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THE WEEKLY TELEGRAPH: MONDAY. SEPTEMBER 25. 1893
SMITH SWUNG
FROM A LIMB.
Roanoke Lynchers Were Detetmined
Upon Wreaking a Speedy
Vengeance.
MAYOR TROUT LEFT TOWN
The Hotel Where He. «Vue Curried tVi
Searched In Vain—Twenty-Five
People Ware Injured in the
Attack on the Jail*
Roanoke, Va., Sopit. 21.—Robert
Bmith, the negro who so brutally as
saulted Mrs. Henry Bishop yesterday,
and to save whose life a number of cit
izens were shot down, paid a terrible
penalty for his devilish crime shortly
betore o o'clock this morning.
While J. Allen Watts, Judge Woods
and others were addressing the crowd.
Sergeant Griffin, with two officers,
took the negro from jail and tquriterj
him out dt town. They carried him
across the river into the woods, but to
wards daylight they were notified that
squads of men were scouring the en
tire adjacent country. They thought
It best to bring their prisoner back to
town and place l»,m in Jail. They
were proceeding to the Jail and on
Franklin road, near Tenth avenue, a
squad of men about twenty in number
rushed upon them and took the pris
oner. With shouts and yells the de
termined men rushed the negro to the
nearest tree. He was hanged to a
hickory limb and his body riddled with
bullets and horribly mangled. It was
all over by 5 o’clock, and the small
body of men who had done their work
well had dispersed.
With the break of day crowds of
people began to throng the streets lead
ing to the scene of the latest tragedy
in this terrible drama. The sight was
horrible to behold. Dangling from the
end of a small hemp rope was the dead
body of the negro. His face was
bloody, discolored and swollen. A load
of shot had been fired into his back,
Utonilly tearing fals coat to pieces.
The job was well executed. The
rope was tied in a regulation hang
man’s knot and the negro's feet were
above the crowd.
THB CORONER’S INQUEST.
Coroner Gray and a Jury repaired
early to the scene of the lynching, and,
after viewing the body of the dead
man, rendered a verdict that the ne
gro came to Ills death at the hands of
persons unknown to them. Afler the
Inquest the officers were ordered
take charge of the body, but the surg
ing mass of avenglug men which had
by this time assembled would not let
them touch him. A coal cart passing
near by was pressed into service and
the body thrown Into it. It was then
hauled to .Mayor Trout’s residence on
Campbell avenue, it seeming to he the
intention of the mob to bury R In bis
front yard.
At this critical moment Rev. W. C,
Campbell appeared upon the scene
ami told the mob that such procedure
would never do. He spoke kindly to
diem and at last dissuaded them from
earrjlng out their plan. The body
during this time lrad not been removed
from the cart, so at the suggestion of
some one In the crowd they look
over to the edge of the river to bum
It. Fences were tom down, store
boxes taken and some one with an
nxe out down several trees near by.
The dry wood was laid In a large pile
but arranged to It would bum freely,
and on this heap the negro was laid.
On top of all cedar boughs were
thrown and then, just before touching
the match to It, two gallons of oil
were pound oo the wood. The match
was touched to and the flames from
the burning oil shot rapidly up. it
wns an awful sight, and all present
felt as if the fleml had met his Just
punishment.
It wss not long before the crowd
dispersed, hut all the morning men,
and sometimes an occasional woman,
were seen going toward the place of
bunWng In squads of three to five.
Everyone that went there seemed to
wish to contribute something to the
hhize hy throwing a twig or chip into
It. All that was remaining of Bmith
at noun was a few ashes and here and
then* a bone, but the fire was still
burning fiercely, and those standing
around said that It would bum till not
n vestige is left.
Roanoke passed through a terrible
experieuee last night. As a result of
the armed conflict between the author
ities and a large number of men who
attempted to force the doors of the
Jail and take therefrom Robert Smith,
the negro fiend who made the brutal
araault upon Mrs. Bishop yesterday
rooming, eight men are dead and more
than twenty-five seriously wounded
some of them fatally. The following
is s conected Hat of the dead
wounded:
KILLED.
8. A. Vick.
v William Sheets.
Charles Whltcmeycr.
J. B. Tyler. ‘
George White.
W. E. Hall.
John Halls.
George Settles.
THE WOUNDED.
0. C. Falls.
Win Eddy.
Georg,- o. Monroe.
Frank Wills.
Thomas Nelson.
Leroy White. «• w
J- B. McGhee.
