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COIVENTION
WILL BURKE OR THOMAS COUN
TY BE ENTITLED TO SIX DEL
EGATES IN NEXT DEMOCRAT
i IC STATE CONVENTION?
An Interesting question regarding the
representation of the counties in the next
state convention has arisen and there is
* great! diversity of opinion among the
politicians as to how the counties which
lost an<f gained a representative by the
last census should be represented.
As is well known a bill was passed by
the last general assembly reapportioning
I Illi I »♦
The following is a copy of the act +
* passed by the legislature, relating *
+ to the changes in representation: ♦
+ Sec. 1. Be it enacted by the gen- ♦
+ eral assembly of the state of Geor- +
+ gia. and ft is hereby enacted by au- ♦
+ thority of the sameu that the house ♦
+ of representatives shall consist of ♦
A 175 members, apportioned as follows ♦
+ to the six largest counties, to-wit: ♦
+ Fultoi. Chatham. Richmond. Bibb. +
4. Floyd and Thomas, three repre- +
+ seats tives each; to the twenty-six +
+ next largest counties, to-wit: Burke. ♦
4 Muscogee. Decatur. Washington. +
4 Carroll. Dooly. Sumter. Laurens. ♦
4 Gwinnett. Coweta, Cobb, Jackson. +
4 Troup. Meriwether. Houston. Bui- ♦
+ lock. Emanuel. DeKalb, Walton. ♦
4 Wilkes. Bartow. Hall. Monroe. +
4 Tattnall, Lowndes and Elbert, two +
4 representatives each, and to the re- ♦
+ malnlng I<6 counties one represent- ♦
4 atlve each. ♦
4> Sec. 2. Be it likewise enacted that ♦
4 this act shall not take effect until +
4> the terms of the members of the ♦
♦ present house of representatives ex- +
♦ ptre. ♦
4 Sec. 1 Be tt further enacted that ♦
+ all laws and parts of laws in con- ♦
4 fl let with this act be. and the same +
+ are, hereby repealed. ♦
+ ♦
II 111 MI » I I»♦»♦♦»♦♦♦♦♦*♦♦♦
the representatives, according to popula
tion, and many counties that formerly had
two representatives in the house only have
one representative now. while many coun
ties that formerly had one now have two.
Under the rule of the convention a coun
ty is entitled to twice as many delegates
in the convention as there are representa
tives from that county In the legislature.
Where the law passed by the legislature
will affect the representation in the con
vention is a matter that is being discussed
at length by the men interested tn politics.
Burke county, for instance, had thred
representatives tn the last house, but un
der the reapportionment it will have only
two |epresentattves In the next bouse.
Thomas county, which only had two
representatives in the last house, under
the reapportionment gets three represent
atives The question, therefore, arises,
will Burke county or Thomas county be
entitled to six delegates In the convention.
The act of the legislature expressly pro
vides that the act shall not go into effect
until the terms of the present representa
tives expire. Under the act the terms of
the representatives who were in the last
house have not expired, for should Gov
ernor Candler be forced to call an extra
cession of the legislature Burke county
would still be represented by three men.
while Thomas county would only have
two. Burke county then will have three
representatives until their successors are
elected and qualified, which will not be
until the general election In October and
until they take the oath of office In the
house. Tne men who take this view of
the matter contend that Burke county
should be entitled to six delegates in the
convention.
But on the other hand there are those
who say that Thomas county should have
six delegates at the convention, because
the governor and other state house officers
who are to be nominated by the conven
tion will not take their seats until Octo
ber. the same time as the three representa
tives from Thomas will be installed as
members of the house, that the matter is
altvg' 'her prospective and means that as
Thomas county, for instance, will have
three representatives in the next house
Thomas county should have six delegates
in the convention.
The matter was not ruled upon at the
meeting of the state Democratic executive
committee. It fact, the point has never
been ruled upon, and it may be that both
Thomas and Burke counties will claim the
right to have six delegates, as will tne
. counties which formerly had two re pre
‘ gentattves claim the right to have four
delegates and the counties which formerly
only had but one representative, but which
will have two representatives, claim the
right to have four delegates in the conven
tion. If the question does come up in this
shape it will be a matter for the conven
tion to decide, and its decision will no
I doubt depend on the gubernatorial candi
. date who has the majority of the votes.
It is a question that means much to all
the candidates in the race for statehouse
offices who have opposition. On it may
hinge the election of one of the candidates
for governor, for state school commission
er. for commissioner of agriculture and
for prison commissioner. The counties
which formerly only had one representa
tive in the legislature, but which under
- the bill passed at the last session will have
two. are: Laurens. Bullock. Emanuel.
