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Georgia Callings
purtailed Items of Interest
Gathered at Random.
Railroad Bonds Approved.
The state railroad commission has
granted authority to the Wrightsville
and Tennllle railroad company to issue
$250,000 of bonds on its line, which
is 105 miles in length.
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Jury Acquits Mrs. Williams.
Mrs. Fannie O. Williams, wife of a
farmer, was acquitted on preliminary
trial at Sandersville, in which she was
charged with the murder of her hus
band’s cousin, Andrew Williams.
It was charged that she shot and kill
ed her husband’s cousin while he was
engaged in a fight with her husband.
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First Verdict for Sanford.
Vincent T. Sanford has obtained a
first verdict in his suit for divorce
against his wife, Elizabeth Sanford,
in Floyd superior court at Rome.
About two years ago Sanford killed
George Wright on account of alleged
intimacy with his wife and a sensa
tional murder trial followed, in which
Sanford was acquitted.
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Rates on Bread Reduced.
The railroad commission has order
ed a material reduction in rates on
bread as now charged by the Southern
Express company. The reduction was
ordered as the result of petitions from
Atlanta and Rome bakers and amounts
approximately to 35 per cent. The com
mission’s order gives the bakers prac
tically what they asked for.
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Promotion for Graves.
Announcement Is made that John
Temple Graves, editor the Atlanta
Georgia, and News, well known jour
nalist and lecturer will, between No
vember 10 and 15, sever his local re
lations, and go to New York, where
he will assume the chief editorship of
The New York American.
It is understood that Mr. Graves will
received $15,000 a year. In accepting
this position, Mr. Graves declares that
he no longer has the wish for public
office, for, said he, “I would rather be
editor of this great newspaper than to
stand in the national senate or house
of representatives.” ,
* * *
Second Conviction for Johnson.
The jury in the Jim Johnson case
at Moultrie returned a verdict of mur
der with recommendation to mercy.
The sentence of life imprisonment was
for the second time imposed on John
son, who is charged with having as
sassinated his aged father for life in
surance a little more than a year ago.
The evidence was only circumstantial,
but was drawn tightly around Johnson
by Solicitor Thomas.
The case was tried a year ago, and
the same verdict was rendered, but on
an appeal to the supreme court a new
trial was granted.
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Cattle Raising Urged.
‘‘There is nothing at our state fair
which points out a more fruitful oc
cupaticn for the Georgia farmer than
that of cattle raising,” said President
J. J. Connor, of the Georgia 'State Ag
ricultural Society, while inspecting the
live exhibit at the Georgia state
fair, where is shown the best cattlo
of the state.
‘‘These cattle,” he continued, “are
home raised, fed and fattened from a
native feed composed of cotton seed
meal and cotton seed hulls, and clear
ly demonstrates what can be done on
Georgia'farms except raise cotton.”
President Connor, in bis address be
fore the Agricultural Society at Car
rolltou in August, urged the farmers
to turn more to cattle raising, and as
a director of the new agricultural col
lege at Athens has insisted that the
science of cattle raising be one of the
branches taught in this great college.
Dr. Soule, the president of the in
stitution, is as enthusiastic on this sub
ject as is President Connor.
' The fact that cattle-raising is both
urged and taught by two authorities
who have the welfare of the southern
planter so to heart will doubtless mean
that it will be entered into extensive
ly in the immediate future.
* * *
Confession Failed to Work.
Robert Branham, the negro who was
convicted at Atlanta of attempted crim
inal assault upon the two Misses Law
rence and sentenced to serve forty
years in the penitentiary, twenty year,
in each case, has been refused a rec
ommendation to executive clemency
and will "rave to serve his sentence.
The application for pardon in Bran-
Waist
ham’s case was based on the confes
sion made by Will Johnson, the negro
hanged some time ago in Fulton county
jail for criminal assault upon Mrs.
Hembree. When on the gallows John
son made confession of a number of
crimes and among others declared he
was guilty of that for which Branham
had been convicted.
