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SCHLEY COUNTY NEWS
BE TOTED TO GITIJTG THE NEWS, ENCOURAGING THE FROGRBNS ANR AIDING THE PROSPERITY OF SCHLEY COUNTY.
R. E. ELLIOTT. Editor antBraea Hanaier.
DEPOT BILL IS DEAD
Muchly Discussed Measure Fails
In the Georgia Legislature.
VOTE COULD NOT BE SECURED
Final Chance of Resuscitation
Was Smothered In Rush of
Closing Days of Session.
The house end of the Georgia gen
eral assembly has refused to agree to
The improvement of the state’s termi
nal property in Atlanta.
The depot bill is a dead issue at this
session of the legislature. Its com
plete , . demise , was pronounced , when , the
representatives gathered at Thursday
night’s session and realized with vary
ing and conflicting emotions that the
final „ . chance , for , recuscitahon .. .. , had , gone.
Neither at the afternoon or night
session was the depot bill reached,
or even approached by the house.
It was too late for the measure to
go through the sena e, even oug 1
succeeded in passing the house, and
were this not the case, it is very prob
able that the steering commi ee wou (
make no further a.temp, to place e
bill on its passage.
Of all the sessions of the general as
sembly of Georgia, that of the house
held Thursday afternoon is regaaded
by many of its members as one of the
most remarkable. Member after mem
ber took the floor, either to a question
-of personal privilege or debate a pend
ing appeal from the decision of the
-chair. Personalities were largely
dealt in. Recognizing that even at
that time the depot bill was practical
ly dead, members rose one after an
other to respond to the unasked ques
tion: “Who delayed the work of the
bouse in order to defeat the depot
•bill?”
The question was answered in deep
voice and shrill voice; with the flourish
of finished gesture and with po gesture
at all; but in the end it was answered
at least to the satisfaction of those
who, being indifferent to the matter,
wished to see the work of the general
assembly go forward at last.
Representative Slaton, of Fulton, ^
sounded to'a the note of the majority in
rising question of personal privi
lege.
“In the years t,o come, declared he,
“I shall look back with personal pride
to this session of the general assembly,
when I made the effort to improve the
terminal property of the Btate. ”
BOLD BANK ROBBERS.
They Held Citizen* of Ohio Town at Bay
and Secured »4,ooo.
A special from Shanesville,0., says:
Four masked men, discovered in the
act of dynamiting the vaults of John
Doerschuck’s private bank early 1 burs
day morning, drove off all who at
tempted to interfere and got away
with between $3,000 and $4,000.
An oxplosion of nitro-glyeerine
about 3 o’clock a. m. awakened John
Rhodes, who lives opposite the bank.
Rhodes saw two men working at the
vault doors while two others stood
guard at the main entrance of the bank
buildiug. Rhodes, revolver in baud,
rushed into the street and was met by
a volley from the sentinels.
Dozens of the inhabitants appeared
only to be greeted by a shower of
lets. The robbers removed the doors
of the vault and pried open the money
drawers. Dumping the specie into
bags, they backed to the railroad
tracks and disappeared on a hand car.
Bloodhounds were secured and
a large posse at once started on the
trail.
EXCITEMENT IN HONG KONG.
Ch,n *"pH.“r»""n.‘; that
Advices from Hong Kong Bta te
the oity was placarded people lhursday and 'Will the
statements inciting the
members of the secret societies to unite
aud rise during the month of January
and drive out all the foreigners. ■
Crowds gathered around the placards,
but no actual outbreak is reported
Reports have been received from
Canton to the effect that Yeung Sung ;
Po, the reformer, has been horribly
tortured. Though he was strung up
by the thumbs and toes, he would con
fess nothing.
ELLA VILEE, GA.. THURSDAY. DECEMBER 20. 1000.
"ianm imn.E exposition.
Citizens Meet and Inaugurate
Plans For a Big Show Dur
ing the Year 1903.
The city of Atlanta, Ga., the citi
zens, business houses and railroads
entering the city will be asked to
contribute $100,000 toward a prelimi
nary fund for the purpose of the In
ternational Textile exposition.
This definite decision was reached
at an enthusiastic meeting of the gen
eral textile exposition committee and
the board of directors of the Interstate
Fair Association, held Monday after
noon in the rooms of the Business
Men , s T League.
