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VOLUME XV.
ALBANY, GA., 8ATURDAY AFTERNOON, FEBRUARY 3, 1906.
A THOUSAND MEN IN MIS
SOURI READY TO LYNCH NE
GRO BRUTE IF IDENTIFIED
BY VICTIM.
Poplar Bluff, Mo., Feb. 3. — More
than a thousand men gathered, on the
streets this morning awaiting the
identification of a negro arrested last
night, charged with criminal assault
on a white married woman here.
The mob openly declares its f.nten-
tion of lynching the negro if he is
identified by the victim. She is un
able to leave her room, and the sheriff
announced that he would take the ne
gro to her home for identification. The
crowd declan js its Intention of accom
panying the '.heriff and prisoner to
the womans’ residence.-
BE SURE TO REGISTER
FOR COUNTY ELECTIONS.
You will have to register it you
•want to vote in the primary and in
the general election.
Those who are interested are re
minded that the registration hook Is
open at the office of Uapt. J. T. Hester,
tax collector of Dougherty county. At
the primary, only those Who have reg
istered will be allowed to vote, and the
same will hold good *at the general
election in October.
The book is now open, and the pres
ent is a good time to register. Attend
•to thewnattW- myir.—Tlw* iw-theLonly
safe way to guarantee that you will
not forget it
Extra line Lemons, 26c doz. Flori
da Oranges, 30c doz. Cocoanuts, 5c
and 10c each.
Phone 70. W. E. FIELDS.
Add
100 Per Cent.
to value
lue of
Your F
arms
by using
A
mencan
Field
FILES REPORT WITH SECRETARY TUFT.
Commissioner’s Report Favors Lock Canal, While
Engineers Favor Sea Level.
Washington, Feb. 3.—The report of the Isthmian canal commis
sion reporting its decision in favor of an 85-foot level lock canaj, was
submitted to Secretary Taft today. The report is accompanied by the
report of the board of engineers, the majority of which declared for a
sea level canal. Secretary Taft will now express iris views in trans
mitting the papers to the President.
L
Ail Building Trades in the
City to Go on Sympa
thetic Strike on Feb
ruary 15 th.
New York, Feb. 3.—At a meeting
last night of representatives of all
the building trades unions in the city
It was unanimously decided to order
the various building trades unions to
go on strike February 15 in sympathy
with the housesmlths.
It is announced that failure to obey
the order means expulsion of the of
fending union from the Central Fed
erated Union.
The strike is against the employ
ment of non-union men in place of
union housesmith workers.
Sustained Yesterday - -
Clothing Caught Fire
From Coals Which Fell
From Grate.
Atlanta, Ga., Feb. 3.-—Mrs. Lucy A.
Gilmore, a prominent figure in church
work here, (lieil to^ay ns a result of
burns received late yesterday. While
putting back into an open grate coals
which bad fallen to the floor, .her
clothing caught, with fatal results.
DEMOCRATIC PRIMARY .
FOR COUNTY OFFICERS
THEIH BUTTLE
TREIlt
Not Yet Determined Whether Treaty Shall Be Con
sidered a Party Question.
WASHINGTON, D. C., Fob. 3.—A caucus of Democratic senators was
hold today to determine the pnrty policy regarding the SantQ Domingo
treaty. Of those in the city, five wero absent and all but. two were ac
counted for or excused.
The first question considered was whether the Dominican treaty
would be considered a party question. Speeches wero mado on both
sides, Senator Patterson opposing the rule at some longth.
It is announced this afternoon that the prospects for an agreement to
day are not flattering, although it Is bolieved that .a sulHcient number
will bind themselves to insure the difeat of the treaty. If no agreement.
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is reached today, the caucus will probably hold another meeting and re
new the effort to adopt the two-thirds rule.
With the Operators—Ex
ecutive Committee of
United Mine Workers
Meets.
II. II
TD HOLDERS OF SPOT COTTON.
Indianapolis, ind„ Feb. 3.-The ex- He Appeals to Every Man to Stand by the Cotton
ecutlve committee of the United Mine
Workers of America held an executive
session today. President Mitchell said
Growers’ Association.
Atlanta, Ga., Feb. 3. — (Special.) —
only routine mutters would be consld- President M. L, Johnson, of the South-
ered and declared that no statement e ™ Cotton Association, today issued
had been prepared as to the intentions the following statement regarding the
of the mine workers In the situation cotton situation, and appealing to the
following the break with the opera- holders of spot cotton to stand firm
tors.
and loyal to ■ the interests of all
throughout the cotton states:
“To the Farmers, Bankers and Mer
chants of Georgia:
"The cotton market Just now pre
sents the most unusual aspect For
some time there has been an almost
dally decline. Who and what are
causing it? There is no doubt in my
mind that Theodore Price and other
Fatal. Affray
To Be Held on Thursday, Twenty-
second of March.
ence
Five Carloads
just received at
Albany
Machinery
Co.
