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VOL jX
A Man with a History.
Ill* Body Covered with Lamp). Coalil
not eat nnil Tlionght lie waa
going to dry up.
(ZVom the JVathtlllc, Tenn., Banner.)
Mr. John W. Thomrm, Jr., of Theta, Tenn.,
it a man with a m j«t interesting history.
“ It wat in ’84," said he to a reporter who
had asked him for the story of his life, “when
1 was working in the silver mines of New
Mexico, that ray troubles began.
“ From simple indigestion my malady de
velop <1 into a ebronio inability to take any
substantial f xxl, and at times 1 was pros
trated by spells of heart palpitation. On
th? 11th of April, 1893, I suddenly col
lapsed, and for days 1 was unconscious,
in fact I was not fully myself until July.
O.i S pteinb -r Ist I weighed but 70 pour: ii
whTeas my normal weight is 165 pounds.
All over my body there were lumps from
the size of a grape to the size of a walnut,
my fingers wore cramped so that 1 could not
mt • than half straighten them. I had en
tirely lost control of my lower limbs and
my hand trembled so that I could not drink
without spilling the liquid. Nothing would
remain on my stomach, and it seemed that
I m i t dry up before muuy more days hud
pa-'-ed.
1 made another round of the physicians,
calling in one after the other, anil by the
nid of morphine and other m dicincs they
give me, I managed to live though barely
through the fill I."
Hye Mr. Thomas displayed his arm:,
mi l put above the elbow of each there wax
ft large irregular stain as large as the palm
of toe hand and of a purple color, the space
cov re I by the mark was sunken m arly to
the bone. “That," said Mr. Thomas, “is
what the doctors did by putting morphine
into me,
“On the 11th of December, 189.3, just eight
ino.n'hs after 1 took permanently to bed I
shall never forget tho date tny cousin, Joe
Foster, of Carters’Creek, called on me and
gave me a box of Dr. Williams’ Pink Pills
for Pale People, saying they had cured him
of partial paralysis, with which I knew ho
had all but die I.' I followed his directions
nn I began taking the medicine, as u result
I stand before you to-day the most surprised
man on earth. Ixiok at my hand, it is ns
steady as yours; my face has a healthy look
about it; I have been attending to my
duties f>r a month. Since I began taking
the pills [ have gained 30 pounds, and 1 gm
still gaining. Ail the knots have disap
iicared from my body except this little
kernel here in my paltn. I have a good
appetite and 1 am almost as strong as I ever
wits.
“Yesterday I rodo thirty-seven miles on
horseback, I feci tired to-day but not sick.
I used to have from two to’four spells ol
heart palpitation every night, since 1 began
the use of the pills I have had but four
•pells altogether.
“I know positively that I was cured by
Dr. Williams’ Pink Pills, and 1 believe
firmly that it is the most wonderful remedy
inexistence to-day, and every fact I hav’«
presented to you is known to my neighbor!
as well ns to myself, and they will certify tc
the truth of my remarkable cure.”
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THE CHATTOOGA NEWS.
BIST«mWTO
House Committee on Elections
Decides to Unseat Cobb.
GOODWIN, POPULIST, TO BE SEATED
f'ontcMt V.’r»4 From the Fifth Alabama
J).strict, an I the Committee Held That
the Charg’es of Fallot Box am!
lutim'-d Ation Were Founded iJlls
I*awed by the House.
Washington, April C.—Tho elcctii n
contest from the Fifth Alabama district
was passed tin >n by tho house ccnimit
teo on elections No. 1, which voted to
unseat James E. Cobb, the Democratic
incumbent, and seat Goodwin, who ran
against him as a Populist. The decision
was reached by a party vote. Thera
was no Republican candidate iti the dis
trict, but tho Republican vote was
largely cast for Goodwin. According
to the returns the vote was: Cobb, 10,-
651; Goodwin, 9,003. Allegations of
ballot Lox stuffing and intimidation were
made, and tho committee decides that
G.xxlwin had a majority of air ut 2,200.
Cobb is now serving his fourth term iu
cengrcos,
WORK OF CONGRESS.
A Coinlenned Account of tho Doings of
Both llouhc* and Senate.
Washington, March 31.—Tho presi
dent has nominated William A. Little
of Georgia, to bo assistant attorney gen
eral for tho interior department, vice
John I. Hall, resigned.
Washington, April I.—Senator Call
of Florida offered a radical Cuban joint
resolution directing the sending of an
adequate naval force to Cuba to put an
end to barbarities and t » protect Amer
can citizens in their treaty rii’-hts. Tho
president is instructed to notify Spain
that the United States will forcibly in
tervene unless murder and outrage
cease. Tho resolution went over.
iur. limn r (Vep., N. u.) imruouced a
bill requiring the acceptance of current
legal tender funds in payment of notes,
bonds or private obligations.
