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THE TWICE-A-WEEK TELEGRAPH
TUESDAY, JUNE 18, 1907.
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CRISIS IS REACHED IN
WORLD'S MISSION WORK
Batch of Current
Gate City News
Rev. Edward F. Cook, ««cretarr of
the Young People’s Department. Board
of Missions Nashville Tenn.. ad
dressed the South Georgia Conference
of the Epwurth I-rague in Mulberry
Biro, • Cr ;reh Friday. His sub
ject was "Philosophy and the Field of
the Young People'/! M.ssionary Move
ment."
Dr. Cotk s.-il-j. “Our h srliec* aim IS
the uplifting of mankind In the ~ight
of G.W. but the church is not ready
today for her missionary work though
God has laid ..pen the door with civil
ization and exploration, yet we have
not taken advantage of our opportun
ities."
"Childhood and youth are the time
for conversion and we must train the
youth of today to take advantage of , .
that wa closed to the I American cltlsens to be Christians and
„,.„ h in time followers of Cnrist. They are kept in
the big ci:l»a or sent to the States
never seen a Bible, thousands who
have never been In a church, and tens
of thousands who have r.ot yet pro
fessed faith."
Miss Head cited many pitiful In
stances of the lack of mission work
here In our own state and appealed to
the members of the league to do all
In their power to remedy as far as
possible the evil before the next meet-
ing.
Continuing, she touched on the emi
grant problem and told how the United
States immigration commission Is re
ceiving thousands of foreigners Into
the country every year, providing for
thc-lr welfare In every way physically,
yet even with their enormous power
and influence, not doing one thing to
help these people who are to become
>f the church In time
the open
c.Ider men
past."
"When a child Is saved it Is not only
the *3vlng of a soul. It Is the saving
of a life, n life that may be devoted
to the saving of others, and Is, there
fore many times more valuable than
the saving of a soul at the last mo
ment. priceless as that gain is.”
"The greatest work of the world to
the bringing of all nations under
Cbr.st. The men who are to do that
must he trained from childhood. Wo
need to be trained to work In a larger
and more open (laid, and our hope Is
1n the children of the coming gener
ator We must teach them the won
derful gospel of the power of money.
The hoys and girls of today will con
trol the finances of the world In a
few years, and God has Intrusted them
with Hia wealth to spread His gospel.
We must train the next generation to
handle the mission work, we must
catch step with God's will of today or
we will miss our wonderful oppor
tunity to sprend the Gospel. God has
opened the door of every heathen
land. It Is for us to enter and tell those
within of salvation through Christ."
"God rornipsoda u« to encircle the
globe with stations from which to work
and spread the word and to tell the
world of Christ. God Is In need of
men and money for this work. God
Is calling for men and women to drive
that are seeking emigrants. Every
thing possible Is done to make them
i ATLANTA, June 15.—Upon recom-
I mendatlon of the prison commission,
I Governor Terrell today granted exec-
' utive clemency in eleven cases, most
! of them of minor Importance, while in
i twenty-three cases recommendation to
i clemency was declined.
Sarah E. Dixon, of Johnson county,
who has been serving a life sentence
! at the state prison farm for murder,
| was pardoned. She is bedridden from
! disease and it is said she cannot live
long.
There was a peculiar miscarriage
of justice in the case of Will Smith,
of Walton county. He was tried for
murder ar.d the jury brought in a
verdict of guilty with the recommen
dation that he be imprisoned for one
year. Of course there is no such sen
tence for murder in Georgia and the
judge had to sentence him to life Im
prisonment. Members of the Jurv
wrote the prison commission stating
that they had intended to bring in a
verdict of involuntary manslaughter
because it was evident that Smith did
not intend to kill. The knife wound
from which the man died after Smith
LAST Hie OFFERED I AM A DEMOCRAT"
FOR ALABAMA'S SON SAID JOHN I. GRAVES
Georgia Day
Drawbacks Stated
comfortable, but not one thing is ! cut him waa < n the leg and death was
done at the time of their arrival, the
best time to Imprest! them with the
value of Christianity an# to get in the
first blow. They are allowed to scat
ter to the- ends of the country or bur
row into the conjested districts of the
cities without one thing being clone to
let them know that thero are fol
lowers of Jesus Christ in America as
well as abroad, that is. if they ever
heard of their Savior before.”
During the evening the conference
Hated to the reports of various com
mittees and approvod the report of tho
committee on elections and unani
mously elected the following officers
for the ensuing year:
AV. P. Wallis, president. Americus.
W. F. Quillfan. vice-president,
Wrighteville.
Miss Genie Ellis, second vioe-presl-
dent. Macon.
Miss Myra Stubbs, third vice-presi
dent. Cairo.
Mias Julia. Johnstone, fourth vice-
president. Dawson.
Mrs. W. AV. Seales, Jr., superinten
dent, Louisville.
E. P. Peabody, secretary. Wayeross.
A. P. Harley, treasurer, Thomasville.
During the afternoon & collection
was taken to raise a fund for Guanta
wnv the darkness of heathen night namo _ ct/ba, Mary Bardweil Church.
and to let in the blessed light of Chris-
tlsanlty. He need* trained men and
•women for the work.’’
"At present we are threatened with
a grent danger, the way is so smooth
and the facilities for work so easy
that we are not taking advantage of
them and a reaction may set In that
may not only retard the present work,
hut may undo much -that has been al
ready done Bishop Candler says that
he fear* that conscription Is almost
necessary for the work In foreign mis
sions. Ho says that recently he
singled out six men for this work and
when he approached them on the sub
ject they all failed him.”
