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ESTABLISHED IN 1826.
MACON, GA.. TUESDAY MORNING, JULY 9, 1907
TWICE-A-WEEK, $1.00 A YEAR.
A. PRATT ADAMS APPLAUDED 1 RECEIVER WILL BE ASKED
AS HE TOOK SEAT IN HOUSE FOR THE TOBACCO TRUST
Standing Committees of the,
House and Senate Were
Announced
® u * rt,rrT1 “ ,t,p G,ner *'- | Department of Justice Con-
ATLAMTA, July 8.—It was learned |
today that Governor Smith tendered j
the appointment of quartermaster Ren- [
Much Business
Was Initiated
! eral of State troops to Judgre George
! HJlIyer, of Atlanta, and that he de
clined It. It is stated H. H. Fitzpat-
' rick. of Madison, will secure the place. ;
It was also stated that Louis Gholsrin.
of Atlanta, a Confederate veteran, had'
; declined an appointment of Governor i
| Smith’s staff.
sidering Vital Move
Against Trusts
COLUMBUS MERCHANTS
HOLD STORMY MEETING
DR. JULIAN P. THOMAS
AND LADIES INJURED
AERONAUT DROVE AUTO INTO
TROLLEY POLE AT SHARP
TURN IN ROAD
MACON TAKES DEFINITE
STEP ON PROHIBITION
New Plan That
Promises Results
' NEW TORK, July 8.—Dr. Julian P.
Thomas, the aeronaut, lies in a serious
condition at Fordham Hospital today,
| suffering from a compound fracture of
j " ' the leg and internal injuries received
I COLUMBUS, Ga, July 8.—At a: in an automobile accident last night
[stormy meeting of the board of trade 'when the machine. carrying the
ATLANTA. July R.—Upon the as
sembling of The House this morning
Representative A. Pratt Adams of
Chatham who has been absent on
account of illness, was sworn in. He
was applauded as he took his seat.
Mr Alexander moved that his bill
, Auditing Accounts.
| ATLANTA, July 8.—C. M. Hitch. |
[ warrant clerk in Governor Smith’s of- j WASHINGTON, July 8.—It is under-
' flee, has been designated also as audi- , st ood that the Department of Justice
tor of the executive department, and h as adopted a new, highly important
tonight resolutions were adopted after j aeronaut and two women companions,
a lengthv debate disapproving of the- crashed into a trolley pole in the
State prohibition bill on the ground [ Bronx. Physicians said today that Dr.
that its enactment would be injurious ! Thomas might have to suffer the am
will have the duty of auditing all ae- [ P lal ? ln connection with its proceedings
counts presented through that office ' against t?e "o-called tobacco trust. Af-
upon the State before they will be paid. ,er asking the court to issue subpoe-
Por instance, it Is stated where a State , nas defendants requiring them
authorizing the Comptroller General ; ofTicial takes a trip on which b e should aypear and answer the allegations cen-
appoint any citizen to arbitrate ; charge the state only 2V, cents a mile. I talned in the bill and asking that the
corporation tax values be read a sec- but cha rges 3 cents’, the account v, 111 | monopoly complained of be declared fl-
arbttratc corporation val- I urer R. E. Park has called on the 420j and administer it in harmony with law.
thru asked as the entire ( State banks in Georgia for the regu- Such a course, it is said, if adopted,
irregular the whole thing J Jar quarterly stAtement of their condi- [would require the receiver taking.
tion. This statement is to be made as charge of a corporation to administer!
shown at the close of business on Juno its 'business with a view to the grad- j
29. and all of them must reach the j ual disintegration of such monopoly: j
State Treasurer by July 15. When that is to say. such receiver In admin- j
Treasurer Park went into office there ! Jstering such business would from time j
were 140 State banks; now there are I to time be expected to sell and dispose |
420. an increase of 200 per cent. j of the different property units compo
ing such monopoly in such a way
>nd tin
Mr. Perry of Hall also wanted to
include his bill making the decisions
' of the Comptroller General in these
tux valuations* final.
Mr. Hall of Bibb also asked to have
included in his bill authorizing the
Comptroller General to appoint three
citizens i
ties .and
motion w
be voted down. His request was
granted and the motion was lost.
Afterwards the House pnssed a reso
lution asking the committee to make
prompt report on Mr. Alexander's bill.
Speaker Slaton announced the
standing committees of the House and
elr.se attention to the reading of the
names by the clerk was given by the
members.
Among the interesting and impor
tant bills introduced were the follow
ing:
By .Mr. Hall of Bibb—To appropri
ate 810,1)00 to the trustees of the State
l niversitv for the purpose of repair
ing "Old College” and converting it
into a dormitory.
By Messrs. Watkins and Rrown of
Carroll—To Increase the fees for the
inspection of cotton seed meal.
IU Mr. Adams of Chatham—To de
fine the limits of the various militia
districts in Chatham county.
By M f. Fullbrlght of Burke—To
make it "unlawful for any, person to
order liquor in the name of a third
person.
