Irwinton bulletin. (Irwinton, Wilkinson County, Ga.) 1894-1911, January 08, 1909, Image 1

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Newspaper Page TextVOL. XIV. NO. 11 PRISONS OFVENEZUELA Yie’d Men Who Had Been Con- fined Many Years By Castro. prisoners We .starved Many of Thoie Released Sick—Ths Allowance for their Keep Was Stolen by Jailers. New York City.—Fuller details if the release of more than a score of Castro’s political prisoners, their pit iable condition and rales of tne iruu ment they had received in the bar barous dungeons of Fort San Carlos, on an Island off Maracaibo, were brought here by passengers who ar rived on the steamship Zulia, the •ship that carried the prisoners from ^the fort ot La-Guayra. The' pTisbners, twenty-seven in num ber, were men of the best families in Venezuela. They were all that re mained of the drove of prisoners that had been sent to the fort for politi cal reasons by Castro during his term ■of power. Their deliverance came because of Castro’s overthrow. The prisoners, when the came aboard the Zulia at Maracaibo, pre sented a curious sight. They were well dressed, shaved and beards trim med, but they were cadaverous and iweak. Many could not walk without assistance. The prisoners said they pad been systematically starved, the allowance for their keep presumably koing into the pockets of their jailers Or others in the government employ. They subsisted on such fish as could be caught off the shore and cooked by themselves as well as they eouid. Communication with relatives and friends, or with any one in the out side world was denied them, and they had no tidings of even their own families until release came. General Bello, who had charge at Fort San Carlos and of the prisoners, was also a passenger on the Zulia from Maracaibo to La Guayra. He is described as a bony, grizzled man of 50 years, and, according to the pas sengers, has a somewhat brutal ap pearance. He, perforce, had to go with his own prisoners. Several mil itary looking men accompanied him, -ostensibly as a guard against violence from his former captives, but it was suspected that they were to see that he went nowhere but to Caracas. IMPORTANTTREATYSIGNED- United States, Panama and Colombia Settie Their Differences. Washington, D. C —Negotiations have just been concluded between th j governments of the United States, Co lombia and Panama, whereby all mat ters in controversy between them are settled. By the terms of the treaty, Colom bia recognizes the independence of Panama, ' and the two countries re sume diplomatic and commercial re lations. Panama agrees to pay to Colombia the sum of $2,500,000 in annual in stallments of $250,000 each for ten years as her share of the Colombian national debt, incurred at the time when Panama was a part of that re public. The United States agrees to fur nish to Panama the money to be paid to Colombia in accordance with the terms with the existing treaty be tween the United States and Panama, the first payment to be made nine years after date of the treaty. It was also learned that the treaty also permanently fixes the boundary line .between Colombia and Panama. This is directly of interest to the United States, as it comes within the panama canal zone. GOOD WORK AT ANNAPOLIS. Westerners Make the Best Showing, ■With Southerners Second. Annapolis, Md. —Advance copies of the ! naval academy register for 1908- ■^bhow the number of midshipmen ■.he academy to be 811, which is ■w the average. As has been the ■e tor a number of years, a marked ^■paratlve excellence in scholarship ■western midshipmen is indicated, ■them midshipmen apparently are Ht in general excellence, while those ■om eastern, northern and middle ■ates do not, as a rule, do as good ^vork in their studies, though there are some marked exceptions. ALLDEMOCRATSSEATED. Republican Contestants from South Carolina Are Turned Down. Washington, D. C—Three congres sioiial election contests from South Carolina were decided when election committee No. 1 reported to the house in favor of the permanent seat ing of Representative James O. Pat terson, democrat, of the second dis trict, over Isaac Meyers, republican; Representative Asbury Lever, demo crat, of the seventh, over Alexander Dentzler, republican, and Representa tive George S. Legare, democrat, of the first district over A. P. Prioleau, republican. Wholesale and Retail DEALERS Snmitfcm WlUtin. AID FOE EARWAKE VICTIMS. U. S. Congress Appropriates SBOO,OOO for That Purpose. Washington, D. C. —In answer- to the messa® from the president the house appropriated SBOO,OOO for the relief of tho earthquake sufferers in Italy and Sicily. The bill, which was passed, gives the supplies on board the Celtic and the. Culgoa, valued at about $300,000, and also appropriated $500,000. The senate agreed to the resolution passed by the house, appropriating 00,000 for the relief of Italian eartn quage sufferers and This amount be comes immediately available. The message in full is as follows: To the Senate and House of Repre sentatives: The appalling calamity which has befallen the people of Italy is follow ed by distress and suffering through out a wide range among thousands who ’.ave escaped with life, but whose shelter