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The Macon Daily Telegraph WEATHER FORECAST FOR GEORGIA!—FAIR THURSDAY WITH COLDER IN SOUTH PORTIONS! FRIDAY FAIR. LIGHT NORTH WINDS BECOMING VARIABLE. * ESTABLISHED IN 1826. li' MACON, GA., THURSDAY MORNING, DECEMBER 8, 1908 DAILY, |7.00 A YEAR. MADDOX DEFEATS JIM WOODWARD IN ATLANTA MAYORALTY CONTEST DY DECISIVE MAJORITY OF 3,149 Garries Every Ward in tho City Except Two—Total Vote 12,308. ATLANTA HAS EVEP KNOWN Evldmt From Tim* Poll® Opened Yeiter terday Morning That Maddox Would Be Victor—Probably Had Best Organ* Ized Campaign of Any Candidate Who Ever Offered for Office In That City. Employed Varloue Meant to Get Voters Out—Woodward Forces Lacked System and Means—Case of Organization and <Funds Against Lack of Organization majorities. The ’ ATLANTA, Ga., Dec. 1—Robert F. Maddox was elected mayor of Atlanta to- Jav. defeating James G. Woodward, the white primary nominee, by * i. The vote by wards: city except two. and those were I by Mr. woodward by very a * ties. The vote b wards:: Maddox. Woodward. Mr. Maddox received a total vote of 7,179 and Mr. Woodward 4.570. The total vote was 12,308 and the registration 35,061. Ends Spectacular Campaign. Thus ends the most unusual and ex- elting municipal campaign Atlanta has ever experienced. Although Woodward was decTnred the nominee of tho demo cratic primary election, held In Septem ber. he did not receive the support of the democratic organization In the city end many of those who supported him In the primary oast their ballots In todays election for Maddox, who was proclaimed the primary » election for M . — the citizens' nominee at popular mass meeting held on November 8, as a public protest against alleged immoral conduct r.f Woodward subsequent to his nomina tion at the primary. All Three Papers for Maddox. Atlanta's three dally newspapers took up the fight tor Maddox against Wood- Ward, declaring It a campaign for civic virtue In Atlanta’s official life. Wood ward Issued s public statement Imxna- rllately after Maddox was placed In tne tat-e. withdrawing and declaring that he did not desire to precipitate a heated political campaign, believing that It was necessary at this time that harmony should prevail In the political faction* of the city. Subsequently at a mas* meet- lo* of,his support ‘ ‘ ‘ ‘ a-onEer^thetaceV. *od from that time i the streets being such as to alarm the police department, finally calling forth an order from the chief of police doub ling the force until after the election. Numerous mass meetings and torchlight processions were held .by the opposing forces, only the extraordinary precautions of the police department at times pre venting slashes between the Woodward and Maddox supporters. . Mr. Maddox, mayor-elect. Is vice pres ident of the American National Bank end a young man of considerable wealth. He will be Inducted into office the first of the new year, succeeding Mayor W. R, Joyner. ' A M*ddox Winner From Start. It waa evident from the thne the poll* opened this morning that Mr. Maddox was going to be the victor. Never In the history o? the city, pernapa the country, lias n more perfect system for getting out h full vote been operated on behalf of a candidate. In opposition, the Wood ward -forces had no system, no method nnd no means. It. waa a clear caae of orsmnlzatlon backed by unlimited funds winning against non-organlxatlon and ' 'Stire than r W0 men left their places of business and devoted the day to working i behalf of the Maddox ticket. ■ It the smallest particular. Every man knew the place ne was to fill and ha aiiMf tt. Conveyances by the score were , for the purpose of carrying voters to and from the polls. A Novel Feature. A novel feature waa a telephone ■■ change rigged up on Pryor street. Under the direction of Walter O. Cooper, aecre-i tsry of the chamber of commerce, forty plrls were employe*! In telephoning Mad dox supporters. Before many had break fasted their telephones began ringing. ••Is that Mr. ——T‘ the girlish voice would ask. and after an affirmative re sponse. would aay: ■ ..I ••Well. Mr. Orr says get over to the polls ss soon as you can and vote.” At the polls the votcre were checked off as they voted, snd the exchange was kept Informed of all those who responded to the calls. Those who did not go promptly would be agnln rung up In thirty minutes or sn hour, and on through the day until reported as having voted. At the ’phone exchange, they bad the name and 'phone number and house ad dress of practically every Maddox dub C Member. Those who could not be reached Hr telephone were sent for by messenger, Hnd. If nere_Tsnry. by •• — acquaintance Second ward polls several aged i could not walk, brought there m car riages. were vlrtualy carried bodily Into the precinct and held up while they de posited their ballots. Claim JcvLash Uused. Bn far aa could be definitely learned, no money was used tor purchasing votes. It waa apparent however, that auch waa unnecessary. The Woodward people charge, though, that many large employ ers went to the polls and spent the day, for the purpose of seeing Hoar their men voted. They claim that the job-lash waa used with a liberal hand. An Alleged Ballot ‘‘Trick.” On the other hand, the Maddox peepto any the Woodward managers wen guilty r.f several attempted tricks of father cheap variety. One of these. thay