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THE AMERICUS TIMES-RECORDER.
twenty-second year.
Six
& Where The Honey Is
u, I'he Bees Gather!
U/ . ——
wherc cal Bargains Are
Trade IsSuret o Come I
This Is Thing” Now.
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V/OU hive no doubt heard of that “sucker hole”
Ui * up tlde cre£ k, but when you went fishing the
sucker hole, like the rain bow, was always a little
further on.
So also ',Oll have read ads. about cheap wash
•i. goods, hut when you went to buy the goods were
“cheaper” than the “pri< e” Not so here.
Read These Prices:
ill 1 Lot Scotch Lawn, good goods, fast color, worth
5? anywhere, only 3 C yd.
W/ 1 Lot yard wide Percales, worth 10c anywhere on
it earth, now only 5 C yd
1 kot Beautiful Woven Madras Cloth for
i fcF KA Shirts and Shirt Waists, worth 20c;
y’ at lie yd.
ALLtN Lot Striped and Figured Dimities, worth
10c at 6c.
1 Lot Striped and Figured Dimities, worth 15c.
at 91c.
(C 1 Lot Assorted Cordettes, Fine Dimities, Organ
'f* dies and Lawns, worth 150*0 20c per yard,
W at 92? c.
m
1 Lot French Organdies, cheap at 25c; now
only yd
1 Lot Striped and Figured P. K. worth 20c;
at... loc yd
1 Lot Cab e Cord, worth 15c; at 10c yd
(fi 1 Lot Whi'e P. K. worth 171 c; at nc yd
•jj 1 L’.’t White P. K. worth 221 c; at 15c yd
m 1 Lot Fire P. K. worth 30c; at yd
(P 1 Lot Fite P. K.~ worth 35c; at 20c yd
r Lot Figured Whip Cords, worth 15c, at 10c yd
(f) In order to obtain these goods at these prices
bring the cash and mention this ad.
This sale for cash only. Nothing charged
at these prices. LEE ALLEN.
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PROFESSIONAL CARDS
I EE G JONES, Ph. G. M. I).
Specialist.
Genito Urinary diseases and diseases of
tile skin. Offiice in, a’d over Dodson's Phar
macy. Room No. 11 Windsor Dote ,
VAN RIPER,
PHOTOGRAPHER AND V*EW ARTIST.
Studio on Jackson street, opposite Presby
terian church.
DR. 15. R. HUDSON,
PH YSICIAN AND SURG EON
Tenders his professional services to the pub
lic. Calls left at Hudson's drug store wil
receive prompt attention.
ROBT. L. MAYNARD,
Attorney at Haw.
Office in Wheatley Building; Room i
Will practice in all courts except Count}
Court of Sumter conn tv.
fi AMJEH TAYLOR.
r» At tor ney a t Law.
Grace over Reiubert’a -JI b re, Forsyth
street '
1? A. HAWKINS,
IL. Attorney at Law.
Office in Wheatley Building opposite th
courthouse.
WELLBORN F. CLARaE,
VV Attorney at Law
Sil* Lamar Street. Amnrlcus. Ga
J A.' ANSLEY,’ jr. (Attorneys at Lav
Americus, Ga.
Give special attention to the Bankruptcy
practice. Office. Bvne bldg, near court house
i> E. CATO, M.D.
IL. PHYSCIAN AND SURGEON.
Residence 350 Felder street. Telephone 96
Tenders ids prole >lonal services to the
people of Americus and surrounding coun
ties. Special attention given to general
surgery, diseases ol women and children.
Office Jackson street. Ca Is left at Dr
Eldridge’s store will receive prompt at ten
ton
JOHN K. WILKLS.
D ENTIST
Office over Bank of Houtbwcfltern
Georgia.
STEVE WOOTEN has the only relia
ble transer agency in the city. Al
orders attended to promptly it left at
Windsor hotel. Hours 6am to 10 pm.
