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ALL THE NEWS OF DIXIELAND
CECFICIA.
Hamony Grove Wiped Off Map.
Commerce. Ga.. December 14.—(Special.)
The hustling little city of Harmony Grove
Is a thing of the past, so far as her for
mer name Is concerned. The postal ao
thorltles have changed the name of
the postofflco from Harmony Grove to
Commerce. The postmaster has been re
appointed as postmaster at Commerce,
has given a new bond and has been com
missioned and there Is now no such post
office as Harmony Grove, in this state.
The town will transact all legal busi
ness under the name of Harmony Grove
until the legislature meet" and legalizes
the new name as adopted by ovr people
and accepted by the authorities at Wash
ington.
Leseur Killed by Negro.
Tallulah Falls, Gfl-, December 14.—(Spa
cial.)—Wade Bennett, colored, and Frank
Lesuer. white, a boss for Carpenter Bros.,
contractors on the Tallulah Falls rail
road. about 16 miies from here and near
Clayton, engaged in a row yesterday eve
ning, which resulted in Leseur being shot
in the abdomen.
Bennett, or •‘Booze.” ns he is known by
nickname, is now tn the guard house at
Tallulah Falls.
I.esuer died at 6 o'clock this morning.
Foster Killed Before His Sister.
Dallas Ga.. December 14—(Special.)—
Grover Atchison, who shot James Fos
ter here yesterday. Is a eon of Joseph
Atchison, a well-to-do farmer, Living
about l mile north of Dallas
Dr. T. J. Foster, father of the dead
man. is one of the oldest and most re
spected citizens of Dallas.
Atchison made his escape, and has not
been arrested yet. The trouble grew out
of Atchlnon cursing in Foster's restau
rant and Foster's asking him to quit and
get out.
■Emmett Clarke Slashed Powell.
Americus, Ga., December 15.—(Special.)
•Enwiietf Clarke, g farmer, dangerously
assaulted Bernice Powell, here this af
ternoon, cutting Powell's throat and sev
ering several small arteries. Powell might
have Idea to death but fop timely sur
gical attention.
Clarke fled and was pursued by police
men and captured after guns were
brought Into action. Bad blood between
‘he men caused the assault-
Clarke was Jailed upon two chargee.
Author Haines Grazes Death.
Brunswick. Ga.. December 15.—T. Jen
kins Haines, son of General Peter C.
Haines. United States army, who, with
his wife and one sailor, was en route
to the Bahamas In a private yacht, ar
rived here this morning on the schooner
William C. Tanner. He was accompa
nied by the crew of the pleasure yacht
Edna, which foundered Saturday.
Haines, owner and muster of the yacht,
is the noted author of the “Wind Jam
mers" and the “Strife of the Sea."
The Edna sailed from Ocracoke. N. C.,
December 7, bound for the West Indies
and Florida on a pleasure criuse. She
v-.is struck by a hurricane on the after
noon of December 9 and was blown sev
«:al hundred miles out ot her course.
Iler rigging was torn away December 11.
r bowsprit snapped off and cabin flood
•d with water. Tho rudder was carried
away the next day.
New Ccunty Movement Defeated.
Augusta, Ga-, December 15.—(Special.)
The election today for a new county
i.n ss the river io South Carolina, which
proposed to take a large slice from Aiken
nd Edgefield counties and a small cor*
■ er from Barnwell county and establish
he county site at North Augusta, failed
•> g-t the. rtqi lred tw .-’#;jds vote from
territory proposed to be set afart
in... the new county movement was de
bated.
Murder of Girl Laid to Harper.
ngt Ga., December 16.—(Special) I
■ : v' i with the murder of Ada Cay, I
■ .•■•;;; v. man whose half-decomposed •
: >■. ■ fo.i .■! in a creek near Lithonia ■
-.iU'ht:', Bol> Harper was arrested at 1
t>< nnme at Porterdale Monday evening
■ • Sheriff Sam Hay and immediately
irrie.i to Conyers to be held for further
investigation
•■•■ r is a. middle-aged man and has n
... ■ and eight children. For the past
ral years he has been a laborer in
;•■ >tton factory at Port, rda.l-. Al. that
he has the reputation of being a
■ : bad character.
*t", -riptlor. of the dead woman tal
': .. precise y with the description of n.
roman v i’.h whom he lias been seen
B- veial times and it. is .-trongiy believed
it h“ Is the perpetrator of .he crime.
Young Girl Burnt to Death.
Ciavton, Ga.. December 15.—(Special.)
Late n t'm day j'-ster- y Rosa, the 6-
. tr old c 't.;."r of William York, was
>urned to death In the absence of the
father and mother.
Th... littb giri m going too near the lire
to warm <.\|>osi‘d It: skirt t th- flames
and they ignited and the small children
present were unable to extinguish her
earning clothing. S.io db .’ In a lew hours
in spite cl tne best medical aid.
The funeral occurred here today at the
Baptist church.
Charged with Blowing Safe.
Augusta. Ga., December 15.—Frank W.
Kline, supposed to bo the second man in
the Guyton. Ga., safe cracking, was ar
rested by local detectives here tonight.
It seems that Miller, the man arrested
yesterday, and Kline lave been going
together for several v.-.,-. ks in Augusta
E- mien e war plah I't Guyton Can two
men did the Job.
Kline denies. all connection with 11>c
case. A rebate eii o, k for cash fare on tlio
Central railway from a point tiv- miies
above Guyton to Augusta was found on
ills person. ' similar check wa •> found
on Miller. Both checks were dated Sat
urday, November 12, the day after the
toobery.
Klim and Miller have both been fdentl-
Cji #4?. S i-l OQf’ ’
Rheumatic Cure
Gosts Lotlii i" i it Faiis.
niu-.bn> Is v ’ t-j mn .Tt;*.' I'c,/
: *,•. J asp» cJllc for
iU:. •* • : .. ! n-.rly 20 years 1 wcr.iPd
••) A. h. G r.ry e -'.
