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GEORGIA BRIEFS:
Man and Wife Both Crazy.
At Moultrie, T. P. Wilson and wife,
a couple about 40 years old, have both
been andjudged insane, and applica¬
tion made for their admission Into
the state sanitarium. They have
three young children.
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ACall to Populists.
J. J. Holloway, chairman of the ex¬
ecutive committee of the people’s par¬
ty of Georgia, has Issued a call
a meeting to be held in Atlanta on
Thursday, June 14, to consider mat¬
ters of vital importance to the party.
All members are urgently Invited
be present.
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State Chemist Sued for Libel.
For referring to him as “this
low,’ in a card published in the
lanta Constitution, May 25, and for
using other expressions and alleged
Inucndos in said card, Edgar
hart, chemist to the state geological
survey has filed suit in Atlanta
against John M. McCandless, state
chemist, for $5,000 actual and punl :
tive damages.
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Record Broken at Andersonville.
The 30th of May was a red-letter
day in the history of Andersonville.
Everything passed off quietly. There
were no arrests, shooting or fighting,
as has been the usual program. Grand
Army posts 17 and 14, department of
Georgia and South Carolina, partici-
paied in (he memorial services. Sher¬
iff Bell and a strong posse of citizens
of Americus were on hand to pre¬
vent rioting among Hie thousands of
negroes assembled.
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Slayers of Ramsay Found Guilty.
The trial of Joe Swanger and Jim
Franklin in Murray superior court
at Spring Place, for the murder of
Hon. A. K. Ramsay ended in a ver¬
dict of guilty with a recommendation
to mercy as to Franklin and a con¬
sent verdict for assault and battery
as to Swanger.
Judge Fite passed a life sentence
as to Franklin and gave Swanger one
year in the chaingang.
Educators Prepare for Meeting.
The fortieth annual session of the
Georgia Educational Association will
be held on Cumberland, June
Great interest is always displayed
these conventions, and the
meeting is expected to be
in point of interest, attendance
enthusiasm. Much business of
mount importance, together with
linen! discussions of interest to the
association, will come before the con¬
vention.
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Big Land Deal Consummated.
J. A. Carlton, a Moultrie man, has
closed a deal for property in Decatur
county valued at nearly a quarter of
a million dollars. The property con¬
sists of 17,000 acres of land on which
there is a thirty-five horse farm in op¬
eration, five hundred head of cattle,
over one thousand head of hogs, a
turpentine still with thirty-five crops
of boxes, a saw mill with a capac¬
ity of 25.000 feet of lumber daily, and
7,000 acres of fine round timber.
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State i Sues Baggage Monopoly.
Governor Terrell has directed At¬
torney General John C. Hart to bring
suit in the name of the state against
the Atlanta Terminal company and
the Atlanta Baggage and Cab com¬
pany for the abatement of the mo-
nopolf which the latter company en¬
joys at the terminal station.
The decision of the governor was
taken on receipt of a petition from
attorneys for the independent compa¬
ny, who stated that they also repre¬
sent many members of the Travelers’
Protective Association, as well as nu¬
merous private citizens.
The suit arose from the refusal of
the terminal station authorities to
give checks for any baggage delivered
at the station without railroad trans-
imitation by any other than the At-
lanta Baggage and Cab company.
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Records Will Cost State $7,060.
Governor Terrell has received a
letter from the secretary of war in
reply to the former’s letter of in¬
quiry stating that the information re-
quired by the roster commission of
Georgia, which is compiling the roe-
ords of the troops from this state
who served in the civil w’ar, would
cost the state $7,060.
This far exceeds the estimate made
by the governor and the commission,
who thought that the expense would
not exceed ? 1,800, and the sum named
by the secretary of war seems
bitant.
It is possible that the legislature
may appropriate the sum required for
the additional records, or possibly a
bill may be introduced in congress
to allow the state to have free ac-
cess to the files of the war depart¬
ment.
