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Dempsey, Former Client of Hoke
Smith, Reiterates Charges of Mis=
treatment in Card to the Public
Atlanta, August 10, 190t5.—
Editor Constitution : I see by the
papers that Mr. Hoke Smith is
endeavoring to get away from
the facts in connection with my
claim against him, by ventilating
his well-known dislike for my
attorney, Mr. Howell.
1 want to say that 1 never
knew or saw Mr. Howell until 1
went to his office to employ him
as an attorney to collect from
Mr. Hoke Smith the one thousand
dollars that is due me trom Mr.
‘Smith.
The insinuations printed in
yesterday’s Journal with refer¬
ence to any influence on me are
absolutely and wholly false. Mr.
Howell had nothing to do with
securing a job for me with the
Central railroad, for 1 was work¬
ing for that company before I
ever knew or saw Mr. Howell.
1 notice that Mr. Hoke Smith
has not seen tit to deny under
oath the charges 1 have sworn to,
although he did have Mr, Hast¬
ings publish ail affidavit. From
the date of my first letter to Mr.
Smith, his associate, Mr. Jack
Hastings, has been writing and
asking for “personal interviews
with me.” My claim is against
Mr. Hoke Smith and 1 am look¬
ing to him alone to settle the
claim. I am sorry Mr. Smith did
not publish all the letters that
passed between me and his office.
On January 20, 1906, Mr. Hoke
Smith wrote me as follows: “I
leave again tomorrow to be gone
a week. When 1 get back I will
take up the matter again and let
you hear from me further.”
The only way I have heard
•from him since the date of that
letter was through a visit of Mr.
Frank Hughes, an attorney, who
called on me shortly afterwards,
stating that he was an intimate
friend of Mr. Smith and wanted
to tell me that he was going to
have the claim paid.
80,000 White Men
Are Disfranchised
Under Virginia Law
Rev. W. W. Landrum, D D.,
of Atlanta,"one of the foremost
ministers of the Gospel in the
Southern States, in writing from
Virginia to The Atlanta News,
the following . information,
gives
which is of startling import just
at this time:
“Virginians are living under
stitution, »w designed to ».«*■ eliminate
the negro as a voter, as a matter
pf fact tabes away the ballot
from eighty thousand white men,
There is no doubt about it. My
authority for the statement is a
Richmond alderman, well known
in Atlanta, and one-of the fore
most congressmen of the Old
Dominion. Strange to say
body objects to it.
“The law must operate
versally.
Change of Sentiment.
“William,” said the broker,
sternly, according to the Chicago
ijew?, not report yes¬
terday afternoon, so you may
consider yourself discharged.”
“But, boss,” protested Wil¬
liam, the office hoy, “I went to
the baseball game.”
“That is just the reason that I
do not care for your services any
longer.”
“But—but just as Kelly, on
the other team, was almost safe
home I fell off the bleachers.
“Why, I yelled so loud he
stopped'to look around and they
put inn:; out. and saved I made the him lose for
that run game
pur nine.”
“You don’t say? Well you can
come down as usual and you
needn’t hurry tomorrow. Here’s
a quarter to see the game this
afternoon.”
I then let the matter rest for
some time, hoping that this
promise would be made good,and
I was therefore astonished when
Mr. Hughes called on me way
out in Cobb county to say that he
had just held a conference with
Mr. Smith and his friends, and
urged me to sign any kind of a
statement that would, make it
appear that Mr. Smith had done
nothing wrong in his dealings
with me.
When I declined to furnish any
such statement, Mr. Hughes
seemed to get very much wor
ried and said that if 1 signed this
statement, everything would be
made all right, and that if I
didn’t do it, I would be arrested
and locked up, because Hoke
Smith was a very powerful and
infiuential man and 1 “had no
backing.”
Now, in order that the whole
truth in this matter may come
out, 1 have had my*attorney file
my suit today, in which every
detail of the transaction is sworn
to under oath. I do not believe
Mr. Hoke Smith will deny on his
oath a single statement 1 have
made.
I got my information first from
my own dealings with Mr. Smith
and afterwards discovered that I
had been deceived in the course
of a conversation with Mr, John
Edmondson, claim agent of the
Western & Atlantic Railrrad Oo.,
who had charge of the settlement,
and from whom I learned the de¬
tails of Mr. Smith’s proposition.
