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■mwfcifrc ifrar -- - TWICE A-WEEK TELEGRAPH WEATHER FORECAST FOR OEOR GIA—FAIR FRIDAY AND SATURDAY. WITH _.<3HT SOUTHEAST WINDS. ESTABLISHED IN 1826. MACON, GA., FRIDAY MORNING, JANUARY 18, 1907. TWICE-A-WEEK, »1.00 A YEAR. KINGSTON HORROR MORE APPALLING AS CONDITIONS Destruction of City Nearly Complete and Living in Peril From Hunger Reported Thst City Is Slowly Sinking •rfl'mr in forma h“ Kir.r«tMn hor ion THE CITY IN RUINS AND SMOULDERING ASHES KINGSTON. Jamaica, Jan. IT.—The city is in ruins anil the greater portion Is '•til! smouldering ashes. The smell of burnt flesh pervades tlie air. T;v cable b. from Kingston is broken, and the cnrresj or Sent had to go'to Holland pear that Rear sonally i.c.d gone relief to t message ever. mdi; »trh lira! Evans per- to Kin-rst.*;? to extend rrh.ji’ak.* : ■ r.'rsrs. The fd this morning, how- :’nat Aduairal Evuns dls- Davi nma rid, rretarv H < the st, tr T! arthquake came as a a, not from any partic- it up and do.vn. Persons were on th<* ion af the time and >f them were crushed. Kin been R*- e took possess Detachments on cl Ti ce; vi -j a telegian American line New York adv:>l: to a cablegram' fr Fort An Prir. . I neces arv on pax inar Kinston. as ; has changed by quake and that it at once was ca at Guantanamo. ed * tda y a t t he from Nlr. Steve Ki rn that according: ! ho captain of the I shlont, dated at J . great caution is j ships api roach- : ottom of the sea ! on of the earth- I light house hj»g ; ■ ii’f »rmn • h-n w s i importance that ’ * n of - auntry rfinent K"g rv dispa tel ough ruined sections is threatened with s ter supply, owing ' a reservoir, and n a 1 nab 1 e before tomo: mp, where there wc »d soldiers, was bur ,f men lost their live iaman and Lieut. L'*; Dalri allowed of the non. dated Ha Ci iph in good 1 and S >. Mai ;ader are pie Hay id Me (red -r L: ITO j son arc seriously sunk. imposed GOVERNOR O c JAMAICA ON FATEFUL DISASTER i rthqua k< anfined a illy oca *o now compri ibout one- thlrtWh part of rh«* t< TV H: il Mail ?s. The indispi ■ labor and Rrandny nr.d M”l«bre. Lyons. Soiomons Hcmcrendo and nm i . not both, of the I Fleam Packet Comp my’s k burned area is brim- «lear< a hour the island In--ause of tion of the popul double the usual ' fp'.vj bodies still • The burials !«> n a *43. The persons pital in Kingston some sixty cases s from Kingston f*»r treatment. People Encamped on Pa r ac!e Grounds. “The population genornllv is encamp ed on the parade grounds, the race course and the open sraces. Tt is re luctant to return t<» i:s ruined houses during the fine weather. “The usual provision shops are in of the town of Port Royal has nr.d two tjien were drown* Tim batteries sunk eight feet, killing a sapper. In several placer the water is spouting through the debris. Port Antonio on the north side of the island, suffered little damage. The Hot<d Tichfleld, with a hundred Amer ican guests, was not destroyed. A ti dal wave has inundated Anotta Bay, washing out many houses. The shock was felt at Richmond and this town also was destroyed by fir Span’ bled to Admiral Evans cablegram was recelv- isthmian canal office- ns, the engineer In riama canal construc- lebra last night: ;0 extent of the dam- e at Kingston, Ja- record here: seismo- irking order.” THOUSANDS KILLED AND DEAD BODIES IN DEBRIS KINGSTON. Jaraaica. Jan. IS.—The dis aster here is us great as the cala nitles of San Francisco and Valparaiso. Thous ands of p'-r.v-us have h-en killed, and the dead b -' 1: ' ■ are being taken from the debris by hundreds. The whole town Is in ruins. CONDITIONS GETTING WORSE. BUSINESS PARALYZED HALIFAX, N. F.. Jan. 17.—Horace Fleming, manager of the Bank of Nova Scotia, received a cable message to night from the manager of the bank’s Kingston branch, stating that condi tions in the stricken city are getting worse. Business is at a standstill and will continue so until the sanitary h town also was damaged. One ! conditions have been improved. Tha killed and ten men were in- j chief cause of -four is the possibility 1 thore. It is reported that Anotta °f t he outbreak of pestilen Bay, the crater of an extinct volcano, is emitting «ames and smoko, and it •s thought iftei the earthquake orig inated there. The records of Jamaica contain no previous mention of activ ity of this volcano. Appeals have b**en sent to all sec tions of the island asking for List Killed. Missing