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The Macon Daily Telegraph
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MACON, GA., SUNDAY MORNING, OCTOBER 4, 1008
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OPEN ARJSJE NOMINEE
Auditorium Packed With People to
Hear the Distinguished Gentleman-—
Makes a Clear Ringing Speech on
all the Issues of the Campaign.
3fef. at Depot Bj r JjftrWG Dele- lawless, f° r those wfto plunder the
' poor and fatten on their earnings,
gat ion of Citizens on Foot but eoto to *" wlu> ar ® en!rnK< ‘ < ' ln
honorable enterprise, and he Is and
anil in Carriages .»■*>* " 1 " a > s »= * » a '« ami
° ; friend to every man whose heart Is
l ight and whose acts are Just."
Mr. Kern closed with a peroration of
splendid power ln denunciation of the
crayen-hearted clique of conspirators
who threatened to bring on a panic and
destroy the men and women of tho
country If they did not suffer them to
continue In control of the government
and oppress them In order to drain off
the wealth of the country into their,
coffers. lie was given an ovation of
long-continued applause as he took his
Beat*
At the conclusion of Mr. Kern’s ad
dress, Chairman Hall made the an
nouncement that upon adjournment tho
vlcA. presidential candidate and Col.
J. Hamilton Lewis would Jointly hold
a reception at the hotel to ladles and
gentlemen. He then Introduced 11 r
Lewis.
Mr. Lewis began by “amending the
statement of the chairman.” He said
that the reception would be held, as
stated, but that “the gentlemen will be
received by Mr. Kern, tno ladles by
myself.” He followed this up with ref
erence to himself and Mr. Kern as the
"Bearded Twins,” and added that with
Mr. J. H. Hall Included *“here la i
trinity that cannot be excelled." Be
fore the laughter had subaided, he, re
lated a very humorous and appropriate
Joke, and was generously applauded i«
turn.
Mr. Lewis delivered a campaign
speech that was. In the minds of many,
one of the best ever heard In Macon at
any time. Ills diction was fluent and
flowery, his enunciation clear, and his
power to sway an audience manifest.
His remarks were frequently inter
spersed with anecdotes on the southern
darkey, that marked him as a story
teller of much originality and ability.
Very frequently he was Interrupted by
hearty and prolonged cheering, and
when he. concluded there were cries
of “more.
Mr. Lewis discussed Mr. Taft and
gave “that distinguished gentleman,’*
as he called him, considerable mention.
He referred to Mr. Taft as a “me-too’
randidute. “the heir apparent to the
crown of Roosevelt,” “a candidate who
did not stand for anything, and who
did not know where he stood.” a man
without ft public record, and a man
who had never held office as the gift
of tlie people. He discussed Mr. Tnffi
position on the trusts, the tariff, the
national bank laws, and the matter of
ramnalgn funds. He took up In de
tail Roosevelt’s policies nnd desires and
declared that the republican party had
made, an outright steal of tho'.demo
cratic platform. There was no phase
of the campaign upon which Mr. Lewis
did not touch, with credit to himself
and to the evident satisfaction-of^the
audience
Ha referred with’ pride to the fact
that he wa* a Georgian by birth and
rearing, and to the fact that his father
and mother still lived In Augusta. Ho
paid his compliments to the Mercer
representation in a neatly phrased
h"? SThS’ , ^nL <, ' V M5rtR««8i H&aMoke!“ ."nun
The coming of Hon. John W. Kern,
the democratic nominee for the vice
presidency,, to Macon last night was
in the shape of a demonstration on
the part of the people that*, meant a
hearty welcome to the standard-
bearer.
The Central train bringing him and
-Is party to Macon was scheduled to
arrive In Macon at 7:30, but was twen
ty minutes late In arriving.
A largo crowd of citizens had as
sembled at the union depot long
fore the hour of arrival In the hope
of getting a glimpse of the distin
guished nominee.
Shortly after 7 o’clock the Bibb
County Democratic Club assembled at
the Hotel Lanier. Tho inefnbcra of
the reception ,committee In carriages,
preceded by the Second regiment band,
proceeded from this point to the des
pot.
In the carriages were: Senator A.
O. Bacon, Congressman Charles L.
Bartlett. Hon. Josep.i M. Brown,
Mayor A. L. Miller, Emmett Barnes,
M. H. Taylor, Jessre Harris. R. J.
Taylor. Curran Ellis, Judge John P.
Boss, Roland B. Hall, Walter J. Grace,
George B. Robertson, Msrtln V. Cal
vin, Hon. Dudley M. Hughey and
others.
Arriving at the depot the reception
committee passed Into the depot be
tween two formed lines of tie Mer
cer Bryan and Kern club, who occu
pied the steps leading Into the de
pot.
Mr. Kern left his car and his hand
was af once grasped by a number of
gentlemen, and he was at once es
corted to the carriage provided for
him* In which were Senator Ba $ n.
Congressman Bartlett and Mayor Mil
ler, amid the cheers of the crowd,
above which was heard fie especial
yells of the college boys forming tljo
Bryan and Kern CLub. .,
The band struck up n marching olr
and the procession Immediately form
ed and marched up town to Vao Hbtel
Lanier, where another large crowd had
assembled.
