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The Jones County News
M. C. GREENE, Editor and Proprietor.
BLUFF BY CASTRO
Dictator Gives Most Defiant
Answer to Uncle Sam.
ARBITRATION IS REFUSED
While Answer is Considered Insulting,
No Immediate Action Will Be
Taken, as Venezuela Has Best
of the Argument Just Now.
A Washington special says; Pres¬
ident Castro seem s to have called the
administration's bluff, and from pres¬
ent indications, the United States can
do nothing further. Minister Bowen
cabled that the Venezuelan president
had finally declined to submit to ar¬
bitration the claims of the asphalt
trust, holding that the case must take
its course in the Venezuelan courts
Castro seems to be in a position to sit
back and say; “What are you going
to do about it?”
It is known that Minister Bowen
commented pretty severely upon the
action of the Venezuelan president,
and it is understood the minister goes
to the extent of pronouncing the reply
insulting. The case in all its bear¬
ings was discussed at -the cabinet
meeting. The tendency was to min¬
imize the importance of the Venezue¬
lan reply, members of the cabinet
saying that it has no more effect
than to leave the situation where it
was a year ago, and there is a dispo¬
sition to believe that Mr. Bowen may
be needlessly excited.
In endeavoring to force Castro to
arbitration there is distinct reversal
of the policy of the government, which
has always been that claims of the
character of this one of the asphalt
trust must be settled in the courts
of the country granting concession
and Castro occupies, in consequence,
a position. /
Castro has executed a - shrew flank
movement by entering upon an agree¬
ment with the English and German
holders of Venezuelan bonds under
the terms of which sixty per cent of
the port receipts of all ports, save
La Guayra, and Puerto Cabello, are to
go to the liquidation of Venezuelan ex¬
terior debt. The receipts of the two
exceptions are now being applied to
the settlement of other claims, accord¬
ing to the protocols entered into
ir. Washington about a year ago. This
’ last agreement eliminates the possi¬
bility of European interference and
apparently leaves the United States
high and dry. There is nothing a
naval demonstration off Venezuelan
ports could accomplish, and the only
effect of such a move would be to
make this country ridiculous, So
far as can be ascertained, there Is
absolutely no w-arrant for any such
demonstration.
It is the indicated intention of the
president and Secretary Taft, who, in
the absence of Secretary Hay, is be¬
ing relied on for advice in matters
pertaining to foreign affai-rs, simply
to await further developments in Ven¬
ezuela. It is not believed that the
situation now is of such a character as
to warrant alarm. Indeed, the pres¬
ident is proceeding with the arrange¬
ments for his southwestern rtip with¬
out reference to the Venezuelan im¬
broglio.
It is regarded as possible that fur¬
ther developments in the Venezuelan
situation may be forthcoming in a few
days, but it is not believed in Wash¬
ington they will add to its serious¬
ness.
‘ How Castro Views Matter.
The World prints the following dis¬
patch from President Castro: “I have
received your telegrams. There is in
reality between Venezuela and Wash¬
ington n-J question of sufficient import¬
ance to occupy public attention and
worthy of attention by serious per-
sons. Your minister holds himself
aloof from the good understanding
that exists, but Venezuela will de¬
fend with ardor “ the common inter¬
ests and honor of both countries.
“CIPRIANO CASTRO.”
CLAIMS ROBBERY AS MOTIVE.
Sensational Attack on Express Mes
senger by an Ex-Mesoengcr.
M!al Pruett, Southern Express Com
pany messenger on Southern train No,
35, leaving Chattanooga for Memphis
Monday morning, was assaulted in
big car near Lookout station, by Wiil
Thomas, an ex-jnessenger.
He claims the assault was the re¬
sult of a personal difficulty, but Pru¬
ett claims that robbery was the mo¬
tive, and states that two packages of
money and a package of vouchers were
missing after he was assaulted.
KEEPS BUSINESS IN THE STATE.
New Insurance Law of Arkansas is
Construed by Attorney General.
On the request of an insurance com-
pany in Texas fo r a construction of
the new anti-trust law of Arkansas as
relating to insurance companies, At-
tornel General Rogers has rendered
an opinion to the effect that no in-
snrance company authorized to do
business in Arkansas can reinsure any
part of its liability in apy company
not authorized to do business in the
state.
