Georgia Historic Newspapers

    NELMS MINE
HEID DE
OFFICERS
FULTON COUNTY’S POPULAR
- SHERIFF IS MADE PRESIDENT
OF THE COUNTY OFFICERS’
ASSOCIATION.
Sheriff John W. Nelms, of Fulton coun
ty, was unanimously elected president of
the County Officers ’association at the ses
sion Thursday morning.
. The other officers who were elected at
the same time were: Hon. C. M. Valley, of
Bibb county, first rice president; Hon. F.
A. Hooper, solicitor general of the south
western circuit, second vice president; C.
A. Powell, of Oglethorpe, secretary and
treasurer; Judge J. E. Butler, of Wilkin
son. assistant secretary.
Aside from the election of officers the
most important business transacted was
in petitioning the legislature to pass a bill
changing the election of county officers
from two to four years, the selection of
Warm Springs as the next place of meet
ing. the passage of resolutions requesting
members of the association In each county
to attend the funeral of deceased mem
bers, the abolishment of the insurance fea
ture of the assortation and in refusing to
admit Justices of the peace as members of
the association.
The concluding session of the convention
< proved to be one of great Interest and
much enthusiasm was manifested among
the members present. The ordinaries who
bn yesterday merged their association into
the new County Officers’ association were
’ *ll present at the session and felt perfectly
at home.
At »:» o’clock the final business session
of the convention was called to order In
the hall of the house of representatives
by Second Vice President Arnold Broyles,
of Fulton county. C. Danpier. chief of
police of Valdosta, nominated Sheriff J.
Nelms, of Fulton county, for president
of the association, which was seconded
by Deputy Clerk Thomas Jeffries, of the
superior court of Fulton county. In an
eloquent speech. He was unanimously
elected.
, Judge A. J. Hinton, ordinary of Meri
wether county, nominated Hon. C. M.
Wiley, of Bibb county, as first vice presi
dent. He was elected.
Hon. C. A. Powell, of Oglethorpe, nomi
nated Hon. F. A. Hooper, solicitor general
of the southwestern circuit, for second
▼lee president, who was elected.
For secretary and treasurer C. A. Pow
ell. of Oglethorpe, was nominated hy Hon.
Arnold Broyles, of Fulton. He was re
elected to the position he held.
Mr. Powell wanted to decline further
electioA. as he thought the honor should
go to others, an office he considered one
of honor.
Mr. Jeffries opposed making any
change*. -In fiact,” he said, -clerks are
opposed to making any changes what
ever.”
Judge Wiley, of Bibb, in behalf of the
officials he represented, assured the con
vention that ordinaries srere opposed to
changes, too.
Chairman Nelms kept up the laugh by
saying that the sheriffs would chime into
line and that they, too. were disinclined
to any changes.
On motion of Judge John R. Wilkinson,
of Fulton, the office of assistant secretary
was created and to this position Judge J.
E. Butler, of Wilkinson, the secretary of
’ the ordinaries' convention, was elected
without opposition.
The secretary reported dealing with the
finances of the association.
Hon. C. A. Powell, of Oglethorpe, stated
that Hon. Wiley Williams, of Columbus.
.nd Hon. A. J. Conoly. of Brooks, had
been appointed a committee to draft n
new constitution and by-laws. On account
of the resignation of Mr. 'Williams and
not being able to hear from Mr. Conoly,
he had drafted the constitution himself.
The original draft omitted the officers
of treasurer, county surveyor and coro
ner as eligible* to the association. These
were added on motion of Hon. Thomas
Jeffries, of Fulton.
An effort was made by Judge John R.
Wilkinson, of Fulton, to include Justices
of the peace and notaries public. So much
opposition having developed to his prop
osition he withdrew it.
The constitution.as amended, was adopt
ed. It staled that the object of the as
sociation was fraternal and that politics
and religion were excluded.
Those eligible to membership in the as
sociation are all county officers, from or
dinary down, including clerks, sheriffs,
tax collector*, tax receivers, treasurers,
surveyors and coroners, chiefs of police
and marshals of the state.
Hon. Arnold Broyles, of Fulton, offered
the following resolution which was passed
without a dissenting voice:
'Resolved. That the legislative commit
tee be Instructed to have a bill prepared
Vid Introduced at the next session of
the legislature to amend the constitution
ot the state so that all county officers
■hall have a term of office of four years.
On motion of Chief of Police Dampier,
of Valdosta, the insurance feature of the
association was abolished and the money
in the treasury set apart for the purpose
was ordered returned to those from whom
collected.
Hon. George E. Thornton, clerk of the
superior court of Webster county, on be
half of Hon. Wiley Williams, of Colum
bus, returned the thanks of that gentle
man to the association for the very hearty
and earnest support its members gave
him In his race for prison commissioner
against Hon. Tom Eason, and requested
thaj he be made an honorary member of
the association. The request was unani
mously granted.
Quite an amusing tilt rose over the se
lection of the place of meeting for next
year between Judge Hinton, of Meriweth
er. and Ordinary McAlpin, of Savannah.
Judge Hinton extended an Invitation in
behalf of Warm Springs and Chief of Po
lice Dampier in behalf of Valdosta.
