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^L ~ - ■■ ■■■ ■—I—I H :.\ ' :** The Macon Daily Telegraph WEATHER FORECAST FOR OEORGIAt—PARTLY CLOUDY WEDNESDAY AND THURSDAY. PROBABLY LOCAL RAIN8 IN NORTH AND WEST PORTIONS) LIGHT TO FRE8H EAST WINDS. ESTABLISHED IN 1826. MACON, GA., ‘WEDNESDAY MORNING, NOVEMBER 25, 1908 DAILY, (7.00 A YEAR, <f if ' t ; < • PERSONAL OFFENSE OF A NOMINEE IS UP TO EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE SAYS BLACKBURN IN REPLY TO ORR No Body of Men, However Represenative, May Change the Buie MUST RESIGNTOlXECUTIVE The Secretary of the 8tate Democracy Thought This System Was Known to the Most Untrained—Declares Mr. Oit Shot Wide of the Mark of Logio When Ho Refers to the Position of the Voter Confronted With a Nomi- • Who Had -Been Jailed for Burg- lary^-Tho Woodward*Maddox Fight vWaxes Warm and Interesting. ATLANTA, Nov. 24.—(Telegraph Bureau, Kimball House)—In regard to the statement by J. K. Orr. to the effect that the city primary of Atlanta Is not a democratic one but merely a white primary. B. M. Blackburn, sec retary of the state committee, gave out the following Interview today: “In answer to Mr. J. K. Orr, allow me to say that the personal offense ot a nominee is In the hands of the ex ecutive committee which Is supposed to control nominating elections—not within the power of a self-constituted body of men. however representative All city, state and national govern ments are so organised. One citizen or 25 or 100 citizens may feel that they have the right to change some admin istration act on on the part of a city, state or national government, but they can’t do It. And all these officials must, when they so decide, resign to the executive or administrative power. Such resignations are never legal un til they are regularly accepted. This Is true of clubs like the Capital City Club, and to corporations like tho Orr Shoe Company. I .thought the sys tem known to the most untrained. "With all due'regard for ethical dis cussion. the only kind that I will en ter Into In the present unethical con test, unless compelled to act other wise, I respectfully submit that Mr. Orr allot wide of the mark of logic when he referred to the position of the voter who was.confronted with a nominee that had been jailed for burg lary. A nominee thus situated would be decltlzenlzed. and therefore Incap able of holding office under the law of the land. The suggestion bears not the slightest analogy to the ques tion Involved In the present contest for mayor, Even in such an extreme case it would not devolve upon a com mittee of 25 to furnish a remedy by putting out an Independent candidate, but upon the executive committee un der whose authority the nomination was held, and to whose authority all committees of citizens, however rep resentative, must bow. to call another primary and correct the wrong with out destroying regularity. "Mr. Orr does niy position an in justice and his own no good, by inti mating that I contended in my reply to the committee that, the city elec tions of Atlanta are democratic pri maries. If he will read my letter carefully he will observe that I mode this differentiation: That the white primary of Atlanta was held under practically the same rules as was the state democratic primary, and, al though not confined to party lines, was more binding it that It wa " more com- prehefihlve, meaning .that it bound, re publicans as well as democrats. "Mr. Orr and Mr. Maddox, together with a majority of the committee that aaked the latter to run. may have voted for Taft for president for all I know, but these have no right in reg ularity to bolt a nomination until thsr nominee has been repudiated by tho executive committee.” All Forces in Action. With a big rally of the Woodward forces at the court house here tonight and four ward meetlnee held — ‘ * ACTOR IS KILLED IN SHOOTING ACT LONDON, Nov. 24-H.rb.rt Lee, a musical performer died In this city today from the effects of a wound in the head received during a performance of ■ “Wil liam Tell” act at a local hall last night Lee held a ball on his head at which Madams Clementine shot at a distance of fifty foot. Mad ame Clementine surrendered to the police. Mr. Lee had bean giving this aot for a period of eighteen years without having met with any aocident. of the other side, but no systematic work was in evidence. Mr. Maddox's friends take great prldo in the showing . .mads at the meeting held ht the Lyric theater last nlght.e when three sepi assemblage, and nothing proved it more than the presence and enthusiasm ofm of women. Many of them wore Maddox badges. The candidate met with * splendid rel ceptlon, and his address was greeted with much enthusiasm. His speed, fense of himself as >an Independent dld&te. and the defense was Dased c claim that it Is for the good interests of He made reply to a generally circulated rumor to tho effect that he voted for Taft at the recent national election. He confessed high regard for many very excellent citizens who had conscientiously believed that Mr.