Georgia Historic Newspapers

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VOL. IX.
BUSINESS MUST
COME TO UW. NOT
UW TO BUSINESS
Present Business Methods Are
to Blame, and Must Be
Changed to Conform to Law,
He Adds
PRESIDENT’S ANSWER
TO CRY OF “PANIC”
■y Associate* Bl***.)
NEW YORK. Feb. 12.—"1f the en
forcement of the law Is not competent
with the present method of carrying on
business, then it does not speak well
for the present methods of conducting
business, and they must be changed to
conform to the law."
This was rreaident Tafts answer to
Wall street and Its cry of "panic.” It was
made to a cheering audience of hundreds
of prominent Republicans gathered to
night at the annual Lincoln day dinner
of the Republican club of this city, held
at the Waldorf-Astoria. Governor Hughes
shared the honors of the evening with
the president.
Mr. Taft adhered to his purpose of dis
cussing platform pledges and how they
should be kept. It was at the conclusion
of a detailed argument as to how the
Republican party is redeeming Its pledges
that he came to a discussion of the anti
trust law and Wall street, on which his
utterances had been awaited with the
greatest interest The president declared
that the administration would not “fool
ishly run amuck in business and destroy
talues and confidence, just for the pleas
ure of doing so.
WILL STRENGTHEN BUSINESS.
“No one.” he continued, "has a motive
<* strong as the administration in power
to cultivate and strengthen business con
fidence and prosperity.
"But there was no promise on the part
of the Republican party to change the
anti-trust law except to strengthen it.”
He said 'the government at Washington
can be counted on to enforce the law In
the way best calculated to prevent a de
struction of public confidence in business,
but that it must enforce the law goes
without saying.”
President Taft did not hesitate to dis
cuss the attacks that have been made
upon the administration and the party or
the danger of future success of the in
surgent movement and other dissensions.
Republicans who feared defeat at the
ports in November, he declared, how
ever, should take courage from the
demoralised condition of their opponents,
the Democrats.
CONSIDERED THE ENEMY.
“It was Grant." said the president,
amid a whirlwind of laughter, “who ban
ished his own fear in battle by thinking
how much more afraid the enemy was.
Mr. Taft again came to the defense
of the Payne-Aldrich tariff bill. He did
not hesitate, he said, to repeat that It
substantially complied with the party
pledge for tariff revision and that,
through this bill, the party had “set it
self in the right direction toward lower
tariffs.”
The president brought statistics into
argument to demonstrate that during the
first six months of the new tariff law,
there has been shown a 12 per cent reduc
tion in the percentage ad valorem duties
paid on imports and a 12 per cent in
crease in the per cent of imports admit
ted free. Time and a wider knowledge,
he thought, would serve to justify the
bill.
Reviewing the party platform the pres
ident spoke of postal savings banks,
amendments to the interstate commerce
law. the anti-injunction plank, statehood
for Arizona and New Mexico and the
conservation of natural resources. Bills
to carry all promises into effect w ere
pending in congress, and he believed'
would be passed.
The president, after referring to the
occasion as an opportune time to renew
the pledges of the Republican party to
keep Its part tn the country’s history aS
high and useful as it was during the
administration of Abraham Lincoln, al
luded to present trials of the party as
compared to the trials of Lincoln’s time
as small indeed. He then launched Im
mediately into the defense of the tariff
bill, quoting first the Republican plat
form of the Chicago convention in 1906,
in which revision was promised.
WE DID REVISE TARIFF.
"We did revise the tariff,” said the
president. “Nothing was expressly said
In the platform that this was to be a
dwnward revision. It was not down
ward with reference to silks or liquors
or high priced cottons in the nature of
luxuries.
"It was downward with respect to near
ly all other articles except woolens,
which were not affected at all.
"The one substantial defect in com
pliance with the promise of the plat
form was the failure to reduce woolens
Does that defect so color the action of
the Republican party as to make it a
breach of faith leading to its condemna
tion? I do not think so. Parties are
like men. Revisions, like the work of
men. are not perfect. The change which
this tariff effected was a marked change
downward, a recognition by the party
that duties must be decreased, that the
proper measure of protection was the
difference in the cost in production of
articles here and abroad and including
a fair profit for the manufacturer.”
