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VALDOSTA, GA, SATURDAY*, DECEMBER 15, 1906.
DEGRADING CRIME
TWO-CENT RATE FOR ALL R0A03
Proposed in Bill of Judge Adamson,
I of Qeorgls.
I ll 0 1II1IIII111 I Jnd * e W. C. Adamson has lntroduc-
N SAI/ANNhH • ■*?. 10 M he ? 0U8e ° b i" P roYldl J >B ‘ h * t Savannah. Dec. IS—Thors Is much Is true that nothing was found In his
II unlrtlllfnil —nw—nhw 1— — *... W «•
I a flat passenger rate of 2 cents per In the superior court of W. H. Pow« cars an^t alsotA.t It has never been
llonrn Ufnmsn Pnnuintari nl Pariini mBe on thelr ,lnes - * former sergeant of the Ocean Shows] -W anything except
flcyiu ilUillull UUIIsllilull 111 idlllul" The bill was Introduced to take the steamship Company police force, and ' a pair*of gloves in his'locker which
; place of the Sherman measure, which other members of the force on a had been etoleni He says these were
j proposed Interchangeable mileage charge of stealing from the company, j given him. Several witnesses were
books on railroads at a 2-cent rate. Tide Is the first time a Jury has been . Introduced during the hearing to tee-
The representatives of the railroads called to pass upon these cases. Three jtlfy to the gopd character of Powell.
There are Other Cases of a 8lmllar'were given a hearing this morning men have plead guilty and have lm-,HI» brother, wbo Is a resident of Co.
9iiture to be Heard and 8siveral An and succeeded In having The consld- plicated those who are to be tried jlumbus Is here to attend the trial.
eratlon of the bill postponed by the this week. Solicitor General Osborne conduct-
rests Have Already Been Made committee until Jan. 8. Judge Adam- The case against former 8ergeant;ed the prosecution In the case of
Daughters of Mrs. Mary E. Hutson son opposed the delay and Introduced w. H. Powell was the first called. It Powell today. Mr. A. P. Adams de-
. . o.u. . _ ... .In the house a new measure calling will require about four hours to try fended him. A verdict Is expected this
are Bride, at a Double Wedding- ^ ^ pM8eDW , r ntt of , centI |t PoweM aMert , hl , | nnoeenee . | t „t e rnoon. '*■
Other 8avannah News. !on all Interstate roads.
Ocean Steamship Policemen are on
Trial for Stealing from Company.
WHAT NEW8PAPER8 ARE FOR.
patlon in an Operation.
Savannah, Dec. 13—The first con* 1
He argues that since the railroads
will now be able to conduct their
vlctlon was secured yesterday after- operatIons
on strict business lines
noon late In the superior court In and will be prevented after Jan. 1,
one of the most degrading and sen* from carrying any deadhead passen-
sational cases Savannah has had in £ ers * ^ey can affor< * to make the pub-
a long time [lie a flat rate 2 cent8 tor passen
ger traffic.
Rosa Kennedy, a colored woman,
t 'as convicted of participating In a
riminal operation upon Miss Alico
The Age of the Automobile.
It Is announced by one of the bn*
Olrasley which resulted In the death [ I ‘ cails the department of agricul
ture that the average automobile
of the latter after a day’s illness - ,
brought on by the operation. Much ast , s tw0 /°. ar8 ' Th '» an ”' mnce ” e " t
Importance attaches to the conviction > sa f tbe Ne „ w , Tork
of this woman because of those who Pro8s ‘ “«“es thousands of men
M. to be tried later In the same con- to kn ° w . Ju8t ha * 80 ™, th ^ w , 1 " baTe
ntctlon Ito quit foo,ln S w >th their benzine bug-
George Tholken. a groceryman. It i. ^ 8 and 8eUle d ° wn to bard w " k t0
said, was Intimate with Miss Olm- pay off mortffaKe on ^ ouso
sleykand it Is alleged he arranged
fajJPje operation. Lizzie Pinner, a
“^nd*of the deceased, went with her
Savannah's Mayor Wants Silver
Service for Battleship Georgia.
Savannah, Dec. 13—Hon. Shelby, srnor will discuss the best plan for
Myrick, recorder of the city of 8a- having them do this. Committees will
vannah, Is In Atlanta today with a probably be appointed In every city
special commission from the Mayor and town In Geoi
of 8av?nnah authorizing him to taka that they go to
up with Governor Terrell the question Ing the cash foi
of the people of the state raising a la believed If thl
sum cf sufficient size to purchase a money can be qul
silver service for the battleship Qeor-| What la dona
la with the request
rk toward secur-
;his movement. It
is dons that the
ly raised.
