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VOL IX
TIIENEWS IN BRIEF
Items C dlcc’cd From Every
Quarter of the Globe.
Mhort Sonthcrji
It is said lli.it l-'eer' miy Hnko Smith’s
r<- •iKua.t ion is in the h r Is of President
Cleveland.
Tim tug Dauiith- s i- said to have left
Brunswick, Ga., with ai :s and muni
tions of war for tlio Cuban insurgents.
Colonel Tomlinson I'. Johnson of Sa
vannah denies the report that he is to
I ■■ K-public.»n caiidiuatc for gov i nor of
Ccofgia.
lion. £’<>;>■■ Brown of Pulaski has been
unanimously elected president of the
Georgia State Agricultural society for
the en .my year.
A cable ,'r.on receive 1 in Atlanta an
nounces thj death in Austria of Mr.
Charles 1;- .man, I .m Jy proprietor
of the Kimball 1! v
The Republic.:as of Tennessee have
nominated U. N. Tillman of Nashville
lot | overm.r, 11 Clay Evans having <lo
cluie.l to be ti candidate.
The dirue,fi ; s of tb*i Planters’ ti<<i
mil!, at y.ivannah, will h v. is destroyed
by tiin a 1 mi. two weeks have do
<-id»'d to ir mid the prop ml y.
Bill Wluteick, a negro who mnrdcrn I
Sheriff Holiday, m ]\>i.ytii comity,
Tenn., was hanged in the jail yard at
Homerville, Tenn., Friday. llu died
prote Img his mnoc neo.
The nunii .1 reunion of the Western
North Caro.ma Confi'diuato Veterans’
association will bo, held this yem at
Sylva, in Jackson county, N. C., the
•late being Aug. 19, 20 and 21.
The president has appointed George
O. folbels assistant pay mast: r in ti.o
navy, subject to examination. Heibels
is from Alabama. Th re were more
tlinn 150 applicants f. r th > place.
An explosion < ccurrcd at Smnm ford’n
sawmill, near Mav.i da, Tex., killing
William Heiny, Ben Johns’>n and Jam's
Wiesers. M B. Henry, Ned Henry and
Edward Johnson wore injured fatally.
The census of the state of Florida far
the year 1895, shortly to bo published,
shows a population of -161(>39. including
39 iedians. The white population is
271,5(11, tm increase of 48,520 over 189).
Congressman A. M. Dockery was re
nominated by the Democratic congres
sional c >uvolition which mot at Came
von, Mo. This is his eighth consecut ivo
luaYr>rt+i<.fHib. v 01Tj^yMU8i ! frt«k-pf 1110
Third district. ~
The Snead & Co. iron works of Louis
ville, employing 300 men, has given no
ticw'of u 10 percent reduction in wages,
owing to the depressed condition of
business resulting from tho agitation of
the money question.
Rev. 11. F. Buchanan, a Baptist min
ister well known throughout North
Georgia, and who at one time was tho
pastor of the Third Baptist church of
Atlanta, died at his homo in Conyers,
Ga., of heart failure.
Edward Harlow, u freight conductor
on the Louisville a id Nashville road,
was killed at Big Stone Gap, Via, while
looking between ears for tramps. His
head was ground oil under tho wheels.
His home was at Corbin, Ky.
Tho August returns to the statistical!
of the department of agriculture show a
reduction in tho condition of cotton
during the month of July from 92.5 to
80.1, or 12.4 points. Tho condition of
tho North Carolina crop is 93.
While eating dinner at St. Augustine,
Fla., II A. Brooks remarked to his wife:
“I have taken strychnine and am dy
ing.” Brooks immediately went into
convulsions and soon died. Despon
dency, duo to financial troubles, was the
' cause.
Mr. George Ivoster, a farmer, about
40 years old, living ten miles from
Toocoa, Ga.. was drowned in Tugalo
river. He was floating a log down the
river to a sawmill, when the log turned,
throwing him m very deep water, where
he sank.
T{ie following cadet appointments to
the milita-y academy at West Point
have just been announced: Walter H.
Smith of Thomasville, Ga.; Louis N.
Raphael, alternate, Houston, Tex.;
James Knox Roach, alternate, Rock
Hill, S. O.
