PROTESTANTS TH HEM
KNIEHTS GOLIHIS OATHS
Committee Is Named to Com
pare Pledges With Those
Printed by Watson
AUGUSTA. Ga.. Aug. 30.- Following
the issuance at * cart by Thomas E.
Watson in which he MF that he attack
ed Railroad Commissioner Joseph F.
Gray in AUartfa last week because Gray
was a Knfght of Columbus and bad been
instrumental tn Watson’s arrest by the
postoffice officials, and in which Mat
son dared the Knights of Columbus to
publish the “oath members of the fourth
degree take.” prominent officers and
members of the organisation, have pub
licly agreed to take up Watson’s chal
• long© and submit all pledges of the or
ganisation to a committee.
The committee. before which the
k pledges will be revealed, will consist of
ministers and pastors of the Protestant
denomination in August. The commit
tee agrees that if the committee shall
find any of the pledges similar to the
so-called "oaths” published by Watson,
the organisation agrees to give 11,000 to
any charity Watson may name.
In his card published Monday Watson
declared the alleged Knights of Colum
bus "oath.” he has published several
times was taken from a Catholic book
let published in Washington, and was
used by him "in good faith.” He dared
the organisation to publish the “oath
members of the fourth degree take.”
Replying to Watson’s card. Victor J.
Dorr, supreme knight, and some thirty
members of the organisation who are
among the most prominent men In the
city, publicly agree to take up Watson’s
challenge.
The organisation has selected a com
mittee composed of Rev. Howard T.
Cree, pastor of the First Christian
church; Rev. Horace M- Dubose, pastor
of St. John’s Methodist church, and Rev.
Ashby M. Jones, pastor of the. First Bap
tist church, to whom they will submit
all pledges taken by the Knights of Co
lumbus.
In reference to Watson’s charge that
the organisation has a military branch
In the fourth degree, the organisation’s
cart says the “rifle and bayonet" body
consists of a uniform of dress suit, bilk
hat and a "tin sword similar to that used
by the Masona Knights of Pythias and
other organisations.”
The fact that a secret order’s pledges
are to be submitted to an outside com
mittee for inspection is attracting quite
a little attention. .
SAYS WESTERN STATES
ARE SOLID FOR WILSON
(Special Dispatch to The Journal.)
MONTGOMERY. Ala., Aug. Harry
H. Collier, a former Montgomery man
who is a candidate for lieutenant-gov
ernor of Washington, is attending a re
union of the Collier family here.
Mr. Collier is seeking’the Democratic
nomination for the office. His two oppo
nents live at Spokane, while his home is
at Tacoma. He declares that the Dem
ocrats will elect the state ticket in Wash
ington and that the western states will
give majorities for Woodrow Wilson.
“I concede five states to Taft,” de
clared Mr. Collier, “and give nothing to
Roosevelt and his party. If Senator Nel
son comes out * for 'Fnftia Jdinnesota.
Wilson will get the state. If he favors
Roosevelt Roosevelt may get a majority.
Democrats are fighting among them
selves in California and Roosevelt may
get the electoral vote of the state. Clark
men are opposing Wilson and this may
cause a serious breach. Hiram Johnson,
nominee for vice president on Roosevelt’s '
ticket Is popular and he will get some
votes for the new party."
Woman suffrage has made Washington
what it is. believes Mr. Collier. He says
that the granting of the ballot to women
has transferred political caucuses from
the back room of the saloon to the fire
side.
WILL ASK COURT FOR
MACON WATER REGULATION
(Special Dispatch to The Journal.)
MACON. Ge- Aug. 31.—C01. W. A.
Huff, a member of the local water com
mission board openly declared at a re
cent meeting of the water board that it
his two fellow members. C. T. William
son and W. H. Fetner, did not agree to
raise the minimum water rate from
eight to ten cents per thousand gallons,
he would appeal to the courts for an In
junction.
The question of increasing the water
rates has been discussed by the com
missioners several times but Commis
sioners Willjamson and Fetner have
never agreed to raise the minimum
rate to ten cents. A meeting will be
held this afternoon, however, at which
time the question will be definitely set
tled.
