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The Banner Will Give Yon All The News of Conyers and Rock¬ dale County. VOL. XXV i j Y GOODS COMPANY Is the place to spend your cash; they believe in small profits and quick sales something all who go there appreciate. Go and see for yourself, then tell your friends and they will tell others, showing each one what our Cash House is doing. Patterns given away for the next thirty days. . . ADLAI EWING STEVENSON The Democratic Nominee for Vice President of United States. NEW YORK MAN DECLINED ^ 0 * Dramatic Close of the National * 0 ^ CL 0 Democratic Convention at I 0 p 0 Kansas City. f M 0 0 is. -y ^ $ is 0 NOMINEE EX-VICE PRESIDENT# vm % ( 0 0 Ad-^p A g During the Last Cleveland mi ministration—His Nomination 0 1 Wjm 0 0 Was Made Unanimously. * ^ Closing Scenes o the 0 Convention. 0 i Hon. Adlai E. Stevenson, of Bloom iugton, Ill., who was vice president dating the last Cleveland administi'a i fiou, was Friday afternoon nominated t I \ot Vice president by the Democratic Bfif/oual convention in session at Kan¬ sas City. David B. Hill was placed in nomi¬ nation by the New York delegation, and his name called forth a great demonstration, but v he quickly mount¬ ed the platform and declared that he could not accept th,,e nomination under any consideration. High-statement pre¬ vented a threatened stampede in his favor and the delegates began to rally around the Illinois standard. It developed from the beginning of the sessions that only the extreme silver states showed much strength for the Populist candidate, and Stevenson, as a compromise, gained in strength from the very minute the gavel fell. Several states held hasty consulta¬ tions and it was decided in the iuterest of harmony in the party to support the Illinois candidate. Hill, on Thursday, was an impossi¬ bility and his boom was only begun again by a conciliatory speech that he made in the convention Thursday night. It electrified the great audi¬ ence and immediately the Hill bqoin was again in the ascendency. He declared then, however, that tin¬ der no consideration would he allow his name to go before the convention. It was placed before the convention with¬ out his consent and he quickly sent word to the delegations rallying around Hina that he would be forced to decline if nominated, and begged that his wishes be respected. When it devel¬ oped before the roll call was half over that the nomination of Stevenson was t certainty, the states that had voted for other candidates quickly changed to the winner, and his nomination was made unanimous, THE CLOSING PROCEEDINGS. An hour before the convention hall was opened Friday morning dense crowds were paeked around the vari¬ ous entrances and hundreds more were coming afforded on every thoroughfare that access to the hall. About 30 minutes after the doors were opened the galleries were all oc¬ cupied and still the crowds around the entrance and in the streets had suffer¬ ed no diminution. the Immediately call of following for the the prayer states began pur¬ the pose of making nominations for v 'ce presidency. Great confusion prevailed and very few of the delegates were aware of what was going on until Alabama and fornia Arkansas had been passed and Cali¬ was called. THE STAMPEDE TO STEVENSON. When at last the nominating speeches were ended the call of the roll began. The early votes of significance were Alabama’s 19 for Hill, against 3 for Stevenson; Arkansas, those of Alaska, Arizona, California, Colorado, Con¬ necticut and Delaware, most of whose Btr ength went to Stevenson. Four for HiU from Florida called °rth another yell of applause. Rockdale Banner. “Illinois!” shouted the clerk, and back came the cry, “Forty-eight for Stevenson!” Aud then the-Stevensou enthusiasm was unbounded and it rose higher still when Iowa and Kansas cast.their full votes for him. Louisiana was the next to go for Hill, her dele¬ gation giving him the entire vote of 1G. Michigan, which had all along strong¬ ly approved of Towne, gave him but five votes, the remainder going to Ste¬ venson. The shout from Missouri, “One for Hogg, of ’Texas,” called forth loud laughter and applause. “New Jersey’s twenty votes for Hill,” called forth another ripple of cheers, and then came “New York.” The reply, “New York casts her en¬ tire 72 votes for