YERKES IS SOLICITOUS.
Deplores “Political Peonage” In the
the South, in Speech at Banquet
In Honor of Vice President.
Threa hundred guests, including re¬
publicans of prominence from all parts
of North Carolina and other states,
attended the banquet of the Tar Heel
Club at Greensboro, N. C., Wednesday
night, at which Vice President Fair¬
banks and Revenue Commissioner
Yerkes were the principal guests c*
honor.
There was a tremendous ovation as
the vice president arose, and, after
a few preliminary statements, said he
would not make a partisan speech. He
told of the elimination of sectional
lines and raised much applause by re¬
ferring to General Joseph Wheeler's
pari in the Spanish-American war.
Republican government was ordain¬
ed to promote justice; to secure each
and all In the fullest possible enjoy
ment of equal right and privileges un¬
der the law. Every American must
stand before the law upon a plane of
perfect equality with his fellow-Amer-
icans. Our laws must be inspired by
a sense of justice.
Let us. safeguard the rights of
property; protect that which honest
and patient industry has acquired.
But first of all, and better than all.
preserve inviolate the rights of men
of low and high degree.
Political parties are essential in
popular government. They have ex¬
isted from the earliest days of tho
republic, and they will continue to the
end. It is of vital importance, there¬
fore, that they should be high-minded
and patriotic; that They should stand
for those measures which are whole¬
some and which tend to advance to
the utmost degree the public weal.
They should support sound and co*n-
servative policies which are the only
foundation of industrial and social
progress, and of enduring national
greatness.
The vice president was followed by
Revenue Commissioner John W.
Terkes, who delivered the longest ad¬
dress of the night, concluding at 11:45
amid the wildest applause.
Commissioner Yerkes spoke on “Po-
Itlteal Peonage in the South.” He
said in part': -------
“Your ancestors, men and vPhUien,
broke away from servitude, religious
and political, and sought freedom of
action of heart and conscience here.
They flung away family ties, tradi¬
tions, inherited belief, ancestral ten¬
dencies, when existing conditions,
dominant and rational, demanded the
surrender. They obeyed the call of
their present, and met the demands
of that present. Yet many of their
children, men of high standing and
admirable traits, today are democrats,
not because the present demands It.
but because a phantom, a specter, a
shade, a political bugaboo, made and
used for personal, selfish political in¬
terests and called negro domination,
frightens them from the path of
known civic duty and honest politi¬
cal action. The result is political pe¬
onage—political serfdom, thraildom to
a man of straw. That specter, and be¬
cause some say it is not respectable
to be a republican in the south, make
some of you dishonest politically.
‘‘You demand that the north and
east shall keep hands off and allow
you to work out certain problems,
which, though national, affect you pri¬
marily. You say, have confidence in
US. We know best. Dut, gentlemen,
do you always do best? Don’t we
know better than you do? Do you.a'-
tract confidence when you openly and
boldly vote against every principle and
policy which experience declares help¬
ful to the high interests of this na¬
tion, yourselves included?”
Toasts were responded to by vari-
ous guests, among them one by ex-
Superior Court Judge Timberlake, who
said in closing;
“The signs now point to tho nomi¬
nation for president four years hence
of a distinguished citizen who has hon¬
ored us by his presence tonight. His
election is just as certain if these
signs be verified, by the next nation*!
convention, as was that of President
Roosevelt, and I can pay him no high¬
er compliment than to say that Clias.
W. Fairbanks will be a worthy sue-
cessor of Theodore Roosevelt.”
SMALL FARMERS UNPLEDGED.
Critical Time of State Association of
Cotton Growers in North Carolina.
A Ralqigh, N. C., dispatch says:
It Is regarded by the cotton growers
that this is a very critical time in
their affairs.
The agents of the state association
are going in every direction urging
the farmers to stand together, and
getting every pledge possible for unity
of action as to holding crop and re¬
ducing acreage. who
Some of the smaller farmers,
raise only a few bales, have not given
any pledges.
MEXICAN MINISTER DEAD.
Don Aspires, Ambassador at Washmg-
ton, Joins the Silent Majority.
Senor Don Manuel Dc Aspiroz, Mex-
lc0>s first am bassador to the United
gtateg dled Fr ; da y afternoon at the
M<;xioan embassy ln Washington.
