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J H. ESTILL, President.
Established 1850. - - Incorporated 1888.
ROADS restrained
B V A TEMPORARY ORDER FROM
JI'DGE SPEER
from raising lumber rates
VNTIt. AFTER A HEARING THAT
WILL BE HELD APRIL 24.
Meeting of tl> Georgia Saw Mill
Association at Valdosta—Member*
Indorsed the Aetion of the Com
mittee In Appealing to the Courts
to Prevent the Advance in Rates
to the West—Other Matters of In
terest to Lumbermen Considered.
Stillwell a Delegate.
Athens. Ga., April 14.—0n the peti
tion of H. H. Tift of Tifton, W. S.
West of Valdosta, J. Lee Ensign of
Tifton, J. S. Betts & Cos. of Ashburn,
an d the largest sawmill concerns In
Georgia, Judge Emory Speer, who is
visiting his mother here, to-night
granted an order restraining the lead
ing railroads of this state from put
ting into effect to-morrow a proposed
increase In freight rates on yellow
pine lumber which would cost the lum
bermen of the state from SIBO,OOO to
$200,000 per year.
The order issued by Judge Speer In
chambers in this city to-night is as
follows:
"Upon reading and considering the
verified bill presented In the above en
titled case, jurisdiction thereon is
hereby entertained, and the bill is or
dered to be filed in the office of the
clerk of this court at Macon, Ga., and
it appearing from the allegations of
said bill that irreparable injury may
result to the complainers unless an
immediate restraining order be grant
ed, inasmuch as otherwise the pro
posed increase in rates will be put into
effect by defendants on April 15, 1903,
it is thereupon ordered that the de
fendants named in said bill and each
of them be and appear before me at
the United States court room in the
city of Macon on the 24th day of April,
1903, at 10 o’clock in the forenoon,
then and there to show cause, if any
they can, why an Injunction should
not be granted as prayed in the bill.
“It is further ordered that the de
fendants and each of them, to-wlt, the
Southern Railway, a corporation of the
2>tate of Virginia; Atlantic Coast Line
Railway, a corporation of the State of
Virginia; Louisville and Nashville Rail
road Company, a corporation of the
state of Kentucky; the Nashville, Chat
tanooga and St. Louis Railway Com
pany, a corporation of the state of Ten
nessee; the Seaboard Air Line Railway
Company, a corporation of the state of
Virginia; Central of Georgia Railway
Company, a corporation of the state of
Georgia; Georgia Southern and Flori
da Railroad Company, a corporation of
the state of Georgia; Macon and Bir
mingham Railway Company, a cor
poration of the state of Georgia, and
the Southeastern Freight Association
and S. F. Parrott, chairman thereof, be
and they are hereby severally and
jointly restrained temporarily from pit
ting into effect the increase of rates set
forth in the bill on yellow pine lumber
within the state of Georgia to Chatta
nooga, Tenn., or to points on the Ohio
river and beyond in accordance with
the prayer of the bill for a temporary
restraining order. This order to re
main In effect until the hearing or until
otherwise ordered by court.
"It is further ordered that the de
fendants and each of them, toe served
with this order at least five days before
the hearing by delivery of copy to any
officer or traffic agent of the several
defendants within this district, or with
in the Northern district of (georgia.
“Dated and signed at chambers this
April, 14, 1903. Emory Speer,
“United States Judge.”
The JleetinK at Valdosta.
Valdosta, Ga_, April 14. —The Geor
gia Saw Mill Association held a meet
ing here to-day, the chief matter dis
cussed being the fight against the
proposed advance in rates by the rail
roads on lumber to the West.
The action of the Special Committee
in employing counsel and seeking to
enjoin the railroads from putting the
proposed rate into effect was unani
mously indorsed. The association is
well supplied with funds and a large
increase in the membership is expect
ed as a result of the action of the
roads.
It was decided to-day to pay the ex
perses of one member of every firm
which belongs to the association in at
tending the meeting of the association
to be held at Tifton on May 19.
The demand for lumber was report
ed good, but there has been no ad
vance in prices during the past
eighteen months.
Mr. w. B. Stillwell of Savannah was
elerted a delegate to attend the meet
ing of the National Lumber and Man
ufacturing Association, in Washington
next week. Mr. Stillwell will make a
speech before that association.
The lumbermen were made happy
this evening by a telegram announc
ing Judge Speer has granted a tem
porary injunction in the railroad rate
matter, and that the hearing would
on April 24.
Jtoaraiaij JHofninji iXetus.
GERMANS TURN ON
THE TOBACCO TRUST.
