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VOL. V.
CLAYTON. RABUN COUNTY. QA., THURSDAY. AUGUST 14. 1902.
NO. 30. m
TRACY A SUICIDE;
: t FOILS "
Notorious OutlMwFhwfilly
Run to Earth,
FIRES BULLET INTO fl!S BRAIN
For /lany Days Posses Were Do*
. Wed »nd People of Two States
Kept in Abject Terror.
v.
A special from Spokane, Wash,
says: Defiant to the death, Henry
Trapy, fugitive convict and outlaw,
blew out his brains Wednesday morn
ing at 4 o’clock when he saw his cap
ture was certain.
The self-inflicted wound that caused
instant death was not made until the
desperate fighter knew beyond all
doubt that he had played his last card
In the most daring game of life In crlm.
Inal history.
After a terrible battle with rifles, in
wjilch the odds were eight to one, Tra
cy fell wounded. His ammunition waa
gone, his energy spent and hope had
fled.
Tracy was surrounded in a wheat
field near Fellowes, e station on the
Washington Central railroad, about 60
miles west of Spokane, Tuesday night.
Word was sent back to Davenport, the
county aeat, -and a large number of
armed men hurried to the scenet
The posse opened fire on the outlaw,
,aqd one bullet pierced his right leg be
tween the knee and thigh. About twen
ty minutes after being wounded, ha
shot himself with one of his revolvers
and his body was found;
flwrol:
TO DISBAND GUARD
Is Proposition Now Before Georgia
Qovernor— Dissention in
Ranks the Cause.
News cornea from Atlanta, Oa., that
It is probable that Governor Candler
will be a£ked to disband the Gate City
Guard at the request of a majority of
the officers of the Fifth regiment. The
grounds on which disbandment will
be asked will be “for the good of the
regiment,’’ and «. showing will be
made to the governor and adjutant
general to the effect that the company
la an ineffectual military organiza
tion; that certain irradlcal factions
exist among the members, which make
harmony Impossible, and that the best
interests of the company would be
subserved by disbanding It.
This conclusion was reached at a se
cret meeting of a number of well-
known officers of the regiment held
on Thursday night last, and the plan
was further confirmed at a meeting
held Friday morning. It is said that
Governor Candler has been approach
ed on the subject, and, after going
over all the details, expressed the
opinion that disbandment would, un
der the circumstances, be the best
thing for the regiment and all con
cerned.
Those present at the conferences of
Thursday night and Friday morning
were: Lieutenant Colonel Clifford An
derson, Regimental Adjutant Burton
Smith, Major W. W. Barker, Major
Patton, of Rome; Major Thomas Par
rott, and Captain B. W. Blzzell. Ev
ery effort waa made to keep the sub
ject matter of the conference secret,
but In some way It leaked out and was
the all-absorbing topic of conversation
in military cities, y* ' ; .
; Nept-oriftii
deg. , . „ „
. wJWT**r*Me<t tha ci
§jjr; but ptu^ meaner*
ff^ in expressing
^ ,nd seem to think that
dment Is practically an assured
at Oraston and!' a solo
(perl#. r . : . ■ ...
„ Jtffitt- ahare the reward.
ia*:iollows:
sub, deputy sheriff; Dr. D. C.
Smith, attorney; J, J.
Ison, railway section foreman, and
k Ltllengen.
i the time of his escape fro^n the
*a penitentiary Tracy klilejd the
Sting men:
B. Bh, deputy sheriff; Jones,
J., prison guard; Hawley, Neif,
game warden; Raymond,
deputy sheriff; Terell, Frank
an guard; Tiffany, B. F., prison.
David Merrill, his partner,
he seriously wounded
Carl, newspaper report-
deputy sheriff..
•il tt'Governor. CetadlerjAecldeg to dis
band the Okie City Guajro, the charges
.now, pending against 6kpuln James F.
j( iO’Neill, which have not yet reached
the'governor, will fall to the ground
without further action.
The desire on the part of the officers
to have the guard disbanded ,ffad Its
origin In various causes was
brought to a direct head when'Gib re
cent fight Waa made. It Is sold that It
is Impossible to bring about a spirit
of harmony among the members un
der present circumstances, and with
out a better, feeling the. company will
be continually rent asunder with fac
tional dlffereaces which now destroy
Its usefulness.
BRYAN nETTLK.it THE QUESTION.
[,KD»* IN i FFIUY.
Covington Have Great
>rofe*»or , n Fxpense,
Wednesday night
two straw; men,
negro and the other
1. The two
vagon ahow-
; .his arms
>4aU
» generally
Fkto article.
Vehemently Denies that He is Seeking
Anether Democratic Nomination.
