Newspaper Page Text
-
f£ f
m
UNCLE SAH FOLLOWS
GERMANY’S LEAD
Marines Needed at This
Venezuelan Pori.
TO PROTECT NON-COMBATiNTS
Row in Little South American Re*
public Reaches Critical Stage.
Minister Bowen Cables.
Minister Bowen, at Caracas, advised
tho state department Monday that the
Germans Intend to land a naval force
at Porto Cabello to protect German In
terests there which are threatened by
the uprising now In progress. The
minister advised that we follow suit
After a conference between the of
ficials of . the State and navy depart
ments .Instructions were cabled to
Commander Nichols, of the Topeka,
to proceed from La Guayra to Porto
Cabello and to land a naval force In
case of attack. The Topeka has al
ready left for Porto Cabello.
The following Instructions were ca
bled to the Topeka:
“Be ready to land force In case of
attftek of port for protection of Ameri
can Intsrests find for protection of for
eign property*olso If requested. Pre
vent bombardment without due no
tice. DARLING,
*. “Acting Secretary.”
There appears to be no question as
to the right of tho German naval
forces to land for the protection of
German Interests. It In no way In
volves the Monroe doctrine. Germany
has been keeping close watch on Vene
zuela for some months, and at one
time contemplated taking a Venezue
lan port In older to compel the pay
ment of certain German claims. It
was In that connection that the Ger
man ambassador at Washington. Dr.
von Holleben, made Inquiry of Presi
dent Roosevelt and the state depart
ment as to whether such a move by
Germany, for the sole purpose of col
lecting a claim and not for the pur
pose of territorial expansion, would
meet with any disfavor by tho Ameri
can government. The response of tho
United States left Germany free to
act, as the assurance that no territo
rial extension was intended removed
the case from the operation of the
Monroe doctrine. Ttje present landing
of a Grman force hrs no connection
with Germany's former move against
Venezuela, although assurances here
tofore given by Germany serve In the
present case to show that there Is no
ulterior purpose behind the protection
Of German interests at Porto Cabello.
Minister Bowen, later in the day. ca
bled the state department that the
revolutionists have cut the cable at
Barcelona. -
SOLD OUT TO TRUST.
. .... . . jj.
TO DISBAND GUARD
/•Pro
Proposition Now Before Georgia
Governor—Dissention lu
Ranks the Cause.
News comes from Atlanta, Gs., that
It is probable that Governor Candler
will be asked to disband the Gate City
Guard at the request of a majority of
the officers of the Fifth regiment; The
grounds on which disbandment will
be asked will be "for the good of the
regiment,", and a showing will be
made to tbs' governor and adjutant
general to the effect that the company
is an ineffectual military organisa
tion; that certain irradlcal factions
exist among the members, which make
harmony Impossible, and that the best
Interests of the company would be
subserved by disbanding It.
This conclusion was reached at a se
cret meeting of a number of well-
known officers of the regiment held
on Thursday night last, and the plan
was further confirmed at a meeting
held Pridhr morning. It Is said that
Governor Candler has been approach
ed on the subject, and, after going
over all the details, expressed the
opinion that disbandment would, tin
der the circumstances, be the best
thing for the regiment and all con-
cerned.
Those present at the conferences of
Thursday night and Friday morning
were: Lieutenant Colonel Clifford An
derson, Regimental Adjutant Burton
Smith,vjtyjor W. w. Barker, Major
Patton^ of Rome; Majot Thomas Par
rott, and Captain B. W. Bizzell. Ev
ery effort was made to keep thp sub
ject matter of the cduference secret,
but In some way It leaked out and was
the all-absorbing topic of .conversation
In military circles.
None of those who attended the con
ference will talk, but other members
of the regiment are free In expressing
their views, and seem to think that
disbandment Is practically an assured
fact.
• If Governor Candler decides to dis
band the Gate City Guard, the charges
now pending against Captain James F.
O’Neill, which have not yet reached
the governor, will fall to the ground
without further action.
