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INVOKES CONGRESS ' Judge Jones Suggests Higher Law for Lynchers Jl , / % ?7 IN GRAND JURY CHARGE The Federal Government Has Power to Punish Where State Falls. * Charge Creates Something of a Suspicion. Judge Thomas G. Jones, of tho ^r-^ftJiilted States court of the northern district of Alabama, charged the nowly Organized jury at HuntsviU* Tuesday in a deliverance which has been received in the nature of a sensation. tti*. ? ? .... vu?if,u wuuineu mc attention | of the jury for nearly two hours and deals largely with the question of congressional legislation for the protection of prisoners against state mobs. v , Judge Jones instructed the jury to investigate the recent Maples lynching with the view of ascertaining if any offenses had been committed against the laws of the United States by the mob that lynched Horace Maples. It is understood that the grand Jury, composed of citizens of north Alabama, will take up the matter vigorously. rtiuuuK oilier tnings Judge Jon^s said:1 Lately, as the court knows from common knowledge, as well as from reuorts of its officers, a mob gathered in a stone's throw of this room, and in insolent defiance of the judges and laws of our state, and with studied insult and contempt, for its civil and military power which sought to protect the Huntsvllle jail, assaulted the assembled forces of the law at their post of duty there. It broke down the doors of tho jail', sot it on fire, re- j sisted efforts to put out the flames, ' and obstructed officers of tho United States in their endeavors to remove United States prisoners from their . pplld tn o nlonn r?f ?. ? . MM. I ~ r vw ** |/iu\,u XJ t 1 I1IH I ruil- i /.led and savage work wan done that. Horace Maples, a negro, a citizen cV I Alabama and the United Slates, who I was there confined to bo safely kept J to answer the laws of the state of Ala- ( bam a upon a charge of murder, ! should not be so kept and disposed of ! according to law, but instead, should be delivered to the mob and lawlessly put to death. * * * The question conies unbidden to j your lips, have you any duty to per- i form with reference to these offenses? i The answer involves inquiry wheth- I /"MK^hrress lias nowpr to ntinlaVi an/ih ! *?. -~m 0" ~*W " an offense, and if so, has it cxercised ; that power by appropriate legislation? j The great Importance of the princi- | pies involved and the value of a right . understanding of them demand that Mstjie court should, give ut length the reiuSfrrTo? the law as voll by the law itself, that you may the bettor understand how lo apply it. If congress 1ms the power now to punish the offenso in any phase of it, that power must be found in the thir- j l.eenth and fourteenth amendments to ( the consti'mion of the United States, j Is it contained in either or both? The thirteenth amendment nro vides: 1. Neither slavery nor invol- j untary Bervltude, except as a punish meat for crime whereof the party shall have been duly convicted, shall exist in the United States, or any place subject to their jurisdiction. The fourteenth amendment provides. All persons born or natural- | ized in the United States, and subject to the jurisdiction thereof, are citizens of the Unltod States and of tho 1 state wherein they reside. No state nhali make or enforce any law which ; shall abridge the privileges or im- I munities of citizens of the United States, nor shall any Btate deprive any person of life, . liberty or property without due process of law; nor deny to any person within its jurisdiction tho equal protection of tho laws. Congress is ornpowered "to enforce" ?ach of these articles by appropriate ' legislation. Is Consumption Curable? Yes! If Rydale's Elixir Is used in ' time; before too much of the lung tissuos is involved. This modem. j scientific medicine removes all morbid ] irritation and inflammation from the lungs to the surface and expels thorn from the system. It aids expectoration, heals tho ulcerated surfaces. r?- i leves the cough and make? breathing easy. Rydale's Elixir does not dry the mucous surfaco and thus stop the cough. Its action is just the opposite ?it stimulates and soothes. It kills tho germs that causo chronic throat 1 and lung disease and thus aids nature to restoro these organs to health. Trial size 25 cents. Large nir.e 50 cent* J The large si;vo holds 2 1-2 times* the trial alzo. tf i HOLLOWAY HEARING BEGINS. i | One Case Dismissed and Another la Brought. Tlfti cour* at Gainesville, Kla., Wed* Pf nofjday overruled on all the eight grounds, the motion of W. M. Hollo* j way to quash the Indictment against . him fur criminal libel and sustained tho Indictment. AfterwaHsi, tho I % Btato s attorney nol prossed tj. . 