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MB. J. H ESTILL
TOmtBSOF
GEM
SAYS HE IS A DEMOCRAT AND
WILL MARCH IN THE TER
RELL PROCESSiON !* HE IS
NOMINATED.
Cot J. H. Estill has addressed a card
to the Democratic voters of the state. In
which he declares that his recent letter
of protest to Chairman Ed Brown, of
the state Democratic executive commit
tee, has not been fully understood. He
•ays that he did not tn any way intend to
convey the idea that the head of the
committee had done other than to make
every effort in his power to have the state
primary a fair one. He repeats his state
ment. however, that there were irregular
ities. Going further he says that if Mr.
Terrell is nominated by the state conven
tion that he will march in his procession
because he is a Democrat, but not because
he will think that the contest was regular.
CoL Estill's card in full is as follows:
SAVANNAH. Ga.. June 16 1901
To the Democratic Voters of Georgia:
In answer to the statement furnished to
the newspapers by Hon. J. M. Terrell, in
which he undertakes to reply to my letter
of the 11th addressed to Hon. E. T. Brown.
Chairman of the State Democratic execu
tive committee. I would state that no
charge has been made against Mr. Terrell.
My letter Was a protest against the meth
ods used at the late election. That I am
right in what I said in my letter to Chair
man Brown is easily provable. Mr. Terrell
and the newspapers that have criticised
my letter of the 11th do not know the
facta
To prove the charges that I made in
regard to the way the primary was man
aged. let me quote tn extenso the letter
I received from Chairman Brown under
date of Jone 2:
"ATLANTA. Ga.. June 2. 1902.
••Hon. J. H. Estill. Savannah Ga.
"Dear Sir: Your letter of Saturday re
ceived today, and I have carefully noted
what you state in regard to the circular
and the ticket.
"As to the circular of the chairman from
Cobb. I immediately wrote Mr. Gantt and
herewith enclose a copy of my letter to
him.
**l had a similar complaint from another
county, and I wrote the chairman of
the committee of that county a letter to
the same effect.
"Upon receipt of your telephone message
Saturday I immediately wrote to the
chairman of the committee of Miller
county. Dr. E. B. Bush, and I am sure
that matter will be corrected. As to the
ticket I enclosed you. I beg to say that
since the state committee passed its rules
I have made every effort to promulgate
them, and have repeatedly cautioned all
parties that if the rules were departed
from they did it at their own risk.
"I have repeatedly ruled that the names
of all candidates must be upon the ballots,
which must conform to the form of the
official ballot as prescribed by the state
eemmlttee. /
"If any of the candidates or their friends
have violated these rules they have done
so with their eyes open and at their own
risk.
_ "I have said time and time again there
Is but one safe course to pursue—follow
the rules of the state committee—neither
add to them nor take from them, they
are clear and easily understood.
"I have done my best to hold the scales
evenly balanced between all the candi
dates. and to see that every candidate
was fairly and honestly treated.and had
an equal showing with every other candi
date.
"I have promptly ruled upon every ques
tion submitted to me. and have exerted
every effort to see the state committee’s
rules were carried out by the local com
• tmttees.
"After mature reflection upon the ques
tion raised by you as <o the enclosed tick
et. I have come to this conclusion: If
these tickets have been generally distrib
uted. it would be utterly inpossible, with
in, two days before the primary. |o have
them all recalled or to stop the use of
them: therefore, any ruling that I might
make at this late day could not be final. If
the point is raised as to their legality the
question will necessarily go to the con
vention for Anal decision. Any ruling
which I might make at this time would in
my opinion cause more confusion than
there would be to leave the matter come
before the convention.
"I return herewith the circular and the
ticket. With high personal regards, I
am your truly. EL T. BROWN.
"Chairman State Democratic Executive
Committee.”
It will be seen by this letter that Chair-,
man Brown was aware of what was going
on and was doing his best to enforce the
rules laid down by the state Democratic
executive committee, but without suc
cess.
Now. let me quote the rule:
"The names of all candidates for office
must appear on the ballot, the .voter to
strike those for whom he does not wish
to vote.”
I also quote an extract from Chairman
Brown’s letter to Hon. J. N. Gannt, chair
man of the Democratic executive com
mittee of the county of Cobb. In this let
ter Chairman Brown says:
"My attention has just been called to a
circular Issued by you as chairman of your
local committee, stating that your com
mittee had passed an order to the effect
that ‘any ticket bearing the name of the
chairman of the executive committee of
your county in print near the top cannot
be used, and If used the same will be
thrown out and the person casting such
ballot will lose his vote.’
"I respectfully call your attention to
the rules of the state committee and the
official form of the ballot prepared and
sent out under instruction of the state
committee.
"In my opinion the ruling of your com
nflttee is in violation of the rules of the
state committee and if the ruling of your
committee should result in throwing out
any tickets which in fact conform to the
rules of the state committee and the offi
cial form of the ballot as prepared under
the order of the state eommittee. and the
point should be raised, it might endanger
the vote of your county in the conven
tion.”
Chairman Brown’s letter to Chairman
Gantt was written two days before the
election, doubtless too late to undo what
had been done in Cobb copnty. The cir
culars and tickets had already been dis
tributed throughout the county.
