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VOL )X (mined in cam News of the Week Gathered From All Parts of the State. MANY IMPORTANT HAPPENINGS J tltn T. Raiiiln Shoot* anil Kill* Colonel Jitmii* T. Lilly lii the Bnptlat < Larch at M<-t<:nlfo—'l wo Young White Alm Struck by Lightning Near 'I hiiinw.lle-Hauye Muni Die on tlie Gallow*. Thi masvillk, Ga., Aug. <3.—John T. Rushin, a prominent man of thi* sec- , tion, shot and killed Colonel James F. Lilly mid then cut his victim’s throat. The tragedy occurred at Metcalfe, ten ; miles below here, during services at the ' Baptist church. As soon as he was sure that he had completed his work, Rushin swallowed 4 ounces of laudanum and rushed fr m the church with the men of the congregation in pursuit. In the fearful panic that followed the tiring of the first shot, a dozen women fainted mid wore badly hurt by the others try ing to make a hasty exit from the build ing. The afternoon session of Sunday school had just begun. Colonel Lilly was instructing one of the classes, while near him the minister had charge j of another. Bushin entered the little : building and stood for several minutes watching. Colonel Lilly, who did ih>i ■ know that Rushin was about. Thera ■ had been no threats made by either of the men. Suddenly Rushin h eined to ' go wild with rage. He threw his hat to the floor and pulled out a pistol. The minister threw up his hands m warning, crying out; “For God’s sake, man, do not shoot!” The panic was instantaneous. Imme diately Rushin fired on Colonel Lilly, who turned, being unarmed, and ran from the building. As Colonel Lilly ran, Rushin continued firing. Three bullets mitered the body of the fleeing i man, and he fell on the outside of the building fatally shot. Rushin paused tor u moment, kicking Colonel Lilly’s body ami cursing. Two men attempted to approach him. but ho ordered them buck at the point of hispistul, mid draw ing a razor almost completely severed his victim’s head from his body. Slipping the rnz >r back into his pock, t lio continued to hold his pursuers oil, and drunk from a bottle four ounces of laudanum, lie Was so thoroughly nau seated that, he was unable to retain the poison on his stomach. From his ac tions it was plain that he was either deliriously drunk or crazy, lie ran from the crowd and went to his home, half a mile away, and barricaded himself in. ; In his room he has a shotgun, two pis- ; tols and a razor. Every effort has been made to induce him to conm out, but ho ■ has persistently refused, declaring that —-s.hi L will kill himself first. undmibtediyfiTTzy. Rushin owed Lilly money, and it is supposed that Worry over it caused his mind to become un balanced. THE JOKE IS ON WATSON. Uumorons Epithet Applied to Candidate Bryan Now Applies to Him. Atlanta, Aug. I. “Wo love you, ' Billy, but d—n your company.” This was one of the significant signed editorials that appeared a few days ago in the People’s party paper edited by I Mr. Wa son. At that tune ho wa< fight ing for a straight “middle-of-the-road” i policy at St. Louis, and if ho had any I aspiration< to a place on the national ticket he did not think, perhaps, that ho would bo the runiiingmato of Hilly Bryan, to whom reference was made. Unscousci.msly, Mr. Watson’s hu morous epithet was soon to apply to himself md the jokemaker is now merry. The close friendfi of Mr. Watson have twitted him no little. He takes it good naturedly and admits that it is the first practical joke of the ampaign and a good one. “Wo love you, Billy, but d—n your company.” And Watson is the,‘.‘com- i pany.” Ous Fumbles Granted » Respite. Atlanta, July 29.—Gus Fambios will not hang on Aug. 7, the day set for his execution for the murder of Mr. Nobles of Twiggs county. Governor Atkinson has. for tee second time, interfered in the ease of Fumbles and postponed the < anymg out of the death sentence. The I notion was taken in both instances on ’ account of the case of Mrs. No, les. who ! was implicated m the crime with Fum bles. The governor has granted Fam bles a respite until Friday, Oct. 16 next. Baf«blowei*« Captured Ht Alapaha. Tifton, Ga., July 28.