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ALL THE NEWS OF DIXIELAND GEORGIA. Heirs Get SIOO.OOO. Macon. Ga., December 7.—The win >f , the widow of the late Associate Jus- I tice L. Q. c. Lamar was pobated today. . The sum of SIOO,OOO will be distributed [ among her descendants. the children sf State Treasurer R. I-;. i» ar k end, W. H. : X irgin, of this city. Death of Colonel Locke. Macon, Ga„ December 7.—(Special.)— ! Colons R D. Locke, United States : deputy marshal of the southern district • of Georgia, dial at an early hour this j morning, at his apartments on Second ' street, .and at noon liis body was shipped to his old home in Alabama for inter ment. Edwards Charged with Assault. Savannah, Ga., December 7.—Special.— Marvel Edwards a young white man i was indicted today by the grant! jury for assault, an offense punishable by j death in this state, his prosecutrix he- ’ ing Miss Ada C. Green. The only other witness was Dr. A. W. i Winders, who attended the young wo- . man after the alleged assault. —— I Aged Woman Victim of Flames. Commerce, Ga... December 7.—(Special.— ‘ Mrs. Perry, white woman 92 years old, was burned to death at her home near Hix, ten miles below this place in Mad ison county . The other members of the family had all left the house and when they returned they found her with her head in the tire. | Her face was so badly burned that even - her most intimate friends could not rec- I ognlze her. Big Robberies by Negro Baud. Americus, Ga.. December 7.—(Special.) In the capture of a gang of negroes by the police this afternoon the most daring car robberies of recent years are di vulged In the confessions made by Fred erick Wilson and Marshall Hoskins. Whole wagon loads of coffee ami meat, cases of shoes, bales of dry goods and other merchandise were stolen recently, the thieves making free confessions and disclosing tho place where the goods were sold. Car loads of merchandise were thus stolen In Americus ami Smithville an 1 sold through eonfe'erates here. The negroes captured are all members of prominent secret societies. Engineer Hurt in Wreck. Rome, Ga., December 8 —(Special.)— ; Engineer William Rose, who runs on i frain No. 30 Central Railway, ran into i another freight train near Trioa this j morning causing a bad wreck and black- i ing the trafic for several hours. No one > was hurt except Mr. Rose who sustained [ a braken leg and some serious Internal ’ Injuries. Skull Split by Negro Hand. Bainbridge, Ga., December B.—(Special.) Frank Mock, a prominent farmer living 10 miles west of tills city was knocked in the head this morning by a negro farm hand. Mr Mock was stooping over when the negro lipped up behind him ami struck llm with an a.x, fracturing his skull. Dr. Chestnutt was called in and he says that Mr. Mock has small chance to recover. The negro has not been captured. Main Building Is Gutted. Rome, Ga.. December 8 —(Special.>- The main building of the big $75,000 Floyd Cotton Company's factory was I gutted by fire at an early Hour tills j morning. ; The building had just been renovated [ and overhauled and equipped with a. Io; j of new ami up-to-date machinery, rhe loss will be about S 10.000. fully insured. IL T. Inman, of Atlanta, is a large 1 stockholder In this company. Turning the Cotton Loose. Elberton, Ga., December 9.—(Special.)— j The reputation of being one “1 the '"-st | . otton markets in tho country Ims been ' sustained by Elberton this fall. Cotton | Itas sold within the last few days easuj , from twelve to thirteen cents. Many farmers had bold their crop. but mu e ♦ ,i it loose at these prices, ami the county is today in the most prosperous cemiltion it has been In in man? years. -Il',, ,-,,’tot receipts have been about as large as:-usual. No Hempen Tie for Gossett. Columbus. Ga., December 9.—< Special.) 1 xpr ssing his belief that tin act of James lbh wis mvrd t J ulgi Butt sentenced Gossett to sixteen years in the penit-n --, the s i.ieri i- court this morning- ■ q iio im i found him guilty of voluntary n <l lughter Ft mandaught-r the vanishment is from one to twenty years, i. the discretion of th- judge. 'I he prls c received the sentence with coni- Burton’s Tiial Ends. Columbus. Ga... December 9.—(Special.)- In the superior court here tonight the jury bro .glit in a verdict of voluntary If so then your system is out of balance, and j, P |' V < i there is a flaw somewhere in your constitution, p // | f A , and a possibility that you are losing health, too. ; ?'l I The falling off inweightraaybeslight, but it makes . ?' /•<...