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MACON, GA., THURSDAY MORNING, DECEMBER 24, 1908
DAILY, 17.03 A YEAR.
Standard Oil, Republic Oil
and Waters-Pierce
Barred.
JEFFERSON CITY. Mo.. Dec. 22.—The
Supreme court of Missouri delivered a de
cision ousting the Standard Oil Com
pany. of Indiana, and the Republic Oil
company from the state, forbidding them
ever again to do business In Missouri,
snd dissolving the Waters-Pierce Oil
Company, of Bt Louis. In addition each
of the companies is fined $50,*00.
The court declared that the three oil
companies had conspired snd combined
to monopolise the oil business in Mis
souri.
The decree against the Waters-Pierce
Company is tempered by the proviso that
it may continue in business If. by Jan
uary 15. 1009, It can show to the court
that it has taken steps to operate as an
independent concern and lias satisfied the
Judgment against it The other com
panies are given until March 1. 1909, to
wind up their affairs in the state.
The decision is so sweeping that At
torney General Hadley and Governor
Folk, hall it as the end of the illegal
commercial combinations In Missouri.
Attorney General Hadley, who has
f irosecuted the Missouri case since its
nceptlon In March, 1905, will become
governor In less than a month and then
will be cliarged with the enforcement of
the decree issued today.
Tho attorney general In a statement
asserted that attempts had been made
to compromise the suit, but he said he
refused thp jjffera of the attorneys for
the oil companies.
Ruling of the Court.
In Its decision the court says:
“If such abuses as those complained
of are permitted to continue untram
melled, it would only bo a question of
time until they would sap the strength
and patriotism from the very founda
tions of our government, overturn the
republic, destroy our free institutions,
and substitute in lieu thereof somo other
form of government.”
Tha principal indictments against the
companies arp: That they have created
and become members of a pool, trust
agreement, confederation, combination.
Is Urged to Interfere With
Decision of Justice
Wright.
75,000 MINE WORKERS
ENTER STRONG APPEAL
Different Labor Organizations Throughout
Country Wire and Write President
Relative to the Sentence Imposed by
Supreme Court of the District of Co
lumbia on Labor Leaders in the Buck's
Stove Case—Lengthy Decision Rendered
by Court in Which Scathing Denuncia
tion is Hurled at Gompers, Mitchell and
Morrison—Mr. Roosevelt Has Not De
cided as to Whether or Not He Will
Take Action.
That they have created
embers of wwm
confederation,
arrangement and understanding ueiwj
themselves for the following purposes
“First, to regulate, fix and control MV
prices to bo paid by retail dealers and
others In the state of Missouri for tho
refined products of petroleum sold and
offered for sale In this state.
“Second, to control and limit the trade
win refined products of petroleum In this
state; . v "
“Third, to control, limit and prevent
competition In the business of buying
and selling refined products of petroleum
in 'this state between themselves and
others engaged in like business; and
“Fourth, to mislead the public Into the
belief that they were separate and dis
tinct corporations and pursuing an inde
pendent business as logltlmuto competi
tors in the purchase and salo of the
products of petroleum."
Case In Court Four Years.
Tho- state’s ouster- suit against
Standard, tho Republic and tho Watcra-
Picrco companies was Instituted almost
four years ago. The evidence was taken
In St. Louis and in New York.
Tho ouster proceedings were begun In
the supreme court in the nature of a quo
warranto, charging that the three com
panies had entered into a combination
In violation of tho laws of tho state.
After amended relations had been filed
the taking of testimony July 20, 1905,
by Robert A. Anthony, special commis
sioner, in St. Louis, was begun. The re-
. fusal of the companies to produce certain
books and documents as to business con
nections with persons at 2# Broadway,
New York, which refusal was made In
e insas City, whence the hearing had
en adjourned, led to a New York hear
ing, which began on January 6. 1906.
Meantime additional hearings were held
In Joplin, Mo., and St. Louis.
At the New York hearing H. II. Rogers
was one of the witnesses summoned and
his rofusal to answer certain questions
sent the case beforo Judge Gildcrsleevc.
of the New York supremo court. The
entire proceedings were completed and
the reports of the commissioner* were
finally mado to the supremo court of
Missouri late in 1907, since which time
that tribunal has had the cose under ad
visement.
DYING OFFICER
MAKES CHARGES
Policeman Cain Walters
Tom Pollock Shot
Him in the Back.
