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CJTHOLICS TO
LOSE THEIB
HIIEST
FATHER G. X. SCHADEWELL,
WHO HAS BEEN HERE MANY
YEARS, WILL LEAVE FOK AL
BANY NEXT WEEK.
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♦ REV, FATHER SCHADEWELL. ♦
♦ Atlanta Priest Who Will Leave ♦
♦ Here Next Week for Albany. ♦
♦ If 111 II 111 If Hl I
Rev. Father Godfrey X. Schadewell. as
■tstant pastor of the Church of the Im
maculate Conception, and one of the best
ln»nwn churchmen tn this state, haslbeen
appointed to Albany and surrounding
towns by Bishop Bl J. Kel.ey. of Savan
nah. and leaves about Abe middle of next
week to take up his work in that terri
tory. Father Schadewell was requested
by Bishop Kelley to assume charge of this
work, and agreed to do so. He has hun
dreds of friends in this city who will learn
with regret of his early departure from
Atlanta.
Father Schadewell will have charge of
the Catholic churches tn Albany. Thom
asville. Fitzgerald and the neighboring
towns, and wfll have a priest under him in
each of these cities.
Father Schadewell has been in Atlanta
since 188*, with the exception of two years,
which he spent in Columbus. Ga.. as rec
tor of the Catholic cathedral In that city.
He served under Bishop Kellcj; when the
bishop was in charge of the work tn this
district, and they are warm personal
friends.
Father Schadewell. since coming to At
lanta. has been actively engaged tn church
work, and has won numberless friends
and adjnirers. who are Indeed sorry to
hear of his departure.
Father Scbadewell's successor has not
■'-'CT’fft been named by Bisbop Kelley, who
Is MKbop of this diocese, and there Is no
takUng-of his probable successor.
ROME BEGINS CRUSADE
AGAINST INTEMPERANCE
ROME. Ga., April 15.—The city council
last night passed an ordinance making it
a penal otfense for any one to keep liquor
In a public place or wareroom for the pur
pose of drinking, selling or giving it away.
Hotels and restaurants are prevented
from serving Intoxicating drinks without
getting permission of council.
Pool rooms and soda founts are prohib
ited from serving alcoholic drinks free of
charge or for money. For violation of
uy of th**se provisions a penalty of 125.00
to is Imposed. v
A committee was appointed to Investi
gate the electric light plant with a view
of the city building a plant of its own.
An Electric
Belt Free
Bend Your Application At Once To
The Phyiician's Institute.
They Will Send Ton Absolutely Free One
of Their 100 <in««e Supreme Electric Belta,
the Belt Which Hm SI ade *o Miay Wonder
f»l Cwren— You >eedn 1 bend Even a Fo*ta*o
Baaxnp, Juat lour Marne and Adiireaa.
Seven year* *co toe mace ot Illinois grants
to tue Phy..', .ids’ Institute of Chicago a charter.
There was ne-d of sonx-thin* above the orCi-.
nary method of treatment for chronic diseases,
something more than ny ono specialist or any
number ot specialists acting Independently
con. 1 do, so the State itself, under the powers
granted It by its general laws, gave the power to
the Physicians' Institute to furnish to the sick
such l»clp as would mako them well and strong.
Ever since its establlsiim- nt this Institute has
endeavored In every possible way to carry off
the original purposes of IM establishment under
ttiebeoeOch .-it l i»sof the State.
Three years ago, the Physicians’ Instttide.
realirlne the value of electricity to the treatment
ot certain phases ot dhea=e, created under the
superintendence of its staff of ppcciaitets an
electric belt, and this belt has been proved to be
of great value as a curative agent. From time
to time it has been improved until it reached
that stage of perfect Pm which warranted iu
* allagentsin the
eure of riteur'.atisnx h;rr.baco. lame hack, n<*rv
cus exhaustion, weakened or lost vital functions,
warfcseela. kidney disorders and many other
Electric Belt” to made In one
grade only—ltd g -ago-thcro is no better electric
F- it made and no better belt can be made.
