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VOL. XI
TAFT BROWS HOARSE
BUT COL. ROOSEVELT
CONTINUES TO SHOUT
President's Voice Grew So
Weak Saturday Night That
* He Could Only Speak a Very
Few Words
(By AasociatM Pr«a» )
DAYTON. Ohio. May 16.—“1 have al
ready iron the fight.” aaid Colonel
Roosevelt here last night. He dictated
this statement:
••The number of delegates necessary
to nominate is 539. Os the delegates
already ’elected without counting the
contested delegates I have more than
508. Of-the delegates yet to be elected
I am confident I will receive enough 1
to insure my nomination on the first
ballot'*
Colonel Roosevelt's claim was based
upon a table of delegates prepared by
his secretary. According to this cal - I
culation there are nearly 500 delegates
already elected and instructed for
Roosevelt. The table did not take into
consideration the chances of obtaining
delegates from Ohio or New Jersey.
A new broom was tied to the rear
platform of the Roosevelt special train.
Colonel Roosevelt began the second
day or his Ohio campaign in Elyria,
where he made a speech before brea*- i
fast at 6:4® o'clock and ended it at
Dayton tonight. He delivered 15
speeches during the day to large
crowds. / \
Taft’s Voice Weakened
’ By Strenuous Campaign
* By Associated Press.)
SANDUSKY. Ohio. May !<•—Mr. Taft
spoke, 13 times yesterday. Including his
night address here. He started out with
the handicap of hoarseness. He seemed
to conquer it for a time in the morning. ■
but later in the day it returned in worse
form than ever, and at several little
towns Mr. Taft could speak only for a
few minutes.
President Taft will not let up in his
attack upon Colonel Roosevelt as long
as he is in the campaign for renomina
tion.
No matter whether Mr. Roosevelt
ceases his personal attack on the presi
dent. Mr. Taft intends to keep up his
campaign of criticism of the ’ former
president. In a half dozen of the short
er speeches he made today, the third
day he has spent on his present tour of
his home state, Mr. Taft emphatically
declared it was not time now for Mr.
Roosevelt to preach tfie doctrine of “no
personalities.''
S “Havfng called Ms everything in the
dategory of bad names that are men
tioned in polite society, Mr. xtoosevelt
■ow wishes to indulge in less emphatic
expression,” said Mr. Taft at Bucyrus.
“We 11 ho continued, "I don't want
to bandy epithets with him, but I do
wish to meet his unfounded charges.
“Mr. Roosevelt is now going about
Ohio saying that he will not conde
scend to personalities with me," Mr. :
Taft shouted at Mansfield. “Having
applied to me every name in the calen
dar. and now coming back to Ohio, and
fearing its effects, he says, 'Let's have
no personalities.' I am here to answer
the charges that he is continuing to
make, although he does not roar so
loudly and does not use so many epi- .
theta.”
North Carolina G 0. P.
Gives Roosevelt Votes'
(By Aaeeeiatsd Preu.)
RALEIGH, N. May 15.—1 n a state
convention marked by bitter attacks
upon President Taft. North -Carolina's
four delegates at large and four alter
nates to the Chicago Republican con-1
vention were instructed Wednesday to
vote for Theodore Roosevelt, '“first,
last and all the time," so long as his
name is before the convention.
A declaration in favor of Roosevelt
by Isaac Meekins, one of the unin
structed district delegates from the
First district. makes certain for
Roosevelt 23 of the 2 4 state's votes in
the Chicago convention. Wheeler Mar
tin. the other uninstructed delegate
from the First district, was not bound
by the state convention's action.
MOREHEAD NOT OUSTED.
An attempt to depose John M. More
head, a Taft leader, from the chairman
ship of the state committee was de
feated after a prolonged fight. The
convention decided not to take up the
subject at present.
The delegates at large are: Dr. Cy- !
rue Thompson, Jacksonville; Thomas
E Owen. Clinton; Richmond Pearson,
Asheville: Zeb V. Walzer, Lexington.
