Newspaper Page Text
THE TWICE-A-WEEK TELEGRAPH
FRIDAY, JANUARY 4, 1907.
THE MACON TELEGRAPH
PUBLISHED EVERY MORNING
AND TWICE A WEEK BY THE
MACON TELEGRAPH PUBLISH
ING COMPANY. 163 MULBERRY
STREET, MACON. GA.
C. R. PENDLETON, President
MISSISSIPPI RACE RIOTS.
Mem whisky and lid white
)ttojn
Kem
ippl.
d condric
r sheriff
Lor nr
■ the
itut
mui'-l*
had r
t>y lawless
se for the
• peaceable negroes who
ction with the original
pedal correspondent of
ns Picayune who inves
ts says:
At
during the
of Kern pet
he past week hits there I
lcmonstrnti in made by th<
this
time
let lor
troubles .
County
een any
negroes
hoily. The
and
nog
the
rts circulated
od out of there that the
had rizon in arms against
11 r w >1 .- false and w i h-
out any foundation. The only
movement made by the negroe-
u i- I" It n k ii.tn I :ti* towns .and .ask
the white citizens for protection.
A thorough investigation shows
conclusively that a small hand of
white men from the eastern part of
the county tanked'up on Christmas
whisky In the "blind tigers,’’ which
are numerous in this county, and
went "negro hnntlng.” They killed
three innocent negroes, nton who
were in no way Implicated in the
murder of Deputy- Constable John
O’Brien and the murderous as-
sautt on Conductor Cooper • on a
passenger'train on the Mobile and
f'hie Railroad at Wahalak last
Sohday fnorning.
. ,h ( ir
ifigize
Mr. Taft
justice, hat in hand,
t. s*-artng • one of-
rt.-is from necessity with
iinsr iron? It is for the men
io arrogance of their wealth
and
turn
:>l!nn of
Tiilmpn .ever
iese being involved in ,-f lynching, bee. He
tin? goes about in the North and West talk-
c an Ing about the faegro and the shotgun
atjd in the same breath and waging a cru-
ng he
the t
inability
hlch hi-
intonl
aoareless
violate , sade
:ade
•r -tiv-.prots-i tion of so- 1 si
against, thi
|1 drop in
i-rac*-. and any-one who
an him-qt his home.- In
ills Mr'.
r:ns
Taft
an nr
and
lik'-
T
Anjeffcan^ pen pii
to take fond la-i
ng political machine
ht
and
- ing Wall 'trout uy in a blan
ket. Think of*'all the-, have gladly
forgiven "TherMor# Tfoosevelt on
i count of the anemies he made.
Yes. biff the World appears to forget
that Mr. Roosevelt until he was safely
in the saddle" was shrewd and cal
culating enough to cloak his anti-
corporation animosity and even used
the member of his official household
whose business brought him iti contact
with the corporations to collect the
sinews of war fronj'them. The politi
cian who captures the nomination from
the Republican “machine,’’ built up
and maintained by the trusts and priv
ileged interests, needs to be not only
as wise as serpents, hut as harmless
as doves where they are concerned.
When the World names the “stand
patters” and corporation elements in
the North anil the purchasable negro
delegates from the South, in. addition
to the “corrupt Fornker-DIok machine
in the Secretary’s own State" as being
lined up against Judge Taft it is not
easy to see what there is left for the
latter to hope for.
of.’ -
W-.rli
a whole that the jury reserves
riology. "they did it for the ben-
>f others.” As the New York
1 sn ys: : . - ■'
, Trenton,.
S Congress,
sleeves, v
! the most
S- C. - between, .sessions of
would. find, him in his shirt
orkiiig «|de by. sjde and or)
amicable terms with'his ne-
The policy holders did riot “ask
Mr. p. rkir.» tuf Mr. Fnir.'hlld to
co k the book- of the New York
Life. Insurance Cpiupajiy: they did
not ask them to buncothe' Prussian
Government:' they - did riot ask
. thorp to get new business under,
false pretenses. The policy fiold-
'ers would have been very well sat-
• S ti- d v.ith-a it r. .ties: hu-bn »•» •• >n-
ducted along legitimate lines. Rut
whether thJv would have' been
satisfied or not. it is quite as much
,a felony to commit forcry for the
benefit of policy holders as from
any other motive. It is the inten
tion of the law that there shall he
no forgery at ; ali. f*>r any purpose
whatsoever.
Th
Is clearly another Instance of
i white men indulging their
11. murderous instincts under
ak of the alleged race prejudice.
It will be remoinbeyed that the books
of the company cere cooked In another
matter that. Mr., Perkins had a fiand
in—on the occasion whan some>-540.000
to JHO.'OflO of the pblipy holders’ money
was chipped into the Republican cam-,
paign fund, and- It was claimed that
was done'also for. the. benefit of the { tion ’ questions whether the President
iw ,,-m i “vested with authority’’ to discharge
a dangerous hand of negro assassins
front' the "United States "army. Possibly
gro ■ carpenters.. blacksmiths- and har
vesters; while his-children .piayed with
the picapinnie.s in , the yard, .undis
turbed by fours of confusing the .social
line, the true understanding of..which
they inherit,.with their Southern blood.