and Injured. The following is a list gathered from various sources of the more r 'nortant persons reported killed, injured and miss ing in the Kingston disaster: j Fir James Ferguson. M. P.. deputy | chairman of the Royal Mail Steam Pack- { et Company of London. I Capt. T. Constantine, superintendent in a nee. Foodstuffs are needed above ail | Jamaica for the Royal Mail Sten Paek- thines. The steamer Belle from Phil- 1 et Company. adefphia arrived here vesterdav with j Capt. Young, commander of the steamer small r.irgn of provisions. Business 1 Comm'r. v's fl’ea t R ° yal Mafl Steam Packet is at a st and.' 1 , ill. shops j* Capt. Lamont. who was soon to be opened hv Chinamen who have ; married to an American girl. ssist- •d the prices on goods one thou- ! sand per cent. This so angered the j people that the Chinamen were driven . out and their shops looted. j The hope of famine relief lies in the . banana crops, which have not been in- j lured. Medical assistance is limited, j owing to the death of several doctors, j Kines'on was threatened with a rain storm this morning, hut at the hour j Thv: it ted to rums ampri? •Hiding h town >f sending out this dispatch the wenth rr is rltnr. The body of Sir James Ferguson was found and burled today. Committees have been formed and Governor and Lady Swettenham and others are dolnar noble work. This afternoon the shipping in the harbor is safe. There have been a number of other shocks since the first disasters ind repetitions keep the people in a state <»f panic. The Hamburg-Ameri can steamer Prlnzess Victoria Luise, vhich ran ashore at tho harbor ont- "*rtce December 16. is now a total loss. The topoRTP.ohy of the country has Jiunied aroa and there Is consequently i oeen changed, and the navigation S iT cultv in having provisions. I um j channel into this harbor materially al- chant who w - tered. Two vessels left here for the * United States', loaded to their full ca- parishes -more was some piuering nacity with returnina: tourists and flee- ?fist niaht from deserted shops. The ins native-. The wounded persons are being cared for on all the ships in the harbor. A German ship called in here on her way from Cuba and sailed again after staying in port one hour. The lines of the Hayti Cable Company and the Direct West Indian Cable Com pany are broken two miles out at sea. Repairs are being made. The West India and Panama line Is working from Holland Bay. The railroad workshops have been 1 Mr. Brannell (reported to have been killed in the Myrtle Rank Hotel). Dr. Robertson and wife (perhaps Dr. O. D. I*'. Robertson and wife). Charles Sherlock, a well-known mer chant. A. M. Nathan, partner of Charles Sher- lor-k. in the firm of Nathan, Sherlock & Co. Bradley Verley. of the family extensive ly interested in sugar cultivation. Two other members of the Verley fam ily. > temporarily and persons to other as some pilfering erted shops. The rfully patient, hut R. arranging for sa for the transfer parishes. There Tst night from d population is wort distressed. "Among the killed Ferguson. J. W. Midd than. Kdward Cordo\ J. A. Payne. Dr. R. C. G’hhe. Bradley, Beverley W. .»rge. roughs, f has. Sherlo( Captain Constantine -.nd Miss “Great as.Msiar e ’ is h.e n Fir Alfred J«»nes. ^ mve: Fte.nm* , r T’ort Kingston into rarv nospital and r-.*ih;g*‘ by and firemen from s o i-h : both tiie commander of the :r supplied men to assist in kr order and to • .Tames M. Ni\- Mudon, R. C. IT. Bur- Mo: r is. Locket'. roast. Both ■ee miles ?graph offi< il re. The calm, offi coni:lions at Kiiu Alexander Swrttoi the earlier dispatches se hoire to the British pub per the press morsages ft terrible desrrip: a! of th< s nt in the G anil In j n:* :empo- | demilished. hut train ser\ice has been A lociors j resumed. The offices of the Kingston i n and | newspapers have been wrecked, s who | a new horror is added to the * sit- | •ing of j nation by reports that the city seems i i lire to be slowly sinking into the sea. The jff the : contour of the bottom of the harbor . cs are , has materially changed, and two light J houses at the harbor entrance are said actual to have disappeared. The ships in the ■ bv h!" i harbor are crowded with injured peo- Toverne.r »nd the death list is being in fears ‘f • creased daily. Corpses lie in the streets, or are be ing thrown into the trenches. The fearsome extent of the appalling ca- M«*N. Livingston, senior clerk-in the Auditor’s office of Colonial Government. Dr. Menior ''or Mavnier). Four Livingston children (reported to have hern killed in 4the Myrtle Bank Hotel). Dr. R. C. Gibb. ?Tiss Lockett, killed In Jamaica Club. Hiss Sullivan. Edward D. Cordova, carriage and wagon maker. Missing. J. W. Middleton. Charles De Cordova, importing provision merchant. Eilward Cordova, a brother of Charles. A brother of Charles Sherlock, the mer- injurod. Injured. Maj. J. H. H irdaman, of’the West In dian Regiment, seriously. Lieut.