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BILL ARP’S LETTER.
Political Events of the Past En
Sages Bartow Man’s Attention.
EXPECTS evdlvtc rnnn GOOD THivrc THINGS OF nnncrin ROOSEVELT t
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William Say« _ Now Is Propitioue
a
Time For a Political Reforma
tion and Cementing of Na
tional Friendship.
“To the victors belong the spoils.”
This was an old war maxim of the Ho
mans in Julius Caesar’s day—and was
akin to that other one, “v–e victis,”
woe unto the conquered. In 1831, when
General Jackson was sweeping the
field and removing from federal office
everything whig who had been ap
pointed, William L. Marcy, who was in
the United States senate, defended
him in a great speech and promulga
ted that maxim, “To the victors belong
the spoils.” Marcy was a very bril
liant statesman, but a very bitter par
tisan. He was governor of New York
three terms, judge of the supreme
court, secretary of war under Polk,
secretary of state under Pierce, and
he used this maxim just as far as he
was allowed to. He detested the whig
party and defined an old line whig to
be “a conceited gentleman who took a
drink when he pleased and never voted
the democratic ticket.” This reminds
me of an old man I met in Arkansas,
who said to me, “Mr. Arp, I’m gwlne
onto 80 years old—me and my old
o’man have lived together fifty-nine
years and jined the same Baptist
church the year we was married and
every year since then I have voted the
democratic ticket.” His politics was
a good part of his religion. I remem
ber when the alienation between the
whigs and democrats was quite as bit
ter for many years as it has been be
tween republicans and democrats at
the south—social equality even in
small towns was strained by politics,
This alienation got into the churches
and colleges. There was no outward
breach of good manners, but it was
manifested in various ways that the
whigs felt they were better than the
democrats, for they were generally
wealthy and educated and owned
slaves. Out of 165 students in our
state university in 1845, 130 of them
were sons of whigs I am still a dem
ocrat, and my father was before me.
but I have always respected the grand
old whig party of the south, and la
manted its disruption. I still remem
ber with pride and admiration the
names of Toombs, Stephens, Ben Hill,
Jenkins, Dr. Miller, Crawford, Berrien,
the Hulls and Holts and Underwoods
and Doughertys, for I knew them all
personally and heard them on the
stump and in the forum. But the dis
ruption had come both in church
and state. The whigs could not any
longer stand the company they were
in—northern whigs became republi
cans and affiliated with abolitionists
in their political platforms. They pre
cipitated the civil war, and from that
was born plunder and corruption I
do not mean to say that all democrats
are patriotic and honest—nor that all
republicans are unprincipled and dis
honest. When our unsophisticated
preacher, Ed Axson, said to Judge Un
derwood that he could not believe
Tweed was guilty of stealing all that
money in New York city, for Tweed
was a democrat, the judge smiled and
said: “My dear sir, you are too inno
cent and unsuspecting to live in this
wicked world. I am twice as old as
you are and my observation has been
that it is within the range of possi
bility for a democrat to steal.” But
what I do say is that the democratic
party has more conscience and is less
greedy than the republicans. Shortly
after the war a Dutchman in Chatta
nooga killed his fat shote and hung it
up in the back yard to cool during the
night, next morning he was horrified
to find that one half of the hog w'as
gone. He ran around wild and was
very much excited and declared that
some mean old stinldn’ democrat had
carried off one-half of his beautiful
shote. “What makes you think he was
a democrat?” a neighbor asked. “Vy,
of course he vas a dimocrat—of course
he vas—for a republican vould haf
stole de whole hog.”
That’s it exactly. They want it all.
But now is the time for a great reform
ation. Martin Luther brought one in
the church and I believe that Roose
velt will bring one to the management
of our national affairs. He knows of
the corruption and has determined to
purge it He will appoint good men
to office, regardless of their political
principles. He will not be governed
by that maxim of Marcy’s. He is an
ardent believer in civil service re
form. General Grant had the law pass
ed in 1S72 to step the public plunder,
but he couldn’t enforce it and it be
came a dead letter. In 1876 and 1880
b °tfi P ar t* es pretended to favor its re
vlval and they put it as a plank in
their platforms. In 1883 congress pass
ed the present vigorous law on the sub
ject, but party pressure evades it as
much as possible and that unchristian,
uncivilized maxim of “to the victors
belong the spoils” still prevails. The
civil serivee reform does not apply to
all the little offices, but is pretended to
be enforced In the important ones.
