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THE MACON DAILY TELEGRAPH: TUESDAY MORNING, DECEMBER 15, 1908.
The Macon Telegraph
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Mt Mylborry Mrooo, Moeon. 0«.
0. R. Pendleton, President.
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SERMON IN FIGURES.
IVdaral axptndlturM. 1171.
JUS.-
rndaraJ expenditures, ltd. 3612,-
660.000.
Inrrrano of popnlatlon 1171 to 1901.
tb par rant.
Inomaa of nattanal wealth, 1171 to
loot, lit par rant.
Ineraaaa In coat of Government 1171
to Ildt. 400 par oant
At thia rtta of prograatlon hoar long
artU It ba bafora tha Oorartimant *111
oat up tha paopla and tbalr aubatanca
antlralyf
BROWNSVILLE RAID ME8SAGE.
Prealdant Rooaavalt yatlerday aant
a apaclal mattagn to tha United Blttaa
R.nata on tha Rmwntvllla raid, am-
bodylng a report made through Seora-
tary Wright of tha War Departm.nl
raottlng additional avldanra that han
bran obtalnad of tha guilt of tha nagro
aoldlara Ih ahootlng up that town.
Oommantlng on tha naw arldtnca,
tha Pratldrnt aayat "Thla report en
able! ua to Aa with tolerabla deflntta-
IN VEST (CATION NECF.BSARV.
In hla laltar to Mr. Paulk' on tbo
subject of the alleged Panama canal
"deal." which It li alalmed Involved
* brother-In-law of tha Pmeldent and
a brother of tha Provident-elect. Mr.
Itoooerrit anld:
11 Tha United Btatea did not pay
a cant of tha H0.0M.040 to any
American cltlaan. Tha Govern
ment paid tha t40.00«.040 to tha
French Oovemment, getting tha
receipt of the liquidator appointed
by the French Government to re
ceive the fame.’
'• 'The United Staten Government
hat not the slightest knowledge ae
to Ihe particular individual#
among whom ihe French Govern
ment distributed the tame.'
‘ 'So far at I know there waa no
■mdleate: there certainly wae no
ayndlcate In the United Statea
that, to my knowledge, had any
dealing# with the Government, di
rectly Or Indirectly.’"
The Telegraph hae no deelre to
quettlon Mr. Rooaevelt'a veracity. It
la entirely within Ihe range of poaal-
hlltty and eeen of probability that the
Prealdent waa kfpt In the dark—aup-
poalng there waa a ’’deal." Rut aa
there are eome who do queetlon It.
and publicly any eo. Including tha
Naw Tork Bun and the Naw Fork
World, and aa there la a growing be
lief that there waa nn enotmoaa
'rake-ofr when the canal waa pnr-
chaaed. Tha Telegraph wonld repeat
Ita cart made bn October II for an
official Inveatlgatlon.
The Naw York World of December
I. referring to what lu quoted from
the PNWldent above, declare# that to
the beat of lie knowledge and belief
"each and ill of theao etatemente
ware untrue when ha made them."
The World alao »ya:
"In flew Of Prealdent Rooaevelt'a
deliberate mlaetatemente of fact In
hla aeandaloua pereonal attack
upon Del. van Smith, editor of the
Itatlanapolla Newt, the World calla
upon Ihe Congrcee of tha United
State* to make Immediately a full
and Impartial Inveatlgntlnn of the
entire Panama rant) acandal."
It la Intereating to note tha aaaer-
tlon of oa-Senator J. It. Mallard, of
In telpOnao ta the protaeta of the
Daughter# of the Confederacy, the
Baltimore School Board hae derided
not Io place In the publle eehneia of
that city coplt# of a print of St.
dauden'a equcatrlan itatue of Gen.
William T. Sherman. The pro teat of
Ih* Daughter* point* out that Oen.
Sherman la repreeented Ih tha atatue
aa "a conqueror riding hla home In
triumph over tha proatretc South,
typlded by a branch of Georgia plno
trampled beneath hla horae'a feet—a
presentation abhorrent to all Southern
people - *. It may ba observed, how
ever, that If Sherman and" hla torch-
bearing Invaders bad ridden rough
shod over nothing more than branches
of Oeorgla pine there would be little
occasion for protest.
“The report of the Secretary of the
Treasury shows that wc need states
men at Washington who will put on
the brakes In the matter of eapendl-
tures,” says the Baltimore Sun. Ab
surd. As If any one man could “put
on tha braksa.” The deficit waa fully
anticipated In the recant campaign
when the Democrats wars trying to
put In an administration that would
"put on the brakes” and when the Sun
In the thlrk of the battle pulled off
and changed Its political coat *o keep
Republican extravagance on the
driver's scat.
