The Horry herald. (Conway, S.C.) 1886-1923, November 21, 1901, Image 1
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VOL. XVI.
A RASCAL'S SCHEMfT
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To Collect Insurarcs Frrm Life
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Ir.su'anc^ C >rrpan>*?. ^
CONFESSES WHEN ARRESTED '
But Denies That Ha Murdared
His Uiid^ntiflod C mpan-'
Ion Found D?*ad In en
Arkansas Hot*?.
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Ba'hbun. who wai nun
pose&W^flVe boon found iu a J;!I rsonvillo*,
Iod., liotol la t Thursday
woek was arrested in L misvi lo on
Tuesday of last wook. Ajaordieg to
lUthbuu, the oorpdo v?hioh wa J shipped
to Littlo ltook for burial as iho body of
lUthbun was the body of W. L.
Tonoyko. Tho folioo say lUthbun has
confessed todesortiun from iho United
Sratos army and to having formed a
plot to fraudulently oolloot $4,000 insurance
on his life, hut that he doniou
having killed tho mau who diod iu tho
Jcfforsonvillo hotol, lUthbiln was
arrostod at tho United Urates rcoiuit
ing station in Ljuisvillo. Iio is hold
as a fugitivo from juatioo. Tho ar
rest was rnado on information from
Scrgoant Skinnor, of tho Uaitod Statos
recruiting station. KathOun enlisted
under the name of "Lou Hoot, Detroit."
Sorgoant Skinnor had road the story
of tho Jeffortonvillo oaso and oiroum
stanoos oonnootcd with tho now recruit
aroused hiB suspicions. Oao of
thorn was tho faot that tho mau haT
on a government sun ot underwear.
Ksthbuo said ho had bought tho garruonts
from a soldier friend. Another
oiroumatanoo was his knowledgo of
army affairs about Littlo llook. Ho
stood tho examination and enlistod
Saturday. At tho dotootivo oHioo Hatiiburn
was put through tho swo .tingpro
ooss and under pressure mado tho fol
lowing statement, according to his inquisitors:
"My namo is Nathan U. . lUthbun,
and my homo is in Littlo ltjok, Ark.
Several mouths ago I deserted lrom
tho army post at Plattaburg, Now
York, in oompany with atxolhor recruit
by tho namo of W. 11. Ellis. 1 soon
lost Bight of him and v ent to LittleHook.
There 1 was married and afterwaids
took out tho insuracoo policies.
1 oamo to Louisv.llo about ten d?ys
ago and formed a plot to muko trio
insurance company thi k I was desd,
so that I could collect tho iusuranouI
foil in vruh a man, who said bis
namo was W. L Toncyke, iff front of
tho Salvation Aim; icaJquartors in
Louisville at d told him cl my plan
and ho ?agre? d to help mo. Our pian
was toregifter from loine pLoe -?t a
hotel in Ji tt-.r ot.viiio and thou s.t tiro
to the hotel. W inlo wo were in Jut
fersonvilio we to., k a number of dunks
and Tcnojko got drunk 1 tliiLk hid
death was o*u<.eu by diinking. 1 put
tho iotteis a'ldrostica torn6in ma pocket,
and left. 1 diu not kill him. 1 then
oauio to L u-bvuio hu wool to tlio ro
oruitiLg oilcj mutuiiiua. ^ly real
homo in id ll.trott."
TELLS ANOTHER TALB.^
Rithbutu aonuaea later that the
Elba Who OAdUipntli d CO tuo hotel 1U
Ji tfir.-o' io, iud., and wub found
dead t' iXt dny, ?.vi Ghaiiua Godman,
who in taid to Luvo uumu Horn
Evai. ovule, JLnd.
Chief of Ucteolivcc Su'livan and
Obx f Apple gate, and (Joiout r Coo is of
Jtftenouville, lnteiviowtd lUihban
Wednoiday. Ra hbun listened ai out
by ono the oncu^Hianoes, which t o
polioo regard as iiooia of hm guiU,
wtio laid before b)m by Chtei Suihvtn.
According to iho clhuera, liuthou i
- auedenly tpiaug up tod, waikiLghadii
Jy to a winnow, looked out lor a low
minutes. Then, turui) g hko an ar.i
it al at bay, hu faced iho crowd ol men
in tho room and asked in a shaking
^voioe:
/'What is the puniBbmcnt for effoecob
of thin kind in Indiana? Does tho
death nenalcv exist then-?"
"Never mien about the penalty,
Kathbun," raid Uftpt/Sullivan. k W hat
wo aro interested iu is the umc of the
dead muu"
For a moment Kathbun looked at
the group ot faces btforo him aba thou
said:
"You aro on the right Iraok. Goodman
is the namo oi iho dead man. 1
mot him in front ot the tiaivation Army
Hotel and determined to keep him
drunk for soveial otya and thon fix
him."
When questioned further Kathbun
denied having given woodman laudanum
and said ho would have madtruso
of ohloroform. . '' \
Just before he was taken bacx to jail
Kathbun made th* following statement
to Chief of HaMStiveji Sullivan: X
"1 admit tiVerythitfg except that 1
killed GoodnJl&Y iouefnt, to kill him
and kept him diUok tot the purpose;
but he died of aloohulism and I was not
foroed to mako away tsith him. 'My
story aooout the aoaompliee named
Blanohaid.was flotitious. laotodalono
and without a oonfedtrato."