Orders for night trains must be left
before p m, Respectfully,
phone gi STEVE WOOTEN.
PENNSYLVANIA PUKE RYE,
EIGHT YEARS OLD.
OLD SHARPE WILLIAMS,
FOUR FULL QUARTS OF THIS FINE
OLD, I’URE RYE.
EXPRESS
PREPAID.
We shl ,> < n approval in plain, sealed boxes,
■ minks to contain contents. When
'><ll receive it and test it, if it is not satisfac
tot y return it as our expense and we will re
turn your 83:0 We guarantee this brand to
be t ightyerrs old r ight bottles for 86 56,
express prepaid; 12 bottles for 89.50, express
prenaip; 1 gallon jug, express prapaid, 83.00;
2 gallon jug, express prepaid, 85.50. No
charges for boxing.
We nandie all tne leading brands of Rye
and tieturbon Whiskies in the market, and
will save you 50 per cent, on vour purchases.
Quart. Gallon.
Kentuck Star Bourbon 835 81 2.5
Elkridge Bourbon 40 150
Coon Hollow Bourbon 45 160
Mellwocd Pure Rye 50 1 !0
Monogram Rye 55 2; 9
Mcßrayer Rye.. 60 2 25
Baker’s AAA A 65 2 40
0.0 P. (Old Oscar Pepper).. 65 240
Old Crow 75 2 50
Finches’Golden Wedding.,.. 75 275
Hoffman House Rye.... - ... 90 300
Mount Vernon (8 years old).. 1 00 3 50
Old Dillinger (10 years 01d)... 1 25 400
The above are only a tew brands oi the
many we carry in stock. Send for catalogue.
All other goods by the gallon, such as Corn
Whiskey, Peach and Apple Brandies, etc,,
sold equally as low, from 81,25 gallon up
wards.
We make a specialty of the jug trade and
all orders by mail or telegraph will have our
prompt attention. Special inducements of
fered
The Altmayer &
Flatau Liquor Co.
EB'-Mail orders shipped same day receipt of
order.
506, 508,'508, 510, 512 Fourth st.
Near Union-Passenger.Depot
1 Phone 265.
Macon, - - Georgia.
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Price 50c and fl. Large size contains times
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AMERICUS, GA.
KIDNEY BISEASES
are?the most fatal of all dis
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cm KIDNEY CURE Is a
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or money refunded. Contains
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Kidney and Bladder troubles.
PRICE 50c. and SI.OO.
Davenport Drug Co
Winchester Inn.
This elegant hotel, situated upon the out
skirts of the city of Winchester, Va., will be
formally opened June 15th.
Il cost over $125,000, and accommodates 250
guests, is modern in all appointments, rich
ly furnished and conducted upon a high
plane of excellence.
The city of Winchester, made famous by
song and story, rich in historic reminis
cences, is located in the heart of :he Shen
andoah Valley. Its elevation is over 1,100
feet, the atmosphere cool and dry. The Inn
is located upon the hillside westward of the
town, and a cool, bracing air fans it at all
times.
The many places of interest ;n this beauti
ful valley appeal strongly to the tourist and
those seeking summer rest. A visit to the
old battlefields is interesting.
Beautiful shaded grounds surround tne
hotel, a chance for the children to romp; no
signs “Keep off the grass,-’ excellent high
ways saddle riding, cycling, tennis, fishing,
bathing, etc., afford means of enjoyment.
An excellent orchestra during the entire
season, Kates from $12.00 to s2l each per
week for single rooms; $25 to $49 for double
rooms. Rooms en suite with bath. Write
for booklet. CHARLES ST, JOHN.
Winchester. Va.
HOrLYJPRINGS
Americus’ Favorite . Picnic Resort
(2 miles of city)
Now open for the season. BOATING,
BATHING, CIIIITK, HANGING PAVIL
ION and other amusements. Fine spring
pure water. No charge for grounds.