A Trenton. N. J., dispatch states
that "Professor King Solomon,” a ne
gro claiming to be a direct descend
ant of the Biblical King of that name,
and doing business In Trenton a# a
palm-reader and clairvoyant. Is In
jail for attacking n white girl patron.
It Is to Se hoped that the royal pro
fessor will get hla Just deaerts—In
some region* he would be Invited to
kick the air at a rope’s end—but can
dor compels the remark that a white
girl who la Ignorant enough to be
lieve that the Jew* were formerly ne
groes and fool enough to gn alone Into
Nebraska, formerly chairman of tha | a negro charlatan’s den can hardly ex-
Senate Committee on the Panama! pc--; to arouse quite the usual amount
Capal, to the effect that President j 0 f sympathy,
nnnsevalt ta undoubtedly wrong In a|
number of hla statements concerning
Ihe Panama canal deal, especially In
tha particular that tha 140,000.000 wag
paid to tha Trench Government, or
that the French Government was oon.
. ^ . . . . rerned In dny wny with the sale of
***. ,9m ‘ ! «"e canal property ,ho United
States Government. Senator Mallard.
took tha lead In the murderous shoot
tng of private ottlaena at Browntvllle.
It aatahllahe# clearly the fact that tha
colored soldiers did the ahootlng." Pur 1
thar on tha Prealdent aaya: "It ap
pear* that almost all tho members of
Company B must have bean actively
concerned In tho ahootlng, either to tho
extent of being participant! or to the
extent of virtually encouraging thee*
who wort participants.” Ua And# also
that practically every man In the
other two companies, C and D. "must
have had knowledge that the shooting
-was dona by some of tho aoldlara of B
Troop.'
It la an Interesting feature of the
report that four of tho ringleaders of
tho raid were located by detectives aa
being at tha present time In various
places In Oeorgla—the chief conspire*
tor of all, one John Holloman, being,
It ta stated, In Macon.
Tha secret history of tho raid
given principally In the confessions of
Boyd Conyers, made to a negro detec
tive who located him at Monroe, aa.
and Ingratiated himself In Conyers’
conOdtnc*. Conyers tried to commit
oucldo when he learned ha had told
hla story to a detective. Ha wrota to
Senator Pbraker In hla trouble, but
that gentleman, without giving him
much comfort. Indicated the court* he
ehoutd adopt In on* shrewd but non
committal sentence of hla letter In re.
ply to the negro. *1 remember you
very well aa a witness before ih* com-
mitt**,” wrota tht Senator, "and I sm
sura you did net thsra tlstlfy t« any,
thing except only the truth."
"That reply he” (Conyers) "con
strued to mean that he should atlek to
hit original atory told before tha Sen
ate commute* at aU haaards.” aaya
Herbert J. Brown*, tb# chief detective
In hie report, "and there ho stands."
Tho story of Conyers as told to th*
negro deteetlve dovetail* so closely
with and explains discrepancies In the
history of the raid heretofore de
veloped at to demonstrate Its troth.
It ahowi that th* raid waa deliber
ately planned and executed and that
etery on* In the thre* companies of
negro soldier* that had any eognltanca
of It co-operated and oonaplrad la-
gvther to protect tbo criminal* and
hid* tbs truth.
Fnsatdeut Roosevelts teal and da-
termination In miloartng up and de-
vetaping the ran* in thla diabolical
outrage are In th* high an degree com-
mandat!*. But tb* qtmUoa oonra
slaea deAalt* evidence at lb* guilt
of the ringleader* In tb* aaaaaatnatlrn
hat been obtained, wky an they not
arreaud and pranacutad for murierT
surely they have sat beta put ihreuth
an I" dually bath, and Bo statute of
i nRattaag runs again*) th* rrlasa of
l uidar in i rob t tb* perpetrator*
who took a prominent pert In the
Senate Investigation of 1101 Is thus
quoted; »
"The Trench Government hod
nothing to do with the solo of the*
canal property. About tho only
man who had anything to with
that, so far aa our committee waa
able to And. was William Nelaon
Cromwell. W* were never nhle to
And Whom he repreeented, or
rather the stockholder# of the con
cern he represented. Kvery lead
ing question wo milted, Which
pointed Intend the heal men be
hind Cromwell, waa met with a
blank refueal to answer. Who
they were we were never able to
And out, although throughout tho
'alx weeks of that Investigation
th*t qunotlon wa* kaked time after
time."
