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conquest. It Is a war ofaKKrestioh
upon a people who ueven'fljni'.harm
and beg to be let alone mil-
same old unchristian story. “Man’s
Inhumanity to man makos countless
thousands mourn." But I didn’t start
to write ad el4gy on the year that lias
gone. It Is pleasanter to wish all a
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THE CLAYTON TRIBUNE.
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THERE IS NO PAPER LIKE THE HO(«E PAPER TO HOME PEOPLE.
VOL. IV.
CLAYTON. RABUN COUNTY. GA.. THURSDAY. JANUARY 9. 1902.
NO. 51.
BIIL RP’S LETTER.
Bartow Man Agrees With Sher
man That “War Is H—1.”
OUR RACKET WITH SPAIN A DISGRACE
Brings Misery and Ruin to Thousands
of American Homes—Arp Re
gales Visitor With His Own
Wartime Experiences.
Not counting the great civil war ol
forty years ago, this last year of 1901
was the mest bloody and disastrous
of any in my recollection. Over 40,-
000 of our soldiers died in the Philip
pines—most of them In hospital. That’s
of little consequence, of course, to the
government, but It brought myriads
of sighs and tears to mothers and
wives and children. The Spanish war,
and what has grown out of it, has eter
nally disgraced the annals of the na
tion's history. And It keeps on and
will keep on, no doubt, bringing mis
ery and ruin In Us train. Some preach
ers Eay it is the work of the Lord. I
don’t believe It. ‘‘Offenses must needs
come, but woe unto them by whom
they come.” Besides all this, the year
was full of disasters on land and sea.
Explosions In mines, railroad wrecks,
boilers bursting, fire, floods, murders,
suicides, husbands killing wives and
children, lovers killing sweethearts,
and every !>ther davlllshv(|j|lng. Every
day’s dispatches record*oipethlng new
and horrible, and we are getting so
accustomed to It that It hardly dis
turbs or surprises us. We, too, are
^ getting hardened te blood and bloody
- Jleed*. Th}*j^ji£bncqre always follows
In the tfake of war. After the battle
of Malvern hill I remember hearing
one soldier bet another that he could
walk across the ridge and step on a
dead man at every step. He tried It
for a hundred yards and won. Sol
diers who had been kind and gentle
at home became hardened to the sight
of blood and death. After the war wan
over many a good mother watched and
waited for her boy to come home, but
he never came, and she died still won
dering how he was killed and where
he was burled. But few of his com
rades were left, and they were widely
scattered. The records were not kept
or were lost In the war. Out of 16,-
000 .buried at Vicksburg less than 2,-
000 have names upon their graves; so
It Is at Salisbury and Fredericksburg
and all the others. Of the federals
and confederates 90 per cent of all the
dead are unknown and sleep In un
marked and unrecorded gVaves. And
this is war and as General Sherman
said, “War Is hell.” There is enough
unwritten grief to fill an ocean, and
many a broken-hearted mother, let cop-
alment like a worm in the bud fe
her pallid cheek and turn her
before Its time. And yet we ki
ting and calling for more, troi
it for defense or liberty, but
willin’ to go; but I owe Bob Pertiller
a dollar and a half, and it bothers me
mightily.” “Never mind, John,” said
Jack, “I’ll pay Bob that money when I
go to town for the coffin. Now, just
turn over and die as easy as you can.”
And he did. He was a Hard Shelled
Baptist.
