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ALL THE NEWS OF DIXIELAND' Ml IN BATTLE
CEORCIA.
Valdosta, Ga.. November 23.—(Special.)
Tom Dees, the 14 year-old son of Math
Deas, living in the Clyattville district,
this county, died last night, the vicJtn
of a peculiar accident.
The. voung man went out Saturday eve
ning to shoot a hawk, and on his way
back home was examining his gun, with
the stock pressed against his stomach.
While cocking the weapon his ttnger
slipped from the hammer and the gun
fired, the recoil giving him ft severe blow
which ruptured a blood vessel in„ his
stomach.
Professor Pead Injured.
Oxford. Ga.. November 23,—(Special.)—
While out horseback riding this morning
about 9 o’clock Professor Mansfield T.
Teed, of the department of pure and ap
nlicd math* ma tics at Emory college, was
thrown violently from his horse sustain
ing very painful Injuries. Several students
who happened to be near when the ac
cident occurred, rushed to his assistance
and helped him to his homo where medi
cal assistance was summoned.
Will Consider New Building.
Athens. G:i . November 23.—<Special.)
A meeting of the University of Georgia
trustees has been called to assemble In
Athens next Monday morning at 11
o’clock to consider the question of re
h’-'ildhig the science hall destroyed by
fire last Friday evening.
The old science hall was quite TI sub
stantial bri* k -triiclure and cost, some
thing like $23,000. The extent of th»
toss suffer* <1 from the conflagration has
l»een placed at $40,000
It is prohabl. I hat the trustees will
de t<* appropriate the $25,000 of In
s-trance money to a building f tnd for
r’ e purp f replacing the old
Crazed by Diink. Cook Shot Ware.
Gainesville. G.i.. November 23.-(Sf
J.c’.i—Ni .ir Ili'scht Ga.. late yesterday
est-moon, John Cook, u young white
i an. *-s'..‘t aii.l mortally v.oitcdt-d l -*n
Ware. anot!i* i young v.liite man, ar.il the
Htter’c* dt’U.ih is nioinf atari!.cte<h
The young mvn called in their •bug’gD" 1 !?
a th ' IvW of l Mi-v* ■\\ Jhams na«l
. rrr <1 th* •> munr ' ,or tlri ' ' ■
« drinking, it i- said, and al t* r tbe
ours p.-oi-I*' li ..i driven some di.-tan, ■♦
the young Miss Williams, with Cook, got
.. of his bugg-’ b.'-* ill-'- of his intoxicat
'd condition ami got into the buggy of
:• • ar<] Ivr • ■-! - ,
This gr.atlv infuriated Cook, and lie
:t r-v.-lvr and shot v-h*'
...,<= fn th.- b-tugy l-iw.ui ’lu- voting
women, through the head- Th* wounded
voting man was removed to n nearn*
, -vi;.-re lie was ghen n carnal at
i« * I*-*-•.
Bursting Lamp Caused Death.
-• *• >r.l i”V. *ll . N ■ « il'.'>*" 23 (S;>- '.:*!.*
Francis M.. the 22 months-old hild <*f
. v . ■ F ■ klnghor i*\ 519
iiunr' i-io --rcet . . was fatally burn-
• ■ • >n exploding amp and
shortly ai’tft the a-.' i*J* nt the little <>ue
The , liild w.:« playing near the table
(he lamp st*** ' - it ell
th* - .id- lb- oil covr-t-.-d ills Cloth
!tg which w. -■'•*>! in a blaz*.
-* .. v. ■ .- i-ll bn: re,l in *'X-
tlntralsbing the flnm-s.
To Develop Power for Albany.
Alba ■ Nov-t.iix-i 24. ~*S|’"'-I.>
The F z riho-i’ w:’-•• p..wr- a mile
orth th* city, . to I■■ <i ' eloped in
the im ■' ~ was p ’’ based
■-.-viral mom:-.;-- -tg<* '.■.■' -■ • keollt 11-’ par
•’?. who ~pp. : ■:■■■-■ lit; i l:V*-s
.- the city g'.-- r::ni--nt with an ot:*-r *-i
enter into a contract tarnish power
or th-’ muid'ip:' 1.-.i.-’.d . >. w:n-i plants*
•t a cos* 1.-i’S'l. I>* o-,v w:'.'-n .:.* i-;t..
• ov- has to ;a - T*.-‘ p: • sition will no
d-nibt b. (...ycpF-i 1: .’.ill ■•■■■ $50,000
. . - ■ which will . ■ b
a *ejt 10.005 --or :-. po-.v*-*-,
Mcßees Given Heavy Fine.
Savannah. *:■*. NoVvii-b-r 24,--(S ■ ,-ial.)
1-. * Knit- St: • --s ,-iurf toda-. Edward
J . frank -.mi V lilam M ll* , Val-
<■
. :11 rtmerit S Wi’u peon-
s-.sp-.-nd--: -3 ib< otners. Tin
tili.es will b- paid.
J 1, : . and I McC elland.
cave bond tor ■’ -■* ppc ir a rice to an
_w.-r the vha .
,n x-'m- :i- 'a ■: • si- 1; -. J.-d-. - I-lm-
Speer d-Pvi-t.-d s'.n-n ~ (,-<;* .•••*’ and
. ,id that in dl : -i.-ci
s. me talk Willi:-■ .md ■ x* :■ . o’
■ in -hot c-i • ;. il. •-. ’ -i- *.-■ bi not
Child Dies from Burns.
