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THE WT'.BKLT CONSTITUTION ATLANTA, GA.» TUESDAY APRIL 27 X8£tf
SCROFULA
Humors,
Erysipelas,
Canker, and
Catarrh,
Can be
cured by
purifying
tho blood
with
I T do not baNero that
Aver', Baramparilla baa
•n equal m a remedy
for Scrofulous Hu
mor,. It la pleasant
to take, (Ire, strength
ami vigor to the body,
•ml produce, a more
permanent, butlno, re
sult Ilian any mrdlcln,
I ever used. — K.
Haines, No. LlnUale.O.
I have used Ayer*,
Sarsaparilla,In my fam
ily , for Scrofula, and
know. If It I, taken
faithfully, It trill
llu.roufbly eradicate
tlilv terrible dleeaac. —
tv. F. Fowler, M. D.,
Ui "eiit'llle, Tonn.
For forty yeare I
lintsuffered with Ery-
found no roll
commenced using
Aver’* Sarsaparilla.
A tier tubing ten bob
ties of thla medicine I
am completely cured.
— Mary C. Amesbtiry,
Itorkport, Me.
I hove aii^red. for
years, from G'afi-.riji,
which vrae ao severe
th it It destroyed my
apprtltemnd weakened
my aysfcm. After t ry-
Ing oilier rciucdioa.
and getting no relief, I
bi'siin to take Ayer’*
HarM.iparllla, and, In a
few month", was cured.
— Susan L. Cook, 0C0
Aihuiiy at., Ilos; on
iflglihitida, Mas*.
Ayer’s Sarsnp.irJIJa
la superior to any blood
purifier that I Imve
ever tried. I linva
tnken It for BcrofuLi,
Canker, and Salt*
Itluum, and received
much benefit from It.
It la good, also, for a
weak atoinach.—Millie
.fann Peirce, South
Bradford, Maul.
Ayer’s Sarsaparilla,
Prepared by Dr. J. O. A yer * Co., Lowell, Maaa,
Pries mi i sta bottle*, •0.
DR.W.J. TUCKER
PERMANENTLY LOCATED
AT NO. 9 MARIETTA STREET
ATLANTA GA.
All Chronic Diseaes of the
Heart, Lungs, Blood, Nerves,
Skin, Bones, and Genlto-Urnl-
ary Organs scientifically and
successfully treated.
CHRONIC FEMALE TROUBLES
Readily yield* to tha doctor's skillful treat
menu
YOUNG, MIDDLE-AGED AND OLD MEN
Buffering from the effect* of Indlacrotlon and ex*
coma, »uch a* Involuntary cmUsions, spennator*
rhoM.aud lmpotencyaucooe*AiUy treated and I’KR
MANTLY CURED.
Dr. Tucker haa cured more cam of
PILES AND FISTULA
Than any pliyalelaa In tbo aoutb. Patleuu treated
•urtessfully thraifh the mall.
Dr. Tucker waa for aereral yean profoaaor and
dean of the faculty In one qf tha oldeat medical
eolltfrt of tha aoutb, and alao haa been president
of the Mate Medical and Hurtlcal Society.
Consultation personal or liy mall, free anil .a-
madly couddentUI. An bond opinion (Iron in
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THE WEEKLY CHAT OF THE CHER
OKEE PHILOSOPHER.
la on* Weak to* Is Tackled by a Bock Atent, a Churn
Agent, a Pictorial Agent and Agents far Various
and Numerous Other Arttolea, and Still
ha Ltves-Tbe Poor People. Etc.
