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THE VALDOSTA TIMES
BRANTLEY IS
NOMINATED
Democrat* of the Eleventh
Congressional District in Con
vention Here.
• (From Wednesday's Dally.) .
Hon. W. G. Brantley was Wed
nesday chosen (or the eighth conse
cutive time b7 the Democrats of
the Eleventh congressional district
as their candidate to represent them
In the national congress.
The convention which formally
nominated Colonel Brantley was
called to order at 11 o'clock by the
chairman of the executive commit
tee of the district, Hon. John C.
McDonald, of Ware. Hon. Stanley
Bennett nominated Col. E. P. S.
Denmark, of Valdosta, as temporary
chairman and Judge Grltlln, of
Dodge county, was named as the
temporary secretary.
* Colonel Denmark accepted the
honor conferred upon him In an ear
nest and .graceful .speech, and men
tioned the fact that he was chair
man of the convention which first
DRIVEN BACK
BY SDLDIERS
Mob Reorganizes and will
Make Determined Effort to
Lynch Negroes.
Huntington, W, Va„ August 30.—
Martial law was declared today and
three companies of militia were or
dered out to protect Thomas Wayne
and Charles Clayburn, two negroes,
from a mob which is determined to
lynch them.
In a clash between the troops and
the mob of 4,000, a' score was ln-l
Jured, some of them seriously, when
the soldiers charged with bayonets,
dispersing the mob.
Wayne Is charging with murder
ing Mrs. John Alliff near Qulnnl-
mont, and Clayburn Is alleged to
have murdered Alliff Saturday.
A great mob is gathering again at
noon and soldiers are preparing to
meet another attack. Reinforcement*
are being asked for.
Twice-a-Week
SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER S, 1810.
JOE HILL HAL!
HOWLED DOW
The Hoke Smith Convention
Turned Deaf Ear lo a Speech
for Joe Brown.
0 DEEPEN THE
WATERWAYS
tic Waterways Asiocia-
n Meets in Providence
R I., Today.
Atlanta, Ga., September
disgraceful scenes that were wltneM
*d at the Macon ConvenUon four]
years ago, when a retiring ehairma:
“us hissed and hooted off the staff!
was Inacted In tho State Conventloi
today by tho Hoke Smith delegates,
When Joe Hill Hall was making I
speech for Governor Brown ho wa
howled down and when B. L. Grlffltl
tried to place Governor Brown li
rlnce, R. I., August 31.—One
-Aost notable gatherings ever
In the United States In
'hosfcterent of waterway dovelop-
met In tilts city today when
HNbird annual convention of the
Deeper Waterways Asao-
dspn waa called,to order. Too at
tendance Includes upwards of 2,-
OQt). delegates and visitors, who
edni from every Atlantic const
■^^H/Among them are governors.
ATLANTA WAS
SURPRISED
Savannah Man Doubts City’s
Population and Offers to
Wager Money on it
ny In public prints th's or that, and
make so many explanations t„ their
constituents. So. far as he wa * com
corned he said he had been more
amused than outraged at one charge
nominated Mr. Brantley for con- that" had been brought against him
gross, fourteen years ago. He refer- j —that of being an aristocrat and
red feelingly to his long friendship j of the silk-stocking variety, too.
with Mr. Brantley, and with
distinguished predecessor, Judge H.
G. Turner.
The roll call of counties showed
that all hut four, of the nineteen
• composing the diitrlct were repre
sented. Those not aendlng dele 1
gates were Appling, Camden., Carl
ton and Montgomery. The delegates
from the latter county had appoint
ed Judge O v M. Smith of Lowndes,
oe their proxy, and ho cast tho vote
of Motitgariery.
Hon. John C. McDonald was again
elected permanent chairman. Judge
The congressman makes no preten
sion to aristocracy and he said he
was proud of the fact that hla father-
was a man who earned his living by
honest tfill. and who had taught him
to place character above everything
else.
Mr. Brantley's vote on the rules
of the house on March 15, 1809,
which hla political snemles have
sought to tw'st Into some sort of
opposition to him tarss referred to
at some length. He said ho feared
no censnre for this or any other vote
of hla except from the uniformed
Griffin, of Dodge, was nominated for He said he voted for « Democratic
permanent aecretary, but declined,
end nominated Mr. H. M. Stanley,
of Laurens, who accepted.
