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OUR LAST
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(Written Especially for The Atlanta |
Georgian.)
(ThlB concise .history will be com
pleted in six instalments, to be pub-1
ilBhcd consecutively.)
CHAPTER I.
1 aro to write for Thu Georgian a j
complete story of the Mexican War of'
1846-47-its causes, conduct and the
resulta-a true and faithful account of
the things that led up to it; its bat
tles and battle losses; and the con
sequences of tbe memorable conflict,
us summed up in the treaty af Guada
lupe Hidalgo; so that the readers of
this newspaper may have a thorough
understanding of that most important
page of ourr American history.
, Let lt be understock, however, that
no Intelligible account can be given
of the Mexican War without first tell
ing the story of Texas..,, lt was largely
on account of Texas that the United
SUtes had ita battle clash with Mex
ico, and the Lone Star State must first
of all receive our attention.
So far as we know, the. urst white
to gase upon tho broad prairies of
Texas was the" Spaniard Alonso Al
vares de Pinedo, in the year 1519.
Between 1540 and 1543 Corondo and
DeSoto may possibly bave visited vhs
region, but the earliest attempt 'at a
permanent stay waa not made until
1684, when the famous* uaSdlle, of
France, effected a temporary lodgment
near, what is now Matagorda Bay.
After LsSalle's "flash In the air" 32
years passed before the Spaniards
planted themselves at San Antonio and
St. Miguel de los Adalo. But these
so-called settlements were little better
?ii?ii mission poin?5, B?U when Presi
dent Jefferson pureba ed the great
province of "Louisiana" from Napoleon
white men of any nationality were few
and far between from Texas to Califor
nia.
The treaty of 1819.
When Jefferson made his stupend
ous real estate deal with the great |
emperor lt waa understood by the.Uni
ted States authorities that Texas was!
included ic the deal, but, after long and
acrimonious discussion, the United I
*S tat ea in is ?ii, in inc treaty fay which j
rcnouucmed forever tts "eights, dalma j
it acquired Florida, ceded to Spain and j
any pretensions" to Texas.
in the fall of the year 1820 Martinez, j
governor of the province of Texas, waa
greatly surprised and-shocked when a
Connecticut Yankee.rode Into San An
tonio and coolly requested that a tract
of land be given to bim aa the site of
a colony of Americans. The Yankee
was Moses Austin, tho "Father of Tex
as." Kfttilc Austin was In the midst of |
his dickering with. the-Royal Gover
nor, Mexleo suddenly declared Its inde
pendence of Spain, and;' from the "Em-1
perot*" Iturbtde Austin feot permh>D1on |
to settle with his brother American-J.
Slowly the Americans began.;, to
drift'across the border and by 1835
i they.-numbered approximately 15,000.
They weer always ready to obey the
laws which they themselves had made'
and- which they ' un&r~Uo-:ids 'or that
liad been their custom, and. the
custom of their fathers, for many gen
erations. But there was one thing
tiir.-y w?iild nevar submit to a race they
rear?r?ed ?? ? nf er lo r. They wei* in
dustrious and brave, and their moralltJ
on the whole, stood high. "The poli
tical conditions of their existence,''
says, YAven, "were already difficult and
wera certain to become , more and
more so, as the disproportion in
creased between the numbers and
wealth ' ot the colonists, on the one
hand, and of the Mcleans on the
other. On the side of the Mexicans
was legal authority, backed by thedis
. Uut government in the City of Mexico;
on the side of the.newcomers were In
dustry, frugality. Intelligence, courage.
The struggle was inevitable.
. The Clash Inevitable.
The meeting of the Mexican con
gress in January, 1835, helped along
th? inevitable clash. Barrasen, a ser"
vile tool of the unscrupulous Santa
A^na, waa declared President, with
power to make any. constitutional
changes he "might think were for the
good of the people/ Tho despot proved
to be the pjrlnce ot reactionists and
under his evil guidance what had baan
barely endurable became positively un.
bearablo.i , i ?
Immediately the men of American
blood resolved to rise against. the
mock government, and. and on Novem
ber?, 1835, a unanimous declaration
was adopted setting forth that the
people of Tesa? had taken up arms In
i defense of their right and liberties,
which were "threatened by encroach
ments of military despots," and in de
fense of the "republican principles" of
the constitution of 1824. J
Of course, the Central Government
got busy at once* a Mexican array was
sent into Texas, ita commander, Ram
fret, receiving from Santa Anna the
significant hint, "You know that tn
thb war there are no prtephcrs."
The batu*"was on,- sod . there was
about to bo written the,story that will)
"thrill men's seals ibrerer!.
In all the annals of all the ages
there ls no name-more glorietas than
that of tbs rAJasno,'' -aname that ls
forevermore to be? tae.watohword of
lovers of liberty the world over and
the ages through. Human , valor and
courage never mounted higher than
they did in that Alamo fight,-abd In
the vcr* forefront ot the real heroes
Af hu?AW will alwavs ~Umd Crockett.
