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The Bulloch Herald.
OFFICIAL ORGAN OF THE COUNTY.
ONE DOLLAR PER YEAR.
PUBLISHED THURSDAYS.
Entered at the postoffice at States¬
boro, Ga., as aecond-claa# mail matter.
Statesboro, Ga., April 18, 1900.
Is there any warning to the United
States in the declaration of Arnold
White that it is the vices of “smart
society” that have sapped the power of
Great Britain?
Superintendent of Schools Frye hat
reported to Governor-General Wood
that 1878 primary schools have been
opened in the island of Cuba and that
100,000 children are in attendance.
The opening of the schools has done
much to bring about a better feeling
towards the Americans throughout
the island.___
One of the contributors to a recent
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medical publication describes an in¬
teresting case which be reports, “be¬
cause it suggested a hew operation—
he paticocholec ystostocholes ys tenter
ostomy, or hepaticockolesystostenter
ostomy.” But how they could ever
get that name into an operating room
is what most persona would like to
know'.
Certain German schools have an
annex in which girls are taught house¬
keeping. They are gathered in fami¬
lies of from six to ten, under the caio
of a teacher, and all the work of the
house is done by the inmates. At
ntated times receptions are held, to
which the pupils may invite their
friends, and they alone are responsi¬
ble for the entertaiumeufc provided.
It is said that these “housekeeping
schools” have proved remarkably suc¬
cessful among the home-loving Ger¬
mans.
A writer in a French review has
made a care r ul analysis of the wages
of women in various countries. He
says that in the United State 1 a wom¬
an will earn about half as much as a
man for doing the same work, and in
England rather less. In Vienna the
average earnings of a woman are from
$1.20 to $1.69 a week, In Italy she
gets about a third as much as a man.
In Germany her earnings average
$1.40 a week, while in France sho is
paid somewhat move than half a man’s
wages.
_
While the man who invented eivili
zation doubtless imagined that he was
conferring an uumixed blessing upon
a dreary world, something happens
every now and then to prove that he
was badly mistaken. Generally speak¬
ing, his invention has been a pretty
good thing. The cooking is decided¬
ly better than it was under tho old
order; the styles of dress are distinct¬
ly improved; manners and morals are
gentler and purer; social conditions
are somewhat more orderly, and man
kind as a whole is infinitely better off
than it was before the civilizing pro
cesser , opeiata. .
egan o
The prison-reform system of Indi¬
ana has b^en in operation only a few
years, but this comparatively brief ex¬
perience “has proven its high eco¬
nomic value, as well as its great moral
beneficence,” the Indianapolis Press
■ays. Some hundreds of paroled
prisoners iu Indiana are leading the
lives of good citizens. Under the sys¬
tem, the sentence of the criminal is
iudeterminate. When, iu the opinion
of the state board of pardons, he is
fit to make the effort to live outside
the walls, he is given his freedom on
parole. When he is freed on parole—
and, if he can be reformed at all, he
seldom stays more than two years—
he usually has more than $55 of earn
iugs, and often he has a much larger
sum. An agent of the state has al
ready procured for him a place iu a
factory or on a farm. His employer
is the only one that knows his ante¬
cedents, unless he chooses to tell
them himself. He and his employer /
make , written ... reports . „ to the , prison
monthly, and agents of the state verify
these reports as to conduct. When
the man has fully demonstrated hi*
ability and inclination to live an up
riclit life, full pardon is granted him,
Tillman Asks For Mining Schools.
Senator Tillman, from the commit¬
tee on mines and mining, reported a
bill providing for schools of mining in
the public land states.
OEORGIA NEWS ITEMS
Brief Summary of Interesting
Happenings Culled at Random.
A Splendid Showing.
The report of the prison commission
of Georgia from the leasing of convicts
for the first quarter of the present year
has been made to Comptroller General
Wright by Judge J. S. Turner, chair¬
man of the commission.
The amount due the state for th*
hira of the convicts under the new sys¬
tem for the quarter is $50,277.40. This
splendid showing is very gratifying to
those who have advocated the new sys¬
tem by which the Btate cares to all its
convicts and nothing is left to the
lessees to do but to point out the work
which is to be done by the convicts.