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Plenty of Work for Solons.
On Wednesday, June 27, the last
session of the present general as¬
sembly will open, in the house there
,ro 146 bills for a third
many of them important general leg-
islation.
The other business is for a second
r c., dl «. Ml. and reMtatiMi..
those with unfavorable committee re-
ports and others referred to
tees and not reported back.
Should no other grist come to the
legislative mill than the “unfinished
business” from last session, there Is
more than enough of thaf to keep the
house and senate hustling toi the
the full fifty days, and still leave suf¬
ficient for the next general assembly
to grind on.
Nine hundred and twenty-seven
bills and resolutions originated in the
house alone last summer, and enough
more in the senate to bring the grand
total up to near 1,100. Of this huge
total only some 400 passed success¬
fully, the gamut to completed enact¬
ment.
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Rawlings’ Sentenced Third Time.
J. G. Rawlings and his sons. Mil-
ton and Jesse, and Alf Moore, the al¬
leged negro accomplice in the murder
of the Carter children, were again
sentenced to be hanged by Judge
Robert G. Mitchell of the superior
court at Valdosta Saturday afternoon.
This makes the third time within a
period of a little more than ten
months that the men have been car¬
ried before the bar and heard the
words pronouncing them to death.
Judge Mitchell fixed the date for the
execution on Friday, July 13.
Old man Rawlings was the first to
receive sentence, and in reply to the
judge’s question, if he had anything
to say, he made a lengthy speech in
behalf of his boys, but said nothing
regarding his own sentence.
He said that neither of the boys
had anything to do with the murder
of the Carter children; that they
had not had a fair trial, and had
not been treated fairly. He told the
judge that he blamed his attorney,
Mr. Cooper, with the conviction of his
boys, saying that if Cooper had taken
his advice that the boys would have
been cleared, but that he would have
been convicted.
Milton was the next to receive sen¬
tence, followed by his brother and Alf
Moore. Both of the boys spoke a few
words, protesting their innocence,
said that their lives had been
away by Alf Moore and W. L.
ter, father of the murdered children.
When Alf Moore’s turn came, he
• sa ' < * ** la t he had but little to say,
cept that he had told the truth in
the trials and had made his peace
with God.
Georgians Get Big Contract.
A Washington dispatch says:
several days’ conference with officials
of the isthmian canal commission and
Chief Engineer Stevens, Senator Ba¬
con has succeeded in completing ar¬
rangements by which the South At¬
lantic Car and Manufacturing com¬
pany of Savannah and Waycross will
be given (he contract for the con¬
struction of 300 flat cars and perhaps
400.
The Georgia company was the low-
est bidder under the call for 1,000
cars, but could not insure the deliv-
ery required, causing a temporary
hitch. Senator Bacon took the mat-
ter up with the officials with a view
to securing a portion of the contract
with delivery such as the company
could fill. This has finally been ar-
ranged, the deliveries to be between
the first of December and the las:
of January. The Georgia company
gets 30o of the cars and perhaps 400
at its price of $1,129 for each car.
Increase in Georgia’s Wealth.
The wealth of the state of Georgia
shows an increase of $37,717,001 for
the year 1903 over the preceding year,
Comptruller General Wright’s an-
nual report for the year ending De-
cember 31. 1905. has just been put
in the hands of the printer. It shows
that the valuation of property and
corporate inteiests in the state for
the year 1905 was $494,820,288,
against $457,031,729 for the year 1904.
Specific increases in valuation were
as follows:'
Improved lands. 1904, $132,242,987;
1905, $142,721,775; city and town
property, 1904, $135,740,104; 1905,
$143,728,407; bank shares and sur¬
plus, 1904, $18,471,837; 1905, $20,693,-
220; merchandise, 1904, $27,906,861;
1905, $30, 276,095;
1904, $27,906,861; 1905, $30,276 095 -
manufactories, 1904, $26,625,991; 1905,
$28,897.34S; horses, cattle and mules,
1904. $29,665,243; 1905, $32,663,474:
household goods, 1904, $1S,35S.S29:
1905, $19,572,619; poll tax (white),
$209,460; (colored), $115,373.