'Motment and Immediately brought a now one on additional grounds. Holloway was nominated In tho democratic primaries for the >.ilco of cjtntr* onnnfilit^fwlnnl , f miMf/t Inol I oiuvu oui*vii?ivv?imuuv ui jmiimjv, Iiinu uv j tlon nnd was subsequently arrested and bound over on the chargo of crinr inal libel, the act alleged against biro being the circulation of a letter purporting to bavo been written by his opponent for tho nomination, in wblch certain words had been inter polated. , / ' I ' REPRIMAND FOR HITCH. G JurtmartL'l at Savannah Formulates "8ecret" Verdict In Captain's Case?Lieut. Mell Arraigned. T'le courtmartlal sitting In trial on the case of Captain Robert M. Hitch, charged with dereliction bt rititv 'n connection with tho lynching and burning of Iteed and Cato at Statosboro, concluded its hoaring at Savannah Wednesday morning and arrived at a verdict during the afternoon, after four hours' deliberation behind closed doors. Tho verdict Is seel id, and will not be mado public until it has reached tho state authorities in Atlanta. The Morning Nevra in its report of the easo says: "Though tho courtmartial will not, of course, make public its finding in mu tusu ui v./uj)iuin uuca, tne extent to which tho court went is reasonably certain. Captain Hitch has not been recommended for dismissal, but Instead will be reprimanded in a public manner by the governor. "It is possible that a temporary suspension has also been recommended. The limit of punishment which can bo inflicted by a courtmartial's recommendation on a militia officer is dismissal from the service, a fine of $1,000 or a prison sentence of one year's duration." Tiie finding in the Hitch ot.o will not be sent to the adjutant general until tho cases of Lieutenant Moll, Lieutenant Morrison, Lieutenant Cone and Lieutenant CJriner have been con eluded. At throe o'clock the doors wore closed hy the court martial for the consideration and preparation of the verdict. An hour later the doers wore opened, and the court announced that the case of Lieutenant Mell would be <<t once taken up. D. C. Harrow, counsel for Mell, entered a general denial of all the charges. Captain R. M. Hitch was the first witness. His testimony was a repetition of that which he had previously given in his own behalf. NAUG.HTY GIRLS THESE. Poured Croton Oil Over Teacher's Dinr>~ : ? I ??< ? ? - iimu ruisuiiiiig Wd? riCSUIX. Croton oil Is alleged to have been the artlele used by two yr .ng women of the vicinity of Bainbridge, Ga., with which to revenge themselves upon their teacher. The general opinion is that the girlg used the oil as a joke. Professor George Byrne, a venerable and much loved teacher, abov.t sixty years of ago, conducts the school at Bethany church. He boards at the home of Everett Barber, a highly respected farmer, and spends the .lay at the school house, where he carries his well-filled dinner pail and there partakes of the midday meal in the midst of the usual throng of noisy pupils. He is a teacher of the good old school and believes In the enforcement of strict discipline. A few weeks ano it became his .inrv to severely reprove a couple of his young lady pupils for inattention to their hooks. Those girls (11(1 not take kindly to tho reproof and determined to get even with the old man. So tho next Saturday while in town they piocured a 10-cent bottle of croton oil. On Monday at tho morning recess hour they secretly poured the contents of the bottle over the contents of the old man's dinner bucket, consisting j of hard boiled eggs, fried ham, and gravy, biscuits and tea cakes, making an opening so that tho oil would penotrate the eggs. At the noon hour tho professor, not feeling well, ate only one egg. In a very abort time afterwards lie was i convulsed with pain and was compell- I ed to dismiss the school. IIo attrib* ' uted his illness, from which he recovered, to natural causes, and not to the poisonous medicine. Whon he reached home nt nicrht tho good housewife, seeing the dinner of i the professor untouched, mingled it with the supper she was preparing. | Comequently, in a short time after j supper, the wholo Barher family and ! the professor, too, were taken vio- 1 iently ill. A physician's services were obtained as soon as possible and he pronounced them poisoned, but was unable to ascertain its nature. They all remained in bed for a week and some of them have not yet fully