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NEWS OF DIXIE.
Continued from Page Eighteen.
a reply to the invitation has not yet been
revived.
s’fle institute will be held for the coun
ties of Uiurens, Emanuel and Johnson,
and it is expected that a number of farm
e.s will attend.
Banker Witham Indicted.
• Warrenton, Ga., April 11.—(Special.)—
The grand jury of Warren county today
returned indictments against W. S.
Witham, former president and financial
agent, and E. B. Farmer, vice president
of the bank at Warrenton, which institu
tion closad its doors in February, 1902, ow
ing depositors some $16,000. The indict
ments charged felony in rendering the
bank insolvent and loaning more than 10
per cent of the capital stock to one of
ficer of the bank. No criminal cases of
any importance came on trial in the
courts.”
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VIRGINIA
Tobacco Company Sold.
Richmond, Va„ April 7.—lt is rumored
here that the T. C. Williams Tobacco
ompany. of this city,-lias been sold to
t o Contin'Uta! Tobacco Com;any. T. t .
Williams, the head of the company, is
oit of town and the representati >es of
the firm in Richmond decline either to
i' firm op to deny the report.
Giligan Dies in the Pen.
R. hmond. \ i. April 8. (Special.)—The
d (ill in the Virginia pemtentiaq . late
tonight, of Andrew Carter Giligan, is the
closing chapter in one of the most sensa
tional tr ig, di s in the criminal history
•it th" old Dominion State It was on
h dark night in Christmas week, three
years ago. tbit Giligan shot and killed
C liov.-rley Turner. i prominent citi
zen t isle of Wight county Giligan
had been reared on the Turner farm,
JO <1 grow up t > love pretty Serena. Isa
bella Turner, tiie idol of the household.
I ■ tiers written back from Hollins insti
t t’e. which w.-re introduced in the trial
■ f Giligan indicated that the accomplish-
■ 1 girl < an d for the handsome, though
humble, young man. who had so long
1 .<‘<l on tin- f irm Giligan was forbidden
the hom- bi;: ontinued to see Miss Tur
ner ai i -st ■' ilo . ll.■ was near the sta-
■ ’h..' f.i>al night when Turner went
o:t and was killed Giligan claimed that
Miss Turner was with him when he shot
her father tn self defense. The young
lady married recently.
House Votes Against Campbell.
Richmond. Va . April 9. The house of
ielecates today voted to remove from
• ■ bench Judge Clarence J <7»impbell,
f Amherst county, who cowhided Rev.
f C awford. of the. state Anti-Saloon
’..yen The division was 63 tp IS. Tito
7 mn il resolution now goes to the sen
ate for concurrence.
KENTUCKY.
For tne Murder of Goebel.
iff..it. I< . April 7- The defense
■>i. Howard murder ease today witll
■'.'. Ils api lieation for a change in venue
i • . , :,S. iris called for tiial. The
• :onoiiwi .til t answered ready and the
■ w .is given until tomorrow mot li
nt ;i o'clock t » make answer for its
,| iiis le-en ■■onvieted of the niut-
G ■ i inir W illiam Goebel, over
1 , , yo.irs ago and sentenced to be
I lit wa - on an appeal granted
. w trial, which is now pending.
Son Avenges Death of Father.
I.ibiJty. hj’.. April 6—Sam Trace
• I I. -.,ii Elam and Sidney Elim, the
i r:■ rod man's son. avenged his fa
r's d th by killing Trace on the White
... Johnson riv.-r in the county yes-
g Iff .tn surr- ndered and was placed
i: i . I'm, and Trace, were relatives
at r ...hiiois and the killings grew out
Three Men Shot, to Death.
\ ,■:- urc Ky.. April s. John H.
y . of Elkhorn 6 miles from here,
v. I by otti "is who were trying
orderly < onduct. A"■
. ■ a f* port here, two
: rs w ■ killed during the tight.
.1 : - id had several narrow es-
q, ath previously, having
, . .. ap, .1 with Ins life at Pond
~ .< where, his father, mother and
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all of his brothers and sisters were killed
in a light.
