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The Atlanta constitution. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1885-19??, 1903-12-07
Shot at Bird. Wounded Horse.

Douglas. Ca. December 4.--(Special.)-
Governor Durbin and suite are still hunt
ing in Coffee county. having fine sport.
Yesterday in company with Joe Brewer.
who is an expert in all matter of sport.
he went to the vicinity OF b. II. Tan
ners, where they had fine sport all day
In the afternoon. whether because OF
the cold or grade of the liquor they had
along is not known, but the governors
ann became confused he MISSED the
bird. but hit the horse
The latter. naturally alarmed at such
craftsmanship, took to the woods, leav
ing parts of the buggy along the road
to mark mis- trail. The sportsmen got
to camp about 10 o'clock pretty foot
sore.
The governor doubtless thinks that In
dian corn loses none OF its strength in
transportation.
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TEXAS.
Traffic Omen Tbro,lob laredo

Laredo Tex, NGember 3o.-Governor
Lanham today iss-ed proclamation
raising the yellow fyer quarantine, wh;ct
has been in force g7inst Laredo sincs
September 26
During the prevaence of the epidemic
here there have ben i,o25 cases. 90 o
which resulted fatally.
When the governC's proclamation was
issued at noon tod@ there was a great
demonstration. tlas were displayed on
Inspector Clark announced today tina;
the regular train service will DO re-
stunned tomorrow ovr the Texas Mexican
re i'd.
Regular service VS. established several
days ago over the ational
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Both We're Hit During Fight.

Sheilman. Ga. December 2.-(Special)--
The story of serious shooting affray,
in which Ir NJ. A. Baldwin, a former
Iramber OF the legislature from this
county, ard James Blackburn. both of
Cuthbert. were principals, was received
here this afternoon soon after the trag-
edy-, Dr. Baldwin being hit just over
the right nipple. the ball glancing and
RAISING out over the shoulder doing only
slisht damage His adversary received
two dangerous wounds. one in the abdo-'
icen another in the back. supposed to
have been inflicted by Ben Baldwin. a son
OF the doctor. about whom the trouble
leading TO Tire shooting arose.
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The Shooting Of Pittman.

Columbus, Ga, December 4.-(Speclal)
Special Policeman y. J. Giddens. OF CT
rard. who shot Dudley Pittman. a young
man of Girard. to death at an early
hour this morning because the latter was
advancing on him with knife and a
brick, cursing him. was taken to Scale,
the county seat of Russell county, this
morning. 1t is understood that he viii
he given a preliminary trial next Mon
day. The state will prosecute him on
the charge Of mansaughter. it is under
stood. Giddens claims that he fired in
self-defense and that Pittman would
have killed him with the brick if he had
NOT shot
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Box Car Held or Attachment.

Charlotte \ c. December 4-(Sre-
cial.)-To secure alleged damages for the
death OF negro last March on The rail-
road three box cars Of the Chesapeake
and Ohio road have been attached by al
torneys for the plaintiff IN this city, and
the case will be argued next week IN
The case is the first Of It's kind that has
ever come up under the attachment
amendment" 10 section 347 Of the state
code in which it is allowed that an at
tachmen; may be made for personal in
iurieS
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Large Fire at Piedmont

Piedmont. S, c.. December 2.-tspecial)
A destructive fire here Ut $40 o clock this
afternoon, originating on the roof Of the
Bahb Furniture Companys store and
quickly communicating to the adjoining
stores Of the Ncsbitt-Childers Company.
NlginSton * Alexander, thence to the
6. w. Walker Company and 10 Simpson,
Long x Co; also, to the belmont Dauk
building and the w. A. Simpson carriage
repository all Of which were frame build
lhSs and were entirely consumed toaetn-
or ~ish contents. 1ha estimated total
loss on stocks was $50, 900. The insu-
rance on the stocks is estimated a s44.
coo. The buildings were owned by the
Piedmont Furniture Company. and
The Bell telephone exchange. located in
Walker * Cos store, was destroyed
At O'Clock the lire was practically
oft, ana further damage is improbable
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Broken Stats Saved Life.

