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CARNESVILLE ADVANCE
VOLUME y.
TURK IS BULLDOZED
Promply Yeilds to Every De¬
mand Made by Russia.
WARSHIPS WITHDRAWN
Murderers of Consul Executed and
Officers Implicated are Dismissed
and Handed Over to the Law.
Reforms are Instituted.
A special from St. Petersburg, un¬
der Sunday’s date, says: The Russian
Black sea squadron, which was order-
ed to Turkish waters, and which ar-
rived at Iniada, eastern European
Turkey, August 19, to support Rus¬
sia’s demands on the sultan, growing
out of the assassination of M. Rost-
kowski, Russian consul at Monastir,
has been recalled to Sebastapol, the
squadron’s point of departure, The
squadron sailed soon after.
The recall followed a notification
from the porte that tho sultan had or-
dered all the Russian demands to be
complied with.
The dispatch received from M. Ziro-
vieff, Russian ambassador at Constan¬
tinople, announce that the sultan has
yielded completely to Russia's de-
mands.
The news ha3 reached St. Peters¬
burg, from Brussels, that the porte
has requested Belgium to nominate
four officers for the Turkish gen-
darmie.
Turkey Very Prompt,
A Constantinople dispatch saj- 3 :
The porte’s reply, accepting the Rus¬
sian demands, was delivered twelve
hours after the presentation of the
Russian note—a promptitude most
unusual in the history of Turkish di¬
plomacy. Tewfik Pasha, the foreign
minister, and Naum Pasha thereupon
called on M. Zinpvieff, the Russian
ambassador, and requested the with
drawa! of the Russian squadron from
Turkish waters, on the ground that
its presence tended to encourage the
insurrection.
On the receipt of a favorable reply
from St. Petersburg, M. Zinovicff tel¬
egraphed the order of withdrawal to
Admiral Krieger, commanding the
Russian squadron at Iniada.
A rumor has been current that the
sultan appealed to the German em¬
peror to use his good offices at St.
Petersburg in favor of the recall of
the Russian squadron.
Pacification Measures.
The porte has taken the following
measures to fulfill the demands of the
Russian government, according to a
dispatch from the Russian ambassa¬
dor at Constantinople:
“In addition to the condemnation
and execution of M. Rostkowski’s mur¬
derers and the punishment of their
accomplices, those officers who made
disrespectful allusions to M. R osi-
kowski are dismissed from the ser¬
vice. A careful search is being made
for persons who fired at the consul’s
carriage.
“All the officials, twenty-four in
number, whose names were handed
to the porte as objects of unfavorable
comment by the Russian ambassador,
are relieved of their posts and hand¬
ed over to justice. All private per-
sons mentioned in the same list as
guilty of various offenses will like¬
wise be tried.
“Ismal Raid Pasha, the chief of po¬
lice at Palanka, province of Uskub, :s
restored to his' post.
“The persons under arrest for ac¬
cusing Mussulmans of outrage and
abuse are liberated.
BIG BATTLESHIP LAUNCHED.
The Cruiser Pennsylvania Leaves the
Ways at Cramp Ship Yards.
An occasion which will be memora¬
ble in the history of Pennsylvania
transpired Saturday, when the giant
armored cruiser Pennsylvania was
launched at the yards of the William
Cramp Ship and Engine Building
Company,
Under the prow of the Pennsylvania
was erected a timber superstructure,
from which nearly 2,000 specially in¬
vited guests witnessed tho launching.
A SHOWER OF TOADS.
Heavy Rain in Salt Lake City Was
Accompanied by Frogs.
A rain of toad frogs practically
blocked traffic in Salt Lake City, Utah,
Sunday, for half an hour just before
noon. falling all the morn- |
A light rain was
ing Just before 11:30 o’clock this
changed into quite a hard rain, which
was accompanied by a large number
of toads.