A. D. Bryan, Covington, Ky.
Cincinnati, April B.—A. D. Bryan, form
er lieutenant governor of Kentucky, died
at his horri£ in Covington. Ky. He was
for years a leading attorney, as well as
prominent in politics.
Held Up Train Crew.
Georgetown. Ky., April B.—Tom Riley
and Joe, Murphy were arrested on the
charge of holding up the crew on a
freight train near here last night. The
men held up a tramp and took two re
volvers from him and then proceeded to
rob the train crew. They attempted to es
cape near the depot and Riley was shot
in the leg.
Kentuckian Kills Brother.
Ijincaster, Ky.. April S.—John Metcalfe
shot and killed his brother, Ben Metcalfe,
at the home of their father, on White
Lick creek, in this county, as the result
of a quarrel. John Metcalfe was arrest
ed. He claims that he shot his brother
in self-defense.
Lazy Man Sold as Slave.
Jackson, Ky., April 11.—Bruce Marcum
has been sold into servitude for 6 months,
under the vagrancy law. Marcum had
such a reputation for Idleness and
abhorrence of work that the Highest bid
was only $6.50. The bid was made by
William Griffith, who must prov.de for
him for the time he Is in servitude.
Marcum is 27 years old and a memner of
a well known family. I'nited States
Court Commissioner Markle is his ji.i ie
MISSISSIPPI.
Elated Over Levees' Strength.
Jackson. Miss., April 6.—(Special.)—
Planters in the Yazoo-Mississippi levee
district are xpry much elated over the
splendid strength shown by the levees
of that district, and the prediction is
being freely made that as a result of the
escape from an overflow this year the
price of delta lands will increase from
15 to 25 per cent. Tile upper district is
composed of the counties of DeSoto. Tu
nica, Coahoma. Quitman. Tallahatchie.
Sunflower. Leflore, Holmes, Panola and
Yazoo, and the levee board has an in
come of over $300,000 per year from local
taxation alone for the support of the
system of levees, which is only about
125 in length.
Effort To Save Deer.
Jackson. Miss.. April li. (Spe.-ial..)- Hun
dreds of deer have been driven from the
Mississippi delta by the high water, and
much complaint is being made over the
wholesale destruction of the animals by
pot hunters. In some counties the game
associations have taken a hand and are
endeavoring to protect the deer, declar
ing that persons who slay the animals
shall be prosecuted to the full extent of
the law. The deer have been seeking
safety in the hills, and five of the ani
mals were seen dodging through the
streets of Natchez on one day.
Into Church Wild Deer Ran.
Natchez. Miss.. April 6.—The members
of St. Mary congregation had a most
peculiar experience at high mass yester
day when a lare line doe ran down I’nion
street into the iron fence about the ca
thedral, severely injuring itself.
The doe then ran into the cathedra!
and up and down aisles among the mem
bers of the congregation. It finally made
I its way out. running at high speed, and
I when two blocks from the cathedral fell
to the ground and died in a few moments.
i The doe had been driven from the
I Louisiana parishes by high water, swam
| the river, climbed the hill at the river
l front and raced through the streets to
I the cathedral.
Little Damage to Oysters.
•Jackson. Miss., April 6.—(Special.)-Oys-
ter experts along the Mississippi gulf
coast are agreed in the opinion that the
floods from the Mississippi river this year
will not greatly injure the oyster reefs.
The fresh water always causes much <!>■-
■ struction among the oycter beds, but it
■ has not been of an extent, this year to
justify the fear of an oyster famine next
season, and the immense volume of fresh
water poured out by the river has been
so well distributed by the currents carry
ing seaward that only a small portion of
the oyster reefs have become inundated
with brackish.
Fire Destroys Entire Town.
Columbus, Miss., April 6—(Special.l
Almost the whole town of Kennedy, Ala.,
a station on the Southern 30 miles east
of here, was burned this morning at 6
o'clock.
From the long distance telephone it
is learned that the following business
houses were entirely consumed: Propst
& Sanders, general merchandise; Plott .<•
Long, general mercli indise; J. L. Kenne
dy, general merchandise; E. I’. Phillips,
general merchandise: Dr. Kennedy's drug
Store, hotel, postofllee and Dr. Colli. .’s
drug store.
