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VALDOSTA, GA., SATURDAY; SEPTEMBER 29, 1906.
MORE TALK OF A
DARKJRSE.
Neither Brannen or Sheppard Gan
be Nominated by Convention.
Much Feeling In the Convention and
the People and Delegatee are Be
coming Impatient—A Dark Horae
8eeme to be the Only Solution of
the Deadlock. ^ . r
Savannah, Sept. 27—It now looks
certain that a dark horse will be
chosen by the congressional conven
tion of the First district sitting at
Waynesboro. For weeks, except for
an occasional adjournment the con
vention has struggled to nominate
either Mr. W. W, Sheppard, of Lib
erty county, and Savannah, or Mr.
J. A. Brannen, of Statesboro. Ballots
to the number of 869 had been taken
up to last night each resulting In 8
votes for each of the candidates. All
over the district the Bentlment Is
that the convention should hurry to
a nomination, and the delegates seem
to realize this. That one of the
two candidates who went before the
people cannot he nominated seems to
be realized. The solution therefore,
seems to be a dark horse.
The debate In the convention at
times has taken a heated turn and
• the country has been arrayed against
the city and vice versa until feeling
occupies a prominent place In the
convention. This will play an lm-
L, Nmrtant part In the selection of the
W t tiy-k horse and much of the question
) depends upon whother he bo selected.
: "fima ths city or the country.
Among the dark horses who have
been mentioned before the convention
are the following: Mr. J. A. Over-
street, who has been nominated to
fill the short term left by the death
of the late Congressman Rufus E.
Lester; Mr. E. K. Overstreet, who
has led the Brannen forces In the
convention; Mr. W. H. Davis, of
Burke county; Mr. E. J. Giles, of
Toombs; .-ir. R. Lee Moore of Bul
loch; Mr. S. G. Williams, of Eman
uel and Messrs W. F. Train, P. W.
Meldrlm and W. V/. Gordon, of Chat
ham.
Theater to be Rebuilt.
It has been practically decided to
rebuild the Savannah theater which
was burned seceral days ago with
little change from the old, plan.
When the building burned the walls
were left practically Intact. This
decision has been anything but' ft
popular one, as the theater with a
little remodelling was the same as
built In 1818, It having been the sec
ond oldest theater In the United
States. It was therefore hoped that
the company which owned the build
ing- would decide to take the oppor
tunity of building a modem edifice
upon the old site. On account of the
decision to utilize the walls of the
old building In rebuilding the theater
it is sad that the work of reconstruc-
ton will be completed by December
1st. The plays are now showing at
the small theater at the Casino at
Thunderbolt, three miles from Sa
vannah.
Senatorial Convention.
The senatorial convention of this
district which comprises Chatham,
Bryan and Effingham counties will
meet In Savannah Monday to noml-
lnate a candidate for the state sen
ate. Maj. W. B. StevenS, will re
ceive the nomination, as he was elect
ed as Chatham's choice at the pri
mary on June 12. This Is Chatham
county’s time to have the senator from
this district.
Maj. Stevens was the candidate of
the People's Democratic League which
defeated the Citizens Club. But the
defeat of the Hon. Pleasant A. Sto
vall, Savannah lost the presidency
of the senate, as Mr. Stovall was
generally looked on as the next head
of that body.
DI8A8TER TO BE INVESTIGATED.
List of Dead at Jelllco Will Never
be Known.
Knoxville, Tenn., Sept. 25—A spe
cial from Jelllco last night says that
at the coroner’s Inquest In the Ten-
pespee town today testimony was
heard that about fifteen men were
standing near the car of dynamite
which exploded and all are supposed
to have been killed. None of them
are known. A country woman living
near Jelllco visited the place search
ing tor fits children to whom she
gave permission to go to Jelllco Fri
day and attend'a circus'. It Is .teqr-
ed that they were also killed by. the
explosion sdA that the full list of the
dead will never be known. The body
of an unknown girl, probably two
years old, waB found today In a field
a half mile from the scene of the ex
plosion. It was perfectly nude but
not mangled.
Mayors Blalrd and Stewart of the
two Jelllcos today Issued a general
appeal for aid. The Knoxville board
of trade held a general citizens meet
ing at which subscriptions were tak
en for the explosion sufferers tonight
Many of the poor at Jelllco are des
titute of food and clothing and will
suffer unless the situation Is Immed
iately relieved.