' Judge Hinton told of the many attrac
tions of the springs, its warm waters
where all could keep clean, its pretty girls
•who come to shoot the chutes; the cold
spring that furnished water for the gov
ernment fish hatchery located there on
which 320,000 had been expended; its fine
Auditorium and most excellent hotel.
Judge McAlpin assured the convention
Warm Springs was a dry toirn. Judge
Hinton said ft was in a sense, the county
being dry, but the proprietor of the hotel
held special license to serve all sorts of
enticing beverages.
Judge McAlpin assured the convention
that refreshments could be served tn
Valdosta without stint or restraint.
The vote was. Warm Springs. 38; Val
dosta. 18.
The meeting time was changed from the
second to the third Wednesday in July of
each year.
A memorial committee was named to
present resolutions on deaths of Sheriff
John Hutchins, of Polk county, and Or
. di nary W. W. Rhodes, «f Jefferson.
This memorial committee is composed
of Knight, of Polk. Graham, of Fayette.
. and Wilkinson, of Fulton. It was provid
ed by resolution that whenever a member
of the association died a member of the
association from each county in the state
should attend his burial.
At 11:10 the convention adjourned. At
IJO o'clock the members boarded. cars at
the courthouse for Cold Springs, where
they enjoyed a delightful barbecue tender
ed by the local officers. . _
DEATH IS HURLED
VIA RAILS TO TWO
PENSACOLA. Fla.. July 10.—Two men
were killed and three given severe elec
trical shock* at Flomaton, a railway junc
tion. north of here, yesterday afternoon.
The deaths were singularly peculiar and
no reasonable explanation can be given
for the occurrence. Since the passenger
station there has been burned the railway
company has used cars as waiting rooms.
Three passenger trains meet one another
there in the afternoon. It was while
awaiting the southbound train that the
accident happened. *
About half a hundred negroes were
lounging about when suddenly two,
Charles Bee and John Butler, who were
sitting on the rails, screamed, threw up
their hands and died Immediately.
An electric current coming from un
known sources having passed through the
rails and did the work.
The sky was clear of clouds and there
was no sign of a storm, hence where the
electricity eminated from can but be sur
mised.
Three gentlemen of Pensacola. County
Clerk McMillan. Rev. W. Q. Vreeland,
methodist minister, and Deputy Sheriff
McCurdy, were near by and had just step
ped from the rails when the death deal
ing current flashed along.
One of them had his hand on the side
of a car and was shocked severely, the
others had slight shocks.
Another peculiar fact is that every tele
graph Instrument along the line was mo
mentarily affected and it was hours be
fore some of them would work at all.
The most plausible explanation is that
lightning struck the rails miles above the
spot and surcharged the rails with
a heavy current.
englWlFangry
ABOUT CARTOONS
WITH GERMANS
COMIC DUTCH PRESS HAS BEEN
TOO FREE IN CARTOONS RELA-
TIVE TO THE ILLNESS OF
KING EDWARD.
BERLIN, July 11.—The government’s
officials here are taking cognisance of the
111 feeling In Great Britain toward Ger
many caused by the brutal cartoons and
pleasantries on King Edward's illness.'
The North German Gazette reproduces
an article severely censuring the comic
papers for their malevolence In the treat
ment of foreign politics, saying that mil
lions of Germans take their views of for
eign affairs from the Illustrated papers in
the cafe* and beer gardens. These form
so much more a feature of German life
here than elsewhere that millions of citi
zens get their only impressions of events
and persons from the cartoons, hence
the enormous Influence of the comic press
of Germany.
The foreign office has been showing un
usual sensitiveness over what is printed
in England about Germany. Before the
British ambassador. Sir Frank C. Lazel
les left Berlin for the coronation, the sec
retary for foreign affairs, Baron Von
Rtchthoften, conversing with him at the
British embassy about the attitude of
the correspondents in Berlin of English
newspapers, produced copies of several
dispatches written In an anti-German
tone. The ambassador read them, touched
a button and had a scrap book brought
to him. He then pointed to Baron Von
Richthofen two or three articles, clipped
from the German press of the most out
rageous character against Great Britain
and the British royal family. The baron
put his own clipping in his pocket and
changed the subject.
CLARKSTON BOY BURNED
BY BOILING COFFEE
CLARKSTON, Ga, July 10.—Godron, the
IS-year-old son of Mr. and Mrs. W. L.
Haygood, of this place, was the victim of
a very painful accident Tuesday morning
of this week. In company with several
friends he had gene on a week's outing,
camping and Ashing on Yellow river. On
Tuesday morning one of the party acci
dentally overturned a pot of boiling coffee,
the contents falling on the youngster’s
leg, scalding It. He was brought home
Wednesday, where he receded medical at
tention. The burn, while very painful, is
not thought to be senous.
REV. JOHN M?FARLEY ~
TO SUCCEED CORRIGAN?
NEW YORK. July 10.—On what Is claim
ed to be the authority of one of the most
prominent prelates of the Roman Cath
olic church. The Herald announces that
In a few days the choice of the Right
Rev. John M. Farley as archbishop of
New York, to succeed the late Archbishop
Corrigan, will be made in Rome.
wTTHM
IN AWFUL CONDITION
BANKRUPTCY STARES FARMERS
IN THE FACE—YIELD OF COT-
TON AND OTHER PROD-
UCTS WILL BE SMALL.
