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The Jones County News
VOL. IX.
SPEER TO FARMERS
Noted Jurist Speaks at Geor¬
gia Agricultural Meeting.
SESSION HELD IN ATHENS
Feature of Session. Was Address of
Federal Judge, Wherein He Point,
ed Necessity of More police Pro¬
tection for Country People.
The annual meeting of the Georgia
State Agricultural Society was called
to order in Athens Wednesday morn
ing. About one hundred delegates
were in attendance.
President Dudley Hughes addressed
the convention. In beginning he refer¬
red to the fact that it was fortunate
the convention assembled (Hiring
session of the summer school, when
the 500 teachers from all sections of
the state might bo wrought in contact
with the spirit of the meeting. Mo
quoted The Manufacturers’ -Record as
authority for the statement that the
south from 1880 to 1 E 00 had an n
crease of farm products of nearly lOi)
per cent, and declared that the sooth
should make an effort .o retain a n.o
nopoly of the cotton crop, of which
Georgia was one of the largest pro
ducers, while continuing on a broa ter
scale intensified and diversified farm
ing. He predicted that soor the ag¬
ricultural interests of the state wou.M
be in the hands of the whites, and
urged a better and wider educational
equipment for the bovs of the sta.c,
stating that such agricultural trainin
would counteract tne exodus from the
country.
Judge Speer Speaks,
Mr. Whitehead, of Jackson coun'v,
offered a motion that Judge Emory
Speer, who was present as a visitor,
be requested to address the conven
tion. The moiion was announced una¬
nimously carried by the presidenr.
The judge arose and numerously said
that Mr. Whitehead must expect him
to have the same fatal facility ol
speech that he had some twenty fivo
years ago, when he was the counsel
for that gentleman in the courts of
Jackson county, and who was some
times on tho wrong side of cho versus.
He regretted his inability to address
the convention on any agricultural
topic. One remark made by the presi¬
dent, a in his valuable address suggested
thought he believed to be most im¬
portant to the people. That was tho
fact that so many young farmers o'i .
fine character and ability were leaving i
the farms and to the cities, i
Was not this ascribable to the fear
of such men for the safety of their
wives and the women of their fam.
lies? Was it not true that the most
anxious thought of the southern man
should be addressed to the improve
ments in the administration of law,
which would result in the protection ot
our loved onc-s? Considering the vital
interests at stake, were we not tho
most careless people anywnero, in tho
arrest and legal trial of offenders, and
did not this produce the frequent re
appearance of that many-hcaded mon
ster, the mob?
What provision did wo have in
Georgia for the detection and arrest
of criminals? One sheriff for a coun
ty, and an occasional bailiff, was whol¬
ly inadequate. A crime of a revolting
character would occur. Having no at
resting officers to rely upon, the peo¬
ple would rise in their might and mn
down the criminal and tho lynching
would result. He believed that legis¬
lation should provide for a rural po¬
lice, men not unlike the Texas Rang¬
ers, whose duty it would be to at once
take the trail of the criminal and pur¬
sue him until he was arrested and
brought to trial conformable to law.
Every farmer in Georgia who feel 3
liis family needs the protection
the law should support liese meas-
All felt that necessity. There
were, doubtless, many men present
who had made provisions for the pro¬
tection of their families while they n-
tended this convention. The terrible
danger to unprotected women living in
the country was violently affecting,
not only their own lives, making them
nervous and wretched, hut was almost
seriously affecting the character of
GIVES BLESSING TO AMERICA.
Pope Pius Receives Associated Pres3
Man and Sends Message.
The Associated Press represen ca-
tive was received in audience Wednes¬
day by Pope Pius, being the first jour¬
nalist of any nationality to have this
honor. The pontiff graciously granted
the prayer of the correspondent to
send a message to the American peo¬
ple, saying, word for word;
“I love the Americans, who are the
blooming youth of Catholicism. Co.i-
vey to all of them how gladly I
part my apostolic blessing to the
whole country.”
REVENGE OF MOONSHINNERS
Man and Wife Murdered and Torch
Applied to Their Home.