The deafre on the part of the officers
to have the guard disbanded had Its
origin In various causes and was
brought to a direct head when the re
cent fight was made. It Is said that It
is Impossible to bring about a spirit
of harmony among the members un
der present, olrcumstances, and with
out a better feeling the company will
be continually rent asunder with fac
tional differences which now destroy
Its usefulness.
BILL ARFS LETTER
Bartow Man T ai Sizzling Boast
For Indiscreet Prof; Slec d;
CREATOR HADE BLACK RACE INFERIOR
And 8tatus Will Never be Changed,
No Matter What Is Written.
Bill “Subs” For Absent
Cook.
BRYAN hKTTLKS THE QUESTION.
Oldest Shipbuilding Company In Ike
United States la Taken Over.
The shipbuilding plant of the Har
lan ft Hollingsworth company at Wil
mington, Del., covering 50 acres of
ground, wee sold Monday night to the
United States Shipbuilding Company,
a syndicate In which Is represented
by shipbuilding plants of Lewis Nix
on at Ellxabethport, N. J.; the Neafio
ft Levin company, of Philadelphia;
the San Francisco Iron works, the
Newport News Shipbuilding Company
and several other- minor shipbuilding
plants throughout the country, for a
consideration of 91,600,000.
The Harlan ft Hollingsworth com
pany has been In existence tor sixty
years, and It was the first shipbuild
ing establishment to turn out an Iron
steamship in the United States, and
- since that time the company has built
vessels for all parts of the'globe.
Girl’s Throat Cut by Negro.
While Miss Susie Clark was alone
In her fatber's bouse Monday morning,
near Vaucluse, S. C., she was sbt upon
by an unknown negro, who beat her.
Into Insensibility and then cut her
throat. * •»*
Vehemently Denies that He'Is Seeking
Another llemocraUo Nomination.
William J. Bryan settled for all
time the rumors that he ,wlU be a
candidate for president In 1904 In an
Interview Friday while on the way to
Danville, Ills. Colonel Bryan, when
shown newspaper reports that he
might again be a candidate, was much
nettled, and expressed himself In no
uncertain manner. He said he wanted
the matter settled right now, so there
could be no further question. The.
Mason City interview, be said, waa un
reliable.
"I will not be a candidate for presi
dent In 1904," said Mr. Bryan, "while
I .would not promise never to' be a
candidate again under any circum
stances. I havo no plans looking to
the future nomination for any office.
I am perfectly content to do my edi
torial work. I shall continue to ad
vocate with tongue and pen reforms
which I believe to be necessary."
SEELY WANTS HIS “ SWAG.”
PACIFIC CABLE SEEMS ASSURED.
President and Attorney General Knox
Favor Company’s Preposition.' .
At a conference between President
Roosevelt and Attorney general Knot
at Oyster Bay Friday the conditions
ratification of congress
sary to graat auch
Included In the cable
osttton.
Request Unele Sam to Return Money
Taken from His Possession.
C. F. W. Neely, who les convicted
of Cuban postal frauds and afterwards
granted amnesty by the Cuban legis
lature. baa applied to the attorney gen
eral to be reimbursed for the money
found In bis possession at.tbe time of
hts arrest, amounting to $6,234. This
money wasment to Cuba as an exhibit
at the trial of Neely and waa returned
by the military government to the war
department , ‘
CONVICTS AS TAX ltl DUCEIIS.
Mississippi Makes Go d Showing for
Her Male Farm system.
Captain-J. M. Parch man. warden of
the Mlaslaaippl penitentiary, expreaaea
the bellep that the convict farm - sya-
Cable Company may lay
the Philippines wewTagr***®. ** a teduetlon ofthewuteriaxlery of
The condltloas an apyrovSlV Yp Iff cent iurtng the next*
president are regarded S*'particularly **ur ywara. ' >
favorable to tf|
Armoflr 1’acklt g Plant Denied.