Now. as to the tickets distributed in
Banks and other counties with the names
of the three gubernatorial candidates
printed thereon and then with a blank,
or obliterating line, printed through Es
till and Guerry’■ names; it cannot be de
nied that they violated the rules.
These Terrell tickets were a violation of
the rule already quoted, namely, that the
names of all candidates should appear on
all ballots. The rule does not mean that
the names could be printed out by the
party distributing them, but that they
must be stricken out by the voter.
I sent out one hundred and fifty thou
sand ballots, and Mr. Terrell and Mr.
Guerry’s name was printed in large type,
the same as mine, upon every one of
them, and there was no rule or obliterat
ing line printed through their names.
How. as to another violation of the
rules. Rule ID says that "It Is further
ordered, that all white voters, without
Buds ono flowers ol Home Lite.
PAINE’S CELERY
COMPOUND
MAKES AND KEEPS THE CHILDREN
WELL AND STRONG.
Mothers Male It the Home Medicine
i
For the Little Ones.
The children. God bless them, are the
buds and flowers of our homes. Without
their prattle and hearty laughter, our
homes would be desolate. They should
ever be carefully tended in childhood and
youth, if we expect them to ripen into
perfect men and women.
In the home and at school, the children
have their times of ill-health and suffer
ing. We often note the pallid and blood
less cheeks, heavy eyes, nervous move
ments and twitching* of limbs and mus
cles. They complain of headache, drowsi
ness. weariness, dyspepsia, and indiges
tion. All such symptoms and ailments
mean that the seeds of disease will have a
fast and firm hold, unless proper meas
ures are taken to restore a perfect con
dition of health.
Thousands of wise and prudent parents
have made their children healthy and
vigorous by giving them nature’s medi
cine, Paine's Celery Compound. 'ln many
severe and complicated cases, Paine’s
Celery Compound has restored health
when the little ones were given up by
physicians.
If your dear ones are not as hearty,
strong, and rugged as they should be in
June, try the health giving virtues of
Paine’s Celery Compound. It, makes and
keeps the children well.
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regard to past political affiliations, who
desire to align themselves with the Demo
cratic party, and who will, if their right
to participate in said primary be chal
lenged, pledge themselves to support the
nominee of the Democratic party, are
hereby declared entitled to vote therein,
and are cordially invited to do so.”
It was understood that this rule was
to apply only as .to supporting the nomi
nee of the Democratic party who was to
be voted for at the primary of June 6th,
the purpose being to bring all white vot
ers in line. Now, what are the facts in
tl»e case? Voters, whom it was supposed
were favorable to the candidacy of Mr.
Guerry and myself, were required to
promise to vote the Democratic ticket at
all future state, and national elections.
This meant that a man would break his
word if ne hereafter voted any other tick
et but the Democratic ticket in every fu
ture election! Voters who had heretofore
voted the Populist or Republican ticket
refused to make this promise, and the re
sult was that they were not permitted to
vote. This was another palpable viola
tion of the rules.
I am daily in receipt of letters from
many counties mentioned in my letter of
the 11th to Chairman Brown, calling at
tention to fatal irregularities in the pri
mary election, and indignantly protesting
again at tamely submitting to being
"counted out.” There can be no doubt
about the fact that the people want this
matter investigated and are disposed, as
one of my correspondents says in writ
ing about it, to "Pull the thing wide
open.”
It is not necessary to go into the argu
ment any further. I think the letter of
Hon. E. T. Brown, chairman of the state
.Democratic commmittee, proves that there
were irregularities immediately before
the primaries, and he acknowledged that
he saw no way of stopping them, there
fore. they went on.
Now, as to Mr. Terrell’s suggestion that
his opponents, Mr. Guerry and myself,
should “lead the procession in accepting
the result," that is, that we should ali
"hurrah for Mr. Terrell.” I beg to say
that I am always a Democrat, and don’t
propose to kick out of the party lines, but
I am a Democrat who believes in fair
play, and I do not intend that the people
of Georgia shall remain uninformed as to
the flagrant violation of rules in this pri
mary. If Mr. Terrell is nominated. Iwrili
march in his pocesslon, but it will be be
cause I am a Democrat, and not because
I believe that there was a square deal.
Had the election been conducted fairly,
as Chairman Brown evidently intended it
should have been, there would have been
no cause for complaint. In fact, I am not
complaining now, but I am one of those
who believe that the white primary in
Georgia is the cornerstone of white su
premacy in Georgia. If doubts are cast
upon the purity of the Democratic pri
mary, it will fall into disrepute with the
people. It is, therefore, the duty of every
Democrat to preserve in all its integrity
the purity of this method of selecting can
didates. The candidates themselves.should
be the first, when any irregularities are
charged, to demand an investigation, and
above all men the successful candidate -in
the primary should be prompt to welcome
a thorough and sifting investigation
where charges of irregularities are
brought to his knowledge. Your fellow
citixen and well wisher.
J. H. ESTILL.
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Anthony, Atlanta, Ga.
