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jTSON choice
OF POPULISTS
ian Named by Acclamation
at Springfield Convention.
platform stands
Roll Call of States Was Con
r l,ii ,
ail Candidates Withdrew
in Favor of Watson.
,nas E. Watson, of Georgia, for
jdent and Thomas -H. Tibbies, of
•aska, for vice president, was the
a oinitiated by acclamation Tues*
t
bv 7 the populist national conven
in session at Springfield, III.
names of William V. Allen, of Ne
u an d of Samuel W. Williams, of
ina. were placed before the con
lion for president, but before the
L states had been completed in
roll call their names were with
in and Watson was nominated by
Lmation.
Kether Watson will accept the
ination no one in the convention
[ed to know, and all efforts to ge
some deflnite information from
ion's friends failed. Watson was
led It. as saying that if the democrats
Louis nominated William R.
b-st he would support Hearst for
Idem.
Old Platform Reaffirmed.
L platform as adopted reaffirms
ber platforms and demands the is
of money by the government m
l quantities as shall maintain sta
L- in prices, the establishment of
hi savings banks, abolition of child
k, the eight-hour day, and the ini
he and referendum. Government
^junction is denounced. The mon
y plank reads:
fo prevent unjust discrimination
monopoly the government should
I and control the railroads and
0 public utilities- which in their
Ire are monopolistic. To perfect
postal service the government
lid be immediately withdrawn,
bo rat ions being the creatures of
pment should be subjected to
l government regulations and con
as will adequately protect the
lie . We demand the taxation of
ppoly privileges, while they re
p in private hands, to the extent
foe value of privileges granted,
pe demand that congress shall en
p general law- uniformly regulating
power and duties of all incorport
pompanies doing interstate basi
BRYAN DEFEATED IN COMMITTEE.
kins Faction Sustained After long and
Acrimonious Wrangle.
St. Louis special says: The sub
pittee Imittee of fcia national democratic
which oti Monday and Mon
n -$ht heard the evidence of tha
teen contests in the state of li
s reported Tuesday to the nation
pmmlttee opinion that of the it was the unani
r sub-committee
I the Hopkins delegate; be aJlow
p r stain their seats. The report
| ,e concurred in, and the Hopkins
t w hl hold their seats, unless
M by the action of the commi;
Ion credentials.
decision of the sub-committee
based
are
he convention as submitted to
e Jsht should, in the opinion of
committee, have been made in
state convention before the com-.
011 of the record of the
conven
e vi 1(1 tory of the Hopkins faction
also a defeat for W. J. Bryan,
1 made the fight almost a per
matter.
i# ther saved BY SON’S BODT.
kill * d by Trai* and Corpse Knocked
ru< "'oman from Track.
* by the flying body of her
.
aon, who was instantly kill
an express train, Mrs. Alva
’801 son escaped the fate of her
Mrs • W’llli amson [ i
°n anc ier sou
the way to visit Mrs. Wil
•On’ s m °ther,
the and were walking
tra ck. They stepped from in
t of an
f approaching freight train
0,: see the swift running ex-
3 ' r T be ‘boy
■ ‘Hocked »">« bLi was with ahead. great His violence body
his mother off the track.
BITS OF WAR NEWS.
-‘-• v D.utory Skirmishes Between Jap
! and Russ With all Advantages
in Favor of Japs.
I A St. Petersburg special says: The
i hirteea companies of Russian troops
I ?enc out by Lieutenant General Count
I < 011 Keller i in a reconnaissance iu
I oree to ascertain the strength of the
Japanese column s advance force mov
ng on Liao-Yang, came into collision
>vith the Japanese between Mo-Tien
utd Feag-Chui passes Tuesday.
Sharp lighting resulted and the Rus
Jions retired before overwhelming
lumbers, after ascertaining the exact
strength of the Japanese forces. The
Russian losses are officially stated to
be 200.