Concerning the criticism of the tariff
bill the president referred to the re
duction on print paper and said:
REDUCTION ON PAPER.
“The failure to make a larger reduc
tion showed itself dearly In the editor
ial columns of a great number «f news
papers. whatever their party predelic
tion. The amount of misrepresentation
to which the tariff bill, in its eftew as
a downward revision was subjected has
never been exceeded in this country, and
it will doubtless take the actual oper
ation of the tariff bill for several years
to show to the country exactly what the
legislation and its effect are.”
President Taft then quoted statistics
from the government bureau on the re
sults of the first six months ix the op
eration es the Aldrich-Payne bill. He
Snowed that the average rate of duty
paid on all dutiable Imports for that
period was 2109 per cent ad valorem as
compared with the average for the same
months under the Dingley law in the
previous four years of 24.08, thus show
ing a reduction under the new la a- of
2.94 per cent of the value of the goods
and a reduction below the previous tar
iff rates of 12 per cent on dutiable goods.
The presidnt also showed that under
the Aldrich-Pavne bill, 51.6 per cent of
the gross imports in the six months were
Continued on Page Three.
To C ill Big Meeting
of Georgia Formers |
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PRESIDSHT L. L. LEE,
Who Will Deliver Semi-Annual Report
at Atlanta Meeting.
FARMERS TO LAUNCH
FOOD CROP CRUSADE
Meeting to Be Held ip Atlanta
in February to Devise Plans
Campaign of Importance
UNION CITY. Ga., Feb. 14.-An active
campaign for the production of food
crips, which will insure the farmers of
Georgia against high-priced living neces
sities and also materially reduce the acre
age of cotton in the state. naturally
bringing better prices for this commodity,
will be launched at the semi-annual meet
ing of the Georgia division of the Farm
ers' Cooperative and Educational union in
Atlanta February 22 and 23. The official
call for the meeting will be issued in a
few days.
Plans for the further management of
the prosperous cooperative organisations
of the Georgia division will be also de
termined upon at the same time. The
various organisations have grown to such
an extent that it is deemed wise to call
together the entire membership and de
vise additional methods for the Increas
ed growth.
The meeting will be second in import
ance to none as the food crop campaign
will be of vital importance to the farm
ers of the state. According to the belief
of the officials recent developments of
the continued advance in the prices of
living necessities make it neeesart that
the farm should be self-sustaining and
the crops will in the future be cultivated
in line with this policy.
REDUCED COTTON ACREAGE.
The campaign for increased food crops,
wiH at the same time, necessarily re
duce the cotton acreage and the farm
ers, with their supply of self cultivated
food crops, will be in position to demand
better prices for a shorter cotton crop.
The food crop campaign will inaugur
ate the increased planting of corn and
hay and a larger production of hogs and
live stock, which will place the farmer
in position to successfully meet the in
creased cost of living by being supplied
with foods harvested on his ow nfarm.
BOYCOTT HIGH PRICES.
Following so closely upon the heels of
the agitation of high-priced living com
modities throughout the country, it is be
lieved that the plans of the officials will
eiykble farmers to successfully assist in
the boycott movement. The plans for re
duced cotton acreage have been consider
ed by Georgia farmers for some time.
This was evidenced in the campaign for a
small grain that was inaugurated at the
November meeting, which through the
efforts of President Lee and his assist
ants. has already been so successful.
PLANS FOR FUTURE.
Plans for the future will be interest
ingly outlined in the semi-annual address
of President Lee. which will be delivered
at the annual initial session of the con
vention. The reports of the different of
ficers and heads of the various co-opera
tive organizations show that the past six
months have already broken all previous
records. Suggestions will be made for
additional organization along lines that
will take care of the increased growth.
The proof of the large gains will be
shown In the reports. One of the co
operative organizations, which last year
transacted business amounting to 318,000,
reports its receipts for the first six
months of the present fiscal year at 325.-
000. The Amalgamated Warehouse com
pany. which was launched in July of
last year, will show for the first six
months that its business has been 3500,-
000. Al! other co-operative organizations
show the same magnificent percentage of
gain.
