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OEMO£fI«TIC CONTESTS
IFIE FEW MO PEACEFUL
Tranquility Reigns In Balti
more As National Conven
tion Approaches
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rWr AfoHttx* Press.)
BALTIMORE. June It.—Preliminary
to the meeting tomorrow of ths sr
rangernents committee to select tempo
rary officers of the Democratic nation
al convention, there «e« further dis
cussion today of the proposition to have
the presidential candidate who receiv
ed the second highest number of votes
on the final ballot accept the nomina
tion of vice-president. National Com
mitteeman Daniela of North Carolina.
Is Strongly urging this proposition to
his fellow committeemen.
"Os course all the presidential candi
dates say they would not accept second
place on the ticket, but what else could
! they do at this time," said Committee
man Daniels, who added that the make
up of the ticket from the geographical
standpoint would be satisfactorily
brought about by the adoption of the
proposition-
The headquarters of the various pres
idential candidates were in full swing
today and the rival camps issued hourly
claims of victory.
Secretary Woodson said that a 11 of
the contests received so far were quite
minor in character.
'•Al! in all. I don't believe there will
.be more than 40 seats contested." said
- Secretary Woodson, "and these repre
sent perhaps half a do sen delegations.
No one of them is serious.”
Lieut.-Gov. J. Taylor Ellison, of Vir
ginia, the national committeeman from
that state, says that the several candi
dates in the field will receive part of
the vo’e cast.
“Virginia will be satisfied with any
• good candidate.” said Mr. Ellison. "The
state has no candidate of its own.”
OWEN ANNOUNCES
:: FOR SOLICITORS JOB
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£ » Special Dispatch to The Journal ) -
* BARNESVILLE. Ga.. June 19.—Hoh.
E. M. Owen, of Zebulon, today formal
ly announces as a candidate for so-1
R Heitor general of the Flint circuit In |
the August primarj." He will be op-|
posed by Col. E- M| Smith, of McDon
ough, who has already made formal
announcement..,,while <'oL r W E. Wat
kins, of Jackses, and Par
I sons.* of ForsyUw. are bong discusMd,
» as. pttobable eaffdWnlre*.
Colonel Owen Is a successful attor
ney and is now solicitor'of the city
court of Zebulon. He is a fine cam-
F paigner and states that he will make
an active campaign. He is widely
known over the circuit and throughout
the state, having several times repre
sented Pike county in the legislature.
The Flint circuit is composed of Pike,
f Monroe. Upson. Spalding. Payette.
Henry and Butts of which
Judge Robert T. Daniel, of Griffin, is
tM Judge. Solicitor General J. W. Wise
of jrayetteville. the present incumbent,
is not a candidate for re-election, as
he ia now in the race for congress
from the Sixth district, his term as so
licitor expiring with the close of this
year.
THINKS HE’S A ROOSTER
AND BEGINS TO CROWj
TMt G. Bowen, of 507 Elmpsow
t street, held at police headquarters.”
charge.! with stabbing Charles Butner
last Saturday night in a delicatessen
at 19 Viaduct place, is losing his mind, |
Is the opinion of Prison Physician Mar- .
r tin, according to a statement made by •
him Wednesday morning after his usual i
L visit to the cages.
I He said the prisoner has suddenly i
become morose and imagines Chief,
Beavers and other officers are locked
up and want to get out. While his,
. wife bad net paid her daily visit Wed- :
nesday. Dr. Martin said the man in
sisted he heard her crying outside be
cause they would not let her in.
Wednesday afternoon Bowen became
convinced that he was a rooster, and
he the barracks sound like a
| *bnrnyord
BARONESS IS HERE
TO SPEAK FOR PEACE
(By Auocistat Prase.) .
NBW YORK. June It.—The Baroness
Bertha Von Suter, who has been presi
dent of the Austrian Peace society for
ngore than » year*, is here from Europe
on her way to San Francisco to address
the Conference of Women’s Clubs of
America She intends, to remain tn the
United States until autumn.
