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THE TTVICE-A-WEEK TELEGRAPH
TUESDAY, APRIL 16, 1907.
SOME OF OLD-TIME
GYPSIES
Treeless Country
Will Be Hopeless
Hfl
mmy plague? the
red upon the spring-
Joyously, but alas,
ids have brought to
'old as were Egypt"?
-cadcrs arc familiar
nd beauties, of the
•and of whom were
hlands a few we M
ough
They went a
•o regrets hav
deposited in
wanderers who a
gypsy being appll
WASHINGTON. April 14.—President
Roosevelt has addressed “To the school
children of the United States" a mess
age on the significance of arbor day
which during the month of April is cel
ebrated in many of the States. It fol
lows:
•"To the School Children of the United
States:
"Arbor Day (which means simply “Tree
to stock* c the | Da y” 1* now observed in every State
iy. and so far I in our Union—and mainly in the
b-en expressed. I schools. At various times from Jan-
ast .Macon now j uary to December, but chiefly in the
o are proud of month of April, you give a day or part
i •,Jay. After a da >* ‘° speelal exercise and per-
anous inviting spots 1,3 P* to actual tree planting, in recog-
c.i they selected a site I nltlon of the Importance of trees to
con. Dublin and Sa- [ us as a nation and of what they yield
yannah railroad, about two hundred feet in adornment, comfort and useful prod-
if" ™ up there alorlg the C roadsfd" 3 and ' UCtS t0 the communltles ln which you
their horses, about twenty-five In number , „ .. . . ,. , ,
as well as years, are browsing on the It Is well that you should celebrate
neighboring greens and rusticating on the your Arbor Day thoughtfully for within
forage or the pasture-owners thereabout, your llvetlme the nation’s need of trees
without even the salutation of "by your j will become serious. We of an older
ta'be b' ilev<d WOrC ' °* lh * land-owners Is ( generation can get along with what we
,?o much for' how the gypsies got there have> though with growing hardship:
nnd how they made themselves eomforta- | but In your full manhood and woman-
■ hle. Now -i word as to ho.v they make hood you will want what nature once
t.v m>-'Ives prosperous. These nomads oo bountifully supplied and man so
arrived Friday. — I— *—m
the business
The ! “ women, ‘ wousy-haireii! fined “'up | for what we have used but for what wc
the road-way and along the rail- I have wasted.
rig tin
ver ba
BROWMD ADVOCATES MTS TRIBUTE
STATE UR INSURANCE | TO IKE MEMORY OF
UNI lira
TALLAHASSEE. Fla.. April 14.—Gov
ernor Broward will tomorrow send a
special message to the Legislature on the
subject of Stale life insurance which he
strongly advocates.
He will treat the matter exhaustively
to demonstrate that the enterprise would
be profitable to the people by showing
that foreign insurance companies have
returned In losses paid less than five
millions and have received upwards of
thirteen million dollars Ip. premiums dur
ing the past thirteen years, and that
the South alone pays Northern companies
fifty million dollars per annum.
It will be suggested that the manage
ment be vested in a commission or a
manager, which would eliminate high
salaried officers, and that the entire ex
pense would be less than the sdlary of a
vice-president or board chairman of one
of the large companies now existing.
WORK OF WRECKERS
prosperous. inese nomads «*> bountifully supplied and man so
^ ® a } u ^ da y morning thoughtlessly destroyed: and because
• '"pursuing* the[r “SMg? L« S
ond track hailing all tlv- negro men who
ane that way or went the other way,
riling fortunes.
•'Glmma your hanna. I telley fortune.”
nl the ensnared victim presents his
and. which Is stroked and caressed until
! is discovered to he without money.
Piitta some mun Inner your han; I
nnna telley fortune no mun In han.”
'he mun is put Into the hand and the
'ller says "Go away, mun. go away.”
•hereupon she puts the mun Into her
ocket and demands more. And when
•ere is no more that ends the fortune
usiness.
STILL WATERS.
, f!
V
Maud Scofield Beeson In the April
Century.
I have been silent, dear, you say. for
long.
Aye; yet reproach for this I reckon
wrong.
Does not the proverb say
That deepest waters run not loud,-but
still?
The shallow babblings of my rhyming
rill
Content me net today:
My happy heart beats to rythm sweeter
Than can he bound a slave to rhyme
and meter.
Why pen should I employ
When to the music of your love so
strong
My life is vocal with the sweetest
song?
I live the poem Joy.
“For the nation as for the man or
woman and the boy or girl, the road
to success is the right use of what
we have and the improvement of
present opportunity. If you neglect
to prepare yourselves now for the du
ties and responsibilities which win fall
upon you later: if you do not learn the
things which you will need to know
when your days are over, you will suf
fer the consequence. So any nation
which In its youth lives only for the
day, reaps without sowing and con
sumes without husbanding, must expect
the penalty of the prodigal whose labor
could with difficulty find him the bare
means of life.
“A people without children would
face a hopeless future: a country with
out trees is almost as hopeless; for
ests which are so used that they can
not renew themselves will soon van
ish and with them all their benefits. A i
true forest Is not merely a storehouse
ALEXANDRIA. La.. April 14.—Three
men killed and one probably fatally in
jured is the result of what is believed to
be the work of train wreckers at Cheney-
ville, 30 miles southeast of here on the
.Texas and Pacific railroad betwen one
and two o'clock this morning, when a
westbound passenger train plunged into
an open switch, while running at a-high
rate of speed. The wreckage caught fire
and the mail car. baggage and express
car and two passenger coaches were
burned.
An investigation showed that the
switch lock had been broken, and the
switch turned and the signal lantern
thrown away. A full investigation is
now being made by the railroad officials.
