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The Beloved Humorist Joins
Silent Majority,
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END CAME PEACEFULLY
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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)
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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,
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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
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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.
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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.
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SCHEDULES OF BROKEN FIRM.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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,
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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. 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
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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
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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.
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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
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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
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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.
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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,
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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.
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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.
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Cream of News.::
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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.
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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.
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?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.
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BULLET OF POTTS EFFECTIVE.
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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.