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MACON, GA., THURSDAY MORNING, DECEMBER 17, 1908
DAILY, »7 00 A YEAR.
MOST JAREFULLY WORDED INSULT
EVER SENT PARLIAMENTARY BODY
SAYS SENATOR BACON OF MESSAGE
Roosevelt’s Criticism of Con
gress Deliberately Designed,
He Declares.
SUCH MESSAGE WOULD GOST
CROWN OF ENGLAND'S KING
wanted to have thp aenate avoid any
hasty and Improper language.
Bacon's Warm Broadside.
Senator McLaurln, of Mississippi, fa
vored a dignified resentment of the lan
guage of the president and Senator Ba
con declared that In his view the mas
sage “Was the most deliberately design
ed, and carefully worded Insult ever sent
to any parliamentary body In this or any
Senate, After Debate In Which Sen
ators Ben Tillman, Bailey, Culberson
and Others Poured Grape and Can
ister Broadsides Into the White
House Camp, Passed by Unanimous
Vote resolution Authorizing Inquicy
Relative to the Offensive Message
Touching the Secret Service—Pitch
fork Ben Declared That, According
to the Message,. Congress is Com
posed of Rascals, and Scoundrels.
■WASHINGTON, 43ec. 16.—Tho sen
ate today definitely decided to enter
upon an investigation relative to the
portion of the president’s annual mes
sage which criticises the action of
congress in prohibiting tho detail of
secret service men to duty in other
departments.
The. resolution had been In con
templation ever since tho message was
received on Tuesday of last week. It
was decided that Senator Aldrich
should stand sponsor for the measure
and today thd 'Rhode' Island ‘senator
presented a resolution authorizing tho
•Inquiry. . . _
Senator Culberson, tho caucus leader
4of the democrats,' sent up a substitute
which was somewhat more specific
than Mr. Aldrich’s resolution. -
Gets Favorable Recommendation,
Both measure's’ were 'promptly' re
ferred to the committee on con
tingent expenses, and almost' im
mediately afterwards Senator Keene
from that committee reported
toack tho Aldrich resolution with
a recommendation that It pass,
Senator Culberson objected and it
looked ns if consideration would. bo
postponed until tomorrow. Some of
the leaders of the two sides of the
chamber found an opportunity for
conferences, however,-with the result
that the democrats made it known
that they would interpose no objection
to the immediate consideration of tho
Aldrich resolution if the portion of tho
Culberson substitute directing tho
committee on appropriations to advise
the senate specifically as to the course
' of action It should take with reference
. to the portion of the messago which
has been considered objectionable,
could bo incorporated In it.
v. Resolution Adopted.
After a very animated discussion, In
Which several members of the senate
spoke very pointedly regarding the
president’s utterances, the resolution
was adopted. . .
Mr. Bailey objected to tho resolution
because it did not direct tho committee
to inquire into -tho question of ’’gross
and wanton" words of the president s
message.
cated. but the senator from Texas retort
ed that if that was included In tho reso
lution, it was in mild terms.
Too Dignified for Bailey.
"The president,” he said, "is not so
careful in what lie says about congress,
and I can not understand why congress
is so careful about what It says about
him. I regard this as tho most Insult;
ing messago ever Bent to any body,
doubt if a mayor ever sent such a mes
sage to a corrupt city counci
Senator Lodge Says it is Clear
That Troops Shot-Up
Brownsville. '
Ul Ills crown, »UU umi >WU1U
polntinent of a regent ’
The resolution was then passed with
out a roll call and no opposing vote was
cast. • •
DR. BURGH, OF WILKES
IS
IRRESPONSIBLE
COMMITTED MURDER
SPRING OF 1905.
MOMENT HE
ATLANTA. Ga.. Dec. 1C.—Gov. Hoke'
in Wilke county in the spring of 1905j,
He will be released -tomorrow.
The reasons given for granting the par
don aro as follows: •
Reasons for Pardon.
"Facts which have been revealed since
his conviction discredit the testimony of
the main witness for the state, on which
tho verdict was rendered. It is now
made clearly to appear by tho affidavits
and statements of creditable witnesses
that he was in a mental state at the
tlmo of the killing which mado him tb^
tally irresponsible for the act whlhc he
committed under strong delusion. Upon
theso facts his pardon is asked for by
tho brother of the deceased who had vig-
orously prosecuted him; by the Judgo of
the Northorn circuit, who knows the
facts; by the associate counsel for tho
prosecution; by the citizens and officials
of. Wilkes county. Elbert county,. Lin
coln county and Richmond county. He
was a man of fine character and will
make a good, law-abiding citizen."
plainly to us. I believe in reciprocity
message which impeach—
Mr. Halo declared that the resolution
was sufficiently strongly worded to per
mit tho committee on appropriation? to
make the kind of report desired by Mr.
