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TWENTY HELD
FOR EUTCHERY
Score of Negroes Arrested in Con
nection With Foul Murders*
LOOKS SERIOUS FOR TWO
Strong Evidence Brought Out During
Investigation ot Bloody Tragedy
by Coroner's Jury.
The coroner’s jury investigating the
killing of the H ?S family near
Statesboro, Ga., met Saturday evening
and adjourned over until Tuesday.
Twenty negroes have been arrested
and are now in jail, but the evidence
in hand at this time only implicates
two of them. Paul Reed and Will C-ito #
The wife of Paul Reed has made a
statement in which she says her hus
band an 1 Will Cato are the guilty par
ties and that early last Thursday even
ing, just after dark, they went over
to Henry R. Hodges' house and killed
the entire family to get money that
Mr. H -ages was supposed to have and
that they then came back and got
some matches and returned and set
the house on fire after putting Hodges
body in the house so that the entire
family could be burned, She has
made this confession freely and vol
untarily.
Acting on the request of the sheriff
and ordinary of Bulloch county, Gov
ernor '1 errel at an early hour Sai.ir
day night ordered out company A,
First regiment, at Statesboro, for ihe
purpose of protecting the prisoners.
Shortly after the troops were in pos- ,
session of the prison, the governor
was ncCfed that everything was quiet
and us more trouble expected. Later
the situation changed. The sheriff of
Bulloch county stated over the long
distance phone tha; he did not think
it possible for the two negroes to re
main in Statesboro over night without
danger of mob violence, in spite of the
assurances of prominent citizens that
no trouble need be feared. Acting on
this inffirmation and deeming the . :t
uation exceedingly grave, Governor
Terrell authorized the county authori
ties to charter a special tram and con
vey the two men to Savannah for safe j
keeping. :
In Savannah Jail.
A 'Savannah special says: With Cato
and Paul Reese, alleged murderers of
the Hodges family near Statesboro, in
his custody. Sheriff J. Z. Kendricks, of
Bulloch county, arrived in Savannah
Sunday morning and lodged his prison
er!-: in Chatham county jail for safe
keeping
He slipped the prisoners out of the
Statesboro jail at 2 o'clock Sunday
morning without even the military that
was guarding the jail knowing of it. j
Lieutenant Henry Briner. in command
of the Volunteer Guards, withdrew his
men 'rum the rear of the jail for a few
minutes at the sheriff’s request, though
lie did riot then know the object of :he
movement. Kendricks slipped out
alone with his prisoners aafl walked 1
them for half a mile, then took a fug
t-. • • y an 1 drove to Brooklet, ten miles'
irom Statesboro, where the train vas
caught.
Both negroes admit that they know
Die Time was going to be commiHed
before It, took place, but neither of
them acknowledges that he took part
in it. Reese admits starting to
Hodges' home with two other negroes,
John Mall and Sank Tolbert, for tne
purpose of robbery, but claims he was
frightened when Hodges appeared end
ran.
Asked which one of ihe men killed
Hodges, lie revtlied at once that Kail
did. When asked how he knew this,
if he had run away as claimed, he g ’IV
suilen f.r.d refused to talk further. I
There are stains on Reese's pa'its
which ieok like blood stains, but. Hie
man Jellies that they are. Cato dentes
having been in the party at all.
He says Reese asked him to go. ti ll
ing him they could get money, though
they might have some trouble. Reese
corroborates Cato’s statement, Cato
admitted going to Reese’s house eaHv
on the night of the crime, but claims
to have gone back home early. Sheriff
Kendtick says Cato's wife does not
eorroo.irate this. The sheriff, h >w
ever. believes that both Cato and
Reese were there, and he does not
think Hall and Tolbert were, though
he states he has not yet gotten 10 the
bottom of the case.
He ht’.s eighteen prisoners in jail at !
Statesboro in connection with the case,
besides two in Savannah. Robb rv
was undoubtedly the motive of the
murder. Sheriff Kendricks' position in
the case is a peculiar one. His brother
married a sister of Hodges and he and
Hodges were the closest of friends.
1
PORT ARTHUR NOT TAKEN.
R. port That Fassain Stronghold is Cap
tured by Japs is Officially
Denied.