MEMBERS ARE INVITED.
The call for the mammoth meeting will
be issued to the various state officers,
the presidents of the county unions, the
business agents of the state, the county
agents of the Union Phosphate company
and the members of the Georgia division.
The sessions will be held in the senate
chamber and will be presided over by
President Lee. The opening session
Tuesday morning will be devoted prin
cipally to the semi-annual address of
President Lee and the other officers of
the division. The convention will then
take up the plans for the food crop cam
paign. the reduced acreage of cotton and
additional reorganization.
The advance guard of the delegates
will begin arriving Monday morning.
President Lee. accompanied by the di
vision's officers, will arrive on day
and open headquarters in the Empire
hotel.
19 SURVIVORS OF SHIP
ARE BROUGHT ASHORE
FEATTLK. W«tb„ Feb. 14.—Bringing IS enr
viTors nt the steamer Feral lon, wrecked near
Ilietnn* Ray. Alaska, on January 5, the steamer
Victoria arrival tn port from Valdes. Alatk.i,
yesterday. All snrrivors were members of tt>>>
Farallon's crew, the passengers having decided
to wait at Valdes and take the next west boi.iia
steamer for tbeir original destination. Many
show the <-nects of tbetr month's camp on the
storm bound coast.
Capt. J. C. Hunter, commander of the Karat
lon. says that the steamer is a solid mass <>r
ice. He thinks that the boat’s crew that left
the camp January 7. Is sate, as tbe men are
familiar with the coast.
GLAVIS ADMITS HE
WROTE ARTICLE ON
BALLINGER IN PAPER
It Intimated Whitewashing of
Secretary and the Interior
Department--Received No
Pay and Didn’t White Heads
MADE NO CRIMINAL
CHARGES, HE ADDS
(By Associated Press.)
WASHINGTON, Feb. 14.—When the
Ballinger-Pinchot Inquiry was resumed
this morning Louis R. Glavis, the princi
pal accuser of Secretary Ballinger, again
took the stand prepared for a grilling
cross-examination by attorneys represent
ing the opposition.
The committee room, where the hear
ing was held, was crowded. Most of the
spectators, as usual, were entirely women.
Attorneys Brandeis and Cotton, repre
senting Glavis and occupying the position
of prosecutors, were opposed today by
Attorneys Fortress and Rasch, represent
ing Mr. Ballinger and others of the in
terior department.
When Glavis was recalled to the stand
Mr. Brandeis announced there were some
corrections to be made in the record of
the witness' testimony. Chairman Nelson
suggested these be put in later, but Mr.
Vertrees objected, saying he did not wish
in the midst of his cross-examination to
be met by the statement that it was a
mistake.
DRAWL CAUSES ERROR.
Glavis, thereupon, proceeded to make
the corrections, most of the mistakes, it
appeared, having been due to his drawl
and lisp. His “R’z” are always pro
nounced "W,” so in one place in the
record his testimony read:
"There is a parchment reef.” Glkvis
declared he said “There is approximate
ly,” etc. Many of the corrections merely
had to do with typographical errors.
Where the record read "entirely coal,”
Glavis declared he had said “practically
all.” Where he referred to Francis J.
Heney several times, the record spelled
"Helnnev.”
Mr. Vertrees began the cross-examina
tion. He Inquired first what knowledge
Mr. Glavis had as to the amount of coal
In Alaska.
The Cunningham claims. Glavis said,
covered but a small Dart of the coal
areas of Alaska —about 30 claims out of
900. Mr. Vertrees drew from him that
the Cunningham claimants were the first
of the Alaskan claimants to pay up on
their claims and that in numerical order
they were entitled to first consideration
an any investigation.
WROTE COLLIER ARTICLE.
Glavis said he wrote the article which
on November 13 appeared In a weekly
paper, and was entitled “The White
Washing of Ballinger; Are the Guggen
heim* in Charge of the Department of
the Interior?" but that he was not re«
sponsible for the heading or the sub
heads explaining the paragraphs.
“Did you receive anythin* for that
article?"
“Not a cent.”
“Your testimony before the committee
then makes the statement of the facts
as you understood them?”
' “Yes. sir."
