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THE ATLANTA GEORG] AN.
WEDNESDAY, SKP'lJCMIIEU 8, 19nb.
8
. S. CIPHER
or
Gummere Hasn’t Key
to Department
Cable.
STENSLAND TOLD
BY ARAB TO PRAY
AT THE PROSPECT
OF DELAY IN TRIAL
Slaver of White Won’t Face
Jury Until No
vember.
Chicago Bank Wrecker Said
To Be Broken in Health.
Cries All Night.
Bj Private Leased Wire.
Tangier, Morocco, Sept. 6.—But for,
an error of the state department at
Washington In sending Instructions to
Minister Gummere In cipher, to which
ne did not have the key, Paul O. Stens-
land would be a prisoner In Kalbw, a
bather superior sort of Jail in the
Moorish citadel. As It Is, he still Is
confined on the top floor of the Bristol
hotel, guarded by a Representative ol
the American legation and six soldiers
oI the sultan.
Today it Is expected Intelligible In
structions will arrive. Then the bank
er must leave his pleasant suite of
rooms and go to a cell.
Prison an Awful Place,
For reasons of humanity he will not
be locked up In the combination pris
on. This Is an awful place, dark and
filthy, with air as foul os the black
hole of Calcutta. How the Moors man
age to live In it Is a mystery. Ono
week's confinement Would kill a white
man.
The process of Incarceration will be
simple. The American minister will
present the request of the government
of Kaldor Belgazl, the Basha ruler of
Tangier. He will experience great
pleasure In being able to oblige and
Into Jail the arrested fugitive goes.
Pinkerton Man is Late.
P. C. Cavaroc, assistant superintend
ent of the Pinkertons, arrived here
from Chicago last night to And himself
a few days late. He reached Gibraltar
Monday and before he was In town
an hour heard that the quarry had
been captured. Cavaroc ,ls acting for
the Depositors' Association of. the Mil-
. yaukee Avenue Bank.
Banker Broken Down.
Stensland has broken down. Re
morse has been hts constant companion
and his only bright moments since his
capture were those when his captors
took lunch with him. All night he
wept contlnuousiy and at times his
paroxysms of tears so alarmed the
guards they were on the point of call
ing a doctor. Btarietand sufifered also
severe physical pain In addition to his
mental agony.
The captain of his guards, a distin
guished looking, white bearded Arab,
shortly after daybreak yesterday found
Stensland, who had tossed for hours
In bed,, had risen and was sitting In a
chair rocking, weeping and moaning.
He had placed a handkerchief over his
eyes Rnd abandoned himself utterly to
an outburst of grief. Suddenly he felt
a hand on his shoulder and uncovered
his eyes. There at his side stood the
old white-robed, turbnned Arab.
Arab Suggests Prayer.
Down on his knees went the ton of
the ancient Moslem faith, with hts right
hand pointed to heaven. Then he
bowed his head courteously and In
pantomlne gravity suggested to hie
prisoner that he And relief above.
' And,'' said Stenaland, In telling the
story, while a wan smile flittered
across his haggerod and worn counte
nance, "it was not a bad Idea.”
Stensland confessed that Russia was
his ultimate goal. He aald thil they
might think Ills Intention Insane, but
that was where he was going. He
knew n was npt a particularly safe
place from his point of view, but
thought he would have a chance. .He
believed there was enough riot and
rebellion there; that a stranger might
be unnoticed, but the real fact Is prob
ably it was the longing of the wan
dering son for an abiding place as near
*» possible to his fatherland.
His life of exile was hell on earth,
according to Stensland. From the mo
ment he left Chicago his every awak
ening thought was pregnant with feat'
"Is every sleeping moment filled
By Private Leased Wire.
Mew York, Sept. 5.—Harry KendalJ
Thaw today waa Indignant when In
formed that hla trial for the murder
of Stanford White would not be
reached until the middle of November.
The knowledge that he would be
compelled to remain In the Tomba un
til the cold weather, at least, made
the prisoner gloomy and Irritable. He
had hoped to be placed on trial early In
October, and, believing firmly that he
would be acquitted, he had counted
upon being free before November.
There are now confined In the Tombs
no less than twenty-four prisoners
awaiting trial on the charge of homi
cide. Four others have been commit
ted to the Tomba on a murder charge,
but in the meantime are awaiting In
dictment.
