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OFFICIAL ORGAN OF WAYCROSS AND WARE COUNTY.
VOLUME XXVII
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WAYCROSS, OA., SATURDAY, APRIL 14, 1908.
NUMBER
Tamous Case In
Jury's Hands.
By Telegraph to the Herald. ■ •
Savannah, Oa., April 11.—Tho fate
ot Greene and Gaynor, alleged con
spirators against the United States
Government now rests with a Jury of
their peers. What will tho verdict
be? This Is the question that has
been on the Ups ot almost every one
in Savannah since the jury retired
after listening to an eloquent and
■lengthy chafrge from Judge Emory
Speer. It was expected by some that
the Jury would render a verdict in
a very short time but this hope was
dispelled as the hours passed and
the body still debated the question
as to whether or not the defendants
were guilty.
When court opened this morning
the court room was crowded to suf
focation. The attendants whose
dufy It was to bring In the prisoners
and the Jury had to literally force
their dray ‘Into the presence of t£e
court. The ladles ware In evidence In
large numbers. The tact that Judge
Speer was to deliver his charge had
been w^ll advertised In the dally
papers and the crowd was on hand,
expectant and alert to hear what he
would have to say. The charge was
an exceedingly long one, Undoubt
edly It was of greater length than any
charge Judge Speer had ever deliv
ered before. It went thoroughly Into
the case as under the law he has the
right to do. He dlscusssed the law
and the evidence. He reviewed the
departure of the defendants for Can-
SEVEN YEARS' WAR FOR |
'VENEZUELA'S ASPHALT i
President Castro’s Seixure ot rfer-
mudei Lake Was Only the Climax
of a Long Series of Attempts to
Wrest property From American
Owners -
The Loss of Life
Is Very Qreat
the defendants had had and told the
Jury they were to be the final Judge
ot the guilt or Innocense of the de
fendants. The whole charge was fil
led with those beautiful thoughts for
which Judge Speer Is noted . It was
in fact a finished effort coming from
one ot the'dearest brains and moat
Intellectual men In the South. The
great audience llterarely drank in
every word he uttered. The prisoners
rat unnerved through It all -as they
had sat through the speetffi of United
States Asst. Attorney General Aarion
Erwin, and during, the arraignment of
Judge Samuel B. Adams who dosed
for the prosecution last night.
If the defendants are convicted it
means another fight through the
Courts ot Appeals and perhaps right
to the Supreme Court ot the U. S.
Only a verdict of acquittal can stop
the case at this Juncture. 1
/
, New .York, April 11.—That Pres!-
dent Canto's seixure of Bermudez lake
was the climax rather than the be
ginning of a deliberate rampalgn to
gc, control of the Venei .e'a asphal
methodadeposits Is allegedEvnsdeTT
deposits is alleged 1 a statement given
out today by the New York and Ber-
mudes Co--The statement covers the
beglnnlgs ot the controversy which the
now become an international affair,
and Illustrates the summaries
methods of the Venezuelan government
In dealing with rights of forrelgners.
.» The first attempt to grab the com
pany's property was followed by other
efforts of the same kind, and from
1S#7 to the present the Bermudez Co.
states that It has been carrying on a
fight for life, is which executive
coercion of the courts, and Imprison
ment of the company's attorneys have
been typical Incidents. The whole
machinery of the state, hut most often
the courts, has been used by Castro
to aid him in adding the asphalt de
posits lo his already extensive belong-
Naplep, April 11.—Advices receiv-1 lead 3,0(10 have lost tholr lives as a
ed this afternoon from Somma state direct Yrrult of the eruption. » '
that fifty houses and portions of three | Already SlIO bodies havo been found
A Card Trom
Geo. W. Deen
Ing to foreign owners.
The company's statement follows:
ada after their indictment some yean
ago. He spoke.of the fair trial that "The conspiracy to despoil the com
pany of its asphalt deposit bad cov
ered a period of nearly sevefn years,
when President Castro, more determ
ined and audacJpus than any of those
w|io bad preceded him In the plot,
churches have collapsed and other
buildings are threatened with de
struction. Refugees from Otta Jano
arriving here say that the houses
there continue to fall.
In other towns in that neighborhood
buildings are either In ruins or
totterlpg. The tall of ashes here
continues without cessation. Many
houses are falling today under the
weight ot the accumulated debris.
