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JAPS AND JOHN BULL
eXGLISII DII-lOV ATS TV ANT TO SEE
CHINA VICTORIOVS.
They Fear Future Complication*—Tba Bn»-
Biau Government t* Watching the Com
batant* With a Jralona Lye.
London, August 11.—The British news
papers continue to publish vehement de
nunciations of Japan. Every repulse of
the Japanese in Corea or Corean waters is
welcomed editorially as would be a triumph
of British arms, and ev.-: • sl, S*
cess evokes a storm of disapproval w ilh
appeals to international law.
The average Englishman is either unpar
tisan or hopes that Japan will humble China
in the present war. Among diplomats and
others who speak with authority on orien
tal affairs, however, there is a feeling of
hostility and apprehension towards Japan.
With few exceptions the men who hate
lived long at eastern courts or traveled
much in Asiatic countries, while imbued
with no love for China, express the bel.ef
that Japan’s success in the present strug
gle would be bound to lead to trouble be
tween England and Russia.
The government’s views are similar. In
Official circles the impression is that the ex
pulsion of the Chinese from Corea would
be followed speedily by the appearance of
a Russian fle. t in Corean waters, and per
haps of Russian soldiers on Corean soil.
Russia would not rllow Japan to make her
self at home in the peninsula. She has
too long regarded herself as the natura
heir of Corea. At present she is anxious
to see the status quo maintained, aid
would be greatly displeased with any at
tempt of China or Japan to take posses-
Sion of the land. Despite the tr<a. cost
of the defenses at VlaJivostock and he
skillfulness of the engineers *"
the work, that post is not a satisfactory
wearing and the roads are blocked with
ice during the cold season.
VV hat Hund* At ants-
Russia knows that only a little further
■
era! barb rs exactly suited for her pur
s Port Lasaruff. on Broughton bay, is
of them. Russia n:.s had her eyes on
R for y ars. Few Russian officers doubt
that Bort Lasnroff would be a strong base
of naval operations on the 1 acific. n
would be of immense service to Luss.a
In a war with England, who. wiih such a
position m the hands of the enemy, would
be obliged either to send a large purt I of
her navy to Asiatic waters or leave India,
Austral 1 i and the straits settlements open
to Ku-di/s naval attacks.
In this situation lies the reason of Eng
land’s plain anxiety and enmity to the Jap
an, re cause. She is most eager to prevent
Japan from giving Russia an excuse for in
t. g | < that Russia mieht
Justify such interference, quite plausibly,
inasmu h as n.-i BA PetnrsbUT
the remotest influence in f.»tm-nting the war.
The bitt i st anti-Japanese writers in lx»n
don have been declaring nil the week that
J.i-an - :.lr» adv scheming to play Russia
a '.
Th* inl’uen. e of the war on the s‘lv—r
ma K<’t 1: I - n slight so far. altii iu»:h i.i
th- st •• k exchange the silver price is ex
pected to ris" eventually on the strength of
Ct ma 1 Japan demands for ships and
w.i- i. it« ri 1 fr... i Eur. pe and America.
Protabjv . x •;>. • - will also rise, as a loan
might L- nt tit Lindon an I th*- proceeds
b-> u -I ir l-.i ing ::»•! sending out stiver.
It has t nr« nark 1 in the test few days
that i’ • hi I- -to-hi considerable silver
for delivery at th- end of the year.
17X6 < II t' ’• 1 M’l’.i i s IT.
That Is. That Ind- ninity Will Be De
manded !>y Great llritian.
London. August 6.—A dispatch to The
Times from Shanghai, dated August Clh.
say- th-.t th * v.—ruy. Li Hung Chang, ex
pects the Brit sh government wiii claim
compensation f r the relatives of the vic
tims of the sunken transport. Kow Sluing,
and also for the owner of the cargo, who
was under th- protection of the British
fl.-g when the K.-w Sating was sunk. Li
Hung Chang estimates the indemnity due
•uni of the
Kow Chung affair at Sff’A'.OW.
Fe.terfui Effort* of N» Avail.
London. August The Home correspond
ent of The Central News telegraphs this
evening as follows:
’The eorßtquake centered in the province
of Catania. The towns of Fieri. Acl and
Bisane were totally destroyed and great
darrage was done in Rennlssi an-i Zaffa
rana. Fifty person* w-re kill'd and '••'ores
were severely injured. Hundreds of vil
lagers tie 1 from their homes into the open
country, abandoning everything.
"The government «-rli- mta are sending
s’ru'iies and surgeons to the distressed dls
i
China Make* I."vy.
