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BILL ARP’S LETTER
Bartow Man is Hot in Collar Over
Bemarks of Boosevelt.'
SAYS PRESIDENT BUST APOLOGIZE
Declares Chief Executive Could be
'Prosecuted for Slandering Jeffer-
60n Davis, and Government
Made to Foot the Bill.
“Once more into the breach, good
friends—once more." I would be
to know about what time President
Roosevelt is going to retract what be
wrote about President Davis. It has
now been proven by the official rec
ords at Jackson, Miss., that Mr. DavlB
was never governor, nor was he ever
a member of the legislature of that
State, and in a public address made'
after the act of. repudiation, he de-
-clared that he was opposed to It and
the debt ought to be paid, and this am*
ateur historian denounces him in his
.booh as an arch traitor and repudla-
tor. Mr. Davis fought in Mexico for
the honor of the flag; won the victory
at Buena Vista; was desperately
wounded, and for five years walked
with crutches; married General Tay
lor’s daughter for his first wife and
didn’t run away with her either; was
secretary of war under Franklin
Pierce, remodeled the curriculum at
West Point and It stands to-day as he
framed it; was a member of the
• United ^States senate when his state
seceded and, like General Lee, he went
with his people. He did not eeek the
presidency of the confederacy and in
sisted that another be chosen. Now
all this has long since been estab
lished and if Mr. Roosevelt did' not
know It, he could have known it. He
certainly knows it now, and If ho Is a
gentleman he will retract it and apol
ogize to Mrs. Davis and the family
and to the sainted shade of Miss Win
nie end to the people of the south.
He called him an arch traitor and
compared him to Benedict Arnold and
the slanderous libel is ' In print In a
book of so-called history and has poi
soned the minds of all the fools, fa
natics and Idiots who hqvo read it.
When-is .he going to retract?
The International Cyclopedia, edit
ed by distinguished professors of Co
lumbia University and Dartmouth Col
lege, says of Mr. Davis: "He was a
ripe scholar, a vigorous writer, a
splendid orator, a brave soldier, a true
gentleman, an accomplished states
man, a sturdy champion, a proud true
patriot, a lover of liberty, a Christian
hero—this Is the Jefferson Davis that
.history will cherish.” General Lee
was his bosom friend and confidant,
and yet this so-called hUtorian, this
rough rider and bear hunter, praises
Lee while he defames his friend, a
man infinitely his superior in every
moral attribute and every noble emo
tion. But maybe he will retract and
apologize, though Tom Moore says:
“But faith, fanatic faith, once wedded
fast
To‘some dear falsehood hugs It to the
last”
He had better retract, for some of
our old soldiers are very mad about
It They are talking about suing
him for slander and garnlsheelng the
government for his salary. Killing
bears in the wilderness won’t save him
nor will that little brush we had in
Cuba. That Is perhaps the biggest
little war we have ever had and every
small politician and stump orator who
wants an office Jumps up and says
we are all brothers now. We fit and
we fout and bled together at Ban Juan
and Santiago and then we crossed the
wide ocean to whip out some nlggerB
and we will soon all be on the pension
roll. An oid veteran said to me, “That
little Spanish war reminds me of the
fellow who was drowned at Johns
town, and when he knocked at the
gate St Peter didn’t recognize him
and refused to let him in. ’Why, my
dear sir,’ said he, ‘I am one of the
Johnstown sufferers. I was drowned
In that flood.’ So the good saint re
lented and letjilm In. He wandered
about heaven, looking at the beautiful
things and after a while came across
an old man and Bald, ‘Good morning,
old gentleman; glad to see you. Beep
here a long time, I reckon?’ The old
man said nothing. ‘I am one of the
Johnstown sufferers. I was drowned
in that great flood.’ The old nian did
not reply, but turned and walked slow
ly away. So the fellow went to St
. Peter and asked who that old man
was. He would not speak to me,' said
he, ’though I told him I was In the
great flood a Johnstown.' And, St
Peter replied. 'That old man, sir, 1*
Noah-and he bad a flood of his own
to think about"’ . -
And now we read that all the hor
tors of our civil war are being repeat
v ed In the Philippines. In our war It
was the white yanke'e who made war
hell for us, but now they are making
it hell for the negroes In the Philip
pines. We are trying to smother what
our people suffered, bqt they won't let
us, and now boast that General Sher
man found it the best way to 'shorten
the war. No, we old men and women
can’t forget, and I hope that our chil
dren and grandchildren will learn I
all in some southern history. The civ
lllzed world has not forgotten Heroti
nor Nero nor the duke of A'va nor tly
massacre of St. Bartholomew where
30,000 Protestants were butchered in
a night. But when will Teddy repent,
retract and apologize? He has got to
do it sooaer or later or go down In his
tory as a malicious defamer of one
whose shoes he was not worthy to un
loose. He and Miles will get together
some time and some where. Now.
