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THEONIY DAILY NIWSPAPSN IN ALABAMA
All the world's a stage,
And alt tha men and women merely
players:
They have their exits, and their en
trances.
—As You Like It
Cuba's New Situation.
The visit of the Cuban commission
ers who are, four out of five, good radi
cals, has cleared up the situation
somewhat. They have made it plain
that General Wood is as satisfactory
to them as any American military
commander would be, and they have
also made it plain that the constitu
tlonsj convention now sluing, or
rather awaiting developments, in Ha
vana lias not rejected the Platt amend
ment--that no action has been taken
upon It.
It Is also made qulto plain that the
Cuban convention has a keen eye to
business—that It IS In fact In more
trouble over the American duties upon
sugar and tobacco tnan It is about In
dependence and lioerty, probably be
cause Cuba raises more of the former
than of the latter. The President has
of course told them that Congress reg
ulates tariff duties, and they have
probably discovered that the sugar
-trust and the beet sugar people and
mu cane growers, as well as the to
bacco producers are factors In the sit
uation. They would not have their
eyes open If they did not see that
~ * uwUciv.j**» made In this country for
und by special- interests rather than
by and* for the general good.
The commissioners will no doubt
report that there is an open road to
statehood for them, public sentiment
being largely In favor of that solution
of the tariff and all other Cuban
troubles. Statehood would let In Cu
ban sugar and tobacco despite the
sugar trust and the Connecticut cab
bage-leaf growers, and it is the only
solution In sight that will be wholly
satisfactory to the planters of Cuba.
The economic solution of the problem
may be the final one. and If the Cu
ban constitutional convention wishes
to gather In American ducats it should
frame a State constitution and ask
Congress tc make the island an Ameri
can State, it mlgtu not be an orderly
•nd Well-governed State at first, but
the rush of people and capital to it
from the mainland would soon bring
It Into line. There is really no objec
tion to this plan except the old antag- :
onlsm of the Latins, and the Cubans j
»re not Latin enough to let such prej- |
r {
udtcea stand In the way of the Island's
prosperity. A good and very big mar
ket Is better than all the Latinlsm In
the world.
It Is Pie They Want.
The third-term swing of President
McKinley through the South is to be
utilized, it seems, to promote the- Mc
Laurin Republican party. A North
Carolina Populist ex-Congressmar has
Joined it. and he Is shouting In favor
Of imperialism and ship subsidies and
a robber tariff as stoutly as the South
Carolina aggregation. The North Car
olina man's name Is Skinner. What
office he wants Is not known. The
party now consists of Skinner, Capers,
Butler and MoLaurin, and all have
been rewarded except Skinner.
The President can in point of fact
■ecure more recruits by remaining at
the pie counter than by swinging
around any circle. Oratory is not what
the McLaurlnltea want—It Is pie. and
the machine Republicans In the South
are trying to see that they do not get
much of it.
The McLaurln crusade Is really an
attempt to break down, or to supplant,
the Republican machine in eacu State,
and the Republican office-holding co
terie do not like It. There is no prob
ability that the JfcL&urin machine will
become unwieldy in any State. It may
be recruited up to the number of
offices that can be secured, but that
any one will support a high tariff
which was especially drawn to rob the
South, or the big-army colonial sys
tem, unless an office 1b ready for him,
is not a bit probable. The pie counter
Is therefore the true and best recruit
ing station for the McLaurln move
ment. The esteemed Northern organs
are doing a great deal ot rainbow work
in connection with the iucLauri*
movement, but it will come to noth
ing unless they work the pie counter
vigorously. And every office given to
s McLaurln recruit alienates a ma
chine Republican, ana there you are.
A McLaurln recruit comes in and one
of the old pie eaters goes out both of
office and the party. The general sit
uation will remain unchanged. The
McLaurln machine may supplant the
old machine, but it will be a pie-con
suming creation, and robbing more.
A Gala Week.
Birmingham has on her Sunday
clothes this week, and extends an in
vitation to everybody to come and
have a good time. The people of Bir
mingham, always busy, have been ab
sorbed with business cares the past
two years, but for the nonce they have
laid aside business affairs and gone
In for a good time. Attractions that
will please all have been provided on
a large scale.
It Is to be a gala week, and more
fun will be crowded into il than In
any other similar period of time in
the city’s history.
