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BLACKSHEAR TIMES E. Z. BYRD, Editor and Proprietor. VOL XXL NO. 1. Pierce County Directory. Clerk Ordinary—J. I. Snmmerall. Superior Court—John Thomas. Sheriff—J. R. Carter. Tax Receiver—J. O. Waters. Tax Collector—J. A. Jacobs. County Treasurer—B. D. Brantley. County Coroner—Dr. Surveyor—W. H. Bowen.” J. M. Brown. Superior court first Monday in May and third Monday in Xovember, COUNTY COURT. Robt. G. Mitchell, Jr., Judge. AV. A. Milton, .Solicitor. each Monthly session, second Friday in Monday month; quarterly sessions, third in March, June, September und December. TOWN DIRECTORY. liobert G. Mitchell, Jr Mayor. B. D. Brantley, W. G. McMillan, John A. Strickland, Jos. A. Harper, 'Councilmeu. M. C. McAlpin, Clerk and Treas urov. W. L. McMillan, Marshal. Police oonrt every Monday morning. SECRET ORDERS. Blackshear Lodge No. 270, F. & A. M., meets first and third Friday nights in each month. A. B. Estes, W. M. Lost. G. Mucinum, Jr., Sec. Alabaha Lodge No. 16, K. of P. meets every Monday night. B. D. Bbantuey, C. C. E. Z. By an. K. of U. & S. RELIGIOUS SERVICES. Methodist— C. M. Ledbetter, pas tor; preaching first, third and fifth Sundays 10 o’clock a. m., 7:30 p. m.; prayer meeting Wednesday 7:30 p. m.; Sunday school 3:30 p. m.; Epworth League, devotional service second and fourth Wednesday 7:30 p. m.; busi ness day meeting second and fourth Fri- 7:30 p. m. Baptist —A. R. Richardson, pastor; preaching first and third Sunday 11 a. in. and 7:30 p. m.; prayer meeting Thursday 7:30 p. in.; Sunday school 10 a. m. Phesbytewax—W. M. Hunter, pai t-or; preaching second and fourth Sun days 11 a. m, and 7:30 p. m.; prayer meeting Tuesday 7:30 p. m.; Sunday school 9:45 a. m.; Junior Cbrislian Endeavor every Friday 4:30 p. m. PROFESSIONAL CARDS. ^ 4 EMMET COCHIIAN, * LAWYER, Practices in United States courts, district, circuit aud supreme courts, uud iu all counties in Brunswick cir cuit. Telephone No. 26. Office and residence upstairs Phoenix Hotel, W lyeross, Ga. 41 ”* ALTER A. MILTON, Attorney-at-Law aud Solicitor •Couuty Court. Office iu tho court bouse. Blackshear. Ga. A I. R.l. AAXT, M. D. J. L. L. GItINER, M. AVAST & GRINER, ■*» Physicians & Suhgbons, Calls Patterson, Ga promptly answered day or night from residence or office AJLf N. BROWN, Dentist, ’’ V • Office Near the Courthouse. Offers his professional services t-o the citizens of Pierce and adjoining •counties. Guarantees satisfaction. Crown and bridge work a specialty. Blackshear, Ga. ALLEN BRO' v N, D. D. S. ** Office upstairs in McCulley k Walker’s new building. Tenders his professional services to the public. Crowu and bridge work a specialty. Wavcross. Ga. ¥> G. MITCHELL, Jr., Attorney-at Law and Judge County Court, Blackshear, Ga. A. B. ESTES. E. It. WALKEIl. TASTES k WALKER, Attobneys-at Law, Blackshear, Georgia. BRUNSWICK CIRCUIT. COURT CALENDAR. Appling Superior Court—First and second Mondays in March; third and fourth Mondays in September. Camden Superior Court—Tuesday after the third Monday in March; Tuesday after tho first Monday iu October. Coffee Superior Conrt—Fourth Mon day in March; second Monday in Oc tober. Charlton Superior Court—Tuesday after tlie first Monday in April; Tues day after tbe fourth Monday in Oc tol>er ’ CiincLSuperior , , . ( _ ourt- Second „ Mon day in April; third Monday in Octo ber. Ware Superior Court—Third and fourth Mondays in April; first and second Mondays in November. Fierce Superior Court—First Mon day iu May; third Monday in Xovem ber. Warns Superior Court—Second Mondav iu Mav; ” fourth Monday in November. Glynn Superior Cci't Third Mon rlay in May aud first Monday in De cember; to continue for such time as the business may reqn’re. Journals of Forestry. Germany England has no journal of of forestry, has several, one which is in it* seventy-|ixth year. TILLMAN AND M’LAURIN OUT Both of South Carolina’s Senators Send In Their Resignation. 