// a wonderful change in one's looks and feelings, and unless the building up process is begun in time, , vitality and strength are soon gone and health . • A <,-• A'J j quickly follows. If yon are losing weight there is a cause for it. Your blood is deteriorating and " ' * I becoming too poor to properly nourish the body, and it must be purified and enriched before lost weight is regained It requires something more : than an ordinary tonic to build up a feeble constitution, for unless the poisons and germs that are lurking in the blood are destroyed, they will further im- . poverish the blood and weaken the system, and you continue to lose weight. In S. S. S. will be found purifying and tonic properties combined. It not only builds up weak constitutions, u/muncorin emi im wpicmt but searches out an 1 destroys germs WONDERFUL GAIN IN WEIGHT, and poisons of every description aud Huntsville, Ala.. Jan. 10, J. 903. ; cleanses the system of all impurities, Some years ago my general health thus lavin- the foundation for a « avo nervous system was UIUS J ? 7 . - • ... shattered, and I could g-et nothing: to healthy, steady increase m weight do mo any Kcod tjU x be^n tu uae and future good licaltll. S. S. 8. I commenced to improve at Food may be bountiful and u l ’- once. My appetite became splendid ' appetite good, but Still the system and from 135 pounds I increased to weakens and we remain poor in flesh iso. I became well asrain by taking , weea t is properly digested S. S. S. and would take no amount for > and Turned i-do rich, pure blood. the K°od « did me. My health is . S S S r-inforces the Stomach and now perfect, and I believe if every- ° i i- - , v oody would take a Lottlo of. S. o. o. ■. aids the digestion and asi.imilauon of OoCasiOEaUy> they wouid eilioy H fe food, and there is a c;>! lup buiKimg j anldoiag ., w. L . WINSTON, of health an I strength. S. S. S. acts promptly ami beneficially upon the nervous system, strengthens and tones i It u-> and relieve the strain by producing sound, refreshing sleep. You | cm find no tonic so invigorating as S. S. S„ and being composed exclusively ' of roots and herbs its use is attended with no bad effects. Old people will ! find that it braces them up, improves the circulation of the blood, and 1 ~ Stimulates all the bodily organs, and i //AmZwfc persons of delicate constitutions can [ | P ft take S. S. S. with safety, as it does not j derange the Stomach like the strong ; v. | mineral remedies, but acts gently and h* 5 - J without any shock to the system. Those whose feelings tell them they are not strong or well, and who arc growing thinner and falling below their usual weight should take a course of S. S. S. and build up again. S. S. S. is recognized everywhere as the leading blood purifier and the safest and best of all tonics We cheerfully furnish medical advice, without charge, to all who will •write us. JW SWIFTSPKIFIQ GO., A TLANTA, GA. I manslaughter against R. H. Burton, who was on trial for killing his 17-year-old j son. The. killing occurred In this city . September 5 last, Buford Factory in Ashes. I Buford. Go., December 9.—(Special.)— 1 ' broke oat about midnight in the tan- I ■ nery of the Bona Alien manufactory and ■ , completely destroyed the plant, valued I iat $150,000. It was partly covered bj ! : insurance. j I By heroic efforts tho large harness sac- ■ I tory was saved and al! its contents. The : book; and accounts, valuable pipers and I office furniture wore also saved. Large Saw Mill Destroyed. Valdosta. Ga.. December 10.—(Special.)— Colom 1 W. West, of this city, received a telegram last night which informed him that his largo sawmill at Summerfield. Fl > . had been burned. The mill was val- : I lie 1 nt. more than fifty thousand dollars, i 1 and (here was between three hundred I ' thousand and four hundred thousand feet ; I of lumber in the yard ready for ship- , ment. Colonel West carried $25,000 insu- i rance, and his loss, above insurance, is ■ 1 about thirty thousand dollars, probably ■ ■ ranch more. If tho lumber on hand was j i destroyed. The planing mill and dry kiln - [ were saved. Colonel West has been do- [ ■ tallied at homo by the. serious illness of ' 1 ills little boy. and was unable to go to I Florida today. Death of Judge Hal Lewis. Greenesboro, Ga., December !o.—(Spo- i cial.'i—Judy. Henry Thomas Lewis <ii<d I at his home this morning at 8 o'clock, in , I the 57th y. nr of his age. Ever since leav- ( I ing the supreme court in Oetob. r. a y. ar , ago, lie h-ns been in feeble health ami for the last few months has been confined al most entirely to his room. Park Reynolds Dies of Burns. , Little Park Reynolds, 3 yi-.its old, of , Atlanta, who was -vrlmisly burned Sat urday, December 6. died Thursday morn ing from the effects of his injur.i s. While his mother was out of the room he found a stick and was riding it around the room in great glee. The only person with him at that time was Ills little brother. lames, about 7 y. ars old. It is believed that while riding l.is I play horse near the fire the -nd on Hi- [ floor caught fire while the cld.d was m ar : the grate. In a moment his cries of delight chum- <1 j to terror and bls little 7-year-old broiler, v ho was unable to aid him, cried out to his mother for aid. Running th ! room she threw water on the child and , then quickly tore off its -lotking. I But her aid had cotm to late, lor the ! child was horribly and fatally burned. I Tho lire had completely burn, d its neck, ! his entire left at tn from the wrist to the shoulder and on both sides. A burn over I his heart was tile most serious on-.. Boy Burned to Death. Tifton. Gt).. De fin be. r 10. -(Spi ial.t— Last night Harvey, th. little 4-y-ar- dd son of Mr. and Mrs. V A. Paulk, who live six miles northeast of Tifton, in Ir win county, was burn. <1 to death, lb ti.i.s an only child, and liis moth-r bad step ped out of the room i u r a tew mtnute to attend to some household duti. s. on her return she uus horrlii.