O. Shepard. *
F„ J. Small. j,
J. F. Powell.
J. E. Waylaml. -*•
George Lay.
W. I*. Huff.
Mayor H. S. Trout,
J- H. Campbell.
Edgar W. Hailing.
C. P. North.
George HalL
David Boggles.
N. E. Sparks.
E. J. Small.
Charles Moten
William Btny and Sanaa Doolittle,
eolorvu.
Mayor trouts position.
After the smofcs of tbs hauls bad
cleared away fears for the safety of
Mayor Trout and the determined men
with him were freely expressed by
thtsr friends, as the indignation of the
mob seemed especially directed to
wards the soldiers. While the mob was
making preparations for the second as
sault the militia were disbanded and
wcut to their homes. Mayor Trout,
who bad been wounded In the foot
with a pistol ball io the mclee, was
first earned to the Ponce de Leon ho
tel, but owing to the threats of the
mob he was removed from there by
his friends and taken to the country,
where he now Is. Shortly after his de
parture a crowd went to the Ponce de
Leon hotel, demanding the mayor.
They were assured by the clerk that
Mr. Trout was not there, but were not
satisfied till some of their leaders had
made a thorough search of the prem
ises. Not finding him there, the crowd
went to -Mayor Trout's residence, on
West Campbell avenue, where a thor
ough but fruitless search was made
for him.
Acting.Mayor R. A. Buckner has as
sumed charge of the city government
and has suspended Chief of Police
Terry, Sergeant Griffin and Officer M.
C. Morris pending an Investigation of
their connection with the affair.
A coroner's Jury has been In session
all day Investigating the cause of the
tragedy, but us yet has not completed
its labors. So far the evidence ad
duced severely censures the militia.
The town Is quiet tonight, the streets
being almost deserted.
SHOT IN SEDF-DBFENSE.
MOVE
SENATE
FOR CLOTURE,
Senator Platt Introduces a Resolution
Which Will Come Up For
Action T oday.
REPEAL OF ELECTION LAWS
The Tucker Repeal Rill la to De Putlaeu
Through tho Iloute Under the
Direction of the Committee
on Rales—A Dull Day*
Mr. James Raley Surrenders After
Shooting a Negro.
Mr. James S. Raley of the grocery
firm of J. S. Raley & Bro., and who Is
also a prominent and well-to-do farmer,
living on Rocky Creek, In the God
frey district, four and a half miles from
the city, drove Into the city yesterday
atternoon about 1 o'clock, and on go
ing directly to the court house Inquired
for Sheriff Westcott. or some one else
authority, to make an arrest.
It was just at the time of day when
Sheriff Westcott and his deputies were
dinner, but it so happened that De
tective Patterson came -up at at that
time, and on seeing him Mr. Raley ai>
proached him and told him that be 'had
shot a negro out on Rocky Creek bridge
and wanted to surrender himself, os
shot the negro In self-defense. Af
ter explaining the situation to Detec
tive Patterson, Mr. Raley was escorted
Jail and locked up.
There were no witnesses to the shoot
ing, so far as can be learned, except
negro boy, who waa driving a team
for Mr. Raley, and the principals to
the affair.
Shortly after Mr. Raley was locked
up a Telegraph reporter sow him at
the Jail and asked him to state the
circumstances of the affair.
•I was on my wap home from town,"
said Mr. Raley, "with two teams. The
frunl was loaueu wilu feriiiiaer
and driven by n negro boy, while the
rear team was driven by myself.
When we reached Rocky Creek
bridge the mulea to the front wagon
became frightened at 'a negro named
Charlie Russell, who was sitting on the
bridge, and when I noticed them they
were trying to run away. I called to
the negro to get down off the bridge
so that the mulea could cross, but he
sat prefecily still. Seeing that my mulea
would certainly run away, and beyond
all doubt tear up the wagon and per
haps Injure or kill themselves, I told
Russell If he didn't get off the bridge
would take a stick to him.. Ite then
Jumped down from.the ruling on which
he waa anting and. throwing htsf.ands
back Into hla hip pockets, told me ho
was not afratd of me.
Believing that he Intended to draw
some weapon. I got out of the wsgon
and got my pistol.
While taking my piatnl from my wa
gon we exchanged a few N more words
which I cannot recall Juat now and
all th« time the negro kept advancing
on me. I expected him to shoot every
minute and when he approached so
near that I thought R would not. be
safe tor me to allow him to cpme closer
I pulled down on him. He Squealed at
the first shot and I did uot shoot any
more.
He staggered to one side and fell.
