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Tr<Ttn»ouinla. h/timf. I'apcr. p 4 ’hlv hv«t-er Chemical Co., Mi»d Imo it Kquurr, Vi*ldlj' ad Lvcal Druggists, A'hilada.. I’a. Not one part but part of HIRES Rootbeer tends toward making it the perfect temperance and healthgiving drink. M’i to only bv The Charles E. Hiro* Cn , Philadelphia. A 25c. package m&kvs 5 gallons. Sold everywhere. NO MOitt HEdiLlfodu. ■ ■■' Veak •"■■■■ is MITCHELL'S EYE-SALVE A Certain Safe aid Elective Remedy lor SORE, WEAK GM* IKFLAMtn ErES, J’r-orfuciiiT/..»• ".slr/l.t, ts tlestorini/ tin of Y/o- o/rf. Cun s Tcnr Drop,, Gr:i:;ubHton. Stye Tumors, lied i';..u;C'. .i Eye {.ashes, and ph . ; q’,\ck AND ’ . . v < CHIT. A1«0.eq,»r,,!.T -,s v.!irr<;-.f- »< other main.l ■.■<-, rx, F’evc’- •!•»•»» >«■«. *>.O' tthfui-.. lUit.»N. Piles, or x, lie.-vier >„iuts exists ‘ M I tx HI it.-.. s.iiAi; he usc’i " fl<l % SOLD CY M • 3RUGGic v AT CEN.S. VIRGINIA COLLEGE For Young Ladies, Roanoke, Va. < 'pens Sept, >O. 189(5. One of the lead- i in. Schools for Young ladies in the • s■ h. Mngniticent brrildings, all mod e i improvements. Campus ten acres. ••r >ml mountain seener.v in Valley of Va . tamed for health. European and Amm i<-an teachers. F ull course. Su per o advantages in Art and music. St : nts from twenty States. For cat- I aUmut's address the President, M \ f I'l E r HA RE is. Roanoke, Va. K pans Tabules cure dizziness. Kipans Tabules cure headache. It pans Tabules cure flatulence. R't ans Tabules cure dyspepsia, llipaas Tabules assist digestion. Rrpans Tabules cure bad breath. ■R pans Tabules cure biliousness. E ; :s Tabules: one gives relief. s R< i::s Tabales cure indigestion, i; i ms Tabules cure torpid liver. }' ;>.u;s Tabules: gentle cathartic. Ri am Tabules cure constipation. ; irT- Blood and SkinDiseases**; Always R R R Cured. B 8.8., 1 botanic BLOOD BALff never fails ' to cure all manner of Blood and Skin dis-' east's. It is the great Southern building up ana purifying Remedy, and cures all manner 1 of skin and blood diseases. As a building 11 up tonic it is without a rival, and absolutely beyond comparison with anv other similar remedy ever offered to the public. It is a 1 panacea for all ills resulting from impure blood, or an impoverished condition of the ' human system. A single bottle will demon- 1 Strate its paramount virtues. for free book of Wonderful Cures. 1 Price, si.oo per large bottle; $5.00 for six bottles. For sale by druggists: if not send tons ' acu moaivine will be sent freight DreDaid on , receipt of price Address ’ ! 1 BLOOD BALM CO., Atlanta, Ga. ; | ’De Valley an de Shadder." By HARBY STILLWELL EDWARDS. [Copyright, fscon, by The Century company. All rights reeerveH 1 almost upon her as she staggered dizzily to her feet and thrust upward the knife. Wonder shone in the face of the rider as, divining the truth, he caught the weap on and passed swiftly from her view. A smile came over her wan face. “ ’Eu de valley an de shadder, ’ ” she whisper ed feebly, then set her foot toward home. Tired? Yes, tired near unto death, but leaning upon a rod and a staff that mortal vision could not compass. CHAPTER IV. It ',vas a sultry ntton, and Jefferson ville was brisk. As Jeffersonville is brisk only during the court week, when the lawyers from Macon ride down to look after the warehousemen’s mort gages, and the leading attorneys from the adjoining counties run over to look after the Macon lawyers and attend to the criminal docket, it may be inferred that court was in session. About the large, white, square frame building, with its green blinds and three entrances, little groups of fanners wore gathered and many unhitched teams Avere visible. Within the one great room that takesup the whole of the first floor, and from which ascend steps to the various county offices above, were the usual courthouse habitues—jurors who hope in vain to “get off,” and citizens of limited income who yet hope to “get on. ’ ’ In front of the door was the judge’s elevated desk, with the clerk loavct down, whose feet rested in a chair while his mouth twisted a toothpick. The midday meal had just ended, and the court had not re-entered. To the right and left were the jury benches. The front half of the room was devoted to the bar, which by courtesy included all leading citizens, and the rear to negroes and the promiscuous crowd on curiosity bent. Apparently there was nothing excit ing on hand just then, though a murder trial had been interrupted by a tempo rary adjournment. But the defendant was a negro, and a negro murderer is not a novelty. While the court was as sembling, the curious might have no ticed the prisoner’s points. His face, if it had any marked characteristics, was tooted chiefly for its singularly inex pressive lines, and his attitude was one of supreme indifference. His stout, heavy frame was clad in a common 1 jeans suit stained with months of wear, and his kinky hair was