* W t>.merer in the opinion of our staff of special*
hr < the wcnlrrfiil c. rhttve and rovnaltzlng
torses of electricity will cure you we send yen,
free of all cost, one of these Supreme Electric
Heits.* It to not sent on trial, it is yours to keep
forever without the payment of one c nt. Tiffs
zenerous offer may bo withdrawn at any time, so
I should write to-day for this free “ Supreme
Dedric Belt’’ to the Physicians*lnstitute
U OM Masonic Temple. Chicago, Ills.
ft COAL-MINER'S
AWFUL PERIL
SAVED BY A MINISTER FROM A
TERRIBLE DEATH.
The Story of thp Rescue as Told By the
Man Himself—To the Knowledge
and Confidence of the Rev. Er-
nest Graves He Owes
His Life.
. * *
David Collins, a coal-miner, employed In
one of the m|nes at New Btraitsvllle, Ohio,
had a narrow escape from a horribly
death. He tells the story himself as fol
lows:
"While I was at work In the mine." he
says. “I began to notice a feeling of op
pression. It came upon me very gradually
but steadily grew worse and worse until
finally I became really aick. My stomach
was most affected. It became very sensi
tive and would not retain food at all. My
bowels also troubled me. my limbs were
swollen and I had frequent hemorrhages
of the teeth and gums and hose. For nine
months I was under a physician's care but
I kept growing worse till 1 was obliged .to
stay in bed. After I had been in bed three
days six different physicians called and all
pronounced my case Incurable. They said
I had prenicioua anaemia—one of the most
hopeless of diseases.
“Then, when the doctors acknowledged
that they had done all they could, and I
could not take their medicine, nor could
they prescribe anything else, the Rev. Er
aest Graves, pastor of the Baptist church
here, suggested the use of Dr. Williams’
Pink'Fills for Pale People. My stomach
retained the pills when the physicians'
medicines produced the greatest dlstresp.
As near as my nurses could judge imme
diately relief followed.
"There Is only this to add: My death
was hourly expected and upon taking Dr.
Williams' Pink Pills according to direc
tions I left my bed in a few weeks and
was on the way to recovery. I continued
their use and was cured. Many others
hereabouts are using this wonderful med
icine with excellent resulta"
The Rev. Ernest Graves, pastor of the
Baptist church. New Straltsville. to whom
Mr. Collins refers, speaks of his case as
follows:
"We have a striking example of what
Dr. Williams’ Pink Pills for Pale People
have done In this community at the pres
ent time, a csse that borders ‘on the
miraculous. It is thgt of David Collins,
a member of my church and a very val
uable helper in it. A few months ago he
was taken very sick and was given up to
die by six doctors. Dr. Williams' Pink
Pills cured him. and so thoroughly that
now this man who -the doctors said must
die can be found any day working in the
coal-mine. I count it a great privilege
to be able to say I advised, nay, rather I
insisted upon his taking Dr. Williams'
Pink Pills.
"I have great confidence in these pills
and firmly believe them to be all that Is
claimed for them. This confidence has
been brought about in various ways. In
the first place this remedy was brought
especially to my notice by my wife's
brother who had suffered from anaemia
and was cured by Dr. Williams' Pink Pills.
Since learning of the fact I have always
it my duty -to advise the uee of
this medicine to all I meet who are suffer
ing with that or kindred disorders.”
Dr. Williams' Pink Pills for Pale Peo
ple will never fall to effect a cure if used
persistently 'for a restsonable length "of
time. They may be ha’d of all druggists or
direct from the Dr. 'Williams Medicine
Co., six 50 cent boxes for two dollars and
.a half, postpaid on receipt of price.
WANTED—Two salwnen in each state; SSO
and expenses; permanent position. Penicks
Tobacco Works Company, Penicks, Vfrginia
MILES REPLIES
WITH SHOT
IT FOES
DECLARES CHARGES IN OFFI
CIAL ANNOUNCEMENT FROM
WHITEHOUSE ARE NOT
TRUE.
WASHINGTON. D. C„ April 15.—lieu
tenant General Miles will go out from his
office fighting hard. He and his friends
do not intend to tamely submit to the
compulsory retirement Roosevelt will
force on him this week. He has got to
go but he will warm up the enemy.
In answer to a charge made in an ''offi
cial announcement from the whitehouse'’
yesterday Mlles or hia friends gave out
a statement last night which brands the
charge as untrue, thus raising an issue
of veracity between the principals in the
row.
