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Hr Lit: ' t 1 W 1C1^-A - \V f. * k TEbiitrEA? ii TUESDAY, MAY 2T, 180? 11 HOT m WITH ifiyi ir/iPnc LL.twjwL lay 2 -After ittee on the general as- CM SEED ill O'GOSEll H FACES p^rsi i m mo hi wsm. m SERIOUS C«E fere cohercism era- rill i ere fore Uus decision >n will knock out ce the overtures prece ? temperance. By 1 h.e commls- iln vital parts tg It concern- decision, the also regards the re- iperanco committee, which asks for a church federation, as unjudicial. The polity committee be lieves that the church should go Its way and the anti-saloon league Its way. each helping the otheV. That the church should not form a federation, encroaching upon the ter ritory of the anti-saloon league, is the expressed belief of the committee. The endorsement of the anti-saloon league in overture No. 10C “that the league NORFOLK. Va.. May 22.—The In terstate Cotton Seed Crusher’s Asso ciation convened in eleventh annual session at the Jamestown Exposition today with five hundred delegates In attendance for a session of four days. Two hundred more delegates are ex pected today. The convention was called to order ay that Presby- I by J. W. Allison, vice-chairman of the shall not become committee on arrangements. In the f the anti-saloon absence of. President Harry St. George : forth that these Tucker Barton Myers, governor of represent the ways and means of the Jamestown Ex- p.nd that the ac- position, delivered the address of wel- 1! not be consld- come. L. A. Ranson, of Atlanta, Ga., of the church. I vice-president of the association, re- ch fed >ague. be recom- smbly for Dnded to the address of welcome, after which President P. H. Bailey, of Paris, Tex., delivered his -annual ad dress. This was followed by the an nual report of Robt. Gibson, of Dallas, Tex., secretary and treasurer. Consideration of the report of the committee on rules was then taken up. The annual election of officers Will precede the final adjournment of the association Friday. Much time will be devoted to the discussion of question affecting the cotton seed interests. The commer cial exchanges of Birmingham, New Orleans. Savannah, New York and other cities have sent special dele- A new turn was taken in the United States Court Tuesday in the ease against Cornelius O’Connell who stand indicted by the Federal grand jury on the charge of attempting to bribe and interfere with a government witness when United State.- District Attorney Alexai.der Ackerman presented to the court a petition for attachment against O’Connell for contempt. According to ai» affadavit made by Life in the quaint old town estab- \ lished by Jean Baptiste Be Moyne Bienville in I71S is today in a state of transition so energetic as to suggest the tumultuous. It is passing rapidly , from the conservatism which distin- ! is * ure to appeal to the coinmer- guished it from almost two 'centuries p ial instinct. merclalism will invade the carnival festivities and leaven the whole lump. When that day comes some car in ■ the parade of Rex. or Comus or Mo- | mus portraying Caesar in the act of ' crossing the Rubicon will bear on its ; side in large red letters a legend read ing: “Don’t forget to buy your un derwear. collars and shirts at Blank's emporium." Such an addition to the decorations of the car will be de manded by Mr. Blank as clearly with in his right and privilege. This idea of blending business with art and fes Caught on Six Months Idle. Time was, and that was not far back, into the rush, the turmoil of other American cities. Tt hether this be regarded As good or , -when the community's busy season was B. J. Hunt, O’Connell is alleged to view; buT whatever^the Judgment 1 the ! conflried to about six months of the have made the effort to bribe him In : charge was inevitable and the philos- i twelve, beginning: with October and the very court room before the court, which in itself, is claimed flagrant con tempt. The court allowed O’Connell until next Monday to show cause why he should not be punished for the of fense. NAVIGATION COMPANY HAS BEEN ORGANIZED Rhould have the hearty, loyal support gates to the cotton seed meeting. of the Presbyterian Church in the United States of America, and of ail our churchea,” Is knocked out, although It will eonform with the overture in this ’’that the members of our churches be encouraged to affiliate with and labor through the anti-sa loon league." The reports of the board of home missions and board oX education were submitted and adopted by the assem bly. ppciai v liLiise’I FI NIEil 111’ ML EXPLOSION PITTSBURG. May 22.—Two Amerl- * cans, well known mill men, and three foreigners, were cremated > and four foreigners were seriously burned last night when an explosion occurred at the Eliza furnace. No. 1, of the Jones and Laughliri Steel Company, Limited In the Baselwood district of the city Of a crew of ten men at the furnace when the accident happened, only one escaped uninjured. The dead: E. B. Wllllard, assistant furnace su perintendent. John A. West, head blower. Three unknown foreigners. ■The names of the four foreigners who were Injured are not known. The accident occurred without a moment’s warning. The ten men wero about i*ady to draw off, tho molten metal, when the ore slipped, falling to the bottom of the furnace. The heavy weight of tho ore forced jhe gas with terrific pressure through the first dust catcher, which was unable to stand the strain and therefore burst. A tre mendous roar accompanied the break ing of the dust catcher and before tho men could escape they were caught by flames. Wllllard West and the three foreigners were directly In front of the furnace. Tho five other .men were hack several yards. For fully ten minutes tho flames shot out of the furnace for a great distance and An ally when the gas was turned off only a few bones were found. The four in jured men were caught by the flr3t flash and severely burned, but wero able to escape before they fell to the ground writhing in agony. Vice-President L. A. Ranson of At lanta, is expected to succeed President Bailey at the annual election Friday. The association adopted a resolu tion sympathizing with the cotton growers of the South, whose crops face ruin in connection with weather conditions, and offering support wher ever practicable by furnishing seed for replanting the crops. The passage of sea. tfie resolution followed a stirrln The Macon and Brunswick Navigation Company, with W. E. Small, president; A. E. Chappell, vice-president; A. W. Smith, secretary and treasurer, and Messrs. W. E. Small, A. E. Chappell, A. V.’