Although a death sick man last due fall, the j
ambassador’s was to a re-
lapse cause . . > ,__ in-,,,,,,,
■
ration .ay. ,
GRAY. JONES CO.. GA.. THURSDAY. MARCH 30, 1905.
MORE PEACE TALK
Pacification Party in Russia
Claim Victory.
OVERTURES ARE COMING
Advices from Zone of Hostilities in
Manchuria Reveal That Russians
Are in Worse Plight and in
More Danger Than Ever.
A St. Petersburg special says: “The
ministers and supporters of the court
who advocate the submission of pa
eifle proposals to Japan, as previously
set forth in these dispatches, so as
to ascertain whether an honorable
basis of peace is possible, believe
they have carried the day, and the
Associated Press hears on high au¬
thority that an actual step is immi¬
nent If not already taken.”
Washington Not Surprised.
The sudden growth of the sentiment
In Russian official circles in favor of
peace is not at all surprising to the
officials in Washington, because it is
in line with the predictions of the
American embassy in St. Petersburg
when last heard from on this sub¬
ject. In fact, it was gathered that
the real obstacles in the way of bring¬
ing negotiations to this end was to
he found rather in the jealousies of
European powers outside of Russia
than In the czar’s own court.
There have for some time been sub¬
stantial evidence that by the execu¬
tion of quiet pressure from the out¬
side upon the St. Petersburg govern¬
ment it might be induced to break
the deadlock in the situation, which
results from the reluctance of each
belligerent as a matter of pride to
making the first overtures for peace.
But just at this point the efforts of
the real friends of peace are said to
have been negatived by the fear of
some of the European powers that
their interests might suffer in a set¬
tlement which they did not them¬
selves arrange. There is reason to
believe now. however, that the great
financial case of London, Berlin and
Paris, looking to their own salvation.
&jvd the security of their enormous
Russian ‘mans, have risen above na¬
tional lines, attd. that to,, the exertion
of their powerful influence is due the
present promise of peace in the near
future.
Russians Keep Moving.
Advices from the scat of war in
Mfanchuria state that the Japanese are
following the Russian rear guard,
which is moving north from Santou-
pou at the rate of 8 1-2 miles a day.
On both flanks t,b e Japanese are op
orating a wide turning movement, hut
the strength of the flanking forces lias
not been definitely ascertained.
At a number of places along the
railroad between Santoupou and Gun-
shue Pass there are broken hills with
steep sides and gorges at the bot¬
tom where stubborn resistance might,
be made, but it is doubtful whether
General Linevitch will make a stand
before he reaches the Sungari river
and Chantchiatu.
Unless he is able to hold the line
of the river, the Russian position will
be so weak that Linevitch may be
compelled to retire back of Harbin
Into Siberia, owing to tha fact that as
they approach Harbin the Russian
front parallels the railroad, fearing
the danger of the severance of the
sole line of communication.
While the army is still far from
Siberia and with the Chinese eastern
railroad behind it in perpendicular
front, the danger to the Siberian rail¬
road is only from raiding parties and
Chinese bandits and the comparative¬
ly few railroad guards are only suffi¬
cient to protect -bridges. But once the
army falls hack behind the Sungari
river communication with the far
nway base will be terribly jeopardized,
not by tho small number of the guard,
but by the army which will be requir¬
ed to protect the railroad.
The prospect of the Isolation of
Vladivostock must also be jnet, and
It Is urgently necessary to supply the
garrison with guns and ammunition.
TEXAS STRICTLY IN LINE.
President Jordan’s Visit Arouses Cot¬
ton Growers to Determined Action.
Since the trip of President Harvie
Jordan of the Southern Cotton Asso
ciation through the state of Texas,
the state is enthusiastic over the work
of the association and everything Is
being done to carry out its plans. It
is positively assured that the state
will reduce its acreage 25 per cent.
So far the farmers have used but very
little commercial fertilizers, and even
the small amount that has been used
there is being reduced this year.
JUMPED INTO BRINY DEEP.
Sensational Suicide of Philadelphian
on Board Ocean Steamer.
Andrew . I. Griscom, __ of Phila D ....... le.pnia,
who disappeared from that c.ti
several weeks ago, and was supposed
»e in Europe, commuted smed-
March 19 Jumping overboard at sea
from the steamer Minnetonka. Gris
com sailed on the M'inL M onka from
f 0r New York. .