The "official announcement” went on to
say that Mlles would surely go and that
his friends could not object to his com
pulsory retirement since Mlles participa
ted in the retirement of General Ord du
ring the Hayes administration and then
profited by the retirement of his supe
rior.
As soon as this was made public in tha
"official anonuncement" there came a
statement from the Miles crowd alleging
the charge to be wholly untrue and set
ting forth the history of the Ord retire
ment.
The row has taken on the form of sim
ple mud slinging and the public will be
glad if Miles' retirement will close the af
fair. "
BERNERWILL HAVE ” ‘ .•
NOTHING ELSE TO SAY
Robert L. Berner, of Forsyth, will make
no further reply to Dupont Guerry, the
Macon candidate for governor, regarding
what is now called "the famous Potts
telegram.” Mr. Berner was at the capitol
for a short while today, and when seen by
a Journal reporter staled that he had
made, in his opinion, a satisfactory ex
planation of the whole matter, and would
have no more to sajg
Mr. Guerry, it will be remembered, re
plied in a lengthy article in The Journal
of Saturday to Mr. Berner s article, say
ing that Mr. Berner omitted several im
portant thfrip. Speaking of the matter
this morning Mr. Berner said:
"No, I will have nothing else to say
about the matter. I have made my ex
planation. and I think it is satisfactory.
I had no schemes engineered with me.”
Alligator Killed Near Macon.
MACON, April 14.—George Herrington
and Willie Brooks killed a 2CO-pound alli
gator yesterday afternoon on the river
bank, near the entrance to Central City
Park. It is the first gator slain here in
years, but it is declared that his coming
has nothing in th« world to do with the
depot question.
THE SEMI-WEEKLY JOURNAL, ATLANTA, GEORGIA, THURSDAY, APRIL, 17, 1902,
GUERRY DISCUSSES'
THAT PUTTS
in
ADDRESSES HIMSELF TO MESSRS.
BERNER, TERRELL, POTTS
AND CARLING INVIDIU-
ALLY ON SUBJECT.
MACON, Ga., April 12, 1902.
Editor Atlanta Journal:
Being engaged and going ail this week
until now, I have not been able to give
attention to the recent joint production of
Mosers- Berner, Terrell. Potts and Carling
in Yelation to the’ "famous Potts tele
gram" published Sunday and Monday in
so many of our newspapers. I beg to reply
to it now as briefly as possible, and for
the sake of clearness will take up sepa
rately the substance of what each of
these gentlemen has to say.
As to Mr. Berner.
I regret that Mr. Berner insists that
there to some vital issue between him- and
me, that he does not accept ihy disclaimer
of all purpose to attack him. and regret
that while he publishes two of my com
munications he omits my third and last
one which, among other things, repeats
my disclaimer and which also simplifies
the issue as to Mr. Terrell as follows:
"Did Mr. Terrell sign or send this tele
gram or have any connection with it, and
If so. what connection?"
Whit is Mr. Berner’s real complaint
against me? It cannot be more than thia:
I have given additional publicity to the
Potts telegram. The only charge made
against Mr. Berner is contained in that
telegram, vis: (as he construes it) that he
had surrendered his views on the liquor
question. Mr. Berner uses Ln his com
plaint against me, Mr. Potts as his friend
and wjtness, and proves by Mr. Potts that
he, Mr. Potts, was the author of that tele
gram and therefore his accuser; his accu
ser when the telegram was sent and his
accuser from that day until this, because
he neither retracts nor qualifies nor ex
plains for the benefit of Mr. Berner, the
charge he makes against him in that tele
gram.
Why does not Mr. Berner join issue with
Mr. Potts instead of with me?
It Is true I have given the telegram ad
ditional publicity, but it was no secret
before. It had been published In the For
syth Chronicle In Mr. Berner's city two
years ago, and Mr. Burner proves by Mr.
Carling that this identical telegram was
public property on the streets of Forsyth
(Mr, Berner’s home city) on the day it
was sent and received, vis: August 10,
1896, while Mr. Borner was there on the
streets and concerned with the senatorial
convention; also that it was such public
property on August llth there and in Ma
con the following day. My understanding
is that this telegrtm had already been
known as the "famous Potts telegram"
long before I gave it *ny publicity what
ever.