. Smith. B. T. Adams. A. F. Jones W. L. McRae and B. E. Roughton, as a hoard of directors, was formally organ ized at a meeting of a large number of business men yesterday in the offices of the Chamber of Commerce. The company intends to promote navi gation on the Ocmulgee River and intends to have built at once two steamers of 130 tons to operate between this city and Brunswick. If the project is carried out, it will be of much value to this section of the State, as it will give more transportation facilities and an ali-watcr route to the ophy of the hour Is to make the best | ending with March. In this brief pe of the situation. One of the results i riod the cotton, sugar and rice crops speech by Col. Joe Allison, who repre- * ONE MAN WAS KILLED sents Texas at the convention. Col. Allison said that this year’s cotton crop is threatened with ruin because the mild winter failed to harm the boll weevil and that the pest Is ready to attack the budding crop. As a re- AND TWO HURT IN WRECK. OILY 15 APPLICANTS PASS 001 OF 4! SAVANNAH, Ga., May 22.—Out of forty applicants examined for apothe caries and druggists' license, only fif teen rassed successfully. This is the smallest percentage of successful ap plicants in any examination held in g a. The successful applicants »ere: iApothecaries: TV. TV. Abel fnfl E. C. Bruner. Macon. Druggists: C. C. Aven. Atlanta: E. F. Frnnklin, Met- ♦er: F. G. Hobbs, Fort Valley; J. A. Hunt. V!(Lilia; TV. E. Is! ell, Atlanta: H. G. Knox. Lumber Ci y: T. E. Lucks. Fairburn: D. C. Mosely, Don- nldsonvllle; E. S. Moore, Grovel.-ind: M. H. McClure, Villanon; J. H. Tur ner. Buford: F. C. Powers, Dawson, and Miss Weathers, New Brocton. E. D. BLACKWELL SAYS HE WILL APPEAL TO U. S. SUPREME COURT LITTLE FALLS, N. Y., May 22.—In the wreck of the Buffalo and Cleve land special west-bound from New York City on the New York Central suit, he said, many planters are being railroad just outside the eastern lim- compelled to replant and he urged tho its of this city at 1:32 a. m. today, cne convention to assist them by offering man was killed and two were erfti- seed for this purpose. i cally injured. The dead man is bag- B. F. Taylor, of Columbia S. C., ' gage man, Isaa Finlay, of New York spoke on Col. Allison’s resolution, hold- or Rochester. The injured include ing that a majority of the South’s cot- Matthew Maher, of Syracuse, fireman; ton Is raised by negroes who are in- Engineer John Hyde, of Rennsalaer, competent to select good seed. He Albert May, of Syracuse, brakeman: urged Southern planters to be* more Mr. and Mrs. B. TV. Folger, of Toron- careful in selecting and developing to. ibrulsed: TVm. Alsberg, of New their seed, pointing to planters of sea York city, feet injured, island cotton as an example. Those Just as the Buffalo and Cleveland planters, Mr. Taylor said, are so cau- special was approaching Little Falls of the transition over which the judic ious may grieve is that all"of the faults of the old life and but few of its vir tues ore being carried into the new. Within the next five years the town will have come so completely under the influence of the so-called spirit of the age that the ideas and customs, the gentle courtesy and unostentatious hospitality which invested it with such a peculiar charm, are likely to exist only in printed story and the memories of those saddened re’ics of the old re gime who feel that they lag superflu ous on the stage. The Invasion of the established order and the demolition of the time honored institutions would, perhaps, have proved less shocking to many had it been less sudden and reck less. but it began scarcely more than a decade ago and the revolution in some instances was almost violently rapid. Therefore if the older citizens, the unburled part of the bygone regime liv ing more in- the past than the present, view with misgivings and regret the kaleidoscopic change which Is destroy ing things they have cherished so long, they should be pardoned an occasional sigh. They have noted that with the onrush of commercialism there has been a moral decline, and In social in tercourse a lessening observance of the amenities which cost nothing, but do so much to brighten and enhance the pleasure of human existence. Chivalry Still Exists. The chivalrous respect which the humblest woman commanded without the asking, which made every man were marketed and sold, the planters and farmers purchased the sunplies necessary to pitch new crops, the banks collected their advances end then came the season of blissful idleness. The town nodded and blinked through the long hot weeks until the autumn came again with its rich harvests. Be cause of these conditions, supplemented by the conservative methods which characterized the conduct of its busi ness, New Orleans was universally re garded as a victim of dry-rot and trop ic 'azine-ss. Those visitors who admitted that it was charmingly picturesoue; that its skies were as -serenely blue as the skies of Italy: that its manners were superb and its hospitality