Several other stores and residences were
damaged. The origin of the lire is un
known. The estimated loss to property,
stocks of goods, etc., will reach fully
$411,000.
Seventy-five Farmers’ Institutes.
Jackson, Miss., April 7.—(Special.)—Ar
rangements are being made by the
faculty of the Mississippi Agricultural and
Mechanical college to hold 75 farmer's in
stitutes in Mississipl tills year, one in each
county The scope of the institutes will
be greatly enlarged, and special efforts
will be made to attract attendance from
farmers whose methods of tilling the soil
are decidedly in need of improvement.
Death Sentence Reversed.
Jackson, Miss., April 7.—(Special.)—At
its sitting last evening the supreme court
reversed the death sentence case of Aus
tin Pulpns, convicted in Chickasaw
countx several months ago on the charge
of murder and sentenced to be hanged.
The victim of Pulpits was a man named
Anderson, who had previously struck him
over the head with a spade, inflicting a
THE WUiEKJLt ATJLAMTA. GA.. MONDAY. APRIL 13, 1903.
painful wound. In reviewing the evidence
the supreme court intimated that there
were good grounds of self-defense in the
case, and that Pulpus must have been
j prostrate on the ground when he fired
the two fatal shots, as both of them
ranged upwards in Anderson's body.
Lumber Dealers Adjourn.
Jackson. Miss., April 7.—The Mississippi
and Louisiana Retail Lumber Dealers’
Association finished thc.ir session 'this
afternoon and adjourned to meet In an
nual session in the city of Shreveport on
September 15.
Before adjournment the committee ap
pointed at the last meeting made then
reports. On the recommendations at tne
proper committee the lumber men of Mis
sissippi and Louisiana decided to join the
association in a test case of the demur
rage law of the railroads, charging a de
murrage on all cars of lumber that are
not unloaded in a day after being deliv
ered to the consignees.
Tiie following officers were elected:
B A. Tucker. Senatobia. Miss., presi
dent: L. Allen. Shreveport, vice president;
\V. G. Harlow, Yazoo City, secretary
and treasurer.
Weather Aids the Farmers.
Jackson, Miss. April 10.- (Special.)-The
fine weather that has prevailed In tne
state for the past two weeks has caused
much activity among the farmers, and
planting is now actively in progress ex
cept in the two or three delta counties
overflowed by the floods from the Mis
sissippi.
Tn the southern portion of the state
considerable cotton planting lias been
none, and cotton is being placed in tne
ground in the central section, it will be
come general in north Mississippi within
the week. Corn planting is progressing
nii elv m all section.--. The cool sped ac
companying the fair weather has not
beer, benefi-ial to young vegetation, and
consid-rnble fruit las been killed, but.
the yield promises to be up to the
average.
I Know I Can Cure You
If your case is curable. I have cured
hundreds after home doctors had tailed.
I won't deceive you. I don't want money
; that way. Advice free. Dr. Tucker, Broad
street, Atlanta, Ga.
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ARKANSAS.
Negro Lynched in Arkansas.
Juittle Rock. Ark.. April 6. - John Turner,
colored, was lynched at Warren, Ark .
last night for an attempted assault on
Mrs. W. IL Neele.', a white woman, who
resides about 7 miles w. st of town. This
attempt occuri'-d last Friday and the
negro was arrested Saturday and taken
before Mrs Neeley, who was positive m
her identification.
Shortly after midnight a mob broke into
the county jail and, taking Turner out.
strung him to a limb in front of the court
bouse, where several other m grocs have
been lynched at different mins in the his
tory ot' this town. Turner denied his guilt
to the last, notwithstanding his idenfili
c.ition bv Mrs. Neeley. There yv.is little
noise and parties residing next door fail
ed to hear the disturbance attending the
lynching. Not a shot was bred and the
body of the negro was !• tt for tin- coro
ner. who cut it down this forenoon and
held an inquest, which developed that
the lynching was at the hands of un
known parties.
Dropped Dead While Writing.
! Hot Springs. Ark . Tpril I<>. W. S.
Robbins, known as "I’otY’ Robbins, aged
• 55. a sheet writer at the big Southern
I poo! room here, while busy over his sheet
1 today when the crowd was largest in
the pool room, suddenly dropped from his
' chair dead. He was i native of Buffalo,
i N. Y.. and was well known among sport
’ ing mon.
