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'Weekly Herald. 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* gftfltx*- •’ - * - JrtaoW oi 41*=*! „ ^ ---■ ?£# 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.