A special from Tokio says: The ru
mored tall ol Port Arthur is officially
pronoun to be untrue.
An Associated Press dispatch savs:
iunk which left Port Arthur n
, last at midnight reports ler
rfk figming on land and sea whRffi
had then been going on for three da; VS.
The highest Japanese authority at
Che Foo says that the army and naval
commanders of the beseiging forces
had planned to begin their final assault
on Tuesday last and expected to effect
the capture by July 29, but that no offi
cial reports were expected from tie
aurnay or from Admiral Togo until ihc
present attack results in success ci
failure. Japanese correspondents st
Che Foo are now sending junks to the
Miao Tac Islands, ready to enter the
harbor r>t Port Arthur immediately at
ter the fall of the fortress.
The Associated Press correspondent
learns from the same reliable authori
ty that the movements of tie Rus-fian
^ ladivostok squadron hastened t he
present attack upon Port Arthur, He
Japanese authorities realizing that if
these vessels were allowed to proceed
unhampered any longer it meant the
division of Admiral Togo’s fleet wiih
the oufcoming of the Russian ships
now cooped up by him at Port Arthur.
The most intense interest in the Port
Arthur situation- is taken not only at
Che Foo. but in Shanghai and Tien
Tsin. Many commercial concerns in
these 'places are continually wiring ior
news. Many wagers are being made
at odds cf two to one, in pounds ster
ling, that Port Arthur will not fall
within -he next ten months, German
residents offering and Englishmen cc
cepting the bets.
The general staff at Tokio announc
Saturday evening that, five Jap.-.n
ese officers had been killed and forty
l,ne wo ' m ded i E the fighting which las
* )een on around Port Arthur ihe
last few days The losses in men are
not given.
This is the first announcement of its
kind since the beginning of the siege
of the fortress, and it indicates that
there has been serious fighting.
The reports of the storming of Port
Arthur were received in St. Petersburg
wdth smiles of incredulity. The war
office contradicts the rumored fall of
the fortress.
CHURCH AND STATE DIVORCED.
Representatives of Vatican in France Vir
tually Ordered to Leave the Republic.
A Parts special says: Foreign M>n
ister Delcasse Saturday afternoon ad
drdss *d ft note to the papal nuncio that
in consequence of the rupture of Hie
relations between France and the Vati
can. his mission in Paris no longer had
any object.
The pope's lengthy reply to the !
French note, though most courteously
worded, merely amount -3 to a polite 1
statement that ... he <loes not „ lnten . , 1 :
t0 |
infringe , . stipulations . of the coneor- !
dat and will not withdraw the letters I
caihng -s, :he Ki„s, bishops of Dijon and - Laval , , |
to Rome. I
It is not expected t hat tne nip? tre j
will have immediate I
any consequencesj
beyond the mutual withdrawal of tre
representatives of France ,nd the ” iti
can an 1 the suppression of the ,,E ' ]
-
bassv and nunciature, as the denun: ia- j
tion of th econcordat requires pamia 1
mentaiy sanction. I
Pile rupture of relations between 1
France and the Vatican does iy>t cause I
surprise. It has been generally fare- |
seen that Premier Combes was do w- I
mined to bring it about, despite the op- j
P° s Kion which doubtless he met from I
certain members of the cabinet. The
imp res..'on prevails that the govern
men * ,v 1 11 be satisfied with having g’v
en the Vatican a lesson, and that it
will not seek to repeal the concorfat
when parliament reassembles.
The fact that the Vatican’s reply tr
the French note was drawn up in Pal
fan. which is the official language nei
ther of the church nor of French diplo
macy, causes some irritation.
CHINESE DIPLOMAT RESIGNS POST.
Wu Ting Fang, for Many Years Represen
tative at Washington, Quits Politics.
Wu Ting Fang, for many years the !
Chinese minister at Washington, ac- !
carding to his son, Wu Chao Chu, I
' v, i° j
has bae*i attending school at Atlan ic
City, dency N J.. has resigned the vice presi- j
of the foreign board at Pekin
,
and is said to have permanently re
tired from politics.
Wu Chao Chu said that his father
has determined to lead a quiet life, a:id
lias unit him a country home li'vir
Shanghai.
