecked. In this catastrophe two offi
cers and 264 of her crew perished, those
who were not killed outright by her ex-
l de
plosion being penned between decks by
the tangle of wreckage and drowned by
the immediate sinking of the hull.
Prompt assistance was rendered by the
neighboring vessels anchored in the har-
M’KINLEY SENDS
IN MAINE REPORT
WITH A MESSAGE
President Transmits Verdict
of the Court to Both the
House and Senate.
Tributes of grief and sympathy were
offered from all official quarters of the
island.
The appalling calamity fell upon the
people of onr country with crushing
force and for a brief time an intense ex
citement prevailed, which, in a commu
nity less just and self controlled than
ours, might have led to hasty acts of
action suggested by honor and the
frienly relations of the two govern
ments.
^ „ .. .. , ^ It will be the duty of the executive to
ople of onr country with crushing j advise the congress of the resnlt, and in
' the meantime deliberate consideration
is invoked. William McKinley.
In neither senate or house was there
any debate on the reference of the presi-
blind resentment. This spirit, how- 1 dent’s message and other documents to
bor7 aid being especially given "by the
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Spanish cruiser Alfonso All and the
Ward line steamer City of Washington,
which lay not far distant.
Wounded Cared For.
The wounded were generously cared
for by the authorities of Havana, the
hospitals being freely opened to them,
while the earliest recovered bodies of
the dead were interred by the munici
pality in a publio cemetery in the city.
ever, soon gave way to the calmer pro
cesses of reason and to the resolve to in
vestigate the facts and await material
proof before forming a judgment as to
the cause, the responsibility, and if the
facts warranted, the remedy due. This
course necessarily recommended itself
from the outset to the executive for only
in the light of a dispassionately ascer
tained certainty could it determine the
nature and measure of its full duty in
the matter.
The usual procedure was followed, as
in all cases of casualty or disaster to na
tional vessels of any maritime state. A
naval court of inquiry was at once or-
t anized, composed of officers well quail
ed by rank and practical experience to
discharge the onerous duty imposed
upon them. Aided by a strong force of
wreckers and divers, the court pro
ceeded to make a thoroughinvestigation
on the spot, employing every available
the impartial and exact deter-
means for
mination of the causes of the explosion.
Its operations have been conducted with
the utmost deliberation and judgment
and while independently pm-sued no
source of information was neglected and
the fullest opportunity was allowed for
a simultaneous investigation by the
Spanish authorities.
The finding of the court of inquiry
was reached after 23 days of continuous
labor, on March 21, inst.. and hav
ing been approved on the twenty-
second by the commander-in-chlef of
the United States naval force on the
North Atlantic station was transmitted
to the executive.
Verdict In Brief.
committees having charge of our Cuban
relations.
FULL TEXT OF THE
MAINE COURT’S REPORT
Findings as Sent to Congress by Pres
ident McKinley.
The following is . the full text of the
report of the court of inquiry:
Key West, Monday, March 21.
After full and mature consideration of
all the testimony before it the court
finds as follows:
1. That the United States battleship
Maine arrived in the harbor of Havana,
Cuba, on Jan. 25, 1898, and was taken
to buoy No. 4, hi from 5% to 6 fathoms
of water, hy the regular government
pilot.
The United States consul general at
Havana had notified the authorities at
forward part of the ship are, however,
established by the testimony:
That portion of the port side of the
protective deck which extends from
about frame 30 to 41 was blown up, aft
and over to the port. The main deck
from about frame 80 to about frame 41
were blown up and slightly starboard
folding the forward part of the middle
superstructure over and on top of the
after part.
This was, in the opinion of the court,
caused by the partial explosion of two
or more of the forward magazines of the
Maine.
5. At frame 17 the onter shell of the
ship from a point llj^ feet from the
middle of the ship and 6 feet above the
keel when in its normal position, has
been forced up so as to be now about 4
feet above where it would be had it
sunk uninjured. The side bottom plat
ing is bent into a reverse in the Y shape,
the after wing of which, 16 feet broad
and 82 feet in length (from frame 17 to
25), is donbled back upon itself against
the continuation of the plate extending
forward.
Keel Broken In Two.
that place the previous evening of the
Wof *
intended arrival of the Maine.
2. The state of discipline on board the
Maine was excellent, and all orders and
At frame 18 the vertical keel is broken
in two, and the flat keel bent Into an
angle similar to the angle formed by the
outside bottom plating. This break is
now about 6 feet below the surface of
the water, and about 30 feet above its
normal position. In the opinion of the
cout, this effect could have been pro
duced only by the explosion of a mine
situated under the bottom of a ship at
emulations in regard to the care and! about frame 18, and somewhat on the
afet
safety of the ship were strictly carried ; port side of the ship.
out.
It is herewith laid before the congress
together with the voluminous testimony
taken before the court.