Th* retlreno* of Cromwell was
scarcely leu mysterious then tho In
ability of thr Senate to learn anything
from him. Perhaps If that old Ro
man. Senator Morgan, of Alabama,
had been properly supported more In
formation might bar* hern forced'
either from Cromwell or from higher
Bourcea. After the death of Senator
Morgan, It seems, there was no on*
left determined to carry on this Im
portent Inquiry.
Senator Mallard la further quoted;
”1 know that th* money sea*
paid to J. P. Mgrtnn * Co. Inalrad
of to the Trench Government, n*
stated by Mr. Roosevelt. The rec
ord* of our investigation will show
lhat we sscured Ihnt much irform-
atlnn. and I have reason to bellava
lhat th# monsy waa sent to Trancs.
hut whsthsr all or any of It found
It* Way hack to atm’kholdsrs In
this counlry I cannot say. It might
all have come back, for all 1 knew:
or. again. It might have been paid
to hona-fld* holder# of »h# Trench
claims, ltd! none of It way paid to
the Tram-h Government, #n far ns
I know, and the Trench Govern
ment did not have tho distribution
of It.
••I am certain there wa* no
grafting nit the part of any Gov
ernment official In this country. s«
far a* the payment of the 140.000.-
000 wa# enni'emed. This money
woe undoubtedly paid over and
none of tt stuck to Anger# that
handled It before It passed Into tho
posssstlon of the American Pana
ma C*n*l Company; hut. of course,
I cannot say where tt went after
ward. T has# always, however,
had suspicions along certain line*
but I cannot say what the** sus
picions were nor whom they con
cerned.”
’’Was Dnuglga Robinson or any
of Ih* Taft# a member of th* ayn-
Ak-atef” waa asked.
”1 don’t know—they might h*v«
bOeh"
"Wo never could get Cromwvtl to
answer a queetlon” Senator Mil
lard oontlnuot. “aa lo who then
member* of the ayndlcate ware. I
havo no reaion to thmk they wero
any more than I have that any
other man was a mcmbri 1 . Crom
well know*. Get hold of him and
make him an«wer, and you will
know all ’about the Panama
«n*l."
"Did you aver talk to Roosevelt
about In* matter? Did be know
th* result of tb* Investlgatlena of
th* Senate committee?■
•Ite undoubtedly knew at tho
time all about Ihe raeult of the In
quiry. He seems to have foraolten
a number of them now. however.”
In view of all that It known and all
that la hinted *L a thorough Invoatl-
gallon,1m thla affair la naerasers.
And If tha power* that be fall to ca.
courage It sad path It thnusn. they
will a«t have a right to complain of
th* growth of tb* aaaplelon Hi th*
publla mind that they era afraid Is
Tho chauffeur who plopod with
the daughter of a Southern mil
lionaire la suing the old gent!, man
for 1100.000 damage* for alienating"
the bride’s affections. It costs a
pretty penny to soothe the wound
ed feeling* of a real, hang-up
chauffeur.—Washington Herald.
Th# latent report Is that the auto
Iiochlnvar Is going to compromise the
caso In tho usual legal way. His
course will ehow whether he has the
aeul of a lover or of a cheuffeur and
he will doubtless be rewarded accord
ingly.
Conspirator
(Continued from Page On*.)
No act of "executive usurpation" haa
ever stirred Congresa aa much, It la
said, aa the "esecutlve Impertinence.''
Senators and Congressmen are hu
man. It ta one thing to tread on the
toea of the public Interests and an
other to tread on tholr personal toes.
Resides, some of the gentlemen tnoy
have corns.
They are toiling a story In North
Carolina of a small farmer’# boy who
slyed at home and picked cotton In
stead of going |o the cirrus and picked
up gold nuggesls worth ItO. Nn good.
What normally constituted hoy would
prater JiO to seeing a circus?
If President Roosevelt starts a libel
suit the members of the Ananias Club,
members of Congrosa and n lot of
other people might get busy, too, and
then there would bo more libel suits
than the court* could handle.
A North Carolina exchange protesta
against further use of the phrase
"Accept* n position." It want* to **>•
plainly Ihnt the young man "hustled
for a job. and got It,” If the matter
Ij to b* chronicled at all.
Secretary Cortclyou Is aghast at the
1114.000.000 deffclt which he leaves
to the Treasury. He should by
comforted, lie was an entire success
In panhandling for the Grand Old Par.
V. and that’s what count*
"Maud Odell, the Rnglleh beauty, ha*
* perfect figure." ray* the Scranton
Tribune. Maud’s Agur* must be
shaped Uke this I. It la the only per
fect figure.
The Princess d* Sagan says Count
Bonl coat her 111,000.000. And yet
ah* took on Prince Hrlle. Heaven help
the woman or Ihe fool who can learn
nothing from experience.
