Savannah Tribune

The PORTO RICAN TARIFF BILL Before the House and Great Debate Is Inaugurated. Democrats Are Solidly Arrayed Against Measure and Discussion Will Invoke Interest. A Washington special says: The debate on the Porto Rican tariff bill opened in the house Monday. On all hands it is agreed that this bill, although it applies only to Porto Rico, involving as it does the question of the power to govern our new possessions outside the limitations of the constitution, is the most important measure which will come before this congress. Interest in the bill is intense among the members on both sides and there is urgent demand for time. The Democrats are solidly arrayed against the measure and they will have powerful support from the Republican side in Mr. McCall, of Massachusetts, and Mr. Littlefield, of Maine, both able and forceful debaters. How far the Republican disaffection will extend, or whether it will endanger the bill, it is impossible to say at this time. Mr. Payne, the floor leader of the majority, refused to agree that a vote should be taken upon a substitute to be offered by the minority. This substitute, which has not yet been framed, will be in substance the bill originally introduced by Mr. Payne providing for free trade with Porto Rico by the extension of the customs and revenue laws of the United States over the island. The debate Monday was in the nature of a long range bombardment before the clash of the contending forces in battle. Mr. Payne opened with a general argument in support of the bill, going largely into the material side of the situation which the bill is designed to relieve. The house then went into committee of the whole with all questions relating to the close of the debate open. Mr. Payne, in charge of the bill, in opening the debate, received marked attention. "This bill by its terms," he explained, "relates only to the island of Porto Rico. It cannot be taken as a precedent of any legislative action in reference to the Philippine islands when the present insurrection shall have been overcome except in so far as we assert in it our view of our power under the American constitution. "But' our constitutional power is questioned. I find no case where the question was directly involved or which is decisive. "It is now universally conceded that we have the power to acquire territory by conquest or by treaty. I find no limit in the constitution to this power. In respect to Porto Rico we are not hampered by treaty stipulations by act of congress. We have absolute power." RICHARDSON LEADS OPPOSITION. Mr. Richardson, of Tennessee, the leader of the minority, made the opening argument in opposition to the measure. "I am not an alarmist," said he, "but in my judgment the pending bill is more dangerous to the liberties of the people of this republic than any measure before seriously presented to the American congress. It will prove more far reaching in its provisions and disastrous in the results that must of necessity follow if it should be enacted into law than any act ever passed by congress. "The bill is framed upon the idea and assumption that congress enters upon the government of Porto Rico unrestrained by the provisions of the constitution. This we deny. Those of us who oppose this measure, I believe, without exception, maintain that the bill cannot be enacted into law without a total disregard and violation of not simply the spirit, but the express letter, of the constitution." BLIZZARD IN NEW YORK. The First Real Snowstorm of the Winter Strikes the City. With all the fury of a blizzard, the first real snowstorm of the winter descended upon New York Saturday, accompanied by high winds. Eleven inches of snow fell and the air was fearfully cold. Harbor shipping was almost at a standstill. On land trains were delayed, and in many instances stalled by the storm, the high wind causing the snow to drift. As a result of the storm, the poor of the city suffered greatly, and the department of charities had to extend its utmost energies to relieve sufferers. VOL. XV. BRYAN KEPT BUSY. W. J. Bryan arrived in Tampa., Fla., Monday night, and was greeted at the depot by a large crowd. At 10 o'clock Tuesday morning he was escorted to the courthouse, from which point he was taken for a drive through the city. At 4 o'clock in the afternoon he held an informal reception in the rotunda of the Tampa Bay hotel, and thousands of people who had poured in by every train passed through and greeted him. At 5 o'clock Mr. Bryan held a reception for ladies only and made them a short address. Following this sixteen Cuban boys, dressed in native costume, appeared, each bearing a large cigar wrapped in gold and silver in the proportion of 16 to 1. The cigars were presented to Mr. Bryan amid the plaudits of the crowd. At 7:30 o'clock Mr. Bryan was escorted to the courthouse plaza. Benches were provided to cover every inch of the ground surrounding the stand, and the scene was lighted by hundreds of red, white and blue electric lights. Congressman S. M. Sparkman introduced Colonel Bryan to the immense throng as the Moses who had arisen to lead the common people out of the wilderness and place American institutions on the foundations laid for them by the fathers of the republic. Mr. Bryan elicited hearty applause by anti-British remarks concerning the South African war; said that trusts meant simply the centralization of all power in the end and the subjugation of all not interested; while the Republican monetary policy would result in one central bank controlling all the money in the country and all business in consequence. The only safeguard against this was the silver policy of the Democratic party. He predicted a popular uprising resulting in Democratic victory in the next election. GREAT JOY IN KIMBERLEY. Bleaguered Citizens Welcome Rescuers With Great Demonstrations. Advices from Modder River state that although the rapid march of General French's division was marked by a number of conflicts, the actual entry into Kimberley was unopposed. When the Brishish were still eight miles off the signaling corps intercepted a heliograph message from the beleaguered garrison to Modder river saying: "The Boers are shelling the town." The advancing column replied: "This is General French coming to the relief of Kimberly." The garrison was incredulous and thought that the message was a Boer ruse and flashed the query: "What regiment are you?" The reply satisfied the defenders of Kimberley that the anxiously awaited succor was at hand and a few hours later General French at the head of a column made a triumphant entry into the place, the people surrounding the troops and intermingling with them, cheering wildly, grasping the soldiers' hands, waving flags, hats and handkerchiefs and exhibiting in a hundred ways the intensity of their joy. The inhabitants had been on short rations for some time, eating horse flesh and living in burrows under heaps of mine refuse. IN JOINT SESSION. The Kentucky Democratic Legislators Reaffirm Goebel's Title. The Democratic members of the two houses of the Kentucky legislature met in joint session at 3 o'clock Tuesday afternoon and by a vote of 74 to 2 ratified the former proceedings by which William Goebel was declared governor and J. C. W. Beckham lieutenant governor, and through which Beckham, since the death of Goebel, claims title to the office of governor. The Republican members of the legislature remained away from the joint session, having decided in caucus not to attend. The senate had adopted the resolutions Monday and the house Tuesday, and the adoption of them by the joint assembly, from the Democratic standpoint, puts the finishing touches as to its action on the contests. Senator