Albert Wade, formerly assistant cash
ier of the First National bank of Mount
Vernon, Ind., who absconded 18
months ago with $40,000, was arrested
nt Nashville < n a telegram from Mount
Vernon. He will return without requi
sition paper*.
Tho comptroller of the cur. encyhas
been informed of the failure of the City
National bank of San Angeles. Te.x. It
was capitalized for SIOO.OOO. The lia
bilities, including deposits and loans,
are $71,000. Examiner Cannon has been
directed to take charge of the bank.
Baron Fava, the Italian minister, had
a long interview with Acting Secretary
Rockhill Saturday regarding the lynch
ing of the Italians at New Orleans.
The baron supplemented his note sent a
few days ago and urged that steps be
taken to secure tho punishment of the
lynchers.
The entire crew of the Portuguese
bark Sereia has been arrested at Savan
nah under warrants from the Portuguese
consul charging them with mutiny.
While at the Sapelo quarantine station
the men refused to uulmwl > aßast, and
THE CHATTOOGA NEWS.
otherwise declined to obey the orders of
Captain Chcriaria.
• A reunion of the Forty-third Georgia
volunteers was held at Ball Ground. Ga.
Speeches were made by Hon. Carter
Tate, Captain H. W. Newsman and Col
onel 11. P. Beil. Thirty-three of the
Forty-third Georgia volunteers and some
69 of other regiments and 1,009 citizens
were in attendance.
A letter from Hon. Charles F. Crisp,
who with Mrs. Crisp, has been nt Tate
Springs, Tenn., the greater portion of
the summer, announces that his health
has boon greatly benefited during his
stay at that resort. He will return home
the latter part of this week, stopping a
; day or two in Atlanta enroute.
By tho falling of a drawbar, the ca
boose of a northbound freight on the
; Louisville and Nashville road, near
[ Morris Station, Ky., was thrown from
tho track and down tho embankment.
i Joshua Wright, a brakeman, was in
: stantly killed, and John Stroiger, an
. other brakeman, was fatally injured.
At White Cliff Springs, a summer ro
sort near Athens, Tenn , Will Reynolds,
i a young man eighteen years of age,
I whose linin'! is in Romo, Ga.. fell from
a high bluff and was instantly killed.
I The young man is the second son of
Hon John Reynolds, a prominent law
yer of Rome, and has relatives in Knox
ville.
Rev Thomas W. Caskey, a Christian
preacher of great renown in Mississippi
and Texas, died at Jackson, Miss , aged
84. He was born in Mary county, Tenn.,
Lui went to Mississippi 70 years ago as
a blacksmith. Entering the ministry
whim 20 years of age, ho has since, had
charge of churches at Jackson and at
Fort Worth, Sherman and Greenville,
Tex.
Note* From North, Wfstnnd Abroad,
j Highwaymen held up and robbed a
I stage near Port Jervis, N. Y.
Nansen, the arctic explorer, has ar
rived at Virdo Island, Norway.
Sir John Millais, president of the
Royal academy, died in London.
Sixty lives were lost in a cloudburst
at Delias .'n, Pa , a .- mil t> ,vn nea.'
Pittsburg.
Advices received from Bolivia an
nounce that i x-President Uampero died
on Aug. 12.
Ex-President Harrison has decided to
soon take the stump in behalf of the Re
publican ticket.
An American company has secured
! the contract for lighting the city of
' Lima, Peru, by electricity.
The Spanish government is inviting
; tenders in England for constructing a
l floating dock at Havana.
Celia Rose, the daughter of an Ohio
i farmer, has confessed to poisoning her
| father, mother and br. ther and is in
: jail-
Since July 1 the United States treas
ury has redeemed in gold $21,000,000 of
• legal tender notes presented for redeinp
: tion.
President Andrews of Brown univer
' sity, in a letter to a Denver friend, do
’ dared for independent free coinage of
i silver.
Professor Otto Lillenthal, the well
i known inventor of Berlin, died from
! tho effects of a fall from his flying ma
| chine.
Joe Choynski and Joe McAuliffe have
| been matched to fight five rounds before
the Occidental club, at San Francisco,
Aug. 28.
