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valuable Land For Sale.
Washingto
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Mil
Consisting of about six thousanJ c,,ha
acn-H fine saw mlil and turpentine site 1,4 l '‘'
on the B & W. R. R. at and adjoining fc5,a '‘‘
Bcblattervll.'e station, t‘*n miles from Th
WayorotM. Mont of this laud Is fine
ly timbered; much of It has never
been cut. This Is the most
lan 1 in three adjoining counties. J
om now offering this valuable proper
ty for sale. Cad on or write the un
dersigned at Waycross, Ga.
Cdlw Henry Strlcklanl. Jr.
u in the 1*1*
ithority with
21.—"A bloody j
of IMnes against J
i t.je near future
It-hS the United j
1 of the Island." |
ma le today by .
MUST ACT IN GOOD FAITH.
Referring to the pledge which vot-
s will be required to take in voting
the democratic primary this year,
i exchange gives the following Ut
il. iv.ircy, one of the largest land- ' r« hit of history to show why the
ners in the Isle of Pines, and an j pledge Is justified;
luable ! American citizen who purchased his j j n 1904 the populists, under the
, g j holdings shortly after the treaty of jead of Watson, threw their Influ*
arls, which gave toe Island to United J ence an-J their votes, as f-r as they
fates. Mr. Pearcy and his brother, j could in the democratic primaries,
aptain J L. Pearcy, for years one of j for Hearst for president. Watson
NOTICE.
Go to J F Masters before you give
out your plumbing. He will give you
good work and low prices and guarant
ee » his work. Ali Jobbing promptly at.
tended to. Remember the place under
Opera House, or residence 5k Gilmore
street 21 lm.
PHONE 388.
THE WORLD OF WONDER8.
(From the Baltimore Sun.)
In addition to the gladness an I Joy
with which this life is enJowed, the
fine swing of life, as we sprint along
from day to day, performing happily
our tasks and "drawing the thing as
we nee It for the God of things as
they are.” It Is a world of wonders
and marvels; where, while nothing
Is new under the sun, every hour
brings forth It marvel and every
Issue of our New York Sunday coh*
temporaries a novelty. Traveling
leisurely through the crowded columns
of the lust Sunday's Issues, we pause
with Joy at the stall of the Foxcroft
(Maine) calf horu with three tongues
an I two Jaws; pass along trlppllng
to the Peapack, (N. J.) rooster brought
Into this world with four legs like a
mule, for proof of which It has al
ready kicked Itself into notoriety;
stand with astonishment before the
brook full of butter milk trout at
West Purls, Mo., and marvel at the In
genulty of the man that drained the
wastage from his butter factory Into
this fishpond for the benefit of the
denizens thereof, wiio have fattened
and taken on a flavor such »is no epic
ure lu trout has evevr dure.l to dream
Pusslug around the merry circle, here
Is a call from Sussex county, New
Jersey, to pause uud admire the hens
she is breeding with legs of unequal
length, so that they can’t wander aw.iy
from their native heath to scratch In
a neighbor's garden; and still farther
along we find at North Htonington.
Conn., the heuyatd of Aleck Thomp
son wli^re fastidious pullets have
scratched up several pecks of gold
win lost by u f unhand forty five
years ago. We have not touched upon
the Hiiakes and seaserpents. the
wonderful dental and surgical opera
tions u|»on tin- animals In the zoos nor
the magic mirror. In whose ghostly
surface you can gaze an.l observe the
features of the family dead. If it
were not for these things life would
not be nearly so well worth living as
It Is. I.et the merry procession move
along, while we reflect how fearfully
and wonderfully made are the Sun
day journals of which these things
form the features, and how even more
fearfully and wonderfully made are the
minds that can enjoy them.
the secretaries of th
gresslonal Committ-
White House today
Democratic Co
e, called at tl
to talk the situ
tion over with President Roosevelt.
Mr. Pearcy Is fresh from the Isle of
Pines, having arrived in the city yes
terday. The President refused to see
them, but referred them to Secretary
Root.
“I did not come here to threaten
the President with a revolution in
wrote letters to the Atlanta News,
then edited by Hon. John Temple
Graves, advocating Hearst’s nomina
tion by the democratic part/. Hearst
was not nominated. A few months
thereafter 23,000 men in Georgia who
had gone into the democratic primary
were voting for Watson for president
against the democratic nominee.
