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TILLMAN AFTER
THE WHITECAPS
Carolina Senator Says They Are
Rankest Cowards.
“TOLBERTS THE ROOT OF EVIL.”
Fiery Speeches at Farmers’ Insti
tute Meeetinß In Green
wood, S. C.
Senator Beu Tillman was tho speaker
at the farmers’ institute hold at Green
wood, S. 0., Wednesday. At the very
beginning of his talk he pitched into
the whitecappers, who have been ter
rorizing a portion of that section for
the past ten days, whipping inoffen
sive negroes.
The senator calls them white cow
ards and said they were a disgrace to
tho connty. He thought if the Tol
berts, the republican party leaders,
were still stirring up tho negroes they
ought to he dealt with.
If you waut to uproot tho evil and
kill the snake, go kill theTolbera, but
don’t abuse the poor, innocent black
wretches.
“The yunkees,” said the senator,
are watching us closely and the eyes of
the whole world are now on the race
problem in the south. They will take
advantage of everything of this kind
to abuse the south. You are just play
ing into the yankee’s hands. They
are wanting to cut down our represen
tation in congress because of our new
election laws, but otherwise there is
little better feeliug now between the
two sections, but this sort of thing
will arouse bad feeling. Why, just
look at that Jewett woman coming
down here and taking away the nigger
postmaster’s family. She comes from
Boston, the head and oenter of all dev
ilment. Tho yankecs are ready to take
up any such deviltry as this whitecap
ping business, and you people ought
to put a stop to this.”
'lue senator talked largely about
agricultural affairs, but later got into
national politics and denounced the
Philippine war, sarcastically scorning
McKinley’s benevolent assimulatiou.
“I have not asked for any army ap
pointment,” said ho, “because I don’t
thiuk any decent man ought to engage
in this outrageous war.”
The senator bragged about his part
in the armor plate hold-up, aud be
fore he closed he made bis usual at
tack upon the newspapers.
Congressman A. 0. Latimer, who
represents the Greenwood district,
was the other speaker. It was the
contest of Latimer’s seat by R. R.
Tolbert that caused the election riots at
Phoenix last November. He did not
refer to the present race trouble, al
though he took occasion to attack the
Philippine policy.
Vor Vimliont ion of Law.
In the afternoon a mass meeting
was held to denounce tbe wliitecap
ping. The prosecuting attorney of the
circuit made the opening speech and
the shcritY followed. They begged for
the vindication of the law and the
sheriff said he would arrest anybody if
he only knew who to arrest, but he
declared his iuability to find out who
was at the bottom of tho trouble.
Others spoke on the same hue, but
Rob Cheatham, who was one of the
election managers at the Phoeuix box
last November, whon Ethridge was
killed by the negroes, exploded a
bombshell. He cried excitedly:
“I’ve got a remedy for the trouble.
Drive out the Tolberts and whites and
negroes will live together peacea
bly. Rid the country of the Tolberts
and you’ll stop the trouble. I’ll lead
the crowd to rid the countiy of even
tho name or leave my wife a widow.”
Cheatham’s tire-brand talk was ap
plauded, but it was evident that the
majority were against him, net believ
ing that politics is tho cause of this
disturbance.
A man in shirt sleeves arose, and
vehemently begged his neighbors to
help him. His farm had been visited
aud all the negroes driven off by the
whitecappers. His wife is sick from
the excitement caused by the raids.
He has 175 acres of land in cottou and
can’t get a negro to pick it. Even a
well-digger he had temporarily em
ployed had been warned not to werk
for him.
The speaker was P. B. Brooks, who
is an industrious farmer living not
three miles from the courthouse.
Resolutions denouncing the white
cappers were adopted aud a committee
was appointed to investigate the trou
ble and report to another mass meet
ing to be held in tiie disturbed sec
tion.
The negroes are still taking to the
woods at night and many of them have
left their homes for good.
It is believed that political troubles
have caused the disturbance, as the
negroes have been quiet since tho No
vember riots.