Berlin Chamber of Commerce
Doesn’t Like Its Methods.
Berlin, April 14.—The manner In
which the American Tobacco Com
pany cornered the market for cigar
ette tobacco is reported upon by the
Berlin Chamber of Commerce to the
Prussian Commerce Minister, Herr
Moeller, as follows:
“The American Tobacco Trust, In a
skillful, well planned manner, secured
the output of cigarette tobacco in or
der to meet its increased demand for
raw tobacco by buying not only in
the markets of producing countries,
but in the chief staple markets. The
warehouses are at present empty, and
prices for the cheaper qualities have
risen 25 to 30 per cent. It cannot,
however, be asserted that the Ameri
can purchases were made for purposes
of speculation or for controlling the
market of the world. They appear on
the other hand merely to have been
to cover the trust's enormous demand.
“So far as the German product is
concerned the cheaper qualities were
bought, but of the American crop the
dearer kinds were purchased. While
it is hardly planned to make the Ger
man raw tobacco market dependent
upon American interests, still the do
mestic industry feels keenly the de
ficiency in raw material and the en
hancement of prices.
“The ’ market for cigar tobacco has
felt the influence of the trust to a
lesser degree. Of course the trust
completely controls the raw tobacco
supply for Havana cigars. The trust
began operations in the German ci-
garette market with the purchase of
the factory of George A. Jasmatzi of
Dresden at the beginning of 1901. Since
then it has succeeded in increasing its
business fully 50 per cent. In order
to create a large market for its pro
duct the trust operates with lib
eral rebates, but there is nothing un
usual in this method of doing business,
apart from the fact that rebates are
given even for small quantities. On
the other hand it appeal's not to be
free from criticism that the trust de
livers 1,200 cigarettes whenever a thou
sand are ordered. Furthermore, it
has developed a system of bounties
which is strongly disapproved in Ger
man business circles.
“We believe the trust intends to
try to secure control of the entire Ger
man cigarette market, but there Is
nothing to indicate that it will soon
succeed. The German cigarette in
dustry is strong enough in capital and
mechanical equipment to take up the
fight against the trusts.”
BUREAU’S CROP REPORT
Shows Progress in Planting and
the Growth.
Washington, April 14.—The weather
bureau’s weekly summary of crop con
ditions says:
Corn planting is in progress as far
north as Kansas, Southern Missouri,
Tennessee and North Carolina; farther
south, planting is well advanced, and
is completed in some sections.
Oats continue promising in the
Southern States, and seeding is near
ly completed or well advanced in the
central valleys, where the early sown
is coming up well.
Cotton planting has made good pro
gress in the central and western por
tions of the cotton belt, except in the
flooded areas of Mississippi and Louisi
ana; planting is well advanced in
Southern Georgia, but is progressing
slowly in Northern Georgia and in
South Carolina. Over the southern
portions of the Central and Eastern
districts and in Texas early plantings
are coming up to fair to good stands.
Tobacco plants are plentiful and
generally growing well, though late in
Kentucky. Transplanting has begun
in the Caroiinas.
By the close of March, which was a
very mild month, all fruits were un
usually far advanced. Prom the 4th
to the 6th of April the whole country
east of the Mississippi river, Includ
ing Tennessee, and the Northern por
tion of the South Atlantic staites ex
perienced temperatures below freezing,
stations in the more northerly dis
tricts reporting temperatures from six
degrees to 18 degrees below freezing.
The reports now indicate that many
varieties of fruit have suffered severe
ly, more particularly peaches.
BONDS OF NORTH CAROLINA
Furnish Cause for Litigation With
South Dakota.
Washington, April 14.—The United
States Supreme Court to-day heard ar
gument in the case of the state of
South Dakota versus the state of North
Carolina, involving the legality of
bonds issued by the latter state in
1866 to aid the construction of the
North Carolina Railroad.
Originally the bonds amounted in
the aggregate to $2,500,000, but all but
$250,000 of them, which were owned
by New York parties, were compromis
ed. Of the bonds which were not thus
settled, SIO,OOO worth were presented
to the educational fund of South Da
kota for the purpose, it is claimed
by the legal representatives of North
Carolina, of giving the Federal Su
preme Court original Jurisdiction.
The case was argued for South Da
kota by Wheeler H. Peckham and
for North Carolina by George Roun
tree, J. H. Merriman and Joseph E.
Shepard. North Carolina contests the
suit on the ground that the bonds
were not legally issued and also chal
lenges the Jurisdiction of the court.
CYCLONE SWEPT
ONE SMALL SPOT.