why does not Teddy consider the feel
ings of our people in his appointments
to southern offices? Why did he not
give Savannah a'white man for a col
lector? Appointments of negroes to
be postmasters and revenue collectors
are an Insult to us, and he knows it.
.i- ue uas such affectionate regard for
those negroes why not give them a
.place at Washington or Albany or
Boston or a consulship at Hayti or
San Domingo?
'These offices are the dearest of all
to our people. The postofflee Is our
try sting place, a kind of Mecca, and
the postmaster our confidant. That
officer should above all others be ac
ceptable to the majority of the people.
The col'ector has the command of a
‘city In his hands and under bis con
trol, and that commerce Is all white—
none of it comes from the negro race.
What excuse can ho give for such
appointments? None, and when Is he
going to retract and apologize for that
slander of Mr. Davis? Echo answers,
when?—Bill Arp, in Atlanta Consti
tution.
SUPPRESSION OF FACTS
Is Charged by Minority of Commltteo
on Methodist War Claim.
The feature of Tuesday's session of
the Methodist conference at Dallas
was the reading of a minority report
of the commltteo on publishing inter
ests of the last general conference, In
which It Is stated that important facts
regarding war claim money were sup
pressed at that time, although that
minority made every effort to get them
before the general conference:
BY OYEIllVHKL.H1XG VOTE
Congress Passes BUI l-’or Relief or
Martinique Island Miffitrers.
The house Monday passed by an
overwhelming vote a bill granting
$200,000 for the relief of the sufferers
in the great calamity In the West In
dies. The bill was a substitute to the
relief measure passed by the senate,
which carried $100,000, thp Increase
having followed the receipt of a mes
sage from the president setting forth
the magnitude of the calamity and urg
ing an appropriation of $500,000.
If you have something to aeii, lot
tho people know It. An advertisement
In this paper will do the work.
NZWSY GLEANINGS;
The Newfoundland sealing season
las closed.
A $100,000 oyster combine has been
formed at Norfolk, Vo.
Just twenty-one years ago was pro
hibition Introduced Into Kansas.
The American Tobacco Company, it
Is suld, will attempt to capture the
trade of Scotland.
A New York syndicate has bought
two gold mines and a copper mine in
Mexico for $500,000.
The Ancient Order of Hibernians line
started a movement to stop stage cari
cature of the Irish race.
An international congress for the
amelioration of the condition of the
blind will meet at Brussels In August.
It will be under the patronage of King
Leopold.
Tho French Government lias author
ized tho transfer of the seat of Mada
gascar's Government from Antanan
arivo, an interior town, to Tamatava,
on the east coast.
The Naval Board of Awards Is con
sidering the question of bestowing a
medal on every officer and man who
served In the West Indian naval cam
paign of the Spanish-American War.
An American company has pur
chased the wrecks of the Spanish war
ships Almlrante, Oquendo and Vizcaya
for $1 a ton; the vessels will be broken
np for scrap iron and sent to Philadel
phia. >
In the iron and steel trades In Scot
land and the north of England produc
tion has fallen off. considerably this
year, as compared with 1000, writes
United States Consul Rufus Fleming,
Edinburgh, Scotland.