—The safeblow ers who cracked two safes at Alapaha, Ga., a few nights ago. securing several hundred dollars, have been arrested there after a hot chase. Detectives spotted the mon, who wore acting sus piciously. They started to run. The detectives gave chase and fired several shots. While running t e robbers threw each a bag of coin into the grass. Spec tators saw them and recovered the bags. A good part of the stolen money was recovered. One Hundred and Thirty.four Years Old. Dublin. Ga., July 30. Mr. O. S. VS are of L thair, Montgomery county, has a dish in his possession which he purchased at a sale 30 years ego. The dish is 134 years old and has been handed down from generation to generation as an heirloom. It is in use everyday and looks well. Two Young W bite Men Killed. Thomasville, Ga., Aug. 3.—Bandy and Joe Cuirk, two young white men, living in the southern portion of the county, were struck by lightning and instantly killed. The young men were riding on a load of hay when the fatal b >lt struck them. llanye " 111 Be Hanged Friday. Atlanta, Aug. 3.—Arthur Hanye, •who killed Will Spinks, his friend, last March, will be banged here on Friday, Aug. 7, Governor Atkinson decliug to interfere in the sentence of death I THE CHATTOOGA NEWS. RATE WAR STOPPED. Simonton Will Not Allow Railroad* to Make an Eighty Per Cent Reduo'lon. Spartanburg, S. C., July 28.—Col onel A. T. Smythe of Charleston ap peared before Judge Simonton, United States judge, at Flat R<x:k, N. C., in chambers, for an injunction to stop the rat-: war betwee i the Southern ra 1- way and the Seaboard Air Line. Colonel Symthe came in behalf of J. 11. Averill, receiver of the Port Royal and Augusta railroad. Judge Simonton ordered that the defendants, the South ern railway and the Georgia, Carolina and Northern, appear before him at Greenville, S. C., Aug. 15, to show cause why the injunction should not be permanent. It is further provided that until the hearing above provided for and until the fifing of any order which the court j may see fit to make upon or after such hearing, the Georgia, Carolina and Northern, the Seaboard Air Line aiM R. C. H'.ifinan, president; E. St. John, vice pres.dent, and V. E. Mcßee, gen eral superintendent, be restrained and enjoined from continuing in force or ' further operation the reduction out into effect July 17, 1896, in the rates for freight and passenger traffic at that time or the reduction announced* on . July 12, 1896, aud afterwards with- ■ drawn, or from making any further or other cut whatever in rates for either pm senger or freight traffic, or from ■ making any change whatever, or from I operating either alone or in combina- I tion with ether transportation lines i other or different rates from those in | effect J ly 12, 1896. j It is further ordered that the defend- ! ants, the Southern railway; the South i Carolina railway aud Georgia railway; i John B. Cleveland, receiver of the Port I Royal and Western Carolina; the Wil- j mington, Columbia and Augusta rail- I ’ way; John Gill, receive- of the Cape Fear and Yadkin Vai ey railway; the Southbound; the Georgia railway and T. K. Sei tt, manager; the Central of Georgia; the Ocean Steamship company aud 11. M. Comer, president, are en enjoined and forbidden, collectively or individually, from carrying into effect the reduction of 80 per cent from the rate in off ct July 12, 1896. 11. S. Haines, commissioner of the Southern States Freight association, is enjoined from making any reduction whatever in rates. Copies of this in junction will bo served on all tho de fendants at once. TILLMAN MAKES A SPEECH. Tlio South Carolina Senator Addresses an I mlienco at Orangeburg. Columbia, S. g., J y 31. Fort! ■ first, time i; 1 a year mate? Tillman addressed a ninth ( oli.ua milieu ■ Wednesday at Graugeburg. It was the occasion of a celebration by the Tillman Volunteers, a company organized at the i time of the “Darlington war,” and was for the purpose of securing funds to re , organize the company. : Colonel Cobb of Georgia was the first speaker, and made a decidedly good im i pression. He is a strong friend of Till man’s, having advocated his course be fore he knew him personally. His sub ject was “Bryan and Sewall.” As so n ns ho announced it, A. C. Mitchell, a leading “reformer” of that section, in terrupted Cobb and named Tom Watson instead of Sewall. Cobb said that while he admired Watson he was a Democrat i and would not support a Populist. | Senator Tillman's sueoch lacked his ! usual snap and he showed evidences of j his recent bereavement. He touched i upon state politics to say the people ’ must judge candidates by their lives and pub ic records. I “Let us stop fighting,” he said, ‘‘and take a rest, but we must not go to sleep.” i WANTS MURPHY “FIRED.” Counterfeiter George \V. Dice Says He Will ‘•'qiiea!’