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THE BANNER, FRIDAY MORNING, MARCH 10, 1*11.
Means That the South is to Qet Together for its De
servedly Large Share of Business Prosperity in
the Years After Panama Canal
Shall Have Been Opened
Atlanta, Ca., March 6.—The moat
important thing that the Southern
Commercial Congress which is to
meet here this week, can do, accord
ing to the opinion of former Railroad
Commissioner S. G. McLendon, Is to
consider the Importance and neces
sity of the development of South At
lantic and Gulf ports, incident to the
early opening of the Panama canal.
•'Thinking quietly over the situa
tion," Mr. McLendon said, "I have
been amazed at' the inactivity on the
part of our people. Why the Pacific
ports are at work as they never were
before in their lives getting ready
to take care of every conceivble sort
of traffic they will have to handle or
that they want to handle when the
canal is completed.
"Over on the Pacific coast they are
pushing their harbor work with all
the energy they can command; they
are building new lines of railroads,
new docks and getting in new manu
factories; they are going to be ready
for it.
"Over here wc have done next to
nothing; we don’t seem to be suffi
ciently enthused over It, and if the
Southern states don’t watch out, they
nre going to be caught In a condition
of unpreparedness when the canal Is
actually opened, and commerce be
tween nearby ports that are ready
for it, begins with a rush.
“In my opinion the Southern Com
mercial Congress ought to take hold
of this problem and stir things up,
enliven the people, get them interest
ed. get them to doing things. It Is
I he best nnd most promising thing
the congress could do.”
The Southern Commercial Congress
w\!l begin- its sessions at the audi
torium in Atlanta on Wednesday,
March 9, when Prealdent John M.
Parker of New Orleans, will hit a
slab of Georgia marble with a gavel
representing a new union of the
southern states. The head is made of
sixteen pieces of wood, each piece
from*a different state and attached
to a handle from an elm planted by
John Quincy Adams In the White
House grounds.
The congress Is to meet for two
purposes: To open the eyes of the
southern people to their own great
resources and excite and stimulate
their energies, and to attract the at
tention of the world to the south
along nfflmatlve lines and to eradicate
false Impressions that have arisen
here and there as the result both of
false premise and faulty logic.
This congress is already attracting
attention from the Atlantic to the
Pacific. Its publicity bureau has had
requests for matter pertaining to it
from newspapers on the far Pad llo
coast, as well as from the western
Interior and the east.
This historic phase of the meeting
will make Atlanta, during this week
the scene of one of the most dramatic
occurrences In the history of the Uni
ted States, for on the morning of the
last day President Taft, the tenth man j
to occupy the presidential chair since |
Lincoln was called to preside over^
the destinies of a disrupted country,
will see the business men of the south
group the emblems of their individual
states around the flag of the union,
tints establishing forever, In the eyes
of the world, the greatness of the Am-
merican heart in that struggle and de-
leats will be forgotten in a new
pledge of men’s hearts and minds to
the problems of the nation of which
the south Is now and ever will be an
Integral part. At the very moment
when the thousands gathered In the
Auditorium will be swayed by the
sentiment and contrast of the occas
ion, then good, gray Senator Gordon,
of Mississippi, will arise strong in
the serenity of seventy-seven years,
calling on his nation to witness that
the men who fought and bled fifty
years ago yearn inexpressibly for a
greater nation to arise out of a great
er south. He will be Immediately fol
lowed by Dr. Clarence J. Owens, com
mander-in-chief of the United Sons of
Confederate Veterans, whose call will
be to the young men of today in order
that our tomorrows may prove as
glorious as the present and as endur
ing In fame as the past. For two
hours every soul In the the Audito
rium will be thrilled with a new,
broader patriotism, whose effects will
never die In the history of the nation.
The next morning the dally papers of
the nation will place under the eyes
of the millions a new, broader, sweet
er understanding of the strength the
south can give and will give to every
future national strain and problem.
Coming Into the second aspect of
the great meeting let me say that
every man In every Important line of
business can find in the three dfiys
session something of inspiration and
of personal profit to carry back home.
Every banker of the south (and
through the banks every business of
the south is reached), no matter bow
well Informed he Is now, needs to
know more regarding the positive
aspects of the south’s development,
for, learning such things, It is possi
ble for him to put into his community
more assurance of demeanor, more
unwavering confidence in enterprises.