Triplett and Representative Grider voted against the resolutions. FACTORIES WANTED. Mississippi Legislature Adopts Concurrent-Resolution Inviting Capital. A concurrent resolution has passed both houses of the Mississippi leglegislature inviting home and foreign capital to invest in manufacturing enterprises, especially cotton factories, and setting forth the advantages of Mississippi as a manufacturing state. Senator Butler Denounced. Populist Congressman Atwater, of Fourth North Carolina district, has published a letter denouncing Senator Butler, also Populist, for antagonizing the amendment, after having said ten months ago that he would support it. Savannah SAVANNAH. GA.. SATURDAY. FEBRUARY 24, 1900. JACOBSDAL ENTERED British Take Posession of Boer Town In Orange Free State. MILITARY POLICE PATROL STREETS. The Utnost Order Prevails and Inhabitants Show No Ill Will Towards the Invaders Advices from Jacobsdal, Orange Free State, state that Roberts' troops entered the captured town Sunday. The utmost order prevails there. Military police patrol the streets, but not a stick of furniture has been taken. A sentry has been placed before each store, and the soldiers are allowed to enter and purchase what they require. Everything is so peaceful that the inhabitants express the utmost surprise, as it had been diligently reported that the British occupation meant instant looting. Judging from the conversations of the inhabitants, the Free State is weary of the war. It is openly said that President Steyn betrayed the people. When the latter became satisfied there was no truth in the stories of the looting proclivities of the British, the townspeople welcomed the troops as friends. Since the battle of the Modder river, the town has not been garrisoned, but has been merely used as a hospitable depot. When the Boers fired on the British Wednesday, the townspeople protested. Although the British shelling considerably frightened the women, the shells were only directed at a ridge beyond the town, which was intrenched. The German hospital remains in beautiful order. It is clean and sanitary, and the wounded on both sides are equally well attended. A correspondent talked with a number of the Boer wounded, and they acknowledged that the British movements had nonpulsed the burgher commanders. Even now, it is added, they are under the impression that the sole object was the capture of Jacobdal. When informed of the relief of Kimberley, they were at first incredulous and then astounded. The landrost remains in the town. Other advices from Jacobsdal stated that General Cronje, with 10,000 men, was in full retreat toward Bloemfontein with General Kelley-Kenny fighting the rear guard and harassing the retreat. The Boers captured a large convoy as a result of Thursday's fighting at Riet river. The British casualties were comparatively slight in view of the tremendous bombardment. Less than thirty men were wounded and but one killed. General French's division was enthusiastically welcomed at Kimberley. The officers dined at the club in the evening. The news of the entry into Kimberley has greatly cheered the troops, who are working splendidly. ROBERTS ADVISES BURGHERS. Issues a Proclamation Urging Them to Cease Fighting. A dispatch from Cape Town says: Lord Roberts has issued a proclamation to the burghers of the Orange Free State, saying that he feels it his duty to make known to all the burghers the cause of the coming of the British as well as to do all in his power to terminate the war, and that he issues the proclamation in 'order that if the burghers should continue fighting they may not do so ignorantly, but with a full knowledge of their responsibility before God for the lives lost in the campaign. POSITION OF L. and N. In regard to the Political Eight in Kentucky Is Made Public. Milton H. Smith, president of the Louisville and Nashville railroad, has given out for the benefit of the public the correspondence which passed between the officers of his road and Henry Watterson, of The Louisville Courier-Journal, bearing on the Kentucky election for governor. The correspondence is highly interesting, as it furnishes a missing link in the tragedy of which Governor William Goebel was the victim. BUSINESS BLOCK BURNED. Disastrous Fire Visits Decatur, Ala., and Much Property Ruined. Decatur, Ala., was visited by a destructive fire Tuesday morning which swept away the major portion of one of the main business blocks of the south side of town. All fire companies were quickly on hand, but their utmost efforts only availed to save the few frame stores. Six buildings, all brick, were partly burned with entire contents, except one, from which some goods were removed. The losses are estimated at $150,000, but a conservative estimate places the loss at something less than $100,000. FULL CONTROL OVER ISLANDS FULL CONTROL OVER ISLANDS Plenary Powers May Be Applied to Their Government: Information Given Out By Henry Loomis Nelson Is Published In New York Papers. A statement made by President McKinley to Henry Loomis Nelson as to the American policy toward the newly acquired islands has been published in the New York papers. The article is vouchered for as an authoritative interpretation of the president's views. According to Mr. Nelson "it is Mr. McKinley's belief, and it will be his purpose to carry the belief into operation, that the constitution does not apply to any of our new islands; that those people are not fit for self-government beyond that proposed for Hawaii; that our new possessions must not be permitted to injure any of our protected interests and that free trade with Porto Rico is right because our protected interests will not be injured thereby. "The president believes—and this is the most important statement that can possibly be made touching his present beliefs—that congress has plenary power over Hawaii, Porto Rico and the Philippines. "He holds that congress may pass one tariff law for Porto Rico, another for Hawaii, another for the Philippines and that all may be different from that of the United States. "It does not appear likely to his mind that any question can ever arise as to the civil rights of the people of these places. "Mr. McKinley's attitude, then, toward the natives is benevolent. He desires to elevate them, to educate them, and he hopes that, in the end, they will become worthy of being entrusted with local self government. He does not think any of these natives are worthy now, except the few in Hawaii, upon whom it is intended to bestow the suffrage—a few more than possessed the suffrage under the Dole government. "Mr. McKinley holds that the constitution only applies to a territory when it sets up thereby a treaty or by legislation. Upon this point there are authorities in his favor, but he goes beyond the authorities and holds that congress is not bound by the limitation when it enters upon the task of legislating, i. e.: "It may refuse to the natives and to the American citizens who may go to our colonies, the right of jury trial, the right of free speech, the right to bear arms, the right of peaceable assemblage and of petition, freedom from unwarrantable arrest, freedom from search, and those rights which the constitution guards so jealously. But the main purpose of the president is to deal with the islands as markets for America and as the subject of commercial exploitation generally. "The president is a thorough believer in the moral and intellectual value of commerce, and he proceeds on the theory that when a nation is doing well as a buyer and seller, it is presumptively well governed and its people are morally sound. He looks forward to benefiting the natives by expanding the blessings of