OPELIKA, July 10.—To speak of the
crop prospects in the eastern part of this
state would leave the impression that one
was a pessimist. The condition Is simply
awful. While famine does not stare our
people in the face, bankruptcy practically
does. Mr. G. W. Shealy, a wealthy far
mer of Cusseta, was in town today and
said that he had six hundred acres of his
finest land In cotton this year and that he
had spent a great deal on It and that the
entire six hundred acres would not make
fifteen bales of cotton. The same dread
ful ratio prevails throughout this section.
Many farmers have cut their corn down
for fodder and the crop of fodder will
not be one-tenth of the usual crop. No
potatoes have been planted for the simple
reason that there has been no rain since
the slips were ready. A few little patches
here and there will not produce enough
for next year’s seed. If they can be saved.
The dust Was been laid here four times
since the middle of March, but there* has
been no season. The ground is parched
and the gardens were ruined long ago.
The blackberries dried up on the bushes
and there was an enormous crop promised.
Figs cannot mature and all other fruit Is
a failure.
Mr. Paul Hoffman of Waverly planted
one hundred acres In cantaloupes this
year, paying 1100 for the seed. He will
take in about 325 from the crop, which is
now gone. The merchants who have ad
vanced the farmers wUI have to close out
many this fall and the question as to
what they will do with the wagons, stock
and things they take is the question, as
there will be no one to buy it. The trusts
and corporations, aided and Instigated by
the republican party, have placed the
necessaries of life to where people can
hardily buy enough to exist and hundreds
of families in east Alabama cannot buy
meat at all. The condition is appalling,
and the farmer, as usual, is bearlug the
burden the heaviest ot aIL
THE SEMI-WEEKLY JOURNAL, ATLANTA, GEORGIA, MONDAY, JULY 14, 1902.
PRIMARY IN
ALABAMA
AUG.IB
SUB COMMITTEE OF THE STATE
DEMOCRATIC K EXECUTIVE
COMMITTEE REPORTED FRI
DAY FIXING DATE.
MONTGOMERY, July 12.—The commit
tee appointed Thursday night to arrange
the details for the state primary met at
1 o’clock yesterday and made a report, the
full committee fixing August 18th next
for the state primary and requires that
each candidate shall receive a majority of
all votes cast, or, failing to do so, the
second primary shall be held on Septem
ber Ist, the three highest to be voted on,
and if no majority Is secured by any can
didate for any office that the third pri
mary shall be held on September 15th, the
two candidates receiving the highest vote
for respective offices being only eligi
ble to be voted for in the third primary
election.
This is practically South Carolina’s plan.
Qualifications for votes eligible to be
participated in the primaries that each vo
ter shall sign blank form pledging him
self to abide by the result of the pri
mary and support the nominees thereof.
STATE PRIMARY PLAN
ORDERED IN ALABAMA
MONTGOMERY, Ala., July 12.-The
state executive committee for the Demo
cratlc party of Alabama Thursday order
ed a general state primary for the nomin
ation of a ticket of state officers in the
fall election. The vote by which the gen
eral primary was ordered was 15 to 12.
Following is the ballot:
For state primary: O’Neal, Tunstall,
Heflin, Dunn. Graves, Samford, Frasier,
Arrington, Whitson, Brighton, Mitchell,
Haralson, Given, Hall and C. B. Smith.
For convention: Lowe, Stevens, Steve
Smith, Mullins, Miller, Mallory, Merrill,
A. P. Smith, Seale. Jones, Sanders and
Kumpe. .
After the vote the chairman, Robert
Lowe, of Birmingham, was instructed to
name a sub-committee, consisting of one
from each congressional district and one
from the state at large to draft the details
of the primary plan. They will report to
day. The sub-committee Is as fallows:
Lowe, chairman; Tunstall, Dunn,
Graves, Frasier, Mallory, Brightman, A.
P. Smith, Jones, Sanders and C. B.
Smith.
OFFICERS IN CANADA
TARGETS FOR ERWIN
WASHINGTON, July 10 Mr. Hay. see
retary of ..state, will immediately lay be
fore the British foreign office the report
made by Marlon Erwin, United States
attorney for the northern district of
Georgia, the charges made against the
Canadian Judiciary In the Greene-Gaynor
case.
Mr. Erwin’s report made to Attorney
General Knox contains the charge direct
that the extradition proceedings have
been blocked, deliberately and obstinate
ly. by government officials In Canada,
who have made connections with the law
firm employed to defend Greene and Gay
nor.
He shows that the,-case will have to be
passed upon finally by members of the
bench, who ye also members of the law
firm retained by the fugitives.
Attorney General Knox is highly indig
nant over the disclosures and his letter
to the state department expresses his
wrath over the situation. He declares
that he did not believe It possible that
such a condition could exist In any coun
try under control of the British govern
ment.
The state department will take action at
once. It is known that a note has al
ready been prepared and will probably
be submitted today to the British repre
sentatives here, asking that the atten
tion of the British foreign office be called
to the case.
