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[ The Bamberg Herald. ^ 1 < _ . ?' - - - - i 1 1 sagsssg^si fe., ,-^ia| pf ESTABLISHED 1891. BAMBERG, S. C.. THURSDAY. AUGUST '27.. 1903. ONE BOLLAll PER YEAR. ;;|S - - - - - f f 111ITA Iff" lllf AT F1 I nTA BILL ARP IS DEAD! f ;! - -;. I <_.v -j The Beloved Humorist Joins Silent Majority, |?P?'" END CAME PEACEFULLY V Tnousands Upon Thousands of tha Readers of His Quaint and Highly Interesting Letters Will Sorely Miss the Sage of Bartow. Major Charles H. Smith (Bill Arp) * passed away peacefully at his home in Uartersviiie, Ga., Monday night. Y Since the successful operation and removal of stones from the gall blaldcr, which prolonged life, he gradually grew weaker, a battle between his fine constitution and the effects of the obstructions going on. Tie former might have gained the mastery but for the poison that had permeated his system. The hard breathing and repression and restlessness seemed to have disappeared in a measure after the operation, and though unconscious, & stage he had been in for two weeks, he became quite tractable and his case easily managed until the weakness had grown to the point where dissolution became an inevitable consequence. This in reality began about 6 o'clock Monday evening, following a hard convulsion, and at 9:40, some three hours later, A - A- ' his gentle spirit took its flight into the great gteyjui. &f Sis iamily, his wife, his daugh* _ ters, Miss Marian and Mrs. Brumby, reside at the home, the well known "Shadows." The other daughters, Mrs. Aubrey and Mrs. Young, are residents of Cartersville and have been at his bedside. Dr. Ralph Smith, of Jacksonville, Fla., and Hines Smith, of Rome, the major's sons, were at his bedside. The *$hesc sons. R. R. Smith; At Roskmart, and "Frank Smith, at San Antonia, Tfexas, were telegraphed for, . as were also Victor Smith, of New York, and Carl Smith, of Mexico. Brief Sketch of His Career. Major C. Tf. Smith was born in Lawrencevtifle, 43*!, June 15, 1826. His parents were Scotch-Irish. The qualities of both sturdy races marked him in *" later years. lie began his education at a manual labor school, and later attended Franklin college, at Athens, now the University of Georgia. After leaving sxjjBUVi uc atuuiru lajn auu was auixixite4 to the bar. He*began his practice Jn&omg, GaC $1 *850, Aeing aasopiated wijjii J edge "J. W. H. Underwood. He Wtfe loQat<Kl jir4h|ktF- city when the war brike out. $1 the war Major Smith was a stiff ofi$per with General G. T. Anderson ('?ld Tige") for eighteen months. lie wap afterwards assigned by Mr. Davis * to judicial duty vrith Judge EugenUis A.jNisbet, of Mhcon, who was at the head of a commission to try treason cases. After the dissolution of the court at Maijcon, which was ordered by federal j.General Wilson, when he entered the city on a raid, Major Smith went to L.airrenceville. His wife at that time wa? stopping with her father in that to^jn. A notable incident of that time wap a trip Major Smith took with President Davis from Millen.to Macon. He nursed Mrs. Hayes, then a young gup&atfc&r. a " Major Smith began his writing in 1861. His object then wa? principally to amuse soldiers, and his success was shown by the wide popularity of his letters* After the war "Bill Arp" continued his writings, and his letters did much to divert the people and encoura?e them-to look on the bright side of things. With his wife, six children and -Id family servant. Tip, Major Smith *eturped to Rome in 1865. te major shortly afterwards moved e^Foatalne farm, in Bartow county, In which county he has since live i. P'$ home at Cartersville, "The Shadows,*' with its large front yard and giant oaks, is a hospitable place, and ha$ been the scene of many delightful soqfel affairs given by his wife and daughters. He has lived there for six-teen years. The humor of "Bill Arp" has long beeai a source of delight to hundreds of southern homes. He is not only an author, but won fame as a lecturer. la audition to lis letters he has published a history of Georgia and also a volume of collected letters and addresses. "From Uncivil War to Date" is his litest book. ' t Lor<| Roberts and Staff Coming Soon. According to a dispatch from Lon* don,;-Field Marshal Lord Roberts and his Staff have booked passage on the Dominion steamer Mayflower, which will ?ail from Liverpool September 23 for Boston. fx - | SCHEDULES OF BROKEN FIRM. i Liabilities and Assets of Sharp & > Bryan Who Assigned. The schedules in the assignment of SIiai3> & Bryan bankers and brokers, who assigned on August 5. were filed Monday in the New York supreme court. They show: Liabilities. $3,? 