W. K. & LKK M. HANSFORD.
Dear Mother:
Don’t let Your Baby Suffer and Cry
With Colic When a Few Drops of
Dr Tichenor’s Antiseptic
(Diluted and Sweetened.)
Will give instant relief. Noh-poisonous and
therefore harmless. .*■ *
Tastes Like Peppermint Candy
and Baby will take it without a-“kick.”
A Silver Half Dollar Will Get a Bottle'from Druggists. ».
A postal card to the '
Sherrouse Medicine Co.
Will “fetch” you a free sample. New Orleans, La.
FRESH OUTBREAKS;
MISSIONARIES SLAIN;
CHURCHESDESTROYED
Nine Americans Among the
Latest Victims of the
Chinese Boxers.
IS STILL AT SHANGHAI
Li Hung Chang Is Detained By the
Foreign Consuls Pending News From
Peking—Has Taken Up His Abode In
the Arsenal—Dissension Among the
Admirals at Tien Tain.
Hong-Kong, July 26.—Consul Gen
eral Wildman has been informed that
the governor of the island of Hai Nan
has served notice on the consuls that he
is unable to protect the foreigners any
longer. The American missions have
appealed to Consul Wildman to send a
warship to Hoi-How to bring away the
foreigners. It is believed that three
men, three women and three children
belonging to the American Preybyterian
board’s mission at Nodoa Hai Nan have
been murdered by the Chinese imperial
troops.
The latest nows from there was dated
July 12, at which time they repelled the
attack of the Boxers.
Hong-Kong is full of refugees. An
outbreak is expected the West river.
London, July 26.—While the latest
impression derived from the conflicting
telegrams from the far cast is that a
portion of the foreign colony at Peking
may have escaped slaughter, until a re
cent date, the general consensus of
the best informed opinion of Europe
seems to continue to favor the accept
ance of the worst news and the prompt
action thereon, the contention being
that the only possibility of definitely as
certaining the truth is by the allied com
manders inquiring at Peking. Judging
from news from Tien Tsin, however,
recording divisions among the admirals
there, the prospects for an early advance
seem to be endangered unless the gov
ernments speedily agree upon a supremo
leader.
Telegrams from Shanghai report that
Li Hung Chang has taken up his abode at
the arsenal, as a measure of precaution.
It is not stated whether it is the attack
by the Chinese or the attempt of the
powers to curtail his liberties.
Apparently the foreign consuls at
Shanghai have informed the viceroy
that unless he obtained definite dis
patches from Peking within five days
they would conclude that the ministers
had been murdered and act accordingly.
Reports are current that a number of
missionaries, either American or Eng
lish, have been murdered in Shan Si.
One of the dispatches from Shanghai
says:
“The Canadian missionaries who es
caped from Ho Nan had a terrible ex
perience enroute here. The natives
everywhere were hostile. The rabble
attacked the refugees, beat them and
tore the clothes from their backs. The
women suffered cruel indignities.”
The dispatch continues: “Canton re
mains comparatively quiet. The na
tives, however, are beginning to fear
that the reinforcements arriving at
Hong-Kong intend to attack the Bogue
forts and occupy the city. The military
mandarian has asked the colonial secre
tary at Hong-Kong for assurances that
Great Britain does not intend to take
Canton.
“A dispatch received here from Yoko
hama states that the Japanese division
will all be landed at Taka by July 31,
and will reach Tien Tsin Aug. 3.
PORTO RICANS CELEBRATE.
Spanish Flags Predominate In the
Decorations.
San Juan, P. R., July 26.—From end
to end the streets of San Juan were a
labyrinth of glittering Spanish flags in
honor of St. Jagers, the patron saint of
Spain. Banners and bunting, suspended
from house to house, covered the thor
oughfares and everywhere the balconies
were richly decorated. There was no
attempt whatever to display the Ameri
can colors. The celebration of the
Fourth of July was totally eclipsed.
