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VOL. VIII
; SCOUTS BY GET
TO Chattanooga
MONDAY EVENING
X
Left Knoxville Early Monday
Morning—Their Arrival in
Knoxville Sunday Signal for
Big Ovation by Fair Ladies.
INMAN HOMESTEAD AT
DANDRIDGE, TENN.,
. VISITED BY SCOUTS
They Look on Davy Crockett's
Marriage License in Dandridge
Court House —Day's Ride Half
Rough, Half Good.
LENOIR CITY. Tenn.. July 12.—Th*
scout care of The Atlanta Journal and
the New York Herald arrived here fifteen
minute* before twelve, a distance of 27
miles A deep creek, ten mile* from
Knoxville, caused one hour's delay. The
next stop will be made at Loudon, Tenn.
Trip to Knoxville
An Interesting One
KNOXVILLE, Tenn., July 11—After a
day's run which Included some of the
worst and a great deal of the best roads
tn eastern Tennessee, the good road*
scouts of The Journal and the New York
Herald reached Knoxville at 7:80 o'clock
ths evening. All day Tong the Itinerary
led The Journal's Oldsmobile and the
Herald's White Steamer down the beauti
ful Tennessee valley, and whatever criti
cism may be made upon certain section*
of the roads traversed It must be con
ceded that no route more beautiful scen
leally has yet been covered. Leaving
Rogersville at 10:20 this morning; the good
roads champions struck into roads almost
as bad as those which had retarded them
Bautrday during the run between Seven
Mlle ford and Bristol.
Sullivan and Hawkins counties In Ten
nessee are now thoroughly aroused to
the Importance of modern highways.
They are going to have some of the best
roads in the state within a year. Many
es these are already being graded, though
few have as yet been macadamised.
SOFT ROADS AND RAIN.
It was the misfortune of the scouts to
encounter these new road* at a time
when they had been deluged with almost
continuous rains for a month. The result
was that the newly placed earth roads
had become little better than ditches
. • through which the big cars plodded and
floundered, making headway at the mis
erable rate of about six miles an hour,
and that only with the greatest effort.
After a run of twenty minutes from
Rogersville, the cars coasted down a
Steep and rocky approach to the Tennes
iaS—nee river, which was crossed on a float
at Melendy's ferry. The primitive ferry
apparatus was not so commodious as
■ome of those used heretofore and it was
necessary to make two trips across the
Stream, each of the big cars being car
led separately. This consumed half an
Mkir.
Until within about eight miles of Mor
fWawn the character of the roads chang
ed only slightly for the better. But at
that point, where the Hamblin county line
was crossed, a welcome relief came in
the sight of a splendid macadam turnpike,
newly graded and stretching away as far
as the eye could reach. The scouts, tired
with the incessant jolting of their great
vehicles and mud-bespattered from their
continuous battle of two days, gave vent
to their feelings in a lusty cheer.
MORRISTOWN'S OCTPOST.
Just as they did so they sighted two
escort cars awaiting them at the begin
ning of the smooth roadway. In a Ford,
driven by James Tyler, of Morristown,
were Samuel T. Welch, manager of the
Morristown Motor company; John Carri
ger, mayor of Morristown, and Maxwell
Smith. In a Reo, which was driven by
Mortimer Williams, rode W. 8. Meyers,
president of the Morristown board of
trade; F. Rodger Miller, editor of the
Morristown Republican; J. Hale, chair
man of the Hamblin county court, and
John Donaldson, of the firm of Donaldson
Brthers
Mayor Carriger and the other gentle
men welcomed the scout* informally and
then escorted them into Morristown,
which was reached at half past one
o’clock. The visitors remained there for
an hour, during which they were enter
tained generously at dinner by their es
cort.
HAMBLIN COUNTY A PIONEER.
Hamblin county cTsims the honor of
having been a pioneer in Eastern Ten
nessee in the building of flrst-class mod
ern highways Some ten years ago that
county constructed about twenty-flve
miles of good macadam roads, and after
work which is not- under way shall have
. been complete! practically all the High
ways of the county will be of the most
approved macadam type. There will then
be thirteen separate roads of that de
scription leading out to the county line, j
The original appropriation for this pur- 1
pose nearly a decade ago was only SIOO.-
00C It was precipitated by a severe storm
which put the county highways so se-1
riousiy out of commission that even the'
most conservative farmers realised the
Importance of making roads that would
better endure the stress of hard weather'
and heavy usage.
I200.W) BOND ISSUE.
■lnce then the county has appropriat
ed money generously for good roads and
less than two weeks ago. since the hope,
has been inspired that the route of the
national highway might lie through Ten-'
lessee an additional $3)0.000 bond issu»
rhas been order sd by a popular vote tn
this county. lambiin. though not one of
the largest counties of the state, is one
of its most enterprising and progres
sive. J
Within the limits of Morristown its j
residents say proudly there are a dozen
wholesale concerns who do an aggregate
business of about six millions yearly. The
county is one of the flnest stock raising
centers in the south and is probably the
greatest producer of poultry and eggs for
th* northern market. Whole carloads of
tli**e edibles are shipped daily to the
markets of New York. Philadelphia, and
Washington, and a large proportion of
the delicacies of this type which travel
ers order in the dining cars of the rail
ways come from the eastern section of
Tennessee. The turnpike leading through
and out of Morristown is si fine as any
which the scouts have traveled since they
left the ideal roads extending from Phila
delphia to New York.
