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OFFICIAL ORGAN OF THE CITY OF VVAYCROSS AND OF WARE AND CHARLTON COUNTIES.
VOLUME XXIII
WAYCROSS. GA., SATURDAY. JULY 19, 1902.
NUMBER 7
Powell Clayton Scored ^
* asking that tuey furnish me with let'
ON ACCOUNT OF HIS TREATMENT OF
MRS. H. W. REED IN MEXICO.
[Atlanta Constitution:]
BY THOMAS E. WATSON.
Thomson, Oa., July 12.—[Special.] —
Mott Georgians will remember H. W.
Reed, who may be said to hate founded
the city of Waycrota, who wat road
master of the Plant System, and who
wat president of the First National
Bank of Brunswick.
Seteral years ago hie business en
terprise carried him to Mexico, where
he invested heavily in silver mines.
After he had taken possession of his
properties there he was put to a great
trouble and expense getting the titles
quieted, other spectators being eager
to oust him. At length, however, he
bore down all opposition and was left
in peace to develop the mineral re*
sources. To this work he gave bis
personal attention, throwing all the
energy of his nature into the work.
His wife and son were with him all
this time, held forth to the world as
his wife and son, and received by
everybody as his wife and his child.
Something in the mountain climate, or
in the excited life Mr. Reed was lead
ing brought about heart troubles for
him His ores were rich—getting
richer all the time—a fortune was in
his grasp, but all of u sudden he fell
at his task and died m the mountains
where his mines lay.
SITUATION OF THE WIDOW.
Think of the situation of the widow,
Mrs* Reed. A thousand miles from
her old home in Georgia, fmong peo-
who were almost entire strangers to
her, and whose language, laws and
business customs were to her a sealed
book.
First of all It was necessary that she
should become the legal representa
tive of her husband, to save the mines
from being thrown into the courts,
where they mignt be devouied in the
manner so well known the world
pver.
In doiug so simple a thing as quail*
lying as administratis of her husband
and securing the inheritance to her
self and son, Mrs. Reed was met by
all sorts of obstruction, objections, de
lays and expenses. Mexico is wHst is
called a “Latin country," and a differ
ent code from ours prevails, and mar
riages, births and deaths are required
to be officially registered with a form
ality utterly unknown to the laws of
Georgia and most of the suites of the
union. Mexican courts became ex*
ceeding exacting in demanding proofs
that Mra Reed was really Mrs. Reed,
and that her son was a legitimate
child. Mexioan courts demanded
such proof as no Georgian on earth
can give. They demanded certified
copies of registers which nobody
keeps, official returns which nobody
makes. In other words Mexi
cans demanded that she should do the
impossible.
Who is it that cannot imagine her
distress, her surprise, her indignation!
Wfiat was this American lady to do?
Greedy speculators, hungry for her
mines, were hovering about, eager to
seize the prey. v
THE APPEAL TO CLAYTON.
It occurred to me that the ambassa
dor of the United States might lend a
helping hand to this Southern lady in
her tronbies—Ambassador Clay Up, of
the South.
Not wishing tq burden the ambassa
dor with a mere personal request of
my own, 1 wrote to Sepators Bacon
Mf
Ni A
ters in which the embassador’s good
will and office were invoked in behalf
of the widow, whose weeds had been
\o recently thrown about her.
These letters I forwarded to Mexico,
accompanied by as good a statement
as 1 knew how to frame, and 1 had
not the slightest doubt that 1 had
done my friend Reed’s wife and boy a
good turn—had not the slightest doubt
that Ambassador Clacton, a Southern
gentleman, would be overjoyed at
the opportunity of thus serving a
Southern lady commended to him by
the senators of Georgia, as well as the
common instinct # of self-respecting
manhooj).
CLAYTON REBUFFS WIDOW.
One day the stricken widow ap
pears before the ambassador and
seeks aid.
What does she want? Merely that j
the ambassador of the United States
will give hei a certificate that In the
state of Georgia, where her sotf* waa
born, the law does not require that
the birth of a child shall be officially
registered. Is Mr. Clayton willing to
certify to that? By no means. Querul
ously objecting that he is uot acquain-
ted with tne laws of one of the states
of the union which he is supposed to
represeat aud refusing to take the
trouble to inform himself as to the
Georgia law, the ambassador flatly
refuses to sign the* paper. /
Again Mrs Reed asks: "Will you
uot, then, sign a certificate that ip
some of the states of the union the
birth of a child is not required to be
officially registered?"
No. Ambassador Clayton will "not
sign the statement either. Why not?