By Mr. Sheffield of Decatur—To
amend the constitution so as to -pro
hibit any person having more than
one-eighth negro blood from holding
office In Georgia.
By Mr. Orr of Coweta—To provide
that convicts having sentences of
eight years or less may be turned ovjr
to counties for work on the roads.
By Mr McMahan of Clark—To au
thorize the Mayor and Council of Ath
ens to issue $75,000 of bonds.
By Messrs. Nowell of Walton and
Whitley of Douglas—To establish and
maintain i State asylum for inebri
ates.
By Mr. Whitley of Douglas—To In
crease the compensation of memhers
of the General Assembly to $250 a
•year, and the Speaker of the House
and President of tile Senate to $400 a
be corrected to the former figure. It ^ e 8al and in violation of the Sherman
has also been decided that all warrants I anti-trust act. the department, in its
will be Signed and bills paid at the I Petition, which probably will be filed
noon hour each day. i in Ne "' York within a few days, will
„ (ask the court, if in its judgment the
Quarterly Statement* Called For. [interests and facts as disclosed de-
ATLANTA Julv 8—State Treas- ' mand such action, that receivers be ap-
AILAN1A, July 8. State l reas lpolntei1 to take charge of the busin es
the commercial interests of. Co
lumbus. The body was almost evenly
divided, a motion to adjourn which
was made just before the final sub
mission of the main resolutions, being
defeated by the narrow margin of 21
to 20. Numerous substitutes were of
fered and the debate was at times
acrimonious. Many of the' whisky
people were present and the leading
prohibitionists of the city were also
on hand. When after several test
votes had been taken it was seen that
the resolution opposing State prohibi
tion would be adopted, the prohibition
ist left the hall in a body.
ROCKEFELLER JOINS
GOLF ENTHUSIASTS
CLEVELAND. O., July S—Jno.
Rockefeller, the Standard Oil magnate,
Anti-Prohibition Resolutions Read.
ATLANTA, July 8.—In the House I the
of Representatives today there were I ultimately
read resolutions from the Savannah
Cotton Exchange, the Savannah Clear
ing House Association and the Augusta
Chamber of Commerce, urging the gen
eral assembly to defeat the State pro
hibition bill. Resolutions urging the
passage of the bill, from the Savannah
District Conference and the McRae
District Conference, were also read.
r 1 celebrated his 68th birthday todav by
"stockholders'and^tMh^same‘time ?«£}»***
on r.
By Mr. Flhnders of Johnson—To
amend the divorce laws so as to grant
divorce only on Biblical grounds: also
.1 bill to r.-gtilntn the charges for
freight over connecting lines under
the same ownership or management
on >i continuous in linage basis.
Bv Mr. Slnde of Muscogee—To au
thorize the dosing of certain streets
in the. city of Columbus.
By Mr. Holder of J u-kson—To pro-
\ idr for a ten years' lease of the
State's convicts at a minimum price
lr for each able-bodied
X4S0
in.
Uy Mi
oOjVthli
shing th
C^JcgT' at fR'Iffin
GictStirt-c nv
Royd of Spalding—To np-
yiaii.nnn to the trustees of
University for the purpose
Senate Standing Committees.
ATLANTA, July 8.—President John
W. Akin announced the standing com
mittees of the Senate this morning, and
immediately following the adjournment
of the Senate, the temperance commit
tee was called together by Chairman J.
P. Knight for the preliminary skirmish.
Senator T. S. Felder of the 22nd, ap
peared before the committee and urged
that reasonable time be given for the
hearing of the measure, as he said a
committee of citizens from Macon
would like to be heard, but could not
come on too short notice
The committee peremptorily fixed the
time for hearing on the State prohibi
tion bill at 2:30 o’clock Wednesday af
ternoon, and will meet, at that time, it
was stated, for the purpose of report
ing the bill back to the Senate.
A committee consisting pf Chairman
Knight and Senator Hardman, author
of the bill, was appointed to confer
with the House committee on temper
ance. and see if a joint meeting of the
two committees for a joint hearing and
joint action could not be arranged.
Senators Walden and Deen, both in
troduced bills to prohibit the shipment
of liquors Into dry counties.
Senator Deen introduced a bill to
prohibit the Issuance of free passes
both by steam and electric railroads.
Senator Deen introduced the follow
ing bills: Te require everybody own
ing fireamrs to register with the Ordi
nary give $100 bond: to amend the Code
so that electric railway companies may
furnish gas for lighting, power and
heating: to create a branch State Ex
periment Station in Ware county: to
Increase the fees for the Inspection of
fertilizers from 10 to 25 cents a ton.
