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WEATHER FOREq^ST FOR GEORGIA—FAIR AND CONTINUED WARM TUESDAY AND WEDNESDAY.
ESTABLISHED IN 1826.
MACON, GA., TUESDAY MORNING, JUNE 11, 1907
TWICE-A-WEEK, $1.00 A YEAR.
GEORGIA DAY MADE REAL
OPENING OF EXPOSITION
Business Men Shucked Their
Coats and President
Commended Im
provement
Terrell Presents
fho GilVOY GoY\lift> T ^ ouaa nd» of voices swelled the cheer
flit k/f! kCi JvIV/tu ing which was begun as soon as the
EXPOSITION' GROUNDS, NOR-
EOI.K. Va., June 10.—The Jamestown
Exposition management has determin
ed to look upon today, the occasion of
President Roosevelt’s second visit, as
the real opening. The President lost
no opportunity to voice his approval of
the showing made since the backward
opening of the exposition on April 2fi.
and with this high endorsement, the
management feels thnt It Is In posl-
tfon to advertise an attraction for
which apologies need not be made.
This was Georgia day and the open
ing of Bulloch hall, a replica of the
early home of President Roosevelt’s
mother at Roswell. On., erected as the
Georgia State building, was the fea
ture that drew the President to the ex
position for n second visit. Prom the
moment the President, Mrs. Roose-
governor and other representatives of
Georgia. I desire from my heart to
thank all her citizens. Georgia’s his
tory is unique, for she alone among
the original thirteen colonies and the
subsequent new States added thereto,
was founded with a consciously be
nevolent purpose, with the deliberate
intent to benefit mankind by upbuild-
the President and members of his par- I ing a commonwealth along carefully
PRINCESS ANNE HOTEL
WAS DESTROYED BY FIRE
ty and the commission stood with
bowed heads. The party then march
ed to carriages and drove through
guard of honor formed by the Georgia
troops, the caderts of the military and
naval academies and the Virginia
planned lines of social, political and
religious liberty and justice. Ogle
thorpe, the founder of Georgia, was a
true apostle of philanthropy and of
equality of opportunity for all. His
set purpose was to found a State, the
Military Institute, drawn up in open Fates of which should be open to the
ranks. The great throng within the oppressed bf every land and creed,
grounds stretched up from the water an< *» closed to every form of political,
front to the auditorium, and on the I religious, or industrial bondage or
other side a crowd of far greater pro- I Persecution* His colony welcomed
portions had assembled on Lee parade a "* e those who fled from political or
in front of the reviewing stand. *? c t >’ rann T- and those, whether
1 Christian or Jew, who sought liberty
for conscience’s sake. It was a high
and honorable beginning: and I am
proud, indeed, of my Georgian an
cestry. and of the fact that my grand
father’s grandfather, Archibald BuV-
loch, was the first governor, or as the
title then went. President of the new
State when the Continental Congress,
of which he was also a member, de
clared that the thirteen States had
become a new and independent na
President stepped on land and con
tinued until the program was opened
at the stand.
The police arrangements were bet
ter than on the opening day. and the
people were kept from surging on the
stand and endangering the lives of
women and children.
Georgia Day Program.
On the reviewing stand with the I tion. Since then Georgia lias grown at
President and his party were Cardinal
Gibbons. Gen. Stephen D. Lee, com
mander-in-chief of the United Confed
erate Veterans, Gov. Swanson, of
Virginia. Gov. Terrell, of Georgia, and
Gov.-elect Hoke Smith, and a number
of other officials from that State, the
Jamestown Exposition State commis
sioners. distinguished United States
army and naval officers with a num
ber of foreign representatives and
prominent members of the National
Editorial Association. Following
patriotic selection by the exposition
a rate even more astounding than the
[ rate of the growth of the nation as a
whole: her sons have stood high in
every field of activity. Intellectual or
physical: and rapid though her prog
ress has been in the past, it bids fair
to be even greater In the wonderful
new country which has now fairly
opened.
Perhaps the very fact that I am half
southern and half northern in blood,
and that for many years I was
brought into peculiar^- close assocla
tion with the life of the great "West.
Three Persons Perished and
Many Guests Narrowly
Escaped
Cart Boeschen
Hero of the Hour
NORFOLK, Va., June 10.—The fa
mous Princess Anne Hotel at Virginia
Beach, Va., built 25 years ago, and one
of the handsomest summer resort ho
tels along the middle Atlantic seaboard
was destroyed by a fire which had its
origin early today in the kitchens, sup
posedly from a defective flue. In two
hours, the entire hotel building, togeth
er with the Norfolk and Southern de
pot, the iBowling alley hotel laundry,
engine house, the office of the Virginia
Beach Developmnt Company and all
the board walk in front of the hotel
had been wiped away. There were
110 persons, guests and employes in
the hotel. All are thought to have
escaped with the exception of Emma
Clark, a negro chambermaid, John
Eaton, steward, and an unknown
special guest of Manager Mitchell.