^ _ it be done In a
Press,^as it enables thousands ofmen'fl*« when «he !• P«t •" commission at'very short time a#It will not be long
Savannah. J before the Qtorglfljls to come south
The mayor thinks that the people to be put Into eotnmlesion. It is ex*
of the state should contribute to this pected to make the event one, of great
fund and Judge Myrick and the gov* moment In Savannah. I
which they placed there to buy the
machine
the house of the woman who per- Dixon an old negro man was to be
the operation and she is un* tried for lunacy. When ho was
Indictment also. Lizzie McCon- brought before the lunacy Jury ho had
colored, was an accomplice of a Queer look. It was seen by the doc*
Kennedy woman and accused her tor present that ho was dying. In
r ig the child. x thirty minutes the old ntyi nipt dead
at ha* been added to the case and the lunacy charge which was
■Ithte conviction of one of the ne* found to be true was useless/
ssor. Dr. W. P. Brunner, city Mre. Clifton Out on Bond.
Igi.officer, assisted Solicitor Gen* iMrs. J. R. Clifton, who recently
shot her husband, a street car con
ductor, because he stayed too long
at an oyster roast, has been released
on bond. She is cler.klng in a
Broughton street store. Clifton is out
of the hospital. Mrs. Clif'on (has
dsborne in preparing the case
IQ& presentation to the Jury and was
prfaent during the trial.
A Double Wedding Last Night
■„^A» unusual social event was the
Jsjble wedding last night of Miss
rv.na R. Hutson to Mr. George T.
Wroten, of Kentucky, and Miss Irene
—
Clerk Accused of Stealing Purse
cfpal contents was an old’ fashioned
gold necklace which had/bcon In Mrs.
Savannah, Dec. 13—W. J. Harris,
Jr, a young man who- hae been employ
ed as a clerk In the dry goode store
of Daniel Hogan, was this morning
turned over to the superior court- by
the recorder to answer the charger of
larceny^ He etole the handball of
Mrs. N. J. Needham when the lady
was In the store shopping. The bag
contained some money, but Its prln-
Needham’s family-for
dred years and
over a hun-
ih aha had down
town to bo oepaljAyHarrls confessed
the thSft, even titfhfi to g« » reward
for returning ths chain. As ho la but
seventeen years of age, he will prob
ably go to ths reformatory If convict
ed.
Fighting Cops Given a Hearing.
Estimate of the Press as Given by
Some Great Men,
A correspondent requests that we
print some of tho striking things great
men, hare said about newspaper—
that Is, sayings that embody the pur
pose and doings of the prose. With
pleasure.
Bryant said: ‘‘The press Is good or
evil according to the character of
those who direct It. It la a mill
that grinds all that Is put In Its hop
per. Fill the hopper with poisoned
grain and It will grind It to moal, but
there Is death In the bread."
James Parton said: "Tho newspaper
pross is the pooplo'g university. Half
the renders In Christendom read little
else."
Jefferson said: ‘‘The basis of our
government being the opinion of the
people, the very first object Bhould he
to keep thai right, and wore It loft
for me to dccltfo whether we should
have a government without newspa
pers or newspapers without a govern
ment. I should not hesitate a momont
to prefer the latter."
Cardinal Gibbons recently said:
‘The dread of exposure In tho public
press keeps many a man sticking close
to tho path of rectitude who other
wise would stray off Into the byways
of graft."
APPOINTED TO APPLY TORCH.
FOUR NEGROES ARE
The Were Charged With Morder of
Their Trial Lasted a Week and Ver
dicts of not Guilty Resulted—Alleg
ed Murder was Gommltted During
Atlanta Riots—An Incident With
out Precedent Occurred During the
Trial.
Atlanta, Dec. 13—Four negroes,
tried for tho murder of County Po
liceman James Heard during the At
lanta riots, were acquitted yesterday
alter a trial lasting a week. Tho ev
Ideuce showed that the negroes who
flrod upon tho police squad from ths
woods at Brownsville were not or-
gunlzed (or a mob, but fetuming from
a secret ordor meeting, and that they
thought tho police squad was a mob
of rioters. The foreman of the Jnry
stated that hp and other Jurymen
were shocked at disclosures of tho
conduct of the county police during
tho rlota.
An Incident without precedont In
Negro Confesses That 8ecret Organi
zation Planned to Burn.
Newberry, S. C., Dec. 13—That;. ... . AV „
the aogroe. In some sections of Now- i th « h »*° ry ,°‘ 11,0 c0 “ rt »"
berry county ero organized for ^ »f thfe Jury on the rfay prerlou.
purpose of "burning out” thelr white to the vordlct and but
neighbor, there can be no doubt. If | the evklunce had b «" ««bmHted. The
the confession of 1-owls Burton, now were permitted to separate
In the county Jail charged with arson. “ a<1 *°“* ‘<* e,r bome ' wl,houl «
can be believed ! In ' t0 " d ol holn « k °l* undcr ,be "»■»-
Burton was arrested on the charge , Thl " wa » ‘» ken l M * bl * b com «" hn “*
of Urine the barn cnA stqbls. of P. t*^personnel of tho Jury, bnt ha.