The senator explained that tho pur
pose of t:ie measure was to put a stop to
gold notes, gold mortgages, etc., which
were being wrung from the people
owing to their dire financial distress.
Both of the old parties, said the senator,
h.id favored his plan in their n'atf irms
j and this prop “sed to make party prom
. isos good by a law.
“Does this propose to affect existing
contracts?’’ asked Mr. Hill.
“It does not,” responded Mr. Butler.
“I d.'ini.t believe in breaking contracts.”
The bill was referred to the finance
committee.
Washington, April 2.—Several mi
. nor bills wore passed by unainnioir;
consent before the consideration of the
sundry civil appropriation bill was rc
! sumod in the house. Among them
: wore bills to reimburse A. P. Brown,
i late postmaster at Lemurs, la., for losses
sustained by robbery.
A resolution or’ inquiry, presented by
Mr. Hitt, chairman of the foreign affairs
committee, was adopted witnout debate,
calling on the president, if not incom
patible with tho public interest, to
transmit to the house copies of all dis
patches. notes and cablegrams in the
state department from Dec. 1, 1895, un-
I til tho present time, relating to media
i tion or intervention by the United
| States in the affairs of Venezuela, to
gether with all correspondence with
I foreign governments relating to tho
: same topic. Mr. Hitt stated that his
: cmumittoe had unanimously reported
. the resolution.
An agreement was reached as soon as
the senate met that adjournment at tho
I close <>f tho day’s session be until next
Monday.
Tne nouse bill was passed granting
the Atchison and Nebraska and the C.
B. & Q. railroads a right of way flhrough
the Sac and Fox and lowa Indian reser
vations in Kansas and Nebraska.
Washington, April 3.—The galleries
of the house were well filled in antici
pation of a renewal of the Cuban debate
in connection with the presentation of
the conference report on tho Cuban reso
lution, but the attendance on the floor
was smaller than usual.
Some preliminary routine business
was transacted before Mr. Murphy
(Rep., Ills.) secured unanimous con
sent for the consideration of a bill to au
thorize tho construction of a third bridge
across the Mississippi river at St. Louis.
Mr. Murphy and Mr. Joy urged the
passag-' of the bill because of the exces
sive to.ls charged by the present bridge
company.
Mr. Hepburn maintained that con
gress had power to prevent the extortion
complained of. The bill was passed.
At 2:20 p. tn. Mr. Hitt moved the
ad ption of the conference report on
t . ■ Cuban resolutions and spoke in ad
ve.cacy thereof.
Washington, April 4. The house
was tne umy uraucu oi < !ig,< s in ses
sion during the day and the attendance,
both on the floor and in the galleries, at
the opening of the session was slim,
ir >t withstanding the Cuban resolutions
were to Ih> the subject of consideration.
Several bills of minor importance
were passed, among the following: For
the relief of settlers within the indem
nity grant of the New Orleans and Pa
cific railway; to authorize the secretary
of the treasury toreconvey to the former
owners certain lands in Vaivede county,
Tex.
Mr. Fisher (Rep.. N. Y.) created a
b:ief ripple of interest by offering a res
olution dire-ting the secretary of agri
culture to comply in spirit with the res
olnti a of congress directing tho distri
bution of seed and have the seeds en
closed in packages in accordance with
the dir- otions of senators and members.
He asieed for immediate consideration,
bat Mr. L >ud (Rep., Cal.) objected and
th<> resolution went over.
Mr. Livingston (Dem., Ga ) suggested
an amejidiuent directing that each pack
age sh uid contain five papers of seeds.
Mr. Watson (Rep., O.) called up the
bill for the protection of the salmon fish
eries of Alaska, prohibiting rhe erection
of dams, barricades, etc., in
streams such as will prevent the ascent
of salm m or salmon trout and author
izing the secretary of the treasury to
remove such obstructions where they
exist.
Mr. Barham (Rep., Cal.) objected and
the bill went over.
CRISP-SMITH DEBATES.
They Have Been Discontinued For the
I’rcMPut—The Former’s Throat Sore.
Atlanta, April 4. Tne series of
joint debates between Secretary Hoke
Smith and Hon. Charles F. Crisp is off
for the present at lea.-t, Mr. Crisp hav
ing requested their p st:; nement on ac
count of his physi al condi’ion. The
following ccrresp >ii le:i<’o has passed be
tween the two gentlemen:
Crisp l > Smith.
Atlanta, April 3.
Mr Dear Mi:. Smith—My throat is in
such condition that it will lie impossible
for me to till the appointin', nts we have
biade for j -int diseussimn. 1 cannot speak
above a whisper, and even such speech is
accompanied with intense p tin.
Dr. Calhoun foi im n -d and prescribed
for my throat this morning an i 1 hope !
by tnis time to have experienc I s 'tue re
lief and found s nr* improvement. In
hot h respects’! hr.v:' been grtevously dis
appointed. At t.:i • hour, i p. m.. I am
practic illy spet-clil.-sn Under the circui t
stiiiuEcs I aiu forcud. to ;i *> istpono-
mont of our ibtvvr’ise<t inee lngs‘ to later
dates to be lu'i 1 u illy agreed i;pmi.
