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VOL. I
Southern Men
Much Disgusted.
BY ATTENDANCE OF
MANY NEGROES AT
ROOSEVELTS
RECEPTION.
STIfAXGK INVISIBLE I'VAI
FHI E.
Caused the Passors-by on the
Street to Stop and Won
der in Amazement.
“NOT FIT FOR PUBLICA
TION."
Said Senator Carmack When
Asked for His Opinion of
the Judicial Reception.
The IJnuul black ISosoihs of Negro
Women Encased in Evening Downs
Sickeued mid Disgusted .Many ol the
Duests Wi i o \\ ere (rowdcil Willi
Them in tin* Reception Rooms—
Tlllniaii Falks.
White folks from the South in
Washington who were at the
White House reception last Thurs
day night iu honor of the judiciary
have had a great deal to say one
way and another over the pres
ence of negroes of both sexes.
Two of the blacks were govern
ment officers —.1 udson \ . Lyons,
register of the treasury, a*id John
C. Ganeev, recorder of deeds for
the District of Columbia, who
brought a colored female cousin
with him. One of the women
present, with a complexion as
dark as the inside of a stall at
midnight, made a generous dis
play of neck and shoulders,
around which an evening gown
was daintly built.
The effect of large dark flesh
in the middle of a luxurious gar
den ot pink and white woman
hood was decidedly novel.
Southerners Left the Room.
Several of the Southern guest>
went out of doors.
It is said that the very air of
the executive mansion was warm
and heavy with the incense of
the Roosevelt devotion to humani
ty regardless of race, and that
the “strange invisible perfume"
arrested and puzzled wayfarers
passing on the avenue.
Ethnologically speaking, it
was the most memorable recep
tion of the season.
It was not the first time a
negro was ever at a W bite House
reception, but it is the first oc
casion at which a decided percent
acre of the guests were so con
spicuously black and white as to
attract attention and to create in
vidious sentiment and remark.
Ladies Turn Their Faces.
Several ladies, it must be said,
turned aside and would not not ice
the darkies.
Lyons soon followed and joined
his party in the oast room, where
nearly a thousand guests were
assembled.
The negroes betook themselves
to a conspicuous corner and re
mained to themselves for the re
mainder of the evening.
Among the other guests the
storm was brewing as the negroes
were marching down the line
toward the president.
One Southern congressman,
who had his wife and daughter
With him, observed the blacks
ahead ol him. He left the line
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STARKVILLE. MISS., FRIDAY, JAN UARY 30, 1903
with the ladies, hurried to the
cloak room, and after securing
their wraps, left the place.
Others followed them rapidly
until two score or more had
wit hdra wn.
To those who stayed, llie pres
ence of the negroes seemed to
act as a damper and tiie recep
tion was noticeably Hat and de
void of the usual animation and
pleasurahle excitement.
S11’k en in(; Disu.ust Feet.
The truth is, the sensation’s
caused by Booker T. Washington
lunch, with the President was a
mere ripple by the side of the
seething disgust with which
many people saw others have
since heard of the presence at
the While House of a number ol
negro men and women in even
ing dress.
There the negroes stood among
the white ladies and gentlemen in
the densely crowded rooms, and
those who were there say they
never know it to be so oppres
sively close at a White House
party.
The negroes were among the
tirst after the judiciary to grasp
the president's hand and receive
his cordial greetings. Then
they went to a corner. Here
they were much observed anti
carefully kept at a distance by a
number of guests who hurried
away from the place. There
was an early rapid thinning out
of the crowd, so that I lie negro
guests were enabled to make
their exit without any jostling by
the white.
Falling Off in Attendance.
It is predicted that hereafter
there will be a noticeable falling
otf in the number of those who
attend the Roosevelt receptions.
White House functionaries at
the beginning of the season caus
ed to be published in the local
papers here that great care would
be exercised in looking alter the
personel of those invited to re
ceptions, and this explains why
in envelopes containing invita
tions there would be cards in
scribed “not transferrable." Ac
cordingly, the turnkeys at the
doors were posted as to who were
invited and knew the guests,
white and black, for the genuine
article as they passed within.
Senator Tillman's Opinion.