* on ( ertain Conditions. Columbus, 0., July 29.—George W. Dice, who, after Mi es Ogle, is probably the most dangerous counterfeiter in the United States, was received at the state p niteiitiary to serve eight years. Dice says he knows where ten big j counterfeiting plates are, and that he has $100,0t)0 of “queer” of his own planted, all of which he will put in the ' hands of the government if John E. | Murphy of the se-ret service at St. I Louis is discharged. Murphy accomplished Dice’s arrest. Dice assaulted Murphy in court in At lanta while ho was on trial and tried to kill him. He says he is -writing a book of his adventures in counterfeiting and has been offered $2,000 for the copy right. Two Men Killed by Lightning, Atlanta, Aug. I—Lightning killed two men and seriously injured six oth ers at Orchard Hill, a small station on the Centra! railroad, six miles south of j Griffin, during the reunion of the Thir teenth Georga regiment. George Tay lor. a farmer of Butts county, ami James Watley, prominent citizens of Monroe county, were instantly killed by the flash. Dr. N. B. Drewyof Griffin, John MeElheney of Spalding county, John Coins, John White and Charley Caw ley of Monroe county, were violently thrown to the ground and seriously shocked. Freak of the Lightning:. Washington, Ga., July 29. Tom , Robinson, a negro, was killed by light ning on Mr. G. T. Anthony’s place, four miles from here. The negro was plow ing in the field and when the rain came up took refuge n ider a large pine tree. The lightnirg struck • lie tree nd kil'. I both the mv. e ami th nan. he inn . s hat brim wa torn co. . iletely ff, otl . - m ise he sh >d no si sos t. ■ cause f his violent <. -ath. Dieil Protestins His Innoeence. Nashville, July 29.—Bart Green, a negro, convicted of the murder of Miles P. Mitchell, near Whiteville, Har deman county, in December last, was hanged at Jackson. The drop fell at 10:56 and life was pronounced extinct at 11: Hi. Green protested his innocence to the last. A Worntui Cremated In Florida. Jacksonville, Fla., July 30.—Near Clearwater. Fix. Mrs. Edward Martin used ken-eno oil iu kindling a fire. The can exploded, the house was burned I and Mrs. Martin was cremated. IMPORTANT ITEMS. News of the Week Gathered From All Parts of the World. An Epitome of the South. The Dayton City hotel, at Dayton, ; Tenn., was destroyed by fire ou Tues day. The president has pardoned H. H. Mallory, sentenced in Florida to five years for robbery. Will Wilcoxon, son of Mr. Lee Wil coxon, about six miles from Eatonton, Ga., was killed by a runaAvay mule. The twentieth annual session of the Georgia State Horticultural society will be held in Griffin Aug. 5 to 7, inclusive. The Hon. Josiah Levering was noti fied at Baltimore of his nomination as Prohibition candidate for the presidency. L. T. Hemphill has been appointed postmaster at Milton, Santa Rosa county, Fla., vice John Oarlovitz, re- ■ moved. The cruiser Montgomery has sailed from Tompkinsville for Key West to relieve the Maine of patrol and quar j antine duty there. Ten thousand visitors attended the | carnival show iu Valdosta, Ga. It is , said to have exceeded anything of the I kind ever held in the state. Secretary of the Interior Hoke Smith : will accept the invitation to bo one of i the speakers at the Bryan and Sewall ratification meeting in Athens, Ga., on Aug. 12. The United States monitor Passaic was delivered to the Georgia naval re serves at Brunswick Thursday for prac tice. It was made the occasion of a holiday demonstration. Charles Thompson, 'white, was con victed at Rome, Ga., of murdering Mrs. Ann Tudor. He is a farmer. His vic tim w i his housekeeper. Thompson threw her in’o tlie well. J. L. Hailey, a farmer living five miles from Petersburg, Tenn., in Mar shall county, cut bis wife’s throat with I a butcher knife. He then plunged tho knife into his own throat. The first two b iles of South Carolina c itton were rec ived at Charleston a Thursday. One Avas classed as g .1 middling, weighed 467 pounds and Avas sold at 8X cents per pound. At Dade City, Fla., T. B. BroAvn and J. S. Weir became involved in a diffi culty over a difference of 25 cents in a settlement, when Brown stabbed Weir in the abdomen, from which he died. Frank Cunning, Mrs. Sylverter Long and Miss Daisy Long were drowned at Wheeling while trying to cross the Ohio in a scull. The