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VOLUME XV.
ALBANY, GA., TUESDAY AFTERNOON. MAY 29, 1906.
NUMBER 186.
THE ELKS OF
IRE
FIFTH ANNUAL CONVENTION OF STATE ASSO
CIATION—IMPOSING PARADE THIS MORN
ING-BRILLIANT OPENING EXERCISES. v
and
The Elks of Georgia are here,
the city Is theirs.
They hare come from the four cor
ners of the state, and are having the
particular kind of a good time which
Elks alone are supposed to know how
to have.
It is a fine body of men which has
come to represent the lodges of Geor
gia at the Fifth Annual Convention of
the State Association. \ They are rep
resentative men of the communities in
which they live—attorneys, doctors,
preachers, merchants and men of af
fairs. They represent the best intelli
gence and the best eociety of Georgia,
and are animated by a spirit of fra
ternity which is peculiar to Elkdom
and which manifests itself to outsiders
in a manner not to be mistaken.
. The first delegations, coming princi
pally from the upper part of the state,
came in yesterday afternoon and last
night. Although some of the night
trains were delayed, representatives
of the local lodge inet them at the de
pot and escorted the visiting Elks and
their ladles to their hotels or other
stopping places.
Most of the arrivals, however, weie
by this morning’s trains. The Savan
nah delegation, headed by Hon. R. L.
Colding, president of the State Asso
ciation, came in twenty-one strong,
and there were large delegations from
other lodges of the state. Brunswick,
Waycross, Macon and Cordele are well
represented.
From 10 until 11 o’clock this morn
ing there was an informal- "gathering
of the herds” at the Elks’ Home <jn
Pine street. There the visiting Elks
and ladies were met by their hosts,
and a number of Albany ladies were
also present. During the hour pre
ceding 11 o’clock Wedemeyer’s band,
from Pine to Washington, Washington
to Broad, Broad to Monroe, Monroe to
Pine, and on the last named street
back to the Elks' Home.
It was an inspiring spectacle as the
parade passed through the streets,
with the band at its head. Many la
dies in carriages, and wearing the pur
ple and white of the order, were in
line, and the Elks themselves stretched
for two blocks in two parallel lines.
Every Elk wore a white hat with a
purple band, and carried a neat cane
decorated with white and purple rib
bons. Handsome badges were also in
evidence, and all those in the parade
carried big purple fans.
The Opening Ceremonies.
Immediately after the return to the
Elks’ Home, the formal opening exer
cises of the convention were held in
the big lodge room on the third floor.
There the attendance was large. Many
ladies occupied seats, and the spacious
apartment was comfortably filled.
Mr. Morris Weslosky, former presi
dent of the State Association, acted
as master of ceremonies. The first
speaker, after a beautiful opening
prayer had been delivered by Rev. E.
A. Landau, was his Honor, Hon. Chas.
W. Rawson, mayor of Albany. The
mayor is himself an Elk, and his ad
dress was one to be remembered. It
was bright and to the point, breathed
the spirit of Elkdom and the spirit of
Albany hospitality, and was greeted
with frequent cheering.
The address ojf welcome on behalf
of Albany Lodge No. 713 was deliv
ered by Mr. H. T. McIntosh, exalted
ruler of the lodge and treasurer of the
State Association.
Hon. W. E. Martin, of Macon, dep
uty grand exalted ruler of Georgia, en
tered the hall while the 'exercises were
of Atlanta, played lively airs, being j rl p r0 g re ss, having arrived on a de-
stationed in front of the building. j ] ay€( j train. He is one of the most
The Elks’ Parade. ; ! popular Elks in the state, and was
The annual parade of the Elks of gfven an - ovatlon as he entered the
Georgia left the building a little after After insistent calls from the
11 o’clock. The line of march was
Mill Supply
Department:
'Genuine Gandy
"Dpi f C'lT "minutes, and said a great deal that
AJLit, Jrx. LiVlll o wlu be treasured b^ those who heard
cular and Cross
Cut Saws, Marsh
Steam Pumps.
Implement
Department:
Harvesting Ma
chinery, Thresh
ing Machines in
stock, all sizes
Gasoline
Engines,
To
wers
an
d Tank
s
M
any
ackmery
Co.
assembled Elks, he made a short ad
dress, which was one of the most in
spiring features of the proceedings.
Mr. Martin is a gifted speaker, and
was at his best this morning.