Col. Lee Branch, of Brooks, pre
sented the name of Hon. W. O.
Brantleff to tho convention In a
very happy speech. He was second
ed by Judge O. M. Smith, Mr. V. L.
Stanton, of Ware. Colonel Twitty, of
Glynn, Judge Griffin, of Dodge, and
others. The speeches were all ex
cellent. and the gentlemen delivering
them stressed the point that In ths
person of Mr. Brantley the people of
the Eleventh district were represent
ed by a man of the highest ability
end widest Influence. Hla appoint
ment as a member of the two most
Important committees of the house
of representatives — the Judiciary
and the ways and mean*—indicates
the high position he haa taken in
national legislation.
The burden of the speeches was
that he should be kept In congress
so long aa he would serve.
At the close of the nominating
speech** Mr. Brantley was for the
proposal by a Democrat, and for
what he considered Democratic prin
ciples. Every speaker for a hun
dred year*. Inelnd'ng the laat Demo
crat, Charles F. Crisp, had named
the committee* of the house, and
Mr. Brantley aald that whon he
stood with Crisp and Turner on his
precedent he considered himself on
safe Democratic ground. .
He dlacussed the tariff briefly,
and said that he was opposed to a
duty on everything the aouth ha* to
buy, while the thing* wo have to
sell are admitted free. He referred
to the censnre that had been level
ed against him for 41* vote to place
a 6 per cent tariff on lumber, and
contrasted It with the enormous ar-
Iff manufacturers had secured on
saws, bolts, and all other supplies
which the lumberman had to buy.
He said that even If the price of
lumber was affected by the small
duty, which he did not believe. the
people of Georgia would be aavlng
3200.000 a year on the amall pro
portion pied at home. While they
ed it like a bunch of Texas stec
Many of the scenes of the day weriti
disgraceful In the extreme.
nomination he was hooted off tn-1 senators and representatives In Con-
atage. The Smltnttes were in conirbi |B^KAIgh officers of the United
of the Convention and they controll-T TjErf Nav)r many prominent
(^^■mtatlvea of the commercial
i^^^Btnstrlal world.
l^^Kusoclatlon was flrst organiz
'd (bur years ago at the Jamestown
Atlanta, Ga., September l.-An I ex ?k 8,tlon ' Ita Ia "> P romo "'
unexpected feature of the atat^cbhq
vcntlon here was •> - m'ldnqsa and
the tone of concl' :a ion of Hoke I
Smith's speech of wceiptance of tho
nomination. He did not condemn the
the-construction, as a national en-
terorlse, of a chain of canals con
necting natural and protected wa-
elghths tftrm nominated by acclama- won ]g $2000,000 on the 90 per
4!on a* the Democratic candidate for
congress. A committee*of five, ap
pointed by the chair, then retired
and eoon returned escorting tho
distinguished gentleman for whom
they had Juat voted.
Mr. Brsntlev's Speech of Acceptance
Mr. Brantley accepted the nomi
nation In one of tho best short
speeches his friends have heard
him make. He took occasion at the
first tn thank the member* for tbelr
attendance on the convention, the
duties of which by reason or the
primary election are so purely for
mal. He was very earnest, and It
cent of the cut that was shipped out
of the state. Mr. Brantley said ho
had tried to be conalatent in hla at
titude toward the tariff question.
He said he had worked and expected
to work In the future for a tariff on
cotton, and wanted to see the duties
on manufactured article* reduce*!
before that on raw material was
taken off. The taking off of the duty
on hide*, fnatead of lowering the
cost of shoe# and simply not more
profit Into the prockets of the mann-
factursrs, while the price of shoes
had gone up-
Mr. Brantley referred brieflv to
Drown administration, but u{ged
that all factions get toegther for ths
upbuilding of Georgia.
The convention was organised IS
tho election of Judge Thoinns c.
Lawson, of Eatonton, aa temporary
chairman, after which W. C. Wright,
of Newnan, was cV>sen permanent
chairman. I’n'ii it. q
Dalton, pan y.nilp I'hAluvmvsai
atoeffing committee', with Iteubci
R. Arnold, of Atlanta, as floor man
ager. Calvin M. Hitch, of Atlanta,
and E. L. Martin, of Macon, were
made secretaries.