and food apd means of living are destroyed. The ordinary machinery for supplying the wants of civilized communities is paralyzed, and an exceptional emergency exists which demands that the obligations of humanitv shall regard no limitation _f international lines. The Immense debt of civilization to Italy, the warm and steadfast friendship between that country and our own and the affection of their na tive land felt by great numbers of good American citizens who are im migrants from Italy; the abundance f ith which God has blessed us in our safety; all these should prompt us to immediate and effective relief. Private generosity is responding nobly to the demand by contributions through the safe and efficient channel of the American Red Cross society. Confident of your approval, I have ordered the government supply ship Celtic and Culgoa to the scene of disaster, where upon receiving the authority which I now ask from you they will be able to dispense food, clothing and other supplies with which they fire laden to the value of about $309,000. The Celtic has al ready sailed and the Culgoa is at Port Said. Eight vessels of the returning battleship fieet are already under or ders for Italian waters, and tha.t gov ernment has been asked if their ser vices can be hade useful. I recommend that the congress ap prove the application of supplies above mentioned and further appro priate the sum of $500,000 to be ap plied to the work of relief at the dis cretion of the executive and wlth.the consent of the Italian government I suggest that the law follow the form of that passed after the Mount pelee disaster in 1902. THEODORE ROOSEVELT. Paris, France.—The Figaro pub v-M the following dispatch from Rome: . “As each day goes by, tne disaster appears more horrible, terrifying and immense. It is without precedent in the history of the world. In the early dispatches I spoke of over 150,000 dead. This number doubtless will be exceeded, for now it is conservatively H-^ted that 200,000 persons perish ed miserably In this staggering catas trophe and the worst is not yet known. The scourge has not yet done Its final work. “The tremblings of the earth con tinue with sinister rumbling, and at times lets of boiling water surge from the crevices, “In spite of herculean efforts, tne succor still is insufficient. In the more remote regions the unhappy injured are dying for want of food and medi cal treatment. Dogs and swine, en raged by hunger, spring upon the wounded and devour them. No news of the death of any Amer icans. excepting A. S. Cheney, the American consul at Messina, and Ills wife and the members of the Pierce famiiv has been received from any quarter. J. H. Pierce was formrly American consul at Messina. Tolive as Christ Lived. Cleveland, Ohio.—A movement which has been in the course of prep aration for several weeks was put into effect here when one thousand eight hundred young people pledged themselves to “live as Christ would have lived” during the next two weeks The pledges were made at the Ep worth Memorial church and the plan was set forth in a sermon by Rev. W. B. Wallace. In a general way the minister de scribed the proper course of the young people as consisting of cheer fulness, justice, steadfastness and kindness. _ Breathing Right During 1909. Chicago, Ill—The city health de partment celebrated the new year by issuing a special bulletin on the im portance and value of correct breath- UI A noted physician is quoted by the bulletin as saying that “only those who are too lazy to greathe have con sumption.” Robinson Hardware Company. IRWINTON, WILKINSON COUNTY, GA, FRIDAY, J ANUARY 8,1909. PROHIBITIOMSTS WIN Tennessee Legislature Organized By “State Wide” Adherants. GOV. PATTERSON OPPOSED Majority of Members of Legislature are m Favor of Driving the Liquor Interests From the State. Nashville, Tenn.—The Tennessee legislature, which convened here, was organized by advocates of state-wide prohibition, William Kinney of Hay- Wood county is speaker of the senate, while Hillsman M. Taylor of Gibson county presides ever the house. Bout belong to the anti-administration fac tion of the democratic party. This action is a defeat for the ad herents of Governor Patterson, who are opposing the proposed enactment of state-wide prohibition laws. It was brought about by a coalition of repuu licans and anti-Patterson democrats. The latter in both houses, along with other democrats, hid signed calls fpr a caucus, but beyond or ganizing the caucus of §>nators did not materialize. The state-widers ab sented themselves, and when the sen ate met, Kinney was nominated and elected, receiving 17 votes, including his own, which was necessary for election. The house democrats met in caucus and nominated H. T. Stewart of Can non county, a state-wider, but also a friend of the administration, tempo rary chairman, 33 to 30 over H. M. Taylor. The house, after much spar ring, during which Representatives Carden and Burbage of opposing wings of the democratic membership came very near to blows. Taylor was elected. His was the only name pre sented, and he received 63 votes Speaker Taylor of the house is a son-in-law of United States Senator Robert L. Taylor, and a son of Colo nel R. Z. Taylor, who