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Newspaper Page TextFree Help For ' Weak Stomachs Dr. Caldwell’s Syrup Pepsin Sent Tree To Any Sufferer—Mature's Wonder- ful Cure for Stomach. X.iyer end Bowel Troubles —Try It Pres Tourself. Do you suffer from a weak stomach, from • lazy liver. from constipate® bowels T Are you dlssuet.’d with salts, cathartic pill*, pur gative waters, etc.? Are you ready to try s 1 nature's own cure. Dr. Caldwell’s Syrup Pep- . sin? Thousands are curinz themselves with this wondertut remedy. A Tree trial potti' sent to your homq will prove to you that you. too. can be cured. You need It If you suffer from any of the following symptoms of stom ach. liver or bowel trouble: Constipation Sick Headache and Toroid Liver Dyapepeia Loss of ArnAlte Sour Stomach . 1-azlness Gas or Wind on the Flatulence Stomach Disturbed Sleep Distress after eating Catarrh of the Biliousness Stomach Send your address to Dr. W. B. Caldwell. MS Caldwell Bids . Monticello. Bl- and a free trial bottle trill oe pent to your nome This will prove to you stronger than any words I that Dr. Caldwell's Syrup Pepsin is a re markable laxative tonic and will cure you Drugelstr in all parts of the country have sola It for twenty years. Thousands of fami lies keep It regularly in the house. It cures old chronic cases of lifelong standing. It nets gently but effectively, end never gripes. Its tonic ingredients train tbe stomach mus cles to do their work naturally In<hls way tnouaands have been cured and now need med icine no more. Its pleasant taste recommends ft to women and children. Its purity is vouched for to the government. Results are guaranteed or money Is refunded. Send the doctor your address today tor a free trial bottle, and also if there is any melical advice you want he will be glad to give it to you without charge. Write today and see for yourself that a cure is possible when the right remedy is used. WOO CENSUS IS NEARLY SETTLED WASHINGTON. April 2S—lndica tions pointed today to an early settle ment of the census office controversy and it is general belief that matters soon will sdjust themselves so that there will be no delay in beginning the gigantic task of counting some ninety million American noses. Representative Crumpacker of Indi ana, chairman of the house committee on census, had a long conference with President Taft today. It Is authori tatively stated that the president has not at any time entertained an Idea of * vetoing the bill as it came out of con ference and the law will have his sig nature just as soon as the house and senate approve the report of the con ferees. The president realizes, with the framers of the measure, that the larger share of Independent authority granted to the director of the census Is abso lutely necessary, but the Idea that the director Is made superior to the presi dent and to the secretary of commerce and labor, under whose department the census bureau has been placed, is er roneous. So long as the president has the power of appointment and removal. Mr. Crumpacker said today, the direc tor of the census cannot be considered as anything but subbordlnate to the chief executive and must follow his general directions or retire. WM. L. LEWIS DIES IN HOME IN COLUMBUS SCRANTON, Pa.. April 3.—National President T. L. Lewis, of the United Mine Workers, who was here presiding over the tri-distrlct convention of the anthracite miners, received word today that his brother, William T. Lewis, state labor commissioner of Ohio, had died at Columbus. He left here at 10:35 for Co lumbus. In the absence of Mr. Lewis. E. F. McCullough, national vice president, pre sided at today's session of the conven tion. Mr. McCullough will represent President Lewis at tomorrow's confer ence between the operators and miners in Philadelphia. “BLIND PIG” LIQUOR CONSIGNED TO FLAMES GARY. Ind., April 28.—Liquor seized in "blind pigs” will be burned hereafter in Gary, under a decision rendered by Jus tice Fitzgerald in the case of Igantz Pletzak. who has been convicted of sell ing illegally, his license having expired April 7. Following the decision, fifty persons gathered at the police station, and Prosecuting Attorney Hodges set fire to five cases of beer, a five-gallon jug of whisky, a five-gallon jug of wine and numerous bottle of bitters which he found in a "blind pig.” JURY NOT YET CHOSEN TO TRY NIGHTRIDERS WAVERLY. Tenn., April 28.—Up to noon today little progress has been made in the selection of a jury to try the alleged night riders. The defense early commenced its challenging and offered objection to all of the men qual ified during the early hours of the ses sion. Up to nocn only four men had been secure! for jury service. There were several lively clashes between the at torneys and the court. EYE DISEASES > FAILIXG SIGHT irH' pi®® pf* HIM H*me Rem- * •» K ► K « 1 » e » ’ h, '' h ! ' re earing thoozandu 5 || *J«i com nothing to try Let me send them tree. I have the moat remark able treatment on earth for eye dl—aaea, weak eyea and falling sight. I hare treated a hundred thonaand people I Want you to try my Treat ment Fifteen Daye at my Expeaae. _ _ lam making woi.derfnl cures of T? 7m eye disease* and partial blindness. PJ Q Don t nevle, t your eyea. Tbe |IL slightest bierring or floating »pot A 14A i«f»re the eyes may mean total blindness. ■ * j *“*• Tb«e !