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10 ALL THE NEWB OF DIXIELAND CEORCIA. $100.86 for first New Bale. LaGrange, Ga., August 31.—(Special.)— The first bale of cotton received in La- Grange came in late Saturday afternoon. It was brought in by George AV. Truitt, 1 roup s famous farmer. It was received u ,0 ’ ,e sold, and was stored in Hood s warehouse until this morning. *nen it was weighed and sold. It *oighed 481 pounds. It was purchased 1 J j- ' Bradfield. one of LaGrange's jeadmg merchants, at 21 cents per pound. , ’ total price paid for the bale amount sloo.B6. This is the highest price Pahl for cotton in LaGrange in over a quarter of a century. A number of other pales are expeojed to be marketed in La- Grange at an early date. Cotton Mills Have Run. Columbus, Ga.. August 31.—(Special.)— One reason it Is thought that business will be unsually good this fall is that the city, unlike other cotton manufactur ing centers, has not suffered a depres sion due to Its mills shutting down. Every cotton mill in Columbus has been in operation all the summer, with the ex ception of one which shut down tempo rarily a few days, and whi h will r< sumo operation in a few days. The cotton mill operatives have bad continuous employ rnent, conditions being vastly different from those in other cities where the cot ton mill help has been idle a great part of the summer. This satisfactory state of affairs is due tn the foresight of Co lumbus cotton manufacturers In laying in an ample stock of raw material. Favors Hearst and Watson. -Augusta. Ga.. September I.—(Special.)— Major Charles E. McGregor says the democrats should nominate W. R. Hearst Rud Thomas E. Watson, and that with the SIO.O-'O.OiO that Ik.'ir/i could put. up the election could be carried Cotton Brings Good Price. Hawkinsville. Ga.. August 31.—(Special.) Cotton continues to pour in from all di rections by wagon and by rail. Buyers were eager for it Saturday, paying 12 cents cash for low middling. Hawkins- THE VALUE OF CHARCOAL. Few People Know How Useful It Is In Preserving Health and Beauty. Nearly everybody kniws that charcoal Is the s if. st and most efficient disinfect ant and purifier in nature, but few real ize its value when taken into the human system for the same b-ansing purpose. Charcoal is a remedy th it the more you take ol it tile -better; it is not a drug at all. but simply absori.s th.' gases and im purities always present in the stoma -h and intestines and carries them out of CltarcJal sweetens th- breath after smoking, drinking or otter ■ atnig onions, ami oilier odorous vegetables. Charcoal efteetually - ar.s and improves the complexion, it wlut'-ns tn.- teeth ami taither acts as a natural uixi eminently bate cathartic. it absorbs the injurious gases which cot.ect 111 the stumm a and bowe..-; it dis infects the mouth and throat fro: i tne poison of catarrh. AH druggists sell charcoal in one form or another, nut probably me best har coal ami the most forth. mom ;, is in Stuart's Absorbent Lozenges; they are compose,] of the finest powdered w..,0w charcoal, and other harmless antiseptics In tablet form or rather in the form of large, pleasant tasting lozenges the char evil being mixed with honey. Trie daily use of thes.* lozenges will soon tell it. a much improv'd condition of .be gen nil health, ■tt r complexion, sweeter breath mi l purer bio id. ami the beauty of it is. that no p-.<sib!o harm can result from their continued use. but on the contrary, great benefit. A Buffalo pby a’ -ian in speaking of the benefits of chare .' s ■ v-: ‘I .Bi:-.. Stu art's Absorbent 1.-.z-’”'.r-s t., il| nation's suffering from ga;- in th” stomach and bowels, and to ctonr th- complexion and purify ibe breath, month and throat; I alee believe I’l. i, greatly bene- sited 1-v the lii!;. of th”*”; they cost but tw.