Hon. D. B. Hill,” increased the ripple to a wave of ap¬ plause. “Pennsylvania’s 64 votes for Ste¬ venson” caused the adherents of the Iiliuois mau to shout until the rafters rung. The Hill men cheered wildly when Tennessee went solid for the New York man, and the Stevenson people answered their cheers when Texas came to their man. ■ Tennessee was up as the vote for Hawaii had been announced and de¬ clared that it changed its vote to Stev¬ enson. The convention fecognized the significance of the action and cheer after cheer went up. Stevenson was nominated now with¬ out question, and all over the hall chairmen of delegations were on their feet shouting and waving their arms in an effort io secure recognition from the chair in order to change their votes. Washington was first to secure the privilege, and the tellers’ cry, “Wash¬ ington changes its entire vote to Stevenson,” provoked great enthusi¬ asm. The cheering became so loud that it was almost impossible to catch the changes as the teller called them out. After Washington came North Caro lina, and then John L. Shea, ol New York, managed to make his voice heard, as he called out: “New York changes her entire vote from Hill to Stevedson. ” This announcement created pande monium and the roar that went up was deafening. The Stevenson men danced around in delight. Then in rapid succession the states changed their votes to Stevenson. At2:44 he had received a large ma jorily of the vole., for more that two th ' rd ‘ MADE UNANIMOUS, Tillman, , „ the chief . - , Then Senator supporter of Mr. Towne, moved to make the nomination of Stevenson unani mous, and the motion was carried with a whirlwind of applause. given . the t, Adlai E. Stevenson was 936 votes of the convention, and de dared the nominee of the Democratic party for vice president of the United States. adjourned . The convention then sine die. CONYERS. GA.. WEDNESDAY, JULY 11, 1^00. S. A. L. APPOINT ALEXIS Announced From Headquarters of tlie Company at Norfolk Effective July 1. A special from Norfolk, Va., says: Important appointments of Seaboard Air Line officials, effective July 1, have been announced as follows: A. O. McDonell, assistant general passenger agent, with headquarters at Jacksonville; J. II. Burroughs, audi¬ tor freight receipts; Thomas H. Wright, auditor passenger receipts; J. A. Wal¬ ton, statistician; T. W. Roby, control¬ ler; J. H. Sharp,treasurer; J. M. Sher¬ wood, secretary and assistant treas urer; R. L. Nutt, cashier; W. T. Rock er, paymaster; Y. E. McBee, general superintendent; W, E. Reed, mechan ical superintendent; G. P. Johnston, superintendent of transportation; H. W. B. Glover, freight traffic manager; C. R. Capps, general freight agent; O. B. BidweH, Jr., freight claim agent; L. S. Allen, general passenger agent; O. D. Ball, Jr., general purchasing agent. Mr. Mac All of these officers, except Donell, will have headquarters at Portsmouth, Ya R. I. Cheatham will be assistant general freight agent, at Atlanta; W. II. Pleasants, assistant general freight agent, at Jacksonville, Fla., and A. Pope, assistant general freight agent, at Savannah; Messrs. Cheatham, Pleas¬ ants and Pope will report to the geu erft l fright agent. Seaboard , The five divisions of the system and their officers are as fol¬ lows: First Division—T. W. Whisnant, superintendent; L. A. Boyd, assist¬ ant superintendent: Between Rich¬ mond and Raleigh, Portsmouth and Ridgeway Junction, Boykins and Lew¬ iston, Henderson and Durham, Frank¬ lin and Louisburg. Second Division—J. M. Turner, su¬ perintendent; William Moucuro, as¬ sistant superintendent: Between Ral¬ eigh and Columbia, Wilmington and Monroe, Moncure and Pittsboro, Ham¬ let and Gibson. Third Division—E. Berkeley, su¬ perintendent; P. H. Sellers, train¬ master: Between Monroe and Atlanta, Lawreucerille aud Lo ganville, Ellenboro, Henrietta and Caroleen, Monroe and Rutherfordton. Fourth Division —Cecil Gabbett, su¬ perintendent; E. E. Anderson, train¬ master; L. B. McGuire, S. B. Ben¬ nett, assistant trainmasters: Between Columbia and Savannah, Savannah and Jacksonville, Savannah and Mont¬ gomery, Columbus and Albany, Abbe¬ ville and Ocilla. Fifth Division—D. E. Maxwell, su¬ perintendent; C. C. Howell, M. V. Ra ley, trainmasters; W. B. Tucker, general agent: Between Fernandina and Tampa and between Jacksonville