• tbe free treatment. I «rr"4 Send no moner. Write for my free trial treatment today giving rail description of your ca*e. I trill cure your eyes and save you . Coa blhdutl Dr. W. 0. Coffee, Des Moines, la. I WILL OPEN SCHOOL ; FOR CHRISTIAN WORKERS SAUTEE, Ga.. April 28.—The committee on arrangements for the Nacoochee Training school for Christian workers, t consisting of Rev. c. I. Stacy. Elberton; Rev. J. D. McPhail, Commerce, and Rev. J. T. Wade, Ringgold, met In Athens re cently and, it is stated, that the work of the committee shows fine progress, .here will be a great treat In store for all who attend the metings next sum mer. Besides Bible teaching a wide range of subjects will be discussed by specialists. Music will be one of the very attractive features. T. S. Lowery, Macon, has been secured as musical director, and Miss Emma Stapler, Commerce, as pianist. The morning hours will be devoted to va rious phases of Bible teaching, and men have been secured to lecture on various religious subjects at evening, the after noon being given wholly to recreation. Nacoochee Valley is the ideal spot for i holding such a meeting. The atmosphere ■ is peculiarly bracing, the scenery emlnent- I ly inspiring, and the clear cold freestone water life invigorating. Leaving At lanta in the morning one reaches the I Valley in the early afternoon. Accommo- I datlons will be furnished all parties who I make early engagements. Splendid camp ing grounds are afforded for those who I bring tents. Nacoochee Institute dormito ry is located here. The meetings will be gin July Sth. and last fifteen days. J. T. Wade, of Ringgold. Ga.. is chairman of the committee on arrangements. negrcT murderer REFUSES TO TALK SAVANNAH. April 28.—Marshall Lenox, the negro who has confessed to having killed Clifford Rutherford, as sistant postmaster at Lenox, Ga.. and who was brought here for safe keep ing, is taking life easy in Chatham county jail. He got here yesterday af ternoon and was taken at once to jail. He refuses to talk to newspaper men or even to see them. He says he Is going to spend his time ! praying until the hour of his trial. While coming to Savannah, Lewis would talk with all the negroes he met en route, but would not even hold conver sation with the officer who had him in charge. Deputy Sheriff E. B. Wash ington, of Lowndes county, brought the negro to Savannsh, and he says he Is the most cold-blooded and meanest man he has ever come in contact with. While en route to Savannah Lewis swapped his fine Stetson hat to an other negro for a very common one be cause, he said, he would not have use for fine hats where he would spend the next few months. TWO WILL BE HANGED ON MURDER CHARGE LAK7 CHARLES, La.. April 28.-Henry Blankford and Monroe Smith, charged with waylaying, murdering and robbing Renard Reed, a prominent Calcasieu par ish merchant, March 13. last, were found guilty as charged. A jury which had been given the case last night today return ed a verdict that carries with it the death penalty for both prisoners. The c rinse for which the two negroes were convicted created much excitement throughout Calcasieu parish and for a time a race war was threatened. The au thorities maintained order by promising a speedy trial. REVISION DOWNW ARD NOW’ LOOKS HOPELESS By Ralph Smith WASHINGTON. April 28.—The prospective I personnel of Republican representation on the conference committee to which the Aldrich . tariff bill will be referred. Is taken as indi cative of the utter failure of the advocates of revision downward. The probable senators on the committee wih be Aldrich. Burrows. Penrose. Cullom and Hale, and from the house there will be Payne, Dalzell. McCall. Boutell and Hill. With five New Englanders and two Pennsylvanians on the committee and those states ,ln which re vision downward sentiment is ranrr»r# re ceiving no recognition, the real revisionists are In a doleful mood over the outlook. The president has been told by the - stand patters” that the conference committ,'® will do the right thing in the matter of revision, but the personnel of that committee belles this assurance. ALABAMA PIG IRON MAY GO TO PANAMA BIRMINGHAM. Ala.. April 28—Ala bama pig iron manufacturers have been invited with others to offer two million pounds of pig iron wanted for Panama by the United States government. It is possible that some of the companies in this section will make bjds on the con tracts. A local concern had a similar contract on two occasions heretofore. TA FT HAS RETURNED TO NATIONAL CAPITAL WASHINGTON. April 28—President Taft, accompanied by his military aide. Captain Butt, and Assistant Secretary Mischler, reached Washington from Phil adelphia shortly before 4 o’clock this morning. The party remained In the car "Independence" until 7 o’clock when they were driven to the white house. JACK LONDON QUITS TOUR IN HIS SLOOP | HONOLULU, April 28.