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* f- No Wooden Indians. Baltimore board of estimates has refused to permit a wooden Indian gp to be placed in front of a cigar store. The inference is that a wooden IndiaD is too combustible. \ Va r\r Jessa^wr firs* day*-' TV. ^-??V CervoJTeetarrtr.tStrialbottVanrt treatise fro* Dr.T?. J'.Filxy.JLtd..iSJ/?-<* Pt..ri i!n..r< TMww Pr:*e is the new Premier of South Australia. pi"" . Mr*, WIn*'r?w'? SootKin<r Svnr> for rWMr?n te?fchlu<?,J?ofteT?stb?fmm?,?-Mo*<?qtqflr.TOnyi? tion.allav? rain.ctire? wind enli??.25e. a bottle pj> Dr. ("Menuon. of St.*I/w;<?. is the youngest archbishop in the world. .? F. f, ftaxsv's Sox*, of AHnn*a. O*., ?r? tbeouly successful TVorwv ^necialisf? intHt World. Poo their liberal olTer in ridvertisaSDOnt in anothor column of thi* naner. A children'? brcnch of the Xorth India Bible Society has been formed. Pfao's Cnrefor Consnmot'on i? an infallible medicine for coughs and colds.?N. W, 8AJTUET., OoeanQrore. V. J.. FeS. 17, 1903. The railway comnanies of England and ^ Wales employ 312,000 men. Itch cured in SO minutes by Woolford's Sanitary Lotion; never fails. Sold bv Druggists. Mail orders promptly fillel by Dr. Detehon, Orawfordsville, Ind. $1. . Two street peddlers in Bradford, England, bought a horse for $11.25. Core* Blood, Skin Troubles, Cancer, Blood Poison. Greatest Blood Purifier Free. If your blood is impure, thin, diseased, hot or lull of humors, if you have blood poison, cancer, carbuncles, eating sores, Ej? scrofula, eczema, itching, risings and lumps, gg? ' scabby, pimply skin, bone pains, catarrh, ? rheumatism, or any blood or skin disease, take Botanic Blood Balm (B. B. B.) according to directions. Soon all sores heal, aches and pairs stop, the blood is made pure and rich, k avlng the skin free from very eruption, and giving the rich glow of perfect health to the skin. At the same ; time B. B. B. improves the digestion, cures dyspepsia, strengthens weak kidneys. Just the medicine for old people, as it gives them new, vigorous blood. Druggists, 81 p.^r' per large bottle, with directions for home ^ - * - ^ U core, frampie iree ana pjrep?w uy wihu^ M&3. Biood Balm Co., Atlanta, Ga. Des-rlbe trouble and special free medical advice also sent In sealed letter. B. B. B. is esjfr. pecially advised for chronic, deep-seated cases of impure blood and skin disease, and cures after all else fails. wm !not the best. , Mrs. Crfcnsonbeak?Do you femenk ber what I said before I married you? Mr. Crimsonbeak?That you would j r>; ' aot marry the best man on earth. "Well, I've kept my word, haven't | I?''?Yonkers Statesman. i fOMimipsi I SERIOUS OPESfiTIOKS AVOIDED f'y N ^ Unqualified Stxocoss of Lydla E. Pink ' - ham's Vegetable Compound In the Case of MTs. Fannie D. Fox One of the greatest triumphs of Lydij E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound is the conquering of woman s dread en||?my, Tumor. The growth of a tumor is so sly that frequently its presence is not suspected until it is far advanced. |" So-called "wandering- pains" may come from its early stages, or the L* presence of danger may be made manifest by profuse menstruation, accompanied by unusual pain, from the ovaries down the groin and thighs, If you have mysterious pains, if there ;.v are lnaicauona ot mimmmauuu ur uiaplacement, don't wait for time to confirm your fears and go through the horrors of a hospital operation; secure Lydia E. Pinkham's vegetable Compound right away and begin its use. Mrs. Pink ham. of Lynn, Mass., will rive you her advice free of all charge & you will write her about yourself, v ' Your letter will be seen by women only, j Dear Mrs. Pinkham:-r :> # 441 take the liberty to congratulate you on i the sucoess I have had with your wonderful medicine. Eighteen mouths ago my monthlies stopped. shortly after I felt so badly that I submitted to a thorough examination by a physician and was told that I had a tumor on the uterus and would have to undergo an operation. 