CONFESSES FItAUD.
Kathbun madola statement Wednesday
that his wrfopt Little Kook had'
known of his plan to defraud the iiisur'
aboo oompany, though not Of tho murder
featurewf if; the dcoision to haye
tho ootoso Of tho supposed Goodman returned
bp Jcfiireonville for an autopsy
sni idenufioation; the announcement
from which tho department dooWed to
i e id Kathbun to J< tferhOnville a$d turn
him over to tbo .Indiana authorities and
the refusal of the local authority to
send Kathbun to Little Kook to testify
at tho oormox's itqicst ovor tho oorpse
that was shipped there. They say that
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Ra hbuo will go nowhcro exojpt to* Jef<?
tcrconvi lo, whoro ho ia to bo tfi'd on
tho ohargo of nrurdoriog by -poison
Otms. (io,dman. Tho Buspioions of
t'apuin .Sullivan worn aroused this"
net: ing by now-i from little It >tfkTt bat
a M ?:? Oorlnno lhyor had 8 <*ted that
IU' v bun L.-vd-proposed a siuiflar plot of
d . r udiug an inburauoj company to her
a u haidthat if uh'o world ui\rxy. him
ap t carry out her par* that ho would
aond a oorpso homo; that it oouid bo
bori< d as his, and that ho uod /ho
could divide tho insutaaOo money, -Ho
a'3.i 1. oreotb thai. My. lltthbu i insisted
that tho corpse .scat from dtflorson
vide and now in Littlo Rock was that
ol her husband. ,
ItATHLtUN 8 STATEMENT.
After asoirtainixg thcsO facts Oaptaiu
Sullivan had Rtthb'uu brought in
to his private oflioa and interrogated
him about thisphaso of tho oaso.* Rathl.,.?
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M\A:? O*\\A. X UCkXJJ SJllljf lUiU J^tlU yTJlt
of tho truth to far. 1 arranged this
mat tot with my wife in. Li lo Rook
long ago, but uid not want 10 biing her
into tho oasir. -Now it looks liko 1 will
h&vo to. L told hor that I would find a
corpse, and that she was to tdograph
for it to bo buriod, thon oolloot the insurance
and in timu I would tioaert
again froiQ.tho army and moot hor at
Boiuo place and wo would divide it.
As to making thin ulatcmout Kithbuo
said that his wifo know nothing of any
plot to commit murder or 'to tot lire to
a hotel, "indoed," ho Baid, ' no murdor
was committed for L did not kill
Goodman. L might have killed him-if
r.':c< i-ary, but ho diod from natural
causes,"
Ono of tho most perplexing* foaturos
of thevoaao as it now proeonts ijeolf to
t'lio polioo is in regard to ihb real identity
of tho prisoner horo. That ho has
beon passing himself ovor tho country
as Lieut. Newell 0. lUthbun; that ho
was married in Little Hook undor that
name, and that ho was insured for $1,QOOaunu^tb
bo certain, but tho do
teo^Vos arc oonvinoed that it is an alias
and that ho has ftevor told, his roal
name or his real homo. k Under tho ?4vioo4>f
their attorneys Mrs. llkthbun's
rela. v is deota** ty> diacuss mo Hah
buu s osse, aod especially that part of
litthouu s. ooniossion oonuocting her
v ith tho alleged sohemo *' taud tho
Lfe insurance company. .
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committed to jail.
ltathbuD, who was airostod on Buspioi
ua ui unviug ojkuaca moaoaui atdcitofsonville,
liid., of Chaa. Cooduiau who
was t >und Qcai id a hotot iu that oity
Ian Thursday weok, death havii.g retu.ieu
it is buppoaod, from tlio laudanum
pois>niug, y in tho Clark oouuty,
1 dtauo, ja 1 on a olmrgo of murder.
IJu'ucr instiuc ioott from tho war dopartmou.
at Washington, lia hbuu,
who m a doBctior ir^m tho Uuitod
Stilus wai Wouoosday evening turned
over 10 tho ludiaua authorities and
ukon ucrubd tho rivor.
HE IS IDENTIFIER.
Ralhbun was ldeiuilioi by D puty
Sheriff Al-OhiohfcbtoraudK. J. Uiucok
ier U\ai L tlo.Kook.
Too meeting bciwocn tho pritio er
aim tlio Ark&uSas visitoifl who.rn trip
was tho purposo of ldun' doaiion took
p.iOo hi 8^-r If lUvos tthj .
"iioi 1\A| iitinbuai" bAid C o-ioktar,
"Dum'c you know utt?" wti tho li.Bt
salutation.*
"Yes, you aro Gttoeokier," said tho
prinoiijr.
"Did y.u g vo that mm ?,ho opo?"
aekyu C.otekiur. . 1
' 1 am uot guilty of tho orioio as
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.; L>.U your wito know anythir g about
your boaeiiK? '
"Sue mignt havo thought about it."
4 vvuy otu tho identity tho boujr an
boieg yout's?"
"1 oAu't toil; sho ia*an cxoitablo wo
man" .
" What, about tho statemont of Carrio
Fry or t'hae you wanted her to go
into an insurfnoo swindle with you?"
