The Henry County weekly. (McDonough, GA.) 18??-1934, September 06, 1907, Image 6

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Newspaper Page TextEIGHTY DIE IN BRIDGE CRASH Giant Structure in Course of Erect ion Suddenly Collapsed. WORKMEN ENTRAPPED Horror Occurred Near Quebec On the St. Lawrence River and Demolition Was Complete-Few Were Saved. A section of the new budge across the St. Lawrence river, five miles be low Quebec, collapsed late Thursday afternoon, carrying scores of workers and mechanics into the water. It is estimated that the loss of life Is at least sixty, and many estimates ex ceed that number by twenty. The bridge was about a mile and a half In length, and half of it, from the south shore to midstream, crump led up and dropped into the river, Ninety men were at work on this section of the structure, and the whis tle had just blown at 5:30 for the men to <juit work for the day when they heard a grinding sound from the bridge In midstream. The men turned to see what had happened, and an instant after the cry went up, “The bridge is falling!” The men made a rush shoreward, but the distance was too great for them lo escape. The fallen section of the bridge dragged others after it, the snapping girders and cables booming like the crash of a cannon and frightening the Workmen as they sped shoreward Only a few of them reached safety before the last piece of iron on the south shore was dragged iuto the river. Near the shore the wreckage of the bridge did not go beiow the surface of the water, and dgu workmen who remained above water were rescued apd taken to the hospital at Levis. The steamer Glennmont had just cleared the bridge when the first sec tion fell. The water thrown up by the debris dashed clear over the bridge of the steamer. The captain at once low ered boats. The small boats plied back and forth over the sunken wreckage for half an hour, but there was no aign of life. The twisted iron and steel had its victims in a terrible death grasp. A few floating and broken strands of the bridge towards the north shore were the only signs tha' anything unsual had happened. There was not a ripple on the smooth surface of the St. Lawrence as It swept along toward the *ulf. Ail the men drowned were tmploy ces of the Phoenixville Bridge compa ny a id sub contractors of Quebec and Montreal. At 10 o’clock Thursday night, six teen bodies had been picked up, and cf the eight men in the hospital two are not expected to live. The Quebec bridge was begun seven years ago, and it was to be finished In 3 909. Subsidies had been granted by the federal and provincial government* and the city of Quebec, and the esti mated cost of the work was $10,000,- 000. PARKER IS AGAIN CANDIDATE.' Report to that Effect Creates Much Sur prise Among Democrats. A special from Columbus, Ohio, says: The positive statement of for mer Governor James E. Cam; b 11, who has just returned from New York, that Judge Alton Brooks Parker is a can didate for the democratic presidential nomination, was received in Ohio ■with incredulity. Mr. Campbell dies not seem surprised at the reception given the announcement, saying that he did not believe it himself whet he first heard it, but that he learned later that it was “intensely true.’’ He dt charge that the republican party had from a source that was indisputable as to veracity. The fact that Judge Parker's famous harge that the republican party had raised an immense corruption fund in New York for the support of Roose velt has been borne out, in the face of the extremely tart deuial of Mr. Roosevelt, will, it is conceded, help Mr. Parker in his candidacy, but it is not b lieved that he could develop suf ficient strength between now and the convention to become a formidable fig ure. Nevertheless, the statement that he is In the race has created intense interest among the politicians. NEGRO TAKES REFUGE In Florida Jail While Being Pursued By Georgia Posse-Is Charged With Murder of Marshal. Fearing a mob of his own state might lynch a Georgia fugitive, who sought safety in the Tallahassee jail, Governor Broward of Florida ordered the Bloxham Rifles, a local company, to hold themselves in readiness for orders. Pursued by ten armed men in auto mobiles, George Simms, a negro, ar rived from near Thomasville, Ga., sur rendered to the sheriff and was jailed. He said he feared he would not, be protected if caught. Simms, it is Charged, shot Marshal Cargell of Cairo, Ga., to death Tues day night. The shooting occurred at the cabin of Simms on the Brandon