The passengers and train crew at once
began work in an effort to rescue these
pir/fd down in the wreckage, and suc
ceeded in releasing the engineer, fireman
and express messenger, not before all
had been badly burned, however.
WASHINGTON, April 14.—“For
more than a century our nation has
b%en the greatest of world powers,”
declared Wm. J. Bryan tonight in an
address on "Abraham Lincoln,” at a
meeting held under the auspices of the
Union Veteran Legion Encampment
No. Ill, to commemorate the forty-
seeond anniversary of the death of the
great emancipator. He reviewed the
country's progress since the Civil War
and declared the re-united country was
only a fulfillment of the dream of
President Lincoln.
Mr. Bryan paid the highest tribute
to Lincoln as a man, orator and states
man. “Lincoln’s heart." he said, "link
ed him forever with the common peo
ple and today his life should be the
greatest inspiration to every young
SIT MINERS SHOPPED
OISTME110 FEET
CHIHUAHUA Mexico, April 14.—
Four miners were' killed and two others
seriously, if not fatally wo--nd£d in an
accident yesterday ln the «'« lena mine,
of the Santoy Mining Company, Santa
Eulalia camp, of the district. All six
miners were discending one of the
drop shafts in a cable bucket when the
cable broke, precipitating them a dis
tance of 110 feet. Two of the unfor
tunates still live, but four were in
stantly killed.
The San Toy Mining Company is
owned by Pittsburg capitalists, headed
by Charles Schwab.
EXPLOSION ON DREDGE
KILLED 2, INJURED
Catholic Splendor
In Charleston
KEY WEST. Fla., April 14.—An ex
plosion on the dredge George W. Allen
man. He said the nation s greatest engaged in extensive work on the Flor-
asset is its schools and colleges where
The Australian Work Day.
One State in Australia celebrates the
fifty-first anniversary of the establish
ment of the eight-hour work day, while
another announces that hereafter for
ty-four hours a week shall be the max
imum on Government work. A reduc
tion of four hours a week in over half
CHARLESTON, S. C.. April 14.—
The new and beautiful cathedral of St.
John the Baptist, erected on the site
of the former cathedral of St. John
and St. Finbar, in this city, was conse
crated today with elaborate and inter
esting ceremony. His eminence
James Cardinal Gibbons, his excellen
cy. Diomede Falconlo. D. D., apostolic
delegate, and fully one hundred arch
bishops. bishops, monsignors and cler
gy representing the Catholic Church ia
America, were present and took part.
The' consecration ceremonies begun at
a very early hour and were conducted
by the apostolic delegate. The solemn
pontifical mass at 10:30 was celebrat
ed by the cardinal and the pontifical
vespers by the Rt. Rev. Henry P.
Northrop, bishop of Charleston. Im
mense audiences attended all services,
which were made particularly inter
esting by the musical program. At the
morning service the sermon was deliv
ered by the Most Rev. John J. Keane,
D. D., bishop of Dubuque In. The ser
mon at vespers was delivered by the
the raw material is turned into the
finished product of the best citizenship
in the world.
Mr. Bryan also addressed the Sun
day school of the First Presbyterians
Church early today.
_ Spoke for Y. M. C. A.
Mr. Bryan addressed nearly two
thousand persons at the New National
theater this afternoon. He spoke un
der the auspices of the Young Men's
Christian Association and took for his
subject “The Prince of Peace.” Mr.
Bryan concluded with .praise for the
colleges and churches that have declin
ed to accept money from wealthy men
“who have gained’their riches by dis
honest methods.”
“Ope of cur rich men,” he said, “had
reached a point where - he sometimes ! J\ A YD^ S a A. Ga., April 14.—The re-
finds it difficult to find people to take i c< ?* d "father, and especially the
his money. And that I regard as the ; f old " inds - have done untold damage
best evidence of the growth of a. moral j *? crops, gardens and orchards in this
sentiment' in this country. It means j aa d ' . T . h ®. 1mercur . v rea ? h “
something when a great church ; 38 , bu * j he J e Y asahi " h
pauses, hesitates, refuses to accept the ! J? nd which prevented frost. It was
money until it knows how it was ! fou f degrees above that temperature
Ida East Coast Railway at Key West p‘t Re \- Patrick in J n‘„ h l n
early today caused the death of two j g*’ wshio^r Whwlin * W Va
Spaniards. JoseAnido and Manuel Vp,!‘
A,™,, rad injured els* other., I~r XJl&TS
of the injured were badly scalded on
the hands and face. A tube in the
boiler burst, the escaped steam blow
ing open the furnace doors and throw
ing live coals and steam on the two
who were killed. Those injured were
asleep at the time.
UNTOLD DAMAGE TO
CROPS IN LOWNDES
;er- i luuut?. a uciicve me umo »> n* : - « , ,, , ., ,
vatlve showing in the world on the ! when churches and colleges will refuse j a “ d did the crops more harm
, „ -- - - - j length of the working day. The In- I to go into partnership in the spend-i
but k? S -jL lver ^: a factory land Printer thinks it proves “that with i ing of money immorally made. The]
THE NEW LIFE.
Witter Bynner In the April Century.
Perhaps they laughed at "Dante In his
youth.
Told him that truth
Had unappealably been said
In the great masterpieces of the dead.
Perhaps he listened, and but Trowed his
head
In acquiescent honor, while his heart
Held natal tidings: that a new life is
the part
Of every man that’s horn—
A new life never lived before.
And a new expectant art,
li is the variations of the morn
That are forever, more and more.
The single dawning of the single truth:
So answers Dante to the heart of
youth.
