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VOLUME X.V.
ALBANY, OA., THUR8DAY AFTERNOON, APRIL 6, 1908.
NUMBER 140.
IMMENSE GROWTH
OF OUR EXPORTS.
Department of Commerce Report Deals
Only in Big Figures.
Washington, April 5.—According to a bulletin issued
by the Department of Commerce and Labor today, the ex
ports for the eight, months ending with March were one hun
dred and ninety million dollars greater than for the corres
ponding months of last year. • The same authority says that
the imports yrere seventy million dollars greater.
The growth in the exports of manufactures was forty-five
millions, and of agricultural products one hundred and thir
ty-three millions. . The increase in the exports of manufac
tures was chiefly in cotton goods, iron and steel, in cars,
wood, mineral, oil and leather.
ALL NAPLES SPRINKLED
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Streams of Lava Flowing Down the Mountain
Put Villagers tt Flight.
Naples, April 5.—The eruption of Mt. Vesuvius is as
suming alarming proportions. Five streams of lava are de
scending the mountain, threatening everything below. The
villagers are fleeing. All Naples is Sprinkled with cinders
and ashes, but the Neapolitans are not alarmed.
GROVER HAD GOOD LUCK
„ FISHING IN FLORIDA,
Former President Improved .In Health
and Pleased With Fishing.
Stuart, Fla., April 5.—Former Pres
ident Cleveland and party left today
for the North after a fishing trip of
some weeks. Mr. Cleveland Is much
improved In health and expressed him
self as pleased with the fishing.
Albany
Machinery
Co.
Make a specialty
• • oil • •
H
eavy
M aclun ery
Southed Engine and
Boiler Works.
High. Grade
Engines/ Boilers, Saw
Mills, Wood Working
Machinery, Shingles and
Lath Mills.
Marsh
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Slow Progress of the Greene
and Gaynor Trial-Many
Women Continue to Visit
the Court Room.
Special to The Herald.
Savannah, Ga., April, 5.—Capt. Ben
jamin D. Greene, one of the defendants
In the Greene and Gaynor case now on
trial In the United States Court, spent
the entire time of the trial yesterday
upon the stand, and began what prom
ises to be a thorough review of his
connection with the Savannah river
contracts and his association with
Capt. O. M. Carter.
Captain Greene proved a very adroit
and altogether satisfactory witness un
der the questioning of his counsel, Mr.
W. W. ^Osborne. He told a very
straightforward story, giving explana
tions of all the deals that^Carter Is
alleged to have tried to get him and
Gaynor to enter Into with prominent
Savannahans and others.
If the witness can retain his com
posite under the searching cross-ex
amination of Mr. Marion Erwin, for
the government, he will have made a
fine Impression on the jury.
They are again talking about the
end of the Greene and Gaynor case.
It may conclude in a couple of weeks
now, or It may run through the month
of April. The masculine public is be
ginning to tire of It, but .the ladles
enjoy It. There were more than fifty
ladies In court at one time today.
Some of them have been in attendance
almost constantly since the trial be
gan.
MISSISSIPPI VALLEY
CONVENTION.
New Orleans, April 5.—The Missis
sippi Valley Latln-Amerlcan Conven
tion opened here today for a three
day’s meeting. It was called origin
ally to develop trade with the Latln-
Amerlcan republics, but the scope
promises to be extended so that there
will be no limit as far as trade dis
eam Jrumps. missions are concerned.
BENJAMIN MOT KILLED
BE WILTED J.
Another Horrible Domestic Tragedy in Atlanta-
Woman in the Case.
Special to The Herald.
Atlanta, Ga., April 5.—As a result
of the killing of Benjamin Wilmouth,
aged 30, a switchman, Tuesday night,
by Walter J. Hightower, aged 32, after
Wilmouth had shot and wounded Mrs.
Carrie Bryant, a childhood sweetheart
with whom he was madly infatuated,
County Policeman Maddox swore out
a warrant against Hightower before
Justice of the Peace Puckett, charg
ing the young man with murder. Cor
oner Thompson made aft Investigation,
but decided that a formal Inquest was
not necessary. The date for the pre
liminary trial of Hightower has not
been set, hut will probably take place
before the week Is ended.
Immediately after the killing High
tower surrendered to the police and is
now an Inmate of the Fulton county
jail. According to the stories told by
eye witnesses, and which coincide,
Wilmouth came home in an\ugly mood
Tuesday night. He was Doardlhg at
the home of Mrs. Joe Johns, mother
of Mrs. Bryant and Walter Hightower.