I got back Into my wagon and went
homo. I had made up my mind, how
ever. *o surrender to tho sheriff, but
s* a large crowd of negroes gathered
about the wouuded roan I thought
It would be best to go home and get my
Winchester and shot gun as 1 would
have to pass them on my way to town
or go a long ways out of the way, and
did not care to do that. After get
ting my Winchester and shot gun I
came back the same way and saw them
putting Russell in a wagon. I asked
how badly he was shot, but they said
they couldn't tell. I came to town and
surrendered to Pat'eraon at the court
house and he came with me down here.
I regret having had to shoot the
negro, but I believed then aud ■till
believe tt was necessary to save my
life. I never did learn positively wheth
er Russell had a pistol or other weapon,
but his actions were such as led mo to
believe that he had a pistol.”
Mr. Raley has a wife and several
children and Is a brother of Mr. Has
Raley. He I* a successful farmer and
has a larc* Dumber of frt nds. He la
a quiet, peaceable man and is known
to be absolutely fearless. Several years
ago he waa cut almost to death by a
negro with a razor on Third street.
Charles Russell waa carried to hla
home near Small'a drug store m South
Macon and last night at 11 o'clock waa
atill alive
WHY BOOTH KILLED LINCOLN
The Southern Cause Had Nothing
Whatever to Do With It
From the Augusta Evening News.
A new story has been started as to
by Booth killed Lincoln.
Lieut. James U. Jamisor, of Lake Co
mo. Putnsm county, FIs., who command
ed the body cuard of President Lincoln
unit It was assigned to other duly about
two weeks before the assassination, and
who waa called Into the room In which
Mr. Lincoln was cmrrird after being shot
sod saw him breathe hla last said re
cently upon the subject to o reporter of
the Philadelphia Times;
•'I have seen In print manv stories of
the plot ag-Unst Lincoln's Ufa many of
them Mamin the South, but never the
true one. The facts are that Booth had
a very dear actor friend named Ander
sen. who was condemned to be shot as
a spy. Prior to this time Booth and Lin
coln had been friends. A strong effort
was nude In Andersen's behalf, so strung
that a .-ablnet meeting waa Held, and In
some way Booth managed to or pear at
the meeting and plead with rears In bis
eyes for his frienl's Ufa Hs left the
meeting with the understanding that the
sentence would be commuted to Impris
onment. Anderson wss shot tho follow
ing morning at sunrise.
"Booth was frenzied with rage, s
was a result of this that the plot to kUI
not only Lincoln hut tho entire cabinet
was formed. Then waa more than one
man prepared to shoot that night, and
the courage of the man to whom was
entrusted the duly of turning out tho
theatre lights had not filled film there
would have been a general slaughter
The South had nothing todo wl thA *£
I w “ on perjured srt
Washington, Sept. 21.—Senator Pet-
fer reintroduced the bill to provide for
a bureau of loans, and asked that It lie
on the table for the present. It Is, with
some modifications, the same as he
Introduced In May, 1892.
Senator Platt offered the resolution
for cloture, of which he gave notice
last Tuesday. He advocated the adop
tion of hl8 proposition. The rules of
the senate, Mr. Platt said, ought to fa
cilitate the transaction of business.
That proposition would not be denied.
But the rules of the senate, as they
stood today, made It almost or entirely
impossible to transact business. There
were Just two ways under tae rjles
by which a vote could be reached. Ono
was by getting the unanimous consent
tn tfijfA • vftto at o certain time. It hr.*,
been demonstrated that that method of
obtaining a vote could not oe made
available on iue present occasion.
Next came what was sometimes
known as the process of "sitting It
out.” That was for the friends of the
bill to remain In continuous session
until Its opponents were physically ex
hausted so that they could not struggle
any longer. That might or might not
result In a vote, either on the repeal
‘bill or any great measure over watch
a great contest waa made, li had nut
resulted In reaching a vote on what
was called the force bill, ultnough sen
ators had sat up ono night over p.. The
result usually was that the majority
surrendered on that test. That being
the cage, why might not the senate Just
as well try to change Us mlei. He of
fered his resolution to good faith. As
one member of the minority side of
the chamber he would stand by it-
through thick and thin. He did not pre-
aent It by authority of the minority, he
offered tt In good faith, believing that'
It was praetinsUy the only way by
which a vote could be reached on the
repeal bill.
VOORHEES THANKED HIM.
Senator Voorhees said that he felt
that the senate and-the country were
under obligations, aa he himself was,
to tho Senator from Connecticut for the
clear, fair and nimble statement ot the
true situation of the matter.