The land owned in the state during
1905 was valued at $31,548,276.
A CANAL TALK
BY MR. SHONTS
Atlanta Citizens are Regaled With
$ Lucid and Pungent 6 Facts.
AROUND BANQUET BOARD
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Chairman of Isthmian Cattl! Tells of
Difficulties Overcome in Inaugu¬
rating Great Project.
One of the largest, most represents-
^ ve and enthusiastically interested as-
sambJages of Atlantans was that gath¬
ered at the New Kimball Wednesday
night to hear and welcome Theodore
Perry Shouts, chairman of the isth¬
mian canal commission.
The big banquet room of the New
Kimball was crowded, the guests com¬
ing at the invitation of the Atlanta
chamber cf commerce. At seven
o’clock a delightful buffet supper was
served, and it was not until after
eight o’clock that Mr. Shonts was in¬
troduced for an address. However,
just before making the regular ad¬
dress which he had prepared, Mr.
Shonts stated that he had been asked
a number of questions by the mem¬
bers of the chamber of commerce re¬
garding the Panama canal, and he
would take great pleasure in answer-
ing them.
Mr. Shonts, in answering these
questions, said in part:
“When the commission assumed
charge of its present -undertaking, we
found affairs at the Washington end
in a chaotic condition. Our first work
was at this end to create a Wash¬
ington office of administration for sup¬
plies accounts, finances, etc.
“Preparing to start for the canal
in June, we received the resignation
of Engineer Wallace, and for that
reason our trip was delayed, and it
was July before we arrived at Pan¬
ama. Here we found a state of af¬
fairs little short of panic among the
employees, and it was evident that
the least trouble of any kind would
have preeiptated such disastrous re-
suits as to end in a real panic, which
would prove -of terrible detriment to
the entire undertaking. I do not
mean to reflect on any one, but mere¬
ly state what were the existing con¬
ditions.
“Governor Magoon was holding the
fort steadily, and the sanitary engin¬
eers were doing their work effective¬
ly, although it may have seemed to
others that they were giving a very
great deal of attention to theory. But
they had accomplished much, and had
proved that their theories were all
right. After careful examination, the
first thing we did was to stop the
work that was going on, close down
the shovels and prepare a regular
campaign for the purpose of getting
ready to work on a sound and prac¬
tical basis. Sickness was on every
hand, supplies were secured only at
enormous prices, and there were some
hardly able to earn the real necessi¬
ties.
“So all the digging was stopped, and
all available force set to work build-
ing quarters to afford relief to all
classes of laborers. Even the Amer-
ican clerks were then living in ill-
smelling and unsanitary buildings,
We fumigated each and every house,
We built administration houses and
the usual accessories. In place of the
seven cr nine thousand men at that
time, with sickness and fear on every
side, we now have a force of twenty-
seven thousand men who are happy,
and at the time I left Panama the
percentage of sickness was less there
than it. was in New York city, al¬
though I should add that this was the
healthiest season in Panama.
“We built sewers and roads, and
gave Panama the first clearing up in
two hundred years. We built water-
works and have water from moun-
tain streams, with four reservoirs of
hrge capacity After completing bet-
ter health erndifions building hotels
and mess halls, the laborers now have
houses fit to live in, and conditions
fit f or WO rk.
THIS MOD WAS FOILED.
Constable, With Prisoner, Was loo Swift
for WoulJ*Be Lynchers.
Pursued by a mob, a constable
fj-om Tipton county arrived in Mem-
pj,j S> xenn., Thursday with Will Wil-
. and . place . .
hams . ’ a negro P nsoner -
him in the Shelby county jail for safe
keeping. Williams, with two broth-
ers, is charged with killing Jack Bid¬
dle, a weil known farmer in Tipton
county, recently.
