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THE VALDOSTA TIMES, VALD)
QUICK WORK
SAVED NEGRO
Man Who Assaulted Mrs Brown
Narrowly Escaped Lynching
SIXTEEN' MEN
LIVES LOST.
But City of Galveston was Saved
by GreaJ^ea Wall;■
' Atlanta, Ga., July 2!.—“The first
man "who fireB a ehot 'will die in his
tracka.” * ■* r *
While Sheriff McKinney, of Cobb,
eaid this he was looking along the
barrel of a big pistol and Into' the
faces of determined men composing
a mob bent on a lynching.
And while he said It, Willard
Webb, a negro cowered In the bot
tom of Charles B. Henderson's auto
mobile as the mob clamored for Ws
life, praying' that'. thV automobile
might make a swift trip to Atlanta
and the Tower.
That he reached Atlanta alive yes
terday afternoon Is due alone to the
nerve and determination of' the
. sheriff of Cobb county.' Webb ura*
arrested while loafing around the
town square In Marietta as a auspeot
fitting the description of , Basle
Brown's assailant Ha Was taken
down to yinlng station on the Mart
etta aurburban trolley for Mrs.
Brown to aay whether or not he was
the negro who attacked her Tuesday.
She had already looked into faces
of four suspects and declared they
were not the right .men. •
One glance at Webb was enough.
“That's the man" Abe almost
screamed and, tottering- a moment
she fell to the Boor In a faint
Surrounding the Brown home was
a mob of determined men armed to
the tenjh and as Sheriff. McKinm
and l.iuprlaone*, came from
1-o.ise Jatas-the a >;o»
lanta, tbs excited men iflfcst
him and demanded the negro.
— lng and pushing his way to the
mobile, Sheriff McKinney put
trembling n4gro in the bottom of
car.
Before Mr. Henderson could crank
his car and begin the journey to the
Tower In Atlanta, the men enrreun-
ded the automobile and tried
climb In and get the negro. Some
reached over the sides with plstoto
in their hands and sought to shoot
the cowering prisoner.
Without a moment's hesitation,
the high sheriff of Cobb pulled bis
sun, and, covering the man nearest
the prisoner, declared he wogld kill
the first man firing a shot There
t was a gutter in his eye and hit
^ mouth had a determined set Those
most Intent upon the work of
tag hesitated, looked at' the sheriff
and knew" he meant what he
In the meantime, Mr. Henderson
oraoked hie car,'' threw la his gear
and the car began to move. Mem
bers of tbe mob in front knew they
would bo run down and those in the
rear and on tbe sides of the car, saw
nothing but the tall sheriff
big revolver seemingly
every person. - ^ V't’ jl
Record-breaking ruir-we* made to
Atlanta and Webb lodged safely in
the Tower. He denies he la the
right man wanted and he
the seriousness of his position when
Mrs. Brown identified him by
claiming: •
"0, Lord, it’s air oyer wljh me
now."
Ever since Tuesday large DOOMS
of men have been searching tbe
woods of Cobb county near Vising
station with dogs tanl the, aeareban
were etlll at work when Webb was
arrested in the town square ofMa-
Galveston, Tea., July T2—It
reported today that sixteen men
who were fishing for tarpon from
the- pier at the North Jetty yester
day perished in the storm. Th*
fishermen - took refuge in a house
which was awept away.
The "hurricane resembled the dis
astrous storm of 1900.
The hutricane, swept the - entire
gulf coast with an Intensity, and
vt,ciousness that haa seldom
equaled In a - country where. de
structive storms, are not unusual. It
ttfd its origin on the Atlantic coast
.and swinging westward and south
ward, devastating the entire gulf
coast even as far eonth »» Mana
ger du Hay. That some Uvea were;
loaf and that much property
destroyed Is the* general belief to
day. With wire* down and'railroad
communication destroyed, the' i
act loss is impossible to estimate,
Blow Struck City at llA- M.
The hurricane struck Galveston
about 11 o'clock yesterday morning.
The wind, attaining a velocity of
nearly JO miles an hour, whipped
the treacherous water of . the Mexi
can gutf lnto a fury of destruction.
With the pent up anger often years
jot hate, the waves blindly assaulted
'tbe'grim parapets of
•build.