Tattnall. Lowndes and Elbert. The coun
ties which formerly had two legislators
each but lost one under the census are:
Hancock. Jefferson. Oglethorpe. Greene.
Pulaski. Harris. Burke county which for
merly had three legislators wla only have
two in the next house, and Thomas, which
formerly had two. will have three when
the general assembly meets again.
Suppose Terrell should carry Hancock.
Jefferson. Oglethorpe. Greene. Pulaski and
Harris county, each of which would have
four votes In the convention, making a
total of 3* votes, and Estill should carry
Laurens. Bullock. Tattnall Emanuel,
Lowndes and rJbert. which heretofore on
ly had one legislator, and which now will
nave two. and which some of the poli
ticians claim should have four delegates
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ANEMIC'S PERIL
HE SAVED HIMSELF WHEN OTH
ERS WERE POWERLESS
TO HELP.
E. J. Winn Had a Narrow Escape
While Working at the Sedgwick
Machine Works The Ac
count as He Gave It to
a Reporter.
E. J. Winn, a machinist in the employ
of the Sedgwick machine works, at
Poughkeepsie. .N. Y.. had a narrow es
cape. but saved himself by his own ef
forts. He told the story to a reporter as
follows:
“I had been working here for eleven
years." he said, "without even a week’s
time to spend in rest. It was all right
till a year ago when I began to lose flesh
and to experience a severe pain in the
right side. My appetite was fair but I
could eat only the plainest of food and
not heartily, of that. My weight was re
duced to 118 pounds.
"Besides the pain, which was very sharp
dt times. I could not stoop over without
being dizzy when I stood erect again, and
my blood was thin and watery. I employ
ed physicians who said 1 was suffering
from Indigestion. I did not obtain any
material relief and, as a friend suggested
that I should try Dr. Williams' Pink Pills
for Pale People, I did so.
"The result is very evident. I noticed
a little improvement by the time the first
box had been taken. I persisted, and
continued till four boxes had been taken.
This was about a year ago. I have had
no return of the trouble; I am back at my
normal weight of 132 pounds and am feel
ing well and strong. If anything I can
say about the remedy will do any good
to others who are afflicted as I was. I am
glad to say it. for there is no doubt that
Dr. Williams’ Pink Pills for Pale People
cured me."
Mr. Winn lives at No. 325 Church street,
Poughkeepsie. N. Y.. and is willing to
substantiate his above statement. The
pills which cured him are not a patent
medicine, but a prescription used for
many years by an eminent practitioner
who produced the most wonderful results
with them, curing all kinds of weakness
arising from a watery condition of the
blood or shattered nerves, two fruitful
causes of almost every ill to which flesh
is heir. Dr. Williams’ Pink Pills for Pale
People are sold by all druggists, or direct
from Dr. Williams Medicine Co.. Schenec
tady, N. Y.. fifty cents per box; six boxes
for two dollars and a half. Send for free
booklet of medical advice.
each in the convention, and suppose Guer
ry should carry Burke county, which now
has three representatives, and Terrell
should carry Thomas, which has only two,
and suppose Terrell should insist that the
first six counties named had four votes
each and Estill should insist that his coun
ties had four votes each. The situation
would be an interesting one. and it is Ha
ble to happen that just such claims will
be made, not only by the candidates, but
by the counties.
Suppose either of the candidates had the
majority of the votes in ths convention,
he dould carry things to suit himself.
Governor Candler thinks the counties
which formerly had two representatives
will be entitled to four votes in the con
vention for the reason that the counties
which will have two representatives have
not got them as yet.
Representative J. B. Park, Os Greene,
who was here Monday, thinks just contra
ry to the governor, and says the counties
which gained a representative should
have the gains in the convention, as that
was the intention of the legislature and
further the governor and other officers
who are to be elected do not go into
office until after the legislature meets and
at that time the counties which have
gained will have the extra representatives.
Comptroller General Wright says he Is
undecided. One of the members of the
supreme court says It is his opinion,
without giving the matter much consid
eration, that the counties which have the
largest number of representatives now
and had them before the law was changed
should be entitled to the largest number
In the convention on account of the sec
tion of the act which says that the act
shall not go Into effect until the terms
of the members expire.
Look at our clubbing offers and re
new now before your paper la discon
tinued.
