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BIEL ARP’S LETTER
Bartow Man On Assassination of
President McKinley.
EXTOLLS MANHOOD OF DEAD LEADER
William la Well Acquainted With
Some of Rooaevelt’s Relatives
and Hints For a Government
Job on that Account.
Tho public grief has assayed. The
shock that made tho nation tremble
has passed away. Editors and preacu
era have hart their say and the wheels
of government roll on in their estab
lished way. Not for a day was there
any Interruption to commorce or og
rieulturo. Party and partisans soft
ened doton and paid regard to tho
time-honored maxim, "Do martlmus nil
nislbonum”—say nothing but good of
the dead. Even the yellow Journals
stopped their cartoons and gave their
readers a rest. But one extremo al
ways follows another and so Idolatry
began as soon as tho resident was
assassinated. Ho would havo been
sainted If saluting was revived. Now
that he Is dead he is everybody's presi- I
dent. But tlmo is a good leveler, and
history is beginning to be made. will Mr. ho j
McKinley was no demigod nor
be written down as a great statesman, bet- j
He was a Christian gentleman—a j
tor man than his party—but was car
ried along with it Into an unjust war
that will not bear the scrutiny of time.
Ho hart to fall Into lino with the greeu
of commerce, and the consequence is
there are thousands of widows and
mothers silently mourning for hus
bands and sons killed in battlo or died
in hospitals In a foreign land. There
la no lamentation over them.
But aa Governor Oates said, what
aro wo going to do about It; nothing?
■Some preachers say It Is the will of
(God and the way to spread the gospel.
I don’t believe It; and I have not much
[regard for the preacher I who have does. got to It
takes moro faith than
jboo the hand of Ood in any war for
dominion or the acquisition xjf terri
tory. For moro than a hundred years
'Ireland has been held In vassalage
iagalnst her will. So wero the Ameri
can colonies held until our fathers
rebelled. Napoleon coveted the earth
and our government coveted Cuba and
found u casus belli In a pretense of
'feeding her starving people, but never
‘rod them. Then our commercial greed
crossed tho ocean to the Philippines
and bought them for a song with ten
millions of negroes thrown In. Eng
land covoted South Africa and has
already spent millions of money and
rivers of blood In an effort to subdue
a free peoplo and get possession of their
gold mines! I don’t believe that any of
this Is God’s will. Greece and Rome
and Carthage and Napoleon all came
to grief. Offense must needs come,
but woe unto those by whom they
come. I don’t, believe that any war ot
aggression has tho favor of God, but
sooner or later tho aggressor will
reap what lie iia« sown. John Brown
was backed by Henry Ward Beecher
and other preachers who thought they
saw the will of God In an uprising of
the slaves against their masters, no
matter If it resulted in murder and ar
son and other outrages too horrible to
mention. He was as much an anarch i
1st as Czolgosz and • hla Infamous
scheme a thousand times more horri
ble; but last year they removed his
bonce to Connecticut and reintorred
them with honors and a monument.
No, I am still the same old rebel—
unreconstructed, unrepentant, and
I am Incredulous of any real or last
ing harmony between the north and the |
south as long as tho pension grab goes
on and gets bigger every year and we
have to pay a third of It for being con
quered. If peace and love and har
mony prevail, why bleed us forever?
Why tako our hard earnings to sup
port the children and grandchildren oz
union soldiers, one-third of whom were
Hessians and hirelings who were fight
ing for $10 a month and rations, with i
no thought of patriotism? From that !
imported class, no doubt, sprang these i
anarchists that breed discord and dis
content among our people. Czolgosz
was no foreigner. He was born in
Detroit, went to school there, learned
his trade there, and his elder brother
vrm a soldier in the union army, and
ho *s just as much an American citi
zen as 54 per cent of tho population of
New York Oity—native-born, but of
foreign parents. The seeds of anarchy
wero sown long ago, and it Is too lato
to drive it out by any legislation. The
assassins of our presidents were all
native-born American citizens, In
deed. It is not surprising that among
75,000,000 of people there are to be !
found a few men of such abnormal
mind as to glory in killing a president.
As Roosevelt said, a president must
take his chances. “Uneasy lies the
head that wears a crown.” Why that
wretch should wish to kill such a
kind-hearted and unselfish man as Mr.
