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VALDOSTA, GA, SATURDAY, SE
22, 1906.
BRYAN GREETED IN
ATLANTA.
Nebraskan in That Gily.
Upon HI* Arrival ha Wa* Taken In
Charge by the Committee. While
Mre. Bryan Waa Placed In Charge
of a Committee of Ladiea—A Dollar
Democratic Dinner at Which Many
8peechea will be Made, Will be the
Cloalng Event. t
Atlanta, Sept. JO—When William
Jennings Bryan arrived In Atlanta
today he was met at the old depot
on Wall street by a special reception
committee and then escorted to the
Piedmont hotel where a suite of
moms had been arranged for the Ne-'
birskan and his wife. Rooms also
were secured for the other members
of the party.
A genuine and hearty welcome
was accorded Mr. Bryan as the Geor
gia railroad train rolled Into the sta
tion from Augusta. There was a
goodly crowd about the depot and the
members of the throng cheered lustily
as the city s distinguished guest,
stepped front his car and was greet-1
eo by the reception committee.
That Mr. Bryan was pleased with
the reception he received was evi
denced by the broad smile which 11-... ...
laminated hi. features. rfe shook A “ C °“ t M U ? T*
hand, with Um reception .committee, d ™P*<i l» ^ «.l«k yesterday be-
and did not .earn In the least fatigued ” a “° ! ° '£?***£
by hi. trip although for the past week E " l0U - ' ,r#,14ent 01 tb ® Atlantl °
ho has b?ot making three or four
-
'Mrs. Erynn waa Immediately
DISTRICT ODD FELLOWS MEET.
Division No. 3 I* Having a Good Ses
sion at 8avannah this Week.
Savannah, Sept. 20—The visiting
and local delegates to the convention
of division No. 3, I. O. O. F., of
Georgia, are this afternoon enjoying
themselves In a social manner after
one night session and one morning
session at hard work.
The convention was called to or
der last night at Odd Fellows hall
by District Deputy Grand Master
Henry M. Ward and there were some
short addresses of welcome. After
that the evening was given over to
the discussion of matters of Interest
to Odd Fellows throughout the dis
trict.
This morning there .was another
business session but this afternoon
has been given up to pleasure. To
night there will be another business
meeting when the convention will
adjourn to meet again next year prob
ably In some city near Savannah.
The members have been much pleas
ed with the present meeting.
NEGRO IN TOWER IS IDENTIFIED.
Atlanta, Sept. 20—So confident
were Miss Ethel Lawrence and her
niece. Miss Mabel, that Robert Bran
ham was the negro who recently at
tempted an assault upon them near
their home on the Johnson road, that
Walter 0. Lawrence, brother of Miss
Ethel Lawrence and father of Miss
Mabel Lawrence, has sworn out a
warrant before a Justice of the peace
charging the negro with assault with
Intent to murder.
Coast Lins In Mourning.
Savannah, Sept. 20—The offices of
Coast Line Railway Company nt Wnt-
Chairman Miller’s
Regard to Cornu
ang m
Election.
Macon, 8ept. 20—Judge A. L. Millar,
chairman of the state democratic ex
ecutive committee Is sending out a
letter tooay to all the county chairmen
of democratlo executive committees
which will probably prevsnt th* mak
ing of a single ticket bearing the
names of both-democratic and social
ist candidates to be voted for In the
coming state elections. 8omehow, as
is slated In this letter, there has arisen
a supposition that the secretary of
state and the ordinaries should make
up the full ticket and have forms made
for use In the election, but according
to this letter the program will be some- j by the eon;
what changed In the coming plans. ‘none Of ths
The sub-committee which met in included In tl
Atlanta and of which Judge Miller Isr and the
wa* chairman,
the form has
executive o'
tes where V
ded .. It\
carries thl
nominees, v.
that It Is i
ticket, accoi
In this i
T C. Creni
ticket
on as s,<
He !
all
i the tttkst and
i the various
the coun-
will b* sd-
hat this only
i democratlo
th* reason
Fthe democratic
planattona mad*,
arrangement
.place on ths
I that he be put
i candidate for rail
road commissioner, although h* runs
ndepsndentlfr of the nomination mad*
Ion. Th* names of
irty candidates are
t which Judge Mil-
mlttse arranged.
Mr. and Mrs. Bryan
Atlanta at 5, This
Atlanta, Ga., Sept. 20.—Mr. and Mrs. William J. Bryan ar
rived from Augusta, at 5 o’clock this morning,-&ud left the train
for their hotel, at 7 o’clock. Although the hours were early
large crowds greeted him in the streets.
