JOE SIMMONS DEAD.
CRIMINAL CARELESSNESS.
Weldon News.
Joe Simmons, colored, who left
Halifax county many years ago
-with Judge J. F, Simmons, died
at Sardia. Miss., Monday, the 6th.
He was one of tbe most worthy
of his race and Judge Simmons in
his paper, Tiie Southern Repor
ter, dated January 10th, devotes
a column to the life and character
cf old Joe. Judge Simmons,
among oiher things, eays of him:
"It is a melancholy satisfaction
to us to know that Joe enjoyed
the full confidence and resp ect,
good will end kind wishes of tbe
white people who knew bino, both
here in Sardis and elsewhere. Dur
ing the war Generals Robert and
Matt W. Ransom, of the Vir
ginia army, and Generals William
H. Jackson and Stephen D. Lee,
and all others who knew him in
the cavalry there, and out here in
the Southwest, always manifested
their confidence and good will in
a most substantial manner and to
a gratifyicg degree, and no one is
more competent than we are to
say he was worthy of all marks
of good will and confidence. He
was one of the (faithful unto
death," and we pray that he has
received and will receive his re
gard in eternal life and all its at
tendant blessings. We cannot
express all we think and thought
of Joe, but we hope he is now en
joying eternal rest.
GOOD BYE JOE.
-Childhood's playmate, manhood's
comrade, good-bye;
For more than threescore years
and ten hare we,
JXours long in bondage, but when
later free,
Each ready been the other to
stand by.
Once, and long, my slave, I never
knew
The day upon me yet to dawn
When you were ever to honor and
me untrue,
And now I grieve, old friend, that
you are gone.
though slave you were, yet m your
bosom, Joe,
There was a pearl, a gem serene
and pure
.As ever prince or potentate could
show
A pearl which will through all
eternity endure.
Tor nearly fourscore years we've
ever been
Near neighbors, friends and living
in aecorJ,
In all our intercourse serene,
Acknowledged as our (rod and
King the Lord.
3ut you are gone; your rest is far
away,
Whilo I must yet a short time
here remain;
And, more thaa I have said, can only
Good-bye, dear Joe, until we meet
again.
J. F. Simmons.
A Railroad Official Knew ot the
Difficulty in Seeing Signals in
the Tunnel.
New York, Jan. 16. Jos. H.
Franklin, manager of the Grand
Central station and track man
ager of the Harlem Railroad
from Mott Haven to Grand
street, went on the witness stand
at the coroner's inquest into the
Park avenue tunnel disaster this
afternooD, and admitted that
though constant complaints of
their inability to see signal lights
on stormy and foggy days had
been made to him by engineers
of all three of tbe railroads run-,
nlng through the tunnel, nothing
had ever been done about the
matter. Mr. Franklin said that,
such complaints had come to him
in one form or another sinca
1892, and when District Attorney
Jerome asked him whj nothing
had ever been done to remedy an
evil which was a menace to hu
man life he replied that he had
no explanation to offer.
Mr. Jerome conducted a severe
examination of Mr. Franklin and
drew from tbe witness a series of
admissions which appeared to
form themselves Into a rather
harsh arraignment of the New
York Central management.
There was a sensation in the
little court room , when Mr.
Franklin calmly announced that
the Harlem train which crashed
into the rear of the New Haven
train and killed seventeen of the
passengers of the latter, was the
first that Engineer Wisker bad
ever taken through the tunnel.
Mr. Franklin was the only one
of all the score of witnesses ex
amined by the corner at this first
day of the inquest who gave any
testimony that was new. He was
also the first and only
called during the day whose ex
' HANNA ON M' KIN LEY.
Ohio Senator's Remlnlieencei of tA
Martyred President.
In tbe current Issue or The National
Magazine Senator Hanna gives detail
ed reminiscences of the late President
McKinley as a man, a friend and as a
leader. Mr. Hanna says in his article:
"A great .deal has been said about his
proverbial-good -nature.. He had that
and in addition to that an unequaled
equipoise in every emergency. In all
my career in business and in pclitics I
f have never known a man so self con
tained. He always acted deliberately,
and his judgments were always weigh
ed carefully, although there were times
when his heart impulses would re
spond quickly without apparently the
slightest delay. - - . .
"In all those thirty years of close re
lations I never saw him la, a passion,
never heard him utter one word of
what I would call resentment tinged
with bitterness toward a living person.
This was again reflected in the story
of the assassination told by Mr. Mil
burn, who said that he could never for
get the picture in the expression of his
countenance, as he glanced toward, the.
assassin. In his eyes read the wrds as
plain as language could express it,
'Why should you do this?