McKinle.y, passeth comprehension. If
he was jealous of power or great
wealth, why didn’t ho pursue Morgan
or Rockefeller or Carnegie? Oh. the
pity of it! An unselfish, great-hearted,
Christian gentleman. No wonder the
women are helping to build the At
lanta monument, for Mr. McKinley j
model husband, true to his mar- ’
was a
riage vows and ever thoughtful of his [
loving wife. Even in apprehension of
his fate he carried $100,000 of life In
surance, and it was all for her—yes,
all for her whom lie loved better than
fame or wealth or power.
And now comes President Rtroee-
veil. the ftret proeldeot from Georgia
we had a United State* bank he would
close It and remove the deposits. Ye6,
I know tho stock from away back.
When I was a school boy I visited Roa
well, whore tho Kings and Dunwoodys
and Bollocbs and Pratts and Hands
ail lived in elegant seclusion. Dan
Elliott was one of my companions—a
mischievous, black-eyed youth of 16;
I went to school with him. He was
half-brother to our president’s mother.
Yee, 1 know the stock, and maybe I
can got some little office with good
pay amd little work—something Kko a
sinecure or a sine qua non—something
that would suit my doolinJng roars
and lot me down easy. I think I would
like that, and the prosldont ought
to give It to me because I went
to school with his half-unclo Dan or
his uncle half Dan-that’s reason
enough.
But my time Is up, for my wife says
she Is going to take an evening nap
and I must look after tho two little
trranrldaueditors Tessin's children
There is a brand new little boy there
now and the little girls are staying
with us till their little brother gets ac
qualnted. Before long I will have to
brush up my old baby songs again
and sing that boy to sleep. They keep
on working me os long as I last. When
I die 1 reckon the women will build a
monument to me and say on it:
“Ho was a faithful husband and
father. He nursed the children and
grandchildren as long ns ho lasted. ••
—BUI Arp, in Atlanta Constitution.
CRANFORD JILTED FIANCE
And Chester Citizens Ask That His
Commission De Withheld.
A sensational romance has just come
to light at the war department at
Washington through the efforts of a
number of prominent citizens of Ches
ter, S. C., to prevent President Roose
velt from Issuing a commission to Wil
liam P. Cranford, who was recently ap
pointed a first lieutenant in the regu
lar army.
it appears that young Cranford is a
member of one of the most aristocratic
families in the Palmetto State. At the
outbreak of the Spanish-American war
he enlisted in one of the South Caro
lina regiments and rendered gallant
service in Cuba. Later he was ap
pointed second lieutenant of volun
teers and went to the Philippines,
where he again distinguished himself,
and won an appointment in the regu
lar army as first lieutenant.
His relatives and friends at his home
in Chester united in a general testi
monial as to his military, moral and so
cial standing, and were only too glad
to approve the action of the war de
partment in recognizing his military
qualifications.
A short time ago the announcement
of his engagement to marry one of the
most beautiful and aceomplisned
young ladies was formally authorized,
and preparations for the wedding were
made, to take place one day last week,
The bride's trosseau was completed,
the bridesmaids selected, the best man
and groomsmen chosen, and every de
tail for the wedding feast fully arrang
ed. The night before the wedding was
to have been solemnized Lieutenant
Cranford called, at the residence of his
intended bride. He remained there
until about 10 o clock and suddenly took
his departure. He at once addressed
a brief but polite note to the mother of
bis flancee informing her that the mar
rlage would not take place, as he had
ceased to love her daughter.
The startling and unexpected break
ing off of the engagement continues
to be a mystery to the relatives and
friends of the bride, and the greatest
Indignation prevails In social circles at
Chester as to the actual cause of Lieu
tenant Cranford’s ungallant action. In
the absence of a full explanation of
his peculiar conduct, many of the
prominent people of Chester, who had
previously urged his appointment to
the regular army, joined in a petition
to the president to withhold the issu
anee of a commission to Lieutenant
Cranford until a thorough investigation
of the circumstances can be made.
DOER LEADERS EXILED.
Kitchener Adopts New Plan In Ifibrl
to Terminate War.
A pamphlet has been published ai
Pretoria under Lord Kitchener's au
thorlty containing notice of the perma
nent banishment of several Boer lead
ers captured since September 15.