OVER SEVEN MILLIONS.
An Estimate of Damage Done By
Recent Great Floods
In Texas.
E. 8. Holmes, Jr., an expert of the
statistical bureau of the department of
agriculture at Washington, has just
completed a report to Chief Statisti
cian Hyde of that department, embody
ing the results of a tour of the flood
devastated region of Texas, and mak
ing a careful estimate of the damage
done, the aggregate of which he
places at $7,414,000.
The report states that the greatest
damage was in McLennan Falls, Mi
lam, Robertson, Brazos, BurlesoD,
Grimes, Washington, Waller, Austin,
Fort Bend and Brazoria counties. Tho
number of farms submerged is estima
ted at 8,100, with a total area of about
1,380,000 acres nailer cultivation; 339,-
000 acres being in cotton, 124,000 acres
in corn, 10,000 acres in sugar caue and
28,600 acres in other crops, with a total
production in sight equivalent to about
$7,950,000.
Although nearly 90 per cent of the
total loss occurred in the destruction
of or injury to the growing crops, tho
damage to farm property and the
losses of live stock, etc., amount to
the large sum of $884,000. The land
itself is damaged by washing and gul
leyiug to the extent of over $200,000,
hut of this loss about oue-half is esti
mated as offset by the increased future
productiveness resulting from the al
luvial deposit left by the flood.
A conservative estimate of the actual
destruction includes about 227,000
bales of cottou, representing at an
average price of 4j cents per pound,
about $5,100,000:4,400,000 bushels of
corn, worth at 20 cents per bushel,
$880,000; Bugar cane to the value of
$355,000 and other crops estimated at
$335,000, a total loss to standing crops
of $6,570,000. The addition to this
amount of the loss to farm property
raises the total to $7,414,000, or about
$74 per capita of tho population of the
district, which is estimated at 100,000,
negroes largely predominating.
CIGAU.VIAKEKS WIN FIGHT.
After n Long Stnijtle In Tani|> the
Manufacturers Concede Demumla.
Aftor a combined strike and lockout,
lasting five weeks, during which time
twenty-two cigar factories in Tampa,
Fla., were closed and six hundred cigar
makers idle, the differences between
employees and employers were finally
settled at a conference held Monday.
The result is a complete victory for the
employees. The manufacturers grant
ed every demand made upon them,and
the changes made obligatory by these
concessions, will amount to virtually
a revolution in the methods of pro
ducing clear Havana cigars in the
United States.
The cigarmakers demanded the
abolition iu each factory of the scales
for weighing the “fillers” issued to
them. This was the main point at is
sue. Under the new rule, no check
will be kept upon the material issued
to the men for making into cigars.
Another demand was that all facto
ries adopt a uniform scale of wages.
Hitherto each factory had its own
scale, aud the cost of production of the
same grade of cigars varied consider
ably iu each house. This had its effect
ou wholesale and retail prices. Here
after the workmen who makes one
grade iu one factory will receive ex
actly the same pay as one who makes
tho same grade iu another.
There were a dozen miuor demands
and the workmen return to their places
with everything their own way.
MAYOR GIVEN ANOTHER CHANGE.
Atlanta City Council Calls Off Proposed
Investigation.
Before the Atlauta, Ga., city coun
cil Monday afternoon Mayor Wood
ward made a statement iu which he
promised positively that his indiscre
tions should cease, and that if he
erred again he would resign.
Acting upon this promise the coun
cil recousidered its action in appoint
ing a committee to investigate the
charges against the mayor. There
was only one vote against the motion
to reconsider, and that was the vote of
Aldermau Maysou. Mr. Mayson, who
was the chairman of the investigating
committee, opposed giving the mayor
another chance.
The reconsideration by council puts
a stop to the proposed investigation
of the mayor’s conduot aud practically
euds the entire matter.
AN UNUSUAL PROCEEDING.
Prominent Army Officer On Ketircxl 1.1 at
Auk* For Hlm Keftignutlon.