Named In order with relation to the
date of his Indictment, Thaw Is No.
11 on the list. Ten men are. therefore,
entitled to trial ahead of him, hut there
Is nothing about the cose of any of
these ten which makes a lengthy trial
at all likely.
$ PLANNING
ANOTHER REVOLT
Secret Order Formed To
Combat White People
in India.
By Private Leased Wire.
Calcutta, India, Sept. 6.—It Is said
that a large number of men have joined
a secret order called the Golden Ben
gal.. A paper, signed by many of the
members, says that 50,000 men are
required to die for their country, and
adds “Why any more? Beat the sa
hibs; drive them away."
LAST STATE CONVENTION
IN GEORGIA IS HISTORY
Continued from Rags One.
CITIZENS BOV RIFLES
AND RIOTIS FEARED
Negro Instructor's Acts
Cause. His Banishment
From Neighborhood.
Kpeclnl to The Georgian.
Greenville, S. C., Sept. 5.—As a re
suit of the frfetfon between white cit
izens of Abbeville, S. C„ Thomas H.
Amos, president of a colored Pres
byterlan college, at least a hundred
rifles have be$n bought, It Is said, by
wl)lle citizens here recently. The sit
uation has been growing worse dally,
and a race war has been feared for a
week or more.
Amos Is now In Baltimore, and It Is
said that he Is afraid to come back to
this stats. Last Monday a committee
of citizens waited upon Amos, and
told him to leave town, and this ho
decided to do at once.
It Is charged against him that he has
been trying to Intensify race feeling;
also. It Is said, he fired the minds of
the negroes In others ways, causing
them to deface the Confederate monu
ment there.
WANTS TRUSTEESHIP
"lth torturing visions.
GADSDEN 18 THREATENED
WITH BEEF FAMINE.
8h*dal to The Georgian.
Gadsden, Ala., Sept. 5.—This city has
* meat famine and unless something
l* done to relieve the situation shortly
a great many people will have to go
hungry. The principal packing houses
nave agencies here, but they are un-
fP'J lf) supply the demands made upon
juat at this time.
Gaffney Graded School.
to The Georgian.'
8. c., Sept, 5.—The graded
uHl Gaffney opened yesterday
*th a larger attendance than usual.
lion. J. Randolph Anderson, one of
rhnthatn’ii reprexentn tires In the last
house, the man who mused the Southern
Cotton Association Investigation, regarding
some of Its officers speculating In cotton
futures. Is an aspirant for trustee from
Chatham connty on the first district ImnwI
of trustees of the district agricultural
colleges. He was also the author of the
Oglethorpe monument bill.
Mr. Anderson Is also regarded as a
strong dark horse possibility In the first
district congressional deadlock inHweeu
Hon. Walter Sheppard, of Clmtbam, and
Hon. J. A. Brnnnen, of Itullock.
The convention reconvenes Thursday to
resume the deadlock, unless a compromise
Is effected In the meantime.
TRACTION MAGNATE
•DESPERATELY ILL'
lly Private Lsunl Wire.
New York, Sept. 6.—Friends of P.
A. B. Wldener are concerned over the
news that the traction magnate Is
bound from Newport to his home In
Philadelphia, on hla yacht Josephine,
n very alck man. Mr. Wldener has
been In poor health for some time, but
recently his sickness has taken a de
cided turn for the worse.
ler In nomination for permanent chair
man. As Judge Miller was escorted
to the rostrum he was greeted with
great applause. His speech of accept
ance was brief, but strong. Ho stressed
the pleasure felt on every side at a re
united Democracy. Judge Miller Is,
unfortunately, handicapped by a poor
voice and frequent cries from the rear
of "louder" seemed to distress him.
The order of business for the conven
tion, the appointment of the credential
and platform and resolutions commit
tee followed, n There followed a shower
of resolutions, but It Is a remarkable
fact that only two were reported on
favorably. One, calling for a law to
protect prohibition counties from the
Importation of Intoxicants, was em
braced as a part of the platform as
adopted.
The other, which caused the only
real rumpus In the convention, was to
have the chairman of the convention
call the body together again, If the
people should ratify the amendment
for an appellate court, to nominate the
candidates.