claim, . onalatcd of getting out ballo.e on blue paper carrying the name. R. D. Mad dox.” which would have Invalidate^ every one so voted. Mr. Maddox's ballots were on blue, and Mr. Woodward's on white paper, but several hours after the polls opened hun dreds of Woodward tickets on blue pe ps- showed up at most of the nrsdneta. i Wh- n the alleged trick waa discovered, squads of young men were employed In shouting warnings to ill who voted A* noon. It seemed that Mr. Maddox was leading In every ward of the city. The cltlaena of the sixth, seventh and rfahth wards laid voted almost wildly for him. In even the fifth, whert the fiMwI-i’.ton Is made up largely of working jT^ople Mr. Maddox had a big lead dur- frr the greater part, of the ... .... „ > «mMU Mr. Woodward dui not loan heart now- ever but declared at noon that his trances ware good, ilia campaign man ager, Walter R. Brown, spoke equally as confident Some of the woodward sup porters seemed of similar mind, os a lew were willing to bet at long odd* even up to noon. From Lwo '* * " vorlng Maddox as prevailed j ■ ‘ the batting odds rose — - early this morning, and were from ■HUPVHMHVHMOTIV Tuesday I | night, the betting odds rose to three very Tittle" betting."'though. except^J Good order prevailed at the polls, the police having little trouble In preserving the peace. The enthusiasm was for Mad-i dox. aa the Woodward workers were tow In numoer at moat of the precincts. They wete also unorganized, nnd worked with-1 I out system. At one precinct no Wood- ' 'lota could be obtalned^H ra after the pol's ope Mr. Woodward Talks. ■■■! ”1 am not surprised,” said Mr. Wood ward tonight when asked tor a statement the moat remarkable victory eve of fanaticism taken advantage of by with money and which 'ft la all due ^ most ~of~ whom, always opposed Urttcst — - . known, because thay took the dirtiest piece of polltlca the state nas ever known, because they took advantage of alleged personal faults Of mine to encompass my defeat •“If they had been sincere there may have been some excuse, but they cared nothing—that is the leaders did not— about tho good or fair name of the city. They wanted tq get rid of me. If the issue had been left to the state at large I would liave beaten them ten to one. From every city In the state I re ceived words of encouragement and good will, and I know that sentiment outside of Atlanta waa tor me. It is tor me here, but the combination wns auch that it could not he expressed." ... . "Will you remain in politico? ho waa asked. . , „ "I am going to attend to my business, he replied. The next campaign Is too far off to dlacusaj?lans. In fact. If my health does not Improve I will probably be dead by that time. "After almost twenty years service In office tor the people of this town. I am glad to be able to say that not even in this fanatical campaign did niy worst anemlea dare attack my official record. Not on# of them said that I was not a good official. Not one Imputed dishon esty or bad Judgment to me. They would not dare make the campaign on the mer its of the two candidates or I would have won. There is one consolation In defeat and that la I will escape u lot of hard work. I did not want the office and would not have been a candidate In the primary If they had tried to abut " * by law. personal misfortunes . val before the clec- by means that were and the short Interval before the elec tion to beat' *■“ * “ i Unfair than any • „ ..undldate tor office ... .— . they derived any satisfaction they welcome to It" . . .. After the result became known th< great throngs who had been watching tni returns began to march through thi streets with bands celebrating their.vic tory. Aa a rule the Woodward men were quiet and good natured. Thore The Maddox celebration ended tonight with a torchlight parade, participated In by over 500 supporters of the »ucco»Mnl candidate. Tiioy first marched to the homo of Mr. Maddox, where speeches weye made by. the mayor-elect, J. K. Orr and others. They ’spoke %ng the usual lines, saying that it tyas A great moral 'victory and would place the city in a square light before the world. Later the paraders marched to the Grady mon ument where J. R. Smith. W. D. Upahnw and others spoke. From there they went to the newspaper office*. Largo crowds remained on the street, until late, shout ing for the successful candidate. JUDGE PARKER IS ILL: HIS COURT IS ADJOURNED HAZLEHUR8T, Ga., Dec. 2.—Judge T. 'A. Parker wan taken ill la*t night and superior court waa brought to » standstill. It waa his Intention to take up the criminal docket thla morning. The Judge waa ill at the regular term time and court wns adjourned to thla date, and now it is apparent that an other time will have to be set. An effort was made to secure tho services of Judgo Martin, but It proved futile. MINE PLANTERS START NEWPORT NEWS. Va.. Dec. 2.