—Advices received from Sydney. Australia, state that Jack Lon don. the American author, who started on a • tour of the South Sea Islands many months ago ( in tbe sloop Snark, has sold the boat at that port and gone to South America. Modest Little Maid ' May Lippincott's. . In a Greek class at S college, where , there were a half dozen girls and only one boy. a modest maiden was translating. She I | came to a passage which told how the horses I • wore sacks on their feet, for If they had not ■ been thue protected they would have sunk into ! th# snow up to their bellies, the last part of i which she translated thus: "The horses would have sunk into the snow up to their waists.” CAN PRAY STANDING OR ON BENDED KNEES (By Associated Press.) CINCINNATI. 0., April 27.-When min isters of the Methodist church in Cincin nati desire to offer prayer on their bend ed knees they will do so, but if they de sire to offer them while standing or in any other position, they may select, they can do so without offending against any rule of the local ministerial association. At the regular meeting of the associa tion yesterday. Rev. J. G. Schall pro posed a rule to compel ministers to kneel CHIMPANZEES RUN AMUCK AND PUT CREW IN TERROR NEW YORK. April 27.—When the Ger man steamship Tanenfels arrived here from Calcutta, late yesterday. Captain told of the escape from their cages of six chimpanzees, part of a consignment >f six hundred members of the Simian tribe that he brought to a New York ani mal dealer, and their vicious attack upon several members of the crew. Three of the chimpanzees followed Wong Foo. the Chinese cook, into the rigging and there one of them held him by his queue until the animal was knock ed senseless with a rod. THE ATLANTA SEMI-hEEXLT JOURNAL, ATLANTA, GEORGIA, FRIDAY, APRIL SO, 1909. BLACKHAND LETTER THREATENS WHITLA TWO MEN ARE ARRESTED AND CHARGED WITH CONSPIRACY TO EXTORT SIO,OOO FROM FATHER OF KIDNAPED BOY. j BOSTON. April 28.—Charged with at tempting to extort SIO,OOO from James Whltla, of Sharon, Pa., under the threat that they would kidnap his son, Willie, two men were brought to police head quarters today for an examination. The men, who were arrested yesterday at the South End postoffice, gave their names as John W. Wright and Ernest H. Martin. The police claim that on April 23 Wright and Martin wrote to Mr. Whltla demanding that he send them SIO,OOO un der penalty of having Willie kidnaped. No Regard for Life The letter stated that the writers had no regard for the life of the child and that he would only be a means to ac complish I heir end of getting from Mr. Whitla the sum named. From the general tone of the letter the police believed that a close watch at the South End postoffice might be profita ble. Yesterday afternoon two officers i saw Wright and Martin enter and ar rested them. The police say that a search of Martin’s pockets resulted in finding a red ink pad, similar to the.ink used in the letter received by Mr. Whitla. The letter was printed in red ink, ap parently with rubber type, on white pa per, and was mailed from the Dorchester central postoffice. The Blackhand Letter It was as follows, shorn of its mis spelling of nearly every word: "Dear Sir—Our society not having re ceived the money for return of boy, voted to send the four men that had charge of all arrangements of getting boy and take him again in the night. This may mean death to the boy, so it was voted to give you a chance to pay the money. The Black Hand, on receiv ing same, will not trouble you. Not in terested in the Boyles; just tools of our men. Send SI,OOO in SSO bills and $9,000 in SI,OOO bills. Send it in three lots. Have it here Monday morning. No trickery, or it will go hard with the boy when taken. Will send man of steel for letters. "Send Arthur Howard Brown, post station A, Boston, Mass.” After the arrest of the two men Mar tin told the police that he had met a man who told him he would give him 50 cents if he would call at the South End postoffice (Station A) and ask for a let ter for Arthur Howard Brown. BOYLE PLANS DEFENSE; WOMAN DEFIES STATE MERCER, Pa., April 28.—James H. Boyle, awaiting trial on the charge of kidnaping Willie Whitla from Sharon on March 18, has outlined his defense. He expects to prove by witnesses from Youngstown, 0., that he was in Youngs town and not in Sharon on the evening before the abduction and that he left Youngstown the morning of the abduc tion, going by rail to Warren, O. He will offer testimony to show that at Warren he accidentally met a couple of his friends who had the Whltla boy in their charge. He says he was inform ed by them that smallpox had broken out at Sharon and that they were taking the boy away from the disease. To accom modate them, he says, he agreed to take Willie Whltla to his apartments in Cleve land, but he insists he knew nothing of any correspondence regarding the ran som. If any correspondence w r as had in regard to it, he says, it must have been conducted by Mrs. Boyle, and he calls at tention to the fact that it was she who had the money when they were arrested. Mrs. Boyle has no defense prepared. She merely defies the state to prove any thing against her. She refuses to say a word about the case that could injure her- ! self or her husband. CHURCH EXTENSION THEME FOR SESSION MEMPHIS. Tenn., April 28.