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NORTH CAROLINA.
Two Negroes To Be Hanged.
Rab tgh, N. April 7—(Special.)—Gov
ernor Aycock sets May 16. Saturday, for
. ;he hanging of two negroes. One, A'ance
Spivev, is now serving a life sentence in
■ ,he penitentiary. Last summer he be
<ame enraged with the convict who oecu-
' pied the bunk with him and struck his
companion on the head with an iron red,
1 killing him instantly Spivey was sen
-1 fenced to hang but took an appeal to th>
supremt court. that court finds no
error, the governor orders him to be
1 hanged at. Halifax. May Ki.
On the same day Frank Vick, a negro,
will be executed for criminal assault at
Goldsboro.
Blind Tiger Keepers Fined.
t Charleston, S. April 8.- •<Spec ial.l
i Eleven blind tiger keepers were lined s'o
each in the city court yesierdity.
I Robert E. McManus, proprietor of ihe
j establishment at which placards biiter'y
. denounentg Chief of Police I'.ovle were
displayed, was on- the <l"l iiidant s
' While the city is lining th" keepers t'i"
state constables are making such i hard
■ tight that it is difficult to, get liquor in
’ many wide open places. \ Incom i bier i
5 has been hounded so vutrag> ousl.y. as ho
declares, that he is seriously ill.
Gosnell Shot from Ambush.
Asheville, N. ('.. April 8. (Sp-< i.i1.l- A
teh-phpne message from Tryon tonight
gave the details of another murder which
occurred yesterday in the notorious dark
corner section, which is on the line be
i tw. en the Carolinas, a few mib.- from
Tryon.
Williams and Solomon Gordon, mid two
young men of the- name of Gosnell, am
bushed and shot Linn Gosnell on the pre
text that they sought a reward which was
offered for Gosnell's re aptur.'. h- having.
,b(-v declared, . scaped from jail in Mari m
county, in this state
The four men. according to the story
told by the H-year-old .laughter of Gos
nell, who witnessed the deed, say the men
lay in ambush bey ond a log and fir. .1
when the unsuspecting man started to
work in his field.
One of the Gordon mon who fir.'d the
fatal shot is quot'd as saying that he
had killed two liner looking men than
Gosnell and has e.scaped punishment, and
that he could easily- get out of this trou
ble. None of the men have as yet been
captured.
Child Killed by Young Girl.
Charlotte, N. ('., April 9 (Special.)—
Information was received here this morn
ing that Elsie Ogburn, formerly of this
city, and a daughter of Mrs. Mollie Og
burn, of Charlotte, accidentally killed
the 7-year-old grandson ot J. H. Steele,
who lives 7 miles from Lancaster.
The unfortunate occurrence took place
at the home of Mr St ele at 6 o'clock
this morning. tattle Boyd Steele, the
child that was kiled, was standing near
the Ogburn girl while the latter way care
lessly handling a 32-caliber pistol.
The weapon was discharged and the bul
let struck the child in the right temple,
inflicting a wound that produced almost
Instant death.
Kollins Heads Committee.
Greensboro, N ('., April 9. Al a meet
ing of the committee tonight, Thomas S.
Rollings was unanimously elected chair
man of the stat" republican executive
committee, to succeed ex-Senator Pritch
ard, resigned. He is a son in law of the
latter.
The committee recommended ex-Judge
Robinson,of Goldsboro, as member from
North Carolina of the republican national
committee.
J : Negro Dies of Wounds.
I i Raleigh, N. April 11.—The negro
1 James Bruce, who fatall> wounded Olli-
I ; cer Robertson In Henderson. N. in the
; j light there Thursday night, di d of his
i wounds here today.
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LOUISIANA.
’ i Strike of Cotton Handlers.
New Orleans, April 6.- .As the result of
j j the controversy between the steamship
i I agents and the screwmen, white and eol
-1 ored. work of loading cotton on sea-going
1 | vessels ceased along the river front to
’ day.
