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BECKHftM REPLIES TO
his juries,
I-e Discusses Conditions in Breathitt
County—Alleges That an Effort
Was Been Made To Cast
. Odium on the Entire
State.
Frankfort. Ky.. June 26.—Governor
Beckham, in response to a great many
requests, todax gave out the following
statement in reference to his position in
the Breathitt county matter:
“Many letters have come tn me In the
last few weeks, some from those who
are friends, some from those who are
not. urging me- to use radical measures
in dealing with the unfortunate trouble
in Breathitt county—to declare martial
law and to have trials of the accused by
court martial; to remove judges and
other officials, and, in fact, to do most
anything for which there is absolutely
no warrant of law to do upon the part
of the executive. A number of newspa
pers in the state, some kindly in their
feelings toward me. others most hostile
and bitter, have come out in heavy edi
torials and said. ‘lt was up to the gov
ernor to do something' to put a stop to
this lawlessness and crime. None of
them, however, with one honorable ex
ception. ever suggested, in their infinite
wisdom, a plan to the governor as to
what he should do. 1 have "been left
In the dark by these sagacious critics as
to whether it was best for me to con
sume this lawlessness with fierx rhetoric
and noisy pronunciations or to throw to
the winds the constitution of my state
and to boldly enter the scene of the trou
ble with arm and ammunition, snap my
fingers at judges, commonwealth's attor
neys and juries, and defiantly proclaim
•that I was the czar of Kentucky and not
its chief peace officer, who humbly re
spects the fundamental laws of his state.
Hits the Yellow Journals.
“1 care not one particle forth, phara
fiatcal censure of those yellow journals
of the north and east, whose meicenarj
<reed for a saleable miance and whose
partisan hatred of a southern neighbor,
make them defame and mi--: .pi''•>; the
<reat and good peopn ot X< .r ue.w,
cause one county, out of on.- hundred and
nineteen in the state, has r.• niiy oe<n
the scene of certain ciimes and violations .
oi the law.
"As an illustration ot to' night he ,
found in th- re cut troubi i. H • stiiith :
where o. was > tell w
war correspondents or the -<> i.« : out
numbered the other, ami tii'-e tejo ions ■
and unarmed long-distance warit.'.s, I
safely guarded again, t danger to I
X a limit |e i so;:;-, br< alh* d Io:; it tlir.it
enings of war and told an eager mid
p> . taut piii'ii. wi it . gove.-o . .10'1.;
o: a military command*-! saoiilu no. i
'i hose blast.la criticisms med n t b> eon- 1
e id< . , : hey u •ed :. erauu itiu ,
'.... ..a;, .. give them a re- j
sp> cttul h'.-i ng in their tft'irls !•' Jll .
l.a how to purity lyenta.-KV. Ihe Bleat:.- ;
th- e..«»rt to throw odium on the entire i
stat, "ii aee unt "f it is due solely to I
sectional <u political exigency.
Clitics in Kentucky.
‘lt is with critics in air own state tn it ;
1 propose to do.il. Tit' peopb of the j
xvlioie state have i. ‘ n mbgiiantly and |
justly aroused oxer the crimes recently
lumini- ■ I in t.,.u county and in im.i
impulsive i' S. nuir iit against the guilty
have I'■' ll .1 little impatient for result:..
1 heir feeling' a. -at the situation is to be
c mmeiid'd tot it shows th'' chain, t i
Olli nor.le and law abiding people,
'lie', have demamied prompt and vigor
. , a iion n dealing with th< troubi. .
N. ai l. all ill'- l"mands made upon nv-
Hr a.' tiol, iiac. been that I s.mul.l de
elai- martial law there and Have an
ti*l by courtsm irtiul. in their
impatien'"' they naw 1 rgottcn that the
governor ‘ I K*-ntn :kx has absolutc.lv n*»
such right and ~ he .should attempt to
' trbitrar; power he
and might to lie. imp-ached. 1 have been
m iive in every w >x possible to aid the
enforcement ot th • law.
■ While I believe Judge Redwine to be
an honest and eap.ible .lodge. 1 urged him
seveia l da.' - before ins court not to trx
these cases himself, teq to transfer them
to '. i ‘ >ap
point another judge. I feared that con
vi.tiers might not be liq.d in Hieataut
count v. But hr took a different view ot
it and his conduct in th- recent tiial.s
showed that he was limiest aim earnest
in his desire to see the law cnforei d He
county court for the forth*r investigation
of crime s i ommitt 1 in that ■ »t:i _
1 believe that it will be only a Him I
time before ever} citizen in that eoun.y
will see th the '.aw is s memo and that
there must an «-nd "1
The Goebel Case.
Rt 5 turn ‘-’.ir n f "-' a
While to tho ppople wib) • xuli •! in tho
death of WiHi..m Qv-b. .. .ma who. i d-m.
should rejoice to s-. -very -itiz. n ol
Breathitt comity mmdored and < v
house burned if it y.ould ma.k ■ forth m
some political capital against me and
against, the demon at i<- patty. Ih-ic was
a°ieport that when the unfortui.a t- Mar
cum lay dying mi the spot wim’-' i.e
had beer, shot, turns J'it. m a ntlie
while afterwards, ■ ime are ml. stood over
the dving man. with an ...--u.m d .... -t
gravit’y. aim said: ‘'J us: is an awful
thing.' So 11" re ar- t May am i pu.m
pa-iers ami leadeiys m h.-ntucKV who
link l at Breathitt oriiiy with afi Ctrl
borrow and say: Tbi- Is an awful thing.'