-Taft, was the better of the two presidential candidates and who voted their convictions, but avowed that since becoming of voting age In 1991 ha haa nevu democratic ticket. ■ The * . ig voted spy but the straight _ ticket. ildox-meetings tonight were held The candidate went from one to the other of the meetings, speaking briefly at each. In addition, many others pre ceded and followed the candidate, the meetings being handled on the relay sys tem. which has been used with great effect In the municipal campaigns of most of the large cities but never before here. Registration Reaches 16,000. The registration totalled-'ntarlj 16.000 at the close of todor.'and the books will close for the eltytTectlon tomorrow night. It Is probable Chat he total qualified vi * will amount to 16.K00. and about 2.* of these will be negroes. The colored man may prove “•"VS. ja Import «t: for. Ill hold the w , .„ ... _ i both tides —there was plentv of political excitement here during the day and night, particu larly the latter. The forces are lining up for the grand finish, as but one wee! remains for campaigning. The electloi occurs on Wednesday of next week. Great Final Dlaplay. Among the tentative plena for great final display are a great torchlight pro- for Woodward next Monday nighl great darlight street parade foi ..... Tuesday. Both of these have virtually decided upon, and, except- Ig final ward rallies on the evening e the. ejection, they will pracHeally the campaign “ * managers na\„ —.— torchlights for use Monday evening. A Remarkable Campaign, Never in the history of local politics has such a campaign of organization been put up as haa been done on behalf of Mr. Maddox during the last few days. Ten rooms have been engaged at the Kimball house, and have been In use and will continue to be used throughout the remainder of the contest. A force of stenographers and clerks is keeping tab on every detail of the campaign. In addition to the central headquarters, similar ones on a smaller seide have been established In all the wards. Tn addition to the big centra! commit tee there are ward committees with ward managers in charge, and members of all com mitteea ere devoting the greater part of their time to actlvo work on behalf of the candidate. The Maddox Lists. It Js claimed that nearly 7.060 names have heeh enrolled fn the Maddox club. These are checked with the registry lists vi.<< have not already nullified for the election. The effect of this work Is shown In suthoritatlve reports coming from the court house, to the effect that a large majority of those who have been registering since the campaign began are going to vote for Mr. Maddox. Mr. Woodward Talks. "We are working quietly, without any Woodward. great when SSS’u declared Mr. .. _ to the condition of hie campaign today.* "We have committees in all the wards, and our work. I am confident Is se effective as that of the other side. Their results way look big ger than ours, but I think analvste will show then to be superficial. They are working on the surface, while we are going to the hettern of things. I will venture to^ea^^that Jj^*”**, of found tn\rhieh a* majority are not* for me. My reports from the shops and of fice* convince me that the bulk of the voting population are for me. Many per sons wearing Maddox uaitr vote for me,- I e who occupied platan «... meeting lest nigtrt wffi wot vote Mr ti but for m«s. f eee nai **“ nee*, end *m confident Pr-'-tlcolly as tunny wrw the Woodward headquarters balance of - power and may decldo the result. Friends of Mr. Woodward say the Jorlly of the negroes will support their candidate, but leaders on the other side declare that the more reputable class of colored people are lining up for There has been little or,no effort 55fi ygnaSMAB. ’Kn'SWas be left for the closing days of tne cam paign, and will depend In large port upon the exigencies of the occasion. School Checks Sent Out. ATLANTA. Go., Nov. 24.—School money amounting to 83,406. was sent out by State Treasurer Park todav. It goes to live counties. Dodge. Horal- son, Harris, Sumter and Telfair. The payment completes the distribution of S5 per cent of the 1808 state school fund, amounting In all to $2,000,000. The remainder, ll.SOO.OOO, will not bo made unjil tax?