Senator Stapleton introduced a bill
~ provide that payment of pensions
on the Euclid Club links. Shedding his
coat, rolling up his trousers and jam
ming his soft straw hat firmly on the
back of his head, the man reputed tl
'be the richest in the, world, trudged
along in a midst cf a crowd of golf
enthusiasts, watching the play of Wal
ter J. Travis and W. C. Fownes. He
applauded their good plays, expressed
peculiar facts in connection with them | w th/poi^T
* eral enjoyed himself to the full in ob-
would Justify such action. j serving the play of these two crack
I amateurs. No secret service men ac-
j companies him. Almost unobserved he
(joined the gallery, following the Travis
[ match at the ninth green and trudged
I along with them over the last nine
holes. He was .particularly interested
give to the general public I
the benefit of the competition between j
separate and independent corporations I
or business. It is understood that the I
plan has never before been adopted in I
the prosecution of trusts, 'but it is more |
than likely that the same plan will be |
followed in dealing with the so-called
powder trust and other trusts if the
ONE NEGRO KILLED
AND OFFICER WOUNDED
in the play of the' veteran Travis,
“Why don’t you play in the tourna
ments?" asked a newspaper man.
DOUGLAS. Ga., July 8— Sheriff
David Rickctton, Deputy Berry Ander
“Oh, I’m gating too old, my boy, get
ting too old,” said Mr. Rockefeller! “It’s
too much of a nervous strain.”
'Well Travis took up the game pretty
son and eight other special deputies. j a t e in life,” commented the newspaper
made a raid on a negro gambling joint mar
State Agricultural shall b£ quarterly instead of yearly.
inflection with
rimont
Stxitinr
Mr, Massengnlf
Warren
Bv M:
on i
at
P;
.'toil
Tift.
judicial circuit
By Mi-. Payton of Worth—To regu-
the practice of the toitsorlal .art
In Georgia.
By Mr. Dunbar of Richmond—To
regulate nubile instruction in Rich-
limnd county.
By Mr. Tracy of Webster—To pen
sion aU' Confederate veterans regard
less of circumstances.
By Mr. Slade of Muscogee—To make
it penal to give short
grits or men)
Bv Mr. Yount? of Troup—To submit
to the voters of Troun the question of
abolishing the dispensary.
Senator Felts introduced a bill mak-
tat'-on. instead [ing one-third of the wages of journey-
" Athens. [men mechanics when equal to 75 cents
,r Warren—To or more a day, subject to garnishment.
‘ oiling liquor in Senator W. B. Stephens of the first
510.900. | district, from Savannah, who has been
if Worth—To ere- |absent on account of Illness in his fam
ily
answered roll-call the first time to
day and was sworn in.
Special Meeting of Council.
ATLANTA. July 8.—A special meet
ing of the city council has been called
for tomorrow to take up the muddy
water situation In Atlanta. Alderman
Key. whose ordinance prohibiting the
making of any contracts under the new
. bond issue until 'it had been authorized
ight-' %f flour, j by the Legislature ; s held responsible
for the present condition, declares that [
the condition of the water is due t-> !
mismanagement and incompetence, and
says he will prove it General Mana
ger Park Woodward of the waterworks
department, says he is ready for the
test. In the meantime there is no re
lief In sight from the muddy water
situation for at least two months, prob
ably longer, and Llthia and spring wa-
thelr entire
at Nichols yesterday afternoon and af
ter a determined resistance succeeded
in pulling and safely lodging in Doug
las jail last night twenty-three negro
men and two negro women. One man
and one woman were pulled from the
chimney. This joint and dive, with
blind tiger accompaniment on the side,
had become positively unbearable to
the good cit'zens of Nichols. The sher
iff distributed his posse around the
house and demanded admittance and
surrender, this was a signal for a
general stampede. The negroes sprang
from doors and windows, opening fire
on the officers as they came out. One,
an unknow negro, with a “Colt’s Spe
cial" 3S-ealibre revolver kept advanc
ing and firing, paying no heed to the
repeated demand to surrender, he was
shot in the shoulder by one of the
posse, turning him completely around.
Yet he kept on firing, wounding Mr.
Archie Weeks, who was standing ‘be
side the sheriff, in the arm. Still refus
ing to throw dcrwn his gon and sur
render, kept firing on the sheriff, who
in the discharge of duty, and for the
preservation of his own life and the
lives of others, shot and killed him in
stantly. He fell with some of the
grabbed-up money tightly clenched in
his left hand. Close questioning of all
the other gamblers failed to reveal his
identity. In the general fufils.de two
of the gamblers, severely wounded, suc
ceeded in escaping to a nearby swamp,
and were not rounded up.
Sheriff Ricketsort is loud in his
praises of the good citizens of Nichols,
who so quicklv came to his aid under a
heavy fire. The spoils of the raid and
battle displayed in the sheriff’s office
show eight fine revolvers, one shotgun,
large quantities fo beer, and a general
assortment of liauors. with about a
peck of knives and $125 in cash, in pen
nies, nickels, dimes, quarters, halves
and dollars.
"Yes, that’s true." said Mr. Rocke
feller. and then added: “That’s an ar
gument in favor of us veterans, but he
is not so old as I am.” He then peeled
off his coat and followed along.
