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IGRICULTURU. SOCIETY
CONVENED IN WJWROSS
Annual Session Is Attended by
Prominent Visitors, Who
Take Part in Program
ESpecial Dispatch to The Journal.)
WAYCROSS. Ga.. Aug. S.-The Stats
| Agricultural society convened here this
teeming The delegates were met by
* committees from the council and board
Os trade and escorted to places of enter
tainment The first session was held in
j the court house. President J. W. L.
Brown presiding. The opening prayer
• was made by Rev. W. H. Scruggs, of this
city. Addresses of welcome were made
by Mayor Cox and Prof. E. A. Pound.
The annual address of the president
showed a successful year of organisa
tion.
Chancellor Barrow spoke on “Educa
tion." after which the session adjourned
until 3 o'clock.
Tonight a meeting will be held at the
park with music by a band. Addresses
by O R. Hutchins, of Floyd, and Ed
ward M Hafer, of Atlanta, are on the
program
Following the meeting the visitors will [
be entertained at a banquet at the La-
Grange hotel. Addresses will be made
by John C- McDaniel. L. J. Cooper. Mar- j
tin V, Calvin, W. W. Lambdin, J. Pope |
Brown. John T. Myers, E. A. Pound, i
Jasper Wyldlng. Harry D. Reed and :
George Deen. Pope Brown is a promi
nent visitor here and meeting with a ,
cordial reception from friends in the |
city.
friends of Trammell
PLAN BIG CAMPAIGN
DALTON, Ga.. Aug. 9 A new develop- i
ment relative to Mayor Paul B. Tram- [
mell’a possible candidacy for the gov-1
•morship came tc light this morning. I
which may or may not mean an earty >
Kb, tenouncement from him.
It Is the activity of his friends In vol
unteering to assist in conducting a whirl
wind capaign of the state if be will offer
for the offlce.
The plan means the establishment of i
campaign headquarters here, all cam
paign letters, circulars, etc., to be sent
•ut from Dalton, and an indication of
the careful and thoughtful attention giv
en the plan ts the extensive work which
ban been mapped out and submitted to
Mayor Trammell.
The pains to which these men have
gone, goes to indicate their eagerness to
get him into the race.
If Mayor Trammell complies with their
, 5 request and makes definite announce-
F ment the state will be closely circular
ised and everything possible done to in
sure Ms election. x
L*. While Mayor Trammel! had little to say
of the plan it was easily seen that the
idea of haring his headquarters in his
home town and not at the state capita).
Appealed strongly to him. and it is be
lieved that if he becomes a candidate
* the plan as mapped out will be carried
L through.
CHANGES NATIONALITY
TO FACE NEW TROUBLES
E NEW YORK, Aug A—What next will
happen to the Marte, a bark which now
flies the British flag, and how the pres-
* ’ ent trouble of the vessel and her master .
g. ' will be settled are questions which are '
pusaUng the New York water front to- '
it day Here from Montevideo with 1,000
I tons of dry bones as cargo and without '
health or clearance papers she now is in
the custody of the United States mar
shal
Within seven months the bark has sail- I
ed under three flags. First she dis- I
P-*red the German colors, when she left '
» Pensacola. lumber laden. At Montevi- ,
deo she hoisted the flag us Uruguay.
LF’ Expenses were piling up so fast that the
Marie became the subjejct of a bottomry
bond for $2,100. The vessel sailed away 1
in the night without waiting for papers
I ■ and became the subject of court pro-
B ceedtngs when she anchored oft the
l Barbadoes A new master was sent from
Ek Boaton and fearing trouble when the
bark arrived here raised the British flag.
A An: of 35.EW0 may be imposed upon the
captain for his lack of papers. Libels
aggregating thousands of dollars have
been placed upon the vssseL
STRIKS IS ORDERED -
ON PORTO RICAN LINE
NEW ORLEANS. Aug. 9.—Union men
employed on the Porto Rican lina Steam
er Massapequa will be called out today ,
on orders to be issued by the Interna
, tienal Seamen s union, according to a
Statement made last night by W. L.
p Cartledge. union organiser who is per
sonally conducting the strike of firemen
against this company. Cartledge says the
company is paying the union scale, but
! that recognition of the union is desired.
E In connection with his work of con
ducing the strike Cartledge ts preparing
to organize the marine and water front
trades and is seeking the co-operation
of central trades and labor council. He
has already applied for a charter which
will amalgamate the unions here with
similar unions tn eastern seacoast cities,
from an overdose of rat poison, and the
< coroner s Jury rendered their verdict to
the effect that the man's death was
[ caused by poison being administered to
kun by his wife. Ozie Harg. Jtrfm Magee
was named as an accessory to the crime.