At Memphis, Tenn., Tuesday fire de-
-stroyedjthe plant of the Armour Pack-
-. * Loss about 9116,000;
said to be uninsured. •
Little things fret ua more than big
ones. If i wjrlte that Neptune la six
teen hundred millions of miles from
the sun and It comes out in print six
teen millions it worries me. If I write
that tb e doctor sewed up hare lips and
it cornea out hair lips, I don’t like It.
The type didn't know that a rabbit
had a slit under Its nose. If I write
that I walked out into the garden to
let my choler down, meaning my an
ger, the typo thinks I meant my shirt
coCar, and so changes the spelling to
suit his own idea. But since I read an
editor’s defense in a New York paper
I feel better, for he says It la amazing
how few of these mistakes arc made
lv. the great dallies that have to be Lthls region,
rushed through- with lightning, speed.
The constant pressure on type setters
and proof readers Is tremendous, but
they rarely make any serious blun
ders, and the Intelligent reader, can
generally correct them In his mind.
And so I will not worry any more
about It. There are some little tblng3
that are of more consequence Just
now. Our cook has quit, and so has
the house maid—gone off to Rockmart
for a week or two—gone to a house
party, I think. That is all right, for
the cook has been faithful a long time
and needed rest. She la a good ser.
vant and keeps a clean kitchen, and
we have-had a house party ourselves
for several months. I have been sick,
but now wa are reduced to the regular
family of five-and have but little to
cook and can get along on two meala
a day. My wife arranged It for me
to fire up the stove and fill up the ket
tles and grind the coffee and put on
the hominy and then ring the be'.J for
the girls to get up and finish 'up the
breakfast. She said If I felt like It 1
mlgght sweet qut the hall and the
front veranda and settle up .the front
room. Well, of course, I had to'split
up some kindling and bring In the
atove wood, but I am getting along
fairly well and my wife thinks tbe
exercise la doing me good. Last night
she hinted that the veranda was badly
tracked up since the rain and needed
a good washing. So this morning I
turned loose the hose pipe on It and
she praised me a right smart and I
brought bar some roses from my gar
den. We 1st her sleep until breakfast
is ready, for she cleans up her room
and makes up two beds and then sews
all day for the grandchildren, but !
want that colored house party to
break up as soon as possible, for I
don’t hanker after this morning busi
ness is a regular J6b. Mrs. Mlmms
says she likes it, and I think she does.
She has a good room In the back
yard and good furniture and a band-
some lamp to read by, and her little
grandson lives with her, and I don’t
know of any colored woman that baa a
better time. In fact, I know of lots of
good negroes In town who are con
tented with tbelr situation and wilt
continue so If they are let alone by
the northern fanatics and southern
cranks.
What erase has come over that man
Bleed to cause him to write such
fool piece for tbe Boston magaslne?
What good can It possibly do, even It
it was true? But It la not true and
only the product of a diseased Imagi
nation. I would write hard things
about him but for his family connec
tions. For their take he had better
have smothered bis feelings and bis
pen. The Atlantic Monthly has never
shown any love for the south, and why
should be select that as organ passetb
comprehension. Professor Bledd says
the negro Is an Inferior rate. Then
why doea be Insist that we give him a
place In our own churches and hotels
and railroad cars?
It was the work of tbe Creator that
made him Inferior, and be will remain
to—and neither education nor misce
genation will ever change-It to fur as
social equality Is concerned. Moses
violated the law of God when be mar
ried that Ethiopian woman, and he
had to discard her, and Aaron and
Miriam chided him for K long after
wards. Numbers. xlL The story goes,
according to Josephus, that the Egyp;
liana wUr* at war. with thq Ethlo-
plans and had suffered defeat In «y*ry
battle until Pharaoh was advised Oat
‘no one could command’his army suc
cessfully but Moses. So Mote's was
given'command and be marched with
the. army to the borders of Ethiopia
and met the Inemy and defeated them
and then marched on- tb Saba,- the roy
al city, and attacked fhe walls, and
Tbarbls, the daughte? of tbe king,
saw Moses from the window of her
tower, and he was so handsome that
she fell desperately In love with him
and sent a messenger to bim to say
that if he would marry her she would
surrender the city and army to him.
