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SCHLEY COUNTY NEWS.
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I E. ELLIOTT. Editor and Badness Manager.
KRUGER NOT WANTED
German Emperor Refuses to Be
oeive the Old Man Officially.
HIS VISIT TO BERLIN IS CANCELED
Ex-President of the Transvaal, In Conse
quence, Goes Direct to Holland
From Cologne.
Advices from Berlin, Germany, state
that Mr. Kruger has abandoned his
proposed visit to that city owing to
the recipt of an official intimation that
Emperor William regrets that owing
to previous arrangements he will be
unable to receive him. The Boer
statesman, therefore, will pro. eed di
rect from Cologne for Holland. Tbo
Cologne Gazette, in an inspired com
munique, says:
“Mr. Kruger’s visit is not agreeable
to Germauy, his aim being to obtain
intervention in South Africa. It
would be a grave political mistake, a
political crime, to allow him to enter
tain even a spark of hope that Germa
ny will render him any practical sup
port.”
This declaration is accompanied with
reproaches, Mr. Kruger being charged
with “having encouraged a useless
guerrilla warfare and having disre
garded Germany’s advice when he still
might have followed it.” The press
generally strikes the same note.
KRUGER LEAVES PARIS.
Mr. Kruger left Paris Saturday
shortly afternoon. The Boer leader
was cheered as he drove away, swing
ing his hat from the landau window in
reply.
Mr. Kruger spent the morning in
conferences with his party, only re
ceiving three or four persons outside
hio followers. Just before leaving his
apartments ne went !>•«> noon the bal
cony. His appearance was the signal
for warm cheering.
When the carriage conveying Mr.
Kruger and his accompanying friends,
who occupied separate carriages sur
rounded by guards, started for the
northern railroad station, the tame
station where Mr. Kruger arrived a
week previous at almost the same
hour, the crowd along the streets
and the people who filled the windows
cheered him warmly as the
passed, many ladies throwing flowers
toward Mr. Kruger’s carriage while
the men cheered and waved their hats,
At the railroad station there were a
few hurried farewells ana at 1:40 p. m.
Mr. Kruger departed for Cologne.
Mr. Kruger arrived in Cologne at
11:30 o’clock p. m. A considerable
crowd had assembled and caused a
dangerous crush. No official recep
tion had been arranged and Mr. Kru
ger drove to the Cathedral hotel, the
crowd cheering as he left the station
and as he drove along the route. 'The
absence of an official we come is said
to have been due to neglect to secure
an _ understanding with the imperial
court, which is necessary in the case
of visits of the heads of states.
INDIANS ARE INCREASING.
Onsu* Shows Population In tho Torrito
ry Has Doubled Since 1890.
The population of tho Indian Terri
ttgzsfittSg nations and reservations
illation by
follows: nation.............101,754
Cherokee
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SIS—::::: 1,180
Peoria Indian reservation.....
Ouanaw Indian reservation.... 800
Seneca Indian reservation..... 970
StoD« Wta renervafion... 297
Wyandotte Indian re.erv.f OD. l,21d
DIAZ AGAIN INAKGUHATED.
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President of Mexico Take* Oath and i
Qualifies a. Chief Executive.
A special from Mexico City Y ;
President Diaz, escorted oy his
with ing, and troops pacing went U-n^treei^ned to
house of representatives, where he
took the oath as president of the re
public for the next four years.
ELLAVILLE. GA.. THURSDAY. DECEMBER 13. 1900.
CHAMBERLAIN DENOUNCED.
Intense Hatred of Colonial Secre
tary Is Shown In Opening Ses
sion of English Parliament;
The fifteenth parliament of the
reign of Qneen Victoria opened in
London Thursday. Before the lights
were out in the ancient chambers
almost every leading politician had
spoken. Such fierce, personal animos
ity and such bitter inveotive had
scarcely ever before marked the pro
ceedings at Westminster.