A SERMON FOR SUNDAY
AN ELOQUENT DISCOURSE GY Ei3HO c
E. C. ANDREW;.
Subject: Christianity an<l T.ove"—Ctiureli
Ministrations Should He DireeteU ,
Toward Freeing Hie Human son ol
That Selfishness Which is Inherent.
Brooklyx, X. Y.—Bishop K. G. An
drews, of the Methodist Episcopal the Church, Central
preached Sunday morning in
Congregational Church. His ;ect was:
“Christianity and Love.” The text was
from I Timothy i:o: 'Now the end of the
commandment is charity out of a and pure
heart, and of a good conscience, .said: o;
faith unfeigned.” Bishop Andrews
Every careful reader of the English the
Bible takes knowledge of the fact that
English language, like every other living
language, is in process of change, JR
knows the significance of words, as well
as their form, and occasionally their order
changes. Psalms: He reads, for instance, Cod, iit the
heart “My heart and is fixed, remembers oh that rny
is fixed,” “fixed” he
that word at tlie time our version
was made had the meaning, which we still
retain in our colloquial he speech, “to be
fixed up,” and so reads: “My heart is
prepared, oh Cod. my heart is prepared.''
lie reads in the Epistle to the I'he-salon
ians that they which are alive at the sec
ond coming of Christ shall not prevent
them that are asleep, and he remembers
that the word “prevent” originally meant
to precede simply, arid came to have its
present meaning because he that precedes
another is likely to get in the way of that
one and obstruct another who follows, and
so he reads that at the second coming of
Christ they that are alive shall not precede,
or shall not have the advantage over them
that sleep in Christ, for both alike shall be
called to meet their Lord m the air.
So in this text we have the word “char
ity,” a word which to-day signifies either
almsgiving but in or kindly judgment Oj had other.-,
the time of our version it the
meaning to which “love.” the new revisers have
returned, viz., or “benevolence.”
and in this passage we read this statement;:
The aim of the commandment is benevo
lence, good will, effective love, even as we
speak of the love of man to God, then also
to his fellow men.
Another Bible criticism is worth out
while. The word "commandment.” like
the word “Taw,” may have either a narrow
or a broad significance. The narrow sig
nificance of that is “particular precept” ai
tended by “particular sanction.” A broad
er stitution meaning is that of a “holy ordained in
and system." and that broader
meaning evidently should be here used be
cause of the context. We come then io
the entire statement: “The end. or aim, of
the whole Christian institution is love out
of a pure heart, and of a good conscience,
and of faith unfeigned.' 5
It originated in a heart of boundless love
toward man in an act of love unparalleled,
we may suppose in all the ages of eternity
—even the gift of God's only Son. All its
precepts turn in this direction. Church or
ganizations and ministrations of every
kind, if they he rightly directed, have sim
ply this purpose to discharge the human
soul of that selfishness that belongs to it
by nature, and to enter into it all the love
of God.
Now all familiar with the New Testa
ment know that this is no solitary utter
ance—it is but one of many broad and
comprehensive statements. One came to
the Mastei saying: "Which is the first and
great commandment?’’ And He answered:
“Thou shall love the Lord thy God with
all thy heart, and with all thy soul, and
with all thy mind, and with ail thy
strength; the this is the first commandment,
and second is like unto it: Thou shalt
love thy neighbor as thyself. On these two
commandments hang all the law and the
prophets.” tells In another passage St. Haul
us that “Love is the fulfilling of the
law.” If there be any other command
ment, it is briefly comprehended in tins i. •
saying: thyself.” “Thou shalt love thy neighbor as
St. James calls this the “royal
law.” St. Paul tells us: “Above all things,
have fervent charity one toward another.”
And St. John, in a memorable passage, in
one of his epistle*, tells us that God k
love, and he that dwelleth in love dwelleth
in God and God in him.”
Christ told the story of a man who went
down _ from Jerusalem to Jericho and fell
among robbei as one may nowadays do
on that road. They robbed him. stripped
him of his raiment, wounded him. and left
him half dead. Then came one of the chief
representatives of the current religion, a
priest, a*fd passed by on the other side.