rocovered. After the news of the poisoning bocame known hi the neighborhood one of the school girls told that she saw the young ladios when they omptiud the contents of a botile In the pro-feasor's bucket. When approached about the matter they frankly confessed what they had done. The school trusteeB mot and suspended thorn, but beyond that It is thought that no fur thor action will bo taken. Tho school was closed for two weeks In consequence of tho occurrence. AFTER ALABAMA SHERIFF. Attorney General Seeks to Have Coun ty Officer Impeached. Attorney General MaHsoy Wilson, of Alabama, lias filed Impeachment proceedings with the supreme court against Sheriff A. D. Rogers, of Madison county. Ho l? charged with neglect of duty in not protecting the nogro murderer, Maples, who was killed on tho night September 8th In Huntsvllle. The hearing has been Bet for November 24. COTTON OIL MILL BURNED. Tons of Seed and Cords of Wood AI30 Destroyed. . The Jersey cotton oil mill at Jersey, Walton county, On., ten miles nortH0M Covington, together with 100 tons of cotton soo;l and 1,30(> cords of wood, was destroyed by fire at 1 o'clock Thursday morning. IJy hard work Lie glunory and oil tanlfu woro saved. jOYAMA IS PLEASED ! Progress of Fight Satisfaci torvtoJan Fip.Irl Marshal. ; RUSSIANS DRIVEN BACK I Advantages Gained by Kuropatkin's Forces arc Lost and Positions Abandoned?Fierce Fighting on All Sides. Thursday's dispatches state that no appreciable progress has been mado j in the projected advance southward of tho Russian army under General Ivuropatkin since the initial success of the movement in the capture of Bentslnn- I i ut/.e. | Fighting of thn most stubborn <loI scription continues along the entire j front. Field Marshal Oyama reports ' the capture of 30 guns from the Uus1 sians and claims distinct successes in forcing the Russians to retire from some of their advance.! positions. General Kuropatkin's report to Em! peror Nicholas is couched in guarded I terms and claims nothing in the way j of accomplished results. Reports from the Russian military i commander at Port Arthur show that , the Japanese have brought a shell I ?1 t,-, l.nn. ??. _ I r . mi. . , .nvi ivy uvui v>u luu inner luriress. i lie garrison, however, is represented to ' be hopeful of tho outcome of the siege, News from Japanese headquarters is to tho effect that the victory of the Japanese left army Wednesday was a decisive one. The Russians fought ] bravely and several times attempted counter attacks. The Japanese repuls! ed them every time and continued I their steady advance. The left wing ' of the Tefl army threatened to envelop j the Russian right, compelling the Russians to retreat. The Japanese artillery, including the batteries captured i from the Russians, did their usual splendid work in shelling the trenches j and the retreating Russians. A Tokio special of Thursday says: ! It \c rnnnriA/1 ?Vx,. i* : I.. Mini, ill.: IVIIsniUUN lire retiring along the entire front and that I the Russian force at Henzihu is probi ably enveloped. General Oku has captured twenty! five Russian guns, making a total of ! about thirty Russian guns whicn I have fallen Into the hands of the Jap; anese since the battle began. A Mukden special says: The battle sontli of th^s place continued throughI out Wednesday with ever increasing i fury. In it respect of desperateness, 1 bravery am i bloodshed, it far exceeds i oven the tf ttle of Liao-Yang. | Toward?'evening the Japanese re| pt-atedly assumed the offensive. The j fight continues today with unabated j fury and determination. It. is now the j fourth day of the battle. j A Tokio dispatch under Thursday's j date is as follows: The latest telegrams from the front indicate the con! tinuation of Japanese success. General Oku's left army alone has- ' t ged 25 guns. The*Russians made two j j desperate counter-attacks against the ! ! Japanese left, hut were repulsed with | i heavy slaughter. The Japanese commanders in their | i reports give expression to their ad! miration of the valor of the Russians. | It is yet too early to measure the ; results of the tremendous struggle which has been waged for the past ; three days south of Mukden, but all reports reaching Tokio indicate that General Kuropatkin has been decisively whipped and severely punished. The Russian commander was evidently caught while making his disposi- j ions with his forces scattered and lie was beaten before he could recover. Much depends on the ability and resolution of the Japanese in amply- I ing and following up their advantages, j