The street fair, witn its ever inter
esting Midway, is larger and better
than ever before. The floral parade
yesterday, which started of the gaie
ties, was eminently successful and
contained some most Buperbly beau
tiful decorations, and the prettiest and
loveliest women in the world.
The May Music Festival at the Au
on a mammoth Beale and embraces
ditorlum tonight has been gotten up
tho greatest, collection of musicians
and vocalists ever brought together
In the South.
Thursday the baseball season open,
and the "fan" will then be In his
glory.
The opening day of the gala week
was marked with fine weather and an
Immense throng of people. It was the
beginning of a most successful week
of amusements.
Importance ol the Festival.
Birmingham enjoys the distinction
of being the greatest industrial city in
the South, and it Is fast coming to the
front as a city of musical culture.
Louisville, Nashville, Memphis, At
lanta and Richmond have first-class
musical attractions from time to time,
and two of the cities named have fes
tivals every year; but in order to have
a festival worthy of notice there must
be a large and well-trained chorus,
and Birmingham is the only city in
the South that, measures up to a high
art standard in this respect.
Birmingham's festival chorus is
known far and wide for its excellence,
for it is written abo t. in all the musi
cal journals of the country and is
talked about with enthusiasm by the
musicians who were brought from the
North To take part In the festival con
certs last year and the year before.
This musical atmosphere and the
tine musical achievement of this com
munity in the past mean much for
Birmingham; for any city that gains
a reputation for its appreciation of
the most refining and uplifting of all
the arts is snre to be a delightful place
of residence, and on that account at
tract the most desirable class of citi
zens.
The fine aVts in general are luxuri
ous, but music comes very near being
a necessity. It certainly has Its prac
tical side, for it is now being recog
nized as an important part of every
day life and is entering into our edu
cational system as one of the funda
mentals.
Those who attend the opening of
the third annua! festival at the Audi
torium tonight will not hear ragtime
or two-step marches or any music of
the mediocre sort. But they will en
joy a tone banquet cf rich variety—
dramatic music of the moving quality,
rhapsodies of rare sensuous beauty
and melodies as lovely as spring songs.
Full houses tonight and tomorrow
night will make the festival a finan
cial success and will insure another
grand musical event in 1902.
Creed Revision.
The general assembly of the Pres
byterian Church meet3 In Philadelphia
May 16. and the committee on revision
of the creed Is formulating a report
to be made to it. It is stated that the
report will he unanimously made. Ten
members of the committee have signed
It, and It Is belleveu the other four
members will sign It.
The committee declares that the
church desires “some change” In Its
credal statement. It goes on to say
that the returns from the presbyteries
“Indicate that It Is the mind of the
church that the confession should be
interpreted throughout In harmony
with the teaching of scriptures that
God la not willing that any one should
perish, nor Is It the decree of God, but
the wickedness of their own hearts
which shuts some men out from the
salvation freely and lovingly offered
in Christ Jesus to all sinners."
The committee further says that "a
new statement of present doctrines”
is desired, and It recommends that a
committee be appointed by the gen
eral assembly to prepare "a brief sum
mary of the reformed faith.” This
shows that the world "do" move, and
that Calvinism as understood In Crom
well's day has been greatly “re
formed," and Is about to be officially
“reformed" In Ita last stronghold. The
doctrine of “election" and the doctrine
of "predestination" are passing. Un
der the terms of the former men were
asked to believe that men are saved
only because God chooses to save
them, and under the latter, that some
men are lost because God passes them
by and leaves them to the penalty of
their Bins. When mese doctrines are
abandoned the doctrine which teaches
the absolute sovereignty of God passes
also, and Armlnlanlsm which teaches
that God cannot abolish the devil Is
established In this world at least.
When William Jennings Bryan
runs for Governor of Nebraska, as he
Intends to do, and Tom Johnson for
Governor of Ohio, as he Intends to do,
David B. Hill should run for Governor
of New York and Richard Olney for
Governor of Massachusetts. Else the
people will know the reason. Lame
ducks need not apply In 1904.
In order to launch a mtlllon-dollar
oil company all that Is necessary Is
money enough to get the stock certifi
cates handsomely engraved and
printed.
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F. Marlon Crawford says the type
writing machine and good literary
work are Incompatible- He should try
a linotype machine, or a cut nail mill.
Isaac L. Ballew and W. H. Price
have taken charge of the Goodwater
News, and will publish it as a Demo
cratic and conservative journal.