B. rtain newspapers and npii who ap
nlauded the assassination of Iventuck;. s
governor and a rc.gn of t-nor m tne
state capital, now pretend to be w nid.r
fully shocked and disturb'd over tin eon-
citizen of knows tlmt
when poor Goeb.l lay suffering with the
>vi ful agonies of .both ir-m .is :i uel
wounds, the republican .ffieials sent a
t of their r<i w niiliii i ni. l lioiit <1
mmediately under his wmdow that with
heir boisterous conduct and no,-., demon
etntior. thev might disturb and harass
the la-st horns th- fallen leader, wti-m
they could not d-feat except by assassi
nation.
Republicans and Jim Howard.
~T he effort of certain republicans to
make a political Issue of this is so mis
erable and so despicable that it is hardly
worthy of notice, for they must lirst wash
their hands of blood before they attempt
to pose as apostles of law and order.
"Jim Howard, the thrice convicted mur
derer of William Goebel, who when he
could not assassinate a man for hire,
■would shoot one for pastime, i the petted
beneficiary of their liberal dumition and
ts lauded" with slavish adulation, his
cell decorated will: flowers, and his sav
age face, the object of admiration by
tl7o=e who love him because they believe
he 'murdered in cold blood the man
whom the democrats of Kentucky had
elected to b'e their governor. I do not
speak of fife mass of the republicans of
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Kentucky, who I believe do not approve
of crime and lawlessness oT any kind, but
I refer to those whose bitterness and
malignancy wi|ild place upon me the re
sponsibility of tfie condition ot affairs In
Breathitt."
The governor concludes with a denun
ciation of a republican newspaper nt
Louisville, which had taxed him with
abuse of the pardoning power in the cases
of Brea'fjfft feudists. He declares the
charges are false and claims that he did
not give nearly so many pardons as did
Governor Bradley, a former republican
executive.
BRITONS SLAIN BY MULLAH.
Five British Ports Are Reported as
Being Destroyed.
Paris. June 27.—A dispute.i from Jibutil,
Abyssinnia, says the Mad Mullah has de
stroyed five British posts between Burao
and Behotl. In Somaliland.
Thirty-nine British officers nut of forty
two white men wore killed in the engage
ments. Two thousand native soldiers
were made yu'isoners.
A dispatch from Aden te< days ago
stated that the British lines of commu
nication from Bcrhera and Bohotl worn
threatened by the rebellious Mullah and
his forces. Reinforcements comprising
three companies of the Hampshire regi
ment and 300 native soldiers were ordered
t<> proceed from Aden to Somaliland. June
20. About 14.000 native Abyssinnians have
been cooperating with tlm British forces
in their efforts to check the Mullah.
The campaign of Bragadier General W.
11. Manning, who was sent to Somaliland
l ist November after the reverses suffered
by Colonel Swayne, having proven unsuc
cessful. be was ordered superceded June
21 lo Major General C. C. Egerson, in
command of the Punjab frontier.
Ii was reported from'Aden Jun ' 23 that
Genera! Manning and Colonel Cobbe. who.
it was foired. had been cut off near Pa
mo.. had sm ceded in joining tin ir forces
and ii.-.d reach-d Bohotl in safety.
Operations against the Mullah already
have eosi the British government more
than .?2.t«i' l . | iXi and considerable loss of
life.
Denial Made in London.
Lonu-m. June 27.-The war office has
ived a telegram from Somaliland en
abling it to contradict the french report
of a British disaster. The War office dis
patch received today was sent by Gen
eral Manning from Bohotl June 26 and
announced his arrival there unopposed,
lie captured a number of the Mullahs
camels and sheep while on his way to
Bohotl. The general said that th- Mul
lah, with hi. lighting men, had crossed
the' British line of communi: iPi-Jn half
way between Bamot and Bohotl.
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COLOMBIA FACES A DILEMMA.
£o President Marrogicin Says in Mes-
sage to Congress.
Washington, June 27.--The state dep ri
ment has received from Minister Beaupre.
~t Bogota, a cable conveying the informa
li.'U that at ii'- extra sesion ol congress
convr.'ied for the consideration of the
. .mill tri June 20.. Joaquin Vellez is
pre .nil nt of the senate and .Medina
Cilderbn president of the chamber of
: -pri -' ntatA< s. The following appears
in the message of the president respect
ing tin canal convention:
'To my government has been pres 'ii.' d
this diii mma: Either it lets oir sover
eignty suffer detriment or n-aor. ices <- r
ii'in p'.-' Un..it; advantages to whi-ii, a.
eordii'g to the • pin: n -I man;', w- have
a right.
"The i t. t wishes of iittinbiiants of Pana
ma a large portion >f Colombia would
be satisfied if the canal were opened, but
the government would be 1 xposed to th ■
cliarg" afterwards tb.it :t did not defend
our sovereignty and that it did not <!■ h nd
the interests of the nation. In ti e second
ease, if tile canal is not opened the gov
ernment will be accused for not having
allowed Colombia to bom tit from that
which was regarded as the commence
ment of our aggrandizement. 1 have, al
ready allowed my Wish to bo understood
that the canal should be opened through
our territory. I believe that even at sm h
a cost in sacrifices we ought not to put
obsiacles to mt h a grand undertaking
because it is an immensity b> tieti ial on
terpriso for the country and also because
once tlie canal is opened by the I'nited
States our relations will become more in
timate and extensive, while our industry,
commerce and our wealth will gain incal
culably.