Bailey. He said that as chairman of tho
committee on appropriations he would
prefer to have had the resolution sent to
another committee; but ho promised that
the committee would not shirk its duty.
Pitchfork Ben on the Floor.
"I would like to inquire of the sena
tor from Maine," Interposed Mr. Tillman
In his piercing voice, “whether ho thinks
the senate has been Insulted?"
Mr. Hale insisted that every one had
Ms own opinion on that subject and any
am
i able i
he to form i
opln-
Coming again to his feet Immediately
Mr. Tillman said that according to the
president’s message, congress Is com
posed of a lot of “ruscnls and scoundrels
Who belong in tho penitentiary." . .
‘Tr Halo replied that there had been
Teat deal Of "restlessness and indig-
Mr. Halo replied
a great deal of "r<
nation In the senate.
"There Is no restlessness at the white
house," retorted Mr. Tillman, "they aro
cool and calm as can bo there."
"I think," continued Mr. Bailey, "that
It is remarkable that tho question
whether tho honor of congress has been
Impeached should be in any way connect
ed with any question of the secret W-
vice, except so far as the secret service
was employed to investigate members of
the two houses of ttngress."
“Studied and Gratuitous Insult."
Saving ho had not heard the message
when it was read to the senate Mr, Cul
berson said: “It was a deliberate, stud
ied and gratuitous insult to the congress
by the president" ,
He would have preferred to see still
Stronger language used in the resolution,
but contented himself with it ns it had
been agreed upon
*.a spoKf
. ervlce had t
used to investigate congressmen in the
pursuance of their legislative duties or
Was only to detect fraud in the duties
do’olving upon the executive depart
ment*.
“Ws Ars a Lot of 8<oundrel*." t
“But." Interposed Mr. Tillm
Fnve.Urnte
are a lot <
tigs U<
DREW REVOLVER
ON MRS. ANNIS
Prosecutor White Says Thorn
ton Hains Kept Her From
* Dying Husband.
FLUSHING, N. Y., Dec. 16.—Tho
story of tho slaying of William E. An-
nis, a publisher, as ho sat in his cat
boat clad only in a bathing suit, and
was riddled with bullets that made a
dozen wounds, was today madd part
of the record in the trial of Thorn
ton J. Hains, a magazine writer,
charged with being a principal with
his brother, Capt. Peter C. Hains, Jr.,
in the murder of Annls last summer.
Tracing the'^novements of the prin
cipals of tho Bayslde Yacht Club
tragedy with tho aid of miniature fig
ures and models of the float and tho
cat boat Pam, Edwin Andrews, a
yacht club member, showed under ex
amination how tho army captain
standing on the float’s edge, held aloft
tho obscuring boom and sail of An
nls’ boat and shot tho publisher as he
f=at at the tiller.
Witness Missing.
There was surprise when it was
learned that John Tonning, a Swedish
boatman, who saw’ tho tragedy, could
not bo located. District Attorney
Darrin said ho thought Tonning was
in Sweden, but that nothing had been
heard from him since last September.
"Ho Is a most Important witness
for us,” said Lawyer McIntyre to
night "for through him wo would
have shown that ho struck Capt.
Hains after th© shooting with a boat
hook or oar and that to protect his
brother, Tliornton Hains drew hla re
volver."
The cross-examination. of Andrews
consumed the major, portion of tho
afternoon session and Lawyer ,McIn-
tyro sought to develop that Thornton
Hains had used expressions after the
shooting to tho effect that ho had
tried to dissuade Capt. Hains from his
act and that ho would hold him until
tho officers came.
Drew Pictol on Mrs. Annls.
Special Prosecutor. White declared
In the opening of statd’s caso that ev
idence would bo brought out to show
that Thornton Hains had full knowl
edge of his brother’s intention to kill
Annls and virtually led the way to
the yacht club and directed the search
for the publisher. Mr. White declared
that Thornton Hains pointed his re
volver at Mrs. Annls and prevented
her from going to tho aid of her
ounded husband.
WASHINGTON, Dec. 16.—In open
ing his speech yesterday on the
Brownsville affair, Senator Lodge re
ferred to two questions to be discussed
in this connection, one relating to tho
guilt or innocence of the soldiers and
the other to tho bill presented by Sen
ator Foraker compoUlng the President
to restore these soldiers.to tho army.
"After hearing and examining all
the evidence, not only that tnken by
tho senate committee of which I was
a member, but that taken bfcforo tho
Penrose courtmartlal and before tho
citij&ns’ committee,’* said Mr. Lodge,
referring to tho shooting affray in
Brownsville on the night of August 13,
1906, "J have come to the clear con
clusion that the shooting was done by
soldiers of the Twenty-fifth in
fantry stationed at Fort Brown."