Dr. A. C. Hickey, aged 65, one of the
pioneer organizers of the Grand Army
of the Republic, died at Kingston, Ont.,
of heart failure.
Dr. Gallagher, Whitehead, Devany
and Daly, soealled Irish “dynamiters,”
serving life sentences in British prisons,
have been liberated.
The wholesale liquor dealers from all
parts of the country will meet in Cleve
land on Aug. 13 to organize a national
dealer's association.
Georg© and Isaac Ferguson, aged 10
and 8 years respectively, were drowned
while bathing in the Wallkill river, at
Middletown, N. Y.
Five persons were drowned in the
Delaware river, opposite Briderburg, a
suburb of Philadelphia, by the capsizing
of a small rowboat.
The Johnson Steel works, at Lorain,
' 0., have closed down and 800 men are
thrown out of employment. The sus
pension is owning to a lack of orders.
Spain’s premier, in informing the
cortes that more money must be raised
for the Cuban war, admitted that the
war has spread over the whole island.
Josiah E. Kelley, assistant cashier of
the First National bank of South Bend,
Ind., com mi i ed snick; ■? beeai •» his de
falcation of 4,00) ha 1 beend covered.
Deputv C mptrolier Coffin has ap
pointed Joseph Roach of Northfield,
Minn., receiver of the First National
bank of Minot, N. D., which recently
failed.
The battleship Indiana will be pre
sented with a magnificent silver service,
contributed by the citizen? of Indiana,
at Tompkinsville, Staten Island, ou
Sept. 2i.
Patti, the great singer, who is spend
ing the summer at her castle in Wales,
says if she ever gives up her residence
in that country she will make her home
in America.
Albert Bacon, at Sheffield, Mass, shot
aud ki led a negro boy who had as
| saulted his little daughter, thus fore-
stalling his neighbor* who were hunt
ing the negro down.
W. J. Bryan and Arthur Sewall were
formally notified of their nomination for
president and vice president, respect
ively, at Madison Square Garden, New
York, Wednesday night.
Tho Paris police have seized upon 10-
000,000 francs worth of counterfeit
French bank notes of three houses in
Tunis. The bank clerks were unable to
detect the fraud Several arrests have
been made.
Mohla Reza, who assassinated the
Shah of Persia in May last, was hanged
at Teheran, Persia, Wednesday morn
ing in the presence of an immense con
course of people.
The agricultural department’s grain
crop report for August shows: Corn
condition 96, a gain during July of 4.4
points; spring wheat 78 9, a decline of
114.4, and oats 77.3, or 19 points less.
Ina cistern beneath a house at Flush
ing, L. L, in which lived Mrs. Phoebe
Seaman, was found tho ropebound skel
eton of her husband, who had been
missing for a year. She was arrested.
At the Novelty theater, in London,
in a stabbing scene, tho spring dagger,
made for stage failed to act and
Mr. Grozier, an actor, was stabbed to
the heart, so that he died in a few
minutes.’
The statement made by Tho Temps of
Paris that Spain is sending a circular
note to the powers in regard to the atti
tude of the United States in tho Cuban
question is looked upon in Berlin as be
ing incorrect.
Miss Clara Barton, president of the
American branch of the Rod Cross so
ciety, has started on her return to the
United States, her mission of distrib
uting relief to tho Armenian sufferers
having been ended.
The treasury department has not been
officially informed of tho refusal of Ca
nadian banks to tako our silver certifi
cates except at a discount. Our banks
do not accept Canadian or any other
foreign silver at par.
Baroness Tennyson, widow of the late
poet laureate, is dead. She was a
daughter of Henry Sellwood, Esq., and
was married to Alfred Tennyson in
1850. Her son, Hallam Tennyson, is
the present Baron Tennyson.
At Anapolis, Thedia, in tho island of
Crete, on Saturday, a thousand armed
Mussulmans butchered 30 unarmed
Christians in the precinct of St. John
monastery. Several priests and women
and children were among tho victims.
Watson, Little & Company, one of tho
largest firms in Chicago, made an as
signment to Matthew D. Morton. No
statement was filed with the assignment.