Mrs. Johns had been in 111 health, and
her daughter, who is married, had
come to her house tg^ look after the
household duties. Wilmouth opened
the door to the room In which were
Mrs. Johns, Mrs. Bryant and High
tower. He had a revolver In hlB hand,
and, without Baying a word to anyone,
fired point blank at Mrs. Bryant. The
shot missed. The woman ran behind
k chair and Mrs. Johns tried to keep
Wilmouth from shooting again. He
pushed the elder woman aside, how
ever, and fired over her shoulder. The
bullet took effect In the lowar part
of Mrs. Bryant’s back. She fell
screaming. Wilmouth turned and ran.
Hightower picked up a pistol and gave
chase* He fired twice at Wilmouth
and continued to chase him down the
street. He drew his knife as he ran
and opened a blade with his teeth. He
caught Wilmouth, the two grappled
and fell to tlje ground. Hightower
says Wilmouth struck him over the
head with the pistol and he began stab
bing Wilmouth with all his might
Soon Wilmouth ceased fighting and
Hightower arose. Wilmouth was dead.
"I have ^killed one of my best
friends, but I had to do It,” said High
tower in his cell yesterday. "W1I-
mouth and myself had been compan
ions for years, and-had never had any
trouble. I feel,- however, that I did
only what any other man would have
done under the circumstances,”
This Is what the wounded woman
says of the affair: "Mr. Wilmouth was
madly in love with me, and wanted
me to have nothing to do with my hus
band, from whom I have been-separ
ated. He had even threatened to kill
merit I went back to live with my hus
band. I have all along feared that his
mad jealousy would lead to trouble.”
E NECfS.
States Cannot Pass Law that Will Stand the
Test of Fifteenth Amendment.
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Tuskegee, Ala., April 6. — In his
speech at the, celebration of the twen
ty-fifth anniversary of Booker Wash
ingtons’ Institute last night, Secretary
Taft said:
“But," say the pessimists, "what of
the political future of the negro?” And
this brings me to the consideration
of the third great war amendment—
the fifteenth—which forbade that any
state should deprive the negro of his
vote on account of his color, or previ
ous condition-of servitude. When we
regard the history of the forty years
through which the negro of this coun
try has been obliged to struggle, the
progress which I have already alluded
to, material and educational, is won
derful. Consider the condition of
things immediately .after the war.
Here were a brave, warlike and mas
terful people, who had been used to
a social condition In which the negro
occupied a servile status, brought by
law . to face the prospect of sharing
political control with the poor, ignor.
ant, bewildered and irresponsible peo
ple who but yesterday were their prop
erty. Declarations of equality and
popular rights and universal suffrage
offer hut a feathers’ weight against
the Inevitable Impulse of human na
ture. It was Impossible that with the
elements I have stated here there
should nolfhave been disturbance and
fraud and violence and Injustice and
Illegality and oppression. It was Im
possible that that which was written
on the tables'of the fundamental law
or In the statute bpok should he Im
mediately carried into-effective execu
tion. The negro’s vote, after a long
struggle,,the history of which I shall
not recall, was made to count for noth-
lng. Then the leaders of the South in
many states came to realize the dread
ful demoralization of all society It law
was to be flouted and fraud was to con
stitute the basis of government So
toey cast about to make the law square
witli the existing condition fay property
and educational qualtflpatton which
should exclude the negro. The very
desire to avoid the fraudulent and rl
lent methods which were wont to over
come the colored vote In the South It
self Indicates a turn for the better,
It Is Impossible to frame 'a law
which will, on Its face, stand the test
of the fifteenth amendment, and which
will not ultimately operate, no matter
what the qualification or present ef
fect, to permit a certain class of the
negroes to exerclBe the ballot: It is
true, that some state constitutions or
laws with the so-called "grandfather”
clauses mpy operate temporarily to ex
clude him, but as they expire In effect,
the limitations on adult male suffrage
must become nothing more than edu
cational or property qualifications ap
plicable to white and negro alike. Such
qualifications existed in many of our
states at the beginning of this govern
ment and continued for years there
after, and they can he defended with
much forceful argument. The theory
upejn. which a popular government Is
to be sustained Is that In the long run
the rightB of every person and class
are likely to be more safely guarded
by the laws of the country and en
forced by the executive If the voice
of the person or the class Is always
given opportunity to be heard In the
adoption of the laws or the selection
of the executive. , -
GENERAL OFFICES
OF SEABOARD AIR LINE
May Be Moved frof Portsmouth—At
lanta Mentioned.
New York, April 6.—At the offices
of the Seaboard Air Line it Is report
ed today that the question of removing
the company’s geiieral offices from
Portsmouth was not considered at yes
terday's meeting of the directors. It
Is reported that an-appropriation has
been made to move the general offices
to another city, and that Atlanta has
been mentioned as the place to which
the transfer may be made.