Mr. Gray, chairman of the platform
committee, first stated that this reso
lution was adopted as a part of the
platform, but later corrected the state
ment by saying It was simply reported
to the convention. After a big wrangle
the whole matter was passed over,
leaving the course of events to be
shaped after the ratification of the
court of appeals.
Take a Rest.
At 1:30 o'clock, finding Itself with
out any business on hand, the com
mittees being out, the convention ad
journed for thirty minutes, but It waa
after 3 o'clock before It assembled
again.
Still warm,*, but refreshed by the
rest, the delegates were in their seats
when Chairman Miller rapped for or
der again. The report of the creden
tials committee was ready and read.
The Fulton county double-headed
committee row, of over a year's stand
ing, was settled by declaring the J. 13.
Maddox committee the regular one.
The contest in the Atlantic circuit
for the aollcltorahip, brought by the
Incumbent. Livingston Keenan, who
waa defeated by seven votes by N. J.
Norman, was thrown out, and Norman
declared the nominee. A local wran
gle waa also settled In Gilmer county.
Seab Wright Speaks.
As the platform committee waa still
out, cries for Seab Wright started, and
after hanging back modestly for a few
minutes, he came to the front.
'The next governor of Georgia,”
yelled one enthusiast, apparently for
getful of the fact that Hoke Smith
had not yet been nominated for that
Job. ,
“The- night before Waterloo In my
county," he began, but had to stop for
the applause to subside, "Rube Ar
nold came up to help us cinch It. Near
the close of that meeting some old
fellow In the rear of the hall Jumped
to his feet and said, ‘Looks to me as If
It was all over except the shouting,'
land began that grand old doxology.
'Praise God From Whom All Blessings
Flow.”’ ’
He declared that Hoke Smith would
make good every* promise given.
"Thank God. It Is a white man'a party
In Georgia now and for all time. We
stand together now under the old flag,
Jeffersonian Democracy."
Arnold and Berner.
He wanted to quit then, but the
crowd liked him and Insisted on his
proceeding, but he got around It by
calling for Reuben Arnold.
'-‘t ran talk as long ns there is an
Issue to discuss, but we have settled
It all. I can't do much on dreaa pa
rade," said Mr. Arnold. He got the
gln<l hand In his brief speech, and re
tired happy and smiling.
R. L. Berner tried to hide when calls
came for him. but he had to yield
He disclaimed any connection with "the
Rube Arnold and 8eab Wright gang."
Mr. Berner referred to hla race of 1838
and said he was the worat run over
man In the state.
GREAT OVATION GIVEN
IO HON. HOKE SMITH
Rarely has a scene of such spontaneous and whole-hearted enthusi
asm been witnessed as took place In the Macon auditorium when the
committee came down the center aisle escorting Governor-elect Hoke
Smith at S o'clock Tuesday afternoon.
Though wearied by the long session and limp from the heat, the
great audience electrified, leaped to Its feet, yelling, waving coats, hats,
fans or papers. For a full three minutes that crashing wave of unre
strained tribute to the man thundered about the building.
And ns the man to whom this splendid meed of honor was being paid
stood In the center of the stage, he showed plainly how profoundly moved
he was. Perfectly calm, yet pale with emotion, he looked down on the
seething mass of humanity and his great face lit almost to genialness.
Finally, the tumult died away, and he began speaking, hla voice low,
but penetrntfng with feeling. As he proceeded,, the volume of hla tones
swelled until the deep-chested words searched every nook. It was a mas
terly apeech. Shorn absolutely of rhetoric and catch phrase; It atunned
almost with Its overpowering sincerity. The audience sat breathless,
because they felt the tremendous power of the man and the terrible earn
estness of his every word.
Hoke Smith may make more eloquent speeches, but he will never de
liver one that will Impress more profoundly with Its consecrated sin
cerity.
COUNTY'S TAX RATE
WILL BETHE SAME
AS IT WAS IN 1305
School Tax of One-Fourth
of One Per Cent Not
Counted In.
F.E BOYD SHOT;
T
NOTAN OLD MEMBER ON
EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE
When Miller Names Mem
bers at Large, Body Will
Consist of 58 Men.
