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10 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. —— 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. —— „ 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 Address AH Orders To THE ATLANTA CONSTITUTION. Atlanta, Georgia,