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Cdljmttt Contitn Courier
VOLUME XIX.
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M I L_ L_ I N E R V .
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close prices on millinery from now on. Our stock is
composed of neat, stylish goods, and must be closed out
before fall. We also have a .nice line of embroideries,
ribbons, children’s headgear, etc.
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ARLINGTON, GA.
A NER /Y NEGRO.
Condemned Murderer Makes Desperate
Break for Liberty.
A Monticello, Fla., dispatch
says: Simon Williams, condemn-
ed to death for the murder of
Deputy Sheriff Hawkins and sen-
tenced to hang August 8, made a
desperate dash for liberty this af¬
ternoon. Deputy Sheriff Kilpat¬
rick, with a trusty, had gone to
the death cell to give Williams
dinner.
Williams having secretly re¬
moved the snackles from his an¬
kles with a cold chisel furnished
him by unknown means, dashed
out upon the officer, seized his
pistol and ordered him to geb in
the cage. The officer sprang on
the murderer and a tussle ensued,
in which the officer was shot.
Both fell down the stairway and
rolled into the yard, where the
deputy wrenched the pistol away.
Williams ran to the gate of the
stockade, but could not get out.
He then turned like a demon upon
1 he deputy, who shot him in the
breast. Williams ran to another
gate which was open and dashed
into the street. The deputy fol¬
lowed, shooting. After a chase
of 100 yards Williams fell
Officer Kilpatrick was shot
lIli( ' , , 8 * S* 11K * ie M • l ,tl
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, between the bone and the
oral artery. He is yet alive.
The Best Prescription For Malaria.
Chills and ferer is a bottle of Grove
Tasteless CwillTonic. It is simpl
iron and quinine in a tasteless form
No cure, no pay. Price 50c.
ARLINGTON, GA., THURSDAY, AUGUST I. 1901.
OIL IN SOUTH GEORGIA?
Prospectors Think They Have Located the
Fluid Near Fitzgerald.
The discovery of oil in so many
sections of the south within the
last few months has led to almost
universal prospecting, especially
where there have been any indica¬
tions of the fluid.
Prospectors have been at work
recently on Bowen’s Mill creek
with the result that Mr. Bowen
has been offered some liberal
propositions by parties who will
undertake on their own account
and without expense to Mr. Bow-
en to bore for the oil. They do
disclose to Mr. Bowen the exact
location of the land they wish to
test but their proposition is so
definite and so liberal that it is
qmte evident that they believe
they have found oil.
At any rate, Mr. Bowen’s real
estate lias enhanced in value, and
it is just possible that an oil gush-
er near Fitzgerald in the near fu-
ture will add great wealth to our
already God-favored section.—
Fitzgerald Enterprise.
To SavTlhr Cfrld
From frightful disSnrompnt Mrs.
Nannie Galleger, of La Change, <*».,
applied Bucklen’s Arnica Salve to
great sores on her head and f., C0(
and* writes its quick cure exceeded
alUierhopes it works wonders in
SO res, bruises, skin eruptions, cuts,
burns, scald and pile. 23. Cure
Guaranteed by Reddings Pharmacy,
jf^Martlm Washington corset
waist $1 at
el. a COWART.
WHY THE BROOKLYN
MADE THE LOOP,
Capt. Cook of the Cruiser Settles One
Point, and Perhaps all, Beyond
Question.
From Macon Telegraph.
Captain Cook, who commanded
the cruiser Brooklyn, then Rear
Admiral Schley’s flagship, ] 11XS
made a statement to the New
York Herald concerning the
Brooklyn’s famous “loop” at the
battle of Santiago, which is at va-
riance with much that has been
said and written regarding that
maneuvre.
It is a statement which, if re¬
peated before the board of inquiry
which is to consider the whole
Santiago campaign, will be likely
to weigh much in considering the
charges of cowardice against Rear
Admiral Schley; for, according to
Capt: Cook, the loop resulted
from a plan which, for the sake
of stopping the progress of the
escaping Spanigh fleet, deliberate¬
ly put the Brooklyn at a risk of
destruction.
‘.‘There is nothing in the loop
itself,” said Capt. Cook today.
“It had nothing whatever to do
with the battle. It was circum¬
stances, and as I say it had noth¬
ing to do with the battle. There
was no strategy in it; it was pure¬
ly a tactical and a natural move¬
ment.
“We had come from the west,
and it was necessary to go hack
again. We ported our helm to
hold off the Spanish fleet and the
Spanish turned to the westward,
while we were turning rapidly to
starboard.^’
To explain more fully lie gave
an explauotion of the situation
which led up to the turning of the
Brooklyn.
“The Spanish fleet,” he said,
“stood out of the harbor about
southwest, and it did not turn at
once. We feared very much that
it was heading between the Brook¬
lyn and the Texas.
“I said to the commodore: ‘ We
may get a cross lire here It
looked very much to us as if we
would. The situation was deli¬
cate in the extreme.
“But then,” he continued, “the
Brooklyn made a beautiful turn,
and we were able to fire directly
into the bows of the leading ship
of the enemy. Our helm was put
apart to head off the Spanish fleet
and the Brooklyn turned rapidly
and beautifully,
“I remember-distinctly giving
order to the quartermaster: ‘You
see clearly the head of the
ship,’I said to him. ‘The idea is
to get directly ahead of her.’
“I thought we might sacrifice
our ship but I believed we would
hold the fleet for our battle
ships.”
Coming now directly to
matter of the loop, Capt. Cook
said:
“The Spanish ship turned to
the westward; the
helm ' vas P ut hard a P ort - She
"'a S -wiming hoautifully ami
unt ’ 1
h er course exactly parallel to the
, ships, keeping up all the
time a continuous fire from her
port battery, till the starboard
battery could be brought into use.