■-■fl-, re.. i. rd. 1 found a -Gaily oherolcal
'. 1 nvt di*..-rrolat :.:o as .’ti.. r Rheumatic
, r>- . ri.-lions aaO. disappointed piiyulclans
Cure can turn bony .loiiiU Into 1: s.‘i agi.in.
lh.it Is imi'OesI 1 . :•?. Bit It will drive Irom
he b. •i i the poleci that causes pain and
~w, I’.iig, and then that the end ol rheu
matism. I kro-.v this so ■- 11 that I will fin
rJi-n for a full monts y jy -u.-unt;
trial. I cannot cure all ca*.« w thin ,i month.
It would he nnr«-aaoiia! i' to ok. -t that. 1; it
most cases. w‘iil ylel-l v.:t.hln 30 .la.- .-. T;.i.. '
trial treatment wl.i _ .-on liw. that L‘r.
Shoop’s R’r.euniiitic 1 a p<>w.. ;■ ugalue;
- ■ ' ■ ... -
that U Irresistible.
My offer Is mad#, to convince you of my
'aith. My faith is Im the outvotne of ovp. .
rletwe —of a',-;.,0il kn ' ’ -t-. . 1 g what
It can do. An I I know this eo well Gut t I
w ill furnish ti-.y t . -iwily < n trial. Simply j
write me a peel o for m book on H :a-u.:ua.tlsm. '
I r/il' t.nt’i arrange v. ill. ~ druit.tlst m your ;
Vptr.lty s- that you cun .- v..:'-- s.v bmties o £ I
;>r. Shoop's Hheuii.a'.ic Cure t<» n alio the test. '
.'on may take 1> a. full month on dial. jf 1
1: succeeds, the cost to G $5.50 If I; |
tails, the loss Is mine and mine alone. It. I
w ll be left m '.r'-'/ to you ' :j . lfi r :. (J 1
exactly. If ;v.u say the trial is not sn'G- |
fa-toiy. I don'-, expect i penny from you.
f have no samplfS Any nn’re sample that •
ran affect ch: mi'? F.lieuma*. in must be .irux- ,
ged to the verge of danger. 1 use no such !
drugs, for It is ilaiisreruu ■ in ta.k-. them. You .
must, get th diseaso .in of the b 10..;, j
r-m-’-dy does that even the most difficult.
«ir.ato C-X.-C 5. It \a<; cure;3 the • as*'*
1 iiG'i i t." met, an i in al! of experience.
!r fill * t.s 2.000 I nG.-er r'-Mirn: ar.'
<•: *?! reine4y that r. ou!. cure one chronic cast*
•n ten.
Write rne and I will send you the hook. Trv
my n rnedy for a month, for- it can’t harm you
unyuay. I* it fails t: > loss is mine.
Address Dr. F!»3P. B r >x 548 Racine WU
Mild ca«es not chrcnlc are often cured by
tr,9 or two bottlesL At eil
fled as two strangers who loafed about
Guyton for two days previous to the rob
! bery.
Dry by Majority of 1,019.
i Gainesville, Ga., December 15—(Spe
[ dial.)—Hall county went "dry” by a ma
jority of 1.519 in the local option election
i held yesterday, as was shown by the
; consolidated vote at noon today. The to
i tai vote cast In the county was 2.013. and
! ■>! this number 1,766 were “dry” ano 247
‘'wet."
Five voting precincts In the county
■ went dry -olld*y not a single vote being
! cast in them for whisky. These were
' Polksville. Glade. Whelchels. Oakwood
■ and New Holland. Each of these will be
' presented with a banner py the county
I campaign clul. at a meeting to be held
’ tomoiTow night.
Frozen to Death in Macon.
Constitution Bureau, 467 Second Street..
! Reclining tn a rocking chair apparently
i asleep. Freeman Eppes. well advanced in
■ years, wan today found dead In the rear
; us his house near the county jail.
Epnes was a w 11 known shoemaker
■ and had lived hi a shanty near the scene
' of Ills death for years.
The jury of inquest gave a verdict of
death from heart failure, but physicians
' present incline to the opinion that Eppes
' Irefng sick and feeble was unable to move
■ and was frozen to death.
Johnson Booms South Georgia.
Athene, Ga, December 16—Prof. .1. M.
Johnson, of the agricultural uepartmer t
turned from a trip to South Georgia,
where he has bre.n assisting Hon. Harvle
Jordan in the work of establishing
farmers' institutes.
Professor Johnson says that during the
week ho stayed In that section of tlm
state there were established five insti
tutes and that large crowds attended at
all places where the meetings had been
properly advertised, and that even where
the advertising of the meeting had been
very small the crowds were larger than
1 expected. The farmers are inking a
great deal of interest in these institutes,
and In the opinion of Professor John
son they arc destined to do a great deal
of good in Hie way of advancing tne ag
ricultural interests of tile state.
Mr Jordan has been engaged In this
work under the direction of the Htnte
College of Agriculture and Mechanic Arts
a little less than ten months and during
that tfms has established institutes in
fortv-three of the forty-four senatorial
districts of the stale. Only one more
senatorial district is to be organized by
Mr. Jordan before the work lie set ouv
to do will bo accomplished. Th? work of
keeping the interest in the institutes
alivo will then have to bo looked after,
and ft i’ believed that they will Increase
in interest from month to month.
Mr. Jordan has found during bls rounds
that the farmers of the state are greatly
interested In nil the work that Is being
done for the advancement of agriculture
and that they appreciate tho efforts ot
the University of Georgia in organizing
these Instituted
Northern Methodist Conference.
Ellijay. Ga., December 16—(Special)-
The Georgia annual conference of the
Methodist Episcopal church convenes
here tomorrow.
Bishop Earle Cranston, of Portland,
Ore.. has already arrived ar.d will pre
side. Delegates ere arriving on ail
Tho appointments will be announced
next Monday.