The other night we had a good lady
visitor from the north, and when she
said something about this horrid old
Philippine war, the conversation drift
ed to the hardships and sufferings
caused by our civil war, and, just to
amuse and entertain her, my wife and
I related how we got back to Rome
with our half dozen little children. We
an had to sleep on the floor, for we
had ho furniture, and we had no flour
or coffee or sugar, and there was none
to be had, for what little there was
was kept hidden and couldn’t be
bought with confederate money; and
hoW our corn meal was nearly all gone,
and there wasn't but one cow in tile
county, and she was kept hid in a
canebrake, and how I borrowed a
horse and rode 12 miles and bought
her for $3,000 In confederate money
and drove her home in the night and
kept her hid in the barn, and she gave
just enough milk to keep our baby
from perishing; and how I bought ten
bushels of corn away down the river
at $150 n bushel and got good old' Row
land Bryant to keep it hid for me at
his home six miles from town, and
once a week he took a bushel to r^ill
and.had It ground and brought to town
hid under the seat of his buggy; and
how the scouts and outlaws robbed
everybody who had anything, and
these outlaws were a company of cav
alry made up of thieves and deserters
from our own army; and how I had
a bale of factory Ehirting hid out In
the country fqr two years, ,aud as soon
a-- w* darod It >vas brought home and
-iqv wtf» : cobjdjsliha^a few^yords
at a time for potatoes and calKcens;
and how about these times the confed
erate detectives arrested a quarter
master in Selma for big stealing and
put him In jail, and he was desperately
scared and wanted to get out and run
away, and there wasn’t a lawyer In
Selma, for General Morgan and Gen
eral Pettus and Uawson and all the
rest were In the army, and a friend of
mine advised him to send for me, and
he did, and I went down there In an
old buggy, for there was no railroad
running then and I Interviewed him in
jail and agreed to get him for £10,000,
and It was deposited with my friends,
and 1 did get him out on a habeas cor
pus and a straw bond, and he ran away
and Is runqlMryet, I reckon; and how
a little rtjMpliiT came up from Mo
bile with some blockade goWs, and I
boughttwo pounds of opium for $5,000
pair of cotton cards on the
out backs or handles for $100
d that took the rest of the
f, and the captain gave me two
-’of coffee and as much sugar,
aQ{l I put the opium In one side of a
“'“'• pld rusty valise and the cards In
Other side and returned home and
ed a partnership with Bob Har-
ve, who had a half box of cheap to-
acco, and We opened a store and took
In a third partner, which was my wife,
who sent down two bolts of shirting,
and we went to trading for something
to live on. We assessed the cards at
$200 a pair and the opium at $10 In
gold for an ounce and the shirting at
$2 a yard. It was a kind of department
store. Bob clerked’ on one side and I
cn the other. We didn’t take confed
erate money for anything, for It got
worse every day, but we exchanged
things—and wo sold the opium to the
few who needed it for gold they had
hid away. Our store was a sensation,
for It was the only one In town that
had a stock of goods. A11 the others
were empty. In April, 1365, a company
of bluecoats came down In the night
and next morning we were all surpris
ed to see them. Mr. Lincoln was kill
ed two days before. So It was rumor
ed. but we didn't believe It. Dr. King
was a great big red-headed man and
said what he pleased, so he rode up to
the company and said: “Cappen, Is
there any truth In the report that ole
▲be Lincoln la dead!" The captain
replied roughly: “Yes, sir, 'he’s dead
I thought If He
It was likely that they would
Mid King, and he pat spun
times, and the good lady and our other
guests listened and laughed and won
dered until bed time.—Bill Arp, in At
lanta Constitution.
JOEL SMITri REPLIES.
CREAfl OF NEWS
Summary of the Moat
Important Daily
Happenings Tersely Told. I
He Makes Frank Statement In Answer
to Arp’s Letter of Last Week.
Editor Constitutiqa: In The Con
stitution of a week.ago. In the head
lines of Bill Arp’sV^etter, you state:
“But the same Joel advertises that he
is Arp’s boy.” This statement is with
out foundation. I have never adver
tised that I was Arp’s son, but, on the
contrary, have lnvjfriably stated that
I was not related tofhlm, when Inquiry
was made. *■
Bill Arp, in his; ladt -week’s letter in
your paper, dofes a great injustice.
I feel sure, ’ had ; he j^nown me, or had
definite inforfhatldn ;as to my business,
he would no^haye written as he did.
The worlfc-l hav# lieen engaged in is
not an “en<l j |ess'.t!t)a|n humbug." It is
true, I have h’a^a number of agents:
for the pasjtfew' years who have sollc- I
lted subscriptions lor my paper, job
printing; Advertising, etc., but I have
kept faith ’with thgm. My business
was perfectly honorable and legiti
mate, as every .on* who has looked
into it has found. , ( ft*
That you may knety who I am. I-wUl
give you such information asj^U’af
ford you ample oppcjftunlty to find out.