BIG FLAG FOR SCOUTS.
Before the big cars left Morristown a
large flag was brought out and presented
to the scouts. It bore the inscription
"Hamblin county greets you and wishes
you a safe trip." Th* flag staff was at
tached to the tonneau of the Herald s
'’Xtlitnti'i Ztownnl
TO BUILD STORES
ON STATE PROPERTY
Representative Barry Wright of
Floyd Plans to Use Right of
Way of State Road in Heart of
Atlanta for Buildings.
A new development of Atlanta'* down
town section —a development of startling
possibilities—may come of a resolution
that Representative Barry Wright, of
Floyd county, will Introduce in the lower
house of the general assembly Tuesday.
This resolution, which calls for the
concurrence of the senate, provides for
a joint committee of two from the house
and one from the senate to investigate
the feasibility, cost and desirability of
utilising the state’s property along the
right of way of the Western and Atlantic
railroad, in the heart of Atlanta, for the
erection of store buildings.
The reduction recites that the property
in point is a valuable asset and can be
mgde even more valuable to ths state
by the construction of office and store
buildings along the right of way on both
sides of the Whitehall street viaduct and
of the Broad street viaduct and of the
Forsyth street viaduct.
If the committee Is appointed, it will
report at the next session of the legisla
ture.
White steamer and fluttered there during
the remainder of the day.
Jefferson county wa* the next travers
ed during the day's run. It, too, has been
voting money lavishly for th* making of
new roads and the betterment of old
one*. This county has spent within the
last three year* or la now spending near
ly half a million dollar* for this pur
pose. Many of its ettisens With whom
the scouts talked say that the work now
being done by The Journal and the Her
old has given a great stimulus to this
movement, and when contracts now let
or under way shall have been completed
Jefferson will have within its borders
about two hundred miles of excellent
roads.
The first town tn Jefferson county at
which a stop was made was Dandridge,
which was reached at 4 o’clock. The
scouts from Atlanta were greatly Inter
ested in Dandridge, and for Inman Gray
this little Tennessee town had a senti
mental interest as well.
HOME OF SCOUT'S GRANDSIRE.
It wa* here that his grandfather, ttn
late Walker P. Inman, pne of the south’s
most successful men, was bom. as well
as the late Shadrach Inman,'Tather of the
late John Inman, of New York, who was
In hts time the president of the Richmond j
Terminal company, now the Southern ’
railway. It Is. also the birthplace of Hugh >
T. and Samuel M. Inman, two of At
lanta's leading citizens.
The home of these pioneer southerners
Is still standing—an old-fashioned two- |
story brick house. It is now occupied by
John Wells, a grixzled veteran himself.
The scouts and their cars, with Mr. Wells,
and his son, were photographed in front
of the old Inman homestead..lt lies two
miles from the center of Dandridge, di
rectly on the pike between that town and
Straw Plains.
LAVY CROCKETT S LICENSE.
In the ancient Dandridge court house,
the marriage license of David Crdckett, j
of Alamo fame. Is displayed. It was
signed by David himself, and was wit
nessed by I. Hamilton, the first elerk of
Jefferson county. It bears the date 1806.
The bride. Polly Findley, also signed her
own name to this interesting docu
ment.
After taking a drink at the Inman '
spring and enjoying some of Mr. Weils'
fine old apples, the scouts hit the pike
again, bound for Straw Plains. The day's
delights were again intensified when an
other fine macadam highway carried the
pilgrims over a considerable part of this
stage of their journey. There was then an
Interval of well-graded dirt road, which ,
had not been macadamised, but which
was so well built and so dried out by
the last three days of warm sunshine that
it afforded easy going. Ten minutes after
the party had passed through Straw
Plains the welcome gray of macadam
turnpike was again sighted at the border
line of Knox county.
’•HELLO" TO KNOXVILLE.
Although this was more than thirteen
miles from Knoxville. N. E. Logan, vice
president of the Knoxville Automobile
club, accompanied by Mrs. Logan In his
Reo. had come out to the county line to
welcome the visitors.
After greetings and Introductions the
Reo swung into the lead and piloted the
scout* over this specimen of Knox coun-,
ty road, which without a serious break
In its surface leads directly into the city. I
It Is not a new highway and in spots
aould be the better for some new top'
dressing. Though not equal to the stand
ard established by Knox county's other
highway*. It is so much better than the
roads through which the scouts had been
plodding in the vicinity of Bristol that.
It seemed to them almost ide%l.