Thirty thousand railway postal clerks
are subject to it and the law is more
risidly enforced in the postal depart
ment than any other. Now we hope
and have a right to expect that Mr.
Roosevelt will see to it that no objec
tionable postmaster shall be appoint-
ed in any town, north or south. Tho
postoffiee is emphatically the people's
office. It ought really to be an elec
tive office in every town and village.
u ls cl0se aJ<in t0 homc and af '
talrs, and the sacred and . secret things
of our homes. Men, women and chil
dren have a share in it and no one but
a kind-hearted, accommodating man or
woman of good, respectable social
standing In'the community should be
appointed. There is an eternal fitness
of things that cannot be disregarded
with impunity and no broad-minded
man would appoint a negro as post
master at Athens or Augusta or any
white man’s town. Why not try one at
Canton, Ohio, or Dayton, or any other
cultured city of the north? Why in
suit our people with such federal offi
cials. They say that we are all breth
ren now, but as the poet says:
“I know that you say that you love me,
But why did you kick me downstairs?”
Now just think of it—and ponder it
—what an oportunity for Mr. Roose
velt to win to him many millions of
good people who have been long es
tranged. He can do this and not strain
his republicanism. What a great thing
it is for a king or an emperor or a
president to be loved by his subjects
or his people. What a glorious reform
it would be for all the conservative cit
izens of the north and the south, the
east and the west to wipe out the par
ty lines and with one heart and one
mind, say to Mr. Roosevelt, sir, your
high-toned, pure, patriotic and unpreju
diced administration since the death of
Mr. McKinley has commanded our re
spect and admiration. We, therefore,
nominate you to succeed yourself. I
believe it to be possible for this to
happen. Keep on that line, Mr. Roose
velt. Put the best men in office, re
gardless of party lines and my old
friend, Evan Howell, and I will back
you, but wo will not flop over to the re
publican party all of a sudden as Bob
Lowry did. It will have to repent and
apologize a long time before I will
trust them and shake hands across the
bloody chasm I’ve got such a long
habit of being a democrat that I’m too
old to change. Bob Lowry is much
younger, and so is Roosevelt. Lowry
can turn republican if he chooses and
Roosevelt can turn democrat; we don’t
care.—Bill Arp, in Atlanta Conslitu
tion.
THREE VICTIMS OF EIRE.
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Two Brothers and sister Meet Tragic
Heath in Burning Home.
Surrounded by walls of flames
which prevented escape or rescue,
John Hatcher, Jack Hatcher and Min
nie Hatcher, two brothers and a sis
ter, all grown, were burned to death
near Ashburn, Ga., Saturday morning
about 3 o’clock.
Mrs. Hatcher, the mother of the vic
tims, was awakened by the heat at her
residence and barely escaped with her
life, and too late to assist her chil
dren.
Her cries attracted the attention of
her neighbors, who came to the rescue
as quickly as possible, but were una
ble to save the lives of those in the
house or to stay the flames.
The grief of the mother as she
prayed for the rescue of her children
from the flames was pitiable in the
extreme.
In the early part of the night a
lamp was overturned in a room of
seed cotton and the inmates succeed
ed in extinguishing the fire after being
slightly burned.
It is thought that the fire was only
smothered, as it broke out again in the
early morning in the same room and
the house was totally destroyed.
MANY SOUTHERNERS CALL.
President Entertained a Long List of
Visitors Saturday.
A Washington special says: The
Booker Washington dinner incident
seemed to be entirely forgotten at the
white house Saturday, judging from
the long list of official callers repre
senting southern states. Conservative
men from the south who discussed
the subject agree that no good can
come of agitating the question further.
They hold that the president has the
right to select the guests he will pri
vately entertain, and public men from
the south cannot neglect the interests
of their constituents because of some
social incident which may not accord
with their views on the subject of so
cial equality. It is believed that the
incident will be forgotten within a
week.
SEEDS FOR FARMERS.
Government Makes Earlier Start For
Their Distribution.
The department of agriculture has
completed plans for the annual distri
bution of seeds throughout the coun
try. Despite the fact that double the
usual amount of seeds are to be sent
out this winter, the preliminary work
is advanced much further than in past
years. There will be 37,000,000 pack
ets of seed distributed, comprising
both vegetables and flowers.
Buggies, UNDERTAK
Wagons,
Harness, ING AND
Mowers, EMBALMING.
Coffins,
LANIER – DEKLE,
Cordele. Ga.
Georgia.‘.Cullings
Brief Bat Interesting Summary
of Happenings in the State.
