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ytfeNcrmara Brothers
Confess Dynamiting
Jhe Confession of These Two
Brothers of the Horrifying
Crime of Dynamiting the Los
Angeles Times Has Stirred The
Entire Labor World.
The confession of the McNair?arp
'brothers has stirred the labor world
from center to circumference.
Samuel Gompers, it is reported, has
suffered a mental and physical col
lapse, and his brother states that he
will probably have to be placed in a
sanitarium as a result of the severe
strain that he has sustained as a
consequence of the disappointment
realized in the unlooked for confes
sion of this henious and fiendish
crime.
Gompers himself states that union
labor, confident of their innocence,
had contributed upward of $190,000
to their defense, and that their guilt
came to him like a bolt of lightning
out of a clear sky.
Wm. J. Burns, the famous detec
tive, hurled the declaration at Sam
uel Gompers that “Gompers knew all
the time that the McNamaras were
guilty.”
Previous to the confession of the
McNamaras, Samuel Gompers had
asserted that he kelieved that Detec
tive Burns had placed the bombs, that
had blown up the Times building at
Los Angeles, and thus a wide breach
was made between the famous detec
tive and the national labor leader.
The forces of capital and labor be
ing irrevocably arrayed against each
other, and distinguished counsel be
ing employed on each side, backed up
with sufficient amount of capital on
both sides to warrant, under our pres
ent legal system, and almost intermi
nable series of legal proceedings, with
’ an enormous cost to the city of Los
Angeles and the county, the business
interest of the city came together and
made a .strong appeal for a compro
mise in order to end the case and
stop the enormous expense and in
tense asT?ation.
It is feared that the outcome of this
Will result detrimentally to the
"labor arganization of America, and
a great many of the branches of this
great institution have registered their
strongest disapproval of the methods
persued by these rampant outlaws,
who have imagined that they could
help matters by adopting methods of
anarchy and destruction.
It may be that the peace and tem
porary welfare of Los Angeles may
be conserved by a compromise with
the representative of this extreme
lawless element, but we sincerely be
lieve that it is greatly detrimental
to the welfare of the country at large
and that the severest penalty should
have been meted out to these high
handed criminals, as a warning to the
scores of other criminals who have
committed like crimes, and gone un
punished.
We boast of our superior civiliza
tion; we talk about the land of the
free and the home of the brave; but
the fact still remains that high
handed crime stalks abroad in this
country, and the records show that
America ranks first in the annals of
the bloodiest civilized country on the
face of this earth.
Mere technicalities, th<- delay in the
execution of justice, and various other
causes, are given, but the fact re
mains that in civilized America, crime
is as rampant as among the uncivil
ized tribes of Africa and the Philip
pine Islands.
DEATH SATURDAY OF
BRIGHT YOUNG MAN.
t Fleming, the 16-year-old son of Mr.
and Mrs. D. W. Burch, died Saturday
at the home of his parents in this
'•y-
The young man stuck a nail in his
foot about a week before his death,
and while the wound was painful, it
caused no alarm until last Thursday,
,when lockjaw developed. The best of
1 medical attention was given him, and
physicians were constantly at his bed
side, but Friday morning it was seen
that the young man had slim chance
of recovery.
The deceased was well grown for
his age, and was a bright and manly
young fellow. His death came as a
shock to all who knew him, and espe
cially to his school mates, six of
whom acted as pallbearers. The in
terment was in Northview Sunday af
ternoon, services being conducted by
i|pev. W. A. Taliafepro. —Laurens
rf/vunty Times.
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“LITTLE JOE“ OUR
NEXT GOVERNOR
Jos. M. Brown is again Gover
nor of the State of Georgia, and
H. M. Stanley the genial editor
|of the Dublin Courier-Dispatch
wins by large majority over
McCarthy.
