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THERE IS NO PAPER LIKE THE HOMS PAPER TO HOME PEOPLE.
. SOUND LOGIC
BY BOOKER
Colored Educator Speaks Wisely to
Members of His Race.
AT LEAGUE CONVENTION
Every Section Represented at Gather*
tag of the National Negro I a ;iness
Men’s League at Nashvike.
Some 1,500 £egroes, representing at-
* most every section of the country, as
sembled In the house of representa
tives at the state capltol. In Nashville,
Tegn., Wednesday morning, the occa
sion being the opening of the fourth
annual convention of the National Ne
gro Business Men’s League. Booker
T. Washington, the Alabama educator
and president of the league, was the
pentral figure of the convention, and
address Wednesday night at
tracted a large audience. He said,
uong many other things:
! “The National Negro Business
ague assembled here constitutes, 1
think I am safe in saying, the largest
and perhaps the most representative
secular organization among our people
in this country. Its growth during the
five years since its first organization,
at Boston, has beon at a very rapid
rate-
“More and more, I am glad to see,
‘ the black man Is beginning to appro-
had take advantage of the oppor-
for commercial and business
sent in- this country. It is
wiser for us to emphasize oppor-
than grievances. The world
tired of the man or the race
' grievance. We must learn to
i those who would Insult
learn to hold up our
forward^hfc
discourage-
that there can
assemble here In this beautiful state
capltol building In a southern state
hundreds of colored men and women,
from all parts of the country, repre
senting, as we do, nearly every line of
business in which the white man Is
engaged, is an Indication of growth
^ Which Is more potent and helpful than
ach^ abstract argument. The race
at can produce such an assembly of
. fMn and women after only forty years
of freedom is one to be proud of.
Fe shall succeed in winning our
May into the confidence* and eeteem of
SHAMROCK LEFT BEHIND.
oiate. i
First Face to Contest for Cop Taken
in Easy Fashion by Swift-
Sailing Reliance.
A New York dispatch aaya: In a
splendid 12 to 15 knot breeze, over a
windward and leeward course of thirty
miles, the gallant sloop Reliance, in
Saturday’s race, beat Shamrock III ’U
commanding-'style by exactly nine
minutes, actual time, or Beven minutes
and three seconds after deducting the
one minute and flfty-Beven seconds
which the defender concedes to Sir
Thomas Lipton’s third challenger on
account of her sail area a8 at present
measured.
It was a royal water fight for the
ancient trophy, which carries with it
me yachting supremacy of the world
and by a strange coincidence the first
victory In the 'cup series of 1903 oc
curred on the fifty-second anniversary
of the day on which the old schooner
America captured It In her famous
race around the Isle of Wigjit, off the
English coast.
The Reliance beat the British boat
three minutes and twenty-four seconds
In the thresh to windward and five
mlutes and thirty-six seconds in the
run down the wind.
The nautical sharps, who had al
ready made up their minds on Thurs
day that the Reliance could take tne
measure of the challenger In any kind
of weather, regard Saturday’s test as
conclusive, although they hardly an-
tlfcipated so overwhelming & victory.
The race even dampened the ardor >f
Sir Thomas, who Insisted, after
Thursday’s fluke, that his confidence
in the beautiful craft designed by
Fife, was greater than ever. Still, like
a true sportaman, he does not ac-
konwledge defeat and hopes for bet
ter luck next time.
LORO SALISBURY GOES HENCE.
fact
m: ; the American people Just In proportion
“ as we show ourselves valuable to the
oommuolty In which we live, b all
the common industries, In commerce,
in the welfare of the state, and In the
manifestation of the highest character.
The community does not. fear, as a
Yule, the vote of the man, no matter
What his color, who is a large tax pay
er. It is not the negro who owns a suc
cessful business or works at a trade
Who is charged with crime.
/The greater the difficulties to be
Overcome, the more strength we shall
gain by succeeding.
“Every house owned, every farm
well cultivated and every bank ac-
lit, every store, every tax receipt
possess Is one influence which will
tremendously In our faor.
“The negro is hot ungrsteful for all
benefits he has received at the
ads of the white people of this coun
and should on every proper occur
never fall to express this gratl-
i in uncertain language, but the
> fact that, we are not easily satis-
lip# advancement in still
la an indication of the
the race. People who are
are people of few
rer you find a race that
attsfied, and ope that has
there you will find a race
" i value to Its country, in-
daily or in any di-
Neted English Statesmen sod Famed Dip-
o feme* Peacefully PaseasAwoy.