'I Outcome of Joint Debate at Gaffney Was an Unexpected Denou ment and Tremendous Sensation. During the joint debate between Senators McLaurin and Tillman, at Gaffney, ’ S. C., Saturday, the latter re P>> , ln . S a remark , of . „ McLaurin, T stated that he was willing to resign his seat in the United States senate if McLaurin would and, with him, go before the people as candidates for re election. the one against, .ae other. The challenge was quickly accepted, and after the meeting was over both men wrote and mailed their resigna tions to Governor McSweeney, thus leaving the Palmetto state without a representative in the upper branch of the national congress, a situation which has not obtained since the days of reconstruction. Among those who realize the import of the resignations it created a sensa tion. It was the most startling and dramatic incident in South Carolina's startling politics for very many years, and the very novelty of the situation leaves considerable doubt as to the procedure. The joint debate was the most inter esting political event in South Caro lina since the famous Tillman cam paigns of 1890 and 1892. Senators Till man and McLaurin occupy antagonis tic attitudes on questions of national politics, and as a result their personal relations have become greatly strain ed. This was made manifest in the course of their debate, and some of the passages between them were in tensely exciting. Tillman is the su perior of McLaurin as a campaign speaker, but the latter is full of ear nestness and spirit, and holds up his end of the argument with vigor. He had many supporters in the crowd and his strong points were warmly cheer ed. The majority of those present ap peared to be with Tillman, however, and this gave him the advantage. Tillman’s Version. “McLaurin made a bluff at me,” said Tillman after the discussion was over, "and didn't think I’d call him. 1 felt. that after I had made an assault in his honesty and integrity of purpose, he tried to parry that by taunting me with the assertion that I wouldn’t leave my six years’ bomb-proof. I saw the opportunity to make a ten strike for democracy, and I was rsady to take it, regardless of the personal sacrifice. I want South Carolina to say whether she wants two democrats or two republicans in the senate. If the people don’t want to re-elect me, I don’t care to serve them. I shall announce my candidacy to succeed my self, and will take such other steps as I find desirable. I regard it for tunate that this is an off year, so that we can discuss these national issues without any trading and combinations, the voters can live upon these issues wthout outside influence. If I relieve the state of eighteen months of Mc I-aurin, I think I am entitled to some credit and thanks. If a commercial democrat isn’t a republican, 1 don’t know what he is. If McLaurin Is a democrat, I am not. I want the people to decide between us.” McLaurin’s Comment. Senator McLaurin, when asked about the resignation, said: "Tillman made a bluff today and I called him. I put him in a position where he either had to resign and go Into a sensational race with me, or confess he was bluffing and was afraid to risk his political scalp, though will ing to knife me in a campaign in which he was not a candidate and had nothing at stake. All I desire is a free, fair and open fight witu Tillman on the issue upon which -we differ. I earnestly hope mat all others will keep out of our race and run for the other senatorship, so that Tillman and I may meet as man to man and fight it out. He said he was unwilling to bulldoze me into a joint debate with him, if I was afraid to meet him, and 1 hope he will not show himself afraid to meet me in the senatorial race. I hope he will not get any of his strikers into the race to dodge be hind, but will meet me in it alone.” Governor Has Resignations, Governor McSweeney at Columbia, Sunday morning, received, on the train while preparing to go to Chieka manga, the official resignations of Sen ators Tillman and McLaurin, dated at Gaffney, May 25th. to take effect Sep tember 15th next. When asked what he had to say about the matter, Gover nor McSweeney said: "The resignations of Senators Till - Aggy May Visit Us. A special from Washington says: Agulnaldo is likely to come to the United States next fall and spend tbe wintf>r in Washington. This informa reached the war department in the mall from Manila, Birmingham F,umber* Out. All the plumbers of Birmingham. Ala., are out on a strike. The strike is due to the refusal of the employers to grast » seven-hour day on Saturday. DEVOTED TO THE INTERESTS OF PIERCE COUNTY. BLACKSHKAR. GA., THURSDAY. MAY 20. 