—The sec ond day’s session of the preliminary meetings of the representatives to the board of church extension of the Meth odist Episcopal church, south, which convenes here Thursday, was held here today in the First Methodist church. The speakers included John R. Kenne dy, of Tuscaloosa. Ala., and T, J. Per kins, of Jacksonville, Fla., who will dis cuss "Churcn Insurance, the Duty of the Conference Board:” John R. Nelson, D. D., of Nashville. Tenn., “Church Ex tension and Home Mission;” Rev. B. An thony, D. D., of Americus, Ga., "Church Extension and General Conference Legis lation.” This evening a mass meeting will be held in the interest of the work of wo men’s home missionary societies. Bishop Joseph H. Key will preside at this meet ing. and addresses will be delivered by Bishop H. C. Morrison, of Leesburg, Fla., and Miss Mabel Head, of Nash ville, Tenn. WOMAN~FAINTS WHEN PLACED IN CELL NASHVILLE, Tenn., April 28.—Gertrude Douglass, who shot and killed Isaac 8. Morse here yesterday was unable to ap pear in court today. Her lawyers waiv ed examination and she was bound over to the criminal court. She fainted soon after being placed in jail. FAIRBANKS AND PARTY TOURING SEA ISLANDS HONOLULU, April 28.—Former Vice Presi dent Fairbanks and his party have left here to tour the island of Kahauf. ■ when offering prayer, but the proposl- I tion was defeated by being laid on the ; table. Rev. C. C. Peale, in opposing the proposed rule said: “It is unwise to have a rule about the matter of getting down on the knees to pray, because no rule is good unless it is enforced, and I don’t see who is about here to enforce this matter of the 1 ministers kneeling. I think it is a mat : ter which should be left to the discre «tion of the individual minister.” t Chief Engineer Newman was chased 1 about the deck by other chimpanzees and ; suffered a severe laceration of his arm j when he was struck by a marlin spike ; hurled by one of the animals. The largest of the chimpanzees was cor- I nered by several members of the crew in [ the bos'ns locker and there he offered such a vicious fight that the men were 1 glad to retreat. The animal then dashed ' out and leaped into the sea. The others were only subjugated by starvation, but in the two days it required to do so they had the ship’s crew terrorized. DYING PICKPOCKET CRIED TO PRIEST: “YOU GO TO HELL ” —POLICEMAN KILLED ————— LOGANSPORT, Ind., April 28—A patrolman, Joseph Kroeger, and a pick pocket, whose name is unknown, were killed in a duel with revolvers late last night, following a performance of a cir cus. A second man, Charles Pierce, of Scran ton, Pa., was caught this morning by policemen chasing him on a hand-car six miles north of this city, and is charged with having fired the shot that killed the policeman. After the night performance of the cir cus the thugs raided the crowd with re volvers in their hands. Two of the crooks established a station on the Third street bridge. They not only held up and robbed the passers, but they forced their victims to line up against the rail to see their successors despoiled. Patrolman Kroeger came running, and one of the thugs shot. The policeman fell, but was able to draw his revolver and answer. One of the men went down. The other fled. The policeman, carried into a restaurant, moaned, “I’m dying. Call my wife and baby,” and Jived only a few minutes. The pickpocket died this morning in St. Joseph's hospital. Priests and nurses tried in vain to get a statement of his identity from him. As he was dying a priest bent over him with a last appeal. Summoning all his strength, the man shouted, “You go to hell!” He fell back and was dead. TO BAR BUCKETSHOPS FROM USE OF MAILS CINCINNATI, April 28.—Judge Thomp son in the United States district court today refused to grant a further continu ance to the defense in the bucketshop case and Lewis W. Foster. John M. Gor man, Walter B. Campbell, John M. Scott, Arthur C. Baldwin and Edwin Heil, all in dicted on the charged of using the mails to further a scheme to defraud, went to trial. This is to be a test case of the United States government in an attempt to pre vent the so-called buckteshop proprietors in this country, from using the United States mails to solicit business. United States District Attorney McPherson has collected a mass of evidence and has subpoenaed fifty witnesses, many of whom are telegraph operators and confi dential clerks for the bucketshop men. One witness is David McNah, a former bank clerk, and now a prisoner in the penitentiary at Frankfort, Ky„ and who it is said, will testify that much of the money he appropriated to his own use, but which belonged to his employers, he lost in the Cincinnati bucketshops. The defendants in this case ran the business known as the Odell Commission Co., after Odell, the fouder died, and are said to have cleaned up several million dollars in a short time. WOMANS’ MISSION SOCIETY ELECTS ANNUAL OFFICERS MILLEDGEVILLE, Ga., April 28.