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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 nila and the prospect that Manila will succeed Hong Kong as the emporium of the east. HERE is a medical lecture in a nutshell. The Kid neys drain water and im purities from the blood. The Liver makes bile and helps to drive off other waste. If these organs work badly the body becomes a cesspool and disease sets in. You must get them into healthy action or die. DdßUcLecin's livewKWalra Is an old and unsurpassed rem edy for Backache, Debility, Sleeplessness, Lost Appetite, Foul Tongue, Palpitations and all other symptoms of disease in those organs. It cures as well as prevents every serious trouble in Kidney, Liver or Bladder. At druggists, $l.OO per bottle. THE DR.J.H.MCLEAN MEDICINE CO. •T. LOUIS. MO. , CUBAN HtLicr ~ Colic, Neuralgia ami Toothac | IWISIVI Vj a minutes. Soar otomaef tart Summer Complaints. Price, G. W. DeLftPerriere, Winder, Ga. TIES TREATMENT FROM ■ OR. BUS OF COWlfl You Frequently Read of Remarkable Cures of People® who Live Away off; But read Below of one Cured K Near Your Door. 1| THE ENDORSEMENT OF THE WIFE OF A PROMINENT BUSIKofI MAN AND FARMER AND EX-DEPUTY SHERIFF OF JACK** COUNTY. I- Winder, Ga., June 22d, 1899. m This certifies that I have been afflicted fora period of about®,' fifteen years, and at times I have suffered intensely. I have ben®! treated by sixteen different physicians aud used qu anties of paint® medicines, I had almost despaired of relief or recovery, but decii>HL ed to take treatment fiom Dr. Edward Banks, of Bowman, Gs.®fc After taking treatment from Dr. Banks for thirty days, my healt!iH|j* was decidedly better than it had been in fifteen years. lam rejoiced®, to say that I have been relieved wonderfully through the instrumea-®i tality of Dr. Banks, and heartily recommend him tc my friends and suffering women everywhere. Very Respectfully, H Mr3. Robert Patrick, Winder, Ga, ® Read What the People of My Home Town Say, ft.' Bowman, Ga., May 3rd, 1898. I We the undersigned certify that Dr. Edward Banks has practiced® medicine in Bowman for a per iod of about three years, and many pro® pie have gained health through his instrumentality. Wo regard® Dr. Banks as being a faithful, conscientious physician, P. Zellar, Pres. John Gibson Inst. J. S. Colvard, Prof. L. C. Brauyon, u “ J. A.fGinn, Merchant, G. W. Hand, A. S. Johnson, M. D. W. N, Brown, Clerk, S. IL Walker, M. D. M. F, Adams, N. P. S. B. Seegar, Merchaut. 1 treat the following diseases: Nervous and Spinal diseases, Coo- 1 sumption iu its inscipient stage and Lung diseases, Diseases of to* heart, Liver, Kidneys, Bladder etc. Diseases that are specially peculiar to women, such as Diseases of Uterus, Ovaries, etc. Indeed, afflicted people who are suffering from Chronic troubles are invited to ee®® 9 personally. If notconvenient to do this writea for list of printed q^ l " tions to be answered if you desire treatment. Read The Endorsement of an Influential Tlafl ®l Forsyth County. Coal Mountain, Ga,, June 3d, This is to certify that Dr. Edward Banks has been treat' 13 ? me for Chronic trouble for three weeks. 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