"But you have made no direct accusa
! tlons?”
I "No. sir.”
Glavis said he had presented the facts
to let the people draw their own infer
ences.
"Did you intentionally refrain from
making any charge?”
"Yes. sir.”
“What did you think the facts
showed?”
NOT IN SAFE HANDS.
"They proved to me that I didn’t think
the interior department was in safe
hands.”
“I do not want vour conclusion, but
what definite misconduct on the part of
anyone did the facts show?”
“There is no charge of criminality/’ re
plied Glavis; “you have to take all the
facts together and form your own con
clusion. You couldn't take any one fact
and form a right conclusion."
“What officers did you think were not
protecting the people's Interest?”
“Ballinger and Dennett. And Pierce,
too, rendered that decision interpreting
the act of May 30, 1908. Schwartz took
some action I could not understand.”
“You thought the facts established offi
cial misconduct on the part of Ballinger
and Dennett?”
“Yes.” t
"Anybody else?”
NO OPINION ON OTHERS.
"Conclusively as to those two men. I
had not formed an opinion as to the
others.”
"Whom did you want to accuse?”
“Mr. Ballinger and Mr. Dennett."
“You say Ballinger and Dennett were
guilty of misconduct, but you make no
charge of corruption?”
"If I had thought the facts warranted
a charge of corruption I would have gone
to the grand jury instead of to the pres
ident.”
"Then you did not believe there w-as
any corrupt motive or conduct?”
"No.”
“Did you think it was error of judg
ment their not protecting the interests of
the people?"
“No. sir, the facts were that it was in
tentional.”
"Yet you say it was corrupt?”
"Perhaps you and I don’t have the same
view of the meaning of ‘corrupt.’ I think
when a man acts corruptly he acts crim
inally. There are no charges of criminal
ity here.”
“In the list of the names of all the
land office's people who have been men
tioned in the case. Glavis said he exon
erated everyone of misconduct except Bal
linger, Pierce and Dennett.
Glavis said that any wrong done by
Schwartz had been due to thoughtlessness
or under orders of his superior. Os Pierce
he said:
NO ATTACK ON PIERCE.
“I want to make a correction about Mr.
Pierce. I think he was erroneous in his
construction of the law, and not that he
wns guilty of any wilful wrongdoing.”
“Then you make no attack upon his of
ficial integrity?”
“No, sir.”
"And this leaves us only Mr. Dennett
and Mr. Ballinger under accusations of
wrongdoing?”
"Yes.”
At this point the luncheon recess was
ordered. Representative Graham (Demo
crat) declared that the attorney was cut
ting the witness off IYI the middle of his
answers, as Glavis’ speech was so slow
as to amount almost to a defect. Mr. Ver
dress apologized, and said he had only
meant to interrupt the witness when his
nswers were going farther than the ques
tions warranted.
ATLANTA. GEORGIA. TUESDAY. FEBRUARY 15, 1910.
SEARCH COAST FOR
MISSING NINA AND
HER CREW OF 32 MEN
Tugs Visit Every Cranny of
Coast and Keep in Touch
With Navy Yard by Wireless
Telegraph
FEAR NAVAL TUG HAS ’
FOUNDERED IN SEA
By Associated Press.)
NEW YORK. Feb. 14.—Tugs from the
Brooklyn navy yard are today searching
every cranny of the Long Island shore
and the New Jersey coast in an effort
to find some trace of the missing Nina,
which with her crew of 32, left the Nor
folk navy yard eight days ago for Bos
ton and has not been heard of since.
The tugs are equipped with wireless and
are keeping in constant touch with the
navy yard here andV jrith the other ves
sels engaged in the
The fear is increasing among naval of
ficers here that the Nina has foundered.
The little tug Is a single screw vessel
and an Injury to her machinery or pro
peller would have disabled her complete
ly. If she is drifting helplessly it Is not
that the strong northwest winds
of the past week have driven her far
seaward.
FOOD PROBLEM SERIOUS.
If this has happened, the food problem
must have already become serious, for
she carried only a slight excess of pro
visions. The trip from Norfolk to Boston
would not ordinarily take more than three
days. The supply ship Culgoa, which was
laden with stores for battleship fleet at
Guantanamo and was ready to sail thith
er from the Brooklyn navy yard, has
been diverted from her course by order
of the navy department and has left on
an Independent search for the Nina. She
is criss-crossing that portion of the sea
where the missing tug may be adrift.