1JMH man and McLaurin as United States senators was received by me in tho mail this morning as 1 was leaving Tor ChlcUonmugft, the resignations to take effect September 15th. i will not take the consideration ot these re signations till I return to my office. At the present I have nothing to say and no comment to make upon the action of these gentlemen.” The meeting has created great in terest all over the state on account of its being the first between the two senators since their difference became emphasized, and there was a large at tendance from other counties. Interest at National Capital. A Washington special says: Sena tor Tillman has resigned his seat in the senate for the purpose of forcing Senator McLaurin to meet him on the stump. That is the view which South Larolinans in Washington take of the announcement that both senators have resigned. They are at a loss to un derstand, however, what object Sena tor McLaurin could have had in re signing, for they believe he can have no hope of re-election. Whatever may be the explanation o. the rourse of the junior senator, it is not doubted that these resignations are the pre lude of the most sensational political fight that has occurred in the Palmet to state in recent years—a fight in which personalities will be indulged in with the utmost freedom. Ever since Senator McLaurin broke over the party lines in the senate and refused to follow the democratic party in opposing the peace treaty, the Han na ship subsidy bill, the army bill and other measures, Senator Tillman has been axious to break a lance with his independent young colleague. Senator McLaurin, in his recent speeches in North and South Carolina, has resent ed the attempt of Senator Tillman and other leading decorats of the state to criticise his independent attitude, and has indulged in certain reflections upon Senator Tillman and others who differ with him, which Incensed Sena tor Tillman so much that he issued a forma! challenge to Senator McLaurin to go upon the stump and jointly de bate tlie questions at issue before the voters of the state. Senator McLaurin declined to accept Senator Tillman's challenge on the ground that the lat ter was not a candidate for re-election to the state senate. McLaurin inti mated that he would cheerfully debate the issues of the campaign with any of the avowed candidates for the posi tion he now holds. Senator Tillman had just been re-elected for a second term in the senate, his election being practically unanimous. His resigna tion is doubtless for the purpose of placing him on an equal footing with the other rivals of Senator McLaurin and thus forcing the latter to meet him upon the hustings. STREET CARS IN AWFUL CRASH Five People Instantly Killed and Many Hurt In Trolley Accident at Albany, N. Y. A special from Albany, N. Y.. says: Electric cars racing for a switch, while running in opposite directions at the rate or forty miles an hour, cost, five lives Sunday afternoon by a terrific collision in which over forty promi nent. people were injured, some fatal ly and others seriously. The lobby of the local post office tilled with dead and wounded, hyster ica! women and children looking for relatives and friends, surgeons'admin istering temporary relief and ambu lances rarng through the city taking the wounded to hospitals, were the early intimations of the accident. The scene of the accident was a point about two miles out of Green bush, on the line of the Albany and Hudson railway. The point where the cars met. on the single track was at a sharp cure, and so fast were both run ning and so sudden the collision, that the motorman never had time to put, on the brakes before the southbound car had gone almost clean through the other car and hung on the edge of a high bluff. One motorman was pin ioned up against the smashed front of the southbound car with both legs sev ered and instantly killed, while the other one iived but a few minutes. Fully 120 men, women and children formed a struggling, shrieking pyra mid. mixed with blood, detached por tions of human bodies and the wreck age of the cars, Some of tin more slightly injured of the men extricated themselves