Six native houses displayed the stars
and stripes. On the other hand, it is
estimated that no fewer than 2,500 Span
ish flags were flung to the breeze.
The real feeling of the people was ex
pressed by bands of hoodlums who pa
raded the streets in the less respectable
quarters, carrying Spanish flags and
shouting “Vivo Espanola.’/
Fireman Blown to Atoms.
Fort Worth, Tex., July 26.—The
boiler in the Waco Ice coihpany’s plant
blow up, killing the fireman, Henry
Mercer, whose head was blown off and
his limbs torn to pieces. The seriously
injured are Jack Dorsett, Jim Seldors,
Henry Bush, Will Jackson and Henry
Robertson. The plant was almost com
pletely wrecked. Damages, $50,000.
HARROD SAW A MAN
LEAVE THE SECRETARY
OF STATE'S OFFICE
Constable Dashed Into the
Executive Building When
Goebel W as Shot.
WAS COVERED WITH GUNS
Witness Did Not Know Youtzey at the
Time, But lie Fills the Description.
Bronston Tells of the Arrest of
Powers and Davis —Other Important
Testimony Introduced.
Georgetown, Ky., July 26. —Walter
Bronston, a Lexington attorney, who
assisted in tho arrest of Caleb Powers,
and John Davis, at Lexington, was tho
first witness called in the Powers trial
today.
Powers and Davis were disguised as
soldiers and were both armed. Witness
identified to the police officers. After
his forcible arrest Powers was taken to
jail where the pardon granted him by
Governor Taylor and $1,300 in money
were found in his pockets. Deputy
Sheriff Frank Rogers of Lexington also
testified as to the arrest.
The pardon granted Powers by Gov
ernor Taylor and attested by the de
fendant himself was then exhibited to
the jury.
Walter Bronston recalled, told of a
conversation with Powers after the ar
rest in which Powers, referring to the
pardon, said:
“I know this looks a little bad, but
we were making our way tb where the
pardon would have been recognized.”
Assistant Adjutant General David R,
Murray, who in response to subpoena)
duces tecum had brought with him the
muster rolls of the state militia, was
next introduced. H. Davis Harrod, a
constable of Frankfort, was called. He
testified that when the shooting occurred
he ran to the executive building and en
tered the west door. The door of tho
anteroom to the executive offices was
closed, but witness pushed it open with
difficulty, where ho encountered several
men who thrust pistols in his face. Ho
told them ho was an officer, but they
kept pointing their pistols in his face
and made no reply.
Harrod said just as he entered the
main door a short, stout man slammed
the door of the secretary of state’s office
and dashed down the stops to tho base
ment. Witness did not know Youtzey
at that time.
During tho cross examination ex-Con
grossman Owens, of tho defense, re
peated a question, at different intervals,
several times. Judge Cantrill ordered
the clork to enter a fine of $5 [against
Mr. Owens tor contempt for repeating
the question after objections had boon
sustained.
AN ARMISTICE IS GRANTED.
Hostilities Cease For 36 Hours—Caring
For the Wounded.
Panama, July 26.—Fighting between
the government troops and the revolu
tionists which began when the rebels at
tacked the outskirts of Panama con
tinued all night with heavy casualties
on both sides.
The govern meift asked for an arm
istice to gather up the dead and'wound
ed, which was granted.
It is said by the leaders that hostili
ties should be suspended for 12 hours so
that each side might care for its dead
and wounded. After firing had ceased
under this agreement, Hezekiah A,
Gudger, the American consul general,
and the British consul, acting in behalf
of the entire consular corps, had a long
and important conference with the revo
lutionary leaders. Through their inter
vention both sides consented to extend
the armistice 24 hours longer.
The consuls are using every effort to
prevent a bombardment of the city by
the insurgents. Colonel Gudger is es
pecially active in this work because of
the treaty obligations which require the
United States to insure the neutrality of
the Isthmus of Panama and preserve
freedom of transit on the railroads.
