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THE COURANT AMERICAN.
VOL. XIX.
THE SPEECH
OF “BILL ARP”
On the Occasion of the Delivering
of the Crosses
T 0 CONFEDERATE VETERANS-
Jefferson Davis Likened to Na
poleon, Being: Defeated and
Imprisoned.
I if a citizen of the planet Mars
ffere to visit our earth and drop in
upon us this morning he would
V erv naturally inquire what we
were doing and what all this cere
mony was about.
; \Ve would reply: “Col. Mars, you
are from a warlike planet ana can
readily understand that we have
gathered here to place the badges
of honor upon our veteran heroes.'
Some thirty-five years ago we had
a four year’s war down here; a ter
rible war, and we are just now re
warding our surviving heroes with
these insignia of their service and
valor. Our women are doing this,
the Daughters of the Confederacy.”
Then the Col. would ask: “But
why this long delay? Did you not
whip the fight long years ago?”
“No, we were overcome and over
whelmed by numbers and forced
to surrender.”
When Frances the first lost the
great battle of Favia he wrote a
hurried letter to his mother, and,
said: “All is lost save honor.”
And so it was with us. We were
overrun and plundered, but we
preserved our honor and principles
though charged with treason. Our
chieftains were imprisoned or had
to fly the country, but all is well
that ends well, and we are at last
free to hold up cur heads and de
clare that our cause was just and
to hold our annual reunions.
No doubt Col. Mars would be
amazed at ti e thrilling and pathetic
story that we would relate for the
people of that planet have for ages
studied the arts of civilized war
fare, and do honors to the heroes,
whether they be the victors or the
K vanquished.
■ But as Dr. Palmer said in his j
■ great speech at Louisville. His
■ tory has never failed to justify the
■ just. History probes to the bot
■tom of all events, boils down the
■caldron, winnows away the chaff
■and gets at the truth of everything.
■The maxim of all the great histor
■ianslike Xenophon, Guizot, Hume
■Buckley, Carlvsle and Froude is,
■let justice be done tho the heavens
uall.
The poet Herbert says God’s
“ill grinds slow but sure, and
Longfellow rendered it:
Ine mills of Oou grind slowly,yet they
grind exceeding small,
0 "ith patience He stands w iting
wiili exactness He gr id ail.' 1
Dr, Palmer declared that our
oiil war was not hastily fought,
nor was it precipitated suddenly
- any effervescence of human
passion, Tor half a century it had
, ee ” growing like a tumor on the
0 } politic until the time comes
1110 durst or be removed by a
°°dy knife. These was an in
congruity of thought and a couplet
o interest between the north and
e south, between the cavalier and
‘ e , L*uri'a l, le ween federalism
1,1 '!. ueil rocracy, between slavery
reedomthat was irreconcilable.
0r mos t conservative stct;smeu
t , t_ aS ebster and Clay stood in
lnr - ea | * or a ( l uarter of a cen
} and labored for peace and the
LT ation tlle un ion without
Redding of blood.
s ejster "’ho immortalized him
m his reply to Hayne in his
trm a^C i recautec E the federal doc
in hD i at he bac * maintained and
liver V ast , an d greatest speech de
the rick! Ca P on S P rin g s . admitted
firm, 11 ° a state to withdraw
him 1C un i° R ' That speech shut
Own °, Ut fr ° tU Faneul Hall in his
the in te ; where he had long been
was C ° b ' s P eo Pie- That speech
Puhii XC ! Uded from Fis orations
death r- 111 six volumes after his
whn r. Fxc inded not by his son
Puhli ? m P lled his works,but by the
tile sal erS f" dlo Sa^d ** injure
a ner-, e ° tbe volumes and piove
SumT," 3 ?' loss to *”>• Tht
Kersiti r "^ of Brown’s Uui-
Bic sch^fi Ud now of Chicago pub
eiareH ° System ’ has recently de-
Puwer that oration of B reat
his last im VVebster w as right in
the civil tterances > and that since
which ti, War evtr y principle for
Wht v le , south seceded and
8111 ba s been decided in its fa
vor by the supreme court of the
United States. As Dr. Palmer well
said, the north did not dare to try
Mr. Davis or anyone else for treason,
for congress was privately assured
by Chief Justice Chase and his as
sociates that there was no treason
in secession, and Mr. Davis could
not be convicted.