London, August 9.—A dispatch from Tien-
Tsin to the Central News says:
••Tli eni|«-ror of China has directed that
a levy for war tribute i»o made >pon the
v.« reroys • f the different provinc s. A for
eign war loan is mooted.
"Chinese troops with European officers are
America Leads the World
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The Crowning Glory of the Age.
Man’s enterprise culminated at the World’s Columbian
Exposition. The memory of it will be a marvel for all time.
The fame there acquired will live for years. The manufact
urers of
Dr. Price’s Cream Baking Powder
appreciate the award to them of highest honors at the
Exposition. The significance of the compliment, the splendid
character of the indorsement, cannot be underrated. It
stamps Dr. Price’s as without a peer among the baking pow
ders. The jury of awards, an exceptionally intelligent body,
Was headed by the Chief Chemist of the L nited States Depart
ment of Agriculture. They found Dr. Price’s Cream Baking
Powder strongest in leavening power, perfect in purity, and
of uniform excellence.
•‘foremost liaßing Powder in all the World.”
THE WEEKLY CONSTITUTION: ATT, ANT A. GA. MONDAY. AUGUST 13. 1894.
rapidly advancing through Manchuria to
ward the Corean frontier. The Commissari
at is experiencing great difficulty in obtain
ing supplies for the troop®. China is wary
in her preparations, but is unsparing in her
efforts to succeed in the impending light
ing.”
The Shanghai correspondent of the Cen
tral News says:
•’According to advices from Yokohama
and Nagasaki, Japan is pouring relntcrce
ments into Corea, using lor the purpose all
available fast steamers flying the Japanese
"A fle t of Japanese transports recently
started for Chemulpo. Another fleet start
ed for the north coast of Corea, presumably
for Gensan.
“The Japanese newspapers ale forbidden
to refer to the war preparations, cr to pub
lish any army news except such as is sup
plied by the government.
“The Japanese aim to attack the Chinese
before the arrival of the Manchurian corps.
“The Chinese fleet makes no effort to
leave the coast. Fast Japanese cruisers
are constantly watching.
“Chief Officer Tamplin, of the transport
Kow-Shung, said in an interview today
concerning his experiences at th? time of
the sinking of the transport: ‘I was in the
water from the time of the sinking until the
Japanese picked me up. The Japan.se were
kind to me, and gave me every attention.
The Chinese aboard the Kow-Shung tired
at me while I was in th ■ water. The Japan
ese fired at the Chinese in the Kow-Shung’s
boats, but did not fire at the drowning Chi
namen." ”
• The Chinese Were Victorious.
Shanghai, August 11.—A dispatch re
ceived here from Chee F<*>, says that the
Japanese attacked Port Hamilton yester
day evening and were repulsed.
A special dispatch from Chee Foo con
firms the report that the Japanese fleet
attacked the Chinese fleet at Wei Hai Wei,
yesterday morning and that the former
were repulsed at one entrance of the har
bor and subsequently attacked the other
entrance.
A dispatch says that the Japanese made
a daring attempt to capture the forts and
arsenal at Wei Hai Wei. The Japanese
attacked it in full force, flour cruisers and
several smaller vessels heading the ad
vance. The first shots were exchanged at
daylight, but ths Chinese were on the
alert and their gunners returned a vigorous
tire from the fort. The Japanese apparently
expected to take the Chinese by surprise
while the latter’s warships were away, the
Chinese squadron, with the exception ot
some small gunboats and torpedo vessels,
having sailed the day la-fore for another
port, but the gunboats and fort kept up
such a well-directed fire that the Japanese
were unable to enter the harbor. The
Chinese torpedo boats were then ordered
to advance and when they did so the
Japanese fleet retired.
The same fleet of Japanese vessels at
tacked the other entrance bf the harbor
later in the day. The Tesult of this second
attack was not known when the special
dispatch was sent.
THINKS JAP IN WILL WHIP.
Cap lit in Itridgemnu Nays Japan Is Bet
ter Equipped Than China.
Tacoma, Wash.. August 7.—Captain W.
R. Bridgeman, who has commanded the
United States cruiser Baltimore for the
last two years, returned here on a two
months l<avo of absence, having left the
cruiser at Chemulpo, Corea, July 12th. He
regards the oriental war as an unequal
contest, with the odds greatly favoring Ja
pan, which, he says, lias a splendid navy
a”d an army as well equipped as that of
any European country. Japan, he thinks,
is sure to win unless China is given time to
make war preparations on a gigantic scale,
in his opinion, the Japanese government has
been endeavoring to force th" war in order
to detach attention from it to internal po
litical dissensions.