747,399; nominal assets. $11,25S.064; actual assets, exclusive of stocks and bonds pledged to secure loans. $379,437. :l %k. . - r- GIGANTIC RAILWAY PROPOSED. Pun-American Company, Capitalized at *250,000,000, Seeks Incorporation. Plans for a gigantic railroad, with a trunk line connecting Hudson Bay with Biitish Colombia. Buenos Aves. South America and having a net work of branches, was disclosed M?nday when articles of incorporation of the PanAmerican Railroad Company, with a ctpHal stock placed at $250,000,000 were filed at Guthrie, Oklahoma, with the secretary of the territory. V-: ' HUMBERTS CONVICTED. Most Sensational and Greatest Swindling Trial in Paris Comes to Close with Verdict of Guilty. One of the greatest criminal trials in the history of France culminated at Paris Saturday night when the jury ir. the court of assizes rendered a verdict of guilty against Therese aad Frederic Humber and Romain and Emile d'Aurignac. After a brief deliberation the court sentenced Therese and Frederic Humbert each to five years ahd to pay a fine of 100 francs. Emile d'Aurignac to three years and Romain d'Aurignac to two years. ; The verdict was reached after *he jury had been out four and a hilf hours* When the verdict was pro nouncedk Therese and Frederic HumK^rt omhrooorl nth or Ther?6e Humbert seemed to be hopeful until the last, maintaining th:>t the jury was certain tt> bring in a verdict of acquittal. Even after condemnation her emotion was only momentary. She soon resumed her self-p jssession. Turning to the military guard, she indicated her readiness to go back to the cells Of the Conciergeric prison. The sentences came as the culmination of a day of sensational interest. The chief event preceding the verdi:* was the dramatic revelations which Therese Humbert had so long promised, in which she brought forward the mysterious name of Regnier as the real Crawford. The court and spectators listened to the recital with r.n amazement amounting to stupefaction. Although Therese did not indicate whence Regnier's millions came, it was apparently part of her plan to create the impression that Regnier had received a vast sum for inducing Mar- i 8hal Baiaine to surrender Metz. The inconclusive character of the revela tions was shown by the fact that the court did not take the slightest judi clal cognizance of them and immediately submitted the case to the jury. The Jury likewise treated tne revelation as a subterfuge. MOTORM AN SHOOTS PHYSICIAN. ? <3? 5-*. rSSs In Sseklng to Employ Mrs. - Potts, Thedford Rail Afoul ?tf Husband* At Rome, Ga., Saturday night J. D Potts, a well known young motcrman on the City Electric railway, shot and very probably fatally wounded Dr. M. A. Thedford, who^ Is the manufactur er of a well known liver medlcino. Thedford wa6 seeking to employ Mrs. Potts in his laboratory. Before her marriage Mrs. Potts was in the employ of Thedford and between that time and this Thedford is alleged to have circulated damaging reports concerning her This Thedfordi:denies, but evidently* tins did not satisfy Potts?*-; wh? Decame vefy much epraged Jwhen no heard that Tiiedford wai seeking to employ his wife, and when he and Thedford met Saturday afternoon a fierce fist fight occurred. This was thought to be the end of. the matter, until they met again Saturday night, when Potts whipped out his gun and shot Thedford. Several shots were fired, one taking effect In the thigh and one in the abdomen-. The shooting created intense excitement in the city. Potts is a young man of excellent reputation and has always enjoyed the confidence of the ciii?en8^of Rome< Thedford is quite Wealthy. He .is prominently connected and has taken quite an active interest in local politics of late. A very sensational feature of this story, a detail which cannot be verified, is that Thedford is alleged to have called at Potts' house in disguise. It is stated that he tied his long flowing beard behind his ears and blaeked his face like a negro. Just why this was done is not known, but there is a persistent rumor abroad that such is a fact. The entire affair is rather mysterious. convicted of soliciting bribe State Senator Sullivan, of Missouri, Sentenced to Pay a Fine. At Jefferson City, Mo., State Sena tor William P. Sullivan, accused of soliciting a bribe for three votes on tlic anti-alum bill during the session of the legislature last winter, was found guilty and his punishment fixed at $100 fine. A SHOWER OF TOADS. Heavy Rain in Salt Lake City Was Accompanied by Frogs. A rain of toad frogs practically blocked traffic in Salt Lake City, Utah, Sunday, for half an hour just before noon. A light rain was falling all the morning. Just before 11:30 o'clock this changed into quite a hard rain, which was accompanied by a large number of toads. Pedestrians who did not mind the rain, were more than averse to taking up a collection of frogs, and until the unusual shower ceased the frogs had the roadways to themselves. SECRETARY ROOT SETS SAIL. Goes to England to Assume Duty on Alaskan Boundary Commission. Secretary Elihu Root sailed from New York for Liverpool Friday on the Celtic, of the White Star line. Ho goes to England to act with Senator Lodge and former Senator Turner, of Washington, as the United States representatives in the Alaskan boundary dispute. MILLIONAIRE DONE TO DEATH. 