Newton County Merchant Robbed.
Covington. Ga , December 16—(Special.)
Last night the store of C. A. Bauer, at
Mansfield. Ga.. wua broken Into and his
safe blown. The robber relieved hmi
of $750, and then stole his horse and
buggy to make his escape tn
Mr Banks Is a prominent merchant
at Mansfield, and has been buying a
considerable amount of cotton tins reason.
'[’here Ta no elew to the robbery that
leade to any party suspected.
Child Horribly Burned.
Augusta, Ga., December 16—(Special.)
Aflgusta had another fire tragedf today
tn the probably fatal burning of little
Corinne Scott, nt 1135 Fenwick street.
It is tne usual story. The child s
mother went out of the room and left
her 6-vear-old daughter alone.
Attracted by screams of terror and
pain she rushed back to find the child
elothlrfg enveloped hi flames. _ Before
they were extinguished the little body
on the right side and back were burned
to a crisp. The face escaped, but It '*
not believed the child can survive.
This is the fourth case of the kind
within a week.
Negro Girl Burned to Death.
Moultrie, Ga., December 16. (Special.)
Bessie Taylor, a negro girl emifloyed in
the house of IV. E Aycock, was burned
to death today. She was burning trash
in the yard when her clothing caught
on tire anil before the flames could be
extinguished she van so horribly burned ,
that death resulted in short time.
AV'iilo her clothing was In blaze she I
ran in I tic house and set It on lire, am j
It looked tor a time as if the house would i
bo destroyed.
Handle Plant for Crawfordville.
Crawfordville. Ga.., December 16—(Spe
cial.) i'. Li'. Golti'-ke end M. T. Gilbert ]
are corr- with manufacturers of !
handle machinery with a view of put- I
ting m '> plant of that kind here. Han- ,
dies of every kind will be made.
Otis Castles Shot by Uncle.
I-aGra age. Ga.. December 16.—(Fne
cinl.'i Otis Castles, of LtiGranve, was
shot and perhaps mortally wounded 1 1st
nig', about 7 o'clock by Doc Hubbard,
who iiv s about 8 miles from LaGrange.
The «h oting occurred at the home of
Mr. Hubbard and the loads from both
- led shotgun took
, if; ■; in the shoulder of Mr. Castles near
• ; - . ■■k S-. . ’.use to the muzzle of th>;
gun was Mr. Castles that the shot did
Lot svfl-: r at all. and mado two great
'•holes in the flesh.
Both Mr. Castle? ami Mr. Hubbard
claim that the .‘hooting was .acciilentai.
Modiea! ad was summoned at once, but
It wa® several hours before a doctor from
L.. Grange could he brought out to Mr
Hubbard's residence. |
Vienna Swept by Flames.
VCrna. Ga.. December 16—(Spe ial.)—
The sew nd utsastro'.i.s conflagration to ;
visit I lent .i in a week o-‘cu > < .1 tonight,
Tho lire burned from McDonald's wars i
hi nsi down I “don street to the store oi' ;
A. J. Leonard. The losaos estimated of ■
th- V\ !,. McDonald Furniture Company ;
$2,000; insurance unknown; G. It. f
Mathe’.' .'. $500; no iiisuranP- G. Me- i
Donald, me: tiandls- $1,000; jusuramie ;
unknown; three brb’k stores owned by
F G. McDonald, valued at $3,000.
Th" hard work of the lire d-rpartmer.t I
and .i lire wall saved the entire block. I
in -hiding the corner of Third and Union '
all eels.
Failure Caused Suicide.
Hawkinsville, Ga., December 17. -(Spe- i
J. Mutt Fitzgerald committed sui
cide today by taking strychnine. He ,
failed in his no ■ • untile business last •
v,'-,.-k and his death is attributed to tlnaii- '
clul embarrassment. i
He w.i 50 years old.
Mystery About Shooting.
Tifton. Ga., December i 7 --(Special ) j
Interesting developments are following j
the shooting of Tom Mathis, at the home
of John Taylor, on Wednesday night !
last. Mr. .Maihis had been over to Mr.
Taylor's after supper and started home.
lie had onlj' got about 30 yards from :
tli<- gate when some one fired on him 1
with a sTioigun, the entire charge >!
No. 6 shot striking him in the left side !
and arm.
He fell, and despite Ids outcries, no :
odd from the Taj lor residence came to <
THE WEEKLY OONOTITUTIONt ATJLAKT.A, GA., MONDAY. DECEMBER 21, 1903.
Ibis assistance, and relief finally came
from a house some distance away.
The shouting was very mysterious, as
Mathis for some time had no Idea wha
I ii.-fd fired on him. He Is still In a pre
j carious condition.
Big- Jack Hangs tor Last Crime.
Sylvester, Ga... December 17—(Special.)
Ned Jack Fergueon. colored, better
known tn the camps ae “Big Jack," wao
hanged at Isabella today, at 1.12 p. m.,
for the killing of Henry Tucker, another
convict, hi W. F. Galry s camp at Worth,
Ga.. last October.
I Ferguson’s neck was broken and life
was extinct in twelve minutes, and In
i ten minutes morn he was cut down. He
; had no relatives here, and hie remains
I were shipped to the Atlanta Medical col
! lege.
Homes Looted by Two Tramps.
Commerce, Ga., December 17—(Special )
Two unknown young men have produced
considerable excitement in Banks county
j near JewcllvilU by breaking down the
■ doors of residences when the owners were
away from home and taking al! money,
; Jewelry and other articles of value that
i could be found.
’ They went from place to place and com
mitted these depredations in broad open
daylight.
A squad of about, thirty men gathered
together and started In pursuit. When
overtaken the robbers were In an open
field near Carnot, talking to Lowery Pat
terson.
Death of Wealthy Negro.
Douglas, Ga.. December 17—(Special.)—
Peter Vickers, tho wealthiest negro in
| the county and one of tho wealthiest
in the state, died at his home Last night
of pneumonia, being sick only a day or
two.
