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The Jones County News.
M. C. GREENE, Editor and Proprietor.
MAY-DAY IS FEARED
Russia Expects Upheaval on
Advent of Holiday,
SITUATION IS ALARMING
Volcano of Discontent In Empire
Seems on Point of Eruption.
Ruthless Measures May Be
Only 8afety. i
A St. Petersburg special says: De¬
velopments all point to a crisis ia
the present agitation among the work¬
men of the cities and the peasants
in the country on May day, and ap¬
peals are pouring in from all quar¬
ters of Russia for military protection.
The St. Petersburg workmen are pre¬
paring a great demonstration. Arms
and bombs in large quantities have
been smuggled in and bloodshed on a
large scale is feared. Wealthy per¬
sons who ordinarily go to the vil¬
lages on the islands of Nevo, or to
neighboring country places, this year
are going abroad. The government
has taken few special measures to
meet the situation, evidently relying
on the troops and police to guard the
capital. The latter are extremely ac¬
tive. All the prominent agitators are
being arrested, or have already been
sent back to the villages from which
they originally came. The prisons are
filled to overflowing.
There have been fresh disputes be¬
tween the workmen and the managers
of the Putlloft iron works, aud be¬
tween the employes and the manage¬
ment of the government cartridge
factory. At the latter place the men
are refusing to continue to donate any
portion of their pay to assist in the
support of families of the soldiers at
the front, claiming that the money is
i:"ed to prosecute the war to which
they are opposed.
The news received from the inte¬
rior is alarming, especially from the
Baltic provinces, where the entire
population is in a state of Intense
excitement. The cities are being
flooded with revolutionary proclama¬
tions calling on the .people to rise
on May day. The criminal classes are
taking advantage of the situation to
pillage and plunder, while in the
country, landlords are powerless to
cope with the peasants, and demand
the stationing of troops at every sta¬
tion.
From Dunabarg, government of Vi¬
tebsk, come reports that the Jews
are In a state of panic over the cir¬
culation of proclamations similar to
those which preceded the outbreaks at
Kishinef and Gomel.
At Ekatorinoslay, three revolution¬
ists who were surrounded by police
foughi their way to liberty, killing or
wounding several of the latter.
A dispatch from Kars says that the
employes of the Trans-Caucasian rail¬
road are on strike, and that 100 miles
of the track has been damaged.
On account of the condition of his
health and the fact that tha evidence
against Maxim Gorky is not stronger
than that against hundreds of others
who have not been arrested in con¬
nection with the disturbances at St.
Petersburg, January 22, it is under¬
stood that the government has aban¬
doned its intention of bringing him
to trial.
The press committee has recom¬
mended the removal of the censor¬
ship from cartoons and the debates
of zemstvos and other organizations.
SULLY’S PLAN BOOMING.
Seheme for Bonded Cotton Ware¬
houses Under Favorable Headway.
D. J. Sully of New York, A. L. S.
Shields of Philadelphia and W. D.
lesbitt of Birmingham, Ala., arrived
n Jackson, Miss., Friday afternoon
and held a conference with local
bankers and capitalists and President
Clark of tbe Cotton Growers’ Asso-
eiation in regard to Sully’s bonded
warehouse plan.
Mr. Sully stated that the plan was
meeting with great success" at the
hands of capitalists and financiers in
all parts of the south.
FIR8T IN ELEVEN YEAR6.
White Man Pays Murder Penalty at
Columbia, S- C-<
Marion Parr, a young cotton mill
operative, who killed Clarence Shealy,
a mill boy, was hanged at Columbia,
S. C., Friday. The execution of Parr
was the first hanging of a white man
in South Carolina in eleven years.
The condemned man went to his
death with cool courage.
Japs Deny Naval Battle.
The naval department at Tokio an¬
nounces the report of a naval en¬
gagement recently off Saigon to be
unfounded.
TOGO IN TOUCH WITH FOE.
8t. Petersburg Has No Confirmation
^kol Reported Clash Between Fleets.
^FA St. Petersburg special confirms says:
Though there has been no
tion of the reported collision between
sections of the Russian and Japanese
fleets and of the sinking of five Jap-
anese ships, It is believed here In high
naval circles that Admiral Togo is in
touch with Rojestvensky’s squadron.
IQ UP TO THR PARMER,
A Reduotlon of Acreage and Fertiliser
an Abaolute Necessity.
