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The Jones County News
VOL. IX.
SHERIFF GOT THREE
Mob Attacked Jail and Some
Failed to Make Escape.
PRIS0NERSH0T TO DEATH
One Member of Mob Was Wounded,
While One of the Captives
Makes Confession Implicat¬
ing Thirteen Others.
At Lynchburg, Tcnn., early Friday
morning Sheriff George R. Davidson,
in attempting to save the life of a ne¬
gro prisoner, fired Into a mob which
was assailing the jail, wounding a man
whose name was not divulged.
The sheriff summoned assistance,
but he and his aides were overpower¬
ed, the jail entered and tho much want
ed negro, Allen Small, shot to death In
the corridor.
The mob was composed of about
twenty-five people. Sheriff Davidson
was alone at the time. He refused to
give up the keys and opened fire from
a window. He wounded one of the
mob, but his identity is not kuown.
The sheriff then called for the police.
Two officers and several citizens
rushed to the jail, but despite their
presence, the mob battered down the
wooden door at the foot of the stairs
leading to the corridor. The sheriff
and posse made a stout resistance, but
were unable to prevent the nob from
breaking in the iron door at the head
of the sairs and entering the ceil oc.- 1 -
pied by the negro, about whose neck
they placed a rope. As soon as the
men emerged from the cell, it became
apparent that the negro could not be
taken from the jail and hung for fear
of being fired on, and he was shot to
dea/i. The mob then maae 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 tlnr
teen 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 wait¬
ing the action of the grand jury.
ATLANTA HAS POLICE MUDDLE.
Trouble is Result of Two Factions in
Board of Commissioners.
The Atlanta Con&titution prints tbs
following in Friday morning’s issue:
I 11 the formal charges made against
Captain Z. B. Moon, of the police de¬
partment, by Chief John W. Bail 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 were 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 has assumed a
very serious nature, and the depart¬
ment Ts on the eve of one of the most
sensational investigations tharhas ta¬
ken place for a long while.
VALE, SUNDAY BASEBALL.
Alabama Legislature Passes Bill Pro¬
hibiting Sport on Lord’s Day.
The Alabama senate Friday after¬
noon passed the house bill to prohibit
the playing of baseball, football, grit
or tennis on Sunday by a vote of 22 to
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.
LABOR AGENT HARD HIT.
Fcr Enticing Workers Out of Georgia
Bryant is Fined $1,000.
In Berrien county court, at TIP on,
Ga., Thursday, Arnold Bryant, color
c-d, was convicted of enticing hands out
of the state under contract to labor,
and Judge Peeples imposed a fine of
$1,000 or eight months in the chair-
gang.
This is said to he the heaviest fin?
ever imposed in Berrien county. It is
understood that Bryant was persuad
ing hands to leave turpentine farms in
Berrien to work on places in Florida.
TURKS ARE SLAUGHTERED.
Report of Fierce Fight Wherein Six
Hundred are Slain.
According to a telegram received in
Sofia, Bulgaria, Thursday, from Kos-
tendil (53 miles from Sofia) six hun¬
dred Turks were killed in a fight at j
Kolichani, September 18th. The Turk¬ [
ish forces numbered 7,0u0.
After the fight the troops, enraged !
at their losses, pillaged and burned a i
number of Bulgarian villages. 1
| Cream of News.*
Brief Summery of Most
Important Events
of Each Day.
—Andrew S. Wallace, formerly post¬
master at Opps, Ala., wrote to Post¬
master General Payne, offering a bribe
of $50 for a promotion. He has been
reading of the postal 3candals, and is
now In jail.
—Ernest Bixler, a prominent insur¬
ance man of Jacksonville, Fla., jump¬
ed overboard irom the steamer Al¬
gonquin, leaving a note in his state
room telling what had become of him
—Senator John T. Morgan addressed
tb9 Alabama legislature In joint sua¬
sion Wednesday on the relations be¬
tween the national government and
state lglsiatures.
—George W. Beavers, charged with
conspiracy in attempt to defraud tho
government, was before a commission¬
er again in New York Wednesday to
answer to two additional indictments.
—Professor Wright, of Leland Stan¬
ford university, was buried at Grand
Rapids, Mich., in the manner he want¬
ed to be—in a plain unvarnished box.