current was so strong it carried them into a snagboat. The last brick has been laid on Sel ma’s (Ala.) neii’ cotton mill. The glass will be put in next week and then the machinery. Four hundred people will be given employment on Sept. 1 by this new enterprise. Dr. John H. Callendar, famous as an expert in mind diseases, is in Nashville, lying at the point of death. Dr. Cal lendar was one of the government’s chief witnesses in the trial of Guiteau, Garfield’s assassin. The first bale of Alabama cotton of this season’s crop was marketed at Selma, classed middling, and sold for 9 cents. It is 21 days earlier than the first bale last year, and breaks the record for early cotton in Alabama. The papers in the case of Scott Jack son, convicted of the murder of Pearl Bryan, near Fort Thomas, Ky., were filed in the court of appeals, at Frank fort, Ky. The court is asked to grant a new trial on the ground of specified errors. The movement to secure the suspen sion of the distilleries of Kentucky for 18 months has at last been successful; all the preliminaries were finished at a meeting of the committee held at Louis ville. The agreement becomes effective at once. Sheriff D. S. Pruitt of Lumpkin county was acquitted of murder iu Hall superior court at Gainesville, Ga. He shot Johu Redmond, a notorious char acter, while trying to arrest him ou the thirteenth day of June, 1895, the Avound producing death. Foroum Troupe, Avho for seven years had dodged Avarrants for horse stealing, Avas killed by a sheriff’s posse near Dub lin, Ga., in trying to escape arrest. Troupe tried to kill one of the deputies Avith au ax. The coroner’s jury exon erated the deputy. Cyrus B. Watson, Democratic candi date for governor of North Carolina, made his opening campaign speech at Wentworth, Rockingham county. He divTiSsed the p: ent condii nos is country aud arg .‘d in favor . bim< J lisrn, along the line of the Democratic i national platform. At Concord, N. C., AndreAV Harris, alias Henry Forest, was sentenced to ten years in the penitentiary for at tempting murder. While on trial he Avas recognized as Andy Harris, the murderer of Herbert Leroy, a Avealthy farmer of Anson county. Harris killed Leroy three year ago and fled. Some of the insurance companies in Atlanta are investigating the sudden death of Dr. Johu J. Pore of Monroe, Ga. He was insured for $45,000, aud died suddenly. The insurance compan ies kueAv Avhen he was iucreasiug his SUMMERATLLE, CHATTOOGA COUNTY, GEORGIA, AUGUST 5,1806 policies that he was a nan of very mod erate means. Now they are not satis fied with the proofs of his death. The Populists of Tennessee met in convention at Nashville, and after in dorsing the action of the St Louis con vention a full electoral ticket was named, with the understanding that if the Democrats would agree to pull off three Democratic electors the remaining Pop ulist electors Avould be withdrawn. A. L. Mims was nominated for governor. Captain W. Bailey Tucker, general manager of the Atlantic & Gulf rail road, was shot at Orlando, Fla., by Alfred St. Clair Abrams, prosecuting attorney for Lake county. Tucker may recover. Abrams was lately antirail road candidate for the legislature in Lake county. He was defeated and charged that Tucker brought it about by unfair means. All the buildings used by the recent Cotton States aud International exposi tion have been sold by the trustees for the bondholders to the Atlanta Amuse ment company for the sum of SIO,OOO. The buildings cost $250,000. Several bids Avere submitted, but none made public save that of the Amusement com pany, Avhich is under contract to open the grounds as a pleasure resort and preServe the buildings. For the first time in the history of the Republican party of Georgia a ticket of electors composed entirely of Avhites Avas appointed by the state cen tral committee, Avhich met at Macon. The leaders of the party say that this means a largely increased vote for the Republican party of this state. A prop ositiu will be made to the Populists to fuse and elect a state ticket, though no direct action has yet been taken looking to that step. Lieutenant Colonel W. H. Benyuard, in his annual report on river and harbor improvements in Florida, says that the commercial interests involved in the improvement of the St. John’s river de mands its early completion, and fully warrants the expenditure estimated. An available balance of $24,000 is to be used on the St. Augustine