After she has fulfilled her mission she
will proceed to Guantanamo.
The boats now searching for the Nina
include the gunboat £astine, the collier
Caesar and the revenue cutter Gresham
from New London; the tugs Pontiac and
Apache and the supply ship Culgoa, from
New York and the destroyer Lamson,
just arrived at Newport from Philadel
phia.
CJOAST IS PATROLLED.
The coast from the mouth of the Ches
apeake to the mouth of Delaware Bay
is being patrolled by the battleship Louis
iana and the scout cruiser Salem.
Chief Boatswain John S. Croghan, com
mander of the Nina, is of lowg experi
ence. He has been In charge of the Nina
since 1908.
The Nina is art iron tug of schooner
rig, of 357 tons displacement, 137 feet
long and 26 feet 8 1-2. Inches deep. She
was built at Chester. Pa., In 1885 and cost
1128,000. Her speed is rated at 11.12 knots.
See Hope in Fact That No
Wreckage Has Been Found
WASHINGTON, Feb. 14.—A1l the re
sources of the navy and the revenue cut
ters are still unsuccessful in their search
for the tug Nina.
The revenue cutter Gresham reported
from. Boston early today that she had
spoken the tug Savage, which left Chesa
peake bay in company with the Nina
last Sunday. The skipper of the Savage
said the seas were running so high he
decided to turn back, but the Nina head
ed on with the waves breaking high over
her bow. That was the last the Savage
saw of her.
Shps of the navy and the revenue serv
ice, all up and down the Atlantic coast,
are speaking every ship they can reach
and are eagerly asking for news of the
tug. The Nina, however, seems to be lost
with all hands.
Although the chances are slim that the’
Nina has weathered the storm and is now
shine where afloat out of the course of
merchant shps and the zone being pa
troled by searching naval vessels, some
hope Is found in the fact that no wreck
age from her has been discovered. It
seems unlikely that she could have gone
to the bottom without leaving afloat some
wreckage tn the shape of boats, oars or
other paraphernalia from about her deck.
Naval officers stated today that the
search would continue for some time and
for at least a month there would be
a possible chance of the Nina’s crew
having been picked up by some passing
vessel possibly bound to a foreign port.
The gunboat Castine yesterday searched
southeastern Nantucket sound. The bat
tleship Ix>ulslana ploughed the seas for
miles northward of the Chesapeake bay
entrance, and the torpedo boat destroyer
Lamson steamed out of the Delaware bay
and headed northeastward, all vainly
looking for a trace of the Nina.
The fast scout cruiser Salem dispatched
from Norfolk is searching the seas in
every direction along the much traveled
highway and questioning all vessels she
meets.
Steamers Rush to Save
88 Clinging to Steamer
ANCUD. Chile, Feb. 14.—The Chilean
cruiser Ministro Zenteno and five steam
ers of the Pacific Navigation company are
racing south today in the forlorn hope
that they may save the 88 persons who.
when last reported, were clinging to the
stern of the British steamer Lima as the ,
vessel was pounding herself to pieces on '
a reef in the Huamblln passage in the !
strait of Magellan.
Two hundred and five persons were i
taken from the wreck the British |
steamer Hatumet and four of the Hatu- 1
met's crew lost their lives before their .
captain commanded his crew to cease
their efforts.
The Hatumet has arrived here and to
day her captain said:
"When we sighted the wreck we put
out our small boats, which closely ap
proached the Lima, where passengers
and crew gathered. We made connec
tion between the two vessels with 500
fathoms of cable and were successful tn ,
lowering 250 persons Into our small boats,
and In getting them upon the Hatumet.
Heavy seas made the work of rescue
perilous and finally the Lima's end of the
cable slipped from her stern and became
tangled in the rocks.
“Without the aid of the cable we could
not reach the wreck and but for this I
accident ail would have been rescued. In
the increasing seas our boats made futile
enorts to reach the wreck. The Lima
threw out another line, which our chief
mate made a daring attempt to pick up.
