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Tazewell Republican. [volume] (Tazewell, Va.) 1892-1919, 1903-01-15
SECRETARY MOODY INJURED.
Salute of II Guns Causes Horses to Run
Away.

Annapolis, Md, Jan. l2.-Secretary of
the Navy w. II. Moody was seriously but
not dangerously injured in the Naval
Academy grounds today by a runaway
accident. Accompanied by Senator Hale,
chairman Of the Senate naval affairs COM
mittee, the secretary arrived here at
O'Clock to inspect the new buildings being
erected IN the Naval Academy grounds,
being driven from the railroad station in
Superintendent Brownson's private car
riage.
The battalion of cadets were drawn up
in line for salute just inside the academy
grounds, and as the carriage bearing the
secretary, Senator Hale and their escort,
Lieut.. Power, passed in review, salute of
seventeen guns belched forth from the
guns on the Santee wharf.
The restive horses attached to the car
riage swerved suddenly and got beyond
the control of the driver. The breaking
of the pole of the carriage as the spirited
animals dashed down the roadway served
to render them more exclte1. The driver,
seeking to stop them, suddenly turned
their heads into a vacant lot between two
houses.
Secretary Moody, who had opened the
door of the carriage as the horses dashed
over the frozen ground, suddenly leaped
to the pavement as the carriage made the
turn into the enclosure. He landed on
his face on the pavement andwas rendered
unconscious by the shock. The secretary
was carried to the nearby residence OF
Superintendent Brownson, where he
shortly recovered consciousness. Slight
cuts and bruises on bis forehead, nose and
face are thought to be the extent OF the
secretarys injuries.
Neither Senator Hale nor Lieutenant
Power was injured, as the horses were
brought up against a wall shortly after
making the turn into the open lot.
Tazewell Republican. [volume] (Tazewell, Va.) 1892-1919, 1903-01-15
Macon, Ga., Woman Shoots and Kills
ALLEGED TraduCer in Lawyers
Office.
He REFUSES TO SIGN PAPER
Generating Her-Dead Man Found With
Own Revolver Nearby. Woman
Released on $1,000 Bail.

Macon, Ca, Jan. l2.-Mrs. Effie l.
Carson. wife of railroad machinist, for
merly the wife of Ernest Thompson, 6
printer, shot and instantly killed Robert
A. Rigsby, student in business college
here. The tragedy took place in the law
office of Marmaduke 6. Bayne, an attor-
ney, to whom she had gone for advice,
She shot the man twice In the head and
once through the heart She emptied her
revolver, the other shots going wild. She
at once delivered herself to the sheriff,
going across the street with the smoking
weapon in her hand.
She was promptly placed in Jail, but was
subsequently released on a bond of 81, ,OOO'
The coroner's jury found a verdict Of
voluntary maDslaughter.
Mrs. Carson was a teacher of telegraphy
in another business college. She charged
that Rigsby bad circulated reports damag
ing her character. She had gone to the
lawyer with a paper for Rigsby to sign
exoneratlng her. The lawyer took the
paper to the college and submitted 1t to
Rigsby, who declined to sign, but asked
for personal interview. He went to the
lawyers office and immediately asked the
lawyer and his stenographer to step into
the hall. The door was at once closed
and locked. In few moments the shots
rang out, and Mrs. Carson appeared, an
nouncing that she had killed the man.
Rlgsby was found on the floor dead,
with his own revolver near his right hand.
What occurred between them is not known
except an admission by Mrs. Carson that
he applied an opprobrious epithet to her,
Rigsby was originally from Bowling Green,
KY, or a village nearby, and is said to
have been a member oJ family promin'
ent there. He had conducted business
..9Allege in Tampa, Fla, but had come to
Macon to complete bis education, intend
ing to open another college IN June. He
was 25 years of age. He had previous to
the killing been threatened by members
of Mrs Carson's family. Her maiden
name was Fletcher and she was born eal
Macon.
Tazewell Republican. [volume] (Tazewell, Va.) 1892-1919, 1903-01-15
Cutting Affair at Cedar Bluff.