We have got so at my house that we can tell
a book agent or a new patent man a quarter of
a mile off. My wife alts by the window where
•hecan ace down to the branch th.tfcroffte* the
big road,and ever and a now I hear her say “yon
der cornea another ono. I wonder what he has
got." All In one week we bad a book man
who came in with a big pictorial educator and
said bis Icason by heart as he tamed over the
leaves, and a churn man and a nursery win
and a coffqe roasting man and a cotton planter
man anft a roan with a machine to find tho
Jeve) of terraces and ditches and a man with a
quilting contraption. Well, we liked them all
for they wero nice talking gentlemen and pret
ty good looking, but it take# a powor of valua
ble time at this season of tho year. Sometime*
I am away over in the field at work, or mak
log out like I am, and tbo born blows for mo
to como to the house and I look up and see a
buggy at the gate, and ao I come toiling up the
bill, and when I get here find ouo of these
gentlemen waiting to sell mo something
I don't want or If I did X haven't
the money to pay for, and ao I sit down and
patiently listen to his little speech and feel ao
sorry that 1 have to decline bis favors and cut
off Ills good intention*. That book man
seemed really concerned for my children, ami
wanted to sell mo a book that would educate
the whole family and save schooling, but my
experience is that children had rather go to
school titan to bo educated at home. My wife
and I have tried It. Wo havo aet their study
hours and given them their lessons, but it L
an uphill business, for thero are no other chil
dren to stimulate them. Whon they go to
school and havo to stand up in a class of eight
or ten and recite thoir Icason*, their ambition
Is excited, and they try to keep head, or as far
from foot as possible. And then they havo
such a good time frolicking at recess and
at Boon and on tho way going and coming.
Weil, we used to roaat cofifee—that is, we
parched it in a skillet, and it was pretty warm
Work, and my wife broke an egg in Hand
stirred it all up, and we had better coffee than
we do no w,but we have got used to buying it in
the stores, and ao the coffee man bad to go.
He said he hardly ever sold ono within
fivve miles of a town. Well, we didn’t want
any quilting done. We have quit thet long
•go. We either buy the qnita or tend the cal*
ico and the cotton to some poor woman and
let her do It. Thispreeent generation won’t
quilt as their mothera did. It la too alow and
tedious, and can’t be done on the sewing ;ma-
chine, end they are se cheap In the stores that
it looks like a waato of time. My mother used
to have quiting frolics, and it waa a big time
and a big thing
male nabors all
A STANDARD MEDICAL WORK
FOB TOONS AND MIUDLE-AQKD HUN
to have e dozen of the fe-
sitting around the framee
sticblng and talking and telling the news. It
was the best time In tho world to find out who
was going to get married or got roliglon or In*
crease (he family or who could sew well and
who couldu’t, and when tho quilt waa done
and on tho bed my mother could tell who
quilted every shell by looking at it. I made a
set of quilting frames for my wife soon after
Wo were marriod, and I bored fifty holes In
each frame and rounded the edges and sand*
papered thero all as smooth as glass, and I put
up four pulllea in the coiling overhead, ao that
■BOW THYSELF,
A Croat Medical Work on Manhood
1 Vitality, Herrons and Physical Do
——s Decline In Man, Error* of Youth,
i IndUuro
&i‘ H E AL -
SKS3«33‘THYSELF
Mon this panes; mars-dly moo wad frtAwfc
we wero first married, and I dldeot wait to be
asked, cither. Well, I do them now, too, but
instead of volunteering with a gush, I havo to
besorteroonacriptedandthen got a substitute
if I ran. 1 don’t anticipate like I used to, but
Walt for blnta or orders. She says it is because
abo is getUug old, but shots mistakon—it is
because I am getting old and hate to bo both
ered. Philosophers aay that the longer a rock
atava In its bon the harder it ia to move out—
hey call this inertia—and they say If you
" d to keep
And Just
me—when I am down I don’t
want to get up, and when I am up I wouldent
alt down if gravity dident make me. My in*
ertia grows on me all tho tlmo—nevertheless
I hold up my corner nretty well. I pat In two
window glass today and hung a picture and
«awfd an Inch off of her rocking chair logs and
put tho rockers on again, and tonight I heard
the children aay their spelling and their
phy, and every morning I go with them
as the creek on their way to school and
> carry their hook* and their dinner,
we don’t quilt now, for tho old folks’
eyes are dim and the young folks wont do it
any ltioro than free niggers
will make shack collars and baskets—
Well, thero was a patent portable fence man
come along not long ago, just after tha fresbet
had carried my portable lenoce all away, and I
told him I wanted a fenco that waa strictly
nou'portahlc, and ao he continued his jouruoy.
but they wero all good contrivances and save
labor, and l hope tbey will find aomo farmers
Iwttcr able than 1 am to invast. A nursery
man came here one day last year and showed
my wife some pictures and some strawberries
in a bottle, and they looked ao fine and pretty
she ordered some plants, and whenthor came
they were all dried un and 1 told hor aho had
lost her money, but alto paid no attention to
mound went out with Carl and dug up the
ground and had him haul some chip manure
and when they wero all plauted she came hack
and went to rowing again, just as thought 1
wasn't about. There are only four plants liv*
ing now, and sho scratches arouml them occa
sionally Iiko there were no more In the world.