Listen to the Senator's pointless Bir
mingham interview conijneriled^oii.. by
th«. Pmsx*; He Js quoted las say ins:*.!
Roosevelt Hoes liot know any-'
thing about the negro, and every
time. he touches him he makes, a
mess of it. He hpd no business
discharging' ihe negro troops at
RrownsyiHe before making ir full,
investigation. I ijoubt very much,
whether 1 or not he Is vested with
the authority to take sucH itmttSrs ' -
in his,own. hands, anyway.-,
HP (Tiihhah) tvhb rix'eiitly exclaimed
“damn siich law!" fn.'fepiy to a ques
tion'abotif'the fourteenth and fifteenth
amendment-' ib the' Federal Con^tltu'-
Jijv^er scale of.evolution and deal
- with it in a special way. This does
not signify segregati m. but it.does
nrean. in a seflse. separatum—the
separation, tha: involves the rela
tion of-master and servant, of class
and class, and implies a - certain
amount of association. Neither
-does it signify injustice: the de
nial of racial and social equality
is not a denial of equity. Their
treatment must be. absolutely Just,
and kind. ........ - , •
chime. It was follov
cert of popular atifl
The music an cam
Broadway factory.
e.l by,
nation
8 fro
m
the
INDICTMENT OF N. Y. COTTON
This has been pretty much'the poli
cy of the w|$Ue S^outfi for a generation,
in spjte of the theories announced .by
Thomas Jefferson i.r» 1776 and of the
amendments’ to -the. Constitution
adopted after the war.of 1S61-3—be
cause no otjie:;.course Feemcd possible
This is all very good-humored am
entertaining undoubtedly, but this las
surprise'looks a little as if there wer
a shrewd -aiive.tisiiip scheme mix--.
1 up in Mark's ‘‘madness." If he doe
■ not get commissions from the musi
[ factbVv for the sales his “Skit" bring
■ about.''.he certainly ought to.
TILLMAN HOIST BY HIS OWN
PRECEDENT.
The Telegraph has been disposed tc
EXCHANGE
That is
a most extraor
dinar}
indi
ct-
me
nt that
Congress
man
L. F.
Livi
Ig-
n and
Harvie .Ti
rdan.
pros
di-ni
llf
tht
S mt
lent Co
tton
Ass
nciati
>n.
•
bri
ng against tho
Xew
York
C"t
ton
Ex
change
In their
appli
cation
to
the
Po
stoffice
Departme
nt fo
a f i
ami
or-
dei
is rim-
t the exel
ange.
The
y all
Jgo
in
effect
hat the e
•cchan
go is
a g.i
m-
bit
lg con
■•.■I'n, pure
and
simp
le, w
ith
the
cards
"stacked,'
and
that
the \
*e-
doubt Senator Tillman's candor and
under the* abnormal • conditions; it . sincerity in criticising and censuring
vyoiijd d<j>uBtlcss" jijsci be tfce*" policy of President Roosevelt for his negro
the -Pittsburg* editor -and- al! his like S troops, discharge order, as we intimated
after * home
years 'Of experience ii
either the Southern States or the Brit
ish colonies: *
A WONDERFUL YEAR.
The average man may a-ead-the-ordi
nary review of the magnificent pv a-
perity of the .-year 1906-with lain skep
tic's frown. prvliaps. but even this man
will .be put Into a-.good hrn'nor.,'b'y
“Mr. Dooley's" remarks on the .won- j commarider-in-Chief.
derfitl.,yef\r just .gone.• "Ivry.where I
policj- holders, hut few people will bo
found simple enough jn believe it. £
GERMAN TOYS FOR AMERICA.
C"ii nl Georg.- N. lift reports from
WEAVER UNWEPT AND UNSUNG.
Mayor Weaver of Philadelphia, who
made a sensation and gave promise of
a great'career when he recently took a |
stand against the Philadelphia gang
sters in the conduct lif his administra
tion. seems to -have petered out. He
appears 'to have opposed the" ’’ring’’
just far enough*to have excited'its an
imosity and .latel- to' have' surrendered
lo it, thu.4' estranging' the reform
friends that he-'had made. He recently
proclaimed his : administration a failure
iherg. one of Saxony's great toy f and said that he might as well resign.
OfaetOring towns, in regard to the , xdt onC of the great public works'pro-
i il contribtftfon of Germany to the j posed by him at his inauguration four
mpply ,.r America for this season. ' years 'ago lias 1 materialized.* "He has
is e’ tfmated that from January 1 : estranged hiniself from ills party, it is
eptember 1, 1900, ti total hf 9.895 ; said, and from ail of those who are
sent from Germany [ considered! important in Philadelphia.