STRIKERS SUFFERING
IN CITY OF AUGUSTA
MUCH DISCONTENT IS BEING MAN-
IFESTED ON PART OF MEN
WHO ARE LOCKED
OUT.
AUGUSTA. Ga.. May 20.-This Is the
beginning of the seventh week of the cot
ton mill strike and lockout, and the situ
ation is exactly the same it was on the
first day. There is beginning to be a
clamor on the part of some of the idle op
eratives. especially among those not mem
bers of the union, that the mills go to
work again, but the leaders will not al
low it. About KOO is received each week
from headquarters in Fall River, which is
divided out among the idle men as far as
It will go, and with the constant promise
being held out to them that more help is
to be sent them, is encouraging them to
hold out. However, those best acauklnted
with the situation know that unless con
siderable more is received from now on
than has been received in the past the
strike cannot last very mu?h longer. The
treasuries of the local unions have been
exhausted, and real suffering has begun.
A committee from the Horse Creek val
ley mills was in conference with the mill
presidents today. These operatives were
locked out in consequence of the strike at
the King mill in this city, and as but little
help Is given them by the union they are
suffering greatly, and having no griev
ance of their own they are condemning
the course of their comrades in the King
mill for subjecting them to this hardship
and suffering.
Good order continues to be maintained,
and there seems no cause to fear that it
will be otherwise. The best of feeling pre
vails between the mill authorities and the
operatives. There have been no evictions,
and there Is no talk of any. It Is a grim
test of endurance.
NINE ARE DEAD BY
DROWNING IN IRELAND
LONDON. May 19.—Nine English tour
ists. including four women and four boat
men, were drowned yesterday by the up
setting of a boat on the Lakes of Klllar
ney. county Kerry. Ireland, during a
squall.
A train, near Glasgow, was derailed this
morning. There was no joss of life, but
numbers were injured.
These are the earliest samples of the ac
cidents which usually mark the whitsun
tide bank holidays.
A storm Is sweeping over the coasts of
the United Kingdom. The weather is
wet. windy and cold inland, and the num
bers of "trippers” were consequently
much curtailed, holiday-makers content
ing themselves with attending near-by
racing events and ttlqtet Ktalches.
THE SEMI-WEEKLY JOURNAL. ATLANTA, GEORGIA. THURSDAY. SIAY 22, 1902.
CHURCH ELI IM
BB EAKS BUT
111 HOUSE
SENSATIONAL SCENES ENACT
ED WHEN FAMOUS METHOD
IST WAR CLAIMS ARE DIS
CUSSED IN CONGRESS.
WASHINGTON. May 20,-The war claim
matter which la Bo agitating the general
conference of the Methodist church, south,
now in session at ballas, broke out in
the house of representatives last week in
a sensational manner. The bill under dis
cussion was the Washington Gas company
bill, which Representative Sims, of Ten
nessee. antagonised. Representative Jen
kins, of Wisconsin, followed and severely
criticised Mr. Sims’ position, and isl the
course of hie remarks used this language:
"He (Sims) is only consistent when he Is
voting for the M. E. church to rob the
treasury of the United States.”
Upon the conclusion of Mr. Jenkins’ re
marks Mr. Bima get the floor on a ques
tion of privilege and resented bitterly the
insinuation that he had participated in
any conspiracy to rob the treasury for
the benefit of the Methodist church. He
gave a history of the claim, and the repre
sentations which were made to him which
led him to support the bill. He asserted
that had he known the true status of the
transaction at the time the bill was pend
ing he would never have supported It; that
he in common with every member who had
voted for the bill had been misled about it.
Representative John Wesley Gaines, of
the Nashville district, the author of the
original bill, then got the floor under
unanimous consent and made the follow
ing statement, which was listened to with
deep interest by the house:
"I exceedingly regret that the gentle
man from Wisconsin (Mr. Jenkins) should
have said of my colleague (Mr. Sims) that
‘he is only consistent when he Is voting
for the Methodist church to rob the treas
ury of the United States? In explaining
his relation to the passage of the bill, pro
viding for the payment of this claim, my
colleague states that he based his support
of the measure upon information received
from me and from the letter which he has
just read, written me by Messrs. Barbee
& Smith.
"Now I desire to say that the claim is
meritorious, as I will show later on and
which I demonstrated when the matter
was pending in the house. I introduced
the bill for Its payment which became the
law.
"The information which I had in refer
ence to the payment of this large fee to
Major Stahlman was received from
Messrs. Barbee & Smith in person while
the letter they wrote me led me to believe
very natfirally that Major Stahlman was
in Washington on other business, which
was the case. I then thought, and still
think, that he would Incidentally, or as a
friend of the church, aid In the passage
of this bill.