8hot and Killed by Discharged Employe Who Then Hung Himself. A special from Oshkosh, Wis, says: Thomas R. Morgan, the millionaire gash and door manufacturer, was shot to death Tuesday morning by Frederick Hampel, a discharged employe. Three shots were fired, each bullet imbedding itself in Mr. Morgan's body. Hempel was overpowered and hurried ?ff to jail where, later, he hung himself. | IN SOUTH CAROLINA. | New Industries Established. According to the Chattanooga Tradesman the following new industr'es were established in South Carolina during the past week: Spartanburg, oil mill; Myrtle Beach, $10,000 shingle mill; Kingstree, $30,000 oil mill, Manning, $10,000 hardwood factory; McCormick, $100,000 cotton mill. * Trust Company Commissioned. The secretary of state has issued a commission to the Southern Trust Company of Spartanburg, which proposes to do a general banking business on r, capital stock of $250,000. A unique feature of the purpose of the new company is its trust department, which will be to act as trustee, administer on estates and lease warehouses, * New Line for Spartanburg* The railroad from Spartanburg to Rutherford ton, N'. which has so long been the dream of the Citizens of Spartanburg and that portioti of North Carolina, may yet be realized. A leading gentleman of Spartanburg, who is authority On business matters and deals of importance, stated a few d-iyc ago that a party of engiheers were busily engaged surveying a railroad route from Rutherfordton to Spartanburg. * c Mills Curtailing Production. With cotton at 13 cents a pound, and cotton goods on higher tbah they should have been had the staple been selling at 7 cents a pound, the Olympid and Granby mills, of Columbia, have beeh running on full time, while other factories throughout the state soid theii cotton and closed down in the early summer. The high price of cottoh, however, has forced these mills .0 make a curtailment in production, and for the next tew weeks will operate only a part of each week. * New Steamer Line, The announcement is made that a new line of steamers is to be estab lished between Charleston, Georgetown and intermediate coast and river poiDts* The new company is backed b; the Commercial Club of Charleston, a?i organization in which all the leading business men of the city have membership. It will have a capital stork of $50,000, $30,000 beibg common stock and $20,000 preferred stock. It w.ll put on a fleet of steamers sufficient in number to have tri-weekly sailing from Charleston to Georgetown and points on the Santee and Con* gaiee rivers. The coastwise trade, for which the company will bid, is a large and important one, and the new com* pany expects to obtain a large share of it. ? V . Resent "Surf Bathing" Article. A Charleston dispatch says: Editor Doar, of The Georgetown (S. C.) Times, has got himself into trouble because of a recent article that appeared In his paper descriptive of sufi bathing near his home. In his article he used a number of cuts of women in scanty attire, and ever since the publication of the article two moral censors of the town have been going for Editbr Doar fore and aft through the columns of a rival paper. The cuts were of women in short skirts and peek-a-boo waists, such as are used in advertising columns. The censors claim that the cuts were a reflection on the women of Georgetown, and being married men and fathers of grown daughters, they resented the article in severe language. A demand for an apology has been made, and unless it is soon forthcoming is expected that trouble will follow. * Constables Club Citizens. A. W. Wieters, president and treasurer of the Consumers Ice Company, and his brother, R. D. Wieters, were severely clubbed by dispensary constable? in Charleston a few days ago. Ihe constables went to the place of Wieters to make a raid and he closed the door against them. They gained access through another entrance an at cnce engaged in a controversy with him in which harsh language was usel. The constables were armed with pistois and billies and the latter were used upon Wieters until he was insensible. In the meantime a messenger was sent for A. W. Wieters, president of the ice company. When he arrived on the scene he protested against the treatment accorded his brother and he also was clubbed. Both men were painfully though not seriously bruised about the head and face. The constables say they were grossly insulted by language used by Wieters. The Wieters brothers are both men of property and are well known in the city. t o Murderer of Peddler Caught. Lee Green was captured near Aiken a few days ago by the sheriff and a posse of deputies. The house in which Jhe fugitive had secreted himself was surrounded and he was ordered to come out and give up. He lost no ti-np in doine so. Green was wanted for the murder of Soretkey, a Russian peddler, wno was found dead in the woods near Aiken about three weeks ago. Arthur Glover, of Augusta, trailed G. een to the home of the latter's father-in-law. Green was hiding in the si able and fired on Glover when the Augusta man came near his hiding place. Giover went to Aiken and got the sheriff and his posse. Green was still in hiding when the sheriff arrived. Tuc house was surrounded and Green had no chance of escape. After surrendering, Green confessed to killing the peddler. Glover will get the $500 which was offered for Green's capture. The