Joseph Chamberlain, secretary of
Btate for the colonies, was the center
of the storm. The policy of the empire
regarding South Africa and China, the
action of the government in causing a
dissolution when it did, the conduct
of the war against <■ the Boers, and, in
fact, all the questions vitally affecting
the empire, were gravely discussed and
explained, but dominating all was the
opposition’s hatred of the colonial sec-
For hours this target of satire and
abuse sat with his head on the side,
listening intently, unmoved by groaus
or cheers. Sir Henry Campbell-Ban
nerman shook bis notes in Mr. Cham
berlain’s face and declared that a man
who published private letters for poli
tical purposes (referring to the Clark
Ellis correspondence) would be exclu
ded form the society of all honorable
men and ostracised for life had he re
sorted to such action as a private indi
vidual.
Arthur J. Balfour, first lord of the
treasury, referring to Sir Henry Camp
bell-Bannerman’s suave regrets at the
departure of George J. Goschen and
Sir Mathew White Ridley from the
front bench, said he believed that Sir
Henry was so generous that he would
even find good in Mr. Chamberlain,
should the latter be removed to an
sphere. A liberal shouted:
“We draw the line somewhere,” and
sides of the house roared with
laughter,
Once leaped Mr to Cbjimherio-’n his feet. A thrill went
the house.
“it is not so,” he declared, and pro
ded to deny the allegation that he
bad sa i d that any seat lost in the gov
eminent during the recent election was
one so ld to the Boers,
it was nearly midnight before he
rose to reply to the avalanche of attack
] aun ched against him. How great a
8 t ra in he had undergone was evident
j n the scarcely suppressed excitement
0 f to ne on the part of one rarely known
{o 8 bow feeling in the house. He
denied also that he had ever accused
Mr. Ellis of being a traitor
He denied also that he had decried
any accusations against his own P®**
SO nal integrity. He declared that the
8pec ial purpose of the meeting of par
lament had been forgotten in an at
tack upon himself. Irritated beyond
control by frequent interruptions an<_
disturbances, he called one of the lib
era i s a mid the excitement a cad.
The speaker called him to order and
Mr . Chamberlain then withdrew the
epithet, apologizing for its use. After
defending the publication of the Ell
correS pondence he was cut off by the
midnight adjournment.
DIG BOUNTY MEASURE.
Prlnclpal Pastures of Ship Subsidy Bill
Pending In Congress.
shi 8ubsidy bill, pending in
ngidere d b y the fed er al legisla
lure The principal V J features of the
f oUo ng:
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!ZVP '‘. ,0 b0
The maximum subsidy to ho paid
a is $9,000,000.
g b f one and one-half cents a
e>ch 01Je hundred aauti
c „, ileB not cineeding 1,600 mtlee
°]!-of r
A nJn ,L .hlD with a mileage of
42,000 to per annum a , would earn $48,-
300. mileage
/ y with a
of 88,-0 Q p aun um, would earn
ed t^narry the h n, ^ ;
as
000 in ten years.
WORK OF ANGRY MOB
.NegrOy XT Oh–rgGd n . with Assault; Is
Swung From a Trestle,
BODY IS PULVERIZED WITH BULLETS
Mr*, white, victim of ltevieher, Wai
Beaten lute InsenslbHltiy anil Left
In Dying Condi tlen.
As a result of the fearful assault en
Mrs. Joe White at Early, Ga., Thurs
day afternoon afternoon Bud Rufus,
colored, was lynched Friday night be
tween 11 and 12 o'clock by a determ
ined band ef men.
The negro was swnng from a high
trestle about half a mile from Early
on the Rome and Decatnr railroad,
The rope was tied around his neck and
he was asked if he had anything to
say. Rufus replied:
“Nothing, ’cept to tell you gentle
men goodby, and to ask that you tell
my folks farewell.”
He made no reference to the crime
and said nothing as to his guilt or in
nocence.
Rufus was then shoved from the
bridge, but the rope proved too weak
and broke, the body plunging into the
ravine below. The crowd then began
firing upon the prostrate body. One
shot struck Rufus squarely in the con
ter of the forehead and plowed its way
through his brain. Hi. chest was at
most in a pnip and one hand hung by
how a tendon. shot, There is no tire.,/but way ot telling
many were KnW
body was struck fully J a hundred
The remains were carried up the
embankment and laid near the railroad
On his breast was a placard
this notice:
“This is a warning to both black
(Wfl Ut iflP^te-meddle or you
“Wa Abu The People.”
Friday morning the body was viewed
by hundreds of curious people who
traveled scores of miles in buggies,
wagons, horseback and walking to wit
ness the grewsome sight.