The history of the south along the
lines of constructive business en
deavor is very modern. An immense
Increase along the line of manufac
turing Is yet possible at hundreds of
places throughout the south and may
be expected to steadily grow for long
years to come.
This leads naturaly to the state
ment that the name. "Southern Com
mercial Congress,” does not apply to
an annual meeting alone, but is the
name glren to a strategy whereby
with speed in our own day we may so
stir up the men of the south (and par.
tlculariy the young men) to an
firmative attitude of mind that the
destined wave of development which
must come to the south may lift them
up to grenter things rather than lead
to their defeat by the millions of men
of clear vision who are coming to see
that the south is the greatest region
of unused opportunity in the union
at the present time.
The meeting in Atlanta is only an
Incident in the work of the Southern
Commercial Congress. It Is In a meas
ure planned out in order that the
work of the Southern Commercial
Congress, as an effort may go on from
great things to greater along the
clearly defined lines of non-partisan-
ship nnd of development to which it
has been developing its attention
since it was first organized in Chat
tanooga, in August, 1908.
Before we leave this phase of the
subject there Is another important de
tail which should be held clearly in
mind during the proceedings of the
coming week.
Just fifty years ago the states of
the south were forming a new align
ment. Fifty years ago. within one
month, a fateful telegraphic message
went out of Montgomery ordering
Fort Sumter to be fired upon, and to
that message came a reply phrased
in four years of fratricidal agony and
bloodshed and phrased still further in
more than a generation of bitter mis
understanding. Men still in the vigor
of life participated in a struggle forc
ed upon them by causes greater than
themselves. The struggle of their
boyhood and early manhood Is for
gotten neither by them nor by others.
These men, with their living eyes,
have seen that which seems unparal
leled In the history of any other na
tion: The settlement of a great in
ternecine strife, an adjustment in
volving the abstraction of not one
single mile of territory from the de
feated region, a broader national un
derstanding and a complete physical
recovery within fifty years. The mar
vel of this thing will be emphasized
In the sessions of the Southern Com
mercial Congtsss. Fifty years after
the beginning of strife, the southern
states have come into their own; they
ore serene In .the house of their fath
ers nnd they are now ready to rofler
their strength to national problems. It
Is marvelous In our eyes. The meet
ings of the Southern Commercial
Congress arc Intended to Impress up
on the mind of the world the antithe
sis between conditions of 1861 and
conditions of 1911. For that reason
some of the participants nre men who
fought nnd bled on both sides. For
the same renson speeches will be
made here and there stressing the
moral aspects of the recovery and the
summons that it Issues to the boys
of today to be worthy of such n cour
ageous and uncomplaining past.
There is another class who must
come under the influence of the
thoughts of this week because they
themselves are called upon to exert
influence on every plastic mind In the
south. These are the educators, both
collegiate and scholastic. Their in
spiration has been great In tho past.
They have been men and women of
broad view's and of uncomplaining
service, but the field of knowledge
has an ever-extending horizon and the
great need right now In this period of
the south’s history Is that each and
every educator should catch the
meaning of the transition that has
gone forward In fifty years; Bhould
reach a positive attitude of mind as
to the prospects that extend before
the youth of today and should bo ah
togther committed to the idea that a
region of rich resources will find Its
highest expression through the tech
nical (raining of both mind and hand.
The ideals of children are formed by
those who express to them Ideals.
The thrill of today and the glorious
share the south is coming to play in
national affairs can be made to im
press itself upon every sensitive
mind in the south: for educators
themselves should speak with words
of positiveness and authority regard
ing the future prospects of each child
that they touch. Our educators are
ever men and women of faith, their
labors never reach fruition except
ten or fifteen years elapse to bring
the influenced child up Into the man's
estate and accomplishment. Conse
quently, the significance of this great
meeting will appeal to every man or
woman burdened with the delegated
responsibility of training childhood.
But when this has been said about
educators, a still more sweeping state-j
ment is self-evident. Those interest
ed In the sessions of the SouthefS
Commercial Congress are limited in
number only by the number of men,
women and children who are at pres
ent dependent upon the developement
THE SJ. C.