"I will glvo you an Instance of this.
I was working an appeal for volunteers
In (his work once and was saying how
everyone evaded this work, when I
was interrupted by a young man. 'May
I interrupt you a moment?' he said
Then when I told him that we would
listen lo him with pleasure, he com
menced one of the most beautiful ad
dresses I have ever heard, it was splen
did. he said he was read}’ and willing
to devote hia whole life and work to
the spreading of the gospel in any
land to which he might be sent I never
felt so encouraged In my life; with joy
I to'd him he was Just the man we
needed to send to Cuba.
"Cuba.” he gasped, “I don't want to
go to Cuba, I was not thinking of
that."
"And so It is with most they have
what might be called tfhe Spirit Theory,
hut when it comes to doing the work,
the cases of those who are willing to
give their lives to help their God are
few indeed. All God needs 1* the ser
vice of enough men and money for 25
years; that would be enough to so
plant the standard of Christianity
throughout all the world that It would
remain forever.”
'If the Sunday school children of
Southern Methodism would each give
one penny a week, at the end of the'
year we would have enough money to
equip and maintain every branch of the
work and have $100,000 left over.”
"The very greatest movement in the
work today and one of the foremost
enterprises of the church is the work of
♦he young people in the publication of
the message of salvation to the world.”
During the course of the evening
President Guerry. of Wesleyn College
Invited the members of the league's
conference to a reception at the college
to be given this evening at 6:15 o’clock
It was moved and carried that
and balance due on <2.000 pledge,
which was $550. The money was
raised.
The ton districts each pledged $25
aa a free offering to help pay the ex
pense of conference for another year.
Right after tho noon services a very
Impressive service was held of all tho
leagues who felt they wanted to volun
teer for work for God, and In the ser
vice about thirty-five signed cards,
saying they were ready to go to
foreign fields or into home work just
as God led them.
Tho conference endorsed the plan of
raising $2,000 for tho girl’s 3chonl at
Hivosheina. Japan, and this will be
the work for next year.
caused from lack of medical atten
tion. He has already served more
than a year and was. therefore, par
doned. Other cases in which the exec
utive clemency was granted were the
following:
J. C. Williams. Mitchell county, lar
ceny from the house, 10 months on
the chain gang, commuted to present
service: J. A. Reeves, of Haralson,
recently granted commutation to pres
ent service from a life sentence for
murder, had his citizenship restored;
John Ray, of Chatham, who was
given six months In jail, $750 fine or
twelve months on the chain gang, had
his sentence commuted to six months
in jail; George Smith, of AValton,
sent up In 1902 for eight years for
burglar} - had his term commuted to
present service; Addie Fogarty, of
Wilcox, who was given twelve months
for misdemeanor, was pardoned: Les
ter Walters, of Cobb, six months for
cheating and swindling, had his term
commuted to present service. The
terms of Joseph Johnson, vagrancy.
William G. Lansdale, larceny and
Amos Marchman, larceny, all of Ful
ton county, were commuted to pres
ent service.
Among the aplicatlons for clemency
declined were the following who are
serving life sentences for murder: J.
W. Phillips, of Hall. Henry Cox, of
Jasper, John Sweat, of Berrien, Prince
McLin. of Hancock, and Allen Sikes,
of Telfair.
SELMA, Ala.. June 15.—With every
business house closed, with the indus
trial plants stopped and their portals
draped In mourning In the presence of
five thousand citizens, five hundred of
them from other parts of the State
and National, all that was mortal of
John Tyler Morgan. Alabama's Sen
ator for more :han 30 years was laid
to rest here today. As the casket was
lowered into the earth, the strains ot
"Lead Kindly Light” floated on the
air and tears sprang unbidden from a
thousand eyes.
The ceremonies at the church were
brief. No eulogy was pronounced and
In the single prayer, offered by Rev.
A. A. Little, of the Broad street Pres
byterian church, the only reference of
the service was made to the high char
acter of the dead statesman. Unitins
in the conduct of the service were
Rev. W. P. Dickinson, pastor of the
Methodist Episcopal church, where
Senator Morgan worshipped. Dr. Lit
tle, Rabbi Levi and the pastors of
other ^^nominations. Vice-President
Fairbanks, and a large delegation of
the late senator’s congressional asso
ciates were in attendance beside Gov
ernor Comer and many state officials.
The floral tributes including a wreath
from President and Mrs. Roosevelt,
were profuse and beautiful.
OYSTER BAY. N. Y„ June 15.'-
OYSTER BAY, N. Y.. June 15.—John I President Roosevelt today receive
New Spots 82.000 3*iles
Lonsf By 80.000 Wide
WASHINGTON. June 15.—An enor
mous group of solar snots was observ
ed for the first time today lay Prof. Geo.
H. Peters, of the United States naval
Temple Graves, the Georgia editor and'l from Governor Terrell, of Georgia, a observatory, with the photo-he’.igraph.
orator, has the distinction of being the telegraphic disclaimer of any cntl- ; "They probably appeared 'on the sun’s
first visitor to Sagamore Hill since the ! c j Sm Q f the President incident to the eastern edge over two of three da;-*
MET IN CONFERENCE
GRIFFIN, Ga., June 16.—The annual
conference of the GrllTIn district of the
Southern Methodist Church was held
three days of this week, with Bishop
Seth Ward, of Texas, presiding, on in
vitation of Dr. Joel T. Daves, presid
ing elder.
The session .was opened Monday
night with a sermon by Rev. Nath
Thompson, of the Griffin Third
Church, who Is the most unique an
original preacher In Georgia.