That a score or more of persons were
not lost is attributed to the great he-
DEFENSE SAY CONSPIRACY
WAS AGAINST THE MINERS
, ‘ roism of Carl Boeschen, a young ser-
Roosevelt’s Strenuous Day.
The President spoke in the Georgia
ceremonies from the reviewing stand,
and during the afternoon addressed
the convention of the National Edito
rial Association in the exposition audi
torium. On both occasions he was
given an enthusiastic welcome. He
visited th» Georgia building, the New
YnTk building and .the negro exhibit,
and In Mil drlve.s over the grounds
thousands of people lined the streets
nnd gave him a continuous ovation.
The schedule arranged in advance was
followed to the letter, nnd when the
Mayflower weighed anchor at. 5 o’clock,
nnd the party started' on its return
trip to Washington, an unusually
strenuous day was closed without an
Incident of note having occurred. The
pqllee arrangements for the handling
of fhe great crowd were so excellent
ns to call forth favorable comment on
every side.
The nnvnl review of men of war In
Hampton Roads and the reception of
the commanders of American nnd
foreign vessels which preceded the
President's arrival at the grounds, and
the military review on Lee parade.fol-
Inwlng the President’s forenoon ad
dress. were the same as on the open
ing day with the exception of' some
slight difference In the personnel of
Ihe participants.
Reviewing Party.
It was a distinguished party.that re
viewed the assembled vessels from
the’Mavflower. Immediately■ upon the
arrival of thnt vessel, the party of
Secretary i*f Navy Metcalf wns trans
ferred from the Dolphin. The others
to join thb President were Gov.
Joseph M. Terrell, of Georgia and W.
X. Mitchell, of the Georgia State com
mission. Pnsslng over the same course
ns when he visited the exposition on
the opening day. the President review
ed the fleets of seven nations, six in
addition to the United States. The
sen fighters were in gala attire, the
flags of the different countries repre
sented making a striking picture. As
the Mavflower stenmeri down the long
column of vessels, each In turn greet
ed the President, who occupied the
bridge of his trim yacht, with a salute
of twenty-one guns.
The foreign vessels had the positions
of honor In a line nearest and jjarallel
to the exposition grounds and were
reached first by the Mayflower, so that
their guns were the first to be heard in
sounding their salutation. Either black
or dark drab, the vessels of Austria-
Hungary. Brazil. France. Italy. the
Netherlands and of Portugal, appeared
In «harp contrast to the Atlantic fleet
of 33 vessels under the command of
Rear Admiral Evans, these ships being
Crossed In the usual white hull and
buff for the superstructure. The five
torpedo boat destroyers were in dark
i reen and this caused many persons’to
believe thev belonged to the foreign
representation. The Mayflower ap
proached the three columns of float
ing fortresses from the east nnd the
Connecticut. Rear Admiral Evans’ flag-
slop fired the first gun of the Presi
dential salute. In .a flash the other
American ships and the foreign vessels
cough* the ,-ignal and the firing began
simultaneously.
Nearly 2000 Shots.
\s the Mayflower pointed her .way
Along the line of foreign vessels, a
new series of salutes wero begun, and
repeated by each vessel in the roads,
making in all 1.9S6 cannon shots in the
two Presidential salutes. During the
S hires the white puffs of powder
smoke floated away like tiny flecks of
summer clouds amid the fluttering flags
of the dec mated ship. Each foreign
and American ship manned the rails
as the President passed in review. The
crews were drawn up in Close order
■along the forward and quarter decks
nnd elevations of the superstructure
and stood at attention ns the Mavflow-
. skirted each line. Completing the
circuit, the Mayflower came to her
anchorage within the group of flag-
shtn and immediately the President re
ceived on board the flag officials of the
Atlantic fleet. The foreign flag and
i qnmandlng officers were then receiv
ed and In departing they proceeded to
t o exposition grounds where they
•vent ashore at Discovery Landing. A
w minutes later they were followed
Pv President In the barge of the
'-r.marcler-ln-chief of the Atlantic
ompanled by the members of
idee.
Mr. Mitchell presented Cardinal Gib
bons. who offered the invocation.
The band played "The Star Spangled
Banner” after which Mr. Mitchell. In
an address introduced President
Roosevelt, who delivered his fibst ad
dress. He was cheered throughout his
entire speech, but particularly by the
thousands of Georgians present when
he openpd by thanking them for the
honor done him by reproducing as the
Georgia building the Bulloch home,
where his mother was born, and where
she married.
visited every State and Territory
within the borders of the Union, save
such as can only be reached by sea.
I have traveled from the Atlantic, to
the Pacific, from the great Lakes to
the Gulf. I have spoken at
country fairs, to colleges, to commer
cial and business organizations, to
associations of professional men. to
labor organizations, to men of every
creed and parentage. The thing that
has struck me most has been the es
sential oneness, the essential Unity
of our people.