most gra cious, also remarked, with something like a sigh: “It's too bad that it should be dead.” But all of that belongs to the days before the stream of modern ism began to pour into it from all di rections. "With the rapid growth of manufac tures there has been a steady Inflow of capital, the employment in active chan nels of much monev which had been hoarded for years and brought no good either to its timid owners or the com munity. and the result Is now mani fested In the fact that the era of bliss ful Idleness is gone forever. There is no more a busy season followed bv one of enervating inactivity and du'lne-s. but on the contrary the current of trade roars and rushes through every week of the twelve months, gaining in vol ume and power with each year’s growth. The transformation of conditions for protector against insult or violence ! swms aImost magical to those who and ^insured her safety when alone i ohs^rvpd the process th»t have upon the streets and in public places, | paganized the steadv, conservative and Is one of the cardinal virtues that ■ methodical life of an aged and nrac- progress has left to the past. It is but j £]q a ]]y isolated metropolis into a da«h- a short cry to the time when no man | Injr smwr.ess which may be described whether banker, merchant, mechanic i as kittenish New Orlesor is indeed new or laborer, could retain his seat in a 1 today. though it Is so short a time since crowded street car and allow a woman ’ t t Speared old. and nohodv can ap- to stand without experiencing a feel- ; pgecigte the change quite so’ weil as a ing of self-abasement. In this year of , native who returns to the town after By JOHN T. BOIFEUILLET. . In a local article published yester- j gtrurtecM day in,The Telegraph relative to the i this j s approximately the railway mile “If the State Is disinclined to under take, with her own resources, the30 improvements, the convention recom mends that she co-operate with such companies as may be chartered for improving the whole or a part of tho routes above mentioned.’’ I do not know the exast figures, but I since tho above resolutions were of- I fered and adopted, about seven thou- of railroad have been con structed in Georgia. I mean to say grave of Maj. Philemon Tracy at Ba- j age in the State at the present time. tious they will not sell their seed to an eastbound freight train running on i °ur Lord the name of women strap- j an absence of eight ort»n years. the track pralelling the special, wa derailed. All four of the tracks were covered with the wreckage of the train and the train hands on the freight did not have time to flag the express be- President Van Cleave Wants u p 1013 ^^ into the wreck. the crushers, thus creating a monopoly and that they are now building a plant to do their own crushing. $1,500,000 to Fight Indus trial Oppression YOUNG GIRL INJURED BY GASOLINE EXPLOSION EATONTOX, Ga., May 22.—Julia TValls, the 15 year old daughter of Mr. ’and Mrs. Dave Walls, who live just below the Hotel Putnam, caused quite an excitement in her home Mon day night by undertaking to start a Are NEW YORK. May 22.—A fund of $1,500 000, to be expended in fighting "industrial oppression," in the next . ’ n _“ le cook stove with gasoline, three years was called for by PresI- I The usual supply of kerosene was dent W. VanCleave. of the National lacking and a convenient bottle of gas- Association of Manufacturers at their c 1 * 1 }® '"'a 5 used with the startling re annual convention in this city Tuesday. * su *. tE! ’ . President VanCleave appointed a com- ' Julia escaped by a. miracle with her mittee of thirty'-flve manufacturers to and a badlv burned arm. and find a way to raise the money. • prompt action of the neighbors saved President VanCleave then delivered tI,e borne before the fife department his annual address. j arrived. Mr. VanCleave announced his ■- aur. vaiji^ieave announced ms pian • ..•■■■x* _ . -.-...-r, at the conclusion of his annual ad- I JIMMY GARDNER OUTPiD ^T^ip dress, in tho course of which he de- _ ER T„ R OUND, dared the principles of the associa- I „ DENVER. Col., May Jimmy tion to maintain the open shops; to ? ar , d f er ’ ° f I " weI1 ’ T iIas f’’ "'°" KI t , he oppose the boycott, limitation of ap- prentices and limitation of output, and to oppose dictation by labor unions. He also declared that the manufactur ers must combat the new issues caused by the determination of labor union leaders to terrorize the President, Congress, judges and juries. President VanCleave added: ‘We want to federate the manufac turers of this country, to effectively fight industrial oppression. The pres ident ought to have fully $500,000 a year for the next three years. We should certainly provide ways and means to properly finance the associa tion, to federate the employers of the dclohla. In a 10-round bout before the Coliseum athletic club tonight. Card ner outpointed Lewis in every round, Senator A. S. Clay Sick. ATLANTA. May 22.—Senator A. S, Clay Is quite sick at his home in Ma rietta and was compelled to cancel all his engagements for the next two weeks. He is suffering from grip, but does not feel alarmed about his con dition. Great Doings in Mobile. MOBILE. Aia.. May 21.—The thirty, fifth annual convention of the Ala- —— — — i bama Grand Lodge of the Knights of country and to educate our manufac- p, yth! , s began in this city today with timers to a proper sense of their onn ■ an attendance surpassing any previous duty, patriotism and self-interests.'' President VanCleave then appointed committee to confer with him as to ays of raising the money. The com- ittee includes Wm. B1 Roper, Vir ginia; Ellison Smyth, South Caro lina. and D. A. Tompkins, of North Carolina. The association placed itself on rec- simllar event In the bistory of the or der In this State. There was a large parade of the kn'ghts this morning, followed by the opening exercises in the Lyric Theatre, with address°s of welcome by Mayor Lyons and others and a response by Grand Chnnce’lor B. C. Jones, of '3essemer. At the conclu sion of the opening formalities the ord by the adoption of a report suh- ; Grand Lodge went into secret session, mitted by the committee on interstate The proceedings will continue over to ATLANTA, May 22.