Harmony Grove, Ga, December 3
Especial )-1ues day night VIII and Ora
dy Harris. brothers. engaged in quar-
rel over some business matter. Grady
was in bed and Will told him to get up
and they would fight it out. Grady
thought VIII was about to draw pistol
aud got his pistol and fired at Will.
missing him. Tho brothers were so near
each other that Wits face was black
ened from the smoke Of the pistol in his
brothers hand. Just as Grady was about
10 fire the stats in the bed broke and
this saved his brothers life.
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Furnishing the Gamblers.

Griffin. Ga. December 3.--(specia9-At
special session of the city court OF
Grifin, held this morning at 10 o'clock.
ia Engram and Walter Burke, two well
known white men, VINO live out near the
Griffin mills. were fined 500 each for
gaming and running gaming tables. a
warrant is also out for ". w F1ynt
for the same charges and several other
cases will probably be made in the near
future
This step will probably break up a
band who have been gambling on the
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Two Killed by Explosion.

Greenville, S. c December 2.-(spe
cial )--WaIter Gree, the i4-year- old sor
Of ". &. Greer, Appointment farmer, o.
Batesvile. died toAy as a result of in.
juries received by the explosion of ar
engine Monday Til explosion was caused
bv the failure of tt relief valve to work
j. L. Stealing, sn of James Stealing
OF n1osion nf ra Zine Monday ni nf n
birmingham, wher he was employed
The body will reac Greenville tomorrow
He was we'll know here.
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Safe Blower Made a Haul.

Lowndesville. s. :, December 2.-(Spe-
ciall-About o eek this morning the
store OF Eob Hoson, who does big
business here as merchant and cotton
dealer. was burglrized. The intruders
obtained over six hundred dollars cash.
with checks of o. over one thousand.
dollars nv ta1hf pains and me the
blowers showed tmiliariiy with the
work Having obhned TOOLS black
smith shop, they roke the outer hinges
of the large safe and alt.f w DIS nitro
glycerine was enjoyed Nc. Horton Of
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Macon. Ga. December 5.-(SpeciaI )-J.
W. Wyche. who was struck Tuesday eve
ming last by piece of timber falling from
the Popiar street bridge, is dead.
Mr. Wyche, it will he remembered. was
passing along Poplar street and when
emerging from the bridge heavy piece
OF timber dropped from the railroad above
striking him squarely on the head. He
was knocked senseess and when he
reached the hospital the surgeon found
that blood had cotted upon his brain.
An operation was deemed necessary
and large coagulation was removed.
On account of his advanced age the at
tcning physicians entertained but slight
hopes of his recovery from the first.
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Statement Is got Encouraging

Charleston. S. :, December 2.-The
statement Of the primers and Merchants
bank Of Camden. ne president and cash
Ter of which kilj themselves on the
same day, is not ecouraging The depos-
itors and creditor. will get their money
eventually, but $3.50 belonging to the
stockholders will ut be realized. On the
day of the double ragedy when the bank
was closed the cas- on hand was Sl7l 90
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Robbers Visited Florida Town

Green Cove Springs. Fla. November
= 3o.-I.ast night cracksmen dynamited the
safe of J. l.. Kirkpatrick saloon and
rifed it of its contents. amounting to
about S4OC
The explosion awakened many of the
residents, who report that it occurred
about o'clock in the morning.
The robbers cut out the glass on one
Of the windows and effected an entrance
The saloon was wrecked from the effects
OF the explosion and the loss will amount
TO several hundred dollars in addition to
the amount taken.
There is no clew to indicate who the
robbers we've
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Farmer Holcon,be Loses Ear.

Rome. Ga. December 3.-(Special.)~-
Charles Holcombe a we'll known farmer
living near Rome. was thrown over the
headboard of his wagon this morning dur
ing runaway and one of his cars was
entirely severed from his head ny one
of the wheels The horses were going
ut a terrible speed when the accident
happened and it Is q wonder that he was
not killed. AS it was. however besides
losing his ear Mr.. Holcombe is not huft
much
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Put Poison in The Wall

Columbus, Ga. December 5.-fSpecial)
IheIe Is great Indignation i'll Girard over
the TACT that some malicious person
placed poison in public we'll near the
place Wherc street fair is being given
ne ponies of a show belonging to the
fair drank some of the water. and one
OF the horses died and others are Sc
rlously affected. The show people offer a
reward for the arrest of the miscreant.
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Bale of Cotton Caused Trouble.