CODY LOSES SUIT,
Wyoming Court Declines to Grant Di¬
vorce Sought by ‘‘Buffalo Bill.”
Judge Makes Caustic Comment.
The district court at Sheridan, Wyo-
ming, Thursday, refused the petition
of Colonel William F. Cody (Buffalo
Bill) for a divorce.
A decision was not expected beforo
Friday at the earliest, but the court¬
room was filled with residents of Sher¬
idan and the surrounding county when
It was given. After the reading of
the depositions was finished, the law¬
yers for both sides announced that
they would submit the case without
argument.
Judge Scott asked the attorneys for
the defendants to amend their an¬
swer in the case by striking out those
sections which dealt with charges
against Bessie Isbell, Cody’s conduct
in Chicago, and his early excesses at
Fort McPherson. When this was done
the court found entirely in favor of
the defendant, Mrs. Louisa Cody.
Judge Scott delivered an opinion of
considerable length, reviewing the al
legations and evidence, and giving his
“The law of the state does not make
incompatibility a ground for divorce,
but it does read that extreme cruelty
rendering the condition of either par¬
to the marriage contract intolerable
is sufficient grounds to allow the
granting of a divorce," said Judge
Scott.
‘‘The first cause of action in this
case is the charge of poisoning on De¬
cember 26, 1900, or some time prior
thereto. The evidence wholly fails to
support this issue, but shows the de¬
was trying to rescue the plain
tiff from a state of intoxication, and
administered not poison, but remedies
which she deemed beneficial. His in¬
ability to speak on this occasion did
not come from these remedies, but
eamo from his excessive use of intox-
icating liquors at the banquet board,
was as humiliating to defendant
as to the plaintiff.
“The unhappiness caused by the ac¬
tions of the plaintiff Is shown by the
letter of their daughter, Arta Thorpe,
whose beautiful character shone out
from her unhappy home, and the
words of her letter, written just be¬
fore her death: ‘Oh, papa, why did he
do it? My heart is Just broken over
it. Oh, why did he do it?’”
Judge Scott also found that ♦.he
charge of VHYteoMfltarfe actions on the
part of the defendant toward the colo¬
nel’s guest was not proven; that there
was no evidence that she had even
threatened her husband’s life, and that
when attending th e funeral of her
daughter Ara at Rochester, 'N. Y., in
February, 1904, she offered a perma
nent reconciliation and no answer
ever came to this.
“Sho was an over-indulgent mother
and wife who always took pride in
hi s success and always looked for¬
ward to his home-coming and made
great preparations to receive him,”
said Judge Scott.
“In return for this wifely devotion
the plaintiff has been cruel to her
and heaped indignities upon her. Even
if it were true that the defendant had
at times been impatient with him and
such impatience has been considered
- that ,,
indignities, it is also true ,
as
she had much to contend with.
"Thera are some allegations in the
answer ihat are not sustained by t ie
evidence. From the evidence it does
not appear that the plaintiff was so
addicted to gambling as to Impair hU
business abilities or trustworthiness.
lie did not use intoxicating liquors in
such quantities as to interfere^ with
the transaction of bis business.”
LONG TRESTLE FOR RAILROAD.
Bridge Structure, Ten Miles Long, a
Feature of Line Along Mississippi.
W. J. Oliver, a Knoxville, Tenn..
railroad contractor, has been award¬
ed the contract to build the New Or-
leans Great Northern road, running
norlh from New Orleans along flic
Mississippi river a distance of 350
miles. He is to begin work at once
at Slidell, and the road is to be com¬
pleted within one year.
A trestle ten miles long will be one
of the features of the road. It whl
cross Lake Ponchat.rain.
TO TAX REFRIGERATOR CARS.
Attorney General of Arkansas Brings
Suit Against Packing Companies.
Attorney General Rogers at Little
Rock, Ark., has instituted proceedings
the Armour Packing Company
the St. Louis Refrigerator Compa¬
ny to recover back taxes on private
used in the state on an approxi-
valuation of a million dollars.
It is estimated that suits will be iir
against other companies that,
used private cars in the state
the past ten years, which have
not been taxed.
ON TO SIBERIAN WILDS.
