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MACON, GA, SUNDAY MORNING, DECEMBER C, 1908
DAILY, 17.00 A YEAB.
NEW STATE REGISTRATION LAW
MAY OPERATE DIAMETRICALLY
TO THEORY OF FRAMERS OF RILL
‘.Requires Books to Close Six
Months Before the
Election.
OBJECT TO RID ELECTIONS
OF FLOATING ELEMENT
Measure Is One of the “Pure Elec
tion" Bills Adopted at the Last
General Assembly-—It is Charged by
Many That It Will Have an Effect
Opposite the One Proposed—Claimed
That Politician* and “Heelers” Will
Be Vigilant In the Matter of Reg
istration, While the Better Class of
Voters Seldom* Think of Plaoing
Their Name* on the Lists Six
Months Before Election.
ATLANTA. Ga., Dec. 6.—The* re
rent municipal contest In Atlanta has
directed attention In some respects to
the new registration law, which will
be In effect In this state next year.
In that It Illustrates what may happen
In case of an unexpeced state contest.
The law was passed by the legisla
ture at the recent session, and Is very
drastic, perhaps the most drastic that
Is now in force anywhere In Amer
ica.
The law requires that the registra
tion books hereafter close at least six
months before elections, and that only
those who pay all taxes due and
register that long before the day of
voting will be allowed to participate.
For instance, if the law had been In
force during the present year, no one
who had not qualified as a voter by
April 1 last, could not have taken
part. Tho law Is applicable to pri
mary elections, which may not here
after be held earlier than fifty days
preceding the general election In which
the nominations made are to be con
firmed.
Law Is “Pure Election” Measure.
The law is one of the "pure elec
tion" measures adopted by the last
general assembly. The others are apt
to meet with approval, as they con
tain no verv objectionable features,
They comprise laws making contri
butions to campaign funds by corpor
ation* an offense punlshablo by heavj
•fine and long Imprisonment; stringent
laws governing vote buying and sell
ing, etc.
Provisions of the New Law.
The new law provides that the' reg
istry books shall be. opened when the
collection of taxes begins. They shall
be closed at least six months beforo
the date of the general election, wliloh
will be about April 1. The tax col
lector of each county Is required to
file with the board of county regis
trars a complete list of those regis
tered ten days later.* The tax col
lector, clerk of court and tho county
ordinary must get up a list of the
disquall fled voters of each county,
and file It with the board of regis
trars by April 20 each year. How the
disqualified Hat Is to be obtained Is
not known, as to get an accurate ono
would require a complete census of
each county.
However, the board Is to take the
disqualified list and compare It \yitta
that of the qualified, which will bo
purged. The Idea they will purauo
will be to get up a correct list of
qualified voters. All whose names
arc removed must bo notified and
given a hearing If desired. The guar
anteed list must he completo by Juno
1. After that date It is to be on file
la the office of the clerk of court,
and will be subject to public inspec
tion.
After the registry books have been
closed for the general state election,
a voter may qualify for the national
election or that of magistrate anv
time within six month* of the date
of those elections. When such l
done the name or names will be add
ed to the list used for the election
for which the addition is made. The
first list made up will aerve at all
elections of the year.
May Not Stand Court Teat.
It Is not believed that the law will
WATER WAGON
FOR LYNGHRURG
Votes License System
By Majority of 195
Votes.
Out
stand i
* that It will aurvive
The motive behind Ita adoption wa
rUl elections of the floating element
the Irresponsible class of voters who —.-
little for the side they espouse, but who
are often u«*d with great effect In timer
«f great political excitement. It will also
be a bar to •colonising." as no politician
would take the risk of supporting • non
resident six months In order to get -bl*
vote.
Atlanta Election an Illustration.
The election here Illustrates how the
!•» ma Y !“« SrtLff
have been closed, nil who had not regts-
Isteredwould be disqualified. It Is not
annlleabl*. of course In cltv contests. In
Atlanta, however, the state registry Itata
are used In municipal elections. Hadtha
law prevailed this year, there could hav*
twin no now SKSJS.'SI,’
teat between Maddox and woodward do-
wlonjol. b|, u„t th, l»w win t» an
Incue In th« n«lt >Ut, cmpalxn. *• It
nupplle. ron.Mwmtn. P-undI M
It is charged by many persons that It
will have nn «
th.lv
fnllowlnic befor. the tlM» limit erelree
Tner ere ever vlftknt. »nl wttrh for
men onpnrtunttlr, ee m,ir he elfotJe«.
Th- better claaa of voters, tt la stated,
seldom think of qualifying until a cam-
palgn la under way and they become In
terested In the Issues.
It It very seldom that campaigns to
be decided at fall election* become very
excited by e*rly spring when the regis
try hooka are to be clos'd.
Whether or not the law wtU have a
good or damaging effect, no one can tell
until tt has been tried, hot It la praetl-
filly certain to figure In the next slate
campaign unless the legislature repeals
It at the session of neat year, which
would be before It will have been given
a trial. ,
Sen State Lands. * .
