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VOL- XVI
WILL SELL ONLY FOR CASH OR ITS EQUIVALENT 1 ,
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In order to do this successfully we realize that wejnust
sell at great reduction, so you will find us at same old
place at surprisingly low prices during this year. This
i * mccess.i!\ to our buiness and we must stav by it.
t'ash or bai’tr afjd good j rices will be our motto
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J. C. ROBERTSON !
/ISfWANTED-A RIDER AGENTS'?™
IMEEjk . u MUH ** u K -LiU Il f *> un . tl , l y°u receive and approve of your bicycle. We shiD
if °T KN° DA YS Vr 0R TmiJH 1 deposit in advance, prepay freight, and
#7 JlIjA V aU ?Y . N * RK.E XKiAjL during: which time you may ride the bicycle and
Si . 1 Y&\ If / ill ?, ut I LD a J?y te , st m,™ sh -. “ you then not perfectly satisfied or do not wish to
a I A ifi ,\1 heep the bicycle slnp it hack to us at our expense and you 'will not be out one cent
'' !'l fl\\ H ,VB FACTORY PRICES tlt~ m ' sh n*'‘' h J* l *“ t srad< = i> U pooibten mate
Ij L J&W f)UU \m ,i 1 . a 3°" e i ma M Pr 0 .61 ab o v e actual factoiy cost. You save £io
£ p\\ iOl to middlemen s profits by buying direct of us and have the manufacturer's suar
i lAWI/W r®i a " tee be ' m,d y o,ir .bicS-cle. DO NOT BJU Y a bicycle or a pair of tires from anyone
i !LM I WMfrK at aMy unt } l Z OU catalogues and learn our unheard of fadory
S- * prices and remarkable special offers to rider agents.
S YOU WILL BE ASTONISHES *. h S n you receiv P our beautiful catalogue and
§1 \;U M/ftuM Ut HOiWniOntit study our superb models at the wonderfully
9$ UWY 4m; Prices we can make you this year. We sell the highest grade bicycles fori ess money
W © We are satisfied with f>i.oo profit above factory cost,
ml Iff, , KICYC bbPItAL b KS, you can sell our bicycles under your own name plate at
Bi i 1 m oirr prices. Orders filled t!ie day received.
m I iiw SECOND HAND BICYCEES. We do not regularly handle second hand bicycle?; but
m Jff usually have a number on hand taken m trade by our Chicago retail stores. These we clear out
djgr promptly at prices ranging from !.> to ®8 or s*lo. Descriptive bargain lists mailed free.
MUSTER-BRAKES, p^-parts ' repairs and
s (f|Lß HEDGETHORRoPUNCTURE-PROOF *M 80
X SELF-HEAUhGTIRJS TO
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NO MOKE TROUBLE FROM PUNCTURES / 1 f
v i nekh or Glass will not lot the ]
■■■• > hundred thousand pairs now incise. / gB
tit- xnßiPTint/: Made in all sizes. Itislive’y fcY ,• /
verydutableand linedinside ve /
.1 naality of rubber, wliich uever lecoines '-'OK.-ATfaggy sy
vs ,<iut which closes up small punctures without allow- | Mg Votlee tli thlek rubber tread
h nto escape. We have hundreds of letters from satnr 211 „ v , and |mnct * re “strios */?•
omers stating that their tires haveonly been pumped L|p * and Ml> . P al rijn Btri *
n twice in a whole season, fliey weigh no more than ** prevent rim Bufctinff Tills
on edina. V tire, the puncture resisting qualities being given IM Ju-i wdUiiutlastav other
, . m v nil layers of thin specially prepared fabric on the niake-SOF ? EEA^TIC^^
i id. Ihe regular price of these tires issß.so per pair, but for Tjf idAsjY ICIDXXCi
• rti.sing purposes we are making a special factory price to "■
th, i icier of only ?4.50 per pair. All orders shipped same day letter is received. We ship C. O. D. on
You *U not pay a cent until you have examined and found them strictly as represented.
'we will allow a cash discount of 5 per cent (thereby making the price !$4.55 per pair) if yon
ml ITT.L CASH WITH ORDER and enclose this advertisement. We will also send one
im l• 1 plated brass hand pump. Tires to be returned at OEIS. expense if for any reason they are
v iva -factory 011 examination. We are perfectly reliable and money sent to us is as safe as in a
t ank. If v if order a pair of these tiresj you will find that they will ride easier, run faster,
weir fetter, last longer and look finer than any tire you have ever used or seen at any price. We
I now that you will be so well pleased that when you want a bicycle you will give us your order.