That a big exposition should be held
in 1902 was positively decided, and
plans were formulated ami set in mo
tion looking to the acquisition of irn
mediate control and ownership of the
buil< j in g 8 noW at Piedmont park. In
c ia e ntly a resolution was adopted re
commending that a fair be held as
usual next fall. If the present plans
of the exposition committee are car
rie(1 out an inter8t a t e fair is guaranteed
every year for tbe uext ten years.
A central executive committee was
appointed with plenary power to
ulate t h 0 scope and a detailed plan of
organ i za H on> ftnd engineering the gen
eral movement for a great tex tile ex
bibitkm in l902t The adoption of the
above resolution was the most import
aQt and definite step accomplished at
the mee ^j ng . They were offered by
CoIonel w A Hemphill.
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DENTIST IS EXONERATED.
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Was Charged with Trying to Kiss a
Young Lady Customer.
An Atlanta dispatch says: The pro
ceedings against Dr. JohnS. Thomp
son, who was arrested on a charge of
assault on Miss Ida Hollingsworth,
were stopped in court, the warrant
withdrawn and the dentist exonorated.
The story of the arrest together
with the charges of improper conduct
toward Miss Hollingsworth, who had
gone to his office to have some dental
work done, caused a sensation owing
to the high standing of the dentist.
The attorneys on both sides and the
parties interested reached a mutual
agreement and there will be no further
proceedings.
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* IIKOUWHTON EXPLAINS.
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Hlg CharKeg Atmuta Policemen
were Misconstrued.
J)r L G. Broughton appeared Monday before
tbe Atlanta, Ga., police board
nigb t for the purpose of explaining
hia remarkg j„ a recent sermon about
the mayor aud policemen drinking and
bliug at the races.
The doctor took the position that he
ke q{ the ma ^ 0 r and the police
C o n j unct i V ely, and that the word
<«drinking” referred to the mayor, and
tbe word -“gambling” referred to the
bce- He stated he had proved that
P ucewere bett i ng on horse raees,
aad that tbat was gambling. The
outcome of the meeting was satisfac
torv to all concerned, and the matter
was promptly P P y dropped. PI
HUSSAINS FEELING CHIHESE.
* 70 o,ooo Worth «.f kic« i» Purcha*
«<i For institute “Pi*-T»u».”
Ad vices from Pekin state tbat the
j ^ ave purc ii a sed $700,000
, • ’ w Hi c h is being given to
ch ine3e . General Chaffee,
Amer i Cft n, is also having a largo
anjol V nt 0 f rice issued and the other
tkm8 are displaying liberality.
Qiers. the Russian envoy,
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J th t Ru89 i a i 8 making no excep
. fayor of Christians, because the
baye the 1@ast nee a a .
HOUSE IS FOR HOME
Georgia’s Representatives Pass
the Soldiers’ Home Bill.
STOOD EMPTY ELEVEN YEARS
Vote Was 106 to 50 and the
Announcement Greeted With
Prolonged Applause.
The Georgia house of representa
tlTes Wednesday , by tn
morning,
overwhelming vote of 106 to 50, passed
the Soldiers’ Home bill,which provides
f or the acceptance of the home by the
8tate The bill before the , . house
- was
a few days ago, but was lost, owing to
the failure of a number of friends of
the measure to be present. The bill
was reconsidered, However, and the
fond hopes of the Confederate veterans
of Georgia were realized, after eleven
years of expectant waiting.
The announcement of the vote was
greeted with a tremendous burst of ap
plause, both from the members of the
house and from the large crowd in the
gallery, that had been drawn there by
interest in the depot bill. The steer
ing committee reported during the
morning that the Soldiers’ Home bill
and the depot bill be made the special
or d er f or the morning session, after
the consideration of the tax bill had
been concluded. The report specified
tbat the vo t e on the former bill be
taken in twenty minutes after the read
j ng 0 f the bill, and that the vote on the
depot bill be had at 12:30 o’clock,
When the Soldiers’ Home bill was
reac hed the bill was not read, as tbe
mem bers of the house were familiar
w j tb its provisions, and Major Gary,
0 f Hichmond, the author of the bill,
cccup ied tbe twenty minutes with an
i nipa gsioned and eloquent appeal for
t he passage of the bill.
j u beginning, Major Gary thanked
the house on behalf of himself and on
behalf of the Confederate veterans of
the s t a te for their action in reconsid
er j ng the bill. He explained that tbe
home at present is in good condition,
and declared that u wa8 ueeded b 7 the
Confederate veterans of the state. He
said *bat God, on Mount Sinai, had
commanded that we honor our fathers
and our our mothers, and he stated
that they would be honored if this
I 101110 was gi ven to the veterans,
“For,” declared he, “there is not a
member *of this house but who is
eitlier a Confederate veteran or the
“U'“ Ml pro
aud ^ 1 ^ » cres land, all of which
has cost about $45,000 and paid for
by contributions of citizens of the
state.
