Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, April 30, 1909, Page 2, Image 2
2 I All Physicians 1 Must prescribe some of the In* gred loots that are contained In Hood’s Sarsaparilla -for all trou bles of the blood, stomach, kid neys and liver. They inclode sarsaparilla, stillingia, yellow dock, gentian, wild cherry bark, ». mandrake, dandelion, juniper berries, combination and proportions are our own formula and give power to cure beyond the reach of any other prescrip bon or substitute. That's why it is vise to get Hood’s and only Hood's. NAVAL STORES MEN PLACED ON TRIAL SAVANNAH. Ge, April TT.-ln the United States court this morning began B the taking of testimony In a < ase which t promises to be one of the most famous •ver tried In Savannah. It was that of » the government against the officers of the , so-called naval stores trust. They are P the officers of the American Naval Stores ■ t' company, which has headquarters in Sa-, K vannah They Include Chairman of the, Board of Directors S. P. Shotter and President Nash. There are among the other defendants the secretary and other . small fray together with the representa tj ttve of the company in New York. A jury was secured with the dispatch usual with the United States court, and * by noon eventhing was In readiness for i the taking of testimony. Among the first I (witnesses to be called will be Mr. Thomas Gamble, editor of the Weekly Naval ( Stores Review. a publication which, it Is ” alleged, was used by the defense to in- I.- fluence the natal stores trade throughout the naval stores belt. The defendants are charged with vio- the Gherman anti-trust act. When , thsdad*eiDivnt was read to the Jury each ' r , of the defendants entered a plea of not guilty.- The trial already attracting the! greatest attention and the court room was I filled when the case was sounded on the 1 I,’ docket EL Judge Sheppard, who is presiding, will I push the trial through as rapidly as pos-! stale. and ft is thought the case will be ( t concluded in from 'two to three weeks. , t There ary fully a hpndred witnesses here- I for the government. , The government Is represented by rep-, reeented by Assistant United States Dis-1 - trict Attorney Ackerman and by Mr. W > p M. Toomer. of Jacksonville, who has been j employed in this Case especially by the -i gevernmen' The defense is represented i by Messrs. Adame A Adams. W. W. Mac kall and Messrs. Garrard A Meldrim. Messrs. P. W. Meldrim and Judge Samuel B Adams, the leading members of their firms, have it personally in charge. This 1 shows ths seriousness of the charges which must be met and answered. SHELLED CORN JOKE MADE GOOD IN COI RTS A serious matter was brought to the attention of the recorder Monday morn . tag. Saturday night a man in a dark alley tried to sell two detectives a flat bottle Wrapped up tn a newspaper. E?. "It's a bottle of corn.” he told them In ‘ a hoarse whisper. F ' Being out on a hunt for blind tigers they took him in hand as sure game and j led him to police station. There the bot tle was unwrapped and found to be filled b with shelled corn. One of the officer* said in police court Monday morning: "This is a serious matter. Such things may cause murder. I hear there are lots of -people go in' round town sellln' bottles of shelled corn for show 'nough comfortin' liquor. Suppose a thirsty man gets hold of a bottle like that, he's apt to find the man that told it to him and > beat him to death.” i J. ■' "Or he might go to lake a dram and get enough com in his gullet to choke Min. said the recorder. "So he might." said the clerk. The tesimony was that seventy-five cents had been asked for the bottle, and I J. C. Fleming was arraigned for trying to *ll It. He said that the matter was all a joke and the case was dismissed. “STAR SPANGLED BAN NER” IN BALTIMORE WASHINGTON. April 27.—The origins! I manuscript of the "Star Spangled Bsn- 1 ■er" has been located by the Francis , I Scott Key Memorial association, whlcn j la endeavoring to secure possession of it While it is improbable that the owner oi thia preciou.. relic, a Baltimore wo man. wil! consent to permanently part with it. the association hopes to be able to borrow the manuscript to place on ex | Mbit ion nt the old Key mansion tn r Georgetown. D. % C. Resolutions endorsing the work of the i I aaaoclation which is composed of about 45.000 patriotic Americans and which is about to begin the work of restoring many of the personal belongings of the composer of the soul-stirring song, were adopted at the closing session of the re cent congress of the Daughters of the American Revolution in this city. FELL THIRTY-FOUR FLOORS INTO STREET » NEW YORK. April 26.—Falling three ' hundred and fifty feet from the S4th story ot ths Metropolitan Life Insurance com pany's Sky scraper on Madison square to day, Thomas Mortimere, 42 years of age. was'instantly killed. Wbhtfmerc. who was foreman of,ths riggers at work on the building, was su perintending the erection of a scaffold four floors above the big clock on the b 24th street side of the tower. Hundreds of people In Madison square were watching him at work and saw him faM to the balustrade of the balcony about the dock. Here the body poised for a moment and then fell. LEARNING THINGS We are all in the Apprentice Claes When a simple change of diet brings back health and happiness the story is briefly told. A lady of Springfield. 