Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, March 09, 1909, Page 3, Image 3
FITZGERALD READY FOR OLD SOLDIERS BLUE AND GRAY ENCAMPMENT WILL BEGIN THURSDAY AND WILL CONTINUE FOR THREE DAYS. FITZGERALD. Ga.. March 8,-Final preparations have been made for the Blue ■ and Gray encampment in this city on the [ last three days of this week, and over a score of northern veterans are already In I the city to participate in the festivities. Among those already in the city are Cap tain John W. Niles, of Sterling. 111., cap-, tain of company B, Ninth lowa infantry, j and who is in ail parts of the south. Colonel Henry D. Capers, of At lanta. a distinguished Confederate, will get here Wednesday, as will also Gen eral Clement Evans, of Atlanta, (ieneral O. O. Howard, of Washington, is not ex-’ pected until Thursday afternoon. He will be accompanied by his entire staff. The veterans have sent for 3W> cots, which will be placed in rented halls dur ing the convention Tor the free use of those veterans who care to use them. | Many private hnnr.es have been opened to j the visitors, as the hotels have all the reservations they care to make. Nothing has been left undone to make the encamp ment the greatest ever held in the history of the organization, and hundreds of doi- ' lars have been spent in arranging for the entertainment of the guests. The complete program, which will not be changed without good excuse, has been adopted as follows: Thursday. March Ilth 16:45 a. m.—Reception committee, with i band, meets A.. B. & A. train and escorts guests to headquarters. 4:30 p. m Reception committee, with; drum corps, meets afternoon train and‘ escorts guests to headquarters. 8 p. m.—General reception at headquar- | ters. . 8:30 p. m Address of welcome by Mayor J. G. Knapp. 9 p. m.—Response by Colonel E. H. V\ Il- Hama. of Abbeville. Fr-day. March I2th 10 a. m.—Grand parade from headquar ters to Blue and Gray park: mounted po lice, hand, veterans, city and county of ficials, school children, clvk organisations. 10:30 a. m.—Music by 100 singers; na tional and Confederate airs. 11 a. m.—Address. General O. O. How ard, of Washington. 12 m.—Address by General Clement A. Evans, of Georgia. 1 p. m.—Basket dinner. 3 p. m.—General business meeting of Blue and Gray headquarters. 7:30 p. m.—Camp fires on common east of Lee-Grant hotel. ( Saturday. March I3tli 9:30 a. m.—Music by the band at head quarters. 10 a. m Address by General Julian S. Carr, of South Carolina. 10:30 a. m.—Address by General J. F. Chase, of Florida. 11 a. m.—Addresses by Governor-elect Brown and others. 2 p. m —Ride through the city, escorted by citizens. 5 p. m.—Reception and luncheon by! Women’s Relief corps and United Daugh- : ters of Confederacy at W. R. C. hall- The public is cordially invited to par-| ticipate in the exercises of the three days. Reduced rates have been granted on all railroads and everybody can take advant-I age of them. The rates at hotels and boarding houses range from 81 per day up and all can be assured of accommoda tions at a reasonable rate. CASTRO BANISHED FROM VENEZUELA PARIS. March Senor Jose Paul, the Venezuelan envoy to Europe, has left here for Berlin. He is authority for the statement that President Gomez has for bidden both Cypriano Castro and his wife to enter Venezuela. He is of the opinion ( that Castro will proceed from Europe to Nicaragua to consult with President Zelaya, of that country, who is his friend, hoping to get in touch with his partisans in Venezuela from Nicaragua, but Senor Paul thinks Castro has no chance of sue- | cess in this latter purpose. M. Brun, director of the French Cable company, that was expelled from Ven-, ezueia some time ago by President Castro. | has left France on beard the steamer Guadeloupe for La Guayra and Caracas. | with full power to treat directly with the Venezuelan government in settling the dispute with the cable company. As soon . as this is accomplished France and Ven- j ezueia will sign a protocol referring to arbitration all questions still pending. SENT UP FOK LIFE AND 14 YEARS MORE CHICAGO. Hl- March fi.-Tl.ree ban- , dlts were today held guilty by a jury in Judge Kersten’s court and sentenced to prison for life "plus fourteen years.” | This odd verdict resulted from conviction , on two charge The bandits were found ; guilty of robbery with a deadly weapon. | which carries a sentence for life, and i also of robbery under the habitual crim inal act. which prescribes fourteen years’ imprisonment. As a result of the verdict the three de- 1 fends nt.s will never be able to serve out i their sentences. Judge Kersten declared ; it the oddest verdict he ever heard of in j al! his years of criminal court work. The men convicted are John Rudneck, 1 Joseph Brock! and John Tierney. All three are young men. but the police declare they are criminals of the most dangerous character. GOV. JOHNSON’CAjrf’ COME HERE ON STH On account of official duties. Governor John Johnson, of Minnesota, will find it Impossible to come to Atlanta on March 8. as planned. The governor at present has the legislature on his hands Governor Folk, of Missouri, will be here on the 25th. and the Young Men’s Democratic league is making preparations Ao receive him. He has written that he Vril' be glad to be their guest on the oc casion of his lecture here. We Want AGENTS Extra Pair of Pants and Fancy VEST FREE W’Td EVERY SUIT d Pay txprgss Charges V-Ak,. 