and began to pull peoplc out of the rear ends of the two cars. and almost every one was taken out in this way, and nearly all were badly injured. SAVAGE ACTS OF FILIPINOS. Perpetrator* of Horrible Crimes Keep Military Courta Hard at Work. Officials papers received at the war department from tire Philippines give the details of many horrible crimes committed in tbe islands, for which the perpetrators were tried before mil itary commissions convened from time to time. Many of them, for savage cruelty and pure wantonness, are unsurpassed. m F ‘® DE ™ English Ruler Narrowly Escapes In Wreck of a Yacht. caught in a sudden squall Sir Thomas Upton's New Cup Chal- j lenger Was Almost Smashed to Kindling Wood By Wind and Waves. A London special says; During the race between the two Shamrocks and the Sybarita, in the Solent Wednes day, a sudden squall struck the yachts. The topmast of the Shamrock II was carried away and then her mainmast went by the board, carry ing all her sails with it and leaving her practically ft wreck. The top sail of the Shamrock I was also carried away in the squall. The disaster oc curred while preparations were being made for the start off the Brambles buoy. The accident euibngcrod the life of King Edward and s-.o -ral distinguish ed persons on board, including Sir Thomas Upton. The results of the disaster, which could scarcely recur without great loss of life, can best be judged by the statement made by Sir Thomas Upton as follows: “My deepest regret is that today’s accident prevents me from toeing the mark at the appointed hour and com pels me to ask the New York Yacht Club to grant me an extension of time. If they will he good enough to do that J shall race, even if I havo to build a boat between now anil the date agreed upon. I still believe the Shamrock II a boat worthy to be the challenger and that, when this unfor tunate chapter of accidents comes to an end, she will still stand a good chance of lifting the cup. I have not a single complaint to make against my boat. “For the many telegrams of sympa thy received from America today I am deeply grateful. No one is more thankful than 1 am that the catastro phe ended without fatality, and 1 may perhaps say that throughout the try ing moments his majesty was as brave as a lion. His first thought was to in quire if any one was Injured.” Yacht a Pitiful Wreck. Circumstances have reduced the Shamrock II to a pitiful, sparless wreck. She now lies ofT Hythc. The story of tho catastrophe ts host, told by Sir ThomaR Upton himself. After seeing his royal guest off to London, Sir Thomas made the following state ment: “We had Just begun to make for the starting line when a fierce breeze sprang up. King Edward, Lady Lon donderry, Mrs. Jameson, Mr. Watson, Mr. Jameson and myself were on deck, hanging on as best we might, for the challenger was almost at an angle of '5 degrees. The king started to go below. Just as he did so every thing collapsed. A heavy block fell between the two ladies and a wire | rope struck me on the head and mo mentarily stunned me. A sudden squall, an unexpected strain and ev erything had given way. King Ed ward was half in and half out of the companion hatchway. Wliat happen ed, how all the falling spars uml sweeping sails did not kill or sweep some one overboard is more than 1 know. When 1 came to I saw the king clambering over the wreckage trying to discover the extent of the damage and asking; ’Is any one hurt?’” HEALTH BOARD DID WRONG. Georgia Supreme Court Renders De cision Anent Atlanta Depot Case. The Georgia supreme court. Wednes day handed down a decision declaring | that the hoard of health of Atlanta was wrong in tearing up the depot ; flooring, reversing the decision of Judge Lumpkin. The decision declares that except in cases of nuisances per se an inves tigat.ion must be held before attempt ing to abate such alleged nuisance-to , lf . formlne whf . t hcr it does constitute a nuisance. It also declares that In cities of more than 20,000 inhabitants the police court and not the board of health must be resorted to. BROWN SIGNS ORDER For Removal of Gaynors and Green j to Savannah—Bonds are Given. Judge Brown, of the United States district court at New York, signed ! an order Thursday for the removal