The agricultural department of Ala¬
bama and oth«T states show In recent
geports that the sale of fertilizer
tags In Alabama during the season of
1904-1906 shows an increase of 1,000
tqns over the season of 1903-1904.
The commissioner of agriculture of
Georgia has issued a similar report,
In which he shows that the sales of
fertilizer tags In Georgia this season
exceed those of last year by more
than 500 tons.
“These reports," says M. L. John¬
son, president of the Georgia division
of the Southern Cotton Association,
"put the cotton situation right up to
the farmer, in order for the purposes
of the association to be carried out,
It is absolutely necessary for the farm¬
er to reduce his cotton acreage and
the amount of fertilizer used.
“I say the situation Is up to the
farmer, because it is the farmer who
will suffer If the crop Is not reduced.
Without a reduction, the price of cot¬
ton will be lower than the cost of
production, and the farmer will find
himself in debt. With a low price this
year, the Interests of the entire south
will suffer.
“The farmers of Georgia must re¬
duce their acreage, Let it not be
said of Georgia .that she did not join
heart and soul In the movement which
means the salvation of the southern
cotton grower.”
“QUALITY, NOT QUANTITY.”
Women Discuss Observations of Pres¬
ident Anent “Race Suicide.”
The observations of President Roose¬
velt on the question of race suicide
received the attention of some of the
prominent delegates to the National
Council of Women in session at Wash¬
ington. Some of them take issue
with the president on this subject,
and say he should look to the women
of his own social set for race sui¬
cide.
“It is the pace set by our society
women particularly in official life,”
one of the delegates declared, “which
makes race suicide a subject for pro¬
found thought. The women of the sub¬
merged half, as we call it, do not
practice race suicide. It Is the busi¬
ness burdened, the determined to get
rich faster and the society crazy moth¬
er who refuse the cares of parent¬
hood."
A resolution was reported on the
question of parenthood, taking issue
with the president’s views on the
question of race suicide, and declared
that “quality, not quantity,” of chil¬
dren is preferable.
Rev. Anna Howard Shaw, the pres¬
ident of the National Woman’s Suf¬
frage Association, spoke her mind on
the question of parenthood, saying, in
part:
“It is said that woman should rear
more children, but I say that you
must first make your country fit to
rear children in. We need to make
this world safe for children. To do
so we must give them social heredity,
so that they will be born in safe con¬
ditions and 'protected until grown.
This cannot be done until women have
rights in the state to protect them.”
NECESSARY VOTES RECEIVED.
Cumberland and Northern Presbyte¬
rian Churches Will Be United.
Cumberland Presbyterian headquar¬
ters at Nashville announced Wednes¬
day that the proposition for union
with the Northern Presbyterian
church has received the requisite 58
votes, with others of the 114 Pres¬
byteries of the Cumberland Presbyte¬
rian church yet to hear from. The
deciding vote ivas cast by the Penn
sylvania Presbyterian presbytery, it
is said that the Northern Presbyterian
church is voting for union in the
ratio of 10 to 1. It has already
settled the question of separate pres¬
byteries for negroes.
The general assemblies of both
churches will meet on May 17, the
Cumberland Presbyterians in Fresno,
Calif., and the Presbyterians in Win¬
ona Lawe, Ind. The votes will he
declared in both.
Friends of union, however, do not
expect that union will be actually per¬
fected in less than two years, consid¬
erable time being required to perfect
the details.
KILLED WITH BABY IN ARMS.
Bastardly Assassination of Wsll
Known Farmer In Alabama.
Information reached Tuscaloosa, Ala¬
bama, Tuesday of the assassina¬
tion of Stewart Champion, managei
of the Jed Strong plantation. Cham¬
pion was sitting before the fire, bold¬
ing his baby in bis arms, when a
shot was fired through the window,
causing his death. , The baby was
slightly wounded in the feet.
Dogs placed on the trail went to a
house occupied by John Carpenter
and Bob Robinson, colored farm la¬
borers, and they are now in Jail.
PAIR OF COSTLY FRONT TEETH.
Jury Awards Man $2,500 for Loss of
Two Incisors.
A verdict for $2,500 damages has
been returned by a supreme court
Jury in New York against a streei
railway for the loss of two teeth bv
a passenger, The plaintiff in the
case was knocked down by a street
car guard against whom he had been
crowded.
