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The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1906-11-02
NEGRO STATES
ONE SOLUTION
Parson GLADDEN. Thinks Segregation
Of Black People is Coming.
DEALS OUT SOME DOPE
Believes Senator TilIman's Prediction
of Continued Race Trouble Not
ViSiOnarY--Strong Argument.

At Thursdays session of the sixtieth
annual meeting of the American Mis-.
sionary Association in Oberlin, Ohio,
Rev. Washington GLADDEN., D. D.. of
Ohio, discussed 1.-THE American Mis-
sionary Association and the Problems
Of Emancipation" In part he said:
'The problem as it confronts us in
wolves the principles en- which orr
nation is founded 1t is well stated in
the words Of Carl Schurz: There will
be a movement in the direction of
reducing the negroes to a permanent
condition of serfdom-the condition of
the mere plantation hand alongside the
mule; practically without any rights
of recognizing him as a citizen in the
full sense of the term
Such movement as that described
in the first alternative is now in full
progress. In the south the conditions
are rapidly becoming more unfavora-
BILE to the negro. The manifestoes Of
Governor Vardaman. which some time
will be endorsed by the people of the
state, and the recent campaign in
Georgia, in which the candidate who
most unequivocally favored the repres-
sion of the negro was overwhelmingly
elected, show the drift of opinion in
that section
ITO keep 100000 in slavery who
were born and reared in that condi-
ton was one thing; to reduce $1,000
coo to serfdom after they have been
fifty years free is quite another thing
Senator TiIlman's prediction that race
struggles Of a very bitter nature are
likely to be frequent and continuous
in the future is not without probable
ity. can see no other outcome of
strife of this nature but the segrega-
ton Of the races. A portion Of the
southern domain would have to 5e
set apart for the blacks; we should
probably have three or four states Of
which the population would be wholly
composed of negroes, governing them,
selves and represented in congress at
Washington The blacks would suffer
by being thrown on their own re.
sources in their poverty; it would
take them several generations to work
out the problem of civilization. To
the whites the prosperity in which
they are now rejoicing would suffer
a severe, perhaps a deadly blow.
1T is idiotic to talk of deporting the
negroes to some other country; they
are here, and here they must stay,
and their home will be in the south
ern portion of the United States"
The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1906-11-02
STRIKE MATTER
in NEWsHANDlS
The National Civic Federation Ex-
tends Its .Gdod'0fficss.
TO SETTLE THE TROUBLE
Machinists Of Southern May Soon Re-
turn tooWork-- Move for Arbitra-
ton Seems Successful.

Now that the National Civic Fed
Grafton Of Trades has, taken .cogni-
zance of the trouble between the
Southern railway and the Southern
railway machinists, who have been
on strike for two or three. weeks
past, there is an apparent feasibility
Of an early adjustments qfsthe trou-
bles existing, -
In the early days Of the past week,
Seth Low, chairman Of the National
Civic Federation, began study Of
the troubles between the Southern
railway and its employees. From
President O'Connell Of the machinists
on strike and from II. B. Spencer of
the Southern railway, he sought in
formation touching the pending diff
ferences. Neither the roads officials
or the leaders of the machihists were
in the least reticent Both parties
made to Mr. Low clean and clear
showing. = e a@ -
These papers have been under
Chairman. LOW ,,obserNatiop several
days, About noon Monday he advised
representatives in every town in
the territory affected to have. it's del
egate hold himself in readiness Tor a
quick call to Washington for con-
ference
The National. Civic Federation is
Slow to take a. hand in any labor
troubles, but when it does enter a
contest it usually brings about good
results.
The following telegram explaiua it.
self fully: ~
Knoxville, 'rehn>; October 29.-In
response TO photographic tender Of its
good Offices in the hopef Of bringing
about a settlement Of the general
strike. in the local shops Of the South
ern railway, the Knoxville board of
trade has received the following tel
egram from Fl. B. Spencer general
manager of the Southern railway:
~ A. '14e1lsleyy Secretary Board Of
Trade Knoxville: Yogr telegram re-
ceiyed. The company. and its officers
apprecjate fully the interests Of Knox
Vile in the machinists' strike and VIC
are desirops-of settling it promptly
and 'etriHably.
- It has&bcen agreed, at the sugges-
tion 1feth6 Hon. Seth Low, chairman
Of tho National Civic Federation, that
-oaIr- TsPsidsat will meet the president
Of the machlnistsl,a association, and the
local committees Of the machlnists
this week earfy-in an effort to make
such adjuatqept::
''1'' x II. B.. SPENCER"
The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1906-11-02
GREAT QUANTITY OF life pRtstRvfRs
Washed Ashore at Cape Elstteras-- Their
Source is q Mystery.