It is reported that one of Williams’
brothers was lynched by a mob in
the woods near the scene of the crime.
“UNCLE JOE” A TARGET
For Scathing Denunciation in Regard
to Arrests and Arraignment of
Democratic Members of House.
a w ashmston dispatch says; An
experieuco was Held Toe*
day in the house of representatives.
It grew out of arrests made by the
sergeant at arms and his officers and
haling members before the bar of the
house in order to complete a quorum
under a call of the house Monday
evening. The journal set forth the
names of the members who had been
placed under arrest and permitted to
vote.
Mr. Gaines of Tennessee stated that
he had left the house at 6 o’clock p.
m. upon a mission of humanity to
inquire after a sick brother. He had
gone to his bouse and was notified
that a “call of the house” was on.
He went into the cafe at his hotel
and saw a number of members there
and notified them that there was a
call for a quorum.
He responded with others and was
overtaken by an officer of the house
who placed him under arrest, and
he was presented to the bar of the
house. He wanted to take this oppor¬
tunity to ask why the democrats were
singled cut for arrest, and the repub¬
licans immune, and he desired to
serve notice that officers of the house
must treat all alike. So far as he
was concerned, he did not care for
the arrest, for he was doing a duty
to the sick, which he would do again,
Douse or no house.
Mr. Rucker of Missouri, another of
those brought before the house, fol¬
lowed similar lines, except to call
the sergeant at arms a “usurper with
no authority to arrest.”
He told hom a member of the pres¬
ident’s family last week (meaning Mr.
Longworth), with a number of mem¬
bers under a call of the house had
been “arrested” by the sergeant at
arms, but had not been presented be¬
fore the bar of the house, and he
insisted that the discrimination ought
to stop.
Mr Wallace of Arkansas explained
that he had been serving on a com¬
mittee of investigation, and had gone
home to “supper” to get an early start
of reviewing the testimony taken. He
had been informed by telephone that
a “call of the house” was in progress,
and had responded, voting on the bill
Ihen before the body, ater he had
been placed under arrest with his
friend, Mr. Wiley of Alabama, and
together they were presented to the
bar and excused. He - thougtit lie
should be absolved.
Mr. Payne of New York, the floor
leader of the majority, then rose to
move (he previous question on the an-
proval of the jourqal. It became an-
parent that the events of Monday
night were the outcome of a plan on
the part cf the leaders of the repub-
lican side to keep the republican ma-
jority present to enact legislation.
Mr. Payne said that there was no
animus whatever back of the arrests,
but. a practical application of a rule
that has been dormant for years.
FOUR HUNDRED DOLLARS REWARD
Offered by Governor for Apprehension of
Murderer of James Graham.
Governor Terrell of Georgia has of¬
fered a reward of $200 for the appre¬
hension of the unknown person who,
on the night of December 24, 1904,
robbed and murdered James Graham,
leaving his dead body in his front
yard, in Pulaski county, near Haw-
kinsville, Ga. Mrs. Graham, the wife
of the murdered man, also offers a
reward of $200 for the capture of the
murderer.
AN [WITaTION TO JAMESTOWN.
Rrosevelt Requests Governors to Have
I heir States Represented et Exposition.
President Roosevelt, Tuesday, is¬
sued a proclamation inviting govern-
ors of all the states to have their
respective commonwealths make ex¬
hibits at the Jamestown exposition
at their own expense.
MOCK WAS ANXIOUS FOR NOIORlETY.
G. A. R. Crank Refused to Read Paper
Praising Women of Confederacy.
Much feeling was aroused at Guth-
rie, Oklahoma, Wednesday, when M.
L. Mock, adjutant of Hartranft camp
Xo . 3j graad a rmy of the repub i ic
omitted from the general order sent
cut frcm gnmd army headquarters at
Washington for use on memorial day
that part which paid a glowing trib-
uti? to the women of the confederacy.