Macon, Ga„ April 14.—A cyclone
dipped down like a whirlwind in Rut
land district last night and destroyed
three houses and carried away a
number of pine trees. The spot touch
ed was only 150 yards across in any di
rection. No other damage was done
anywhere. One negro was hurt, but
ten other negroes in a house escaped
injury. A tremendous rain fell all
over the county.
FIVE WERE KILLED
BY BOILER EXPLOSION.
Galllpolis, 0., April 14.—The boiler
of the Charles Bevans sawmill at
Ruby, 0., exploded to-day, killing
Charles Bevans, Richard Houck,
Rufus Houck and two boys named
Houck and Gottridge. Several others
were badly Injured.
SAVANNAH. GA.. WEDNESDAY. APRIL 15. 1003.
SEQUEL TO SUICIDE
GIRL TRIES TO FOLLOW DAMPIER
TO THE GRAVE.
PUT A GUN TO HER BREAST
AND SENT A LOAD OF SHOT TEAR
ING THROUGH HER BODY.
On Learning of How Ivey Dnmpler
Killed Himself on Being Arrest
ed, Miss Georgia Rogers Deter
mined to End Her Own Life.
Drendfnl Wonnd Made hy the
Gnn—Deelnres That If She Re
covers It Will Be hut to Kill Her
self.
Valdosta. Ga., April 14.—A dreadful
sequel to the suicide of young Ivey
Dampier in Brooks county yesterday
occurred this morning, when Miss
Georgia Rogers, the 18-year-old daugh
ter of Mr. Bartow Rogers, shot her
self with a gun, the load of shot
entering her body near the heart and
producing a wound which it was
thought would produce death.
It is said that the warrant which
the officers went to serve on Ivey
Dampier when he committed suicide,
charged him with seduction. As soon
as Miss Rogers heard of his tragic
death she decided upon a similar
course, and this morning she made the
attempt upon her life.
The news of the attempted tragedy
was brought here from that section
Though the young woman was living
persons who came here met her
brother on the way after a physician
and the report which he gave of the
affair indicated that there was little
hope for the young woman’s recovery.
The entire load of shot passed
through her right breast, ranging to
wards the left. The young woman
has been conscious, but says that if
she recovers she will kill herself. The
letter which Dampier wrote before his
death lays the blame upon her for his
own death.
STRUCK THE FAIR GROUNDS.
Valdosta Visited by a Hard Rain
and a Gale.
Valdosta, Ga., April 14.—The hard
est rain that has fallen here in years
was that of late yesterday afternoon
and last night. The rain reached the
volume of a cloudburst and the streets
were flooded. The canal In the north
ern part of the city overflowed and
sent a raging flood the yards
in thpt ,aj depth of from ten
There was sdðing of a cyclone at
the same time Hi the northern edge of
the city, and at the Fair Grounds
much damage was done. The agricul
tural building, which was erected last
year for the state fair, was blown
down, ar.d several of the fakir stands,
which were used by venders of various
sorts, were blown about like band
boxes.
An electric car, which was standing
on the track near the park, was blown
up the grade toward the city, showing
that the force of the wind was very
strong.
The storm appears to have been lo
cal and no damage is report except
at that place.
WITH A RETINUE
SHE VISITS BILTMORE.
Mlnm Kooderelt Han a Scdre of
Friends and Relation With Her.
Asheville, N. C., April 14.—Miss Alice
Roosevelt arrived this afternoon at
the Biltmore House, where together
with a score of friends and relatives,
she will spend the remaider of the
week as the guest of Mr. and Mrs.
George W. Vanderbilt. In the party
besides Miss Roosevelt were Command
er and Mrs. Cowles and Mrs. Cadwal
lader Jones. Mrs. Vanderbilts bazaar
is to take place Thursday, and Miss
Roosevelt will be an active participant.
ANNUAL MEETING HELD.
Chicago, Rock Island and Texas
and Uhicawo, Rock Island and Gnlf.
Fort YY orth ’ Tex., April 14.—The an
nual meeting of the Chicago, Rock
Island and Texas, and the Chicago,
Rock Island and Gulf railroads were
held to-day in this gity. The new
board of directors of the first road is
as follows: W. B. Leeds, C. H. War
ren, J. T. Harris, J. H. Matthews, V.
T. Lowery and S. B. Hovey The offi
cers are W B. Leeds, president; S. B.
Hovey, vice persident; F. E. Mitchell,
secretary and treasurer.
Directors of the Chicago. Rock Is
land and Gulf: W. B. "Leeds, C. H.
