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VOL. VIII.
GARNER SAYS THAT ;
MEEKS FALSIFIED|
RECORD IN SPEECH
State Attorney Declares Sen*--
* tor Carmack Did Not at Any
Time Call Col an el Duncan
Cooper Dive Keeper.
SAYS CRUEL SLANDERS
HAVE BEEN HEAPED
ON DEAD SENATOR
General Garner Shows That Murder
For Editorials Was Not Justifiable.
Refers to Three Editoriaals as In
troduced by the Defense.
■y Associated i’tsss- 1
NASHVILLE. Tenn.. March 10—So
dense was the threng inside the bar to- •
day in the ooper-Sharp trial for thej
murder of K. W. Carmack, that Judge ’
Hart could not reach the bench from his
chambers until two husky deputies
pushed open a narrow path. He mounted j
the bench and said:
"laidfes and Gentlemen: I am glad to I
see you here this morning and sorry there 1
are not more of you. As 1 said before,
there muat be no demonstrations. If you
follow my order everything will be love
ly. If you do not we will fall out right
away."
A laugh followed the Judge's remarks,
but be rapped for order.
As one lawyer remarked, half of Maury
county came to Nashville to hear Attor- '
ney General Garner’s argument for the
state. That is Garner's home county and
the young lawyer is popular there. Few j
of them got into the court room, how
ever. and those only on cards issued by
Gamer.
The rest of the visitors had cards, too.
but the walls refused to stretch, so they
sat on the sidewalk outside and caught
now and then a few sentences.
General Garner Speaks
General Gamer began his argument at
»a. m. He said:
“1 feel the same pride and gratification
at representing the people of the great
state that I always do in prosecuting a
criminal. At the same time 1 have never
triad a case that there was not some hu
manity manifested on the side of the de
fense that called forth some cause for
regret. In this case, there is the same
huiriknity that exists in all cases.
"The position of the defendants in this
case is not so different that the hearts of
those who love them suffer any more
than the loved ones of defendants who
are lower in the social scale.
‘ And I do not say that the loved ones
of these defendants do not suffer. Mj
sympathy goes out to them, though it
may not be appreciated and 1 regret that ‘
tt Is my duty to prosecute. I say this
. because I want you to believe that what
1 say here is said from a sense of duty.
Since time was, the innocent have had to
suffer ten-fold with the guilty and these
defendants alone are to blame for making
their own dear ones suffer.
Says Meeks Falsified
“But the saddest part of this case, to
■ny mind, is that the lips of the man
they so cruelly murdered cannot respond i
and reply to the cruel slanders and male- I
dictions heaped upon him by the hired
counsel of the defense. And I appeal to
you to bear me out when I say that M.
H. Meeks falsified the record when he
told you that Senator Carmack called
Colonel Cooper a dive keeper. It was a
cruel and a monstrous misrepresentation.
“If you gentlemen of the defense have
not enough evidence to bring a verdict of
acquittal, then do not be detected in the
act of falsifying and deceiving the jury.
••I want you. gentlemen of the jury, to
consider the condition of mind of these
defendants. It is imossible to believe that
three men on trial for their lives should
tell anything that would injure them
selves except by accident. Remember, too.
that no matter what Senator Carmack
said on the stump or wrote in the Ten
nessean about Colonel Cooper, there was
no justification for murder. The law gives
another recourse.
“The defense introduced three editorials.
Even if the law permitted the slaying of
a man for defaming another, upon what
editorial, upon what sentence in these
editorials, would they seek justification?
“General Meeks says that murder for
these editorials is justifiable. He. a law
yer. applies the unwritten law to editors,
and says this is not the first time that
the streets of our city have run red with
the blood of men who offended against
this self-made law. Is there anything in
the law or the evidence of this case to
Justify this statement? If so. where is
n?
As to Reconciliation
“They say that Senator Carmack ac
cused Colonel Cooper of having reconciled
Governor Cox and Governor Patterson.