Senator Tillman, of South
Carolina, said to-day he had to
think hard for words to express
himself, but he ventured the re
marks that the reception sug
gested a pail of milk with a tly
in it. Northern people might
drink it if they pleased, but the
Southern people never would.
“The thing that bothers me
most is that my name was print
ed this morning among the guests
present. The same mistake was
made on the occasion of the
diplomatic reception. I have
not been to the White House. I
never expect to go there while
Roosevelt occupies it. Ido not
blame any Southern man for op
posing the practice of social
equality, that is if he is a white
man."
The name of Senator McLaurm,
of Mississippi, was also included
in the list of those present. He
was at home. He said he never
went to the White House except
on business, and his comment on
the reception he said: “Might
not make proper reading for
polite society. ’’
Blunder of Blunders.
Senator Pelt us said: “It was
the blunder of blunders."
Senator Cockrell said; “I am
extremely sorry. We’ve had
enough trouble already.’’
Senator Carmack said': “My
remarks would not be til for pub
lication."
Many thought at first that the
negroes were from some of the
off-color foreign countries, like
Hayti, until they realized they
were everyday negroes, and
Southern States negroes at that.
The feeling among Soul burners
in Washington is that President
Roosevelt has again aggravated
the ugliness of the race question,
which he might easily have
avoided were lie not genuinely
agreeable to negro equality.
Representative Brazeale, of
Louisiana, said: “I was greatly
surprised. Mr. Roosevelt is do
ing himself a great deal of harm.
He is lowering himself in the
estimation of Southern gentle
men.’’
Cheaper Production
of Turpentine.
New Method of Tapping Pines
Bring a Larger Yield and
Better Grades of
Rosin.
Turpentine operators will be
furnished soon, by the Bureau of
Forestry, with a circular of in
si ructions and with personal help
for the use of the new cup and
gutter system of turpentining,
which has been proved so suc
cessful. The experiments of the
Bureau of Forestry, at OcilhV
Ga., conducted by Dr. Charles |
H. Herty, have shown the great
i
superiority of the cup and gutter
system over the old method of
boxing pines. Trees treated by
the new system have yielded -3
percent more turpentine than
boxed trees. Moreover, only the
highest grades of rosin were pro
duced. The increased yield for
the tirst year alone has been
found sufficient to pay for the
new equipment and to furnish a
profit besides. An advantage lor
the timber owner to consider is
that the cup and gutter system
does a way with thei nj u rious box
and thus lessens greatly the
damage done to the trees.
The superiority of the new
method of turpentining is so evi
dent that many operators who
are acquainted with Dr. Herty’s
experiments are eager to adopt
i . Several potteries for the
manufacture of earthen cups
have been established; in a short
time the new system will prob
ably he in general use through
out the turpentine belt.
To make the benefits of the
new method directly available
the Bureau of Forestry, besides
issuing a circular of instructions,
offers without cost, the assistance
of Dr. Herty, will personally
direct in the Held the installment
of the new system.
The largest gun ever made was
given a successful trial at New
York Saturday. The gun is six
teen inches and it costs about
$36,000 to shoot it. It requires
640 pounds of smokeless powder
to throw a projectile weighing
2,400 pounds a distance of five
miles.
Cuban Treaty
Favors South.
Many Southern Products
Shipped to the Island.
DISCUSSION IN SENATE,
Will Take Up Point of Power
to Make Treaties.
Senator Clay of Georgia Will Vote for
the Ratification of the Treaty. ITo
\ ivied He is Convinced of the Senate's
Cower to Act.
Washington, Jan. 25. —South-
ern interest should be alive just
now to the reciprocity treaty
with Cuba which is pending in
the senate. No measure in re
cent years has materially affect
ed the South as this treaty, for
it offers anew market for South
ern products and will, if ratified
prove of immense advantages to
the Southern States.
The treaty proposes to lower
the duty on nearly every South
ern product going to Cuba and
nearly every Cuban product com
ing into the South. Rice, cotton
goods, na\ al stores and cattle
are especially favored in the
treaty and producers of these
commodities arc watching the
national assembly with keen in
terest to see what will lx* done
with the treaty.