A special from Winchester, Tenn.,
avs that Simon Booker anu wife, who
resided in a small cabin on the mo.n-
tain near Thunderstruck Hollow, in
the sixteenth district of Franklin
county, were murdered and the torch
applied to their home
The tragedy is attributed to 'he
raiding of a wildcat distillery
the rising generation, Increasing .he
intensity of race hatreds among tne
5 'outh of both races, with the moat
alarming portents for the future. Nor
were these crimes chargeable to tne
great body of the negro. They were
usually committed by tramp negro's,
who lived lives of the most loathsome
and degraded character, almost inva¬
riably men of one type, the descend¬
ants of the vilest of the African tribes.
In many respects we were in a more
unfortunate condition than were our
forefathers, when on the frontier of
civilization they were confronting the
ferocious savages. They could cell
that the Indian was an enemy, but
among multitudes of law-respecting
and kindly negroes, tne baastly and
desperate savage could not be identi¬
fied in advance.
Surely no subject is more vital to
our civilization, and if the wives and
daughters of our farming population
can receive the protection of a rigo¬
rous and effective enforcement of law,
,bo wa8to places of our fertile and pro-
c 8cd * w ' d soon bo populated, the
resources of the state immeasuraeiy
increased, and happiness and content¬
ment come to thousands of homos
which are now the scenes of constant
apprehension and terror.
At the conclusion of .Judge Speer 3
speech .nere was vigorous applause,
and then Mrs. W. H. Felton arose
and said that while she agreed with
the distinguished jurist in what he had
said, there was one question that she
desired to ask him. She asked if there
could be any way devised whereby in
the trials of such cases a.'.d tho unfor
tunate victim of the violence of the
ravisher could be spared the double
humiliation of appearing in court and
; Soing through the ordeal of testify-
I in &- She declared that this forcing of
womcn t0 tcs,ify was one thing that
bad a sreat dcal to do wl!b b’nchings, ,
and that while she was an advocate
of law and order, still this question
was the one that cried out for solu¬
tion and that must he solved.
Judge Speer, in reply, said that M.e
remarks of Mrs. Felton emphasized
the urgency of action along the lines
lie had suggested, and that, it called
for the best intelligence 04 Georgia to
solve il correctly. As a mere off hand
opinion he thought it could be arrang-
el so that tho court room could he
cleared of all persons except those ab-
solutely necessary to the trial.
The last speech of the morning les
sion was delivered by Hon. Harvie
Jordan, of IJonticello, who spoke
upon the subject of "Agricultural Edu¬
cation.” Mr. Jordan was especially
forceful in his remarks, and among
other things urged the teaching ot
agriculture fn the proper manner in
all the schools of the state. In speak-
. in = 0<> lbe woldt °* establishing fa.m-
ers ’ Institutes in Georgia, which work
was recently inaugurated by the Uni-
versity of Georgia, he said that there
had already been established « f,een
institutes, that the meetings were at-
,ended by over 4 ’ 000 farmers ’ ,bat
over seventy five lectures had been de¬
livered at these meetings on various
topics and that great interest was be¬
ing manifested in tile movement.
Dr. W. A Henry, of Wisconsin, de¬
livered a strong address on the meth¬
ods of the northern farmers and gave
the delegates a number of things to
think about in their work on the farm.
Mrs. W. H. Felton was accorded an
ovation when she delivered her ad¬
dress on ’’The Georgia Woman tn
the Farm.” The main Idea of her ad¬
dress was an appeal for tho better pro¬
tection of women on tho farm and f-’r
the enactment of laws that would se¬
cure her right to a share in the crops
that she helps her husband to make.
Wednesday night Major J. F. Han¬
son, of Macon, spoke of "The Indus¬
trial Development of Georgia.” It
was a strong speech and was vigorous¬
ly applauded.
Dairymen Adjourn.
The State Dairymen’s Association
adjourned Wednesday morning, before
the sessions of the agricultural asso¬
ciation began. The next session will
be held in Tallulah Falls next summer.