CONDITIONS IN IRELAND
ARE FULL OF PROMISE
NEW YORK, July 11.-John D. Crim
mtns, the well known capitalist of this
city, who has just returned from Europe,
says he was surprised to see Ireland in
such a prosperous condition.
"Pebple here,” he said, “have a wrong
idea of the conditions there. Everything
is booming. The peasants have farms
which are prettier and present a better
kept appearance than any I have yet
seen.
“There is really very little hostile feel
ing against England and King Edward.
When the king's illness was announced
in Ireland there was the greatest sym
pathy expressed.”
HEAVY RAINS HAVE FALLEN,
BUT TOO LATE FOR CROPS
NEW ORLEANS, July 10.—Heavy rains
fell last evening at Natchez and Hatties
burg, but too late to be of much service
to the corn crop,
Tupelo, Miss., reports:
A steady rain has been falling here
since 5 p. m., with good prospects for
more. From all Indications It has been
general, especially In the eastern portion.
Crops In this section are materially bene
fited. Crowley, La., both Gueydan In
.Vermlllion_ parish and Rice in northern
part of Acadia parish received heavy
down pours of rain which will prove of
untold benefit to the rice crop in both
sections.
OFFICERSAND BLOODHOUNDS
ARE CHASING FLYING NEGRO
LAFAYETTE, Ga., July 12.—Messages
were received here Thursday stating that
Marshall Ball and Sheriff Riley and posse
of this county were chasing the negro
who assaulted Mrs. Wales Phipps here
Monday.
They are in Dade county between Tren
ton, Ga., and Chattanooga. Once he was
in sight, but dark came and he escaped
in the woods. When -the dogs arrived
he was again closely pursued and is now
surrounded in a patch of woods between
Morgansvllle and Wildwood on the Ala
bama Great Southern railway.
DAUGHTER OF 808 TAYLOR
ELOPES WITH SWEETHEART
KNOXVILLE, Tenn., July IL—Miss Em
ily Taylor, eldest daughter of ex-Gover
nor Robert L. Taylor, thrice governor of
Tennessee, several times congressman
from the first district, now prospective
candidate for the United States senate,
and famous throughout the United States
as a lecturer and speaker, eloped last
night from this city to Bristol, Va., with
Dr. George F. St. John, a prominent young
physician of this city, to whom Miss Tay
lor had been engaged for some time, until
Governor Taylor is said to have broken
off the match recently.
Baptist Minister Commits Suicide.
CHARLOTTE, N. C., July 10.—News has
reached this city of the death by his own
hand of a Cleveland county preacher.
Rev. John T. Hagle. The deceased shot
himself with a rifle near Bellwood. He
was a resident of King's Mountain.
IN SEARCH FOR HEALTH
WAS REFUSED ADMISSION
NEW YORK, July 11.—A peculiar case
of deportation, involving the denial of the
right of a patient with an Incurable mala
dy to land In this country for the purpose
of consulting a specialist, is that involved
in the compulsory departure of Guillomo
Sangerius, a wealthy Spaniard of Havana.
Senor Sangerius arrived here from
Cuba June 7.
A physician of the United States marine
hospital service, detailed to the immigra
tion service, boarded the steamer after
she had passed quarantine Inspection. He
noticed that Senor Sangerius had tracho
ma, a disease of the eye, and ordered him
Isolated in the United States marine hos
pital for aliens.
Senor Sangerius protested and explained
that he had come here for the purpose of
consulting the most noted specialists of
this country. He appealed to the humanity
of the physicians, but they told him that
they could only obey the law.
Senor Sangerius boarded a returning
steamer under protest.
TWO MEN WERE SHOT;
CRIME IS A MYSTERY
IRONWOOD, Mich., July 11.—A shoot
ing affray which occurred at an early hour
at Iron Belt on the west end of the range,
Is mystifying the authorities. One Fin
lander, named Hill, was killed, and a fel
low countryman, named Reibeck, was
probably fatally wounded. The two
wounded men were found near the depot.
Each had received several bullet wounds
from a revolver found nearby. It has not
yet been determined who did the shoot
ing.
Mrs. Joel Vaile Dead.
DENVER, Col., July IL—Mrs. Joel
Vaile, the author of several books and
short stories for children, is dead at her
home In this city, after a long illness. Mrs.
Valle’s maiden name was Charlotte M.
White.
Georgia Postmasters.
WASHINGTON, July 11.—L. J. Phflliph
has been appointed postmaster at Strum
boy, Liberty county, vice S. E. Jones, re
signed.
MBSMME
OF GEORGIA
• WOMEN
Mrs. W. H. Felton, of Cartersville, lec
tured to a large audience Thursday night
at St. James Methodist church, on “Geor
gia Womanhood During tne War Times.”
Mrs. Felton denounced the recent Span
ish-American war and the war in the Phil
ippines. She reviewed several other wars,
and then discussed the war between the
states.
Mrs. Felton’s handling of her subject
was most unique and captivating. She first
paid a tribute to Atlanta’s early settlers,
who entered into a compact to boom At
lanta. In season and out of season they
were true to Atlanta’s Interests.