As the big cars advanced along this
road other automobiles from Knoxville
which were awaiting tneir arrival, cheer-;
ed the dust-stained travelers liberally as
they passed and then swung Into line,
Increasing the length of the escorting col
umn. E. R. Oates was driving his four-,
I cylinder Thomas, In which he had as his'
guests the Misses Ellinora and Kate
l Luttrell and Mr. W. E. Luttrell and D.
IE. Schmitt.
SOUTH'S PRIZE BEAUTY.
Mr. and Mrs. A. M. Glasgow were out
; In their eo. and David C. Chapman had
i his E. M. F. car in line with a party, ’
smong whom was Miss Sue Johnson, who
has the reputation of being one of the
most beautiful women of the south. Wll-I
Ham Kohlhase had another party out
i In his Reo.
As It was Sunday evening and the,
! church bells were ringing, the hoarse
, electric horns of the big cars were Kept,
I less demonstrative than usual and the i
■ pi occasion made a decorous entrance Into
the city.
On every porch, however, and tn front'
of every house through the suburbs and
into the very business part of Knoxville.'
i Its citizens were standing awaiting the
[ arrival of the visitors, who had been ex
pected for two days. Smiling faces and
j fluttering handkerchiefs greeted the dust
begrimed pilgrims at every turn, and
; when the cars pulled up in front of the
Imperial hotel they were instantly sur
rounded by numerous throngs, all eager
to shake hands with the scouts and to
j hear the story of their rough pilgrimage
1 through the mud.
KNOX COUNTY AWAKE.
Knox county is also well forward in
I the procession of the good roads advo-
U cates. At the last session of county court
: held there Monday and Tuesday, the
' pike fund for 1900 and 1910 was fixed at
268,000. The damage to roads has been
such during the past year that 146,000 of
this must go for reconstruction work and
. $16,200 for new roads. Under the last
i enactment of the Tennessee general as
sembly the county convicts must do cer
i tain work for the preservation of roads,
which will allow far greater expenditure
i for new roads from this time forward.
COTTON BAGGING TO
LEAVE FOEE LIST?
k
I
Tariff Conference Between House!
and Senate Will Result in Duty j
Being Placed on Jute and Jute
Butts.
WASHINGTON, July 12.—The draft of
the corporation tax amendment will pro
vide for a tax of ’l per cent Instead of 2
per cent on the net earnings of Corpora
tions. This wasdecided today at an in
formal conference at the white house. At
torney General Wickersham will prepare
the amendment.
“ ? i
WASHINGTON, July 12.-That cotton ;
bagging, which was put on the free l|st
by the senate is not to remain undutiabie
is one of the first predictions made in
regard to the proposed action of the con
ference committee on tariff bill. The
house conferences contend that a num
ber of American manufacturers of cot
ton bagging would be compelled to shut
down if that article should remain on
the free ll*t, and It is said that the sen
ate conferences will not need much urg
ing to agree to return bagging to the
dutiable list.
Jut* and jute butts, from which cotton
bagging is made, have been transferred
to the dutiable list by the senate, but,
as jute was on the free list in the Ding- j
ley bill, as well as the Payne bill, the
duty probably will be taken off In con
ference.' Another prediction made with
regard to the action of the conferees is
that th* duty on coal, which is sixty
cents in the senat* bill as compared with
67 cents in the existing law, will be fin
ally agreed upon at 40 cent* In confer
ence*.
The house and senate conferees met
again today at 10 o’clock to consider
amendments In numerical order. The low
tariff men on the house conference com- '
mittee objected to an increase of 35 cent* ■
per square foot made by the senate in
the house rate on card clothing when
made with face cloth containing wool. [
This is an Increase over the Dlnglay
rate and was evidently made to cover
the wool used. Similar objections are
expected with reference to the counter
duty on petroleum, the placing of hides
on the free list and the return of cocoa
to th* non-duttable list. These are to be
among the most strongly contested sched-1
*<es.
TAFT AT WORK ON TAX. ‘
President Taft and the lawyers of hi*
cabinet have undertaken to save the tar
iff conferees from haggling over the cor- i
poration tax amendment.
It is conceded that the measure as
passed by the senate must be redrafted
in order to remove constitutional objec-!
tions and to meet the views of the ad-'
ministration. The president has told the
leaders of the senate and house that a* j
the administration would be charged with •
the responsibility of collecting the tax
and defending the act if assailed in the
courts, th* administration should be per-;
mttted to perfect the measure. . ,
Senator Aldrich and Representative i
Payne have made no objection to the sug
gestion made by th* president, and as a re-,
suit Attorney General Wickersham la I
working out the legal problems it in-1
volves. In frequent consultation with!
tho attorney general are Secretary of;
State Knox. Senator Root and the pres-1
ident himself. When they have perfect-!
ed the amendment, it will be sent to the!
conferees, who will Incorporate it In the!
bill as agreed to in conference. If the 1
corporation tax feature is changed at I
all aft*r being redrafted In cabinet and l
close administration circle*, the altera-i
tions probably will be confined to the!
rate of tax Imposed upon net earnings.'
There Is a strong sentiment In congress’
that the tax should be not more thanl
on* per cent, and it may be cut in half;
accordingly, but the rate has not come up
for discussion among the conferees.