Southern Commercial Com
gress to Meet in Atlanta
Today for Three
Davs’ Session.
(Fiom Wednesday's Banner)
Atlanta, Ga., March 7.—The Souh
ern Commercial Congress which con
venes In the auditorium here tomor
row, takes on bigger magnitude every
time one looks at it from a different
angle.
Its design is a general, rather than
a specific one, to produce an effect
upon the minds of men the country
over; to call the attention of the
southern people to their own resour
ces and the possibilities in them, and
to correct false impressions about
the south on the part of those who
live in other sections.
To this end some of the biggest
men in the country are being brought
together on this occasion, with Presi
dent Taft as the headliner, followed
by former President Roosevelt. Then
there are several cabinet officers,
such as Sesretary of Agriculture Wil
son and Secretary of War Dickinson,
and a great many men of equal prom
inence in other walks of life.
Besides Governor Jos. M. Brown
of Georgia, the governors of at least
six other stales will be here, and per
haps others. Those who are positive
ly coming include Governor J. Y. San
dors of Louisiana. Governor Woodrow
Wilson of Xew Jersey, Governor Au
gustus E. Willson of Kentucky, Gov
ernor Cole L. Blease of South Caro
lina, Governor O'Neal of Alabama and
Governor E. F. Noel of Mississippi.
Men industrially and professionally
prominent in many other lines—men
like George Westinghouse, General
Julian S. Carr, Senator Duncan U.
Fletcher of Florida, nnd others of
similar leadership—will be numerous
in the deliberations of the congress
which will handle practically every
topic of possible Interest and Import
In connection with the south.
Elaborate preparations have been
made for the entertainment of these
distinguished visitors, and both Pres-
dent Taft and Colonel Roosevelt will
have about as busy days as they have
e^er known in the course of their
travels.
Although the congress meets tomor
row, the entertainment features have
been confined principally to Thursday
and Friday—Thursday for Mr. Roose-
elt nnd Friday for Mr. Taft.
On Thursday Colonel Roosevelt will
be given a luncheon at 1:30 p. m. at
the Piedmont Driving Club. This
function will be a small one, limited
to a party of official guests.
.At 3:30 p. m. there will be a recep
tion In honor .of the governors of the
southern states, headed by Governor
Jos. M. Brown of Georgia. To this
reception all delegates to the con
gress will be Invited.
Another dinner will be given Col
onel Roosevelt at 6:30 p. m. at the
Capital City Club.
On Friday at 12:30 p. m. President
Taft will be given a luncheon at the
Capital City Club. At 1:45 p. m. there
will be a reception In his honor at
the executive mansion. At 6:10 p. m.
President Taft will attend for a few
minutes a reception In his honor at
the University Club, one of Atlanta's
newest clubs. Following that Presi
dent Taft will be given a big dinner
at the Piedmont Driving Club, and
this will be the biggest function of the
week.
resident Taft will speak at the
congress Friday night and will take
the train at midnight to return to
Washington.
“Billey” Pinkerton Tells Old
Express Chum About ‘‘Bill” Miner
of the resources of the south or here
after to become dependent upon their
development. The Interests of the
occasion, therefore, spreads far be
jond the city limits of Atlanta, far
beyond tfie confines of the state, far
beyond the section called “south,”,
and is national and international In
its scope.
The third great division of the pro
gram comes on the night of March 8,
and is unique in its every detail. It
is entitled “The Solid South of Busi
ness.” There will be In one evening
seventeen speeches. Each speaker has
prepared the material for a pamphlet
regarding his state, covering from
3,000 to 5,000 words, but his speech
on the night of the solid south of bus
iness will be continued In an earnest,
heartfelt utterance for his state, cov
ering not more than ten or twelve
minutes. Consequently It fs easy to
see what a round of enthusiasm there
will be all through the unique feature.
The men to speak were not accident
ly selected. A letter was sent into
each state asking for the names of
the five leading business men in the
order of their pre-eminence, and from
these five, by the process of selection,
come to the surface the men who
raise their voices for their own states.
Georgia will be spoken for by J. S.