-’itv-fi • cents i ’>ay nt drug snt nrcnnra': an. vet ] beth-v j <.,.f mr.ro n"d ’-otter h-irooal in StnuT .M-'orbont f then .'n any of tip-. <>■ linnr’- | * —— ****" 1 1,1 ****™*' w— **’■•■MMWMWMMMM SUM anMawstewST IM< MX'T*> LTMSMB ■■ ■■ t.nrMMBnMkKWIK uu - ’••Ma«nMBn»«MMWWMMawMMOMMMVMWOBMWaMMMMMMMa Mb , * aa WnrMaMMiasaBMMMMa>MMWMrUMMeenMBM*MaSMB(SmMMaM*MMeMaaMMaUMMMMIMWaMMMMMHMMM WTI—TMMMIM WMMMM—■■SMIHIISMMHUI »IWM«MMMMMMMM—T—BM—WMIWMIIIMMMWMWIM—M——WMWMMWJMWyUU— — m— M< 1 I Tffi MSTOTTIOH’S SIO,OOO CASH PORT RECEIPTS CONTESTI I ®i I g | =UPON THE NEW COTTON SEASON 8 903-1904-- " © gj OFFERER RY THE &OMSTBTUTIOM and THE SUMMY SOUTH EXCLUSH/ELY and MOT IM COMMEGTIOM WITH AMY OTHER MEWSPAPER. ® | What Number of Bales Will Be Received at All United States Ports from September Ist, 1903, to January 12,1904, Both Inclusive? ® | CONTEST OPENS JULY I, 1903, CLOSES DECEMBER 31, 19 03. £ 1 TEN THOUSAND DOLLAR CASH OFFER | s ———-— _______ ___ _ ® OfSiTSi®gj IpFfZ®® statistics for the Last six crops Farilwr Generali Ssistrsecfioßts ® a J ’ The total port TtEoicrPTS for tha past few y«3r« from soptembor Ist through the twelfth day of The condition for sending estimates on the Port Receipts of Cotton Ist of Sen- For the exact. or nesrss*. to th© exact, estimate of the total the following January B ror rente aid you m making an Intaiitgont estimate In this eontost. nis not tern ber. 1993, through Jan. 12, 1934. i« thateach and evejv entry of estimates must El ES n'-mijar of bales of cotton received stall United States I necessary to itsmtze your estimate, giro it tn on« plain sum expresssd in figures only. Don't make any I be ace »u pan it’d by a year’s subscription to the Weekly Constitution or The Sunnv I z"N Porte from Jeptambar Ist, 1903, to January 12th, 1904. mistake m your figuros: >t them mean just what you mean to say. South or the remittance provided for estimate* without subscriptions. They must both Inclusive §3 000 00 Cotton ibis iiu« e»y»r« th*eoatwt withajuro< »f formers y«ar«. To- be sent in the identical envelope that brings the money that pays for the estimates Ess KJ For the next nearest estimate I 800 OO Year ui pert ««!?•-» ».pt.a>t>w i.t te ir* .r r»nowin» J»ai»ry. tai i>ntcs m or the subscription. You cannot subscribe now and send your estimates afterwards rf*. Kj For thn next nearest ee dm-t' l 'boo OC mu um m for s«. a «<,n Di sending your estimates by an agent of the Constitution you maKe him your 2? For th© next nenroc: estimate -200 00 isoa-i*i>» . 7 •"7".”. . agent and not oura, In forwarding your estimates, both as to the correctness of the El ® For tho next nearcct estimate 125 00 2'«2 J n?2; ffAsn.tii hgme* as you intended them and the certainty of the forwarding of them X S 3 For the 0 no« newest ostimstei, SOO.OO woh 290 00 jO3i-i»<»3~:. . ion"otso Should a party send In more than one prize estimate he or she will be entitled to “ For tho 10 next nearor.t estimates, 25 00 each S3OOO 111112-1933. j,.ii», .ctu 10/rs/nko a share of the prize fund for every time that K may represent a successful estimate. £A IP For th© 2C noxt nesrest estimates, iS.COe&ch 300 00 „ . ’ ' Persons may enter the contest as many times as they send subscriptions and under EWI For rhe 50 next neirost estimst-® 7 GO each . 376 00 aooretsry Heater, of ih« Now Orleans Eroh»n»e. eortinw to the above and win furnish the rules the same person may receive a prize with each of the propositions w” For ths 100 next nearest ost'm atss, SOOsach COO OO the offleix. flares to dsHde this contest. In making your answer just state simply t “I estimate the Port Receipts Ist of ® swoTS Conditions of Sending Estimates In This Contest WX&MS’ J’ook P ?4n • K MMWtKm »,*, 0w1,., ?cl . ( | tlo . )f ,„,|„ WEEKLY CONSTITtI TtON one veer and ,u h ~ , WrLL AIJ.OW NO CHANGE WHATEVEK If you want to rank, eHlmale, Q nUferent Ptr’sds of the Contest. one estimate in our contert * later or f you want to repeat the estimate you have made, send other subscriptions EM „ one estimate in our contort. . . . . Don’t forget every subscription for yourself or your friends will entitl-von tn ®F n For convenience the time of tile contest is divided Into estimates (2). Send 50 cents for the RUNNY SOU TFT one year and with It one es- an estimate in the great SIO,OOII contest. ’ •’ bct; received by the Constitution during five periods—the first period tlinate in the contest. Send in your estimates and get **ie Greatest Weekly Newspaper in the world covering the months of July and August, the other four being one (3) Semi $1 2.5 forth- WEEKLY CONSTITUTION and SUX’W RGTTTTT The Weskly Constitution for SI.OO, o. with the Great Southern Weekly J.itcrarv £2 month eaen. the 2d period September, 8d period October, 4th period , H.