INHERITANCE TAX.
Some reluctance Is being exhibited by
members of th* house to the suggestion 1
that the Inheritance tax feature adopt-1
ed by that body sliall be left out of th*
bill.
President Taft has been Impressed by
the arguments.
It is stated upon the highest authority,
however, that he does not think that fed
eral and state governments should Both
resort to this method of raising revenues.
CUSTOMS COURT FAVORED.
The amendment adopted by the senate,
providing for the establishment of a cus
toms court, is likely to be accepted by
the house conferees. An effort will be
made to fix the salaries of the judges
at XK),000 as provided originally by the I
amendment reported from the finance
committee.
The terms of the senate maximum pro- ]
vision are meeting with some favor from
the house members of the conference
committee, and the indications are that
it will be accepted after some minor
changes have been made. This feature
provide* that the maximum rates, which
are fixed at 20 per cent, above the im
port duties prescribed by the bill, shall
go into effect on March 31, next, unless
the president by proclamation in the
meantime shall have released countries
from the higher rate.
If the senate gains its way in relation
to the corporation tax. inheritance tax
and the customs court, there is a feeling
that it will be at the sacrifice of many
of it* amendments to the dutiable Hat.
The conferees plunged into their labor*
today with vigor and enthusiasm.
The metal and wood schedules were ta
ken up in the morning hours.
After agreeing to take a vote today
at 4 o'clock on the joint resolution pro
posing an amendment to the constitution
authorising the levy of an income tax,
regardless of apportionment among the
several states, the house proceeded to
dikcuss the proposition.
All the senate amendments to the Phil
ippine bill were rejected by the house to
day and the conference requested by the
senate was granted.
"NATION OF LIARS."
"I believe it tends to make a nation of
liars,” declared Chairman Payne, in con
nection with a statement that he was
utterly opposed to such a tax in times of
peace. He believed it was the most diffi
cult of enforcement and the hardest to
collect.
; “It is, In a word,” he said, "a tax upon
the incomes of honest men and an ex
emption to some extent, to the rascals.”
IHe hoped it would never be invoked, i
! To pass such a resolution at the pres
ent time without having been duly con
sidered by a committee was characteriz
ed by Mr. McCall (Mass.) as a "pro
ceeding of extraordinary levity.” He was
especially antagonistic to the idea of do
' ing away 'With the rule of apportion
ment as showing no fealty to Democratic
principles. It was his view that in im
posing the tax the power of the central
government, ’'already so great that it is
devouring the state governments,” should
I be limited to times of war.
"You already have a sufficient oppor
tunity for corruption and for the political
Jack Cade of the future to levy black
mail,” he claimed.
TAX UNPOPULAR.
The proposed tax, he said, was predea-
ATLANTA, GEORGIA, TUESDAY, JULY 13, 1909
CHEER GINGLES GIRL
ONHERWTOTRIAL
Gre&t Crowds Pack Corridors and
Speak Words of Encourage
ment to Little Irish Lace Mak
er—Bystander Faints.
CHICAGO, July 12.—Ella Glngles, the
Ir|sh lace-maker who alleges that a
charge of theft placed against her is
part of a conspiracy to drive her into I
"white slavery,” was cheered today as
she made her way alone through the cor
ridors of the criminal court building.
The crowd extended from the street to
■ the doors of Judge Brentano’s court
room.
One man wedged In the crowd fainted
from the heat. Several shouldered their
way to Miss Gingles' side and spoke,
words of encouragement.
The first witness today was Sigward
Sorenson, an employe of the Newberrv;
library. He was called for the purpose (
of refuting Miss Gingles’ statement that
ehe read the papers at the library on
January 4 last. She stated on the stand
that she read the advertisements of po
sitions?
“We do not have newspapers for the
use of the public,” said Mr. Sorenson.
"We get the papers quarterly and then
they are bound up In big volumes. We
do not get them dally.”
On cross-examination by Mr. O’Donnell,
representing the defendant, Mr. Sorenson
stated that there were tables In the ref
erence room where the public could read
newspapers.
Mrs. Edna Wolf, matron at the LaSalle
street railway station, told of two inter
views which she had with Miss Gingles in
January subsequent to the first alleged
attack and prior to the Wellington hotel
bathroom mystery.
FOUND GIRL IN DEPOT.
On the first visit to the depot Mrs.
1 Wolf found the lacemaker in the ladies’
1 waiting room. She complained of feeling
! faint. Mrs. Wolf had forgotten the inci
dent when Miss Gingles re-appeared a
week later and re-introduced herself.
“I asked her what I could do for her
and she sadd she had been arested on
complaint of Miss Agnes Barrette. She
said she had bsen bound and cut in the
Wellington hotel and her clothes taken
away. I asked her If there was any sug
gestion of 'white slavery’ made to her ahd
she said there had not. She said Miss
Barrette abused her because she would
not give up her secret of lacemaking.
| "Again I asked her if there was any
thing I could do for her and said 'Well,
if anybody comes here, tell them you
found me weak and hungry. I haven’t
eaten for three days.’ I told her T would
say nothing except about her first visit
when she appeared sick. About an hour
later she appeared with a stout woman.