-Col. J. R. M. Dalrymple-Hay, D. S. O., of the West Indian Regimeitt. Capt. Motley (probably Capt. W. P. Mar'cy), of the West Indian Regiment. Lieut. A. O. H. Dixon, of the West Indian Regiment. Quart-rmaster S. H. Price, of the West India Regiment. Mrs. S. H. Price, seriously. Mrs. Constantine, both legs broken. Mrs. A. A. Wedderburn. wife of the dep* uty police inspector, both legs broken. Mr. Codner. of the direct West India Cable Company, seriously. wife ol Brig.-Gen; J. w. COLUMBIA. F. C., Jan. 17.—Dr. James C. Woodrow, an eminent di vine, died here today, aged seventy- six. He was once president of the South Carolina University and pro fessor in the Theological Seminary. He was author of the Woodrow evolution theory, which involved the Southern Presbyterian church in a heated con troversy for a score of years. He was a chemist for the Confederate Govern ment and made powder in this city. When Wade Hampton became Govern or of South Carolina, Dr. Woodrow did the State printing at his own risk, there being no money in the State treasury. He was horn in Carlisle, England, May SO, 1828. His parents were Rev. Thomas Wood row. D. D.. and Marion Williamson. He was graduated from j the Jefferson College of Pennsylvania | in 1849 and studied at the Lawrence • Scientific School in Harvard in 1853. | In 185G he left the University of ; Heidelberg ns master of arts and doc- i ttr of philosophy and as a graduate of j honor. He was made an honorary doc tor of medicine- by the faculty of the i Georgia Medical College, and was 1 given x similar honor by the Hampden- ! Sidney College as doctor of divinity j and doctor of laws by the Washington • and Jefferson College and Davidson 1 College. Dr. Woodrow married Miss Fell? S. j Baker, daughter of Rev. J. \y. Baker, ; of Georgia, a Presbyterian clergyman, \ August 4, 1857. Rf was made the j principal of an academy in Alabama in j 1850, which place he hel^ for # three ; years. He was made professor of nat ural science of the Oglethorpe Univer sity of Georgia in 1853, which place he held until 1861. When he left the Oglethorpe Uni versity it was to begin service with the Confederacy as chief of the laboratory in-the medical department of the Con federate army. He left this work in 1S65 and later became president of the South Carolina College, which place he held until 1897. In 18S6 he was a profit r ,* n Columbia Theological Seri . v and was deposed on accodr. t A of nis views concerning evolution, which were, pub lished in a pamphlet. He was at one time treasurer of the Southern general assembly's foreign mission and susten- tation departments. In 1874 he was corresponding delegate to the churches in Great Britain and on the continent of Europe and was later commissioner to the Southern general assembly. Immediately after the. civil war he was made moderatoi of. the synod of Georgia and later of the.synod of South Carolina. From 1888 to 1891 he was president of the Central National Bank of Columbia. At one rime he was edi tor and proprietor of The Southern Presbyterian Review, Southern Pres byterian. He ■ associate mem ber of the Victoria InstituTP: Isis, Dres den. Saxony: Scientific Association of Switzerland, a fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science, and the International Congress of Geologists. PITTSBURG. Pa., Jan. 17.