These nursery men are in un attractive busi
ness, and If 1 had niy life to live over again I
think I should turn my attention to horticul
ture and grow fruits and tluwera. 1 want to
buy something from eve
and would if 1 wero able.
The country looks mighty pretty now. We
take a walk sometimes, nud meander among
the flowers and get sweet shrubs
and honeyiueklea and crab apple blossoms and
all sorts of wild dowers and make bouquets aud
fill tho vases until tho house U perfumed with
odors sweeter than Lubln'a costly ex
tracts. 1 heard the first whippoorwill of the
season last night. Hia plaintive, monotonous
notes are always welcome and makes mo feel
that a friend has come back from somewhore,
1 don't know where. The mocking birds
are bnildiug in the orchard again and wake ns
with their sweet songs every morning. The
little brown wrans arc chirping and bobbing
around, and old Bets walked up horn tho
meadow thla morning with an Infant colt by
her side. Everything is lovely except some
things that are not. 1 had a box of tomato
plant* in the garden and ono of our dogs
thought it a goon place to bnry a bono and he
grabbled the dirt all to pieces and didn’t leave
a single plant. 1 had ju*t plantdd a long row
of late peas and two oid hens with chickens
got In there and scattered them all up. Unt
the like of that ia nothing considering that
Tom Moore haa lost hi* mule, his only mule,
and cannot buy another. Tom la as poor as ho
is clever, and I dou't see why the scoundrel
didn't steal one of my horraa or nmbor
Furman's mules and let Tom’s alone,
she is a little brown female male and if any of
your readers come across such an ono under
suspicious circumstance* just write to Tom or
to me. Ido verily believe that a man who
would steal Tom Moore's mule at this time of
the year ought to be hnng by the feet until he
had time to reflect on hia rascality. 1 could
see him whipped with a bamboo briar, more
or Irss. until it thundered. There is nahor
Mumferd who haa twelve males and
, and all the nabors
the rascal thought
Tom Moore waa too poor to follow him and
advertise and ao Tom had to be the victim.
Verily from him that hath not, shall be taken
even that which he hath. My Florid* toy
with thetark legs can’t walk yet, but ka can
ride, and so be earprised me this morning bv
coming to the field will* a bucket of corn add
he rode along the rows and dropped tha earn
as good as anybody could do it afooL lie is
very proud that he can help me, and it saved
me many a weary step for C'srl it at school
and I miss him sadly. But I wonder what
people thought when tboy saw a bov on horse-
back dropping corn. I had a good sensible
letter the other day from a poor invalid boy
at Fairborn. His ntme i* Henry Wert, and
he has been in bed tor three yean with white
swelling, and the bones have come out of hia
legs by piecemeal, and yet he is cheerful and
wants nothing but a roller chair so that he can
sit np and move about He prints visiting and
basilic?.*cards on a little hand press and wants
somebody to buy them. He sent me some,
and they are very nice, and I sent him a dol
lar to start the chair bnainees, and I wish some
body else who has a dollar to spare would send
it to him. My hoy says that Henry West is so
much worse off than be is that he feel*
ashamed of himself and will never complain
suy more. There is a heap of trouble among
the poor that we never hear of, and thair only
chance is to suffer and be strong.
Bin. Arp.
A nOUDI.K HANGING IN FORT SMITH
PROHIBITION POINTS.
Sandebsville, Ga., April 21.—[Special.]—
Eleven precincts give 231 majority for prohibi
tion. There are eight more to hear from,
which will not overcome this vote. The pro-
hibitlonlsts claim four of these precincts.
Oglethorpe, Ga., April 21.—[Special.]—
The executive committee of the prohibition
party met at the courthouse here yesterday
for the purpose of effecting a permanent organ*
Lynchburg, Va., April 21.—The state
temperance convention assembled here today,
John N. Stubbs presiding. A large number or tele-
cates from all parts of the state are in attendance.
A temperance rally waa held this afternoon aou
brought together an immense audience.
Among the presentments of the grind jury
of Whitfield county the following is their state-
ment on the subject of prohibition:
We have had the good eflect* of a prohloltory
law in this county for about two year*, and we
Fort Smith, Ark., April 23.—[Special.]
