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Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1903-06-11

without any enorr TO save properly.
Messengers were sent to the main
portion of the city telling zQf the dan.
Sog and the greatest excitement pre-.
vailed. AS the bottoms filled and the
river gained a larger entrance, the
terror of the business section of the
city grew intense. 1t was all the
greater because of the darkness and
fear that while guard was maintain.
ed in one direction, the torrent would
break through at another point and
engulf the luckless inhabitants between
two floods. By the thousands they
began to desert their homes and ran
vafnly up and down the streets seek.
ing place Of succor.
Refugees Scantiy Clad.
Hundreds of families from the choic-
est residence portions of the city car.
rying trunks, grips, bundles of cloth
ing and valuables began to cross Eads
bridge toward St. Louis. Most of the
refugees were seantily clad. Strong
men carried aged women in their
arms. Barefooted children were in the
procession which continued steadily
over the bridge. Hundreds of others
sought protection in the second story
Of the public library building. AS the
water encroached about many dashed
through the shallow overflow to find
more secure refuge. In terror of the
rising tide of water refugees in hun.
dreds thronged the street, crowded the
ears, and bsought public officials. In
the city hall alone 500 homeless per
sons with scant belongings as they
had been able to seize on short notice,
were assembled. Provisions for the
time being we're supplied them.
Business Suspended.
Business is totally suspended. The
streets are filed with almost panic
stricken inhabitants. Women with
children in arms, men carrying house
hold furniture, horses, dogs and other
remains of once comfortable domestic
establishments parade the streets.
The common direction of all move
ment Is toward the bridge over which
the refugees are hurrying to ST. Louis
All traffic to East St. Louis from the
west side has been suspended and DO
hcemen turned back all who attempt
ed the trip.
Thirty Lives Reported Lost.
Today Congressman W. A. Roden
burg estimated that 80 lives were lost
in the flooding of the lower portion
of East st. Louis early this morning
While general alarms were given by
the police and retreating levee work
ers with shouts and pistols, there was
not time to call at every house in the
thickly settled district, and it is be-
lieved many families in first story cot
tages awoke only when it was too late
tC escape. Levee workers who laid
down TO rest on embankments, worn
out with hard labor, were caught and
drowned like rats. 1t may never be
learned how many died this. way
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1T WAS WATER HE GAVE HIM.

Governor of South Carolina Meets the
Governor of North Carolina.
Columbia, S. c., June 10.-In answer
to the time honored query, What did
the governor of South Carolina say to
the governor of North Carolina y
Governor Haywood yesterday stepped
to the cooler and drawing a glass Oh
sparkling water, handed it to Govern
or Charles H. Aycock, of North Car.
olina.
Governor Aycock was enroute to
Erskine college, where he was to have
delivered the commencement address
but owing to the recent flood, which
has delayed railroad traffic, the gov
ernor was forced to lay over in CIolum
bla for the day
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HIGHWAYMEN HOLD UP STAGE.
Eight Passengers Relieved of Money
and VaIuables.

Redding, Cal. June 10-A stage
travelling between Weaverville and
Reddtng was held up and robbed late
yesterday by two masked and heavily
armed highwaymen who secured about
$400 and some valuable watches from
the eight passengers, including one
woman The robbers lined UP the
passengers and driver and searched
them carefully. Valises were opened
and two express boxes smashed to
bits The robbers were very abusive
during the entire proceeding. Most
of the men robbed were either com,
mercial travellers from San Francisco,
or miners. The woman was not mo.
Tested. The robbers made their es,
caD6
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1903-06-11
SENSATION IN TRIAL
Of JETT AND WHITE
Judge Redwine Overrules a
Motion Of Defense.
JAMES HARaIs le EXCLUDED.
Defense Wanted Leading Spirit In
Famous Feud Admitted to Courtroom
to Assist In Adducina Evidence, but
Court Objected.