Fedesirians who did not mind the
rain, were more than averse to taking
up a collection of frogs, and until the
unusual shower ceased the frogs nail
the roadways to themselves. j
ORGAN MAKERS GO TO WALL.
World Famous Firm of Mason & Ham- j
I in Assigns to Creditors.
The Mason ec Hamlin Company,
manufacturers of organs and pianos,
having their factory at Cambridge,
Mass., have assigned for the benefit
of their creditors. No financial state¬
ment has been made public.
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The company had a mercantile rat-
mg of from $300,000 to $ 500 000 1
, ,
HILL HITS AT LYNCHERS.
Likewise, Former New York
Makes a Sarcastic Thrust at
President Roosevelt.
From twenty to thirty thousand
people attended the annual picnic
the Niagara County Pioneers’ Associa¬
tion at Olcott Beach, N. Y., Wednes¬
day. The morning was taken up with
a business meeting of the association,
followed by a reception to former Sen¬
ator David B. Hill.
An immense crowd gathered at the
open air theatre, where the exercises
of the day occurred. Attorney Gener¬
al Cunnen was the first speaker. lie
extolled the industry, intelligence and
character of the pioneers of western
New York. Mr. Carmen then paid a
tribute to Senator Hill, who was the
next speaker. Mr. Hill, in opening dis¬
cussed "Mob Law vs. Due Process of
Law.” He said in part:
“Mob violence is not rendered less
objectionable, even if it he true, as
frequently asserted, that unless it
shall interpose its strong arm the
guilty may escape punishment through
a lax administration of tho criminal
laws or indifference to its enforce
ment. on the part of the people them
selves. We cannot permit this govern¬
ment to become a mobocracy, which
acts upon impulse, feels no restraint
ard recognizes’ no appeal from its
hasty.judgment.
"Crimes which can only be punish¬
ed by such irresponsible tribunals a?
mobs might as well not he punished
at all, because in the end the remedy
will be found to be worse than the dis¬
ease.
“The duty of every American citi¬
zen who loves his country and its free
institutions is plain. He should assist
in the creation ot a healthy public sen
timent, which should demand that no
person charged with crimes be pun
isbed therefor except under due pro¬
cess of law and by lawful officials, and
tfter a trial before a court and jury,
is provided by the wise and benefl
cent provisions of our federal eonsti
rut'ion and their vital provisions, so
wsential to the public welfare, mast¬
ic respected in every part, of our do
nain, and wherever our American flag
hall permanently float, and every
nan, whether white or black, native
>r foreign horn, rich or poor, educated
>r unlettered, must, be protected in his
ifo and liberty.”
Taking up another subject, Mr. Hill
said:
“The tendency of the times is to-
vard indulgence in that peculiar
speech or sensational performance
A’hlch may be characterized in gener¬
al terms as ‘spectacuiarism,’ if I may
■>e permitted to coin that word.
"Spectacularists usually affect supe¬
riority over other people; in the mat-
!er of patriotism, they desire to be re¬
garded as the only true patriots; they
.issuing to possess all the virtues,
while other people in their estimation
possess all the vice. They abhor si¬
lence and obscurity.
“They have their press agents who,
unsolicited, supply the newspapers
gratuitously with the details of what
they do each morning, noon and night,
as though the world was holding its
breath for fear that something would
escape it pertaining to themselves. If
they happen to hold a public office
they are delighted to see their small¬
est public acts paraded, magnified and
applauded They are sure that there
was never before such public officials
as themselves—so earnest, so honest,
so self sacrificing. They meddle with
everything, whether within or with¬
out their official jurisdiction, and us¬
ually muddle everything with which
they have anything to do.”
MARCH OF G- A. R. HOSTS.
Thousands of Grizzled Vets Triumph¬
antly Tramp Streets of 'Frisco.