plantation, just inside the Florida liue. At the time of the shooting a posse had surrounded Simms’ cabin to effect the capture of another negro, Char ley Williams, who sought refuge ia the house. It was first reported that Williams had killed Marshall Cargell, but it was ascertained later, according to reports, that Simms fired the shot. Several other negroes have been ar rested at Thomasville for harboring Williams, but he is still at large and is now supposed to be hiding in Flor ida woods. The negro outlaw, Charley Wil liams, killed Sheriff Tyus, of Grady county, August 19, while resisting ar rest for contract jumping. He made his escape and was followed by a posse headed by Marshal Cargell of Cairo. The marshal was shot by Simms in whose house Williams sought to hide, and both Williams and Simms escaped. Marshal Cargell was the third of ficer shot in the discharge of his duty, and the second marshal of that town. Marshal Deas of Cairo was killed by W. A. Maxwell, a white man, then Sheriff Tyus, now Marshal Cargell. The governor later ordered the negro sent to Live Oak, Fla., where he was carried, under a small military guard. The guard was kept at the Live Oak jail until 9 o’clock Thursday morn ing, when it was withdrawn. There was no evidence of violence shown to ward the negro, either in Tallahassee or at Live Oak, and no trouble is feared by the officers. FIVE HELD ON PEONAGE CHARGE. Louisiana Men Held for Alleged Detention of Negro Laborers. Five well known residents of Clai borne parish, Louisiana, have been arrested by Deputy United States Marshal Lea and carried to Shrevt port on charges of peonage. The in dictment alleges that the five men, all of whom are named Gray, held under restraint a number or negroes. The five Grays gave bond in the sum of $9,000 and will be tried at the next term of the federal court. APPROVE THE “BIG STICKS.” Washington Representatives of Central American Republics Gratified. The ministers at Washington rep resenting all of the Central American republics except Guatemala called at the state department Thursday and expressed the appreciation of their governments for the steps taken by Presidents Roosevelt and Diaz in ne gotiating for permanent peace in Cen tral America. FIFTEEN MILLION IN LOSSES And Sixty Thousand Homeless as Result of Fire in Hakodate, Japan. Advices received in Yokahama from the American consulate at Hakodate, Japan, place the loss caused by the con flagration there at $15,000,000. About 15,000 houses, varying in value, were burned and sixty thousand people ren dered homeless. Former estimates are regarded as being too low. COSTLY MONUMENT TO HORSE Provided in Will of Chicago’s Oldest Set tler, Who is on Dying Bed. A $50,000 monument for his horse, is a feature that has been incorporat ed in the will of Henry Graves, the oldest settler of Chicago, who now lies near death’s door. A pioneer racing man, Graves has provided that the costliest monument ever erected for a horse will be Placed iu Washington park. It will memorial ize Ike Cook, a famous trailer, which I he owned fifty years ago. LOWER RATES NOW PREVAIL On AH the Railroads Operating in the State of Georgia. [ CONTESTS COME LATER Officials Will Comply With Board’s Order Until Matter is Decided in Courts. Complications as to Tickets. Monday morning the reduced pas senger iates ordered by the railroad commission of Georgia, in circular No. 334, went into effect. Differences from & cent to a half-cent a mile is no ticeable in the tariffs on all of the main lines in the state in conse j quence. Latest advices indicate that all qf the roads in the state placed into ef fect the reduced fares as offered. The decision of Judge Shelby, Hunts ville, Ala., in refusing to older a tem porary injunction against the com mission restraining them from putting into operation the proposed rates, act ed as a check upon the contesting cor porations, and it is thought that all will follow the lead of the Atlantic Coast Line and file bills asking for a permanent injunction, after a review of the case, in the federal courts, if the rates ordered are declared, by these courts, to be unjust. The new tariffs were shipped to all of the roads from their respective headquarters Saturday and every ' lit tle station had its new tariff sheets on haud for that road Monday morn ing. All tariffs for straight rides on the same lines are figured out, and there will be no trouble after getting tickets for these stations. But the trouble will come on these tickets from a station on one line to another. A man