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OH - Telegraphers to Meet.
Time Telegraphers and
ae - I==oeiation of the United
Plegraphers’ Corps will
fit 03 September
i n Atlanta on
u ri 23. The meeting will be
- - \ -fourth annual reunion of
, elation, and it promises to be
resting event.
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Jac t< Bone Not Hanged.
Jack & ne. the slayer of Z. T. Hall,
Lid not Liang at Rome at the time
Schedule I. a motion for a new trial
^ been made, and the case is now
oendine before Judge Henry, of the
superior c ourt, of Floyd county.
Motions for new trials were also
ade in behalf of the negroes, who
m hanged.
were s enced to be
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(\?n rgia Day at St. Louis,
A St Louis special says: At a rneet
png of *i . Georgia commissioners of
he St. Louis exposition, presided over
)V Governor Terrell, it was deterinin
,,'j to donate to the Georgia Industrial
[tome a: Macon, Ga.. the entire
pushings f the Georgia state building
L the close of the exposition,
f Arrangements are being begun for a
treat celebration of Georgia day on
September 23, and the most interesting
program is being prepaied.
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To Fight Dispensary.
Whs promises to be the most
I;, cent ted and hardest fought
[ideal battle yet in the history of
[Terrell county was set in motion by a
pass meeting held at the county court
Luse in Dawson a few days ago. when
it was decided to present a petition
to the ordinary, which had been eirett
lated and signed by one-third of the
registered voters of the county, call
ing for an election against the dis
pensary and in favor of prohibition.
* *
Last Job and Suicided.
William .J. Montgomery, vice presi
Kent of the Georgia Cotton Oil Com
Lany, [n at Atlanta, shot himself to death
his private office on the ground
floor Or he Austell building, and was
ciscoverei an hour later by W. B.
Fester, superintendent of the building
[Tile universal opinion is that he killed
pimself in a sudden fit of despond
incy following the request for his
resignation from the office of vice
president of the company with which
ie had been connected for the past 23
pars.
* * *
Agricultural Society Officers.
The new officers elected by the
tate Agricultural Society at Hawkins
ills, are: President, D. M. Hughes;
enerai vice president, J. J. Conner:
ecretary, Martin Calvin;
J- C. Clements; vice presidents.
Ryals, R. F. Crittendon, John A.
Cobb, W. R. Burrows, George Gil
lore, J. AI. C. Bryan, R. L. Leon
rd, W. H. Lumpkin, A. J.
P E. Cloud, John D. Williamson,
The Society will meet next year in
^ibany.
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Train Kills Mammoth Bear.
At Sanely Creek trestle, between
!ona ire and Kathleen, about 25 miles
°«th of Macon, on the Georgia
m and Florida road, the engine struck
n( t killed a mammoth black bear,
Sighing
' !en found the of Bruin
corpse
j( MJe the track. It that
^ was supposed
,e ear was crossing the trestle when
111 n|, ll0Ur hain, at a speed^f nearly 50
- rounded the curve, and
riH him before he could escape.
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An height Rates Too High.
investment of $ 120,000 was lost
,' P riause nJ e Ci of ‘ J exorbitant Atlanta a few days ago
freight rates.
lnves tment would have been
2l,t a glass factory employing a
number of skilled workmen and
acing mat -y thousands of dollars in
It would have been the
of an entirely new enterprise
W an en( irely
ij st new character to the
( , At!
anta’s manufacturing inter
The :) "Spective investors had
!ca1l ,, >' - prac
°;-L decided to put up their
but after i investigating freight
ates dipped the proposition like
lot a
coal.
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^ 3 warding House Tragedy.
A Quarrel about
0o r i an open bed room
in a hoarding house at No.
-ast Mitchell street, Atlanta, 1
k’ttday ende
Morning by Andrew A. Wal-
line superintend 1 ’ r oi a tag CO '
she jn» to death Frank E. E ret
•
trav salesman.
