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VOLUME XIX.
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REPRESENT MY COMPANIES.
When taking insurance be sure that you get the
BEST. It does not cost one cent more, and
then you can go to sleep at night feeling that you are
prepared in case of fire at night. Don’t put off insur¬
ance. You had better get it now.
“Better to have it and not need it
than to need it and not have it.'
See me next door to the Bank of Arlington.
-^T". C. Tla-omsus.
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Give me your attention a few minutes
and I will tell you something that will
cause you to think. This is the close of
MV NINTH SEASON
in the MILLINERY BUSINESS and I have always tried
every point to please everybody. I have found that it did
not pay to carry over a season’s stock of goods, and this
year I am compelled to offer the remainder of my Summer
stock at a sacrifice to get room for my fall goods. 1 have
everything that is up-to-date, such as laces, embroideries,
silks, ribbons, hats, baby caps, etc. All going at a sacrifice.
My fall line will be handsome. See ray elegant fall line of
patterns which will be in in a few days.
CALL TO SEE ME.
Mrs. R. E. Lawton,
ARLINGTON, - - GA.
The Engineer’s Prayer.
An old railroader was convert¬
ed, says an exchange, and when
asked to lead in prayer, said:
Oh, Lord, now that I have fiag-
ged Thee, lift my feet off the
rough road of life and plant them
safely on the deck of the train of
salvation. Let me use the safety
lamp known as prudence; make
ail my couplings in the train with
the strong link of Thy love, and let
my hand-lamp be the Bible. And,
my Heavenly Father, keep all
switches closed that lead off on
the sidings, especially those with
blind end. Oh, Lord, if it be Thy
pleasure have every semaphore
block along the line have the
white light of hope that I may
make the run of life without stop-
ping. And, Lord, give us the Ten
Commandments as a schedule,
and when I have finished my run
and on schedule time pulled into
the dark station of Death may
Thou, the Superintendent of the
universe, say with a smile, “Well
done, thou good and faithful ser-
vant; come up and sign the pay-
roll and receive your check for
eternal happiness. Amen.
For Sale at a Bargain.
Two fine four-gallon milch
cows with five months’ old
calves, also one fine imported
piano, made by Gebr. Rohlfing,
Osnabruck, Hanover, Prussia.
Those interested can get full in-
formation and particulars by in¬
quiring at this office.
(Aug. 12-tf.)
ARLINGTON, GA., THURSDAY, AUGUST 22, 1901.
A Hoodoo Wife.
Morgan Burgess, a young busi¬
ness man of Green Ridge, Conn,,
has returned to her parents, with
his blessing and a check for
$1,000, his bride of three weeks;
he says she is a hoodoo. She was
a girl from Vermont, and when
he brought her home his mother
fell dead at the introduction. Two
nights later the house was entered
by burglars and several thousand
dollars were stolen; then a valua¬
ble horse and two cows were strick¬
en by an unknown disease and
died; Burgess himself was thrown
from a buggy and sustained a
compound fracture of the left
arm, and, to crown the whole per¬
formance, his store was struck by
lightning and burned to the
ground. This was enough. Bur¬
gess says his wife is a doodoo, if
there ever was one, and that he
hasn’t the nerve to live in the
same house with her. He loves
her all right, but has given her a
ticket home and a check and bid¬
den her farewell forever. The
courtship was conducted by corres¬
pondence, and Burgess had never
seen his bride before he went to
Vermont to marry her. He thinks
the misfortunes that have follow¬
ed him serve him right for having
linked his life with that of a girl
he had never seen.
The Best Prescription For Malaria.
Chills and ferer is a bottle of Grove’s
Tasteless Cwill Tonic. It is simpl
iron and quinine in a tasteless form
No cure, no pay. Price 50c.
FILIPINO OFFICER CAPTURED.
Col. Martin Cabrera Fails Into Lieut. Grant's
Hands. Other Philippine News.
A Manila dispatch says: Sec¬
ond Lieutenant Walter S. Grant,
of the Fifth regiment, while scout¬
ing with a detachment near Taal,
Salanga province, has made what
the military authorities consider
to be the most important capture
since Aguinaldo was made prison-
er.