Bishop Ward, one of the most I
learned men In the college of bishops, •
delivered two of the strongest ser- !
mons ever heard in Georgia.
Rev. John S. Jenkins, of the Grlf
Faculty of Ninth District School.
ATLANTA. Juno 15.—The trustees
of the Ninth district agricultural
school to be located at Clarksville,
I-Iabersham county, held a meeting to
day In the senate chamber at the cap-
itoi and elec f ed the following facnltv:
W. H. Maxwell, of Norcross. principal:
C. AV. Grant, of Clarksville, assistant
principal a.nd agriculturist; N. H.
Bullard, of Americus. mathematics,
and A. A. O'Kelly, professor of Eng
lish. Chairman John N. Holder, of
Jackson county, presided at the meet
ing. The foundations for the new
school have already been laid.
Comptrollsr’s Report.
ATLANTA. June 15.—The annual
report of Comptroller General W. A.
Wright was received from the nubile
prln'er today and is now ready for
distribution. The report contains many
interesting facts with regard to prop
erty in Georgia and Its valuations.
The comptroller general renews Ms
recommendations that appropriate
legislation be enacted. looking to >he
revision of the state tax laws for the
purpose of equalizing' property valu
ations. and also that fraternal and
co-operative assessment insurance
companies be required to make depos
its just as other insurance companies
for the> protection of their policy
holders.
SELMA. Ala.. June 15.—Tile funeral
train arrived this morning at 9 o'clock
and after a short delay at the station,
the casket was taken to the church
where the body lay in state for two
hours, several thousand persons doing
the last honor to the dead. Many
beautiful floral designs sent from all
parts of the world were strewn around
the casket. A beautiful wreath was
ordered from Honolulu. Still another
was ordered by cable from friends in
London. In addi'lon there were hun
dreds of floral offerings from Con
federate veteran camps. .Daughters of
the Confederacy, commercial organ
izations and private citizens.
At the noon hour the various dele
gations began to arrive. First came
AMce-President Fairbanks, Senator
Pettus and C. W. Hooper, of th« local
committee. • Then came the Misses
Morgan, accompanied \y friends and
relatives, the senatorial, congressional
and judicial delegations, and state of
ficers headed by Governor Comer.
Other delegations followed.
Mr. Dickinson opened the ’services
by saying:
"We meet today, my friends, to pay
tribute to one of Alabama's noblest
sons.”
He then read from the fourteenth
chapter of John. The choir sang,
“How Firm a Foundation,’’ after
which Rabbi E. S. Levy read from the
scriptures. After another scriptural
lesson by the Rpv. J. L. Rosser, of
the First Baptist church, praver was
offered by Dr. A. A. Little, of the First
Presbyterian church. This concluded
the services at the church, and while
the casket was being , placed in the
hearse, a band outside played "Lead
Kindly Light.” Brief services were
held at the grave.
celebration of Georgia day at tho ago. said Professor Peters in speak-
Jamestown exposition. The dispatch tug °i his observations, "but owtng tt>
is as follows: ’ clouds, toe observations were unobtain-
“To President Roosevelt. Oyster Bay, j here until today.”
j; y. ; , The group at present consists of two
"The "publication to the effect that ! large spots connected by a somewhat
Mr. Mitchell or myself feels aggrieved smaller one. There are a few outly.:|?
toward you or that you are responsi- ! spots. The total length of the group
bio for the shortening of the Georgia j is ^2,000 miles, while its breadth is
day exercises at the Jamestown expo- ! about SO.dOO miles. It is nearly one-
sition. is absolutely unwarranted. In 1 tenth the apparant diameter of the sun
explaining the hurried manner In | an< 1 can be easily seen through smoke
which the program was carried out. I or colored glass.
___ as I stated to a number of prominent ! "This group is in the sun’s southern
tending the Orange centennial, the i Georgians and several newspaper re- hemisphere and is the part known as
President has done me the honor to in- porters that tho review consumed , the sun spot zone, as was the enormous
more time than was estimated. Hence i ffroup announced last Fahruary.”
it was necessary to cut out, or cut
off some of the afternoon engage-
Presldent took up his summer resi
dence there. Mr. Graves, by appoint
ment, reached Oyster Bay this morn
ing and went at once to Sagamore
Hill, where he was In conference with
the President for nearly two hours.
While the visit was designated as a
purely personal one. It Is understood
that many things political in Georgia
were touched upon.
"I am a Democrat.” said Mr. Graves
at the station, “but I am also an ardent
admirer of President Roosevelt, and,
as I was In this neck of the woods, at
vite me to call upon him.”
When Mr. Graves returned from
Sagamore Hill, he said he had thanked
the President for his part in making ments, and that after a hurried dis-
Georgia day a success at Jamestown,
and especially for his speech on that
occasion, which set forth tho indus
tries and advantages of the South. Mr.
Graves departed for the South.
LYLE REFUSED NEW TRIAL
CASE GOES TO SUPREME COURT
Hoke Smith Invited to Address Tam
many.
ATLANTA. June 15.—Gov.-elect
j Hoke Smith has received an invitation
fin First Church, and Rev. J. O. A. i fro ' n Grand Sachem Bourke Cochran,
Grogr&n, of B&rnesville, also preached Tammany, to deliver an address be-
interesting sermons to large and ap- ! fore a sreat Democratic rally which Is
preeiatlve congregations. i fro held by that organization in New
Tuesday night Dr. George Yar- ! Tork on July 4. As the Legislature
brough. of Jonesboro, conducted a fr® session at that time and
BIGAMIST MINTON WAS
TOO HONEST TO LIE
SAVANNAH. Ga.. June 15.—D. H. Min
ton was today remanded to the Superior
Court by Recorder Schwartz on a charge
of bigamy. The recorder heard the un
supported statement of wife No. 1. that
she had heard Minton had married and
was living with another woman. "I can
not hold him . on hearsay evidence." said
the recorder.. Ono'officer said: “Your
honor, ho admits the charge."