Ac.gt;. t.'. G*. N< •nib--: 2-1 - S.>- I t >
-truer. 1*•: t it h*-r-.-- with a -;is:*--. a f,.-w
- t-ar? **".d* r. wl-.iie 1." muthe: w:-s at
■ aught fi.-* and war —badly burn-, d tha*
v, di.d !<•-.ight it: a. eity ::*' pbal from
hi-- i’-.hiriis
Peonage Chaige Against Negro.
Valdosta Ga. N-*v--.-.:.* r 24.—(Sp. .-i.i! )
V. H. >'••*.’->. i I 1.. i-'.vn Tear-* pli.v-
*o«l*y b I’: -. st:*. • Marshal
It. H. Gritlm .-I. b- 1-- b w ~ rant ism.-.l
by Judg barging him
will, th* offf p*on; g.-
< '-•■III was •; I; ■.l by tai- federal grand
alleg'd t : C.. <..:r0,, a negro '-’irl
’■> the r'; ■ Me!:-- !’.’•« .. at Kln-
dcrlou. r- . • -'.I- oh -.-, -i.-.d. f tabnirg
*o !>-- Imr law’-: c i.-ir*!;::'. her out
to work far *'..■ M'-sra. M ii.-.•-.
Cobb had tr<■ ,:• , t *|;* yirl proi- -..-i >.ally
and claimed tn.it she owed him for t’:'--
his :• -• ■■■ •■ ’ court .
>'.«ion here fids w..-*-k. i ' ..- g»-d with
having caused th* death of one his
;..Tt:'f,*‘. '* ’em I .' w.tii.-ii la *-.G eity. a
ft Is r-lofn. d ti.i* th- :*ay I I:a ga"-
*'- the : (mg nil, but it is undr-r
--st-aod that the grand 2 r 'l-** iml'et
Four True Bills Against Olson.
Savannah. G.i . Novcm’-rr 24—iSpeel.c.,
flurry O’.s-n. w C-- wis . .diet I by the
1 Tired Stab's ;:>., -.d i-r-v tod:v on f-n-r
< na-ge:- of si
The cases ar.* the til- 1 ever ;eti.-::i'-d
rr-TTCASPER’S 818 XMAS OFFER'
100.000 > 1 OWE QUART OF
S H WHISKEY FREE
v »> kn-.n the inpenlni* of won’-, and vill do ks fay, We
t-laiiM t.» be the ed M hUkey Kouar and the Lars*
V • c ** MnH Order WbJaLey < owerrn it*theNeutb. A'l tbu svrtb
Catrolln:* Whiskey ue aril 1* guvd there's no bud. I'eople
:■ - her*- w***ii'ln‘« i.auifrZit<? if ‘hey kii»-v- how--they arc 100 iivrj*
‘ whiskey s*e!h:; an- nol«d *<*f ruHttig. hh-Dding wnd
im.re *>Li v. hl kt a -> *sf.tt r
» any known coin|*vt*h>r. ‘*<'awp< J t 1 car Old" U hiakey 1« $«
Wft- <<* />• •iquidtoy! It d tnaue hy hviM’.<t‘‘Taxhf »-;h” in ;tc piountaius of
BSb # hl North CarcMna.in A e«.pi»er j iet a.* il ««« niatio By
«w.. s cur grandfather;- Firnt-mte v hlskey is I’Gl'l at to Wti.OO
t < vc a O Al II per gallon.but it s notatiy Lett4-r than “t'oener’f 11 YearOki." It
must please ur we. •. Hl buy it liack. We ba vt acapltaiof 00,
WR a* R< l the l*l<dtnoDt Savings Dank of this city whi fell yououi wc.rd
Why Mr Ff | jF* ip »Ngot’d. I'd IntrtiiiKM-tni<o:d. honest w!iisk**y, wr offer four Full
**?*-».Muurti* of “l anper'a i ! Y rar Old" -t * d ft&inpie Luttles.vne id,
gg~~ !MMHSTZfIHMZ one 1H year ohi o <‘orks«*.eu and t» drinking jfiff'S—all for
•••H If 05.90 sent we win double the above and put h- t»“r One
‘ - Full Q»n»rt Extra. We have some <»f (hi* v hisk‘-y only 7yeur.-<»idL
x ftn 5 T -’ : b< no fjv< -ga.’loa kep l».r fib or •mH furnish twenty lull
Kc-<ra. r* GUa-,-: bott l« r on r oeipt of Jl 1 and tfivt free «-oi kscrew*, drinking
’ f- ►’al’**n delivered We ship *n plain bnx»«< with no murks to indv'ate
‘ contents, and Prepay ail F.xpreaa to any point Fa«t of tbe
|7* ! MUalsalppi illver. « in?toin« m west of eaid nver, v rite for
Wr ] | confidential list and leara bow to -save money. Address
yK Or | THE CASPER CO. fine.)
Y|g| Nobtw - WINSTON-SALEM, N.
In this district, and are probably ths
first returned since the enaotm&nt of the
i shanghai or kidnaping lav.-.
j Joseph Terrel) Ruclqrr and John Wil
liam Seago are two o! Qe alleged vle
tlms of the illegal practices of Olsen.
1 'Hie story of their shipi>ent aboard
the British bark feambrla and their sub
seq’iet»» arrival at Santos, HraMl. with
■ all the harrowing details of the trip, lias
i been printed In The Constitution.
