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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 ,\T. O. HOLMES Improved 1 Form Urol “Eollp»." Best up-to-date level made. Prior *4 JO with rod. Write for descriptive circular. IS North Forsyth St., Atlanta, Ga. Demise of Oldest Odd Fellow, ames Davidson, the oldest Odd Pel- ' In the United States U dead at MBW UI8COVERI: strm qaiak nllalaadeanewvnt h sad todays’ Mml THE CLAYTON TRIBUNE. ' t 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 in also a wonderful roeprd back of lloatetter's Stomach Bitters, and pne that has never been equalled. It is a specific remedy for dyspep sia, indigestion, siok-headaohe and malaria, fever ana ague. Don’t fail to try it. ef Tl)e, tailor g^ay^ sizes.£U*£om* Beet For the Bowels. No matter what ails you, headache to a canoer, you will never get well until your bowels are put right. Cascabetb help nature, cure yon withouj a gripe or pain, produce easy natural movements, oost you just 10 cents to start getting yonr health back. Cas- oabets Candy Cathartio, the gennine, pnt up in metal boxee, every tablet bat O. O. C. stamped on it. Beware of imitations. Automobiles have established a mile-a* minute record. FITS permanently cured. No fits or nervous ness after first day’s use of Dr. Kline’s Great ness after first day’i Nerve Restorer. $2 trial bottle and treatise freo Dr. R.H. Kline, Ltd, 831 Arch St, Phila. Pa. 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 my life three years ago.—Mas. Thomas Roi- sins, Maple St, Norwioh, N.Y, Feb. 17,1900. Our own misfortunes arc always greatest. 55 "I wm given up to die with quick consumption. I then began to use Ayer’s Cherry Pectoral. I improved at once, and am now In perfect health.”—Chas. E. Hart man, Glbbstown, N.Y. It’s too risky, playing with your cough. The first thing you know it will be.down deep in your lungs and the play will be over. Be gin early with Ayer’s Cherry Pectoral and stop the cough. Tkitt slits: 25c, 50c, $1. All drsntsts. Consult yonr doctor. If he says take I then do es he says, If. he.uitiyoo ce It"then don’t take it. Be 1