The recorder asked Minton 1f that were
true, and he responded In the affirmative.
Ho seemed to glory in the' fact that ..o
had not lied when the recorder .asked
him if he had two wives. Wife No. 1
was married seven years ago'’ to Minton
and wife No. 2 he married last January.
TRIPLE TRAGEDY MET
MERRY MAKERS EYES
RALEIGH, N. C.. June 15.—Two
men dead and a .-third dying was the
sight that met a group of merry mak
ers who went to Bennett’s construction
WAY'CROSS, Ga. June 15.—The
motion for a new trial for Harry E.
Lyle, who was convicted in Ware Su
perior court recently of murdering his
wife and baby, and who was sentenced
to be hanged on June 21, came up for
a hearing before Judge Parker today.
Judge Sweat, chief counsel for' Lyle,
asked for a postponement of the hear
ing on the motion on the.ground that
he had not had sufficient time to pre
pare the same. This was denied by
Judge Parker and the hearing proceed"
ed. The State was represented by Col.
W. W. Osborne, of Savannah, and
Col. W. W. -Lambden, of Wayeross, In
the absence of Solicitor Bennet, who"
is under treatment in an Atlanta hos
pttal. Col. Osborne represented the
S’ate in the trial when Lyle was con
victed. Judge. J. L. Sweat and Judge
John T. Myers, appeared for Lyle.
After hearing the arguments Judge
Parker overruled the motion and the
case will now go to the Supreme
court.
cussion we agreed it was better to
shorten the time allotted for these
engagements rather than cut out any
of them, and that 1 considerably
abridge my remarks at the Georgia
building and you did likewise. I had
notified several prominent Georgians
that if there was sufficient time I
might call on them to speak at the
Georgia building when the silver ser
vice presentation exercises were held.
Immedia’oly upon our arrival at the
building I took the necessary steps to
notify them there would not be time
for same, but that arrangements
would be made to conclude presenta
tion exercises on the battleship the
next afternoon, which were carried out
and perfectly satisfactorily to every
body.
Personally, and as governor. T wish
Legislation Involving Bail-
roads and Public Utili
ties May Be Under
taken
ATLANTA. June 15.—Legislation in
volving tho railroad commission, rail
roads and other public utility corpora
tions in the State, It is said, will be
the most important with which the
coming general assembly will have to
deal. In a general way this measure
has already been outlined in the news
papers, and It is expected that it will
follow to a certain extent the terms of
the recently passed public utilities bill
of New York State. It Is at least de
finitely known that It Is proposed to
make the railroad commission purely .a
to thank you for lending your presence
to Georgia day. and assure you that legislative body with penalties'at’acih-
every true Geor°’i'* n foM* likewise. ■ «a, probably cumulative in their na-
The sentiments of the official badg03 ture. for failure to comply with such
for that day expresses the sentiment laws as the commission may see fit to
of every such Georgian, whether at ; enact relating to railroad rates, facil-
James'own or at home. ’Our country’s | ities and service.
UNIFOH mm
President and Georgia's Grandson
”1 consider Georgia day at the
Jamestown Exposition a great success
and that you made it so.
•‘(Signed) J. M. TERRELL.
WASHINGTON, June 15.—The In
terstate Commerce Commission today
promulgated a uniform system of ac
counts for railroads, provided for un
der the railroad rate law passed at
the last session of congress. The
system will go into effect July 1, cov
ering operating revenues and operat
ing expenses, and therrafter railroads
will be compelled to file monthly re
ports. The method adopted is in
is expected to result In keeping the
cost of improvement out of operating
expenses and therefore exclude them
from the cost of performing current
business. The expense of soliciting
traffic is separated from the expense
of hauling, traffic. The construction
accounts are to be so drawn that a
Just what will be the future of the
rai’rnad commission itself, nobody has
undertook to predict. Rome are in
clined to the view that an effort will
be made to legislate the present body
out of office and to provide for a new
commission of five members tinder a-
law more clearly defining their duties
and powers than is at present found on
the statute books. Others thinks that
since the provision for the election of
RfJV flSi I niSfrn OfSAPT railroad commissioners by' the. people
KslY SLa I ! a !{|| 5 W l.llflN I hP« g'ne into effect, the commission it-
bJJ Ull LUilJLlI UUHui S£lf will be left undisturbed, nnd that
jits powers wi'l be increased along the
j lines indicated.
NEW ORLEANS, June 15—Search' Just what shape the proposed dls-
for the Lamana boy took the direction franehl'cment lee-isle tion will take '.is
! today of the "lower coast,” a region Involved in considerable doubt, at lea^t
dotted with islands and famous hiding . :n so f ar as any knowledge the general
places. public has on the subject. It may be
| Another party chartered a special dcub’less Is. definitely outlined, in
train on the Illinois Central for an ex- 1 ‘? p minds of the Governor-elect and
'those c osely associated with him in
the matters as to ju’t what sort of a
bill on this subject, will be introduced*;
and the general belief is. That' some
sort of a disfranchisement measure in
the shape, of course, of-ah Amendment
to the constitution will be-submitted to
the people, because, by an overwhelm
ing vote they have pronounced in favor
of it.