Nf Boozer,'&n this «ptv. Ratuwtav IpM* C *f“ 1
morning. Soon after nl^apturn 1 *It , * nt ’*
Savannah, Dec. 13—Policeman Co
hen and Policemen 8cully, who had a
not been Indicted. It is said that if tho Afllit on 8cully f a beat early on 8unday
case against her Is over tried that
N.-Hutson to Mr. George T. Pate, of i there may be some unusual and un-
Bljtowell. S. C. The young ladles are
tha daughters of Mrs. Mary E. Hut-
act and tho marriage occurred at her
riddance on Barnard street. Rev.
F-fcndf Alan Brown, of Christ Epis
copal church performed the ceremony
which united the two couples. After
ti e ceremony the quartette left for
Barnwell' where they are to be enter*
tallied by Mr. Pate’s parents Mr. and
Mrp. J. M. Pate. They will then go
north togeth*-. Both couples will
11 • in Savannah, the grooms having
T*<5ent1y moved here.
Died While on Trial.
morning were given a hearing before
the mayor yesterday afternoon. The
mayor fined 8cully $20 and Cohen $10.
8avannah coppers are getting to be
regular scrappers. They fight when
opportunity presents itself and if It
doesn't present itself they make It do
so. The mayor issued orders call
ing for the abolition of the fisticuff
habit among the blue coats.
A White Carpenter’s Crime.
expected domestic disclosures that
will excite a great deal of interest not
only in Savannah, but in several
Bmall towns along the line of tho
Ce "President'’of Medical Society. Atl,nt, ‘ Dec ‘ 13 ~ A ‘ M ‘ 0,bum ’ •| 0,d 0 lr| . who,e b ' aut >' '• mor ' than
Dr. T. P. Waring was elected Pres-- white carpenter, wae found guilty u,u,My • ,rlkln B- H - w *» eentenced
Went of the Chatham County Medical I.., attemDled „, m|na| a .Jl° u " ye,r * ,he penltenll *7‘
society last night at tho annual meet-1 y "!* * y „! . “ “"T er ' mlnal «*-1 Th » teetlmony In the c... we. p.rtle-
Ing of tho society.
la said ho made a full confession In
which he implicated several other ne
groes, two of whom, Ernest Burton
and Levi Ebaugb, havo been lodged
In Jail. In his confession Burton
stated that he had no cause for malice
against Mr. Boozer, but the crime
was committed because ho and sev
eral others had been appointed by
tho organization to do tho work. Ho
alleges that the burning was planned
at a meeting of the organization held
last Wednesday
•suit on little Lena Cox, a seven year ulariy revolting.
President of the Butchers.
John F. May was re-elected presi
dent of the Savannah Retail Butchers
Association last night. He has held
the position for a year. The butchers running out of Atlanta will change Its Icisma of the press on the delays to
There was a remarkable trial at the j are preparing for thelr annual ban- . timetable to make a longer schedule jail trains Is believes to be responsible
Jail on Tuesday afternoon. Dorsey'quet early In January. '.and thus permit traine to adhere more \ for the change.
Roads to Change Time Tables.
Atlanta, Dec. 13—Nearly every road 'closely to announced time. The critl-
Mad Dog 8caree People.
Cpchran, On., Dec. 13—Great ex
citement was caused by tho appear
ance of a mad dog on the st roots of
Cochran Saturday. The dog was
seen to attack and bite several other
dogs on tho principal street, but no
steps were taken to kill it for several
hours, no one being sure that It was
affected with rabies. Ono dog is
the country bitten by this one, is al
ready dead of hydrophobia.
Carnegie seems to Impress Ameri
cans a» a good Scotchman, and Scotch
men as a good American.
Dry Goods Company Falla.
Tho Reid Dry Goods Company, on
Peters street, a large retail firm, went
into tho handB of a receiver yester
day, following a petition In the bank
ruptcy court filed by several creditors.
Tho business continues under the re
ceiver and it is said that a compro
mise will bo affected. No echodule of
assets and liabilities was filed.
Miss Booth to the Convicts.
Maud Balllngtan Booth the noted
Salvation army worker, will sneak
to the convict* of the federal prison
in Atlanta next Sunday. Special prep
arations are boing made for iM1b&
Booth’s talk to the prisoners.
Case Goes to Federal Court.
Thu cases against the Atlaqta-Bir-
mingtnim Insurance Company and the
Prudential Flro Insurance Company,
have been transferred to the federal
courts. Tho cases are consolidated
and John M. Slaton has been appoint
ed receiver.
Russian revolutionist* declare that
tho next douma will be radical.
If that is tho case, It might a* well
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