Kuropatkin may turn tin in favorable I ground an,I succeed In beating back tho Japanese onslaught, but the tide seems against him. The Japanese have begun a desperate effort to turn the Russian right, and if ttiis effort should be success- 1 ful. it will carry disaster to the Russian arms. CARTER HARRISON IS HOPEFUL. M?y*r of Chicago Confer? With Ptr ker Concerning Political Affair*. A New York dispatch says: Carter II. Harrison, mayor of Chicago, conferred Wednesday with Judge Parker I concerning political affairs in Illinois, j Wisconsin and Indiana. He pledged j the loyalty of all wings of the democratic party in Illinois, declared that factionalism In his state has been ciiuiiuaiuw, uuu i nai ui(! vrt'i uiuii vwm is democratic, concluding with tho statement that ttiis gives to tho demo, crats a chance to carry a stat<\ wiiich, ho said, is normally republican. 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At 1:52 o'clock Tuesday afternoon, ut me pain iron wonts, mo largest vessel ever built in tho state of Maine, the twin-screw first-class batI tie ship Georgia was launched. Tho battle ship was gaily decoratcd with Hags and bunting, as were also the ofllces and yard buildings, in honor of the occasion. Excursionists from all sections of Maine were present to witness tho launching, and the party entertained by the officials of the company included Governor Joseph .T?. Terrell, of Georgia, and Mrs. Terrell, Judge and Mrs. Hamilton Mc\7??orter, Miss Camilla McW'horter, Congressman F. Carter Tate, Miss Stella Tate and Congressman W. C. Adamson, ail of Georgia, Miss Tate was escorted to the launching platform by Vice President John S. Hyde, and instructed in her duties as sponsor. Mr. Hyde had also personal supervision of the launching. A method somewhat different from the usual one of releasing the hull by severing a cord'was employed on this o<;c&iUon, when sawyers standing beicath the vessel so*' "d the monstrous shoe pieoo wi'" ( ! the V was started tjv -ara/v ~ ? ,er ^ & K ' hfcgati to move, Miss "\e a bottle of champagne tlie bow, naming t^e craft nor of her own state. As the stem parted the surface of the Kennebec river, (he CJeorgia was saluted by numerous craft and manufacturing plants along the shore, all of which were acknowledged by iter si-en and whistle, the battle sbi',? being launched with steam up. Both military masts were in position, as well as t#)j conning tower, and the throesmoke funnels \\i\jch gave the vessel moro the appearance of a completed battle ship than any previously launched. Following the launcl' 5 .1 luncheon was served. The Georgia is on/ he tTirce battle ships authorized' er an act of congress, approved Match 3, 1890, and is also a duplicate of the two author i4<;u uiiu upprovcd jiiiio 7, l'JUU. 151(13 for these live battle ships were opened at the navy department November 15 1900, and In February, 1901, the Dat.n Iron Works was awarded the contract for the building of the Georgia, a sister ship of tho Virginia, Rhode Island. New Jersey and Nebraska, at a contrad price of $3,590,000. The Georgia belongs to the most powerful type of battle ship afloat, and also to the largest class. She has a trial* displacement of 15,000 tons, and is 435 feet long, 70 feet and To inches beam, and under trial conditions will draw 24 feet, while she has an extreme draft of 1>C feet when fully loaded and equipped with stores, coal, ammunition, etc. Tho craft is fully protected by the best, of armor, having a combined weight of 3,700 gross tons, and which Includes a main belt extending the en tiro length of each side from eleven to four Inches thick. The 12-inch turrets and barbetts are covered with u 10-inch armor, the 8 inch turrets and barbetts with 6-inch armor. The conning tower is 0 inches thick, the signal tower 5 inches thick and TTle gun protection and splinter bulk heads ara 2 and 3 Inch* vick. The battery of .he Georgia consists of four 12-inch breech-loading rifiesj twelve Clinch breech-loading rifles of rapid movement, twelve 3-inch breechloading rapid-fire rifles, twelve 3pounder guns, four one pounder automatic guns, two 3-inch field guns, two machine guns and six automatic guns. There are also four submerged torpedo tubes. Millars Meet at Nashville. The Southern Millers' Association, renrenenHntr nvpr tMitrt into onn r.f vested capital, began its annual ros Hlon in Nashville Tuesday. E. M. Kelly, of Nashville, wan re-elected president, and W. II. Donnelly continued as secretary, with local headquarters in Nashville. ALL ON BOARD DROWNED. Steamar Call Goes Down Off Halifax With Nineteen 8ouls. A special from Halifax, Nova Sco tia, says: The steamer Call, hound from Tracadie, N. B , for New Lon#l?n T> M T li na ?ww>.