in Newnan wants to go to Athens. Instead of buying in Newnan a ticke; for Athens he will find that he can 'Purchase a ticket ouly to At lanta, and then buy another ticket from Atlanta to Athens. It is understood that each line, for the present, will sell only tickets over its own liue for intrastate business. Of course, the matter of interstate business is not interfered with at all, and through tickets are to be had as usual. “How are wp expected to know the tariff of the Southern, Central, Geor gia, Atlantic Coast Line and Sea board?” is the way one prominent rail road official put the question. “\\ e have only our own tariff sheet figured out. The others will have to be worked out with combination rates, later. You go part of your journey for 2 cents a mile; another section for 2 1-2 cents and the third for the old rate of 3 cents. “Say, the first distance is twenty seven miles, the next eighty-nine and the third twenty-three, and you see how much figuring there is on that ticket without a tariff sheet, so you can guess the rest of the work on a dozen or Nk combination tickets. So, for the present we will sell only for our own line.” The Central of Georgia Railway com pany will obey the circular of the state railroad commission ordering the reduction in passenger rates. Vice President A. R. Lawton of the Cen tral, who is also of the firm of gen eral counsel, said: “We have taken the necessary steps to put the reduced passenger rates into effect. Ihe ac tion of the commission not having been enjoined, we cannot afford to do otherwise. We shall press for a hear ing at the earliest possible data and hope and believe that when the court has considered the evidence submit ted by us and that submitted by the defendant, it will grant us an in junction. If it does do so, we expect to withdraw the reduced rates and re store the scale in force before the reduction became effective. We earn estly hope that if, and when, this shall be done, all officers and citizens will recognize the supreme law of the land in tlie constitution of the L nited States and the constitution of Georgia and will not undertake to violate them by disregarding the injunction. If v>e are disappointed in this hope there is but one course for us to pursue and that is to vigorously protect our rights to the end and earnestly de fend the law of the land against the asaults of those who violate it. Farm Tomes POOREST INVESTMENT. A poor bull or a poor boar is about the poorest investment one can make. On a majority of farms the grading up is done mostly by using a high grade sire. The quality of the off j spring will not be improved very | fast unless the sire is away above the average. ! * THE HOG MACHINE. The hog should be looked on as a machine to convert the raw ma terial of the farm into the greatest amount of money possible, so if one acre of alfalfa will put on as many . pounds of weight as two cr three ; of corn and at much les3 cost, it stands the farmer in hand to care fully investigate and change his | methods, if need be. FOR THE STABLE. Quit storing the currycombs, brushes, bottles, straps, sponges and such like on the beams, and in loose boxes, where they are hard to find and may get knocked down into the manure. Nail up a large box divided into large pigeon holes by means of shelves and cross pieces and a few hooks for combs, buckles, etc. The cover is hinged to the bottom of the box and supported at the sides with straps. A drop curtain hung from the top of the box will answer instead of the cover to keep out dirt.—J. A. L., Middlesex County, Conn., in The Cultivator. CARE OF THE COLT. From four to six months old is about the best age to wean the colt, and from that time on he should be fed regularly and liberally. The first winter of the cost’s life is the most important and the so-called economy that allows a colt to run around the straw pile and hustle for a living is certainly the poorest kind of economy. Any man who practices that stands in his own light because he is losing the growth of the colt at that early stage which will never be made up in the future. Feed generously and regularly the first winter and allow the colt to run out every day so hd may have abun dance of exercise. DOES LIBERAL FEEDING PAY? It has been a mooted question, whether liberal feeding increases the percentage of fat in milk or merely the quantity. It is popularly sup posed that it does Increase the per centage of fat, but some experiments at experiment stations leave the mat ter in doubt. Some of the richest milk ever