Says
OCILLA, (3a., Dec. 23—Twenty-four
hours after the bloody duel which cost
the lives of Leonard Sin i! Chortle
Monro and Virgil Moore an adlcted
fatal injuries upon Policeman Cain
Walters, tho town tonight rests under
a death-llke poll with little evidence
of the holidoy spirit manifest. Odlla
la in sorrow. Tho life of the brave of
ficer fast ebbs away. There la
chance for hla recovery, physicians
state. The community awaits the ter
mination of his wounds with tense
anxiety.
New Developments in Case.
Jack Shepherd and Tom Pollock are
implicated and are In Jail.
Policeman Walters charges Tom
Pollock with having ahot him In the
back.
The trouble arose by Shepherd shoot
ing a large firecracker. Being repri
manded by the policeman, the Moores
and Leonard Smith became involved
as friends of Shepherd and the police
man, and one version is tbe policeman
opened fire and the other veralon Is
that Charley Moore opened fire.
The facts ora not clear yet, as there
was some drinking among the partici
pants, and while there were three or
four eye wltneuee, yet they do not
agree as to the tacts snd beginning of
the trouble.
It Is rumored that there had been
previous trouble between the police
man and Charley Moore.
The town la shocked over one of the
most tragic killings In thle section.
I^onard Smith was about II years old,
and cam. from Dooly county. Police,
man Wallers Is from Twiggs county,
i. n.I the Moore brothers were from
Meriwether county. They have all
lived hero two or three yean.
. ROOSEVELT MAY TAKE A HAND
IF HE CAN BE CONVINCED THAT
GOMPERS’ SENTENCE IS SEVERE
WASHINGTON, Dec. 23.—Twelve
months In Jail for Samuel Gompers,
president nino months for John Mitch
ell, first vice president, six months for
Frank Morrison, secretary, of the
American Federation of Labor, was the
sentence imposed by Justice Wright,
of the supreme court of the District
of Columbia, today for contempt of
court In violating an order previously
issued enjoining them from placing
on tho “unfair" or “we don’t patronize"
list the Hucks -Stove and Range Co.,
of St. Louis, -Mo.
All three of the defendants werd Ip
court. Notlco of an appeal to the
court of appeals of ttfie District of Co
lumbia at once wa» J flled, Gompers be
ing released on $5,000 bond, Mitchell
on $4,000, and Morrison on $3,000.
Gompera’ Family Present.
In addition to the wife and daugh
ter of Gompers, there were present a
number of local leaders and others who
were attracted by the notlco that a
decision In tho fqmoua,,case would be
announced today. -Mr. Gompers’ fam
ily were visibly affected.
With tears coursing down his own
cheeks, President Gompers heard tho
order of tho court which condemned
him to prison for a year. Both Mitch
ell and Morrison seemed stunned by
tho - sentence, although Mitchell up
peared to be the least concerned.
Gompers’ Statement to Court.
Asked If he had anything to say
why sentence should not bo pro
nounced, President Gompers declared
that he had not consciously violated
any law. There was much he would
like to say/ ho said, but ho could not
do It at that time. Ho added, how
ever, that “This is a struggle of the
working peoplo of our country and It
Is a struggle of the working peoplo
for tho right. It Is a struggle of tho
ages—a struggle of the men of labor
to throw off some of tho burdens which
have been heaped upon them; to abol
ish some of the wrongs and to secure
somo of tho rights too long denied." .
Mitchell and Morrison confined
themselves to an endorsement of what
Mr. Gompers had said.
Justice Recite s Conditions.
Tho decision of Judge Wright which
consumed two hours and twenty min
utes In reading was one of tho most
scathing arraignments that ever came
from the bench In this city. He re
cited the conditions antecedlng tho in
Junction and referred to the fact that
for twenty-five yearn the Bucks plant
had operated ns a ten-hour shop and
always had maintained an “open shop."
Tho court read extracts from num
bers of resolutions of labor organiza
tions bearing on tho Bucks case as
tending to show tho methods of Influ
encing members of unions, "And those
methods," the court remarked, “seem
to bo known as ‘Persuasion.”’
Tho customers of the atov© company,
tho court said, had been intimidated,
brow-beaten and coerced out of their
business relations with thely. custom
ers. “By direct Interference with and
boycott of their (tho customers) trade
relations with their own customers and
the public generally."
Following an exhaustive relation of
conspiracies In restraint of trade,
Justice Wright said:
What Court Say*.
’•From the foregoing it ought
seem apparent to thoughtful men
that the defendants to-tho bill, each
and all of them, have combined to
gether for the purpose of:
“1—Bringing about the breach
plaintiff’s existing contracts with
others.
"2—Depriving plaintiff of property
(the value of the good will of its
business) without due process of law,
"3—Restraining trade among
several states.