people of Aiken are greatly excited over the murder and the arrest of the man who did the killing. * . Why Trunks Were Searched. J. T.. Harris, proprietor of White S:one Springs hotel, has furnished a statement reciting the reasons for the searching of Mrs. Boyeson's baggage S ' - ' - - . ' in an endeavor to recover jewelry stbh cn from the guests of the hotel. He says that several of the guests reported that the woman was seen in the room from which the valuables were taken, and he was only carrying out their wishes when he ordered her trunk searched. She wa3 afterwards e-ccnerated. It seems that no warrant was procured by the woman's request, and she signed an agreement to permit the st arch without the necessary paper. Mrs. Boyeson has employed attor-j neys to bring suit against Manager j Karris for injury to her reputation. Mrs. Boyeson is a middle aged woman, of refined manners and appearance. She was suspected of theft at was followed to Spar > V *11 1^3 ivuv MWU " ? - . tanburg. Nothing incriminating was found among her effects. Telegrams received by business men in Spartanburg confirm her statement that she is a member of a prominent Chicago family. She claims that h-jr trunks were searched without proems of law. and that her permission for such search was gained through coercion- She also claims that sectional prejudice is causing her to be persecuted. ? ATROCITIES ARE VERIFIED An Associated Press Representative Depicts At;ecu.t.Which Surpasses Belief. The correspondent of the Associated Press at Monastir,, Macedonia, sehds the following dispatch under date of Thursday, August 20: "When the Bulgarian bands entered Kfushevo they occupied the Greek quarters, hoistihg their flag over a Greek house. The Turkish troops Arrived August 12. All the Komitajis bad already gone except about 400 local men. Although no shot was fired from the town, the Turks commence.! i bombardment which was continued throughout August 18. The shells de stroyed 360 houses, 215 shops and all the fine, large Greek and Vlach (Wallchian) houses. The Greek churches and schools were destroyed. The Bulgarian quarter escaped. "The Turks entered the town August 14, pillaged all the houses, assaulted many of the women, stripped many persons naked and killed about three nundred local Bulgarians and also some siity innocent Greeks and Vlachis. "The material damage done amount to several million francs. The Turks, August 19, massacred 200 Bulgarians who surrendered at a village near Monastic" No Nava! Demonstration. The Turkish ambassador at London called at the British foreign office Friday to make inquiries regarding the report that it was the intention of the powers to make a Joint naval demonstration in Turkish waters and to enter a protest if anything of the kind was contemplated. The foreign office officials made it clear to him that Great Britain has taken no action' of this character, and It appears as if Italy also will refrain from carrying out tne decision to dispatoh war ships to Turkey, as the Italian embassy says no report of their departure has yet been received. This is taken by the embassy to indicate that there have been developments making the step inadvisable or unnecessary at the present mo ment, perhaps due to the Turkish acceptance of the Russian demands which was confirmed at the Turkish embassy. NO CLEMENCY FOR CAWTHORN. Respite Asked in Order that He Might Testify Against Mrs. Tucker. Governor Terrell, of Georgia, has ie - * A - ? x ? 4rs\ Pnhorf 1 ) iusea lO gram. a iconic iu ?vuv.. . Cawthorn, sentenced to be hanged in Dodge county for the murder of R. J Tucker, by poison. The respite was asked mainly on the ground that Cawthorn might have an opportunity of showing that the wife of the man he killed was his accomplice in the crime. Cawthorn, who is a young man, was a farm hand in the employ of Tucker, and when Tucker died under peculiar circumstances, suspicion at once fell on Cawthorn and Mrs. Tucker. A special term of the Dodge superior court was called and the state chemist having discovered poison in the dead man's stomach the facts were presented to the grand jury. An indictment was returned against Cawthorn, but none against Mrs. Tucker. The young man was tried aDd the widow of his former employer was the principal witness against him. Now he has made affidavit that she, too, was implicated and that having broken faith with him he wishes to tell the whole story, involving her This was one of the reasons for the requested respite set out in a petition to Governor Terrell Friday. Cawthorn states in his affidavit that he and Mrs. Tucker agreed to put m u-av Hp bought the x ucnei uuivi me . w strychnine and gave it to her. After several days' wait Tucker became sick, and his wife told Cawthorn, bo he says, that she had just as well give Tucker the poison then as any other time. She fixed a glass of buttermilk for her busband and placed the poison In ft, Cawthorn says. Tucker drank the milk and a few minutes later be was dead. Cawthorn then says that he and Mrs. Tucker washed the glass in wlii jh the buttermilk was poured, and agreed to stand together in the