This plan gives the state an oppor¬
tunity to care for its own prisoners,
and see that the treatment, which has
been complained of so often, is con¬
siderate, and that the convicts are well
clothed and fed, and receive all medi¬
cal attention necessary to keep them
in the best cf health.
The report of the last quarter is $150
in excess of the report of the last quar¬
ter of 1899, and $600 in excess of the
quarter which ended in October, 1899.
On April first the plan of leasing
the convicts under the care of the
state closed the first year of the ex¬
periment, and during the twelve
months it has been in operation it has
been eminently successful.
The income to the state from the
convic4»~for the year has been about
$200,398.13, besides $5,000 net in¬
come received from the prison farm at
Milledgeville.
Of this amount $150,000 was appro¬
priated for the expenses of maintain¬
ing the convicts, necessary guards and
officials to manage them. The entire
amount will not be needed, however,
for the expenses, and the income un¬
der the new'system will net the state
about $85,000 the first year, which is
expected to be the most expensive as
Hie new system was largely an experi¬
ment.
Under the old system the state net¬
ted between $10,000 and $12,000.
Twenty Years For Bill Clark.
Bill Clark, colored, tried at Irwin
ville the past week for assaulting Mrs.
Sarah Baker on the night of March
sixth, was convicted and sentenced to
twenty years in the penitentiary.
Harmony In Bt-unawick.
The Good Government Club faction
in Brunswick politics met at the court
house last Saturday and decided to ac¬
cept the report of the special commit¬
tee appointed to confer with the ring
faction and go into a white primary.
This action refers to all officers, both
state and county, and all Democrats
will abide by the nominations. • The
meeting decided to separate the white
primary for state house officers for
that of county offices and will leave
date when county offices are to be
voted on to be fixed at a later confer¬
ence between the two special commit¬
tees from the two local factions. The
state house officers will be voted for in
the primary of May 15th, as prescribed
by the state committee. The situation
has been relieved locally by the action
of the Good Government Club faction.
a Juror For Sale,
At Atlanta, the past week, D. S.
Looney and W. M. Bradley were
forged with offering to fix a juror in
the Mattie Adams will case, and were
ordered to show cause before Judge J.
H. Lumpkin why they should not be
attached for contempt.
Attorneys R. J. Jordan and Reuben
Arnold, representing different sides in
the will case, went before Judge Lump¬
kin and preferred charges against the
two men.
Looney was until recently a member
of the city detective department, atM is
now running a private detective agen¬
cy. Bradley has for a number of years
been a justice court bailiff, and until a
few days ago was connected with
Judge Bateman’s court.
Meeting of Fruit Grower*.
She North Georgia Fruit Growers’
Institute, held iu Adairsville last
week, has passed into history. The
session was one of the most profitable
that they have ever held. The at
tendance was larger and the disous
B * ou g® n ® ra l
The P ro & ram ' °' vin g to T a «°™
reasons,-was not carried out t in full:
Governor Candler, Hon. J. W. Harris,
Hon. W. G. Cooper and others that
were expected could not be present,
much to the disappointment of the en
t ‘ r pe °V. ie ’
m, The discussions . were general , and ,
the interest intense. The institute
was declared to be one of the best
ever held, and it is regretted that it
was not called to bold a longer period,
New Mills For Macon.
Several new mills will be establish¬
ed in Macon within the next few
months. There have been a number
of capitalists in Macon recently search¬
ing for factory sites, and it is under¬
stood that several big concerns will
locatedhere. Special inducements are
being offerod by the city to manufac¬
turing industries and the outlook for
Macon as an industrial city seams
brighter at present than it has been in
many years.
Four Years For Fostofflce Robbers.
In the United States court at Savan¬
nah Saturday morning Judge Emory
8peer passed sentence on Harry Bel¬
mont and Harry Nelson, who entered
a plea of guilty to robbing the post
office at Ocilla some months ago. He
setenced them to four years in the
penitentiary at Nashville.