AH Agreed on Troops' Guilt.
This, he said, was also tho conclu
sion of tho citizens' committee of
Brownsville and of the Penrose court-
martial. It was also tho opinion of a
decisive majority of. the senate -com
mittee on military affair.*.
"The proposition," ho’said, "declar
ing that 'the weight of'tho testimony
shows that none of the soldiers of the
Twenty-fifth United States infantry
participated In the shooting affray,'
was rejected by a'vote of 11 to 2 and
tho proposition that, In the opinion of
tho committee, tho shooting was done
by somo soldiers belonging to tho
Twenty-fifth Infantry was adopted by
a vote of 8 to 4, ono senator not vot
ing. Thus It will bo seen that every
official body which has heard tho tes
timony has decided that tho shooting
at Brownsville on tho night of tho
13th of August,. 1906, waa the work of
soldiers of tho Twenty-fifth infantry."
Proof Conclusive.
Mr. Lodge declared that while there
U. a . great uleal of. evidence that the
shooting was' dono by tlio soldiers,
there is no evidence whatever that it
was dono by anybody else. There is,
he said,, no physical impossibility of
time, distance or alibi ‘to prevent our
attributing tho shooting to the solr
dlers. - ,
“In fact." he said, "it was easier
for the soldiers to do it than for any
body else, because jthey were both
nrmed and organized. Motive was not
lacking. Somo of tho soldiers had
had trouble with somo of the inhab
itants; Justly or unjustly, somo of
them had boen maltreatefl by somo of
the inhabitants and they had felt, in
greater or lesser degree, the bitter
ness of.raco prejudice. Their freedom
of movement had Just been curtailed
owing to an affair in which a white
woman was involved. They wero suf
fering, therefore, at tho moment from
tho troubles which had arisen between
them and . somo of the people of
Brownsville." 'Mr. Lodgo referred to
tostlmon- of witnesses to show that
eloven appearing before tlio senate
committee, before tho Blocksman and
Purdy inquiry or In the Penrose
courtmartlal testified that tne men
who did tho shooting wero recognized
by them as soldiers and negroes. Five
witnesses recognized them as negroes
by their voices. "I submit," said Mr.
Lodge, "that that is a mass of direct
evidence sufficient to sustain any af
firmative proposition In court and not
to bo dono away with by suggestions
about the darkness of the night and
Inferences that all these witnesses
wero lying becauso the artificial lights
wero few and there was no moon."
Reviews the Testimony.
Mr. Lodge reviewed essential fea
tures of the testimony In tho Browns
ville affair and said that the bullets
found In tho houses and tho shell In
th<* streets, tnken together could have
been used In only ono rifle, and that
was the Springfield new model and
there wero no now model Sprlngflclds
In tho possession of any ono except
the troops of the United States. He
spoke of the testimony of the soldiers
as constituting "a uniform dental.**
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* BRIEF SUMMARY
WORK OF CONGRESS
WASHINGTON. Dec. 10.—
Excopt for a few moments spent ,j.
in the transaction of routine
business and the passage of two •£
bridge bl!’s» tho house of rep- ±
resentatives today devoted its
entire time to the further con
sideration of the bill to revise
tho penal laws of tho United
8tates.
Tho Garrett amendmenfcwhich
came over from last Friday, and
which prohibited the sending
through mails of information
bearing on transactions In fu
tures was defeated by a decid
ed vote.
There was still pending when
|* the bill was laid nsido an
£ amendment by Mr. Humphreys,
i, of Mississippi, providing for the
1 identification of intoxicating
liquors transported by inter
state carriers.
At 4:57 p. m. the house ad
journed.
IN THE SENATE.
WASHINGTON, Dec. 1C.—
The senate devoted considerable
time today to a discussion of
the president's course in plac
ing strictures on congress in the
mattor of the secret service and
adopted a resolution proposed
by Mr. Aldrich and amended
upon the suqflestion of Mr. Cul
berson, providing for a thorough
investigation by the committee
on appropriations of tho presi
dent's charges, both in respect
to the facta and the course that
should be taken by congress to
resent the imputations bolieved
to have been cast upon that ••
body.
Mr. Aldrich in introducing his
resolution made no comment
upon It, but Senators 'Bailey,
Bacon, Tillman, Culberson and
others declared that the presi
dents words- should bo relented
by the senate as highly insult
ing. Mr. Hale said that while
he would prefer having the res-
o'ution go to another committee
than that of which ho Is tho
head, yet he was sure the com
mittee would do its full duty to
the senate.
Senator Foraker'a resolution
calling on the secretary of war
for information concerning tho
work of detectives In tho
Brownsville affair was also
adopted.