44 Soon- after I read one of your advertisements and decided to give Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound a trial. After trying five bottles as directed the tumor is entirely gone. I have been examined by a j physician and he says I have no signs of a tumor now. It has alo brought my monthlies around once core, aud I am entirely well."?Fannie D. Fox, 7 Chestnut Street. Bradford, Pa. ?< TOE MAN ~ BEfilND THE SAW Has easy wore 11 ici an aiuu. i /?? The keen, clean cutting edge and perfect taper of the Afegr / ~\f jjSD blade make it run easly jylyy/ Y.JBay without buck"llng. /TfJefY BSh No "humping" to yZTAjKSsv E&A do with the Perfeo Hon Handle. v ' But there are other men behind -r^j^V J the Atkins Saw. The originator of {gftffeL I silver steel, the finest crucible IhaJ/ steel made, was a good deal of a V*5s5??ir , - man. The discovererof the Atkins secret tempering process was likewise a man of brains ana genius. And thero are high-class workmen behind this saw, masters of their craft, whose skill and pride of workmanship have helped to make the Atkins Trade .Mark an assurance of quality as reliable" s the Goverment assay stamp. We make nil types and sizes of Saws, but only one grade?the best ' Atkins Saws, Corn Knives, Perfection Floor Scrapers, etc., are sold by all good hardware dealers. Catalogue on request. ?. C. ATKINS CSL CO.. Inc. I Largest Saw Manufacturers in the World. I Factory and Executive Ofices, hxfiaaapofis. Indiana. I BRANCHES: New York, Chicago, Minneapolis, I Portland, (Oregon), Seattle, Son Francisco, I m Kemphla, Atlanta and Toronto, (Canada). # Accapt no Substitute?Insirt on the Atkins Brand I rr^SOLD BY GOOD DEALERS EVEHYttK^TT? "HOT-AIB" CDFFIS FACTORIES Lead Many Unwary Investors Into , Quicksands of Financial Ruin. In these days of frenzied finance, and the limelight of investigation on insurance corporations, the ordinary public Is amazed over trie disclosure of how millions are carelessly handled by the heads of large institutions, supposed to bo safe and conservative. One fact revealed by these disclosures, is that the men connected with such institutions, have gotten beyond the days of small capital, and deal with such which rival Uncle Sam's treasury, through which, if successful, they will realize large profits. Hew sadly in comparison do the "investors" in many manufacturing enterprises appear, when judged from the standpoint of "knowing what you do," and nowhere is this more patent than with the investor that is constantly sinking funds in the many mushroom coffin factories that appear, and then after a spasm "disappear," either through a "shut down" or through the sheriff. Did the loss but extend only to these "investors" it would be but the usual result, of not "looking before you leaped," but what of t.he creditors, and frequently the amounts advanced by "localities" paid to .stimulate the new town industries, and often the wages ? due to workmen. The prevailing opinion in the public mind that the manufacturing of un dertakers' goods returns tremendous profits,; is no doubt stimulated by ex-, perience had with the undertaker, but in the manufacturing of funeral supplies, the question becomes quite a different proposition, for supply and demand, pure and simple, regulates the price, as it does In all other business, with the exception that "the demands cannot be stimulated, by i either style, product, or price, "Father Time," alone controls. v Here is where the ever zealous capitalist or community allow promoters, or patriotism to impose upon their -credulity, in accepting statements which will not bear the 'light of investigation," but through ignorance of conditions, subscribe and put up their cash, only to get wise after it is too i late. Statistics show that there are one hundred and ninety-five casket manufacturing and jobbing plants in the United States, of which 163 are man luciureitt Ul vtu^ms uapav,iuca, nuno 19 manufacture approximately 375,000 - coffns and caskets annually, 30 manu| facture 360,000, 114 manufacture 612,000, er a total of 1,347,000 coffins and caskets, manufactured annually in the United States, all of which must be consumed through the ordinary demand of mortality, but what