Protestant Christianity and civilization by means of commerce." It is important to digress a moment, says Mr. Nelson, for the purpose of saying that the president is largely under the influence of certain clergyman, one of whom considers he is the chosen champion of Protestantism in its imaginary war with Romanism, and this accounts in a large measure for his conviction that in spreading Christianity and civilization among the heathen he is gaining and keeping the approval of good Americans. Mr. McKinley is a loyal Methodist and is naturally stirred and moved by the enthusiasm and spirit of that important denomination. It does not follow, on the president's theory, that if free trade is established between this country and Porto Rico there should not be a protective tariff against the products of the Philippines and Cuba; for Cuba is talked about naturally, in administration circles and in congress as if its annexation to this country was a matter of course. One thing is settled definitely in respect to the Philippines. The open door is not to be applied to them. The Republican party will not consent to give the Asiatic world an opportunity to land its goods in the Philippines free of duty, to enjoy whatever modified tariff there may be established between the-Philippines and this country. Subscription: $1.25 Per Annum; 75c. for Six Months, 50c. for Three Months; Single Copies 5c. In Advance. FAVORABLE TO CANAL. Chairman Hepburn, of the house committee on interstate and foreign commerce, has submitted the report of the committee in favor of the Hepburn bill for constructing the Nicaraguan canal. The report says in part: "If the provisions of the bill can be carried out the United States will, within a few years, (from six to eight) be in full ownership and control of a waterway connecting the oceans that it can defend and that it can use in the interests of its navy and its merchant marine as wisdom may dictate. There seems to be but little doubt that the states of Nicaragua and Costa Rica will give their consent for the construction of this great work. After reviewing the several surveys, the report countines: "These reports above referred to, the opinions of the engineers and scientists believed to be entirely competent for their work, justify your committee in recommending the undertaking of the enterprise as one that is entirely practicable and that can be completed for a sum of money the expenditure of which will be wise. "It is true that the estimates of cost are variable, ranging from less than $40,000,000 to a possible $145,000,-000. It is, however, proper to say that the size and character of the canal estimated for is as variable as is the cost. Fifteen feet depth and fifty feet width was the size of the earlier project. Thirty feet depth and 100 feet width are the dimensions of the later proposed canal. "Your committee suggests in discussing the cash remuneration that will come to the United States from the ownership of this canal estimates only can be made. "Gentlemen connected with the Maritime Canal Company gave it as their opinion that five or six millions of tonnage would be the amount that would pass through the canal annually. At present $1.55 per ton is the toll charged for the use of the Suez canal. If that rate was the rate charged at the Nicaragua canal and 4,000,000 be the tonnage passing through it, an aggregate sum of more than $6,000,000 would be the receipts. It is estimated that the cost of maintaining and operating the canal would be $1,000,000 annually, leaving a profit of five millions. COL. BRYAN IN FLORIDA. Nebraskaan Reaches Home of His Kinsman Where Recruitment Is Held. On his arrival at Brooksville, Fla., Saturday, Mr. Bryan was met by a large crowd which gave him a rousing welcome. He was at once driven to the residence of his cousin, Judge Jennings, where an informal reception was held. At noon a barbecue was served in the courthouse square, after which Mr. Bryan was escorted to a stand erected for the occasion, from which he addressed the people at length on the questions of the day. He affirmed his undying faith in free silver, advocated the adoption of the income tax, denounced the trusts and imperialism and declared for the freedom of the Philippines. He was especially emphatic in his statements as to the silver question and closed by saying that the old issue of 16 to 1 was the "only relief in store for the common people." His speech aroused much enthusiasm and was applauded throughout. PORTO RICANS KICK. Merchants Make Loud Protest Against Prohibitive Duty. Several of the largest merchants of San Juan, Porto Rico, upon being interviewed, unanimously expressed the opinion that immediate congressional action is absolutely essential to the interests of the island. They say that the crops are immovable, the proposed duty, under the Foraker bill, on sugar and tobacco, being prohibitive. The estates are idle and bankers refuse to advance funds on account of the extension of mortgages; the planters are desperate, and the people discouraged and they demand absolute free trade. The local press expresses the opinion that the conditions on the isladds were better during the dark days of the Spanish regime. "BRITISH AIDED SPAIN." Such Is the Declaration Made By Premier Silvela at Madrid. A special dispatch received in London from Madrid says that Premier Silvela has declared in the senate that previous to the war with the United States the British government consented to let Spain have 8,500 shells which were being manufactured for her at the Maxims factory at Placenta. The statement has created the greatest surprise and is the talk of official circles. Such a statement coming from the premier of Spain is calculated to produce unfriendly feelings were it not denied on every hand. NO 20 BOERS DESERT BRITISH LAND THE QUEEN MAKES AN APPEAL Calls For Retired Soldiers To Form Royal Battalion For Home A London dispatch says: The Boers are leaving all the positions held by them on British territory and are concentrating for the defense of their own—the Transvaal. Sir Redvers Buller thinks he is able to raise the siege of Ladysmith, and this was the large news of the day Tuesday. General Clements reports that the force confronting him has been greatly diminished. Ten thousand men are estimated to have gone from the Coleburg district alone. The Boers are also retracing their steps from Zululand. Thus they are relaxing their holds on all sides in order to assemble to oppose Lord Roberts. He is pressing steadily toward Bloemfontein. This is shown by his inconsequential telegram from Paardeberg, fifty or sixty miles away. Doubtless he is miles behind the column that is pursuing the Boers and the next important news may be the occupation of Bloemfontein. Nothing has been heard from the chase of Cronje for two days. Although the last words of the war office Tuesday night were that there was no news for publication, there is a strong disposition to believe that favorable information has been received but is being withdrawn until the operations culminate in something more conclusive. There is an equally strong disposition to think that Cronje has got away. Owing to lack of transport, the British are not likely to invade territory except where Lord Roberts is operating. General Buller will have to stop at the Drakesberg mountains. Probably part of the 40,000 men will ultimately join the legions of Lord Roberts. If, as General Buller avers, the Boers are retreating from him, then the news on every side is favorable to the British. Nevertheless troops continue to go up. The war office thinks that the call to veterans to rejoin the colors, together with the bounty, will bring 45,000 men to the home defense. The urgency with which home defense is pressed exites some wonder. With the casualties just reported, the British losses in killed, wounded and captured now aggregate 11,102. FOR HOME DEFENSE. The queen, prior to leaving Osborne house Tuesday morning, on her return to Windsor, inspected the Fourth battalion of the Lincolnshire militia. Her majesty announced with a gratified smile that good news had just been received from the seat of war. Another account says the queen specified the good news from Ladysmith. The queen, through her private secretary, Sir Arthur John Biggs, sent the following letter to the commander-in-chief of the forces, Field Marshal Lord Worsley: OSBORNE, Feb. 17.