A special from London says.: Lord
Salisbury died peacefully at 9:05
o'clock Saturday night. For forty-
eight hours the end was seen to be in
evitable, the great frame of England’s
former premier being sustained only
by the constant use of oxygen. Even
the administration of oxygen failed if
effect as the evening advanced, and
from the valley and enshrouded the
from th valley and enshrouded the
dull red walls of Hatfield house the
distinguished statesman breathed his
last.
Viscount Cranborne, who now as
sumes the title of marquis of Sails
bury, immediately notified King Ed
ward and Queen Alexandra and oth
ere. Including Lord Edward Cecil, the
soldier son of Lord Salisbury, who Is
now In Egypt, and who was the only
child of the marquis absent from the
death bed. Soon messages of condo
lence began coming in and the little
telegraph office at Hatfield wte
swamped with unprecedented busi
ness.
The death of Lord Salisbury oocur-
red on the fiftieth anniversary of his
entry Into public life as a member
of the house of commons from Stam
ford.
PRESDENT ROOSEVELT THANKED
himself use-
bis color, is the
For His Action in Restoring Miller to Hie
Job in Government Printing Office
The Citlsens’ Alliance, composed of
business men and others, at Binning
ham, Ala., has sent the following com
munication to President Roosevelt:
“To His Excellency, Theodore Roose
velt, President of the United States—
Sir: At the last meeting of the Cltl
ten’s Alliance of Birmingham, Ala., a
non-political organization of business
and professional men, your action in
restoring to his position the book bind
er In the government printing office,
who bad been discharged by, the public
printer because of his expulsion from
a trades union and the position you
have since taken, viz: That men who
are employed in any departmental the
THE HALF WAS NOT TOLD.
Representative of the Associated Press
Depicts Frightful Atrocities Com
mitted by Turks in Macedonia.
The correspondent of tim Associa
ted Press at Monastlr,, Macedonia,
sends the following dispatch under
date of Thursday,-August 20;
“When the Bulgarian bands entered
Krushevo they occupied the Greak
quarters, hoisting their Hag over a
Greek house. The Turkish troops ir-
rived August 12. All the Komitajls
had already gone except about 400 lo
cal men. Although no shot Was fired
from the town, the Turks commenced
bombardment which continued
throughout August 13. The shells de
stroyed 860 houses, 215 shops and all
the fine, large Greek and VlOch (Wall-
chlan) houses. The Greek churches
and schools were destroyed. The Bul
garian quarter escaped.
‘The Turks entered the town August
14, pillaged all the houses. assaulted
many of the women, stripped many
persons naked and killed about three
nundred local Bulgarians and also
some sixty innocent Greeks and Vla-
chls.
“The material damage done amounrs
to several million francs. The Turks,
August 19, massacred 200 Bulgarians
who surrendered at a village near Mon-
astir.”
No Naval Demonstration.
The Turkish ambassador at London
called at the British foreign office Fri
day to make inquiries regarding the
report that It was the intention of the
powers to make a joint naval demon
stration In Turkish waters and to enter
a protoet If anything of the kind was
contemplated. The fr J *"~ A '
clals made It clear t«
Britain hae taken p
character, and It
also will refrain from
decision to dispatch
key, as the Italian
report of tholr departure, bnn yet been
received. This Is (aken t£r-he embas
sy’ lolndlcate that there have been de
velopments making the step inadvisa
ble or unnecessary at the present mo
ment, perhaps due to the Turkish ac
ceptance of the Russian demands
which was confirmed at the Turkish
embassy.
HILL RAPS PRESIDENT.
LABOR WORLa
eigtx office offl
him that Great
action of this
as If Italy
ring out tne
• yblps to Tur-
D'arey says no
CAWTHORN FAILS TO GET RESPITE.
i mad who do not
at any labpr or-
- proiwiM, wore
Condemned Man Implicates Mrs. Tucker
and Wasted to Testify Against Her.
Governor Terrell, of Georgia, has in
fused to grant a respite to Robert I).
Cawthorn, sentenced to be hanged in
Dodge county for the murder of R. J.