How can Ben Tillman keep altent.
with all thaa* rich going* on In
Washington? Perhaps the very
thought of doing tha,subject Justice
haa paralysed him this tlma.
John IX Rockefeller Is reported to
have tipped a waiter with a nickel
and soma good advice. If It I* true,
that* Js M longer any doubt about
RodklMlefa courage.
'Thera t* that makath himself poor,
yet hath great rich**," say* Proverbs.
Wonder If It referred to Rockefeller
and "Poor Standard OIL”
Prealdant Roosevelt took Harrlman'*
money In lMt, but mfu**d to follow
hla advtr* until !MS..ytt the advice
waa th* hoaratar of th* tiro.
■ n ftps
weals* Journal. Pay
ileal? What sort ot
ladles Must Nst R.id,
•aoodiuwt pnvien—
Tiqq i*u no V«*ll *S red sgs jr
'jsuqeaaoa u is ;*l p.aqt issue iu
_ fpvn dree Ire «sq sc* snri star
Mtqtnl V s) vivas uat nnt u.sq M..X
th* Mil. I ’••qs » P> »«n ia«t agt *l*J sqa n
a fallow not to .sane* in* to rua ma sp tag rag tog
brimafy U th»t?| , - -.;;^J™
TH# president'# Message.
Tb# president’# message follow# In
part:
To th# Senate:
I encloa# herewith a letter from the
secretary of wax transmitting a report
of the Intestffatlon made by Mr. Her*
bert J* Browne* employed by the de
partment In conjunction with C&pL
W. G. Baldwin, to investigate a# far
a# possible what happened at Browns-
ville on the 13th and 14th of August.
1906. The report and document# con
tain some information of great value
and some statements that arc obvious
ly worthies*, but I submit them in
their entirety.
ThI# report enables us to Ax with
tolerable definiteness at least some of
the criminals who took the lead In the
murderous shooting of private citizens
at Brownsville. It establishes clearly
the fact that the colored soldier# did
the shooting; but upon thia point fur
ther record wa# unneceisary. a# the
fact that th# colored aoldlers did the
shooting haa already been established
beyond aU possibility of doubt The
Investigation ha# not gon#'fir enough
to enable u# to determine all the facts,
and we %III proceed with It; but It
has gone far enough to determine with
sufficient accuracy certain facta of
enough Importance to make It advis
able that I place the report before
you. It appears that almost all the
members of Company B must have
been actively concerned in the shoot
ing. either to the extent of being par
ticipants or to the extent of vlrtuallly
encouraging those who were partlcl-
pints. As to Companies C and D,
there can be no question that practi
cally every man in them must have
had knowledge that the shooting was
don# by some of the soldiers of B
Troop, and possibly by one or twq oth
ers in otie of the ether troop*. This
concealment was Itself a grave of
fense. which, waa greatly aggravated
by thelf testifying before the senate
committee that they were Ignorant of
what they must have known. Never
theless. It li to be said In partial ex
tenuation that they were probably
cowed by threats, -made by the more
desperate of the men who h#d ac
tually been ensriped In the ahootlng.
as to what would happen to any man
who failed to protect the wrongdoers.
Moreover, thero nr© circumstances
tending to show that these misguided
nmn were encouraged by outsiders to
pcr*l*t In their course of concealment
and denial.
I feel, therefore, that the guilt of the
men who. after the event, thus shield
ed the perpetrators of the wrong by
rofus’ng to t#*U the truth about them,
though serious, was in part due to
the unwise and improper attitude of
others, and that some measure of
lownnee should be mode for the mis
conduct. In other words. I believe we
con afford to reinstate any of theso
men who now truthfully toll what has
happened, give all the aid they
can to Ax the responsibility upon
those who are really guilty,
and show that they themselves
had no guilty knowledge beforehand
and were In HP. wav Implicated In the
affalf, save hy having knowledge of It
afterwards and falling nrtd refusing to
divulge ft. Under the circumstances,
and in view of the length of time
thev have been out of the service, and
their loss of the bencAt that would
have accrued to them by continuous
long-time service, we can afford to
treit the men who meet the require
ments given above as having besn
sufficiently published by the conse
quences they brought upon themselves
when they reridetert necessary th# ex
ercise of the disciplinary power. I re
commend that a law be psesed allow
ing the secretary of war, within a
Axed period of time, sty a year, to
reinstate any of these soldiers whom
he. after careful examination, finds to
have been Innocent and whom he finds
to have done a?) In his power to heir
hr’ng to Justice the guilty.