Enough money has been subscribed
to cover the cost of removing nearly
300. of the distressed Welsh settlers in
Patagonia to Canada, and arrange
ments are being made for a steamer
to call at Cbubot to embark the tint
batch of emigrants ready to nil.
\ GEO-RGIA. {
Brief Summary of Doings
Throughout the State.
Lewis After Judgeship.
dray Lewis, solicitor general of the
Oconee circuit, has tendered his resig
nation to Governor Candler and made
his formal announcement as candidate
for the Judgeship which Is .now held
by Judge John C. Hart.
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Incendiaries Badly Wanted.
A reward of $150 has been offered
by Governor Candler for the arrest
and conviction of the unknown party
who set fire to the stores of J. Ludllm,
J. J. Vickers and B. F. Summerlin, in
Wlllacoochee, Coffee county, on the
night of December 20, 1901. The citi
zens of that place have supplemented
the'offer of the governor with a re
ward of $200.
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Big Cattle Ranch for Lincoln.
A cattle ranch embracing 11,000
acres of land will soon be established
In Lincoln county, Near Clay Hill. Al
ready 1,100 acres have been purchased
by the parlies Interested and the gen
eral manager and the secretary of the
mammoth concern wpre in Atlanta the
past week for the purpose of purchas
ing the first car load of cattle with
which the ranch ^111 be stocked.
Druggists to Meet In Brunswick.
The Georgia Pharmaceutical Asso
ciation will hold Its annual meeting
this year at Brunswick and the con
vention promises to be one of the
largest attended anid most successful
yet held by the organization.
Men of national reputation have
been Invited to deliver addresses and
read papers on important subjects
and a number have accepted. Those
having charge of the arrangements for
the convention have prepared an un
usually Interesting program.
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Two New Mills for Hartwell.
Application for charters for two oil
mills at Hartwell have been made and
the sites have been selected looking
to the construction of these mills at
an early date. One of the mills Is to
oe built by local capital furnished by
the business men of Hartwell and the
farmers generally of Hart county. The
other mill is to be built with foreign
capital. These two enterprises will
add greatly to the business boom of
the town, and the farmers of the coun
ty are Jubilant over having a mill of
their own, from which they are to re
ceive so much benefit.
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Savannah Gets Next Meeting,
After a spirited debate in the south
ern Baptist convention at Ashevln«n
N. C., Savannah was decided upon as
the location for the next convention.
Several other places were mentioned,
but Waco, Tex., made the biggest fight.
Mayor J. W. Riggins, of that city, con.
Ing all the way to Asheville to Invite j
the convention to Waco. Dr. B. H.
Carroll, of Waco, also spoke for that
place. Ex : Governor Northen, of At
lanta, and Dr. Jordan, of Savannah,
pleaded Savannah’s cause and succeed
ed In winning out by a small majority
when the matter was voted on.
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Prison Commissioner Indignant.
General Clement A. Evans, of the
Georgia prison commission, Is indig
nant over the card of Hon. Dupont
Guerry in the Atlanta Journal regard
ing the workings of the prison com
mission.
General Evans has written a letter
to Mr. Gnerry expressing astonishment
that he should make such charges,
and before be finally makes up his
mind as to whether he will support
Mr. Guerry any longer or not he will
wait for Mr. Guerry’s reply.
As soon as the statement of Mr.
Guerry’s In The Journal.was read by
the members of the commission they
promptly denounced 1L
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Masons to Lay Cornerstone.
The laying of tho cornerstofie of tho
new public school building In Dublin
May 27th promises to be a most Inter
esting event. The Dublin lodge of
Masons has charge of the ceremonies
and they have Invited the Dublin lodge
of Odd Fellows and tba Oconee Gem
lodge of Knights of Pythias to assist.
In addition all the Masonic lodges of
Laurens county and the Masonic
lodges of Eastman. Hawkinsvllle, Ten-
nille, Wrightsvllle and’ other near
places have been extended an Invita
tion to participate. Grand Master Max
Moyeihardt, of Rome, assisted by Past
Grand Master W. A. Davis, of Macon,
will have charge of the ceremonies.