The programme for the day includes a.p^blic reception, at
11, luncheon at one, dinner at 8.30 o’clock this evening, at which
Mr. Bryan is expected to make the second speech of the day.
The main address will be at 4.15 o’clock this afternoon.
Cow Nuisance in Thomasville.
or four kins Glen on , They *•» '“?• ana ’ a " ow,,d mom.
’of' thfa''division'of ilie'CoaJl Line fun on th* etreet* day and night—buel- goes l
upon by the ladles’ recep
tion comm it .is t nd taken to her
apartments at the hotel where she got
a brief rest before the public recep
tion began. This reception waB
held at the Piedmont and was attend
ed by a large number of prominent
clt'rens.
Mr. and Mrs. Bryan had a cherry
word for all who camo forward to
shake hands and offer a personal wel
come to the visitors.
After the reception the Bryan party
partook of a luncheon and Mr. Bry
an chatted with prominent democrat!
who called lo see him. He is sched
uled to speak this afternoon, begln-
rlng at 4:ir, In the skating rink at
Ponce DeLeon springs. The audlto-
ilum of the rink will comfortably
seat 15,000 people and It la likely that
the capacity, of the plaee will be test
ed.
The auditorium has been handsome
ly decorated for the occasion. It la
admirably suited for public speaking,
the accouatlcs being exceptionally
good. His speech will probably con
sume an hour and a half or two hours
and he will have time to return to
gave orders for the draping yester
day. Mr. Walter was at the head
of the law department of the Atlan
tic Coast Line. He was known to
many Savannahlans.
. .Thomasvllls, Ga., Sept. 2(L—“Thom-
asvllle Is-a nice town, with on* excep
tion and that ona exception outweighs
all the good points of the town—cows
—nothing but cows.
his hotel for a brief rest before go
ing to the “Dollar Democratic Din
ner” which has been arranged by
the Young Men's Democratic League
of Fulton county and which will be
served In the banquet hall of the
Piedmont.
At this dinner Burton Smith, broth
er ot Hon. Hoke Smith, governor-
elect of Georgia will act as toastmas
ter. Those who will respond to
toasts are Governor Jos. M. Terrell,
Hon. J. Pope Brown, of Hawkins-
ville; Hon. E. A. Roddenberry, of
Thomasvllle; Hon. Seaborn Wright,
of Rome; Hon. John Temple Graves,
of Atlanta; Hon. Henry M. Moln-
tosh, of Albany; Hon. W. A. Coving
ton, ot Moultrie; Hon. Pleasant Sto
vall, of Savannah; Hon. E. K. Over-
streeL of Sylvanla, and Hon. Hooper
Alexander, of Decatur. As a fit
ting climax, Mr. Bryan will respond
to (Le 'last toast of the evening.
ness as wall'as resident, streets—
and after -dusk it is Impesalbla to get
up-town without walking around or
running Into, from one to a dozen of
them.
The lights here are as good as In
any place Its size, but Imagine, In a
town bragging of eight thousand and
claiming to be a city, of walking on
a aide street not lighted particularly
well and running Into a bunch of
STORY OF DEADLY DUEL.
Ocala Man, a Witness Ttlls of Hlcks-
Hlgglnbotham Fight. .
A well-known and responsible citi
zen of Ocala who was an eye witness
of the recent Hlcks-Hlgglnbotham
duel at Brooksvllle, gives the follow
ing facts In regard to the matter:
A white man went to the Brooks
vllle and Hudson train with a package
of goods, which he desired to ship to
some point on the line. At the
train he found the brakeman, a negro
whom he told to put the package In
the baggage car.
The negro said that he would look
after the goods but could not put them
In the car without orders from Mr.
L. W. Hicks, who was conductor
and had given strict orders that noth
ing should go In the car until he had
approved It.
At this the white man got mad,
cursed the negro nnd threatened him
with Injury unless hs should put the
goods In the car. The negro retired
Into the car and shut the door. The
wbl^e man began trying to break th*
door down. The negro took the
conductor's pistol, which waa lying on
a shelf In the baggage car and told
the white man to keep out. He kept
out. -
J. F. Higginbotham heard of the
matter and became very Indignant.
He said that no negro should drew
a pistol on a white man and go un
punished while he was in town; and
to be conelatent with this sentiment,
caught the negro and gave him a se
vere beating.
A day or two later Higginbotham
saw Conductor Hicks across the street
He crossed over and asked Hicks It
ha wanted to ■** him, Hioka said no.