The baroness is credited with having
Inspired Nobel to offer his peace prise,
which later was awarded to her. the
K only woman who has ever received the
honor She is also credited with having
t Inspired the emperor of Russia to oall
OUTDOOR LIFE
Will Not Offset 111 Effects of
Qoffee and Tea When One
Cannot Digest Them
m A fknner says:
“For ten years or more 1 suffered
from dyspepsia and stomach trouble,
caused by the use of coffee. (Tea con
tains caffeine, the same drug found in
‘ coffee) until I got so bad I had to give
I up coffee entirely and almost give up
eating. There were times when I could
eat only boiled milk and bread: and
'when I went to the field to work I
» had to take some bread and butter
|| along to give me strength.
”1 doctored steady and took almost
| everything I could get for my stomach
In the way of medicine but If I got any
, , better it only lasted a little while. I
was almost a walking skeleton.
“One day I read an ad for Postum
and told my wife I would try it. and
as to the following facts I will make
affidavit before any judge:
“I quit coffee entirely and used Fos
r turn in its ptace. 1 have regained my
health entirely and can eat anything
E that is cooked to eat. I have increased
r weight until now I weigh more than
ever did. I have not taken any rnedi-
I cine for my stomach since 1 began us
ing Postum
“ "My family would stick to coffee at
first, but they saw the effects it had
on me and when they were feeling bad
they began to use Postum. one at a
time, until now we all use Postum.”
Name given by Postum Co.. Battle
Creek. Mich.
Ten days’ trial of Postum in place of
• coffee proves the truth, an easy and
■ pleasant way. k
Read the little book. ’The Road to
Wellville.” in pkgs. "There’s a rea
toon ”
Ever read the above letter?
A new one appears from time
to time. They are genpuine.
[rue, and full of human in
terest.
“WE ARE SORRY FOR THE ELEPHANT”
DECLARE THE ROOSEVELT LEADERS
WHILE THEY SHARPEN THEIR AXES
(IT GBOBOZ PITCH.)
(Copyright, 1111, The Associated News
papers.)
CHICAGO. June I|._After a day not
exceeded in excitement in Chicago since
the town got overheated in the fall of
1171, the national Republican conven
tion Is reedy to be touched off. and a
great nation which has had nothing in
particular to detract its attention from
baseball since the big gun fight at
Santiago is on tiptoe with its fingers
on its ears waiting for the blast.
Nover was there more worrisome wait
ing for those who dote on worry. We
are a well-balanced people who take
our politics whoopfully but not deeply.
Hitherto we have been able to call each
other hyenas and bandits until the vote
came, and to go home arm in arm af
terward. But there are those who pro
fess to fear that when the 1,078 dele
gates and their loving friends begin
to talk things over in the Coliseum
today, assisted by fists and chair legs,
they are likely to start a crevasse in
the republic with their fooling.
"PRESERVE THE REPUBLIC.”
Most of this talk comes out of the
Taft headquarters, where “preserve the
republic” shines in electric letters and
strong, earnest men who are quite sure
the said republic cannot run without
their assistance and are asking anx
iously if the lifeboats on the ship of
state are in good order. The distress
of the Taft men over the peril of the
republic would be pitiable if it were
not maintained with such absolute con
fidence that Taft will be nominated on
the first ballot. Calmness and terror
are being used in equal doses in their
i arguments, and it is no uncommon thing
ito see an earnest worker trying to
shudder nervously and predict jubilantly
iat the same time.
SORRY FOR THE ELEPHANT.
In the Roosevelt headquarters nobody
seems to care about the republic. They
are heartlessly indifferent to the poor
thing. It will have to get out of tM
way today as best it can. They feel
thatarepublic which stood Andrew Jack
son, was shot at for four years and went
through the Hayes-Tilden pandemonium
without a wobble, ought to be able to
keep out from underfoot during a polit
ical sbnifybrook. But they are not so
confident about th* elephant. The
health of the elephant is the cause of
deep but cheerful concern. It seems to
be the general opinion that shortly af
ter th* convention begins, the elephant
will part behind the forequarters with
a vloieeiee that will permanently im
pair tHA.j>oor beast. { AM the Roosevelts
feel »orry for the elephant. "Isn’t it
a shame the poor beast must die so
yotftiß? Let me have one of ‘ those
axes,” seems to be the general senti
ment.