Senator Lodge spoke In sup
port of the Warner bill permit-'
ting the president to re-enlist
the discharged soldiers of the
Twenty-fifth regiment at hit
discretion.
The senate at 3:30 adjourned.
LIST OF BOOKS
Text-Book Commission Has
Completed the Schedule
For the Schools,
CARACAS ON VERSE REVOLUTION
ARISES AGAINST CASTRO'S RULE
WHICH IS PROBABLY AT AN ENB
ATLANTA, Dec. 16.—Tho vertical
writing system which has been used
iti the public schools of this state for
tho past ten years or moro will be
abandoned on January 1 and a semi
slant system installed. Tho change Is
duo to general dissatisfaction with t*»o
vertical system, which, when first in
vented, was adopted by nearly all tho
school systems of tho country.
The New Writing Syctem.
Tho new system Is a medium be
tween tho old Spencerian and the now
vortical. Tho slate text-book com
mission has adopted what is known
as tho “Writing Hour Series'* of copy
books and writing * tablets and sur
faces. They will take the placo of
Roudcbush’a copy books and tablets.
The commission completed its work
of revising the text-books of tho
schools yesterday afternoon. Besides
tho change tn writing, practically nono
other was made in tho general study
scheme as has been in vogue for the
past five years. •
Two new text-books have been
adopted—Hyde’s Course In English,
Book 2, and Wentworth's New Ele
mentary Arithmetic. A deslro to make
tho books os uniform as posslblu was
tho controlling motive for making
theso changes. •
Several Books Abandonee.
Several books have been abandoned,
on tlio theory that the cou»*«e has
been too full for seven-grade schools.
Tho full list of books which will be
Used for tho next flvo years is as fol
lows:
Readers—Graded Literature, first
render. Maynard, Merrill & Co., retail
price 20 cents.
Graded Literature, second reader,
same publishers, price 25 cents.
Lco'b Third Reader, American Book
Company, prlco 25 cents for board
covers and 30 cents for cloth binding.
Leo’s Fourth Reader, prices 25 and
30 cents. • ,
Lee’s Fifth Reader, prices 30 and 35
cents. .
Arithmetics—Wentworth’s Now Elc-
mentnry. Ginn ft Co., 25 cents^ cloth
C °Wentworth's Practical Arithmetic;
40 cents, cloth covering.
Grammar—Hyde’s Courso In Eng
at once to collect this tax from all
persons in your county (including Con
federate veterans, no person being ex
empt) who have engaged In the sale of
wlmt is known us near i>eer since the
5th day of August, 190V. Should such
persons fall or fefuse t» pay this tux,
you are required to l».*ue execution:*
against them without delay, and piac**
thorn in the hands of tho sheriff of
your county, with instructions to col
lect said tax. Blank executions were
mailed you from this nfflco some
months ago—for use if necessary.
Where deposits of check* havo been
mado with you pending tho decision
In tho caso you should forthwith col
lect them and romlt to stato treasurer,
mailing a statement of them to thla
office.
Rospcctfully,
WM. A. WRIGHT,
Comptroller General.
Meeting of Bottlers.
ATLANTA. Ga., Dec. 16—Th fl an
nual mooting of the Georgia Bottlers’
Association was held in Atlanta yes
terday, thirty or forty attending from
different sections of the state. The
old officers were re-elected: Julius
King, of Helena, president; Frank
Lowenstoln. first vlco president; C. C.
Bowden, second vlco president, and
Gcargo B. Cobb, secretary.
Tho new executive committee Is com
posed of officers, Columbus Roberts, of
Columbus; Donald A. Loyless, of At
lanta, and C. C. Bowden, of Athens.
Dr. W. H. Stallings, stnto chemist,
addressed the meeting on tho new puro
food law, pointing out how It should
be advantageous both to tho bottlor
and to tho public. •
The delegates wero entertained last
night by L. H. Davis, of tho Tarkct
Browne Compahy, and C. V. Leach, of
W. II. Ilatchlnson & Sons.
Col. Lindsey Named.
ATLANTA. Ga.. Deer 16.—Gov. Hoko
Smith today appointed J. W. Lindsey
pension commissioner, to succeed himself
Infuriated Mobs, Unhindered
by Police, Sweep Through
Capital Streets. ■» ‘
PICTURES OF PRESIDENT
message shows
President Declines.
WASHINGTON. Dec. 16—President
Roosevelt today declined an invitation
to attend a banquet to be given m
New York by the Aero Club of Amer
ica In honor of tho Wright brothers.
The president told a committee of the
club that ho would be glad to give a
reception at the white house In Jionor
of the noted aeroplanlsts. and the club
will consider a change in the program
so that the reception and banquet may
be held In Washington.
Troops for Islands.