matter, but at tie last moment she betrayed him. . ** j - S i 1 1 FOUR THOUSAND FOR DEVtfEY. North Carolina people Offer Big Pvv ward for Absconding Bank Cashier. Governor Aycock, of North Carolina, offers $400 reward for Tom Dewey, the absconding bank cashier of Newborn, whose whereabouts is yet a profound mystery, so far as any North Carolina officials or the bank peop'.o are concerned. This brings the aggregate rewerd up J to $4,400 and the governor a)kl other officials think.this"Ought certaini' to j secure the apprehension of Dewey.. SHAMROCK BADLY BESTED In First Race Swift Reliance Proves Too Much for Upton's Muchly Vaunted Cup Challenger. A New York dispatch says: la a splendid 12 to 15 knot breeze, over a windward and leeward course of thirty miles, the gallant sloop Reliance, in Saturday's race, beat Shamrock III 'n commanding style by exactly nine minutes, actual time, or seven minutes and three seconds after deducting the one minute and fifty-seven seconds which the defender concedes to Sir Thomas Lipton's third challenger on account of her sail area as at present measured. . It was a royal water fight for the ancient trophy, tfhich carries with it me yachting supremacy of the world and by a strange coincidence the first victory in the cup series of 1903 occurred on the flfty-second anniversary of the day on which the old schooner America captured it in her famous race around the Isle of Wight, off the English coast. The Reliance beat the British boat three minutes and twenty-four seconds in the thresh to windward and five miutes and thirty-six seconds in the run down the wind. The nautical sharps, who had already made up their minds on Thursday that the Reliance could take the measure of the challenger in any kind of weather, regard Saturday's test as conclusive, although they hardly anticipated so overwhelming a victory. The race even dampened the ardor >f yir Thomas, who insisted, arter Thursday's fluke, that his confidence in the beautiful craft designed by Fife, was greater than ever. Still, like a true sportsman, he does not ackonwledge defeat and hopes for better luck next time. | DEATH jGRIPS LORD SALISBURY, .... Great English Statesman Has Joined the Silent Majority. A special from London says: Lord Salisbury died peacefully at 9:05 o'clock Saturday night. For fortyeight hours the end was seen tc be inevitable, the great frame of England's former premier being sustained only by the constant use of oxygen. Even the administration of oxygen failed *>f effect as the evening advanced, and from the valley and enshrouded the from th valley and enshrouded the dull red walls of Hatfield house the distinguished statesman breathed his last. Viscount Cranborne, who now assumes the title of marquis of Salisbury, immediately notified King Edward and Queen Alexandra and others, including Lord Edward Cecil, the . soldier son of Lord ,Salisbury, who is now in Egypt, and who was the -only 'child of the marquis absent from the death bed. Soon messages of cond> lence began coming in and the little telegraph office at Hatfield wis swamped with unprecedented bush ness. The death of Lord Salisbury occurred on the fiftieth anniversary of his entry into public life as a.member of the house of commons from Stamford. ROOSEVELT THANKED. Birmingham Citizens' Alliance Approves Action ire Miller Case. The Citizens' Alliance, composed of business men and others, at Birmingham, Ala., has sent the following communication to President Roosevelt: "To His Excellency, Theodore Roosevelt, President of the United StatesSir: At the last meeting of the Citizen's Alliance of Birmingham, Ala., a non-political organization of business and professional men, your action in restoring to his position the book bind er in the government printing office, who had been discharged by the public printer because of his expulsion from a trades union and the position you have since taken, viz: Thpt men who are employed in any department of the government service and who do not care to be members of any labor organization, must be protected, were very heartily commended. "In obedience to instructions by the alliance we hereby tender you the sincere thanks of the body." IN ROLE OF RACE REFORMER. Atlanta Colored Editor Voluntarily Acts Prosecutor in Disorder Case. A. W. Burnett, the negro editor of The Atlanta Era, a newspaper published for the negroes in Atlanta, Ga., had a woman of his race arrested on the charge of acting in a disorderly manner on the streets. He called for an officer and accom-. panied the woman to the police barracks and had himself subpoenaed as o witnpss. He said he was not only acting for the good of the town, but for the good of hia race, rapist saved from mob. Father of Assaulted Girl Pleaded for Course of Law and Order. Pleading for law and order and begging that the law be allowed to take its course, Isaac Strickland, whose 13year-old daughter was brutally as saulted by Bill Slaton. a negro, near Lithia Springs, Ga., Thursday morning, saved the ravisher of the glri from death at the hands of a posse of infuriated citizens. smith succeeds bigham. Assistant is