Both parties have been arrested.
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GATES LEAVES FORTUNE THAT
IS ESTIMATED AT $64,000,000
Death of Great Financier Is
Not Expected to Affect Stock
Market as He Had No Oper
ated Extensively of Late.
Many Telegrams of Condo
lence Are Received by Fami
ly-Arrangements for Fun
eral Are Made
PARIS, Aug. 9.—The death this morn
|ing>of John W. Gates, the American fi
nancier, has called forth many expres
sions of regret, not only from his wide
| circle of acquaintances, but from num
i berless Parisians, who knew him as
a bold and successful business man.
Mrs. Gates and her son, Charles G.
Gates, are much worn by their long
period of anxiety and nursing and much
I sympathy for them is expressed. As
soon as word of Mr. Gates' death had
been cabled to America, messages of
[condolence commenced to arrive at their
hotel from friends and business associ
ates in the United States and elsewhere.
[ AU arrangements for the disposition
of the body have been made by Harry
St. Francis Black, president of the
[United States Realty and Improvement
company of New York. Mr. Black said:
“Mr. Gates loved life and said he
wished to live. He wanted to do things
In life.
“Many people had interest in his pic
turesque personality, but they may not
have perceived his strength of mind as
those who served on directory boards
with him.
“He was frequently spoken of as a
plunger' but hie operations were always
founded on wonderful studies In figures.
Wall street will not see hls like agate
for some time.” »
Mr. Black said that the death of Mr,
Gates ought not to affect the stock
market much, because the financier had
not operated extensively of late, but had
placed his fortune largely in substantial
securities. Some of those here who were
close friends of Mr. Gates estimate that
hls estate will be found to be nearer
$«4,000,000 than 130,000,000.
FUNERAL SATURDAY.
The body of Mr. Gates w.ll be placed in
a vault at the Interdenomination Ameri
can church in the Rue de Berrl, where it
will remain until taken aboard a steamer
for removal to the United States. The
funeral services will be held at tills
church on Saturday.
The body will be taken home prob
ably on the Wilhelm der Gross, which
will sail from Cherburne on Thursday of
next week. It was on this same steamer
that Mr. Gates had planned to sail for
New York in the first week of July. He
hsd been in Europe for a month then.
Two weeks after his arrival In Parts he
suffered from pains in the throat, and
Sras reported to have undergone several
operations for this trouble. Relief was
afforded, but later it was stated by his
physicians that poison from ths throat
a had entered the kidneys, re-
sulting in serious complications.
Afterwards it became Known that the
financier was seriously ill. On July 5 hls
son, Charles G. Gates, left New. York
hurriedly and arrived at his father’s bed
side at a time when the sickness was
believed to be approaching a fatkl termi
naien. The disease, however, was checked
by Dr. Gros and his associates, includ
ing Dr. J. R. Ryan, a specialist from
London. From then on, the daily bulle
tins issued by the doctors alternately
gave hope and despair to the friends of
the sick man. At times it was widely
reported that Mr. Gates had died. This
followed a pronounced sinking spell, from
which he later rallied nis fighting spirit
coming to his aid at a critical moment.
COMPLICATIONS SET IN.
A congestion of the kidneys was re
lieved, but later pneumonia appeared,
and the combination of kidney trouble
and congestion of the lungs was too
much for the wasted strength of the pa
tient. ,
Monday night the physicians were en
couraged by an improvement in the ac
tion of the kidneys and a lessening of the
inflammation of the lungs. At daybreak,
however, the congestion of the kidneys
returned, and it was evident that the
end was near. Heart stimulants were
administered and In addition to caffeine,
oil of camphor, oxygen was freely admin
istered.
Shortly before the end Mr. Gates lapsed
Into unconsciousness and hls death, which
followed at 5:10 o'clock, was peaceful.
Mrs. Gates and Charles G. Gates were at
the bedside with Drs. Gros and Reeves.
The official statement of the physicians
said that the immediate cause of the
death was heart failure, the lungs hav
ing stopped their functions and smother
ed the action of the heart.
Mrs. Gates accompanied her husband
to Europe and so had been with him
throughout his illness. Before her mar
riage she was Miss Dell ora R. Baker, of
St. Charles, 111. In recent years they had
made their home in New York. (
One of the most picturesque person
alities in American financial annals
was John Warner Gates. The predomi
nating characteristics of his nature, en
ergy and speculation, particularly the
latter, earned tern the sobriquet of
“Bet-you-a-Milllon” Gates, under whicn
cognomen he was celebrated on two
continents. He was a big man and did
only big things and in a big way. At
the time of his death, he was one of
the most striking figures In the money
world, fighting, as he was. the Stand
ard Oil company and holding an impos
ing position in the affaire of iron and
steel. Prominent in his spectacular
career was the distinction of being the
first and biggest wire magnate in his
tory.
