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VOL. X.
HORRIBLE HEAT Illi
HIVES OF HUMANITY
DEALSJIRE DEATH
Two Hundred Helpless Human
Lives Taken as Terrible Toll
of the Dark Angel in City of
Chicago
(By Associate* Freoe.’
CHICAGO. July Two hundred an 1
one deaths and 173 prostrations was the
toll Chicago’s record-break
ing hot wave, which lasted for live days
One hundred and twenty-five Infants
who died from the heat are Inchided in
the list of dead.
The hot ware wag broken shortly aft
er 1 o'clock thia morning by rain which
brought with it a cool breese and a
drop of the temperature of six degrees
Later the wind shifted from the west
to the north and the mercury gradually
dropped until at 7 o'clock it stood at
30 degrees, six points lower than at the
corresponding hour yesterday. At •
o’clock the temperature was 18 compar
ed with 33 for the same hour yester
day. ,
The official weather forecaster predicts
cooler, unsettled weather for today with
thunder storms for tonight. The fore
cast for Friday la clear and cool.
Cooler in the West
KANSAS CITY. July Wita tem
peratures over the southwest at 7
o'clock this mornnlg reading from 5 to
10 degrees lower than at tne sama hour
yesterday, and alight showers in sight
over most ox the territory, decided re
lief from the extreme heat of the last
four days was predicted touay by the lo
cal forecaster. Yesterday’s climax o»
the heat wave wux not be reached today
by from 10 to 15 degrees, he said.
At Fort Worth, Tex., a slight rain fell
today Las- night an inch of rain Tell
at Niobrara Neb. The temperature at
Norfolk. Neb., showed a drop of nearly
30 degrees at 7 o'clock this morning
and at North Platte, Neb., the temper
ature was 58 at that hour.
In the 34 hours ended at 7 o'clock
this morning there were nine deaths
from heat and 30 prostrations in Kansas
City, most of them coming late ias»
night and early today. The tempera
ture dropped from 90 at 1 a. m. to 80 at
7. At Oklahoma City and Wichita, it
was 70, at xuttle Rock. Ark.. 73 and at
Fort Worth. Tex.. 74 at 7 o'clock.
Hot at Pittsburg
July 8. —The oppressive
heat continues here today. At 9 a. m.
the thermometer registered 87 degrees,
a Jump of eight degrees an hour. There
is no indication that the hot spell,
which started last Friday, will be uro
ken today, *
‘ New York Sizzling
NEW YORK. July A blockade in
the subway today capped the misery of
the het were. - When the stalled trains
finally crept into the underground sta
tions fainting paaeangers were helped
out by the score- Many had to be car
ried to nearby drug stores and some ta
ken to hoepitala
While the blockade lasted the list of
heat prostrations grew faster than at
any previous time since the extreme hot
weather began.
There was no change for the better
today co: »pared with Wednesday. At
10 o'clock the mercury had reached 84
and six deaths had been reported up to
that time. While the heat was con
siderably less severe than on Monday
anJ Tuesday, the cumulative effect oi
four days of suffering kept the hospi
tals busy with new arrivals. One man
gave up the struggle against the weath
er and threw himself in front of a rail
road train on the Upper West Side. His
legs were cut off and he will die.
Relief is promised by tomorrow, with
the hope of thunder showers tonight.
Weather Man Says Cooler
WASHINGTON. July B—Cooler
weather tomorrow is promised by the
government forecaster to the worth At
lantic states, practically the only sec
tion of the country where the hot wave
remains wholly unbroken. By tomor
row night Boston, now one of the four
hottest places on the map, will get re
lief it is predicted, and the worst and
most prolonged spell of heat since 1901
will be broken.
New Yprk and Washington began to
day with thermometers registering 74
and 80 degrees respectively at 8 o'clock,
as they did at the same hour yesterday.
Chicago’s official figure was sO. a drop
<-f elx degrees; Boston with 86 de
grees as compared with 82 yesterday
morning—led the country for heat
along with Northfield. Vt.. Syracuse.