> eiinl' non. V??u> London.' 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Ho says there have been serious dissent Ions In tho church recently, and ho is accused of inciting tho trouhlo. v. ' ' . j - ' ;V; . ' ' "'.l * \ BIG BATTLE RAGES | ' Crisis is Reached in Bloody j Conflict in Far East. I OUTCOME IS AWAITED I | | ; Kuropatkin and Oyama Move Against Each Other for What is Considered the Crucial Test of Supremacy. A Tokio dispatch of Thursday mora- I j tug states that general activity has i been resumed in the theatre of war. ; ! Field Marshal Oyamu lias met Gen- i i erai ivuropatkin's advanco with a general advance oL' the general strength of his force along a broad i front. The opposing forces wore in touch j I Wednesday, and it. is beiloved a great i ' battle south of the Hun river is in- , j evitable. 1 Besides this direct movement, the j Russians are attempting to strike the 1 ' Japanese ri#?Iit at two points widely j , separated. A previous dispatch contained the information that a battle south of . Mukden raged uninterruptedly all of 'Tuesday and into the night. It was i continued Wednesday. The results > have not been decisive. The Russians j ' have a heavy force on the Japanese j ; right to the Taitae river, but it is 1 ; believed that the Japanese have checkj ed the Russian turning movement. Field Marshal Oyama reports that there was fighting along almost tlio , entire line since October 10, and that 1 the Japanese are gaining ground and that the Russian attack 011 Sien-Chang | on tho Hun river, 35 miles southwest of Mukden, was repulsed. A general Japanese advance along a broad front towards Mukden is pro- I gressing. A brigade -of Russian infantry, | 1 with 2,000 cavalry and two guns, hav- i lng the object of striking General j Kuroki's flank, crossed the Taitse riv- i er October 9. The Japanese cut off the retreat of this force and possi- , bly will capture it. Apprehension in St. Petersburg. A St. Petersurg special of Thurs- ! ; clay says: The failure to receive I 1 news that tho Russians achieved de- ! ! risivr* rpallltu in ..'r. . ? w ? vutuvu ait ** UUIICOIIU r> L J north of Yentai, coupled with the Tokio report that Field Marshal Oyaina is gaining ground, causes increased apprehension. The dispatch of the Associated j Press from Tokio was the first positive information that Russian troops in any force were already across the I Taitse river, although it was already l known that some cavalry had passed ' over the river, but the report that an! other column was attempting to cut the Japanese line of communication with the Yalu river did not come as a surprise, as it was known?although i j not revealed for st rategic ii-usons? I that wide turning operations were 1 proceeding on the Russian extremo left, screened by the column operating against Shanpintaidze. I General SakharotY, telegraphing Wed- ! nesday evening, conlirms the reports of desperate lighting north of Yental, ! where the heights were alternately i lipid by the Russians and Japanese. As Is natural, the absence of official news is pessimistically interpreted in many quarters, but the general staff, though reticent, counsels patience, pointing that the offensive movement was planned upon a large scalo and has not yet reached a stage where a decisive result could have been at . tained. The frontal attack on the Ventaf mines developed a desperate battle, in which probably 100,000 men are en gaged; but though the dispatches so far deal almost exclusively with this ' feature of the battle, it is poiuted out that there is a much wider field Involved. a ?.?. i r /? "h"i. wii uir uiutmuii ivil i ui 111\ hau not developed and possib'y here General Kutxipatkin intends to deliver hia main blow. Suicide Prevented. 