Janies Wasson and James Jackson were hanged
here today for murder committed in the In
dian territory. They were sentenced with six
others, but the sentences of the others wore
commuted by the president to imprisonment
for life. Wasson's friend and attorney made
strong effort to get a stay of execution until
after the trial of Jobu McLaughlin, who, with
Wawon, was Jointly charged with murdering
Henry Martin, but no respite camo. The
United States marshal delayed the execution
until this afternoon, in anticipation of a re
spite, aud Wasson Imped for favorable action
in hia case, even after he had ascended the
gallows, and when u telegraph messenger bey
came In he brightened np with hope, until told
that no respite would come. Then ho gavo up
all hopes and became gloomy and despondent.
Jackson became desperate, and although
having no hope of a respite or commutation,
he bated to hnng, and just before the death
warrants were read attempted suicide by ct ‘
ting his throat with a bottle, used in jail S')
flower vase, but succeeding only in making an
ugly gtah on bis neck.
Neither mau had anything to say on the
gallows, oxcent to protest thoir innocence, and
Jackton aald ,f tbe witnesses had sworn falsely"
against him. The death warrants were read
to them In their cells at 2:30 o’clock, and at
3 they were taken to tho scaffold, about 130
yards distant. Both walked firmly and as
cended the scaffold upon which sixty-nine
other Indian territory murderers had boon
hanged. At 3:40 the drop fell, and both men’s
necks were broken. The execution was wit
nessed by aliout a hundacd persons, mostly
deputy marshals, guards and reporters
took place within*the old garrison walls.
Moboan Field, Ky., April 23.—Robert Fow
ler. the murderer or Miss Lida Burnett, was
hanged here today at 10:30 o’clock.
Foit Smith, April 22.—Fat McCarthy, ono
of the murderers of the Mahoney boys, was
brought here from the Indian Torritory today,
He and a companion committed a horrible
murder, a few days ago, near Vinlta In the
Cherokee nation.
These two men got into the confidence of the
Mahoney boys and obtained permission to trav
el with them through tho Indian country, but
in a lonely placo iu tho woods tbey murdered
tho l>ovs, took what valuables they had, nnd
after throwing their bodies in a ditch, some
distance off tho road, took the tcamsand drove
away. They sold tho teams so cheap that sus
picion was excited, and they were suspected
of having stolen them. McCarthy was arrest-
arrested but his partner flod
the country. McCarthy does
deny the killing, but claims he killed them iu
Kansas and hauled them into the Indian Tor
ritory. This would givo the Kansas court
jurisdiction, and givo him imprisonment in
stead of the gallows.
The death sentences of six of eight Indian
territory murderers, to have been hanged
hero last Ti " ‘ ‘
Tuesday has been commuted to tmpris*
onment for life in the Detroit house qf cor
rection. Those commuted are Meredith Crow,
who killed a desperado named Caleb Car to ay;
Robinson Kemp, charged with killing Henry
Rich, postmaster at Fort Washltc; Hewak-
nuckee, Leuco Hammond and one Uxley.
( hcrokec* who murdered a peddler named
Owens for a plug of tobacco. Robert Wolf,
another Indian territory murder, to have
been banged here Friday, was commuted this
morning by the president.
Wolf killed Farnk Stockbri<lgo iu tho
Chickasaw nation nearly two years ago while
they were drinking nnd carousing together,
Tho theory of the defense was that the killing
was accidental but the prosecution proved
threats had been made, and the jury con vioted.
’Shis leaves but two men out of oight to
hang.
THE DY1NO BX«PRESIDENT.
Mr. Arthur In a Critical Condition, with but
Few Days of Life Left.
New York, April 25.—Ever since the con*
flnetneut of ex-Prcsident Arthur to his house
by the complication of diseases which havo
nfllieteil him since his retirement from the
presidency, the most careful efforts have been
made by those nearest him to dismiss as un
warranted the stories that his illness was so
serious as to endanger his life; it will, there
fore, bo a revelation to the public that the ex*
president is actunliy in so dosperate a condi
tion ns to leave no room for doubt that his
days are uutubcri-d, and that within a very
shoit time tho country wiH be called upon to
follow the remains of another of its chlof
magistrates to the grave. The physicians have
very wisely refused to make anything public
concerning tho health of their illustrious pi-
tieut, but Mr. Arthur has very keenly felt his
eufurccd retirement to semi-obscurity in the
nubile mind, and this has had a marked effect
in accelerating the disease which has now
brought him so low.