"1 leave the full responsibility for the
decision of this matter at first—for con
gress. After years, in which the question
has been treated in a vague way without
precise condit ons, it is now presented in
away to obtain practical and positive re
sults.' It has been our indisputable tri
umph that the senate and the govern
ment of the l'n:t'"l States should declare,
notwithstanding every effort to th" con
trary. the superiority of the Colombian
route ”
Tile state department has received a
dispatch from Minister Beaupre, at Bo
gota. saying that the canal discussion
l ad been opened in tile Colombian house
by a representative opposed to the canal
t:, aty, who began by calling for tiie
documents relating to the treaty. I.he
government objected on the ground that
i,. was not ready to present the treaty
~. th< house, but would do so later. The
gov<:iiiment.'s position was sustained by a
vote of 38 to 5.
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STREET CAR STRIKERS
ARE IN RIOTOUS MOOD
Richmond. Va., June 22.-Governor
Montague, this afternoon ordered the
Seventh regiment, the Richmond Blues
battalion, and the Richmond Howitzers,
an artillery company, on duty to aid in
maintaining order as against the street
car strikers and their sympathizers. The
Seventh regiment is to report tomorrow
Five of its companies are in Richmond.
The other seven will come from Danville,
J-'armvilie, Charlottesville, Staunton,
Lynchburg. Alexandria and Roanoke.
There has been much rioting' during the
day. as a result of the strike and the
situation is ugly. Nobody has yet been
seriously hurt.
All is quiet tonight at the car barns of
the street car company in the eastern
and western extremities of the city. Mil
itiamen are on guard and they are pa
trolling the town, particularly along the
various railway lines. Some of the troops
from outside points have arrived. Others
are expected at midnight. Ail will have
reached the city by 8 o'clock tomorrow
morning. No cars are being run tonight.
It appears the night will pass without
disorder.
This Lad Cried “Scab.”
Richmond, Va., June 26.—Lester .Wilcox,
a Jtl-year-ohl boy, was shot by a soldier
in Fulton, the lower end of the city,
about 9 o’clock tonight for crying "Scab"
at a car and refusing to desist when or
dered to do so. He is wounded in the
hand and hip. The hand is badly
mangled. The hoy was brought uptown on
a street car and taken to the city hos
. pital.
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TOGA FIGHT IN MISSISSSIPPI.
Race for Governorship Has Been
Completely Overshadowed.
Jackson. Miss., June 28.—(Special.')—The
senatorial campaign continues to occupy
the center of the political stage, despite
the warm three-cornered fight between
the candidates for governor and the pub
lic mind is much more interested in Gov
ernor Longino’s chances of success and
Senator Money's prospects of defeat and
vice versa than they arc in the identity
of the next man who will til! tbe gov
ernor's chair.
There have been no now developments
of groat importance in the senatorial
campaign during the past week. It is
progressing smoothly ami satisfactorily
nnd both sides are claiming victory in a
manner equally sanguine.
The principal activity of organiz'ilion.
however, is being shown in the Longino
camp, and li' continues to bi the ag
gressor in the light. The state eamnaign
committee announced a f> w days since
is being supplemented by the organiza
tion of a campaign committee in every
county in the state who will look after
the minute details of the tight. I >n the
other hand. Senator Money's supporters
haw organised sowi.il Mom.' clubs. The
Longino form's have no club organiza
tion.
The two candidates continue to fling a
few y rsonaliti's on their stumpim’ tours.
Senator Money has aiiiis.d Go.'t'nor
Longino of being too friendly with the
Roosevelt administration, and close af
filiation with th'- republican referee, Wil
son. who is hi-' brother in law. to which
tile governor retorts by saying that he is
not responsible for th-- fact that W ilsoti
nnd himself married si-tors, amt that
Senator Money is responsible for Lao con
firmation of Wilson a. I’nited States mar
shal and moved his con:irma.ti m on the
floor of the I'nited States senate; that
Senator Mono,',' his voted lor the con
firmation of ip'groc.'- to office m Mis is
sippi ever since he has been in the sen-
There an man\' point of dil'ferenci
twee.i Senator Aloney and Governor Lon
giim m the issues th' \ m.I at* . but til'
nogro question is their ox ers lad wing
point of issue, and the speeches they d ■-
live: have not undergone any change on
this subj,:,a since Hl.- *a:a p i ign opened,
S :.at.or Mom-x' still cmt end I a.; that the
in gro is unlit for any of the duties "f
citizenship, ami Gov rnor Lorigiuo de
claring that there is no negro question
save in th'? minds of th* poliiiciaiis; that
tii'- negro is a factor ill s >uth'.:i n lite,
nnd will always remain s', ami it is our
duty to teaeii him to become a better
man ami a more inte'.lig' nt farmer.
ihe pres- is be omiiig more. v< ie meiit
in its ndyocii x' of ill" claim.-- of the two
Candida I* * the :■ iiatoi ship,, and tile
tight is waxing wirnier every day. Both
air.nits continue iti good pliy: ical shape
ami are actively on the stump.
It Ins been impossible to secure a list
of Senator Mon'.'.- speaking engage
meats, although efforts to do so have
livii made at ids campaign hcadquar
ters in Carrollton. ll* moves about in
a rather desuttory maimer, making long
jumps ami often speaking on very short
annouiiC'.'inent Goverm'r Lungin? lias
scattered bis list of il.u-s broadcast.