— A ha*ardous Journey, the like of which has been undertaken heretofore only by tho naval torpedo boat flotilla which accompanied the battleship squadron from the Atlantic to the Pacific, was begun here today when four smull government mine planters, no bigger than tugs, steamed from Hampton Roads at 4 o'clock this afternoon. Two of the tiny craft, the Col. George Arm- iatead and the Major Samuel Ring- gold. are destined for Seattle, via Cape Horn, while the others, the General Samuel J. Hunt and the Gen. Henry K. Knox, have been assigned to Ma nila, and will proceed there via the Suez canal. Theae boats will form a part of the army coaet defense ser vice end it la calculated that eaeh jvill consume nine months In maklfig the trip. In honor of the departing men, a brilliant reception a short time previ ous to the vessels’ sailing was held at Fortress Monroe at which General Ar thur Murray, chief of artillery, was present, he having came from Wash ington to “ **“ *" ' * fleet. POSTMASTERS PLACED witness the sailing of the WASHINGTON, Dec. 2—All fourth class postmasters in the states east of the Mississippi river and north of the Ohio river were today placed In the classified service by an executive order of the president. Hereafter all the appointees to fourth class postmasterships in those states must undergo civil service examina tion. Postmasters now holding office will not need to take the examination. Texas Town Destroyed. DALLAS, Texas. Dec. 2.—Advices from Beekvllle, Gregg county, state that the business section of tho town was destroyed by fire early today. The loss It estimated n* 1200,000. berL assistant general freight erymt of the Chesapeake and Ohio railway, on trial In the United States «irenl* court, the Jury waa Instructed snd argument begun. WIFE IS LOYAL TO HERHUSBAND Valdosta Girl Is Unyielding „ Despite Accusations of Her Father. VALDOSTA, Ga.. Doo. 2—’Will Bob- Inson. who was In Jail hare on a charge of bigamy, the warrant for his arrest being sworn out by Elder A.. V. Simms, father of wife number two, waa released on a bond of $1,200, aom* of the wealthiest citizens of Valdosta going on the bond. The bond was secured through the efforts of his al leged second wife, the daughter of the prosecutor, who is standing loyally behind him. She believes that he is Innocent and declares that she will stand by him to the end. Elder Simms, It Is said, waa much provoked at Robinson's release from pall and there was quite a scene on the street In front of tho court ns Robinson and his wife came from tho jail on their way to the lawyer's of fice. Mr. Simms happened to meet them and Immediately began to toll Robinson what he thought of him. It Is said that he threatened to kill him If ho remained In the city twonty- four hours. His friends later coun seled with him and the rash threat waa withdrawn. Robinson is at one of the hotels here and says that he will remain here until after his trial. His wife Is liv ing with her parents, but Is unyield ing In her faith In him. Mr. Slums says that he has all the evidence he needs to convict him, and he has tried to convince his daughter of his guilt, but she refuses to be con vinced. Two Are Bitten By Dog. VALDOSTA, Ga., Deo. 2—Mr. W. L. Treadwell and the little daugh ter of Mr. Joe Stevenson are being given the Pasteur treatment hero for the bite of a mad dog last Saturday. The report came back that the dog had hydrophobia and since then treat ment from the state has been re ceived for tho two patients. Roth of them are getting along very well and there aro no bad symptoms. Both of the parties were bitten at Remerton and nearly every dog in tho place was bitten. A crusade wns started against the dogs and aa a result eighteen or twenty have have been killed. Every dog in the place, except three or four that hnd been kept in the yards were killed. KILLSJpi MAN CAROLINA PRISONER ON WAY TO 8AFEKEEPINq CONFESSES UGLY CRIME. Quitman Johnson, a negro, was taken from custody there today charged with tho murder, of a prominent farmer In Barnwell county, and hurried to tV: penitentiary for safekeeping, the au thorities fearing lynching. On his way to prison he confessed that ho had been hired to taka the life of another man and that he had rate- taken hlg victim. CONTEMPT OF COURT SAYS NA8HVILLE, Tenn., Dec. 2.—Judge Thomas E. Matthews In the circuit court here today surprised tho state’s attorney from Union City who is here to secure the return to Obion county holding that the sheriff, tho attorneys and every one in any way connected with tho service of capiases on the prisoners hero were guilty of contempt of this court. He further stated that the technical arrests mode yesterday of the prisoners In Jail were lllegat. Attorney Hill argued that no con tempt had been Intended and that no actual service was had on the prison ers, the return setting out that the demand of the capiases had not been complied with. ARMSTRONG & CO. FAIL; WELL MOWN BROKERS PITTSBURG, Pa., Dec. 2.—Owing to their Inability to realise on paper In their possession, John D. Armstrong A. Co., well known stock brokers, with offices In the Farmers' Bank building, made an assignment today to Walter P. Rainbow, of Chapman & Rainbow, attorneys. * Both Armstrong & Co. and Attorney Rainbow state tho assets will exceed the liabilities. Mr. Rainbow said: . "A hasty examination of the book values ahow figures amounting to $1,000,000, but then thla amount does not represent the extent of the sus pension. It will be several days bo- fore I can make a statement, but tho failure Is a very small affair.” WAS BORN IN GE0R6IA BOSTON. Dee. 2.—Francis J. Doug las, an editorial writer on the Boston Globe end In former years a con tributor to several New York dallies, died here today. He was bom In Georgia In 1$$7. 