Its purport is, in brief, as follows:
When the Maine arrived at Havana
she was conducted by the regular gov-
hich
eminent pilot to buoy No. 4, to wl
was moored in from 6*4 to 6 fathoms of
The state of discipline on board and
the condition of her magazines, boilers,
coal bunkers and storage compartments
the oonclu-
are passed in review, with
sion that excellent order prevailed and
that no Indication of any cause for an
internal explosion existed in any quar
ter.
At 8 o’clock on the evening of Feb. 15
everything had been reported secure
and all was quiet.
At 9:40 o’clock the vessel was suddenly
destroyed.
There were two distinct explosions,
with a brief Interval between them.
The first lifted the forward part of
the ship very perceptibly; the second,
which' was more upon, prolonged and of
greater volume, is attributed hy the
court to the partial explosion of two or
more of the forward magazines.
The evidence of the divers establishes
that the after part of the ship was prac-
All ammunitions were stowed ip ac
cordance with prescribed instructions,
and proper care was taken with which
ammunition was handled.
Nothing was stowed in any one of the
magazines or shell rooms which was not
permitted to be stowed there.
The magazines and shell rooms were
always locked after having keen en
tered, and after the destruction of tho
Maine the keys were found in their
proper place in the captain’s cabin,
everything having beon reported secure
that evening at 8 p. m.
The temperature of the magazines and
shellrooms were taken daily and re
ported. The only magazine which had
an undue amount of neat was the after
10-inch magazine, and that did not ex
plode at the time the Maine was de
stroyed.
The torpedo warheads were all stowed
in the after part of the ship under the
wardroom, and neither caused nor par-
a ited in the destruction of the
e.
The dry gun primers and detonators
were stowed in the cabin aft, and re
mote from the scene of the explosion.
"Waste was carefully looked after on
board the Maine to obviate danger.
Great Care Exercised.
Varnishes, dryers, alcohol and other
combustibles of this nature were stowed
on or above the main deck and could not
have had anything to do with the de
struction of flie Maine.
The medical stores were stowed aft
under the ward room and remote from
the scene of the explosion; no danger-
6. The court finds that the loss of the
Maine was not in any respect due to
fault or negligence-on the part of any of
the officers or members of the crew of
said vessel.
7. In the opinion of the court the
Maine was destroyed by the explosion of
a submarine mine, which caused the
partial explosion of two or more of her
forward magazines.
8. The court has been unable to ob
tain evidence fixing the responsibility
for the destruction of the Maine upon
any person or persons.
(Signed) W. T. Sampsqn,
Captain U. S. N., President,
A. Marix,
Lieutenant Commander U. S. N.,
Judge Advocate.
The oourt having finished the inquiry
Dogs should be taxed. They
are becoming more and more aui
mala of value, and are regarded as
to breed in the same light as ate
the fine breeds of horses, cattle
and swine. Valuable dogs, so con
sidered, are oo longer given away,
but are held for fancy prices.
Then why not pnt a tax on them?
But the average legislator cannot
screw up the courage to tackle
this question and go before the
dear people with it.—Dublin Dis
patch.
and wife should know about .the pre*
paration that for half a century has
been helping expectant mothers bring
little ones into the world without
danger and the hundred and one
discomforts and distractions
incident to child-birth. It
is applied externally, which
is the only way to get relief.
Medicines taken internally
will not help and may
result in harm.
Mother’s
Friend
fits and prepares every
organ, muscle and
part of the body for
the critical hour. It
robs child-birth of its
tortures and pains.
Baby’s coming is made
quick and easy. Its
action is doubly bene
ficial if used during the whole
period of pregnancy.
$1 per bottle at all drug stores, or
sent by mall on receipt of price.
Books Free, containing valuable infor
mation to all women, will be sent to any
address upon application by
The Bradfiefd Regulator Co.,
Atlanta, Ga.
A Prince of Wales is of age from
his birth, and a chair is placed for
him on the right of the throne io
the House of Lords.
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BEDROOM SUITES, PARLOR SUITES,
DINING TABLES, SIDEBOARDS,
Chairs of any kind,
Tables of all sorts,
BEDSTEADS, MATTRESSES, SPRINGS, WINDOW SHADRS
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You can save money at
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it was ordered to make, adjourned at XI
a. m. to await the action of i
tically intact and sank in that condition i ons stores of any kind were stowed be-
a very few minutes after the explosion, low in any of the other store rooms.
The forward part was completely de
molished.
Upon the evidence of a concurrent
external cause the finding of the court is
as follows:
At frame 17 the outer sheU of the
ship, from a point 11% feet from the
middle line of the ship and 6 feet above
the keel when in its normal position,
was forced np so as to be now about 4
feet above the surface of the water;
therefore, about 34 feet above where it
would be had the ship sunk uninjured.
The outside bottom plating is bent
into a reverse Y shape, the after wing
of which, about 15 feet broad and 82
feet in length (from frame 17 to frame
25), is donbled back up in itself against
the continuation of the same plating ex
tending forward.