is the demand? In the mortality abstract of the twelfth census, table number 94, we find that the total deaths from all causes in the registration area of the United States was 512,669 for twelve months, but this registration area was only 38 per cent of the continental territory of the United States. In part L of the final report cn vital statistics, page VII. the final computation shows a death rate in the United States of 16.3 per 1,000, and while this is considered excessive, but assuming it to be correct, it will show approximately only 1,238,000 deaths per year in this country including paupers. Now what of the 109,000 coffins and caskets produced annually in excess of the demand which the public can not be induced to purchase by the use of any of the ordinary mediums used to stimulate trade as practiced in other lines of business? Unquestionably it is a case of over-supply. which can not he disposed of, and the surplus is more than double the quantity stated, for there is no provision in the estimate for pauper colfins, which are not made in the regular coffin factories, whereas the number of deaths include paupers, and thus the fate of nine out of every ten new coffin plants is clearly written, even before the stock is subscribed, to say nothing of the failure of the old ones. It sometimes happens that a new plant of this kind, after a hard struggle, succeeds in surviving some of the older ones, but the same amount of capital and energy invested in some other line of business would not run such great risk of failure, while profits in the event of success have proven to be less than any other class of business. The records show that the average j per cent of profit in the casket man ufacturing business by houses which, i have been in business for a number j cf years, and equipped with the best | facilities for turning out their work i at the smallest per cent, runs from 3 to 8 per cent, while several, if not | the majority of them can do no bet- | i tor than break even, and In a number ! of instances close down, or are closj ed out In a few years. | The government statistics of 1900 j shows that in that year $13,585,162.00 I of capital was invested in the casket j manufacturing business, and the value j of the product was $13,952,308.00 at | a cost of $10,022,829.00 for material j and wages, or a gain of only 28 per i cent over the amount expended. Now ! deduct from this the 20 to 25 per cent ! necessary for the cost of selling, in! .cidental and sundry expenses and it | can be readily seen that the profits | will be small if any. i I Since these figures were tabulated | raw material and labor have both ad* j vanced considerably with no advance j in the finished product, which makes the small margin between the cost of production and the amount realized for the finished goods likely to disappear altogether. Varnished paint can be kept as bright as though freshly done by soak ? />11 9 ing in water some time a oag nueu with flaxseed, and then using it as a cloth to clean the paint Taylor's CheroRee Bemedy of Sweet Gum j and Mullen is Nature's great remedy?Cures Coughs, Colds, Croup and Consumption, and all throat and lung troubles. At druggists, 25c., 50c. and $1.00 per bottle. A COLOR CONFLAGRATION.' Like an ancient Nero Nature's fires are spread. And the north wind fiddles While the woods burn red. ?New York Time3. To Core a Cold In One Day Take Laxative Bromo Quinine Tablets. Druggists refund money if L fails to cure. ?. W. Grove's signature on each box. 25c.) Valuable dogs are often vaccinated now** days. WHERE IGNORANCE IS BLISS. "McBIuff's boss seems to consider him a good man in bis line." "In his line, eh? That's simply because he hasn't got on to Ms curves." ?Philadelphia Preee.. AM A\A/FI II SKIM HUMOR ~11 ' W W t V l? VI * I V * V I | Covered Head, Neck and Shottlrtnr*?8ttf? fared Affony For Twenty-Vive Tear* Until Cored by Caticnra. "For twenty-live years I suffered agony from a terrible humor, completely covering my head, neck and shoulders, discharging matter of such offensiveness to sight and smell that I became an object of