But this is enough on this line
of thought.
There is in the heavens a con
stellation called the Southern Cross,
a bright and beautiful constella
tion named by Royer in 1679. It
is declared in astronomy to be the
most celebrated constellation in the
southern heavens, and consists of
four beautiful and brilliant stars,
compressed in the shape of a cross.
That cross is symbolic of the beau
tiful badge that our southern maids
and matrons are today offering to
southern veterans. For 1900 years
the cross has been the emblem of
virtue or of valor or of both in all
Christendom. Constantine declar
ed he saw it in the southern heav
ens, and said “by this sign we
shall conquer.” Henry Ist and
King Richard adopted it for the
insignia of their banners during
the crusades, and still later Na
poleon Bonaparte in 1802 estab
lished a legion of the cross which
still* survives, and the descendants,
of those soldiers who wore that
cross are still honored and are still
pensioned from the interest of funds
that Napoleon set apart for his
heroes. Napoleon was defeated
and imprisoned, but the reward of
valor still goes on. Our chieftain
was imprisoned and is dead, but
our women have not forgotten our
heroes and hence they have gath
ered here today to perpetuate their
va'or and reassert the justice of the
cause for which they fought. Deo
Vindice is their motto. Mottos
have always been written or stamp
ed upon badges of merit or of
honor. Originally these mottos
were the war cry of the Knight,
but later on in the centuries they
consisted of any short expressive
sentence as t iat of Chevalier Ba -
ard, “without fear and without re
proach,” ud I cannot conceive of
a more fitting motto for a confed
erate veteran than that which
adorns these badges “Deo Vindice.”
In Heraldry there are now but
three classes of badges with mot
t es. Those for states, kingdoms
and governments, those for com
munities and corporations and those
ior persons or their families. These
beautiful badges appropriately
named the southern cross are of
the third class, and, we trust, will
be gratefully received from our
confederate daughters and handed
down as precious heirlooms to
children and children’s children.
Would that Winnie Davis, the
peerless daughter of the confed
eracy, were alive to approve of and
smile upon these ceremonies all
over this southern land. Our faith
is that her disembodied spirit is
smiling in heaven.
NATIVE RISING-
Trouble in a New Phase Breaks
Out In Africa-
Lo idon, June 16.—Rumor is
rife that Lord Roberts is negotiat
ing with Kruger and Botha through
their wives regarding terms of sur
render.
Cape Town, June 16. —A native
rising has occurred in Gambia col
ony. Two British commissioners
and six members of the police have
been killed by Matidinagoes.
London, June 16. —The only
South African news of importance
this morning is the telegram from
Cape Town announcing that the
ministerial deadlock is relieved.
Sir John Gordon Springg hopes
to have the ministry formed by
Monday and it is believed Risieness
will accept the portfolio.
London, June 16 —A dispatch
from Laing’s Nek says:
Christian Botha’s next stand
will be at Paardekop, but with a
reduced force. The German am
bulance captured by Buller has
been sent to Durban whence it will
be allowed to return to the Trans
vaal via Delagoa bay.
London, June 16. —The war of
fice has received the following
from Roberts:
“Pretoria, June 16. —Rustenburg
was occupied yesterday morning
by Baden-Powell. The column
starts from this place tomorrow to
meet Baden-Powell and repair the
telegraph between Pretoria and
Rustenburg. Hunter is moving
from Potchefstroon. His advance
brigade expects to reach Johannes
burg Tuesday.”
T*T CURtS WHERE ALL ELSE FAILS. ' KJ
U Beat Cough Syrup. Taatet Good. Cse B
in time. Sold by druggista.
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CARTERSVILLE, GEORGIA, THURSDAY. JUNE 21, 1900.
A ROME BOY
FELL IN SEWER.
Little Hall Cheney Meets Singular
and Horrible Death-
HE WAS MISSED FOR HOURS,
And Finally Found in River Near
Mouth of Sewer in Which He
Was Drowned,
Rome, Ga., June 17. —One of the
saddest accidents in the history of
Rome occurred yesterday after
noon. Hall, the eight-year-old son
of Mr. and Mrs. Alvin D. Cheney,
was drowned in a large sewer and
the body swept into the Oosta
naula river, from where it was re
covered by large dray nets this
morning.