General Campos Zerrano, titular gov
ernor of Panama, has arrived in Colon
with 1,000 troops from Barranquilla.
He is expected to reach Panama with
those reinforcements during the night.
Revolution Collapses.
Washington, July 26.—The state de
partment has received a dispatch from
Consul General Gudger, at Panama, an
nouncing the collapse of the revolution
ary movement there. He states that
the Liberals unexpectedly surrendered
and that quiet now prevails at Panama.
SIMMONS MAKES PROTEST.
Prefers Charges Against Federal Of
ficeholders In North Carolina.
Washington, July 26. —The civil ser
vice commission has received a ’ com
plaint from F. M. Simmons, chairman
of the Democratic state * executive com
mittee of North Carolina against the
activity of the federal officeholders in
the state campaign. It is dated at
Raleigh, July 23, and encloses a letter
Chairman Simmons has addressed to
President McKinley alleging “meddle
some conduct and pernicious activity”
of federal officials.
‘ Mr, Simmons says federal officials,
ever since the inception of the cam
paign, have been daily using the official
power to control both the Republican,
and Populist conventions.
Blount Charged With Murder.
' Quitman, Ga., July 26.—Sheriff Con
tnelly has returned from Florida with
Ed Blount, white, who is charged with
thy murder of Bon Smith in Sept., 1897.
Both parties were employed at a turpen
tine still near Barney and on the day of
the killing Blount had some words with
Adam Julien. That night while Allen,
.Sgiith and two other negroes were play
nnf’ cards, it is alleged that Blount wont
to tlffi door and shot at Allen, but nv.ssod
him and killed Smith..
Quiet'at Rose Hill.
• Raleigh, July 26.—The race trouble
threatened at Rose Hill because of the
arrest of State Registrar Williams by a
United States deputy marshal has passed
away, as the United States commissioner
discharged Williams,, the negro who
made the affidavit against him having
sworn that ho did not know what he
was doing and that ho had no purpose
ui having Williams arrdsted. Tho negro
is now under arrest himself,
MOBS RUN RIOT IN
NEW ORLEANS; STATE
TROOPS CALLED OUT
Negroes Waylaid and Mur
dered—Police Powerless
to Restore Order.
WHOLE CITY TERRORIZED
Mob Marched Through the Streets
Shooting and Looting Stores Sev
eral Negroes Shot and Beat to Death.
Others Attacked and Left For Dead.
Several People Wounded.
New Orleans, July 26.—Mayor Cap
deviello communicated with Governor
Hoard and his excellency immediately
called out the militia to preserve order
in the city.
New Orleans, July 26. —Wild reports
are reaching the police headquarters
from various sections of the city giving
information of the beating of negroes.
Work on the levee, where negro labor
is largely employed, has been suspended.
Tho big grocery and produce houses are
also practically doing nothing because
they cannot get their drivers to risk
their lives.
New Orleans, July 26. —All night,
and up to 8:30 o’clock, mobs ran riot
through this city on a hunt for negroes,
and those unfortunates who fell into
their hands were either killed or so bad
ly wounded that they were left for dead.
After the mobs got started the negroes
became terrorized and took shelter in
their homes and the outhouses of white
people who protected them, so it was
only the unsuspecting and inoffensive
negroes who were the victims.
The police were powerless. As fast
as they apparently dispersed a crowd in
one section it only reformed and moved
to some other point to continue its devil
ish work.
The mobs were composed almost en
tirely of boys under 21 years of age and
they had no leaders, but acted on a
common impulse. Tho movement started
from a gathering of men at the Lee
statue. Being ordered to disperse, the
crowd moved up St. Charles street,
gathering force as it went and gradually
becoming inflamed to the point of de
struction. It was not until after they
had stopped in Morris square, near the
scene of the assassination of Captain
Day and Officer Lamb, that they listened
to a speech from a man hailing from
Kenner, and then started out to waylay
the negroes.