The white and colored screwmen have
turned down the ultimatum of the steam
-1 j ship agents wliicli demanded an abroga-
tion of tiie agreement under which labor
is divided equally between the races and
a limit is placed on Hje amount of a
day’s work.
Woman Angry at Bebel Sires.
New Orleans, April IL—Mrs. Kate Wol
sey, of Covington, Ky., author of “Re
publics v. Women," has written a some
what lengthy letter resigning membership
in the organization of the Daughters of
the American Revolution, of which she
was a charter member.
She says in part:
“When I joined the D. A. R. I was
'under the impression that the fathers
of the republic intended to include my
sex as units of power in the government.
I have since learned the error of such be
lief, and it is on this account I sever my
relations with yon.
"As I feel it would be a want of self
respect in women to honor fathers of
the blood' who had repudiated and dis
inherited them, so 1 feel it is inconsistent
with the highest sex esteem to belong
to a society the purpose of which Is
chiefly to honor the fathers of a govern
ment who have repudiated and disinher
ited my sex.”
For Assault and Murder Negro Dies.
Shreveport, T.a.. April 11.—Mrs. Aline
Matthews, aged 45 years, wife of Frank
Matthews, a well-known civil engineer,
was brutally murdered in her bed early
this morning by a negro, who It Is be
lieved outraged his victim before slaying
her. The woman's little daughter, Aline,
aged 10. was fatally wounded. An ax was
the instrument, employed in both cases.
Ed Porter, a negro strongly suspected
of the crime, was shot to death by two
police sergeants while attempting to
escape. He had been run down at a point
about 5 miles from Shreveport.
Bloodhounds took up the trail but lost
it after going a. short distance. A Kan
sas City Southern engineer notified the
police of the appearance of a negro cov
ered with blood on the tracks of the rail
road and a posse was organized to hunt
him down. The posse separated and
Sergeants Gerald and Roquemoro soon
camo upon the negro. He made a des
perate dash for a ravine and the officers
tired four shots at him, two of which
took effect in his back, killing him In
stantly. The negro's clothing was covered
with blood and his shoes fitted the bloody
foot prints in the kitchen of the Mat
thews home. His name is Ed Porter and
be is a well-known Shreveport negro.
ALABAMA.
Gave Babe Acid and Then Suicided.
Birmingham. Ala., April 6. Mrs, Susie
McMillan, wife of Policeman A. B.
McMillan, gave her 8-months-old baby
;i large dose of carbolic acid this after
noon and then committed suicide tty
shooting herself twice in the breast.
Site w is found lying dead on the floor
in her room about 5 o’clock by her hus
band. who had come home to get sup
per. The doors were locked and he
was forced to break one open.
The baby was lying dead on the bod
with his face terribly burned by the
Mrs. McMillan was badly burned by tire,
which was started by tiie discharge of
the revolver. No motive can be assigned
tor, the deed.
Chinese Ate Deported.
Mobile, Ala.. April 7. —Six Chinese were
deported today for lack of necessary
papers. They go via New Orleans, where
seventy others will be added to the
party.
Mistook Wife for Burglar.
Anniston. Ala., April 8. -ISpecial.» Mrs.
Nellie Sides was shot in the left should
er and arm Saturday night by her hus
band, at their home, near Jeaceburg. Mr.
Sides is a. well-to-do farmer, and he mis
took his wife for a burglar and shot.
Iter. He is almost prostrated with grief
on account of the accident Her wounds,
while very painful, are not necessarily
dangerous.
Long Shot and Instantly Killed.
i Opelika. Ala.. April S.—(Special.)- A
difficulty occurred here this afternoon at
.» o'clock. In which J. L. Moon, deputy
’ sheriff, was shot through the arm. and
John Dong- was shot and instantly killed.
' A. I’. Hodge, the sheriff, and J. L.
, Moon, the deputy sheriff, were sitting out
i on the fence in front of the court house.
U' ar the salewalk, talking, when Long
came up the street witli John Winslett.
The officers spoke to the men and Sheriff
Hodge held out his band to shake hands.
Long never spoke, but jerked his pistol
out of his hip pocket and began shooting
al Deputy Moon. The first bullet struck
Moon in his left, arm, inflicting a painful,
but not. dangerous, wound.