At frame 18 the vertical keel is broken
in two and the flat keel is bent into an
angle similar to the angle formed by the
outside bottom plates. The break is
now about 6 feet below the surface of
the water and about 30 feet above its
normal position.
Mine Caused Wreck.
In the opinion of the court, this effect
could have been produced only by the
explosion of a mine situated under the
bottom of the ship at about frame 18
and somewhat on the port side of the
ship.
The conclusions of the court are:
The loss of tha Maine was not due to
negligence on the part of any of the
officers or members of her crew.
That the ship was destroyed by the
explosion of a submarine mine, which
caused-the partial explosion of two or
more of her forward magazines, mid
That no evidence has been obtainable
showing the responsibility of the de
struction of the Maine upon any person
or persons.
I have directed that the finding of the
court of inquiry and the views of this
government thereon be communicated
to the government of her majesty, the
queen, and I do not permit myself to
doubt that the sense of justice of the
Spanish nation will dictate a course of
The coal bunkers were inspected daily,
The fire alarms in the bunkers were m
working order, and there had never
been a case of spontaneous combustion
of coal on board the Maine.
The two after boilers of the ship were
in use at the time of the disaster, bnt
for auxiliary purposes only, with a com
paratively low pressure of steam, and
being tended by a reliable watch. These
boilers could not have caused the ex
plosion of the ship. The four forward
boilers have since been found by the
divers and are in a fair condition.
On the night of the destruction of the
Maine everything had been reported se
cure for the night, at 8 p. m. f by relia
ble persons, through the proper authori
ties to the commanding officer. At the
time the Maine was destroyed the ship
was quiet, and therefore least liable to-
accident caused by movements from
those on hoard.
3. The destruction of the Maine oc
curred at 9:40 p.m. on Feb. 15, 1898, in
the harbor of Havana, Cuba, she being
at the time moored to the buoy to which
she had been taken on her arrival.
Were Two Explosions.
There were two explosions of a dis
tinctly different character, with a very
short bnt distinct interval between them,
and the forward part of the ship was
lifted to a marked degree at the time of
the first explosion.
The first explosion was more in the
nature of a report, like that of a gun;
while the second explosion was more
open, prolonged and of greater volume.
This second explosion was in the opin
ion of the court caused hy the partial
explosion of two or more of the forward
magazines of tho Maine.
4. The evidence bearing upon this,
being principally obtained from divers,
did not enable tne court to form a defi
nite conclusion as to the condition of
the wreck, although it was established
that the after part of the ship was prac
tically intact and satilr in that condition
in a very few minutes after the destruc
tion of the forward part.
The following facts in regard to th*
the conven
ing authority.
(Signed) W. T. Sampson,
Captain U. S. N., President.
A. Maris,
Lieutenant Commander U. S. N.,
Judge Advocate.
U. S. Flagship, New York, March
Off Key West, Fla.-^Tbe
agd findings of the court of inquiry
ie above case are approved.
(Signed)
M. Sicard, Bear Admiral, Commander-
in-Chief of the United States Naval
Force on the North Atlantic Station.
SAVANNAH PEOPLE STIRRED.
Fine Benefit Entertainment For the
Maine Monument Fund.
Savannah, March 28.—The report of
the Maine inquiry board showing that
the destruction of the ship and the death
of the men was due to a floating mine
beneath the ship, stirred np people here.
A grand benefit entertainment will be
held next Saturday evening for the
Maine monument fund at the Savannah
theater. “Star Spangled Banner” will
be sung.
Amateur and professional talent will
take part. All military will attend in
fall uniform and the court martial mem
bers will occupy boxes. The Savannah
Evening Press is arranging the affair.
Three recruiting officers from the
monitor Amphitrite at Port Royal have
arrived here for the purpose of enlisting
firemen, machinists and seamen for
naval service. They are Lieutenant Y.
O. Chase, Lieutenant R. B. Higgins and
Dr. Lung, the physician at the Port
Royal naval station. They will begin
work at once.
The firemen and machinists secured
will he sent to other warships, bnt all of
the seamen will be sent on board the
monitor Amphi trite, which needs about
60 men to fill her quota. They say they
will take 100 seamen, if they can get
them.
A complete line of COFFINS and CASKETS always
on hand.
GEORGE PAUL, Perry, Ga.
WHAT
WE
HAVE
DONE
In preparing for the Spring Season
1898 can only be judged hy an in
spection of our stock. It is thor
oughly complete and abundant with
crisp and pleasing novelties in
Men's and Boys’ Saits, Hats
and Farnishings
at proper prices.
We have used onr best efforts to
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your wants.
Prompt attention given to
mail orders.
A little boy asked for a bottle
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Witt,s Little Early Risera,” and
gave him a bottle of those famous
little pills for constipation, sick
headache, liver and stomach trou
bles. Cooppr’s Drugstore.
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There is no disease more uncertain in its
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MACON, GEORGIA
VOL. XXVII
PERRY, HOUSTON COUNTY. GEORGIA, THURSDAY, MARCH 31,1898.
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