The failure, it is said, was caused by the
strike of the workmen at tho company’s
mines at Brazi', Ind.
Li Hung Chang, tho Chinese states
man, who is now the guest of Great
Britain, visited St. Paul’s cathedral aud
placed a wreath upon the tomb of Gen
eral Charles George Gordon, who was
killed by the Mahdists at Khartoum, in
the Soudan, on Jan. 26, 1885.
The observations of tiro sun’s total
eclipse, visible in northern Europe,north
ern Asia and Japan, and for which
elaborate preparations had been made,
has proved a failure, both at Vadse, on
the west coast of Nova Zembla, and at
St. Petersburg, owing to the clouds.
It is reported that a British man-of
war has seized the Mexican island of
Clarion, which belongs to the state of
Colima, and that there will be a coaling
station established there. It is also as
serted that the English have planned to
seize tho islands of Revillagiedo, ou the
Pacific coast.
Prairie fires are raging in the Coman
che Indian county, southwest of Perry,
O. T. Thousands of acres of grain have
been swept by the flames, which are
aided by the dry condition of vegetation.
The fires follow a term of hot winds
which have parched vegetation and
caused cattle to suffer.
Mail advices from the Orient tell of a
rebellion which has broken out in the
center of the island of Formosa. Hoo
uim, the camphor center, was attacked,
and it is supposed the few Japanese
there, numbering about a dozen, in
cluding the gendarmes, were and
it is believed that D. D. Ellis, an Eu
ropean, has fallen a victim.
The richest gold placer mines of
Alaska have been transferred to Cana
dian territory, and miners are now pay
ing miners’ tax to British authorities.
The territory in question is from three
to eight miles in width, and embraces
the rich placer claims on Glacier and
Miller creeks, which, heretofore, were
supposed to be in Alaskan territory.
Major McKinley made a speech at
Canton, 0., lauding the south He sai l
the bitterness of the war lias pas J
away and that “sectionalism has given
place to national spirit, and patriotism
has smoothed the asperities of party
ism, while the preservation of the na
tional honor constitutes the great aim
aud purpose of all patriotic American
citizens.”
Queen Victoria has issued a message
to the nations thanking them for their
expressions of loyalty and affection as
the period approaches when the length
of her reign will have exceeded that of
any other English monarch, but asking
that any national celebration be reserved
until she shall complete 60 years of her
reign. Queen Victoria was crowned on
June 2, 1638.
SUMMERVILLE, CHATTOOGA COUNTY, GEORGIA, AUGUST 19 1896
Till \EIVS IN GEORffi
A Column of Interesting and Im
portant State Items.
HAPPENINGS OF THE PAST WEEK
The Southeastern Tariff Association Issuos
an Order Increasing the Kate of Insuranre
In Savannah Twenty-Five Cents on the
Humlred Hollars— The Prisoners In Ful
ton County Jail I’l an to Escape, Etc.
Savannah, Aug. 17.—The Southeast
ern Tariff association has issued an order
; increasing the rate of insurance in Sa
-1 vannah 25 cents on the SIOO. The new
I rate is to go into effect Aug. 8.
I This was due to faulty management at
the recent rice mill fire, it being com
plained that there wa> either shortage
of water or the water supply was not
: properly used. There will be a strong
i protest against this action on tho part of
| the property owners, and it is doubtful
if the association can maintain the rates
for any length of time.
ROAD ORDERED SOLD.
The Columbus Southern Will Bo Knocked
l>own to the Highest Bidder.
Atlanta, Aug. 12.—Special Master
James W. English, appointed by the
United States court to conduct the sale
of the Columbus Southern railway, to
satisfy the claims of the bondholders,
has ordered the sale of the property to
take place on the tenth day of Septem
ber at the freight depot of the railroad
in Columbus.
Tho road extends from Columbus to
Albany, a distance of 88 miles. It is
bonded for more than $1,000,000, the
principal bondholders being Simon Borg
& Co. of New York. The road was
built by Captain English’s firm, the
Chattahoochee Brick company, in 1887.
It recently went into the hands of a re
ceiver, and Mr. T. E. Blanchard wae
appointed to the position. The property
is considered a valuable one and the sale
will be one of great interest in railroad
and financial circles.