?WI ?Hm. lumm bien ??st
.ia that bellowed pile.
?**or a long time Uss hundred sud
e^ty .Tejwms neb* -toe?*, own against
the fo?r thoiuauaAJaexJesns, Fls*4urv|
weiiutgb dueiuj4?ts???. p?. {??edmg rem
nant consented to surrender, upon the
solemn .<wtomisc ?hat they .should b^
treated aot?ordlog to the ussges . of
civilised warefarc: ami seeing, ..tier?
.they had made ready to tay down their
erm?..that the agroemem wa* not to
be knot, theyfcagbt un the/^MKifeft,
they MM to a man. . ;
Remember* tbs Alaster
Tba massacre of the Alamo on?y gut j
WAR WITH
nco
froth courage Into the bea rta of th?
J'exani aaa ?Ith "Remember th?
Alamo!" as their elogaa, they met
Santa Anna and bl& Mexicans upon the
immortal, field of San Jacinto, close by
the present enterprising city of Hous
ton and gaye them the worst thrashing
that any army ever received on a bat?
tlefleld.
The Texans, under grand old Sam
Houston numbered soo the Vexican
force being about twice that figure, and
what happened is concisely told in
Houston's report to the governor of
Texas:
"Mexican loss, 630 killed, 20S
wounded, and 730 prisoners-against
a Texan loss of two killed and 28
wounded."
Notice the wonderful . isparity be
tween the killed and wounded on the
Mexican side.more than three killed io
one wounded; when the ordinary rule
even in hotly contested fights, is tire
wounded to one killed.
'Evidently those Texans "meant
business" when they went out
to meet Santa_Anna that morning.
Nearly every rexan Killed his man, to
say flothing of the wounded and prie*
oners. Only 32-of the 1,600 Mexicans
got away.
If the whole story of war Is able to
show a smarter battle then the Texans
put up dt San Jacinto, wai someone
-be kind enough to point out the time
and plac??
San Jacinto made Texas a free ret
public und the "Lone Star Flag" took
its place among the other banners of
the. Independent nations.
Texas In the Union.
It waa already "manifest destiny1*
tir?t, A CXCD vrtvS tO wvB?SftQ *V pETt Gi* tun
United States, a member of the great
political sisterhood to which, in all
essential Ways, she was so nearly re
lated. ,
But politics, especially that part of
lt which revolved about the exciting
subject of slavery, kept the Texas
overtures to us at arm's length for a
long time. Almost immediately after
the establishment of her independence
the young republic knocked for admis
sion to tho Union, but tim? and again
ihv tiuuf refu?yu to open.
Finally, however, Congress ashamed
of I its delay, Invited her to come In.
and on February 16? 1846,' j; Plhckney
Heedersen wee elected; governor, and a
month later 8am Houston aha Thomas
J. Rusk took their Beats th-tbe senate
of the United States.
It was a prise (ityeh aa seldom comes
to any nation-a/'magnificent/territory
57,000 square miles larger than the
Whole German empire',' larger than ail
France, with Sweden, Norway, Holland
and Belgiern' thrown lindan empire, in 1
fact, capable withitr- magnificent? re- ]
sources of taking care of a population
of a hundred million souls. Germany
already has 68,000.000 and Texas Is
richer Aban Germany.
It is no wonder that Mexico got
wrathy over what she considered the
theft of ber splendid province.' It wai
quite human and natural that she
shocld _aver-fioae so.
Tn the second chapter, which will be
? given in tomorrow's Georgian, th?
! causes that brought on the Mexican
'-??r wi!! be fuHy sid
MOOS?B?LL?WS
ATG.O.P.EUE:PHANT
Progressive National Cornrnittee
Cables Roosevelt Nd Coali
tion ia Necessary
(By Associated Pressa)
Chicago, April 30,-Continued alle
giance to the progressive party wag
pledged by members of the national
executive committee nf the progr?s-,
elves In a Cablegram sent tonight to
Colonel Roosevelt. The message was
? in reply- to one received during the
doy from the former president saying
be expected to announce his future
plans In a. few doya.
George W. Perkins,, of New York;
repeated former assertions that an
amalgamation cf the progressives with
foe republicans wis not to he Consid
ered a possibility., "i-a^at ot all," he
said, "on an understanding with Bares,
Penrose and Bmoot that they writ
ngreeXon Colonel RnoeevoU a* a Csitf
duiate- for president In l^lC*'
ii K. '.?airia/-it?aler,>' pt t?? cons
mrttee. said the ffrosres?l*r?* weM
confident of electing United Stele*
sin-tors in Kansa?, P-nnsvlvania and .
Illinois. "Victor Maedaok ?m fcc
elected In Kansas" ha said. "Gifford
Pinchdt will be chosen in Peoraryl
vania and a nrbgresslre caadlaate
AriU be chosen in this state."