an(| Chattahoochee river, including all lines in Florida except between Jack¬ sonville aud St. Mary’s river. SILVER REPUBLICANS At Meeting in Kansas City Issue an Address to the Party. The Silver Republican party, by its executive committee, has issued an ad¬ dress to the silver Republicans of the United States, saying, among other things: “The Democratic candidate for pres ident is ours, our convention named him. Upon the fundamental proposi tions above stated, People’s we are one wijtji Our the Democrats and party. common candidate for president is enlisted, heart and soul, in this great cause. Wo know he has the high courage of his convictions. His tri umph is necessary if we are to hand down to our children and our chil uren’s children a government founded in the wisdom of the fathers, maintain ed in the blood and treasure of its citizens and perpetuated as a priceless heritage. “Impelled by these considerations, S national committee has deter ed that its duty in this hour is to Hon. Adlai Stevenson as our cau did«le for vice pre.id.ot, in order r IS Tono°Xftrti.t ism ‘ S “ and a all its attendant evils may c eQtrate aU its votes at the danger accomp i ish the triumph of those pr inciples so dear to us. bn t 8imp i e justice to say that in taking this action, we are following a ,] v jce of our distinguished leader, ^ on carles A. Towne. “Let ns express the hope that our j r j endg w ,n j ft y a8 ide whatever disap pointment they may feel and join in a un - ted e gf or t to secure the triumph of principles at the coming election. ” our CR 0 KER-IM 1 EPISODE. Tammany Chieftain Throws the Ex-Governor of New York Hard Fall in Committee Heeting. The New York state delegations fur¬ nished the sensation of the day preced¬ ing the opening of the Democratic convention when, after a stormy ses¬ sion of three hours, they put forth a candidate for vice-president, in the person of John W. Keller, commis¬ sioner of charities of the city of New York. This was done after David B. Hill had been defeated as a candidate for the New York representation on the committee on platform by Augustus Yau Wyck, and having been offered New York’s indorsement for vice president, had declined it. It was 2 o’clock in the afternoon when ex-Senator Hill was notified that there was a movement on foot in the Tammany delegation, assisted by King couuty and Erie, to sidetrack him by not putting bim on the plat form committee, but by standing for him for vice-president. Shortly afterwards Mr. Hill was sent for, and had a long conference with Mr. Croker, Mr. Shea, ex-Senator Murphy and Mr. McCarren. He was notified that the delegation stood ready to stand f >t him for vice presi¬ dent. He replied that he did not want it, aud was then told flatly that he could not go on the committee on platform, Mr. Croker intimating that the Bryan element did want him there, Some sharp discussion followed, All through the controversy the ex-gover¬ nor sat quietly. Then he arose, and facing Richard Oroker, who sat iD the rear of the room, said slowly and dis¬ tinctly: “There have been said some things that have seemed to bo reflections upon my attitude in 1893. It should be remembered in passing such criti¬ cisms that I have always been consist¬ ently Democratic. No man has a right to question my Democracy.” At this time Mr. Croker rose, saying in what was evidently intended to be a pacific tone, “I don’t think anybody intended to criticise your Democracy, but it is believed that as you were so strongly against the silver plank, a new man would be more acceptable,” and then Mr. Croker aroused Mr. Hill by adding: “And there is no reason why you shonld think that the position is reserved for you every year.” “No, I have no snch idea,” answer¬ ed Hill, shaking his finger at Croker, “but I want you to remember that what I did aud what I said in the com¬ mittee aud in the convention of 1896 was done for the Democrats of New York state, and when I went home I stood for the ticket as well as you did.” “Oh, no, you did not,” exclaimed Mr. Croker. “You were not heard of much during that campaign.” “Equally as much as you were, when at critical times in the party’s history in the]state, you were living in Europe, ” retorted Mr. Hill. “You are sore,” replied Oroker. “I accuse you,” exclaimed Hill, “of trying to make me a vice