Tucker, by poison.
The respite was asked mainly on the
ground that Cawthorn might have an
opportunity of showing that the wife
of the man he killed was his accom
plice in the crime.
Cawthorn, who Is a young man, was
a farm band In the employ of Tucker,
and when Tucker died under peculiar
circumstances, suspicion at once fell
on Cawthorn and MrB. Tucker.
A special term of the Dodge superior
court was called and the state chem
ist having discovered poison in the
dead man’s stomach the facte were
presented to the grand Jury. An in
dictment was returned agalnat Caw
thorn, but none against Mrs. Tucker.
The young man was tried and the wid
ow of his former employer was the
principal witness against him.
Now he has made affidavit that
she, too, &as implicated and that hav-
ihg broken faith with him he wishes
to tell the whole story. Involving her.
This was one of the reasons for the
requested respite set out in a petition
to Governor Terrell FYlday.
Cawthorn states in his affidavit that
he and Mrs. Tucker agreed to put
Tucker out of the way. He bought the
strychnine and gave It to her. After
several days’ wait Tucker became
sick, afid his wife told Cawthorn, so he
says, that she had Just as well give
Tucker the poison then ae any other
time, i She fixed a glass of buttermilk
for he$ husband and placed the poison
in It, Cawthorn says, Tuckdr drank
the m^Bk and a few minutes later he
weeded.
Cai^hora thto sag
—
No Names Called. Bat Allusion is Ap
parent-Ex-Senator Also Speaks
on Subject of Mob Law.
From twenty to thirty thousand
people attended the annual picnic of
the Niagara County Pioneers’ Associa
tion at Olcott Beach, N. Y., Wednes
day. The morning was taken up with
a business meeting of the association,
followed by a reception to former Sen
ator David B. Hill.
An immense crowd gathered at the
open air theatre, where the exercises
of the day occurred. Attorney Gener
al Cunnen was the first speaker. He
extolled the Industry, Intelligence and
character of the pioneers of western
New York. Mr. Cunnen then paid a
tribute to Senator Hill, who was the
next speaker. Mr. Hill, In opening dis
cussed “Mob Law vs. Due Process of
Law.” He said in part:
“Mob violence Is not rendered less
objectionable, even If it be true, as
frequently asserted, that unless . it
shall Jnterpose Its strong arm the
guilty may escape punishment through
a lax administration of the criminal
laws or indifference to Its enforce
ment on the part of thd people them
selves. We cannot permit this govern
ment to become a mobocracy, which
acts upon impulse, feels no restraint
and recognizes no appeal from its
hasty judgment.
“Crimes which can only be punish
ed by such Irresponsible tribunals as
mobs might as well not be punished
at all, because in the end the remedy
will be found to be worse than the dis
ease.
“The duty of every American clti-
sen who loves his country and Its free
institutions is plain. He should assist
In the creation of a healthy public sen
timent, which should demand that no
person charged with crimes be pun
ished therefor except under due pro
cess of law and by lawful officials, and
after a trial before,a court and Jury,
as prqvMed by the wise and baht 0
cent provisions of our federal consti
tution and their vital provisions, so
essential to the public welfare, must
be respected In every part of our do
main, and wherever our American flag
shall permanently float, and every
man, whether white or black, native
or foreign born, rich or poor, educated
or unlettered, must be protected In his
life and liberty.”
Taking up another subject, Mr. Hill
said:
“The tendency of the times Is to
ward Indulgence In that peculiar
speech or sensational performanoe
which may be characterised in gener
al terms as ‘spectacularlsm,’ If I may
be permitted to coin that word.
“Spectacularlsts usually affect supe
riority oVer other people; in the mat
ter of patriotism, they desire to be re
garded as the only true patriots; they
assume to possess all the • virtues,
while other people in their estimation
possess all the vice. They abhor si
lence and obscurity.
"They have their press agents who,
unsolicited, supply the newspapers
gratultuously with the details of what
they do each morning, noon and night,
as though the world was holding its
breath for fear that sometnlng would
escape It pertaining to themselves. If
they happen - to hold a public office
they are delighted to*see their small
est public acts paraded, magnified and
applauded They are sure that there
was never before such public officials
as themselves—so earnest, so honest,
so self-sacrificing. They meddle with
everything, whether within or with
out their official jurisdiction, and us
ually muddle everything with which
they have anything to do.”
