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SHERIFF NABS
MOB MEMBERS
Little Jail at Lynchburg, Tennessee,
Attacked by Lynchers.
PRISONER SHOT TO DEATH
Sheri# Made Every Effort to Protect
His Charge---One Member of Mob
Shot and Three Captured.
At Lynchburg, Tenn., early Friday
morning Sheriff George R. Davidson,
in attempting to save the life of a ne
gro prisoner, lired into a mob which
was assailing the jail, wounding j man
whose name was not divulged.
The sheriff summoned assistance,
but he and his aides were overpower
ed, the jail entered and the much want
ed negro, Allen Small, shot to death in
the corridor.
The mob was composed of about
twenty-live people. Sheriff David3jn
was alone at the time. He refused to
give up the keys and opened lire from
a window. He wounded one of the
mob, Lut ids identity is not known.
The sheriff then called for the police.
Two officers and several citizens
rushed to the jail, but despite the'r
presence, the mob battered down Lie
wooden door at the foot of the stairs
leading to the corridor. The shorilf
and posse made a stout resistance, b it
were unable to prevent the mob from
breaking in the iron door at the head
of the sairs and entering the cel't occu
pied by the negro, about whose neck
they placed a rope. As noon as the
men emerged from the cell, it became
apparent, that the negro could not he
taken from the jail and hung for fear
of being fired on, and he was shot to
dec J . The mob then made an effort
to escape, but the sheriff and his guard
captured three of them, and they are
in jail. One of them, It is said, has
made a confession, implicating tlrr
teon men in the affair.
Small was under arrest on the
charge of assaulting Mrs. Eliza Eggles
ton, and at his preliminary hearing the
warrant was so amended as to charge
a simple case of assault. The negro
had waived examination and was w’oil
ing the action of the grand jury.
ROT UN POLICE RACKET IN ATLANTA.
iarcial Comedy Results From factional Dif
ferences in Boord of Commissioners.
The Atlanta Constitution prints lha
following In Friday morning's issue:
In the formal charges made against
Captain Z. B. Moon, of the police ue
partmeat, hy Chief John W. Hall mat
ters of a far more grave and serious
aspect than have yet been made public
have come to light. Captain Moon is
said to have furnished information to a
woman warning her that the police
were about to prosecute her on the
charge of keeping a house of question
able character. This charge is made
in addition to the others of circulating
a false report against the chief of po
lice and with refusing to obey an or
der issued to him by the chief.
A letter is in the possession of the
chief of police, written in a handwrit
ing. the exact counterpart of Captain
Moon’s, in which one Mrs. Lulu Breen
was warned that detectives wore about
to prosecute her before the grand
jury. The letter is signed “Your
Friend Jones." There was no attempt
to disguise the handwriting and the
letter was written on the same kind of
paper which the captain had used in
making a report to the chief.
The whole affair lias assumed a
very serious nature, and the deparS
ment is on the eve of one of the most
sensiitkWal investigations thaf"has t:t
-rS'h place for a long while.
SUNDAY BASEBALL BARRED.
Alabama Solans Pass Bill Stopping Came
on Lord's Da>.
The Alabama senate Friday after
noon passed the house bill to prohib’t
the playing of baseball, football. goF
or tennis on Sunday by a vote of 22 ro
10. It is now ready for the governor’s
signature. He will sign it. This means
no more Sunday baseball in Alabama
The house anti boycott bill was re
ported favorably in the senate.
NEGRO LABOR AGENT HEAVILY FINED.
For Enticing Workers from Georgia Arnold
noW Bryant is Hard Hit hy Court.
In Berrien county court, at Tif'on.
Ga„ Thursday, Arnold Bryant, color
ed, was convicted of enticing hands out
of the state under contract to labor,
and Judge Peeples imposed a fine of
SI,OOO or eight months in the chain
gang.
This is said to bo the heaviest fin?
ever imposed in Berrien county. It is
understood that Bryant was persnad
ing hands to leave turpentine farms in
Berrien to work oa places in Florida.
CAPITOL IS RENOVATED.
National Halls of Legislation Will Be
Ready lor the Assembling of the
Congress on November 9th.