-d to tlnd the little fellow's clothes a mass et Hani. s. I Whether be fell in th. fire or Ills cloth- , ing caught she did not know. Sh- wrap ped him in quilt:- and smothe-.-i tin ' bat hi was .- . bmlly burned that he du d In about live hour's- His remains w.-rc buried in tit** cemetery at Hickory Spring church. i Dixon Kills Himself at Macon. j Macon. Ga.. December H-h—(Special.) i A bullet directly through Ids heart, sent i I there by his uwn hand at 10.30 o clock I i tonight, quickly cut short Henry B. Dix- • I on's lite Tile suicide had be. n earefiill.v j i planned and carried out with deliberation | I remarkably cool. I Just b-fore I ' o’clock two pistol shots I were heard in his room. On \ . -tiga . t?.»n Dixon'., body was i-mi:d - tit - 11b I.Th. first .-hot had miss-.1. j'l he second went through th- heart, j ir.v, instant death. i Berrien Leases Her Convicts. Tifton, Ga.. D m oer 11. (Spe ,i'.) Berrien's r.oar.l of county commis-ion-r-; I have leased Their convicts for the <om- , ing yeai to EG. Brown, who 1 b'-n siiperlntcrtdent of the. county . ont e t camp for a. number of years. Pleas of Guilty by Car Thieves. Americus, Ga_, December 11. (Special.) This afternoon Frederick Wilson and Marshall Hoskins, two notorious i ■ pro car robbers, pleaded guilty to that o. j ' sense and were sentenced to eight years j in th- penitentiaary. These thieves robbed cars here by ; wholesale, carrying away wagon loads | of ni. rehandis- upon dil'ter. r .. . ■ . and costing the railroads great loss. ; Iron Castings Put on Track. West Point, Ga., December 11. -(Spe- , clal.l—The Atlanta and W. si Point pas- j senger train No. 33, which arrives h< re 1 at 3:40 o’clock left tho tracks tins as- > ! —- THE WEEKLY CONfi*ITIWION« GA., MONDAY. DECEMBER 11, 1903. I ternocn just, after crossing the Chat ! lahooehee river bridge, a short distance above town, and traveled about 75 yards ■on file ties before it could be brought ] 10 a standstill. ' A heavy piece of iron casting had been l put on tile track by unknown parties, , which threw the front wheels of the for ward trucks of the engine off the rails j ami tb.‘ train mov'd along the cross i ties as far as the public crossing, where ; th.- engine was stopped. No one was i hurt, but the entile crew and passen l gers were well shaken and scared by the eoiitlniad bumping. Ruin and Futures Caused Downfall. Americus, Ga., December 1 I.—(Special..) J. T. Dent, form'r’y engaged in the piano miriness in Americus and elsewhere in Georgia, entered a plea of guilty to two indictments for f'rgery in the su perior court this afternoon, and was sen | teuc< d by Judge Littlejohn to eight years ;in the penitentiary. Deni made an eloquent appeal for le- I money, declaring that liquor and cotton ■futures caused his downfall. While in business here Dent committed numerous i forgeries and caught local banks for SBOO on forged notes, besides sticking ' piano manufacturers witli whom be dealt J lor about $2,000. - May Build Line Into Columbus. t Bainbridge, Ga.. Deccmb'r 1 I.—(Spe cial.)—Th- directors of th. Georgia, Flor ida and Alabama :allway met in this city i today to ceiisid. - the advisability of < x i t. nding their line, northward into Co lumbus. i It has been definitely understood that , th:.; step tt .ml.i i.,. taken .oon.-r or later ■ ami it : lie; d th it worit will be push- . -<l amt that l.elor.' ma;: months the road will be rum ii regularly 1 nto ('olumbus. Three Children Burned to Death. j Augusta. Ge.. D-i-mb r I I.—(Special.)— | Tlir-e childr u were burned to death in tlv.. jiast t«-ntt-four hours In Augusta, as th- r* -ult ul living left alone by their parents jn a room with an open lire. I tw.i -ast.-.-—on- yesterday . v<-nlng ami <m, th;.-; i.-i euing—i hey w-ri* negro child.', a, but tn.' third was white, the 3y. ■; .1 daughter ol Mr. and Mrs. Jul. C. ssels, on lower Broad stre-t. I Mr.'. <’ass.-Is. who had g >ne into an | oile r room and was -ailed by the child's • s, was hersell’ painfully burned in trying i . extinguish the Hames, but tlie • child was so badly burn-d that she died before medical aid reached imr. Flour Mill Changes Hands. C’oiumbus. G.1.. D. cemlicr 12. -(Special.) R. M. Norman and associates today bought the capital stock of the Empire Mills Company and will take chargi ot tile plain Janu .ry I. This mill was established over forty year.; ago by i’olom l George W. Wood ruff and ground meal for (he confeder ate government during the war. It has been operated as a flour and grist mill e' ■ r si)'.'