—Mr. Dear Lord Wolseley: As so large a proportion of the army is now in South Africa the queen fully realizes that necessary measures must be adopted for home defense. Her majesty is advised that it would be possible to raise for a year an efficient force from her old soldiers who have already served as officers, non-comissioned officers or privates, and confident in their devotion to the country and loyalty to the throne, the queen appeals to them to serve her once more in the place of those who, for a time, side by side with the people of her colonies, are nobly resisting the invasion of her South African possessions. Her majesty has signified her pleasure that these battalions shall be designated the Royal Reserve battalions of her army. DEMOCRATS REACH DECISION. Beckham's Followers. Agree to Meet In Frankfort. The adjournment of the Democratic legislature at Louisville Saturday to meet in Frankfort revives interest in the political contest and promises to put an end to the lull which has prevailed during the last few days. There were more Democratic members in Frankfort Saturday night than had been together at any one time since they adjourned and fled to Cincinnati, Louisville and other points to avoid being arrested by the militia and taken to London, where the Republican legislature was then sitting. Naar . Tho-Savannah Tribune, ee PUBLISHED EVERY SATURDAY BY THE TRBUNE PUBLISHING Ff, BT. JULIAN STREET, N. B. CORNER MARKET SQUARE. Subscription Rates me Year vee - osnsan $1.28 SUK MONDE secs sesee coe ceeeee % ‘Paeee Mouthe Tt Homltinacos mua: be sande: Pactal Note Money Order. Hevwwarcd Le ce + Barret ‘Oficial Crgan of the Massie Grand Lodge of the Btate of Q-orgis RRGICTREED a5 SECOND-OLAGS MATTED AT Tae SAVANNAH Post OFFICE. SATURDAY, Fenruany 24, 1900. ( Proresson Wrigur is trying to Wraw his dividend on the recent “Oyster Roaat” given attthe Cullege. - Tug English are winning victo- ties from the Boers. ‘I'ne Boers are now being repaid for their unjust treatment of the natives . Love and Wright bolted from the State Republican convention in 1896 They bave commenced again by bolting from the Chatham Repab lican convention. 4 Nor one ot the vider and more prominent citizens is against Ture Tntsuxe in its assertion that the state college and its faculty should be divoreed from politica. Atiaxta and other places in the state are‘agitating the establishing of reformatories. ‘This institution is badly needed in Savanuah. It is hop- ed that some steps be taken to have one established here. Rey. Travis who is in charge of the “farm” ut the Georgia state col- lege, has been very busy_ recently in the rural districts teaching the par- ents of the boys at tue cullege Lis to ran politics in the interest of Prof. Wright. Lo criticise Professor Wright who is known in pvlitics aa # profession- al bolter, is not fighting the college a3 the asinine editor of the religions political sheet thinks,any more than fighting Col. Deveaur is fighting the United States guvernment. A WBLL-KNOWN educator was ace cused of attempted bribery. ‘This Yery serious charge was publicly made, and he hag nat the minhood to refute it, yet he 13 indulged in by tome u3 being a pure and spotless mau. Oh! shades of all that’s bad. Ma. Tow F. Jounsos of the U.S. Engineer ollice 13 one the members of the Delegall- Wright-Luve bolsing crowd that will contest the Chathun coun'y delegation to the Republican State Convention on March 7th It is caid he furnishes the brain for the gang. Rev. Cuotty of Asbury chureh is manly and courageous. “He called -on Col. Deveaux and stated that he had no knowledge of the cuntents of the paper that he signed for Rev. E. -K. Love. He was very busy at home he says when Rev. Love's measenger brought the paper ss he supposed from the thinis:ers union, und seeing other signatures of ministers on it he supposed it alright, and that had he read it he Would not have signed it, He respects Col. Deveaux aa mich as he does any one. | Kev T. NM. Sarr, a great par- tisan of the Love-Wright?Doyle crowd When confrunted by Col. ‘De. veaux telling him the fulaity of the charge signed by him that Col. De- veaux had not helped the Georgia State Schopl at Thunderbolt, frank- ly admitted that he had not read the document before he signed it and did not know what it fully meant until he caw it in the Baptist T'rath. {t remains to be seen if Dr. Smith will vindicate himself by a public’ statement. Ir is 3 foregone conclusion that Messrs. W. H. Jobuson, J. W. Lyons H, A. Rucker, and Heary L. John- son, will be the delegates at-large to the Philadelphia convention. There is not but one other aspirant and he *will be shut out by the stalwart re- publicans who are aoxious to put “the very best men on guard. It is the purpose of the unnamed candi- date and his friefids to establish 2 dual tonvention if he is defeated. This‘was attempted four years ago, and the present attempt will meet the very same fate. Tue editor of the religious sheet | neith and all of those who made and sign- ‘parts ed the charge that “Col. Deveaux color and his crowd did rothing to bare agait the colleg® located here. They did gro t not give a dollar,” made an unmitn- — Ne gated lying statement. ‘The records isa of the chairman and treasurer of the name committee that labored to have the may college located here, brand them as The auch, and we have rcoards in our prs- bad]; gegsion two cancelled checkajwhere jn it ‘, Ool. Deveaux gave the committee vigor twenty-five (#2500) dollars and at it ca “another time eighteen (ie) dol- men, Wlara and seyenty-five cents collected follo “fokthe same purpose. During-the emol Institerm of the college, each week datio ‘Tes LarwoNe had articles compli- are y inentoy to the college, this alone race ; disapprayes the obarge of “have done ent s little elss'bat sought to injure the servi sokeal.” * * Bras Iv any one desired the removal of the president of the Georgia State Industrial College, proper charges would be filed for that purpose. Be- cause ninety per cent of the colored citixens of this county are des'rous of the head of the state col- lege being free from polities should not be misunderstood, and they be branded as enemies of the college If they are to be branded _as enemies of the college because of this, why then the brand hss to remain. Tue ‘Tripuns and the best thinking ele- ement of our people believe thut nothing should be dione by those in cae of this institution to alien ate the support of any one; if be- canse the president or any of the faculty take part in politics, is die- tastefal to ever a small per cent of the citizens of the state, steps should be taken to have it’ obviated, and such persons caused to give full at- tention to the duties of the college, or elee be allowed to follow their car- nal mind and go into politica to theit heart’s content. Some narrow men say that it pro- scribes a man’s rights as a citizen to cause him to eschew politics. We do not see it in that light. If a presi- dent of a college, or any professor o