Of cour-e grave care will b»ve- to be
taken in the preparation of this me":-
j ure. and there is r>6 doubt that it will
pedition into the interior of tho
•State. Of all the Italians under ar
rest,. Antonio Costa alone has been
charged formally with the offense of
kidnapping. He still appears insane.
Th.e fears of a lyniching expressed last
tended to insure a correct statement ! ntght by the Italian consul diminish-
of net revenues from operations and ed materially today when eight sus
pected Italians were released.
ITALIANS ALONE CONCERNED
IN NEW ORLEANS TROUBLE
memorial service" in respect of Dr. Gov. Smith will be very busily oecu- camp on the Raleigh and Pamlico
Young J. Allen, the great Georgian
whose missionary work in China was
so fruitful, and whose recent death
at Shanghai saddened all Christendom
and the half conscious Chinese Em
pire.
Much Business Transacted.
The reports from all churches
throughout the district indicated great
progress during the present conference
pied with the various matters demand
ing his attention, ho found it impos
sible to accept.
rising vote of thank, be extended to Cff- ,_ T1 ' ou / h revivals have only been
Dr. Guerry.
The program for yesterday was car
ried out. It consisted in the reading of
report, of committee*, the appointment
of commlttse*. devotional exercises,
and tho barbecue at the Orphan’s
Home. i
The following committees were ap
pointed:
Business Relations.
Miss Bessie Howser. chairman; Miss
Margaret Crowley, A. P. Harley, P. C.
Thomas. E. B. Johnson: M. W. How-
Hard.
Publio Worship.
Jas. W. Hitch, Chas. B. Lewis, Miss
Jessie B. Strayer.
Resolutions.
Miss Alice Groover. Miss Lena Phil
lips. J. W. Richardson.
Place ef Next Meeting.
R. O. Ellis, chairman: John E. Mor
ris. W. L. FlHicr Miss Louise Pitt
man, Roy S. Dawson.
Temperance.
W. F. Qu’.llian. J. S. Booth. Miss Kate
Carte ron.
Delegation to Aeheville Missionary
Convention.
George Nee], chairman; Mias
Johnston. Mis* Ressie Howser,
Geraldine D. Wheeler.
Finance.
C. B. Lewis, chairman; Miss Grace
Beverly. C M. Adams. H. A. Carleton.
The conference leaders are more than
held in a few places. 125 accessions
have been made to the churches
profession of faith.
The average collection of the pastors cepted
has already realiced 42 per cent, of the
assessments for the year. To the home
and foreign mission causes $3,500 has
I been contributed, which is regarded
j as an encouraging showing.
District Parsonage Committee.
I The following well known laymen
! were re-elected members of the dis
trict parsonage committee: W. B.
Griffin, of Griffin: H. B. Neal, of Mc
Donough: J. A. McCrary, of Barnes-
vllle; T. J. Dempsey, of Jackson, and
C. H. Hutcheson, of Jonesboro.
The report of the committee regard
ing the building and furnishings show
ed them to be in excellent condition.
The property is rapidly increasing in
value and is a good Investment. Dr.
Daves will make his home in this city
during his appointment on the Griffin
t district and his successor will proba-
Jack Nyhan in Atlanta.
ATLANTA. June 15—General Mana-
ner Jack T. Nyhan of the Macon Rail
way and Light Company, spent today
in Atlanta having come here for the
purpose of procuring some new equip
ment for his company. General Mana
ger Nyhan says the Macon street rail
way is now equal to any in the South,
tho Atlanta system not even being ex-
Forehand Gets $15,000 Per Foot.
ATLANTA, June 15.—The Supreme
Court today affirmed the verdict of
Macon County Superior Court in the
case of S. R. Forehand against the
Central of Georgia Railway Company,
in which Mr. Forehand was given a
verdict for $15,000 for the loss of a
foot as the result of being thrown
from a passenger train which started
before he could alight from it. and
being dragged considerable distance.
This is one of the largest verdicts on
record for the loss of a single limb.
Marion Smith, son of Gov.-elect Hoke !
Smith, represented the plaintiff in
case.
Sound las; night Entering a tent they
found John Wilkes dead on the floor,
with a bullet hole in his neck. In an
adjoining tent “Bob” Brown was
found dead and in the bushes a short
distance away lay a negro, whose
name was not learned, mortally
wounded and who has since died. This
man said that the murderer was Mar
vin Bulloch.
It was learned that Bulloch had fled
to Wilson, N. C. A message was sent
to Wilson and a lookout was kept for
Bulloch, who put In an> appearance
late In the day. He was chased to a
canebrake and captured'. He Is now
In Wilson jail awaiting an officer from
Nash County.