■Tn the fundamentals I have found
ly fell exhausted and had to be borne
from the burning building. The loss
on the building is $185,000 with only
$S3.000 insurance. Manager A. C.
Mitchell, of Asheville, N. C., had no
Insurance. The hotel safe In which
were the heavy receipts of yesterday
and thousands of dollars worth of val
uables placed therein by the guests
vesterday for safe keeping, was not
locked and its entire contents were- lost
when the building collapsed. A large
number of prominent people from dif
ferent parts of the country took refuge
in cottages nearby.
But for the work of a bucket brigade,
made up principally of women cot
tagers. led by Mrs. Tucker, daughter
of the Episcopal bishop coadjutor of
Southern Virginia, the entire, ocean
front line of the cottages north of the
hotel would have been wiped .out. The
women worked with the white men
like Trojans, while negro men stood
by and offered no assistance.
Among those who had narrow
escapes and had to get out in their
night clothes were Mrs. R. E. Seal, the
aged sister of Governor Wilson, of
West Virginia: Mrs. H. D. Flournoy,
wife of former Congressman Flour
noy, of West Virginia; Mrs. Carlisle,
of Chattanooga, and Mrs. Mars,
Cleveland, Ohio, ,all of whom were
heavy losers in both money and jewel:
The Princess Anne Hotel, up to
few months ago, had beem run by the
recent purchasers, the Princess Anne
Investment Corporation, composed of
leading Norfolk people. Manager
Mitchell then took the hotel under
five-year lease, putting up $10,000 in
cash, all of which he loses. Manager
Mitchell, frantic as a result of the fire,
and his great loss, sought today to end
his life by jumping into the ocean, but
was restrained by friends. Manager
Mitchell’s sister from Asheville, N. C..
was among last night’s arrivals. She
lost everything and barely escape
with her life. The unknown special
guest .of Manager Mitchell is believed
to have perished. Until Manager
Mitchell’s mental condition improves
his name cannot be learned.
W. N. Mitchell, president of the I American citizens to be just about the
Georgia day commission in a speech of I same everywhere. In whatever locality
tribute said:
President Mitchell's Speech.
"Virginians and Countrymen: Stand
ing here on the soil of the grand old
commonwealth the cradle of American
civilization and true patriotism, in the
midst of this great Southern interna
■WASHINGTON, June 10—The Agri
cultural Department's crop report is
sued today shows spring wheat con-
of the country we live, whatever our
fortune or occupation in life, there .
exist just about the same essential dition on June 1. 1907, to be 88. i as
good qualities and much the same I 9° mparet * at the correspond-
shnrtcomings in any gathering of our | * n F. date last year. Acreage sown in
citizens. Of course, each community I United States, 190«: Spring wheat,
has its especial temptations, its espe- I 16,464,000; decrease, 1,242 000, or 7
cial shortcomings: and if it is wise I per cen t 35 compared with last year
-- ■ ith
acreage
increase
community. There is "ample'field ~for I of 532 - 000 acres'as compared with the
the reform energies of every one of us I area Eown l as *- year. Condition of
in his or her particular sphere of home oa ^ s on June 1 was 81.6 against 85.9
and neighborhood activity. last year; acreage of barley is less
.. ....... , . . . , . Not only is all of this true as he- than that of last year by about 171,000
hir.h, a birthright of which he well I f-ween one community and anotheT.'but or 2- 7 P e r cent. Condition of . barley
may bo proud, for In the history of Jt ls j ust as irue be t ween one c ] ass 0 f 84.9 against 93.5 this Sme last year,
this great country over which he pre- our cit i Z ens and another. Now and Condition of rye is 88.1 against S9.9
sides there are nc> pages that glow I then we meet well-meaning people who I this time last year,
brighter than those that record the have a genulhe horror and dread'of all I **■ -
deeds of our beloved Soutn. I j'jpVj rneu and triinlc of thpm oc Wp?ncv I
"From that day 3(10 years ago. when | 5et aT)art bv peculiar vice nnd inlnni”? I Rcosevfelt reveiwed the military pa-
gia Day. Upon me has been conferred
the honor and pleasure of introducing
to you the illustrious guest, who. In
fitting words, will herald to the world
the prido he feels in his Southern
INST
,JR
WASHINGTON, June 10.—Secre
tary Wilson, of the Agricultural De
partment, was a witness before the
Supreme Court of the District of CO'
lumbia today in the trial of former As
sociate Statistician Holmes. Jr., on the
charge of prematurely divulging cot
ton crop reports. Holmes’ attorney
made an effort to show that the Sec
retary was prejudiced in his state
ments and tried unsuccessfully to
make him admit that he (the Secre
tary) had been guilty both of giving
out crop information in advance of its
legitimate promulgation and of sup
pressing information indicating fraud.