Hon. R. L. Colding.
After a brief hut charming response
to the addresses of welcome, Hon. R.
L. Colding, president of the state or
ganization, delivered his annual ad
dress. He spoke for about twenty
him. He had prepared his paper with
great care, and It was a decidedly val
uable contribution to the archives of
the State Association. Mr. Colding is
a fluent and graceful speaker, who re
ceived the rapt attention of his audi
ence this morning.
The Elks are keeping open house at
their Pino street home. They are
showing every possible attention to
their guests, whose wants are being
looked after by numerous committees,
Business Session This Afternoon,
The first business session of the
convention will be called to order at
2:30 o’clock this afternoon.
At 5:15 there will be a carriage
drive for visiting Elks and the ladles.
Reception and Ball This Evening.
At 8:30 this evening there will be a
reception In the parlors of the Elks’
Home.
At 0:30 the hall will begW, music
being furnished by Wedemeyer’s band.
At 11 o’clock the “Eleven O’clock
Toast” will be given In the open air
before the Elks’ Home.
At midnight, refreshments.
TOMORROW’S PROGRAM.
9:30 a. m.—Session of State Associ
ation tor consideration of business.
Election of officers, selection of next
place of meeting, etc,
11:30 a. m.—Adjournment
1 p. m.—Barbecue dinner, “Georgia
style,” at Phllema. Elks and ladles
will leave Union depot over the Al
bany & Northern railway at noon.
Returning, leave Fhilema at 3 o’clock.
3:45 p. m.—Georgia State League
baseball. Albany vs. Valdosta,' Party
returning from Philema may leave the
train-at the ball park.
8:30 p. m.—Stag social session at
the Elks’ Home.
The Elks will keep open house at
their home during the two days.
The musical features will be Inter
esting, and will be given generous
recognition.
RUSSIAN GOVERNMENT
DECIDES ON COURSE.
WILL SWALLOW PARLIAMENT S AFFRONT AND IG
NORE DEMAND FOR RESIGNATION OF MINISTRY.
ST. PETERSBURG, May 29.—The government has decided on its
course with reference to the vote of lack of confidence of the lower house
and its demand for the resignation of the cabinet. The government will
swallow parliament’s affront and treat the resolution as a matter beyond
its competence, and consequently not binding on the emperor. In other
words, It will Ignore the demandB, but, on the'other hand, parliament will
not be' dissolved. The ministry will continue in a conciliatory attitude,
hoping that this plan will win eventually.
SUNDRY APPROPRIATION
BILL COMPLETED,
NO MENTION MADE OF ANY APPROPRIATION
FOR A PUBLIC BUILDING AT ALBANY.
WASHINGTON, D. C., May 29.—The sundry appropriation bill was
completed today by t>e House committee. It carries the largest total
ever reported in a similar bill. The items for public buildings include
$100,000 for Macon, Ga„ and the river and harbor appropriations Include
$150,000 for Savannah, Ga„ and $309,750 for St. Johns river, Florida.
IN LOUISIANA LAST NIGHT.
HAD OBTAINED A CHANGE OF VENUE AFTER
COMMITTING SHOCKING CRIME^
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New Orleans, May 29. — Governor
Blanchard received a telegram from
Madison parish today announcing the
lynching at Tallulah, La., last night of
Robt. T. Rogers, white, who was
awating trial on the charge of murder
ing Jesse Brown in Richland parish.
Rogers had obtained a change of
venue fro* the latter parish.
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The lynching occurred near mid
night. A mob of twenty-five arrived
by special train over the Vicksburg
railroad, at once broke open the Jail,
and hanged Rogers before the sheriff
could make an effective resistance.
. The killing of Brown was a shock
ing crime, and there was much bitter
feeling against Rogers.
U. S. Department of Interior
Backs Action of Revenue
Officers in Collecting Li
censes for Whiskey.
An interesting case that came up In
Albany last summer, in regard to the
collection of United States whiskey
licenses from certain parties who had
given orders for whiskey on local
liquor houses, will be recalled by many
of the readers of The Herald.
It will be remembered that the reve
nue collectors came to Albany and
went through the books of ( the whis
key houses In the city. Wherever they
found that any whiskey had been de
livered to a party on the order of an
other party to whose account it had
been charged, they held that the party
giving such order was liable for the
United States whiskey license for that
year. (
Under this ruling several citizens of
Albany were made to pay the whiskey
license, amounting to $25 per year.