of C .aptatn Benjamin D. Green, John F., Edward H., and William T. Gaynor u > Savannah. Ga., for trial on charges of conspiracy with O. M. Carter. Cap tain Green and John F. Gaynor were | held in $25,000 bail each and E. H and William T. Gaynor in $10,000. I James B. Leary furnished bond for Captain Green and William B. Kirk furnished bond for John F. and Wil liam T. Gaynor. STORM STOPS COTTON MILLS. Many Large Factories In South Caro tina Forced “ to Suspend. H A special from Spartanburg, _ S. _ C., „ says: The rains of Monday and i Tuesday were very damaging In this ! section. High water caused the clos j ing down of thr large cotton mills at Clifton, Glendale, Pacolet and Tuca P au - *eyen in number, At least ten Important bridges in the county ar« either gone or badly wrecked. “ E f 0 ™ ums Supreme Court Defines Status of Our Island Possessions. relates to TAXING riR?0SES Constitution and Flag Do Not Go To gether, Says Decision—Con gress May Dictate—Four Justices Dissent. The United States -supreme court Monday handed down opinions cover ing all of the issues on tho new insu lar possessions whtcu have been in controversy. Although several of tho decisions upheld tho contestants on certain is sues raised, yet the most Important decision, that of Downes against Bid well, Justice Brown announces tho sweeping decision of the court uphold ing the general attitude and policy of the government up to the present time. The effect of tilts decision ts to af firm t he constitutionality of the For nker ftet and to give congress power to deal with a newly acquired terri tory In such manner as the legislative branch may consider suitable for the new territory The declaration also has the effect or declaring that the new insular possessions do not by vir tue of the treaty of cession acquire all the privileges and rights of the constitution. Of the several cases decided Mon day tlie two which attracted the great est share of attention from the court were what iR known mt the Do Lima case and that known an the Downes case, and of those two the opinion In the Downes ease Is considered the most far reaching, as It affects the future, whereas the Pe Lima case dealt with a transitional phase of our insular relations. What Do Lima Case Involved. The Do Lima case involved the pow or of the government to collect duty on goods Imported Into the United States from Porto Tltro after the rati fication of the treaty of Parts and be fore the passage of the Porto Uican act. The court until the government’s contention in this case was substan tially a claim that Porto Rico Is a for elgn territory. The entire case turn cd upon that, contention, i he court held that the position was not well taken; that Porto Rico was not at the time foreign territory, and that therefore (lie duty which hail been collected must he returned. The decision In the Downes case fol lowed the history of the dealings of the government of United States with Porto Rico a step further. That case dealt with the legality of Die exaction of duties on goods Imported from Porto Rico Into New York after the passage of the Foraker act, providing for a duty on goods shipped from the United States into Porto Rico, and also on those shipped from Porto Rico to the United States. In this case the court held that such exaction was legal and constitutional. The point of tho two opinions con sidered collectively is that Porto Rico was never after the acquisition of that island foreign territory; that un til congress acted upon the question no duty roulil be collected, but that, as soon as congress outlined a mettiod of controlling the Island’s revenues, that acton became binding; In other words, that congress has power un der the constitution to prescribe the manner of collecting the revenues of the country's insular possessions, and has the right to lay a duty on goods Imported into our insular possessions from the United States, or exported from them into the United States. It holds, in brief, that, for taxation pur poses, they are not a part of the Uni ted State s to the extent that, goods shipped between their ports and the United States are not entitled to the same treatment as though they were shipped between New York and New Orleans. Dissenting Opinions. The