It is estimated that oil will have to
sell at ten dollars a gallon at the well
if dividends are to be paid on all the
stock of Texas companies.
Paul Revere’s work in the Revolu
tion has become the subject of dis
cussion, and thus ano.-er of our cher
ished myths is vanishing.
The Elks are in the amusement busi
ness this week, and if the weather
“holds" they will furnish a great deal
of it for ten cents.
The book that Poe sold for six bits
and two drinks has just been resold
for $1300. But Poe knew what he
wanted most.
The 8t. Louis Globe-Democrat is un
der the impression that freedom of the
ballot In Alabama has gone to meet
Koslpsko.
Grover Cleveland can bring himself
within range of the Presidential bee
again by running for Governor of New
Jersey.
Buy this morning seats In the May
festival. It is the last call for the
brightest and sweetest event of the
year.
Insanity has been made a cause for
divorce in Florida, and the lawyers of
that State expect to reap a rich har
vest.
It is thought Teddy Roosevelt, who
has disappeared, is undergoing initia
tion in order to become a Buffalo.
The dowers that did not bloom in
the spring were the chief character
istics of the doral parade.
An uniform divorce law in this coun
try would boom legal business along
tne Mexican frontier.
The administration is now called the
promotery by those who see the sub
stance of things.
Even Sixto Lopez is weak-kneed, but
Edward Atkinson is still holding out
for better terras.
The girls who kissed Hobson should
get ready to welcome Aguinaldo’s
pompadour.
Queen Wllhelmlna did not intend to
marry a mortgage, and she repudi
ates it.
In England they propose to give the
aunt an even chance with the uncle.
Christian Science refuses tc become
operative when n doctor is present
Chris. Magee's doctor must be a
member of the book trust.
Aguinaldo is he’d in line by the fpil
dinner pail argument.
Chris. Magee's physician is -rying to j
outdo the lawyers, i
EXPEDITING THE MALES.
From the Philadelphia Times.
As to postmen wearing shirt waists, If
mer. generally were to take off their coots
they would run less risk of forgetting to
mal! their wives' letters.
NECESSARY TO REMEMBER.
From the Drooklyn Eagle.
People who are complaining about Gen
eral Funslon's rr.»thod because It was
not iperined In tactics and was Irregular
ahould remember that he was dealing
with an enemy who was so Irregular him
self that there was no other way to get at
him. When you go gunning for rabbits
you do not adopt the methods needed In
hunting elephants.
REFLECTIONS OF A BACHELOR.
From the New York Press.
Emotion la the music of the soul and
hysteria Is Its rag-time.
6oc!ety Is a place where people are In
troduced In order that they may not know
each other.
A woman Is like her garden; the more
beautiful she looks the harder some man
has to dig.
The average man would rather be de
clared a lunatlo ten times than to have
his 1oy4 letters read In court once.
IN HOTEL LOBBIES
AND ELSEWHERE
Astrologer Raphael's prophecies for
this day, Tuesday, April SO, 1901:
"Very uncertain from morn till eve."
"See to thy health ami keep It In order,
this being thy birthday; also be careful
of accident and run no risks; thy busi
ness will proceed as usual."
"A child born on this day will he fond
of company and pleasure and will spend
much of its money; its success In busi
ness will depend upon the hour of Its
birth. If a female, she will marry young
and get a pretty good husband."
An Old Consul.
"Andrew Carnegie and John D. Rocke
feller were strong friends of the late
James Douglas Reid, former United
Htat»s Consul at Dumfermllne, Scotland,
and first superintendent of a telegraph
line or company who ever lived, and the
two millionaires undertook to give him a
kind of sinecure In the New York office
of the Standard Oil Company should he
get out of government employ, a promise
they kept, I believe," said a man yester
day who knew Mr. Reid and Mr. Car
negie welL
"Mr. Reid was not rich. He was a
young man of two and thirty when he
taught twelve-year-old Andrew Carnegie
the art of telegraphy anti he was then
the world’s first superintendent of tele
graph. That was fifty-three years ago.
"Mr. Reid In effect turned over his sav
ings of some few thousand dollars to John
D. Rockefeller for Investment. Rocke
feller. Invested the money in Standard
Oil stock, and thereby did Mr. Reid a real
benefit. Andrew Carnegie told Mr. Reid
twelve years ago that he would make
him a present of tlO.OOO, but he hadn't
done so up to four years ago, apparently
having forgotten It. The consulship of
Dumfermllne which Mr. Carnegie suc
ceeded In getting for Mr. Reid paid Mr.
