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THE TWICE-A- WEEK TELEGRAPH
DELMAS WON POINTS IN
BATTLE WITH JEROME
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ts and de-
Irs. Thaw
d the story
to her husband. Although he will
doubtless be blocked by the same rule
KjjjfH the time comes, it is said the
District Attorney may attempt to prove
nn alibi for Stanford White on the
right h< is alleged to have maltreated
young Miss Nesblt,
A Day of Argument.
Nine-tenths of today s sessions were
spent In argument and In nearly every
ifisMs when' the smoke of conflict
TrfTsfl away. Mr. Delmas had won his
point as to "the law, while Mr. Jerome
Mp the very argument Itself had got
before the Jury a perfect knowledge
to what his witnesses would have
testified to had they been permitted.
The District Attorney called ten wlt-
n_^0^5 during the day, but aside from
drawing from the State’s eye-witnesses
to the tragedy the opinion that Thaw
seemed rational the night he shot and
killed Stanford White, little real head
way was made. Lining up nil his forces
In rebuttal. Mr. Jerome decided to open
his fight on tho defense by attacking
the story told the jury by Evelyn Nes-
blt Thnw.
He called to the stand Fred W. Long-
JfaBow. {armerly an attorney’ for Thaw,
nnd asked him first concerning the
case In which Ethel Thomas Is ai-
AGED BO COUPIE
rtSTERBAY
Little Dan Cupid has been up to
some of his frivolous tricks again,
and this time he took as his bulls-eye
the hearts of Uncle Jake Eliis. a
familiar old ante-bellum negro char
acter around the city, who claims to
have seen the seasons change for
eighty-, ig.rt y,-..rs. ar. l his closest
friend. Jennie Amerson, who says she
Is only thirty years Uncle Jake’s
Junior.
Yesterday afternoon the heart
pangs could not be endured any lon
ger. and armed
license, the aged
selves to the office of Dr. Scovin
Fourth street, where the simple cer
emony which made two hearts beat
as one was shortly performed.
Uncle Jake has no fine house In
which to usher his bride, but as soon
as the ceremony was performed It
was evidenced that the felicity would
be Just the same.
"Ise rathur be er ol’ nigger’s dar-
lin,’ ” said Jennie after the ceremony,
“then er yung nigger's slave.’’ and
with that she tenderly spoke to her
new aged husband, and the two went
away as happy as one would like.
II BE SUE
Daughters of the American
Revolution failed to get the site of old
A fight in which the aggressor was
forced to turn defendant, was e-nact-
Fort Hawkins on which to erect a I ed on Cotton avenue, near First street.
monument.
Very reluctantly the Macon Gas
Light and Water Company, at their
last meeting decided that in view of
a probable tower being placed on Foyt
Hawkins Hill, they could not
the request.
It was then suggested that the mon
ument be placed on the site of the
old block house, which stood near by,
and which had been removed by the
late W. H. Jones to his place and after
wards burned.
The location of the exact site on
FINE NAVAL DISPLAY
AT JAMESTOWN EXPO
WASHINGTON. March 10.—In addi
tion to the great ironclads of the At
lantic fleet, commanded by Admiral
’ Evans, the naval display at the James
town Exposition will include some of
the finest vessels of foreign navies.
These are mostly of the cruiser class,
but as the armored vessels of this type
Irgcd to have sued Thaw for dam- j are equal to battleships in size and
•>ecs because of cruel treatment. Mr. { scarcely less formidable in appearance,
Delmas objected to questions along the ■ they will make an attractive show,
line under the professional privilege of , The Navy Department has been ad-
lawyer and client, but before Justice j vised up to date of the coming of the
Fitzgerald sustained the objection and | following foreign ships:
out the evidence, Mr. Jerome d/i
with a marriage I which the block house stood was be-
ouple hied them- ; ing discussed yesterday, and Mr. A. A.
' Subers. known as ,-Old Sarge, was pres
ent. Having as boy and man roamed
all over East Macon, from Cross Keys
to Black Ankle, Old Sarge knew he
could put his thumb down on the very
spot. Mr. Joe Cannon remarked that
he could do the same thing, and'that
he had engaged In an encounter wit)
the red man, and had been wounded,
and on his face, near the eye, was
the scar of battle.
As Mr. Cannon does not appear to
he more than twenty-five or thirty
years old, his remark caused a silence
to come over the group, and all eyes
were turned on him in wonder.
Then he explained that when a hoy,
and the old block house was standing,
the boys of his neighborhood had a
sham battle. Those on the inside were
whites and those on the outside wore
Indians attacking the fort. Mr. Can
non was on the inside as a white man.
The weapons were reeds cut out of
the swamp, and one of them going
through one of the loopholes, struck
him on the side of the face, and the
scar is there yet.
last night about 8 o’clock.
A negro woman by the name of Mat-
tie Mitchell in a wagon hitched to a
belated animal, drove up to a fruit
. stand on Cotton avenue, rfr.d no sooner
grant j j ia( j s ji e ,j rawn the turnout to a halt
than Julian Rountree, a sturdy built
ebonite, approached and with an im
polite and abrupt grasp pulled Mattie
from the seat, and whipping out an
ugly looking razor began to flourish
it at close quarters, threatening the
life of Mattie at the same time.