Moses agreed to this and their mar
riage waa at once consummated. Then
Moses returned, with bis’ victorious
army to Egypt. He did not take with
him hla Ethiopian wife, but not long
after, he married Zlpporah, the daugh
ter of Jethro; tho Mldianlte.
So we mutt suppose that Moses mar
ried the Ethiopian princess as a war
measure and with no idea of keeping
his promise.- At any rate it caused
trouble and shame In the family, and
so it has done ever slaco whenever a
white person mates with a negro.
What a monstrous falsehood to say
that the southern negro is dehuman,
lted. Right here''la our town every
negro mechanic Is employed at good;
wages. Blacksmiths, carpenters, ma
sons, painters, draymen are all busy.
Cooks,, nurses and washerwomen find
uciidtant employment—and they are
not on'.y contented, but sometimes
dare to be merry, and laugh. Where did
Sledd get all that rot about kicking
and cursing and beating tbe negro?
We never hear of such treatment In
Mr. Milam, a truthful
gentleman, whose business keeps him
on the street, told me the other day
that he bad heard but one oath ut
tered by anybody within a year, and
that wag by a northern man towards
a negro whew asked him a civil Ques
tion. Dehumanized, Indeed! Ask
Tribble and Brown who give their
shop the moat patronage. What ridic
ulous tolly to demand scats in our
churches for' the negroes. They have
churches of their own that were built
ma!n!y by the charity of the white
folks. They don’t want seats in our
churches. They have schools of their
own that we support, and they hare
excursions and baseball and water
melons and funerals and Daughters ol
Zion. Oh, for shame on Sledd! I pity
hla family # and his kindred. He thinks
he has found a mare’s nest, and for
lack of something fresh has raked up
Sam Hose again. He laments the
lynchings. 'but not the outrages, and
he proposes a remedy. Mr. Sledd can
set this down—that the lynchlngs will
not atop until the outrages do. When
a negro dehumanises himself and be
comes a beast he ought to be lynched,
whether It Is Sunday or Monday. Let
the lynching go on. This la the sen
timent of our people, and let Boston
and The Atlantic Monthly and Sledd
howl. Wc are used to that Not long
ago we had a lynching In Rome that
was to my notion. The beast waa
strung up in Broad street In the day
time and shot to pieces and nobody
was disguised. The town marshal and
policemen and a military company,
and the governor wasn’t tar away, bui
not a soul said nay. That suits me ex
actly.—Bill Arp, in Atlanta Constitu
tion.
OKB ADVERTISING BATES
ABB EXTREMELY LOW, AND
ABE A GREAT INDUCEMENT
FOB BUSINESS MEN TO PAT
RONIZE OUB COLUMNS. TBT
US. '
NEWSY CLEANINGS.
My 'Hair
"1 bad a very severe, sickness
that took off all my hair. I pur
chased a bottle of Ayer*# Hair
Vigor and it brought all my hair
b * Ck Qnhin, MlSsellles, III.
One thing is certain,—
Ayer’s Hair Vigor makes
the hair grow. Thic is
because ft is a hair food.
It feeds 3he hair and the
hair grows, that’s all there
is to it. It stops falling
of the hair, too, and al
ways restores color to
gray hair.
$1.(0 ■ MO*.
If your druggist cannot supply yon,
■aajajjngs dollar and. wewlUsaprass
■and Ul ono .
you a bottle. Baauraand
of rrar ’TcIayErco®
the
Addreta,
ill, MU*.
Liver Pills
That’s what you need: some
thing to cure your bilious
ness. You need Ayer’s Pills.
Want your moustache or beard a
beautiful brown or rich black? Use
la tUe oldait and suit buainewcoUese in Va. cun,
tag iu building—a grand new one No vacations.