Retreating Russian Army Dare Not
Tarry Within Confines of Harbin.
News from the front received in St.
Petersburg continues to indicate prep¬
for a withdrawal of the main
portion of the Russian army beyond
Harbin, so as to place it out of danger
having Its communications with
Russia severed if it is found imprac-
t ; c able to attempt to hold the line
the Sungari river.
MERCER EFFECTED
Between Southern and Na¬
tional Cotton Associations
FOR SAKE OF HARMONY
President Jordan, Who is Touring In
Texas, Announces Formal Signing
of the Contract to Amalgamate
Two Cotton Associations.
Tho National Cotton Association
which was formed as the result of
the boll weevil convention held last
December, with E. S. Peters of Cal¬
vert, Texas, as president, has been
merged into the Southern Cotton As¬
sociation as the result of negotiations
between President ITarvie Jordan of
the latter and officials of the Na¬
tional.
A telegram was received in Atlan¬
ta Tuesday by T. J. Simmons, Jr.,
manager of the association's press bu¬
reau, from President Jordan, who is
in the west, announcing that nego¬
tiations to this end had been com¬
pleted, and the contract merger for¬
mally signed.
The National Cotton Association
was practically a Texas concern, and
considerable sentiment has been work¬
ed up for it in that state. President
Peters was a candidate for president
of the Southern Cotton Association at
New Orleans, and was elected vice
president.
It was at once seen that the work
of the Southern Cotton Association
would bo handicapped with two such
associations in the field, and nego¬
tiations were begun looking to their
consolidation, President Jordan has
been in Texas for some days, making
speeches at several points, and dis¬
cussing this matter with the officers
of the national association.
This consolidation of the National
with the Southern will result in (ha
restoration of perfect harmony in the
ranks of the cotton growers and ail
those interested in the movement 'o
increase the price of cotton, and will
mean that the entire south will pre¬
sent a united front in the accomplish¬
ment of the work which the associa¬
tion has undertaken.
STORM IN ALABAMA.
Cyclone Sweeps Section of Randolph
County, Taking Several Lives and
Wreaking Great Property Loss.
Reports reached Roanoke, Ala..Tues¬
day of one of llie most disastrous cy¬
clones that ever visited the section,
which swept across the southern part
of Randolph county late Monday
night.
Eight or nine lives are known to
have been lost and damage amounting
to thousands of dollars was done prop¬
erty. The cyclone started at a point
near Double Heads, and proceeded in
a northwestern course. The residence
of Mack Carlisle, white, was demol¬
ished, and R. C. Haynes of Roanoke
was killed.
Six miles east a number of houses
were demolished and three negroes
killed and several injured on the Wll-
son plantation. Three or four negroes
were killed on the Holly plantation,
near Rock Mills. At Lime postoffice
a store was demolished and a little
white girl, daughter of a Mr. Lucas,
w»» killed and her mother seriously
injured.
Details of the storm were for some¬
time difficult to obtain on account of
wires being down.
BOMBTHROWING IN WARSAW.
Six Soldiers and Two Policeman Dan-
gerously Wounded by Deadly Missile,
In Warsaw, Russian Poland, a bomb
thrown from the window of a houss
In Volsk street at. 9 o’clock Tuesday
evening exploded In the midBt of a
passing patrol composed of police and
infantry. Six soldiers and two police-
men were dangerously wounded. ThUy
were removed to the military hospl-
tab The assailant escaped. A reign
of terror exists in the city.
VALID ONLY IN STATE.
Decision of Appellate Court Affecting
Maryland “Jim Crow” Law.
In an opinion delivered Wednesday
the court of appeals at Annapolis,
Md., last' held that the act passed at tha
session of the legislature, com-
monly known as the “jim crow” law
and requiring steam railways in the
state of Maryland to furnish separate
compartments for white and colored
passengers, is valid so far as it af-
fects commerce within the state, bul
invalid as to interstate passengers and
must be construed as not applying to
ttK , m
EXTRA SESSION FOR OCTOBER.
Roosevelt Announces Ihat He Will
Assemble Congress Early In Fall.
The president gave out the state¬
ment Saturday morning that he would
call an extra session of congress the
first week in October. The purpose
of the extra session, he said, was the
consideration of legislation looking to
freight rate regulation and tariff re-
vision.
VOL XI. NO. 20.