presidential candidate against my will. I tell yoq now that I will not have it. You can’t humiliate mo on one proposition and feed me a sop on another.” jj e Ba {; down and a vote was then taken, resulting: For Van Wyck, 40; f or Hill, 26; aosent or not voting, 6. Senator Hill, upon the announcement 0 f Hie vote, immediately left the room. PLATFORM PLEASES BRYAN. Nominee Says Each Plank of the Docu* ment Is Clear and Explicit. Mr. Bryan gave out at Lincoln, Thursday night, the follow ing on the Kansas City platform, I very gratified to learn of the adoption of a platform which is clear and explicit on every question. The controversy over the silver piank was a controversy between men who dlffered m principle, but rather ad if “““ “ ,° e ne ioo . o» t appeal is to the patriotism aud con fience of the r eopie, and we must take 1D ° ,° Ur confidence ^ we ex P ect them to have confidence in us.” Charter lor Colton Oil Company, Application has been filed with the county court clerk in Chattanooga, Tenn., for a charter to incorporate the Tallahassee Cotton Oil Company with a capital stock of §50,009. The com pany is chartered for the purpose of building a cotton oil mill at Tallahas see, Fla. Official Organ of Rockdale Cmb ty. Has Largest Circulation in The County. CHAMBERLAIN IS HAPPY That Knglnnd Iiua the “Good Will and Approval** of the United State*. Joseph Chamberlain, secretary of state for the colonies, addressing a meeting of the Woman’s Liberal Union Association in London Tuesday after¬ noon, said he had seen through the haze of the South African ante-bellum negotiations when others were mysti¬ fied. Now that the war was conclud¬ ing, he added, all were unanimous that whatever the final settlement might be it must be fatal. “But there are quarters whence even a note of disapproval would be a mat¬ ter of serious concern. I refer to our colonies and the TT nited States. I think we are happy in that we have their good opinion and approval. SEYMOUR REPORTED WOUNDED. British Admiral Shot fit Tien Tain By Chinese Sharpshooters. The correspondent of the London Express at Ohe Foo, telegraphing Wednesday, says: “Admiral Seymour was wounded while sitting in a house at Tien Tsin, by Chinese sharpshooters, Official news received at Che Foo shows that the Chinese have been guilty of horri¬ ble cruelty toward the wounded aud captured, subjecting them to what is known as Liuo Che, or the slicing process. Under this hideous rite the bodies of the fallen have been muti¬ lated. The Russians are retaliating by a wholesale shooting of natives.” GENERAL PILAR CAPTURED. He Was the Most Aggressive of Agulnal do’s Lieutenants. A Manila special says: General Pio del Pilar, the most aggressive and most persistent of the Filipino lea'd ers has been captured and made a prisoner at Gnadaloupc, six miles east of Manila, by some of the Manila na¬ tive chiefs. Hanna Will Hold On. A Washington dispatch says: It is stated on high authority that Senator Hanna will succeed himself as chair¬ man of the Republican national com¬ mittee and will conduct the coming oamua-iim. GIFT UF CHILDREN. Siiituo of LiiFayotta Received By Fi Allot YVttli Imponliijc ('eremtinlcs, In the presence of the president of the republic, M. Loubet, »he United States ambassador, Mi. Horace Porter, and a brilliant assemblage of representa¬ tive Frenchmen and the most promi¬ nent members of the Amerieau colony in Paris, the statue of general the Marquis de LaFuyette, the gift of the American school children to France, was presented to the nation by M. Ferdinand W. Peck, president of the Lafayette memorial commission, and was accepted by President Loubet on behalf of France. Rig Mortgage Recorded. Attorneys for the Jeky] Island Club placed on record at Brunswick, Ga., Fiiday a mortgago for §200,000 to re¬ tire an old mortgage and secure money to make further improvements at Je kyl. The mortgage was from the Jekyl Islaud Club to the Hudson Trust Com¬ pany of New York. War Insurance Hates Doubled. A Loudon dispatch says: The war risks at the Lloyds are double the usual rates for vessels bound for China. CASUALTIES IN PHILIPPINES. Eleven Americans Killed and Nearly Two Hundred Filipino* Exterminated. According to advices from Manila the past week’s scouting in Luzon re¬ sulted in eleven Americans being kill¬ ed and sixteen wounded. One