Georgia Historic Newspapers

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PARIS COMMISSION
IS UKDEyOT FIRE
Serious Accusation Is Made
by Senator Jones, of
Arkansas
PECK MADE NO ACCOUNT
Appropriation of 55.000.000 to St.
Louis Exposition Drew the At-
tacks on Paris Commission
from Senators Jones
and Hale.
Washlgton. May 31.—At the conclusion
of a session last!, •• eight hours, the sen
ate this evening passe*! the sun-try civil
appropriation Mil. The amendment pro
viding f r an appropriation of 35.0M.mt for
the I»n!s|-ina purchase exposition, to be
held in St. lauds tn IM3. was continued
in the bill after an unsuccessful effort to
reduce the appropriation.
An amendment was incorporated pro
viding forth« beginning of the work on
the memorial bridge between Washington
an I Arlington cemetert* s. to be erected
In mem ry of the dead of both she union
and conf*derate armies. White the bill
carri.s > - ••i.- project. It is
exf —• t.*l ultimately to cost about F*.“M,*»vi.
An amendment also was added to the
measure providing for an a J just meat of
c •■■tain claims of the states of New York.
Pennsylvania. V'rjtinta. Iteinwarc. Oregon.
VatlfomX. ami S-nith Carolina. Only two
general appropriation bills remain to be
.acted upon by the senate, the military
a • lemy and the general deficiency meas
ures. It is expect*-*! they will be passed
b» Saturday night.
Mr. G;«i:i-*g.-r. from th" committee on
<-«*n*ni. ree. r»-j"srted an amendment to the
sundry civil hill authorising a •ommlsslon
V» investigate tra-le conditions In the ori
ent. It w.is defeated.
An Attack on Ferd Peck.
<’ r I leration -if th- commission am«-nd
m< nt l~ ing r< -tmed. Mr. Jones. of Arkan
sas. made a vigorous attack u|*on th- ad
ministrate n of the I*aris exposition com
mission by Commissioner General Ferd W.
Peek.
I’p to January. !:*■•. he said Mr. Peck
ho! accounted for less than !4*»».**U of the
11.4-*.<»*■ appropriated for exposition pur
poses. lie d« mand-tl to know where the
balance of the appropriation had gone.
Th- d detailed statement that had
been submitted contained such Items as
for cb-rk hire. 53.134 for personal
trav. :ng expenses of the commissioner
g ete.. wh:--h Mr J-. I
w. re ridiculous as “details."
"It Is time." said he. warmly, “that
this s-rl of thing should cease. These
statements ought to be Itemized in ac
cordance with th* mandate of the law."
He then rend a dispatch fr m Paris indi
cating dissension among the American
c mm's-lon. some of whom had been
charged with endeavor to compel exhibit
ors to pay forth« sp-ic- allotted to them
in th- « xpositlon. He believed an investi
gation neee sa ry
Mr. 11.’e. republican, of Maine, said he
j» rs-.t !y inclined to the opinion that
the Peris ex;*>-!tion was a bad perform
ance.
Mr. Jo-, s. contlnuir g. said that the air
’ been ft". • I rumors that th-re have
been m-’st extravagant and unreasonable
expenditures of th- fund pro*!!**! for the
Am. rt. m «xhibit. and w>- all know there
to how this m*«■:• y was used.
Another Investigation Wanted.
Mr J. -then ealwd attention to th"
f,. i v lr emerg. n y fund appropriat
ed «t the .:«e* of the Spanish war. Ad
mitting uttr • • c, -fid.-n •• In th- presi-
nf the *• -bur -tents < that fur..’ sh mid
be mad. I Mr. Junes
“that such . statement might to be made
as w . d s • .at r t s and.-rous rum >rs
and si --i.s | h"; .- there is not a ward
o' truth In th.-n, but it is due the pe.*-
I’e to kn.-w how this fifty r.:!Ki *: « of d*d-
Mr. Burrows of Michigan, presented
r« v.-.1 documents giving th.- amounts al
!•»»■ d by the president out <*f the f&*.w>,**>ii»
emergency fund to th.- several depart
ments.
- • f Massa hn efts. mH that
iwrtment had been pained upon .and an.
irate I by a hard of naval officers be
fore th p’lta-h;.-e was made
Mr Daniel. of Virginia. offered an
am- in.- at ■>».; r.q.rt-tlng S ■•.<••* for
gin-In.- of th- w.rk *f the m ...
morial hridr- a- the Potomac river
extending from the naval observatory to
th- Arlington estate
Mr Carter, of Montana; Mr. H.iwlev „»
Ca nr tl-*.-• Mr . n ir „ f M :i ... <; .,. h .i ; itts
and Mr A . n. lowa. ..ij. ted. whUe
M- M. M n . f Michigan, and Mr. Mar
tin. of Virginia. k> In s-i, ,-ort of the
am.-n-lm it. uhi--h was final’ ol..i>t>d
The hill .h r. report.d t . the senate and
th. amendments w-r. agreed to with the
ex. - pu. nos t . relating to the Ixmlsfana
purchase , x;.. .-ition to b.- h. id in st. Louis
in IMS.
Mr. 1-anI.I. f Virginia, then offered the
orfg. i! committo .-.mendm. nt re<t« -tic -
•
Vat i ltd Vlrg::di and It wa azretd ,e
Without division.