OLYMPIA. Wash.. I>ec. S -fftata toad]
andVtimber holdings to the appraised
SSSw *f I2M.0M were sold today In
2£totoen counties of Washington.
LYNCHBURG. Va.. Dec. 5.—Lynch
burg voted against liquor license today
by a majority of 195 In a total vote of
1,958. Tho election was without disorder
and bad feeling waa suppressed. The
only unusual feature was coffee and
prayer rooms maintained by the W. C.
T. u., near each precinct, ail day prayer
service at one church, and marching and
singing of 250 well organized children.
There seems to be no chance of a
contest and If not. the thirty-four sa
loons will close March 5 next.
KIDNAM2 FRESHIES;
TIE THEM UP IN BARN
SOPHS PLAY DESPERATE TRICK
TO KEEP PRISONERS FROM
SUPPOSED BANQUET.
NEW YORK. Dec. 6—Twelve New
York University freshmen deserve, ?n
the minds of their classmates, seats
with the martyrs. Th© dozen yester
day suffered silently and Spartanllke
in prison wth a score of fiendish soph
omores ns Jailers. Ana all because the
sophs were laboring under the Impres-
alon that the "fresh" were going to
hold their class dinner. Instead of a
dinner tho freshmen held an Informal
smoker at Little Hungary.
The sophs didn’t know this and Just
to show a true brotherly feeling ana
supposedly to prevent the "green ana
verdant” from overeating they aet n
net for any unwary freshmen. They
picked off stragglers, tied them hand
and foot, stowed them In a barn on
Sedgwick avenue and placed a guard
over them.
All the members of the class but tho
twelve unlucky ones managed to elude
the watchful sophomores. Several or
the claas had narrow escapes from fall
ing Into the hands of the second year
men. Among these waa John Bren
nan, president of tho freshman
captive roll.
Brennan made his way across the
campus and through University Park
to the railroad tracks. A long string
of freight cars was on a siding, and
under one of the cars Brennan sought
refuge. Thus he escaped the eyes of
hi* pursuers, and after they had given
up the search he made his way to the
smoker.
It was not until after 11 o’clock that
the sophomores discovered that Instead
of a dinner the freshmen were hold
ing a smoker. Then they loosened
their prisoners’ bonds and fed them on
sandwiches and coffee.
The sophomores held their dinner
Wednesday night at the St. Dents Ho-,
tel and the freshmen were unsuccess
ful In preventing any of tho sophs
from attending.
RABIES DEVELOP;
DEATHRESULTS
Man Bitten in September
Felt No Ill Effects Till
Last Week
GREENVILLE. G»., Dec. S—A very
sad death waa that of Zeke Owen near
Oakland, thla county. Mr. Owen was
bitten by a dog some time In Septem
ber lost. About daylight one morning
he went out on his piazza to load cot
ton to carry to the gin. A dog apraog
from the pile of cotton and bit hlnr. on
the hand.
The wound was dressed by a physi
cian and soon healed up, and no one
thought of the dog being mad. Las*
week symptom* of rubles developed
from which he suffered agonies beforo
he died Thursday morning.
His death brings great sorrow to
the community.
MOTORMAN DM;
30 OTHERS INJURED
TWO HEAVILY LOADED STREET
CARS CRASH HEAD-OhJ IN
DENSE FOG.
SEATTLE. Wash., Dec. 5—Gus Ol
sen. motorman, was fatally Injured nna
about thirty more or less seriously In
jured In a head-on collision between
two heavily loaded trolley cars in a
dense fog on the University line early
today.
Both cars were badly damaged nn-1
the crews and passengers piled up with
the debris.
ABOUT TO TAKE REST
ADMIRAUS CALLED
REAR ADMIRAL JOSEPH B. COG
LAN DIES SUDDENLY AT HIS
NEW HOME.
Joseph B. Coghlan Ik dead
In New flocheil*. N. Y. He ......... ....
mend of the New York navy yard from
1104 to 1907.
Rear Admiral Coghlan's death woe
very unexpected. He, with Mr*. Coghf
Ian, was living at tho home of Chariei
Chamberlain, a formo# New York news
paper men. In Hutton Manor, while-wait-
lng for his new home In that city to b<
made ready for his occupancy. The reail
admiral was seen about the streets of
New Rochelle yesterday and appeared toi
be as well a* usual. His death occurred
early today.
Sincere regret waa expressed on every
hand today when the news of the death
of Roar Admiral Joseph B. Coghlan be
came known. Fearless, kindly and a
good story teller, he bed hosts of warm
friends both among offlcero and those
outside the service.
Admiral Dewey expressed himself as
shocked at the news. Coghlan was with
Dewey at the battle of Manila Bay. In
command of the cruiser Raleigh, and he
was promoted later for hie work‘In that
battle. He enjoyed the admiral’s confi
dence to a marked degree and was dis
patched by him on various Important
missions while the fleet was in the Phll-
P ?t n *was Admiral Coghlan’s popularity
and capacity as a good story teller that
Involved him In the Incident of which
I much was made at the time when the
admiral recited the poem, "Hooh der
Kaiser.” which somewhat ruffled the
German authorities.