* begin coming in early In December. Gets Lieutenant’* Commission. ATLANTA. Ga.. Nov. 24.—A com mission as, lieutenant In the third di vision of the naval militia was Tsaued Halford Falllgant, of Savannah, from the adjutant general's office today. Mr. Falllgant will be commander of the naval branch of the national guard, and will begin a reorganiza tion of that department at once. . Atlanta to See Races. ATLANTA. Ga.. Nov. ”4—Nineteen extra sleepers already engaged tells tho story of how Atlantans are going to attend the automobile races In Sa vannah Wednesday and Thursday. Hundreds are going from here, manr have already done so and the remain der will leave Tuesday and Wednes day. The Atlanta, Birmingham and At lantic railroad will run a special out of here Wednesday evening for Sa vannah. which will arrive there early Thuraday morning, and return Thurs day night. Many extra sleepers have been made necessary by the unusual demand on the Central of Georgia, which supplies the most direct route. Several per sona are taking their machines along. In order to enjoy the races thor oughly. Among those who have gone already are Mr. and Mrs. W. II. Humphrey. Mr. and Mrs. John C. Cohen. Mr. and Mrs. A. M. Robinson. Mr. and Mrs. John J. Woodalde. Charles I. Ryan and J. B. Conally. Frank A. Muneay In Atlanta. ATLANTA, Ga.. Nov. 24—Frank A. Munsey. the noted New York publish er, left here today with a party cn the private car of Major J. F. Han son for Savannah, where he win at tend the automobile races. Since h!s arrival In Atlanta he has been the guest of Mr. and Mrs. John D. Lit tle, and haa been the guest of honor at several entertainments. At a dinner last night. Miss Tracy Duncan and Sam Dunlap, of Macon, were guests In addition to Mr. Mun sey. Others Invited were Miss Laura Payne. Mias Marion Peel. Ml's Helen Ragtey, Mr. Ulrlc Atkinson, Dr. Wil liam Owens. James Alexander and Robert Campbell. Mr. Munsey will stop In Atlanta several days on his return home from the automobile races. SONS OF CONFEDERATE VETERANS ARE ASSEMBLED D. R.R. STOCK, TOO With Reluctunco Ho Tells How Many Roads He Is Interested In. wvfd A* Veteran net* as at those the Urs MOBILE. Ala.. Nov. 24.—The de partment of Tennessee, United Bona of Confederate Veterans, comprising the mate* of Tennessee. Alabama. Georgia. Mississippi. Florida and Louisiana, convened here today. The attendance was large. The an nual address was delivered by wil liam E. Fort, of Montgomery. The annual convention of the Ala- division of United Confederat* opened today with one of largest crowds on record. NEW YORK. Nov. 24—Closing his testimony today in the federal suit to dissolve the Standard Oil Company, John D. Rockefeller threw some un expected light on the popular ques tion of Into what channels of invest ment he turns his tremendous earn- IngB from the oil oompany. Mr. Rockefeller was loath tn state the names of the railroads in which his investments were made, but did so aft. er entering his objections, declaring that his holdings In railroads consist ed chiefly In bonds and that, with the exception of a few roads in which he held only small amounts of stocks, he preferred the bonds as a form of In vestment. Mr. Rockefeller appeared greatly de lighted that his long ordeal waa ovei and hurriedly left the room. Mr. Rockefeller said he held stock In t$ie Delaware, Lackawanna /and Western, the New York Central, the Pennsylvania, the Western Maryland, the Missouri Pacific the Texas Pacific and the Colorado Southern. Mr. Rockefeller said he opposed the keeping of millions of dollars of sur plus by the Standard. Archbold Good Witness. John D. Archbold, vice president of the Standard, proved a mine of de tailed Information, under the direction of the company's counsel, regarding the early production of crude oil and tho development of the pipe lino sys tem. Mr. Archbold llkfly will be on the witness stand for several days. Mr. Archbold beamed with satisfac tion In telling of the Standard’s early history. He said that he kept careful watch on his competitor and then tried to beat him." Upon resuming cross-examination of Mr. Rlckefeller today. Attorney Kel logg read what he eald was a list of stocks obtained by the Standard Oil Company In 1899 for which It had ex changed Its own shares. He said that 442,097 out of a total of 983.883 shares first Issued were In the name of Jno. D. Rockefeller. Mr. Rockefeller said he owned but 256.854 shares of stock of the Stan dard Oil Company, of New Jersey, at that time, but he accepted tho other stock for others. Mr. Kellogg asked the witness If he made It known to any one at that time that he had nn Interest In tho companies Included In tho trust agree ment of 1879 and If It was not a fact that this agreement was kept a secret while he wna combining tho panles. “I cannot say but I think It must have been known to a number of pro pie outside of those who signed It,' replied Mr.