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MACON. GA., THURSDAY MORNING, NOVEMBER 19, 1908
DAILY, *7.00 A YEAR, N
JIM WOODWARD BACK IN RACE
WITH ENTHUSIASTIC THOUSANDS
PUSHING HIM FOR MAYORALTY
At Citizens Meeting He Is
Forced to Oppose the In
dependent.
5,000 CRY FOR WOODWARD
Hlfti
V/hsn He EJntered Theater. Audience
Ro»e En Masse and Cheered Wildly
for Three Minutes—When He Arose
to Speak He Declared He Was Sin
cere in Withdrawing From the Race
—Only on One Condition Would He
Get in Race Again, He Declared,
And That Was for the Audience to
Pledge Itself to Act as Campaign
Committed In His Behalf—The
Audience Promised Amidst Great
Enthusiasm.
ATLANTA, Ga.. Nov. 18—James G.
Woodward is back Jn the race for
mayor of Atlanta. A crowd of more
than 5 000 men forced him to re-enter
tonight and pledged themselves to ’ten
that he wins.
The meeting was held at the Lyce
um Theater, which was packed. More
than a thousand were turned away
end an overflowing one had to be held
on the out side.
Walter R. Brown presided over the
gathering. J. D. Kilpatrick and
others spoke.
Cries for Woodward.
From the beginning the audience
cried for Woodward, ahd a commit
tee was dispatched- to the home of
the former mayor Instructed to force
him to attend.
When Woodward entered the thea
ter. the audience rose and cheered for
three mlnutea. He spoke briefly, de
claring he had been sincere In his let
ter of retirement.
Conditions of His Candidacy.
“The name of no ocner person* can
be placed on the ballot as the of
ficial nominee except my own." ne
declared. “I will permit it to be there
o n one condition—for you to rise and
esv you will act as a campaign com
mittee in my behalf.”
As one man the audience arose
and applauded for more than a
minute. . «... »
Spoke for Several Mmutes.
Mr. Woodward spoke for several
mmutes, declaring that if within the
next year there was cause for criti
cism of his personal conduct he would
resign the office if elected thereto.
The crowd was made up In large
K rt of working men. The enthus-
im was Intense. After the meet
ing hundreds remained In the street
cheering for the candidate.
Maddox's Candidacy Criticized.
The candidacy of Robert F. Mad
dox was criticized as having been
patched up by the Capitol City Club
people and put forth in a back room
of the Kimball House.
Crc-wd Marches Through Peachtree.
After all the speaking had ceased
a crowd of nearly a thousand march
ed through Peachtree street, with a
•big picture of Woodward. Hoisted
fipm an automobile in the lead yelling
,tor tho candidate.
7 They went as far as the Capitol City
Club, where they thronged the lawn
end porch of the club house, shouting
and waving hate at the few clubmen
■who fled to the porch on the second
fl °9ome*enthusiastic ones ventured Into
the open doorway of the club. No
resistance was shown and the sere
nade was given and received in good
natured spirit.
BIDS INVITED
ON CANAL BONDS
At 2 Per Cent Interest, $30,-
000,000 Issue Payable in 30
Years, Is Offered.
WASHINGTON. Nov. 18—Secretary
Cortelyou today made public announce,
mont that he would receive blda up
to the close of hu.lneta on December
4 next, for IIO.OOO.OOO Panama canal
bends or any part thereof to bear two
per cent lntereat.
The bonds will be dated November
J. 1908 thu, making this a new Usue,
and Interest will begin ni of that data.
The bonds, by the terms of the law
authorising their Issue, win be re
deemable in gold in felt years from
their date and payable In thlrty years.
As an evidence of good faith the
secretary require, each bid to be ac
companied by a «rt,flM cheek pay-
' to the .ecretary of the treasury
wo per cent of the amount or
F LINKS IN
E FOR TAFT
Hampton Terrace - Links Will
Be in Fine Trim for Presi
dent-Elect.
bid.
FATAL DOSE MEDICINE
SWALLOWED BY FARMER
EATONTON Ga., Nov. IS—Infor-
motion has juet been received In Ba-
tonton announcing the death or «r.
Bern Cox. a well-known formsr. ana
brother of J. M. Cox of thto city,
at his home on the county line of Put
nam and Morgan. Mr. .V!*
E a tonton during :h« part week m at-
tendance at the county Wr to Ms
usual health. Hhe only particular,
received at thla writing are that ha
retired to his room to taka a daae pf
medicine, and never arouaed .again
from Its effect., dying wtthto twenty-
four hours aft.r taking tha jnedicine
on Sundav. The remains wars in
terred at tha family burial svouod at
T'-rnlngton today. Mr. Cox om
n-nv fr!md» In both Pumim and
vo-ran counties and his Uaa-h to
diiply deplored. He la survived bi
a wife and several grown children.
