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About The Rockdale banner. (Conyers, Ga.) 1888-1900 | View Entire Issue (Sept. 2, 1897)
g fflffl SI WOMEN. ^yi> daughters OF STRIK •r> SiKE DEMONSTRATION. r£RS PREDICTS EARLY VICTORY (jdent of Federation of Labor Believes Shiite Will Terminate Before the of September. tlie End ,-; ? ratcii from Pittsburg, Pa., 5 : jke wives and daughters of the , miners at DeArmitt’s coke e«. rear Turtle Creek, took a prom .{part in the demonstration against working miners Thursday. the morning a dozen or " gathered at the ie women camp, ifith flags and banners inarched the road leading toward the Die. they met number of their way a bers going to the pit and greeted L w ith yells and jeers. They de L the miners who were working |d ridiculed them in a manner which bed many of them to hang their Lds hie in shame. women say they will make a Lustration [perintendent every day hereafter, S. C. DeArmitt and nr deputy sheriffs commenced the irk of evicting the families of the am Creek strikers during the day. letrork will be kept up until the many has possession of all tlieir ases. If, lisers, J. Brennan, attorney for the is preparing his answer to the Ills [as of the New York and Cleveland Coal Company in the proceedings tainst the miners’ officials and strike tiers tile, for contempt of court. Gus who is in charge of the sheriff’s fcputies at Plum Creek, that was under told the by ie sheriff’s attorney ijnnetion he could not interfere with [archers who paraded with a band at leir head. The only ones he can op are those who are intimidating ie workmen. Gompers is Confident. U President Gompers, of the Ameri k Federation of Labor, gave his Hiew of the present coal strike situa ■oa to the Associated Press Thursday ■s follows: ■ “The situation as I gather it from the re Horts of our organizers indicates that be Breen 60 and 75 per cent, of the mines in Brest Virginia are now closed down com¬ pletely, A letter I have just received from ■he Cooper and Pocahontas districts is ■riming with confidence and says the work pi that region has been 'reduced one-half in ■he last fortnight and predicts a general ■ellipse I very soon. Virgin! miners “Solong as the West a eon ■lied operations there was, of course, little ■ope of an absolute victory for the miners Beeanse West Virginia could supply the ur ■ffit needs of the market. But with the sus¬ pension in West Virginia becoming general, lithe miners in the states of Pennsylvania, |0hlo, Broken, Illinois and Indiana keep the ranks as I am confident they will, the fctrika must result in an absolute victory for [the | men. “Before September 15 the lake trade must p supplied. The situation becomes daily pore acute, and while I hesitate to fix a day, I believe the strike will terminate by the end k September and that a settlement will be made in favor of the miners.” When Mr. Gompers’ attention was 'tilled to the great destitution and suf¬ fering among the strikers he said that Hie coal operators had taught the miners how to suffer. They had been tilled in hardship by the operators. They would continue to endure their hials a little longer in the hope of re¬ lieving Ike their situation permanently in future. hull TELEGRAPH FROM HEAVEN. Joseph Fife, a Negro Youth, Promised to Communicate With the Sheriff. noted Joseph Fife, a negro youth, con¬ of attempted assault on Mrs. Clarks, a widow, and who confessed to other like crimes, was hanged in the T«d of the city jail at Richmond, Ya., Thursday. He ascended the gallows with the stolid indifference about leaving this *or!d which he had maintained from fhe time of his sentence. His last w ords to Deputy Sergeant Ralston *ere: “I will send you a telegram from heaven on the I4th of March.” HARRITY WAS OUSTED. Seat I„ National Democratic Com mittee Declared Vacant. Ey a vote of 53 to 26 the Pennsyl v ania state democratic committee in ^ssion at Pen/Vncr a 3mVed a resolu tion declaring vacant the seat of Wil F. Harritv, of Philadelphia, in the executive ccnnmittee to consider “• ™ liceaiin ^ a ?i^ 81 ° ne ' Ehairma OXear, fortaunting ^Ga-ma: - i e i to U St Se speakers', i Tinfothv SOUTHERN PROGRESS. Industries Established in the South Du¬ ring; the East Week. A review of the southern industrial conditions for the past week shows a most gratifying increase in business and prices of all products are grow¬ ing stronger as the demand