God only knows. If he has the slight
est acquaintance with' the laws of the
states which compose the government
he represents, he Is certainly aware
that the certificate spoke nothing but
the truth. If he does not know that
much about tl e lawa of hia country he
is an ignoramous who has no business
to represent it abroad. If, on the oth
er band, he is familiar with the laws
he must have known that the certifi
cate was the truth, and hia refusal to
sign it can only be explained on the
supposition that he was utterly unwil
ling to do hia country womans service
or upon the theory that he was inter
ested in obstructing her in her efforts
to establish the legal ngbta of herself
and boy to these Mexican mines.
CLAYTON’S DISGRACEFUL PLIGHT
Either explanation leaves the. am*
bassador in a disgraceful plight. The
certificate which Mrs. Reed requested
of Mr. Claytcn would have been of the
utmost service to her because it would
have convinced the Mexican authori
ties that the original evidence their
law required did not exist, and thus
Mrs. Reed would have been allowed to
use secondary evidence, of which she
had an abundance. To prove to the
Mexican courts that no such records
as they demanded certified copies from
were in existence, was the purpose of
Mrs. Reed's application to our ambas
sador, Mr. Clayton bad written me
assuring me that he would cheerfully
aid the lady. If I am not mistaken he
had also written to the two senators
toat he would do.
WHY DID HE CHANGE FRONT?
Why did he change front so sudden
ly? Why was it on Mrs. Reed's first
visit to the embassy If r. Clayton gave
her such a cool reception, end con
temptuously inquired. "Who is this
Ciav? ’ when he had read the senator s
.eiter and dropped It upon tifs desk.
To Be Transferred.
MASTER MECHANICS ROBERTS AND
DYER TO CHANOE.
Mr. 8. M. Roberts, master me
chanic of the Atlantic Coast Line
•hops in th.a city,has been transferred
to the Brunswick shops, and Mr. W. H,
Dyer, who is at present master me
chanic of the Brunswick shops, baa
been transferred to Waycrora, Mr
W. H. Yoang, superintendent of mo
tive power for the second division of
the Atlsntio Coast L o«, came to Way-
cross this morning and decided to
make the change, as stated above,
is understood that the change will be
made tomorrow. The resignation of
the five machinists Monday afternoon
probably had something to do with
Mr. Roberts having been transferred
to Brunswick.
Y.
l do not know. But this frosty first
interview was the proper prelude to
all the others, and from first to last,
amid all her struggles and troubles
this American lady secured ni
from the American ambassador,
the help she got came from others.
The certificate which he could have
signed, and should have signed, would
have saved her immense worry and
work, much time and much money.
She succeeded at tast and secured
full control of the mines, but owed no
thanks to the representative of her
vn government.
WAS IT ASKING TOO MUpH ?
Was it asking too much of Mr. Clay
ton to request him to aid a fellow-cit
izen in her business entanglements
ith Mexican authorities? Senator
Bacon aud Senator Clay did not think
so. for they urgently asked him to do
it. I did not think so—having heard
of things* of that kind being done in
sundry parts of the globe—and I ur
gently asked him to do it. And Am
bassador Powell Clayton did not think
so, for he wrote me a letter in which
he unqualifiedly promised to do it.
And he broke his word I Why ?
Wqts he in collusion with the rival
Companies which were trying to gob
ble up Mra. Reed'a mines?
I dc not know. Was he holding back
until some one In behalf of Mrs. Reed
should approach him in a more com*
taercial manner? I do not know.
REFUSED WIDOW'S APPEAL.
But this I do know:
He was applied to in a formal, civil,
courteous'manner by myself, by the
senators of Georgia, and by Mrs. Reed
in person, was asked to sign a certifi
cate which he knew was nothing but
the God’s truth, he knew this paper,
coating him nothing, would be of ut
most value to Mrs. Reed, aud he re*
fused to help her, after having prom
ised to do so ! All this occurred last
year! I only knew the facts in full up*
on Mrs, Reed’s return to Georgia; and,
knowing these facts, I can believe
without hesitation the statement that
the better class of Americans at Mex*
ico City look with contempt upon Pow
ell Clayton, that they expect no oat*
riotlc service at his hands, and that
they apply to him only when it is ab*
solutely necessary. However much I
may differ from President Roosevelt
in many things, I yet believe him tfi
be brave, manly, honest, devoted to
his conception of duty, and I believe
that were be to know just what man*
ner of man this Clayton is, our atnbas*
sador to Mexico would be incontinent*
ly b mncv'l from a position t he de*
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A Baseball Game
BLACKSHEAR AND FITZQERALD CROSS
BATS IN THIS CITY.