The general staff at St. Petersburg
nas received the following from Lieu
tenant Sakharoff. chief of staff of Gen
ird iropatKtn, dated July 4.
n July 3, the advance guard of the
Russian torce operating east of Liao
Yang, occupied a position at Lang-Tse
pass. Toward evening the same day
our scouts ascertained that a detach
mfnt of the enemy’s advance guard,
1,500 strong, had occupied the villages
of Ekhavvan and Tcha-Kumen-Za 011
our front. At this moment we discov
ered the movement of a Japanese de
tachment, consisting of a battalion of
infantry, to turn our flank positions in
the Yang-Tae pass in the direction of
Lian-Dian-Sian. In order to check this
movement a force was sent forward in
the direction of the threatened point.
A delayed special from Tokio says;
General Kuroki reports that two bat
talions of Russians attacked the Jap
anese outposts Mao-Tien pass at dawn
on July 4, uinder cover of a dense fog.
The Russians were repulsed, but they
iQtumed and charged ihree times be
fore they were finally driven off. The
Japanese pursued them for three
miles to the westward of Mao-Tien
pass. The Russians left thirty dead
and fifty wounded on the field. The
Japanese lost fifteen killed and fifty
wounded.
BFAR TRAP HOLDS BURGLAR.
Alabama Merchant Finds Out Who Had
Been Robbing His Store.
Sam I.aeey, who runs a supply store
at Powderly, Ala., near Birmingham,
caught a negro burglar in a “bear
trap,” and he is now in the Jefferson
county jail with that charge docketed
against him. Lacey’s store has been
burglarized several times of late, and
no clew could be found as to who was
the thief, and he set an old bear trap,
long out of use, to catch the thief on
the stairway leading from the first to
the second floor of his store, covering
it with an old sack to hide it.
About 3 o’clock in the morning Ollie
Gray, colored, climbed a telephone ,
pole just outside of the store and en
tered the store from the second story,
After Helping himself to what he
wanted he left the store and started
down the steps cautiously and stepped
right into the middle of the steel bear
trap, which closed its large iron fangs
on his leg, and held him fast until Mr.
Lacy came up to open tip, which was
an hour afterwards. The prisoner had
scuffled hard to get away, but did not
cry out, and it took three men to re
lease him from the trap, so strong
were the springs which held him.
RAILROAD SOLD ON THE BLOCK.
Gainesville, Jefferson & Southern Bought
by Syndicate for $165,000.
At Gainesville, Ga., Tuesday, Special
Master S. C. Dunlap sold at public out
cry the Gainesville, Jefferson auJ
Southern railroad, pursuant to decree
of Hall superior court of May.
The road was sold in two parcels,
the first from Gainesville to Jefferson,
and the branch from Belmont to Mon
roe, 55 miles, was bought at the upset
price, $165,000, by a syndicate of Sa
vannah, Gainesville and Jefferson
men.
It was bid in by Geo. W. Baldwin, of
Savannah, the head of the syndicate
and president of a number of street
car companies. This part of the pur
chase includes all rolling stock, Tha
line will be changed into a broad
guage.
PRFSIEENT HAS NAUGHT TO SAY.
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Roosevelt Silent as to Action of Democrats
at St. Louis Convention.
News of (he nomination of Judge
Parker was communicated to Presi
dent Roosevelt at Oystei Bay, Satur
day morning, The president made no
comment either on the nomination of
Judge Parker or any other action of
the convention. Whatever he may
have to say concerning the demo
cratic platform and candidates will
be said in Ms letter of acceptance of
his own nomination by the republican |
'
party. !
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»*■ GEORGIA
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Epitomized Items cf Interest
Gathered at Random.
Court House Site Accepted.
The eit zeus of Sylvester tendered
the site for a new court house to J.
W. Pric?, ordinary, who accepted it
at once and will advertise immediately
for plans and specifications for a
handsome building.
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Cavalrymen to Hold Reunion.
