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VOL X
| BIG CONTRACT
F FOR ROfllE.
The Government Gives
$250,000 Order to
a Rome Mill.
A VICTORY FOR GEORGIA.
Order Calls For 1,300,000
YardsOf Heavy Duck
For Mail Sacks.
Rome, Aug. I.—The Rome cotton
factory has obtained a government
contract for 1 ,300,000 yards of
heavy duck for mail sack*. The
amount of the contract is $250,000.
> The mill has been forced to pur
chase now machinery ami employ
a largo number of new hands at
good wages.
Manager Henry Harvey of the
kßome cotton factory said today :
V “We prefer not to talk relative
rto our contract with the I'nited
States government, but I will say
for public information that our
agents in New York obtained the
contract for us. The cloth is to
1(5 ounces top part; back and bot
tom 22 ounces. This contract a
lone will require the expenditure of
several thousand dollars in new
machinery. Expert labor has
been engaged at high wages. The
contract is to be filled within one
year.”
Mr. Harvey refused to state
whether or not the contract was
awarded by competitive bids.
This is the first time a govern
ment contract of this magnitude
k has come to Georgia, and the
■•contract is, in itself a great vic
tory for Georgia’s milling inter
est.
It is always gratifying to receive
testimonials for Chamberlain’s
Colic, Cholera and Diarrhoea Rem
edy, and when the endorsement is
from a physician it is especially
so. “There is more satisfactory
or effective remedy than Chamber
lain’s Cholic, Cholera and Diar
rhoea Remedy,” writes Dr. R. E.
Robey, physician and pharmacist,
of Olney, Mo.; and as he had used
the Remedy in his own family and
sold it in his drug store for six
years, ho should certainly know.
For sale by H . 11. Arrington.
Beresford Off To Klondyke,
Lord Beresford is off to Klon
dyke. A letter has been received
at his old home in Fitzgerald stat
ing that ho loft Seattle, Wash., Ju
ly 23d, ayd that ho will go direct
to Alaska.
Before going it is said that the
lord stated he would return with a
huge fortune, and that in the end
he would purchase half of Geor
gia and would make it warm for
those who have maligned him.
The letter gave no information
in regard to Beresford’s wife, who
skipped with him, but it is sup
posed that she will make the trip
to Alaska with him.
There is Nothing so good.
There is nothing just as good as
Dr. King’s New Discovery for Con
sumption, Coughs and Colds, so
demand it and do not permit the
dealer to sell you some substitute
He will not claim there is anything
better, but in order to make more
profit he may claim something
else to be just as good. You want
Dr. King’s New Discovery because
you know it. to be safe and reliable
and guaranteed to do good or mon
ey refunded. For Coughs, Colds,
Consumption and for all affections
of Throat, Chest and Lungs, there
is nothing so good as is Dr. King’s
New Discovery. Trial bottle free
at Arrington's drug store. Regu
lar size 50c and SI.OO.
The annual reunion of the mem
bers of the Cherokee artillery will
be held in Cave Spring tomorrow.
THE SUMMERVILLE NEWS.
DEMANDS.
United States Must Assume a
Contingent Responsibility. •
Washington, Aug. 4.—Japan
will insist that the I'nited States
assume a contingent responsibility
in tin* matter of arbitration of her
differences with Hawaii on the
subject of Hawaii and the tariff.
Ic is understood that this is one of
the essential conditions upon
which Japan will consent to arbi
tration, and that if this, responsi
bility is not assumed by the United
States Japan will break off nego
tiations looking to arbitration and
back up her demands by a naval
demonstration in Hawaiian wat
ers.
The state department has not
yet received oflicial communication
from the Japanese government on
this matter, and the administra
tion has not indicated whether or [
not it will comply with the Japan
ese demand when made.
An oflicial of the Japanese lega
tion said in an interview:
“I am not officially informed
concerning the terms of our arbi
tration, but that Japan should ask '
the United States to take recogni
tion of it and assume an ultimate
responsibility for the decisions of
the arbiters as regards Hawaii be
ing carried out seems to me very
natural.
“If the United States refuse to
give us a guarantee it is probable
that the arbitration proposition
will fail. We prefer to entertain
a grievance and to indemnify our
subjects ourselves than to arbitrate
after the indignity of the refusal
by the United States of so just a
request. Neither the United
States can justly plead disinteres
tedness. Frequently in the Ha
waiian-Japanese correspondence of
late the pending annexation has
figured as a factor in the situation.