Continued on page Three
HERE'S THE GIRL WHO SAID “YES"
WHEN TEDDY, JR.. POPPED QUESTION
ass
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THEODORE ROOSEVELT. TR.
WAGON CRUSHES CHILD
HOLDING DOLL IN ARMS
Vidalia Girl Found Dead Un
der Wagon--Little Brother
Was Badly Injured
VIDALIA, Ga.. Feb. 14. —Clasping a
doll close in her arms, the mangled little
body of the daughter of H. L. William- |
son was found crushed to death beneath
a heavy wagon-body yesterday. Near
her lay her little brother, unconscious,
with the heavy wooden frame across his
chest.
The children were playing near th*
wagon, which was leaning against a'
shelter. The heavy wagon-body slipped
In some way and fell across the children
without any warning. The little girl’s
neck and back were broken, while the
boy’s chest was badly hurt. ' Physicians
say that the boy will recovery
georg’iTbanksshow
12 PER CENT PROFIT;
i
Georgia bank* paying an average of j
about 12 per cent on their investment j
and all In rosier condition than ever be- j
fore, is the essence of the showing thus j
far made before the state bank bureau, |
according to Capt. B. F. Perry, assistant ■
state treasurer.
Captain Perry says that responses to I
the bureau’s call, some weeks ago. for a I
statement from each bank to show its I
capital and surplus, and profit* on both,
for the last dividend period, show' an
average of at least 12 per cent profit
through the confidential figures reported.
In some Instances the profit reached as
high as 25 per cent or more. Georgia
banks, therefore, offer good paying in
vestment.
Os the annual statements recently
called for, about half have been received,
a hundred or more comiijg In Monday.
The statements themselves are more ac
curate and in better clerical shape than
they have ever been before, says Captain’
Perry, and the conclusions drawn from
them show an increase over last year
In the prosperous condition of the banks
themselves. They show plenty of sur
plus, which the department considers a
sound showing in view of the big ex
pected demand that will be made this
year for the usual purchases of equip
ment at prevailing high prices. All of
the statements will probably be received
this week.
SIX BURIED In MINE;
ONE CRUSHED TO DEATH
POTTSVILLE. Pa,, Feb. 14.—A rush of
coal at the Landingville storage yards
of the Philadelphia and Reading Railway
company this morning buried six men.
One of the buried men was crushed to
death and five were dug out alive, one of
them possibly fatally hurt. The men had
been playing a hose upon a small moun
tain of coal to thaw it out when it loos
ened unexpectedly and slid down upon
GATE CITY LODGE WILL
CONFER THIRD DEGREE
Gate City Lodge No. 2, F. & A. M..
will confer the third degree in full form
at Masonic temple Wednesday evening
at 7 o’clock. The third degree will be
conferred for the first time under the
auspices of the administration elected
for the present year.
Every detail of the evening's ceremony
has been carefully arranged and will be
one of the most beautiful ever witnessed
in Atlanta.
All sojourning and well qualified Ma
sons are cordially invited to attend.
The degree will begin promptly at 7
o’clock, sharp.
MISS ELEAXOB BUTLER ALEXAJT
DEB. OF UTEW YORK, WHOSE EH
GAGEMEHT TO THEODORE ROOSE
VELT, JR.. HAS BEEN AHKOUHCID
TDUNG MEN WILL WORK
FOR BONDS UN n
Democratic League Places
Squads of 50 to 60 at Dis
posal of Ward Chairmen
Probablj' the largest working force in
the fle.ld for bonds on election day will
be the ward squads of 50 to 6<) young
men assigned by President Ben Lee
Crew, of the Young Men’s Democratic
league, to assist in getting the bond vot
ers to the polls.
Mr. Crew issued his call Saturday,
and at 7 o’clock Tuesday morning the
loyal workers will report to the various
ward 'chairmen, at the polls. The elec
tion day campaign in each ward will be
directed by the ward chairman, and th*
league workers will move aj their direc
tion also.
An especial need will be felt for auto
mobiles, and Mr. Crew takes this occa
sion to request all auto owners to place
their machines at tbe disposal of th*
ward chairmen for the whole day, if
i possible. Two automobiles will be kept
i on the go in each ward all day, and aft
er 1 o’clock about 50 or flO machines will i
be started out.