Reid several thousand dollars a year.
"Mr. Carnegie made the present of
me ^resident s commission as consul
to Mr. Reid the occasion for a very hap
py evening late in 1889. Mr. Reid never
thought of the consulship. One day In
New York Mr. Reid received a formal
Invitation to dine with the Carnegies in
their Fifth avenue mansion. When he
arrived at the mansion ho met Mr. Rock
efeller and other men who wrere notori
ously rich. The company sat down to a
more than princely dinner, which all en
joyed. When rare4old port was reached in
the courses, Mr. Carnegie arose and said
that he had bidden his other friends
there to meet his old master, Mr. Reid,
and to be witnesses to the presentation
to Mr. Reid of a rich and honorable gift
from the President of the United States.
Thereupon he handed Mr. Reid his com
mission as consul. The dear old man
couldn’t speak, so overcome was he with
astonishment and emotion. He wept. Mr.
Carnegie had kept the State Department
from announcing Mr. Reid’s appointment
to the press in the usual way, so that he
himself might have the happiness of giv
ing his old friend the glad news.
"Singularly enough that was precisely
the course pursued when Luclen Jullen
Walker, whom Mr. Reid succeeded, was
appointed consul at Dunfermline in 1885;
Congressman Hilary A. Herbert of the
second Alabama district, and afterwards
secretary of the navy, having secured
the President's commission for Mr. Walk
er in order that he might privately have
the pleasure of conveying the news to
his young friend In Alabama, and having
Induced the State Department not to give
out the appointment to the public.
"Mr. Reid was one of the most lovable
of all old men. He was a little man, per
fectly erect in his carriage, with snow*
white beard and hair, and with gold
rimmed spectacles adorning the most
genial and benevolent of faces. The re
tiring consul remained In Dunfermline
two months after Mr. Reid’s arrival, hap
py in giving the ojd man Instructions in
the duties of the consulate.
"Mr. Reid had a daughter who married
a British nobleman, with whom she lived
unhappily for several years, and was
then driven to seek a judicial separation
on account of her lord’s cruelty. That
deeply wounded the consul.
"After Mr. Read's arrival In Dun
fermline he took to golf like a cluck to
water, and every afternoon, rain or
shine, he could be seen playing on the
links down by the Firth of Farth where
the famous Farth cantilever bridge span3
that deep arm of the German ocean. Now
and then he would give a cup to be
striven for by his brother golfers.
"He was universally called the ‘Old
Consul’ in contradistinction to h(s youth
ful predecessor, who is to this day re
ferred to in Flfeshire aS ‘the young con
sul.’ He was helji in great esteem.”
Religious Favor to Newspaper Men.
“The most marked religious consider
ation ever ahoxvn a particular class of
men In the world has been granted to the
newspaper men of New York by the ven
erable and Illustrious Pope Loo XIII.,"
said John Wilson, a New York newspa
per man lr. the lobby of the Metropoli
tan Hotel i*tsi night.
“Tho >:m. Father Event, priest of St.
Andrew’s Church, City Kail place, which
** within a stone’s throw of the grout
newspaper offices, has obtained tbe ex
ti'uoi'dhn.ry privilege from the Holy
Father, through the Cor. gre gat Ion of the
Propaganda, to have mass celebrated lr.
bis church at 2:2? a. m. on Sundays and
holidays for the particular benefit of the
great number of Catholics employed on
the dally metropolitan Journals. The priv
ilege extended from Romo to Father
Evers is good for ten years, and the
unique distinction may be realized when
It Is stated that St. Andrew’s is the only
church In the whole world where mass
may be celebrated at such an hour!
“Father Evers discovered that a very
large percentage of the newspaper men
on the various great morning journals of
New' York are Catholics and that they
were not able to attend the regular
masses on Sundays and holidays. Some
time ago he stated the case to the arch
bishop and asked for permission to have
mass celebratfd for these men at the
hour when work on the great morning
daily is finished, which Is generally about
2 or 2:30 a m. His Grace favored the
proposition, but it was necessary to seek
the approval of the Roman Congregation
before Inaugurating this unique practice."
More Than Twelve Thousand.