And there Is not a word to show that this
reconciliation was improper or that it was
degrading to have effected it. Yet they
consider It justification for murder. If
so. what In the natke of God should be
the punishment meted out to John Sharpe
and Robin Cooper for the vile epithets ap
plied to Senator Carmack? You heard the
witnesses repeat what these two defend
ants raid of the dead man.”
General Garner took up the message
Cooper sent to Carmack, “that if my
name appears in the Tennessean again,
one of us must die." and applied to It
Colonel Cooper s own explanation of it.
jhat he meant he would expose Senator
Carmack's private life. General Garner
asked If the jury could see how these two
—the message and the statement, could be
reconciled. He followed Cooper <Bown to
the first conference In Bradford's office
the morning of rhe killing.
“We find him still cursing and swearing
and applying, in the presence of a lady,
the vilest epithets to Senator Carmack.
Did he tell his son he would expose Sena
tor Carmack’s private life? Not a word
about IL
“Why. because the governor in his
heart feared that just what did happen,
would happen.”
Mica Lee"* Testimony
General Garner then referred to the ef
forts of the defense to Impeach Miss
Lee's testimony that Colonel Cooper was
at Bradford s office about noon.
"Oh! Be fair to this girl.” he said. "The
honest gentlemen of the defense. Do not
malign an honest girl who has given up
her means of livelihood for truth and
justice. Miss Lee says Colonel Cooper
was at Bradford's office. You say she
is contradicted by our own witness. Miss
Braxton. You gentlemen know that is
Manta SmiJWrWa Sanrmd
PRETTY GIRL TELLS
i JURY OF KILLING
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MAN KILLED COMPANION’, TES
TIFIES IN TRIAL.
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(Special Dispatch to The Journal.)
LAURENS, S. C., March 11.—Wade'
Pinson, a prominent young man of Cross,
Hili, this county, was today placed on
trial for his life, in the court of general
sessions for Laurens county, charged with
murder for the kilting, November 7th,
last. In Cross Hill township, of his friend
and companion. Thornwell Boyce, also
of Cross Hill and of equal pprominence
in his section.
A great crowd attended the trial, as it
was anticipated there would be sensation*
ial developments.
Miss Mary Brown, a strikingly beauti
ful young woman, 'who was the only eye
| witness, testified that she. with Pinson
and Boyce, were returning in same bug
gy; that Pinson appeared to be drinking,
and his conduct was ungentlemanly and
his language bad. Over her protest, she
I said, he drew a pistol and fired several
shots, one of which penetrated Boyce's
heed, fatally wounding him.
Pinson admitted the shooting, but be
cause of the bad working order of the
pistol, which he was trying to adjust as-
Iter the second shot, the weapon was unin
tentionally fired, the third and fourth
• time, one of which he supposed struck
I Boyce.
| He swore that Boyce suggested to nim.
in undertones, to shoot his pistol.
j false. Miss Braxton swore Col. Cooper
was at his daughter's home between 9
and 10 a. m. Miss Lee says he was in
Bradford s office between 11 and 12. But
this is in keeping with all the defense's
statement but it is especially vicious
when applied to a woman who was com
pelled by your client to listen to the vil
est epithets the mouth of man can ut
i ter."
( General Gamer then turned his atten
, tion to Judge Bradford. and declared
- that the latter's testimony had been im
peached.
"This is the man who said: 'I could
have killed Senator Carmack with as
little remorse as 1 would kill a rattle
snake.' He swears he did not ask any
one to carry the Cooper note to Carmack,
yet one of the most honored men in the
state, John J. swears th*-
Bradford did ask him to deliver the note
and that he refused.
"But the day moves on and the de
fendants are armed. Why is Robin along
—armed? He says to protect his fathei
in case Senator Carmack resented the
message carried to him by Ylralg. Why
was It not completed if you really
wanted to avoid trouble, to havv
telephoned Senator Carmack and told
him that there was no more danger or
trouble? Why didn’t you do this? You
have never explained.
