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T wice- a #ft32'& 01 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.