“4—Restraining commerce among
the several states."
The ultimate purpose of tho defend
ants, the court said In this conncc
tlon, w«9 unlawful, their concerted
project an offense against tho law
and, it added, they were guilty of
crime.
Coming to the question of the vio
lation of the court’s injunction. Jus
tice Wright said:
Violation of Injunction.
“That Qompet* and others had In
advance of the injunction determined
to violate it if issued, and had In ad
vance of tho injunction counselled nil
members of labor unions and of the
American Federation of Labor and
the public generally to violate It in
case It should be issued, appears from
the following which references point
out also the general plan and mutual
understanding of the organisation and
their various members.”
The court here read a mass of ex
tracts from reports of proceedings of
conventions of tbe federation reports
of President Gompers. editorials from
the columns of tho American Feder-
atlonlst and the labor press generally
In support of his ststement that there
war a pre-determination to violate.
The court, after quoting at great
length the attitude taken by Mr.
Gompers since the injunction was
issued, his writings. Interviews and
public addresses, remarked: “All of
which was done, all of which was pub
lished, all of which was circulated In
wilful disobedience and deliberate vio
lation of the injunction, and for the
purpose of Inciting and accomplishing
tho violation generally, and in pursu
ance of tho original common design of
himself and confederates, to bring
about the breach of plaintiff's exist
ing contracts with cottiers; deprive
piulntiff of property (the good will of
Its business) without duo process of
law; restrain trade among the several
states; restrain commerce among the
several states."
Frank Morrison’s Part
As to Secretary Frank Morison, the
court declared that ho had full knowl
edge of all that was being done, took
part Jn the preparation and publica
tion of the American Federation 1st of
April, 1908, with complete knowledge
of its contents.
Raps Mitchell.
Concerning Mitchell, the court point
ed to various acts by him, which, ho
said, placed him within the pale of the
law.
Continuing as to all three of the de
fendants, the court said:
'In defense, of the charges now n
bar. neither apology nor extenuation
Is deemed fit to bo embraced; no claim
of unmeant contumacy Is heard; per-
s’sting In contemptuous violation of
the. order, no defense is offered save
those;
“That tho injunction (1) Infringed
on tho constitutional guaranty of free
dom of press, ami (2) lnfronged on the
constitutional guaranty of freedom of
speech."
In connection with the consideration of
the contention that tho injunction in-
waded tho right of free speech and of
the press, the court held in part: “The
position of tho respondents Involves
questions vital to tho preservation of
social order which smite tho founda
tions of civil government, and upon
which the supremacy of tho law over
anarchy and riot verily depend."
In the* opinion of tho court, even
where a tribunal had fallen Into error
In tho determination of a cause which
It won Invested with jurisd'ctlon to
hoar and determine "tho duty and ne
cessity of obedience remained never
theless the same.”
In conclusion the court said in part.
“iRefore tho Injunction was granted
theso men announced that neither
they tior the American Federation of
LaboF would obey It; since it issued
they have refused to obey It; and
through the Amerlenn Federation of
Labor disobedience lias been success
fully achieved and the.law has been
made to fall; not only has the law
failed In Its effort to arrest a wide
spread wrong, but tho Injury has
grown more destructive slnco tho In
junction than It was before. There
is a studied, determined, defiant con
flict precipitated In the light of open
day between tho decrees of n tribunal
ordained by tho government of the
federal union, nnd of tho tribunals of
another federation, grown up In the
land, ono or tho other must succumb,
for those that would unlaw tho law are
public enemies."
Sentence la Passed.
In passing sentence on tho defen
dants tho court said:
"It would seem not inappropriate
for such a penalty as will serve to do-
tor others from following after such
outlawed examples, will servo to vindi
cate tho orderly of judicial tribunals
and establish over this litigation tho
supremacy of law."
Tho Bdcks Company’s prosecution
of tho officials of the fedcrat'on began
In August, 1907. Tho original action
was a test caso wherein it was sought
to enjoin the labor unions from using
tho "unfair” and "wc don’t patronize"
lists in their fight against firms and
Individuals Justice Gould, of the su
preme court of the District of Colum
bia, issued an injunction which was
later mado permanent forbidding tho
publication of tho company’s namo In
these Hats. President Gompers, in hn
editorial in the “Federationlet," of last
January, made known his intention not
to obey the court’s order, contending
that the Injunction Issued was In dero
gation of the rights of labor and nn
nbuso of tho Injunctive power of tho
courts, Gompers, Mitchell and Mor<
rison subsequently were cited for con
tempt and th's phnEe of tho case has
been beforo tho court for many months,
tho proceedings taking thiv form of a
hearing of testimony before nn ex
aminer and many arguments.