—Bandits held up a passenger train
near Portland, Ore., and in a skirmish
with tho robbers the engineer of tho
train was fataliy wounded.
—The president nas begun on his
annual message to congress. No visi¬
tors are received at Sagamore Hill.
Oyster Bay.
—Tho state department has reced¬
ed a dispatch from Monterey, Mexico,
stating that yellow fever has bronen
out there.
—Fusionists of New York held con¬
vention Wednesday night and nomi¬
nated Low a3 their candidate for the
mayoralty.
—Incendiaries start a fire which
nearly wipes out the village of Morre,
Wls., and causes a loss of $500,000.
—Old time Telegraphers at (heir an¬
nual reunion, in Milwaukee, select At¬
lanta, Ga., as next place for reunion.
—King Edward is exercising his veto
prerogative and will not assent to the
formation of a new cabinet until satis¬
fied mat its personnel and combina¬
tion are E-uch as to insure the carrying
on of the empire’s affairs. TETs ac¬
counts for the delay.
—The International Peace congress,
in session at Rouen, B’rance, passed
resolutions congratulating President
Roosevelt and Minister Bowen cn
their efforts In the trouble of the
allied powers with Venezuela.
—Bulgarians are growing more ex¬
cited daily and are catling on govern¬
ment to declare war on Turkey.
—A reign of terror is said to exist
in the western section of Worth coun¬
ty, Georgia. In the last year five men
have been murdered and only one ar¬
rest has been made in consequence.
—McDonough, Ga., had a $100,000
fire Sunday afternoon. The blaze be¬
gan at 5 o’clock and was not checked
until 10. Two whole business blocks
were destroyed.
—Columbus, Ga., has at last been
granted tho through line of sleepers
from Washington for which it has ?o
long besought the Southern railway.
—South Carolina state officers are
puzzled over what to do In Saluda
county. The sheriff stands accused of
tourder, but refuses to surrender his
office to the coroner and the state law
forbids the governor’s removing the
sheriff for any cause.
—At Frankfort, Ky., Sunday three
negroes made a daring escape from
Jatl. One of thetn split the jailor’s
head with a bottle and the three then
made a successful dash for liberty.
—In an attempt to escape from the
South Carolina penitentiary a convict.
Grant McNeil, was killed by Prestou
Jefferson, a trusty, who will doubtless
bo pardoned in consequence.
—At the negro Baptist conference in
Boston, Dr. Booker, president of the
Arkansas Baptist ocllege, told his race
that the best tliing they could do was
to imitate the White man and Imbibe
some of his American enterprise.
—Chicago Federation of Labor sends
President Roosevelt a long letter tak¬
ing exceptions to his altitude on opc.i
slops, as demonstrated In the Miller
case.
—Posses in Montana are pursuing
“Kid” Curry, the train robber, who
escaped from Knexville, Tenn., jail.
—Sultan of Turkey expresses regret
at the atrocities perpetrated by the
troops and promises the Russian am¬
bassador that they will not be repeat¬
ed. The murder of Bulgarians, how¬
ever, continues.
—Lord Balfour, of Burleigh, secre¬
tary to Scotland, and Arthur Elliott,
financial secretary to the treasury,
have resigned. The king has accepted
the resignations.
—The city of Linares, Mexico, is
dead commercially on account of yel¬
low fever there. There are over two
hundred cases in Linares.
—The longshoremen's strike at
Brunswick, Ga., has been brought to a
close. The arbitrators’ award of 14
cents per hour pleases both sides and
all hands are at work again.
—The City of Macon, for which fpa”s
were entertained, reached Savannah
safely. The passengers tell of har¬
rowing experiences during the storm.
—United States Minister Powell
sends a strong protest to San Domingo
government against the project of o---
tablishsng the neutrality 01 Dominican
waters and making certain ports frss.
GUAY, JONES CO, GA.. THURSDAY. OCTOBER 1, 1003.
ROADS RAISE HOWL
Alleged Discrimination in As¬
sessment for Taxes.
COAST LINE CASE CITED
Appeal to Courts Probablo in Order ta
Straighten Out a Perplexing
Problem—A Most Peculiar
Situation.
That the railroads of Georgia will
in tlie near future resisf in the courts
the taxes now levied against them Is
the growing opinion among leading
corporation lawyers of the state.