A proclamation has also been issued
providing for the sale of properties ol
burghers still in the field In accordance
vtth the terms of Lord Kitchener’s pre
vious proclamation.
WOXAX EMBEZZLER CAPTURED.
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Boston Police Take Charge of Miss
Nellie Boyer.
Helen or Nclliie Boyer, the young
woman bookkeepejr of the Federal
Telephone Company, of Pittsburg,
Pa., for whom tho Atlanta police were
asked to keep a lookout, because she
had boon hoard to say she once lived
>n Georgia’s capital, was arrested in
Boston Friday. She is charged with
tho embezzlement of nearly $1,000.
Has Dole Resigned?
Since the arrival of the steamer
Sierra at San Francisco last \\ ednea
day the story has been circulated that
just before the vessel left Honolulu
Governor Dole wrote his resignation
and that it is now en route to Wash
ington.
I fiporffifl * CllllifliTS
Brlet Brief Bnt BDt , B ^ h 300111101/
| of Happenings ia the State.
| Nelson Rangers to Meet.
The Nelson Rangers ia to hare a re
union In Macon on the 23d and 24th
of October, when the other veterans
gather. Colonel Bob Nlsbot, of Macon,
Is in charge of the affair.
County Seat Changed.
Notification has been received at the
office of the secretary of state to the
effect that the county seat of Bryant
county has been moved to Clyde, from
ElLabelle. The result of the vote for
the removal was for Clyde, 511 and for
Ellabollo, 230.
* * *
Mi,ea MeKon Gets a Job -
Miles Melton, of Conyers, has re
C6lv ^d the first appointment of Warden
Dawk, of the federal prison. Ho will
be officially known as farmer and ma*
ter ot transportation. He will assume
bia duties as eoon as tho I> rlson °P ens -
Mr - Melton has been a farmer all his
lifo - He was born and rear °d near
Shellman, Randolph county, and lived
there untiI abollt twe,ve y ears of a « e -
when h e moved to C^yers. He Is a
confederate veteran and is about 5*
years of age.
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To Have Independent Steamer.
The Chattahoochee river will have
an independent steamer within the
next two weeks. The Three States,
which was partially burned some time
ago at the Columbus wharf, has been
refitted and will be operated by a com
pany having its headquarters in Bain
bridge. Bainbridge business men and
a number of well known river men
are interested In the enterprise. It will
be the only independent steamer on
the river, all the other vessels being
In the Columbus Steamboat Associa
tlon.
• • •
Scarlet Fever Suspends Schools.
The Rome public schools, white and
colored, havo been suspended for two
weeks upon request of the city board
of health.
The same body has written to the
various Sunday school superintendents
asking that for three Sundays no ses
sions of the schools be held.
The board of health based Its ac
tlons upon the prevalence of scarlet
fever In tho city.
There are a few mild cases In the
city, and as a matter of precaution the
board deemed It advisable to take im
mediato action and prevent tho congre
nation of children. No serious alarm
Is expressed and the people are tran
quil over the situation.
• * *
School Tax Creates Interest.
State School Commissioner Glenn's
movement for local taxation for
school purposes, which he has bo
strongly recommended in his annual
report to the general assembly, is re
ceiving an impetus from all parts of
t be state, and it is likely that the act
providing for the right of communi
lies and counties to Incorporate for
the purpose of taxation for schools
only will bo one of the first to pass the
house and the senate and become a
law. The bill will likely first come up
in the senate. Senator .Johnson, of the |
fifth district, will present the hill.
Commissioner Glenn, since the agi
tation of the question commenced, has
received much encouragement in the '
movement, and he believes that it will
meet with success in the next general
assembly.
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The Dog aa Property.
Probably never before in the his
tory of Georgia; was a prisoner sold to
the highest bidder, because bond could
not be made to secure release from
prison. However, –ueh was the case
in Atlanta a few days ago.
The prisoner in question was a little
black water sponied named "Fannie,”
a canine that had been confined in the
Tower for a month past. Sheriff
Nelms, pursuant to an order from
Judge J. H. Lumpkin, directed that the
animal be sold, and she was placed on
tho legal block.
l-arnlo was imprisoned aa a re
sult of a controversy over her owner.
] ship between two negro women. One
of them instituted bail trover proceed
I ings and “Fannie” was placed in jatl.