Leaving the carriages Mr. Kern
want In to dinner. With him at din
ner were Hon. J. Hamilton Lewis,
Senator -Bacon. Congressman Thomas
W. Hardwick and State Treasurer R,
E. Park.
While at dinner there was a gath
ering of the citizens both of the city
and surrounding towns.
Kern and party to Macon.
Mingling with friends In the lobby
of the hotel was Governor-elect
Brown, Congressman-elect Dudley
Hughes, President of the Senate Flynt,
ex-Ropresentatlve J. T, Hill of Crisp.
Representative Heard of Dooley, Rep
resentative Jackson of Jones, and
others.
At 8:40 the dinner had been finish
ed and with the music In front the
line of march was taken up for the
auditorium.
It was ten minutes to 0 o'clock be
fore Mr. Kern. Col. J. Hamilton Lewis
nnd other distinguished guests escorted
by Senator Bacon, Mr. Joseph H. Hall
and the local committee entered tho
hall which was now packed with hu-
mnnlty.
Mr. Hall In an eloquent speech of
some length paid a tribute to W. J.
Bryan and Mr. Kern nnd Introduced
the distinguished Indlanian as one with
Southern blood In his views, a de
scendant from a Virginia ancestor who
was worthy of his southern lineage.
The nudJenee rose en masBe and ap
plauded Mr. Kern with hats, feet,
voice and hands as he stood before
them a f>n , ;r"<--«e>K!nr typicil Anmrlrmi
and . modestly bowed to the plaudits.
?#r. Kern spoke In a musical voice which
was easily heard ln every part of the Im
mense hall and from time to time hi*
even flow of clear-cut English roa«* to
a climax of eloquence that thrilled hla
hearers and commanded their spon
taneous and enthusiastic outbursts of
applause when he denounced the enor
mities of republican graft and misrule.
Mr. Kern said he was overwhelmed
with the cordiality of the greeting
which he had met with In Macon and
from this audience, but he was be
coming accustomed to It as he had
been the recipient In Georgia and the
south from the time he had entered
this section with the warmest and
most splendid hospitality ho had ever
experienced.
He came here, the speaker said, "at
the personal request of your peerless
leader, that matchless American, Wil
liam Jennings Bryan, to ass—
his confidence that Georgia
ginns would be found stand
der< to -houlder with the dei
tho e?*t nnd of the west wl
sue was Joined at the ballot '
vember.
“I come as a democrat In
of my being. I am glad i
Georgia: glad to look in th
the men and.women of the
The speaker said he knew
of Georgia and of groat •
He paid eloquent tributes to
H. 8terpens, B'-n HIU an* 1
Gordon that evoked the w
piause from the audience,
admired John Temple G
Thomas E. Watson, but It
rermw tret he realized I
the great democratic victor
cord. ,i in November the plat
tguided Ge
recently went to a depot tleket win
flow In Chicago and asked for a rail
road ticket to Now York. “What
class?" asked tho agent. “Mercer. ’86,”
but It’s pone of your business," was
the reply that astonished tho ticket
seller.
Mr. Carl Hutcheson, a graduate of
Mercer, was Introduced by the chair
As the representative of the Young
Men’s Democratic Club of Fulton
county, who had been sent here to
make n speech. Mr. Hutcheson oc
cupled the floor about fifteen minutes,
confining his remarks for the piost
part to discussIon of the alleged rot-
i ennoss of tho republican party and Its
/fading lights.
Gdvernor-elect'Joseph M. ITrown wns
the last speaker before adjournment,
although there were calls for Con
gressman Hardwick nnd others. Ho
only said n few words, giving hJs ob
servations as to the democratic pros
pects ln Georgia. He said that “dem
ocratic pyres were burning brightly"
everywhere that he had been, and that
he was convinced that this state would
give a bigger vote in tho national elec
tion than it had ever done before.
NOTES.
The trip from Atlanta to Macon was
without special Incident At the various
stations there were many people gather
ed. having learned of the presence on the
train of Mr. Kern, and many hands were
shaken. At Griffin thei
crowd at the depot. Mr. Kern did not
speak, but let the crowd see him. shak
ing hands with those within reach. Hon.
Hamilton I.ewls made a short talk.
number of country pen-
yesterday to see the norr'-
not knowing that the program
would he changed, nnd therefore went
home without seeing him. and of course
Mr. Kent leaves Macon this morning
nt 7:20 for Asheville by wav of Atlanta.
It has been arranged to make close con
nection with the Southern at Atlanta.
Hon. Jos. H. Hall, chairman of the
_Ibb County Democratic Club, spent yes
terday in Atlanta with the Kern pgrty,
coming on the train with them.
Jt reems that Dr. E- Powell Frazier
nd Hon. J. Ham Lewis i
from the depot.
Brown was one of the
with the strangers, and on the arrival of
, the Atlanta party the Governor was
| Riven an ovation. Mr. Brown heartily
I enjoyed the bustling scenes.
The presence of tho Mercer Bryan and
K*m Club on the streets and at tbe
I depot was a pleasing sight. The boys
were thoroughly enthused. ■“* ** * •*-
mid
ant.