During the present week lie speaks at
Greenwood, Eupora, Walthall, Maben,
West Point and Sturgis, closing the week
xvitb a Fourth of July oration at Sartor’s
Mil), in Monroe county.
Tlie alignment of forces steadily con
tinues as tha two candidates make their
respective tours of the counties, ami tlie
tight will iie kept up quite merrily until
the primary on August 6.
IDENTIFIED BY A GOLD TOOTH.
Mrs. McCann Charges Barrington
With. Husband’s Murder.
S . Louis. June 2-S. A w. rrant ' was
sworn out tula.'.' by Mrs. James P. Mc-
Cann charging F. S. ymour Barrington
with the murder of h r husband. As the
ilJ'-g'-d crim* was committed in St. Louis
county, the city authorities today gave
Barrington over to the custody of Sher
iff Hanlon and th,: prisomr was taken
I*' Clayton and pl.iced in jail. The body
of a. man, supposed to be McCann which
was buried soon after being found a few
days ago at Bonfils, was exhumed today
and an inquest, held. Tim body was ter
ribly d composed. Nevertheless Mrs. Mc-
Cann identified tlie body as that, of her
husband, partially basing tiie identifica
tion on a gold tooth. Others identified
the body.
Coroner Koeh returned a verdict that
two bullet holes were found in the dead
man's head ami bullets were extracted
corresponding in caliber to that of the r*'-
xolver found in Barrington's trunk last
night The coroner also found a deep
gash in the throat and a cut in :l’o
palm of the right hand, leading to the
assumpiion that the man had been at
tacked first with a knife, and, in defend
ing himself *i id seized the blade: that
finally his throat had been cut and he
was ultimately shot twice in the head.
Barringtou asserts his innocence.
FLAN TO BUILD GREAT COLLEGE
North Carolina To Have New Insti
tute for Girls.
Durham, N. June 27.—There is a
movement on foot to build In connection
with Trinity college a groat, female col
lege.
A meeting of tlie executive committee
of the board of trustees of Trinity collego
xvill be held next week to consider tlie or
ganization of this college.
J. S. Southgate, chairman of the board
of trustees, said that while the plans
xvere definitely conceived he was not ready
to give them to the public as yet. He
said, hoxvever, that the woman’s college
at Trin'ity would start out xvith the ad
vantage of a million dollar investment,
nnd that it would be tlie greatest move
ment ever made in the south in behalf
of higher education for women.
Troops Massed by Sultan.
Constantinople, June 27.—The Bulgarian
agent here has asked tlie grand vizier for
an explanation of tlie concentration of
Turkish troops at Sultantiope. The grand
vizier has professed entire ignorance of
the matter and has promised to make an
in vestigation.
It was announced in a Sofia dispatch to
'I lie Lokal Anzieger, of Berlin, June 21,
that the Turks, without cause, bad seized
tlie village of Sultantiope, which com
mands the road to Sofia, with four bat
talions and thirty guns.
Vienna. June 27.—Advices received here
from Sofia say the Bulgarian government
intends to protest to the powers against
tho alarming concentration of Turkish
troops on the frontier of Bulgaria.
EWENWARHED, LEAVES
MOI.
Captain Fled Because He Was Told
of a Plot To Assassinate Him.
Jett’s Uncle Sends for
Wife o’ Captain
Ewen.
Lexington, Ky., June 22.—Captain B. J.
Ewen, the leading witness in the trial of
Jett and White, murderer of J. B. Mar
cum at Jackson, left here this afternoon
for a secret destination. The action Was
taken on the advice of friends after Cap
tain Ewen had been informed by a man
who came from Jackson today of tho ex
istence of a plot to assassinate him. All
sorts of rumors are in circulation con
cerning efforts to inTerfere with the course
of justice in the Marcum case. Captain
Exxon not only felt that he was in danger
constantly, b'ut that his presence here
might endanger his friends.
Hargis Senas for Mrs. Ewen.
Jackson, Ky., June 22. -Ex-Senator A.
II Hargis sent for Mrs. B. J. Ewen, wife
of B. J. Ewen xv’no was the principal
witness in the trial of Jett and White,
.iiid talked to h'i regarding her husband
today. Mrs. Exxon his become alarmed
and lias writti'ii her husband not to re
main in Kentucky. The camp here will
bi broken up in a i'ev. days and the sol
diers will go ini*, barracks at the S. I.
Lee institute. Major Lillard is in charge
in the absence of Colonel Williams and
Major Allen.
Special Term Is Called.
Fl.inkfort, Ky . June 22.-A special term
io inves'igat' the charges of arson and
bribery, made by tpaptain Ewen and oth
ers. will be e died for July 20. In the
meantime fort'.' soldiers will be kept on
duty at Jackson.
Military Law Rules at Jackson
Jackson, K? Jme !7.- Adj itant Gen
eral Murray tliA afternoon issued orders
intended to make more absolute the
powers of tii" military in Jackson. Ihe
first instructions are to tlie provost nini
shal to report to City Judge Cardwell
and serve processes issued. This more
I'ompletely invi'.-ts Captain Longmite
xvith the authority of a town marshal.
The second or r recites that the abso
lute safety of life and property must
tie maintaineil la Jackson and if any vio
lations of rights', personal or property,
shall occur in the toxxn or Breathitt
county, the commanding officer xvill use
tno troops in ae'.ivc serxicc to the ex
treme Umi: of i'is authority. Tho latter
order was piwted at the court house,
postoffi and ii: < onspieuoiis' places ov r
the toxx n. It is .‘xpeet* ■! to have the pur-
Churches Opened at Jackson.