The alternates: Thomas S. C. Reek, ,
Camden county; H. C. Caviness. Wilkes I
county; S. O. McGuire, Surrey county;
George Pritchard. Marshall county.
TAFT IS SCORED.
A resolution ((resented by Richmond
Pearson, former minister to Persia and
a Roosevelt leader in the state, adopt
ed amid great enthusiasm in the con- [
vention. declared President Taft with
drew ten North Carolina postofllce ap
pointtrents fr->m the senate March 17, {
for the apparent purpose of awarding
them “to the factional leader who shall
deliver the largest number of delegates
for Mr. Taft.”
“President Taft has underestimated ;
the pride and self-respect of the Re- I
—ablicans of North Carolina.” the reso- I
Tution continued, "in supposing that we .
would participate in a polttiQgi auction
whose object is to make merchandise
ofi men. We unhesitatingly repudiate, j
resent and rebuke the whole proceeding I
and all . parties thereto.”
The only Tafr man to address the
convention was Walter Henry, who said
E«= would support Roosevelt if nomi- j
x>«ted. His opening remarks that he
’stood here, 300 pounds for William
Howard Taft” sent the convention into
an uproar. Attacks upon Taft by
other speakers were cheered by the ,
convention, an were all relcrnces to
Colonel Roosezelt-
Dedicate Pythian Home !
(Special Dispatch to The Journal.*
MONTGOMERY. Ala.. May 10.—The
Knights of Pythias temple erected in
Montgomery at a cost of 3100.000 was
dedicated by the grand lodge at 12
o'clock Wednesday.
The grand lodge met in annual ses
sion at 9 o'clock and the dedicatory ex
orcises consumed a good part of tie
day. Seven hundred members of the
Kights of Pythias were here for the ox- '
ercises. Three hundred were official
representatives of the subordinate I
lodges.
The grand lodge will be in session (
thraa du.
♦ Dargan Hqads ♦
t Baptist Hosts t
♦ X *
♦ OKLAHOMA CITY. Okla., May ♦
♦ —The Southern Baptist con ven- ♦
♦ tion at its first meeting re-elected ♦
j ♦ Dr. E. C. Dargan, of Macon. Ga.. ♦
,♦ as president; Dr. Lansing Burrows, -o
l ♦ of Georgia, and Dr. Oliver F. Greg- ♦
♦ ory, of X'irginia as secretaries; ♦
♦ George W. Norton, of Kentucky, ♦
♦ Dr. W. J. Harvey, of Kentucky.as ♦
♦ auditors; Dr. J. P. Greene, of Mis- ♦
♦ souri; Charles A. Smith, of South ♦
♦ Carolina; J. Power* and Car- ♦
♦ ter Helm Jones, of Oklahoma City, ♦
o- were elected vice presidents. One -o-
♦ of the features of the opening ses- -o-
♦ sion was the presence of two In- ♦
♦ dian women on the floor among the ♦
♦ delegates. Mrs. Wind Goomado and ♦
♦ Mrs. Odletatre Hutt, another In- ♦
«- dian messenger to the convention ♦
♦ is Lint Ware, g deacon of Okla- ♦
♦ homa Indian church. ♦
cun union IDH
DECLME THE BIPTISTS
Southern Baptist Convention
Leaders Declare for Strong
Denominational Lines
BY REA’. ALEX W. BEALER.
OKLAHOMA CITY. Okla., May 16.
The Southern Baptist convention took a
shot this morning at the men who are
crying out for Christian union. This
they regard as an iridescent dream that
will never take place unless it cleaves
to the teaching of the Bible.
Dr. E. C. Dargan submitted a report
for the Baptist lesson • committee, in
which it was urged that this committee
be continued to put Baptist interpretation
upon the lessons. There was a strong
tendency on the part of the international
committee to break down denominational
lines. Baptists must see that this Is not
done. Dr. M. C. McConnell, of Texas,
•in discussing the work of the Sunday
school board in distributing Bibles, urged
that more be done along this line. The
Baptists had all to gain and nothing to
lose in the distribution of Bibles. Dr.