It is te be sold as an entirety to the
highest bidder at public auction. No
bid will bo accepted for less than $300,-
000, and the bidder or bidders must
make a deposit of $25,000 as a guarantee
of good faith. 1 urchasers, in addition
to the rani bid, must pay off all the
debts and obligations incurred by the
receivers having possession of the prop
erty.
Application for tho sale of the railroad
was made through the attorneys for the
complainants, Butler, Stillman & Hub
bard of New York, aud Little & Little
of Columbus.
PLANNED TO BREAK JAIL.
Fulton County Prisoners Conspired to Kill
tho Guards and Escape*
Atlanta, Aug. 15. —A bold scheme to
break jail has been discovered by the
Fulton county prison officials. The con
spiracy had been well planned in its
every detail. Assistant Jailer Eubanks
was to be decoyed into the corridor.
Tom Delk, the outlaw, now under sen
tence of death, who had made a key to
his cell door, would bo in hiding in the
bathroom. When McCullough entered
the corridor door, Delk was to spring
upon him from behind.
The cell door of Arthur Hayne, who
is to die on the gallows next Friday,
was false locked by a trusty who was
one of the conspirators, and when the
time for action came, the murderer of
Spinks was to rush out and aid Delk.
The night guard at the door would
have been silenced with a knife thrust
and the keys would then have been in
the possession of the prisoners. Every
door would then have been opened, and
before an alarm could have been given
the entire number would have been
upon the streets and probably beyond
recapture.
When the plot was discovered a search
was instituted and two knives, a saw,
four pieces of steel aud a heavy iron bar
were found in Hanye’s cell.
The ringleaders, Delk and Hanye,
have been put in irons.
Held Up by Two Negro Tramps.
Waycross, Ga., Aug. 15. —A crowd
of section hands were held up and robbed
at their houses between Waycross and
Blackshear' by two armed negro tramps.
: The section men had just finished cook
ing provisions when the desperadoes ar
■ rived and asked for a drink of water,
. which was given them. The tramps
then demanded food. The section men
said they had no food to spare. The
tramps drew their pistols on the section
men, who fled as a fusillade of bullets
was sent after them. When the tramps
had frightened the men off they took
all the provisions they found in the
houses and every other article of value
and left the place.
Professor Sanford Laid at Rest.
Macon, Aug. 11.—The funeral ser
vices of Professor Shelton P. Sanford
were held at tho First Baptist church in
the presence of a crowded congregation.
Rev. Dr. John J. Brantley and Rev. Dr.
Nelson officiated. Dr. Brantley was for
many long years associated with Profes
sor Hanford as a member of the faculty
of Mercer university, and they were
close and warm friends.
Tried to Kill the Chilian Minl-t-er.
Even s Ayres, Aug. 17. —A dispatch
from Chuquisanca (Sucre) Bolivia, an
nounces that a merchant named Cuel
lar has attempted to assassinate the
Chilian minister to Bolivia while the
latter was at Chuquisanca. Cuellar fired
teveral shots from a revolver at the
minister and the latter was severly
j wounded.
Minister Schellehdorf to Retire.
Berlin, Aug. 17.—1 tis officially an
nounced that Minister for War General
Bronsart von Schellendorf will retire
from office. He will be succeeded by
General von Gosler.
Six Hundred Expressmen on Strike.
New York, Aug. 17.—Employes oi
the Adams Express company in this city
aud Jersey City, to the number of 6vd,
have gone on a strike. ;
RESIGNATION REFUSED.
Cleveland Rejects the Offer to Re
tire Made by the Secretary.
Washington, Aijg. 9 .—lt is said
tonight that Secretary iloke Smith
just before he left Washington to
join his family at Lincolnton, N.
C., received a letter from President
'Cleveland declining to accept Mr.
i Smith’s proffered resignation of
; the interior department portfolio.