Mr. Crew's call was as follows:
Dear Sir: You are appointed a com
mitteeman from the Young Men's Detno-
J cratic league of Fulton county and asked
to serve on Tuesday, the 15th instant
; (the day of the election for bonds), at ;
the polls in your ward. We hope that
you can give the entire day, assisting in ;
getting the voters to the polls.
Report directly to the chairman of
your ward committee and be subservient
to his instructions throughout the day. 1
i A complete list will be published in the
j Sunday morning papers, giving the
| names of the ward committees and their
| headquarters.
IWe enclose you the Democratic leagu* •
badge, which please wear.
Thanking you for your service to the ■
1 league, and your work for bonds. I beg
| to remain.
Yours very truly,
BEN LEE CREW, President.
9. P. CRONHEIM, Secretary.
MULE’S _ NECK SEVERED
BY SWITCH ENGINE!
One mule dead, delivery wagon com
pletely demolished and negro driver badly
injured, is the result of a collision be
i tween a Georgia railroad switch engine
and a 'delivery wagon of the White Pro
vision company at the Pryor street cross
mg in front of the Union passenger sta
tion Monday morning nt 9:30 o'clock.
The negro driver became hemmed in :
between two trains in some unknown man- i
ner, and it was while trying to escape
being run over by one that the other ’
struck his mule full in the breast and |
threw the animal to the tracks. When !
the mule was knocked down in front of
the engine, which was switch engine No.
26 of the Georgia road, it was dragged
over ICO feet before being released from
the steel monster. One wheel of the en
gine passed over the mule's neck and
almost severed the head from, the body
of the animal.
Charles Patterson, the negro driver,
jumped from the wagon when he saw
; that his mule had been caught under
the engine, and suffered painful injuries.
He received two severe gashes in his
head and had to be rushed to the Grady
hospital for treatment. The wagon was
dragged along the rails for 50 feet and
demolished.
Though the engine passed over the
mule’s neck, the animal was not dead
when found a few minutes later by
Mounted Officer Ed L. Arthur, of the po
lice department. The officer at once pxit
the mule out of its agesy with a well di
rected bullet through the brain.
13 STUDENTS DROWNED
WHILE ON OUTING
VICTORIA. British Columbia, Feb. 14.
—From Enoshima the steamer Suveric
yesterday brought news of the drowning
of 13 students, whose boat, while return
ing from an outing, was capsized by
heavy seas.
The drowned students were most of
them sons of naval officers. One of the
students, clinging to an oar, reached the
beach, but died on the sand after being
landed.
ASSAILANT OF GIRL
SAVED FROM CROWDS
BE SHERIFF'S POSSE
Negro, Identified by Alabama
Girl, Is Shot As Officers Re
gain Prisoner, Who Was Ta
ken From Deputies
WAS IN MOB’S POWER
WHEN SAVED BY POSSE
(By Asscciztod Preu.)
MOBILE, Ala., Feb. 12.,-After hiding
from a mob df angry citizens at Whist
ler. a small town near Mobile, for nearly
six hours, Sheriff Drago tonight suc
ceeded in*landing in jail Houston Mose
ley, the. negro charged with criminally
assaulting and beating Katie Walters, a
■'white girl 12 years old.
SECOND NEGRO ARRESTED.
Shortly after Moseley was placed in
jail another negro was arrested at
Whistler and it was stated that there
is considerable doubt as to the guilt of
Moseley. Excitement at Whistler is in
tense but it is believed the authorities
have the situation well in hand.
It was at first reported in Mobile that
the mob had taken Moseley away from
the officers at Whistler and th|s gave rite
to wild reports of a lynching. In the
firing which followed the discovery of
the negro in the hands of the office's.
Moseley was shot through the thigh. J
When he fell Sheriff Drago succeeded in
eluding the mob'and landed his prisoner
in the Mobile county jail here.
Mosley was captured while cutting wood
in his back yard, by deputy sheriffs of
Mobile county, led by Chief Deputy A.
Wade. Jr.