increases. This is epecialiy trne of the iron aud steel trade, advances having been made in Bessemer pig, foundry iron, gray forge, billets, bars, rods and wire nails. The movement in southern iron is active. The furnaces are shipping their product as fast as it is turned out and several furnaces will probably be put in blast at an early date. Among the new industries reported for the week are canning factories at Green Cove Springs, Fla., and San tuck, S. C.; chemical works at Lynch¬ burg, Ya.; an electrict light plant at Whitesboro, Tex., and a $50,000 light and power plant at Paducah, Ivy.; flouring mills at St. Florian, Ala.; Conway, Ark.; Ringgold, Ga., and Mount Calm, Tex.; grist mill at Mon crue, N. C., and Suffolk, Ya., and foundry and machine shops at Mid dlesborough, Ky. The Maguire Coal Co., capital $35,000, has been charter¬ ed at Beattyville, Ky. ;the Blue Springs Lead and Zinc Co., capital $15,000, at Chattanooga; the Southern Gold Min¬ ing Co., capital $100,000, at Gaines¬ ville, Ga., and the Georgia Gold Min¬ ing Co., at Lexington, Ky. A soap factory will be erected at Westlake, La., and cotton gins at Decatur, Ala.; Oliver, Ga., and Ganado, Tex. The E. B. James Lumber Co., capital $50,000, has been organized at Apa¬ lachicola, Ela., and the Morgan Lum¬ ber Co., capital $10,000, at Clarendon, Tex. Other woodworking plants will be erected at Florence, Ala.; Haralson, Ga.; Louisville, Ky.; Crowley, La., and Concord, N. C.—Tradesman (Chattanooga, Tenn.) MORE COTTON MILLS START UP. New England Factories Resume, Giving Employment to Idle Labor. Operations were resumed in the At¬ lantic mills at Lawrence, Mass., Mon¬ day, after a shut down of four weeks. The mills will give employment to about 1,200 hands. Work was also re¬ sumed in the weaving department of the Methuen company’s mills at Meth¬ uen. Nearly all of the 450 operatives employed in these mills are now at work. At Providence, R. I., the Harris mills started after a shut down of two weeks. The mills employ about 300 hands. The Great Falls Cotton Manufact¬ uring Company’s mills at Somersworth, N. H., resumed operations on full time, after having been run forty hours a week since May. The Lawrence cotton mills, in Lowell, Mass., also started Monday morning after a shutdown of four weeks. This is the last mill in the city to resume operations, and in all of them it is said sufficient orders have been received to insure a pros¬ perous season. CHICAGO FIGHTERS FOR CUBA. A Keport That Two Hundred Will Go to Tho Stone of Action. According to the Chicago Times Herald, two hundred Americans and three carloads of ammunition were sup¬ posed to leave Chicago Monday night for Jacksonville, Fla., to board the steamer Soledad, for some point in Cuba. The Americans composing the Chi¬ cago Cuban contingent are made up mostly of the unemployed. They have enlisted for twelve months and are to receive a salary of $20 a month. A Jacksonville dispatch says: The report that the steamer Soledad, of this city, is to take a party of Chicago filibusters to Cuba is entirely errone¬ ous. The steamer has been undergo ing repairs for some months. PRINTERS OBJECT TO CUT. Employees of Franklin Publishing House At Atlanta, Walk Out. For the second time within two months there was a general walkout at the Franklin Printing and Publishing company at Atlanta, Ga., Monday morning. Last June the men struck because of tbe fact that the officers of the company notified them of a general reduction which was to have taken place the next day. This strike was compromised, however, the men returning to work at a reduction of $2.50 a week, but working only eight hours a day instead of ten. FALLING WALLS KILL FOUR. Disastrous and Fatal 1U«« Occurs at Fittsbur*, Fa. Fire at Pittabmg Pa. TTiursday evening caused the death of two fire men, th death of wo boys, the loss of $165 O 00 worth o f property, injury to twh firemen and created a panic in subdued aud the firemen were coup- 1 Soft uadetthe sss watching the Two boys, who were firemen work, are also supposed to ba under the fallen walls. BILL ARP’S WEEKLY LETTER. ETHNOLOGICAL FACTS REGARDING INDIANS AND WHITES. IMTFRM LlvifitiivU.nULO 3 2Ri Http's iuUuL MfiRF FRFflflFMT inLLlULlil '* The lied Xian, Though Being Rapidly Decimated, Is "Well Fixed aud Happy Withal. Not long ago some writer from the west told us that white people were marrying Indian girls more