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AOBSTS la •vsrytotrs. jgjj? »* -3 THI CAPITOL TAILORS & Mmw tea. teat i .iWl.ite eae ' FITZHUGH BRANDS COOPER AS LOBBYIST; Continued from Page One est friend, and pleasure that that duty should be entrusted to such an upright and impartial judge and such a patient, honest and intelligent jury.” Fitzhugh then told the jury that the realized how anxious the members were to get heme, but he impressed upon them the responsibility that had been imposed upon them and said he was sure that when they returned to their homes they would do so- with a consciousness of a disagreeable duty honestly per formed. "On the afternoon of November 9. there was enacted upon the streets of this city a tragedy which robbed a woman of the lendervsl and most devoted of husbands, a boy of a loving father and the com- i monwealth of a brilliant statesman I whose achievements have added luster and glory to the state. To you has been charged the duty of fixing the responsi bility.” i Captain Fitzhugh then read the indict ment charging the three men with mur- ; der in the first degree, and explained what first degree murder is. He describ- ' ed malice, premeditation and tntent as the courts define them and quoted from supreme court decisions. "I have shown you.” he said, “that it is murder when a man takes a life upon a sudden impulse. How much more is it murder when a man’s heart is so full of malice and revenge that he spends all day Sunday and most of Monday devising the ways and means of taking the life of the man he hates so bitterly!” Captain Fitzhugh them described how. on Sunday night, November 8, Colonel D. B. Cooper was at the Tulane hotel to meet E. R. Craig, and how Cooper made threats about Carmack to Craig, and how these threats were transmitted to the dead senator. "Colonel Cooper met Craig on personal business, but he brushed the business aside and revealed what was in his black heart. He owed his friend Craig money— he owed all his friends money and he nev er bothered about money owed. This didn’t bother him. But he broke and said: ’lf my name appears in the Tennes sean again, Carmack or I must die.’ ‘‘Self-Confessed Lobbyist" "Think of it. gentlemen, this man who is a self-confessed lobbyist for a railroad; this man who is charged by reputable men with having embezzled money en trusted to his care; this man whose name had been bandied about the state: this man whose dark and devious ways have now been uncovered, dared to send to an honest and upright Journalist the threat that if his name appeared in the Tennes sean again, one of them must die. Think of it! "And when the tragedy was over, the defendants began to look for a cause, for an excuse. Their attorneys searched the stenographic records. They examined the joint debates between Carmack and Patterson. And what did they find? That Carmack had referred to ’That lit tle bald-headed angel. Dune Cooper/ had asked did the angel ’come from above or from below’ and ’was there the smell of sulphur on his tvings.’ Is that reason enough to kill a man? All this was prior to June 27, and yet he sent no notes and raved no ravings. “Why. gentlemen, Harriman. Rockefel ler and Morgan are private citizens. They never held an office, but we know they | exercise a powerful influence in public ' offices. Their names appear daily in the ; public press. Yet who ever heard of one ;of these men demanding that his nam< ibe omitted? Who ever heard of one of these men hunting down .an editor ana assassinating him on the street? Why. . gentlemen, they have never even chal lenged the right of the press to use their names, for they know better. It is the duty of the press to keep the public in- I formed, and Colonel Cooper, when ht i went Into politics, made It the duty of I the press to watch him.” Cooper's Anger Sudden j The speaker told how Cooper never ob jected to the alleged remarks of Car mack during the campaign and didn’t object until after the murder. But after Carmack became editor of the Tennes sean Cooper became suddenly angered. "He told his son that ‘day after day ' his name was used in the Tennessean and that Carmack was shooting poisoned arrows at him every day and that it was becoming unendurable.’ Let us see. Robin Cooper, his son. says he never saw ; them. His brother-in-law, James C. , Bradford, never saw them. Who did see them? They brought only three edi torials in here, and one of them was • written October 21, entitled ’An Awful Threat.’ j ’He objected to this because his name was mentioned in connection with Ben Murray and two others. One of these he swore had been indicted and convicted and the other, he said, was a gambler. He had to admit the next day that the man he thought was indicted had not been. So Colonel Cooper himself was not > so careful In making charges. And. as for the gambling, why. the colonel has been a gambler himself and won and lost Urge sums. But it IS not on record that . h» ever paid a debt out of his large win nings. and the man who he says is a I gambler does pay his debts. Attacks the Machine "Now. the second editorial appeared ' the same day. and It never mentioneq ' Cooper’s name; it simply •* tacked the machine. Cooper, in his note to Car mack. said: ’I am a private citizen;’ yet, as soon as the machine is mentioned. ; this private citizen roars out in anper, ; ’You are hitting me now; I am thi ma chine; I am the state.’ and. he says, ’They referred to me anu others as the ' machine.’ Any record, gentlemen, of the i others referred to going out and shooting the man who wrote it? "The third editorial produced by the • defense appeared on Sunday, November j ■B. and was entitled ’Across the Mudd> • Chasm.' This editorial simply repeat* j the charges that Governor Patterson and S Governor Cox had made against one an other and says Colonel Cooper is ere titled to credit for bringing the men to gether. "Colonel Cooper, in his cross-examtna ti n. says this reconciliation was a com mendable thing; that any one whv brought it about was entitled to com mendation. yet he wants to kill the man who gave him credit for doing a com mendable t,.ii.g. "Ail these things had been printed in other papers, and Colonel Cooper admit ted it; yet ne never grew angry at any ! other editor—only Carmack. “But we come to the day before the killing. Colonel Cooper xfrrote some notes—but the defense does not produce them. They lose them. There Is no original, but at last an alleged copy of a copy is produced for your inspection. "Fitzhugn went Into detail on the notes and then passed to the interview with ex- Trrasurtr E. B. Craig. “You Know E<l Craig—as honest a man as ever lived. He swears Colonel Cooper sai*: 'lf my name appears In the Ten nessean again, one of us must die.’ • Colonel Cooper, swearing for his life, says he said. ‘lf my name appears in the Ttnnessean again, the town will not be big enough for both of us.' Now, who tells the truth? Let us see: Colonel Coop er went out and borrowed a revolver. Fd Craig bel’eved his friend's life was in danger and hastened to warn him. Now. •who do you believe? Can you imagine how Ed Carmack felt when he heard the ' threats? What a shock it was to him? I Why. he couldn't believe that any one ; could be so vicious as to shoot a man for ’ such trifling, trivial banter and for doing | his duty. But Craig knew-he saw mur ! der in Colonel Cooper’s eyes. I "Next we find Cooper swearing that I Craig came back and told him that Car mack was in an ugly and vicious humor. THE ATLANTA SEMI-WEEKLY JOURNAL. ATLANTA, GEORGIA, TUESDAY, MARCH 9, 1909. FARM SELECTION TO BE DISAPPROVED GOV. SMITH MAY DISAPPROVE SELECTION OF FARM WHICH WILL HE MADE DURING THE PRESENT WEEK. On Wednesday the prison commission of Georgia will make its recommendation to Governor Smith in the matter of the purchase of a prison farm for the white male convicts. So the commission has itself announced. I Where the farm recommended will be j located, has not leaked out. It is known, ■ however, that it will be somewhere in middle south Georgia, below Macon, and somewhere within a radius of 60 miles ot so of Hawkinsville. It Is known, too, that the commission has narrowed all bids down to four farms, which it is now | considering. The disapproval of their selection by Governor Smith is entirely possible, not withstanding that the day is late, and that very little time remains between now and April Ist, when the new law becomes effective. This is indicated by the governor's knowledge that he will not, be hurried in his action, and that he will | look singly to the best interests of the state, and the generally accepted fact that he himself .is not responsible for the ( late date of the recommendation, the commission having had that matter en tirely in their own hands. Craig says he never said it and could nois have said it because there was nothing • to warrant such a statement. Why should Colonel Cooper swear he did say It? I’ll I tell you, gentlemen, because h£ had to have some excuse for going out and arm ing himself an hour later. And the only excuse that would have even a semblance of justice, was an implied threat.” During this bitter arraignment of Colonel Cooper the old defendant sat quietly, with his eyes snut and his , hands folded as though asleep. Not so j his daughters. Stately Mrs. Burch, I with tear-filled eyes, cast down. sat with clasped hands close to her brother. Mrs. Wilson, petite and active, watched the prosecuting attorney Intently, her black eyes flashing angrily, her lips curled scornfully and her small hands ; clenched as though she could tear him to pieces. Robin appeared composed and smiling. John Sharp was uncon cerned —no mention had been made of him yet. "What next?” queried Captain Fitz hugh. "Cooper says Craig came back ana told him ’That his name would not appear again.* This would mean that Colonel Cooper's end had been attained and that 1 the trouble was over. Yet what does ha do? He goes out and arms himself with a deadly weapon. And where does he get it? At the Tulane hotel. Where did Robin get his revolver? At the Tulane hotel. Where did Cooper meet Craig? Ai the Tulane hotel. Where is the Tulane’: Across the street from Senator Carmack'3 office. Anything significant in this?” Fourth Editorial Captain Fitzhugh then took up the fourth editorial entitled “The Diplomat of the Zweibund.” It was introduced in | the case by the state. This editorial cred- , its Colonel Cooper with "bringing about the great coalition;” with "welding the | pew’ter handle upon the wooden spoon,” with "grafting the dead bough upon the, living tree and making it bloom and hour- ■ geon with golden fruit, with making "playmates of the lamb and the leopard.’ with making “boon companions of the spider and the fly,” with ’ making soda and vinegar to dwell placidly in the same bottle," and with “teaching oil and water how they might agree,” and closed with the expression—"to Major Duncan Brown Cooper, the great diplomat of the political Zweibund, be all honor and glory for e'captaln Fitzhugh explained the editorial word by word and showed that it was humorous and bantering. "And. gentlemen, this editorial appear ed on Monday morning. November 9, and before the sun had set that night, the brilliant Edward W. Carmack had been slain for writing it.” Did Not Send Note Captain Fitzhugh called the jury s at tention to Colonel Cooper's exclamation: • Then, by' God. this note goes.” I “But it did not go. Why? Because they wanted to catch Carmack off his gu«rd declared the attorney dramatically. “Kob in Cooper, reading that note, told his father Senator Carmack would resent It, and the colonel, running his hand down into his pocket, said. ’I have this to pro tect myself.’ and displayed his trusty I gun. But he didn’t send the note, be cause it would have made Carmack be lieve that there was trouble and would have put him on his guard. "They tell you that they wanted peace, though at noon that day. Colonel Cooper s own daughter, frantic with terror and wild with anxiety, telephoned Dr. With erspoon that her father ’was armed and threatening to kill Senator Carmack on sight,’ and the young woman did every thing in her power to avoid the trouble, be it said to her credit. She even ap pealed to her father, and said she feared for his safety. What was hfs reply to that girl’s appeal? He said: ‘He is like ly to get hurt as I am.’ Ah, gentlemen, there is a note of confidence all through the defendant’s talk—a note of confidence, not based upon chance. Language of Cooper ‘They do not dare have the colonel back at Bradford's office that day at 11 I o’clock, so they’ had him at home, but ; they forgot Miss Lee. a pure, good girl. I who gave up a splendid position rather (than that truth should be trampled upon, j She says Colonel Cooper was there, and 1 used language so vile that she would not I soil or pollute her pure lips by speaking it. and wrote it only under compulsion. And you saw how she shrank and covered her face as the words were read. Those are the words used by this spark of the old chivalry, this type of an old south ern gentleman, in the presence of a vir tuous, helpless girl. God! Are you not ashamed of such a man? “But the significant port in this stage of the affair was that the only thing at- I tempted was to keep Cooper from send- I ing that note. Was any attempt made I to disarm the Coopers? Was any attempt > made to notify Carmack of the change of ■heart? Was any attempt made to notify | Carmack that the note Craig told him I would be sent to him was not to be sent? I No. The sole effort was to keep that note away from Carmack.” Conference in Bradford’s Office Captain Fitzhugh next took up the conference in Bradfords office and analyzed it. He laid especial stress upon the testimony tnat Colonel Cooper was not recalled to the telephone after ; he had left the office, that there was jno telephone from the governor and that thereafter there was no excuse tor the Coopers to be on Seventh ave nue that afternoon, unless they went up there to lay in wait for Senator Carmack, who was wont to pass that way about 4 p. m. every day on his ' way to his apartments. The attorney | then followed the Coopers up the ! street, commented upon the significance of their meeting with John D. Sharp and the incredibility of the story that they invited him to accompany them to a private conference with the gov ernor. He also pointed out how,, after Colonel Cooper had promised his son. his brother-in-law and Governor p-G terson, according to his own testimony, I that he would keep away from Senator I Carmack, he pulled away from his son ■ and sought the sen’ator out. JUDGE C. H. ELLINGTON IS DEAD AT THOMPSON THOMSON. Ga., March B.—Judge C. H. Ellington died at his home here Sunday afternoon at 4 ;5<T O’cloeß from paralysis, with which he was stricken Thursday. The interment will take place Tuesday morning at 9:30 o’clock, at the Thomson cemetery, the A. J Miller lodge, F. and A. M., of which the deceased had been a member for a number or years, will have i charge of the burial ceremonies. Judge Ellington was only fifty-five • years of age, but had been in ill health j for the past five years. He retired front the office or ordinary in January, which position he had ably filled for nine years. During his administration he built the magnificent roads which extend to all parts of McDuffie county. In 1894 ' he was elected state senator from this district. He has always been prominent i in "business, political and educational af fairs of the community. The deceased leaves a wife who was I Miss Bennett and seven children. Misses Clare, Edith, Eve and Sarah, and Mas ter Arthur Ellington, of Thomson, and Messrs. Carl and Claude EJTfngton, of Atlanta. ON THE SCAFFOLD BATON ROUGE, La.. March 5.-The ex ecution of seven negroes in Louisiana to day follows the conviction of six of them for murder and one for criminal assault upon a member of his own race. A petition for a reprieve for Willis Wil- i liams, convicted of the murder of another negro in Jefferson parish, was presented to Acting Governor Lambremont at the eleventh hour and was denied. One pe tition of Williams was however, granted. That was that he might have a bottle, of wine with his last meal on earth. Williams’ executioner. Frank Johnson, claims that he has sprung the death trap more than forty times. It was in a fight over fifteen cents, the stake in a crap game, that Williams kill ed Willie Brooks two years ago at Har vey’s Canal, La. The hanging of two brothers, Wallace and Ben Jones at Port Allen marks a swift carrying out of law. They killed Conductor Hall, of the Texas and Pacific railroad on the night of January 23, 1909. Within a few hours after they