McConnell expected to live to see the
i time when there would be but three
Christian denominations—Baptists, Cath
olics and Federalists.
1 The first meeting of the Woman's
■ Missionary union was held this morn
ing in the First Presbyterian church.
They have had a great year as shown
by their reports made from headquar
ters. During the year the Women’s
Missionarys unions of the different
states had raised for missions the sum
of 3257.957. tln church and send out
to the missionaries at 3281,014.
The young women had raised the
sum of 320,831. The Sun Beam bands
had raised during ths year 313,861 and
the Royal Ambassadors had raised
31.057.
Dr. M. Ashby Jones, of Augusta,
created much enthusiasm In the con
vention by a strong attack on the prac
tice of the denominations papers pub
lishing patent medicine advertisements.
The speech came up on the report of
the committee on denominational liter
ature. The repore recommends the estab
lishment of a general paper published
'by the convention. Several had objected
to this proposition, but Dr. Jones favored
: it
He said he deplored the fact that many
of the Baptist papers published patent
medicine advertisements that • were
doubtful and many of them would not
be taken by any respectable secular paper
lln the country. The reason for this was
• that the editor needed the money. It had
come to 'the point that with the papers
and the preachers it was a case of “you
{tickle me and I tickle you;” the preach
ers were trying to be popular with the
t editors and the editors were trying to
be popular with the preacher.
He longed for an independent editor
and an independent preacher. The con
vention voted down the proposition to
establish a paper.
HOME MISSION BOARD.
‘“The report of the home mission
board was submited to the convention
soon after it convened. It shows that
it was authorized to lay out its work
on a basis of 3400,000. During the year
there was received the sum of 3366,050.
By making certain conditional appro
priations a debt wasc avoided. Twice
the sum that is appropriated by the
convention could be very wisely ex
pended.
MAN AND WIFE SHOT BY
NEW ORLEANS BLACK HAND
One Year Old Baby Asleep in
Same Bed Was Not Hurt
-by Bullets
(By Associated Press.)
NEW ORLEANS. May 16.—Another
crime in New Orleans early this morn
ing has been laid at the door of the
black hand society. Anthony J. Seim-
I bra, aged 27, who has been conducting
a grocery and bar at the corner of
Villere and France sireets, was shot
to death in his home at 2 o’clock this
morning and his wife received two dan-
■ gerous bullet wounds. The 1-year-old
, baby of the couple, who was asleep in
' the same bed with the parents when
the first shots were fired, was unin
‘jured
Setmbra and his wife were shot
while they lay in bed. The man jump
ed up and started to tne door when
four other shots rang out from the
darkness and he fell dead, three bullet
wounds piercing his chest. The wo
man, with two bullet wounds in her
hip and shoulder, rar to the window
and called for help. The assassin ran
without any effort to rob the place.
The police are working on cluek which
lead to the belief that the crime was
committed on orders of a secret societj’
•among Italians.
ARCHIEBUTT’S NAME NOW
ON ARMY “MISSING” LIST
WASHINGTON. May 16.—The name
of Maj. Archibald W. Butt, President
Tpft's aide, who went down with the
Titanic, has been formally dropped
I from the United Statps army roll. Or
dinarily 90 days are allowed to pass
I before the name of a missing officer
Ils stricken from the roll, but in the
case of Major Butt it was deemed use
less to follow custom.
ATLANTA, GEORGIA, FRIDAY. MA-Y 17. 1912.
I WILSON INDORSED
IN SOOTH CAROLINA
i| DY BIG MAJORITY
''Fourteen of 18 Delegates Are
N Wilson Men, Which Under
Unit Rule, Gives Solid Dele
gation to Jersey Governor
BY STAFF CORBESPONDEirr.
- ' (Journal Boreal, Jerome Hotel.)
■ | (Special Dispatch to The Journal.)
COLUMBIA. S. C„ May 16.—South
• I Carolina’s delegation of 18 members to
the national convention is in the Wood
row Wilson column. This is the com-
■ bined result of the action of the Demo
. cratic state convention here yesterday
and the expressed personal preference
of the majority of delegates selected
which the convenion selected.