The new atate Democratic executive
committee will constat of fifty-eight mem
bers, after the new chairman. Judge A.
Miller, of Macon, announces the eleven
members from the state at Inrge, one rep
resenting each congressional district.
There will be the chairman, Judge A.
. Miller, Vice Chairman Hooper Alexan
der, of DeKslb; Secretary H. H. Csbnnlss,
of Fulton, and four members from each
the eleven congressional districts.
Chairman Miller Is expected to name the
eleven members at large wltbto a few
days.
Seaborn Wright Is certain to represent
the seventh district. Developments sn re-
gnrds the tenth district will be watched
with Interest. The delegates from that dis
trict In Macon Tuesday morning Indorsed
Clem Dunbar Instead of liuykln Wright.
It Is understood thst Hon. Hoke Hmltb
will Insist on Mr. Wright’s being named.
In spite of the action of the delegates lu
Indorsing Mr. Dunbar.
Practically all the districts Indorsed some
one for place on the committee nt large,
but few names were announced. It re
mains to l»e seen, also, bow closely these
recommendations will be followed.
Congressman T. W. Hardwick, who,, ns
temporary chairman, was entitled to the
vice chairmanship, declined the honor, and
r dsced Hooper Alexander In nomination,
t was accepted by acclamation. The uew
executive coifimlttee, four from each con
grcssloual district, la ns follows:
First District—K. K. Overstreet, of
Screven; C. A. Attnwny, of Jeuklns; C,
N. Thompson, of Kmanuel; Henry Green,
of Chat hum.
Second Dlstrlct-C. A. Alford, of Worth:
R. L. Shipp, of Colquitt: C. J. Davis, of
Calhoun; J. D. Stanford, of Randolph.
Third District—D. B. Pounds, of Cr!s|
R. L. Greer, of Macon; II. L. Mnynari
of Sumter; T. A. Colllue. of Schley.
Fourth District—A.‘ A. Carson, or Mus
cogee: Sid Holderness, of Carroll; W. 8.
Howell, of Meriwether; J. A. McGee, of
Fifth District—C. II. Mason, of DeKnlb;
D. W. Wheaton, of Rockdale; A. C. Bla
lock, of Claytou; D. B. Bullard, of Camp
bell.
Sixth Dlstrlct-J. F. Hull, of Henry: D.
W. Holllnshend. of Baldwin; T. L. .Pat
terson, of Hpnldtug; Sam Rutherford, of
Monroe.
Seventh District—Paul Trammell, of
Charles Patterson, of lliirtow
Whitfield; Charles Patterson, of Bartow:
J. Vu Foster, of Cobb; Felix Corput, of
*loyd. '
Righth District—Frank • Shnckolford, of
lark;- Dr.-- At 8. J.. .Stovall, of.■Elbert;
L. .1. McConnell; of Franklin; U. H., Mts-
pstrick, of Morgan. . . *
Ninth District—J. II. Bagwell, of 0*ln-
Ptt; Howard Thompson, of Hall; J. 8.
dams, of Habersham; II. T. Cnrlthers,
of Jackson. . » „ •- *
Tenth District—Rowdre Pbfnfsy, of Rich
mond; James Kendrick, of Taliaferro;
II. nurwell. of Hancock; it. A. Williams,
of Glascock.
Eleventh District—W.- H. Griffin... of
Lowndes; F. q.-Stubbe, of Laurens; War-
reu Lott, of Ware; A- B. Cook, of Ir
win. .
HUDSON GOT 10,000 MORE VOTES
THAN ALL THE OTHER NOMINEES
IN THE RECENT . STATE PRIMARY
SUBMARINE VOLCANO STREWS
BEACH WITH' SCALDED FISH
Private Leased Wire. , , ,
Honolulu, Sept 5.—An earthquake shock of exceptional violence wa*
1 . nt Hilo Monday evening at 6:40 ’clock. Soon after the disturbance
the beach was lined for mllea with dead fish that apparently had been
»i’ald«l to death.
This Is a very unusual phenomenon In connection with earthquake*.
11 Is regarded as showing conclusively that the disturbance waa a
submarine volcanic eruption, and that It occurred within live miles of
No donbt Is entertained by aclenllftc men In Honolulu that the center
> Monday", disturbance waa very cloze to Hilo. The shock was not felt
■< Honolulu,
he placed Hoke Smith
for the' presidency, when the trine was
ripe for the South to name the candi
date.
