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EX-GOV, ATKINSON IS
DEAD AT NEWNAN, 6A
Unconscious Several Hours
Before the End.
PASSED OFF PEACEFULLY
lie Was For Years I’roininent ns a
Render of Ormecrata ami Served
Two Terms us Thief Executive, l>r
leafing General Evans.
Keivnan, Ga., Aug. 8 .—Kx-Governor
Atkinson died at 8:52 this morning,
after after iO 10 dava’ aar. iline-s lllaau. at his home in
this place. He was unconscious for
several hours previous to his death, but
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W. Y. ATKINSON,
passed away peacefully, Dysentery
was the cause of death.
He was a prominent leader in the
Democratic party of this state and for
several years directed the party’s state
political machinery.
Mr. Atkinson was elected governor
for the first time iu 1894, defeating Gen¬
eral Clement A. Evans In the second
campaign he defeated Seaborn Wright,
u combination Populist uini prohibition
candidate.
He served six years in the legislature
previous to occupying the gubernatorial
chair. He was lor one term speaker of
the bouse.
Since the expiration of his last term
os governor lie has been engaged in ihe
practice of law in this county, where he
was born and reared.
In his personal bearing Mr. Atkinson
was dignified, affable and easy ot ap¬
proach, being the very embodiment of
simplicity, His chief characteristics
were bis remarkable courage and ins
keen political foresight. Nothing ever
daunted him, and several times ho had
been at death’s very door, but iie a 1 wav s
won before by his determination and
strength.
He was 45 years old at the time of his
death and is survived by a wife and
several children.
PHYSICIAN WORSEWHIPPED.
Or. Kendall of Columbia Cowhided
by tile Campbell Brothers.
Columbia, S. C., Aug. 8 —There was
a sensational affair near here when Dr.
Kendall, the largest practitioner iu Co
lumbia, was attacked wUh a heavv raw
, hme ., by Jim Campbell, , ,, while , Robert ,
Campbell, a brother, held a pistel drawn
on the physician. Dr. Kendall
luto a probate judge’s office and begged
for a pistol, but could not get one. Then
the sheriff came upon the scene und ar
reslod tlie parties.
The Campbells are sons of the county
treasurer. whom Dr. Kendall, they say,
took a hand against in the light. It is
a peculiar case. Some weeks ago Mrs.
Kendall, who was Miss Lula Williams
of Augusta, lost her jewelry. It was
taken by a burglar. Dr. Kendall em¬
ployed a detective, who followed Jim
Campbell to North Carolina.
It got abroad that Campbell was sus¬
pected. The detective seems to have
talked. Campbell’was not arrested and
the cowhidmg was m revenge of the
suspicions of the dutective. Dr. Ken¬
dall was badly bruised. He got out a
warrant against the three Campbolls.
Union Depot For Savannah.
Savannah, Aug. 8. —The railroads
entering Savannah have decided to build
a union depot on a tract of land front¬
ing on West Broad street and about 269
yards to the south of the pres salt depiot
of the Central of Georgia Railwav coni
paiiy. The parties to the agreemunt for
this union depot are the Plant, system,
the Florida Central and the Southern,
which is about to extend its hue here
from Columbia.
Itaki rs Ri-moIi I’rovi<ten<vw
Providence, Aug. S — Lillian Clayton
Jewett and the Baker family arrived
in Providence from tfouth Carolina yes
tore!ay. There was no demonstration
at the station. Later a well attended
massmeetiug was held. At the conclu¬
sion ot the meeting the Lillian Ciavton
Jewett Antilynching Association No. 2
was formed.
('Mrirtbello Asks Kor Help.
Jackson v ille, Fla., Aug. S. — The
citizens of Carrabelle, Fia , are withe ut
houses, food and clothing, owing to the
recent cyclone that laid flat the town.
At a massmeetiug of the citizens an
peal was issued for aid It asks that
contribute us be sent to b. Anderson,
,he
EAKERS TAKEN TO BOSTON
lp Ulan (’hiyton ,t \V'*tt Carries
Kainilv North.