“He is a bundle of wire nerves at>u
steel energies,'* was once said of him.
“He can go to his office at 9 o’clock
and work like a fiend until 5. then play
poker all night.'* That epitomizes the
story of his life. and. at the same time, I
the story of his death. * The constitu
tion of few men could have borne up
for 56 years under the strain, the rush
and swirl and tension of his daily ac
tivities.
Amazing tasks he performed without
apparent fatigue or brain wear. He
had courage and he was a wonderful
organizer. He loathed conceit and
'airs'* and had a frenzied sort of ha
tred for pretenses and the pretentious.
His attitude toward the rest of the
world was that he didn't care. But in
his conduct toward his parents and
son. he could have been called “model.**
As a boy. Gates grew up on the Illi
nois farm, near Turner Junction (now
west of Chicago), where he was born
in 1855. He was energetic and pre
cocious. Two years before he had be
came a voter, in 1874, he had fallen In
love with an Illinois girl and married
her. At the time he was '*Johnny"
Gates, manager of a little hardware
store In the farming village. Gates
heard of a man named Isaac Ell wood
in DeKalb. 111., who was trying to sail
a new commodity* called barbwire. Hls
trouble he found, was not in making
barbwire, but in seling it: it was a
novelty and cattlemen considered it too
flimsy to be of any use. So, when
young Gates came along with hls gen
iality and readiness of speech, Ellwood
gladly took the chance Gates suggest
ed and sent him out to sell barbed
THE ATLANTA SEMI-WEEKLY JOURNAL, ATLANTA, GA, FRIDAY, AUGUST 11, 1911.
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fl \\ MCTO BY FALfI.
£. ..
wire in Texas on a salary of 325 a
week.
This trip made Gates. It also made
barbed wire. The Texas cattlemen had
never seen barbed wire before, and they
ridiculed it.
“That stuff wouldn’t hold a Texas
steer a minute,” they said.
Gates was put on his mettle. ‘TH
show' you,” said he, and he did.
Gates hired the nearest plaza and got
together a drove of 25 of the wildest
Texas steers that could be found. Then
he fenced his plaza with barbed wire,
put the steers inside and gave the cat
tlemen a free show. The steers charg
ed the wire and were pricked by the
barbs. They shook their heads and
charged again, with the same result.
After two or three of these defeats, they
huddled together on the inside and tried
to think it over. Gates sold hundreds
of miles of his wire that day at 18
cents a pound.
MADE BARBED WIRE.
Ever playing against the future, Gates
thought he saw a bonanza in wire. Some
how he gathered enough money «-o nave
a barbed wire factory of his own in .St.
Louis. One day his factory burned
down. Fifteen minutes after his fore
man had reported that it was totally
wrecked, he had’ entered into partner
ship with William Edenborn, another
factory owner, and was filling orders as
usual. Six years later he made his first
large sum of money, $15,000, by a big
sale of English wire. Every dollar that
he could lay his hands on went Into
wire. Then Ellwood, the original wirs
manufacturer, thought he discovered
that Gates and Edenborn were infring
ing on ms patent rights.
Litigation followed for several years
and thereby Gates acquired title as
“Moonshiner” Gates ana lost the “John
ny.” To escape injunctions against the
alleged infringement oi patents, he mov
ed hls plant “overnight” from Illinois to
Missouri and continued to make tjje
fight so not that Colonel Ellwood took
him into the business. ..cantime Gates
and Edenborn had built another plant
at Braddock, Pa., and Gates conceived
the idea of pooling all the wire facto
ries in the country. That time it failed,
but in 189'2 Gates brought about a mer
ger of the St. uouls, Braddock, Joliet
and Allentown plants as the Consolidat
ed Steel and Wire company. Edenoorn
was made president and Gates general
manager.
“Johnny” Gates and “Moonshiner”
Gates had now become John W. Gates,
citizen of Chicago, where he moved in
1892, man o. the world, follower of the
race track Tor diversion, and with an
ever increasing passion to risk hls
money on anything and everything where
a bet would quicken his pulse. But ne
waq not yet a plunger in the grain or
stock markets.
To acquire the money that enabled
him to become an Interloper in Wall
street, feared even by Its biggest men,
John W. Gates had only to bring to real
ization his early dream of a wire trust.
After his first success in getting to
gether the Consolidated Steel and Wire
company, he was asked to assume the
presidency of the Illinois Steel compa
ny, which at that time was struggling
along after the “hard times” panic. Gates
gradually extended his activities and in
fluence and in the fall of 1892 he deter
mined to try again to merge the wire
companies.