At thla time the platform committee
came In and Chairman Gray read It
amid profound silence. The platform,
as adopted, Is printed In full elsewhere.
First Fight Opened.
The first struggle was opened when
Dr. Goss, of DsKelb, arose to make a
motion to have the section relative to
primaries embrace congressional, state,
senatorial and county electlona. That
brought on the storm. Boykin Wright
opposed taking away the direct rights
of the counties to say how and when
they would hold primaries for county
officers.
Dr. George Hlllyer favored the Idea
of Dr. Goes. The row eddied and
raged for half and hour, when Mr.
Whitley, of Douglas, brought order out
of chaos by moving to strike from the
platform all reference to congressional,
senatorial and county elections. It car.
rled and stilled the tumult.
Voted No on Platform.
When the question of adopting the
platform was put, Mr. McIntosh, of
Pierce, thundered a "no." It was said
that Mr. McIntosh had a grievance be
cause the committee had choked off hla
resolution to Indorse William Randolph
iiearst for second place on the national
ticket.
The court of appeals matter caused
the biggest rumpus of the meeting. All
sorts of suggestions and Ideas were
advanced. The resolution to have the
convention called together again after
ratification of the amendment met with
hot opposition from Congressman
Hardwick. He seld that a platform
had Just been adopted doing away
with convention nominations, yet the
body waa turning right around and
proposing to stultify Itself by Indorsing
another one.
Finally. Frank Copeland, of Floyd,
checkmated the old business by mak
ing a motion to table all the resolu
tions relative to the court of appeals,
and leaving It alone until the people
had decided whether or not there waa
to be a court of apppeals. It carried
without a dissenting voice. The con
vention Is simply on record as Indors
ing the court of appeals.
Crowd Impstisnt.
The final stage of the day's pro
ceedings were reached about 6 o’clock,
when James L. Anderson arose to
make the nominating speech. The
crowd by now was very tired, and not
of a humor to listen to anybody long,
except Mr. Smith.
Mr. Anderson was given close atten
tion until near the dose of hla re
marks, when cries for Smith, "cut It
out," "that will be about enough," came
One of the, surprises of the recent primary
Is the feet thnt Hon.' Thomns It. Hudson,
commissioner of agriculture, rnn nheotl of
tlie other state house officers who hail no
opposition 10,000 rotes. .
The other stnto officers nt the espltol sre
little nonplussed to uuderstnud how It
baptwued, "Dazed" would more nearly de-
■crllte their condition.
The agricultural commissioner's vute Is
more than 10,000 nimve that of the sttorney-
getterul, secretary of state, state treasurer,
prison commissioner, und the associate Jus.
tiers of the supreme court.
It It slightly less than 10,000 over that of
United Htstos senator und chief Justice of
tlio supreme court.
Heversl explanations have been offered os
to this decided lend the agricultural com
missioner hud over the other offlelnls at the
enidtol.
Home think the army of gtmno unit oil
Inspectors throughout the state wanted to
compliment their chief* 'nm!' dined .’their
friends up for n eiimirtlnientHry rate.
Whatever mny he the enitse. the ngrieul-
ttirnl commissioner has n "cinch" lend of
10.000 votes over hts official, gollesgnes, und
the renaons therefor nre living variously dis
cussed nt the capital.
The vote for stifle house officers without
opposition Is ns follows:
Commissioner of Agriculture—T, G.
Hudson i'U_
Attorney-tlcneriil—John C, Hurt........181.100
At the meeting of the county com
mlssloners Wednesday morning It was
decided to let the tax rate of Fulton
county remain the same as last year-
five mills on the dollar. This Is In
addition to the local tax of one-fourth
of 1 per cent for school purposes, re
cently- provided for by a vote of the
people. This latter tax only applies to
that part of the county outside of At
lanta and the Incorporated suburbs.
It waa thought by the finance com
mlttee, of which Judge Rosser Is
chairman, that the old rate would be
sufficient to defray the expenses of the
county, although more ' money will
have to be spent next year than last.
The Increase In the assessment will
yield a large enough revenue, It Is
thought, toe enable the county to meet
Its obligations.