I-.--, an against 8.710 . y-ij H snerossor will be sworn in on April
tons for tlie same period last year, j tj,o Quaker City people are looking
inning th.- same period 5,498 tons of j forward to a new. nryiyor as the.great-
f.eVinah toys wore sent tf» England, 1 est .blessing, the new year has in store
but a-s a considerable. portion of this j- nr |] 1( . m “Every man, woman and
•l.u s of goods for- the English Christ- ( r m]g j n thf ylty, including the present
u.is trade i- shipped after September Incumbent, .cheerfully submit to this
lbe total expert to England -will proposition," it is said. The blame
GENESIS OF,“BEN. HUR-” .
How Hon. Le.w Wallace came to
write Ben Hur"’. is.one of the interest-
ing'i.'evelations made.by him- hi his re
cently published aufobiogri&phy.
HT> had since boyhood-1' .thought
oftener of the story of the Wise Men
turn." he says. "I-see men that a year J p^de in donpoct
| ago wefe, cfimjieiled to' ii.v'e in th‘ hum.- j ’forgotten inciden
■Man day |i
s al- I
1
it is true that' the .President odbrf
stepped his authority. Possibly it is
true that his course was tantamount to
legal lvnching*’of the battalion of
b!a cki
*t
rate
up" SroWhkvflle."' Bur at ’least he did
blest ^arroBudlngs on -wan-fifty
i now'livin' in ■th'sattie'stirroundlngs
i tboi)gh,)tbey. get wan-sixty.-live a .day*
| In an _ editorial yesterday. And now
J comes the Charleston News and Cour-
I ior and presents a precedent for the
President's action—one. that is on all-
fours with it—from the record of Bon-
jiimin R. Tillman,'himself. For though
tlje strenuous Carolinian has never had
| ahy experience at soldiering in the
■ rinl!?, he has had a brief but lively
l experience at playing the part of
The record pro
duced by the News and Courier was
ion with the almost
of the "Darlington
day 1 War."'.. This “war." as it is called, oc-
' Icurred in April, 1894. when • Tillman
tinis are the entire cotton producing
element of the South. That the ex
change. while it has ceased to be in
any sense a “spot" (d* actual) cotton
market, having during the season of
1906 delivered only 10,046 bales of the
staple to shippers out of a total of
practically eight million hales, did
in fact dominate the market by
its manipulation of the “futures"
speculations, with nothing behind it
hut 114.000 bales of actual cotton, 70.-
000 "bales of which is unmarketable arid
good for no purpose whatever but to
tender to any one
see fit to ask for
on. the exchange’s
by handling ' millions
imaginary cotton the
pressed the quotations hoth as to fu
tures arid spot cotton from $5 to 87.50
per bale “less than 'the mi-^f.i «/•'.>
who might
actual cotton
ui tracts That
of bales Of
exchange de-
j at which spinnable grades
cotton'
; was Governor and the dispensary was ! cou , d bc purchased in the PoiU h :?
. . I^T,, a ", d *^ neS ^ ,n its experimental stages. The j sh | pped for tendor on -- the oxebang
says: .A elL .str. l vo, been sthruck be \ dispensary constabulary had been I .. sa i d fraudulent r
cks from'whieh’ he 'coidd’ not ^epa-
e tbe individual assassin’s who “shot
than of-'-any other'portion of-the-Bible; | not, put into practice' Tillman’s sho’t-
he says.‘nhd in 187" it’occurred't'o “him gun propaganda in handling the - mat-
to write ont-for. one-of. the magazines ! ter; arid his’ course conforms more to
some'of the ideas that 'h38 come ' to j the Southern sense of decency and jus-
hirri. . j. ). ... . 1 tiee lhan do Mr. Tillman's blatant
mouthings on. the' race topic. .
ihe LInili
iblj
it fall far below that to'the
LI rifted SWtt! It.is also.estimated that
toj - mi tlie v line-of fifteen to eighteen
million inni ks (?.7.571.1_"> to 84.2S5,-
711) are required annually to supply
the Oermaft market.
While usually, (lie second item In
value on the list of declared exports
from Ibis district, .toys constitute less
i:i m 10 per cent of the total exports
from tin- Anita berg consular district
to the United States. Shipments for
the first fen months of' the present
calendar year Averts invoie
whieh is .86,52/1 in excess
toy shipments -from the
must rest with the mayor. The ordeal
he was. called on to face was a trying
one, hut it affirded an oppnrtunity
whi(jh. If he had been equal to it, would
not have shorn him of credit.
of till
distri
851.673, | nished. 53,997.965
,
total
t for
ir if
t hr
t hl-
rmn nil co
5erm»n> j
uighout tl
nters
f the toy industry
r demand is reported
ntire year, but with
at
'HI
.the
in Germany
ii-mapd- f°. r
districts sir
to enforce i
‘oy factni
’ll rough' a
\<il\:ii,g m.c
end-'d at N
of not only
slmrtor lion
crs.' b
whal are u
anen" i: ho-■
Jjomesj qre
iliutual pi'o;
maniLs' for
nuuAiriivUH'i
frdvn the fa
WORLD’S IRON PRODUCTION.