-t ro 4. w r.taty u .s »no bl bOUTH Periodical. The Sunny South, both for $1.2-5, or if you have both or do Ki’ @ November. .3th peri- d December. F both one year and send two estimates ln (h i contest-that Is, one est mate for the either of these great papers, send on the price of vour estimate Tin thi nin noo ~ Xve will give to the best estimate received during each period, UONBTITU HON and another for the SUNNY SOUTH. contest. ' »10,00.) or oti ’ e r prize it may take, or It it take no (4 i. Send 50 cents for one Mtima’e alone in th: c mtest If you do not want a "" - 1 <. er prize at «i t esnmoi. $ 200 00 subscription. Such a remittance inaroly p.iys for the privilege of eendlug the es- ATLANTA POSTOFFJCE, The five prizes thua eftered at 9203.00 each amount to 1,000 00 tlmate. If you wish to make a number of estimates on this basis, you mav send offleo of The Po«»tnastor. rl4X . rx Fry ton U ? SY. © JWO Granti QoMSZllalton Ollers. throe estimates for every SI.OO forwarded at the same time estimates are sent. If To The CoN3TiTi'TiON, Atlanta, Ga/'’ ’ T r '" ’’ (,A ■ June 2->h, 1903. ® . 1- a. •• . .... as many as ten estimates are received at the same time without subscriptions the Dear Slr*:-R»plying to vours of this date enclosing eonv of vnnr «r th. ‘*l 1 To- • ! ' tr,?nt ” n those estimates (not taking any sender may f >rwar l them with only s3.oo—this special discount being off rei for Cott >n C n.est, 1 bee t > sav that a fewdays since at vour reou-st I submit- f . 1 2 exact hXV ' } ’ g W!th n ° )0 bft dt Wa V ° f ‘ 6 ™ te >' 1: ‘ <’ !lC A P ” tal « r<l w!11 bs S3llt Ail e’tlmato! re- tbe at Waging:o„ for ruling therein SUbmit @ gj Second—Fnr dHtrlbution among thoss estimates (not "uking '* ° ceived without subscriptions. Where subscriptions aru ordered the arrival of the partment that' “the lmr<>duee° h.m h®’ S 3 anyo. the above 195 prizes aud n»t shsrlns the first consolation paper itself is an acknowie Iginznt that your estimate has been received and is scheme the element of chance within the meaning of ihe lott«rv Hu° crier, coming within 1,000 tales either way ofthe exact figure 1.000 00 carefully recorded. that the matter is therefore ma liable. Very respectfully ' * • n< * wF jgj Grand Total 3 - 51 ' Tbe money and the subscription and the estimate must come in the same F. BLODGETT, Postmaster. ® ' envelope. The estimate, tiie money and the subscription go together. This rule @ a bi cas3 01 a t;a 01 any prizs estlmk ths missy will ho eqially dwldsd. is positive. -address an orders to ATLANTA COMSTiTUIgOM ga i® . Attantz, Seotr-la. * xille is blessed with a number of export buyers and considerable competition ren- I ders cotton an easy seller at the highest prices. Rural Delivery in Jackson. Jefferson, Ga.. September I.—(Special.) For the first time in the history of Jack son county The Constitution is delivered on the dtay of publication to every sub scriber in the county. This was brought about by putting the rural free delivery system into effect today throughout the entire county. Cotton Bales Sale at Augusta. Augusta. Ga.. September I.—(Special.) ! The new cotton year begins with a stock j of only 567 bales in Augusta. New bales I received up to today. 317 bales: up to this date last year. 11.363. Today's receipts. 