The circumstances are particu
larly heart-rending. Yesterday af
ternoon at 2 o’clock the lad came
down with his father to carry home
a purchase for his mother. The
last seen alive was at the Masonic
temple corner, when his father
gave him the umbrella and t-ld
him to hurry home. Heavy rains
fell between 2 and 3 o’clock flood
ing the sewers to their capacity.
An open sewer on the opposite
of Fourth avenue from the Masonic
temple sweeps down at a sharp in
cline and empties its waters into
the .Oostanaula.
When Mr. Chenev went home
at 7 o’clock he inquired for the
boy. Mrs. Cheney thought the
boy was with his father, so the l id
was gone some five hours before he
was aided by the police and many
citizens.
Absolutely no clew was obtained
until near 11 o'clock last night,
when Dr. Hamilton gave the first
conception of the child’s terrible
fate. While driving up town to
make a professional visit to the
country he saw an open sewer and
thought strange of it at the time.
He also saw Rufus Blake pick the
umbrella out of the water.
At 11 o’clock last night Dr.
Hamilton returned to the city, and
hearing of th ich Id’s disappearance,
at once imparted the information
to the distressed father. The um
brella wrs secured and identified
by Mr. Cheney as the one Hall
had. Then began the long search
for the body. It was established
beyond question that the boy could
g > through the sewer, and all night
the se; r h continued. Early this
morning the lifeless form was se
cured about fifty feet from the
mouth of the sewer.
No tragedy has shocked R nne
as has this one and the young
parents are prostrated. It is pre
sumed the lad was wadling in the
water, lost his footing and was
swept under before he could re
cover.
The “Deestrick Skule-’’
We have been requested to pub
lish the names of the “skollars”
that have been selected to take
part in the ‘‘Old Deestrick Skule.”
More will be selected when these
are properly classed. A complete
list will be published later.
Mayor Ford. Judge Fite, Maj.
C. H. Smith, Judge Milner. Judge
Harris, Judge Akin, Capt. J. J
Calhoun, Maj. Foute, Col Kirby
Anderson, Dr. Buford Green, Dr.
Calhoun, Dr. J. G. Green, Col.
Vivion, Prof. Daves, Col. Albert
Johnson, Dr. W. H. Felton, Col.
Jere F'ield, Col. Albert Strickland,
Capt. Hendricks, Maj. Crenshaw,
Dr. Baker, Capt. Milner, Col. Pat
terson, Jones Bros., Dr. R. B Har
ris; Messrs. G. H. Aubrev, Gran
ger, Sim Munford, M. F. Word,
Wikle, Murphey, Conyers,Dobbins,
Menkee,Crouch, Wofford, Vaughan,
Anderson, Wm. Graham, Tom
Lumpkin, Mank Young, Harris
Hall, George Hall, A. B. Cunyus,
Roberts, Gilreath, Galloway, Lara
more Akerman, Norris, Adair,
Milner, Joe Calhoun, John Cal
houn, Godfrey, John Brown.
Mesdames Marv F. Akin, Johnson,
W. H. Felton. C. H. Smith, Tom
Lumpkin, Clayton, G. H. Aubrey,
A. O. Granger, Albert Strickland,
Heyward, Posted, A. R. Hudgins,
Edwards, Munford, Daves, Wol
ford, Corley, Shelman, Vaughan,
S. P. Young. Lochrane, Chas. Wal
lace, W. R. Akerman, Green,
Susie Wallace. Tumlin, Conyers,
Milam, Milner, A. B. Cunyus,
Brumby, Sam Jones, Godfrev,
Bradley, Harris, Rogan.Ntel, Fite,
Mank Young. Calhoun, Patton,
Will Young, Morgan, C. M. Field,
Anderson, Branham, Ford, Bealer,
Joe Jones, Reneau Jones, Craig.
Misses Lillian Green, Calhoun,
Freenjan, Hall, Ford, Milner, Mun
ford, Cobb, Fannie Young, Mary
Lou Young, Heyward. Lucy Jones,
Granger, Hudgins. Neel, ’ Wikle,
Crouch, Anderson, Wallace, Mol
lie Hogue, Augusta Hogue, Au
brey, Lumpkin, Laura Roberts,
Attawav, Hood, Neal, Graham.