Charleston, Aug. 7. —Liiliau Clayton
Jewett, the Boston girl who recently
created a sensation in that city by de
daring that the would come to Cbarleu
ton and take north with her the family
pf the late Frazer B. Baker, who was
, lynched nr . ha , 1 at T. Bake lke rit Gity, _ s ». c O., in i 1897 • ,
with a view to begnuing an agitation
agaiust mob law, has carried out her
design. Friday
Miss Jewett arrived here
oiormng, accompanied by her mother
and a young man named R G. Larsen.
w ij 0 ls a Boston journalist. Side had
Irequeut conferences with the Baker
woman and her friends, and as a result
she left here for Boston Saturday after
noon, accompanied by the entire Baker
family, }e,ve„ the mother and live children.
Hi,, .aid her pi..,, for ,b. fa
ture were not yet formulated, but she
proposed to hold massmeetings through
out the north to arou.-e p' uiar seuti
uieut against lynching and mob law
generally. minis¬
The Rev. J. L. Dart, a negro
ter of this city who has recently spent
some time in Boston, opposed violently
the removal of the Bakers from Charies
toil. He declares that Miss Jewett does
uot represent the better class of white
or black people in Boston.
MAYOR TO BE IMPEACHED?
City Council of Atlanta lt< quests the
Execu I i vi-’s Resignation.
Atlanta, Aug. 7.—Unless Mayor J.
Woodward resigns today, and those
to him say he will not, impeach¬
ment proceedings may be commenced.
a vote of 17 to 8 the resignation of
mayor was asked for at a secret
of the city council and board of
held Saturday afternoon.
Mayor Woodward was charged with
several weeks ago, when
proceedings were threat¬
At that time the mayor prom¬
to reform, but it is now charged
he has broken faith with the city
At the caucus it was inti¬
mated by Councilman Parks that per¬
who wanted certain measures
to which it was known Mr
Woodward was opposed, were behind
conduct.
A RIOT NEAR GREENVILLE.
Ditched Rattle Between Whites ami
Blacks at Roe’s Mills.
Greenville, S. C., Aug. 7. — A race
riot occurred at the Poe cotton miils
near this place last night. Negroes shot
into the house of Greenberg, a mill
operator, while ho was at supper. The
leader was captured and taken to jail.
A report was circulated among the ne¬
groes that he had been lynched, ana 300
blacks appeared at the mills.
Messengers summoned white men of
Greenville ami a pitched battle ensued.
Six were wounded—Ben Odam, a
young white man, and five negroes, 5
who were carried off by members of
their race to prevent their arrest. Their
names are unknown.
ATKINSON HAS A COLLAPSE.
Kx-Governor Rallies, However, and
May Yet Recover.
New nan, Ga., Aug. 7. — About G
o’clock yesterday afternoon ex-Gover¬
nor Atkinson, who has beeu seriously
ill at his home here for several days,
had a collapse and it was then thought
that death would ensue within a lew
hours. He vras very weak and his
nhysicians said it was their opinion
wou j t f y 0 t survive the night.
Mr. Atkinson about 9 o’clock began
to rally and at midnight was sleeping
soundly. The doctors say that if the
patient lias a good night’s rest they
think the morning wall show' him to be
iu a greatly improved condition.
At midnight Mr. Atkinson’s tempera
ture was 103L_, and his pulse 125.
Noted Went a n Seriously III.
Augusta, Ga., Aug. 7.-Mrs. L H. Pick¬
ens, relict of South Carolina’s war gov¬
ernor and at one time minister to Rus¬
sia, is lying critically ill at her home at
Edgewocd, near Edgefield, S. C. She
is suffering from paralysis. Mrs. Pick¬
ens has been prominently identified
with Mount Vernon, the home of Wash¬
ington, since it has been under the fos¬
ter care of American womanhood. She
is one of the most noted women in the
history of the south, and the story of
her life reads like a romance.