-The annual convention of the Woman’s For eign Missionary society of the North Georgia conference of the M. E. church adjourned here Tuesday after four days' session. Approximately 200 delegates were in attendance and the gathering was one of the most notable and enthusiastic in the history of the organlaztion. The foilowing officers were elected fol the ensuing year: President, Mrs. H. K. Gardiner, of Elberton: first vice president, Mrs. H. R. Brannan, Madison; second vice president. Mrs. A. M. Turner, At lanta; third vice president, Mrs. W. M. Allen, Augusta; corresponding secretary. Mrs. W. B. Hittendorf, Atlanta: record ing secretary, Mrs. W. R. Power, Atlan ta: assistant secretary, Miss Sallie Stew art, Oxford. Several returned missionaries were present at the meeting, including Miss Martha Pyle, Miss May Treadwell, the former being from China, and the latter from Mexico. Prof. D. P. Callahan, of Japan, was also present, and Miss Henry, of India. A feature of the convention was the address of Miss Mary Davies.. Sunday night. $200,000 IN BRIBE TO GET FRANCHISE SAN FRANCISCO, April 28.—Patrick Calhoun's attorneys were invited today by the prosecution to make legal acknowl edgment that the United Roads paid $200,- 000 for the overhead trolley permit. Mr. Rogers, for the defense, was at tempting to draw from Daniel G. Cole man an admission that he had agreed with Supervisor Gai’agher to hold up the Parkside franchise unless money was paid, the object being to show that the supervisors were engaged in a blackmail ing conspiracy. 'Do you hold such proof will constitute a legal defense?” asked Judge Lawler. “I do not,” said Mr. Rogers, "but I hold that ft constitutes a fact that the jury ought to know.” Mr. Heney objected but added that if it was the purpose of the defense to ac knowledge the payment of the money as a t»asis for proof of conspiracy he would give them all the latitude they wanted. The invitation was not accepted. PRINCE ITO DINES PARTY OF KOREANS TOKIO, April 28.—Prince Ito, the resi dent general of Korea, entertained a large party of Koreans this afternoon in a su burb of this city. The crown prince of Korea graced the occasion with his presence and gave au dience to the elders of the party. After luncheon the crown prince, ins school mates and Prince Ito's grandson gave the school drill on the green facing the house where the affair was given. The day was ideal, and the entertainment was thor oughly enjoyed. The prince’s activity and agility dur ing the exercises made a strong impres sion. The guests were deeply pleased, es pecially the elders, one of whom said that while the party contributed some of the conservative • Koreans, he was confident that the visit would produce excellent results by removing suspicion and mis apprehension existing in some minds. Why He Lost the Simple Maiden Tit-Bltz. "Tomorrow,” sighed the simple maiden, "is my birthday.” it was a hint that young Smith knew would be expensive to understand. But the simple ■ maiden was heiress to 20,000 pounds, was de- I cldedly comely, and they were engaged. So ' he decided to plunge. I "Any one could guess your age, so simple are your ways,” he said, "and I'll show how I'll guess It. Tomorrow you will receive a bunch of crimson roses, and in that bunch there will be one rcse. my pet, for every ! year that you have lived. 1 That night Smith wrote a note to his florist, ordering the immediate delivery of eighteen roses to his lady fair. I 1 The florist read the order and said to his wife: "Here’s young Smith wants us to send a j bouquet of one and a half dezen crimson roses to Park lane, W. He's been a good cus tomer lately. Throw tn an extra dozen for luck." Smith's presents were returned within the hour, and to this day he can’t imagine why the engagement was broken off. He Was Too Cold for Her May Lippincott's. "Agnes broke her engagement to Louis be cause ha was too cold and Indifferent.” "He doesn't strike me that way.” ''lie is, though. He said as long as they saw each other every day, he didn't see any need of their corresponding.” An I pl if ting Poem May IJpplncctt’s. Cried, Bliss; Faded, This." Poet with Others Like 1 Happy Filled The Verse The I'm Got Crazy "Aha!” "Now I've With.” TO TALK TO MARS FROM TEXAS TOWN CITIZENS OF STAMFORD, TEXAS, RAISE $50,000 WITH WHICH TO BUILD GIGANTIC MERCURY MIRROR. FORT WORTH, Tex., April 28.