A rehearsal will be held at the
opera house tonight (Thursday)
at 8 o’clock.
CH NE' r FORT' CAPTURED.
Bytl e Int n tonal Fl**et- Empress
Oi •r> ne Fltfht-
London, June 19. China declar
ed war against the world when the
Taku forts opened fire upon the in
ternational fleet. The accounts of
what took place are stiD unsatis
factory, the best semi-official infor
mation being the dispatch received
at Berlin from Chee Foo, announc
ing the Taku forts had been cap
tured after a combined attack by
the foreigu warships. Three men
on the German ship litis were kiil
ed and seven were wounded. The
foreign settlements at Tien Tsin
were being fired into by the Chin
ese. Nothing had been heard from
the German detachment sent to
Pekin or the German legation
there.
The unofficial narratives coming
by way of Shanghai vary widely
and bear internal evidence of sup
plementing the main facts with
guess work. One dispatch says
that the Yorktown participated in
the bombardment. Another asserts
that American marines formed
part of the storming force of 2,000.
An Associated Press dispatch from
Chee Foo, dated yesterday, says:
“The forts on both sides of Taku
are now occupied. The Chinese
opened fire unexpectedly. The
casualties to the mixed foice were
as follows: Killed, British, one;
German, three; Russian, one;
French, one. Wounded, British,
four; German, seven; Russian, for
ty-five: French, one.
“Chinese torpedo boats were
seized.”
The Shanghai correspondent of
the Daily Mail, telegraphing yes
terday, says:
“The forts began firing in ob
servance to orders from Pekin,
convex ed in a personal edict of the
empress dowager, by advice of
! Kank Yi (president of the ministry
'of war.) Several warships were
struck by shells from the 12-inch
guns of the forts. The heavy Rus
sian losses weredue to the blowing
up of the magazine at Mandshur.
“Four hundred Chinese are re
ported to have heen killed. The
Chinee when retreating fell into
the h mds of the Russian land
force ”
The Daily News has the follow
ing from Chee Foo:
“Two of the' forts were blown
up. The thirty-two warships at
Taku aggregated 201,000 tons and
carried more than 300 guns.”
A dispatch from Che Foo under
today’s date says:
"The forces of the combined
fleets occupied the Taku forts yes
terday r fter exploding a magazine.
The British gunboat Algerine was
damaged and two of her officers
and four men were wounded.
“Japan and Russia are reported
to be landing a large force of
troops.
“All is quiet here.”
ANNUALCONFERENCE-
The Rome District Conference Con
venes In Cedartown,
Home Commercial.
The annual Rome district con
ference of the Methodist church,
convenes in Cedartown on Sunday,
July 29th, Dr. J. F. Mixon presid
ing.
Every pastoral charge in the
bounds of the district will be rep
resented by preachers and prom
inent laymen.
Homes will be provided for those
who attend and the people of Ce
dartown will give the visitors a
mo 4 cordial welcome.
The following are the names of
the ministers of the different
churches who will attend:
Rome, First church, Rev: J. H.
Eakes; Second church, Rev. W. T.
Hamby; Third church, Rev. W. F.
Colley; Howard avenue church.
Rev. A. M. Pierce; North Rome,
Rev. J. F. Davis; West Rome cir
cuit, Rev. C. H. Hartman; Everett
Spring, Rev. Mr. Chastain; Cave
Spring, Rev. W. C. Fox; Silver
Creek, Rev. C. C. Davis; Cedartow n,
Revs. T. R. McCarty and J. M.
Crow; Cartersville, Rev. W. R.
Branham; Dallas, Revs. W. S.
Gaines and E. G. Golden; Rock
mart, Rev. W. A. Harris.
Does Your
Baking Powder
Contain
Alum ?
Prof. Geo. F. Barker, M.D., University of
Penn.: “All the constituents of alum remain
(from alum baking powders) in the bread, and
the alum itself is reproduced to all intents and
purposes when the bread is dissolved by the
gastric juice in the process of digestion. I re
gard the use of alum as highly injurious.”
Dr. Alonzo Clark: “A substance (alum)
which can derange the stomach should not be
tolerated in baking powder.”