Colonel Huff stated that the recent
episode in the United States court with
Judge Speer has delayed him in taking
action in this matter. The other two
commissioners have stated that they
will not agree to increase the present
rate
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Rainey and Austin
Insult Each Other
Over Water Power
• ■ ll X
(By Associated Press.)
WASHINGTON. Aug. 20.—For nearly
two hours today the house listened to
a surprising and acrimonious debate be
tween Representative Rainey, of Illi
nois, Democrat, and Representative
Austin, of Tennessee. Republican, in
which each charged the other with con
sorting with "waterpower trust" lobby
ists and misstating facts. So bitter was
the feeling between the two men that
the sergeant-at-arms sccupied a seat in
a strategic position.
Certain waterpower site legislation
proposed by Mr. Austin, Mr. Rainey in
sinuated, was drawn in the Interest of
the "waterpower trust.” He had pre
viously announced his intention of
blocking it.
Mr. Rainey today read from a careful
ly prepared manuscript seeking to con
nect Mr. Austin directly with the trust.
The Tennessean replied extemporane
ously and with bitter emphasis, brand
ing the charges made against him as
"untruthful statements."
The house took no action.
In the recent colloquy Mr. Rainey
said Mr. Austin had declared that if
he. as a representative, had favored
the water power trust he would con
sider he had disgraced himself, and if
Mr. Rainey could produce proof of his
guilt he would resign.
TENNESSEE POWER.
“I do not ask the gentleman to re
sign from this body," said Mr. Rainey
today, delivering a carefully prepared
speech. "I do not think, however, that
the cause of water power conservation
In Tennessee would suffer If the gen
tleman’s connection with the house
would cease. The gentleman will be
missed if he resigns, however, by wa
ter power lobbyists. But those Inter
ested In water power conservation »<ill
not regret his absence from this body.”
Recently Mr. Rainey objected to
bills by Mr. Austin to provide for 17
dams In Tennessee, two of which were
to be In the congressional district of
a colleague. Representative Sells, who
knew nothing of the bills until after
the subject had been discussed In the
house, according to Mr. Rainey.
MR. RAINEY’S CHARGES.
Mr. Rainey charged that under the
Austin bills and the omnlbua dam
bill the Tennessee hydro-electric com
pany was to have a franchise to 1 erect
four dams in,the Clinch river, one dam
In the Powell river; the Clinch River
Power company was to erect another
dam In the Clinch river and five Mor-<
rlstown. Tenn., citizens were to erect
two dams In the Clinch river, a "har
mony remarkable enough to excite sus
picion," added Mr. Rainey. He refer
red to what he called the "absolute
bad faith of all these Tennessee enter
prises.” and said he “knew of.no bet
ter Illustration” as to what unscrupu
lous water power manipulators can do
with a water power proposition than
the illustration furnished by the
Knoxville Power company.
ICE CREAM POISONS
PASSENGERS AND CREW
(By Associated Bran.)
NEW ORLEANS, Aug. 30—When the
Southern Pacific steamship Antilles ar
rived here yesterday Captain Boyd ac
credited his being In port on time to
the fact that the stokers of the vessel
did not have Ice cream with their dinner
last Sunday. The ice cream proved In
some way to have been poisoned and
with the exception of 10 or 12. Including
the captain, all those who ate it. 88 pas
sengers, Ollers and others, were 111 for
hours. The stokers not being gripped
with the pains that besieged the better
fed. kept at work, and as Captain Boyd
declared, prevented the ship being put
temporarily out of commission. Physi
cians were among the passengers and be
fore Monday morning they had the suf
ferers relieved. All were recovered by
the time the ship reached her dock.
ROOSEVELT TO SPEAK
TO CHARLESTON RED MEN
(Special Dispatch to The Journal.)