The Democratic Executive Commit
tee o,f Dougherty County met at the
office of the chairman today at noon
and ordered a primary for the nomin
ation of county oifleers to be held on
Thursday, March 22.
The committee is composed of .H.
M. McIntosh, chairman, D. F. Cros-
land, C. E. Wilder, J. L. Dozier and
D. L. Wooten, and all wero present at
today’s meeting.
Besides fixing a date for the primary
for the nomination of county officers,
the committee elected Mr. H. M. Mc
Intosh to the vacancy on the Executive
Committee of the Second Congression
al District caused by the death of
Capt. Richard Hobbs.
The formal order for the primary to
be held on the 22nd of March and the
rules adopted by the committee for
the government of the same will be
published In Monday's Herald.
Between * eaTB * backed by the combined capital
... t of foreign and New England spinners,
Workmen for nadlOW & are doing the ‘bearing/ and will con«
Co., at Florala*2Badl6^r Ullua to <l0 Jt “ '““s is within
their power.
Goes to See About It. | "It is said the South began to buy
future contracts below, about and
A white man by the name of Du- above the present market. Their ob-
;an, a bricklayer employed by W. T. ^ ec * ; tllen ls t0 sha ' {e those people out
and fill their pockets with the othor
fellow’s money. Price of course would
^ter.day. jiue tq. .make Jjack that $40,000,0(10 he
morning shot and killed Giles 6ray, a is said M'httVe lost last season,
negro who has been in the employ Of ‘Tn the second place they are trying
the well-known contractors for the to scare as raany of the s P ot ho,<,e, ' B
, ...... „ as they can and make them turn loose
last thirteen years. The killing oc- . . , .. . ....
in order to supply the spinners with
curred at Florala.. spot co tton., This, of course, is the ob*
This is the substance of a message ject of the spinners, who are backing
received by Mr. Hadlow in this city the bears in their efforts to force
yesterday afternoon. He loft tills <1own the market
This decline in
Hadlow & Co. In the construction of
a hotel in Florala, Ala.,
"No matter how much you may have
disagreed with the 15-cent proposition,
which was fixed by the great conven
tion at Neiv Orleans, and ratified and
confirmed by tho executive committee
of the association, it should now be the
welcome duty of every Southern man
to help in earning out that purpose
and that work. That ls where I stand.
My loyalty will not permit otherwise.
Not a bale have I Bold. In this way
and in no other can we win. Will you
do it? Will you Respond to the mas
ter’s lash and become the slave of
Wall street, or will you be a man and
fight your country's battle to the vic
tory that awaitB you, if you will only
take It?
"Hold your ootton. Let every man
remain steadfast and strong, and suc
cess will be ours as it was last year,
when we first gathered under the ban
ner of the Southern ’Cotton Associa
tion. M. L. JOHNSON,
"President Georgia Division, S. C. A.
"Atlnntn, February 3.”
BUGGY MANUFACTORY,STEAM
LAUNDRY, FREIGHT WARE
HOUSE AND OTHER BUILD
INGS WERE SWEPT* AWAY.
Valdosta, Gn., Feb. 3.—(Special.)—
One of tho most disastrous Pres In the
history of tills city occurrod shortly
after noon todny.
The blaze started In the factory of
tho Henderson-Cranford Buggy Co.,
tho largest ’manufacturing Industry lu
this section add one of tho largest in
the South, and before it was gotten
under control had swept away the fac
tory, the freight depot of the Georgia
Southern & Florida railroad, Armour
& Co.’s warehouse, the Valdosta Steam
Laundry and a number of tenement
houses.
It 1b impossible at this hour to give
the losses, but they will amount to
probably $125,000. The lose of the
Henderson-Cranford Buggy Co. Is ap
proximated at $90,000, with $60,000 in
surance. The Valdjsta Steam Laun
dry loses about $2,000, with small in
surance. A considerable portion of
the freight In the railroad warehouse
was saved, but the lose there’Is sev
eral thousand dollars..
Fortunately the wind was blowing
the flames away from the business
portion of the city otherwise almost
the Southern part of the town would
have been destroyed.
TEMPERANCE WOMEN
WANT WINE BARRED
iiiitti sHT
From the Wedding of Miss Roosevelt
/ -it th**Wh1tp Houm
morning for Florala to investigate the
matter and probably to look after the
punishment of the offender.
According to the account given a
the market is ex
tremely peculiar, especially in view of
the fact that, the statistical position of
cotton has not changed. It is as strong
today as it was when some months
TIDAL DISTURBANCES
INTERRUPT CABLE SERVICE.