Dreylus I'laeed on TuhI.
Rennes, Franco, Aug. 7—Captain
Dreyfus’ trial before a courtmartial has
begun here. The prisoner, when ar
reigned, asserted liis innocence ma
mast draman -and convincing manner
He answered all questions put to him
w-ithout hesitation and appeared to cou
vines those m attendance ttiat he had
not betrayed his country. Sittings will
probably continue several weeks before
a verdict is reached.
Young VI.tn Accidently Shot.
Montgomery, Ala., Aug. 7 —Henry
Arrington, a prominent young business
mau and Mason of Livingston, Ala.,
was killed near there by the accidental
discharge of his shotgun. He \yis
climbing a fence with the piece m his
hand when its trigger encounter'd a
rail and the contents of the barrel a vere
lodged in his heart, killing him in
staiuiy. He leaves a wife and two
children.
Fair Association Launched.
Birmingham, Ala., Aug. 7. — Articles
of incorporation have been filed iu the
probate * judge’s ‘ office bv " the Alabama ‘ ‘ "
v • |£ Ti
IS to hold annual fairs and expositions
in Alabama, the first of which will he¬
gm heie Nov. ■ next. Ihe incorpora
rors are P. G. Bowman, M. V. Joseph,
K. F. Kolb, L. Y. Lipscomb and J. A.
Rountree.
Improvements a I Pensacola.
Pensacola, Fla., Aug. 7.—The dredge
Bismarck has arrived here from Mobile
to work on a contract with the Louis
ville anti Nashville road to dredge
arounc j their wharves to a depth of JO
f ee t, and to cut a channel JO feet deep
Jr0 m the wharves to the stream, so that
deep draft vessels may be loaded along
side the wharves.
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nPFNFn UrtlMhU }-l|Q nio RIVAL’S kivmlo MAIL ivi/ail..
v Man i-.iied at Columbia For
t.nnp rin^ «r With Letters • -•
Columbia, fe. C., Aug. 5. William 1. ^
Crouch, ' 25 years old, of Silver Street,
Kswb couuly , l Q ,ed too welL He is
m jail . here awaiting trial f for tamper- .
ing with United States mails. He has
CO ufessed bis guilt and will go to the
penitentiary. his confession he loved
According to
Minnie L. Werts of his native town
“better than life itself,” but the affec
tiou did not seem to be reciprocated,
Being in the postoffice one day, he saw
a letter addressed to Miss Werts. Sus
pecting who it was from, he opened it.
William Eddy of Newberry asked per
mission to call. Crouch could not bear
the idea, so he answered the note, tell
mg him he could nor, and signed Miss
Werts’ name.
The young lady soon after visited
Newberry and mutual friends asked
her for an explanation of her treatment
of Eddy. Then the light was turned on,
the jealous lover suspected and arrested.
DECiDED INCRE AS E SHOWN.
Tax Digests of Ninety-Seven Counties
K ceived In Atlanta.
Atlanta, Aug. 5 .—The tax digests of
97 counties have been received at the
office of Comptroller General Wright,
leaving only 40 more counties to be
heard from. Out of this number 67
counties show a decided increase in the
amount of property returned for taxa¬
tion, while only 30 show any decrease
at all.
The actual net gain to date in 97
counties is $3,776,205 In the number
of counties heard from few of the larger
counties appear and it is from the larger
centers of population that Comptroller
Wright expects to find the greatest rate
of increase.
With the digests of Fulton, Chatham,
Bibb and Richmond received, it is be¬
lieved that the net increase in taxable
property throughout the state will go
up to between $ 8 , 000,000 and $ 10 , 000 , 000 .
l’ostmaster Tries Suicide.