The lava is again on the move down
„tbe sides of Vesuvius, and It is be
lieved that this city Is in s(Clous
danger.
. -Naples, April 11.—As additional re
ports in regard to the disaster Is re
ceived, the number of casualties In
crease. It Is now estimated that at
and every hour adds to the number.
The loss of property and the devas
tation of great tracts of fertile lands
Is estimated at fully 180,000,000. Tho
lava is now attacking tho town of
Torre Delgrecco, to the south-west of
the volcano. The houses there ire
slowly being destroyed and collapsing
as the burning flood reaches them.
Tho unearthing of victims whose bod
ies have, been covered by ashes and
Cinders or who were found in the tum
id buildings, show, that most ot them
tied in great agony, as terror and
pain are depicted on the features pow
Set in death. The attitudes of oth
ers.. some ff whqRi Wfre found kneel
ing tu prayer, abbw- that they were
killed by the deadly fumes coming
from the volcano.
Extravagant Longings.
I'd like to -tfiTve sufficient wealth
caused the property to he forcibly
seized under cover of a pretended
Judical proceeding, summarily and
without notice or opportunity to be
heard.
"So long as the company spent Its
money and received no return, Its
efforts were unobstructed; but, when
the prosperity of the only one of its
enterprises that promised any profit
seemed to be potentially assured,
became the object of attacks ,tbe
motive of which was no less clear
than their object. The shipment of
nsphslt by the company began In
1891, with 250 tons. The quantity
was steadily Increased, and prepare-
; tions had been made for a much
< greater output, which reached In 1897
'. the amount pf 11,760 tons, when the
company suddenly found itself
. obliged to meet a glaring and unscrup
ulous conspiracy to despoil it of Its
TO ride to yonder town;
There buy myself two pair of shoes; clear and previous undisputed rights.
"On January 28,1687 four Venezuelans
named Mateo Guerra Marcanof An
tonio Blancha, Antonio Cervonl, and
And pay for them right dowa.
I'd love to visit a bazaar
And wild as ft may seem,
Be able at the second hour
To purchase me some cream.
I’d like to own a cake of Ice -
I would, upon my soul,
And have sufficient money left
To buy a ton of coal. '
I’d like enough to keep a roof
Slate shingled over my,hcad,
And buy a lot In yonder plot
To rest In when rm dead.
Jose Francisco Mlchell, residents of
. X
local authorities ot the Parish of
Union for permission to explore a
part df the very lands covered by the
company's mining and land titles.
"The desired permission was
promptly granted, and three, weeks
I later these geotlqmen appeared before
[a magistrate at Gsariquen, sod pa-
! nounced that they bad 'discovered an
—H. 8. Barnes. I Asphalt mine’ on the lands Is ques
tion, 'and, on June 8, 1897, a provi
sional title was granted to 'them by
Col. Bennett In Athens. the state authorities under the name
of 'La Feliddad.'
The preliminary steps of Marcano
and bis confederates were so cau
tiously taken that It was sot until
after the provisional Utle eras granted
that the matte t came to the compeer's
knowledge. Prompt action was then
Col John W. Bennett la In Athens
fodsy attending a meeting of the
Board of Trustees of the State Uni-
. verslty, of which he Is a member. He
will probably visit other sections of
North Georgia before returnlpg home.
Judge A. D. Gale, t Brunswick, Is
performing COL Bennett's duties as
jggeitor at Bomerville Court this
week. ,
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his associates by President Crespo.
By this grant the exact location of the
alleged new deposit was nowhere
clearly indicated, and' the boundaries
were In fact concealed.
'The attempt thus to appropriate
a part of the company’s lake was
sought to be Justified chiefly on the
pretext that, whereas the mining and
land titles obtained nine years pre
viously by the company described the
lake as being twenty kilometers dist
ant frpm Quariquen, the mine called
'La Felitddgd' wasonly ten kilometers
distant from that village. As them Is
but one asphalt lake In that region,
the fraudulent nature of this Justifica
tion Is evldeat The apparent dif
ference In 'measurement was due
solely to the fact that In the company’s
titles of 1888 the distance was measur
ed over a winding Indian trail which
was the only traversable way then in
existence, while the promoters of 'La
Fellcldad' measured their ten kilo
meters along a direct road which had
since been built-by the very company
they were seeking to despoil.”