40-F00T WHALE SIGHTED OFF CAROLINA COAST NORFOLK. Va,. Dec. I—The Brit ish steamer Howth Head arrived In port today after making what la be MAKE BIG HAUL WROTE MESSAGE Crack Safe, Secure $14,000 in Cash, Then Escape in Auto. PEPPERELL, Mass., Dec. 2.—Although Ihe 1-olh <• of I'VCI V city mi.I • a radius of fifty miles ....... a sharp outlook today tor traces of the five burglars who early today blew open the safe of the First National Bat * here and escaped with $14,000 In cash, no clue to the Identity or whereabouts of the snfeblowers has been discovered. Bo confident were the burglars that preliminary preparations were ei that they fired two charges of glycerine in the safe after they that they had been discovered. Then, gathering the hills together hastily, hut overlooking about $3,000 In gold and sil ver coin, they made their esaape In an automobile with about $14,000. The thor oughness and skill with which the work was performed has convinced the police that the burglars were professionals. 1 It Is believed they went from hers to Gro ton. < The hank vault waa blow open about 2 o'clock, at which time the last of threo explosions was heard by Ernest Tarbell. who was sleeping next door. Tho two earlier detonations had amused him, but ho was uncertain as to their origin, ar the sound waa muffled. The third axplo slon, however, was less guarded and was followed by a crash and *nttJo r ns the vault doors fell away and Interior glr~ flttlngs were broken. Tarbell armed him self with a revolver snd started to In-1 vestlgate, only to find the door of his house barred from ..thn outside, tweaking open his door. Tarbell Imme diately started for tho bank. He reach ed tho bunk Just ns the robbers were leaving. After shouting an alarm Tar- boll fired several shots at the burglars, but there Is no Indication tluit any of them took effect. Cashier Henry F. Tori bell, who came to the bank Immediately after being notified of the robbery, found u quantity of hills and silver scattered| about the vnult. giving evldeiico of tho hurry with which the burgbtrs secured their booty. Before beginning their work on tho |hank vault the burglars took the precaii The first two exploali ually muffled that the noise was heard short distance from the bank, hut apparently .the burglars became ex cited and in preparing for tho third-for got to take precautions. Their hurried , Jted and In preparing .rot to take precautloi exit shortly after Indicated that they —ere aware of their mistake. The explosives used were cantered upon tho door of the vault, and did lit tle damage. The third exstonlon shut tered the entire front wall behind whirl the vault was located. The counters nnd windows and some other fittings of the office were broken, but beyond this no damage waa caused. DANK FOR RENTZ; CAPITA^ $25,000 Prosperous ’Laurens" County Town Soon to Have Bank ing Institution, DUBLIN, Ga., Dec. 2.—'The people of Rents, u prospermia little town In this county, are organizing a banking com pany. The capital stock I* to he $25,- 000, $16,000 of which, ha* already been subscribed. Mr. John D. Walker, of Sparta, Is Interested In the new bank. Tho following ore some of- the stockholders: Dr. T. J. Taylor, J F. Graham, R. A. Ledford, John’ S. Knight. H. D. Barron. J. L. Dixon, D. R. Thomas. W. T. Phelp*. W. B. Rice, ward, Jr., P. K. Grlnstoad, ... Mackey, B. A. Moye, H. C. Coloman, W. B. Coleman nnd R. C. Coleman. Rontx Is a fine little town and there Is every reason to bnllovo that tho bank will prosper. Three Get Life Sentences. Luclen Moorman and Eddie nnd Georgia Parrott, three negroes, have been sentenced to the penitentiary for life for the murder In May of a negro woman named Nora Edwards. Tho Parrotts and Edwards live on tho same lot of land . nnd there had been a feud betwre- them for a num ber of years. The Parrotts and Moor man attempted to kill Robert Edwards a few months ngn, but ho succeeded In killing John Parrott and wounded Moorman. They took revenge by kill ing Nora Edward*. The Edwards negroes are law-abid ing and honest. The PFVrotts have been unruly -nnd obstreperous for a long while. They have ziow met their Just deserts and will have to spend their lives In the penitentiary unless pardoned out. Robbery at Rsntz. Last night tho depot at Rent* was burglarized and a sum of money less than $20 wag stolen.. The agent at Rents has no safe In which to placo his money and left It In a drawer In the building. There Is no cluo to th« burglary; Other Note*. Mr. K. C. O’Neal has resigned the office of mayor of Dudley and has re moved to his farm near that place. He mado Dudley n good meyor and tho citizens of that town regret to see him leave. Mr. R. M. Johnson has been elooted mayor In his Mead. . Tho s<*ats for the First Baptist church have arrived nnd as soon as tho man from the factory <omss and erects the scats the handsome new church will be ready for* use. The church when finished will <y>lt some thing like $40,000. There Is not a handsomer rtiurrh In the state and all of Dublin fa proud of 1L , CABINET PLACE FOR CLEVELAND. Ohio. DSC. 2.-Tho Cleveland Plain Dealer tomorrow will say that Representative Theodore Burton, or Cleveland, has been off»e-ed by President- elect Taft the portfolio of secretary of Mr. Burton has taken offer under con sideration but will make no reply to Taft until after tho Ohio sena torial situation has been (iarlfied. It that Prealdont-elect Gilbert ‘Rebate Case. HHHHi RICHMOND Va.. Dec. 2—^Today tancr*. 