"Now Watson, and some of those
same men. are taking g great inter-
whlcb hundreds of American lives j est in .another democratic primary,
would be endangered,” saw Mr. Poar- j an j they line up, of course, with that
cy. "I merely wanted to tell him the* man who denounces the democratic a J-
facts. As for myself as long as I have j ministration of affairs in this state,
breath I will advise my neighbors and just as a duck takes to water. It is
fallow countrymen io refrain from
bloodshed, hut 1 know that the major
ity of the people are tired of having
their rights trambled under foot; of
being arrested and carried to Cuba for
trial, und that it would only take a
little more oppression to cause an
actual outbreak.
“Americans now own nine tenths of
the property, which they purchased
solely upon the assurance from Pres
ident McKinley and the War Depart
ment that the Island was American
soil. One half of the population is now
American, and all of them went there
relying upon the assurance that the
Island belonged to the United States.
“Then came the treaty with Cuba
ceding this island in consideration of
certain coaling stations in Cuba, which
we already had.
“For three years this treaty has
been held up In the Senate, hut Cuba
has exercised control over the island
Aad what control it has been!
"They keep a troop of negro solJiers
quartered on the island all the time,
who curry things with a high hand.
American citizens are arrested and
carried over to Cuba for trial because
d their protest against the manner In
which they are treated by these
soldiers, an.l because they protest
against Cuban authority In general.
"Up to the present my taxes have
amount til to about ISO per year, but
recently I received notice that here
after It will be about |7f»0 per year,
and Increase of nearly 700 per cent,
uud not one 5 cents has been spent
j by the Cuban government for the im
provement of the island. The only
way which the money is used locally
Is In the payment of the negro soldiers
| who are quartered there. Not abridge
J has been built, not a rowl improved.
“Conditions have reached a critical
I stage. The majority of the Americans
have sworn they will stand It no long
er. and they have received all sorts
of offers of nid from this country in
case the mutter comes to Mows, and
he refers me to Secretary Root, this
cold min who has given us no sympa
thy uud who insists upon the ratifica
tion of the treaty .We cannot see the
American minister at Havana. When
we go to him with our complaints, he
cannot see us. according to instruc
tions from the State Department, and
we have to talk with some subordin-1
ate clerk.'* ]
The Isle of Pines Is about the size >
of Rhode Island, and Is exceedingly j
rich in agricultural products, such as i
fruits and tobacco. j
The administration some time ago |
announced that the Isle of Pines be- j
longed to Cuba, and that the United
States had no claim upon it. That is
why the President refuses to see those
who call upon this mission The Isle
of Pine
agitate their freedom from Cuba
not natural and proper that a d«
cratlc committee should say: “Gen-
tlfmen, you went back on us in the
last campaign. If you vote with us
this year you must take the pledge
that you are acting this time in good
faith, and that you mean this time
■ o return to the party for good.’
‘‘But they want to v^te without
taking the pledge, which Is the high
est evidence that they do not regard
themselves as democrats and do not
mean to stay wit.i the party. The
Atlanta Journal, which Is no longer
a democratic newspaper, tells them
that it is an ‘insult” to them to ask
them to take the democratic pledge!”
Bloody Ru B Eian's Condemn Stoessel.
It is rumored that the military court
which has been investigating the sur
render of Port Arthur and the battle
of the Zao, Japan, has condemned to.
death Lieutenant General Stoessel,
who commanded the Russian forces at
Port Arthur, and Rear Admiral Nelson-
gaioffff, who commanded one of Ad
miral Rojestvensky’s squadrons, and
wno surrendered during Itbe naval
battle to the Japanese.
The fall of Port Arthur is one of the
greatest tragedies of the world’s his
tory, and takes Its place along w»th
i desperate defenses that have elec-
j trifled all nations for their stubborn-
ess and bloody determination. :
Stoessell refused to surrender until
It became apparent that disease and
insanity would soon deprive the citadel
of its Inst fighting men. With the
streets f\di of unburled dead, tae hos
pitals overcrowded with dying and
mutinies at every hand, the heroic
general raised the white flag as a Inst
resort.