Senator Htll suggested a a amend-
menl to the propjMd change ot rules,
providing that when a bill has been‘de
bated on divers days amounting In all
to thirty days, it shall be In order for
any eenator to move to fix a date for
taking the vote: that the motion shall
not be amendable or debatable, and
that If carried by a majority, the vote
on the bill and pending amendments
shall be taken without further debate
or amendment.
After a number of short speeches had
been made on the subject matter of the
proposed amendment the resolution
then went over until tomorrow, af-
Ihougi It had been previously referred
to the committee on rules.
THE REPEAL BILL.
The repeal bill was then taken up.
and Senstor GalHngv, Republican, of
New Hampshire gave notice of an
amendment which he Intended to offer
to It, looking to the appointment of a
monetary commission of three financial
experts from private life, to be appoint
ed by the president, three senators
and three' representatives.
Senator Whitt. Democrat, of Califor
nia took the floor io argue against the
unconditional repeal of she purchasing
clause of thi Sherman act. After he
bud spoken for three hours and a half
Senator While suggested that If Senar.or
Voortates desired to make any motion
he would yield the floor and go on again
tomorrow, but Senator Vovrhees pre
ferred that a nator White should con
tinue. and Senator Whit* said he would
do so. And so he went on with hla
«pe oh.
He declared than the unconditional re
peal of the Sherman law ravant the lo
cal abolition of th* silver aa a money
metal. He dosed with an app al for
ooniideratiuu for the silver producing
sta.be. The senate should adopt a pol
icy no* deceptive, but fair to all the peo
ple. Those status, he oaM, might no*
dictate, but they had a right to consid
eration. He had hoped that aom* com
promise would haw been suggest'd
which all could accept, but aa matters
stood it seemed lmpcsesible that that
should be the coo*. He closed with a
brilliant summing up of the glories and
greatness of the United States, and sail
Unit with such a land and with m;n of
matchless pawere oriminfetering her af
fairs. he bad no doubt whatever the
republic would march on.
A'tntor White finished bis speech a*
8:20havinc spoken tour hours and twen
ty minutra. He was complimented by
many senators on bis forcible and f|o-
qu-ttt speech.
WANTED MORE SPEECHES.
The ouggqgtirm ms made by Sraator
Voosheea (hat It waa too early tor the
aenat; to adjourn and that the rest of
the day tifiwht he occupied by Senator
George „f Mlenuappi in flmahing the
sorcch begun by him on yesterday.
Eenator George, however, preferred not
to go on this evening, as be aould not
expect.gay aoentloa after the able and
brilliant speech the smote hud just
heard. ’
"It we cannot have further debate,
srtd S'not or Voortwes. "then the next
thing is to vat*. I move to lay on the
LsbU ill* pendiog Wiiffiadf.iSisi to the
bill (P'fter) and on ihut motion ask the
yejLS iad nay*."
Senator Jones of Arfcaoms moved an
adjournment, but withdrew that motion
in order to allow Senator Butler to move
to proceed to exaoullve business, which
motion Senator Butler made.
Senator Voorheeg |r listed that his cell
for th* yets and nays should be decided
hifore Senator Butler's motion waa put,
but they decided adinet him.
Senator Teller suggested the absence
of a quorum and toadied that that que -
tkm should be dacodcd before the vo.c
by yeas and nays was taken.
The pilot was admitted by the vice
president, and tbj roll was called, show
ing that fifty-five senator* were present
A motion to ad’-oura waa made hr
B-m/.ov Wolcott of Colorado and was
defeated—yeas 1); nay* M.
Senator Hu tier's motion for on execu
tive start tin wat defeated—yea* 20
nave 21.
Eenator Teller moved on adjournment
but Eenator Voortwes objected. After
some further colloquy Senator Voorbst*
withdrew the motion to lay Senator Pef-
ter'a amendment on the table, and ■*•*.
«*—' Tel.er wUhdnew the motion to ad
journ. This did not stop the flow of
words, however, until 7:30 o'clock when,
after a brief executive session, upon
Eenator Vouchees' motion 'th* senate
adjourned un:il tomorrow.
THE HOUSE t.ESSION.
There were not rror'i than one hun
dred members present when the speak
er s cave! called the house to order to-
tiny.
The journal having been read, Mr.