chief dissenting opinion la the Downes case was announced by Chief Justice Fuller, Justices Harlan, Brew < r and I’cckham Joining In the dissent. He said the majority, though widely differing In their reasoning, seemed to concur in the view that Porto Rico be longs to the United States, but never theless is not a part of the United States, subject to the provisions of the constitution In respect to taxes. Justice Harlan said: “In my opln Ion congress has no existence and can exercise n« authority outside of the constitution. The idea that this conn try may acquire territories anywhere '""f 1 .. ,h ", 7. .. ' fcy ron ' "" Hl r aty l " ami hoW them as mere colonies or provinces, Is wholly Inconsistent with the spirit and genius as with the words of the constitution. It. will be an evil ,lay t° r American liberty if the theory of a government, outside of the su preme law of the land finds lodgment in our constitutional Jurisprudence.” KILLED HER SIX CHILDREN. Demented Mother Arraigned In Court and Found Not Guilty. ,, Mrs. Elizabeth h A. . Naramore, Momm.ire who wno killed her six children at their home In Coldbrook Springs, Mass., March 14th last by beating out their brains with an ax arid a club, was tried Thursday and found not guilty be cause of Insanity, and Mrs. Naramore was committed to the Worcester In sane hospital for life. Subscription, One Dollar a Year. ESTABLISHED 13,30- m ■ jA Waycross to Line Railroad Co. Schedule In Effect Sunday, March 31, 1001. SCHRDCTIiR SHOWING LEAVING TIMK. if" J No. 1 I No. 8 I No. 15 No. STATIONS. Daily Sunday 1 Daily Dally Only jEx. Sun. Ex. Sun. Wnycrosa....... 11 00 am 5 15 pm| 7 00 am 1 00 pm Jamestown....... 1 10 pm Upchurch....... Waltertown..... 11 11 22 15 am 5 5 37 30 pm| 7 7 28 19 urn 1 1 24 88 pm am pnr am pra Elsie............ Bolen........... 11 29 iui 5 44 pm! pin! 7 34 am 1 51 pm 11 3(1 am 5 51 7 43 a in 2 00 pm Beach.......... Murrays......... 11 46 am 0 01 pm! 7 54 uni ami -2 2 25 pm 11 54 am 6 09 pm 8 03 39 pm Bessoms......... 12 02 pm 0 17 pm 8 14 am! 2 57 pu: Granville........ ...... 12 05 pm <i 20 pm 8 18 am] 3 01 pm Nicholls........ ...... 12 12 pm 0 28 pm 8 20 am 3 18 pm Baginaw........ ...... 12 17 pml pm' 0 33 pm 8 35 n in 3 35 pm Chat ter ton...... ...... 12 25 0 42 pm 8 63 inn 8 49 pm Douglas........ ITptou.......... ...... 12 45 pm| 7 08 pm! pm! 9 21 urn 4 23 pm ......|12 53 pm 7 10 9 32 urn 4 14 pm Wadleys Mill.... ...... j 1 12 pm........I........ 5 36 pm Ambrose........ ...... 114 pm 7 30 pm 10 10 am 5 48 pm Tracy........ ... ......; 1 36 piu 7 60 pm 10 33 am 6 27 pm Fitzgerald...... ......l 2 00 pm 8 12 pun 11 00 a in 7 00 pm No. ^ No. 4 No. 10 ] No. 18 STATIONS. Daily! | Sunday Daily Daily Only Ex. Sun. Ex. Sun, Fitzgerald....... 6 00 pra! 7 00 am 6 00 am 12 00 m Tracy........... 6 27 pm 7 27 am (1 31 am l2 32 pm Ambrose........ 0 47 pro! 7 47 uni 0 57 ami 1 00 pm Upton.......... Wadleys Mill.. 7 10 pml 8 11 7 .......| 28 am] 1 1 50 12 pm am ami amj pm Douglas........ 7 18 pro 8 19 7 39 2 10 pra Chntterton...... 7 38 46 pm 8 38 46 amj 8 05 17 am 2 2 29 57 pm Saginaw........ 7 pro 8 amj 8 am pm Nicholls........ 7 52 pro 8 52 am ami 8 28 am 8 18 pm Granville....... 7 59 pro 8 69 8 42 am 8 35 pm Seasoms........ 8 01 pm 9 01 niu 8 45 am 3 10 pm Murrays....... 8 08 pm 9 08 am 8 55 am 3 58 pm Beach.......... 8 15 pm 9 15 inn 9 OH am 4 13 pm Bolen.......... 8 26 pm 9 25 am 9 15 am 4 32 pm Elsie.......... 8 32 pm 9 32 am 9 24 ami '* 60 pm Upchurch...... 8 38 pm 9 38 am 9 82 am! G 02 pm Waltertown .. .. 8 45 pm 9 45 am 9 II iuii| 5 14 pin Jamestown..... ...... 9 48 am] inn! 6 21 pai Wuy cross...... .................... 