J. Pierpont Morgan agreed to finance
the undertaking, but was scared out
when the Spanish war started. Lloyd
L. Smith, a Chicago capitalist, jumped
into the breach and he, Gates and Ell
wood floated the $90,0u0,0u0 wire com
bine.
But with all the tremendous money
power behind him, Gates could not get
a seat in Wall street. So he played the
game from the outside. He came to
New York with hls bank roll and set up
his son, Charles G. Gates, in the bro
kerage business under the naifae of the
son, who had been admitted to the ex
change. From that time, father and son
were inseparable, both in business and
pleasure. The brokerage house soon
made the high record for a day’s busi
ness on the New York exchange—42s,ooo
shares—on which the brokerage com
missions were approximately $60,000.
When Wall street grew tiresome in
1900, Gates took hls son with him to
England, where he plunged on the sta
bles of his friend Drake. On one race
You Can Buy a
5 Acre Farm
In the Heart of Florida for Only
$125, $5 Cash, $5 Monthly. No In
terest, No Tatxes, No Charges of
Any Kind. It Can Earn $2,500 to
$5,000 Per Year As Long As You
Live.
I will gladly send you incontrovertible proof
of tbes<* statements. Our land ia high lying,
uo nwanipa or marshes, railroad runs directly
through it, no farm being more than three
miles from ft. Not far frvtn a modern town of"
7.000 population and close to another of 4,000;
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of title, time for payments extended if sick
or out of employment. Florida State Agricul
tural Department gives the following census re
ports of the actusl results secured by growers
In our county: lettuce, $954 per acre; celery,
$1,925; cucumbers, $514; English peas, $437;
beans, $331; and you can grow from three to
four crops per year on the same land. Our
county Is the largest fruit producing county In
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I will send it to you free of charge if you will
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WILLIS R. MUNGER. President. Munger Land
Company, os£> Francis St., St. Joseph, Mo.
FARMERS URGE SENATE
TO PISS EDUCATION BILL
President Duckworth Gives In
i terview Urging Bill’s
Adoption
(Special Dispatch to The Journal.)
UNION CITY, Ga., Aug. 9.—The farm
ers of Georgia will gladly welcome the
passage of the education bill, which has
been adopted by the house of representa
tives and is now before the senate, and
will be benefited in every particular by
its enactment into a law, according to an
interview given out by President R*. F-
Duckworth, of the Georgia division of the
Farmers’ union today. President Duck
worth not only urges the passage of the
bill by the senate, but shows how the
farmers of the state as well as the other
organizations have gone on record repeat
edly as asking the enactment of such leg
islation.
"The education bill,” says President
Duckworth, “wag recommended by the
Georgia Teachers’ association at the
meeting in Macon on April 27. This as
sociation represents the teachers of the
towns and cities of the state.
"The Association of Country School Of
ficials at a meeting in Valdosta on May
4, urged the passage of an education bill,
and this association represents the rank
•and file of the rural schools. The bill has
been recommended by all the women’s
clubs of the state.
"It is a matter of record that the
Farmers’ union has at many times
passed resolutions urging the reorganiza
tion of the present school system so that
the best results coulu be secured for al).
"In my opinion the bill that has been
passed by the house in its present form
is of the greatest result and the oppor
tunity for children in the country schools
will be greatly increased and their condi
tion highly Improved. I believe that the
efficiency of the schools will be doubled
several times.
"It is desired by the farmers that the
senate do not allow this bill to drag
too late for its passage at this session of
the legislature, and we urge that it be
passed into a general law during the
present meeting of the general assem
bly.*’
TOOK THREE MONTHS
TO FATHOM MYSTERY
’ WASHINGTON, Aug. 9.—lt has taken
a nayal board three months to discov
er the cause of an explosion in one of
the gasoline tanks of the sub-marine
Plunger at Charleston, R. C-, April 3
last, which cost the life of Prince
Brown, a laborer. The particular tank
had been empty for 15 months, yet when
Brown struck a match at the manhole
an explosion followed which killed him.
The board found that one of the
valves leaked slightly. Just enough in
fact to permit gasoline vapor to enter
the supposedly empty tank. To avoid
a repetition of such an accident the
board recommends that when sub-ma
rines are laid up the pipes connecting
the tanks be filled with water.
PERMANENT CAMP PLAN
FOR ARMY MANEUVERS
BALTIMORE, Md., Aug. 9.—A bjg
permanent camp for army maneuvers
is planned by the United States govern
ment at either i Oakland or Mountain
Lake Park, Md., on the crest of the Al
leghenies. Negotiations for t£e pur
chase of a tract of land have been un
der way f,or some time, it is announced.