Rued suggested that the document
was noi correct although he thought
ll.o Journal clerk had shown good
judgment in writing the Journal ns he
hail. He had it it id '.hat the speaker
had ruled out certain motions yester
day oil the ground* '-hat they were
dilatory motions. This waa not the
fact, though It should have been und
hi called the attention of the speaker
to the matier.
The speaker replied that owing to
the fact that the committee ou rules
hud been In session tills morning he
hud not bad an opportunity to oxum-
inc the Journal but from listening to
It he wae of the impression that it was
noi collect He took the journal to ex
amine It and whll« be was doing so
Messrs Reed and Onthwalte bad a
pleasant little passage with vocal foils
wt.lch disturbed the speaker in his ex
amination and he fluidly called both
gentlemen to order an.i stated that ihc
delate was out of order. Thereupon
Mr Reed suggested that the approval
of Ihe Journal be postponed until the
speaker had an oppor.unity to exam-
iu it, no rights of any member to find
el.u-etlnn Io tt hole*. surrendered In
the meantime.
This course was followed and the
house proceeded to business without
approving the joumal.
Mr. Catchlngs from the committee
ou rules reported n resolution provkl-
lrg that ou September 28 tho house
spoil proceed to the consideration of
tie federal elections bill, that debate
shall continue un.il October 9, at the
close of which day the previous ques
tion shall be considered as ordered on
the bill in all its stages and that on
Oe ober 10 the various votes shall be
taken without debate ot intervening
motions. . ....
air Catching, ueinauueu the previ
ous question and the yeas and nays
were nrdeded. The previous question
-u.-i- ordered—yetis. 176: liavs, 4. The
report of the committee ou rules was
adopted—yeas, 179; nays, 3.
■ COMMITTEE CLERKSHIPS.
ARP ON “FUTURES.’
Ha Does Not Altogothor Agree
With Bishop Kooner.
DEALING IS FUTURES IS GAMBLING,
Mr. Rusk, Democrat, presented a re
port from the committee on accounts
recommending that the committees to
which clerks were assigned In the
Flft.v-scoond congress, thirty-six In
number, be assigned clerks In the Fifty-
third orngress.
Mr. Paynter of Kentucky, for him
self and Mr. Muichler. Democrat, ot
Pennsylvania, presented a minority re
port recommending that all of the more
Important committees be not assigned
clerks, and tbit all clerks —made
annual by the statute be limited to the
session roll. These reports provoked a
rather heated debate. In the course of
which Mr. Paynter stated that he had
not expected to make n minority re
port, but for reasons which he would
not then explain he had changed hla
mlnil. But he felt It his fluty to give
to the house tho Information respect
ing the work of some of the commit
tees he had gathered as a member of
the committee on account*. He had
found, he said, that the several com
mittee* on expenditures In the various
departments, for Instance, had not av
eraged more than one report a year
for the past eighteen years. One commit
tee In the senate has jurisdiction over
nil matters referred to these eight or
nine committees In the house, and if he
could do so by hts vote he would wipe
them out of existence. There were fif
teen committees which he would sug
gest that, In the Interest of practical
economy, be deprived of clerks.
Mr. Paynter waa subjected to a
lively cross fire of questions from nu
merous members, and In the course of
hla answers he stated that hts plan
would savp 81,280 a month.
Mr. Paynter offered ns a substitute
for the two reports from the oommlttee
a resolution providing for the allotment
of clerks to committees so as to earn
out the reduction he advocated In his
remarks. The substitute wss agreed to—
Yeas 120. nays 78.
Mr. Grain. Democrat, of Texas moved
to reconsider tht vote, and, pending
that, moved that the house adjourn.
Pending the motion, the speaker
again submitted this morning’s Journal,
lie said the Journal, aa retd this morn
ing, had not beta examined by the
speaker, aa his duties compelled him to
he present at a meeting of the cmmH-
tee on rules. When It was read this
morning the chslr had discovered that
It was wrong tn four distinct partlc-
ulars. The journal had stated the
chair had given several reasons for
his decisions yesterday, and these res
sons had been recorded Incorrectly.
The house would remember that In
some of these decisions the chair had
refrained from giving the reasons on
which he based his action. The Journal
ought not to put In the mouth of the
speaker reasons that he had not as
signed for his rulings. The speaker then
presented his amendments and. after
Jteed had secured the printing tn the
record, the Journal waa approved and,
the house, at 4:48, adjourned.
WAS A WOMAN OF BUSINESS.