—Maj. Chas. Seibert, resident Government engineer who is directing the work, declared to night that unless a hole driven through the center of the Springdale dam within 24 hours, it would be next to impossible to save the Heidenkaxtip Mirror Compa- nv’s plant, which is valued at $1,000,000. ‘Maj. Seibert said that if the mirror works are swept away, the water in tup Allegheny river will have a clear path and will destroy a row of 50 houses and a large glue work valued at S'J 'O.OOO. Dis; itches received tonight from points in West Virginia report that the Ohio river is rising rapidly. At New .Martins ville. \Y. Ya.. the West Virginia Short Line Railway is tied up by high water and landslides. At Clarksburg. \V. Ya.. the West Fork river has reached the danger mark and no trains can be operated on the West Virginia and Pittsburg branch of_ the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad. The situa tion there is becoming alarming. The Monongahela river has reached a 30-foot stage at Fairmont, W. Ya.. and is rising a foot an hour. The low lands are inundated and indications are the river will exceed the fieod stage reached in 18SS. The Ohio river at Huntington. XV. Va.. is 52 fe^t, 4 inches high, and rising. Considerable damage is expected. Parkersburg. W. Ya.. is being flooded-by the Ohio and Little Kanawha rivers. Tim srauire at the wharf tonight shows a stage 6; 37H, feet, and rising an inch an hour. FeoitT rresent conditions, a 40-foot Plage is expected. This will cause much damage among thos rt living in Urn low lands. South Parkersburg and Beeqh- wood are almost inundated and hundreds of families have already been compelled to move. Many industrial plan is haye closed. Stree car traffic on some lilies is blocked. Mrs. Jacob Bln key and her son. Samuel, two years old, were drowned tonight while attempting to ford Pike Run in Washington County, near here. SENATE TACKLES LEGAL PHASE OF TEDDY'S ACTION WASHINGTON. Jan 17.—The le&Hl phase of President Roosevelt's dis charge if the negro troops was again Injected into the controversy in the Senate today. Notice was given of an amendment to Senator Koraker’s com promise resolution, which Senator Blackburn said ho would press. The amendment offered expressly disclaims any intention ‘‘to question or deny the legal right of the President to dis charge without honor enlisted men of •the army of the I'nited States.” Senator Foraker at once declare his opposition 10 the amendment. He discussed the power of the executive, holding that the affray at Brownsville ought to be .investigated 3imply as to the facts and the question of power determined later, if it should arise as a result of the inquiry. He reviewed his previous utterances, maintaining tiie same position in every respect. He replied to arguments which have been made since his first speech, especially those of Senators Spooner and Knox. He defended the Twenty-fifth Infantry, reviewing the escapades ii is charged with, expressing some astonishment that the record furnished the Senate by the War Department in this partic ular was not complete and stating that In response to his request it had been supplemented by information which was decidedly favorable to the regi ment. Consideration of the resolution was deferred until Monday at the con clusion of Mr. Foraker’s address. Republicans in Conference. After Senator Foraker concluded his speech a number of Republican Sena tors met in formal conference and made an effort to acree upon the pro gram with reference to that measure. So far as they could do so. they agreed that all Republican Senators should vote against the Blackburn amendment upholding the President’s authority in discharging the negro troops. Senator Dodge will withdraw his substitute for the Foraker resolution, announcing that he considers the Fora ker resolution, in its present form, cov ers the same ground as his own. Senator Aldrich today announced his intention of offering an amend ment to the Foraker amendment pro viding for the extension of the investi gation to charge that the Southern States discriminate against the negro soldiers. If such an amendment should prevail it would lend to an in vestigation of t'ne entire race question, and before leaving for New York at 4 o'clock the Rhode Island Senator said that he had about changed his mind on the subject and probaly would not offer the amendment. The Republican leaders accept the Blackburn amend ment as a political move and most if them express the oMnlon that it is the result of a Dcmocratre conference. This Senator Blackburn denies, but he says with apparent confidence that it will have practically the unanimous sup port of Democratic Senators. 'Tiie amendment is not the result of a caucus." he said, "but it has gen eral endorsement."’ He says he will press it to a vote. Want to Lay it on the Table. The Republicans are trying to get a unanimous agreement to lay the amendment on tiie table, but some Re publican Senators express a. disincli nation to pursue that course because they f"ar ii would be considered aa a refiection on the President. There is talk of a caucus if later development* 1 should make one advisable. Several Senators advocate an amendment along the lines suggested bv Mr. Aldrich, saying in the language of a Western Senator, that it would have tiie effect >f "denaturizing" the Blackburn pro vision. For the present it is the in tention of tiie Republican managers to confine their efforts to holding back debate and to await developments. They express confidence In their ability to so sluice the matter that it will em barrass : no Democrats more than the Republicans. Senator Tillman does not stand with the supporters of the Blackburn amendment. C. B., of the Jamaica cont ent nnity. His ■t of the rthquuke Many bul ls ! ips Mi! to h. supply j isouri i bar- I fif lamitv that has visited the capital of has not yet been recorded to de world, and it is doubtful if even the people of Kingston them selves are yet aware of the full ex- t*'rtt of the disaster that overwhelmed them last Monday afternoon. REPORTED THAT KINGSTON IS SINKING GRADUALLY. WASHINGTON. Jan. 17.—Chairman Millard og the Senate committee on in- teroceanic canals, today made public the report of the Inteoc"anic Canal Commis sion on the borings at -the Gatun dam site, which were furnished in response to a re quest from the committee. The report includes a Cabled statement from Chief Engineer Stevens. In which he says thru 127 holes have behn bored at the Gatun site and all show that the look waits wFl rest on firm and suitable soft rock. He also says that *13 borings, ail extending to rock, have been made across the valley of tip* Chagres. covering the dam site, and that pervious material was found in only four holes, and below 200. feet. At the Pedro Miguel lock walls there have been ten borings, all showing rock suit able for foundation. WASHINGTON, Jan. 17.—An emer gency bill f >r the relief of the suf ferers on the Island of Jamaica was passed by the House -today. The bill is us follows: "That tiie President of the United States is authorized to use and dis tribute among the sufferers and desti- i ber that tute people of the Island of Jamaica t mumcated with buildings sucli provision, clothing, medicine" and j otherwise have escaped, other necessary articles, belonging to the subsistence and other stores of the* naval establishment as may be necessary for the purpose of succoring the people who are in peril and threat ened with starvation on -the said island in consequence of the recent earth quake and attending conflagration.” Chairman Tawney, of the appropria tions committee, in explaining the need for this emergency measure, said that the Secretary of the Navy had received i a wireless message from one of the i battleships which had touched at King- i ston that the devastation was even j greater than reported and that the ! British Government did not know of the extent of the disaster. Without waiting for the authority of Congress, however, Secretary Metcalf had tele graphed Admiral Evans to send the supply ship “Celtic," which is now on her way 'to Guantanamo, to Kingston ar.d turn over her full cargo of sup plies to the sufferers of the stricken city. The hill did not reach the Senate be fore adjournment but will probably be taken up by that body tomorrow. SOUTH ATLANTIC CAR FACTORY BURNED DOWN SAVANNAH, Ga.. Jan. 17.—The Sa- | in the work of construction of the varmah plant of the South Atlantic j Panama canal. R. F. Durden was tha Car and Manufacturing 1 Company, j principal owner. The question of re- three miles southwest if the city, was (building will be considered by the di- burned today by a lire that started a few minutes before 5 o’clock in tiie morning. Its origin is not known. The damage was about three hun dred thousand dollars, partly covered by insurance. The plant was situated on a tract of seventy acres. Ten of these were cov ered by the shops and erecting sheds. A million and" a half feet of lumber also was destroyed. It was piled between and around tlie sheds. It was by means of this lum- the flames at times com- vvhich might The fire de partment went to the scene, but could get no water connections. The fire burned well into the after noon. Late in the day efforts were made to save the saw mill and some of the remaining lumber by making a break in the long string of lumber piles by blowing them up with dynamite. The fire threw out of employment