Elected Agent of Methoodist Publishing House. At a meeting in Nashville of the hook committee of the Methodist Episcopal church, south, D. M. Smith, present assistant agent, was elected agent for the publishing house, vice R. J. Bigham, resigned. H. J. Lamar, of 'Mobile, Ala, was chosen assistant ageot. * %: ADVISES BLACK MAN The National Negro Business Men's League Meets. ADDRESS BY WASHINGTON As President of the League, Noted Colored Educator Delivers an Interesting Discourse Be* fore Large Audience. Some 1,500 negroes, representing almost every section of the country, asSPTTlhlpH fn thfi '/inncc r\f ronrooonfo. tives at the state capitol, in Nashville, Term., Wednesday morning, the occasion being tie opening of the fourth annual convention of the National Negro Business Men's League. Booker T. Washington, the Alabama educator and president of the league, was the central figure of the convention, and Ji3 address Wednesday night attracted a large audience. He said,'' among many other things: "The National Negro Business League assembled here constitutes, 1 think 1 am safe in saying, the largest and perhaps the most representative secular organization, among our people in this country. Its growth during the five years since its first organization, at Boston, has been at a very rapid rate. "More and more, I am glad to seo, the black man is beginning to appreciate and take advantage of the opportunities for commercial and business development in this country. It is much wiser for us to emphasize opportunities than grievances. The world soon gets tired of the man or the race ltrlfVi a ortovannfi TX7o mnot lonrn tfl VfAVU U 51 w UUVV. IV wuuv ?vm*m be bigger than those who would insult us. We must learn to hold up our heads ,and march bravely forward, in. spite of obstacles and discouragements. The mere fact that there can assemble here in this beautiful state capitol building in a southern state hundreds of colored men and women, from all parts of the country, representing, as we do, nearly every line of business in which the white man is engaged, is an indication of growth which is more potent and helpful than much abstract argument. The race that can produce such an assembly of men and women after only forty years of freedom is one to be proud of. "We shall succeed in winning our way into the confidence and esteem of the American people just in proportion as we show ourselves valuable to the community in which we live, in all the common industries, in commerce, in the welfare of the state, and in the manifestation of the highest character. The community does not fear, as a rule, the vote of the man, no matter what his color, who is a large tax payer. It is not the negro who owns a successful business or works at a trade who is charged with crime. "The greater the difficulties to be overcome, the more strength we shall gain by succeeding. "Every house owned, every farm well cultivated and every b^pk account, every store, every tax receipt we possess is one influence which will operate tremendously in our faor. "The negro is not ungrateful for all the benefits he has received at the hands of the white people of this country, and should on every proper occasion never fail to express this gratitude in uncertain language, but the mere fact that we are not easily satisfied and seek advancement in still other fields is an indication of the value of the race. People who are easily satisfied are people of few TOhorevor vmi find a race that *?auto.. ?t uv< v , ? is easily satisfied, and one that has ; few wants, there you will find a race that Is of little value to its country, industrially, commercially or in any direction. "The man who proves himself useful, no matter what his color, is the one who is going to succeed. Any man who is industrious and trustworthey will find opportunities for growth in nearly every line of business right here in the south, and we should not fail to take advantage of the openings offered us." ALABAMA MINERS WIN FIGHT. Decision of Arbitration Board is in I Their Favor on All Points. The board of arbitration appointed to settle certain matters in contro- | versy between certain coal operators and coal miners in the Birmingham district of Alabama have made to the respective parties in said controversy a report and awards. On all questions at issue the board decides in favor of the miners. Wagt?s I are increased, mines closed to boys | and semi monthly payments conceded. A compromise was reached regarding the eight-hour day controversy. LORD SALISBURY PASSING AWAY Aged High Official of England on the Verge of Dissolution. J A London special says: a duneuu issued at 10 o'clock Thursday night said Lord Salisbury's condition was1 critical and there was little hope ol \ his recovery. The end may be expected at anj moment. Once in the course of tb* evening it was thought that his lord ship had already !?reathed vhis last, SYMPATHY FOR "BILL ARP." Atlanta Vets Take Cognizance of Illness of Bartow Philosopher. At the regular monthly meeting of Atlanta. Ga., camp No. 159, United Confederate Veterans, held Monday night, the camp unanimously adopted