Davis, Albany, secretary, chamber of
commerce. Mr. Davhi Is a native of
Georgia and was bom in 1853. He
was educated at the University of
Georgia and then admitted to the
practice of law, later an editor and
then Interested in financial Institu
tions. He has afded in organising
power companies and has. for twenty
years, been interested In the Georgia
chautauqua.
Mr. Ison, agent of the Southern Ex
press Company In Athens has just
received from a friend in Chattanooga
a paper containing an account of an
interesting interview with “Billy”
Pinkerton of the great detective
agency regarding . the train robber,
•Old Bi.l Miner,” the ring-leader of
'ike gang which held up the Southern
'train on the morning of February 18th
near White Sulphur Springs.
Mj\ Pinkerton Talks.
William A. Pinkerton, chief of the
National Pinkerton Detective*agency,:
’was in Chattanooga yesterday. He ar
rived on an early morning train and
left last night for Atlanta, where ho
will be in consultation with the au
thorities concerning tho recent train
robbery at Gainesville, and incidental
ly establish a Pinkerton agency in At
lanta.
Mr. Pinkerton stopped over in Chat
tanooga to look after some maters
connected with the banking business
He said, however, he was not espe-
daily pursuing criminals, but. on the
other hand, was offering protection
against them. He says the concern in
Chattanooga, doing business under
ike name of the Pinkertons, has no
part or parcel with his agency.
Yesterday he called upon C. L.
Loop, of the Southern Express compa
ny. and the two had a long talk of
\ reminiscent nature. Years ago, he
was stationed 1n Mem phi a as e'niei de
tective for the Southern Express
Mr. Loop was cashier. They had
many strenuous times with train rob
bers and other species of the outlaw.
• Billy”- Pinkerton is the son of Maj.
Allan Pinkerton, who was President
Lincoln's chief of detectives during
the civil war, and who established
the Pinkerton agency Just after that
conflict. The first “force” consisted
of Maj. Pinkerton and his two sons,
William and Robert. Mr. IMnkertor.
Joes not, with the exception of a pair
•f keen gray eyes that gaze st^ndil)
at one from beneath half-closed eye
ids, look much like the great detec
tive whose name has been a house
hold word for years in every part of
the country. Instead he looks more
like a prosperous business man. Ho
i.. tall, broad shouldered and of athle
tic build, denoting great strength. His
hair is steely gray, parted in the mid
dle. with some inclination to scanti
ness. One of the striking ohuracter*
istics is that his ears are nearly flat
against the side of the head, like a
bulldog when It shows its teeth in
anger. There is a bulldog tenacity
about his expression that denotes that
ho has never been to the "Country of
Can’t Come Back.”
He talks interestingly of trailing
the great criminals of the early 70*3
and 80’s, and likes to deal In remin
iscences.
Not a Story Book Detective at All.
“Did you ever find it necessary to
adopt disguises, such as detective
stories give you credit for?” was ask
ed.
“No,” he laughingly replied. "About
the only disguise I ever assume is
when I put on a clean collar or
change ties or hats. We never find
It necessary to wear false mustache
or those sort of things one reads
about In penny detective stories. 1
don’t recall that I ever wore a dis
guise In my life.
The instincts of a detective are
not born within a man. It is simply
common sense nnd hard plodding.
There Is no mystery surrounding the
business, as the ‘yellow backs’ try to
make believe. We recruit our men
from every walk of life and we rarely
f\cr take a man over 40 years of age.
This is a young man's age. and none
observe it more carefully than we
The days of great criminals in Ameri
ca are over. Their ingenuity is met
with Ingenuity. We work along the
same lines that a business man builds
up a great business. By putting ‘two
and two' together we usually make
our deductions. ‘Desperate Desmond’
and the 'Boy Wonder* have little part
in modern detective work.
Bill Miner an Old-Time Bad Man.
“As soon as our agency was notlfi
ed of the robbery at Gainesville, Ga.,
like every other detective establish
ment in the country, we began to
throw out lines. When the Georgia
sheriff captured the robbers, their pic
tures soon came. As soon as I glanc
ed at them 1 remarked to an assist
ant. "This man is Bill Miner, the ’
tern train robber,* Later he
identified as such. The record of this
man Miner will probably never again
be equaled upon the American con
tinent. The police and detective de
partments hunted him unsuccessfully
tor years. And only a year or so
ago was he captured In Canada aftei
an exciting chase participated in by
the Northwest mounted police, provin
cial police, detectives, Indians and
others.