This kind of proceeding was not in
keeping with the dignity of Mattie, and
by some peculiar, and altogether efi
feetlve maneuver, she wrested the razor
from Rountree’s grasp and proceeded
to make the latter’s clothes resemble
a map of the Ten Thousand Islands.
Mattie proved too much for Roun
tree. and he took to his heels and ran.
Officers came up about this time and
placed Mattie under arrest, after which
a search for the man was instituted.
A peculiar thing about the fight was
the fact that although the clothes of
both were cut and torn Into rags, neith
er was badly cut or injured.
PETROLEUM REFINING
IP I&IPOO*
FROM INJURIES
Lester Hudson, the young man who
was thrown from his bicycle and se
riously injured internally near Bethel
Church late Sunday afternoon, died
yesterday morning at 9 o'clock at the
family's residence, on the Thomason
road.
From what could be learned about
the accident it seems that young Hud
son had told a group of friends good
bye and mounting his bicycle he start
ed on the return trip home. He com
menced propelling his bicycle at a
rapid gate and was some distance away
when one of his friends waved a final
good-bye. Instantly Hudson turned
his head and began to return the sa
lute, when his wheel veered from the
path and collided with a crosstie of
the trackage of the M. & B. Rail
road. He was knocked, unconscious by
the fall, and friends who came to his
assistance readily saw that he was
badly injured.
Lester Hudson was seventeen years
old, and leaves his parents, Mr. ant}
Mrs. J. F. Hudson, besides four broth
ers and two sisters. The funeral will
take place from the residence on the
Thomason road, this morning, and in
terment will be made in Society Hill
Church ‘Cemetery.
PUPILS IN SCHOOLS
BIBO COUNTY 8.543
Son of Citizen
Turns Footpad
Inrcd: “The story of the gir] tied to ! Good Hope, flags'hlp; Hampstead and
COLUMBIA, S. C.. March 10.—C.
B. Green, 45 years old and married, a
„ . JH, - . merchant of Shandon, a suburb of
Great Britam^The armored cruisers : this city, was waylaid and killed last
post and whipped by Thaw is
■the story of.Ethel Thomas. This poor
girl la now dead."
Alleged Cruel Treatment by Thaw.
Here Mr. Delmas interposed an ob
jection to the District Attorney’s re
marks, and the latter began an attack
along a different line. He showed Mr.
Longfellow the photographic copy of
the affidavit Evelyn Xesbit is said to
have signed in the office of Abraham
Hummel, alleging that Thaw treated
her cruelly while abroad in 1903. be-
cause she "Would not tell lies aginst
Stanford White."
Mr. Jerome followed this up by ask
ing the witness if Mrs. Thaw had not
turned over to him certain papers to
which she had subscribed.
Mr. Longfellow said she had.
There was a long argument between
Mr. Jerome and Mr. Delmas at the
conclusion of which Mr. Longfellow
turned his entire examination to
naught by declaring that Mrs. Thaw
had never shown him a paper similar
to the Hummel affidavit in any way.
He thereupon was excused without
cross-examination.
Police officers who saw Thaw the
night of the tragedy declared he
acted rationally. Many of the wit
nesses called by the Stnte during the
presentation of the case in chief was
recalled today. All declared Thaw
seemed to them to he rational.
Overruled Jerome’s Contention.
After the nfternoon recess Mr. Je
rome called to the stand Dr. Rudolph
Wilthaus, a chemist and expert in
poisons. The District Attorney fram
ed a hypothetical question covering
Evelyn Nesbit’s description of her
night with Stanford White in the
Twenty-fourth street studio house and
asked if there was any known poison
which would cause insensibility in two
minutes nnd permit of the quick re
covery testified to by Thaw’s wife.
Around this vital point the storm of
argument raged for nn hour or more.
Mr. Jerome pleaded with Justice Fitz
gerald at great length. Mr. Jerome
said he was not attacking the truth
of the story. He was calling for an
expert, opinion to the effect that no
known drug would produce the effect
testified to by Mrs. Thaw. Justice
Fitzgerald sustained the objection in-
terposed hv the defense.
When late in the afternoon Mr. Je
rome called Jas. Clinch Smith, a
brother-in-law of Stanford While, to
,tho stand, another long argument on-
pued. Mr. Delmas objected to Mr.
v jjmith’s testifying, saving he should
fcave been
Roxburgh, under command of Rear Ad
miral Neville.
France—Armored cruisers Kleber and
Victor Hugo and another cruiser to
take the place of the Jean - Baryt .re
cently wrecked off the African coast,
commanded by Rear Admiral Thierry.
Japan—The cruisers Tsuguga and
Chitose. under command of Vice Ad
miral Ijuin.
Those vessels are expected to arrive
fn Hampton Roads May S.
Portugal—One cruiser, probably the
Don Carlos.