Warren, K. B. Wilson, H. C. Hollo
way: W. G. Newby, S. B. Hovey and
N. H. Lassiter. Officers: W. B. Leeds,
president; S. B. Hovey, vice president;
F. E. Mitchell, secretary and treas
urer.
SMITH SENTENCED
AS A BIGAMIST.
Toledo, 0., April 14.—Charles D.
Smith to-day pleaded guilty in Mon
roe, Mich., of bigamy to prevent the
officials from bringing his second wife
from Georgia to take the stand against
him. He was then sentenced to four
and a half years in the penitentiary.
His wife number one committed sui
cide in the union depot in Toledo some
weeks ago when he deserted her.
BURNED THE BODY
OF AN INNOCENT MAN.
New Orleans, April 14.—The Times-
Democrat’s Shreveport special says:
It. has been established beyond any
cause for doubt that the negro who
was killed Saturday and whose body
was burned at an early hour Sunday
morning, as the murderer of Mrs.
Alice Matthews, was innocent of the
crime.
BODY IN A BARREL.
Murdered Man Found Near the New
York Docks.
New York, April 14.—A murder was
discovered early to-day, according to
the police, by the finding of the body
of a man, apparently an Italian, in a
barrel in East Eleventh street, near the
docks. The man’s throat was cut from
ear to ear.
The first and only clew found during
several hours search was the letters
"W. TANARUS.,” painted on the bottom of the
barrel, but the police think that these
letters will aid them a good deal in re
vealing the mystery.
The well kept condition of the hands
and nails of the dead man indicated
that he was not a laborer. The police
say that he wore expensive shoes and
may have been in good circumstances.
The police discovered in the coat pocket
of the dead man a bit of paper with the
words in Italian translated as “Come,
come in a hurry.” The police believe
this was a part of a decoy letter.
A small, perfumed woman's hand
kerchief was found in the barrel.
Coroner’s physician, Dr. Albert T.
Weston, who performed an autopsy on
the body of the murdered man, said
that he had found eighteen additional
stab wounds in the neck, besides the
two deep gashes that had -severed the
jugular vein, thereby causing death.
The physician said that the autopsy
showed no evidence that there had
been a struggle. He advances the
theory that the man had been held so
that hd could not move, while his as
sailants, In order to force him tell
something they wanted to know, tor
tured him by making slight stab
wounds in his neck.
CENTRAL SURGEONS
MET AT COLUMBUS.
Papers Were Head and Oflleers for
the Ensuing Year Elected.
Columbus, Ga., April 14.—The annual
meeting of the Central of Georgia Rail
way surgeons was held here to-day,
with some twenty-five of the seventy
two surgeons in attendance. In the
absence of the president, Dr. J. B. Mor
gan, of Augusta, Dr. S. C. Benedict, of
Athens, presided.
The convention opened with prayer
by the chief surgeon, Dr. W. H. Elliott,
of Savannah. Dr. J. E. Mangham of
Reynolds read a paper on “Compound
Fractures.” Dr. Seale Harris of Un
ion Springs, Ala., told of “The Negro as
a Surgical Subject;” Dr. W. B. c. rather
of Seale, Ala., read a paper on “The
Maligner;” Dr. J. R. G. Howell of
Dothan, Ala., told of “Hypodermoc
clysis;” Dr. Howard J. Williams of Ma
con, read “Notes of Three Cases,” and
Dr. J. D. Dabney of Birmingham gave
a paper on "Amputations with a View
to Adjusting Artificial Limbs.” The
programme closed with remarks by Dr.
Elliott.
The next meeting will probably be at
some point In Alabama. The following
officers were elected: President, S. C.
Athens: vice president,
CnSTtes Hick's of Dublin; and secretary
and treasurer, W. D. Travis of Coving
ton.
The secretary was instructed to
draft resolutions on the deaths of Dr.
B. R. Doster of Blakely, and Dr. R. F.
Harper of Ozark, Ala. The former
was vice president of the association.
ROOSEVELT NOT SHOOTING
PRESERVED GAME.
Denied That He Ha> Fired at a
Monntaln Lion.
Cinnabar, Mont., April 14.—President
Roosevelt broke camp yesterday and
is slowly working his way to MaJ.
Pitcher’s headquarters at Fort Yellow
stone.' He is expected to arrive at
Yanceys to-night or to-morrow morn
ing and to reach the fort some time
Thursday. He will remain there one
day and then will start for Norris,
where the geysers are.
There is a good deal of snow be
tween the fort and Norris, and the
engineer corps is at work opening the
road.