Prof. W. G. Tucker, New York State
Chemist: “I believe it (alum) to be decidedly
injurious when used as a constituent of food
articles.”
Prof. S. W. Johnson, Yale College: “I
regard their ( alum and soluble alumina salts)
introduction into baking powders as most dan
gerous to health.”
In view of such testimony as this,
every care must be exercised by
the housewife to exclude the over
and over condemned cheap, alum
baking powders from the food.
Baking powders made from cream of tartar, which
is highly refined grape acid,are promotive of health,
and more efficient. No other kind should be used
in leavening food. Royal Baking Powder is the
highest example of a pure cream of tartar powder.
ROYAL BAKING POWDER CO.. 100 WILLIAM ST., NEW YORK.
BOERS ARE PLUCKY.
Refuse to Surrender at Request of
Lora Roberts.
London, June 19. —Lord Roberts,
according to a Boer dispatch from
Machadodorp, sent a message to
Commandant General Louis Botha
on June 13 suggesting disarma
ment and complimenting the brav
ery of the burghers. It was sh >wn
that the surrender would be with
out dishonor to the burghers and
would prevent much suffering.
Gen. Botha asked for a six days’
armistice in order to confer and
consider. Lord Roberts consented
to five days. Finally Gen. Botha
declined to accept the proposal and
hostilities were renewed.
The Boer commandoes are retir
ing on Hiddelburg, followed by
the British cavalry and artillery,
occasional shells reaching the rear
guards. The Boers are destroying
the bridges and burning the veldt
behind them, carrying off provis
ions and cattle and leaving the
country barren.
Other advices from Machadodorp
say the Boers have an abundance
of arms and ammunition, with dy
namite and oxen, and that they are
preparing heavy wagon trains fora
retreat to Lydenburg district. The
chiefs, notwithstanding rumors to
the contrary, are determined to
make a stand.
The Boers continue to work the
Barbeton mines, says a dispatch
from Lorenzo Marquez,and there t re
eight carloads of bar gold, valued
at $500,000,000, with Piesident
Kruger.
President Steyn, in his procla
mation declaring the Free State
still free and independent, says
that the fact that the army is still
in tne field renders Lord Roberts’
annexation contrary to internation
al law.
In a dispatch to the war office
from Pretoria, dated yesterday,
Lord Roberts says that Baden-
Powell has just arrived there.
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are just what a horse needs when
in bad condition. Tonic, olood pur
ifier and vermifuge. They are not
food but medicine and the best in
use to put a horse in prime eondl.
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For sale by all druggists.
During the summer season
cramps come upon us unexpected
ly; you should be prepared for an
! emergency of this kind, as other
wise you will suffer agony for
hours. Keep a bottle of Paiti-
I Killer handy and go by the direc
tions on the wrapper, it will sur
prise you how quickly relief will
come. Avoid substitutes, there is
but one Pain Killer, Perry Davis’.
Price 25c. and 50c.
Picnic at Cedartown.
Mrs. Bart Cowden gave a de
lightful excursion and picnic at
Cedartown, Thursday, compli
mentary to her guests, Mrs. T. J.
Butler and Miss Lizzie Burkett, of
Macon.
Those of the party were Mr. and
Mrs. Cowden, Mrs. Butler, Miss
Lizzie Burkett, Mrs. J. P. Ander
son, Mrs, J. R. Anderson, Miss
Lottie Anderson and Miss Rosabel
Wise.
They went over to Cedartown on
the morning train and after spend
ing a most delightlul day, return
ed in the evening.
Forcible Facts.
One-sixth of the deaths from dis
ease are due to consumption.
Ninety-eight per cent, of all those
who have used Dr. Pierce’s Golden
Medical Discovery for “weak
lungs,” haye been perfectly and
permanently cured. Cornelius
McCawley, of Leechburg, Arm
strong Cos., Pa., had in all eighty
one hemorrhages. He says. ‘‘My
doctor did all he could for me but
could not stop the hemorrhages,
and all gave me up to die with con
sumption.” What doctors could
not do ‘‘Golden Medical Discov
ery” did. It stopped the hemor
rhages and cured their cause. This
is one case out of thousands. In
vestigate the facts.
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only. Send 21 one-eent stamps
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