N. f . and Concord, N. H.
COLUMBUS MINISTER FALLS
FROM WINDOW ONTO FENCE
WHILE WALKING IN SLEEP
(Spacial Dispatch to The Journal.)
COLUMBUS, Ga., July 4—Rev. Dr. T.
B Stanford, presiding elder of the Co
lumbus district. Methodist church, who
was the victim of a serious accident—
* having walked from the window of his
bed room oQ the second story of the
district parsonage on Rose Hill while
•sleep, falling across a fence and frac
turing three ribs, after midnight Wed
nesday—is improving today, but he Is
ENTIRE CHURCH PRAYS DEATH
WILL TAKE THEIR PROSECUTOR
QUITMAN. Ga.. July <•—The “sanc
tified'' negro church here la praying
for the death of Oscar Davis and the
' members announce that he will die
’within three montha as the answer to
their petitions Oscar la to be re
moved from the earthly scene of ac
tivity because he has been too active
In persecuting the church; the other
day he entered a complaint to the po
lice that the sanctified ones were a
public nuisance.
They been holding a “protract
ed meeting’' tn a negro school house
near Oscar Davis* home for the past
three months and Oscar said they
Will Address Farmers
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HOM. T. J. ■HOOKS
Well known leader of farmers who
will speak at educational rallies in
Georgia.
INSURGEWTS TO GET =
SEVERAL BUMPS BY
SOLDWSOF SENATE
Thursdays Session Will See
the Defeat of Amendments
. to Canadian Reciprocity Bill
/ Offered by Senator Cummins
(By Associated Press.)
WASHINGTON, July 6.-Life »was to
be Installed into the ordinary proceed
ings of the senate today by the proposed
voting down of the Republican insurgent
amendments offered by Senator Cum
mins, of lowa, to the Canadian recip
rocity bllL
Tbese amendments propose to enlarge
the free list from*Canada under the bill
by adding cotton, wool, sugar, steel, iron,
etc., to the Canadian products, privileged
under the agreement.
The senate arranged to meet at 11
o'clock this morning and hereafter.
Senator Gronna, of North Dakota, was
scheduled to make a speech today
I against the reciprocity bill, and Senator
! Works, of California, expected, to dis
cuss the federal public health service,
i Senator Owen, of Oklahoma, also ex-
I pected to speak today on the commission
form of government.
The house was not in session but the
i committee on ways and means expected
to begin Its task of adopting a revision
oo cotton tariff. ' *
GRONNA ON RECIPROCITY.
An attack on the Canadian reciprocity
bill on the ground that tt surrenders the
market of the American farmer wlinout
any recompense, that the agreement
was a usurpation of authority by the
president; that the bill .should have orig
inated In the house as a revenue meas
ure, was made In the senate today by
Mr. Gronns, of North Dakota, a Repub
lican insurgent. ,
Senator Gronna declared the farmers
of thio country were almost unanimous
tn their opposition to the reciprocity bill
and that their indifference was apparent
only to those viewing the farmers' at
titude with prejudiced eyes.
In having the bill framed and trying
to force it through congress, declared
Senator Gronna. the president exceeded
his constitutional *powers. a decidedly se
rious violation, he added, because it was
in accordance with a pledge given to a
foreign nation.
•The president," be continued, "has ap
parently come to the conclusion that he
represents the people of this country
both as executive and legislative, and
that the two houses of congress ar*
merely two bodies of men provided for
by the constftution which he can un
fortunately not get rid of, but which
are to be ignored and coerced whenever
he deems it necessary or expedient."
Mr. Gronna contended that the goods
on which the duties have been removed
are almost without exception goods,
that Canada will sell to the United
States and that the United States can
have the hope of selling to her.
He denounced the agreement as a cloak
to hide the adoption of a new economic
and industrial policy out of harmony
with Republicanism, a policy which he
said the rank and file of the party would
repudiate.
■till suffering much pain from the in
juries sustained.