"Messrs. Barbee & Smith stated to me
that Stahlman was to receive no compen
sation for his services and Major Stahl
man said to me himself and to many oth
ers of this house that he was not to receive
one cent for his services. ~
"Relying upon this information. It was
natural for me and proper to repel the
charge that this huge fee was to be paid
Major Stahlman. I had knowVi Dr. Barbee
a number of years; he was my neighbor.;
he had been the pastor of the church I at
tended, officiated at my marriage and at
the burial of several of my people, while
Mr. Smith was my Sunday school superin
tendent.
"I relied implicitly upon what they in
person said to me and what they wrote me
in this letter and I submit, Mr. Speaker, if
I cannot rely upon men of this class, men
whom I knew to be honorable and up
right, upon whom could I rely or should
I rely? When I received this letter frotp
Messrs. Barbee & Smith, I determined to
lay aside, as I did, my personal feeling
toward Major Stahlman. entertaining as I
did no friendly feeling for him. He is a
distinguished (Republican, living In my dls
tret, who had bitterly opposed my election
to'congress, as did, the newspaper which
he owns, an administration sheet, I may
add.
“But I laid all this aside and did all I
could honorably for the passage of this
bill. I saw Major Stahlman almost dally,
and we boarded at the same hotel. But at
no time did he tell me that he was to be
paid any fee. I knew he was in Washing
ton often and I thought was then on some
railroad business pending in Washington,
and I naturally believed that his offices
in the matter were purely as a friend of
the church. I knew his family were mem
bers of the Methodist church at Nash
ville and that he affiliated with that
churcft. and hence, as he said, he was
working for the payment of this claim.
These facts alone, laying aside the letter
of Messrs. Barbee & Smith, naturally led
me to believe that his action In the mat
ter was as a friend of the church.
"I have given twice a statement of my
entire history with the passage of this
bill. I did so under oath, once before the
senate committee and recently In a depo
sition. My record in the matter, I gladly
gave the public when called on to do so.
It is open for every one to read and I re
affirm here all that I have stated in these
two statements.
"Had I known that this enormous foe
was to be paid Major Stahlman or any
one else for lobbying for this claim be
fore congress I would not have voted for
the passage of the bill and I certainly
would not have misled my friends, the
members of congress, in the manner that
I did when they asked me if the charge
that this fee was to be paid was true and
I said to them that there was no truth
in the charge. I was misled, as you must
see. and I am grieved that I misled my
friends, members of congress.
"Now a moment as to the merits pf the
claim. The United States abrny while In
Nashville used and consumed ah immense
amount, about worth of property
of the Methodist Episcopal church south.
The amount paid by congress was $2*18,000.
General Clinton D. Fiske said this was
a Just claim. Major A. W. Wills, a Repub
lican, who was in Nashville at the time
this property was taken, and who Is now,
and has been several times, the postmas
ter at Nashville, espoused this measure;
indeed he was very active In its support.
The Hon. John C. Houk, a Republican
once a member of this house, indorsed
It. So did Captain 5. W. Baker, a leading
Republican of Nashville, and so have
many other leading Republicans, as well
as Democrats. The bishops of both
branches of the Methodist church indors
ed it. including the colored bishops. I could
give you a list as long as my arm of lead
ing men whose names appear here in
The Record containing the debate of this
bill when pending in the house. The claim
was absolutely meritorious. The history
of the claim Is odious now, because of
the deception practiced in procuring its
passage, as I have stated, and as the
senate hearing" on this matter clearly dis
close. I thank the house for the opportuni
ty granted me sot matting his statement.”
EIGHT LIVES ARE
LOSTJNCLOUDBURST
CINCINNATI. May 20.-At Lewisburg,
Ky.. a cloudburst today swept away a
house with all the occupants and took oth
ers in Its course. Eight Uvea qjq repopt,q<i
lost, two bodies
MAD FEO PEE
FROM FIRE
INPANIC
LUNATIC ASYLUM IN NEW JER-
• SEY IMPERILLED BY FLAMES
AND INMATES ARE PANIC
STRICKEN.
NEW YORK. May 20.-A fire at the New
Jersey State hospital for the insane at
Morris Plains has caused wild excitement
among the 2,500 patients. The guards were
only able to restrain them by the most
vigorous efforts.