< r.plain l.mig on tlie < hlnese.
London. August 7.—Captain I.ang, a form
er director in the Chinese navy and super
visor of the building of many forts, said
in an interview today:
"The Chim se are well trained and excel
lent marksmen. China’s navy is about
equal to Japan’s. The Japanese have more
dash than tlie Chinese have; but all de
pends upon how the Chinese are led. If
they have confidence in their leaders, they
will face anyth.ag without fear of death.
If Admiral Ting led them they would
prove themselves a splendid force. Some of
the Chinese officers, particularly those
trained in America, are bright examples of
everything that they should be. The Chi
nese forts are well to tlie fore.”
Captain Lang said that his opinions were
based on the condition of things in IS!* l *,
when he left China. He feared that dis
cipline had become lax since the European
influence was withdrawn.
The Colcra He|»ort.
St. Petersburg, July 29.—There were sev
entv-nine fresh cases of cholera hero yes
terday and forty-nine deaths. The epidemic
is abating somewhat.
AT SIXTEEN TO ONE.
NORTH CAIIOEINA DEMOCRATS FA
VOR VJi 1.131 ir ED com AGE.
The Goldbug Currency Contract lon l«t« Hear
from the People—Free Coinage at Or.ce.
Cleveland’s i’atriotisin Endorsed.
Raleigh. N. C., August B.—The democratic
state convention was called to order at
noon in Metropolitan hall, by Chairman
Simmons, who presided, and presented
J. C. Buxton, of Winston, us temporary
president. The hall was packed, but few
counties being unrepresented. Mr. Buxton
made a stirring address, and his eulogistic
references to Cleveland were loudly cheered,
as well as his references to Vance, Ransom
and Jarvis. Hon. R. A. Doughty was made
permanent president.
Chief Justice James E. Shepherd and As
sociate Justices Walter Clark, James C.
Mcßea and Armistead Burwell and State
Treasurer H. MeD. Tate, were nominated by
acclamation to succeed themselves.
Addresses were made by Walter Henry,
A. W. Waddell, Cyrus Watson and others.
The three questions of interest were the
silver plank, the full endorsement of the
administration and whether primaries should
be held in the counties for United States
senators to succeed Ransom and Jarvis. The
proposition for primaries was laid on the
table by a vote of 692 to 240. J. W. Cald
well, chairman of the platform committee,
reported Che resolutions, the important
planks being:
Free and Unlimited Coinage.
"We reaffirm the doctrines of the party
as enumerated by the Chicago convention
of 1892, and desire to signify as follows,
what is the construction placed by us on
the sections therein relating to silver, vis:
We hold that it is Lie duty of tlie law
making department of the government, now
in the hands of the democracy, to take
immediate steps to restore, by ieg.slation,
the equal privileges of silver with gold at
the mints, by the free and unlimited coin
age of silver and gold with the ratio of
16 to J, such being the ratio of coinage
which heretofore has held in the United
(Staten.
"That we urge upon the said law-making
department of the government to abolish
the unconstitutional and prohibitive tax. of
10 per cent upon the issue of state ban’.s.
President in I I’m riotisni Admired.
"That we admire the courage and lofty
patriotism of the president, and that we
most heartily commend h’s prompt and ef
fective action muter tlie law for the suppres
sion of tlie efforts of alien anarchists to
disturb by force and violence tlie true rela
tions of labor to capital, his sturdy effort
to secure tlie enactment of tariff reform, as
calied fir in tlie party platform, his prompt
approval of the bill repealing the federal
election laws, the notable reduction of the
expenses of tlie government under this ad
ministration and the freedom from scandal
which has been such a mark d feature of
his return to the head of affairs.”
The platform was adopted most unani
mously.
James H. Pou was elected chairman of the
stale executive committee.
IS A(H R TIME I P?
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DE.MOCR Vl’iC COM EVi ItEVS.
Tilliuanites Kun Some of Them mid
Are Left in O: licrs.
Columbia, S. C., August ti.—(Sp<rial.)—
County democratic conv-!:ii'>ns were 'icio?
throughout tlie it ate tod.y r th. ,>m, . \
of ivorg aization. .Many el th< m W‘ |
fcritnrt le.-s, but matters of interest croppo
out in several of the meetings. In thix city
the conservatives were overwhelmingly in
the majority and id a meeting after tlie
convention to weed out their legislative
Candida ics.