He also questioned the Secretary
about charges against himself.
The secretary had not concluded his
testimony when court adjourned for
the day.
.. . _ . - * set apart by peculiar vice and iniquity.,
the little hand of Anglo-Saxons steered xow and then we meet equally well- I rade under - command of Col. Philip
their ships to the spot on which we meaning rich men who have an equally Reed, of the Twenty-third Infantry, as
are now standing, bearingat their irrational dread of those whom they | grand marshal. In this procession
masthead not an electric light of our I style "labor leaders.” In each case 11 were foreign and United States sail-
modern ships, but the bright light of think the hostility is in large part due I ors and blue jackets, the artillery from
civilization to the new world, our to a want of sympathy caused by com- | Fort Monroe, the United States Cav-
South, in every stirring event in our I p| e t e ignorance of the men who'arouse j airy, artillery and infantry stationed
history, has been chosen to I such distrust or anger. As a matt«*r | at Camp John Smith. West Point ca-
shine forth to an admiring world in
the glorious acts and character of her
people.
“It was a Southern man on South
ern soil whose burning words sowed
the seed of the American Revolution.
Patrick Henry, while Jefferson voiced
par
Things More In Shape.
n: Roosevelt foiir.il thing? in
tter vimlitlin than when he
before, and did not hestitafe
ir ’ the progress that has been
improving the appearance of
ids He was greatly interested
• bat a squad of more than a
representative business men
k and the surrounding towns
nproving
he
of fact, if we take a given number of | dets, • Annapolis cadets, Virginia Mill-
men of large fortune and a like number I tary Institute and Virginia Polytechnic
of wage-workers, we find that in their Institute cadets. Fifth Georgia Na-
essential human nature they are all tional Guard, the brigade of the Vlr
alike. In each group we find men as I ginia Volunteers and other smaller de
wise and as foolish, as good and as I tachments of military organizations
bad as in the other group. Such be- I stationed on the grounds,
the words of liberty that Washington ing the case it is certainly well that. Before the parade was fairly con-
made good, when on Southern soil at I so far as possible, when the men of a I eluded, the President’s busy tour of the
Yorktown the banner of St. George I given group, as a whole, act in a way grounds had been begun and from that
was furled. | that we deem contrary to the public in- time on, not a moment' was lost any-
"When the dark clouds of war over- I forest. we should treat the action as a I where. • The party entered carriages
cast our country and brother was ar- I wrong to be remedied rather than as I and was driven to the negro exhibit
rayed against brother, the opposing a wrong to he avenged. We ought not buildings where only a few members
armies were led by Southern men, Lee I to tolerate wrong. It is a sign of I alighted. This exhibit was far from
and Scott. I weakness to do so, and in its ultimate I being completed, although an excellent
"And when In the course of the his- effects weakness is often quite as bad showing was made,
tory of our country, it became neces- I as wickedness. But in putting a stop | Thomas J. Galloway, chairman of the
snry for the preservation of our fnsti- I to the wrong we should, so far as pos- I executive committee of the negro ex-
tutions In their integrity, and for the sible. avoid getting Into an attitude of position (iompany, met the President
preservation of this glorious republic I vindictive hatred toward the wrong- I and acted as escort through the negro
to free the slaves, it was a Southern doer. He may be morally to blame and I reservation. On the second floor of
man who issued the emancipation It may be necessary to punish him: the main building is an auditorium
proclamation, the gentle, kindly, lova- but on the other hand the wrong he I with a seating capacity of 3.000 and it
ble Abraham Lincoln, for he was I has committed may simply he due to I is the intention to give some sort of
flesh of our flesh and bone of our bone, the existing condition of things, to I a musical entertainment there evry
Then when the arms were ground- I conditions under which he has been night as soon as it is completed. It
ed. the flags furled, the soil stained brought up: and in such a case, while I will be used also for negro conventions,
by the blood of martyrs, our beloved I we must apply the remedy, and see I President Roosevelt admired the at-
South. lying prostrate, crushed, it was that there is no further chance of harm I tractive exhibit arranged by the ne-
one of her own who with his noble to the community, it is neither just nor groes and was much interested In a re
heart bleeding for his people lifted to I farsighted to exact revenge for what I markable collection of Abraham Lin
by his teaching and example in has been done. In short, friends, let coin relics, including a log cabin repre-
- us realize that In very truth we are I seating the humble birth pplace of
knit together in ties of brotherhood, | Lincoln. Outside the main building are
and that while it is proper and neces
snry that we should insist upon our
rights, we should yet be patient and
considerate in bearing with one an
other, aqd in trying, so far as in us
lies, each to look at the problems that
principle, regarding integrity In her I face us from his brother’s standpoint I a silver service, costing $10,000 to the
men. purity in her women and homes I 3-5 w cll as from his own, J battleship Georgia, the service, being
above all. making these the standards During the last quarter of a century accepted by the officers of the new
against mere wealth, regardless of how j this nation has made astounding I vessel. Governor Terrell said:
that wealth mav have been attained. strides in material progress, and in no Terrell’s Presentation Address.