When the fire was first discovered in the
laundry, the patients were hastily brought
together In the yard and surrounded by
a cordon of guards and attendants who
held them back when they made a dash
for freedom.
As soon as the flames were discovered,
most of the guards and attendants were
sent to the various wards to get the pa
tients out None of the violently insane
or criminals was in the threatened build
ing, but the alarm of Are caused even
those whose minds were but slightly un
balanced to become frantic with terrdr.
Nearly all the patients were in the dor
mitories. which made the task of getting
them out of the building much easier, as
they could be marshalled as at the regular
Are drill.
In some of the wards farthest from
the Are a few patients, who could be
trusted, were left. The others were
marched from the building. Although
they were greatly frightened, a few sooth
ing words from the guards paclAed them,
and there was little trouble until all were
assembled In the yard. There they again
became panic stricken and many tried to
break through the thin line of guards. The
women became more frightened than the
men, and several times they led the dash
es for freedom.. Had there been any con
certed movement the whole 2.500 would
have escaped, fcroups of twenty or thirty
would make a sudden run toward the
guards and the latter would have hard
work In getting them back in the crowd
with the others. This would work the
others up to a frenzy, l and another group
would charge toward another part of the
line, only to be driven back.
Men and women useu their fists freely
and several of the guards were badly
bruised by the Struggling mob. As far as
could be learned, however, none escaped.
When tue flames were extinguished the
patients wet’s led back to their dormito
ries, but for hours they not be
quieted. The financial loss was small.
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FRIENDS THE
SENATOHS
THE SOLDIER AND STATESMAN
FROM ATLANTA PAYS A VISIT
TO THE NATIONAL
CAPITOL.
WASHINGTON, D. C., May 20.—General
John B. Gordoff. commander In chief .of
the United Confederate Veterans associa
tion, former senator from Georgia, the
hero of a dozen brilliant battles and one
of the most noted lecturers on the Amer
ican platform, paid a visit to the senate
the other day and spent several hours
talking and shaking hands with his for
mer colleagues and comrades. He was
on his way to New York from his home
in Atlanta, and his Washington visit was
merely a social Incident, but he said
things of considerable interest to all
southern cities, chiefiy New Orleans, Dal
las and Atlanta.
General Gordon, though gray with age
and marked with many battle scars, is
still thi picture of health. He still main
tains a soldier’s bearing, whether walk
ing or at rest, and his striking figure at
tracted the attention of capltol visitors
he met in the mafble corridors. Those
who recognized him stopped and stared
after him until he passed from their
view; many of them lifted their hats and
were rewarded with a like courtesy from
him; and there were some who looked
upon him with a deeper and more affec
tionate Interest than either curiosity or
friendship—for some passed him who had
fought with him when he earned the title
of "The Man of the Twelfth of May."
"The reunions?” he cried heartily when
a friend asked him how he enjoyed the re
cent assembly, of Confederate veterans at
Dallas, don’t you know each re
union of those old fellows grows more en
joyable and larger even than the preced
ing one? Bless me, it seems that we get
more numerous as time files on.
“The reunion at Dallas was by far the
largest we ever had. It seemed to me
that I looked upon the entire Confederate
host again when I saw the old boys
marching by. They came by the thou
sands and were apparently just as llvfely
as <,..ey were In 1864.
"Dallas handled the host in a remark
able manner, considering the overwhelm
ing numbers she had to entertain. 1 do
not believe another city of the south
could have treated us better and I know
every veteran came away from Texas de
lighted with his trip. As for me. I was
more than delighted. I was fairly
charmed with the hospitality and enter
prise of the city.
»"You know,” General Gordon continued,
after he had been’ interrupted by several
senators who stopped to shake hands with
him. “there are a very few cities of the
south that can take care of oUr reunions.
Every year the numbers who attend grow
larger and It takes a great big. wide
awake city to meet the demands. At
New Orleans, where we meet next year,
there will of course be ample accommo
dation for every man who will go, and I
predict now a larger crowd, and there
fore the greatest success of all our gath
erings.
“Did you ever witness one of those re
unions?” he paused to ask a group of
friends. "Well, you have something to
live for. You may see there the most
intense enthusiasm conceivable, besides
the most Interesting scenes In. the world.
When we old fellows get together to re
new the recollections of our war-time
days something is doing, as they say now.
and merely to witness the scene is In
spiring. You ought to attend the next re
union.”
Election in Crawford.