SHE Will IE
PISSED i swim
0101 MOOSE 30.
putatlon of his leg. Miss Florence
Haas, an actress who, with Miss Grace
Rogers, was with Dr. Thomas when
the accident occurred, was so seriously
injured that physicians'amputated her
left leg today at Fordliam Hospital.
Miss Rogers was injured internally,
but probably will recover.
Mr. Thomas and his friends were
traveling at a high rate of speed down
Jerome avenue last night. Near the
entrance of Woodlawn cemetery the
road makes a sharp turn, which the
aeronaut evidently did not see in the
darkness. The machine crashed into
a heavy trolley pole and Dr. Thomas
and his two companions were flung out
of the machine as if from a catapult.
The automobile was reduced to scrap
iron by the impact. Dr. Thomas was
found to have sustained a fracture of
the right leg and to have suffered in
ternal injuries. His body was covered
with bruises. Miss Haas and Miss
Rogers both were unconscious when
found lying in the roadway. The phy
sicians found that Miss Haas would
have to undergo the amputation of her
left leg to save her life. Two women
were killed at the same place last year
in an automobile accident.
those adopted
City’s Leading Business Men! resoIutions t0 y
, i tt • -i Upon motion of Mr. George Duncan
Gather and Unanimously the chair appointed Messrs. Duncan,
Harris and Long as a committee to
get together a committee of twenty-
five to be in Atlanta Wednesday to
do all in their power to oppose the
passage of the prohibition bill.
A list of the men and firms of tha
Disapprove Bill
25 Citizens Will
Co To Capital
the measure is as
SEVEN INDICTMENTS
AGAINST B. G. LEWIS
ST. LOUIS, Mo., July S.—Seven in
dictments have been returned by the
Federal grand jury against Edward G.
Lewis, president of the People’s United
States Bank, charging fraud. The in
dictments were returned Saturday, but
the fact was not made public until to
day. In one indictment Lewis and
Francis V. Putnam, cashier of the
bank, are charged with using the mails
in furtherance of a scheme to defraud
the bank’s stockholders. Another in
dictment is against Lewis, Frank J.
Cabot and Wm. M. Miller, charging
conspiracy to defraud the Government
on postage receipts on mailing of the
publication issued by Lewis.
The other indictments stand against
Lewis alone, charging him with a
scheme to defraud through the Peo
ple’s United States Bank. All the de
fendants gave bond today.
Business men representing most of
the leading interests of Macon met in
the county court house last night to
take steps toward the frustration of
the prohibition bill which has been
introduced in the State legislature
during the present session.
Mr. B. L. Jones was elected chair
man of the meeting and upon taking
the chair outlined the purpose of the
meeting.
“Our object is." said Mr. Jones, "to
do all in our power to frustrate the
passing of the prohibition bill ln the
legislature.”
Mr. Henry Horne, who got up the
resolutions, made a brief talk before
reading them. He said:
“We wapt to get the views of the
men who are financially interested in
this menace to the prosperity of ti:e
State, such as the property holders
and men doing a business recognized
hy the laws of the State, and who pay
taxes on their business, that help to
support the local communities and the j Stubbs. D
State. Macon is in no position now ' “
to be handicapped by a movement like
city who approve
follows:
Business Men Present.
We. the undersigned, business men
of the city of Macon, hereby agree to
meet at the City Court room Monday.
July, 8, at 8 o’clock p. m. for the pur
pose of protesting against the proposed
prohibition measures now before the
Legislature:
Ben L. Jones. J. S. Schofield's Sons
Co., The Waxelbaum Co.. E. S. Waxel-
bauin & Bro.. W. E. McCaw, Jas. N.
McCaw, McCaw Manufacturing Co
per W. E. McCaw. president. The
Brunner Drug Co., by N. J, l’.runner.
Brown House, C. C. Foor. mgr.. Steve
Wright, druggist. Max Morris. Jesse
B. Hart, J. A. Newcomb, A. E. Harris.
Haber-Bloch Hat Co., G. Bernd Com
pany, Morris Harris, the Dannenberg
Co.. I. Blocke, Walter Dannenberg.
Dunlap Hardware Co., S. S. Dunlap,
Mrs. Hah D. Little. H. M. Wortham.
A. ,T. Long Cigar and Tobacco Co..
James J. Daly, secretary. James J.
Daly, Jacob Htrseh. H. Waterman, Jr.
J. F. Heard. K. F. Dunlap, t>. B. Fried,
Lazarlis jewelry store, Monroe Harris,
J. Maas, Chas. „Wachtel, L. P. Lester.
T. A. Jacobs. M. H. Taylor, Geo. A.
C. Hargood, for Idle Hour
Nurseries, H. J. Lamar, Jr., Lamar &
Lamar, Auto, and Mtlch. Co.. Macon
prohibition. The city has just sus-|Dalry Co., H. Huhn, A. C. Blinn.
talned a great lous* We must stand j -Empire Electric C7o, J. IT. Jlei tz, Afoi
together to see that people who have j ris Happ, the Empire C onl Co.. Geo.
little or nothing to lose do not do the B. Turpin Sons. T. C. Burke. E. A\ .
town and interests, which are a com- : Burke, Macon Buggy Co.. birch <fe
monweaith for all, an injury. : Cubbedge, ,T. A. Dunwody. G. F. Ellis.