Mr. Berner says in his letter to me of
March Bth that the first knowledge he had
of this telegram was given him "a year
or so ago” by- a resident of Macon, and
now in his present communication “a year
ago:” yet in this same letter to me Mr.
Berner also says "during the campaign
which followed my nomination, it was
charged that I had surrendered my views
on the liquor question and that the Bibb
delegation had abandoned its fight on me
because they had received communica
tions from Atlanta to that effect. By this
I refer to the articles published at that
time, notably one written by Mr. W. B.
Hill,” ‘
He says in his present communication:
“The only instance in which I coupled
the name of Mr. Terrell with this or any
like telegram, occurred in this wav: When
this charge was made against me in 1896, I
promptly denounced it as an unqualified
falsehood.” •
"Among other ihlngs I said that the
only man from Atlanta whom I saw and
conferred with during the sittings of that
convention was Mr. Terrell, but that I
had not directly or indirectly surrendered
my convictions to him nor authorized
him to send any telegrams to anybody.”
There are other statements'in Mr. Ber
ner’s communications on the line of tms,
but these are Sufficient of themselves to
amount -to a clear admission that Mr.
Berner did know of this very telegram at
or about the time it was sent and deliv
ered on the 10th day of August, 1896, and
they also show that Mr. Terrell was at
least discussed as the author in relation
to this telegram Immediately after that
in the campaign by Mr. Berner himself,
and Mr. Berner, according to his state
ment. only denied at that time Mr. Ter
rell's authority to send it.
That the telegram was sept and deliver
ed and that it was public property during
the convention at Forsyth and at Macon
and during the campaign that followed
Is both proved and admitted by Mr. Bern
er. How is it possible that the chief
figure and the principal speaker In that
campaign colild have known nothing of
this telegram? I d<> not wish to be un
derstood as Impeaching Mr. Berner’s ve
racity, but I feel that the truth require
me to show, as I have done, the strange
confusion of his mind and memory upon
this subject in order to illustrate the
character of his recollection about the
eiithe matter.
Mr. Terrell.
Mr. Berner, in his communication to
Mr. Terrell, limits the inquiry simply to
the writing or sending of the telegram.
The questions addressed to Mr. Terrell
by myself mueh more than a month ago
on the 28th of February in The Waycross
Journal and to which hie attention was
Immediately called, did not only cover the
writing and sen- ng of the telegram, but
in a separate question immediately fol
lowing. this question was asked and has
been standing ever since unanswered: "If
you say no (as to writing or sending),
please state what connection you had
with that occasion or with t that tele
gram.” In my card al/eady referred to.
of March 14th, the .Inquiry is condensed
and simplified as follows:
"Did Mr. Terrell sign or send this tele
gram or have any connection with it, and
if so. what connection?"
These questions are yet unanswered.
Mr. Potto.
This gentleman, immediately upon my
publication of this telegram, viz: on the
12th of March last, just a month ago, was
called upon by a Constitution reporter to
know if he had anything to say about this
telegram sent in tris name in 1896. and his
reply was: "No, sir; I have nothing to
say.” When thereupon asked if he would
give any reasons for not making a state
ment. he replied: "No, sir.” In his letter
to Mr. Berner of date March 19th, written
at the instance qL Mr. Berner, Mr. Potts
says that he wrote, signed, sent and paid
for the telegram himself solely upon his
own responsibility.
But in answer to the question whether
he stated to any one that he "did not sign
this telegram or write it and that J. M.
Terrell engineered the scheme with Ber
ner," he further says simply, "I have no
recollection of having stated to any one
that I did not sign or write such telegram
and that J. M. Terrell engineered the
scheme with Berner.” And he adds that,
so far as he knows. Mr. Terrell did not en
gineer the scheme with Berner.
Ma. Potts, on the main point so far as
Mr. Berner is concerned, affords him no
exoneration, and we find him still assert
ing, the following:
"I am positively assured that Berner
will give no trouble to the liquor interests
of the state.”
Now here is a positive assertion by Mr.
Potts that he had positive assurance (and
such assurance could have been given au
thoritatively either directly or indirectly
I HAPPY DELIVERAMCE FROM THE
AGONIES OF RHEUMATISM.