President May Take Hand.
Whether President Rooaevelt will lake
any action as lie liaa been urged in tele
? :rams received from different labor organ
cations throughout the country in Judge
Wright’s decision has not been decided, it
was stated at tho white house today.
There war an intimation, however, that
some action might be taken If he should
bo convinced that the scntenco Is un
just, if it should be affirmed upon ap
peal.
Tho Illinois TTnltcd Mine Workers sent
this telegram, signed by Prealdont John
II. Walker, tho vice president, secretary
treasurer, and members cf tho execu
tlve board:
"In the name of 75,000 mine workers In
Illinois, we desire to protest against the
recent decision committing to penal ser
vitude those great commoners and rep
resentatlves of the American labor move
ment. Samuel Gompers, John Mitchell
and Frank Morrison. These men may be
guilty of a breach of law, hut a law
that denies tho use of free press and ful
speech Is a breach of the fund&mcnta
principles of.our country. Such decisions
only tend td create enmity and class ha-
We respectfully solicit your influ-
MISS HELEN TAFT
JOINSPARENT-S
Family Together for First
Time Since Election of
Mr. Taft.
AUGUSTA, Ga.. Dec. 21—Mlaa H*l-
en Taft, the only daughter of the room to dispose of tho weapon,
president-elect and Mrs. Taft, arrived **" r
here today front Bryn Mawr. where
aha Is uttendlug school. Shp will spend
the holidays with her parents.
With the return from Savannah to
morrow of Robert Taft, the entire fam
ily of tho president-elect will be to
gether for the first time since his
nomination for the presidency List
June. The Terrett cottage presents u
holiday appearance, the decorations
having been added to by the holly
•and mistletoe brought In by country
men, and cut flowera from the neigh
bors. Christmas dinner Will be par
taken of by the Tafts at the home of
Mr. and Mrs. Landon Thoma.% No
preparations for a celebration of the
day have been mado. After partially
deciding on a twenty-ifcllo trip to
Aiken, S. C., tomorrow us the guest
of the Augusta and Aiken T Jolley Road.
Mr. Taft said tonight ho believed it
would be Impossible for him to go at
this time. Tho trip may. be made
later.
A Distinguished Caller.
Sir Horace Plunkett, head of the
Irish department of agriculture and
knighted for his Interest and service
In educational and agricultural mat
ters, kept an appointment with Pres!
dent-elect Taft today which was made
for him by President Roosevelt. Sir
Horace camo on a lato afternoon train
from Washington nnd began his return
to that c ty two hours later.
The object of hla visit to Mr. Taft,
ns explained by the latter, was to as
certain to what extent the next presi
dent Is Interested in the question In
volvod in tho conservation of tho na
tural resources of tho country, and
particularly regarding tho latest com-
mission President Roosevelt has ap
pointed which Is charged with tho
duty of reporting on the comforts of
rural lifo nnd how they may he in
creased. Sir Horace hag been making
a close personal study of tho work or
Chief Forester Pinchot and expressed
himself as both highly pleased and
greatly benefited by what has boen
demonstrated to him In th’s country.
While Mr. Taft did. not mAke a
statement of hla position* for publica
tion on tho subjects discussed, he in
dlcated that his visitor departed 'i
good spirits, tho only regret being that
hecauso of the delay of tho arriving
train his interview wad cut short.
PITTSBURG’S CRAFT EXPOSURE
DISCLOSES THE STARTLING FACT
THAT OFFICIALS EASY TO REACH
tomoy ..nt .h, out of th. cou.t “R enc i,jng” Required Only
Sums Ranging From
dlers he was told by some men that he
knew about the murder. They udth*d
that they would not bo under guard al
ways and they often punched him’through
the tent. The men who did this wcio
not soldiers but citizens. He thought
they were riders; The court declined to
let tills testimony go beforo tho tuvy.
Witness Threatened.
The state attempted to show that Hus-
boon so threatened, but as the proaecu-
■IMMHIlUSPSRPWISgli
<lor a strong guard of soldiers and depul
I ties. Morris said he was sworn Into the
hand by Garrett Johnson, one of tho de
fendants. and accompanied the riders
on ncnrly all of their night rides, as roa
Rankin was murdered.
Other Witnesses Corroborated.
Ilia story was a close corroboration of
ail that Fehrlnger nnd Russell had told.