M .th U33ui.iaues oi i .;::r 1. i am truly
yours. c.i.v i.m F. Cmsi-.
Smith In Crisp.
To this letter i f t ■■ ! .■.-•ye:d:er Secre
tary Smith replied f -10 w..:
; My Deap. Mil Cm m—l regret to learn
that your thr> it is in m.-h a . i<i:i i.m t het
it will t;e inipossibl.- fur you to speak in
G;iu’ni tomiiri >’v.
I uder tae cirrumsfirnces I do not think
,it would !>'.■ pi ‘.p r j er Heto ,r > ..I 'm 1 .
| I will sec you during th • day tomorrow
ami endeavor t > rigre: a i to c’tr other <n
gageincnts. ’JTmU mg tll.u you .ny spi.ed-
| liy rec >ver. with a..s:ir m ■■■ i.d mv r -g.ir 1,
truly yours, Hmc:'StiitLi.
Hon. CLarie's F. Crisp.
FOR FLORIDA COASTS.
More Llghthoujcs a-d LigS.t Draught
Steamers Ar.- iladly Needed.
Washington, March 31. —The light
house board has sent some interesting
information with reference to the ser
vice on tho coa t of ?Vkorid:t, vn.’- Ii itin-
I corp orates in a report ju;t given to the
public. It particularly calls attmition
to the need fora light draught light
house steamer fm- <*rui: “’gin the Inu. m
river to lock n.t r the light on Cmt
stream. It adds that a g x.d service in
this river cannot be had without aves-
I sei for this purpose.
| Tho importance of a light at Hills
boro inlet is again referred to, us it has
been year after year, for a decade
j Steamers bound southward, after mak
i ing Jupiter inlet light, hug the reef
' very closely to avoid the current. The
dangerous reef making out from Hills
boro inlet compels them to give it a
wide berth, and to go cut iEt.> the Gulf
stream. Vessels coming across from
the Bahama banks would bo able to
verify their position if a light v. •re
placed here—a difficult matter iu case
they fail to make Jupiter inlet.
The establishment of this light would
complete the system of lights on tne
' Florida reefs, and, in view of this fact,
the board especially urges that the work
be undertaken as soon as possible. The
board also recommends the establish
-1 nient of a lighthouse at St. Joseph’s
' point, on St. Joseph’s bay. There is a
large fishing fleet along this coast, and
! the southerly gales drive them upon
i shore.
I The only harbor of refuge for some
! 60 miles is St. Joseph bay, which is dini
‘ cult of entrance at night without alight.
' This has been favorably reported upon
in congress at various times, but never
i been incorporated into law. The board
also recommends a new lighthpuse ten
der for use on tho Florida coast at a cost
of $75,000.
MISSOURI TRAIN ROBBED.
. Three Masked Men ISlow Open the Safe
af»d Secure a I.argi Sum.
Lebanon, Mo., April I.—The east
j bound Cannonball train No. 6, on the
i St. Louis and ’Frisco railroad, was held
: up three miles east of this city at 1:0a
< a. m. by the three masked men and the
; safe blown open and robbed.
The robbers boarded the train at this
' place at 12:50 a. m., and after reaching
the scene of the robbery held up the
i engineer and fireman, stopped the train,
’ and with the engineer in front of them,
marched to the express car. The mes
| senger refused to open up and the door
■ was blown open with dynamite, the
j safe cracked and its contents removed.
; Several packages of valuable papers
were found beside the track and some
money, which had been overlooked in
I the hurry of departure.
The passengers were not molested.
The engine was detached and run by
the robbers to Sleeper, where it was
abaud med.
A brakeniun hurried back to the city
I and started Sheriff Jones and a posse
on the trail of the robbers.
Three passengers, who are supposed
I to be the robbers, were seen drinking in
one of the saloons at 10 o’clock Tues
day night here ami they were seen near
the depot by Night Operator Martin
or.lv a 'ow minutes before the Cannon
ball arrived.
The oraaeman furnised a fair descrip
tion of the men to the officers in pursuit
and the railway officials are c mfident
they will be speedily apprehended.
While the amount of money secured
by the robbers is known to have been
considerable, the local express officials
will not place an estimate on it.
To Be Tcinporarily Discontinued.
Tampa. Fla., April I.—The Plant
steamship line announces that, begin
ning Monday, April 6. the passenger
service between Mobile and Port Tampa
will be temporarily discontinued. The
steamer Algiers of the Morgan line will
do the freight business of this line,
while the Florida is renovated at New
port News. The Algiers is now equipped
for passenger service.
A Toting: White Man Instantly Killed.