! Whether the President accompan
ied this by an explanation of his
own position, or even whether he
made any comments upon the pos
ition assumed by Secretary Smith,
cannot be learned. It seems, how
ever, to bo now assured that if Sec
retary Smith leaves the cabinet it
will be by his own voluntary ac
tion, and that tho President does
net propose by anything that he
may do, to help the silver men
make a martyr of Smith. It is
still possible that Mr. Smith may
deem it incumbent upon him to
compel the acceptance of his resig
nation should President Cleveland
by any public utterance, directed
against the supporters of the Bryan
and Sewall ticket place Mr. Smith
in an awkward position.
It can be stated positively that
there is no foundation whatever
for the suggestion that Mr Lam nt
is considering the possibility of
severing his relations with the
President.
Mr. Pottle’s Second Letter.
Tuo years ago Mr. Joseph E.
Pottle, a talented and pt pular
young lawyer of Milledgeville, an
nounced his intention of going into
the populist party. Mr. Pottle is
the sin of the late Judge Id 11.
Pottle, who presided over the
Northern circuit so many years.
The younger Pottle is a graduate
of the State University, and is a
man of eloquence and influence.
LaaL month Mr. Pottle announc
ed that he would renew his allegi
anca to democracy. This deter
mination has been confirmed by
the following to a personal friend
and classmate in Savannah. Mr.
Pottle hero makes his reasons for
democracy clearer than in his first
announcement We are satisfied
that this letter will be read with
renewed interest in Georgia:
Milledgeville, Aug. 2, 1896.
Mr- A. A. Lawrence, Savannah,
Ga. My Dear Sir: I suppose you
saw my card in the Constitution
of Wednesday, July 22d? To my
way of thinking, the populist par-'
ty has about accomplished the
purpose of its organization; that
is to say, tho legitimate purpose.
You know, I believe the financial
question to be, above and beyond
all others, the question, and that
on it depends the prosperity of the
south. To accomplish the right
legislation on that question was
all that made the populist party
justifiable. Now that the demo
cratic party has assumed the lead
ership on this line, I think the ex
pedient and patriotic course for
populists to take is to get behind
and push. The whole Chicago
ticket should, in my opinion, have
been indorsed at St Louis, and the
nomination of a different vice pres
ident was decidedly wrong. My
convictions on these points are
very decided, and I shall not hesi
tate to express them on proper oc
casions. I think now that tho
democratic party has done all that!
any patriot could ask. She is once ;
more the party o f the people in
principle as well as in name, and
is entitled to the enthusiastic sup-;
port of every southern patriot.
Joseph E. Pottle.
Mr. Pottle’s letter shoul I con
vince vr-;’ y populist that if he is
in earnest about financial and gov
ernment reforms he should work
and vote with democracy. To do
otherwise would be to allow an
empty spirit of partisanship to
stand in the way of what they con
ceive to be the public good. There
are some populists who will turn
their backs upon their own princi
ples merely because the Democrats
have incorporated them into their
own platform. There are others
who distrust democracy and doubt
the sincerity of their doctrines. It
is evident that Mr. Pattle doesnot
belong to either class. He is earn
estly desirous of aligning himself
wit h the party devoted to the in-
i terests of the people. He believes
| that the democratic party has
- “done all that any patriot could
. ask, ‘ and that it is “the party of
, i the people in principle as well as
iin name.” Mr. Pottle is once more
1 ; a Democrat. He believes that the
1 i party is entitled to “the enthusias
tic support” of every southern m an.
A DESPERATE OUTLAW.
■ The Notorious Bart Thrasher, of
Bibb County, Ala,
; Birmingham, Ala., Aug. 12.
