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VOL. III.
The Times
W. Al. Fowler, Editor and Proprietor
issued Weekly at $1 a Year
CRIMES AGAINST A BARBAROUS
ENEMY
Perhaps no barbarous ruler, Jbe
reft of power and overwhelmed by
the advance of the Caucasian race,
ever met a mote pathetic fate than
that of Chief Lo Bengula, in South
Africa. Certain flagrant violations
bf usage and brutal disregard for
every dictate of humanity sealed
the fate of the king. Oh two oc
casions, during the hostilities, it is
probable that further bloodshed and
untold suffering might have been
'avoided if shameful injustice had
not been done him. In the first
instance a deed was committed
which most people would regard
as a crime, though an investigat
ing committee has declared it to be
merely a blunder. The second
case was an act of brutal treachery
hard to parallel. >'
• The' war had hardly begun when
Lo Bengula sent three ambassadors
to the commander of one of the
military columns of the South
African Company. Uuarmed and
without escort, they walked into
the white camp, but the message
they brought from the king was
never delivered. Two*of them
were shot dead in their tracks and
the other one escaped into the bush.
The respect shown to a 'flag' of
truce in civilized .warfare was de¬
nied to the envoys of a barbarous
king. No one has been called to
account. The committee on in
quiry has defined the occurrence as
an. “unfortunate misunderstand
ing.” If this be so, the terrible
deed should be placed in the cata
gory of those blunders that are
worse than crimes. x
After the war was practically
over and Lo Bengula and thous¬
ands of his people were retreating
to the north ' the king decided to
throw himself upon the mercy of
his conquerors, and beg that the
killing of his fallen tribesmen
might be stopped. He sent one
of his chiefs with a letter addressed
to the commander of the white
forces, in which he said his great¬
est desire was tb surrender and
prevent further bloodshed. As
evidence that he was sincere and
submissive he sent with the chief
an ox wagon containing $5,000 in
silver, a present to the British
leader.,' The senvoy had nearly
reached His destination when he
was met by two English soldiers
who demanded his business The
simple-minded black man told
them all there was to tell, and fol¬
lowed implicitly the directions they'
gave him. " v They charged him to
return immediatly ; to the kihg.
They were to deliver the message
and present at headquarters and
the answer of the white com
mender would be sent to Lo Ben
gula.
Those two soldiers then com
mitted the heinous crime of de¬
stroying this message of peace and
submission, willing thrtt masshcre
a'nd suffering should continue if
only they might eujoy their ill-got
ten silver. The Mood of Major Wil¬
son and his flying column is on the
hands of these two men. *• It was
after Lo Bengula had tendered his
surrender and had vainly awaited
the answer that Wilson’s persuing
party was slaughtered to a man.
Then the king ’ pushed a little
further into the wilderness toward
thu Zambesi and, with women and
children dying around him, he, too,
socettmbed to his grief and priva¬
tions. For this set of despicable
treachery,, which cost hundreds of
lives, its perpetrators ace ha coq
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more control than he could a whirl¬
wind. He deserved a better fate,
for, barbarian though he was, there
was much in him that was good, as
all the white men testify who had
shared his hospitality and helpful¬
ness. It is not a cheerful thought
that his complete ruin was made
inevitable through circumstances of
a shameful character, imposed upon
the unhappy ruler by men who
call themselves civilized.
TAXING BANK NOTES v
The House of reprfesentatives, by
a-majority of three to one,
passed a bill permitting stateS feb
tax National bank notes and Treas¬
ury notes in the same way as they
tax other kinds of money. Such a
bill once passed the Senate, and if
the present measure is acted upon*
in the upper bouse it is pretty cer¬
tain to become a law. The reason
that such an act is necessary is
that the courts have rightly held
that sccureties issued by the
National' Government cannot be
taxed by the states without the
consent of the National Govern¬
ment. When these bank notes and
Treasury notes were issued, no gold
or silver was in Circulation, and
State taxes upon notes might have
interfered with value to the national
Government. At the present,
however, com, bank notes, treasury
notes, gold certificates, and silver
certificates all circulate together,
and arC equally valuable to their
possessors. There is no reason why
they should not be 'equally taxed.
The especial reason for the popular¬
ity of the proposed enacment
however, is that the present ex¬
emption greatly facilitates tax
evasions. Bankers convert their
reserves into greenbacks in order
to avoid taxation, while depositors
year after year engage large sums
of greenbacks just before making
their tax returns. Upon this point
Mr. Cooper, of Indiana, who intro¬
duced the bill, quoted the follow¬
ing pertinent passage from last
year’s report of the tax commis¬
sioner of his state : “It is notorious
that the amount of. money claimed
to be exempt as greenbacks is enor
'mously in excess of the entire green¬
back circulation. ... In justice to
ail fax-pfiyers, po class of property
receiving the protection of the
Government should escape taxa¬
tion, and particularly none should
escape taxation on account of tech¬
nicalities or inadequacies of legal
provisions.” While we concede
that many of the state laws taxing
money are mistaken attempts to tax
it in the hands of both borrower
and lender, nevertheless it seems
clear that this occasional injustice
should be remedied by the modifica¬
tion of the laws, and not by the pre¬
servation of technicalities facilitat¬
ing their evasion.