Alien there came down a subordinate rep
re .sentative of the current religion, a Le
vite, and be came and looked and passed
by on the other side. Then came a heretic
in religion, an alien in race, and, looking
upon the wounded man, he was moved
with compassion and dismounted and
bound up his wounfi set the wounded
man on his own beast, brought him to an
inn and took care of him for the night and
paid the charges, leaving money for addi
lioT,al charges, raying to the inn keeper:
“H it costs more E will repay when I come
again.” And that alien in race, that here
tic in religion, ihe Lord Jesus presents be
iore ,iH as the oue 8 ieat example of our
,
this ‘"xow^rpfeared to "notice two facts in
natural love. In the first place, much
of it is simply instinctive, a divine im
plantation for high purposes, but because
not founded in moral reason, divine reason,
therefore without moral worth. It is hut
l >art °t‘that endowment of human nature
by which the propagation and the educa
tion of the ra.ee is made possible, but it
does not imply of necessity any high moral
quality. the The bear will rush on the point of
spear in the defense oi its cubs. The
wildcat will die for its young. The eagle,
with unwearied patience, will teach the
young "Behold, eaglet to fly. Will you. therefore,
say: what paragons of moral ex
cellence? Would you not say of them if
they lacked parental and filial love: “Be
hold what monsters?”
In the second place, this natural love is
marked by great limitations in its extent.
It is laid upon one’s family and one s
friends, upon one’s neighbors and country,
upon those who are of the 'same race, or it
may be of the same religious faith, or of
the same political persuasion, and it is
hemmed in hv these limitations, llow
a man goes to the market place and
to the exchange with perfect indifference
to the prosperity anil happiness of his fel
low man and wrestles with them in busi
nessi 1°. his ,e family furn to all his his home ill-gotten to lavish gladly
upon There gains
ire many generous men in all onr
communities, but they may be also men de
sirous of having their generosity duly ac
kuowledged the and trumpeted abroad through
out knowledgment world, and if they fail ot that ; tc
somehow their charity
that seems to sour upon them, and they feel
they are not recognized as they ex
fiected inently to brave be. Benedict ant! skillful Arnold soldier, was an em
far know and *0
spendthrift, as we and a true when patriot, Congress but he was
1 censured
11 m m various TT; ne at lent. i became
Benedict Arnold the tre The troth is
iia t it is very easy u over.oac all the
and timbers of o soul with these
leieets, and we may notice in pa ng t t
i great deal that passe for ci a:'itv is oi
.cutimes a. thin veneer over mint red
ses ci sj Rashness. and we nav tner
10 Lice that sometimes we have credited
, jurselves with very great tenderness and
(] wi jj toward men. oeeausc. tor m
-tancc, ire wept over the griefs and woes s
of the heroes and heroines of fiction, an d
vet find ourselves (such is the inertia ot
our nature) never to much a - lifting up
our hands to relieve the unutterable woes
that crowd in human SOU is all around Us
Another defect of the natura. love is that
it is simply an unrighteous love; T mean it
lacks the quality of righteousness in that it
is a mere kindly affection and desire to do
kind things while to those who are objects of our
love, at the same time there is no
recognition of that foundation which up
holds the whole process of human life, that
fundamental truth which only can confer
any large and permanent well being.
ungodly. Finally, That this natural love it is is the oftentimes
is to say, recoani
tion in man (the children of God) of this
or that scintillation of the infinite good
ness, while it withholds from Him wno
gathers unto Himself all conceivable ex
cellences, all truth, patience, generosity, all
tenderness, temperance long suffering
purity—while heart's true loyalty. it withholds So that from this Hun native the
or natural love of which we speak is indeed
oftentimes a very faint reflection and im
age of that perfect love toward which
Christianity'calls us. And so we turn back
to the text, and hear the words that !St.
Paul said: “The aim of the command
ment, the whole aim of the Christian in
stitution, is love out of a pure heart, an ,1
out of a stood conscience and out of faith
unfeigned.”
hirst—in tins matter ot Christianity .. we
have to do with such divine forces in their
operation upon human nature as yield
hopes of even tin- treat rest,it. It is not
that we expect ourselves to attain any
such who goodness. but is it not possible that
He made this thine we call the human
.soul With all its varied powers of observe
tion, reason, imagination, fancy and mem
ory, conscience and will. He who made
this strange, subtle, intangible thing wo
call the human sou), may not He remake
the soul, enter into its profOumlest uepHis, that
so reconstruct, leorder and inspire it
it may shine in all the likeness of God? Is
it not said, “He will do for us far more ex
ceedingly than we can ask or think?”