The parade in San Francisco Wed¬
nesday of the veterans of the Grand
Army of the Republic will long be re¬
membered by the thousands of people
who packed the streets along the line
of march to witness it. Devoid of all
the pomp and panopoly of the warlike
host which marched in all the pride of
strength and youth in Tuesday’s pa¬
rade, there was something pathetic in
the thinned out ranks of the veterans
who marched Wednesday morning
which touched the hearts of all who
saw them.
TISSUE PAPER WILL SUSTAINED.
Ordinary Decides Alleged Collier Doc¬
ument to be Genuine.
"Gentlemen, I have not written mv
d ec j s i 0 n in this case. I followed the
evidence during the trial, and have
taken up the evidence and made a
careful study since the trial. I have
come to the conclusion that this is a
genuine will.”
In these few words, straight to- tho
point, Judge John R. Wilkinson, of the
Fulton county court of ordinary, in
Atlanta. Ga., made his decision In the
now famous George Washington Col-
Her will case Thursday at noon.
PAYS ENCAMPMENT EXPENSES.
Uncle Sam Sends Check as Georgia’s
Allotment of Military Funds.
A check was recehuJ in Atlanta
Thursday from the United States war
department for $28,549.72 from Geor¬
gia’s allotment of the military funds
apportioned to the state by the gener
al government, which will be used to
pay the expenses of the rerent en
ment of tJle sU Qe orgla regi
mentg
CARNESVILLE. GA.. FRIDAY. AUGUST 28. 1908.
ADVISES BLACK MAN
The National Negro Business
Men’s League Meets,
ADDRESS BY WASHINGTON
As President of th e League, Noted
Colored Educator Delivers an
Interesting Discourse Be¬
fore Large Audience,
Some 1,500 negroes, representing al¬
most every section of the country, as¬
sembled in. the house of representa¬
tives at the state capitol, in Nashville,
Tenn., Wednesday morning, the occa-
sfou being the opening of the fourth
annual convention of the National Ne¬
gro Business Men’s Leaguo. Booker
T. Washington, the Alabama educator
and president of the league, was the
central figure of the convention, and
his address Wednesday night at¬
tracted a large audience, He said,
among many other things:
“The National Negro Business
League assembled here constitutes, 1
think I am safe in saying, ihe largest
and perhaps the most representative
secular organization among our people
in this country, its growth during tho
five years since its first organization,
at Boston, has been at a very rapid
rate.
“More and more, I am glad to see,
the black man is beginning to appre¬
ciate and take advantage of the oppor¬
tunities for commercial and business
development in this country. It is
much wiser for us to emphasize oppor¬
tunities than grievances. The world
soon gets tired of the man or the race
with a grievance. We must learn to
he bigger than those who would insult
us. We must learn to hold up our
heads ,and march bravely forward, in
spite of obstacles and discourage¬
ments. The mere fact that there can
assemble here in this beautiful state
capitol building in a southern state
hundreds of colored men and women,
from all parts of the country, repre¬
senting, as we do, nearly every line of
business in which the white man is
engaged, is an indication of growth
which is more potent and helpful than
much abstract argument. The- rare
that can produce such an assembly of
men and women after only forty years
of freedom is one to be proud of.
“We shall succeed in winning our
way into the confidence and esteem of
the American people just in proportion
as we show ourselves valuable to the
community in which we live, in ail
the common industries, in commerce,
in the welfare of the state, and in the
manifestation of the highest character.
The community does not fear, as a
rule, the vote of the man, no matter
what his color, who is a large tax pay¬
er. It is not the negro who owns a suc¬
cessful business or works at a trade
who is charged with crime.
'’The greater the difficulties to he
overcome, ihe more strength we shall
gain by succeeding.
“Every house owned, every farm
well cultivated and every bank ac¬
count, every store, every tax receipt
we possess is one influence which will
operate tremendously in our faor.