three hundred and fifty men. The work at present was being confined by the plant to a contract with the Central of Georgia railway for one thousand cars and a contract with the Atlantic Coast Line for five hundred and fifty cars. The next contract to be taken up was one with the United States Government for three hundred flat cars of a special design to be used at a meeting tomorrow .at Way- cross, Ga. Some Finished Cars Saved. In the erecting sheds there were thirty cars finished or in course of erection. Seven finished cars were saved. Three ears of material were also pushed away from fh*^ shed and saved. Superintendent Baswei! says that fourteen cars were finished yes terday which was the largest day's output the plain hV«* has ever had. The car works were built in 1895 by J. J. McDonough and other Savan- nahians. At tha; time the name was the Georgia Car- and Manufacturing Company. Tim works were shut down several years later and reorganized in 1901. when Roy C. Foster was made general manager!" In 1905 the plant was sold to 1.'. IL Leaf & Co., of Phil adelphia. after another suspension of business. It was transferred within a few months to the South Atlantic Car and Manufacturing Company, of Way- cross. and ike nano* changed to that cf the purchasing comn'any. The gen- er::l offices were also changed to Way- cross. Ln>t July there was a trans fer of stock interest represented by R. F. Duden. which gained the major ity of the stock holdings. Mr. Durden was elected president and T. H. Mc Ghee, second vice president and gen eral manager. CLOSING SESSION OF AMERICAN HEBREWS ! FT. AUGUSTINE. Fla.. Jan. 17.— Wireless messages received at the sta tion on Anastasia Island today by Chief Electrician Elkins say thai King ston is sinking gradually: that many hole* and cracks one hundred feet deep i w’*e formed by the earthquake and ' that grave feirs are felt that the en-. ! tiro . ity will slip into the hay. ; Anmho’* message says the hospital ' oorps. attendants and supplies from the , V: ited States naval vessel* at Gunn- . 1 * m. a mo have been sent to the stricken ! transit ; island. ' Ohio Rail CHICAGO. Jan. 17.—A plan to form a freight car pool has been decided upon by railroads owning in the aggre gate 542.500 freight cars out of a to tal of 1.800,000 in the United States. The roads thus far signifying thoir willingness to join the pool are the Pennsylvania. Rock Island, Illinois Central, Baltimore and Ohio. Erie, AI- ton. ‘Frisco. Chicago and Eastern Illi nois and the Harrimar. lines. A meet ing of the presMer.ts and leading traf fic officials of the railroads will be held hen on Friday. It is expected that several other railroads will also join the pool. Arthur Hale, general superintendent tion of the Baltimore and i. has been selected to or- ATLANTA, Jan. 17.—The closing session of the union of American He brew congregations here today was characterized by an enthusiastic sup port of the Hebrew Union College at Cincinnati, by a subscription of nearly thirty thousand dollars by these pres ent. with the promise of more later. It is proposed to raise one hundred thousand dollars for enlarging the in stitution and of tiiis fund the amount subscribed today will bo a part. A resolution was adopted favoring the diversion of foreign immigra tion from the ports of the East to those of the South and the South west: also on? expressing sympathy for the sufferers by the West Indian earthquake, and authorizing an appeal for aid for them. The executive committee of thirty was chosen, including Adolph S. Ochs and Jacob H. Schiff, of New York. THE SOUTHERN COTTON ASSOCIATION IN SESSION SAVANNAH. Ga.. Jan. 17.—At a caucus tonight tiie Aldermen-elect agreed upon candidates to fill several of the city offi ces. Those getting tiie plums worked hard for the winning side during the re cent municipal campaign. Those deter mined upon by the caucus were: Harry V.'illink, director of public works; N. P. Cornish, clerk of Council: Fred Ves sels. city marshal; John Carr, harbor master; John E. Schwarz. Recorder. It is slated on excellent authority that R. J. Davant, Alderman-elect, who led the ticket in the election, will not be sworn in. but will be elected superin tendent of police. . Thomas Ballantyne, it is also so id, will he. the next superintendent of the fire department. BIRMINGHAM. Aia.. Jan. 17.