We were camped alongside of an rml-
rant train In Nebraska, saya a writer
.n the Louisville Commercial, and Just
after supper a- woman about 40 yearn of
age. who was smoking a pipe, came ever
to
fire and fixed up the crowd and
got sunthln' to say. I'm a plain-
... woman. When I'v* got a thing
on my mind I don’t neat around ths
bush."
We looked at her with curiosity and
surprise and as she leaned against the
wheel of a wagon and continued:
'TVS been a wldder for three yean.
Over thar I've got a span of mewls, a
ood hoax, a new wagin tilled with house-
• pin' stuff, and 1 kin rake up about
IS) m caih. I cum along with the party
to take up a claim. I'm good-tempered,
healthy and can awing an ax or hold a
plow with most anybody. Aa 1 *.ild, I'm
it plain-spoken woman. If there's a crib
ter among you who wants to get mar
ried. lei him * '
kok at him.'
aland up while I lake
■Git Into _
wave cf her hand. "I haln’t after beauty
or riUecaahun. but I can't take up with
a feller w ho'd sheer a wolf to death.'
She passed down the line and then
turned half way and said to a middle,
a ted man named Remington:
"you'll do, 1 reckon. There’s a preach
er In camp, and twon t take flfteea min-
utta to settle things. All of you at want
to see the marrying come dn.”
We followed the couple, who were made
man and wife Inside of twenty minutes
and next mornlm? as we passed the wag
on on the road^the woman looked out and
"Sorr
hspa yc
soon an
f.,r th
other tea of ye, hut per
fect up with the other train
P1KXOTTO IS DOOMED.
Revolution!
Have the Advantage of
the Government.
N«w York, Sept 21.—The Herald's
Montevideo correspondent cables:
By th* capture of Nickthoroy Admi
ral Mello obtained a larga supply of
crod, provisions and airanuDfilon. The
government farces loat sixty killed and
120 wound'd. The r.bat fleet consists of
six warships, thr torpedo boats, many
tugg, transport and Lunches. All are
well pros laiorrtd. The Uriah legation
int:nd» to file a claim agliaat th* Bre-
ztltan government for cut'Jog off coble
Moll advices received here state that
President Pelxotto Irr.w trn days ago
that his defeat waa iue\ I'-atoi*. He ae-
evoluDaniels only because th:
, a.JVoted
Bat Be Doc* Not Think It Affects the
People to the Degree that tlio
Dlsltop Assorts It Does—The
Getting of ltlches.
[Atlanta Conslltutlon.l
Let us tote fair with the figures.
Bishop Keener says in the Nashville
Christian Advocate that “the mercan
tile world in the’ south is now con
trolled by the wholesale gambling and
massive frauds of cotton futures:
that tho canters of New York, Liver
pool and New Orleans have yielded to
this colossal scheme of hnzzard until
the production of the staple has na
effect upon its market value.”
He says that “during the past three
months there have been sold in New
York and elsewhere 50,000,000 bales ol
cotton. This would he 224,000,000 bales
for the year’s crop. All of this, he
says, “is purely imaginary value ex
cept the 8.000.000 bales t.liftt were
raised, and this ideal cotton that was is
not made would yield $7,810,000,000,
and this is tho figuring against which
the planter has to make headway. All
the gambling dens in this country and
in the Baden-Badens of Europe are
child's play compared with this huge
monster that envelopes in Its coils the
fortunes and even the livesof myriads."
Gambling in futures is a sin. Bet
ting on anything is a sin, for it is a
mode of getting something for nothing.
It is demoralizing in the extreme, and
reftiilta in rwln ♦*? tho*!*2!ld; cf tho!i
who engage in It, but I cannot see
how dealing In futures affects the
pri(*A of cotton, for is its nn"lys!s it is
betting whether it will go up or down.
There are no 56,000,000 hales bought
or sold, neither real nor Ideal. The
speculator says to the bucket shop.
“I’ll bet you that cotton will go up
within thirty days, and I will put up a
margin on 250 bales." “All right,"
says the bucket shop, "put up $500
and I'll take the bet.” Cotton drops
instead of rising and the $500 goes up
the spout and the speculator is a sad
der but not a wiser man. Another
speculator bet the other way, perhaps,
and won, and of course he tries it
again. The shop will bet either wav,
and like the dealer in a faro bank, al
ways comes out ahead in the end. The
shop has no Interest to bull or bear the
cotton. The shop knows Its consumers
and the average of all the bets and can
hedge to suit
Now that is tho way I understand it.
It is no getting up a corner on cotton.