The following officers were elected
for the next year: President, W. L.
Williamson, of Harmony Grove; vice
president, Dr. J. B. Hunnicutt, Atlan¬
ta; secretary, M. L. Duggan, Sparta;
treasurer, T. W. McAllister, Lavon'a.
. Addresses were made by Dr. W. V.
Henry, Colonel I. C Wade, Colonel R.
J. Redding and Professor C. L. Wil¬
loughby.
TWO MORE FIRMS COLLAPSE.
Panicky Conditions on New York
Stock Market Causes Failures.
As a result of panicky conditions 'n
the New York stock market, two well
known firms went to the wall Wednes¬
day. They were Sharp & Bryan and
Hurlbutt, Hatch & Co.
The firm of Sharp & Bryan had a
mercantile agency rating of from
$200,000 to $300,000, and they were
known as specialists in Virginia- Gar¬
olina Chemical, United States Realty
and Construction and Southern rail-
way.
MRO. TUCKER GOES FREE.
Grand Jury at Eastman Failed to Re.
turn Indictment Against Her.
Durlng the term 0 f court at Ea.it-
•
the grand jury failed . to . find _ .
man, Ga.,
a true hill against Mrs. Tucker, who
was thought to be implicated with
Robert Cawthorne in the poisoning of
her husband, and she was liberated.
Court adjourned during the afternoon
until the regular November term.
GRAY. JONBS CO.GA.. THURSDAY. AUGUST 13. 1908.
MISSISSIPPI’S PRIMARY.
Returns Indicate Vardaman for Gov¬
ernor and H. D. Money for Sen¬
ate—Full Ticket Named.
Returns from throughout the state
of Mississippi indicate that in the
democratic primary election held
Thursday Senator H. D. Money receiv¬
ed the nomination for governor of the
state.
The primary election attracted wide¬
spread interest on account of the spir¬
ited fight for the senatorial nomina¬
tion between United States Senator
Money and Governor A. H. Longino.
The two aspirants have stumped al
most every county in the state. The
race for governor has been a three cor
nered affair, Vardaman, Critz and
Noel, the aspirants having met fro
quently in joint debate, and the cam¬
paign has been a protracted one.
In addition to the offices mentioned,
a full state ticket was nominated, and
candidates for county offices were
named generally over the state.
United States Senator A. J. Mo-
Laurln, whose term expires March 4,
1905, had no opposition.
Returns are slow in coming in, as
the ticket was a lengthy one, and
many of the voting places are miles
from the railroads. This is the first
primary ever held^in the state which
included ail state and county offices
and that of United States senator.
Incomplete returns indicate the elec¬
tion of Power for secretary of State;
Williams for attorney general; E. II.
Hail, land commission; Wirt Adams,
revenue agent; H. L. Whitfield and W.
Q. Cole, insurance commissioners.
COLOR LINE IN NAVY.
Officers on Receiving Ship Columbia
Refuse to Mess With Negro.
The color line has been drawn on
board the United States receiving
ship Co!*mbia at the Brooklyn navy-
yard. The chief petty officers have re¬
fused to mess with a negro who has
just been sworn in as chief carpenter's
mate. They have asserted their un¬
willingness to associate with him in
any way, or to receive or carry out
any orders that may come to them
through him in the line of duty.
The chief carpenter's mate is not a
full-blooded negro. He has been in
the navy many years and has a good
record. For a long time prior to his
recent promotion, which was for mer¬
it. he ranked as carpenter’s mate ot
the first class.
When Miller appeared at the chief
petty offleefrs’ mess on Wednesday
eight other members of the mess
arose anil left the table when he sat
down. Miller ate liis dinner as though
nothing out of the ordinary had hap¬
pened. Since then he has had no com¬
pany at his meals. He has been al¬
lowed, when he reached the table first,
to eat alone, and when others have
preceded him he lias waited until they
finished eating.
Captain Snow said Miller’s rights
woujjd be protected, as the navy makes
no distinction as to color.
BRYAN SPEAKS IN OHIO.
Takes Part In Opening of State Demo¬
cratic Campaign at Urbana.