liberally sprin i kled over v»ith gray. He sat quietly in his place, not even affecting stolidity, but suffering his eyes to roam from face to face as the genial conversation drifted about in the group around him. 1 He was evidently not impressed by any sense of peril, though when the court had adjourned a clear case of murder had been proved against him, and only his statement and the argument remain ed. Slowly the court assembled. The pris oner's counsel had introduced no testi mony. A man had been stabbed by his client, had fallen dead, his hand clasped over the wound, and from beneath this hand when convulsively loosened a knife had dropped, which the defendant’s wife seized and concealed. This had been proved by the state’s witnesses. The prisoner took the stand to make his statement. He declared emphatically that the deceased, knife in hand, had assaulted him, and that he had killed him in self defense; that the knife which fell from the relaxing hand was the dead man’s. He told the story sim ply, and as he began it a tall, thickset gentleman in a gray suit, with iron gray hair and walking with the aid of a stout stick, entered the room and stood silent by the door—heard him through, losing never a word. As the prisoner re sumed his seat the newcomer entered within the rail. He shook hands grave ly with several of the older laAvyers and took the hand that the court extended over the desk. Then he turned, and to the astonishment of every one. shook hands with the defendant, into whose face a light had suddenly dawned which resolved itself into a broad, silent grin. This done, the old gentleman seated himself near the defendant's lawyer, and resting his hand upon his massive cane listened attentively to the speech. The speaker was not He rap idly summed up and laid his case before I the jury in its best light. Really there . was not a great deal to say, and he soon ! reached his peroration. He pictured the , blasted homo of the poor negro, his wife ! and babe deprived of his labor, and dAvelt long upon the good name he had always bonie. In the midst of the most eloquent periods, wherein he referred to the prisoner “sittingbefore you. gentle men of the jury, broken hearted and borne down by the weight of this horri ble tragedy, ” he turned and extended his hand to where his client sat. A sight met his glance that sent the flush of confusion to his face and started a ripple of laughter around the room. The “broken hearted" was calmly munching away on an enormous ginger cake, the liberal moon in which proved the vigor of his appetite. The eloquence of the speaker was fatally chilled. He stam mered, repeated, hesitated and was lost. After an awkward summing up. he took his hat and books and precipitately re tired to a secluded part of the room He hail bt'en appointed by the court to de fend the prisoner and had made consid erable preparation, even to the extent of training his client when to weep. The solicitor arose, and with a few wonts swept away the cobwebs of the case. The man had stabbed another wantonly. If the knife was the property of the dix-easeil, why was it not produced in court? The defendant’s wife had picked it up. He passed the case to the jury, and the judge prepared to deliver his charge, when the old gentleman in gray rose to his feet. “If your honor please,” he said in a deep tone, the honesty and puiqxise of ■which drew every eye upon him, “the prisoner is entitled to the closing, and in the absence of other counsel I beg that you mark my name for the defense. With the permission of my young friend who has so cleverly stated the defense, I will speak upon the case. ” “Mr. Clerk,” said the court, “mark General Robert Thomas for the de fense.” The silence was absolute. The jurymen moved in their seata Some thing new was coming. The old gentle man laid hie hat find stick upon the ta- , ble, and drawing himself up io his greu« I height fixed his bright eye upon first ; one and then another of the jury, look ing down into their very hearts. Only | this old man. grim, gray and majcstical i ly defiant, stood between the negro be ; hind him and the grave. The fact sccm- ■ ed to speak out of the silence to every i man on that bench. Suddenly his lips opened, and he said with quick but I quiet energy: “The knife that was found by the dead man’s side was his own. He had drawn it before he av,-s stabbed. Ben Thomas is a brave man, a strong man. He would not have used a weapon on ; him unarmed” As he spike he drew from his bosom a long, keen knife and 1 gently rested its point upm the table. 