“Prohibition lias been Med in the j J. T. Moore. the Redmond-Massee
States of South Carolina. Maine and Fuel Co., per A. J. Mack, cashier, the
Kansas: in each it has been a flat i A. R. Small Co.. W. E. Small, mgr
ADVANCf GUARD OF ELKS
ARRIVE IN PHILADELPHIA.
State Treasury Empty.
ATLANTA, Julv S —On account of
the low <'bb of funds in the St"*te
treasury It is apparent that some ex
pedient must he resorted to in order
to ride the State over until the taxes i ter companies have sold
to come in next fall. At least output far in advance.
$100.000 will be needed for this pur- |
pore. I Prohibition Meetings.
Thinking the problem might be solv- j ATLANTA. .Toly 8.—There were all
ed by a t®tnporarv use of the sinking [sorts of prohibition meetings in Atlan-
ftin.-l which is jrst that sum. Governor | ta today, following up the big gather-
Smlth wrote to Attorney General Hart, t ing in the Broughton Tabernacle last
asking if the sinking fund might het n i g ht. State prohibition was the topic
used to supply the usual deficiencies nf discission at three separate meet-
nntil It could bo replaced later on in rings of ministers this morning. the
lhe fall. ; Evangelical ministers, the Baptist min-
Judge Hart replied today that lhc:i a ters and the Methodist ministers. At
sinking fund could not under the Sratejthe Methodist ministers’ meeting, after
Constitution, be use.] even temporari- | indorsing prohibition, a permanent or-
for any other purpose than tha: for
which it was raised. The indications
are therefore that the Governor will
have to borrow the money under the
authority given in the Constitution to
mske temporary loan to the extent of
$200,000. or as much as may be needed
to supply casual deficiencies.
H. H. Dean Named Arbitrator.
ATLANTA. July 8. —Comptroller
General W. A. Wright was today noti
fied that H. H. Dean, of Savannah,
has heen selected to act as arbitrator
of the tax returns of the Macon Rail
way and Light Company, the Savan
nah Elertrlc Company and the Colum
bus Railroad Company. Railroad Com
missioner O. B. Stevens will represent
the State.
The Comptroller General today as
sessed the Atlanta and West Point
Railroad Company at a total of $4,-
279,100, which Is an Increase of $1,-
476.477 ever the company’s returns.
Two Banks Chartered.
ATLANTA. July 8.—Two new banka
were granted charters today by the
Secretary of State. They are the
Bank of Bluffton. in Clay County, J.
J Hayes ?nd other incorporators, and
«-<• J a;. k of Colbert an Five Forks. In
V*-:- . -'-oms w. w
•P.ti ' '-PO ...iliJV OM
block of
gsnisation was urged for the trurpdse
of enforcing the law. The Baptist n^m-
isters urged the passage of th%*Hartl-
man-Covington bill, and declared that
there was ik> foundation for the reports
that prohibition hurt Atlar-'a when if
was in force here. At the Evangelical
ministers’ meeting bes r , a^q».n indorse
ment of State prohibltioV-' r he loca'
newspapers which have taken a stand
against the enactment of State prohi
bition were condemned, and those
which have come out for it, were
heartily indorsed.
SHORT WORK OF RIVAL
CHICAGO, July 8.—The attorneys
for the Standard Oil Company today
declined to submit any further evi
dence in the investigation held on Sat
urday by Judge Landis in the United
States District Court. Judge l^andis
then announced that sentence will be
passed on the Standard Oil Company
of Indiana, which was convicted. Of
using illegal railroad rates on August
3. Judge Landis at the opening of
court today said to the attorneys of
the company:
"Have you anything to offer in .this
case, prior to the entering of a final
order?”
"We have a formal statement to
make,” said Attorney Rosehthal.
Mr. Rosenthal read it substantially
as follows:
“In answer to the court as to wheth
er the defendant desires to offer any
evidence tending to show that the de
fendant or the Standard Oil Company
of New Jersey violated the interstate
commerce law, and appearing now for
the purpose of answering this inquiry
and denying the jurisdiction of the
court in the premises and contending
that this entire inquiry is beyond the
legal power of the court, the defen
dant, still insisting, that the record in
this case shows that it is innocent of
the offenses charged in the indictment,
desires to say:
“There are in the record no sugges
tions that this defendant ever before
was charged with violation of the in-
PHILADELPHJA. July 8.—The first
of the host of Elks, who will be here
for the annual convention and reunion
which begins in this city next week,
arrived today. Col. • .J'bhTT P. Sullivan,
of New Orleans, Grand Esquirei, who
will be grand marshal of the great
parade to be held July 18, was the
first of the officers ..to reach the city.