Month* ago the symptoms of Bright’s disease
wero noticed, and after battling with D heroi
cally Mr. Arthur a few mouth* ago was forced
to retire from the business which had engross
ed him since be laid down the offioe of prod-
dent. He was counseled to take a long rest,
aud he faithfully carried out the instruction*
of his advisers. Three or four
weeks ago the heart troubles
which are inseparable from the ag
gravated bt*ges of Bright’s disease were first
observed, and for the drat time since the dls*
rate manifested itself hope began to fbde out
from tho minds of thoee who knew of Mr. Ar
thur’s illuess. Thev wero comforted with the
assurances of those in a position to know that
the ex president was in no worse a condition
tban thousands of sufferers from Bright’S dis
ease, and that with ordinary care and pru
dence Jie might, like so manv others, live for
years. At the same time his friends were
forecd to recognise the other alternative—
that in the advanced stages of Bright’s disease
• fatal termination waa frequent within a few
heur*. Everything baa been done to aasnage
his pain, and all that experience and kind
friends can do to relieve mental or bodily
suffering haa been done, bat the melancholy
Diet is that
Mr. Arthur has boon sinking
condition beyond hope.
For the past week he has been unable,
owing to the stomachic disarrangement which
has accompanied the other complications, to
retain solid food, and his nourishment has
been confined to a very alight sustenance de
rived from milk punches. His mind, howev
er, has not deserted him, and tome alight lm-
C cement' was noticed in hia condition early
week, but not enough .to build any solid
hopes upon. With all thero symptoms of the
approaching end his friends have honed
•gainst hope for some favorable change, owing
to the fact that his sleep has been, for
•u invalid, fairly regular and restfal. but
with the complications that have arisen dur
ing the past week hope has given way to the
unwilling conviction that the end is not far
off. Mr. Arthur, since his condition has be
come so critical, has been surrounded by his
immediate family and friends. Nellie, who
recently went to Washington to be con-
filmed, returned four weeks ago, and with
her brother Alan, and aunt, Mrs. McKtroy,
la iu constant attendance upon her father.
That the ex preeident may lire for weeks to
come la a bare possibility.but it does not cuter
into the calculation* of those who know his
condition as it really ia.
of the court since the law went Into effect prior
tothe present service, and, from all the informa
tion we can gather from all aources, we are pr«-
gather from all sources, we a .
t,tnd to lay that crimes of a character that manL
ft t thi-mtelvtn by violence of one citizen upon •“
other.resulting from excitement incident tot
excitement incident
of liquor, have almost abated.
Corinth. Miss., April 21.—-The local option
ehetion in thU county,the first under the new law,
resulted In a majority of 12 against prohibition.
Covington, Ga , April 22 —[Special.]—Tho
eI« ction for problbitirn passed off quietly here
today. From unofficial, but reliable reports
frem the various precinct*, the county has
gone dry by about one hundred majority.
Covington. Ga., April 22.—[Special.]—We
have met tbo enemy and lie is ours. Old
Newton is redeemed. The intelligence, virtue
and truo manhood of the people asserted itself
today. The enthusiasm is unbounded. The
labors and prayers of tho good are answered
Our brothers in black aided in this good work,
Professor McIntosh, from Oxford, appeared
early this morning on the scene, heading a
colored club of fifty-eight, all but five,
and jnst . before reaching the
polls was joined by Dr.
G. Haygood, which enthused others with con
fidcnce from tbo l>eglnutng. Later the en
gagement became general, with varying re
suits, until the returns came in frem one and
another precincts until we are rejoiced to stats
that the result ia 63 majority for prohibition.
Tho best of feeling existed during tho entire
day, and now all are quiet, and some of the
bar keepers are joining in our rejoicing, say*
ing: "Thero Is not much profit in it no how.’ 1
Bandkraville, Oa., April 22.—[Special.]—
The official returns give prohibition two hun*
dred aud forty-two majority.
Hawkinbvillx, Ga., April 22.—[Special].—
The local option agitation in Dooly county
has resulted in a victory for the wet men. The
vote cast waa, "For the Sale,” .000; "Against
the .Sale," 803.