Wood, lessee of the Hampton Ter-
race Hotel in Augusta and the f*Ied
mont. Atlanta, returned today from
Augusta, where he went to have the
golf links connected with the Augusta
hostelry put in good shape for tho
coming of President-elect William H.
Taft. They will bo In perfect condi
tion by the time of Mr. Taft’s arri
val which will be about December 15.
By request of Mr. Wood. Mr. Har
per Is considering the advisability of
increasing the golf links to eighteen
holes, there being only nine at pres
ent. It has not been definitely de
cided whether or not such shall tie
done.
Many Tourists Expected.
“Indications are that Augusta will
be overrun with tourists this win
ter." said Mr. Harper. "I found on
my arrival there requests for reserva
tions from prominent people all over
the country, people who are attractefl
to the resort by the fact of Taft de
ciding to go there. Some of these
came from the Pacific coast, several
even from California. I believe Au
gusta’s supremacy as a winter resort
will be established this winter."
A County Can’t Be Sued.
ATLANTA. Ga.. Nov. 18—In a de
cision handed down today. In the case
of T. J. Fleming vs. Floyd county. Is
supreme court held that a county Is
not subject to suit for debt.
It appears that C. I. Harris ‘ went
to Texas and caught a fugitive who
was wanted by the Floyd superior
court. Some hitch arose over payment
ef reward and expenses. Having to
leave the county, he sold the claim
to Plemlng.
The suit was thrown out on the
ground that a county is not subject to
suit, except when It Is so expressly
provided by statute.
New Bank for Lumpkin'.
ATLANTA. Ga., Nov. 18—Secretary
of State Phil Cook granted a charter
today to the Bank .of. Lumpkin, . or
ganized at the town of that name In
Stewart county. The capital la to be
125.000. It was formed by John D.
Walker, of Sparta.
prevail within the state militia c —
ters relating to the service, according
to tho new aet of regulations, which were
sent to the printer by the adjutant general
todr *“ *~
testate must forego, and the’liberty of
the press, so fa. as It relates to the do
ings of the national guard. Is denied
war governing the United States army,
are the first issued since 1195. Since that
time many changes have been made in
the Georgia national guard. The
edition In the main contalna nothing i__
than a tabulation or codification of the
new regulations aa Issued from time
time since the last edition came out. t.
gather with such of the last edition as
those of the regular army, being almost
aa severe. They are not binding on any
members of the state troops, except
soldiers, their civil life being without
stralnt, except as It relates to the ser
vice.
Several sections are devoted to making
It an offense for officers or men to at
tribute any of the secrets of the servlc
by making public any correspondence •
any occurrences of the armory or flel
which might in anyway Injure the se
vice.
Section 212 says:
detrimental to the service or to any in
dividual member thereof."
W. and A. Extension,
ATLANTA. Oa.. Nov. 18.—A meeting
of the special commission which Is to In-
veetigate the feasibility of extending the
Western and Atlantic Railroad to the sea
with the labor of convicts, will be held
early in December.
has been called for December 2 to choose
a county commissioner to succeed Rob
ert F. Vaddox, who has resigned be
cause of being In the race for mayor of
Atlanta. Only one candidate has so far
announced, and he is Forest Adair, the
well-known real estate man. Otberr —
spoken of.
shaw. will take up the fanners’ institute
work with Dr. A. M. Soule, director and
president of the 1100.000 agriculture col
lege at Athens, tomorrow, and continue
through Saturday. The first institute will
be held tomorrow at Dublin. lAurens
county. The second is to ba held Friday.
November 20th. at Statesboro. Bulloch
county, and the third and last for this
week will be held at Ouvton. Efflnghar-
county. Saturday, November tlet At ~
of these Institutes four splendid addn
COLTON GRADES
High Grade Premiums Slightly
Reduced; Little Change In
flow Grades.
NEW YORK, Nov. 18 —At the meeting
of the New York ^Cotton Kxchango re
vision committee today, when the dlffer-
between grades Of cotton as applied
„ -.liveries on contract, were fixed for
the balance of the season, high grade
B romiums were slightly reduced, while
te only reduction in the low grade pen
alties was In the case Qf strict good or
dinary, as will be Aeon by tho following
table.
The action of the-revlslon committee
is considered In New* York trade circles
as further strengthening the contract.
The changes follow:
Old Dlff. New Dlff.
1.50 on
1.30 on
l.io on
Middling fair
.1.25 c
Strict good middling
Good middling 60 on .44 on
Strict middling 25 on .22 on
Middling. Basis. Basis.
Strict low middling 80 off .30 off
Low middling 1.00 off 1.00 oft
Strict good ordinary ....1.62 off 1.60off
Good ordinary 2.60off 2.60off
Strict good mid. tinged. .35 on .35 on
Good middling, tinged.Val. mid. Val. mid.