Tuscaloosa, Ala., Aug. 5.—J. H. De
ramus, postmaster of Vance, Ala, on
the Alabama Great Southern railroad,
arrested for attempting to kill his wife
and placed i the county jail here, at
tempted to kut himself by jumping from
a window sill on a hard pavement head
foremost. He was afterwards confined
striking’his iu a cell, and made a second attempt, bars]
head against the iron
tearing his scalp entirely off. He was
pronounced insane and placed in the
Alabamy Bryce insane hospital. He is
in a critical condition.
Viaduct Wrecked by Flats.
Nashville, Aug. 5. —Three spans of
rhe Broad street viaduct were knocked
down last night by heavily loaded flats
being run against one of the pillars. A
Belmont electric car on one of the spans
fell 20 feet and was completely crushed.
A motorman, conductor and six passen¬
gers were on the car. Motorman Bruce
was fatally injured; Conductor Knott
seriously. L. Sigmund was seriously
injured. The other passengers escaped
with severe bruises.
Friend of Tramps Killed.
Vanceburg, Ky., Aug. 5.— John Ir¬
vin, a bachelor, living here, 82 years of
ago and very deaf, was run over and in¬
stantly killed by a train last night. Ir¬
vin’s house was a refuge for tramps,
and is known by them from Maine to
California. No tramp ever left his
house m hunger and his harboring them
gave the city authorities much trouble.
Kivi* IVople Aru Drowned.
Baltimore, Aug. 5.— Five persons
were drowned early this morning by
the capsizing of a small rowboat in the
northwest, branch of the Patapscoriver.
near this city. Their names are: An
drew Deems, William ,T. Lyman, Ed
w:U * d «»coney, Edward Garry and Mrs.
footer.
I nrti.-eis la.wr a K.-cord.
Green-boro. N. C., Aug. 5. —At a
V0 ' lUute ", er firemen’s ......“ tournament here
tuo , °mpain ered the
” c ov.
world’s record for the standing steam
ing contest six seconds.
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Ni> Deaths and No Cases.
Newport News, Ya., Aug. 5.—There
were no deaths and no new cases of '
yellow fever at the Hampton soluier- ’
Lome today.
Shot Wife ami Himself.
Oil City, Pa., 4 ucr 8
Praisers, an Italian, shot and kiiied
wi-fe here today and then
suicide. Doctors sav he cannot recover*.
No cause is known for rhe crime.
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Mllmington Takes Action.
Wilmington, N. C., Aug. 4—Wii
mingtou has quarantined against Nor
folk as well "s Newnort i,e News " 8 ' Himn Hj “ p -
TURPENTINE IS ADVANCING.
Savannah Market Now Presents a
Most Interesting Phase.
Savannah, Aug. 4. — Turpentine
jumped up to the high water mark of
44 cents yesterday, which is an advance
Q f 4 cents within the last four days.
The turpentine market presents just
now perhaps the most interesting phase
j has known in years and even at the
niRn ..... ngore noted . above . ,, there is practi
uou .® tG ma ',.
lhere is plenty , of turpentine .. here ,
ana a good nea. of it corning in ev.r.
day. but the piouucers and many of the
Actors here,fortunately, have coutrac s
i Ua( je several montns ago which they
are compelled to fill. ihese contracts
were made at from 29 to 32 cents, and
as the crop was somewhat short, owing
to the severe weather conditions in tue
early part of the year, it will take about
wb.« » made for soa.. mou.b, to come
| to fill these contracts.
There is plenty of demand for spirits,
but there are few producers who have
any to sell even at 44 cents. They are
shipping their product at 10 and 14
! cents below the market price, and are,
consequently, heavy losers. The bulk
} of several the stuff of the is being fortunate shipped buyers abroad still and
are
keeping their holdings for still higher
’ prices.
A lew producers, but a very few of
them, were fortunate enough not to
make any contracts, and they are reap
mg a little harvest. The shortage or
the crop, due to bad weather conditions,
is about 20 per cent.
COMMITTEE NOW ADJOURNS,
Penitentiary Investigators to Report
Some Time Next Week.
