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The Macon Daily
WEATHER FORECAST FOR GEORGIA:—FAIR SATURDAY AND SUND AYi. COLDER SATURDAY: MODERATE NOTHWES WINDS.
ESTABLISHED IN 1826.
MACON, GA., SATURDAY MORNING, DECEMBER 1!>, 1908
DAILY, $7.00 A YEAR.
CENSORSHIP NIGHT RIDER NEWS
ORDERED BY JUDGE JOS. E. JONES
PRODUCES PROFOUND SENSATION
Will Use Force If Necessary
to Keep Testimony Out
of Print.
mouth and eyehole*, white stripes on
their trousers, and one who seemed to be
the leader, wore a figure four outlined In
white tape on his left breast. The suite
seems to put a great deal of Importance
PUBLISHING EVIDENCE
WOULD DEFEAT JUSTICE
knot on It across the other one. They
dragged her husband away and told him
* *-*“ * — - Wards with
iry self-pos
_ ........ . of everyone.
was excused without a word of cross-
examination. The state then called P. C.
they wanted hint to go
them. *Mr*. Powell was ..
sessed and to the surprise
In Trial of Reel Foot Lake Cases Court
Orders Jury toConfine’ Their Read
ing to Novels and Good Books—Rope
That Caused Rankin’s Death Offered
in Evidence—Vivid Description of
Night Riders on Hunt for Human
Blood—They Wore Masks and Went
Heavily A**»n©d. ..
UNION CITY, Tenn.. Dec. 18—That
& strict censorship of the press will be
established during the night rider trials
was Indicated when court opened this
morning. After cautioning the Jury to
coniine . their reading to novels and
good books. Judge Joseph E. Jones,
said:
"Before we commence the taking of
testimony I want , to make a. request,
of the men who*.represent tlie newspa
pers here. ’As you know, there are
-oyer one hundred Indictments yet tD
bir tried: A juror who has heard from
a witness what purports to be an ac
count of what happened,, is Jncompe*
tent as a Juror. The supreme court
has held that- a newspaper report ot
testimony comes within the forbidden
. field. Hence, if the newspapers report
this testimony at this trial, it will
make It imposible to secure a Jury In
the cases to come, and thus jOsticc will
be defeated.
Will Enforce Censorship.
"This is a very serious phase of the
trial. The court will first make this
request in a verv polite and informal
why, trusting that the good sense and
patriotism of those, who own the pa
pers will lead then) to comply with it.
Of course, if it bo disregarded,’ then
the court will be compelled, very re-
1. luctantly, to take such steps as may
be necessary And. legal to protect the
interest of the commonwealth.
‘*lt has been suggested that the rul
lng apply only to papers which circa
late in this county, and tnat papers at
a distance be exempted. I do not be*
lievc this would bo fair, hence no ex
emption will be made.”
, Reporters Hold Conference.
This statement created a decided
sensation. Quite a number of the
Tehnesseo dally papers havo a staff
of men here, and -these men quickly
consulted, but reached no decision.
Most of them, however* ar6 Bending
out the testimony in detail.
Tho witnesses were next called and
sworn. Saventy-four responded for the
state and eighty-six for the defense.
J. P. Carpenter, owner of a sawmill
near Reel Foot Lake, was the first
witness examined. Ho Is a lawyer, and
wrote tho letter whlcn led to Captain
Rankin and Col. Taylor to go to Wal
nut Log hotel, where Rankin was kill
ed and Taylor escaped only by al
most a miracle. Carpenter was nr-
* rested, but quickly demonstrated his
innocence. He wished, to buy from
Taylor and Rankin some lumber on
the Reel Foot Lake property owned by
tho West Tennesseo Land Co., whom,
ho claimed, owned roost of the Reel
Foot Lako district. Tho gro*J. n d cov
ered by the Reel Foot Lake and
adJoInljig hills were included in early
land grahts which the West Tennes
see Land Co. had purchased. The na
tives resented this claim to ownership
and it Is over this dispute that tho
trouble bogan. .
Rope U» c d on Rankin.
His testimony was to this effect, and
to show that several of the defendants
knew that Taylor and'Kankln were com
ing to tho Reel Foot district. He also told
of learning the morning after the tragedy
of the killing and of going to the scene.