ROBERTA. Oa . May 19.—The primary elec
tion passed off quietly Friday In Crawford
county A. J. Johnson, of Robley, was nomi
nated* for the legislature; K. P. Lowe, clerk
of the superior court; Wade H. Seagler, sheriff;
H D McCrary, tax collector; W. B. Jordan,
tax receiver; B. A. Childs, treasurer; G. W.
White and Ellison C. Goodwin, coroner, who
leads the entire ticket.
GRAND JURY
15 AFTER
KING
THE NEGRO WILL BE CHARGED
WITH HAVING KILLED ED BAT - *
. TLE IN THE FIGHT AT PITTS
BURG SATURDAY MORNING.
It now seems likely to be an establish
ed fact that other negroes besides Will
Richardson engaged in firing upon the
officers during Saturday’s riot, Henry
King being implicated as well as some un
known negro or negroes occupying houses
In the vicinity.
The case against King rests upon the
fact that Bailiff Ed Battle was shot while
King was in the house with Richardson,
and was shot w.ui a shotgun, Richardson
having done all his shooting with a Win
chester rifle.
Os all the men shot during the rioting
each was shot with a Wlncuester except
Battle. Battle was wounded in three
places wide apart. Two of the bullets
were extracted and are now In the pos
session of the grand jury. These are buck
shot.
When King came from the house he
carried in his hands a loaded shot-gun,
and In his pockets were 40 loaded shells.
He was searched at the time, and the
shot-gun and shells taken from him; In
the excitement however, one shell Was
overlooked. This was taken from him at
the jail, and is now in the possession of
the authorities there.
In the meantime the shot-gun and the 40
shells which were taken from King just
after he left the house have seemingly
disappeared, although the coroner is now
In search of them, and expects to produce
them when the grand jury meets on the
27th of this month, at which time the case
against King will be taken up.
Additional weight Is lent the theory that
King was the man who shot Battle by the
fact that only one shot-gun was In the
house, the one brought out by King, and
no others were found In the ruins. A
winchester, on the other hand, was Rich
ardson’s favorite weapon, and It Is not
thought likely that he would have ex
changed It for a shotgun at any time
during the affray.
King Is now being held on the coroner s
warrant, although he has a right to de
mand a preliminary hearing before the
grand jury meets.
In addition to this suspicion against
King comes the belief that the mysterious
shot which passed between Sheriff Nelms
and Jailer Fain could not have been fired
by Rldhardson.
ALL SOLDIERS GONE FROM
PITTSBURG RIOT SCENE
The soldiers were Tuesday morning with
drawn from Pittsburg and all Is quiet In
the neighborhood of the riotous scenes of
last. Saturday. Yesterday the police re
turned to their regular hours of duty.
It has now developed that there were
several instead of one arsenal In Pitts
burg, and It is remarkable that the affair
of Saturday did not assume even greater
proportions than it did. In several places
there-were stores of guns and ammuni
tion and the trouble might have spread
to several localities Instead of one had
other men In the gang had the hardihood
iof the negro, Richardson. Though the
officers have ascertained without a doubt
that there were supplies at other points It
has been an Impossibility to capture these.
Last night an effort was made to find one
but the effort failed. Either the Inform
ant did not give the correct location of
the supplies or the negroes knew of the
intended search and made way with them.
The last Is the generally accepted theoty.
It Is thought there were other members
of the Richardson gang than those In the
house with him, and these, it is believed,
have moved all the ammunition.
Tfie negroes actually at the house at
the time the fight began, it is thought,
all have been captured that were not kill
ed. Ell Sanders and Jesse Willis, taken
Sunday night after King’s statement In
the Tower Sunday morning, are thought
to complete the list. Willis, Detective
Kilpatrick states, was employed at the
Beck & Gregg hardware company for
years, and It Is thought a large portion, if
not all ot the ammunition the negroes had
on hand, had been stlon from there.
“MOST DESPERATE NEGRO
I EVER ARRESTED”
"Will Richardson was the most desper
ate negro in all the Pittsburg district,”
declared County Policeman W. J. Poole
this'morning. "He had a record as a bad
man. He had been arrested many times,
and had the reputation of never submlt
tirig peacefully to an arrest. He always
fought.
"As for his arsenal of weapons, he brag
ged more than once of the arms and am
muniton he possessed. Once when Police
man J. L. Heard and I had had a fight
with him, he afterwards said:
“ ‘There’s been a lot of rows out here In
Pittsburg, but by G—. the next one Is
going to start right I I’ve got five Winches
ter rifles, si* Colt’s pistols, 500 boxes of
cartridges and a d—d cannon. The next
time there’s trouble out here, there will
be trouble?