Mr. M. D. Gortatowsky was hardest
hit, having been made to pay nearly a
ties were made to see the exact condi- r - -
tlons aha understand post how these r bo extremely small in proportion to
orders had . been given, they would re-1 the I ,ower obtained. Experts have es-
fund the money collected for such n, | tlmated that the magnificent power nt
censes. Judge Griggs at once took the
matter up and has pushed It with char-
MAY FOLLOW DEVELOPMENT OF 50,000 HORSE
POWER PLANT ON FLINT RIVER— NEW
YORK CAPITALISTS INTERESTED.
It will be Interesting to everyone
who has any Interest at all in Albany
to learn that negotiations are in prog
ress looking to the development of the
magnificent waterpower on Flint river.
If this waterpower is developed, as
now seems nBBured, it may mean an
electric railway from Albany ,to At
lanta, the plan being to extend on to
Albany the electric road soon to be
built from Atlanta to Macon.
Since the development of the splen
did power on Klnafoonee creek by the
Albany Power and Manufacturing Co.,
a great deal of interest from foreign
capitalists haB centered in the water
powers around Albany. A number of
expertB have visited the city and ex-
aniined this power, at th,e same time
looking out for any undeveloped water
power that might bo accessible to Al
bany. Invariably these engineers have
been attracted by the proposition pre
sented by‘the power in Flint- river,
which flows right at Albany’s feet and
which has been wasting Its enormous
power for centuries.
' A few weeks ago an engineer canjo
here representing an Immense amount
of New York capital. He made a thor
ough inspection of the Flint, coming
down that stream In a mol|>r launch
for a distance of fifty miles. He was
delighted with the conditions, and
stated that the power In Flint river at
Albany was one of the finest In the
South. His estimate of the available
horsepower was 60,090.
As Is generally known, the cost of
developing the power at the creek was
considerably less than the average
cost of developing the amount Of
horsepower secured there- This made
the Albany Power and Itanufacturlng
Company’s proposition one of unusual
attractiveness. The same is true of
the river. The cost of developing will
would surely build a line as soon as its
plant waB completed.
“The letters I have had from these
New YorkerB show that they mean
business, and there Is little donbt in
my mind that the deal will go through..
I can see nothing right now that could
cause any hitch. TheBe capitalists
want a waterpower. Their engineer
has found one for them which he Bays
is the finest in the South, all things
considered, so there seems nothing left
now hut carrying out the definite ar
rangements necessary for such a mam
moth enterprise. I do not believe that
a great time will elapse before the
now wasted power of the Flint will be
generating electricity to drive great
manufacturing plants, to light all of
the cltlos in Southwest Georgia and to
speed trolley cars from Albany to At
lanta."
acterlstlc vigor ever since. In the let
ter from the revenue department last
September, in reply Co the papers
thought she-was so much better that
she' was allowed 'to take a drive out
, td-'ihe park. When she came to the
Powell’s Shoals on Flint river could ] ake ^ g 0 t ou t 0 f the -vehicle and
leaped Into the water.
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he harnessed at a cost of little more
than half a million dollars. The banks
of the river at this point are high, so
that the dam would be a comparative-
which Judge Griggs filed on the sub- ly short ono '
loot, It was strongly intimated that the
collection of these licenses, while per
haps sustained by the strictest con
struction of the law, was unjust in
these cases and the money would prob
ably be refunded.
After this letter, tjio parties who had
paid this tax felt pretty well satisfied
that they would get their money hack
in due course. Consequently they
were greatly surprised yesterday when
a letter from Judge Griggs to Mr. Gor
tatowsky announced that the Depart
ment of the Interior had Anally ruled
Judge S. W. Smith has been one of
the prime movers In Interesting capl-l
tal In the river power proposition. He
gave a Herald reporter this morning
the Information upon which this; ar
ticle Is based. He has been working
quietly for some time, but matters
have just now reached a stage where
there Is enough promise of success to
tho public. Judge Smith Is very en
thusiastic about tho matter and says
that the development of this power
will mean a great deal for Albany and
the whole of Southwest Georgia. In
that the collection of the licenses' was I ta,klnB of tbe matter ’ JudBe Smith
In accordance with the law and thati Sald:
the amounts collated could not be re- “ As you lloubtlesB know - thB1 ' e bave
funded. ’ been a great many engineers here re-
The'experience at these gentlemen' cent,y oxamlnlnB tbe waterpower <n
will doubtless make others in this sec-1 tbe Fllnt rlver ’ 1 d0 not ,!now ot a
tlon extreniely careful about giving j slnB ' e on e who has'.not been surprise^
orders for whiskey. at t ^ le volume of power and delighted
5,700 CARLOADS
at the conditions which rendered its
development a matter of such compar
atively Bmall expense. A number of
OF PEACHES ,ore,Bn capitalists are Interested In the
- , » I development of -this power, but. a com-
Is Railroad Man’s Estimate of Georgia' pany of New York caI,ltallBts bas Bone
to work on the matter In earnest*
“A few weeks ago they sent an en-
and Florida Crop.