Dr Stanford cannot account for the
accident. He is not accustomed to walk
ing in his sleep and does not remember
anything about how the accident occur
red. the first he knew being some time
afterward, the severe fall rendering him
unconscious. He is one of the best known
and most popular ministers in the South
Georgia conference and he has been the
recipient of many kind expressions of
sympathy from leading Methodists in
various parts of the state.
cavorted and shouted so much he could
not sleep and was unfitted for his du
ties as driver of a delivery wagon. The
leaders of the sect were summoned to
appear in mayor’s court and when the
hour for the hearing arrived the court
room was packed with negroes and
there were several hundred In the
street in front.
A demonstration of “faith" had been
planned and the leaders started a pe
culiar humming and swaying which
was part of the cavorting Oscar Davis
complained of. The police scattered
among them and stopped the perform
ance The case was dismissed on the
plea that the nuisance had been abated.
U. S. NIVAL OFFICERS
SAY DREADNAUGHTS
ARE INDISPENSABLE
Rumor That Great Britain In
tends to Abandon Battle
z ships for Smaller Type of
War Vessel Is Doubted
(By Associated Press.)
NEW YORK, July Naval officers
stationed at the Brooklyn navy yard
were inclined last night to doubt the
London dispatch tn which was predicted
the passing of the dreadnought type of
battle ship in favor of smaller vessels
of equally heavy armament. In their
opinion Great Britain and the other na
tions of the world will even enlarge the
sise of the present day battle ships.
Rear Admiral E. N. C. Louts, U. 8. N-,
retired, oommandant of the Brooklyn
navy yard, said:
Tt is hard.to believe England's future
naval policy is to be toward the reduc
tion in the size of its war vessels.
"We have found the dreadnoughts the
most effective fighting machines yet pro
duced and consequently we will continue
to make our vessels of greater size.
T can see no object unless it is for
the purpose of economy in the report
that England is to build vessels Os small
er size. England may be listening to
the demands of the persons who object
to naval expenditures Os course, I can
make no prediction of what our own fu
ture program will be, but from my per
sonal viewpoint we will add to our fleet
of dreadnoughts.”
The man who has been sent to the
Brooklyn navy yard to lay the hull of
the battle ship. New York, Naval Con
structor Robert E. Stocker, U. S. N.,
could not reconcile his experience in
shlp-bulldng with the report from Lon
don.
WE NEED BIG SHIPS.
"We need a|l tlie dreadnoughts we can
get,** he asserted. 'ln the dreadtfought
has been found a type which is an im
provement over everything built before.
“The quality of speed, gun strength
and endurance cannot be contained in a
bulk smaller than at present incloses
them. Our engines give a maximum of
power with a minimum of space; our
guns are included tn the narrowest ex
panse possible with safety. If we want
greater speed and secure it in the size
of the vessel, the armament must be
sacrificed to a corresponding extent
“Inversely, if we are to increase tne
armament of our dreadnoughts on a
smaller vessels, we would have to dis
pense with some of our speed.”
Capt. G. E. Burd, U. S. N., in charge
of the machinery department of the
navy yard, said it is not possible with
the present engines to economize in
space without losing elsewhere.
“The one thing that would help us to
spare some of the space now occupied
by the boilers and engines of our battle
ships,” he said, “would be a new en
gine that wßuld improve on the turbine
and the reciprocating engine we now
carry.”
UNCLE SAM TO WAGE WAR
ON DUMMY GOAL GO'S
I
Coal Carrying Roads Alleged
to Own Mines Will Be Hunt
ed Down
/ (By Aasociated Brest,)
WASHINGTON. July 6.—The govern
ment will renew the fight to disassoci
ate the great coal carrying railroads
from their virtual control of mines and
thus vitalize the commodities clause of
the interstate commerce law. A test case
against the Lehigh Valley railroad will
be filed today in the United State*
court in Philadelphia,
That the Lehigh Valley Coal compa
ny, Coze Brothers, Incorporated, the
New York and Middlefield Railroad and
Coal company, and the Locust Mountain
Coal and Iron company are not bona
fide coal companies, but merely ad
juncts to the Lehigh Valley railroad and
are "devices for evading the commod
ity clause," Is the government’s princi
pal complaint.