The taxable values In Fulton county
last year were 381,068,350 and for the
year to come are 3(6,103,750, an In
crease of 34,038,400,
The state tax was recently reduced
from 36-00 to 36.80 on the thousand.
Fulton's state and county tax rate,
therefore, Is 19.80 on the thousand.
NAMEDJY BOARD
Two Dozen Were Chosen
Out of the 200 Ap
plicants.
State TrpmmnT—R. K. Dark....
ITiimii Couinilanlnner—<\ A. Kvnn
Chjpf Juatlrc Htipreii ‘ *
160,624
^ ,‘...159,888
Court—W* II.
Flub J6L6C7
A*nori(itp JilKtlr* Supreme' Conrt-r8. ■* •'
t\ Atkltwon..% i<*,. .16.1,4(0
AMiH'latc Jimtlce Supreme- Court—J?
II. I.illliplllli ...... 155,800
United Sillies Hetmtor—A. lliinm.. 161.757
.Comptroller-General Wrlglit la Itelng ccmji-
plltui'iitini on all aide* ii|mtii carrying every
ono of Hie 145 cuuiitleH over hla competitor,
SUPERINTENDENTS HOLD
THEIR CLOSING SESSION
, The last session nf the Sunday school tin- best known Sunday school superintend
superintendents' rally, whleh has been In '
session nt Trinity church since Mouilny,
was held Wednesday morning.
This rslly. which Is the Drat of the nature
to he belli by the Methodist church In (jeer-
gin, bns been under the auspices of tin
North Georgia conference, and has been a
aucceaa far eaceedlng the Unpeg of thoau
In charge.
Pmfeanor II. M. Han)lll, D. D„ suporlii-
ten,lent of Induing work In the Southern
Methodlat rburch. haa been the lending fig
ure In the meetlnga. ntul there have Iteett
here to nastat him Dr. K. It. t'happeil, of
Nnahvllle, Sunday aeltool editor of the
church: John It. I'epiter. of Mem; '
• “ Opelika, Ala
. tits In tit" Southern ststca.
The following wits the program of the
Wedinutdny morning ueaslnn:
9;oo a, m.—"The Synoptic Ooepele," Dr.
Hitmlll.
9:39 n. nt —"The Snperlnteitilent'a Neces
sary Work:" (it) "outside the School," 51.
31. Davies; (b) "Inside the School," John
l>. Walker.
15:15 a. m.—"Home Needs of the Sunday
School," J. II. Green.
11:46 a. at.—'"t.’o-operafion of Pastor and
Superintendent," Dr, lltiitilll.
12:3'I p. tit.—Adjournment. Free enr ride
from church !u Decatur, to !„■ gtteata of the
orphans' Home at a plcnle dinner and the
dedication of their new ehu|iel.
from all parts of the house. Walter
Grace, of Macon, had a hard proposi
tion when he tried to second the nomi
nation. The crowd had enough of
speeches and wanted the main ahow.
But he struggled through some five
minutes of It. then gave up.
General John Bard, of Augusta, came
to the front and tried to place General
C. A. Evans In nomination for prison
commissioner, but the tumult was so
great he had to give It up, and all the
state house officers were simply de
clared nominees by resolution.
Created Diversion.
A diversion waa created at this lime
by the sudden appearance In the center
of the stage of a ehlrt-sleeved farmer,
who aald he waa there to aecond the
nomination of Hoke Smith on behalf
of the farmer. Hla wrinkled and loll
worn face waa burned a brick-red by
summer euns, hla shirt waa opened
wide at the collar, and hla brogans
squeaked aa he slowly rocked back
wards and forward.
"Twiggs county—I'm a plain farmer
from there—didn’t go for Hoke Smith
on account of a deal, but I've got a
right to aecond hla nomination any
how," he began amldat shouts of
laughter. Then somebody led hint, pro
testing, off the stage. He aald hla name
was J. A. Jest/p.
Hoks Smith came to the platform
and then the convention went tem
porarily insane with enthusiasm. Mr.