There is a third great cause of worry
which contributed to the general nerv
ousness all day yesterday. This worry
was Indulged In by the committee peo
ple who poured through the Chicago
Congress hotel all day in a never-ending
mob that jammed the halls and made
Statesmen work like halfbacks to es
cape from |he rooms. It was a legitilnate’,
worry, too. Bow is everybody going to
get into the Coliseum? There is no use
of laughing about this worry. It is go
ing to mean woe for about 50,000 people
who haven’t connected with a ticket yet.
Getting into the convention is a game
in Chicago, and there are men who
boast that they have never failed.
But yesterday, the men were wandering
about white-browed and desperate. Evflfy
time-honored means has failed. There
.does not seem to be a leak. Fifteen thqu-.
saQfl ?peqgfe 'tore going to get in and
- '3DE -uie-%oing to be ladies who could
OD 1 rtpublic if they had to. Ask one
of the 50,000 what he thinks about the
convention system, and he will make He
ney’s remarks on the contest committee
sound like gentle dove coos.
On the eve of the battle there is cheer
ful resignation and sweet confidence in
both camps. The warriors are sleeping
on their arms to say nothing of other
furnitures. The batteries are in posi
tion.
The armor penetrating speeches are in
the magazines, the sappers and miners
have their substitute motion and viva
voice votes ready. It will be fight from
from the drop of the hat. There will be
no preliminary bouts, no skirmish line,
no dress parade before the bombard
ment.
In two hours after the opening of the
convention one side is going to get con
trol. The weary 50.000 on the outside
will be able to tell which side this is
by the sight of the opposition emerging
through the’ windows and doors. This
is not going to be a convention, but a
collision. In this reckless nation peo
ple travel hundreds of miles to see two
locomotives loosed upon each other and
a clear track, but they are coming from
thoniahdg of miles to witness the mad
and determined Roosevelt delegates hurl
themselves upon the firm and defiant Taft
cohorts. And if the several hundred po
lice who are going to be standing around
do not get overworked, a lot of spec
tators are going to be frankly disap
pointed.
BIG DAY FOR ROOSEVELT.
If there is any such things as psyco
logical influence at a political conven
tion then yesterday was a big day for
Roosevelt. It is wonderful how this man
dispels apathy and ennui. When he ar
rived Saturday evening there was plenty
of Hl feeling and Indignation, but no one
was spoiling his lungs over it. Inside of
10 minutes afterward the Congress hotel
had become a roaring crater. All day
yesterday mobs of men t ought their way
through the lobbies and halls singing,
yelling and cheering. There was a pa
rade every five minutes outside the hotel.
For three blocks on each side progress
was impossible.
No less than a score of new Roose
velt songs were introduced with great
success to the hard-working piano in
the headquarters. The colonel held a
dozen receptions and shook 10,000
hands. He journeyed hither and yon
like a torch setting off July fireworks.
You could locate him at any time by
the concussion. And last night when
he acted as choir master for 7,000 roar
ing people inside the auditorium and
twice as many hammered and howled
for admittance outside, it was freely
admitted by all that the atmosphere
was getting pretty thickly charged with
Roosevelt.
TAFT'S COME-BACK.
Against this attraction the Taft head
quarters Imported yesterday at vast ex
pense Henry and Charles Taft and the
Blaine marching club, all the way from
Cincinnati. They arrived with a brave
racket in the morning and after as
sembling in the gold room the Glee
club sang sweetly and J. Wesley Hill
attempted to produce a holocaust of
enthusiasm with a "whither are- we
drifting speech.” It would have suc
ceeded had not most of those present
been Roosevelt men. They took up the
argument, which Irritated Mr. Hill and
caused him to refer to those present in
scathing terms. This caused further
enthuaasm on the floor and as every
one got busy discussing the questions
of the day among themselves, Mr. Hill
resigned in favor of the glee club and
another devastating stampede was
averted.