—E. D. Black- well. who has been fighting against ex tradition to Florida, where he is want ed on a charge of having passed ; Parry of Indianapolis, former presi- bogus c't -:-s in Jack- cavil.o, Tuesday dent of the organization, was unveiled commerce, opposing any compulsory reduction in the rates for transporta tion of passengers by railroads. Tho committee in the report expressed the opinion that any such reduction would be accompanied by an increase in freight rates. A bronze tablet hearing resolutions expressive of the association’s appre- I elation of the services of David M. morrow. The most elaborate arrange ments have bepn made by the citizens of Mobile for the entertainment of the Pythians. the program including re ceptions, theatre parties, 'banquets and excursions to varlcus points of inter est near the city. Hon. J. D. B'och, of this city, is slated for the office of grand chancellor. DYNAMITE EXPLOSION INJURED FIVE MEN. ASHEVTLLE, N. C.. May 22.—Word has reached here of a terrible dvna- on cer- grow- is. He . mite explosion- which occurred thl« ■■■• •• — ,; a the right | said that not only did the constitution afternoon near Canton. J\T. C.. in which habeas corpus and upne.cj Gov. Ter- i of the United States permit the organ- five men—three white and two negroes. 1 in honoring t.ie extradition war- 1 izatlon of trusts, but the persistence of were seriously injured. One will-die, . | such organizations showed that there ; but the others are expected to recover. Blackwe.l has been confined In the was an economic demand for them, j The accident occurred at Hunt’s camp nn '!..r 1' ' ntion .or eighty-four j a report by the committee on mer- 'on the new railroad now being con- ' ri '■ of imprison- j chant marine was read by its chair- structed from Canton to SunbursL Dr. mont in th >n he on record. THE BLACK HUNDREDS ATTACK JEWS AGAIN I man. D. A. Hompkins, of Charlotte. N. i Stringfle’d and Dr. J. F. Abel have left C. It recommended that the bill of l Canton to attend the Injured men. De- Senator Galllnger to promote the mer- | tails of the accident could net be ob- ! chant marine be passed and the meet- | ing at once passed a resolution with- : out debate favoring such action. ODESSA, May 22. dreds took advantas rThf Black Hun- > of the funeral of three police officials, assassi nated at the central police bureau yes terday to renew their attacks on the Jews. The whole Jewish population became terror stricken, the wore closed and the streets were al most deserted. Fifty-three people were taken to the hospitals suffering from broken heads or limbs, or otherwise dangerously ‘in jured as a result of he outb-r. ik o f the Black Hundreds here yesterday, fol lowing the assassination of three ro- Iloe officials at tile central police bu reau by the explosion of an iafern ■! machine in add::: n. about a hun dred persons were less s-riously Injur ed. The victims included women chil dren and students. The pciice made r.o attempt to sup press it. V. C. CAMPBELL SAID TO HAVE ELOPED WITH SISTER-IN-LAV/ tained by telephone this evening. SMITH AND PFILE WILL Wfli_K FROM ST. LOUIS TO JAMESTOWN. ST. LOUTS. May 22.—Wm. T. Smith ard R'chard C. Keile. who have .Tceom- piished -several feats of rredesfrianism, today started to walk from St Louis hangars Is legion, and their tribe steadily increases in New Orleans— once so old. but now so modern. The old Creole quarter of the town has felt the destructive impact of the new life with the result that It has lost much of its French flavor and la ter will lose Its French architecture. Already many of the drowsy old houses, with their romantic interior courtyards, have been converted into such unholy things as factories for the manufacture of pickles tin cans, boxes, harness and other products. Where once the French language only was spoken in the shops and in the streets, where from the gallery of nearly every house dangled and flut tered in the passing wind little red signs bearing the words* "Chambres garnies a louer,” is now heard tho English tonvue. The wave of com mercialism is submerging the Creole ouarter. The old quarter, rich in ma terial for the artist and the writer, is doomed. Even the Creole type Is changing, ’fhe Tlioophlle of today hears but slight resemblance to the Auguste of a decade or tow ago. Whether or not. he has benefited morally or spiritually by the process, the fact remains that Theophlle has been Americniazed. k Modern Impulse Prevoils, The modern impulse has entered his veins and with little thought for tho past he has joined in the general rush j 0 f -bmins and He fluds that the old peaceful air that rested on it like a benediction ha« departed along with much else that he loved. JI-»ny of th» o’d feavupbs so familiar and 50 dear to him have b^n wired out and their Places taken by things that apn-ar strange, unwholesome -lad uncanny. The ancient viihgge of Bienville’s creating, having shaken off apparently the weight of the eenturiea and what some have termed its clegc-iug fowl am. has taken to the wavs ^if commercialism with such ardoy and energy rs to indicate a set. tied purpose not onlv to -go the swiftest gair hut to set a pace of its own 6alcn- Inted in time to make some of its rivals week. The attempt has heen made to credit the revolutionizing of the old o'sler and conditions to norther— ere|„*lr-lv, but this is not exactly just, though northern men have done mneh or the work, following paths that were plainly b’ezed for them by the native pioneers. There is no doubt an examination of the record would show that the greater meas ure of credit belongs to the young men of the town and of the Tenth who went out into the world to study the manner of doing things the-c and saw that the slow going mol-onnp s of the gulf W»S really a virgin field for enterprise in which enormous oroOte were to ha a-sued, ceivefi a tra’rlng in the commercial are nas of the north were instrumental in ec.