Capt. Rankin’s body was lying on its
back within a few feet of the lake, a rone,
one end around the captain’s neck, lied
with a hangman’s knot, the other thrown
over the fork of a tree, told the ghastly
story. On closer examination he found
five bullet wounds in the body. While
Carpenter was testifying the stato pro-
taken the night of the murder.
WOULD IRK WEIGHT
OH ALLPACKAGES
CONSENSUS OF OPINION OF INSUR
ANCE INSPECTORS WEIGHTS
SHOULD BE UNIFORM.
WASHINGTON, Dec. 18.—That all the
states of t.hc union should have uniform
i on the subject of weights and meas
ures, or that there should bo a federal
law on the subject, was the consensus of
opinion expressed today by the delegates
appointed qy various state ’governors to
attend the conference of the national 'or
ganization of insurance inspectors of
weights and measures of the United
States which began its two days’ session
here today. The inspectors from sev
eral states declared that they cculd give
startling testimony ns to some of the
methods used to defraud by the use of
false weights and measures. Letters
from a number of national commercial
associations, received in largo numbers
at this conference, show that tho m
ment has the solid backing of the i
chants of the country.
The delegates without exception favor
leaving local inspection to the states, but
insist that the fundamental law should
be a federal statute enacted by congress
In order that there may be no conflict,
particularly in interstate commerce.' An
interesting step seriously proposed from
the side of the consumer Is an organiza
tion of tho consumers of tho United
States into a national full weight and
measure association. Tho opinion was
expressed by several of the delegates that
It should bo a misdemeanor to use false
weights or measures. It also was held
that all package goods should have the
weight, plainly marked on the outside of
ftho.box.
As to federal legislation nn effort-will
be made to have a bill Introduced In con
gress legal opinions obtaihed holding that
it will bo posslblo to frame such legisla
tion without having it conflict with the
question of states' rights.
TO TAKE KINKS
OUT OFJENTRAL
Lino From Atlanta to Savan
nah to Be Straightened
Right Soon
ATLANTA, Dec. IS.—Extensive
plans to straighten the line of the
Central of Georgia rairroad between
Atlanta and Savannah are being
made, and It Is said that before
very long the distance between these
points will be reduced about, thirty
miles.
Surveys are now being made
with the straightening proceess In
prospect. One of the first Improve
ments Inaugurated by the now con
trolling factor In the ownership of
tho property, E. H. Harrinmn, Is
said to have been tho straightening
of the line, which Is one of the Har-
rlmnn railroad hobbles.
It Is stated that present surveys
are being made between Oconee and
Wadley, between Macon and Mll-
len, and In the vicinity of Barnes-
vllle and Forsyth, between Atlanta
and Macon. Extravagant curves In
each of tho localities make the lino
longer than it should be.
MR. AND MRS. BROWN
TO VISIT AUGUSTA
GOVERNOR-ELECT WILL SPEND
SOME TIME THERE—IS MRS.
BROWN’S OLD HOME.
AUGUSTA, Ga., Dec. 18.—Wm. H. Taft,
president-elect of the United State*, to
night announced the appointment of
United States Senator Philander C. Knox,
cf Pennsylvania, as seerctar of state' In
ills cabinet.
The announcement followed the receipt
by Mr. Taft of a telegram, which came
late this afternoon, conveying the infor
mation from Mr. Knox that he would ac
cept the premiership ‘of the Taft cabi
net. Mr. Taft without delay made tho
announcement that the matter was set
tled. \
Offered Job on Sunday. *
Tn giving the details of the negotia
tions he said that tho offer made was
made to Mr. Knox last Sunday morning
in New York. That since the offer he
had not heard from Mr. Knox until tho
telegram ho received today. After a con
sultation with Secretary Root In Wash
ington last Sunday afternoon Mr. J’uft
said he made an effort to see tho Penn
sylvania senator there, but was informed
that ho was in New York to attend the
dinner of the Pennsylvania Society. He
wired Mr. Knox to see him at the Henry
\V. Taft residence Sunday morning. The
appointment was kept. Mr. Knox conclud
ing his visit in time for Judge Taft to
attend morning church service, but re
maining at the Tnft residence until after
Judge Taft had-gone to church.