Chattanooga, April 1. —A special to
The News from Whiteside, Tenn., says:
Joe Anderson, a young white man, was
instantly killed and Robert Alexander,
the negro engineer, seriously scalded in
a boiler explosion at the mines of the
Aetna Goal company.
A Tennessee Town Under Water.
Nashville, April I.—A large part of
Athens, Tenn., is under water and be
tween 820.009 and $30,000 damage has
already been done. The streets and
sidewalks are ruined. It is still raining
I and the water will rise am th -r foot.
Sl-MMKIiVII.I.E. CHATTOOGA OIUHTV, GEORGIA, AFIUL «,
EMPIRE STATE WS
A Week's Happenings Gathered
From All Parts of Georgia.
■ MANY IMPORTANT EVENTS NOTED
Iwo Men Held For tho Killing of Walter
Hemphill at Milledgevnie—Fatal Fall
of an Aged Lady at .Macon—Parsons and
Edwards Make Final Payment on the
Macon and Birmingham Kailroad.
Columbus, Go., March 31. The
cl sing down of the two great Eagle
and Phoenix mills for an indefinite pe
i riod of time, and the consequent throw
ing of over 1,500 people out of employ
ment, has produced a serious situation
here. The strikers are orderly and
quiet.
Following the direction of their meet
ing Monday night, they met at 2 o’clock
Tuesday afternoon and effected the or
ganization of a labor union. They can
return to w«rk at reduced wages, but
say that they will not do so, and appear
very determined.
Efforts are being made by business
-men I>< king to an immediate settlement
of the strike.
An Aged Lady Killed.
Macon? March 39.—Mrs. S. F. Jud
son, m ther of Mrs. R. W. Tidwell and
Miss Nina Judson of Atlanta, met with
an accident here which resulted in her
almost instant death. Mrs. Judson,
who was nearly 75 years of age, fell
from the rear perch of the home of
friends she had been visiting in this
city, and the fall resulted in a disloca
tion of the neck causing, as has been
stated, almost instant death. Mrs. Jud
son had been iu Florida and Southwest
Georgia for some time visiting relatives
ami friends, and was on her way back
to Atlanta, where she has been residing
with her daughter, Mrs. R. AV. Tidwell.
She stopped over here to see some old
friends and while sitting on a rear
porch, leaning against the railing, con
versing .pleasantly, the railing gave way
and she was thrown to the ground.
ThMall Ayas only a few feet, but it was
enough to chuse death.
I'-.xvalt and Mathis lui. ..t- d.
Milledgeville, Ga., March 31.—The
■ commitment trial of Joe Ewait, who
shot Walter Hemphill on Tuesday last,
from the effects of which Hemphill died
Saturday, was held here and resulted in
both Ewa.lt and Mathis being indicted,
the first for murder and the latter as be
ing an accessory. The shooting oc
curred in Wheelan’s saloon and seems
to have been the result of a drunken
duel agreement which was thought to
have been arranged in fun. Mathis
counted three times when Ewalt fired
at Hemphill, tho ball taking fatal effect.
It is said that Hemphill made a state
ment before his death that will throw
much light on tho affair when the men
are brought to trial. Hemphill leaves a
wife and child, and it is said that lie
and Ewait were the best of friends.
Chamberlain’s Colic, Cholera
and Diarrhoea Remedy.
This is the host medicine in the
world for bowel complaints. It
acts quickly and can always be de
| pended upon. When reduced with
! water it is pleasant to take. Try
' it, and like many others you will
j recommend it to your friends. For
! sale at 25 and 50 cents per bottle
i by 11. 11. Arrington druggist, Sum
. merville.
Largest Market In the World.
Savannah, April I.—The naval stores
season of 1895—’96 hasclosed and Savan
nah still holds the distinction of being
the largest market for spirits of tnrpen
■ tine and rosin In the world. The re
i ceipts and exports during the past year
have greatly increased over any preced
ing year. The previous year, with
j which comparisons are made, was the
largest up to that time. The total re
ceipts spirits turpentine have been 303,-
702 casks, an increase of 85,393 over
I those of 1894-’95. The exports have
been 800,969 casks, an increase of 23,-1-16
casks. The receipts of rosin have been
1,143,026 barrels, an increase of 149,892
barrels over those of 1894-’95. The ex
ports have been 1,097,328 barrels, an in
crease of 83,497 barrels.
—
The Final Payment Made.
Macon, March 31.—Parsons & Ed
wards of Boston, who purchased the
Macon and Birmingham railroad at
public sale several moths ago, for which
they paid $200,000, and assumed $160,-
000 of car trust certificates, through
their attorney. Colonel L. F. Garrard of
Col unit us, made the final pavment in
Bibb superior court of sloo*ooo, and
Judge Felton directed that a deed to the
property be made to Parsons & Ed
wards.
Charged With Poisoning a Girl.
Atlanta, March 28. Ida Elliott, a
pretty young girl who lived in Belwood,
a suburb of this city, died a few davs ago,
and it was given out at the time that
meningitis was the cause of her death.