Jackson, Ky . June 28.—For the first
time in many months evening church
s'ervii-cs wore 1" Id tonight. Prior to this
time tho citizens wore afraid to leave
their homes as: r dark. Tom Tharpe,
who introduced :he usual Saturday nigat
shooting cariiival, was arrested by pro
vost guards af'.r a .'-mile chase over
the mountains', i lis incident hail a quiet
ing effect last night mid today.
A. feeling of security is returning to
the citizens, and exi cy arc st sirengtltons
their .issuran.'. Criiwfoid and Ed.
.... . d of b irning
Ewen's hotel, xxeriifieascd on »t.i>'«) each
and will retiini t< work tor Judg" James
Hargis. Jack and Leland Howard and
Jeff Tharpe are their surety. Tho case
xvill tie laken up by the special grand
Jury July 20.
In a feud last night near Daisy Bell,
Breathitt county, Hiram Barnett was
killed and John H llcckcr and Joseph
ll'.ker were serious! x wounded. The
'ii* a, with Samuel and Silas Barnett,
mot at the homo of Miss Leila Burns,
niece of Burns Fitzpatrick, xvhn was the
cnlv juror against tbc conviction of Cur
tis'jett. While diS' -r siug the course of
Juror Fitzpatrick. John H. Hoi'ker, the
friend of Miss Burns, resented what was
said and all soon began shooting. There
have been no am is and no one can
tell who fired the s': >r taking effect.
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Weekly Summary Crop Condition.
Washington, Jun* ' I’h" weather bu
reau’s weekly summary of the crop condi
tions folloxvs:
While still too coot in the districts cast
of tlie Rocky mo tains, the tempera
tur*- conditions of the week ending June
22 were somewhat m > e favorable in the
central valleys and southern states. In
tho gulf states the conditions were very
favorable for cultivation. Hain is now
needed in portions of tlie central and east
gulf districts.
CORN- A general improvement in the
condition of corn in *he central v.ihcys is
imli-al.’il. In the * itil. rn states . ally
corn is lory -ly laid by, and is nearing
maturity in Toxas.
WINTER WHEAT Winter wheat har
vest has made fa. table progress, and
liirve-ting i: now " neral in the eential
portions of the winter xvheat belt, wii.i
disappointing yield especially in thy
southern portions * f Missouri, Illinois
and Indiana. In the middle Atlantic,
states a general improvement is indi
cated. , . . .
SPRING WHEA’I bprmg wiioat is suf-
. ~,,. i a in in North Dakota and is
affeetol by rust quite generally in Ne
' bra ska. , , , „
OATS—The outb k fur oats is loss
promising in most of the states.
COTTON—Cotton . I'mtmib'S small, but
its general condition is somexvhat Im
proved. Cultivation has made good prog
ress, and fields are clean, except in por
tions of eastern districts, i exas plants
are healthy and have made rapid growth,
but the cron continie s two or three weeks
late 801 l weevil are spreading m lexas.
hut so far have de"’ Utt'* injury. Lice
are causing damage in the Carolinas, Ar
kansas and Missouri.
TOBACCO—In New England tobacco
needs xvarmth and sunshine, but else
where the crop has made favorable prog
ress In North Carolina and portions of
Virginia. Tobacco is . growing well tn
Tennessee and the Ohio valley.
APPLES—In Missouri, Arkansas. Illi
nois, Indiana and Pennsylvania apples
are unpromising but tlie outlook contin
ues favorable in Kentucky and the Vir
ginias.
Sufficient in Itself.
Philadelphia Press: Mrs. Krotchett-So
vou're determined to leave, eh? 1 sup
pose you’ll be asking me for a reter
tlßridgct—O! no, ma'am; OI won’t nade
it. The lady Oi’m goin’ to knows you,
an' she knows Oi’ve been here for three
months.
krrest
lisease by the timely use of
Tutt’s Liver Pills, an old and
avorite remedy of increasing
popularity. Always cures
SiCK HEADACHE,
our stomach, malaria, indiges
ion, torpid liver, constipation
and all bilious diseases.
TUTT’S Liver PILLS
TORTURES OF “DRUG STARVAIION”
ENDURED BY MORPHINE VICTIMS
feaiful Suffering When the In
sidious Poison Bo longer
Pioduces any Effect
OPIUM HABIT OB MME;
SCIENCE OVERCOMES DRUG
(i t —. REG STARVATION" is the
I J name given to a condition
1 Z often met with in persons ad-
dicted to the morphine habit, or
to the u.se of any of the "drowsy
syrups of the east" which enslaves their
victims and like the daughters of the
horse-leech are ever crying, "Give!
Give!”
The torture endured by such hapless
pc>oplf; is v'<>rs;‘ thftn death.
They are dying, yet do not die.
TI-I'V havo reached the point where the
-'r.-'im wbi-h once ffilcd their minds with
m-hanthiK vkmns has no effect. The
yhnle r.crvo ■'-* system, wrecked and ra<n<-
is torn In'-:) a thousand shreds. Chaos
■e’’gns.* ';*'■<• body D Hke a madhouse of
.-.onfuslon. The poison in quantity suffl
•lent to k'H fifty men no longer stimu
ates. The cold and clammy touch of
.Death is f*'it. The faint beating of the
mart yi-esu.ges dissolution. It seems
bout to <:e :s.' its pulsations and the vic
rm .>-''?''.ns sinking into the grave; yet,
• ’pi-m.- ! thus between life and death,
> lingers in indescribable agony.