1 The solicitor's watchful eye was upon ! him. The attention of all was gained, and the silence Avas intense. “It has ’ i been asked, Where is the dead man's 1 . knife? Let me give you my theory: ' : When Bill Fowler staggered back under j the bioAv of Ben Thomas, clutching his wound, and the knife fell to the ground, the lightning’s flash was not quicker , than the change born in a moment in the bosom of that erring woman, the unwitting cause of the tragedy. Up to \ that moment she had been weak and i yielding. She had turned aside from ' ' the little home that should have been 1 her all to gamble with strange mon, to ' tread the dangerous paths which besot the one safe road a true woman’s feet may know. It had thrown a shadow , over the humble home. The husband . drunk upon its porch was the mute evi ( deuce of its presence. In the awful mo ( ment of that tragedy, when the dancers stood horrified, this woman became as ' by au inspiration a wife again. Decoiv ’ ed herself, she caught up the telltale j ' knife and hurled it into the swamp, > destroying the evidence of her husband's > innocence when she sought to conceal > one evidence of his guilt. This, I say, ; is a theory. You remember her cry was, , ’Run!’ ” His listeners stirred, and a ( whisper went round the room. ’ “But there is other evidence, gentle men of the jury. Should Ibe forced to ’ ask for a new trial, it will be developed ' that this poor woman, repentant now, thank God, walked in three days from the scene of that tragedy to my home, • 70 miles away, to ask my aid and coun sel; that, eluding me in Macon, though footsore and weary and crazed with , grief, she returned by night to that swamp and laboring under an excite ment as intense as the first, that brought ? the scene before her so vividly that she . was enabled to find the knife, did find it, and but that an accident to my ve , hide delayed me it would have been of \ >red here in evidence’ ’— “May it please your honor, ” said the solicitor, “much as I dislike to interrupt the honorable gentleman, I do not think t it is proper to introduce with the. argu ment evidence that has not been offered t upon trial. ’ ’ L “If your honor please”—and the speaker turned to the prosecuting officer , with quiet digiity and gentleness that . disarmed him at once—‘ ‘ a decision upon such a proposition is not needed. I will ' ingly admit what is claimed. But, sir, I offer no evidence, nt t even this knife, with the name of the deceased upon it, though it comes to me direct from the ■ hand of the woman who, it has been , proved, snatched almost from under his I hand a Aveapou Avhen he fell to the i ground. lam but arguing a theory to ac -5 count for the facts that have been prov s ed. But, gentlemen of the jury"—and i the knife fell to the table as he turned away from it—“not upon this theory, j not upon these facts, do I base the asser ' tion that the deceased had a knife in his 1 hand Avhen he made the assault—l speak 1 from a knowledge of men. Ben Thomas j would never haA’e stabbed an unarmed , man. ’ ’ The general looked arouud slow ly and searched the courthouse with his k eye, as if daring contradiction. ‘ ‘ Why t do I say this?” he continued, turning to f the court. ‘ ‘ Because I know he is as j brave a man as ever faced death ; a faith ful man, a powerful man and conscious of his power. Such mon do not use Aveap- I ons upon unarmed assailants. “Why do I say he is brave? Every I man on this jury shouldered his mnsket I during the war. Most of you folloAvcd j the lamented Pickett. Sonic perhaps . Avere at Gettysburg.” Tavo or three , heads nodded assent. ‘‘ I was there too. ’ ’ t A murmur of applause ran round the room—the old man’s war record was a I household legend. It is even said that the court joined in. “I and the only , brother God ever gave me. ” The vet eran boAved his head. His voice sank to a whisper. “A part of him is there yet” , ' —his hand shook slightly as he moved , his cane farther on the desk and rested [ ! upon the code—“a part of him. but not , i all, for, God be praised, we picked up , I Avhatever Avas left of him and brought it back to Georgia. “I well rememborthat fight. The en emy stood brave and determined and , ’ met our charges Avith a courage and grit j that could not be shaken. Line after I \ line melted aAvay during those days, and ’at last came Pickett’s charge. When [ ; that magnificent command Avent in, a ; negro man, a humble African, a cap t : tain’s body servant, stood behind it, I shading his eyes Avith his hand, Avait , ing. You know the result. Out of that , 1 vortex of flame and that storm of lead , and iron a handful drifted back. From . one to another this man of black skin , ran, then turned and followed in the track of the charge. On. on, he went, under my very glass, for it Avas my mis -1 fortune to stay behind; on tlirough the i smoke and flame, gone one moment and , I in sight the next, on up to the flaming cannon themselves. There he bent and I liftpd a form from the ground. Togeth i er they fell and rose, and this three times, until meeting them half way I ' took the burden from the hero and my self bore it on to safety. That burde n was the senseless form of my brother” i ■ —here he turned and walked rapidly to | the prisoner, his hand lifted