THE MEXICAN RAILROAD**
f?nend?? ?Hobt as ta what Sert
ut a CensWe? the Profwrties
? ?:Afe; lay
(From The Wall Street Journal.)
Officials of the NUtoaal Railways
Of Mexico are not informed aa to
?^Tbe ^Srocean^ ^tae^Itat^t
.tween Mexico City and Vera Crae;
whot? the United Staten has assumed
.eaatroi. .
.. iHraaldaat Brows.' mo?' ? la N*?
Y or * conteicmtes ? return tc sissi- 1
co Cit? "? ss' ?sstfy"..samas?."AI ^
present time, means of transporte
Uon are not available. Thc Ward Mee
;3ts*a??rs avi.(!s?j^af^ow York.: Ite
vana, tv Vera Cras. have been char
latan ey the United States Go vere
sent, and the sailing schedule of inn
company naturally has been complete
ly broken up. One ar two st earner?
of the.company ai* st sea, and their
disposition on arrivai ta not known
at tha.weeeni tiase-;. A? mattara
stand, no transportation to Mexico by
a coait passenger Un? i? |a .psospnet
ah (Tl early in May.
Juni prior to Ute commencement of
a^sHHHaHOMainMBBWSHBSBl^HIVn
difficulties lut week, the National
Railways of Mexico waa operating a
fraction over 66 per cent of the total
system. Two weeks before that, near
ly 65 per cent of the system was in
nnpmttnn.
For the greater uart of the past 17
to 14 months an average of 50 per
cont pf the total National system baa
beeu in the nantis or the vebeis. The
company during this time succeeded
in keeping open tho linea from Mexi
co City tp Fresnillo on the division to
Torre?n and to Saltillo hy way of San
Louis Postosl, and Hkwlse the linee
from the Capital to Manzanillo on the
Pacific coast.
The company bas operated inter
mittently, the lines, to Matamoros and
bet wen Monterey and Tampico..
About 80 per cent of the Inter
oceanic line between Vera Crus and
Mexico City has been in constant oper
ation. A portion of this system, the
old/ round-about road from Campero
to Puebla, Atencingo and Temamatla
has been but of the company's' con
trol the greater part of the past year.
This divinion rifts through the ter
ritory infested <oy the Zapatistas.
Just what damage baa been sustain
ed by tbe properties in the hands of
the rebel? ls, of course, not known.
The extent of the damage wrought
to properties north and south
will not be known until peace ia re
stored and an inventory- ls taken.
THE AUSTRALIAN BALLOT
... . . r "'? .-..? .".
AsheviltevCitizen.
The Citizen had hoped against hope
that the day would eventually dawn
when North Carolina would not be one
of the tiree or. four states in the Un
ion tb&c know not the Australian bal
lot, and it is hopeful even now that "at
the next session of the State legisla
ture, this reform, so badly needed,
will not be choked to death at the
hands of the professed tribe.
The desire for the Australian ballot
is not the new fangled desire of a few
faddists, nor .<?? a Taform ccsc??vt-d *n
the minds of machine leaders: on the
contrary, lt ls the' long, cherished and
frequecUv exeressed ideal of a liber
ty, loving people who ask only that
their true opinions might be faithfully
expressed at the polls. ' So true ls this
that were the question of the Austral
ian ballot put to the vote of the peo
ple of North Carolina tomorrow, it
would carry by a majority pf four or
five to one.
^Tho people of this state would hsve
been voting S2*5-r -A? at rali*?, ballot
system today had they been giren any
voice in the matter at all. North Car
olina would not be years behind the
times in this" respect had, they not
been double crossed and hoodwinked
by political leaders, who welcomed the
Australian ballot with one hand and
knifed it with the ocher. The political
boss, has na love for ..th? .Australian
ballot, because under its operation, a
votar cats ?all bis soul his < own and
may knew that his vote vAicn cast un
der it wi? ?Ogat as he Intended lt to :
count/ As has* been repeatedly o tated
In these columns, it i9 the nearest ap
proach- to tho-true expresston of the
popular will yet found and tbs bosses
who stifle it know these things better
titan the people.
We may never ?tole forward to the
Australian ballet with any degree , of
certainty until aspiring legislators are
irravceoblr ?'-^??-id to ita ssppsst;/A:
modern an dlntelligent system, of
voting, wherein . the real wm of the
people can 'be-determined, is Just as
Ee?ssa?ry" f?r tur po?Stfcs? WS?fsrs Of
th|S /.?Jil.. .... l? Lhc S^2.tC~WldS :.t-lninrv
and perhaps more so. Fer ten years
The Citisen has been, preaching the
Idea of the Australian ballot tn season
and out of season, with, varying pros
pects of success, but lt has reason to
believe ?pw that th? political leaders
are anxious for their own safety,, anti
are 'beginning to see the wisdom of
heeding the people's demands. I
BACK TRACK GAMBLING
(Keowee Courier.)