dread. I consulted the most able doctors far and near, to no avail. Then I got Cuticura, and in a surprisingly short time i was completely cured. I advise all those suffering from skm humors to get Cuticura and end their misery at once. S. P. Keyes, 119 Congress Street, Boston, Mass." AcJvar.ce. "In the old days," observes the man with the dyed whiskers, "the physicians believed that blood letting was a sovereign remedy for whatever ailed . a patient. They would bleed him for * gunshot wounds or anything else." "So I have read," comments the man with the hay fever. "But, of course, as human knowledge broadened, the medical profession came to the knowledge that " "That if a man needed to be bled they didn't have to stick a scalpel Into his arm," finished the man who had gone to fifteen specialists to be cured of rheumatism. I LESS LABOR INVOLVED. "How'd youse like to have de Jot) of keepin' de streets of Havana free from snow?" jocularly Inquired Tired Tiffins. "I'd rather be a dummy Insurance director," promptly replied Weary Wraggs. now'* This ? We offer One Hundred Dollars' Reward for any case of Catarrh th.it cannot be cored by Hail's Catarrh Cure. P. J. Chexey A Co., Toledo, 0. We, the undersigned, have known P. J. Cheney for the last 15 yoars, and believe him perfectly honorable in all business transactions and financially able to carry out any obligations made by their firm. Wxst 4 Tbuax, Wholesale Druggists, Toledo, 0. Waxj>jno, Kixxax A Mabvin, Wholesale Druggists, Toledo, O. Hall's Catarrh Cure is taken internally, acting directly upon the blood and mucuous surfaces of the system. Testimonials sent free. Price, 75c. per bottle. Sold by all Druggists. Take Hall's Family Pills for constipation. QUITE SO. "What a pretty woman? Is she unmarried?" "Oh, yes?three times."?Cleveland Leader. [ - A Guaranteed Core for files, Itching, Blind, Bleeding, Protruding Pile*. Druggists are authorized to refund money if Pazo Ointment fails to cure in 6 to 14 days. 50o. Celery is the cultivated variety ot the English weed, smallage. ACTION OP GRAVITY. "Senator, how did you get your start in life?" asked the reporter. "T urai hnrn on a hillside farm iu Vermont," said the eminent states* man, "and at an early age I rolled down "?Chicago Tribune. DON'T MISS THIS. A Cure For Stomach Trouble?A New Method, by Absorption?No Drugs. I. Do You Belch? It means a diseased Stomach. Are you afflicted with Short Breath, Gas, Sour Eructations, Heart Pains, Indigestion, Dyspepsia, Burning Pains and Lead Weight m Pit of Stomach. Acid Stomach, Distended Abdomen, Dizziness, Colic? Bad Breath or Any Other Stomach Torture? Let us send you a box of Mull's AntiBelch Wafers free to convince you that it | cures. Nothing else like it known. It's sure and very pleasant. Cures by absorption. Harmless. No drugs. Stomach Trouble can't be cured otherwise?so says Medical Science. Drugs won't do?.they eat up the Stomach and make you worse. We know Mull's Anti-Belch Wafers cure and we want you to know it, hence thil offer. Special Offer.?The regular price of Mull's Anti-Belch Wafers is 50c. a box, but to introduce it to thousands of sufferers we will send two (2) boxe3 upon receipt of 75c?. and this advertisement, or we will send you ft free sample for this coupon. 12235 A FREE BOX. 114 Send this coupon with your name and address and druggist's naruf who "does not sell it for a free box of Mull's Anti-Belch Wafers to Mull's Gbape Toirco Co., 328 Third Ave., Rock Island, 111. Give Full Addresa and Write Plainly. ' Sold at all druggists, 50c. per box. J > ? AFFAIRS IN PANAMA Occupy the Time of Senators Throughout Lay's Session. SALARIES ARE TOO HIGH Prominent Solons Give Expression to Their Indivioual Views Regarding Great Waterway?Debate Interesting. A Washington special says: The senate spent four houus in Thursday la discussing the canal emergency appropriation bill, and when it adjourned, th9 bill was still under consideration. There were set speeches by Teller, Scott and Morgan, and they wore followed by a general debate, in which all phases of the controversy were exploited. A separate