"8 no in <tn onerayot ni-uo."
At the oonoiudon of tlio interview
Haiubun Bigue-d tho following papers
tor tho J urpjao of pjiovtDg htu idoutity
in Lttllo Kook:
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xv wjsuiu it may oonoern:
"1 am m cuaiody iu JU'lTcrfoavillo,
Ind.,aw/uling trial. i will send this
by Al Uhiohcster and E, J. Gloeokter.
(Signed) N. 0. Kathbun.
The'prisonor i& beooming loss talkative
and evidently realize ho has alloady
talked too much.
Mid Ocean Mystery.
Capt. Foriian, of tho Australian
ctoauibhip E-.eika, brought the news to
Piniadolphia of a probadlo uiariuo disAbttr.
On Movimbur 8th, when tho
E olka was in latiiudo 41 degreo north
in <1 longitude 6U dogreo west, Forlau
states his attention was drawn to what
ho believes waa burning steamship. Too
oiaft was judvisdblo, but tho blszi was
plainly soon. The course of tho Eieika
was ohaoged, but before bo oottld roaoh
UiO burning vessel au explosion ooeuireu,
and ttio otoamship was toru to
pieobs. The E.elka orushod about in
tho viuinity of tho firo, but oould find
no tuaoo of tho orovf. Forlau bclivos
tho WbboI was'probably an oil earrier.
Wa'rned of Death.
John Connolly* of Somorville, N. J.,
announocd Thursday morning that ho
had a premonition that ho was goiog
to d?o and went about town bidding hie
frioeds'good-byo. At Loon hh startod
Tor his homo in East Somerville and
iitmipcd at tho rcsidenoo of Edward
1'yTlun, on Cliff street. There ho foil
to tho floor in convulsions, but rooovored
sufficiently to be plaotd in a oarrugo
to bo taken to his home. On tho
w*y he went into another onvuision
and died in the qarnage. Connolly
had a rugged constitution and was apparently
in good health until Thursday.
County Pbysioian Taylor oou'd find no
traoos of poison, and he behevos that
Connolly died from natural oauses.
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llABY G1KL SToLhN,
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R^covarad. Ag?in K^dnrpp rd. and
Finally F< und.
PLOT BEGAN IN FLORIDA.
porvan?s Mad* U *e ot by' tho
Ktdnnpp<irc. He w th<* Ycurg
OJri Final y? DUcoverfd
* H?r Identity.
A sensational oa?e of ohild-sloaling (
has just developed io Columbia. It
roada-lilu^R romaooo atd is full of oxoitiug
inoidouta and tl rilling details,
'.''he theatro of euaotmcnt oml^racep a
several Staioa. The duvtain riaoa ahoW/r!
ing tho firiit hcono ou au orango grove
iu tho laud cf flowers. It ia a talo of
kidnappiqg, of a raothor's hoart ronding
years of anaxioty. of a ohild's lost idon
tity,4ife in voonvont, oto.; and a final <
happy donouomonc id Columbia WcdncHday,
resulting in the rca toration of 1
the ohild to its mother aftor nine long ]
years of waiting and watohing and of ,
tho many robuff j of fato. Tho follow- \
ing particulars of tbo cate wo take
from Tho Stato of last Thursdav:
Loula Wilson, daughtor of Mrs. t.
M. Wilson of Tampa, Fla , and granddaughter
of tho lato Capt. John Mo 1
Neil of Dado City, Fla., was stolon
from her homo in Dado City nohrlv J
tiioo years ago, and was looatcd in Co- J
Wodnosday. Mrs* Wilson arrived in
tho oi*y aod identified hor long-lost
ohild and tho two havo returned to thoir 1
homo in Florida. - '
Tho faots oonnootod with this remarkable
oaso aro etrodgor than tiotion.
Mrs. W ilson*was a widow living on an '
orango grovo noar Dado City. 8ho was
a woman of modorato moans, so sho rolatos
tho story, and a stranger* a man j
by tho namo'of Millor, a northerner,
otmo Ihoro to board, llo was an au '
thor and wrote hovoral looks, ono while i
living in l)*do City, eutitlod "For
Twenty Years a Tramp," or "A Trip (
Through Holl," whioh purported 4o bo 1
a history of his own lifo and scvoral
of tho soenos woro laid in and around ;
Dado City. Mrs. Wilson desoriboa
Milltor as an orratio follow. He wrote '
under tho non do plurno of Potorlilum.
Whilo at Mrs. Wilson's ho booatnc 1
strongly infatuated with littlo Loula,
who was thon about six years of ago,
and Mrs. Wilson's4youngest ch\ld.
Orio diy ho and tho otuld mldnnly
disappeared, and though tho surr.,uid
ing country was thoroughly acarohod
no uaoo oould bo f jund of I no mi siug
ones. Wooka grow into months nod
ovcry ono almost despaired of <vor lo?
oating tho oaild. Finally, however, a
olow v,as Siour.d and tho omtd was
tr.aoed to a convent in 3t. Augustine,
Fia. Tfiis was eleven months after
ward. Mr*. W.Uon wont for her child,
but on arriving at tho oonvont sho had
inuoh trouhlo in recovering tho liitlo
ono as i. had buoa pUocd in tho oon
vout uudor an assumed name, tbo
st.auger ? ' o h-.d loft it ihero olaim
iug that tho oh.ld's parent were doau
and thai >ho ueocaicd father, a friend
if hi', bai btqu.a h d it to iirn. Mm.