SSAIL SDlSCbSos
jackson, June 10.-The sensation OF
the morning in the trial of Jett and
White on the charge of numbering At.
torney Marcum, was the attempt OF
the defense to have James Hargis. a
heading spirit IN the Hargis feud, which
has caused all the troN1le here. admit
ted to the courtroom. Judge Redwine
ruled against 1t. When the court con.
Vened the defense made a motion to
set aside the empane of Jurors com.
p4eted last night on the ground of ir.
regularit1es in the selection of the
names. The motion was overruled
and the jury was sworn in. The wit
nesses for each side were<@rdered sep.
arately and Attorney Neal for the de.
Tense, requested that Judge James
Hargis, witness, be allowed in the
courtroom to assist the defense in adj
ducing evidence. Mr.. Hargis is not
an attorney, being merely a county
judge. The state objected. but Mr.
Neal contended that Hargis, being
an uncle of Jett, at present on trial,
should be admitted. Judge Redwine
ruled that Hargis should be excluded.
Attorney Byrd then began his opening
statement for the commonwealth.
B. ]. Even was the first witness
Even said he saw Marcum in the
courthouse door and stopped to talk
with him. Tom White passed by, then
looked at Marcum, passed just outside
OF the outer door and looked back
then passed on. Marcum said:
Il am afraid of that fellow: he
means to do me harm"
An instant later witness head a
pistol crack. Marcum, who had his
arm ON witness shoulder, released his
hold and dropped to the floor exclaim
ing:
"Oh, Lordl Oh, Lord! They have
killed mel"
Witness looked back and saw Cur
tis Jett with pistol gripped in both
hands
Il then fed out of the door," EVEN
said, ''as l thought It was | he was
after when the second shot was fired
I saw Jett come out of the side door
walk around and look into the door
where Marcum lay"
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East Lake, Ala Dec. Sth. 1902

East Lake, Ala Dec. 8th, 1902.
"r' A. B. Girardeau, Savannah, Ga.
Dear sir-This is to certify that on Au-
gust lst went to Verbena, Ala, to hold
series OF meetings. Was at that time. and
nad been for six weeks prior, so feeble was
scarcely able to preach. Mr.. F. A. GuIledqe.
OF Veroena, with whose family was stop
ping, kindly offered me three BOTTLES of
1ohnson's Chill and Fever Tonic, gratis.
accepted, and began the use of the Tonic at
once Within three weeks 4 was was much
better. IN three weeks had taken the
three bottles of Tonic and was fully we'll
look no other medicine then nor since. and
am in better health and heavier than for
the past fifteen years.
j. NJ. McCORD.
Pastor Verbena Baptist Church.
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Jewess Attacks eendarmie Chief.

Keiff, Russia, June 1O.-A Jewish
midwife named Frunkstein, who was
arrested on a political charge was
being interrogated yesterday by Gen.
eral Nevittsky, chief of the gendarmie,
when she rushed upon him with
knife which she had concealed in her
dress, and inflicted a wound in his
neck. The generals injury is not sc.
riOuS
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HEIR TO FORTUNE.
Constable In PIainfieId, N. j., Left
Large Property.

Constable In PIainfieId, N. j., Left
Large Property.
New York, June 10.-Living in mod
crate circumstances for 16 years, dur
ing which time he was totally 1gno
rant of any claim to wealth, John
Manley, a constable of Plainfeld, N
j., has learned that he is heir to Long
Island property valued at several hum
dred thousand dollars.
He only learned of the inheritance
through an offer from a railroad COM
pany to purchase his equity in piece
Of land. Upon further investigation
he learned that his father, who had
died in 1880, owned two tracts nsai
Long Island City. In foreclosure pro
csedtngs after the owners death Man
ley's name was in some manner omit
ted from the list Of heirs.
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They Waive Examination.

Chicago, June 10.-The "a officers
and members of the board of trade
who surrendered themselves last week
when they learned that warrants had
been issued for their arrest for buck.
etshops, waived examination today in
Justice Bradwells court and were held
to the criminal court.
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A Berlin "Jack the Ripper."

Berlin, June 1O.-The Tagblatt, com.
menting ON the recent increase in the
number of horrible murders of little
girls in Berlin, expresses the opinion
that the city harbors a fiend-like Jack
the Ripper" 1t points out the SINH.
larity in the methods of the perpe.
traitors of the murders and that the
Berlin miscreant, like his London pro.
totype, disappears into impenetrable
mystery.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1903-06-11
RoUMANIAN JEWS FLEEING.
Anti-Semite Press Inciting People to
Acts of Violence.