>rn talked on the ti
poke at length about 1
r In Cen« , r***.
*Tiang
was recoi
is the “champl
audience appl
at the bead of
and added
■pirn oi rr.lire was that of tne
politician-the young democracy.
Mr yell last night was:
Reuben a Rah, p.*>uh«>n a Rah!
Jrpta- and f -— - - —
Reuben « Ra
Taft and Sherman—
o^IUh!
Ml
large number of citizens. It eluding
many ladles, paid their respects to the
vice presidential candidate.
Among those at the depot to meet Mr.
Kem was Perry Williams and his sister.
Mies I2U May WllUami
mrel Mr.
- .Jin sister.
Their sister
a cousin of the
•Among the happy men ! .«t night was
Hon. Dud Hughes, Hr- says that he ha»
visited many portions of he State re
cently. espec ially throughout his owe dis
trict. and he finds the people practically
TRAGIC DEATH
l FORE
Millard Sheppard Is Badly
Mangled in Vienna Oil
Plant
VIENNA, Oct. I.—Millard Sliep-
pard, night foreman of the Vienna OH
Mill, met a horrible death this morn
ing while engaged in tils work by be
ing caught in a rapidly rev living belt.
HU left arm was tom fti m hip body
ami he was otherwise badly bruised
and mangled. His death was Install
taneous. .
' He was a son of Mr. L. E. Shep
pard, a well known citizen.
The remains of young Sheppard wilt
be Interred at Unadllla today.
“Lying To His Followers,”
Says Taft—“Palpable Un
truth," Says Gompers.
WASHINGTON. Oct. S.—Samut.1 Gom-
pern, president of the American Federa
tion of Labor. Issued a statement tonight
In which Wm. H. Taft, the republican
candidate. Is bitterly arraigned because
of the latter’s charge ln a speech at
Denver last night that the labor leader
was "lying to his followers."
“It Is quite evident that Candidate
Taft is losing his temper, ns well as his
manners and his dignity," asserts Mr.
Gompers. "He cannot meet the truth
and the Justice of lubor's contention as
regards his Injunctions, his parties
fusal In congress to accord the relief
from discriminating decisions against
the workers In the Injunction abuse, and
from the Sherman anti-trust law, under
which the voluntary organizations of the
working people ore now held ns trusts.
I assert he cannot meet the Issues and
he therefore undertakes to resort
well know* policy of the pettifogger who
lias u bad case, that is, by abusing tlie
other side.
Taft’s Accusations.
“The working peopio of the country
know that Mr. Taft’s ’rldlculo and rasp
ing sarcasm' are not aimed at me, but at
thtjm, for there Is not one thought 1 '
expressed or one step which 1 nave taken
but what had their initiative In the r *‘
nnd tile of America's tolling masses,
lighter vein of attack accuse# me of
lying. In what have I lied In
gard to any matter, ut lenst, In regard
to Judge Taft? Those who know inn
will attest my dependability and my
veracity. Judge Tuft la tho first re
spoctabie man to question either."
Mr. Gompers’ rolteratlon la much of
which ho has previously said about
the failure of the Chicago convention
to grant the demand of labor and also
the attitude of the republican ma
jority ln Congress toward labor.
"In ao stating have I been lying or
have I told the truth," Inquired Mr.
Gompers.
Hot Aftsr Taft
'Did not Candidate Taft read, or
did not some one tell him, that noither
my colleagues nor myself have either
by word or action assumed that wo
had the right or the power to de
liver tho labor vote to any candidate?
Does he not know that upon every
occasion in this campaign tret I have
phatlcally declared that I did not
presume either to dictate to, or de
fact Is It fair for Mr. Taft to declare
and reiterate ao palpablo an un
truth?”
TAFT IS ROUGH ON
DENVER. Col.. Oot. 3.—In the Denver
auditorium In which Wm. J. Bryan was
nominated for the presidency last July,
Wm. H. Taft last night addressed a'tre
mendous throng, setting f*»rtl» reasons
and arguments why the Nebraskan should
not ba elected. Mr. Taft was accorded a
notablo reception hera. -
Mr. Taft’s speech covered tho various
sauce of the campaign. He paid hla “*
-pacts to Mr. Bryan and received
couragement from the audience. Ono t
feature of hla address —■*'
the subject of **"
which he took i
sugar, he said. was. a trust-made article.