On last Saturday Mr.. 8. II. Laird and
his son Edward were both painfully
wounded by a knife in the hand of james
Harman. 1t seems that James Harman
and his brother got into a quarrel over
some shingles with a little son of Mr..
Laird, and the Harman's threw rocks at
the Laird boy and ran after him. His
father ordered the Harman's to let the lit
tie boy alone, but James Harman made
an assault on Mr.. Laird with a pocket
knife and gave him severe wound about
the left wrist. Edward Laird, who was in
the house, heard the noise and went out
to his fathers assistance, and he received a
stab in the left side just below the heart.
Fortunately Edward Laird got hold of a
light walking stick, with which he drove
larman off, or more serious injuries
might have been inflicted upon father and
son.
An effort was afterwards made to arrest
Harman, but he was armed with a knife
and pistol and refused to be arrested. He
afterwards fled to escape arrest.
Tazewell Republican. [volume] (Tazewell, Va.) 1892-1919, 1903-01-15
NEW YORK SUF-
FERS FROM COLD
COAL FAMINE ADDS TO TERRORS
Prices of Fuel Soaring Higher-NO I'm
mediate Relief EXpected-The Suffer
ing is Intense and Charitable Or
ganizatiOnS Unable to Cope
With Existing Conditions.

New York, Jan. 13.-New York is
shlvering today in the coolest weather of
the winter. Added to the terrOrs of the
situation there is threatened disasterous
coal famine, and the price of fuel of any
decription is soaring higher. If relief
comes it will be but temporary, for the
Weather Bureau says storm is forming
in the Northwest, which will reach here
Thursday or Friday. Several deaths have
been reported as a result of the cold, and
suffering is intense. The charitable or
ganization are unable to cope with the
situation.
Tazewell Republican. [volume] (Tazewell, Va.) 1892-1919, 1903-01-15
MINERS APPEAL TO AMBASSADOR
Slays AIIeqe Cruel Treatment IN the
Toms Creek Field.

New York Jan. 1O.-Ten Slavs, ragged
and half starved, have arrived here from
Toms Creek, Va, whittier they went SIX
weeks ago with thirty two others on
promise of steady work in the mines al
$3.50 a day.
They tell story of oppression that has
capsed the Austrian ambassador at Wash
ington, Baron Hegenmuller, to start an
investigation, with the object OF freeing
tho mon still at the mines, and OF obtain
ing redress for their wrongs.
A man named Koser hired the men and
took them to the little town oil Oeorgei'
whence they drove twenty miles across the
country. Next morning each man received
several sticks of dynamite and some Petro'
leum.
"These are your TOOLS" they were TOLD
'erhey will cost you $40, and you VIII lake
it in installments out of your pay"
The men worked eleven hours the first
day. At night they received 80 cents each
instead of 81 so, and they protested. But
they were told to be careful of their mon
ey. as they would be expected to pay part
of the cost of their material out OF 1t at the
end of the week.
This condition of affairs continued Tor
three weeks. Then forty two men escaped
But all but ten we're recaptured and taken
back to the mine. The ten MADE tneir
way to this city.
They laid their case before Marcus
Braun, editor.of Hungarian newspaper
at "a Mack's place. Braun went to wash.
ington three days ago. lie telegraphed
last night that the Austrian ambassador
had taken up the case and wanted afnda-
Wits.
Tazewell Republican. [volume] (Tazewell, Va.) 1892-1919, 1903-01-15
Coal May Be Admitted Free of Duty

Washington. January 12.-It is said
Congress will pass a bill removing the
duty of 81 cents ton on coal imported in
to this country. This bill will take
the form of rebate or drawback for
ninety days, and also will provide for re-
ciprocity, admitting free of duty coal I'M
ported into this country from countries
granting the same privilege to the United
States. This means Canada, and will allow
coal from Nova Scotia to come into this
country free, while coal from the Alle'
ghanies and the Westward will go into
Canada free. The Ways and Means Com
mIttee will meet tomorrow, and according
to the present programme will report
bill on these lines.
Tazewell Republican. [volume] (Tazewell, Va.) 1892-1919, 1903-01-15
Finds Way To Live Long

The startling announcement of a Dis
covery that will surely lengthen life is
made by editor o. II. Downey, Of Chu'
rubusco, Ind. 81 wish to state" " he writes,
"that DR.. Kings New Discovery for Con-
sumption is the most infallibe remedy
that I have ever known for Coughs, Colds
and Grip. It's invaluable to people with
weak lungs. Having this wonderful medi-
cine no one need dread Pneumonia or
Consumption. Its relief is instant and
cure certain" Jno. E. Jackson, druggist
Tazewell Republican. [volume] (Tazewell, Va.) 1892-1919, 1903-01-15
Lost.