Strict middling tinged .. .20 off
Middling tinged 30 off
Strict low mid., tinged. 1.00 off
Lew middling, tinged ..2.25 off
stained
.20 off
. .30 off .30 off
“ 1.00 off
ELIHO ROOT WILL SUCCEED PLATT
ACGOROING TO THE TRIUMVIRATE
MEETING IN EXECUTIVE SESSION
THE SOUTH MUST AN economical development
AND NOT POLICY OF AGGRE 51 ' ;
IS BURDEN ROCKEFELLER’S TALK
Messrs. Taft, Sherman and
Ward Get Noses Together
On N. Y. Situation.
THEY WOULDN’T BE QUOTED ^
IWE IRE HIPPY
E.
IT
PEONAGE^CASES
Judge Hough Says Agree'
ment of Mind With In
tent to Conspire
Not Shown.
NEW YORK, Nov. 18—Judge Hough
In the United States circuit court to
day ordered a Jury to return a verdict
of not guilty In the cases of David E.
Harley, an agent for the Florida East
Coast railroad and three employment
agents of this city, who were ac
cused or conspiracy to hold workmen
In peonage and slavery while the men
were building that road.
Judge Hough said that the prosecu
tion had failed to show an agreement
of minds wttli evil Intent to conspire.
The Jury returned the verdict as or
dered and was discharged.
Besides Harley the accused were:
Francis Sabbia, Edward J. Trlay and
Frank A. Huff.
INLAND CANAL TO
CHEAPEN RATES
Waterways Meeting Takes
Steps to Execute the Plans
Outlined.
If the 8eeretary Wlahea the Place,
He Can Step in the Shoes of M
Tom Platt, Although Mr. Taft Give]
Up the Cabinet Premier With Greal
Reluctance—The Thing Seems to
Have Been all Fixed Up at Yes
terday’s Meeting at Mr. Taft’s
Coay Little Domicile—^Sunny Jim’’
Sherman la “Quite Confident “Uncle
Joe” Cannon Can Hold the Speak-
'erahlp—That Wasn't “Given Out,"
But He Said It.
Princess dcSagan Declares She
Won’t Quit deSagan—Are
Beni’s Tales.
5 PARIS.
Prlncer, I
f wua Miss
BALTIMORE. Mi.. Nov. 18 The
Deeper Waterways Association at today’s
session decided to hold its next annual
convention In Norfolk Va., during tho
Important extension of waterways were
adopted as follows:
The purchase -of the present Chesapeake
and Delaware — —“—
of a new one.
county. Saturday. November Slat At all
of theaa institute *
es will be made /
grrot Interrut an.. _ —
who are Invited to hear them. LB
Prof. R. J H. DeLoach. of the State
Agricultural College, wilt apeak on eelept-
Irtg cotton for tha Improvement of fiber
and yield. Prof. M. P. Jarnlgan. of the
chair of animal husbandry at the Ftate
Cdileg* of Agriculture, will speak on feed
ing and care of work stock.
CREDITORS OF BROWN & CO,
GET 21 PER CENT ON CLAIMS
NEW YORK. Nov. 18.—Tha Stock
Exchange creditors of A. O. Brown
and Company, tha brokers ga firm that
went into bankruptcy after a day of
speculation amounting to millions, re
ceived a 21 per cent dividend on their
claims today from the nitt of two
Stock Bxchaog* seats for $140,000.
adopted as follows
The purchase-of I..-.... .
and Delaware canal, and the construction
* a new one.
Deepening the Hudson river to the
point where It connects by canal with
the lakes. Selecting a route through
Massachusetts from Nairagansett bay to
Boston.
Deepening the present waterways from
the North Carolina sounds to Norfolk.
Surveying New Jersey and New York,
and along the New England coast prelim
inary to further development.
It is contemplated that the work be
urged In each locality Independently, ac
cording to Its own conditions, each Im-
provemsnt to be msde on its merits.
The whole when linked by the existing
waterways and raised to Its greatest effi
ciency by the Improvement of present
inland transportation facilities will makn
a chain covering the Atlantic coast and
avoiding several points now of .great
danger to shipping. The specific benefits,
it is claimed, will be In enabling ship
pers to send their slow or bulk freight by
Inland waters safely and economically,
reducing the cost of shipment to a min
imum and making possible the upbiuldlng
of great industrial communities all along
th Prof! e Cobb, of the University of North
Carolina, in an addrers, dealt with the
“Perils of the North Carolina Cosat and
How They May Be Lessened.” He con
tended . that his own territory was the
most Important Una In the waterway en
terprise and gave his reasons why a canal
should be cut through back of I fattens.
The leasts along the North Carolina coast
add nearly a dollar a ton to the cost of
transportation of freight past Hattens,
he declared, and the opening of the deep
er waterway behind Hattems will reduce
materially the cost of tmnsportatlon to
the Ihififlc coast through the Panama
censl bv eliminating the dsngen of the
North Carolina coast.