William J. - Bryan settled for all
time the rumors that he will be a
candidate for president in 1904 in an
Interview Friday while on the way to
Danville, III*. Colonel Bryan,' when
sho.wn newspaper reports that he
might again be a candidate, was much
nettled, anfi expressed himself in no
uncertain manner. He said he wanted
the matter settled right now, so there
could be no further question. The
Mason City interview, he said, was un-
sreliable-|iV■ .o: ■
"J will not be a candidate for presi
dent in 1904," said Mr. Bryan, “while
i: would hot promise never to be a
candidate again under any clrcum-
stances. I have no plans, looking to
. the future nomination for any office.
J ‘am perfectly content'to do my edi
torial work. I shall continue to ad
vocate with tOngue and pen reforms
which. I believe to be.necessary.”
Neir Egte When
Ion is Oat.
address at TJW
de
ls to
NEELt WANTS HIS •< SWAG.”
, Brgneat Uncle Sam to Return Money
% ,, Taken from HI* Possession.
'f!>. W, Neely, who wap conylqted
of Cuban postal frauds and afterwords
granted>$ue*ty by the Cub»^
l»ture,.ha« appU«i to “ v '
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BILL ARP’S LETTER
Bartow Man Tai Sizzling Boast
For Indiscreet Prof; Slec d;
And 8tatus Will Never be Changed,
No Matter What is Written.
Bill “Subs" For Absent
Cook.
Little things fret us more than big
ones. If I write that Neptune is six
teen hundred millions of miles from
the sun and It comesiout in print six
teen millions it worries me. If I write
that the doctor sewed up hare lips and
L comes out hair lips, I don’t like it.
The type didn’t know that a rabbit
had a slit under its nose. If I write
that I walked out ipto the garden to
let my choler dowa. meaning my an
ger, the typo thinks 1 meant my shirt
collar, and so change’s the spelling to
suit his own Idea. But since I rea'd an
editor’s defense In a New York paper
I feel better, for he says it Is amazing
how few of these mistakes are made
in the great dairies that have to be
rushed through with lightning speed.
The constant pressure on type setters
and proof readers' Is tremendous, but
they rarely make any serious blun
ders, and the intelligent reader can
generally correct them In his mind.
And so I will not worry any more
e little thing*
napquence Just
about It. There an
that are of more
nqw, - pul;
tf
i.wedfc Vi\ tyfe—gb’ne'to a' house
party.-1 tfilnk. is all right, for
the cook has been faithful a long time
and needed rest. She 1* a good ser-
vvant and keepsk a clean kitchen, and
we have had atAouse party ourselves
for several noting. I have been sick,
but now we are induced to the regular
family of fi re and have but little to
cook and ca n get along on two meals
a day. My I wife'jjky&nged it for me
to Are up the stovgWnd fill up the ket
tles and grind the coffee and put on
the hominy and then ring the bell for
the girls to get up and finish up the
breakfast. She said If I felt like it 1
ralgght sweet out the hall and the
front veranda and settle up the front
room. Well, of course, i had to split
up some kindling and bring in the
stove wood, but I am getting along
fairly well and my wife thinks the
exercise Is doing me good. Last night
she hinted that the veranda was badly
tracked up since the rain and needed
a good washing. So this morulng I
turned loose the hose pipe on it and
she praised me a right smart and 1
brought her some roses from my gar
den. We let her sleep until breakfast
Is ready, for she cleans up her room
and makes up two beds and then sews
all day for the grandchildren. But I
want that colored house party to
break up as soon as possible, for I
don’t hanker after this morning busi
ness as a regular job. Mrs. Minims
says she dikes It, and I think she does.
She has a good room in the back
yard and good furniture and a hand
some lamp, to read by, and her little
grandson lives with her, and I don’t
know of any colored woman that has a
better time. In fact, I know of lots of
good negroes In town who are con
tented with their situation and W.llt-
continue so it they are let alone' by
the northern fanatics and southern
cranks. (
What craze has come over that man
Sleed to cause him to write such i
fool piece for the Boston magazine?
What good can It possibly do, even\ if
it was true? But it is not true aitd
only the product of a diseased imagi
nation. I would write hard things
about him but for his fomUy connec
tions, For their sake he had better
have smothered his feeltLgB' ARd hit
The Atlantic Monthly hi»>rv«f
any love for the south, and wh -
ha select that as organ paasetl
so—and neither education nor misce
genation will ever change It 60 far as |
social equality is concerned. Moses
violated the law of God when he mar
ried that Ethiopian woman, and he
had to discard her, and Aaron, and
Miriam chided him for it long after
wards. Numbers, xli. The 6tory goes,
according to Josephus, that the Egyp
tians were at tvar with the Ethio
pians and had suffered defeat in every
battle until Pharaoh was advised that
no one could command his army suc
cessfully but Moses. So Moses was
given command and he marched with
the army to the borders of Ethiopia
and met the enemy and defeated them
and then marched, on to Saba, the roy
al city, and attacked the walls, and
Tharbls, the daughter of the king,
saw Moses from the window of her
tower, and he was so handsome that
she fell desperately In love with him
and sent a messenger to him to say
that If he would marry her she would
surrender the city and army to him.