Judge Lawson, the temporary
chairman, condemned Brown for his
“do-nothing" administration and said
that he had hoped that the people
would have returned him again If he
had not tried to undo Smith's re-,
forms.
A scene of the convention today
which showed that not all of the
Smlthltes are for concllatlon, occur
red when Joe Hill Hall, of Bibb coun
ty, tried to speak In behalf of Gov
ernor Brown. He was howled down
by the Smith delegates and followers.
Tom Hardwick received an ovation
when he came upon the atage.
The convention passed a resolu
tion recommending Smith for Presl
dent ia 1811. • -r
The state platform tracks the Ma
con document The county unit plan
used In the last primary was con
demned and the adoption of the sec
ond primary system was urged. A
■lap waa taken at Brown by condemn
ing ths use of the military In time of
peace. »
The present registration law and
the railroad commission act were en
dorsed. The same plank against lob
bying was passed and It was decided
that the settled policy of the state la
to welcome and aid both don«atle
and foreign capital. Port rt'
interior points were sdv<
New Superintendent at tv, »h.t.
NO MORE GAMBLING THERE,
was patent to every member of the Wf wor jj f 0r rural mall delivery
large audience In the hell that the | rolj(ei nn g K nld that when be went
congressman wa* deeply sensible of to first there was only one
the honor the people of hie district
were conferring on him and of the
high regard they have for hla Integ
rity and ability. He said that while
he had served In congress with men
who had been there more term*
than he had. there was not one who
received his flrat snd all subsequent
nominations unopposed and unani
mously.
Mr. Brantley said that while he
had not wholly escaped criticism for
hi* public acts, the recent campaign
In this district had been free of
strife and misrepresentation aa com
mute In the d'strict; now there are
nearly two hnndred. Two hand
some public hulldlnee had been
erected and appropriations made for
others.
• The sneaker grew eloquent to
ward the close of hla address. He
■aid that he did not know how much
longer the people of the dlsrict
might want him to serve them, or
how much longer he could afford to
do so. but when he retired he ex
pected to hand back to h's constitu
ent* of the Elevenh d'strict the
banner of Democracy as unspotted
pared with some of the other dls- a nd unaolled a# the day they trust-
triets in the state. Never had he j e g p to bis keeping,
seen a campaign In which so many Unstinted applause was given the
candidate had been called on to do- \ speaker.
Nevada Ha* at Taut Pat ths Ban
Upon the Slick Fingered Gentry.
Reno, Nev„ September 1.—By the
going Into effect today of the law
prohibiting public gambling In the
state cf Nevada,' the gambler* have
been driven from their laat trench,
aa Nevada waa the laat state In
which public gambling waa tolerat
ed..
Anticipating the cl< >g of their
season the gambler* fro this part
of the country made the best of their
opportunity and the owners of local
gambling dens did a tremendous
business during tho past few
weeks.
flSHgr .form'ng a contiguous In
ner navigation route from Boston
to Key West. Tho project hns al-
readj&alion practical form In the be-
glnnlds of construction work on a
canalf ncross Capo Cod, which when;
cocAMximI will eliminate the long
openMi’e.i route around the Cape from
Bo:‘_
I Moon
iNNr
Vie gathering to
order'll!' the Providence Opera Hons*
at 10 o’cldck this'morning. An offic
ial greeting to the delegates by May
or Fletcher was followed by address'
es by Congressmen John H. Small,
of North Carolina, William 8.
Greene, of Massachusetts snd Rich
mond P. Hobson, of Alabama, The
latter was heard on the subject of
“Inland Waterways ss an Aid to Na
tional Defence.”
Rear Admiral C. S. Sperry, U. 8.
N„ pres'ded at the afternoon aeaslon
and amoAg the speakers were Mayor
Fltsgerald, of Boston, President
Lloyd B. Chamberlain, of the Massa
chusetts 8lets.Board of Trade,' Com
mander Alfred Brooks Fry, U. S. N.
snd Hon. Hhrtiert Knox Smith Com
missioner of tho Bureau of Corpora
tions.
Former United States Senator Hig
gins of Dslsware, Congressman Jo
seph A. Gonfdrn, of New York, Gov
ernor Fort of New Jersey, Governor
Ansel, of 8outh Carolina, and Wil
lis L. Moore, Chief of the United
8tates Weather Bureau, are among
those scheduled to speak at the sub
sequent eees'ona of the convention,
wh'ch will continue over Thursday
and Friday.