GUAY. JONES CO.. GA.. THURSDAY. APRIL 20. 1905.
ON HUNT FOR TOGO
Rojesvensky Seems Overly
Anxious fc or Battle Royal,
HASTENS TOWARDS FOE
Open Tactics of Russians Surprise and
Interest All Capitals — Where¬
abouts of Japanese Fleet la as
Yet Unknown.
According to advices from Singa¬
pore, the Russian fleet was in latitude
8 degrees north, longitude 108 degrees
55 minutes east at noon, April 11.
The Peninsular and Oriental steamer,
Nubia, a British vessel, which, has ar¬
rived in Singapore, reports havitlg
passed no less than forty-two vessels
thera. They were steaming north-
east at a speed of eight or 1 ten knots.
The position of the fleet was then
about 800 miles northeastward of the
Sunda islands (which lie between the
Malay peninsula and the west coast
of Borneo, and more than 200 miles
southeast of Cape St. Jacques). This
course indicates that the fleet was not
going to Saigon, French Cochin-China.
Tsctlca Surprising to London.
British naval men comment on the
lack of secrecy regarding Adrniral Roj-
estvensky’s movements since his ar¬
rival in Far Eastern waters. The fact
that he Is keeping to tihe main trade
route, although knowing his squadron
would be constantly sighted and re¬
ported by passing vessels, they con¬
sider, clearly shows that the Russian
admiral is keenly anxious to get at
Admiral Togo and fight it out to a
finish.
St. Petersburg Awaits News.
A St. Petersburg special says; The
news of the northward movement of
Admiral Rojestvensky’s squadron and
his evident Intention to accept bat¬
tle whenever Admiral Togo chooses
to offer it has for the present stilled
all activities In the direction of peace
and the foreign dispatches relating to
the voyage of the squadron are fol¬
lowed by the most intense Interest.
The admiralty volunteers no infor¬
mation regarding Rojestvensky’s
plans, whether Ibis immediate destina¬
tion is or is. not Cape Padaran (on
the east coast of Cochin-China), but
in naval circles the impression pre¬
vails that the squadron will continue
northward to the straits of Formosa,
where, if Admiral Togo does not elect
to give battle or is defeated, Admiral
Rojestvensky may seizC a temporary
base irf Japanese territory and if it is
considered advisable he could there
await the arrival of Admiral Neboga-
toff’s division. It is rumored that
there is a force of riflemen on board
the Russian transports which could
be landed for the purpose of co-operat¬
ing with marines in the same fashion
that the United States established a
base at Guantanamo, Cuba, in 1898.
Other naval men think that Vladivo¬
stok is the only base the Russian ad
miral has in view.
Cruiser Raleigh on Hand.
The navy department at Washing
ton was advised of the departure Fri¬
day of the cruiser Raleigh from La-
buan on the north coast of British
Borneo, where she was dispatched by
Rear Admiral Train to observe the
movements of the hostile fleets, for
Cuyo in the Philippines, a point about
400 or 500 miles to the northeast, be¬
tween Palawan and the Panay islands.
It is isdicated that the Raleigh’s com-
mander obtained information as to
what he believed to be the contem¬
plated course of the opposing war ves¬
sels and has shaped his course ac-
cordingly. It is about a two days
sail to Cuyo.
The navy department Is informed
that the battleship Wisconsin and the
torpedo boats Decatur, Dale and
Bainbridge have left Hong Kong for
Cavite.
No Catholic Vniversity in Erin.
The British house of commons Fri¬
day, by a vote of 263 to 104, defeat¬
ed a motion to establish a Cathoifc
university in Ireland. The minority
included nationalist and English Cath¬
olics.
UNIVERSITY HAS PRESIDENT.
Eightieth Anniversary 6pes of Virginia In
stltutlon Radical Change.
In the eightieth year of its career
and bn tbe anniversary of the birth of
ThomaB Jefferson, its illustrious found¬
er, fhe University of Virginia at Char¬
lottesville, FYiday, inaugurated its
first president, Dr. Edwin Anderson
Alderman. The affairs of the in
stitution have heretofore been con-
ducted by a board of regents, but re
cent development of the university
have rendered its efficient administra
tion impracticable under the old meth¬
ods and the change is made to meet
the larger demands.
’SQUIRE BAILE8 USES GUN.