. is How om- of the largest plums in the state. The pl'ir.t will be i-modcb d, electric or oth-r power being subst it u1... I for the present power. An eb vator will proba bh bi baill. The general capacity of the plant will be < •.!ai'ged. Th ■ company's capital stock will be increased. I l ine of t’;c stipulations of the deal made ■ today i... that il m; 1.. Woodruff, who has be-u i ce j.r.-sident and manager of | the eom.n:ii:i. will not go into the fiour ' and meai maim fact arlng business in l.'o i lumbus ...■■ within 100 miles of this city, within five years. It. is probable that Mr. Woodruff will build a large mill i niter in Atlanta or Chattanooga, Trim. His brother, Ernest Woodruff, of Atlan- I tn. will embark with him in th" inter ' prise. It is I|ll‘|. TStOl.d. i Ji . said that Atlanta stands a good I chance to get the new mill. Ginnery Burned in Upson. ' Thomaston. G.i., December 12. o-’pe | ciul. i -The ginnery of King Bros., located about six miles west of Thomaston, in I :. mi county, wa burned today, tog-tli ir w th s-i'iual hundred bushels of eol t-n ..... J a'.-l about, oil- bal<* ot cotton. The:: v - ; is about 3500 and no insur ance. Death of Di. D. W. M. Mason. I Albany, (Im. Dec mber 12. —(Special.)— I Dr. \\ . 1> M M.c-on died this afternoon ' at I o’clock from an ovvrdo.-e of mor : phiir i.ikc ntbr e gl) mi-mil' for quinine. ) Dr. Mason niov. u to Albany from Tcx ! as a lew years ago. Ho had b-eli in tae .grocery business witli ills: brother, John i C. Mason, during I i. residence here, and i ha.d made many friends both in a busl n<ss and in a social way. He leaves a. wife and one son. Death of Captain George Conway. Augusta, Ga., Di-emlier 12.- iSpeelal.y [Captain G-org. \\ . t’or.way died today, I aged 64 lb- was employed in the door jk. 'si. r ■ department a.t the capital during | the session "f th... legislature before the II:.:, and is known to many Georgians, il .; hl.- a. ? ..ir.im-e In recent years was ! ml; a ::ngg st ion of liis palmy days. During i’i. war, be i. ndered valuable I ■ rvie< - in the s< er< t service, and since I the v ir has conducted a livery ami :i insf-r bu m -s. He was a dashing jhor .email of tile wild west type, pants in | boots, broad-brimmed hat and flowing | curls ale.ut his shoulders, and had a I splendid physique. Tennille Mills Wound Up. I Ma--on. Ga., Dr.-ember 12.—t Sp. eia". i - | In the ITiited States court today there i v.a s the winding up ot the Tennille <-;if j ton mill <-as , in the shape of two ord-rs jl tie.l by Jimi'e Spc-r, oom an order gn ; iimrizing th- I'eceivcr, N. B. t orbin, to ! m-c. i.t bid.- for accounts against I the mill, aggregating $47,000, and the i oilier i intcrioentofy order requiring the i m. .1 of lie purim.i.-. price for Web h I the mill was sold. It will b- remembered ■ that. th. milt w.is sold in accordance with la He, of tie , om : to certain bondhold- , of North Carolina i<-m esen ted by A I Burwell. A Big Catch of Fish. j Greenesboro. Ga.. December 12.—(S]>e- I < ial.j--.John Itl’.od ■ and son, Jim, two i fanners in tlii;- county, wao five near , the banlis of the Oconee, brought in a i wagon load of cattish this week. The com i bmed ight of tile fish was 250 pound:'. : Ta.v w< re caught in thi' i iconee and I rang, d in weE-lit from niie-fourth pound ' to ti'.'e pounds. They were ns pretty a I lot of fish as have been seen here this SOUTN CAROLINA. Baby Giri Burned to Death. Gr.-nville, S. December 9 -H.atle Iwe. p.m-; n'-old- daughter of .Mr. and Airs. Luiayette Bell. di. d this morning as th" result of burns received yester day vliil" playing aro'.tnj the grata at Imm- in Williamston, ’flu chib;’.-; cloth ing ignited and every garment was bu'me.l from its body before the atten tion <>f her mother, in an adjoining r >om. was all-acted. KENTUCKY- Prof. H. H. White, Lexington, Ky. I Lexington. Ky.. December 9.—Professor j H. 11. White, aged 82. former president | of Kentucky university and professor of I mathematics, in the same college, died I l;er< today II? was one ot the most n >tcil educators in the south. Henry W. | W hile, o'. Chicago, is his son. rORTH CAROLINA. Scarcity of Labor. Raleigh. N. C., December 9.—(Special.l Tli.. l-adinff farmers say that they will not lie able in future to plant the large crops of cotton they have planted in tills state owing to the great and growing scarcity of negro laboi. wl-.i.-h lias very largely b ft tho rural districts, and the flow of which to the centers and thence out oi' the state continues with no Inter- mission. Tins is one of the great prob lems in North Carolina now. Kerosene Deadly to Woman. Asheville. N. C.. December ll.—Mrs. B Padenall, of Inanda, a village three miles from here, died at 4 o'clock this afternoon iron-, the e ff ects O1 received while i attempting to light her kitchen lire willi ! kerosene. Her daughter Lilly, aged 14. was badly burned about the face arm hands while making a brave effort to save her mother’s life. Notorious Criminal Dies. Raleigh, N. C., December 12.