The Taft men frankly admit that
they cannot equal the Roosevelt noise.
“We have the votes," they still de
clare. "And if the other side wants
to out yell us, that is their affair. We
would not deny them this small com
fom.” In the meanwhile the physieolog
ical influence continues to get An Its
THE ATLANTA SEMI-WEEKLY JOURNAL, ATLANTA, GA., FRIDAY, JUNE 21, 1912.
deadly work. The dek t«tea are very
human. They not onl" have feet of
clay, but some of them nave heads of
mud and rubber backbones.'. A lot of
them would have to produce reference
before they would be hired, on sight,
in a livery barn. They have been
swayed all their lives by one thing and
another and they are being swayed
now. A man who just missed being
United Stateq senator, took a turn
through the mesa on Friday morning
and as ho emerged from the Congress
hotel at noon he mopped his brow and
spoke regretfully to an acquaintance.
"If I hid realized this sentiment
last year I would have been senator
now,” he said.
When men of this stripe feel them
selves tuning up to the vibrations,
what can be expected* of a southern
delegate who wishes he had an ele
phant’s ear so that it would cover more
ground? All day yesterday these dele
gates kept trickling Roose veltwards.
And as a mighty shout went up over
the arrival of each newly converted del
egate, the vibrations beat with increas
ing strength on the thoughtful and
wabbly rumor. The Roosevelt men
were jubilant last night while the Taft
men, with their backs to the wall, were
as calm as ever. But they were feel
ing apprehensively of the wall now and
then.
MUCH ARSENIC FOUND
IN LINDLOFPS LIVER
(By Associated Frau.)
CHICAGO, June 19.—Arsenic in large
quantities has been found in the liver
of Arthur Llndloff, whose mother, Mrs.
Louise Llndloff, is under arrest in con
nection with his death, according to a
report submitted to Coroner Hoffman
today.
After receiving the report the coroner
obtained an order for the exhumation
of the bodies of William Llndloff and
Alrpa Llndloff, husband and daughter,
respectively, of the accused woman.
Mrs. Llndloff’s arrest followed the
sudden death of her son on June 13.
Five deaths that have occurred in her
family in the three years are to be in
vestigated. All of the persons ware in
sured in her favor, it is alleged.
BIG PROPERTY DEALS
ARE MADE AT AMERICUS
(Special Dispatch to The Journal.)
AMERICUS, Ga., June 19.—Two hun
dred thousand dollars approximately was
the estimated valuation of property sold
this morning in the transfer of an un
divided half interest in the extensive
manufacturing plant of the Americus Oil
company from E. L. Bell, to Robert L.
McMath.
This property Is worth considerably
more than 8100,000, being one of the most
modern cotton seed oil manufacturing
plants in southwestern Georgia. Follow
ing this transaction Mr. Bell purchased
thq McMath interest in a 1.000-abre Plan
tation in Lee county, valued at SIOO/090,
thus acquiring possession of the entire
property, having owned a half interest
already.
TWO BOYS KILLED
BY ELECTRIC WIRE
(By Associated Preu.) $
NEW YORK, June- 19.—Ten-yeangld
■Bammie Bolles climben.up Kith
ste& tower which supports elotrtrlc wires
at Brentwood, L. 1.,-thte-yesterday as
a Mtunt” to show off. before*, his com
rades. After reaching the top his ap
plauding playmates saw him grasp one
of the wires. In an Instant the current
had twisted his body over onto the entire
string of wires and his clothes were set
on fire.
George Wil Hams, a farm hand, who
was working nearby, climbed up and
tried to pull the lad down by his dang
ling foot. He also died.
FRANK M. BERRY IS
ELECTED A SENATOR
A substantial honor has been con
ferred upon Frank M. Berry, one of
the popular paying tellers at the
Fourth National bank. Mr. Berry has
been elected representative from Geor
gia on the executive board of the Na
tional Union Insurance company. This
board is known as the National Union
senate and its members are termed
senators. Thue Mr. Berry is now a
senator.