Defendants Are Guilty?
“The evidence of the three defendants
in this case shows tuey are guilty, just
as completely and as surely as does the
evidence of Mrs. Eastman. The three
men reach Union street together, with no
thought of Senator Caramdk. There is iu
the heart of Colonel Cooper, a deep
rooted hatred of Carmack. There is in
Robin's heart no hatred but a desire to
preserve the peace. They reach Seventh
avenue and start to cross Union street.
Is there anything in their demeanor to
cause Carmack to fear an assault? We
can take it on John Sharp's own testi
mony that there was. Sharp says at first
he thought there would be only personal
difficulty. 'But.' he says, ‘when I remem
j bered how Colonel Cooper pulled away
I from Robin and how he looked, 1 feared
more serious trouble.” There is the
deadly key to the tragedy.
Assassination Impending
They tell you they were going over
there on a peaceful mission, yet Sharp I
says he feared there would be serious
trouble, and he was so sure of it, that at
I a single glance he told Miss Skefflngton
that 'that was Col. Cooper shooting Car
mack.' Now. General Meeks declares
that tills clears John Sharp. because
Sharp got his knowledge of the impend
ing trouble from Col. Cooper's manner
when the latter caught sight of Senator
Carmack. I agree with General Meeks.
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ATLANTA. GEORGIA. FRIDAY, MARCH 12, 1909.
TARIFF REVISION
IQ BE A FRAUD?
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I M LAURIN DECLARES IT IS NOT
REPUBLICAN INTENTION TO
REDUCE TARIFF TO ANY MA
TERIAL EXTENT.
(By Associated Press.)
| BIRMINGHAM. Ala.. March 11.—A spe
] eial from Jackson, Miss., says: That the
1 proposed revised revision of the tariff
; wiil result in the perpetration of a fraud
on the nation is the opinion expressed
by United States Senator A. J. McLaurin
who is back from the national capital to
tpend the congressional recess. Senator
McLaurin was a visitor in Jackson this
week and when asked how the change
will be manipulated, said:
‘ “It Is not the Republican intention to
reduce the tariff to any material ex
tewt. It is the purpose of the party in
power to continue it as a protect! t tar
iff, and in many instances, even make
it prohibititive. They will make some
immaterial reductions to give it the ap
pearance of a downward revision. But
when it is summed up. the Ifist state of
the tariff will be as bad if not worse,
than the first. Where it is made pro
hibitive, of course, no revenue will be
derived, and as the extravagance con
tinues and grows, often for the very pur
pose of giving an excuse for high tar
iffs; under the faise pretense that the
higher the tariff the greater the revenue,
ad infiritum. other sources of revenue
will be sought and found by the party of
extravagance and robbery of the toiling
millions under the guise of law.”
That’s where Sharp got his knowledge
of an assassination impending. Sharp
says he had no knowledge of the threats
Cooper had made or the notes he had
written. But Carmack had knowledge.
Now, if their manner was such as to
make Sharp believe they would assault
Senator Carmack, was not their manner,
coupled with the threats, enough to make
Carinack believe it?
“The colonel tells you he didn’t wait
on the corner lest the waiting be preg
nant with meaning—an overt act. So he
thinks it safer to walk down the street
behind Mrs. Eastman and come upon
Senator Carmack unawares.
"Now, Senator Carmack, in the act of
raising his hat to Mrs. Eastman, sees
suddenly, Col. Cooper standing still—not
walking mind you—UCT standing still with
arm extended. He sees the colonel’s son,
15 feet out in the street, circling around
behind him. He sees on Colonel Cooper s
face the look that made John Sharp
know a moment later that Cooper had
killed Carmack.
Carmack Drew Gun
“They say now that Carmack at once
drew a gun. Cooper says so, Robin
Cooper corroborates him. John Sharp,
who sees it all, says that is not true,
that Robin drew a pistol and that Car
mack did not draw a revolver until he
got to the poles. But if Senator Carmack
drew a gun, why did he not shoot? What
does a man draw a gun for except to
shoot? Yet they would have you believe
that Carmack waited until Robin, who
says he was paralysed ror an instant,
jumped between Carmack and his father.