Tiger Topics
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Our school has opened with a
good attendance, and our teacher is
certainly a trash mover; he is a
man in the right place when he goes
into a school room.
Mr. S. S. Whitmire is making a
good beginning in the dry goods
business here. His trade seems to
be very,good, considering the hard
times and he isnmning his business
on the only safe plan—they mutt
be paid for before leaving the store.
Mr. H. R. Cannon, of Tallulah
Falls, made us a pleasant call a few
days ago. D. T^ Taylor •. preaches ;.. at
Rev.
this place today and it is hoped that
-he will have a large congregation,
as he is a man who works hard to
support his family during the week
and preaches Sundays and all other
spare time that be may have.
• We understand that Mr. C, A.
Smith and wife have been down
the codptry. prospecting with a
view of moving. of our.deimting J *
Tbe members
society will' please bear in mind
A 5,000 Mile Trip
(Continued from last week)
The populist tendency is very
strong throughout the whole south¬
west, and greatly so in southern
California. There are many very
pretty towns and villages and loca¬
tions for homes, of which Riverside
is probably the best. is a mod¬
ern paradise——if one has a small in¬
come. The chief resources, of the
country seem to be its climate, or-,
Unges and land seekers, Of the
former there is always a bountiful
supply; the second article was badly
frost bitten the present year and the
latter, like the boomer,, has about
disappeared, the crop becoming
less and less each successive season
with great danger of total extirmin
ation. There was a time when the
harvest was immense and great were
the returns.
. Having looked the land over pret¬
ty well and not having any partic¬
ular prospects iij view, I concluded
that it was a good idea to return to
my mountain home in Georgia.
Acting on this idea I consulted
the railroad people from time to
time as the exigences of the case
demanded, and- while we did hot
always agree as to rates, objections
'were generally overruled in my fa¬
vor, and I happily arrived at home
safe and sound, none the worse for
fhe long journey, but healthier and
wiser if not wealthier. On the
waj back to Georgia nothing hap¬
pened worthy of men unless it was
the little bit of pleasantry at New
Orleans.
I stopped off in New Orleans for
the purpose of paying reverence to
the spot where Jackson fought,and
while wending my way thither was
ccosted by four enthusiastic citi¬
zens who did me the honor of tak¬
ing me for a man of large means,
and after the usual exchange of
courtesies in such cases, I, a token
of high esteem, presented them with
my watch and other valuables in¬
cluding my hdt. The whole inci¬
dent was*ludden and wholly unex¬
pected and again reminded me that
this is a truly great country, where
strangers are so considerate of oth¬
ers’ interests.
I will add that while I think the
southwest is a great country full of
“possibilities” and “openings,”
Demorest and Hambersham county
will do to abide in; its cool springs
and shaded hills affording a charm¬
ing and pleasing retreat in contrast
to the barren plains and mountains
of the southwest. B.
TO ADMJT UTAH
Both houses of Congress have
passed a bill making Utah a state.
The fact that the population of.
this territory was over 200,000
in 1890, and is rapidly increasing
by the inflow of non-Mormon ele¬
ments, made statehood in adfnission theji^r
future inevitable. Its waV
by the present Congress in no
sense a piece of party strategy,
though it may be that ^neither
party antagonized admission be¬
cause such antagonism would in¬
jure its own prospects when state¬
hood was conferred. Within a*few
fears the fear that polygamy*would
be tolerated by tjie state has died
out. Not only has the Mormon
Church officially abandoned, the
doctrin of polygamy, but—what
is more important—the* younger
generation of Mormons had in
practice repudiated it long before
the official action taken.
Polygamy l is impossible except
where womqn are held and bold
themfelve* in low es teem. Amer
ican education, and especially the
American spirit predominant in
-the fa* West am therefore fatal to
" foriwO
it. 4 With “equal rights”
in M
subjection of woman involved in
the practice of polygamy, That
this practice is not now at _ all
in the Territory is brought
out clearly by the fact that, accord¬
ing to) the cebsus of 1890 the num¬
ber ^ males in .the state was
uo,bbo while the number of
females was but 97,000. Until
there is a considerable immigration
of Eastern women there is a good
many men in Utah who will not
get as far as monogamy.
THE CHAUTAUQUA
The North-East Georgia* Chau¬
tauqua opens here on the 13th of
August and will continue ten days.
The outlook is indeed flattering
for a successful season, The di
rectors have arranged to have pres¬
ent some of the most eloquent speak¬
ers in Georgia, and the teachers for
each department arc the very best.