“The negro is not ungrateful for all
the benefits he has received at the
hands of the white people of this coun¬
try, and should on every proper occa¬
sion never fail to express this grati¬
tude in uncertain language, but the
mere fact that we are not easily satis¬
fied and seek advancement in still
other fields is an indication of the
value of the race. People who are
easily satisfied are people of few
wants.. Wherever you find a race that
is easily satisfied, and one that has
few wants, there you will find a race
that is of little value to its country, in¬
dustrially, commercially or in any di¬
rection.
“The man who proves himself use¬
ful, no matter what his color, is the
one who is going to succeed. Any
man who is industrious and trustwor-
they will find opportunities for growth
in nearly every line of business right
here in the south, and we should not
fail to take advantage of the openings
offered us.”
IN ROLE OF RACE REFORMER.
Atlanta Colored Editor Voluntarily
Acts Prosecutor in Disorder Case.
A. W. Burnett, the negro editor of
The Atlanta Era, a newspaper pub¬
lished for the negroes in Atlanta, Ga.,
had a woman of his race arrested on
the charge of acting in a disorderly
manner on the streets.
He called for an officer and accom¬
panied the woman to the police bar¬
racks and had himself subpoenaed as
a witness.
He said he was not only acting for
the good of the town, but for the good
of his race.
SMITH SUCCEEDS BIGHAM.
Assistant is Elected Agent of Methc-
odlst Publishing House.
At a meeting in Nashville of tne
book committee of the Methodist Epis¬
copal church, south, D. M. Smith, pres-
ent assistant agent, was elected , . agent .
for the publishing house, vice R. J.
Bigham, resigned. If. J. Lamar of,
Mobile, Ala, was chosen assistant
agent.
HUMBERTS CONVICTED.
Most Sensational and Greatest Swin¬
dling Trial in Paris Comes to
Close with Verdict cf Guilty.
Ono of tho greatest criminal
In t.ic history of France culminated at
P0 rl3 Saturday night when the jury ir,
I he court of assizes rendered a ver-
Frederic djet of guilty Humber against Thorese aad
and Romain and
Emiie d’Aurignac.
Alter a brief deliberation the court
sentenced Therese and Frederic Hum¬
bert each to five years and to pay a
fine ot 100 lranes, Emile d’Aurignac to
three years and Romain d’Aurignac' to
two years.
The verdict was reached after *he
lury had been out four and a half
hours. When the verdict was pro¬
nounced, Therese and Frederic Hum¬
bert, weeping, embraced each other.
Therese Humbert seemed to bn
hopeful until the last, maintaining that
the jury was certain to bring in a ver¬
dict of acquittal. Even after condem¬
nation her emotion was only moment¬
ary. She soon resumed her self-pos¬
session.
Turning to Ihe military guard, she
indicated her readiness to go back to
the celts of the Conrlergerlc prison.
The sentences came as the culmi¬
nation of a day of sensational interest.
The chief event preceding the verdict
was the dramatic revelations which
Therese Humbert had so long prom¬
ised, in which she brought forward
the mysterious name of Rognier as
the real Crawford. The court and spec¬
tators listened to the recital with an
amazement amounting to stupefaction.
Although Therese did not indicate
whence Regnier’s millions came, it
was apparently part of her plan to
create the impression that Regnier had
received a vast sum for inducing Mar¬
shal Bazaine to surrender Metz. The
inconclusive character of the revela¬
tions was shown by the fact that the
court did not take the slightest judi¬
cial cognizance of them and imme¬
diately submitted the case to the jury.
The jury likewise treated the reveia
tion as a subterfuge.
MOTORMAN SHOOTS PHYSICIAN,
In Seeking to Employ Mrs. Potts.
Thedford Ron Afoul of Husband.
At Rome, Ga., Saturday night J. D
Potts, a well known young motorman
on the City Electric railway, shot and
very probably fatally wounded Dr. M
A. Thcdford, who is the manufactur
er of a well known liver medicine.
Thedford was seeking to employ Mrs.