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Cranford J^amelI
Johnson Agql
Atlanta, Ga, July 22—|
pointed J. G. Cranford ju.
of the city court of Valdosta,
ceed Judge O. M. Smith, when
December next
succeed himself.
SATURDAY, . JI I,V 24, t »o0.
Mr. Johnson is a
A Busy Session
, Senate wai
breastworks;
spray
Dray anAJUtt
:r:9
n feeble burst
ttle water reached
e beleagured qtty
rletta. \-
Mrs. Brown is ohly 18 years old
' and la tbe daughter of Mrs. B. j
Humphrey. Until recenUy tbe fam
ily lived In Atlanta but they moved
to their home In Cobb county on tho
Marietta line
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~ To Wreck a Village.
Berlin Xinr St—The small village
of Schiagbraecker has Men bought
outright by the KruppV, who Intend
to rale# it to the ground. The vil
lage la located near'the great Krupp
gun factories;'and damage haa often
been done by projectiles daring the
.tutting of the big guns. Compensa
tion for this damage bee been • big
item of the-firm's expenditure and it
jwas decided It would be cheaper
In $•' end to put the village out of
existence. •, :
... calm and, safe behind
Outside- the limits of the
Where the walls had not been
ed and where the city bad not
elevated, tbe waters had tbelr.
but they wrecked only deserted
huts and abandoned . territory. In
thin section of the city, which
low and sparely eatUed, the water
lose to a height of seven feet,' but
the warnings of the weather bureau
had been heeded and the Inhabi
tants bad removed tbelr possessions
out of the danger tone.
MORE
GEORGIA COLONELS.
BUI for Fifty Colonels
on Governor's Staff.
Atlanta, July **-—If the bona*
takes tbe same view of a bill intro
duced by Senator McCurry as the
senate did yesterday, the woods will agreement between
be fuller than ever of Georgia col-land tbelr report la’looked
Irowp today ap-
• Johnson solicitor
Cranford will sue-
' term expires iu
solicitor and will
the-p|
Id Today
Atlanta, Gii, July 22.-;-The seflBe this morning re
considered the action of yesterday kiHg the bill for an i
crease in the salaries of Court of ftpeals judges, from
$4,00 J to $5,000, but the'bill go#* next year. "
Hooper Alexander introdutif|l a bill in 'HkM house this
morning to prohibit the sale or manufacture of near-bet r.
This is the first prohibition measure of the ression.
The Georgia‘Medical Asaociatidk will protest Xgai
the bill to Kcente osteopaths. ^'I hey say that they
menace to public health. '
The nousto is still ttdking on the iTaii anti-paw
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MORE TROUBLE
IS EXPECTED
top r
Pressed Steel Car Go, will Try
to Start up Tomorrow
g, July 22—Tho Pressed
Car .Company will endeavor to
■ Hart .their plant tomdrrow.
for tho strike-breakers,
of cot« and provisions la
being mm-into the plant today heav
ily guarded. More guns and am-
llloii have been sent for au.i iv
ory guardfia armed with a Winches
ter rifled 1 ■’ ;■ vfc'. '
Notion to evacuate has been serv
ed o« six hundred strikers living in
houses Jalonglng to the Company,
Hoffstot maintains a de
le and will accept only
nai surrender, and re-
mploy the six hundred
first wont out on the
WANT TO SEE
NEGRO KANG
Crowds will Flock to Witness
Execution at Brandon, Miss.
PRES.
WASJJEATEN
Aldrich Holds Whip Hand-No
GE7T/VG READY FOR
TAKING THE CENSUS
•nut,is
IREI* A.\l) THIRTY
lt8 WILL LOOK AK-
VOltK.
JLIy 22—Tfce dlvls-
States SfiA? Porto
onels. This bill provides that the
number of colonels on tba
or 1 * staff shall be Increased from 20
to 00 end also provide* that ■ th*
governor's private secretary
be military secretary on th* staff
with the rank of major.
Senator Harrell tried to treat th*
bill a* a joke by offering an amend
ment making the number ' of
onels 1,000 and providing that they
he required to parade one* a year
in every county, seat at sneb time
M may be designated. Senator Mc
Curry relented this attempt to poke
fun .at hie measure and nrged the
senate to treat it seriously.
R was passed by a vote of Z0 to
Qualifications for jobs on the
staff are five years' service in tne
regular army; two years' In th* na
tional guard or veterans of the civ
il or Spanlsh-American ware.