1,14$ mllea In five days and Is understood that President-elect In the n»b«i« aw. of A!«uni1.r P. oil- tw«ily-on» hour*. Tnff. action In i,nilrrlnit the ».cr«. .... . — — Capt. Moore said . he saw a deed' tsryohlp to Mr. Burton Is made e-- vrhale floating thirty tnlke off furrihik tlrely wtthoc* respect to th* aei light. North Carolina coast. It ap- tortol fight In Uhto m which hi* broth parent!* was at h»«*t fortv f*o*t long I “r. r?has P. Taft, of Cincinnati, la • and ten or tw*4vr feet above the water. | prominent factor, Handwriting Expert and Op erators Give Damaging . - Testimony. THOMASVILM!, Oa., Dec. 2—Tho Incident. In the trUl of W. H. Mitch- ell were today, the moat dramatic and exciting since' the beginning of the oast-. The state scored many strong points In th« evidence against Mitchell by Introducing testimony In corrobor ation of Miss Ltnton'a story ahd the evidence of other witnesses of the moat unexpected and convincing character- The state put on the stand thla morning Misses Lydia Ivey and Geor gia Bryant, tho young lady telegraph operators at Moultrie who were in the telegraph office at the placo on the night of September 2J and received the telegram to Miss Linton purport ing to have been sent by her brother- in-law, T. F. Greene. Operators Identify Mitchell. Both young Indies Identified tho tele gram and unhestltntlngly pointed out Mitchell as the man who brought the telegram to the office. As the young ladles rone In the crowded court room nnd Indicated MUchell who sat by the side of his wife near the Inside railing, the scene wmi Intensely dramatic. Tho young ladles swore positively that Mitchell vitas the man who came to the office that night and Identified him without trouble In tho lurge crowd. Mitohsll Shows More Agitation. During the progress of this scene, Mitchell bore himself steadily but showed more agitation than on any previous occasion, unless It wns when Miss Linton accused lilm on tho open ing’day of the trial. j; Goldberg, a merchant at Thorn- asvllle. was tho -next witness. Ho swore that Mr. Mltthell canto Into his store Just u few days before the abduction of Miss Linton and bought a pair of lady's black stocking* which he stated he wanted for hts cook, llo said that Mitchell hnd never before traded with him and that he had iy>t been in his store since buying tno stockings. v 1 Tho state's object lu Introducing this witness was to show where tho mock ing* came from that were found with their feet cut off In the deserted house together with other articles of dis guise which it Is claimed Mitchell Mitchell Buys Shirtwaist. M. Rosenberg, another merchant, swore that Mitchell came Into hla store a few days bofore the attempt ed abduction and asked to look ac some women’s cheap shirtwaists, say ing ho wanted to buy one for his cook. Several waists were shown him one which h«- purchased. The«jfX* ne*M could not swear as to tho ex»ct style of \valst bought, but when he was shown the one found In ihe old 'well with tho other portions of dis guise he wild It was exactly like the ones he had shown. He brought from Ids store several waists from IiIh stodk and which, ho swore, ho hud shown Mitchell and they woro exactly like the one found. W.• A, Pringle, a well-known Thom* asvllle merchant was put on the stahd today for the purpose of Identifying Mitchell's handwriting which was done by introduction of n mortgage given by Mltche.il together with other papers which were written by him. Handwriting Expert on Stand. Joel Hunter, of Atlanta, president of the stAte board 'of accountants and a handwriting expert, was the next witness. He, toompnred 4hn proven handwriting of Mitchell on the mort gage and othor papers with the writ ing of the fake telegram and the note written to Miss Linton fmm the Ritchie House and delivered by the negro woman, and swore that the lat ter wero written by Mitchell In a dla- gulsod hand. Hunter was on tho stand when receas was taken for dinner. IIs gave a lengthy written opinion point ing out the similarity of the hand writings and explained tho process by which he Arrived at his conclusions. Stat« Closes Testimony. The last witness for the state was Dave Mitchell, a negro who worked In the law office of Mr. Snodgrass, who is Mitchell’s brother-in-law. He testified that several days befoVo the abduction of Miss Linton that Mitch ell came to the law offico and sent him out to buy a pair of black cloth gloves. He bought them f.*om Htoyer- an’s store. Hteyerman testified to the fact that tho negro bought tho gloves, paying fifty cents for them. Tho theory of the state Is that these gloves were worn by Mltchfldd -to disguise bis hands. The stole then rested and wit nesses for the defense were sworn. These Included tho mayor of the town, the sheriff, police officers and aldermen. Most of the evidence wss to prove Mitchell’s good character snd to pave the way for an alibi which It Is thought will be sttempted Inti?. The defense will probably consume 4U of tomorrow nnd th* case will con tinue until Friday night If not fur ther. The state's attorneys are pleas ed with the strong showing they have made and there Is much speculation to how the defense will meet It. The rebuttal of the state will also be look ed for with the keenest Interest. To day has been about the most Interest ing day of the week. IS FAST AND FURIOUS AMBRICUB. Oa., Dec. *~The moat