Noted snd Unique Marrying Magis¬
trate Fatally Shoots His Cousin.
A Charlotte dispatch says: ’Squire
W. O. Bailes, who is widely known
as the magistrate who has married
more couples in the past few years
than all of the ministers combined,
FTiday shot and fatally wounded his
cousin, Edward Bailes, a prominent
young man.
Farmers Only
ALLOWED TO CONTEST
ON MAY 13tli
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DANNENBERG COMPANY,
9 9
Will give $20.00 IN' GOLD to the farmer who can bring the greatest number of persons to Macon
in one vehicle—wagon, buggy,cart or flat car, hauled by horses, mules, oxen or goats, we don’t care
any
what how big it is, or how many animals it takes to haul it; or how many men, women or children you
or
putin it. The more you putin the more certain you are of the money.
The Only Rule that will Govern this Contest
All teams must he driven up to our store and stand in front until its occupants are counted, and the vehicle
which has the greatest number will be awarded the$20 IN (I0L1). So get busy, build the biggest thing you
know how, and bring all the people you can haul.
Contest Opens Saturday Morning:, 9 a. m., Closes 3 p. m.
No Count made after this time.
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The Dannenberg Company,
DESTRUCTIVE WORK OF POWDER
Three Men Killed, Three Injured and
Property Destroyed in Accident.
Three men were hilled, three In¬
jured and considerable damage wan
done to .property at Trenton, Tenn.,
Saturday by the explosion of somo
powder in the rear of a hardware
store. The kllle.l were:
Robert Phelan, owner of the store;
Mr. Arnold of Crocket county; Dr.
Parser of Trenton. Two white men
and a negro wef-e injured.
Mr. Phelan was trying a target
gun. It is thoight, a ball penetrated
a can of powder in the storehouse,
and caused the explosion, The store
was practicallyjdemoiished; adjoining the store¬
house of J. A. Landis was
wrecked, and the meat market of
Pearce & Klop|> badly damaged. Near¬
ly every business house In the vi¬
cinity was dahaged to sosae extent.
1
CARNEGIE 100SENS UP AGAIN.
This Time Hi School Donates to Library
Training for Wqmen.
A library tabling school for south¬
ern women will be opened at the Car¬
negie library in Atlanta, October 1.
Andrew Carnegie has donated $4,000
per year to the school for three years
as an experiment and if the school
is a success the donation will be made
permanent and increased.
The new gift from Andrew Carne¬
gie, who ha» already made Atlanta’s
handsome ftee library possible, was
secured by Miss Anne Wallace, libra¬
rian, who interested Mr. Carnegie in
the work.
IMMIGRANTS ARE WANTED.
Huntsville, Alabama, Chamber of Com¬
merce Takes Action.
At a meeting of the Huntsville,
Ala., ebaaber of commerce Friday
night, a ^solution was adopted me¬
morializing the commissioner of agri¬
culture of Alabama to take an active
part In the movement to secure im¬
migration from the north to Alabama
and to appoint a special agent, to re¬
main in New York city and dfreet
attention of the best class of immi
grant* to the state.
oyama Heard from.
Constant Skirmishing in Manchuria la
Reported by the Japanese.
The following announcement was
made at Tokto Saturday from the
headquarters of the Japanese armies
in Manchuria:
“Our force advancing east along the
Hailung road defeated a body of the
enemy April 14, near Heishihmu, 19
miles east of Panshi, and vigorously
chased them towards Lachotsu, 26
miles east of Panshi. Another force
advancing north from Sing King at¬
tacked the enemy holding a position
five miles soulh of Pachatsu.
“There has been no change else¬
where In the military situation."
BEQUE8T FOR TU8KEGEE.
Negro Woman Leaves $38,000 to
Washington’s Institute.
The largest bequest ever made by
a colored person to Tuskgee institute
at Tuskegee, AJa., was recorded In
New York Friday, when the will of
Mary E. Shaw of Philadelphia, was
probated. It bequeathed $38,000 to
the Institute, of which Booker T.Wash-
ington is president.
POSED AS A PAUPER.
Alleged Vagabond Killed in Railroad
Yards Worth Neat Fortune.
With certificates of deposit in De8
Moines banks for $7,000 and hills
worth $125 wadded together in the
lining of his coat, William H. Tai-
moblen vras killed while picking up
kindling, .presumably for a living, in
the railroad yards here, He was
dressed in rags.