Tiie Hampton precinct club got mad and
withdrew before the voting bee 'use, it is
said, they wanted one of their club nomi
nated for tiie legislature, even though he
hid not •attended the county campaign
meetings. Ex-Representative John I’. Thom
as, Jr., Frank IL Weston and H. Cowp. r
Fatton, all Columbia Dwyers, and Hany
Adams, an Eastover farmer, were nomi
nated.
intense interest centers in the state re
form executive committee, Which has been
call’d in session for tomorrow night to
take into consideruti n tiie mutterings from
all over tlie state against the state reform
convention, called for the pith instant,
to nominate reform candidates for state
officers. Tlie convention plan is looked
upon as a scheme of the leaders to rush
John Gary Evans through. Tiie Ellerbe and
Tindall men declare that there is abso
lutely no Just reason for having a factional
convention, as tlie antis arc making no light
and they are hot for a direct vote by pri
mary. it is not believed that the leaders
will allow any material change. Hol times
are looked for.
lIIHY GA AA ATSOX.
The South Carolina Senator Saya Toni
Im Bright but IncompctciM.
Charleston, S. C., August C.—A special
to The N< ws and Courier from Laurens
says that Senator Irby made a long and
rambling speech to a “reform” county con
vention today, in regard to national af
fairs, Senatcr Irby said in substance that
the proposed tariff law was a humbug
and a fraud, and but for the MeKint. y
law being on the statute books he would
not support it. He did not caucus with
a. i.ators because of the sugar trust con
tamination. Cleveland was a. hypocrite and
a fraud, and no democrat, but an aristo
crat, all his associates being of tiie money
power. He (Irby) was a democrat, and
would be the last man in the state to
dr.-erl the democratic party. btmselt
s: veil the democratic party intact two
years ago. He said that his hearers were
democrats of tne purest type, that tae
south was democratic. Tom Watson was a
bright young fellow, but lie was incompe
tent and the south wanted wise demo
cratic leaders (meaning Tillman.) Ine
South and west must get togetli. r with
Boies, Tillman, or Stevenson, in 1 in;, and
lie behind a log for Cleveland, stand to
the dmocatic party, drive out Cleveland and
stick t<> tiie party. £tand to tiie “reform”
party, he said It was tiie only salvation
in this state. Butler was a courteous gen
tleman and had been polite and Kindly to
him, but Tillman represented his hearers’
views and they ought to support him for
the United Slates senate.
“~SOLTH < AROMA X Bill MARIES.
In:li<*:i(loiim Are That John Gary Evans
At HI He the Aoniinee.
Columbia, S. (’., August H.—Owing to the
fact that a large majority of the reform
clubs are in the country districts and re
mote from tel. graph offices, returns of the
primary election are verj meager. The in
dications are that John Gary Evans will be
the nominee. He has carried oo’.ii Charles
ton and Columbia, which, with other coun
ties conceded to him, makes his nomina
tion almost certain.
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Eave* Opposes Fusion.
Raleigh, N. C., August 6.—(Special.)—The
republican stale chairman, Eaves, makes
a most pointed speech against fusion with
the populists. He says the populists can
come to the republicans but the latter can
never go to the populists and thus desert
their own principled.
Elkin Will Oppose XV ~ Ison.
Martinsburg, Va., August 10.—It is regard
ed here as a probability that ex-Seeretary
Stephen B. Elkins will oppose William L.
AVilson for congress in this district. A
solid Elkins delegation of sixty-nine dele
gates has been selected to go to the con
vention. which meets in Elkins, the home
of the ex-secretary, in a few weeks.
The fact that some of Elkins's fast friends
took an active part in tlie convention lends
color to the run or that he has decided to
accept the uominatioii it offered him.
SARGE PLUNKETT.
TAKING IN THE CONVENTION ATD
LISTENING TO THE SPEAKERS.
Mr. Redding's Good Work in the Interest of
Ulieene Manurfiici uring in Georgia.
I‘at AVolsb and Geu. Longstreet.
For The Constitution.
Last week was a week of conventions and
rains and Brown and I have been discussing
tiie effects of both upon the country.
From a district convention of third party
advocates, we went next day to the DeKalb
Sunday school convention, thence to the
great democratic state, convention at Atlan
ta. This was variety enough to satisfy even
Brown, and was “wet” enough, too. It is
the first time 1 ever heard Brown com
plain of too much “wetness,” and I think
the prohibitionists could have got him to
sign most anything if they had struck him.