By an overwhelming vote the candi
dacy of Wilson was indorsed, but with-
I out instructions, and the motion to in
| struct lacked only 14 votes of prevail
' j ing.
A poll of the 18 delegates last night
showed that 14 of them are out-and-out
Wilson men. This, coupled with the
| fact that the convention adopted the
unit rule for action of the delegation
on all matters at Baltimore, gives the
state's delegation to Wilson without
doubt or quibble.
NOTHING BUT WILSON.
It was nothing but Wilson through
out the convention which adjourned last
■ night at 2 a. m.
, 51. L. Smith, who led the fig'll! against
s instruction, declared himself to be for
i Wilson for first choice.
“I let no man surpass me in admiration
for XVoodrow Wilson,” was the preface
i to all the speeches, that were made
against instructions. It was solely on
' the ground of the expediency of waiting
the action of the Republican convention
{ i and further developments, ih the Demo
t ! cratic party, that instruction was re
. { fused.
The name of no other candidate re-
[ ceived or was put up to receive any sort
of recognition from the convention.
BANKHEAD FALLS FLAT.
The efforts of Senator J. H. Bankhead
[ .here in behalf of Underwood fell flat.
Though he came here in person and was
i busy about the hotel lobbies for a day
and a night, in the interest of calling
i presidential primary in this state at
i this late date, he could not stir enough
support to have it even mentioned in
the convention.
Nor is the successful opposition to in
struction to be attributed to him, but
on the contrary it was the result of a
movement that had its origin several
months ago and is attributable to the
influence of Senator B. R. Tillman, who
though favorable to Wilson, addressed a
card to the voters of the state against
instruction.
So far as is known Underwood has not
a supporter on the delegation. Those
who are not for Wilson are now without
choice.
The indorsement of Wilson was carried
by a vote of 241 to 97, while the resolution
to instruct was lost by a vote of only
178 to 16.'.
The four delegates at large are Sena
tor B. R. Tillman, Senator E. D. Smith.
. Richard I. Manning, of Sumter, and
John Gary Evans, of Spartanburg, for
mer jovemor. All of these except Sena
tor Tillman are enthusiastic Wilson men.
- DISTRICT DELEGATES.
The district delegates are as follows:
First District—Richard S. Whaley, of
Charleston county, and Carlton Durant,
: of Clarendon.
i Second District—W. W. Williams, Os
Aiken, and B. XV. Crouch, of Saluda.
Third District—E. C. Doyle, of Oconee,
i and H. L. XX’atson, of Greenwood.
Fourth District—L. W. Parker, of
i Greenville, and S. T. D. Lancaster, of
Spartanburg.
Fifth District—W. M. Dunlap, of York,
and J. L. Glenn, of Chester.
Sixth District—W. T. Bethea, of Dillon,
and S. A. Woods, of Marion.
Seventh District—W. A. Stuckey, of
Lee. and J. B. XVingard, of Lexington.
Os the foregoing 14 district delegates
the following 11 are for Wilson:
Williams.*Crouch, Doyle. XVatson, Par
ker, Lancaster, Dunlap, Glenn, Bethea,
Woods and XVlngard.
J. W. AUSTIN NAMED
HEAD OF
Atlanta Man Is Elected Grand
Chancellor of Georgia
Order
(By Associated Press.)
1 | AUGUSTA, Ga.. May 16.—The grand
lodge of Georgia Knights of Pythias to
day elected J. W. Austin, of Atlanta,
grand vice chancellor to succeed Gzan<?
Chancellor George T. Cann, of # Cavan
nah. The only office in which there
was a contest was for grand outei
guard and Mr George Schaufele, of Au
gusta, won this position over Mr. W.
T. Anderson, of Macon. Next year the
grand lodge will meet in Waycross.
It was decided to have a state deputy
grand chancellor at a salary of >1,500
per year to devote his entire to the
Knights of Pythias. He will assist the
district deputies and be a rejuvenating
officer also of lodges that are weak.