^Rockefeller. Mr. Rockefeller did tint recall If he had not made an affidavit that the Standard had made contracts with railroads whereby the Standard haa obtained rebates for guaranteeing certain volume of business. Rockefeller's Railroad Interests. •Are you largely Interested In rail roads over which the Standard Oil Company Is doing business?” he waa asked. I am nn Investor. I may have stock ... a railroad company over which oil shipments! may be made.” "Are you Interested In the stocks and bonds of the Pennsylvania railroad?” “No. excepting at different times i small Interest in the bond*. I pre sume I may have stocks in six or eight railroad corporations. Mv holdings are principally In the bonds." "Can you name the railroads?” "I would nrefer not to mention the railroads. These goodly gentlemen nt the stock exchange over there would not think It very wise. I personally should nnt care to parade my Interests unless INIs necessary to further the cause of Just Ice.” The Standard’s Loans. Mr. Rockefeller was asked about the large amounts of money which tho Standard had loaned in Wall street and he replied that the company loan ed out about $32,000,000 but no sums larger than that. .. Mr. Kellogg Insisted that the wit ness namo the railroads In which he s Interested. T did not buy stocks and perman ently hold them as I do the bonds,” said Mr. Rockefeller. "I have no large holdings In railroad shares today ex cept In two or three railroads. They are held for Investment. Some of tho shares are the Delaware. Lackawanna, and Western, the New York Central, the Pennsylvania, Western Maryland. Missouri Pacific and a railroad in Mexico. I have a few shares In the Texas Pacific. Colorado Houthem, about 500 share*, and Erie first pre- re-direct examination. Mr. Mil- bum asked: "Have you ever at any time sought to Influence any railroad with respect to Ita rates or supplies with reference to.the Standard Oil C °T have not. As far as I know none of my associates has over done so.” Archbold’* Experience*. John D. Archbold then waa catted to tho stand. He flr*t described his early experiences. Speculation In oil stocks SB? 1870 to ttlEHr. Arehbold said was Tami-ant, a fid •vsirtb* price of oil was speculate d tn, which demoralized the SSSmSa and mads It hazardous for the manufacturer. The witness aaldI the fltandard did not fix tho price arbitra rily for the crude otL Mr. Archbold nv. .Ull.llr.l Information of th, total murage of tho Ht.ndnM • gattwrtng and trunk lines, which was In 1683. 2,331 SB In H.W3 nnd ln 190*. 54.616 miles- This Increase, with the excep- tlon of one purchase, was brought shout Ky construction by tie Standard. Wher ever oil was discovered, said Mr Ajirh- bold. the pipe lines wsrs extended. Oil production waa a hazardous matter and frequently fields were quickly ex hausted and the Investment In refineries was practically lost, .said Mr. Archbold. Mr Archbold said ths Standard found and was now finding much competition abroad. This affected the price paid for crude oil- Mr. Arehbold said that there waa now stored In tanks 65,000,000 bar- of that the Standard haa $50,000 GIFT FOR VA. UNIVERSITY Col. Oliver Payne, of New York Admirer of Jefferson and the School 111)00 . the endowment fund of tha University of Virginia haa been made by Col Oliver H. Paynft of New York. Announcement of the donation was made last night by President Aider- man to the members of tho faculty, who were advised that Col. Payne was an admirer ot Thomas Jefferson and of the University of Virginia, and had become Impressed with the greatness of the university’s work. CRAZY FARMER CREATES STIR Tries to Kill Family and Neighbor, Then Takes His Own Life. SPARTANBURG. S. C.. Nor. if. John Haynes, a farmer of Winona, 8. C.. after trying to kill his wire ar.d children with a shot gun today, shot Henry Moorp who went to tho as sistance of the family, in' the' leg. Haynes then turned the gun on him self and blew out his brains. THE TAFTS TAKE ANOTHER^HOUSE Announcement Made That Territ Cottage Will Be Occupied. HOT SPRINGS, Va.. Nor. 5f—Pres, idont-cloct Taft unnounced today that ho had taken tho Tcrrlt cottage at Augusta Ga., fqr occupancy tho IStti of December. The cottage is adjacent to the »Bon Air Hotel where the Taft romily will take their meals. Mrs. Taft left here tonight for New York, where she will be mot by her IS SHOT, BAKER CO. SENSATION ATLANTA. Ga.. Nov. 24.