His headquarters are at the Bellevue
Stratford Hotel, and he" will be busy
all week mapping out the details of
the parade. He will assign the par
ticipating lodges to their position in
line and will also appoint two score
of aides.
FARMERS MOVEMENT TO
BUILD COTTON WAREHOUSES
NEW ORLEANS. La., July 8—The
movement of the National Farmers’
Union to build this year between 250
and 300 cotton warehouses in Texas,
Louisiana, Arkansas 'and Indian Terri
tory was brought unofficially to the
attention of the New Orleans Cotton
Exchange today by E. S. Peters, of
Calvert, Tex. Representing this
scheme of the union for storing the
cotton crop, Mr. Peters is en route to
New York to raise funds.
failure. China tried prohibition thou
sands of years before the Christian
era. and today China, with* its multi ■
tudinous natural resources is a land
of mental inaptness, ignorance, opium
eaters, demoralization and dwarfs.
That is one result ‘ of prohibition."
Mr. Horne then read the following
resolutions, which were unanimously
adopted. _ _
RESOLUTIONS ADOPTED.
Whereas, there are now pending be
fore the General Assembly of Georgia
several measures looking to the en
actment of a general State prohibition
law, either of which- measures, is en
acted. will undertake to forbid the man
ufacture. sale and importation of all
forms of alcoholic liquors in tile State
of Georgia: and
Whereas, this convention of citizens
of Macon, made up of every class
Leon S. Dure, S. A. Thomas Drug Co.
H. Horne. John R. Anderson, Macon
Cooperage Co.. Geo. W. Hubbel, sec. &
treas., Ries & Armstrong, jewelers,-
Ta.vlor Shoe Co., by I. Blun, L. New
man, McVoy Book & Stat. Co.
BANK’S STOCKHOLDERS
WILL MEET JULY 18
business and from every avocation ex
cept the liquor traffic, representing in
the aggregate a very large proportion
of the material wealth and property
holding interest? of Macon, is con
vinced beyond all questions,that such
sumptuary legislation as is proP |,a<> d
‘cannot and will not accomplish tie pur
pose of its enactment, but on the con
trary will be productive of great moral
Tile receivers appointed by the
court actively began an investigation
into the conditions of the Exchange
— j bank yesterday morning. There Is
I so much to bo done and so much of
the assets still outstanding that it will
be some time before the receivers can
get anywhere near the true state of
affairs. Twenty-five thousands dol
lars was recorded yestetrday . in
amounts taken from the vaults and
received through tho mail.
It Is believed that the depositor*
and creditors of the Institution will
be paid in full, but the question of the
wrong, as well as useless destruction of I stockholders realizing, the full amount
property valifes. depriving the Slnte T of their .investments seems to be in
» 3 doubt
and the cities of large revenues and
crippling tho educational as well as
other-public, enterprises maintained
and carried on by the Government: and
Whereas. State prohibition laws ex
1st In only two .of the forty-five United
States, thus leaving tho remaining
forty-three at liberty to. sell alcoholic
liquors to the citizens of the State of
Georgia; and
Whereas it has been demonstrated in
the States having State prohibition
that it does not accomplish the purpose
intended, but simply permits the sale
of all alcoholic liquors from other
States, without that traffic being con-
The directors held a meeting and
issued a call for a stockholders', meet
ing July 18 to ratify the action of the
directors in asking for a receiver.
The call is as follows:
“To .the Stockholders of the Exchange
Bank of Macon:
“You will please take notice that a
special meeting of the stockholders of
this bank will be held in the city of
Macon at the banking house at 10
o’clock a. m.. on the 18th day of .July.
1907, the object of the meeting is to
consider and pass upon the action of
the board of directors of this bank
ducted under police regulation?, and j authorizing the appointment
of re-
ST. CHARLES COLLEGE AT
GRAND COTEAU BURNED
without the State being permitted
derive the slightest revenue from the
traffic: and
Whereas, the absence of revenues
from the liquor traffic will necessarily
take away from the common school
fund, used exclusively for the educa
tion of the children of Georgia, hun
dreds of thousands of dollars, which
J amount would hs.ve to be made up by
I direct taxation, or the children of this
State be deprived of that amount to-
i ward their education:
Therefore, be ft Resolved, That as.
NEW ORLEANS, La., July 8.—The j pjtizens of Macon, having no Interest
St. Charles College, at Grand Coteau, | directly or indirectly in the liquor bus-
La., was destroyed bv fire today, de-lmess, and representing the substantial
spite the efforts of 'the able-bodied ] commercial interests of the city, we
men in town who for hours fought thej” rBe up°n the Ge c- • •
flames with buckets. When telegraph Georgia, with all the earnestness of our
communication with Grand Coteau i de ? p . aad abiding co . .
closed for the night the populace was I Pnrtetple of home rule, involving our
still fighting fire, hoping to save at
least the church.
AUGUST FLESH FELL OFF
THE GRANT BUILDING
KNOXVILLE. Tenn., July 8.—Ed. terstate commerce law.