remarkable and exciting municipal campaign waged In Americua In twen ty yeara closed tonight and the pri mary tomorrow determines the control of municipal utilities whether by the city nr private corporation. The fight for the mayora'ty Is be tween W. T. Lano and John H. Fel der and promises to tm exceedingly close. There were other candidates for the mayoralty but tortebt T. II. Holton announces hla withdrawal and It Is confidently believed that the less- .tr aspirants wilt do likewise. Lone ond Felder ar# the acknowl edged leaders and the fight le wholly between them. The aldermanIc contest excites In terest likewise and Is stubbornly con tested. Heven hundred white voter* are reg istered tonight. DR. GALLOWAY IS PRESIDING South Georgia Conference Welcomes Again Beloved Bishop. QUITMAN, Go., Deo. 2.—The forty- seventh annual session of the south Georgia Methodlat conference con vened this morning at 9 o'clock, Bishop Charlos B. Galloway, of Jackeon, Miss-, presiding. The blshop'a health has not been good and 1 doubts were entertained ns to hts being able to, preside, but the conference Is delighted to have him. He is the moat eloquent bishop of the church. After devotional exercises, Rev. W. F. Smith, former secretary, called the roll and most of the members an swered to roll call. Rev. W. F. Smith was re-elected secretary and the fol lowing will assist In statistical xi n ^' Rove. M. F. Beal*. J. I*. Tyson. E. E. Gardner, J. E. Seals, it. w. Carmichael, W. T. Phipps. J. W. Lilly, W. F. Smith and H. L. Pearson. Committees were appointed for the session: • Public Worship—J. A. Harmon, T. M. Christian. Books and Periodicals—T. W- Bar ley. T. R. Kenip. H. M. Morrison, IL Griffin. W- P. Beilin, L. W. Colson. Temperance—W. N. Ainsworth, T. A. Pound*. It. I* Greer, J. A. Smith. M. A. Morgan. M. L. Gross. J. M. Fos ter, R. J. Stroxler. C. M. Ledbetter, E. L. Vickers. Wesleyan Christian Advocate—J. J. Ansley, J. Alex Smith, L. A. Hill. W. R. Talley, P. Kills. Sabbath Observance—J. P. Wttrdlaw, .T. S. Mims, J. \V. Tlpplna, C. E. Renta, F. C. Denson. District Conference Records—T. A. Coleman, M. M. McCord, M. A. Mc Queen, W. W. 3cnls. / Governor Hoke Sn.lth was. on mo tion. Invited to address conference Friday at 11 a. m. Bishop W. A. Candl r r Is present nnd assisting Illehop Galloway In iiro- iM'ng over conference. Question twenty called: "Are preachers blameless In life and official hdmlnlstratlon?" The presiding elders ns follows made thplr rreply unrt their characters were passed: Revs. J. B. McGohee, J. A. Harmon. K. Rend. O. A. Conk. A. M. Williams. K. F. Mor- gan. L. J- Ba I laird. J. M. Lovett and J. B. Johnstone. x The following were referred for nu- perannuated relation: D. It. McWil liams. It. F. Williamson. C. A^ Mocrc, W. M. C. Conley. W. C. Wad*. M. A. Philips. W. F. (Mark. !». II. CrJini tor. W. C. Jones, C. E. Boland. G. ’J. N. MeDonell, D. F. Miles. Question one called— 1 "Wh i nre Ad mitted on trial?" Tho foitowlng are admitted on trial: L. L. Boss, H. D. Loo. C. I* Nea*o. W. T. Ilellm. K. W. Andncaon. c. K. Roberts. J. B. Chen- noil, J. A. Mills. M. A. Shaw. R. F- Dennis, M. M. I^ggett. J. J. Sander* and J. A. Roundtree. Question seven called—"Wh» are the doneons of on 0 yekr and wfanving* past to class of fourth year?" An swer: O- R- Simons, J. T. Hummer, .T. C. Mallette. II. J. Allen. E. II. Bj'Uon, ». T. McKellarr. II. C. Eurlng. J. H. Alton. K. Griffin nnd A. P. Hegars. Rev. O. B, Chester, of Dawian, preached at 3 p- m. Rev. J. A. Thnmn*. of Mncon, preached at the Pat plat church lit 7 p. 1 m. Noted New York Preacher Present. Itov, Chan. L. Goodell, I). P., pas tor of Calvary M. E. Church, New York, arrived In time to preach lajt night on "God Mado Flesh In Jesus Christ." Tho sermon was a master piece. Dr. Goodol! la spoken of g* the greatest, pastor-evangelist In Amer ica, nnd has annually four or Civ* hundred additions to his church by his own preaching and effort. Ho lacked only n few votes of being elect, ed bishop this yeur nt. Baltimore, where the northern general conference was held. Dr. Goodell spoke today and also at the evening hour on the grant words of saving the lost. He had lime to stay only for three services and hastened to Philadelphia to meet tho committee on church fed eration. The doctor has made a profound Im pression on the conference nnd many are looking to n great revival year, next year. ADMIRAL CAPPS PRESENTS NAVAL FACTS AND FIGURES constructor of tho navy, rilsposoii of va rious phases of criticisms tlmt have l*een msdo of the plans of the Imtttoshlps North Dakota and Delaware, by declar ing that the recommendations for c hanges opin ion and Improvement from time l Estimates tor the construction and re pair of vessels at navy yards and on foreign stations amount to $8,840,71$. which Is an Increase of $840,713 over tho appropriations of tho current fiscal year. The amount estimated tor "Increase of th* navy, construction snd machinery" for work tor new vessels authorised by congress, Is $14,540,7*0, the amount ap propriated tor the current risenl year be ing $12.812,*42. For continuing work on sunmann* torpedo boats the construction and limit of cost of which already havo hern authorized |>y congress sn estimate Is mads of $1,800,000, the amount uppro- R ropriated tor tho current year wing 1.400,000. and for the work on two fleet colliers, heretofore authorised, the esti mate la $13,100,000, the appropriation for tbn current fiscal yeur being $1,600,000. Admiral Capps refers to tho lack of adequate working facilities at many of the navy yards for ships under repair and nays this condition continue* to em barrass the bureau nnd prevent the prompt and economical performance of work.