9 00 i mi 110 00 am 10 00 5 40 pm . : . •* * ’ Connections—NV uyorofts with Plant, Hynimn; I* it/genii<1 with Boubonnt Air Hue Railway; Fitzgerald with Tilton and Northeastern Railroad. Ueokoic Dona Wadi,by, U- C'- Mel 1 adder, Vice Pres. and (len. Mgr. Gen. Freight and Fans. Agent. Ai.rx. Bonnyman, Superintendent. General Offices, Waycross, On. EX-GOVERNOR TANNER DEAD One Time Chief Executive of Illinois Succumbs Suddenly. Former Governor John R. Tanner tiled suddenly Thursday afternoon in the Leland hotel, Springfield, Ill., from rheumatism of the heart. He had been confined to his room since fits re turn from Chicago a week ago with rheumatism in the left side, hut the case wns not considered In the least serious, lie felt, much worse Thurs day afternoon and Dr. J. N. Dixon, the governor's physician, was cnlleil and found the governor dying. RICHEST NEGRO IN SOUTH. Peter Postell, With Estimated Wealth of $500,000, Dies In Kentucky. l’cter Postell, probably the richest negro in the south, died suddenly of heart disease at Hopkinsville, Ky., Wednesday. Postell went, to Hopkins vllle from North Carolina as a slave. He ran off and Joined the Federal ar my. Returning home he started a grocery store from which he accu mulated a fortune estimated at $500, 000 . Ho was one of the roost public spirited negroes in southern Ken tucky, and IiIm obsequies will be the most elaborate ever held In Dint, see tlon. BOTTLE TELL8 TALE. 8teamer Croft Goes Down In Mid Ocean and All on board Lost. A’ London special says: A bottle, which was picked up at, Granton Fri day, contained a message saying that the steamer Croft, with all hands, was sinking In the mid Atlantic. The British steamer Croft, of the Ar row line, laden with grain and gener al merchandise, sailed from New York | | January 25, 1899, for Leith and Dun dee, with a crew of twenty five men, and was never heard of. Hbe has long ; since been posted as missing at j Lloyd's. ANARCHI8T8 CLAIM MURDER. Group at Paterson Don't Believe that Breed Committed 8ulcide. The ro ws tnat Gaetano Bread, (he assassin of King Humbert, had com j milled sulfide In the penitentiary of Santo Bt.efauo caused great excite ment among the anarchist group In Paterson, New Jersey. That the as sassin actually took his life the an archlsts will not for a moment admit. They say that Bresci was murdered BIG FERTILIZER PLANT To Be Established Near Atlanta, Ga., By the Armour Company. Another evidence of the recent great ly increasing prosperity of Atlanta, Ga., Is witnessed by the fact that a large $500,000 plant, will be establish ed there by the Armour Fertilizer Works. The big plant will be located on the Western and Atlantic road, about four and one-half . mile* ,, out from . the . city. ,, Burglar* Make Rich Haul. The First National hank of Mineral Point, Wis., was burglarized Saturday morning, the robbers getting away with $20,000 or more, mostly curren cy. The loss Is fully covered by In surance. BARBER • • SHOP. ; JOHN A fill RIDGE, Proprietor. IILACK8II S'.A It, (ILOlUil A. ! Hair Cutting,Shaving, Dyeing,Sham j pooing, etc., done at tho following j puces: Cutting hair, 15 cents. Sharing, 10 cents. Shampoo, 20 cents. Blacking, 25 cents. Deo m WHO TEETH kj A SPECiM-Y* J. C. BREWER, DENTIST, BLACKS UK A 11, a A. Gold Crowns uud Bridge Work a ipecialty. 5-5, ’99 GoodPositions ra ^o-gECURED V. lilt - f}/ AcfTvV Wlfffc AWdtf Young Men i Women * I -Who take practical our dCHMONDk f Business (odrse Business “’r.V. , > college: j Sftui for Cata/ayus, INSTRUCTIONS BY MAIL CATECHISM NOT ADOPTED. Southern Presbyteriano Turn Down Report of 8pecial Committee. The Southern I’n shyterian general assembly at Little Ilocli, Friday after noon, refused to adopt the catechism on the nature and government, of the church as reported by the committee appointed one year ago. It was or ilernl that the • ntaehlsm be sent, down to the presbyteries for criticism witli Instructions to return it to the ad Inte rim committee by February 1. 1902. BIG VOLCANO BRF.AKS LOOSE. Java Coffee Plantations Threatened and People Flee for Their Lives. Advices from Batavia, Java, slat" that the volcano of Kcloet Is in erup tion. The lava is threatening the Bll tar coffee plantations and lias endan gered Kediri. The district la In total darkness. It was reported that there had been great loss of life, many natives hav ing been overwhelmed with lava. The population of Illltar Is fleeing. Tuckerinan’s Ravins. One of the remarkable -i ciiic features of flic ,-lebrated White Mountains ,■ of New IIanifi-.hu<- i> Tm-krrinan ■ liamic, a great guif in the southerly -ide of Mt. Washington, which is every year span ned by a beautiful ‘'-now arch” or cave of snow, which remain s until the Lit ter part of August. The name o- .con ferred upon it in honor of (lie (h i icrer. Edward Tuckertuan, an enthim:-die c.v- 1 1 crcr of thctc famous hills.