Three White Men Shot.
Most of the negro population had
taken warning from the excitement of
the night before and kept in doors, but
there were some returning to their
homes from work and it was one of
these who was the first victim. He was
in a crowded Henry Clay avenue car,
near the square, and when the mob saw
him they rushed for the car and dragged
him out, firing one shot in the car. He
turned out to be Alexander Ruffin, a
Pullman car porter, and was badly used
up. He was cut and shot and beaten
over the head. There was another ne
gro with him in the car who hid under
the seat and after the car had started
they discovered him, but they could not
oatoh the car.
J. Cluny, the conductor of a Peters
avenue car, was shot in the foot on
Franklin street and the car riddled with
bullets.
F. O. Davis, the motorman on the
same car, was also shot in tho foot.
Frank Shepard, a white man who was
in the crowd, got a bullet through his
right arm.
Coming down to Jackson avenue they
met T. P. Sanders, the negro porter of
the Post & Bowles insurance agency.
He had heard the indiscriminate shoot
ing and stepped outside of his gate to
see what it was about. He stepped into
the arms of the fiends and they made
short work of him. They stabbed him
and shot him in the back and took his
watch. They left him for dead.
A dozen or more went out further into
the rear of the town and met a* negro
woman named Esther Fields standing
in her door and.brutally beat her.
Looting Begins.
The main crowd continued on down
town, heading for the parish prison.
They were met a block away by a squad
of police, who stopped. them. They
then began breaking into the second
hand stores on Rampart street in that
neighborhood hunting for arms and am
munition. The police made a feeble
demonstration and scared them off. Af
ter lingering around Rampart street for
an hour the mob divided, 'one Section
going down-town and the other starting
back up town. The latter crowd started
for the new basin in the , vicinity of the
Illinois Central depot, as that is a popu
lar rendezvous for negroes. Before* they
started they indulged in a little pistol
play and wounded Oswald McMahon, a
12-year-old boy, in the leg. The boy
had been following the crowd. . .
Oh the Way up they went through the
Poydra& market and found a negro
watchman, George Morris, whom they
proceeded to chase through' the market,
shooting* him as he ran. When he fell
with two shots in the back one of the
young fiends stabbed him to. finish him,
and nearly did so.
John Deeds, a white man, was shot
during the indiscriminate shooting in
the Poydras market. They searched the
vicinity of the basin thoroughly and
failing to find any one, walked out to
ward Franklin street where they passed
a npgro seated in front of a barroom,
whom they promptly shot. He was Dan
White, a roustabout, and got a bullet in
his right wrist.
About 1 o'clock they headed for the
Neighborhood of Canal street and on the
way looted two second hand stores.
They were trying to break into one place
and fired several shots into it with the
result that they wounded one of their
own crowd, a man named John Doran,
who got a bullet in the leg. They moved
on down to Canal street and at the
corner of Rampart started to break into
another second hand store, but a patrol
wagon full of police camo up and they
desisted. They stood there for half an
hour and then gradually melted away.
Terrible Execution.
Tho downtown mob, however, did
terrible Execution and kept up its fiend
ish work until 3:30 o’clock. A notorious
character named Pepe- Roses took the
*
Old Sol compels people to buy* straw
hats at the proper time but he fails to
induce many people to enjoy the maxi
mum foot comfort by substituting ox
furds'for high shoes.
Better think[about this matter “good
and hard.”
||We have the proper oxfords at the
proper prices. *j
SCHUMPERT SHOE CO.
lead and they headed for tho neighbor
hood of Franklin and Customhouse
Streets. They found no negroes and
were going down Villere street toward
some negro hovels when they saw a ne
gro iu a crowded Villere car. They
halted the car, pulled tho trolley off, or
dered about 20 passengers out and then
murdered the black. He was dragged
»ut and filled with lead, being instantly
killed.