Situation Yet
Very Uncertain
By Telegraph to the Herald.
..New York, April II—While thou
sands on the bridge and on ferry
boats looked on horror stricken, du
ring the rush hours this morning, a
man leaped from the central span of
the middle arch of the Williamsburg
bridge. The man was pulled aboard
a ferry boat and taken to the hospital
in g dying condition. He is Nathan
Isaacs, a student of Socialism, and
was despondent over the death of hlg
brother and the serious Illness of his.
mother.
8hould you notice a "dazed please-
pass-lhe smelling salts look” In the
■ Guariquen, presented a petition to u,. of the Dove M Peace, make r
your mind that the President’s desire
tor a $10,000,000 battleship has had
a whole lot to do wibt it.
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kissse Not Guilty.
By Tetegrai-fl ‘to the Herald.
Saluda, S. C, April 11.—The trial
sfhte senator Eugene S. Bleaso,
charged with the murder of bis broth
er-in-law, Joe Ben Coleman In Octo
ber last, ended late last night The
Jury returned a verdict of not guilty.
protesta, a definitive title to T* Pel
iddad' was granted to Marcano aad
After fi. A. L. Headquarters.
By Telegraph to the Herald. '
Savannah, Oa, April 1J.—Savannah
is taking very active steps to get the
S. A. L. headquarters. The Chamber
of Commerce has taken the fight up
with a vim and is preparing to send a
takes; but, In spite of the company’s pommlttee to Rlcbmood to lay the
matter before the directors when they
asset next week.
By Telegraph to the Herald.
New York, April 11.—The counter
proposition of the operators that the
Anthracite strike commission would
consider only two of the miners de
mand, namely, the rate of wages and
the adjustment of oomplalnts by a
board of consideration, was reject
ed by the mlneworkerp In Its present
form. The counter proposition of the
operators includes many restrictions
and limitations' that are objection
able to the miners. The miners scale
committee meet this morning to con
sider this latest reply of the operators
to the demand for arbitration and
It was Indicated that a counter pro
position will be drafted which will ,bo
presented to the operators conference
tomorrow. The operators, say today
tbat the situation la with Mitchell
and his men, and upon them depends
whether or not there shall be peace.
The miners point out that the oper
ators, by tho astute wording ot tho
proposition that the Anthracite Com
mission be requested to arbitrate the
situation, bare lost tt> the miners
one member of the'commission who I
was a great friend ot the mine Work-1
Waycross, Ca., April 10.
Wuyeross Herald:
Please allow me space to correct
some misstatements and misrepresen
tations as follows:
That I am bringing Italian laborers
to lake the piaco of the laborers here
and to mnko labor cheaper, and that
I want to pass a bill to drain my lands
nt the expense of others.
’Now as to tho Italians, 1 have
contracted for 26 families. The men
or heads, of the families are to come
first and If they aro satisfactory and
satisfied, later the families are to
come. 1 am to employ the men at a
saw mill I propose putting up, but my
main object Is to have a good class of
immigration settle In our county and
buy and develop our undeveloped
lands. .1 am sure we have room for
many and It will not only enhance the
value of my land but will enhance tbs
value of all other* land. And t want
lo soe every man get s good price
for his labor.
Now as to the draining of my lands
at the expenae of the people—such a
statement la too absurd and silly to
refute. In the first place I could not
if I wanted to pass such a bill, and In
the second place such a bill would
be unconstitutional. I have had some
correspondence with our Congresman,
Hon. W. G. Brantley, and It may be
well to have the Legislature to peti
tion Congress for an appropriation for
the drainage of our low lands, as
Congress has appropriated large sums
to irrigate lands In the west It seems
to me that it would be Just as con
sistent to appropriate to drain lands
lb the 8ou!h. The Bouth always pays
her prorata of tax and gets but little
return. '
As for my low lands I will slate
that I expect to drain them and will
ask no aid from any one except the
general Government. I have done
some draining In the past and I am
sure it has not cost my worthy ac
cusers oue cent. I do not like to go
into newspaper controversfes but am
unable to see all and refute these
charges. I hope my friends will stand
firm and !«t all the gas and smoke
go up In the air where.lt belongs.