The coroner's Jury In Jelllco, Ky„
finished Its Investigation and render
ed a verdict btat the explosion was
due to the criminal negligence of
either the Louisville and Nashville or
Southern railways or both or their
employes.
Secretary Taft Is expected to put
his foot down on the Cuban Insur
rection. Lord help ltt
ALL LICENSES ARE
AM City Council Closes Saloons
Drastic Measures Taken by the Body
—Restaurants Will no Longer bo
Allowed to 8erve Whiskey or Beer
Wth Meals—$1,000. Appropriated
for Relief Fund.
all loafers and persons likely to
■a ’'Hoarder. They found that
the neyroea have either gone to work
or are remaining close to tiielr homes
and fow'arrests were made.
Cltlsjjha Of Atlanta, who began at
the meeting of yesterday afternoon
the raising of a fund for the benefit
of the families of the men killed dur
ing the rioting have already raised
nearly $1,000. They propose to raise
a total of $1,000.
Otis Ward. a negro whose hooting
Indiscriminately at white men led to
the trpqblq. on Randolph street In
which two‘negroes were killed by
policemen yesterday morning, appear
ed lh ; Recorder's court today and
was turned' over to the Superior
Court under a $1,000 bond for as
sault with Intent to murder.
Atlanta, Sept. 27—As a result of
the recent disturbances In Atlanta,
the City Council yesterday afternoon
passed some of the most drastic
measures which have ever gone
through that body.
In the first place Council passed %
resolution revoking every saloon li
cense in the olty until Oct. 2. This
means that all of the city’s saloons
will remain closed until that date.
Council yesterday revoked the license
of fifty-seven saloons of the lower
sort, and thinking It would perhaps
be unjust to discriminate, decided
to revoke all licenses and require j the si
every saloon in the city to advertise city '
and make new application for license, had
All the new licenses will he passed
on and granted at a meeting to be
held Oct. 2, and at that time all the
dives and low resorts, and all negro
saloons will be weeded out.
Though several citizens appeared
and opposed this action as drastlo,
the ministers and committee of safe
ty demanded It and . Couni
was unsnimggs, jsjaBt
Today Nivas (Si tlmq wrNKe' grant
ing of new licenses to the restaurants
of the' city, and 116 were granted,
but with the dlstlnce proviso, put
upon them for the first time, that
they shall serve no liquors, wines or
beer with meals or otherwise.
$1,000 for the Relief Fund.
The Council appropriated $1,00 to
the relief fund for the families of
those killed In the rioting, and of
fered a reward of $200 for the arrest
of any pereon; who can be proven
to have participated In the rioting
and the killing of tnnlcent negroes.
Gov. Terrell will supplement the re
wards offered by the city, and It is
probable tomorrow there will be out
standing rewards of $400 lor each of
the’guilty rioters.
Atlanta Is rapidly getting back to
normal conditions, after the rlotloua
scenes of the last two or three days,
and It may be said today that peace
and order have been restored In the
community.
A detail of militia this afternoon
went through the negro settlements
for the purpose of clearing them of
IN DRUG STORE
Mlll.dg.vlll. Man Died After Drink-
IlM Glass of Coca Cola.
MIlMl^fllle Ga., Sept. 26—Mr.
of this city fell dead
store of Mr. George Case
[mediately after drinking
coca cola, the result of a
iploxy. He had appar-
In excellent health, and
his sudden death was a
e entire city,
wit owned and operated 1
cotton warehouses In
and was known all over
He originally came to this
lesion, S. C. He has
tore houses than any man
and was public spirited la
A citizens meeting was
last night on .".ccount of
, 'al was conducted at the
Baptist fchurch today, and .all the
bnslaet| ouses In the city closed.
H. Tomlinson Very 8lok.
of Mr* E. H. Tomlin-
r, will regret, to learn
mn sick at a sanitarium
Ink.- Atlanta. . He Is understood to
he suffering from cancer of the liver
and has been 111 for about ten weeks
Mr. Tomlinson was accompanied to
Atlanta by Mr. J. F. Fender, and on
yesterday underwent an operation at
the sanitarium. The operation was
entirely successful, but from the se
rious nature of his complaint the out
come cannot be foretold. His friends
here hope that Mr. Tomlinson’s
health will soon be restored.
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