! Rucker Is an Atlanta boy. He appear-
• ! ed before the grand jury.
i | Indictments -were also returned against
■ I Olsen for shanghaing Mose Smallwaod
• ; and Joseph Easterlln. two of the eight ne-
I gr-*eq who were shipped to Bristol on the
- Russian bark Alice.
Farmer Ib Made Fiesldent.
; j Crawl’ordvllle, Ga., November 27.—<Spe-
• rial.)—There was a small attendance at
the organization of the farmers' institute
I ' held here yesterday.
; Hon. Harvie Jordan, state director of
i - farmers' institutes, presided and gave a
' most interesting talk on the value o'
1 such organizations.
i The NinfWenth Senatorial District
i Farmers’ Institute was organized by-
electing the following officers:
' President—J. W. Farmer.
Vice President —P. G. Veaisey.
■ Secretary—W. O. Wright.
i Vice President for Wurren County H.
•II Baker
| Vice President for Greene County—J.
J P. Dolvin.
Augusta Bank for Merchants.
1 August:;. Ga.. November 27.—(Special.)
i Augusto is to have a- new bank as soon
i as th- legal preliminaries can be gone
i tl rouuli.
j It. will i.e known as the Marchants’
■Rank of Augusta, and will begin bus:-
' lu-ss with -,i paid up capital of $50,000 and
• :: surpiu.-* tit $25,000.
- Oglethorpe's Big Planter To Retire.
Atlu ;>». Gt>.. November 27. -(Sp*-,-ial.)—
' 11 is ler.’-ticd on good authority that Colo
;el James Al. Smith, the big ‘Jglethorpe
. , lanier, will sell his largo real *•«■
j t ite holdings in that county :m<l as a re-
.11 of the deal Athen.s will likely gain
two 'cl-u-Jid citizen.--.
A -..rdlng to tin- report received in
' Athens la.-t night, ifolon* I Smith has em
ploy..* T. I.urry Gantt, formerly eMtur
■ r Tl;. Athens Fann-r, who now resides
in Sou*!i ' aroliua. to sell his farms in
*>gl*-th<upe (,-jtmty. It I- *'.n*b rstood lhat
Mr. Gantt will move to this city at once
■ nn.l begin negotiations for the sale of file
■ <-:TTt- property.
Mrs. Green Found Dead.
' AVesl Point, Ga., November 27.—tSpe
i ::.l.i- News u.is just reached here that
- Mrs Gwyn Green, wife of Dr. E. P.
' <l* -ea, a prominent physician formerly
living In l.an*'*t. but now practicing at
Ri.ck Mills, Ala., was found dead at her
i-iome. from the too liberal use of ch'oro
i form.
t!< • beat;: was discovered by her hus
' band, afler his return home from a pro
-1 fi -siutitil visit, h. tinding her in bed
I -with a handkerchief across her face,
I fn ely s.nitrated with the drug.
Bartow Nix Sentenced.
| Colombo- Ga.. November 27. -(Special.)
i Voting Bartow Nix was sentenced t<> life
j time imprisonment for the murder *>f
I .To-m T. Edwards by Judge Butt in the
-iip-u i-ir cii.irt this morning. The boy
r- i-i .- 'i the . * nten * calmly, and offered
i.-i reasons', why lie should not bo non-
■ fenced to the penitentiary for the rest
!o! 1-1-- life. His attorneys will make a,
motion for a new trial at once.
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Tiail of Blood Told of Crime.
i Cohmrbiis. G.i , Nov*-mber 27.—(Spe
'cial.i- \ trap of blood up Broad stri- -t
' i .ilew.iik early this morning attracted at*
: tentlvn and Officer Copeland followed It
j It led to the room of Frank Heffernan.
; a prominent young man of the city, in
' Ken & I. b b jildlng The polico
m-'.:: broim down the door unii found
-ilr Jieffer.-i in lying on his b •<! in a.
bln-.id. i.-ondition, with his -face badly
i gashed.
There were severe • uts on both sides
I of the face.
The poll e arrested Hattie King, a
white woman living at 822 Fifth ave
i. who is ..iriigmi with doing th* eut
•iia. She said t..at the young man came
io her house last night and beat h r,
and that she cut him in self-defense
Killed Three, But Will Live
Zebulon, Ga., November 27. —(Special.)
1 Ik.- su:n-.-:->r court n■ijourned this mora-
S.-:r.dy Di- ki- -.'ii:. t::-. n-gro who. In t
t'-um o* i negro cabin a’ Willh.ntson last
June, shot and kflhtd throe negro* c■ ■
who v.i* dd i.uve killed th*- fourth had lit
. i.ot .-ar-i i.imsclf by rapid flight, was put
: I'-. i|i.■! yesterday an.: t.n- Jury r* turned
, a v*. i-dk-t this morning of guilty with r-’"-
' omrni.uuiation to mercy.
Lovitt Freed o£ Murder Chaige.
Ti'tom Ga.. November 27. -(Sne-.’ial.i
At l a- ii'ljoi'n*‘d term of Worth s'-ip. rim
i c- .ii this week. Judge H. G. Lewis, of
■ the' Ocriiulgv-e cin .lit. pr- . i-b-d fur Judge
. N. Spene*-. wh*i was dl.s'i'.iallti* -1 on
'a.-.vint ..if having )n-«n s*ili.-it..-:- genera’
Win the bills in the criminal eases wore
, found. The w*-ck was dev.-.f, ; to critni
! mil business?