made a sen sational escape from night riders on the night they hanged Captain Quen tin Rankin at Walnut Log, Rqelfoot Lake. * INAUGLRATIONOFGIFLHKJST. Attended by Pomp and Pageantry at Tallahassee. Tallahassee, Fla. — The inaugura tion of Governor Albert W. Gilchrist as chief executive of the state of Florida was attended by the pageant ry and pomp which are usually made a part of the ceremonies on the oc casion of the administration of the formal oath of office to the first mag istrate of the commonwealth. Tallahassee had made elaborate preparations to receive the new gov ernor and visitors from all over the state who came to attend the inaug ural exercises. The oath of office was administered at high noon in the pres ence of a vast concourse of people. The ceremonies took place at the east entrance to the capitol on a plat form erected especially for that pur pose. There were long civic and mil itary parades that passed in review before the governor-elect and the present governor, Broward. “KING OF THE HOBOES.” Invites All the Unemployed to Meet Him in St. Louis. New York City.—Friends of J. Eads How. familiarly known as the “king of hoboes,” have received a let ter from him at St. Louis, in which he extends an invitation for a gath ering of the unemployed In that city. How left New York about two months ago and his whereabouts was not generally known until the receipt of the letter, in which he says: “Realizing that this is going to be a hard winter and that there are all the way from 35,000 to 100,000 men out of employment in all the large cities of the country, we have decided to call a convention of delegates from the dif ferent centers to meet in St. Louis on January 22, 23 and 24. The object of this convention will be to attempt to secure employment for all those desiring work and and to attempt to get transportation for unemployed men to their jobs.” foFcheaFpostage. Letters Must Be Marked Via Nev/ York to Secure Low Postage. New York City—The two-cent post age agreement arranged between the United States and the German postal authorities recently is now in effect. But it should be borne in mind bj correspondents wishing to avail selves of the cheaper postage that their letters must be marked as in tended for steamships sailing direct from New York to Germany othei wise their letters will be sent byway of England and France and the old postage union rate of 5 cents will be ^Further, it should be noted by let ter writers that letters from' country reach Germany quickest by wav of England, and consequently if speed is their object the old a cent rate must be paid. RCEIVERS FOR A., D. & A. H. H. Atkinson and P. S. Arkwright Are Appointed. Atlanta, Ga. —The Atlanta, Bir mingham and Atlantic railroad, the creation of Harry M. Atkinson, a trunk line with a terminus in Atlan ta, another at Birmingham and yet another at Brunswick, with steamers and docks at the Georgia seaport town, is now in the hands of two re ceivers, H. M. Atkinson, piesident us -the line, and Preston S. Arkwright, its vice president, being named by Honorable Don A. Pardee, judge of the United states circuit court. Because the Atlanta, Birmingham and Atlantic could not pay interest due on bonds the first day of the present month the owners of the road decided it were better for all inter ests concerned to ask that the prop erties be placed in the hands of a re ceiver. The papers show a suit by the At lanta, Birmingham and Atlantic against the Old Colony Trust com pany of Boston, trustee, and is of a friendly nature, as is shown in the answer of the Old Colony Trust com pany by its attorneys, Richard Olney, secretary of state under Cleveland, and Guy W. Currier. This means that the financially crip pled condition of the company—a temporary condition which it is re cognized cannot prevail long—will not be permitted to render it a prey to creditors and bondholders, and that the operation of its system will continue uninterrupted until it is once more on its feet, economically speaking, and is able to meet all its obligations. WAR CLOUDS IN SOUTH. Nicaragua and Honduras Are About to Clash. New Orleans, La. —The Times-Dem ocrat publishes a story based on re ports received from Central America, which are to this effect: Nicaragua is marching troops from the frontier into Jhe vicinity of Cho luteca, Honduras, to overthrow the government of Miguel Davilla, presi dent of Honduras. It is reported that the Nicaraguan, Dr. Arrias, has re cently received almost $40,000 for army supplies, medicines, etc., ship ped by secret agents of Zelaya in this city, and that all preparations are be inz made for a long campaign. The informants of the Times-Dem ocrat stated that it was generally un derstood that the revolution was a four-cornered affair, with the Hondu ran malcontents attacking the Zalaya forces, backed by supplies and men from Salvador. It is also alleged that the Guatemalan government had sup plied men and arms. U. S. BATTLESHIPS AT SUEZ. Fleet Arrived There Two Days Ahead of Schedule. Suez, Egypt.