GEOiiATATTO
WED HEIRESS
Lieut. Weaver, With Pacific
Fleet, Soon to Wed Mil
lionaire’s Daughter.
EATONTON Os, Nor. It.—An-
nouncement has been made In the
dally press of the enga#ement of Lieut.
David Weaver, son of Rev. Marlon
8. Weaver, formerly of thte city.with
the Pacific squadron on their world
cruise, and • southern California belie,
the daughter of a millionaire.
The wedding will occur In the early
eprlng after the return of the fleet
to American waters. Lieut. Weaver
since hie graduation at the naval
academy at Annapolis, has risen rap
idly In the ranks of the naval ser
vice, and woe until the retirement of
Admiral Bobley D. Evans, on the ad
miral's staff. '
He was with Admire! Evans at the
assembling of the world power* during
the Boxer rebellion at Pekin and has
an excellent record in tha navy,
HOT SPRINGS. Va., Nov. 18.—
There was a conference at the Taft
cottage here this afternoon on New
York politics, general political affaire,
and especially regarding persona and
measure* pertaining to the next ad
ministration. The conferee* were
President-elect Taft. Vice-President-
elect Sternum and William Ward, na
tional Republican committeeman from
New York.
The president-elect arrived from
•Cincinnati this morning and the vice-
president-elect and Mr. Ward left for
the east tonight. Mr. Sherman will
stop In Washington tomorrow and In
Philadelphia before reaching hi* New
York home.
No One Would Be Quoted.
While no one to fie conference
wishes to be quoted on the subject, u
may be stated aa the opinion of all
that Secretary Root will be the suc
cessor In the United States senaate 6f
T. C. Platt. This, of course. <« based
upon the understanding Ahat Mr.
Root wishes the place. Judge Taft
has had no hesitancy from the first
In giving positive expression to *hls
desire to make Mr. Root the premier
of hi* cabinet.
He ha* also stated that if hla persua
sion could prevail, the present secretary
of state would retain that portfolio. de-,
spite his senatorial ambitions. It Is the
understanding hero that one of the msbi
reasons for Mr. Roofs desire to be re
lieved of cabinet duty Is that, both him
self and Mrs. Root may be rid of the
somewhat taxing and exacting social du
ties required of the secretary of state
Believe Cannon Safe.
To return to the conference here today,
it I* understood that Mr. Sherman gave
It as hl3 opinion to Judge Taft that
Speaker Cannon would continue to hold
that office In the sixty-first congress.
Further details of the conference were
not obtainable, the explanation given by
Judge Taft being. "It was a general talk
regarding many matters and persons.”
President-elect Taft tonight sent k
telegram extending his hearty congratu
lations to Cuba on the conduct and .re
sult of the recent election there. The
message was addressed to Governor Ma-
Rf Judge Taft expressed doubt tonight
that he should go to Cuba to witness
the withdrawal of the American and the
Inauguration of the Cuban administra
tion. This function will take place just
at a time when Mr, Taft says he will be
decidedly engrossed with the affairs of
his own administration. »
Taft Sunshine Melts the Snow.
The president-elect was met at the
train on his arrival here this morning by
Mrs. Taft. It Is his purpose to remain
here until the 6th of December. The
snow which has enveloped the Virginia
mountains since his departure last Fri
da^ disappeared rapidly today under a
TOPSY MILLS
ENLARGE PLANT
Capacity of Columbus Hosiery
Factory to Be Increased
One-Third.
COLUMBUS, Ga..
. Nov. 18.—An
nouncement wa* made today that an
addition would be built to the Topsy
hosiery mills at once, increasing the
capacity of the plant one-third.
The machinery has already been or
dered.
The mill la now running day and
night and did not stop a minute dur
ing the panic. Sundays excepted.
it was built throe years ago and
Its capacity has been doubled since
that time.
G. & F.
ELECT OFFICERS
Nov. 18.—Prince and
Hdie de Hagan—the latter
Anna Gould, of New York,
bi»rur«* »he married Count Bonl de
Castellano, from Wiom ahe secured a
divorce—wore seen today, ifnd author
ized the denial in most emphatic
fashion of the reports recently cur
rent In Paris and the United States
that they Intended to separate.
They intimated that these reports
have been spread by Count de Cas
tellano, who they said was doing
everything possible to make their life
uncomfortable.
“We are happy,” said the princess,
’and all we want is to be left alone.”
Boni Still Wants Money.
Then the prince, with the npproval
of his wife, announced that the nego
tiation* to settle the suit of the count
for the custody of his three children
out of court had been broken off be
cause Che demands made by the count
were excessive. He declared that the
count’s efTorts to obtain the custody
of his children were nothing ntorethan
a scheme to obtain money.