. ‘ The .a.-.- against *|| A. T. Ford for
■ the killing his .-*> ■-: . il ■*;. V. J.
Ford, on which ■ trial wa expected, was
i-'i' ti-’ r LoVilt was trii-d for the mur
.li‘i it- cous'n, Columbus Lovili. flf
(*■• n ye:: rs :.-pi.
; in a (iittl dl - ov- r a sot(|em*-nt *>f a f>-w
' i-ents. Lo-’u; st;* 11....1 .'--l.itiv.- in the
-ci Ist. frnni tin effect:- of winch he died
. v.-ra! ii.- . s lai..;-.
Tlie drag through the .i ir.--. for fifteen
• ,(• < * dj
Young Widow Cleared of Murder.
L t',.;in".svi'le. G.i.. November 27. -(Sne
ci.-.lj- a • r 1. . ih’-r.i ting t?o nd a half
, ■■■ ,( the
Mrs Onio Tunner, charged with
poisoning h-.-r husband, A\ ylii- E. T.-inner,
*m the 23*1 of May last, this afternoon at
4:10 o'el<i.--l, ri’i-iJ*-r<-'i a verdict of not
g’.ilty ;jn<! the pfetty young widow v.nik
: ed from the liai; county court room .1
free woman.
J
Joynet Is Given Twenty Years.
.Tcs:.i.. Ga Nov* nibi-r 28. (Special. 1-
I Tin- .ioy-u..- is- was r*---timf'l y-.-stor-
■ j da.v ino; in- and all tie evii.k-r w.is
TILE WEEKLY OOJNSTTA'UTIO«I MONDAY. NOVEMBEB 30, 1903.
In by 0 o'clock. The state opened the
arguments, with James AV. Poppell, who
miuls mi üblo argument for the stalo.
llu was followed son tlia Rtutc by Judge
Air AV. Bemiett In an able speech; then
Im was followed for defense -by S. 11
1 Harris. Thu defense then cloned with
| the argument of Colonel E, 1). Graham,
who made a hard light for his diem,
and the state closed with the argument
of Solicitor General W. \V. Osborne, of
Savannah, who made an able and force
ful argument.
Tills 1» a, remarkable case from the fact
thait the witnesses for the defense cor
roborated the evidence of state witnesses
In almost every particular. The case
wss given to the jury after an able ami
lengthy charge from Judge Parker at
4 p. m., and al 9 o'clock this morning
returned a verdict for manslaughter.
Thereupon Judge Parker gave him the
full limit of twenty years In the p*»nl
tentiary at hard jabor.
I Eiglrteen-Year-Old Boy Killed.
• I'ifton, Ga., November 28—(Special.)—
1 Byron, the. 18-year-old son of C. \V.
j Hillhouse, of Sylvester, was killed at the
! plant of the Sylvester Ginning Company
1 tide morning at 10 o’clock.
The young man was employed tn the
1 ginnery, and when passing a rapidly
. moving shaft his clothing was caught
jby a set screw and he was whirled
around the shaft until the machinery
; was stopped. He died in a few minutes
| after being carried to u physician’s of
j lice.
• .His father is one. of the w’ordthie«t and
; most prominent citizens of AA'orth county.
Death of Confederate Veteran Thetis,
j Savannah, Gu.. November 28.—(Special.)
[ Thomas Nichol Tlieus, n. well known S:.i
--j vannahan, who was prominently related
j In Georgl;i and South Car*•!!:::*, died at
' .*ll early hour this morning.
; lie made a dying request that lie be
I buried in conf* 1-rate gray, and himself
named six pallbearers, al! confederate
veterans'.
Air. Tlieus was born In Savannah in
1839. He -pent the greater part of his
life he:*. Fur many years* he was con
i.f-.-tid .'.lih the late S. I'. Hamilton In
Hie jew-. Iry business, 10 whose busin*'.'*:;
lie si-- -1 *i,-d.
’ During tl." civ;! war Mr. Theus was a
| gallant confederate soldier He was a
I member if the Confederal-.- Veterans’ As
! soi-lation, and was always devoted, to the
, memory of tile eonli.-d<-racy tu:*l to ills
I old comrades-. So pronoun*: -I v.;-s Mr.
The.us' attitude upon the war question
' that he was always regarded as “tmre
eonstrueted.'’ He habiltially wore gray
U.S i:i* civilian garb, through di-ferencc
: !(■ th*- uniform of the soutliern soldler.i..
• seat pl:-, abomination was the blue of
'the militia. On one occasion he would
not participate in a j trade of veterans,
because 'u u-clad regulars of th« (.’tilted
States army were in lino
Convicts Accidentally Killed.
Valdosta. Ga., Novembi r 28.—(Special)
, A terrible accident occurred at Gress'
mill, I'ler.r AJilltov. ii, yesterda t- A number
■ of convicts employed at the mill were
pushing n .-.ar of liimlv- down the tram
i co id. wheti .1 tr.Tfn backed into the car
i ami Inflicted severe ttnd probably fatal
■ injuries .v, three or lour of th- convicts.
■■ Tlirer- of them are suffering from broken
j limbs arid internal injuries.
This Will Interest Many.