Til's is "Drug Starvation."
B is '-marl.'hie how much morphine
..n be taken by a victim of the drug. A
i.irter grain is the usual and a h.i.f
: riin is considered a large dose. It is
robabio that most persons who become
■■s'mvi'd b-.' this insidious drug begin
.• ‘h even a smaller quantity and tlm
mount is gradually increased until
aough is re l itre*! at one dose to kill
. : or a hun-lr-.i men who have never
t here arc :::-i *tires in which morphine
i* elms required sixty grains a day and it
< one of the wonders of medical science
*>w : u h a quantity of this deadly drug
-ii be taken wkhout fatal results.
How the Habit Is Formed.
A gentleman connected xvith the Dr.
, -ing Company gives an Instance ot a
ealthy Atlanta man, recently cured of
the morphine habit, who xvas taking
chirty grains a day.
"Hiw is the morphine habit usually
formed," he xx'as asked.
"Generally it is acquired unintention
ally," he said. "Ir is rarely the case
that a mail or a woman deliberately
begins the morphine habit. I am •xirry to
say, tl'i.: family physician is often re
sponsib". unintentionally, ot course. A
person lies un attack of muscular rhe *-
inatism, we will say, or an excruciating
visitation from neuralgia. A small quan
tity ot morphine is administered. From
an agony comparable to being drawn and
quartered the sufferer passes into dreamy
ecstney. This is repeated and the system
come.s to demand the drug in ever-in
creasing quantities, until the victim is
ready to barter body and soul fqr the
little white powder.”
Against the power of this drug no man
is safe who takes a single grain. It
lays hffid on the will, it captures the
nervous /system and makes prisoner the
moral sensibilities. Like the great vam
pire bat of South America it fans the
sleeping v-ictim and lulls to slumber
while It sucks tho life-blood. Morphine
scothes but to slay. Once started on tho
downward road to degradation and death
the victim cannot unaided retrace his
steps. A iband must be outstretched to
save him or ho Is lost forever.
Other Dangerous Drugs.
Morphine is not the only drug that
finds its victims, though it is the most
generally used because Its effecls are the
most agreeable. It does not produce the
sickening effect of gum opium, ft is gen
erally taken in the morning and the
Ihypodermic injection is the favorite
method.
The secretary in the office of Dr. Ling
& Co., the specialists in the treatment
of the drug and whisky habits, was
asked what orodwt of the laboratory in
ailclition t*i morphine xvas being used to
lie hurt of the public. He said:
"The most striking tiling of this sort
■ :'t has ei'pie under my observation is
■i line. T’lmre are a number of other
'rugs that are tai;, n to quiet tlie nerves
iml induce sleep. 1 know of men who
are the slaves of some of those prepara
tions. They get •vorrled over business
matters ami begin their use and find
too late that they cannot leave them off.
'Hie man who takes a drug to induce
sleep is on very dangerous ground. Ho
is playing xvith edged tools. When trou
bled with Insomnia it is better to fight
it out then and there than to meddle
xvith insidious poisons. The risk is too
great and the consequences too awful."
Drug Habit Increasing.
The number of persons addicted to the
drug habit is Increasing. In their endeavor
to escape present suffering many thous
ands begin tho use of an opiate not real
izing its terrible effects and Its over
mastering power. It is like seeking safe
ty in the deadly colls of the python, the
great "rock snake,” the tenor of the In
habitants of India. The little python just
out of the egg is harmless. So seems tlie
tiny bit of morphine which the sufferer
first takes to escape pain. Rut like the
python, the habit grows stronger and
stronger, more and more of the drug is
taken, the victim Is steadily enfolded
within the deadly embrace from which
he cannot extricate himself. There is a
story In mythology of tho sirens whose
songs lured sailors to destruction on rocky
coasts, i'nfortunately the seductive power
of morphine is not a fable. The surcease
from sulf 'ring is a reality and with it
comes a dreamy blissfulness and pain Is
sunk in oblivion. Little does the victim
realize that the velvet pathxvay along
xvhieh he has started leads to such un
speakable physical and mental torture,
such blighting of the mind, such slaying
of the soul, ending at last in a "deu of
devils" as one of Dr. Long's patients 30
vividly describes it.
Prey of the Unscrupulous.
The helple-s victims of the morphine
habit are the prey of the unscrupulous.
Indeed, this is true of all who suffer from
chronic, diseases. It Is easy to pretend to
knoxvledge and the newspapers are filled
with advertisements of remedies for dis
eases that have baffled medical science.
A quack was once asked regarding a
patient:
"What did you give him?”
"I gave him some compound cathartic
pills and some good advice,” was the re-
For which, however, he charged his
dupe a round fee.
The quacks who prey upon morphine
eaters frequently include opium in their
alleged remedies so that the patient who
thinks he is leaving off the morphine hab
it it really taking as much of the drug as
Some twelve or fifteen years ago the
Dr. Long Remedy for the drug and whisky
habits was discovered. This remedy does
not contain any sort of narcotic and there
is a standing reward of one thousand dol
lars which will be paid to any one who
will find in the Remedy an atom of opiate
in any form.