The State of Rhode Island end the
City of Proylnce have prepared an
elaborate programme for the enter
tainment of the vlalor*. Water ear-
Ivals, regattas, olamhskes and visits
to (he United States warship now In
(he ha rtRr will be among the special
features.
WILL OP LATE DR. CALHOUN.
UPRISING OF FILIPINOS.
A Strong Fore Is Sent to Put Dowfc
Rebellions Filipinos.
Manila, 8ept. I.—An uprising broke
out tn the province of Nuevo Vis
cera, where a strong force of reb
are assembled constantly.
Force* have been ordered to pro
ceed with all possible haste against
the Insurgents and a battle is be
lieved to be Imminent
Well-Known Eye Specialist Left an
Estate Worth Near • Million.
Atlanta, August II.—The will of the
late Dr. A. W. Calhoun, tiled with
the Fulton county ordinary yester
day afternoon, shows that the fa
mous eye specialist, who was un-
doubedly the best-known doctor In
all the southern states, died worth
nearly a million dollars.
The estate, which Is valued at
over 3700,000, in round figures,
divided, by the terms of tho will,
among four surviving children and
the widow. Each one of the chil
dren gets 1100,000, with deductions
for sums already advanced, snd the
remainder, amounting to over 3300.-
000, Is left to the widow, with the
exception of $30,000 set .apart for
certain cpseta! 'bequests.
The large fortune which Dr. Cal
houn anasMd la all the more re
markable because throughout hla
entire Ilf* the great physician did
almost as much work for charity as
Atlanta, Ga., Sept. 1.—Some Sa
vannah man has hlg doubts. His
doubts about Atlanta's 154,839 pop
ulation, as given out by the census
bureau, are so serious that he has
written Director Durand a tart let-
tor. Durand declines to give the
namo of this Doubting Thomas, hut
his lfcttcr Is Interesting reading.
Here Is what he said to the head of
tho census department::
“Dear Sir: Referring to the fig
ures given out by your bureau as to
the population of Atlanta, Ga.
(please note that he Is kind enough
to slam us with the ‘Os.'), I stand
roady to wager $16,000 to $6,000
that the abovo city has not 164,000
population, and, furthermore, will
wager $5,000 oven money that she
haa not 125,000, and If I am offered
two to one will bet she has not 110,-
000. I have lived In tho place, 1
am sorry to say (and so Is Atlanta
now) and up to the present time 1
never heard of a booster of that
place who wasn't a liar—even cen
sus takers don’t state facta about
the place. The surprising feature
of their figures Is that they don't
put tbelr flgpres at a million—and
I am a Georgian by birth at that. If
I owned tho state I’d mako somo
other state a present of Atlanta, so
ns to rid tho state from the biggest
liars on earth,"
Director Durand avers that the
figures for Atlanta (Georgia, If you
must) are correct It would also be
extremely difficult now to find a
man In tho corporate limits willing
to (have the figures down a single
number.
Coming down to brass tacks; the
official figures made even Atlantans
sit up and gup with astonishment.
Nobody actually expected so many
folks here, but since the census man
gave 'em every Inhabitant will fight
you ovor a ten-acre lot or have ’em.
ROOSEVELT AT
KANSAS CITY
‘Mighty Warrior” Reaches
the Bluff City and is Being
Entertained.
PARTY WILL VISIT PARIS.
Dr. and Mrs, George Brown Will
Chaperon a Party There.
Atlanta, August 31.—Dr, George
Brown, a well-known specialist and
a member of the legislature from
Fulton county, with Mra. Brown,
will chaporon a a large party of
physicians and surgeons, who will
attend the flrst meeting of the In-
torantlonal Medical Association for
the Prevention of War, which Is to
be held In Paris next year. The
Oeorgla doctors who will attend are
looking forward to the occasion with
great Interest.