Destructive Fire at Tifton.
Tifton. Ga., December 17.—(Special.)—
Tho plant of the Tifton Lumber Co., one
of the largest remilling concerns in ■outh
; Georgia, was destroyed by Are this morn
j ing at 3:30.
The fire is supposed to have originated
from a spark from the stack or furnace,
, and was first discovered blazing up in
front of the room where the large timber
machine was located. Tn a few minutes
it spread over the entire shed, and the
most heroic, efforts on the part of those
who hurried to the Beene were of no
avail.
I The plant wa« worth $40,000 and the
lumber, cars, etc., about SIO,OOO All
that was saved was the dry kilns and
contents, worth about $5,000. Among
Die property destroyed were three flat.
I "Tips, two of which stood loaded on the
, siding. The office, with files, stationery,
| lime register and fixtures, was burned.
:On the property burned. Insurance
amounting to something over $23,000 was
i carried. The loss, above Insurance, waa
about $30,000
; Four Children Burned to Death,
j Athens. Ga.. December 17—(Special.)-
News has reached hepa nf the burning
of a cabin in Oconee county, In which
four small negro children lost the,Y lives.
The burned cabin wns the home of
Arthur ('opeland, a well-to-do negro,
who hfls lived near Salem for some time.
Night before last Copeland and his wife
ft home after supper and were gone
to: several hours. It is not. known
where they wept. During their absence
the four children were locked in the
house.
Four Brothers Uned Their Guns.
Dallas. Ga., December 17—(Special.)—
i News reached here that at a country
dance last night, nt John Brooka - . In the
1 eastern part, of Paulding county, near the I
I line of Cobb, Will Shipp shot Clarence :
i Cantrell, then a brother. William Can- :
■ trell, shot Will Shipp, then George Shipp, ’
a brother of Will Shipp, shot William
Cantrell.
There were fifteen shots fired In the
room. One shot liit George Grogan, but
mado only a scalp wound.
Will Shipp and Clarence Cantrell are
j both severely wounded ami cannot live.
; Will Shipp is shot in the back near the
spine. Clarence Cantrell has three shots ,
in the lower bowels. William Cantrell
was shot, in tho hip and wrist, flesh I
wounds, and is not hurt much. t
Whisky Is supposed to be the ‘ause
■ of the difficulty.
Smith Is To Hang In February.
Carrollton, Ga., December 17.—(Special.)
; Robert Smith, the young white man who |
lias been on trla; this week In the su
' perlor court for the murder of his wife
‘ and who niter two days' trial on the
Is., of insanity was convicted by tbs i
! jury without recommendation to mercy, I
; was today sentenced to be hanged Feb
i-.iry 4, 1904. by Judge Atkinson, the
‘ Judge, of tile Coweta circuit, Ln rhe
‘ first case In which he presided after up
| j..ointment.. !
Sully Wagers on Cotton Crop. ■
, Augusta. Ga . Dec- ruber 17—(Special.)— ■
; D J. Sully, the New York cotton bull,
'made a be. of SI,OOO today with threi* ’
i Augusta cotton men, an exporter taking ’
j SSOO of it and a cotton factor and a sac- I
t.ory pre iclent taking $250 each.
i Snllv bets that this rear's crop will not i
!eX' -ed 10,250.000 bales.
Two Wrecks Stop Traffic.
W-iyercss, Ga.. December 17—(Special.) j
■ Two wrecks on tho Atlantic and Blrming
I ham early this morning has held up nd -
' traffic on that line today and early to- ;
; ’gin neither of the wrecks have been i
i cleared.
The lif’st wreck occurred n> ar Elsie.
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when five freight curs were ditched and
turned over.
The work train, which was near Fitz
gerald. while en route to the wreck ran
off near Ambrose and the engine was
turned into a ditch.
Engineer Kimbrell, of the work train,
was severely bruised, but hie injuries are
| not dangerous.
Mistrial in Edwards Case.
1 Savannah, Ga-. December 18—(Special.)
A mistrial was declared in the case
: against Marvel Edwards, a while man,
1 charged with having criminally assaulted
i Miss Ada Gri-i-n. a. pretty young woman
i from Waycross.
i The jury was out all night but could
i not agree.
: Lee Cribb Hanged in Douglas,
j Douglas. Ga.. December 18. —(Special.!
' In the jail hero today at 1:40 o’clock
I Lee Cribb was hanyd
> His wife father brother end the Rev.
i Stanford were with Intn all the morning.
! He made no statement from the gallows.
I but one was read by Mr. Stanford, which
Cribb had written.
I The crime for which he suffered was
' unprovoked and without shadow of ex
| cuse. Becoming offended because his
, wife left him, he declared his purpose
of leaving Nicholls, but that he intended
leaving a record that would cause him
to bo remembered
Grant Hanged at Bainbridge.
j Bainbridge. Ga., December 18— (Spe
cial. i Bill Grant, the negro murderer of
Jim Bird, of (Timax, was hanged In this
: city today in the county jail, only the
guard, officers, physicians and m-'inb’-rs
j of the press being admitted.
Arrested in West Virginia.
Madison. Go , December <8 (Special.)
i Alex Mathews, the negro who It is said
killed Jack Martin on the plantation of
J. D. Pearj near th'- city, on Now mber
23, 1902, was arrested near <'harh'ston.
W. Va., one day last week.
; Chief of Police H. 1,. Simmons was
deputised by Sheriff Aycock to go alter
the prisoner, and he was brought to
Madison and lodged in Jail yesterday.
Mathews went under the assumed name
of Bill Thomas, and wrote letters to
: parties In Madison, which was the cause
of his arrest.
Murray Mines Rich in Gold.
Dalton, Ga., December 19 (Special.)—
Owners of mineral lands in Murray i-oun
ty are feeding highly elated over the
report of a mining expert, 11. J. Bren
[ nan, who has made an exhaustive exam
ination of the mineral deposits of that
section.
