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ing this afternoon. A r •eolation that
the strike be continued was unani
mously adopted. The meeting was
followed by a demonstration of
strength by the striking operators be
fore the officers of the telegraph com
panies. The men marched in double
file in the streets, shouting “Stick,
stick!” and otherwise voiced their
opposition to the surrender sugges
tion. —Seattle Post. (
Opposed to Prohibition.
Birmingham, Ala., Oct. 18. —A big
meeting was held at Ensley, the steel
suburb, tonight against prohibition
and several of the large industrial
magnates participated therein de
livering addresses. F. H. Crockatd,
vice-president and general manager
of the Tennessee Coal, Iron and Rail
road Company, was among those
who appeared at the meeting, while
one of the priests of the district also
delivered an address against prohibi
tion.
Considerable consternation was cre
ated in Ensley today when it was
announced that several hundred men
had been laid off in the immense stqpl
plants of the district around Ensley.
No cause was assigned for this,
though some say it was on account
of the prohibition agitation. Rumors
were out last night that the steel
companies would reduce their work
ing forces but not until it became a
fact was any interest taken in the
matter.
A big prohibition meeting was held
tonight at the Hippodrome in Bir
mingham, Rev. George Stuart, of Ten
nessee, being the principal speaker.
R>v. Mr. Stuart is an evangelist of
much force. The fight is on in ear
nest in Jefferson county and both sides
are now claiming the best of the cam
paign so far.—Chattanooga Times.
As Champion of Negroes Andrew
Carnegie Speaks.
Edinburgh, Scotland, Oct. 17.
Andrew Carnegie, in an address at
the philosophical institution, appeared
as the champion of the negro in the
United States. He traced their devel
opment from slaves to citizenship,
the gradual decrease of illiteracy
among them, their participation in
church affairs and told of the enor
mous expenditures of money for
churches and schools.
Mr. Carnegie contended that the ne
gro was a saving man and he repu
diated the idea that the negro is lazy.
The negro, he said, had become of
immense economic value and is indis
pensable. Mr. Carnegie admitted,
however, that the negro problem is
still unsolved.
Lord Rosebery, who spoke on the
same subject, said that he doubted
the wisdom of enfranchising the ne
groes. Ninety per cent of them were
illiterate when enfranchised and on
Mr. Carnegie’s showing 47 per cent
of them were still so. It seemed to
him that a period of tutelage might
have been wisely imposed.
' Lord 'Rosebery said that things
were sometimes done under high and
generous impulse which were after-*
ward regretted. He was inclined to
think there were some persons in
America who regretted that the suf
frage had been given to the negroes.
Speaking of the amalgamation of
races going on in the United States,
Lord Rosebery said:
“The United State b a great cru-
cible in which the metals of every
race and nation under the sun are
being melted together. Will this re
sult in the perfect man of the future,
or an entirely new type, hitherto un
known to anthropologists, which will
be the subject of study by the older
races of the globe? We .are in a
quasi-paternal position to look for
ward to the development of the ex
periment with almost breathless ex
pectancy. ’ ’
Final Week of Stats Fair.
This is the closing week of Georgia
State Fair. This will be a week of
special days and each one is sure to
prove most interesting. The success
of the state fair was assured long
ago, and this week’s program is a sort
of an overflow celebration, for there
have been more visitors to the fair
already this year than there were all
of last year. This speaks well for
the state, and for the fair manage
ment.
Small Hissed at Chicago.
Chicago, Oct. 20. —Sylvester J.
Small, deposed president of the Com
mercial Telegraphers’ Union, was
hissed and jeered by 600 members of
the Chicago local union, before whom
he appeared this afternoon in an ef
fort to justify his action in seeking a
vote on calling off the strike.
Nearly a third of those present left
.the hall after shouting insults at their
former leader when he rose to speak.
Those who remained would not lis
ten to Small.
Vice-President W. AV. Beattie, of
Washington, was named as the choice
of the Chicago local for successor to
Small. —Constitution.
Plan Bear Hunt for Roosevelt.
Asheville, N. C., Oct. 20.—(Spe
cial.) —President Roosevelt has ac
cepted an invitation to come to this
place upon a bear hunt.
He will be joined by a large party
of well-known sportsmen, and a very
interesting trip has been planned.
It is expected that George Vander
bilt will throw open his famous hunt
ing preserve for the president.—The
Constitution.
Textile Men Discuss Child Labor.
Nashville, Tenn., Oct. 15. —There
were fully two hundred delegates
present this morning when the sec
ond day’s session of the Southern
Textile conference was called to or
der. The first business before the con
ference was the question of age and
time limit for women and children
who work in mills and factories. The
committee on resolutions recommend
ed that the age limit of children who
work in mills and factories shall be
fourteen years. '
It was also recommended that the
time limit for women and children
shall be 60 hours a week, except
where engaged in agricultural and do
mestic pursuits.
The committee recommended that
children under sixteen years of ace
be not allowed to work between the
hours of 5 p. m. and 7 a. m.; that all
children be compelled to attend school
sixteen weeks each year; that'all able
bodied men who have no visible means
of support be declared vagrants; that
no male under nineteen and female
under seventeen be allowed to marry.
All of the above recommendations
wera unanimously adopted. The com
mittee also reeommended that Gov
ernor PaHaraon, of Tennessee, re-
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quest the next legislature to call an
other textile conference in 1910. This
recommendation was also adopted.—
Elberton Star.