“Miner is a Canadian by birth, and
is known by many aliases. He has
been a road agent’, since he was
about 20 years old, and the history ol
his affairs reads like a dime novel
He has robbed stages on the plains
and trans fro mthe Pacific coast t‘c
the Gulf of Mexico. His record as n
'killer' and general all-round crook
<an hardly be equaled. He sorap-
times posed as a capitalist, other
times as a professional man, and in
nearly every instance got away with
the ’goods.’ He has served In prisons,
but several times has cleverly man
aged to escape. He is pleasant ol
speech, has a good carriage, that is,
he once had such, and in many in
stances made brilliant ‘getaways.’
“In the early 80's his star was in
its zenith. He was captured for rob
bing a train in California and given
a sentence at San Quentin- He was
released In 1901, and at once took up
his old profession. His later exploits
in western Canada gave express com
panies and civil authorities much
trouble. He %ua captured and given
a sentence for holding up a train in
British Columbia, but escaped some
eighteen months ago. Since then his
whereabouts have been clouded in
mystery until the hold up at Gaines
ville. The two unidentified men who
took part in the Gainesville hold-up
are evidently pals of Miner from
Canada. They are not natives of this
country and are, I believe, western
men. Miner will no doubt be taken
back to Canada, where a long sen
tence awaits him.
"And l want to say right here the
express companies never let up on
going after ’hold-up’ men. Mr. Izoop
can no doubt recall Instances that
happened years ago, where overtures
were made for compromise, but were
never given. The day of the criminal
is past, that is, of that variety.’’
Mr. Pinkerton said he had not been
in Chattanooga in eleven years. “It
is a marvel,” said he. “how the town
has grown. I am agreeably surprised
It Is the best city In this section of
the country.”
BOSTON NATIONALS
OFF FOR DIXIE.
Boston, Mass., March 7.—The play
ers of the Boston National league
team, In charge of Manager Fred
Tenney, started today for the train
ing grounds at Augusta Ga. Two
weeks will be spent in Augusta, after
k-hlch the team will work its way
north, playing a number of exhibition
games on the way.
BENCH SHOW AT ROCHESTER.
Rochester, N. Y., March 7.—The
annual bench show of the Kodak City
Kennel Club opened today with an
entry list representing a greater va
riety of breeds than were ever ex
hibited heretofore. Judging began
soon after the opening today and will
ontinue until the show closes Friday
night.
Th# educational train la atlll mak
ing friends and bringing famera of
the state under obligations to the
State College of Agriculture.
POLO TOURNEY AT AIKEN.
Aiken, S. C., March 7.—Polo en
thusiasm and society folk gathered
here in force today for the opening
of the tournament of the Aiken Polo
Club, the first big event of the kind
to be held this year. Some of the
best known polo players in the coun
try are taking part in the tournament,
which will continue over a period of
two weeks.
SPOKANE TRIES NEW PLAN.
Spokane, Wash., March 7.—-Spokane
is holding Its first election today un
der the new charter recently adopted
by popular vote. The new charter Is
modeled rather closely after that re
cently adopted in Grand Junction.
Col., though In Its main features it
follows the general plan of commis
sion government In force In many
cities In the west and south. The
present mayor and city council will
be supplanted by a board of five com
missioners. There are nearly 100
candidates for the commissionerships,
among them being the present mayor
and a number of the other city offi
cials.
TEXAS CATTLE RAISERS.
Dalhart, Texas, March 7.—A large
and representative attendance mark
ed the opening here today of the an
nua! convention of the Panhandle Cat
tle Raisers’ Association. The gath
ering will last three days and will be
devoted to addresses and discussions
dealing with numerous questions in
which the cattle raisers are interest
ed.
Secret*r ; of the Interior Ballinger
has resigned on account “of ill
health.” His place (a to be taken by
Walter L. Flaher of Chicago.
TO CHOOSE NEW BISHOP.