According to the Rheinish-Westpha
lian Times, a leading technical paper
of the German Erripire. the world's iron
production in 1903 was 40,004.S37 tons:
in, 1904. 45,235,928 tons: in 1905. the
last year for which figures were fur-
tons. ' The United
States is striding forward so fast in
the production of iron that it prornises
to not only lead the great iron-pro
ducing countries, but to lead the rest
of the world combined. Her production
in 1905 was 22.992.380 tons. Germany
'led extremely unsatisfac- coming next with 10.9S7.623. England
riffitions. Tlie steady ad- [ third with 9.592.737. France* fourth with
cost, of living everywhere I 3,076,550 and Russia' fifth with
las eausCd a very general ' 2.765,000.
igher wages, and-in many 1 The absolute gain in the United
i s havo been inaugurated j States is almost equal to the entire
esc dem inrls. A strike of i gain between 1904 and 1905. At the
. workmen, extending | present rate of production the world’s
anil ■ *.of weeks and in- visible supply of iron, 10,000,000.000
workjnen. has just been : tons, according to_.a Swedish'expert’s
estimate, must soon be exhausted.
Luckily these figures' are believed'to be
far front the truth, as the Unite'S
States alone Is said to have more tha'll
4.000.000.000 tons in mines )liat have
been located. If this be true, it is more
ing for j than probable "that ihe vast deposits of
ctr de- ; Canadal Mexico. Central and South
•m the America were neglected by the Swcd-
* - an
isli scientist.
high
he granting
But also of
ic toy mak-
tpjoyes and
douse work-
t their own
. "So .1 . wr.otp.. convneucinF ..wjth.,.
the meeting in the desert, number
ing and-naniHig-the- three upon the
authority of the dear .old .tradition.-;,,
monger. Father Bede,' and ending
with the birth of the child in-the
cave by Bethlehem.' 1 ! :
He finished the articles, and laid
them aside for a while, detcrriiirie'd to
submit them. At this time he was |
neither religious hot*' irreligious, in per
sonal belief, nor had it occurred to him
to write a book on Christ.
But one night in 1S76. after listening
*.o a discussion in regard to Christian
ity and the Bible, he walked thought
fully homeward, determined to study
the subject more deeply.' Arid-then the
idea of wriiing his great novel sud
denly occurred to him.
THE WISDOM OF EXPERIENCE.
Whether conceded ^by other nation
alities a-s 4"fact or not, it is an old
saying tViat [ho. Aitglo-^axon likes fair
play. , Perhaps that;.explains why "An
Englishman” recently wrote to the
Pittsburg Dispatch. j'n‘response tp t -cer-
f tain typical negro-vote-gathering ex
pressions’ of that Republican .drgan^'as
follows: .. , ,
th’ wave iv pi-ospcrlty. 'ivrything has
; borithe'd. Tit' rent' is rip fift'y ;ci■cin't,
(th’ wholesale price, iv Mrs. Nation's
, Soothin’ Syrup has raised -.twiniyrfiye
per Vint', an' :V size iv me prosperous
customers dhrinks' has increased! as
it looks lo hte fr’m a bur-rdseye view,
about two hutHlhefd per'ciiit 1 .' I can’t
jraiSe Th' price' iv.ji ..sampie-i 1y tills
Fountain-iv Perpetchool Y.buth above
fifteen-cents or tiro fr a quarther. As
Sicrity- Shaw wud say, it’s a part iv
th, fundyniinlal faith iv our people.
said fraudulent contracts
If it is true that this outrageous
I game-has-been worked all these years
on the cotton producer- of the Soutli
I it is high time that some one cognizant
"I had my opening:- it was the
birth of Christ. Could anything
bp more beautiful? As a mere
story, the imagination of man has-
conceived' nothing more crowded
with" poetry, mystery, and inci
dents, pathetic and sublime, noth
ing sweeter with human interest, .
nothing so nearly a revelation of
God lit person. Sa, too, I saw a
fitting conclusion.
"Viewed purely and profession
ally as .V climax or catastrophe to
be written up to, tlie final scene of
the last act of a tragedy or a tale,
what could be more stupendous
than the Crucifixion?” - ■
With what results he took advantage
of arid improved upon his great con
ception his work sufficiently shows.
THE BEN TILLMAN PARADOX.
The' Savannah Press is surprised
and. we suspect, pained at the position
taken by Senator B. R. Tillman with
regard to President Roosevelt’s dis
missal of the" mui'derhus negro troops.
The Press says:
find
riling
! ter. ' pt'K
.gents.
. QUALITY OF JUDGE "BAFT’S
. AMBITION.
!The New York World thinks Sec
retary Trap's ambition should be made
of "sterner stuff” lhan to weakly sur
render to tlie antagonisms whieh the
conscientious performance of bis duty
necessarily provokes in the machine
elements of his party. "What are those
objections to his avn lability which the
Secretary of 'IVar construes so pes
simistically?" asks tlie World And
then in answer to its own question
the.World says:
MARTYRDOM IN CRIME.