111., aays: "After being afflicted for years with nervousness and heart trouble, I received a shock four years ago that left me in such a condition that my life was de ft' apaired of. "I could get no relief from doctors nor from the numberless heart and nerve remedies I tried, because I didn't know that coffee was dally putting me back », more than the doctors could put me ahead. "Finally at the request of a friend I left off coffee and began >he use of Pos tum and agatast my convictions I grad ! aally improved in health until for the past • or 8 months I have been entirely free from nervousness and those terrible sink ing. weakening spells of heart trouble. "My troubles all came from the use of coffee which I had drunk from childhood and yet they disappeared when I quit coffee and took up the use of Postum." Many people marvel at the effects of leaving off cofee and drinking Postum, but there is nothing marvelous about it— only common sense Coffee is a destroyer—Postum is a re builder. That's the reason. Look In pkgs. for the famous little book. "The Road to Wellvilie.” Ever read the above letter? A new one appears from time to time. They pre genuine, true, aud full of human interesu CHICAGO CONVICT FORGER FOR YEARS PETER VAN VLISNENGEN, <I.OOO,- 000 CHICAGO FORGER, NOW CONFESSES CRIME EXTENDED BACK FOR YEARS. CHICAGO. April 27.—Peter Van Vila- ! singen. whose confession last winter to I the forget^ 1 of mortgages to the extent ot I H.tOU.UOO caused a great sensation in Chi- I cage, where he had been known for twen ty years as a leading real estate man. I expioaeo a bombshell in the bankruptcy j court here today when he stated that hie i confession a few months ago was ante- | dated by four years by a confession made privately to men who held S4OO,(XM) of his spurious paper. Van Vliaaingen's confession and his conviction on a plea of guilty last win j ter. all occurred within 24 hours. He was brought back to Chicago from prison to day to testify before Referee in Bank ruptcy Frank L. Wean, who is attempt ing to locate the valid assets of the pris oner. Van Vlissingen declared that in 1904 he was compelled to confess to Maurice Ros enfeld. at that time a director of the i now defunt Chicago National bank, and ' Bernard Rosenberg, a real estate dealer. I that the mortgages held by them and .valued at $400,000. had been forged. I "They discovered some Irregularities of the paper In that year.” said the witness, "and came to my office for a conference. I admitted the forgeries and said: 'I will go before the state's attorney, tell him just what 1 have related to you gentle men about these wholesale forgeries, plead ! guilty and go to prison like a man.' '"We want our money,’ they said. I “'I can get It,' I told them, 'but I ! must dupe others as 1 have duped you 1 men.' ” Paid Back £250,000 "We had another conference soon I after," continued the witness. ."Final- Ily I proposed to settle with them. I I promised to pay them from SI,OOO to ! 15.000 a week. Altogether ultimately I i paid them approximately $250,000.” “What became of the forged papers I wijlch were held by these gentlemen and which you cancelled?" was asked. I "I locked them in my safe." "Did you re-sell them?” "Yes, not all of them, though." "Did they promise not to expose ! you?' "Tney canje to my office regularly tor the installments, but said nothing more about my going before the state's attorney. I paid them interest at times. I also agreed that I would sell my real estate and give them the proceeds. Finally 1 told them that if they did ex pose me there would be no way to repay iuem.” “ 'We want our money.’ and I was getting it as fast as I could raise it. •"We don’t want to know how you get the money,’ tney told me at one conference held in December, 1904. Maurice Rosenfeld is a well known cap italist and real estate dealer with offices at 171 I-a Salle street. He has been en gaged in the real estate business in Chi cago since 1887. He was a director of the Chicago National bank and the Home Savings bank, two of the John R. 18 alsh institutions which failed some years ago. He was vice president of the United He brew Charities and a director of the Chi cago Relief and Aid society. In 1900 he served a term as county commissioner and is a prominent member of the Stand ard club. , Pale and Haggard Van Vllssingen's face was pale and his hands trembled as he told his story on the witness stand. His every act plainly showed the strain under which he labor ed. His eyes were bloodshot and his tips twitched ax he faced counsel and recog nised former friends among the specta tors in the crowded court room. The witness stated that his forgeries had continued for twenty years, but that he did not know the extent of them. "I was always afraid to ait down and figure Just how much they amounted to,” he said. "Will they aggregate a million dollars?” "Surely.” “And may be more?” I "Yes." Asked when his marriage occurred, ’ tears came to his eyes. "Only two years ago.” he said. The wltnes brought the story of his misdoings down to last November when concealment was no longer possible. ■‘Then.” continued witness, now talk ing rapidly. "I knew I was done for. This was November 14. 1908. The next day, i Sunday. I called several of my clients Hi and went over the records with them. On Monday they left me. That was the end.” "Have you any property or other as sets not accounted for at present?” “No, except my clothing. I had about $l5O when 1 reached the prison at Joliet, but I sent that back to my wife.” At the mention of his wife the witness Burned on the verge of collapse, but with great effort managed to control himself. Fame Like Bombshell Van Vllssingen's statement concerning his private confession to Rosenfeld and Rosenberg occasioned the greatest sur prise in the court room. No hint that such a condition of affairs as he alleged , with reference to private settlement had ever before reached the public. ”1 am serving a term in prison for my b crime.” said Van Vllssingen. "and it is | right and Just that I should. It feels ( ' good to have the whole thing off my | heart, and I will tell the truth, no mat ter who its affects.” KEPT ON FORGING TO PAY UP DEBTS ■ CHICAGO, April 28— Peter