Extols Knox’s Statesmanship.
*1 feel *4hat I am to .bo congratulated
In securing the services of Senator Knox
in my cabinet.” said Judge Tnft In mak
ing the announcement and making the
statement with the understanding that
he was to bo quoted.
hero and there.
Found Rope About Man's Neck.
The witness identified tho ropo as tho
ono which lie found tied around the dead
man’s* neck. The rope was put in evi
dence. Tho witness next described • tho
country in tho vicinity of Reel Foot lake
and tho range of hills that extended from
the lake a mile or-two away. These are
known as the Red Hills, are heavily
wooden anil ftre the eeene of most
oMho bufiwe- of fh. msjkea rMjrfc,.
Carpenter** l ft tiro™*
tnent to ttato. which expected some
strong tes timony from him.
** An Important Witness.
St's?Shil
m,m that resulted in Rankin s death. Tho
SUM«P«S Ws.td.ir.i ttMlmony'to >l»w
that tbs Jefcn.lintajcncw 0 f gm two-
looted r
ft.’T" * muftSm"th.' Walnut u«
WARM WEATHER. HURT
MANYJETAIL LINES
WHOLESALE TRADE IS QUIETER
AND SOME GOODS GOING AT
CONCESSIONS.
NEW YORK. Doc. 18—Bradstrect’i!
tomorrow will soy: Holiday trade
shows further expansion and most cit-
tics report buying of this character
equal to or sightly In excess of lMt
year. In some sections, particularly
the south, holiday trade is not so
good os in .1907. Tho larger centers
are doing well and armies of shoppers
are in evidence, but many small, cities,
report a relatively light business, and
demand shifting to cheaper lines.
In regular retail lines unseasonable
weather has been a drawback
narHein\? r Iy southwest and south as
for some time »M‘, Wholesale trade
Is Quieter, ami cxcep- ,or -
orders to sort up depleted . “•^ i yLp-
bers also report less .doing. Ini. *
ies report buying of this charactci
dispose to less activity from now till
after January 1. Reports from lead
ing Industries are of gradual gains
and slow progress back to normal.
Thcro are some orders for steel rails
from railroads.
There is more demand for lumber,
some of this on account of railroad
buying, with firmer prices for yellow
pine. In the past week ihere have
been evidences of some lines of cotton
goods such as bleached fabrics and
gray goods being offered at concessions
as result of the easing In raw material
but well known makes of cotton dress
goods are firmly held and closely
sold up.
Business failures In the United
States for the week ending Decem
ber 17 number 310 against 298 last
week and 300 in the like week of last
year.
ATLANTA, Ga., Dec. 18—Governor-
elect Joseph M. Brown and Mrs. Brown
arc muklng arrangement to go to Au
gusta about January 4 or 5 for a stay
of several days, maybe a week,
will be the first visit Mr. Brown will
have paid Augusta since he be
came a candidate or was elected gov
ernor.
Mr. Brown has visited nearly every
other section of the state, but has de
ferred his trip to that section of which
Augusta is the center until he could
give to it more than tho usual time.
Mrs. iBrown was an Augusta girl and
she has many relatives there now. Tho
’visit will comblno the social and tho
political. -• /
After spending three or four days hi
tho city. Mr. and Mrs. Brown will
visit nearly all the county seats
the line of the Georgia railroad. They
will go to Washington and mny run
over into Lincoln county, Mrs. Brown’s
childhood home.
While In August® it Is probable that
tho governor-elect will meet President
elect William H. Taft, one of tho larg
est and the other the smallest (physi
cally) of the country’s exccutlvos-to.
be.
DIET OF PARTRIDGE
RARE AND COSTLY
IN DRESSING BIRD LARGE GOLD
RING WITH INITIAL "P” IS
^ FOUND.
COLUMBUS Ga., Dec. 18—Partridges
in Russell county, Ala., are partaking
of very fancy diet Just now. judging
by an-incident that has Just occifrrcU
there. Frank BickcrntafT, a citizen of
that county, bagged several partridges
while on a hunt, and while they were
being prepared for supper a gold ring
was found.