The Incident occurred at a dinner
which the admiral attended, and though
tt was not Intended that the fact of the
recital should becomo public, tt appear
ed In newspapers after the return from
Manila, where there lied been some fric
tion with the German authorities, and
the affair waa treated with mom signi
ficance than otherwise would have been
iwerranted. . _
The navy department called on the ad
miral tor an explanation. The.admiral
replied that no disrespect was meant by
him towards the Gorman omperor and
lowed
Admiral Coghlan was a native of Ken
tucky. where he was bom In 1844. In
the course of his distinguished career he
had active service In the civil war. In
th* Spanish war. a* second In command
of the North Atlantic squadron on board
feteftavsa. so. &sa
recently commanded at th* New York
navy yard. *
Southern Field Trial*.
RICHMOND. Va.. Dec. 8.—'The great
est field trials In America this veer wilt
(nM next week at fifrag. N. n.. by
111 flirts Tnrtri Carolina Association.
TIGERS’ BLUE WEEK
IN MUSCOGEE COURT
YOUNG MORRIS IS FINED $500
WITH TWO OTHER CASES
PENDING.
COLUMBUS, Ga.. Dec. 5—This Is
blue week with alleged violators of tho
Georgia prohibition law in Columbue.
Following the fining of A. Reid $750.
Young Morris was convicted and fined
J800 today, but Judge Willis, who was
presiding for Judge Gilbert In super
ior court, reduced th© fine to 1500, In
asmuch as there arc two other cases
against him. Tho trial of the case of
J. W. Bishop resulted In a mlstrli *
YANKEE SINKS A6AIN
WHILE BEING TOWED IN
cm entranoe to Buzxard’s <Bay, where
she had been Impaled alnc© Scptembei
23, the United States cruiser Yankee
sank six fathoms deep early today near
the sand spit, while being towed.to this
city for repairs.
She lies Jqat north of Penlkes©
Island. The sinking oocurred 12 hours
after she was floated, from tho ledgo
and It Is believed the vessel can be
raised.
IMPORTANT ACTION BY
JEFF DAVIS GRAND JURY
HAZLEHUHST. On., Dec. B—Jeff
Davis superior court adjourned la«t
night after a busy aesslon.
Judge Parker recovered from his Ill
ness with the loss of only ono day.
Tom Purdy, who was alleged to have
assaulted Mrs. Will Burko last sum
mer. was tried and acquitted. He
proved an alibi by crcdltahlo cltlsens.
The grand Jury recommended that a
board of county commissioners ho
created for this county; that section
618 to 819 of volume 1 of tho civil code
of 1895 with reference to obstructing
roads be enforced: that Jeff Davis
county contract with Appling county
to work their convicts together, giv
ing each county Its proportionate part
of the work based on the number ot
convicts each has; that tho north and
south line on the east side of tho coun-
tv be made straight: that a sinking
fund of 12,000 per annum be loved to
build a county Jail; that 9700 past duo
felony convict hire be applied to the
public schools: that J. I— Herrington
be nnpolnted a membsr of the board
of education. Benjamin Brantley, re
signed.
PLAYS FINE FOOTBALL
ALTHOUGH ONE-ARMED
WORCESTER Mass.. Dec. 5.—Wil
liam Kardi. a member of the local
high school foot ball squad. Is prob
ably the only one-armed foot ball
player In the country. He Is also an
adept at playing base ball and Is no
second rater as an oarsman, for In
the latter capacity he rows on tha
crack Worcester high school crow.
Young Karat aarned hla -W" with
the foot hall team this fall and was
then obliged to quit school ind help
out In tha nula fruit store run by
bis parents. Tha robust athlete la but
19 years old.
In a recent foot ball game In this
city Nardl was the whole team. Ha
Played at Isft tackle. Tho one-armed
COUNTIES OF MILLER AND BAKER
IN THROES OF A BIG SENSATION
OVER ALLEGED NIGHT RIDER RAID
Judge Spence Orders Arrest
of Two Prominent Miller ;
County Men.
HARROWING STORY TOLD BY
A|
Frank Adams and John Rodney, the
Latter an Officer, Ar© charged With
Takina Aged Negro.and HI* Family.
Including Two Womens to the Wooes
And Severely 'Beating Them—Tho
Old Negro Alleges He Was StrunQ
Up but the Rope Broke and H* Es
caped Amidst a Volley of Shots—
Riders Charged Negro Family With
Hiding an Escaped Conviot—Men'*
Frienda Say They Won’t be Taken.
ALBANY, Ga.. Dec. 5—Miller and
Baker counties have a night rider sen*
witlon which Is expected to have start
ling developments. Judge W. N
Spence of the Albany circuit superior
court, has issued warrants nr Camilla
for the arrost of Frank Adams and
John Rodney, prominent whit© men
Miller county, charging them with
serious offense. The warrants were
issued on Information of Couch Matht*.
a well-known planter of Couch’s Mill*,
Baker county.