Tho Democrats proposed to pud
all such articles on the free Hat Just to
punish the trusts. This would, he meln-i
tnlned, not only punish the trusts, but
iwould also punial^nan^nnocen^arjmj-d
an*l producers
Mr. Oompers having the labor
Ms power and laboring men bell*
lies he tells, Is something that I
m believing the
Mr. Gompers attacks me on the ground
that [ am an enemy of labor. I was a
judge on the benrh_ and I decided the
Ing apology for a single decision,
what I complain of this wlndjai
end misrepresentation of a man who
claims control of labor in order to de
feat a m*n who Is In favor of labor,"
Mr. Taft mode numerous speeches to
day on his trip from Omah* to Denver
by way of Cheyenne, Wyoming
KERN REPLIES TO N. Y. TIMES
GIVING REASONS FOR UTTERANCES
REGARDING CLEVELAND LETTER
Says Manner Letter Was
Hacked About Aroused j
Suspicion
EVERYBODY BUT TIMES
BELIEVES IT SPURIOUS
Vice Presidential Candidate in Bir
mingham Speech A'luded to Docu
ment as a Base and Criminal Fab
rication, Whereupon the Times Files
the Candidate a Long Telegram Re
questing Source of Pftoof of State
ments Made—Mr. Kern Files Answer
Here,
John W. Kern, the democratic vice
presidential candidate, upon arriving
here tonight, telegraphed hla reply t*i
rbe letter attributed to the authorship
of the late Grover. Cleveland, n«
charged by Mr. Kern In a speech at
Id mlngham yesterday. The Utter in
question purported to show that Mr.
Cleveland favored the candidacy of
the ici.u» Lean presidential n.-mlme,
and Mr. Kern branded Its use a# a
campaign document by Mr. Tafi's
campaign managers as an attempt to
place a stigma upon the memory of
the ex-president. He further declared
that although proven to b? a fabri
cation the newspaper* responsible for
Its circulation either have failed to
right the alleged wrong or have ao
placed the retraction as to’attract no
attention.
What the Times Says.
The Times declared. In a long tele
gram that reached Mr. Kern at -Birm
ingham last night, that the evidence
against the genuineness of the letter
was flimsy and called upon tho Vico
presidential candidate to produce any
proof ho might have to bear out tljo
charge mnde In his speech.
Mr. Kern’s reply follows:
Mr. K«rn to the Times.
“When the executor of Grover
Cleveland's will, after due examination,
declared the letter In question to bo
spurious, it wns but confirmatory of tho
opinion‘held and expressed by the sur
viving members of President Cleve
land’s cabinet, his most Intimate
friends, and, ns I understand, by Mrs.
Cleveland. Every Intelligent and fair-
minded man familiar with Mr. Cleve
land’s character, his language and
manner of expression. mu»t have been
satisfied on a casual reading of the let
ter In question, of Its spurious nature.
The manner In which tho letter was
hacked about tho New York newspa
per offices, before it , came to you,
ought to have aroused suspicion. Tho
direct evidence hf Hasting* ft fortified
by the opinion everywhere of those
best qualified to testify, nnd the cir
cumstantial evidence surrounding tho
case already alluded to, seems to have
convinced everybody but the editors of
the Times, that the letter was never
written by Grover Cleveland. The
Tlm.es owes to tho American public tho
duty of righting this great wrong."
Times’ Telegram,
Following Is the telegram from'tho
Times to Mr. Kern:
"You arc reported by tho Associated
Press as saying In a speech nt Birm
ingham, Ala., today: ’Pfoofs that this
alleged letter of Mr. Cleveland wns a
all hands that the distinguished ex-
president wrote no sueft letter,- and Dis
trict Attorney Jerome, of New York,
has already taken steps to determine
the guilty author und to bring him to
justice.’
"If you have In your possession such
proofs as you mention, will you oblige
the Now York Times by putting them
In Its hands, so that they may bo Im
mediately nnd conspicuously publish
ed in Its columns: or. if you have not
the proofs yourself but know where
they can be found, will you kindly put
this newspaper In the way of obtain
ing them? It you have taken the pains
to Inform yourself on tho subject you
should be aware that the only ‘evi
dence’ against the genuineness of the
Cloveland article Is tho statement of
F. H. Hastings, the executor of the
Cleveland estate, that he has ’evidence,’
a statement mnde afler his repeated
certifications to the genuineness of tho
article and his sab* of It to the agent j
who In turn sold It to the New York j
Times. You should be aware that Mr. j
Hastings has persistently refused our
demands for the production of this evi
dence and because of this refusal It
was tho New York Times itself which
laid the matter before tho district at
torney. You are quoted further ns
saying In your speech that the 'rows-
papers which originally printed ths
fabrication under great headlines have
either refused to print tho exposure of
the crime or have so placed such ex
posure in their Journals as to attract
no attention.*
"The New York Times, which orig
inally published tho Cleveland article
also printed conspicuously In the two
first columns of its first pnge Mr.
Heating’s denial of Its authenticity, to
gether wifi his previous certifications
of Its genuineness, and Is now print
ing dallv a large number of quotations
from other newspapers ratline for the
production of Mr. Hastings’ evidence.
This evidence or any other It ha** been
and Is eager to print with equal con-
snlcuousness. To the end that nil
doubt In the matter may be ek e rod up.
It Invites your co-operation or that
of any other person who mav pomcis
ldcnce hearing on the subject.”
ATLANTA GIVES
KERN GLAD HAND
Vice Presidcntal Candidate la
Accorded Splendid Re
ception
ATLANTA, Gil., Ool. S—Official Alia
political Atlanta turned out today to
do honor to John W. Kern, democratic
candidate for vice president, and to
pay Its respect to his traveling com
panion and mutual whlskerlne, James
Hamilton Lewis, tho noted cx-Ueor-
glan. Owing to the presence of Mr.