ACTS or violence.
Venice, June 10.-Two hundred Rou.
manian Jews passed through here yes.
terday on their way to America. They
asserted that the conditions in Rou.
mania are daily growing more peril.
Gus. The anti-Semite press is openly
melting the people to follow the ex.
amples of the Russians at Kishineff
The Vocea Tutoei of Berlat, Rouma.
MIA, concludes an article ON Kishineft
as follows:
The orthodox Russian priests have
done their duty. It is your turn, Rou.
manian priests. Raise the cross and
begin the battle here against the
Wretched Jewish horde which has
brought the Roumanian people TO neg.
gary, and your reward in heaven will
be greater"
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Flight For Safety.

Persons scantily attired emerged
from their homes and in few min.
utes the whole populace of the low
district attacked, six miles in area,
were fleeing to higher ground AS
the noise of the approaching flood was
heard the fight, at first rapid, with
some semblance Of order, assumed a
panic stage All efforts to assure the
inhabitants that there was sufficient
time to escape unless gap was wash
ed through the embanlSment failed to
convince them and most of them fed
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Ganqway coIlapses, Many Drowned.

GangWay Coliapses, Many Drowned.
Rostoff-on-the-Don, Ressia, June TO-
The steamer Moskva was about to
land passengers at Asoff, after a pleas
ure trip, when the crowd caused the
gangway to collapse and many were
drowned
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TROOPS ORDERED
To MORENCIA, ARIz.
Lives and Property Thought
to Be Endangered.
STRIKERS THREATEN TROUBLE.

Turbulent Foreigners, Numbering 5000
Are on Strike at Morencia, and
Fearing Violence, Actina-Governor
Stoddard Calls For Troops.
Washington, June 10.-Acting Adju.
tant General Hall has ordered the
commanding officer of the department
OF Colorado to send troops from Fort
Grant and Fort Huacnuasa to Moren.
cla, Ariz., at once, with discreet
officer in command to protect life and
property.
He directs that violence be avoided
If possible, the action of the troops
to be governed by law in such cases.
This order is in response to a tele.
gram to the president from Acting
Governor Stoddard of Arizona. who
states that 5000 men, mostly foreign
ers, are on a strike at Morencta. 4
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OR ); J6;.ce n, Dodson's Pharmacy, Residence
y venue. Phone 20.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1903-06-11

IAs' A, ,t+trlornev and Counsellor at Law
d 'Ontces BYne Building.
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WHILE SPRINGS.

q rTiSllghtful resort, 5 miles west
Ibis fnsO US now open for the season.
eatstiye onaI.eral nlneral water is noted for its
1gY, n 4Galltles. BATHING A SPRCI.
~ a. NV. Fl. CHAMBLISS.
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opoFESSIONAL CARDS.

,.,THER 4 sTATH5AA4MS' An ,na cr7pcr,,,rs
.nd groesS0psaar 3sS sarroandeg ssTT5ies to the
ss0ple OF = aIpiqnters Bank Building. Room
rr OHC{9 At Hudson's drugstore win re-
., =. .4I 41rompt attention.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-11-18

is harm, great harm, in the dongs of the
 over-subtilist," who from entirely casual and innocuous acts on the part of men or women deduces ceverly pessimistic con- clusions, and fashions these into code of guidance readily adapted for every day use by thousands and thousands of admiring and initiative intellects
 In the opinion of the subtleness-stricken whose morbid search for the ultimate req son is continuous and consistent. fame becomes the unsatisfactory approval of an aggregation of individuals individually incapable of proper, discriminating appro- bation Success, let us say financial suc- cess, for instance, is tantamount to the means of gratifying sense or senses inac- cessble to qualification. Love must be looked upon. they will maintain, as noth- tempts of dovetail conflicting vanities Egosm alone survives, and survives alone. It is the penalty of over-subtle- ness, of the ruthless surgery of thought
 Truth" Is the slogan of the over-sub- tilists. Truth without compromise!" and the slogan sounds very well. But 1t is after all slogan to which their ex- ed. And even should they be right in their system right in it's every principle were it not better after all to make for happiness than for that sort of truth, to eat of joy, and of fame, of success, and of love. as child eats it's apple, ruddy- checked, sweetly- -favored-in the sum- lipht9
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-11-18
Bessemer Postoffice Building.