frequently than ever before. “Indeed,” he said, “the dusky maidens seem to prefer tlie pale faces to their own race aud color.” This provokes me to write a letter about Indians for the special pleasure and benefit of our young people. Bovs and girls like to read about them, I know, but most of the stories that ap¬ pear are more romantic than true. During the war our brigade camped one night on the Chickahominy river, about thirty miles below Richmond, and we were shown the very stone ou which Captain John Smith laid his head for Powhattan’s club when the beautiful Pocahontas rushed wildly in the circle and threw her¬ self upon liis bosom and saved his life. About the stone I have my doubts, but it is historically true that Powhattan lived there, and that his daughter, a lovely lass of fourteen, did save John Smith’s life, as lie in his letter to the queen of England says, “at the minute of my execution she hazarded the beating out of her own brains to save mine.” She afterwards married John, Rolfe, with her father’s consent, and from that union came the Randolphs of Virginia, and a little strain of that same Pocahontas blood flows in my wife’s veins, and slie is proud of it, and loves to tell the story to her nu¬ merous aud lovely offspring. That little strain isn’t bigger than a cam¬ bric needle, but it has never lost its strength. She would make a right good Pocahontas now if anybody that she loved was in danger. In fact, she has some Indian traits still lingering in her bosom, and should have been named Indiana when she was chris¬ tened. But it seems that ever since Poca¬ hontas married a white man the In¬ dian maidens of all the civilized tribes have been willing to do the fame thing. It is well known that the of the Creeks and Chero- kees in Georgia always said yes when a good-looking white man proposed marriage; but such unions were not hasty nor deceitful; they had to be in earnest and from honorable motives. If an Indian maid was betrayed by a designing white man, he could hardly escape for the whole tribe became avengers of blood. Her virtue was her dearest ornament, and if she lost it the third finger of her left hand was dismembered at the second joint, and that left, her shame always visible. Now it seems to be settled by the men of science that the Indian belongs to the Caucassian or white race, or else he is aboriginal and is a race of his own. He is neither Mongolian, Malay nor negro. He was first found here ou this continent, jnst as the negro was first found in Africa. As the elephant was found in Asia, the kangaroo in Australia and the llama in Peru, so the Indian maybe a native of the manor born, for geologists say that this continent is the oldest by several thousand years. But where he came from or how he got here is a question too deep for me. The exist¬ ence of Aztecs in Mexico is still an un¬ solved problem, and who were the mound builders is a matter of doubt and speculation. One thing, however, seems certain, that the race is doomed to extinction. The command “be fruitful and multiply” does not belmig to them. According to the Lmted States census reports, in 1853 there were in in 1880, 3H6,543;‘in 1890,’ S4*!m Of these 58,806 are classed as civil ized The Cherokees and Creeks were sent from Georgia to the Indian Ter ritorv about sixty years ago. The former then numbered near 15,000; they number less than that now. What is the matter with them? They have fine lands, both for pasturage and cul tivatkm, and the bounty of the gov eminent would nearly support them. They have good framed houses to live in and have as good sclioolnouses and churches as our country people Lave in Georgia. They are classed as civil i ze d, and dress just like white L.!k* and cook and eat as nourishing food we do. What is the matter? I apke(1 one G f their educated ministers. ‘*Qod knows,” said he. I mingled their people aud talked with them. They did not seem .o be sad or dis bnt that the mature died faster than | T .sir: j n( ]j an maidens. These unions were j prolific of children who were healthy I ami haudsome, ami always bred after the mother, having her cinnamon color, her straight black hair and high ‘ cheek bones. There is no apparent mixture of blood as that which appears in the mulatto who is the half breed of whites and blacks. But these Indian types weaken in succeeding genera tions of quadroons and octoroons, and if ever the