.-Ming for the sailing
lek, with 750 floo
'That which renntra all this testi
mony, to me, of doubtful value, and
deprives it of tho weight which it
would otherwise have," said Mr. Lodge,
"la its extraordinary uniformity. It Is
possible for 150 or 200 men to tell
without exception a story agreed upon
before band but no two witnesses can
tell tho truth, as they understand it,
in precisely tho same way, about tho
same event. The -soldiers havo the
strongest possible motive for denying
participation in or knowledge of tho
shooting. There could not have been
any strong personal motive to Jnduco
the witnesses on tho other side to tea
tify otherwise than truthfully." ,
Mr. Lodge declared that he was
bred-up with a profound sympathy for,
and interest in, tho negroes of tho
United States and have always tried
to aid and servo them, tho bill which
ho reported, and which passed .the
house of representatives representing
tho last attempt made to sccuro to
them their political rights In tho south.
Misfortune to the Race.
"I have encountered criticism, odium,
and political attack in their behalf,
which cannot be salrl of many of those
who outside of this chamber have /or
ono reason or another busied them
selves with this affair and sought to
make capital out of It. I speak there
fore a* their friend when I say that no
greater misfortune has happened to
them in late years than this effort to
mako a race issue out of a.caso of
military discipline."
Self-selected champions of these sol
diers in various parts of tho country
sought, h« said, not for equality be
fore the law, for special treatment for
Brownsville soldiers on the ground of
race. "As a friend of the negro race
I deplore the agitation which had this
end In view,” he said, “these soldiers
are entitled to the same t
soldiers and citizens that
would be entitled to. neither moro nor
le»«." He deplored any appeal to sym
pathy for crim'r.alx, which h«* said ha*
| become the fa«hlo n of the time, jf nr .
lion in this matter is to b* determln- | gpT
j ed by sympathy, lie said, hi*
| would not go to the men wl
.shooting but to the hnimlees boy who
Kifrvatrtrk golnr to th ® H™* 4 **"* Of police
^raTvVt.ton ln I <lanir.ma«ly wound- , and Injur-d for
forces. 1 life in the lerformance of ids duty and
ueogrupny— V ryu n juicir.cmni/. v.«
ography, Ginn ft Co., 36-and 40 cents.
Fryo'a Hlghor Geography, 80 and
t-i-M 1 1 1 1 1 I I 1 I I I I I II I 1 • M-I-* 1,00l< >• Dl C - Ilcall ‘ * Co " 21
titrTTTrn i i'. rTTrm \ i rrr. and 25 cents
to tho woman nna^Mren, Cowerlm* -**>*'• c °“"« ln =”«“">• l500k
on tho floor while bullets crashed
through tho thin walls of their dwell
ings. Brushing aside tho question of
sympathy h* wished.exact Justice so
far as it could'bc’ attained. The crlmo
of thoBe men was made greater bo-
causo they wero United States sol
diers employed for tho protection of
tho people.
Condemns Foraker ‘Bill.
Ho favored tho Warner bill which
allows the president to restore tho In
nocent to tho army whenever ho ta
satisfied that any of them wero blame
less. Ho condemned the Foraker bill
which he said attempts to force back
Into tho army not only Innocent men
but men who were guilty of a serious
crlmo. Ho mado an exhaustive argu
ment on tho unconstitutionally of tho
Foraker bill which obliges the presi
dent to re-enllst these soldiers wheth
er ho thinks they ought to bo ro-en-
listcd or not. Such an act would be
an encroachment upon the constitu
tional rights of tho president. It
would bo subversive of dlsclpllno In
tho army.
It elective at the lost session, but pro
vided that tho result should bo declared
hv the same method ns that of tho elec
tion for govornor. Mr. Lindsey h term
expired Tuesday, and It became neces
sary that ho bo ro-appplnted for an In
terim of about six months.
In Spite Holland’s Warlike Activity*•
There Havo Been No Demonstrae
tions Against the Netherlands—III
Temper of the People Centered Upotl
Overthrow of Castro—Expected That
Steps Will bo Speedily Taken to Dee
pose the President—American Con*
sul Confirms Press Reports—Addi
That Attempt Has Been Mad 0 ta
Burn Castro’s Residence, \f
CARACAS. Venezuela, Monday, Ded*
14, via Willemstad, Curacao, Dec. 16-1*
The people of Caracas arose todaft
against President Castro In infurlatea
mob and unhindered by tho pollco swop!
through tho city wrecking tho prop*
erty of hlz henchmen and closes!
friends.
Tho pcopto rounded up all statue^
uml pictures of President Castro front
tho cluba and other semi-public build**
Inga and burned them with rojolclnfal
on tho «Plaza Boliver. Castro’s rUl<8
In Venezuela probably ia ended.
