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THE FIUSICAL RECITAL,
By the pupils of Mrs. Viola Hamp
ton, at 219 Ashby street, in West End,
on the evening of March 16th, was a
very delightful entertainment for the
large assembly of ladies and gentlemen
who attended on that occasion. The
program was arranged with selections
of vocal and instrumental music, of
solos and duets, and the performance
of all the pupils gave credit to the pu
pils for fine skill in the study of mu
sic, and at the same time, it was one
of the finest of testimonials in favor of
the excellence of Mrs. Hampton as
the musical instructor of a very large
class. The program contained twenty
very fine selections. The audience
was delighted, and many compliments
were spoken to and of Mrs. Hampton
and her pupils.
THE EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE
Os Fulton county will hold a meeting
today to discuss and declare the date
and rules for a primary nomination by
a ballot of certain part of the voters of
the county. It is to be seen whether
the committee will act in generous and
fair spirit for the promotion of harmo
ny, or in a proscriptive manner with
such close or narrow lines and limits
of partisan plans as to debar most of
the people from participating in their
primary.
We are of the opinion that the set
ting of an early date for such a prima
ry will be a serious error.
The people would prefer a late day,
say in July or August, if any primary
is to be held at all. As a matter of
fact there is really no need for any
primary in this county. We have our
views about such matters and we are
disposed to freely express what we
think on the subject. In the present
political status of affairs in this county,
we think the people understand how to
take care of their own interests without
dictation from any committee of ma
chinery in personal politics. The fixing
and mixing of general and local matters
all together, in national, state, county
and city affairs is not the proper meth
od for getting a fair and full ballot from
all the people at one time.
We will observe the action of the
county committee as it may occur to
day, and we may discuss it fur ther
and later. We shall see.
GROWTH OF THE SOUTH.
The Various New Industries Established
the Past week.
Among the more important of the
new industries reported during the
past week include a basket factory in
North Carolina; a 8300,000 bleachery
and cotton mill in North Carolina;
brick works and a broom factory in
North Carolina; cement works in South
Carolina; coal mines and coke works
in West Virginia; two cotton mills in
Alabama, one in Arkansas, two in
Georgia—capitalized at $300,000 and
31,000,000 respectively, two in North
Carolina, three in South Carolina, two
in Texas; a cotton and woolen mill in
North Carolina; cotton seed oil mills in
South Carolina and Texas; electric
light and power plants in Georgia and
West Virginia; a fertilizer factory in
South Carolina; flouring mills in Ken
tucky and the Carolinas; a foundry
and machine shop in Arkansas; gold
mines in Georgia; a guano factory in
North Carolina; ice factories in North
Carolina and Texas; a knitting mill in
Alabama, three in North Carolina and
one in Virginia; lumber mills in Ala
bama, Georgia, Kentucky and Texas;
phosphate mines in Tennessee; rice
mills in Louisiana; a rope mill in
Georgia; a soap factory in Texas; a
3400,000 textile machinery works and
a wadding and batting mill in Geor
gia.—Tradesman (Chattanooga, Tenn.)
Miecess comes always to those who
belleie In printer’s ink Judiciously
used. Let us have your advertise'
Bert.
BOTH HAVE TROOPS
Bsckham anl Taylor’s Soldiers
Quartered Near Each Other.
BECKHAM ISSUES A PROCLAMATION
Tells the People of Kentucky In Eons' Ad
dress Why He Has Ordered Mili
tary to Frankfort.
A Frankfort special says. State
troops recognizing Democratic Gov
ernor Beckham are in possession of
the county court house and jail, and
will do military duty under order from
Governor Beckham during the exam
ining trials of Republican Secretary of
State Caleb Powers, Captain John W.
Davis and W. H. Culton. The mili
tary is also re-enforced by seventy-five
deputy sheriffs who were sworn in by
the civil authorities Thursday.