I am not willing for my rights
to be sidetracked by Mr. Smith
or for his responsibility to he
to be shifted to the shoulders of
lvis • subordinates. He knows as
well as 1 do that he owes me that
thousand dollars and I intend to
collect it from him by the evi¬
dence I will submit to a Fulton
c linty jury.
Sam D. Dkmpsky.
“If we wish to get rid of the
negro in politics we must be
willing to part company also with
the illiterate white men.
k 4 Virginias are flat-footed on
'
the matter. Indeed not a few
ot these uneducated white men
are republican in the mountain
districts?.
“As l am so ffir away from
« —* r‘'»?
to vote this mouth, J merely
throw out the information I
received for the benefit of all
concerned. Whoever votes for
disfranchisement in the present
campaign in Georgia ought
do so intelligently. If the ma
jority favor taking away the bal
lot for eighty or one hundred
thousand white men, let them
say that such is their purpose. Ii
they have no such object in view,
let them abide by the statu quo.”
Preacher Dies in Jail From Bite.
$ iv>£.
Ghfittfitmoga, Teem., Aug. 9—
A special to the Times from Mor¬
ristown. Tenn., says that James
Brady, a local Baptist preacher,
died in the county jail from
drophobia.
Brady had been bitten by his
own dog, which was soon after
wards killed. A few days later,
Brady developed symptoms of
cabbies, became uncontrollable
and was placed in a cell to re
strain him. He suffered
fully.
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No opiates. Sold by S. H. Kelly.
THE MURRAY NEWS, FRIDAY, AUGUST 17. 1906
SEMI-DELIRIOUS PATIENT
ESCAPES FROM HOSPITAL
Hugh B. Lincoln Walks From
Presbyterian Infirmary and
Is Now at Large.
Temporarily delirous and under
the delusion, moreover, that the
surgeons were preparing to “cut
him up,” Hugh B. Lincoln, 24
years old, who had been under
treatment at the Presbyterian
hospital for the past few weeks,
disappeared from the institution
Wednesday, and the police,
county and city, have been ask¬
ed to look out for him.
Mr. Lincoln has been employed
by John Silvey & Co. for five
years past, and lived at 49 Park
avenue. About three weeks ago
he had an attack of nervous pros
(station and went to the hospital
for rest and treatment.
He was given a room on the
second floor and soon began to
improve under treatment, al
though «t times he would become
deirious, being troubled with
fever. Wednesday afternoon
about 4 o’clock the house physi¬
cian called to see him, and when
he left said :
t i Now turn and to
over go
sleep.”
“All right,’repliedithe patient,
About an hour later the nurse
went to his room and found it
empty. A search of the hospital
was made, but Lincoln was not
found. He had donned trousers,
shirt and shoes—everything but.
coat and vanished.
The police were immediately
notified, but so far have found
no trace of Lincoln.
No one at the hospital can
account for liis sudden determin¬
ation to go. He had always been
a docile patient, and had shown
no disposition to get away.
It is believed that he got out
by. way of the fire escape which
extends from the second story
widow to the ground. No one
near the hostital can recall hav¬
ing seen him leave. It was said
Thursday that when Lincoln be¬
came delirious he feared that
the surgeons were holding him
there for some kind of operation,
which appeared ajl the more ter^
rible in his delirium, •
Mr, Lincoln walks with a slight
limp and is five feet six inches
high; he has dark brown hair
and gray eyes. His relatives are
greatly alarmed about him and
fear that, in his delirious state,
he may come to some harm.
There is nothing so pleasant as
th “f c h * e ' f aI ' ^-peace
with-the-world t . feeling . when you
s jt down fo ypur breakfast. There
nothing so conducive to good
word find good results. The
healthy man wjth the healthy
r^J^tteSSs than the who
^en man or woman
j s handicapped by some disability
however slight. A slight disor
der of the stomach will derange
dispiksition! 1 " GetTwaj^fn'ln
morbidness and the blues.
Keep your stomach in tune and
both your brain and body will re
^pond. Little indiscretions <n
overeating can be easily correct¬
ed and you will be surprised to
see how much better man you
are. Try a little Kodol For Dys
pepsia after your meals. Sold by
H. Kelly.
Tie ffgsfc famw.