In apite of Hollund’a warlike actlv*
ity on tlio coast there has been noi
demonstrations against tho Nether**
lauds; they nil havo been directed
against President Castro and Acting
President Gomez.
Furthor dangerous demonstration#
aro anticipated. No official act de*
nosing Castro from tho presidency ofi
Venezuela has been taken, but sucli a
step Is expected any moment,
Mobs Sweep Through Streets. • (
An .enormous crowd of the inhabit
tants of the capital, ftwelbii by peupiq
from tho outlying country, gathered
In tho streets soon after daybreak. Th«
Southern Lady Found Dead
Among Her Books in
Pttjjpdelphia,
SAVANNAH, Ga., Dec. 18.—Mystery
hovers about the llfo of Mary J. Biter,
aged soutTTfttoyrivoman. found dead in a
poorly furnlshiM^toom among*', letiers
and books inYffBBilpbia on Sunday last.
The Philadelphia Record has this story
regarding tho long-timo recluse:
Surrounded by mementos of her south
ern homo as^KjOtS at tho time of the
civil war. and letters, manuscripts,
books and*other reminders .of that strug
gle. tho dead bodlfof Mary J. RIter was
round yesterday in a poorly-furnished
room on tho third floor of No. 622 North
Eighth street by the proprietress of tho
place. It is believed tant death was duo
to natural causes, but them wero somo
mysterious circumstances about it which
caused it to be reported to tho police,
and an Investigation was begun by Dep
uty Coroner Eugcno Shug.irt. An autopsy
will bo mado today to dctermlno the
cause of death.
From appearances tho woman
about 76 years old, and letters discovered
In the room showed that she had heionged
to a good southern family, and that be
fore her death *b« had taken tho old
communications from their time-stained
mementos were laid out In tho room
showed, according to Deputy Hhugart,
that the woman knew that tho end was
near, and that sho wished to read the
letters again and to look upon the tacos
il fKld srtlllcr:
fortllbatloiiH u
Ion* voynn*»_ io Msnlli
Wrote of Civil Wsr.
That Mrs. or Miss Rltor-It Is not
known at the Eighth street horn*
she was married or not—was %
of superior education was shown by the
*“*•** I number of manuscripts found in her room
nl j and br letters from girlhood friends who
mm .«! ,)) her classmates in <«.lbg«8 imma
dlately before or at the ou'briaJc of th-
war. Many letters wera dated In , ^
fr»m fib-nils who were et tnat time Uv- learned that tins
Ing In a suburb of Havannah, Ga.. which j daughter, and that
,’y the home of the woman. I prominent man win;
ty left tt.i-rr during ifcn I? appeared from tin
E. L. Worsham Re-electod.
ATLANTA. Dec. 160.—At tho annual -..if 1 *- *..v
meeting of tho state entomological board peoplo began marching up and down
yesterday’afternoon, E. L. Worsham was tl,o main thoroughfares and It wpa
re-elected entomologist for a term of r«-
so COfltB. .. ^
History—Beginner’)! History or Our
Country. Southern Publishing Com
pany, 40 cents, cloth.
Field’s United States History. Amer
ican Rook Company, 65 cents, cloth.
Evans’ History of Georgia. Univer
sity Publishing Company, 60 cents,
cloth. »,i
Agriculture — Hunnlcutt’s Agricul
ture, Cultivator Publishing Company,
5C physIoiogy l, nnd Hygiene—Hutche- I r . J. Bcrckmans. of Augusta,
son's. Lesson ln Physiology and Hy- N .
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<SPS anS Cn Coloman- n booh, .»
physiology have bocn dropped). .nnsets of the Neal Hank, now in the hands
Civics—Peterman’s Civil Government of a receiver. Tf *"
Georgia edition, American Book Com
pany, 00 and 04 cents.
Primers—Whoelor’s Graded Primer,
Wheeler ft Company, 22 and 25 cents.
Spelling—Branson's Speller, first
book. fl*. F. Johnson Publishing Com
pany, 13 cents, board covering.
fiwlnton's Word Book of English
Spelling, American Book Company, 12
centa board covering. •
Writing—Writing Hour serlcji or
copy b«'» | rs. writing tablets and writ
ing surfaces*
The Bear Tax. ^ . ,
ATLANTA. Ga.,*Dec. 16—Comptrol
ler General W. A. Wright has mailed
out to tho ordinaries of the state the
following circular loiter reRorillnir tho
collection of tho llconso.lax from near-
beer dealers anil manufacturers!
To Tho Ordinaries of Georgia:
You aro hereby Informed
supremo court of this state has uphold
the constitutionality of tho
tax act approved September 8th, 1908.