At Urbana, Ohio, Wednesday, lead¬
ing democrats opened the Ohio cam¬
paign two weeks in advance of the
democratic state convention. W. J.
Bryan had been engaged to address
the Urbana Chautauqua assembly dur¬
ing the afternoon, and the democrats
of the county held their convention on
the Chautauqua grounds during the
forenoon, at which addresses were
made by Bryan, John I. Zimmerman,
of Springfield; Mayor Johnson, of
Cleveland, and ex-Congressman I^entz,
of Columbus. The assembly’s demo¬
cratic day programme attracted one
of the largest crowds ever seen on tho
grounds.
EXTENSIVE STRIKE IN RUSSIA.
Quarter of a Million People Affected
and Situation Serious.
The London Dally Mail’s Nikolief
correspondent, under date of August 2,
fully confirms The Times’ correspond¬
ent’s accounts of strikes in South Rus¬
sia. The correspondent says that a
quarter of a million men are affected
and that, simultaneously strikes oc¬
curred over a vast Industrial area.
LASH USED ON MAMIE.
“Diamond Queen” Flogged Into Sub¬
mission at Georgia Prison Farm.
Mamie DeCris, a convict, has been
put under the lash at the state prison
farm at Milledgeville, Ga., and beaten
into submission.
This took place last June, but the
matter has been kept a secret until
the present,
Mamie, it will be remembered, was
the young woman who last winter
gained considerable notoriety as a
much-wanted diamond thief—her ad
ventures gaining her the nickname
"Diamond Queen.”
WEALTHY, BUT HOMELESS.
Suffering With Cancer, Man is Forced
to Lodge in Poor House.
Possessed of property said to be
worth thousands, and denied admis¬
sion to hotels and hospitals because
he is suffering from cancer, Andrew
Murray, of Brooklyn, hag been admit¬
ted to the county poor house at Bing
hampton, N. Y. His pockets were
lined with hills when he entered the
institution.'
A STANDARD OIL GRAR.
Vlrginia-Carollna Chemical Company
Under Control of Rockefeller
Through Purchase of Stock.
A New York specinl says- Dy the
purchase, Friday, of $12,000,000 pat-
value in stocks and bonds of the Vir-
ginia-Cnrolina Chemical Company,
Shandard Oil interests. It is reported,
secured control of the groat ferttllz-r
and sulphuric acid concern of the
south.
Roclcofolier Interests already control
the American Agricultural Chemical
Company and the American Cotton Oil
Company. They also control rho
American Linseed Company. These
various chemical and vegetable ill
companies give to the Rockefellers
practically a monopoly of the phos¬
phate and cotton oil business.
It is believed that the raid in Wall
street which terminated Thursday
just before the close of the market,
and which was begun on Tuesday l>v
the remarkable offer of the Consoli¬
dated Gas Company to sell $9,000,000
worth of new stock when stockhold¬
ers confidently expected that a divi¬
dend much larger than that would be
paid, was for the purpose of unsettling
the market and securing this chemical
stock.
After the whole market had been
thrown into a state of demoralization
under heavy selling of Consolidated
Gas and United States Steel shares,
the chemical stock was attacked and
false rumors of trouble in strong
houses were circulated. Thi,s brought
thousands of shares of the chemical
stock into the market, and they were
eagerly seized by Rockefeller brokers.
BATTLE OVER COLLIER WILL.
Sensational Testimony Brought Out in
Ordinary's Court in Atlanta.
An Atlanta dispatch says: The
hearing in the case of the caveat oi
Collier will, which disposes of over
$ 1 , 000,000 worth of property, was be¬
gun before Ordinary John It. Wilkin¬
son Friday morning. The hearing of
tho testimony of tho three witnesses
to the execution ol u j wifi and tho
testimony of Judge J. N. Bateman, one
of the executors, occupied the entC-e
morning session.