They moved on out to the vicinity of
the old basin, on Toulouse street, and
terrorized that neighborhood, but found
no negroes. Then they went down as
far as Kelerec and Dauphin streets,
where they found an old negro 75 years
of age named Baptist Filo, whom they
beat and shot almost to death.
Coming up town again they headed
for the French market and met an un
known negro, whom they beat into an
insensible condition and left for dead.
He was discovered an hour later and
died shortly after. He had been pulled
from a meat wagon, which ho was driv
ing to the French market.
They found another negro in tho mar
ket and killed him.
They located the porter of tho Louis
ville and Nashville pay car and chased
him up the levee. He ran into the cus
tom house, where he was protected by
the night watchman at tho point of a
Winchester. The crowd sulked around
for a while and then gradually dis
persed.
Acting Mayor Meble issued a proc
lamation ai 11:30 o’clock calling on
all good citizens to keep the peace, but
it did not stop the rioting.
Just before daybreak the remnants of
the mob gathered in the vicinity of the
Spanish Fort railroad to waylay negroes
as they were going to their work at
Cholmette. Some of them came along
and the mob chased them, firing as they
ran. A baker, who was on his morning
rounds, caught a bullet in the leg.
William Armstrong, a negro sitting
on the Claiborne bridge, was shot in the
thigh by a mob that passed by.
A delegation of citizens went to the
city hall and asked the mayor either to
call out a posse of citizens or make an
appeal to the governor to order out the
militia. His honor decided immediately
to prepare a proclamation calling for 500
volunteer citizens to assist the police in
preserving order.
MRS. DICKSON_CONFESSES.
With Walden She Is Carried to Macon
to Prevent a Lynching.
Wrightsville, Ga., July 26.—Jerry
Walden, committed to jail for the mur
der of George Dickson, has made a con
fession, as did the wife of the murdered
man.
When it became known that such was
the case it was evident that both would
be lynched, and they were carried to
Macon for safe keeping.
The woman says she kept watch while
Walden murdered her husband. While
she went to her brother’s Walden
washed the blood from his hands and
threw the bloody hatchet into the woods,
where it was found by her brother, who
at once accused the pair of the murder.
Walden says she dealt tho second blow;
that she suggested the murder, got the
ax and told him where to hit her hus
band.
COALBED NEARJjREENVILLE.
Specimen Sent to the State Mineralo
gist For Examination.
Greenville, S. C., July 26. —A bed
of soft coal has been discovered about 12
miles from this city. Several good speci
mens are in the hands of men in the
county who have visited the field. They
were found on an old field covering sev
eral acres, and it is supposed that the
bed is an extensive one.
While many fear that the field has
been “salted,” the specimens are of such
a character as to warrant an investiga
tion. Samples have been sent to the
state mineralogist, at Clemson college,
for analysis.
Steps are being taken looking to a
thorough investigation and should the
find prove genuine, a company will be
organized and mining operations begun
at once. ~
BELIEVE ACUINALDO DEAD.
Body Found That Corresponds With
the Description of the Rebel.
Wichita, Kan., July 26.—Sergeant
Jackson, of the Thirty-third volunteers,
writing to his father from the Philip
pines, says the soldiers there generally
believe that Aguinaldo is dead. A body
found corresponds exactly with the de
scription of the insurgent leader.
Philippine Casualties.
Washington, July 26.—The adjutant
general has received a cablegram from
General MacArthur, at Manila, giving
a list of five deaths and three wounded
among the troops in the Philippines
since his last report.
Killed Over Baseball.
Walterboro, S. 0., July 26. —Because
Joo. Huger, a 15-year-old negro boy,
threw a baseball too hard while playing
a game Bob Jiveur, another negro, 18
years old, shot Huger, killing him al*
most instantly.
Charles H. Hoyt Insane.
Hartford, July 26.—Charles H. Hoyt,
the playwright and the theatrical man
ager, has been adjudged Insane and
taken to a retreat. His condition is
critical
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