The Democratic Club at West Un
ion, which met last- Saturday along
with the other Democratic clubs of
Ocoaee on thst date, went a step be- ,
ynnd the reorganisation and the elec- -
tion'of officers and delegates, passing
the following very strong and sensible
resolution:
"Resolved, that it is the sense of
th ri West Union Democratic chm. that
race tracie gambling .,. b?_abandoned
within the stat? of SouUt Carolina and
that the executive officers of the state
be requested'tb institute such actions,
civil or criminal, as may be deemed
reqoisite or necessary to enforce the
statuta ??w u? ibo ?tate prohibiting
tbssame. ?...
"The laws Ot our State alrdesy pro
vide fully thia remedy, .but. we are
sorry to know that South Carolina la
al moot aloes Among the forty-eight
States of the Union which hes not
banished <the nefarious business from
Ita borders." . t ......
lt is very evident that the winking
at lawlessness in our State is not be-,
lag ignored in every quarter. OooueO
la ? quiet; aeseeable county, sad ordi
Mt41y does^ot gajfee say demonstra
tion, but she may bis counted uptm ta
rise against a long oonttaued tere
or any. flagrant failure upc* the -part ?
of high officiais to carry outr tbe taws
of the State. There- ia a deal-of corni
men sense In the resolution ?a rtaesed
by the West Union local dab, sod the
Queattafm taken up by that club may
well be considered by others. There
ls much of the "rottenness in Dee
mark" and tba stench ia becoming
oanseocs. ; .
Ts Assen* Steak Act.
*3irr.*h?r.?t.-.s. Asrfl 2?.?-.A??- smend
"?iC??? ts tie I-<>'?
?-ct to enable stat? , bants "er trmrt
Boas pastes to deposit reserve funds
la other state banka er trust com
ptes ta states wbecs.sscb action is
scmtltted by ?tate taws waa favor
Sidy-reported to the senate today by
(Stater-Ctn?L'., d&ectfoa-oareted the
imebdment seer a d>.y.
.Sore, They Are.
7- (Kook HUI. Herald.)
The.ttrtg^Wga Mite ?re being re
cruited to war st?*a*ui and will be !
resdy.so go the iroot whan the call
jomes. Can tb? Intelligencer promut)
ss much for Ute Anderson company t - i
SES^BHHlr^B&k'. ...
PRESIDENT REAL
BOSS IN CHINAI
New Constitution Graute Execu
tive Greater Powere Than
Xssr . Po j pr aar i
(By Associated Press)
T.'ekin, April 30.-The amended con
?Mutlon for the republic of China,
which wll be formally promulgated
tomorrow, lg notable for tbe wide
spread powers it gives the president.
The document, as lt now stands, ls |
the work of a constitutional conven
tion which has been laboring here]
since the middle of March. The presi
dent ?s empowered to convoke, open,!
suspend, close and dissolve Can legis
lature; submit to it the budget as veli
as other, bills and refer back to the
legislature for bills already passed by
it. if such measures are repassed by
a three-fourths majority, the president
may,- with the consent of the admini
strative council, still- vithhold their
promulgation.
The president has sole power to ap
point ard dismiss civil and military
officials, to declare war and conclude
peace.and fee will be in complete con
trol of the army and navy? as well as
of all expenditures Jtor these branches.
ADrSE IS POLITICS"
Augusta Chronicle. \
The following paragraph In the Se
??la Enterprise ls along the Une et
comments on the suture subject in ma
ny of the papers of the State, especial
ly the smaller journals, it ts.evident
that Georgians, whiie -ihey' welcome
statements on policies and arguments
on record, do not desire and will not
tolerate billingsgate. -
There are a claaa of men scattered j
about the state who seem to think tho j
way tn gain toe confidence and. sup
port of their fellowman ta to indulge
in the wholesale abuse of other men
and mctitulions. Such an Idea can
only find lodgment, in a distorted
brain. Abuse never promoted any
cause or achieved ?ax success in any
field of endeavor. On the other hand,
it has retarded progress, hindered de
velopment and destroyed many men
and many institutions. in : short,
never .got anybody anything except
defeat and failure and never will."
It la true that no? ?Sis s a man who
abUSeB nUI COmpciitwr tmutrrcnirii uii?
self approximately fatally., A candi
date who resorts to the abuse of his
competitor, in these*: times gen
erally . is looked upon aa a man who
5o Hepa fer Miner?.
Eccles, W? .iVaV Aprii *0.-Hope
that smy of the 172 men trapped. In
mine No. 6 of the New River Collieries
Company, by an explosion Tuesday,
are alive, was abanoond tonight by
government and Sti^ experts. At S
ociocfc fifty b?dT?a^ax>bee?- lbcatcd.
in the mine and-lt Waa expected all ?
of these ; would be bro? gb t to ? the
Surface before daylight. ;
. ? rr ??
ALL THROUGH TH B If i O HT.
The Shrlfiers Will llave No Time te!