bill regulating the issuance of bonds for the canal, and placing them on the same basis as other government bonds was passed without debate. Mr. Teller, in discussing canal matters, said that he' did not believe that the canal would be the success which its friends hoped it would be. His opinion v?as that if locus were used, the Nicaragua canal would be preferable. He was willing to vote all the money needed for the completion of the work. Mr. Scott expressed the opinion that a mistake had been made in selecting the Panama route, and made a speech advocating the San Bias route. "We are now confronted with just such a situation as I have always 1 held would be encountered in connection with the Panama route. We have expended millions of dollars, and are no nearer to the completion of the enterprise than when the United States took control of it." Ho said that the canal could not be constructed as a lock canal within less than ten years, nor as a sea level canal in time to serve this generation. Mr. Morgan took up the thread of Mr. Scott's remarks in Tavor of the San Bias route, expressing the opinion that in view of divided opinion of the engineers of the Panama route, ?* Via nrtoa +/"? /vrdor OTI ItTimA/U. It rvwtuvi US* Tf cv V* uv* WM ate survey of the San Bias route. "I would welcome it as a happy solution," he said, and added that the location of the route is an ideal one. He spoke of the isthmian canal as the best regulator of railroad rates, and he said that the Panama road would prove most valuable in that respect. He concluded with the announcement of his intention to vote for the bill. Mr. Bacon called attention to the failure of the committee on appropriations to report an amendment for the reduction of salaries paid by the commission, and asked if that fact indicated that the committee approves them. Without" waiting for a replyhe expressed the opinion that the salaries were exorbitant, and out of all proportion to the salaries paid to other government employees. "There is no parallel for it in any other salaries paid by the United States," be declared. Mr. Clay asked what became of the money paid by the United States to the Panama road for services, and Mr. Hale replied that the money comes back to the national treasury. He said the road is run as an luueyeijueiib s; ocom, aau wuc?v this seemed to him useless. He agreed with Mr. Allison that there should bo legislation to simplify * the question. Mr. Tillman called for a r?*port on the Panama railroad, intimating that there is too much secrecy about it, and saying that there was danger of < loss in such condition. He deplored the Introduction of "Oriental methods; into the management of canal affairs." THREE KILLED IN COLLISION. ? i Seaboard Air Line Trains Crash Together Near Orlando, Fla. A head-on collision occurred on the Seaboard Air Line at Plymouth, Fla, about 16 miles from Orlando Saturday morning, resulting in the death of Engineer Lambert and John Lusadder, white fireman, and William Jones, a colored fireman, on the other train, and the injuring of Mail Agent Burlack. Engineer Porter is badly hurt, and may die. A misunderstanding of orders is said to have been the cause of the disaster. would make negroes white. Ohio Mafi Found Guilty of Using the Mails Fraudulently. Jamos A. Herlihy of "Chlllicothe, . Ohio, charged with misuse of the ' mails in the advertisement of a prep- < aration which Herlihy said would : change negroes white, was found gull- i ty by a jury in the United States ] court at Chicago Wednesday alter- i noon. i WHELMED BY SLEET. ... Sections of Virginia ar.d North Carolina Almost Totally Isolated by Visit of Ice Monarch. Richmond, Va., has been in a heavy coating ot ice since Friday, and telo grapn and ieiepno~e wires are iaiung all over the city. Every policeman In the city and every fireman, including the regular reserves and call men are on duty. The fire alarm system is a wreck, except in the business section of the city, where the wires arc underground. Richmond is almost I wholly cut cff from telegraph and telphone communication with the norta and