A Washington special says: At the
capitol Thursday the positive state
ment was made by uiose engaged in
getting the building in readiness for
the assemblage of congress that the
date of the extra session has been
definitely fixed for November 9. Su
perintendent Elliott Woods could
have the building ready for occupancy
at an earlier date if necessary, for
when the present improvements and
decorations were commenced it was
understood that they were to be com
pleted not later than October *!?. Work
has been progressing steadily on this
basis, so that Mr. Woods says he will
have the senate and house lobbies fin
ished by that date and the various
committee rooms and corridors redeco
rated and furnished at the same time.
In anticipation of congress being
called together earlier than November
9, the carpets are now laid upon the
floors of the chambers of the house
and senate and the desks are being
placed in position.
The house will celebrate its entry
into the “four hundred" class oy ap
pearing in a new green and gold car
pet. There are now an even “four
hundred” desks for members in the
hall of the house of representatives.
The new membership, under the latest
apportionment, is 385, and The fifteen
extra desks are supplied to preserve
the symmetry in the arrangement of
seats in the semicircle. The senate
chamber will be covered with the- same
green and gold covering as nTs* year
The house side outshines the senate
this year in making improvements for
the convenience and comfort of its
members. The speaker’s lobby hi 3
been frescoed in elaborate siyle uy
Senor Rochermann, an understudy of
the late Bermudi, whose work adorns
the dom 3 of the rotunda. The commit
tee rooms of invalid pensions and in
sular affairs have been redecorated by
the same artists and fitted up with
Handsome furnishings to match. TJIO
house library has been fitted up with
steel shelving and a white marble floor
ing has replaced the carpeted floor in
the speaker’s library.
Improvements Have -been made in
the senate and house cafes. The most
noticeable addition to the senate din
ing room is a steam table, so that hun
gry senators may obtain a hot quick
luncheon without being obliged to wait
their turn in the private dining rooms,
wehere the accommodations are not al
ways equal to the demands of senators
and their friends about midday.
“Uncle Joe” Cannon is on deck wait
ing to get busy. Me has opened hl3
headquarters in the appropriations
committee room, where he can keep
one eye on the speaker’s chair and at
the same time straighten out some of
the holdover details in connection wuth
his former duties as chairClZS of the
appropriations committee. Uncle Joe
has his own idea about the organiza
tion of the various committees, but he
is too diplomatic to indulge in aay
premature discussion on that subject
for publication.
CANNOT ACCFPT THIS MEASURE.
Minister Powell Sits Down Hurd and Heavy
on Dominican Government.
United States Minister Powell has
made a vigorous reply to the Domini
can foreign minister, oy the subject of
the Dominican government’ bill f.r
establishing the neutrality of Domini
can waters and making certain ports
tree. In his note. Mr. Powell says the
United States government cannot ac
cept this measure; that the foreign
minister’s response to his recent pro
test is objectionable to the United
States government and that such a
measure as proposed is antagonists
to ti e fundamental principles followed
by his government.
OIL TANK CAUSES CONFLAGRATION.
Explosion is Fofiowed by Fire and the De
struction of Twenty-Five Cars.
A special from Greensboro, N.
says that the explosion of the oil tank
at 1 o’clock Friday morning set fire to
a number of cars standing on the side
tracks and about twenty-five were en
tirely consumed.
Trains both ways wore delayed bv
the main line being blocked.
VERDICT AGAINST SENATOR PI AS.
Assessed a Fine of S2OO For Thrashing a
Citizen of Chattanooqa.
In the criminal court at Chattanoo
ga, Tenn., Wednesday, State Senator
Walter Peak was found guilty of as
sault and battery aud fined S2CO.
Senator Peak was indicted for felo
nious assault on the person of William
Dowling last April during the sessio is
of the legislature.
Peak has now brought sui* against
Dowling for $50,000 for libel. Dowling
also sues Peak for the same amount
for personal injuries.
TO THE COURTS
ROADS MAY GO
To Settle Tangle Over Tax Assess
ments in Georgia.
DISCRIMINATION EVIDENT
Case of Atlantic Coast Line Draws
Matter to a Head--Attorney for
That Road Talks.