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The indl- ! cations are that he killed the girl and then shot himself. [ LOW WATER STOPS MILLS. Plants in Spartanburg District Forced to Run on Half Time. The cotton mills of Spartanburg 1 county, S. C., and section, locatod on : streams from which they derive their j power, aro now facing a Ofisis on ae- } count of the oxcoedlnR'y low water. Thero are somo mills that aro running threo days in the week on account of the lack of water power. | . . _JL A SEE-SAW CONFLICT. Japs Check Advance of Russians, But They Come Again?Bloody Battle is Progressing. An Associated Press dispatch of Tuesday from Mukden was as follows: f'A bloody battlo Is raging six miles north of Yentai railroad'station. The Japanese on Sunday fell bsck along ttao whole of the north front and th? Russian advance guards crossed th? Schili river (about lialf way between Mukden and Liao-Yang) and enrao within three miles of Yentai. "Yesterday, however, the Japanese received strong reinforcements of in fantry and artillery and not only held their positions, but even assumed the offensive. The fighting lasted the entire day and night. The Japanese directed their artillery lire with great skill and searched tho Russian positions so fiercely that Vhe Russians full back north of the Soldi i river, which crosses the railroad seven miles from : Y?ntai. "The Russians this morning resiun- | od their advance, once mores crossing ! the Schlli river and engaged the Jap- i anese two miles south of it. A terrific | artillery engagement is proceeding 1 along the entire front. The result of tho battle is still undecided." CAPTAIN HITCH'S DEFENSE. Has No Apology to Make for His Course of Action at Statcsboro. ' When, the courtmartial court to try j Captain Hitch and others reconvened nt Savannah Tuesday morning H. P. Guerrant, repri ativo of The Savannah Press, was p)ace<l on the stand. The principal testimony of tho morning session was that of Sheriff i Kcndrick. who stated that lu> iiad j been instructed by Judge Daly that ; Captain Hitch was in command of the situation and that when the mob began its attack lie did not have sufficient force to repel tho outbreak gainst the leaders and therefore rushed Into the prisoners' room to save the pgroea. j Mr. Guerrant testified that nothing ; la Judgo 'Daly's remarks in sentencing the convicted prisoners could no considered as having incited the out-,1 br*ak. He spoke of having several con ! 1 ferences between Captain Hitch and Judge Daly and that the general im- 1 presslon up the time of the trouble ! was that there would be no outbreak.] Ho said Judge Daly had the day he- : foro strongly advised against mob i violence, saying that it would be an i insult to the law and the court. He i declared that Captain Hitch acted very t promptly when the demonstration be gan and that Sheriff Kendrieks, when the mob pressed up to tho door of the j court house, did what he could to re- 1 pel the attack. Lieutenant Charles E. j Cone stated that his command, the | Statesboro company, had their guns j loaded when Captain Hitch arrived and j ordered them to unload, lie said \>ieu- i tenant Mclntyre had charge of the distribution of ammunition. Captain it. M. Hitch, of company 1. 1 then took the stand in his defense, j His statement was minute and occupied three and a half hours. Regarding the alleged failure to coucoct. a plan of i defense, the witness said: "Looking at it in the light of sub- [ sequent events, 1 have no apology to make myself or to anybody for nuy . course or step 1 took. My own judg- I ment was that I did just right. If I had known some of the things I know now, I might have shot some of the people to begin with. Napoleon Bonaparte lost Waterloo, and Robert. E. l>ee lost Gettysburg," said Captain Hitch in conclusion, "and if a mere failure renders one liable to prose- \ rutlon. there is no hone." I REPRIMAND FOR LAWYER. Young Barrister in Augusta Violates Ethics of Profession. On the charge of grossly violating j the ethics of the profession, T. S. i Lyons was found guilty by the Au- ! guata, Ola., Bar Association, and will We privately reprimanded. Me will alm> be notified that any repetition of the i offenses will nlt-an expulsion from the j aflsociation and the bringing of proceedings for disbarment. The first charge was the improper use of a possessory warrant proceeding to collect a claim. The second charge was that of changing the date on a court paper and the signing of an affidavit of service when no service bad been completed. National Bank Closed bv Run. The comptroller of tho currency has been advised by the president of the First National Hank, Claysvllle, Ph., that he closed its doors Tuesday in consequence of a run Monday. National Hank Examiner 0. W. Robinson has bfton appointed receiver. MONUMENT FUND SECURED. Shaft to Confederate Veterans Will Be Erected in Eufaula, Ala. Tho Daughters of the Confederacy bavo at last secured sufficient funds with which to begin the erection of a confederate monument at Eufaula. Ala., and work will ur?r?i nt,1,11,1. 