Smith's speech Is printed In full else
where. It was soma ten minutes past
6 o’clock before he began. Immediate
ly upon the conclusion of his speech,
8. O. McLendon, of Thomasvllle. was
declared the nominee for railroad com
missioner and the convention adjourned
sine die-
YOUNG MAN KILLED
THROUGH MISTAKE
BY DEPUTY SHERIFF
Special to The Georgian.'
roll!nit, On., Sept. 5.—Jeiwe Branch,
young mini, hhi «bot and killed through
mlatuke yeatenlay, near GlenvlUe, l»y Dep
uty Sheriff E. L\ Eliyore, while trying
to arreat u negro.
Deputy Elmore, together with Brunch
»tml two other young men, went to the’
houte of a negro to make an urr?et on a
warrant aworn out hy Ilraneh. Elmore
plneed the three men around the houae,
and went to ( the door and demanded the
negro to aurretider.
The negro tried to eecnpe through a win*
* ** *tb Elmore nnd Itrnneh ran to
of thfr \ “- w
that end
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ANNUAL ENCAMPMENT
BROUGHT TO CL08E
Special to The Georgia It.
Montgomery, Ala., Sept. 6.—The first
annual encampment of the Independ
ent Order of Odd Fellowe will close
here tonight after having n moat suc
cessful meeting. More than one hun
dred delegates are present and many
of tite meetings have been public.
Nearly all of (he seventy encampments
In the state were represented.
The agitation Incident' to the ap
pointment of the twenty-four addition
al county policemen In compliance with
a resolution adopted at a special meet
ing of the county commissioners ten
days -ago. Is almost over—the success-
ful men have been selected from the
300 applicants and the commissioners
are now being called political schem
ers by those who didn’t get Jobs.
The applicants began to gather In
front of the court houae ae' early as 7
o’clock Wednesday morning and by the
time the commission met at 10 o'clock
more than 100 men were In the office
of that body and In front of the build
Ing.
Several who. had .filed their appllra
t.lpns withdrew thetii after, they had
learned of the. strenuous,, life they
would be subjected to If elected. The
irobabfllty of being called out at all
tours of the night nnd having to spend
a Inrge part of the time In the stations
was too much for them.
The lucky ones, aa selected by the
committee on roads and bridges and
reported by Chairman E. V, Carter, of
that committee, are: J. -M. Carroll,
Adamnvllle district: G. D. Pippin,
Ilapevllle; M. C. Odum, Blackhall; J.
O. Heard and W. K Hubbard, Buck-
head; John Peacock and T. E. Camp,
Bryants: R. F. Jordan nnd H. C.
Buchanan, South Bend: I. C. Edwards
anti T. W. Onfield, Collins; W. H.
Dunn, Buttle Hill; J. T. Davis, Edge-
wood; W, M. Burdette, Oak Grove;
J. C. McCrary; Peachtree: H. J. Buran,
East' Point; S. S. Hathchck, College
Park: J. L. Gordon, W. H. Johnson
and T. H. Whitfield, Cooks, and Asa
Eubanks, C, A. Robinson, P. W. Buntyn
and W, L. Hardy, of Atlnntn.
For some time past the force haa had
no reserve men, but on recommenda
tion of the committee the following
were selected as supernumeraries to
take the places of regular men off duty:
J. W. McMurtrle, J. O. Donegan, D. B.
A. Davis, C. O. Corylll, J. W. Appling,
J. B. Pope, W. C. Chapalere. J. J.
Mitchell, E. T. Andrews, A. P. Powers,
R. H. Crockett. J. W. Bryant, Louis
Connally, W. H. Price and John Har
rington.
Mr. Carter said to the newspaper
men present tnat the residence of an
applicant cut no figure whatever In
Ihe selection of the force. The appli
cations were selected at random by the
committee, and as each name was pro
posed It was voted on. Three votes
elected, but those who got less than
that In the committee were thrown out.
The majority of the applicants got one
or two votes In the committee. The
report of the commute* was adopted
unanimously.
A meeting will be held Thursday
afternoon at 6 o'clock to determine the
location of the three stations to which
the men will report. It Is probable
that the date when the new members
of the force are to report for duty will
also be selected at that time.
DEMOCRATIC LEAGUE
WILL MEET FRIDAY
Was Mistaken For a
’ Deer By W. A.
Cooks.
LOAD OF BUCKSHOT
FIRED INTO BODY
Despite Effort of Physicians
Wounds Will Probably
Prove Fatal.