Sleep In Jt tlanla.
Atlanta, May 1.-The days are going
to be 24 hours long ami there aren't
Shrine c?nvesMou o^ens lu this cit"1
May 12. " " ~,
... The round of festivities and func
tions leaves no time at all for, sleep?
ita g. and the man who participates In
all bf lt is going to meet himself go
ing home when, he .comes down town
in the morning.
Potentate Forreet Adair bas trans
mitted to the. street car .official a for
mal request that the street car service
be run all night and lt ls understood
that the request, which is more than
Justified hy the prospects wilt s be
granted.
The lighting question has long since
been settled and the Great White
Way llgiita will blase fro? sundown
to bright sunup, so that Peachtree,
Whitehall and the other main thor
oughfares will be bright as day alt the
way round the clock.
SENTtMEXT FOft FHA N E
Is Believed that He Will Now Get lils j
His Liberty.
-Atlanta, May i.-In the confession
of Rev. C. B. Ragsdale thar tb? de
fenders of Leo M. Frank bribed h'm to |
*F?e?r bc he?rd Conley eenfesf the
murder of Mary Phagan, ia believed ay
many people to be the beginning of
the end in thin famous case.
At the Um* when -Detective William
J. Burna wat employed In the Frank
case there was decided and manifest
reversion of nubile opinion in At
lanta; public doubt of Frank's guilt ;
reached a high pitch and expressions
that he ought to have a new trial, not
only in justice to him, bot that in or
der that ? the good name of Georgia
might be kept stainless, came from
bien* o* auca bjK&ateadmg that their
naot?ves could net be- doebted. This
news servicer that tie*?- faithfully
endeavored to report the facts lo an
Today sentiment is swinging back
in the other direction, Many of UM.
anea wha haye expressed doubt in the
guilt of Frank or believe ia Ale Inno
cence, are, eHenced bv the facts that
have come out la connection with the
exploding af.ike story of Conley's lm
agioary confession.
lande r* Fran* and detectives In
terested js. thc Frans end; o? tas esse.
ara4enlay aageavnrlaa; to. shift th* r?-l
spcnsibiiiiy of where and before ?aon i
Itsafdain made tea ?als? ?<hu i H9< kat
no effort whatever ia telok made to
cocsbai .ibo .potent ?nci ?uu-, Usa affi
davit wan> false.
Bdg. Sc?vnu ? nient**.
. Vt .r"".1.1 :
Spartanhurg Journal.
Whtn:the New york Herald senti
auvern to search fer David Uvingston
the ealy oraer. give?., was . Vt?m?.1
he. sb*aU in^ X^eral Jbe&r
L^lviSptoT^t*?S*1a?3af?
that if, the president wanta
cate officer in the Phllllplnes, he
.wain ? at ream and took 80 prisoners.
A few days later he built a raft and
crossed another unbridged stream,
and with his comrades drove the enemy
which - was 2 ?0O st rona, from an un
trenched position. For that he waa
made brigadier. He was sent out tn
capture Aguinaldo. He obeyed orders
and 'hough superior officers thought
it imponible, he brought Aguinaldo
beck with him.
TWO TRi'F HM'KS
South Carolina, has reason to be
proud of two sons who are somewhat
tn the public eye nt present, although
both are 'so modest as almost to bb
maidenly. One ? ls- Dr.^Rupert Blue,
surgeon general of the United States,
and the other is Rear Admiral victor
Blue, head of the navigation depart
ment of the United States navy.
Dr. Blue was the surgeon at the
port of Norfolk during the Jamestown
exposition and many South Carolfn
ruiB met him then, a modest, thought
ful, and considerate gentleman, proud
to be known as a South Carolinian
and eager to do what he' could to add
to the comfort and pleasure of the
South Carolinians whom he met. He
won distinction as the man who ran
the rats out of San Francisco and
tass averted' the serious and threat
ening danger from bubonic plague be
ing brought !a by rats on steamers
from foreign ports. . Dr. Blue bas
done other algnalwork in the Inter
eats of the health of tho country, but
that one achievement, when he acted
courageously sud in a hualness-l'he
manner made bim the power that he
is today in medical and health ser
vice of the country.
V'ctor Bise, who. has not heard of
I him? There was nothing spectacular
or theatrical or dashing about bis
great service to the country In the
war with Spain, but there ls no doubt
that his exploit of riding a mule
around the Spanish army caused the
almor.t bloodless victory of this coun
try over Spanish arms. Leut. Blue
rode around tho army and mapped
Rs position so carefully and so exact
it. . i- i. _-, r-?. - - -... _ %
ij uiHv vi:nritti onnuoi wans cuouicu
to know how to move against the
weaker positions of the enemy and to
1 crush Toral In one tight. The bat
tle of Santiago harbor was made a
great victory, also, because of the
reporta of Victor Blue. This quiet,
unassuming, but gallant and unfalt
ering South Carolinian la now. a rear
admiral in the United States navy
sj^^jat.the r4e*d.ot the/naval bu
reau th tv^nington.. In case "of
rious fighting, wo. believe he would
ask to be relieved of his burean posi
tion' and cent to the fighting ?one. .