Meanwhile the Investigation will ho
continued. The results have mads It
obvious that only by carrying on th*-
Investigation as the war d^pnrment
has "Ctunllv carried it on Is there tha
slightest chaheVbf bringing th# offend
ers to Justice or of separating nst the
Innocent, for there wero doubtl***
hardly any Innocent, hut the less gull-
tv frotn those whosp guilt was hein
ous.
THEGDORF3 ROOSEVRT/T.
The White House DeC. 14. 1908.
From Secretary of War.
War department,
Washington. December 10. 19P8.
Mv Dear Mr. President:
I have the honor to send you here
with a ri'port of Investlgitim mule
by Mr. Herbert J. Browne, who was
employed bv this department In con
junction with rapt. W. O. Baldwin to
Investigate as far •# possible JHe oc
currence st Brownsville on the 18 n
ond Hth of August, 1*0*.
Sincerely yours.
LUKE B. WRIGHT.
The President.
The Report.
Washington, p. C„ Dec. 5. 1908.
Sir: I have the honor to submit the
following report relative to the Inves
tigation of the Brownsville raid:
Kx-Prlvnt© Boyd Conyers, of Com
pany *B, Twenty-fifth Infantry, now
at Monroe. Oa.. told William O. Bald
win. of Roanoke. Va.. that ho and thre#
(or four) other m*n of th# Twenty-
fifth Infantry wero the loader# In the
Brownsville raid. This Information
was obtained at different dates during
the month of June, 1908.
I submit the affidavit as presented.
There are certain discrepancies of a
minor character, due to the fact that
Lawson Is illiterate and had to de
pend on his memory for detalli. But
It should be borne In mind that Law-
son was unacquainted with the detail*
of the Brownsville raid and waa given
Information which could have come
only from one familiar with the secret
history of the affair. Lawson'e first
report Included the names of Conyers,
John Ifollomsn .Tohn Drown «nd -an
other man." Subsequently he ■uppllrfl
the name of James PoweH, but I think
the original name given wa# that of
Robert L Collier. Company C. on#
of the relldf guard. This Information
waa corroborated In the presence of
witnesses, but before Lawson could
finish his work Conyers became aut-
S letoua and would give no furthereyl-
rnce incriminating himself. .From
then on h# furnished to A. H. Baldwin
Cent- W. a Baldwin, and to my#e'f
Information piecemeal and reluctantly.
Th# name of Carolina de 8aus*ur*. Ms
bunk mate, was the l»at one obtained.
Conyers trted to commit suicide after
he he found that h« had made hi#
statements to a deteetlve. declaring
that the other negroe# would kill him
when It get out. He finally wrote to
Senator FYwsker and ttwelved a reply,
a copy of which la annexed. That M-
ply he construed to mean that he
should stick to his original story told
before tb* senate committee at all has-
arda, and there he stands. 1 have every
reason to believe that hi# eonfeselon !•
genuine and give# for the first thn*
th* trv+ secret history of th# Browna-
vtiU mid.
Th#J*ftt of p*rt!r!nenhi given In thl*
report Conyem fufhtfthed me personal,
tv. I belVre ft t« suHSUntlelly cort-ect
hot with th«* tnfhMWoe «hown to ho
Mrktnt Co over* h albert to Ms fat*#
tMtlmouv given Sef re tho senate com.
•ottt** •tin hoinc exerted he can not
b# relied on to support his own con
fession until It Is thoroughly sustained
from other sources.
Evidences of similar encouragement
to stiok to the He# told at 'Browns
ville and before the senate oommittee
were found In many places, and sub
sequent to th# dat# of the Foraker
letter they became stronger and more
obstructive thxn ever.
8«crtcy Preserved.
The investigation has been conduct
ed with strict recognition of the ad
visability of preserving secrecy, and
with discretion. No promises ot im
munity were made. The knowledge on
the part of the ex-soldiers that the
government could not punish them
after their separation from the service,
coupled with the belief that by pre
serving silence they would aid in the
passage of the relief legislation now
pending In congress, haa ad«lel to th#
difficulty of securing Information.
The Issue has evidently b*,co.ns ra
cial. Th© colored detectives would be
confronted frequently in th» smaller
towns where these manure li/lng with
a demand from colored men for Infor
mation as to their buslneis.
We have located over 130 of these
ex-soldlers. and have been in thirty
states in quest of Information. The
appendicles give statemeul# as to the
results obtained. They Indicate a gen
eral knowledge on the part of the ex-
soldlers that the raid came from Inside
the fort, and that the soldiers of Com
pany H were the guilty parties.
We earnestly urge that w® be permit
ted to continue the Investigation.
Several detectives are still in the field,
and within the coming week a number
of affidavits will be forthcoming.