The survivors of the First ami
Sixth Georgia Regiments, Confeder
ate Cavalry,will hold their annual re
union in Atlanta at Grant Park on
Wednesday, members' August 3
The of the regiments will
be the guests of Camp A. Wheeler s
Cavalry, and will be given a royal good
time. Preparations for making, the
union a great success are going for
ward and nothing will be left undone
that will add to the enjoyment of the
veterans,
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State Troops Apportioned.
The general arrangements for send
ing 1,500 Georgia state troops to the
great military maneuvers at Manas
sas, Va„ in September, were made
a few days ago at a meeting of the
state regh2j»ntal commanders, held in
the office of Adjutant General Harris,
at the capitol, in Atlanta.
Every regiment in the slate -ill ne
represented by several companies.wifh
Colonel Usher Thomason, of Madison
commander of the Third Regiment.
Georgia State Troops, as brigade com
mander. The 1,500 men will be divided
into three composite regiments, the
regimental commanders to be selected
by the adjutant general.
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Asylum Appropriation Cut.
If the action of the committee on
appropriations is allowed to stand,
the state asylum at Milledgeville will
have $25,000 less next year to run
upon. The committee after a prolonged
argument from Hon. Joe Hill. Hall, of
Bibb, who stated that the methods of
the asylum were loose and unbusiness
like, decided to cut the appropriation
from $325,000 annually to $300,000.
This action will be reported to the
house when the appropriation bill
comes up for passage, but then Mr.
Hal! will have the Hon. J. D. How
ard, of Baldwin, to contend with on
t j ie floor.
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WMcox’s New Court House.
The new Wilcox county court house
at Abbeville has been turned over cO
the county commissioners. The build
j ng j s one’ of the handsomest in the
state and reflects credit on Architect
Frank P. Milburn, of Charleston, 3.
£., contractors J. H. McKenzie &
Sons, of Augusta, Ga., and H. L.
Scott, superintendent of construction.
The whole county is proud of this
magnificent temple of justice,
The contract for furnishing the
building has been awarded and will
be placed in position at an early .date,
The clock in the steeple will be an
attractive feature of the structure. A
Chicago firm offers $1.02 for Abbe
vine’s new school bonds,
Creditors Get Part of Claims.
W. F. Albertson, receiver for the
First National Bank, at Macon, gives
notice that every creditor of the in
stitution will be entitled to receive
a check for 40 per cent of his claim.
Mr. Albertson requests all creditors
to call at the bank promptly to get
his money. The checks have already
been written out. and nothing remains
except to go to the bank and get
them.
Nothing is said about other divi
dends, but it is supposed that there
will be others as fast as assets are
converted into cash.
The First National Bank Is one of
the ban;t,s which illness failed of a Mr. short Robert time j
ago during the
H. Plant. Mr. Plant was president of
the First National. No dividend has j
yet been declared for the creditors j
of the private bank, in which there
were one million, seven hundred thou
sand dollars of deposits.
Will Improve the Road.
George J. Baldwin, of Savannah.who
was one of the purchasers of a part
of the Gainesville, Jefferson and South
ern Railway at Gainesville, says the
property is to be greatly improved.
He says the company has in view
some very important changes in the
road which will likely be put into ef
fect as soon as possible. One plan
Is to build the road out northward to
ward DahIomega. Amother suggested
route is from the Jefferson branch
to Athens to the south, while a third
Is from the main line to the Central
of Georgia Railway on the Macon and
Covington branch.
Much will d-epend on the qo-opera
tion of the people along the route of
i the property of the propose’! exten
i sion. If these towns shall promise
good patronage there is capital in Sa
vannah with which outside capital as
may be affiliated in the plan, to build
a splendid railway into new territory
The work is to be begun at once, and
the road is to be made standard
gauge.
Pay Asked for Old Bonds.