resolutions of sympathy for Major Charles H. Smith, "llill Arp," lying dangerously ill at his Cartersville home. Most earnest hope for his iecoved was expressed. I II? Cream of News.:: tWHWWWWH Iff tf? Brief Summary of Most Important Events of Each Bay. ?John Smith, a citizen of Rome, Ga., who has fought for the right to keep hogs in the city through all he courts of Georgia, has defied the state supreme court and declared that he will take his case to the United States supreme court. ?A. W. and R. D. Wietiers, prominent citizens of Charleston, S. C, U ? J 1.. in AWN O #f nftlf TTT itK 4 A wuie uuuij u^cu in an aixiaj viiopensary constables. ?Tobacco growers of the Carolinas, \irglnia, Tennessee and Kentucky are organizing to fight the trust with local manufacturing companies. ' ?During a rain at Salt Lake City, Utah, Sunday great numbers of frogs fell. ?A train on the New York Central railroad was wrecked at Little Falls Sunday and engineer and fireman killed. : ?Mimic war between the army and navy Is under way. General Chaffee arrived at Portland, Me. Sunday. ?Hawaii will float $2,000,000 bonds, authorized by its legislature. ?King Edward, in court circular, pays tribute to the late marquis of Salisbury. ?Turkey yields to the demands ci Russia and the Russian squadron has been withdrawn from Turkish waters. ?The result of the Humbert trial in France, has caused a feeling of relief among the lower classes, who feared there would be a verdict of acquittal. ?Governor Terrell, of Georgia refused to respite Robert Cawthorne. who is to be hanged for poisoning R. J. Tucker. ?Fourteen arrests were made in Macon, Ga., Friday under the new Calvin vagrancy law. The crusade will be continued. ?The regimental contest in the rUanrcrl a ntata chnnt urac AantAnA BVI. VVMtv OiiV/U^ " UVV^lViVU X X i day, the trophy going to the Savannah Volunteer Guards. ?Near Midland, Ga., Friday, Isaac Cunningham shot and killed P. J. Wright over a dispute about working hands on the public road. The men were near neighbors. ?El Paso, Tex., has been visited by an unusual number of fires, and. the operations of firebugs are suspected. ?The Negro Business Men's League closed its session at N^hvllle, Tenn., Friday. Booker Washington was re- * elected president. t ?In Barbour county, Ala., tho open* tions of whitecaps have demoralized labor to such an extent that tigs gov ernor has been called upon for aid. ?Secretary of Agriculture Wilson hopes to interest the negroes 7>f the south in silk agriculture. - < ?Arrangements have been practically perfected by Greater Georgia Association for advertising the state in the west. , , . - : - ' ?Governor ana comptroller or Georgia cannot announce tax rate because , arbitration boards for franchises fall to make reports. ?Officers at Albany and Afnericus, Ga., are making arrests of vagrants under the new law. Jail at Albany , is filling with them and Judge Crist, at Amerlcus, sent twenty vagrants In a bunch to the chaingang. ?By the explosion of a steam condenser at a sawmill at Brewtdn, Ala., two men lost tbeir lives. ... [ ?Fifty persons were poisoned by I the eating' of ice cream at Roanoke Rapids, N. C. One man is dead ar.d j others are critically ill. >* ?- . ?Governor Jelks, of Alabama, slgnj ed requisition papers from Illinois for I W. J. Lytle, of Montgomery, who is wanted in Chicago on charge of assault with intent to murder. ?D. M. Smith, present assistant agent, has been elected by the i book committee of the Methodist church agent for the publishing house, vice Dr. R. J. Bigham, who recently resigned. . *: ?State Senator Sullivan is on trial in Missouri accused of accepting a bribe to influence legislation. ?The bookbinders in the govern ment printing office have renewed their flght on Miller. Charges Meeting hig personal character have been ! filed. ?Former Senator David B. Hill spoke at Olcott Beach, N. Y., on "Mob Law." Incidentally he seemed . tothrust at President Roosevelt, alleging that the latter is iond of the limelight. ?In an effort to capture a negro desperado at Wedowee, Ala., two white men were killed and nine seriously wounded. The negro used a doublebarreled shotgun. ?Washington has been informed that the Colombian congress has unanimously rejected the Panama canal treaty. ?Federal Judge Rogers, at St. Louis, hag decided that the Western Un I ion has the right to discharge men for belonging to union and also to black| J'st them. i ?President Roosevelt, Monday re viewed the north Atlantic squaaro* off Oyster Bay. Twenty-one waj ships were Inspected by the president. ?Albany, Ga., officials deny the published story of the lynching of a white man and a negro at Hartsfield for assaulting a white woman. ?The two boys from Atlanta and Savannah, Ga., who were shanghaied and shipped aboard a South /American steamer, will be detained at Santos, Brazil, by the American consul. ' ?Tennessee will have an exhibit of her products at the World's fair In St Louis. ?A. E. Batson was executed at Lake Charles, La., Friday, for the murder of a familj of six persons. duiunttnurBABts m Frightful Turkish Atrocities Kept Up and Intensified HORRORS UNPARALLELED Notwithstanding Sultan's Cringe Be* rfji fore Russian Czar, Massacres, j Rapine and Incendiarism Hold Full Sway in Macedonia. j Advices from Sofia, Bulgaria, under dr.te of Monday, state that the Turlcs ?