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TIME AND SPACE
VIA THE HAILS
ALL SCHEDULES BETWEEN CHI-
CAGO AND NEW YORK SMASHED
BY RECORD-BREAKING
RUNS MONDAY.
CHICAGO. June 1«.-New York to Chi
cago in 19 hours and 57 minutes!
That is the record time made by the
new fast trains put into service by the
'Pennsylvania and Lake Shore railroads
yesterday. The twenty-hour schedule
over both was more than equaled.
The train of the former road that left
New York yesterday at 1:55 p. m. arrived
here three minutes ahead of time at 8:52
this morning.
The Lake Shore train made exactly the
same time, arriving three minutes ahead
of the schedule at 9:12 a. m.
Reached New York Ahead of Schedule.
NEW YORK. June 16,-The New York
Central’s first 20-hour train from Chicago
arrived at the Grand Central station at
9:26 a. m. today, four minutes ahead of
time. The officials of the road reported
that every important station of the route
was passed ahead of time, and that the
trip was accomplished successfully with
out incident. The train averaged 49 miles
an hour for the entire trip of 980 miles.
THE SEMI-WEEKLY JOURNAL, ATLANTA, GEORGIA, THURSDAY. JUNE 19, 1908,
MOBGIN STILL
FIGHTING FOB
GINIL
BRAVE OLD LEADER BATTLES
AGAINST HOPE, FOR HANNA
HAS APPARENTLY BLOCKED
LEGISLATION.
WASHINGTON, June 16.—Four days,
more and the senate will vote on the
canal bill. The fate of the proposed great
American waterway connecting the At
lantic and the Pacific across the isthmus
will be decided next Thursday afternoon.
Senator Hanna will speak for lhe Pana
ma route Thursday morning and Senator
Morgan will close the great debate with
a speech for the Nicaragua route Thurs
day afternoon.
That Senator Hanna is confident of a
majority of senate votes for the Panama
route is clearly evident in his announce
ment of last week that he wanted a vote
on the bill as soon as possible. He believes
he has his hosts marshalled in victorious
array and he <J oe * not care how soon the
vote is taken. Soon or late, he feels the
vote will spell "Panama.”
Senator Morgan is quite as confident
the vote will show Nicaragua as the chos
en route for the canal, but his friends
have about abandoned hope. They say the
Panama lobby has been too strong for the
Democratic supporters of Nicaragua and
that the long debate has cut several
strong friends from the Nicaragua route.
It will be a close vote, but at this time
it seems Panama is the favorite in the
senate. •
The selection of Panama as the route
for the canal will practtclly, kill all hope
for an American waterway across the
isthmus. There are tremendous legal com
plications concerning the titles to the
scheme of the Frenchmen at Panama, be
sides the difficulties of construction which
engineers have declared to be insurmount
able. Senators who favor Panama know
this, of course. They vote for Panama
because they don’t want an American
canal to compete with the trans-continen
tal railways for the business of trans
porting the products of this country from
one side of this continent to the other.
With the canal built the business of the
railroads crossing the continent would be
seriously Impaired through a reduction in
rates.
Senator Morgan has been leading the
fight for an American canal for nearly
50 years. It has been the ambition of his
life to get the legislation necessary to this
project through congress. Each year ne
brings the process a step nearer success,
but each year congress adjourns without
taking the necessary steps. At this ses
sion canal legislation is further advanced
than it has been in the history of canal
movements. The lower branch of congress
has passed almost unanimously a bill pro
viding for the construction of the Nicara
gua canal and the Only step necessary now
is for the senate to concur in the action
of the house. The president would un
doubtedly sign any canal bill congress
might pass.
To furnish more time for the considera
tion of the isthmian canal project the sen
ate session today began at 11 o’clock. At
the conclusion of routine business Mr.
Teller, of Colorado, offered the following
resoluuca. •
Teller’s Resolution.
"Whereas, It seems impracticable to
prepare during this session of congress an
Itemized statement showing the collection
and disbursement of all funds for the
whole period of the military occupation of
Cuba, an*.
“Wher<>a, It is Important that a state
ment be .sow made of the accounts here
after named, be it
"Resolved, That the secretary of war be
,and he Is hereby directed to send to the
senate the following:
"A full itemized statement of all depart
ments made out of Cuban funds to any
person or corporations, if any, for the
purpose of promoting •reciprocity’ be
tween the United States and Cuba at any
time during the military occupation of
Cuba by the United States, and whether
such payments were authorized or ap
proved by the secretary of war.”
Mr. Kean, of,New Jersey, objected to
immediate consideration of the resolution
and it went over.
London Dock Chargee.
Consideration was then resumed of the
London dock charges bill.
The senate agreed to a conference on
the bill for the protection of the president,
and Messrs. Hoar, Fairbanks and Pettus
were appointed as conferees. >
Consideration was resumed of the Lon
don dock charges bill and was discussed
by Mr. McCumber, of North Dakota; Mr.
Nelson, of Minnesota; Mr. Gallinger, of
New Hampshire, and Mr. Hale, of Maine.