Paine’s
/ < > V•• • ••
Celery Compound
Achieves a Wonderful Victory
Over the Terrible Disease
A VERY REGENT LETTER FROM A
VETERAN OF THE CIVIL WAR..
If you are a sufferer from rheumatism
in any of its terrible forms—muscular, in
flammatory, or sciatic, be assured of the
glorious truth that Paine's Celery Com
pound will work for you a permanent and
happy cure. The thousands of letters re
ceived from people who have thrown off
their burdens and agonies prove conclus
ively that Paine s Celery Compound is the
one great specific for this awful disease.
Medical evldepce freely given by honest
and unbiased physicians, places Paine’s
Celery Compound ahead of all other pre
scriptions and medicines as an infallible
cure for rheumatism, neuralgia, nervous
diseases, kidney trouble, liver complaint,
derangements of the stomach, and
troubles arising from an Impure condition
of the blood.
The following letter, dated 154 East 45th
street, New York, February 18, 1902, should
inspire all rheumatic sufferers with new
hope of a better and happier life. Mr.
Edwin Baillss says:
“I have suffered with rheumatism for
five years and have been treated by sev
eral physicians, amongst them one spe
cialist.- I found no relief until I began
psing Paine’s Celery Compound. After
using thretf bottles of the marvelous med
icine. I am entirely cured. I take great
pleasure in recommending Paine’s Celery
Compound as a medicine which will cure
all kinds of rheumatism and kidney dis
ease. I really find Paine's Celery Com
pound worth Its weight In gold, and most
cheerfully recommend it to my friends
and the public. I am a veteran of th'e civil
war and sixty years of age. Again I say
I am fully restored to health by Paine’s
Celery Comppund.”
fiunn Original and only reliable.
UldlllSliD UyBS Beware of poor Imitations.
by Mr. Berner only), and in the absence
of explanation the expression would mean
that Mr. Berner had given his assurance
to Mr Potts. Os course somebody else
could have assumed authority to give it,
and the assurance, for reasons,' might
have been satisfactory to Mr. Potts.
Now a few questions here for Mr. Potto
to answer: Did Mr. Berner give him that
assurance? If so, when and how and
where? If Mr. Berner did not, who did?
And how and when and where? Dlid not
Mr. Potts and Mr. Terrell support Mr.
Berner for the president of the senate that
same Did M/. Berner give any
trouble to the brewing or liquor interests
of the stgte during that term?
As alrehdy stated, Mr. Potto does not
deny saying that he “did not sign the
same,” or that "J. M. Terrell engineered
the scheme with Berner." Upon this sub
ject I furnish in the form of a letter, to
me, the statement of a witness to the ef
fect that Mr. Potts did say this, and
statement is both clear and positive.
"MACON, Ga. April 6, 1903.
“Hon. DuPont Guerry, Meeon, Ga.:
"Dear Sir—During tha senatorial cam
paign in the 22nd district of this state in
1960, between Hon. Roland Ellis and Hon.
G. P. Steed, both of Bibb county, I wgs a
supporter of Mr. Ellis. The Heri. R. L.
Berner, of Monroe county, was a support
er of Mr. Steed, I learned, on the ground
that Mr. Steed was a prohibitionist I was
at that time residing at Forsyth, and
there learned that Mr. T. J. Carling, of
Macon, had in his possession a telegram
signed by Mr. Frank M. Potts, of Atlanta,
to the effect that in 1896 Mr. Berner sur
rendered his views on the prohibition ques
tion. I thought if I could get possession
of a copy of such telegram I might be able
to offset any influence Mr. Berner might
exercise In behalf or Mr. Steed in Monroe
County. I came to Macon in the spring
of 1900, just a week before' the primary,
which was held in May, and calledj on Mr.
Carling at the Lanier hotel. I had never
seen Mr. Carling before, but when I stated
the object of my visit, Mr. Carling very
readily told me that he had the telegram
referred to, and reaching in his pocket
took therefrom a pocketbooksn which he
nad the telegram. He handed me Jthe tele
gram ans I then made a copy of it, with
Mr. Carling's consent. The copy now in
my scrap book reads as follows:
" ‘ATLANTA, Ga., Aug. 10, 1902.