harbor. A survey made in June shoAVS that the conditions prevailing during the past tAvo yc-i-rs as to the p sition and depth of the northwest entrance at K y West harbor r nains unchanged. Notes From North, East, AVest and Abroad. Joseph Grebler Avas killed in a bicycle race at Lima, O. Cornelius Vanderbilt, who Avas re cently stricken with paralysis, is rapidly recovering. I’orty-two persons were killed and 43 injured in a Avreck two miles from At lantic City. The gold standard Democrats Avill hold their national convention at Chi cago about Sept. 1. Secretary of the Interior Hoke Smith says the story that he is going to resign is beneath the dignity of a denial. As er Aug. 1 the Montreal street rail way, it is announced, Avill accept no United States silver in payment of fare. The Denison (O.) Safe Deposit bank has closed its doors. No statement is made, but the liabilities are thought to be heavy. Tavo masked men robbed the Illinois Central station at Walker, Mo. Agent Campbell Avas shot and probably fatally Avounded by the robbers. Edmund M. Clark of NeAV York and his companion, Henry Sanford of Co lumbus, Mo., Avere lost in the Mojave desert Avhile prospecting for gold. The postoffice department, in a circu lar letter to postal clerks, has instructed them to take no active part in politics, such as attending conventions, etc. Arthur SeAvall, Democratic candidate for vice president, stated that any man Avho thought he would resign in favor of Tom Watson Avas “not worthy of an ans Aver. ’ ’ Vice President St. John of the Sea board Air Line vigorously denied the report that he was on the point of re signing, as a story put out by the Southern. Eighteen persons Avere killed and 36 injured, some of them fatally, by a cy clone which swept over the city of Pitts burg. The damage to property is esti mated at SIOO,OOO. Captain General Weyler has issued a decree promising to captains of war ves sels $24,000 for each filibustering steamer, aud $9,000 each for filibuster ing sail vessels captured. The steamer Bermuda, which some months ago took an expedition to Cuba, has been sold to Captain Charles 11. Brown of Loudon for $45,000, SIO,OOO having been paid down. Louis Hart shot himself dead in his home nt Arlin ton. N. J., rather than give e ideuce against his employers. Schlesinger & Bro., accused c. issuing spurious railroad tickets. A man believed to be insane forced his way into the presence of the Span ish premier, Senor Canovas del Castillo, at Madrid, and insulted and threatened him. He was promptly arrested. It is announced that the building in which the Republicans and Populists held their national conventions is to be used for a horse shoAv, bicycle meets and other indoor sporting enterprises. EA-idence tending to substantiate wholesale charges of police corruption in Chicago is in the possession of the civic federation, and a movement ia on foot to secure an investigation-of the police department similar to the Lexow investigation in New York. The president has appointed Macgra le Cox of New York to be envoy extrao dinary and minister plenipotentiary cf the United States to Gautemala and Honduras, vice Pierce M. B. Young. Peter Jackson, the negro heavy weight pugilist, was arrested in Lon don for being drunk and disorderly. He was arraigned in the Bow street police court, found guilty and fined five shil lings. A dispatch from Kingston, Jamaica, says: A lite started in Port-au-Prince on Wednesday last and burned until Friday. More than 100 houses were destroyed. The loss will reach at least $1,000,000. By an explosion of gas at the Bear Ridge (Pa.) colliery Michael Brazil, Pres ton Hill and William Quinn, fire boss of Connor’s patch, were killed, and James Mahancy of Girardville was in jured, perhaps fatally. The German thirdclass cruiser litis was lost in a typhoon, ten miles north ward of the Shan Tung promintory, which is about 75 miles southeast of Chee Foo, China. Ten of the men were saved. All of the others, including the officers, perished. McKinley, in a speech to a visiting delegation at Canton, 0., committed himself on the cuixency question so far as to say that “our currency today is good—all of it as good as gold—and it is the policy of the Republican party to so maintain it forever.” The health authorities have been un usually vigilant of late on account of smallpox and yellow fever reportsd’rom Cuba. The news that yellow fever had broken out at Vera Cruz has