1 F. AV. Parkhurst, the Boston publisher,
; says that if any ono afflicted with rhei:-
' mutism in any form, or neuralgia, w 111
' =end their address to him at 804-33 Win
, tiirop Building, Boston, Maes., he will
I ilitv-ct tln-m to a perfect cure. Il*'- has
. nothing to sei! or give; only tells yon
| h«»w he was cured after years of search
; for relief. Hundreds have tested it with
FLORIDA.
; Depot and Saw Mill Burned.
• Ba’totv, Fla.. November 27.--Tie At-
I lantie Coast Line depot, together with
i Hoven box cars and six flat. cars, was
' burned last night at Nocrit **'. The ll.ini's
: toadied W. G AV* ils A: Co.'s large saw
; mill plant, completely destroying ft. with
lover 1.000.000 feet <>:' lumber There was
1 no insurance on the saw mill.
Do You Suffer with Piles?
i Do they protrude?
■ Do they bleed?
Do they pain you?
Do you have mucous or bloody dis
charges?
I can * ure you. j also cure varicocele
and .stricture. Advice free. Dr. Tucker.
16 N Broad street, Atlanta, Ga.
SOUTH CAROLINA.
Mgr. Quigley Is Dead.
' *'ii.i- .--s:H. I'.. November 27 Mgt.
‘E. !> I Quigley, vicar general of tic-
Homan Catholic liiocese of <'*iarleston,
' di--.! this afternoon at his residence hi
j 11.- wrs lu.nn n-:tr Glasgow. Scotland
in 1835. (-.. 1864 he ;•' -omnium d Bishop
J,.-m-h, of South Carolina, as private sec
retary on bls mission to Rome as rep
-I'"i*-i:tiit.ve of the. <-o:Ti-der.*t.e .-tat -s.
Mgr. Quigley's private papers i-onta.ln
able ur.t-iMism-1 .im uim-it< showing
th*' .-nope of tile m-gotiations or confer
i-'b-i- lietwi’i-n Bishop Lyp.-h and the pn-
■ pal nando at Purls, relative to the pro
i j osed but n*-ver i-.msumma l*-d recognition
iof th*- eonfedera t*■ states by Pope Pius
I IN.
Attacked Gi'T—Sent To Death.
Cl.n rlesto::, S. C.. November 28. -John
Fogle, tip- m'-gro v.i-o attempted to as
' nil .1 Woman .it Rosses last nigh:,
was lynched today.
' H-- was identified by the girl and was
I taken 01::. and strung up to a trc.-- and his
I bed* riddlmt.
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Free Booklet
On Nerv-'-ns Debility, written by the
b'-adii:- pi- ialist In this country. Ad
in Hathaway. 42 Tn-
• man building, Atlanta, Ga.
TEXAS.
Remains of Dr. Murray Shipped.
I Ixitf-do. T* x.. November 23. The r•-
; m-'o.'is of Dr. 11. D. Murray, the well
I: ;.c,vn * cliuw ft-vei exper t and d,*a.u of
! tk- marirm hospital service, wire dimi
I here '.■-■■ teida.v ‘Torn injurim.- re mived in
'a . niv.-a ■ m hl. nt. w.-:-,- d,!p„,l this
j n ornlng I.* Bluff-.m. ■.i ~ i\„- inti-rment.
; Ixite 1:: -. night -. t w-is r- ivml
1 from a son o' in Mr-in ut Itiufftoii r---
qm.-.- ing tli.if, the body be shi’ipml here.
ALABAMA.
Negro Woman Killed Deputy,
I I limtsville, Al;*.. Novembi r 23.—(Spm
i eia.l).-AVilliam Rtiis --11, constable at Madi
■ son, A1;.,, dil-d this morning from tin
i blow Inflict’d by Minerva Walker, a
I m gro w.initui, win f. .ietur,.,i his skill!
I with an ax .is he etn.-r, *1 her home to
I sere, papers
Th*- woman is in inll ’uere. and will
- in- eh.irg-il with murilm-.
Mr. Itu sei! was . .-r.f-d-ra 1 e veteran
■ arid leaves a family.
! White Man Heid ns a Slave.
-Montgomer* , Al ■-.. November 26.—G. D.
Ak-Elvain, a white farmer, of Gen * 1
county, was bound ov-r by l.'nit'd Stat- -'
Commissioner Tntwil* r. of Troy, under
bond of S3OO on a • lunge of peonage.
II Is said li ■ held .-> white man, Torn
Derry, in a comlitiiffi of peonage,
T'm- court released B* rry from Mc-
Elvain’s custody.
Jeiks Determind To Stop Outlawry.
Montgomery, Ala,, November 27.—(Sp--
i.ial.)—The governor of Alabama this af
ternoon again showed that he is deter
mined to stop lyti'-liing 1n this state by
j THE THRILLING EXPERIENCE j
• ' OF CAPTAIN WESTBROOK.
r-- . ■'"»
For a. Year After His Capture He
Was Moved from One Prison to
■ Another and Was Finally
Exchanged.
' A Confederate force under command .