17" bales: this day on< year ago. 3JSS bales. Total receipts for the year. 291.714; last year. 306.705. Cotton sold here today at 12 1-2 cents. Vagrancy Law Fills Fulton Jail. Forty-seven men and women charged with vagrancy were sent to the Tower I lest Monday by Recorder Broyles. This I swells the grand total of alleged vagrants close up to the one hundred mark. The exact number is 98. The majoritv of the prisoners held on th.- charge of vagrancy Monday were white imn. the police having raided cer tain questionable localities early Sunday morning and locked up all the men they found making disreputable abodes their home. Many of the-e were bound over under the vagrancy law. Swung To Death in Cotton House. Rockmart. Ga.. August 31—(Special.)— Jack T.ce, a prosperous farmer living 3 miles from this place, was found dead hanging to a raft'-r in his cotton house this afternoon about 4 o'clock. Everything goes to show that it was suicide. ’ It seems that Mr. Lee had been troubling about a damage suit which lie tiled against the Seaboard Air Line a short time ago for alleged damages done his plantation by the construction of their line through it. Library Money Is Ready. Dublin, Ga.. August 31.—(Special.)—R. N. ’•Tanks, cashier of a New Jersey bank, has notified the directors of the Carnegie library board of Dublin that be has been authorized to send checks for th” SIO,OOO recently donated to this city for building a library just as soon as the library directors should contract with their architect and tin- architect should send a certificate that work on the li brary had begun Death of Aged Negro. “Old Uncle Andy'' Montgomery, the i ol<b st negro in the state of Georgia, and I probably the oldest man in Hie southern ■ states, died Tuesday afternoon at 1 ■ o'clock at the Old Folk’s' Colored home. 1 He was well known not only in Atlanta. ■ but throughout the north and oast, and : bad man’- friends among both »hiie and black. By those in th- best, position to know his age was raid to be 117. Rome Gets First New Bale. Ga., r 2. (Speuin).)- Tho ■ first Lal - <>f n< ;v cotton tvas brought to Rome , t!.i« afternoon It was raised by Frank Jar- r» 11 on tn J. 11. (’amp farm mar here. The I i u 1 490 pounds and brought 18 cenJs i p-r pound. Took Laudanum Through Error. i Rome, Ga.. September 2.—(Special.)— Li’genp Willis died tonight at s o’clock jfi- ni the off-- ts of tnking nn ounce bot- ■ 11.‘ of laiidnnuni by mistake. ; Willis had boon ill for several day* with storna 'h trouble, and had b* on un : d'-r fi-’atin* ut. Jb mistook the Lottie of 1 poison for a bottle of mcdL ine he was j taking. English Buys Eatonton Mill. E.Poi ton. G.i . September 2.—(Special.)— ’ Th< ILu >r,-:<Hi electric cotton mill, the I electric plant and one or two fine water ‘ pov. • on Little river wore sold yestoi ' day, under an order from the I’nitcG | SlPt'-s court. Io J. W. English. Jr., of I A; anta, a- the highest bidder. I There v.ere sov ral other bidders cn the • ground. The price at which the property was knocked off to Mr. Lnglish was THE WEEKLY: CONSTITUTION: ATLANTA. GA.. MONDAY. SEPTEMBER 7. 1903. property was offered for sale and bid in at about $36,1(0(1 and the referee in bank ruptcy, Alexander Proudfit, of Macon, r< fused to ratify the sale. Whether or not the present sale, will meet his ap proval remains to be seen. As the bid Is only about M per cent of the liabili ties of the property, it is thought the sale will not be ratified. Memorial Hall Accepted. Athens, Ga., September 2. —(Special.)— Test ,-;day morning at 11 o’clock the build ing committee of the Georgia division of the Daughters of the Confederacy met at the State Normal school and accepted the Winnie Davis Memorial hall from the hands of the contractor, W. J. Beeland, of Macon. Atlanta chapter leads the list in the amount of the subscriptions to the build ing fund, followed by Athens and Savan nah. E,.< h of these chapters has given to the fund upward of thirteen hundred dollars, and each is still cng.->;;«l in the work of raising funds for it. The other eh.'ipt' is throughout the state have done well, and the fund that has gone pay for the building represents thousands cf patriotic women all over the state. The state of Georgia recently gave $6,000 towaid the building fund. Grass Worm on Cotton. Dawson. Ga.. September 3.