Macklin, aged 25, was shot and almost r rir the defendant now to assert its
instantly, killed this afternoon by Ed- inn^^e of matters that it is Aot
* r__ ... .. _ _ . charged with, of attempt to show t
ward McNew, while the rormer was in | tb at it has been innocent of wrong' ATL4NTA. Ga Julv
the company of the latter s wife. The -I..:-,, irl ma .t are ? r.. jui.
tragedy occurred on what is known as (arde^f the re^rd of this case would ‘ Fl6Sh ' 50 years oid ' supp03eci t0 have
Luttrell’s Bluff south of the Tennes- ; presen t a situation unheard of in! been linking, fell off the top of the
see river. McNew had for some time ( Anslo-Srxon jur^p^udence ” 'Grant building: onto Folsom’s restau-
suspected that.his wife was on too in-j when ‘the statement was concluded j rant this afternoon. His skull was
timate terms with Macklin. This af- | t b e court said abruptly fractured at the base of his brain and
ternoon he was informed by a friend j .. The fi ’ na! order jn tbis cage w(n be lit is said he will die.
! entered Saturday. August 3. Call the
right to regulate our own domestic af
fairs in the wav that will best conserve
the morals and business interests of
this city, be not disregarded by the en
forcement upon us. against our wishes,
of a State prohibition law. Let other
counties adopt prohibition if they de
street with Macklin. and that the pair| next casa -
had crossed the river 'bridge together j j D Arch b„i d , vice president of the
Mc-New informed his wife s brother and S[andar d oil Company of New Jersev.
another friend and the three proceeded g. \ FeUon> pre sidnnt of the Union
to where the couple had gone. Macklin I Tank Line , c . E . Pra;t . c e cretar v of
and Mrs. McNew were seated on the th( . standard Oil Company, and F. D.
ground enjoying a lunch, when the irate Barstow, the assistant treasurer, were
husband and ms friends appeared, j jn cou
and his friends
Macklin and McNew saw each other
the same time and .each pulled his pis
tol at about the. same instant. McNew
fired first, however, and the bullet
struck Maeklin’s right forearm and en
tered his body below the right nipple.
Two more ?hots fired by McNew took
effect and death ensued almost in
stantly.
McNew, following the tragedy, re-
crossed the bridge and went at once to
— I the court house, where he surrendered
BISHOP CAPFRS CONDITION (to the sheriff.
CONTINUES THE SAME.! Deputies were sent to the scene and
the body of the dead man removed.
COLUMBIA. S. C.. July 9.—The | Macklin was a barber by trade, while
State received the following telegram j McNew is a saloonist. Mr3. McNew i
during tho proceedings.
BASS AND HEARD WANT
RATES ON SHOES REDUCED. 1
WASHINGTON, July S.—Bass &
Heard, of Rome. Ga.. today complain
ed to the Interstate commerce com
mission that the rates charged by the
Southern Railway and other lines of
railway doing, business with the South
were toe high _cn boots and shoes.
They nsk that the commission reduce
the rates at leist 23 per cent.
FIRE WfPEO OUT SMALL SOUTH
CAROLINA TOWN.
COLUMBIA, S. C„ July g.—Fire, be
lieved to ..ave been of incendiary ori
gin. wiped out the business portion of
Holly H II, a small town in Berkely
»his ntfernoon regarding the condition !a voung woman, 25 year? of age. She
of Bishop Capers: |states that she and Macklin had 'been
"Bishon Capers’ condition continues Ion the bluff about one hour when the
the same. Some symptoms show im- [tragedy occurred. They had just open-
provement. while others the reverse, led a lunch which Macklin brought with (county, about 1 o'clock this morning,
Some davs must elanse before any j him. when the husband appeared and [causing a lots of about $40,000 with in-
marked change takes place.” I the tragedy followed. ! surance of about $20,000. The principal
= : [losers are: H. Horres. A. E. Bennett,
BATTLESHIP GEORGIA Mother and Son Killed. E. Levin. H. Price. Rhame & Son, W.
WAS FINALLY ACCEPTED' GALVESTON. Tex.. July 8.—Mrs.. B. Gross. R. B. Gross, Ellis it Lea, E.
: Louis ‘Hebert and little son, of Beau- [ Edwards. ET. F. Ayres' Hotel. Telephone
WASHINGTON. July 8.—The Nan’ rront. were killed by a traiii here late [ Exchange. A. F. Carter, Bank of Holly
Department todav finally accepted the i today. They jumped from an auto- j Hill and the county dispensary. Bfood-
Toote ,wntl j battleship Georgia j nd authorized the»mobile trying to escape the cars, but' hounds have been sent to tbe scene
^diptwi-ydonym.mt n. cou factor* of the re-' were caught beneath the wheels. The i with the hope of capturing the guilty
•gerve fund required by «he contract, (automobile was not injured. party.
Death of Miss Ella Russell.