Tno person who claims to have
been an eyewitness was a negro chain- i
bermaid, and sh te saw Brett
hold of Waliine and strike him
just before the shooting took place
Waliine and Brett had not i on
best of terms for some time. The
of the trouble between the men
was a habit which Waliine , ■* ^
have had of leaving his bed room
door open when he was undressed.
His room was directly across the hall
from Brett’s and Mrs. Brett had com-1
j plained of Waliine leaving his door j
On two or three occasions Brett j
shad spoken to Waliine about the mat
ter. so Airs. Brett states. W alline is !
being held under a charge of mrr
der. j
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Judges Giv» Up Their Passes.
Judges of the supreme court no long
er ride on railroad PRSSGS. When
Governor Terrell signed the bill which
increases their salaries. and which pro- i
ihibited the use by judges of the su-[
! preme court or the superior court, the
: six judges discontinued the use of
the free railroad transportation and
hereafter will pay their fare.
i There was some doubt as to whether
the law passed by the legislature was
operative or not until the judges re
ceived the benefit of the increase in
salary, but the court took the position oorition
that it cot 1 not be in a to
be criticised about the matter, and be
sides it seemed from the act to be the
intention of the legislature to prohibit i
judges from riding free.
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i G ng of Counterfeiters Flushed.
O. L. McMichael, C. W. Rebb and
J. X. Little were arrested in Atlanta
Friday night by Secret Service Agent
J. M. Wright, assisted by city oi'fi
cers.
The men are charged with counter
feiting. and at the time of their ar
rest a considerable amount of spuri
ous ten-dollar bills were captured,
along with a number of exceeding fine
Plates.
| McMichael and Rebb are pressmen,
'and have been employed by the La
Hatte Printing Company, and they
were operating in his printing estab
lishment at the time of their arrest,
They were caught red-handed in the
act of printing the bogus bills, near
ly all of which are of the “Buffalo
Exposition” type. Air. LaHatte knew
nothing of their operations, and when
the officers told him of their suspi
cions he gave there every aid.
J. N. Little was arrested about two
miles south of the federal prison, out
on the AIc'Ronough road.
Later, a man named Coffee, living in
Upson county, and C. W. Wynne, a
former citizen of Atlanta, now living
in St. Louis, were taken in charge.
All of the men have confessed,
The General Assembly and Education,
The general assembly which has
closed its third session has been
: remarkable for the interest shown in
, the education of the children of the
state. Others may doubt the state's
to educate, others may oppose
[public education, both lower recognized and high
er. but the members clearly
; the education of the youth of the state
as the highest public duty. Nearly
i every other question had its friends
and opponents, but I heard no word
on the floor of either house unfavor
able to the state’s obligation to the
j young. It has come hope to pass for political at last
i when no man may
success who seeks to weaken the state
; The legislature appropriated $1,000.
000 direct tax for common schools, thus
making the entire appropriation for
11905 about $1,900,000, an increase of
[about i $350,000 over this year. In ad-
1 dition to this the constitutional amend
ment was submitted to the people
| allowing the right of local taxation
[for school districts or counties, This
i measure, when adopted in October,will
! I probably double the school fund in a
few years. Appropriations to all the
parts of the University system were
increased and new buildings were
I given the normal school, the Normal
j and Industrial school, the Technolog
■
ical school and the University proper;
i an appropriation was also given the
school for colored youths at Savan
nah.
By these recent appropriations the
equipment at al! these institutions will
he increased, the expenses made less,
and special training more easy for
every Georgia boy and girl.
The campaign in behalf of the chil
dren and youths is well backed »y
the best thought of the state. A rail’
lion three hundred thousand little
hands are uplifted for helpful prepl
ra tion and the great state of Georgia
will not stay her help.—J. S. STEW-
1 ART. of State University.
j
WORK OF MOB
IS ANNOYING
Democrats Deplore Eurnis g Affair
at Statesboro.