It Is also alleged that the Lehigh
Valley railroad, with the object of re
moving competition, has caused the Le
high Valley Coal company to contract
at a loss for the output of other an
thracite operators, has-ansported the
coal over Its own lines mrougb the coal
company fixed the price In New York
and other markets.
The government charges that although
the buying of coal from other operators
has been done at a loss to the coal com
pany, It has enabled the Lehigh Valley
road to transport the coal over 4 is lines
and profit from the freight cnarges.
As a further allegation tnat tue Le
high Valley railroad, the government’s
complaint says that since the capital
stock of the coal company has been
owned by the- railroad, it has paid no
dividends, that millions of dollars have
been advanced by the railroad to the
coal company which have never been re
funded, and that the railroad has paid
the interest upon the coal company’s
bonds, bfelng compensated, the govern
ment claims, by the earnings from trans
portation 01 coal over Its lines.
By proving that the Lehigh Valley
railroad Is actually the legal owner of
the Lehigh Valley Coal company’s an
thraclte mines, or has a pecuniary inter
est in them, the government hopes to
bring its case into line with the /ecent
decision of the supreme court in tne
commodity clause case, strike down
dummy coal companies and force the
coal carrying railroaAs from their con
trol of mines.
HETTY GREEN SELLS
CHICAGO PROPERTY
CHICAGO, July 6.—Mrs. Hetty Green,
of New York, has sold 11 acres of land
in Winnetka, a suburb on the north
shore of Lake Michigan, for SBO,OOO.
Mrs. Green acquired the property over
30 years agw through foreclosure, and
while Winnetka has grown in every di
rection about it the old-fashioned frame
house and the grounds with their magnifi
cent growth of trees has remained un
changed. save for the growth of the
latter. It is said there are over 100 varie
ties of trees on the tract, comprising
some of the finest specimens in Illlnola
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GOVERNMENT URGED TO
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Delegation From Louisiana
and Florida Protests Against
Reduction of Strength
(By Aasociated Press.)
WASHINGTON. .July 6.—A congres
slonal delegation representing Louisiana
and Florida, today protested to Acting
Sectary of the Navy Winthrop against
the plan to reduce the personnel and
equipment of the New Orleans and Pen
sacola navy yards to a minimum.
The congressmen ask that enough
work be distibuted to the two yards to
keep tnem going at uieir full capacity
Mr. Winthrop replied that the depart
ment had reached the conclusion that,
from in economical and business stand
point the yards should be diminished in
order to make their maintenance com
mensurate wiui their value to navy.
The acting secre —. u - - relegation
tnat the decreases wou-r be made grad
ually in order not to work hardship on
the employes.
With that idea in mind, . ..uiUirop
today telegraphed to the commandants
of the two yar s to ascertain how many
men would lose their positions by uic
department’s decision «urtouae me ex
penses at New gleans and Pensacoia,
by 40 per cent, the first step in the
reduction.
IT it is found such a reduction will
throw many men out of work with no
chance of securing employment,Ahe first
decrease wul not be as great as original
ly planneu. *ue delegations consisted
of Senators Foster and Thornton and
Representative Estopinal and Dupree, of
xjouislana, anu Representative Spark
man. of Florida.
PRESIDENT TAFT IN STEW
OVER ALABAMA POLITICS
Selection of Republican Chair
man May Mean Enstranoe
ment of Hitchcock or Hilles
WASHINGTON, July fl.—A factional
rbw over, the selection of a Republican
state chairman for Alabama boiled to
the surface at the White House today
and has put President Taft In the pre
dicament of choosing between Post
master General Hitchcock and Secre
tary C. D. Hilles as political adviser
to the administration.
Mr. Hitchcock resigned as chairman
of the Republican national committee
before he entered the cabinet, but his
connection with the appointment of
postmasters nas necessarily kept him
in touch with political conditions, es
pecially in the south. Mr. Hilles has
Interested himself in political condi
tion the country over. A possible
clash between Mr. Hitchcock and Mr.
Hilles had been predicted, but it was
not looked for at this time.