The Charges.
Mathis says that an old negro man
rain© to the house of Andrew Moore
on his plantation for protection, telling
a story of a miraculous escape from
un alleged attempt to lynch him. Ac
cording to the old negro’s story, co-
roborated by member* of his family,
h© had n son In the Miller county
chalngang who recently escaped.
The Negro’s Alleged Offense.
It I* alleged that a party V>f night
riders led by Adams and Rodney, the
latter a deputy sheriff of Miller coun
ty, went Into Baker county looking
for the escaped convict. They went
to the old negro’s house and chargee
him and his family with hiding the es
caped convict. This they denied,
whereupon the night riders. It Is
charged, took them Into the woods nnd
severely whipped the old man, his wife,
his son and his son’s wlfo.
Rope Broke 8aving Old M*n.
This bringing forth no confession aq
to the Whereabouts of the escaped
convict, a rope was put around the
old man’s neck and over the limb ot
a tree, and he was bqlng slowly choto-d
to deafh when the rope broke and he
managed to esenpo In the darknes*.
followed by a volley of shots from the
guns of night riders.
Says Evidence Positive.
Couch Mathis who swope out the
warrants says he has positive' evidence
that Adams and Rodney were leaders
of the night rriders. Judge Spence
has directed that the sheriff arrest the
two men. place them in Jail, and have
them well guarded until • th* grand
Jury meet* el Newton 'Baker WHinty,
a week from tomorrow*
Men Won’t Be Taken, y.
Sheriff Perry, of Baker county, at
last reports was searching for the ai*.
leged night riders, who have many
friends In Miller county anfl who say
that the two men wl* never, be taken,
or if they should be placed In the
Baker county Ju.ll. Its walls are ro r
strong enough to hold them, .y
WIRZ MONUMENT
FOR MONO
That City Accepts and Pro
vides Site in Hollywood
Cemetery
AUGUSTA, Ga., Dec. *—Officers ot
Augusta chapter. Daughters of the
Confederacy, ar« in receipt of Informa
tion that Richmond, Va., has accepted
Atlanta Railway Clerk Charged
With Fondness for Valu
able Clems.
ATLANTA. Ga., Dec. 5.—The local
police were notified today of the ar
rost of Elmer Long, who has l>*bn
wanted here for several weeks on a
qharge of cheating and swindling. H*
w»s caught in Han Francisco and De
tectlve Roberts left this morning t©
bring him back.
Long was employed as. a clerk by
the Western nnd Atlantic Railroad.
About September 15 he went to the
diamond store of Harry L. Dicks and
purchased a stono worth $450.
gave a check for $100 and had the
remainder charged. The chock was
returned.
Hounded By Deteotives.
The young man left the city a few
days later, first writing the diamond
merchant thot he would return tho
Jewel, in a few days Mr. Dicks fd-
reived a box from New Orleans. Ji
retained nothing but paper. It. came
through tho Southern Express Com
pany. Tho Inferenco la tha: Long
wanted to place -the lose on tho ex
press company. The latte?, however,
put Its detectives on hla trail, and
found that the diamond had been
pawned with local brokers for $200.
They kept after Long until ho was
landed In California yesterday.
FULLWOOD CANCELS DATE
DUBLIN. Ga., Dec. 5.—Owing to
the fact that urgent business tele-
f rams call him elsewhero Hon. John
Kullwood. of Codartown, has wired
to Dublin that lie will be unabl< to
deliver un address In this city on
Monday In explanation of his plan to
Issue cotton certificates. He will
doubtless mako a new date nnd ap
pear here some time during tho
month.
To Dedicate Christian Church.
^On tho. third Sunday in thla month
the Christian Church will be dedicat
ed. Dr. J. H. O. Smith, .of Des
Moines, will preach the dedicatory
sermon. During the next two weeks
there will be special services lending
up to tho dedication. Rev. V. W,
Wallace, pastor of the church, will
preach for tho first week and R»V.
Frank Adams, of Atlanta, will preach
tho second week. Tho church qo*t
about $10,000, nnd Is a • handsome
structure.
C. A. Weddington Honored.
C. A. Weddington, Esq., of this city,
has been named by Hon. J. W. An-
person, comtnnnder-ln-chlef of the
United Sons of Confederate Veterans,
and assistant Judge advocate gen
eral. The appointment has Just been
received and Is highly prised by Mr.
Weddington. The appointment dfttea
front June of thla year.
wonder's aide was in bad throughout
the. first hatf. and as a last resort
the quarterback decided to let NYrr
have a chance at the "business $Dd”
of a forward pass. To the surprise
of the spectators Nardl made a per
fect catch of a hard-thrown pass and
with the fleetneis of the deer cleared
the field for seventy yards, a touch
down and victory.
In base ball he never uses a glora
He can pitch *11 sorts of curves, nnd
make* stop* either side, as though
favored with bl* two "wings." in .
rowing the strength of the mighty f
one arm of-Nardl Is considered mar
velous. and he has easily won hto
place on the erew.