Air A. irich -.tf. r» d two amendments
to the .xp -.f.. |-t p-!,f n providing
that appr -|.r;.: should :»• dl.-htirs--1
under "cmdltion i>. rmfter to n- prescrib
ed by c.-n:;r« s." an ,| requiring “that all
extendi: ut.s Hr f. . x<« pt for its OW n
buildings and exhibits ami th* Ir care sh ill
b> d«-d ic-. d fr»*m any general appropria
tion made f-r s.ild exposition." Thesu
am<ndm--nts n*n accepted and agreed to
by the j*-nate.
Mr. Morgan, of Aiabtima. moved to
r« lu -e th- amount to b»- appropriated by
ce tgr.j-s from F-.0j0.0 •» to fXvo.oM. R«.
Jected.
The committee amendment was then
agrtrd to. and as amende l the bi.i pass. 1.
At:er It had io.ti agr**-d to meet at li
o'clock tomorrow and S itttrday. the sen
ate. at * o'cl«*. k. adjourned.
No man cin work well with a torpid
llv, ror coustipat* d bowels A few .loses
of Frickiy Ash Bitters will quickly re
move this condition an*l make work a
pleasure*.
SHOT TO DEATH ON A TRAIN.
Bob Smith, of Fannin County, Given
a Mortal Wound.
Canton, <,a.. Miy M.—<Sp*-« iaL)—“Bob”
Smith, son of Hon. Dan Bm;th. of Fannin
county, was shot an 1 killed last night on
th- narth-i*oun>l train north <>f V.’o»l
--rt---k. in this county. I.y J ha Iliya, of
Murphy. X. C.. a follow pa -s* n_rer.
lived only a short while after being shot.
Heys left the train ab«.it five m!i<-s above
where th* shooting *>-cumd. and thus far
hns evaded arres’. A r*--.-ar<l of has
b**n of* rred for him by the relatives ot
th- dead n an.
A n*«rt. it Is said, was also kill*-*!, and
fell off th* train, while another report is
t** the effect that one man was tnrown
off the train while at full sreed.
Startles Crtam Separators-rrvUtable Dairying
M’NEELY KILLED THE NEGRO.
HOLMES STRUCK MISS McNEELY
A SEVERE BLOW.
Her Brother Then Got His Gun nnd
Shot the Negro Dead in
His Tracks.
Bronkr Station. Ga.. June I.—{Special.)
Mose Holmes, a negro who had been
working for A. 1,. McNeely, a farmer
near here, was shot to death late yes
terday afternoon by Ewell McNeely. «in
elghteen-yenr-old young man. and a son
of the planter on whose place the shoot
ing occurred.
Early In the morning the children of
A. I* McNeely were going to a neigh
boring plum orchard with baskets, and
as they passed by the home of Mose
Holmes they were attacked by a twelve
year-old daughter of the negro with a
stick. One of the children, about
wars of age. could not get out of tne
way and was knocked down and badl..
bruised alwHit the M< N«' 'k* v ‘ s ‘
formed of this at th" noon hour and
after his dinner went to Holmes s » o *‘-
and gave the regro girl a whipping- *
was not at al! c*»n*iuer»-*l by I* ll ’- *”} "
fiantly told him that her father had tol l
her to do It. whereupon he gave l.*-t
see..nd whipping which had the off* t Os
making her promise that she wouli u
Ih* guilty of the offense again.
In the evening, wh -n the hands camo
In from ph* wing McNeely told
what he had .lone and stated thai it tl
truth lad (H-.n told by his daughter in
regard to his advising her to atta.k hi.
thildn-n he would administer tne same
dose to him. The negro was surly an<«
walked off without taking any notl ’e. b it
turrnd his mule loose and w-nt dlr* * tl>
toward a shuck crib, where -Is*- 1 • •'
was getting out shucks for her cow..
The young lady had her apron full and
was just having the crib when
ttlshed up and struck her with his i* .
knocking her about four or fiv< f.e<.
Kwell McNeely, th* • ■ •»«* ": yea ™
broth.-V. who was near, struck the it* *.f
with the only thing at his comman<l-an
ear »»f corn. At this the neuro beuan
reaching for .-ocks and mirsing him.
Tills attracted the attention of Catios
McNeely. an<>th--r broth* r. who grabbed
a wagon whip and began to apply it to
the n.gn*. uh**. b-tw.*n oaths, was call
ing to his wit.- to bring his gun awl
cursing l»-r Is-eause she didn't get It to
him. Exv.-ll McNeely In the meantime
ran for his double-barr*-i*-d shotgun awl
came u|*on the scene just as the n
rock in hand, had opew d his po< k*'t
knife with his tr* lit awl was in the act
o* closing with Carlos McNeely.
<m >. .Ing Ewell McNeely with his gun
th-- negro turned his attention to him,
and In spit* **f commands to drop hu*
knif* and roek. ran al the young man.
throwing ro* k.s. which w.-re dodged, until
lie earn*- within a few feet, and as ite
was It; the act of making his last throw:
Ewell McNo ly let him have i*oth bar
rels tearing th** ii|*i*cr ]*ortlon «>f the
skull t-.wav :>wl killing him Instantly.
Th** coroner's jury, after hearing ui!
of the evidence, found that “the d*-eea.-* 1
came to Id «! alh ly a gunshot wound
a- th- hands *f E. M. M Neely, and that
th* sam*- was in .-•■lf-dcf* use.'
POPULISTS PUT OUT A TICKET.
The Alabama Middle-of-the-Roaders
Nominate a Preacher.