"And then when the assassin was
hurled to the ground, when the fury
and indignation of the people had be
gun to assert itself, he said, with al
most saintly compassion 'Don't let
them hurt him.'
"I know of nothing In all history that
can compare with the splendid climax
and ending of this noble life.' One of
the sweetest consolations that come to
me Is fhe memory that on Tuesday
preceding his death he asked to see a
newspaper, and when he was told "Not
today tie asked, Is Mark here?
'Yes, Mr. ' President,' was the re-'
Bponse, and in that one sweet last re
membrance was a rich reward for the
years of devotion which it had alwaytf j
been my pleasure to give him." - -
Senator Hanna closes the article as
follows: "We were both of Scotch
Irish descent, but opposltes. in disposi
tion. He was of a more direct descent
than I, but it Is thought from our dis
positions that he had the Scotch and I
had the Irish of the combination.'
NEW MILFORD'S FRIGHT.
Giant Skyrocket Caused . Rellgrlovs
Ones to Pray In the Streets.
Several thousand inhabitants of New
Mllford, near Winsted, Conn., on the
Witn63S i Berkshire division of the New York, j
New Haven and Hartrora railroad.
j were startled the other night by an ex-
The man with the crutch never fails to arouse the deepest sympathy and
awaken the tenderest emotions of his more fortunate fellow being. The haggard
countenance, swollen joints and twisted and deformed limbs tell a pathetic story of
suffering such as Rheumatism alone can inflict. Only those who are- painfully
'' arid slowly hobbling through life can fully realize what it means to be crutch-bound.
-They feel mpstleenly their helpless and dependent condition when it dawns upon
, them JHr: tney are no longer workers but unwilling drones in the busy world.
"? -Rheumatism should not be neglected because the pains at first are wander
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muscles and nerves by an impure and too-acid blood, and the strongest constitutions or mus
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ana aisioage mem.
Finally the natural oils are consumed when there
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limbs, the joints become locked and immovable, the mus
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and the patient becomes a physical wreck and crutch
bound cripple. Rubbing with liniments may produce
counter-irritation and afford temporary ease, but they
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Helpless From Rheumatism.
I was terribly afflicted with Kheuxaatisia
for eighteen months, and during my eiok
neas tried, the skill of many good physician,,
all of -whom pronounced ny case hopeless.
I was for a year in such a helpless condi
tion that I was unable to dress or feed my
self. I had filled at different times, fifty
two prescriptions suggested by friends,
none of them grivingr me any relief; I final
ly decided to try S. S. S. and took the first
dose while hobbling: about on crutches.
After taking: two bottles I found so much
relief I was able to relinquish th use of
one crutch, and a faithful continuance
of the medicine relieved me of the other
crutch and shortly afterward enabled me
to ero to my work, at which I have been ever
since. I have had no return of any symp
toms of Rheumatism, although this was
seven years ago. Yours verv truly,
J. O'MALLEY,
2135 N. Senate Ave., Indianapolis, Ind.
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THE SWIFT SPECIFIC CO.. Atlanta. Ga.
animation Mr. Jerome tOOK ex-j plosion somewhere to skyward of the
Cluaively to himself. The dis- S town, says the New York -Times. The
. . . ... . Bound was terrific, they say, and the
trict attorney resented any at-, BWewalks trembled. People rushed
temDt to examine Franklin by out of doors, and some of them declare
anvbodv else i that they thought the day of judgment JOE
Frank Moss, counsel for Wis
II HE OF MURDER.
DICKIXS DIBS
HIS WOUNDS.
FROM
was at hand. They knelt In the streets
and beean to pray.
ker, thought Mr. Jerome had As the terrible sound came there was
not asked as many questions as t a iwight flash about 200 yards from TheNegro WhoWasStruck With
were necessary to show the dim toe greets were choked with peo
culty that engineers encounter in , pie, gaping at the heavens and wonder
seeing signals in the tunnel. He what was tte can9e of DOlse-
. . ' It was finally concluded by many that
asked permission to put a faw ;a meteorite had exploded over the
town. Some of the more-religious citi
zens, however, persisted in believing
that the strange blast was intended as
a warning that the life of the world i
was about to end. That no fragments j
questions himself, but Mr. Je
rome said that if permission were
granted he would withdraw from
the casa. Mr. Moss persisted
and Coroner sSshoier refused to
settle the ma veer t&ea and there.
He will decide it to-morrow. In
cidental to this controversy, the
district attorney announced that
the habii of coroners' juries ex
ceeding their functions as defined
by law, was going to be stopped
if be could halp it.
a Pinch Bar Yesterday
Died Last Night and
Smith Has
Escaped.