The prohibitionists propose to contest the
result
An interesting incident of the canvass was
the alleged insult of throe lady workers, who
claimed that Mayor Heard had treated them
rudely. Several cards, treating the mattor iu
if, have been published in the Dooly Vin*
dicator. Mayor Heard denies tho charges.
Dowu in the counties of Montgomery, Tat
nail, Wayne, Telfair and Coffee, some parties
aro making money selling receipts for making
whisky by compounding alcohol, calamus root,
glycerine, etc. It is perhaps as vlllaiuous a
decoction as was over discovered for tho pur-
Doroof ltcfuddliug a man’* brain. While down
at Douglas last week we heard considerable
talk aliout it. When Sheriff John Hall, kindly
noticing our forlorn look, invited us to tako a
"pull" at a black bottle, late ono evening, we
asked: "Sheriff, is this some of that
calamity juice manufactured out of itump
water at five cents a pint?" Tho sheriff re*
sponded promptly in the negative, and we
took a smell, and it was tho genuine spirits
genuine sail
frumcnti. Our handsome and jolly friend W.
N. Nash, tried some of the domestic bug julco
Bn made in a t
smelt like
whisky, it
__ reckoned it w
... J It would make a man hostile. The
receipts aro sold to individuals for $2.50.
Family rights are sold for $5.
Macon, Ga., April 22.—[Special.]—Tho
Woman’s Christian Temperance union of
Georgia is now holding its sessions in this city,
at Mulborry Street Methodist church.
AI>out twenty-five of the unions aro
represented. In the case of those not repre
sented personally by delegates, written reports
bnvc been rent In. showing a widespread inter
est throughout the state in the work of the
organization. The leaders of the convention
Mrs. W. C. Sibley, of Augusta, is the presi
dent. She presides over the mootings with
great ease and dignity. Miss M. H. Stokes, of
Decatur, is secretary.
Miss Emma8tewart,of Oxford, is the record
ing secretary. She too haa a thoroughly busl*
nos method, and is side at a moment’s notice
to lay her hand upon any resolution that may-
lie called for. Sho is assisted by the beautiful
and accomplished Miss Lillian Russell, of Au
gusts.
A genuine surprise would await any one
who looked in upon tho convention,
having in ’ his mind the current opin
ions about what women do when they got
her.
_ je morning session was mainly occupied
with reports from a largo number of the local
unions. Tboro iu northeast Georgia and those
at Geneva, Talbotton, Hamilton wore reported
by the secretary. The union at Chipley was
reported by Mre. IIunt She stated that all
the young men in the place, except four, were
honorary members of the union. The Oxford
union was reported hy Mrs. Emma Stewart.
She mentioned that over two hundred young
men bnd pledged themselves to the principles
of tho W. C. T. U., and referred to the prize
offered by the ladies to the students of Emory
college annually for the best essay on
ronie phase of the prohibition qnes*
lion. Cochran was represented by Mre. James
A. Thomas, who baa lately become a resident
of Macon. She described the earnest nnd
effective work which was done by the ladies
of Uawkinsville aud Cochran in tne late elec
tion, aud which contributed so largely to the
heavy majority in favor of prohibition in that
county.
Bln. 8. M. Hicks, M. D., of Atlanta, super
intendent of the stato department of heredity
and hygiene, presented her report, which was
an interesting and able document. She em
phasized the importance of these studies to
motherhood and childhood, especially in re
fers uce to the use of alcoholic stimulants. She
said: "A mother saved is a family saved." She
lock strong grounds against the common use of
intoxicants as family medicines. Her address
recalled to the reporter the remark of a family
physician, that '‘Drunkenuesa was more con-
moil among infanta tban auy other class." By
which he meant to say that the toddies incon
siderately given to very young children as
medicines iu order sometimes to quiet them
wbcu crying, really paralyzed and stupefied,
their braius, so that, lu plain Eugiisb, they
were drunk. The speaker was inter
rupted by some one in the audience by tue
announcement that Dooly county went dry
byaamall majority; also Washington county
by two hundred majority, when the speaker
said:
"I do not believe there is a mau In Georgia
that has got any sense that will vote for
“quor,*’
He was again Interrupted by cheers.