on high, his voice ringing like a trumpet—“gash- I ed and bleeding and mangled, but alive, ! : thank God! And the manAvhobore him | out, who came to me with him in his , i arms as a mother Avould carry a sick j child, himself shot Avith a fragment of a shell until his great heart Avas almost ! I dropping from his breast, that man, O my friends, sits here under my hand. See if I speak not the truth!” He tore open the prisoner’s shirt and laid bare his breast, on which the silent splendor of the afternoon sun streamed in like a smile from heaven. A great ragged seam marked it from left to right. “Look!” he cried, “and bless the sight, for that scar was AA’on by a slave in an hour that tried the souls of freemen and put to its highest test the best manhood of the soutli. No man who wins such wounds can thrust a knife into an i unarmed assailant. I have come i<» miles in my old age and my sorrow to ! say it. ’ ’ It may have been contrary to the evi- i dence, but the jury, without leaving' their seats, returned a verdict of “not MX- .eSF-iT M;'- r@\ sA V ft 7 V ' 'i, J’s'.', i j 7 / ‘z / 1, A man rests his hand upon the woman's head. guilty, ” and the solicitor, who bore a ecar on his oavii face, smiled as he re ! ceived it. “The prisoner,” said the court, rap ping for order, “is discharged. ” “Yes, sail,” said Ben, rising and flashing a set of dazzling ivories at the ’ judge. “I knoAved hit uz all right soon : es I laid eyes on Marse Bob’s ole gray < head. ’ ’ Ho went over and clasped the old cole- ■ nel’s hand in both of his, giving expres sion also to a loud laugh. “One mo’ time—mo an yen, Marse Bob, one mo’ time! How ole miss gittin on?” The old! man’s reply was inaudible; he spoke I very gently, and Avith his chin upon his j i breast. Ben started back, changed at . once. “Dead!” he exclaimed. “Died i las’ week! Nobody never tole ole Ben.” | ■ His words were heard by all present, 1 i AA'ho were sharing in his joy, and silence ! | fell upon the crowd. He regarded his ! i friend mutely for a few moments, then • i Avith his hand over his eyes Avent back ito his seat. “Yeung marster,” he said ; to a laAvyer there, “gimme d?t hat doAvn deir on de flo’, pleas'!” At the gateAvay ! to the inner court he turned once more I and made a rude gesture inclusive of all ! present. “Judge,” he said simply, “an ! gemmen, I’m ve’y much ’bliged ter you all. You stood up ter ole Marse Bob, an you done me er good turn too.” lie went with bis face averted. He Us # * * * * The evening shadows gather over j Bl: ck Ankle. A young Avoman with a | baby at her breast sits, weary of eje j I and limb, under the spreading gum tree by the spring. Slowly the yellow ■ rooster leads his followers up the trail to the shed, and the lean cow at the ! picket gate lows for entrance. Sud denly out of the valley of the shadow- j of death itself—a man comes and rests ■ his hand upon the woman’s head.! Then the twilight deepens and wc see : them no more. The End. THE RETURNS TABULATED. Evans Lacks Six Hundred and Twenty- Seven Azotes of a Majority. Columbia, S. C., Aug. 29.—The state . executive committee lias tabulated the j returns from the recept state primary ! election. They shoAved a total vote of 78,230—Evans, 38,807; Earle, 31,092; j Duncan, 8,337. Evans lacks 627 of a majority. The ■ scond primary is regarded as a certainty , and Avith it the defeat of Governor I Evans. The totals for the other state j officers were as follows: Wilborn, for railroad commissioner, | 61,308; (seven counties missing). Tompkins, for secretary of state, 62,- ! 005. Norton, for comptroller general, 61,- 690. Timmerman, for treasurer, 60,668. For superintendent of education, Mayfield, 46.630; Robinson, 30,635. For lieutenant governor, McSAveeny, 65,443; Cooper, 32.556. For governor, Whitman. 2,208; El lerbe, 55,113; Harrison, 41,278. WATSON GOING TO TEXAS. i \ ice Presidential < andidate Will Speak at Dallas on Labor Day. Atlanta, Aug. 26.—Tom Watson will make his last speech in Georgia before taking his long western trip on Sept. 4, one week from Friday, in Cartersville. It will be during Sam Jones’ campmeet ing and the Populist managers expect a large croAvd to greet the vice presiden tial candidate. He Avill deliver this speech at 11 j o’clock in the morning. That night he takes the train for Dallas, Tex., Avhere I he Avill speak to the assembled labor or- I ganizatious of Texas on Labor day, I Sept. 7. | He will return to Georgia immedi ‘ ately after the Dallas speech and Avill devote himself energetically to the cam- , paign in this state. To Protect the Turpentine Industry, Savannah, Aug. 27.