“My father. Judge Poole, of South At
lanta, was once attacked by Will Rich
ardson while he was occupying the bench,
and wpuld have been struck but for three
or four men who Interfered. I myself
have searched his house a number of
times for stolen goods, and found every
thing In the world except the goods I
was looking for. All the time the negro
would stand there and laugh at us. Ed
Battle arrested him a number of times.
My brother arrested him once and sent
him to the chaingang. I arrested him
twice. Policeman F. M. Jackson and Bat
tle arrested him four or five times that 1
know of. and I suppose Battle knew
more about him than any other officer.
“I regarded Richardson as by far the
most desperate and dangerous man In
the district. When we went after him we
always looked for trouble. He had a gang
of negroes who always ran with him and
he never came into town without bring
ing his Winchester with him.”
POLICE CAPTAIN M’CURDY
SHOT AT BY NEGROES
Police Captain Frank M. McCurdy was
fired upon early Sunday morning by two
negroes as he was driving along West
Fair street. The attempted assassination,
but for the prompt action of the captain,
would probably have been carried to a
successful conclusion. Four or five shots
were fired by the negroes, and as many
were returned by the captain.
Two of the bullets passed through the
top of the buggy In which Captain Mc-
Curdy was riding, close to his head, but
not a single shot hit him. The captain fol
lowed the negroes into the alley from
which they had fired, but was unable to
overtake them, as they ran as soon as
he left his buggy.
It was at the alley between Chapel and
Walker streets, on West Fair, that the
shooting occurred. Captain McCurdy had
driven Captain Thompson home, and was
going over to Peters street to see If ev
erything was quiet. When almost oppo
site, the alley he heard a man say.
hoarsely:
"Yes, that’s him.”
The shots followed rapidly. Without a
moment’s hesitation Captain McCurdy
drew his pistol and returned the fire.
Leaving the buggy as he shot, he followed
the fleeing negroes, firing several tljgaqs »■
he ran.
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SOON TO MERGE
ALLPLANTS
THIRTY-FIVE MILLION DOLLARS
WILL HEAD THE NEW TRUST
OF CAMERA
MAKERS.
NEW YORK, May 20.-Detalls of the
plan for the consolidation of the kodak
enterprises have just been made public,
says a Rochester dispatch to The Tribune.
The aggregate cash value of all of these
enterprises Is estimated at $20,000,000 and
capital stock of the consolidated corpora
tion is $35,000,000. The new company, which
has been incorporated In New Jersey, will
acquire properties all over the world.
The business of the various companies
to be taken over consists principally of the
manufacture and sale of photographic
cameras, dry plates, films, papers and
other materials, with the principal fac
tories at Rochester, N. Y.. and James
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of $35/00,600, there will be 1,000,000 shares
of preferred stock paying six per cent cu
mulative dividend, and 250,000 shares of
common stock. Os this amount there will
be Issued on July 1, 46.694 shares of pre
ferred and 149,928 shares of preferred and
149.92 S shares of the common stock. The
executive offices of the new company will
be in Rochester.
RESULT OF PRIMARY
IN EARLY COUNTY
. BLAKELY, Ga.. May 29.—Hon. J. H.
Hall, of Macon, addressed a very large
gathering of voters here in behalf of Hon.
DuPont Guerry, candidate for governor.
Mr. Hall was Introduced by Hon. G. D.
Oliver. Colonel Hall spoke for about two
hours, holding the closest attention of the
large crowd throughout his discourse. It
was a splendid effort and made many
votes for the Bibb statesman.
There was a very quiet but hotly con
tested primary here Friday.
The official vote cast was as follows:
For Senator Ninth District—J. P. Lane,
456; T. E. Hightower, 469.
For Representative—W. A. Buchanan,
372; D. D. Strong 308; C. R. Narramon, 248.
For Clerk Superior Court—J. T. Free
man, 925.
For Sheriff—W. D. Hodges. 512; T. J.
Bryant, 403.
Tax Receiver —B. C. Minter, 130; J. S.
Roberts, 370; L. C. Spence, 349; A. M. Ir
win, 92.
Tax Collector—T. E. Sheffield, 444; T. R.
McDonald. 476.
Treasurer—J. J. Smith, 932.
Surveyor—S. T. Taylor, 926.
Coroner—James Butler, 632.
County Commissioner —S. R. Olive. 231;
T. S. Chandler, 91; O. E. Hall. 438; M. F.
Pickle. 545; A. J. Singletary. 253; Lu D.