„. _ ... _ , encounter a considerable diversity of
W ASHINGTON. June lo. The Ital- ; r>-»|r»ic n porticularlv in the Hnu=o of
^ lIlct c* ian ambassador today received a tele- Representatives where It is llkelv to
current record of the physical value i 5??!^ m?Gt "'i'h some opposition, though in
of railway property is always acces- ^I view of the actloa of people Ip the
sible. . i at tk at P Ia .ce of a number of Ital- i prjp-ary 0 f j<> s t year, it Is hot believed
The classifications of accounts has j : that thl£ Tvin t,e - sufficIen t <*> defeat
been worked out .with the assistance | kidnapping of a chlld.^ .he p on-uI j the me-mire. It is said that the nro-
and co-operation of . the railwav ac- ! general allude;s to the danger of lunch- | posed disfranchisement bill has already
accounting officers. Every ckrrier , in ,S and teHs of his ^commun cation'
has been notified from time to time of ^ th G °'- Blanchaid on this subject,
the progress of the work and no j His message in substance Is in line
question has been decided without i ''"ith the newspaper publications of to-
first requesting of every carrier its da J concerning tne event. The ambas-
views and suggestions. This has been sador called to see Secretary Root, but
done by a .series of circulars, and stated explicitly that he did not regard
thousands of letters have been l'e- j fho matter as one requiring represen-
ceived in response to these’circulars, j tatlons to the State Department, for
Assistance has been rendered by com- J the reason that all those concerned ap-
mittees representing the American v '~ T ’-'- -i««— *
Railway Association, which is the
presidents’ and managers’ association
arid the freight claim association. The
Significant feature is that the ac
counting office rof each carrier is
made personally responsible for the
application of the rules o£ accounting
promulgated by the commission. This
is regarded by the commission as the
most important step chat the Federal
government has ever undertaken in
the development of administrative
supervision, over a quasi-public busi
ness like that of the railways.
STAFF AM FEDERAL
KANSAS CITY, Mo.. June 15.—Con
flict between State and Federal courts
Hi
iARLY ANGELS’
pear to be Italians- Americans not
seeming to be involved in any way.
GOVERNOR TERRELL
WILL PRACTICE LAW
ATT .ANT A. Ga~ June 15.—Governor
Terrell h3s decided upon his retirement
from office, after a rest of a couple of
months in Merriweather County, his
home, to encage in the practice of law
with his brother. Render Terrell, of
Greenvme, as ms partner. The firm will
have offices both in Greenville, where the
Governor has interests, and where his
citizenship will remain. an«» in Atlanta.
Governor Terrell however, will not en-
ga e in genera] practice. He will handle
only special ca?es; The Governor has had
a number of opportunities, one of. them
to go to New York, but he declined to
leave Georgia.
been drafted under the ’ ’ direction
Governor-elect Smith, and Congress
man T. W. Hardwick, of the Tenth dis
trict, who introduced and strenuously
advocated such a measure In two 'form
er Legislatures and that it will be ln-
t-ortneed by Representative' Geo. IV.
■Wi'liams, of Laurens Countv. From
accounts which have been published. It
appears that tho bill to be introduced
bv Mr* Williams follows closely tho
Alabama law.
It is reported that H. H. Perry, of
Hall County, is prepared to in’roduce
or>e of the most sweeping anti-pass
bills that has ever appeared in this or
in anv other Le“fis’ative body. It is
understood that this messure will not
ftop with the use of fre.e corporation
courtesies by public officials, but will
rmhiblt under penalty their use bv any
person in the State not connected in a
business way with tho corporations
themelves. Legislation on this sub-;
ject came very close to passing at the
last session of the general assembly,
and with a growing sentiment In favor
of it. there is little doubt that the com
ing General Assembly will make it a
law.
Tho coming Legislature will have to
pass a general tax act and general ap-
propria’ions bill. It will also have to
deai with the problem of education
which is, kaleidoscopical'}’, presenting
new phases and new features every
year. There is an ever ineres.sln'g de
mand for more funds for educational
WASHINGTON, June 15.—The invest!- CHANdFIN MIII PlJf FS
gat ion of the Brownsville affair by L 111 HULLO
Senate committee on military affairs lC RIIVINfi TOTTON j purposes, particularly for the common
came to a close today ■when the commit- • /lO I LMKJ i JU i vj vv/ i i v/m j school system of the State. Although
tee adjourned until November 18. At that | * - J Georgia now srives anDrovImatelv two
time the committee will decide whether j ASHEVILLE N. C., June 14—At a ' millions annuailv to education, this sum
clnUnuf e t1feTn«stf|atTon B X th^ s°ceno : conference of committees from j Is residedI as .being-far from'sufficient
of the shoot-up. No attempt-will bo mad 3 the Southeastern Cotton Buyers Asso- to acoompliah the great work tnat 3
to formulate a report until the next elation, the North Carolina Cotton before the State In t :1s rcsoect. It is
' ~ ’’ Manufacturers Association and the - probable that the educational sltua-
South Carolina Cotton Manufacturers tion will remain a serious problem for
Association, held today, a resolution j the Legislature for several years to
session of Congress. Four witnesses were
on the stand today. Brlg.-Gen. Andrew
S. Burt, the renowned Indian fighter, who
formerly commanded the Twenty-fifth
Regiment of Negro Infantry, pave-, the
use : uoiweyu ouue aim reaer.ii courts ; , nen of thc commend good characters. He
the arose today over the enforcement of ; testified that the regiment of negro sol-
the Missouri maximum freight and : filers was one of the best in tho United
Inauguration Stand.
the two-cent passenger tare acts,
which -went into effect last night. Th
bly pursue the same plan.
Recommendations and Licenses.
Revs. W. L. Harrison, of Zebulon,
and W. P. Miller, of Milner, were
ATLANTA. June 13.—A committee compliance with Federal Judge Mc-
from the Hoke Smith Club, of Fulton Pherson's temporary order, the rail-
County. visited the capltol today to roads did not put the new rate laws
decide upon the location of the grand- into effect, despite orders to do so some bad men in the organization' a s in j adopted.- The resolution is as follows:
looking to tho amendment of what is ! come,
known as the South Carolina mill rules, I
which govern the purchase of cotton,
was presented. No action was taken
States Army or. in fact, any army of by reason of the fact that the South-
the world. He said h e had served with eas t ern Cotton Buyers Committee
tt S „1a"511?fl"at^"wiM? a n!n trnnns "'ould not bind itself without consult-
of higher character than the Twenty- * n FT with the main bod}. It i» said,
fifth. He said that, of course there w-'ero however, that toe amendment will oe
licenses of all ocal preachers were re
newed. J. IV. Vise, of Fayetteville:
G. O. Persons, of Forsyth; TV. M. Har
ris. of Hampton, and TV. B. Griffin, of
stand for the inauguration of the new issued by Circuit court m Kansas City
courts, both, in
Louis, on pe-
Mde. The new Governor will stand tition of Attorney General Hadley, is-
with his back to the capitol facing sued injunction against the railways.
i Jessie ! licensed to preach, and J. Ira Jones, of Governor. It ha? been, decided to place aa d fc>t. Louis.