In passing sentence the judge said
that professional crooks from the
north make a great mistake in believ¬
ing they can come south, ply their
trade with impunity and escape pun¬
ishment. The people of the south
are easy to get along with when dealt
with honestly, but they are quick to
run down anyone who robs them.
Official Form of Democratic Ballot.
The official form of ballot for the
Democratic primary set for May 15th
has been prepared and announced by
the sub-committee of the state Demo¬
cratic committee, consisting of Vice
Chairman Ed Brown and Hon. Porter
King, of Fulton. The form prepared
for the primary conforms to the usual
arrangement of Democratic primary
elections, except that this year more
than one office will be voted for on the
ticket that were never directly voted
for by the people before, including
judge of the superior court and solic¬
itor.
The ballot prepared by the sub-com¬
mittee gives the precedence of the of¬
fices, state and county, and on the
state ticket where there is no opposi¬
tion to the single candidate for re»
election, the name of the sole candi¬
date has been inserted. The ticket
Bhows opposition among the statehouse
officers only in one instance, that of
prison commissioner for the unexpired
term, the office now filled by Hon.
Thomas Eason of Telfair. Commis¬
sioner Eason has announced for re
election, and is being opposed by C.
C. Thomas of Ware county.
For the office of state treasurer there
is but one candidate at present, Cap¬
tain R. E. Park, of Macon. Treasurer
Speer has signified his intention of
leaving politics for the present, and
therefore, will not be a candidate to
succeed himself.
The majority of the county commit¬
tees over the state that have acted in the
last two weeks have asked to be fur¬
nished the official form the ballot will
take at the primary. Three counties
—Fulton, Bibb and Coweta—have
arrauged their own form of ballot, and
the form announced by the sub-com¬
mittee conforms •ubstantially to these
three. A copy of the official form has
been sent by Vice Chairman Brown to
the secretary of every county commit
ttein the state, in order that the bal*
’ot may be printed at the convenience
of the various committees.
For the first time in the history of
the state the voters will cast their bal¬
lots on May 15th for both judge and
solicitor of the circuit court. The
people of each judicial circuit will
choose their own judge and solicitor,
and tho candidate for each office re¬
ceiving the largest vote in the circuit
will be nominated for the office by tka
Democratic convention in June. Thera
will be no circuit convention for the
nomination of judges and solicitors,
and the returns, after being consoli¬
dated by the chairmen of the different
county committees in the circuit, will
be forwarded direct to the chairman of
the state Democratic committee.
The Feople “Throttled.'’
The Fulton county executive com¬
mittee by an overwhelming majority
decided not to let the voters pass on
the fee system at the May primary.
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Ex-Speaker Little Commissioned.
A commission has been issued from
the office of Assistant Adjutant Gen¬
eral Byrd to Hon. John D. Little,
speaker of the last house of represen¬
tatives, as major of the Third Geor¬
gia regiment. Major Little is one of.
the best known military men in south¬
western Georgia, aud his election to
the office of major recently was agreed
upou with practical unanimity. A
number of commissions for officers in
different parts of the state were issued
by the assistant adjutant general.
New Georgia Po*tma*ter*.
Recent appointment of Georgia post¬
masters are as follows: Annie E. Bar¬
rett at Bab, Henry county; Sylvester
B. Lee at Ewing, Clinch county; Os¬
car P. Bennett at Drew, For¬
syth county; Annie S. Frazer
at Limerick, Liberty county; R.
R. F. Cassels McIntosh county;
James T. Rawlins at Rawlins, Dodge
county; E. N. Sissum at Skeinab,
Fannin county; James A. Smiley at
Smiley, Liberty county, James S.
Frierson at Sofkee, Decatur county.
loe Men liaise Price*.
With the advent of warm weather
comes the announcement that the price
of ice has taken a sudden jump in At¬
lanta. Last year the frozen product
could be bought from any ice ice wagon
on the street for 20 cents for 100
pounds. This year it will take 35
cents to buy 100 pounds from the
wagons if cash is paid, aud 30 cents if
the buyer bolds a ticket from the com¬
pany which controls the wagon.
Last year there was lively competi¬
tion in the ice business in Atlanta,and
every factory was striving for custom
ers. The increase this year is the re¬
sult of an arrangement between the
ice manufacturers of the city.