—A mes sage received here today from Robert W. Wood, professor of astronomy of Johns Hpkins university f Baltimore, practical ly agrees to the establishment of an ob servatory at Stamford, West Texas, which will be used in an effort to com municate with planet Mars. The citizens of Stamford have agreed to put up whatever bonus Professor Wood needs, providing it will not exceed $60,000. Stamford and vicinity, it is said, is best suited for Professor Wood’s experiments. Professor Wood, in his dispatch, says the experiments with his twenty-inch mercury mirror and stil Hn progress and until he completes these it would be un wise to build a giant mercury mirror, such as Stamford agrees to furnish, and which will be a hundred feet In diame ter. It is proposed that this mlror shall be rotated with the speed of an express train by a huge motor. Professor Wood sarys he will be glad to carry on his ex periments in West Texas and that the conditions there are lead!. No real effort has been made to in duce Proessor Pickering to establish his proposed signalling station, but he has been asked to conduct his experiments in West Texas along the same lines used by Professor Wood. N., C. & ST. L. MAKES RETURNS TO THE STATE State Comptroller General Wright has received the tax returns of the Nashville, Chattanooga and St. Louis Railway com pany for property and franchise in Geor gia. The figures are about the same as returned by the road for the past two years. Comptroller Wright has the returns and will announce In a few days whether they are acceptable to the state or not. The road returned its main line property in the state at $77,331, of which $19,421 is for franchise. The road has only a small number of miles of main lines in the state. The returns for the Rome division were $500,000, of which $30,000 is for fran chise. The return for such outside property of the Western & Atlantic railroad, used by the road, is $78,235. The Western & At lantic road, per se, belongs to the state and canot be taxed. The tax on that portion of the road used by the Nashville, Chattanooga and St. St. Louis has been questioned by the state for some time, it being held that the amount was too low. $350,000,000 CAPITAL IS INVESTED IN COTTON BOSTON, April 28.—Investments of more than $360,000,000 were reported at th® annual meeting of the National Associa tion of Cotton Manufacturers, which opened at Mechanics building, this city, today. Textile manufacturers from all sections of the United States were present. Th® mills represented by the 10.000 members of the association operate 20,000,000 spin dles, 1,500 sets of wool and worsted cards, 6.000 knitting machines and 75 printing machines. This year for the first time an exhi bition of cotton machinery, mill supplies and general textile products is held as a supplementary feature of the convention. The convention was called to order late in the forenoon and the transaction of business was begun immediately. The re ports of the different offices were then submitted and the association medal awarded. Governor Draper made an ad dress welcoming the delegates to the state and Franklin W. Hobbs spoke in response. , PALLAGRA CLAIMS HATTIESBURG VICTIM BIRMINGHAM. Ala., April 28.-A spe cial from Hattiesburg. Miss., says pel lagra, a disease which is common in Northern Italy, but unusual in the United States, has claimed its third vic tim within ths past two years in Hat tiesburg in the person of Mrs. D. P. Bell, whose funeral took place today. Mrs. Bell has been suffering for months, and the physicians were puzzled as to what to call the disease with which she was suffering. It was finally diagnosed as pellagra, caused from eating bread from musty corn meal. It attacked the mucous membrane of the mouth, throat and stomach and finally affected the brain. TEN NIGHTS IN BARS . WAS TARGET FOR EGGS KNOX, Ind., April 28.—Eggs be-spatter ed the screen upon which were being thrown pictures illustrating the old tem perance melody "Ten Night in a Bar room” and narrowly missed an agent of the Antl-Saloon league who was lecturing upon it at a "dry” meeting in the local option compaign here last night. A cry of fire also was raised but a panic was prevented. A Very Tactful Hostess "I understand you are so zuceezzful at put ting your guezta at ease. What la the aecret?" "As they are introduced I hand them a price list and catalogue ot my household goods to help them in their inspection.” 64 Years Pass, Little Oak Twig at Head of Grave Now Giant, Enveloping Stone 1 V. wH v 1 i .Sol [ ( r f 51 ! w ■ NißatßfA.; ■ran ■ - 4 MEMPHIS, Tenn.-It V.ok Dame Na- re::is erected a monument three or four ture just Gl vears to do this artistic piece from a little sprig of a tree. *• . ■ . . . . . The Power Above, that looxs out for of work in Winchester cemetery of this chl)dren Frotected the monument city. from winter's rain and summer's heat When 13-year-old Virginia Kirk died by growing the sprig, now a giant oax. in 1846. 