Following are the officers selected to
day:
Grand Chancellor —J. W. Austin, At
lanta.
Grand Vice Chancellor —Miller S.
Bell Milledgeville.
Prelate —11. M. Stanley, Dublin.
Grand Keeper of Records and eSals—
W. H. Leopold, Savannah.
Grand Master of Exchequer—R. C. |
Norman.
SAVANNAH POSTPONES
VOTE ON COMMISSION
(Special Dispatch to The Journal.!
SAVANNAH,-Ga , May 16.—1 tis now j
apparent that Savannah will not ba .e
an opoprtunity to decide upon the (nat
ter of a commission form of govern
ment for the city within the next year.
The idea of submitting the proposition !
. to the legislature to secure the passage
of an act authorizing an election and
change of government, if desired by
the people, has heen abandoned
This was done as it was realiz.'d that
time is not ripe to put It before the
people this year. The legislature meets
next month and unless it is submitted
at that time it will be a year before
another opportunity is offered. There
seems to be no Interest shown in the
matter in Savannah except by a few
persons. _ .
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OELEGATES FROM FULTON ,
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VICTOR-Y '
THE FLY IN THE OINTMENT
UNDERWOOD MAKES
AN OPEN DID FOR
SUPPORT OF NORTH
He Helps Pass Iniquitous
Bristow Amendment on Sen
atorial Elections —Southern
Democrats Oppose It
BY RALPB SMITH.
WASHINGTON, D. C., May 14—
Under the leadership of Rep. Oscar W.
Underwood, of Alabama, the house of
representatives yesterday did to the
south what no Republican congress
since 1892 has ever attempted to do.
It accepted the iniquitous Bristow
amendment to the resolution for the
direct election -. of United States sen
ators.
It conferred upon the federal gov
ernment an additional’authority, and
gave to it the right to use United
States marshals and Union soldiers to
supervise and control elections in the
south. The z amendment was finally ac
cepted by the surprising action of Ma
jority Leader Underwood in Joining the
solid Republican minority and northern
Democrats in ramming the objection
able provision down the throats of the
defenseless southern contingent. The
southerners are hopping mad today as
a result of yesterday’s work, and Mr.
Underwood is being roundly criticized
for his vote.
The Bristow amendment confers upon
the federal government the right to
control the elections of senators. Un
der it congress has the right to use
United States marshals and federal
troops to supervise the elections in the
south. It has the unquestioned right
to enact a force bill and to fix the
qualification of electors.
CAN PROTECT NEGRO VOTE.
In the stress of circumstances, it is
possible, as has been contended by
southern senators, for congress to re
sort to methods similar to those em
ployed in reconstruction days in the
south. Senator Bacon, of Georgia, led
the fight against the Bristow amend
ment ih the senate, and his protest was
commended universally throughout the
south.
WHERE UNDERWOOD STOOD.
Mr. Underwood not only defended
and voted for the Bristow’ amendment,
but he also spoke against Judge Bart
lett's amendment, providing that “con
gress shall not have power to provide
for the qualification of voters within
the various states, or to authorize the
appointment of supervisors of election,
judges of election or returning boards
to certify the results of any such elec
tions; nor to authorize the use of
United States marshals, or the military
forces of the United States or troop
of the United States at the polls dur
ing elections.’’
BROKE HIS PROMISE
51 r. Underwood spoke against and
voted against the amendment notwith
standing that he. had promised Judge
Bartlett to give the amendment his
support. Judge Bartlett answered 51 r.