On the night the Boston Symphony
Orchestra gave an entertainment at Taze-
well. Miss vivien Gillespie lost pair oI
eyeglasses. She lost them some where De-
tween .he hall of the High School and Dr.
9illespie's residence at the east end o
town. If any person has found the glasses
they will be literally rewarded if they re-
turn them to the owner. The glasses are
very heavy and will be of no service tC
any one except the owner.
Tazewell Republican. [volume] (Tazewell, Va.) 1892-1919, 1903-01-15
DISSOLUTION NOTICE.

By mutual consent the firm Of w. ii.
Kelly & Son has this, the lst day OF
January, 1903, been dissolvedi and the
business will hereafter be conducted At the
same stand by VIM. w. Kelly.
The firm extends many lhsIks TO their
customers forthelr past encouragement and
respectfully solicits their trade for the new
concern, which they will always hnd ready
to wait upon and sell them goods at low
down prices.
William II. Kelly.
VIM. w. Kelly.
Tazewell Republican. [volume] (Tazewell, Va.) 1892-1919, 1903-01-15
AN OPEN LETTER.
Tazewell, Va, January lst., 1908
Dear Sir:

W.
Dear Sir:
have recently sent you .
statement showing what you owe the he
publican" on subscription. I"u have
been reading the paper for several wears
as bona fide subscriber, and there is no
reason why you should not pay yfn i. DO
you think it is right or square To LIFELINE
to respond to our calls upon vn fr =
settlement? You must settle the, Hrcount
or we will have to collect it by law. We
are now preparing to place all accounts
we have against persistent delii quent
subscribers in the hands OF collection
agency, and yours will be amopg the num-
ber if you do not act promptly. This is in-
tended for you, Mr.. Delinquent Subscriber.
Respectfully
EDITOR REPUBLICAN
Tazewell Republican. [volume] (Tazewell, Va.) 1892-1919, 1903-01-15
Horses Wanted.

| will be at Tazewell Monday, January
18th, 1903, to buy some good horses.
Everybody who has a good horse for sale
bring him to Surface & White stable.
w. P. LISCOMB,
1t Charlottesville, Va.
Tazewell Republican. [volume] (Tazewell, Va.) 1892-1919, 1903-01-15
Percheron Horse For Sale.

will be at Tazewell on Tuesday, JAM
uary 10th, 1903, (cour' day. with my hne
Percheron Stallion which l will offer for
sale. He is five years old this spring,
weighs between fifteen and six;een hun
dred pounds, and is dark iron gray.
Persons who desire 10 purchase such a
horse are invited to examine him on the
day named.
]. Z. Gott,
Princeton, W. Va.
Tazewell Republican. [volume] (Tazewell, Va.) 1892-1919, 1903-01-15
Stops the Cough
and Works off the Cold.

Laxative Bromo.Q Quinine Tablets cures
cold in one day. No Cure no Pay. Price
% cents.
Tazewell Republican. [volume] (Tazewell, Va.) 1892-1919, 1903-01-15
Job Printing Department

In this Department we are
we'll Equip ped With Modern
Facilities and Execute LOders
omptIy at prices Consistent
with Good Work. Telephone
and Mail Orders Receive our
Promp pit and Careful Attention
Tazewell Republican. [volume] (Tazewell, Va.) 1892-1919, 1903-01-15

PSI will give you some interesting
items on the new tax bill next week, to
which invite the attention of Will Bar
nett, Tom Heldreth, Doug Vermillon and
others, contractors. ). n. b.
Tazewell Republican. [volume] (Tazewell, Va.) 1892-1919, 1903-01-15
SURFACE & WHITE. - PrODriGt0rS

Livery Stable attached. Good Sample
Rooms. Table fare the Dcst. Nice Bed
rooms. etc.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1903-03-08
FALLEN FROM GRACE.

If Rev. H. L. Hutchins, of the Fed
Grafton of Churches, is man of We
racity, dreadful condition Of affairs
exists in Connecticut, once ''the land
of steady habits" and blue laws. Mr..
Hutchins is the agent of the Connect
cut Bible Society, and in the discharge
of his duties, travels all over the State.
In his report to the Federation OF
Churches, he says polygamy is prae-
ticed in many of the smaller towns; in
the northwestern part of the State IL
literacy prevails to an alarming extenti
the iIliterates are opium eaters; the
mountain whites are on the verge o.
race suicide, and the proud old Puritan
homes and beauty spots of the State
are falling into ruin.
He also asserts that the people o.
Connecticut have a thirst for hard cider
that cannot be quenched, and this tip
pie, he says, is the curse of the State
To illustrate how depravedis the rising
generation, he cites one town of 49,
families, and in this wicked village the
''people work on Sunday justas on any
other day; the stores are opened on the
Sabbath, and the one ambition of the
young men is to belong to the tow
band. " We may lift our hands in hor
ror and exclalm: Glow hath the
mighty fallen" but it seems that the
old Puritan stock is on the toboggan
All the polygamy, the Saskatchewan
ing and opium eating is attributed t.
Connecticut hard cider, and from the
evidence presented, it must be very
demoralizing jag producer. Itappeari
from the interesting narrative of the
Rev. Mr.. Hutchins that the only thing
that can be said in its favor is that i
cultivates a fondness for music ant
arouses in the youth of the Nutmeg
State an ambition to blow brass horn
in the town band.
From all accounts Connecticut ofer
splendid field for school teachers, mis-
sionaries, specialists in the treatmen
of the opium habit and also band in
structors.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1903-03-08