Lewis, tho vice presidential candidate
had to get along with the bulk of the
honors. The attention went to his
companion. Mr. Kern came very near
to having to play the part of the poor
relation, because of the general Inter
est In Mr. Lewis.
The two prominent men wore enter
tained and feted throughout tho day
herd. After ft good night'* rest, they
were met at the Piedmont, Juat as tho
newly risen sun was uddlng aroma to
the fresh autumn breezes, by promi
nent men who had them In charge un
til 4 p. m.. when they left for Macon,
where they spoko tonight.
An Automobile Rid*.
An automobile ride around Atlanta
and suburtni. thru a trip to the capitol,
where an Informal reception was held,
followed by a luncheon-at the Plod-
mont. constituted the round of ova
tion and entertainment provided. The
state democratic executive committee
Joined ivlth the Young Men’s Demo
cratic League In bestowing honors and
conferring attention on tho distin
guished gucsta.
The autombbllo party was mnde up
of Hcyeral hlg machines, heavily loaded
with prominent men. Mr. Kern’s car
led the procession. Accompanying hhn
were Clark Howell, national comtnlt-
teemanl .Hewlett A. Hall, state chair
man: Aldlne Chambers, president of
the dolpocratla'league; B. M. Black
burn, aecretary of the stato commit
tee, and Shelby Smith, chairman of the
executive coinmltteo of the democratic
league.
Mr. Lewis was the guest of honor In
tho second car. In which were also Col.
W. L. Peel. H. H. Cabanlaa. Carlos
Mason, C. D. Richards and Eb T.
Williams. Then followed other cars
filled with focal celebrities only.
The tour of tho city camo to a close
at the capitol nt about noon, and
Messrs. Kern and Lewis wero taken to
the jfovernof* ojtico, where afler tho
usual formalities they entered tho re
ception room and were formally pre
sented to more than 20(1 prominent
Georgians, all of whom gave cordial
welcome and extended bt*st wishes to
the guests of tho occasion. Joe Hill
Hull, president of the Bibb County
Bryap Club, Joined the parly at tho
capitol, nnd remained with It through
out the remainder of the stnv here. H«*
headed the delegation which escorted
thh speakers to Macon this afternoon.
Jim Ham Lewis Delighted.
"Delighted to be hack In my native
state." was Jim: Ham Lewis’ greeting
to nil his acquaintances and old
friends. "It has been six years since
I was down here before, but tho land
is Just ns dear to me as ever."
Mr. Lewis was born and reared In
Augusta and studied nnd practiced law
In Savannah. Ho went went, nnd rep
resented tho state of Washington In
congress, where he earned fame ns ths
Beau Brummel and one of tho most
brilliant men of that body
He hns since
prominent In the
1 fflce, an«| the cordial greetings
exchanged mnde up one of the most In
in cm Inn Inn tents n* the ncraMon
vSucctfS Is In the Air.'*
"Wilt F-iyan and Kem win?" refunded
Mr. Lewis when asked about tho pollt
leal situation. "The Democratic pnriy
never nod a better chance. Kuccess Is
In the nlr. The mlddlo west Is tnnklng
It certnln. Put Indiana. Illinois, Ohio and
ths rest of those states out that way
are usually called •douhlf'd' In the Ihyan
column. Our success this time does not
hinge upon neeldonts, we vn got the
votes nnd we are getting more of them
every day."
Mr. Kern Optimistic.
Mr. Kem Is equally optimistic regard
ing the result.
"We ure down here,” sold he. "not
because we have nny doubt about how
the south Is going, but Just becuiiso Mr.
Bryan thought Alabama nnd Georgia
should nut be Ignored. I mu glad to l»e
here, and more than glad to l.e here with
your native son. Mr. Lewis, but at first
I Objected to coming. I thought it would
• best to put In our work wh
ARE Cjp IN
Thomasvillc Abduction Cose
Resolves Into Sensational
Affair
OF THE SOUTH ARE J j
REDUCED TG LEVEL OF BEGGING
DESPITE CLAIMS PAST EARNINGS,
VALDOSTA, Go., Oct. 3.—Reports
that reached here from Thomasvllle
today Indicate that the outside world
has not been given all of the aensa-
tlonal developments In the recent at
tempt to abduct Miss Luclle Linton
nnd the alleged attempt last Saturday
night to nssasslnato w. H, Mitchell, of
Ihut city.
Solicitor General Thomas went to
ThoinasvIUe last night In response to
a message from Miss Linton and her
brother-in-law. T. F. Green, of Ath
ens. Miss Linton charges a prominent
young man with the attempted abduc
tion. fihe declare* thut ahe recog
nised him before he attempted to
throw the laprobe over her head,
though ho wns blacked ns n negro
woman. A Pinkerton dotectlvo has
been nt work on the caso nnd he nays
all of tho evidence points to this young
man.
On the evidence adduced Solicitor
Thomas today ordered Sheriff I-Ilght
to swear out a warrant for him, hut
tho sheriff refused to do so on the
grbund that Miss Linton had not told
Ml mher suspicions or what ahe would
swear to.