A New York grand "jury apotog
for indicting George \Y. Perkins
Charles S. Fairchild for the offense, of
forgery in the ’third degree on the
ground that Ihe accused 'men* ’*weVe
solely influenced by a desire to benefit
the policy holders" arid had riot profited
personally. "Les Miserables," the
greatest novel that was eVer 'written,
is based on the cririie of a riian cdm‘-
mltted for the benefit of others: Jean
V.iljeariT a French peasant, broke fnto
Probably if there was one man
in the Senate, or in the United
States'for that matter, whom Pres-'
ident Roosevelt felt he’must have •
pleased when he dismissed without
honor the “negro troops fii Textls, '
that man was Benjamifi Tillman.
• of Sotitjt Carolina: Tim, Senator
from South' Carolina .arid ’the Prcs-
t ident have disagreed 'on - maiiy '
I things and .agreed lift few. . Th’e. .
. most important , pfece. of public
leas! pcs - in which’ they over worked
t hafinanlohsly was in the Rate bill
legislation, and then at the last
moriuhi the President/kicked over
the traf t e.s''ori''thht.’ • ’ —
Rut Avheiv it came to discharging
a lot of negro soldiers "\vitliqut
honor.” the’ President -TnusV’havff*
thought the, hivtipn* .would - ’-‘tickle 1
Ren. .Quite to . the contrary;
Ir is a pity that you cannot see
how' cowardly it is to fling 'taunts
like that in your editorial of De
cember 7 irr the face' of the people
of the South. Instead of "applaud
ing the fact that justice was'meted
out to white and black alike, you
see only an opportunity to sneer at
the refusal of these people to ac
cept the negro on a basis of social
equality. Is there any decency, or
justice—magnanimity is. perhaps,
not to be expected—in this?
You and other Northern papers
have a lot to say about tho- right
of the negro to be on the'same
social footing with -the white man.
Why don’t you put your colored
brother on an equality with your
selves here in the North? Don’t
draw the line anywhere, but give
it to him good as an object lesson
to the proud-minded Southerner,
i Sit with him at table, ask him to
call and spend the evening with
you: take him to the. theater—don’t
object if your daughter goes alone
with him; -let him have your- best-.- -
bed and end up with giving him
to your daughter in marriage. The
social equality you demand.cannot'
fall short o.f this, or it would not
be equality". If you are properly
horrified, and say that" it' is- not
meant to be carried so.far. do not
forget that whatever limit 'you may
put on the term “social equality”
the negro recognizes no such limit.
To hint "social equality" is to he
good as a white man with all the
rights and privileges of the latter,
including the right to marry a
white woman. That Is what he
means by. social equality.
We presume that the Pittsburg odi-
tor-then turned upon tho Englishman
and sought to cover him with shame
by. telling, him that he was not original
and that his argument had been put
forward by benighted Southerners for
forty years. "Rut ns an Englishman
is tenacious of his opinion, the' one
writing tp the Pittsburg paper was
probably not convinced that his argu
ment was $ny the-lejs-'forcible because
it expressed the views" of the people
most 'deeply concerned in the miitter.
He’ probaBly observed also that hi.4
pointed inquiries were,not djrectly an-
stabulary
hun.ting “blind tigers" .in Darlington
pnd had assembled at the depot to
take the train for another point, when
an altercation arose with some citizens
l ' vh5ch resulted in a conflict in which j of u should , ca || attention to it; Itr is
ja popular yoring citizen was shot and , , )ut _, air that judgment should be s.us-
! killed! The populace flew to’arms, while | pended until the N> w York Cot "m «x-
i the chief State constable and the men t ohange’s side of the question is heard.
with’ him took to "the swamps, where , b ui mere expressions of "indignation."^
f for several, days they, were hunted by | op vouchers for the "high standing"'^
the enraged'people. -Governor Tillman ! and -integrity" of the members of thv
act^d with great promptness' and-vigor, exchange will not answer. The ex- L
ordered the State military compa- cb ange must show bv. what right it
It s a-case, iv *here rellijon intberferes | nIes to assemble at Columbia and di 3 , ! domlnatps th6 " market price for the
with, poo j tickai economy. j patched'such companies as did not re- t wdr id. under the laws of supplv and
The year was 6.8. notable in diplo- j voK to Darlington. Among the eorit- ’
panics that obeyed the' Governor’s or-
deps at first was the. Newberry Rifles.
macy as. in prosperity, declares "Mr. '•
Dooley," and to prove'it he goes on to i
relate: "In Janooary th’Rrisident ad- '
dhressdd the. followin’ rtote to wan iv ;
his most distinguished Ahibassadurres: |
‘Dearest Mariar: ’Well, well,, It’S like a !
breath iv fresh "air . to hear fr’in ye :
again. ‘Ye’re such a dear. Th‘ necktie
ye knit !f‘r me came this mornin'. an’ :
I'm wearln’ it as I write. I’m sindin’:
ye a minichure iv rriesilf. It wud fill i
me heart with happiness if I thought |
ye were wearln' it. Now, Mariar, will j
ye do somethin’ fr me? It’s on’y a I
little' thing, but I want it done very 1
much. . I wisht ye'd dhrop in at' th’ <
Vatican some day an' ,tell th’ Pope that 1
’twu’d be a fine thing fr rellijo'n if we [
cud show that an Irishman doesn’t lose :
annything be bein’ a Raypublican. Tell
him to giv.e our frind wan iy thim.red
hats that arrre so becomin’.- Ye’ar’s,
Thaydoor.”