From the third party convention we were
belated on a road we had never traveled
before. Being a-foot, we tarried till the cool
of the evening at a good old third party
friend’s, who has a tine vineyard and makes
much wine which is “red in the cup” and
slips up on a fellow with a subtleness to
make wet roads heavy to footmen a heap
younger and stronger than Brown and my
self. (Jur tongues were already lolling out,
so tired we were, when night come upon
us with a cloud as dark as Egypt. It seem
ed that we slipped back as far as we step
ped up the slick hills, till almost fainting,
we threw ourselves upon a grassy sward to
rest. I might have known that Brown would
fall to sleep at once, which he did, and the
quiet that reigned got me drowsy and I
dozed a little myself. This caused trouble,
for when we arose from our grassy bed
Brown swore that home was one way and I
was confident it was just the reverse. The
darkness was so intense that we could
hardly tell when we got in the middle ol the
road, but when we did get there Brown
said: “Follow me, and ke<p in the middle
of the road.” 1 tried to keep as near up
with my friend as passible, and here we
went, sliding with a left foot then with a
right, and every now and then Brown would
let both his feet take a skate and he would
hit the ground and flounder in the wetness.
We were pretty soon down one hill and
puffing up grade worse than if the track
had been greased. Brown had on his best
suit, and as he would go down upon his
knees i could hear him say something
about the sliekness and the darkness that
would not have done for the Sunday school
convention that we attended later. So it was
we went--down hill. A slight “hold-back”
sent our feet flying from under us, while
uphill a “pull” carried us forward upon our
Stomachs to flounder in the mud.
After so long a time, 1 don't know how
long, but I know that we were exhausted,
we discovered that we were traveling in the
wrong direction. When we arose from our
little sleep above mentioned, we had started
on the back track, and the feelings I had
and the remarks of Brown upon the situa
tion would not do to relate in a Christian
paper. Anyhow, we were compelled to feel
our way out to the side of the road and
rest some more, and for fear that we might
fall asleep and lose our direction again.
Brown hung his h it on a bush m the direc
tion we should go when we start’ d once
more. 1 suppose it was the wind that car
ried Brown's Sunday hat off of that bush
b‘ lore we arose from another little sleep
we had taken. It was a circus to hear
Brown crawling around feeling for his hat,
too full for utterance, and it was distressing
to think that the hat's change of positions
forced us to stay right who:-, we were till
daylight or take chances of going tiie wrong
end of the road if we started.
Daylight revealed the most disfigured in
dividual in the person ot Brown tnat it has
ever been my lot to look upon, and 1 was
in no condition to enter a nag myself. \\ •
were in 21’0 yards Os the X.aats . t tne little
town wn re ithe convention w. ti Id the
day beloiV' an i which we i it et J o'clock
sharp, on the last afternoon. We held a
convention of our own and resolved never
to appear in the presence of our loved ones
in our then present stale. \\ e made a mort
gage, gut ciotnes and some money, lounu
a bathnouse and were soua pretty mceiy
dressed, but we felt just bumble
enough m spirits io take in a
bunua} school convention, wh.- we pro
ceeded to do by taking the train for De
catur. The songs of the chilaren made us
forget our troubles and nerveu us to the
point ot venturing home. We managed to
arrive at home just at dusk, aim Slipped
into the chimney corner and listened a
wi ile before entering in. v. e Knew our
folks would be talking about as and we
wanted to find the trend of tneir ieei
ir gs.
"You reckon they won’t come home again
tenifcht?”
V, e heard this from our place in the
chiinn-’y corner—it was Mis. Brown to Mrs.
Blunkett.
“Crazy, crazy,” sighed Mrs. Plunkett.
"Crazy on politics,'' echoed Mrs. Brown.
"And," said Mrs. Plunkett, they have
got my 'ld man so addled till he hardly
knows the way home.”
Brown hunched me at this and 1 thought
paimully of the night before.
"My old man has haruly sense enough
to hang up his hat,” said Mrs. Brown.
Then 1 hunched my friend, and together
we tiptoed to tne gate, slammed it as it
we had just entered and knocked at the
front door. Our folks were easy on us
when we told our story. They sorter pity
us as crazy on polities, and Brown ami 1
are willing for it to go that way—it might
have taken a more unpleasant turn.