Miss Linton nnd her hrother-ln-
law, Mr. Green, went to Athens. Ills
home, this morning to remain somo
time. The developments nnd the de
clarations of Mias Linton have almost
dazed tho people of Thomasvllle, It Is
anld.
Solicitor Thomas today addressed n
note to the county commissioners of
Thomas countv. urging them to em
ploy the Pinkerton detective employed
by Miss Linton to keep up the search
and Mat all of the evidence In tho
case he laid before the grand Jury.
The solicitor was called Into tho
case by parties nt Interest nnd he
Is determined to put It up to the
grand Jury to say whether or not
prosecution Shall be mnde.
The theory now is that there were
no accomplices. Miss Linton attrib
utes her escape to the fact that she
soon realized that she was In fie
hands of a demon nnd she kept her
nerve. 8hc had lately read Gamin
Doyle's detective story,
ltolmns, nnd she determined
practice something she got
pages.
BOSTON
Sanders, alias Cornelius Fisher, ngi
30, of Talbot county. Georgln, xyt^ur-
rested today in Cambridge ygj, ti, c
charge of murder.
It Is claimed that tj m e be
tween October G nml"November 2.
11»07, lie killed n cojdfpd man name'7
Westhlll In his hfmio county. 81nce
thut time thojQico have been In
quest of Nun££|.g
Cnpt. Hurley, of the Cambridge,
police, «qT,.ived a letter from Sheriff
MeDajfi,.!*. „f Tallmtton. Gn., request-
m , „„„„ n 2- / that he arrest Sanders. Hurley
Hherlock/TThvated hhn with Mis wife und throe
NEAR-BEER THT
HARD TO COLIFCT
HOPE OF GETTING MUCH MONEY
UNDER WISE ACT 18 A
VAGUE ONE.
ATLANTA. On., Oct.. 3.—Returns
received from county ordinaries by
the comptroller general Indicate that
the hope of getting mud money from
the ncur-borr license lux Is u vagun
one. Indeed, Near-beer saloons, /if
they existed, have been abandoned In
nearly all the counties.
Tho comptroller recently sent out
blanks on which tho ordinaries wore
Instructed to report the amount of
taxes due or collected from denlers
In nssr-beers. Returns indlrnto that
11,000 has been collected, while In sev
eral counties sums have boon hold
up pending tho outcome of Injunction
proceedings.
Tho reports so fsr received nro nt
follows by counties:
Bartow, Brooks. Gnfioun, Ghnlta-
hoochoe, Clayton, Colquitt, Franklin,
Habersham, Henry Jackson, Jarper,
Jeff Davis. Macon. Stephens, Thomas.
Tift nnd Whitfield—no dealers to be
taxed.
»ten Hill—$1.f»0n due, hut held up.
Crisp—8460 due. but held up.
Floyd—$4,600 paid.
Mitchell- -8400 j nl.1.
Stewart—-8200 paid.
Htewart—$200 paid.
The law Iihb now been In force for
nearly one month, having been ap
proved on September 5.
to puLdn children u
frnivf its Sanders
Westhlll i
•r return to
slst,»i| that the Demncrnry of the south
deserved somo attention. Just ns u compli
ment. Wo have no apprehensions
cernlng the solid south."
. Ini ....JRMIIiW
Tiie luncheon nt the Piedmont was «
llreiv Informal. It lasted until
tbn party to leave for the Macon train.
Mr. Kern sal beside Gov. Hoke Smith,
nnd Ji»e Hill Hull wns Hie mate of James
GARRY DEPOSIT OF $300,000
i uijhlishi'd this wevk
each In Z-hJlon. Milner, Concord nnd
various banks arc well
sotfd for the democratic nominees, both
state and national.
The father of Mr. Ham Lewis eras In
-he *am*» company during the w*r with
County Treasurer-elect M. Lettte*. This
fart came out In a meeting of Mr. Lewis
and Mr. Lattice last night.
rinian. and bis hones rest In Virginia
There ws« a crowd tn th* *tr»M Lanier
late os any of thei
I healthy financial condition. The county
In every way has made rapid advance-
I ment during the past two decade* and Is
{ now one of the best In the state.
RICHARDS' RETIREMENT JOHN SHARP WILLIAMS
ATLANTA. Ca.. Oct. 8.—The report of
the military examining board which has
been considering the proposed enforce,!
retirement of Lieut, a. L* Richards, of
Company B. Fifth infantry, Atlanta, wu*
sanctioned by Gov. Hinltji today. It pro
IS HEARD IN NEWBERNE
NBWBBRNK. N. C... Oct, 3.--genator-
ilerl John Khnrn Williams spoke at the
•curthoure In tnta city today to an lm*
nenno und enthusiastic audience gath-
r«-«I from the surrounding
NO CARTER MEN, AND BUT FEW
WILL SCRATCH THE NAME
OF JOE BROWN.
DUBLIN. Oa„ October I—Kverythlng
Is In readiness for the state election
next Wednesday.
The election papers have been
placed In the hands of all of the elec
tion managers, tho tickets Move been
printed ready for use uml the regis
trars have completed their work.
There nre 3,940 white voters quali
fied for the election and 986 negro vot
er*. It is not expected that more than
half a vote will he polled.
Not a Single Carter Man.