— (Special.) Two years ago four white men commit ted burglary at Emma postoffiee, near Asheville, and attacked Postmaster Alex ' under, who defended himself with such ; wonderful gallantry as to win special , compliment from the postmaster general 1 Two of the burglars were hanged and i two were si-til to the penitentiary lot life One of >l>e latter. Harry Mills, died . todav in the prison here of consumption His bodv was turned over to the stat university medical school foi dissecting purposes. Pension'- Asked for Laborers. Knoxville, Tenn.. December 9.—The. Tonncssco I'3 oor coriYpntion, ii' session here today, passed a resolution asking congress to pass a law granting a pension of sl2 a month to every work ' Ingman who .shall have reached the age ! ..f 60 years .‘mil have earned less than a 11. coo per veal. Th" law is to be mod ' eb'd along th- lines of the New Zealand I pension Jaw for laborers. Injuries Will Kill Riggs. Chattanooga. Tenn., Dceemhcr 10.— ' (Special.)—At midnight E. S. ißggs and L. E Ellsworth, the prominent gentle- • men injured yesterday afternoon in the frightful collision between an automobile and an olcetirc car. are both alive, though pliy. iciatis say that Mr. Rigg-' 1 cannot live through the night. Some hope , i- entertained fol th. recovery of Mr. Ellsworth, who is resting ni. ely. Tennessee May Lose Jabney. Knoxville. Tenn.. December 12 (Spe cial.)—The annoaneemeiit th it Dr. C. \V. Dabney had revolved a formal tender of the pr' sid"U. y of the Cincinnati unlver i sity. and that he had asked tnlrty days in which t" conider the matter, lias I . aused a general belief here that there lis a very great likeliiiood of him ac i cepling the c.-.li. _ FLORIDA. Winter Hotel Burned. | Citronelle, Fla., Dec inb. r 10 —Tho Il linois hotel was <b. troyed by tile this mo ning There was no insurance. ARKANSAS. Arkansas Postoffice Robbed. ' Altheimer, Art;., D'-eemb.-r 10. The I postoilice !|"~ was b::-sbirized last night ■ and registered p o-kas- containing $2,000 ar., nit ing. Tie i 1. no cb"-.i io the , identity or tli". burglars. - ■" ~ TEXAS. . Sent Up for One Thousand Years. ; Houston. Tex , 1 nibi rB. -In the '11;- j ti i.-l court of Ch' rok.'e county, Texas. I today, Allen Brown, a negro, charge 1 ■ with ittcmp'.ed criminal assault, was [sentenced to one thousand years in tiie I penit'-ntiary. I’mb r the law the Jai I could not it h sentence. When [arrested Brown mcrowly . caped being | lynched. '[ Davy Crockett’s Grandson a Suicide. : Thorpe Springs. Tex.. December 12. ' The body of Aver; Crockett, a grandson [of Davy Cro'kTt. was found today sus i pend'd from a I . to which ho nad | linnged himself n lit of despondency. - P/KiSISSIPPi. Beauvoir Home Open to Vets. Jackson, Mi-s.. I)ccenii>‘’r ll.—(SpC'’ial.) i juvoir, tbi home of Jefferson Davis, ! was opened by the Smis ot ('oni«’»i- i eri:t(; Veterans t<> nil the old soldiers who i fought in Mississippi icginn nts during J tli'* civil w.' ; 'i'hc opctL.cg w;..- .i v> ry qi'id cv< nt, there was it" programme or any ccr»nio ni’-s attend., nt up*m tlie o< c.ision. the j doors wer<- -imply thrown opeti and Su j’. i lntr ad-’ii* Stone, and T. M. i who is sec! "tar;- of the Beauvoir v.mi mlltf’e. gav a. hearty welcom* to each .' ;..-ter.in. ALABAMA. i Aged Negress Gored to Death. 1 Montgomery. Ala.. D.-eemb.-i 3.—Gor-d [by an enraged bill’, wilh gnat gashes | and wound ' in her body from head to foot. Sallie Williams, an aged n.'gr.ss, di. I in b.-nible agony today i,"for- her : body was r.moved fi mi tin- seen of Ihe Itragedy. Th.-ic w.c no w.'ness to the [ unequal light witli the madden,.! animal [except Hour.'. Holt, a brother in law of I tlie woman, who r n-heil her too late to Isave her from living literally loin to I pieces. Decapitated by Flying Saw. Mobile, Ala.. December B.—At Bradlv, 22 miles north of Mobile, a large -aw . in the mill of the Clnegar 8.-'id Lum ; ber < ompany broke and om- of the frag ments struck Louis Tillman, killing him instantly, his heml being marly severed [ from tho body. Governor Durbin at Mobile, i Mobile, Ala.. D. eiuli. r B.—Governor W. T. Durbin, of Indiana, and a party of friends, some of them members of his staff, pass'd tlirough Mobig today ~n THE VALUE OF CHARCOAL. Few People Know How Useful It Is In Preserving Health and Beauty. Nearly everybody knows that charcoal is the safest and most . flieient disinfect - ant and purifier in nature, but f.-w real ' ize its value whin taken Into the human system for the same deansing purpose. Charcoal is a remedy that the more you take of it the. better; it is not a drug at ail, but simply absorbs the gases and i.a- I purities always pres.-oi in tin stomach ami Intestines and carries mem out of Hie system. Charcoal .sweetens the breath after ' smoking, drinking or after eating muons and oimr odorous vegetables. Charcoal effectually i vis and improves j the. complexion, it whitens tile teetn and LeUilivr acta a-s u ii'H.uai una cxuiueuify -wile caLlia I’tic. It absorbs the Injurious gases which col eCt in the stoma;-;: and boweis; it dis tniecis the mouth and throat from ;ae poison of caia. Ih. Al’ druggists s< fl ■ tiareoal m one form i or another, but pro >.i.ilv the best ehar ' coal and the mo-st forth, \ is H1 smart's Absorbent Lozenges; they are <• imposed "f til' tlnest powdered W.aOW charcoal, and oilier n.trmle-H ntlscptlcs tn tablet form or rather ~, me form of pleasant tast'.rm loze'im-s, rhe , h.