JUDGE HODGES MAKES
ANNOUNCEMENT FOR RACE
(Special Dispatch to The Journal.)
MACON, Ga., June 19.—Judge Robert
Hodges, of the city court, has made his
formal announcement as candidate for
judge of the superior court at the com
ing primary in August.
Since he has made his formal an
nouncement, supporters of Judge Nat E.
Harris, the present incumbent, and So
licitor H. A. Matthews are hard at work
among the voters.
1,000,000 WORDS WIRED
FROM CHICAGO TUESDAY
(By AMoeUted Press.)
CHICAGO, June 19.—Figures compiled
by the telegraph companies here today
show that all records for outgoing dis
patches were broken yesterday, the open
ing day of the Republican national con
vention. It was said that approximately
1,000,000 words were handled.
Chapman Is Named
MACON, Ga., June 19.—After being
unanimously elected superintendent of
the Bibb county public schools for the
sixth consecutive time. Prof. C. B. Chap
man tendered his resignation as superin
tendent, but was Immediately offered the
principalship of the Macon High schools,
which he accepted. During the five-year
administration of Professor Chapman,
the Macon schools have made rapid
progress and increased annually in at
tendance.
Goad Is Sentenced
DALTON, Ga., 'June 19.—Spencer
Goad, one of the two young men al
leged to have made murderous assault
upon ex-Policeman Harden without
provocation, has surrendered to the of
ficers and is now serving a 20-day sen
tence on the streets.
After completing the sentence given
for disorderly conduct, he will face the
charge of assault with intent to mur
der in the superior court. Ex Vining,
his companion, has not yet been appre
hended.
Cummins’ Claims
(By Associated Press.)
CHICAGO, June 19.'—Senator W. S.
Kenyon, of lowa, and other supporters
of Senator Cummins for the nomina
tion. predicted last night that their
candidate would have 160 votes on the
second ballot.
Senator Kenyon made the assertion
after numerous conferences with lead
ers of other delegations, but he issueo
no statement.
GOOD ROADS CONVENTION
TO BE HELD IN ATHENS
Program for Meeting on June
24-25 Will Include Prom
inent Leaders
(Special Dispatch to The Journal.)
AUGUSTA. Ga., June 18.—Judge
William F. Eee, president of the Good
Roads’ association of Georgia, has an
nounced the program for the annual
convention of the organization which
i& to be held in Athens on June 24
and 25. The association is composed
of the coad commissioners of all the
counties of Georgia and is doing much
to foster good roads movements in
Georgia.
Addresses will be delivered by Chan
cellor David C. Barrow, of the Uni
versity of Georgia, and President K.
G. Mathewson, of the Georgia School
of Technology. Professors Strong and
Kock, of the engineering department
of the university, will also make talks.
Prof. T. P. Branch, of the Georgia
Tech faculty is scheduled to make an
address.
Mr. L. W. Page, director of roads
of the United States, is on the program
for an address, while Hon. Joseph i .
Gray, state railroad commissioner, has
accepted an invitation to make a talk.
Others who will make talks are Mr.
T. E. Patterson, of the state prison
board; Mr. S. W. McCallie, state ge
ologist; Chairman Harry Hodgson, of
the board of commissioners of Clark
county; Hon R. T. Dußose. member of
the legislature from Clark; Hon. Archi
bald Blackshear, representative from
Richmond, and Hon. J. H. Merrill,
representative from Thomas county in
the legislature.
The convention will , discuss the
movement to have, a state highway
commission and a resolution will be
passed requesting the railroad commis
sion of Georgia to allow the railroads
in this state to haul road material anfl
road machinery at a reduced rate. This
system is in vogue in Louisiana, Vir
ginia and other states,.
A resolution will also be passed in all
probability, endorsing the movement
which several universities have al
ready started, notably Columbia and
Georgia, to have chairs of highway im
provement. Already it is said that
Georgia Tech Is to have such a chair
and efforts will be made to have them
in all of the leadlpg universities and
technical schools. A large attendance
is expected at the good roads conven
tion. Seventy weris represent
ed last year at the meeting in Albany.