The woman asked if it was true that Ella
had been at the station and was suffer
ing from weakness due to lack of food."
Mr. O’Donnell then cross-exanftned the
witness.
"Did Ella appear sick »nd faint?”
••yes.”
"Did she tell you .anything about being
i taken from her home by two women?"
TELLS OF WOMEI
"Yes; she said Miss Barrette and an
! other woman had taken all her laces and
; had then taken her to the. hotel,”
I “You mentioned 'white slavery’’?"
' "Yes; we always ask all young women
' who come to the depot and seem to be
I lost whether anyone had approached
I them.” ,
I "Is it, then, so prevalent that you ques
-1 tion all friendless girls who seek your
I assistance?”
“Yes.”
I "Did Ella know what ‘white slavery’
meant?”
”Y«a.”
William H. Luthardt. clerk at the de
tective bureau, testified that he had in
spected the lace in dispute between Miss
1 Barrette and Miss Gingles.
I “Were you in the office when the night
gown and rope were brought in?*-
"Yes.”
I "Did the gown appear to have been
laundered?”
NAME JUST WRITTEN.
"No; it seemed to be new. It bore
the name of ‘A. Barrette' in clean Ink.
To satisfy myself that the ink had not
been through the laundry with the gown.
I moistened the writing and it blurred."
The testimony of the gown was intro
duced by the state to show that the night
gewn in which Miss Gingles was found
' in the hotel bath room did not belong to
I Miss Barrette, but had been purchased
by Miss Gingles and the name “A. Bar
rette” written thereon.
! Detective Joseph Kinder gave evi
dence damaging to Miss Gingles’ narra
tive of the attack in the bath room.
"We examined the bath room transom
and Miss Barrette’s room. The lock had
not been tampered with and the ledge
of the transom was covered with undis
turbed dust, showing that nobody had
crawled over it, as claimed by Miss
Gingles.”
MAN SAVED FROM MOB
IN SHADOW OF ROPE
Pennsylvania Mob Is Robbed of
Prisoner by Clever Ruse of
Jailer.
PITTSBURG, Pa., July 12.—Only a ruse
by the authorities of Canonsburg and
Meadowlands, near here, prevented the
lynching early .today of a man who was
arrested at midnight in connection with
an attack on Lydia Spade, 12 years old.
Believing the man had been captured,
but uncertain, a large crowd gathered
about the Canonsburg jail shortly after
midnight. A rope was thrown over a tree
and a demand was made of the jail offi
cials to surrender the man.
CHlef Swann told the crowd no arrest
had been made and urged a hurried
search for the criminal. In the meantime
Joseph Johnson, of New Cumberland. W.
Va., who had been arrested as a suspect,
was kept hidden in the jail and today
was heavily guarded by extra police.
tined to be as unpopular a tax as was
ever imposed.
He was, he asserted, against abrogating
an important part of the great compro
| mise of the constitution and passing an
amendment which had not been careful
ly considered by a committee of the
house, or by anybody in the country,
"unless it be William J. Bryan.”
* The president wil not allow himself to
be quoted at this stage of the tariff pro
ceedings, feeling that it would be more
harmful than helpful. The best Interest
of the people will be served, the presi-
1 dent believes, by using what influence
he has in personal appeals to the con
feree.* rather than in carrying out a pub
lic campaign.
Having personally brought forward the
corporation tax, the president has a pe
culiar interest in it. The ultimate rate
jdoes not concern him so much, for it can
I be raised or lowered as circumstances re
' auire.
LEE TO LEAVE TRINITY;
BRADLEY MAY SUCCEED
Movement Has Already Been Begun to Have Dr. H. Stiles Bradley,
Now of St. Louis, Return to Former Pastorate of Trinity st
Expiration of Term of Dr. J. W. Lee—Latter May Go Again to
Church in St. Louis, of Which Dr. Bradley Is Now Pastor.
Under the itinerant system of Method
ism, Dr. J. W. Lee’s pastorate of Trinity
Methodist church will soon come to a
close. It is understood in this connection
that efforts are afoot to secure Dr. H. S.
Bradley, now of St. Louis, Mo., as his
successor. Dr. Bradley, as is well known,
preceded Dr. Lee at Trinity and Is one
of the most widely beloved men a* well
as ministers who ever lived In Atlanta.
The probability that he will return will
be of Interest throughout the city. It is
a notable coincidence that Dr. Lee came
to Atlanta from St. John’s church, St.
Louis to All the vacancy left by Dr.
Bradley and Dr. Bradley went from here
to St. Louis to take the place of Dr. Lee,
so that it amounted to what might be
termed a swapping of pulpits by the
FORTUNE WAITING
FOR MISSING BOY
£
Jack Manning, Who Came to At
lanta Eleven Years Ago Penni
less, Is Now Heir to Rich For
tune in Texas—Can’t Be Found.
Where’s Jack Manning?