—A dispatch from Newton, linker county, states that Information has Just reached there from Milford, a town without railroad, tele graph or telephone communication, of a HoiiNutlonal shooting affray Sunday. “ Tho report sayn that the town thrown Into a condition almoNt prmehlng panic when. Just a* many citizen* were returning to the|y home* after church service*. E. K. Taylor fired n pistol live time* at Rev. Mr. Morris, pastor of the Milford Methodist church. Only shot took effect, inflicting -Jy ... ... alight wound In the fleshy part of Morris* 'g: According to Information received at Newton, Morrl* hoarded at the home of Taylor. Taylor moved Into tha county ‘ — After the sliootinr about a year f o. After the aliootlng In custody at Milford until a warrant could b* issued and served by Bherlff Perry, who lodged tho prisoner In Jail nt Newton yesterday. Taylor has also sworn out a warrant charging Morris with an attack upon Mr*. Taylor. CUMINS NAMED TO kept tm t "AtTthls enter* Into the price paid lot HV.. (a *o.’ -H<*r long may thl* oil be htldr* "Altogether it Is Improbable that this oil new bHng taken out of tha talfi-eor Unent field will be uard for tea gars. lfr. Archbold said that In tl~ ■ day* It was a question of a bargain be tween tho shipper and the railroad. "This continued until the postage of the Interstate commerce taw.* sate Mr. AretlboM. "and tM* tremendous talk about our eosapanv being unbar la Its relation tow**da the xtulread* waa very I tow. DES MOINES. In., Nov. 24-Ry a atrlct parly vote of 109 to 35 Gover- nor Albert R. Cummins today was elected United States senator tn fill the vacancy caused by tho death of (Senator Wm. : B. Allison, whoso term ould have expired on March 4. 1901. The Joint nrsnlnn of the legislature quietly fulfilled tho mandate of the re cent primary vote. The democratic minority voted solidly for Claude Por ter. Following the election of Governor Cummins to the senate, ho resigned the governorship and Lieut. Gov. Garst was Installed as governor for the remnant of Governor Cummins terms, whldh will end on January 15, 1809. A reception which thousand* attend ed was held in the rotunda of tho capital tonight. Governor Oarst and Senator Cummins stood In line for mora than two hours receiving ths con gratulations of Iowans. Senator Cummins will go to Washington early next Monday to bo sworn In as sens tor. Henators Cummins’ speech of ac ceptance was a idea for harmony and for an eradication of factional differ ences In Iowa. He pledged himself for Immediate tariff revision, Sena^i tor Cummins declared himself unal^l terabfy opposed to discrimination in freight rates end condemned stock wa tering and other alleged abuses of corporations. TOBACCO BUYERS ATTEND SALE OF 5,000(000 LBS WINCHESTER. Ky.. Nov. 24-Re ports of every big Independent tobac- co concern in the United States as well as buyers for the American To bacco Company were hero today to attend tho sales of the remainder of I he tobarco In the pool of the burley society, amounting to about five mil lion pounds. Prices ranged from IS to $0 cents. unjust Indeed. The people who made tbs outcry have done ft for ulterior ^know what your next IN TENNESSEE Negroes Murder Officer and Wound Another—Quick Purnishment. UNION CITY. Tenn.. Nov. M.—Tha little town of TlptonviUe, bordering on Reel Foot Lake, which has been the scene of many stirring incidents the past month, witnessed the lynching late this afternoon of threo negroes Who were arrested this morning for murdering 8peclal Deputy Bherlff Richard Hurruss, and fatally wounding Jttftn Hall, a deputy sheriff. Tho negroes names are: Marshall Steinbeck. Edward Steinbeck and Jim Steinbeck. Cause of Trouble. Three brothers created a disturb ice at a religious meeting near Tip tonvlllo Saturday night and when the two officers attempted to arrest them, a fight ensuod In which tho negroes came out victorious and made their escape. It was barely daylight Sun day morning before a posse of cltl- aens from TlptonviUe and the sur rounding country were in pursuit of the negroes, but they successfully elud ed the white men until 8 o’ dock this morning, when they were surrounded and captured in a ^lttle swamp near the village of Rldgely. The vicinity is known as the old river bed cane- brake and it is a difficult matter to trace man or beast through Ita tan gles. Once captured, however, the ne groes, covered by a hundred guns, were quickly landed in Jail at Tipton* ville. The negroes when nrrcittnl had two guns In their possession, but had run out of ammunition. The news of their capture spread rapidly to th** surrounding territory and