The Alabama row started several
months ago. P. D. Barker. Republican
nations* committeeman and postmaster
at Mobile, is backing Peter Long for
state chairman With the knowledge of
Mr. Hitchcock. Secretary Hilles and
Booker T. Washington, the negro edu
cator, are understood to be backing J.
O. Thompson, collector of internal rev
enue. Several Alabama citizens, in
cluding many of the most prominent
federal officeholders in the state, de
clared to President Taft today thal a
majority of the Republican state com
mittee is for Barker and asks that
Alabama Republicans be allowed to
settle the row themselves.
The president did not commit him
self. He is in an em harassing posi
tion, since the Indorsement of Barker
might be regarded as a turn down of
Mr. Hilles and an Indorsement for
Thompson might look like at a slap
at Postmaster General Hitchcock.
GENERAL G. I. EM
LAID TO FINAL REST
WEDNESDAY EVENING
Twilight Shadows Were Be
ginning to Fall When Body
of Georgia’s Hero Was Borne
to Oakland Cemetery
The body of Gen. Clement A. Evans,
hero of the Confederacy, and one of the
men who have helped make Georgia
great since that historic struggle, was
laid at rest in Oakland cemetery Wed
nesday afternoon, with churchly, civil
and military honors.
The threefold nature of the laurels
that crowned his useful life made the
subject of the eloquent eulogies pro
nounced above his bier, and formed the
most striking feature of the funeral cer
emonies.
To the hero of many a battle field,
the Rev. R. Lin Cave, himself a fighter,
now chaplain of the United Confederate
Veterans, paid a • glorious and deserved
tribute.
To the man of peace who has served
his state In civil life, the Rev. Dr. H.
M. Hamill, of Nashville, directed hls
splendid encemnium.
To the minister of the gospel, who had
laid aside the sword to spread the mes
sage of the Prince of Peace, Bishop
Warren Candler, of the Methodist
church, directed his touching and ap
propriate words.
The ceremonies began at the state cap-
Itol when the body of General Evans
was conveyed from the family residence
at 11:80 a. m. to the capltol rotunda,
where It lay In state until the hour of
the funeral services. From noon until
3:80 p. m. a steady throng of friends
and comrades and people who held hls
name as one of the priceless heritages
of the commonwealth pasesd beside the
bier for one last look on the old war
rior’s face.
He lay, lifelike and heroic, upon a
couch, draped with Confederate banners,
clothed In his gray uniform with the
cross of honor, the gold badge presented
him by the United Confederate veterans,
and the insignia of a brigadier general
which he wore at Appomattox. Around
the bier were grouped innumerable flow
ery tributes, which later were carried to
the church, and thence to the grave. It
was at the request of the veterans who
had followed General Evans on the bat
tlefield, that no casket was used at the
capltol, and their last glimpse of their
fallen leader was -that of a comrade fal
len asleep. *
PROCESSION TO CHURCH.
At 3:30 o’clock the procession was
formed at the capltol to escort the body
to the First Methodist church, where
the unreserved pews and galleries had
long since been filled by waiting hun
dreds.
A battalion of Infantry from the Fifth
regiment, Georgia national guard, and a
troop of cavalry, the Governor’s Horse
Guard, formed the military escort. All the
Atlanta United Confederate veteran
camps were out in full strength, headed
by the camp commanders, nearly all of
them, in uniform, and most of them car
rying wreaths or other flowery tributes.
, OFFICIAL ESCORT.
The state house officials, headed by
Governor Smith, formed another part of
the escort, while the United States army
was represented by Gen. Albert L. Mills
and staff, of the department of the gulf.
Distinguished officers of the United Con
federate veterans from Georgia and other
parts of the south were also in attend
ance..
The course of the processton from the
capltol to the church through Mitchell
to Whitehall street, and thence out
Peachtree street, through thejieart of the
city, where traffic was hushed and many
heads were bared as the cortege proceeded
on its way.
Bishop Warren Candler had charge
MUNI FARMERS TO MEET
IN BIG TENNILLE BILL!
Meeting Will Be Held on July
7 Instead of July
10
(Special Dispatch to The Journal.)