The Baltimore and Ohio railroad will
probably be the seller, as it has about
30,000 acres at Oakland and if more
Is wanted may be able to bargain for
20,000 acres more. The minimum tract
proposed by the army officials is 10,000
acres.
CHICAGO PLANT IS
WRECKED BY BOMB
CHICAGO, Aug. B.—A bomb partly de
stroyed the plant of the Victor Jensen
Electrical Supply company on the south
side today. Windows within a block of
the building were shattered by the force
of the explosion. The firm employs non
union workmen, and the police believe
that representatives of a labor union
were responsible for the explosion. The
rear end of the building was wrecked.
The damage will exceed $2,000„ The po
lice are searching for two men, who were
seen loitering in the vicinity of the fac
tory before the explosion occurred.
Fire Threatens Mines
REDDING, Cal., Aug. 9—A forest fire
at the base of Mount Shasta has been
burning more than 24 hours and is head
ed toward two large copper mines. The
area already burned is three miles wide
and four miles long.
The fire yesterday reached within 50
feet of the Mount Shasta mine but was
driven back after hours of fighting by
the entire mine force.
he backed Royal Flush from 25 to 1 to
6 to 1 and won $500,009.
PANIC HIT HIM HARD.
The panic of 1907, it was said, hit
Gates hard and it was pointed out that
he would have to retire from active
finance. He took a trip around the world
with his son as a diversion and then
returned to New York. A newspaper
reporter hunted him up and ventured:
“I understand you’re all in down and
out."
“Bet you $1,000,000 I ain’t," retorted
John W. Gates, and his old spirit was
aroused.
What Gates’ real condition was at that
particular moment is unknown, but it
Is known that he restarted his old fiery
methods and, before the opposition was
aware of it, he had built up the Texas
company and was fighting Standard Oil
from the state out of which the Rocke
feller concern had just been driven by
the courts. The Texas company estab
lished over 30 branches in the east and
began to compete with the older con
cern. The battle is still on, although
take-a-chance leader is no longer in the
fight.
Despite his lavishness with his money
John W. Gates never laid claim to doing
anything for charity. When he gave
buildings, equipments, land and money
to the amount of $226,000 to the Metho
dist church early in 19U for the erection
of a Methodist university at Port Ar
thur, Tex., it was not as a gift, said the
capitalist. Port Arthur is where the
headquarters of the Texas company are
located, and Gates declared he thought
it would recur to his benefit to have the
university there and thus boom the city.
Gates created a sensation last May
when he went before th® house commit
tee at Washington in the steel trust ln»
vestigation and told his story of how
the United States Steel Corporation was
organized. The use he made of Andrew
Carnegie’s name brought forth indignant
statements from the latter.
Throughout his entire life, John W.
Gates never asaed a favor, his acquaint
ances say; he expected none. He paid
all hls debts and insisted that everybody
should pay him. to the uttermost far
thing. He was no snob. He would no|
have walked round the block to win all
POPE’S SISTERS REMAIN
RESIDE HIS SICK RED
Yet Physicians Describe Pon
tiff’s Condition as Satisfac
tory, Considering His Age
ROME, Aug. 9.—Petacci, his private
physician, and Dr. Marchiafava, consult
ing physician at the Vatican, visited Pope
Pius today and made a thorough exam
ination. Later they described the con
dition of the pontiff as satisfactory.
Lately his holiness has suffered a
throat affection, recovery from the weak
ening effects of which was retarded to a
certain extent by the recent extreme
heat. Yesterday he exhibited unexpected
weakness, necessitating perfect rest.
Today’s examination revealed a heart
fairly strong and respiration reason
ably good, considering the "shortness”
of breath common to persons who are ad
vanced in ; ears and stout.
The pulse was rather intermittent and
the temperature slightly above the norm
al.
The pontiff was somewhat better this
afternoon. His sisters have not left the
pope’s bed since the illness became more
marked.
The pope's valet was permitted to go
out for the afternoon, and this was re
garded as encouraging.
Pope’s Health Failing,
Says Catholic Organ
COLOGNE, Germany, Aug. 9.—The
Koelnische Volks, a leading Catholic or
gan, says today that it learns from high
official Catholic quarters in Rome that
the pope’s strength is gradually declin
ing owing to previous ailments and in
somnia experienced in the hot mornings.
It added that the pope’s heart may be
affected, but no such symptoms have
yet developed.
WIRELESS TELEGRAPHY
FOR PILOTS OF SKY
WASHINGTON, Aug. 9.—Efforts are
being made by the navy department to
perfect a system of wireless communi
cation between hhore stations and aero
planes, recognized as destined to play
an important part in any future war.
Captain Mayo, commandant of the Marie
island navy yard, has been authorized
to conduct experiments with wireless
outfits to determine whether or not the
type of wireless apparatus used by the
navy will permit communication with
the shore.
