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EIGHTH smoke a “Bill Arp ’ waiters New Brand THE STORM'S PATH 1$ a Coniiiiiloils Scene of Wreck and R'lin ||f THK LESSER ANTILLES Death List Grows Less But Dis tress Increases. London, Sept’ 17.—The dis patches received at the Colonial Oflic'6 from the British authori ties in the West Indies indicate, as a whole, earlier reports of the havoc wrought by the hur ricane were not exaggerated. They show widespread devasta tion. Owing to the breakdown ol the telegraph and telephone system, the real extent of the disaster is still unknown, but financial aid is required to meet the distress. WITHOUT FOOD AND SHELTER. People are Hocking into King ston, St. Vincent, from all the crn itry round for shelter and food. Everywhere it appears th it all the small buildings and many large ones were destroyed and there is no doubt that the fatalities are numerous. Sir Cornelius Moloney gov ernor of the Windward Islands, cables that two vessels were sunk and that the fate of many others is unknown. The governor of Barbados, Sir J. S Hay, reports that the hurricane was of ten hours’ du ration. Already he has been of ficially notified of sixty-one deaths and oi thirty-one persons seriously wounded. The reports from the country districts in the island are incomplete, but there has been a heavy loss of govern ment and private property. As sistance is urgently required. St. Vincent, British West In dies, Sept. 17.—The official re ports reduce the number of deaths here during the hurri cane. It was at first estimated that 300 lives were lost, but it is now believed the number is considerably smaller. The exact figures are not obtainable. The governor of St. Vincent has cabled the governor of Ja maica imploring that the latter may send prompt assistance to the sufferers. The islands of. St. Lucia has also suffered slightly. The American weather bureau here locates the storm as passing St. Kitts and going northward. The British ship Loanda, of 1,447 tons, Capt. Dodge, from Bio Janiero, and the American bark Gray Lynwood, of 592 tons Capt. Gilley, from New York for Port Spain, both lying at Barba dos when the recent hurricane arose, were blown out to sea and cast ashore and wrecked. Trinidad, British West Indies, Sept. 15.—A steamer which has arrived here from Barbados re poris that fearful havoc was caused there by a hurricane on Saturday night. The destruction of property was immense. It is believed over 150 persons were killed throughout the island ami numbers were rendered homeless and destitute. The •hipping suffered seriously. The shin Lnnnrlrk THEROMEHUSTLER-COMMER VI! FIVE NILES HIGH'i I Balloonists Asceiidto fl Dixxy Height IN 61 BELOW ZERO The Find air so Rare That They , Almost Perish. I London, Snpt. 16—Next to the highest balloon ascension on re cord was made here yesterday af ternoon from the Crystal Palace, Sydenham, by Stanley Spencer, a well-known aeronaut, and Dr. i Bersob. The balloon was inflated : with pure dydrogen and has a ci - pacity of 56,500’cubic feet. It at tuned an altitude of 27,500 f«et, or five a id one-fifth miles . At a height of 25,000 feet the air was to rarified that the occupants of the car were compelled to breath compressed oxygen by tubas. The temperature was 61 degrees below freezing point. The atmosphere ] was clear and the coast distinctly visible. The balloon descended i near Romford in Essex. anchorage and were driven to sea. They had not returned when the steamer left Barbados. Many local vessels were wrecked or blown to sea. Bridgetown, the capital of the island of Barbados, is a scene of desolation and ruin. Demolished or rooHess houses are to be seen on every side and hardly a tree is standing. Particulars from the country are sfill wanting. A NEW POSTMASTER. Mr. Burdette Finally Gets the Cedartown Postoffice. The commission of J. A. Bur dette as postmaster at Cedar town arrived last Friday, and Mr. Bur lett took charge of the office Saturday afternoon, with John I. Fullwood an 1 Otis Bur dette as his assistants. Mr. M. T. Borden is clerking in the of fice temporarily. Mr, A. J. Tomlinson, the re tiring postmaster, and his able assistant, “Uncle Pete” Harris, have served the public faithful ly and well, and have made popular and efficient officials. Their term of four years expired iu July, and their friends have been expecting a change in the office ever since that time; nev ertheless it is with genuine re gret that the general public sees the m retire from the office they have filled so capably. —Godar- town Standard . Clay’S GIRL-WIFE to wed From General to Saw Mill Man Goes Dora Richardson’s Love Lexington, Ky., Sept. 17. Gen. and ex-Minister Cassius M. Clay's divorced girl wife, Dora Richardson Clay, will be married tomorrow to Riley Brock, a saw mill employe at Valley View, she having rejected her erstwhile lover, and whom Gen, Clay threatened to shoot. CONFLICT NEAR CANDIA. Athens, Sept. 17. —-It is ru mored that a conflict between insurgents and- 'lurkish troops