Morris said lie recognised nt tho Ran
kin murder 8am Applewhite. Garrett
Johnson, Bob Hoffman. "Bud" Morris,
Frank Fehrlnger und eight others not ynt
on trial. Cross-examination failed to
shako tho witness on any detail.
Mershell Hogg, another night rider who
has turned state’s evidence, followed und
for the fourth tlmo tho story of the
night rider’s outrages culminated in the
Hunkln murder was told to tho Jury.
irotectlon of tho atnte if he would tell
riders, told of making ono raid with tho
RYAN QUITS-34
CORPORATIONS
Yielding to Advice of Phy
sicians Throws off
His Load.
NEW YORK. Dec. 22.—Thomas F.
Ryan? admittedly ono • of the grentest
powers In tho financial world, unnouncod
today that, yielding to tho advice of Ids
physlotnns, ho had resigned from the di
rectorate of thirty-four corporal Ions. Tho
only enterprises In the management of
which Mr. Ryan retalna a hand nro the
Morton Trust Company, tho National
Bank of Commerce and tho American
Tobacco Company.
Mr. Ryan’s action was tnken in pur
suance of a policy of retirement first
adopted two years ago when ho was
told by his physicians that the multlpllc
ity of cares devolving Upon him nr
chief steersman of so many organlsa ....
were more than sufficient In themselves
to tax the endurance of any ono individ
ual, nnd wan rnpldiy undermining his
health. After n busy career of forty
years, most of which had been spent In
mapping out and carrying to successful
Issuo construction of street rnilwny nnd
lighting Interests of gigantic magnitude.
Mr. Ryan felt that ho could unharness
ldmsolf from his many business respon
sibilities and devote tho romninlng years
or hla lifo to compnrutlvo leisure.
Mr. Ryan’s Statement.
Mr, Ryan said today:
“This step has been taken after long
and mature deliberation. There Is nr
significance to It other than that my doc
tors told mo I ought to let up. They first
advised me to unload some of my re
sponsibilities two yearn ago and since
then I have gradtially withdrawn from
tho directorates of thirty-one corpora-
tlons. My recent resignations are but
tho continuance of the policy adopted two
yearn ago of unloading business respon
sibilities as rapidly as I can In Justl
the Interests involved."
Among the corporations from the direc
torate of which Mr. Ryan has resigned
are the Commercial Truat Company, of
Philadelphia: the Continental Rubber
Company, or America: the Mercantile
Truat Company, of New York, nnd the
Seaboard Air Lino railway.
DEFENSE TO BE
ALIBIJOR EACH
Night Riders Will Attempt
to Prove They Were
at Home.
i to prevent the Incarceration of these
ence (
men.’.’
Fitzpatrick Notes.
FITZPATRICK. Ga^ Dec. 23—Misses
Juliet and FI eta Fitzgerald leave to-
morrow for Cochran, where they will fense will be an alibi for each of the
spend the holidays with their aunt. *
ITNION CITY, Tenn.. Dec. 22.—When
tho state asked for an adjournment of
the night rider trial late today. It an-
nounced that tt would close I is case on
Thursday. The judge declared that In
stead of adjourning tomorrow until Bat
urday It might l>e better to adjourn un
til Monda^«^M|igim|mrfiffl||f
a chance - - . .—. . -
dun -111 bft ilei-ld-d tomorrow. Tim
3in. J. H. Mullla, Jr., after which
Ura. Mullla will return with them and
(pend ttvrnl d»y« with her ftlitor.
Mrs. It. H. Pltipatrlck.
Mr. Benjamin Kltapatrlck. Jr., I, at
horn, from the n«or*ta Military Col-
Irxe for tho holidays.
Mr,. A. J. Wood I, vltltlni her hus
band. Dr. Wood, *t tho Mscon hospital,
whom we ar, glad to know I, much
Improvad,
right defendants. Member, of their fnm
HIM Will swear that the men were at
home end In bed during the night of
October H. the night thftt Cspl. Quenlln
Rankin wee murdered. No attempt will
Imnd.
CARMACK’S PISTOL
HAD EMPTY SHELLS
OFFICER TESTIFIES WEAPON HAD
BEEN RECENTLY FIRED—INTER
EST IN HEARINQ.
$100 to $5.
IN RAPID SUCCESSION
SENSATIONS ARE SPRUNG
At tho Trial of 8#Vin Councilman Shock
ing Developments Come Out Which Are
Mere Preliminaries to What Is to Fol
low—Bank Pays Councilman Klelne
$17,500 to Get City Deposit#—Sixty
Councllmen Receipts $45,000 Rake-off
to Pass One Ordinance—Suits of Clothes
and Street Car Tickets All Necessary
to Buy Some Members of the Council.