Austria—The armored cruiser Charles
VI. and another cruiser not yet named.
Canada—One armored cruiser and
one protected cruiser, yet to be desig
nated.
Sweden—One warship not yet named.
Brazil—One to three warships not
yet named.
Argentina—One to three warships
not named.'
Chili—The cruiser Zenteno.
Belgium will send a military dele
gation and China a military and naval
delegation.
TTO
HARRMTO ANSWER
WASHINGTON, March 10.—Chair
man Knapp, of the Interstate Com
merce Commission, said tonight that
so far as the commission is concerned
the taking of testimony in the investi
gation of the Harriman lines is closed,
but tho commission has under con
sideration the advisability of asking the
United States Circuit Court of the
southern district of New York to com
pel Mr. Harriman to answer certain
questions which he did not answer to
the satisfaction of the commission
when he was on the witness stand In
New York. Pending such action Mr.
Harriman’s counsel asked to be heard
before the commission April 4. which
request was granted, and that date was
recently fixed for arguments. Chair
man Knapp explained tonight that the
commission alone has power to con
clude testimony in the case, and that
it will reserve the right, if it sees fit
to reopen the case at any time.
Mr. Harriman will have a conference
with President Roosevelt next Thurs
day, when Mr. Harriman’s counsel ask
ed for the hearing on April 4. at which
produoed during the pre- I time they want to present arguments
tat Ion of the case in chief. Mr. regarding the contention that the Union
Jerome said Smith was in Europe Pacific and Southern Pacific are par-I
•when the State's case was presented. I allei and competing lines, it was un- i
He threw himself upon the discretion j derstood by the commission that if Mr. ;
of the court and the matter was pend- i Harriman’s counsel desired to submit ;
Ing when adjournment until tomorrow I additional testimony on that date they
night by Edward Marshall, who him
I self was killed by Green. Robbery
was the motive.
The shooting otjeurred about 11
o’clock, but the bodies of the men
were not discovered until about
o’clock this morning.
When found Green’s clothing was
on fire, his body being badly, charred
around the heart and side, where the
bullets took effect, and a roll of
greenbacks were burned in twain.
The feet of the men were less than
a foot apart, showing that they faced
each other when they were killed. At
Green’s right hand lay a 32-caliber
revolver, with four empty chambers.
Near Marshall’s right hand was a 41-
caliber six-shooter with five emptv
chambers, while a 3S-caliber pistol
whicli had not been fired, was at his
left hand. Under his body was
well-made leather slungshot or sand
bag, having two pounds of small shot
in the end. Near his head lay two
burglar’s masks, one having two bul
let holes in it, and was clotted with
blood. Marshall was shot twice
through the head and once through
the right, breast, while Green had three
bullets through his heart. The back
of his hand was covered with blood,
indicating that he may have had a
struggle with his assailant. Several
pieces of silver were found scattered
about Green’s body. The finding of
the two masks and three hats leads
to the belief that Marshall had an ac
complice, but up to this time no ar
rests have been made.
Marshall was 24 years old, unmar
ried and the son of the manager of
the large department store of J. L.
Mlmnaugh of this city. From the fact
that Marshall had a pistol in each
hand, it is hard to understand how
he was able to manipulate the sand
bag.
The tragedy has caused a great
sensation in this city.
morning was ordered.
OVER II SlIRI $650
HIS ADVENTURE AS A “COTTON
LIFTER" RESULTED BADLY
might do so. and also if the commis
sion desired to bring out any new point
it would, but that any such additional
testimony, Jf at all. would be brief.
Asked If Mr. Harriman was likely to go
on the stand in such an event Chair
man Knapp replied that if Mr. Harri
man desired to take the stand he would
be permitted to do so.
Will Plummer,
ed a part in tho
stealing scheme
who confessed t<
the negro who plav-
mest novel cotton |
yet invented, and j
’ it all. was before
the rotor
He was
Court in
.counts ai
fact, and
Of $ l r,0 :
da
ler yester lay morning,
bound over to ihe Superior
the sum of $250 on two
an ac 'essory before the
to t aa City Court in the sum
s aivessorv after the fact,
total bond of $650.
.1 in The Telegraph of Sun-
im -tiled of stealing cotton
was simplicity itself. At the dinner
hour, when th' clerks were away, the
tag, the only means of marking bales
of cotton was torn from a bale and it
was trucked on the platform in a posi
tion to indicate that it had just been
taken from a wagon.
When the weigher
dinner there was the bale of cotton
with the statement that It had been
brought in by Mason Thomas, a Jones
County negro farmer. The bale was
weighed and receipt given. The re
ceipt and sample was then given to
Will Plummer to take to the office
and get the money. For his share of
the proceeds Plummer says he got ten
dollars for one bale and twelve dol
lars for another.
In the meantime the cotton in tho
warehouse was checked up short. The
re ord showed so many bales pur
chased, but the bales were missing.
FATHER AND TWO DAUGHTERS
WERE KILLED BY TRAIN,
BUFFALO, N. Y„ March 10.—Mi
chael Bower, a well-to-do farmer, and
his two daughters, Isabella and Rosa,
were killed on the crossing of the Erie
Railroad at Lancaster today.