CHARLESTON. S. C., Aug. 21.—Theo
dore Roosevelt has accepted the Invita
tion of the great council of Rrt Men to
visit the Isle of Palms, Charleston sea
shore resort, and make an address dur
ing the meeting which will continue for
one week, commencing on September 9.
The powwow promises to be one of the
largest events of the kind that the or
der has held and through trains will be
run to Charleston from as far west as
San Francisco. Ab elaborate program
of entertainment of the visitors Is under
way.
EIGHT SLIGHTLY HURT
IN SOUTHERN WRECK
(By Associated Press.)
MORGANTON. N. C., Aug. 20.—Two
members of the train crew and six
passengers were slightly injured Mon
day when a Southern railway train col
lided with five freight cars standing
on the main # track here. Those injured
are:
I. Allison, engineer, and T. W. Muse,
fireman, both of Asheville; Mr. and Mrs.
W. M. SUH. of Charlotte; N. L. Hem
mett. of Atlanta; H. W. Clifford, of
Statesville; Martin Berry, of Drexel, and
D. C. Wilson, of Connelly Springs.
MUSEUMS START
“SWAPPERS’ COLUMN”
(By Associated Press.)
NEW YORK. Aug. 21.—Bashford Dean,
curator of the American Museum of
Natural History, has just returned from
Europe, after completing arrangements
for exchange exhibits with continental
museums. Sections of the New York mu
seum's treasures which are unique or
unusual will be loaned to the Euro
pean Ir.stltuUons and the latter will re
ciprocate by sending specimens which,
for one reason or other, cannot other
wise be seen in American museums.
GOV. WILSON’S BROTHER
TAKES HAND IN FIGHT
(By Associated Piets.)
NEW YORK, Aug. 20.—Gov. Woodrow
Wilson, after an over-night visit to this
city to confer with the Democratic lead
ers. journeyed today to Trenton for his
| weekly visit.
Joseph R. Wilson, a younger brother
of the Democratic nominee, has become
a member of the publicity bureau of the
Democratic national committee. Mr. Wil
son is an editor of the Nashville Ban
ner.
Albany Fire Truck
(Special Dispatch to The Journal.)
ALBANY, Ga.. Aug. 21.—A.oany’s new
auto fire truck, ordered last spring, has
been shipped, so a telegram from the
factory states, and Chief D. W. Bres
nan Is expecting It to arrive the last
of this week or the first of next. *A..»
new truck cost the city *5,500, and is
of the very latest pattern. It was
built for the city by the American La
France Fire Engine company, and is
fully equipped for the needs of the lo
cal fire department. It is a combina
tion hose, ladder and chemical truck,
and is expected to prove a very effective
piece of fire fighting apparatus.,.
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candidate for the vice presidency.
CITY OF CLEVELAND OPERATES
3-CENT PUBLIC DANCE HALLS
(By Associated Press.)
CLEVELAND, Ohio, Aug. 20.—One hun
dred dollars a day gleaned from the
pockets of young men who like to spin
their girls over a waxed floor In waltzes
and two-steps, has shown the Cleveland
city authorities how to Increase munici
pal receipts, also the present lone dance
hall conducted by the city Is soon to
be one among many. The dances cost
3 cents each, and It is found that there
CHILD IS CRUSHED
BY MACON TROLLEY
(Special Dispatch to The Journal.)
MACON, Ga., Aug. 20.—Irene Welch,
the 3-year-old daughter of Mr. and Mrs.
pressed her so tightly that her body was
G. M. Welch, of Tobesofkee, was run
over by a Vlnevllle street car at Oronage
and Washington streets Monday, and the
child died two hours later In the Macon
hospital.
The wheels of the car did not pass
over the child’s body, but the piolt
crushed.
The mother and father of the child
were seated In a nearby drug store
at the time, and witnessed the acci
dent.
MRS. £ W. BEARDEN
HAS 75TH BIRTHDAY
(Special Dispatch to The Journal.)
MADISON, Ga., Aug. 20.—“ Grandma”
Bearden (Mrs. J. W. eßarden) celebrat
ed her 75th birthday today. All her im
mediate relatives and close friends were
present at a magnificent family dinner.