That the railroads of Georgia will
in the near future resis' in the courts
the taxes now levied against them is
the growing opinion among leading
corporation lawyers of the state.
These predictions are based upo*
contentions that Die arbitration syi
tem results in an unequal distribution
of taxation and that corporate prop
erty, compared to other property, is
valued at a much higher per cent than,
that of private individuals.
The fact that the award in the At
lantic Coast Line case fixed the taxa
ble value of that system at a high i
rate per mile than the other lines do
ing a similar business is cited in sup
port of these contentions. This road
may, indeed, he the first or among tha
first to appeal from the award of arbi
trators and submit the question of
how much it should be taxed to the su
preme court.
F. G. dußignon, attorney for the At
lantic Coast Line Rai.road Company,
was seen touching the recent arbitra
tion of the properties of this company.
He said that as iie understood it the
figures of the umpire in fixing be
value of the franchise and tangible
properties represented the full value
of those properties and were not re
duced so as to conform to the valua
tion for taxes of other property return
ed for taxation in the state.
“Indeed,” he said, “I understood
such a statement was made while the
board was in open session.’
The evidence submitted to the board,
he said, consisted of affidavits of tax
collectors, tax receivers, ordinaries,
sheriffs and real estate agenda along
the line of this road, which were all *0
the effect that property generally in
their respective counties were return
ed for state and county taxes at only
from 50 to 60 pr cent of its true value,
and that there was no evidence contra
dicting this.
“In fact,” he said. “I believe the
comptroller general had ammitted, ac
cording to the public prints, in one of
the preceding arbitrations, that prop
erty generally in this state was re
turned for state and county taxes at
about 62 2-8 per cent of its value I
have no idea that more than 76 per
cent of the award against the Atlantic
Coast Line Railroad Company, both a=>
to its franchise and tangible property,
can be enforced.
“The authorities upon the point, are
simply overwhelming and all one way.
The question has been decided by al
most every district and circuit court
in the United States, and has bem
before the supreme court of the United
States more than once, and the decis
ions of that court upon it were keen
cut and clear.
WANTED TO GET IN THE GAME.
Alabama Postmaster Read of Grafters and
Forthwith Offered Bribe to Payne.
Andrew S. Wallace was until a few
weeks ago postmaster at Opp, Ala.
While serving as Uncle Sam’s agent
in that capacity Mr. Wallace read in
the papers of the bribery that was go
: ing on in the postoffice department at
Washington and he forthwith proceei
;od to write to Postmaster General
Payne and offered him the sum of SSO
if Mr. Payne would have him appoint
ed postmaster at Andalusia, Ala.
This is a better office than the one
held by Mr. Wallace, and he thought
by tempting the postmaster general
with the offer cf SSO he would have
no trouble in receiving the appoint
ment. He has been removed from the
office at Opp and placed under arrest.
A bond of SSOO for his appearance at
the next term of the United States
court at Birmingham was required.
URGING BULGARIANS TO MAKE WAR.
Bellicose Resolutions Pcssed fit Mass
Meeting of Macedonian Sympathizers.
Advices of Wednesday from Sofia,
, Bulgaria, state that a less hopeful feel
i ing prevails in government circles re
| garding the general situation, although
!no actual change is reported. Tb. n
; events of the next few days are aw?i r
;ed with great anxiety, and popular
j ;f-eling is becoming more excited. A
j largely attended meeting cf Macedo
rn3n sympathizers, held at Rusichuk.
j Bulgaria, has adopted resolutions ?>
healing to the Bulgarian government
t*o declare war on Turkey immediately.
LITIGATION IS STOPPED.
Agreement Reached in Atlanta Court
Over Alleged Tissue Paper Will
of George W. Collier.
Litigation over the estate of the
late George W Collier came to an ab
rupt end in the superior court at At
lanta, Ga., Wednesday afternoon, when
a satisfactory agreement was reach 2i
by a.l parties concerned and a consent
verdict ordered which removes the
matter from the courts.
The following is the basis of the
settlement:
The alleged last will and testament
of Mr. Collier is set aside on the
ground that the testator had not tes
tamentary capacity on October S,
1900, the date of the paper.