- l!s*!ny tho support of their northern friends In developing lines of huslnoss. Thus began tho destruction of the con servatism—slowness, troni" laziness or whatever it may he called—that had hedged about the Hffi of the town, and tnvia, N. Y., it was stated that Maj. Tracy was born in Macon, and was tho son of Edward D. Tracy, formerly of this city. According to the printed code of the city of Macon. Edward D. Tracy was the first Intendant, or Mayor, of Macon. This was In 1S2G. He was one of the fathers of the town, so to speak, having settled here In 1S24. the year after the survey of the place was made. Edward Dorr Tracv was born at Norwich. Conn.. March 23, 1791. His father was Dr. Philemon Tracy, an eminent physician. He studied law in a school taught by Chief Justice Swift, a distinguished jurist of Connecticut. After his ad mission to the bar of * New London County, he came, to Macon to practice his profession. Tracy was highly gifted, and became a leading figure in social, political and professional life. When Lafayette visited Macon in 1S25 Tracy proposed a toast at a banquet gii’en in honor of the Illustrious Frenchman, to which the distinguished guest eloquently replied. Not onlv was Tracy Intendant of Macon, but he rep resented Bibb County in the Legisla ture, and was judge of the Superior Court for four years. At the-time of his death. February 20, 1S49. he was in law partnership with the late lamented Judge John J. Gresham. Mr. Tracy’s first law partner in Macon was Oliver Hillhouse Frince. This association was formed in 1826. In 1S28 Prince was appointed United States Senator, and the firm was dissolved. Like Judge Tracy, Senator Prince was a ,native of Connecticut. At the age of 14 veafk Prince came to Washington, Wilkes County. Georgia, to assist his aunt, Mrs. Hillhouse, in publishing a news paper. By act of the Legislature, in December, 1822, Mr. Prince was ap pointed chairman of a commission consisting of himself and David Booth, Samuel Wood, Charles J. Mc Donald and Seth Ward, to lay off the county of Bibb, and the town of Ma con. Mr. Prince then removed to this community, and in due course became one of its prominent citizens. He was the second State Senator ever chosen from Bibb County. By authority the Legislature he compiled a digest of the laws of Georgia, and in the spring of 1835 went to Boston to look after the printing of the same. In October of that year while Senator Prince and his wife were coming home by water from New York to Charleston the boat commenced leaking, a heavy gale sprung up and high seas prevailed, and as a consequence of it all seventy of the ninety passengers .were dro\vned among the number being Senator and Mrs. Prince. Thirty-three of thirty- five ladies perished. I believe that Georgia, w'ith the single exception of the great domain of Texas has more mileage than any other Southern State. She ranks twelfth or thirteenth In the Union, and her mile age continues to increase. for those treasures which are not laid up in heaven, but are highly prized oh earth. Yet It seems but yesterday that It was said of him that he was so lacking in energy, initiative and ambi tion that he would vanish like the 'vbiah ha heen held in leash, had full play for the first tlm». Young Fiament Hugrp-tic. The h-aiea and the enerw plunged Into eommeroialicrn as naturally ns n duck takes to water. If t* , e younger eieui"nt have faults slowness is not one of them. Choctaw. He might have vanished so i They have gone into »he eomme-aiat game had he not drunk deeply at the fount I for Hg stakes and with the determination of new ideas, but he is now holding ! to jr t71 . .. . ; his own and getting his share of the. ( j, 0 jqeun-ian of the ‘future wfl fie'a] mitfi fleshrots. ■ J the present period of the town’s uiotorv .as With the steel skyscrapers which" a rgulvnncc which bog: are threatening to blot out all the in when In addition to the foregoing state ments concerning Senator Princo it should also be noted that this distin guished Maeonite had the honor of be ing chairman of the first general rail road convention ever held in Georgia. This important gathering met in the church at Eatonton on September 26 1831, at which time there was not a foot cf railway In this State. But the subject of railroad building was bein given much thought, and Macon wa the chief pioneer in the movement. Of the seventy-eight counties In Georgia there were present at the Eatonton convention delegates from thirty-two counties. One of the delegates from Twiggs County was the late Stephen F. Miller. He wrote some reminis cences of this convention and I find extracts from them In Butler’s history. He says: “Public opinion had not de cided what mode was preferable In a system of public improvement, -wheth er railroads, turnpikes, or canals.” The committee appointed to suggest a course of proceeding at this convention recommended the following: “1st. This convention earnestly rec ommends a system of interna) Im provements to the patronage of the State. “2nd. The convention recommends that the Legislature authorize the Governor to employ a competent en gineer or engineers to make a minute and careful survey of tho principal lines of commercial communication In this State, with