hun¬ dred and sixty Filipinos were killed during the week, and eight Americans, who had been prisoners in the hands of the rebels, were surrendered and a hundred rifles turned over to the United States officials. • In the Antigua province of Panay a running fight , of , three , , hours duration ... resulted in the killing or wounding of seventy of the enemy. There were no casualties among the Americans. Havana’s New Charter. The new charter of the city of Havana has gone into effect. The powers of the recently elected officials are thereby greatly increased. The officials have power to grant franchises and concessions. NO. 26. LEGATION SAFE ON JULY THIRD i Ray of Hope Is Kindled By Later News From China. JAPAN IS AUTHORIZED TO ACT Powers Agree to Give Her a Free Hand, Full Co-Operation and Pay to Whip the Chinese. The London foreign office has issued the text of a telegram from Acting Consul General Warren, at Shanghai, confirming from thoroughly trust¬ worthy sources the news from Pekin by courier July 3d, by way of Shang¬ hai, to the London office of the in¬ spectorate of Chinese maritime cus¬ toms, saying two legations were, the day the courier left, holding out against the Chinese and boxers and that the troops had lost 2,000 men and the boxers many leaders. CONSUL GOODNOW COFIBMS REPORTS. A cablegram was received at the state department at Washington Sat¬ urday morning from Consul General Goodnow at Shanghai dated July 7th, saying that the legations were stand¬ ing on the 3d instant and that the re¬ cent attack of the boxers had been comparatively slight. They seemed disposed to adopt starvation methods. One certain effect of Consul General Goodnow’s dispatch will be to cause the officials here, aud without doubt, the European governments, to rebonble their exertions to push forward a force to Pekin. The main hope for speedy action is Btill in Japan. According to the Japanese legation in Washington, which has late advices from Tokio, 22,000 soldiers are now on Chinese soil. If this report is true, then the Japanese government has ac¬ complished much more than was ex¬ pected and the officials here see no reason why the advance on Pekin soould not begin immediately. It is said that Japan is not expected to make this campaign single-handed. The international forces at Taka and Tien Tsin will co-operate to the ut¬ most with the Japanese army corps in the movement on Pekin. What form that co-operation shall take is not known yet; snch details are left to the commanders in the field. It 'is said Japan is to be compensated for the work she is about to undertake in the common cause. Her military prepara¬ tions are very extensive and the cam¬ paign is certain to involve heavy cost. It would be unjust to expect Japan to meet this herself. She has no mis¬ sionaries in China, and consequently is perhaps less interested selfishly than any of the powers in the terrible happenings in Shan Tung and Pekin. CORBIN READY TO SEND TROOPS. As a result of the thorough consid¬ eration of the subjeot by the secretary of war, Lieutenant General Miles and adjutant General Corbin, orders were issued by the war department Satur¬ day afternoon for the dispatch of 6,254 regular troops to the Philippines with a view to their utilization in China. The force is made up of two battalions each of the Fifteenth, Second, Fifth and Eighth infantry, two squadrons each of First and Ninth cavalry, ono squadron of the Third calvary and a company of engineers. These troops will be forwarded as rapidly as possi¬ ble and as soon as transportation ar¬ rangements can be perfected. The issue of the formal orders for the dispatch to the east of more tnan 6,000 troops from the army posts in the United States is a manifestation of the energy with which the government is now about to act in the Chinese matter. True, these troops are nom inally destined for the Philippines to rep i aoe the volunteers now out there, bu t jj. adm jtted that they are being sent out by a route that will easily ad¬ mit of deflection to Taku or some other convenient Chinese port. When tl ese troops are landed in China, to gether with the Ninth infantry sup posed to be now at Taku, and the ma rine and naval contingent the United States will have a force in action corn mensurate with our interests and ia proportion to the European forces.