Van Vlis singen. the former real estate man, brought back from prison to testify in the bankruptcy court and who caused a sensation yesterday by stating that hts i forgeries were known to two of his vlc ! time four years before his public con fession last winter, gave additional de tails of his story in court today. , Rosenfeld Was Desperate I “Did Mr. Rosenfeld ever ask you what i you did with the forged papers he gave ■ back to you after you had redeemeo them?” asked Attorney George H. Peaks, representing the trustees of the - Van > \ itssengen estate. r "No, sir, he didn't ask. but I told II him Just the same, and we arranged our » transactions accordingly,” replied the witness. [ "And they pressed you for money?" "Yes. Shortly after the failure of . tne Chicago National bank, of which t Rosenfeld was a director, he came to !I me and told me of his losses in the . crash. He was desperate, he said, and highly excited" r “I’ve Got to Have Money.” I He said relatives for whom he han t died business would lose confidence in . him unless he made good. f i " 'l've got to have money—lota of it— ,|and it's nothing to me how you get it. Ihe told me. "I arranged to pay $4,000 a week." con tinued the witness, "but Rosenfeld press led me so hard that it became difficult for ,' me to sell any more of my spurious pa * per. I told him he would drive me to .{exposure. I gave him the names of a ! number of clients who had already taken rimy forged mortgages.” j Witness gave their names to the court land continued: I Roaenfeid said he was in dire distress. THE ATLANTA BEMIWEEKLY JOURNAL. ATLANTA, GEORGIA. FRIDAY, APRIL 80, 1909. iHe said he was so hard pressed that he had thought often of the cold waters I of Lake Michigan as a refuge. I told him 1 was so deep In the mire that I couldn't I make forgeries fast enough to pay off |the dehts and obligations that were press ing. Rosenberg also pressed me and 1 told both of them that 1 was in so deep {that 1 never expected to get out, but I j thougiit I'd fight it out for a while. I thought possibly some piece of good luck might come my way, but it never did.” ♦ COOPERS ARE NOT TO GET NEW TRIAL I NASHVILLE, Tenn., April 27.—Judge 1 William M. Hart today overruled the mo- I tion for a new trial of the case of Col- I onel Duncan B. and Robin J. Cooper, re- J cently convicted of the murder of former United States Senator E. tX. Carmack.. I The defense at once gave notice of an ap- I peal to the supreme court and waived ; the formal sentences of 20 years in the I penitentiary. j The defendants were in court early. I Mrs. Lusius Burch coming in with her father and brother. The colonel was at tired in a new black suit and appeared In excellent spirits. Robin was pale and ill at ease. Judge Hart's opinion was brief and clear. He said: "The motion in the case of the state against D. B. and Robin Cooper is now before the court. After giving due and careful consideration to all the reasons assigned in the motion, the court is of the opinion that there is no ground for set ting aside the verdict ot the Jury and therefore the motion Is overruled.” "We will pray for an appeal to the su preme court." said Judge Anuderson and valve formal sentence.” "It is granted.” retorted Judge Hart. "We ask for time to perfect our appeal and that the bond be fixed.” said An derson. "The bond will remain the same,” an nounced the court. “About the time to prepare a bill of exceptions, I suggest I that as the term ends next Saturday, you ■ have the bill ready then.” The defense objected and demanded thirty days. After a wrangle, the court said: "Let us put it over until next Satur day and take it up then. Adjourn court. Mr. Sheriff, until next Saturday.” The same bondsmen again qualified. | After court adjourned. Judge Hart com mented to some friends upon the fact that the killing of Ike Morse this morning, by a young woman who claims, he had abandoned her, was the tenth murder In this county since the Cooper trial began on January 20th, and makes 29 murder, cases now on the county docket.” {CASTRO “EVIL GENIUS” SAYS PRESIDENT GOMEZ PARIS, April 26.—The correspondent of the Journal at Caracas has cabled from Willemstad. Curacao, an interview with President Gomez, of Venezuela. The pres ident, in the course of the conversation, described Cipriano Castro as the evil genius ,of Venezuela. “Venezuela should be grateful to the powers,” the president continued, "for not confronting the country with that i 111-omened man.” President Gomez then said that the entire policy of the new ad ministration would be to secure peace and security in foreign relations. To this end congress would meet May 23, to consider a liberal revision of the consti tution and a series of laws modifying the position of foreigners tn the republic. Immigration would be facilitated, free lands offered and foreigners, in the mat ter of ownership of land, would be placed on equal footing with natives. The ex tort duties on coffee and cocsja would he suppressed and foreign capital invited to participate in the exploitation of the vast agricultural, mineral and commercial re sources of the country. Furthermore, the powers would be asked to designate ex p<\B to aid and report upon the possi bilities of the Venezuelan developments. 4 »♦ ♦♦♦♦♦»»♦* I ♦ STATE NEWS IN BRIEF * ♦ w SYLVESTER. Oa.. April 28.