We want you to send us a trial order at once, hence this remarkable tire offer .
mmm zjtab fig don’t buy any kind at any price until you send for a pair of
Sr ¥UU iwSLSLif f mco Hedgethorn Puncture-Proof tires on approval and trial at
? spr, ,1 introductory price quoted above, or write for our big Tire and Sundry Catalogue which
< - -cni ■ sand quotes all makes and kinds of tires at about half the usual prices.
nn k i/ir ti/AIT but write 11s a postal today. DO NOT THINK.OF BUYING a bicycle
MU MO f vV/MT or a pair of tires from anyone until you know the new and wonderful
fillers we are making. It only costs a postal to learn everything. Write it NOW*
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GEOR(ifA_LCfiI- LATU3E.
Debate Has Been Given Con
vict Lease Question.
Atlanta, July 24—The investigation
c ' f il-e treatment of the convicts in
, J U - camps of the state by the legisla
llVf‘ investigating committee has <i©-
u '°ped seme very startling sensations.
Truly Doplprable.
Many witnesses have testified on
1 arh of cruelty and unfeeling treat,
w hich is truly deplorable.
Mm. o cases of death, following se
’'lhoggings, wore developed at
investigation on Thursday.
r i no most revolting tragedy rehcars
' • during the day was the beating of *a
M>neenyear cld white toy with a. 0-
!" and leather strap from the effeifo of
v ' ( b punishment he died, this story
b, ‘ i ;, S told by H. A. Keith.
‘ be off-use for which this boy was
bU;;i b-d is sail*" to have been of a
( hamper. An ex convict
"'fenc'd; for life, rod at ft r wards
1 ’ rv ned; to’d. under oath, a mirra
r’c;uelty that, has probably r.ev
e> ‘ v *i ii’.vpasiei in a court room in
this country.
this man was J. A. Cochran, now
a contractor, living in the city of
All rut:. He to hi of a negro being
beaten \o flea:h at tire state farm at
Milk to cville fer no offense in the
wo r lri, except that he was sick and
could ret work.
Man Whipped to Death.
At t'e Chattahoochee Brick compa
ny’s camp, on the Chattahoochee riv
r-nr i* j’sntti. he said n:en wo;re
treated with unr severity; giv
en tasks b 1 yard their physical pow
ers cf endurance, and whipped when
they sank under the strain of the
-ordeal. Here also a man was whip
ped to death.
Evidence Is Corroborated.
This evidence as to the prison larm
and the Chattahoochee Brick compa
ny was corroborated by ifiner witness
es. They told cf the heat, the cruel
ty and viciousness of the guards, the
-exhaustive labors and the severe flog
gings. They testified that free labor
could not have been secured for the
same work under the same ciicum
stances at any price.
The Nowell measure, providing for
■ the incorporation of all mutual aid,
benefit life insurance companies was
favorably reported by the corporation
Committee of the koiyse at a biiof ses
sion Thursday afternoon.
At a meeting of the general agricul
tural committee that body reconsider
ed its action in reporting to the house
“unfavorably” the Burklialter bill in
regard to redress in cases of fertil
izers mot coming up to requirements.
| The bill was amended by the commit
j tee and favorably reported.
| Atlanta, July 25 The horror of the
1 first two days’ revelations before the
j legislative committee investigating
j Georgia’s convict lease system was
increased Friday as further revolting
details wq,re developed by men who
had formerly served the state as war
dens, guards and convica bosses.
• incidents of barbaric cruelty related
ty ex convicts the day before were re
| fcearsed, and corroborating testimony
l was pi.cd up ty man who, as officers
cf ike state, bad seen the brutality
irzcficed and wcic powerless to pre-
TRENTON, GA. FRIDAY JULY 31
vent it.
•J .W. Roberts, formerly deputy wrrr
den at the state farm, b id of how
the law was violated. Convicts were
employed in competition with free la
bor in MilledgeviTis, when they could
have teen uned on the state firm, lie
recited astounding irregularities in the
management cf convicts, the purchase
of supplies, and the disposition of the
products from the farm.