Well," Higginbotham said, "I beat
np / that — nigger ot
. stats of affaire, it I. Jr0 “"' dld »’ 1 kn °7 bnt **
wanted to see about It."
Hloks replied that he had no detire
II miuwii IMF
OF THE SEA
of tiie Crew of
the year round.
Hk take the mattar npl.Hlckg.araa a
*' a law prohlb- ,* mBUer . »•» th*n Higginbotham, and
■earns to have been ot a peaceful- dis
position.
Higginbotham would not let th*
Itlng cow* from running the street*,
but when they leave the poor Thom-
Seville citizen* are again Inflicted with
cow. that make the old. walk, their i m0 e,r re8t ' bu wcat » Hl< *» «
stalls at night ' or two later while the latter was get-
If the councilman wsr* mors pro-! 11 " 8 rendjr t0 tako b " ‘ rala oat - “ d
gressivc In making thl. an up-to-date comn ’ enc * d abu,e hlm abo « tb »
town thl. nuisance would co... to no * ro ' «»<! Hick, commenced to get
!mad. Seeing this, a friend of Hlg-
i glnbothom took him away. Hlggln-
... , _ # _ _ jbotham, however, got his pistol and
Wamors Entertain Old Foes.
Chattanooga, Soph 20-11,. n.tabl. fertura of the ‘"i.“
reunion of Wiley’s brigade, of the army of Cumberland, ] The shooting at once commenced
Conveterate Veterans at Georgia monument, who gave a
basket picnic on the old battle Reid.
mortally wounded.
Physicians Beg for Albert Patrick.
Albany, N Y Sept 20—Thirty-(The petition waa presented today to
flv* hundred physicians of New York Governor Higgins and it asked for
•tat* have signed th* petition In be- the appointment of a commission of
half of Albert Patrick, who Is con- disinterested physicians to examine
demned to death for th* murder of the medical question Involved In the
William Marsh Rica six years ago. I case with th* end of scouring Justice.
Martin Is Oil Inspector Again.
Savannah 8ept. 20—Mr. R. M.
Martin has received his commission
as Inspector of Oils from ths Commis
sioner of Agriculture. Mr. Marlin haa
served In that capacity for the past
eight years. His new commission
does not expire until October 1st,
1903. It Is probable that at that
time some Hoke Smith man will be
named. There aro many after the
Job.
Ship waa Dashed by 8torm and Crew
Rescued by On* of the Merchants
tnd Miners Linars Just Before it
Went Down—First Mato Waa Pre
pared for Death When Rescued.
Savannah, Sept. 20—One at the
most thrilling tales of the sea nar
rated In this port in several years
was that told by the captain and crew
of the British brlgatlnc, Ohio, which
was lost off Cape Hatteras on Mon
day.
The crew was brought Into port
yesterday on the steamship Freder
ick of the Merchant and MlnorB line.
The Ohio was left in a linking condi
tion. Capt. Moore of the lrrlg had
to be almost forcibly taken from It,
because be did not wish to lose all
that he had saved during hie life,
which waa represented by the ves
sel.
The first mate was found In the
Cabin ot the brig preparing for
death, as he did not bellevo the ves
sel could stand the storm and wan
not aware that a rescuing party won
near. The men were rescued by
a life line shot over the partly sub
merged vessel from the Frederick
and they were hauled aboard In th*
breeches bony.
There were eight of the officers
and crew and when resfcucd their
provisions had been reduced to a
email bottle of water a loaf ot bread 1
end a coin of tomatoes. They had not
eaten anything for sometime before.
The men appealed to the British con
sul for «ld and wero taken care ot
after they-reached her*.
Justice of Peace Indicted.
Justice of the Peace lease Nathan*
haa been Indicted by the grand Jury
of the superior court once more for
j malpractice. He takes bis Indict-
jment good naturedly and asks a sua-
jpenolon of Judgement by the publlo
until his defonse Is heard. Meantime,
he la a Justice out of a Job aa bin
commission Is void pending hi* trial.
Judgo Nathan haa been indicted
three times by the grand jury of th*
superior court but both time before
he suoceeded In securing acqulttals-
before the petit Juries .of the asm*
court. Mr. F. F. Jones, the chair
man of the grand Jury committee *of
Justice courts seems to always find
somo evidence against these officers
to base an Indictment on.
He hat served In that capacity twice
and before had three Justices Indicted
and two convicted. This time be had
several Justices before the grand Jury
and the friends of one of them have
been ruled by Judge Beabrook for
trying to exercise an undue Influence
over the Jury In his behalf.
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