"It is from these that comes the I other section has this progress been President Roosevelt. Admiral Evans, Capt.
illustrious guest of todav. Held in es- more noteworthy than in the South. | Davenport, Officers ..and .Crew of the
— * - 1 While her agriculture has grown faster ... ..
than ever before, there has ^Iso been a
new growth of her manufacturing in
dustries—indeed, there has been growth
of very kind. But of course there is
ample room for further growth. The
South will he all the better for new
immigrants of the right type, and I
hope to see steamship lines carryin
honor and principle the star of hope,
our beloved Lee.
"Thank God, though, while commer
cialism In Its offensive sense has In a j
measure crept into our -South, yet sho
still clings to the ideal that has made
her glorious In the past. Lifting
above the sordid dollar honor and
five smaler structures built for lodging
houses and restaurants.
From the negro building, the party
was driven dire-ctly to the Georgia
State building, where Governor Ter
rell. on behalf of his State: presented
fired, during
teem, honor and affection by the
South, regardless of political affilia
tion. not because of his exalted posi
tion. but for his honesty, because when
he sees his duty, ’.ike the immortal
Lee. he swerves not from it, holding
that duty right and justive above gain,
applauding and admiring wealth,
whether corporate or Individual, no
matter how great, when honestly got
ten. condemning and despising when
gained at the expense of a betrayed
trust. From his beloved Southern
mother he imbibes largely the ideals
that has placed him before an ad
miring country as one who means to
do his duty by all.
"Knowing no North, no South, no
F.ast. no West, giving a square deal to
the poor as well as the rich, seeking
the punishment of ill-gotten wealth as
he would the pauper. In national
environment our distinguished guest ls
known over the entire world, known
ar.d admired, but today I introduce
him to you as the most distinguished
of Georgia’s distinguished grandsons,
the President of the United States.”
President Roosevelt then spoke for
about an hour. He said in part:
President's Address.
I cannot express how deeply touch
ed I am at the action of the State of
Geo-gia. my mother’s State, the State
from which I draw half the blood in
my veins
State House at the Jamestown Expo
sition a replica of my grandfather's
house at Roswell. Ga.. the house In
which my mother passed her youth
and where she was married to my
father. It Is an act of gracious cour
tesy ind consideration which I very
deeply appreciate; and through the
Battleship "Georgia.” Ladies and Gen
tlemen:
As Governor of Georgia, it becomes my
duty, and I assure you that it gives me
Pleasure - to present, in behalf of the
Empire State of the South, this beauti
ful silver sendee, in token of the concern
which my people feel in the destiny of
the splendid battleship that floats the
historic name o.f their beloved State.
In the years that may come- and
such immigrants established at ports I through the storms of 'wind and shell—
like Savannah and Charleston, just as I J® the trials of peace and war—let her
I hope to see ports like New Orleans , ave f re TT know that a chivalrous oeo-
connected hv lines of steamers with the pI<?- ' lvho have never faltered in duty or
connected d\ lines oi steamers with the proven recreant to patriotism, will watch
South American continent, the contl- I the career of this great monarch of the
nent with which our relations should f waves as a member of the glorious Fpuse-
grow ever closer and mutually more I hold of Georgia, feeling that she will
advantageous. In the South, as every- | p?opp^ a ^ 1> uncon Q u erable spirit
Though the youngest of the original
Thirteen Colonies. Georgia maintained. In
her years of primeval strength and glory,
a relative position which, in point of ac
complishment in peace and of prowes in
war. admits no thought of competitive
uperiority. In historic acruracv. It may
be said, without \-ain-clory. that Geor
gia’s career during the war for American
Independence, coupled with her heroic
Progress in the succeeding half-centurv of
intermittent peace, makes up a splendid
nomenclature—one in which ell her sifters
seem to graciously concur—"Empire State
of the South.”
It is certain that the great Oglethorpe,
one of the heroic and the wisest of ail the
original settlers in Conolian history, fore
saw the splendid fruition of his immor
tal planning, since It transspired that
within a year following the first settle
ment the Georgian built at Tybee the
tallest light house then on the Atlantic
coast. Bv this .Jeat In aggressive build
ing the Georgian not only emblazoned a
pumoee to lead. but. by indirection, es
tablished himself as an original advocate
of a great navy as the surest guarantee
of a great nation.