! A bond of $120 was assessed, but both
of the women failed to give it. The
dog was bid in by the plaintiff.
Suggests Capitol Annex.
In Adjutant General Roberts’ re
P° rt l b * s 5' ear 1° Governor Candler
there will llaely bo a recommendation
lh at aH anne« bo built to the state
eapitol.
Assistant Adjutant General Byrd.
who is tho active custodian of
state public building's, has suggested to
Adjutant General Robertson that since
the state is now crowded for space in
the present building an annex should
be constructed on the lot opposite the
north end of tho capltol building, just
, in the rear of tha Episcopal cathedral.
' and fronting on Hunter street
1 In this building Colonel Byrd pro
posea to locate the supreme court the
state library, the department of geolo
! gy and the state museum.
A building similar In architecture,
but smaller in size than the present
capltol he suggests, with three stories
and no clome.
• • *
Day For Georgia Editors.
The state fair to be held at Savon
nah this fall will have a6 its guests the
editors and publishers of the state and
1 their wives. Both the Georgia Press
j Association and the Weekly Press Aa-
j 8oclfttloc have °d** on
aaso
j H Estill, of The Savannah as
the day named tor the reception of
the editors when they will gather at
^ banquet hall of the De 8oto ho
te i to be received by Colonel Estill
an< j a committee of citizens. After tak
ln g j n fair the guests will be enter
tained at Wimberly. Colonel Estlll's
summer residence, at the Isle of Hope,
where a terrapin stew and an oyster
roast wiU be the leaning features. This
will be the first Joint meeting of the
two press associations, and will bring
together practically all the newspaper
ro en of the state,
• * •
Department a Money-Maker.
A larger amount has been cleared
the ** te department of agriculture
| this year on the Inspection of fertlllz
era and oils than ever before,
The department has turned Into the
state treasury during tho fiscalyeaj ,
j which ended September 30 $3–,–4<.i»
net received from the inspection of
fertilizers and approximately $12,(XW
received from the inspection of oils,
These amounts exceed the net
amounts turned into the state from
the same sources on any previous year
by about $10,000.
This showing is regarded as re
markable. The total makes the de
partment of agriculture self-sustaining
j by more than $40,000. No department
; of the state government can make as
good a showing of its financial condi
, tion as this, and the large increase In
the amount this year has been a sur
prise to Commissioner Stevens and the
other officials of the department,
in recent years the department has
grown to be one of the most impor
tant of the state government, and has
done much through its fertilizer and
j oil departments toward protecting the
farmers and others using these pro
ducts from being imposed upon by
dealers of spurious goods.
The large amount of tags sold this
year shows a large increase of fertlli
; zer used,
* * *
New Georgia Postmasters.
List of fourth-class postmasters ap
pointed the past week is as follows:
Acherd, Dodge county, A. R. Daugh
try, vice Desire Van Quae them., re
moved,
Ben Hill, Fulton county, M. S. Mc
Gee, vice C. C. Holbrook, resigned.
Canoe Station, Emanuel county, L.
V. Envmitt, vice P. H. Emmitt, dead.
Danlelsvdlle, Madison county, M. E.
Griffith, vice D. E. Griffith, removed.
EH, Banks county, A. B. Smith, vice
W. H. Meeks, resigned.
Everett’s Station, Crawford county,
O. B. Young, vice H. E. Sanford, re
moved.
McPherson, Paulding county, C. D.
Holland, vice W. D. Howell, removed.
O’Neal’s Springs, Meriwether coun
ty, S. T. Gillespie, vice W. A. Gilles
pie, Jr., removed.
Jeffersonville, Twiggs county, De
witt Carswell, vice S. D. Pettis, re
moved.
ML EllersHe, Harris county, George
A. Redding, vice Robert H. Willis, re
moved,
* * *
McKinley Monument Fund Grows,
Not alone Is the south to claim the
privilege of contributing to tho mo"u
ment in Atlanta to the memory of
prudent McKinley. A few days ago
a 525 was received as a con
tribution to the fund from a citizen of
New York state. The check was sent
H. Baldwin, Jr., president
of the Long Island railroad, From
OMo also came a check for $100> 3iga .