—The turpentine producers of Georgia, Farida and Ala bama met here and decided upon a re duction of 60 per cent in the number of boxes to be cut during the coming sea son. About 250 producers Avere present at the meeting. The resolutions adopted provided for the cutting of boxes to be gin Dec. 15 and to be discontinued Feb. 15. The medium price to be paid for cutting is 1 cent per box. A committee Avill be appointed to see that the agree- ; ment is carried out. The movement for ( a reduction in the cutting of trees is general over the entire south. It is re- > i garded as a necessary move to protect i the industry. Forced Checks For Three Hundred Dollars ' Savannah, Aug. 28.—Walter Reeves, , a young man well knoAvn in the city, is missing, having forged a check for S2OO and a note for SIOO, besides running up bills for as much again. Reeves came 1 here from New York last Christmas, os tensibly for his health. Being bright and affable he made many friends. His income did not not begin to equal his expenditures, and having worked Sa- . van nah to the limit, he evidently de cided to make one heavy raise and re turn north for his health. Florida May r In a Fight With Burglars. Jacksonville, Fla., Aug. 26.—At San j Mateo. Fla., Mayor S. W. Rowley dis covered three burglars in his residence. A fight followed in which Rowley and two of the burglars Avere shot. The burglars are strangers and are believed to be northern crooks. Ripans Tabules. i Ripans Tabules; for sour stomach. SOUTH IS PROSPEROUS. ! Merchants and Manufacturers Note au In crease In the Volume of Trade. Chattanooga, Aug. 25.—Despite the interest in politics The Tradesman’s I southern correspondents report a fair I amount of activity in industrial circles. ! Cotton is being marketed, new indus i tries are going up and both merchant : and manufacturer are beginning to note an increase- in the v lume of trade. Judging from the bank clearings, the j south is more pr isperous than any other ; section of the country, and it is a nota ble fact that this has always been true ! in seasons of depression. I The pig iron market is in some re ! spects slightly fetter, though prices are i still very low. Some large transactions are reported from Alabama in the Birm ingham district, agg.i ratin’ about 69,- OCO tons. It is given out that the two roiling mills at Birmingham, Avhieh have been idle all the summer, Avill re sume operations S'pt. 1. Hardware is in better demand and the outlook is more encouraging in this line. Southern lumbermen differ in their opinions as to the condition of the mar ket, but in most sections lumber is mov ing more freely and but for the de pressing effect of politics there Avould be no cause for complaint. There is very little improvement in the demand for cotton and Avoolen goods, but neAv mills and enlargements are still reported and faith in the suc cess of the cotton manufacturing busi ness in the south is by no means di minished. The coal trade is active and the mines running on short time are increasing their output. The folloAving neAV industries are re ported: Brick Avorks at Faith, N. 0., a canning factory at Inverness, Fla., a ! distillery at Columbia, S. 0., electric j light plants at Athens, A a., Brunswick ! and Cuthbert, Ga.. and Grenada, Miss., I an ice factory at Crystal Springs. Miss., i a $25,000 foundry and machine shop at ! McComb, Miss: and a machine shop at Spartanburg. S. C. The Globe ■ Mining I company, capital SIOO,OOO has been char | tered at Atlanta. Ga., the Tis n Press ] manufacturing company at Macon, Ga., ; the Little Rock Oil & Deiinting com pany, capital $25,000, at Little Rock, Ark., and the erection of a SIOO,OOO cot ton mill is contemplated at Madison, Ga., and woolen mid to cost $75,000 at Laredo, Tex. WoodAVorking plants will be built at Vicksburg, Miss, and Mc- Minnville, Tenn. WateiAVorks will be established at Athens, Ala., Bentonville, Ark., and Owensboro, Ky. Among the enlargements reported is an electric light plant at Jacksonville, Fla.; a flouring mill at Mossy Creek, Tenn.; ice factory at Valdosta, Ga., and Washington, N. C.; a slate quarry at ■ Rockmart, Ga.; a Avoolen mill at Sweet- Avater, Tenn., and a rest :cry at Louis ville, Ky. | The neAv buildings include an asyhnn ' annex at Raleigh, N. C , to cost $19,000, ; a $40,000 business house in Galveston, 'Tex.; a $13,000 church at Texarkana, Ark.; a $14,000 courthouse at Lexing ! ton, Ky., and one to cost $40,000 at , Wise, Va. A $15,000 hospital Avill be erected at Richmond, Va ; a $20,000 jail ,at Griffin, Ga.; a $30,000 office building Jat Charlotte, N. C., and a Avarchouse to cost $12,000 at Owensboro, Ky. SECRETARY SMITH TALKS. Snys He AA’ill Return to Atlanta and Ke- Mime I lie Practice of L iw. Washington, Aug; 25. Secretary Hoke Smith briefly outlined his plans l in an iutervieAV Tuesday. He said: “I will retire from office on Sept. 1, ' and it is my purpose to return to At- ■ lanta at once. My resignation was due ; alone to the fact that I intend to sup- j port Bryan and SeAvall. I have alAvays j voted the regular Democratic ticket and ! shall make no exception this year. “It is my purpose to devote my time to the practice of laAv and to my private i business. I have, however, signified | my Avillingness to make tvvo or three I speeches in Georgia for 'the state and ! national ticket, but the time necessary | to the resumption of attention to my i professional and private business Avill not permit me to enter actively into the campaign outside my oavu state.” Governor Francis, Secretary Smith’s successor. Avill reach Washington some time before Tuesday next, and is hoav closing up his affairs in Missouri. He has already formally signified his readi ness to qualify on the first ult., Avhen the resignation of Mr. Smith takes place. The latter Avill leave immediately for the south. TRIED TO WRECK A TRAIN. Two Negro Tranipn Placed Crossties on the Track of the L. & N. Pensacola, Fla., Aug. 27.