The models will be suspended on insular
ted ropes between some stacks at the
navy yard and an effort made to send
messages to the wireless stations at
San Francisco and Yerba Buena, Cal.
More experiments with the wireless
telegraph in conjunction with aeroplanes
are looked for as soon as the naval
aerial school at Annapolis is opened. One
important point in dispute at this time
is whether the wires necessary to es
tablish communication should be erected
on top of the machine or suspended
from the bottom. In the latter case many
aviators contend the wires might in
terfere with the propeY.er. By these
preparations to “tuuy the aerial prob
lem, a naval officer said today, it is
clearly evident how important is the part
it will play as a scout in future wars.
SPALDING JURORS HEAR
JUDGE DANIEL’S CHARGE
GRIFFIN. Ga.. Aug. 8. —The August term
of Spalding* «u;>ertor court convened yesterday
with hls honor. Judge Robert T. Daniel, pre
siding. There were very few civil cases to
come up for trial and after trying a number
of divorce cases the court discharged tbs
traverse jurors until next Monday, when the
criminal docket will be taken up. The granl
jury is still in session and it is tbe concensus
of opinion that they will return a nuumber of
bills, among tbe number belug some of unusual
‘ntec«st throughout the state.
Judge Daniel’s charge to the grand jury was
one of the best that has been delivered from
the bench of this county in years. He called
special attention to the growing evil of homi
cide, and gave statistics which showed that
tbe number of homicides in tbe United States
last year was several times larger than those
of four of the most enlightened nations of the
earth in proportion to population. He declared
that deplorable condition was occasioned by the
lex administration of Justlc? and the ease
w'-th which criminals escaped the penalties pre
scribed by law, in charging the jury as to
their duty in regard to tbe violation of the
law against the sale of Intoxicating llquora.
Judge Daniel delivered tbe most beautiful and
touching prohibition lecture ever beard in this
city. This is the last term of the superior
court that will be held in the old conrt house
as the new temple of justice will be com
pleted before tbe January term.
F. B. WILIAMS DEAD;
FIRST A, P. OPERATOR
LOUISVILLE, Ky., Aug. 9.—Frank B.
Williams, who was the first telegrapher
employed by the Associated Press when
that organization, In 1886 began operating
its system of leased wires, died at hls
home her® last night after an illness of
eight months.
He, as an employ® of the Western
Union, had previously handled A. P.
copy. But In Pittsburg he handled, also,
the first message over the leased wire.
Since 1886, he also had served the Asso
ciated Press at New Orleans and Louis
ville, latterly here as chief operator.
When the typewriter was first used
Mr. Williams established a record by
receiving for one month without “break
ing” a single time. His wife, a daugh
ter and two sons survive.
OCONEE WILL HAVE
COMING SCHOOL
WATKINSVILLE, Ga., Aug. 9.—Oconee
county is to have the canning school.
August 21 and 22, under the management
of Professor Firor, of the State Col
lege of Agriculture, and Miss Creswell,
who has been recently appointed demon
strator of canning by the government.
The people are very’ enthusiastic over
the opportunity given the girls to learn
tue best methods of preserving fruits and
vegetables.
arbitrTtWtreaties
DEFENDED BY KNOX
WASHINGTON, Aug. 9.—The arbitra
tion treaties with Great Britain and
France were earnestly defended today
by Secretary Knox before the senate
foreign relations committee. He especial
ly undertook to show that the agree
ments rob the senate of none of its con
stitutional privileges.
Opposition to th® treties on tjie ground
that the Monroe doctrine would virtu
ally be abrogated so far as those two
nations were concerned was not taken
seriously by President Taft or Secretary
Knox.
ASKS FOR DISCHARGE
OF HOUSE COMITTEE
WASHINGTON, Aug. 9.—Representa
tive Humphrey, of Washington, present
ed in the house today a resolution ask
ing to have the house committee on in
terior department expenditures discharg
ed from further consideration of the
Controller bay investigation and to have
the matter put into th® hands of a select
committee of five members of the house.
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CONGRESSMEN IN A HURRY
FOR SCHOOL TO LET OUT
They Squirm in Their Seats, Waiting for Dismissal and
That Glorious Baseball Match Between Democrats and Re
publicans-Line-up of the Two Teams Announced
(By Associated Freed.)
WASHINGTON, Aug. A-Like a lot
of boys waiting for school to lot out, al
most evrsy member of th® house of rep
resentatives spirmed around in his seat i
at the capitol today, waiting anxiously
for adjournment and the great congress
ional baseball game between the Demo
cratic and Republican member® of the
house.