This should operate in the arbitra
tion case as well.”
“It’s no joke” when we say that
Dr. Tichenor’s Antiseptic is super
ior to anything offered “the dear
people” as a dressing for wounds,
burns, bites and stings of insects,
poison oak, etc. It’s cleanliness,
pleasant ordor and quick cures
makes it Universal favorite where
ever known. Sold dy all up to
date druggists.
Georgia Pine Palace.
The effort to erect a Georgia
Pine Palace at the Omaha exposi
tion deserves all the assistance
that can be given it. The north- j
west is the section we wish to at
tract. An exhibit such as that pro
posed by Editor T. M. Martin, of;
Dixie, would be very creditable,:
and would engage the attention of
all that vast section of which the
Omaha exposition wi’l be the cen
tre of interest.
CA.STORIA..
The he- /? .
Mrs. James Simmons, wife of
one of the notorious Simmons
hoys, who murdered deputy sheriff
H. A. Webb near Centre, a few
weeks ago, was tried on the charge
of being connected with the killing
of Webb but fcr lack of evidence
the jury returned a verdict of not
guilty in Cherokee county circuit
court last of last week.
Ror twenty-five years chicken
has been regularly served for din
ner at the Baily house, Weston,
W. Ya., and travelling men call it
I Chicken house, and ministers vote
'it a good inn. Few persons, how
-1 ever, ire aware of the fact that a
J condition iu the will which passed
i the title to the property a quarter
of a century ago required the heirs*
to daily serve chicken for dinner
I so long as the property was used
I for hotel purposes.
SUMMERVILLE, CHATTOOGA COUNTY, GEORGIA,. AUGUST 11, 1897.
STATE
STORIES.
Short Items of State And
General News.
BATCH OF PASSING EVENTS.
What The Busy World Is Do
ing-Short Paragraphs of
Interest.
The Duke Tobacco Trust has ad
vanced the price on cigarettes 15
per cent.
Attorney-General Terrell has
tiled suit against E. A. Richards &
Co., lessees of the Northeastern
railroad for $8,060 rental due the
state.
T. M. Phillips, mail agent on the
Columbus and Rome railway was
arrested an a charge of robbing
the mails and placed under $2,000
bond.
The tax valuation in ten coun
try counties in Georgia has in
creased over a million dollars.
This is a remarkable good show
ing considering hard times.
Work was commenced last week
on a large cotton mill at Douglas
ville. The main building is to be
150 by 430 feet and will be com
pleted by Jan.' 1.
Nelson Dingley, Sr., father of
the author of cur present tariff
law, died at his home in Lewiston,
Me., last week of a stroke of paraly
sis.
Samuel Blair, one of the oldest
and most prominent citizens of
Chattanooga, committed suicide
last Tuesday by cutting his throat
with a razor.
Vv ill Smith a negro boy of East
Point, put his hat on a rock for
another negro Capes to shoot at,
but instead Capes shot Smith in
the head killing him. Capes ex
caped.
Policeman Bankston shot and
killed Charles Welch in Atlanta
last Tuesday while the latter was
resisting arrest. Welch was drunk
and was known as a tough charac
ter.
The residence of T. L. Cornelius,
of Rome, was destroyed by fire on
the night of August 2nd. The to
tal loss is estimated at $3,000 with
$1,600 insurance. The fire is
thought to have been of incendi
ary origin.
There is a negro man working
near Dublin, Ga., who says he is
one of forty children by one moth
er. He says his mother was mar
ried four times, and gave birth to
twenty-seven boys, and thirteen
girls in North Carolina, and is yet
living.
The premises of John J. Black,
late tax collector of Floyd county
were searched by an officer with a
search warrant last Tuesday, the
object being to recover some miss
ing papers belonging to the tax
collectors office. Tne search crea
ted a considerable sensation in
Rome but no papers were found.
It is said Pinkerton detectives
have been employed to ferret out
the lynchers of Dr; Rydej; and
bring them to trial. The deceased
carried an insurance policy of $5,-
000, and his brothers declare they
will spend every cent of the mon
ey in the effort to avenge his death,
and bring the lynchers to account.