Truly It was a wonderful year, with j
many and rich contributions toward r
the gayety of nations, even if prosper
ity) left some folk behind, and even if
the "wan-fifty a day’’" Irishman,. is ’
tempted to become a "Raypublican”. in
the hope of thus'get ting a larger shftre
of .the good .things of,this world. . . '
The News and Courier says.
swered, and. that .the question yse 1 f
The Press then quotes an interview \yas rv>t faced squarely, anrj hotje^'tl.y.
given hy the Senator on the Yiifiject in : We ’a re' ready tne'oneede that arhong
Blrminghajpi. Ala.- ceipsuring^Um. Pt-esT Northern writers—who inveigh against
nd [ ident for his course. The Press is.not the color line there may he some who
alone in finding fit: hard to-account for do so honestly and with patriotic mo-
th(
First.
U.1 rake:
of
’rrup:
Sejiator "Ejllman’s crass views- on ibis fives. But even-these are influenced
matter. But 1 ir appears to The Tele- Illy ignorance and--norro-wness of view,
graph that a little studv of Ken Till- ! Even -with -these there is probably"-a
man’s methods will furnish a key- to ' snh-eonseious selfishness of attitude,
the solution. ,Tne .Carolinian is a They- know that they can always keep
creature of.contradictions. Singularity away from negroes just as they keep
has been one of his prominent charae- 1 away from an undesirable class, of
teristics throughout his entire pjublic : while people, even if their theories
! career. Having a natural-bent for be- [shvujd-bp accented. -The rich' and'oth-
shop of a baker and stole a loaf (ing different*from other people, lxe'has [(erwise independent' can hedge"them-
faread to' carry :b his starving found the" characteristic .to'possess -a j selves .about with insurmountable ‘bar r -
thers and sisters. How he was sent , piquancy, and charm for the "popular I riers. even if public sentiment should
th.e galleys and expiated his crime [mind that a public carter cast along ( forbid a color line, but what about the
Inhuman drudgery find suffering. ! conventional limes does not - inspire, j poor—the majority of tho people—-
This, it is to be feared, tempts him to I particularly 4-n e community where the
MARK TWAIN IN DR. JEKYL AND
MR. HYDE. "' 3 .
Nf\t content with being, the first hu
morist of the n'ge' fin a literary--sense!
Mark Twain appears determined tn
live the part? and -present his friends
with" “a^yitrieit mepu tif p/actlijal jokes
in his-daily-life. His latest skit--was
private funeral ’ obsequies Conducted
over the,moribund, old. year 1906 Jn his
Fifth-avenue Home in New York. The
New York "World reports th<- or-casiun
as follows: — - ?
under a
Christ-Hki
benefactoi
le him at heart the criminal
' hail ■firarideil hfrii." when
se on - society: horw he was
by the good bishop, and
new name lived an almost
- life and ' became a gr< at
of the humble and lowly;
tand-
Taft's
sfare
!--de.
in. i ■
ity.
r i 1
nd v
h.o-w i*4s dlsgu4.se w.is. penet
i The relentless minions, of the
1 he..wq.s drqs^red.down.flud h-
dc th. is a ljum.in nature st
puts the author. Victor Hu
' -;i. ss by-diims.-lf, J: was a c
\yorthy of the intellectual Cyc
constructed .on it a Jiterary; ;•
i for'al! time. ’ For how often.
integrity anil for iritel-
>f- n - human' martyr that chose
■ii*fi. lo-nir *»:hers suffer?
:t-n did a -jury ever stand before
affect c-mu'artety and-singularity-‘when
| rho inclinationds not naturally- ptfseTft.
, It i.i his delight to do the unexpected
: and vatu* a sefisaticwi’. He‘never mofe
i Signally* illustrated this than in' the
I management of _the' Rate . biil legisla^
tc'ou. suddenly* thrust uh him in-the
Uutte.-t- State-- Senate, He actually*
j suppressi-d .his.,passion, feu .polemics
.<:*} rnactod -the part erf* SF ' quiet
! general and diplomat in ' one,
I ohiefily. ;»asisibly.i/because “the- puh-
j )i - - espeeted him to make a mess
i of the .delieute - .and unaceuFtomed
isiuaation in-which her was placed. MTe'
| ii..S“hmg been notorious for his say
ing. as Governer of. South Carolina,
that he would head a mob to lynch
perpetrat ors of a certain crime and yet
tht-rt is no "tradition or-* record in
rip es are about equally divided arid
qot a few o.f. tlie whites'are less pros-
perous, than many of the blacks?