“Settled on a dry chinquapin ridge,” she
said, “they had no water facilities nor
seaport advantages, and they studied the
fall of Jericho as a text and an object
lesson. If rams' horns would bring down
a city, why should not rams’ horns build
tho city up? They had a candidate for
every great office in the state. Despite the
fact that Mllledgervllle had everything,
Atlanta’s boomers went around far less
than seven times, and 10, they took the
state capitol and held it! Hurrah for At
lanta that always stands to its own Inter
ests in season and ptit of season, and who
never allowed A criticism of its parvenu
style or parvenu gtowth.
“Southern women had never gone into
this horn-blowing business for themselves,
but the time has ettme to tell the beauti
ful story of self-sacrifice and patriotism.
It may be only a tin trumpet that you
hear tonight, but the story shall be told,
and the picture painted for their descend
ants to remember.”
Beginning with General Oglethorpe’s ex
perience with the Indian empress on Yam
acraw bluff, Mrs. Felton told a wonderful
story of revolutionary incident, including
Nancy Hart, the only woman living or
dead who has had a county in Georgia
named for her. The picture she drew of
Nancy Hart was graphic, full of pith and
point and decidedly enjoyed by her audi
ence.
But the main feature of the lecture was
Mrs. Felton’s delineation of the southern
matron during the civil war, their hero
ism, patriotism, self-sacriflce and devotion
to duty. 1
The word-painting of the black mammy
was a touching, tender tribute to the col
ored woman who was raised in the
southern homes of the ante-bellum era.
Her recital of Macauley’s Horatlous was
one of the most pleasing features of the
entire lecture, in its application to the
southern woman’s fight against fearful
odds and her heroism to the latest hour
of the struggle.
The entire lecture Is one worthy of the
subject and the speaker. It touches the
heart in the tenderest memories.
Mrs. Felton Is being urged by her many
friends to deliver the lecture throughout
the country. It is not at all improbable
that she will accept several invitations to
deliver this lecture.
NEIGHWWRRELi
ONE KILLS THE OTHER
G. T. PYRON, CENTRAL RAILROAD
AGENT AT WALDEN, FATALLLY
SHOT BY J. W. CAMPBELL,
A CONTRACTOR.
MACON, July W.-J. W. Campbell, a
contractor residing at Walden, but whose
place of business is principally in Macon,
shot and killed G. T. Pyron, the Central
railroad’s agent and operator at Walden,
yesterday afternoon. A 22-callbre parlor
rifle was the weapon of death. The bullet
went through Pyron’s heart, killing him
ipstantly. Pyron struck Campbell over
the head with an iron bar before the shot
was fired, and inflicted an ugly wound.
He struck him a second time, the blow
landing on the left arm. Campbell stag
gered back against the counter and seized
the parlor rifle, with which he had been
shooting birds. He raised this with his
right hand and placed the barrel against
Pyron’s heart and flred. Pyron sank to
the floor and died without a word. The
coroner’s Jury investigated the evidence,
and from eye witnesses gained such facts
as caused a verdict Justifying the kill
ing. Pyron and Campbell had quarreled
about the condition of Pyron’s premises,
Campbell insisting that they were offensive
to him as a neighbor.
Campbell came to Macon last night for
medical attention. His wound is very seri
ous.
The dead man married a Miss Matthews,
of Social Circle. Her family afterwards
moved to Madison, and the remains were
carried there this morning for interment.
His widow and a little babe survive
him.
Campbell has a wife and two children.
George Whitelock, a Baltimore lawyer, has
presented to the Johns Hopkins university a
life-sized portrait in oil of Prof. A. Marshall
Elliott, instructor in the department of ro
mance philology in that institution, (
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GENERAL ANDERSON TAKES IS
SUE WITH ADMIRAL DEWEY
ON THE CAPTURE OF MA
MILA.
CHICAGO, July 12.—General Thomas M.
Anderson has addressed to the Record-
Herald a letter giving his version of the
surrender of Manila In which he differs
materially from the statements made by
Admiral Dewey. General Anderson’s let
ter is In chief, as follows:
“National Soldiers’ Home; Erie County,
Ohio, July 9.—To the Editor: Admiral
Dewey Is quoted as saying In his evidence
before the senate Philippne committee
that when Manila was surrendered It was
in pursuance of a definite understanding
between him and the Spanish governor
general. In concluding his statement he
said that his views did not coincide with
those expressed by General Anderson In
a magazine article and closed his testi
mony by saying: 'We differed very much
from the beginning.’
“Admiral Dewey Is a great naval offler.
He did the s’tate great service. Yet I must
say, with all deference, that he is mistak
en in his statement In relation to the sur
render of Manila. So sincere is my regard
for the admiral that I would not make this
assertion but for the fact that such state
ments, when uncontradicted, pass into his
tory.
“Several days before the assault made
on the 13th of August, Father McKinnon,
the Catholic chaplain of the First Califor
nia, was permitted to pass our lines and go
into Manila. He saw the archbishop and
the governor general and when he re
turned he reported that the latter told
him he could not and would not surrender
without a fight as he had to fight for the
honor of Spain. Subsequently General
Merritt directed me to draw up the tacti
cal order for the attack and this was done
on the assumption that there would be a
bonaflde resistance. In the attack and the
preceding skirmishes we lost 122 killed and
wounded.