I therefore Instruct you to proceed
vVsr Ills atsJt*' A c*. Ia'wIk. \V. l ' u8 y to sco that their Ill-temper would
VReod andW. \\\ C’lmsV, wok uiso »o- Jkion result In-violence. Tho polled
stood by and mado no attempt what-*
ever to restrain the mob.
Tho first building to bo attacked an(J
Mr. ^Vorsham 1ms headed tho entomo
logical department of the stato govern
ment for about two yours. Ho Is a
graduate of tlio university of Georgia,
and for several years was connected with
the United State* government bureau of
entomology, lie Is recognized os ono of
tho l:eit In tlio south, and lias dono much
towards developing and protecting tho
treo and fruit industry In tho south.
The next meelng of tho board will bo
held ot Athensj Jnnunry 18. The mem
bers are T. G. lludson. stato commission
er of agriculture: J. -J. Conner, president
of the Georgia Agriculture Hoclcty, and
. he decision is a novel
in that tho lower court Is technically
reversed, at the samo tlmo being sus
tained.
Tho supreme tribunal holds that Judgo
W. D. JCllls, of tho Fulton superior court,
acted right In issuing a decrco sustain
ing tho state's claim, but tlmt the same
whs tumid at tin* wrong time. Ilo Is
Instructed to enter it up a second tiino,
wsm issued at tho wrong time.
Instructed to enter it up a soco
being warned to take precaution and see
that it Ik done In t«rm time.
Tho claim of tlio state was contested
y itiillvlcliml depositors ln tho bank,
hey claimed that priority should not be
a ,f -
to bo promoted to n captaincy. Oh, he
Is so hopefyi of our success In tho con-
filet** ^
Another writer stated: *Tt Is terrible.
We expeot tho Yankees to destroy this
beautiful suburb." Still another Utter re
ferred to "Annie, your chum at col*
lego."
Tho old woman was very reticent and
did not tell any one in tho house anything
about herself. Sho never spoko of the
south or tho events that led up to tho
war. This was considered strange, as
almost all her books were of the south
or referred to it In somo way. flho hod a
good-library and quite a large correspond
ence In tho early days with southein
relative*- and friends.
6omeonj Sent Her Money.
Deputy Coroner Hhugart said that from
what ho could gathoi* tho woman “
practically a recluse among her be
manuscripts, Utters and pictures. Hho
was never known to do any work and nod
no callers, but from somo unknown ]|~
son she received 15 each month.
coroner's officials searched through her
letters, but no mention of money being
sent her was discovered.
There was no money round In tho room,
and, so far os ths deputy coroner can
seo at tho present tlmo. the body will
bo buried In l’otter’s 'field unless some
ono comes forward and pays the expen/o
of her funeral and procures a burial lot
for h«r last resting place. There was n<
one to take charge of the body, and 1<
was sent to the morgue.
That there must be some one who ra
members the womatt Is (tulle t%rlaln. for
Deputy Hhugart was told that every holi
day she waa sent fruit and flowers, anC
on Thanksgiving and Christmas days tur<
Keys were always forwarded to her. From
a letter found In tho little room It was
had an adopted
sympathy ! serond vem
io did the • of ths havo
Id h>
of the ' __
o wrought by
Is a mer« girl, was adopted by
Miss. Biter, at Atlanta. Ga.. but
i is was not mado public. Deputy
Hh.iasrt de< lwr«d he did not
nd it.at If he did l.o would not
at the present time
today.” Iflv
ccts for publication.
Statement to
mako rclatlvo to the derision of the su
preme court In tho Neal Bank case.
Treasurer Park replied that lie was of
course very much Interested in it, and
very much gratified at the decision. He
said that he felt It was a vindication of
his poeitlen and of t ~
charge of his dutlss I
and state bank examiner, and though the
supreme court ha* ordered a reversal of
the court below, it Was purely upon a
technicality. The contention that the
state had Its prior Hen was recognized
and reaffirmed by tho supreme court.
The court dlrocts, ns he now undcratnnds
the decision after roadlng it carefully and
after coitforenco with tlio attorney sen-
•ral, that tho Judgo below, W. D. Ellis,
shut enter up a new Judgment just ar
heretofore, or. as the supremo court ex
presses it, “the judgment of th* lower
court on all of the contentions was right
but that he was merely wrong as to the
time when ho entered up tho Judgment.”
“This decision of the supremo court is n
vindication and approval of tho court be-
low which lmd sustained my positions on
all points," said Capt. I’nrk. “I repent
that I am of courso highly gratified that
my position and that of tho pttorncy
not affirm the Judgment without the di
rection Just mentioned. IVe laymen, of
course, do not understand these nice
technicalities of the law, nnd I assume,
of courre, the decision of tho court is
correct in that respect."