KAY prove a handicap
Republicans Will Publish Newspaper
Comments and Use Same ior
Campaign Material.
A New York special says: The mob
tragedy , at Statesboro, Ga., has caus
e d some annoyance at national demo
cratic headquarters.
Chairman T-iggart and his fieuten
ants fear that the Georgia mob has
furnished the republican campaigners
with material which can be used with
great effect in certain parts of the
country during the coming campaign,
The democratic managers, acting on
the advice of southern leaders, had
Prepared to meet the race issue in
s)ates where the republicans have
been held in power by the negro vote
by presenting as counter arguments
the facts concerning race clashes in
the border states like Indiana, Illi
nois and Delaware. With the atten
t *° n tbo country focussed upon this
Qeorsla aSalr - how rTer - tlle ' iamt,cr ‘ tf -
! c “ la “ a f rs that , ‘ l \ «»•«*
They incline to the belief , .. . that . the ..
Statesboro affair will not only insure
the united negro vote to the republi
can candidates, but that it can be
used as a powerful argument by the
republican campaigners to support
their contention that the republican
party stands for law and order, while
the democratic party represents the
direct opposite.
The republican committee is pre
paring to make full use of this Geor
gia-made material. Senator Scott, of
West Virginia, is quoted as saying
that this one act will insure the elec
toral vote of West Virginia to Presi
dent Roosevelt. He says there was
serious danger of the democrats get
ting a big portion of the negro vote
because of Senator Davis’ uniform
ly fair treatment of the large number
who have been in his employ, but that
now no appeals could avail against an
object lesson like that furnished at
Statesboro. Chairman Cortelyou has
his assistants busy compiling the
most lurid accounts of the affair that
have appeared in the various newspa
pers. with the comment of the press
of the country, which is, of course,
uniformly condemnatory, and this is
to be spread throughout the country
for campaign effect.
QUFES TORNADO HITS ST. I0UIS.
Only Strunk in Scattered Spots But Did
Considerable Damage.
A tornado of small proportions, but
of extreme fury, swept down upon
the residence portion of North St.
Louis Friday, resulting in the death of
one person, injury to probably fifty
and damage to property estimated at
$100,000.
A shower passed over St. Louis ear
ly in the day, but there had been no
rain in North St.~Louis. The sky had
cleared and the atmosphere had be
come very murky and hot when citi
zens in North St. Louis noticed a dark
cloud approaching from the southeast
Suddenly, without the slightest pre
monition, an arm seemed to shoot to
the ground like a gigantic cable,
twisting and turning, The end touch
ed the ground at Nineteenth and An
geirodt streets, and with incredible
swiftness and force swept east along
An gel rod t for ten blocks, then turned
north and swept three blocks along
Broadway, when it jumped eight
blocks northeast to the foot of Bre
man sireet and the river, where con
siderable property along the river
front was destroyed.
The tornado then jumped to about
the middle of the river and encounter
ed a ferry boat, which was turned and
tossed about, but was not sunk. Leav
Ing the ferry the capricious tornado
once more jumped and struck the Illi
nois shore, near Madison, where it
demolished several buildings.
WILL NEVIR SURRENDER.
Japs Receive Defiant Answer from Rms
sian Garrison at Port Arthur.
A Tokio special says: Lieutenant
General Stoessel, in command at Port
Arthur, has refused to surrender and
has declined the offer made by the Ja
panese officers for the removal of non
combatants there.
Reasons for this latter action are
not given, but it is probable that
the non-combatants are unwilling to
accept favors at. the hands of the Ja
panese. They confess however, ’that
necessity for their remove! exists.
’DAVIS HEARS THE NEWS.
Senator Formally Notified of Nomina
tion for Vice President by the
Democratic Convention.