And that is (he warrant in this Christian
church, and in all these Christian churches
for the high aspiration toward which
Christianity points us. be said this,
And the other tiling to is
that however true it is that most of us
who profess and call ourselves Christ! ms
come far very far. short of this high ideal
of character; however true it is that with
manv of us our Christianity is simply, as
it were, an attempt to secure seif-well-be
ing in the long reaching future—alas! that
it is such a narrow form of Christianity as
that—however true that may be, ueverthe
less I take it for granted that perhaps
every one present has during some time in
his rxiierknce come in contact with some
soul, has become intimate perhaps with
some life, upon whom the divine truth, the
divine providence and the divine inspira
tion lias so operated in transforming have power
that the soul seems to entered into
the very fellowship or God. even ; ia ^ i, r -
come radiant with divine life, the features
have been eni.-eied by the soul within, the
eye has looked tenderly out toward all
men whom il has met, and now and then
the very habitation and Habit ot such a
person becomes unspeakably endearing. •*;
cause ot tins dwelling oi the Lord Christ
within.
Second—’The aim of Christianity is love
not only out of a pure heart, but also out
of a good conscience. That is lo say, its
aim is not a mere sentimental overflow of
tears and pity: it shall be a living and
mighty engine within, under the guidance
of God. ns to method, and as to measures,
of a widely instructed moral sen«e. Chris
tianity i« something beside mere happiness, the
It aims at the great soul of life under
guidance and shaping oi an instructed
moral nature.
And finally the love at which Christian
itv aims is a love out of faith unfeigned. Bible.
Let faith return. Bring back your
Behold one living and eternal God. He is
love, and He has loved this poor world so
that He has effected redemption for man
kind and lifted them across the heavens.
Has thrown His arms around man, in or
der that He might lift him up by His Holy
Spirit. Prayer, sufferer so that desolate the broken-hearted
and the and may go apart
from the eyes of man and pour out their
hearts to God, whose ear can catch their
faintest sigh, and whose eye beholds the
falling tear. Providence. No sparrow falls
io the ground without Tflis knowledge, and ;
the very hairs of your head are numbered.
Death; transformation. Life here: intro- j
Auction lo the life eternal. Let these
truths enter and live within human souls,
and somehow ttoe 1 niman race has become
transformed by these facts. I cannot meet
a man. woman or child, but at once I know
1 here is one whom God loves. Why should
I not love that one? And so it comes to
pass love that where wherever Christianity is there is
still it was not.
Two inferences are interesting. There
may seem to you to be various defects in
the historical parts of the Bible, but it vou i
will only tell me where there is a system
whose breath is love, whose inspiration is
love, which makes this earth a paradise
and a very heaven oi love. It vou tell me
where that comes from T am sure I shall
know how God comes down to our world
in ^d Second. Spel TT°V How le?US much w-f'• ( hnstinnitv r 1 i nave
you? Not how much religion. The Bvali- ;
min, the Mahoromedan have religion: that
r\vkH^iL l al i n>ti ,°. n but h ° W mudl
l hristianity Un have vou? T, I here is one an
swer. So much Christianity as we have
self-forgetfulness, se ’ Hcrifice. charity; so
much and no more, -'tav God help us.
’('here is infinite ] csoiiicc* loi us. Lee us
look io heaven, and let us look to earth.
and do the little thi? ivs at hand in order
that when the onDoramiL^ma.v^ome^we.
may nourish within
ions forces of helpfulness until at length,
if it please God. we shall be like our Lord
Jesus Christ, who was the very fulness of
love toward man.
What to 1*reach.
Dr. Theodore Cuyler tells us that he
never preached a sermon in defense of the
Scriptures. He preached the Scriptures
themselves: and they proved to he “the
power of God unto salvation.” We have j
Sony new books upon “The Changing
;y, h f rc ; l'j e " eed a hundred
upon Jesus Christ, the Same Yesterday,
To-day. and Forever.” The apostle told
ii>. many centuries ago. that, there would be
lls
main. 7 .” Whoever devotes his attention to
the shaken instead of to the firm ha s nus
taken his call if he remains in the min
istry. "What the world needs,” said Dr.