■Phis done. Georgia continued her evo
lution*.! work with heroic method, build
ing forts as she evolvel in peaceful in
dustry—with prophetic vision realizing
where through the Union, we need to
see a good education given free to all
children, no matter what may be their
race or color. Nor can we wisely per
mit this education to be of a merely
literary type. More and more we are
growing to realize that there must he
an education of the hand as well as of
:he head. There must be agricultural
and industrial colleges, and, above all,
schools in which there can be element
ary preparation for agriculture and in
dustry. These schools for technical
training will hold a great place in the
future in fitting our citizen for doing
their economic duties in the best pos
sible shape. In the South there is a
population peculiarly fitted to profit
by them, a population which has been
erecting as the Georgia j generally referred ’to as “poor white,”
a population of splendid capacities, and
almost purely of the old native stock,
which simply lack the opportunity to
develop a degree of industrial efficiency
unsurpassed elsewhere on this conti
nent
Reviewed Military Parade.
Following his address President;
that the former was necessary to the un
disturbed enjoyment of the latter. And
she calculated rru’y- Six years after the
peaceful colonists had landed. Oglethorpe
was compelled to. engage the then power
ful Spanish nation in war. Unaided by
any other colony, with 650 settlers and
the true Tomochichi and his Indian al
lies. Oglethorpe drove from Georgia soil
7.000 Spanish soliders and a fleet of 36
Spanish guns. This marks the only time
in the history of this or nny other country
that one State has successfully engaged,
single-handed, a great nation of the .earth
in war.
It should be of Interest to the officers
and crew of the battleship “Georgia*
know that the first steamship to cross the
Atlantic Ocean was built by a Georgia
company, and bore the name of a Geor
gia city—“Savannah.” She was a ship
of 350 tons. 100 feet in length, and sailed
from Savannah to Liverpool in 1819, malt
ing the voyage, without accident, in 25
day?.
These things being true as to historic
prestige. Georgia finds pleasure in sharing
a common glory, which belongs in varying
degree to all tho States. She congratu
lates Virginia on.being the adopted moth
er of that noble Scot. John Paul .Tones, of
whom Thomas Jeffersop said: “He ls the
principal hope of our future efforts on the
ocean.” She gladly nlace3 a laurel upon
the brow of Rhode Island for giving to
patriotism Oliver Perry, who still lives
in the original words, "We have met the
enemy, and they are ours.” She delights
to crown anew New Jersey for presenting
to immortal fame the hern Lawreare.
whose last words. “Don’t give up The
ship. 1 ’ still ring in the souls of men. She
shares double pride with Rhode Island
in giving the seamanship the great De
catur. of Tripoli renown. She acclaims
Vermont in the possession of Dewey, the
noted cable-cutter: and she glorifies 11a-
rvland for giving to latter-day seamanship
the gallant Schley, who sounded a stir
ring note of patriotism in the words.
"Follow the flag.” Rut hfer highest trib
ute belongs to her beloved daughter. Ala
bama. who gave to the sea-fighters of
time their most heroic snd original model
in the nerson of Raphael Semmes whose
dauntless lieutenant was John McIntosh
Kell, of Georgia.
It will thus be seen, that in peace and
in war: Georgia has r ’ways done her
duty nobly, heroically. ’teringly. She
has given to letters; - 'Try and to
statesmanship some l ' *st brill
iant minds of the age. 'ributed
to the War between more
men. according to popui. in any
other Southern State, and jeord of
their glory is written in her . J-stained
hills and plains. Georgia 1> .-wise led
every State in the Union, according to
poDUiation. in the number nf men that
volunteered for service in the Spanish-
American War—showing to the world that
she was determined to lead forever.
In view of such a record, it was neither
necessary nor possible to engrave Geor
gia's claim to fame on the beautiful sil
ver service which has been contributed as
an individual offering from the generous
purses of her progressive people, under
the leadership of her fairest daughters.
We have deemed it more fitting to deco
rate the different pieces with the products
that symbolize her prosperity; her cot
ton. which clothes the people of every
clime; her pine, whose manufactured
products find a market in every port;
her golden grain: her luscious fruits, de
licious food for Georgians and graciously
shared with all Americans, and her beau
tiful flowers, including the gorgeous mag
nolia—the queen of all flowers-
Officers and crew of her namesake, con
sider this epitome of Georgia's greatness
while you are on the high seas defending
Claim Independence Wreck
Perpetrated by Enemies
of Miners to l5Ts 5
credit Them
Harry Orchard's
Story Unshaken
BOISE, Idaho, June 10.—Into the
further cross-examination of Harry
Orchard today, counsel for Wm. D.
Haywood, repeatedly threw the sug
gestion of a great conspiracy formu
lated and carried out by the enemies
of the Western Federation of Miners,
and indicated a determination to con
struct their main line of defense on
that basis. They carried Orchard by
slow steps through the minutest de
tails of the dynamiting of the Inde
pendence, Colorado, stativi. down to
the attempt on the life of Bradley anH
his family in San Francisco. In addi
tion to a series of particular attacks
of the credibility of the witness and
the general probability of his stories
and preparing the way for their own
testimony in rebuttal, the defense
sought to show that Orchard had~a
mania for boasting of the commission
of crimes, non-existent, except in his
own mind, and that he is testifying un
der the control and suggestion of De
tective McPartland.