Miss i Brooks, was recommended for admis- it against the north wing of the capitol Today the Circuit co
f'ion to th? tinnUii] conf6rpnc6. The buildinsr on ihc W nsnington str6©t Ksnsns City anti in St.
RGE WOOD MADE
SUICIDAL ATTEMPT
MILLEDGEVILLE, Ga.. June 15.-
^ratlfled with the splendid results that j Griffin, were appointed delegates to
^ia.ve been achieved and say that the ■ the North Georgia conference, which
members of the Legislature and the
Hoke Smith clubs and other citizens
who will stand upon hte capltol
grounds in front.
^couragement they have received will
k a eUmulant for even greater work
tn \h* future.
Mi*p Mabel Head, associate secre
tary of the Woman's Home Mission
Boclety, Nashille. Tenn., addressed
convenes at Cartersville in November.
After an able address by President
J. A. Sharp, of Young Harris College,
a preparatory school for ministers,
$350 was contributed to the institu
tion.
The conference closed at noon
Stuck Dirk in Capt. Harrison.
ATLANTA. June 15—Capt. V. B.
Harrison, of fire company No. 10. was
assaulted last night by an unknown
party at the corner of Crumley street
^ ^ and Capltol avenue. The assailant
the South Georgia Conference of thc I Thursday and will go cn record as the a dirk or knife into the back of
Epworth League iaat evening in the | most successful ever held in the Grit- M , s neck ? nd , ran The knife narrowly
Mulberry Street church at 9:30 , flln district, both in favorable reports ™ lsse<1 » „ Laat - Harrison is
o'clock. Miss Heads subject was “A land attendance a Bon of Capt. Tip Harrison of the
Vision of the Home Field." i Dr Joel T ’ r) aV es the presiding Comptroller General's office.
When Miss Head spoke of “The j of the idstrict Is unexcited fo?
Home Field, she did not mean South bis magnetism personally, and for his
Georgia, America is home to Miss jj ne management at the conference.
He«d. every scrap of the great terri- j ftnd for many very telling and lasting
^ . _ I MUU U'l ill** U ? * * I J IV-il llg €4 Lt\A lacUIlt,
V.'v.rlr C6 " : Improvements throughout the Griffin
ioin£ r f IC< K and j 0r o. lnir 10 *■* ' district. There have been more par-
H ‘ h * r<> ' whelher 11 j eonages and churches built this year.
' "The T’rfifefik R.-LP 0 *' , . . and other improvements in a financial
, M M mU .* b - J r ' ade wav than was ever known before.
S? SXi£, e 5rK2" u -‘”
, i sonage? at Senoia and Fayetteville.
eight} two million people .n the coun- ( pj. of j 0 A MiI | er of g unny S jde,
Warm Reception for Burglar.
ATLANTA June 15.—Mrs. Dave
Clack, of 35 Inman avenue, discovered
an unkown negro in her bedrenm about
12:30 o'clock this morning. She seiz
ed a double barreled shot gun and fired
both barrels at him as he leaped
through the window. Mrs. Clack be-
, lleves she hit him. but the negro got
awav in the darkness.
try. but of these only about thirty-one
million belong to churches of any de
nomination whatever. Fifty million
!' don't belong to any religious sect at
j all and out of the thlrty-ons million.
only about twenty million profess the
1, Protestant faith. We call this a Chrls-
" lian country, but there is a lot to
;be done yet before we can really bring
!** before God and tell him It ia one."
"Now in Georgia alone there are
i* the conference secretary.
Though Fayetteville again petition
ed for the conference, an invitation
waa accepted from Thomaston for next
year.
FIVE LIVES LOST BY
FLOODS AND CLOUDBURST
RAPID CITY. S. D., June 15—Five lives
have been reported lost tonight as a
__ . . . - ...... result of disastrous flood* and cloudburst
®Any hundreds of people who hava I at Tilford Wednesday night.
I FRANK COPDRAY STRUCK
TORPEDO AND FELL DEAD
SAVANNAH. Ga.. June 15.—FTanV
Cordrnv. the 9-year-o!fi son of Mr. n">d
M-s. E F. Cordray, wrt? almost instantiv
killed In the yards of the Union Station
this momlnc hv the explosion of a rail-
I rood torpedo. The boy and n comonnion
! hud found the tom“fio. Yi-rg Co-drov
. struck it v ; th a railroad enike. ar.d the
; explosion res-'hed. B :h boys ran. Wh»n
Cordray hid "jt 50 y^rds. he fell fiead. i
I No slen of life remained when yardmen I
1 near by reached him. I
compelling them to obey the laws. Yes
terday Judge McPherson issued an
I order restraining the railroads from
complying with the rate laws, and to-
! day, when the complication of the Cir-
I cuit courts’ action arose, he continued
; his order in effect. This, the court
| said, he did as “Great harm might be
; done, and much confusion arise if the
statue quo should be changed."
i The railways ultimately respected
the order of Judge McPherson and
did not comply with the new laws.