STATE PRESS VIEWS
A New Disease.
From the ThomasvIIIe Tlmes-EnterprJse:
Some of our noted Democrats seem
to bo suffering for dementia Roosrveltla.
Limitation of Hours. Not Speech.
From the Ta. Grange Graphic:
What this country needs Is a politician
union with strict rules against talking
overtime.
of wood, and at the same time a reser
voir of water. When you help to pre
serve our forests or to plant new ones,
you are acting the part of good citi
zens. The value of forestry deserves,
therefore, to be taught in the schools
which aim to make good citizens of
you.
If your Arbor Day exercises help you
to realize what benefits each one of
you receive from the forest, and how
by your assistance these benefits may
continue, they will serve a good end.
. “(Signed)
“HEODORE ROOSEVELT."
Handle! But How?
From the Nashville Herald:
It looks now nn if (lie next Georgia
Legislature will have some great prob
lems to handle.'.
What Caus-s Frcezc-Outs.
From the Southeast Georgian:
It Is perhaps the water In stocks that
make it so easy to freeze out the small
Investors.
Another G. O. P. Fund?
From the Millcn News::
Mr. Harriman announces that he Is
going to "give more attention to the dear
public." Hands on your pockets.
All Right.
From the Darien Gazette:
The next State Democratic conven
tion should instruct Its national delegates
to vote for a Georgian for President. Lets
“git right." hoys.
One Gocd Purpose.
From tl.e Columbus Enquirer-Sun:
T' o National Democracy serves too val-
uabl- a purpose ln keening dominant
F.i'v iMleantsm In check to disband even
t'-mpora rtly.
» Anuther Downfall.
P From the Ar.-.erlcus Tlmcs-Rneordcr:
"The so’i 'ir.gical Investigation” racket
has reased to work. \ clergyman caught
n tn the rioln district of New York
nns ben unfrocked. It ia best in this
wei!,i to avoid the appearance of evil.
Lee’s Men.
To the Editor of The Telegraph: In
your historical editor's excellent "Caught
on the Wing.” in your issue of Monday.
8th. in relating the capitulation of the
remnant of Lee's elastic army. Just forty-
two years from that date (April 8). he
quotes from Casscnore G. Lee. figures re
lating to the relative forces at the sur
render as well as the gross enlistments
of troops In the Confederate and Federal
services during the War Between the
States.
The figures given by General Samuel
Cooper, adjutant and inspector general,
C. S. A. at 600.000. as the Confederate
forces aggregated during that "Late un
pleasantness," has been accepted North
nnd South as practically correct. The
records of the adjutant and inspector
general's office, I believe were lost or
destroyed upon the evacuation of Rich
mond. April 2. 1863. and accurate data is
not therefore obtainable. Mr. C. G. Lee
gives the total of Federal enlistments at
2.778,304. Below I append the.troops fur
nished the Federal Government by
States:
Maino 71.745
New Hampshire 34 605
Vermont 7. 35.240
Massachusetts 152.785
Rhode Island^ 24.711
Connecticut ' 52,270
New York 455.501
New Jersey 79.511
1". S. Regulars^ 14.463
Pennsylvania 366i326
Delaware...., 13.561
Maryland 49.730
West Virginia 3ft 003
District of Columbia... 16.872
Ohio ; 317.133
Indlnna 193 147
Illinois 257.217
Irregulas 3.6OO
Michigan 90.119
Wisconsin -. 90.IIS
Minnesota.. 25 024
Iowa -75>6ft
Missouri 108 77S
Kentucky 7s!540
bansa.s 20.067
Negroes 186,017
... s . j. ___ Reports from the pear orchards in-
an eight-hour work day out of the way. j influence of that public opinion will bo hilnVnie , pe £ rs
the irritating question would be settled j a powerful factor in the restoring of j ^op will not amoum to one-tenth
for a generation or two.”
Sahara Growing Dryer.
C. F. Gautier, a French explorer, is
authority for the statement that the
Sahara is continuously becoming drier
to such an extent that the oases are
perceptibly drying up and will disap
pear altogether in a relatively short
time. He quotes historical records and
physical signs to show that springs
were at one time much more plentiful
than now. and that the extent of the
patches where vegetation flourishes
were much greater even 50 to 100
years ago.
As the climate of the region had un
dergone no change in perhaps thou
sands of years, he 'believes that the
disappearance of the water must be
due to purely mechanical causes. He
considers that it is due to the contin
ual advance of the great sand masses
to the north, thus forming an imper
meable barrier against the watershed
of the Atlas mountains.
righteousness. These great , , .... „ _. . .,
tions should say to a man ‘you did not 1 what it usually is. This is a bi|
make your money honestly: we will ! loss to pear growers, as the crop has
not share the odium with you."" P? e e n <l uite Profitable during the past
A reception was tendered Mr. Bryan j * ew years,
after his address tonight, after which
Bishop Northrop, under whose episco
pate the cathedral has been built.
The building is of the purest Gothic
type, built of brown stone and cost
5290,000. It was free from debt.
BISHOP H. M. TURNER
MADE BITTER ATTACK
Fill *80 G*.M
corn BY COLD
From reports received at this offico
yesterday it is thought the peach crop
has been practically lost in some lo
calities, due to the cold weather dur
ing the last few days and nights. Gar
den truck was seriously damaged.
Farmers report that corn just up was
killed. In many cases cotton seed Will
have to be replanted, as the germs in
all that had been planted have been
killed by the freeze.
The “oldest inhabitants" declared
that the fruit crop is blasted and early
corn and vegetables destroyed. Ice has
been seen in several localities. Snow
fell in the peaeii belt in North Geor
gia, and repons from that section In
dicate that the fruit crop was killed.