The full and awful details of the as
sault on Mrs. White are as follows:
Mrs. White was picking cotton near
home Thursday afternoon when the
assault was made. The miscreant evi
dently slipped up behind her and
dealt a fearful *blow over the head
W1 1
H e then dragged her unconscious
rivdr p an k and seized an
other la gtick on d beat the woman
body uut ii he
thou ht life ext i nct . Mrs. White was
. canebreak on the
b k ’ Tbe 8t i c k he tried to
throw into t he water but it was found
• jn vinefi It wa8 c i otr
t blood ^y
^ Mrg bite foiled to return
ftt ^ dusk the 8earch began . it was over
bcforo Bhe found, and
then tben bv a i ow gurgling groan * coming
u er sktxll was crushed in, jawbones
broken and face and head cut and
beaten almost beyond recognition. She
never gained full conscousuess,but lay
ill a stupOl’.
Bud Rufus, who was suspected of
when asked if the negro was her ass j£ A
aut, nodded her head. The negro was
then given a hearing before 'Squire
.p
the effort was abandoned
Bailiff Poole then carried the pris
oner to an ole, out of the way house
thinking to thu. throw the crowd off
the traek end .pin e negro o
The hope wa« futile, for ebout 10
o’clock the lynchers broke into the
bouF0 aud overpowered the bailiff
Rufus was carried to (he trestle and
met death es described.
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PAYNE SUBMITS REPORT
Agreed Upon By Wayi ami Mean* Com
mittee Cutting War Revenue Taxes.
A Washington dispatch says: Chair
man Payne, of the ways and means
committee, Friday submitted the re
port of that committee signed by all
the Republican members in favor of
the bill reduoing the war revenue tax
es about 840,000,000. The report
says, in part:
“While the war for which these ad
ditional taxes were levied is ended,
the train of extraordinary expendi
tures has not terminated with the close
of actual hostilities.
“According to the report ef the sec
retary of the treasury, the reoeipte for
the fiscal year ended June 80, 1900,
were 8060,695,481, while the expendi
tures were 8590,008,871, showing a
surplus of 879,527,000. He also esti
mates the receipts for the fiecal year
ending June 30, 1901, at 8037,778,252,
and the expenditures at $607,773,258,
which would leave an estimated anr
plus of 880,000,000.
For the flsoal year ending June 30,
1902, the secretary of the treasury es
timates the revenue at 8714,633,042,
and the expenditures at 8690,374,804,
leaving an estimated surplus of only
826,258,237. It will be seen that for
1902 there is an estimated increase in
the revenue of $29,000,000 over the
previous year, and an increase of ex
penditures of nearly 883,000,000. ”
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OLEOMARGARINE BILL PASSED.
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The Hou9e Favor* Grout Measure By a
of 196t "® a -
A . Wa.btngtot. at The
spec .ays:
. hou,e FnJ fl88eJ ^ "“ "‘.T
““T" n°n ?y,. P 7 ! .-il.
Tha b ‘“ 08 f* 8Sed a makeB f .M
ft"-, t
transported . , , into . , any state , . or _ territory . „
for consumption or sale subject to the
police power of such a state or territo
ry, but prevents any state or territory
from forbidding the transportation or
sale of such product when produced
and sold free from coloration in imi
tation of butter.
margarine colored in nlpo
ter 2 to 16 cents per pound, and de
creases the tax on oleomargarine un
colored from 2 cents to \ of a cent per
pound. interesting discussion
A long and
preceded the vote.
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SOUTH GEORGIA CONFERENCE
or the M. K. Church Held in Cuthbert
With Largo Attendance.
The thirty-fourth aunual conference
of the South Georgia Methodist Epis
copal church was convened in the
Methodist church in Cuthbert with
the promise of being one of the most
important and successful sessions ever
held by that organization. dele
Enthusiasm was rife and the
gates entered into the work of the
conference with a vim and energy
that was pronounced.
gates— About ministers three huD and ‘ 1 , re 1 laymen—were d nv a r ^ n fift J e “ e el i in e n
attendance,
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Of the ministers to their charges. The
distinguished divine of Kansas City,
Bishop E. R. Hendrix, presided over
the conference.
TO SCENE OF CRIME.