^ ky u on Patrick Calhoun, who at
one time a prominent Atlantian.
jjr. Baldwin numbers many Geor
as k is warm personal friends
and for a number of years was closely
identified with Interests in the souti^
In a letter accompanying tho check
Mr Baldwin sends a message of high
Mt indorsement and encouragement to
^ plan of eTeting the monumont to
Prudent McKinley’s memory
H on. Patrick Calhoun of Cleveland $10o!
0 „ in forwarding a check for
gives his heartiest indorsement to the
movement and savs the entire coun
try is watching with deepest interest
Atlanta’s action in this matter.
"Nothing has ever been done,” he
writes, “to so seal the tie of friendship
that the martyred McKinley was chief
ly instrumental in binding.”
The fund Le now nearing the $6*000
mark.
We are ready to enter your name on
0 ur subscription books. You will not
miss the small sum necessary to be
come our customer.
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“CONSCIENCE MONEY” RETURNED.
; -
Yorker Refunds to Government
Amount Overpaid I11 Duties.
Secretary Gage Thursday received
in an envehvpe. postmark Now York,
September 20, ltMU, $6,150 in bills of
denominations ranging from $50 to
$500. This large sum of money was
I accompanied only by the following
! statement:
"After much thought I have become
convinced that duties were not fully
paid as desired, difference estimaetd a<
1 about 2 per cent. The wish now is
to rectify’ what was done during some
years ago and amount is sent which
ft is felt must be paid to tire United
1 states to discharge those
treasury
duties and do the right. Above has
] been great grief.”
No name was signed to this comrnu
. nicatkm.
*6 Thou Shalt Not Covet”
PERFECT CONTENTMENT IS BORN IN THE KITCHEN. HEALTHFUL MEAlc
DAINTILY SERVED, MAKE “A HEART TO MEET ITS FATE."
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“National Steel Ranges are the “Never had a stove to bake as
best made.” evenly and quickly.”
H. M. Price, Mobile, Ala. Mas. Ellem Tykes, Nashville.
“Abundance of hot water always “In 30years housekeeping, never
furnished.” had a stove so pleasing.”
W. R. Bring HURST, Clarksville.
hard service, RZV. J. B. Frwih, Nashville.
“After one year’s condition.” “I there is
in perfect am sure none superior ”
Fanning Orphan School, Nashville. J. T. Acearn, Superintent
fuel required Water Works, Nashville.
“Not one-half the P”
as formerly.” If “The National, the best range
Matron Vandbrisilt University. in use.”
would C. J. Custer, Hickman, Ky.
I “ Have never seen one I
exchange it for.” “Takes less wood and less time.”
B. F. Stratton, Nashville. T. J. Dodd, Camden.
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PHILLIPS – BITT 0 RFF MFG. € 0 . x NASHVILLE
FOR SALE BY CORDELE HARDWARE COMPANY.
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We will offer $5.00 in gold
to the party bringing us
the THREE HEAVIEST
TURNIPS grown from seed
bought of us.
A fresh supply of seed of all
kind just received.
J. B. RYALS – CO.
Bagley’s Store,
This = Week = Only
<<I<<I<WM1 Sugar, 17 pounds for $1.00. $1.0
10 pounds Coffee, ( high grade ) for
3 cakes Soap, worth 10c. going at 5c. for $1.0
17 pounds If ice
50 pounds Best Flour for $1.15.
50 pounds good Flour for $1.0
3 boxes Potash for 25c.
7 boxes Giant Potash for
DRY GOODS, SHOES, ETC.‘—
SHOES, worth $3.50, at $2.87. ' SHOES worth $1.75 1.50 at $l.j] IV
66 66 3.00 at 2.28. ' 66 at
66 2.00 at 1 08. 1.25 at Sic
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a 66 1.00 at 8c. SLIPPERS worth 1.50 at OS
« U 1.25 at $1.–|
HATS worth $3.50, at $2.98. HATS worth $2.00, at
HATS worth 2.50, at 1.98. HATS worth $1.50, at
i£»“NICE LINE OF TRUNKS. gj –~A FULL LINE 01 ^>1
OVERALLS, SHIRTS, DRAWERS. UNDERSHIRTS, OUTINGS, CALICO
CHEAPER THAN EVER BEFORE.
L. K. BAGLEY.
Albany Sc Northern Railway*
To Take Effect 5 A. M. Monday, June 19, 1899.
Central Time Standard.
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