With this brilliant record the young
athlete must now turn to the banana
stand to help the family exchequer.
COMPRESSED AIR
TO DIM AUTOS
Valdosta Genius Believes He
Has Worked Out Success
ful Idea
VALDOSTA. Ga., Dec. 8.—-Thor# ls
a good deal of interest here In a test
which Mr. W. I. Pittman expects go
make pretty soon of hla automobile
to be operated by compressed air. The
air compressors hay# been put upon
th© machine and the motor to pump
IN SMITH MURDER CASE
RALEIGH, N. C.. Dec. 5.—Testimony
that Dr. E. W. Bmlth, a Richmond. Va..
ronl company salesman, on the night of
Ills recent murder here, visited In ar In
toxicated and disheveled condition Bari*
Cotton’s cafe In the tenderloin district
nnd that he wns taken Into a rear room
by Cotton and Cotton’s friend, Vim Ho!-
derfleld, and later brought out and car
ried away In h hark driven by a negro
Kd Clevaa, was produced at today’s pre
liminary hearing In the casn of Cotton
■ Holdrrfleld. rliaraed with the mur-
and with assault and rubbery.
—iltti was found dead in a mrk quarry
the morning after these events. Rich
ard Williams, a negro, testified ihat Cot
ton sent Smith's diamond ring and wstrh
to a negro woman, who hid them. Th*
hearing will be continued Monday.
SEVEN MEN GO DOWN WITH
ILL FATED OIL BAR6E NO. 101
SHELBURNE, N. B., Dec. 8. -Seven
met death off the southern coast of
Nova Scotia last Thursday morning,
when the barge No. 101, ownej by
* the Barrett Manufacturing Company,
of Boston, In tow of the tug John
Hughea, bound from Boston for Hali
fax. went down with all her crow.
News of the accident was brought
here today. The victims of the wreck
were: Capt. James Nelson. 30 years
old, residence unknhwn; Mate Alvin
Lund, New York, 37 years; Engineer
Edward Nelson, Cook J. Olsen, Fire
man II. Llndman and Deck Hands
Hlguard Hsensen and Ole Olsm.
The barge left Boston Wednesday
In tow of the tug John Hughes, carry.
Ing 200,000 gallons of coal tar. That
night a gale sprang up and the sea
became boisterous. About 1:40 o’clock
th. air wa* a!.o aUJuMed, hut rh. w Thum-lay mornln* an ununuully
•tore*, butter!., wtilth tl« fixrd hern *>ravy "train waa frit nn th. low iom
would not do lh«lr work, «n hi* AHt i and th. bar*, .udden y dUapp.arjd
experiment did not pan ool so "well, from the view of the lookout on th#
He ha* ordered naw baiUrlek* arid; tug. Capt. Evans of the tug. had th*
he to confident that he will have hh >‘ne cut Immediately, ao that the
machine running as soon aa they ar- sinking barge would not drag the tug
Tlve. Tha motor I* to puirtp th* air. down with It. Freed from the .lawaor
■which will drive the machine, whH” i ‘he tug steam*# back to .where the
th* same movement .will recharge hla barge waa last aeeir, but was unable
batteries. Pittman says that hla to find any traces of the cr*w or
-scheme la easier than the airbrakes wreckage.
on a train, and h* takes comfort from | The accident ocrurved at a. point
the fact that the-older Vanderbilt re-1 thirty mile* south of Heal Island, Capa
f-rrrd to Westlnghouse g* ”s d—d | liable. After remaining In the vldn-
for even thinking that he could Itv until daybreak the tug headed for
•atop a freight train with wind." Hhelburn* and reported the tragedy to-
Pittman’s indoor experiments have day.
met with some euceess. but the thing; The barge waa built twenty years
that he Is after is to drive a machine ago at Dututh. Minn,, and was eon-
about the streets at good spend and j strutted of Iron. I Car hailing port
control It aa he pi*
1 waa Niagara Falla.
AMERICAN GIRL
TOWEDCHINAMAN
Teacher In Gotham’s China
town to Become Wife of
a Washerman
cosmopolitan city Is scheduled to take
place tomorrow, when Miss Belle I^eroy.i
a refined and accomplished young whltel
girl, who has for some time acted os a
missionary end teacher Ip . Gotham's
Chinatown, will become the bride of Kee
Sing, a Chinese washerman of 24 Mott
street The full Chinese marrlsgo cere
mony will be used to unite the loving
pair. i
Rev. We* Lung, high priest of China
town. will officiate. The prospective
bridegroom Is a laundrymsn. Miss Lc-I
roy has vlaited him dally and spent hours
at a time In teariitng him the Englishi
language. She came to New York from I
»t Louts two year© ago. Even In tier
childhood she had tieen attracted by the
mysteries of the Orient. i
She took a deep Interest In religion,
and In missionary work, and tin* one
great ambition In her life has lieon to
go to tho Orient os a missionary. Fall-1
Ing In this she came to New York and
began teaohtng the little Sunday school
class In Chinatown.