tribes are saved from ex tiuction, it will bo by this increasing amalgamation with the white race, These unions do not seem to shock the sentiment of mankind as do the •"'mis of whites with negroes. Even Yassar college would not be horror stricken at the discovery of an octo roon among her pupils. Indian stn dents may be found in many of our colleges and are not rejected at hotels or boarding houses or theaters or churches or ou railroads. In some of the tribes, as in the Creeks and Cher okees, their features, their beauty and their traits of character approximate the Anglo-Saxon. Schoolcraft, who is the highest authority, says their feat ures are regular, their expression no ble; they are taciturn and stoical to the last degree, cunning and watchful, persevering in the pursuit aud re vengeful in the destruction of their enemies, hospitable aud grateful for favors, a close observer of natural phe nomena, his temperament poetic and imagination, and his simple eloquence of great dignity and beauty of expres sion. Many of tbe women are really handsome, and tlieir skiu is tliinner, softer and smoother than is the white race’s. Boudinot was a very handsome, im¬ pressive man even in his old age. I met him at Fort Smith some years ago. He was educated at Princeton, He was a Cherokee and was born in Vann’s valley, near Rome. His mother . b . rt , ll,U , ... ‘‘“‘“fT ,, , , , »“ “ r, ? 0 V, Cave Spring. When , but a lad he was “ken weal vat , the tribe m 1837 Not long after that he »•.« sent to 1 In a delplua to school and was adopted by Elias Boudinot, a wealthy philanthro¬ pist and took his name. While lie lived he stood high as a learned and eloquent advocate, and was the agent and ambassador of the tribe in all matters connected with the United States government. But now these tribes do not have to send their chil dren so far away to get an education. What our government does is always well done, aud handsome school houses are found all over the territories. In 1877 the policy of educating them was organized and $20,000 appro¬ priated. In 1880 it was increas¬ ed to $75,000; in 1885 to $992,000, and in 1890 to $1,304,.>08. I reckon it is two or three millions by this time. And besides this large amount, the different religious societies of the United States give largely to tie cause, the Roman Latholic chinch giving near half a million annually and having charge of more schools than all tbe other denominations put together. Then, again, jnst thiuk of the land they have got—1(50 acres to each head of a family, 80 acres to each child 18 years old and 40 to those younger. Just think of all the old and decrepit ones being supported by tiie government and all the young ones ed¬ ucated free. Why, it would seem that with all this fraternalism aud private benefactions a child is fortunate to be born an Indian. The wards of the na¬ tion, whether red or black, are having a good time. There was an old song that was sung by a lazy vagabond, and it said: Oh, I wish I was a goose All forlorn, all forlorn; Oh, I wish I was a goose, Eating corn! But now the song for our thousands of tramps to sing is: “Oh, I wish I was an Indian.” It used to be that in our college text-books that population increased in proportion to the comforts of life that the common people enjoyed. This theory J fits the southern negro pretty + },„ v f.nn tin no to multiulv Vabbits, in spite of all tbe barbari f th;lt the j> ostoT1 Transcript accuses • not fit the Indian reu lj, ‘8.1; aiH never V'V bos mote"hail twoohiM^ ^Har ford, Writ the estate But ’d Conn. Times knocks the O””” k ’ au u 14 , oes further in defense , nanar ~ ° 0 sou 1 iau and preachers. v .. ,, »re are manv e ' „ mmds.-B . Ai- . men of many ile in Atlanta Cons i u ion. SPAIN M AKES „ x-yw" At .w l. yntv tx. . , t to ,7LL»w Won«y For Navy improvements. lvi from MaJrid Bta te that the i„h eovernment is arrangiu" a J “ cre ^ dit with the view of strength tL„ tax has been pledged r ; fv f or the loan * :jj i mediatelv ® ^' ; t m t a on i arge f ironelad and six ‘ f fpoln 6 )00 to 7,000 tons to nor th* k.oht shade. ■» - ^ S” kiu;S tljat Deve r tan, aud guesis will „ tbink we associate with people who stay in town all summer.” AGRICULTURAL TOPICS. Bnrdovk Leaves for Horses. Tt is a practice of some farmers we know to let a few burdock plants grow so a3 * 0 f ur ni s h a green bite for horses during the early summer. The horses a re almost crazy at this season to eat something green, and the slightly bit ter taste of the burdock leaves does not prevent, them from eating them greedily. This will not interfere with eating dry feed as green grass would do. In fact, some horsemen regard the burdock leaves as a valuable tonic, and declare that horses eat more heartily and do more work after they have been fed thus.