Unadilla, Ga. December 2.-(Speciai)-
Charles Clewis. an aged and prosperous
farmer living near this place. was seri-
ously stabbed this morning by Ran Bod
cry. another farmer. The difficulty arose
over the settlement of ale of cotton
which Bodery had sold. Clewis was
ST. bbed seven times in the back, face
and arms. but 1t is not thought the
wounds will prove fatal. A warrant has
been sworn out for Bodery.
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Thirty Years Given DR.. jaw.

Ashevillc, y. G.. December DIR ].
< Jay was today found guilty oe muir
der in The second degree and sentenced
TO thirty years at hard labor.
4 few weeks ago Dr. JAY. who is one
OF the best known PHYSICIANS In the Ashe-
Vile country, murdered his three chill
dren with q hammer
His mind was thought to be affected.
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Griffin Girls Had Marrow Escape

Griffin, Ga. November 3o.--(SpeclaL)-
Miss Matte Mathews and Miss Ethel
Walker. TWO of Spaldins countys most
prominent ana attractive young ladies.
were seriously but not fatally injured IN
Fl runaway accident this morning about
o'clock. The young ladies We're driving
il from the farm of Captain y. j. Wal
Her when their horse became frightened
Al an incoming train and ran away and
broke up the buggy as he dashsd into
fenee on the sidewalk.
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SOUTH CAROLINA.
Furman Endowment Secured

Greenville. s. G. December l.--(Spe-
cial. )-Rev. Joel l. Allen tonight stated
that the desired $4,000 endowment for
Furman university rad been secured
He said the grae crisis in Furma n s
history is now passd and that the future
will see it grow usefulness and eX-
pand under the fhuence Of increased
wealth.
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Elbertcn Wants Water Works.

Elberton, Ga, December 5.-(Special y
Interest in a system of water works is
again aroused in Elberton, and well-de-
fired efforts are being made looking to
the establ ishment of a system. A large
majority of the wells in the city are
giving out Several causes are assigned
for this In nearly every instance a well
has to be sunk through granite, and it is
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Slain by Smith Before His Door.

NalGosta, Ga. November 30.-(SpeciaD
Ben l.. Smith. a prominent citizen of
Madison county, Georgia, shot and killed
his neigh0Or. man named Sapp. at the
formers home, near Cherry Lake, on
yesterday.
according to the reports received here.
the men had been enemies for some time.
and on Yesterday about noon Sapp drove
mp to smith mouse in his buggy and
allied the latter out.
Smith has surrendered to the author
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Sudden Death Of q Child.

Rome, Ca, December 3.--(Special.)-
Margaret Mcleod, the 7year-old daugh-
ter of William Mcleod. died very sud
denly this morning of acute indigestion.
She was playing in the yard when she
fell to the ground and commenced Wrlth-
ing in great agony. Medical aid was
promptly summonded. but the child was
dead before any relief could be given her.
Physicians declare that death from acute
Indigestion as this age are almost un-
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Radium Reaches Savannah.

Savannah Ga. December l.-(Special.)-
I nc first Int Of radium has reached sa-
t4nn4h. 7 may be that this is the first
- the rev valuable and wonderful sub
stance to reach Georgia. 1t was brought
lom The north by Or. r. j Mum. the
Nesfar of Saya nnah physicians. who paid
So for t 1T is smaller than the point Of
nne needle and cannot be described
pith naked eve. When Or. Dunn dis
Iisys il it is 10y means of his microscope
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Black failed to show up at coul%.


Americus. Ca. December 5.--(SpeciaL)-
1he ballooning of cotton prices recently
has brought to market about all the
ection held on plantations near Americus
and several thousand bales were sold
since Thursday Farmers are satisfied
with 2 cents and are closing up the
years ' ork. Four hundred bales were
marketed here today and sold at salts
factory figures.
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N0RTH CAROLINA.
Suit viii BE Reargued.