This is a question being asked in At
lanta, Florida and Texas. For this
young man, who 11 years ago came to
Atlanta a penniless and helpless orphan
boy, accompanying an ill and enfeebled
mother, has fallen heir to a fortune out
in Lufkin, Tex.
All efforts to locate Jack have failed
and his relatives, in a Anal desperate
try, have written Mayor Maddox, solicit
ing his aid. The following letter from
the young man’s step-grandmother, tells
the story:
"KYNEBVILLE, Fla., July 8, 1909.
"City Mayor: About ten or eleven
year* ago one Mrs. Carrie Bell Manning,
the widow of Dr. J. R. Manning, then
reduced in circumstances, health-wrecked,
left here with her little son. Jack, to
try treatment In a hospital in Atlanta.
"After a time we could hear nothing
from Mrs. Manning nor Jack. I presume
she died.
"I’ve been written to, to give th*
whereabouts of Jack, as there is consid
erable property at and near Lufkin, Tex.,
for Jack, which he will inherit from his
grandfather's, the old Dr. Manning's,
estate.
"I trust that you will In kindness to
the orphan boy, ft he Is where you can
find him, tell him. Let me hear from
you. This Is from Jack's step-grand
mother.
"NANNIE E. REYNOLDS.”
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AMERICA TO GUARD
WELFARE OF BABIES
Academy o£ Medicine Plans Cam
paign to Instruct Parents How
to Care for Children.
BALTIMORE, Md., July 12.—Plans to
prevent the modern slaughter of the In
nocents by Instructing the people of the
United States In the proper care that
should be given babies are being foxmu
iated by the American Academy of Medi
cine. As an initial step in the move
ment a conference is to be held In New
Haven next November, at which leading
physicians, sociologists and educators
from all parts of the country will join
forces In a study of the problem. The
general subject of the conference will
be “The Prevention of Infant Mortality,”
and the four aspects under which it will
be considered are the medical, philan
thropic, institutional and educational.
It is suggested that first of all, the
sources of each city’s milk supply may
be investigated for the sake of the ba
bies' health, and the sanitary inspection
of tenements by health officers and vis
iting nurses may also be undertaken.
In going over the infant death rate of
the country it is found that Chicago is
the second city in this respect. The city
has a record of 8,381 deaths of babies un
der two years old out of a total mortality
of 32,198 deaths of all ages.
Among those on the national commit
tee ready to direct the work of saving
the Infants are Miss Jane Addams, of
Chicago; Dr. Charles R. Henderson, pro
fessor of sociology of the University of
Chicago, and others prominent in social
and medical work in this country.
BOY BLOWS OFF
TOP OF HIS HEAD
STILLMORE. Ga., July 12.—Estu*. the ten
year-old son of Mr. Love Lanier, is dead, at his
home, four miles east of this plaee. the re
sult of the accidental discharge of a shotgun
while In company with hla brother hog bunting.
His brother had left the deceased to go to their
dog. which bad beyed something In the swamp,
leaving hla gun with hla younger brother, who
took It up and, it is supposed, let the gun drop
upon the log where he was standing, the dis
charged load striking the boy in the right eye
and blowing off the top of his head, scattering
his brains all about.
Hla family is well known throughout this
section.
SENATE SECRETARY
MAY BE OUSTED
MOBILE. Ala., July 12.—A Montgomery (Ata.)
special says:
When the legislature convenes in extraordinary
session an effort, it is said, will be made to
oust Secretary of the Senate John A. Kyte. <>t
Jackson county, who has long held the posi
tion. It will be charged against Kyle that he
Is responsible for the error* which occurred m
preparing bills which bad been enacted into law
and which resulted In ninny of them being de
clared unconstitutional. The fight premises to
be a hot one.
LITTLE BOY KNOCKED DOWN
AND DRAGGED BY AUTO
Israel Averbach, Eight Years Old, Probably Fatally Hurt by Auto
mobile—At Grady Hospital It I s Said He May Have a Fracture of
the Skull and Little Hope Is Entertained for His Recovery.
Israel Averbach, aged eight years, of 60
Gilmer street, was knocked down by a
car driven by C. M. Love, of Smyrna,
Ga_, and probably fatally Injured Monday
at noon.
The accident occurred at the corner of
Courtland and Gilmer streets. The Aver
bach boy and a number of his little
friends w r ere playing an exciting game
of ball. So engrossed was the lad in the
game that he did not see the approaching
car. nor did the driver, it is stated, see the
two distinguished ministers. Os course,
however, under the rules of the church,
both appointments were made by the
bishops. Still more interesting is the
suggestion that if Dr. Bradley returns
to Trinity this time. Dr. Lee may return
to St. Louis.
It is a regulation of the Methodist
church that after serving one charge a
certain number of years a preacher must
be transferred. Dr. Lee will soon have
completed his allotted stay at Trinity,
and it is with keen regret that his con
gregation and the city at large looks for
ward to his departure. He is' considered
one of the most forceful thinkers and
personalities ir <-he city and has hundreds
of friends outside his own church and
denomination.