PITTSmftta. Pa.. Dec. 23.—With
suddenness that startled Pittsburg from
end to end, tills city today moved Into
first placo in the role of corruption and
municipal graft.
Lato tonight, ninny hours after tho
thunderbolt in tho simuo of sensational
testimony were exploded, the peoplo of
Pittsburg uro dumbfounded.
It Is stated the shocking developments
here today uro mere preliminaries und
subsequent steps against additional coun-
counelltnen are "easy to reach * nnd the
“reaching" necessitated only small sums,
ranging from $100 to $3. in the passage
of one ordinance alone It was testified
that Ci) councllmen had divided $45,000.
Succession of Sensations,
Sensations followed one another in rap
id succession during the hearing of the
seven councllmen and two former bank
officers arrested on charges of bribery,
corrupt solicitation and conspiracy Inst
Monday night.’ VV. W. Ramsey nnd A. A.
Vilalck, former president und cashier or
of the Oerman National Bank, were first
placed on trial. It was testified that they
had hern approached by Cf/tipcllman John
inicrcoc win inamivaiea muujr iu mu ® * »lt V,i? fm*
hearing of the application of fchto tWo L*E. , 2k2 e
('ooperH nwX Jnhn U..81.ftn..J 1 .ld <m„th. fe^f l0 iJSJ%Tk W W.!ld n S 0 ft. oUur
banks have done.” After soveral confer
ences, tho bankers placed $17,500 on a
tnblo in a room of tho bank. Councilman
Klelno nnd a companion' entered the room
and a short time Inter left the bonk. The
hankers then visited tho room utul the
money was gone.
Bankers Arrested.
At tho request of tho directors of tho
bnnk both men resigned last Saturday.
worn held for court In tho sum
charge of murdering former Senator Car
mack. for ball beforo Judge Hart In tho
crimlnnl court.
Henry Bell, a negro, waa tho first wit
ness called today. He was on the sceno
Immediately after tho Killing and told
of Mr. Carmack's pistol, u 38-caliber
hammerless being handed to him by
Lieut. Winston Pitcher. Tho weapon
contulned two empty shells, which had
been recently fired and tnreo loaded cur-
Cross-oxnmlned by Gon. McCam, tho
witness said ho did net search Col. Coop
er nnd that Col. Cooper snld nothing or
did nothing about surrendering ids own
pistol.
BELT SAMUELS GETS
LONG TERM SENTENCE
EX-SALOON KEEPER GIVEN EIGHT
EEN YEARS FOR KILLING NORTH
CAROLINA SHERIFF.
DANVILLE, Va.. Dec. 22.—A vordlct
of murder in the second degree with pun
Ishment fixed at eighteen years in prison,
was returned today by the Jury in *.hu
o of W. Belt Samuels, who has iwjen
. trial here for tho past week for killing
Sheriff wm. V. Flannagan, of Draper,
N. C.
Samuels, who la a former Dnnvlllo sa
loon keeper, allot and killed Flannag.ih
hero on October 24 in front of tho house
of Eva Boyd, ft white woman. Jealousy
over tho Boyd woman was said to liavc
been at the bottom of the killing,
account of Having been convicted i,,
federal courts for perjury. Samuels was
Uhrred as a witness In ills own behalf.
The caso was given to the Jury yester
day afternoon and after remaining oui
an hour and a half, a disagreement was
reported and court adjourned until 9
o'clock this morning. Tho Jury remained
out thirty minutes today before ret
Ing a verdict.
CHRISTMAS TREES BRING
JOY TO LITTLE HEARTS
trsfvd. as the defendants are indicted
only for tbe murder of Rankin.
Had Huoe Revolver.
When William Russell, the self-con
fessed night rider, wm called for croes-
examination today, a huge revolver pro
jected from Me pocket Tbe e •’* si-
COLUMiBUH, (la., Dec. 23—Forming
a striking feature of the Christmas
week In Columbus, thirteen kindergar
tens held Christmas tree exercises to
day. Hundreds of mothers wero in at
tendance. Three of tho largest kinder
gartens are supported by cotton mills
of tho city and tho entire expense of
the celebrations in those Institutions
was borne by tho corporations.
NEW ADMINISTRATION
FOR CITY OF AMERICUS
AMERICUH, (la.. Deft. 28—The near
city udminletratlon, Mayor John
Keldcr and Aldermen Columbue
llriwk'.nft, Carroll J. Clerk aod Elmore
l-oole recently elected to council, were
■worn Into oftic- tonight and mummed
the reins of municipal government.