A well dressed young man ap
the desk in a telegraph
branch office and wrote a mes
says Modern Society. Lay
pen down he handed the
message to the girl and said:
rush this for me can’t you?”
“Yes, indeed,” replied the
Kirk
4 “It’s * 1 very important be went
on. I must have iij rushed.
shall go right through,
Al1 ™ ht he said ’ turn,n S
awft y; ‘ Be 6ure and rush
now '
When he was gone the girl
showed the message to another
operator standing near. Look
what is to be rushed,” she said,
The message read: “Henry
s tiH loves his little wife and
^ »sfies - . snejcouio_bejutfi h cou i d hp w n h hlm him. »
WILLIAM BEALL
DIES AT GRADY
He Was Assistant Doorkeeper of
the Senate.
Captain William W . Beall, who
was for many years an engineer
on the Western ifc Atlantic rail¬
road, and who has been assistant
doorkeeper for the senate during
the present term, died Saturday
afternoon at the Grady hospital,
where he was taken Wendesday
afternoon after being stricken
with paralysis at his boarding
house at 85 South Pryor street,
last. Wednesday afternoon.
He was 55 years of age, and
lived at Ringgold, Gu., where he
was counted as one of the most
pioimnent citizens of that place.
Senator Alsobrook, who was his
family physician, attendee Capt.
Beall during his short illness.
Captain Beall was forced tore
tire from the services of the
Western & Atlantic some time
ago on account of rheumatism.
He was well known throughout
the section of the state in which
he lived, and especially in rail¬
road circles, having several rela
fives following that line of busi¬
ness.
Captain Beall is survived by
Mrs. Frank bowman, Mrs. D. R.
Wright, A. J. Beall, 8. O. Beall
and J. L. Beall.
Prof. Tyler, of Amherst col¬
lege, said recently: “A man can
live comfortably without brains;
no man ever existed without, a
digestive system. The dyspeptic
has neither faith, hope nor char¬
ity.” Day by day people realize
the importance of oaring for their
digestion ; realize the need of the
need of the use of a little correct¬
ive after overeating. A corrective
like Kodol for Dyspepsia. It di¬
gests wliat you eat. Sold by S.
H. Kelly.
IN PRISON CELL LUNATIC DIES
Valdosta Mail, Who Became
Violently Insane, Dies in Jail,
Valdosta, Ga., August 41.— J
E. Wilkes, of this city, died at
the county jail yesterday, w’here
he had been confined for a day
awaiting trial on a charge of
lunacy. Mr. Wilkes’ mind sud¬
denly became impaired Thurs¬
day, and as he was suffering
from homicidal hallucinations,
his family became alarmed and
asked that he be taken into cus¬
tody until he could be given an
examination a? to his mental
condition. Soon after being
placed in one of the detention,
rooms at the jail he was attacked
by a pnenowenally high fever
became unconscious, in which
condition he remained until his
death. The deceased was a
native of North Carolina, but 1ms
resided in this city and section
for a number of years. He was
very popular among a large circle
of acquaintances.
Why does the sun burn? Why
does a mosquito sting? Why. ()id do
we feel unhappy in the Good
Hummer Time? Answer: We
don’t. We use DeWitt’s Witch
Hazel Salve, and these little ills
don’t bother us. Learn fo look
for the name OH the box to get the
genuine. Hold by H. R. jUUv.
Py lyouavd Dearson, 1‘hila
Jelphifibs famous veterinary sur¬
geon, told at a dinner in Phila¬
delphia a horse story.
“A farmer,” he said, “wrote
to the editor of the Farmers’
Friend this letter:
i I l Mr. Editor—Sir: I have
^
horse that has been afflicted for
the past year with periodical fits
of dizziness. Please answer
t hrough your valuable paper, and
let me know what I should do
with him, as lie seems to get
worse instead of better. I am
afraid he will be unfit for work
if something is not done soon.’
“The editor replied in the next
issue as fallows:
“ ‘Our honest advice, based on
a careful perusal of that excel¬
lent work, “Every Man His Own
Horse Doctor,” would be to take
this horse some time when he is
not dizzy, and sell him to a
stranger.”
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