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VOL. m h * A A r\ t t J. A. JONES & SON, aycross, Ga., Selling Their Entire Stock of Clothing, Dry Goods, Shoes, Hats, Etc. New York Cost. f * .V Worth of goods must go at New York Cost. As we are going out of this bus irress we desire to close out our entire stock at once. This is your opportuni ty to buy goods. A JONES & Waycross, Georgia. LIFE SENTENCE FOR WALL. Three Witnesses In Murder Case Jailed Under Perjury Charge. At 1’allulah Falls, Ga., Friday morn¬ ing Chubb Wall was convicted in the Rabun superior court of the murder of Christopher O'Byrne, with a rec¬ ommendation to mercy. Judge Estes sentenced him to life imprisonment. After the examination of six Atlanta witnesses had been delivered James O’Byrne, brother of the murdered man, swore out warrants against ex Detective Mahaffey, G. W. Crusselle and E. W. E. Williams, charging them with perjury. All three of them were arrested and jailed. HEAVY BATTERY FOR BUFFALO. Uncle Sam’s Artillery Will Give Exhi¬ bition Drills at the Exposition. A Dispatch from Norfolk, Va., says: Battery B, Seventh United States heavy artillery, left Fort Monroe Sat¬ urday afternoon by the Chesapeake line and Baltimore for the Buffalo ex¬ position. There the battery will give exhibition drills in the handling of heavy field artillery. Building Seven New Railroads. The secretary of the North Carolina eorporation commission announces that work iB now in progress on seven railways in that state. PRESIDENT TOOK A DRINK And Methodist Parsons at Worcester, Mass., Howl Dismally. At the monthly meeting of the Meth¬ odist ministers in Trinity church at Worcester, Mass.. Monday, a clergy¬ man sAid that an eye witness had told bin xt President McKinley drank a of champagne on board a battle¬ ship. Several of the clergymen pres¬ ent vigorously denounced the presi¬ dent for the reputed act. WON'T FIGHT THE TRUST. Moline Plow Company Decides to Sell Out to the Combine. The Moline, Ill., Plow Company, owning the second largest plow fac¬ tory in the world, has given an option to New York capitalists which, if closed within the limit of sixty days, will bring this concern into the $50, 000,000 plow combine. The company emplovs 1,000 men and the option is for upward of $3,0ov,000. The company has opposed the trust, but will sell rather than fight it. County News. HE POISONED WELLS. Mob of Oklahoma Cattlemen Lynch a Suspected Farmer. J. L. Chandler, an old resident farm¬ er of loland, Day county, Oklahoma, was taken from his home Friday night presumably by cattlemen and lynched. For some time there has been trou¬ ble between the farmers and the cat¬ tlemen and during the past few weeks a great many cattle have died from poisoned water. Chandler was sus¬ pected and lynched as a warning to others. The identity ot the lynchers is not known. PAYING TELLER SHORT. Prominent Bank Official In New Or¬ leans Detected in Wrong-Doing. Samuel Flower, paying teller of the i-.oernia National bank, was arrested in New Orleans Saturday by United States Marshal Fontell and charged with a shortage of $38,000. The F idel ity and Depos-- Company, of Balti¬ more, is on Flower’s bond for $25,000. Flower is a cousin of the late May¬ or Flower and comes from one of - the most prominent families in the state. He is a son of the late ex-United States sub-Treasurer Samuel Flower, of New Orleans. His bond for $10,000 was promptly signed when he was ar raigned in the United States court. GOOD ROADS MOVEMENT. Great Interest Aroused Over Coming Meeting at Jackson, Miss. A great deal of interest is being aroused over Mississippi in the good roads movement, and the agitation of the question will result in much good. Since the governor’s proclamation a number of towns and business leagues have elected delegates to the good roads convention that is to be held in Jackson on the 14th and loth of June. MOTHER AND CHILDREN BURN. Little Ones Dead and Mother Not Ex¬ pected to Live. Friday evening the house of Mrs. Whitsel, a widow living two miles southeast of Climax, Texas, was burn¬ ed. Her two children, a boy and girl, aged eight and ten years, respectively, were fatally burned from the effects of which both of them died within twelve hour’s time. The mother was also badly burned and is not expected to live. JESUP. GEORGIA. FRIDAY, MAY 17. 1901. inc iieiiiut Kingdom of Lorca is ne¬ gotiating a French loan in order to build t railroad ! Could there be a more start¬ ling incident of modern progress? SAVANNAH WINS UNIQUE CASE. I City Can Levy H on Its Own Prop erty When Same is Leased. In the United States supreme court Monday an opinion was handed down in the case of Wells vs. the city of Sa vannah, Ga., involving the question of the city’s right to tax its own property when leased to another party. The supreme court of the state of Georgia held in favor of the city’s contention for this right, and Monday’s opinion upholds that decision on the ground that the lease in this case amounted to practically a sale. Free Delivery for Jackcon. Rural free delivery service will • >, i. be established to commence June 1st at Iloschton, Jackson county Georgia, with one carrier. The route is 2o miles long, covering an area of 25 square miles, with a population to be served of 500. Panicky in London. Great panic