■of Brigadier General John A- McAus
i land had attacked on July .3rd, 1864,
' blockhouse ten miles west of Martins- ,
burg. AV. Va. Captain N. S. Westbrook I
with the remnants of Companies B and •
F of Lius 135L11 Ohio A’olunteers made a ;
gallant defense, but when a six-gun bat- |
tery was brought, to beur upon his posi
tion, further resistance became a useless I
! sacrifice of life. For a year after his 1
surrender. Captain Westbrook, who now ;
‘ lives at Ripley, 111., jvas confined in j
■ Southern prisons. In telling his expe
j rhn.'e, lie says;
; "The*- took me from one place to an
other till 1 had been in nearly all the |
, | prisons of the Conlederacy and, by the
. j iltje I was exenanged at Annapolis in
' th*- spring of 1865. 1 was reduce*! to a (
physical wreck. The exposure caused
sciatic rheumati. ni which became chronic
and did not leave me until thirty years
afterward when j took Dr. Williams
i’mk Fills for Fule People and was cured. ,
“The disease atXected m> entire sys- .
tern, in addition to the agonies of the .
rheumatism 1 had indigestion in Its worst I
form, together with kidney trouble and j
heart failure., j was getting thoroughly '
used up."
"How did you come to take Dr. AVll-
, Hanis' Pink Pills? ' was asked.
"A neighbor of mine, James 2d. Stout,
was cured of rheumatism by this remedy
when he was so bad tli:‘t he ’’Oiild not
straighten up. So 1 though! what cured
him would euro me. And I was right.
Rheumatism Is a disea>i.- of the blood.
External applications may ,-itford tempo
rary relief, but io cure the disease It is
necessary to treat it through the blood.
i Dr. Will'i-'ims’ Pink Pills for Fule Peopla
■ go directly to th ' seat, of 'n- <lEo*'der,
mt H’ylng and "orlehing Ibe blood by
j eliminating poisonous elements and re
i m-wliig .u Itii-giving forces. They ,ar»
j a positive specific not only for rh'-uma
' tisni, but for al! diseases arising from
poor blood or w 'ak-cned nervi s.
:■•■*■ sold’at. fill- nts a box, or six boxes
for two dollar's and ;. half, and may be
had (Tom all druggists or direct, by mail
from Dr. Wll)i.i->,.--. Me-iielne Company. !
Schenectady, N A’.
i offering a rewnr-1 of S4OO for the arrest f
rind deliver? of tin* men who lynched Tom ;
Patton, a white citizen of Choctaw
: (.ounty.
Patton stood -well In his community. .
He w.i.s arrest.-1 for assault with intent .
to murder Ab Smith, a white man.
Reports on Greene and Pickens.
Montgomery, Ata.. No-.t-mber 27—-(Spe- j
j rial)—Governor I. Iks this afternoon gave ,
j out reports of Examiners of Public. Ac- !
. ccunts Gorman on the accounts of of-
■ Helals of Greer, counfy and T. J. Rut- I
j ledge, on tile ofl'l' la.ls of Pickens.
I Examiner Goman reports all the offl
i cluls of Greene as correct in tli<-ir ac
j .-'ov.ntst.
' Examiner Rutledge reports the officials
! due the stat** I II Carj’*nter. tax a.s-
1 senses due $64.56; B. B Salmond, sher- i
i Iff, d.';e $4.80; W. 11. I’lott, late lax i
i collector, du*- $16.50. AU the other of- i
I fielals were found correct.
Scalded by Toy Boiler.
Fort Payne, Al *., November 28.-(Spe- I
i-lt*l.'*—Monday It-■ <'ooper. the 9-year- j
old son of Joo <’ '*■>• * r. had built: a. small j
furnace and was ' .'..ting water In a tin .
sirup cun, trying ; get up steam enough i
(to make a wills'. Tl, water got too I
I hot and the can -d, the hot water 1
| scalding the child I- 41y about the face. !
—i
Home Treatment for Cancer.
; All forms of -.-anc r and tumor cured by '
! soothing, bairn: oils Doctors, lawyers ■
j and ministers Indorse it AVrite for free I
i I book to the Southern Office. Dr. D. M. i
. I Bye Co , Box 462. Dep*. K. Dallas, Tex.
TENNESSEE.
Baie of Belle Meade Horses.
| .Nashville, Tenn., November 23. -Tl-.w
' thoroughbred horse ssiie at Bslle Meade
■ began this morning and about alx hun-
I drad buyers were preHe. t Twenty-eight
i horses, Including brood mores and geld
: Ings, went ui.d.-r the ■ -tnm-r and the
(prices ranged between $25 and $360. i
- A.*lmln!strn.t*>r lilcflinrds* a said lie ex-
- N..-t.-d to be .. .de to pr- - tc ’ho estate I
, intact, and tliat h- w--.-ld run It us a
i stock farm, but on a snr- Iler scale. None i
lof the stallion - v.ere off -.i for sale.
World’s Fair Want:- Hermitage.
' Chattanooga.. Tenn.. November 23.
: j (Spe *fctl.)—A mr-' ilr g b: the interest of ■
’ the m »v< mi nt to rc-pro re the "Hot mi
I tag-'’ si th*- world's fair was held In ■
I this city tonight. The various commit
; t---s wr.' appointed .I'-: ’lie vo.rk on*- ■
1 ; lined. Address'-s were made by Major E.
' H. Stahlrn. n. of Nns'n' ilh’: Colon*.] It
■ I'nion, se.-rei-ry ■’ tl' state commission.