Moses agreed to this and their mar
riage was at once consummated. Then
Moses returned with his victorious
army to Egypt. He did not take with
him his Ethiopian wife, but not long
after he married Zipporah, the daugh
ter of Jethro, the Midlanite.
THANKS THE LORD
DOES KING EDVARD
Poels Grateful to Provi-'
dence For' Recovery.,
A PERSONAL
jC
By Hia Own Hand. King Write*
Document Expressing Peeling -V
of Gratitude. . '*
>- J V
The following message from- Ring
Edward to his people was made pub
lic in London Thursday sight; “
‘‘To My People: On the 4ve of,
my coronation, an event which I look •
upoh as one of the most solemn wld
Important of my life, I am anxlou*^&
express to my people £t hope a$& in >.
th« colonies and in India ray>)‘
appreciation of the. deep* ^gt
they have manifested towafcT
lng a time In my- life of Such
rled the Ethiopian princess as a war
measure and with no idea of keeping
his promise. At any rate it caused
trouble and shame In the family, and
so It has done ever since whenever a
white person mates with a negro.
What a monstrous falsehood to say
that the southern negro is debuman-
iced. Right here in our town every
negro mechanic is employed at gqpd
wages. Blacksmiths^ .<^rpeu4er»irifflP
apn#, .painters,/ draymen oxy. " ' '
Cook*, bufses and washerwomen find
constant ' employment—and they are
not only contented, but sometimes
dare to be merry and laugh. Where did
Sledd get all that rot about kicking
and cursing and beating the negro?
We never hear of such treatment In
this region. Mr. Milam, a truthful
gentleman, whose business keeps him
on the street, told me the other day
danger. The postponement of ■
So we must suppose that Moses mar- j onation ceremohy, owing to my 'f
ed the Rthioninn nrlncess as a war i ness, j, M caused,, I fear, much iUbOgV
venlence and trouble to ail whi» lb-,- ,-
tended to celebrate It. But thfiir dl*-
appointment has been brae by tRan*.
with admirable patienc^wfid
"The prayers .of my people%>r mft
recovery heard, and I nbv.offaff *
up my deepeft. gratitude
Providence for. fearing-t
- ■ - •
_ duties?
me as sovereign bf v thls great
empire. EDWARD R AND I.
“Buckingham PdtStfe, August 8.”'
King Edward’s proclamation is a
personal and Ijpontaneous expression
of his majesty's feelings. It was con
ceived and written by himself in an
autograph letter to the home secre-
. ... . . , , tary, C. T. Ritchie. In addressing this
tered by anybody within a year, and
that was by a northern man towards
a negro who asked him a civil ques
tion. Dehumanized, indeed! Ask
Tribble and Brown who give their
shop the most patronage. What ridic
ulous folly to demand seats In our
churches for the negroes. They have
churches of their own that were built
mainly by the charity of the white
folks. They don't want seats In our
churches. They have schools of their
own that we support, and they have
excursions and baseball and water
melons and funerals and Daughter^ of
Zion. Oh, for shame on Sledd! I pity
his family and his kindred. He thinks
he has found a mare's nest, and for
lack of something fresh has raked up
Sam Hose again. He laments the |
lynchlngs, but not the outrages, and I
he proposes a remedy. Mr. Sledd can I
set this down—that the lynchlngs will |
not stop until the outrages do. When
a negro dehumanizes himself and be-1
comes a beast he ought to be lynched, I
whether it Is Sunday or Monday. Let!
the lynching go on. This Is the sen
timent of our people, and let Boi
and The Atlantic Monthly a:
howl. We are used to that.,
ago wo had a lynching in
was to my notion. Th-
strung up In Broad stre
time and shot to pleo
was disguised. The ti
policemen and
and the governor w
not a soul said nay
actly.—Bill Arp, 1:
tlon.
he la following the traditions observed
I by the late Queen Victoria when she
| addressed personal messages to the
nation.
j King Edward did not drive out
• Thursday. A large crowd had gath
ered outside Buckingham i alace In ex
pectation of thetr majesty’s taking a
drive, and the king, who was lunching
in one of the front rooms of the build
ing, came to a window In full view of
the people, who cheered him enthusl
astlcally. The king bowed his
knowledgments.
The official bulletin whi$
sued Thursday morning
lng the king’s conditio
hprne the journey to^
fatigue; that be,
health and bad
The last bulleth
day in order tq
shall have bor
monlee.
sprehension. Professor Sledd say
negro in an inferior race. The:
why does he insist that we give him
place In our own churches and hotel
and railroad cars? ' .
It was the work of the Creator tha j
made Wm Inferior, and he will rema!q | or
fi|§i|;
REUNION OF