made the government solicitous about watching tho gulf ports of the United States. The roasury department will issue in a few days a 32-page pamph’et ontain ing information on tho currency ques tion designated to furnish a simple and comprehensive answer to thousands df questions received by the treasury de partment relative to the various aspects of the financial situation. Among the speakers who will take the st i r np f>r the Populist ticket will be Sen dor Butler, ,-x -U uiirman Taube neck, Eugene V. Debs, lidbert Schilling, Senator Allen of Nebraska, Senator Peffer, Governor Lewelling, Mrs. Mary Lease, General Coxey and Carl Browne. The currency will be the chief theme. Tho London board of trade has de cided that the loss of the steamer Drum mond Gastle, off Ushaixt on June 16, resulting in the drowning of 250 per sons, only one passenger and two sea men being saved, was due to the fact that she was not navigated with proj seamanlike care in view cf the prevail ing conditions. At Pittsburg, Ex-City Attorney More land, who pleaded guilty to the charge of embezzling city funds, was sen tenced to three years in the penitenti ary. W. H. House, ex-assistant city at torney, convicted of aiding and abet ting City Attorney Moreland in embez zling city money, was sentenced to the penitentiary for two years and three months. The Democratic congressional cam paign committee has issued, as a cam paign document, a map showing all the states of the Union with the electoral vote of each. The letter press explana tory of the map claims that free silver will carry all of the states south and west of Pennsylvania, with a total of 830 electoral votes. New England, New York, New Jersey and Pennsylvania, with 117 electoral votes, are claimed as doubtful states. After deliberating 19 hours the jury in the case of Dr. J. C. Hearne versus M. H. DeYoung and J. F. Bunt re turned a verdict allowing the plaintiff SIO,OOO and costs. The action was brought to recover SIOO,OOO in conse quence of an article written by Blunt, the San Diego correspondent of the San Francisco Chronicle, and published in that paper Aug. 18, 1894, which Hearne alleges implicated him in the murder of Amos J. Stillwell, at Hannibal, Mo., Dec. 29, 1888. The sugar bounty claims, aggregating $5,000,000, will now probably be paid without further delay at the rate of about 64 cents on the dollar of claims filed. Secretary Carlisle has approved the decision of Commissioner Miller against allowing three claims aggregat ing about $15,000. These claims were filed by General John O. Scanell, Frank Webb and Walter Southon, all of Ala bama. The ground on which they were rejected were that the law requres that the man who obtains the license must also be the producer of the sugar, and these case- did i t m eet the require ment -of : e law An imperial ukase has been issued stating that the czar, having personally considered the results of the initial in quiry into the disaster that occurred on the Hodyknsky plain, just outside of Moscow, on the occasion of the popular fete in connection with the coronation of the czar, has countermanded the or der for a further inquiry. The ukase declares that the Moscow authorities are answerable for the disaster and orders that Police Prefect Vlassovsky be cash iered and that minor penalties be in flicted upon the other officials who have been found to be in away responsible for the calamity. IN HARD LUCK. One Misfortune Follows Close Ou the Heels of Auother. It will be remembered that some weeks ago R.C. Stotts had the mis fortune to lose his dwelling and contents by lire, thereby entailing on him a very heavy loss. However, with charactei istic en ergy, he had gone to work to re build, and last week had most of the frame up, and much of the material on hand to complete the house. Last Monday morning about 7.30 o’clock, Mr. Stotts noticed a small blaze in a pile of ceiling and flooring in the dry kiln which was being gotten ready to use. There were six men on the ground and Mr. Stotts says he had no idea but what the fire could be easily extin guished. The spring was but a little way off, and all hands went to work with a will to put out the fire, but it was not so easily to be done. In spite of their utmost ef forts the blaze spread rapidly and very soon was beyond control. There was 12,00 C feet of plank oil the kiln which -was burned: from this the fire spread to the saw and grist mill, only a short way off, and these, too, were burned. A shingla mill, belting, and some odds and ends were all that could be saved. It is thought the engine and saw mill are a total loss, and Mr. Stotts thinks it cheaper to buy a new outfit than undertake to do any thing with the old. He estimates his loss at SIOO, without any insu rance. Mr. Stotts is certainly in hard luck, and he has the sympathies of the entire community in his severe losses; but he is not the kind to be despondent and give up, but says that he will make it all right yet MOUNT CALM, TEXAS. Mit. Editor:—l de.