Grant captured Col. Martin Ca¬
brera, his adjutant and six other
insurgents.
Cabrera has been growing in
power for some time. He controll¬
ed all the insurgents in southern
Balanga and those in other parts
of Bantangas.
Col. Pangana, two captains and
two men, with twenty-six rifles
and considerable ammunition,
have surrendered to Lieutenant
Smith, of the Twentieth infantry,
near Lucos. They formed a por¬
tion of Gen. Malvar’s command.
After taking the oath of allegi¬
ance they were released.
Captain Policarpio, a lieutenant
and five men from the Sixth com¬
pany of Malvar’s command also
surrendered to Col. Baldwin, re¬
fusing payment for their rifles
and revolvers, saying they surren¬
dered for peace and not for mon-
ey-
Lieut. Evans reports that he
has not seen nor heard of any in¬
surgents recently on the island of
Mindore. He reports of burning
a camp, however, and succeeded
in capturing thirty tons of rice.
He says the people in the valley
of Nujah reside in the richest
farming country of the island.
The district is thickly settled and
plentifully supplied with cattle
and rice.
Gen. Chaffee is greatly pleased
by these accounts from the prov¬
ince of Batangas and the island
of Mindore.
Stole the Postoffice.
Last Saturday night the postof¬
fice at Bond, Fla., was stolen and
carried off. The postmaster is
Mr. Bond, and the postoffice is,
or was, located in the store of Mr.
A. O. Ragland. Saturday night
some one got into the store, put
the postoffice under his arin evi¬
dently and walked off with it.
There isn’t a sign of it left, All
the undelivered mail was taken.
About 25 citizens, we hear, have
organized to hunt the postoffice.
They need it, and can’t imagine
what the man who took it wants
with it. He may have carried it
off in a spirit of mischief, as bad
boys take signs and gates off, but
so far it has not been found hang¬
ing over anybody’s gate or up in a
tree. There is no clue at all as to
who the miscreant is, but if any¬
body sees a man with a postoffice
they may safely conclude that it
is the Bond, Fla., po^froffice.—
Mayo Free Press.
The trees now growing on the
farm near Franklin, N. H., where
Daniel Webster was born, are to
be cut up into friction matches, a
manufacturing company having
paid $2,800 for the standing tim¬
ber upon it. The legislature of
New Hampshire at its last session
refused to pay $8,000 for the en¬
tire farm, though many patriotic
citizens of the state petioned to
have it preserved as a perpetual
memorial of New Hampshire’s
greatest son.
TEHPERANCE SALOONS.
A Minister Would Establish Them in All the
Cities, if He Had Carncfie’s Millions.
The Philadelphia Record tells
of a preacher who recently “shock¬
ed his hearers by saying if he
could command Mr. Carnegie’s
millions he would not waste it on
libraries, but would use it to es¬
tablish saloons in nil the cities.”
The explanation thivt followed
modified the shock, for the rever¬
end gentleman stated that he
would have no intoxicating bever¬
ages sold at the bars. In other
words, he would furnish the club¬
less poor men in all the towns and
cities attractive lounging places
where they could find all of and
more than the entertainment fur¬
nished by saloons without their
dangers.
The idea is not new. It has
been advocated by Mr. Arthur
Helps, Bishop Potter and others,
and the experiment has already
been tried in this country, but as
yet on too small a scale to furnish
proof either of its success or fail¬
ure. “The experiment at St. Pe¬
tersburg,” says the Record, “is
under the direction of the govern¬
ment, and is aimed mainly at the
reform of intemperate working
people. The substitute of the sa¬
loon is a place of general amuse¬
ment and refreshment. In a large
building are a theatre, capable of
seating 2,500 persons, and several
restaurants. The performances
are entertaining and instructive,
and the price of admission is
about 5 cents. In the restaurants
meals are served at comparatively
low prices. The hall was crowded
at the opening, and the people
were apparently delighted with
the drama, which will be varied
with popular concerts and other
entertainments. That the people
will swarm to the hall on every
occasion is a foregone conclusion;
but how far the resort can displace
the dram shop can be determined
only after a considerable experi¬
ence.”