Potts in his laboratory. Before her
marriage Mrs. Potts was in the em¬
ploy ot Thedford and between that
time and this Thedford is alleged to
have circulated damaging reports con¬
cerning her
This Thedford denies, but evidently
this did not satisfy Potts, who he-
came very much enraged when ne
heard that Thedford was seeking to
employ his wife, and when he and
Thedford met Saturday afternoon a
fierce fist fight occurred.
This was thought to be the end •">'
the matter, until they met again Sat¬
urday night, when Potts whipped out
his gun and shot Thedford. Several
shots were fired, one taking effect .n
the thigh and one in the abdomen.
The shooting created intense ex¬
citement in the city. Potts is a young
man of excellent reputation and has
always ehjoyed the confidence of the
citizens of Romo. Thedford is quite
wealthy. He is prominently connect¬
ed and has taken quite an active Inter¬
est in local politics of late.
A very sensational feature of this
story, a detail which cannot he veri¬
fied, is that Thedford is alleged to
have called at Potts’ house in dis-
guise. It Is stated that he tied his
long flowing beard behind his ears
and blacked his face like a negro. Just
why this was dene is not known, but
there is a persistent rumor abroad
that such is a fact. The entire affair
is rather mysterious.
CONVICTED OF SOLICITING BRIBE
State Senator Sullivan, of Missouri,
Sentenced to Pay a Fine.
At Jefferson City, Mo., State Sena¬
tor William P. Sullivan, accused of so¬
liciting a bribe for three votes on tho
anti-alum hill during the session of
the legislature last winter, was found
guilty and his punishment fixed at
$100 fine.
KIDNAPER GANG CORALLED.
Negroes Who Stole White Girl are All
Arrested in Arkansas.
William Hicks and his wife, the
supposed leaders of the band of eight
negroes who are accused of kidnaping
a white girl of Fort Gibson, Ind. T,
have been captured and lodged in jail
at Fort Smith, Ark. News has been
received of the capture of all the other
members of the band, A party of
farmers who attempted to rescue the
girl was fired upon by the negroes, and
one of their number was killed. The
Hicks woman claims that the girl is
her daughter.
BEAUMONT BANK BREAKS.
1
A Creation of the Oil Boom is Closed
by Examiner Logan.
The Citizens’ National and Savings
hank, at Beaumont, Texas, was closed
Wednesday afternoon by Bank Exam-
iner Logan, who has been In that city
{or geveral dayg looking over the af-
fajrg Qf th@ ln9titmlon . Examiner Lo-
n p 0s ifj ve ly refused to say anything
concernjne the B tatus of the bank’s
affairs.
JU RK BADLY SCAR ED
i Russian Squadron Anchors
Within Shooting DistafiCO.
!
I MERCY
ABDUL ASKS FOR
Turkish Foreign Minister at Constan¬
tinople Hastens to Make Voluble
Promises and Beg Withdraw,
al of Warships.
Advices from Constantinople state
that the Russian squadron arrived off
Iniada, on the eastern coast of Euro-
pean Turkey, Thursday afternoon.
Tewfllc Pasha, the Turkish foreign
minister, visited the Russian ambassa¬
dor and notified him that the Turkish
government , accepted all the Russian -
demands and begged that the Russian
squadron he withdrawn from Turkish
waters.
The news of the impending arrival
of the Russian squadron was gener¬
ally made known, notwithstanding the
continued suppression of nil telegrams
and announcements cn th ■ subject.
The general opinion of the Euro¬
peans in Constantinople is that the
time has arrived for a vigorous inter¬
vention and the abandonment ot all
semi-measures, which are regarded as
the cause of the present rising in the
Balkans.
According to the Turkish official re
ports, the strongest positions of the
insurgents are at Krushevo, Merihoro
and Fiorina. Contrary to previous re¬
ports, it is now stated officially that
Krushevo is still occupied by the insur¬
gents. The headquarters of the revo¬
lutionists is in the Peristeri moun
tains in the vicinity of Monastir.