' Deuptv Moon is left handed and had his
pistol in the right-hand sid. of his coat.
..ml being shot through the I. ft arm had
some trouble in getting out ids pistol.
He walked awav from Long anu as the
latter was tiring th" third shot at .Moon.
Sheriff Hodge Went off th" sidewalk into
I th.- road, drew his pistol and lir'-d at
Long. Tiie s.-. ..nd ballet str ick Long in
> the br.asu killing him instantly.
>
Freight Wreck on Mobile and Ohio.
Mobile, Ain.. April S.—About 2 o'clock
this morning at < 'httmlmlu. Ala , lx miles
‘ north of Mobile, a northbound freight
L train of the Mobile and Ohio railroad
1 I collided with a southbound fr. ight. I’oth
• .‘ngiii.'S were badly wrecked, and a negro
tireman of the southbound train is miss
i ing. Three members of the crew were
in ptred.
it is thought that th" collision resulted
’ from a. misunderstanding of orders. A
sp.-ria I train with physicians and a wreck
ing tram were sent from .Mobile.
1
Jelks Claims Injustice.
1 Montgomery, Ma.. April 9.—(Special.)—
. Governoi Jelks thinks the world’s fair
commission which met here yesterday did
' hint an injustice in sonic of the remarks
1 made by its members. The governor stat
-1 <■<! to The Constitution . orr.'spondent that
l.e was in favor of Alab'ama being repre-
1 s< lin'd, but he did not think the state
> would be able to give more than SIO,OOO.
i 11" says further that he never committed
I himself to an appropriation.
i Will All Plant Cotton.
Opelika. Al '.. April b>.- (Special.)--Farm
ers. are busy at work trying to catch tip,
as they have been greatly delayed by the
long continued bad weather. The usual
Imn ense quantities of guano ate being
1 sold. Th.- fruit crop will be almost a
failure and it seem;; to b ■ cotton again
I to the exclusion of all else.
Mollie Lewis Is Missing.
s Montgomery, Ala., April 10.—(Special.)-
; Mollie Lewis, a white employee of the
1 People's cotton factory, has disappeared.
She has been missing since Sunday morn
ing, anu no one knows where she has
. gone.
Superintendnt White, of the mills, has
notified the police and they are now in
vestigating, but so far nothing has been
found out.
Buck Boyd Is Killed by Lee Adams.
Dadeville. Ala., April 10.—A tragedy
occurred yesterday afternoon at Matilda,
12 miles above lure, in which Buck Boyd
was shot and killed by Lee Adams. Both
.Drunkards
> Cured Secretly
)
Free Package of the Only Successful Cure
Known for Drunkenness Sent to All
Who Send Hamo and Address.
Uy'yyyfj now discovery, odor-
Kja?* less and tasteless, which
wSWr any lady can give in tea,
SnU' a-T jTmh cotree or food. Itdoesitu
work so Bilently and sure
lezS ly that while the'lev 4. (1
RmBS wite, filter or daughter
BPSI nLj SblLk looks on. the drunkard is
iSKqHk reclaimed even against
RW&w 11ia "Hi and without his
jrftjgPFlva . jMEMW u- now led ge or co-ojera
wuwiuMiHia ii l iir i iiiiiiiHiHllMfflH" tien. Send name mid ad
MR. A MRS. HARRt IH RNSIDE. dres s so Dr. J. W. Haines,
• l(i')i') filonn I’hlg.. <'in-cinnatl, 0., and he will mail enough
of t’te remedy tree to show how it is used in tea,
Coffee or food.
Mrs. Harry Burnside Fays “With Golden Spe
cific 1 cured my husband of drinking. I put it into his
coffee and after that he couldn’t drink liquor vr bear
. to be around v>Ucre it was,’*
WHAT EMULSION 00 YOU USE’
-.iv...
The New Life-Saving Food
PREVENTS DISEASE —PRESERVES HEALTH— PROLONGS LIFE
There are many makes of emulsion for sale.
Whose do you use ?
There is only one emulsion which possesses the
True Vitalizing Food Properties needful to build up
the Weakened, Devitalized System, and that is
OZOMULSION.
Have You Tried it?