In the box for the Democrats Repre
sentative Webb, of North Carolina, will
serve, while Representative Oldfield, of
Arkansas.y will catch. The other mem
bers of the Decomratic nnie are Reilly,
Connecticut, lb; Kinkead, New Jersey,
CAKEWALK IN MID-PACIFIC IS
SOLEMN FUN OF LONELY BIRDS
(By Aeeocieted Freed.)
CHICAGO, Aug. B.—Charles A. Corwin,
of the Field Musuem of Natural History,
has returned to Chicago from a trip to
the Laysan island, In the middle of the
Pacific ocean, which it is said has been
deserted by every living creature, ex
cept sea birds.
“It has been established that the island
is inhabited by at least 8,000,000 birds,
the most of which consist of two species
of albatross," said Mr. Corwin yester
day.
“There were so many birds on the
ground, nesting, that we had to crowd
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♦ “1,000,000 HOBBBFOWX* <
♦ “LIAR,” SHOUTS CAMORRIST t
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4 VITERBO, Aug*.' B.—Gennero ■<
4 Farris, the detective, continued -<
4 his testimony today at the Com- ■<
4 orra and presented a docu- -t
♦ ment purporting to show that -<
♦ Nicola Morra, while a prisoner in -<
♦ 1896, was elected the head of the 4
♦ Cammorra, 5
♦ Morra interrupted the witness -<
4 to remark: “You are a 1,000,- -
♦ 000-horsepower liar.” •<
♦ President Btanchi warned Mor- ■<
♦ ra that any further Impertinence
♦ on his part would result in his ■<
4 trial for contempt of court Far- -<
4 rls men proceeded with his testl- -<
4 mony. 1
4 d
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♦ ATE S7 EAMS OF COMM; «
♦ WOI TAMMANY PRIZE -
♦ NEW YORK, Aug. B.—The ■<
4 Tammony corn eating contest is «
♦ an annual event of the greatest ■<
♦ importance on the New York 4
♦ East Side. This year’s contest, -d
4 held on the porch of a Broome -<
♦ street saloon last night, waa ■<
4 won by James Dugan, a cab drlv- -<
4 er, who ate 57 separate and dis- -a
♦ tlnct ears, carrying off the 1911 -t
♦ championship and a pure of gold -«
♦ coin. Dugan’s nearest competl- -<
4 tor was 11 ears behind his rec- -4
♦ ord. -4
♦ 4
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♦ HIGHWAYMAN MAKES -
♦ ONE BOLD GETAWAY ■<
♦ -4
♦ NEW YORK. Aug. B.—After -4
4 James McCarthy had been ar- •«
4 rested early today on a charge -4
4 of highway robbery and $l6O ta- -4
4 ken irom his pocket nad been -4
4 counted out on the desk in the -4
4 Thirty-fifth street police sta- -4
♦ tion, the dapper prisoner sudden- -4
-*■ ly seized the money from the -4
♦ desk and made a dash for the -4
+■ street. He escaped the pursuit -4
♦ of a dozen policemen, but was -4
4 captured again a half hour la- -4
♦ ter as he sat on a doorstep -<
4 chuckling over his venture. -4
♦ -4
4 -4
♦ DISPERSED THE BEES, -4
♦ BUT BUMMED THE CROP. 4
♦ GENESEO, N. Y., Aug. B.—Rob- -4
♦ ert Hanna's hay crop is a total -4
♦ loss as the result of his success- -4
♦ ful effort to rcut a swarm of bees -4
4 from a small haycock. Hanna dis- -4
♦ covered the bees late yesterday -4
♦ and decided to disperse them with -4
♦ fire. All went well until the wind -4
♦ carried a spark to a wagonload of -4
♦ hay which was standing nearby. -4
♦ The horses dashed away, scatter- -4
♦ ing the burning grass until the -4
♦ whole field was ablaze. -4
♦ -4
♦ BAMBEMS SEEK EX.EVATZON -4
♦ OF POSITION IN SOCIETY <
♦ TO THAT OF A MERCHANT 4
-e ST. PAUL, Ayg. 9.—Elevation of 4
♦ the barber’s position in society to 4
♦ that of the level of the merchant 4
♦ is one of the prime objects of the 4
♦ meeting of the Barbers’ Supply 4
Dealers' association here. The pres- 4
ident of the association, Alfred 4
♦ Krank, says the barber is entitled 4
♦ to a more dignified social position 4
♦ than he now holds, and attempts 4
41 to remedy this condition are under 4
4 way. 4
4
♦ GIRL IN BOY CLOTkES 4
♦ MUN AWAY FROM HOME 4
♦ ■*
ta CANTON, Ohio, Aug. 9.—Lured 4
♦ by telling thrilling stories of two 4
boy tramps who came to this city 4
♦ several days ago after traveling 4
♦ all ovqt the country, riding freight 4
♦ trains and begging food. Miss Maud 4
Meyers, aged 16, of a well known 4
4- family of Jhis city has left, dressed 4
♦ in her brother’s clothes. 4
4- Howard Griffith, 18 and Leo Gris- 4
4- fifth, 15, are the boy tramps. 4
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2b; Harrison, Mississippi, 3b; Carter*
Oklahoma, ss; Driscoll, New York. Ifj
Murray, Massachusetts, cf, ana Hughesj
New Jersey, rs, with Heflin, Alabama;
Curley, Massachusetts, and viarrett, Ten-*
nessee. as substitutes.