> r - Joed ’being mixed with honey. ' The 'Killy “• '■ vij] soon tell in >mnrove,l condition of ' the general health. ' "tter complexion, , sweeter br. )tl> a"'l P'»"r Mood, and the ■ bea’ity of b is. that no possible harm erm Tnsnlt from their continued use, but on the contrary, great benefit. Buffalo physician in speaking of the benefits ot eb.arc.na.. say;; "j ;,,,vf:;e Stu -irt’s D<‘Z' UX(x to .11 natinnts suffering f’"" 1 P; 1 / /'}, ~le sbmiach and bowels, ’nd to eleai the conipb xlon and miri'v the breath, mouth and throat- I ' also ’believe th" liver i.< greatly bene fit e.l by 'he daily us.- of them; they cost but twenty-fl'e cents H box nt drug ; stores, and although in some sense a pat ent preparation, yet 1 believe j get more nnd better charcoal in Stuart's Absorbent I.ozenges than in any of th,, ordinary j charcoal tablets.” PE-RU-NA PROTECTS THE LITTLE ONES Against Winter Catarrh in its Many Phases. Neglected Colds in Children Often Bring Disastrous Results. I Peruna should be kept in the house all the time. Peruna should be kept in every house where there are chlldr“n. Don't wait until the child Is sick then send to a drug store. ' Have Peruna or. hand—accept no i substitute. i Pe-ru-na Protects the Entire Household A -ainst Catarrhal j Diseases. , As socn ns the value of Peruna Is fully appreciated by every j household, both as a preventive i and cure of catarrhal affections, ! tens of thousands of lives will bo i saved, and hundreds of thousands ! of chronic, lingering eases of dis- ; ease prevented. Peruna is a house- [ hold safeguard. ■ /BAf J?- izx - \' ll® ! I -GT Pe-ru-na Hept In the House for Five Years Mr. Albert Lktzman. f 596 Milwaukee Ave.. Chicago. Ills., writes: "I am only too glad to inform you that I am ft eling splendid and have I f.-it better in my life. Through tho ad ' vice of n friend I tried Peruna, and am j glad to say it enro l nio to p< "l'?ci i<i:i. I : began to tell a friend abou: Peruna the | other day and I had no sooner i-om- ■ mencod tb:m ho tol i ni' Ills folk -■ Imvo ■ kept J'.Timn n the house for the last ■ five years. I am sure I wouldn't bo ' without it. Mother also uses It to k eu ■ herself in good healtlt” el.slt Druggist for free Pe-ru-nu Almanac for PJO-L ' route to hunting and fishing giumm ; [near N"W Orh-jn.;. On th" r turn trip i th" governor and party will : top in Mo bile. Johnson Killed by Unknown Hand. Dothan. A1."... Dec-'mb( r 8. -John .lolm sun, a piost vroijs farmer, was waylaid j ami Pually shot by an unknown person ■ tonight Johnson rt'Tlv.nl two pis'..; bul j lets in the stoin:u-b. The shooting 0.-- i iiri-ed in the pttbll. ro."! !:■ -,sr b In .--on - Worked Child Under Twelve. Montgotnery. Ala., D'-c'-mli'T cial. i—T. W. Wright. s:ip'. liiit' i-'i' iit of th.* Peopji cotton Piet.'.-y, today pb ail" *. guilty to the eliaige of ..-mployin,; a eliild under 12 years of. a*. '■ I "iat:’ig :;i'* H-ild labor law in th. la. lory. Mr. Wright's plea was a,- ■ompanie.l by a player to tie: 1 court asking that It b" b tiient b'-cait;'..! In 1 had b."ii ignorant "f th. law'. The court ' imposed a small il::", the pi'imiso ; th.ll in the tiltin'' Mr. \\ i.glit will do .id I in Ills power t" eomnly v.itii tlie law m I all respects. This is the llrst ease m its [ kind in Alabama. I Spegnl Was Acquitted. i Decatur, Ala., De ember 10.- (Special.) ‘ After being out two hours, a jc.i y tonight brought in a v.-rdh ' o! not guiltj against Lather Spt.-gal. wn 1 uas aecns. . ' of attempting to wvek 1 train at i .nk i vlll ■. lids coimiv. by pl:', im; a railroad [ rail on the track. Alabama’s Treasury. Montgomery. Ala.. December 10. -.Sm - I <-ial.)—Governor J; Ik.-', '."day gar" out i Txamlner Rutledg. '.-i report ui> tile "om.li i Holl of til" st.-l" tr- asury. Tn" rep .rt [ states that th"re Was 0:1 lia.M a; It , dose of biisin".-' "ii December 5, $370,- 541 40 In cash in tin- 1 ult. Ill': 'xani i iner savs that the state treasurer has | k"pt the public business of his d.-pari -1 ment in excellent condition. Littls Boy Badly Burned. Montgomery. Ala.. Deemnber 10.-■ <.-'-p..- ; ci.'il.)— Joseph Moses, a white child 3 'viurs old. was burned almost to deal.: [ here today. It is thought that he was placing with I'm lire when his ili't!.' - ■■l ;elii The littl--. fellow now lies ■: point Os '1 nth. soft' ring untold agoim.s. I The front M bo - v i j'"',y. ” " " ) from head to l""t ::id ch> ba. k "1 0 ; Ipbiv is i 1 il’.Hy burn'M. Ui> > - ~|- charred flesh. Charles Mandy Made Judge. Mont-gbm'T.v. Ala.. Decemb.-i- II tSp - C ia I.)—Governor Jelk.i today appoint'd Ch-irle-'- It. Mandy ;n judg< of tlie in f.Ta.r eouri at Ensley. Ala. This - ourt Ln-s ei'm'."- by th" last l-gislatur- m abollshin: several of the justices o. th peace in that precinct. Robbers Wanted in Alabama, Too. Montgomerv. Ala.. December ll.—(Spe cial.! The gov ll'.'l O! Alabama Uli; .