Ozomulsion is the only vitalized emulsion of Cod
Liver Oil. combined with the blood-germicide Guaia
col, the emulcent food Glycerine, and the Bone and '
Tissue building Salts of Life, the Hypophosphites of ;
Lime ami Soda.
Ozomulsion is the Food I hat Does So Much
Good. It- is ;in aid to any medicine you may be
taking. Your physician knows tiie formula and will
recommend it.
Take no emulsion but Ozomulsion and if will
make you well.
The great and marvelous building, strengthen
ing properties of Ozomulsion arc quickly shown in its
immediate <iood Results lor (’oughs, < olds, Grip,
Bronchitis,Pneumonia and Throat ami Lung I roubles,
Night Sweats, Consumption of the Nose, Lungs, I
Larynx, Intestines, Spleen, Kidneys and Liver,
Anemia, Rheumatism, Neuralgia, and all disturb
ances of the digestive or nervous system.
Its Wonderful Blood-making, Tissue-building
and Strength-producing Flemcnts make it the ,
Monarch of ail Spring .Medicines. i
men are prominent farmers with large
families and about 40 years of age.
The tragedy, it is said, is the culmina
tion of an old feud between the two
men, caused by a misunderstanding of
last year.
Soldiers’ Cottage Burned.
Montgomery. Ala... April 10. -(Special.)—
News reached the city today that the
Fox Maul cottage of the Soldiers' Home
at Mountain Creek was burned to the
ground last night. The origin of the fire
is unknown. Loss, SJ,S(iO; insurance,
$1,209. Another building will be imme
diately erected. It was occupied by old
soldiers, but fortunately all escaped. No
other buildings were damaged.
Two Young- Boys Drowned.
Huntsville, Ala., April 10.—(Special.)—
Two sons of Robert Hall, a Monroe
farmer, were drowned in Indian creek,
10 miles from here, yesterday. The boys,
10 and 13 years old. went fishing and
failed to return to supper. Their bodies
were found in the <feek last night. No
one witnessed the tragedy.
Mistrial in Howard Case.
Decatur, Ala., April It.—(Special.)—The
trial of Robert Howard for murder in
the first degree, which has been-in prog
ress at Athens, 14 miles north, all week,
resulted in a. mistrial, the jury standing
eleven for acquittal and one for hanging.
The verdict was rendered late this af
ternoon. , .
Last July Howard engaged in a diffi
culty w ith a local ball player, J-rank
1 tauer, in a New Decatur saloon. Hbward
claims Bauer struck him three blows
on the head with brass knacks, when he,
Howard, drew his revolver and fired two
shots. One shot struck Bauer and ho
lived four days.
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TEXAS.
Tyler Elected Compiler.
Houston, Tex.. April 7. -At a meeting
of the general passenger agents of the
various Texas roads held here today.
Jjames Tvier, of Dallas, was elected
compiler of the Texas rate sheet, vice
George Morton, resigned.
Hill To Make Shortage Good.
Rusk. Tex.. April 7.—Ex-Financial Agent
William C. Hill today instructed Finan
cial Agent Wortham, of the penitentiary
board, to ascertain the shortage of A. 8.
Busby, former assistant financial agent,
and to draw on him for tin- amount. So
far as the investigation has gone this
will be large. Th.- governor today of
fered a reward of $250 for the capture of
Busby.
Katy Elected Director.
Dallas, I't-x.. April S.—The annual meet
ing of tiie Mi-stniri. K.-nsas and Texas
Railway Company of Texas, was held
here today i.nd the old board of direc
tors was elected.
At the organizing meeting of the board,
held immediately after the stockholders’
meeting, all the old officers were re
elected for the ensuing year with the ex-
i Ozomulsion Does Not “TINKER’’ with dis-
I ease. It, Provides Perfect Nutrition, which is the
Foundation of Health.
To prove its great medicinal food value, a large
Trial Bottle Free By Mail
j will be sent, prepaid, to any reader of The Atlanta
I Constitution on request.
! It is the Kind Phy-
k cia “ u “f.