County Judge Moore issued an or
der to Sheriff Suter directing him to
exclude everybody from courthouse
during examination of prisoners ex
cept attorneys, witnesses and members
of the press.
There has been no confirmation of
rumors that armed bodies of citizens
from the mountain section would be
in Frankfort.
Democratic Governor Beckham is
sued the following address Thursday
night, explaining his situation in call
ing out the troops:
“To the People of Kentucky—ln
the present crisis which exists in our
state, I feel it my duty to explain to
you my position and to outline the
policy which I intend to pursue in the
earnest effort to restore peace, quiet
and order to our commonweath. It
was the policy of my distinguished
and lamented predecessor to conduct
this contest, which has so much agi
tated our people, in away to com
mend his course to all law-abiding and
conservative people of the state. That
policy I have, to the best of my abil
ity, also pursued and intend to con
tinue in the same line. In calling out
the militia to protect the courts in
Frankfort I wish to say that no one is
more averse to military rule than I am.
“I believe that it should be the last
resort that any official should use,
and I lament the necessity that re
quires it at this time. As your chief
executive it is my desire and intention
always to rely more upon the law' than
upon the bayonet, and 1 prefer'l6 be
supported by the strong, common
sense and patriotism of our law-abid
ing people than by any military pow
er whatever. Every honest citizen
should submit without hesitation to
the control of the constituted authori
ties and to the courts, the great safe
guard of our liberties.
“According to law the civil authori
ties of Franklin county have presented
to me a statement of facts which shows
that a condition of lawlessness is
threatened here with which they are
unable to deal, and they have callad
upon me for assistance. I have, in
compliance with their call ordered here
certain state troops to placethemselves
completely under the authority of the
sheriff of the county, with instructions
that they shall assist him in protecting
the court of this county from threat
ened intimidation as well as to protect
the prisoners who are tried by that
court on tomorrow.
“These troops shall be strictly un
der the control of the civil authorities
in preserving order and protecting the
dignity of the court, that justice may
be done to all parties.
“Such is the situation here now,
and I intend so far as I have the power
to protect the courts. In my earnest
efforts to uphold the law and protect
the constituted tribunals, I call upon
the good and law-abiding people of
our commonwealth to aid and assist
me not by physical force, but by
moral support. We have placed our
cause in the hands of the law and we
must continue to rely upon the law.
Let no act of violence or lawlessness
be committed anywhere and let our
people who have shown such patience
and conservatism heretofore, continue
to show it. My great trust and reliance
is in the strong common sense and
integrity of the people of our state,
and trusting in that I believe that out
of our present difficulty there will
soon come peace, order and restora
tion of the law.
“J. C. W. Beckham,
“Governor of Kentucky.”
OOM PAUL IS FIRM.
Kruger Says Boors Will Have Indepen
dence or Die in the Straggle.
A dispatch to the New York Herald
from Pretoria dated February 10th,
says:
“Your correspondent has just had
an interview with President Kruger.
“ ‘This war was forced upon us by
England, which has been misled by
Cecil Rhodes and the mining million
aires who want the country,’ he said.
“The Boers yielded as far as possible
until they saw that nothing but com
plete surrender of their independence
would satisfy England.
“ ‘Having been forced into the war,
the Boers will conquer or die.’ ”
CONSPIRATORS PLEAD GUILTY.
Sensational Case of Tyson and
Others Comes to a Close In Dis
trict Court at Savannah.
In the United States district court
at Savannah, Ga., Wednesday D. A.
Tyson and others pleaded guilty to
the charge of conspiracy to defraud
through the use of the mails. Thus
collapsed a case that has engaged the
court for the better part of two weeks,
and which Judge Speer characterizes
as “one of the most notable cases ever
tried in the federal court in this coun
try-”
The conspiracy had ramifications
through half a dozen of the country
counties of Georgia, most of them pro
hibition counties. The conspirators
would send orders by mail to whole
sale merchants out of the state for all
manner of goods, principally beer and
liquors, which they would dispense in
blind tigers, and the shippers would
never hear of their money.