Negro Charged With Assault Is Taken
Back to McDonough.
Jim Alexander, the Henry county,
Ga., negro, charged with au attempted
assault upon Miss Lummis, near Me
Donough, and sent to Atlauta for safe
keeping some time ago, was returned
to McDonough, Friday. Alexander
At the time of his capture
was at work on a farm near McDon
ough, and was taken to McDonough
and placed in jail there. Luter a
crowd formed aud it was learned the
negro would he lynched. He was
carried to Atlauta and placed in the
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CANDIDATES r,»vitrn t pan I0R OTiTPHftOI) STAILHOOI.
Move For Admission of Arizona and New
Mexico Inaugurated.
a conference fraught with much
_ rom i 8e f or the people of Arizona and
Mex i C o was held in Chicago
Thursday night.
Gover nor N. O. Murphy, of Arizona,
and Governor M. A. Otero, of New
Mexico were the two conferees and
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FILIBUSTERS WIN OUT
State Depot Bill Blocked In the
Georgia Legislature.
A VOTE WAS EFFECTUALLY PBEVENTED
Dllatoi^ Tactic* Resorted to By Opponent*
of the Meanure Result In It*
Displacement.
An Atlanta special says: Under the
rules of the Georgia house of repre
sentatives, which admits of a handful
of men controlling the entire action of
the body, the depot bill was success
fully blocked Friday by the use of
dilatory tactics. Gathering around
him a majority of the men who are
against legislation, thirty-one in num
ber, the member from Bibb county,
Hon. Joe Hall, determined that in
spite of the majority of the bouse and
in contravention of the report of the
steering committee, the depot bill
should not come up on its passage.
Ten votes more than enough to pass
the bill were ready to be cast for the
measure, according to those favoring
it, and its passage was assured as soon
as a vote could be cast, and the oppo
nents of the bill resorted to a filibuster
as their only hope of killing the bill.
The entire morning was taken up in
a stubborn wrangle. Every effort
made by the majority to bring on a
vote failed. The obstructionists re
sorted to every parliamentary expe
dient afforded them under the rules to
prevent a vote.
So stubborn were the filibusters
that it became apparent early in the
session that the hopes of reaching a
vote during the day’s session was a
slender one.
Some believed that the obstruction
ists would keep up their tactics and
The vent opinion a vote during the entire ses
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that the blockers would make it neces
sary for the governor to call an extra
session of the legislature to pass nec
essary bills.'
Dilatory motions and speeches, roll
calls, questions of personal privilege
were resorted „ to over and over again.
red-hot and spirited _ fight _ .
It was a
from the start. Much feeling was man
There were many heated exchanged
of repartee und the friends and oppo
nents of the hill engaged in a constant
clash from the outset.
Much time was taken up over a
q tfaat the bouse ad j 0U rn sine
‘ j
r * Uerieg were pac ked with peo
§ aQ the intere8t wa8 intense,
everjt , tim es the galleries vented their
feelings by cheers or hisses and Speak
e r Little was forced several times to
t(j clear the ga iieries. He at
one time threatened to arrest and bring
j^reth. bsr any person guilty o t
J aenato rs came over from their
OI luo capitol ^ and watched the
jbe bouae was powerless to place
the hill on its passage so long as the
call for the ayes and nays continued,
and finally at 12:30 o’clock, when it
was evident that nothing could bo
d one at the session, the house agreed
a j mo8 t unanimously to an adjourn
me nt.
At tbe close of the session tho steer
j n g committee was called to order for
the purpose considering the action of
( be minority. Iu the interest of
econo mv, of time and money, two con
B i dera tions which the minority had
fuiled to take j n t 0 account or had
ignored, the committee decided to put
^ be dep ot bill aside for the time being
and recomm end that a number of sub
sidiary measures he placed on their
[ passage. This arrangement met with
be hearty approval of tho minority,
for at the afternoon session the seren
ity of tbe house remained undisturbed.
SENATE ENTEPS PROTEST.
The filibustering in the house on tho
depot hill aroused the senate and the
latter body entered a severe protest.
On the motion of Senator Ellis, the
house wos informed that if it does not
send the tax act and the general appro
priations act promptly to tho senate,
the latter body will refuse to consider
bills of the house uutii those two im
portant bills are sent.