I A chain was thrown around the neck
of the negro boy by a posse of 15 men as
ihe stood trembling by Chief Deputy
* Wade, as the latter had his prisoner
concealed in an attic o( a drug store of
the town.
NEGRO IS IDENTIFIED.
In the meantime, the officers had tak
en the qegro before his victim and she
had identified the man as the guilty
person. Then taking him to the drug
: store, the negro was concealed in the
! attic. Members of the mob had kept a
' close watch on the deputies and watch
ied their every move. When the crowd*
had discovered the negro they approach
led the deputies and demanded that the
negro be surrendered.
I A gun was forcibly taken from Deputy
i Brannon, and in a moment the members
’of the posse, who, wise to the capture,
'jumped into the attic and snatched th*
negro from the officer. Deputy Wade said
a few minutes afterwards he heard •
volley of shots and he was satisfied the
I mob had done its work.
GROUND TO DEATH AND
HEAD SEVERED BY CAR
J. T. Taylor, Sr., aged 72 years, and liv
ing at 138 Copenhill avenue, was run
over and killed by a West Hunter car
on Highland avenue near Elizabeth
; street at 6:15 o’clock Saturday after
< noon.
The man’s head was completely severed
I and was found in a ditch several yard*
from the remainder of the body.
Motorman Wallace, who was running
the car, did not s~e the man. who was
lying on the left hand rail of the track
until the car was almost on him. It
I was down grade and impossible to stop
! for a number of yardz.
According to passengers the car waz
stopped 20 feet after the car struck the
victim, and the mangled body of the
man had been dragged for that distance.
A search of the man's clothing re
: vealed nothing which could identify
him. In his hat were the initials
I “J; T. T." The man had an iron-gray i w
I mustache. He was not identified until I
several hours later at the undertaker*’
parlors.
I Mr. Taylor went out Highland ave
nue from th* city on the car which
met the one which killed him nt a
switch several hundred yards further
i out. The conductor of that car say*
I that the man was intoxicated and that
he had helped him to alight.
The conductor was offered a dim*
1 for his services but laughingly re
fused it, little thinking his generous
irlend would be dead in five minutes.
According to the conductor the man
had been drinking heavily and could
scarcely walk alone.
Either he found he could walk no fur
ther and fell down on the track, or the
■ man committed suicide, but, owing tn hta
condition, the street car men ere of tiro
opinion that he fell in the track and was |
asleep in a couple of minutes.
His left arm and his head .were com
pletely severed. Greenberg, Bond &
Bloomfield's undertaking establishment
was called, and their ambulance sent for S
the remains. jH
At a late hour Saturday night the man
was identified as J. T. Taylor, Sr.
I His son. J. T. Taylor, Jr., is a well
!known contractor, and knew nothing of
: the accident until late in the evening.
I The inquest will be held Sunday morn-,
,ing at 10:30 o’clock at the undertaking'
establishment of Greenberg. Bond &
j Bloomfield.
“RAILROAD WEEK” IN
U. S. SUPREME COURT
WASKIX’GTOX, Feb. 14.—Because so mans
blf railroad suits has been set for araumeut
next we#k before tbe supreme court of
United Ststes, tbe designation of “rtllroad
week” has been siren to tbe day Immediately
following February 21. when the court recon
venes after a three weeks' recess. All of th*
eases have been advanced for an early bearing
in view of the importance of tbe qusttans bi
vol vd.
Th* question of whether the railroads can b*
compelled by the Interstate commerce commfe
slor. to acc-rtd to “forwarding agencies” -arload
rates on a shipment, collected from eeperat*
prospective shippers for tbe pm pose of makrn.'C
np a carload of freight, or whether the agen
clc.t are discriminated agntnst by being charge*
less than carload rat**, is one of tu* suojeet*
before tbe court
VIDALIATO BUILD
BIG ICE FACTORY
VIDALIA, Ga., Feb. 14.—The workmen
are at work on the foundation of the new
ice plant on the G. & F. railroad at thi*
place. The owners say that they will
be making ice in less than 60 days, and
will have a capacity equal to the demand
that will come from this territory.
This will be the only independent ic*
factory of any sixe in this part of the
country and, it iz said, will remaia la
dependent.
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