—American Culti vator. Grow Medicinal Plants. Many medicinal plants can be grown with profit, as the demand for some kinds is increasing. Absinthe (worm wood) can be raised as far north as New Euglaud, and this country im ports it from Europe, baftron, which sells for $8 per pound, may be grown * u nearly all sections. Peppermint spearmint find ready sale, and S!l S e > which is well known to every farmer, is imported, frequently selling a *' $150 per ton. Then there are hoar hound, boneset, mandrake, blood root, pennyroyal, etc., which are regarded 80 weeds in some localities, all ot "’Inch are l flr K®ly used and have a vft ‘ vie m market, Care of Milk Can#. At a convention in Minnesota, J. Iv. Bennett said,among other things: In the care of cans, they are to ho kept clean H' eo f rom rusL They should be washed as soon as possible after being used. Rinse first with cold water,then s«ub thoroughly with a brush both m ft ud outside, using warm watei.al most hot. or better a good soap suds; it often anyhow. ' Give particular , tteniion , h „ eamB „„ a , wt tOTget j( , Vo „ k „,„ v the i« jo juilg8 j by the outside. Fini.U with scalding water. Turn your cans En'to’right side or on their sides in the fresh air, and you will have clean, sweet cans. It is a very common error to leave them over a stake, oron a board* This ifJ ft serioU8 mistake,us invariably the cans wiU BOU1 . thereby. The hot ftir or gteam r i 3e8 and has no escape, conaequen t)y condenses in the .cans and 80lir8 Much milk otherwise well i care q for i H often tainted from no other reason. A rusty can should not be used, as it imparts a foreign flavor to milk.—Dairy World. summer Care of Berry Hushes, A] , be bushea Bhou ja ho protected fr om summer heat aud drought. This be done in two way8 . First, by f reauen t cultivation and hoeing, thus j orm j n g an earth mulch, which pre¬ venbs th e ra pid escape of moisturo from tho 8oib Second, by covering tho „ roun< j uroutl d the hill with coarse manure, straw and other material, which prevents evaporation and re¬ tains the moisture about the roots. One of the best and cheapest mulches for the farmer is green clover, cut in blossom and applied same as manure. It is easily applied, retains moisture, enriches the soil, keeps the berries clean and contains no germ of noxious weeds. A good muloh well applied is one of the great necessities in success¬ ful fruit growing. When new canes of the blackberry and black raspberry are eighteen inches high, nip the top off about two inches; this will cause sev¬ eral new laterals to grow, which should bo trimmed severely in the spring. The pinching back of new growth is important. It largely increases tbe bearing surface, keeps the bush low, itrong, well formed and less liable to rijury from severe storms.-—M. A. Thayer, in Nebraska Fanmer. K11Un * R .®* e A. Greenfield (Mass.) subscriber . writes: “I have several peachtree. which at the present time are full of Willie thinning them I found that many had holes in them and oth ers were being eaten by the common rose bug. Sometimes the bugs were r »t W.MC, i» tb.y wer. ^ n f haT * Je Te “°^ot‘ c8 a (t before? there anything that cau be done to prevent it? This year there are so many more peaches than the tre* can bear that I am not sorry; but another year it may be different* Peaches are now about an inch long and one-lialf ^ three-fourths the other way.” years when the rose beetles are abundant in a locality it is not unusual to find them eating the fruit of peach, 8 PI>1® cherry trees. They are vei T destructive to bearing grape viQes > eating the blossoms as well aa tlie leaves. Their first choice seems to he white roses and grape blossoms, but greenapples andpeachesarevery ac rentable. No better method than hand-picking has yet been discovered ?or com 8ating this insect. They are m°st eaaily caugW by homing a dish J , ^ ^toucWnVthem with th^ drop into the water Soapy water ~ rgs or a few small trees this is cheap aud Cheever » ia >ew Eag * farmer.