The latest returns gives:
JOE BROWN 85 Counties
pope Brown 39
JUDGE RUSSELL 20
Pope Brown wins in Pulaski
County by a small majority. The
vote in Cochran District was as
follows:
JOE BROWN 134
POPE BROWN 23
RUSSELL 20
One of the most pleasing feat
ures of the election here was the
entire absence of bitterness. We
heard very little personal criti
cism on either side which was a
very marked difference from for
mer gubernatorial contests. We
feel that not only our own com
munity but the state at large to
a great extent has been redeemed
from bitter personal partisanship.
Such methods that have been
conspicous in former campaigns
should certainly have been be
neath the dignity of an intelligent
constituency and was indeed det
rimental to the best welfare of
For That Which is to the Interest
of You, Your Family and Town.
When You Buy Furniture and House Furnishings use
the Same Discretion.
We Don t Mean to Knock anybody or any business, But to see
that the Public gets What They Buy, and
t
The Best For The Least Money
Call and see our Line of Art Squares, Trunks, the best ever.
Automatic, Self-Lifting Tray Trunk for $8.50. Now is the time
to buy a Hat Rack at Coft.
Everything at Cost
URQUHART FURNITURE CO.
COCHRAN, PULASKI COUNTY, GA., THURSDAY, DECEMBER 7, 1911
MRS. J. L. OVERBY DIES
IN ALABAMA
Mrs. J. L. Overby, aged 73
a well known and highly es
teemed lady who was a resi
dent of Cochran up to three
years ago, died in Birming
ham, Ala., Nov. 29th.
At the time of her death,
she was living in Birmingham
She was buried in Weeping
Pine cemetary, Rev. W. H.
Parks officiating- She was a
consistent member of the Bap
tist elpirch and has many
friends and relatives who will
mourn her loss. She is sur
vived by her husband J. L.
Overby, two daughters. Mes
dames Ida Carswell, and Dan
Taylor <7 Birmingham,
and two sons, T. M. and W.
H. Overby of Atlanta.
our state,
Our people are beginning to see
as never before the neccessity of
living up solidly for mutual bene
fit. With malice toward none
and with feelings of good cheer
and comradeship for all, we hail
the future with supreme confidece
and abiding faith that all differ
ences will be amicably adjusted
and every faction will unite for
the common weal.
DEATH OF
MRS. S. E. COOMBS
Mrs' S. E. Coombs one of
the oldest and most esteemed
residents of <Hir city died at
the home of her daughter Mrs.
Bettie Peacock, on Beach
street last Sunday and was
buried in \\ eeping Pine ceme
tery Monday, Rev. W. 11.
Parks officiating. Mrs.
Coombs was eighty 7 years old
when she died, was a memb
er of the Baptist Church, and
will be missed by many 7 friends
and relatives.
She is survived by one oon,
A. B. Coombs, of Twiggs
County, and four daughters,
Mrs. Bettie Peacock and Mrs.
Charlott Coley, of Cochran,
and Mrs. H. S. Wimberly and
Mrs. Zilla Frazier, of Pulaski
County.
DEATH OF
LITTLE CHILD
The four year old daughter
of Y. M. Barrs died at his re
sidence six miles from Coch
ran Saturday afternoon Nov.
25tli and was buried at An
tioch cemetery Sunday after
noon at 3p. m., Rev. J. B.
Griner officiating.
SCHOOL
ENTERTAINMENT
’Wednesday 7 November 29tli
the Music and Elocution De
partments gave one of the
best entertainments at the
opera house, that we have ev
er had. Every 7 child reflect
ed credit on the accomplished
teachers of these departments
The large audience was enter
tained thoroughly, every 7min
ute for one huur and fifty
minutes. Let us rally 7 to our
teachers and stop kicking on
every 7 petty occasion. Be
men and women and stand by
your teachers and don’t give
up to prejudice and passion.
Fill the classes.
See the big display of gold
handled umbrellas at J. M.
Wynne & Son, Jewelry Store.
J. E. Harris of Jacksonville
visited relatives in the city last
week.
Born to Mr. and Mrs. J. H.