Mr. Brennan declares that the moun- :
tains "f Murrn • are rich In inim r.--.r, ■
particularly g“ld and that, wealth only ■
awaits upon tb' development of the re
sources of that regiort.
Fined for Purchasing Seed. i
LaGrange, Ga December 19 -(Special.)
The LaGrange -aty court lias b<- ( n in ses
sion all of till jf’-ek. M A. I '.iral- in.
charged with t purchase ot seed ,
cotton, was fS.-'i guilty, and Judge
Longley fined SSOO or to serv A twelve
t’ i.t:;-.-nig
’■ •: tffllng.
Co..)', r. w "l' 19—(Special )
Foreman j. Albert tvlrven of th” grand
fury, states that numerous cases of taf- :
fling have been repott t to him by eiti- .
zens, and that under tfielr oaths the grand
jury can do nothing le.-s than indict ,
these parties who persist in ratlllng.
Wanted
Two salesmen tn each state; SSO 00 and !
expend •<: permanent position. Penicks I
Tobacco Works Co., Penicks, Va
Mississippi.
Six Men Drown in Tug.
Na.t.chaz, Miss., Deci-mbcr 15-Th.. 140- :
ton tug M i.-.tle M . owned by the Dixie
Transportation company of New Orleans,
engaged tn towing cotton seed lor the '
Standard Cotton Oil Company of New I
Orleans, sank. Ir. 20 feet of water tills i
morning on the old bed of lake Concordia. I
Thu white Tremen and rive negroes were
drowned.
The dead: Chris Marlin, white, fireman.
Joe Pago, negro cabin boy. Three nf
grocs. cookc, and one negro roustabout, >
names unknown.
The cause of ti sinking is attributed
to the fact that th- boat, had taken .
on 100 boxes of •. oal at this port. She
was drawing 3 1-2 feet and her guards I
were almost under water.
A high wind pr .Gdled at the time and i
it is believed the white caps washed into i
the hull, filling It v fn water and sv. imp- j
ing the boat.
Merger Declared Constitutional.
Jackson, Alias.. ! • ■•■ruber 19—(Special.)
Arguments were d ivered betorc the su- •
preme court last ■ aiing in the friendly ■
suit, between the s uitherti railway ana >
’.lie Yazoo .md M • : : sippl V.ailey i >.i■! In- '•
stltuted in the ch :lt -ourt of Leflore
county to t■•••t the •. iiidit; of the mergei :
bill passed by tin legislate • el 1902, '
whereby the latter : >ad bought from tlie ;
former the Itta Be.:a branch now being
operated as a part < the Yazoo and Mis
sisi-ippi Valley S ni. Tl. onstfl.u- !
tiunality of the act was affirm* d in tin: j
lower court. Somi t •• .... . ■
.’.tt‘>.'l -’.VS ill til . ' :y «•.’!■<■ 1 11/: ,;-'.d In j
the arguments, will' : were deiiver.il wilh 1
mush spirit, notwi.ii - ending the tact that •
ilie suit was of a it •n.ily nature.
Oiphanagt Debt Lifted.
Jackson, Mi.- .. Tn .-mb r 19.-(Special.) j
At the regular meeting of the board of ;
trustees of the Bapti.-t Orphanage a
splendid showing w: s made by Dr. J. !
.It. Carter, the nev> s.nieiintendent, who
took charge of the in ii'.i.ti--n two monihs
ago. When Dr. Carter assumed control
a debt of $5,500 wi.s hanging over the
orphanage, and by energetic vork he ha.-;
succeeded in paying ■ ft over $3,500 of t lie.
amount. The orpliaaage i?= now caring
for nearly one hundred eMliii'.n.
Faying Up Back Taxes.
Jttekson, Miss.. D' k-mber 19—(Special.) j
State Revenue Ageii Adams is encounter
ing but very little troiii'le In making col- i
le.’tlons from per-ous assessed with '
solvent credits In ■ 's back tax eru-adc. •
Settlements are h progress in eight i
counties, and in nearly every insfance the .
delinquents against r.-Uom liability is
proven promptly the amounts
claimed.
Companies Wol’t Fight Bill.
Jackson, Miss.. D< '.tinker 19.—(Special.)
The somewhat surprising information is
being given out that he boon publishing
concerns from whom ipposilion has been
expected will not ma't' a fight again: t the |
passage of a. imiformschool book bill at i
the coming session of in legislalitre, and :
ft seems that the meaEirc will go through ■
with practically no
For several years t determined effort ,
has been on foot to .“Sure a uniform sys i
tom of text hooks for the public schools '
being defeated at. eftb meeting of th.* ■
legislature by persttent lobbying. Ii
seems that the publis ing concerns have
at last decided to ylel to thr inevitable,
preferring to take ■ fcmees on securing J
adoption of their ooks under a new j
system rather than to spend large sums
of money in defeating prospective or
threatened legislation.
Three Killed by Boiler Explosion.
Vicksburg. Miss., December 19—Thom
as Griffin, a wealthy planter of Franklin
parish, Louisiana, and two negroes, Mor
ris Jones and Ed Black, were Instantly
killed by a boiler explosion in Griffin's
gin early this morning. Several oilier n«-
I groes were injured, two of whom are
! expected to die. Mr. Griffin was one of
the most prominent men of his section,
j and was 60 years of age.
Shortage of Freight Cars.
| Jackson, Miss., December 19—(Special.)
■ Owing to the continued great scarcity of
, freight cars, the cotton crop of Missis
sippi is being moved to market chiefly In
tint and gondola cars, the buyers and
exporters being unable ;o secure regular
i box cars for the service. At nearly every
I principal cotton market point the plat
, forms and Ware houses are piled high
with the s-tnple awaiting shipment. A
large portion of the congested cotton.
i however, has already beeu sold at the
fancy market prices which followed the
1 government report on he 3d of December
LCiJISIANA.
Planter Killed by Negro.