In addition the several hundred members of th* posse began nrrlvlng by every road and soon the Jail was surrounded by a mob which had no hesitancy In threatening a lynching quickly and surely. In fact It was feared nt neon that the best townspeople could not prevent the lynching from taking place In broad daylight. Appeals to Crowd. One of the first citizen* to mount the stops of the Jail and make an appeal to the mob was J. T. Bur nett, a well-known lawyer. He re called tho recent night rider outrages which had disgraced tho vicinity. Ho admonished his hearers not to do anything desperate, nnd to lot the law take Its course, nt the same time promising that full Justice would be * h r thro ° bInrk wen. This met with it long growl of disapproval snd Mr. Burnett, evidently seeing that his remarks were of no avail, pleaded with the men that if they were determined to lynch the negroes, to at least wait until night had fallen. Mob Rsstlsss. juvnoSi ii roth r r nf * ho ed deputy sheriff, followed Mr. Bur nett. He said In effect that a post ponement of the lynching until night would be satisfactory to him. The mob. however, was very restless and It wa 6."°°n fiem that It would ho im possible to atom the tide of feeling. Hasty Trial Arranned. As a last resort. 8. J. Caldwell, a townsman nnd Bherlff Haynes went before Justice Lee Davis and ex plained the situation, telling of the menacing attitude of the crowd which thronged the streets leading to the Jail. Justice Davis ot once agreed to open his court nnd at 5 o’clock sum moned a Jury of twelve men, nnd al lowed the negroett after all evidence that could be adduced was heard, to be duly sentenced to death. Troop* Arrive Too Lets. Meanwhile Governor Patterson was advised by telephone of tho situation and ordered a company of militia !r. this city to proceed with all hnste, to secure the negroes and conduct them to a place of safety. The troops wore started at once but failed ?o arrive In time to prevent the lynching. At the trlnl only tho evidence of those who had seen the killing was heard and In on Incredibly short time the case was given the Jury, who In n fow minutes returned a verdict of guilty and Axing the penalty nt dunth. Court Sentence of No Avail, The sentence had barely been pass ed on the threo negroes when tha mob, with a whoop and n, yell swarm* ed Into the court room and seizing the negroes rushed them to a Inrgo tree near the edge of town nnd hanged them, llrlng volley after volley Inin the air as tho bodies wore drawn up from thn earth. HEAVY LOSS FOR GROCERY FIRM Bainbridge Grocery Co. Is Destroyed By Fire—Loss $75,000. nAINRRIDGR, G».. Nov. 14.—r»r the second time within a year th« Balnbrldgn Grocery Company was tn> day destroyed by fire, tha loss amount- Ing to $75,000. The imount of insur ance could not bo learned. Tha cause of tha fire Is unkmwn. This concern wan one ot the larg est wholesale grocery firms In this section of the state, ths lino of goods being large and complete. 60V. HANLEY ON WAY 10 MALLORY HEADS NEW COMPANY WHICH PLANS TO SAVE LINES OF CONSOLIDATED STEAMSHIP GO CHAPES PLAYMATE; IS SHOT TO DEATH CHATTANOOGA. Tenn., Nov. ~W.—Clarenco Little, 10 years of age, was shot and instnntly killed by Tom Wlckes, aged 14, this afternoon. Young Little ohafed the Wlckes boy on re- turning from a hunt without any game and said: “1 would not be afraid to glvo you a ■hot at me.” "By Q . I’ll take It.” said ■Wlckes, and fired a charge of burkrtot Into the boy’s breast. The coroner’s Jury Meld Wlckes first degree murder. TODAY STARTS THE CUP RACES Nearly a Hundred Thousand People In Savannah—Fifteen Cars Have Entered. L SAVANNAH, da.. Nov. 24.—All of the rorcign and American drivers who sre tn pilot car* In thn International light car and grand prise races here, were called I together tonight at tho headunarter* of the Automobile Club of Ann-rlca In ths Deftntn hotel and given the/r Anal Inslnic-1 tlons for th* reesa. The light car event —a twenty Inp Jaunt around a short ten- mil# rectangle—will bo started tomorrow morning at 11 o’clock, and the Indications tonight point to fifteen final ontrants. The grand prise race of 402.08 miles, the longest road race ever run In America, Iwlir he started at 9 o’clock Thanksgiving morning, with twenty of tho faxtest cars irepresentlng France, Oermary. Italy and the l'nlted Rtatss, entered. hgThe egndltl«M|ij|kMd of the races end thn M0ERI through Interpret.... m disposed Of. Everything lx In readlnexs for the light ear race tomorrow. Tho tiny racing machines will ho sent away i lislf-ralnute Intervals, and If all goes w the last of the fifteen should hprdlv i under way before No. 1 conics swirling down the home stretch In completion or the first Inp. The unusually large nuinhei of laps to the race and the short Inter vale separating the tears arc expected to furnlah Plenty of excitement to the of people * ‘ SMHPths flnlal. ......