The ring is a plain one, tho band be-
“bout three-olghths of an inch
wideb and".** en8ravcd wl,h * h « let ’
ter ”P.”
n inn
KNOX GETS «!■«'
Accepts Position of Secre
tary of State iu the Taft
Cabinet
WILL ONLY ltHyllltK 95,4.18,000
TO COMI'LKTK WORK AMI
IT,ANN OF FISCAL YKAlt.
WASHINGTON, Deo. 18.—A re-
quest for an urgent deficiency ap
propriation of 35.458,000 to carry
on the work or tho Isthmian canal
nt the present rate during the bal
ance of the fiscal year and for new
projects was received by tho bouse
today from the secretary of war.
Last year a deficiency appropria
tion 311,050,000 was made.
Tho principal share for the de
sired appropriation is for tho Atlan
tic division, where Is located the
Gatun locks and dam. For this
division an appropriation of $3,-
451,000 is requested.
Chairman Goethals of tho com
mission explained that tho current
appropriation was based on the
mistaken Idea that congress had
appropriated for a rock crushing
plant at Porto Bello, an erecting
plant for the Gatun locks and dams
and vessels to transport the crushed
rocks. For these purposes $2,500,-
000 is now nsked.
Of the total appropriation
quested $2,458,000 Is for labor and
$2,400,000 for materials.
stands out pre-eminently
tho senate and elsewhere as ... .
great lawyers of that body."
Happy Politically.
Judge Taft alsq feels that from
tlcal vlewnolnt tho selection *>
nox Is most happy. He explained
there was often u feeling that the state
of Pennsylvania, with Its assured repub
licans-majorities, often was slighted In
tho matter of recognition in tho high
counsels of the party. That this will
not be the case In tho next administra
tion was Indicated by tho announcement
by Mr. Taft that he would Invito Senator
Knox to roine ,o Augusta that he might
consult hhii freely with iefr.j-en.ee to fill
ing other places in his cabinet. In ffcot,
ho said that ho felt tho need of such nd-
vlco ns lie should bo able to obtain it
from Mr. Knox regarding not only tho
‘ilnet, but many matters preliminary to
i beginning of hi* administration. That
. Knox’s influence will bo potent was
* * Mr. Taft Highly Gratified.
Tho hesitation of Senator Knox to make
a more speedy decision Is Interpreted here
to his desire to arrange with due regnrd
for tho interests of the party and his
stato for relinquishing his seat In tho
senate. Mr. Tart evinced many evidences
WM. L. CLARK'S CAREER WIDE AND
VARIED—EIGHTY-ONE YEARS
52 ILiiiUH
ARRIVE]! GEORGIA
half the party to settle at
GLENCOE IN CAMDEN COUNTY.
BOtel.
Describes th# Night Rider*.
Th« rider* arrived at tkjFdJttthojgf
at 11 p m. They were Me*
white etrtpee eernw tlwra
COLUMBUS. Oft,. Doc. 18.—William
L. Clark, |l years, one of the
^ e *2Urt*4t and most prominent citizens
“Jt Columbus, died today.
From 1853 unUI 1887 he was actively
identifled with tnc mansgement of rail
road properties *" —
He was r
and Girard
many years, — .— n -
bus and Rome road for years; was as so- him
elated with the - old Muscogee Railroad,
and at one time was summoned to Mexi
co to direct tho construction of tho Mexi
can National Railroad, spending a year
tIl lle‘was a director In larg# Institutions
In Columbus.
Mr. Clark was a native of Savannah.
of gratification at tho decision which has
been reached
Tho arrival of tho Taft family in Au
gusta today, with the exception of Miss
Jfdcn, who Js to reach here later, caused
no small amount of Joyous excitement
excitement and demonstration on thf
part of tho residents of tho city..
Reception of Tart’s Cordial.
Tho reception accorded the president
elect was umplo in cxprcsing the feellnf
of cordial southern hospitality. Mr. ant
Mrs. London A. Thomas are entertaining
tho Tafts until Monday, when they will
take possession of the Tenrett cottage.
Judge Taft lost no time in getting our
to the golf course, and pronounced it
much to his liking, although ho said he
would havo to get familiar with tho suntf
greens, which were a little difficult after
his play on grass.
Talks Canal Visit.