Bessemer needs a new postoffice building, and Congressman Underwood will use his best endeayors to get an appropriation of $1OO,ooo for such a building.
 Few cities in the south are so pro- gressiye and so well built as Bessc mer. and it is certainly entitled to have a large and handsome. .postoffice. MT. Underwood is a tireless worker for his district, and he knows no such word as fail when it comes to appro- priations. He has asked the Alabama delegation to assist him in this Bes- semer measure, and The Age-Herald hopes to see every member in line with him.
 One hundred thousand dollars Will nay for an elegant building, but one that will be not bit too fine for Bes- semer. Before this time next year the work of construction on the new post office will probably be under way.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-11-18
The Presidency.

Soon after MT. Roosevelt succeeded to the Presidency it became the fash ion to say that nothing could prevent him from being his own successor in 1904. He possessed qualities of char acter and administrative ability that captivated the younger citizens and tens of thousands, young and old, ap- plauded most of his acts.
 Conservative men in the republican party, it is true, looked with disap- proval upon President Rooseyelt's CT ratio course. They gave him full credit for high integrity and high aims, but they regarded him as an unsafe ex ecutive and an imperialistic chief mag lstrate Yet the saying had been ac- cepted as almost yerity that nobody could beat Roosevelt The country was never so prosperous, and, of course, the majority of the people would not
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-11-18

swap a republican for democratic administration. So said the public. Moreover, the democratic party was split and at sea. Not in thirty years had it been so demoralized from a na- tional point of view.
 But as 1904 draws near the situa- tion changes. The wheels of industry are turning slowly. The crops are abundant, and no one in this broad land need go to bed hungry, but the boom which was so stimulating as republican issue has come to an end and industrial interests are fast get ting out of gear
 From a combination of causes Presi- dent Roosevelt is losing his popularity, while the democrats are fast getting together" and taking heart. Indeed, the outlook for the party of Jefferson and Jackson brightens every day There is hardly man in the party who does not now feel it in his bones that the democracy has splendid chance for victory next year.
 It only remains for harmony senti- ment to prevail and for the men who go as delegates to the national con- yention next year to act on business principles and select a standardbearer who will be acceptable to New York as well as the south and west. With such candidate President Roosevelt, assuming that he will be nominated, will be retired to private life on t.6 4th of March, 1905
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-11-18
The Worlds Fair.

The Alabama Worlds Fair Associa- ton. which was organized in Birming- ham on Monday for the purpose of having this state properly represented at the St. Louis exposition, will lose no time in getting to work. Strong, earnest men are included in it's mem; bersbip. and there should be little diff eculty in raising the necessary funds.
 The speeches made at the organiza- tion meeting had the true ring, and especially encouraging were the re- marks submitted by the Hon. R. k. Poole. commissioner of agriculture and industries. MT. Poole practically pledged $10, 1000 from the states money set aside for agricultural purposes. This amount, he said, could be used for assembling and maintaining state exhibit at St. Louis. He got up an exhibit for Buffalo in six weeks time, with only $5o00 at his disposal, and with that display Alabama carried off more prizes than any other southern state.
 Alabama must have building at the St. Louis exposition. This will probably cost $15,ooo or $20,ooO, and the money to pay for 1t can be raised by the various counties. There Is scarcely a county in the state that could not afford to contribute out of it's revenues 5000 toward state building. But as there are sixtysix counties outside of Jefferson, an aver age of only a few hundred dollars from each would be sufficient.
 The board of revenue of Jefferson county has already agreed to appro- priate s5ooo toward Birmingham dis trict exhibit. This appropriation was made at the request of number of the largest tax payers of the county, and it is safe to say that the action of the board met with very general approval.
 This matter of state building and state exhibit at the greatest worlds fair ever projected is of the utmost importance Every state in the union except Vermont, Delaware and Ala bama are erecting buildings in the ex- position grounds, and Alabama simply cannot afford to be left out of the list.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-11-18
MY BONNIE BARiN."
By J. P. Robson.