"If the city was surrendered as a result
of a definite understanding what was the
understanding and how definite was it?
Was it that American soldiers were to be
sacrificed for the honor of Spain.
“The admiral says we differed very much
from the beginning, I hope our country
men will believe that we differed very
much about this. If there ever was such
an understanding I did not know it and
the army did not know it.
"The admiral is reported to have testi
fied that the Spanish authorities offered to
surrender to him the day he destroyed
the Spanish squadron. No written propos
als have come to light, and the probabili
ties are that he was deceived by the mis
representations of the foreign consuls,
who Were endeavoring by all means in
their power to prevent a bombardment.
"I now learn for the first time that my
correspondence with Agulnaldo was not
approved by the admiral. Permit me to
remark that he had no occasion for a
correspondence. When he took possession
of the Cavite navy yard he doubled the
wages of several hundred Filipinos work
ing there. That did not require any cor
respondence, nor did it require any cor
respondence to Induce Agulnaldo to start
his insurrection. It is not difficult to in
duce men* to do what they wish to do.
"I wrote some letters to AgninaTSo which
seemed necessary at the time. He had ar
rested some of our officers for entering the
town of Cavite without his permission.
He had forbidden his people to supply us
with lighters to land our men and mate
rials. We required land transportation,
and he hid all the carts. We could only
buy fuel and forage from him. Finally he
forbade us to land on the sacred soil of
Luzon. We did not pay any attention to
this last impertinence, but in regard to
the other disagreements I thought a cor
respondence was a justifiable expedient.
If. however, I had known as much about
them as everybody seem* to know now, I
might have arrested him then without
corresponding.
“Referring now to my original proposi
tion that Admiral Dewey’s statement in
reference to the surender of Manila was
misleading I wish to say that no doubt the
admiral and General Merritt both thought
that they had made an agreement with
the Spanish authorities by which the city
could be taken without bloodshed. Yet the
fact remains that Captain General Augus
tin was relieved because he was willing to
make such a capitulation while bls suc
cessor refused to do so.
“As to this, both the admiral and the
general commanding must have been mis
informed.
“Speaking for the second division of the
Eighth Army corps permit me to say that
its attack on the defense ot Manila was
not In the nature of an opera boufette
demonstration.
"THOMAS M. ANDERSON.” ,
BOTH DEWEY AND ROOT
REFUSE TO SAY ANYTHING
WASHINGTON, D. C.,July 12.—Admiral
Dewey was shown a copy of the statement
of General Anderson and declined to com
ment on it.
Secretary Root also was disinclined to
discuss General Anderson’s statement. He
said that the matters referred to occurred
before the secretary assumed office, so
that it was not for him to pass on any
differences that had arisen between Admi
ral Dewey and General .Anderson. The
war department is not inclined to hold the,
same strict rein on retired officers in the
matter of discussing public questions as it
does upon officers on the active list. There
fore unless the matter takes a new turn,
it will be allowed to drop.
HE WAS SO WEALTHY
tyE COMMITTED SUICIDE
LONDON, July 11.—The great wealth
seems to have been the Immediate cause
of the suicide of Sebastian Gassiot, a re
tired captain of the royal navy, who
died recently bequeathed £500,000 (32,000,COO)
to St. Thomas’ hospital and at the in
quest Just held it transpired that the cap
tain inherited £400,000 (32,000,000) of his
brother’s money.
He therefore became depressed by the
weight of his responsibility and imbued
with the delusion that he was exceeding
ly poor financially the captain shot him
self at his residence July Sth. In his hand
was discovered a paragraph from a news
paper referring to his brother’s bequest
to the hospital and the will which had
been such a source of trouble.
sumteTfarmers feel
KEENLY NEED OF RAIN
AMERICUS, Ga., July 11.—The farmers
of Sumter county are greatly in need of
rain. While some has fallen in some sec
tions of the county, other sections have
received none, and what has fallen was
not sufficient to be of much benefit to the
crops.
Corn Is drying up and the farmers esti
mate the supply which a few weeks
ago was so promising will be cut in half.
One good effect of the hot dry weather, ■
however, has been the killing of cotton
lice which were in more abundance than
in years. \ . ..
DEATH CLAIMS THIS
DESERTED LITTLE BABE
John Shepard, the little baby boy who
has been waiting at the Sheltering Arms
for more than a year for his mother, died
Thursday night.
The case is one of the strangest that has
ever occurred in the history of the insti
tution. A little over a year ago a woman
brought her baby boy to the home one
night, and said she wanted to leave him
there till morning, asking that he be
brought to the depot the next day in time
to catch a certain early train. The next
day a boy carried the child to the depot.
The mother came up, took the child in her
arms, kissed him passionately, and then
laid him back in the messenger’s arms,
and, boarding the train, passed from the
knowledge of the authorities of the home.
So the little boy has been taken care of,
being given the name of John Shepard.
The only mother he has ever known has
been his kind-hearted nurse.
The child’s death was not unexpected,
but although his own mother had cast
him aside, the loving hearts at the Shel
tering Arms are aching today on account
of the taking away of the little one.