! !From Daily Arspis of last Thursday.
Jce Dickies, the mgro who wis
AMERICANIZING ENGLAND.
SUPJEKIOIi COURT.
iiOAItD OF HEALTH.
or trace of a meteorite could be found
was used by them as an arerunient that
they were riglit in their conclusions.
A. L. Conkley, who conducts a music
Btore, solved the mystery late the next
afternoon by saying that he set off a
giant skyrocket, which caused the ex
citement. The rocket had been left
nvop -Fnrim T10 lnct TTnnrh nf Tn1v anil
his family thought nttmg to ceieDraxe
with it a happy Christmas.
struck cn the head yesterday at
TO DRAIN FLORIDA LANDS.
Superior court convened in this
city Monday morting, with Judge
Oliver H. Alltn presiding, ar d
Solicitor A? mi-stead Jones at his
post.
Judge Alley's charge was one cf
unusudl trend and peculiar force
f uloees, emphatic ia its placing of
obligation upon the grand inquest
be was ad3res-i"g, nr?d clraT m its
pre3en?a i n of tho Ja v.
The fl'oviog constitute tbe
Gra id Jury to- t ie tt-rui:
Messrs. J. M. K en, Foreman,
M. E Bwdta, U C. H-aarf, D.
W. Cobb. W. IX Barde i, E E.
Lion, D. F. riowall, Lovet
Mitch li, D. A. Saa3er. C. D.
Taylor, John GaTrs,AIex Grady,
T. G. Loftin, W. A. Martin, W.
P. Lanet Brantly Smitb, J. D.
Howell, J. L. Dickinson.
Modified Order as to the Vaccina
tion of School Children in
Rural Districts.
Tbe Board 01 ttedltb met m
the Register's office this morn
ing, aU the memoers present.
Col. Jos. E. Robinson, chair
man of tha County Board of Ed
ucation, appeared before the
Board and asksd for a modifies
lion of the late order concerning
vacciaalioa of school children.
Said order was suspended in
those townships in which no
cases of small pcx has yet ap-
1 1, was forthvr "rd-red, tha'
all Lrrsons ha:i he vaccinated
)-; t.s-e sections of N&hunta, Brcg
dui and Grambara townships in
wViic'o Mn!i pox now exists r.r
has recently existed. Tbis vacoi
natiou shall be compulsory, and
ay person refusing to be vacci
nated shall b-1 prosecuted under
seeiicn 5 chapter 214, Laws of
1893, which imposes a fine of
$50 or 30 days' imprisonment
with cjsts.
FUR WANTED.
At Joseph Edwards' the highest
market price paid for minks, raccoons,
opposum'e, otter's, musk rat and foxes.
iBring ycur far to me before selling acd
let me make you an offer
JOSEPH EDWARDS.
Gapyillne.
DOES NOT- AFFECT
THE tiBRRT
15, 28 and 60 cents a bottlej
Five cents a dose at Soda Fountains.
u8nii o p woroCMia dob c i
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Ererglades to Be Turned Into Sxijffar
Plantations.
One of the greatest projects Just
started in Florida is the plan to drain
1,000,000 acres in the everglades and
turn them into sugar plantations. The
Florida East Coast Drainage and Sug
ar company has been formed for this
purpose, burveys maoe under govern
ment supervision years ago show the
feasibility of the plan.
Arrangements were perfected recent
ly whereby M. Fichtenberg and Henry
Benedict of Milwaukee will underwrite
the enterprise to the extent of $5,000,-
000. The opening of the section about
Jacksonville by the Florida East Coast
railroad has made the plan more feasi
ble, says the Chicago Inter Ocean. It
is surmised that Henry M. Flagler is
interested in this enterprise and that
he is really behind it with his immense
capital to aid Its development. -
3!slne to Have Sprnce Gum Farms.
Spruce gum production will be made
a regular business by owners of the
forests In Washington county, Me.,
says a dispatch from Banger, Me., to
the New York Erening Journal. Re
cently incisions in the bark of spruce
trees have been made, and it is found
that these Incisions produce gum of
the best quality. The first large ship
ment of gum secured in this manner
was made by H. J. Wells of Wesley,
who sent 175 pounds to Boston, pro
duced from five acres of trees.
Influence ef American Women m
British Social Customs.
But tt is not only In the realm of the
shopkeeper that Americans have be
come popular, says Earl Mayo in the
January Forum. They have been tak
en up with equal or even greater en
thusiasm by the highest ranks of soci
ety. There is no doubt that their popu
larity has been due in great measure
to the influence of those American wo
men who have married into the ranks
of the clever, titled or wealthy, who
form the most important elements of
British high society. The grace, th3
brightness and the adaptability of
these women have made them im
mensely popular, and the British, hav
ing found them faiV types of tlicr
countrywomen and countrymen, have
extended an eauallv cordial welcome
the Southern Cotton Oil Mill, in; to the latter. At every house party
held in England last summer, at every
London dinner and on every yachting
expedition Americans were much in
evidence.