“We were willing to make some
concession In order to avoid further
notoriety." said the prince, “but we do
not propose to be robbed, and we are
now determined to fight out the issue
in open court."
Boni’s Claims.
Malt re Bonnot tonight mode public
the general grounds on which Count
de Castellane claims that the atmos
pherc of the Bagan home is unfit for
the children. They are, first. Prince
Helle’s record before his marriage;
second, the improper action of the
princess In traveling with the prince
-before, she became his wife; third,
evidence that Prince Hello hod not re
formed since marrlsge.
SAN FRANCISCO’S .
GRAFT INQUIRY.
. 8AN FRANCISCO. Nov. 18.—S.n
••rsnclsco’s reign or graft began
with tho election of Eugene
Schmitz as mayor In 1001. Abra
ham Ruef, an obacure attorney
with a police court practice, be
came the city’s boss. He organ
ized a system of extortion that
reached from railroad corporations
to bootblacks, from disorderly
houses to respectable business men
who wanted favors from the city.
The earthquake Increased the
opportunities for graft and It was
said that a traction company paid .
$700,000 for the privilege of string
ing overhead wires, that a watar
company paid $250,000 for a fran
chise, and that a telephone com
pany paid $100,000 for a right to do
business. .
Investigation by a grand Jury
was started whlls Mayor Schmitz
In Europe on a vacation. Ruef
had himself appointed prosecuting
attorney In piece of the regular
official, removed by the acting
mayor. This action was knocked
out by the state’s attorney general.
Francis J. Heney was persuaded
by Rudolph Spreckles to go to San
Francisco and become an assistant
district attorney. Ruef and
Schmitz were Indicted on chargee
of extortion and released on heavy
ball. Indictments were also re
turned against other officials and
~gslnet prominent cltlsena.
Schmitz was convicted and sen
against prominent citizens.
Schmitz was convicted sn*_ ...
tenced to five years. Ha appealed.
Ha was removed from office end a
substitute was appointed.
Nearly one hundred Indictments
wer« returned agalnet Ruef and hie
hall amounted to nearly $760,000.
He confessed and entered a piea of
gul'ty. A year later he filed a long
affidavit that the plea waa made
under agreement that It could ba
withdrawn and that tha caste
against him would be dismissed.
Ha was triad on one cate and tha
Jury dlsanreed.
Ruef’a present trial la on the
eharqa of bribing a city supervi
sor In the matter of granting tha
overhead trolley franchise. Tha
trial began two months ago, tha
time so far having been spent In
selecting a lury and Investigating
stories of attempted bribery of tal
esmen.
W. BOURKE COCKRAN
Mrs. Lipscomb, at Women’s
Club Meet, Says That
Northerners Don’t
Understand.
VALDOSTA. Ga., No V. 18—Tho
meeting of the Federation of Wo
men's Clubs last night continued until
about 11 o'olock and waa full of in
terest. Many citizens were presen:
to hear the discussions and the excel
lent muaical program. The addi’oaa
of the president. Mrs. M. A. Lipscomb,
oa listened to with much Intercut.
She outlined in a very interesting
manner what the federation had been
doing during the pn*t year, and ahe
called attention to the work that la
to be taken up during the coming
year. Her address waa devoted vary
largely to the educational work which
Is being dono. She referred briefly to
the work which each of the commit
tees has In hand and ah* urged these
committees to go on with their work.
She touched briefly upon the prohibi
tion question and also the race
problem, which ahe regarded us “dan
gerous ground."
The Negro Question.
She sold that It was time for the
southern people, among, whom the ne
gro Uvea and who are Intimately ac
quainted with him, to look after him.
She said that northern philanthropist*
do not understand the situation and
that tha work of educating the negro.
If turned over to them, would unlit tha
negro for the duties which hla posi
tion Imposes upoh him. Her address
waa a very strong one.
Report on Educational Work.
Mrs. Robert Emory Park read the
report on the educational work of the
federation. It showed thfit tho feder
ation Is spending something like $5,000
a year In scholarships for Georgia boys
and girls. It also showed that a
wonderful stimulus is being given to
the cause of Industrial education by
the federation. Hho said that the fed.
eratlon was striving to build up t
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Independent Fertilizer Mills
Meet Today to Join a New
Combination.
REV. USOII
Pastor Methodist Church at
Jonesboro Is Defendant In
Suit for $10,000.
JONEsmono. a a ., Nov. is.—Aii.sto*
damages In the sum of $10,000. a null
has been filed in the superior court of
Clayton county against Rev. J. C. Atkin
son. pastor or the Methodist Church at
Jonesboro, by Mrs. Hadle A. Bean, one
of the most prominent social and church
workers of tha town.
The petition alleges among other sen
sational chargee that in a discourse
which he delivered September 8 last.