THE SHINING ROAD.
he left for New York to attend the
peace congress.
Turn the Sword
Info Ploughshare
JAMES H. ECKELS
DIES WHILE SLEEPING
"rt Is Postponed.
Mv that Harry Thaw will run
nd others that he will go
i«e. Now what has Congress or
done to merit such punishment?
The Tramcs" Terror.
• Elberton Star:
•on notic'd that since the
t labor in the Smith has hc-
nronmmoert, the tramps have
4 greatly in number. Mvidentlv
if thry ask for bread
l
Pronunciation
Er gland.
1 North Devon
nil V •if.tr.iis-
iave heard pro-
Very Ukely,
there nnd prn-
ild be reproved
Ci relic
we w<
■r. Passing thr<
d to us at
h that town
d for caii-
other hand.
: and draw-
was marked
we found
!>ie because
Hnzebro.”
ing it "CicYster." On the
when wand, ring in Xorfol
ing nigh to : place which
on the may "Happisburg?
ourselves quite unintellig
we did rot pronounce :t
Even in English the di
tween sigh: a:.d wm-.i is confined t
a small minority of words, ihougd -err.
people seem to be of the same opinio
as a young Hanoverian lady of ou
acquaintance, who naively remarked
“You English do pronoun. •* s' strange
ly, There is your great author: yo:
sr-'a him Dickens, and you pronou'nc'
him 'Boz. - ”
X ota1 2.S59.134
Few writers on the great war of the
early sixties, in computing the relative
forces and resources, take into consid
eration that tremendous factor, the Fed
eral navy. Their comments nearly al
ways cover the land forces. Certainly the
1.06ft war vessels. SO of which were for-
madable irnn-clads. with their comple
ment of men 128.644. deserve no small
consideration In figuring out results.
Against tills great aggregation of shins
and men. the Confederacy had compara
tively nothing. Not exceeding a half
dozen armed ships scouring the seas and
destroying or eanturing the merchant
marine of the United States, constituted
the services of Its navy, unless we except
the few imperfect efforts at iron-clad
coast defense boats.
From competent sources. I find figures
that do not tally with Mr. Lee’s \t
Dlianeelloravllle. ho places the Army "of
Northern Virginia at 57.212. Fitz Lee in
his admirable life of ;is great uncles
sifts the facts dawn to i3.303. Casscnore
G. puts Hawkins' art) y at 131.661- Fitz
raises his figures to -|S3.7ft8. Cassenore
G. makes Lee's armv <3.7ST at the open-
Ine of "The Will Jrness" campaign.
S v. in ton. the Potoma army's historian
should certainly be con-adored good au
thority and would give Gen. Lee even-
available man. His figures are 32.62$ o’f
nil arms. Casscnore G. puts the Federal
force ]n the same campaign at 141 16ft
Grant, through Secretary Stanton, ren'ort-
ed to tile first scs = !nn of the Thirty-Ninth
Congress, his army at 149 164. 'Of the
8ft.8o5 gir'n Gen. i.oe in the memorable
.''even Days, a friction over 11 noo were
rn •'southeastern Virginia, and eastern
North Carolina. Therefore not to bo
;aken in the computation of the attack
ing force and makes his troops present for
duty. less than 70.000 in those battles
Col. Walter Taylor (excellent authority)
f"C n - L™? adjutant general, analyzing
•»« available records, raises Casscnore G.
“ ",a- i\V r . f ' s frc: " 95.000 at Gettysburg
to 105.000 In round numbers There are
some few other differences in the tables
■-■•V. n in the article of the Sth. but not
ntcessap , “ r '’ 10 make contention.
i <to however, desire to stress the fact,
the Immense Federal navy was a most
irr.pernt factor in tit- overthrow of the
ron.'tie racy. Its co-oprntion with land
- seated and capture I our valuable
" r!s - on< * aft * r another, until the
as completely ijoiatefi nnd
Itside aid. Its work on Jfco
split the Confederacy la
co-operation, so'that
in dctermlng re-
compu-
CHICAGO. April 14.—James H.
Eckels, president of the Commercial
National Bank, and formerly Comp
troller of the Currency, died at his
home today of heart disease. The
death of Mr. Eckels occurred
ently while he was.asleep.
The fact that he was dead was dis
covered by Frank Evans a butler, who
entered his room to answer a tele
phone ring that had continued for
some time. Evans found Mr. Eckels
apparently asleep. The butler called
to him and, getting no response,
sought to arouse the banker only to
find that the former comptroller was
dead. Members of the household
were summoned and Dr. Frank S.
Churchill was called.
Dr. Churchill arrived within a short
time and said that Mr. Eckels had been
dead for several hours.
Wife and Daughter in Paris.
Mrs. Eckels and her daughter,
Phoebe, 18 years old. are in Paris
where the latter iff attending school.
They have been abroad since last fall
and planned to return to Chicago with
in a few weeks. They were at once
communicated with by cable. It is
understood that they will sail from
France for New York tomorrow.
The death of Mr. Eckels came on
the eve of a breakfast party which he
had planned for a number of friends
and relatives. Judge K. M. Landis,
of the Federal district court: Mrs.
Landis. Mr. and Mrs. B. M. Gary, of
New York: Geo. M. Eckels a brother,
and his wife and others were to have
been guests. James A. Eckels, of
Princeton. Ills., father of James H.
Eckels, died recently.