FIRST RACE A FLUKE.
Owing to Becalmed Sea, Yachts Re¬
liance and Shamrock Fail to Make
Good in Initial Spurt.
One of tho biggest crows of sight¬
seers and yachtsmen that ever sailed
down Sandy Hook to witness an at-
tempt of a foreigh cup hunter to wro-.t
fr „ °“ Amer , , c a ,he . ^ht.ng supremacy
of ,he wor,d . ’ ret,,rnefl New Tone
Thursday night disappointed because
the sea had refused a field of combat
to the racers.
The first trial between Reliance and
Shamrock III for the possession of the
much-coveted America’s cup, owing to
the fickleness of the wind, resulted in
no race, it being declared off, as it was
seen that neither yacht would finish
within the time limit.
Of course, tiie day’s race was not
absolutely conclusive, owing to the
light and shifting character of the airs,
hut in-a 15 mile beat to windward, a
portion of which was sailed in a driv¬
ing rain, tho cup defender, Reliance,
showed its heels to Shamrock III in
commanding style and In woather con¬
ditions which were supposed to be to
the particular liking of the challenger.
GEN. BLACK HEADS G. A. R.
Encampment at ’Frisco Elects Officers -
Boston Next Meeting Place.
At San, Francisco Thursday, the
Grand Army of the Republic selected
Boston as the place in which the en¬
campment of 1904 will be held, and
elected the following officers:
Commander in chief, General John
C. Black, Illinois; senior vice com¬
mander, Colonel C. Mason Keene, Cal¬
ifornia; junior vice commander, Colo¬
nel Harry Kessler, Montana; surgeon
in chief, George A. Harmon, Ohio;
chaplain in chief, Winfield Scott, Afi-
zona.
A NEW BILL IS READY.
Authorizes Columbia to Make New
Canal 'l reaty with United States.
Advices from Bogota, Colombia,
state that a bill is ready authorizing
the government to make a new canal
treaty with the United States upon
fixed basis and also providing for
modifying the national constitution.
RELENTLESS WAR ON VAGRANTS
Authorities in Albany, Ga., Begin Put¬
ting New Law Into Operation.
The authorities of Dougherty coun¬
ty, Ga., have wasted no time in begin¬
ning operations under the new vagran¬
cy law. Albany has been cursed for
years by a horde of idlers who refuse
to work, and all efforts to get rid of
them have failed.
Wednesday afternoon Sheriff Ed¬
wards organized a posse and assisted
by the police, proceeded to make a
clean sweep of ihe city. Many of the
vagrants were taken by surprise, and
arrests were made by the wholesale.
RAPIST SAVED FRO# MOB.
--
Father of Assaulted Girl Pleaded for
Course cf Law and Order. I
Pleading for law and order and beg-
glng that the law be allowed to take its
course, Isaac Strickland, whose 18-
year-old daughter was brutally as
saulted by BUI Slaton, a negro, near
Llthia Springs, Ga., ThursSay morning,
saved the ravisher of the glri from
death at the hands of a posse of infu¬
riated citizens.
V f Cream of News.f T
Ht'H'tHHMWtWMHMt
Brief Summary of Most
Important Events
of Each Bay.
I —John Smith, citizen of Rome,
! a
Ga., who has fought for the right to
keep hogs In the city through all ho
courts of Georgia, has defied the state
■ supremo court and declared that he
| will take his case to the United Statos
i supreme court.
I —A. W. and R. D. Wietlors, promi¬
nent citizens of Charleston, S. C,
i badly used In affray
wore an with dis¬
J pensary constables.
— Tobacco growers of the Carolinas,
| Virginia, Tennessee and Kentucky are
j organizing to fight Ihe trust with local
manufacturing companies.
Buring a rain at Salt Lake City,
] Utah, Sunday great numbers of frogs J
| —A train on the New York Central
j railroad was wrecked at Little Falla
Sunday and engineer and fireman
killed,
—Mimic war between the army and
navy is under way. General Chaffee
arrived at Portland, Me. Sunday.