Shreveport, Iji., December 16.—J. T.
: Witkins, a prominent Red river planter
and merchant, was idiot and Rilled by hi?
negro driver. George Manuel, early to
' day. The killing occurred near Coush.it
': ta. La., and robbery was tlto motive for
i the crime.
Charles A- Davis Burned.
■ Bartow, Fla . December 17—(Special.)
; The body of Charles A. Davis was found
j Ibis morning near the electric phosphate
' plant west of Bartow, with every rag
I of clothing burned off, nothing rematn
j ing but his shoes.
i The body was terribly charred. His
, clothing evidently caught from a camp
: fire by which he slept last night. Thero
was evidence of a hard struggle before
I death came
South Pass Is dangerous.
Washington, Deoefiber 17.—Tt. has been
reported that the south pass of the Mis
sissippi river is becoming dangerous to
: navigation because of shoaling. General
Gillespie, chief of engineers, has ordered
the hydraulic dredge Sabine, at Sabine
Pass, to go to the South pass for neces- ;
' sary operations. It Is said that three ves- '
; seis recently have grounded in the pass. I
Master and Servant Killed.
Shreveoort. La.. DAcembor 17--The
body of George Manuel, the negro who
was thought to have killed his employer,
J. T. Watkins, on Bayou Pierre, In Red
river parish, yesterday, was found today
1 About 300 yards from the scene of the
killing. His head had been almost shot
It. now develops that both the planter ‘
and servant were “hot from ambush by
unknown men. whose motive was rob- !
bery. The neonlc ol Red River parish '
! ffre greatly excited over the new devel
opments In the ease, and it Is rumored i
In Coushatta tonight that a white man •
is about to be arrested for complicity ■
In the crime.
KENTUCKY.
Couples Wed at High Speed.
Lexington, Ky., 1’• cember 17.-While
i the train was running fifty miles en
' hour between Richmond and Nicholas- '
. v Die, Rev. E. O. Bek. who w is himself .
i on his bridal tour, en route to Louis- ■
vllle, performed a double ceremony, unlt
”g Bu.mu Rice and Mollie Clark and
Fr'il C'Jark and Bessie Alexander. The .
tralnrn'."i attended and so .idled the cou- I
• pies as the train rounded curves.
Mother and Child Burned.
Ashland. Ky., December 17—Benjamin |
Benedict, his wife and their 3-year-old i
’daughter, were burned to death, and a ;
7-y. ar-ol<) daughter badly Injured in a, j
if" which destroyed their home txalay.
Safe Blown Near Greenville.
! HTdenvllle, S. C., December 15—The
; vault of the Courtney Manufacturing j
I company, and safe on the Inside was ■
' blown open last night at Newry. Officials
Isay th' y cannot tell exactly ti e amount
iof money taken, but it is estimated at
i several hundred dollars. All indications ‘
I are that it was work ot professionals. !
No trace of burglars has been found.
Carolina Tank Coined Money.
Charleston. S. C.. December 17—The .
figures from the report of Chairman L. :
■J. Williams, of the board of directors ■
iof tiie state dispe.r- ar.'. for the tis.-.il I
:yc:ir 1903, show that tho business dona
I amounted to tho enormous sum of ,
$2,817,998.77. Following are eompara'lve •
i figures: ’ ' j
1903, grors Sib'S. $2,817,998.77; 1902, I
■gross figures, $2,406,213.27; increase’, i
S4I 1.785.27.
Th,- net profits to towns and eounth's for i
1903 was $512,216.35 and tin- net protlts '
‘'■•r the school fund tor 1903 was $126,- I
| 266. increase of net profits tn 1903 over I
1902 Is $71,584.
.
Opium, Morphine—Free Treatment.
Painless home cure guaranteed. Free
| trial Dr Tucker. Atlanta, Ga.
NORTH CAROLINA
Poultry Sho- -at Wilmington. 1
Wilmington, N. C., December 14—(Spe. !
clnl.)—The third annual show of the Wil- ;
I mlngton Poultry Association opened to- I
niglir Experts consider it one of thr D.rg- i
. /st exhibitions of fine chickens ever hold i
thy south. The show is under a verv .
, 'urge tent in the retail district, Binis are ■
i acre from the Carolinas, Virginia and
: Tennessee. |
Gautier Given Three Years. !
' Rilelgh, N. C., Decmbcr 17. W. A •
i Tai.li'.r, the (lc.-j4-i.i<lo of Simpson • i
: :v who V’■ t'rf'lay shot two ('idled S t- s I
' ieputy marshals »•!,.» vv >.t to arrest him, ■
i wn. today seiitinced to three years :i ’
; ’lie All..utu. prison for <!• “troviug r>:.’::l j
UAKHOOO !S SEVER LOST-MY
§ PINE REMEDY CURES K’ERVO-SEXUALfi
k FAILURE 5N ANY STAGE OR AT ANY ACt.fi
S S'»n<i for FREIS TRJAL and be Convinced, g
K *ly now an<l ••rondcrful Philippine E
U'/il nar.-cd VTTAf.A, disproves an ti.<' <>;g i
io-1 ihhui.o ■•’. The Rpark may he ditmard. fi i
j nit it M'-ver iii< a <>nt pntirf'l) { bare conn•unj-;.} » ’
the hh (lica.l world Uy .<» priv.Yhj home t: - , n ft !
I anaWKMMBMMaKSHHnnII'.n.t if abs.duuly > ir . g ■
Bland guaranteed t«» rr ‘
■ store surerb ninnlio>’<i,K
Hutop alj unnature’, wt-.t!;- m *
Senin;; drains, and *.iv § .
Htiii! strength.nianJy .fiz.'«K j
and vigor io the MftMcdV I
and wee t. vned pa»-(- ? j
Thus tar thlerenu i knh'-.; t !
’oTinuln ha- not o.i-c : |
failed me. nn« ! i ;
sny yroiesßional reiwwn •
that, it positively eu- *.