had been rushed to the walls of the state peniten tiary to escape an infuriated mob. a spe cial term of court was convened in West Baton Rouge parish for their trial and they were promptly convicted of mur der. Charles Davvis. the third negro to swing from the gallows at Port Allen today, in an attempt to escape from the state penitentiary on May 26, 1908, killed W. H. Boatner, a gurd. The execution of Jack Ratler at Frank lin carries out his sentence for the mur der of Mary McCoy, a negress in that I town on October 17, 1908. At Tallulah, the murder of his wife Is expiated by the hanging of Andrew Wash ington. The hanging of Charles Madison at Lake Charles follows his criminal as sault upon Sidonla Kelly lest September. GEORGIANS GREETED CORDIALLY BY TAFT WASHINGTON. D. C., March 6—Led by Henry 8. Jackson and chaperoned by frank H. Hitchcock, a dozen prominent Georgia Republicans called on President Taft Friday morning. Among those in the party were Walter Johnson, N. S'. Marshall, Atlanta; Henry Blinn, Jr., postmaster. Savannah; Hugh L. McKee, assistant postmaster, Atlanta; W. N Mitcnell, Atlanta; John Martin, internal revenue agent, Atlanta, and a number of others of equ«l prominence. Mr. Jackson led the party to the I white house and they were all strug gling with the assembled crowd when Hitchcock spied them. His influence was enough to brUtg them through the lines and five mimites later they were in the presence of the president. Mr. Taft was cordial in his greeting. He i spoke pleasantly of his visit to Georgia ■ and his face broadened with his big gest smile when mention was made of j the 'possum dinner at Atlanta. jSITUTION IN SERVIA HAS GROWN SERIOUS I BERLIN, March 6.—The semi-official note showing the impossibility of Austrla- I Hungary accepting the good offices of the powers looking to a settlement of the disagreement with Servia is discussed by , the newspapers this morning as meaning that the quetion between the dual mon -1 archy and Servia has assumed much more i serious aspect. I The Tageblatt says that the discord I among the great powers gives occasion ■ for grave apprehension. The Cologne | Gazette in a leading article under the 1 captian. "Keep Cool," expresses the opin ' ion that the attempt of the powers to summon Austria into an international I conference involves enprmous danger. TWO ARE CONFIRMED AS GEORGIA POSTMASTERS j WASHINGTON, March s.—Among the I last acts of the senate before the inaugur- I ation ceremonies yesterday was an execu j live session which confirmed the appoint i ment of Sarah J. Anthony to be postmas ter at Shellman, Randolph county, and John F. King, to be postmaster at I Rochelle. | Mrs. Mamie Fryer Smith was not con ; firmed. Chairman Penrose, of the Jost- I office committee, withheld her name from i consideration. There was no report, on • the appointment of S. Schwarzweiss, at ; Waynesboro, and he is down and out for ! the present, anyhow. TAFT 'PLEABES~ FORA K ER WITH VIEWS ON NEGRO WASHINGTON. March B.—Joseph H. Foraker. ex-United States senator from Ohio, has indicated that he fully ap proves President Taft’s vi»ws on the ne gro question outlined in his inaugural address. ’ “If I correctly understand what he said,” commented Mr. Foraker, “h«- realizes fully the serious character of this question and intends to do all in his power to bring about a just solution ot It.” DOGS ON ( ANAL ZONE "PERSONA NON GRATA” I WASHINGTON. March 6.—Dogs on the | canal zone are hereafter to be classed as i “persona non grata” with the American ■ government. Chief Sanitary Officer Gor- I gas has issued an order against unmuz ; zled dogs being allowed at large. This ; applies to the entire zone. The offense. i committed by the canine trToe. which | called forth this restriction of liberty, is j not stated in the communication to the war department. HIS LIFE BY HANGING HIMSELF WINSTON-SALEM, N. C., March 6. While brooding, it is said, over domestic affairs. Adolphus Thomas, a well-known farmer living near here, last night at tempted suicide by tying a rope around his neck and then jumping from a win dow in his barn. He was found this morning in a dying condition. It is uot thought that he will recover. MB. PERINO BROWN. PIONEER, IS OEM FUNELAR OF FORMER BANKER; AND MERCHANT WILL BE; HELD HERE AT RESIDENCE OF j DAUGHTER, MRS. PATTERSON. MR. PERINO BROWN Who died Sunday morning. Funeral services of Mr. Perino Brown, at one time a prominent busines man here, will be held Monday afternoon at 3 o’clock at the residence of his daugh ter, Mrs. W. H. Patterson, at 874 Pdach tree street. Dr. J. S. French, pastor of the First Methodist church, will offi ate. Mr. Brown, who was nearly S 3 years old, died of old age, near Milledgeville, Sunday morning. Born in Hall county, he came to Atlanta as a young man. and subsequently became a member of the firm of Brown, Fleming & Co., whos-i place of business was at Decatur and Pryor streets. He later left the mercantile business, and became a banker, as a member of the firm of Brown & Wildman, with of fices at Broad and Marietta streets. Later he became agent of the Georgia Railroad bank. He afterwards retired from active business, and for the past 20 years had made his home with Mrs. W. H. Patterson, his daughter, in At lanta. At the age of 25. Mr. Brown married Miss Georgia McKeen, of Mobile. She | died here in 1888. Mr. Brown is survived by his three children: Mrs. Patterson, H. H. Brown, of New York, and Bowdre Brown, of Chattanooga, and his three brothers, W. A., Berrien M.. and C. M. Brown, and one sister, Mrs. Emmie Sanford, of For syth county. For a number of years, Mr. Brown was assistant secretary of the Capital City club. WAYCROSS MAKES A FIGHT ON NEAR-BEER WAYCROSS, Ga., March 6.