—(Special.) II is -tow believed by the farmers of Ter rell that not the caterpillar, but a grass worm, has beep devouring the cotton plants in this section. This worm Is not so destructive as the caterpillar and it will be reassuring to the farmers to know certainly the nature of the destructive pest which recently appeared, it was at th st thought the crop would be damaged 50 per cent. This now seems improb able. Four Bales Bring $277.09. Columbus, G."-. September 3.—(Special.) Judge J. T. Eason yesterday sold in Co lumbus four bales of cotton raised on bis plantation in Russell count; , Ala bama.- for $277.09. N. G. A. C. Opens for Term. Dahlonega. Ga.. September 3.—(Spe cial.)—The North Georgia Agricultural college opened yesterday morning with an encouraging attend.>nc\ There was quite a large number of new' students present as well as many old ones. Many of the citizens of the town attend- | Your Money’s WorthS I This TQO4 Mode’ Met .1 B n J. v. ith Spring's and I Mattress is espeda lv, if not marvelously che »p 9at tlm price. Built throughout of cast steel. ■ s’ands :3 inches high. Pillars of 7-8-inch and fl i.l ing of -w-inch material. M .de in ;-foot [ | o-i.'.ch and .t-foot 6-inch siz r. besides having S choic*' of either Olive, Maroon. 1 iemish or While D enamel. Springs are ol heav\’three-ply fabric. B v.ith un.lersupport, anl the mattress is well made in every particular. Other ejUully good Bed Bargain . in our Catalogue. Remarkable Stove Values -4) I , il' J 1904 Mod- I ‘T-T* el (r.iaranteed Sheet Air-tight Heat- | ng Stove, capable of 5 hrating a small room 3 * n ,l ' e m * nu,es ur ‘ n z- J' - ‘ “Idest : ather, | tonsumi gasurpris- I Singly -mail amount I 1 4 of A'ood. .A fi-e will ! last all niglit by t,- . Il , ,o P erl y adjusting damper. *» 1 s t in ft < r "^ n V Inr-er sizes, up ; V H’onc/ -feHCook Heater r a n <•; <•. 11 «»in I 57.50 t« SIiO.OO. Wiit a today f»r our free Stove, Range and Hous -hold i'urniture Cataolgue, in five colors, shoving hundreds of new and attractive furnish ing*-. Our rrici s are one-third less than others. The McNichols q Manufacturer and Jobber, ; ® Dept S. St. Louis, Mio. (?( : the opening exercises. The new mem bers of th e faculty, President Avis and Professors Hilles, Davis and Byers, were on hand. The prospects for the coming year are highly flattering. Considerable additions have been made to the scientific depart ment. and the college is in better shape than ever for good work. Vagrancy Law in Wilkes. Washington. Ga.. September 3 (Spe cial. )-Th(> Calvin vagrancy law i« being diligei.tly enforced in Washington and Wilkes counties. There are at present some fifteen or twenty prisoners in the county jail which were taken up this week l v Sheriff Callaway and are await ing trial. Thev will be brought up before Judge Tombs, of 'be city court, on Sat urday. and if convicted of being w.thoul visible means of support, will be placed upon the public roads of the county with a view to their material betterment. Will Enforce Vagrancy. Rome, Ga., September 3.—(Special.)— Mayor Hanks has served general notice on all parties concerned that the vagrancy law v.ill be rigidly enforced in Rome, without discrirxjinatlon as to sex or color. He has issued stringent orders to the po lice force and a determined crusade against the wi-ginnts will lie inaugurated In this work the city and county author ities will unite and, with public sentiment behind them as it is, there wlil not be 4 vagrant or bum at large in Floyd county one week from today. The mayor is be ing heartily commended for his stand. Crack Shots To Represent Georgia, Sivanu ih. Ga , September 4.—(Special.) Most of the Georgia team of riflemen sailed tills afternoon aboard the steam shin City of Memphis for Seagirt. The Georgia team will compete only 1 in the national trophy match. Cotton Crop Falling Off. Columbus, Ga., September 4.