Yours to serve,
O. W. DEEN.
Tire Destroys
Two "Buildings
The old pump factory building and
the two-story building next to it, on
Albany avenue, were burned Satur
day night just before 12 o'clock. Both
buildings. It seems, were discovered
to be on fire on the insldo about the
same time.
The firemen were an! the scene
promptly after tpe alarm was given,
but the Damns had made suob progress
It was impossible for them to save
cither buildings. Other buildings,
among them the old McQualg mfH
building, were In great danger ef
being burned, but none of them were
damaged.
The pump factory building belonged
to Rawls ft Walker and was uninsur
ed. Mr. -Wash Cbauncey, who bad.
been conducting a grocery store oa tbs-
first floor of the building, only moved'
out several days ago. Mr. W. H-
Chauncey bad been rooming upstafiw
In the building and he lost all of Ms-,
bed clothing, wearing apparel, etc.
The two-story building next to the
factory building was the property sd
Mr. M. u Moon, and was unoceuptad.
Until recently It had bees occupied a»
a boarding house. The building wns
Insured for $1,600.
fleeting Miners
And Operators
Human Blood Marks.
A talo of horror was told by marks
, of human blood In the homo of J. W.
ers. Bishop Spalding of Peoria. The | mercfaat|t ol
Bishop recently suffered an attack of
paralysis consequently Is unable to
served. A clause in the proposition
prevents any one from serving In the
Bishop's place. /
Register! Register! I
The registration' books will posi
tively dose on Abril 11, and many of
thoin eligible to register have tailed
to Jo so thus tar. ' . _ __
Mr. R. M. Lanier, tax collector, cah
be found at the court house most
any time during the week and still
see that you are properly registered
If you will call. In his absence Judge
R. P. Bird wlil see after the register-
The time Is gsttlog short and If
you wish to vote in the coming coun
ty and state elections, you had better
attend to this matter at once.
Register today!
Bac, Ky., He writos: "Twenty year!
ago I hud severe hemorrhages of the
lungs, and was near death when f
began taklng-Dr. King's New Discov
ery. It completely cured me and I
have remained’ well over since.” It
cures Hemorrhages, Chronic Coughs,
Settled Golds and Bronchitis, and Is
the only known cure for Weak Lungs.
Druggists. Me and $1.00. Trial bottle
Every bottle guaranteed, ell Drug
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New Vork, April 0.—Many differ
ences have developed among the in
thraclte operators as to the exact nab- -
ure of the extent ‘of the counter prop-
position that Is'to be made to Mltcb
ell's proposotlon for arbitration, and.
after a short meeting this morning kh
Was decided to request an adjourn
ment of the Joint conference scheduled
for this afternoon, until tomorrow
afternoon, In order that the operator*
might agree upon some form of count
er proposition that would ' be sattn-
fuctory to all operators. President*.
Biter, of the Reading, and Thomas, ct
the Leigh Valley, who Is chairman of
the operators scale committee, csileX
Mitchell up on the telephone shoctllr
beforc eleven this morning and madr
request for adjournment. The ;i*-
quest was granted and Mitchell made
public the news of adjournment. The
difference of opinion as to how tar
the counter proposition should go ha
not serious but as the'situation Invite
es on arbitration of inn arbitrated cow-
ditlon, which tbh, miners claim Urts.
undergone many- changes, is Jeffcsoe-
and Intricate, and affectlng- vartaoe.
Interests differently, '-there arose-
among the” operators ■ some- - 'llfv-
urgent views, i Indepeniiunt -operatoge,-.
white > holdlhgt- vhrieue -opinions, stffir
that sny-cdilstor: proposition hr-viBiRr
on the- aibltfiatfon-tbat Is ssttxtestafr
Id thejfive ewf) roads, te ustlsfactofj-
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Notice to Candidates.
Lists of the white registered
voters ot Ware County may now be
obtained at the Herald office. There
will he few addltioMl names to be ad-
ded lo tbs present Met, bet tbeeprJrtll Illness of that paper's editor- be wtp^ jhtttefr H
take -charge ef lbp 4 Tii*ef,te*Mhpj Gootywall ok o«
present at HtttUAM "il". , -~ ... WmM
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