There is new every reason to believe
that she died of poison administered by
Charles E. Hotton, a young man who
had been assiduous in his attention to
her, and he has been placed under ar
rest pending an investigation.
Smith and Crisp In Joint Debate.
Augusta, Ga., April I.—Ex-Speaker
Charles F. Crisp and Secretary of the
Interior Hoke Smith met here in joint
debate on the money question, the for
mer championing the free coinage of
silver and the latter advocating a gold
standard. Fully 2,000 people were in
attendance.
Judjfe Rower Resigns.
Bainbridge, Ga. .April 2.—Judge Bower
has sent in his resignation as judge if
the Albany circuit, to take effect on the
ninth inst., after which he will engage
actively in the canvass for congressional
. honors in the Second district.
IRON IN LARGE DEMAND.
Southern Furnaces Are Alaking Heavy
Shipments—lndustrial Conditions.
Chattanooga, March 31. The
Tradesman's reports of industrial and
business affairs in all parts of the south-
Brn states for the week ending March
Bl are from more than 2,500 correspond
ents and are authentic and reliable.
The iron and coal situation is very ac
tive. The southern furnaces are selling
considerably in advance of present ca
pacity, and some of them report that
they can fill no new orders for several
months. Southern iron is in large de
mand and has been widely shipped dur
ing the week. Prices are irregular, and
lists are frequently shaded. There is
no pycspects of any decrease in produc
tion. Coal miners who are supplying
coke' to the furnaces are full of work at
unchanged prices. Such as ship coal
for other uses report that the demand is
falling off considerably.
The lumber market is strong and with
increasing inquiries for bi th domestic
and foreign shipments. The mills are
generally fully employed. Inland trans
portation is somewhat hindered for
want of railway cars as fast as needed.
Southern cotton mills are running on
full time with no change of any import
ance in prices, which are claimed to be
lower than they should be, and not to
give a reasonable profit to the mills.
New textile mills are being organized
in large numbers.
New cotton mills are reported at
Branchville, Orangeburg and Spartan
burg, S. C., and at Sweetwater, Tenn.;
9- reported silk mill at Birmingham,
Ala.; W oollen mills at Morristown and
Shelbyville, Tenn., and knitting mills
at Athens and Lexington, Ga.; Rocky
Mount, N. C., amp-'Chattanooga, Tenn.
There is also reported the organizing
at Calvert, Tex., of the Calvert Coal and
Clay company, capital $500,000; of a
$150,000 brewery company at Tampa,
Fla.; a $50,000 cannery at Martinsburg,
W. Va., and of the Eagle Box factory,
capital $50,000, at Fort Smith, Ark. A
$30,000 foundry and machine shop is to
be built at Middlesborough, Ky.; a $25,-
000 box factory at Memphis, Tenn.; the
Charleston, S. C., Mattress and Wood
enware company, capital $20,000, and
the Olive Oil company, of Fairmount,
W. Va., also with $20,000 capital.
Ainong other important new indus
tries incorporated or organized during
tho week, is a large canning factory at
New Decatur, Ala.; an electric lighting
company at Greensburg, Ky.; and flour
and grist mills at Bowling Green, Ky.;
Ternersburg, N. 0., and Mount Pleas
ant, Tenn. An ice factory will be built
at Milton, Fia.; a mattress factory at
Lynchburg, Va.; an oil company has
been chartered at Sparta, Tenn., and a
wagon factory is to be built at Savan
nah, Ga.
Waterworks are to be built at Clin
ton, Ky., and Blacksburg, Va. Among
the new buildings of the week are busi
ness houses at Mobile, Ala., Augusta,
Ga., and Richmond, Va.; college build
ings to cost $250,000 at Charlottesville,
Va., and at Lynchburg, Va., costing
$15,000; a $20,000 courthouse at Rich
mond, Va.; a $30,000 institute building
at Mobile, Ala., and a $20,000 jail at
Bellville, Tex.
An Affidavit.
This is to certify that on May
11th, I walked to Melick’s drug
store on a pair of crutches and
bought a bottle of Chamberlain’s
Pain Balm for inflammatory rheu
matism which had crippled mo up.
After using throe bottles I am
completely cured. I can cheer
fully recommend it.—Charles 11.
Wetzel, Sunbury, Pa.
Sworn and subscribed to before
me on August 10, 1893. —Walter
Shipman, J. P- For sale at 50
cents per bottle by 11. 11. Arring
ton, druggist, Summerville.
DYGERT IS ALIVE.
The Investigation of the American’s Caso
Is Froipeeding In Cuba.
Washington, April I.—Official ad
vices received by the state department
from the representatives of the United
States in Cuba show that Dygert, the
citizen of Illinois arrested by the Span
ish authorities, is alive and is well
treated, that the Spanish have had un
der consideration the question of his re
lease at once, but after an examination
reached the conclusion that the circum
stances which have come to light con
cerning his movements warranted at
least further inquiry before his case can
be disposed of.