By this arrangement the three ex
ecutors —Judge J. N. Bateman, Kenry
L. Collier and George W. Collier—««
out of ail control or the estate, their
duties as executors ceasing with the
signing of the verdict.
The caveators —the heirs who con
tested the will—agree 10 pay to the
three executors and their attorneys the
sum of SIO,OOO in full settlement of all
expenses and claims.
The settlement means that the es
tate will now be administered by ad
ministrators to be appointed by Ordi
nary John R. Wilkinson. Although no
positive statement is made, it is under
stood that George W. Collier, Jr., and
Miss Elizabeth Collier, the two oldest
children of Mr. Collier, the deceased,
have been agreed on as administrators.
The sudden adjustment of the case
came as a surprise, even to the parties
Interested. The question of a settle
ment had been discussed between tie
two sides, but it is said that all ef
forts in this direc.ion had been aban
doned. They were renewed in the
court room Wednesday, however, and
within the space of only a few min
utes had proven successful. Tin
friends of Judge Bateman consider
•hr.t the adjustment is a complete vin
dication for him in the matter of the
charges made in the ordinary’s court.
Counsel for the propounders state
that the first movement for a settle
ment came from outside parties. At
torneys for the caveators assert that
the proposition came from the oppos
ing side. The amendment to the ca
veat was of necessity filed by the ca
veators.
As to how the SIO,OOO will be ap
propriated by the two retiring execu
tors is not known at this time and will
probably never be given to the public.
It is understood, however, that the
most of the money will go towards
paying attorneys’ fees, six of the most
prominent members of the Atlanta bar
haring been engaged by Messrs. Bate
man and H. L. Collier.
CONTRACT LET FOR ATLANTA DEPOT.
Local Firm the Lucky Bidders—Cost Will
Aggregate $350,000.
At Atlanta, Wednesday, Gude &
Walker, local contractors, were award
ed the contract for the construction a£
the new passenger station, at Mitch
ell street and Madison avenue, by the
Atlanta Terminal Company, in a meet
ing ’4 hich was held at the residence of
Captain James W. English, president
The price is between $345,000 and
$350,000, and the depot is to be com
pleted within a year.
The work will be pushed as speed
ily as is consistent witE good work
manship and the station will be ready
for occupancy within less than a year.
The award was in the nature of a
recommendation from the Terminal
Company to the officials of the Sourh
ern, Central and Atlanta and West
Point railroads, and there is no doubt
whatever that it will be confirmed.
Captain J. W. English expects to hear
from the officials of these roads im
mediately, so it follows that the con
tract will be signed without delay.
A copy of the award has been for
warded to Mr. Samuel Spencer, presi
dent of the Southern; C. A. Wicker
sham, president of the West Point, and
J. F. Hanson, chairHfhn of the board of
directors of the Central. These gentle
men will have the final say in the mat
ter of the award, but when it is under
stood that Mr. Wickersham was pres
ent at the meeting and that J. S. R.
Thompson represented Mr. Spencer, it
stands to reason that t-he action of the
Terminal Company wfTl be approved
without question.
FARMERS’ NATIONAL CONGRESS CLOSES.
No Specific Legislation Irged at the Gath
ering in Niagara Falls This Year.
The Farmers’ National congress
flosod its annual meeting at Niagara
’alls Thursday night. The farmers
will not urge much specific national
legislation this year, contenting them
selves with generalities. A set of res
olutions favoring the extension of ru
ral free delivery and the parcels pos-t
system, a postal telegraph system and
postal saving banks was adopted.
A resolution favoring reciprocity
with Canada was finally killed and the
question of a ship subsidy found nc
supporters in the congress
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won’t cure rheumatism;
we never said it would.
It won’t cure dyspepsia;
we never claimed it. But
it will cure coughs and
colds of all kinds. We
first said this sixty years
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Consult your doctor. If ho says take it,
then do as lve says. If lie tells you not
to take It, then don't take it. He knows.
Leave It with him. Wo are wiiling.
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He —You’re getting your hat ruined.
She —Well, it’s an old hat, and I do
hate to wet my new umbrella.—De
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