Bower’s daughter Rose, is dying from
her injuries.
The Lackawanna Railroad line was j
blocked by a small wreck early in the ,
day, and a fast Lackawanna passenger
train was being detoured over the Erie. :
The watchman on the crossing did not
expect it, and gave no warning as
Bower drove on the tracks.
Exciting Sunday
in Americas, Ga.
AMERICUS, Ga., March 10.—Po
lice Officer William R. Morris, of the
Americus police department, was shot
and perhaps mortally wounded at 4
o’clock this morning by a negro. Will
Reese, whose arrest he attempted.
Officers Morris and Ross went to
Reese’s house before daylight, expect
ing to find him in bed, as he was.
Ross guarded a rear door while Mor
ris entered the house, striking a
match. As 1 the match flicked Reese
fired twice from the bed. The first
bullet struck Officer Morris in the
abdomen, while the second shot pene
trated the left side of his neck as he
fell to the floor. At the sound of
the firing Officer Ross entered at one
door while Reese escaped by the
other, and is still at large. The bad
ly wounded policeman was conveyed
to the city hospital and given surgical
attention. The two wounds are re
garded as most serious, and death
may result. Reese was wanted for
some slight offense and might easily
have been caught otherwise.
Morris has been on the force several
capable and faithful
WASHINGTON, - March 11—Accord
ing to a bulletin issued today by the
census bureau on petroleum refining
in the United States, for the calendar
year 1904, there were 104 petroleum re
fineries in operation. Their total ca
pacity was $136.2S0,541; they employed
16,770 wage earners: paid 'in wages
$9,989,367; used materials costing $139,-
377,213; and manufactured products to
the value of $175,005,320.
As Compared with 1900. this is an in
THE 2-GENT RATE
ABERDEEN, S. D., March 11.—
While revival services were in pro
gress in the auditorium tonight fire
■ started under a platform on which 300
| members of the choir and several
j preachers were sitting. The place was
! packed by 20,000 persons.. When
smoke was seen several walked out
j and Rev. R. E. Johnson, leader of the
revival, at once began singing. The
I choir took up the refrain and preach-
| ers went among the congregation, ad-
; vising them to leave quietly. Some of
The maximum rate of 3 cents a mile
charged by the railroads operating in
the South, for ordinary transportation,
is not the rate on which the railroad
companies base their receipts, accord
ing to S. H. Hardwick, passenger traf
fic manager of the Southern Railway,
who was in the city for a few hours
yesterday morning, says yesterday’s
Chattanooga Times. Mr. Hardwick
was en route to Washington from
Nashville, where he went to testify be
fore the railroad committee of the Ten
nessee Legislature.
Mr. Hardwick said that the average
amount received per mile by the
Sbuthern Railroad was 2.4 cents. The
difference between the maximum rate
of 3 cents and the rate on which the
receipts of the company is based, he at
tributed to competition, as the rate
between two points is computed on a
short line basis. In addition to this,
special rates to conventions, parties,
excursions, and to charities, proves an
Important factor in lowering the aver-
' ago.
I He said that his company had shown
I a disposition in the past to work with
' the people, and that it intended to
, continue the policy.
His company, he stated, has always
and still is desirous of being made ac
quainted with the wants of the people,
and if it is in the wrong, that it is wil
ling to adjust itself to those wants and
needs. He hardly thought that it was
equitable that the responsibility should
be placed on the common carriers to
decide whether it is expected of them
to furnish regular transportation at a
rate of 2 cents a mile and special rates
for excursions and charities.
No Complaint Ever Made.
Mr. Hardwick then spoke of the rec
ord made by the passenger departments
of the various roads during twenty
years of thel life of the Interstate Com-
crcase in number of refineries of 38.7 i the more exc j ta ble people made their merce Commission. He. said that sta.
exit through windows and in ten min- i tistics would show that no formal com
utes the immense hall was empty.
Before the choir and evangelist left
the platform the rear portion of it
was in flames. Firemen fought the
fire for an hour, finally subduing it
after most of the platform had been
burned. No one was hurt.
per cent; in capital 43 per cent; and
value of products 41.2 per cent. The
total volume of refined products for
which quantities were reported in 1995
was 50,638.490 barrels, of fifty United
States gallons each. This included
34,344.522 barrels of burning oils and
5.811,2S9 barrels of the naptha and
gasoline.
The various classes of products show
substantial increases in value between
1900 and 1905. except neutral filtered
oils, which decreased 13.9 per cent.
Crude petroleum produced in the Uni
ted States in 1904 aggregated 117,063,-
421 barrels, of which 2,647.000 barrels
were exported and 66 9S2.862 barrels
used by refineries in this country.
Black Roof Cotton
Mr. R. I. Smith, State entomologist,
informs us that they have just finished
sending out over twenty-five bushels
of “Black Root” or “wilt” resistant cot
ton seed, to over seventy-five cotton
planters in different parts of the
State. This seed was grown on their
experimental fields at Zeilobee and
Vienna, Ga.