—(Special.) According to the statements of many farmers in Columbus today, the cotton crop in this section of Georgia and Ala ba.ina has suffered a great deterioration within the past ten days. An old cit izen of Hurtsboro. Ala . says that in all bls life he never saw the cotton crop fall off so badly as it has during the past few days. It is stated that much of the crop is opening prematurely. Thirty-Three Vagrancy Cases. Gainesville. Ga.. September 4.—(Spe cial.)—The officers of Hall county have made about thirty dases against va grant.” and these have been brought be fore the coijrt to answer to the cnarges preferred against them. Most of them j were convicted, and will have to suffer I the penalty for vagrancy. Other cases [ havr; been made, and the officers have I instituted a vigorous crusade against the J idlers of the city and county. Captain Pearce Horne Dead. Dalton. Ga., September 4.—(Special.) - News was received here today of the sud den death of Captain I’earcc Horne, which occurred in the White mountains of New Hampshire last night. Captain Horns had been a sufferer from hay fever and asthma for a number of years and had gone there about three weeks ago for his health and it is pre j suined this caused his death. I He was one of the largest and most well j to-do planters in this section. He has a 1 largo family ami is prominently connected and well known throughout this section of Hie state. 1 Suit Involves Timber Lands. Macon. Ga.. September s.—(Special. | yesterday Judge David D. Shelby, of the I i’nited States circuit court, at Hunts- I ville, Ala., granted a temporary injunc i tion against Dyall-Upchurch Company, i of Moniac. Ga.. on a bill brougut by Har rison T. ‘'handler, of Clevelan'l, Ohio. The complainant brought his action to restrain the Dyall-Upchurch Company from cutting or removing timber or naval stores from 17.<X>0 acres of land in Ware county. Georgia. The property in con trovers’’ is valued at ’"''.OOO. 1 The bill was t ’ lay li-’cd with the clerk 1 of the United States circuit court at Savannah. Judge Shelby set the ease to be heard before Judge Speer on the 30th of September. Holiness Man Murders His Son. Columbus, Ga.. September 5. —(Special.) Because the boy raid he was going to kill him. cotpling the threat witii an epprobious epithet, R. H. Burton, age I 5(1 years, a carpenter, drove a k( • n knife into the heart of itis 19-year-old son, J( sse C. Burton, at. his home, l.is Tweu tilth street, this afternoon at 2:30 o'clock. The bov died in a few minutes and to- 1 right the father is in the Muscogee 1 county jail to face the charge of mur der. He has begged the authorities to let him attend the funeral of his son. sayirg that they can send a squad .if po- 1 licemen to guard him. i Otis Phelps Fatally Hurt. Rome, Ga.. September s.—(Special.) Otis Phelps, a young man about 24 years of age, was fatally injured at the Arm strong hotel this morning while doing some work on a scaffold on the third floor. Phelps was taken suddenly with a fit and plunged some 75 feet to the office floor and was picked up in a crazed con dition. Phelps' head struck the tile floor and came near striking a man who was walking in the office. May Enter Race Against Turner. Thomasville, Ga.. September s.—(Spe cial.)— Judge H. W. Hopkins is being strongly urged to enter the race for pris on commissioner to succeed Judge J. S. Turner. He has received letters from all over tho state urging him to make the race and assuring him of support. No south Georgia man is now -.in the commission and this entire section would rally to bis support. Calf 13 Months Old a Mother. Columbus, Ga., September s.—(Special,) Joel Bush, of Columbus, Ga., owns a calf just 13 months old on September 3. 1903, and on the same date she became the mother of a calf, a full developed calf, and is doing well. He claims that this calf is of fine stock- Free Booklet On Urinary Diseases, written by tho loading specialist of this country. Ad dress Dr. J. Newton Hathaway, 42 Inman building, Atlanta, Ga. NORTH CAROLINA. North State Crop Report. Raleigh. N. C.. August 31.