Miller, O Connor anil White, who
were constables in the court of Judge
Bateman at tho time of the execution
of the alleged will and who, it is al
leged, witnessed the signing of the
document, all swore when placed upon
the stand that tbey had witnessed the
signature of Mr. Collier to a document,
which Judge Bateman at the time in¬
formed them was the will of Mr. Col¬
lier. Otherwise their memory up in
tho subject was somewhat defective
and each became considerably mixed
when cross-examined.
The testimony of Judge J. N. Ba e
man alone consumed more than an
hour. Tho only excitement of the
Uorning occurred during liis state¬
ment, when Attorney Charles Hopkins,
for tho caveators, who was questioning
the witness at the time, asked:
“Judge Bateman, why are certain
signatures upon this will blurred?
Hasn’t it been wet at one time?’’
Judge Bateman half way sprang
from his chair upon tho witness stand,
as he flushed and replied:
“No sir, it lias not been wot, and
you have no right to slate that, it has.’
Attorney Hopkins quickly turned
around and faced him as he replied:
“I have a right, to state what I please,
and furthermore I may prove that it
has been wet.”
At this juncture several of tne law¬
yers arose hastily and helped restore
order. •
“SPECKY” OFFICIALLY RECEIVED
German Ambassador Visits Roosevelt
and Presents Credentials.
Sagamore Hill, President Roose¬
velt’s country home at Oyster Bay,
was the scene Friday of an interesting
ceremony. Baron Speck Von Stern
berg, who has been minister plenipo¬
tentiary of Germany to the United
States since Ambassador Von Hollo-
ben returned to Europe and who re
cently, on retirement of Mr. Von Hoi-
Ieben, was elevated to the rank of am¬
bassador, presented to the president
his credentials as ambassador, and
was received formally in his new nip-
lomatic rank by President Roosevelt.
WILL OF KING OF YAP.
O’Keefe Left Bulk of Immense For¬
tune to His Island Progeny.
What purports to he the will of Ihe
late King O’Keefe of the island of
Yap, formerly a citizen of Savannah,
was received in Savannah Wednesday
by Julge McAIpin, frora a firm at Hong
Kong. This will provides for the wid¬
ow in Yap, but not one cent of the mil¬
lion dollars for the Savannah widow.
The estate, by the will, is to be divid¬
ed between the seven surviving chil¬
dren of the late kind. Only one of
these, Mrs. Butler, of Savannah, is an
American child of the testator. The
others are his progeny of the Island
ERRING SKY t I LOT.
Boston Preacher Admits Embezzle¬
ment of F.iguty Thousand Dollars,
In a letter written lrom Montreal,
Canada, to the pastor 01 his church in
East Boston, Rev. Willard S. Alien,
treasurer of the Preachers’ Aid Socie
ty of the New England conference of
the Methodist Episcopal church, con¬
fessed that he was a defaulter to ‘.he
amount of more than $80,000 of the so¬
ciety’s funds.
NEW POPE ELECTEE)
Papal Mantle of Leo XIII
Falls Upon Cardinal Sarto.
ASSUMS NAME OF PIUS X
After Four Days of Deliberation Be
hind Locks and Bars the Solemn
Conclave in Rome Finally
Makes a Choice.
A dispatch from Romo, Italy, states
that the conclave, after being in ses¬
sion for four days, Tuesday morning
elected Guisoppo Sarto, patriarch oi
Venice, as pope, to succeed Leo Xtil.
and he now reigns at the Vatican and
over the Catholic world as Plus X,
which name he immediately assumed.
Cardinal Sarto's election and the as
sumption of his office of pope were
marked by a striking demonstration
and impressive ceremonies at the vatl
can, which only ended late Tuesday
evening. Wednesday tho new pope,
received the members of the diplo¬
matic corps, the cardinals and the
bishops, who offered their official hom¬
age, this notwithstanding Lie fact that
twice Tuesday the cardinals and many
high officials ot' the va'lcan went
through similar ceremony.
Tho following Is a literal transla¬
tion of the announcement in Lain
made by Cardinal Mac chi upon 'lie
election of Pope Plus X:
“I announce to you with great
pleasure that wo have elected as pope
the Most Eminent Reverend Cardinal
Joseph Sarto, who has taken the name
oi Pius X.“
Tho date upon which the coronation
of Pius X will occur lias not yet been
decided.