There should be no color liner-before
the law. and there js, nope when 'the
law is justly, administered, but to break
down the color line socially is to -put
rape purity in instant and : deadij-
porip—the -scofring. distant dbetrinoir'es
to. the contrary' r riotyvithstanding.
Speaking from the--experience of ■ the
cofonizfng 1 British people. Who bay[e
governed many, lower races and, faced-
many problems of the Color'lirto,’the
St. James Gazette, referring to con
ditions in the United States, says:'
The truth is that America ought
to abrogate that part of the Con
stitution which relates to the black,
population, be- prepared to.treat it
as at present -a dispme-i -race- on •
•There Was h stage ejected in-the
drawing-room, ’'upon '.vhibh Mark
fifyrain appeared, attired" in .'gro
tesque oosuniie." securely* tied to n
person In Satanic •' garb. Mark-
Twain 1 cXplalnb’d that he and his '
friend renrcst-nfed 'lii * double per-'
sontrlity. ) He said"that when lie
, was Mark Twain, his o'riginal self.
• he was proper-compnhy foi' Jiti.v- '
body: but* w'heti the* cither part of
him -got trite ’.upper'hand, there was
• no (accounting- for!: ' what might •
1 happen. « ■ - ! -
t As he talked, his - Satanic half
took a sl\"‘nip -frorr a‘bottle. * Mr.
1 Clemens-detected 1 the act aiul're
marked that this was. the sort of
deception he ha'd toacijntend- with
i all through life. . He never knew.
. he. declared', what-the other felloyy
was going not do. -* .
The humorist told (if a long list
of resolutions he lied decided upon,
bnt. added > that he rivas- afraid the'
little bad man who haunted him
• would itpsef his calculation. Aniong
other' tiifngS. ' he declared- ; he hitd
agreed riot to accept any lemons.
While Mr.-Clemens-was talking,
a wagon -was -drawn upon • the
stage. 'In it sat a Wejvhiskerod-old
gentleman whom Marie' - imrriedl- '
atelv recognized a's the' year 1906,
"There ■ he .homes butting in.”
said Twain. “He doesn’t know
when 'to -quit.” • '■‘■’t ‘ •
Old 1906 was seized and.hurried-
' ly nscort'ed from flic stage. At
. that mo rife nt- the telephone bell
rang. . It was One' minute of'
twelve. * * ‘ *•' .. .
The receiver was lifted'.'slnd a'
vdice at the othhr end- announced
that in.a - minute there would'be a
salute ovCif the felephono. frbm the
New ■ Year. While ’the guefets
waited to ^ee .what was-going "to.
happen, Mr. Clemens told them of
his having been the first man in
the country, to.have a.telephone in
a- residence. He was. not jesting .
abaut-this. It -was thirty yeacs.<igo .
when he ordered his.first telephone.
At that time the instruments: were
only in cemmercialruse.
Mr. -Clemens told his guests oL-
a ".telharmonjutn”i-plant that -has
just been- finished .-on Broadway:
Jt has started in the business of
supplying music over - the- tele-
ph.iui-. J - - -- ........
"I’m going-to-be-the-first-man to
have music on (ep> at-.- his home
• over the telephone wire.” said-*AIr.
This company on Sunday night,
April 1, w*as'ordefed to take charge
of the two telegraph Offices in Co
lumbia, to ihspedf ali telegrams
filed for transmission and to re
ject all of .a "senkatibrial or, incen
diary. character,” , the Governor
having assumed coptroi of the tel
egraph .lings ori\aepourit of the..al
leged disturbances. The company
performed th? duty Sunday night.,
hut on .the folloyyihgjjnorning its
commanding.,officei! addressed to
.the Governor, a . Ipttet; tendering
the resignations, of himself and his
men from the" service of the,State .
on the ground , .that and his
qommand ttoji-resparided to the
Governor's cal) to exercise the. "ex-
eepdingiy distaideful duty of -cru- .
tinizing. the private gff.-iirs of the.
Citizens of South Carolina," .and
adding that, the company .believed
that such service was calculated., to
further irritate the people and that
the company did pot care to be.
■ subject to such orders . in future.
At 5 o’clock on the afternoon of
'the same ' day. Governor Tillman’s
‘Judge' Advocate genera) read an
order to six companies at inspec
tion. signed ”B'. R. Tillman, Gov
ernor' and Comniarider-in-Chief,”
and addressed to the captain of the
Newberry Company* from which
we quote tlie following:
“Under the laws of South Caro-
t lina the Governor is clothed with
discretion and power to caJhout the
militia whenever, in the judgment
of the Governor, it may be neces-
; sary. and whqn so cAlled into the
service of the State the miiitia
: shall be subject To the same rules
and articles of.w-a.r as troop-! of-the '
; United States. The action of your
company and your daring to' send
It to me under these rules is.mu
tiny and an insult ter the Cbm*
lnanderMn-chicf. ■ wfio' was. given
his commission hv the people. Tho
duty of the soldier, and. t-tie ipifit'a
nr? .soldiers, .when called into sr>f-
ylc*t* is blind obedience to orders
from his superior or not to Ques
tion them In any degree. You
have failed.to le/ipn ,ih“ fijjjt lesson
and I 'will inako .of you amlynur
demand, of a staple of which it actu
ally handles only one eight hundredth
part of the whole, if the allegations of
Messrs. L'ivifl£ston and Jordan arc true
as made.