Word received from the President to
day was to the effect that he is in the
best of health and thoroughly enjoy
ing 'his outing. In addition to horse
back riding he takes long walks over
the mountain trails.
Notwithstanding reports to the con
trary, the President has not fired a
shot at a mountain lion and has no
intention of doing so.
HOLE OF *A CRAWFISH
Threatened a Break In a Mlsslssip
pl Levee.
New Orleans, April 14.—Prompt and
effectice work to-day arrested the
threatened destruction of Waterloo
levee, about 70 miles above the city
on the east bank of the river.
A crawfish hole had developed near
its base and widened to a diameter of
18 to 20 inches. For a time there was
much apprehension that the levee,
softened by the length of time the
water has stood against it, would go,
but timely alarm was given and after
a day of hard work the source of the
trouble was made reasonably secure.
Considerable progress was made at
Hymelia to-day in the construction of
the new 500 feet of cribbing to en
close the break in the old line.
The government gauge here regist
ered 19.8 late in the day, a fall of a
tenth from the morning reading. With
falls at Vicksburg, Red River Land
ing, Baton Rouge and Donaldsonvllie,
the situation generally is considered to
be improving.
MADNESS OF ELLIS
Was Testified to In New York Be
fore a Referee.
New York, April 14.—Proceedings
were held before a referee to-day to
determine the sanity of William B. El
lis, formerly a rich tobacco merchant in
Salem, N. Y. It is alleged that he
wrote a threatening letter to Frank H.
Fries, former president of the Roanoke
Southern Railroad.
Dr. Allen McLane Hamilton to-day
testified that Ellis was undoubtedly in
sane. and that his madness was of a
dangerous character.
MORGAN FOR EUROPE.
New York, April 14.— 1 t was stated
In Wall street to-day that J. Peirpont
Morgan would sail for Europe Wed
nesday of next week.
CLEVELAND CONTENT
WITH THE PROGRESS THE NEGRO
IS MAKING.
BOOKER WASHINGTON’S WORK
IS WARMLY COMMENDED BY' THE
FORMER PRESIDENT.
Cleveland Deelnres Himself n Sin
cere Friend of tile Negro at a
Meeting Held in New York for
the Benefit of the Tnskegee
School—His Speech Showed Ap
preciation of the Southern YVhite
Mini’s Position nnd of the Dltti
cnlties Confronting Hint.
New York, April 14. —Former Presi
dent Grover Cleveland was the princi
pal speaker to-night at a meeting held
in the concert hall of Madison Square
Garden in the interests of the Tuskegee
Normal and Industrial Institute.
Arftong those on the platform with
Mr. Cleveland were Mayor Low, who
presided; Booker T. Washington, Edgar
G. Murphy, Dr. Lyman Abbott, Presi
dent Nicholas Murray Butler, and
Dean J. VanAmringe of Columbia; W.
H. Baldwin, Chancellor McCracken of
New York University; John DeWitt
Warner and George F. Peabody. Mrs.
Cleveland sat in the gallery with Mr.
and Mrs. Andrew Carnegie, who are
Mr. Cleveland’s hosts while he is in the
city.
Mr. Cleveland, who was greeted with
prolonged applause as* he was intro
duced by Mayor Low, said;
“I have come here to-night as a
sincere friend of the negro, and I should
be very sorry to suppose that my good
and regular standing in such company
needed support at this late day, either
from certificate or confession of
faith.
“Inasmuch, however, as there may be
differences of thought and sentiment
among those who profess to be friends
of the negro, I desire to declare my
self as belonging to the Booker Wash
ington-TuSkegee section of the organi
zation, I believe that the days of Uncle
Tom’s Cabin are past. I believe tha.t
neither the decree that made the
slave free, nor the enactment that
suddenly invested them with the rights
of citizenship, any more purged them
of their racial and slavery-bred Im
perfections and deficiencies than It
changed the color of their skin. I be
lieve that among the nearly 9,000,000
negroes who have been intermixed with
our citizenship, there is still a grevtous
amount of Ignorance, a sad amount of
viciousness and a tremendous amount
of laziness and thriftlessness.
“I believe that these conditions In
exorably present to the white people
of the United States, to each in his en
vironment and under the.mandate of
good crniaftinf), a problem which
neither enlightened self-interest nor
the higher motive of human sympathy
win permit them to put aside.
South Entitled to Sympathy.