south. Except for a single wire to Danville and another to Washington, Lynchburg was also cut off hr telegraphic communication with the north and south on account of a sleet storm in the city, were put to work. The 200 linemen at work on a new system restored The circuits. Many of them went to Greensboro, N. C., where the worst of the storm appeal's to have ben experienced. The sleet storm experienced in the section around Danville was the most disastrous in years, entailing upon the , telephone and telegraph companies damages of thousands of dollars. Dan- j i ville was without any communication j, to any points soutn. Greensboro Isolated. ' ; Practically isolated from the out- ; side world, Grensboro, N. C., has beefi ; in the grip of one of the worst sleet i storms it has experienced for years. Telegraphic and telephonic com muni- j cation was cut off for some time, due to broken wires and fallipg poles. In- ? estimable damage was done to trees and fcliage crushed beneath the i weight of icicles.- Street car service was seriously hampered and a general discomfiture ensued. LINEVITCH THROWS UP JOB. Mutinous Troops Give Head of Manchurian Army Lots of Trouble. A cable to the New York World dated at St Petersburg, December 14, says: "I cannot combat the wholesale spread of revolutionary movement in , the army, already more than half mutinous," General Linevitch tele- . graphed from Manchuria. "The re* , serves demand to be sent home immediately and refuse to take paper mouey. Telegraph instructions. Urgent" . , i SECOND VICTIM OF HASTY. ' ; 1 Abbott Davison Dies of Wound Received in Gaffney Tragedy. Abbott Davison of New York, actor In the "Nothing But Money" theatri- ; cal company, who was wounded by ; George Hasty, proprietor of a; hotel at , Gaffney, S. C., Friday, died early Sat- . urday evening. Milan Bennett, muai- , cal director of the same company, was also killed oy Hasty. The shooting was the rseult of an alleged insult offered by Hasty to two actress- \ ee of the company. OLD TURK FINALLY YIELDS. f ; Grants Financial Control of Macedonia at Behest of Powers. , Turkey Sunday night formally sur- , rendered to the demands of the powers and accepted the scheme provid lug for the financial control of Mac- , odoaia. A communication to this effect has been promulgated, and the Question which has been the subject of nego tiations for elerven months is closed. ( The International fleet will promptly be withdrawn. DEMOCRATS HAD LAST SAY. Senate Appropriates Canal Mpncy Af ter Adopting Bacon Amendment? ' After a strong speech by Senator Bacon in criticism of the general policy, of high salaries in connection with the Panama canal and in favor of his amendment calling upon the secretary aof the treasury for detailed statements showing all salaries as a basis for future appropriations, the senate Saturday adopted the Bacon amendment KSVENGE TAKEN ON CADET. Another Hazing Affair Occurs at An? napolis Naval Academy. Notwithstanding the testimony ot 1 witnesses before the Meriwether courtmartial to the effect that hazing Is no longer practiced at the naval academy at Annapolis, a case occurred there Tuesday night. The victim was Midshipman Jerdon < Pettus Kimbrough of Germantown, Tenn. He was last week called before a board of officers inquiring Into hazing, fighting and similar practices onanmr nnoCL aliU WULl^llOU IV ouw n v? vv* Hons. ?" ! TRIPLE TRAGEDY IN BEAUMONT. Motcrman, Deputy Constable and No* gro Boy Shot to Death. The negro district of Beaumont, s Texas, was the scene of a triple trag- 1 edy, Sunday, Bryan Merritt, a motorman, and Elisha Perita, a deputy con* ' stable being shot and almost instant* ' [y killed by Henry Powell, a 19-yearold negro, was in turn Idlted by Dej>uty Sheriff Teris. ] jr . ASKING CLEMENCY- ; Appeal Made to Save Necks r% i a /n or Slayers ot Carters. * '-"Vjk NEGRO MOST DESERVING ?aved the Life of Mrs. Carter by 4rj| Knocking Up Gun ? Elder ' ' ? Rawlings Makes Another Sensational Statement " < The attorneys who represented Alf Moore in his trial at Valdosta, Ga., '. :- ;4 Last summer for complicity in the |? murdci of