Best Cantaloupe Seed.
We cap still fill orders for Best
Rocky Ford Cantaloupe Seed in small
quantities, for replanting. Seed are
the genulneBurrell’s. Order now.
4-3t W. H. NEWSOM & SON.
TREMENDOUS GAINS
IN ALBANY OFFICE.
Near 100 Per Cent. Increase in Figures,
in Five Years.
The quarterly report of the Albany Po^tofflce has just been com-,
pleted by Postmaster Brlmberry, and comparative quarterly and annual'
totals Bhow that the phenomenal increase ot the office's business during
the last few years still continues.
Here are the figures, which speak eloquently for themselves: i\
Receipts from sale of postage stamps, postal oarda and stamped V- '
envelopes, for the year ended March 31, 1906 $201015.16 , i
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Receipts from same sources for the year ended March 31, 1905.. 16,416.21
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Increase In twelve months ^...... 6 3,508.82
Percentage of Increase, 2.
Receipts last fiscal year (as above) $20,015.16
Receipts fiscal year ended March 31, 1901 MwW"
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Increase In five years 9,652.0$
Percentage/ of Increase In five years, nearly 100.
The postofflee of any community Is a reliable barometer of ’
conditions In that community.
Since Albany’s remarkable growth began several years ago, eve
quarterly and annual report of the local poBtofflce has shown phenomep
Increase In the volume of annual business transacted. The Increase ljk '
the five years has averaged a little less than 20 per cent., and It Is Big--
nlficant that the increase of the last flseat year wist 22 per cent, ' j
Here are the facts:
The Increase of the last fiscal year waa greater'than In any-year.
The percentage of Increase of the last quarter of the last fiscal year
was the greatest In the hlBtory of-the office, the total receipts for this
quarter being $6,379.24-—the heaviest receipts of any quarter.
The business of the office Is still Increasing rapidly, and It Is one ok
the busiest places In Albany.’ The next year will show a continue* ins-
crease of perhaps even greater proportions.
Should the present rate of Increase, of the business of the office ire ‘
maintained during the next five yeara, and (here is no reason to doubt v -
that it will he, the annual receipts will Approximate $60,000.
HOKE SMITH
Supporters of Popular Can
didate For Governor Will
Meet This Evening at the
City Hall. i
THEY ARE MINING COAL ‘
IN PITTSBURG DISTRICT,
Doesn’t Look'Much Like There Is ^
, ,cA,-
Pittsburg, Pa., April 6.—The Pitl
burg Coal Company today report tl
seventy per cent, of tfaetr mines ar
operating today and that/ more mine
are working than yesterday. Oha
Robbing says they mined 40,000
and shipped 860 oars. S
A number of the local supporters of
Hon. Hoke Smith In his candidacy fdr
governor if Georgia are planning for
the organiaztlon this evening of. a
Hoke Smith Club,
The meeting will be held at the city
hall, and the statement was made this
morning to a representative of The
Herald by .one who Is takliig an active,
part In working up the meeting that
several- hundred voters are expected
to become charter members of the
club.
Mr. Smith has a strong following In
Albany and Dougherty county, and
there has been talk for some time of
organizing a Smith Club. A definite
movement In that direction did not
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begin, however, until several days ago,
but now a good deal of enthusiasm Is
being manifested.
Mr. L. W. Nelson) who Is an enthusi
astic Hoke Smith man and hag been
active In working up the club which
Is to be organized this evening, stated
to a Herald man this morning that the
club would labor actively In the city
and county In the Interest of Mr.
Smiths’ candidacy, and would make a
strong effort to swing Dougherty
county Into the Smith column when the
primary Is held.
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proof conclusive / tha.
you dp not know all the
virtues of
Unquestionably the-
best paint for this cli-
j _ * A i '
mate. < Any good paint
will advise its use, yc -
cause it looks better and
lasts better than other
kinds.
This is the best sear ,
son for painting. If
your house needs a fresh \
coat, figure with us
We can save you money
Eull line of
BALLOONIST’S DEATH
TO BE INVESTIGATED.
Floor Paints,
Floor Stains,
Perished In Long Island Marsh After
Landing Safely.
New York, April, 6.—A coroner's
investigation will be made into the
death of Paul Nocquet, the young bal
loonist who perished In'Long Island
marsh Tuesday night, after landing
safely from a perilous 'ascension. It
Is believed that Nocquet died from
hear( failure following physical ex
haustion and mental anguish at the
prospects of being carried to sea In hla
balloon.
Wall Paints,
Roof and Bar
Paints,
Enamels,
Varnishes,
Leadfand Oil.
Hilsman-Sale
Drug Co.
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