Two Resign From Regiment
The resignation of Major J. Van
Holt Nash, commanding the first bat
talion of the Fifth Georgia regiment,
and of Captain Sam Howell, command
ing Company K, of the same regiment,
have been tendered to Adjutant Gen
eral Robertson. They will be accepted.
* * *
Daughters to Meet In Columbus.
Preparations are being made by Liz
zie Rutherford chapter for the annual
convention of the Georgia division,
United Daughters of the Confederacy
in Columbus, October 30 and 31 and
November 1. The sessions will be
held in the superior court room at the
court house. It is expected that there
will be some seventy-five delegates
• * *
Homeopaths to Meet.
The eighteenth session of the South
ern Homeopathic Medical Association
will be held in Atlanta October 23 and
24. The official programme has been
prepared and includes many interest
ing and important features. Papers
will be read by some of the most dis
tinguished homeopathic practitioners
in the south.
• * *
Notice to Georgia Editors.
The members of the Georgia Press
Association and the Weekly Press As
sociation of Georgia are requested to
meet in Savannah on Friday, Novem
ber 8 , next. Application for transpor
tation should be made at once.
H. H. CABANiSS,
President Georgia Press Association.
W. S. COLEMAN,
President Weekly Press Association.
* * *
Preparing For Entertainment.
The Athens Woman’s Club is pre
paring for the entertainment of the
Georgia Federation of Women’s Clubs,
which meets in that city on November
6 There will be fully eighty dele
.
gates in attendance upon the session
of the federation, and some important
business is to be transacted. The so
cial functions will be brilliant and en
joyable in every way.
* * *
Cordele Banks Consolidate.
The People’s Bank, of Cordele, has
been merged into a new bank, which
will be the Cordele National bank. It
has a paid-in capital of $50,000, and its
stockholders represent nearly $ 2 , 000 ,
000. The officers are: R. L. Wilson,
president; E. P. McBurney, first vice
president; B. P. O’Neal, second vice
president; B. H. Palmer, cashier; W.
T. Doughtry, assistant cashier.
* * *
No Pardon For Hunter.
It is understood the state prison
commission has refused to recommend
a pardon for Thomas Hunter, who is
now serving a sentence of five years in
the state penitentiary for the embez
zlement of funds of the Atlanta and
West Point railroad. The papers in
the case were sent to Governor Can
dler by the commission a day or two
ago, but the governor has not had
time to take the matter up, nor will he
do so for several days on account of
the fact that he is busy with his mes
sage to the legislature. It is under
stood the governor will go fully into
the case before he acts upon it, but if
he follows the precedent established,
he will approve the finding of the com
mission, which is against Hunter.
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Floyd County Tax Collector Enjoined.
A petition has been filed before Judge
Henry, of the Floyd superior court at
Rome for an injunction of tne county
officials to prevent them from collect
ing the tax founded upon the rate re
cently adopted by the county commis
sioners. Mr. Walter Harper, editor of
The Rome Times, appears as the appli
cant for the injunction.
Some days ago the county commis
sioners assessed a levy for Floyd coun
ty at $9.56 on the thousand .while the
tax rate of the state is $5.44. The pe
titioner avers that this levy by the
county authorities is illegal and can
not of right be enforced, for the reason
that the supreme court has decided
that a county cannot make its levy
more than 50 per cent of the state’s
assessment without the recommenda
tion of the grand jury, but that they
may go as high as 100 per cent with
this recommendation.
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Contest Temporarily Withdrawn.
The contest over the county site of
Bryan county that was pending before
Secretary of State Phil Cook has been
withdrawn for the present, and the
hearing that was to have taken place
before him has been indefinitely post
poned. In the recent election Clyde,
the present county site, lost and it
was voted to move the court house to
Ellabelle. It was claimed there was
fraud in the election and a contest
was made. It appears now that both
sides have agreed to submit the ques
tion again to the voters of the county
in the general election next year and
let that decide the matter once for all.
Both sides to the contest wrote Sec
retary Cook that they had agreed to
the postponement. In the meantime
Clyde remains the county site.
* * *
Still Wants Georgia Sheriff.
Governor Candler has received an
other communication from the gover
nor of North Carolina demanding the
surrender of Sheriff Lovingood, of Fan
nin county, and his deputy, Finley, on
the charge of kidnaping. The letter
was accompanied by affidavits in sup
port of the charge.