The Republican twirler will be Repre*
sentative Kendall, of lowa, with Burkej
of Pennsylvania, ac catcher. In th*
field the Republicans will play Porter;
Pennsylvania, lb; Longworth, Ohio, 2b;
Pickett, lowa, 8b; Ames,
ss; LaFerty, Oregon, If; Jackson, Kan-*
sas, cf, and Woods, Ipwa, rs; Gergen. of
Wisconsin, the lone Socialist member of
the house, has spoken of as umpire.
our way through to avoid stepping on
them.
“The island is only two miles loni
and a mile wide. In the center of it is
a lagoon of about 200 acres. The rock* |
that shelve in this lagoon are thlcklJl
populated with a species of love bird. |
“We can fully verify the stories that
these strange birds have a peculiar
dance, which resemble the darky cate
walk. They clap their bills together
and waddle about with high-stepping an
tics, ducking their heads first under on*
wing, then under the other. All through
the dance they whistle and utter w*3irdl
sounds."
; BEEF FAMINE MAY
I COME WITH STRIKE
♦ LONDON, Aug. 9."lncreasing disorder,
yet progress looking toward peace, were
contrary features of the dock strike to
day. Collisions with the polce were fro- I
♦ quent. At the same time, the board of
4- trade is gradually composing the dilfer
-4 ences of employers and employes.
4- All attempts to move wagons loaded
4 with supplies of meat, fruit and pro-
4. visions, were stopped by strikers.
4 Dealers say unless the strike is set- ,
-v tied by tomorrow, there will be the woj-si
4 beef famine that this country has evert
known. Practically no business was done
4. on the corn exchange as the sellers were
4. unable to guarantee delivery.
I GEORGIANS MEET
X TAFT AT WHITE HOUSE
4. BY SMITH.
4 WASHINGTON, Aug. 9.—Congressmen!
4. Lee, Howard and Hughes carried a ptirty!
4. of Georgians to the White House this
4. morning to meet President Taft. Those
4. in the party were: ,
4 James B. Nevin, of the Rome Tribune-
4 Herald, and Cromwell Bryant, of Romes
4 John Y. Smith, Maj, J. H. Rinard and
4 Dr. C. H. Hall, of Atlanta; Charles Coun-t
4 cil and Mrs. Council, of Americus, and
4 Messrs. Singleton and Prough, of Lump
-4 kin, Stewart county.
4 President Taft expressed pleasure afi
4 meeting the Georgians.
I VARDAMAN OFICIALLY
; GETS 26,378 MAJORITY
* JACKSON, Miss., Aug. 9.—The Detno
cratic state executive committee met to
day, canvassed the returns and decls,red
results of the contest for state officers
In the primary on August 1.
James K. Vardaman's majority for ths
United States senate over Leroy Percy
and C. H. Alexander is 26,378.
Theodore G. Bilbo defeated both oppo
nents for lieutenant governor by a ma
jority of 24,455.
* A second primary for railroad commis
sioner was ordered for the Northern dls
trict. the candidates being W. R. Scotty
present incumbent, and W. R. Wilson, of
Corinth.
* CONTROVERSY MADE
DR. KIRKLAND DECLINE
4 NASHVILLE, Tenn., Aug. 9.—The pond
-♦ Ing controversy between Vanderbilt uni-' |
4 versity’s board of trust and the South-,
4 ern Methodist college of bishops con
+■ trolled Chancellor Kirkland in refusing!
4 the opportunity of heading the University
4 of Altbama.
4 The important issues soon to be decided,'
4 he says, are the outgrowth to some ex-
4 tent of ,his work. To aid in the prepe?
4 presentation of these matters he decided
4 not to sever his connection with Van- 1
4 derbllt.
: MUST SERVE SENTENCE
: FOR WIFE’S DEATH
CHARLOTTE, N. C., Aug. B.—A special from
Statesville. N. 0., this morning states that I
4 years in the state prf»x. ror the murder ofi |
4. Reuben Combs was sentenced there today tx> 30
, his wife. He confessed htat h n-iaoned her
on the night of May 25.
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