These predictions are based ifpon
contentions that the arbitration sys¬
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?”
rate per mile than the other lines do¬
ing a similar business is cited in sup¬
port of these contentions. This road
may, indeed, be the first or among die
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. duBignon, 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 he understood, it th.?
figures of the umpire in fixing the
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,” ho said, "I understood
such a statement was made while the
board was in open session.”
The evidence submitted t6 tho board,
he said, consisted of affidavits of tax
collectors, tax receivers, ordinaries,
sheriffs and real estate agents along
the line of this road, which were all to
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 ammitied, 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 02 2-3 per cent of its value I
have no idea that more than 70 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 bean
before the supreme court of the Unite.!
States more than once, and the decis¬
ions of that court upon it were keen
cut and clear.
SOUGHT TO BRIBE PAYNE.
Alabama Postmaster Was Anxious to
Become Member of Graft Gang.
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 postofflee department at
Washington and he forthwith proceed¬
ed to write to Postmaster General
Payne and offered him the sum of $50
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 of $50 he would have
110 trouble in receiving the appoint¬
ment. He has been removed ft'om the
office at Opp and placed under arrest.
A bond of $500 for his appearance at
the next term of the United States
court at Birmingham was required.
TEST OF TEXT.BOOK BILL.
Birmingham Parson Files Friendly
Suit Against School Superintendent.
At Birmingham, Ala., Dr. A. J. Dick¬
son, pastor of the First Methodist
church, has filed a friendly bill against
Dr. J. H. Phillips, superintendent of
the public schools, to test the validity
of the state uniform text book law,
•which has just gone into operation.
He seeks to mandamus Dr. Phillips to
show cause why children were not al¬
lowed to enter the high school with
books not bearing the official stamp of
the state depositories, the books hav¬
ing been bought at. another place, al¬
though the same as required by law.
EIGHT THOUSAND MADE HAPPY.
_ Employes of . Chicago . . and Northwest.
ern Railway Have Wages Raised.
A dispatch from Chicago says: An in-
crease In the wages of 8,000 employ’s
of the twenty car and locomotive re-
pair shops of the Chicago and North-
western railroad has been granted.
The increase means an additional
expense of $300,000 a year to the com¬
pany.
READY FORCONGRESS.
National Capitol Building Spick and
8pan for Assembling of the Solons
on November Ninth.
A Washington special says: At tho
capitol Thursday tho posltlva stats-
ment was made by tuoso engaged in
getting the building in readiness for
the assemblage of eongress that tho
dato of the extra Bcsslon has boon
definitely fixed for November 9. Su-
perintendent Elliott Woods could
have the building ready tor occupancy
at an earlier date If necessary, for
when tho present improvements nfld
decorations were commenced it was
understood that the-, were to be com
pleted not later than October Cl. “Work
has been progrossii is steadily on this
basis, so that Mr. Woods says he wlil
have the senate and house lobbies fin
ished by that date and the various
committee rooms and corridors redeco¬
rated and furnished at the rente time.
In anticipation of congress being
called together earlier than November
9, the carpets are new laid upon the
floors of the chambers of the house
and senate and the desks are being
placed in po&itioti. Its
The house will celebrate 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 houso of representatives.
The new membership, under the latest
apportionment, is 3S6, 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 itt&t year
The house side outshines the sene."
this year in making fmprovements for
the convenience and comfort of i*s
members. The speaker’s lobby Ins
been frescoed in elaborate style i.-y
Senor Rochermann, an understudy of
the late Bermudi, whose work adorns
the dome 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. The
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 Save -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 dlnirigTooms,
wehere the accommodations are not al¬
ways equaJ to the demands of senators
and their friends about midday.
“Uncle Joe” Cannon is on dock wait¬
ing to get busy. He has opened his
headquarters in the approprialions
committee room, where he can keep
one eye on tho speaker’s chair and at
the same time straighten out some of
the holdover details in connection with
ills former duties as chairman 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 any
premature discussion on that subject
for publication.
CANNOT ACCEPT MEASURE.
Dominican Government is Warned Not
to Get Too Smart.