—Near-beer saloons has come Tn for theirs in this city. The question came up at the last meeting of council, and was postponed until the March meeting to consider the called a special meeting to consider the matter for Wednesday night, however, owing to the fact that a saloon had been opened by veterans. Opening caused de cided action by several organizations and representative citizens. Y’esterday afternoon there was a mass I meeting of the ladies of the city attended by over one Hundred well known ladies. Committees were appointed to secure sig natures to petitions asking council to for bid the, sale of near-beer in Waycross, and between 4 o'clock and 7 more tnnn seven hundred signatures were secured. At the meeting ot council, resolutions from the Ministerial association, from misionary societies. Trinity and i irst Methodist churches, from U. D. C., and i from the ladies’ mass meeting were pre sented, protesting against the favorable action in permitting the sale of the article in question. Protests were not needed, however, as the mayor and council had views of their own on the subject. An ordinance was introduced and pas**<t without a dissenting vote, placing the fol lowing restrictions around the sale ot ' near-beer: “Applicant for license must have the written consent of all property owners within one hundred yards of the location of their place of business. No license I will be granted in any portion of the city except about five blocks of Plant avenue. Any person engaging In the busi ness will have to give a bond for SS,(XW, signed by responsible party or guarantee company. Not more than one quart can be sold in any one day to any customer. , None shall be sold to women or minors. I Sale will be permitted only between 8 I a.m. and 5 p. m. Stands shall be closed on | Sundays, holidays, election days, etc., I screened or frosted windows will not be I permitted.” The ordinance was drawn up Iby City Attorney Leon A. Wilson. 1 Former Mayor J. A. Jones Is out today 'in a card. In which he states his regret I that his father, J. B. Jones, should have been engaged in the near-beer business. IHe says the latter went into it against ' his advice, and that he is glad council and other organizations took the action they did. It is understood that the petition of the Acme Brewing company of Macon for li cense to conduct near-beer saloons will come up before council at their regular I meeting. March 12. The company.* through ! its attorney, will contend that they have the right to do business upon payment 'of license of two hundred dollars and general municipal business license of ten I dollars. MANY VESSELS BUILT * IN UNITED STATES WASHINGTON, March 6.—Forty-sev- I en sail and steam vessels, of 6,334 gross j tons were built in the United States and ! officially numbered during the month of February, according to a report by the ' bureau of navigation or tne department of commerce and labor. i The distribution of these vessels in the various waters where they will be put in service is as folloVs:- Atlantic and gulf, 25; Pacific, 11; Great ' Lakes, 1; and Western rivers 10. Six of the vessels are of steel construction, while the others are built of wood. ; REC ESSATPOINTM EN T S ARE SIGNED BY TAFT WASHINGTON, March 6.—The presi | dent today signed the following recess ■ appointments so that the terms of court may be held. These designations, is Is stated at the White House, have no ref ments: Edward E. Wagner, to be United States attorney for South Dakota; Oscai I R. Hundley, to be United States ju ige I for the northern district of Alabama; I Milton D. Purdy to be United States I judge for the district of Minnesota. DEMOCRATS THINK CANNON’S JOB IS SAFE WASHINGTON, D. C.» March 6.—Al though a number of influential Democrats j look with favor upon the proposition ot j the insurgent Republican members of, the house to join with them and elect ? Victor Murdock, of Kansas, or some j other Republican speaker in preference, [ to “Uncle Joess Cannon, the rank and file of the minority party hoot the propo sition as absurd. The Democrats .would rejoice in the overthrow of Cannon, but they are un willing to deliver their entire strength to a handful of dissatisfied Republicans to defeat Cannon with some other and less objectionable Republican. “Let the Republican insurgents bolt their party and join with us electing Champ Clark speaker of the house, ana we’ll be with them to fare-you-well,” said a prominent Democrat tonight. “But the suggestion that we weliver one hundred and seventy-two votes and deseft our leader. Is absurd. The dissat isfied Republicans should do as the dis satisfied element of the party did at the St. Louis convention in IS96—bolt ana join the Democrats. They admit by their open hostility to Cannon and the ma jority of their party that they lack con fidence in their leaders, and then they come to us and suggest that we take one of their number and elect him speaker.” The insurgents have twenty-four votes, and they could easily accomplish the defeat of Cannon if they would decline to enter the Republican caucus. The Democrats will have 172 votes in the new house and should the 24 Re publican insurgents join them they woulS have 196 votes in the house, whereas the RepiAlicans could muster but 195 votes. Undoubtedly many of the insurgents are sufficiently determined