|jj are reported to have massacred all tact women and children in twenty-two |9 villages of the districts erf Fiorina aadf Monastir and to have afterwards burned the villages. They are also alleged to have killed a number of prisoners. \?||l With the rumors of massacres and the murder of prisoners in Monastir new authenticated, the general situation is considered as fast becoming, intolerable. Official and diplomatic cir- M cles alike are concern d, having eye,?^j reason to fear that only a part of the horrors enacted In the interior of Macedonia have come to light as yet The revolutionary committees are g&n d? ing their utmost to force the hands of the Bulgarian government and the 4 ; immediate outlook Is exceedingly celt appears that the Turks have ob> talned the upper hand in the.vilayet ei Monastir and the tosurgents are plan- M ' ning to remove the center of the aetfv- - ^ . itv close to the Bulgarian frontiers. : Additional dispatches received in Sofia, -m Monday, from the disturbed area %re exceedingly gloomy. From Adrianopfo f comes news which denotes" the1 extension of the revolutionary outbreak; || from Monastir the news of Turkish vlo J tories accompanied by barbarous ex While many of the reports without confirmation, sufficient authen- ;3| tic details are forthcoming to csam | the authorities the greatest anxiety. ? M According to the Sofia Dnavnik. the Turks committed unspeakable atroci; M ties at Krushevo. The mutilated corpses of nineteen women and children were found in one' building; pieces of bodies had been ' thrown into the streets. Fifteen of tae principal merchants of the town ; were killed and their heads exhibited / J At Monastir the churches were tie-. ; molished, the houses sacked and the town is now in a heap of ashes. The J* populace fled to the hills, where they . are in a starving condition. The Dnevnik also asserts that a gen- || eral massacre has taken place in the wnole vilayet of Monastir. Nearly all of the villages have been dpstroyed.. The treacherous murder of eighty in? surgent. prisoners by the guards near Monastir has made an especially bad impression in Sofia. Many rumors are current of massacres in the city of Adrianople, but con- I fitmation is lacking. The situation there, however, undoubtedly Is serious. The population is afraid to leave the fc/inooc Thfl nri?n? are full and. vail has taken private houses to usen as jails. When toe Russian coo- 3gj sul protested at the situation, the vaH is reported to have answered that he was powerless against that fanatical || Reports from Monastir, authenticat- || ei by the Russian and Austrian con8uio. give horrifying details of the massacres and atrocities. At the village ^ of Armensko the Turks destroyed 15$ ?|| houses out of a total of 157 and mas- ; ' sacred every man, woman and child The women were subjected to the most terrible atnxities by the soldiers. . | Eighty revolutionaries, captured at Krtrsheyo, who were sent in the direction of Monastir in chains, were slaughtered by their guards. RICHMOND CAR STRIKE ENDS. Trouble Lasted Sixty-Nine Days and Cost Approximately ^to,vw. - ^ The strike of street railway em-pioj-es at Richmond, Va? was officially declared off shortly after noon Mon Tt had lasted just sixty-nine days, *||S5 and is estimated to hare cost th* street car company $125,000; the strtk> ers, in loss of wages, $50,000; the stated -M by reaspa oI the necessity for troops, $75,000, and the city for special polico, -|H eic., $5,000. PASSENGER COACH 8UNOEREO. Stock Car Crashes Into Train on $|g Crossing, Injuring Sixty People. Thirty or more passengers were se- \ riously injured, some perhaps fatally, | by a peculiar collision at the junction of the Illinois Central and Lake Erie and Western railroad near Blooming- vVj;" ton, 111., Monday. V While a passenger train on the latter road was passing over the crossing, a car of stock, which was being * ^ p ashed by a switch engine, broke loose and dashed into the side of the ^>1 passenger train with terrifty force, breaking the coach in two and injuring nearly every one of the sixty oc- ||hS cupants. GEN. LONGSTREET IN CHICAGO. Famous Confederate Fighter Seeks to- . Have Old Bullet Extracted. General James Longstreet Is in Chicago to have a ballet fired by a anion soldier during the civil war extracted after an X-ray examination. The rr? whereabouts of the famous confeder* \ ate fighter is being kept quietly. Dr. W. A. Pusey is to perform the oper* tion. "M . - "v LXSsSBI BULLET OF POTTS EFFECTIVE. ' V^i Dr. M. A. Thedford, at Rome, Suecumbs to Wounda Received. At Rome, Ga., Monday, M. A. Thed- > ford, who was shot and mortally wounded by Joseph D. Potts Saturday night, died from his wounds. There had been no hope of recovery since the wounds were inflicted. Totts is in jail, though it is no mis* ~ statement of fact to say that public sentiment is undoubtedly with him In the unfortunate affair.