“I believe our fellow countrymen In
the Southern and late slave-holding
states, surrounded by about nine
tenths, or nearly 8,000,000 of this en
tire negro population, and who regard
their material prosperity, their peace
and even the safety of their civiliza
tion, interwoven with the negro prob
lem, are entitled tc our utmost consid
eration and sympathy and fellowship.
I am thoroughly convinced that the
efforts of Booker Washington and the
methods of Tuskegee Institute point
the way to a safe and beneficent solu
tion of the vexatious negro problem
at the South, and I know that the good
people at the North, who have aided
these efforts and methods, have Illus
trated the highest and best citizenship
and the most Christian and enlighted
ed philanthropism.
"I cannot, however, keep out of my
mind to-night the thought that after
all we of the North may do, the real
ization of our hopes for the negro
must, after all, mainly depend, except
so far as it rests with the negroes
themselves —upon the ■ sentiment and
conduct of the leading and responsi
ble white men of the South, and upon
the maintenance of a kindly and help
ful feeling on their part towards those
in thefr midst who so much need their
aid and encouragement.
“I need waste no time in detailing
the evidence that this aid and encour
agement has thus far been generously
forthcoming. Schools for the education
of negro children and institutions for
their industrial training are scattered
all over the South and are liberally
assisted bv the Southern public and
private funds. So far as I am In
formed the sentiment In favor of the
largest extension and broadest In
fluence of Tuskegee .Institute and kin
derd agencies is universal, and I be
lieve that without exception the ne
groes who fit themselves for useful oc
cupations and service find willing and
"Cheerful patronage and employment
among their white neighbors.
Fnllh In Southern Whites.
“I do not know how it may be with
other Northern friends of the negro,
but I have faith *n the honor and sin
cerity of the resectable white people
of the South irf their relations with
the negro and his improvement and
well being. They do not believe in the
social equality.of the race, and they
make no false pretense in regard to it.
That this does hot grow out of hatred
of the negro is very plain. It seems to
me that there is abundant sentiment
and abundant behavior among the
Southern whites towards the negro,
to make us doubt the Justice of charg
ing this denial of social equality to
prejudice, as we usually understand
the word. Perhaps it is born out of
something so much deeper and more
imperious than prejudice as to amount
to a racial Instinct. Whatever It is,
let us remember that It has condoned
the negro's share In the humiliation
and spoliation of the white men of the
south during the saturnalia of Recon
struction days and has allowed a kind
ly feeling for the negro to survive the
time when the South was deluged by
a perilous flood of Indiscriminate, un
intelligent and blighting negro suf
frage. Whatever It Is, let us try to be
tolerant and considerate of the feel
ings and even prejudiced racial In
stinct of our white fellow countrymen
of the South, who In the solution of
the negro problem must, amid their
own surroundings, bear the heat of
the day and stagger under the weight
or the white man’s burden
“There are, however, other considera
tions relating to this feature of the ne
gro question, which may be regarded
as more in keeping with the objects and
purposes of the occasion. As friends
of the negro, fully believing in the poe
sibility of his improvement and ad
vancement and sincerely and confident
ly laboring to that end, it is folly for
us to ignore the importance of the un
gruding co-operation on the part of the
white people of the South in this work.
Labor as we will, those who do the lift
ing of the weight must be those who
stand next to it. This co-operation
cannot be forced; nor can it be gained
by gratuitously running counter to
firmly fixed and tenaciously held
Southern ideas, or even prejudices.
By Aiillnn Tnskegee.
“We are not brought to the point
of doing or overlooking evil that good
may come when we proceed upon the
theory that before reaching the stage
where we may be directly and practi
cally confronted with the question of
the negro's full enjoyment of civic ad
vantages or even of all his political
privileges, there are Immediately before
us and around us questions demanding
our immediate care, and that, in deal
ing effectively with these, we can con
fidently rely upon the encouragement
and assistance of every thoughtful and
patriotic citizen of the land—wherever
he may live and whatever may be his
ideas or predilections concerning the
more remote phases of the negro prob
lem.
“These questions that are so imme
diately pressing have to do with the
practical education of the. negro and
especially with fitting him to compete
with his white neighbors in gaining a
decent, respectable and renumerative
livelihood. Booker Washington, in
speaking on the conditions and needs of
his race, has wisely said, ‘lt is at the
bottom of life we must begin and not
at the top; nor should we permit our
grievances to overshadow our oppor
tunities.’
“In summing up the whole matter,
there is one thing of which we can be
absolutely certain. When we aid
Tuskegee Institute and agencies like
it, striving for the mental and manual
education of the negro at the South,
we are In every point of view render
ing him the best possible service.