A knowledge of th" terrible work that
Is being done by tho drug and whisky
habits led several prominent scientific
medical men in Atlanta to thorougb.lv In
vestigate the Dr. Long Remedy and to
watch Its effect. This was more than a
dozen years ago and they proceeded xvith
the utmost caution.
i THERE’S HOPE FOR SUFFERERS. ?
i SAYS REV. DR. A. R. HOLDERBY. ;
*. I have had some opportunity to notice the efficacy of Dr. Long's t
.* Remedy for the Whisky, Opium and Morphine habits. A number of ’J
.• long standing cases have coms under my observation and I have seen a
•> them successfully treated by D’r. ‘Long’s Remedy. £
-j- I feel sure that those who are addicted to the Whisky, Opium or «
• t
•> Morphine habit will be surprised at the marvelous results of this %
■£ remedy If they v.lll agree to give it a fair trial.
-I- 1 believe this remedv to be a God-send to the drunkard and the «>
? T
b* morphine habitue. A. R. HOLDERBY, <’
1" Atlanta, Ga., June 16, 1902. Pastor Moore Memorial Church. ®
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e •'vco-1-afi■ e k»vo l-o-I a-?ao'be-;-*fi-or-o-Fefi-®<• <r-‘-c-be-;-
They found this remarkable fact, that
the Remedy containing not a particle of
opium, could nevertheless take 'he place
of morphine, at the same time building
up the system and restoring it to its
normal condition without creating a sec
ond drug habit, the patient being able to
leave off the Remedy without the slight
est inconvenience and xvith no desire to
return to the morphine.
The patient is not required to leave
off the use of morphine entirely at first,
but to gradually reduce the amount taken.
If, for Instance, a man was taking ten
grains a day. enough to kill nearly a
dozen men, he would be required at tho
start to reduce the amount to eight
grains, the Remedy taking the place of
the other two grains and steadily forti
fying the system against the desire and
the demand for tho opiate. The second
week the amount of morphine would be
still further reduced and so on. It xvas
found that a permanent euro could us
ually be effected in five or six weeks
though some persons takl: g thirty grains
daily were not pronminoecl cured under
ten weeks. Every case was treated Indi
vidually The symptom blank s<*nt out
\ <?xU;->.i’ o and tbo inedfcMl df-
j rector had as much information as if face
tn fare with the patient. Tho presrrip-
I tton became thereby an individual pre-
I Bcriptlon scientifically compounded for the
> particular case y reports were re-
j qulred and the treatment changed from
i week to week’ as th? ra*e demanded
Science Is Victorious.
It became a battle royal between the
monos science and the dread foe of suf
fering humanity, and sclorrce wxaa ytjtr.-
rfous in ninety-five cases out. of everv
one hundred. The results were astound
ing, but the monos science were not
I swept off their feet with enthusiasm over
i the new discovery, as is often tho case
i when remedies promising great results
i first became known.
. They waited the crucial tAst of time and
! saw men who had been the helpless and
unhappy victims o’ the drug and whisky
i ’ ■?! i's restored to health and strength.
| They saw repose rake the place of fren
zy. equilibrium take the place of confus
-1 ion. strength take the. place of flabby
I muscles and the glow of health mount
| the cheeks and drix'e away the sallow
j complexion of disease.
1 And then they gave it their indorse
! meat.
I Eighteen F.undred cases have been c :r"d
; in the last year and a half.
Almost Fres as Air.
| Fortunately the treatment is compara
* tiveix’ Inexpensive- astonishinglj' so—a.n.l
> if a cure is not effected it costs nothing.
■ In tlie first place tho Hr. Lot tr Company
1 is composed of men of high scientific at
tainments an*l undoubted standing. They
I.are moved by the same impulse th.it is
back of the medical world—the allevia
tion of human suffering and they have
; placed the Dr. Long Remedy at the
nominal cost of $lO with the understand
ing that if it does not effect a cure the
money will be refunded.
Ab a matter of fact it is refunded in
five cases out of every one hundred, ad
mitted cures being effected in 950 cases out
of every 1,000.
ft seems that in placing the full treat
ment at $lO and returning the money in
case of failure the Dr. ijClig Company is
going as far r.s human phllanthrophy
could be expected to go, especially when
it Is considered that the treatment is
not sent at random, but every case has
its own individual and particular prescrip
tion and treatment.
Another thing is true that tho Dr, Long
Company is trank with its patients and
hopes that cannot be realized are not held
out. A point in ease is that of a lady in
Augusta. She had suffered the agony of
the rack from muscular rheumatism and
had been In bed two years, a victim of
the morphine habit. Her sister wrote the
I>r. Long Company stating the facts fully
and saying she doubted if the unfortunate
woman *vuld be cured. Still she would
I like to have the opinion of the Dr. Long
1 Company.
| She was written that she was prob
' ably right, as the woman who was tak
ing twenty grains a day had arrived at
an age when a cure was almost impossi
ble. The right treatment, however, might
reduce the amount to one-third or one
feurth t:he quantity taken.
The lady wrote that she was Impressed
, by this frankness, as she had writien to
a dozen opium cures am] all had replied
tliat if she would send the money along
a cure could be effected In a few days.
The remedy was forwarded as request
ed ar i tho result was as the Dr. Long
Company predicted. Tlie amount of mor
| pliine taken has been reduced from twen
j t'- grains a day to less than three grains
. a day. This has been accomplished with
in four weeks.