UNCLE SAM JOINS IN.
Three Power* Are No w After the
Scalp of Castro — United States,
France and Holland.
The Venezuelan government, it Is
announced from Caracas, lvas received
u note from the Annierican Minister
Bowen requiring an answer as to
whether Venezuela will arbitrate the
questions pending, and saying that in
<aso of a refusal the United States
will feel free to take the steps which
may he neoessary to secure Justice.
The charge de’affalres of the Neth¬
erlands has advised the Venezuelan
government that Holland will use co¬
ercive measures In view of the fact
that she has been unable to secure
the release from imprisonment In Ven¬
ezuela of five Hutch sailors, who have
been illegally kept In prison for seven
months.
According to a Washington dispatch
in calling upon President Castro for
an answer to his proposition to sub¬
mit to arbitration the issues between
the United Slates and Venezuela, Min¬
ister Bowen Is acting in accordance
with specific instructions from tho
state department, which have recently
been plnced in his hands.
If President Castro rejects this last
offer of Mr. Bowen to arbitrate these
cases, it is expected that he will
promptly report that fact to the state
department, and it will bo determined
what course to pursue. The minis¬
ter's presentment of this matter, there¬
fore, is not an actual ultimatum, for
tho way is still open for further nego¬
tiations if the department decides
that the time has not yet arrived to
withdraw its minister and adopt some
coercive measure.
There is great reluctance on tho part
of tho officials to tho adoption of the
latter course, but the situation is be¬
lieved *o be such that unless the "de¬
partment is willing to submit to the
complete effacement. of the Ameri
can claims some action must be taken
very soon.
Reports have been arriving in Wash¬
ington for some time that many of
the people of Venezuela are penniless,
and in need of food. Ono foreign dip¬
lomat there recently reported that
conditions were indescribable, and that
the strict censorship of everything
sent out prevented the world from
knowing the actual condition of af¬
fairs. All foreigners werp closely
watched. No official information has
been received regarding the seizure
of the Italian coal mines, nor lias
the French embassy been advised fur¬
ther regarding the affairs of the
French cable company.
The French foreign office at Parts,
says the French minister at Caracas
has not presented an ultimatum to
Venezuela, and no French warships
have been sent to Venezuela.
The cable company during the day
received a dispatch from M. Brim, tlia
company’s manager at Caracas, saying
that the court’s expected decision lias
not yet been given. He reported the
general conditions to be quiet.
RAKING RUINS FOR BODIES.
Remains of Only Two More Victims of
Brockton Horror Recovered.
Under gloomy skies and with snow
and rain falling upon them, search
era continued Tuesday to turn over
the cinders and charred timbers of
the Grover shoe factory at Brockton,
Mass., in tho effort to find bodies ol
those who perished by Monday’s ter¬
rible boiler explosion.
The work, which night had not. been
suffered to interrupt, was carried on
with greater celerity after daylight and
by an increased force, but the results
seemed to Indicate that few bodies
remained in the ruins.
Up to 2 o’clock Tuesday only two
bodies in addition to those recovered
Iiad been found, bringing the total
numl . er „ p to 57 , of these 16 have
hopn idPn tifl pd . A few persons ro¬
p 0rtpd jr.issing were accounted for,
employes heard from at noon
mim t, er j nK 253. Thero were still
doi]V)t3 a3 to t j, e exa ct number of per-
aons j n tb e f ac tory at. the time of
tl)(j rx p( OB Yci n , and until this question
settled by an examination of hooks
of tt)f , f ac | ory vault, a moro definite
egt , mate () { the number of ldst oannot
he made.
JUDGE SPEER ON PEONAGE.
Confines Charge to Jury Almost Ex¬
clusively to High Court Decision.
Judge Emory Speer In the
States court at Savannah confined
his charge almost exclusively to a
discussion of the peonage decision re
cently handed down by the supreme
court of the United States in the
case of Clyatt from Florida. Judge
Speer said it may be long before
ihat court will have the opportunity
to render another opinion so vital to
the future of our country, "It is sal¬
r.tary to the black man, but to the
white man It is infinitely more so.”
FATAL BOILER EXPLOSION.
Two Negro Girl* Meet Instant Death
Near Reynolds, Ga.