After some further discussion a vote
was taken on Mr. Hoar’s amendment,
which provided that nothing tn the act
should prevent the carrier stipulating for
reimbursement for him by the shipper or
consignee of any charges which he law
fully may be compelled to pay or for com
pensation for any service which he may
agree to render. The amendment was re
jected, 9 to 6.
The bill then was .passed.
The bill provides that no master, owner
or agent of any vessel transporting goods
from the United States to foreign ports
shall insert in the bill of lading or other
agreement any clause whereby he shall
be relieved from liability for loss or dam
age arising from negligence, fault or fail
ure in proper loading or proper delivery
of any goods committed to his care; or
any clause or agreement whereby there
Is imposed on the corisignee any port or
dock charges of any kind for the dis
charge or delivery of the goods, the pay
ment of which by law is imposed upon
such roaster, agept or owner.
At the conclusion of the morning hour
the senate resumed the consideration of
the isthmian canal project, Mr. Cullom,
of Illinois, addresssing the senate.
GOLDEN RULE TO BE
BASIS OF TRUSTS
NEW YORK, June 16.—Dr. MacArthur,
preaching in the Calvary Baptist church,
has declared the ushering in of the millen
ium already has been partly accomplish
ed. He predicted federation In the near
future of all the nations on earth on the
basis of the golden rule, and with .this
country and Great Britain as the doifi
inant factors. -
"These are days,” he said, "of gigantic
enterprises, of large mergers and of world
wide undertakings. r "Many great trusts,
doubtless are mercenary, but there may be
a ’selfish,* altruistic and a spiritual
trust. There may be an Imperialism of
love which one day may dominate the
world. God is raising up a love trust to
offset the ‘self trusts* which are menacing
our civilisation.
"On the basis of the golden rule, a
federation of the whole world will one
day be accomplished. We are approach
ing such a federation today,"
FIVE LIVES ARE LOST
IN WRECK OF TRAIN
BARRE, Vt.. .Tune 16.—1 n addition to prop
erty damage caused by a cloudburst over this
section late last night, five railroad men lost
their Ilves by a freight train oa the Central
Vermont railroad running into a washout at
Middlesex. The Wineskl river rose to spring
freshet heights and several bridges were
washed away.
ODO FELLOWS HELD
MEMORIAL
SERVICES
MEMBERS WHO HAVE DIED DUR-
ING THE YEAR WERE REMEM-
BERED BY THEIR BRETH-
REN SUNDAY.
’ The Odd Fellows of Atlanta held their
annual memorial services Sunday after
noon in the First Methodist church, and
the services were participated in by the
six lodged in the city and Canton At
lanta, No. 2, the military branch of Odd
rFeiloTvshlp.
The attendance at the services was very
large. Exercises similar to those held
Sunday are held every year to do honor
tu the members of the Odd Fellows’
lodges who have died during the year.
The exercises are most impressive.
The Odd Fellows marched in a body
from their hall, corner of Broad and
Alabama streets, to the church. The
choir of the First Methodist church had
tendered its servites to the Odd Fel
lows, and rendered sweet music through
the services. John A. Hynds, deputy
grand master of the state, presided.
Rev. A. C. Ward, pastor of the Tem
ple Baptist church, made a general
memorial address. This was followed by
several short addresses by members of
the different lodges. These gentlemen
paid high tribute to the honor of the Odd
Fellows who had died during the year.
Fourteen deaths had occurred among
the members.
Before adjourning, the Odd Fellows
passed resolutions .thanking the choir of
the church for their kindness in proffer
ing their services. The speakers Sun
day, and the lodges they represented, are
as follows:
A. L Kontz, Central lodge, No. 28;
James L. Mayson, Barnes lodge, No. 55;
John B. Goodwin, Capital lodge, No. 60;
Atlanta lodge, No. 14, not represented:
Charles D. Camp, Fulton lodge, No. 32;
W. W. Gaines, Schiller lodge, No. 71,
and Alex Dittler, Empire Encampment,
No. 12. Colonel Goodwin reported for his
lodge that not a death had occurred dur
ing the past year.
ORDINARY T. B. BALDWIN
RESIGNS FROM OFFICE
Ordinary T. B. Baldwin, of Morgan coun
ty. after a term of office lasting through
25 years today tendered his resignation to
Governor Candler on account of ill health.
The news of Ordinary Baldwin’s resigna
tion will be read with great surprise and
great regret by his many friends in Geor
gia, as he is one of the best known men in
the state and one of the best officials.
His resignation will go into effect on July
Ist.
Twenty-five , years ago when Ordinary
Baldwin assumed the rein of office in
Morgan county, a wealthy citlsen of that
county died and left in care of the ordin
ary 127,500 as a trust fund for the educa
tion of the children of Morgan county.
Ordinary Baldwin has managed the fund
since he went into office and has increased
it to 180,000, although he has made large
payments from it each year.
The clerk of the superior court will be
in charge of the next election, which will
be held to elect Ordinary Baldwin’s suc
cessor.
TEIGMIE OFF
FDR CHICAGO
SCHOOL
SIXTY LEADING EDUCATORS OF
THE SOUTH WILL TAKE SUM-
MER COURSES—MR. CLYDE
BROWN IN CHARGE.