At White Sulphur Springs, W. Va.,
! Wednes o v J * Henry Gassaway Davis
f was formally notified that he is the
(nominee of the democratic party for
vice president of the United States,
: Mr. Davis accepted the nomination in
a bricf speech reviewin s the
situation, echoing tte sentimeents of
j Judge Parker on the money question
and expressing the determination to
he successful in the campaign. Rep
resentative John Sharp Williams, of
Mississippi, chairman of the notifica
| tion committee of the St. Louis con
; vention, delivered the notification ad
| dress, The ceremonies were held on
the lawn of the White Sulphur Springs
hotel, which affords a natural
theatre, . th ,
eground sloping up from
the speaker’s stand on ail sides and
sheltered by huge spreading oaks. The
day was an ideal one from every
standpoint. The early morning fog
had been dissipated before the sun,
and the air was s-till and crisp.
Hundreds of enthusiastic people had
assembled from the Virginias and bor
dering states, ami heavy train loads
brought others from other states,
j Sturdy back, mountaineers foot and came ou horse- with
I on on wagons
their families. The ceremonies were
marked with the utmost simplicity
The famous Stonewall brigade band o!
Staunton, Va., organized by General
Jackson, played stirring airs. A pretty
incident occurred at the conclusion
of the ceremonies. A delegation of
seventeen ladies from Atlanta, Ga., al
bearing the Georgia state flag, came
forward to congratulate the candidate
These same ladies tendered Judge Par
leer a reception in Atlanta last .June,
Chairman Taggart, of the national
committee, who had planned to attend
the ceremonies, wired late Tuesday
night that it would be impossible for
him to get to White Sulphur. Perry
Belmont was the only representative
of the New York democracy present.
Mr. Davis was an early riser. He
mingled freely with the throngs on
the broad hotel verandas and held
many impromptu receptions in the
corridors. Mr. Davis gave every evi
dence of good spirits and health, and
evinced keen interest in meeting his
old friends and making new ones.
The letter presented bv the notifica
tion commiit.ee was as follows:
ti Mr. Davis, as the committee on
vice presidential nominee, we have tire
honor in the name of the democratic
national convention, which was held
at St. # Louis on July 6 to 8. to an
nounce to you with that degree of for
mality which custom and respectful
observance prescribe, the fact that
you were unanimously named by that
body as their choice for vice president
of the United States for the teim be
ginning on the 4 th of March, 1905. and
to request respectfully your accept
ance of the nomination. Knowing *hai
we ought to succeed and confiding in
the good sense of the American p-o
pie. we are with weli merited rep.a i u
yours for the committee,
JOHN SHARP WILLIAMS.
Chairman.
McCAUL, Secretary. • •
a W. R.
CRITICISM CAUSES RESIGNATIONS.
Members of Military Guard ot Statesbo
ro Decide to Quit the Services
Over half the members of the States
boro Guards, one of the two compa
nies that were guards over the prison
ers who were lynched, have asked fm
their discharges. Severely criticised.
Captain Hitch, their commander; Cap
tain-elect Cone and Lieutenant Griner
have wreitten their resignations.
Hitch makes the charge that he was
betrayed by a deputy sheriff or ailiff.
and that the mob could never have
taken Reed and Cato had it not been
for this betrayal and the action of
Sheriff Kendricks, who pointed out the
prisoners. Hitch assumes the respon
sibility for not shooting into the mob
up to the time he was captured anti
disarmed. He says there was no oc
casion for firing before that.
NOW UP TO UNiON MINERS.
Jperators in Birmingham District Resume
Business on “Open-Shop” Plan.
Since the 1st of July the miners’
union of the Birmingham district and
the operators of the three largest fur
nace companies in the district have
been trying to come to an agreement
on the wage scale.
All overtures have been brought to
an end, and commencing August 10th
the mines of the Tennessee Coal, Iro9
and Railroad Company, the Sloss
Sheffield Steel and Iron Company, th«
Republic Iron and Steel Company and
the one-stack furnace companies be>
came “open shops,” or non-union
'STATEMENTS
CONFLICTING
i 1 , rit’f and Military Officers Ex
: press Differing Views.