B'rmlngham. Ala.. May The n >pu
l‘st stat** ••invention, which met In this
citv May 32d awl adj**iirn*-<l without final
aetlou r* assembled t day and nominated
I ' * . *. Ided by Rev Sam-
uel M. Adams, chairman ->f the state < x
. utlve committee ami probate judge of
Chilton county.
Th*- t»i its rm d* clar- s against the hold
ing of a constitutional convention, in
dorse- the administration of Governor
Johitston awl adop:s as the leading issue
of the campaign the dispensary issue,
which Is utiuu* -ti n.ibiy Indorsed.
Th. nomination of Barker awl l*..aw?liy
by the convention was also Indorsed.
4z .-s than fifty deb-gates. :• -presenting
less than one-tifth of the counties of the
slat*-, wre pr* s-nt and a strong opp s*-
t.**a •* the nomination of a state ticket
ped c.. . twever, voted
down by a narrow majority.
The t: k*-t is aS fol: ws:
Governor. Samii* 1 M. Adatns. of Chilton;
*. »f Ute. T W Poww IL of Pull
man. i l ift-.r. M \V. Whatley, of C’-ay;
Ciair; treasu.er, A. <*. Dake, t Chilton;
*.--r of agriculture. 51. Ask'-w.
f E‘w *r* : sut i !, :t*wi<*nt of education.
J. 11 I’ Tier. * t Coosa.
Will Not Run for Governor.
Montgomery, Ala.. .May 31. —The late
populist st *.te e*>tiv**iit ut of Alabama put
*-ut si complete state 11< k> t. hv;*.*l< <1 l»y
Rev S. M. Adams T laj .Mr kdams
i-.-u* • a letter -I*- Ining the <i*>m Ina I ion.
saving h<- Is opposed to running a ticket
in th- stat* .
The Modem Mother
Has found that her little ones are Im
proved more by the pleasant Syrup of
1 Igs. when In need of the laxative effect
of a gentle remedy than by any other.
Children enjoy it. and it benefits them.
Th*- true r* tw-dy. Syrup of Figs, is inan
ut ctured by the Calif rnla Fig Syrup Co.,
only.
VERY LARGE WHEAT CROP.
Estimated Yield in Sumter County
5,000 to 7,000 Bushels.
Americus. Ga.. May (Speclal.)-The
wheat crop In Sumter is now being har
v. ted, and is the iarg*st in thirty years,
th.- estimated yield h*-re being bctwc* 11
5.<«« and *.•**» bushels. Heretofore the
average yield planted has be* n only 200
to 3»»* bushels The first Hour of th*- new
<T*.p. ground nt Bia* k mill, near Ameri
cus. was brought in yesterday and was
•qual to that from any western mill,
while fts purity made It the more palata
ble. N* arly *v» ry farmer in the country
a* Hi* Am* ri**us lias hi- w heat patch this
year, some of th* tn having as much as
b*i acres. Improv*-*! ma--ninery is used in
,-u’i t.g th* grain awl many ;>eop!e go out
daily i- vat h the big reap* rs and binders
at worn in the level v. heat field*.
OREGON HAS ELECTION TODAY.
Three Tickets Are in the Field and
the Fight Is Warm.
Pnrtland. «»r*.. June 3.- The campaign
It. ttrcgnn <’los *i last night awl the party
mamtgers have be* n busy t*~lay tn per
fecting arr.iiigvm* nts sos the election,
which occurs tomorrow. Th* re will !»•
elected one justice of th- supreme court,
a state dairy and fo*si commissioner, two
congr,- *n.i it. in*-mIM rs of the legislature
wh<» will choose a successor to Senator
Mcßride, and various district and coun
ty officers No unusual interest has been
<i«-v* lop*-d In the c.impaign. There arc
three tickets in the field, th*- republican,
th*- fusionlst tcom;*osed of democrats,
I- 'pulist.- and tree silver republicans* and
th*- prohibition. The republicans have
mad* • xp.x.-ion a leading issue awl have
put forth the claim that the country Is
■njoying unusual prosptrlty, owing to
th- enwtmeiit of a law by congress fixing
gold as the standard of value. Th*- t'hi
**ago platform of ls>'*. and Imperialism
and th*- course of th- national adminis
tration on th* Porto Rican question have
served a/* n basis of fusion argument.
Among th** amendments to the eonstitu
ti**n to be voted to tomorrow is one
granting the right of suffrage to women.
FEVER PLAGUE AMONG TROOPS.
Five Cases Found in the Province of
Santa Clara.
Havana, May S*.—Five cases of yellow
fever have broken out at Santa Clara
among the men of the S*-c *nd cavalry
who are married to Cuban women and
who live «u* of the barracks. There are
only two cases In the provin* e of Havana,
and there is not one in the city.
THE WEEKLY CONSTITUTION: ATLANTA, GA., MONDAY, JUNE 4, 1900.
FOREIGN SOLDIERS
SENT INTO PEKING
State Department at Wash
ington Advised by Ad
miral Kempf
ENGLAND ABLE TO ACT
Impression Prevails at the National
Capital That Trouble In China
Is Only Temporary and
That Nothing Serious
Will Result.
By Jc3: Obi.
Washington. Miy ”1 (S|>e.'!al.)-Tho
sltuition in China wa.M almost the sole
topic of discussion among the officials of
tin* stat** department toJay and there
was no concealment of their gratification
at the news of the practical collapse of
the war In South Africa, because of Its
possible I earing on conditions in the
orient.