Kexua. wc-akiir-.. at nil j;
pg* > nmt *tar«H of tic
xrialady, quickly and for- E
ever. L’o not fear wvhfHl
to send for this Fi < •*
Trial No niatLor wht»i
wh.< the original eansy < r
> your W"aknes3, r heihor I
from Injury, sjekne.<s. c
J* early IndiscreUoiis, ex- ;
■ cestes, mental worry or j
K ph y s leal overexha-.f
--t ion. this rr-rned.y v.-il I i
md bring back your health •
doubt the most potent end i
ivorki hn*» ever Known tot '
•vegetable end hanniPHb it I
• recognized cure for w< i <
*<i stage of epilepsy,paraly i
nnity has not been 0.-t nail)
vcuciie i. I fully believe in the glory of .<• nuinlyr
diuHj and want every sad sufferer to rc»u» the bene y
tit of my discovery. Whoever may read these Hues £
is welcome. A tdmple letter addressed to Doctor r ‘
Na Slnrg, Lock Jnrkaon. MlcL.. will bring the £ j
treatment to you free by return mail. There are r
no C. O D. charges to pay now.or over, and nol‘
tr.-irks or advertisement on the plain sealed cover, |
U. S. SENATOR FROM ARKANSAS
RECOMMENDS
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Catarrah Poisons
> Catarrh I? capable of changing all the j
j life-giving secretions of the body into
I scalding fluids, which destroy and in- :
flame every part tin. v come in contact .
with. .Applications to the places affected
by catarrh can do litti.. good -avo to .
soothe or quiet disagreeable svmtoms. I
Hence it is that gargles, sprays, atom- |
izers end inhalants only servo as tern- ■
I ; urary relief. ?•■ b tig an 'ho irritating se- ;
; cietions of catarrh continue to be formed <
i so long will the membranes continue to I
be inflamed, no matter what treatment i
i is used. !
Thero Is but one remedy that has the 1
Sisk your druggist for a free Paruna Ji manac for 1904.
I route, mail boxes. One officer. B. G.
I Daug'rey, shot in the stomach, is not ex
pected to live, and Ga.utler is held m
’ jail pending the result
I Stock Foods Found Adulterated.
Raleigh. N. C.. December 17.—(Special.)
Tho state agricultural department has
completed its report on the inspection and
analysis of coiton yo-d meal end cotii
: mereial stock food? im h r the law enacted
! this year, which requires inspection and
i tonnage tax. (.’onsi'dorable adulteration
was discovered in tho foods.
Big Oil Company Chartered.
‘ Raleigh. N. C., December 17.—(Special.)
i The state charters the Universal Oil
land Fertilizer Company of WiLmlngto-
I authorized capital stock $50,000, to man
ufacture cotton oil and fertilizers under
tt new proci.ss. V. '. !.. Worth and
C. W. Worth aro stockholders. I<eave
Is g<ven to Increase the capital stock ,
; to half a million.
S 100.000 Fire at Benson, N. C.
Charlotte, N. C., December 19.—Fire •
last night uS'cpt away :v.e ity one build ;
Ings, including tie railroad depot, at Ben- •
son. N. •' station mar Fayetteville
on the Atlantic Coast Line. The loss i? ;
estimated at 3100.000.
Boone Potter Breaks Jail.
Charlotte. N. C-. December 19—Boons •
Fotle’-. a young wliito man who is known I
•is "the Watauga county desperado.'' be- >
.;.... charged with the murder of a number ;
.'d' people nnl await'ng trial for his life. ;
•escaped from jell at. Lenoir. N. this ■
morning ’>J’ removing severai bolts from i
a section of lily c 11. Potter for..-< 1 .t !
ii* 'to uri.-'om ;* to go with him for scv.Tai
mfics to prevent his giving the alarm,
potter has beer. In jail a number of times. ;
but as often made his < • ip> His last :
.’riest occurred hi Montana, where he J
had fled from ■ dl’.cers i". this state.
Prison Closes on Wilson.
i ■
Hiram Wilson, of Yancey county, wus to- |
day pl.- • d in the penitentiary here :• r f
four years for making whisky in viola- \
tloii of the new Watts law. which makes ’
this a felony outside of incorporated :
towns, w'-v •■ grant Iv.-m-:.■.
Wilson, some time igo. killed .lolm Bon- :
nicutt afier a ii’i'rei. W .Lso -.'s brother j
went to Wilson's distillery end Wilson >
shot him dead. j
He v.-.'-s. t' e<l, but acquitted on the
j Th ' h.’v u'l'ht wnlcn l.v v.\.5 •. -a
| w:: I • l'. : " ' Sl.'ll’ : Semite. |
1 S.:i'.:iami Go'a r.-..ir Ay ’ock.
ALABAMA.
Ragan Made Posiniaster.
Arm Ala., December 14—(Special.) j
J. M. Ragan was to-.: v ppointed post
ma ’ter of An:’.i.-'on, the other applicants I
i being Judge George ». Randolph and the
I present post master. L. T. Smith.
I The uppolnim-. at give., general satisfac- :■
j t.ion.
Convict Lease Awarded Face.
.Montgomery, Ala., December 14.—(Spe- '
I cial.l—The i tato convict inspectors are ;
surprised at tho county commissioners of ■
T:i ’!:ipo ~ a county In awarding the con- |
vict labor contract of that county to J. j
W. Bae.-. |
Race had the co'intv convicts at the ’
time :e- ww. arr <1 for pooling’.. Ho Is .'
now glider .sentence ,>;■ n\.. years, b'u' the i
lenience ha.-’ been suspended by Jndgo
Jones of the United States court.
President t.'armicliael of the convu t in
spect ts speaks in plain language about j
av.ardlng this contract and tiie governor;
may cancel it.