*« Maddox Bill Pa**ea House.
A Washington dispatch says: The
bill dividing the northern district of
Georgia, establishing a Federal court
at Rome, has passed the house and
gone to the senate committee.
Fill Dispensers Graduated.
Twenty-three young doctors, two of
whom were ladies, graduated from the
Georgia College of Eclectic Medicine
and Surgery at Atlanta the past week.
The commencement exercises which
took place at the Grand opera house
were witnessed by a large and brilliant
audience.
“KILLED BY TAXES.”
Swo flore Building and Loan
Concerns In Atlanta Forced
to Quit Business.
Two more bnilding and loan associ¬
ations with home offices in Atlanta,
Ga., have followed the Southern Home
into the hands of a receiver.
Upon the application of J. F. Bot¬
tom, of Birmingham, Ala., through
his attorneys, Judge Pardee granted a
receivership for the National Railway
Building and Loan Association and
appointed D. B. Stancliff, general sec
retary and manager of the corporation,
receiver. The plaintiff is the owner of
seventy-five shares of stock with a par
value of $100 per share.
The allegations set forth in the pe¬
tition are in the main similar to those
given as making advisable the liquida¬
tion of the affairs of the Southern
Home, and they can be summed up in
one word—overtaxation. The attitude
of the supreme court, declaring un¬
constitutional the tax laws which ex¬
empted such associations from taxa¬
tion, except upon shares on which no
loans had been made and the real es¬
tate which it owned, imposed a bur¬
den, it is claimed, that the National
Railway could no longer stagger under.
The stockholders took fright and in a
very brief period of time 1,500 shares
were withdrawn at a cost to the asso¬
ciation of $500,000. When the re¬
ceivership was granted it is said $40,
000 worth of withdrawals were on file.
The Atlanta National Building and
Loan Association is the other corpora¬
tion that will wind up its affairs under
the supervision of Uncle Sam.
BANK WRECKER DEAD.
Lewis Redwine, Formerly of Atlanta,
Ga., Dies In Louisiana.
News reached Atlanta Tuesday of
the death of Lewis Redwine at Bowie,
La., where he was working for a lum¬
ber company.
The cause of his death was not men¬
tioned, but it is known tnat he bad
been a sufferer from weak lungs for
many years and that not long ago he
wrote to bis father in Atlanta that he
had had several hemorrhages.
He was at one time employed by the
Gate City National Bank. Of that
bank he became teller and afterwards
was made assistant cashier. He was
charged with wrecking the institution
and served a short term in the Ohio
penitentiary.
DRAWDOWN FOR HEXICO.
Secretary of State Pays $ 403,000 to
President Diaz’s Man.
Th8 president Friday sent a message
to congress stating that by his direc¬
tion the secretary of state had turned
over to the Mexican ambassador $403, -
030, the balances of the amount paid
by Mexico in the award to La Abra
Silver Mining Company. By act of
congress the La Abra claims w-ere re¬
ferred to the courts, and under the
decisions recently given the awards
became repayable to Mexico. The
presideat states that it affords him
pleasure to communicate to congress
this act of equity and good faith to¬
ward a friendly republic.
JOURNALS LINING UP.
Big Dailies of New York Showing
Presidential Preferences.
The New York papers are declaring
themselves on the presidential contest
this fall. The lines are being drawn
and it is beleived that within the next
fev.^weeks all the big papers will have
taken one side or the other in the fight.
The New York Journal has declared
unequivocally for Bryau. The World
has not yet lined up but shows signs
of getting on the Bryau side later.
The Herald is the latest to take a stand.
It declares for Dewey and McKinley.
Reichmann Led Boers.
The Berlin correspondent of The
London Daily News asserts that the
Reichmann who is credited with hav¬
ing led the Boers at Kornspruit is
certainly the American military at¬
tache, Captain Carl Reichmann.
Cramps Deny a Report.
That negotiations are pending look¬
ing to a combination of the gigantic
Carnegie-Frick interests and the
Cramp ship building concern is denied
by officials of the latter company.