More than three thousand seats have
been reserved In Parker’s drugstore for
the opening performance of the Birming
ham May Music Festival in the Audito
rium tonight, and a still greater number
are reserved for tomorrow night, This
Is not only extraordinary; it Is believed
to be unprecedented In the record of
Southern music festivals; and it seems
now clear enough that the great Audito
rium will on both nights be crowded to
Its full seating and standing capacity,
which, means that more than twelve
thousand people will hear the most splen
did music ever yet produced In Birming
ham! •' ,
Professor Guckenberger, the master
musician and leader of the forces of musi
cal culture throughout a wide region of
the South, Is delighted. "Birmingham is
great!" he declared enthusiastically.
"There Is not another town In the South
that could have done so well!"
Once more the public Is reminded that
the entire net receipts of this May Festi
val In Birmingham will be devoted to the
Birmingham Free Public Library, which
as It stands Is a reflection on account of
its Inadequacy, upon the most enlightened
community south of the Potomac river!
The forces of culture and morals are
at work for the May Festival.
Great-Hearted Irishman.
Mr. Pat O'Byme of Eufaula Is In Bir
mingham, visiting relatives and seeing the
sights. Mr. O'Byrne Is one of the oldest,
most prosperous and most respected citi
zens of Barbour County, and Is well
known and honored ip Birmingham and
throughout the State. No better-hearted
or more honorable man lives than this
noble old Alabama Irishman. He Is of
the truest of the true.
Mr. O’Byrne's friends will be glad to
know that his health Is somewhat
stronger than It wns a few weeks ago.
About Person*.
Hon. Jesse E. Brown of Scottsboro, the
greatly honored Confederate veteran and
lawyer of the Eighth Congressional Dis
trict and former legislator, arrived In
Birmingham yesterday morning and reg
istered at the Morris Hotel.
• * ■ *
Colonel Robert Patton McDavld, Secre
tary of State of Alabama—the widely be
loved Colonel “Bob" of distinction and
young years—Is spending a few days en
joying a street fair that Is a street fair.
WHO IS THE ORIGINATOR?
To the Editor of the Age-Herald.
Is not the literary strength of the quo
tation:
"He who dallies Is a dastard,
He who doubts Is damned,"
Found In its artful alliteration, and the
real strength of the fact stated contained
in the latter clause? If so, neither
Shakespeare. McDuffee nor Hill deserve
credit for the "immortal words," as it
was the Apostle Paul who uttered, or
wrote, the last line, na will he seen by re
ference to the xlv. chapter of Romans.
The conversation of the couplet seems to
be but a modern declaration strengthen
ed by a supplimental truth from Holy
writ, therefore hardly worthy of a con
troversy as to who may have been the
modern constructor. The time and the
occasion—the period of reconstruction in
the South—rendered forceful the use of
the expression by Benjamin H. Hill.
F. V. E.
SMOKING CAR FOR LADIES.
From the New York Herald.
The railroad officials of Belgium are
now seriously thinking of introducing
smoking cars, In which only women shall
be allowed to travel.
A few weeks ago a young woman en
tered at the Brussels depot of the South
ern Railroad one of the carriages re
served for ladles. A few minutes after
ward another woman took a seat near
her, and no sooner had the train started
than she lit a cigarette and began to
smoke. Thereupon the other woman be
came very' indignant and threatened to
complain to the conductor as soon as the
train stopped. Her words, however, pro
duced no effect on the woman who was
smoking. " am in a carriage reserved for
ladies," she said blandly, "and I am not
aware of anyr law' which prohibits ladles
from smoking."
The other retorted that she ought to
have gone into the gentlemen's smoking
car If she wanted to smoke her offensive
cigarettes, and she vowed she w'ould take
the matter into court if the railroad offl- ,
cials did not give her immediate satisfac
tion. When the train stopped she told her
story to the conductor, but he wras loath
to interfere, and the result was that when |
she arrived at her destination she con- |
suited a lawyer, and he has now by an ac
tion in court formally, raised the question.
Should railroad companies be compelled
to provide separate smoking cars for
those ladies wrho desire to smoke w'hile
they are traveling?" ,
BOOKS THAT HELP HIM.
From the New York Herald.
Occupying the place of honor In the of
fice of a downtown printer Is an old copy
of Burke's Peerage, and Its presence amid
such Incongruous surroundings aroused
the curiosity of a casual visitor the other
day.