A fatal boiler explosion occurred on
the plantation of F. C. Goodwin,
about two miles north of Reynolds,
U a -. Wednesday morning.
A piece of the flying metal struck
two negro girls, Blalock by name, who
"ere working close together, killing
both of them instantly.
TWO PLEAD GUILTY
Attorney and Ex-Sheriff Ad¬
mit Charge of Peonage.
HEAVY FINES ASSESSED
Lawyers of the Defendants Incensed
Over Action of Clients and Ask
Court to Withdraw Their
Names from Case.
W. F. Crawley, a lawyer of Way-
cross, and T. J. McMillan, former sher¬
iff of Ware county, Wednesday plead¬
ed guilty before Judge Speer in the
United States court at Savannah on
a charge of peonage and were fined
$ 1,000 each, which was afterwards re¬
duced to $500 on condition there
should be no further violation of the
law.
In passing sentence the Judge tf-
marked tha this wast the last time
there will be such a.light sentence toe
this crime In his court. He says that
there can be no more peonage for debt
In his district.
Messrs. Osborne and fyawrence, who
were among the attorneys for the ac¬
cused, stood out to the last during the
consultation of the lawyers as to tha
advisability of pleading guilty. They
wanted the case fought to the end.
Just before the pica was entered Mr.
Osborne asked the conrt to have his
firm’s name stricken from the list of
attorney’n representing the defense.
This was done.
The defendants were charged in
four indictments with selling a color¬
ed woman against whom no warrant
wa 3 issued to McRae Brothers for a
consideration of $50. The woman, it
was alleged, was advised by the sher¬
iff and attorney that she had been
convicted and fined, and served nine
months in the McRae convict camp.
Another charge is that the defendants
took from jail two boys convicted of
stealing a watermelon, who had been
sentenced without a fine alternative,
and sold them to ML-Raes for $65. The
McRaes pleaded guilty at the last terra
and were fined $ 1,000 each.
George P. Hart and M. II. Cobb,
two negro physicians of Waycross,
were also mr on trial to answer charg¬
es of peon&ye. Both pleaded guilty,
whereupon they were sentenced by
Judge Emory Speer to pay a fine of
$ 1,000 each, $700 rff wh'ich is remitted
during good behavior, Cobb paid
his fine and Hart went to Jail.
It was shown that they had pro¬
cured the arrest of a negro girl upon
claims for professional services ren¬
dered and had Bold her into a condi¬
tion of practical servitude. The Judge
told the defendants that It was bad
enough When white men act toward
negroes as the defendants were shown
to have acted toward the girl, but that
it is worse when negroes are guilty
of such injustice toward members of
their race, He said he was afraid
that had tho two doctors remained in
Africa they would have been in tJie
siave business, stealing blacks from
one Tillage and selling them etsft-
where as slaves.
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COLORED LIEUTENANT NAMED.
President Appoints Negro Soldier on
Staff of Philippine Scouts.
A Washington dispatch says; Tfia
president has appointed Sergeant Geo.
S. Thompson of the twenty-fifth in¬
fantry, t > be second lieutenant In the
Philippine scouts, thus adding one
more negro to the commissioned force
of the army.
Lieutenant Thompson was appolnt-
ed on his merit, having received high
commendation for heroism and effi¬
ciency during the Insurrection in the
Philippines. He Is one of tho cric*
shots in tho army, and has received
several medals for rlflo and pistol
shooting. regl-
He Is now stationed with his
ment at Fort Niobrara, Nebraska.
FLOOD THREATENS PITTSBURG.
Mad Waters of Monongahela River on
Their Annual Rampage.
Pittsburg, Pa., is threatened 'With
one of the worst floods in years. At
10 o’clock Tuesday night Forecaster
Frank Ridgway predicted over 30 feet.
He does not expect over 35 feet if that
much.
During the early hours of the day
the water began to recede from the
rise in the Alleghany, but a fre»h
impetus was given to the rushing tor¬
rents by a rainfall of nearly two inch.
es over the entire watershed of the
Monongahela river.
NEW JOB FOR CLEVELAND. ■I
£x President to Head Advisory Board
of Jamestown Exposition.
The board of directors of the James-
town Exposition company will namo
urn advisory board of one hundred at-
its coming meeting ,and ex-President
Grover Cleveland will head the list,
be having indorsed the exposition and
offered his services in any capacity