Washed Ashore at Cope Hstterss-- Their
Source is a Mystery.
A maritime puzzle that may be the
result of an ocean tragedy came
ashore near Cape Hatteras Thursday
in the shape Of more than four hun
bred life preservers.
Between Hatteras and Big Kinna.
keet, the beach is strewn with cork
Jackets Some are marked "Caswitz.
Rettunysyurcer, e. r. p, No. 108, BAL"
Others are stamped "Sealanan." Two
bear the name "Smesllf" Three miles
North Of Big Kinnakeet a part of
white yawl-boat and fragment of
boats gunwale washed ashore.
There are no marks on this wreckage.
because all the life preseryers and
the pieces Of wTeckage came on the
beach in such limited area aud be-
cause of the large number of jackets,
shipping men are of the opinion that
whatever the cause may be it occur
red not far from the coast and that
the wreck, If any, is that Of a passen-
ger ship. Search among marine rec.
ords has failed to reveal any names
that correspond with those on the life
preseryers, and life preservers and
generally marked with the name of
the boat they are On.
The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1906-11-02
PREACHER STABBED BY PROFESSOR.
Mix up in College Over Alleged ''ieaviags"
Of q NEGRO barbecue.

of Negro Barbecue.
Following the exchange of heated
words between Rev. G. C. Miller, pres
ident Of Centenary college, a Method
list institution at Jackson, La, and
w. F. Moncriefi, professor of physics
and principal of the preparatory de-
partment, the Rev. Mr. Miller was
stabbed six times, one wound near the
heart, by Moncrieff, but attending ply
sicians say his wounds are not neces-
sarily fatal
The difficulty arose over the serv-
ing of meat, alleged to be the "leav-
ings" of a negro barbecue, and said
to have been purchased by Moncrieff,
who, in addition to his other duties,
had charge OF the mess The students
presented a protest to President Mil
ler His interview with Professor Mon
Grief on the subject led to a mix
UP between the men, in which the
college president is alleged to have
welded chair with considerable eff
feet.
Moncrieff was arrested and later
released on bond. He is from Rock
Hill, S. c., where he also taught
school. He claims his act was in self
defense.
The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1906-11-02
2 TRUE nIliyDG 4 san fA4NoscO
Regarding 7jap1aes SchooI Children Set
Forth RMReHra Of fdmchtion

srsA San f'ranciscQ,. dispatch says
-Fhe announcement. 81 the comias Of
Secretary Metcalf- e The department
Of commerce. and labor to the yaciIc
coast to inyestigat the alleged ex-
elusion Of JAPANESE from the schools
Of San Francisco, hes not changed
the" telnpar Of the San Francisco
board Of education on The subject.
President: Roosevelt, the educators are
satisfied bas been incorrectly advised
relative. 10 the conditions ani the
action Of the boarda6f education
Japanese children have nyt been
excluded from the schools Of san
Francisco" said School Director OH
yer "Fo" their benefit and tor the
'beneft'ruf the white children We have
thought It wise to provtd3 z separate
school for all children IF Oriental
barentage"
The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1906-11-02
A SURE ENOUGH "sKIN GAME. "
Man Brings Suit Because Too Much Of His
Hide Was Tsken.

Hide Was Token
Alleging that they took more than
the amount of cuticle /bargained for
under a skin grating contract, Will
liam G. Doll at Cincinnati, Thursday,
entered suit for ten thousand dollars,
claimed as damages against j. s. At.
kins, George A. Fackler and John c.
Oliver. the latter two prominent Gin
cinnati physicians and surgeons. The
plaintiff says that he agreed that a
strip of skin one by six inches should
be taken from his leg, but While he
was under the influence OF an anaes
thetic skin was cut from both legs
to the extent Of AZ inches. The case
grows out of an automobile accident,
in which Atkins was injured, and it
was for his benefit that the skin was
taken.
The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1906-11-02
DIVORCE TARIFF
FROM POLITICS
Is Cry Of National Association Of
Carriage Builders.
SENT UP TO ROOSEVELT
Strong Resolutions are Passed at At
lanta Meeting--Protest Against
Action of Railroads.