—A bold attempt was made to wreck the south bound passenger train on the Louisville and Nashville railroad just before day break by placing crossties on the track. The engine struck the ties, but the train Avas not thrown off the rail. Detective Watts of the railroad ob tained a cleAt 7 near the scene, 20 miles north of here, and captured tAVo negro tramps, who gave their names as Henry Williams and Henry Smith. They Avere arrested several miles distant Avhile fleeing through the country. One of them confessed the crime and said that they had placed the ties on the track for revenge on the conductor, Avho had put them off the train. They have been placed in jail here. The Son Avenged His Father's Death. Claksville, Tenn., Aug. 26 —A ter rible tragedy is reported from Danville, a town south of here, in Tennessee. Ac cording to the neAvs just received, two men shot and fatally injured Ab Hin son, a Avell known farmer, from am oush, as the farmer was enroute home. ‘ \t is reported that Joe Hinson, the : wounded man's son, shot and killed one !of the Wiggins brothers who Avere ; charged with the shooting of Hinson’s I father and cut his heart out. Tillman Challenges Harrison. I Washington, Aug. 28.—Senator Till : man of South Carolina has telegraphed ( to ex-President Harrison at New York, I challenging him to a joint debate. The I dispatch was sent from here Friday : morning as the senator passed through at 11 o’clock from Pennsylvania to his home. Buuklen’s Arnica Salve. The Best Salve in the world for . Cuts, Bruises, Sores, Ulcers, Salt ( Rheum. Fever Sores, Tetter Chapped Hands, Chilbins, Corns and all Skin Eruptions, and posi tively cures Piles or no pay re quired It is guaranteed to give ! perfect satisfaction, or money re funded. Price 25cents per box. for sale by H. H. Arrington. COTTON IS IMPROVED. Rain* Cut a Stnp to 1 urther Dnmngo to t ie Crop—\l lint Heddiug Says. Atlanta, Aug. 26.—G00d rains have fallen throughout thy cotton belt, put- j ting a prompt step to further damage ' to the cotton crop an 1 benefiting the crop materially in s >mo sc-'tiens. Many cotton mon bol l to the opinion that the rains conn too late to advance the crop to atty great extent, but Avill ! merely servo to prevent any furthe; ! damage by heat and dr tub. Picking is g dug on at a faster rate I than for ma: y years at (his season'of i the year ami the September receipts will ! be enormous. Tiiqjiehis ail < ver Goor- ; i gia are fairly Avhite AV.th the staple. Mr. R. J. Redding, one of the best in formed farmers in the state, reports that ! : he has given a careful inspection to the : cotton p rops from Spalding county as far north as Floyd and that in his opin- J ion the yield will not be less than 25 per ’cent shirt <4‘ wlmt v.as expected live I Aveeks ago 1:: soma parts of t’.ie state i he believes that the damage has i amounted to .33 per ceiit. Mr. Rodding i is of the opinion that the damage has 1 been much greater in uthercotton sta.t >s than it has m Gcorgi.t ami his position at the head of the Georgia agricultural experiment station ; luces him Avhere ho can get a clearer i lea of the situation in the south than almost any other num in Georgia. He asserts that he will not bo in the least surprised if the damage to the entire crop will amount to 33 per cent. Eleven million bales was the general estimate' of the yield before the hot ! Avavo set in. Noav conservative proph- ! ets declare that 5.0’10.000 is not too small an estimate. Frrmers are being ad vised to hold their cotton for 10 cents. ! It is claimed by those who give this ! advice that the demand of the Avorhl calls for 9.000,000 bales every year and that at best no more than 8,500,000 can Vo expected after the disastrous effect of the reecut unfavorable dry and hot Bay Line Meets the York’s Cut. Baltimore, Aug. 25.—The Bay lino has met the cut in southern rate; made by the York River line Saturday and further anti unces that it Avill moot any subsequent reduction, no matter hoAV low it may bo. West Nominated For < Harlem, Ga., Aug. 26. —The Tenth district Populists have nominated, to succeed Hon. Thomas E. Wetson, as the, ! standard bearer of the party in the dis trict, Mr. John T. West of Thomson. Hayue’s J.i*t Hope Gone. Atlanta, Aug. 29.