If we had known that the great state
democratic convention was in session f
think we would not have ventured up to
Atlanta, but we had forgotten about it
somehow and slipped up on it. We just
arrived in tne capitol building as riteve
t lay walked up to take the gavel as
permanent chairman, and it dinn't take
him long to show that the third party con
vention we had just attended was mistaken
in ali its notions, in about live minutes
Mr Clay showed us that there was not a
thing the matter with the country. All a
mistake about hard times or any other
times. Me and Brown left just as quick as
we found this out—that is ali we want to
know. Brown is hitching up his mule as
1 write, to plow a turnip patch, and 1 see
him shaking his head—he is afraid that
may be he is mistaken in his notion about
turnips—maybe we don’t need them.
Brown and 1 have been mistaken about
the weather also. A short w hile ago Brown
v.is ready to swear that no cane would te
made In our settlement, it is the first year
of our lives that ever a «iry May and a
dry June came together. AVe had always
I’eard that a dry May for good crops was
the rule, but when June came and the
drought continued we give up and expected
to make nothing. But the rain did come
at last, and now it keeps on coming nil
fields of corn we thought would make
nothing will make the finest yield ever
known before. Surely the corn crop is
the finest ever known. Cotton seems to
be suffering from tod much rain, but we
may be mistaken about that. 1 am sure
we cannot be mistaken on the prosperity
of the pea crop and grass also. Some in
cur settlement replanted their cotton in
skipping places, caused by the cold spring,
in peas, and such are more tr.an pleased
with the result. The peas are worth more
than the cotton would have be n, and it
vrll tend to stimulate many to planting
more peas and raising hogs next year.
All in all the people are in high spirits
of the crop outlook and there is mighty
little talk of “going west.” Big meeting!
are booming, the young folks are court
in”’ and I already know of nine couples
who are to marry soon after fodder pulling
time Some circulars have been circulated
inviting our people to some place in Mew
Mexico! but not a one will be affected,
i thought that maybe Steve Clay might
hnve been mistaken when ne pronounced
the country entirely all right -“nothing
the matter"—but 1 am sure he said a smart
thing when he advised the convention to
mile confidently of success, talk conti
dently of old Georgia. It has its effect
With‘the voting mind ami their staying
here is of more importance than the cast
ing of a vote. Let us Keep the Georgia
''There" are* several close around us who
are getting enthused on the prospect ot
making cheese in Georgia. An ,s ls tn ®
result of Mr. Redding’s good work, and
1 mention it for his encouragement, it a
man holding an office does anything bad
there is always wings to scatter the news.
When one Is doing good in bls place the
news should be scattered— thou n n *
seldom the case. I seldom ,Ral . ,n P o^
ties but I wish some one given to uiaa
line’would go to work to find the goo<
tell it to the world that is bein o avcoi
nlished by faithful office holders. , K __
P lf I’at Walsh should do no ’ nor ®
his effort to secure a pension for
Longstreet, it would be en " u f‘‘ to K “v O s
him to every old eoklier o. the •
Virginia. SARGE -
LETTEKS FROM IME PEOPLE.
A Card from Colonel Cocl*erl!l.
Editor Constitution—Recent references to
myself In The Atlanta Journal and ™
Charleston News and Courier would seem
to create the Impression that 1 have in
some way violated the rules of hospi<.ali y
in the south by accepting courtesies an<
then publicly maligning and abusing south
ern people. I observe that however much
I may be accused of being a maligner of
the south no particular effort is made to
either print what I say or disprove my
public utterances.
Through your kindness I wish to say that
I visited the city of Atlanta last spring
as the president of the International League
of Press Clubs. With a very few excep
tions, I assume that whatever courtesies
were extended to me in the city of Atlanta
were official and complimentary to tlie or
ganization which I represented. 1 met
many pleasant and kindly people there,
whose courtesies I appreciated very much.
I said nothing during my visit anywhere
in the south that I would not say again
and that I do not say here when occa
sion calls for any opinion on my part.
There are no better people in the world to
visit socially than the people of the south.
I am opposed to tne majority of them in ■
polities, but I do not despair of seeing them ,
converted. 1 have said from the beginning
of the retroactive policy of the democratic j
party that another sectional light was be- ■
ing forced upon the country, and that so i
long as the south propos. d to be a solid I
section I proposed to be with my section, j
which is the north. I am opposed to the
theory that protection m unconstitutional.
1 believe that the policy of protection will
bring prosperiy to tiie south as well as to
the north. At all events, 1 am satisfied in
my own mind that free trade can never
make this a prosperous country, for we
have passed the point where we can lie 1
made through agriculture. 1 am in favor
of liberal pensions to the uni-a veterans j
of the civil war, therefore I am hostile to i
the dominant element of the south, but ;
for southern people personally I have the ■
kindest of feeling and can even m <ke allow
ances for tiie ill-tempered a:al badly bal
anced editors who have personally abused t
and maligned me. .