16 years ’fore the war, her pa- around it. WESTERN RAILWAY TO SOON BE BUILT Plans for the construction of the West ern Railway of Georgia, capitalized at $500,000, have been begun and the new road, which has been granted a charter with the privilege of using either steam or electrictiy, will be built as rapidly as possible. The new road, which will connect with the Atlanta, Birmingham and Atlantic Railroad company at Aberdeen, Fayette county, will run in a westerly direction through Newnan and Franklin, Heard county, to a point on the state line. The principal offices of the company will be located in Newnan. The road will give Newnan its fourth railroad, and will blaze away for railway service in Heard coun ty, which has formerly not been pierced by any line. The road will also open up a new territory that has hitherto not been developed. Connecting with the Atlanta, Birming ham and Atlantic, the Western of Geor gia will give a new and direct line from the southern part of the state to the western border. There is a strong proba bility that the new line will be the pio neer of electric operated roads in this state, as it is stated in the application for charter that electricity may be used instead of steam. The incorporators of the company in clude prominent capitalists who live along the road. The line will be sixty mile.: long. COL. A. R. WRIGHT SPEAKS AT BARNESVILLE BARNESVILLE, Ga., April 28—A downpour of rain did not prevent the people of Barnesville from making a great success of the Memorial day exercises, which, to accommodate the ladies, were postponed from Monday to Tuesday. The parade, formed near the postoffice, marched through the rain to the audito rium of Gordon institute, where about a thousand people assembled to witness the exercises. The principal feature of the occasion was the address by Col. A. R. Wright, of Sandersville, the law partner of Congress man Hardwick. He presented the two views on which the contentions were laid and then jald there were only two ways by which such differences could be set tled, one by arbitration, which meant-com promise with wrong, and by force of arms. He held that the south, , believing as it did, could do nothing less than fight. He made reference to a recent utter ance of an Atlanta minister by saying that any man who said the war was unnecessary was insincere or had lost his equipoise of mind. He said that every principle for ■which the south had con tended was preserved as a result of the •'cause which was lost.” He said every battle fought by the Confederate soldiers was for the identical principles for which Yorktown and Bunker Hill were fought After the Confederate and Union graves had been decorated, the old veterans were served with a bountiful dinner by the ladies of the city. FORT VALLEY PAYS HONOR TO DEAD FORT VALLEY, Ga., April 28—Never in the history of the town was Memorial Day more enthusiastically and Impressively observed than on oMnday. The exercises were under the auspices of the Daughters of the Confederacy, and the following program was enjoyed at the audi torium: Quartette, "Dixie"—Messrs. Branham- Stro zler. EM wards and Houser. Prayer—Rev. Jenkins. Quartette. "Massa in the Cold. Cold Ground” —Messrs. Branham, Strozier, Houser and Ed wards. Solo, “In Sixty-cne”—Mrs. W. S. White. Introduction of Speaker—Col. C. L. Snepard. Memorial Address —Hon. Robert Hodges. Delivery of Crosses of Honor —Mrs. W. A. Woodall. Seng. "God Be With You Till We Meet Again.” Benediction—Rev. J. M. Long. The oration by Hon. Robert Hodges, of Ma con, was principally historical and well de livered. At the conclusion of the program, the Con federate veterans, the military company and the school children formed a processton to the cemetery, where flowers were placed ffn the graves. EUGENIUS A. NISBET SPEAKS AT EATONTON EATONTON, Ga., April 28.—Memorial Day was celebrated In a more elaborate manner Monday, than In many years. Despite the In clement weather there were present over sev enty veterans of the county. After a business meeting at the court house the R. T. Davis Camp was entertained at dinner by the Daugh ters of the Confederacy. The veterans then marcbed to the opera house, where the memorial address was delivered by Mr. Eugenius A. Nisbet, of Americus. The ad dress was a splendid effort and at its con clusion Judge W. F. Jenkins made a apeech of thanks, pronounced it the finest address ever delivered In Eatonton and it was seconded bv a unanimous vote of the audience. Mr. 11. O. Nelson, of St. Louis, Mo., a prom inent capitalist from that town and one who wore the blue in the war. arose and made a short talk to the old veterans and the audi ence. Seldom does It occur that tbe blue and the gray appear upon the same platform to honor tbe Confederate dead, and when Dixie was played this Union soldier joined in the applause just as heartily as his comrades in tray. RUSSIAN EXPEDITION’ MEETS WITH PERSIANS ST. PETERSBURG. April 28 —A special dis patch from Julfa, Persia, says that the Rus sian expedition has encountered opposition. Kurds skirmishing with the Cossack vanguard and compelling a halt. It is officially admitted that the troops are advancing very slowly and will not arrive at Tabriz before tonight. Re assuring advices have, however, been received from the consul at Tabriz, who reports that the famine has been relieved In a measure by the grain sent by Russian merchants. The published report that the Black sea fleet has gone to Northern Turkey is not true. NEGRO MET DEATH AT HANtiS OF MOB BIRMINGHAM. Ala., April 28.