-iro to \ rite through tho columns of your pa per to my friends in Chattooga, something about this part of Tex as. Wo have a fine farming country here. I live on the lino of Hill and McLeman counties. The land is of tho black waxy kind out on the praries, but on the creeks it is a gray, sandy soil and very fertile It will make from three fourths t a bale and a quarter of cotton per acre, and from 50 to 75 bushels of corn. This year, however, the coni crop is injured by tho drouth but the cotton is as fine as heart of man could wish. The early planting is opening fine, and tho farmers are making preparations to gather it. Some cotton has already boon sold in Waco at five cents per pound. That seems like a small price but a man can better afford to take five cents her© than, seven in Georgia, as he don’t have to buy guano here, and it don’t take three or four acres to make a bale; and then you can cultivate as much again here as in Georgia, for here we have no rocks to con tend with. But when it rains it will certainly stick to you; how ever, if you will stick to it in dry weather like it does to you in wet, you will certainly made a living. M )st people in Chattooga think we don’t have any water fit to drink but that is a mistake. We have plenty and that which is good I haven’t seen a spring since I left Georgia, but we have plenty of wells and cisterns, and it hrs rained plenty since I have been here. Well boys, this is the place fora man that has to rent land, or who owns a poor farm in Chattooga. He had better do like I did, take ha.f price and come to this country, for he can make more here and pay half than he can on a poor farm in Chattooga and get all. It requires very little to feed stock here, as there is an abundai e of ood pastures. It is the gr test 1 ace to raise hogs that I ever saw- They don’t die here with cholera, so we have meat to sell, instead of having it to buy. It is worth 5 cents per pound now. I am better pleased with Texas than I expected. I haven’t had t-> pay any doctor bills yet. Well, Jim, if you and Dave are for free silver I will have to vote for you. lam Democratic if lam in a Populist county. I will vote for Bill Bryan also, for the Bryans are hard to beat. Success to the editor and the 1 Democratic party. M. W. Bi. v \x. Highest of all in Leavening Power.—Latest U. S. Gov’t Report IW fewde? Absolutely pure FOUND GUILTY And Sent to the Penitentiary For Life. Charles Thompson, of near Floyd Springs, was tried in Floyd superior court last week for the murder of Ann Tudor his house keeper, and the jury after being out only a short time, returned a verdict of guilty witharecommen dation to mercy. He was accord ingly sentenced by Judge Henry to life imprisonment. It will be remembered the wo man’s dead body was found in an old well, some distance from Thompson’s house. Thompson first stated that he had, at her re quest, helped her to commit sui cide, as slwwas tired of living. Later, ho charged a man named Durham with the crime, claiming that he was innocent. Condensed Testimony. Chas. B, Hood, broker and man ufacturer’s agent, Columbus, Ohio, certifies that Dr. King’s New Dis covery has no equal as a Cough remedy. J. D. Brown Prop St. James hotel, Ft. Wayne, Ind., tes tifies that ho was cured of a cough of two years standing, caused by lagrippe, by Dr. King’s New Dis covery. B. F. Merrill, Baldwins ville, Mass., says ho has us *d ana r commendc .1 it and invar knew 1 it to fail and would rather have it than any doctor, because it al- ( ways cures. Mrs, Hemming, 222 E. 25th St., Chicago always keeps it at hand and has no fear of croup ! because it instantly relieves. Free Trial Bottles ’t 11. 