I Greenville, S. C., Aug. 4.—The leg
islati ,e cou.nm,.,, invest,ing,he pe:,
j itentiary affairs under Colonel Neai’s
management has concluded its work here
and will report to the governor ufext
week.
The gist, of the matter is that Colonel
Neal admits having misappropriated
! $3,500, while the committee claims he
! is dne the state $11,500. The committee
will recommend that this amount be
collected and that accounts be opened
with ex Governor Evans and Senator
Tillman for the amounts they are due
the penitentiary for various and sundry
matters.
r l here is a well defined rumor that the
attorney general will be instructed to
bring criminal proceedings against Col
ouel Neai on several serious charges,
Mich as misappropriation and embezzle
meat of public funds.
GULF COAST LUMBERMAN,
They Meet In Mobile anil Discuss tli 1
Condition of Trade.
Mobile, Aug. 4—The gulf coast lum
bermea met in this city with a large at¬
tendance ir Kiidutt ..
present. ..ecretarj
read an interesting report, giving sta
tistics of stocks and prices at the ports,
and detailing information he had garh
ered . a to f tlle ,,, formation ot t) the , 0 much ,,
talked of bureau of information. The
bureau was formed and the report ol
the secretary adopted.
There was a general discussion the condition among
the mill men present as to
of the lumber trade, the consensus ot
opinion being that the demand junfies
the advance in price of riie various
grades, some of the members stating
they had advanced their prices us much
as $2 per 1,000 feet.
SOLDIERS TO WELCOME HIM.
Georgia Troops Will Go toN’av York
and Receive DrWey,
Atlanta, Aug. 4 —The Georgia mi¬
litia has beeu invited to participate in
the reception that is to be given Ad¬
miral Dewey upon his arrival in New
York on Oct. ].*•
Governor Candler promptly accepted
the invitation of Major General Charles
F. Roe, commanding the New York ua
tional guard. The governor hopes to
see Georgia well represented.
The Capital City guards and probably
several other companies of Atlanta will
go. Governor Candler wiil recommend
that as many conn anies as possible pro.
The expenses of the trip will be borne
by the various companies.
To Send Negroes to Africa.
Birmingham, Ala., Aug. 4 —The Afri¬
can Methodist Episcopal presiding el
dors’ council of Georgia and Alabama,
in session here, has adopted resolution.
providing that a committee be ap
pointed by the council to set before the
United States congress the deplorable
condition of the negro population in
several of the southern states and to pe
tition cpngress for an appropriation o'
$100,000,000 to srart a hue of steamships
! between the United States and Africa
in order to enable ail negroes w.ho inav
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; desire to do so to emigrate to Africa.
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i Two Hanged at Charleston.
Charleston, Aug. 4.—James Phelps
and Sam Bailey, two negroes, were
! hanged iu the county jail from the same
I | scaffold at 11 o’clock this morning.
They were pronounced dead by phy
, sicians in 12 minutes. Pheips Killed a
; policen:an and Bailey rook the life of a
companion in a quarrel over cards. This
is the first execution m this county iu
seven years,
I>«iubl(» 1 .Murtlerer If- - Captured, -
Talbotton, Ga., Aug. 8 .—Will Leon
. ard, the young negro who murdered his
| wife and mother iu this place on Dec.
-
29. 1897, was brought here today from
1 Opelika, Ala., where he was arrested a
few days ago. There was a reward of
goo for luscow.
RECOGNITION IS NOW
ASKED BY AGU1NALDQ
Filipino Chieftain Appeals to
the Powers of Europe.
MOVE FOR INDEPENDENCE
Document Received by All 1 * on igi,
Consuls la Manila, With the l{
.
quest That They Forward It to IT leir
Respective Governments.
Manila, Aug. 8 .—Aguinaldo has ap.
pealed to the powers for recognition 0 f
“Filipino independence,” in adocui nent
dated from Tarlac, July 27, and signed
by Bnencamiuo. It has been received
by all the foreign consuls in Mam u
™ tn tne request that they forward it to
their respective governments.