The board of entomology has been
working on this disease only two years,
but some important* facts have been
secured. They have tested over twen
ty varieties of cotton tb see if any of
them were naturally resistant to the
disease. Sa far the Jackson is the only
IMEI EOILFISTESS
I8SSE3 GP
EL PASO, Tex., March 10.—All five
of the Women bullfighters whose fare-
well appearance in the ring was the
attraction at the Juarez Plaza Del
Tores, this afternoon, were injured by
being gored or tossed by the bulls.
Oniy one, however, -was seriously in
jured, Scnorita Herrera. Her' injuries
were not fatal.
Five thousand persons witnessed the
exciting coptest.
ANNIVERSARY OF MINE
DISASTER CELEBRATED
LENZ. France, March 11.—The an
niversary of ihe mine disaster at
Courrieresi, in which more than a
thousand miners lost their lives, was
■ . . ...... . . celebrated today by a great demonstra-
one that has proved, to be naturally ; tion b y the m j n ing population of the
resistant to\ any great extent They | department of PAs De."Calais. Headed
hate also found that by caie,.ul selec- ; bands of music and waving ban-
t! ° n _ *he natural resistance of a cotton j ners processions marched to the
greatly improved, and also^that : cemeteries in the district where the
by this method of selection a strain of i soc j a j ts t deputies, Basly and Lamen-
d |n - violent speeches against the
ant to the disease, from most varieties
of cotton. The Jackson has been im
proved by selection until only from 10
to 15 per cent of it will die, where from
SO feo 90 per cent of the Russell big
bol! will die. ■ f\t\
By selection they have secured sev
eral strains of cotton that are very
resistant to the disease. For instance
the Peterkin from unselecled seed, 81
per cent of the plants died, last year,
wh’le the progeney from a selected
stalk of this variety only 16 per cent
of the plants died. This shows what
may be done by selection.
In the last two years Mr. A. C. Lewis,
assistant entomologist, has made a
number of crosses, of the Jackson
with other varieties of cotton. By the
method they not only hope to increase
the resistance of the cotton, hut also
to make it more productive. So are
the results very ineouraging. Last
year some of the hybrids were very
resistant to the disease, and also very
well fruited. In fact some of them
were the best fruited plants in their
experimental plots.
The results of the two years’ work
are set forth in their bulletin No. 22,
Black Root Disease of Cotton. This
may be secured without cost by writ
ing to Mr. R. L Smith, State ento
mologist. Capitol building. Atlanta, Ga.
companies owing the mines. There
were no untoward incidents.
BIG FIRE AT MOBILE
ENTAILS HEAVY LOSSES
MOBILE, Ala., March 11.—Shortly
before 1 o’clock this morning, fire
broke out in a cafe on lower Dauphin
street and soon enveloped a three-
story building in the heart of the
block which ha : suffered more from
fire than any other block in the city,
being the scene of the Leinkauf and
Strauss million dollar fire in 1S93 and
the Battle House fire ten years later.
The fire communicated to * other
buildings and drove the guests out of
the St. Andrews Hotel. The fire de
partment made a hard fight and at
1:30 a. m. the fire was under control.
INDICTMENT AGAINST SON
OF VICE PRESIDENT QUASHED.
piaint had been made to that commis
sion against the passenger departments
during the twenty years of its exist
ence. He held that this ought to be
considered an excellent record.
He did not mean by persons, but
that the roads had either shown that
they were in the right, or if in the
wrong adjusted themselves to the com
plaint.
Mr. Hardwick then gave some sta
tistics furnished by the Interstate Com
merce Commission. During the past
year 750,000.000 journeys were taken,
or an average of nine journeys for
each person in the. United States. The
average length of the journey was
twenty-two miles, in round numbers
the amount received was 2 cents a
mile, and if anything a fraction less.
“When the Interstate Commerce
Commission was organized twenty
years ago,” said Mr. Hardwick, "the
accounts of the expense of the opera
tion of the passenger and freight de
partments of all the railroads were
kept separate. This was continued for
six years. In 1893 when the last re
port was issued the average cost for
transportation of each person for one
mile was given as 1.99 cents. Since
{hen no attempt has been made to
keep the expense accounts of the two
departments separate.”
impossible at 2 Cents.
With the development of the rail
roads in the South during the past few
years, and the necessary adtVtionni
cost of operating. Mr. Hardwick said
that it would be impossible for a rail
road furnishingi the kind of aecommo- :
dations needed Jn the South at a max-
imum of 2 cents a mile without los'ng
money on the passenger department.
Until a recent date, he said, the rail
road facilities in the South have not
been equal to those offered in the North .
and East. He pointed out that his road
for instance, had spent large sums of j
money to give the proper service, be- j
lieving that It would greatly assist fn I
the development of the country, and
that such a development would nat
urally be a. benefit to the.company.
The exact cost of transportation of
passengers to the company could not
he estimated, he said, except on an ar
bitrary basis, as the expenses of the
passenger and freight departments
could not be kept separate. He gave
as a reason for this, the maintenance
of general offices, general agents and
construction of roadways and bridges,
as it could not be determined what per
cent, of the cost to place to the credit
of one department or another.
