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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. * 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 -L— ■ ’ 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. Prescription 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.