I The course usually takes five weeks.
but the $lO covers all the cost, whether
the course covers a period of five weeks
o’ fifty. A wealthy Atlantan who was
recently cured, although he had reached
the point where he took thirty grains a
day was under treatment two montr.-
He admitted h» was cured, but declined
to give his benefactors a written state
ment.
“Confessions of an Opium Eater.
The opium habit is usually born of pain
Thomas De Quincey, who -wrote the "Con
sessions of an English Opium Eater, xvai
in fact addicted to the habit, which ht
contracted while a student at Oxford and
which his biographers tell us ho over
came after a protracted struggle manj
years later. De Quincey says:
“I have often been asked how I firs'
came to be a regular opium eater and
have suffered very unjustly in the opin
ion of my acquainr*ance from being repot*
ied to have brought upon myself a j] th«
j sufferings which I shall have to record, by
: a long course of Indulgence in this prac
tice, purely for the sake of creating an
artificial state of pleasurable excitement,
This, however, is a misrepresentation of
my case. True it is that for nearly ten
years I did occasionally take opium fol
the sake of the exquisite pleasure it gave
I me, but so long as I took it xvith this view
. I was effectually protected from all mate
rial bad consequences by the necessity
of Interposing long intervals between th*
several acts of indulgence in order to re
new the pleasurable sensations. It was
not for the purpose of creating pleasure
but of mitigating pain in tho severest de
gree that 1 first began to use opium as an
article of daily diet.
1 "In the twenty-eighth year of my oga
a painful affection of the stomach
which I had first experienced about ten
years before attacked me in great
strength. This affection had orlglnallv
been caused by extremities of hunger suf
fered in my boyish days. During the sea
son of hope and redundant happiness
which succeeded (that is, from eighteen
to twenty-four) it had slumbered; for the
| three following years it had revived at In
-1 tervals; and noxv, under faxmrable cir
: cumstances, from depression of spirits It
attacked me with a violence that yielded
I to no remedies but opium.”
De Quincey's story of his sufferings is
' known the world over and it is the story.
■ with variations, of millions of men and
women who, reaching out for relief from
1 pain, have found a remedy worse than a
> thousand deaths. After months of suffer
| ing where It has been necessary to keep
the patients under the influence of va
i rious opiates or where persons in theli
1 Ignorance have taken morphine, it is
I found that tho practice cannot be dis
i continued. This is the beginning of th*
I habit which grows day by day with ail
■ the dreadful consequences that folloxv in
' the course of time. The user of the drug
| becomes a mental, moral and physical
1 wreck not hesitating to lie or steal in <yr
: dor to obtain the drug without which 'file
! is unendurable agony.
Work of Philanthropists.
I Is not the man who holds out his hand
1 to these helpless sufferers a be:i"fac:."r
' deserving t v rank high in the gra’i' .ide of
i the human race? The offices of the Dr.
1 Long Company, at 37 Whitehall street,
tare flooded with the grateful letters ■ ’
1 'hose who have been raised from n. fi'. i'.q
death to life and hope nnd the buoys' ■ ■
j of h kilth.
Write for full particulars, which will
be mailed yon free, in plain scaled •n
--vclope.
Th*: Dr. Lung Compa:*''s tr :i:m ‘ ' fn?
the whisky habit is as effiiaeiot: - as "m
treatment for opium, but it is a r ‘marl;
able fact that there are nearly ten times
as many opium patients as there are
whisky patients. It is said that bad is
the physiological consequences f the ex
cessive use of alcohol are, tho menial and
bodily effects produc'd by the indulgence
tn opium far surpass them in nii.-ery,
horror and degradation.
The Dr. Long Remedy is purely vege
table, leaves no bad effects, builds '
patient up from the start and leaves h*-
nervous system in a strong and healthy
condition. His will power is restored and
he is then ready with a clear he id,
bright eye and elastic step to renew the
battle of life. The Dr. Long Company
gives this guarantee: "Our t'atmont
| does not contain an opiate in 'iny form.
I We xvill forfeit $1,060 to be paid to any
I charitable institution in tlie Uni: 1
States, or to any one who xx i ’ p> ve to
I the contrary.”
I The action of the treatment : purely
reflex and consists of a ren wal of the
man as he originally felt before using
opiates. The patient takes absoffit'-H no
risk. The treatment for eith* r whisky or
opium habit is harmless, 'i i ■ <'”~t
practically nothing; the tin: ■ but a f> w
short xvecks in which the “ iff' ’• ' ■
from despair to hope and !: -.iltli. It the
Remedy fails, tl
| financially responsible ar i 1 ■ "
men far above trickery, m tic ; wi 1
be promptly returned. I'nd-'r such cir
cumstances how can the tri’ :uls "i the
unhappy victim of the whi.-':y a’ drug
habit fail to act? Or how eau any one
standing on tho edge of this aw! il cliasi:'’.
of despair neglect to turn and grasp the
hand held out to save? The address ot
the Dr. Long Company is 27 XX hitcha-l
. street, and a letter sent there will re
ceive prompt attention.
; Published herewith is a statement from
j Rev. A. R. Holderby, p
I Memorial church in Atlanit'. Dr. H*uder-
I by's standing cannot be qu. .-to :’d lie is
! not only pastor of an important church,
j but ho is a physician serving the poor
’ without money and without price, with a
i free medical dispensary al his church on
' Luckle street. It is impossible that Dr.
! Holderby could be misb l in his estimate
j of the Dr. Long Remedy, and his stat"-
ment should be a message of hope to the
1 suffering. * * • *