Bart Thrasher, the notorious Bibb
county outlaw, who, by overpower
ing the guards, made his second
■ escape from Pratt Mines peniten
tiary, where he was serving a term
for murder, some months ago, to
day slew his fifth man. Shortly
s after his escape, while in hiding
' in the mountains of Bibb county,
Sheriff Latham and a posse of
1 eight men were in search of the
outlaw, having located him. As
1 they lay in wait for their game
■ Elisha Thrasher, Bart’s brother,
who had helped him to elude ar
rest, came along and was called
upon to surrender. Ho resisted
and attempted to lire upon the
posse, when he was shot dead by
the officers. Fro'in that day Bart
Thrasher swore that he would a
venge his brother’s death by slay
ing every member of the possee
that took his life. Today he begun
the execution of this threat. Bold
ly entering the town of Blocton in
broad daylight, in company with
an unknown pal, both armed with
Winchester rilles, the outlaw and
his pal went to Dr. Harvey’s drug
store, whe:e Deputy Sheriff Grifliu
Bass happened to bo. Theyenter-
l the roar of the st roandpu hed
their rilles through a window in
the partition separating the store
proper from tho rear room. Thrash
er called out: “Hello, Griff Bass ”
At this Bass turned to look, when
Thrasher and his pal both fired,
the balls going entirely through
Bass’ body, who, with Dr. Harvey,
run at the outlaws and seized
Thrasher’s weapon, whereupon the
outlaw’s pal started for them,
when they desisted. Bass then
dashed out and fell -dead in the
street. The outlaws then coolly
walked out of town, defying arrest.
No officers were near, and the citi
zens well knowing the outlaws’
reputation feared to molest them.
Sheriff Latham and a posse with
bloodhounds, have gone in pursuit
from Centerville, and if tho des
peradoes are overtaken a battle is
certain.
Thrasher is accredited with
shooting three men since his last
escape from prison. He is the
worst criminal in Alabama.
Since 1878 there have been nine
epidemics of dysentery in different
parts of the country in which
Chamberlain’s Colic, Cholera and
Diarrhoea Remedy was used with
perfect success. Dysentery, 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 tho most ma
lignant case, both of children and
' adults, and under the most trying
I conditions, which proves it to bo
, the best medicine in the world for
jbowel complaints. For sale by 11.
11. Arrington druggist, Summer
j ville, Ga.
Tho populist platform proposes
that tho government shall “own
and operate” all the railroads in
j the country. It must first buy
them, of course, as the nation is
■ not a robber. As we have shown,
1 they will cost $11,115,220.096. Let
s see what this m ns. The to
i.:l amount of gold in the w ;ole
w rid is only $1,135,10’), )00. The
t'dal amount of full legal tender
silver in the whole world is only
$3,6-40,000. The total amount of
uncovered notes in the whole world
is only $2.455,100,C0. The total
amount of subsidiary silver is only
$853,400,000. In other words there
is in all the world only SII,OBB, 3 * il
’ 200,000 of money of every kind—
'■ gold, silver, paper and fractional
currency—or more than $350,000,-
; 000 too little to make the purchase
■ thus jauntily proposed. Where is ■
■ the money to come from? —New i
■ ■ York World.
Highest of all in Leavening Power.—Latest U. S. Gov’t Report
RoW-1 BaWpS
IWh Powder
Abmuiteey ee»ube
Silver Circulation.
Los Angeles Herald : Compara
tive statistics of the amount of
silver money at present in the
United States and in France, and
also their relative populations,
furnish at tho moment staple food
for reflection. The population of
France today is 38,000,000 and
that of the United States 70,000,-
000. According to tho figures of
a gold standard organ, the United
States has $548,000,000 in silver
money, and France has $430,000,-
000. These figures show that
while France has $11.31 in silver
money per capita, tho United
States has only $7.82 pox capita.
The prosperity of Franco has cei>
tain.ly not been injuriously affec
ted by the uso of so much silver.
To provide an equivalent sum of
silver money per capita in the
United States, wo would have to
carry $213,700,000 more than at
present.
According to the figures of Pro
fessor Munhall, who is probably
tho highest authority on statistics
in tho world today, tho aggregate
wealth of the civilized nations at
present is as follows :
United States $64,120,000,000
Great Britain 47,000,000,000
Franco 42,990,000,000
Germany 31,185,000,000
Russia 25,445,000,000
Austria 19,275,000,000
Italy 14,815,000,000
Spain
Australia G’,865,000,000
Belgium 5,035,000,000
Holland 4,900,000,000
Canada 4,180,000,000
Sweden 3,011,000,000
Roumania 3,180,000,000
Argentina 2,615,000,000
Great Britain has for the past
fifty-two years dictated to the
world tho value of gold, and yet
in tho matter of aggregate wealth
the United States stands far ahead
of her. Professcr Munhall is also
authority for the calculation that,
in power of creating wealth, and
in capacity of production, the Uni
ted States is unapproached by any
country in the world. The great
argument at present in vogue a
gainst tho free coinage of silver is
that the United States could not
successfully establish a financial
policy of its. own without the co
operation of Europe.