A general strike seemed imminent
among the German coal miners.
The Bricklayers’ International Union
has a membership of over 80,000.
Philadelphia textile works employ
0608 children under sixteen years of
age.
Applications for three charters In
Porto Rico have been received by the
National Brotherhood of Carpenters
and Joiners.
Striking shoe operatives at Montreal,
Can., have returned to work, their
strike resulting in an Ignominious de
feat for the organization.
It Is reported that the Western, Union
contemplates an advance to Its opera
tors which will avr-nge $5 a month.
About 5000 men will be affected. ,
A number of firms lu Wheeling, W.
Va., have refused to concede the de
mands of the union tinners. The lat
ter’s strike has been dragging on in
consequence since April 1.
It Is expected that It will be but a
few months when a sufficient number
of schoolteachers are organized In va
rious parts of the country to warrant
the formation of a national organiza
tion.
Carpenters at Toledo, Ohio, who were
holding out for thirty-seven and one-
half cents on hour, have compromised
on thirty-flve cents. This agreement
lasts for a certain period, when the
advanced Beale goes Into effect.
Under agreements signed by the
Hotelkeepers' Association and the
Walters' Union at Chicago, 6000 em
ployes receive a ten per cent, advance
in wages and Improved working con
ditions. The agreements run until Au
gust 1,1005.
During 1002 labor disputes in the
United Kingdom were fewer than'in
the preceding year, but they affected
a greater number of workpeople than
in the preceding five years. The time
lost, however, was lees than In 1901,
and was below the average of the last
five years. „
THE NATIONAL CAMEi
Lajole lends the Amerlean batsmen.
Seymour wants his relapse from Cln-
rinnatl. * •
veteran' Dickey ' " ' " ’
work for Lowell.
Dobbs has been batting at a terrific
clip for the Brooklyns lately.
Cy Young leads the American.League
in shut-outs with five blanks to his
credit.
Doyle, of Brooklyn, Is working hard
and proving a fine lieutenant for Ed.
Hanlon.
Neither Kennedy nor Veil, of the
Pittsburgs, has made .an error this
season.
Tlie Boston and Philadelphia duba
of the American League almost ap
proach perfection.
President Johnson says the salary
list of the Boston Americans Is close
to the. largest In the country, over
$60,000.
The failure of Chesbro and TannehUl
to make good In the American League
this year Is causing Manager Griffith
no little worry.
8wander has done the hardest hitting
in the New England, with fourteen
doubles, six triples and three home
runs. Bowcock Is next.
George Tebeau considers Kellum, of
Indianapolis, the best pitcher in the
American Association—superior even to
Claude Elliott, of Milwaukee.
Waddell last year was largely Instru
mental In the Athletics' pennant cap
ture. This year he will be the chief
factor in the loss of the flag, if it is
lost.
Ball players who are possessed of
some ability to piny the game and wjho
will Jake good care of themselves need
not go far for opportunity to find em
ployment In these days.
Van Haltren is unquestionably the
most remarkable player in the game
to-day. Though he has been in har
ness for twenty years or more, there
is not a youngster who has anything
on Van. , • ’
GRAND ARMY HOSTS ON PARADE.
STARTS OUT TO REFORM RACE.
he and
in wbfoh
Thousands of Grizzled Old Veterans March
on Streets of 'Frisco.
The parade In San Francisco Wed
nesday of the veterans of the Grand
Army of the Republic will long be re
membered by the thousands of people
who packed the streets along the Une
of march to witness It Devoid of all
the pomp and panopoly of the warlike
host wifich marched In all the pride ol
strength and youth in Tuesday's pa-
rads, there was something pathetic ip
the thinned out ranks of the veterans
who marched Wednesday morning
ladirta ol »U who
H
Atlanta Negro Editor Helps to Put Now Vo*
greacy Low Into Effect.
A. W. Burnett, the negro editor of
The Atlanta Era, a newspaper pu1*M$
fished for the negroes in Atlanta, '
had a woman of htonaag
the charge of acting In a
manner on the streets.
He called for an
panted the woman
racks and had
a witness. '
He said he
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CLAYTON. RABIJN COUNTY. GA .»AUGUST 27.1903.
NO. 33.