Special to The Georgian.
McRae, Ga„ Sept. 5.—A hunting par
ty of prominent people of McRae and
vicinity wounded a deer near the Wool
ens Mill, twenty miles south of hero
yesterday afternoon. In their excited
efforts to drive him from ap ond full
of thick brush where he had taken
reuge, F. E. Boyd passed near W. A,
Cooks, who mistook him In the bushes
for the deer, and fired a lomVof seven
teen buckshot Into him, nil taking ef
fect. Dr. Burch was called at ones
and Dr. Born, of McRae, was later
called. Information eays the wounds
will prove fatal. Boyd haa a wife and
several children.
W. A- Cook la a son of Hon. J. F.
Cook.
A host of friends deeply deplore this
sad accident
LA FOLLETTFS
IS BADLY BEATEN
Davidson Wins Republican
Nomination by 30,000
Majority.
By Private Lensed Wire.
Madison, Wle, Sept. 5.—Indications
are that Governor Davidson by 30,000
majority has won the Republican gu
bernatorial nomination from Irvine L.
Lenrobt, of Superior, who was backed
by Senator LaFollctte.
Davidson Is serving out the unexpir
ed term of Governor LnFollette, who
resigned to become United States sen
ator. LnFollette espoused the reuse
of Speaker Lenroot on the ground thst
Lenroot was an able and stronger man
thnn Davidson. LaFolIetto made a
strong campaign for Lenroot, making
many speeches a day. Both Davidson
nnd Lenroot have been ardent LaFol-
lette tnen In the past.
The primaries so far ns the Demo
crats aro concerned, Indicate that Er
nest Merton, of Waukesha, one of the
candidates for governor, a newspaper
man of LaFolIettee, and his reforms,
did not run ns well ns expected.
John A. Aylwartl, -if Madison, his
opponent, had tho safe majority ac
cording to latest returns.
The Young Men's .Democratic
League of Fulton County has been
called to meet In the council chamber
on the top floor of the city hall Friday
evening, September 7, at 7:30 o'clock.
The occasion will be the annual elec
tion of officers, nnd It Is expectsd that
g large per cent of the membership of
the league will be In attendance.
The call has been sent out by Presi
dent C. G. Hannah and Secretary F.
R. Mitchell.
CRIMES AGAINST GIRLS
ARE TO DE AVENGED
I)y Private Lessed Wire.
Rome, N. Y„ Sept. 8.—As a result
of the publicity given to the Investi
gation of tho crimes that were commit
ted against girl pupils In the Central
New York Institution of Deaf Mutes,
It Is declared there will be criminal
prosecutions.
Powerful Influences have been at
work to hnve tho affair dropped with
the dismissal of all the teachers and
employees of the Instltuttlon, but now It
Is announced that all the evidence sub
mitted to District Attornoy Willis, of
Oneida couny, will be laid before th»
grand Jury.
BOYS ELY WITH COAT
When A. H. ratlin, bookkeeper In th9
I’nlon Karin** bank, mate down to work
Wednemlny mornlnjr. lie faaBg hla coat In
the corridor, never thinking for an Bl
atant but that Jt would be perfectly safe.
However, It caught the eye of n couple of
ncjtro boya about sixteen ycara old. and
they grabbed It and made a break down
Kdgewood avenue for Darktown.
Tall Officer Luck gave cluiae, but rti«*
bold bandits eluded him. The mat had
$100 In billa In the pocket*. bcaMe* two
round trip tickets from Atlanta to Chi
cago.
The robbery waa a very bold one. and
the police are making every effort to ap
prehend the culprits.
MAN WITH KNIFE SEEKS BRYAN
AND IS LOCKED IN A CELL
By Private Leased Wire,
Chicago, Sept. B,—Samuel Browning, a gray hair- -! n
lived In Kentucky, ztartled the throng of Bryan visit.,
of the Auditorium annex yesterday when he fiourlshrtl
dashed toward the apartments reserved for the dlstlngii
the upper floor of the hotel, shouting:
“I will knife every one of you.”
For about twenty seconds he had hts right of way cl
caught hy a house detective who disarmed him. Ho wax
charge of disorderly conduct.
The man had been around the hotel all day oml h.td hi
oral times.