It Is the belief In that department end
In diplomatic circles that this latter
event, which will .loosen the hands of
Great Britain, will have Important effeet
upon the situation in the far east, where
there has been danger of the enetni* s ot
Eng'.awl taking advantage of her condi
tion and giving trouble. That the IhltiSh
government has understood this possibili
ty was shown bv the m**ssage sent Ixird
Roberts .-king him how soon he could
spare I**V'"> rw-n. It Is not certain wheth
er ti ls m*»s ig>« was sent In good faith or
merely as notice to the rest of th-* world
that England knew what was going <>n.
That is imm.at**r al, however. Now that
then- is a practical 101 l tpse to th" IW-t
war. the fa* t that England Is In a posi
tion to t.ako car** of herself elsewhere
needs n* demonstration. With regird to
tho situation in China. Secretary Hay
stated that there had b«-<-n no further ad
vices from Minister Conger. So far there
is nothing to indicate that any American
ci’izt-ns it.ivo been troubled The Russian,
French and German ambassadors were
among th** callers at the state de;>art
ment today. Two of them. If not all three,
have si-cut considerable time In China.
They expressed the * pinion that the trou
bles there were merely local in their
character. The newspaper r- ports of Rus
sia attempting to put through a large
number of tro >ps are not believed by
state department officials.
The following cablegram h >« been re
cefv«*l from the s**nlor squadron com
mander. Admiral Kempf:
■'Tong Ku. May 30. Secretary Navy.
Wu'tdiington: One hundred nu n landed
and sent to Tien Tsln yesterday. Fifty *>f
Hies.* go t<> Peking this day. Other na
tions landed men. KEMPF."
The aery smallness of the force which
the admiral is sending at Minister C n
y* r's request would. It Is fell, facilitate Its
adm ssion to the Chinese capital for It
could not be r*-gar<!ed by tin- Chinese
r-»v**rnm* nt as a menace to Chinese in
tegrity.
The .admiral's dispatch indicates that
he lias not b*-> n alii*- to take the flag ship
Newark up the Pel H.< river beyond the
T**iig Ku fo’ts, just above th*- entrance.
From that point to Tien T in, v.hich
stands at th*- head of light drift navi
gation. is tho terminus nearest the sea
of the railroad to Pekin, a distance of
about sixty miles. It is said nt the navy
departin' nt the American sailors were
probably towed in small boats by the
Newark's st. am launches to this railroad
connection. From Tien Tsin to Pekin
is seventy miles, a thre* -hour Journey, ac
cording to the Chinese schedules. The
Chine;e minister Wu Ting Fang called
at the stat*- department at an early hour
today t<> talk with Secretary Hay. He
was anxious as to news.
Count K i slid, tin Russian ambassador
who Is having the I’nitvd States for a
visit to Europe, and who call* 1 to say
goodby to Seei-tary Hay, is decidedly
of the opinion that much unwarranted
anxiety has been excited as to th* ac
tions of Hi*- boxers. He feels confident
that there is little d.tng- r t > the life and
prop* rty of foreigner: in China to be ex
pect**'! "front Hu- present uprising. There
ar", of emirs* , he said, always disord* riy
elem* nts iii • gn at city like p. km, quiex
to take advantage of any public excite
ment, »o that it was probably a wise pre
caution for the foreign minister to call
for marine guards for the wholesome ef
fect their pres* nee gave.
Mr. Nal.-hlmi, the charge of the Japa
nese 1* gat ion. who was also among Sec
retary Hay's caTh rs. was likewise dls
■»osed to minimize the dangers of the
boxers' uprising.
All Countries Are Represented
Tien Tsin. May 31.—A special train
start**** ;* r P* king tills aft**rnoun with lite
following forces:
Am.-rlcans—7 officers and s*> men.
’British 3 officers and 72 nu n.
it titans- 3 officers and 3'J men.
Fien*di -3 fficets amt 72 men.
Russi.ui—4 officers ami 71 nu n.
Japanese 2 officers and 24 null.
The foreign contingent also took with
them five quick fire guns.
It is rumored that f 'rc'.gn troops will be
opposed at tli" first gale of the Chinese
capital outside the wail.
Chinese Fire on Russians.
Tien Tsln. May 31.—The s -idlers bound
for this city have pissed Tong Ku forts
and are exu'S'ted h* e this afternoon. As
the Russians w - re n- arlng the forts yes
terday by boats the Chinese opened lire
and the Russians retreated. It now ap
pears that the t’hliu s*- were only firing a
gun salute in honor of a mandarin who
was aboard a Chinese warship.
Dnrk Plot Back of Disturbances.
Washington, June I.—Minister Conger
at Pekin reports to the stat** depart
ment toilay that the arrival of 350 guards
from th*- legations of Russia, Franc*',
Groat Britain, Italy. Japan ami tho Vnlted
States lias h.' l the effect of Improving the
situation. Hi- says that Pekin is much
quieter, but tile "boxers" are still active
in tho surrounding country.
It i. hint"*! in diplomatic circles here
that th*- sudden increase of activity on tho
part of the •'boxers” Is nothing more than
part of a well-conceived plan by one «>f
tho great European powers to secure a
permanent lodgement in Pekin ami to
seize a position giving it full control of
the great I’elcho river, the approach to
the Chinese capital.
it is further intimated that the plan has
proved abortive, owing to the alertness of
the other European powers represented
in Chinese waters, particularly to the
readiness of th*- I’nited States minister,
Mr. Conger, and tite American rear ad
miral, on board the Newark, which at
once gave the movement an umleslred In
ternational aspect, ami so tended to pre
vent the particular nation concerned from
aggrandizing itself at the expense of the
interests of the other nations. Therefore,
it is assumed that th*- excitement will
rapidly abate ami the “boxers” will dis
perse temporarily at least.