Mayor Iiugen,. A. llawklns for el*
year, chief executive, retire*, voluntar
ily from office with a record of pro*,
re** during hi, ,1* yearn’ adminUtra'
tlon a, mayor of Americua.
Dr. Field in Extremi*.
Dr. J. Clinton Field, one of th<
leading physician* of Americua, re.
main. III, the mutt of recent euddan
attack, and death at any hour would
orcaalon no eurprlee. Relative, reald
Ing eleewher* arc at hi, bedelde.
They
of ft4.1
000 bnII each.
Innoy nnd Ferguson, of common council,
and Atkinson, of select council, were
then called for trial. The prlnclpnl wit
ness was Robert Wilson, n prlvnto detect
ive nnd superintendent of the Municipal
League of ttrmnton, I’n., who Is employed
by the Voters' League, Pittsburg,
which brings tho prosecution ngnlnst tho
nine defendants. Mr. Wilson's testimony
sensational.
Detective at Work.
Aided by un assistant. Wilson cngngnd
Then a serl»s of meetings
arranged with councllmen. Ills assist
ant. Herbert Jones, posed as a business
man desiring certain ordinances passed,
nnd during Ids conferences with the conn-
flhnnn, Wilson and a stenographer were
stationed In tho next room making a full
record of the transactions.' During these
conferences Councilman Klelno liad
great deal io say regarding how com
plete councils were controlled by the
cused men. the detective said. It was
also testified tiy Klelne and Brand each
accepted $500 from Jones In payment for
securing the passage of an ordinance.
Splitting $45,000.
At a meeting held In another inenl hotel
Klelne. It was testified, told Wilson how
hard It wns to divide money among Die
councllmen. Councilman Klelne told of
how 145,000 had to he split lndwcf-n 60
coimeilinen. Tills money was received In
connection with the construction of filler
hods at the new filtration plant of Pitts-
burg.
Councilman Klelne. Mr. Wilson testified,
said that the councllmen had different
prices. Some councllmen. Klelno told
him, wonted $100, somo $75. some $25 and
nn Klelne, W
wero known i
Juit Any Old Thing,
It waa niso possible to secure some
counellrnanla votes on some measures In
return for a suit of clothes nr for street
car tickets. With tho exception of Klelno
and Wasson all of the defendants imme
diately renewed their bonds for appear-
once for court trial and wore released In
the Aggregate, tho bond amounting to
$118,000.
Application Is Made For
Charter For Line Val
dosta to Moultrie.
ATLANTA, Ga., Dec. 23.—(Tele
graph Bureau, Kimball House)—Ap
plication for charter was mado to
Secretary of State Phil Cook today
by the Valdosta, Moultrie and West
ern Railroad Company, which plans to
construct and operate a line between
Vnldosta and Moultrie, a distance of
forty miles.
The capital stock Is to bo $100,000,
and tho Incorporators aro Frank Rob
erts, W. B. Conoly, John T. Roberta,.
W. L. Roberts, O. L. Davis, W. IL
Davis, A. F. Langford, D. I. iRffimm
and J. L. Gibbons, of Lowndes county.
Georgia, and W. P. Roberts, of Du
val, Fla,
Handsome Christmas Presents.
ATLANTA. Dec. 23.—One of the-
handsomest Christinas gifts mado by
capitol attache's this season was sent'
to Thomas G. Hudson, commissioner
of agriculture, this morning. It con
sisted of a dlamotjg ring In a Jewelry
box for Mrs. Hudson nnd a handsome-
dlanioml stud for tho commissioner;
The two cost ulmut $300, .which was
contributed by the fertiliser and oir
inspectors, together with the offlc*
force of that, department.
John Brown Pardoned.
ATLANTA, Dec. 23.—John Brown,
a negro who wn» sent to tho ponlten-
tlury from Richmond county on a
murder charge twonty-soven ycar»
ago, >was ordered released on n par
don from the governor this morning.
Tho case -was brought to the atten
tion of the commission by the deputy
warden having the man In charge,
ami It was worked up by Judge Wil
liam F. Eve of tho city court of Rich
mond county.
In 1882 Brown was nrrested for kill
ing nnd robbing another negro on th&
M Wedge villa road near Augusta^
Judge Claiborne Snead presldt*d over
the supertbr court then, and -Boykin
Wright wus solicitor-general. The-
evidence was purely circumstantial
but the negro was convicted. •
At the trial F. W. Capers and Jas.
