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ft THE MACON DAILY TELEGRAPH: TUESDAY MORNING, DECEMBER 15, 1908. The Macon Telegraph PakUlti*4 Ev.ry Morning by TDE MACON TELEGRAPH FliB. CO. Mt Mylborry Mrooo, Moeon. 0«. 0. R. Pendleton, President. _ _ K. Pondlrton. W. T. An. doroon. P. M. Oambr.ll, Macon; A. » Pendleton, v.ldori., 0*1 Loula Pandla. tan, Bryn Atnya. Pa. THE TELEGRAPH IN ATLANTA. Th. Talagraph tan ba found on tala at tna folio—in. placet In Atltntas Tha Pltdmont Mattl. tha Klmblil Houtt, tha Ortgon Haiti, tha Ttrmlnal Mitlen and by tha World Nawt Company. Linotype For Sale. Mod,] No. J. taro yaara old. two-lat- tar Morgantbalrr Mnntypa mtchlna; in (nod ordar; II. WO, fob. Mtcon. Ad- draaa Tha Telegraph. Mtcon. On. 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. Arrtv.) Osrarti im.No. am dsfif. 11:1*11. daffy........ t:ii _ ... pm.n. dally...a.,,, i «o Ben. only.. t:U<* D . m d’ly ex. Sun. dolly *4^5 JWICK. O. A., aet Cherry tt. 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. 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