—(Special.)— The North Carolina agricultural depart ment today gave out its August crop report, based on returns from 1,500 cor respondents. Present conditions: Cotton, 83 per cent: corn. 84; tobacco. 82; pea nuts, 86. The report says the yield of wheat this year was only 50 per cent; oats, 53, and rye, 72. Want Atlantic and North Carolina. Raleigh, N. C.. August 31.—(Special.)— Governor Aycock has received from pri vate parties a proposition to lease the Atlantic and North Carolina railway, the capital stock of which is $3,1)00,000, the state owning two-thirds. The proposition ; is for a lifty-year lease, tho interest in- 1 THE NEWS An 11 111 st ra fed Magazine of Travel and Education MORE 141 AX’ 100 P.\Gi:S AIONTHLY. Its /(.'op.- an) rhar.-icter are indicate.] by th- following titles of articles that have an- J" ire<| in recent issues: ]•' itprints of Columbiifr- In Spain -liliistr’d, Pr 4 d'iiek A. Ober. A Watch with a. History Illustrate*!, N S. A Journey Among the Stars-Illustrated Erank W. Mack. In the Great North Woods Poem, Ebcn K. R xford. Where Pilgrim and Puritan M* t-Illustrated. Il - Z‘*klah Butterworth. In Rip Van Winkle's Land Poem, Minna 1 r\ ing. Nature’s Chronometer -Illustrated, 11. M. A 1 ba ugh. Abandoned Farms Illustrated, I! ward W. The Three Oregons- Illustrated, Alfred HoL nia n. 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It is believed that one of the big rail way systems is behind the offer, whicn v.ill hardly be accepted, though the prop erty has never paid over 2 per cent divi dend and generally 1 per cent. Killed by Wild Train. Charlotte, N. (’., September 1.— Engi neer 11. W. Lucas and Fireman J. Stafford were killed this afternoon by an accident on the Norfolk and Western near Winston-Salem. The accident was caused by several cars breaking from a freight train and running back down the grade into tlie train handle,] by the injured men. None of the passengers was injured. Penitentiary Has Good Money. Raleigh, N. <’.. September 2.—(Special.)— The report of the penitentiary directors today shows a easli balance of SIO,OOO, which thev sav will be doubled by tile end of the year. They say the crops on the state farm were never so good. Died a Convict Through Error. Raleigh, N. C.. September 2.—(Spcciri!.) At today's meeting of the directors of ii’e state penitentiary here it was found tli it during the fusion administration of ths state a negro, llinry Allen, from Halifax county, bad be<-r si ntenced to the peni tentiary for two years; that he • .-cap•••!. but was recaptured ami that in some v..iy there was an er.i. r made as to the lengt h of his term and he was kept three years over th. time of his sentence. Ho died recently ami his administrator, a prominent white man, asked that pay ment be made for this over time. Today the directors allowed S2OO, which was satisfactory. The error as to the prisoner being kept in was due entirely to the old board i f directors and not to the present one. Jt is tlie first error of the kind ever made in the state. Killed His Wife Before Mother. Kin-ton, N C., September 4.—A sensa tional tragedy occurred in this ola.e at 1 o'clock today when Emmett Boyett shot and killed his wife, J.eni Boy'ti. on the front porch of her father's house on Blount street in the presence of her mother and younger sister. Boyett was evidently under the influ ence of liquor at the time and the act was one of premeditation, as ne had rhovm the pistol, a 38-ca.liber, to Walter Fields while on the way to the home of his wife, who lias for some time been living with her father, J. C. Chest rut. The latter attempted to kill Boyett while he was being taken to jail, but was held off at the point of the sheriff’s i eve! ver. FLORIDA. Meet to Talk of Turpentine. Jacksonville, Fla., September 3.