On the day of the death of the older
Eckels the son was a host of former
NEW YORK. April 14.—A choral ser
vice, a fitting'prelude to the first Na
tional arbitration arid peace congress
which is to be operied tomorrow, was
held at Carnegie hall tonight. The
public had been invited and responded
so generally that it was necessary to
call upon the police reserves to hold
in line the thousands that flocked the
nearby streets. Probably 5,000 persons
found admittance, while thousands
were unable to get within the hall.
Andrew Carnegie was to have presid
ed. but was delayed in returning from
Pittsburg and contented himself with
a place in a box. Bi,shop Henry C.
Potter presided.
Around the back and sides of the
stage on which were The speakers ajtd
appar- I the three hundred members of the Ora
torio Society, was draped a great white
curtain on which were gofden stars.
Along it were grouped American ban
ners, flags and emblems with the words
“Peace for all nations,” in electric
bulbs.
After selections by the Oratorio So
ciety the great audience arose and sang
the hymn "God of Our Fathers." ' It
had been expected that a peace mes
sage from President'.Roosevelt would
he read tonight but no. mention of the
message was made. V
Archbishop John M. Farley who was
to have been one of the speakers was
detained in Washington and his pre
pared address was read by Manager
J. M. J. Lavelle, of St. Patrick’s Cathe
dral.
Read Archbishop Farley’s Address.
Archbishop Farley said that he was
not prepared to say that war could ever
bo removed from society, but that much
might be done to mitigate its horrors
and lessen its frequency. Efforts for
universal, pease, he declared, would ac
complish only imperfect results until
the moral power and authority or or
ganized religion were openly recogniz
ed. He spoke of what he called “A
famous tribunal of peace"—the holy
see at Rome, and expressed his belief
that if the holy see were admitted to
The Hague, American Catholics would
look with more interest on the efforts
for the abolition of war.
The archbishop said no horror,
moral or rriaterial. was lacking to war.
and added: “Its benefits, if any, are
PERRY, Ga„ April 14.—The fruit in
this immediate vicinity is badly hurt.
Some think the damage slight, while
others think a large per cent has been
killed. The wind is high and the tem
perature is quite cool for April.
ALBANY. Ga„ April 14.—Crops in
this section are practically ruined as a
result of the present cold weather.
Many of the best farmers say that re
planting is necessary. Seed for thl3
purpose will be hard to obtain.
BIRMINGHAM. Ala., April 14.—Heavy
frost was general throughout north Ala
bama this morning Reports from Hunts
ville say there was ice and all vegetables,
early strawberries and much of tlie fruit
was killed. The thermometer registered
27 in Decatur and all grapes were killed
In that section. In Birmingham the frost
was as heavy as ever seen here in mid
winter.
WILMINGTON. April 14.—It is believed
that great damage has been done to
strawberries and vegetables in the Wil
mington trucking belt, by the continued
cold of the past two night. Today the
minimum temperature was but four de
grees above freezing and even more
severe weather is predicted by the weath- i Polk, when President
5.1 s introduction by Hon. Abraham H
ATLANTA, April 14.—At the second
mass meeting held this afternoon to
bring about a better understanding be
tween the races, the principal address
was made by Bishop H. M. Turner, of
the A. M. E. Church. Bishop Turner
made a bitter attack on the courts and
the Legislature, declaring negroes
have been discriminated against. He
paid his respects to the nation, the
Supreme Court., the President and
Senator Tillman, ending with words of
praise for former Gov. Northern
‘There has been enough innocent
negro blood spilled,” he shouted, “to
drown Congress, the Supreme Court
and the President.” The meeting was
attended by both races, the negroes
being largely in the majority.
Henry Clay, Alexander Stephens, Wal
ter T. Colquitt-Forsyth Debate of
1844.
By J. C.
Sitting by the fire this winter day
in April in the law office of Cabanis's
& Willingham, conversation drifted to
Henry Clay and the article in Satur
day’s Telegraph by Jno. T. Boifeuillet
on the birthday of Clay and his visit
to Macon in 1844—when he was a
Whig candidate against James K.
Polk.
This brought forth from Col. Tom
■Cabaniss many reminiscences of ante
bellum days, and he told us of the visit
of Clay to Forsyth during that same
campaign.
And he further told of the great de
bate that took place in the famous
grove where Col. Cabaniss now lives.
This “Cabaniss Grove" bears the same
relation to Forsyth that the Andrews
grove does to Washington Ga.
“In those days,” said Col. Cabaniss,
"it was all day speaking. A Demo
crat would speak for an hour, then the
Whig opponent would follow, and so
on all day long."
Mr. Boifeuijlet mentioned the visit of
to Macon and
Come, sweetheart, let us ride away be
yond the city's bound.
And seek what pleasant lands across the
distant hills are found.
Thcre is a golden light that shines be
yond the- verse of down, ■
And there are happy highways loading
on and always on;
So, sweetheart, let us mount and rido
with never a backward glance.
To find the pleasant shelter of the Valley
of Romance.
Before us. down the golden road, floats
dust from charging steeds.
Whore two adventurous companies clash
loud in mighty deeds:
And from the tower that stands alert
like some tall, beckoning pine.
E’en now. my heart. I see afar the lights
of welcome shine!
Eo loose the rein and cheer the steed and
let us race away
To seek the lands that he beyond the
Borders of To-day.
Draw rein and rest a moment here tn this
cool vale of peace;
The race half won; the goal half won.
half won tho sure release:
To right and left are flowery fields, and
brooks go singing down
To mock the sober folk who still are
prisoned in tho town.
Now to the trail again, dear heart: my
arm and blade are true.
And on some plain ere night descend I'll
break a lance for you!
O sweetheart. It is good to'flnd the path
way shining clear!
The road is broau. the hope Is sure, and
you are near and dear!