Tbe following are among those Prof already
engaged for the coming session: Thos.
Griffith, Florida; Rev. 8. R. Belk Gaines¬
ville, Ga.; Rev. R. V. Atkisson. Quincy,
Ill.; Hon. S. D. Bradwell, S. T. 8. Neabett, C. Depart- 8.
nient of Education; Hon. R.
A. C. Department of Agriculture: Rev. T
D, Garter, D. D., Greenville,, Tenu.; Rov.
A. F. Ellington, Rev. C, P. Williamson, W. H.
Rev. William Shaw, Rev. Dr.
Young, Athens, Ga.; and others.
nusic AND ENTERTAINMENT
Miss Marguerite Wuretz, Cleveland, O.,
queen of violinists, L. P. York, Hill, musical Atlanta; di¬
Prof. Theo. Wood, New Mrs.
rector; Mte# Minnie Quinn, Atlanta;
C. W. Starabuugh, pianist; the Lariosa
Male Quartette, Atlanta; * and the assembly
orchestra.
DEPARTMENT OF iNSTSUCTION.
1 Music—Prof. Theodore Wood, of New
York* Director.
2 'Art—Mrs. Clarendon Bangs, Demorest,
Georgia. 3 Normal Bible Class—Rev. C. P. Will
tamson, Atlanta, Ga.
4 Normal Sunday Schoolv Class—Rev.
William Shaw, Atlanta, Ga.
5 Children’s Bible Class.
6 Physical Culture Class.
7 Elocution and Oratory-Miss Minnie'
Quinn, Atlanta, Ga.
8 Kintergarden. L. 8. C. Round Tables.
9 C.
10 W. C. T._U. School of Methods—Mrs.
8. H. Manny, of Baltimore, Md. and others
Conductors.
11 Parlimcntary Raw—Prof. John D.
Mell, Christian of Georgia Evidences—Rev. University, Athens, Dr. Wm. H
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Young, Athens, Ga.
13 Recognition Day.
SPECIAL ATTRACTION* .
Moonlight excursions on tbe Lake and
Lake illuminations; Reception*, Grand
Concerts, Special excursions from Atlanta
to Tallulah Fails, stopping at Demorest on
return to see grand Pyrotechnical boats display; the
Shinn battle between gun on
lake and fortiiication on the shore, mag¬
nificent display, cvery-body will want to
see this.
Already people arc coming to
town and securing boarding houses,
cottages, etc., and we think it safe
to say that every vacant house in
the city will be filled in the next
two weeks. The first of August
will probably find at least ioo visi¬
tors to Den>jOrest, with new arrivals
each day thereafter till the Chau¬
tauqua season is over.
Some of the special attractions
are Miss Wuertz, one of the four
greatest violinists of the United
States also the grand sham naval
battle on the lake and the grandest
display of fireworks ever seen out¬
side the larger cities.
Demorest has beea better adver¬
tised by the Chautauqua associa¬
tion and its president, Rev. Wm.
Shaw, than ever before, and it is
advertised where it will do the City
good, too, the advertising having
been done among southern people
who are seeking pleasant summer
homes.
There is not the slightest doubt
that next suinnmf Demorest will be
taxed to her utmost capacity to en¬
tertain thfe visitors who will come
here for rest, and we ’will
have the Chautauqua association
and Rev. Wm. Shaw to thank for
it. Demotpst’s future is now as¬
sured. •
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Call the attention of mill and machinery owners to our facili . ^
doing their work and repairs. Good worVand lowJwrices. -.puf Toun-,
dry and pattern shop enables us to 40 repairs of *Tl
solicif. .
brass with the least possible delay. We .cofrespondet dr.
those who desire work in bur line. Oiir specialties are bars* ;Cait
repairs on engines, saw-mills, caiie-mills, gearings, grate
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Complain of Hard 1 .«•>
k Bn
Some ETV ave promised to secure for us better times, but
time, w 5 . le the hard times are ojv hsj what shall we* do?
MIZE? But how economise? -This is one answer:
1st. Buy only what you need; 2 i. Ihybuying pay more attention _to
quality than to quantity; 3d.. Do not be deceived by the catch wptfa#
“Largest stock,” “cheapest prices,” etc. This often goods means and prices^ cheap
goods to the purchaser. Be your oWn judge . of fail call
Investigate for yourself. In your investigation do not to upon
Safford & Dunlap,
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Groceries*
We also handle crockery, glassware, paints; 6ils, varnishes, eCcf;
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The Bank of Deiricfrest ■
Capital, $25,000
Doing a business under a special charter from the state. Loan
money on approved security. Pay interest on time deposits; ( • 1 ) *
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Officers.:
A. HAMPTON, President. A. A. CAMPBELL, Cottier.
, W. H. VanHise, Vice-Piwiident
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