—Judge T. A. Parker, of the Waycross circuit. Is here holding court for Judge Park, who is disqualified to alt on certain cases which are to come up for consideration at this term of court. As has been Judge Parker’s practice ever since he came to this office, he opened court with prayer. Rev. J. A. Reiser, pastor of the First Baptist church, was called upon to con duct the opening prayer. The charge which Judge Parker delivered to the grand Jury has been pronounced ond of the msot able and comprehensive ever delivered to any jury In these parts. He said in part. "I am ho alarmist or pessimist, but there Is a spirit of lawlessness abroad In the land. Mob violence is the outgrowth of the same. Mob violence can never be justified. The man who engages in mA> violence becomes a crimi nal. We are not willing to turn over the en forcement of law to such a clas sos people. Home great student tells us that we have DO homicides In the United States to 2 In England. This Is the outgrowth of lawlessness.” He said the people of Georgia used to say that liquor could not be sold within three miles ot a school house or church, but now the law says it can't be sold anywhere In Georgia— except Savannah (?). He also took a good lick at near-beer. He said It Is only a subterfuge for violators of the law. lion. W. O. Dean, of Monroe, Ka.. wbo bus been appointed Judge of the city court of Mon roe. by Gorernor Smith, was the unanimous choice of the liar aud people of Monroe for the position. The testimonials filed in his favor were in the shape of letters from the bar. inei cliant*. uanken* and farmers of Walton county and were of the kind to be most gratifying so Judge Dean. He is an able lawyer and a man of high character. Those who know him best are sure he will make a model Judge. SIMMER VILLE. Ga.. April 27.—Chattooga county camp of Confederate Veterans have Just lit Id Its annual meeting at which thirty-nine of the old ■ l>oya” were present. Captain 11. A. Brownfield, wlio was a soldier In the Ninth Georgia regiment of Tlge Anderson's brigade, was the presiding commander and was unani mously re-elected for the ensuing year. Delegates were appointed to attend grand an nual Confederate reunion to be held this year at Memphis, and all the old comrades were urged to go: but many of them cannot do so. Special attention was called to the fact that the general assembly to convene In June would. In all probability, enact laws necessary to pro vide a pension for that class of Confederate soldiers and widows of Confederate soldiers, under the constitutional amendment ratified by the people at the election of lest November. tinder the new law pro|>osed a pension will be paid to every Confederate soldier, and the widow of every Confederate soldier (who were married prim to the let of January, 1870), not worth over $1,500. who performed a term of military service in the Confederate army, or of the organised militia of Georgia, and who was honorably discharged therefrom. i The new law will contain also a provision ; for a pension to that class of widows who had a husband killed in the service, but who afterwards married again and are now widows again. A resolution was proposed and unanimously adopted to the effect that this entire camp act as-a committee to ascertain the name of every man and woman who would be entitled to a pension under the new law proposed. It la expected that all these names will be furnished to the county representative, or ordinary, by the first of June. It Is a beautiful custom of thia camp to S repare memorials of such comrades as may eve passed away within the year enecedtng each annual meeting. STATE OF OHIO. CITY OF TOLEDO, LUCAS COUNTY, as: Frank J; Cheney makes oath that he it> senior partner of the firm of F. J. Cheney & Co., doing business in the City of To ledo, County and State aforeskid. and that said firm will pay the sum of ONE HUN DRED DOLLARS for each afid every case of Catarrh that cannot be cured by the use of Hall's Catarrh Cure. FRANK J. CHENEY. Sworn to before me and subscribed in my presence, this 6th day of December, A. D. ISB6 A. W. GLEASON. J Seal.) . Notary Public. Hall's Catarrh Cure is taken internally, and acts directly on the blood and mucous surfaces of the system. Send for testimo nials free. F. 3. CHENEY’ & CO., Toledo, O. Bold by al! Dru«»tate, 75c. Take Hall’s Family Pills for constipa tion. SPEEDS IN AUTO TO ESCAPE MOB SHERIFF AVERY AND NEGRO PRISONER MAKE FAST TIME TO PREVENT A LYNCHING. EXCITEMENT AT ADEL. SPARKS, Ga., April 27.—The negro who shot down Clifford Rutherford at Monday morning just before daylight, was captured at Adel Monday afternoon about 3 o'clock by Chief of Police A. D. Mullis. The negro was seen by one of the fore men of the Adel Lumber company coming through the woods to one of the com pany's shanties, and he gave the alarm. The shanty was quickly surrounded and the negro captured. He soon confessed that he was the man who did the killing, and gave up the pistol with which he killed young Rutherford. He gave his name as J. B. Jackson, and said he was from Cordele. He stole a crowbar from the railroad section house fft Lenox, with which he broke open three stores, the postoffiee, the Bank of Lenox and the express office and ticket office. He got the pistol out of the bank with which he shot Rutherford. He also discarded the suit of clothes and shoes he was wearing and selected a new outfit from the stores he entered. He was wearing the new suit when captured, but was barefooted. He had thrown away the new shoes because they hurt his feet. He made the statement to Mr. Mullis that a white man was in partnership with him in his robbery, but that he would die before telling his name. Sheriff Avery arrested another negro at Lenox on suspicion and carried him to Nashville jail. The suspicion was not sufficiently strong against him to arouse much excitement. Adel is 10 miles from Lenox. The negro Jackson was immediately hurried out of town towards Nashville through the country by Mullis and was safely landed In jail at Nashville. By 4 o'clock fifty to one hundred men from Lenox and surrounding country had reached Adel, under the impression that the negro was being held there, determin ed on lynching him. The crowd were in an ugly mood, and had the negro