Tt is simply backing a man’s judgment
with his money. That $500 was the
stake; and while it represented 250
bales, it was really the valae of only
fifteen bales This solution would re
duce the bishop's figures from 56,000,-
000 boles to 3,400,000 bales as the’
amount lost or wuu In throe months.
TV hat tt has to rio with fixing the
price I cannot [ee. Liverpool still
fixes the price, an 1 has the India crop
to help fix it, and It seems to he uni
formly fixed every year in proportion.
It ia the farmers really who fix the
price when they fix the acreage to the
crop. Kngland-Atnerlca agents still
examine carefully and cantiouely Into
the crop condition of every county In
the south. England knowa the extent
and condition of the crop in Bartow
county better today than any farmer
in it, for she does not rely upon one
source of Information but on several.
There is not a buyer or dealer in
Georgia who docs not rely upon the
last reports sent him from some great
house In New York that is connected
with English or New England mills.
~ cannot see where the bucket shops
come tn or how they can influence the
price. Millionaires like the Inmans
put large moneys In cotton every year
and make money, for it Is their busi
ness, and they understand It, but they
run no bucket shops, nor do they make
colossal fortunea by speculation. They
back their judgment with their money
and are able to hold their purchases
until there is a profit. I remember a
Charleston coffee merchant by the
name of Hamuel Farrar who made in
thirty years a million dollars by deal
ing in coffee, lie hod a large map tn
his private office, and It was checked
off in years and months and days, and
the price of coffee for every day
marked, and a green line marked the
ups and downs, the rise and fall, and
It waa a very crooked line. Then
there was a straight red line that split
the difference and showed the average
price for the year. Brazil was the
market where he bought. If the crop
was short he made allowances for it,
and raised the red line according to his
best judgment and his most reliable
Information. ,’I buy,” said he, “when
the price is belo.v that line. I sell
when It is above." Just so it Is with
shrewd men everywhere.
I believe there is too much odinm
heaped upon rich men—too much ma
lignant abuse of money kings and mil
lionaires. I reckon \ e would all get
rich if no could—even the preachers.
It grieves me to hear somo of these
politicians trying to array the poor
against the rich, and to stir up strife
and bitterness among the peopla It
did not use to be that way. Jlcn who
prospered were respected in my young
dav»—respected by everybody. Riches
were not considered a sin. The scrip
tures speak approvingly of Abraham
and Job and Solomon, and tell us of
their great wealth, and how the Ixird
blen&eu them. I believe that there
good men now who are rich, and they
do good with their money. If they did
not I don't know what would become
of the poor and the suffering when
pestilence or famine or storms afilict
them.
But there seems to l>e a feeling of
unrest und bitterness among certain
classes all over the country. Some
body is making the working people be
lieve that they are imposed upon by
" -nmest, I sec
In a Rome paper that they have organ
ized in Chuliu district, in Floyd county,
“a bread brigade,” and have 400 men.
her* and they have signa aud gripe
and passwords, and have sworn that
thoy "will have 10 cent* a pound foi
their cotton, debt or no debt, and they
• -1 it at th,- muzzle of a Win
Chester." Surelv that can't be to. !■
it possime tnai yte spirit or snaren
and communism is taking hold of on
people? Bread brigade! Why, therl
is not a farmer in Floyd county
is suffering for bread. There U non.
In litis county. Corn is abundant
everywhere. It used to roll in her.
from the west by the carload, but it
don’t come now. There are hundred,
of farmers in Bartow who wil! have
corn and fodder and meat to sell' o„.
farmers arc better off today than » n ,
other class in the community. The.
come and go when they please. Thev
have health and strength and good
water and are never visited by storm,
or pestilence, such as have come upon
the coast. They have cattle and hoc.
and chickens and eggs and "garden
sass" anti tho schoolhoyse and th.
church are not far away—what a pit.
they cannot for a little while look in
upon the poor of Europe and hav.
their hearts touched with gratitude
that they live in this blessed land.
Labor is too hard upon capital—to*
threatening—too exacting, Thess
may seem strange words for me to u se
but they are true. I am as hostile to
monopolies and trusts and combine,
as anybody, but when I read of the*,
great strikes in a time like this it
shocks my sympathy. What are these
organizations anyhow, but monopo
lies. The watchword of most of them
is “if you don’t pay so much, we will
quit and when we quit nobody u! se
shall take our places. That did not
use to be the law and how It comes
to bo the law now I cannot under
stand.