< f p rno.ni informed th" goi'ernor 01 b io"id.i. that his requisition papers for .V.oi-’-t 11,-iscoll and 11. Russell, tb" '« ' h-'-t all'e-'t. l at Mobile by Jai-ksonvill-", 1 dete.-tives. on th-: charge tli.-it tm>y ( t ;>< k«’tl a f;:Ii nf (’oh* ri i’- city ■Hid c>: several lunalie dollirs, would not be ll .’llHe ; ;l 81101" i S’ hl' 1 I evid.to (O.'ivic: th.‘in in this slat on tin several eii:,rg s pending apain't them. . . These men ar- said to b- wante.i a,. Sai anil di. Ga.. \ lltlosta. Ga.. I s-em :. Al)., and several other places for . rack ing safes, besides Montgomery ami Jr. al so n vi He. Stillwell Got $5,000,000. Kansas Citv, Mo.. December ll.—Ar tliur E ’ Stillwell, president of th" Kan sas City, Mexico and (irie.it railway, ar rived todav from tie- City of Mexico. In ■an interview Mr. Stillwell said h had interested two hundred prominent men in Enrol:" in the railroad and ■ "iif'.l 35.- 00C.000 from tin- Holland stockholders in I addition to the amounts previously snb i scribed bv the capitalists of that couri j try- • '.** 1 aiwattaiHuftßi n —mt i ■ —'r w pF . ALICE SCHAFER. \ ~i—mi-wijr umi—imui u—imi wwudh-j j ) Mrs. s. if-T, 436 Pope Ave., St Louis. Mo., writes: '■ In th? early part o' last ycur 1 wrote In you '< r advice for ■ mv daughter Alice, four years of ago. She has been a puny, ' ; sickly, iiiilng child since her hlrtn. ' irn h:iu convulsions and , catarrhal f v-rs. I was always doc’ortng until we commenc -d ; to use Peruna. She grew strong ;nd well. Peruna is a won- '■ derful tonic; Hie best medlcin - I hav •• over ustd. ■■ 1 was in a very wrotclied condition when I commenced to < lake. P.-rt'.iia. l had catarrh an through my whole b dy. but, < thank God. your mediclns set me, ail right. I would not have ; any other medicine. Pe,runa cure my Daby boy of a very bad spell of cold end < , fever. He D a big healthy boy fifteen menths old. 1 have ; ■ given, him Peruna utf and on since he was born 1 ihink that ' is why he is so well. I cannot praise Peruna enough, w - , have n>t had a doctor since we began to use Peruna—all : praise to ft."—Mrs. Schafer. ■ Be Sure to Have P’-nt-no on Hand Duriny the inciemenl Months cf Fall nnd Winter. Croup, capillary bronchitis: and a rile [ ■ ular rheumatism are the special banes of c’lildiio. ’ These al; alike result from j c itching cold. ! Or." . Mid catche? cold and scares his 1 t moEi-r into hysterics by having crupp [ ' in the dead of night. • Another chill cn' -iies cold, develops a ; ; stubborn cough that will not yield to or- i dm.-iry remedies. The parents are tilled ; ' wiib forebodings. Still another Im.; catcher cold and de velops tli.it most fata! malady of child- I liood, capillary bronchitis. Tile doctor Is 1 "ailed, pronounces the case pneumonia, i and if the child is lucky enough to live [ 1: las developed weak lungs from which I It may never recover. 1 Ami yet another child catches cold j AIDED WIFE TO KILL SPOUSE. Wanted the Woman and the In surance Money. r: ■m-lngton. \'t . Decmber 10 —Led ; i Pel-ham, n youth of 19. r.dated in the | I •aunty court today how, for lot c- of Mrs. j ! Mary IT. Rogers, 1." aided the woman I ’to murder l;cr husb.ii'.d, to the /-ml that j . with '.lip SSOO insui :nee obtained on his I ; life .-.;■ might I'urnisli a home for the ‘ ■ men she love.!, [ I’ernam was a witness called by the [ ; ste.ii; in tli. trial ol Mrs. Roger;, charged ‘ I with tl." murder of her lie.';' ami. 2,1 ar. as i ' _M. Rogers. He said she Jv.r d Rogers to 1 1 a river bank for the purpose of rciioneUia- [ i tloti, she having become e; t ranged from : her husband. In a burs; of we"-.ae.5 ...... ul • afl'c-.-tio’., tii" woman proposed that they I do ti '.-ks with a rope which she brought j i with he". The husband allowed himself : ! b. ti'-d several times, "sch time get- j I ting loose. Mr '. Royrs suggested that. : j’. rbam try 1.. oand, and he bound j Rogei.; securely, he says. From b"r f iio K". Mrs Kogers then quicklv drew a , l.'.mll.er. im-f. v.m.m saturnA I v. E h j ■ hioruiMini uml pinc.d over L* i Lu j I face. Then R. riiam teamed she wrote a j l no. ■ with th' . " words on it, and pinned to , . Rogers' hat: "I ;>'ii going to dr .wn mysml. and no- . i body .'lse is to blame for my dcaih.’’ n’t) l'il« - ii’' .-'u’!-'*'. h'-r ijusL- 1 • s name- Afl - Kogers liad db. •! from the effects of i id - (hloroform, Pi-rham threw Jhe body [ j r.-;u:-: ■ d to '.heir Lom". Free Booklet ' On Blood Polson, written by the leading j spccialk-t of GHs country. Addr-ss Dr. J. ’ Newton Hathaway. 42 Inman building. . i At,ania ’ Ga - ~: ' WORK SOLVES RACE PROBLEM. Bookei Washington Gives His New j York Brothers Advice. N -v York. De :über 11.-Booker T. [, i Washington, i -speech here before th-'. | . . colored branch i.C tho Young Men's Cliris- : | tian Association dc-liu'i d the real prob- [ I b.-:n 'or the color. 1 parent In the north . I is not that of g'tting his son and <i"mgh- , j u-i- educated, but of finding Job for j t them a.'Tor they receive their thplonris. : [ "If a white boy g.