been there it would have been impossible to save him. At this hour the excitement is running high and it is believed if the negro is held in the Nashville jail that he will be lynched before morning. Clifford Rutherford was a young un married man about twenty-four years old, and was from a very prominent family in thia county. It was reported by telephone from Nashville at 6 o'clock that Sheriff Avery had Just left there with the negro Jack son in an automobile In the direction of Douglas. It is the impression that he will change his course and take his pris oner to Valdosta or Waycross. The county officials promise that an ad journed term of court will be held within ten days to try the negro if the people will make no further effort to lynch him. NOTICE TO TEACHERS A trip to the Alaskan-Yukon exposition, to he htld at Seattle. Wash., next summer, will be given teachers in public schools. Five dol lars per day for Incidental expenses will be all'wed. For particulars, address G. L. Rock well, Publicity Director, I. lOtM) North Grand AVe., St. IjOuls. Mo. TREASURER MIST DAY FOR STAMPS Governor Smith has declined the reques' of State Treasurer Park for warrants to cover the expenses of the state bank bureau for postage stamps amounting to between S3OO and S4OO. The chief executive rays In his letter that he cannot pay the account nut •of the contingent fund Governor Smith says that the law es tablishing the bank bureau names the state treasurer as state bank examiner, and provides that his salary as state bank examiner shall he $2 500 a year, and tha' the salary and expenses are to be prorat ed and collected from the banks accord ing to the capital of each. The governor's letter follows: "ATLANTA, Ga., April 10, 1909. “Hon. R. E. Park. Treasurer, State Cap itol, Atlanta, Ga. "Dear Sir: I have received your several letters in which you ask for warrants to cover the expenses of the state bank bu reau for postage stamps amounting to between S3OO and S4OO. “The law establishing the bank bureau names the state treasurer as state bank examiner and provides that 'his salary as state bank exminer shall be $2,500 a year. This salary and expenses to be pro rated and collected from banks according to the capital of each as hereinafter stat ed in section 24 of this act.’ The law also gives you the right to employ as slstants and names the salaries of these assistants, for which it provide again, ‘The salaries and expenses to be prorated and collected from the banks according to the capital of each as hereinafter stated in section 24 of this act.’ Section 24 fixes the fees to be charged the respective banks for each examination made by the state bank examiner or his assistants of such banks. "The language Is too clear to admit of doubt. Your salary, the salaries of your assistants and the expenses of the department are expressly made pay able from the money raised through the fees charged the banks for examina tions. While the act provides for the payment of a salary of $2,500 to the state treasurer as bank examiner In addition to hfs salary of $2,000 as state treasurer, my construction of the act Is that this $2,500 could only be retained by the state /treasurer as bank exam iner if he has saved it from the fees after paying all the expenses of the bu reau. "Your last statement shows that you retained $2,500 as bank examiner as your salary, and the shortage tn your expense account is due to this fact. Your statement also shows that Mr. Holllnshead, your first assistant, oniy received $1,648 for his services when the law authorized him to receive $2,000. "Under my view of the law I could not pay the stamp account out of the con tingent fund, thereby enabling you to retain $2,500 as a salary when the fees from the banks did not pay the ex penses of the bureau and leave $2,500 for your salary. I do not regard this as the kind of expenditure the contin gent fund was intended to provide for. "Besides, the legislature has been in session since this condition of affairs arose, and If it was the purpose of the legislature to make your $2,500 salary good even if you were unable to meet the expenses of the bureau and also retain $2,500 for yourself, it is my opinion that the subject should have been brought to the attention of the legislature and a direct appropriation asaed from tnem. "Very truly yours, (Signed) "HOKE SMITH, “Gvernor.” COMTC SUPPLEMENTS TARGET FOR WOMEN CHICAGO. April 27.—The nineteenth century club of Oak Park ha* begun a campaign to eliminate the comic supplement of the Sunday newspaper*. Many women assert that the depicted In the funny pages have had a tad influence on their children who are apt to be Imitative. One woman declares that on returning home late one evening she discovered their dog run ning about the house with her husband's dress shirt, collar and cravat dangling from it* back. IF YOU NEED A MEDICINE YOU SHOULD HAVE THE BEST Although there are hundreds of pre i parations advertised, there Is only one that really stands out pre-eminent ?-■ ° ' remedy for diseases of the kidneys, liver | and bladder. i Dr. Kllmer's Swamp-Root stands the ! highest, for the reason that its remark i able health restoring properties has been found to be just the remedy needed in thousands upon thousands of even the most distressing cases. ) Swamp-Root makes friends quickly because its mild and immediate effect is soon realised. It is a gentle, healing - vegetable compound—a specialist's pre ' scription for a specific disease. I Swamp-Root is not recommended ror 1 everything. | A Sworn Certificate of Purity is with every bottle. For sale at all drug stores. In bottles of ' two sizes—fifty cents and one dollar. SAMPLE BOTTLE FREE BY’ MAIL ! In order to prove what Swamp-Root, , the great kidney, liver and bladder rem edy will do for you. every reader of The , Atlanta Semi-Weekly Journal who has not already tried It, may receive a sample ; bottle by mail absolutely free. Address {Dr Kilmer & Co., Binghamton, N. Y. Write today. WOMAN KILLS MAN WHO SPURNED HER LOVE NASHVILLE, Tenn., April 27.