—The United States Atlantic battleship fleet, completing two days ahead of its schedule tho next to the longest run of its world girdling cruise, arrived here from Co lomba, a distance of 3,440 knots, from which place the fleet sailed on Decem ber 20th. The loss of a seaman from the battleship Illinois, who fell over board, and was drowned, as previous ly reported, was the only accident to mar the voyage from Colombo. The Illinois remained on the scene to search for the sailor, and is a little behind the fleet. At Port Said the crews will coal the battleships with all possible speed. - RELEASED DM25,000 BAIL. Jury Failed to Agree in the Beach Hargis Case. ( Irvine, Ky.—Beach Hargis, charged with the murder of hts father, former Judge James Hargis, was ordered re leased on $25,000 bail by Judge J. P. Adams, the jury at the iiist trial of the defendant having disagreed. Mrs. Louellen Hargis, widow it Judge Hargis, and mother of his slay er, and her two brothers, Floyd and John Day of Jackson, signed the bond. A number of wealthy citizens of Estul county also signed it. Young Hargis has been released. LAST FLIGHTS BY WRIGHT. He Carries With Him Members of the Aero Club. Lemans, France.—Wilbur Wright, the American aeropianist, gave his last demonstration here carrying with him in four different flights members cf the Aero club of Sarthe. Mr. Wright is preparing to proceed to Pau where he will remain a month, giv ing instruction as to the handling of his machine. He then goes to the United States. NEWSY PARAGRAPHS. Fire destroyed the saw mill plant and large basket factory of the Love lace Lumber company at Brewton, Ala. The estimated loss is $200,000 or $250,000, partially insured. The plant was one of the largest and best equipped in the south. FINE BUSINESS OUTLOOK Financial World is Cheerful on Threshold of New Year. CREDIT HASIEEN RESTORED As a Result There is Good Investment Demand for Capital Flotations. Large Resources at Hand. New York City.—Satisfaction with the solid achievement of the year and confidence in the promise of the lu ture are the feelings of the financial community on the threshold of the new year. The effective expression of this feeling is found in a level of prices of securities near the highest for the closed year and higher, in fact, than for twenty months past. The depth of despondency from which the financial world was but barely emerging a year ago, needs only to be considered in a general way to realize the wide progress to wards betterment which present con ditions represent. As a register of the measure of this past achievement, the stock market possesses less in terest than in its function of antici pating by speculation the course of events to come. That the past achievement is fully reflected in the extent of the advance of prices, which has occurred, is the accepted opinion of all competent ob servers, the problem of the market turning rather to the question of how far the improvement in conditions justly to be expected in the future, has already been covered in the spec ulation. The brightest hopes are based on the complete restoration of credit, which has occurred, and the resulting good investment demand for capital flotations. The rapid absorption of new bond issues and the large demand in the open market for older bond issues of all grades, is the substan tial evidence of this condition. It is a condition of vital importance to the further work of rehabilitation to be done before the full measure of former prosperity is restored. With the excellent demand for in vestment now established and the abundant money market resources, which are looked for early in the new year, very large resources are expect ed to be placed at the command of the great railroad and industrial cor porations for resumption of suspend ed and postponed outlays. The quick ening effect of this influence is ex pected to be felt throughout the world cf industry and business in enhanced consumptive demand for all grades of products and merchandise. The extent to which the revision of the tariff in prospect may serve to un settle business and halt demand for products in expectation of price changes is a subject of some uneasy conjecture. The European political outlook is not left out of considera tion, owing to the current of uneasi ness, lest, with the opening of spring, the unquiet conditions in the Balkans may cause an outbreak. The condi tion of winter-sown grains is not fully satisfactory and brings into view the always important influence of the coming year’s agricultural product. There is' feeling that the property losses of the Italian calamity may call for future adjustments in the fin ancial markets. The situation thus briefly summarized shows the inevi table ambiguity at all times existing in a financial prospect. PALEOLITH FOUND IN OHIO. Medina County Was Once Home of Paleolithic Men. Akron, Ohio.