Meadows of Route 1 last Sunday
December 3rd, a fine baby girl.
W. A. Marchman spent Sun
day in Macon.
NUMBER 27.
113 Dynamiters in
Past Six Years.
Association of Bridge and Struc
tial iron Workers opened fire
against the American Bridge
Co in 1905 —Number By Year
shown Below.
I line have been 113 dynamiting
outrages at buildings and other struc
tures throughout the United States
since August 10, 1905, when the In
ternational Association of Bridge and
Structural Ironworkers declared a
general strike against the American
Bridge Company. The number, by
\ears, follows: 1305, 4; 1907, 6;
ISOB, 29; 1309, 22; 1910, 29; 1911, to
date, 11. Among the explosions in
19i0 and 1911 were:
1910.
March 27—Indiana Harbor, Ind.,
new building of American Steel Foun-
Jaries’ Company.
April s—Newcastle, Ind., plant of
Pan-American Bridge Company.
April 19—Salt Lake City, Utah, ho
tel, under construction.
Same date—Mount Vernon, 111.,
power house of Mount Vernon Car
and Manufacturing Company.
Same date—Clinton, Ind., Chicago
and Eastern Illinois Bridge across
Wabash river.
May 24—New York City, storage
yard of Interborough Rapid Transit
Company, Two Hundred and Twenty
third street and Broadway.
June 2—Cleveland, material for
Denison-Harvard bridge.
June 4—Davenport, la., machine
shop of Davenport Locomotives
Works. i
Same date—Peoria, 111., bridge for
Peoria and Pekin Union Railway
Company.
July 9—Greenville, near Jersey
City, Lehigh Valley railroad viaduct.
July 15—Pittsburg, viaduct of West
Side Belt railroad.
July 21—Omaha, power plant of
Omaha and Council Bluffs Street rail
road.
August I—Superior, Wis., unload
ing rig of Philadelphia and Reading
Coal and Iron Company; twice in half
an hour.
August 23—Kansas City, Mo., vnrds
of McClintic-Marshall Construction
Company.
September 4—Peoria, 111., six adja
cent buildings and plant of the Lucas
Bridge and lorn Company.
Same date—East Peoria, 111., two
carloads of steel girders for bridge of
i eoria and Pekin Union railway.
September 27—Nicetown, Pa., Phil
adelphia and Reading railroad brigde.
October I—Los Angeles, Daily
Times plant and two private dwell
ings; twenty-one persons killed.
October 10—Worcester, Mass., der
rick car at Boston and Albany rail
road bridge; also a street bridge.
November 28—Philadelphia, derrick
at West Philadelphia National bank.
December 25—Los Angeles, Llew
ellyn Iron Works.
December 30—Kansas City, Mo.,
Van Stan’s Furnace Works.
1911.
January 29—Erie, Pa., car dump
of Susquehanna Coal Company.
February 24—Chicago, new plant
of Iroquois Iron Company; twice.
March B—Springfield, HI., viaduct
of McKinley Traction system; twice.
March 16—Milwaukee, unloading
bridge of Milwaukee Western Fuel
Company. ,
March 30—Fr/.ch Lick Springs,
Ind., French Lick Hotel addition.
March 24 —Omaha, county court
house.
Same date—Columbus, Ind., plant
of Caldwell & Drake Iron Works.
(They were contractors for Omaha
county court house.)
March 25—North Randall, 0., ore
conveyors of Picklands & Mather.
April 2—South Bend, Ind., Grand
Trunk railway viaduct.
April 4—Springfield, Mass, clock
tower of municipal building.
September 3—Mount Vernon, N. Y.,
viaduct of Westchetser and Boston
railroad.
CHRONOLOGY OF THE CRIME.
Octoberl, 1910—Los Angeles Times
building wrecked by dynamite; 21
persons killed. Gen. Otis, owner of
the Times, and organized labor had
been in long dispute.
October 2, 1910—Detective Wm. J.
Burns inspected ruins of Times build
ing and declared it the work of dyna
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