The Misses Lawrence, however, per
sisted in their identification of Bran
ham and their father was, likewise,
convinced of his guilt. Thera -were
facts which also discredited Johnson's
confession, and the commission did not
consider that there was anything to
warrant a recommendation to clem
ency.
* * *
Knotty County Line Problem.
The fight over the county line be
tween Laurens and Johnson counties
hinges upon the construction to be
placed upon a single clause in the act
of 1859 under which Johnson was cre
ated out of Washington, Laurens and
Emanuel counties.
The clause of the act In dispute is p
follows: “Thence eastward along said
line to where the Sandersville and Dub
lin road crosses Fort’s Creek, a straight
line, to the Emanuel and Laurens line,
one m'/le south of Snell’s bridge on the
Great Ohoopie river.”
The dispute hinges about the words,
“a straight line,” in the foregoing
clause between two commas. Does this
expression apply to the first or to
the last part of the clause in question?
Johnson county contends that it ap
plies to the first portion; Laurens holds
that it goes with the last.
This was the chief question urged
in the appeal recently heard by Sec
retary of State Philip Cook. It is up
to him to render final decision in the
matter.
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Slaton Next in Line.
The death of President John W.
Akin, of the state senate, removes an
important character in the official life
of Georgia.
The president of the senate stands
in a position very similar to that of
leutenant governor in other states, the
difference being that he does not be
come governor for the entire portion
of the unexpired term in the event
of the governor’s death. Under the con
stitution, however, he is called upon
to assume the duties of the executive
office, and is, de facto, governor of the
state until another governor is chosen
by the people in an election which the
law makes it his duty to call.
With the death of the president ot
the senate this particular duty,
the constitution falls upon the speak
er of the house of representatives, at
present Hon. John M. Slaton of Ful
ton.
No provision is made in the law for
any succession tto the presidency of
the senate.
GOVERNMENT RECOVERS LAND.
Nearly 2,000 Acres in Louisiana are Gotten
Back By Uncle Sam.
Decrees returning, to the United
States government nearly 2,000 acres
of land in Lou’s’ana were handed
down at New Orleans Friday by Judge
Sanders, in the United Statss circuit
court.
The lands arc those involved in the
case of James Bradford, a wealthy
resident of New Orleans, sentenced to
serve two years for conspiracy to de
fraud the United States of public lands.
“UNDESIRABLE” BANKERS OUSTED.
Heinze, Thomas and Morse Driven from
Gotham Financial District.
At a late hour Sunday night tho
clearing house committee in New York
stated that the Heinze, Morse and
Thomas interests had been eliminated
from the banking organizations of New
York city and in the light of this fact j
the clearing house association announc- j
ed its readiness to 1 nd all necessary'
aid to any of tlm banks which have J
been under suspicion. It is believed
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BISHOP POTTfcR
GIVEN A ROAST
By Citizens of Richmond for Enter
taining a Negro at Dinner.
WRATH IS UNBOUNDED
Most Indignant of the Populace is Mr.
Lindsey, Who Through Courtesy, Let
His to Potter.
Not in years has Richmond, V*.,
been stirred to such a fever of Indig
nation as by the action of Bishop Pot
ter of New York, in entertaining at
dinner at his home, Mrs. Potter being
present. Bishop Ferguson, the negro
bishop of Africa, who was attending
the Episcopal convention.
Richmond people smothered their
wratk until the convention adjourned
and then it flamed out.
Society people are now denouncing
in most vigorous terms what they term
Bishop Potter’s “indelicacy” in enter
taining at dinner the negro. The in
cident has been the chief topic of con
versation.
Bishop Potter’s action is regarded
as a breach of etiquette and hospitality
and many persons seem to think, from
the manner in which the bishop spoke
of the incident afterwards, that he did
it knowing that publication of the
fact would follow.
Among those who have openly criti
cized the New York dignitary are
many prominent clergymen, who un
hesitatingly say that they were deeply
aggrieved and surprised that he should
have been guilty of such an act, in
Richmond, of all southern cities.