—Arthur Hayno Avill hang iiero next Friday for the mur der of Will Spinks, the governor declin ing to intertero in the case. NOTICE. I WANT every man and woman in the United States interested in the Opium and Whisky habits to have onv o£ my books on theae dis eases. Address 15. M. Woolley, Atlanta, Ga. Box 382-and one will br sent yon free. RIP-AN’S u u “ The modern stand- W ard Family Medi tn cinc " C ures common every-day “ ills of humanity. tn vnaoe xgSfefr. O MARK Mrs. Anna Gage, wife of Ex- Deputy U. S. 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I HOMAS, ticket Agent, licket Agent, , Inion Depot, No. 8 Kimball Hot re ATLANTGA. C. K- AYER, J. I. LJMONDSON, T.P.A., Ticket Agent, Chattanooga, fco.-ne, Ga. Tenn. J OS A. BR3 V , CHAS. F. HARMAN, Traffic Var.ag", Ger Pass. Agt., • - TL-.’-JA, GA. Ao Unprecedented Gan in Weigh! A Trained Nurse Gained Fifty=three Pounds by Using a Nerve Food. ONE OF THE MOST REMARKABLE RESULTS 63 RECORD. From the Gazette, Yonkers, N. K. ° I don’t look mm li like a living skeleton now, do I ? And yet two years ago I weighed just seventy-two pounds,” said Mrs. .1. SV. Colley, of 55 Warburton Avenue, Yonkers, I N. Y., to a reporter. And we agreed with! her, for she certainly looked anything but a! Jiving skeleton, but rather bore the appear ance of a plump and attractive lady in ex cellent health and spirits. Continuing she said: ‘‘ I had lost my appetite and was wasting away in flesh, losing some fifty pounds in a ; few months. Doctors said I was threatened i witli consumption. I was under what was regarded as first-class medical treatment., but it had apparently little or no effect, for I kept getting worse until I was so weak that- I could not. attend to my household duties and could hardly walk. My husband and everybody who saw me thought surely thnt I would die, and there seemed no help for me. “ Tonics and stimulants and medicines all seemed useless, and 1 grew worse and worse until at last. 1 resolved Io seek some new remedy one entirely out of the usual line of nauseous drugs and doses of stuff which seemed to take away what little relish I might perhaps otherwise have had for food. A friend told me of some wonderful cures effected by Dr. Williams’ Pink Pills for Pe.le People and I bought a box. The effect from their use was noticeable from the first and soon appeared almost miiaeidous, for it. seemed pretty nearly like the raising of one from the dead. “ 1 soon commenced to cat, something I had scarcely done before for weeks, and soon begin to gain in flesh anil st.renglli. 1 went, one day to the doctor’s ofliee and he was sur prised at the change in me for the better. I had to confess that I had been taking the pills, and he was bread-minded enough to advise me to continue what was evidently doing me so much good. I took, in all, six boxes, and increased in weight from 72 to 125 pounds, which is my regular and normal weight;” ‘‘Are you sure the cure is permanent ? ” “'Weil, yes. My work is that of a trained nurse, which means, as you probably know, irregular hours and at times great exhaus tion. During the two years since my re covery I have had many engagements, snl through them all have continued in good health. I take pleasure in bearing testi mony to the remarkable power of this great medical discovery. I k now of other cures effected by it. A friend of mine suffered greatly at her monthly periods. One box relieved and three boxes cured her. But I know of no case equal to mine, for my situ ation was critical, desperate and almost hopeless.” Mrs. Coffey has lived in Yonkers for six teen years, and for twelve years has followed the business of attending the sick, cxgrptjßg. only the period of her illness. ,B<?*iias hundreds of acquaintances and friends who know her to bo capable ami trustworthy. Many of them know how very ill she was and how remarkable wtts her recovery. The pills have a large sale in Yonkers and West chester Conntv, which will be greatly in creased as their merits become bettor known, for they seem to be one of the medical mar vels of the age- Local Schedule, Chattanooga, Rome & Columbus railroad. Eugene E. Jones, Receiver. Passenger Schedule in effect May 3, 1896. souTHßOt'Nii Stations. northbound. Sunday only Daily No 2. Daily No. 1. Sunday only. * !’• "I- A. M. p. m. 4‘oo 7.25 Chattanooga 640 950 4 05 7 30 Shops 6 35 9 50 4 27 7 57 Battleiiicld 6 11.............. 9 22 1 -’6 801 .... Chicltainauga 6(4 916 ?«•> ■...cai'ayet le b ; > :i4 .7. 8 4 s ' '’{ 1 lion 5 oi 8 17 5 44, 9 11 Sunnnorvii]e 434 S 01 •> 53 6 19.,.. Raccoon .4 43 751 602 928 Lyerly 7.77. 437 77 77 77 7 7 46 <O4 10 26 Rome 3 39. . .6 45 7 * ’ 1 * Cedartown 252 7 ’ 77' 77 7.6 co 4 1 Felton - 2 20 _ l-O- Buchanan ...2 01 17 Bremen .1 45 1- J O.. Carrolton 1 15 Connections are made at Chattanoogs, Rome, Cedartown, Br< iw< n ar.