WOULD RAISE BOYCOTT
WASHINGTON, Dee. 16—Represen
tstlve Wiley, of Alabama, today Intro
duced a bill appropriating 3100.000 to
be used in employing six agents to
visit China and other eastern coun
tries for the purpose of promoting bet
ter relations with thoso countries; to
have the boycott taken off American
goods, and to display samples of
American cotton goods.
Appointments*
WASHINGTON. Dec. 16—The pres
ident today sent to the senate the fol
lowing n 'ruinations: Envoy rxtraor-
dlnary and minister plenipotentiary to
Romania and Hcrvla and diplomatic
Bulgaria—Huntlngt
looted was thit of tho lottery monpp-*
<<ly. The "if n "f lhe state enter
prise that has enriched itself at tho
expense of th«.people weir ransacked
and pillaged. Furnlturo was broken
and thrown Into tho streets and thous
ands of lottery tickets wero destroyed^
Wreck Castro's Paper.
Tho crowd moved to tho printing
office of El Canstliucional, tho organ
of President Castro, of which Gumer-
slndo Rivas is editor, and pillaged il
completely. A stoam laundry belong*
Ing to Senor IUvas also was wrecked,
Tho crowd then turned its attention
to several drug stores belonging ta
Honor Thielmnn, a son-in-law of Gen 4 *
oral Tello Mendoza, and turned thettt
Inside out. General Mendoza was ai
ono time minister of finance, and pub*
lie credit under Castro. Ho was ale®
tho president’s private secretary foci
several years nnd lias been regarded
as ono of his staunchest supporters. Hn
is universally hated by tho enemled
of Castro, and his unpopularity and
his close connection with the president
accounted for tho anger of the pop
ulace against th 0 properly of his son*
in-law. The statues nnd pictures ol
President Castro were made Into «
huge bon flro on tho Plaza Boilvart
The crowd chcored as the flames com
pleted tho destruction of these cffigle*
of the dictator.
Castro's Name Erased.
Numerous inscriptions setting fortfl
tho virtues of Castro and extolling hi*
powers next attracted tho retnlliiti<m ol
tho mob and every inscription bearinfl
Castro's name wns hacked out and erased*
Home of these legends wero carved on
tho public buildings of tho city.
It was after I o’clock beforo the crowd
had gotten thus far in Us *i"ju*
It lacked leadership and paused ln uev
fault of other fields for Its destructive
energies. It was then that a dotsoh-
ment of troops was called out for duty
on tho city streets, and Acting President
Gomes Ixsued a manifesto prohibiting
further manifestation*. Theso measure!
had the desirod t-ffccC for tho mob quieted
down and then dlepersed.
Newspaper Men Fight.
The attack yesterday on tho offices oft
El Constltuclonai, when tho crowd waf
curbed by a detachment of Bodlers wkd
flrad Into tho demonstrants, resulted IS
Movers! fatalities. A criminal action 1#S
been begun ngalnst Editor IUvas anl
other employes of tho paper ln whloq
they aro charged with responsibility foi
these deaths. It H declared that nival
nnd his men firod first on the peoplftv
making use of revolvers. El Comitittwi
clonal has suspended publication and Car
acas is practically without a newfla
®*4K funeral of Marcano Rojas, one of
the men killed ln tho fighting yesterday,
has been fixed for tomorrow. A vaM
crowd will turn out and further dlsordeMl
and rioting aro expected.
From Amerlcsrf Consul. * _
WASHINGTON, Dec. • !«.—ThrOUlll
Ain»-rl« .iM <’■ !IHM| Cl . m y at Cur.vuo, thd
stato department today received its first
offP-lnl Info, u.ii 1 i 'li "l ih" Kilning .•vesta
in Caracas Monday. It waa v*ry brief,
giving few details and confirming In part
tho Associated Press dlspatcho* of thp
*<•"' I tl.-d 1*1 •• -h dlKp.it- !;<•* ..f tJlO
It • ■>: I i »' 1 Ar-
J to Ixj on tho vergo of revo-
happenlngs of the city,
n. HB seemed to !>e on mo
lutlon and that attempts ti
to bum President Castro’s
grounds of all th«
Buckeye stale, if %
todwy at a meet?
Lincoln Day In kohools
NEW YORK Hor. 14 —Prlneipais of !?7
be public Hi'hoois of Greater New Tot*
k! In prepart a eUbovaW>
agent t<> Bulgaria—JluntiiiKtwn wiicon. , »m- »>uhI1> «ng.igci in preport g elaborate
«( nnnou. I yroranl for fl.n .1 ot TJn
Thin! i4k.iit.nt ,err-Ury ot it.to,] [iMbup*
wm. Phillip* Ot lrti«ehu.,tt. |;i In ‘^r7 asp r2H
Governor of Arizona, Jos. ll. Klbbey, r * win ui»o be niustoal exercises tM