glneer here and we made a trip down
the river for a distance of over fifty
Special to The Herald.
Atlanta, Ga., May 29,—Fifty-seven miles. It enthused me to hear this
hundred carloads of peaches as the engineer’s opinions as we came down
result of the crop of 1906 Is the pre- the Flint, and It made me think a lot
v , diction of Guy L. Stewart, local agent more of the old strea|i from a dollar
hundred dollars, covering a period of of the land and Industrial department and cents standpoint than I had ever
over three years. Mr, Gortatowsky has of the Southern railway, who has Just ’ thought before. He made a very flat-
returned from a trip through South terlug report to his company when he
Georgia and Florida. He says nothing returned, and, acting upon this report,
can now hurt the peach crop except an' the New York capitalists are going
exceptionally heavy rain or hail storm, right ahead with the project.
several large farms, and does a supply
business with the hands who work on
his plantations. He "runs” them, a*
the expression Is, giving them supplies
during the year and charging them to
their account, which Is paid in the fall
when cotton Is marketed. During the
three and a half years pplor to last
August *Mr. Gortatowsky has had occa
sion to give his hands orders, at vari
ous times, for less than $16 worth of
whiskey. For doing this he was forced-
to pay the regular whiskey license for
each of the years during which orders
had been given.
The action of the revenue officers
was regarded aB so manifestly unfair
ANNUAL BANQUET.
Of the Savannah Rifle Association
. Tonight.
8peclal to The Herald.
Savannah, Ga., May 29,—This even-
"One of the first things they did was
to take up the matter of extending the
electric railway, soon to be built from
Atlanta to Macon, from Macon to Al
bany. They have ample capital to
carry out such a plan if they can
get the co-opertlon from the other
company.
“A street car system for Albany
ing at Bannon’s lodge at Thunderbolt |
will’take place the annual banquet of would conJe, of course, if that matter
the Savannah Rifle Association. This had not been disposed ot before tfi|s
is always the big social stag event of power could be developed. I say this
| the spring in Savannah. There will be because I feel sure that it is a matter
by all that Congressman Griggs was speeches tonight by some prominent of but a few months now before the
requested to take the matter up with orators, and for the time politics will building of a trolley line in Albany will
the nrnner nnthnritlpa at WooMno4n« ta i. a- a n. . _ _ « ' — . .. ..
the proper authorities at Washington, be forgotten. It Is to be a great gath- be undertaken. But if there Bhould
It was believed that when the authorl- ering of diners and wits. be no car line here, this company.
YOUNG LADY
JUMPED INTO LAKE.
Attempt at 8u!clde by Miss
Holmes, Atlanta.
Rosa
Special to The Herald.
Atlanta, Ga„ May 29.—Miss Rosa
Holmes, formerly private secretary, to.
Rev. Lon G. Broughton, pastor of tho
Baptist Tabernacle church, while de
spondent beeause of ill health, yester
day attempted to commit suicide by
leaping into Lake Abana alt Grant
Park. Park hands saw her and quick
ly rescued the young woman. Dr.
Broughtoh was notified. He came at
once to the park and took Miss
--Holmes back to the Tabernacle Infirm
ary, Where- sho had been undergoing
treatment for general breakdown. Her
condition was di)e to overwork during
the Bible conference, and it was
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We are stowing
a beautiful lino of,
bristle goods* includ
ing 1 '
Hair Brushes,
75c to $4.
Tooth Brushes,
10 c to $1.
Nail Brushes,
25 c ‘to $1.
Shaving Brushes,
25c to $1.50.
Clothes Brushes,
25c to $1.
Bath Brushes,
75c.
Hilsman-Sale