It is said that the heirs of Wil
liam P. B. Dußose, who was a sol
dier in the war between Texas and
Mexico and who was slain in the
massacre at Goliad in 1836, are
now entitled to a land grant of
great value iu Texas. It is thought
the heirs of this rich bequest are
now living in South Carolina and
Georgia, and the lawyers are at
work to ascertain who is justly en
titled to the property.
HORRORS OF KLONDIKE.
A Story Os Starvation Seldom
If Ever, Equaled In Modern
Novels.
Frank Moss, au old tune miner, who
four years ago was one of the party of
Americans to first visit _the Klondike
country, has returned to Great Falls.
' Mont., and tells a story of honors and
i starvation seldom equaled even in
I modern novels.
; He describes the Klondike as a plac
.er camp, even seveu miles long and
thirteen miles wide, located iu a sink,
walled iu by boulders of rock 3,000
: feet high. Gold, he says, abounds,
' but no ordinary man can stand the
j hardships of the uncivilized region.
I When Moss left Great Falls four years
I ago he was a sturdy fellow over six
.feet tall. From hardships and priva
| tions he is crippled for life and bad
ly broken in health. .
SAW 2,000 GRAVES IN KLONDIKE.
In three years he saw 2,000 graves
made in Klondike basin, a large major
ity dying from starvation. The
steamship companies bring in all food
and allow no private importation.
Consequently it is not uncommon to
go for days entiiely without food. The
gokl brought in last week to Seattle,
Moss says, does not represent the find
ing of individuals shippers, but a large
proportion was confiscated from the
effects of those 2,000 miners who fell
a prey to the hardships. At the death
of the man possessed of dust his body
.was buried without a coffin and the
dust divided among those who cared
for him. With proper relief establish
ed by the government, Moss says,
gold can be taken out at the rate of
$2,000,000 a month.
Wanted —Everybody to go to
his druggist and get a bottle of Dr.
Tichenor’s Antiseptic, the most
wonderful healing compound of
the nineteenth century. Money
returned if it fails to give satisfac
tion after fair trial. Heals Wounds,
Burns, etc., like magic. Pleasant as
perfume and does not stain the
clothing. 50c.
Chamberlain’s Colic, Cholera
and Diarrhoea Remedy always af
ford prompt relief. For sale by
H. H. Arrington.
THE GOVERNORS ATKINSON,
The One in West Virginia Writes
a Letter to the One in
Georgia.
West Virginia has a governor by
the name of George Wesley Atkin
sen, and every time George Wesley
Atkinson does .anything which jus
tifies northern newspaper in print
ing something about him, they
print the picture of Governor W.
Y. Atkinson, of Georgia, along
with it, says the Atlanta Constitu
tion. There was a brief editorial
mention of this fact in the Consti
tution a week or so ago, and it was
copied so widely that it reached
Governor Atkinson, of West Vir
ginia.
In the mail which Governor At
kinson, of Georgia, received on his
return to his office duties’yesterday
was the following:
“My Dear Governor Atkinson—
I inclose a newspaper clipping
which explains itself. I was in
Chicago last week at the Logan
monument unveiling and nearly
all the newspapers printed your
picture for mine. You being a good
I looking man, leaves me no reason
to complain, but I feel that you
have ample cause for complaint.
If you Ifiive to “daddy” all my
speeches I fear that you will have
trouble with your dear people.
! With best wishes, I am yours
1 most truly.
George Weslev Atkinson
“July 27,1897.”
Governer Atkinson, of Georgia,
says that if Governor Atkinson, of
West Virginia, can stand his pic
ture he is willing to wrestle with
the West Virginia man’s speeches
'until further notice.—Rome Trib
-1 une.
TRE STRIKE
SITUATION
Minors Satisfied With
The Progress They
Have Hade.
ALL QUIET AND PEACEFUL.
Perfect Order Prevails at
Camp Determination and
Troops Will Not Be
Called Out.
Pittsburg, Aug. 3.—The strikers
continue to gain accessions to their
number from the New York and
Cleveland companies’ men. San
dy Creek and Turtle Creek mines
are completely idle and the Plum
Creek men are surely but slowly
coming into line with the men en
camped in the vicinity. Today
nearly half of the diggers at this
stronghold of the company failed
to go to work, and a number of
those who did go into the pit have
promised to quit as soon as they
clean up the coal now lying in their
rooms.