As has already been stated, Sheriff
Lovingood went to North Carols a and
arrested a white man on the char 8 e of
seduction in Fannin county, ] t ,
claimed the man agreed to return with
out a requisition. This the raan now
denies, and there is considerable con
flict on the subject. At all events
when he was taken to Fannin county
he gave bond for his appearance and
returned to Clay county, North Caro
lina, against and Lovingood had indictments and Finley f oua j
for p,;
naping.
The governor cf North Carolina has
been quite persistent in this case and
demands the surrender of the two
Georgia officers to be tried on the
charge stated. Governor Candler h as
not yet decided what he will do in the
matter.
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Minder Again Respited.
Isadore Minder will not be hanged
at Macon Friday as he has been gram,
ed another respite by Governor Can
dler. Minder was originally sentenced
to die on the gallows September 6 fo
the murder of Andrew Mahoney, but
on September 4 Governor Candler, in
view of the granting of the writ of er
ror in case by Justice White, of the
United States supreme court, respited
Minder until October 25. A few days
ago the attorney for Minder wrote Gov
ernor Candler and asked that an indef
inite respite be- granted, as the case
is before the United States court,
where it was carried on the ground
that Minder was unable to get the tes
timony of persons residing in another
state.
A Question of Postage.
The department of agriculture
stands to be about $2,500 out and the
United States government that much
in, unless a ruling of Postmaster
Smyth, of Atlanta, is changed by the
postofflee department in Washington.
Captain R. F. Wright called at the
postoffice a day or two ago to see
about sending through the mails the
new book being gotten out by the de
partment. It is called “Georgia: His
torical and Industrial,” contains 800
pages and weighs three pounds. It
will be out about November 1.
Captain Wright was informed that
the book could not go as second-class
matter, because it has a cloth cover
ing, so instead of being 1 cent a pound
the postage will be 1 cent for 2 ounces.
* * *
Masons to Meet In Macon.
The annual convention of the Ma
sonic fraternity meets in Macon on Oe
tober 29th, Tuesday. The grand lodge
will be in session until Thursday at
noon, October 31st.
BOUBY STILL TALKING.
Evans Explains Some More status of,
the >chli y < a e.
Rear Admiral Robley D. Evans pass
ed through Omaha, Neb., Thursday on
his way to the Samoan islands, where
he goes to investigate charges against
naval officers.
“Will Schley be exonerated?” he
was asked by a reporter.
“He has never been condemned in
the eyes of the public, so far as my
observation goes,” replied Admiral
Evans.
“Just what the outcome of the trial
will be I cannot say. It is very grati
fying to the public, however, to know
that Admiral Dewey is on that board
of investigation. I will state this,
however, that the Texas battleship is
not receiving the notice and consider
ation it deserves in that investigation.
That the Texas played a very impor
tant and telling part in the sinking of
Cervera’s fleet there is no gainsaying.
I was there, ana I ought to know.”
NEGRO MAKES UGLY CHARGE.
Claims That His Son Was 8nrrepti"
tiously Murdered and Buried.
Governor Candler, cf Georgia, receiv
ed a letter a day or two ago containing
information which, if true, shows that
a rather unusual and remarkable
crime was committed recently in Bibb
county, some distance from Macon.
The letter was from a negro and
stated that several days ago a white
man who desired to prosecute his son
for some alleged crime had secured a
constable and gone on a hunt for tne
boy. The negro stated that the off'
cer and the prosecutor had killed b |a
son and buried the body themselves in
the woods.
Governor Candler sent the letter o
the solicitor of the Macon circuit, wit.
instructions to investigate it the 1 '
oughly.
INVASION* BY BOERS.
They March Through to Ihe Sea I’ 0
spite Rig British Army.
Advices from Cape Town state that
the Boer invaders have reached the
sea, a command of 500 men havihS
penetrated through the rich Great
Berg river valley to- Hopefield and S--*
danha bay, northwest of Cape Tew
In brisk fight at Twenty-fou r
a
Streams, near Piquetsberg, Wednes
day Captain Bellew and four British
were killed and several others "Cff
wounded. sever
The British, having surprised the
al camps, the Boers are now in
habit of shifting camp by night. Lae*-'
the British columns after long
marches have arrived at their objC 1
tives only to find the Boers gone.
Dr. Curry Visits President of th e
Dr. J. L. M. Curry, secretary respects
Peabody school fund, paid his He
to President Roosevelt Saturuaj- been
said that the suggestion has eed
made that President Roosevelt sue
the boar of
the late president on
trustees.