analyzed was from a cow that had only straw to eat, but she gave mighty little of it. At the New York station, in the case of a herd of poorly fed cows, an abundant ra tion, easily digestible and nitrogen ous in character, and continued through two* years, resulted* in an average increase of one-fourth to one per cent, of fat in the milk (or a per centage increase of about six per cent.). This was accompanied by an increase of about fifty per cent, in total amount of milk and fat pro duced. WATER-GLASS. Replying to “Querist,” it is claimed that water-glass is unquestionably the best preservative for eggs yet discovered. Water-glass, silicate of soda, dissolved glass and soluble glass are some of the names given it. If the glass is dissolved, w r e buy it by the pint, or gallon, but if we get it dry, it is a soluble powder— sometimes like powdered stone, and sometimes white and like powdered glass. The powdered form dissolves slowly in boiling water, and often must be kept boiling for some hours. The water-glass is made by melting together quartz and a caustic alkali, soda or potash, and sometimes a little charcoal. There is nothing to get musty. It is claimed that there are two kinds—one the German, and the other the American. The German formula turns out a black glass, which dissolves in about six times its weight in boiling water. A speaker at one of the New Y'ork poultry in stitutes said that the German kind was usually used in proportion of one part of glass to ten parts of wa ter; the American form, one part of glass to eight parts of water. This is when purchased in liquid form. The German form produces a black glass, and the color will be dark, vrhile the American form is syrupy end jelly-like.—Progressive Farmer. R. O. JACKSON, Attorney-at-Law, McDonough, ga. Office over Star Store. E. M. SniTH, Attorney at Law, Me Donoitgh, Ga. Office over Star Store, south side square. All work carefully and jtromptly attended to. Am premared to negotiate loan# on real estate. Terms easy. HELP IS OFFERED TO WORl’llY YOUNG PEOPLE We earnestly request all young persons, no matter how limited their means or education, who wish to obtain a thorough business training and good posi tion, to write by first mail for our great half-ra«s offer. Success, independence am 1 probable lortun# are guaranteed. Don’t delay. Write today. Th( Ga.-Ala. Business College, Macon, Ga. tobacco! IS a delicious chew, I made from the best | | North Carolina leaf; g a leaf that has a spec-1 ! ial texture, a special § flavor and which! makes RED EYE a] specially fine and satis- J fyingehewingtobacco. 1 Most people prefer it | to tobacco costing one | dollar per pound. Ask your dealer for it and § insist on him keeping it. i MERCHANTS Write for Special Prices, gj • • . .: . ■ . ■ : • ■ JAMESTOWN Ter-Centennial Exposition April t November, 1907. Exceedingly low rates have been authorized by the Southern Railway to Norfolk, Va., and return, account Jamestown Ter-Centennial Exposi tion. Stopovers will be allowed on sea son, sixty day and fifteen day tickets, same as granted on summer tourist lickets. Tickets will be sold daiiy commencing April 19th, to and moul ding November 30th, I£K)7. The Southern Railway is taking a very great interest in this exposition and doing everything within their power to promote its welfare for the reason that it is located on historic and southern grounds, and has evb dence of being one of the most import ant and attractive affairs of this kind that has ever been held. Through train service and sleeping car service to Norfolk during the ex position has not yet been announced, but it is expected that most excel lent schedules will be put in effect so as to make the trip comfortable and satisfactory in every way. Fail and complete information will he cheerfully furnished upon applica tion to any ticket agent of the South ern Railway company. t: SMALL RAILROAD REPORTED SOLD. Register and Glennville Line Changes Hands for Sum of $750,000. W. C. Perkins of the Register and Glennville railway was in Savannah, Ga., a few days ago, where, it is under stood, he reported the sale of his roau to the Georgia Coast and Piedmont. The price is said to be $750,000. DISASTROUS BLAZE IN CINCINNATI. Planing Mill Sheds Containing Costly Fin. ished Material are Destroyed. Fire, which originated from some un known cause early Friday mcraing, destroyed the planing mill, lumber sheds and hundreds of thousands of feet of lumber, the Property of the Farriu & Korn Lumber company of Cincinanti. The loss is SIOO,OOO.