In discussing his forthcoming vlt
Panama tonight, Mr. Taft made It plain
that .It was his purpose to keep himself
posted throughout his administration re
garding tho engineering features of work
on the Isthmus as well as tho adminis
trative features. It Is his intention now
to visit tho'Isthmus each year of his
term ad to take with him for their report
eminent civil engineers who are not con
nected with tho work. Thero Is some
danger, he believes, that unless this
close supervision Is maintained regarding
tho physical features that grave mistakes
might be made. Tho problem that will
receive the greatest consideration dur-
; » the forth coming trip relates to tho
"J*. •wing features of the Gatun dam.
»/** been some expert criticism os
• v li ,allty of tho foundation which
to th® iRfinu for th, » fttructnre and it 1s
&/SS Intention to obtain from tho
-r" nv "" ab, ° aB much
from PrMlJent PH- '»4Jnlon. to have
New Orleane Proaroielvo •>.,( port
11m return from Panama at u.
New Orlean, Want. Taft,
' "Tho people of New Orlcnn.," the Invi
tation read, "cordially nqunt and ra-
enectfully uric you to return from pnna-
Jr-.H a ,i.im tviri We arc deeply con-
cess
DRUNSWICK, Ga., Dec. IS—Yester
day a party of fifty-two people from
Michigan, arrived In Rrunawlck looking
around the city at-thc oyiter f.elorlea.
terminal atatlon. parka, etc. They ex-
preaacd th.maal.aa a» being del ghted
with nrunanrlck. eapwlally the cll-
nl Ahout half of the party are vl.lton
and pmaportora while the other half
have bought land at fllencoe, In Cam
den county, mi the Seaboard railroad,
about thirty mile* from Itrtinn vlek.
They will eng-go In /arming. They
ara a elurJy act "f men. and w II
make gond Georgia people. Glynu
county alone need, aev.ral Ihoueand
of Umm wutUag people.
John T. Dor.ey Pardoned.
ATLANTA. Oa.. Dec. J7.—Governor
Hoke Smith granted a pardon today to
John T. boraey. a young lawyer of
Oalneevllle, who waa ..nt to tho peniten
tiary from Hall county anveral yeanr e«o
to eerve a ten-year atnlence for volun
tary manilaughter.
Young l»mey la a graduate of tho Uni
veralty of aeonfla. nr.d It waa larn.ti
through efforla made Ijy ineinbem of hli
claM iliat executive clemency waa no
cured. At the laat cia»» reunion a move
ment to eecuro Ids release was Wm»
Charles WUIIams who . has lawn ■■
lng a t.n-year sontenco for burglary,
from Bibb county, was pardoned.
Wlltlajn A. Norv.ll. who nt an lag
a ten-y<a> sentence for aauult with Itt-
tenl to murder, will he released ou H
i.uUUm ,f eeatee«a.
TO PURCHASE A 5,000-ACRE FARM
FOR STATE’S WHITE PRISONERS
IS PLAN OF PRISON COMMISSION
JEWISH WOMEN ASK
PRESS TIIPUT ON BAN
WOULD EXERCISE STRICT CENSOR
SHIP OVER DIVORpE AND MUR
DER REPORTS.
ma'vli this "port. We arc deeply
emed not only In tlio success of tbcLM
ministration but "JSSiSL Sln/of
Panama cansl and wish to assure you or
our earnest belief In the wledom of thoec
'Hflavannsbhiui come forward with a bW
&r M*. Taft, and h# wll
y by a delegation from that c Je/WW*|5
mlm to attend a Yale reunion to be Tieldi
[there inter. No indication haa b#cn given
as to whether Mr. Taft will accepL iili
Atlanta visit, which ha* been promised,
has not yet been definitely, arranged as
to time Mr. Taft said that he had not
yot decided on any one definitely for the
attorney g« n»*ralshlp. It fa hla desire to
Ufcthls Plsce with an admlnlsratlvc gen-
| who will accomplish a reorganization |
of*the'depa'rtment ee wetl u tho jecal
iiIlikcs of the department or commerce
and labor and tho interatate commerce
commission to the end that the work of
these three branches of the government I
mny b« co-ordinately brought Into dose
and harmonious relation.