Kansas City, Mo., March 7.—Re
presentatives of the clergy and laity
of the Protestant Episcopal diocese
of Kansas City met In special con
vention in St. Paul’s church here to
day, to choose a successor to the
late Right Rev. E. R. Atwill, bishop
of Kansas City. The deliberations
of the convention, were conducted be
hind closed doors. There was noth
ing to indicate who the successful
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CAPITAIJEWS
Many Items of lilate In
terest as Chronicled by
Banner’s Atlanta
- Correspondent.
Evanson In Athens.
Atlanta, Ga., March 7.—A. W. Car
michael. the "Young Croesus” who
recently created a sensation in At
lanta and later in Nek York, is back
In Atlanta after an absence of only a
few days. He arrived direct from
New York Monday morning and stat
ed that his stay in the Empire city
had been made misearble by the
camping of reporters on ids trial day
and night.
Carmichael denied a great many of
the reports which were circulated in
regard to his eventful visit to Atlan
ta. He expressed the opinion that it
was merely a coincidence that Mrs.
Izouise Whitemore Evanson, the pret
ty manicure girl, happened to be on
the same train on which he went to
Miami. He admits that he intended
to retain Charlie Bell Isle, the Atlan-.
ta chauffeur, in his employ. O. C.
Evanson. husband of the manicurt
girl, has instituted priceedings to re
cover the custody of their two chil
dren.
Hunting His Wife.
Atlanta, March 7.—Jack Lipscomb,
wearing his sailor uniform and proud
ly displaying an honorable discharge
from the navy arrived in Atlanta Mon
day morning and immediately tool
steps to find his pretty wife.
Lipscomb was formerly ati usher ir
a local theater and despite the fact
that he is only 18 years of age he
has two ex-wives. His second matri
moniai venture proved to he his un
doing. After lie had been married
one week to Miss Carrie Prather, the
father of the bride discovered that
Lipscomb had taken French leave
from the navy. As a result he was
arrested and taken to Norfolk and
his bride returned to her parents.
Lipscomb states that he intends to
consult a lawyer ns to the best course
to pursue to recover his wife.
Mission Board to Meet.
Atlanta, March 27.—The parlla-
*nt of the Home Mission Board of
the Christian church, composed of all
the ministers of that denomination
In the state will convene in Atlanta
Thursday afternoon. Interesting pro
gress have been arranged for the
three days of the parliament by presi
dent II. D. Smith and Secretary 1.
N. McCash.
Schubert Shows for Atlanta.
Atlanta, March 7.—Announcement
has just been made of the fact that
Manager Eugene Perry of the Grand
Theater, one of the most popular
theatrleal managers in the city of
Atlanta, Iihs received a promotion to
a more responsible position and has
been chosen i>y the Shuberts to n»-
same control of the northern circuit
of the Shubert theaters.
Manager Perry has made many
friends in Atlanta and In Macon as
the manager of the Grand theaters
In both places. As yet m announce
ment has been made of his successor
in either of the two positions. Man
ager Perry will leave for the eist
with the advent of the Emma Hunting
stock company to the Grand.
Sentiment for Stripling.
Atlanta, March 7—Public sentiment
has been aroused to such an extent
in Atlanta over the petition for a par
don for Edgar Stripling, chief of po
lice of DanWlle, who Is now 'n the
Columbus, Ga. jail awaiting his de
position that It Is thought the public
will demand his release if the gover
nor refuse's to grant the petition fer
a pardon. It is thought by some t‘.at
the governor will grunt a pardon of
his own volition.
Nearly Fleeced Legislator.
Atlanta, March 7.—G. F. Newton,
a former legislative representative of
Conquitt county narrowly escaped be
ing fleeced for a sum of $!8‘* 00 by a
ouple of clever confidence men Mon-
da}'. While visiting his daughter who
is ill in this city Mr. New con made
the acquaintance of two strange men.
Later they obtained his dgnarure sup
posedly for the purpose of writing
him a letter. After obtaining the sig
nature which was on a blame -check
the swindlers filled out the check for
$185.00 and mailed it to Moultrie, Ga.,
where the fraud was discovered.
French Grand Opera.
Atlanta, March 7.—The French
Grand Opera Company left Now Or
leans today and will arrive in Atlan
ta on its annual tour of the targer
cities March 9 and will give four per
forraances. From Atlanta the com
pany goes to Memphis, Tenn., thence
to other cities in the middle west.