GO-DAY RACE MEET
AT Tt
PLANS APPROVED FOR THI8 EVENT
UNDER AU8PICES OF NEW YOK
JOCKEY CLUB.
meet In Savannah
track and under
M — -Tew York Jockey C
It Is stated that tentative plans have al
ready been unproved and that as soon
as representatives from Now York, ex-
R eeled within the next three days come
ere, the final announcement of the meet
will be made.
Tho track will lie Improved and new
•tables, new grandstands, fences, etc.,
will hr bqllt. The meeting will prohably
atart during Christmas week and run
through February. Most of the horses
that recently ran at the track have gone
to Cuba, but these will return to Savan
nah, and strings of good goers from the
northern wintering places nnd tracks will
be brought here, If the deal goes through.
The Doyles, who had several horses en
tered In the fair rares In Atlanta this
year, are in control of tho track.
OAKLAWN ACADEMY TO BE
COMPLETED VERY SOON
VALDOSTA, Ga., Der. 5.—The con
tract for the completion ot the work
on Oukltiwn aafdqmy, th© Baptist
school at Mllltown, has been let to H.
L. Jolly, qf this city, and the work
on tho buildings has already com
xnenevd. It will take about $10,000 to
finish tnc work and this Is already
raised. Rev. E. L. Todd spent several
months collecting for th© school and
raised umvnrd of $5,000. The balance
of th* amount was raised at the re
cent mooting of the Valdosta Baptist
Association at Hahlra.
Tho people ©f Mllltown did a very
heroic part by the school, contributing
something like $15,000 to it. Th© pro
moters of tho school did not raise the
gum which they thought they would
raise nnd th© work of finishing thn
school hag been delayed over a year.
.Th© work of completing th© dormito
ries, whjch was also started, may ha
taken qp next.
RULESCOMMITTEE
DEFENDED BY CANNON
THE MISUNDERSTANDING DUE TO
M LACK OF KNOWLEDGE AND
DEMAGOGIC PRESS”
WAHHINGTON.’dm. 6-"A piece of
machinery necessary to assist the ma
jority of the house In working Its will,"
la tho way Speaker Cannon today
characttrfperi the committee on rules.
"The committee on rules," he said,
"la composed of three republicans and
two democrats. It has happened as
often a* there are fingers and thumbs
on my two hands that Mr, Dolxell or
some other member of the majority has
been unavoidably absent from a meet
ing of the committee. In that case,
with two republicans and two damo*
crats present, according to custom, one
of the democrats pairs with the ab
sent member. When- throe members
voting, this gives the republicans e
majority vote, r.ud thla Is as It should
b© In order that the majority can worn
Its wilt.
"Referring to the suggestion that th*.
committee should be increased In mem
bership, If you make a committee with
eleven members, why not make tt
twenty-one, and If twenty-one. why
hot forty-nine? If It Is difficult to
get a quorum of three, how much more
difficult would it be to get a quorum of
oleven? If you take away tho com
mittee on rules you must provide some,
thing to taku Its placa.
"Thera Is a general public belief, due
to lack of knowledge, misapprehension
and demagogic editorials and press re
ports. that the committee on rules Is
sues ah order to th* house and that ,t
httist obey the ordor. The committee
does not wish to have defeated on the
floor of the house any measure which
It may present, and as tt should as-
gist the majority to work Its will the
republican members of the committee
endeavor to learn, sometimes by cau
cus or conference, what tha desire
of the majority |e.
‘The object of the minority party,
whether republican or democratic, in
to criticise and stir up discussion. I
have been re-elected to congrass by a
majority of about 8.808. At any rate, t
do not expert arty contest over my
slMttog. It Is not of much Importance
to the country whether I preside over
the house or have a seat on the floor.
I am a regular, and whatever to th©
will of the majority I will accept Thn
republican members will, as usual, holu
a caucus or conference to determln*.
upon the organisation of tha house.
The democrats will also (I*tom#ns Hto
organization which they desire. W*
t of necessity. If not of choice, ac
HU of
ept the
ajorlty.”
MITCHELL IS DECLARED GUILTY
ON CHARGE ASSAULT AND BATTEiiY
AND GETS SENTENCE OF ONE YEAR
HISTORICAL VIEW
OF
LIEUT. LAHM OESCRIDE8 IN DE
TAIL THE "CONQUEST OF
THE AIR.”
NEW YORK. Dec. 6.—Before fbe
American Boclety «f Mechanical Ktv
glnuera, Lieut. Frank 1*. Lahm. United
States signal corps, spoke at length
upon "The Conquest of tho Air," giv
ing a brief historical view of aero
nautics and describing with great de
tail tho most prominent fonts In bal
looning during the past several years.
Lieut. Lahm has himself made muny
ascensions nnd he describes some of
the sensations experienced during a
balloon voyage.
The history of the conquest of tho
nlr, Lieut. Lahm sold, had Its begin
ning In 1783, when two Fjcnehmen.