So loose the rein nnd cheer the steed and
let us race away
To seek tile lands that lie bevond tho
Borders of To-day.
Oh. we shall hear at last, my heart, a
cheering welcome cried
As o'er a clattering drawbridge through
the Gate of Drp.iras we ride!
DEATH MRS. NANCY VINSON-
YESTERDAY AT WELLSTON
News was received in Macon yes
terday of the death of Mrs. Nancy- M
Vinson, wife of Z. T. Vinson, at We’’s-
ton, Ga. Mrs. Vinson was sixty-seven
years of age and leaves many relatives
besides her husband. She ’had been
in declining health for some months
past and the end was expected.
The funeral and Interment will- take
place this morning at 10 o’clock at tho
family burying ground near Wel's-
ton.
frost which bright prove disastrous to
many crops. Snow is reported within
forty'miles of Wilmington.
SOUTH LOSES $500,000,000
IN ONE CROP ALONE.
Chappell.
The all day debate of which Col.
Cabaniss told was during that same
Clay and Polk carripaign. It was in
1844. Alexander H. Stephens was
here—the little giant—for Clay and
opposing annexation of Texas. It was
a great occasion. The whole country
was here. Henry Clay was a great
popular favorite, and the "famous
with Whigs and
CHATTANOOGA. Tfnn.. April 14.—
The Tradesman will say in Its issue o'
April 15. that it gave a statement taken
from official figures showing that the
South was losing annually the sum of . _
$500,000,000 on one crop alone, that of ! grove” was filled
corn, from what it should receive if the I Democrats
production of that crop was brought up to ! The debate was nnon „j v,. n
the yield produced in certain Northern a ® Da J® ”P^" ed by p 1 ™-
States, but that there was an equal loss | Samuel Strong, a bright young law-
from other standard crops as the follow- ! ver, 'but Mr. Stephens, though young
ine figures illnstra'e: I himself, soon knocked him out. Then
Preduction^of^rops named in the Uni- j came Hon. A. H. Chappell, a distin
guished lawyer. But he was not such
;232 647 ! a & reat stump speaker, and Stephens
ted States in 1906:
Hay $598,520,671
Tobacco ......
Irish Potatoes 157,547.392
Oats 306.292.97S
Wheat 490.332.760
Barley 74,235.997
Total $1,689 1S2.445
Production of same crops in the South
in 1906:
Hay $63,533,815
Tobacco 38.119.583
Oats 33,788.635
Wheat 53.l6D.037
Barley normal
Irish Potatoes 16.413.920
President Grover Cleveland. Tho I indirect and uncertain: its evils are
former President and Mr. Eckels were ! Immediate. Inevitable and universal—
at breakfast when news of the fath
er's death was received at the Eckel’s
residence. Mr. Eckels was kept In
Ignorance of the fact for several hours
until Mr. Cleveland had left the city.
Brother Was Ringing Him Up.
It developed that the person who
was trying to communicate with Mr.
Eckels over the telephone—the ring
ing of which led to the discovery of
the death, was Geo. M. Eckels, a
brother. Half an hour later the broth
er was called to his own telephone and
infored of the death.
A post-mortem examination was
held and a .statement was issued
vitiation of human character, waste of
life and gain arrest of human
progress, injustice to the helpless and
innocent, popular and permanent lega
cies of hate, and all the fiercest and
most ruinous passions of the human
breast. Its genuine symbol is the
storm that blots out in a brief space
the harvest, the home, even life itself,
leaving behind It desolation, despair
and death.”
Sword Turned Into Ploughshare.
Rabbi Emil G. Hlrsch. of Sinai con
gregation. Chicago, speaking on "The
Advent of the Plough.” said:
"By a costly and circuitous route the
Total $205,025,012
Giving the South its just nrODOrtion of
the above crons we find it Is half a billion
dollars more than what was aetuallv pro
duced as shown above, which added to
the amount of loss on corn cron makes
a round billion , of dollars as the annual
loss to the South on these crons from
what it should be on the basis of a com
mon average with the re3t of the countrv.
This may be taken as the South’s plea for
agricultural Immigrants and agricultural
cdeuatlon.
FRANK COLLEY SLASHED
CARROLL CABANISS WITH KNIFE
cut
and d^str
ower and
rthv
v is d iso
mer. the fact
Cats on the Pav Roll.
Fr-m the Washington Post.
The r.uciid avenue (Cleveland, 0..1
nation cat of the Pennsylvania Rail
road is to receive official recognition
on the pay roll. He will receive a
monthly appropriation large enough to
pay for hts mi’Ik. and perhaps a lunch
of fi.-a now and then Then, if he
doesn’t keep the rats out of the hag-
gag' room, he will be discharged and
another eat will be employed to do the
rat catching about the station.
President MeCrea has issued the or
der. 1; is genera!, and requires that a
cat be maintained at every passenger
station in the system. F.ats tear bag
gage in traru't. and the eats are to I
this damage. 1
f'r four ream has or
an,! ’ti the light of i
! be Southern people t
iving the cause of death as organic j sword has been turned into a plough
heart disease. The funeral will be share, even as it is now. If it is true
held Tuesday afternoon at the Fourth j that every war was in the last analysis
Presbyterian Church. Rev. Wm. R. inspired by fear of hunger and not by
Notman will deliver the oration. Tho ! dynastic ambition or national antipa-
body will be placed in a vault until : thies. the nthe larger the number of
the return of Mrs. Eckels and daugh- ; ploughs the less the need of war. In
ter when a private funeral will be ! tensify the productive methods which
held. | coax from earth the blessings stored
Mr. Eckels was a stockholder and , therein and hungers dominion corre-
was prominent in the management of : spondinglv shrinks. None need starve
several concerns, among them being , if all work together to prevent fam-
the Hewitt Manufacturing Company. ' ines capricious and iniquitous intru-
the Union Traction Company, the \ sie.n."