Probably tho most dramatic feature
connected with the assumption of tlie
papal power by Pius X was the cere¬
monial of biessing the people of Romo.
Brief Sketch of New Pontiff.
Guiseppe Sarto, patriarch of Venice,
was born at Riese, diocese of Treviso,
In the north of Italy, June 2, 1835. He
was educated at the seminary of his
diocese and at the sacra theoiogia
Rome. His career has been that of a
parish priest, spent almost wholly ill
Ihe north of Italy. It Is singular
that Venice alone of nil important
cities in Italy has only patriarchal
rank, while many smaller cities are
seats of bishops and archbishops.
Sarto was made patriarch of Venice
in 1891 and created and proclaimed
cardinal June 12 , 1893, nnd lias for his
titular church in Rome, St. Barnardo.
Cardinal Sarto belonged to the eccle¬
siastical congregation of bishops and
regulars, sacred rites, indulgences and
sacred relics. He enjoyed great popu¬
larity in his diocose.
He is a modest anil agreeable man,
highly cultivated, very kind hearted
and still strong and robust in spite of
his sixty-eight years. He has never
taken great part in the political and
public life of the church, but divided
his timo between study and good
works.
Tho now pope is one of eight chil¬
dren, two sons and six daughters. One
rf his sisters is a dressmaker, another
is married to a sacritan and peddler, a
third married a wine shop keeper and
the others are unmarried.
The now pope is tho seventh pope
who has come from tho region of
Venice, among whom was Benedict
XIII, who also came from Treviso,
and who, by a strange coinci¬
dence, was elected popo exactly 599
years ago Tuesday.
SCHWAB OUT OF IT.
President of Blllion-Dollar Steel Trust
Formally Resigns Job.
The resignation of Charles M.
Schwab, as president of the United
Steel Corporation, was tendered anil
accepted at a meeting of the dlrecto’S
at. New York Tuesday. William E.
Corey was unanimously elected ilia
successor.
Mr. Schwab’s resignation caused no
surprise in financial circles, where it
had for some time lieen foreshadowed.
The new president,Mr. Corey, was for
years one of Andrew Carnegie s ablest
lieutenants and is now president of
the Carnegie Steel Company, one of
the subsidiary concerns of tho United
States Steel Corporation. It 1 r scarce¬
ly more than a month ago that ho was
made assistant to tho president, Mr.
Schwab, because of the latter’s contin-
ued ill health.
Mr. Schwab attended the meeting of
the directors. He appeared to bo In
good health and spirits, and seemed
rather glad to bo relieved of the du¬
ties Imposed on the chief executive of
the “billion dollar” corporation.
The formal announcement of Mr.
Schwab’s resignation says ill health
was the cause.
BRINSON IS UNDER BOND.
Savannah Cigar Smuggler to Appear
Before Uncle Sam’s Court.
A Savannah special says: Judson
D. Brinson, alieged to be at. the head,
or prominently connected with a con¬
spiracy to defraud tho government of
revenues by means of smuggling cig¬
ars-from Cuba, has been held under
oond of $ 10,000 to appear before the
next term of the United States court-
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Brief Summary of Most
Important Events
of Each Day.
—Tho Georgia Dairymen’s Associa-
lion adjourned at. Athens Wednesday
to meet at Tallulah Falls next year.
—What purports to be the will of
the late king of Yap reached Savan¬
nah, Ga., Wednesday. By the terms
of this document, the Savannah will¬
ow gets nothing flora‘the estate.
—Tho plant of Tuscaloosa, Ala.,
Light and Power company, was de¬
stroyed Wednesday by the explosion
of a boiler. Two Ilvos were lost and
great damage done property.
—A fight between Croatan Indians
anil negroes is reported from North
Carolina. Several of the combatants
wounded.
—Simon Banker and wife, who lived
in the mountains near Winchester,
Tenn., were murdered and torch ap¬
plied to their house Friday night. Il¬
licit distillers had accused them of In¬
forming revenue officers.