Those who were in position to know
declared at the time that
surrender was the only human solution
of the situation, and everywhere
Stoessel was commended for his dec!
sion to yeild in order that the few re
maining lives might he spared.
Soon after the surrender, however,
stories and rumors reached the outside
world that official Russia was displeas
ed. and a court was convened for the
purpose of an “Invesigation.”
From Augusta to The Gulf.
Valdosta, Ga., May 22.—It is report
ed here today that the Valdosta
Southern Railroad, from here to Madi- j
son, twenty-eight miles long, has pass- j
eJ into the hands of the John Skelton I
Williams syndicate, which is buying
up short lines between Augusta and m|gjJ tfae
KEEPING THE FACTS STRAIGHT.
The man who can keep bis facts as
straight as Editor Pendleton of The
Macon Telegraph Is to be envied. He
Is never caught out himself, and has
the faculty what position was assum
ed by this or that man and what this
that paper advocated and never
facts.
the Gulf for the purpose of having one
great truck line. It is understood that
the deal was closed between repre
sentatives of the syndicate and Pres
ident J. M. Wilkinson, of the Valdosta _
Southern road to day. , f wr(
Messrs. E. L. B*amiss, of Richmond,
Cecil Gabbett and John Scott, promi
nent members / the Williams syndi
cate were in the city for the purpose
of effecting the deal. Survejs hare
already started between this city and
Nashville, and it Is understood that
all of the gaps along the route from
here to Augusta are to be built at
once.
The road will pass turough a Jplen-
did cotton of the country, and It will upon „ _ Hawkln ,' vine DlFpa , rt
be of great benefit to Valdosta and the
country through which It is to pass.
The Macon Telegraph is having so
many bouquets tossed at it these days
that Editor Pendleton is experiencing
some trouble in keeping up with them
pnd occasionally credits one to the
rang paper, as he lid in the above,
which he credits to The Dispatch and
News. The item did not appear in the
Dispatch and News but it pleases us
to state that It is right in line with
our way of thinking concerning this
old reliable paper. The Telegraph is
not onlv “keeping the facts straight.”
hut it is doing its best to keep Dem
ocracy straight, and for the good work
it is accomplishing aloDg this line
deserves all the praise being heaped
How S*nator Tillman Lost an Eye.
Although his brothers were old
enough to serve in the Confederate
army, Benjamin R. Tillman was
schoolboy of 15 when the great strug
gle began. He knew that at 16 he
must join the Confederate forces, and
bis brothers wrote back from the
field entreating him to get as much
education as possible, because the
war might last so Jong that he would
never again be able to go to school.
Even at night young Tillman woulJ
continue his studies, frequently car
rying a lighted pine knot Into the
woods and lying down with his books
besides it. He was a lank, tall, silent
boy dictatorial and brusque, but a
natural student. The heat of the
pine torch Injured his left eye anJ
a plunge In cold water brought on a
tumor that destroyed it. It was the
almost two years' illness following
this mishap that prevented the youth
from serving In Arms against the
Union.—From Pearson’s Magazine for
June.
Mr. Roosevelt's conduct in this rail
way rate hill has destroyed the con
fidence in his real aonesty and in
tegrity of purpose more than anything
he has done since he acceJed to the
I presidency. The public. Including
I niany democrats were up to the time
of the disclosures In the mater, be
j ginnlg to believe that as president he
I was trying to be tae president of the
| whole country and that he was in
j earnest in using the influence of his
! office in protecting the people Against
... . ' the selfish schemes of the Mg cornor-
people, though, continue to | 15 v
at ions of the country hut exposures
JUDGE J. L. SWEAT.
lu the event there Is a division of
the Brunswick Circuit Into two cir
cuits by the legislature thin summer,
we find that in consideration of his
eminent fitness and in view of the
fact that before the salary was in-
ch and w ith th«* original nine
counties composing the circuit, he
nerved at a sacrifice for seven years,
and now that he has arrived at an
age when pet haps it would be agree
able to him to retire from the active
practice of law. taere is a desire
among the members of the bar and
the people generally, to have Judge
J. L. Sweat, of Waycross, made Judge
of one of the proi*osed new circuits,
and should he consent to again serve
the people in that capacity. In a smal
ler clrcalt and with better pay. we
are satisfied that he would have no
opposition.