Prescribe, and . g(|A§U
Druggists sell in k q
' Extra Large Bot
ties, weighing over S g
Two Pounds, for 1
One Dollar. '
Write by Postal -
Card or Letter, ~_'j; ...
giving your name
and full address — J -
Oxomulsi.’u Fold - ■
i Co., !>S Fine St., —'
i New \ <)ik.
eeption of Mr. Hickok. .')« s.' -r t.ii y, who !
was succeeded by C. S. Sherwin.
Bond Issue Is Questioned.
Austin. Tex., April S. The railroad ■
commission today issued an order for a .
hearing on April 14 to take up and con- '
shier the proposition to forfeit the char- j
ter of the San Antonio and Aransas ;
Pass Railroad Gompany. because of an j
allege.l issuance of bonds to the amount I
of :,1.70D.!,)<)", without such bonds having
been 'ipproved by the commissi.w.
It is also alleged that the Southern
Pacific Railroad Company owns a con
trolling interest in the road.
Bank Cashier Is Killed by Bad Man !
Sherman, Texas. April B.—Ben L. ■
Thompson, cashier of the Bank of Com- ,
nier.-e, Texas, was shot to death on th" I
public square of this city this afternoon ■
by W. -E. Stone, of Texarkana. Tex. The ,
men met on the street and without pre- I
liminary parlance drew their revolvers I
and opened fire. Thompson was struck |
st j
5 A Certain
I cf-'.-.T?
| Dividend Paying Investment |g
in a Manufacturing Plant
S Would you invest your funds in a manufacturingplant where unlimited
a raw material is at hand, railroad facilities ideal and output easily coined
a into money, making profits certain and quick?
Life incomes Follow Wise Investments.
s We offer you just such an investment, where the profit* to tbo investor
a wiH early reach I% a month on the face value of the Mock, n e jSfci’-JS
5 are building a manufacturing plant where wo have raw material on hand
« sufficient to supply our mill for one year, output certain t<» yield a gsj-' %
s profit of per day and our product in demand every
3 where. Other investors have already subscribed sufficient funds to build
a tho plant and only a small amount is still required as a surplus or working
6 funa until raturns can be had from the smelters. An opportunity is onered
h you to invest in the stock, which will pay you an enormous rate interest LjUnrasag
£ upon the amount of your investment. Sharen can notr be bought at |sfi|gKH
39 CENTS PER DOLLAR SHARE * g||g
I Machinery is h*»ing installed and when the mill is completed th© shares will
| go to par and begin to earn dividends.
I Do not overlookthis golden opportunity to make money without risk.
a This stock will be withdrawn temporarily, perhaps permanently, from t lie
h market within the near future. Write today for prosperrMtf telling ■■£
I about our group of mines and the ore already mined, tiie value 01 wuico lias
■ been calcul®,- aby test, by assay.
g MARK R. SHERMAN. Pres., SAMUEL W. WINN. Sec’y. EDWIN HEART!. Treat. OS'J
| Bank Reference: Western State Bank, Chicago. _
| Shares sold on the. installment plan if
I 26% tairtv dajs, 50% sixtv days. $30.00 buys 100 shares value $100.00; $60.00
I buys 200 shares, value $200.00; §120.00 buys 400 shares, value $400.00; $240.00 buys
I 800 shares, value SBOO.OO, aud so on up.
| Iflanyare having shares reserved while getting money ready. Why no! you?
1 NATIONAL COLD & SILVER MiNINQ CO.,
| Suite'B9 70 La Salle St., CHICAGO.
I by one of tiie first shots anti fell m->r-
I tally wounded. He died few rears
I later.
j Stone Is about iwenry-lwo yc.■r.- 1
I and is a traveling salesman fir a D.:>-
; ton, Ohio, house. Stone surf'-mb ' - •!. >l
- stated that the tragedy v.a- the result
! of a family difficulty.
Texas Will Still Be There.
I Dallas, Tex., April 10 -The Texas
world's fair commission today unatr.m ''i:--
, ly decided not to abandon the exhibit
of Texas' resources at the St. Louis
I world's fair because of the failure of the
Texas legislature to ma
I tion for the purpose The committees
j are now confident the money for the
i exhibit can be raised.
i Don't forget the SIO,OOO contest.
: The last day will be April 20, and
; that closes the matter. Your esti-
I mates should be in. SIO,OOO cash,
j offered.
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