Rev. Mr. Atkinaon referred to Mrs. Bean
aa “a dovll incarnate, a devil from
hell.”
At that time Mrs. Bean was chair
man of the missionary society of the
church. Tha minister atated. it la al
leged. that ahe had dlaaented from the
discipline of the ehure”, Somewhat later,
the petition goea on to aver, he read
before a large number of tho congrega
tion a letter he had written Mrs. Bean
calling upon her either to confess her
wrong in dissenting from church discip
line. or to stand a church trial or to
withdraw.
The petition declarea further:
“The aairi Atkinson used his position
aa pastor to Inflict undue mortification
upon your petitioner.”
The suit will be tried at tha next
term of the Clayton county auporlor
court. Mrs. Bean In represented by W.
L. Wattcrson. of Jonesboro, itml by
Dorsey, llrewater, Howell & Herman,
of Atlanta. Rim is the wife of H. O.
Bean, who lias offices in Atlanta as
traveling passenger agent for the Union
Pacific, the Oregon railroad and the Nuvl-
K llon company and the Southern I’nclfio
llroad Company.
Hoad of Standard Oil Take*
Stand and Tells How Com- „
' pany Grew.
BEGAN WITN $4,000 IH
1862 AT CLEVELAND,
CHICAGO. Nov. 18—The Aral Cath
olic missionary congress which con
vened last Sunday with 1.600 dele
gates, Including most of the distin
guished leaders of the church, both
clerical and lay In the country, closed
with a mass meeting, the feature of
which was an address by W. Mourke
Corkran. of New York.
On every hand were heard expres
ROAD NOW OPERATES *70 MILKS ] 'L"™’!,??
OF ROAD—TO AUGUSTA BV
DECEMBER. 1909.
AUGUSTA, Oa.. Nov. IS—At a meet-
the congress In outlying a new mis
sionary movement designed In parti
cular to perpetuate the Catholicism
I of Immigrants from Catholic countries
land to send pflc.rt* to sparsely settled
. regions. In the end It Is the purpose
BALTIMORE. Nov. II.—The News
this afternoon say*:
Independent fertilizer companies
throughout the south will meet
New York tomorrow to consider
proposition to Join a new fertiliser
combination which will take out
charter under the law* of New Jersey,
and have n capitalization of $76,000,-
000. Of this sum, $50,000,000 will be
■lock equally divided between com
mon and preferred.
will be controlled by Interests Identi
fied with the Tennessee Copper Com
pany. Hie chief subsidiary of the
now corporation will be the $10,000,000
chemical company, recently organized
to handle the sulphuric acid output of
tha Teniiesae* Copper Company. T.
C Meadows, vice-president and treas
urer of the Buffalo Fertilizer Com
pany, la arranging fhe details of the
combination and probably will be
president.
Lowlaohn Bros., New York hankers,
will hava charge of the financial end
of the deal.
Already options have been obtained
one some of the large Independent
planta In the country. Including two
of tha Armour Parking Company In
Baltimore and those of the Swift
Packing Company at Wilmington,
Del., and Atlanta. Ga.
RALEIGH. N. C.. Nov. 18.—A fourth
arrest was made today In connection
with the murder of Dr. Elbert W.
Smith, the traveling salesman from
Richmond, whose body wa» found
Sunday In the rock quarry pool on the
outskirts of tha city.
The latest arrest* was that of Fred
Miller, a young white man. and waa
made by the county coroner, acting
Independently of the elty police.
No time has been set for the ex
amination of Crenrtaw. the negro
hock driver, Hopkins, the reatouront
clerk, and Grade Jame«, the ilomnn.
who were arrested yesterday.
Coroner Hepark he ha* strong
evidence against Miller. The t?oron*i
followed up the arrest of Miller by
issuing a warrant for tho nagro hack
driver, Tom Crenshaw, now under ar
rest by the police. He charges Miller
with the murder ofrDr. Smith by t"in
use of “knockout drops,” and that
Crenshaw, with Miller, took the body
to the quarry. 1
GABTAGO RUNS ON REEFS:
IS
NEW ORLEANS. Li., Nov. 18.—A
wireless message from the United
Fruit Company’s steamer Cartago la
to the effect that thn Cartago today
ran on Utlla reef* off the coast of
Honduras and Is pounding heavily.
The steamer Vaccaro ha* been sight
ed by the Cartago and has signaled
for assistance.
The captain of the Cartago sayi
TELL8 HIM TO STOP READING
NEWSPAPER8 AND TO READ
UP ON SOCIALISM.
EATONTON, Nov. II—The pastor
of the First Methdllst Church here
read from hla pulpit an anonymous
letter received from a hearer at tho
services a few days before who had
seemingly taken offense At the ser
mon
The paator In discussing other sub
jects merely referred to socialism In
an Indirect way as akin to anarchy.