the Carter children are ^ interesting themselves in an endeavor to have his sentence commoted to life imprisonment instead of being hang* ed. There appears to be a strong 1 sentiment among the people of the * county and section in the negro's hahalf. It is contended that if he had * net freely confessed his part in the tragedy that it would havo been im* . possible to have convicted his coconspirators, J. G. Rawlings and hla ; sons, or to have ever learned the truth of the crime. Moore has clainr ed, and it was not disproven, that he saved the life of Mrs. Carter hy knocking up the gun as Jesse Baw-v*^fal iings leveled the weapon to shoot her and that he aid not kill or attempt to kilL either of the children, having ^ become frightened and run away soon ^ after the children were shot. t Petitions are now being circulated in various parts of the county asking - ; Ij the prison commission to commute /ffjj the sentence. 9 Petitions are/al30 being numerously 9 signed asking a commutation of the* . 9 sentences of the Rawling boys. Very 1 few people want the boys hanged,:- igS mainly on account of their youth H and of the general belief that they :|j? were dominated by their father in th? 4'Jj commission of the crime with which ' they are ? charged. fl The elder Rawlings Issued a state- I meat Friday in which he vigorously H denied that he had ever said that he JU wanted his boys to hang with him; , J as has been so generally reported. He ] contends that his boys are Innocent, : but knowing the influences whidh ' - J; would be thrown around them, and : vi the life they would have to live as " convicts, lie feels that he would rather" 1 V see them dead than to ^now they ' had to go to the penitentiary for life.- ^ He says that Ms wife and daughters discovered that he had hired Alt Moore before his sons knew anything abont the cont ?L- > plated crime, and that his daughter | Lelia went into her brother Milton's room after he had gone to bed on the night of the tragedy and told the boy ' 5;vjv the first he knew of it DEPUTIES RUN GAUNTLET. South Carolina Officers'Have Strenu- :.. .y ous Time Saving Negro from After running the gauntlet at an armed and determined mob. Deputies >1 Reuben Jacobs and B. E. Morris of Barnwell, S. C., reached Savannah, Ga., Friday from Barnwell county, with John Sims, a colored prisoner, who hod been shot through the body. t' Sims was being carried to Augusta ^ and thence to Columbia. ^ The negro was arrested at Blackville, Friday morning, "for turkey '^jjSga stealing and tor throwing bricks at a Mr3. Bussee. When Mrs. Bussee dfs- ^ covered Sims trying to catch the tur-' keys he commenced cursing her and. throwing stones at her and she sought safety by crawling undef a house. An thur Dowett overtook the negro, and % when the latter showed fight Dewett shot him through the right side. The ' negro's wound was dressed and he was placed aboard the train for Barn- ?8g well. An excited mob was in waiting and Sheriff -Creech and several deputies were having trouble in keeping them back. As the tram slowed up. Sheriff Creech jumped aboard and held the mob at bay until the doors to the car in which the prisoner was confined was locked. Inside the car were sev eral deputies wua auuuunmiwtM shotguns. The throttle was opened wide and . the train sped out of Barnwell with several members of the mob clinging to the platform. Some of :>Jg| these 3tayed . on the train until the next stop. ~ : Confirmations by the Senate. The senate in executive session FrI day confirmed the fellowing Florida '^Jj nominations: Collectors of Customs? vJeorge A. Allen at Key West, John ; y:||| E. StiJlraan at Pensaccla; Tip Warren at Apalachicola; Matthew B. McFarlane at Tampa. ' ,^!1m SOUTHERN INSURANCE COMPANY/ To Bo Organized in Atlanta According to Authoritative Report That a Southern old line life insurance company is to be organized ' In Atlanta in the near future is re ported from authoritative sources. * i Those behind the movement are said 1 to be among the most substantial *'1%$ business men of Atlanta, who think the time is ripe for such an enter* prise.