11. Arrington’s Drug Store. i Mess's Brice and Thomas have 1 appealed t'o a United States court in behalf of one of their railroads to prevent the others from des troying themselves by making an 80 per cent cut in rates. A Valuable Prescription. Editor Morrison of Washington, Ind., Sun, writes: “You have a valuable prescription in Electric Bit’ers and 1 can cheerfully recom mend it for Constipation and Sick Headache and as a general system tonic it has no equal ” Mrs. An ino Stehle, 2625 Cottage Grove ave. Chicago, was all run down, could not eat nor digest food, had a headache which never loft her and felt tired and weary, but six bottles of Electric Bitters restored her to health and renewed her her strength. Prices 50c and sl. *Get a bottle at 11. 11, Arrington’s Drug store. Gus Fambles, the negro accom plice of Mrs. Nobles, has been re spited from hanging on August 7 . Birmingham has a new soap fac tory, thoroughly equipped and on a good financial basis. It com menced operations on July 28. POOR DIGESTION leads to , nervousness, chronic dyspepsia and great misery. The best remedy is HOOD’S SARSAPARILLA. Johnny Jameson had arrived at his eighth birthday, and thought it would be real nice to write his pap, and this is the way he began : “My Dear Papa—Whenever I am tempted to do wrong, I think of you and say, ‘get thee behind me Satan.’ ” Since 1878 there have been nine epidemics of dysentery indifferent parts of the country in which Chamber! . n’s Colic, Cholera and Diarrhoea Amedy ;.s used with ' perfect nice -9. Dysentc :y, when epidemic, is almost as severe and dangerous as Asiatic cholera. Heretofore the best efforts of the most skilled physicianshave failed to check its ravages, this remedy, however, has cured the most ma lignant case, both of children and adults, and under the most trying conditions, which proves it to be the b st medicine in the world for : bowel complaints. Fur sale by H 11. Arrington druggist, Summer ville, Ga. News Notes. There is an epidemic of dipther ia at Paint Kock, Ala. George Shattuck, of Bronco, Walker county, died last week of typhoid fever. Jacob Deck, of Rock Springs, Walker county, lost his barn, in cluding a large quantity of corn, oats, etc., by fire last Monday. Or igin of fire unknown. Robert Garrett, the noted rail road man of Baltimore, is dead. When wear begins to exceed re pair in your body you are going to fad sick. The signs of it are loss of flesh, pa’eness, weakness, ner vousness, etc. The repair needed is food. You think you eat e nough, and yet you feel that you wear out mere tissue, energy, nerve force, than your food makes for you. The difficulty is that you do not digest enough. And this is so serious it is worth sitting down seriously to think about. If you can’t digest what you eat, take a few doses of Shaker Digestive Cor dial. The effect of it will be to increase your flesh and make you I'Oel stronger. You won’t fall sick. Proof that it is in control of your repair apparatus. Its easy enough to test this for yourself: Take a few bottles of Shaker Di gestive Cordial. Sold by druggists at 10 confs to $1 00 per bottle. Not what we say, nut what Hood’s Sarsaparilla Docs, that tells the story of its merit ami suc cess. liemember HOOD’S Cures. She was a smart and pretty girl. She wrote (he advertising for a large dry goods concern in town. Her mind used to run so much upon her business that ono day when she wrote to her lover to moot her at home that night, she unconsciously added as a post script, “Come early and avoid tho rush.” Merit wins and that is why Hood’s Sarsaparilla holds tho fl biding confidence of tho public. Hood’s Sarsaparilla is known by the cures it has made. It is the One True Blood Purifier. Hood’s Pills cur l liver ills, con stipation, jaundice, sick headache, biliousness. 25c. Ed Sherman, colored, was knock ed down by a switch engine and decapitated at Avondale on Moi\- duy night. Ho was attempting jump on a moving train and did not notice tho engine on the other track. Henry C. Smith, of Birmingham, a colored lawyer who was appoin ted consul to Santos, Brazil, has been recalled on the ground of gen eral incompetency. A very largo number of complaints are register ed against him. Tutt’s Pills Cure All Liver Ills. Twenty Years Proof. Tutt’s Liver Pills keep the bow els in natural motion and cleanse the system of all impurities An absolute cure for sick headache, dyspepsia, sour stomach, con stipation and kindred diseases. “Can’t do without them” R. P. Smith, Chilesburg, Va. writes I don’t know how I could do without them. I have had Liver disease for over twenty years. Am now entirely cured, iTutt’s Liver Pills No 22