—Tlie tm pontine opern.tors’ convention ’’ill be he’d in Jacksonville on the 10th and Hth of September. The official programme includes ad dresses from Mayor Nolan, of Jackson ville; ex-Govc rnor Fleming, of Florida; I’ L. Southerland, of Jacksonville; Cap tain John R. Young, of Savannah, Ga., and Dr. C. H. H.rtv, of Washington, 1). c. ALABAMA. Two More Peonage Arrests. Montgomery, Ala., September I. I A Driver, of Gem v.i county, and J. E. Tinner, of Crenshaw county, have been arrested by deputy United States mar shals, and will be before the United States commissioners at Greenville on September 4, the former on a charge of holding a person in peonage and the lat ter on a charge of causing peonage. Hot Sun Burning Cotton. Union Springs, Ala., September 2.—(Spe cial.)—The extreme heat of last week has done its direful part toward injury to the cotton crop in Bullock, county, and in seme sections of the county it is esti mated that, the yield has been cut short at least 25 per cent. Mobile To Have Depot. Montgomery, Ala., September 4. —The Hoffman Mobile depot bill became a. law today through the operation of the con stitution without the signature of the governor. The bill compels tlie railroads entering Mobile to unite in the building of a passenger depot, it directs that they Continued on Page 11. A Marvelous Story Simply Told An Anagram Tells Wonders in Epigrams—Hope for Those Pro nounced Incurable Vitao pathy Conquers All Diseases. DOCTORS, CLERGY «EM, LAWYERS, AI D BUSINESS SPEAK H HIGH PRAISE OF THIS NEW METHOD OF CURE. PROFESSOR OFFERS FRE2 HELP TO ILL. VITAOPATHY is the wonderful new method of healing instituted by Professor Thos. Adkin, of the Inst; Hite of Physicians anti Surgeons. Ro Chester, N. ¥., which is stirring the scientific world to its depths. tT is a resuit of Professor AdkinA j discovery of the Secret Forces of I Nature. It is the harnessing of Na ture’s forces and making them obe dient to the will of man. fpillS marvelous discovery deals with j humanity’s most precious boon— ■* health. Sickness gives way before its magic touch, and life, joyous, free life, abounds. AT last that dread destroyer. Death, is held in check. Vitaopathy is snatching his prey from the very jaws ci the grave, and the grim mon ster shrinks back appalled. OTHAT all the sick and suffering might come to know of the blessing that awaits them, and would drink rich draughts from the fountain of life and health now so freely opened to taem. PARALYSIS. Locomotor-Ataxia, Con sumption. Epilepsy—these are but a few of the many diseases that are daily being cured by Professor Adkin's wonderful Vitaopathy. ALL diseases, in fact, acute and •hronic, simple and complicated, of recent origin and of long duration, meet the same fate when confronted by Vitaopathy. They are vanquished. TESTIMONIALS are received daily j from patients afflicted by fatal di; - ■* cases, patients given up to die by their own doctors, who have been re stored to health promptly and com pletely by Vitaopathy. HUNDREDS of addresses of cured patients are at. the disposal of those who wish to examine our claims. Tell us the name of your disease and we will give you all the references you want. YOU that are sick, you who have loved ones sick, are urged not to give way to despair. No matter how apparently desperate the case is there is hope for yon. Vitaopathy is tri umphant. The world is challenged to bring forward proofs that Vitaopathy has failed to cure any patient submitted to its methods. The laws of Nature never change. Vitaopathy is based upon Nature's laws.. Nature is life. Vitao pathy instills life. Professor Adkin deeply feels his responsibility to suffer ing humanity as the discoverer of this wonderful system and has determined to confer the benefits of Vitaopathy upon rich and poor alike. To all who write describing their condition h< will give a full diagnosis and have hi specialists prescribe the proper home treatment for their quick recovery. He will also send a copy of his latest book entitled. “How To Be Cured and How To Cure Others.” Address Profc- -• ■( Thos. F. 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