- These two-splendid young alen are
sons of Capt. J. G. Blue of Morion,
a member of the "Wallace House," the
house of representatives which wreat
?4 ino control of thc government ot
this state- from thc robber **nd/' nf
1876, and Capt. B]ue was a member
Of the eont&iitt?? which ftXBOB?d ih?
tremendous frauds.
PRIMA KY BKFOKX.
One of the best things that we have
seen on the question of protecting the
primary is the following from W. H.
Wallace, editor of The Newberry Ob
server:
Tho Observer's doctrine ts that ev
ery democrat 21 years- old and white
should be allowed to vole in.the prim*
ary election-once and .only once. It
also holds that nobody should be al
lowed to vote nader 21 years old.
Which means that The Observer
does not favor any amendment to the
democratic rules ss to voting except
such ss will secure a fair election. If
onbody opposer a fair election, lt
means that ho wants to cheat. There ;
can be no alternative to that propos!- \
Hon.
Tue simplest and best way to secure
a f*tr primary election 1st
1. R?duire every voter to be a 1
member of the democratic club of bis
warn or bis community.
2. Have the club rolls fited with
the clerk of eon rt a reasonable length
of time, say SO days, before the prim
ary, where they may be subject to la
Bpecttoh and where anybody can get a
copy by paying the usual fees for coin
les of public records.
3. Let these club rons so filed be
tba poll.Tiste sf the' election.
ls there anything unfair ahtf.tt that?
? 1 ? .;-Ufa
far Cenusissle w
D. ?. Hobson *^ft*d* *tprlngs was ,
in the city yesterday sod stated that
ba expects to make tho race this
summer fer township eemaitasltaer.
He is a, soo of the well, known dtrten.
Thoa., p. Hobnob. _
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% THIS COW BARNS ?JO* ^ " *
o Philadelphia. U&y; S^K?afl* a
o ten tons ot milk, the equivalent o
a/M'more than 1,24? pounds-cf o
o butter ia a year, is th? world's ft ,<
a record nrodnctkm of tba Guam- o
o sey cow -May. Rllana,?* owned o
a byiRvsVCsaaattr. ??*?. Beswgf, W\.
o nea* here. Fot the "Ci days ft ;
o ended yesterday, tba cows rec- o.
. ord waa 10,87? pounds ot milk o
a or 1,073.41 pounds of butter tat. .
o The ?ross earnings of ^ths aai- o ;<
cf mal fer tho year, were nearly o ;
o . p.200. ... .;."., -?.'it :4
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GQULDS TO SELL
THE M. P. ROAD?
Kuhn, Loeb A Co., Seid To Be
Probable Porch eeere-Both
Sides Noncommittal
(By Associated PresBf
New York. April 30.-f Jrcunistantihl
rumors that, centro* Of tue Missouri
Pac lile Railway *he backbone of the
Gould railroad. system, ls in process
of .transfer to important banking in
tereala were revived today in the fi
nancial district. They were received
With some credence from the fact that
expert engineer? and accountants are
believe?? to be making an exhaustive
examination of the property. . .
'Kuhn Loeb & Co., are the bankers
mentioned in connection with tbe re
ported change of control. Members
of that firm declined to affirm or deny
rumors connecting their name, with
the project., but it is known that they
lona have been willina to take over
the financial management or respon
8lbllity of the road, should the Goulds
expresa their willingness to relinquish
their stock interest....
, Goules Nea-Commltla.
. Repr?sentatives/ of the Gould fam
ily were non-committal on the sub
ject, except to say that their interest
ht Missouri Pacific Hes chiefly in tho
bonds of that road-and allied lines, lt
was denied for the Goulds that the re
cent heavy selling dt Missouri Pacific
?yes for account cf any member of
that family.
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Jones High He host. o
. :.. ???.. ' -a
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: Following- is the nroeram for com
mencement day at Jones High School,
Friday. Mav 1 nth. IOU; *
Muslo.
Reading-"Two Little Welcomes"
Maggie Hill and James Graham..
Motto-Claiborne-Dunlap.
Music] ...
Reading-"Plans"-Lillie girls and
hoya. 11
Reading-"Llttlo Keys" - Charley\\
Morrison.
Music.
Reading-"Lots Laugh and Be Jol
ly"-T ?ur? ilrah.m ...
Reading-''Wouldn't You"-Johnnie, i
Morrison.
. Music.
. . reading-" Arlthmvtlen-.MIufile Hill, j i
Reading-?Tempersoe?" ' H?rdW
Morrison. . * ' .
Reading-"Our{Wsg':-One little boy - \
and two llttlo girls:, H
Song-"AmerK*"r*?y 3cpo?l.