In Sumatra there is a very singular
race Of human beings called the Kubus.
They are the most timid and bashful
people in the world being too shy to
mingle with the other races of the is
land. They dwell in the darkest re
cesses Of the mountain forests and
have seldom been seen by white men.
One has never been known to willingly
face a stranger. This being the case,
their trade with the Malayans is car
ried on in a very strange way. The
trader announces his arrival by beat
ing a gong and then retires from the
place of rendezvous. The shy Kubus
then approach, put their forest treas
ures on the ground, beat the traders
gong and retreat The trader then re-
turns and lays his commodities down
In quantities sufficient to pay the pur-
chase price of the goods on sale
He then disappears for a second time.
this to give the KHbus a chance to re-
turn and consider the bargain. After
many Withdrawals, approaches, gong
beatings, etc, an understanding is ar
rived at, and each party carries away
its bargain. This remarkable race
knows nothing of a supreme being,
heaven, hell or evil demons. They have
no system of marriage and never bury
their dead. They live on snakes, ants,
bugs, grubs, etc.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1903-03-08
THE NEW DEPARTMENT,

The New York Sun in evidently hos
tile to the departmet of"commerce and
labor" recently established by con
gress. The Sun is afraid of it, and
says that it will prove a dangerous and
powerful lever in the hands of the
President determined on reelection
1t will give the President, the Sun
thinks, entirely too much control oven
business industries of various kinds
and enable him to retard all business.
Corporations and banking interests
will be entirely at his mercy. Shipp-
ing, navigation and other interests viii
only prosper or decline as he wills.
For these and other reasons the Sun
thinks the new department danger
GUS experiment.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1903-03-08
A GLANCE AT THE SOCIAL SIDE
Several Personals of interest During
the Past Week.

The marriage Of Miss Alice Clarke to
Mr. George Morgan, of Cordele, on
April 9th. will be an interesting event
in society circles in Amerlcus, where
Miss Clarke is quite favorite.
Miss Florence Page. of Maddox,
spent several days this week with
friends in the city.
The young people of Americas are
welcoming Miss Laura Coin to her
home again. Miss Coin received
marked social attention while in At
lanta recently.
After pleasant visit to her daugn-
ter, Mrs. Ed Sheffield. Mrs. W. W.
Bacon has returned to her home in Al.
bany.
Miss Louise Ellis, who has been the
guest eff Miss Eva Hawkins for some
time, left Wednesday for Macon.
Mrs. J. Glenwell Dodson has as her
guest her sister, Miss Sherrie Lewis,
of Albany.
Mrs. Henry Collier, of Atlanta, is
visiting Mrs. Charles Crisp.
The many friends of Miss Sarah
Cobb are sorry to know that she is
confined to her room with sickness.
The Woman's Literary Club met
this week, with Mrs. Merrell Galloway
One of the most delightful occasions
of the past week among the younger
social set, was a good luck party given
the Jokers Club Friday evening by
Miss Blanch Hawkins at her home on
College street.
The entire home was beautifully
decorated. The parlors were exquisite
in jonquils and narcissus. The dining
room was a lovely dream in PINK
carnations. Covers were laid fol
eighteen guests, and all truly were il
good luck who gathered around this
beautifully appointed table. A de-
| l1clous menu was served in Mrs. G. G..
Hawkins most hospItable manner,
During the evening a series of de
lightfui games was entered into. Miss
Kate Everette won the first prize,
pretty horse shoe stick pin, while the
consolation prize, silver wish bone,
was awarded to Mr.. jamie Fort,
Miss Hawkins received her guests
most graciously and she was beauti
fully gowned in the latest spring attire
and ranks as one of the most popular
young ladies of the younger SET.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1903-03-08
AMERICUs. Ca. MARCH 8, 1903.
THE COST OF BAD ROADS.