MORE POSTAL SAVINGS
BANKS FOR GEORGIA
Special Dispatch t<|iTi»e .Journal.)
WASHINGTON, June 18.—The fol
lowing fourth-class postmasters in
Georgia will be made postal savings
depositories on August 1:
Auburn, Bogart, Bostwick, Bowdon,
Bowman, Braselton, Brooks, Buchanan,
Buckhead, Bullochvill*, Canon, Carlton,
Cartersville, Colbert, Concord, Craw
ford, Culloden, Dacula, Danielsville,
-Defrlng, Devereux. Difcuth, Ellenwoodj
Flovilla, Gay, Gtbson, Gray, Grayson,,
Haddock, Hampton, Hapeville, Hiram,
Hoschton, Jenkinsburg, Jonesboro, Lex
ington, Liburn, Lincojnton, Luthers
ville. Mansfield, Maxeys, Meansville,
Milner, Mitchell, Molena, eNborn, Ndr
wood, Odessadale, Palmetto, Pender
grass, Riverdale, Roberta, Roswell,
Rutledge, Shady Dale. Sharon, Sharps
burg, Smyrna, Ste'Wkfns, *'j3tockbridge,
Suwanee, Temple, Timall, Turin, White
Plains. Whitesburg, Woodville, Yates
ville, Zebulon.
The postofflee at Jonesboro, Ga., will
be advanced from fourth-class to the
grade of presidential July 1. The sal
ary of the postmaster will thereafter
be SI,OOO a year. :
WOMEN ARE PLANNING
TO CLEAN UP MACON
(Special Dispatch tb The Journal,)
MACON, Ga., June 18.—At the Instance
of E. G. Routzhan, famous lecturer and
head of the Anti-Tuberculosis society,
who is in Macon holding publio meet
ings for the purpose of discussing the
.important need of a clean city, the wom
en of the city are co-operating with a
committee of leading citizens in follow
ing out instructions given by the leader
of the great society for the purpose of
helping the sanitary condition of Ma
con.
While the city at present is one of
the cleanest of its Mze tn the south, it
was suggested that improvement could
be made yet, and those who desired to
do everything possible for Macon, im
mediately took a hand. The physicians
of the city have also given instructions
pn the prevention qf the spread of the
dreadful disease. The civic club is now
the largest it has been in years, and
will doubtless prove a blessing in mak
ing this a city beautiful.
Women Discuss Missions
(Special Dispatch to The Journal.)
COLUMBUS, Ga., June 18.—The Wom
an’s Missionary conference of the Co
lumbus district, south Georgia confer
ence, which has been in session at Shi
loh, Ga., since Thursday night of last
week, came to a close lat night. Mr.
George W. Matthews, president of the
State Woman’s Missionary society, pre
sided over the session, which proved to
be a success in every way, the attend
ance being quite large and interest man
ifested great. Rev. Dr. T. B. Stanford,
presiding elder of the Columbus district,
preached the annual sermon.
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IN ROUGH AND TUMBLE FIGHT
COL ROOSEVELT IS NO LADY
BT GEOBGE FITCH.
(Copyright, 1912, the Associated News
papers.)
CHICAGO, June 17.—Sunday was
theoretically and constructively a quiet
day around the political crater of the
United States, located at present in
the Congress hotel. It was the lull
before the storm. The brass ba,nds
died away also completely. No fea
tures were dented in the corridors dur
ing the discussion. There were infor
mal speeches in the Moose pen, -for
merly the Florentine room, where the
Roosevelt delegates gathered, but they
were mild in type—almost disappoint
ing. Any man who spoke could have
eaten his words without burning out|
his digestive organs.
Viewed with the practiced eye. the
situation on the eve of the most re
markable political convention we have
had since Garfield’s nomination is as
follows:
THE SITUATION TODAY.