I?lay"Strlctly Confldentlar'-^Gtrls
and Boys. .t
ReadlpK-^'the.PeUow With Orlt"~
Tothmie Jones.. ,
. ... >y .. MUfllC;
Pantomlnc?-"i*ear?*?. My God? To
Thee^-r-aix Girls. ?1 ,.
Reading-"Doubtful John"-Frank
Morrison.
Son-Thu Lover?' Quarrel"-Cecil
Dunlap and Tommie Jones.
Roadla*-"BWy, He's, in Trouhlo"
Curtls Bill. ?f?it
. ?n'?a?C-,
Reading-"June"-MyrUo Dunlap.
Reading-"Hustle and Grin"-Jones
Graham... .
Mng|f?~
Flay-"Beat "ii"-r?Jjris ena Boys,
Reading-"Good Bye'.'-Six Little
Girls.
Address-Lieut. Gov. Charles A.
Smith, Timmonfcvilte, 8. C. .
. Music.
Address-Hon. richard 1. Manning,
Sumter, 8. C.
Address-Hon. R. A. Cooper, Lau
rens, 8. C.
Music will be furnished by the
Princeton Band.
BASEBALL-AFTERNOON
Cokaabury vs. Princeton.
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e KMITK SillftOL ?
O I.', in .i' 4 O'
OO O O O O. O O O O O O o
For the ?nrelligenocr:
With your permission. I wish to give
a synopsis of the entertainment given H
at the Smith school by the efildent
principal, Miss Irene Blackman. Tak
ing everything Into .consideration it
was a grand success..
The Smith school occupies a medium
ground between the famous school*
of lebanon end Denver, end of course
have had to fight for every Inch ot
ground tn order to fill.-up ibo gap atp.
art;ting those two favored schools. Fa
vored because ot tba number of pu
pils, and tho wealth eurroendlug eaeh
ot them. There Were enrolled at tho
Smith school thia last year Sd dr more' i
pupils, divided . between Miss Ireue
Blackman a? principal and Miss Ma
mie Garrison as her?assistant.
While wv? baveganiep-to-dste school
bouse, it was taged to its utmost ea
pac!ty to accomodate the crowd gath
ered there for the entertainmeat sad
eve? thetf I donhs if all could mt ia;
Th/i. Jolly band was there to furnish
The next piece, "Professor Jamos"
waa hot finished because the hoar was
growing lata. The piece waa ta pre
ss?t the tr?ela of a rural teacher.
"How He Popped the Question " .was ? <
thoroughly eajeyed, especially by the, l
younger set.
The last recitation was well recited
-Lt told the school children hew to
be polite. '
lastly the hand played "Dixie."
1 nrfvittat tk* influAt>r?q ??Ins nut
frost thc 2=!t?. rcocc! <r!H iaak? itself
fe?*-, hefore many: yeera'^hsTI ; have
rolled around.
-Cr,'
SE CST IT COC?.
Praetteal lefter ta Atlanta Inst Job
aMj^Ti ? . fag Any Ken?.
Atlanta, May 1.-A practical Joker lt
got, his yesterday skas D. H. Hausa I?
of Hampton street threshed 8.; C. Tur.k ? c.
i nelghbAr v^Wttyfeev %o ?Rp . ,
>toco of > lat ?e#e> tm.lMajaiw^
Tuck, not satisfied with the outcome ' n
nf the joke, had Hones arrested and;i
h* case will be tried thia morning tn
M>Hce, court.
Hones says he didn't recognize the
ictton as a joke, and didn't know
whether Tuck was trying to strangle
tim or cut his throat.
1 o o O U o o c o o o o o
9 h ?En. F?t?s ir nijfoj-ON 5
!?/ r -.V '.. W . O
u o o o (J > o o o o o o O
_ ... li
? Atter a lapse of . nearly sixteen ,
/ears our friend, Goa. Funston ls in
the limelight again and will stay
there unless Huerta accepts Prest*
lent Wilson's terms and duly apolo
gizes for his general devilment. Q?u.
bunston, you remember ls the man
who put an end to Aguinaldo, Ute
Filipino leader. His history . makes
good reading, at least while there ls
rumor of war in the air. The follow
ing ls his record:
Fighting Fred Funston is the senior
brigadier general of the American ar
my, although he ia now only forty
nine years old aud did not enter the
servio? ot the American army until
1901. He came into the regular es
tablishment with the rank he now
holds, his commission haring been
given by President McKinley in ap
preciation of his remarkable feat tn
oapturlng almost single handed, Em
ilio Aguinaldo, the Filipino insurrec
tor leader.