The anonymous latter writer evident
ly a stranger, advised tho preacher to
quit reading vapltnllatlc nowspapera
and get better Informed from socialist
books.
The letter was badly written and
spelled and It is thought that It
As Hs Would Interest A Host of
Friends at His Fireside, tha Aged
Trust Magnate, With Smiles and .
Touches of Humor, Caused tha Court
to Lois Its Official Aspect as Hat
Recall tho Incidents of Interest Con 4
naotad with the Standard In Its
Earlier and Leas Stormy Career-*
“What a Wonderful Thing It Has
Been, the Growth of the Business,**
Said He, in Reminiscent Mood.
NEW YORK. Nov. 18—Relating his
story with th« air of a country gen
tlemen of kindly mien engaging a host
of friends with Incidents of days long
past, John D. Rockefeller, president of
tho Standard Oil Company, though for
nearly ten years retired from'the ac-.‘
tlve cares of company direction, T
over two hours today reviewed tha
history of the early oil trade and tho
development of the first companies
that later grow into the present ao-
culled oil trust.
Big Crowds on Hand. ..i
Mr. Rockefeller wa» a witness for
the defense In the suit to dissolve tho
Standard, which Is being pronecuted
by the United States government, and
hi* appearance at the hearing before
former Judge Franklin,, Ferrlss. the
referee, brought a largo crowd to tho
customs building.
An Imposing Circle of Counsel.
The head of the big oil combine wa*
surrounded by an Imposing circle of
counsel. Mr. Rockefeller appeared at
complete ease,.and when John a. Mil-,
burn of counsel for the Standard. pr n -
pounded his first question, the witness
•poke out In full tone*. i
‘ Mr. Rockefeller told of his .start Ira
the oil buslnas*. and how under ad
verse conditions that business grew
the proportion* of the Standard GiB
Company, of Ohio, with It* capltil1?n-
tlon of $1,000,000. Mr. nock'feller’*
eye* snorkled in reflection «>n that
early $ln|inclftl orgnnlzatfon »>nd in
•peaking of It* tflUllan dollar
Izatlon with almost boyleh enthusiasm
he said: l; »
"It seemed very large to us. who
began with only $4.01U) In 1862”-
Proceedings Lost Official Acpsct.
vans' the proceed 111/* lest in e
their official a*i»rrt r^reuse the en
gaging manner which Mr. Rn«-kr«-<l-r
displayed In .bis nnswsr*. which n w nnd
then contained flashes of kindly humor, V
h showed In Mr. Tlr.-Vrfrl-
nhaven face. Mr. UivfcnO'-
ied In a Plain bunlne** milt
of dork mnterlal and acros* his ve t
was suspended n heavy gold wa:< !> «!ml».
A dark purple necktie. In which a lnrr*
pearl pin was set. snuggled close, to a
nigh collar.
Not An Aggressive Policy.
The development* of Mr. Rnrkvfsner’*
testimony today, which carried him t*
the organization of the Standard oil
Company of Ohio. Indicated that m e
of the line* of the defense would »>*
thst< the standard Company Is not i) e
result of an sg^resslve policy (o obtain
a mastery of the oil trade, ss rhnnc-1.
but rather the natural outcome SC an nnn-
nomloal development, which the
bound from New Orleans to Colon.
!! DEATH FARM MAZE
BECOMES MORE DENSE
LA PORTE. Ind., Nov. 18—Careful
ly working up to the evidence with
Inx of the directors of the Oeorgia °f congress that the church In
S ZtoriL roUroad MmM. " h -’’ 1 ! * upport ,n
noon, officers were elected as fol
10 Preaident—John Skelton Williams,
of Richmond. Vs.
Vice President—F. Q. Brown. Ntw
York.
Second Vice President—E. L. Be-
mis. Richmond. Va.
Oeneral Counsel—W. H. Barrett,
A *3Seril 0 Manager—J. VJ. Tumor.
Douglas. Ga.
Tbe road has 270 miles In actual
operation. Trains will run Into Au
gusta by December, 1$0$. Termini!
bits has been purchased In Augusta,
jfio far the roed has spent on proper-
' ties three and half million In cash.
foreign lands'.
Message Thanks to Pope.
A message of thanks was sent to
the por* and another waa presented
to Archbishop Faiconto for tbe encour
agement in the meeting. Alexander
Granger, of Kankakee. Ills., sounded
the keynote of the new movement
today when he declared that assim
ilation of various races Into ona na
tion was going on In America and
that it could be moat effectively for
warded bv the Catholic church and
the Catholic church extension society.
A. A. Hirst, of Philadelphia, another
speaker, referred to German Catholics
as the most enlightened citlsen* of
German'- because they understood
their religion.
GEN. DUVALL TO COMMAND
IN THE PHILIPPINES
WASHINGTON. Nov. II—MaJ. Gen. I ...