*' *T. J. Carling, care Senatorial Hall:
" 'I am positively assured that Berner
will give no trouble to the brewing or
liquor interests of the state. Is it not un
wise policy to delay his nomination long
er? Answer.
(Signed) ” 'FRANK M. POTTS.’
Mr. Carling stated at the time I ob
tained the copy referred to, that there was
no secret about t£e matter and I did not
handle it as a secret.
With a copy of this telejgram in my
pocket, I took the first train out of Ma
con to Atlanta. I called on I Mr. Potts at
his place of business and asked him what
assurance he had in 1896 that Berner
would give no trouble to the liquor
Interests of the state. He replied that he
had never had any such assurance from
Mr. Berner. I then spread the telegram
before him and asked him how he ex
plained that.
After reading the copy of the telegram
I obtained from Mr. Carling, Mr. Potts
said that he had never seen it before,
and that he certainly did not sign It. I
again asked him how he accounted for
it, and he said if I would see Mr. Terrell,
that gentleman could explain it, as he
engineered the scheme with Mr. Berner.
Knowing the close political and personal
relations between Mr. Berner and Mr.
Terrell, I did not seeK Mr. Terrell to ask
him about the matter. I supposed that Mr.
Potts would gladly furnish the informa
tion I was seeking with reference to the
matte/ in view of the fact that I was
seeking it in the Interest of Mr. Ellis,
whom I was supporting, and whom Mr.
Potts supported.
L dielike to become a party to this con
troversy, but I make the foregoing state
ment in justice to yourself, arid you are
at liberty to use it in any manner you
may see fit. Yours very truly,
(Signed) B. F. HOLDER, JR.
Mr. Carling.
It is pleasing to note that this contro
versy has resulted in apology and for
giveness as between Messrs. Berner and
Carling, and I trust that the prevailing
harmony will not be limited to the quar
tette I am now discussing.
As already stated, Mr. Berner proves
entirely too much by Mr. Carling, for this
gentleman says that the “famous Potts
telegram” was public property on the
streets of Forsyth on August 10 and 11,
1896. and in Macon the following day.
I note, however, that Mr. Carling says
that this telegram did not influence the
Bibb delegation, and yet it seems, accord
ing to the statement of Mr. Holder, that
he attached so much Importance to it, for
some reason, that Mr. Carling was carry
ing it in his pocketbook four years after
it had been received.
Is it possible that, after all. this tele
gram, which has from time to time raised
so much J’fuss and feathers” during a
period of six years, amounted to nothing?
In conclusion, allow me to say that'l
appreciate Mr. Berner’s kind allusions to
my services to him in 1896.
But I must say to him that he miscon
ceives the issues in the present contro-
HARDWARE
MEN ADMIT
COMBINE
LH.BECK ANNOUNCES THAT IT
IS BEING FORMED-THREE AT
LANTA FIRMS ARE IN THE AS
SOCIATION?
As the result of negotiations which have
been pending for the last year for the
consolidation of hardware jobbing Inter
ests of the country a large number of
firms are positively announced as parties
to the consolidation. Three Atlanta firms
are among the number. They are:
Beck & Gregg Hardware company. King
Hardware company and Dinkins & David
son.
Among the firms mentioned in the south
are Gray & Dudley Hardware company,
H. G. Lipscomb & Co., A. M. Tenlson &
Son, Keith, Simmons & Co., all of Nash
ville; Stauffer, Eshelman & Co., New Or
leans; Moore & Handley Hardware com
pany, May & Thomas Hardware company
Milner & Ketting company, Mayberry
Hardware company, all of Birmingham;
Palmer Hardware company. Savannah,
and Carlin & Fulton, Baltimore.
Several names have been suggested for
the consolidation, such as the Internation
al Hardware company, National Hard
ware and Metal company, International
Hardware and Metal company, and there
Is little doubt that one of these will be
chosen, but the precise form of the name
has not as yet been positively deter
mined. /
The organization not being technically
completes, there has been no formal
choice of officers. It Is proposed that the
officials shall be as follows:
E. C. Simmons, president, St. Louis;
John Bindley, vice president, Pittsburg
Pa,; W. D. Simmons, chairman of the ex
ecutive committee.