With some repetition of matter ap
pearing later in the report, Boyd Con
yers* story Is given here In narrative
farm: . _
Conyers' Story of the Raid*
{The rumors of trouble over the as
signment of colored jtroop# to Browns
ville were circulated before thb troops
left Fort Niobrara* and preparation*
wero made among the men to g«
even with the crackers." so the whites
Were called. Some cartridges were
held out at range practice, but more
en route to Brownsville. Pretenfte
was made that they were given awajr
at stations along the road. Some were,
but a large number were secreted.
At Inspection In Brownsville, Lieut
Lawn son. Company B. threatened the
punishment to the men who were short
of ammunition, but nothing was done
about it. and the deficiency was sup
plied.
The friction with cltlaens of Rrownsrtll*
began mt once. In Boyd Conyeni lan-
wiiage. "Whisky mode all the trouble. It
wo hadnTbeen drinking we wouldn t liny*
had the nerve to shoot up the town.
It was ogreed, at n gnl'ierlng of a few
men In the rnloon of al'i.on, tire colored
ex-soldlcr. on tho afternoon of August
IS, 19(14. thst the raid should take place
that night at I! o’clock, ft seems to hare
been delayed n few mlnutea to let Ta-
mayo, the Mexican scavenger# get away
from the B bnrrackn. *. . .
John Holloman, the money lender of
Company B. was the chief con^pir*
and leader in the raid snd custodian
distributer of th* cartridges, but his plans
fore end after the raid.
Tho four men who ted the raid were
John Holloman. John Brown. Boyd Con
yers and Carolina tie Sauseure. all of
Company B (nnd probably R. L. Collier,
of Comosny C>. Holloman was In bar
racks. Brown In the bake shop. Conyers
nnd De Snussure In the guardhouse
The two bitter were In the same detail
find hnd been relieved at a^out It o clock,
De fiossure on tho oostiat tho guardnouse,
and Convr-s on No. f. around the bar
racks nnd facing the town. Holloman go'
the party together. Conyersand De Ban
sure slept on the same bunk in the
guardhouse, claiming tbnt they wanted to
get under the mosquito net. and they
had the trick of tnklng their guns into
th# bunk Instead of placing them in the
open rack, on the excuse thst tneT dldn t
rust so badly under cover, but really so
tho absence of the eune from the open
guardhouse rock would not attract atten
tion. and their own absence would be
ascribed to a visit lo the cloret. which
S. S. Parmelee
Company,
Carriages, Buggies. Wagons, Carts
Harness, Saddles, Blcyc>», Baby Car*
date*, accessories.
Largest stock lo th* South to select
from. A pleasure to serve you.
S. 8. PARMELEE CO. .Macon. Qe.
Honey lo Lend on
Real Estate
architect#
CURRAN R. ELLIS
ARCHITECT
Office Phone 235. Residence Phone 2818.
Offices—Ellis Bldg.
Well ratted commercial paper
and very low rates on Mar
ketable securities.
Macon Savings Bank
Brown House
Opposite Union Depot~-MACON f GA.
American
Plan
F. BARTOW STUBBS, Proprietor.
F. W. aomotronq. Manaaer.
tlon. snd their own
ascribed to a visit to »..« —
wns back of the gimrdhoure. These two
men slipped out the i4 rear door of the
guardhouse, passed through the silly
port, end tolned Hollnniatt end Brown.
KUirdhniiso. passed
•*rt. end iolned
The rutty crossed the wall of tne fort
fTfnwn nenr th© end of A barracks, went
I up th© madway to the entrance to the
Cowen alley, where the signal •hot# were
fired. These shot# war© immediately tal
lied onto by the alarm shots of Joseph
B. Howard, guard on No. 2. and formed
the series testified to hy Mrs. Katie E.
Ii©ahv. of Brownevllle. Her testimony'
la further bom© out by the statement
that not over thirty seconds lapsed be-
fore a number of men of Company B
•warmed out on the upper gallery and
opened a fusils de on the town. j
Tt !■ an absolute certainty that It would
have been Impossible for Beret, Jackson I
to have opened the run racks, for the
men to have assembled, secured their
guns, loaded them, gone out to the gal-
lery, and started firing, all after the
first shot was fired: all aroused, as th*y
testified unanimously, frdm sound slum
ber. in less than two mlnutea. in the con
fusion of a dark barrack room. Beyond
the possibility of a doubt, the racks had
been opened and the Inside conspirators
were rudy to pour out on- the stjmai
•hots. The testimony Is ample that there
were amrcelv twenty seconds between
the last of the signal shots and tho first
gcn- ral volley from B barracks.