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Helm Gets Rome Poetoffice.
The president has appointed Captain
T. J. Helm postmaster at Rome. This
ends a long fight so far .is the ap
pointing power Is concerned.
, There has been a great jjeal of talk
about charges'being brought against
Captain. Helm and It Is probable that
confirmation will be held up for some
time at least. So far as is known the
charges are cf a general nature. At
least if there Is any specific charges
they have not yet been revealed.
Willie E. Harp was also named far
the office at Jackson. . *
Two Gorglans-have been advanced
to higher grade In the navy through
the regular channel of promotion. Lletf.
tenant Emory Wlnship, the most pop
ular young officer in the navy, and
Lieutenant George Li P. Stone, both
from Georgia, were advanced by the
president’s nomination from lieutenan
cies of the junior grade to be full lieu
tenants. ' >'
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Court Cases at Columbus.
Judge W. T. Newman, of the United’
States district court, was occupied
four days the past week In hearing
cases at Columbus.
The court had several Interesting'
criminal cases beforo. lt. W. A. Walk
er, former postmaster at Geneva, in
Talbot county, was convicted of em
bezzling postofflee funds, hut was not
sentenced pending a motion for new
trial. Postofflee Inspector James Wad
dell, now of Philadelphia, but former
ly of Atlanta, was the principal wit
ness against Walker. The motion for
new trial will be heard on June 9.
Anderson Brewer, a negro, was con
victed of cutting open a mail sack and
was sentenced to serve three years
!n the penitentiary. He was sent
to Atlanta and will be confined In the
new federal prison.
Richard Hendricks was sentenced to
spend three months in jail on convic
tion of Illicit distilling. He will be
confined in the Tower In Atlanta. -
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A “Freeze-Out” Game,
That the Ice combine in Atlanta is
getting ready for the summer trade
was evidenced the past week when
the Atlanta Ice company applied to
the superior court for an amendment
to Its charter for the purpose of largely
increasing Its capital stock and enlarg
ing Its corporate powers.
The Atlanta Ice company Is one of
four similar concerns that have been
secured by a new company In which
Ernest Woodruff, former president of
the Atlanta Railway and Power com
pany Is largely Interested. The com-
painy was originally chartered In 1887
with a capital stock of $25,000, and
It asks the court for the privilege of
increasing thlB amount to half a mil
lion dollars.
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Presbyterian College for Atlanta.
Atlanta bids fair to have a Presbyte
rian college fostered and endowed by
the denomination In the state. This
nay come by the consolidation of two
well known Institutions of learning
In adjoining states that have an ag
gregate endowment of $600,000, which
it Is proposed to locate there or as an
entirely Independent Institution for
which funds amounting fo $200,000 will
bo raised for Its establishment. -
The two colleges which, are suggest
ed for consolidation are the South
western Presbyterian university, of ,
Clarksville, Tennl, and the Columbian '
Theological seminary, Columbia, S. C.
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New Railroad In 8lght. I
A new railroad has been projected
between Atlanta and Savannah. With- :
In a few days application will be
made to Secretary of State Phil Cook i
for a charter for the Atlanta and Sa- j
vannah Air Line Railway company,
which proposes to build a railroad In I
almost a direct lino between Atlanta I
and Savannab, a distance of 235 miles. ':
A number of well known Atlantans
are among those whose names are at
tached to the petition for charter.
The company proposes that Its prin
cipal office shall be located In Atlanta |
and that its capital stock shall not be
less thhn $100,000 nor more than $5,-
000,000. It Is projected, to run through
the- counties of Fulton, Henry, De-
Kalb, Rockdale, Newton, Jasper, Put
nam, Baldwin, Hancock Washington,
Jefferson, Johnson, Bulloch, Effingham
and Chatham.
AMERICA TU AJD SUFFERERS.
Cruiser Cincinnati Is Ordered to the
Island of Martinique.
The secretary of the navy, Moody,
has cabled the commander of the cruis
er Cincinnati, now at San Domingo
City, to proceed to Martinique and ren
der such aid as possible.