^ favor*of limiting tin vessels are modern... ... believed It would be more advantageous A strong recommendation Is mnde In B. k. OIL TRUST’S HANGING PROCESS TOLD IN INTERESTING DETAIL BY In 1892 Trust Was Liqui dated and Brought Under Present Control. THIS IN OBEDIENCE TO SUPREME COURT OF OHIO Mr. Kellogg Endeavored to Show That The Standard lnstA*d of Develop ing Its Own Business' by Its Own Efforts, Took Over Competitors and In That Way Inoreased Its Business —Standard of New Jersey Made the Holding Company Beeause the Laws of That Stats Offered Most Reason able Treatment to Corporations^ NEW YORK. Deo. I—Tht» processes through which the Standard Oil trust was liquidated nnd Its thirty subsid iary companies brought under con trol of the present Standard Oil Com pany, of Now Jersey, wore developed In Interesting derail today by John D. Archlmld under cross-examination In the federal suit to dissolve the Stan dard. Mr. A/rohbold declared that the trust had been liquidated In the period of yeara from 1802 to 1 S0», with all good faith to obey the man dates of the Ohio supreme court or dering Ihe trust dissolved. There was no ulterior motlvgsjti the fact that about fifty-one per own of the trust certificates were llquIohJed Into tho stocks of the subsidiary's.companies, tain their certificates, which J'a<l * market value, rather than to detain Infinitesimally small parts In Ihe iwy- urnl minor companies. Mr. Archboln made It plain that the Standard Oil- Company, of New Jersey, hnd boon se lected as the bolding company necausn tho laws of New Jersey were reason able In .their treatment of corpora tions. All the holders of trtist certi ficates nftor obtaining t|rato pro rnto shares In tho subsidiary companies, turned them Into ihe Now Jersey com pany and received thelf proportionate amount of stock. The Standard Oil Company, of New JerMey, tile present holding company. Is Hie comlrtpatlon which tho government is seeklifg to dissolve. < Mr. Kellogg,* for -.thff government succeeded In throwing light on the loans mnde to T. M. Barnsdale. of Pittsburg, an Independent oil nre- ftucer. Mr. Archbold . testified Kbit loo4is aggregating $7,500,000 hnd made to Mr. Bnrnftdut* to enable him to continue Ills oil operations In vurl- ous parts of the country. A part o? the contract for the loan was that nl! the crude oil produced by Mr. Ibtrns- dale should tie cqrrtod In Ihe Stan dard's pipe lines. * Mr. Archbold tr Congressman Josej... — Pennsylvania, was Identified with the Galena-Signs! on Company, a sub sidiary of the Standard. It was to Mr. Sibley that Mr. Archbold address- cd many of hla totters which were made public during the recant presi dential campaign. Standard's Domestic Business. Mr. Kellogg read a statement, pur porting to give the percentage of do mestic business of tile Htandned be tween 1194 and 1898, which averaged about 80 nor cent. "Assuming that the Standard did 82 per cent In 1886, wily did. you ac- qulro additional refineries?" asked the, examiner. "That was done to succeed to their business." Mr. Kellogg endeavored to show that the Standard Instead of develop ing It* own business by Its own er- forts, took over competitors and In that way Increased Its own business. Mr. Archbold said that J. C. Hlb- ley organized the Signal Oil Coinpuny, of Franklin. Pa., and General Ohas. Miller developed the Galena Oil Com [•any. Later the Standard bought In both companies and combined them as the Gatonn-HIgnal Oil Company, which continued under the ill recti on of Mr. Sibley and General Miller, both of whom held minority Interests In the company. Mr. Arehbold said that In 1881 he had acquired control of the Empire' Refining Company and held the stock for the benefit of the Stan dard’s stockholders. Replying to questions put by Mr. Kellogg. Mr. Aehbold said be did not know the names of tha Individuals who held the stocks of the various smaller compan ies before the agreement of 1879. lie snld he did not know whether the owners of the minor companies had been taken Into the Standard aa own ers or not. "I notice," said Mr. Kellogg, "that tho balance sheet of the trustees show ed the valuation of the plants was $56,(100,000. for which $70,000,000 In certificates wore Issued." y "I don’t know about the br.Uinc# Hh**et," responded tho wltnesj. Mr. Kellogg trtod to de\>)op the fact thst the bonk veins of t»*s various plants bad been eel down ss 870,600,Oce «t the time of tbs orsnidsntfnn Of the trust and that * year Inter $14.COO.000 wss written *iff the vrbje cf tb*- Nri'fuil Transit Company. Mr. Archtodd Mid he undi-rstood the nook value to be $%6.0oo,. ooo. nnd the nctnsl value at $7'),000.000. Mr. Arrbbntd Mid the trusters held all the storks of the aubMdfsjy companies from 18*2 to 18*2. . I to dissolve In obedience to ■ decree of the stinreme court nt Ohio. He did not know where the <«»nck eer- THOMA8VILLE. Ga., Doc. 2.