— .- rlous aeddonta of the practice period for the raring here have occurred to thn light cars and there la not a little, ap prehension tonteht lest th* -mere daring of the drivers should aenfl their frail little rim rues along tomorrow at too groat a "need for eafety. Thtro are but four turn* on the rectangular course, hnw RPTaNiiiMi i tn be Htntlnned racing roads, flagmen at the shortest of Intervals and every thing possible in protection of the course "with iK’iiitit o'clock, the result should be known short- in maintain an average speed of between « and 60 miles sn hour. Th# exact dis tance of the race tn 196 miles. 'It was an nounced last week thst nn nddltfnnnl lap would l»e'required of the drlvefs In order to brlhg the total nillengc nhnve 200 miles.i but It hna now been decided to let the race Mend aa a 30-lap affair. The two absentee* from the seventeen starters lorlalnally snnnunred for tomorrow's twee will be the Ainerlrnn Aristocrat, which Idld not arrive, nnd the Ofegnlre, a French entrant, which George Robertson, the winner of the Vnnderhllt cup. and the iFalrtnon Park races this year, waa to have driven, crashed Into two trees and wsnt pletely through i killed, has been practically i tonight, It wns announced starter tomorrow morning. Herbert Gunners will be at the wheel Instead of Jean Juhsnne, who was In jured In the wreck. The revised lint of light ears and drivers starting tomorrow morning Is as follows: No. l. fl. P. O., Conners: No. 3, Lan cia. Hilliard: No. I. Chalmers-Detrolt, Rergdnll; No. 5. Cameron. Cameron: No. «. loot Is. Poole; No. 8. Hulck, Hurmen; No. 9. Maxwell, Wee; No. 10. Chslmers- Detfoit, Lorltner; No. II. Bulck, Ifenrne; No. 18, Maxwell, Costello; No. 13. Chsl- mers-petrnlt Hums; No. 14. Rules. Hea ter: No. 16. Maxwell. Munweller; No. 16, Rulrk, Jeffers; No. 17, Maxwell, Kelsey. twenty entrants In the cup race went out. Th* I/»xler c*r. one of the Ameri can team, had a narrow escape from to tal wreck this morning when Mulfnrd. a merhanMan, lost tho road and took the hnrk off a big oak tree. One wheel, slightly damaged, was quickly replaced and the ear made eeveral of Its fastest laps thla afternoon. The speed honors of tho day. however, went to DePalma of the Flat Italian team, who made a dmilt of the 26.11 miles In 23.65. Two ocean steamers laden down with enthu- xjnnta from New York arrived today. They were held,up nt tho mouth of the river for several hour* by for. Special trains from New York end many cities In the south began to arrlv* tonight and the city Is crowded. LAYING TRACK BEGINS ON door^neighbor did?'* “I did not except what 1 could And bv cereful Inquiry, then I tried to be%t pi saw ■**•“ '»» Adjournment was taken until tomor- Governor Hanley, who In turn win present It to the federal govcnuntJE. 18 ACCOMPANIED BY HIS 8TAFF AND FIFTY OTHER PROMI NENT INDIANIAN8. INDIANAPOliaTTnd., Nov. 24— Governor Hanley amd staff and fifty other Indlanlans left today for An- deraonvllle. Ga., for the dedication of the Indiana monument at the famous Civil War prison. Tho party went by way of Loulavllla. On Thursday the Indiana monument commission will present the sheft to OC1LLA, Ga., Nov. 24.—The laying of track on the Odlla Southern Rail road was begun today from thla point tn Alapaha, and thence to either Nash- .ville or Adel from Alapaha.. About thirty ’hands are at work on thla work. The grading waa done about a year ago. but the panic cauned the work to sunpond. Flfty-slx-ponnd new steal rail is being tayed all the way. An Approaching Marriage. Cards are out announcing the mar riage on the evening of the 26th In stant of Mias Guaslc Henderson, daugh ter of Hon. J. A. J. Henderson, of this place, to Mr. Oeorgn Dickson, of this county, at the First Baptist Church. Other Notes. Dr. J. W. Layfleld and family ar rived Sunday from LuthersvIHe. Ga., and he will enter upon the practice of medicine at this placo, A "Day at the Union Station” waa ntayed at the auditorium lint even ing by local talent to a good houao. The play made qnlte a hit. Mrs. John D. Paulk, who had been elck for about a year, and had been In a sanitarium In Atlanta a good deal of the time of her long Illness, died here last Heturday. and her re main* were interred at Brush* Crack ffaureh Hunday. She waa an excel lent Christian lady, and leaves a hus band and three small children. Lines Taken Over By New Concern Are 1 Those Run ning Southward. IN THE PANIC OF 1907 The Morse Corporation Praotloally Coast up Till February 4, Last, portation Facilities of th* Atlantia Coatt up Till February 4„ Last, When tho Company Pasted Into the Hands of a Receiver—Tha New Or ganization Will Be a Holding Com pany for Four of 8ix of tho Lines— The Other Two Will Remain Under 8eparat* Management BOSTON, Nov. 24—Thn Incorpora tion at Portland, Me.