-ts a place, in an of- ■ [ fie-- and docs liis duty, lie is assured o- : ■ ; Warnement." said ths speaker, but tho : . i black buy has g- t to work twice as hard ■ , [to get there. Anv man. black or white, ; . ; ! € ffl BIC MS OFFER! I!r : 1 FULL'- QWART GF aw WHISKEY RE catocoatents k nnw the meaning of words and will do a- v *ay, *3 0. 3 claim to br the HweM prleej* W hb»kej Ylonsc and fhr rsr- t! ' *•Mali Order V hUkcy C’onccr:.! i i tlu-South. A p \iorth €’«rohn« Whf*kcy we Ar il Rood thcrc‘« u.» bad. - '*.j here wouldn't adulterate if tht y knew h.,v«.. they or - too Most whis key seller- ar.‘ noU'd b>r mi>:. 1 r .-m . *T‘d J\’ watering. Wesf ii more g- name ni l wliwkt v uni l\ s v .i’t rt . ’1 -1 all ftnv t’iiOtvn ccinpvtitor. ‘•<’:uspirS 11 er.’- Ohl’’ t* h**d- cj >s 5. k" rt* if'Utow] HqulJ joy! it t; ma(k> hr ho.u ' e.h” in tin-ir-.;.. .-;-u hy j Ifrtir-s’a 'MX. » Non 1 ('ar'ilna.iu <id-M\le copjur stills, j'Ft as ft wax mj .r : . L* MST oar grandfather Fir>t-rrt«'v hi.<key is sold at #s.ooffiV VFAP A? D M per gallon.but it’s net any better than “Camper’s 11 Y»'ar'dd. 'it • ■ LRr. wk<m M must j leaseorwt'will buy itliafk. VV -ha’, e arapitnlol SIOtf.OOO.M, VX 1 ' U end tho Hedmunt Savin - Bank of thi* eitv will c H yon our* cd •a'v t'M W' I '' M r. M«Hg<»od. To iDtro.iuer 1 dip Gd. v. hiskuy.w. "lOwr Full X, wn *' ’ ~ vgl — 11 Dgj Sjuurta of **<'a«prr*M 11 Y enr Old’* sann>’• d i■. Sj, r-2, hS om* 18 \» ar old u an t >di i’ kiu - cia • ailMiri-C !'a>. •** c.‘’Nzdrrat M is sent*.- m 1 doubh the a we and |:u in free <»»e —v Wl Fnll E-Ttrn. v * •• lin'. • tfh « f ih‘. whisl -v only 7,* -i.-'eta, IS*’ W* * ’ra ttlbi Ai! ‘ f “ ,,a flv * - :I * k ‘ -' *' ~r w,li f,;5 ’ ?:ily ?uU R 13 unart bntt .t~« in r< «*ei;>t i'f!l;oi« ,'t\■ m.«- c--rk 1v J g'.'Liu.': glairy and suniD • •*. making th’s v. hi-L" c »*d k/- tban - ’ -• V*‘g pi HVgUv MrSM'jt?'C -u' I W (lehvrred W. ehiptn pJ.iin how «»*’••• n.«e *•’»»« icato K- Im '‘'intent*;, and Prepay ull F.xprran !o nr* poln’ 1 of tue <- Ss&'SOi V' ’Y-m 75 *' ffl Rivrr. ('nston.vrs w< < of dd vj, <r . write fur M I : A. JM confidential !*.s r and learn how to save money, Addn’fs- rj, j- x Hase Dy None st H THE CASPER CO/<Sno.) H North Carolina vEOi’i-era 2 oi c» 81)9r ei<Jg. WINSTON-SALEHS, N. C.J. i [gOfSig! I [.CM >» ;■ \ANNA R.fJROWN J ’ a -V il-. ii Mrs. J. M. Brown. Dun ■l- n-gan Springs, M 0... ,4 writes: !, ”My little daughter » g j'ears old was trouble'! ", with a very bad cough •* which remained after an attack of catarrhal fever. Sin* hrs :ak"n one bottle ■i; of Peruna. through which ■' she has obtained a com ■*; plete cure. She la now ns well and happy as a little ’• Ctrl can b-. When O':r ■ Il she ,-i5 looks I rc’l them Peruna ‘1 aid it." 8l In .1 later letter s'o ?*• rays: "Our little Haugh’ ” continues to have good health." tend articular rh'-'imaiis-n !.« tj-.» :->«-i:P. I A»kle.«. kner-s, wr!r:«t nn-1 ell aws be ‘ comp suddenly svu ar.d painful. • f'hlld rmiy Hv? and become convalescent, ■ h in-Grable invi-.1-d of valvular disea*» 1 of the heart. All these inDr.c- ." are , direct rc-.-uiit of neglected cold. Perurx ; is the s. ■'•truarJ of the family. i' a ; catches cold. Peruna should Lo j used Immediately. A few d<>..- 3 of Bcr’mfi and a : eo?d is. gone. Tic* ft.ppr€'hensi<y of ?’ -• ‘ parents fles away. The household ; free from fear once m >re. ■ If you do not. receive prompt and sat'-- ’ factory results from use of Peru*. . ‘ write at once to Dr. Hartman, 3. I’ilT statement cf your case, and he wL! . > pleased to rive you his valuabl? a - cratD. Address Dr Hartman. President of ‘ » j Hartman Sanitarium, Columbus, <J’. io I who bus learned to do something r : ■ | than his fellows lais si.lv. 3 Ins problem. ; v., are getting tie reputation of :> :: , ! willing' to part with our votes ’'or i ‘ price. We . I-r ti-.e world ’ ml. ' stand that v < ii.dividual who of•• ■ • m r ■ r .. Gils Cure Cancel. I All forms of cancr and tumor, in.t.-.nM land external, cured by soothing, talir.,.’ ! oii. linn without pair; or di. I’.-. - : years.' Write to the Southern of j the Originator for tree ?»">•’.):- Dr I'. M. live Co., box -p>2, Dept. K., Dalias. T"\. ESCAPED IX WOMAN'S CLOTHES ‘ CH ICAGO Deeembi ;■ B.—Frc- ' :n <•’- ' • -wered the of n form : .■••• mur loti in that jail. Tucker ;n. ' i King in a Chic.igo saloor. o-i a- 1 was held tt’aco Oil a chary* O b'j”- Cures Guaranteed. i.' It 'ti'-n. .Mucous am! I't'-i' !■ cliarges. Strict!'re. V.;ri- w, !■ . 1 •iti ■" • lion lik'd tile, t and I'nn D E'.'.- ’ Dr. \V .1- T - ker, 16 x'.ii. It- .1 street. Atlanta, Ca. - • Yerkes Plans fcr a Palace. New York. In mb.T iO. -C, -■ ■ ' syst'-ni of Gindoa ■ .s iv.~t ■.a-i moo o for a hoi.s.- in l-ihri . s w m . ~r street. '1 lie house n< .< on ■' I "ki's horn. p!.. ■ •j th r vn" waking t dimerisionr of the latter 100 by 157 i and l ilt- WiinJv ’A h $5.000,00’?. Unique Sentence Passed on >. Wood, a lead< ■ caped front the l-'.idoun p, nr - n v ’a.-t shimmer. vvh< .1 guard wif st ibh' 1 ft death, v. as today eonvict'-d <•:' the fsecotnl <i' gr«.e. As \V‘ serving a life sentence. Judge H r or«t< ■ rd him to appear 1.. •‘>;;it ■ . • i t ; . • one hundred .years from i<> :ay. 5