One of the features of the occasion was
the music rendered by Misses Mamie
Lee, Martha and Daisy Bearden, of At
lanta.
LUMBER TRUST PROBE
IN THE NORTHWEST
(By Acaoaiated Presa.)
SEATTLE, Aug. 20.—Subpenas have
been issued for twenty leading north
west lumbermen to appear as witnesses
at a hearing in this efty next Monday,
to tell what they know of an alleged
combination among middle-west lumber
retailers, which the government charges
exists in restraint of trade.
WHITLEY SAYS VETO WAS
OUTRAGE ON PUBLIC
AMERICUS. Ga., Aug. 21.—The action
of Governor Brown in vetoing the mile
age bill is disapproved by many here,
who think it manifestly unfair to trav«-
ellng men especially. Chesley R. Whit
ley, wholesale merchant, said:
"I think it an outrage upon the trav
eling public. The measure passed by
the general assembly was a fair one and
Governor Brown should have given It
his Indorsement rather than his veto.”
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WHITFIELD SOCIALISTS
WILL ENTER TICKET
(Special Dispatch to The Journal.)
DALTON, Ga., Aug. 21.—Socialists
Wednesday night will hold a mass
meeting in the court room of the county
court house, immediately over the heads
of the election managers counting out
the vqtes cast in the state and county
primary. While the count is showing
the Democratic nominees for state sen
ator from the 43d district and repre
sentative, the Socialists will be laying
plans to wrest the offices from the
Democratic party.
The Socialists have their candidates
already in the field and working. Mr.
O. O. Moulton, a farmer of the northern
part of the county, is running for state
senator, and Dr. J. F. Lacewell is mak
ing an aggressive campaign for repre
sentative from Whitfield county.
TWO MEN KILLED
BY DUBLIN BOLT
DUBLIN, Ga.. Aug. 20.—Two men
were killed and several injured by light
ning which struck the house in which
they were visiting at Lovett, near her 6,
Sunday, according to news received
Tuesday.
The victims were John Purvis < and
James Myers. H. A. Purvis and his
wife and little daughter also were
badly shocked and the house was dam
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CHAS. BURGE KILLED
BY MACON AUTOMOBILE
(Special Dispatch to The Journal.)
MACON, Ga., Aug. 21—Charles
Burge, proprietor of a plumber shop
here, was killed In East Macon late
Tuesday when an automobile of B. T.
Adams ran him down on Main street.
His neck was broken In the accident.
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where he lived about two hours.
The car struck the unfortunate man
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The chauffeur, Ira Louther, a negro,
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The deceased leaves a widow and one
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three sisters. Mrs. Ollie Wingate, Mrs.
W. D. Conley and Mrs. Clint -xenderson,
all of Atlanta.
The funeral occurred Wednesday.
PROPELLER BROKEN;
LINER CROSSES OCEAN
(By Associated Press.)
LONDON, Aug. z;.—The White Star
steamer Olympic which left New York
last Saturday with a blade of one of her
propellers missing, Is expected to reach
Plymouth late on Saturday next. Her
passengers will be landed at Plymouth
Instead of Southampton, and the vessel
will proceed to Belfast, where her pro
peller will be repaired.
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MILEIGE BILL VETOED
fin GOVERNOR BRffli
Measure Requiring Roads to
Pull Mileage on Trains Is
Killed by Veto
The question of whether or not
mileage shall be “pulled" on trains
or at depot ticket agent windows in
Georgia, is again up to the state rail
road commission: because Governor
Brown Tuesday morning vetoed the act
recently passed by the legislature, re
quiring that mileage be pulled on
trains. It is for this measure that the
traveling men of Georgia have been
strenuously fighting.
Governor Brown bases*his veto upon
the following points.
Section 1 of the bill provided that
"it shall not be necessary to exchange
the mileage—for a ticket, and contract
to the contrary notwithstanding. Sec
tion X of the United States constitu
tion says "No state shall pass any law
impairing the obligation of contracts."