—The discovery of what is claimed to be a paleolithic stone near Wadsworth has led Pro fessor Frederick Wright, geologist and president of the State Archeo logical society, to declare that Medi na county was the home of paleolith ic man. Professor Wright and Professor Bronson of Oberlin college, declare that the finding of the paleolith at Wadsworth is one of the most impor tant discoveries made in America in fixing the age of human life on tne American continent. The paleolithic stone is an eliptical shape flint weighing half or three quarters of a pound, and is a fine specimen of one of the Instruments used by man during the glacial pe riod. BANK EXAMINERS TO LOSE FEES. They Will Be Put on Salary and Ex pense Basis. Washington, D. C—National bank examiners will be put upon a salary, or per diem and expense basis, and the present fee system will be abol ished, if recommendations made by Secretary Cortelyou, Comptroller Mur ray and Deputy Comptroller Kane of the treasury • department, are carried into effect. ’ Members of the national monetary commission, who will trans mit the suggestions to congress, tor enactment into law. believe that the proposition will meet with favor. SI.OO a Year. LATE NEWS NOTES. General. A petition has been sent by the rep: resentatives of twenty thousand union workmen of Wilkesbarre, Penn., to President Roosevelt, asking him to pardon Messrs. Gompers, Mitchell and Morrison, who were last week sentenced to prison by the supreme court of the District of Columbia for contempt' in the Bucks Stove and Range case. * When an old trunk, was opened by the coroner at Cincinnati,Ohio, in an attempt to discover the relatives of John Ferd Vaux, aged 73 years, who dropped dead In that city, currency, government bonds and bank securi ties worth more than $44,000 were discovered. There was also found a letter from Harriet C. Splnelo, 1013 South street, Bernard street, Phila delphia, who seemed, from its phras ing, to be a cousin of the dead man and a telegram was at once sent her notifying her of the death. One hundred men armed with axes cud dynamite blew up the chapel of the “Holy Rollers” at Jefferson, N. H., and ordered Joel D. Wright, leader of the sect, to leave town. Allegations of unfaithful adminis j tration of her father’s estate are J made against Mrs. Emma F. Sully, | wife of Cotton King Dan J. Sully, in a suit filed at Providence, R. 1., in । behalf of Horace B. Knowles’ Sons i against Mrs. Sully’s surety. ■ That . the shipbuilding industry in Maine is gradually increasing in vol • ume to its former great proportions, is believed to be indicated in the stu t tistics of the Maine yards during tha I past year. President Roosevelt and his entire cabinet, the governor of Ohio, the i governors of all southern states, Gov ernor-elect Joseph M. Brown of Geor gia, Senators Bacon and Clay, the en tire Georgia congressional delegation and prominent southerners have been invited to attend the dinner to be giv en by the Atlanta chamber of com merce on the evening of January 15, at which President-elect Taft is to be the guest of honor and chief speaker. Washington. Cabinet officers are submitting to President Roosevelt their reports la answer to the Aidrich resolution, aa to the secret service, and it is consid ered probable that the President will have ready to submit to the appropri ations committee of the senate all these reports soon after the re-assem bling of congress. It is the presi dent’s intention to act promptly in this matter. Mrs. Ella Relica, a clerk in the sig nal office, will be the next social sec retary at the white house and Miss Elizabeth Hagner, who now dictates the social lists of the president’s wife, will be given a position in the surgeon general’s office, according to an unofficial announcement. Mrs. Rei ica is prominently connected with the social set in Washington. She has sained a certain distinction through tier efficiency as a whist player and has made a little pocket money by giving lessons in bridge. Postmasters will not in the future, on the pain of dismissal, be allowed to solicit the mailing of matter at their offices by persons living or do ing business within the delivery of another postoffice, according to an or der issued by the postmaster general, amending the postal regulations. The order further provides ihat fourth class postmasters are instructed not to claim credit for cancelling post aze stamps on matter diverted from other offices to their offices for mail ing. The president has invPed the fol lowing engineers to accompany Pres ident-elect Taft on his trip to Pana ma: Arthur P. Davis, chief engineer of the reclamation service, Washing ton, D. C.; John R. Greeman, Provi dence, R. I.; Allen Hazen, New York City; Isham Randolph, Chicago; James Dix Schuyler, Los Angeles, Cal.; and Frederick P. Stearns. Bos ton, Mass. Alfred Noble of New York city was the first engineer invited by the president, but he was unable to leave his present work. It was on his recommendation that the engineers announced were selected. Nineteen million pupils of all grades and classes were enrolled in the public and private schools of the United States a year ago. according to the statistics in the annual report of the commissioner of education, El mer Ellsworth Brown. During the past fiscal year the commissioner pre dicts that the number of seekers af ter learning have substantially in creased, although figures on their numbers cannot now be corrected. Discussing the new education idea in the south, the commissoner says it has been largely brought about by the combined efforts of a remarkable group of educational leaders, some of whom have now been in active co operation in behalf of the desired im provements for a goodly number of years. DUBLIN, GEORGIA.