The most important thing done by
the Carriage Builders National AS
soc1at1on, in session at Atlanta We'd
nesday was the adoption of strong
resolutions advocating an entirely new
mode Of procedure in regard to the
tariff.
The committee framing the resolu-
tons was appointed at the convention
OF last year. The resolutions bear
ing on this subject are as follows:
Whereas, the present tariff SEIZED
ule was arranged for the purpose of
Teviving the industries of the United
States from the prostration under
which they had been suffering for
several years, by affording adequate
protection to those engaged in man
ufacture and production in this coun-
try against unfair competition on the
part of the people engaged in SINH
lar manufacture and production in
foreign countries, and,
Whereas, the operation of the law
containing the schedule has accom-
plished the purpose for which it was
enacted, both in the matter of revis-
Ing said interests by the protection
afforded and in that of raising reve-
nue., and,
Whereas, the said schedule is now
nearly ten years old and by long
operation has become cumbersome on
some industries, inadequate for many
and so excessive for others, as to
lack competitive enterprises under
contemplation, and,
whereas, the popular vote which
warranted the Dingley bill was cast
for the enactment into law and the
maintenance Of the principle of pro-
lection, and not for any particular
schedule; and,
Whereas, the principle of protec-
ton to American industries can be
best maintained by constant adjust
ment to altered trade conditions. and
will be most injured by permitting
protective schedules to remain fixed
after they have by economic changes
become ineffective, sitting or burden
some to industry; therefore, be it
Resolved, by the Carriage Builders
National Association, in business
meeting assembled at Atlanta, Ga,
on this the 22d day of October, A. D.,
1906, that it is the sense of this as
ISOLATION that the present tariff SEIZED
ule of the Dingley bill should be
revised; that it should be revised at
once, and that the revision should
be made by the friends of the pro-
tective principle while they have the
mower to carry through the revision,
and before the subject can be carried
into political strife, into which a pure
ly economic subject should not be
permitted to drift. Be it further
Resolved, That the secretary of
this association be, and is hereby,
directed to have engrossed a copy Of
the resolutions and to certify the cor
rectness Of the said copy and forward
TO his excellency, Theodore Roosevelt,
president of the United States, for
such action as may be deemed best"
The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1906-11-02
FULL REPORT ON GINNING
Issued by Census Bureau, Shows A.
9tO,29O Bales Turned OCT Up to
October Ii.

According to a bulletin issued at
Washington Thursday by the census
bureau, there had been ginned up to
October IS, 4,91O,29O bales of cotton
of the growth of 1906, counting round
bales as half bales. For the same pc
riod last year 4,99O566 bales were
ginned.
The number of active ginneries and
the amount of cotton ginned by states
is as follows:
The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1906-11-02
A OEARTH OF SIDEWALKS
Considerably Curtails Free Delivery of Mails
in New Orleans.

Considerably CurtaiIs Free Delivery OF Mails
in New Orleans.
The cutting off Of a considerable
area of New Orleans from free mail
delivery on account of lack Of side
walks o. crossings was announced on
Wednesday by the postofIice depart
ment, and the order is effective No
Yember 1. It was announced that free
delivery VII be resumed as fast as
sidewalk fscilities are provided.
Mayor Bhrman said that he will
protest against the curtailment of de-
livery on tie ground that the city
has been ddayed by court decisions
from the extension of sidewalks, and
bat -aFl time this obstacle will
ast wercome.
The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1906-11-02
United States 26,2S7 100000
Break in the Cotton Market.

Break m the Cotton Market.
There was a severe break in the
cotton market at New York with De
cember selling down to 1850 and
January TO 1850, or Al to AZ points
under the closing prices of Wednes-
day night, and &c to 80 points under
the recent high level. The break was
caused by liquidation following the
publication of the census report.
The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1906-11-02
LAWYERS tATHrsO 10 HOLD MONfY.
fees Paid in Fraudulent Suits CennOt Be
Recovered at ! aw

According to an opinion delivered
Monday in the supreme court Of the
United States, attorneys cannot be
Compelled to refund money paid to
Them for The prosecution of claim.
against an insurance company, even
though the claim is afterwards found
to have been fraudulent.
The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1906-11-02

-. GOysrnmefi purr""ar@ IVar
A Washington dispatch says The
director Of the'fniat Monday parchas-
cd one hundred thousand ounces Of
silver at NB9Ff. ter ounce, to be de-
-fiTered at'7tfie New Orleans mint.
The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1906-11-02
COAL PRICES AND The RAILROADS
Subjects of inquiry by Commerce Com
mission sittinq at louisville.