HOSPITAL SHIP AT SAIGON.
One of Rojestvensky’s Vessels Puts
Into Port for Provisions.
A Manila dispatch says: Rear Ad¬
miral Train, in command of the Amer
lean fleet in Asiatic waters, received
a telegram Friday afternoon from Sai¬
gon, the capital and principal port of
French Cochin-China, reporting tbe
arrival there of the Russian hospital
ship Oral.
VOL. XL NO. 23.
MANY GROCERS VIOLATE LAW.
Twenty Columbus, Ga., Merchants Un¬
der Bonds for Handling Whiskey.
In recor der's court at Columbus, Ga.,
OV er twenty retail grocers, conducting
stores in the down town districts,
were bound over to a higher court,
on the charge of violating the city
jiquor ordinance,
Bonds were assessed at $50, and
were made In nearly every case. Only
one or two of the cases were dra¬
missed. It is claimed that these gro-
cers sell whiskey to the public, acting
as agents of the saloons, and get a
rake-off. It 1s claimed that in some
cases they gd to the extent of keep¬
ing liquor In stock.
GOOD SUM FOR LINCOLN LETTER.
Autograph Document Brings Amount
of $110 at an Auction Sale.
One of the highest prices ever
brought by an autograph letter ol
Abraham Lincoln has just, been re
corded at an auction sale in New
York. The relic brought. $110. It was
dedicated to a soldier who had de
serted the colors and begged for re
instatement.
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FARMERS SELECT RICHMOND.
National Congress to Be Held at Vir¬
ginia Capital In September.
The next annual session of the Far¬
mers’ National Congress will be held
in Richmond, Va., September 12-22.
This congress is more than twenty
years old, Is non-political and com¬
posed of delegates from every state
and territory, appointed by the gov¬
ernors on the recommendation of the
agricultural organizations of the state.
ROJE8TVENSKY AGAIN LOCATED.
German Steamer Reports Sighting
Russian Baltic Squadron.
The North German Lloyd steamship
Prinz Heinrich, arriving at Singapore,
reports that she sighted eighteen ves-
tels of the Russian Baltic squailron^ in
Kamranh bay at noon April 14.
steamer did not sight any Japanese
warships. Kamranh bay is In Cochin
China, about 200 miles northeast
Saigon.
MANY PASSENGERS HURT.
Train on Mississippi Valley Road Rolls
Down an Embankment.
Mississippi Valley passenger train
No. 15, southbound, was ditched near
Hardee station, 16 miles north of
Vicksburg, at. 12:30 o’clock Wednes¬
day nlgbt. Reports state that sixty-
seven passengers were injured, A
special l rain carrying physicians has
gone to the scone of the wreck. It is
reported the entire passenger train
rolled down an embankment.
BOB EVANS IN COMMAND. ‘I
Admiral Barker Retires from Navy Af¬
ter Years of Service.
At Pensacola, Fla., Friday morning,
Rear Admiral Robley D. Evans assume
ed command of the battleship squad-
ron of the North Atlantic fleet, suc¬
ceeding Rear Admiral Barker, who
was placed on the retired list. The
ceremonies were in>pressiv@ and were
accompanied by the salutes of thirteen
guns for both the retiring admiral and
tlio new commander of the fleet.
OLD WOMEN IN WALKING MATCH
Ancient Dame* Engage in Novel Con¬
test at Cleveland, Ohio.
Tn a walking contest at Cleveland,
Ohio, eleven old women, 75 or over
in years, walked a distance of four
and one-quarter miles In an hour and
three quarters actual time, after tak¬
ing one-half hour out for lunch. The
winner In the contest was Mrs. Jo¬
sephine Van Houston, aged 79 years;
Airs, Miariwa Miller, 80 years, second:
and Mrs. Carolina Haas, 76 years,
third.
RAILROAD RATES SLASHED.
Soldiers to Be Hauled from Atlanta
to ’Frisco at $12.20 P«r Head.
A bid of $12.20 per capita for the
fflovement of the sixteenth regiment,
UnUed gtates ig {antry> from Fort Mo¬
pherson to San Francisco by the
Western an(] Atlantic railway, has
' sensational
ved to be the most
roposition in t be Atlanta railroad
svorl(1 tbat ^as happened for a very
long time.