! and C-*loll*4 E. Watki ■ The work Is
! i.uw well und* :■ i-. i*
VIRGINIA.
i Richmond Attorney Suicides.
i Richmond. V.a y.,--. .ib*-r 23. -Itl*-li.ir-l
‘ i T. Lu-ey. a well know” lawyer of this ,
; ,-lty. a .il brother of *i* ' late Benjamin ’
I Lai-y. formerly <■! tb stat* supreme
| court of appeals, cornu. ' t.’d suicide today
by shouting. oid despondency
■ are bi-llwed to hav*' r- miptod the deed. ;
Avenged Insult, to Wife.
I (.'h:T>T?>T" -vin<>. Va., November 23
■ Charles Campbi •!, of S:on*-y Point, IS
! mil..-' north of *'ha i-li' -ville. was shot
; and l-ril)* I b- Jani Brown tonight, j
I I'ampb.-II visit*-,; Bro** >'s home and in- >
i ,
Continued on Page 11,
Factory Price
Direct to You
; We are ths cn'y genera! merchandise house 1
which ■' ages a !
■ vehicle factory. We Hr., cut vehicles from
the vroun iup an: 1- wl.jt'sunder the paint.
w-aii!-:t cne si'ai pr.t- tc the cost cf ma- i
te.lal and ;:i :r. ’ - ? e rur c,:..' :mers ate getting
. abetter made i r i liner I : toh and at a lower
price titan can ossi'-iy be secured elsewhere.
s l9- 8 °
•'LEADER” ’ rd
Wagcn • I”-.’-' r»
leat her trtmme!: VLA&rX Jr
carpet, v/rench ar-i
shafts: ; tot as ... tutrated. Write kr further
description.
I eW ’2s'“ '
\|/ 'M ■'CHALLENGE" 1
. J ;
\V• •» for details.
We also have 1 etter grades i. ' ; ‘he very best
andmost stylish, drat can 1.. osiflybei altogether.
Vehicle Catalogue I'nss* Send for ii }
today. It wl" ■ .•- * arixuiars about the aoove .
work. It also icustrates .'.rd describes the
’ newest and ' est line of Ru"..' Stanhopes, ■
Buggies. Phaet'.os. Surreys. Carriages. Carts.
, Spring Wager s, etc., ever quoted direct to the ;
buyer. It expa;-.,; the difference between g -.
i and unreliable wcrl,—between the hand-painted ;
and the dipped buggy-- and also explains cur ■
l Guarantee of Satisfaction ar. 1
30 Days' Trial Offer.
Send a postal today for our Vehicle Cat. No. El. '
Montgomery WarcUCo.
Chicago
A special circular quoting cur entire fine of
Sleighs. Sleds. et;..wiii be sent at the same
I time, if you request it. «» !
THE CONSTITUTION’S
$10,000.00
MSK resi RECEIPTS CONTEST
Upon the New Cotton Season, 1903-1904.
What Number of Bales Will Be Received at fill United States
Ports from Sept. Ist, 1903, to Jan. 12th. 1904. Both Inclusive?
Contest Opened July 1, 1903, Closes December 31,1903.
SIO,OOO CASH OFFER
DIVISION OF PRIZES
For the exact, or nearest to the exact, estimate of the number of
received at ail United Statos Ports from September I st, 1 904, to January i<ctn, noo 03
both inclusive - i'nnn co
For the next nearest estimate *» O
For the next nearest estimate - "
For the next nearest estimate - -
For the next nearest estimate-
- the Q next nearest estimates, $50.00 each * 230 OO
For the • O next nearest estimates, 26 OO each 25000
For ths 20 next nearest estimates, 16.00 each —.—- —... 300 OO
For the 30 next nearest estimates, 7,30 each - 370 OO
For the 100 next nearest estimates, 8.00 each ■ O*>
$7,000 OO
Additional Offers for Best Estimates Mede During
Different Periods of the Contest
For convenience the time of the contest is divided Into estimates received by The Constitution
during five periods—the first period covering the months of July and August, the other four being
one month each, the 2d period September, 3d period October, 4th period November, Sth period
December.
We trill give to the best estimate received during each period (in addition to whatever other
prize it may take, or if it take no other prize at all) the sum of S2OO OO
The fl»« prizes thus ofTsrod at 5200,00 aaoh amountto 1,000 OO
Two Grand Consolation Offers
First—For distribution among those er-timatea (not taking any of the above 195 prizes)
coming within 500 bales either way of the exact figures 1.000 OO
Second—For distribution among those estimates (not taking any of the above 195 prizes
and not sharing the first consolation offer coming within 1,000 bales either way ofthe exact figures, 1,000 OO
Grand Total §!0,000«00
In casa of a tie on any prize estimate the monoy will b« anally divided.
Conditions of Sending Estimates in This Contest
(1.) Send ,OO for The WEEKLY CONSTITLTTTON one year und with it om estimate tn our contest.
(2.) Send 5Q Cents for The SUNNY SOUTH one year and with It one estimate in the contest.
(3.) Send $1 '.25 for The WEEKLY CONSTITUTION and SUNNY SOUTH both one year, and send two
estimates in tha contestthat is, one estimate for The CONSTITUTION and another for The ST’NNY
SOUTH.
(4.) Send 50 cents for one estimate alone tn the contest if you do not want » subscription. Such a re
mittance merely pays for the privilege of sending the estimate If you wish to make a number of estimates
on this basis, you may send three estimates for every 11.00 forwarded at the same time estdmatos are senr
If as many as ten estimates are received at the same time without subscriptions the sender may forward
them with only J 3.0 special discount being offered for ten estimates in one order. A postal card receipt
will be sent for all estimates received without subscriptions. Where subscriptions are ordered the arrive
of the paper itself is an acknowledgment that your estimate has been received and Is carefully recorded.