Sixty of the leading educators and school
teachers from Alabama, South Carolina
and Georgia left Atlanta Sunday morn
ing for Chicago, where they will take a
three months’ course in the summer de
partment of the University of Chicago,
with the object of better fitting themselves
for their duties as teachers.
The party is in charge of Professor F.
Clyde Brown, of Emory college. Professor
Brown spoke enthusiastically Sunday
of the great good that would result from
such a trip of the teachers, who go thus,
at their own expense, to better prepare
themselves to teach.
Among those who went with the party
were Professors F. C. Brown. E. H. John
son, Grantland Murray and S. R. Roberts,
of Emory; Professor R. E. Park, of the
state university; Major A. H. Marchant,
of the Georgia Military college; Professor
C. L. Smith, of the LaGrange Female col
lege; Professor H. S. Spahr, of Columbia,
S. C.; Miss Lily Guerard. Miss Mclntyre,
and Mr. and Mrs. Brooks, of Atlanta;
A. W. Jackson, HollandvlUe, Ga.; R. W.
Edinfield, Pelham, Ga.; B. P, Gailliard,
Dahlonega; Professor Pickett and J. H.
Johnson, of Newnan; P. F. Brown. J. S.
Sewings and Rev. Ed Cook,.of Savannah;
’J W King, Cusseta; Dr. B. B. Ragsdale,
of Macon. The ladles of the party are
Mrs. F. C. Brown, Mrs. L. P. Owsley,
Miss Owsley, Miss Gailliard. Mrs. J B.
Robinson, Miss Daisy Reddy, Miss Hop
son, Miss Marie Whittaker. Mrs. A H.
Marshall, Miss Patterson. Miss Harrison
and Mrs. Moore.
ASSASSIN TRIES A
SECOND SHOT AT CHEVES
COLUMBUS, Miss., June 16.—A second
unsuccessful attempt to assasinate Mr. B.
H Cheves, a prominent young man resid
ing a few miles of this city, was made
Saturday night at 11 o’clock.
He was in the room with his wife, and
was shot at through the window by some
one outside. He returned the shot but
without any effect.
No reason can be given for the deed,
consequently there is no clew to the
would-be assassin.
TWO MEN ARE KILLED
IN BIRMINGHAM PLANT
BIRMINGHAM, Ala., June 16.—Two
men were killed at the Ensley Steel plant
within 48 hours. W. T. Martin fell on the
track of one of the small engines used In
the mill Saturday night and was so badly
crushed that he died this morning.
A. W. Cochran was placing In a heat last
night when his scaffold fell and he was
thrown to the ground. Some heavy pieces
of steel fell on his head, killing him in
stantly.
SECRETARY ROOT ORDERED
MONEY PAID TO GOMEZ
WASHINGTON, June 17.—Secretary
Root has assumed full responsibility for
the payment of money to General Gomez
by General Wood during the American oc
cupation of Cuba, and if congress asks
for an explanation of the matter he
stands prepared to furnish what he re
gards as the most convincing proofs that
the payments were dictated by the wisest
statesmanship.
CUBAN RELIEF
WOULD JAR
TRUSTS
IF PRESIDENT’S PRESENT PLAN
IS ADOPTED SUGAR TRUST
WILL LOSE EIGHT MILLION
AT ONE SWOOP.
WASHINGTON, June 16.—1 t is now un
derstood that the president and his fol
lowers in the Cuban cause will try to
unite the waring factions of the Repub
lican party by compromising on relief
for the Island as proposed In the reci
procity bill which passed the house of
representatives. The senate will very
likely agree to that bill under pressure,
and the president will sign It without a
moment’s hesitation.
The bill passed by the house for the
relief of Cuba provides for a 20 per cent,
reduction of the Dingley tariff rate on
Cuban'products, but it also provides that
the differential tax on refined sugar shall
be stricken off to let refined and raw
sugar enter our ports from Cuba at the
same rate. This last clause in the house
bill, If adopted by the senate, will cost
the sugar trust about eight million dol
lars.
It has been held throughout the at
tempts to legislate for Cuba that the
United States senate would never pass a
bill knocking eight million dollars out of
the treasury of the sugar trust.
The president has been hammering
away for unqualified reciprocity, but it
has become evident to everybody in
Washington that such a measure can
never pass over the protests of the beet
sugar men. To date these few have suc
cessfully obstructed Cuban relief, and
since the president’s message came in
they are more determined than ever to
continue their obstruction tactics.
The belief that Roosevelt wants the
house bill to become a law arises from
the following paragraph in his mes
sage;
“Objection has been made to the grant
ing of reduction on the ground that the
substantial benefit would not go to the
agricultural producer of sugar, but would
Inure to the American sugar refineries.
In my judgment provision can and should
be made which will guarantee us against
this possibility without having recourse
to a measure of doubtful policy, such as
a bounty in the form of a rebate.”
There Is said to be but one plan beside
the rebate by which reciprocity can be
guaranteed to aid the Cuban planter, in
stead of the sugar trust, and that plan la
embodied in the house bill.
insanFmotherTills"
SIX OF HER CHILDREN
HAZELHURST, Miss., June 16.—News
reached here from Brandywine, a village
on the line between Copiah and Jefferson
counties, twenty miles west of here, that
during the absence of her husband at
church yesterday, Mrs. Louis Westrop
shot and killed her six children, using a
Winchester rifle, then burned the resi
dence and their bodies.