The fifth, edition of Dr. Hathaway's
new book. “Manliness. Vigor. Health." is
now in press. A copy will be sent you
fre" if vou write for It to J. Newton Hath
away. M. D., 22$i E South Broad street,
Atlanta, Ga.
PIONEER IN FRUIT SAVING
Peaches Not tha Only Growth That
Gives Good Return.
A
Augusta Man Tells How He Has
Found Fruit Canning a Profit
able Engagement.
Augusta, Ga., June 2.—(Special.!—The
most competent authority in Oeorg il on
the subject of canning fiuit is William
M. Rowland, of tills city.
Tlie firm of Rowland & Co., of which
Mr. Rowland is the active partner, owns
the Rowland Canning Company, located
at Ath ns, where Mr. Rowland lid busi
ness until liis firm transferred th? busi
ness to Augusta last September. Mr.
Rowland is piesidcnt of the Rowland
Canning Company, now probably tic- larg
est cairn rs of peaches south of Baltimore,
as with their doubted capacity tit's sea
son th y expect to .an a carload, <»I be
tween **oo and 3-0 b-ashe's, each twe ity
four hours during tlie height of the a
son.
Mr. Rowland was aske.l what would be
tlie extent of the p*a it canning business
in Georgia tills season, and how far it
would go toward * oa. anting ti.e sarp.us
of the sliipping crou. He replied that,
while leach canning would be greauT
than any ptevious year, inliuenced by the
tr* laemiotis crop in s.ght, it would be ut
terly inadequate to ’.aae ca e of the sur
plus. That in fsi's, when we las-, had a
pi *. li *-r >p. tlie Rowland Canning '.'om
pany lefuseq more peaches than it
bought, and quantities of the finest fruit
rott- d, or wis led *o hogs throughout
iii.ai.y sections of tl e ;>• aca growing i e.l,
ami he thought tiie .-ame unfortunate
condition wodid apply again tins season.
Mr. Ru.vland was tlieit ti.-ked what was
being done toward cxleutling th ■ l Aiui.m;
inierests in the stale.
li.- replied that this was a sul-jeet which
various yai eis in th state have been agi
tating t*ie past two months, and Tlie At
lant i t on Illation and other papers have
in id a number ot .meresting articles <■ n
th** sul>j.'-t. Tiie trend ot tn-se articles
iias been that canning factories would be
profitable etltei pi is. s. that they eoa.d i-c
ca.-iiy er* ' te<i ami equipped, ami that they
should be l udl at on e in order to care
to. tm- gri at p* acli rop in sight.
”1 do not dilier with them,” ire said, “as
to )* a n tanning being a pToiitable busi
ness when proper.y conducted, toOtigii my
t \p"lit lie.- dots not sustain lue published
. la t. meiils as to tiie number of thou mils
of cans that can b - pacsed on a lunt.ed
inve.ament.”
'•Well, -Ur. Rowland, you say peach can
ning is prolitaljle, why are not nnnepeich
tanneries being built, or why are you hot
extending your own interests?’
"From June 1, IS3*. to June 1, ll'O, a
period of two years. ' said Mr. Rowland,
'Hie Row land Canning Company has had
a pencil canning tun of six weeks, and I
do not suppose any oilier peach • aai-..ry
mis done .noie than this, vnltss by a few
days. Hix weeks in two years! I'h.s is
my answer to your liniulry. 'lbis is the
one weak spot .n tlie pt ut.-l, cunning. The
pt-aeh crop fill ed In ISlh*. mvl. ot course,
there was no canning. Tins is why -o
lew. If any, new tanneries ate being bu.lt
ami why Georgia is strewn with th*
wietks >f canneries that have gone to the
wa.il.”
"Cannot you can sonr.'thinK else besides
peaches, and run s* * *.-rai months in the
year, as tin' Maryland caiin* rs do.’
"les, if we could get something to can.
But 1 do nut know oi a tiling we can get
in quantity except ; •-.tenes.
Altai eouid you tali, Mr. Rowland;
"We coulu. successfully and 1 thiak
protitu ly, can ai i n„ tilings tiiat muid
oe rui*-: d in Kichmuao county, a * p nagus,
p, as, sliaw i>t rri* -, ;.uiug u .m.-, tua* K
p. rues or any other b-rry that grows
del**; plums, pears, tomatoes, okra, uut
ler or .miu beans, y mpams and apj*i
How do Georgia caum.-d goods compare
with those of otaicT s-ctlons
"toeibug is the b st test, and i liuvo
never iiCxii Li of *i *'L*u’n Ciitiiicr L>iiL »'•
nad a jo‘<l ti* liiaa t lor evt yUi.ll- he
could t .in et staple goons. A c iiave al
ways Lad a tlenmUti for mure pcucii*‘S
tiiun we count tan, and that, too, when
out canning company was new al the
buslnt cs und our guous w t re not p ickctl
as rcxuiut'iy as they will io in tnu fu
ture.”
"Where do you sell them, Mr. Row
land?”
"i- rom Virginia to the Mississippi river.