reference to their fit ness for railroads, turnpikes or canals. town's ancient and historic features have come the honking automobile and the vulgarity of the newly rich. The fakir has followed the factory and both are flourishing mightily. But in the changing order have dis appeared many of the characteristics that gave to the old town enveloped in its semi-foreign atmosphere, the picturesqueness which delighted the tranger because there was nothing like it to be found in any other Amer- w l: ,„ a ,-„ w[n tn J ln _ lean city. Things that were odorous | with •-'■'i year. Put ona-a-nualy , and to diffu=e among our fellow-citi- the ynung-r element. reb» Ung against en- zens generally, the topographical in- tr A ricn^n rrvv^ervgti c m. orrirnp'’! won When Bob Taylor, of Tenne.oaee, was in Macon recently, one of a • party of gentlemen referred to him as the man who had fiddled his wav into Congress. The. question was asked, what dis tinguished American won his first race to the Legislature by a chance rifle shot? No one in the group could an swer, not even the Individual who mad£ the query; he said he had only heard of It at some time in his life, and desired to know. The question Das been propounded to me. and I am not prepared to answer definitely, but I will relate the following Incident in (he early pol’tical life of the great Kentuckian. Henry Clay, which seems to me answers the question and fits the case. Clay was stump-speaking In a rural community In his first cam paign for the Legislature so "Mallo ry’s Life” of the eminent statesman records. A company lof riflemen had been out practicing, and they stopped, while enroute home, to hear what Clay had to say. They were impressed. When Clay concluded his speech, tho leader of the riflemen, a man about fifty years old. beckoned Clay to him, and Clay approached. “Young man,” said he, “you want to go to the Legislature. I see.” “Why. yes,” replied Mr. Clay; “yes, I should like to go. since my friends have put me up as a candidate before the people. I don’t wish to be defeat ed, of course; few people do.” “Are you a good shot, young man?” asked the hunter. “I consider myself as good as any In the county.” “Then you shall go: hut you mu-st give us a specimen of your skill; wo must see you shoot.” “I never shoot any rifle hut my own. and that is at home,” said the young or.a tor. v “No matter.” quickly responded the hunter, “here’s old Bess; she never failed yet in the hands of a marksman. She has put a bullet through many a squirrel’s head at a hundred yards, and daylight through many a redskin twice that distance. If you can shoot any young man, you can shoot old Bes?!” “Very welL then.’ replied Mr. Clay, “put up your mark.” The target was placed at about tho distance of eighty yards, when, with all the coolness and steadiness of an experienced marksman, he drew old Bess to hia shoulder, and fired. The bullet pierced the target near tho centre. 'Oh, that’s a chance-shot! a chance- shot!” exclaimed several of his polit ical opponents: “he might shoot all day, and not hit . the mark again. Let him try it over!- let him try it over!” “No. no.” retorted Mr. Clay, “beat that, and then I will!” As no man seemed d^mosed to make the attempt, it was considered that he had given satisfactory proof of be ing, as she said, "the best shot in the county.” His fame as a marksman went abroad, and Clay received the T ote of every hunter and marksman in the countv.nnd was triumphantiv eiect- d. In telling about the incident in after years. Air. Clav said: “I had never before fired a rifle, and have not since.” the muuici-aal r-maingi that resulted in voting $16.ana.000 for fhe construction of modem sy5*«n« of water, drainage nnq sewerage. Their action served to notify the worirj that New Orleans had been aroused from it3 lethargy and made to see the wealth and the power the future had In store for 1L It is not. easy to estimate the imnort- snne of this cooaoajyn to transform New Orleans into a modern city y*-t the fact Is obvious that it was followed hv invest ments of millions of capital wbieh gave an imnetus to the town’s e-rowth that in- with the romance and history of the centuries are fast being obliterated by the new dispensation. Even the scenes in the French mar ket, once so attractive to the sight seer. are now not unlike the scenes that may be witnessed in the markets of any large northern or western town. The mixture of nationalities is less striking and less Interesting than formerly it was, and what was picturesque in it has long since de parted. On Canal street one looks in vain todav for the flamboyant head hand kerchiefs of the venerable negro mam mies who were wont to sell pralines and lie interestingly about their ac quaintance with Gen. Jackson. Death has not claimed all these once fami liar figures of the boulevard but they are numbered among the victims of; beneficial as this movement of 1897 was it cannot comnam in imnortanca to the cammini of 1905. which domon?ir3ted how eojrmletelv rne-ilo’-.a] science had con quered the jm’low plague. In the renaissance there have heen b“en many precious things, yet there is mneh eompens-tfon for this lo; s in the elimina tion o* yellow fever, snd howeve- opinion m?y differ as to the merits of the old and the new era. the~e (a no lena- ?r doubt that tho old town bui’ded bv BiepviUe beaida the tawnv waters of the Mississinni is coming into tho plo-v and the g-eatn es ^ whfeh Thomas Jefferson predicted it would some day possess.—Corr., Kansas City Journal. ATLANTA. May 22.