The number firing from the barracks
I* unknown, but oerhnpa 10 men were
Involved. A smaller number went to the
ground nnd followed the leaders up the
alley. It will b* remembered that one
of the witnesses testified to hearing some
one of the group of soldiers exclaim, j
"There they go!" Whereupon these tn A n
leaped, ever the wall and rah Up the al-
*?ioyd Conyers Is th# man whose gun
Jammed at the exit of the alley by the
Cowen house, testified to by Herbert El
kins. and It was taken from him bv De
Saunaitre nnd fixed In the street where
!fhe light from the street lamp at the cor
ner of Elizabeth street shone on them.
| Lees than five minute# elapsed from
the time the first shot was fired until
thee# men w*r© all back Inside the fort.
Conyen stated that Reid was told that
they were going to shoot un the town. I
and he had laughed and said, "pon’t go
gut'there nnd let the crackers get the
When fimyers and De Snussure reached
the guardhouse they mn In th* back wev
land got Into their bunks. 8ergt. Reid
cam* In and ewers at them, but Con
yers was so excited nnd out of breath
that he could hirdlr stand, so B^ld *ta-
itloned him at the rear of the guardhouse
In the dark where he could not be scrud
United eo cloeely.
HoMoman came around with extra car
tridges about daybreak and Reid massed
them out. The guns were all cleaned
before daylight.
Livsicn'i Affidavit.
■Worn, deposes and eayt:
"On June i. 1901, I was tent
roe. Qe.. to Interview Boyd Conyers, one
of the soldiers who was stationed at
Brownsville. Tex., In August, 180$. I was
sent by Mr, Baldwin to get In with Con
vert and ascertain If he knew who did
the shooting at that point I was not
given the names of any of the members
of either of the companies stationed at
other in-
■boot-
above
VOS
suspected of knowing who did earns.
"I arrived at Monroe, Oa.. on June 8.
and stoped at the home of Bather Crew*.
Colored. I met Boyd Conyere, who Is
known as 'Buddie' Conyers, on the morn-
(Contlnued on Fao# Seven.)
LAND SALE
Thirteen (13) fine farms to
be sold at public outcry, before
the court house door, today.
Sale commencing at eleven
o’clock.
R. J. Taylor,
B. P. O’Neal,
0. T. Xing,
Receivers Exchange Bank.
Witman, Auctioneer. , ora
For Rent
No. 414 Fourth St 160.00
No. 078 Orange St 110.00
No. 453 Second St .....355.00
No. 666 Poplar St ..360.00
No. 742 College St 365.00
No. 270 Columbus St.........8!5.i)0
No. 615 Poplar St..; .350.00
$25,000
To Loan
More people come to us for loans
than go to any one else. The reasons
are plain: We always have the money
In the bank rehdy to pay. We make
examinations promptly: that means
no delay f-»r you. We h»vo one
charge to everybody.
Geo. 6. Turpin Sons
FOR SALE
33,600.00—Four brand new four-boom
houses renting for 332.00 per month,
close In, And In‘good tenting section.
Good Investment.
32.250.00—Will buy a nice five-room
dwelling on Rosa street, which Is now
renting for 322.50 per month. This
house has cabinet mantels, porcelain
bath tub. gaa, and nicely papered
throughout. Will show a good invest
ment or make a nice little home. Has
■table on the lot
Murphey & Taylor
Real Estate, Loans and
Insurance
PHONE 267
Citizen’s Nat’l Bank Building
For Sale
A plot of alx (6) beautiful lota,
fronting street car line on Bellevue
avenue, juit beyond Dog Cabin, tlne-
ly located and trill mate splendid
home atteq 'besides there la about
one-bait acre In each lot We offer
the entire plot ot alx lots all for
ONLY 3600.
Jordan Realty Co.
Real Estate, Insurance
and Loans.
Phone 1136.
4th National Bank Building.
WANTED
For cash two medium priced residences
lose In.
iTOR SALE
On# splendidly Improved plantation
near Macon; vary b#M o—ditto#: vnM
make grand country home. Farms in
various localities, lumber lands, vacant
JONES REAL ESTATE
AGENCY
570 MULBERRY STREET.
aCORGIe. RAILROAD.
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MACON, DUBLIN A SAVANNA RAIL-
FRANK R. HAPP, ,
” ' ‘ Architect.
Offtcsi Rooms 22 and 21 Fourth Na-
tional Binw Building.
Telephone—Res. 53?: Office 990*
ALEXANDER BLAIR,
Architoct.
Office Phone 71*
CHARLES A. CALDWELL,
Civil Engineer.
WASHINGTON BLOCK. Room 1I-1I.