I was born and ralMd’^qn lr.
Echols county, Geoggja, .where my pa
rents still reside, father, J. D.
Smith, has re'pfeAented that county in
the Georgia IfgTs la tune, and also the
senatorial dlrftritft of which Echols
forms a part. I and my family are
well known to the best people of Ech
ols and Lowndes counties.
Leavlnethe faun in 1887, I attended
the Ujrtverslty TOiljilargla in Athens
In
1890, t moved to '"Mcfnticello, * Fla.,
Where I have since continuously re
sided and been In the newspaper busi
ness. Should you .desire to know my
standing there, I invite you to Inquire
of any fcltlzen of Montlcello, Fla.
During my stay In Montlcello, by
hard and earnest efforts, I have built
up a fairly good business with my pa
per—The Montlcello Weekly Constitu
tion—which, by the way, was estab
lished In 1874 under that name by Col
onel Fildes. By diligent effort I had
increased Its circulation to the largest
of any paper in Floiida—this was done
by seven years’ hard work. In October,
last year, I purchased and carried to
Montlcello the best newspaper press,
with the possible exception of one, in
Florida, together -with other costly ma
chinery.
However, during the last few months
I have encountered serious opposition
in my business from papers in other
sections whose publishers did not know
me. This opposition has been contin
uous and persistent, and to maintain
my business I have been compelled to
devote more time and energy to It
than my health would permit. My
business having deen damaged and my
health being run down, I am unable to
give it the attention necessary for Its
successful continuation. But I shall
protect tho§e who have wored for me,
and to do this I shall voluntarily sacri
fice all that I have savea by nearly
twelve years’ hard struggle, provided
it takes all. Unfriendly criticism,
amounting in some instances to false
hood, has made this sacrifice on my
part necessary. This criticism Inva
riably comes from those who do not
know me and who did not endeavor to
find me out. JOEL E. SMITH.
The Constitution, Montlcello, Fla.
—A collision between two freight
trains on the Southern occurred Sat
urday night near Rex, Ga., causing the
death of three men and total destruc
tion of thirty cars by fire.
—Neely, Ratthbone et al. were placed
on trial in Havana Saturday in Cuban
poEtolfice embezzlement cases.
—Georgia supreme court decides
that the resolutions passed by the leg
islature Is constitutional and state’s
financial embarrassment Is averted.
—Objections to acceptance of Car
negie’s offer of $10,000,000 to govern
ment has been removed, and the first
steps taken to open big educational In
stitution in Washings’ll.
—Robert Ware Grasty, former sec
retary to Mayor Mims, of Atlanta, has
left for parts unknown, leaving for
geries to the amount of $725.
—Extensive preparations are being
made by the people of Columbus, Ga.,
for the good roads convention to be
held In that city on January 16 and 17.
—In the will of the late Roswell A.
Roberts, of Yonkers, N. Y., the Presby-1
terlan church cf Griffin, Ga., was giv
en $6,000. Mr. Roberts was a member
of this church before the civil war.
—The result of the Ohio republican
caucus by which offices of senate were
given to Foraker and those of house
to Hanna men is the chief topic of dis-
cus.sIo||in the political world.
—W. J. Bryan addressed a pro-Boer
meeting at Cleveland, Ohio, Sunday
night. He hoped the South Africans
’.youId continud* the struggle untlLth6w
wfiljiped thoLi-TltsTT. **"^’*”*' Fv
—Pekin, China, Is dressed In gay col
ors, preparatory to the court’s re-en-
trance. Foreign ministers will not
witness the ceremonies.
—Judge Robert Falligant, one of the
best know and able men of Georgia,
died at Savannah Friday.
—There were two hangings In Geor
gia Friday. John Robinson,'who mur
dered Bertha Simmons, was executed
at Sylvania, and Ernest Outland, who
murdered Thomas Mitchell, died on
the scaffold at Dublin.