Gaadloe Yancey, of the prison commis
sion, la sanding out !?„“!*
county commissioners and ord.norle* of
tho state, urging them to seltd their road
Tnc school Is to ha held for the pur.
doss of studying road Improvement and
may b# attended without coat by anyona
In th« a tat#.
NKW YORK. Dec. 18.—Tho council of
Jewish women, through Dr. Cornelia II.
Kahn, chairman of tho committee on
jiurity of tho press, Imu IhhuciI an appcul
to ncwHpupcrn for tho diminution of In
decent details ill tho published evidence
at murder and divorce trials.
The appeal states that many prominent
Individuals and societies support tho
movement. Special request is made for
a conservative dealing with the I Inins
murder trial "in order to safeguard our
homes and our children from tho demor
alizing Influence of prurient details.”
GRAPE SEEDS DON’T
CAUSEjAPPENDICITIS
ORIGIN OF THE INFLAMMATORY
DISEASE STILL A MY8TERY,
SAYS SURGEON.
CHICAGO. Dec. 18.—Grapo seeds end
tight lacing ns causes of appendicitis
wero eliminated by Dr. John L. Mur
phy in a lecture last night at the Pub
lic Library building in tho free course
offered by tho. Chicago Medical So
ciety.
“No one has been able* to discover
tho causo of tha inflammation of tho
appendix,” ho said. "Somo people
charge It up to rheumatism, others to
measles. Them aro persons .who be
lieve that overfed people get it, others
that underfed people ore most liable
to have tho trouble, but no surgeon
has ever discovered tho real cause.
Most Common In Summer.
"But wo do know appendicitis in all
of its nature and In tho destruction
that it produces. It in more common
In summer than In winter; It is more
common among men than among wo
men, in th© ratio of about four to ono;
It is more common among boys than
among girls, so that tho old Idea that
tight lacing was a cause seems to be
dissipated. It is something that we
cannot run away from, beenuye it Is
found In all quarters of the globe.
There aro countries, perhaps, where
they still call it Inflammation of the
bowels, but that is because they havo
not recognized it as appendicitis.
Easy to Diagnose.
“There Is no disease where the symp
toms are moro uniform, and It is one of
the easiest of diseased to diagnose.
Flint there is the pain, then the nuusca
the soreness due local pressure, and,
lastiv the elevation ot tho tempera
ture.*' The 5PPendlx can HCSt . nround
in a large apacd,* J»nd while it Is gen
erally on the right tflde It has been
found on the left side. Thero are
times when the pain enUt*ly disap
pears and the P®H»Vn may still be on
the llghtn^jj express to death. tfho
ludtf^n cessations of pain are due to
rtlfrturen which allow a discharge Into
free cavities, temporarily relieving the
pressure.
Dangerous Disease.
It Is a dangerous disease, becauao
the appendix can flit up and the patient
die In thirty-one hours. Therefore,
procrastination la the cause of the
greatest mortality in appendicitis. In
flammation of the bowels, which was
the name It was formerly known by.
waa nn extremely fatal disease, and
appendicitis would bo as fatul if it
were not for the surgeon’s skill In re
moving the appendix before it had nn
opportunity to ruptu* and wnd its
fiery and pdixonou* discharge and send
fiery and poison discharge into
the vital organs of the body, tjomo-
times nature protects llfu by causing
a discharge into natural channels.
“Tho mortality rate with medical
treatment alon# is about 30 per cent
while It la than o&g-flfth.of 1 per
cent under surgical treutnient if oper
ated on in IU Incipient MagM. No
medicine has ever been discovered that
will t*ufe a curt.”
NOVEL EXPERIMENT.
TO BEJiERTAKEN
TWO DOCTORS WILL TRY TO BRING
TO LIFE PRISONER ELECTRO
CUTED.
TRENTON, N. J.. Die. 18.—John M.m-
tasHUtina, of Essex county. l»%o have n
novel Christman al(t. If the newest pro-
* ct Inspired by Jcraey Justice is huc-
ssful.
John is alleged to have commuted u
murder, and just for thut lie In under
sentence to l»e electrocuted nt tin* stale
prison next week. Uut Dr. Frank Benin-,
met. county physician, mid hr. Thonuuf
MncKcnzic. priHim physician. harbor
‘ “ trucution rtuilly
clurm-th,
be ae<
t net a sin)’, they
Therefore, If
d and John
ill try to renuH-
duly cxccu-
gee .
lulckliinc In whl^U.thc bodies of murder
urn nra..burled.