—Isaac 8. I Morse, a well known young business man ■ of this city, was shot and almost instant ly killed shortly betore 8 o’clock this I morning by Gertrude Douglas, in the office of the American Dry Cleaning com pany. In the excitement that followed the shooting the young woman made her I escape and was arrested an hour later in i the office of a doctor. • When seen at the police headquarters j after her arrest, Miss Douglas at first rC ' fused to make a statement, her agitation I being so great ihat she could scarcely | speak. Finally she said: I “Ike Morse has ruined me, and he has been going with me for the last nine I years. He couldn't throw me over and I live. I met him in this city nine years 1 ago.” i There were only two other persons in ] the American Dry Cleaning company of i flee, where the victim of the shooting made his headquarters, at the time, and neither was an eyewitness to the tragedy. Walter Ewing and Owen Billups, two colored porters, were In the rear of the store and saw Miss Douglas talking to Morse for some ten minutes before the shooting. Thinking that she was a customer, they went on with their work and only went into the front office when they heard the shots fired and in time to catch Morse as he pitched forward and to see his assail ant leaving the office by the front door. Walter Ewing, one of the colored boys, says that he was first attracted by loud talking between his employer and the Douglas woman, and heard Mr. Morse say: "Go on and ten your business.” “It was just a few second after this." said Ewing, "when the shots were fired. 1 looked and he seemed to be starting forward towards the woman. She shot • again ahd he fell back and I caught him. They were standing by the counter when the shooting took place and right close together.” BEACH HARIGS GETS LIFE TERM IN PEN IRVINE. Ky.. April 28.—Th ejury In 1 the case of Beach Irargis, who was tried on a charge of killing his father. Judge James Hargis, returned a verdict of guilty, and he was sentenced to life im prisonment today. The Jury was given the case late yes terday afternoon. This was the second trial of Hargis for this crime. The first trial resulted in a mistrial, the jury not being able to agree upon a verdict. The murder of Judge Hargis, by his son Beach, occurred in the judge's store at Jackson, Breathitt county, on the af ternoon of February 6, 1908. Beach had ben intoxicated, it is alleged, for sev eral days, and on the afternoon of the killing he is asserted to have said that his father had ben mistreating him, and that he was going to have revenge. He left the place where he is alleged to have made these therats and went directly so the Hargis store. There he was met by his father, who asked him what he had been doing. It is not known what Beach answered, but the two clinched, during which Beach shot his father four times, the bullets being fired through Beach’s coat, he not having had time, it is said, to draw his weapon, which belonged to the murdered father, having been taken from the store by young Hargis. The judge died while being carried from the store to his home, a short distance away, and for several days excitement was intense in the little town. The strong Harris faction was split to pieces by the clamors on the part of Judge Hargis' friends that Beach be punished, and by the efforts to secure his freedom by his mother. He was placed in jail soon after the shooting, and a day or two later tried to commit suicide by taking a considerable quantity of morphine. He was saved, however, by his physician-brother-in-law. Dr. W. P. Hogg rushing to the Jail and using a stomach pump. PATTEN COLQUITT TO SATISFY WIFE NEW YORK. April 27,-Fear that his hold on the wheat market would be bro ken did not induce James A. Patten to get out of the market, nor was it that he was satisfied with his profit. He closed out his holdings, according to a story in Wall street, because his wide desired him to do so. Both Patten and his wife are intense ly religious and spend much time and money in church work. Patten saw the newspaper stories about the increase In the price of bread and read that her hus band and blamed for this, she realized the sufferings brought upon the poor and it is said persuaded Mr. Patten to close out his speculations in wheat. NEW YORK. April 27.—The journey i men Bakers and Confectioners’ Interna -1 tlonal union has issued an official denun ciation of James A. Patten because of his ' dealings In the wheat market, blaming ■ him for the present hard times the bakers are suffering. The protest in part reads: “He imposed a tax on this nation which no legislature would have dared to in filet by purchasing all the available sup ply of wheat and purposely holding it ' back until he could realize an extortion- I ate price for it. This brought despair to many a poor man's home.” Oniy a Memory ”Ma. Is there such a thing as 'tainted money' 7” “No. my child. It’s all been withdrawn from circulation.” ■l_. . ■ ■' -ESSg ll ' IF YOU AFFRICIATE FTIKE WHISKEY Write ns promptly and thereby place yourself in position to reeelre Frep of Cod a Full Quad of tbs bast straight whiskey mads. BECIRITY CO.. 211 S. Wster St.. CHICAGO Name 1 Address SCOTT SARCASTIC IN SENATE SPEECH WASHINGTON. April 27.