"It Isn't so strange as you might think."
said the proprietor, by way of explana
tion. "You see. a considerable part of our
business consists of printing labels of
various kinds, and Burke Is a great help
to us. 1 don't suppose the British aristoc
racy would be particularly edified to
know this, but It's a fact.
"Suppose we take the case of—well, say
Robinson, v.-ho keeps a little hat store up
In Harlem. Robinson comes In here and
wants me to set him up some tasty de
sign a trace mark that he can place up
on his goods. When I show him our reg
ular stock designs for such purposes the
chances are he will turn up his nose.
That's where P.urke's Peerage comes In.
"I take It down and ostentatiously turn
to the proud name of Robinson, where the
crests of that illustrious family are duly
pictured forth, together with their Latin
mottoes and all the records of their no
bility. Robinson of Harlem Is fascinated
and hla eyes bulge out of his head. I ask
him which branch of the family Is his,
and he makes some sort of a bluff.
"He picks out his crest, with Its Latin
motto, which Is unintelligible to him, and
a week after It Is reproduced On the hats
which he sells up In Harlem. If any of
these literary fellows should ask me
about books that have helped me I should
place Burke's Peerage well up at the
front."
ONLY GIRAFFE IN COUNTRY.
New York Letter In the Chicago Tribune.
The only giraffe In this country Is In
the hold of the Graf Waldersee, which ar
rived at Hoboken today. It la eighteen
months old and twelve feet ten Inches tall
when It stretches Its neck, and Is growing
rapidly on a dally diet of milk, oata and
hay. The animal Is consigned to a circus
at Cincinnati, and will be shipped today
In a special car with padded sides. The
cost of the capture In Senegal, West Af
rica. and Its transportation to this coun
try was about *7000, and the giraffe was
shipped at the risk of the circus men.
Carl Hagcnback, the anllnat man of Ger
many, whose agent got the animal, would
not assume any of the risk because the
handling of giraffes In captivity, and es
pecially in transit. Is one of the most
thankless Jobs that animat men have fo
do. They usually die. 1
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JUDGE’S CHARGE TO JURY
IN BUTLER COUNTY CASES
Greenville, April 29.—(Special.)—Sixteen i
substantial citizens of Butler County will j
investigate and report If certain officials |
of the county are indictable for their
conduct in the conviction of numerous
persons for unlawful train riding and
vagrancy. In charging the grand jury of
Butler today Judge Richardson made
special reference to the conduct of coun
ty officials and requested Investigation.
This is another, and possibly the closing
chapter, in the famous cases from Butler
which recently resulted in Governor Sam
ford pardoning about forty of the persons
convicted for train riding in the county.
It was rumored that Judge Richardson
would ask for an Investigation and a
large crowd heard his charge with breath
less interest. Judge Richardson said:
"The grand juror w'ho, for fear of public
opinion or for reasons of religion, politics
or racial prejudice, refuses to vote for a
bill of Indictment when his conscience is
satisfied that the law has been violated,
and thus declined to bring the offender
under submission to the law of his coun
try, tramples under foot the fundamental
principles of the government and at
tempts to overthrow the confidence of the
people in the government they have or
dained for their protection; and, if for
fear of public opinion or for reasons of
religion, politics, racial or other preju
dice you should suffer a bill of indictment
returned when your consciences and !
Judgments are not satisfied of the truth j
of the accusation, you are equallly guilty j
of trampling the great principles of lib- i
erty and governmental protection* under |
your feet and oppressing the Innocent
whom your oath requires you to protect.'
"i'ou do not uphold these great prin
ciples of our government nor fulfill your
obligation to yourselves and to the peo
ple of this country unless you deni hu
manely and fairly with the poor and help
less; nor unless you deal fearlessly and
Justly with the strong and Influential,
unless you diligently Inquire and true pre
sentment make of all Indictable offenses
given you In charge, as well as those
brought to your knowledge committed or
triable in this county. Let no innocent bo
too poor or too black for your consider
ation and protection, and let no guilty
man be too powerful or too Influential for
your accusation. The obligation rests up
on you to Investigate and determine up
on the conduct of your public officers. If
they have been faithful to the trusts
which your people have reposed, and per
formed their duties, have the manhood
and the courage to give them the com
mendation they merit.