Defense’s Plans.
The defense began today by making
it clear that as far as Orchard knew,
Haywood. Moyer, and Rettibone had
nothing to do with the inspiration,
planning and execution of the Vindica
tor explosion, and that Haywood and
Moyer had nothing to do with the
planning of the murder of Detective
Gregory.
Passing on to the dynamiting of the
Independence station, the first crime
with which the testimony of Orchard
directly connects Haywood, Moyer and
Pettibone, the defense endeavored to
show that Orchard in springing the
mine had purposely sought the on
coming train and the non-union men
who were expected on that train and
that the plot was engineered by agents
of mine p.wners and railway managers,
who wanted a comparatively harmless
’outrage” to injure the union miners
ho were on strike.
Leaving the Independence station
crime, which was followed by the flight
of Orchard into Wyoming, and then lifs
unexpected return to Denver, the de
fense sought to discredit the story that
Haywood directed or conspired to kill
Andy Mayberry by showing that Hay
wood and 'Mayberry were old and inti
mate friends.
Bradley Crime.
Getting, down to the Bradley crime,
the defense devoted itself largely to
the story of Orchard’s attempt to
poison Bradley, endangering the entire
Bradley household. Orchard swore that
while in San Francisco he repeatedly
received money from Pettibone, who
used the name of "Pat Bone” in trans
mitting it. In making this clearer, the
defense gave evidence of a plan to
how that this money was sent under
Pettibone’s disguised name by persons
plotting against the leaders of the
Western Federation of Miners. Start
ing for California, “to get BTradley.’’
Orchard said Pettibone bought his
ticket for him and gave him $150 and a
new grip sack. In San Francisco, Ito
stayed two weeks in August, 1904. at
the Golden West Hotel. From there
he went to a boarding place in Tenth
street. Bradley was in Alaska when
Orchard reached San Francisco. While
waiting for him. Orchard spent a part
of his time at Calientes Spring. Or
chard heard neither from Haywood nor
Moyer while In California, but receiv
ed several letters from Pettiborte.
These he destroyed immediately after
reading them.
“Why didn’t you save them, so
could have a hold on Pettibone in case
he ever flew the track?” asked Rich
ardson.
“I wasn’t thinking about getting any
thing on him. I didn't have any de-
' sire to."
The first money received from Pet
tibone in California was $100. which
canie in a registered letter. Pettibono
said in the letter that things were get
ting warm in Colorado that Johnny
Neville and the boy had been arrested,
and the authorities were looking for
Orchard. He said that Orchard had
better “lay low.”
Took Cook to Theater.
The money was in $20 bills. Orch
ard received some of the money in the
name of Harry Green. Tho witness
then repeated his story about putting
strychnine in the Bradjey family's
milk. Orchard had become acquainted
with tho cook and had once taken her
to the theater. The man said he was
aware that the family consisted of
Bradley, his wife, a haby and three
servant girls. Referring to the money
received. Orchard said he did not
know to whom the return registered
card was addressed. Ho thought the
money came in the namo of Wolff, the
next money, another $100. came hy
Postal Telegraph from "Fat Bone.”
“Did you. while you were in San
Francisco, go out one night to tho end
of the car line at Golden Gate Park,
and hold up a street car conductor?"
asked Richardson.
“No. sir.”
"Did you ever tell any one you did?”
‘‘Yes. I believe I did.”
"Then you confessed to a crime you
did not commit?”
’’Yes.’’
"And you have confessed to other
crimes you never committed?”
“I have told such stories among
men we were all telling stories.”
Altogether, Orchard said, he had got
about $550 while in San Francisco.
Orchard Holds to Testimony.
Orchard denied that mine owners or
railroad men had any part in the In
dependence wreck: denied he had a
mania for confessing uncommitted
crimes, and denied that he is under
tho influence of Detective McPartland.
He showed some spirit in answering
many of Attorney Richardson’s ques
tions. but he firmly held to all of his
first stories, and wns calm and cer
tain throughout the long, trying exam
ination.
Even more crimes were brought
home to Orchard today. He confessed
that he burned a cheese factory in On
tario to get $500 insurance. Ho said
he began his life of crime by selling
cheese at short weight. Counsel for
the State let today’s examination take
its course without serious objection,
and at tho close privately signified
their satisfaction. Orchard has been
on the stand five days and has fully
two more to serve.
Steve Adams tonight is a tenant of
Ada County jail, and a close cell
neighbor of Haywood, Moyer and Pet
tibone. He is for the present in
communicado. His custodians say he
ls sullen and will refuse to say a word
when called to the stand.