But while liquors for sale in “dry”
counties were a specialty, many other
kinds of goods were embraced in the
orders of the gang. Indeed, the con
fessed leader of conspirators, D. A.
Tyson, built nnd equipped a long dis
tance telephone line connecting Sa
vannah with a dozen neighboring
towns with materials fraudulently or
dered on elegantly engraved letter
paper of fictitious firms.
Tyson made use of a number of
small country merchants, whom he
persuaded to permit the use of their
names for the fraudulent ordering of
goods. Many pianos, organs, reapers,
cases of wine and other articles were
found in depots in the territory of the
gang, consigned to the various mem
bers of it. The gang victimized whole
sale merchants in Montgomery, Chat
tanooga, Richmond, Charleston, Bal
timore, Cincinnati and elsewhere. The
trial had gone on nearly two weeks
and nearly 100 witnesses had been
examined when it was suddenly ter
minated by the plea of guilty.
Judge Speer stated that sentence
would be passed upon the men later.
Those who pleaded guilty were: D.
A. Tyson, J. H. Hutchinson, W. E.
Hutchinson, Morris W. Hutchinson,
J. M. Harrell, J. T. Hammond, T. L.
Ricks, C. J. Phillips, J. S. Wheeler.
Jr., and H. B. Watts, alias C. J.
Watts. The man who was declared
not guilty, the evidence not connect
ing him with the conspiracy, was F.
D. Wilkes. r >
BEWEX*i‘'AKU)JE.
Admiral Sufficiently Recover* to Take
Part In Savatniah Program.
Fifty thousand persons on the
streets of Savannah Wednesday gave
Admiral George Dewey as enthusiastic
a welcome as was ever accorded to any
public man by the Forest City. The
admiral had recovered from his indis
position of Tuesday sufficiently for
him take part in the military parade
and review arranged in his honor, and
as he rode through the streets with
Mrs. Dewey at his side, ringing cheers
rent the air and waving colors made
the scene one long to be remembered.
There were present in the parade
five military companies from Charles
ton, one or more companies of naval
reserves from Charleston, Mount
Pleasant and Beaufort, S. C., and
Brunswick, Ga., and military organi
zations from Columbia, Pelzer and
Timmonsville, S. C., and Augusta,
Brunswick and Thomasville, Ga.
There were in all seventeen out-of
town organizations.
Adding the local militia, there were
nearly 4,000 men in line. The review
took place in the park extension,
where an admiral’s salute was fired by
the Chatham Artillery from brass
pieces presented to the organization
by President George Washington.
Business, public and private, was
suspended from noon in honor of Ad
miral Dewey.
The day’s program ended with a
banquet at the DeSoto hotel. After
the elaborate menu had been served,
the ladies jojned the gentlemen in the
main dining room and the speaking
began. Following came the presenta
tion of the elegant silver vase, the gift
of the city of Savannah to Admiral
Dewey, by Hon. F. G. dußignon.
Free Silver For Porto Rico.
Senator Morgan, of Alabama, has
introduced an amendment to the Porto
Rico bill providing for the free coinage
of silver. It is limited to the Ameri
can product.
ATLANTA POSTOFFICE BILL.
Senate Passes the Measure and Prospect!
In House Are Bright.
The Atlanta public building bill was
called from the calendar in the senate
Monday afternoon and unanimously
passed that body.
The bill carries an appropriation of
$500,000 for enlarging and otherwise
improving the present federal building
in Atlanta.
The bill will be reported by the
house committee as soon as Colonel
Livingston returns from Georgia, and
the prospects are favorable that the
bill will soon become a law, and the
work on the building will begin during
the summer.
CONCESSIONS
CAUSE KICK
Secretary Root May Have Ex
ceeded His Authority.