Thursday's daily
A mutch game of baseball between
the club* from Fitz/erald and Black*
•hear - is being played at the grounds
in this city this afternoon. The Fitz
gerald club, returning from Jacasot
ville, decided to atop over in Wsycroaa
and play the lUackshear club. The
boys from Blackshear came iu car
riages through the country at 4:90 o'
clock- It ia expected that the game
will be a good one, as both teams are
composed of excellent f layers. The
teams are compiled of the following
players:
Blackshear*— Harper, pitcher; Solo-
man, 1st base; Kinney, center-field;
Geo. Riggins, 2nd base; Davis, 3d base;
F. Riggins, left field; Donaldson, right
field; McClellan, shortstop; Steele,
catcher. *
Fitzgerald—Simmons, 1st base; E.
Chaple, shortstop; P. Ciiapi*, left field}
A. Chaple, center field; Wilcox, second
base; Days, pitcher; Kay, 3rd base;
Morton, right field; Farias, centerfield.
To Slice All Nations.
York, July 10. —One of the most
remarkable campaigns in commercial
history lias been inaugurated by tiie
board of trade o! Lynn, Mass., saw a
Boston dispatch to the Times.
It has opened communication with
ail United States consuls and consular
and is securing from them de
tailed reports of the eondltloa of the
shoe market and the possibilities for
Yankee shoes in their respective local*
ities. All ready hundreds of answers
have been received and the manufac*
turers are energetcially preparing to
invade every corner of the eartn where
■hoes are sold.
FOLliSTON FACTS AND FANCIES.
Farmers in this section have
begun harvesting their fodder.
Mrs. G. I*. Kellam, of Way-
cross, is visiting relatives iu
town,
Mrs. K. F. Hall, of -Adel, is
visiting her parents here this
week.
Col. Simon W. Hitch, of Way-
crose, was in town on-legal busi
ness Saturday.
Mrs. J. D. Baldwin and chil
dren, of Jacksonville, are spend-
ingsome time in town.
Max. Goldberg left Sunday
for New York to be gone a
month.
Ila, Xot IlmlKtied.
Mr. D. A. McGee requests the
Herald to state that, the report to
the effect that he has resigned
bis position with the Atlantic
Coast Line is entirely without
foundation. He is limply oir on
a written leave of absence, tak
ing a much needed rest, and has
no intention of resigning. Mr.
McGee lias been in the service of
the railroad company for years,
and his friends no doubt will be
pleased to learn that he is to con
tinue with the Coast Line.
'the Thomasville Gun Club
havo declined to accept the chal
lenge of the Wuycross Gun Club
for a match shoot in this city to
morrow. A telegram received
yesterday afternoon stated that
they could not get their team to
gether for tomorrow. It is ex
pected, however, that a match
will be arranged between the
two club, at a later dato.
Mexican flustang Liniment
Sore Mtucles,
I or, in fact, all Lameness anti Sore-
| ness of your body there is nothing
that will drive out the pain and in
flammation so quickly as ,
i Mexocaira
Mustang' Liniment.
| If you cannot reach the spot your
self get some one to assist you, for
it is essential that the liniment be
rubbed in most thoroughly.
Mexican flustang Liniment
overcomes the Ailments of horses and all domestic animals. In fad,
ft is a fieah healer aud pain killer uo matter who or w hat the patleatifc
Judgment
Whose bad opinion
do you fear?
Whose good opin
ion do you wantr
The most impor
tant thing tc you ift
your business is cus
tomers.
The strongest ad
junct in making cus
tomers is the way you
impress them, A
large part of the im
pressing is done in
the kind of printing
they get from .you.
The only printing that you I ave may lieyr i r r — u rnr\\
envelopes, cards and other pieces of what are called ci in-
meicial printing.
Even in these things it is possible to exer< fse peed taste,
as we can soon show you it you will exan.be ho ue ol our
samples of printing.
If you advertise, if only to the txt*.nt of t mpmII fuiuer
or an occasional booklet, you should anticipate and dis
count the judgement of your customers hy laying before
them printing that is refreshing, distinct, original, clean
and direct.
There are all kinds of printing in every town.
There is only one good kind.
One piece of good printing is wort'i a hundred, pieces
that are fair to middling.
You cannot afford to do anything but the best. There
fore, you cannot afford not to know our ways and our
prices.
Jj Will you come to us, or shall we go to you?
Waycross Herald,
EVENING AND WEEKLY.