COLUMBUS. Ga., July S.—Miss Ella
Russell, one of the most prominent
and highly beloved young women of
Columbus, who was well known over
the State, is dead after a protracted j
illness. A few months ago she be- |
came ill in Southern France while |
touring Europe and was brought home
as soon as she was a Die to travel by
Hon. and Mrs. Henry R Goetchius. |
She is survived by one sister. Mr3. i
Goetchius. The funeral will take place I
tomorrow morning.
Len Reynold* Died of Wounds.
CHATTANOOGA. Tenn., July 8.—
Len Reynolds, president of the coal
miners’ union at Montlake Tenn., who
was yesterday shot by W. II. Bellow
a labor agent at the Montlake Coal
Company, died this morning of his
wounds. Montlake is operated upon
the open shop principle.
Unknown Man Dead.
ATLANTA. July 8.—An unknown
man who had just come in on a train
was picked up at Howell’s station in a
comatose condition this afternoon. He
was taken to the Grady Hospital,
where he died in a short time. There
was an empty four ounce laudanum
bottle in his pocket.
g August : sire to do so. Let every county in the
: State have the privilege of adopting it,
but accord to Bibb county and other
populous counties the same right to
regulate their affairs that we ask for
others.
Be it further resolved.’ that a coay
of these resolutions be sent to the rep
resentatives from this county in the
General Assembly, to the Senator from
the 22nd Senatorial District, to the
President of the Senate, to the Speaker
of the House of Representatives, and to
the Governor of the State.
Mr. Winter Wimberlev said:
“Prohibition in the States that have
adopted it has simply amounted to
free license and the formation of drug
stores and barrooms and ambulating
boozaries. The State is just recover
ing from the railroad failures of 1891,
and the general depression that fol
lowed. Macon is contemplating ex
pansion, and if the city deprived of
the revenue from the licensed sale of
alcoholic drinks, anything like the
contemplated improvements will be
impossible.
“If Georgia goes dry Bibb county
will. too. of course, but if it is a ques
tion of local option, then In all prob
ability the next mayoralty race will
have as its main issue the liquor ques
tion. and the community can settle it
by vote.”
Mr. George Jones said:
"The city receives $48,000 income
from the liquor tax. I fthis Is taken
away taxes will have to be raised to
make up the lost revenue and it will
take an Increase of one-fourth of tha
present taxes to make up for the loss,
and this, coupled with the many
houses that will be left vacant, will
run the rent rates down almost one-
half. not only in store buildings, but
in residences.
Mr. W. Smith moved, and the mo
tion was carried, that the and
ceivers for the assets of the bank and
their administration by the court, and
declaring that it is impossible to con
tinue the bank as a going concern,
and to consider and pass upon tin-
transfer of the hank’s properties and
assets to a new bank for th? purpose
of paying depositors and creditors of
this bank, and protecting the inter
ests of its stockholders also. Such
transfer is to be 'ir|tdo under proper
orders of the ‘court: and to consider
and pas* upon all other matters aris
ing out of or in connection with such
recent action of the directors.
“Macon, Ga., July 8. 1907.”
Yesterday afternoon a deed of sale
executed by tbe Exchange Bank July
3. 1907. was recorded in the office of
Superior Court clerk for Bibb county,
transferring to, the American Na
tional Bank, the Fourth National
Bank, the Commercial Savings Bank
and the Macon Savings Bank the
building and bank fixtures of the Ex
change Bank to secure the loan of
$90,003 made to 'be Exchange Bank to
assist it in tiding over the recent run.
Judge Felton has declined to act in
the cas» because he ho'ds himself
disqualified by having an interest ln
the Union Savings Bank and Trust
Company and because of his rela
tionship with A. T. Small, one of the
petitioners.
The receivers have.-given their bona
and Judge Whipple wfil continue t<r
act in the matter. ,
NEIL ACCIDENTALLY '
SHOT AND KILLED
J. K. Donnelly Overcome by Heat.
ATLANTA, July 8.—J. K. Donnelly,
SO years old, was overcome by heat to
day and fell unconscious ln the street.
He is still unconscious at the jGrady
Hospital, but it 1b said be will reqaqer- ^Council of Atlanta be asked ^4®~d»«8 were hauled out oi
Chief of Police Conner received a
telegram yesaeedaf flrojn Warm
Springs saying that Matt Nell had
been accidentally shot and killed at
that place, and wanted tha Informa
tion to reach his mother, Martha NeU»
living on Fourth street, so that aha
could direct the disposition of tha
body.
The police mado diligent eearch on
Fourth street, but could not locate tha
mother.
SOUTHERN PACIFIC PURPOSELY
DERAILED SEVERAL CARS.
NEW ORLEANS. La.. July Mu
nicipal railroad building on the water
front was temporarily interfarad with
by the Southern Pacific railroad,
which today purposely derailed sev
eral freight oars where tha city was
about to cross the company's tracks.
Supt. Cushing of tbe Southern Fa-
oifle said that they had dona what
appeared to them right, their pur
pose being to prevent city employe*
from using a frog crossing alleged to
be below standard. The Mayor agreed
to use proper croqphgg* aQd the,
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