OS AMERICAS SOIL
OARROTE IS USED
Old Spanish Custom Still In Force
on Island of Porto Eico.
MURDERERS STRANGLED
Business In Ponce Suspended
and Crowds Witness Affair.
According to advices from Porto
Rico, the five men, Simeon Rodriguez,
Carlos Pacheco, Hermogenes Pacheco,
Eugenio Rodriguez and Rosalio San¬
tiago, convicted of the murder in Oc¬
tober, 1898, of Prudencio Mendoza, at
Yuaco, after criminally assaulting the
wife and daughters of their victim,
who were compelled to dance about the
corpse, were executed Saturday by the
garrote during the forenoon of Satur¬
day at a spot about a mile from the
jail.
The great publicity of the garroting
exhibition, with the black-robed con¬
demned men in open carts, the slow
procession, the entreaties of the
priests and the braggadocio manners
of the executioners,with the later exhi¬
bition of the corpses to the assembled
thonsands, made a horrible spectacle.
Business was suspended and large
but orderly crowds lined the streets
and surrounded the elevated platform
upon which the execution took place.
The policing was perfect. A company
of infantry was held ready in the vicini¬
ty, but its services were not needed.
The executioner’s cart led the pro¬
cession. The condemned men were
manacled hands and feet and wore
black caps and robes which were ad¬
justed about them by the chief execu¬
tioner, who told the men to be brave.
Eugene Rodriguez resisted the execu¬
tioner and in the scuffle his clothing
was torn. Before he was subdued,
five officers were required to over¬
power him. He addressed the crowds
on his way to the platform, declaring
his innocence and blaspheming and
cursing everyone in spite of the efforts
of th* priests*
Some of the condemned men walked
np, but others had to be carried to the
platform, where they were seated and
bound with their backs to the posts.
As the executioner tightened the
screws rapidly the bodies twitched for
two or three minutes and then all was
over.
The la‘t body slipped from its fast¬
ening and fell to the floor an hour «f
ter the execution. The other bodies
remained in position on the platform
for four hours. Thousands of people,
unmoved, viewed the spectacle and
heard the speeches of three of the con¬
demned men from the platform, but -
they refused to hear the speech of the
executioner, who coolly paced the plat¬
form. The Pacheco brothers kissed
each other farewell just before the ex¬
ecution.
The citizens of Ponce censure
the authorities for permitting the
Spanish mode of execution, although
they favored the death penalty being
inflicted.
The prominent Americans, however,
think that the actual killing of the
men was sure and quick and not in¬
ferior to hanging. The method of ad¬
justing the garrote and the employ¬
ment of human agency to complete the
execution they consider bad.
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ROBERTS REPORTS CASUALTIES.
Reddersburg Affair /lore Serious Than
Was at First Thought.
A London special says: Lord Rob¬
erts reported to the war office as fol¬
lows:
Bloemfontein, Friday, April 6.—
The casualties at Reddersburg were:
Officers killed, Captain F. G. Cassou
and Lieutenant C. R. Barclay, both of
the Northumberlands.
Wounded, two; captured, 8.
Non-commissioned officers and men
killed, eight.
Wounded, 33. The rest were cap¬
tured.
Our strength was 167 mounted in¬
fantry and 420 infantry. The enemy
was said to be 3,200 strong, with five
guns.
Paid Tributes To Bland.
The house session Saturday after 1
o clock was devoted to paving tribute
to the memory of the late" Richard P.
Bland, of Missouri.
HOWARD WILL SURRENDER.
Alleged Goebel Assassin Says He
Awaits a Warrant. •
A Frankfort special says: The re¬
port that it would take. 1,000 men to
arrest Jim Howard of Clay county,
who is said to have fired the shot that
killed Governor Goebel, is denie O* b v
Dr. H. B. Philips, it*' s
of Clay a prominent ©
zen county.
Dr. Philips arrived in Frankfort
Mouday morning and announced that
he had seen Howard and bad a fobg
talk with him. Howard, he says, Mtld
him that whenever a warrant w«9 Is¬
sued for his arrest he would glad y 8°
with the officer having it, and void'*
not attempt to dodge or resist the laF
in any way.