Senator Clay of Georgia is one
of the strong advocates of the
treaty. There is one feature of
the proposed legislation on which
lie is doubtful. He is not entirely
satisfied that the right to make
these commercial treaties rest
with the senate alone. If, in the
discussion which will surely arise
on this point, Senator Clay is
convinced that the senate has
this right he will vote for ratifi
cation of the treaty.
In analyzing the treaty Sena
tor Clay said:
“The treaty provides that all
articles of merchandise that are
the products of the soil or the
industry of the republic of Cuba
shall be imported into the United
States at a reduction of 20 per
cent. In other words, in trading
with us, shall enjoy a reduction
of 20 per cent in customs duties,
a reduction enjoyed by no other
foreign power.
“This treaty also provides that
the citizens of the United States
in selling goods and merchandise
in Cuba, shall receive likewise a
reduction of per cent in cus
toms duties. This gives the
United States an advantage of
20 per cent over England, Ger
many, France, or any other for
eign power, in trading with
Cuba.
“This reduction is general in
its nature and applies to all arti
cles going from our country into
Cuba. The treaty goes still
further and makes a reduction of
25 per cent in customs duties on
machinery, iron, steel, glass,
cotton and manufacturers thereof,
fish, articles of pottery and earth
enware going from this country
into Cuba.
“Schedule B of the treaty pro
vides for a reduction of 36 per
cent on butter, alcoholic bever
ages. cider, mineral water, hemp,
musical instruments, writing
paper, cutlery, hoots, shoes and
slippers, gold and silver plated
ware, etc., going from this coun
try into Cuba.
“Schedule C. which is a favor
able clause of the treaty, pro
vides for a reduction of 40 per
cent on manufacturers of cotton
knitted goods and all manufact
ures of cotton not included in
the proceeding schedules, cheese,
fruits, soaps, umbrellas, dexter-
Ine and glucose, watches, wool
and manufactures thereof, rice
and beef cattle.
“These articles sold by our
people and exported to Cuba,
will receive a reduction of 4o per
(tent. Cuba is likewise to enjoy
the same benefit at our hands for
this is intended to be a reciprocal
treaty.
*Tn my opinion this treaty will
result in great benefit to our
people. We will enjoy in our
trade relations with Cuba reduc
tions of tarriff duties which no
other country enjoys. My col
league, who is a member of the
committee on foreign affairs,
tried to amend the treaty so as
to place lumber, naval stores and
tobacco under the favored clause
of the treaty. I very much favor
these amendments. I would be
glad to see this treaty become a
law' and shall vote for its ratifi
cation, presided I am convinced
that the president and the senate
without the concurrence of the
house, have the right to make a
treaty fixing our commercial re
lations. This power has been
denied by some of our ablest con
stitutional lawyers# notably Mr.
Choate, and Randolph Tucker,
who was for a long time member
and chairman of the judiciary
committee of the house.
“This will he the real point of
contention in the discussion to go
on in the senate when this treaty
shall come up for ratification.
The treaty as it now stands
makes a reduction of 45 per cent
for manufactures of cotton, rice
and beef cattle, and I am anxious
to see lumber, cottonseed oil,
tobacco, and naval stores placed
upon upon the same footing.”
Pointed Paragraphs.
Short-sighted people are natur
ally close observers.
If a man has neither friends
nor enemies he has lived in vain.
When the average man tells a
lie he is in a hurry to prove it.
If you would retain your friends
don't remind them of their faults.
It is a wise woman who can
smile at a compliment and then
forget it.
Amateur photographers are
willing to take anything except
advice.
Leave your worries at home
when you travel. You can get
a fresh supply anywhere.—Chi
cago News.
ma
Properly Placed.
“I w T as in a book store on the
avenue,” said Representative
.lames Rankin Young to a group
of story-tellers in the cloak-room,
“when a young woman came in
and priced some books.
“ ‘Do you make any reduction
toministers?” she asked.
“‘Yes, ma'am,* said the clerk.
‘Are you a ministers wife?”
“Oh I no,’ replied the lady; T
am not married.*
“ ‘A minister’s daughter, then ?”
“ ‘No,’
“The clerk w'as puzzled.
“ ‘May 1 ask your relationship
to the church?’’ he inquired.
“ ‘Oh !* said the young woman,
brightly, ‘I am engaged to a
theological student.’”—Ex.
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