—Victor Campbell, a car inspector living a... , F.aa; Point, formerly of Fairburn is 1 to the Jamestown exposition, which Charged by his wife wl:h eloping with t>1? V expect to reach August 10. The her 16-year-old sister. Lillie Lee Flinn. { distance is about 2 680 mile'. The walk Campbell was the young woman's is in tne nature of a ra.ee. The genera! said to have ! Lout tardian extends to Helena. Ark., where taken about $1,000 which she had Mrs. Campbell, who has* a 4-year- old child, applied to Solicitor General Hall today for an indictment for her husband for abandonment and the case will go bjfore the grand jura- tomor row. Campbell's whereabouts is not known. HIGGINBCTH’• M RFSIGN’3 TRUSTEESHIP IN DISGUST. 22.—Ha tne CHICAGO, Ma ginbotham, of this city, u cemly elected a trustee of Life Insurance Company, sent in resi rn-i'.icn to Secretary Dix today. Higginbotham in his letter sb. critic'-; .-* the “indifference or delay the State of New York in laws for the proper regulation of cor porations that receive iltelr franchise from the State. the Mississippi river will be crossed, thence to Birmingham. Ala.. Atlanta Ga.. the capitals of. the two Carolines, then to Jamestown. Railroad track will be followed to avoid the hills. The race will end at Jam“s1cwii in a six day race at the erprsition. EDDY SUIT FHRTWFR POSTPONED TO MAY 23 stimulate the TORPID LIVER, strengthen tnc digestive organs, regr. ate the bowels, and are un- cguakd as an ANTI-EILJOliS MEB5CINE, ; in- ln malarial districts their virtues ere widely recognized, as they pos sess peculiar properties in freeing the system irem that pcison. Ele gantly sugar coated. CONCORD. N. H.. Mav 21.—The further postjransment until Thur-day. May 23. in the hearing of the suit in equity brought bv “the “°xt friends” cf Mrs. Marv '3ak»r G. -Eddy, against Fa'v’n a. Frye and several o;b. n r de fendants to recur? an accounting of Mrs. Eddy’s property was announced today. The pa^tponem*=nt was caused by the continued indisposition -of Judge Robert N. Chamberlin, who is to preside in the case. MORE TFSTiwieiNY ON THE CAP- ' TURE OF DAVIS. The story of the capture of Jeffer son Davis has been told many times, but not always correctly. Formerly, in fact, the chief feature of the tale . , „ i was a deliberate fabrication, the result change, and the places where they. a malicious des're to heap obloquy used to sit on their squatty three- U p 0n a great but fallen man. But in legged stools wrapped in royal haut- | , ater years the trUP stn „ v hag and er, are occupied by non-descript ped- then been to]d in tha North . A trnth . alers of the hot tamale. ful account appeared in the PhHadel- Creole Restaurants Gone. phia Evening BulMin of Mav 10, Most of the little Frnnch restau- | which printed an Interview with a rants, at one time so numerous In the ! local resident. C?«ner Knnbei. a former Creole quarter, and each with a club j member of the Fourth Michigan Cav- like clientele have passed with the j airy. Knohel, then only a lad of 18. praline women. Those refreshingly ■ was with the partv that captured the clean dispensaries of good living, with j President of the Confederacy. lie is their white sanded floors, tables of thus quoted: formation thus obtained. “3d. The convention recommends for survey the following lines: “That from Savannah to Augusta, thence to Eatonton, and thence in a westerly direction to the Chattahoo chee. “The line from Savannah to Macon, and thence to Columbus, and a line connecting Milledgeville with that route. “The line from Savannah to the head of navigation on Flint River, and thence to Columbus. “The line from Augusta to Athens, and thence in the most advisable di rection toward Ihe Northwestern boun dary of the State: together with any other line or lines which may afford the prospect of Important commercial advantage. Take Mo Substitute. DeFor.st Wireiers D : -rpanti-d. ATLANTA. May 21.—The DeForest w‘re!e-=s station, which has for months adorned the top of the Candler build ing. was taken down, today. It has not I been in use since the local company j failed early in the year. spotless linen over which the Inevita ble stout bodied carafe, like a motion less sentinel, stood unceasing guard, while the adored Napoleon, _in time stained engravings on the wall, held the bridge at Lodi or raged In the smoke and flame of Austerlitz. are be ing eliminated by the competition of the “short order” chop house, which is cheap but not clean. When these restaurants will perish the Incom parable Creole cuisine which pleased some of the world’s most noted epi cures. The lagr.iappe system—an institu tion as peculiar to the town as it was ancient—expired at the beginning of lPf.7 under the blighting frown of the grocers’ association. One institution that promises, at least for a while licnvar, to be proof against the clash of the changing order is the Mardi Gras carnival. But in spite of the profound affec tion the people have for a free show it may well be doubted if even the carnival will survive the other things thaf were once a part of the town's life and have gone out of it forever. In the judgment of many it is only a question of time when the conquering Influence of twentieth century com- “I left Macon, Ga., at 8 o’clock on the morning of May 7. 