Water supply, water power, sewer
age and municipal engineering. Re
ports. plans, specifications, estimate#
and suparlntendance. Office Phone 1142*
Residence phone 3288.
P. E. DENNIS. Architect.
Rooms 703‘4-B*# American National•
Bank Bldg. Phone 992: Residence
phone 8747..
CARLYLE NISBET,
Architect.
Otflce Phono 459.
Grand Bidg.
Residence <4L
Macon. Oa.
CONTRACTING AND BUILDING.
W. W. De HAVEN.
General Contractor and Builder.
Residence phone 696.
PROFESSIONAL CARDS
Classified advertisements under thfe
head are Intended strictly for the pro
fessions.
DR. M. M. STAPLER,
Eye, Ear, Nose- and Throat.
Doctors' Floor. American National Bank
Office Thone. 2743; residence. Utt,
OCULIST AND AURI8T.
DR. J. H. SHORTER,
Eye, Ear, Nose and Throat.
"The Grand" Bldg., next to Court House.
Phones: Office. 972; residence. 910.
EYE, EAR. NOSE, THREAT#
PHYSICIANS AND SURGEONS.
DR. MARY E. McKAY.
DR. W. H. WHIPPLE,
Office. 672 Mulberry tt., rooms 4 and 5,
Washington Block- Hours: 9 to 10 a. m.#
12 to 1 and 6 to 6 p. m. Telephone con
nections at office and residence.
DR. J. J. SUBURB,
Female Irregularities and poison oak;
cure guaranteed. Address In confidence,
with stamp. 510 Fourth st., Macon, Oa.*
DRS. J. M. A R. HOLMES MASON,
Dentists.
354 Second st., Phone 98f.
ATTORNEYS AT LAW.
rt-fc
Schedule effective Sept, 20, 1908.
MSB.
8. F. PARROTT, Rlollvor. $
MACON AND BIRMINGHAM
RAILWAY.
Tratn. leave Macon for 1,1*. 1- J
la, Culloden, Vatesvllle, Thomas- ,.
ton, Woodbury, Columbus, Her- ..
rlr, La Grange and lntermedlat* ■ •
points aa follows:
Ko. 41 at 4:25 p, ro. dally and
Ko. 65 at 7:00 a. m, Tuesday,
Thursday and Saturday.
Ko. 41 moke, direct connec
tion With Southern Railway at
Woodbury for Warm Spring,
and Columbus, arriving at Warm
Springs 2:17 p. m. and Colum
bus 10:00 p. m.
Trains arrive Macon aa fol
lows: <2. 11:35 a. m. dally;
No. 68, 6:40 p. m., Mondays,
Wednesdays and Friday.,
Trains leave from M. and B.
Ry depot Fifth and Pine at..
C. B. RHODES, Q.n. Pass. Agt
Phon* 1800.
H-H
H-H-H
t-H-H
fliairal Praam*.. AraaL
0. S. &. F. RY.
Schedule Effective OcL 16# 1908
DEPARTURES:
«« •- No. 1, Through Train to
Florida, carries Observationxp*r-
*°. r c .** und coaches, Jdaoeo t*
Jacksonville via Vaidoara; oon- ..
necuon aado lor White Springs.
P-m.-ho. 0. "ShM.FIy,” Mt-
con to Valdosta and oil inter
mediate points.
12:a a, m„ No, 8# "Georgia #euth»
era Buwanee United," Uncoil to
Jackaonville via Valdosta. Solid
f£*ta wlthOeortlh Southern and
Florida. Twelve Section Draw-
in* Uoom sleeping Car; Spoil at
9:30 p. m. in the Union Depot
Makes connection at Jacksonville
for all points in Florida.
12:15 a. m., No. 96, "Dixie Flyer,**
coaches and Pullman sleepers,
Macon to Tlfton. en route from
Bt. Louis and Chicago to Jack
sonville.
ARRIVALS:
4:16 a. m.. No. 4, "Georgia deuth-
ern Buwanee Limited." front
Jacksonville and Paiaiko. local
sleeper J&ckeonvllte lo Macon;
paaiengers can remain In lotel
eieeper in Uu.on Depot at Maoon
until 7:s9 a. ro.
3*29 t. m., No. 94, "Dixie Flyer,»•
coaches end Pullman elopers
Tlfton to Macon, en rout# from
Jackacnvflle to 8L Louis and
Chicago.
11:10 a. m., No. 6, "Sfcoo*Fty»" from
Valdosta.
4:25 p. m.. No. 2. from Patsttca.
Jsckeonvlllr and all IntemtodlaU
point#, i'srlor enervation Car
Jarksonvit'e to Macon.
C, Bv RHODE#. Gee. Paso. A#ent.
Macon. Ot.