UNION CITY, Ga., July fl.-The first of
the big educational rallies that are
planned by President R. F. Duckworth,
of the Georgia division of the Farmers’
Educational and Co-operative union, for
farmers of this state, will be held at 7w
nllle, in Washington county, July 17. The
meeting at that time will be addressed
by Hon. T. J. Brooks, of Tennessee, one
of the most prominent of the leaders of
the farmers of the country.
While the date for the speaking was
announced as July 10, It has been decided
that the rally will be held a week later
on July 17, as this time Is more propi
tious. It 1s expected that one of the great
est crowds that ever attended a farmers'
educational rally will be present. It la
the plan of President Ducwkorth to have
rallies in every section of the state. Mr.
Brooks is an authority on many ques
tions that are of vital Interest to the
farmers and many will take advantage of
the opportunity.
GENERAL PICON
LAUGHS AT CASTRO
NEW YORK. July fl.—Geo. Caracdola 5
Parra Picon, of Caracas, who is in New
York for a ten days' stay, declares that
Venezuela Is fully prepared to resist ♦ny
attempt which may be made by former
President Castro to gain control of the
government. General Picon says Pres
ident Gomez has no definite advices as to
the whereabouts of Castro at present.
"There is no chance of Castro regaining
power,” says the general. ‘T talked with
President Gomez just before I left Ca
racas two weeks age/ He believes Gen
eral Castro le organizing a revolution and
will endeavor to enter Venezuela within
a few weeks. The army and the people
generally are loyal to President Gomez,
and a Castro revolution will certainly
fall.
General Picon, who is a retired army
officer, is a close personal friend of the
Venezuelan president.
of the ceremonies at the church, which
were begun by the singing of "How
Firm a Foundation,that splendid old
hymn which was sung at the funeral
of Gen. John B. Gordon at hls express
request, and was sung over- the body
of General Evans for a similar reason.
The opening prayer was offered by
Rev. Dr. Wiggins, pastor of the church.
EULOGIES PRONOUNCED
The Rev. R. Lin Cave, of Nashville,
an impressive and patriarchal figure,
, pronounced the first eulogy. It was
made doubly Impressive by the known
fact that Dr. Cave had arisen from a
bed of illness to be present and pay
this last tribute to «k_former comrade.
"I shall always thank God that I
knew him, that I had hls esteem and
retained to the last hls loving confi
dence," said Dr. Cave.
"We surrendered at the same time
at Appomattox and were associated in
the great struggle that preceded. Those
experiences bound us closely. In the
army, souls are really tried, and when
men are weighed in the balance and
not found wanting, ther« are formed
those strong friendships that grow
more firm as the years go by.”
Dr. Cave read extracts from a letter
written by General Evans himself, in
which the general spoke In the most
beautiful terms of hls love for hls old
comrades in arms, and his gratitude
for the love and devotion they had
shown him since the war.
SOLONS MAY PROBE
REGENT LYNCHINGS
INWUONCOHNII
Two Resolutions Offered in
House to Authorize Thorough
Investigation of Notorious
Affair
Two resolutions, providing for an In
vestigation by the legislature of the re
cent lynchings of two negroes in Walton
county, were Introduced in the house
Thursday morning, and probably will be
acted on Friday. One resolution to by
Mr. Pickett, of Pickens, and the ether
by Mr. Parker of Liberty. Instead of be
ing referred to a committee, they win
be allowed to lie on the table for a day,
and will then be presented to the house
for adoption.
* Referring to the lynching, Mr. Pickett's
resolution states:
Tt is openly and notoriously charged
throughout the state that the constitution
of the United States, the constitution of
the state of Georgia, and the laws of
each have been flagrantly Violated, that
the courts of the state have been oj-enly
set at defiance, and that the rights of
citizens of the state have been oti’jag- .
ed, and that their lives have been for
feited.