the eame, or even preacher, be hon- ored by their fellow citizens by be- ing elected without their solicita- tion to any position, why then we zee no reason for refusing to accept, but when action is otherwise, and they attempt to force themselrés on the people, scheme and attempt to bribe to carry their point then we think less of politics and more o! their duties. Got. Deveaux in an interview with Tue ‘Lxinone editor, says that the editorial published by Rev. E. K. Lore in his religious-political paper wherein comparison is made between the administration of Mr. J. ¥. Doyle and himself in the conduct of the of- fices held by them is mislead- ing, and false but that his contempt for the man who makes political capital by raising the color question is so earnest that he can not consent to notice anything ems- nating from him us being entitled to recetve respectful consideration. ‘That the man who would deceive and mislead some of the brethren of ‘the Ministerial Union is a disgrace to that distinguished and much re- spected body and onght to be ex- ‘pelled from that organisation. | ‘Lets mayor has issued an order forbidding the use of the streets by ge carts, pe and other carts not icensed. He went further to order [that no vehicles of this character would be licensed. We admit that s | large number of these vehicles onthe streets used by certain boys could be classed as a nuisance, but there is an- other class of these boys that use them ina better manner. Some of these boys use these vehicles to car- ry dinner, etc. In doing this they aze enabled toearn an honest penny Others of these boys use their little carta to help their pra in carry- ing clothes to and fro, hauling wood and coal, etc. It would be unjust to prohibit these boys using their little curts on the streets, and it is hoped bia the mayor will rescind this or- er. Tas Txisune congratulates Ed° itor and Rev. W. J. White of Rich- mond county on his election as del- ¢gate to the state convention to rep- resent the republican Pay of his county. This selection of Dr. White was unsolicited, He did not at- tend the ward meetings and attempt to “run things” to carry his points, to be cursed and insulted by those who opposed him, nor did he at- tempt at the county meeting to bribe delegates to elect him. Dr. White should be commended for be- ing honored by his ‘fellow-citizens, such honor could be proudly worn by any minister of the gospel or president of the biggest college. The First District All Right. Co). J. H. Deveaux seems to hare gained a very decisive victory in the primaries held in Chatham and in the county convention. This victo- ry has been followed by eimilar auc- cesses in most of the other counties in the district. . It is for the best interest of the party that it should be so. The Doyle faction was beaten and ought to have been. No true Republican could view with satisfaction the tri- umph of a man who, in his contest for an office to which he was entitled neither by reason of his ability or party service, attempted to draw the color line by publicly protesting againet the appointment of any Ne- gro to office, 5 No sach man is a republican. He isa Democrat no matter by what name the allurement of patronage may prompt him to call himeelt The Republican party of Georgia badly needs a strong white clement in its membership. te can hare no vigorous existence without it. But it can live without the class of white men, who, with neither brain nor following, grasp at every place of emolument and with no recommen- dation themselves except’ that they are white, would erect the Barrier of rece prejudice against character, tal+ ent and jeans of unflinching party service, clothed in a black skin— Branswiek Merald, In the custom house at Sasunnah there is only one position that is not under the civil sefvice. ‘This po- sition being that of the deputy col- lector. ‘This position is being filled by a gentleman whose republican- ism is not questioned. The deputy collector is a native Georgian aud is one of the oldest republicans in the state. He asserted his republicanisin when it required brave men with pringiple to be a republican. Ie tas been a consistent republican ever since. He is of a family of republi- eans and did not join the party for office, but from conviction. Some narrow minded men are trying to say that he is not a republican. Collector Deveaux did not only make this exerllent appointment but has given another republican a po: sition in the building, and in the custom find revenue river service he has appointed and pays six colar. ed men. This is a showing that no other office holder in the south can make under similar conditions. Weare going to dig the truth, and shall not care how many bad rocks we turn up. When any mein enters the miuistry he is supposed to doff the ways of the world and_ don the robe of righteousness and guiding efar that leads to the merciful Lamb of God. Ifhe can’t buckle on 2 gar- ment of this close-fitting, let him re- main out of the pulpit where only holy ones should stand —The Pro- gress. Mr. Alver B. Davis of Columbia, S.C. is in the city. Mr. Davis’ home is in Savannah, where his father, M& R. M. Davis, is a high- ly regpected Christian gentleman, und holds with signal distinction the office of deacon in Rey. Dr. Durliam’s church. Mr, Alver, the son of this gone churchman, is, a graduate of ‘laflin University and is a nephew of Deacon Wilborn of Union Baptist church of this city—Augusta Daily Sonth. ie aeabarir yin calms gall igi hia eben Sal ta, hug the following two paragraphs: Tt is a little etrange (0 the people uf Geor- gia that the authorities of the University of Georgia should demand that Prof. Ro ii. Wright give up the commision of census auperviaor or resiga the presidency of the Georgia Industrial College fot colored youihs, and then are perfectly “imum? when he leaves his duty, with other professuzs of the sameschool, to arrange for his uwn elec: tina as a delegate to the national convention. Wedo not wish to question Mr. Wright's privilege as a man nor his right to his pol- tical belief as republicnn, but we are al a Toss to understand the consistency uf the school authorities who iy “29 politics all enter this campus,” when they dedicated the Georgia Indusicial Colle.ze for eotored youth. “Something must be rotion in Denmath.” Prof, Wright was given. the position of paymaster, with the rank of rusjor, and ap- pointed his son as clerk. He was teustered the supervisorship of the First district, « place which, if he had accepted, woul have given him an opportunity to have ered for a great maay young and deserving republi- cans in the district, but he declined it. Was it becanse he had aut enough cons to fill sll the places ? ‘ Rambler and Gabe. Gabe atid I started out of town on a trot last week to keep from being vaccinated, but alas, and alack health officer Brunner got one of the citys swiftest horses, ran us down and brought wa back. : Poor Gabe, he did his best to out-ryy Dr. Brun- ner’s Nancy Hanks, but he couldn’t doit. Gabe is getting old, he is not 40 young as he used to be; but I tell qn he sure gaye Nancy the run of er life, aud { expect she is panting still asa result of the.exertion put forth. Howerer, Iam back here with asorearm and the small pox ona small scale. Soif you see an old man on the back ofa worthy des- cendant of the animal that Balaam rode several centuries ago, with an armin a eling, looking dejected, wea- ry and worn, know ya by these pres- ents that verily this is the Rambler, and the animal, certainly Gube. Dog gone this arm! I wish there wasn’t auch a thing assmall pox, and jellow fever, and vaccination. The inoculating of this small pox virus has.got my atm s0] can’t tip my gombrera the ladies.as I pass them by on Gabe. ARAY OF LIGHT IN THE BLACNESS OF OUR NIGHT, I borrowed a paper the other day and the following item attracted my attention: “Louisrille, Feb. 19 —in the cases of sev- eral persons arrested during the recent state election for alleged intimidation of the Ne- gro voters, Judge Evansin the United States Court to-day overrnled the defendants who hrought iato question the jurisdiction of the federal court. ‘Judgo Evans held that Congress pased section 5507 of the United States statites to protect the colored people in their right of nuffrage, and that section 5503 wns passed to prevent persons from conspiring to injure and oppress them, thus insnring this clays of voters the free exerci. of their right ut franchise; that Congress had_ the pawer to pass sich lans as the ouly real gusrantee af liberty, and-that it was the duty of the court to see thit the provisions of the statutes were enforced. 