Funston had been in the volunteer
service from.the outbreak of the Spsaj?
ish American war, when he rec rufus*,
the Twentieth Kansas, from the ?sjh*
kind of men forming the backbone: ol
the Hough Alders. Before be became
engaged in the enterprise he had b?es
for about two years a soldier ta nsf
Cuban army of liberation, and BO pig
a factor was he In the warfare tatt
"Butcher's Wesley? the Spanish gm
"ralisaimo, set a price upon his heftd,
Funston ts'a product of the Unfvp* ?
illy ot Kansas. After his student days
US became s newspaper man, then ho
entered the services of the United
States Dep?">t*n^,ni n' Agricultura and
was sent to Alaska to study the flora.
He showed the stuff , from which ho
was made by a floating down the Yu
kon alone in a canoe in *v3.
rfc was wounded ten times In battle.
During his Cuban engagement he took
uart In twenty-two battles and he kopt
that paco after entering the American
volunteers. Once he was arrested in
Cuba by the Spaniards while he was
trying to r*ach tho s?.-a coast. Hb
?ni-iv ri - r - . - ? ,.!..._,? m J -?-- -
i.,.Mtvuv.M miifvvu ??, pnwraisn &.,.!?>%
the patriot army, having swallowed
als passport, which indicated his r?tate.
He was condemned to d^ath but even
tually waB liberated add got "hitcV. \
Hilo country. .-^sm--^.^
- His Kansas regiment was"assigned
to FhUllplne duty "nd on hbiawnv lie
met- a^?arrled*W4,prer.?nt* wife in
Ben Jriaiicfsco. HaletafdkOeP^to
ritt before Manilla.which he ?ld"d in
reducing. i^aolnk]tj^urSuUj>r A?
ij||j3fo7Jgt^ Murll??
river on the of her . aide of willoh was
a-considerable force of the enemy. The
bridge had been destroyed, but Fun
stop? wRh. twenty, .of j Iris men ,y,he vol
unteered, swam the river, drove tho
hostiles back and captured eighty
prisoners.
A few days tater he'crossed the Kio
Branle at Calnupit on a raft and
? rove the enemy, 2^00 strong from an
i i'tri.. ii-.iii'fi oo ;i(Win. Piiin ?f.aT. won the
brigadier generalship of volunteers.
VJ?ta luU.thst be made his big
mark. Froiil bis hiding placa tn tin
?tiauta stA ?r ? ?.w WAI. ? S? \ u C j* **
zalles the insurgents ta rendevous
3ear, ht.v headquarters", Funston capt
Lised tba ?M^songer who carried thH
command, He tm? several of bis
join mend made their way through the
Macabebes, wno passed ss insurgent
Fagalogs who had., captured the
Americans. Wo" m was. sent to
Aguinaldo and o???sre"were given for
tba. prisoner? to be brought to bim.
.Before the strategy was suspected
Funston had entered the rebel's house
ind . taken him prisoner. That act
broke the neck of the insurrection and
peace. pogoiUattopa were at once be
./Funston ls a little man, with a Ump.
i memento of several, wounds.. He
[lcsBOBBOH a bubbling ?ense of humor.
He is now commanding ?*}.lti 8eeo?d
Division of tue army, with headquar
Lers at Texas City, Texas, in tin heart
~>f the country that will bo affected if
the ConatitutlonaliBta take up Huerta's
Rgbt, . . .... ... ? : ,. ,
JOHNSON IS HONOB?D
President of Winthrop to Blrert Ed*
?rj^4 u rat lonni ConxraASw
Rock HUI/ kay 2.-Thc president of
tho National Bducntlcii association
liss appointed a committee of len,
from the- s ivj members of the N.a
lonal Ed on association to take
leneral chm ge and direction of organ
Sing a special congress for the great
Panaimi-Pacyic International expo
litton ito act in cooperation, with the
mreau of convention? of tho OXpO
lltton. r :
Among the names ot the ten ap
wlnted-, from. tLe.AYlioio of the United
3i Pr!tc*i^?r?!*i4lcntt,parnegle.foun
latton; ^President. ?ienjarain Ide
Wheeler, University of California;
Chancellor Frank Strong. University
>f Knnassf. President- Stratton Brooks.
University et Oklahoma- and Prc?l
Itpt D...B. Johnno? of Winthrop Col
.?. . .. - -
[hie Xorib Carolinian Wiled" Another
.Hort hy a Trais,
?tichmcnd', April 30.--V/.'ll. Ctar ta".
17, of Ro?bero, N. C.. ??as UiUc?.. is3
ly*. II .^AtiK ?.j Sm?iil?la??. N C.
ran perhaps fatally injure thin eft
argoon when they were siruc.k by a
ihifttng engine on thu , Richmond,
r^eder'ekshurg and Potnhm.: Railroad
otunany.
1 gatts Tarase at Restan.
Bot ton. Muy 2.- w'otuau *Ui*<" -
cestos hero to the number, of s.QOO
aakched today throa?h crowded
treats, It wan tho greatest parado
if women in the history of; New"
ita**. ,- *vn.v roste 'flaa, Jibed by
m?t? optimate^ tb/-number 200,000.
rho paraders wore received by O?ver
tor Walsh. ,_?_?
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