The Filipinos use their old argument
that they ;\ bad conquered 4 the sovereignrv overeigury
of these ismnas from bpam be.ore the
signing of the treaty of Paris and there
fore Spam was in no position to cede
them to the United States. They argue
that the possession of 7,000 Spanish pris.
oners captured with their arms, fight
ing against the Filipinos “is eloquent
proof of the nudity of the Spanish sov
ereignty. as when they surrendered
Spaiu’s hold was irrevocably lost.”
ihe document then says:
“Replying to the Spanish commis
siouers’request to release the prisoners
because Spain no longer has political
in rerest s Hi island, we asked tor a
‘.ndT FUi*™
prisoners would be released. But the
commissioners refused, because it would
niean recognition of our independence.
This is equivalent to saying that the
prisoners must stay in our hands iudefi
nitely, because their possession is our
most efficacious method to adjust our
“itLn JiLm ‘ inlleli^™ kr
The Filipinos claim that thev con
quere d all the country except Manila
a nd that they co-operated in securing
the latter’s capitulation by surrounding
j t at the cost of thousands of lives,
Tiley a ; so c i a j m they conquered the
country unassisted except for 60 guns
Admiral Dewey gave Aguinaldo and
that Admiral Dewev and the British
an d Belgian consuls recognized the Fill
pinos’ sovereignty by asking for passes
to visit the country,
They repeat the claim that they have
letters from American consuls and gen
erals recognizing their sovereignty and
promising that the Americans would
recognize their independence, “which
was at the disposition of the powers.”
The Filipinos attempt to make capi¬
tal of the statement that Admiral
Dewey had such confidence that Agui
Qaipp WO uld serve and fulfill the rules
of war that he gave him 100 Spanish
prisoners which the American navy
bad captured.
Fiually the Filipinos appeal to the
p0 wers to influence Washington to
bring to a termination “the unjust war
which is devastating the country.”
TOWN OF PAETE SHELLED.
Gunboat Opens Fire Without Warn¬
ing; and Kills a Child.
Manila, Aug. 2, via Hong-Kong,
Aug. 8 .—The gunboat Napidan last
week shelled Paete, on the lake, near
Santa Cruz. The town was full of peo¬
ple who had been encouraged to return
after General Lawton’s expeAlition, hav¬
ing been assured that they W’ould notbe
molested if they peaceably attended to
their business.
Lieutenant Copp, who was in com¬
mand of the Napidan, heard that the
insurgents had occupied the town and,
steaming close in, opened fire with his
8 pounders without warning. The peo¬
ple, seeing the boat approaching, fled to
the hills in a terrified condition and
with barely time to escape, One child
was killed and many buildings were
damaged.
The authorities express great regret
on account of the incident.
DEWEY TO VISIT POPE LEO.
Admiral Mill Also Stop at London
Koroute to Amuricu.
Washington, Aug. 8 . — The report
that Amiral Dewey will go to Rome to
morrow, where he will be given an au¬
dience by the pope, and will later visit
London euroute home, attracted general
interest at the navy department-today, been
although the department has not
apprised of his program,
"For manv reasons the officials of the
navy would be pleased if the admiral
should visit London. The cordiality of
the relations between the two countries
and the fraternizing spirit shown by
British and American army and navy
officers toward each other wouid, they
believe* <Ci«u- insure for the admiral a grati
me-**Titian
Lynching at lJlakely, Ga.
Blakely. Ga., Aug. 4. — Louis Hen
^rson, a negro who has been in the
employ of J. W. Bowman, a planter in
this county, for four years past, at
tempted to commit an assault on the •
year-old daughter of Mr. Bowman. He
was captured by the father and taken
in hand by a band of lynchers, wno
strung him to a tree in the outskirts of
town.
Quarantine VIen on Trains.
Montgomery, ^.a , Aug. 4 . J - il
eordance with the governor’s prociam:-
Hoa of quarantine against yeliow -- ■r
infected points, J quarantine officers have
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