The inquiry into Dygert’s case there
fore. is still proceeding and Dygert will
be held at least until it is completed.
An Unknown Man Killed.
Michie, Tenn., March 31.—An un
known man in an out
house near this place. He was struck
across the forehead with a stick of wood
and his skul 1 crushed. The verdict of
the jury was that he was murdered by
his partner. This man rented the house
for the night and said that he had a
partner; also said that they were ma
chine and clock repairers. The mur
derer escaped. When last heard from
he had crossed the Tennessee river at
Pittsburg landing and was making his
way down thejriver.
Knights of the Maccabees.
The State Commander writes us
from Lincoln, Neb., as follows:
"After trying other medicines for
what seemed to be a very obstinate
cough in our two children we tried
Dr. King's New Discovery and at
the end of two days the cough en
tirely left them. We will not be
without it hereafter, as our exper
ience proves that it cures when all
other remedies fail.”—Signed F.
W. Stevens, State Com.—Why not
give this great medicine a trial, aa
it is guaranteed and trial bottles
are free at H. H. Arrington’s Drug
Store. Regular size 50c and SI.OOJ
SECOND OF THE SERIES
Crisp and Smith In Joint Debate
In Atlanta.
MONEY QUESTION ABLY DISCUSSED
Fully Six Thousand I’eoplo Greeted the
Distinguished Georgians, Who Were In
Fine Trim —Each Made a Strong Argu
ment In Support of His Theory and the
Sympathy of the Audience Was Divided.
Atlanta, April 4. —Six thousand peo
ple gathered in the big tabernacle used
during the recent Sam Jones meetings
to hear the second in the series of joint
debates on the currency between Secre
tary of the Interior Hoke Smith and ex-
Speaker Charles F. Crisp. Both speak
ers were greeted with salvos of cheering
on their appearance. The speaking be
gan at 8 o’clock, Secretary Smith hav
ing the opening and speaking for an
hour and ten minutes.
Secretary Smith began by saying that
he opposed the free and unlimited coin
age of silver at 16 to 1 for the same rea
son that Benjamin 11. Hill had opposed
it, and he read from the distinguished
Georgian’s speech on the subject deliv
ered in the United States senate. Ile
declared that he opposed free coinage
because he wanted to see' genuine bi
metallism obtain in this country.
The secretary denied that the act of
’73 had caused the fall in the price of
silver. The law of supply and demand
and the cheapening in the cost of min
ing had been potent factors in that de
preciation.
Instead of our currency being con
tracted since 1873, Secretary Smith de
clared, it had been enormously in
creased. He denied the proposition that
the currency could be increased by a
system of coinage which disregarded
the commercial ratio and brought about
monometalism with the cheaper metal
alone in circulation. We have a greater
per capita of gold and silver in circula
tion now than ever before. Before ’73
only 8,031,000 silver dollars had been
coined, exclusive of subsidiary coins.
Since March ’93, during this adminis
tration, more than 7,000,000 silver dol
lars had been coined. The hard times
had begun with the Sherman act. The
fear of free silver coinage had shaken
public confidence and caused a contrac
tion of the credit currency which did
97’£ per cent of the business of the
country. In remodelling our currency
system, one should first fix a stable
Standard; then retire the greenbacks,
as recommended by Carlisle; give silver
the right of way below §lO and allow
state banks the right to issue notes'.
He would not undertake to present a
complete plan, but the central thought
must be to have every dollar of equal
value. The bond issue was necessary
to pay demand notes of the government.
Secretary Smith concluded by paint
ing the disaster that would result from
the election of a congress and a presi
dent favorable to free silver coinage.
Mr. Crisp’s Reply.
Mr Crisp was given a rousing recep
tion when he arose. In beginning he
said he wanted to say that his “Brother
Smith,” as he referred to the secretary,
made as good an argument as he had
ever heard in behalf of a cause so intrin
sically weak. The trouble with Mr.
Smith was that he confounded a bi
metallic standard with a bimetallic cir
culation. It was not necessary for the
preservation of a bimetallic standard for
the two metals to circulate together.
He admitted that in fixing the ratio
in this country Jefferson had consulted
the commercial ratio, but at that time
silver was admitted to free coinage the
world over. If you will give us free
coinage, he declared, and restore silver
to liberty, then we’ll talk with you
about changing the.ratio.
Here Mr. crisp read a letter written
by Secretar Smith in 2890, favoring
the free coinage of silver, enunciating
its declarations with careful emphasis.
He also read what purported to bo ex
tracts from two speeches delivered by
Secretary Smith, one in 1894 in which
he opposed the single gold standard,
and the other in Augusta two nights
ago, in which he advocated the single
standard.
The demonetization of silver caused
the fall in prices, Mr. Crisp, contended,
and he recited the reasons therefor.