]
j t^LNDRICKS _____ SHAKES DENIAL
i i
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Charge That He Opened Door to Mob
j at Statesboro and Pointed Out
! Prisoners Branded as False,
j
1 The long expected of Captain
report
| } R . M . Hil ch, of the Oglethorpe "of Light
nfantry, who was in command the
.roops at Statesboro, which were over
powered and disarmed by the msb oi
infuriated citizens of Bulloch county,
which mob burned the negroes Reed
lnd Cato arrived aL the ad J utaut
-
?ral’ , office, in Atlanta, Thursday morn
I ng.
Finally, however, when Captain
! Hitch was captured and disarmed and
, :heu thrown from ihe building, the
mob made a final charge and ousted
j 1 ihe :he troopers stairway, from captured their the position on
negroes,;
took them out ami burned them.
According to the statement of offi
rers under Captain Hitch, the sheriff
af Bulloch county pointed out the pris
oners to the mob, while another dep
uty sheriff unlocked the door of the
prisoner’s room.
Sheriff Kendricks lias made a state
ment in reference to the Statesboro
lynching affair. He says, in part:
“Replying to the charges made
; against me and certain of my bailiffs
; | py captain Hitch and one or t wo of
I the Savannah soldiers who were on
guard at the time of the Reed and,
Cato lynching, id becomes my duty
to state that the report that 1 opened
the door for the mob that was after
Cato and Reed, or that I in any man
ner cleared the way or aided the mob
lo get the prisoners whs absolutely un
irue, and the statements given out by;
these Savannah men do me and my,
bailiffs a great and serious wrong.
“When I discovered that the mob
was about to overpower the soldiers
stationed on the stairway, I saw that
something must he done if possible toi
get the prisoners out of the reach of
the mob. I had planned to rush them
up into the roof through a scuttle
hole in the ceiling of the solicitor's
room, if such an emergency should!
arise. I at once ran to the door of
the prisoner's room, and ran as quick
ly as possible to the door leading to
the solicitor’s room, thinking to he in
time to get the prisoners out of the
way and up into the roof.
“I had almost succeeded, and in one
more minute they would have been,
landed there, but the mob broke in
on me before I could carry out my
plan. The mob found the door closed'
and broke it open. I deny that l
pointed out ©Ether of the men to the
mob. Seme one seized Bell, but they
discovered that he was not the man
they were after, and they put hltn
down. There was no need for any one
to point out the prisoners to th©
crowd, as they were in plain sight of
the spectators in the open court house,
open to the view of the spectators for
two days, and the mob bad no trouble
in finding them. In answer to the re
port that it was one of my bailiffs
who disarmed Captain Hitch, t desire
to &ta/e that I have the statement of
one of the sergeants of the Statesboro
company, who was standing immedi
ately at the side of Captain Hitch
when this man seized him and bore
him downstairs. My informant states
that the man was not my bailiff, but a
stranger, a man whom he had never
seen before, but whom a certain one
of my bailiffs rfsAmbies somewhat,
end both would answer the captain’s
description.
. - It seems to be a case of mistaken
identiy under excitement on the part,
of Captain Hitch, and ho does me and
ray men a great injustice by making
these hasty statements. I have no
quarrel to make with him, for he did
all he or any man could have done
tinder the circumstances. He does me
a gross wrong to make these ground
less and untrue allegations against
me.
CHINESE DIPLOMAT RESIGNS POST.
Wu Ting Tang, for Many Years Represen
tative at Washington, Quits Politics.
Wu Ting Fang, for many years the
Chinese minister at Washington, nc
cardiag to his son, Wu Chao Chu, who
has beoi attending school at Atlantia
City, N. J., has resigned the vice presi
dency of the foreign board at Pekin
and is said to have permanently re
tired from politics.
Wu Chao Chu said that his father
has determined to lead a quiet life, and
has built him a country home n?&?
Shanghai.