Tt to openly and notoriously charged
that justice has miscarried through the
failure or the refusal of the proper au
thorities of the state to secure to said
accused persons the venue of a fair trial,
and the adequate protection to their llbes
and their persons provided and guaran
teed by law. and at the command of
such
"The honor of the state demands that
the frequently recurring organised ci-imea
known as lynchings snouid be publicly
and officially condemned as crimen ab
horrent to the minds of a great people,
and foreign to their conceptions of law
and liberty.
Tt is the right of the people of the
state and of ths officials criticised and
charged with misfeasance that the facts
attendant upon said alleged violations of
law in Walton county mould be investi
gated, and that the culpability or free
dom from blame of said officials should
be ascertained and established, as may
appear from such investigation.
PROVIDES COMMITTEE.
Following this statement the resolutions
provide that a committee of seven, four
from the house and three from the sen
ate, shall be appointed.
"First. To make a complete and
thorough investigation of said alleged
violations of law in Walton county, Ga.
"Second. To ascertain if any official,
or officials of the state, charged with
the duty of executing the laws and of
securing to said persons accused of
crime adequate protection to their lives
and their persons, has been gull’.y of
any official misfeasance, neglect or mis
conduct.
"Third. To report the result of such
investigations and the findings of sucn
committee to the general assembly.
"Fourth. To recommend to the gen
eral assembly such course In the prem
ises. as such committee. In its discre
tion, may deem proper.
“Fifth. Broadly to consider and to
recommend to the general assembly
such legislation, if any, as such com
mittee may deem advisable, with the
phrpose of preventing similar violations
of law, and of securing to all persons,
with whatever crimes they may be
charged, absolute and complete protec
tion to their Ilves ana their persons,
and the Assurance of fair and impartial
trials.”
PARKER RESOLUTION.
Following is Mr. Parker's resolution;
••Whereas, mob vitgence has become so
common and is foreign’to every principle
of our republican form of gvernment,
"Therefore, Be It Resolved, That the
legislature thoroughly investlgats the
horrible double lynching which occur
red in Walton county and place the re
sponsibility of the failure of th<» law
to take its epurse.
LEGISLATORS ENJOY
SLATON’S BARBECUE
I
I
Tt was a jovial tranch of legislators
that left the state capitol at 1 o’clock
Thursday, bound for the Cold Spring*
Cue grounds, and it was more Ike a
big group of happy, care-free boys that
boarded the special ears than serious
minded lawmakers.
The occasion was the annual barbecue
of Pres. John M. Slaton, of the senate,
to the members of the house ®cd the
senate, which was postponed from Wed
nesday to Thursday on account of the
death of General Evans.
Verner ha-, charge of the 'cue, which
was one of the best that the lawmakers
have ever enjoyed. Good fellowship
reigned and all differences between po
litical opponents were thrown to ths
Nothing was too good for President
Slaton. He was nominated by various
legislators for the president of the Unit
ed. States, for thq United States senate,
for ambassador to every known country,
and for every other conceivable office.
"I won’t remember any of thia tomor
row,” said Mr. Slaton. "Couldn’t afford
to any more than the men who are nom
inating me.”
MILS AT COLUMBUS
TO INCREASE CAPITAL
COLUMBUS, Ga., July At the an
nual meeting of the stockholders of the
Eagle and Phenix Mills company, held
yesterday afternoon, it was decided to
increase the capital stock of the com
pany from $750,000 to $1,000,000. This in
crease was made on the splendid show
ing of the operations of the big plant,
the reports of the officers being quite
gratifying to the directors in attendance.
In addition to the routine business of
the company, which was disposed of.
officers and directors for the ensuing
year were named. \
The Eagle and Phenix mills atls the
oldest and most prosperous in the
employing 1,800 operatives the MS
round.
The stockholders elected the
board of directors: Messrs. E. T.
Millhaven, Ga.; Mark W. Munroe.
cey, Fla.; Henry Bulst, Charleston, cH
C.; Gen. George P. Harrison, OiinWhlM
Ala.; John G. Ruge, Apalachicola.
E. P. Dismukes. G. Gunby Jordan, R™
C. Jordan and W. C. Bradley, Columbus;
Judge Samuel Adams and J. 'B. Holst,
Savannah.
NO. 83.