-J Car rollon with other lines at the epoints, Trains 3 and 4,7 i i.da\ < n7v <lle splendid oppori unity for those desiring to visit ( hi< 1 arnima 7i’d 11. e N <1 al M ilitaiy Park, or tospend I lie dav at < iiatt anoopa <r 1 <•< k7ut ' 1 oil t I 11- tl.er info, mation apply to C. IJ. WII.UUBX, lli lllc Maiaitor, li(D <■ ’< i W A A eiuukr, Agent, Summerville, Ga. C. B. WILBURN W. A. VERDTEB, Agent, liafhcM g r. Summerville. Ga. PIEDMONT STOCK FARM. Green Bush, Ga. ’‘i.x.i.?’- ~ J/VGitS A-ND jennets. A large assortment on hand. Prices reasonable. Strck guaranteed « res anted. Orders filled for any class—from s*x months to six years old. M. K. fVORNE., Prop. WE Alf MAAi cure yourself| mAM IN TWO WEEKS, t 4 time, money and health with “doctors” wonderful “enre- I\. /• jk .- ~J alls.” specifics, etc. .when I will wu<l FREE the prescription of a new Ag-TD* P«»ttive remedy for the prompt, lasting cure or i; 0 ' 1 v Nightly KmiMiotiH. Nervous WcakncMi in old ar <X.'\V7*’ .V ni«-n. Varicocele. Inipotcncy, and to eniarco w<-ak, »«»«■ e?7oir inu ‘ [Eane. Cures i> Two Weeka. I send thin prescript ion »«**«• Ei ... charge, and there id no humbug or advertisi.-nr catch jbo'it A-- good dniggiot or physician can put it up for you, ag everything is plain and simple. All 1 asK , r n ftrr is that you will buy a small quantity of the remedy from me direct, or advise your friends to uo so aii • you receive the recipe and see that there is no humbug or deception. But you can do aa > > P j atMiut this. Correspondence strictly confidential, and all letters sent in plain sealed enjempo. -lose stamp if convenient. Address E. >l. HUNOEKFORB, Boa sig, AM»i»», -"»»»• V I w arnwa— AN UNSOLICITEH TKSTIMON IAIm From the Licmoerat, Atlanta, Texas. " “Being constantly asked by many of my friends if Dr. Williams’ Pink Pills for Pale People were doing me any good, I offer this unsolicited testimonial and answer. Never ’ I having seen a well day since 1 had typhoijß-- ! fever lust summer, I <oul l retain scarcely any food, my limbs and joints ached and pained nil the time. It v.as misery to me to 1 rise up in bed and my mind was clouded, in ’ fact v.as a physical wreck and I felt that my 1 life was drawing to a close, and I must eon- I fess it was without regret on my part us my fl sufferings were almost unbearable. M “Since I commenced to take Pink Pilis, at the solicitation of my wife, have taken f.mr boxes, ami 1 feel like a man. My appetite is good and I now what 1 eat. my limbs and joints are pain sad 1 bav.'rained ten pounds in v . AM|||| My li'.'e feels rem w ."ini while not Well. I 11 el loueh better that li< ■ if.- ‘ D-.uly rt that 1 b.-lhve T f.a i'ab.' I’l eple “ood n’mi.-ia- for tti' -. are r< i-oniim-mled. Knowing ’. ,:>• iteim wiil save life under all slam . s or in all cases, yet I do licve that they l.ave prolonged mine, or at ]<■:>■ t, w here nil was dark and gloomy and full of Buffering it h»s been changed for the better. “ The manufacture s 'f this medicine do not know of my taking it. Neither am I paid for this statement, but give it freely in answer to friends and the editor of thia paper.” (Simie-d.) John Battgrrss, Atlanta, Texas. Sworn to and subscribed before me this 27th day of March, 1396. It. M. Blaydes, Notary Public. Ilegarding the above testimonial of John Buiigress, I beg to say that no man stands high' r for honesty and veracity in all this section than John Baugress. W. 11. Wright. Tditor and proprietor of the Democrat Atlanta. Texas. Dr. Williams’ Pink Pills for Pale People are prepared by the Dr. Williams’ Med icine (’<>., of Schenectady, N. 5’., a firm whoso ability and reliability are unques tioned. Pink Pills are not looked upon as a patent medicine, but as a prescription, having been used as such for years in general practice, and their successful results in curing various afflictions made it imperative that they be prepared in quantities to meet the demand <.f the public, and place them in reach of all. They are an unfailing specific for such diseases as locomotor ataxia, partial paralysis, St. Vitus’ dance, sciatica, neu ralgia, rheumatism, nervous headache, the after eflecls of la grippe, palpitation of the heart, pale and sallow complexions, and the tired feeling resulting from nei vous prostra. tion, all discuses resulting from vitiated hn. mors in the blood, such as scrofula, chronic erysipelas, etc. They are also a specific for troubles peculiar to females, such as suppres sions, irregularities, and all forms of yk;_ ness. They build up the bloxf. fn,q restore the glow of healthjfr,isallow cheeks. Yn I'lrTmtwyTfDeT a radical cure in al] cases arising from mental worry, overwork, or ex. cesses of whatever nature. Dr. Williams’Pink Pills contain all the ele ments necessary to give new life and richne>w-'' to the blood and restore shattered nerves?! They are for sale by all druggists, or may be had by mail from Dr. Williams’ Medicine Company, Schenectady, N.Y., for 50 cents a box, or six boxes for $2-53.