The total enrollment of pupils In
the schools of Bibb County is S.543.
Prizes for the best cotton and corn
raised by pupils of the Bibb County
schools will be offered again this year.
A display of work done In tho
schools Is to be exhibited at the com
ing session of the Georgia Educa
tional Association.
The election of teachers on the
Monday following the June meeting
of the boards is in the hands of the
committee on rules to report at the
April meeting.
Tho arrangement of the course of
study at the June meeting is also in
the hands of the same committee.
These were the main features of
the regular meeting of the Board of
Education held last evening, at which
the following members were present:
President T. D. Tinsley. Judge A. L.
Miller, Judge W. H. Felton, Mr. J. W.
Cabanfss, Col. C. R. Pendleton, Mr.
J. H. Hertz, Mr. Henry Horne, Mr. W.
H. Smith, Mr. C. B. Willingam, Mr.
W. T. Morgan, Col. C. M. Wiley and
Mayor Smith.
The report of Supt. Chapman show
ed that since the last meeting of the
board 115 new pupils have entered
the schools, making an Increase of
535 above the same date last year, or
an increase of 62 above last year’s
total, when the enrollment was tho
largest in the history of the schools.
The present enrollment is 8,543.
In the past ten years the increase
in enrollment has been 2.917, or 44
per cent., the increase in the teaching
force 23 or 15 per cent.
The superintendent recommended
that the election of teachers bo held
on the Monday following tho June
meeting of the board, so that tho
teachers can make their summer
plans.
He also recommended that the
course of study be passed upon at the
June meeting of the board so that the
teachers, should they wish, may re
ceive instructions or perfect themselves
only in such studies as may bo
adopted.
Roth of these matters were referred
to the committee on rules, to he re
ported on at the April meeting.
In his report the superintendent
said that Chancellor Barrow, of tho
State University, has requested that
a display of the work done in the
Macon schools be made at the coming
session of the Georgia Educational
Association to be held at the audito
rium April 25, 26 and 27. As there
is always on hand at the different
schools specimens of daily work and
written exercises, such a display
could be arranged for. said tho super
intendent, without interfering with the
regular work of tho schools, and ho
therefore recommended that the dis
play be made. The recommendation
was unanimously adopted.
He also recommended a renewal of
tho prizes offered last year for tho
best specimens of cotton and corn
raised by children of the schools. He
said that statistics show that sur
prising results have been accomplish
ed in several States where plans sim
ilar to those now in operation in
Georgia for the study of agrieulturo
have been adopted. Responding to
this movement last year the board of
fered $30 in prizes, two first prizes of
$10 each for cotton and corn, and two
$5 second prizes. In no county in
Georgia did the pupils of the rural
schools enter into this comest with
more enthusiasm than in Bibb.
In making his motion to adopt the
recommendation. Col. Pendleton said
he hear.tily endorsed the plan of en
couragement of the pupils in the
study of agriculture and wished that
the board could afford to offer much
larger prizes. The motion was car-
, ried. • *■
i The contest will be made without
reference to fairs, either local or
State. If not exhibited at a fair an
arrangement will be made for the ex
hibition in Macon, and judges will bo
secured from among tho farmers.
Tite finance committee submitted’ a
list of the buildings belonging to the
board, with the amount of insurance
carried on each. In many instances
the committee thought the amount
inadequate, and for the purpose of
adjustment the superintendent will
make up a list of the buildings, with
a careful estimate of their values, and
the figures for which they could bo re
placed.
The question of changing the mini
mum number of pupils required for
the opening and continuing of coun
try schools, taken tip at the Feb
ruary meeting, was, after a discussion,
laid on the table.
CLERK SUSPENDED FOR ACTION
IN FORMING B. P. C. UNION.
SAN FRANCISCO. March 11.—Hugh
M. Shaug. a railway postal clerk, whose
run is between Los Angeles And El
Paso, was informed yesterday by Di
vision Superintendent Stephens, of the
Officer railway mail service, that three days
‘ would be given him to show cause why
morning mortally ‘ wounded Police Of
ficer Wiliam Morris, was shot into
doll rags at 7 o’clock tonight, his
body being fairly riddled with buck
shot and pistol balls. Shortly before
dusk it was ascertained that Reese
was concealed in a dwelling on Dav
enport street, a negro suburb. A de
tachment of five policemen and Depu
ty Sheriff Fuller went hastily to th
point designated and quickly sur
rounded the house.
LITTLE ROCK, Ark., March 10.—It : Deputy Fuller and Policeman Willis
is expected that the charter of the rushed the door, whereupon the negro
Oakla-.vn Jockey Club at Hot Springs ■ Reese, opened fire with a revolver,
will be attacked in the Legislature to- j Reese advanced firing upon the offi-
years and is a capable and faithful I ^ ,e should not be suspended. Shaug
officer was an active promoter of the Broth-
di erhood of Railway Postal Clerks, and
Reese Located and Surrounded. induced many of the men of the local
. S fl^ w? run ’ department to join the order. His con-
to the death like a. demon at ba> Bill , f j UC f j s declared by his superiors to be
Reese, the negro desperado who this | prejud!cial to the discipline of the
service.