—After exam ining about fourteen witnesses, tbe coroner’s jury Investigating the shooting of John Thomas, who was taken from an officer between Elvira mines and Bessemer, and was shot to death by a mob, Sunday night, returned a verdict this afternoon that the negro came to his death by being shot and that said shooting was done unlawfully and by parties unknown. JUDGE WILL NOT FIX RATES ON RAILROADS DECLARES, HOWEVER, IF HE ' HAD AUTHORITY HE WOULD MAKE THEM 2 1-2-FOR STRONG ROADS AND 3 FOR WEAK. KANSAS CITY. April 28 —A supplement»«T .j decision in the rate cases involving the eighteen Missouri railroad companies operating in Mis souri was filed In the federal court here today by Judge Smith McPherson, of Red Oak, lowa. ft 1 Judge McPherson declines to recede from his | first opinion, rendered on March 8 last, either . a in the matter of the division of the costs of the proceedings or to change his original holding £j that th’e court cannot fix rates. In effect the decision woan’ that th* rail we vs and the state must each pay cne-hslf at ba costs, which aggregate Jla.utiO, ani that the court refuses the railways' petition which asked it to specifically state what, passenger. ■ ra'«a they should charge. Statute Is Void As to the contention that the court was la error in Its original opinion in that the penal >ts if he e'ajes render hem void. Judge Mc- Pherson now holds that this section of the S state statutes Imposing penalties is void. On the poitn of fixing the rates, Judge Mc- Pherson says in part: “Complaint Is made because of the recital in my opinion that It being a legislative act and not a judicial one. this court cannot fix rate®. If It could, two and one-half cents passenger rates would be fixed for the stronger road® . and three for the others. But that, la for the legislature acting with experts such as th® state employed In these cases or through a S commission with like assistance. "The average fare paid per year aside from the low excursion rates Is less than six dollars, jl commercial travelers exespted. To reduce that to four dollars, thereby saving two dollars, la of course of importance. Many Vital Issues “So are other matters of Importance. Aside from having efficient service to be paid for at remunerative rates, the laboring men, the em ployes have rights. They have the right to be well paid for their work, in day time and nirht time, sunshine and storm, during the ex- . cesslve heat of the summer and the rigors of winter. Their hazardous and most dangerous service enttiles them to remunerative compen sation which they cannot have with meagre earnings of ther oads. "Evidence of humanity and kindly feeling for their fellow men need not be wholly dis- ’ played toward the man who pays six dollar® per year passenger fares. A kindly disposition would suggest an equitable division of «ym- • S-i pathy. Thousands and thousands ot men have , already been 'let out' because of decreased « earnings and more are to follow, with dimin ished compensation for those from necessity re- S tained. "What is the truthful answer to make these men. and who is to make this answer? It is doubtful if the legislature thought this out. I decline to modify my opinion as respects thia.” | DR. BR'OUGHTON UPHELD BY HIS CONGREGATION "We stand an undivided membership with you,” wired the board of deacons of the Tabernacle Baptist church to their > pastor. Rev. Len G. Broughton. Wednes day morning after hearing of the propos ed address at the Grand opera house Sat- 3 urday evening on the "Unmasking of th® Czar of Tabernacledom.” ?!hce it was announced that this speech would b® made Dr. Broughton has not been in At lanta but in an Interview he stated that the advertised speech was the "Work of a Lot of Devils in Atlanta.” The Grand opera house was rented for this address by Architect B. A. Pugin. Following is the telegram sent to Dr. Broughton by R. N. Fickett, chairman $ of the board of de&cons of the Baptist Tabernacle: ATLANTA. Ga.. April 27, 1909. Dr. I.en G. Broughton. Valdosta, Gi. Dear Pastor: Your board of deacons in session assembled send you Christian s greeting standing an undivided member ship with you, and say God bless you. Hold the fort in Valdosta. Come back to us Friday. Fraternally yours, R. N. FICKETT. Chairman Board Deacons Baptist Tab ernacle. MARRIAGE OR JAI~ WAS ONLY ALTERNATIVE EVANSVILLE. Ind., April 28— Po- . licemen were insistent witnesses of th® marriage of Mrs. Sarah Hoffman, of Ironton, Ohio, and F. M. Beard, of Owensbboro, Ky., in this city last night. Beard, an insurance agent, had he pre ferred not to marry, could have gon® to jail charged with having taken $4,- | ovO of Mrs. Hoffmans money. After she had entrusted him with it, she told the police, he disappeared. He was found in Nashville, Tenn. He promptly gave Mrs. Hoffman a check on a Henderson, Ky., bank for $4,000. She softened and obtained for him from the police the choice of marria*® or t Jegal prosecution. GOVERNOR WILSON HANGED IN EFFIGY GHENT, Ky.. April 28—When the in habitants of this town awoke yesterday. j they discovered an effigy of Governor Willson hanging in front of the post- . | office. 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