Ho fnr not a single Yancy Carter
man ha* been,found In the county,
and not more than a half dozen have
been beard to state thst they will
semtei the name of Joe Brown.
The amendment to lho constlfiitio
cast In excess of the negro vote.
It Is expected that practically the
full negro vote will be polled, as all of
them are opposed to the disfranchise
ment measure.
No Interest In the pension commis
sioner race Is being taken. Ths vot
ers of the county consider that race
as one-alded ns the rsco for the gov
ernorship between Moo Drown and
Yancy Carter.
OVER BALI RESULTS
PITTSnunO. Pa., ocf. J-Th:. city
can be truthfully said to l>e bupcbull
’’mad" tonight.
Most everywhere on* goc-s bu*cball
Is the princlpu! topic nnd during; the
afternoon thouKanos of person* con
gregated about tho bulletin boards. 1*1
number of places traffic was retard
ed by tho dense* cr.iwds. The defeat
of New York by Philadelphia, and St.
Louis by Pittsburg today caused great
er Interest, If that Is possible* la the
Notional League race here, aqd prac
tically all Pittsburg Ik on the auxlops
sent where they will remain until after
the game at Chicago tomorrow be
tween Pittsburg and Chicago. •
Recent Roports to Railroad'
Commission Are Aston
ishing ^
practicallyalTroads ‘
FACE BROWING DEFICIT!
Fall Crops and Business Have Mac#
Little Effect in Relieving the Dir*
Necessities—Deficit in Georgia Road's
Report is Fairty Typical of Condi-*
tions—Increased Rewsnue Necessary!
to Stop Receiverships and Wage Re
ductions.
MURDERER IS
IN HANDS LAW
Stephens Sanders Wanted In
Talbot County Caught
in Massachusetts
. 15 Kenwood street.
. claim* he wns attacked by
nnd another man. ’ H«* V"
return to Georgia without (vqiiMtl
papers.
MISTRIAL RESULTS
IN THE SUTTON CASE
-The j,.
ABBBVILLK. Ga.. Oct.
the caso of diaries O. Butt oily who w«i*
charged with killing TOm dtutler. mods
a mistrial. ' /
Hutton. It was clnlmed, tyrtyjnld Ilutlor
and shot him In the bark»houi9 lime Inst
November, about two miles qbove Ro
chelle. 1
•The Jury was out about 48 hfluis on the
caso. It stood elgld tor * acquittal and
four for msnsUiuglitqr.
Hutton Is s married man, but had not
It was stated, been living with Ills wife.
It was claimed that Duller objected to
Hutton pitying attentions to hla daughter,
but Hutton persisted In making Ala visits.
On the occasion of tho tragedy Hutton
Is said to have gono to Butler's home and
a quarrel ensued.
It Is claimed that Butler cnrssd Button
and ordered him to lt|vi tho premises,
which he did.
It Is charged that Butler went Into IiIh
house and aftsr procuring « shotgun
ent to the VSrtUtds nnd fired t)V ,rB ' nto
• air us a warning D Hutton to
ray.
Butler, supposing Hutton to he
arlrij to tho houfe »>f a nm»r net
nmned. A short distance frou
house. It wns charged that Ihitler
shot from ambush by Hutton and
from Ills wounds n f»w hours,Into
stay
MRS. COTTON'S DEATH
RESULTS FROM ACCIDENT
ATLANTA. Ga., Oct. 8.—Tho fall '
crops and the fall business have hod
little effect towards relieving tho dfen
necessities of the railroads, as shown
by recent reports received* by the atat*>
railroad commission. Practically all
tho transportation companies of tho
south nro shown to bo fuoing a grow
ing deficit, with but smull outlook for
Improvement In future. It is free!/
predicted among knowing men that
unless some measures by which tho
Income of the railroads may W on-
. nMim ^ornoUus JUS61 wu g4^*4u3tlons, wljtf possible inju
rious strikes,fesult before many
months.
For onco, those In position to know
nro expressing sympathy for th® rail
roads, regardlegfl of their previous at
titude. Many portions In authority nr.i
anxious to lend a helping hand, hut
are faced by nntt-rallroiui public sen
timent built up when times wore good.
Tho railroads of the south, despite
tho claims of extravagant earnings In
tho past, arn being reduced to li.o
level of having to beg for llf.».
AstoniXAlng are recent report* a*
received here. They are no icsi fore
boding of danger.
Georgia Road’s Condition. *
Tho statoment of tho Georgia Ra l-
road of Its August business, an just
filed. Is fairly typical of the richest
In the south nnd It Is one of tho old
est and most firmly established.
It Is shown that tho total operat
ing cxporra**H for tho memth of August
constituted 97.12 per cont of the gross
earnings, wbll»* for the same mont’n
of 1907 tho ratio wns 84.35 per cort.
Itself above the nverago under nor
mal conditions. - ' ,
The ro'r'i'v.il.ir woiCd 8151,416.9;> in
ft-pir**. traffic revenue In August. 1937.
nnd only $119,972.10 In 1908. n de
crease of $31,544.85. Passenger ♦ant
ing* wero reduced from 879.GKR.70 to
$74,080.87. or $5,607.83. Kven revenue
for tho transportation of the Unite’.