First, it reduced the money supply of
the world. There had been hard times
in this country of late. As soon as the
people found out that silver had been
demonetized, they began to agitate for
its restoration. This agitation had be
come a crime in the eyes of the ’ man
who had a fixed income which was in
creasing every day. He ridiculed the
claim that the single gold standard was
in favor of the laboring man. The ad
vocates of free coinage, he urged, did
not want a dishonest dollar. They did
not want one dollar to have more value
than another. All the talk about cheap
money was “rot” concocted by the men
whose interest it was to keep money
dear.
Mr. Crisp read from utterances of
Secretary Carlisle in favor of the free
coinage of silver, contrasting it with his
position now. When you pass a law
providing for free coinage, you make
the gold and silver of the world of equal
value. The remedy of the gold standard
men was more bonds. It was ‘ ‘all for
the bankers, none for us.”
The first administration of Mr. Cleve
land did pay off a large amount of
bonds. But that did not alter the fact
that his present administration had im
posed on the people a debt that won. I
amount to $500,000,000 before it was
paid.
Secretary Smith’s Kejoindt..
Generous applause accompanied Mr.
Crisp's close, which was continued as
Secretary Smith rose for his 20 minutes
rejoinder. He declared that Mr. Crisp
had dodged the proposition that you
couldn’t have a bimetallic currency
without having the legal ratio the
same as the commercial ratio. He was
willing to rest the whole case on that.
Instead of answering the point Mr.
Crisp had indulged in small talk and
demagogical appeals to prejudice against
the Rothschilds and Wall street.
The secretary’s rejoinder was inter
rupted by frequent outbursts of applause
which in each case aroused opposing
cheers for Crisp, interspersed with hisses
and cat calls. He called attention to
the fact that Mr. Crisp had not answered
the historical authorities on bimetallism
in France, which he had read in Au
gusta. and closed with a defense of the
bond issues by the present administra
tion.
aS?
MOST DEPLORABLE.
Condition of the Destitute In Eastern Tur
key—Letter From an Armenian.
Boston, April 4.—From recent letters
from eastern Turkey it appears that the
condition of the destitute in that sec
tion is most deplorable in spite of the
relief work which has been done there.
Recent writers state that almost the en
tire Armenian nation is struggling for
existence under conditions the very con
templation of which almost long for
death. In writing at some length upon
this subject, an Armenian in Harpoot
says:
“Dressed in rags, unwashed, smelling
of stables so that the odor is almost un
bearable, their eyes inflamed from the
glare of the sun on the snow, they pre
sent a sad sight. Whole families, hun
gry and scantily clothed, sleep on the
ground at night. In one place a man
makes a pillow of himself and four
sleep with their heads on him. The
people huddle together in corners seek
ing some protection from the cold.
“Such things exist in the slums in
other lands, but here the misery is in
tensified by the rapidity of the trans
ition. Many of the people were pros
perous merchants a few months ago.
And with their poverty they have other
ills—chief of which is everpresent fear—
a constant apprehension that makes them
satrt and tremble at every sound. In
the long evenings they converse in whis
pers, lest enemies whom they know are
listening, shall find out if they still use
their native language, which has been
forbidden. ’ ’
NINE PERSONS DROWNED.
The Cloudburst In Kentucky Moro Dis
astrous Thun at First Deported.
Lexington, Ky., April 4.—The recent
cloudburst in Clay and Cawley counties
was more disastrous than at first re
ported. Buffalo crook, which is across
the south fork of the Kentucky river,
suffered more than Section creek by the
unusual rainfall. Every house on the
bank of this stream was washed away.
Miss Mary Garrett was drowned
while trying to escape the flu- I. George
Capson’s wife and three children, two
children of Will Burns, and two others
whose names are not given, were also
drowned. Mr. John Crane, a logger,
rescued his wife and small child when
they were drifting down the stream on
some uprooted trees.
Thousands of logs are going down the
stream. The large booms at Booneville
are choked with logs and it is feared the
booms and all will be carried away by
the water. Part of the town is inun
dated and a number of persons have had
to move their household effects, upon
the side of the mountain.
North Fork and Middle creek are both
overflowed, and at Jackson Military In
stitute, Military Instructor Bull of the
Jackson institute has been drowned
while riding on a raft.
X RAYS SAVED HIS HAND.
Threatened Amputation Avoided In the
Case of James Fitzsimmons.
New Haven, April 4. —Dr. T. 11. Rus
sell has removed the pieces of steel
which were imbeded in the hand of
Janies Fitzsimmons by the aid of the x
rays.
Fitzsimmons, while employed at a
gun factory some months ago, was in
jured by the explosion of a primer and
several pieces of steel entered his hand.
It bothered him for a long time, and
Saturday Professor Hastings of Yale
photographed the hand with Roentgen
rays. He secured an excellent shadow
graph, showing two good sized particles
of steel in the hand.