ARTICLES WENT UP ON
WHICH RATES REDUCED
Commissioner Brown Says
Consumer Did Not Get
Benefit
Batsh of Current
Gate City Hews
ATLANTA, June 10.—Railroad Com
missioner Joseph M. iBrown, in addi
tion to 'his recent dissenting opinion,
today filed with the commission a
lenghty brief dealing with the passen
ger and freight rate propositions as
■they have presented themselves to the
hoard since he has been a member
of 'it.
more than a dividend to manufacturers
and jobers.
Tho passenger rate on the other hand
affects the whole people, and a reduo- ;
tion therein benefits practically every,
individual because at one time or' an
other all travel.
He declares among other things that
it was a signifleent fact that the stove
trust declared an advance of five per
cent the same week that the Supreme
Court handed down its decision sus
taining the reduced rates on that arti
cle ordered by the railroad commis
sion.
Reporters Put It On Headlines.
ATLANTA, June 10.—Atlanta's Bap»
tist ministers had a hot discussion In
their regular weekly meeting today as
to whether they should exclude report
ers for the daily papers. The discus
sion grew out of some recent reports of
their actfon relating to the doctrine of
"total depravity,” which they declared
Commissioner Brown takes the posi- I were misleading and false, hence the
tion that not a farmer or laborer or I question of excluding the reporters al-
the flag of a common country, and keep in
mind this thought: Whatever his nativ-
itv. the man behind her guns, whether
by birth, adoption or assignment, is
Georgian, standing for a!! that is best
and truest in Americanism—and as such
Georgia will expect him to do his duty.
In behalf of the historic name we honor
this day. I ask that every man of the
crew pledge his honor to duty, to Georgia
and to the United States of America.
The reception by the ladles of the
Georgia commission in honor of Presi
dent and Mrs. Roosevelt followed. Ad
mission was by card to Georgians only,
and. to army and navy officers in uni
form. After this a luncheon was given
in the building to the President and
his party and Rear Admiral Evans.
The New York State building was then
visited quite informally.
At 5 o’clock the President was es
corted by a delegation from the Na
tional Editorial Association to the
main auditorium, where he delivered an
address to toe association, followed by
any other consumer In the State has
got one cent of benefit from the more
than $2,000,000 annual reduction that
was secured on interstate freight to
Georgia through the instrumentality
of the commission in 1905.
An interesting feature of his brief is
some examples Illustrative of this
point. The amount of reduction in the
freight on hats, men’s clothing, blank
ets, dry goods and the like from New
York to Atlanta was $27 per carload of
30,000 pounds, yet not one of the Geor-
ga’i farmers who filed the petition Tor
lower passenger rates has been able
to get one cent’s reduction on any of
these articles. He gives other similar
examples.
The he shows that while the freight
rate has decreased shoes from the
East was reduced in February and
May, 1905, the total reduction being $87
per car. Yet following that reduction
the price of these shoes was advanced
first 95 cents, and later $1.50 per pair.
While the freight rate on men’s suit
ings was reduced $27 per car, the price
of the higher grades per carload was
increased $11,957 per carload, or almost
thirty-eight times as much as the en
tire freight rate. Commissioner Brown
gives many other similar examples,
showing that while the freight rate
has gone down, the price to the con
sumer has steadily gone up. and that
from the freight rate reduction no ad
vantage to the consumer has been se
cured. He asserts that he reduction in
Sgisfit rates amounted to aothing
together. One minister characterized
a certain repor as a “pack of lies,” and
was warned to be more parliamentary
in his language. The ministers heard
some of the reporters in their defense
who put it off on the headline writer
and the other fellow, and then referred
the question to a committee for re
port.
a brief reception to the members. *This
cor»clu>ded the "President's partidiaa-
tion in the day’s program and with
his party he was driven back to Dis
covery Landing and conveyed to the
Mayflower, which a short time later
weighed anchor and started on the re
turn journey to Washington.
No Advantage For Frurt Growers.
ATLANTA, June 10.—Georgia fruit
growers are not very enthusiastic over
the recent reductions in rates on fruit
ordered by the interstate commerce
commission for the reason that they
do not go into effect until July 15. At
that time they state the bulk of the
Georgia crop will have been marketed
and they will obtain no advantage aa
the result of the reductions.
1 dtj
Two Bank Charter* Wanted.
ATLANTA, June 10.—Applications
were filed with Secretary of State
Philip Cook today for two new ban is
charters. One of these is to be the j
Decatur Street Bank In Atlanta with
capital stock of $26,000 and W. D H
Manley and others as incorporators
It will be one of the chain of W. S-,
Witham banks. The other bank ls to
be known as the Commercial and
Savings Bank, of Marietta, with $36,-
000 capital and A. H., Gilbert and
others as Incorporators.
*
Obeyed a High Summons ~
ATLANTA, June 10.—Some months
ago M. Oliver was arrested by the
United States authorities on the
charge of washing and using cancel
ed stamps. The district attorney is
sued subpoenas for witnesses to ap
pear before the grand jury in the
case after which ir was discovered
that Oliver had died i Fulton County
Jail while awaitin' . -position of bin
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