YVhatever may be his ultimate destiny,
we are thus helping to fit him for fill
ing his place and bearing its respon
sibilities. We are sowing well In the
soil at 'the bottom of life’ the seeds of
the black man's development and use
fulness. These seeds will not die, but
will sprout and gpow, and if It be
within the wise purpose of God, the
hardened surface of no untoward
sentiment of prejudice can prevent the
bursting forth of the blade and plant
of the negro’s appointed opportunity
into the bright sunlight of a cloudless
day.”
At the conclusion of his address Mr.
Cleveland introduced Edgar G. Mur
phy, who said:
“I think that wise men everywhere
are recognizing In the principal of
Tuskegee one of the greatest moral as
sets in Che life of our country to-day.
The South has not applauded him with
undiiscriminating agreement, or with
monotonous, thoughtless, profitless ac
claim. The South has some times
blamed him. But the South is too fair
to him and to his face to allow these
occasions of disagreement to distort
the broad perspective in which she has
viewed and appreciated that arduous
public service through which, for twen
ty years, in cheerful patience and un
affected modesty, he has labored for
the upbuilding of his humble and un
tutored fellows. He has greatly done
a great work in response to a great
need.
“North and South there have been
those who have seen peril in the ne
gro’s progress. But if the progress
of the negro bring peril with it that
peril Is nothing in comparison with
the perils attendant on the negro's
failure."
Lyman Abbott Speaks.
Dr. Abbott, who followed, said that
the South deserved great credit for tak
ing up as it had an untried problem, in
helping the negro to help himself.
“And the North,” he said, “has given
her scant credit. She has given him
schools that the North has refused him
and done many other things towards
his future that the North never thought
of.” ,
Dr. Abbott next spoke of the great
work of Booker Washington and
praised him in the highest terms, de
claring he had done as much for the
white race as for the negro. His work
had really brought about the union of
North and South in the work that he
had taken up as his life task.
Quoting a remark made by Henry
Ward Beecher, to the effect that we
should “make the negro worthy first
and then give him suffrage,” Dr. Ab
bott said:
"We made the mistake of giving him
suffrage first and the unfortunate ne
gro has had to suffer ever since. What
the negro wants is education. It all
depends upon education whether the
negro will be a shackle to our feet or
wings to our body.”
W. H. Baldwin, treasurer pf the
Tuskegee Institute, announced that
soon after the meeting had begun he
had received two telegrams, one an
nouncing a gift of 810,000 from a lady
in Ohio, and the other a gift of SI,OOO
from a lady and gentleman in the
South. He said that $56,000 had been
needed to pay the Indebtedness of the
institution, and that taking the gifts
into consideration there was the small
sum of $45,000 needed, for which he
made an urgent plea as well as for a
furtHcr endowment sum.
Hooker Wnshlngtnn Spenks.
Mr. Cleveland, in introducing Book
er Washington, the last speaker of
the evening, said:
“I have to introduce to you a man
too well known by every man in the
United States; a man who has been
spoken of too frequently and too fav
orably for it to be necessary for me
to say more than —Here Is Booker T.
Washington.”
Prof. Washington then spoke as fol
lows:
“The Tuskegee Normal and Indus
trial Institute at Tuskegee, Ala., Is the
outgrowth of the efforts of Gen. S. C.
Armstrong of the Hampton Institute
in Virginia. Gen. Armstrong was one
of the great seers and prophets who
realized that the task of the nation
was not fulfilled when the shackles of
physical slavery were struck from the
limbs of the millions of slaves of the
South. He realized that 9,000,000 hu
man beings steeped in Ignorance,
minus experience, could be but half
free. He foresaw that the nation must
have anew birth and anew freedom,
and that this regeneration must In
clude the Industrial, Intellectual, and
moral and religious freedom of ex
slaves.
"In this, connection I am glad that
we have another great American and
Christian statesman In the person of
Hon. Grover Cleveland, who Is mani
festing by his presence and words here
this evening that he, too, is conscious
of the fact that the lifting up of the
negro is not alone Tuskegee's problem,
not alone the negro’s concern, not
alone the South’s duty, but la the
problem of the nation, because the
whole people were responsible for the
Introduotlon and perpetuation of
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MET AND ORGANIZED
NEWSPAPER MEN FORMED PUB
LISHERS’ ASSOCIATION.
NEWSPAPERS OF THE SOUTH
FROM NEW ORLEANS TO RICH
MOND ARE MEMBERS.
Initial Meeting? of the Association
Held at Atlanta—lt* Object and
lta Scope—Many Well Known
Newspaper Men Attended—H. H.