"If any officer has been unfaithful, have
the patriotism and honor to let your peo
ple know who and In what respect such
officers have been unfaithful."
He asked that they make diligent in
quiry concerning any alleged misconduct
either of omission or commission, of any
public officer In the county, and report
whether they or any of them ought to be
removed from office.
The grand Jury Is composed of a very
strong body of men and the result of
their Investigation will be closely
watched.
NEGROES URGED TO JOIN
THE CATHOLIC CHURCH
Washington, April !9.—(Special.)—Con
siderable comment Is being made here on
a speech delivered by Prof. Jesse Law
son, colored, In Washington, Sunday, that
the only hope of the negro In the United
States was an alliance with the Catholic
church. Lawson Is vice president of the
Afro-American Council, and was formerly
a United States commissioner to the At
lanta Exposition. In the course of his re
marks he said:
"As one of the leaders In a local Bap
tist church and as speaking to an aud
ience of Baptists, I say now that only the
great and powerful Catholic church can
help us. (Great applause). We may not all
desire to Join the Catholic church at once,
but we will see that way In time. I think
It must be God's will that we effect our
salvation through the agency of the Cath
olic church. The leaders have offered a
protection and political rights within the
folds of the Catholic church. We are as
sured our rights as citizens and ail human
beings, and I see no other way in which
wc may save ourselves and save our fu
ture. We are being ground to powder by
the white man in this country, and only
the Catholic church can save us. us
take matters into our own hands now,
and let us act.”
There is no probability that the Su
preme Court will announce its decision
in the Porto Rican cases before May 27,
the date of the adjournment for the sum
mer, and there are some who agree that
it is more likely that the cases will go
over until the October term, the court
desiring to give the fullest consideration
to the question, as well a-s to avoid criti
cism on the ground that it decided such
an important question in haste.
WITH THE EDITORS OF
THE STATE PRESS
Canning Factory Starts Up.
From the Frulthurst Vlneyardlst.
Our canning factory Is soon to be opened
and made ready to receive all kinds of
fruit for canning. This Industry has been
slumbering over a year on account of
litigation.
Enough to Jar the Devil.
From the Sheffield Reaper.
Saints and sinners! A Mississippi paper
is protesting against the Injection of Ala
bama politics Into that State! If that
protest doesn’t Jar the devil’s rislbles
he's unmovlble.
Building Boom at Heflin.
From the Heflin New Era.
Heflin will enjoy a building boom this
summer, unless all sings fall. Bean &
McMurray, J. R. Moore, Reeves, Landei'B
& Co., will build brick store houses and
others are contemplated building.
Extension of Stove Foundry.
From the Sheffield Reaper.
Foundations for a large addition to
the I.lzzle Lowman Stove Foundry have
been completed and the company will,
upon the completion of Its enlargement,
add sixteen moulders to Its force, besides
adding three new patterns of stoves to
Its catalogue. The foundry Is full up with
work and Is shipping two car loads of
stoves weekly. The recent increase of ten
per cent In wages Indicates the pros
perous condition of the Lizzie Lowman
Stove Foundry.
Linden Looking for Railroad*.
From the Linden Reporter.
Our people are very much Interested
In the outlook for a railroad near this
place. A corps of engineers started out
Monday morning from Thomaston to run
a line from that place to Naheola Land
ing on the Blbgee river, Juse below Myr
tlewood. This line goes about two and
a half miles south of Linden. Other sur
veys will no doubt be made bifore the
route Is permanently located, and It Is
thought by many that a better route can
be had nearer Linden—about one mile
south of It, where the survey will strike
the old road bed known as the Linden
and Beckley’s Railroad, which was built
by the citizens of Linden tn the palmy
days before the war. This old bed, It Is
claimed by those competent to Judge, will
save at least half labor and can be put
In good condition for about half the
money that It will take to make a new
bed. This, It seems, would be some In
ducement to run nearer Linden.
THE PRESIDENTIAL PARTY
Will Spend Psrt of Today In Western
Tennessee.
Memphis, Tenn., April 29.—All arrange
ments have been completed for the recep
tion to be tendered to President McKin
ley and his party upon their arrival In
this city tomorrow afternoon. The train
hearing the Presidential party Is sched
uled to arrive at the Central station at
t:30 o'clock. The President will be met
by a reception committee who will escort
him to the City Park where a large stand
has been erected. Welcoming addresses
will be made by Governor MoMillln on
behalf of the Slate and Mayor Williams
for the city. After a brief reception the
President and the gentlemen of hts party
will be escorted to the Peabody Hotel
where a banquet will be tendered them.