Another phase of the question is the
fact that Bishop Potter had leased the
home of R. S. Linsey, one of the
wealthiest and most prominent society
leaders of Richmond, through an act
of courtesy, as ho had been unable to
obtain suitable quarters elsewhere in
the city. Such a thing as a negro
having been entertained 'n lines of
social equality in Richmond and in
the heme of as prominent a man as
Lindsey, is unprecedented.
The Lindsey home is one of the
handsomest t i die city, being situated
in the heart or the fashionable district,
and being frequented at all times by
the elite.
Lindsey, who has two daughters, one
of them a debutante of the present
season, who will perhaps for years
suffer from the fact that a negro has
broken bread in their home, under such
astounding circumstances. The inci
dent is being spoken of on the same
grounds and along the sarn£ lines in
which the Booker Washington incident
at the white house was referred to,
many people declaring that the circum
stances in the Potter incident make
it even more worthy of denunciation
by southern people.
The Lynchburg News, Congressman
Glass’ paper, sharply criticises Bishop
Potter for entertaining the negro bish
op in Richmond, declaring the dinner
was social vandalism which may dis
rupt the Episcopal church.
RESIDENCE OF FOURTEEN MONTHS
Will Bs Necessary to Acquire Homesteada
on Public Domain.
An important change in the regula
tions for acquiring homesteads on the
public domain was announced at Wash
ington Saturday by Commissioner Fal
inger of the central land office. As an
additional precaution against fraud, all
persons making homestead entries on
public lands after November 1, next,
will be required to prove actual resi
dence ou the land for fourteen months
before they will he permitted to “com
mute” the entries to obtain title by a
cash payment Heretofore the period of
residence has been eight months. The
ruling will not effect entries made
prior to November 1, 1997.
ROAST HANDED WRIGHT
Mayor of Romo Makes Serious Charges
Against Legislative Representatives
of Floyd County.
Mayor John W. Maddox of Rome,
Ga., in an address before a big mass
meeting of Rome citizens last Satur
day night, charged Representative Sea
born Wright, among other things, with
being "a dangerous man, who would
wreck the prosperity of any community
in which he lived for any selfish end
that he might have in view.”
The occasion of Mayor Maddox’s
speech was a mass meeting which had
been called for the purpose of allow
ing the city administration to present
to the taxpayers the exact status of
the affairs of the city. This was
necessitated because of the deficiency
which has been caused in the city
treasury on account of the abolish
ment of the Rome dispensary and the
failure of the passage of the charter
bill, as prepared by the mayor and
council, which provided a means of
raising taxes which were necessary.
The statement as presented to the
citizens showed that the expenses of
th city next year would exceed the
Income by over SB,OOO and it will be
necessary to hold a special election to
authorize the levying of a special tax
to meet this excess.
It was in speaking of the defeat of
the charter bill that Mayor Maddox
made this arraignment of representa
tives from the county, Messrs. Wright
and Dean, charging them with being
non-residents who were endeavoring
to throttle the city. He called on the
people of Floyd county to name at
their next election for representatives
“men who would represent Rome and
the people and not their clients.”
Mayor Maddox wound up his address
by the reading of a letter written by
Hon. Seaborn Wright last April in re
gard to the proposed amendments to
the city charter. In this letter Mr.
Wright suggested the abolishment of
the salaries of the mayor and council
and stated that they could be used
as “American beauty roses to attend
banquets and such like functions.”
“He has made us American beauties
all right,” said the mayor. “He has
retired us and given It all to the rail
road commission and the hoard of
public works. These two non-resident 3
put this miserable bill upon us. One
of them, so I am informed, pays no
taxes to the city, except upon his
library, and there are a number of men
living outside of the city of Rome
who pay as much- taxes as the other
one and who take no such part in
these things.”
TO WIDEN THE PANAMA CANAL
Suggestion is Made by Civil Engineer Ros
seau, of the Commission.