1865. to gether with 419 men and twenty officers of the Fourth Michigan Cavalry, who were s«- n t out to ef fect the capture of Davis. After a lot of hard riding and no rest we reached Abbeyvilie on the night of Mav 9. Tbe next mornin- at 1 o’clock we learned from a Confed erate to whom we represented our selves as a part of the Confederate Army, that a party had camped the previous evening about a mi'e and a half from Abbeyvilie. M*e knew at once that it was Jeff Davis. We then separated In de tachments of fourteen each, the one I was in continuing on the road we had been traveling. “We soon found* the embers , of a dying camp fire. This made us feel sure that we were near the party. It ws-s then about 4 o’clock in the morning and still dark. A thrill went through the company now as some one had to be se lected to go on in advance. We knew the camp was guarded, but we knew not just how many sol diers were there. It seemed al most certain death to go ahead. At last some one said, 'let the Dutchman go. ’ I could not under stand’ what was said, but anyhow, Rinke, the horseshoer of the com pany. told me. “Rinke went with me. We rode along quietly in the darkness un til we saw the tents. A colored man left in front of the tent to guard it was sound asleep. Rinko and I discharged our guns and our waiting comrades made a dash for the place. Rinke held my horse while I went up to the tents. I lifted up the flap of the first tent as something told me Jefferson Davis was in there. Sure enough he was. “While the men were making the search Mrs. Davis threw a shawl over the shoulders of her husband to protect him from the raw morning air. From this inci dent arose the oft-told tale of Davis’ attempt to flee from the tent in woman’s clothes.” Knobel might well have added that Hon. J. B. Norman, of Colquitt County, is doing his part nobly for the advancement of the educational inter ests of his section of- the State. The institution which bears his name at*- Norman Park is destined to become a great temple of learning in Southern Georgia. Education is fortunate that it has so ardent a champion. Norman Park, a short distance from Moultrie, has a population of about three hun dred, but 1n this small olace there has been erected by the Norman family, ; at a cost of fifty thousand dollars, an i educational institution that will be the pride and glory of all Georgians, for it wMl grow and enlarge as the years come and go. A gentleman Informed me yesterday that M;\ J. B. Norman just made an endowment of fifty thousand dollars to Norman Park In ti tut e. This sum is in addition to the other generous amounts which have previously been given by this libera], progressive and patriotic citizen for the development of the institution. The endowment to which I have alluded consists of valuable real estate in the city of Moultrie, a part of it -being the Go’quitt Hotel. Mr. Norrnan -believes that the cause of education is the cause of Christianity and of our State, and he knows of no better use to which he can put a large share of his wealth than to aid in en’ightening the minds of the boys and girls of Georgia, Most glorious undertaking! And down there at Norman Park religion is seen going hand in dand with learning to shed abroad the light -of Christianfv and knowledge. In this little settlement there has been erected a church at a cost of ten thousand dollars. 1 1 Barely as long as fifteen years ag<> there vt-ere not over three hundred peo ple in Moultrie. Now the population is not less than four thousand, and some estimate it as high as five thous and—and tbe residents continue to multiply. There are over five hun dred child'en in Moultrie's public schools. Think of that! More chil dren in school there now than what was the population of the entire town twelve years ago. Moultrie has a large ** and handsome school building, but as spacious as it Is additional room must soon be provided for the rapidily in creasing enrollment of pupils. A f.eov days ago the children of one of the youngest classes were required by their accomplished teacher to write down the names, according to their idea, of the most famous men and wo men of Georgia. Every child headed his or her 31st with the name of Joel Chandler Harris. Uncle Remus should be proud of this compliment One lit tle fellow said that a-’l tbe men and women of Georgia are famous. He waa at least patriotic. Another youngster in this very juvenile class, who was bubbling over with admiration of his exceedingly handsome teacher, said that she not only deserved to be rank- d with the famous, but she was “as There the seldom-told truth will not likely overtake and displace the “oft-told” lie, where Northern men and -women j hueatiful as Oupen Elizabeth, of the older generation are concerned. | is evidently much budding genius, and They recall too vividly the pictures of j love of the beautiful among the school Jefferson Davis in hoop skirts and the children of Moultrie. alleged assertions of high army offi- i Moultrie is a sample of the wonder- cers that he was thus clothed when | ful growth and progress of Colquitt County. Colouitt anticipates that the next United States census will entitle her to have two Representatives -In the Legislature. captured. Even so fair-minded a mar. as Horace Greeley gave space to the story in his “American Conflict,” and though he did not affirm it positively, admitting that it was denied, was evi dently disposed to believe it. for he re- I am in receipt of a letter from marked that if D av ' s had succeeded I gentleman asking if I wes not mistak- ir. escaping and the Confederacy had en in the statement I made In this col- : rallied and finally secured indepen- umn a few days ago that Gov. Charles * dence. the Southern people would have J. Jenkins was removed from office by- honored their chief for his daring and j Maj. Gen. George Meade. Says my : resource in employing such a disgui 1 Neither Mr. Davis nor the proud and ■ humiliated people whom he repreaent- i ed would have been disposed to assent to this. ; It is well that sufficient Northern testimony has been brought forward | in recent years to give the lie to a I calumny which no one now has a right | to believe and which will still be be lieved only by narrow partisans. correspondent: “Was it not Gen. Pope who deposed Gov. Jenkins?” For a reply I refer him to the following order: - “Headquarters Third Military District “Dept, of Ga. Ala., and Fla. “Atlanta, Ga , Jan. 13, 186S. "General Order No. 8: "I. Charles J. Jenkins, Provisional Governor, and John Jones. Provisional ^Treasurer of the State of Georgia,