Mrs. McKinley and the ladles accom
panying her will be entertained by the
representative women of the city. A re
ception will he held at the Nlnteenth
Century Club, after which a luncheon
will be spread.
NEW YORK CAPITALISTS.,
Texas Royally Entertains the Men of
Millions.
Waco, Texas, April 29.—The New York
capitalists, members of the New York
Chamber of Commerce and Merchants'
Association, touring this State, arrived at
Waco this noon and were fU once taken
In charge by the local reception commit
tee. Citizens of Texas have been gener
ous to the New Yorkers. Banquets, recep
tions, drives and sight-seeing junkets
have followed In such quick succession
that the visitors are almost tired out.
At this city the party found a delight
ful respite from the work and worry of
business Investigation. They were given
a refreshing ride about the outskirts of
the city In trolly cars, then, after a wel- .
coming luncheon, were driven In car
riages to view other localities. Later
they were tendered a reception at the
Waco Business Men's Club. They left for
Cleburne at 6 o’clock, where they stopped
a short time. 4
About 9 o'clock they arrived at Fort
Worth, where they were given an elab
orate banquet. Here the principal speaker
was C. T. Boole, editor of the Dry Goods
Economist of New York City, who in
vivid terms glorified Texas, her people
and resources.
THE DECEA8ED WIFE’8 SISTER.
From the Pittsburg Chronicle-Telegraph
The prospect Is that the rule of the
Cnited Presbyterian church forbidding
marriage with a deceased wife's sister
will be repealed by the approaching gen
eral assembly of the church. Of all the
Presbyteries that have taken action on
the overture only five have voted to re
tain the law as It now stands. The Pres
byteries which still think that a widower
should not be permitted to marry another
woman from the same family are those
of Butler, Mercer, Chartlers, Steubenville
and Boston.
The yearly agitation of this question In
the British Parliament has not yet re
sulted In the legalizing of such marriages
In Great Britain and Ireland. The utmost
concession that the advocates of the
change have been able to obtain a rec
ognition In the British Isles of the legal
ity of such marriages contracted In the
colonies, where they are legal. When
King Edward was Prince of Wales he
gave his support to several attempts to
make valid marriage with a deceased
wife's sister, but even with the royal
countenance these attempts failed.
HARD ON LOUISVILLE.
From the Pittsburg Press. '
It must be excruciating to Loulgvllle,
Ky., to have so much water intruded up
on It.
FINNIGAN TO FLANIGAN.
From Life.
Superlntlndlnt was Flanigan:
Boss of the slctton was Finnlgan.
Whlnlver the kyars got olf the thrack
And douhled things up to ihe divvl* and
back,
Finnlgan writ It to Flanigan '
After the kyars had gone on agin; , .,
That Is, this Finnlgan
Raypoorted to Flanigan.
Now, Flanigan knowed more than Flpnl*
gan; Y Y
He’d more tducatlon. had Flanigan:
And It wore him clane and cbmplately
out -Yi
To know what Finnlgan Writ about
In his writings to Mister Flanigan.
So he writ back to Finnlgan: ’
"Don't do such a thing agin; i
Make 'em short—Flanigan.” 1 ’
When Finnlgan got this from Flgnlgan
He was mad dear through, was Ffnntgah.
And he sold, "I'll gamble a whole month’s
paay
That It'll be mlnny and mlnny a daay v
Before Superlntlndent—that's Flanigan—
Gits a whack at this same thing agin.
From Flnnigan to Flanigan
Raypoorts won't be long agin.
One day on the slctlon of Finnlgan
On the road superlntlnded by Flanigan,
A rail gave way on a bit of curve
And some kyars went off as they tnado
the swerve.
"There's nobody hurted,” said Finnlgan, ;
"But raypoorts must be made to Flani
gan."
And he winked at McGorrlgan,
As married a Finnlgan. /
He was shantyln' then, was Finnlgan,
As mlnny a railroader's been agin,
And the shmoky old lamp was a bumln'
bright
In Flnntgnn'p shanty all that night—
Bllln' down his raypoort was Finnlgan.
And he wrlted this here: "Mister Flant
Off*agi’n, on agin, gone agin—Finnliran?'1 V
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