11/.. in that, direction. The structure will cost close to $o5,000. lion. Bon Screws, of Montgomery, wiil deliver the address at the unveiling. BURN THE COTTON STALKS. . j Agricultural Department Sends Forth a Warning to Growers. Tho department of agriculture In Washington, in a circular Issued Wednesday, warns? planters throughout tho ^otton belt, that in their efforts to proeuro an oarly crop of cotton to avoid damage I v boll weevils, they must i not overlook tho p.reat prime factor in thp cor.t ol of the post, tho destruction Gf the stalks In th i early autumn. ' Over-Work Weakens ^ Your Kidney^. Unhealthy Kfdnevs Malt* ???j \ All the blood in your body passes througb \ your kidneys once every three minutes. \ rt kidneys amyour 4 / xJ*v*p. blood purifiers, the* fit)) ter out 'ho wastevor JTp^Sru impurities in the blo^L. Irvt m If they are sick or oat jKlJw/ y| of order, they fail to ur' JH^S \ their work. \ I Pains, aches andrlttroJ matism come from ex? \ ^4 -IT^ ccss of uric acid In the ??~ v> blood, due to neglected kidney trouble. Kidney trouble causes quick or unsteadyheart beats, and makes one feci as though thsy had heart trouble, because the heart fs over-working in pumping thick, kidneypoisoned blood through veins and arteries. It used to be considered that only urinarytroubles were to be traced to the kidneys1, but now modern science proves that nearlyall constitutional diseases have their beginning in kidney trouble. i If you are sick you can make no mistake by first doctoring your kidneys. The mild and the extraordinary effect of Hi Swonm-Root, the great kidney remedy U& soon i^Uzed. It stands the highest for Urn v/ondcMrcures of the inost distressing ctaex by allH cent al a sampiH free, sH if McntiM & CuSHSj Dofl the | Swanr^B N, Y.H a New EII1H mM >ra\v^B >rotirdH work S'tnv I liave I hi ivas Ihen I WHgelB liavc I inontl^B 11 ''"HUral ti irin^^H They I tifl ^vork.|^HH^BH iipiicufl 'om|>il lo hcm^H ihat i|H Taken With Cramps. Wm. Kirmse, a member of tho bridge gang working near Littlepott was taken suddenly ill Thursday night with cramps and a kind of cholera His case was so severe that ho had to have the members of the crew wait upon him, and Mr. Gilford was cslied and consulted. He told them he had a medicine in tho form of Chamberlain's Colic, Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy that ho thought would help him out, and accordingly several do8?a were administered with the result that the fellow was able to bo around next (lay. Tho incident speaks quite ^ ly of Mr. Gifford'a medicines.?kHldor. Iowa, Argue. J This remedy never fails. Kecfc it In your home, it may save life. Vor sale by Pickens Drug Store, Rarlv's Drug Store, T. N. Hunter, Liberty, tf C\LLAHAN A PHILANTHROPIST. Dead Millionaire Left Over $300,000 to Various Public Charities. More than $.'{00,000 was given to various public charities, schools and % churches by the late James Callahan, of Des Moines, Iowa, whose will was gj opened and read in that city i hursday m afternoon. At tne head of the list i? Talladega, Ala., college, which receiv ed $100,000. Otner bequests were: Iowa Humnno Society. for the Homo <S of Drunkards' Wives, $50,000; Iowa. lOqual SufTrnge Association, $3,000; Homo for Agort Negroes. Den Moines, 1 $6,000; American Peace Society, Boe- 4, ton, $10,000; National Tomperaneo c and Publication house, Boston, $10,- jm The DeatH Penalty. <v A little thing sometimes results in gSj death. Thus .. mere scratch, iBsigni- VH flcant cuts or puny boils have paid tb? V doath penalty. It is wiso to have * Bucklen's Arnica Salvo over handy. It's the host Salve on earth and will prevent fatality, when Burns, Boron, I'lcors and Piles threaten. Only 25c at Pickens Drug Co. t? CRANE SUCCEEDS SENATOR HOAR Ex-Governor of Massachusetts Named to Fill Unexpired Term. Governor John I... Batos, of Masta chusntts. has appointed Former. Ckwernor W. Murray Crane, of l\^\too. Jk United States senator, to fill til \nexpired term of George F. HoaV cently deceased. Mr. Crane has informed Governor Bates that he will accept. lie Ik one of lho largest paper manufacturers In the state and has been prominent I* stato politics for a snore of years. In. IfifiT he was elected lieutenant governor, and In 1900 became governor, t,A which office he held for a number of years. , Cholera Infantum. This (llRonHG has lost its terrora > since Chamberlain's CcMc, Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy camovlnto general j use. Tho uniform auccooV which at' tenuis the tise of this rom<idy in all casoa of bowel complaints inV^hlren has mado it a favorite wherever ita ,JkI valno has become known. For Rati *by Jm Pickens Drug Store, Mario's Store, T N. Hunter, Liberty. t^Bj