—United States war ships are play¬
ing tho gamo of war off the coast of
Maine.
—Speaking to Ohio democrats at
Urbana, William J. Bryan denounced
Cover Cleveland as a bunco steercr.
—Two failures occurred in New
York Wednesday owing to (lie slump
In stocks. New low records were made
(n several instances.
—Cable messages sent by the Uni¬
ted States to Minister Beauprlc at Bo¬
gota have been Refused transmission
by the Colombian government.
—Five men were killed and twenty-
five or thirty Injured by being blown
from the world’s fair buildings during
a storm at St. Louis, Wednesday.
—William Hamilton, who outraged
anil murdered little Mabel Richards,
was lynched by a mob in Asotin,
Wash. Richards, the girl’s father,
tried to prevent the lynching.
—A statement has boen made by
the French deputies who visited Lon¬
don in regard to tho proposed Anglo-
French arbitration treaty.
—At Thursday’s session of the trial
of Jett and White, for the murder of
Attorney Marcum, many witnesses
swore that, the character of Captain
Ewen, the star witness for the state,
was bad.
—Tho tone Is bettor on the Now
York stock exchange, although 0110
failure was announced Thursday. Laid-
law, senior membor of the firm that
failed, is the man who was used as a
shield by Sage.
—Tuscaloosa, Ala., now has a fur¬
nace in blast. Citizens are proud of
Its success.
—Governor Jelks Issues a proclama¬
tion ordering that, books selected by
uniform text-book commission be used
In public schools of Alabama.
—Primary election was held In Mis¬
sissippi Thursday for United Stale 3
senator for the long and short terms.
For tlie former Senator McLaurln hail
no opposition.
—Tobacco prices in North Carolina
have declined and planters attribute It
to the trust anil next year they will
not plant so much.
—Andrew Carnegie has given $2,-
500,000 to Dutnberline, Scotland, where
he was born.
—Pope Pius X lias decided that ho
will ho crowned in St. Peters, which
is a concession to the quirinal.
—The situation in the Balkans is
growing acute, and war between Tur¬
key anil Bulgaria seems imminent.
—The cotton famine and the ques¬
tion of future options was brought up
in tho house of commons at London
Thursday. Serious ala.m is felt over
the situation.
The Second Alabama regiment
wont Into camp at. Montgomery
nesday.
—Near Greenville, S. C., Monday,
Griffin Back was killed by his brother,
Bud Pack, who struck him with a
chair.
—Cotton mills continue to shut
down in New England because of ihe
cotton situation.
—The North Carolina corporation
commission has just made Us report
assessing the values of tho railroads
and other common carriers in the
state.
—United States Marine hospital au¬
thorities have ordered a quarantine
on San Luis Potosi and a sharp look¬
out for Yellow Jack is being kept on
tho Texas border.
—Secretary of War Root lias refer¬
red the army glove contract secured
by Congressman Littauer to Attorney
General Knox for an opinion as *o
whether the law has been violated.
—Brunswick, Ga., naB broken all
records of the world in the number
of crossties shipped during July.
—Portuguese officers were enter¬
tained jn the Brooklyn at. Lisbon. Tho
American ship flew the t'ag of Portu-
B al -
Savannah is preparing for tho state
and interstate rifle shoots. Great In¬
terest in these contests is felt by tho
military of the state.
—General Gomez has completed the
list of troops who served in the Cuban
revolutionary army. According to tho
scale of payment adopted, over $ 00 ,
000,000 will be required,
NO. 88.
TWENTY-TWO DEAD
In Frightful Wreck of Circus
Trains of Wallace Bros.
DISASTER WASAPPALLING
List of Injured Reaches Thirty—Vic¬
tims Horribly Mangled—Engineer
of Second Section is Blamed
for Wreck.
Wallace Brothers’ circus was wreck¬
ed in the Grand Trunk yards at Du¬
rand, Michigan, at 4 o’clock Friday
morning and twenty-two men, most¬
ly employes of the circus, including a
few of the performers, were killed out¬
right. Thirty more were injured,
sonic fatally.