(5.) The money and the subscription and the estimate must come in the same envelope. The estimate,
the money and the subscription go together. This rule is positive.
Further General Instructions
The condition for sending on the Pc-rt. R"—lpts of Cotton Ist o' S'lnt'mbsr, 1908. ‘hroegh January
IV4 is thar arvl ever*- entry of es tknates must be accompotiled by a aubrcrlption to Th«» Cons’itution or The
gm-th er tl-.e remittance provided for estimates without s-u’-scriptlona. They must be --ent in the •■ientioal e-*-
veiipe t’nn.* tringe the money that pays for the estimates cr the e ibecription. You cannot subscribe now and send
vour estimates afterwards. ...
In send’ *r you*- estimates bv an of The Constltut. n you mak» nim yovr agent and not ours. !- f *ru a;
your estinistea, both ’o the correctn of the figures ns you intended them end the certah.'.y of the forwarding of
Should » party eend In more than one prize estimate he or she will b* entitled to a share of the prite fund for
time thet it ina*- re* ro-rat a **• ■*• -*f>,il estim ate Fer.yivs may enter the contest as many times as they ?*r,l
e-.ibs'-riptlone and under the rul<- the snme persen nr*y receive n prize *v;th each of the rrcpcsitions
Tn making ■■■'mr an-wer just stat? ~!n>Tv . "I ratima:-? th-' P :*r‘. Receipts l«t of September, is. - .::, through .Tr.-u.ar-.
1! 1904 .... Make your firure-’’ ’ lain AVe wil’ record thorn is received ever; day, EXACTLY AS THEY
LOOK.’AND WILL ALLOAV NO CHANGE AVI-EATEA'ER. If yen want to make estimates later, or If you wan*, tn
repeat the estimate you have made, eend other subscriptions.
Statistics for the Last Six Crops
The total PORT RECEIPTS for the psst few years from September Ist through the twelfth day of the fol
lowing January are given to aid you in making an intelligent estimate in this contest. It is not necessary to
itemize your esiimate, f ive it in one plain sum expressed in figures only. Don’t make any mistake in your
figures;’let them mean Just what you mean to say.
Cotion Thi« line coT»r»th«conU«i-with if formwy«»r» Tot*l Balos 1n
Year. r«elptu aopUmber l«t t» IZth of following Jonnnry. both Ineluol-n Crop for Season.
1807-IR9S 11.i0n.994
IS9B-15.90 - 11.2T4.510
190’ - ?’s<g-’*2k 10,080.T«o
Secretary Hester, of the New Orleans Exchange, certifies to the above and will furnish the official figures
to decide this contest.
ATLANTA POSTOFFICE
Office of the Postmaster
Atlanta, Fulton Co., Ga,, June 25th, 1903.
I’o THE CONSTITUTION, Atlanta, Ga.
Dear Sirs: —Replying to yours of thio date enclosing copy of your new Cotton Contest I beg to
say that a feAv days since at a our request I submitted the same to the Department at Washington
for ruling thereon.
I. am advised by the Assistant Attorney- General for the T’ostoffiee Department that the provi
sions contained therein do not introduce into the scheme the element of chance within the meaning
of the lottery law, and that tlie matter is therefore mailable.
Very respectfully,
E. I-. i. LODGETT, Postmaster.
order blank ORDER BI4NK for Estimates Only WITHIUT Subscriptions
for Constitution or Sunny Soutn. or ?Jnth. with Estimates.
— PrBLTSHER-STHECONHTITITTION, Atlanta Ga
PUBLISIIERSfi ilECONsri 11 T«)> . Atlanta, <.a Fnciosed find *>ne dollar, for which enter three Fstt-
Enclosed find $ I’m' which send mates m your SlO.imoo Port Receipts Contest, upon
The Weekly Constitution one year Si.oo, with ON I’. -"*•• ' U ,H cotton at all (. H Ports from Septem-
EBtlmate. ( >LI ' '".’r to ’ an,1 7 r .\1904, bothinclusiA’easfol-
The Sunnv South one A'ear 50c, with ONI' Estimate. lows, ilf on 1a '*al'.. Estimate, without Subscrip-
The Weekly Constitution and Hunny South both one Don, is desired send and ill! one blank.)
year $1.25, at ith TW< > Est imates £°. N 1 > XT ‘ S estimate.
Indicate Y«»nr C hoice Plainly. Strike Out All I f j
l x« ent the One You Take. *
r- i 1 I
SUBSCRIBER’* ESTIMATES o , | 1
Vpon Total Fort Receipts of < otton at All V. S. Fort* ~
From 1 Sept., 1903, t« 14 JiUUiary, 1004. both inclusive. , •' 1 \ !
xpo 111 1 LJ L .
o • I ill Contestant’s Name
„ Address «♦«*»
Subscriber’s Name.. T s .-*• m»nr as <«.. nre Bt ;
Habeeriptlone tin* sender- may 'orwnr.l ’He-u wn*. Slv KS
Address State
.7:.-. :■ v— script ions. \\ here subscriptions »r<> ordered the arrival of ths
Send only one estimate if you takeonl* ..lie paper, till out itself is an acknowlodKinent that your estimate has been recced
both estimate blanks if you take bofih papers. B’l4 is carefully recorded. received
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