Raleigh. y. c. November 80 CSpecial)
Attorney General Cimer is informed by
the clerk OF the United states supreme
court that the suit Of South Dakota
against North Carolina Tor payment Of
bonds is ord ared fer reargument.
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Young Rounsaville Found Guilty

Rome, Ga. December 3.-(Special)-
The Jury in the case Of Robert Rounsa-
vile. charged with assault with intent
to murder Samuel Wood, brought in a
verdict at 4 o'clock this afternoon, ro-
ducing the alleged crime to a misdemea--
nor and found him guilty of assault and
Judge Henry fined him $500 or twelve
months in the changing, after giving
him q good lecture.
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Barn Burned Near Rome.

Rome, Ga, December 3.-(Special.)--
The barn and contents belonging to
James Camp. a prosperous and we'll
known farmer living near Rome, was to-
tally destroyed by fire at an early hour
this morning Besides some farm mple-
ments the barn contained 900 bushels
of corn, fixe hundred bales of hay and
seven bales of cotton. Loss $1,000. In
surance $500
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Courted Through the Mails.

Augusta, Ga, December 3.-(Special.)-
A rather romantic marriage took place
here this evening between an estimable
widow, Mrs. Muslin, of this city. and
William j. owens, of Texas, who won
his bride through a correspondence court
ship. Except for the exchange of photo
graphs they had never seen each othec
before They left for the groom nome
after the ceremony
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Gaines Gets Life Sentence.

Harmony Grove, Ga. December q
(Special.) Jim Gaines, colored, who was
charged with killing Henry Deadwyler, OF
Nicholson, on the excursion train re-
turning from Atlanta to this place. was
tried in Gainesville today. found guilty
and sentenced to the penitentiary for
life
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March. 1901. of Godfrey Weber. Tie
trap was sprung at Ito p M. and death
resulted fifteen minutes after the drop
fell. Dixon made no statement beyond
that he had already made. to the effect
that he did not shott Godfrey, but fur
nished the gun for the killing. About
forty witnessed the execution
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KENTUCKY.
Hammered Him to Death.

daMlII946I AIII1 70 = q III
Quincv. Ky. November 3o.-Chriatian
Bota. a prominent citizen, was found
murdered today. His head apparently
had been crushed with hammer
gang OF desperadoes in the neighbofhood
mas Eoen suspected, but no arrests have
been made
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$1,000 for Forest Reserve.

Charlotte, X G.. December 5.-The
North Carolina state boord Of agriculture
today appropriated $1,000 To aid in Tor
warning tie movement for the os+abli5h-
II ent Of the Appalachian forest reserve.
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ALL THE NEWS OF DIXIELNND

feet to the top of her head. Her little
brother, who attempted to put out the
flames, was burned badly around the
hands.
The attending physicians say that the
chances are against the childs recovery,
but that she has some chances to got
we'll.
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IiSSfSSiPP..


Jackson Miss December 4 The Mis-
sissmpi bureau of the worlds fah at Il
meeting today selected Iuly Of next
YEAR ass Mississippi day at tho 81 Louis
fan IT is The Anniversary Of Tho as
eembling of tho first constitutional cots
Vcntion in the state
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Mrs. Smith Awarded $4,000.

Augusta, Ca. December 2.--(Special) j.
In the case of Mrs. Nettie Smith. the
jury today reached a verdict of 5000
for the plaintiff against the Augusta
Railway Company for killing her hus-
band, O. c. Smith, in q collision with
locomotive at IL grade crossing The suit
was for 100000 and the jury was out
two days before reaching a verdict.
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Judge seaborn Reese Joins Church

Sparta. Ga, December I.-fSpecial.)-
Judge Seaborn Reese. Sparta's eminent
.lrist and esteemed citizen, was received
into the full fellowship of the Presbyte-
Ran church Sunday morning. Judge
Reese was for many Years on the SUI
p@rior court bench Of the northern cir
emit He is the father Of Mrs. +. NJ In
nan % Atlanta
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One Court Case Caused Another.