ARKANSAS LEGISLATURE
MAY ATTACK RACING CHARTER.
row. this bein,
returned -from j tion looking to th
of the Amis anti-pool selling bill.
Senator Amis, author of the bill,
says that he will confer with acting
Gov. Moore tomorrow, and if it is nec
essary will introduce a resolution in
the Senate, authorizing the Governor
to send troops to Hot Springs to en
force the law.
the last civil ac- . cers and Policeman Willis received a
rigid enforcement bullet through his right hand. At
this the other officers opened fire with
guns and revolvers and Reese fell
prostrate with innumerable bullets,
expiring instantly.
The body was brought immediately + H , h . rEf . rt
to the police barracks, where hun- I WeTry valued
DOUBLE TRACKING OF
A.. B. & A. WILL GO ON
FITZGERALD, Ga.. March 10.—A
telegram has just been received stat
ing that the injunction against the
Atlanta, Birmingham and Atlantic
Railroad’s double tracking Ocmulgee
; e I street has been settled. The road
' will now go on with the $50,000 pas
senger depot which was projected be
fore the injunction was served. The
idea of a union depot on East Cen
tral avenue which has been talked of
the past few weeks will not be car
ried out.
STEUBENVILLE, O.. March 11.—
The indictment for subornation of per
jury against Frederick C. Fairbanks,
son of the Vice President, in connec
tion with his marriage of Miss Helen
Scott, of Pittsburg, -was quashed in a
decision handed down today by Judge ! room several persons had been known
R. G. Richards. The decision holds to see him, and among them was
CHARGE AGAINST HARTF1ELD
WAS DISMISSED YESTERDAY
The case against Warren Hartfield.
charged with taking $20 from a hotel
guest, was dismissed yesterday.
The evidence disclosed that the
particular guest, who did not ap
pear in court, had been paid $20 in
four five dollar bills. While in his
that no facts had been set forth to
show that Fairbanks had committed,
any crime.
ROOSEVELT SENDS
MESSAGE TO GOVERNOR.
SACRAMENTO. CaL, March 11.—
Governor Gillett sent to the Senate to
day a message from President Roose
velt complaining that the recent ac
tion of the ’Legislature would have a
most unfortunate effect upon the Pres
ident’s efforts to secure exclusion of
Japanese laborers by friendly agree
ment. The President asked the Gov
ernor to secure suspension of further
action until receipt of a letter from
the President. The Governor asked
that the assembly give the matter very
careful consideration.
Hartfield, who was a bell boy.
Some time Saturday night Hartfield
asked the night clerk to give him a ten
dollar bill for a five dollar bill and five
in silver. Thus when the guest report
ed his loss, the fact of Hartfield hav
ing been in the room an later asking
for a ten dollar bill for change, excit
ed suspicion. Hartfield, however,
made a good showing as to how he got
his money and the case was dismissed.
YOUNG MAN CHARGED
WITH THEFT Or JEWELRY
NEW YORK, March 10.—Bert Cur
tis. aged 27 years, was arrested here
with having stolen
, , „ , . jewelry valued at $6,000, during a call
dreds of curious people are viewing | ^ t
tonight. Willis. the policeman
FRANKLIN WAS REARRESTED
CHARGED WITH FORGERY.
NOTICE TO SUBSCRIBERS.
Examine label on your pa
per. It tells how you stand on
the books. Due from date on
the label. Send in dues and
also renew for the year 1907.
PHILADELPHIA. March 11.—Frank
C. Martin, alias ’Judge” Franklin
Stone, who was arrested in Buffalo aft
er nearly a two-years’ search by the
postal authorities, charged with con
spiracy to defraud, in connection with
the Storey Cotton Company, of this
oi:v. and who was released on bai! Sat-
urdav. was arrested today by Phila
delphia detectives charged with tip
fnrc>-rv of a check for $80 oea on the
Brooklyn. X. Y., National Bank. He
was given a hearing and held await
ing requisiton papers from New York.
shot, was not seriously wounded,
i Police Officer Morris, who was shot
by Reeeo this morning while resist
ing arrest, is in a precarious condition
! tonight at the Americus Hospital.
The killing of Reese bj- the officers
tonight created considerable excite- j
ment. but no trouble is apprehended.
Miss Lockwood’s private boarding
school for girls at Scarsdale. It is
alleged that Curtis visited the school
last Thursday and secured permis
sion to see one of the students. Two
hours later the theft from a dormi-
torv was reported. The principal and
two students made identification upon
which Curtis was held.
OFFICIAL CANDIDATES
SUCCESSFUL IN SPAIN
MADRID. March 11.—The first day
of the elections of the special electo
ral bodies which elect half of the
Senate the last week of April result
ed generally today in the success of
the official candidates.