mission Sitting at louisville.
The interstate commerce commits
sion convened in Louisville, KY, on
Thursday to investigate the alleged
ownership by the railroads of Ken
lucky of certain coal and oil lands
and also to inquire into a reported
shortage Of cars to haul the products
Of mines.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1906-03-25

attacked that night and then up came Howard
behind with as many more and we fought that odds
two hours and then retired in good order. and
that's the truth-and If that makes Gen raj Grant
out a.
But Burke leaped upon the wall his face purple.
his tists clacking under the tall man nose. Don
yez say the Wor-rd. he shrIeked. There be
mur-rder done here
The tall man leaped upon the wall in his turn,
His passion showed itself IN ms white face and rgid
features.
belong to vel cried the Sergeant. And yez can't
STAY here on the sod that Uncle sam owns nor can
We continue to eat the bread that belongs alone to
them that fought 10 save the Union. Your Fort
Dixie goes down reb, and YOU goes out-and 1t 5
me Tom Burke. Sergeant of Company h, SINueth
Pennsylvania, John Flynn's brigade, as says as
much to yeZ!
For answer the tall man leaped forward suddenly
and pushed the Sergeant of the wall Burke stag
pered backward as his feet struck the ground. lcU
over the nearby boulder, rolled. and came up IN
a sitting posture breathess and SnOrung with rage
His enemy stood on the wall. rock IN each hand
Bayonet charge OF enemy repulsed- ne erred
Shrilv Artillery gettIn the range He -OSSed
one of the stones and 1t rolled past Burke
The Sergeant scrambled up, ran 10 the stone
and returned 1t against Fort Dixie with vIgor
and such precision that the thin man duCktd be-
hind the wall But up he came promptly and lcaNcd
the Union forces on the right shin The Sergeant
grasped his leg and groaned and then hmped hastily
toward Fort Limerick, Tor the ground where he
stood had been CLEANED carefully of rocks and ms
enemy up on the wall with more ammunition
poised in his gaunt fists.
When Burke turned the garrison of Fort Dixie
lifted up his voice and uttered a succession OF shTl
yelps All about the pasture slope old men
popped upright from their various tasks and stared
1t was the Rebel Yell that they heard after forty
years.
For a long time the Sergeant sat and rubbed his
leg and muttered under his breath, his baleu gaze
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1906-03-25
By
H Q L M A n F. D A Y

SERGEANT THOMAS BURKE claimed his hat
~ on ms grlzzed hair, took his stout cane of real
lrlsh biacAthOrn and started away for Fort
Limerick. This had been his destination every
pleasant summer morning Tor eleven years. eN-
cept when the rheumatism nipped him too painfully
Inc Governor OF the National Soldiers Home. in
tolerant spirit of the tances of idle old men had not
lnTerterel with queer little activity that had been
going on Tor years barren pasture slope in a
remote corner of the reservation l. was a rocky
place where stubby little pines and spruces stood
IN thin sklrmsh-lne among the bOuders
Sergeant Burke was the most entcrprsing and
ambitious and ingenious OF the score of old men
who PLAYED IN the pasture There was. 10 be sure
snip cabin IN miniature with sapIng masts
thanking lt--uaSts rugged with wrappng-cord and
old cl0thes-lIne patiently accumulated by "Tarheel
Dean. as hs Home companions called him. There
were a dozen little cubby-shaCks ranging from a
oTushWood lean-to 70 decidedly artistic creation
o. slab-Woo1 and tarred paper built to represent
the Capitol III Washington. but only large enough
for Slas Johnson, once of the New York Zouaves,
10 crawl into on his hands and knees
But Sergeant Burke had precmpted at least two
rods square, and there he had constructed Fort
Llmerlc 10 excursion party visited that Sol
view Fort Limerick And there's none ike
mine he muttered making his familiar little
boast 10 himself fort that the Governor himself
said could wei be model for some of the Washing
ton chaps 10 follow Eleven years al It, but 1t
ism me that begredEe7 the time, not al al.
For several weeks now veteran whom Sergeant
Burke did not know had been busy farther down
the slope. He had grubbed the rocks from wide
area OF ground and piled them IN heaps. Now
Burke gazei AZ HIM be seemed to be having up a
clO~eSet wall AS the work went on hour after
hour the Sergeant felt his curiosity take on touch
of Jealous apprehension 40 one else among the
old men had presumed Is emulate or copy Sergeant
Burke Fort Limerick reigned unrivaled. But
its Commandment. a. he ~luInted through the SHIN
merry sunshine decided finally that If this other
man was not building fort he at least at work
on something that demanded investigation The
slope IT the wall looked usrlCIouS
Sergeant Burke took q stick that would furnish
him with ten minutes purpOsetul whiting and
trudged slowly down toward the scene of activity.
The strange veteran looked up al his approach and
then went on with his ualustaklng labor on corner
OF the wall He was tall gauut man whose blue
trousers hung over his thin calves AZ ne knelt with
the effect OF cloth drapcd on broOmsticks. He did
not speak
The Sergeant stood and whitfield his ewes on the
work e." When It get, the Taste bit further along
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1906-03-25