George Mayners, who had worked
as guard at various convict camps
over the state, told of ccr.dit-icns as
he had seen them. lie reported con
ditions at Fagro to be rough. At the
Chattahoochee Erick company, he
said, he had seen five men stripped
and flogged. A negro from Athens
was whipped so severely he could net
sit clown. The reason he was whip
ped was that, shackles put on him
when his ankle swelled, slipped off
when the swelling went down.
Other witnesses were examined
whose testimony showed a deplorable
state of affairs in the convict camps
cf the state.
£eld Like Slaves.
. L. Strong, a merchant of Macon,
formerly a convict, testified that men
wcie lined up at the prison farm and
sold lil e mulos. Sick and infirm men
shipped in one day from a convict les
see, were shipped out the next day in
exchange to another less4e.
Atlanta, July 27. —An extra session
may be necessary for the legislature
to receive and act on the report of
the legislative investigation commit
tee, now engaged in unearthing horri
ble disclosures in regard to the con
vict lease system, provided the inves
tigation committee goes as deeply into
tho ramifications of the testimony, in
the future, as it has in the past.
Already there is pending in "the
house a resolution calling for a ten
day recess, and unless this is approv
ed. it looks as though an extra session
will lave to be held.
Tragedy of every variety, of every
shade of gloom, and responsible for
every degree cf misery and for sev
eral deaths, was tire order of the day
the hearing before the Felder in
vestigating committee on Saturday.
The committee met at 9:40 o’clock
and at 1 o’clock went into executive
session, after wl ich it adjourned un
til Monday afternoon at 3 o’clock.
The somber story ran the gamut of
human misery from divorce to death;
from sickness and cm I permeation
to broken bodies and final fcrg.tful
ness in tl:e grave.
Men who had sufSprrd tortu r.~ at
the hands of cruel convict losses and
guards, told cf 1: e <yu and y vi it 'd upon
them and upon oilier j. They told
; f tie supine in biker cm e of rren whom
t’e state raid to guard and protect
t: cm. They te'd cf these men being
subsidized by convict lessees, and of
1 c'ng forced to work teyerd their
sirengih under ti e f,ar of the lash.
Measures which, if passed, will
save tic Ft ate Agricultural college at
Athens, and the eleven district agri
cultural colleges over f 1 e stem, were
introduced in the house Saturday
morning and will be rushed through
whh the utmost speed.
' The first cf these was bv Mr. Chan-
Icr, of DeKalb, chairman of the house
appropriation committr e, Mr. Martin,
of Elbert, and others, making a di
rect appropriation Of $25,000 for tho
State Agricultural college at Athens,
for the year 1903 and $50,000 for the
year 1909.
The other, by Mr. Candler, of De-
Kalb, Martin, of F.’bert, and repre
sentatives from each county in which
an agricultural school is located, of
fered a measure to appropriate for the
use cf these district schools all of tho
fees arising from the sale of fertili
zer and pure food tags and ail inspec
tions, except tile actual expenses ol
inspection.
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Atlanta, Jul 28.—The house spent
all of Monday’s session in debate on
the Holder substitute regarding the
convict lease system. A vote will be
taken on the measure probably in a
few days and that, it will be passed,
with but few amendments, seems quite
certain.
Alexander’s Bill.
AbolitVm of the convict lease sys
tem after December 31, 1911, by
constitutional amendment, with a pro
viso for convict farms on which to
work the convicts of the state, not
worked on the highways, will be
facing the house after the Holder
measure is adopted.
At a brief meeting of the committee
on constitutional amendments Monday
the bill by Mr. Alexander of DeKalb
to this effect was given a unanimously
favorable report.
It is believed that both measures,
as they do not conflict, may pass.
Wright Offers Solution.
Mr. Wright of Richmond, who set
tled the debate on the Alexander meas
ure to extend the state road to the
sea, by the appointment of a commis
sion to investigate and report upon
the bill next year, has offered a suml r
solution for the convict lease question.
It comes to the house in the nature o
a ne-w section to the Holder substi
tute, which deez net present the pass-
Offktal Organ of Dade County.
age of the M Id r biT. vi s all of is
pervisicQT, lot . in a.Mitu.u. provide?
for the CiCatdcr. of a rexmissien to
isevesfigat? ti e convict question curinc
rikexs and report with a bill settling
the quciticn st the next s s:!cn of the
geacral asembly. -
Slate Read Property.