Witsoi obtai jid etiu o lild afur a occur:
proceeding and rciuruod with it to
LKdu City. A I wvnt well now for a
low months. Thera was no ?iaio of
MilLr a d ho was not persecu.ed of
ouurso.
Hut iho story does not ond horo. A
young m n y tho namo-pf Hcjudjrson,
wi.o nad hv.,d in a nearby village tor a
number of yo..rs arm who was ku;wu
to tDo'faimiy, oarno over to Mrs Wii
Hun's with a letter from a m juried
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uaugnior 01 mra^ .wmou s requesting j
thai little ii'ouIbo seat, back with Mr. ,
* Henderson to spend a wotk with her,
aho hftvii g bo oil lutloof the child eiuco '
its.recovery. Mrs. Wilson not sua
pecting anything wrong lot tho child
go. Hut tho letter proved to bo a ]
iorgory. Honderuon disappeared and (
no iraoo'of tho litjtio girl o >uld be found.. j
After several yoara Mrs. Wilson learned
that her child was in a convent in Salma,
Ala , but investigation proved that
tho little girl had alroady gono from
thore, and no ono know whither she
woot. Mrs. Wilson during and after
this received numerous plotters purport'
ing to givo information oocooming the
loAt little ono, some of thorn alleging to
bo from tho child and requesting that
tho bo sent monoy to pay hor expenses .
. home. Sha often iook tho trips hor- .
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nun ruu aoui muuoy at ameroDt times
in anewor to lettors purporting to givo
information, cto., but *11 provod in
vain.- On one occasion an older daugh- {
ter of Mrs. Wilson's mado a trip to ]
Canada in the Booming fruitless soaroh, i
and to no avail. Tiro years ago she ro* '
ooivod a photograph of tho lntle girl, \
whioh "had been mailod on the train I
and gavo no olew as to whore she wac, i
bub it was a satitfaction to know that \
she was still alive and sho still prayed j
for tho roturn of her little ono.
Some months ago thero arrived in (
Columbia a girl in her teens who went (
to Ortulino convent, whoro sho pro* j
sentod lottors of introduction and re* ,
oommendation from a Mr. W. F. Miller
of Ltko City, Fia , who introduood
her as Mary Young, stating in hia lettor
to tho Ursuline authorities that the
girl had beon left to hia ohargo by a '
deceased friend, and that he was poor
and nnablo to care for and educate her;
that sho was of good oharaoter, smart ;
and ambitious, and requosting that they
' either take hor in or sooure a home for j
her where she oould work hor way i
through school, lie added in his let* i
ter that it war her desire to come to
South Carolina, as her people had for* 1
' morly oomo from this State, but that
i the family seemed extinot. As there
is no provision made for suoh oases id"
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tho oonvont hero tho sisters interested
themselves in finding a homo for her
and she was sent to livo with a family
in Wavorly and has been attending try
Wavorly sohool.
Tho girl s version of the story ti s in
with that of her mother. Sho remoi
b.;\s of bcr childhood, of U?r life in d.f
fejout cot v ntn and o' bar stay in L .ho
City with Miller, whom she rays i<? a
cotton merchant tl *ve, that lio hsn a
wife and sever*' children; that he has
generally boon kind to her, but bas
always impi'00 d htr with ..'10 foot that
3 o was an orpi.au end a char^o cn his
bands. 1 .
When bIio doodled that thero wai a
mystery oounootod with her life by ao
oidcHa'ly ooming into poscssioa of a
letter i f Miller's in rogjrd to horeelf
"ho made up hor miqd to solvo ,it.
From thii IVttor she ijreurod sovoral
names of par ies in South Florida, and
when arriving in Columbia, away from
^lillor's ospionago, nbo opened up a oorDftpondOMO
which lod tgtftho happy rofinion.
Mrs. Wilson received a letter
set week from Columbia that wado her
fcol suro that sho was at last on tho
right track, and sho immediately mado
anangem <nts to como in person and
identify tho long-lost child who is now
inito a yoting lady, bright and protty.
Tho footing is ono long to bo romemherod
by those who witnossod it.
It was full of mother's emotion and
Iovj, of tears and glrtdDeaa, and tho
young girl was enthusiastically happy,
too.
Tho mothorand daughter roturnod to
Florida on tho Seaboard Wrodnosday
morning, Mrs. Wilson telegraphing in
advanoo of hdr good ltxok, and a fam
ily reunion was to tako plaoo on arriving
at Tiomo, a married dauarhtor liviuc
in Key Wost having boon notified of
what had happonod.
Mrs. Wilson did not pay what oourao
sho would take in regard to Miller's inrxplicsblo
conduct; that sho was only
full of lovo for ovorybody, but that sho
thought,ho should bo junished for his
sruol troatmont.
Sho says that hor father, Capt, .John
MoNoil, wont from Charleston to Florida
wh n ho was a young man. llo has
boon dead nnny yoars. Ho was a collier
in tho Indian War and was givon
i captaincy in tho United Staton army
for Capturing Chief Oooupoooo. IIo was
)r.o of tho original settlors of Dado
aounty.