The Secretary of the navy found, af
ter consultation with Assistant Secre
tary Hill, that it would be safe to take
the Cincinnati away from San Domin
go, as quiet now reigns at the latter
place.
Mr*. *nfftl UpI< Two Years.
Mrs. Catherine Soffel, who released
the Bldd!e brothers from the Allegheny
county, Pa., jail last January, has been
sentenced to two years'in the penltea-
tlary for aiding and abetting in the
escape of prisoners.
BAILY OBJECTS TO
EMBASSY EXPENSES
Texan Says the President
% Exceeded Authority.
IT IS WRONG TO HONOR KING
Policy of American People Forbid
••Slobbering” Over Foreign
rionarchs and Puppets.
A Washington special says: A lively
debate occurred In the senate Satur
day upon an amendment to the army
appropriation bill offered by Mr. Daily
of Texas, providing that no part of the'
appropriation made by the measure
should be used In derraylug the ex
penses of the special embassy to the
coronation of King Edward VII of Eng
land. After considerable discussion
the amendment was withdrawn and
tho bill passed.
Subsequently Mr. Bailey offered a
resolution which will be considered
later, covering tho point of his amend
ment. Mr. Bailey's resolution fol
lows:
"That It is contrary to tho policy of
the United States to accredit to any
foreign government any embassador,
minister of other diplomatic, officer or
agent to especially represent the
United States at the coronation of any
hereditary prince or potentate.”
“That no power exists In the pres
ident of the United State.s to appoint
any embassador or agent and accredit
bim as the representative of the
United States to any government ex
cept by and with the advice and con
sent of the senate, as prescribed In
section 2, article 1, of the constitution
of the United States'.”
"If,” said Mr. Bailey, in discussing
hlB amendment, “we are to send a
special embassy to the coronation of
this monarch In Great Britain, we must
hereafter send an embassy to the coro-
atlon of every monarch or else give
an effrent to the nation concerned.
"If It be true that we have sent
embassadors to the coronation, of Eu
ropean rulers, I ask If special embas
sies have ever been sent to the Inau
guration of the president of the United
States? Are they entitled at our hands
to what they do not give to us 7
"What I protest against," said the
. Texas senator, "Is this: That the great
est republic In the world shall perform
for a monarchy what monarchies do
not perform for us.”
He said that, of course, if represen
tatives of this government were to be
sent to a cornatlon they ought not
to pay their own expenses.
It was pointed out by Mr. Lodge that
the power of the president to send
a special agent was established thor
oughly by practice. It wfls clear that
he had such authority.
Mr. Money, of Mississippi, protested
against the sending of a special em
bassy to thh coronation of any king
or .potentate, not approving of having
a representative of the United States
cool bis heels in the corridors of any
monarchy. He thought It entirely
unnecessary tp appoint an extraordi
nary embassador In this instance when
the United States already had an am
bassador accredited to Great Britain.
Mr. Hoar said he sympathized with
the statement that the United States
should not pay a tribute to any nation
which that nation did not pay to us.
Mr. Bailey explained that he was op
posed to the assumption by the pres
ident that he had authority to appoint
ambassadors to any country without
the consent of the senate.
OBSTACLE TO COMBINE REMOVED.
Cash Capital to Consolidate Yarn
Mills Is Forthcoming.
A View York dispatch says: The
$60,000,000 combination of the South
ern yarn mills Is now rapidly nearing
completion. Saturday It was given out
that the working cash capital had been
provided, thus faking away all impedi
ments to active formation.
TWO KILLED BY AIR SHIP.
Daring Aeronaut and Assistant Hurled
to Death in Explosion.
Severn, the aeronaut, and one of his
assistants, were killed by the explo
sion of Severo’s air ship In making a
trial trip at Paris, France, Monday
morning. When the skip was high In
the air the spectators were horrified
by a bright flash of light, followed by a
loud explosion. The balloon fell rap
idly, landing on tho roof of a house.
The aeronaut fell into the street ahd
was dashed to pieces. The engineer,
who accompanied him, was burned .to
death.