Ladies Cl gentlemen. Bookkeeping .Shorthand.
Typewriting, Fcnuamhip, Telegraphy,
'’Leading busineaa callage aeuth el the Pi
aher.'—Philo. Stenographer. Address,
r.‘—Philo. Stenographer. Address,
G- M. SmithdeaL President. Richmond. Va.
Mafsby& Company,
«1< a Forsyth- Be.,Atlanta, Oa
Engines and Boilers
Mwa Water Boater#, Steam Pump* and
Pemberthy InJeCtora.
Good peaches were never more plen
tiful nor cheaper.
It Is estimated that there have been
28,000 cases of cholera In the Philip
pines.
Mrs. Neal Campbell has been arrest
ed In Chicago, on the charge made by a
rlilld of trafficking In infants.
Orders bare been Issued to electrical
companies ill Baltimore, Md.. to place
wires under ground within 9ix months.
Richard Henry Stoddard pronounced
an eulogy on his dead wife at her
grave, this being the ouly funeral cere
mony.
The anti-trust conference proposed
by the Czar will be Ignored, It Is said,
by all the Powers, Including the United
States.
A mammoth plant will be built at
once In Richmond, Va.. by tbe Imperial
Tobacco Company, of Great Britain, to
fight tbe American Trust.
Archbishop Island In n sermon coun
seled Catholics to refrain from agita
tion of the Philippines friar problem,
and defended the Administration.
Mrs. Anna V. L. Pierson, widow of
Dr, William Hugh Pierson, Inventor of
celluloid, committed suicide by ban*
Ing at her borne In Gleu Ridge, N. J. -
With the black cap over bis head.
George . Robinson Waited to be hanged
at Wise Court House, "Va., while the
Sheriff went -to buy a second rope, tbe
drst having broke.
Manufacturaro-ana Dealer* in
SA w MZZjZjI
Cora-Mllla. Toad Mill*, Cotton Gin
ory and Grain Separator*.
SOLID and INSKBTKD Sana, Saw Teatb and
Look*. Knight’s Patent Don, Blrdaoll Sow
Mill and Knglno Kepalr*. Governors, Orate
Catalog**
For yean 1 had been, a- sufferer with
chronic stomach trouble, pressure of gee
and distress of my bowels. I contracted
what the doctor pronounced a low type
of malaria. I could not take eolid food
at all, and only a. very little of the light-
eet diet would- create fever and vomit
ing. The druggist sent me a box of Ri
pens Tubules, saying he sold more Bi-
pans than anything else for stomach
trouble.' I not only found- relief, but be
lieve I have been- pfrmanentljr cured.
At druggists.
The Five-Cent packet is enough for an
ordinary oocasion. The family bottle,
00 cents, contain* • supply for a year.
Hawkre’ Spectac ea are ao’d bv tea' thousand
merchant*throughout theUnlted States. Mover
peddled. None genujo* without “lUwkoe” In
stamped oa tram*. Take ae halt
•y*saay bo Injured.
, hattettoe*—your
DROPSY
It is authoritatively announced that
Ford
Bear-Admiral Lord Charles Beregfoi
will visit tbe United States this fall to
■ttuly the United Statea Navy an|l In
quire Into tbe workings of Morgan's
shipping trust.
A- ring has been, constructed In the
yard of the State prison at Jackson.
Mli-li., gnd a circus performance, last
ing nn hour nnd n half, given for tbe
eonticts. The full program of tbe cir
cus was given, and tbe audience en
joyed tbe show Immensely. _
mrssoxL
AUsota* Oa.
ottoHoHotaoHoHoHoHoHoHolioHolt
1 HEADACHE, f
2 -If feverish CONDITIONS w
s 11 AND COLDS CURED BY o
J WcfA^UDIN IS |
ft v Sold by all Druggists. f
•tottoMoR/oMOMoMostoztoatostoitoito
NEW PENSION LAWSUt*
Apply SWNAT11AM HICKFOUD. 014 V US,