Htatea mall foil off $.'67.72. The tots!
enrnlnga from nil sources ln August,
1808, were $20.7,660.78. or I.7R.80R.91
Iohh than in 1907. Operating exponas*
were only $6,474.77 less In 190R than
In 1907, while net enxnlnga, that is
the money left after all operating ex
penses had been met. wore only
$0,928.49, ngnlnst $38,262.63 for 1907,
or n decrease of $32,334.14, for ono
month alone.
Tho Goorgla Railroad was left with
_ deficit of $33,951.62, on Its Inst Au
gust business, w'hlch deficit was $12 -
073.71 greater than the ono of 1907.
Tho two months of July and Au
gust. taken n# a whole, show prartl- ’
rally tho sarno results. There was a
total decrease of $55,152.51 In oo*Tat-
Ing revenue, and onlv $18,696.93 In op
erating expenses, whllo a deficit of
$11,613.39 greater than tho on< of 1907,
wns left on ’fsnd. It fa shown that*
It required 94.99 vt cent, ur $.03 per
cent more than In J907 >f the total
transportation earnings to pay «he cost
of operation for the two months.
A statement of ttia condition of tbn
road shows n total deficit of $647,-
301.73, of which $65,825.97 was acui-
mulnted slnco tho present fiscal yeaf
began on July 1. ,
Other Road*.
Tho report from the Atlartle roast
Lino shows that Intrastato business,
for eleven months decreased $143.-
,383.26. This means tho falling off In
Georgia nlone, while on Interstate
nn d In tills
county, nnd lived here until about live
years ago, when she married Mr. Lin
dt nth were pecullnrlv sad. Hhe wns
on a visit to her husband’s brother
lit lows, nnd had gone tn town to
do some shopping, «’>« th*’ homo
bocninn frightened ut a threading niu-
chlno and ran away. In attempting
to gel out of the earring'’ she fell.
Her clothing caught In some way nm?
she wait drugged for about one hun
dred yards. After being taken to Mr.
Cotton’s home n physlchm tvi* culled
In und pronounced her Injuries quite
puInful, but not serious. Lust Sun
day she wrote a cheirful lei ter to her
mot*ter, Haying she would ‘tome
uh soon u* nhe could travel.' In u few
days u tele gram wns sent to lo r hus
band, saying she was wurs*. - ml ke
left on the first train HCto'>i».’n!. d by
hi* wife’s mother, huv b« f ?re they
reached her she had | ns** d uw;t>.
JOHN SHARP INJURED;
SON-IN-LAW LOSES ARM
ADEL. Gn., Oct. Mr. J
Sharp, of Colquitt county, got his bund
aught In hts gin a tiny nr so ago
i ml badly lacerated. Mcdlcol ntten-
ld*s that the officer shall be reprimanded! Lantern North Carolina. Mr. William*
Lieut. Richards
Copt. W T. B. Wilson
Laird, all of Atlanta..
n. but platforms and
signed for ran*is
The IxmiLthe safety of hank deposits.
Ooa>r. j somewhat fo:
.<! Lit Jt. 51. E. i vb
. to reduce south-
TO BE6IN FINAL TRAIL 1
was In' Adel, hi*
kes. had hit
gin unj so badly
| the elbow, the operation being per
- formed at the Adel sanitarium. 11
>|luek seems to have followed Mr
this year, only a» fsw months
WASHINGTON. Oct. 8—The ^attl
ship North Carolina will proo# *d
Hampton Road* for her final oerept- [ Bhai „ _
ante trial which will begin on Octo-jngo his oon hail to undergo
ber. 14. Upon the completion •*» thei Hon for appendicitis and now Mr.
trial th# vessel will xo to tho Nbr- } sharp nnd hi* son-in-law are both
folk navy yard. * badly injured.
only Hi
de-.
430.55 for the B mno period.
The Central of Georgia ifiiowi
crease of $225,800 In the buslne
between July 1 and September 21 n2
thin year.
Tho Southern shows a dre-ease or
15.46 per rent or $2,028,351. for tho^
snmo period.
The Georgia Bouthem and Florida
shows a decroaso of ‘$87,142.72 for the
porlod between July 1 nnd Septem
ber 21.
The Seaboard shows a decrease off
14.93 per cent, and the Atlanta and
Birmingham, 19.98 per cent.
THAW’S TRIAL
C0STS54,837
Trial on Question of His San
ity to Be Held on Oo-
tober 12
■
NEW YORK. Oct. Til * MM! ^’"1 to
New York count), of the prosecution
Hurry K. Thaw for the shooting
Stanford White has been $54,137 Soril-
nnpsrs submltt**d by District vt-
Jerome to Justice Mills at NbxM
burgh today.
1
lorney Jerome
* irgh today. ....
The purpote of Mr. Jerome s
tlon to'Juith r Mills was to have t ap- l
preaching trial on the question of ! u.m a
mental condition transferred ft
Chester to New York county.
mental condition transferred ficm Wj
cheater to New York cc--*~
rome said In the papers j
— - - county woul
use than If
Westchester county would
greater e»p**r