Below are some of his points. He said:
They say "It will injure our trade" "Ido
not think we ought to do anything that will
injure our trade." Then the speaker went on
to show that instead of destroying trado it
would increase it “Now, I want to ssy that
prohibition is going to succeed, and it is going
to win because there is nothing that has ever
been agitated unless it was settled right, and
it will never lie right until we get the whisky
away from here. I do not believe thirty years
from this time there will be a barroom in this
state."
A telegram from Mias Emmie Stewart, of
Oxford, announced that Newton had gone dry.
Mrs. Sibley introduced Mrs. Chipley, of
South Carolina. The lady went on to say that
she waa not a specckmaker, but aaid she
would make a few remarks. She said:
"She who knows the value of a child—no
one but the woman mother—know* lu; whit
this strong drink will take her darling away
Yoo^raen are shutting up husbands in
the penitentiary and leaving wives and
children unprotected, and yet you
call it chivalry. You have «o
much sympathy for the saloon keeper until
you have forgot the poor widows.
This resolution was offered by Professor II
H. Scomp, of Oxford: , . , .
1. That a petition be presented to the next legis
lature, praying for the enactment of a law requir
ing the teachers of the public school* of 1 be »Ute
to give Instruction, both oral and by text book, as
to die effect of alcoholic stimulant* upon the hu-
xr an body, and that the selecting of the text book;
or Looks to be used for this purpose, be entrusted
to the state school commissioner.
2. That a committee beapi>ointed to present this
l«etition to the proper committee of the legiaia*
T-That the members of the next legislature, to
be elected hereafter, be individually urged, either
personally or by letter, before tbo meeting of the
body, to vote for the law above mentioned.
Fort Gaines, Ga., April 23.—[Special.]—
After nine days’ progress and investigation,
the election contest came to a sudden termina
tion here. Judge Blocker decided that no
legal election had been held in Clay coanty
on tho 8th instant. It will be remembered
that the returns of the popular vote showed a
majority of thirty-seven "for the sale." The
prohibitionists, believing that a large number
of illegal votes had been cast, proceeded to
contest, employing as counsel Colonel J. D.
Rambo, of Fort Gaines, and Judge W. D.
Kiddoo, of Cuthl>crt.
The first step of the contestant* was to throw
out tho returns from Rluffton, ou the ground*
of illegality in changing the precinct from
Harrison’s mill. This reduced the wet minor
ity to 20, and tho contestants then proceeded,
from the tax books, to make a prima facte case
of illegality against about 200 voters " for the
sale.” Here they rested, and the anti’s pro*
cecded with their side of the case, the tint
• tep In which was to throw out for informality
in returns, the Cotton hill precinct. As Cotton
bill gave a majority of 58 " against the sale,"
this waa a wet blanket to the hopes of the con
testants. Tho antis then proceeded to make a
prima facie case of illegality against about 100
voters "against the sale."
Both sides having exhausted their lists of
illegal votes, it was expected that the final de
cisions upon each contested vote would begin,
but instead a motion was made to reject the
returns of the Fort Gaines precinct, on the
ground that the justice of tbo peaco holding
the election, B. T. Foot, was not sworn. Bat
little resistance was made to the motion, and
the returns was rejected, leaving nothing be<
fore the court, as their are only throe pre<
cincts in the county.
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For Over Two Years.
Tnisnccess of Th z Constitution Waterbary watch
Is amazing. By the hundreds they have gone Into
every state. Why not? A good watch, accurate
timekeeper, forS2.B0 Is a miracle.
But doea it last? That ts tbo questton often asked
Hero ts an answer from one who has tried it:
Epitobs Constitution : Two years ago I bought
ono of your Wstcrbnry watches, which has giveu
perfect satisfaction. It never hu stopped a minute
siul kept perfect time. I certainly recommend
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Atlanta, Ga., formerly Pennington, Oa.
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Our Sit Gun.
The twelve dollar double-harreled brooch-
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the best gun ever offered for the money. Here
is one of the many letters which each day’s
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H. 8. Rivers, Falrtmm, Ga.: ThU certifies that 1
purchased one of your 912 guns a few weeks ago.
I have used it besfdo e MO gun. and find it equally
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The Gun end Wkkxly Constitution one year
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The rowing machine monopolists are howl
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Singer, which is sold for $45.
Last year we sold about 2,000 Constitution
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yon claim for it. It is the opinion of my wife and
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