The joint Western & Atlantic con-
of F e house and senate ’•''turn
ed to the city from an inspection of
the state’s property at CLnttanccgu,
Tenn. The committee made a thor
ough inspection of the property, which
*is located in the heart cf the city, n
conservative value cf raire being plac
ed at $5,009,000. It was recommend
ed that the property be guarded
against encreachments.
Recommendation that, no further ac
tion be taken on the message of Gov
ernor Sr:Th in suspending Hen Jo>
seph M. Erown, “Little Joe." from
the office cf railroad commissioner,
was the decision cf the house general
judiciary committee Monday after
noon by a vote cf 33 to 13.
The Monday Session of the sanate
w#.s a brief one, and cui'e a few of
the senators had not returned from
their homes to attend. Strictly rou
tine business was adhered to.
FIRED CM FROM AMBUSH.
Night Riders Seek Revenge fer A1
legrd Betrayal of Secrets.
Nashville, Tenn., July 28. —A Hop
kinsville, Ky., dispatch says:
As Walter Goodwin, who betrayed
might rider secrets in Trigg countv,
was returning home Sunday night from
a neighbor’s house, he was fired on
s.r-ven times by men lying in ambush.
One bullet passed through his jaw and
was extract'd from under the ear.
His condition is critical.
Goodwin, at the ln:-.t term of court,
told the names of seven men who.
with himself, composed the night ri
der squad at Center Furnace. Until
recently he has been under the con
stant protection of soldiers.
To Give Fle:t Royal Welcoms.
TANARUS kio, Jul 281 —In anticipation of
the visit c? tho American fleet to Jap
anese waters the municipal bodies of
r. ere than one pert have already tak
en initial steps to ext nd to officers
and men a hearty and characteristical
ly Japanese welcome. N. Milshuha
shi. the mayor, of Yokohama, proposes
flat a garden party he held to which
Thr.uld be invited about 2,300 Ameri
can officers, tho American ambassaiVr
and his --faff and that about 20.000
yen should be spent on this entertin
ment. The proposal was unanimous
ly carried.
BIRMINGHAM TRAGEDY.
Well Known Young Pharmacist Is
Shot and Killed.
Birmingham, Ala., July 25. —Tlbert
E. Robertson, a well-known young
pharmacist, was shot and instantly
killed by Albert V. Thompson Fri lay.
The tragedy occurred in Housman’s
pharmacy, at the corner cf Fourth av
enue and Twentieth street. Thompson
entered the store and filed point
blank at Robertson six times.
The trouble is said to have arisen
over a young woman to whom both
were paying attention. They had a
quarrel about 9 o’c’cck, and, it is
said, Thompson challenged Robertson
to fight with pistols. Robertson re
fused, but agreed to fight it out with
their fists.
It Is said the men went to Capitol
park and fought desperately for about
five minutes, and Robertson got decid
edly the better of it.
It is thought Thompson, chaffing
over the humiliation, went to his home
and got a pistol. At any rate, the
next time he was seen was when he
entered the pharmacy and began shoot
ing.
Robertson was employed at .the
pharmacy, on First
avenue, and Thompson was with the.
Tennessee Goad, Iron and Railroad
company.
HAYES WINS MARATHON RACE.
Greatest Event of Olympian Games Is
Won by American.
London, July 25. —It would be no
exaggeration in the minds of many of
the 100,000 spectators who witnessed
the finishing struggle of the Marathon
race at the Olympian Friday to say
that it was the most thrilling athletic
event that has occurred since that
Marahon race in ancient Greece, where
the victor fell over the goal and with
a wave of triumph died.
Contestants from several countries
started in the great race and for a
time it was thought that Durango, of
Italy, would be the winner,but Hays,
tie American contestant, surprised all
and wen the race with flying colors.
He is a New York man, employed in
a department store, and has a record
for Icng-distance running.
Pensacola, Fla., July 28. A tele
gram received from lallahassee states
that after much balloting by the com
mittee. J. Walter Kehoe has been de
clared to h ve secured a majority of
19 votes over Oannittee H. Mays, and
was declare and the nominee of the party
tor congress.
The Kind Yea Ilavo /-Ivrayy J: ought* Tviid which lias been,
in use for ever CO year , ha3 borne the signature ot'
and nado t:miev his per
somd supervision shiee Ks infancy.
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Experiments that tribe with and endanger t o hee.lt !i ot*
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Stomach and Dowels, giving healthy and natural sleep.
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