Lieutenant H. H. Rosseau, civil en
giner In the United States navy and a
member of the Isthmian canal commis
sion, arrived in Washington Saturday
from the isthmus and laid before Sec
retary Metcalf a proposition to in
crease the proposed width of the Pan
ama canal, which is now planned at
100 feet in the lock. The recommenda
tion is based on the rapid Increase
of beam in naval construction since
the canal plans were formed. Secre
tary Metcalf will take up the matter
with the president in the latter’s re
turn.
LAWYER MAY BE DISBARRED.
Trouble of Shreve Brothers at Montgomery
Has Begun in Earnest.
George and Jesse Shreve, who were
sent to jail in Montgomery, Ala., last
week for contempt of the criminal
court, were Monday « rested on four
indictments for obstructing justice,
making bond in S2OO in each case. Geo.
Shreve is a lawyer and as a result of
the hearing, movement has been made
toward his disbarment. The Shrev* s
are charged with inducing witnesses
in a sensation case to leave the state, j
COPPER CRASH
DOWNS HEINZE
Famous “Magnate” Heavily Ia-
volved in Tumble of Prices*
TWO BANKS INVOLVED
Big Institution in Germany and One la
Butte, Montana, Hard Hit-Sensa
tions in Financial Circles.
Sensations followed each la
rapid succession in the financial dis
trict of New York Thursday as th®
result of the collapse of the projected
corner iu United Copper and the sus
pension of the prominent brokerage
firm of Gross & Kieeburg, Wednesday.
The firm of Otto Heinze & Co. wa*
suspended on the stock exchange.
F. Augustus Heinze, the Butte cop
per magnate, resigned the presidency}
pf the Mercantile bank of New York.
The Amalgamated Copper company,
at it 3 directors’ meeting, cut its quar
terly dividend from two per cent t®
pne per cent.
The directors of the Boston and Moo*
taua Copper company declared a quar
terly dividend of $6 in place of a
former dividend of sl2.
The failure of Haller-Soehlee & C®.*
prominent hankers of Hamburg, Ger
many, with liability that may reacU
$7,500,090, was announced.
The State Savings bank of Butt*,
Mont., of which the Heinzes are the
principal stockholders, suspended.
The suspension of Otto Helnzo A
Co, of which firm Max M. Schultz®
4* the stock exchange member, was
baaed on a complaint to the exchange
' made by Gross & Kleeberg, the stock
exchange firm which failed Wedne*-
Way. In a communication to the pres-
Hdeut of the exchange this firm charg
ed Otto Heinze & Co. with refusing
fcto accept 3,222 shares of United Cop
,.per, said to have been bought on th®
|iorder of the Heinze firm. This action.
Gross & Kleeberg state, was respou-
P.
j sibl.! for thoir failure.
The failure of the Hamburg, Ger
many bank, and the Butte, Montana,
tjbauk, both followed closely on th*
ouews of the suspension of the Heinz®
‘. Arm ot the stock exchange.
Tha low price of refined copper,
which dropped even lower Thursday,
and the disorganized condition of that
metal in the market, la the reason gir
jen for th» reduction of the dividend
fin the copper companies.
The Butte bank was largely controll
ed by the Heinze interests, F. Augus
tus Heinze being the principal stock
holder, and the news of the Otto
Heinze suspension on the stock ex
change and of the failure of the Ham
['burg firm precipitated a run which
immediately caused a suspension of
tha bank. In a statement issued by,
the officers. It was declared that th®
bauk is p rfectly that th®
suspension is solely for the purpos®
of gaining time to arrange the bank’s
affairs.
F. Augustus Heinze has been *
promtuent figure in New York financial
circles since the settlement of his long
drawn out litigation with the Amalga
mated Copper interests over Heinze’a
Montana properties. It was under
stood that he received a large sum In
cash, enough to make him several
‘Vimss a millionaire, as the settlement
agreed upon. It was soon after that
he became president of the Mercantile
National bank, one of the large finan
cial institutions of New York city.
A graduate of the Columbia school
of mines, he went west almost without
capital and began the development of
copper properties, which brought him
la conflict with the great Anaconda
Company, now a part of the Amalga
mated Copper company. This conflict
lasted for years, and was fought out
from court to court, until a year or
! so ago a compromise was effected.
