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t The Macon Daily Telegraph WEATHER FORECAST FOR GEORG I A:—GENERALLY FAIR THURSDAY AND FRIDAYi MODERATE VAR IABLE WINDS. ESTABLISHED IN 1828. 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.** ♦ 11414■t.l'frt'H' I I-H i’H-M-l i l t’i* * 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 . Snnany'°35 contS^ 11 ^ ***** ATLANTA, Gu., Deo. lO.-Tho slate <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