AN INQUIRY IS SET ON FOOT
Senator Turner Charges That
Gold Property In Alaska Has
Been Illegally Ceded.
Upon the authority of the governor
of Alaska, Mr. Turner, senator from
the state of Washington, made the
statement in the senate Wednesday
that concessions for gold mining in
the bed of the sea near Cape Nome,
Alaska, had been granted by the sec
retary of war, and upon that statement
he based a resolution of inquiry.
Senator Turner said if such a grant
had been made it was "a shame, a re
proach and a scandal.”
Mr. Turner’s resolution directed the
secretary of war to inform the senate
whether any concessions to excavate
the gold-bearing bed of the sea in the
vicinity of Cape Nome, Alaska, or in
other Alaskan waters have been made
to any individual or corporation or as
sociation by the secretary of war or
any other war department official, and
if so, upon what theory such grant was
made.
“The secretary of war,” said Mr.
Turner, “has jurisdiction over the
navigable waters in the rivers and
harbors of the United States and at
various times has given to private in
dividuals authority to excavate the
bed of such waters for proper pur
poses. Now if this authority has been
stretched to cover such a concession
as that mentioned in the resolution it
is a shame, a reproach and a scandal. ”
Mr. Wolcott, of Colorado, said that
in view of this extraordinary state
ment the secretary of war would be
anxious to answer any proper inquiry
touching it. If such a concession had
been granted it was clearly a violation
of the law.
Mr. Carter said it certainly could
not be in contemplation of the secre
tary of war to give mining leases
without a semblance of law. “I think
the resolution should be adopted,”
said Mr. Carter, “as I’m satisfied the
response will show the secretary has
not arrogated to himself such power.”
The resolutions were agreed to.
CONFLICTING TESTIMONY
Given Before the Industrial Commission
at Its Session In Atlanta.
Conflicting testimony has been given
to the United States industrial com
mission as to the condition of the mill
operatives in Atlanta and the wages
they receive.
Three witnesses representing labor
organizations, told the commissioners
that the condition of the mill opera
tives was deplorable. Their evidence
was that the conditions at the Fulton
Bag and Cotton Mills were especially
bad.
Mr. Oscar Elsas, representing the
Fulton mills, denied that his employes
were mistreated or were paid starva
tion wages.
The foreman of a Macon newspaper,
L. J. Kilburn, was also a witness be
fore the commission. He said that
since he had been at work, labor in
the south had been organized. He
believed moral and financial benefits
had been derived from organization.
He discussed the labor unions in Ma
con, telling of the wage scales and the
rules that prevailed.
“Incompetent workmen are not ad
mitted to our unions,” he said. “We
have to keep them out because wfi
want to guarantee to the employer of
union labor that he will get the value
of his money.”
“Then it is in the power of the
union to prevent men from working at
' a given trade,” said Mr. Smyth.
“We do not go that far, but we pre-
I vent non-union men from working in
union shops."
Kilburn explained the system of
apprentices, saying that in the Typo
graphical union one apprentice was
allowed to every seven printers or
fraction thereof.
“Suppose an employer had a son
whom he wanted to learn the trade
and there were no apprentice places
vacant?” suggested Senator Kyle.
“The employer’s son would be
turned down,” replied Mr. Kilburn,
“just like anybody else. I had a case
a few days ago where an employer
wanted his son to learn to operate a
Mergenthaler machine. There was no
vacancy and I had to turn him down.”
Senator Kyle asked if the laborers
were not operating a gigantic trust.
Mr. Kilburn said they simply had a
large organization. He did not con
sider it a trust.
The senator said it occurred to him
that the labor unions were putting
themselves on the same plane with
the big corporations of the country.
“MENACE TO AMERICA.”
Sulzer Charges That England Is
Fortifying Against On the
Canadian Frontier.