The body of an infant child was not
found and may be with the mother, who
disappeared and is supposed to be wan
dering in adjacent swamps, carrying also
the rifle with which she did the bloody
deed.
Mrs. Westrop is crazy.
In Graveyard Mad Woman Is Found.
JACKSON, Miss., June 18.—Mrs. Louis
Westrop, the insane woman who killed
her six little children Monday and then
burned the house down to conceal her
crime, was captured late last night in a
deserted graveyard.
She was armed with the Winchester with
which she did the terrible execution and
when the posse found her, she attempted
to kill herself.
With considerable difficulty the woman,
raving in delirious madness, was brought
to Port Gibson and placed in jail. There
is no question as to her insanity.
Early Sunday, while her husband was at
church, Mrs. Westrop suddenly became
insane and with a Winchester rifle mur
dered her six children. Completing the
deed, she set fire to the house and the
bodies were cremated.
The woman fled from the scene and took
refuge in a nearby swamp. When her
husband returned, the charred bodies and
smoking embers of the house was all that
remained.
The pursuit and capture of the woman
was thrilling. With the instinct of insan
ity she concealed hers eL f° r more than
forty-eight hours, though every portion
of the swamp was searched.
Read the first installment of Dr.
Dixon’s “The Leopard’s Spots” and
send your subscription to The Semi-
Weekly Journal at once so you will
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with the story.
UNIVERSItFoF GEORGIA
MAY HAVE PRINTING PRESS
UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA. Athens,
Ga., June 16.—1 t Is very probable that a
printing office and press will be set up in
the university at the beginning of the next
session. This has been a long-felt want at
this Institution, and it is meeting with the
hearty approval of all parties who are in
terested in printing and advertising at the
university.
There is already room and motive power
for Its operation in Moore college, and It
Is very probable that this will be the loca
tion settled upon. There is enough work
given out to jobbers every year to keep a
small press constantly at work. The
Georgian, The Red and Black, the univer
sity catalogues and bulletins are all issued
from small presses, and it is thought that
in the event a press is set up here, that
arrangements will be made to Issue from
our own press the Engineering Annual
and The Pandora, besides the invitations
and programs used during the year to
the many contests and celebrations.
There are men in college now who are
as able compositors and printers as there
are in the craft, and in the event the
press is made a certainty, which seems
quite probable, the. office will be conducted
by students. This will afford another
means whereby worthy students may
work their way through college by apply
ing their trade.
It is understood that strong pressure
will be brought to bear to have this rec
ommended most strongly to the board of
trustees now in session, and that they
will act favorably upon it.
LIEUT. HOBSON MAY
RESIGN FROM NAVY
WASHINGTON. D. C., June 16.—1 n
view of the fact that the house naval com
mittee has postponed consideration of the
bill retiring Captain Richmond Pearson
Hobson on account of trouble with his
eyes, that officer will probably resign
from the service.
He Is at the shipyards in Elizabethport.
N. J., superintending the construction of
torpedo craft.
Should he resign he will doubtless at
tempt to break into politics tn Alabama.
J GHfiINJF EVENTS
HOW THE LIVES OF OTHERS IN
FLUENCED MR. HUBBARD’S
FATE.
An Interesting Account of the Manner
in Which Circumstances Group
ed Themselves In Hls Favor.
Mr. Hubbard was helpless from an at
tack of paralysis and utterly discouraged.
He had been getting worse and worse,
month by month. First it made hfrn
unable to work, then he could not walk,
then he could not even raise a hand to
feed himself—he could not move any
part of his body except his head. But,
unknown to him, all the time of his af
fliction, circumstances had been arrang
ing themselves for his recovery.
It all hinged on the moving of a Mrs.
Smith from New York to Sistersville, W.
Va. She had been cured of paralysis
and it was through her suggestion that’
Timothy Cushion, a neighbor in her new
home, was cured of a similar affliction.
Then, upon his recommendation, a Mr.
Sipher, a fellow-workman who was par
alyzed, took the same course of treat
ment and it cured him.
"I heard of Sipher’s case,” said Mr.
Hubbard, who lives not far from Sisters
ville, “and my son took me over to eee
him. It gave me new courage to hear
him tell how readily he found relief, for
I had given up hope of ever being able to
move again. I was perfectly helpless.
When I was first taken I was treated by
three physicians, one of them a special
ist, but I got worse instead of better.
I could both walk and feed myself when
I began doctoring with them but finally
I could move nothing except my head.
The doctors’ medicine caused my stomach
to pain me a great deal; It didn't help me
a bit and, as I said, I got discouraged.
"Then, after I saw Mr. Sipher and he
told me that Dr. Williams’ Pink Pills for
Pale People had accomplished such a
wonderful cure in his case as well as for
Mr. Cushion and Mrs. Smith, I decided
to take this remedy myself. In about
three weeks after beginning with the
pills I noticed a change for the better.