At nil previous executions of sentence
tile nutopsloH Imvo been performed b.
hr. E. A. S. Spltzkn, of I'idlndelpliiu. Next
time, howefer. hr. Bciunmel, the county
physician, will insist on being nlli
inlte’ possession _ __
assistance of hr. McKciir.l<
apply nil tho
of tho body.
McKenzie, *
tliods of
With the
known to medical science. If 111c experl
ment failH nn autopsy wilt lie performed
to determine tho exact effect of the elec
tric current on the human lxuly. It Is
also expected Hint till
ill show if death
idVo<
to he tlie
advocates of tho
instantltneous,
dcctrle chair aver .
•hr. Gibbons, of New York Jmih assert-
Propose to Keep White Con
victs From Working on
Public Roads.
BOARD HAS AUTHORITY TO
PURCHASE OR LEASE
ed thut electricity does not kill n convict,
and thut tlie men put in the cimlr die
Uer the surgeon’s knife In tho autopsy or
in tlto quicklime In which they are hur
led,” County 1'hyslcluii Hcainmel said in
diHcussIng tlie project. ’’I intend to find
out whether tlmt Is true, and I have In-
vlted. hr. McKenzie to assist mo follow
ing the next execution of tho dentil sen
tence In tho state prison hero.”
If tlie two pliysiclanH should succeed In
resuKcltntltig Maul assail.in, or any other
convict, a nice legal question will bo
raised. Officially Tm will be declared
dead .before the current Is turned off.
Therefore lie will have paid the full pen
alty for Ills crime, and If ho lie restored
to consciousness ho eunnot bo subjected
to tho current again. There are many
persons hero. Including officials, who say
the state will not permit the county.phy*
eleian to carry out ids proposed export
incut.
PASSENGER RATES SHOULD
BE 2.99 CENTS PER MILE
KANSAS CITY. Mo., Dec. 18-J. W.
Kendrick, vice president of tlie Atchi
son, Topeka ami Santa Fo railway, was
called to tbo witness stand In tho Mis
souri railroad rate ease today. Ho de
clared thut with tho expeption of n
few lines In Minnesota them Js not a
branch railroad in tho country that
operates at u profit, excluding tho han
dling of interstate business, llo de
clared tho local passenger rato should
be 2.99 cents per mile to pay a legiti
mate profit on the’ Investment.
BUSINESS AND FROLIC
IN THE “COLONY CITY”
FITZGERALD, Ga., Dec. 18—Next
week, commencing the* 21st, will bo
gala week In Fitzgerald, being ushered
in by a banquet ut the Loo-Grant Ho
tel, given by the Business League.
The Cosmopolitan Carnival Co. will
continue the fun Tor n week, after
which the big ImproveiVients will begin.
The Women’s Club held its regular
meeting Wednesday, and an unusually
attractive tfrogram was given. The
club voted to present the public schools
a series of graded pictures, three in
each of tho fifteen rooms. These pic
tures uro copies of noted paintings and
so graded that they form a progres-
slvo course of study in nrt from the
first grade through tho high school.
Tho club also arranged to act as a
bureau to dispense and encourage the
use of the Red Cross stamps sent out
by that society, to aid in lighting, the
"Whlto Pftlguc.”
WOMAN GETS $1,090 FOR
ENFORCED RIDE IN BALLOON
Commission Desires to Carry Out In*
tent of Legislature in the Matted
of Separation of the Race*—Mil-
IcdflCville Farm Would Be Uaed for
Negro Invalids and Femalet—Eati-
mates Show Farm Would Cost $84,-
000—Beer Tax to Bo Used For This
Purpoee. V,
ATLANTA. Ga.. Dec. 18—Tile pris
on commission may in the near futuro
purchase a farm of amout 5.000 acre*
to he used exclusively for white in
mates of tho state penitentiary. It l»
the desire of tlie commission to carry
out tho Intent of the legislature and *
keep all white prisoners off the public
roads, whera tho convicts will} bo
placed after April 1 next.