to bolt their party to accomplish the defeat of Cannon, but some of them lack the necessary cour age and none will bolt unless all agree to the proposition. CADETS - ARE GIVES’ SPLENDID BANQUET ■■ ■ The Atlanta cadets, students of the Donald Fraser school and the Georgia Military academy, were given a royal welcome in Washington. The banquet which the boys were given at the Ar lington hotel is described by the Wash ington Star as follows: "Representative Thomas W. Hardwick, the principal speaker at a banquet given at the Arlingtu.l last night, at which about 200 cadets from the Georgia Mili tary Academy and the Donald Fraser Military school at Decatur were present, after extolling the bravery of the man hood and the beauty of the womanhood of Georgia, paid a tribute to Preside"t elect Taft and uiged his hearers to a broader national pa riotlsm. " ‘Although I differ with Mr. Tat* po litically.’ he said, ’I consider him one of the most able as well as one of the most genial men on the American continent. I believe he is above partisan politics.’ “Col. J. C. Woodward, president of the Georgia Military Academy, who was toastmaster, speaking along the same lines, said: " ‘We are in the greatest city upon the American continent. It is not great be cause of it’s size, but It is great because it is the capital city of a great and mas tering people. “ ‘After fifty years we are now sweep ing away the party lines that, have been separating this country into factions. y“ ‘This is not a time when we should know a north or a south, but a time when we should all stand together/ said I’rof. G. H. Gardner, principal of the Donald Fraser school, whose father was a grad uate of the Annapolis Naval academy and /ought for the south during the civil war on the Merrimac and the Alabama. "Short talks were also made by William G. Brantley. Jr., son of Representative William G. Brantley, and Col. J. I. Nash.” MRS. GEORGE BELL ASKS FOR DIVORCE DUBLIN, Ga., March 6.—The Dublin Courier-Dispatch prints the following i story from Waycross, Ga.: “Mrs. Rosa Bell, wife of George H. Bell,. whose long fight for freedom while an in- | mate of the state asylum for the insane j at Milledgeville, and recently release through the efforts of Mrs. Blanche Bur ton, of Indianapolis, attracted more than statewide attention, has filed suit for a total divorce in the Emanuel superior court. “Before her marriage, which occurred i October 19, 1899. Mrs. Bell was Miss Rosa Folks, daughter of Dr. Frank C. Folks, of this place. At present she Is employed j as a stenographer in a local office. Their one child, a daughter, is here with her and will probably remain In her custody regardless of the outcome of the divorce proceedings. ; “It was stated that in her petition Mrs. I Bell charges habitual drunkenness and | cruelty of her husband as her reason for' asking the severance of her marital bond. I The petition was filed by her attorneys. | Messrs. Wilson, Bennett & Lambdin, of • Waycross. “It is understood that Bell will offer no < opposition to his wife's plea. He has 1 stated frequently that he would never re turn to his old life with her, and that he did not care to hear from her. As long as he was in the asylum, and he charges that his wife did not do her duty, because she allowed him to be sent there, she did not press tor a divorce, but now that he 13 free she will ask for the separation." WILL USE OLD RATES ON EXPORT GRAIN Seven railroads, which compete for export grain shipments, have decided to use the same rates which were in effect last season The roads are the Southern railway. Pennsyl vania. Norfolk and Western. Erie. Chesapeaxi and Ohio. Baltimore and Ohio and Cumber | la The G rates >l wtll apply to export grain shlu-l ments from points west of the Mississippi river through Atlantic points and are made to I meet the competition of lake and rail line. upon the opening of lake navigation. 1 The railroads claim that they cannot com pete with a profit with the rates usual,./ made by the lake steamers which carry t grain on the lake to Buffalo and use th*| eastern lines from there to the Atlantic ports. generaiTamnesty bill IS SIGNED BY GOMEZ I HAVANA. March 6.—The general amnes'.yl bill today was slgn-d by President Gomez. It will tyke efect immediately and provides for the release from prison of those persons who have been convicted of other than crimes i of grave atrocity. ; This will resuit In tne freeing of many pro fessional criminals, which causes much un- I easiness in Havana. The police force tn this city has become ' largely disorganized by reason ot th' d’»- | charge on Thursday of three captains ana lof four more captains today, as well »s ; many experienced detectives, to make places I it is stated, for a number of political wuix i erß ‘ - I CUBAN EX-GOVERNOR IS VICTIM OF PLOT 1 HAVANA, March C.—An attempt was made I this evening to kill General Emilio Nimex. ex- ■ governor of the province of Havana, while be ■ was passing through San Miguel street. I Joec CisiK-ros*. a merchant, who has had a per- I sonal grudge of long s anding against Genchai Nnncz. fired two shots at him but neither took vs »uct. / I Cisneros wes arcstcd and said he had soh-cted ' todav to kill General Xuncx. hecanse ti e latter s i daughter. Marie, wus to t-c married tonight to Edgar Karel, sou of a millionaire sugar plan er. < 1 General Nunez was governor of Havana i the recent AiverUan - intervention. An attempt, was rnaue to shoot him two years ago. i height inf eaks’record' FOR FASTEST RUN! MOBILE, Ala., March B.