Lako City, Millor's homo, is in north
Florida, 200 miles from Mrs. Wilson's
borne in Dado City, whipk is noar tho ,
outhcrn extremity of the peninsular.
Yet it is vory ntrango that with no
iroatcr di.tanoo botwoon them the
aother was for yoars ixrf ignoranco of
.ho whereabouts of tho qnild.
Iiast jiight aftpr loanfiog tho story
i">bproSontatlyo ofTLio rt.ate called on
.ho llo v. Father Hegarty of St. Fetor's
Jatholio ohureh and asked him about
.ho oiso. Llo said that it wasono night
u July last that a yeuog g rl about 14
fears of ago oamo to tho o mvent sayng
that sho had oomo from Florida
tod asked to bo Ukon in. 8ho gavo hor
laun a'j ^l*ry Young, but o >uld not
?.voa oloar aooouut of nrrantocodonts.
S jo raid that sho l a boon staying
vi.h a family named Millor, who wore
A t ?<n la) i(tAS l?? < ? ? ?... 1 J ? ? ? 1
uvu luio.iYUO, uu nuu UUUIU ur WCU 1
lot to 1 why sho loft them. She mid
ho lud oomo straight to tho ooDVont
liuiu tho depot. Hi r ncry was so 111 allied
that ttio mother superior refused
:o taiio her in and aho did not stay a
rnglo night in.tho convout.
Liter one of tie staters of tho om
vent, feeling bony for the girl, a> ko'l
t Oatholie lady trio 1 d whim she had
board say aho wisaed 10 adopt huoh r>
irl, to lako hoi and give hor a nuuic,
Fan was done. The girl booinio dis
<ati fled aftor awuiie, aud another
Jatholio lady took her, giving hor a
10010.
F .thcr HegarG says that a* far aa
io know, too gitl in some way got in
joiuiBt'ioMx ion *' h her relatives, and
,hat on I'uoiiay a vocaia uauio to Oo
urnbia, a id olathiing (she girl oamod
lor away with h t. i'ms was tho wholo
itory so far as Fat hex Hogarty knew it.
ftiormoiirt Must Go.
A committee ot loading otozons of
iliggins' Forry, Saluda oounty, las^Fri
iay visited two Mormon oldors who
aavo boon proaolung thoroaboat and
warned thorn to loavo within a limitid
,ime. Four of thoir oonvorts woro told
ihat the oommunity would hold thorn
personally rasponsiblo for tho prosonoo
if the oldors thero in the. future, and
,hat summary prooocdugs would bo
:akon ft thoao notices were disrecardod.
Jit.zoos of adjoining townsnipi make
jotouaon cause with the anti-Mormon
igitators and promise in the oounty payors
to assist in any measuros nooosiary
to exp?l the elders, or worse.
Coming, South.
It is ostimattid,t0aj[;j?0re than 200 oft1
ho omployos "of'tiio odlton mills of
Nashua, N. H., aro about to leave town
to be employed in mills in the south,
ihis is tho result, it is olaimed, of the
short hours system that has rooontly
been adopted by the Nashua Manufacturing
company and tho Jackson Manufacturing
company whioh it is olaimod
is equivalent to a rcduotion in wages of
17 per cent. Representatives of southern
cotton mills, notwithstanding tho
oonditions, oamo to this city offering
inducements to the mill hands to go
south.
Nodern Surgery Surpassed.
"While suffering from a bad oase of
piles I consulted a physician who advised
mo to try a box of DoWitt's
Witch Hazel Salve," says G. )f. Carter.
Atlanta, Ga. "I proourcd .a box ana
Bas entirely onred. DeWitt's Witob
i.z )l Salve is a snlendid euro for nilca.
giving reliof instantly and I. hoartily reoommend
it to all sufferer*." Surgery
irtoaneessarv to oure piles. DoWitt's
Wit oh Haxel Saltd will Oure any oase.
Outs, : burns, bruises and all oilier
wounds are Also qufrfkly cured bi.it.
Bewaro of oountoffeits.
JDr. K. Norton. 4
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thJL nntll IWrnber 1 after*<
1MB ICR 21. 1 DO 1
COriON SPINNERS
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Avtoclntlon M**t* in Convention
In A Unia
VIcLAURiN MAKES A SPEECH,
Ship ftubsidit*. and Bulldog tbfl
Isihrruan Canal Wilh H*
Bay*,' B< nnlit th?
South.
Tho Southorn Uotton Spinncro' nsrooialion
mot in aouual oonvoatiou in Atlanta
on Thursday, This ia tho lifth
yearly gathering of tho association and
tho attocdar.oo wai largo, many po n i
from New York, Pennsylvania and tho
New lOjglacd Statos insoribing their
names on tho register. A business session
was hc!d in tho morning, and tho
afternoon was given ovor to aight.soeiag
tho dologatos being tho guosts cf tho
Southorn railway on a trip around Atlanta.
After tho vrelootning addrosi Thursday
morniDg l)r. J. MoAdon, prosidcnt
ot tl?o association, delivered his annual
address, lie rooouimeudod a dcolaration
by the Hpiunors io favor of a
merchant rnariuo ''upon a basis that
will givo all American oitizons an equal
ohanoo, provont favoritism toeutrouoh
od interostu and.roooguiz i tho prouuoiDg
olassos in tho rrduouon of freight
ratoo."