“Tne statement has been made
that the Brooklyn in turning ran
two miles south. This is out-
rageously incorrect, The Brook-
lyn turned a. rapidly as porG-
and was after the enemy as fast as
any ship could have been. The
Oregon, when she joined the
Brooklyn, steamed between the
Iowa and the Texas, and must
have gained distance to the north
'^ la ^ direction of the
enemy-*nd still was not more
than GOO yards from the westward
courso Brooklyn, showing
conclusively that the Brooklyn
could not have gone to the south-
ward ‘
Ca P fc - Cook ’ 8 statement today is
the first that he has made pub¬
licly concerning the Brooklyn’s
loop.
Capt. Cook spoke also ot the
statement which has been made
that the Brooklyn was not in pos¬
session of the code of signals which
had been improvised for use be¬
tween the Cuban insurgents and
the American ships during the
war.
“The Brooklyn,” said Capt.
Cook, “was not put in possession
of the code of signals that had
been arranged for use by the in¬
surgents and the ships of our
navy, and on account of our lack
of knowledge of them we were
very much mystified by certain
signs that we observed on the
at Cienfugos.
k t We saw one night, the date of
which I cannot give without my
notes, three horizontal lanterns
on the beach at Cienfugos. As
we afterward learned, they were a
sign from the insurgents that they
wished to communicate with us,
but we, having no knowledge
whatever of their import, thought
the lanterns a trap of some sort,
and we acted accordingly.
11 At that time we had no knowl¬
edge whatever of the whereabouts
of Carvera, and the commander
in chief believed the lights indi¬
cated the presence of the Spanish
ships there. The second night we
observed three horizontal lights
on the shore. It was not until
the second day, when Capt. Me-
CalJa came up, that we learned
that any signals had been prear¬
ranged.
“Capt. McCalla explained that
as lie had some explosives for the
Cubans he would go in and inves¬
tigate. He did so, and as soon as
lie was able to inform us of the
matter he said the signals lmd
really been signals from the in¬
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surgents, who desired to commu¬
nicate with us. Capt. McCalla
also informed us that the Spanish
ships were- not in Cienfugos.
NEW RAILROAD.
Charter Granted by Secretary Cook for the
Arlington and Columbus.
Atlanta, Ga., July 80_A char-
ter for the Arlington and Colutn-
bus railway was filled in tho office
of the secretary of the state today,
the capital stock to be $500,000.
The incorporators of the road
are J. F. Ha'nson, Jehn Cunningham’ M. Egan,
T. D. Cline, T. M.
A. R. Lawrence, George J. Miles,
g. H. Hinton, W. A. Winburne
H. A. Dunna, and H. C. Cunning-
ham. The road will run from
Arlington, C!a„ toColmnbua, Ga.,
through the counties of Calhoun,
Randolph, Stewart, Chattahoo-
chee and Muscogee. The princi-
pa i office of the road will be in
Columbus.
It is believed <hat this road will
he a branch of the Central-of
Georgia railroad, as the incorpora-
tors are capitalist largely interest-
<>d in O.u*ml.
NUMBER 32.
THE CENTRAL’S PRESIDENT.
Interesting Sketch of Pres. John M. Eagan
of the Central Railroad.
The Birmingham Age-Herald
gives the following interesting
sketch of the life of President
Eagan, of the Central of Georgia
Railway:
President John M. Eagan, of
^ 10 Central of Georgia Railway
ftI1( j Ocean Steamship Company,
w ho is expected in Birmingham
this week, is one of the widest
known and most popular railroad
presidents of America. Mr. Eagan
was formerly president and gen¬
eral manager of the Chicago Great
Western Railway, and he has oc¬
cupied many other places of dis¬
tinction.
As a railroad operator and con¬
tractor he has no superior, and he
has also much experience in traf¬
fic affairs. He was one of the
principal men in charge of 1 he
construction of the Canadian Pa¬
cific Railway from Winnepeg
west, and superintended the con¬
struction of several other branch-
es.
Mr. Eagan was born in March,
1848, in Springfield, Mass. He
entered railway service in May,
1868, as a machinist’s apprentice
on the Illinois Central at Amboy,
Ill. In 1869 he had risen to clerk
in the engineer’s office of that
road, and subsequently served in
various positions on the Northern
Missouri road. In January, 1877,
he had reached the position of
chief engineer of the Southern
Minnesota. In January, 1882, he
was appointed genernl superin¬
tendent of the western division of
the Canadian Pacific, and had
charge of the construction of that
road.
In I860 Mr. Eagan was made
general superintendent of the St.
Paul, Minneapolis and Manitoba,
and in 1888 became general man¬
ager of the Chicago, St. Paul and
Kansas City (now the Chicago
Great Western)., and in 1890 was
elected president of this road. In
189G he was elected vice-president
of the Central of Georgia Railway
and Ocean Steamship Company,,
and a year ago was pro,rooted to
the presidency of these lines,
Big Pension for Old Negress.
Serena Murphy of Atlanta,86 years
of age, who was recently adjudged
an imbecile, has now due her $4,
1L8.75 from tho United. Htates, and
the money will be paid her as soon
as proper receipts are sent forward
for the amount.The olahft of the old
woman has been gwatedi by
authorities after a long delay.Serena
Murphy when the war- of secession
came on was, a married woman.
Her husband enlisted in the union
army and fought in a regiment of
negro troops for two years, when ho
was killed. It was a long time before-
she learned that she a vas entitled to-
a pension and then, owing to her
ignorance, it was. very difficult fox
lier to comply with the regulations
»nd secure the proper evidence. The
pension has at last been
with buck pay. Serena is entitled to
$8 per month from 1866 to 1886
and $12 per month from 1886 to 1601,
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