The preliminaries are over. The
delegates have been apportioned or
grabbed, depending on the way you
look at it. and each candidate, with
his arms full of said delegates, is
glaring somewhat breathlessly at the
other’s pile. Try holding 540 eggs in
your arms, with some other fellow jog
ging your elbow, and you will be able
to appreciate the full intricacies of the
job.
President Taft, who has a larger
reach anyway and has had some one to
help him pile, has 570 delegates in his
arms—that is, he had the last time he
counted them. They reach up over his
chin and he is using every finger and
both elbows to retain them. He has
been picking them off of Colonel Roose
velt’s pile until he can’t see over the
top of the bunch and it wabbles like
thunder.
Now and then this fellow Roosevelt
makes an ill-bred grab and picks off
one from under his arm. Now and
then one slips down between his wrist
and waistband. Now and then he shifts
the whole load cautiously over into one
CANDIDATES ARE BUSY
IN SOLICITOR’S RACE
(Special Dispatch to The Journal.)
COLUMBUS, Ga., June 18.—An inter
esting race for solicitor general of the
Chattahooche circuit has developed be
tween the present incumbent, Hon.
George C. Pa,lmer and Hon. Frank C.
McLaughlin, Both are ardent advocates
of the abolition of the fee system of
.compensating officers in the state, and.
are making this question an issue, Mc-
Laughlin contending that Palmer only
took up the idea after he (McLaughlin)
had declared for its abolition. The contest
has become quite .spirited and the out
come will be eagerly awaited.
Judge S. Price Gilbert, of the superior
court of the circuit, is in the race for
re-election. He has no opposition, so far,
although the friends of City Recorder
E. J. Wynn are urging him to enter the
race.
SMALL VOTE CAST
IN MAINE PRIMARIES
(By A»»ocUted Press.)
PORTLAND, Me., June 18.—More
than half the vote polled at the last
general election was cast yesterday at
the first general primary in - Maine.
On the Republican side, Edwin C. Bur
leigh, former member of. congress, was
given a plurality of about 5,000 over
his opponent for United States senator
and for governor, William T. Haines
was victorious. \
There was no contest for the Demo
cratic nominations, the votes going to
Governor Plalsted and Senator Obediah
Gardner for re-election.
Watermelons Arrive
(Special Dispatch to The Journal.)
MOULTRIE, Ga., June 18. —The first
carload of watermelons in this sec
tion was loaded at Oak Lawn, on the
Georgia railroad, yesterday and this
morning. The melons are large and lus
cious and are expected to bring a good
price on the New York markets where
they are shipped. The cantaloupes in'
this section will be loaded soon, and
Mayo & Newsome, who have some 30
acres planted in them, will begin to
load by Thursday.
Cantaloupes Moving
(Special Dispatch to The Journal.)
VALDOSTA, Ga„ June 18.—-Canta
loupe shipments are moving forward in
a hurry at the present time. The first
carload was shipped from here by Ham
Brothers last Friday and since then
one-half dozen cars have been shipped
and many others are on the sidetracks
ready for shipment. Cantaloupes are
about one week later than was expected
some time ago, due to the recent rains
which caused of the cantaloupes
that were ripening to 1 rot.
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pile, where he picks up a handful. It
is promoting a lot of hard feelings on
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ROOSEVELT NO LADY.
Roosevelt has threatened to kick
Taft's whole pile into the air If there
are any more grabbings and every one
knows that he will do it, for when it
comes to politics he is no lady. It is
very distressing to every one, but Sen
ator Cummins, of lowa, has been
standing under the two rivals for the
past three days with an apron and ex
horting them In loud tones to fight on.
Sunday developed one great source
of worry to President Taft. His bru
nette eggs began to fall over his fore
arms with alarming rapidity. While he
was making an unostentatious and ten
tative reach for a few Illinois votes
on the preliminary skirmishes an en
tire Black Minorca setting from Geor
gia and Mississippi slid overboard with
a great crash and the colonel deftly
gathered them up. The loss has not
been tabulated, but it was close to fif
teen. The dark eggs are awfully hard
to hold. Make a noise like a majority
in the distance and they will roll off
in spite of everything. A speckled egg
fell yesterday when Timothy Wood
ruff. of New York, pushed his historic
polkadotted vest into the Roosevelt
camp and declared in no uncertain
tones that the appropriation of Texas
by the Taftites has made the recording
angel yell for a barrel of tar and a
marking brush.