The assumption that because " visited At- i
l.mta and the south and was tne recipient |
of courtesies I should, therefore, cease my >
hostility to southern politics is placing,
certainly, a very low estimate upon my
character. I have never known a time yet
when 1 could be inffuenced by a dinner to
sacrifice my principles. The greatest ii inn
that i have ever dune the south lias been
to reproduce In my newspaper the utter
ances of fool southern editors —utter? :i< < s
typical of ill will fur the union and hair -d
of everybody who does nut subscribe to
what 1 am pleased, to designate as v aliioun
isin. I am anxious to see tne man rial pros
perity of the south d. vri >p< 1 iq n inteili- I
gent lines, because not In ng woulu please me t
uetter than to see eveiy nook auu oraer
ot this great republic radiant w.th prosper- ■
icy. If the newspapers in the south > h
charge me with b ing hnbituallj given to
the abuse and vilification of mat s? :tion !
will print w hat I have to pi
they believe it imjioriatit enoug.a-they wiii j
grepti? obli e m . rhat will set the I
question as to whether 1 rn printing truth
or falsehood. 1 may suffer from misin
formation, even after the manner of so ne
of my brethren in the south, out my purpose
is to tell the truth and stand by it, always.
Very truly yours,
JOHN a. COCKEIULL. ;
New York, August 4th.
AA here D irrn In Uclnpr Done.
Editor Constitution—ls it not probable j
that without iiton lln.-, rt the ■•♦'utnern *
newspapers are aiding the sjieeulators if. j
depressing the j rice of cotton? I see in all .
the papers the most glowing and, it seems I
to us poor farmers, the must unnecessary j
exaggerations of the line cotton crops.
These accounts do not relate to any par- !
ticular part of the cotton region, but de- |
scribe the crops as unprecedentedly lino in i
all portions of the south. One telegram, up- f
parently emanating from Dalla«, was in i
all the papers stating some weeks ago that
cotton picking was to begin on ti; ■ "follow- :
ing Monday throughout tae gieu' state of
Texas" and that the crop ex. lied any
thing ever bebr’e raised m that section, ;
when we know tiiat a large part of the best ’
cotton growing territory ot’ Texas has in.rd- j
ly any open cotton until August. In Geor- |
gia we know the crop is far from good and |
1 ffiave heard from reliable sources that •
large portions of Texas and other states j
have worse crops than ours. 1 have just ,
been reading the congressional investigation ■
of the methods of the cotton gambiers and
it seems that they are tiie greatest en< lilies |
of the farmer. Os course we are familiar I
with the vast sums of money our people i
lose every year "bulling” the market and ;’
the frauds and embezzlements of officials [
and trusted agents produced b. it. hut one ,
feature of it escapes our observation, raid
that is the fact that the farmer, by making
the product which is dealt with, becomes
an innocent participant in the cambling and
without in the least deserving it i>. rs a
heavy loss. The whole testimony of the wit
nesses showed that prices are depreciated •
by the efforts of this most mfmmus of all j
modes of gambling'. FARMER. I
WH ffIKLE CIH Affl liBEHi CO..
ATLANTA, GA., A!!D DALLAS, TEX.,
Manufacturers Cotton Gins,
Feeders,Condensars
and Presses,
COTTON SEED OIL MILLS. x:
Shafting. Palliw. Wind Mills,
_ -r- ' ‘ ' 8
Tanks, Pumps, Eta.
Write far prices nnd Met >»ur or- -
<lers in early.
for Ijvfants end Children.
« Ca&tori*ist»welladaptedtochi!drcnthat Castoria cures Colic, Constipation,
i reconunend itassui erOrtoany pre criptiou Saur Stomach, Diarrhcca, Bructati- n,
known to me. ' 11. A Aacnza. M. D-, Kill; Worms, gives Bleep, and prumoteß dfc
111 Jo. Oxford SU, Brooklyn, N. Y. gestion.
Without injurious medication.
“Tho use of ‘Cartoria L so universal and "For several years I have recommended
Its merits so well I nown that it seems a work your ‘Castoria,’ mid sha'.l always continue to
?f supererogation to endorse it. lew an? tho do so as it has invariably produced beneficial
intelligent families who do not keep Casto; la results."
within easy rcr.ch." Edwin F. PxnnpE. 'I.
Cannos . 'oktyx, D. D., 125th Street and 7th Ave., New York City.