5 He held that if Congress had no power to protect the color:d people against intinida tion, ete, then they were left at the mercy of the combinations of politicians and brie force, and the fect that the election wax one at which only officers of the state were vuted for did not in any wise take away the juris- diction of the United States Court t9 pro~ tect the culored voters under the contitn- tions! amendments and sections referred tv.” The decision of Judge Evans is in such contradiatinction. to that of Chief Justi¢e Taney who ruled that Negroes had no rights which white azn were bound to tpepect, that this late decision must have made the ghief old sinner turn in his grave in, imgnish” of spirit ‘and heap curses, upon the Christian gentleman and scholarly Judge Evans. . | [take this recent action asa strave shown the wind to be blowing in onr direction and that a reaction of ‘justice a8 taking place. ‘The Lord ‘knows we have been waiting patient Hy enough ever so many years tor (His great goad news. May'the Lr ‘less such men as Judge Evans, and multiply him in years and multiply tin numbers such tnen ashe. [fall sthy Judges all over this country, , would only act in accordance with ‘then Gonstiences and mete out just. | tee to all inen irresy ctive of elas, ‘culur oc pleviotis condition this! feonuery would mdved) be the kad Jot the ieee aud the home of the nave. the most heautifal spot on all the jearthtand the greatest coRfpry it the, (world. It would be aw tower of! strength and the light of uatioug, |reaching King, queens, rlers and ‘potentates the way of true goveru- rhent and how to make happy all peoples. [fT could spare the time Lwould have Gabe trot me up to Louisville and shakegshe hand of | fudge Evans, and on behalf of ten millions of Afro-Americans tender | out thanks to him for doing his du- ty as he understood it, HE EXPATIATES ON SAVING. ‘The cold snaps which we occasion- ally have in winter reminds me that our people are very slothful about saving. ‘Chere isn’t a city in the south where the average of wages| ave more than they are in Savannah, in fact, Savannah Jeads. All classes of labor are better paid here than al- most anywhere else, but what have our people to show for it? Where ware the towering structures of wood, jane iron, and atone, and brick, and granite on which Negroes should be paying taxes? Where are the big business blocks snd mammoth mer- cantile establishments that ought to be owned and conducted by the Afro- Americans of Chatham county 23 pmarks of their progress? Almost any other race making the same [amount of money an the past thiyty- Hive years that the Negroes have, Iwould have something tangible to | show for it. | The opportunities of the Negroes for zecumulating something are fast flying away; they cannot make halt |a8 mich vow in a grven time as they conld twenty years ago in the same Nength of time. While the Negro fare foolishly spending every nickle they can get thew wands on, having, what they calls good nme, the gates of labor are being closed to them im- ported help is bemg taken in their ‘places and after awhile the Negroes pwill awake from his lethargy to find there isabsolutely sothing for him todo; hts only wlternative to: keep. from starving will be to sell himself ‘into elavery. Seme mety laugh at !this article as a huge joke, but just ag sure as Gibe iaa big-eared mule Tam in earnest. It is time the Ne- | prove were learning some senee if | they have any hope for theméclres aud their posterity in the future. ‘The pastors of the churches, princi- pals of schools and presidents of 20- cieties should make a etudy of this matter and teach the people how to live, how to accumulate and how to save. It is a good thing to be assur- ‘ed that we will be buried decently and go to heaven when we die, anid have a home beyond. the skies, but we should not forget that heaven be- gins on earth, in fact, earth is sim- ply a preparatory school fitting us for entrance to the college ubove and if we would enjoy the bliss of the other world—that highest, grandest civilization—we must prepare for it here. RAMELER’S MINOR NOTES. I want to congratulate Uapt. M.J. Doyle, one of our councilmen, for his bill in the city conneil to keep the wages of the city laborerg ata Tt want to congratulate Capt, a. J, Doyle, one of our councilmen, fu; his bill in the city couneil to keey the wages of the city laborers at i living rate. Councilman Doyle ha: always been a friend to the laboring ‘man_and they will always hold him in kind rememberance. ~The way the Britishers are licking the Boers nowadays is a matter for congratulation by all Negroes whic ‘understand the situation in South Africa, I sympathized with the Boers in the earlier stage of the con- flict because they were the weaker— the under dog in the fight,—biit when I found how they treated the native Negroes, keeping them in slavery and treating them worse than meuidis, not allowing the privilege of the city’s sidewalks nor even to walk the streets at all without a dog collar or a badge on, my sympathy immediately turned to the English and sincerely hope they will teach the blamsd old Boers a “lesson they will not soon forget. ‘The man who ought to be Geor- gia’s next governor Was in the city fast week. “I refer to Col. Walter I, Johngon, the next chairman of the State Central Commitiee. Too ma- ny honors, cannot be heaped upon Cul. Johnson for he i8 a3 worthy of them as any man liviug. Iu season and out he has shown a fiiendship for the Negro second only to that of Gol. Buck” Let the State Conven- tion nominate hit for governor and the voters elect him. Don’t say we can’t but go to work and do it! Here’s to Col. Henry Lincoln Jehnson! He has made a gallant fight und will be elected as delegate from the Stute at large to the next AO ORO 85 : We desire to, call your aitention to the |. —=COMPLETE STOCK oF — a .. LADIES OXFORDS... - _s FINEST KIND 0 . ANY SIZE OR WIDTH: * ....FOR MEN'S FINE SHOES LOOUK AT OUR WINDOWS. a SEE OUR POPULAR PRICE GUODS. J . a * _..[WORKINGMEN SHOES; A SPEGIALTY....... - GLOBE SHOE COMPANY. * 22 BROUGHTON ST., WEST. Furniture Emporium. - J. W. TEEPLE & CO. Yurniture for the Parlor, Bed Room, Dining Room, Kitchen, ete... 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Dear Sir :—My attention was call- ed to an article in the Buptist ‘Truth, protesting ugainst the attack made on Prof. Waight through the Morn- ing News,a week or so ago. Asa matter of justice to al] concerned, I beg to say, I signed the paper after having hurredly read two or three pages of the mannseript; and express- ly stated that I did indoree some of the phraseology, but did Tun and dv Now condemn most emphatically any attempt made by any man or set of men to oust Prof. Wright from the presidency of the College on account of political differences. I would say also that I do not believe Prof Wright is objectionable to a majority of the best element of the colgred people of Savannali and vicinity: { have noth- ing todo with the fight between these two distinguished leaders, both of whom are my personal friends, but I think political fights should be get- tled on political lines. Lam sir your obedient servant, C. Max Mannina, Pastor Gaines Chapel A. M. E. Church. . 