The plan, though it might not
induce a single man to give up
drinking entirely, if worked out
on a large scale might prevent
thousands in all cities from drink¬
ing to excess. One would think
that really attractive lounging
places would keep thousands from
spending the bulk of their even¬
ings in saloons where they drink
more than is necessary to satisfy
their cravings. The only question
in doubt is whether the average
saloon lounger would find any
place where intoxicating bever¬
ages are not sold really attractive.
Though they could not displace
the saloons, these temperance re¬
sorts might reduce drunkenness
and to do this would imply a great
and successful work of philan¬
thropy.—Macon Telegraph.
The Consolidated Tobacco Com¬
pany, the giant trust that has
swallowed practically all the
co concerns in the country, paid
$75,000 in revenue stamps on
15, rather than wait two weeks to
consummate a business transact¬
ion. The stamps were affixedto
mortgage given by the
dated Tobacco Company to the
Morton Trust Company to secure
a bond issue of $150,000,000. On
July 1 the stamp tax on
gages ceased to exist and the
pany would have saved just $75
000 by waiting two weeks. It pre-
ferred to go ahead.
NUMBER 36.
BIQ SCHEflE TO SWINDLE.
Plan Discovered in Baltimore to Defraud
Banks of Larf e Sums of Money.
Baltimore, Md., Aug. 17. —The
scheme of an alleged attempt to
swindle banks on a latge scule by
■yeans of fraudulent corporations
and fictitious notes is told in a
petition filed today in the circuit
court at Towson for a receiver ior
the Maynor Lumber Co., of tha,
town. The amount involved, ae-.
cording to the petition, is over
$1,000,000, and it is asserted that
the scheme has been partly suc¬
cessful.
Benjamin W. Cross, of Cincin¬
nati, is the plaintiff, and accord-*
ing to the gtory told by him he-
was induced to accept certificates
of stock in the Maynor company
by Chas. E. Corkran, originator
and promoter of the chomee,.
which stock he subsequently trans¬
ferred back to Corkran. Cross has-
since learned, he says, that the-
company was not incorporated for
the purpose of doing a legitimate-
business, but formed by Mr. Cdrk-
ran as part of a scheme for swind¬
ling, covering territory from Bos¬
ton on the north to Chicago on,
the west, and Nashville on the
south.
Mr. Corkran, being already in¬
terested in some legitimate com¬
panies, notably the Chequaasett
Lumber Co., with branches in New
York, Boston, Pittsburg, Norfolk
and Chicago; the American Hard¬
wood Co., of Cincinnatti,. with
branches throughout the east and
west, and the Chesapeake Lumber
Company, of Baltimore,, wished,
it is alleged, to increase-the cred¬
it of these companies with- the
banks of the country for the pur¬
pose of “kiting” negotiable paper
through them.
He organized from eighteen to-
twenty-one smaller companies, it
is alleged, ostensibly engaged in
the lumber business, from which
he would on demand receive from
$1,000 to $5,000 negotiable paper,
payable to the order of any of the
parent companies needing it.
This paper was discounted in
enormous quantities, it is. alleged,
at various banks in the country,
they being led to believe that each
note represented a bona fide sale
of lumber.
Arrested a Hurderer.
Americus, Aug. 19.—Police Of¬
ficer Glowmari Saturday night ar¬
rested Mose Cole, a Terrell coun¬
ty murderer, who just a year ago to
the hour of the time he was ar¬
rested in Americus, killed a negro
near Dawson. The officers here
have been on the lookout for him
since the killing. The negro has
been working on a farm near the
city for nearly a month, and Sat¬
urday night was his first visit
here. An officer came up from
Dawson yesterday and carried
Cole to Dawson on the 2 o’clock
train.
Williams May Run.
Swainboro, Aug. 17.—The ir\atjy
friends of Col. Robt. J. Will iaois
of this city and throughout, this
section of the state are urging
him to make the race for attorney
general. It is not yet known wheth¬
er he will be a candidate, He ia
a successful lawyer of high moral
convictions, and if he should de¬
cide to enter the race will; have-
strong support.
£j^"Just received a shipment of
4-4 Bleaching.
J. S. COWART.