The doctors are urging a better
way of spending Uncle Sam's mil
lions than they have been doing for
tho last eight years In making ap
propriations for the army and navy.
claimed that the defenses of
tho country are quite adequate and
that Instead of (pending so much
money on battleships It should be
applied In other directions where It
la more needed. For instance, u
Dr. Brown nys, fifty manual train
ing schools could be built and equip
ped with necessary appliances for
the coat of one battleship, teaching
the rudiments of a trade to 75,000
each year. Forty V. M. C. A. build
ings could be built and equipped
throughout for the cost of a battle
ship, each building accommodating
the young men In a city of 200,000
people.
Kansas City, Mo., Sept. 1.—The
Roosevelt party reached Kansas City
shortly after noon today. On the
arrival of the special train at. the
union station, whore thousands of
cheering people had gathered. Colo
nel Roosevelt waa welcomed by Gov
ernor Hadley, tho mayor of Kansas
City, and a reception committee of'
100 leading cltlsens.
As soon aa the distinguished vis
itors wero seated In carriages the
grand marshal of the day ordered
the third regiment, N. G. M., and
other organisations to march, and
an Imposing parndn began through
the prinolpal streets.
After driving through the down
town thoroughfares, which wero
docorated In his honor. Colonel
Roosevelt wss taken to the Hotel
Baltimore, whero he waa a guest at
luncheon of the Kansas City Com
mercial Club. He made an Informal
address to ths members on elvlo
Improvement topics. Following a
tour of the park* .and boulevards
this afternoon, the ex-prealdent will
conclude hla stay In Kansas City this
evening with a conservation address -
In Convention,hall, departing for
Omaha Immediately after tho con
clusion of hie spneh.
Oinnha'e Greeting Bendy,
Omnhn, Neb., s 8cj>t. l.«~Erery- t
thing Is In readiness for tho recep
tion of Bx-Preitdent Roosevelt, who
Is due to arrive here at an early
hour tomorrow morning. The en
tire day will be spent hero, the de
parture for Sioux Fall$ not taking
place until the following mornttfg.
During his stay In Omaha the ex-
president will deliver an address on
the Panama canal, and will be es
corted through the principal buslnsss
snd residential sections of the city.
The streets through which he will
pass are being profusely decorattd.
Many visitors from points through
out Nebraska and lows ore already
here, and the outpouring tomorrow
will be very great.
NO MORE DRINKING CUPS.
Wisconsin Passes a Law tn Prevent
Common Drinking Utensils.
Milwaukee, Win, September 1.—
The law against public drinking
cups on railroad trains and at public
fountains went Into effect today and.
In accordance with their Instruc
tions the trainmen on all trains com
ing Into Wisconsin from adjoining
states or passing through Wisconsin
on their way from one neighboring
state to another, carefully removed
THE HORSE TO QUIT DUTY.
Auto Mr* Fighters are Soon to
Take Place of the Animal.
Atlanta Ga., September 1.—It Is
the opinion of Fire Chief Cummings,
who haa Just returned from the
meeting In Syracuse of the national
fire chiefs’ association, that tho
horse will be unknown In (be fire dot
psrtment within a few years—snd
very few at that
“It may be some time," said Chief
Camming*," bnt the day Is not so
far ahead when (ha anto llre-flght-
lng apparatus will almost entirely
supplant the hone. Time and speed
count much In flro-flgbtlng, and the
anto haa It on the bona In every way
In getting over ground."
Chief Camming* end the board of
Are (masters -will probably recom
mend (he purchase of anto ma
chines to largely equip the Atlanta
department
ANNOTATING HOPKINS CODE,
the drinking cup* before reaching
for pay, and It waa truly aald of him I the state line and kept them locked
that be jiever' turned a worthy pa- np until the train had passed be-
tlent away for lack of money to pay. I yond the line Into another state.
Atlanta, Ga., September 1.—O. A.
Park and bla assistant, of Macon,
are now busy In tho office of the
state treasury preparing an anno
tation of the John L. Hopkins code,
which wss adopted „y the last leg
islature, and for printing which
|$30,000 was appropriated. mils
code will bring the laws of Georgia
right np to date, and la something
badly needed, aa It has been many
years since snob (codification baa
taken place. Aa soon aa the work
of annotating la completed, the
code will be turned over to the
printers here.
Big Quebec Temperance Congress.
Qubec, August 31.—Several hun
dred European and American dele
gates to the Eucharistic Congress In
Montreal are participating In the gi
gantic Catholic temperance congress
which began Ita sessions here today.
The congress will dose next Sun-
blahop of Orleans France.