Whether or not the state of Georgia
shall pav ante-bellum bonds to the
value of $24,200. which was issued to
pay for guns used in the war between
the states, was a question which the
general judiciary committee of the
House of representatives was called
upon to discuss a day or two ago.
The story behind the bonds i\ as
follows:
In November. 1S59, (he general as
semblv of Georgia passed a bill au
thoriziug tbe governor to purchase
firearms for the militia, and later an
I appropriation of $75,000 was made for
the purpose. On November 11. 180u.
Governor Joseph E. Brown contracted
with the Sharps Rifle Company, of
Hartford, Conn., for $50,000 worth or
i rifles and ammunition. Fifteen hun
dred guns were bought from the com
pany. The guns and ammunition were
delivered to the governor at Mllledge
ville on November 30, 186t>. ihe com
pany receiving half ihe purchase price
in cash and the balance in bonds of
$50 each iu United States currency.
There were fifty of the bonds.
Georgia seceded from the union two
months and three days after the con
tract was made for the rifles, and five
months afterwards the Southern Con
federacy was established.
The point is being made that under
the constitution of the United States,
fourteenth amendment, no debt can
be collected which was made for the
purpose of aiding a rebellion, and that
perhaps Governor Brown Inmght the
I rifles to use in the war between the
1 states.
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Bainbridge to Issue Bonds.
The city council of Bainbridge has
had under consideration for some time
the advisability of the city owning
I its own electric light plant. At a meet
ing of council the question was Anal
ly decided in favor of municipal own
ership.
An election has been called for Au
gust 8th, at. which the power to issue
$20,000 or bonds will be sought with
whi;h to buy the plant now furnishing
light to the city or install a new plant.
The indications are that the people
will vote the bonds, as a large ma
jority are in favor of municipal own
ership.
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Why Should a Young Man Go to Col
lege?
1. It will increase his earnihg ea
pacity. Dr. W. T. Harris, coaimis
sloner of education, sayaj. “I would
estimate the average salary or income
of the illiterate at. $150 to $200. Of
one having taken a partial elementary
course ai $300; the eight years, ele
mentary course at. $500 the high school
graduate at $1,000; the college grad
uate at $1,500.”
2. It will increase his chances for
success. Dr. Harris shows from a
record of 7,852 notable Americans in
“Who is Who,” “that a college ed
ucation increases, the chances of the
high school boy nine times, giving
him 219 times the chance of the com
mon school boy and more than 900
times the chance of the untrained.
3. He wants to be a man among men
and not a manikin. He wants to put
himself into relationship with other
men, with history, with the develop
ment of ihe state* and country, with
the world. He wants the perspective
that the college gives, the ability to
think, to weigh evidence, to discover
truth, to solve hard problems. It will
give him a clearer vision and wider
horizon.
4. It will enable him to form endur
ing friendships. There are no friends
so natural, so genuine, so warm, so
true, so satisfying, as; those formed at
college,
a. He wants to be fitted for com
panionsliip with the wisest and best,
j 0 j n democracy of learning
that knows neither state lines nor
ocean boundaries, but everywhere j
seeks the good of man and the glory
of God. The college man is the man
of the century.
6. Georgia needs the best service \
the young mau can give. Her mines
are to be developed, her water powers
are to be utilized, her farms are to
be improved, her schools are to be
taught, her laws are to be administer
ed, her place must be filled in national
affairs, her churches are to be sup
ported and her homes are to he glad
dened. But two-tenths of one pe: cent
of her population is taking a college
course. Georgia calls upon her sons
to prepare for leadership.
7. If he will go to college to get
what he can of its scholarship, its
culture, its training, its friendship to
use in lovJng service, he cannot make
a better usa of three or four years
of his life, nor a better investment of
a few hundred dollars.—J. S. STEW
ART.
RED ANT DEFENDED.
Government Expert Declares Enemy
of Boll Weevil is Not a Vege
etarian in Habits.