Featherstone Foundry and Machine
Company, the Chicago Real Estate
Trustees Association the Allis-Chalm-
ers Company, the American and Brit
ish Securities Company, the Bankers'
Trust, of New York, and the First
National Bank of Baltimore. He was ;
a member of tho.leading clubs of Chi
cago and of various clubs in the East, i
Burial of Rev. D. F. Riley.
PERRY. April 14.—The body of Rev.
>. K. Riley, who died at his home in
PEOPt K MADE HOMELESS
BY —
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church, the
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cause is unkno
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Pres!
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nr of a gr
and P:,
The
eery =tore
I Atlanta Friday, was brought to Perry
yesterday morning and interrpd in the '
famliv burial srround in Kvergreon
CITY
| cemetery. Mr. Rilev was born and
1.—Be-
i reared near Perry. He leaves besid s
e wore
. his wife seven children one brother
a fire
■ and one sister and a largo number of
t A ’- g ».
i relatives.
i 1
Covington Jury Disagreed
.'terian ]
LITTLE ROCK April 14— After
ee and
being out for 36. hours the jury in the
:r :
case of former Senator Covington.
r:r.!na!
charged with accenting t bribe, re- :
r rt'H i disagreement and was JN-
siarr- :
ch-riT'd. Coving-t^n was a former y
e. IL« ’■
president of the stale senate and the ,
Bishop Potter spoke briefly. “Let us
thank God ” he said, “for the Hague
congress, and that -an American has
built the building in which it is to
meet and may it hasten the triumph
of universal peace.’’
The audience frequently and vigor
ously applauded the speaker.
During the day there were several
peace gatherings and many clergymen
made them the topic of their morning
sermons. Tomorrow at 3 o'clock the
first deliberative session of the peace
congress proper wilt be held.
ATHENS, Ga., April 14.—Last night
about midnight Carroll Cabaniss, of
Atlanta, a student tn the University
of Georgia and assistant business man
ager of the Georgia baseball team, was
badly cut by Frank Colley, a citizen of
Athens, in an altercation that occurred
on College avenue in front of the Hana
wa cafe.
The two young mun had never seen
each other before and became involved
in a war of words that originated over
some jesting remark from Cabaniss to
Colley. Colley claims that Cabaniss
struck the first blow. The injur
ed man has a gash four Inches long on
his neck and another gash across his
face and nose. The injuries are not
dangerous, but will likely disfigure
Cabaniss for life. Colley is in jail
anvaiting developments in the case.
TRAGEDY ENACTED IN
heart of Valdosta
. trial ha« attracted wide attention.
SHOT AT SWEETHEART
THEN KILLED HER BROTHER.
PHILADELPHIA Pa.. April 14.—Alfred
Ravelin, m'—* 23 roars, was she* ""1
nstantlv killed at his home her- tonight
ly Joseph Dalrego. ills sister'.) fianc"
Dalrego had secured a license for the
rlnge of himself and Mi=s Ravello.
who is about IS years old. il“ went tn
hnu- ■ tonight and tried to induce her
agree to have an early wedding. .A I -
ii Ravello said hi* sister weul not
rry. ’ r-'-’o drew a revolve- prd
• ! three sh •:« .a- M'ss PsveRo The
let- wen - wild, on I the g*rt Her
the., tried to g-anpio with TVriregn ant!
! shot tbrought the h<*rt. Dtie-go r. •
captured.
VALDOSTA Ga., April 14.—There
was a tragedy in the heart of the bu
iness section last nighL a drayman
named Horace Green shooting another
drayman named Keat Williams to
death. The negroes were both well
known in the city. They met in a pool
room and began to quarrel, when Wi
liams applied a vile epithet to the
other negro, who drew his gun and
began firing. Three shots were fired,
all of them taking effect. Williams
backed out in the street and dropped
on the pavement. A large crowd
gathered about hitri and he was later
taken to his home. The shooting caus
ed a great deal of excitement on the
streets. The man who did the shoot
ing was arrested by Officer Jacobs and
landed in prison.
New World’s Swimming Record.
I SYDNEY. N. S. W.. April 14.—Dan
j-.RiHington. a professional swimmer, to-
| day swam three-quarters of a mile
j in 17 minutes. 36 2-5 seconds, thereby
j creating a new world's record.
got the better of him, and the Demo
crats were defeated.
But in drove Walter T. Colquitt, in
time for the barbecue, after dinner,
and the Democrats were elated on his
arrival. Their great champion, the old
war horse of Democracy, was hete to
save the day and confound this boy
orator that had stolen the crowd from
Strong and Chappell.
Col. Tom Cabaniss, then a boy, was
one of the audience. He was inclined
to Democracy, though his distin
guished father, Elbridge Guerry Caba
niss, was a prominent Whig. He re
calls that occasion and its incidents
as if but yesterday, and he thrills one
in relating his recollections of that
eventful day in the history of Forsyth.
Col. Cabaniss says many ladies were
present to hear the orators and enjoy
the debate.
"And,” says Col. Cabainss. “Flem
Jordon, of Monticello gave The Tele
graph the right version of ‘who swal
lowed the whale.’ I remember well
how Walter T. Colquitt looked and
appeared on the stump that day. I
remember how he turned, as if in con
tempt of 'Little Aleck,’ and said: ‘Hi,
this youngling, comes here to tell us
our duty and how we should vote.