n Oh dinna greet, my bonnie bairn. Nor look sac sair at me; I canna' ease, my bonnie bairn, The pains that torture thee. Nicht after nicht my bonnie bairn, sit and watch thy bed I daurna' slum, my bonnie bairn, I'd wake and find thee dead! Aye, constant hae I nicht and da' Gazed on thy wanin face; That naething but thy features wan In ither things I trace. Thy glassy een-thy rowin heed, Thy low and croonin cry; My bonnie bairn-thy time is short. God help thee, bairn, say I! Iva years and zane. my bonnie bairn, An, weel I mind the day; When thou vast born, my winsome
 bairn.
 Thy daddy dyin' lay. He wound thee in his thin. cauld hands. An clasped thee to his breast. He ca the "Angel'-bonnie bairn, Then sunk for aye to rest. Oh, dinna mane. my winsome wean. Tho death hath come to thee; The dyin' smile is on thy mou', Heavens bright before thine e'e A'e kip, a'e kip,-my bonnie bairn; The warld to thee is zane! Waes me, waes me! by bairn is deed. I'm diwodd now-and lane.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-11-18
FIGS AND THISTLES.

From the Rams Horn.
 Honesty is simply heart health There are no wastes with God. Success is the test of the soul. Wanderings bring to weakness. Our own trials test our friends. There is no progress without God in front.
 A good blower is not always good stri- ker.
 Genius needs to be balanced with gen. tleness
 Only man of grace can be means of grace.
 Burning ideas are not the same as scalding ones.
 The hope of glory depends on the hold on Christ.
 The gospel of the times is not the gos- pei for the times.
 Even in a restaurant man may reveal his religion.
 When life is all sport to us the devil is the hunter.
 It is no use praying for the things you will not pay for
 If all men were true the world would soon be made new
 We'll begun Is half done: but only half done Is all undone. No man was ever yet crushed with other peoples cares.
 Sin needs to shine in spots to hide its whole sordidness.
 Our efficiency depends on whether God is our sufficiency.
 The preacher cannot study how to live by living in his study.
 It is safest to flee from the act that will not bear reflection.
 Better not pick up any rocks until your own record Is clean.
 Sermons preached for the ears of God will reach the hearts of men.
 The devil never yet made lock that the love of God could not break. The Bible is never too deep for the child nor too shallow for the aged.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-11-18
GORMAN AND THE TARIFF.

From the Chattanooga Times.
 The opponents of Senator German for President have been at their old trick of charging him with the defeat of the Will son tariff bill As a matter of fact, Sem ator German was only one of a dozen democratic senators who defeated that has written a signed article to the Wash lngton Post explaining in minutest detail how the defeat was accomplished, and he credits himself with the first movement against it. MT. German was chairman of the caucus, and after having called that body together he requested express sions from senators on the bill Senator Pettus was the first man to respond. He told MT. German frankly that he would oppose the bill because it put iron and coal on the free list. Alabama, he de- clared, did not want those articles on the free list, and he would vote the sentiment of his people.
 Senator Pettus was followed by White of Louisiana, who opposed the bill be- cause of the sugar schedule; Brice, of Ohio, opposed 1t for another reason the western senators did not like the wool schedule, and so expressed themselves. It became evident that the caucus could never agree on the bill and an adjourn ment was taken without action. Senator Pettus asserts that during the whole dis cussion Senator German did not open his mouth except to discharge his duties as presiding officer, and he contends that 1t is manifest injustice to charge the sen ator from Maryland with responsibility for the defeat of the Wilson tariff bill.
 President Cleveland was informed, as a result of this caucus, that the Wilson tariff bill could not be passed through the senate. There was talk of adjourn ing congress without passing any tariff bill at all. Mir. Cleveland grew red in the face and peremptorily ordered his party to pass some sort of q bill It is well known that number of senators then got together, patched up bill that would be acceptable to a majority of the senate democrats and passed it. Sena- tor German took hand in this, it Is true, but the fact remains that he could not have passed the Wilson bill through the senate had he made the attempt iR dtdh 6dtutSl.
 Senator Germans friends have from time to time explained why he opposed the Wilson tariff bill They assert that he believed the bill would have produced deficit of about one hundred millions in the revenue of the government and set tariff reform back twenty-five years In the light of events and the face of statis- tics, MT. German was vindicated. It should be added that the Wilson tariff bill was free trade run mad. That bill was not built along the tariff for revenue lines. It put a great many articles on the free list that the democratic party had always considered revenue producers Mir. Cleveland was unfortunate in select ing his man to draft the bill. William l.. Wilson was in some regards a great man. but he made mess of tariff reform in Mir. Cleveland's administration.