WONT ACCEPT RETURN.
Comptroller Wright Turns Down
Valuation of Savannah Light Co.
Atlanta, Ga., July 22—Comptrol
ler General Wright has refused to
accept the returns of tbe Savannah
Light Company for taxes end the
dispute has been referred to arbi-
tratlon. Tbe company puta In its
franchise at only g3,000, while tbe
comptroller general says that It la
worth 1100,000. The Savannah con
cern haa chosen F. G. Bell, presi
dent of the Savannah Morning
New* Company, as iu arbitrator,
and the comptroller baa chosen rail
road commissioner C. Murphy Can
dler,to act for the state, i
Washington, July 22—Since .the
banquet laahpittht. President Taft
realises that^S^ator Aldrich ia
>mamnd of tbs tariff situation,
ly aaaisted by Representatives
erhead and Fordnay, who were
appointed by Spwker Cannon Us
disregard of precedent. He realties
that the Senate holds the whip
hand anti that fret, raw materials
as urged by the President, la abso
lutely out of th* question.
Tba President accepts tbe situa
tion and .will be Mtisflod with what-
oonoeaslons Senator Aldrich
may bs able to secure. It ia believ
ed, however, that free crude petrol!-
um and Iron ora, and a reduction
of the duty on coal, tildes and
rough lumber, will be secured.
Tbe affect of the dinner last night
It Is said, will ha to
the oonfereea,
for
Make no Conocosj
Pa., July 22—Although It
given out yesterday that the
n-.tn had all, returned to
^ the Standard Steel Car
plant, It. appears that at tho last
moment'a considerable portion re
fused to return unless n definite
piomlso was given of an lncreaso In
wages. The company refuses to
make any concessions.
Riot When -Tannery Started
' Kenosha, Wls„ July
arh
Sons Tannery, where
sue,uj,ted to start It
Brandon, .Miss., July 22—Hun
dreds of visitors from tho eurrouhd-
ing country are preparing to come
Into town tomorrow to witness tho
public execution of Will Mack, tho
negro for whose protection from
threatened mob violence Governor-
Noel called out the state troops last
month. Kherlff White has complet
ed all preparations for the execution
The gallons has been set up In an
open space between the court house
hud-the Jail. Tho site was selected
bo as to afford a view of the bung
ing for ns large u crowd ns may aa-
somble. .•
The crime tor which Mack Is, to
pay the death penalty was an as
sault committed u]>ou u white girt*
Miss Mamie Myers, In the viciulty
Of Pclahntchle, Rankin cbtutty. Mat
November, After the crime the ne
gro made his escape to Marshall
county, where, under au assttiuea
name, he hired out to Dr. A.M. Mc-
Auley. Later ho went over to Tato
county on a short visit and was rec
ognized by some of tho county of
ficers. A few days later the afflcera
called upon Dr. McAuley ami in
formed him that they wanted A ne
gro who was working for him, and
naked him to assist them Iu raptur
ing him, slating that, they had shot
Monday.
It la sow believed that there will
l>e a very eloaa vote on the corpo
ration tax.
It Is understood that the conferees
have decided to reetore cotton bag
ging to tba dutiable list This will
be vigorously opposed by th^Bouth-
ernara.
OGLETHORPE8 CELEBRATE
Famous SavannaH Light Infantry
Remembers Battle of Manatta*.
Savannah, July 22—The Ogle
thorpe Light Infantry, one of the
companies from Georgia that • was
1910, haa been completed by Census
Director E. Dana Durand, amT'hla
final recommendations have bean
transmitted to Secretary Nagel, of
th* department of commerce and
labor.^- .
Thera will be 830 supervisors’
districts; tho United States being
•ubdltKqdlnto 329 distriots and th*
other comprising Porto Rico. Th*
number of supervisor* will be 330,
the - malt'fixed by congress,
k* and Hawaff will have their con
•ua taken under tbe supervision of
special agents Alt tba census bureau.
After the apoplntment of supervi
sors by tht president, confirmation
by tbe aenata will bo required. In
due couree, the supervisors will de
signate to tbe census director the
persons selected ns enumerators,
and, with hla consent, will employ
and commission them.