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The recent investigation for cable laying in the Pacific Ocean have revealed the interesting fact, that if not upon rock bottom, they gradually become encrusted with barnacles and seaweeds, heavy enough to break them. This is like dyspepia, which if it is not check with Hostetter's Stomach Bitters will prevent as well as cure indigestion, dyspepia, billiousness, liver and kidney troubles. It makes weak stomachs strong. All drugstores sell it. Ever Meet Jimson? Jack—"I'll tell that. That's good story. Here comes Jimson; tell it to him." Tom—"No, I never tell a new funny story to Jimson. It always reminds him of an old and dismal one." "A Stitch in Time Saves Nine." A broken stitch, like the "little rift within the lute," is the beginning of trouble. "I am tired, not ill." "It will soon pass away." "I don't believe in medicine." These are the broken stitches that lead to serious illness. Nature is wise and in Hood's Sarsaparilla she has furnished the means to take up broken stitches. Why? Because it starts at the root and cleanses the blood. Bad Blood — "For years I was troubled with my blood, my face was pale, I never felt well. Three bottles of Hood's Sarsaparilla made me feel better and gave me a healthy color." Mae Gross, 24 Cedar Aoy, South, Minneapolis, Minn. IHood's Pills cure liver lice; the non irritating and only oystercath to take with Hood's Sasarapilha. Coming On. A certain recruit, who had evidently seen better days, in a regiment possessing more medals than certificates of education, found it difficult at first to confine himself to words of less than three syllables in conversing with his messmates. One day he was talking about an event which happened to him in civil life, when one of his chums, trying to get a rise out of him, sald: "I suppose that was previous to your attestation?" "No," replied the gentleman recruit, "it was before I blooming well came up." And then it was known that he had taken a step in the right direction.—Answers. The Real Test for Swearling. The Real Test for Swearing. Wrangler—You say that Job's patience never was really tested? Quibbler—I do. Why, he never put the lighted end of his cigar in his mouth just as he wanted to make his argument most impressive.—Life. FOR MIDDLE-AGED WOMEN. Two Letters from Women Helped Through the "Change of Life" by Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound. "DEAR MRS. PINKHAM:—When I first wrote to you I was in a very bad condition. I was passing through the change of life, and the doctors said I had bladder and liver trouble. I had suffered for nine years. Doctors failed to do me any good. Since I have taken Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound, my health has improved very much. I will gladly recommend your medicine to others and am sure that it will prove as great a blessing to them as it has to me."—MRS. GEO. H, JUNK, 001 DeKalb Ave., Brooklyn, N. Y. Relief Came Promptly "DEAR MRS. 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JAMES, 135 Coydon St., Bradford, Pa. ```markdown ``` you can count on a full crop if too little the growth will be "scrubby" DUAL LEGISLATURES DUAL LEGISLATURES Are Trying to Do Business in Kentucky's State House. THE DEMOCRATS STEAL A MARCH Marshall and Carter Occupy Chair Together—Democrats Again Declare Goebel Governor. A Frankfort special says: The Democrats had a session of the senate at 9 o'clock Monday morning. President Pro Tem. Carter presiding, and adjourned to meet again at 10:30 o'clock. The Republicans adjourned Saturday to meet at 11 o'clock and the Democrats adopted this move to get possession of the chamber first. The senate convened at 10 o'clock, both Carter and Marshall presiding. The Republicans, recognizing Marshall, adjourned after prayer, and led by Lieutenant Governor Marshall, the Republican senators left the hall. The Democratic senators, recognizing President Pro Tem. Carter, paid no attention to the Republican proceedings and continued in session. The Democratic senate then adopted a motion by Senator Allen, of Lexington, to ratify and re-affirm the former action of the senate by which Goebel was declared governor. This prevailed on a viva voce vote, nobody making a demand for the yeas and noes. Senator Triplett, anti-Goebel Democrat, voted with the Democrats for the purpose of making a quorum. The Democratic senators adjourned after adopting the Allen resolution. The house convened atnoon. Speaker Trimble presiding. Mr. Hickman, Democrat, demanded a roll call to ascertain the presence of a quorum. The Republicans did not answer to their names and only fifty-three of the sixty Democrats were present. The contest matter was not taken up. SETTLEMENT NOT IN SIGHT. The impression that the contest over the governorship will not be ended till it is fought to a finish in the courts is not lessened by the action taken by the Democratic senators in their session Monday ratifying their former action by which Senator Goebel was declared governor. The Republicans who spoke for Governor Taylor said that he would not recognize as legal the proceedings taken and which, it is anticipated, will be duplicated in the house, but has told them that he looks upon these proceedings as illegal and will not quit the fight until the whole matter is passed upon in the courts of last resort. His position is that the former proceedings being void, the ratification gives them no legal vitality; that the legal presiding officer, Lieutenant Governor Marshall, had declared the session adjourned when the vote in question was taken, and that the vote should have been taken by yeas and nays, as in the case of a bill or joint resolution. Negotiations to settle the conflict between Lieutenant Governor Marshall and Senator Carter over the chair in the senate went on again Monday afternoon, but no agreement has been reached so far. There was talk among the Democratic senators Monday night of voting on the ratification resolutions Tuesday in the senate by yeas and nays. Those resolutions Monday received the support of twenty-one senators, two more than a quorum. MISSING CASHIER RETURNS. Warnell Declares His Mind Was In a Blank Condition. Walter L. Warnell, cashier of the Bank of Adel, Ga., who mysteriously disappeared from that place January 11th under circumstances which led to the belief that he had wandered off in a spell of temporary mental aberration, arrived in Atlanta Sunday morning. The story he tells is altogether a remarkable one. He says that from the time he stepped on board the train which carried him from Adel on the morning of January 11th until two weeks ago, when he woke up sick in a boarding house in Louisville, his mind was a blank, and he remembers absolutely nothing of what he did during that interval of time. ALL STATES REPRESENTED. Daughters of Revolution Hold Ninth Continental Congress In Washington. Every state in the Union was represented in the audience that filled the Grand opera house at Washington Mounday night when the National Society of the Daughters of the American Revolution began its ninth continental congress. The decorations of the large auditorium were in keeping with the patriotic purposes of the society, the American