Rome, Ga. December 4.-(spccial)-
Sam Wood, who recently had a difficulty
with Roy and Robert RounsaviUa, which
created such sensation. was in police
court today charged with having diff
ficulty with Dick Black
The fight was brought about over The
ood-Rounsaville affair. Wood was
fined.
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crs $50 reward for the capture or half
IF the money. It is thought three men
ACCOMPLISHED the robbery. one is about
) feet inches tall, weighs 65 pounds;
las black mustache, wears dark striped
suit and is age IS. Another about same
ago. with a reddish mustache.
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Fell Dead at Supper Table.

Carrollton. Ga, December 2.-(Special.)
Tuesday night Bill Harper. we'll
known fiddler" of Lowell. this county,
fell dead at the supper table Of Georgia
Price. on Depot street. this city. Har-
per had been drunk and In the caabo0ae
during the day. and was under the in
f1uence of whisky when he went. with
some other white men, to supper. and
without apparent warning the attack
came, and he died in a few minutes.
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edge of town in a locality that has gained
the name of 1.-The Styx' because of the
blackness of it's reputation.
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Chaotic, \. q. December l. Gyms
Dixon. a young white manN, was hanged
at Trenton. n. c.. for the murder in
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Free Booklet

on Blood Poison. written by the leading
specialist Of this country. Address Dr. j..
Newton Hathaway. AZ Imam building
Atlanta, Ga.
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Wanted

Two statesmen in eacn state $50 90 and
expenses: permanent position IeuiC Ks
Tobacco Works Co. Fcnicks, Va
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thought the blasting causes some of The
wells to 90 dry Several prominent cit
liens are interesting themselves IN The
matter.
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I2EIElNfAIIS
Az Ill the Year Round Disease.

Rheumatism does not come and 60 with winter
time always; III fact suffer during the
Spring and Summer than at any other season. When
the blood is charged with Uric Acid Akali and other
irritating poisons then the system is i'll the right
condition for Rheumatism to develop, and attack
is liable to come at any time, Winter or Summer
Rheumatism, because it attacks different parts of
the body, aud is sudden slow in its action, is given
various names such as acute and chronic, muscular
articuar fammatory mercural and sciatic but it is
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but either kind IS wearing upon the
stiffness in the muscles and Joints, and
the blood settle upon the valves o. the
heart and ends suddenly and fatally.
It won't do to let Rheumatism
run on. It IS dangerous disease, and
YOU eau never tell where it is going to
strike. Home remedies, plasters, linl-
1uents and such things as produce
counter irritation. are soothing and
may relieve the pain temporarily, but
The polluted, acid blood cannot be
reached by external applications.
Rheumatism must be treat ed
through the blood, and no remedy
brings such prompt and lasting relief
as S. S. S. 1t attacks the disease IN
the blood, neutralizes the acids, and
removes all irritating poisons and {
Windham County reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1901-1906, 1903-08-28
STATE DRUGGISTS TO MEET.
Pharmaceutical Association Will Con-
vene Next Week.

The 10th annual meeting Of the YER
mont Pharmaceutical association will
be held at Burlington Wednesday and
Thursday next W. F. Root of this
town is president. w. E. Terrill of
Montpelier secretary. and G. L. Har-
wood of Chester treasurer.
The program for Wednesdays ses-
sions includes an address of welcome
by Mayor Burke of Burlington. cleo
tion of officers, papers AMI discussions
and an address by d. c. Hawley, NJ. d.
Thursday will be full of interest in
Guiding a carriage ride about the city
for the ladies, and sail on Lake
Champlain in the afternoon. on invita-
tion of the Burlington Retail Drug
gists' association. The steamer will
land at Bluff Point where a banquet
will be served at Hotel Champlain at s
p. m
Every arrangement has been made
for the comfort and pleasure of the
guests. several of the clubs of the city
extending open house. About $50
members will be present and the en-
tire party will go to the Fort Ethan
Allen to see the L. S. cavalry drill,
and the excursion by steamer among
the islands will certainly ne a delight
full trip.