Van Dyke, "is not a new Gospel, but more
Gospel.” That hits the nail on the head.
I TAGGART
j IS CHAlRa
j J
i Indiana Man
Chosen by hem
I National Committ ee to Ji
I A New York Campaign.
special save
mon y was the watchw
°rd at
I day’s meeting of th< democra*
tional committee. Thoms
! as -j-.
of Indiana, was unanimously
to the chairmanship, u ry \y
Kentucky, was elected ^
j ,
! ... '^ , hington
’ as Was
j assistant secretary, and Colonel
L Martin, of Missoni i. i was
! &eant , at . j re-e - v ,
j arms, and Colony!
j Donaldson, of Tennessee *
aw- '• ‘-An
{reant at arms
j The organization of the card
j will be completed by the select!
I vice chairmen, not to
] exceed u
i executive committee of fom g,
: seven and a finance e 0Inr ,j tf
-
from thr€e to five, ’ all 1 Ul of ,w mese
.
I named later by Chairman Ta
'■■r
j | The treasurer will be named
1 chairman and till- executive eo
; tee. The executive and finance
rnittee will be made »P of fni
j democrats who are for the most
I at least not members
of the - na!
j committee,
The main headquarters “ Chai
Taggart, _
announces, will be in
York, but the Chicago headou*
from which the west ern eampaigi
. he managed, .... will be
of practl
eoual importance. Chairman Ta
will divide his time between u the lu 6
i MEDICINE PROVISION CUT Oil,
Georgia Senate Committee
Some features of General !«*[}
Two important amendments It
general tax act were adopted p
finance committee of the Geo S‘0|
ate Tuesday morning, the first t
the reduction of the tax on them
facture of coca-cola to $400 ar,<j
second being the elimination of
part of the bill imposing special t
on dealers in certain specified i
cines and extracts.
The committee decided that thi
on coca-cola should be the same
is oil other patent drinks, sever
which are called by name in the!
The taxes on these latter are
and the committee decided to r
mend that a similar tax be pi
upon the manufacture of coca col
The part of the bill dealing wit
medicines reads as follows:
“Upon every dealer in Pcrttm
lute tincture, extract or essenc
ginger, ° or any other medicinal p: f
ration which can be used as a
erage which contains an amou
alcohol equal to or in excess of
amount recognized by the 1
States pharmacopoeia as necessar
a good wine for medicinal pur]
the sum of $200; provided that
tax shall not be required of those
ers who have paid the ]iquor t a
provided in this act.”
This was stricken entirely.
TO CURTAIL COTTON GOODS.
Southern ,, Manufacturers . . Hold u .. Weelmi
Agree to Work on Short lime.
At %a meeting of cotton mill
front North Carolina, South Caro
Georgia and Alabama, held in Gi
ville, S. C., Tuesday, it was dec
to curtail the production to a basi
75 per cent during the months oi
gust and September. coruktj
Because of the unsettled
of the market and the poor God
for finished goods, the spinners
lieved that this step was imperal
and they acted accordingly, the 1
showing that more than 2 , 000,000 a
dies were represented. The ac
was almost unanimous, d
Mills not represented at the
. were urged , to agree to , tne . n]]V cu'l \
ment while the production will M
duced 25 per cent for six ty days,
1 hls will be accomplished em >
running all niachinerv 75 pet ceI1
the time, or by stopping all mad
ery one-fourth of the tune. . Rep
submitted by a special investigs
committee showed that in the
states named the curtailment hal 1
fore had run anywhere from
one .q Uar t er time. A rate sche
the month 01 t Ana
was adopted for *
and spinners obligated themseh^ stipulated
to seJ1 below the price
UNCLE SAM DRAWN INTO MUDDLE
Protest is Filed at the State Depa ftl
Against Action of Russian Sguadro'
The state department at Washing
has finally received a formal P lC
against the action of the Russ» an 1
in seizing American goods and «s
result of the preliminary study of
v -„o-the
,aw . anfi , precedents governing
ject It, is prepared to act. energy i(
" the n<1 seizure of ™»s"*" an American 0 K cans Z
board the Hamburg-American port'
steamer Arabia bound from
Oregon, for a Hongkong, Cfiin ;1 >