—Hawaii will float $2,000,000 bonds,
authorized by Its legislature.
—King Edward, In court circular,
l>ajs tribute to the late marquis of
Salisbury.
Turkey yields to the demands cf
Russia and the Russian squadron has
been withdrawn from Turkish waters.
—The result of tho Humbert trial
in France, has caused a feeling of re¬
lief among the lower classes, who fear¬
ed there would he a verdict of ac¬
quittal.
—Governor Terrell, of Georgia re-
fused to respite Robert Cawthorne,
who Is to be hanged for poisoning R.
J. Tucker.
—Fourteen arrests were made in
Macon, Ga., Friday under the new Cal¬
vin vagrancy law. The crusade will bo
continued.
—The regimental contest In the
Georgia state shoot was decided Fri¬
day, the trophy going to the Savannah
Volunteer Guards.
—Near Midland, Ga., Friday, Isaac
Cunningham shot and killed P. J.
Wright over a dispute about working
hands on the public road, The men
were near neighbors.
El Paso, Tex., has been visited by
an unusual number of fires, and the
operations of firebugs are suspected.
—The Negro Business Men’s Leaguo
closed its session al Nashville, Tenn.,
Friday. Booker Washington was re-
elected president.
—In Barbour county, Ala., the opera¬
tions of whitecaps have demoralized
labor to such an extent that the gov
ernor has been called upon for aid.
—Secretary of Agriculture Wilson
hopes to interest the negroes of the
south in silk agriculture.
Arrangements have been practical¬
ly perfected by Greater Georgia Asso¬
ciation for advertising the state In the
wesl.
—Governor and comptroller of Geor¬
gia cannot announce tax rate because
arbitration hoards for franchises fail
to make reports.
Officers at Albany and Americas,
Ga., are making arrests of vagrants un-
der the new law. Jail at Albany is
filling with them and Judge Crist, at
Americus, sent twenty vagrants in a
bunch to the chaingang.
—By the explosion of a steam con¬
denser at a sawmill at Browton, Ala.,
two men lost their lives.
—Fifty persons were poisoned by
the eating of ice cream at Roanoke
Rapids, N. C. One man is dead au.i
others are critically ill.
—Governor Jelks, of Alabama, sign¬
ed requisition papers from Illinois for
W. J. Lytle, of Montgomery, who is
wanted in Chicago on charge of as-
sault wilk Intent to murder.
—D. M. Smith, present assistant
agent, has been elected by the
book committee of the Methodist
church agent for the publishing house,
vice Dr, R. J. Iligha m, who recently
resigned.
—Stale Senator Sullivan is on trial
in Missouri accused of accepting a
bribo to Influence legislation.
—The bookbinders in the govern
ment printing office have renewed
their fight on Miller. Charges affect¬
ing his personal character have been
filed.
—Former Senator David B. Hill
spoke at Olcott Beach, N. Y., on “Mo'j
Law.” Incidentally ho seemed to
thrust at President Roosevelt, alleging
that the latter i3 fond of the limelight.
—In an effort to capture a negro
desperado at Wedowee, Ala., two white
men were killed and nine seriously
wounded. The negro used a double-
barreled shotgun.
—Washington has been informed
that the Colombian congress has unau
imously rejected the Panama canal
treaty.
—Federal Judge Rogers, at St. Lou
j Sj has decided that the Western Un
j 0 n has the right to discharge men for
belonging to union and also to black-
list them.
—President Roosevelt, Monday re
viewed tho north Atlantic squadron
off Oyster Bay. Twenty-one war
ships were Inspected by the president ,
NUMBER 41.
SOUTH IS GROWING
Flattering Showing is Made
in Census Bulletin Figures.
WE LEAD OTHER SECTIONS
Region West of the Mississippi is
Showing the Most Rapid Strides.