Craters of Vesuvius Belch Out Smoke.
The sudden cessation of smoke
from the cfaters of Vesuvius,
accompanied by loud detona
tions, which usually mean a resump
tion of activity on the pari of the vol
cano, almost caused a panic. Subter
ranean rumblings give warning of an
eruption.
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Governor Visits Atlanta.
Atlanta, Ga., Oct. 18. —Governor
James O. Davidson and Mrs. David
son, of Wisconsin, the governor’s
staff and party, to the number of 150,
arrived here this morning from An
dersonville, Ga., where yesterday they
attended the unveiling of the statue
erected by the state of Wisconsin to
the memory of the federal soldiers
buried there. During the day the gov
ernor and party visited numerous
points of interest in and about the
city, and were entertained at informal
receptions by Governor Hoke Smith
and others. They departed for the
north tonight.—Chattanooga Times.
New York Judge vs. Autos.
A New York jdge has rendered his
decision thus: That a physician has
no right to speed his motor car even
when going on an emergency call, de
ciding that many lives should not be
risked for one.
Farmers’ Convention in Oklahoma
City.
The Farmers’ National Congress
met in Oklahoma City. More than
one thousand delegates were present.
President John N. Stahl of Chicago
makes report.
Wireless Message Crosses
London’s mayor sends greeting by
wireless telegraphy to an American
newspaper. Communications bv wire
less telegraph between America and
Europe have been successfully inaugu
rated. The installation of the inter
continental wireless is wonderful.
Thousands of words can he sent dai
ly. The tests made assure the publie
that commercial wireless between
America and Europe may begin with
out further delav. The inventor an
nounces that “The Marconi comnanv
is open for transatlantic business from
this time forth.”
Cheaper rates will result from the
op°ning of this service.
Thousands of people nf the Un’tpfl
States and Canada were present to
witness the event. After five years
of toil. Marconi has perfected the
commercial «:ystem.
Tennessee Inventors..
Among the Southern inventors of
last week, or rather Southern people
who received patents nn various in
ventions, were several well-known
Tennesseeans. The patents were is
sued to William nf this
city, on an attachment for liner gins:
to Henry Higgins of Newport. Kv..
nn snring platform for vehicle seats:
to W. S. Myers of Ashland. Ky., nn
furnace for heating nail pMes: tn
Robert E. Simmerman of Hartford,
Ky., nn a spike; to M. H. Hartman
of Elkins, W. Va., on a wrench: and
tn David Hastings of Martinsville,
W. Va., on a gasoline and gsscooling
separating •pparatus. Memphis
Times. [l*,
Negroes Lynched for Burglaries.
Tunica, Miss., Oct. 11. —Three ne
gro men were lynched here today for
a series of burglaries. Two were
hanged to a telegraph pole and the
other was shot to death.
The negroes were Will Jackson,
Jim Shonts and George Robinson.
They had been placed in the Tunica
jail where they confessed to a series
of burglaries covering about ten
years.
Some time last night the negroes
were spirited away from the jail and
the sheriff and his deputies claim they
do not know even the hour when the
prisoners were taken. The sheriff
testified at a coroner’s inquest today
that the negroes’ captors must have
sneaked in while he and his assist
ants were out and that they used the
jail keys, for he found the cells lock
ed and apparently undisturbed when
the regular rounds were made later.
It was the mob’s intention to hang
all three negroes but after Jackson
and Shonts had been hanged, Robin
son broke out of a barn where he was
being held and was shot as he fled.—
Times-Union.
One Car Running in Henderson.
Henderson, Ky., Oct. 9.—The of
ficials of the Henderson Traction
Company having refused to discharge
Superintendent Lyne, as the striking
motormen demanded, the car to the
depot was the only one in operation
today, and this was interfered with
several time®.
Strikers boarded the car and slap
ped the motorman, but were prevent
ed from pulling him off by the police.
Several thousand “we walk”
badges are to be seen on the streets.
—Louisville Herald.
Bootblack Robbed of Cash.
.An exchange tells us that of
ficial bootblack for a New York po
lice station went to sleep with the
idea that he was safe when surround
ed by the guardians of the law and
woke to find he had been robbed nf all
his slender stock of cash. Such oc
currences make it plain that we must
have detectives to look after officials
as well as officials to look after us.
Before long all of us must go on duty
to keep the nation honest.
Teddy Bears.
The cartoonists perhaps were not
so far wrong in crediting the bears
of the canebrakes with wireless in
formation as to the President’s com
ing. Ordinary hunters have always
found them there. Perhaps the Pres
ident expects to find them too near
the camp, or the multitude of dogs
scared them into other regions. Sure-
Iv five packs of all descriptions, must
prove too much for any live bear’s
nerves.
Two Lives Saved by Sec. Bacon.
Secretary Bacon has been in Cam
bridge, Mass., for several days visit
ing his son at Harvard University.
One afternoon while out in a launch
he saw a canoe in. which were two
Harvard students. Just as the launch
came abreast of the canoe, the lat
ter capsized. One of the occupants
clung to the overturned .canoe, the
other, being unable to swim, sank
twice, and was rescued by Secretary
Bacon.
Progress oJ New School.
The industrial school of Poplar
Springs is progressing nicely notwith
standing shortage of funds. Extra
term supported by few citizens.
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