1 ask you if that is believable? Colonel
Cooper swears Carmack was going
around the pole when he first say Robin
swing between him and the senator and
as Robin paused, Carmack fired. What
in the name of God was he waiting for?
“I tell you gentlemen, you must anal
yse this testimony. I want you to look
at this map now and watch me as I
point out to you the dilemma they have
placed themselves in, in order to get a
verdict from you that will set them
free.
Plat of Tragedy Scene
General Garner placed the plat of the
scene of the tragedy on the floor, put two
books up to represent the poles and dem-
1 onstrated that it would be a physical im
possibility for Carmack to have shot Rob
in from between the poles. Os course, the
defense does not admit that the poles were
placed as Garner placed them, and as one
of the poles has been cut down, there is
a conflict on this point that never can be
settled.
“I tell you, gentlemen,” Garner went on,
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Scenes at Cuthbert After Tuesday Night's Storm
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TWO VIEWS OF TORNADO-SWEPT TOWN.
One of the pictures, with its I ong stretch of debris, was taken in I ront of the express office on one of
the main streets. The other view, in which the team appears, adds to the scene of desolation.
TOWN OF CUTHBERT WRECKED BY STORM
ELBERT COUNTY NAN
TRIED FOR MURDER
ELBERTON, Ga., March 11.—The trial
of Jabe R. Booth for the killing of George
C. Oglesby, is creating a great deal of in
terest, and hundreds of people are in at
tendance upon the trial.
Wednesday morning, when the case was
called, the court room was packed, every
available place being filled. Both the
dead man and the prisoner on trial are
prominently connected over the county,
and this district. Many ladies are in at
tendance upon
Almost the entire day Wednesday was
consumed in selecting a jury. Solicitor
General Thos. J- Jifown is assisted by
Judge P. P. Proffitt, of the local bar, and
Hon. Reuben R. Arnold, of Atlanta, while
Colonel Jos. N. Worley and Sam L. Olive
are representing the defendant.
The coroner's jury last November in
dicted Booth for manslaughter, but the
grand jury at this session of the court re
turned a bill of murder against him. He
was awaiting trial under a $4,000 bond, but
his bond was increased to SIO,OOO, which
was promptly made.
The killing occurred last November at
Nickville, several miles from Elberton.
The dead man was a prominent and well
to-do farmer.
The two men were to each
other, but bad feeling had existed between
them for several years.
At noon J. R. Booth, the defendant,
went on the stand in his own behalf. Ar
gument will begin this afternoon. The
case will reach the jury Thursday about
12 o’clock.
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Business Section, Including
Several Brick Buildings, Are
Razed by Tornado, Entail
ing Loss of Over $500,000.
♦ MAYOR ASKS FOR AID ♦
♦ FOR CUTHBERT PEOPLE ♦
♦ CUTHBERT, Ga., March 10, via ♦
*- Eufaula, Ala.—About 9 o’clock last ♦
-* night a terrific storm struck Cuth- ♦
♦ bert, Ga., demolishing a large part ♦
♦ of the business district, killing six ♦
persons, as well as Injuring several. ♦
♦ Our people are in sore need of help. ♦
♦ Property damage not yet estimated. ♦
♦ D. A. M’PHERSON, ♦
Mayor.
♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦*♦♦*»»♦♦♦»
By Atiuciut.d Pr«M.»
CUTHBERT, Ga., March 10.—Five ne
groes were killed, twenty-five white per
sons and negroes hurt, some probably fa
tally, and property worth $500,000 de
stroyed here by a tornado last
night, and a dozen business build
ings. comprising the bulk of Cuth
bert’s commercial houses, were almost
totally destroyed.
J. H. Farmer, a well-known citizen,
was the only white man fatally injured.