Assistant Attorney General Kensilsh
declared that the railroads asked the j
Federal court to enjoin the roads from - cnitrM Dicuonc iiiii *
putting into effect the new laws. The! OfcVfclN DlbllUrO WILL
State would hold that because of this
fact, the people were not enjoined by
the federal court, and that the State
court had jurisdiction. Speaking of
today's action in the Circuit court,
Judge McPherson said:
"All courts, State and Federal, rec
ognize the delicacy of real or seeming
conflicts between the courts. All
courts recognize that all other courts
act in good faith,
preciate? the situatio
gning situation was disclosed today,
counsel for the railroads moved for a
continuance for a week or ten days tc
the end that the situation might be
looked into. These delays cannot be
allowed. The interests of the public
and the railways alike demand the
speedy determination of al! questions
connected with the validity or invalid
every organization: that he Uifi not mean “Paragraph 8: -that-these rules shall
that all the men were angels with wings i apply a? to staple cotton, except in
sp rw. i oi£.w t Jt +b<* i matters of length of staple grades and
general^said ?h e vetemn ne rn ?o!<lkr : differences consequent thereupon.whi,h | Mr. George Wood,- formerly of Macon,,
called on him after he came to Wash- shall be arbitrated in New Ormans and now at Dr. Aliens private sanitarium
ington to testify . Gen. Burt said to . Vicksburg, under rules of New Or- : for treatment, made an unsuccessful.
Sanders: ’’Sergeant, we are here_ alone. ‘ leans- and Vickburg exchanges at the ; but most desperate attempt at suicide
Now tell me about this affair." He said
that Sergt. Sanders told him that, if he
knew anything about It. ho would tell
but that so fnr as he knew, none of his
men had anything to do with the shoot
ing. and he said he had tried his best to
find out all about the affair, and that
he did not bellex-e any of the negro sol
diers were implicated in the outbreak.
The other witnesses were Lieut. H. G.
Leckie. of the Twenty-sixth Infantry:
John L Klieber. prosecuting attorney of
Cameron County. Texas, and Cap't. John
H. Rice, inspector of Ordinance Depart
ment of thc army.
CONDUCT SERVICE
option of t-ho buyers.”
DETERMINED EFFORT
TO SAVE WIFE MURDERER
ATLANTA. Ga.. June 15.—The Metho
dist Churches of Atlanta will be occupied
tomorrow by seven bishops of that de
nomination from various Southern States,
who will conduct the services and raise
funds for the proposed Wesley Memorial
And this court ap- enterprise. It Is expected that some-
ion When the fore- I thing like a quarter of a million dollars
‘ will h<* rai?*>fi at these services to be
put into hospital and church.
700.000 Saw Logs Broke Loose.
HUNTINGTON. W. V., June 15.—More
than 709.000 saw logs, valued at $209,000,
broke loose two miles up the Guyandote
River todey. and float* of timber and
small craft were carried before ’he gor~e.
A large iron bridge valued at $53,000 was
. , ^ . . i swept away. For two hours the timber
ity of the rate statute recentlx enacted , passed this city so thick that people could
by the State legislature of Missouri.” 1 ha.ro walked from shore to shore.
this morning. Mr. Wood has been in
low spirits for the past four or five
days, but seemed to be feeling better
la.-t night. He ate a hearty breakfast
r-- y, ,- , . ! this morning nnd retired to his room,
mined effon to .4ve the neck of Willie j Immediately afterward two shots rang
Ropers, the yo’incr white m*n sentenced and his attendant rushed to his
to be hanged June 21 fo’r the murd*r of room and found his lying across the
his wife Inst fall, will hr put forth. Clom- bed, badly wounded one shot'shattered
ericy hap been denied by the Prison Com- ; his collar bone and -the Other passed
no *slon. but his attorneys will appeal to ; through his body just aibout a half an
i lnc „ h »*°™ th e% h f parl th He ,o^ e Vh r , ee! S
fendant was insane at tho time the crime i ar!c ^ 1S ,^ er ^ weak from the loss o. blood
wps committed. but still some hopes are entertained
If b=npefi Rogers will he the first white ! for his recovery. The pistol used was
man in the history or Chatham County ; of 38 calibre and was gripped so tight-
to,meet that fate. j ly i n ;-i s right hand that it was almost
impossible to get it out.
CAPT. WILLIAM DORN DIED
SUDDENLY AT AMERICUS
No motive
can be assigned for the act except that
he was brooding over not having re
ceived a certain letter, which he watch
ed for every mail. The deed was de
plored by all as he had mede all friend*,
and no enemies since being here. HI*
many fri°nds here and in Macon will
watch eagerly to learn of his recovery.
AMERICUS, Ga.. June 16.—Cap’ain
William Dorn, a nromineut planter and
representative cieizen, died suddenly
at his hotel here this morning. Prob
ably the result of some heart affec-
tion. Capt. Dorn was a native of j
the war in a Carolina regiment, com- . DISSOLUTION OF DOUMA
ing to Americus thereafter where he
has since resided.
Richard Montfort. twenty years of
age and a member of thc well known
Montfort family of Butler died here
this afternoon after three weeks' ill
ness with fever. The remains ac
companied by relatives were carried
tonight to Butler for interment Sun
day afternoon.
MATTER OF FEW HOURS
ST. PETERSBURG, June 14.—The
dissolution of the lower house of the
Russian parliament appears today to be
a question of only a few hours, or at
most of a day or two.