W. P. Duvall has been selected loi uni* Ounness and thereby supposedly
succeed Mnj. Gen. John F. Weston . cau *ed the death of Mr*. Gunn* »* and
In command of troops In Ihe Philip- her three children Prosecutor Smith
pines. Gen. Duvall probably will be | n th* trial of Laniphor/ fur the mur-
succeeded as assistant chief of staff ,j fcr „[ ajr*. Gunness and b* r children
by Oen. Thos. H. Barry, now rum- today unraveled before the Jury tho
mandlng the American army In Cuba. | M tozles of the fire, told by men who
Oeneral Weston on December 15th will • WL . rtf earliest on the scone. Tho groat-
turn over the Philippine command to interest centered about thn tead-
‘ mony of Jus. Maxson. Mr*. Gunness’
hired man. who • scaped from the
burning house.
Indirectly Attorney Weir for the de
fense on cross. examination tried to
Imply that Mrs. Gunness on the night
of the Are hod "doped Maxson in the
oranges which he ate,” but he denied
this flatly.
Sheriff Smutzer told on the stand
of circumstances connected with H*l
geleln’s presence In Ltporte, of ru
mored difficulties between Mrs. Gun
ness and Lamphere and of the finding
of the bodies In th* debria of the
burned Gunness hmne.
STOKELL QUITS;
TO
ASSISTANT ATTORNEY OENERAL
STEPS DOWN ON ACCOUNT OF
RELATIONSHIP.
NASHVILLE. Tenn.. Nor. IS.—Attor
ney A. W. fStakelt. cou*tn to Robin Coop
er end nephew to Col. Duncan B. Coop-
er, who are to be proeeeuted tor shoot
ing and killing former United HLotee Sen
ator E. w. Carmack, has rattened as as
st aunt to Attorney General McCarn.
The resignation wss prompted. It la
•eld. by Mr. Stokell’s relationship to ths
nvjv* imi.tAnn.
cause they were asked to accept *■
of five cents per barrel oa oysters they
supplied large canning fartorlee nt Dun.
bar. La., ovar a thousand fishermen d*l
clarad today that they would quit work!
Their action amounted practically r- -
strike and resulted in doting of
tortes and the idleness of about SOD menJ
omca sad children employes.
dee of the oil Industry demanded
During a brief recess Mr. Ibv-r
talked to the reporters on the Standard ■*
growth, saying: _ ... .J ,, 1 ,
“What a wonderful thing It all lia*
been—thn growth of the business. It l
eeems like a dream to me. and here 1 am
accused of doing the very wicked thl; g
of selling a good article at a lower pH- <*
then any one else."
"Whan We Were All Frlendn.”
"This testimony here today brines baric
to my mind so dearly egrly, in
Cleveland, where we were all fi ■ n.u
‘ nrlghboni together. Ifow well I r*»-
,her that day In Cleveland when f
went Into the bank of T. P. Handy. "»•»
afterward* b»<nm** one of mv ''n.r'-1
friends. I wanted to borrow mon v. hut
I did not have any collateral nor any am
to endorse my note. I told him What i
wanted to do with It. and then he a*ke<t
me how much I wanted, "Keeg $1006/
I said, and I got It To that loan I at-
ARE IRREGULARLY HELD
NASHVILLE, Tenn.. Nov. IS-Judgw
Thomas E. Matthews, In tho flrst cir
cuit court of Davkison county, today*
decided that the Incarceration nf Thra.
Johnson, and eight other alleged night*
riders from Obion county, now in tha
Davidson county Jail, arrested by th*»
military and executive authorities way
Irregular, and ordered that further
examination of the nine ponding cast a
be adjourned until Docombcr 2.
This declares the act of 1823 un
constitutional and the action of th*
governor In holding tha prisoners ir-a
regular.. •'; • a
N. Y. LAWYER SHOOTS
BROTHER AND SELF
REUBEN CROWN DEMANDS MONEY 1
OF BROTHER AND QUARREL
ENSUES.
PITTSBURG. Pa., Nov. 18. -R«ub«»
Crown. Mid to b« m New York attorner,
to In s hn.plt»l her. morUlly wounded
by a revolver Mot sliced to have heel.
MlMnflleted. .. . .
Joeeph Crown, a well-knowni Pltt.bur#
’-,wv»rril in SP .dM»i»» wnnl duier.
nsfy wounded 1
... •*.. adjoining ward donser-
ded by a ehot which the New
Hie accused of haying Infilcted-
shootinr occurred in Jo*«Pfc
office ft the B^kewell bui dmg
I early tonight after the brothore hsd h**»n
wrangling and quarreling for e- me tinv*.
The New*York brother Is said to have de
manded money, which the Pittsburger dee
dined to advance. - — -*
°y U oK
The
Crown’