Underwood's speech and charged him
with having broken faith. As the de
bate raged, Judge Bartlett, who had
yielded the floor, asked Mr. Underwood
privately if he had not. promised to
support his amendment to prevent the
government from using troops to super
vise elections in the south. Mr. Un
derwood admitted that he had made
such a promise, and added that he had
"changed his mind.” Juge Bartlett had
no notice of this "change of mind” un
til Mr. Underwood arose in his place
and announced his opposition to the
Bartlett amendment. That Mr. Under
wood's unexpected change of front on
the Bristow amendment, against which
he voted before he became a presiden
tial candidate, is a bid for support in
the north is the opinion of most per
sons in Washington. Color is given ‘
this belief by the announced determi
nation of the Underwood forces to press
his campaign in the north. \
MID BREMEN
GONTEN D Qffl COTTON
Bremen Exchange Resents "In
sinuation'’ and Savannah
Replies Tartly
(By Associated Press.)
SAVANNAH, Ga., 51ay 16.—Charg
ing that the system of fixing reclama
tions in Bremen upon cotton shipped
from Savannah is “unfair and unrea
{ sonable,” the Savannah cotton exchange
has entered a vigorous protest with
j the Bremen cotton exchange by cable,
i The first protest was cabled bn May 13
' and the next day the Bremen exchange
- replied that the “insinuation” was re
sented and that “occasional differences
, between arbitration awards and appeals
are explained by miserable off-ocolored
and mixed shipments made by the
\ members of your exchange.”
Wednesday Bierne Gordon, vice presi
. dent of the Savannah exchange, cabled:
SAVANNAH REPLIES.
“No insinuation intended. We pre
sent facts. Recently enormous differ
ences have appeared between the award
of your abritration committee, com
posed of paid disinterested experts, and
I the awards of the appeal committee,
which is composed of merchants and
■' importers.
"These differences 9ire not occasional
but common. Your explanation unsat
isfactory.”
No answer to this has yet been re
ceived from Bremen.
The trouble arose, as the local ex
change charges, and the added recla
mation awards made by this second
committee, after the first committee of
experts had made reclamation charges
in favor of the consignees in Europe to
make up for failure of the cotton to
come up to specifications.
It is- alleged that the loss to Georgia
cotton men alone in one season amounts
to several millions of dollars through
these added awards, which the local
exchange protests should not be made.
GAVE UP HIS BERTH;
NOW HE GETS SIOO,OOO
NEW HAVEN, Conn., May 16.—Ern
est W. Marlow, a young New York law
yer, y<ho gave up his berth in a crowd
ed Pullman to an elderly woman on a
train between New York and Richmond
several years ago, will receive nearly
>IOO,OOO for his kindness. The elderly
woman, Mrs. Helen Marsh, of this city,
made him her residuary legatee, and
the appraisal of the estate just filed
here specifies the amount which he will
get as >98,100.
WANTS’TO FIGHT FIRE
WITH AEROPLANE BOMBS
PERTH AMBOY, N. J., slay 16.—An
Interesting discussion of the practic
ability of using aeroplanes in fire-fight
ing occupies a considerable part of the
minutes of the twenty-sixth annual con
vention of the New Jersey Firemen’s
association held here last night. The
subject was brought up by 'John R.
O’Brien, statistician of the association,
who spoke of the advantages of having
automobile fire engines and added that
he would not be surprised to hear next
that aeroplanes were to be used as fire
fighters.
alabamaTaFraises
AMOUNT TO $40,569,905
(By Associated Press.)
BIRMINGHAM. Ala.. May 16,-Tax
raises in Jefferson county aggregating
>40.569.905 were announced by the state
tax conunissioner here today. Among
the most striking raises are the Tennes
see Coal. Iron and Railroad company,
which must pay on >19.693.653 increased
assessment; Woodward Iron company is
raise® >2,933.421; Republic Iron and Steel
$1,592,541 and Pratt Consolidated Coal
company, >1,418,060.
Many individual assessments are in the
same proportion and the action of the
state board has caused a genuine sen
sation. ,
CHRISTIAN X IS
PROCLAIMED NEW
KINGXDENMIBK
Shouts "Long Live the King"
Mingled With Sounds of Bells
Tolling for Death of Fred
erick VIII
I (By Associated Preae.)
COPENHAGEN, May 15.—Christian
X was proclaimed king of Denmark
from the balcony of the palace at 3
o'clock this afternoon in the presence
of a hunge crowd of people who had
gathered In the square in front of the
royal residence.