Andrew McNeal Paid 520.000. j
Annision. .\in., Deeomber 15.—<Special.) >
The suit instituted by A H. McNeal for ;
the appointment of a : r-eiver for the ;
L'nlted States Cast Iron Pin, and L'oun- ’
dry Company, one of the largest plants I
located here, has been settled, George I
B. Hayes, pr.-sident of the company, has |
issued the following: | <
"The litigation in which tho company !
has been recently engaged with Andrew i
Hon. B. F. Rice, ex-U. S. S- .
acor from Arkansas now a rcslder:"
of Oklahoma, in a recent letter
from M'ashlr:ffton, D. C. says:
••The use of Peruna for all
catarrhal troubles has been so
universally approved and has
been used wilh such ben flclal
results by many of my f: ienl<.
that I fullv recommend its gre it
curative qualities.’—-Hon. 8. F. ■
KlC'.
Hon. B. F. Rica Is only one ■ f
over fifty members of congrcyy,
who endorse Pe.rnna. Promii" rt
men and women al! over the Uni
ted States endorse Peruna.
; desirable effect, nd that remedy !:- P-'-
1 runa. This remedy strikes at once to
| the roots of catarrh by restoring to tho
| capillary vessels tfi< Ir health" ' lastlclty
I Be,runa Is no’ a tern; ■ ary palliative, m •
j a radical cure,
I Send for Dr. Hartmans latest boeli,
isi nt fr. : f' r -r a short time. Address Tli-s
I Pi runa. Medicine Co.. Columbus. Ohs
i If you do not derive pronipt and satis
.' factory results from the use of Peru::...
I write at once to I. 1 .-. Hartrhai giving
I fiill ' ta teraent of your ease, and he wjl'
I be pleased to give you his valuable mi-
• vice gratis.
1 Andress Dr. Hartman. President v e
’ Hartman Sanitarium. Columbus, Ohio
■ McNeal, one of its former officers, a.-.-!,
i resident manager, has been termiti.-e-i
I by tirn company paying Mr. McNeal S2C.
: 000 for a perpetual license to use all
t his patents relative to pipe making and
t foundry business."
Strike Fund Will ""e P.ai/ed.
‘ Birmingham, A'.a.. Dt - imber 16.—?.: ta
i'day's session of tin United Mine Workers
‘of America, district of Alabama, a r<
: lution was adopted abolishing semi-.m
nual conventions an I providing :o. hi.*
in June, preceding the ex;jriwion of *.m
annual wage contracts on Jul; I.
, Pre.sid-.nt Flynn, in reviewing :r.e d.itt
oultle.s which the miners' union line iiii'l ‘m
cope with, in prose sitl. g strikes, <:. ?■ /.
jug lawyers to defend members ■• -
arrest, d. etc., said that it had been :
■ ess.-iry within th" pus* six months,
secure SIO,OOO from the national &odv
. II- said that t.h< st: ..
j ('it , Aldrich and Cordwa are :. w t
|ing th", organization about 5i.700 ■
I month.
> Tho convention abolished the 50 c. -
| monthly mssessmen; on n.l ru-niberr .. -I
j went into executive session to <g r
jto as to build up x suffi ’ent .. '/r.--t : . 1
It" maintain strikes rind ; vt- - t-: m :i
--i iters us tin? unfor:.
Posse Chased a Negro.
j Mont., 'mery, Ala. Decembt . '6.--Mon
j 0.-. y night near Eleta, Ala.. ?1-~. S. J
| Tarver was attacked at her b; a
; negro. The '.voman's .skull v - ’/r.. ’■!
:' by :> blov. - from a club, but :-. ■
’ alive. T'araes of enraged ii;;.- ns ar, in
I searcl: of her as: ailrir.t. Rol.'-r: ' 1.-s
j si’.ppo.-'d otiject of the aitaik
Hrs. McKinley's Auir Dea i.
Bi rnlngha tn, Ala . Decembet - «
1 cla.!;—-Mrs. Mary M Siioiif, aged 85. n
a-.mi of Mrs. Williim M-lx d" 1
I he:v' lodar Her i'o"::it'r ".ina- g
: Wayne. Inand sht 1. : ‘
; for her health. Iler estate is "aid t" e
! \ slued at several millions.
f Jelks Chosen Chalrnran.
j M'i:,: '.’.■••it *:ry, Air:.. Ib .-em-•■■■:■ ~ ’’■'■
j clal.'i—The stat : board of trustees and
i the local boards of trustees of thq mie
. stat,' agricultural schools met here to
1 <l:.v Th-:; was the firs'- meeting of t!t«
• board.-- under the new law passed by the
; last leg Cloture.
I Tic., object of the meeting we to t
I nil the schools working practi..::lly >.?• : r
•' the sumo rules. -All the presidents of ::v-
I schools were present.
I Governor Jelks was e!e< ted ehawman of
• the state board anil 11. C. Gunnels r ■ >
I retary.
j To Show Cotton at World’s Fair.
‘ Huntsville, Ala.. December 18—(Spe
: l ial)—'W. R. Rison, general manager of
the Dallas Manufacturing Company, hao
conceived the !d-'a of establishing at 'h«
St. Louis world's fair a miniature cotton
mill and cotton field to show in detail
the growth of the plant and its passage
through the mill and (conversion Into
manufactured product.
There r:’ nine cotton mills in this city
and M:'. Rison expects that all of t’?m
Continued on Pago Eleven.
IS THIS WHAT AILS YOU?
Do yon spit up your food?
Do you bvich gas
Do you swell niter
eating?
S % Do vou have heart-
. J burn?'
Lio yo U have sir'd-
W / Tigris of broath'.*
1->O yi'u ha\ ■ pain*
!lb ‘ c ’'
v'KSlmf A, Do you have -ore;:- «
r! '" f Si'! '"
' I',i ■/■' (».> you have numb
’ f''"'ings"
• .1 A/f' Z Do . -’ti have cold
'■ I ' bunds and feet ?
Do you suffer with
constipation or diarrhea? 1 can euro vou.
IV. J. TUCKER.
16 Broad Street, Atlanta. Ga.
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