—'Mr. Presi dent, I do not wish the senate called to order.” said Senator Scott, of West V ir ginia, upon beginning his speech on the tariff today when Vice President Sher man undertook to maintain quiet in the chamber. "I do not expect this argument to change a vote,” added Mr. Scott, "and consequently lam entirely Indifferent whether senators retire to the lobbies or indulge in conversation, because I do not care whether they listen to my remark--, or not.” "The chair does care,” replied Mr. Sherman. Mr. Scott's remarks were listened to by many senators, who gave him strict attention. Senator Scott said he advo cated protection not oniy because he be lieved it was the best policy for his own state of West Virginia, and for the south, but also for the entire country. He said that when congress had com pleted the enactment of the pending bill ”we will not have nearly so good a bill, in my judgment, as the present Ding ley law. New England, for instance, profited in the past. Now ahe is ready for a downward revision of the tariff anJ for tree coal if she can get it. But the southland sees ahead of her nothing bin prosperity under a protective tariff. She has developed more rapidly in manufac tures than any other portion of ou» country.” He insisted that raw material and cheap fuel still would be lying undeveloped if it had not been for a protective tariff, but that a counterveiling duty on coal wa* a great injustice to the coal mining in dustry. He declared his absolute and ut ter opposition to a countervailing duty. He said that if the rate on lumber should be reduced —48 per cent of all the lumber manufactured in the United States being produced in the south—there would be nothing left for the American lumber man to do but to cut wages. Lower wages, also, he said, would follow the cuts of tariff rates on iron and steel pro ducts. He asserted with respect to the oil in dustry that less than ten per cent of the crude oil of the country was produced by the Standard Oil company, and de clared he did not propose to let any “populistic howllngs influence me in what I see to be my duty in regard to taking care of the independent oil producers in my state.” LABOR LEADER BIFFS COMER IN SPEECH MOBILE, Ala.. April 26.—President An drew Marx, of the Alabama Federation of Labor, at the afternoon session of that body today, said In his annual address to that body: ”1 beg to call your attention to the statement in all the flally papers that the Hon. B. B. Comer, governor of the state of Alabama, and owner of the Ivondale cottton mills, has refused pointedly to act upon the request of Governor Sanders, of Louisiana, to commission delegates to the conferertce held in New Orleans to take steps in regard to the employment of child labor. Governor Comer declined to make any appointments, assigning as his only rea son that the state of Alabama had re cently passed excellent laws upon this subject, and that he could not approve of any attempt to modify these laws un til they had been fairly tested and found to be unsatisfactory. His claim that the laws of Alabama, governing the employ ment of children by mills and factories are good and adequate, for all purposes is positively and strongly controverted by a lady expert on this subject, who hae devoted much time to its consideration and who has visited the mills and was present at the ‘conference held in New Orleans.’ There are many children in the Avondale mills of tender years—too young for such work, and yet Governor Comer was cognizant of this and still maintains that the laws of the state governing the employment of child labor are good. “I would urge the passage of resolu tions approving the action of the confer ence and condemning Governor Comer for his refusal to commission delegates to that conference, as he was requested by the governor of Louisiana, and for ene* ploying in his mills at Avondale, of children of such tender years, and to de nounce also the parents of thqpe chil dren.” DO YOU SUFFER WITH PILES? Do they protrude? Do they pain you? Do you have mucous or bloody dis charges? I can cure you. I also cure varicocele and stricture. Advice free. Dr. W. J. Tucker, 43 1-2 Whitehall street, Atlanta, Ga. TORTURER OF GIRL PAYS DEATH PENALTY GUADALAJARA. Mexico. Aprh 27.- Roman Estrada today paid the death pen alty for one of tne mon* brutal crimes in the history of the republic Jealous of his sweetheart, whom he ac cused of unfaithfulness, Estrada beat her severely in an attempt to compel her to confess. This proving unsuccessful, Es trada tied the unfortunate girl to a post and cut off one of her ea*s, then one of her toes. She was found dying but still able to give the name of her tbrturer. F.straua was captured and today he was shot to death by soldiers. MRS. JOHN MILLEBGE SEEKS TO GET OFFICE WASHINGTON. D. C.. April 27.—Mrs. John Milledge, widow of the late state li brarian of Georgia, is here, an appli cant for the postmastership at Waynes boro to succeed Thomas Quincy. Mrs. Milledge has many strong indorse ments. and In view of the facitonal dif ferences in Waynesboro growing out of the effort to have Selgfield Scharweiss appointed. It is not Improbable that she will be named by the president on the recommendation of the postoffice depart ment. frankTadams dies AT LOVETT, ALA. WEST POINT. Ga.. April 27.—Frank Adams, a well-known hardware mer chant, is dead at his home in Lanett, af ter . linf«-ring illness o‘ several teoiurs. He is survived by one bro.her, D. L. Ad ams, of West Point; anu four sisters, Mrs. S. Alexander. Mrs. M. 3. Stephens, Mrs. B. F. Cutteno, of Newntn. Ga.: i-nd Mis. F. J. Bradley, of Minneapofix, Minn, his wife, five sons and tw» daughters. GOVERNOR SETS DEKALB ELECTION FOR MAY 28 Governor Smith on Tuesday set May 28 as the date upon which an election should be held in DeKalb county to elect a suc cessor to Murphy Candler in the legis lature. Mr. Candled, it will be remembered, re signed in order to become a member of the railroad commission. REFUSES TO CHANGE PROHIBITION BILL NASHVILLE Tenn., April 27—The Senate today rejected, on the first reading a bill introduced by Mr, Kelly, of Mem phis. which sought to extend the time when the state wide prohibition law becomes effective from July 1, 1909. to January 1, 1909. MEN FROM GEORGIA LEAD OHIO PROHIS SEABORN WRIGHT AND GEOFGR STUART PRINCIPLE SPEAKERS FOR “DRY’S” IN GREAT CAM PAIGN IN BUCKEYE STATH CHILLICOTHE, 0.. April 28.