Captain Mock announced that in his
oilman the camp would net have fa¬
vored his tending.
JJQJ WRANGLE
IN CONVENTION'
Democrats of Tennessee Fight Over
of l£ffipc Chairman.
POLICE ON THE SCENE.
First Day’s Session Adjourned Without
Accomplishing Any Results* _ Many
Counties are Contested.
The Tennessee state democratic,
convention which met in Nashville-
*° nominate candidates for governor
and railroad commissioners adjourn¬
ed at 6:10 Tuesday until 10 o’clock
Wednesday, without having even ef¬
fected temporary organization. It was
decidely the most turbulent body of
the kind that ever assembled in Ten-
uessee. Pandemonium and free fights,
were 4fte rule, and it was with the,
utmost difficulty that any sort, of rec¬
ord of proceedings could be made.
Adjournment was reached after am.
understanding was effected between,
the leaders of opposing factions that
the three gubernatorial candidates,
Governor John I. ox, Congressman
Malcolm R. Patterson and Judge Jno.
R. Bond, each name four representa¬
tives, who should constitute a com¬
mittee to decide on a temporary chair¬
man.
(Before this agreement was effected
the battle over contested delegations
occupied the entire time of the con¬
vention, -which is the' largest in the
history of Tennessee politics.
The services of the police were nec¬
essary from the outset. Vice Chair¬
man W. K. Abernathy 'of the state
committee called the convention to
order at noon. There was confusion
from the very outset, and when the
roll call of the counties for selection.
of temporary chairman began, the up¬
roar steadily increased. Challenges
opened with Crocket county, and when
Davidson was reached a battle royal
was on, the wildest excitement pre-
vailing. The county wa.s finally pass-
ed. the contest going to the commit-
tee on credentials to be named later,
and slowly the roll call proceeded, ev-
ery move marking a fresh contest.
Though Chairman Abernathy Is a
splendid presiding officer, he was of-
ten swept aside by the tempest, and,,
with many speaking and shouting
from various parts of the hall, none-
could be heard,
Once the chairman laid down the-
gavel and advanced to the front of
♦he stage, as he said, to make himself
heard. When he went, back for the-
gavel Luke Lea of Davidson county,
a Pattersou supporter, had it and was;
essaying *to act as presiding officer,
Abernathy protested. Lea was obdu-
rate, and from then on there were-
two presiding officers, and pandeme-
niura on the floor. At length a conn-
cil of war between the leaders brought
about a temporary truce, and adjourn-
ment followed.
At 3:30 o’clock Chairman Aber¬
nathy left the chair and refused to-
further preside. The scene follow¬
ing beggars description. 'Several per¬
sonal encounters followed, and one-
man was belabored over the head-
with a stick. The police were called*
upon to interfere, but it was some
minutes before they could quell th«
disturbance. An attempt was made-
to assault Chairman Abernathy, but
it was prevented by the timely in¬
terference of friends. At that time-
the convention hall had the appear¬
ance of a free-for-all fight being ins
progress.
TO COMPETE WITH 1R0LIEYS.
Western and Atlantic Railroad Announces;
a Reduction of Fares.
It was announced in Atlanta Tues¬
day that the Western and Atlantic
railroad will reduce its rates from
Atlanta to Marietta to those charged'
by the street car line between these?
two points.
RUSS MARINES READY TO REVOLT.
Two Thousand are Confined in Naval Bar¬
racks at Sebastopol.
Two thousand blue jackets, suspect¬
ed of disaffection, are confined in the-
naval barracks at Sebastopol, Russia-
The garrison there is also distrusted!
and will be replaced by troops from
elsewhere. The arsenal and all the-
official buildings and residences are
doubly guarded,
Three of those who were wounded
at Sebastopol, May 7, by the explo¬
sion cf bombs succumbed Tuesday^
making a total of twelve deaths.