The sum of $15,000 is appropriated . ,
f or maintaining and furnishing the
Fame for the first year, but no part of
this sum shall be expended until there
are 45 applications for admission.
There shall be a board of 11 trus
tees, one from each congressional dis
trict, who shall have charge ot the
borne and serve without compensation,
Thestf trustees shall appoint a su
perintendent at a salary not to exeeqd
$500. Shall elect a treasurer, steward
au d such other assistants as may bo
necessary.
Ex-Confederate soldiers who are
residents of the state of Georgia and
have been residents of the state for
a term of five years, shall be admitted
t0 the home, and these shall perform
8Uc h duties as may be required by the
superintendent. who is admitted to the
No soldier
home shall draw a pension from the
8tat e.
Admissions shall be from the several
count ies of the state according to
population. P r immediately transmit
£h bil , wa8
ted to the senate.
MILES TAKES A FALL.
General of Army li Thrown From Hle
Horse Burin* Parade.
General Miles was thrown from his
horse at the head of the centennial
parade in Washington Wednesday,
He had reached the reviewing stand
in front of the capitol when1 his horse
reared and fell back. The genera.
was thrown but not hurt,
He arose promptly and took his
position amoug the parade reviewers.
VOL. X. NO. 51 .
WANT PAY FOR WHIPPING.
Ten Citizens of Hart County, Ga •»
Sued For “Whitecapping”
Man and Woman.
Ten prominent citizens of Hart
county Ga,, aie defendants in a sen
sational suit for whitecapping-which
was brought in the federal court at
Atlanta by Benjamin W. Evans and
MIbs Emma White, in which the lat
ter ask for damages amounting in the
aggregate to 8100,000. Each of the
plaintiffs sues for $50,000.
The defendants named in the peti
tion are Agnus L. Alford, Florence
M. Carter, John A. Dickerson, Solo
“ on M. Bobo, Samuel W. 1>eer > E -
Berry Benson, J. D. Mathison, Har
Q j d ^ Griffin, D. A. Perritt, L. E.
Meredith and John R. Stevens.
, Evans charges in his petition that he
was called out of his house on the
morning of October 22 and set upon
by the defendants. He says his clothes
wer0 torn off and tbat be waa beaten,
c h G ked and struck at with a heavy
c i„b, and his collar bone injured. Ho
charges further that the defendants
broke open bis w i ne bouse andde
Btroyed 350 gallons of the beverage,
worth $ li25 a gallon. Further, he
charges that the defendants broke
open his trunk and stole $33.50. He
a i 80 8a y 8 they beat his three small
children.
Emma White, 20 years old, was act
j ng j n t be capac ity of housekeeper for
Evans, s>he says. She charges that
the Bame ones who beat her employer
also beat her with bllggy w hi p8j and
tbat too w hile in a mortifying posi
tion.
It is said that a band of men went
to Evan’s home some time ago and
tbrasbe d his two daughters and com
pelled them to leave the county. It is
understood that they are now in At
lanta.
The suits are the most sensational
that have been filed in the coart in
some time, and the outcome will be
watched with interest by the citizens
of the county where the plaintiffs have
been living.
ENGLAND IS DILATORY.
Her Ohstlnacy a Stumbling Block to
Peace to Negotiations In China.
Such reports as the state depart
ment has had from Mr. Conger up to
the present fail to develop a satisfac
tory reason for the insistance of the
British government in amending the
p ek j u agreement on the one hand and
f or the hesitation of the foreign min
isters to sigu tbe agreement on the
other.
A close perU sal of the British sng
g es tj on still fails to show that it is in
any sense material. As stated already
° f b %“° tbi ” g
t sg
no
a ff L . e t 8 the action proposed in the sec
tion of the agreement to which amend
ment app n e8 i 8 left to stand bv itself
without a statement of reason which
would DO t even qualify or limit the
taxation, which in this case relates to
the punishmeut of the boxer leaders,
Consequently it is believed in Wash
ingtou that this disagreement will bo
mere ly temporary aud the most serious
consequences that can ensue is an an
noying delay at a moment when the
worst phase of the negotiation seems
to ba ve safely passed.
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IMPORTANT QUESTIONS UP.
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We wni Soon Know Whather u,,cle Sam
owu. New Po..e..«on. or Kot.