“Section I of this bill, therefore. Is in
violation* of the organic law of the
land, and is thus inevitably invalid,”
says the governor In his written state
ment of the veto.
Again, says the governor, the very
designation of "common carriers”
which the bill applies to the railroads
implies the requirement to protect
equal rights and accord equal privi
leges to all; “whereas, this bill pro
vides that he who gets the reduced
rates shall have an advantage in con
venience, etc., over all passengers pay
ing the maximum rates.”
QUOTES DECISION.
Governor Brown quotes the decision
of the supreme court of the United
States In the case of the Lake Shore
and Michigan Southern Railway com
pany vs. Smith, 175 U. S. p. 684. upheld
the power of a state to legislate maxi
mum railroad rates if unhampered by
(Continued on Last Page, Col. Two.)
SAYS WILSON WILL HAVE
NEW YORK WALKOVER
(Special Dispatch to The Journal.)
MONTGOMERY. Ala., Aug. 20.—“1f
western New York has anything to do
with it. Wilson will have a walkover in
New York state.” declared Hector D.
Lane, chief clerk In the agricultural de
partment, who has returned from a trip
to northwestern New York and Can
ada.
“Everybody in that part of America
predicts that Wilson will win over Taft.”
declared Mr. Lane, “and one can hear
very little of Roosevelt. The Republi
cans in western New York concede that
part of the state to the Democratic nom
inee. Even in Canada the prevailing
opinion is that Woodrow Wilson will be
the next president of the United States,
and those people keep pretty we(! post
ed on American politics.”
Fell 185 Feet Into
Bed of Soft Cement
and Escaped Injury
(By Associated Press.)
BATTLE CREEK. Mich.. Aug. 20.—Ac
companied by th* debris of 26 feet of
scaffolding and by five feet of loose ce
ment. Henry Smith, a laborer, fell 185
feet yesterday afternoon, landed in a b«d
of fresh cement, shot out of sight and
then struggled to the surface—unnurt.
Smith was shoveling cement on the
tower of a construction company’s new
plant, when the scaffolding gave way. A
•police officer was summoned and when
he arrived Smith was still embedded in
the powdery mass. ' *
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CHILD WALKS OFF TRAIN;
DOES NOT EVEN WAKE UP
(Special Dispatch to The Journal.)
TIFTON. Ga., Aug. 20.—Paul, the 12-
year-old son of Mr. T. A. inman, of
Ty Ty, while asleep walked off of -the
South Atlantic limited train while go
ing at a high rate of speed between
Pearson and Willacoochee, about 25
miles below Tifton, Monday.
Paul, in company with Pat Davis, of
Ty Ty, was returning Simons
island, where they had spent the day.
Shortly after boarding the train at
Waycross Mr. Davis and Paul went to
sleep. When the train reached Alapaha,
Mr. Davis was awake and missed the
boy and began search for him, which
lasted until the train reached Tifton,
where a thorough search of the entire
train was made, but no trace what
ever of the missing lad could be found.
The officers here , were notified and a
search was made along the entire line.
The young boy was found near Willa
coochee Monday morning walking to
ward Tifton bareheaded. On being ques- *
tioned he said that he does not remem
ber leaving the train and when he woke
up he was about two miles from the
railroad lying between two trees.
MANY NEW BUILDINGS
PLANNED AT MADISON
(Specinl Dispatch to The Journal.)
MADISON, Ga., Aug. 20— Madison is on
a. building boom. The Empire Oil com
pany, of Atlanta and Madison, Is put
ting in a magnificent brick and steel
plant here that will cost over 8100,000.
The building will be almost proof against
fire and will carry a remarkably low
rate of Insurance, viz, SI.BO per thou
sand.
The Madison Baptist and Methodist
congregations will each add Sunday
school annexes, costing approximately
SIO,OOO each. Several new dwellings are
bein gbullt, many stores remodeled and
Improved, and the general tone of busi
ness is good. Madison is on the up grade,
and her citizens are enthusiastic over
her future.
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