We pn i* r io sell them luuuoii in our
home markets ami nope to supply our
.cugusta houses wi.h must ut cUe.r StocK
mis .-e »sun. We wi.i tiitPavor iu no nus
Oulu as a multi i ui priue <xud because lue
icpu.atiun wu nope tu L cs.au*is,tc*d v**
tne pr.t.ma wc uie g l '"-*. to put up mis
svusi u wuu.u mcua *t*u.u to l*u i*et c Hmu
iimuad. V* . nun c* sun iii uxugusta,
tiiuue.il. al mtiuu p.ss prices tuai. m munj
ucner large- marx is, uue to ner very ,o*v
a.l Waler rate Hum hie v.ts.. Woe a, to
,1.11, is a km.fit O'jwu argument ut tne a-i
--vunlugu tu August.* ui liiu touvuiripau
rive:.
"W itii all these advantages, why cannot
our trui Kers, tanners ana iruit growers
!a,.5c nit.- products yuu ua>v lavu-
Hum u, us is done in tile M irjaand and
Virginia seetljiisr’
"i cuiiliul answer you. ’ said Mr. Row
land, "lor while f am accounted a guod
ganlem r.l have never had the opportunity
ot testing the raising ot these vegetables
ami fruits Ly Hi** acre and especially in
our Augusta territory.”
"if tiii-v could be raised, would you
agi- e to contract lor these pr* ducts ami
erect a cannery h* re?”
' Yes," said Mr. Rowland. "I have said
this tu numb' rs ut peach growers who
liuve urged us to build a cannery here
pointing out tiie many advantages Au
gusta inis, all of w'iiicli wu admit."
flat wiihid vou pay f r the fruits and
vegetables you could can?”
”1 cannot .-itisw *r this at first blush.”
said Xi Row .ami. 'b it i will say what 1
h ive said before, tiiat 1 would be perteet
ly willing tu pay to Rit hnmntl county
growers whatever tlie Baltiniote cam-mrs
l.i?. to ti.e Maryland and Virginia gruw-
"t'annot our Richmond c >untv truckers
and farmers grow these things as profit
ably as tlie growtr in Maryland or Vir
gin;* ?"
"That I cannot answer volt.” said Mr.
Rowland. "Ask your Mr. N. L. Willet;
or some of your in any subscribers who
ar. truckinc ami farming within twenty
miles of Augusta."
Tlie future of tlie canning industry in
Georgia is n *t in tho hands of the p* i* a
g-ovver, in- has done ills part; it is not ia
tlie 1. :mls of tlie canm-r; he stands ready
to do his part, but It is solely in the
hands of tli«~ horrv and vegetable grower,
if they can and will do their part as well
as th,- Maryland and Virginia growers
e inning in Georgia will be just as profit
able compared with canning in Maryland
as cotton factories are in Georgia, c m
ti.ared with cotton factories in New Eng
land.
Mr. Rowland says there is no danger of
Injury fr m compi ling plants ami there
can he abundant work for all canneries
during th” rush of tho peach season. The
way to make a cannerv pay Is not to con
fine its work to pcac'ies. but to can vege
tables. berries, etc. For this purpose large
ac’eage must bo devoted to growing vege
tables for tho cannerv. There must be a
stipulated < attract price ,-it which grow
ers will furnish ttu Ir surplus nr ducts to
the cannerv. they being nt liberty to sell
their vep*tallies In the open market as
long as the*’ .-an g"t hotter pr!*-es than
the cannerv offers. When the market bo
e,*:noc "liittod -nid nr'**es .are trio low for
profitable marketing then damn nil their
crop Into th* 1 cannerv. Tn this way truck
ers will have no fear of having thotr
products wasted and can Increase their
crops ns much ns they Pke.
GEORGIA PE ACHES SENT NORTH.
Tifton. Ga., May* 29.—(Specla’A- Th" first
solid refrigerator car of Georgia peaches
of 1900 was shipped today by I. A. Ful
wood. of Tifton. It carried 585 crates of
the Snead peach nnd left Cordele at 2
p. m. The car was taken by special train
to Savannah, where it will be rushed on
passenger schedule tn its destination. Tif
ton is loading a car this afternoon which
will be ready to go tomorrow. The first
car was appropriately decorated ns the
advance guard of the big crop of 1900.
COMMITTEES ARE
TO WORK TOGETHER
A Conference of Democrats
Held in Washington
Last Week
HEARST ISSUES A CARD
The Proposition Is for the Fourth of
July To Be Celebrated with Par
ticular Reference to the
Declaration of In
dependence.
Washington, May 30.—Mr. William R.
Hearst, president of tlie National Associa
tion of• Democratic Clubs, had a formal
conference with the princltial democratic
leaders in Washington nt the Metropoli
tan hotel today r* warding th*' plan of
campaign to be followed in the approach
ing presidential struggle.
Senator Jones, chairman of the demo
cratic national committee; R* -'resent at Iv*
Richardson. democratic leader in tlie
house, an ] cli ilrman of tho congressional
committee. Judge Cha’uncey F. Black;
Representative Slayden and others were
present.
It was agreed that the democratic na
tional committee, th* Association of Dem
ocratic Clubs ami th*' dtmocratlc congres
sional campaign committee should work
in harmony. At the close of the eotifer
* nt ■ President Ib-arst issued the follow
ln;g *
Special Celebration Proposed.
