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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. SEETHE Beautiful Fall Goods 'E«2£s^ C C. Varaedoe &Co’s. C. B. 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