United States Minister Powell has
made a vigorous reply to the Domini¬
can foreign minister, on the subject of
the Dominican government’ bill for
establishing the neutrality of Domini¬
can waters and making certain ports
free. In his note, Mr. Powell says the
United States government cannot ac¬
cept this measure; that the foreign
minister’s response to his recGht pro¬
test is objectionable to the United
States government and that such a
moasure as proposed Is antagonists
to the fundamental principles followed
by his government.
OIL TANK BLOWS UP.
As a Result About Twenty-Five Cars
Were Destroyed by Fire.
A special from Greensboro, N. 0.,
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 twpnty-five were en¬
tirely consumed.
Trains both ways wore delayed by
the main line being blocked.
SENATOR PEAK GUILTY.
Aftermath of a Fight Whioh Occurred
in Chattanooga Last April,
In the criminal court at Chattanoo¬
ga, Tenn., Wednesday, State Senator
Walter Peak was found guilty of as¬
sault and battery and fined $200.
Senator Peak was Indicted for felo¬
nious assault on the person of William
Dowling last April during the sessions
of the legislature.
Peak has now brought suit against
Dowling for $50,000 for libel. Dowling
also sues Peak for the same "amount
for personal injuries.
MILLION DOLLAR MEMORIAL.
To b e Erected in Baltimore by Odd
F eii 0 ws—Plan is Approved.
At Friday’s session of the grand
lodge of Odd Fellows in Baltimore the
re P° rt ot the finance committee on the
Proposed million dollar memorial
building of Washington lodge of Bal¬
timore was adopted. The lodge was
given power to solicit contributions
from lodges and members of the order
in jurisdictions outside of Maryland.
WOMAN’S VERSION
Mrs. Griffin Tells Story of Her
Husband’s Assassination.
A SENSATION IS SPRUNG
Eatonton Physician’s Name Brought
into the Case by Prosecution*
Charges are Vehemently Do-
-. nied on Both Sides.
In their effort to prove a causd gr
motiv'd for the crime charged to Mrs.
Lizzie Grifflu, the State's counsel 11-
troduced witnesses in court at Eatou-
ton, Ga., Thursday to show that back
of tho tragedy which ended In Ihe
death of Jonn Griffin was an estrange¬
ment between John Griffin and his wlfo
caused by the infatuation of M73. Uvlf-
fln for another man. This man Is Dr.
L. O. McCalln, of Eatonton, John Grif¬
fin’s family physician. at this
All tho evidence offered
point was wholly by negroes auu hard¬
ly trustworthy. Mrs.
In her statement to the jury,
Griffin positively denied any Improper
conduct toward her on Ills part, and
under oath he flatly averred that he
had never visited Griffin's house ex¬
cept when sent for and in tho capacity
of a practicing physician, or on some
business with Griffin himself.
Dr, McCalla is a gentleman of VO-
raclty and honor, and enjoys the re¬
spect and confidence of the public.
At 10 o’clock Tnursday morning the
Mate rested Its case and the defense
began the Investigation 6t witnesses.
The first were statement!! from
Sam Knowles and Mrs. Griffin.
Knowles’ statement was very brief,
and in substance, that after returning
home from work on that fatal after-
noon ho went to the lot and Ted the
stock. Whilo there his mother called
him to supper. After eating he retired
to another part of the house, where,
in company with the balance of the
family, he remained /until Hulon
Knowles, his brother, who had just re¬
turned with a party from fishing, came
In and announced the killing.
Mrs. Griffin, In substance, said that
some time during the day while she
and her husband were on the porch,
she saw “old Tom Jackson” coming
and remarked to Griffin that she won¬
dered what he wanted; that Tom came
up and called Griffin out and asked
him to go down to the swamp and
look at some tracks that were trou¬
bling him (other evidence alleged thit
Tom was jealous of some real or ima¬
ginary man’s conduct relating to nls
Wife, Mit Jackson); that lato that
evening, about dark, after John Gr.'f-
fln had roturned from town, they wire
sitting in their room, John Grlfll'i
had Just told her 01 hiring a big black
negro in town to do some work .’or
him, and that sho had better save sup¬
per for him.
That, about this time she looked in
the direction of the window through
which the shooting occurred, and saw
on tho oulsido, with a gun In bis
hands, a tall negro man. Before sho
could speak to'warn her husband of
the danger the report of the gun
sounded out and John Griffin fell from
his chair. Immediately thereafter and
before she had time to do anything,
the second shot was fired. She ran
out of the house with her children In
her arms and at the back steps met
the man who grabbed her and warned
her against making any noise. She
begged for her life and ran screaming
to a nearby negro cabin for help and
protection.