—The third annual convention of tiie South- ! ern Cotton Association began here to- ! day with a large attendance, every one ' of the eleven cotton States being rep- j j resented. . j After several welcoming addresses, I M. L. Johnson, of Georgia, president i of the Georgia division, responding said that for forty years the South had sub- : mined to being robbed on the price of j its chief product because of its poverty, j “For forty years,” he continued, “we have paid tribute to Wall street gam- ; biers, the spinners of' Europe and the spiners of our own country. Are you ready for the battle against this rob bery ?” The speaker scored the American spinners “for allying themselves with the interests of the foreign spinner to the detriment and impoverishment of their own people and their own con sumers.” President Harvie Jordan then deliv ered his annual address. afternoon 1 ■ nr.:.-> m: . ■ pr: ganir.ing special ] r: Die Kingston ir set radio;' * fr^m lean Embassy thi to Kir.p Earvnrfl condo]rnc^s on the Tv. sidont Poascv* pnjimcnt respeetr ROYAL FAM?LY G7VES TO RELIEF OF SUFFERERS ; RED CROSS WILL EXTEND ; HELP TO THE SUFFERERS j WASHINGTON. Jan. 17.—The Amer- ! lean National Red Cross wifi extend . immediate help to earthquake suffer ers in Jamaica. Cleveland Dodsre. head , of The New Yo’-k State organization. | has been authorized to purchase 35.^00 I worth of supplies to he sent to King- j srrn hy the first steamer, j Tr was learned at the Navy Depart- ; ntent F>L\y that the s;:np!;- ship Celtic was believed to be at Guantanamo. • is r.cw Inndinsr a: New York and will so to Guantanamo, unk>? orders are issued for her to proceed direct to j granize and manage trio pool. He will I ha'- e the power to supply deficiencies ! in the . r.rs o:* -any railroad which is a 1 member of the pool. It is likely that j the roads in the pool will not permit ; Their car? to he delivered to roads re- j fusine to icin with them. It is be'ieved i this clarinet hor.se plan will facilitate , the movements of traffic and will not | be m restraint of trade, and will not j therefore be a violation of the anti- ! trust law. McDANlEL, OF BARTOW. COMMITS SUICIDE. CHARLOTTE. N. C . Jan. 17.—News j has reached here of the atrocious murder 1 of John Stampers hy hi? setp-son, Clin- | ton Weaver, in the Muddy Creek section of Ash° County. N. C.. the most remote mountain fastness of the State. Weaver. | while entered Stampers' room | where th ’ latter lay seriously ill. and el*x | Stampers throat Com ear to car. killing h»m ins'jiitly. Weaver was arrested. The crime was unprovoked. QUARRELED WITH WIFE Al IS FATALLY SHOT COLUMBIA, S. C.. Jan. 17.—C. W. Blair, a conductor on the Columbia, Nctvberry and Laurens railroad, was shot four times at his home early this afternoon, from the effect of which he died thirty minutes later. It Is alleged that Blair accused his i wife of infidelity, and the shooting j followed. Mrs. Blair was placed un- l der arrest, but owing to her prostrate j condition, she was not removed from | her home. Blair made an anre-mor- | tern statement, in which it is alleged l he attacked his wife’s character. The | dead man was about fifty years old, I while his wife is thirty. Biair's wife was Miss Ethel Bartentine. of Greens boro. X. C. Harvie Jordan. Georgia, president. J. C. Hickey, Henderson, Texas, vica president. Dr.'Will H. Ward, Mississippi, sec retary. F. Hyatt, North .Carolina, treas urer. E. D. .Smith, South Carolina, gen eral organizer. B. II. Burnett, Chickalah, Ark., financial agent. THE A.C.L. ANO S.A.L. WERE HEAVILY FINED A frmr. Rrtr N CARTERFVIL’LE. Ga.. Jan. 1G.—I. O. McDaniel, a prominent farmer, six tv-three years old. u'-rnmined suicide T'iay .at his home near Alror.a. in B.ar- f w County, by shooting himself. He ih^ueht to have been demented, as •.-aus** is known for his self- SOUTHERN COMPLETES | NELSON STREET BRIDGE v> fund. T!‘“ Prince ar.d prhv'v-s of w i *s companies interested in the Wert Indus arc fallowing ir up. th ~ •-*'ports of the subsidences of or. : us • • ••• arc awaited with the A dm:rr: C H. T surgeons and me rived at Kinrsroi OwJn* tr. nil er v-»reie. c s message 1 Cuba, yesterday - ~ Go *e~nor i 0 "' was h?truly oe in bi? hv one- ci s a brother of f •v D. McDaniel. educated and w iomnnnitv. •u. RaU-h McDi of fryGu.i: lanarm *. ii was made to cide. reverses responsible for his sui- ATLANTA. Jan. 17.