A Washington special says: Rosa
L. Clark, a cotton planter near Hous
ton, Tex., lias applied for an injunc
tion to restrain Dr. O. F. Cook, of
the agricultural department, from
bringing into Texas the ants which
have been imported from Guatemala
t° kill off the boll weevil. Mr. Clark
says that the insects are a source
ot great danger to the negro laborers,
whom they sting, and* it is on these
grounds that he lias applied tor the
injunction. But notwithstanding this
was stated at the agricultural d-i
Partnient Saturday that there was
1,0 chance °* Sll(; h an injunction being
i panted and that the experiment would
1 begin as soon as possible. Dr. Cook
! arrived in New Orleans from Guate
mala, bringing with him. in good con
dition, eighty-nine colonies of the mys
terious insects, with which the agri
cultural department hopes to exter
minate the bool weevil.
Beverly T. Galloway, chief of the
bureau of plant industry, under whose
instructions Dr. Cook imported the
ants, said in an interview Friday:
* All 1 know regarding Mr. Clark’s
proposed injunction is what I seen in
one of the morning papers. 1 do not
think that there is an:- chance for
Mr. Clark to obtain the issuance of the
injunction since, for the present, we
propose to experiment with the ants
only on the government plantation.
No one needs to have them set loose
in their coton fields if they do not
want them.”
In speaking of his intention to seek
the injunction, Mr. Clark Said that he
considered it a very dangerous thing
to introduce into the cotton fields
one insect in sufficient numbers to
exterminate another, He argued that
the fields would be left in just as bad
a condition as they wei» before, only
the character of the evil being chang
ed.
‘‘When Mr. Clark argues that way
he shows that he does not know what
he is talking about. This Guatemala
ant is not a vegetarian; it is a regular
cannibal ant and preys only on the
boll weevil. It, will not eat the leaves
or any part of the cotton plant. When
let loose in a cotton field the little
animals do not attack a single plant
in a body but distribute themselves
over the entire fiefd and mount the
cotton plants in groups of three and
four. Wherever we have experiment
ed it has been found that the animals
operate in a most orderly manner.
The ants are to be taken at ones
to our own experimenting grounds in
charge of Professor Hunter, and will
be used on our own cotton. Exhaus
tive experiments will be made there
until it ’has been learned exactly how
to handle them and to avoid any pos
sible danger. Until this in done the
work will he confined to government
land entirely, then the benefit of our
discovery will be offered to any one
who wants it.”
REPUBLICANS CELEBRATE BIRTHDAY.
fifteenth Anniversary Commemorated at
Monster Meeting in Jackson, Michigan.
Five thousand people assembled ia
Loomis park at Jackson, Mich., to
celebrate the fiftieth anniversary of
the birth of the republican party "un
der the oaks” in that cty July 6. 1854.
It was here on that date that the first
state convention, acting under the
name of “republican,” was held.
Secretary of State John Hay, who
was private secretary to Abraham
Lincoln, the first republican president,
was the orator of the day. Other dis
tinguished guests present were Speak
er Cauaon, Senator Fairbanks, of In
diana, republican candidate for vice
president; Sennit ors Alger and Bur
row?,.
GENERAL TORAL DIES INSANE.
He it Was Who Surrendered Santiago City
to the American Forces.
A special from Madrid, Spain, says:
“General Toral. who commanded
Spanish garrison at Santiago when
that place surrendered 10 the United
States forces, died Sunday at an
asylum for the insane near here, »»
KICK COMES FROM PANAMA.
New Republic Objects to Receiving Clear
ance Papers front U. S. Authorities.
A special from Panama says: News
that steamers sailing from I.a Borca
must receive clearance papers from
United States authorities has caused
an unfavorable impression. Until this
order was issued all steamers were
received and dispatched by the Pan
ama authorities.
The newspapers consider it as a
misinterpretation of the canal treaty,
as unnecessary and as tending to cre
ate dissatisfaction.