has occurred near Candia. According to the report some Christians werekilled and a number wounded. ROME GEORGIA. SUNDAY MORNING, SEP.TEM3ER 18,1893. TORAL IHREKTEND His Residence Stoned By An . Infuriated Mob ESCAPED TD A STEAMER Soldiers Disperse a Mob Which Had Gathered To Cheer. Vigor, Spain, Sept. 17, —A crowd of about 700 people beseiged the house of Gen. Toral today demand ing that the troops which arrived here yesterday from Santiago de Cuba on board the Spansh steamer Leon XIII, be immed ately land ed. .They procee led to the quays, ! cheeruig the troops arid were with difficulty dispersed by soldiers cf the garrison. Afterwards a crowd I of about 1,500 people returned to quays and, when they became in furated and surrounded Gen, Toral’s house, hooting and hissing i and stoning the bnilding. Evens tually the Spanish general succeed jed in escaping to the Leon Xtll. Ou learing this the mob gathers ed on the dock and stoned the steamer for half an hour, smash ing the cabin windows The Loen XIII was obliged to leave the place where she was moored. Five steamers are ready to trans port the returning Spanish soldiers and o : vil otliecrs, with the archi ver and munitions or war from Cu. ba but it is believed it will take four months and cost 80,000,000 pezetas to bring the troops back to Spain THE QUEEN REGENT Aids The Suffering Soldiers Os Spain From Her Own Purse. Madrid. Sept. 17.—The queen regent pays da’ly visits to the si?k soldiers who hav» returned from the colonies. She has ordered that the convalescents be conveyed in the royal carriages to the Casa Del Campo, in Royal park, ar.d is pay* ing from her own purse for proper food for the invalids The correspondent here of the Associated Press has converged with officers, invalids and others who have returned from Santiago They all extol the kindness of the Americans after the surrender. They do not display the slightes animosity for the Americans, but entertain bitter feelings against the Cubans. ? y J]g= □ ® A man has to have pluck to make a suc cess of any c ling. A man must have the backbone to take knock down blows and get up again and again and fight on. Pluck and stamina are largely a question of good health. It only takes one knock down blow to finish a man with a headache. It only takes a small setback to disconcert 'a nervous and shaky man. A bilious head achy man goes into bankruptcy at the first embarrassment. A nervous man who does not sleep at night and gets up shaky in the morning gives up the battle of business at the first discouragement. Dr. Pierce’s Golden Medical Discovery is the best of all health-makers and health-keepers. It makes pure, rich blood It forces out all impurities and disease germs. It doesnot make any difference what the disease may be called, so long as it has its inception in improper or insufficient nourishment—this great medicine will cure it. may be called dyspepsia, kidney disease, liver complaint,’’ skin or blood disease or nerv ous prostration all these have the starting point. The ‘ Golden Medical Dis covery ” reaches that point. It will cure these diseases absolutely. None of them can retain their hold on the system v/hen the arteries are filled with rich pure blood. “ 1 am S 4 years old.” writes Mr. h. G Bledsoe of Leesville, Henry Co Mo. ” For 25 years. I suffered from torpid liver, c mstrpstion and indi gestion which severely affecU nmy nerves. Hav- Lg to make my living by hard work, I would keen on until I would have to give up. Some times my friends would pick me up and carry me iobed. What little sleep I ~u!d get.was tortured with horrible dreams. I took six bottles of Dr. Pierce's Golden Medical Discovery. It relieved (he pain in my back and between my shoulders braced up my nerves, and to-day I am a well IMS." ITTT A > < |Q P W HI AM WH Jk IWk I m . m f® 1 & SBi E Wv p w MM AHA n WA f a® IMU / W IWf il AST wE A--T W AM W Wk H j K 1 V. \ L’l ■ \x p vw J W 1 CPHSITIfIIIAI W 111 SA til rita ATT IT TJ d ft • • ' t ;. haVe j Ust DoUg h fc lhe entire stock of Lidies and Miasms Fine % 'W Sai lot s or one of the Largest Mi Ilin ary houses of Ne a york and now place them on sale at a price that is certainly most remarkable. While we know the people of Rom a have been faked time and again, yet we make th? STUTUEfi ANNOUNCEMENT. That these Sailors are worth $1 .O J $ 1,53 in 3 $2. )3 dvs will sell them at th j astonishing Io v price of cm 0 a m i Wb . @wA VAA a * * ’ wMli .< ? 1 There is Twenty-one Cases or One Thousand and Eleven Hats and - I not a plug in the lot, but the prettiest an J litss» tiins in ii o 1 Soma fine Milan,some fine spit straw,some rough brim and smooth , iL ■ J crown, some colored brim and white crown,some of all colors of ■ rainbow. Bell crown, straight crown, wide brim, narrow brim, som> ?: ! fine white and in fact ail kins d except cheap and those wa d j I to MB not want. This is a chance to buy fine sailors at a price 4? r that will probably not corrie again, i _ til .JH\ HH \ I MND S ( )N: - 10 CEN i S PER. WEEK