Ho also favored tho building and construction,
as soon as possible, of the
isthmian canal.* On .rooiprooity Dr.
MoAdon said:
"Tho immonso balanoo of trado in
oui favor oroatoa tho nooossity of our
flndiug a market for our surplus products.
Wo should do all that wo otn
to advanoo both tho lottor and tho
spirit of rcoiprooity. Wo especially
dosiro olosor commercial relations with
South American and tho oriont."
At a "smoker" in tho Kimball house
Thursday night lion, iloko Smith of
Atlanta spoko ou "Dovolopmont of our
homo talent" aud Unitod States Senator
John L. MoLiucin on "Extension
of our foreign trade."
Senator MeLaunn said:
"Wo aro at tho dawning of a now day
of progress in tho history of tho world.
A better day is f<st approaching wlioo
all pooplo will huvo a moro porfoot undctsunding
of tho brotherhood of mau
and the indopondonco of nations. Until
roocntly commoroo was ndt deemed
a proper subject lor govornmouUl consideration.
There is no dircot departm
nt of oommorco in any government
except that of Germany. T'Ho moving
considerations prompting tho rottlomerit
of tho hn?iiin*?
? - -tvvtuiv? nuiu WiU
woroe. Tho tiuio will oomo when tin
beai winds of iv> r> country will bo oulled
.upon to aojost tho complicated
question of foreign trade aud tho ooneular
oilioors at tho luid?g ports of
ooww.roo will equal in liuportanoo the
diplomauo auiLaB.adora."
In ooouoction with tho extension of
tho aouth's foreign trade, Siuator MoLtttrin
advooatod au American nioiouant
umrino.
"Our weakness upon the sea is tho
ooo grout danger that ooniroois the
nation, ' aaid So oator MoL ?uno "If
Hhipa oou d bo LuiK in ih, Uoiud
o.aiofi as ohoaply and operated un or
our flag as ohoapiy as tuey aro uador
other flags, it woutd bo bettor for the
government and would wore than offiot
tho subsidies, bounties, naval scrvtoo
retained and uluor mutnois by whioh
foreign govtruwtn.s attract capital
into merohaut snips boil. and managed
by their own poopie.
"Wo muqt uo?. imagino that mankind
isdtpindoat upon national legislation
in order to wako ship owning
pay. Wo have ampio ovidonoe of largo
Aworioan investments in foreign built
ships, wanned and oporalod by for
eiguers in our foreign trado. ilowev
or wuoh our people miy have iuvsfltod
in foreign ships thoy aro unavilablo
under international law when at war
s naval auxilinnos.
"Another llltUtf WA RhAnlll fAmnmhn)"
The aervioe thipH and tho men * oinployod
on board of them may be turned
bwainut tho Unitod S.atoH id tho event
of our boooauing invoivod in wai with
the cation whoso flag thoy fly.
"Tho Objoot ot lending govornmont
aid to tho upbuilding of our oiorohant
manno is to acoiro adequate protootion
for tho nation upon tho flea and
tho mere faot that tho jnvostaunt hai
bvon luado attraouvo to Amononn oaj>
Mfwtl is an inoidout of tho transaction."
"Wo do not want to soo tho isthmain
Aanftl KnAArts/a 1?? ? 1 1 -
v?uh> uvvvujw uiuiui/ n iuiui^u mgii |
way of commcroo," said tho senator.
"Wo do not want millions expondod
upon it meroly to beooino a bounty to
foroign shipping. It should bo an
Amonoan highway, and wo should so
develop* our rnoroiiantilo marino that
with the opening of tnis gcoat oanal
our own flag shall predominate at tho
masthoad of majority of the ships
that it aooommodatos.
"The south will be tho immediato
benofioiary of that groat waterway
when it is oonstruoted."
In conclusion,donator MoLa'urin said:
"Whatwo need in thisoountry today
is non sootional patriotism and statesmanship
more devoted to tho building
up of our oountry than tho achievement
of party su^oess.
Groat national and business questions
involving tho glory of our ropublio
made tho property of our people
should not bo drafted into more party
questions.
Never Wash fresh moats, boforo roasting;
Borape it if nooestfery to oloan it.
If it has been wot or moist, wipe it
thoroaghljr dry before oooking.
i.-mnin op on until Dec. 1st'I
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BRIDEQROCT/l IS WANI^l)
Held Revival. Won Fretty.Oirl, Married
and Deserted Herv. * 4%
James L P i l?s, who recently ooti^
duolrd a rev vil ncrvioo fit LUhcnia,
Ga , is tho v ireijftl in tbo biggest eon*'
eatiou D Kalh county has kuown in
I years. B s- Wi d o^day I) u hA mar
tied Miss Gr oo Goorgo, daughter of
B P G o ro, one of tin beat kaowu
oi' 2 qm Lirhonia and D Kalboouuty.
Tho ceremony was performed by H-v.