The tornado twisted off corners and
made mutilations on many of the other
buildings.
Several white persons were injured, but
so far as known now none seriously.
Many Homeless People
Every building on the east side of the
public square is in ruins except the bank
of Randolph. Almost every building on
the south side of the public square is
badly damaged.
Depot street is a mass of brick and
broken timbers. Every store on this
street is down. The Cuthbert Grocery
company’s big brick building is in ruins.
The people are in a terrible condition
almost every house in the town was
more or less damaged.
Homeless people are this morning Wan
dering over town trying to find their
household goods.
The doctors have been at work trying
to relieve the suffering for hours.
List of Losses
The dwelling house of Ben Ward blew
down on himself and family, but all es
caped uninjured.
It is impossible to say at this time
what the loss is but it will reach half a
million dollars.
The principal losers are John H. Shaf
fer & Co., $20,000.
J. E. Martin SIO,OOO.
J. C. Graham $2,050.
J. W. Stafford $5,000.
W. D. Kiddoo SIO,OOO.
A. J. Moye $20,000.
B. T. Teabeaut SIO,OOO.
D. A. McPherson $20,000.
E. A. Jackson SIO,OOO.
J. C. iCTartin $5,000.
Cuthbert Grocery Co.. $50,000.
These are the largest brick buildings
on the square and were all occupied by
merchants with big stocks.
To view the ruins today is to marvel
that hundreds are not dead. Houses are
down by the hundreds in every part of
town. Many miraculous escapes from
death are being reported.
City Rallies From the Blow
The city is trying to clear the streets.
The merchants are trying to save some
of their slocks.
Lost childreri*’’’are searching for par
ents and parents are searching for their
children.
With the wind came a heavy’ rain and I
everything was soaked with water.
Never before in the history of Cuthbert
has there been so much death and suf
fering and loss.
It will mean bankruptcy to many.
Many of the people lost everything
they had. The churches and schools are
safe.
No damage was done to Andrew col
lege. •
Train Was Blown Over
A freight train standing on the track
was blown over and the conductor badly’
hurt.
The people seem dazed at their loss:
and some of them are helpless.
The mayor has wired to various cities
asking for help for the people.
A revival meeting was in progress last
night during the tornado which passed
some di lance from the church, whoso
occupants mistook the storm’s roar for
thunder and remained at the service
throughout the passage of the "twister.”
Wires Are Down
Later rv.ny of the worshipers went
home und.r clearing skies to find their
‘ homes or those of their friends uninhabit
able in some cases, with here and there a
1 house pulled to pieces almost as complete-,
j ly as if some carpenter had taken it apart'
I board by board.
The greater part of the destruction was
confined to negro quarters. The total loss
probably will reach SIOO,OOO. Cuthbert has
2,500 inhabitants.
Telephone wires are down and it is im
possible to ascertain what the damage is
in the outlying districts.
Business Section Suffers
Among the business houses destroyed
are several brick buildings, which were
I literally demolished, including four of the
[ largest mercantile establishments in the
| town.
The Confederate monument was blown
down. Great damage was also done to
shafts at the cemetery.
The town was in darkness last night
owing to the destruction of the electric
light plant.
CUTHBERT PEOPLE
APPEAL FOR AID
CUTHBERT, Ga., March 11.-Tornado
swept Cuthbert is rallying from the effects
of the disaster, which left many df its
people without food and shelter, though
little outside help has as yet been re
ceived.
The county’s convicts are assisting in
the work of clearing up the streets, while
lawyers, bankers and other business men
are working side by side with negro car
! penters and brick layers.
; Hundreds of visitors from nearby towns
j are in the city and are working manfully
I with the people trying to clear away the
> rubbish and prepare the ground for tem
i porary structures to house the homeless
people.
Many Buildings Destroyed
It is said that by actual count 286 frame
i buildings went down and 22 brick stores
I were razed by the awful wind. Not
| enough stores are left in town to shelter
the houseless merchants, and their stocks
; are being guarded in open lots by extra
policemen while temporary shelters are
i being erected for them.