4'nhmilsa of Atlanta Elected Pres
ident—Other Officers—Col. Eatlll
Among Thoae Who Attended—Vls-
Itora Are Entertained.
Atlanta, April 14.—The Southern
Newspaper Publishers' Association was
organized at a well-attended meeting
of Southern newspaper men held to
day at the Piedmont hotel here. There
were present newspapr men from as
far as New Orleans on one side and
Richmond on the other.
The association was organized by the
adoption of a committee report, which
decided on the foregoing name, con
tined the membership to Southern
newspapers, fixed annual meetings, the
number and title of officers and out
lined the objects as the promotion of
the buisness Interests, harmony and
prosperity of its members, working, if
possible, in conjunction with the Na
tional Newspaper Publishers' Asso
ciation, of which many of the South-
ern newspeper proprietors are mem
bers. The annual dues are to be fixed
by the executive committee, not to
exceed S6O.
The following officers were chosen:
president, H, H. Cabaniss, of the At
lanta Journal; vice president, Bruce
Haldeman, of the Louisville Courier
Journal; secretary and treasurer, E.
P. Glass, of the Montgomery Adver
tiser; Executive Committee, Robert
Ewing, of the New Orleans States; R.
N. Rhodes, of the Birmingham News;
D. A. Tompkins, of the Charlotte News
and Observer; J. C. Hemphill, of the
Charleston News and Courier; G. M.
Foster, of the Nashville Banner; T.
T. Stockton, of the Jacksonville Tlmes-
Union, and A. R. Holderby, of the
Richmond Times-Dispatch.
After the business meeting, the news
paper men were entertained at a barbe
cue dinner at the Piedmont Driving
Club by the Jouyial and Constitution
of this city.
Col. J. H. Estill of the Morning News
was present and took a prominent and
important part In the business discus
sions of the day.
BECOMES A GEORGIAN.
Reported Tlint ex-Senntnr MrLnnrln
Will Live In Brunswick.
Brunswick, Ga., April 14.—Ex-United
States Senator John L. McLaurln, of
South Carolina, It Is rumored, will
shortly remove to Brunswick and be
come a citizen of this city.
Col. E. C. Machen, who is in New
York, wires that Mr. McLaurln will
hereafter devote all of his time to the
work of the construction company,
which is building the Brunswick and
Birmingham Railroad, and he will as
sume the active management of the
company, succeeding Machen, who has
been elected president of the road.
Col. Machen, President Umsted, of
the Mohawk Cos., Mr. McLaurln and
others Interested In the steel plant,
the Brunswick and Birmingham and
the construction company are ex
pected In the city next week.
WORK WAS HELD IP,
Government Inspecters Condemned
Building at Johnson City.
Johnson City, Tenn„ April 14.— A1l
work on the hospital group and the
power house at the National Soldier's
Home, now under construction, has
been suspended. It Is said the govern
ment Inspectors have condemned about
$4,000 worth of the work on these
buildings and that it will have to be
torn out and rebuilt. The loss will
be heavy upon the contractors, un
less some concessions are allowed for
want of correct specifications, which,
it is said, Is the claim of the con
tractors.
YOITSEV’S CONFESSION
Was Demanded by Counsel for
James Howard.
Frankfort, Ky., April 13.— Counsel
for James Howard, on trial for the
third time for the murder of William
Goebel, to-day filed a written motion
demanding a copy of the “confession
and evidence” given before the grand
Jury by Henry Youtsey, who is serv
ing a life sentence as accessory.
Attorney Franklin, for the Common
wealth, denied that Youtsey had ever
made a confession to him and refused
to give his notes of the grand jury
proceedings. The court overruled the
motion.
Appeal Is Looked For.
Washington, April 14.—The Depart
ment of Justice has no information to
Indicate that the Nortehrn Securities
Company will abandon its case. On the
contrary, all the information In the
possession of the department is to the
effect that the company will appeal to
the United States Supreme Court and
contest the case to the end.
Big Deal in Timber.
Knoxville, Tenn., April 14.—C. H.
Rexford & Son of Pennsylvania to
day purchased 12.000 acres of timber
land in Swafn county, Western North
Carolina, for which they paid $75,000.
It adjoins a tract of 18,000 acres re
cently bought by the same parties.
Shops’ Narrow Eseape.
Little Rock, Ark., April 14.—The new
Iron Mountain ehope at Barring Cross
hod a narrow escape from total de
struction to-night. The freight car
repair shed was burned. Including
about thirty-four freight cars and
two cabooses. Lose, s2o,ooft