There will be a board of directors, con
sisting of from 25 to 30. representing the
different sections of the country. There
will also be an executive committee of
nine, of which the president and vice
president will be ex-ofncio members.
The financiering of the company is at
tended to by Moore & Schley, of New
York, and Geo. B. Hill & Company, of
Pittsburg, Pa. It Is intended to incorpo
rate under the laws of New Jersey with
a capital of $120,000,000, $40,600,000 preferred
and $80,000,000 common stock. The gen
eral headquarters will be in St. Louis and
the eastern headquarters in New York
city.
Representatives of the three Atlanta
firms mentioned have been in New York
during the last week in the interest of
the combine. L. H. Beck, of the Beck &
Gregg Hardware company, who has just
returned, said this morning:
"It is true that the combine is now in
process of formation and we expect to go
into it. It will be a consolidation and not
a trust as some will think. Only the larg
er firms in the trade centers were asked
to become members
"The formation of such a combine will
inure to our benefit in many ways. It
will enable us to carry a bettor and larger
line of goods and will place a capital be
hind us which we could not control as in
dividuals.” ;
Geo. E, King, president of the King
Hardware company, Is out of the city,
presumably In New York, and no one In
his establishment would talk of the com
bine. It was also said at the house of
Dinkins & Davidson that both members
of the firm were out of the city.
81 FAST TRAIN
THREEMEN
KILLED
ROYAL BLUE LINE EXPRESS
DASHES DEATH TO THREE
MEN WHO WERE GROUND UN
DER THE WHEELS.
PHILADELPHIA, April 15.—Ralph D.
Clark, Joseph White and William Beacon
were run down and Instantly killed by a
Royal Blue Line train on the Philadelphia
and Reading railway today at Lanfhorne,
a short distance from this city.
Clark and White were painters, employ
ed by the Reading company, and Beacon
was a colored resident of Langhorne.
Clark and White, members of a force
of men who were painting the fence be
tween the tracks, stepped out of the way
of a coal train directly in front of the
Royal Blue Express bound for New York.
Beacon attempted to cross the tracks and
was hit by the same train.
The bodies of the men were horribly
mangled.
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BY DEMOCRATS BAILEY
BOOM LAUNCHED
Senator from Texas is Announced To
day for Candidate for U. S.
President.
WASHINGTON, April 15.—" Bailey, of
Texas, for president.”
The cry, low but distinct, has been heard
in Democratic ran..s for days and today
it broke out In the form of open declara
tion by Champ Clark and Representative
Cochran his colleague, from Missouri.
The Bailey boom is yet in its Infancy,
but its promoters like Clarke and Coch
ran declare it will grow and sweep the
country. They - point to Bailey's superb
strength in the senate, where Republicans
already fear him as their ablest oppon
ent.
They declare, further, Democratic ranks
may be harmonized in Bailey’s candidacy.
The Bailey cry, following so closely on
the heels of the Harmony Democratic
dinner in New York last night, is regarded
as very significant by political prophets, -
versy. he is making himself a party
to the issue between Mr. Terrell and me,
and that if he insists on being a party to
the controversy at all, he should make
himself a party to the issue between him
self and Mr. Potts. Still, I am not only
willing but anxious to right any wrong
I have done him, and now ask him to
state specifically what that wrong is,
speaking for himself alone, and not as the
defender of Mr. Terrell. That gentleman
is of age, and in a matter of this sort
should have neither a representative nor a
guardian. Very truly,
DUPONT GUERRY.
LUMBER DEALERS
MAY START I
CO MBINE
SOUTHERN LUMBER DEALERS
WANT GOOD PRICES HELD UP,
AND ARE IN COMBINE TO
DO SO.
It is being actively rumored,that a great
combine of the largest southern wholesale
dealers and manufacturers of sash, doors,
blinds and other, building materials, has
been formed for the purpose of maintain
ing a certain price list. A report Is also
sent out from Chicago that forty-five of
the greatest dealertf in the entire country
are also to enter a combine to sustain
the prices -all over the country.
With this report came the statement
that two of the largest Atlanta firms were
In the first named combine, but the man
agers of both absolutely deny this. The
W.oodward Lumber company and the Col
cord-Williams Lumber company are the
firms which are mentioned as being In the
combine, but D. Woodward, president of
the Woodward Lumber company, and A.