Now I can walk and get around all right.
Sipher and Cushion are able to be out at
their work as oil-well drillers and Mrs.
Smith, I am told. Is as spry a lady as
there is in Sistersville.”
Mr. Henry J. Hubbard lives in Wit
tens, Ohio, and is willing to substan
tiate his above statement. Dr. Williams*
Pink Pills for Pale People, the remedy
which accomplished these marvelous
cures, are not like any other medicine.
They act, not on the symptoms, but on
the causes of disease and have cured
not only partial paralysis, but are an
unfailing specific for all diseases arising
from impoverished blood or shattered
nerves. They cure locomotor ataxia, St.
Vitus’ dance, sciatica, neuralgia, nervous
headache, after-effects of the grip, pal-,
pitation of the heart, pale and sallow
complexions and all forms of weakness.
At all druggists or direct from Dr. Wil
liams Medicine Co., Schenectady, N. Y.,
fifty cents per box; six boxes for two
dollars and a half.
DR. M. R. STEWARD
OF CONYERS, IS DEAD.
CONYERS, Ga., June lA Dr. M. R.
Stewart, a prominent physician of this
place, died at his home Sunday night at 11
o’clock after a* short but painful illness.
He had a complication of troubles and
though several physicians did all in their
power to relieve him their skill proved of
no avail. For several days it had been
apparent to all who saw the doctor that
his condition was hopeless.
Dr. Stewart was 47 years of age. He
leaves a wife and seven children, all boys.
He was a son of the much-beloved Dr. J.
A. Stewart, who preceded him to the
grave several years ago. and Dr. “Matt,”
as he was familiarly called by his friends,
inherited many of his father's noble qual
ities. He was a prominent Mason and was
buried with Masonic honors yesterday af
ternoon at 4 o’clock In Rockdale cemetery.
Dr. Stewart in the course of his exten
sive practice ma/le many friends who are
grieved at his death.
BROKE WHISKY JUG OVER
A MAN’S HEAD
Lee Conwell, a negro known to the De
catur street contingent as “Dump,” early
Monday afternoon knocked Charlie
Clements, another negro, in the head with
a whisky jug and seriously Injured him.
The affair took place in front of a saloon
at 60 Decatur street.
Conwell ran and was chased by a crowd
of negroes. He was caught by Officers
Whitley and Woodson and sent to police
headquarters. The other negro was taken
to the hospital. He will recover.
According to Conwell the affair started
by Clements trying to get him to buy co
caine to put in a drink for a white man,
the object being to rob him.
The report that the man was dead caus
ed a great crowd to collect and at one time
it looked as though Conwell might suffer
at the hands of the other negroes.
NORTH CAROLINA NEGROES
PLAN TO LOCATE COLONY
NEW YORK, June I«.—Henry C. White,
the last colored man to sit in congress,
a member from North Carolina in both
the fifty-fifth and fifty-sixth congresses,
is reported to be at the head of a syndi
cate which has purchased from Senator
Robert E. Hand, 9671-2 acres of land near
Burleigh, N. J., near Cape May. It is in
tended to establish a colony of negroes
from North Carolina. The name of the
town Is to be Whiteboro.
Already several avenues have been' laid
out. Each colonist is to buy a house on
the installment plan and is to have ten
years in which to pay for it. It is to be an
agricultural colony on the same plan as
the Jewish colony at Woodbine, founded
by the Baron de Hlrsch fund trustees.
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TO KILL HERSELF
MISS MONTIE M’INTOSH, OF CHAR-
LOTTE, N. C., SHOOTS HERSELF,
PERHAPS FATALLY.
CHARLOTTE, N. C., June 16.—A spe
cial from Carthage, N. C., says:
Miss Montie Mclntosh made what is
likely to prove a successful attempt at
suicide yesterday evening at the home of
her uncle, David Dunlap, about 8 or 10
miles west of here. It Is learned that Mr.
Dunlap left her alone at the house during
the afternoon as well and cheerful as
ever, so far as he knew. Some time after
wards he heard a pistol shot at the house
and upon investigation found Miss Mcln
tosh on the floor with a pistol wound in
her left breast—the ball having passed
through her lung and lodging in her back.
It is said that her recovery Is doubtful.
No cause for the act can be ascribed.
* Miss Mclntosh’s parents live in Wil
mington. but she has spent much of her
time among relatives in this county, where
she is well connected and highly esteemed.
She had recently returned from St. Peter’s
hospital, at Charlotte, where she was em
ployed as trained nurse.
LBOERSIINTOS
IN NEW YORK
TALKS WAR
LIBERAL LEADER SAYS HE
WILL EVENTUALLY OVER
THROW CONSERVATIVE GOV
ERNMENT IN COLOMBIA.
NEW YORK, June 16.—General Gabriel
Vargas Santos, head of the Liberal party
of Colombia and leader of the Liberal
army now engaged in trying to overthrow
the Conservative party, which is in pos
session of the government, is in this city.
The exact nature of the general’s business
here has not been definitely- learned, but
it is believed he came north to confer with
hlff" chief of staff. General Foclon Soto, on
the progress of the revolution in the Pan
ama province and in the Casamere terri
tory.