GRAZED BY DEATH
WHEN GRATING FELL
Well Known Traveling .Man Al
most Hanged When His Chin
Held Him Dangling in the Air.
Carried to Grady Hospital.
When the sidewalk grating on the Ala
bama street side of Jacobs' Whitehall
street store gave way Sunday morning
at 11 o’clock, L. B. Gllston, a well-known
Atlanta traveling man, was dropped
through the hole and seriously injured.
He was at once rushed to the Grady hos
pital and late Sunday afternoon was ta
ken to his residence at 376 Washington
street, where it was learned Monday that
he was resting easy though in a serious
condition.
One panel of the grating on the sidewalk
is kept loose, it is said, so that it can be
taken up and ice and other articles plac
ed in the basement in a convenient man
ner and it was this panel through which
Mr. Gllston fell. It Is thought the panel
had become loose by being taken up so
often and this is given as the reason for
it slipping.
When the panel fell out Mr. Gilston
was dropped some eight feet to the base
ment. In falling, his chin caught on th*
side of the grating and for a moment he
was suspended fn mid-air by his chin
and back of his head. After hanging on
by his head a moment he fell to the base
ment and the panel fell on top of him.
It is thought that the blow his head re
ceived on the side of the grating in fall
ing through the hole produced the serious
injury to his head.
At the Grady hospital the Injured man
was given -the very best of medical at
tention. He was In an unconscious condi
tion upon reaching the hospital and it
was with difficulty that he was revived.
Though no bones were broken It is feared
he suffered Internal injuries that may
prove fatal. When the accident occurred
Mr. Gilston was waiting for a Washing
ton street car to go to his residence.
Mr. Gilston is a traveling salesman for
the Myers Millinery company, an Atlan
ta wholesale house. He is about 35 years
of age and is well known in Atlanta.
RUSSIAN POLICE ArF
BRANDED AS SPIES
Revolutionist Says That Political
Agents Intercept Even Mail
by Bribery
PARIS, July 12.—Bourtzeff, the Russian
:evolutionist who recently charged Gen
eral Harting, chief of the Russian politi
cal police abroad, wtih being implicated
in a plot against Alexander 111, has writ
ten a letter to the Matin, accusing the
Russian political police with systemati
cally Intercepting the correspondence of
Russians residing abroad.
He declares that they do this by either
bribing the letter carriers, or the jani
tors of apartments or by stealing the
letters outright.
In the former case, the regular fee is
five francs for a letter and two francs
for a postal card. The correspondence Is
then photographed and replaced.
NEW SEASON RECORD
IS MADE BY COTTON
October Sold for 12.70 and De
cember Contract for 12.74, In
crease of 29 Points.
NEW YORK, July 12.—Cotton establish
ed a new record for the season today. The
October contract sold for 12.70 and Decem
ber for 12.74, a rise of 29 points above
Saturday's closing.
The rise followed heavy buying inspired
by the continued dry, hot weather in
Texas.
Spot cotton In Atlanta Monday was
quoted at 12 l-2c.
PERU AND BOLIVIA
ARE ON VERGE OF WAR
Chilean Dispatches Say Argentine
Boundary Decision Will Re
sult in Clash.
VALPARAISO. Chile July 12.-It is be
lieved here that war between Peru and
Bolivia is imminent because of the dis
orders at La Paz following the decision
handed down by Argentina in the bound
ary dispute between the two countries.
The Chilean admiralty said today that
Chile would remain neutral, but she is
preparing to send warships for the pro
tection of Chilean interests.
boys until too late. He turned the wheel
to avuiu striking a group of them and
the Averbach lad was knocked down. He
sustained several bad scalp wounds, and a
fracture at the base of the skull, and
when taken to the Grady hospital by Mr.
Love in his auto, the physicians pro
nounced his injuries so serious that they
would hold out no hope for his recovery.
Shortly after the accident Mr. Love
was placed under arrest and the hearing
was placed for 2:30 o’clock Monday after
poorx. *
"NO USE FOR YDU,”
NI'LENDONSNNFPED
Deposed Railroad CommissjOnoT)
Using Office Room of the Com
mission, Invites a Newspaper
Man to Leave the Room.
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8. G. McLendon, suspended railroad
commissioner, has prepared a supplemdli
tai statement for submission to the joint J
legislative committee recently appoint**
to Investigate his official conduct. Thi*
statement, which he will offer at :h*
hearing Monday afternoon, is undsrstoo* |
to request a further postponement of
the inquiry for one day, and urge that
the rules governing the probe be mafft
to conform with the rules of procedure
in the courts of Georgia.
The suspended commissioner declined
to discuss the statement Monday mom- ’
ing. Indeed, his manner toward Th*
Journal's representative was discourteolig |
and Insulting. He invited the newspa;?er
man to leave the audience chamber of
the commission, though he did net mak#
it clear just what authority he now 'tas .
as an official.. He has been relieved of
his commission, stripped of his authonsr
and restored to the ranks of private citi
zenship, temporarily, anyhow, yet he pre
sumed Monday morning to have a mo
nopoly on the commission’s office. Fur-:
ther, he used employes of the stat* to
perform services for him.