A Washington special says: In the
house of representative Congressman
Sulzer denounced the administration
for its pro-British policy in the most
scathing terms. He spoke on his res
olution making inquiry about the for
tifications being erected by Great
Britain on the Canadian border, which
resolution had been turned down by
the Republican committee.
Mr. Sulzer said his resolution only
called for such information not incom
patible with the public interest, not
for secret information. The adjutant
general’s report, he said, is preposter
ous and untenable and it is ridiculous
for him to say Great Britain is not
trespassing on our territory, no one
contends that. What we do declare
and what every thinking and intelli
gent citizen of this country knows is,
that while Great Britain is pretending
to be our friend she is sedulously and
studiously and consistently erecting
great fortifications on our northern
frontier which menace the integrity of
the republic and which on notice of
twenty-four hours could destroy our
cities, our towns, and lay waste the
property of our people. It seems to
me that today the administration is
being humbugged by the administra
tion of Great Britain.
“I say that on this resolution I want
to get the sense of this house and find
out who are the friends of America
and who are friends of Great Britain.
We ought to have this information.
►There is a feeling all over this country
that the administration has absolutely
and abjectly surrendered American
rights to British enterests. It has
done so in Alaska, it has done so in
regard to the Nicaragua canal, it is
doing so now in the orient, in the
Philippines, in China.
“The administration here is more
English than the administration in
London, and it is time for some one to
stand up here and talk for American
rights against British interests.”
(Loud applause on the Democratic
side.) The resolution was finally laid
upon the table, 110 to 97.
The resolution of Mr. Sulzer was as
follows:
“Resolved, That the secretary of
war is hereby directed to inform the
house of representatives as early as
possible what fortifications Great Bri
tain is erecting, constructing and com
pleting on the northern frontier of the
United States, especially at Puget
Sound and other places on the Pacific
ocean, contiguous to the state of
Washington and District of Alaska.”
The resolution had been previously
referred to the committee aud came
back with the following endorsement:
“Thl*information that the depart
ment possesses on this subject has al
ways been held to be confidential, and
for good and sufficient reasons has not
been made public.
“It is remarked, however, that Great
Britain, so far as the department is
informed, is in no instance erecting
fortifications trespassing on our rights.
(Signed) “H. C. Cobbin,
“Adjutant General.”
OUR GOLDEN GIRL
To Be Exhibited at Pari* Exposition Suc
cessfully Cast at New York.
The gold statue of the “American
Girl,” which is to be exhibited at the
Paris exposition, was successfully cast
at New York Wednesday.
Miss Maude Adams, the actress, was
the model, and Mrs. Bessie Potter was
the sculptor. The statue mounted on
its base will be six feet in height, the
figure being of Miss Adams’ own
height. It weighs 712 pounds and the
bullion used is valued at $187,000.
Miss Adams’ gown was of the sim
plest sort. It is a summer dress of
chiffon, lace ruffles extend its length,
and gathered at the waist they give a
kind of blouse effect at the bottom.
The sleeves are tight from shoulder
to wrist. The arms droop to full
length on both sides. The hair waves
back from the forehead and is parted
slightly to the left. The pose is that
of taking a step forward, denoting
“progress. ”
Preparing For Boer Prisoners.
Colonel Chalice, of the army ser
vice corps, has sailed from London for
the Island of St. Helena in order to
make the necessary arrangements for
the occommodations there for General
Cronje and the other banished Boers.
MACON WELCOMES DEWEY.
Thirty Thousand People Give Admiral An
Enthusiastic Reception.
Admiral Dewey arrived in Macon,
Gn., Thursday afternoon from Savan
nah. The train was in charge of Mr.
L. S. Brown, general agent of the
Southern Railway, and consisted of
twocoaches belonging to the Southern,
and was pulled by “Nancy Hanks,”
engine 1594, of the Central.
Ten thousand people were at the
depot to greet the admiral on his ar
rival. Twenty thousand more were
on the streets to see him as he passed
by. He was given a most enthusiastic
reception by the people there.