New York City.
The Centavr Company, 77 Mvrrjit STP.ntr, New Yore Ctty.
That Tired r Feeling
Hood’s Sarsaparilla Makes the
Weak StbOrig.
“ I cheerfully announce the facts of a course
Os treatment with Hood’s Sarsaparilla. I was
troubled with a thill
headache and that tired
feeling. lam employed
1 by the St. Louis & Sen
K& Francisco Railway and
z*a fibril was out in ail kinds ot
~ X A ■ / weather. I began to take
V Hood’s Sarsaparilla, and
after taking six bottles I
,e!t perfectly well and
had a good appetite.
Hood’s Sarsaparilla is a
X 11 great blood purifier and
Ky'.— ' Al 1 gladly recommend it.”
y& i j j y I \C. E. Tibbetts, Monett,
Mr. C. E. Tibbetts. Missouri.
Be sure to get Hood’s and only Hood’s, because
Hood’s P s s
Cures
l.to'irl’q PIUS are the best family cathartie
and liver medicine. Harmless, reliable, sure.
jh.•> —: ; “Trancn Medium.” —Send 25 cents
rC-S with full nge. sex and stump, and
17*3/7 receive horoscope of future life,
i, i/ Mrs. Dr. Moore, dead trance-me-
F’’rzw *dium, seventh ilaiighter, botn with
11double veil; tells past, present and
t' future; full name of wlioin you will
ulrnge, the wor .1. It is veil kn< wu
th ni ' lioiit the world that mulnim ar<- the onlv
r’-'ial’ie t otnu tel!’.!, and theii charms <• iti,e
five, speedy uin’-riages ami su<<e- in mi-m-ss,
S cnr»* a charm ami wear diainoixls. Au’- i-e
on I’wi 'f 's, lev •, marri te •. s;h-< u at ion. ell tuges,
10-s, divorct s, ct •. J,u< k v Cli uni FREE. Mrs.
Hr, o.io’U'.. H.»x 405 Newport, Ky.
Mention The Constitution.
PILES Positively
Mail 10 cents to A. McKiuatry a- Son, Hud
■on N. Y., for sample of HObSMAN S
CELEBRATED < L’RH for all forms ol
Piles and Skin Diseases. Ali druggists.
Earge box 50 cents.
Turnip eeds
BAILED AT45c LB.
Seed oats, barley, rye, wheat, clover and
grass seeds and bone dust. Circulars free,
hi.rk W, kran COi, AT «r Trt ;
Meuhoii The (Jjnstitcitfon. J
Agents make S7O a month and expenses
selling our household goods. At rite quick
so-r choice territory. Address Lion ilanu
facturing Company, Norwalk, O.
MONEY TO LOAN—I have a correspondent
who has 1100,000 to lend on improved Geor
gia farms, if applteatl ' ; su L <miy o
third present value louned. Address Fran
cis Fontaine, room 28. Old Capitol, At
lanta.
~PIU-3j
SEXO 4a. Far’VOMAif s safe
STSiauaSlUkDl’ Wilccx Specific Co.,Phila.,Pa
MtUUuli . lie C-Olisl 11UUuii.
I: porters and conespondents taugnt l y
mail. I'ractlcal jaurmusni if ten leasoiw.
6 ’ I for circular. Atlanta School of Jour
m, 1 r 96, Atlanta, Ga.
Ten practical lessons in journalism: first
lesson, introductory to the work, sent upon
application. Remittance ma? be made
when work is returned for revision. Be-in
at once. ATLANTA SCHOOL OF JOUIi-
FEHiLE PILLS
hyt' • .it-ixTtv. • r vyal r- r—
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FINANCIAL.
Wall St. Operations
C. u be carried on witn large pronts and
lii .' ’ by joining our Co- .perative Rail-
road Sack Syndicate. Average* profit of 15
per cei.t momhly earned and paid to the
sub-:cr rs for past six months. Highest
referei . r. ctu«, giving detailed infor*
: mation of our perfect system, mailed free.
; Resjxmsible agents want. <1 in every citv.
WEINMAN A- CO..’
Sti k a’.' 1 Grain Brokers, New York City.
No. Broadway.
Mention The Constitution.
GREYHOUNDS.
FOR SAI.It. On account of a change in
business an I locality, 1 am comjielled to
sell my gi> yh mods. I have the best blood
in the I • ’< 1 States, and will se’l or ex
change at prices never before offetwl.
H. L. GIBBS.
, Corsicana, Tex.
augll-sun and wky