William 8haw, pastor of ?lio 15 r an
Go'gr< tational church. List Friday
PiUtglni 1 f bia young brido at their
boirdjpg bouse, on Forsyth a root, ray
ir g hn win going ou on bus-nesi, a id
wtuid not return until late Th.it is
lb I fist nny or hi has srou < f h:m, 11 is
bcliovod^ho took a f riin for N.-w York
at nooo Fr"lay, and from Now Y' rk
railed to Kurope. A reward of **!<)()
las ben oiT-rod for him by B. F.
Goorpo, and every ottcrf* v/ill bo uiado
lo biiag him b*ck to Atlanta. 8;X
weeks ego Doug'asR wont to B tbonia
from Atlanta lor the purposo of conducting
a revival scrvioo. llo oarried
a letter from Uov. William 8haw, of
Atlanta, llo uiado a good impression
on tho pooplo, and was regarded as a
strong preacher and a well cduoatcd
man. llo told a story of his alleged
experience in tho Galveston flood,
whom lm it..rtl?r/>ft tm It I. i? ??'?
.,..w - v v.vv.M%v.v4 mu iwav mo uuiy rjtotor.
Hi lived at the Gcorgo rosidouoo
during his stay in LUhonia, aud among
olhor admirers won 'ho eatoorn of Miss
Grace Gcorgo, a pretty and aoooiupliehcd
young woman. 11 o olaimod to bo
dirootly trotn Edinburgh, and a member
of tho United lirotLrcn. Finding
nono of this soot horo, ho athliatod
with tho Uongregationali/tts. Tlio wedding
to Miss Goorgo ooourred latit Wodn<
scUy, Rev. William Siiaw porforming
tho oorcmony. Tho young oouplo oamo
to Atlanta and went to a Forsyth street
boarding houso until thoy oould furnish
rooms. On tho strongth of a slatomont
to tho eilcob that ho was furnishing
rooir.H, Douglass soourcd money from
his fathor-inlaw and' various bums
from others, aooordiDg* to tho ntory
that comes from 1/thouia. About 10
o'idook Friday morning ho loft his wUo
tolling her ho was going into tho city
on business, and would not roturn
until vory lalo. Ho did not roturn
s>nd at 9 o'olook Mrs. Douglas wont to
tbo rcBidocooB of iur. Shaw, whoro aho
ppont tho Dight. Tho next iflorm g
her father called for her and took.lior
to his homo in Lithonia. Thcro is bittor
feoling in Eitbonia and Do Kalb
county against l)..uglas, and it in well
for him that ho "has gono to a distant
point. There scorns littlo doubt that
ho took; tho noon train lor Now York,
and from thero sailed for Europe. Tho
aifair lias created a soneatiou in DoKalb
county, and in ordor to avoid an crro
ucous puolio&tion tho story givon in
lh.< fftMOAini. ia .A u- ?k
?..v ?vtvf-v-ug * > wunivi ;/4 4 uy IUU |)HT
tioa moit donply oouoorned. Tno roward
for I) uglaa' approlionsion w.ll
probably bo inoroasrd, einoo a nu.ubs r
of DoK-db o iuo.y oiuzms uro in trost
ing themselves in the matter. Tho
followiug is ssid to bo a good dorcrip
t oa of Douglas: Fivo foot six incites
tali; black bair, slightly bald on top ol
b'.aJ; blaok mou-Uohe; dark blu-i eye;
wo?ra glasno i; uq* q tooth; weighs ldu
pouudu.?Adauta Uor.sutu'.iou.
To Fight tho Trust.
A oouiuunuoa n?s boo-. to.iu d by tbo
Bcoroisry of h Ato to iho Anderson
Piiospiiato and Oil Co., of Audcrion
t'ti h o)". i r \ li ).o a oapual moot
uf $Ul)U OUt), aub propjeos to do bum
liobrt ou a v r/ imgo .oalo. Tho oorpo
ratora ar-. Fr. d. lir >wu, J. A D ock
W. F. Uox, LI Frank Mauldin and 1>
A. Jjooovttor of Audoraoo; Frauoio J.
Pulzor and A. f. Sinymo of Uharloston
aud EiUsou A, Smyth of Poiz r.
Hiouy o y: tuo oigiriizUiou a * not
forth iu the doolara .ou ij to do business
In the ojuuti.s of Anderson, O o
see, Piokuns, Abbeville, Audo.sou,
Giccnvillo, (4/cjhwood and othot oouu
Hot iu tho Soato. Tho principal plaoo
tf business will bo noar thooi;y of Aqacr-ion.
Tho concern proposes to
manufacture cotton scod oil & -.d all tho
other products of cotton sooi, fortihz
ors, cto., aud to operate its own g Queries,
rolling anils, oto. Ln spotting of
the pri jooted formation of thisoompaiy
a fow u*yo ago an Anderson special
said: " L'h&$ompany will a-'quiro tho
ownership of tffh plaat and business of
tho Aadorsoh Fortiiizsr company and
alsu about 12 of tho 14 of the independent
ootton seed oil nulls in this section.
Mr. F. U. Drown, of tho AnD~
?a.lli~ - *
ucfBuu ronii\z3r company, ih at tho
hotd of ihi now organization, Tno
plant of tho f^roil zor factory at this
lUoo, which is oapi.alizid at $100,000
and omploya aoout 75 hands, is to bo
doublod at ouoo. Tho work of organizing
tho company has boo? under-way
for ttomo timo, but has boon managod
very quiqtly and but very few pjople
oxjopt those dirootly intorostod knew
what was on foot. Tho oompany will
bo roady to go into business jistas
soon as tho nooessary ohartor oan bo
obtained."