Tho above figures are certainly
instructive as to the possibility of
the United States establishing and
controlling its own ratio of silver
and gold.
Something to Know,
It may be worth something to
know that tho very best medicine
for restoring the tired out nervous
system to a healthy vigor is Elec
tric Bitters. This medicine is
purely vegetable acts by giving
tone to the nerve centres in the
stomach, gently stimulates the
Liver and Kidneys and aids these
organs in throwing off impurities
tn the blood. Electric Bitters im
proves the appetite, aids digestion
and is pronounced by those who
have tried it as the very best blood
purifier and nerve tonic. Try it.
Sold fur 50c or SI.OO per bottle at
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THE MOST remarkable cures on
record have been accomplished by
Hood’s Sar-'tparilla. ft is unequalled
forall BLOOD DICZASES.
Col. R. T. Armstrong Dead.
Rome, Aug. 12. —Colonel R. T.
Armstrong, a prominent citizen,
died at his home in East Rome at
noon today. He was about 50
years old and leaves a wife and
scores of friends to mourn his de-
Mnise.
He has been in delicate health
for a long time. His funeral will
be preacb .d hero tomorrow. ll'
was the promoter of the Armstrong
hotel of this city which was named
i after him.
Won’t Do It.
We wonder if Seaborn Wright,
the populist candidate for Govorn
s C” thinks he can, as Governor, abol
i ish barrooms aud tho licens system?
If the Senate and House does not
1 enact a prohibition law, Mr. Wright
could not do anything in that line
I as Governor. But as W. Y. Atkin-
• son w’ill bo the next Governor of
Georgia, he will have that duty to
. discharge, and ho will approve any
law that will benefit Georgia and
• her people. Tao Democrats in
Georgia are ready to vote for the
naked principle of prohibition, but
they don’t propose to elevate their
■ political enemies into office to got
it. Lot tho naked .principle of pro
hibition bo submitted to them and
they will vote for it, as they do in
every local option election, but they
don’t propose to swallow a political
flopper like Scab Wright, a man
who is without any qualification,
save oratory and an oily tongue, to
fit him for governor.—Marietta
Journal.
Your Boy Wont Live a Month.
So Mr. Gilman Brown, of 34
Mill St- South Gardner Mass., was
told by the doctors His son had
Lung trouble, following Typhoid
Malaria and he spoilt three hun
dred and seventy-five dollars with
doctors who finally gave him up
saying: “Your boy won’t live a
month.” Ho tried Dr. King’s New
Discovery and a sow bottles re
stored him to health and enabled
him to g<> to work a perfectly well
man. lie says ho owes his present
good health to use of Dr. King’s
New Discovery and knows it to be
the host in tho world for Lung
trouble. Trial Bottles free at H.
H. Arrington’s Drug store.
v; .4 VU-LA';’ SAY, but
•V- v.'. t flood’? Sarsaparilla Docs,
I ho story of its merit and suc
-1! .member l Cui'OS.
Seab Wright will doubtless make
a hard fight to carry Floyd, but
of course will not do so. He rep
resents no party, now though his
political record shows that ho has
belonged to nearly every party that
has ever had a foothold in Romo
ur Floyd county. Mr. Wright is a
brilliant speaker, but with a most
vulnerable political record behind
him. If ho meets an adversary on.
the stump his armor will prove '
mere tinsel. He would boa dan
gerous leader had ho a record for
political stability, but he certainly
has not. —Rome Daily Hustler.
Tho Democrats overwhelmingly
defeated the Populist-Republican
fusion in Alabama last week, by
It),000 majority, carrying the legis
lature by two-thirds majority ami
reclaiming fourteen populist coun
ties. The people are getting to
gether.
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| NOTICE.
I vta>’T every man and woman in the United
States interested in the Opium and Whisky
ha: .‘3 to have one of my books on these dis
-1 I easee. Address B. M. Woolley, Atlanta, Ga.
I Box 352, and one will be sent you free.
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