Monday the supreme court of the
United StateB began hearing argument
with the view of determining whether
the Philippines, Porto Rico, Guam and
the Island of Jolo are American tern
tory, governed am protected >y he
constitution.
Se ..... Jution^oUow^the ..
of . whether 7® r ,* a c JJ® the a constitution a ? follows the
flag are before the court and the
learned judges will soon determine the
felat.ons that actually exist between
the new possessions and the nation.
A ;; orney Gener f 1 Gr ^ 3 appear8
, for the government and former Secre
tary of the Treasury John G. Carlisle
for the people of the islands, as rep
resented by the petitioners.
Huntsville In Great Luck.
Rowe – Co., of New York, have de
cided to build a $300,000 cotton mill
in Huntsville, Ala. This new indus
try was secured through the instru
mentality of T. W. Pratt, who has se
cured four cotton mills for Huhtsville
in the last three years.
AIRING BOOZ CASE
Board of Inquiry Begins luves*
tigation of Cadet’s Death.
PARENTS GIVE IN TESTIMONY
Unfortunate Boy’s Letters Are
Presented As Evidence-Board
Goes to West Point.
A Philadelphia dispatch says: The
taking of testimony in the case of
Oscar L. Booz, the West Point cadet
who died some two weeks ago from
injuries which his parents alleged
were inflicted at the West Point Mili
tary Academy, was begun Monday by
the board of inquiry appointed by the
secretary of war. Two sessions were
held at Bristol, the home of the Booz
family, and another in Philadelphia
in the late afternoon. The members
of the board are Generals Brooke,
Clous and Bates, accompanied by
Captain DeaD, of the Fifth artillery,
who acted as recorder.
The court sat in the study of the
church which adjoins the Booz home
stead. The witnesses were William
H. Booz, father; Mrs. Sarah Booz,
mother;* Nellie Booz, sister of the
young man; Rev. Dr. Alison, Di.
Weaver, a Bristol physician who at
tended Oscar Booz, and several others.
The board left for New York Monday
night and from thence to West Point
to continue the investigation.
Mr. Booz, the father, testified that
his son had written home on several
occasions that he had been hazed. He
entered the academy in June, 1898,
and in August he wrote home that he
bad been in a fight and had received a
pair of black eyes and that he had
been knocked out by a blow over the
heart. Mr, Booz said he went to West
Point to see his son and told him he
must stand it. Oscar told his father he
expected to be hazed, but he did not
want to be treated brutally. The
father said Oscar did not want his
mother to know how he was treated.
Mr. Booz then told how Oscar had
informed him that tabasco sauce had
been forced down bis throat. Oscar
said the cadets would pull the blankets
from him and pour hot wax from a
candle on his body. Mr. Booz thought
the officers at the academy could stop
the brutality, but he would not say
they condoned it. He could not un
derstand why they treated his son in
such a brutal manner. Oscar spent
all of last year at home in an endeavor
to build up his health. He never
would reveal the identity of his perse
cutors.
Mrs. Booz testified that her son had
written her that West Point was unfit
for a young man who wanted to do
right and that parents should not send
their sons there.
Nelhe Boo *> » sister or the deceased
young man, test’fied that in a ret ter
receivod by the family on August 7th
Gscar told of the fight he had with an
other cadet and that ho fought until
was winded. The cadets called him
a coward and a disgrace to the corps.
If he did not go into the fight, he said,
tlie “fellows would make life unbear
able for him.” He asked his father
for permission to resign. Oscar de
scribed many little indignities w_hich
were practiced on him. If he had not
swallowed tbe tabasco sauce he would
have strangled They were holding
i,j m down aud he could do nothing
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Dr. J. Solis Cohen, a throat special
ist, testified that Oscar had tuberculo
sis of the larynx and that when he
came to Philadelphia for treatment his
case was hopeless. He thought if
tabasco sauce had been forced down
Bodz’s throat it may bave made him
more susceptible to tuberculosis.
Sigmund S. Albert, a classmate of
Oscar Booz, said that Booz wak not
hazed more than any other cadet. He
was one of Booz’s tent mates while in
camp, He and Booz and other fourth
year men, he said, were made to do
“ridiculous stunts,” such as making
the upper classmen’s beds and “other
unmanly and disgraceful” things.
What he meant by the latter, he said,
was none of the public’s business.
One night some fourth year men were
forced to open their mouths and shut
their eyes, when some one squirted
into their mouths what he believed to
be tobasco sauce.