"I have no use for you in here, I am
busy,” abruptly stated Mr. Mcl>en<lon,
in response to a pleasant and polite “good
morning.” Then he resumed the dlctanibd
of his statement to the secretary iof th*
commission.
It is not believed the committee will
yield to Mr. McLendon’s suggestion for
a postponement, but will resumd th*
examination of witnesses. It is not InFv
probable, however, that the commltte*
will exclude from the record all extra
neous matter that may be introduced, ftf
which event little of the testomony sought
of Hooper Alexander will be |
unless Mr. McLendon can show that it
bears directly on hl* case.
W. H. Patterson, vice president of th*
Central Bank and Trust corporation, ha*
returned to Atlanta, and Monday morn
ing was served with a eubpena to ap
pear at the afternoon session. J. Y. Ckr
rithers and W. G. Bryan, officer* of th*
Athens Street railroad, have also t»e*n
served, and are expected to be present.
Hooper Alexander, Barbour Thompson,
Charles E. Hartnan, Sam F. Parrott, At
torney General Hart, Special Attorney
Hines, Railroad Commissioner* Candler.
Hill and Hfllyer and several others have
also been summoned for Monday after
noon.
FORTUNE IS FOUND
ON STARVING WOM.IN
Nunes Discover Thousands of
Dollars in Cash, Jewelry and
Bank Notes.
Hty Associated Trees.) nA
NEW YORK, July 12—Nurse* in th*
Kings County hospital have found thou
sands of dollars in cash, jewelry, and
b*nk books, concealed in the garments
of Elizabeth Donegan, a servant who
found starving to death on th*
streets of Brooklyn. •."‘jfW
A policeman was attracted to a f.hUt,
half-clad and shivering little old womAll
in a side street late last night and took
her to the station. There an ambulanc*
doctor said she was ill from starvation
and sent her to the hospital. / *
She protested as much as her streiigth
would permit, against the taking of Mr
clothing from her. In one garment thi
nurses found $85.60 In gold and silver :
money, ten large unset diamonds, * tdte
watch and chain and other jewelry. To
another garment was sewed S6OO in blit*
and two bank books representing deposit*
of more than $6,000.
The woman had worked as 8. family
servant until she became ill and then
having no home and failing to provide
herself with one, the police say she wan
dered the streets Until she became weak
from lack of food.
TSETSE FLY CLEARED
OF ILLNESS BLAMI
Physicians Find Dreaded Sleeping
Sickness Is Conveyed by
Germ and Not Fly.
NEW YORK. July 12.-The tsetse fly,
the insect that jumped from scientific oh,
■curity to public notice on the eve df
Theodore Roosevelt's departure for Af
rica, received a certificate of character
yesterday at the Rockefeller Institute. Dr.
S. J. Meltzer, one of the affiliated *p*/
cialists. announces that the dreadbd
sleeping sickness Is carried by the .set**
fly only incidentally; that is. from one
already infected to a fresh subject, ti* th*
common house fly may carry typhoid.
His bite is not venomous, says the phy
sician. while the real offender la th*
only disease germ known to have th*
power of locomotion—the trypanesu**. J
This microscopic organism ha* the dis
ease bound up in its system and has been
exclusively used recently by the Rocked
feller institute in all the Inoculations of
i mice.
i The institute is at work with a new
s4rum for the cure of the sleeping sick
ness, for which It ha* high hop**, but
no announcement of its nature will be
made before next winter. J
Since the sleeping sickness firlt made
its appearance in Uganda in 19(4, two
hundred thousand have died by it tn one
district alone, and its toll in the Cionrft |
Free State has been almost unbelievably
; heavy.
TELLS OF BLOODY DUEL • J
HE FOUGHT IN BAKERY
NEW ORLEANS. Jnly 12.—A bloody deel t>»-
twwn husband and the man charged with l>elng
responsible for the a’.tenatlon of bis wife* *f- J
f-ctions was graphically told of by Carl Bet
tuna. slayer nt John Knecht here Sunday, »e
--cording to the police records. Berttina. who
l was" —iployed by Knecht, a baker, killed the
I latter i’hiiraday.
j "Knecht said to me that his wife thought
I more of me than she did of him. and we would
! have to fight it ont," Lertuna is quoted a* 4*-
I cl.trinc: "He attacked me. and we fought it
1 out in the baking room. I struck him dow*
' and then and told Mrs. Knecht what I had dA*e.
I Together we went down and viewed the body,
: and she then gave me money enough to leave
■ town.”
i Bertuna was captured Saturday night in Mo
idle. He made no effort against being brought
1 back to New Orleans today.
POLITICIANS CLASH
IN SUNDAY FIGHT
LISBON, July 12.—There waa an encotmter
yesterday between royalista and repubUeaiuF la
i the town of Ixmra.
I Tire royalists objected to the format io* or a
1 republican cinb. Shota were exchangee! a*g
’ aareral persona were dangerously hurt.
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