Too much cannot be said on the road
question The Times Recorder has
been urging the Importance of having
good roads, and the great advantage
such are to business centre as well
as the country at large. The Atlanta
Constitution has the following timely
editorial which speaks truth and facts
in its every line.
''The costliness of bad roads is a point
on which The Constitution has more
than once laid stress. We have often
shown that the unimproved public
highway is about the most expensive
luxury that any. community can pos
sess. This is so if we merely take into
consideration the wear and tear on
stock and vehicles and the loss of time
in going to and from market. But The
Mobile Register makes another strik-
ing point for good roads in calling at
tention to the loss inflicted by bad
road In one Alabama county.
An instance of this is furnished by
the county of Perry, of which the town
of Marion is the center. According to
The Register, the people of the eastern
part of the county, who trade is tribu-
tary to Marion, are cut off from that
town by the impossible condition of
the roads leading thereto. Thus they
have been forced to do their trading in
Centreyille, in Bib county, or Selma,
in Dallas county, both of which places
are farther away but easier of access.
THE town of Marion has been de-
priyed Of its largest and best trade, ,
and the loss of its merchants is cons1d-
cradle, while those communities which
have paid some attention to good road
building are benefited in proportion.
Yet all this is brought about by just
six miles of road, leading to the Ca
tawba river bridge, being practically
impossible.
How many communities in Georgia
and other southern states have been
similarly affe0ed by bad roads may
never be known. It is safe to say the
loss already sustained would amount
to several times as much as it would
have cost them to build good roads.
but this loss is not always felt in the
diversion of trade. as above noted.
How many times during the year do
the merchants in our smaller towns
have cause to complain of poor trade
because the farmers cannot get to
town. Even a moderate wet spell puts
the average Georgia road out of condi-
ton, and the merchant is deprived of
just that many days of good trade
He may reason that he viii get it in
the end, but he does not get it all. 1t
is a truism that the more a farmer
stays Always from town the less money
he spends. And the less money there
fore, the merchant takes in during the
year, when the farmers and the farm
hands are kept at home by bad wealth
er-or, in other words, bad roads.
= 1.-The good roads problem, therefore,
is as much matter of concern to the
merchant as to the farmer; to the towns
people as to those in the country. 1t
is one in which they should all join
eagerly in solving. There is not
community in Georgia, or elsewhere,
that is not paying more for bad roads
than it would cost to maintain good
ones"
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1903-03-08

Prof. Lorenz, the Yiennese surgeon
who recently visited this country and
demonstrated his 'knifeless surgery
In several cities, told an audience in
his home city the other night what
he thought of the American people.
He had only words of praise for them.
OF the American woman, he said she
was undoubtedly pre-eminent in intel
lect, education and wit, tbut she can
not cook" There is suggestion for
young women that they ought to take
mn
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1903-03-08
Never Killed First Wife.

Terre Haute, Ind, March 1T was
definitely learned here today that EN-
ma Stubs Knapp, the first wife OF
Alfred Knapp, died here Dec. 8, 1892
and that her body was buried in High
land Lawn cemetery. Mrs. Knapp
became the mother of a child Dec. %
ecame the mother of child Dec. %
1888. This child is now in the school
for feeble-minded youths at Ft..Wayne
Ind.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1903-03-08

Valdosta, Ca, September, 1900.
Swift Specific Co., Atlanta, Ga.
Dear Sirs:-Something like rising
came on my instep, very small at
first, not at all painful, but as it
grew larger and began to pain me
consulted doctor, but in spite Of
all he could do the sore got worse
and began to discharge; then other
sores came until the whole top of
my foot was one large mass of sores
and I could not walk. Then my huss
band, who had been cured of Scrofs
ula by the use Of s. s. s., said he
believed it would cure me. I began
taking it and eight bottles cured
me; my foot healed up nicely. bea
Iieve would have been O cripple
for life but for s. s. s.
MRS. O. II. KING.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1903-03-08

greatest annoyance because they are
so persistent apd unsightly and de-
tract from ones appearance.
Middle aged and old people and
those whose blood Is contaminated
and tainted with the germs and poison
of malaria or some previous sickness,
or excessive use of mercury, are the
chief sufferers from chronic sores and
ulcers. While the blood remains in
this unhealthy, polluted condition
healing is simply impossible and the
sore will continue to grow and spread
IN spite of washes and sa1ves or any
superficial or surface treatment, for
the sore is but the outward sign of
some constitutional disorder, a bad
condition of the blood and system,
which local remdies cannot cure.