Joseph and Etlnens Montgolfier, pa
per bag manufacturers, conceived the
Idea of filling one qf their paper bags
with water vapor Ip order to have
nn exhibition of Interest to the pub
lic. The vapor condensing so rapid
ly the experiment wpe a failure. Then
they tried hydrogen, but that leaked
out through the paper. Finally they
filled n silk bag with smoke and were
awarded by senlng It rise. The news
of tholr discovery spread and they
were called upon to make a public
demonstration. On «Iunn 5th. 1783,
on the public square of their native
town they sent up n balloon filled
with hot air to a height of 6,000 feet.
Their success made these bag manu
facturers the heroes of the day.
A few months later two neronnuts
started from Paris In a balloon Inflat
ed with hot nlr nnd Inncb'd on tho
outskirts of the oily half «n hour
later. Benjamin Franklin wns present
on that occasion and when some one
asked him of what u«e were the bal
loons he .replied: "Of what use Is a
new born babe?"
Many Americans Who Experimented.
Lieut. Lahm said that the United
fllntea Is well represented among tho
pioneers of aeronautics. John Wise,
Philadelphia carpenter, atartw* from
Louis In 1859 In a aphsrlcal bal
loon nnd landed at Henderson In
northwestern New York, t# 2'3 hours
later, having mad# about 870 miles
measured In an nlr line. Tills was
tho world’s record up to 1900. when
Count de la Vaulx went from Parle
to Russia, a distance of 1.200 mlloa.
Wlsn madc several . ascensions nod
wrote a book on the subject of aero
nautics.
Lieut. Lahm described the three
classes of balloons, the aerostat or
free hallodn, which drifts with the
wind and can not be guided, the aero
stat or dirigible balloon, provided with
an engine and one or more propeller*
Mid n Kidder, the nernna* qr hSavler-
thnn-nlr machine, which depends for
its support on tho dynamic Yeactlon
of the nlr.
Experiences of a Balloonist.
Tho lecturer then replied to ques
tion* that are frequently naked, con
cerning th© experiences of a balloon
ist. He said there If no sense of dlx-
slneas In mnklng an ascension, that
the effect Is not. dike looking down
from a high building or 'tower be
cause there In nothing to connect the
observer with the ground and he can
not treasure hla height. Tha distance
from tho ground generally appears
less than It renlly Is. Tho aeronaut
does not get sen sick and there Is
practically no motion 1n the balloon.
Ho would not know he la moving at
nil except by seeing the ground re
cede. Even the motion pf an elova-
tor Is lacking In a balloon.
Danger end Expense.
The danger of ballooning lie dfrlared
Is less thin that attending nulomobll-
Ing and It not worth considering when
the balloon Is In charge of an experi
enced pilot and spiled under propor
condition* of weather. The expense,
he ssld, Is less than automoblllng. A
balloon large enough for three people
costs $800. A trip of 100 miles in
cluding cost of gas Inflation, shipping
the balloon back, npd thu railroad fare
home cost approximately $25 per per-
Methods of Inflation and ascenklon
were described together with experi
ences of the balloonist In managing
his airship. A passing cloud, hf *M«*.
cools tho gas and sends tho balloon
down or a burst pf admihln'* on a
cloudy day produces the opposite ef
fect. The cool air from a forest has
the same effect. When night comes
on und the gas cools and moisture
forms on the hag It Is necessary to
throw out somo sand.
At a height of tbree miles, said
Lieut. Lahm, the oxygen Is not suffi
cient to maintain life for any length
of time and a supply roust be carrlel
In a tube for Inhaling. Ordinary bal
loons remain below a mil# and a half
* two miles from tfi* earth.
Lieut. Lahm reviewed the growth of
aero club abroad In this country. Th©
first club of that tlmo was organised
In this country In Maw York <n 1*05
and since then th«*ta have been a doz
en others. He described, various nota
ble ascensions and slid .Ihat iiy com
bining th* drifting fidelity of/th# free
balloon anil the faculty of steering
possessed by the dirigible the next
roc* would probably break all records
for tlm# and dlsfgnc*. He said that
the Germans Hold nil r#foflaforspe*>l
and endurance of dirigible billoons. In
the United Htatee. ».» declared, owing
to a lack of funds the government was
unable to construct a dirigible balloon
large enough to compete with foreign
armies. % a ^ •
In concluding hla address. Lieut.
Lahm declared that'thb experimental
stag© In ballooning has passed and that
the conquest of th# air Is now a fact.
ACK HALE TO SERVE TERM
FOR KILLINGSWEETHEART
KNOXVILLE. Tenn.. Dec. J—The
supreme court today affirmed the i
fence by which Ack Hale must •<
a life term In the penitentiary for the
killing of his sweetheart, Lillie Divls,
' i a Bristol cemetery.
■most Wells, the slayer of two
.’noxvllle patrolman waa granted it
*w trial-
Jury Gives Defendant th*!