—The Southern Railway has jus* completed and turned over to the city of Atlanta a handsome new bride-' sj anniug- the tracks Nel son s:re The structure is 4$0 feet in l£nsrth and takes the place of an old ’ rid ire 1-V: feet in length, which by reason of age had become danger ous. The cost of the new bridge is ?4.".00 f *. The road was forced to build 'his bridge by the city to get certain concession? which the Southern had -o in t. ruling new warehouses Ucar Nelsoo street. LOOKING TO OPERATE REORGANIZE COTTON MILLS CHARLOTTE. N. C.. Jan 17.—At a meeting of the stockholders of the O’Dell Manufacturing Company at Concord, this afternoon a committee of throe stock holder^ was appointed to examine the plant and assets of the eight mills in volved in Monday's failure and report a plan of reorganization. Th° committee will first secure permission of Federal Judge Boyd and will call a meeting when their investigation is concluded. Receiver r"one. of Greensboro, took charge of the plant Tuesdav morning, and it is being operated. The statement is, made on authority that creditors: will receive dol lar for dollar. The treasurer s official re pot gives the corporations assets as $1,3*5.67; liabilities *622,216-01, TALLAHASSEE. Fla., Jan. 17.—The raiit-oad oommisaion as organized last week today gave substantiation to the vigorous policy as outlined by Chair man Burr upon assuming office. In cases which were heard Tuesday and Wednesday the commission today iiou.. -■ ~~ assessed fines against the Atlantic the predominant sentiment among the , Coas[ Ljne two cases amount1n g al tn,rrt ' ,nm,al ;o $r>,000, and against the Seaboard Air Line, for $2,000. Complaint against closer ! ,tle Seaboard was brought by the ‘ Southern Pine Company, of Savannah? BIRMINGHAM. Ala., Jan. “Throw off the Wall street yoke.’ 17 — was speakers at the trtird annual conven tion of the Southern Cotton Growers’ j Association, which assembled here to- j day. Ringing words favorin organization among and standing up for are their rights wer echo by the delegates. The idea prevails that there has been more prosperity -im'»ng cotton grow- ers since the formation of the asso ciation two years ago, 'than ever be fore, and the speakers, who urge fur ther steps to protect their own inter ests and to refuse to allow the prices of the South's great staple to be fixed in Wall street, were applauded. W. -L. Foster, of Shreveport, La- said th3t he hoped to see the time come when a man could not sell his cotton, unless he was a member of the Southern Co'ton Association. Three sessions of the convention were held today. This afternoon the executing committee assembled again, but the sessions were in secret. The speakers at the afternoon ses sion were w. L. Foster, of Shreve port. La., on “The average eosr of producing a pound of American cot ton”: Bernard Suttler. of Atlanta, edi tor of the Southern Cotton Journal, on the “Benefits of closer organization.” and R. R Dancy, of Houston. Texas, on the "Relation of American cotton to the civilized world." The speakers tonight were John D. Walker, o' Bparts. Ga., and Col. T. G. Bush, of Birmingham. BIRMINGHAM Ala.. Jan. 17— At a meeting of the executive committee of the Southern Cotton Association to night the following officers were .elected!. THREE MEN WERE SHOT IN FLORIDA, ONE FATALLY KISSIMMEE, Fla., Jan. 17.—Bud Sulli van shot and killed Martin Thomas and was himself probably fatally wounded. -,r,ri kiss Base, a looker on. was shot through th' arm. This occurred about t'n miles south of here at Peghom. The Sheriff ar.d a doctor have gone to the scene The cause Of the afirajr la not known. - —- f ‘ ltt , or !. j that against the Coast Line by Paul ghat they think I „ i u cheered to the & weymer, of Jacksonville, and Mer cer. Muller Company, of Brooksville. | In the Brcoksvilie case the fine against) | the Coast Line was $4,000. Judgment was reserved in three ctaseS. — : t,t j .i SOLDIERS HOME IN VERY GOOD CONDITION ATLANTA, Jan. 17.—As predicted la The Telegraph the trustees of the Sol diers Home yesterday made no changes in the officer? of that body, and only one in the staff of the officials having charge of the management of the home. Mrs. Maddox, who has been the matron of the home for some time, was not a candidate for re-eleetlon. and Miss Ada Doracott, of Mllledgeville, was elected in her place. The report of Treasurer Amos Fox showed that the Inmates had been well fed upon everything, and comfortably clothed and that there was a balance of $800 in the treasury. INDISTINCT PRINT