—Mrs. B. A. Daniels, formerly Mlaa Vira Pat ten, daughter of the late Arthur Pat ten, of Thomasvllle, died Monday af ternoon nt 6 o’clock In the hospital In Brunswick. Tho remains were brought Immediately to Thomaavllla and the funeral took place at the home of Mm. Daniels' mother, Mrs. Arthur patten, •t 10 o'clock this morning. Dr. II. A- Daniels, tha husband of tha daaeaaad. won for several yeara one of the lead ing physicians of ThomitKVtlle, but for the past twelve months has hewn prac ticing medicine In Bninawtefc. lira. Daniels leaves one little daugh- • Julia Sarah, aged i years. "Will you look for.them?'' "I know of no reason why you should nol have them," snld Mr >rrhbold. Mr. Kellogg desired t<> know M a when the tniht began Its oireniutlon, a hare ma lor It v «-f certlficat* hoi presented the rertlficetes und reef holdings In Ihe various su'sldlsry < pantos. An eshlhlt of the dsfeo-'o •*»< that 494.81* cretin.?*tea »ut nr 07 were turned In tor liquidation Mr logg then read a llrt of thore certlf holders who turned In their certldc M Dbl you kini your as i tees turn In your cerllgrates and nl storks of the subfldlsry romrsnl- wllh the rte. "Did you Intend to dissolve ths In --the resolution taken by th« „ trustees and the record.” 9 Mr. Arehbold said that In 1499 he, turned In bis various stocks and ob«\ tolnsd certificates of tho Standard ofi New Jersey and tliut all the huld-rs of: trust certificates and holders of evidenced- of legal tltto obtained shore* in the mU nor companies which wero turned In *i;<rJ for which Standard Oj| Company of Neef i Jersey shares were Issued. "Why did you make tho Standard OIL Company of New Jersey tho holding com* J 1 "Wo were advised h v counsel that the laws of New Jersey offered the moss' reasonable treatment for corporations.” "Tho trust waa dissolved and this com- Pony*waa arranged with to hold tha "We ndvlaed that the New Jersey com* pnny could hold them.” Mr. Kellogg asked tl Standard had bought olM . T -, ir . . and Itellnera' Association Pipe Line Com pany to prevent It from building t petltlve pipe line. Mr. Andib ' * that lie did not think i ibold replies is it not "a‘foe VI hat’ the Standard'* trustees purchased many corporations and co-partnerships which do not appear In the defendant's exhibits?" , "I cannot say." An adjournment waa then taken until PULASKI KNIGHTS ELECT I0FFICERSF0R NEXT YEAR HAWK1N8VILLE. Ga.. Dec. 2.—The Pulaski Knights of Pythias Lodge No. 63 elected the following now officer* for the new year at their meeting last night: W. W. Poole, chancellor commander# •fc Manhelm, vice-chancellor. L. J. Robinson, prelate, W. A. Hollar, master of works. W. M. Crawford, master at* arms. It. W. Woodham, master of the ex chequer. E. A. Burch, keeper of records and acula nnd master of finance. S. hL Coody, Inner guard*. R. Manhelm. outer guard. The lodgo continues to grow and 18 thoroughly alive and progressive. SIXTY-TWO INDICTMENTS UNION CITY. Tenn.. Dec. 2^-Tha county grand Jury today returned alxty-two true bills In the night rider cases, directing the clerk of tnc court to keep secret all names until the in dictments are recorded. The r-'twont for secrecy" Is that a numbnr of tho/.* Indicted havo not yet been arrested. COOPER CASE POSTPONED TERM NA8HVILLE, Tenn., Dec. 2—On ap plication by the defense tho trial of Col. Duncan H. Cooper, Robin Coop er nnd Ex-Sheriff Jno. D. Sharp, bin dieted for the murder of former Unite d States Senator E. TV. Carmack In* been poatponed until the January terns of court. The case had been set for trial De cember' 8th. GOVERNOR NAMES STATE'S DELEGATES WILL 1 REPRESENT GEORGIA AT THg CONSERVATION CONGRESS IN WASHINGTON. ? ATI*ANTA, Ga., Doc. l.—Govemnn Smith today appointed dotognt.H to conservation • i- t" t;ik * place between the governors of vuitonn states In Washington next week Ten were named from the state at large w-rf one from each congressional diatitrA. The governor trusts that all will be to attend, as they can do much In iiio way of presenting the state's reaour.-.ia, natural odvantafeg, Ths drUgoZee- are as follows: From the et_ Brown, Hawklnovllle; T. 111#; 8. W. McCall!*, Atlant —J, IY»p<* si"; mnde. Athens: J. I.. nmun vurj- J. L. Hand, l’sllmm; Harvle Jor-lati. Mon- Hello; W. G. Cooper, Atlanta, .1. A. Betjeman; T. J. Jones, Darien. First district, J. A. fi. Corson, of 8a- Hecond district, W, B. Roddcnberry. of Fourth district, O. Gunby Jordan, of ‘olumbus. Fifth district, J. R. Irwin. Of Conyers. Sixth district, Seaton GrantlanJ. of Griffin. Seventh district H. P. Melkleham. of Llndnle. .. Eighth district, John R. Maddox, of! Elberton. Ninth district J- D. Boyd, of Pablo- district John T. West of Thom- Work of Pure Food Experts, srsa • at the,' southern state*L state capltol today, after liaxr! on for threo days. It wss hem uwixr the suspires of the stats department of agriculture , One of the main questions ronriderert 1 at the meeting was the use of sulphur*) dioxide. In the manufacture of syrups j The this suhlert wan led by 1 Of the I/iulsiana state board of henlth. In regard to the matter the foil owing waa adopted as the oxprsnnlon of the meeting: ’•In the manufacture of sreurs. aueer end molasses, the use of rfulphur aa a clarifying ngmf to permissible.'* It was derided t-»--* saccharine for the i the use of benzoate of one-tenth of ! agreed that nlun serving pirkles. tioard standard tor wnn adopted . . The .juentlon of fixing: standard* cattle fe.d waa referred to commltt for further Investigation. It wan also decided : be closed until ths e