Speaking of events in Colombia, he
"If our troops can conquer in the Isth
mus of Panama we shall be able to make
much better progress against the Con
servative forces. We have many armed
men in the Casamere and San Martin,
territories, in the Magdalena provinces.
If we had Panama we would be able to
raise sufficient funds to end the war in our
favor. At present we need war ships in
the Atlantic in order to take Cartagena
and Barranquilla. Now we can get arms
and ammunition only through Venezuela
and through the Orinoco river,
"We are suffering from some of the re
cent victories of our opponents, but their
successes are only temporary and in no
way disheartening to us. We are called
rebels when we are real patriots who are
fighting to obtain our share in the govern
ment and the initiation of reforms which
would make our country progressive.
"We are fighting for principles. We do
not wish completely to drive the conserv
atives from power, but we Insist that our
party b.e allowed its proper representa
tion in the chamber of deputies. Since
1886 we have not been represented, except
by two men. though we are half the pop
ulation. We advocate modern monetary
standards. We have cried out for years
for a system of education which will
bring our children up to a higher appre
ciation of life. We have fought for im
provement in our national life, and if we
can gain adequate representation in our
parliament we shall begin at once on
these changes. The foreigners with inter
ests in Colombia, and all the progressive
people of the Island, are with us. Os
course, the Panama canal Is a great fac
tor In the present war.”
General Santos Is 70 years old. He has
been fighting since 1854 and has taken part
in twenty-two battles.
Cities Cannonaded By Land and Sea.
WILLEMSTAD, Island of Curacoa, Juna
9.—Advice* received here today announce
that the Venezuelan revolutionists at
tacked Lagulra. the port of Caracas, Sat
urady, June 7th.
The government forces answered by
shelling Maiquetla, a suburb of Laguira,
from the forts ashore, and from the Ven
ezulan warship Miranda. Only peaceful
women were not killed.
HURRK WILL NOT
BE A CANDIDATE
DOES NOT WANT A SEAT ON THE
SUPREME BENCH AND WOULD
NOT ACCEPT ONE.
CARROLLTON, Ga.. June 16.—A dis
patch to The Journal from Bremen, Ga.,
some days ago urged the name of Judge
Sampson W. Hirris, of this city, for the
supreme bench to fill the vacancy to occur
by the resignation of Justice Hal T.
Lewis. • „
Judge Harris was communicated with
and expressed himself as having no inten
tion of contesting for the place, that he
would not under any circumstances accept
the place.
On the resignation of Hon. Speneer At
kinson from this position four years ago
to accept the appointment as railroad
commissioner Governor Atkinson appoint
ed Judge Harris successor to Justice At
kinson. but after mature deliberation
Judge Harris declined to accept the ap
pointment and Hon. Hal T. Lewis, the re
signing incumbent, was given the place.
NEWSPAPER ARTICLE
WAS HER OFFENSE
WASHINGTON, June 16.—The fact that
the laws governing the .employes tn the
classified civil service of the United
States may be set aside whenever it suits
the pleasure of administration officials
was demonstrated this morning when the
house, by a strict party vote, laid on the
table Representative Shallenberger’s reso
lution calling on the secretary of war for
the cause and reasons of the dismissal
of Miss Rebecca Y. J. Taylor, the war
department clerk, whom scoot ordered re
moved because she wrote and published
in a local newspaper an article criticising
the administration policy in the Philip
pines.
Chairman Gillette, of the house commit
tee on reform In the civil service, re
ported the resolution this morning,
recommending that it be laid on the table.
The Democrats demanded the yeas and
nays, and all the Republicans present
voted to adopt the report.
Miss Taylor was never formally charged
with any offense so that she could make
answer thereto, as Is provided for in the
civil service regulations; so that her dis
missal was clearly a violation of both the
letter and the spirit of the law, ard show
ed that persons employed by the govern
ment may not expect to exercise the right
of free speech.
With this report, Gillette submitted a
letter from Root written Saturday, in
which, after attempting to excuse the
plain violation of the law, the following
statement is made:
"No head of a department can maintain
effective administration if he is obliged to
depend on the service of clerks who are
so violently opposed to the success of the
work in which they are engaged that they
are unable to refrain from public denunci
ation of the purpose of the work and pub
lic Insult to the president.”
As a matter of fact, there was no "in
sult to the president” in Miss Taylor’s
article. Even some of the Republicans
who voted to adopt the committee report
admit that Root’s action in dismissing the
clerk was a mean one, and one for wh'cir
no satisfactory excuse can be made.
WARREN’S JELEGATES
TO CONVENTION NAMED
NORWOOD, Oa., June 16.—The following gen
tlemen have been named as delegates to the
state convention, which meeu in Atlant*-July
2d: Mr. N. C. Edwards, Col. E. P. Dr.
W. W. Pilcher, Dr. F. B. Rlcketson, Judge
P. M. Hill. Mr. C. R. Fitzpatrick, Mr. F. P.
Johnson. Mr. J. C. Covans, Mr. M. W. Aid
rich. Warren county gave Mr. Guerry a good
majority over both Mr. Terrell and Colonel
Estill.
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