E. O.
E. O. Cowan, aged 38 years, of South
■ Macon, died yesterday morning of appen-
I dicitis. at Fitzgerald, Ga.. where he was
I at the time. vi=!tinp.
f[.■ leaves a wife and son. E. V. Cowan.
The b dy will pass through Mae-.n this
morning for Jackson, Go., where the fu
neral and interment will take place.
BIG INCREASE SHOWN
IN MONTH’S IMPORTATIONS.
"WASHINGTON, March 11.—A state
ment issued today by the bureau of
statistics shows that the importations
of manufacturers’ materials continues
to increase. The value of the im
ports of raw materials for use in manu
factures in the seven months ending
with January. 1907, was $262,000,000,
against $223,000,000 in the same months
of last year, while manufactures im
ported for further use in manufactur
ing amounted to $158,000,000. against
$123,000,000 in the corresponding pe
riod of last year. Raw cotton imports
aggregated $8,500,000.
Railroad to Anderson, S. C.
ATHENS. Ga.. March 10.—Judge W. L.
Hodges, of Hartwell. sp»nt yesterday in
Athens on business with the citizens here
concerning the proposed road from Athena
to Anderson. S. C. The people of Hart
well are determined to get another rail
road and this is the line that has been de
cided to be the best and most feasible. It
will probablv be a steam road, though
some advocate an electric road. The busi-
ress men of Athens take to the proposi
tion very enthusiastically and will give
all the 'aid they nossibly can to th
building of tha road.
MET REVENUE OFFICER
Uncle Billie, the Tybee blind tiger, has
non-plussed one of Uncle Sant’s officials
and continues business at the “same old
stand.”
The city and tho State have tackled the
rheumatic for selling booze without a li
cense. but as he is unable to move hand
or foot on account of inflammatory rheu
matism he has escaped arrest and punish
ment. In the sale of “the ardent.’’ Uncle
Billie does not handle the stuff, hut each
customer pours from a bottle the quan
tity desired and places 10 cents in Billie’s
hand in payment.
The matter was reported tc the internal
revenue officer and he proceeded to visit
Billie, saying he would show the "old vio
lator” a thing or two about taking out a
license. He found Biilie. but when he
took in the situation at a giance he threw
un his hands and abandoned the case. So
Uncle Billie goes scot free again.
BABY RUTH BOUND OVER
ON CHARGE HORSE STEALING
TY. L. Taylor, otherwise the negro
known as Baby Ruth, was bound over
to the Superior Court in the sum of
$250 for horse stealing.
This is the case when the blind
negro said the team had be«!i turned
over to him to have a good time with.
He could not see to drive and let the
mule have its ora way. He claimed
that a white man named Miller h,ad
placed the team in his charge, but
Miller declared In court that he found
CHICAGO, March 10.—A touch of
the ostentation that marked the rule
of John Alexander Dowie in the
Christian Apostolic Catholic Church
in Zion, which he founded, will be
observed during the funeral services
of the deposed leader. The white
robed choir which was shorn of its
vestments when Overseer Voliva as
sumed control in Zion City will take
an active part in the ceremonies,
which will occur on Thursday after
noon in Zion tabernacle. Judge V. •
V. Barnes, one of the few elders of
the church who remained faithful to
Dowie, will conduct the services and
will deliver the funeral sermon. Dur
ing Tuesday and Wednesday the body
will lie in state in the reception hall
of Shiloh house, the Dowie residence.
The burial will be at Lake Mound
cemetery at Zion City, beside the
grave of Dowie’s daughter, who died
several years ago of burns caused by
the explosion of an alcohol lamp. No
memorial services for the deceased
were held at Zion City today, the only
public reference to his death being a.
tribute paid' Dowie by one of the dea
cons at the early morning church ser
vice. The regular order of services
was observed.
Mrs. Dowie and Gladstone, her son,
arrived at Zion City early today.
STRUCK NEIGHEOR
ON HEAD WITH AXE.
Mrs. Emaline Kent Dead.
COLUMBUS. Ga.. March 11.—Mrs.
Emaline Kent, aged seventy years, die ! ; the negro in charge of the
at midnight la?t night at her home near
Lodonia Church.. west of Columbus.
The funeral will take place Lamorrow
morning.
wagon.
The evidence was somewhat mixed
and muddled but the court thought
there was sufficient to commit the
blind negro, and it was so ordered.
CORTLAND, N. Y-, March 10.—Ar
thur Potter, a farmer of Blodgett’s
mills, was arrested today charged with
as.-ault with intent to kill upon Leon
Stafford, his nearest neighbor. Staf-
ford, who was struck on the head with
the square end of an axe blade, was
believed to be dying tonight.
Today’s storm helped to pile up the
drifts that have made the roadways
that skirt the adjoining farms of the
two men almost impassable in places.
Stafford had turned from the highway
and was driving his team across Pot
ter’s land when the latter closed a s tie
in front of Stafford's team and warn 1
the other not to open it. Stafford^lt
is alleged, tried to force the gate, a::d
was struck down.
Friends of the two men then inter
fered. After making an antemortem
deposition -Stafford lapsed into uncon
sciousness.