A Washington dispatch says: The
Resignation of Major Robert H. White,
United States army, retired, has been
accepted by the president. Major
White Mas iu the medical department
aud retired in July, 1898, at his own
request after thirty years’ service. He
was appointed from Virginia.
No reason is given for his resigna
tion, though he insisted upon it being
accepted. It is unusual for a retired
officer to resign, especially as he re
linquishes tho pay amounting to three
fourths of the rank he held at the time
ef retirement.
ANOTHER CALL
FOR TROOPS
Will Be Made By Administration,
Says Secretary Root.
FIVE NEW REGIMENTS PROPOSED
Governors of Respective States
Will Be Allowed to Name
Officers.
A Washington special says: Secre
tary Root stated positively Monday that
five new volunteer regiments are to be
established, and orders to that end
will be promulgated from the war de
partment in a few days.
This statement was made to Senator
Clay and Representative Adamson, of
Georgia, who called to consult the new
secretary about certain appointments.
Not only did Secretary Root ac
knowledge that it is the intention of
the administration to assemble with
out delay a force sufficient to put down
the rebellion in the Philippines as
quickly as possible, but he stated fur
ther that the administration proposes
to protect itself against scandal and
criticism in the matter of appointing
staff and field officers. It has been
rumored since Secretary Root’s recent
conference with the president at Lake
Champlain that a call for additional
volunteers might be made soon, but
this is the first official utterance of
Secretary Root on the subject.
Senator Clay and Representative
Adamson arrived at Washington Mon
day morning for the express purpose
of urging the appointment of certain
patriotio young Georgians who are
anxious to receive commissions iu the
army. It was during their interview
witli Secretary Root that the latter
made the announcement to the effect
that five new volunteer regiments are
to be organized at once.
After informing his Georgia visitors
that no more appointments can be
given to that state at present, Secre
tary Root added that there might be
opportunity in the immediate future,
as a call for additional volunteers is
about to be ordered. In reply to in
quiries concerning appointments in
the new volunteer regiments Secretary
Root respectfully informed Senator
Clay that political and social influence
will cut no figure in the selection erf
commissioned officers; in other words,
“rich men’s sons” and “social pets”
will not be rushed into army uniforms
regardless of their military qualifica
tions ns was the case in the early
stages of the w ar.
“We must commission men as offi
cers,” said Secretary Boot, “on ac
count of their superior qualifications
for active service, and will not, be
governed by political or personal
influence. In a few days a call will
probably be made for'several addition
al regiments of volunteers. It is my
purpose to ask the governor of each
state to recommend competent and
suitable men to fill the offices in the
varioun regiments. These oppoint
ments will be made only upon the re
commendation of the governor.
“Heretofore we have had much
trouble over apmwntments made from
civil life on accAnt of political pres
sure, and we propose to avoid the dif
ficulty by asking the governors to give
us men from their respective states
who had some military training or ex
perience in the militia service and are
subject to discipline. Under the cir
cumstances, I do not see any prospects
for any new appointments going to
Georgia until the new call is made.”
Secretary Hoot added that it is the
pnrpoae cf the administration to end
the war in the Philippines as early as
practicable.
Senator Cloy was somewhat disap
pointed, as he visited Washington at
this time solely to secure some army
appointments for ambitions young
men in Savannah. Senator Clay tried
to impress upon Seo*etary Root that
Savanuah had been eutirely over
looked in the military appointments
reoently made and therefore requested
special consideration for the names he
proposed. It was in reply to this ap
peal that Secretary Root made the
statement above quoted.
HUDSON HEARD FROM.
AdvlMi Hitch born of HU Progress In
Repairing Raised Spaaish Ship*.
Naval Constructor Richmond Pear
son Hobson was heard from by the
navy department Monday for the first
time at any length since he was as
signed to duty in charge of the Spanish
ships raised from Manila harbor and
now undergoing repairs at Hong
Kong.
His report is unusually interesting,
dealing in general questions, such as
the need of a large dock yard in the
orient, the increased shipping at Ma
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succeed Hong Kong as the emporium
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