Cured
Splint
TO PROBE ALASKA
COAL LAND ENTRIES
Chicago, III., March 7.—Evidence o(
alleged frauds in eonnecllon with coal
land entries In the Matanuska and
Cook Inlet flclds In Alaska is expect
ed to he laid before the federal grand
Jury which convened here today.
Agents of the United States land
office have been Investigating the al
leged illegal entries for more than a
year and have summoned a number
of business men of Alaska to testify
before the grand jury.
SLOAN £
LINIMENT
“I have used
Sloan’s Liniment on
a tine mare for splint
and cured her. This
makes the third
horse I’ve cured.
Have recommended it to my neigh
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I find it the best Liniment I ever
used. \ keep on hand your Sura'
Colic Cure for myself and neigh
bors. and I can certainly recom
mend it for Colic.”—S. E. Smith,
McDonough, Ga.
Cured Thrush.
Mr. R. \V. Parish, of Bristol,
Ind.,R, No. 2, writes:—“I have used
lots of your Liniment for horses and
myself. It is the best Liniment in
the world. I cured one of my horses
of thrush. Her feet were rotten;
the frogs came out; she laid down
most of the time. I thought she
would die, but I used the Liniment
as directed and she never lies down
in the daytime now.”
SLOANS
LINIMENT
should be in every stable and ap
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You don’t need to rub, it penetrates.
X Will kill a spavin,
curb or splint, re
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and is a sure and
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Price, 60c. and $1.00
Btosa'i book on
boric*, cattle, sheep
end poultry sent
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Dr. Earl S. Sloan,
lottos, Km a., U. S. A.
GEORGIA TEAM GOES
JNfOJRAINING
Rainy Days Coach Anderson
Qives Lectures on Technical
Points ot Game
Trimmed down to nineteen men on
the varsity for this year, the Red and
Black baseball team of this season
lias gone into regular training for the
work ahead of them. Coach Anderson
will have them on regular training
work every afternoon till the first
game is' played with Clemsou at
Clemson on March 28th. On rainy af
ternoons when the nine cannot be on
the. field. Coach Anderson has the men
in his room nnd gives them the best
he has in Btock in a technical and
practical lecture on the science of
baseball—the points of the game, or-
ganlzation, team work, and amundred
and one points which Instruction Is
required upon. Yesterday the first of
these lectures was delivered to the
nineteen men—the field being too wet
for batting practice.
RELATIVES ARE HUNTING
FOR RICHARD VAN HORN
The following has been sent to the
press of this section of the state:
Missing—$100 Reward—Missing.
Richard Van Horn—On February 9,
1909, Richard Van Horn, white, 26
years old, 5 feet 2 or 3, 130 pounds,
stout build, pale complexion, light
har, blue eyes, smooth face, wearing
dark clothes, grayish brown soft hat,
disappeared from hta home In this
city. Washington, D. C.
Previous to his disapperanco Mr.
Van Horn laid been quite ill and may
lie slightly demented front fever.
Mr. Charles E. Robson, attorney-at-
law, this city, will pay $100 reward for
his detention until the arrival of hit
relatives to care for him.
Kindly have the police and hospital
records examined; also request the
press to publish his dlsappearnce, and
if located, cause bis detention and Im
mediately telegraph
RICHARD SYLVESTER,
Major and Superintendent of Police.
MANY HERE TAKING INTERE8T
IN THE STRIPLING CASE
Quite a number of Athens people
have been interested from charitable
and sentimental motives In the case
of Stripling, the former chief of po-
lice of Danville, Va., who has been
recently returned to Georgia to an
swer for the murder of a man in Har
ris county. The story of his crime,
his conviction, his escape, his reform,
ation and his subsequent history is
familiar. There are several Harris
county people In Athens who have bis
case on their hearts and who are very
anxious that the governor shail see fit
io pardon him.
Attacks School Principal.
A severe attack on school principal,
Chas. B. Allen, of Sylvania, Ga., Is
thus told by him. “For more than
three years,” he writes, ”1 suffered In
describable torture from rheumatism,
liver and stomach trouble and dis
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till I used Electric Bitters, but tour
bottles of this wonderful remedy cur-
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