R. Colcord, president of the Colcord-Wll
llams Lumber company, both emphatical
ly deny that they are parties in the com
bine. Mr. Colcord states that such a
movement was agitated four months ago,
but his firm would not enter.
The Atlanta dealers also deny that they
know anything of the Chicago story
in regard to a combine of the whole
country, but It is stated that a meeting
will be held in the Auditorium, in Chi
cago, on next Tuesday for the purpose of
completing the plans of the combine.
According to the story which is going
the rounds here, the combine of the south
ern dealers has already taken place, and
officers have been elected. The principal
cities in the state of Georgia, Alabama,
Florida. South Carolina and a portion of
North Carolina and, Virginia are said to
be represented in the southern combine,
and the cities in Georgia which are named
as having branches of the combine are
Atlanta, Savannqh, Macon and Augusta.
It is understood .hat the combine of
southern dealers has been in the process
of formation for the past five months. It
is also stated that the deal was not car
ried through for the purpose of Increasing
prlcetf but that it was put on foot for the
purpose of keeping up the regular prices,
and to maintain an equalized scale. The
dealers, so the rumor goes, consider the
pricec on some of the goods too high, and
the prices on others too low, and they
will try to arrange these prices to the
satisfaction of all.
The amount of capital for the new com
bine has not \been stated, though It is
very heavy. »
SOUTH CAROLINA WOMAN’S
<■ , CLUBS WILL MEET.
SPARTANBURG, S. C.. April 14.—The annual
meeting of the South Carolina Federation of
Women’s Clubs will be held ta this city on
May 20th to 24th. Special rates have been
made on all railway lines,ln the state and a
large attendance is expected. Many delegates
from the clubs of different cities are to be
present and the meeting will be one of Interest
and profit to all who may attend.
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OUT OF EXILE
PALMA GOES
TO ROLE
PRESIDENTELECT OF CUBAN
REPUBLIC LEAVES HIS AMER-'
ICAN HOME WHERE FOR
YEARS HE WAS AN EXILE.
NEW YORK, April 15.—Thomas Estra
da Palma, president-elect of Cuba, took
leave today of his friends of Central Val
ley, N. Y., among whom he has lived du
ring eighteen years of exile from his coun
try. A large crowd gathered at his old
home early and escorted him to the sta
tion where another large crowd had as
sembled. The local volunteer firemen and
school children, headed by the village
band, paraded and nearly every one in the
crowd carried either an American or Cu
ban flag. Farewell addresses In behalf
of the citizens were made by thb Rev. F.
C. Harding, and Irving Wasburn and Mr.
Palma made a brief response.
President Underwood of the Erie rail
road, gave President-Elect Palma the use .
ot his private car for the trip to New
York. It was 10:40 when he reached that
city. „ . . , .
Mr. Palma will remain in New York
until tomorrow when he starts south for
Cuba. He will reach Havana on May 9,
the day before the Cuban congress con
venes.
BOOKER WASHINGTON
BUYS A NEW HOME
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Southern Negro Educator Purchaaeg
Ancestral Mansion in South
Weymouth.
WASHINGTON, April 15.—1 tis announc- *
ed here today that Booker T. Washington,
the colored principal of the Tuskegee Nor
mal and Industrial Institute, has purchas
ed for a summer home, one of the an
cestral mansions of Massachusetts, the
historic old Tirrell place near Columbian
Square. South Weymouth.
It 4s an ancient colonial affair and has
been a landmark for years. Congressman
Tirrell, whose family has lived on the
place for generations, sold it to the negro
educator.
The papers were passed on Saturday,
when the first announcement that the deal
was on was made to the public, whieh is
far from unanimous in its opinioln. 'AU,- 1
of course, recognize Washington’s stand
ing as an educator, etc., but many ara'
privately venting iispleasure over the
property passing into the hands of a col- -
ored man. It is not probable, however,
that "Washington or his family will exper
ience any trouble.
Those who dislike him and his, will prob
ably tolerate him, while the other ele
ment will take him up much as they would
a Chinese mandgtyn or an Indian rajah.
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