flag and colors being freely used and with beautiful effect. CLARK DENIES CHARGES. Montana Senator Says He Only Spent Campaign Money Legitimately. Senator Clark, of Montana, was on the witness stand before the senate committee on elections for about four hours Saturday. He denied explicitly all the charges of the use of money by himself or with his conspiracy or consent to corrupt members of the legislature in his behalf. He admitted having spent an aggregate of about $115,000 during the campaign, but said this expenditure for legislative expenses only. The Creed of the "Wanderers." It is a part of the creed of the "Wanderers," a Russian sect, that Antichrist rules in high places there, and that, accordingly, good men must have naught to do with governmental affairs of any sort. In conformity with this belief, a man murdered, in various ingenuous ways, twenty-five men, women, and children, including his own wife and babes, in order to free them from the danger of losing their souls by suffering the contaminating contact of the government censustaker. This occurred in 1897. The "Denlers," another quite interesting Russian sect, believe that evil talants all earthly good, and that the only escape is death. In 1825 sixty of these men, strong in the faith, after having murdered their wives and children, permitted themselves to be put to death, one by one, by their leader. Steel Is King. A concern in Iowa is making farm wagons wholly of steel, and it is said that it can scarcely fill the orders that pour in from the wheat growers out in Dakota and other parts of the West. The Manufacturer. Obstinate Eczema. "Enclosed please find $1.00 for two more boxes of Tetterine. The boxyou sent me has almost cured the most obstinate case of Eczema you ever saw. I am very grateful for such a blessing as your Tetterine has been to me. James L. Jones, Jellico, Tean." 50c. box by mail, if your druggist don't have it, by J. T. Shruntine, Sayannah, Ga. Punctillous as to Orthoepy. "Young man," said Uncle Jerry Peebles, "how do you pronounce that?" 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If you need anything in the line of Engines, Bollers, Saw Mills or other Mill Supplies, or Repairs, you cannot do better than correspond with Messrs. Malsby & Company, 33 South Broad St. Atlanta, Ga. They are well known, long established and thoroughly reliable; and their prices are as low as good material and honest workmanship can be secured for. It would pay you to correspond with them, in case you need anything in their line, before placing your orders elsewhere. Not In the Family. "Why are you in such a brown study, Ethel?" "I was wondering who pa was before he married ma. He wasn't out of our family, was he?" The Best Prescription for Chills and Fever is a bottle of GROVE'S TASTELESS CHILL TONIC. It is simply iron and quinine in a tasteless form. No cure—no pay. Price 50c. Wants to Raise 'Em. 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No, I can't write it. But I kin talk it great"—Washington Star. Dr.Bull's Cough The best remedy for Consumption. Cures Coughs, Golds, Grippie Bronchitis, Hearness, Asthma, Whooping-cough, Croup. Small dores; quick, sure results. Dr.Bull's Pills cure Consipation. Trial, 20 for 50. AGENTS! AGENTS! AGENTS! The greatest and justest selling book ever published is DARKNESS AND DAYLIGHT or LIGHTS and SHADOWS OF NEW YORK LIFE BY REV. LYMAN ABBOTT. Splendidly Illustrated with $20 super engravings from Amazing Light photographs of real life. Ministers say: "God speed it." Everyone laughs and erupts in it, and Agents are selling them. More Agents are selling through the South-men. $100 to $100 a month make. Send for Terms to Agents. Address HARTFORD PUBLISHING CO., Hartford, Conn. Malsby & Company, 39 S. Broad St., Atlanta, Ga. Engines and Boilers Steam Water Heaters, Steam Pumps and Penberthy Injectors. Manufacturers and Dealers in SAW MILLS. Corn Mills, Feed Mills, Cotton Gin Machin- ery and Grain Separators. SOLID and INSERTED Saws, Saw Teeth and Locks, Knight's Patent Dogs, Birdball Saw Mills and Enginery Papers, forensic Grants Bars and Lines of Mill Supplies. Price and quality of goods guaranteed. Catalogue free by mentioning this paper. FREE! This Two Quart Fountain Syringes Fountain Syringes white Rubber with about six rest of Tubing, three hard Rubber, two soft Rubber, will be sent, postage FREE to any address in the United States or Fifty Cents and the names of two of your netskibs, or of manufacturing these goods we make this offer for thirty dollars of General Hermanhill. SECORD-HOPPINS CO. 230-749 113th St. I Union soldiers and widows of soldiers who made homestead entries before June 12, 1854, of less than 10 acres (no matter if abused or relinquished) if they have not sold their land, rights, should have with full participation, grievance & WILLIAM M. COST. Washington, D. C. KEEP AWAY FROM THE SHOP "ROCK HILL" BUGGIES are "A Little Higher in Price, But-" they stand up, look well, and above all, keep away from the shop. Only a dollar or so higher than cheap work. Why not use them when this is the case? See our Agent or write direct. ROCK HILL BUGGY CO. ROCK HILL S.C. "LEADER" loaded with Smokeless powder and "NEW RIVAL" loaded with Black powder. Superior to all other brands for Winchester Shells are for sale by all dealers. Insist upon having them when you buy and you will get the best. Sleep for Skin-Tortured Babies I In a Warm Bath with Cuticura SOAP And a single anointing with CUTICURA purest of emollients and greatest of skin cures. This is the purest, sweetest, most speedy, permanent, and economical treatment for torturing, disfiguring, itching, burning, bleeding, scaly, crusted, and pimply skin and scalp humors with loss of hair, of infants and children, and is sure to succeed when all other remedies fail. 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No other medicated or toilet soap ever compounded is to be compared with it for preserving, purifying, and beautifying the skin, scalp, hair, and hands. No other foreign or domestic toilet soap, however expensive, is to be compared with it for all the purposes of the toilet, bath, and nursery. Thus it combines in ONE SOAP at ONE PRICE, viz., TWENTY-FIVE CENTS, the best skin and complexion soap, the BEST toilet soap and BEST baby soap in the world. Citicura Complete External and Internal Treatment for Every Humeral consisting of Citricula SOAP (25cc), to cleanse the skin of crudes and scales and soften the thickened cuticle, Citricula CONTINUOUS SOAP), to heal and firm the inflammation and to maintain the skin of Citricula HALUXYLNT (50cc), to cool and cleanse the blood. A SIMULX bar is other sufficient to cure the most torturing, disfiguring, and humiliating skin, scalp, and blood humors, with loss of hair, when all else fails. FORTUNA D. AND C. CORP., Sole Propa., Boston, U.S.A. "All about the Skin, Soap, and Hair," free Mention this Paper In writing to advertisers. ANG. 1900 of eight. DROPSY NEW DISCOVERY; gives quick relief and cures worst eaters. Book of testimony's and 10 days' treatment from Dr. M. M. GREEN SONS, Box & Atlanta, Ga. POTATOES $1.20 a Bbl. Largest Food POTATO Growers in Anguilla. Prices $1.80 eph. Excormant leaves of Grass Clover and Farm Foods. Send this notice and Give us a Call to BARK PARK SEED SAMPLERS. JOHN L. SILKER FED CO., LA CROSS, WI, L.C. PISO FUENTE F. CHEES WHILE ALL USE FAILS. Best Cough Syrup. Tastes Good. Use in time. Bold by design. CINEMAS as ror cases [ese eras oe ee tee ee So Fs eases | eens ee Soe pesos eee nee i a eee pee = Seeee Givers re Sos Ss eaes ees = 5 Sees SS Seis ee a eae sees Be een eee eee pS eerie eee oe See one er sae ae — = = SEE a = ae = aE = aE == Eee oa Be =e = = eee = — ee