As the time passes, the property loss
, seems to increase rather than decrease,
; and now it is said that $500,000 will hardly
I cover the loss. The Confederate monu
ment and every tree in Central park are
blown down, the monument being broken
in pieces.
The winds swept the western cemetery
and razed nearly every large monument
there.
So far, six negroes are dead, and it is
thought that several more will die. About
25 negroes are badly hurt. Os the white
people J. H. Farmer is in a dying condi
tion.
Two Women Injured
Mr. Farmer’s residence was blown com
pletely away and he was struck by flying
timbers, his leg broken and serious inter
nal injuries received.
Miss Alice Price and Mrs. Rosa McDuffie
were badly hurt in Mrs. McDuffie’s house,
which was blown away. They will re
cover.
Tuesday night the Methodist church was
packed when the storm struck the town.
The church reeled under the shock and
the lights went out.
A few minutes later word reached the
church that the town was wrecked.
It is claimed that some people had
prayed for a cyclone “to awaken sinners
to their lost condition,’’ but such people,
if they did offer such supplications, are
regarded as religious fanatics.
BURGLARS AT ATHENS
BUSY DURING SffORM
ATHENS, Ga., March 10.—Athens was
visited last night by a severe wind and
electric storm. Among the damage sus
tained was the breaking of a large plate
glass window of Palmer’s Drug store. |
Taking advantage of the weather, burg
lars entered the safe of the Griffith Bicy
cle company, getting a little cash and
carrying off deeds and other papers.
STORM KILLS HORSE,
SETS BARN AFIRE
DORAVILLE, Ga.. March 10.—On Tues
day afternoon about 6 o’clock, during a
very severe thunder storm, lightning
struck the barn of Rev. Paul F. Long,
•who lives about two miles south of Dora
ville, and killed a good mule and set the
barn on fire. The barn was a right new
one. just built about a month ago. but
it was ourned to the ground with all of
his fed stuff. He managed to get the rest
of his stock out before the barn burned
down.
SCHOOL AT ROBERTA
DESTROYED BY F»RE
ROBERTA, Ga.. March 10.—During a
severe thunder storm here Tuesday night
at 9:30 o'clock, lightning struck tower on
the high school, setting fire to the entire
building, which soon burned to the |
ground.
A fall of rain prevented the fire
spreading to other houses near.
The building had four large rooms, and
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WIRZ MONUMENT 10
STAND IN GEORGIA
DECIDES!O. C.’S
Previous Action Allotting the
Shaft to Virginia Is Rescind*
ed—Will Go to Anderson
ville or Macon.
BOTH THESE PLACES
ARE MAKING STRONG
PLEA FOR MONUMENT
Americus Also Has Offered Location.
Final Vote To Decide Location is
To Come Thursday .Afternooa. -
Spirited Debates.
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The Georgia division of the United
Daughters of the Confederacy has re
scinded its previous decision to locate the
famous Wirtz monument at Richmond,
Va., and will doubtless select eithe-» Ma
con or Andersonville as a site for the •
shaft.
This action was taken Thursday fore
noon at an extra session of the U. D. C.
assembled in Atlanta, at the Piedmont
hotel, to settle once and for all this long
vexed problem. Something like 100 accred
ited delegates were in attendance from
various parts of the state, besides a large
number of Atlanta members. When the
meeting'adjourned for luncheon at 1 p. m.
the respective advantages of Macon, An
derson and Americus as locations for the
memorial were being argued. These three
places had been offered. Each waa being
vigorously championed. The issue seems
to lie most keenly between Macon and
Andersonville. Whatever may be the re
sult of the Anal vote, it will be close. Mrs.
Lamar and Miss Ida Holt are
leading the fight for Macon; Miss Murphy,
of Gainesville has a strong following in
the championship of Andersonville. At
lanta, however, is not in the race.