prevailed in London Thursday afternoon in American se¬ curities. Down, down, down went Americans and traders were paralyzed with panic. STATION IS NOT WANTED. Report of a German Movement Is De¬ nied at State Department. The following statement given out at Washington is furnished for publi cation: “The department of state has ground for the belief that the German govern¬ ment does not contemplate the acqui¬ sition of any island on the Venezuelan coast, nor of a harbor or coaling sta¬ tion in that vicinity.” Governor Odell Vetoes Bill. Governor Odell, of New York, hai vetoed the employers liability bill. He says the measure is not in the interest of labor and is too drastically in favor of the corporation. “Swiped” Everything in Sight. Besides the $350,0bo it owes the de positors, the Cuyahoga Savings and Banking Company at Cuyahoga, O., is also said to be liable on about $200, 000 of notes on which its name was indorsed by President R. N. Pollock. The, automobile is to appear in the Sahara—a horseless carriage for the trackless desert. First Submarine Cable, The firjt submarine cable wan laid across the English Ohaunol about fifty years ago. It was also about the samo time that Hostatter n Stomach Bitters, the world renowned dyspep¬ sia cure, was lirst introduced to the public. If you are a sufferer from this ailment, or from indigestion, flatulency, constipation, nervousness or insomnia you should try it at once, if you would be well, It will strengthen your entire system and produce sound sleep. There is more false hair worn in the United States than in all the rest of the world put together. Cheap in Price, But as a medicine worth its weight in gold is Crab Orchard Water. Many have been re¬ stored to perfect health by its use. The largest body of water in tho world having no outlet in the ocean is the Cas¬ pian Sea, it being 180,000 square miles in extent. Ask Your I>«a!«r for Allen’s EooNEade, A powder to shake into your shoes: rests the feet cures c 0 rns, Bunions, Swollen, Bore, Hot, Callous, Aching, Sweating Feet and In ^T^hoes^r At^aifTrugglto FREE, and ihog „t ore8| 05 cts. Samplo mailed Address Allen S. Olmsted., LeRoy, N. Y. On some of the Japanese railways terra cotta sleepers are used. They are far more durable than those of wood. If You Have Dyspepsia Send no money, but write Dr. fihooi), Haclv,, Wij., Box 148, for six bottles of Dr. BIioop'b Restorative: express paid. If cured, pay $5.50; if not, it is free. _ Austria and Mexico have resumed in¬ tercourse for the first time since the execu¬ tion of Emperor Maximilian._ j i mm sfSKS-SSs-rjAi frr?T.5-. L : >x; mm/ \\jm 1§ Every cotton planter should write for our valuable illustrated pamphlet, “Cotton Culture. „ It is sent free. Send name and address to j GERMAN KALI WORKS, s3 Nassau St., N. K Plant System. PASSENGER SCHEDULES. Arrivals and Departures at Jesnp, Ga. Departures. In Effect Mar. 20, 1901. Arrivals. For Savannah and points North, Fast and Northeast. Train No. 21 Leaves ....... C 45 a m : »< 88 : ....... 3 40 p in 32 : .......11 25 a in ^ »» 3) - ........ 3 05 p m 38 : .......10 45 p in 78 .......11 40 pin For Waycross and points South, West, Southwest and Northwest. Train No. 23 Leaves ....... 3 47 a m 58 ....... 8 27 a m 35 ....... 0 10 a m << 31 II .......11 40 a m 37 .......12 15 p m *i 33 ....... 4 40 pm 25 ....... 8 50 p m i* 15 a ....... 4 30 p m For Jacksonville and points South. Train No. 13 Leaves ........ 5 90am Solid train Cincinnati to Jacksonville. Trains 24 38 78, 32, 23, 13, 53, 35, 33 and 25 are daily. Trains 15, 37, 31 are daily ex¬ cept Mondays. Trains 80, 33 and 16 are daily except Sundays. Peninsular and Occi¬ Connection made at Port Tampa with V. S. Mail Steamship of dental Steamship Line for Key-West and Havana, leaving Port lampa Tuesdays, Frl day For < fiirthe^nformation,'through car service, trains making local stops, and sched¬ ules to other points, apply Ticket to Agent, Passenger Station. A- w. STRIPLING, Traveling Pass. Agent. J. H. PO HEM US, Savannah, Ga. B. W. WRENN, Passenger Traffic Manager, ' Illustrated playing cards can be secured at 25 cents per deck upon application -o agents of the Plant System, Every flan HIS OWN DOCTOR. By J. ■Hamilton Ayers, M. *D. A 600-page Illustrated Book, containing Taluable information per¬ taining to diseases of the human system, showing how to treat and cure with simplest of medicines. The book contains analysis of courtship and marriage; rearing and management of children, besides valuable prescriptions, reoipes, etc., with a full complement of faots i» materia medica that everyone should know. will This be most mailed, indispensable postpaid, to adjnnot address to every well receipt regulated.household of prioe, SIXTY any oa CENTS. Address, Atlanta Publishing House, l.T G-119 LOYD STREET, ATLANTA, GA. NO. 51. From Savannah and points North, East and Northeast. Train N'o. 23 Arrives ........ 8 47 a m 53 ........ 6 27 a m 35 ........ 9 10 a m I ( 81 .......11 40 a in; II 37 ........12 15 pin 33 ........ 4 40 n m u n 25 ........ 6 50 p m From Waycross and points Mouth, West, (Southwest and Northwest. Train «« a II No. “ “ “ “ “ 24 32 36 38 78 30 Arrives..... II 41 a .. hOCOhMB5 9 5 3 B B a From Jacksonville and points South. Train No. 16 Arrives 4 00 p m Solid train Jacksonville to Cincinnati.