Benefit of Doubt in Higher
) Case. / J
HE IS VERY FORTUNATEI
i
Verdict Wat Announced at 1 O’clock!
Yesterday Afternoon—Mitchell, in a
Statement to the Court and Jury, 1
Said He Had No Fooling Against the 1
Jury and That He Hoped to Live
Down the 8tain Cast Upon His Name
by th* Mysterious Chain Woven
About Him-t-Judgo Roan in Sentenc
ing the Prisoner 8tated That on Ao-
oount of Hla High Position He Could
Not Make the Sentence Light—Given
Year on Chaingang.
THOMABVILLE. Go., Deo. G—The •
Jury In th© case of W. H. Mltchsl%
charged with tho abduction of Miss
Lucllo Linton, returned a verdict thrs
afternoon of aasault and battery.
The Indictment against Mitchell wa*
so worded as to cover either assault
and battery, or assault with intent to
rape, the state holding that the latter
was the motive behind the abduction.
The Jury gave Mitchell tho benefit or
the doubt on this, reducing the crime
to a misdemeanor.
Sentence of One Year Without Fme.
Thn sentence of the court was to
aerve one year on the chalngang with*
out the alternative of paying a fine.
A motion for a new trial will be
made and Mitchell will probably re
main under bond until the matter takes
Its way through the courts. It was
expected that the Jury would make a
mistrial after It remained out so long
and many who believed that the slate
hod mado out a perfect cos# agahlst
Mitchell rather expected the Jury to
find him not guilty.
This was duo to the fact that It was
generally conceded to be a Jury friend
ly toi tho Accused man.
The Jury came out at 10 o’clock this
morning and reported that they could,
not agree, but tho court sent them baric
to tho room and told thejn they must
bring In a verdict, provided, of course,
they could reach on# without doing
violence to their consciences. Judge
Roan lator told them that he wmiirt-.,
give them until 1 o’clock to reach v,
verdict.
Verdict at 1-O’olock.. w
About thaLbour the Jury < nmo In
the room and tho verdict wns road.
The verdict gave pretty general **t-
lafactlon and many of Mitchell’s friends
folt that lie was fortunate to get oft
so lightly, under tho circumstances.
Mitchell Talks.
Mitchell was In court when the ver
dict was read and when asked what
he had to eay.mad© a short attempt
In which he thanked tho court nnd
tho Jury. lie said he had no feeling
against tho Jury, as ho bellovrd they
acted conscientiously. He said th^t
there had been no stain on his nunm In
the past; that ho had tried to live right
and that ho had twenty-thre- more
years under the allotted span -of l!fo to
prove that he waa Innocent nnj thnv
the charges against him were false.
Attorney Weaps.
Hie leading attorney, Mr. Roddin-
berry. nlso made a statement, but wa#
so shaken with emotion that ho could
hardly speak. Ho finally buret tnl<*
tears and wept like a child. Mr*.
Mitchell was not In court.
The Jury wo* out eighteen hour*.
The report that tho Jury stood nln«- to
thren for acquittal Is not beltaved, but
on the contrary, tt Is said that it wc.a
nearly that strong for a verdict foe
a greater crime.
Judge’s Ruling Satisfactory.
Judgo Roan’s ruling gave general
satisfaction to both sides. The care
has been the most Interesting that ha*
ever come up In this section and re
ports indicate that It is being closely
watched all over the south.
The fight of Solicitor Thomas and
hla colleagues for the state Ins been
perfect. Without the solicitor's Splen
did preparation of the rasa tho mys
tery of tho abduction of Miss Lln'Pu
might have remained a* myvtarloiis a*
It nppeared to bo on the night of tha
happening.
Judge Roan, In sentencing MltohelV
•aid: Jhti
"Mitchell, I havo done my best I
have had no Interest In the os*e other
than attendant upon the dutlee of *
Judge. If you did this thing I do not
believe It was the Will Mitchell I now
sec. Thero la another man called 'VIM
Mitchell, who must havo done If. A
’Dr. Jekyl and Mr. Hyde/
"The case ha# been an aggravated
one and your high position ri>ea not
allow me to make the penalty rery
light. I aentcnce you to 12 months.’*
SAVANNAH'S DELEGATION
OFF TO HARBORS CONGRESS
SAVANNAH, Ida., Dec. 5.—
Tiedeman today forwarded to Govern
or Smith the list of SavannahJane
who will go as delegates to the'Na
tional Rivera and Harbors Congress,
and the Southern Commercial Con
gress. Th# delegation will have *
special car from Savannah and wUi
leave on Saturday.
Th# list Include# Mayor Ttodemen.
as chairman; W. B. StillvrelL vice
chairman; W. J. Doalan, secretary,
nnd Messrs. Henry Blun. Jr., Frank
C. Battey, Ilaivey Granger. M. A.
O'Byrne, flcrumn Myers. W. W. «>h-
borne. W. R. Leaken. R. M. Hull. J %
Fcrrta Cano, Wright Hunter, Gc rg<i
T. TennIUc.
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