Before the convention was formally or
ganized, Captain F. W. Park, chairman
of the Wirz monument advisory board,
read a paper expressing the opinion that
Atlanta would be a better site for the
memorial than Andersonville.
The convention resumed work Thursday
afternoon and will probably have se:t)ed
the discussion before evening.
Convention in Session
The U. D. C. convention having seen
formally organized the Wirz monument
problem was taken up. definitely for dis
cussion. This began with a motion made
by Mrs. J. s. Harrison, of Columbus,
that the convention be dissolved forth
with. without taking any action other
than that the Wirz monument commit
tee named at the Savannah convention
be tendered a vote of confidence. < M
This motion was virgorously opposed
by Mrs. Patillo, Mrs. Walker. Mrs. Fl. E.
Park and others. The motion was voted
down by an overwhelming majority.
Action Rescinded
Miss Millie Rutherford, the U. D. C.
historian of Athens, next moved that the
action of the convention in appropriat
ing the monument to Richmond be re
scinded and that then a special speaker
for each of the Georgia sites In view be
appointed to present the particular ad
vantages of each site. Such a method,
she said, would save much time for oth
erwise everybody would speak and the
convention might never end. Thia mo
tion was carried by a big majority.
Mrs. Grady’s Argument
Mrs. Grady, of Savannah, then read an
I interesting paper re-offering Anderson
! ville as a site for the monument.
Miss Ida Holt, of Macon, offered Ma
con as a site; and Mrs. Estes, of Ameri- ’
cue. offered ..mericus.
Miss Holt then pleaded the advantages
of Macon In an interesting and cogent
paper. The central location of that city,
together with its many institutions of
learning made Mason the logical site of
the shaft, she said. Miss Holt tendered
the site in the name of the mayor and
council of Macon, as well as the Sidney
Lanier chapter.
Mrs. Estes urged the offer of Americus.
She said that Americus is within a short
distance of Andersonvillie and would
have all the advantages of that place
in addition to its own.
Logical Site
Mrs. N. B. Harrison followed with an
appeal that the monument be placed at
Andersonville. No where else, she said,
could it stand as such an honor and
vindication to the martyred hero’s mem
ory.
Miss Holt, of Macon, then opposed th*
location of the monument at Anderson
ville. She declared amid the applause of
the delegates that It was the man and
not a place that the U. D. C.’s wished t*»
memorialize. If it were placed there, she
said, it would naturally be surrounded
with an atmosphere of antagonism, and
the responsibility of what might result
should not be placed on the U. D. C.'s
of Georgia and on the south.
Miss Murphy, of Gainesville, and Miss
Atkins, of Cordele, both spoke for A»-
and assured the convention
that no ill feeling would be aroused
through the sbfiTt being located at t‘a»c
place.
Mrs. Ralph, of Augusta, also argued
that Andersonville is the only logical site
for the shaft. She was followed by Mrs.
Myers, of Fitzgerald. Mrs. Nesbit, of
Marietta, declared that if the moment
were placed at Andersonville, its edu
cational value would be lost for the rea
son that so few people would see it.
Mi«e Moore, of Macon, made the last
speech of the forenoon session, urging
that the shaft not be placed at .Ander
sonville.
A TL ANTTTOSTOFFICE
RANKS TWENTY-SIXTH
New Orleans and Louisville Only
Southern Cities Now Ahead of
Atlanta
By Ralph Smith
(Special Dispatch to The Journal.}
WASHINGTON. D. C.. March 11.—The
postmaster general today issued his
monthly statement, showing the compar
ative business of the fifty largest poetof
fices of the country for the month of Feb
ruary. 1909. as compared with the same
month of the previous year.
Atlanta ranks 26th, far ahead of all oth
er southern cities except New Orleans
and Louisville. The business of the At
lanta office for the period indicated show
ed an increase of 4 1-9 per cent, or J3.521.M.
The total business for the monLa was
173,476.97. J
XO. 51.