-The "wet” and “dry" election opened in this town at 5:30 o'clock this morning, and the fine weather means a large vote. Excitement is intense, as today is the culmination of a hot campaign of four months in Ross county. An organisation of women patrol in front of each polling place ta the town. An army of detec tives is working for the "drys” to pre vent any fraud. The "drys” charge the board of elec tions with being unfair in refusing to ap point “dry” challengers and inspectors. Every police officer of the city is in citizen's clothes and is working for the "wets.” At 5 o'clock this morning carriages and automobiles carried the "dry” detectives to various voting precincts in the county. Every automobile and livery rig availa ble has been hired for action. Rev. C. W. Eldredge, superintendent of the Cincinnati division of the Antl-Baloon league, who has been active in the movement and who was recently rot ten egged by "wets” while he was speaking at Adelphi, was arrested this morning, charged with violating the 100-foot limit at a polling place, and is now in Jail. The police have arrested several "dry" workers, all men, on the same charge. Seaborn Wright Speaks The principal speeches last night were by Rev. Smllley. of Kansas, opposing local option, and Seaborn Wright, of Georgia, favoring it. Rev. George Parke, an evangelist, was assaulted by a "wet” advocate and sus tained a bad cut over the eye. Numerous minor affrays have occurred. One thousand women held a meeting in the First Presbyterian church and di vided Ross county into districts and made arrangements for work at the polls. , , Women Guard George Stuart Last night one hundred W. C. t U. women stood guard around a big tent, while George Stuart, of Georgia, ad dressed the large crowd. The wOmefi took this action because they allege that the "wets” cut the tent ropes at a big "dry” meeting during a storm Sunday night. John Carper, at Adelphia, wa* arrested at the instance of the 'drys” organisa tion. charged with illegally giving away whisky in “dry” territory. x<e came to Chillicothe yesterday for "wet” goods, held a “wet" meeting with friends last night, pleaded guilty in court today and was fined SIOO and costs. : Assaulted by Police Chief When J. D. Withgott, secretary of the local option committee, called at the city jail to see the Rev. Mr. Eldredge, it is Claimed by the "drys" that Wlthgott was refused admittance and was assault ed by Chief of Police Pendergast. Mu nicipal officials refuse the "drys” admis sion to the Jail to see the "dry” Workers who have been arrested on one pretext and another. The "dry” prisoners will resort to habeas corpus proceedings- R« v - Mr. Eldredge has been released on bond. Sheriff J. Henry Swope and Judge John W. Goldsberry have sworn in one hun dred deputy sheriffs to control the situ ation. The county officers declare they will see that the "drys” get a square deal. Mayor Y’aple and the city officers com pose the “wets” organization in this city. Women Watching Bare •Dry” detectives swore out warrants for the arrest of five “wets,” charging them with attempting to bribe voters. The "wets” pleaded not guilty in city court and each held for grand jury under S3OO bond. Rev. George L. Parke, of Portsmouth, 0., who was assaulted by a "wet" last night on the street, was injured Worse than he was at first thought to be. His left temple bone was laid bare by a blow with steel knuckles. Women are patrolling the front and rear doors of all saloons and are using cameras. Miss Myra Powell was arrest ed by a city policeman and her camera taken from her. DELAWARE COUNTY IS IN DRY COLUMN MUNCIE. Ind., April 28.—Delaware county yesterday voted dry in a county option election by a majority estimated at 2 800. Muncie, the county seat, gave the “drys” a majority of 218. The result of the election in this county was await ed with great interest, as Muncie is, so far, the largest city to vote on the saloon question. Eighty-two saloons will be closed. The next’ county option election In which a struggle is expected Is In Tippe canoe county next Friday. Lafayette, the county seat, hss 101 saloons. Up to the present forty-five of the ninety-two counties of the state have voted dry under the local option law, WESTERN HENS PUT PRICE OF EGGB DOWN NEW YORK. April 28.—The hens of the middle west have been working so in dustriously during the past week that eggs are now coming into New York at the rate of 8,200,000 a day. As this is Considerably more than New York can use, the surplus is being put into stor age for future consumption. This great influx of eggs has sent the wholesale price down to about 23 cents. TWENTY-FIVE RIOTERS HAVE BEEN EXECUTED DIRAXGO. Mex.. April 27.-Official reports o the recent rioting at Velardena following the atopplng by the municipal officer* of a religions parade, show that no lea* than 25 men were executed after ‘uimmary trial by coart martial for participating In the rioting. Be sides these, sevn men were killed during tba rioting and forty more are still in prison ■ waiting trial. ______ VARDAMAN WILL AGAIN SEEK SENATE TOGA MOBILE. Ala.. April 27.—Ex-Governor James K. Vardaman, in an interview at Selma, states he will again be a candi date for United States senator from Mis sissippi in the primaries which will be held in that state in 1911. Comfortably shod for $4.00 a year, the Long Service Record of KING BEE $4.00 shoes. 7 TO 14 MONTHS Catalog for a Postal Made in Georgia Sold Everywhere J. K. ORR SHOE CO. ATLANTA