—What is con- 1 ceded to be the fastest run ever made by, any freight train in the south was accom-, plished Sunday by the Southern railway ( train carrying 1,303 tons of iron pipe foi 1 export to Cuba. ' ELIOT SAYS SOOTH NEEDS BIG COLLEGE ■ ' GREATEST DESIDERATUM IS UN- IVERSITY STRONG ENOUGH TO COMPETE WITH COLUMBIA. CHICAGO AND OTHERS. NEW ORLEANS. March 6.—Touching upon university education in the south I ifi his address last night at the banquet of the Tulane Alumni association, retir ing President W. Eliot of Harvard uni versity said: "The greatest educational desidera- <: turn of the south, yet the greatest adu- I cational need of the nation, is a univer- .1J slty in the south of the first rank, which H should give poise and balance to tlie in- - lellectual forces of the republic—a uni versity strong enough to compete in gen- .J crous chivalry with Columbia, with. Chi cago, with Stamford and even with Har- *, vard.” Dr. Eliot had just had the degree of doctor of 4 aws conferred upon him by Tulane, and in addressing the alumni he spoke as one of them. “The bonds that bind our universities i together are growing stronger as the years go by,” he said. “It could not be otherwise with an increasing number of Harvard men in our faculty and an in creasing number of our graduates com ing to Harvard for higher degrees. Is it any wonder, then, that out west and throughout the couth and up north, too, sjs in spots, well-inrormed men speak of Tu- . 3 lane as the Harvard of the south? But. > sir, we cherish a more daring and des perate ambition still. We shall never be ..J quite satisfied until far out west and ■ 1 throughout the s<-uth and all over the union men may speak of Tulane as the Harvard of the south and of Harvard as ■ the Tulane of the north. Yes. we are - strong in the hope of a greater Tulane.” WOMAN’S DEAD BODY IS FOUND NEAR PONCE DE LEON Continued from Page One ”” 5 saw a piece of bone sticking out. fram the ground Sunday afternoon, and ne asked W. M. Hughes, of Reynoldstown, ■ who happened to be passing down the path, what it was. The latter investigat- . jj ed and found the skeleton of a woman, or rather, a girl. Sewer Empties Near By Just a few feet away, a big sewer emp ties out and the water pours down with a rear. All around are the woods, with • hills sloping up on each side. The place Is fifty yards or more from Ponce de Leon I avenue, and is just where Jackson street would be if it penetrated through. It is believed that the girl was a ne gress. The body found near it several *<l weeks ago was that of a negro giffb-about . 16 years of age. The first liody was found just off the . 9 sewer and only a few yards from Bed ford Place. The second was found only a few feet from the sewer and not more 4 than a block away. A part of the Jaw- f bone is missing and this may mean that -4 the victim was shot and the bullet pen- j etrated the jaw or that she was struck with some instrument. Bureid Weeks Ago Evidently, the body had been buried for many weeks. The bones are bleached and bare and the clothing has begun to decay. The murders must have buried 3 the body there in that lonely placed and. seeing that it was apparently escaping | detection. brought his second victim 4 there thinking it was the safest spot to be found. Little boys, playing, discovered both bodies. In the first instance, a shoe was *< seen protruding from a trash pile, and, J when it was pulled, an ankle came out ' from the pile of garbage. The body in : that case had not been burled for more § than a day or two and the features were 7 still clear and distinct. Finally it was identified and several suspects w*ore ar- ■ rested by the police, but all have since been released. Who murdered the jgtrl la still a mystery. It is now doubled irt . horror by the discovery that a second a victim lay but a hundred yards away. A Lonely Spot The place where the first body was dis covered it just back of one of the most prominent resident sections of the city. The back fence of one house is not over I twenty yards away. But the bones of the /’ second victim were found in a very wild S spot, though not far distance. Off to the left can be seen several small lousea, but there are no dwellings immediately | about. Several paths wind out from , there, and now and then someone passes 3 by, but the place has a forbidding air that H makes the number small. Though the clothes tl at lay with the •Jj bleached bones have begun to decay, j their quality and color are still disrtln- 1 guishable. They consist of a dark skirt, ‘ a white embroidered waist, a bluj- jack- t et. with braid, and pockets on C.e out- '< side, and a black corded belt with a. , large imitation buckle. ■ The matter was reported to the police | Sunday evening and an investigation ■ was made by Officers Hood and Arthur. Monday morning the coroner held an inquest. Lve of soda, heated in a pan impregnated « with olive oil, led to the discovery of soap. «| COMPETE Stomach Troubles Quickly Cured tty Peptopad for the Cura of 4adk gestion, Dyspepsia, Etc., Seat Free to Ail Free Relief to Every Man or Woma J ’ T vrzat you to write for one of my powerfzl fI.CO Pcptopuds for tuo cu-e of all stomach Ills. I'yspcpsla, Indigestion. Acute Gaatrlc Catarrh. iieartSura, Lois of Appetite, Paine at Pit of Etotncch, Constipation, towel Pains, etc. No matter wbgtform o' atemaca trouble you have, let me relieve you free. Thlsofier is extended to any man or woman. 1 will do just exactly aa I say 1 will do. 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