—Central railroad officials have been
investigating the cause of the explo
sion of a locomotive at Macon, by
which five men lost their lives, and
are uuable to attach the blame to any
one.
—Tuscaloosa, Ala., opened its dis
pensary for the first time Friday. The
receipts for the day were $89.30.
—The sheriff of Lee county, Ala
bama, Is willing to deliver Uurlah Por
ter ,who killed Joseph Fincher, when
a decision Is reached as to which coun
ty has the jurisdiction over the pris
oner.
The English Wasp.
The common wasp, as a rule, keeps)
Its sting for self-defense. It will bite
a fly in two with Its jaws, If it geta
In its way on a window pane, but it;
does not use Its sting even when try
ing to rob a beehive, and "tackled” by
theh bees. The latter will push a
wasp away five or six times, hustling
It off the footboard, without provoking
it to sting. But If a bee endeavors
to sting the wasp it then grapples
with it and stings back, killing or be
numbing the insect almost at once.
British wasps ore fussy and excitable,
but not vicious, like many of the In
dian wild bees. However crowded of
uncomfortable they may be, they very
rarely quarrel with or sting each
ether, as, for Instance, when a num
ber are on the same window pane,
fretting and anxious to get out. Only
when the entrance to their nest Is
threatened do they become actively
aggressive, and then as a rule the at
tack Is not begun till the person who
excites their fear Interposes between
them and the entrance to the nest.
A setter dog was noticed to turn and
bite itself, whimpering with pain, just
as the party were sitting down to a
shooting luncheon by the side of a
wood in Yorkshire. The dog being
tired, had lain down on thG hole of a
wasps’ nest, and five or six of the
yellow Insects were stinging it at
once; but they did not touch the per
sons sitting close by.—The Spectator,
CAUSE OF EXPLOSION UNKNOWN.
Central Railroad Officials Mystified
Over Horror at Macon.
The Central railroad officials have
been engaged in an investigation o?
the explosion which ’ occurred in the
shops of that company at Macon, with
a view to determine the cause of the
accident, but so tar have given out no
statement other than a statement to
the effect that they ‘have been unable
to place responBibiUty on any Indi
vidual.
—The steamer Walla Walla was cut
down by an unknown vessel off the
Pacific coast and quickly went to the
bottom. It Is thought that twenty
lives were lost.
—President Roosevelt has ordered
the Interstate commerce commission to
begin a thorough Investigation of the
transportation question In order to fur
nish him data for a special message
tp congress.
—The representative of Germany at
Caracas has handed to President Cas
tro a statement of the kaiser’s de
mands. A limit Is fixed to the time In
which Castro must reply.
—It Is reported that the mysterious
| man seen near the Cropsey home in
j Elizabeth City on the night of the
i girl’s disappearance by a citizen has
bcerf- located.
—Miss Stone and her companion
have not been released. It Is sa{d that
the brigands have become desperate
owing to their failure to receive the
ransom demanded.
—The trial of Will lathis, charged
with the murder of the two deputy
United States marshals. Is on at Ox
ford, Miss. He asserts his Innocence
and charges the shooting to the negro,
Orlando Lester.
—Andrew Carnegie Has offered to
give the slty of Newnan, Ga, $10,009
for a free public library If the city will
famish site and give $1,000 annually
to-Institution’s support.
Bducatlon In Cuba.
Some idea of ike important educational re
forms brought about and the wonderful pro
gress made einoe the Ielaud came under Amer
ican rule, oan be obtained from their exhibit
at the Pan-American exposition recently, for
which they were awarded nine medals. There
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Automobiles have established a mile-a*
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ness after first day’i
Nerve Restorer. $2 trial bottle and treatise freo
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Some men take time by the forelock,
while others hang on to his coat tails.
Mrs. Winslow’s Soothing Syrup for children
teething, soften the gums, reduces inflamma
tion, allays pain, oures wind oolio. 28o a bottle.
Love letter* are eagerly scanned by the
male inspectors.
IamsnrePiso’s Cure for Consumption saved
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Our own misfortunes arc always
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It’s too risky, playing
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The first thing you
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