The reading of the proclamation was
hailed with a loud cheer. Throughout
the day the church bells of the city
have been tolling. At the palace many
telegrams of condolence from chiefs of
state have arrived, including one from
President Taft. The German imperor
is expected to attend the funerpl cere
mony.
Royal Sisters Mourn
King Frederick's Death
LONDON, May 15. —Queen Mother
Alexandra and the Dowager Empress
Marie, of Russia, both of whom are
sisters of the dead king Frederick, are
prostrated by the shock of his majes
ty’s death. The Dowager Empress
Marie is staying at slarlborough house
as the guest of her sister.
For the second time this year the
British court is plunged into mourning
and the social season just commencing
will be seriously affected.
The royal yacht Dannebrog escorted
by a warship, sailed for Lubeck, Ger
many, thia morning to embark the body
of the king.
Prince Harald, third son of the late
king, has left by train for Lubeck,
where he will receive the body which
is to be conveyed by train from Ham
burg.
The Dannebrog is expected to return
to Copenhagen Friday.
PROMINENT VISITORS
SEE VALDOSTA GROVES
(Special Dispatch to The Journal.)
VALDOSTA. Ga., May 16.—Valdosta
had two prominent visitors yesterday,
both of them being journalists in differ
ent lines, but both having the same ob
ject in view. L. C. Walters, of the
Netherlands, was here looking after the
pecan groves in this city and section.
He made some investments here. He
has alsq been down in Florida look
ing after some orange groves. After
spending a couple of days in Valdosta
he left for New Orleans to look into
the flood situation there and to see how
the levees along the Mississippi are ar
ranged. He is especially interested in
this on account of the Holland dikes,
which are used to reclaim Istnds in his
own country.
The other visitor was C. L. Pay ton,
publisher of the Chicago Daily Law
Record, the oldest newspaper in Chicago.
He Is also Interested in the develop
ment of south Georgia and has bought
property near Valdosta. He'was here
looking after his interest. He declared
that he is delighted with this section
and he believes that it is going to de
velop more rapidly than any other part
of the country.
Hudson to Soeak
(Special Dispatch to The Journal.)
EATONTON. Ga.. Maj’ 16.—T. G.
Hudson, former state agricultural com
missioner. and ’at present candidate for
gubernatorial honors, has been invited
and accepted the invitation to make
the closing school speech at Cosbj'
Wright academy, Putnam's youngest
school, established only a few months
ago, whose commencement exercises
take place Frldaj'.
WATSON IS NOT ONLY
TO HEAD DELEGATION
BUT RUN CONVENTION
To Name the Temporary and
Permanent Chairmen and to
See That No Caucuses Are
Held by "City Politicians"
Confident that his original demands
will be met and that he will head the
Georgia delegation to* the Baltimore'
convention, Thomas E. Watson now
greatlj’ amplifies these demands. It is
clearly apparent that he does not in
tend that his service in the recent Un
derwood campaign shall be in the least
minimized.
Mr. Watson proposes in this week’s
Jeffersonian to take full and due
charge of the state convention on May
29. He promises to name both the
temporary and permanent chairman,
and he announces that he and his fol- M
lowers will decide who are to be the
delegates to Baltimore.
Mr. Watson vigorously objects to
Gov. Woodrow Wilson beipg made the
second choice of the Georgia delegation
to the Baltimore convention. Edito
rially, he says: "Under no circum
stances should the delegation to Balti
more vote for XVoodrow Wilson or W.
J. Bryan. The convention should so
instruct them.”
WILL FIGHT CITY POLITICIANS. iii
It is not the intention of Mr. Watson /-
that "the city politicians who lost
their own counties” shall control th®
state convention. In fact, he expressly
and explicitly announces in capital let
ters, “We men of the country counties,
who won that fight, intend to run that
Atlanta convention.”
Apparently, Mr. Watson will permit
but scant consideration to be shown
Clarke Howell,- Rufe Hutchens, Gov- “
ernor Brown, Congressman William
Schley Howard, J. Randolph Anderson, ?