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IIo Was Poisoned.
Ucrro Gordo Hooks, a well known
business man of Memphis, Tonn., died
aovoral weeks ago and thero wore rumors
afloat that his death ooourred from
other than natural oausos. Two wooks
after tho interment of tho body tho
grand jury ordorod the oorpso exhumed
and a well known physician and oaomist
was ordered to. oorform an autopsy.
Tho stomach and other organs woro
taken from tho body and after an investigation
of aevjrat days tho ohomist
reported to a ooroaor's Jury tonight
that sntfhiont ground glass and arsenic
woro found in tho ..organs to oanse
death. The coroner's Jury returned a
verdict that doooasod had oome to his
doath at tho hands of a person or per|
sons unknown.
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NO. 17
I TUB HOME OOLD CUBE
An Inf?rniou? Treatment by which
Druuk irds arc Being Cured Daily
m cpito cf Thtmerlvet
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No Noxlons Dotes No Wakening of
j 'iheNerv s. A Pltmsaut and Poel'tive
Cure for the Liquor Habit
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It js n< w( genera1'y known an<l understood
that urubkeunon-t i.i a dtsea o and not weakness.
.V body* fill el with poison, and nerves
Completely ?h \ tered by periodical or con tint
use of intoxicating liquors, requires an
autidote c ?| able of neutratu ugand eradicating
tbin poison, and destroying the oraving
for intoxicants. Sufferer* may now cure
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of lime from business by this wonderful
"HOME OOLD CUitK" which bos been perfooted
after many years of oiose study and
In-1 mont ol inebriates. The faithful use according
to direotious of Ibis wonderful discovery
is positively guaranteed ti cuie tite
most obstiuato case, no matter how hard a
drinker. Our records show the marvelous
Ira, formation of thousands of Drunkards
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is iu no sense a nostrum but is a speoiflo
tc\v flitu iliannun a??1w .*???! U ua < *
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and pleasant, to taste, so that it can be
given in a cup of tea or coffee without the
knowledge of tho person taking it. Thousands
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with this priceless remedy, and ae many
moro have bee., cured and made temperate
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that they discontinued drinking of their own
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thus placin withing tho reach of everybody
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A Beautiful Booklet.
Tho Southern Railway hati issued a
boautiful booklot out it 1 -jd "Hunting
and Fishing in tho South," whioh is a
very attractive publication giving full
and oonoiso inforuintiou rolativo to tho
boat, hunting and billing grounds along
its linos, togothor with information au *
to ratos of board, game laws, namoa of
guides, and whothor or not lands aro
poatcd, oto. This publication is oomploto
in ovcry detail and will bo of
great bonofit to huators and fuhormon '
doM.'ing to tako an outing. Copy may
bi had by addressing W. II. I'ayloo,
A. (1. P. A., Atlanta, G?., or 11. W.
Hunt, D P. A., Charleston, 8. C.
Tto Children's Friand.
You'll have a ooli this winter. Maybo
you have one now. Your children
wili suffar too. For ought, oroup,
bronchitis, grin and othsr winter oomplaints
Oue Minute Uoug'i C^fdro never
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to tho tisco and perfectly harmlo.
t. C. B Gjorgo, vVinoiestor, K/,,
wti.ua "Our little girl vis attaoiod .
with oroup litoono nighf and was so
hoarao Bho ojutd hardly apeak. Wo
gavo horafovv doioi of Ojo Minuto
Cough Ouro. It, rojiovod heriinuoiiatoty
aod alio woat to aloep. Waoa
alio awo'.o u-'Xt in)t nag,had no
signs of hoarsonesa or crohp. *
Dr. E. N oi to a.
A WORTHY bUCcEibOR.
Something New Under the SunAll
Dootors a ivo tried to euro Cvl'VltlUi
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up the aiuouou* cnem >r?uos oHim; them to
oiuofc open mil bleed. l'he p.wonul acid*
um l hi the inhalers ti ivo entirely eaten aw?y
tb ? same membranes thit tiioir int&urj a?re
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cnunot reach tae duo no. vn ol<l mi t ex*
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made a clone stud/ an t specially ot tne treat*
tuent of 0\l Alltlli, b<M at U?t perfected a
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' dNUFFLEB" is the only perfeot OA,TAlilttl
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an l tS also wonderfully quick to relieve
liAV FHVr.it or GOLD In the 11 HAD.
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Address Dept EDWIN B. GILES k COM
I'ANY, and 2662 2660 Market titreet, phila.
delphia
A Physician TeitiffSt,
"1 have Ukon Kodol Dyspepsia Gore
and have never usod anything in nly
life that did me tho good that did,1'
says County Physician Goo. W. Soroggs
of Hall County, Ga. "Being a pbvaioian
I have prescribed it and found il
to give the bosk results." If tho food
you oat remains undigested in your
stomaoh it dooays there and poisons the
system. You oau prevent this by dieting
but that mfcans starvation. Kodol
Dyspepsia Cure digests what you eat.
You need suffer from neither dyspepsia
not sUryatidn. Toe worst oases quickly
ourod. Never fails.
Dr. K. Norton
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