The Herald Is in favor of the ditto*
inen and for Judge Sweat to again go lira. Jeffereon Davie is repfdly re-1 John A. Wilkes has been nominated
npon the bench, If he will content to gaining her strength. This is good for Senator from the TbomsavUle
^ atwt. , j'.MfJj district
in that matter have turned many a
■ ■ ■ » 11■ i i | man against him. and have lost to
Henry Grady's advice to Clark How. | him much of the popularity he was
ell when the latter celebrated his 21st i to»t Raining In the ranks of his pol-
olrthdsy is worth repeating: "You itlcal enemies.
try to bufid up—there are always _
others who will do all the tearing
down that Is neceesary. You try to I South Georgians are fighting them-
live in the sunshine—men who stay in j selrpa w^a a they antsgbnxe South
the shade always get mildewed” Georgia candidates for any office.
HIS FIRST COMPOSITION.
When Henry W. Longfellow, the
great American poet, was a little boy
of 10 or 12 years, attending the district
senool near his home In Portland, Me.,
his teacher requestel him one day to
write a composition, to be handed In
the nvxt morning.
Very much disturbed in mind, young
Henry sought a little information as
to how he should go about his task,
and was told to just write his thoughts
upon anything he saw or heard, or
had seen or heard. This was not of
very much assistance so ne went
dolefully home, and as no inspiration
seemed to come on the way he re
tired to the barn to meditate. While
sitting there a turnip growing Just
over the fence In the garden of his
fathre's next-door neighbor, Mr. Fin
ney, struck his fancy, and proved to
be the inspiration he was looking for.
The next morning Master Henry
handed In the following composition
to his teacher:
Mr Finney had a turnip
And It grew behind the barn;
It grew there and it grew there,
And the turnip did no harm.
It grew and It grew,
Till it could get no taller.
Mr. Finney pulled it up
And put it In the cellar.
It lay there and It lay there,
Till it began to rot.
His daughter Sally took it up,
And put it in the pot.
She boiled it, and she boiled It.
As long as she wit able. +
His daughter Peggy fished It out.
And put It on the table.
Mr. Finney and his wife
They sat down to sup,
And they ate and they ate.
Till they ate the turnip up.
Senator Chandler will go Jown into
history as the man with the diary. It
served him a good purpose in bis con
troversy with the President about who
told the story in the railroad rate af
fair We wish ne would turn back
now an publish the memoranda be
made when he was helping bis party
to steal the electoral vote in Florida
in 1877. If he set down alt that he
did at that time, his diary must poss
ess some secrets of very large historic
interest.—Charleston Courier.
In May 1910.
Birmingham, Ala., May 21.—On its
sixteenth business day the General
Conference of the M. E. churco, south,
selected the flrht Wednesday In May
1910. as the date for its next meeting.
New York, May 23.—The relatives
of Mrs. Jefferson Davis who constant
ly are at her bedside, still express
hope and belief of recovery for Mrs.
Davis, although she suffered a slight
relapse yesterday afternoon, she bad
a good sleep during the night and
tbiB morning. The relatives said there
was a slight Improvement shown in
her condition, however, is serious
Ing to the advanced years. Miss
Hayes her grand-daughter said to the
Publishers Press this morning. ”1 do
not think there Is any immediate
danger of death in fact we have hopes
that Mrs. Davis will recover from this
attack.”
New York, May 22.—In the trial of
Josephine Terranova this morning,
charged with the murder of her aunt
and uncle, a witness testified that the
girl's uncle had forbidden her to go
to a priest for confession, and the latter
refused to give her communion. The
defense Is expected to put the defen
dant on the stand this afternoon to
tell the tale of her life.
Pop« Improving.
Rome, May 22.—The condition of
the Pope continues to Improve. The
attack of gout has left him, and his
general condition is better. The Pon
tiff descended to the audience room
today and conversed with Cardinal
Katschthaler, with whom he joked
about the alarmist report which had
been sent out about bis illness.
THE PARK QUESTION.
Sufficient Money Already Subscribed
For Proposed Psrk-Work Should
Begin Soon.