Charles R. Pendleton, Thomas Loy- *
less, W. W. Osborne, Alex Lawrence
and many others who have beex popu
larly supposed to be in • 'rgc of the
convention machinery.
For are they not city politicians who
lost their own counties?
Mr. Watson even declares that “tha
Fulton delegation may not be seated
at all.”
In this week’s issue of his paper (the
Jeffersonian), Mr. Watson issues his
new ultimatum. He says:
. CONFERENCE IS CALLED.
"My purpose is to hold a preliminary
conference with delegates from the
country counties, and such Atlanta
friends as are really my friends, per
sonal and political. .
"We must agree, upon a plan of
action.
"We must decide who shacll be terri
porary chairman of the convention, and
who shall be permanent chairman.
“A bunch of self-sufficient city poli
ticians, who lost their own 'counties,
are taking it upon themselves to say
who shall be the officers of that con
vention, and who shall be delegates to ’
Baltimore.
"The city politicians are entirely too’ A
presumfrtious.
"We men of the country counties,
who won that fight, intend to run that
Atlanta convention.
MAY NOT BE SEATED.
"The Fulton county delegation may
not be seated at all.
"Fulton county went for New Jer
sey's lantern-jawed governor; and if a
Wilson delegation, duly accredited, ap
pears and demands a seat, I, for one,
will take the floor in favor of it.
“This applies to Floyd Richmond,
Chatham, Bibb, Dooly, Putnam, Morgan
and every other county that went for » 1
Wilson.
"We are on top now and we must
straighten things out.
•'We must get back to common sense,
legal procedure, and democratic princi
pies.
"We must act in concert, and know •;
before hand what it is we’ want to do. ’
"To that end we must meet and con- i
fer.
"This Atlanta convention is going to
be an epoch maker.
"It won’t be any mollycoddle. Miss
Nancy, Sarah-Jane Libby affair.
"It is going to be red-headed from
start to finish, and when it ends, the
whole country from lakes to gulf and
from sea to sea will be sitting up and
taking observations.
"You may safely bet a sad-eyed
mule on that statement.” « *
SEES HIS BROTHER
FOR FIRST TIME
(Special Dispatch to The Journal.) I
FORSYTH, Ga... May 16—Last week
four brothers were brought together in
Forsyth for the first time in their lives.
Taking advantage of the reunion, these .
brothers had returned to Georgia and
meeting in Forsyth at the home of one
of them, Mr. J. A. Mattheys, they had
a genuine reuniting—the first family
gathering that they had ever attended.
Those assembling at the home of M <
J. A. Matthews here were Messrs. J.
W. Matthews, of Pine Bluff. Ark; R.
S. Matthews, of Memphis. Tenn., and
W. B. Matthews, of Lineville. Ark. ;
As strange as it may seem, this
meeting after the lapse of more, than
32 years, was the first time that the
two youngest brothers had ever seen
(he oldest
DALTON FIREMEN WILL
ATTEND CONVENTION
(Special Disnatch to The Journal »
DALTON, Ga.. May 16.—XVhile Dal
ton will not send a team to compete in
the various contests of the Georgia
State Firemen’s association wnlch will
be in convention at Americus June 25.
26 and 27, all local companies will bo
represented by delegates, and Chief
Frank Mitchell will also go. The com
panies have elected the following rep
resentatives:
Alert Hook and Ladder company. W. -
H. Perry, delegate; Don Howell, alter- U
nate; Central Hose company, G.
Horan, delegate; Dm Stone, alternate; -j
Mt. Rachel Hose company, S. A. Fisi- ’
ley. delegate; John Long, alternate.
MARIETTA VOTES BONDS
FOR BETTER SCHOOLS
(Special Dispatch to The Journal.) -
MARITTA. Ga.. May 16.—Marietta
passed the bond issue for >20.000 ven
ter lay. Its purpose is for building
and equipping a new public school. I'h®
vote was 303 for bonds and 8 against,
out of registration of 361.
NO. 69.