Fitzsimmons went to Dr. Russell’s
office and there, with the assistance of
the photograph, the pieces of sieel were
removed. The hand will now heal and
amputation will be avoided.
HAT LAW PASSED.
Ohio Wsjmen Can Be Fined For Obstruct
ing the View In Theaters.
OoLUiiBUS, 0., April 4 —The Fosdick
bill, making it a misdemeanor for any
person to wear a hat in a theater or
other auditorium where any theatrical
or spectacular performance is being
given, passed the senate and is now a
law, as it takes effect immediately on
its passage, and no amendments were
made in the senate. There were but
2 negative votes in the senate
The new law is, of course, aimed at
the big hats and headgear worn by
women at theaters. It provides as a
penalty a fine of from $2 to $lO, but no
imprisonment.
Prince Bismarck’s Birthday*
Friederichsruhe, Germany, April
I.—Prince Bismarck was 81 years old
Wednesday, and in honor of his birth
day bands of music played in the Schloss
park dll the morning. Representatives
of the Hamburg senate, bearing the
congratulations of that body, and sev
eral friends arrived here during the day
and waited upon Prince Bismarck, who
also received many floral tributes and
presents and large numbers of tele
grams, including one from Prince Henry
of Prusssa. Emperor William’s present
to Prince Bismarck wis a photograph
of the imperial family, in a group, en
closed in a handsome frame.
Made a Rich Strike.
San Francisco, April 4.—The great
est strike made in a gold mine in Cali
fornia for years, is reported to have
been made recently in the Rawhide
mine in Tulamine county. A pocket is
said to have been found at the 900-foot
level, the extent of which is not known,
which contains nearly free gold. The
samples assay from $15,000 to $20,000 a
ton. It is said that the ore in sight
nr«ia tainc flfciUMA
THE MILL IS SILENT.
Not a Wheel Is Turning in the
Mills at Columbus.
Columbus, Ga., March 31.—Tim
Eag'u and Phonix mills for tl.o
first time in many years were si
lent yesterday and fifteeiThundrcd
or more people who work at that
factory are idle.
the managers show no signs of
giving in; neither do the workmen,
and for that reason the indications
are that the fight will be a long.
A compromise appears improbable
if not imposible.
Over fit teen hundred men ami
women have been thrown out by a
strike of about 270 weavers. When
the weavers went out, crippling the
work of the mill, the manners
closed up simp and that stopped
everything. Had every operative
in the mill gone on a strike it could
not have made the place more si
lent than it is.
POOR DSCESTSON leads to
■ nervousness, chronic dyspepsia and
great misery. The best remedy is
HOOD’S SARSAPARILLA.
Those who are troubled with
rheumatism should try a few ap
plicatians of Cnamberlain’s Pain
balm, rubbing the parts vigorous
ly at each application. *lf that
docs not bring relief dampen a
piece of flannel with Pain Balm
and bind it on over the seat of pain
and prompt relief will surely fol
low. For sale by H. 11, Arrington
druggist, Suninrervillo.
Southern PostofflceS Raised.
Washington, April 2.—The follow
ing postoffices have boon raised to the
presidential class, the action tnkiim
effect at onco: Funeau, Alaska; Uni”
versify, Cal., lifton, Ga.; yVilliams
port, Ind.; Hammond, La.; Nnwayao-o
Mich.; Glenwood, Minn.; Moss Point,’
Miss.; King City, Mo.; Fayette and
Weston, 0.. Berwin and Natrona, Pa.; *
Belzer, S. C.; Tennessee City, Tenn •
Almapes and Maysville, Wis.
French Warships beady to Sail.
Toulon, April 2.—Three French war
ships have boon made ready to sail at a
moment’s notice.
Buck lea’s Arnica Salve.
The Best Salve in the world for
Cuts, Bruises, Sores, Ulcers, Salt
Rheum, Fever Soros, Totter
Chapped Hands, Chilbins, Corns
and all Skin Eruptions, ami posi
tively cures Piles or no pay re
quired It is guaranteed give
perfect satisfaction, or money re
funded. Price 25cents ••lox.
for sale by H. 11. Arrington. \
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DUG INTO THE WALL.
Bold Attempt of Unknown Persons ti>
Wreck the Capitol of 31 ississippi.
Jackson, Miss., April 2.—An attempt
was made late at night t> wreck the
state eapitol. At 10 o’clock, while Lee
setary of State Power was engaged in
his office at the eapitol, ho heard a noise
outside the door. Going to the window
he saw several mon digging at the wall
between the door and a window. His
appearance frightened away the men,
and an investigation showed that two
pieces of stone about 2 foot square had
' been removed from the wall.
Had the work gone on a little longer,
a section of the Avail, about 4x 20
feet, would have fallen, thus wreck mg
the whole building.
Strenuous efforts were made during
1 the recent legislative session to provide
for a new building, but nothing was
done in the matter, and it is thought
some miscreants took this means of se
curing immediate action.
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40 YEARS THE STANDARD.
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