But wo are gratified to see such kind
relations between Mr. Thomas and
his employees on our road from Atlanta
and Nashville. That is all jight and
we hope it will contlnne. The mys-
tery is how a railroad can pay its men
at all while our financial system ia
paralyzed. The.o 1. hardiy enough
freight business now to pay for the
axle grease. One day last week there
wera only *e«eu loaded cars going
north over this great road, so I was
told. Below Atlanta there Is nothing
to load aud yet the lease of the West
ern and Atlantic costs $120 a day. Rail-
roads and factories have their troubles,
and but few make a fair rate of interest
on their cost. The wonder is that any
sane man will invest in them where
strikes and violence prevail.
Now, I do not wish to be taitundei-
stood. I have respect for all these ore
ganizatious where they respect the
rights of other people, but when those
employed on one road say to their em
ployers you shall not Carry any freight
that comes over another road wber.
there Is a strike, their demand shacks
the judgment and the common senssol
mankind. When the strikers assault
and intimidate others who would glad
ly work, or when they allow violence te
be done and the track torn up and the
locomotives disabled It is simply so
outrage ou tub law of the land, and if
persisted io, will surely bring thlsgov-
ernment into a monarchy like those of
Europe, where it takesbstandingarmj
of half a million soldiers to protect the^-
citizens and their property. The very'*
class who are now importunate for the
government ownership of railroads
should remember that strikes are not
tolerated among government employes,
neither In the armv or naval or public
works or the railway mall service.
Strikers do not dare now to stop the
locomotive and tho car that carries the
United States mall.
Well, of course, these brotherhoods
have an answer to all this, and I have
read it all. Papers and periodicals
come to me weekly that breathe oat
enmity to capital and are tainted with
communistic principles and in my opin
ion these publications are doing a
world of harm. They are educating
the working people to the idea that
there should bo a division—a division.
In the awful davs of the French revo
lution three communists went into the
Bank of Rothschilds and cried “liberty,
equality, fraternity—we have come for
our money." The Jew said “all right:’’
1 have 60,000,000 francs in the bank.
There are 60,000,000 people In France;
here are yours," and he threw three
francs upon the counter. “Now go tell
the rest to come get thelr’s," said he.
But we have not come to that, and
I hope we never will. It becomes all
our considerate people, whether poor
or rich, whether employers or em
ployed, to be reasonable and tolerant,
and to respect the rights of others
and teach others so to do.
BILL ARP.
Tbs C*s of Search Lights.
Search lights have become Indispen
sable to steamers of all classes and In
military und naval operations. By
their uec objects miles away can be re
vealed and Illumined in tho darkest
night and their powerful beams of
light can be thrown In any direction.
Ono of the earliest applications of the
search light in marine work was to
vessels passing through Suez canal.
Formerly the passage oould only be
made in daylight, and was very te
dious and costly; now tho cloctric light
is'at the service of every ship as it ea
ters tho canal, and the journey is, in
nearly every cuae, pursued uninter-
Yuptedly. A most exoallexit Innova
tion ha* been made by the Suez canal
authorities, who have pronounced that
it shall be obligatory after October t
next on all vessels passing through the
canal by light to <Anp!oy an apparatus
for dividing the light of the projector
Into two divergent rays. Approaching
ressels may, by this means, travel
right up to each other without their
respective helmsmen being blinded.
The diverging apparatus which is to bo
used has been devised by ono of tbs
agent* of tho company.
Good looks are more than skin deep, d *
pending upon a healthy condition or au
ths vital organa. If Ihe liver bs lnsrt“ j
you have u Milena look; If y./ur stomaen
bs disorders 1 you have a dyspspilc loo*;-
and It your kldnvys te- * free tad you nave
a ptnehed look. Secure good health »'">
you will have good looks. Electric BU-
tsra la the great alterative and tool-,
acta directly on the*' wtal organa Cure*
pimple*, hiotehe*. bolls and gives a gtw
complexion. Sold at H. J. Lamar St Eons
drug store. St-, a bottle.
JIA10U87 Till: CAUSE.
London, fttpt. » -MIm Daily Monti**,
a *tll kn v.vii dancer ut th»* bir.V*roWjJ
tre, und Samuel OarcSa, who wm cicorx*
leg her home early this morning, were
faulty shot by a man name! L*o Percy.
Pirrcy then committed aulcide bjr ahoci*
In* hlmietf. Th« caua* waa jwtaiay.
Columbia, 8. C, Sept. m^UalUd 8UIH
revenue agents, seized el*hl ™
ut.l»k'-y In the eUte dlip^nnanr for
In* on It itinpi that hat! been u*m
twice. The whisky wss skipped from
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