TWO CHARGED WITH
MURDER OF WOMAN
CHARLOTTE, N. C„ July 10.—Lawrence
Davis, white, aged 24 years, whose home
is in Granville county, was placed in Jail
at Raleigh yesterday afternoon on the
charge of murdering Mrs. Catharine
White, near Wake Forest college, some
days ago. Lorenzo Morris, who is also
in jail charged with the crime, says that
Davis paid him 35 to commit it. The
woman was killed by blows on the head.
BATTLIaF BITE
KILLS BOY. IN
TWOJIIBS
CICERO WELLBORN, WHILE PICK-
ING BLACKBERRIES ,18 BITTEN
ON FOOT BY REPTILE AND.
DIES IN GREAT AGONY.
CUMMING, Ga, July 10.—A rattlesnake
bit 14-year-old Cicero Wellborn Tuesday
afternoon while the boy was picking
blackberries near here. In three minutes
the poison had circulated through the
lad’s body and his eyes and tongue were
terribly swollen. In two hours he died.
He was the son of R. O. Wellborn.
TWELVE CONVICTS PARDONED
BY GOV. CANDLER FRIDAY
Governor Candler Friday granted 13 par
dons to convicts. It has been a long time
since so many pardons were granted at
one time.
The fortunate one* were Fletcher
Sims, of Butts county, sent up for one
year for escape; Dave Burgess, of Walk
er county, sentenced to life for murder;
Dan Shewake, of Burke county, sent up
for life for murder; Homer Carter, of
DeKalb, convicted of voluntary man
slaughter and sentenced to 20 years:
Bowdre Bell, sent tip for 10 years from
Walton county for voluntary manslaugh
ter; Z. V. Carter, sentenced to five years
from Echols county for manslaughter:
Osro Curtis, of Habersham, sentenced to
one year for larceny; John Reynolds, of
Fulton county, sentenced to one year for
assault and battery; W. B. Freeman,
sentenced to one year in Montgomery
county for selling whisky Illegally; J. W.
Griffin, convicted in Pike county for sell
ing whisky illegally and sentenced to
one year; Robert Hunter, convicted of
burglary In Fulton county and sentenced
to 15 years.
Governor Candler declined to pardon
Willis Bennefield, W. C. Coggins, Sam
McKenzie and Screven A. Davis, sent up
for various crimes.
All of the pardons were granted by the
governor on the recommendation of the
prison commission.*
QUARREL CAME NEAR
HAVING FATAL ENDING
BIRMINGHAM, Ala., July 10.—At Bloss
burg, near this city. Alfred Huff and
Charles Tennent became involved in a
difficulty and Huff was hit In the head
with a whisky flask by Tennent. He went
and had his head dressed, after which
he secured a revolver and went to the
house of Tennent. Calling him to the
door he fired at him several times, wound
ing him twice in the legs and once in the
lower part of the body. He is danger
ously wounded. One of the bullets nar
rowly missed an Infant child of Tennent,
which was lying tn a crib at the time.
QUARREL OVER LAND
CAUSES FATAL SHOOTING
BIRMINGHAM, Ala., July 11.—In a dif
ficulty arising over a question of land
Cajneron Oliver shot and fatally wounded
John Gay at Shades valley. The men
owned adjoining farms and were friendly
until recently. Oliver Is at large.
L.&OOADTO’BE
ACTIVE IN POLITICS
WILL FIGHT THE MOVEMENT TO
CHANGE RAILROAD COMMIS
SIONERSHIP SYSTEM IN
ALABAMA.
BIRMINGHAM, Ala., July 10.—That the
Louisville and Nashville railroad will
make an open fight against the movement
to change the present railroad commis
sion system, is boldly admitted by Cap
tain J. M. Falkner, general attorney for
that system In this state. In speaking up
on the subject, he said: "I do not mag
nify the movement, but do say that the
Louisville and Nashville railroad is going
to fight with all the weapons that are rec
ognized as fair in political warfare. We
come out boldly in the open field, know
ing that the issue is with the people of
Alabama, and we are not afraid of the
people. The men who are behind this
movement will exact pledges from candi
dates for the legislature and the Louis
ville and Nashville people will put some
questions to candidates, too.”
Captain Falkner was asked if the lat
ter statement Included the employes of
the Louisville and Nashville, and he said
“Yes, the great mass of our employes are
as loyal to the Interests of the company
as the president himself, and they 'will
be told what this thing means.”
Under existing condltons the members of
the Alabama railroad commission are ap
pointed by the governor, paid by the rail
roads and have only advisory powers. The
change which is being urged Is that they
be elected by the people, paid by the peo
ple and be given power to enforce their
rulings. This promises to be the greatest
issue in the forthcoming campaign, and
all doubt as to the railroads taking an
active part in the fight is now removed.
GERMUNSWILI I
HOU. 5. 11l
CHINN
BERLIN FOREIGN OFFICE GIVES
ASSURANCES OF CO-OPERA
TION WITH UNCLE SAM IN
WITHDRAWING TROOPS. ■
BERLIN, July 10.—The officials of the
United States embassy here have been
verbally discussing Chinese affairs this 3
week with the foreign office representa
tives. The former again conveyed to the jS
German government the desire of the
state department that the Chinese shall be
treated as leniently as possible, consistent
with the attainment of the aims of the
powers.