P. Vcrdery, one by appointment of
tho court and the other voluntarily,
represented the defendant. In n letter
to the commission they state that thfr
verdict should have been appealed, but
they thought It safer to let It go into
effect and apply fur pardon a few
years later. Unfortunately ho mat
ter was overlooked until brought t<>
their attention .recently.
Tho negro went tp the penitentiary,
being then 48 years of age. According
to the authorities, ho hfis served
faithfully, having boen given only ono
whipping during his ontlro confine
ment.
Tho commission asked Judge Eve to
look Into the cose. Judge Snead wrote,
— the
IRATE HUSBAND TO
NORTH CAROLINAN TO PRESS
CASE AGAINST HIS WIFE AND
HER “AFFINITY."
WAYCROSS, Ga., Dec. 23—Chag
Goddard, who was arrested and held
hero after a commitment trial, on a
warrant sworn out by M. D. Bailey, of
Winston. S. C„ was acquitted In the
city court today.
Immediately after the acquittal of
Goddard, warrants were served <»i
both him and Mrs. Bailey for a mis
demeanor alleged to have been com
mitted In Wayne county.
Bailey, husband of the woman ar
rested, is still In Waycross and sayi
he Intends to prosecute them to tho
full extent of the law.
!f» says he will also push the black
mail charge and will have warrants
taken out for them In Charieiton,
uverugo life In the penlten-
ary.
Henry O. Johnson, a young white mnn-
convlctcd of burglary In Thomas county
snd given four yritrs In two cases, wne
niso pardoned toda
yiwrs olu
„ He will be V.
. December 27. and Is said*
i of reputable family.
to be a i
Rough on Huabsndt.
ATLANTA. Dec. 23.—A husband In
good health and able to earn a livelihood
not entitled to alimony from hln wife
ider tho laws of Georgia, according to-
.. decision Itnnded down today by Judga
Joint T. Pendleton, of the Fulton supe
rior court. The opinion was rendered
after an Interesting hearing of tho can*
nt Mrs. Mary J. Blmmons vs. Almand
Blmmons. which In somo respects boro-
resemblance to tho great case of Jaun-
dyeo vs. Jaundyre.
Mrs. Blmmons brought suit for divorce,
alleging among other things cruel treat
ment. Mr. Blmmons tiled nn answer In
which hovel allegations and claims wer»
made. It wns on a motion of Mrs. Sim
mons' attorneys to lmve the startling al
legations and claims mado In her hus
band’s answer stricken that tho hearing -
came up today. . . . . .. ,
Mr. Blmmons set forth the claim that
nt the time of the wedding he.waa about
40 years old and his bride was about 60.
He said the fact that Mrs. Blmmons
to look after It was the controlling -
Influence that led him to propose mar
riage. lie also alleged that Mrs. Blm
mons had on throe previous occasions
taken unto herself a husband, and that
each of his predecessors had escaped, ono
by divorce und two by death.
He claimed that he Is largely depend
ant upon bis «wlfe for support and arked
for temporary and permanent alimony,
Tho judge ordered the unusual feature*
of tlie answer stricken and denied tns
claim for temporary alimony.
AlOAniA, vm.. I«W.
is coming Into the state coffer* by 1eL
and bounds from the different counties of
tho state. Approximately $22,000 has-
been received from Bibb eounyr withlrv
tho last few days, and a check for $2,500
came in from Clarke this morning. Chat
ham sent $68,800, and smaller sums wero,
received from a dozen or more.
Thieves Visit Capitol.
ATLANTA, Ga.. . I>ec. 2*.—Burglary
who hove been making night a terror of
dread In Atlanta during the past two
weeks, quit tlio city proper last night
and Invaded tho precincts of the state
capitol. Bo far ts known only one offlcs
entrance. The doors were found loexed
as usual, nnd tho windows wero haired.
Capitol watchmen claim they saw nov
stranger enter or leave the building. ^
When Mr. Cook reached his offices he.
found his desk In a tumbled condition,
and the stamp drawer on a table empty.
Tho stamps being tho only thing of mate
rial value left there, nothing clso wa*
taken.
The thieves were painstaking In their
efforts, even taking a lot of a dozen
stamps left by tbe clerk In Iho front
• rri-
About fifteen other small burglaries or
attempted hold-ups wero reported last
night.
3t«s
In Hard Luck.
id, Dec. 23—The Brlt-
kwood. which arrived
i Savannah and N »r-
HULI
Ish utcamer i
here today from Savannah
folk, experienced severe w
tho passage end mi stained cc
damage. A quantity of ros
rets stowed on tho deck Wi
overboard.