Gay, 377; J. M. Johnson, 267; D. W. James,
283. J. C. Chancey, 203; Z. T. Webb. 277; T.
S. Minter. 270; J. W. Alexander, Jr., 259;
George W. Harrison, 129; W. M. Pullen,
438, and T. F. Cordray, 240.
Five commissioners constitute the board.
DID NOT DIE AND’
WANTS PLACE AGAIN
MACON. May 20.—Ex-Police Officer W.
L. Grace is again on the streets, after
having been confined to his bed for about
a year. Last year the physicians told him
that he might prepare to die, as there was
no hope for him. He sent In his resigna
tion as a policeman, thinking it well not
to deprive a good man of the job. After
about eight months of suffering he found
that he was improving, and he is now as
well as he ever was in his life. He is
applying for another position on the po
lice force, on which he worked for four
b ?e*ra he to Jje.
LOK-IMO, HE
MS FIVE I
IN 0 SELF
INFATUATED WITH A LITTLE
GIRL FLORIDA MAN OUTRI
RIVALS FAMOUS FLANIGAN
TRAGEDY-SIX DEAD.
ST. AUGUSTINE. Fla., May 19 Six
corpses, scarcely yet cold, and but one
living witness, a helpless infant, to the
awful tragedy, Is what met the horrified
eves of Mr. John Kellar, as he stepped
Into the house of William Wilkinson this
morning near Hastings, a thriving settle
ment 18 miles from this city.
The dead are:
William Wilkinson, aged 52; Mrs. Wil
kinson. his wife; Miss Abltha McCullough, I
aged 13; Miss Wilkinson, a sister of Wil- J
Ham Winklnson, one child and WllliMn
Austin, murderer and suicide, aged 25.
Crazed by his infatuation for little
Abltha McCullough, a lovely girl of little
over 13, but well developed for her age,
Austin killed the entire family because ’
his advances were refused and his desire
to wed the girl was opposed.
The tragedy occurred at a lonely gfarm
house at 3 o’clock this morning.
Austin went to the house on Friday
night and proposed marriage. He was re
jected and vowing he would yet marry
her, hurried to this city and procured on
Saturday a marriage license.
He went to church on Saturday night |
and told every one he met that he was
to be married that night.
About 3 o’clock In the morning several
pistol shots were heard, but no one went
to investigate until next morning, when
Wilkinson failed to turn up at a neigh- .
bor’s house, where he was engaged in
harvesting a crop of potatoes.
Mr. Kellar, a farm hand, was sent to
Wilkinson’s house and he found the whole
family murdered and Austin with a bullet *
hole In his breast and a revolver clutched
In his hand. L
Word of the tragedy was brought to thta
city on the morning train and sheriff Per
ry and the coroner have gone to the scene ,
of the tragedy. , - _• fl
A wailing Infant, who had been unharm- .
ed, was found in bed beside Its mother.
AUGUSTA PRIMARY RULES
STRICTER THAN EVER
AUGUSTA. Ga., May 20.—The Demo- .
cratic executive committee met yesterday
and will again meet this evening to make
the final arrangements for the coming
primary. Rules have been adopted some- #
what more stringent than heretofore, to
insure a fair and orderly election. The
voting places will be railed off to assure ,
secrecy, and where a vacant store may be
used for the polling place no candidate
will be permitted to use any other part of
the same building for headquarters. Can
didates will not be allowed to use vehicles
on the day of election to convey voters to
the polls, which Is a great innovation, the
first time practiced in an election here.
Previous to this a multitude of hacks have
been employed In elections, decorated with
banners, hauling In the voters, and their
absence will create a conspicuous void .
this year.
Only three county offices are being con
tested for, two candidates each for sheriff
and clerk of the court, and three candl- ’
dates for coroner. Besides these, little In
terest is being felt in the primary, except
In the race between Messrs. Gary and
Alexander for the judgeship, which, it is
believed, will be very close.
POLLOCK ARRANGING
FOR SUMMER SCHOOL
MACON. May 20.—President P. D. Pol
lock. of Mercer, has engaged one hundred
rooms at Knoxville for the accommoda
tion of the Georgia teachers who will
want to attend the summer school In
June. Mrs. Helen Logan, of Macon, has
been appointed matron and chaperon to
look after the building in which ths
Georgia ladies will room. President Pol
lock announces that all ladies who wish
accommodations will have to notify him
at once, because his final report to the
authorities of the school will have to be
made by the 25th. Forty of Bibb county's
teachers will attend the school.
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