'sample.
cstg-
compam
nation is not acceptco'. hut you are
dismissed fdim the sorvioo of tho
State as unworthy to v.oar its uni
form."
' “Dismissed without honor," and
, without court-mart!al or trial, of any
sort, because they are “subject to the
same rules ant} articles of , war as
.troops of the finited States.” Their
-only Offense'a fasiiditrtls 'disinclination
to pry into, other people’s private rnr-
.respondence. And ihe man who never
doubted his authority to ^discipline
! them in this drastic manner doubts
“very much • whether or not” the Prqij-
j ident'of "fhr United States "is vested
■ with the authority to" act in the same
manner towards negro assassins and
| their sympathizers in the United
States Army. He is quoted as saying
' that President Roosevelt would "not
STATISTICS OF CAR SHORTAGE.
Statistics compiled" by the Railroad
Gazette would make it appear that it
is not due to Jack of effort qn the part
of ^he railroads to add to their equip
ment that the country'has suffered so
ntych fronuoar shortage and, congestion
of traffic during the last year. The
output-of both cars and locomotives in
1906 is shown by the Gazette tfi have
been the "largest in'tlie history of the
country. — .
• Official returns received by, the Ga
zette from 38 car building companies
in the United State-. Canada and Mex
ico (estimating two small plants not
heard from) give the total number of
railroad ears built during 1906 aJJ 243,7
670—an increase of 45 per cent .'over
the record-breaking output of 1905, an\i
259 per cent over, the output of 1904.
Th addition to this total, the railroads
built in their own shops a large num
ber of cars.- both freight and- pnsseri-
j ger, of which no estimate, is furnished.
| The figures given include subway and
I elevated ears, but not electric Street
and interurban. Of the manufacturers’
output, 240.503 cars were for freight
service and 3.167 for passenger ser
vice, 236,451 for domestic use. and 7,219
for export. And despite this enormous
I output, the majority of the manufac
turers report that they already have
honked unfilled orders sufficient to
j keep their plants working for a year
at their present maximum capacity... .
In locomotives the output was equal-:
j ly as phenomenal. The figures furnished
; by 'the Gazette show that during last
| year the 12 locomotive plants in the
j United States and Canada turned out
; 6,952 loconioilves, of which 6,232 were
for domestic- and 720 for export.
This was an increase of 27.3 per cent
river the total for 19.05, although ,tho
figures do not include locomotives re-
• Ijuilt and^ Repaired. The total amount
: expended by r.-iiir ■ ids last year for
new rolling stock and motive power is
p! iced at a nproxima :ely ?380.000,000 —
an increase of 45 per rent over that for
1905.
In new traekag • th- gain was r^r-
p rr-pondirigly as" large. .guns given
| hy the Gazette, based upon official re-
| turns from tho railroads, supplemented
; by its own records and data furnished!
i by the State Railroad Commissions,
i show that the total number of miles of
new road constructed last year was
-f
<1
»
have treated white troops so,” but the j ■5.623, exclusive of second. Third and
rrecord shows -that Governor Tillman [fourth track, sidings and electric-lines.
;did not hesitate, for less cause, to treat [This was a larger amount of new eon-
F'whjVe troops so. Senator Tillman will ! struetion than in any one year sineo
soon exhaust his public credit for ; 1888 and 2.8 per cent more than was
3honesty if he draws a few more drafts t built in 190->. while it is claimed that
on it like this
t Justice Harlan, of'the' United States
^Supreme "Court, . 70, gigantic and
“healthy as a country boy. doesn’t bo-
t-ljeve in cold baths. “I never put cold
, water on my warm skin in my life."
;he saxiL. .The, justice should -overcome
!,His prejudice and at least once before
; he-dies enjoy, the glowing phyicui ren-
- sation that follows an ice-cold plunge
i, bath.
had it not been for scarcity of labor
last year's record in that line would
have exceeded even that of 1888, Dur
ing th-- present year, it is predicted,
new railroad construction will be con
siderably greater than in the year just
closed. •
Are these wholesale railroad slaugh
ters to continue indefinitely and be
come of almost daily occurrence?
One horrible wreck doth tread on the
LHeeft of another, so fast they follow.
Hicks, the California mine!
$500 a week lecturing just o
earth fell on him.
is to get
cause the
("NOTICE TO SUBSCRIBERS, j NOTICE TO SUBSCRIBERS.
it Examine label on your pa- Examine label
>n
[per. It tells how you stand on per. It tells how you stand on 5
ithe books. Due from date on the books.
Send in dues and the label.
Clemens.
* He had" .hardly flnighgtri-xvhrnU' | the label.
Jan* SSSKir TtfewD talso renew for the year 1907. lalso renew for the year 1807.
Due from date on
Send in dues and
j
[-^distinct print