All of these events have made the
situation very critical. Mr. Taft’s sup
porters are talking of putting up unit
rule sideboards in order to save the
rest of his dark eggs, and Mr. Roose
velt, who keeps most of h’s eggs safe
in his pocket anyway, is preparing to
grab more seriously than ever tomor
row.
It is messing up the convention
frightfully and there is a distinct smelt
of hydrogen disulphide in the conven
tion.
“SWAT THE VAGRANT,”
IS MOULTRIE’S CRUSADE
(Special Dispatch to The Journal.)
MOULTRIE, Ga.. June 18.—Following
in the footsteps of other cities. Moul
trie has begun a "swat the vagrant”
crusade, and Mayor W. C. 'V ereen and
Recorder George R. Kline have issued
orders to Chief of Police Ed Williams
to round the loafers and idlers up, and
they will see that the streets are im
proved by those who will not work even
if given a chance.
Paving Bids Opened
(Special Dispatch to The Journal.)
CEDARTOWN, Ga., June 19.—Bids
were opened here Monday for paving
Main street from the city hall to the
Right house and awarded to the West
Construction company, of Chattanooga.
Tenn., for $1 39 per square yard for
sheet asphalt on present macadam
foundation, with grautiod gutters. Also
all necessary storm sewers to the same
company. The work is to be begun
"right away and be finished by Septem
ber 30.
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CUBAN FEOEMLS IRE
JCCUSED OF ATROCITIES
They Are Burning Houses and
Outraging Women, Declares
General Estenoz
(By Associated Press.)
SANTIAGO, Cuba. June 18.— Robb E.
Holaday, United States consul here, re
ceived a letter today from General Es
tenoz, the rebel leader, protesting in
the name of humanity against the con
duct of the government troops. He says
that at Ramon de las Yaguas, a suburb
of El Caney, four miles to the north
east of Santiago, the government troops
burned 120 houses belonging to ne
groes who were totally unconcerned in
the revolution.
At the same place they killed a father
and his two children, both under ten,
and maltreated a number of young girls.
General Estenoz requests the United
States to send a representative to the
scene of military' operations, when he
will give abundant proof of the truth
of his charges against the government
troops.
Estenoz says that under no circum
stances will he come to any understand
ing with the present Cuban government,
as he has no faith in it. He continues
that General Monteagudo, the com
mander-in-chief of the government
troops, intends to order a few of his
men to burn American property for the
purpose of exciting the animosity of
Americans against the revolutionists.
General Estenoz declares the rebels will
never lay down their arms until they
have accomplished the object for which
they took them up and which is the
recognition of the independent party of
color.
He says the United States govern
ment was the first to recognize the
party during the last Intervention, and
therefore he feels sure the United States
will not permit the Cuban government
to persecute his race. He declares that
If the atrocities of the government
troops continue, he will be compelled,
much against his will, to start a real
race war, although he originally had
no such intention.- The conviction is
becoming general here that only inter
vention can secure -the peace of the
country, especially in the province of
Orlente, where the negroes enormously
outnumber the whites.
TIRED OF LIVING, ENDS
LIFE WITH BULLET
(Special Dispatch to The Journal.)
MACON, Ga., June 18.—Henry George,
aged 82 years, was found dead in his
room on Fourth street, late yesterday
afternoon by relatives. A loaded revolver
with one empty shell and a brief note
lying beside him explained that Ms death
was suicide. The note read: "I am tired
of living and prefer death.”
Up until three months ago he was
a bicycle officer for the city, but be
cause of falling health, he resigned from
the force. He was well known about the
city, having lived here all his life. Until
he accepted a position with the city he
was a farmer. He was a married man,
but leaves no relatives except his wife,
father and several brothers.