No specific suggestions -were made by
the United States, but the general idea
was again impressed that the Chinese do
mestic difficulties are such that nothing I
can be attained by pressing the Pekin
government unduly.
The foreign office expresses itself as be
ing in full accord with the United State*
and intends a further withdrawal of
troops from Tien Tsin, which already is
gradually progressing, when the German
officials are confident that the occupation i
of the city is no longer necessary as a
guarantee that China will carry out all
the subordinate articles of the peace trea
ty. Only the provision for improving the
river and channel is regarded as import
* ant. If the authorities at Pekin will only
make serious efforts to redeem this pledge S
the German troops will be withdrawn.
The question of the rate of exchange in
indemnity payment is not considered by
the foreign office as likely to provoke se
rious difficulties of opinion, either be
tween the United States and the power* or
China and the powers.
PRESIDENT
IN IGNORANCE OF RESULT
WILKESBARRE, Pa., July 12.—Presi
dent Mitchell, in an interview with
the Associated Press said no person could i
with any degree of certainty predict th®
outcome of the national convention whlcA 4
meets at Indianapolis next Monday.
“1 feel certain,” he said, “that in event
of it being found inadvisable to Inaugu
rate a national strike, that provisions will
be made to contribute ample funds to car
ry the anthracite strike to certain vlcto- |
ry. The sympathy of the labor world Is
with the anthracite miners and from all
sections of our country we are receiving - 4 |
assurances of financial and moral support.
These assurances are not confined to wags
earners alone. Many men and women
have offered financial assistance to the
struggling miners and I feel confident that
the strike will prove a success regardless 9
of whether a national strike takes place.
The declaration of the railroad president
that there is nothing to arbitrate and
their persistent refusal to treat consid
erately with us for a solution of the
trouble, is repugnant to the American
people’s sense of right and this action
is culminating in many oilers of sympa
thy and assistance from the general pub
lic.
UNCLEMES: 1
MONEY IN MACON.
* J iRI
FIRES REVENUE STAMP CLERK
AND LIQUOR DEALERS AND
BREWERY ARE DISTRESSED.
MACON, July 11.—Macon’s wholesale
liquor dealers, the brewery and the cigar .
factories are distressed about the decis
ion of government to try to save the
350 a month which it has been costing to |
maintain the office of stamp deputy here.
The office was abolished a short time ago,
while the government! was in an econom
ical mood and just after the announce
ment that the last congress had spent
more than a billion dollars. Congressman /
Bartlett has been using his good offices
with the commissioner of internal revenue
at Washington to try to get him to save
the 350 for the government in some other
way. as one establishment alone used 310,-
000 worth of these stamps last year, and It
would be a great hardship on the whole
salers of Macon to have to delay each of
their orders until they could send to At
lanta to get a stamp. The stamps cannot
be kept on hand, but must be secured as
an order is to be filled.
The matter has been taken up with the
treasury department, and the commission
er savs if the department thinks the gov
ernment can stand the 350 strain, the of- ■
flee may be continued.
REID IS NOMINATED
FOR STATE SENATOR
CRAWFORDVILLE. July 11.-Delegates from
the countlee of Warren, Taliaferro and Green,
rompoalng the nineteenth senatorial district '9
met here In convention Monday and nominated
Hon Wm. R Reid for senator of thie district.
Mr Hawes Cloud waa selected a* chairman
of the Taliaferro county delegation and after
the convention waa organized, he with a few
very appropriate and complimentary remarks,
placed before the convention the name of Mr.
Reid No other names were put in nomina
tion and Mr. Reid’s nomination was unani-
the trust Mr Reldthankedtbs
people for their endorsement of his four years' -
service in the lower house of the Georgia legls- _
Uture and declared that, God sparing him .
the interests of the whole people of his district
would be fully protected. f
In 1898 Mr. Reid was elected to represent
Taliaferro county in the legislature and was
again elected In 1900. He made tar the county
a wise true and able representative. Conserv
ative in his views, true to his friends, atten
tive to his duties and steadfast In the prin
ciples of his party, his constituents showed
their confidence in him as a safe and an able
legislator by giving him an overwhelming ma
jority in the recent primary, and his unanimous
nomination by the convention is a further mark
of the high esteem In which he is held by th«
people of the entire district.
PALMETTO YOUNG LADY
RUNS AWAY AND WEDS
MACON, July IL—Walter Leßoy Her
rington, of Macon, and Miss Mary 3. Bul
lard of Palmetto, Ga., drove up to the
parsonage of Rev. W. N. Ainsworth, of
Mulberry Street Methodist church, last
night and asked to be united In marriage.
They very frankly confessed that they
were running away from their families
and friends, but said they were of mar
riageable age, and there was no reasoo
why they should not decide the question
for themselves. They were married. The
young lady was visiting the family of Mr.
Herrington, her brother having married.
Mr. Herrington’s sister. The groom is a
popular railroad man here, and has a
great many friends. He is of sterling
worth.
Mrs. Emily May Dies In Augusta.
AUGUSTA. Ga., July 11.—Mrs. Emily
May, the mother of Mr. Percy E. May,
cashier of the National Exchange bank,
died at her son’s home on Greene street
yesterday at 11 o’clock, after a long ill
ness. *
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