When first asked if she recognize!
the assassin, sho said it was Tom
Jackson. When, soon afterward, her
brother Hulon Knowles, Rlckerson and
others arrfVt!?! on fTielr return home
from fishing and said they met Tom
Jackson down the road one-quarter
or a half-mile away, she said it muet
then have been tho big JJaek negro
John Griffin had hired In town that
day. She further stated that the”e
could have been no Just cause Tor her
to kill her husband, as they were on
the best of terms and had gotten along
nicely all their married life, except
some times when he would come home
under the Influence of whiskey, and
that then nothing of any consequence
ever transpired that was unpleasant.
FILIPINOS AT WORLD’S FAIR.
Thirty-One Natives of Island Swoop
Down Upon St. Louis.
Thirty-one native Filipinos have ar¬
rived in St. Louis to nelp in the ere
tlon of the Philippine exhibit buildings
and began work Thursday on the
“Cuartel de Filipinos” at. the world's
fair. The “Cuartel de Filipinos” is ;■)
be 150 feet square, with a court in the
center 90 feet square. It is to he two
stories high, with the second story
overhanging as in Manila dwelling
houses. It is to he roofed with nipa,
a native plant.
SEABOARD HOLDS ALOOF.
Owners Decide that Road Shall Re¬
main Entirely Independent.
It is reported that the syndicate in
control of the Seaboard Air Line
has finally decided to keep the prop-
erty independent, and, therefore, it
will not go to the Rock Island or any
other system. It is ©aid on good au¬
thority that it In not owned by any
other railroad, and it is not in contem¬
plation that It will he owned or con¬
trolled In any way, except In the in¬
terest of its owngrs.
NO. 45.
WE GIVE GREEN
TRADING i
A STAMPS . (v*
’■S- Tm '
$850.00 Antonie to tin Given Away irate 1st
One chance free on every 5oc purchase.
STRONG SHOE STORE,
Exclusive Dealers in Fine Shoes. 368 2nd St, MACON, GA.
C. B. WILLINGHAM,
COTTON FACTOR.
By a liberal policy and honorable
methods I have built up the largest cotton
commission business in Middle Georgia.
Ship me your cotton and get best returns.
$
G. B. WILLINGHAM,
HACON, GA.
Low Rates to California %
and the Northwest.
m I
Will sell daily between September 15th and November 30th, 1903, low
rate colonist, tickets to points in
WASHINGTON, OREGON, CALIFORNIA, MONTANA, IDAHO, WYO¬
MING, COLORADO, NEVADA, UTAH, ARIZONA AND NEW MEXICO.
Short line, quick time, no bus transfers, freo reclining chairs.
For rates, schedules, maps and full Information write to F. E. CLARK,
Traveling Passenger Agent, Atlanta, Ga.; W. T. SAUNDERS. General
Agent Passenger Department, Atlan ta, Ga.
M. C. BALKC0M
362 TIM Street, Macon, Ga.
I am better prepared than over to serve those who are in need
of anything in the hardware line. My new store at 362 Third
street, near Cherry, Is amply largo to accommodate a stock of
hardware, guns, pistols, ammunition, paints, oils, varnishes,
glass, etc., complete in every detail, and I have It.
My prices are as low as the lowest.
M. C. BALKCOM, Agent.
!
S. S. PARMELEE,
BICYCLES, BUGGIES,
ROAD CARTS, CARRIAGES,
CHILDREN’S CARRIAGES, WAGONS,
HARNESS, LEATHER,
ETC.
Jobbers of Bicycle Sundries 1
CORNER SECOND AND POPLAR STREETS MACON, GA.
G. W. GANTT. W. F. HOLMES.
Gantt & Holmes,
■ ; Cotton Factors.
MULES, HAY PRESSES, V
i HORSES, DEERING REAPERS, '
FARM SUPPLIES, HARROWS, BINDERS,
MOWERS. RAKES.
Send us your cotton and we will work to your interest.
When visiting the State Fair make our warehouse your Headquarters,
Maopn, Gr©org:ia.