There have been many signs also to
show American influence on English
social customs. For one thing it may
be seen in the decay or one may say
more properly perhaps the relaxation
of the stiff necked chaperon system.
Until quite recently it was unusual to
find in England a formal gathering at
which fashionable young women were
allowed to attend unaccompanied, "by
chaperons. During the last season,
however, there were many such af
fairs organized by fashionable young
people and under the direction of a
single young matron, as is very gener
ally the custom in this country. There
is a very noticeable tendency in Eng
land to allow young people much more
freedom of social intercourse than for
merly. It cannot be said either that
the change is at all unpopular with the
young people themselves or that it
seems likely to have any other effect
than to develop in the English girl the
self reliance that is so prominent a
characteristic of her American cousin
and to make young men and women
understand each other better than un
der the older and more formal system.
Annthpr pffpot of American examnle
They both quarreled and ; i3 to be found in the growing popular-
Until the American "invasion" it was
almost an unheard of thing for a fam-
this city, by Dave Saaith, another
negro, died last eight, and Smith
who left the mill as eoou as h
did the bloody deed, has net bem
seen since by the officers, although
rome citizens report that the ne-
gi o way Been to go to hia home
last" eight. He has probably
U a-tied of the fatal result of the
blow he inflicted on the negro's
head and has by this time depart
ed for parts unknown.
The circumstances under which
the deed was done will fail to
juetity such a rash act. The na
groes were both ht work at the
mill. Dickies, the negro who was
killed, had cbarga of tha baud?,
wno were til colored, in a certtdu
department of the mill. Ycster
day morning about 11 o'clock
Dickins ordered Smith to do a
certain piece of work and he re
fused
DickiDs struck Smith with his
fist. A few minutes afterward
Smith paestd by Dickins and told . to take dinner in a public restau-
! Mint TxVion tViAlr rwn lirmsfi WAS fl Vfl 1 1 fl -
A Voyage Under tne Sea,
The Petit Parisien learns from M.
Goubet, inventor of the submarine boat
which bears his name, that there is
some question of constructing a sub
marine vessel which, deriving its mo
tive power from a cable extendin;
across the strait of Dover, would be
able to take , 200 passengers from
France to England in less than half an
1 hour.
Kan by tUe Signals.
New York, Jan. 17. Joseph!
H. Franklin, manager of the New
York Central Railroad terminal
n this city was te-day recalled asr
a witness in the corocers inquest
to determine the reeponsibirty,
for the recent wreck in the com
pany's tunnel in which seventeen
lives were lost.
Answering District Attorney
Jercaie, Franklin taid thie "raa
nothing lo prevent an engineer
from laakiaga teiriole mistake,'
except the Signals, aad Lht even
old ecgiaeers had run po? tnesex.
signals 4ia broa'l daylight."
Eipotts of enginatra wcra of
fered in evideuce. Oae eagiaeer
stid he had missed tbe distance
sigaaJ, bad run by the groeu pre
cautionary light, HX:d ten. had
goce a whole train Un ill beyond
the danger signal b toxn being;
able to bricg bis tram to a stop.
The toetioiotiy of other engineers
was on similar lice.
him that he would get bim. An
rant when their own house was availa-
; ble for the purpose. And as for enter-
honr afterward while Dickies was! taining friends in such a place, that
down on his knees cleaning off a , oritr tn hft ttfimnted. Now. however.
machine Smith came up from the ' all this is changed, and it is not un-
, . i r;i,.;-a usual for a London host and hostess to
rear and struck Dickms on the caU upon the resources of a fasMona.
forehead, racturing his skull. Tbe ble hotel or restaurant in giving enter
lick wonld have fallen on the back !?n
sign of the trend in this direction is to
be found in the rapid multiplication of
fine hotels that is going on in London
at the present time. These hotels them
selves, by the way, are becoming rap
idly Americanized. American methods
of organization and management,
American dishes and American drinks
are coming more and more into vogue,
and it is easy enough to find half a
dozen hotels in London which are in
all essential respects exactly like those
of New York.
of his head had not Dickins look
ed up juet as the heavy piece of
iron was coming toward him.
Dr. Thos. Hill, tbe County Cor
oner, cnlled a jury together this
morning and held an inquest over
the remains. The jury decided
that Dickins came to his death ia
the manner above described.
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