At Camp Determination it was
reported that everyone of tho min
ers of the New York and Cleveland
Gas Coal company who had gone
to work were in sympathy with the
movement, and only their signa
tures to a contract prevented them
from staying out. The minors are
satisfied with the progress they
have made. They claim that the
offending miners were nearer to
suspension today than they have
been since the strike was inaugur
ated, and are jubilant over the work
they have done.
Peace and order seem to be the
watchword of the strikers- They
realize that they have the sympa
thy of the public, and if they
lose it their cause will get a black
eye.
At the headquarters of the min
ers’ officials in this city there were
many callers during the day. Prof
fers of aid were numerous. The
miners’ officials have retained em
inent counsel to defend them at
the hearing before Justice So lu
mens at Turtle Creek tomorrow af
ternoon. They are charged with
riot and unlawful assemblage. It
is expected there will be some fine
points of law discussed.
STRANGE, IF TRUE.
Negro Convict Heard That Mc-
Kinley’s Election Meant
Good Tinies.
Kramer, Ga., August 4.—John
Sheffield, a negro convict sent up
here from Terrell county in 1891,
for a term of ten years, made his
escape last year from this camp,
and all efforts to locate him were
futile.
Yesterday evening he walked in
to the camp and asked for his
striped suit again. He stated that
he was unable to secure work e
nough on tho outside to make a
living and was hungry and wished
to come back where he could get
plenty to eat and have a good
home.
This may seem strange to people
ivho are not familiar with the con
vict business, but Sheffield is not
the first prisoner to run away from
this camp and return of his own
accord, as at least half a dozen
have done so in the last five or six
years.
Sheffield says he would not have
left at first if he had not heard the
people say that if McKinley was
elected president we would have
good times, and he thought he
would meet them half way, but he
declares that the report was a false
alarm and that times are better
for people of his kind in the peni
tentiary than they are among the
I free people on the outside.
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THE RYDER LYNCHERS.
The Offer Os a Reward Has N o
Effect.
Atlanta, Aug. 3 —Commission
er Nesbitt has just returned to At
lanta from Talbot county and re
ports the people “quiet but deter
mined..” When asked .what that
meant he replied that the people
thought they had net had a fan
show in criminal trials. In reply
to a question he said that the offer
of a reward for the Ryder lynchers
would have no more effect than a
drop of water in the Atlantic ocean.
Colnonel Nesbitt said the people
.did not blame the governor for of
fering a reward for the lynchers,
but seemed to take exception to
his criticism m tho published in
terview.
Health means a perfect condi
tion of the whole system. Pure
blood is essential to perfect health.
Hood’s Sarsaparilla ‘makes pure
blood and thus gives health and
happihess.
Hood’s Pills are tho favorite
family cathartic and liver medi
cine. Price 25c.
ELSAS SURRENDERS.
Atlanta Manufacturer With
draws Negro Operatives and
Strikers Will Return to
Work.
Atlanta, Ga., Aug.s.—The strike
at the Fulton Bag and Cotton mills,
which was begun yesterday by the re
fusal of the white female operatives to
work with newly employed negro wo
men, was made complete today
when between 75 and 100 girls employ
ed in the bleachery and press room
waited out.
Three of the strikers who took part
in a noisy demonstrating about the
mill yesterday were tried and fined in
the police court this morning.
At 3:30 this afternoon President El
sas acceded to the demands of the
strikers and agreed to wiihdraw the
negro women whose employment caus
ed the trouble. The striking white
operatives will return to work at once.
A dog with symptoms of hydropho
bia chased Will Hight and two others
up a tree at Anniston and kept them
there half an hour. The dog was fi
nally killed by a passer-by.
Sale of Land. •
GEORGIA Chattooga County.
Will be sold before the court house
door of said county at public out cry
to highest bidder on first Tuesday in
September next. The following de
scribed lands to-wit. Twenty one (21)
acres more or less off the southwest
corner of lot of land number fifty-five
(55) in the sixth (6) district and fourth
(4) section of said county. One half
cash balance on time with note approv
ed security at 8 per cent, untill 25th
day of December 1897. This August
the 3d 1897. J. W. Pitts agent,
For Mrs. M. M. Andrews.
CASTORIA
For Infants and Children.
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