To tlie Democrati*- Clubs and So
cieties of tin- I’nited States; Recent
events in the history t tho United
S’ ites point to the approaching anni
versary of the birthday of th*' nation
ns a day that should be celebrated
with special favor this year. There are
those in the nation who s< ok to cre
ate the inq>r»-ss!on that the Ameri-an
people have outgrown tin ir love for
the just principles of government «x
--j.r -sse.i in th.- declaration of independ
ence and ar*- ready to surrender their
moral leadership among nations In or
der to gr;. tify a newly-born Instinct
fol itin>* rial jxiwer, founded on a co
lonial system. All the democratic
clubs and societies are earnestly re
quested to ass* mill*- on th*- 4th of July
und all patriotic citiz. ns, regardless of
past party -illiliutiuns, are urged to
join with them in a new pledge of
fidelity to tlie republic as the fathers
made it. Let tile people of the L imed
Stales unite in their various cities,
towns an.l villages tn a demonstration
ot Hi** <-oliii*l**n*.-e lh*y feel tn tiie
form of government uuJi-r which the
iiution has grown to Its oresent great
ness. The aauger which threatens the
country is rial and Imminent. it
seems app.-opri ate, therefor,, tiiat cit
izens who l» lieve that th,- declaration
of in.li'penilenc* is not merely an
a**; *!* mic document, should meet to
gether on this day and give voice, to
tli*' national sentiment that ail men
ar*' creiti* *1 free and equal and tiiat
tiler*- must be no subject colonies uu
der tlie Am**rlean Hag.
\V. R. HEARST,
I’r* sident of National Association of
Democratic Clubs.
REEVES NOW BEHIND BARS.
Customs Os ficin) Is Believed To Have
Told Only a Part.
Havana. June I.—A warrant was issued
today for Hie urrest of Former Deputy
Auditor W. H. Reeves, who was lodged
in jail, ills bail being fixed at Jl.jhii. it
is now belii-v* *1 that It* * v * s, in his so
evilZd eonti ssion. only gave half tlie
trutii. Indeed the delay in placing mm
behind til* bars was largely due to tlie
d'-sir* of tin* officials to obtain the re
ii .tinder of ids information r* garilmg
Nevl\ - evolutions. A very important
feature riiati-s to an allegation tiiat
N< <ly gate another man s;.*.:w. This, it
true, can only I**- established in the
I'nite.i States, anti an map* 'tor will leave
Havana shortly to inv* stigate. Reeves
asserts that heavy mortgages were lifted
from the proi't rty of tn* accused in
dividual by funds that could not liavt
b, eti obtained in any other way than
through N**' ly.
Til*- centres of v- t rans tlirougiiout tlie
Island are considering the a*A isal llity
of presenting a peiinon to the I'nited
Stat- congr* ss. asking tiiat the adminis
tration of ail pul lie uliii'.-s in Cuba be
d* liv* red to Cabans, tin principal de
partments in view being the pustortice and
custom house.
WEST VIRGINIA DEMOCRATS.
State Convention Will Meet in Par
kersburg Wednesday.
Parkersburg. W. Va., June 3.—Tlie dem
ocratic state convention will meet here
next Wednesday to nominate a full state
tlcke't. Tin* democrats propose to organ
ize for the most vigorous campaign ever
conducted in the stat*. The democrats
had an unbroken succession of power in
this slate until lM»i. but since then have
lost everything. Tlie term of Senator S.
B. Elkins expires next March, and as
li. is being credited more than any other
in.in with reversing Hie political control
of the state in recent wars, he is the
prim ipal targe: for attack. Former Sen
ators C inuli-n. Davis. Faulkner and others
are taking an active interest again, al
though no one is vet announced as tiie
man wli" will had in the light for tlie
seal of Elkins in the senate.
TURKISH ADMIRAL PLEASED.
Ahmed Pasha Impressed with Amer
ican Ship Works.
Washington. May 3a.—Alimetl Pasha, the
Turkish vice admiral now In this country,
has returned to Washington from a visit
to Cramp's shipyards at Philadelpiha.
The admiral lias b, en making fly ing visits
since ids arrival at New York to the va
rious naval equipment works In this part
of tin- country. He expresses himself as
greatly impressed by tin- facilities in this
country tor building and fitting out war
vi-s-els, ami says in tills respect tlie I’nited
States has no' superior in tiie world, if
j lH 'j,*. .1, it lias an e'Pial. Tin* **n lof AhnieJ
Pasha's stay in this country Is probably
near at hand.
PRICES AKE OBJECTED TO.
Pretest Raised Against Kansas City
Rates.
Nashville. Tenn.. May 30.—Hon. James
M. Head democratic national commit
teemaii from Tennessee, tonight wrote
Chairman Jon s nquestlng a called meet
ing of the committee.
His avowed purpose is tho selection of
some other place than Kansas City for
tin- national convention of IHOO and tho
reason urged is the exorbitant rates
quoted bv hotels of Kansas City. Tho
best offer tlie Tennessee delegation has
been able to secure is $5 per day each for
kxb Ing vil’ii the understanding that four
days at least be paid for. ami SSO per
day for a parlor or reception room under
the same conditions.
Mr. Head declares the rates out of all
reason and tiiat he will use his utmost
endeavor toward making a change.
"Better late than never.” It is best,
however, to be never late about taking
Hood's Sarsaparilla to purify your blood.
Take it now.
A Mother’s Peril ”
It Seemed Certain Hint Her Deatlx Jr
Would Follow the Birth of tho
Child—How Help Came After *y
! the Doctors Ucopalred. 'Ak'.'i'T*
The sacrifice of a woman at the
altar of motherhood is not an tin-
usual event, but how unnecessary
such sacrifices often are will be A
seen from the following interview
with Mrs. C. R. Simmonds of 140
Mineral Springs Ave., Pawtucket, "XaqpkgjfflSS
X. I. Mrs. Simmonds, whose
husband is a wellknownand popu-
lar grocer of Pawtucket, says: * j/rs. C. R. Simmunda. '•
“When my child was born on April 22,1899.1 suffered such an execs- \
rive ions of blood tiiat 1 was utterly prostrat***l und had no strength -
whatever. Blood poisoning set in aha my life was despaired of by two ■
! of the prominent physicians of this city.