Hould on therel
Hould on there!
yelled the Sergeant,
his brogue deepening
in his wrath and
excitement. Don't
vez say 1t, if to say
it we're intendin
Don't yez say it, 1t
viii be forgettin I
VIII that the war IS
forty years over and
done with, and l II
take vez by Your
heels and crack yez
around ike the lash
on a bOw-whip "
The tallman strug-
gled to his feet and
laid his pipe on the
wall l tell web
he shouted that
IT was only Il little
brigade that Hoo.,-
er $ whole division
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1906-03-25


It viii hold pigs or sheep
best, he observed drvlv.
The other man looked UP
at Burke out of long narrow
eyes. His vellowish-white
mustache that DROPPED
about the corners of his
peevish mouth seemed to
bristle with sudden wrath
l don't reckon a coffee
cooler like YOU could tell
the difference between a
fort and a hunk of molasses
gingerbread anyway, he
retOrted
" Say, me boy, 1t isn't TO
me that we're tellin that
me that 5 worked eleven
years on that wonder
cried Burke, waggling his
open knife at " Fort Liner
lex and boring the strau
ger with a stare from under
his knotted gray eyebrows
You re a man that S new
to tins Home. and that
amt well posted anyway,
if We haven't heered of Tom
Burke and the model fort
that the Washington chaps
would do well to initiate
The folks come here t5 see
II and there sheIS
" Well let her stay there
returned the strange vet
eran coolly 1t VIII be
Fort Dixie they'll come
to see after this He set II
fiat rock into the angle 0t
the wall and squnted over
the edge to make sure that
II was plumb
Fort Dixie repeated
the Sergeant clacking the
blade shut and ramming
his knife into his trousers 30
good man And do YOU TIL
Dixie on the sod that TIL
for its old soldiers
! NAV caIl II Fort left
gard ! amt Jest sure Vet.
But it's 4 fOrt-rememh
needn I call II q pig pen
knees and lifted another Ste
Sergeant Burke backed x
eased himself down on it. hi
ewes gogghng
You un IT" he mutter
yez hear the Johnny say il.
rebel names TO me- BY 4
On a United States reser
soldiers of tins nation. or p
well, say, over Chattanooga
The other man squatte
launches and began to ill
stutnng IN the tobacco wit
ramrod | can t swap
YOU. Nank he drawled s
Sergeant and speaking with
made Burke $ grizzled hai-
have to post guards at fod,
the cuck to keep YOU yin S
away from the horses >
biscuit for the hacker
continued 20 squirt at the
mockerv. Chattanooga \
Sergeant Burke still star
II YOU We been at Chat
man YOU un can no do,
two looks and go-by or
between Missionary RIdg
Mountain ends IN MoccasIn
Sergeant Burke laid hls
HIM on the ground and r
through his hair, a scoWl
stirring memory trettlug
been at Chattanooga he $
yellow teeth He leaned
his knees and looked the q
10 feet and from feet to
Chattanooga he repeated
was just such a slim
y 10 say. but the thin m
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1906-10-05
TERRIBLE EXPLOSION in PHILADELPHIA
INRAPIDT TRANSIT COMPANY SUBWAY

the place where the explosion occur
red. The whole outfit was sent high
in the air and fell back into the pit
which had so suddenly opened and
within a minute was converted into
an inferno. Flames leaped higher
than any buildings, the roaring drown
ing the cries Of terror and agony from
the injured and the north side Of Mar,
ket street at Sixth took on the appear
ance of what hades is supposed to be.
Flames of all colors belched forth
and with the vapor came the odor of
burning flesh, which slckened the res
cuers and turned the crowds away. AS
soon as the employees of the United
Gas Improvement Company could do
so, the supply Of gas was turned on and
the flames subsidized.
Pandemonlum continued and hys-
terical shrieks were heard on all sides
from women and men alike. The ex'
plosIon occurred at slx.forty o'clock
Just how 1t happened is not yet
known.