* * * Why, if he would grease his
head and ears I could swallow him
whole.’
“Then.” Col. Cabaniss says, "that
clear, incisive voice rang out: ‘If you
did you would have more brains in
your belly than in your head.’ ”
Col. Cabaniss remembers it well, and
says he will never forget the impres
sion the quick retort made on him.
Walter Colquitt had to leave and
fill appointment that night in Macon
driving through in his carriage. Mr.
Stephens knew of this—that Colquitt
had to go. But when time came for
Stephens to wind up the speaking and
follow' Colquitt he looked around dur
ing his speech and asked: “Where Is
Colquitt? Js he afraid to hear me?
-\h, yes, I know now. he has ‘sloped
to Texas.’ ” The Whig crowd enjoy
ed this thrust for Stephens and Clay
opposed the annexation of Texas.
And it was this opposition to an
nexation of Texas that defeated tho
great orator, Henry Clay.
Cedar V/cod For Lead Pencils.
Bulletin Agricultural Department.
The lead pencil Is one of the most
common articles in everyday use. and
nearly 320.000,000 pencils are manufa -
tured in this country every year. To
manufacture these millions of pencils
there are required 110.000 tons, >'r
“,300,000 cubic feet, of wood, so that
each day in the year 300 tons, or 20.060
cubic feet, of wood are used for pen
cils. Since practically ail of the wood
is red cedar, and since the pencil In
dustry is steadily growing, the supply
of red cedar is greatly depleted: vet ’o
substitute has been found for it. .Leav
ing out of consideration the imported
pencils, the average educated American f
over 10 years of age uses six pencils
of home manufacture each year. Ten
years ago he used less than five.’
Coot of London Poor Reiisf.
From the London Daily Telegraph. .
The expenditure on poor relief in
London is now four millions sterling a
year. During the year ended March
1904 the sums expended by the
boards of guardians In London (exclu
sive of expediture out of loans!
amounted to more than £4.500 000 of
which nearly £3.000,000 was derived
from the rates.
The cost of maintenance of indcoi
paupers in London per head of tho
population was in 1906, according to
the latest official returns, more than
three, times the cost per head through
out the rest of England and Wales.
T ^ B 1 nz 'Y3 e Eus ,n th « American Desert.
1 he benzine bus has done for the desert
what the steamship did for ocean travel
It has concentrated widelv scattered min-
ln R centers that were formerly vague
, olr) one another because of
the difficulties, hardships and perils of
travel by stage and burro over tho ruge-od
sand wastes, through boulder-clogged ra
vines. and over platter-fiat dry lakes,
from which the summer sun seems re
flected in shimmering waves of flame and
w-hite heat. What was only a few years
ago a day’s Journey remarks Barton TT
Currle, writing in Harper's Weekly
about the gasoline, camel.” ) s now only
an hour's skim, r Yes. and thene are hun
dreds of miles of automobile speedways.
Why Seme of the Girls Wed.
Some man with a masculine passion for
statistics, says the Washington Times
submits the following tabulated reasons
why women marry. He is a modest little
man. Most men think they know whv
women marry. However, let us be quite
serious. Our statistician gathered from
his inquiries addressed to about 95 girls
these results:
Five wished to marrv in order that they
might go out unchaperoned.
Ten because they would then ba a* »
to amuse themselves.
Five because their husbands would on- -
able them to travel.
Seven so that they would own their
own homes.
Not one of the girls suggested love as
a motive for matrimony. Either the little
god had not yet landed his arrow or they
were ashamed to admit the fact
Oh! these ubiquitous explanations that
do not explain.
Death of Prof. James Adison Guar!.
LEXINGTON. Va., April 14.—James
Addison Quarl, D. D. L. L. D.. for the
past twenty-one years professor of
moral philosophy at Washington and
Lee University, died here today. He
was seventy years - old and a native
of Boonville. Mo., to which place his
Women Who Will Gamble.
The most difficult thing to keep In
check both in Singapore and Penang
is gambling among Slraits-born wo
men of all classes from the highest
downward. Frequent complaints are
received from husbands whose wives
have lost heavily, and it is known that
there are five loteries opening more
or less daily in Singapore which are al
most exclusively supported bv “nonia» ”
Education may possibly do something
to stop this vice among the Strait'.--
born ladies, but it must be confessed
that its effect in that direction on their
husbands and brothers is but small.—
South China Post.
PEARY WILL TRY FOR
THE NORTH POLE AGAIN
PORTLAND. Maine. April 14.—Com
mander R-Oert E. Poa.rv, who has an-
body was sent after services today. He nounced his intention of starting from
was a noted educator and writer, had New York on July I for another vo.v-
filled pastorates in Missouri, and was age to the far north in another attempt
for ten years president of Elizabeth to reach the pole. left for New York
Aull Female Seminary at Lexington.: tonight, passing two days at his sum-
Mo. ; mer home on Eagle Island. Ca'co Bay.
He was accompanied by Mrs. Peary.
Will Lecture at University.
ATHENS, Ga.. April 14.—Prof. A. T.
Ormond, in the department of phil
osophy in Princeton University will
lecture at the university chapel Tues
day night on “The Present Tenden-
E. F. Bishop Recovers Damages.
ATHENS. Ga. April 14— In the Su
perior Court yesterday E. F. Bishop
was awarded $1,154 damages agairst
. _ tho Seaboard Air Line Railway Com-
cies of American Thought " P.cof, Or- '• t.anv for injuries received in an aoci-
fnond comes nn the invitation of Prof, j dent that occurred at the coal chute
Woofter, .of the University of J in this city recently.-* The case will
Georgia. I bo appealed to the Supreme Court.