“Before my marriage 1 used Dr.Williams’ Pink Pilis for Pale Peoplo
with good results in building up and purifying r*y ICoc * ar.*; when tiio
doctors gave me up, 1 decided to givo tho pills a trial, although tho
case waa desperate.
“My husband bought some of tho pills and r.y tho time I bad taken
throe boxes I had gained so much strength tl-.at’l was able to leave my
1 bod tor the first time in two months. I continued taking the pills and
In another month could go about as usual. My appetite was good, tho
color returned to my cheeks and I gained rapidly in weight.
“1 very gladly recommend Dr. Williams’ Pink Pills for Palo People -
to anyone afflicted as I was.” Mus. C. R. Simxosus.
Subscribed and sworn to boforo m" this 27th day of August,
[SEAi.j Thomas W. Robinson, Suiarj Rublic.
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and supply the material for rapidly rebuilding wasted nerve tisto:* It has
perform-*,! hundreds of almost miraculous cures in severe case**, many times
after doctors had given up hope.
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SPLENDID SEATING CAPACITY.
Kansas City Convention Hall To Seat
22.260.
Kansas City, May 31.—The seating ca
pacity of the new -onvention hall as it
will be arranged for the democratic na
tional convention has b'"n officially' ap
prove*!. It makes provision for accommo
dating 22,260 persons. Os this numb r 3.4<»
will be provided for on the arena floor,
sta;re an.l correspondents' platform, these
b -iiig distributed as follows. Delegates.
930 swats; alternates. 93-1; *>ffi lais.
stage. 590; newspaper cot**sp n*l-ntt, •*’•>.
Tiie remaining seats will be distributed
over three balconies.
aRUNDALE’S wound fatal.
Beard and Stancil Are in Jail Charged
With Murder.
Clayton, Ga.. May 29.-(Speclal.)-Frank
Arundale. who was struck on the h* ;..l
with an ax at Tallulah Falls by Joe
H ard on the 19th Instant, di* <1 at his
home in the western part of Rabun this
n anting of the wound. Beard and John
St i-teil have been lodged in jail charged
with murder. The committing trial w.H
In- had here Wednesday before Justice
Duncan.
Man Killed Near Bogart.
Athens, Ga.. May 29.—t Special.)—A
Seaboard’ Air-I.ine thain some time Sun
day knocked a .voting white man irom the
track near Bogart, in this county, killing
him instantiv. His body was found later
on an.l t'-.roner Rogers held an inquest
It was impossible to identify th<- dead
man except as to the tact that he had
told parties in Bogart that hi; name was
Watkins. Kora while it was thought he
was Tobe Watkins, of lids city, but later
6it it was found that the dead man came
irom some point in South C arolina.
JONES ADVISES COMMITTEEMEN
Democratic Members Asked To Meet
on July 2d.
Washington. May 25.-Senator Jones, of
Arkansas, chairman of the democratic
national committee, lias sent the follow
ing to each member of the national com
mittee:
My Dear Sir—You remember that the
national committee adjourned to meet
at Kansas City on the 3d day of July.
It is clear in my mind that there
should be a meeting of the full cum
mittce ut least <»ne day earlier, and I
therefore request that you meet tiie
committee in Kansas City at noon on
Monday, the 2d day of July, for the
purpose of transacting such business
as may regularly come before, the
committee. Very truly yours,
JAMES K. JONES.
Chairman.
Opium and Liquor Habit Cured.
Book free. B. M. Woolley. M.D., Atlanta,
Ga.
PHYSICIAN IS SENT TO JAIL.
| Chattanooga Doctor Is Now Charged
with a Murder.
I Chattanooga, Tenn.. Mar 31. —(Special.)—
• Dr. J. L. I). Walker, a prominent physf
] elan who came to this city from Des
i Moines, Ta., a member >f the Grand Army
; of the Republic and a Mason of standing.
; was arrested today and refused ball by
I the circuit court Judge in a preliminary
trial on a charge of murder. Four weeks
■ ago a dead infant, Accreted in a bandbox,
! was found in the public street of a suburb
i of this city. Later is was found that the
child had been born to a couple named
I Lewis, from Dunlap. Tenn., who came to
I this city on a bridal tour. Tiie child had
l been destroyed to cover up the mother’s
i shame. Dr. Walker was the physician
who attended the woman and it was
' shown that lie had ph.c< d the child in the
bandbox in which it was found in the
i road. Lewis, the father, has skipped out,
' and the affair has created a great sensa-
I tion, the parties ail being prominent.
Fines Ga to tlie y School Fund.
I Raleigh, N. C., May 36.--(Special.)—The
supreme court decided that lines and
! penalties collected by municipalities go
to tiie school fund and not to the mu
nicipality. This applies to all cities and
towns.
Sparkman Renominated.
Tallahassee, 1* la., May 3**,—(Special.)—
The democratic congressional convention
for the first Florida district met in this
city at noon today an.l renominated Hon.
Stephen M Sparkman by aeciama’ion for
a fourth term in the lower hous- of con
gress. Mr. Sparkman had no opposi
tion.
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