New York, Feb. 3.—Cable communi
cation to Buena Ventura Is still Inter
rupted, according to a cablegram from
Panama. The tidal disturbance no
ticed at Panama Wednesday is re
ported to have destroyed Buena Ven
tura. The cable ls broken In two
places, north.and Bouth of Buena Ven
tura.
representative of The Herald, this is-since Price made his celebrated bullish
the second negro Dugan 1ms killed this statement that 10,500,000 bales was
, , .. , , , worth 15 cents, and that 11,000,000
week, and the seventh or eighth dur- . . 101/
' bales and a fraction was worth 12%
ing his lifetime. As far as is known ne ' n f a
he has not been punished for any of' „ It , 8 a fuct known to u8 ’ al , that
the offenses. AH', it is alleged, have the present crop will not reach 10,500,-
been committed in cold blood. Gray, 000 bales of 500 pounds. It Is further
for instance, was one of the best ne- true that more than one-half of this
Hadlow
crop has been bought and has gone,
and is going to the spinner for even
The long time that he has re- , eR8 , han J cents averag0 prIce .
“Is It not further true that the for
eign and New England splnnor had
disup- rather seC tho Southern Cotton Asso-
groes In the employ of W. T.
& Co,
ninined with that firm Is an
tlon of. his faithfulness.
It Is thought that Dugan
indlca-'
peared after killing Gray, having been cIa,lon fa " ln lts elr ° rts than to have
almost anything elsd happen which he
given warning that he would be dealt
with summarily, If caught. It is the
expressed purpose of Mr. Hadlow to , . , ... ,
. . _ • ,, , . has he ever cooperated with you for
catch Dugan, prosecute him, and have 1
could Imagine? - Did this spinner co
operate with you for 1 f-cent cotton;
him punished if It in proven that ho
was not justified In '.tilling the negro,
Gray.
Mr. Hadlow, it Is said, told one of
his head men to discharge Dugan a
week ago, but the one told to do so
knew of Dugan’s reputation, and
would not Incur his anger, thus en
dangering his own life by carrying out
the order.
GRANT AND SUMNER
fair and living prices? No, and he
never will. He will fight you to the
bitter end,' for he wants your cotton
at as small a price as he can make
you take. Combining with Price and
his associates he will bear your prod
uct and force yon, if he can, to take
starvation prices lor It
"The report has come to me that
some holders of Bpot cotton are get
ting nervous, even frightened. Who
and what are they afraid of? Whose
cotton Is it? Does It belong to Price,
The Next Promotions of General Of
ficers of the Regular Army.
Tn nrr MCii/ QTADC .that you have to se.ll it at his bidding?
IU UCI new OIHOO. Surely there Is not a man In the South
today, banker, merchant or In any
other line who would sell or force any
other man to sell his cotton under ex
isting circumstances. Surely every
drop of Southern blood will revolt at
the thought of obedience to the lash
of Theodore Price, and If he has not
been with us before surely every man
will now Join the Southern Cotton As-
Washington, D, C., Feb. 3. — The
President has selected Brigadier-Gen
eral Fred D. Grant to be promoted to
be a major-general to succeed Major-
General Sumner, to be promoted Feb
ruary 6 to be lietuenant-general.
MRS. HELLEN POST
AGAIN CONVICTED.
New York, Fob. 3.—A Tl’lbu
cial from Boston says thut
ment.'has been started there b
national officers of the Woi
Christian Tempers nee Union to
tain tho co-operation of Miss Alio
Roosevelt toward barring wine fron
her wedding breakfast at the Wlilti
House, i
Second Trial of Mental Healer In
S. Court at Jacksonville.
soclation In Us battle for our rights. a il that In a little while,
V
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Jacksonville, Fla., Feb. 3. — Helen
M. Post, nlleged mental healer, after
a twelve days’ trial In the United
States courts was found guilty today
of lusing the malls for fraudulent pur
poses, and ' was sentenced to thirty
days ln jail anil to pny $500 lino.
Tills is tho second trial of Mrs. Post.
She was found guilty before, but took
an appeal) and tho decision was re
versed In the higher court. Notice of
appeal was given today, Mrs. Post Is
75 years old.
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SPEEDY TRIAL
FOR CRIMINAL ASSAULT,
Negri to be Arraigned on Serloue
Charge In Tennessee.
Nashville, Feb. 3.— Ed Johnson, a
negro, who is charged with assaulting
Miss Nevnda Taylor, at Chattanooga,
and who has been In jail here for safe
keeping, will be taken to Chattanooga
Monday for a speedy trial. Feeling Is
still very hitter against Johnson there.
DERAILED FREIGHT ENGINE
DELAYS PASSENGERS,
Two Delayed Passenger Trains Each
Had a Theatrical Company on
Board.
This morning’s Thomasv|lle Tlmes-
Enterprlse has the following Item of
local Interest:
Traffic on the Albany branch was
delayed an hour yesterday morning by
an engine and tender off the track.
The motive power of a freight left the
steel pathway and the passenger
trains hud to wait while things were
put in order. On board the southbound
train was the ‘Teggar Prince Opera
Co.,” and tho playerB In "Brown’s ln
Town” were northward bound. Some
of the passengers who expected a long
wait wer8 fixing for a theatrical per
formance, but the working crew fixed
And have
them filled
hy experienced
pharmacists
with pure
ingredients and
exactly
in the manner
that
your physician
wants them
compounded.