Other Interesting Facts Con¬
tained in the Publicatio.n
The census bureau at Washington
has just published, as a bulletin, a dis¬
cussion of the increase of population
in the United States as shown by the
census of 1900. The principal results
of the study of these figures are, sum¬
marized as follows;
The increase in the popuation of
continental United States, that is, the
United States exclusive of Alaska and
the recent insular accessions, was
13,04(1,8C1, or 20.7 per cent.
Only one country, Argentina, has
shown by the most recent figures a
more rapid growth.
The present rate of growth in con¬
tinental United States is estimated
as double the average rate of Europe.
In the decade 1890 to 1900, for the
first time in our national history, the
southern states increased faster than
the northern. East of the Mississippi,
however, the northern states as a
group have grown in the last ten years
somewhat more rapidly than the soutn-
ern, blit west of that river the southern
states have increased almost two and
one-half times as rapidly as the north¬
ern, and it is this fact which makes
the growth of tho south as a whole ex¬
ceed that of the north.
The region west of the Mississippi
river is still increasing faster than
that east of it. The rates of increase
in the north and south during the last
twenty years were practically tho
same. But in the character of this
growth the two regions differ widely,
there being a relatively uniform growth
over the whole south, equalized by a
balance in tho north between a lower
rate of rural growth and a high rate
of rural growth and a higher rate of
urban growth.
The most noteworthy result of the
entire discussion, it is stated, is tho
cumulative evidence of the rapid ap¬
proach to equality in the rates of in¬
crease of various parts of the United
States. This appears whether north
he compared with south, cast with
west, or city with country.
GORDON’S MESSAGE TO BLACK. -
Confederate General Congratulates
Federal General on Election.
Commander in Chief Black, after-
the adjournment of the Grand Army
of the Republic encampment at San
Francisco received the following tele¬
gram from General -John B. Gordon,
commander in chief of the United Con¬
federate Veterans;
“My hearty congratulations to you
and the country. Your election as¬
sures unanimous and increased good
will and closest amity.”
General Black responded as follows: .
“The encampment having adjourned,
I have submitted your message to the
council of administration, and I am
direeted by them to acknowledge it
and say, as do I, that they fully recip¬
rocate its fraternal and beneficent
spirit. God bless our land.”
“BILL ARP” UNDER KNIFE.
Operation performed on Major Smith
and Gall Stones Found.
A dispatch from Cartersvtlle, Ga., ’
says: Major Charles H. Smith (Bill
Arp) underwent a surgical operation
Friday. Well-grounded speculation led
to remarkable discoveries in his case
through an operation Dr. performed Ralph Smith, by j 1
Dr. R. J. Trippe.
the major’s son, convinced made a minute him inves- of j
tlgation, which a I
growth or obstruction about his fath-
er’s liver. I
In the gall bladder were found three I
thousand gall stones, ranging in sir? i
from that of a mustard seed to that of I
a marble, the great obstructive ma-iS I
being enough to fill the double hands. g
ALABAMA MINERS WIN FIGHT.
Decision cf Arbitration Board is i'<
Their Favor on All Points.
The board of arbitration appointed
to settle certain matters in contro¬
versy between certain coal operators
and coal miners in the Birmingham
district of Alabama have made to the
respective parties in said controversy
a report and awards.
On all questions at issue the board
decides in favor of the miners. Wages i
are increased, mines payments closed concededifl to bojrtjn
and semi monthly regarding!
A compromise was reached
the eight-hour day controversy.
SECRETARY ROOT SETS SAIL.
Goes to England to Assume Duty on
Alaskan Boundary Commission.
Secretary Elihu Root sailed from
New York for Liverpool Friday on ’the
Celtic, of the White Star line. Ho
goes to England to act with Senator
Lodge an'd former Senator Turner, of'
Washington, as the United States rep
resentatlves in the Alaskan boundary (