*, today of a new $40,000,000 corporation to bn known a* thn Atlantic. Gulf and West Indies Steamship Lines, with Henry R. Mal lory, of New York, as president, and with substantial backing by Boston bankers, was In lino formulated by Interested parties to save from com plete wreck thn Consolidated Steam ship Company, promoted by Chas. W. Mow, of New York. Thn lines to ba taken over by the new corporation are those operating from New York south ward. Tho Boston men among thn In- corporator* are Henry Hornblownr, of the banking firm of Hornblownr and Weeks, and Galen L. fltono, of tho bnnklng firm of Hayden, Stono and Company. Holding Company for Four Linos. The Morso corporation practically controlled the steam water transpor- tatloh facilities of the Atlantic const when Morso was caught lh the panto of 1907, nnd which, on February 4, lust, passed Into thn bunds of a ro- colver. Tho new qoinpatiy haa a cap ital of $20,000,000 andf tun same amount holding company for four of the six linns which Morse brought under th* Consolidated company) Inamoly, the Ward. Clyde, Mallory and Now York and Porto Rico. The other two Morse lines, th* East ern, running east from this city, and jJzaJJetropolltnn. between ihls city end Now York, will remain under srpnrate management for n time at least. ’The ’ reorganisation committee, found The ’ reorganisation commrttjx that there waa outstanding four per rent, bonds of the Consolidated Htranlxliln Company and a floating debt of I2.4ftO.WO. which had to he financed. Tho promoter* of the new flan eae- cerdcd In obtaining the approval of 97 per cent, of the old landholders, repre senting $r.t.#85,«00 worth of bonds, and the project wo* secure. Th# Reorganization Plan. The reorganization plan provide! that the old bondholders shall receive for their holding 30 per cent, in the ft par cent, bonds of the new company: 28 per cent. In the preferred "tork. and It 1 ,* per cant. In common stock, tha haUuic#, l7Mi PJ r cent.. Iwlng a tote! kwa flawg; era However, put their original holdlnga of atock In the subsidiary companies on a basis of 36 rente on the dollar, so that their lux* will n«»t he large. The non-aaaentlng bond holder* will he B id off In cash at n price to be fixed by a court. . _ . .. — i... .. floating debt J he an HH | Issuance of short time nnlra. which b..om, hu" «•>-! of th. toW Iwrn tiikon hr tho hourtliolrtor. Jnt ll. tmliuiro hr no.ton h-- 1 — Th. flr,t of th««o , ... ... becomes due January 1, 1909, and th# last a year from that time. In Operation by Decembsr IB. It Is expected that tho new company will be In active wonting operation by December 16, with liesrtquartere In New York. It haa control of the Metropolitan line* and own# 2ft per cent, of the stock ^•SSSSJn^^S!^ ship line* will be sold at auction In this city tomorrow afternoon pursuant to the decree of the United States circuit eourt. They Include allure* of the Mallory East ern. Metropolitan. Clyde, New York and Cuba Mall and New ^ork and Porto Rico Steamship Companies. Those shares were i^rtreged on Janu- ary 1, 1907. by the Consolidated Btfifim- ■hfp lines to the American Trust Com pany of Boston. CUBAN ORANGE CROP IS LARGEST ON RECORD WASHINGTON. Not. 2t.—Th. Cu- ban oranae crop thla jraar will ba tha larc.t In Ilia bl»tory of tho lalaml and will reach 600,000 hoi... accord- Ins to a report made to th. bureau nf manufacturer, by Con.ul n. X. lloladay, of Santiago do Cuba.. The bu.lnre. of orange uultura n tha laland. ha -tya. It almo.t entlr.Iy In tha hand. o£ Am.rlcan., NEGRO IS SHOT TO DEATH WHEN RE REFUSES TO HALT JACKSON. Ml*,.. Nov it.—Will Anderson, suspected of being Will Mack, the negro who acted Improperly; toward Mia* Meyers, a sixteen-year-, old white girl, at PelahaWhi* last FrU day, wag rf»©t to death last night by a sherifTa poss* ntar Brandon. The negro refused to halt wLeq $»• command wm given to surrender. Governor Noel today offered a re ward of $S00 for tho capture ot Mack., PAPKE-KETCHEL BOUT TO TAKE PUCE, RULES COURT No 24-Tho BAN FRANCI8C0. application by John J. Injunction to prevent Wm. rspkeand Stanley Ketchel from fighting on Thursday under th# au*ptc«*» of Jam*'* J. Coffroth’a club was refused by Judge Sewell today. The content therefore will be held as scheduled.