Near*Beer Tax Available. \
The new convict bill authorizes tho
commission to purchase or lease ad
ditional farm lands on .which to.employ
convicts, and the funds arising from
the tax on near-beer saloons will b>
available for that purpose. It is au
thorized, also, to place such pr’soncra
as they desire on the farm instead of
the public roads. It was meant bV this
that separation of tho races would bo
made possible, while at tho same tlnm
keeping white men out of the road
camps.
Tho present prison farm .it MHlodgo-
vlllo is used for aged or invalid, or
female prisoners of both races. If th«
ni*w one is purchased it will there
after be used for tho accommodatloD
of negroes only.
Co*t of Proposed Farm. *
Tentative ostlmates made by the
commission show that to buy and equip
another farm will cost approximately
884,000, but more than this amount
should be derived within tho next few
months from tho beer tax. ^
There are between 225 and 300 whlto
prisoners in tho stato penitentiary, and
about u half dozaa of these aro wo
men.
If thq new farm la established it wll*
probably be In Month Georgia. It will
not bo in tho vicinity of Mllledgevllla*
ns tho two must not bo connected ii*
any way.
BAILEY COMING
FORJIS WIFE
Waycross Polico Depart-,
meat Detains Alleged
Runaway Couple
WAYCROSS. Ga., Dec. *13—
Goddard, who claims Fayetteville, N.
C., an his home, was arrested here to
day by Chief of Police J. W. Colley
on request of tho chief of police of
Winston-Salem, N. C.
Tho man accompanied by a woman
registered hero ut a hotel ns Chan.
Goddard and wife. Tho chief of policy
received several telegrams from M. D.
iHu’ley, of Winston-Salem, N. C., stat
ing that tli#* woman is Mrs. Bailey.
Goddard still claims that tho woman
is his wife and that Bailey In an old
cnegiy and is hounding him. Tho
charge against Goddard In abduction
pnd elopement. The chief of polico
of Winston-Salem wan notified of Jho
man’s arrest and naked to nend for
him.
Itallcy wired that he would com®
here also. V'
“KENTUCKY JOE” NON
OF LAW
kiNOafOM, X. Y., Dec. 18—Pur hot
Involuntary ascension at the I'hlonv111.
fair on August 29. 1908, when eho wan
whirled aloft ot on aeronautical exhibi
tion through becoming entangled In a
dangling rope, a Jury In tho xunremj
court today rendered a sealed verdict
In favor of Mrr. Mary H. Roper tor
$1,000.
Mr*. Roper had rued tho Ulster
County Agricultural Society for I26.t
000.
Death of A. W. Eakin,.
WAYCROSS. Oa„ Dec. 18--A. \V.
Ruklit. it former Waycrpaa merchant,
died .udJcnly yeatertlay at Tyty. Oa.,
and tlie body was brought hero tonight
and will be burh'4 tomorrow nt Kottle
Creek cemetery. Air. E«klr» nut a
native of North Carolina. He waa
about 40’yaara old and leave, a wife
nnd ona child.
Stair'*Pbi? Cook ren
the lAwrrncevlll# Hi
ch llollroed Com-
pauy today. It was chartered originally
by the legislature in 137/ for a inio*
thirty raars. The rt&awaj )• for a •
Ur urra.
A NOTORIOUS CHARACTER DE
CLARE8 NO JAIL CAN HOLD
HIM—IS RICH.
BLUEFIELD, W. Vo., Dec. 18—Henry
Collie, alias “Kentucky Joe,” was ar«*
rested here todav by local officers act
ing under tho direction of secret ser
vlet agents. Collie, it is sand, has scv-.
oral aliases, some of which arc Joo
Miller, H. C. Miller and Joo Foster.
Ho is sixty yca k r* old and is allege^
to be tho leader of a gang <?f post-
ofl’lco robbers and safoblowurs who
have been .operating in Virginia. Ken
tucky and Tennessee for moro than
three ycara.
Three of his olleged confederates
weru urrested at Tazewell, Va., laat
week.
"Kentucky Joe,” as he is host known
to the out' iritios. Is «ai!d to be a man
of we.ilth ill* had more than 1209 in
arrested. He haa
>n.i times sad It 14
(lie boast that the
Uvllt that will hold
his pock»*te
broken Jail n
said he bus :
kill has revet
him.
I hoij