Washington, May 22.—While there
continues to be occasional gossip
about probable changes in the cabinet
of President Roosevelt it f ''8 as
sured that there wtil be no \'wuncies
until Secretary Taft retires lo go
upon the Supreme Bench of the United
State* thiB fall. .Associate Justice
Brown has made a gap in the bench
by retiring, and Secretary Taft has
under consideration an offer of the
vacancy. Many people believe that
he will not accept the offer and that
he will remain where he Is. Although
the President offered him the place it
is said that he really hopes Mr. Taft
will not accept. Taft is by long odds
the moBt popular man in the cabinet
He is one of the two men the President
consults on nearly everything. The
other Is Secretary Root. Both are
talked about for the republican nom
ination for President two years from
now. By reason of the radical tend
ency of the times, Mr. Root is believed
to be out of the running, having been
for years the principal attorney of a
number of large corporations. When
Mr. Taft was upon the Feleral bench
as a circuit judge be issued a number
of injunctions in labor disturbances
and he believes that would put a stop
to his being a President nominee. HU
friends do not agree with him. As
to Taft it is a question of going upon
the bench now or waiting and having
a “try" for the Presidency, for which
it is universally admitted he is
splendidly equipped.
So it looks as if the first break In
the present Cabinet may occur with
the transfer of Secretary Taft to the
supreme bench. After that there are
three men likely to retire. They aro
Scretary Hitchcock, of the Interior
Department; Secretary Shaw, of the
Treasury, and Attorney Geueral
Mootty. Secretary Hitchcock hae
been “doped” as a cabinet quitter for
long time, but he stays an i ex
pected to stay much longer
went into the Cabinet In February,
1899, having been ambassador of this
country to Russia when tamed by
President McKinley as one of his cab
inet advisers. Next to Secretary Wil
son he has been In the cabinet longer
than any man there. He has had
a somewhat stormy career In his fights
with cattle barons and government
land thieves In the West and is not
liked by Senators anJ Representativ
es.
Secretary Shaw Intended to get out
of the cabinet last February, but was
asked to remain longer. He consented
to do so, and It is stated that he will
not go out before next March and pos
sibly not then. He is an awoved
presidental candidate and Is watching
the game in that direction with a
close eye. He has proven an efficient
officer.
Attorney General Moody Is sched
uled to go out of the cabinet next
March to resume the practice of law
in Massachusetts. Several times be
fore there has been talk of this, but
the President has each time persuad
ed Mr. Moody to stay with him. It
is generally undergo?! that when
Mr. Moody retires, Secretary Bona
parte, now In the Navy department,
will be made Attorney General , leav-
Sufflcient money has been sub
scribed for tha proposed new city
park, to be located on Mary street, a vacancy In the Navy portfolio,
between McDonald and Nicbolls
streets. As soon as this money is
paid in. definite steps will be taken in
the matter. A park is very much need
ed, and it is to be hoped that the mat
ter will not be allowed to lag at this
time. All who have subscribed to
this fund, should pay Bame ns soon as
possible so that the actual work of
beautifying the grounds may begin.
Madrid, Spain, May 23 —A terrible
cyclone devastated the province of
Soller, an enormous amount of dam
age resulted.
This may be Ailed by the promotion of
Assistant Secretary Newberry, who
bails from Michigan.
Ocllla'a water and light plant baa
been, pot into eueeeesful operation.
Re porta ban It that the life of Plain
in open for revolt against the Cuban
Norwegian Poet Dead.
Christiania, Norway. May 23—
Henrik Ibsen, the Norwegian poet end
dramatist died tbit afternoon. He hns
been suffering ill heslth for some time.
Uncle Sun is to bare the biggest
®*htlng machine that Boats on top at
tha deep blae eta.
Washington, May 22 —The Senate
this morning unanimously adopted the
resolution by Hale, of Maine, directing
the committee on prlvllges and elec
tions to examine into the legal re
port of the Supreme Court decision
In the case of Senator Bu' ot
Kansas, and report aa soon as pos
sible Its opinion as to what action the
Senate should take.
The only trouble about the new
Judical district Is that it brings on
another election and the Indications
are that we are always pretty well
stocked up on electives.
id now It Is likely that before
the leaven begin to fall we will hare to
go to work sad make a new Superior
Coert ledge.