Tbe louthern state*, In which th*
supervisors' district* conform exact
ly to th* congressional distriots and
the number of supervisors allotted
to each, are as follows:
Alabama, 9; Arkansas, 7; Florida
I; Georgia, 11; Kentucky 11; Miss
issippi, 8; North Carolina, 10; South
Carolina, 7; Tennessee, 10; Texas,
II; and Virginia, 10.
PATTEN GOING ABROAD.
Wheat King Says ho la Through
with Corners for Awhile.
Chicago, July 22—James Patten,
the wheat king, announced last
night that he Isthrough with wheat
''
In the first batU* of ManaasSs, eels-1 corners and gram manipulations,
brated the anniversary of that bat- and Is going to Europe for a long
tie yesterday afternoon with s pa- rest,
rade followed by a supper at tbe
HIT BY STREET CAR,
Fs'^ffi? Davia of Attfntp
Badly Hurt “
Atlanta, Ga.,
lng hla way
Broad rtrcof'/S-n hla motor cyole
Wednesday about'boon F. M. Davis,
au employee of tbe Woodward Lum
ber Company, was thrown between
two fast moving trolley ears and
badly •-rulsed. Luckily he received
only e few bad bruise* and
taken to bla residence, 74
street, after his Injuries had
dressed at tbe hosplteL
The motor cycle threw Mr. 'Davis
when it caught In -one of tho atrsat
ear tracks Just as h* want to dodge
an Incoming car. It was only the
prompt work of tbe motorman that
saved the young man's Ilf*.
the
office
clothes
could dreas tbe ’
the negro was - down the physician
signalled the' Officers, who took him
Into custody. / At the time of tbe
arrest and trial Goveraor Noel or
dered troops to th* seen* ss a
measure of precaution. No attempt
was made at lynching, however,
though It was thought boat to re
mora tbe negro to the Vicksburg
NEW SHIP It COMING,
Splendid Vessel Named for Sevan
nah Expected there Soon.
Savannah, Jnn* 21—In • i
time the almost new foreign at
■hip Savannah will pay her
visit to the port for which aba wal
named. The ship la expected this
week. Th* vessel which Is ns
for Savannah la owned by a i
pany that Is christening all Its ships
for Southern ports. Tha Savannah
la tbe naWast of these vessels. It
made one trip recently to Charles
ton. The company owning th« ves
sel also ha* on* named tor Chants-
ton and one named for a Florida
port
armory. There were sotni excellent
speeches made by-the veterans and
active member* of the command.
The graves of former members
tbe Oglethorpes who fought at this
famous bittle wer# decorated with
flowers by ladles.
Fatally Hurt In an Explosion.
Princetown, Mata., July 22—Tba
engineer is dying and the fireman
Is seriously hurt, as the result of a
boiler explosion on a launch attach
ed to the United State* ship Prarit
this mernlng.
Prominent Educator Pend.
Covington, La., July 22—d.~
Deller, formerly a professor oi Ger
man In University, and for a
long time president of Saengerbunp
College, died here today. ,
Big Mining Company Formed.
Atlanta, July 22—a half nUllloa
dollar mining company ha* been or
ganised fn Atlanta for the purpose
of working extensive Iron ore flelde
in Georgia near the Tennes
see line. It is said there are 9U,-
000,009 tons fit excellent ore avsil-
tble. J. O. Haas, of MontgOmsry,
Is president; R. E. Watson, of At
lanta is vice-president and Edwin
It. Haas, of Atlanta Is secretary and
treasurer. The board of directors
Include* many prominent Atlantans
iurer and-former labor leader, has
been condemned by the Socialist
party of Wallace, Idaho, for .dronk-
enneas, and will have to del
self before the national hi
SocUU * I”*** Lus.„ £
’ COTTON IS UNSETTLED.
New York Market Opened • Few
Point* H|gher thle Morning.
New York, July 22—The . cotton
market le unsettled today and 1* n
few points higher.
No Tampering With Liquor.
Guthrie, Okls., July 2L-»An In
junction to prevent tba StaA from
interfering In the transportation of
liquors shipped into the State from
depots, warehouses and express offi
ces to residences cam* op for bear
ing in the District Court at Okla
homa City today. Th* action was
brought up by th* Qklahoma Distrib
uting Company, and la directed
against tho sheriff of Oklahoma
County, Acting Superintendent Eton 0
of tha State Dispensary and several
other* officially Interested in th* en
forcement of tbs liquor taw.
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