Tho show was traveling In two sec¬
tions over the Grand Trunk tracks
*from Lansing to Lapcro and the a’d-
dent, it is said, was caused by the fail¬
ure of the second section of the traiii
to stop on time. The two sections
were traveling near each other, and
the second ran into tho f’rst at fulL
speed.
Tho engine of the second section
and four cars of the first section were
completely demolished. Much valua¬
ble property was destroyed and the
loss to the circus people will be heavy.
Some of tlioso killed auil a few of
those injured were railroad people at¬
tached to tho train. These lncliido
Trainmaster J. McCarthy, of tho Grand
Trunk.
Some of tho animals were killed, the
scene in the Grand Trunk yards after
tho collision being appalling. Tne
wreckage of tile engine and four cars
were strewn about and piled high,
while the shrieks of the injured and
tho bellowing of tho frightened ani¬
mals could lie hoard above the hiss c.f
escaping steam anil the excited shouts
of the rescuers.
It was some hours before ail the in¬
jured were rescued from the wrecked
cars. Some of them were in terrible
agony, and it ts feared Hint many will
die. Fifteen of the. injured were
plated aboard special train anil taken
to a hospital in Detrlot for treatmenL
Tho wreck, according to the state¬
ment of the engineer of the second sec¬
tion, was caused by the failure of 'ho
airbrakes to work.
It was 3:45 o’clock when the first
section pulled into the West end of
tho Grand Trunk yards. A red ligat
was hung on tho rear car to stop the
second section.
Engineer Probst, of Battle Creek,
who was running the engino of tho
rear train, says he saw this light anil
applied the brakes. To his horror, it
refused to work. He reversed ills en¬
gine, but the momentum of the tram
behind was too great, and with a
crash that aroused ail of the town
near the yards, the two trains mot.
Three cars of tho stationary first
section were telescoped nnd tho en¬
gine and five cars of tho moving train
were demolished. The rear cur of the
first section was a caboose in which
tho trainmen were sleeping and tho
next two were filled with sleeping cir¬
cus employes. The greatest loss jf
life wus In the caboose. One of *ho
wrecked curs of tho second section
was occupied by five elephants and
several camels. One of the olephar.-s
and two camels were killed outright,
while the other animals and uictr
trainer escaped.
With the exception of this car, nouo
of tho menagerie was wrecked, tho
other demolished cars containing can¬
vas or wAgons, and mere was com¬
paratively little excitement among the
wild animals.
As goon „ recovered frora the
flrgt gho{; , ( th( . tralnerH rushe(] among
tfce cagfig qulellng the f(?w bc98t8 that
were excited. The elephants in tiio
wrecked car behaved with surprising
ifalmnegs, unil were led out of ilio
wreck without trouble.
The escaping steam and screams and
cries of those pinned in the wrei k
made a horrifying spectacle.
Coroner Farrar Friday afternoon I in¬
panelled a Jury, which viewed the re-
mains and adjourned until August 14,
when tho inquest will he held.
HOT TIMES IN THE BALKANS.
Bulgarian Insurgents Use Deadly Dy-
natimte to Slay Turks.
A special messenger arriving in Sa-
ion it a from Monastlr reports that 'ho
Bulgarian insurgents have dynamited
the governor’s palace in the town of
Krushevo, 23 miles north of Monas'ir.
Fifty Turks were killed.
A detachment of Ottoman troo "3
have burned the village of Dihovo,
near Monastlr.
Eight Turkish battalion? have beca
dispatched to Monastlr and three bat¬
talions to Salonica from Kossovo.
TEXT-BOOKS MEASURE
Adopted in Georgia Senate With a
Few Minor Amendments
Tho Georgia state senate, by a vote
of 34 to 4, Thursday passed the house
bill providing for state uniformity oC
text-books, Several minor amend*
ments were reported, some of then*
suggested by the authors of the house
bill, and these were adopted. There ta
but little difference between the seqi
ate and the house upon the pleasure*. (