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LIQUOR
IN
LICENSES
GENERAL
NAMED
TAX ACT
State Will Go
Electric Theaters for
Revenue
Senate Will Go
Slow on Auto Bill
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ATLANTA. July 15.—The general
1»x act for 1308 and 1909 was Intro
duced in the House this morning by
Mr. Wise, of Fayette, chairman of the
committee on ways and means.
An interesting feature of the bill Is
that despite the fact the State prohi
bition bill has passed the Senate and
Is almost sure to go through the
Houfte, this measure us Introduced
provide.* for a tax of 1500 on retail
an«J $300 on wholesale liquor dealers.
The prohjbltlonlsts. began to sit up
add take notice when this section was
read, for they thought, in view of the
practical certainty of State prohibition,
this feature would bo eliminated.
Rome seemed to look upon this ns a
•Straw on which to build hope that the
-State prohibition bllf would not pass
the House. As a matter of fact, how
ever. the bill as Introduced, is practic
ally the same as that passed two years
ago,- and until any business which if
subject to taxation has been Anally
eliminated by law, It cannot be Ignored
in this bill.
i l Another Interesting section of the
* new general tax act 13 that in which
1 it la proposed to‘go after the electric
theaters which havo recently sprung
up in the cities of the State, and many
of which aro doing a good business at
5 cents a throw. It is proposed to put
upon them a Statb tax of $10 a month
■* or $120 a year. If is estimated, that
there are 1.000 of them in 6peratIon in
Georgia, and an income of $100,000 a
year Is looked for from this source.
The Senate State prohibition bill,
passed on Saturday, was read for the
first time In the House and referred
to the committee on temperance, which
met at 2:30 this afternoon for the pur-
Vone of completing its hearing on this
subject. Jt Is expected tho bill will
be favorably reported at tomorrow’s
session of tho House.
On Thuradny evening at 8:80 o’clock
tho House and Senate will meet in
Joint session in the 1 hall of the House
for tho purpose of hearing the address
of Dr. A. M. Soule, dean of the State
agricultural college at .Athens. His
subject will be "Agricultural Educa
tion."
Of most Interest among tho new bills
introduced today, outside of the gen-
craLJax act. was a bill bv Mr. Payton
of Worth providing for biennial ses-
blpps of the General Assembly. This
subject has been agitated for some
years, and there Is a general belief
that biennial sessions would prove
wholly sufficient for tho transaction
^*nf the State's business.
M The House passed a number of local
• bills, including several resolutions pro-
Wvtdtng for the payment of private pen-
f slons. This brought out tho usual
protest from Mr. Hall of Bibb against
these private pension resolutions, on
the ground that they were unconsti
tutional. After hearing Mr. Hull’s
remarks regarding them soveral mem
bers voted for them, reserving the
right to change their votes If they
found the constitutional contention of
Mr. Hall to be In accordance with their
views.
Mr. Dykes of Sumter Introduced a
hill to create a State board of veteri
nary examiners. In accordance with
the’recent recommendation of the vet-
crlnafy surgeons of Georgia at their
convention held In Atlanta.
Mr Geer of Miller Introduced a hill
to amend tho act creating tho Cuthbcrt
dispensary. _ , --, .
Mr. McWilliams of Henry Introduced
a hill to require yearly Itemized state
ments to he made by all county school
commissioners.
Messrs. Holder ^ and Flanigan of
Jackson introduced'a bill to amend the
charter of Winder so that the Mayor
nnd Council may be empowered to.en
act legislation that will prohibit the
shipment of liquor to that place
Messrs. Walker of Milton and Perry
pf Hall introduced a bill to amend the
constitution so that nil Confederate
veterwjs and their widows shall be
entitled to pensions. '
Mr. Wise, of Fayette, introduced the
customary bill to provide *
levy to raise a sinking fund of $100,000
to pay ofT State bonds as erquired un
der the constitution.
Mr. Hardeman, of Jefferson, Intro
duced a hill to require all railroads
operating In Georgia to -become char
tered under the laws of this State and
to provide for forfeiture of charter in
tie event they attempt to remove
from the State to the Federal courts
After tile I sn - ,d senator Felder, "and I am glad
I to note that the Senate has come to
its right mind regarding too hasty leg
islation. Of course.this bill is not so
Important as the State prohibition
measure, but I waive that point.”
Senator Felder's disfranchisement
bill was read for the second time and
-.vi.'I come up for passage during the
week. .-■•••>•
The invitation to attend the corner
stone exercises of the ninth district
agricultural '**' school at Clarksville
Thursday, was amended so as to,
grant leaves of absence for the occa
sion to any who might desire to at
tend.
Senator Sikes introduced a bill pro
viding that as an additional punish
ment for larceny, the value of the
property stolen be added to the pun
ishment imposed under the misdemea-
no'r section of the code.
Senator Camp Introduced a bill to
abolish the present board of county
commissioners of Franklin County, and
to create a new board of commission
ers of „ roads and revenues for that
county.
The Senate adiaumed until 11 o’clock
tomorrow morning. ^
ment for the purnoso alone of delaying :
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Sunday issue, or if they prefer we will return the money. . The Sunday
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Water Reached 23 Feet.
ALANTA, July 15.—At 11.45 o’clock
this morning the water in the Atlanta
waterworks reservoir reached a height
above 23 Jeet and was promptly turn
ed into ’ the filters' This increased
height was due to fhe extra pressure
put in the pump at the river station.
The water, it is ?CTe<f will begin to
get clearer within a very few hours,'
and by tomorrow afternoon or Wednes
day morning at latest, it Is expected to
have it fully cleared up. With the
elimination of the waste that has been
going on for months tt is stated that
when clear water is once secured there
will be no trouble In keeping it so until
all necessary improvements have been
made.
Her>r,*n Shuptrine Appointed.
ATLANTA. July 15.—Herman Shnp- . -i-
trine, or Savannah, vvns today appoint- j
ed by Governor Smith as a member of i 2
the-State Board of Pharmacy for a 1 .j.
term of five years from November 1. a-
next, to succeed J. G. Dodson, of{ -J-
Americus, whose term expires at. that
time. - • " • •
150 GREEKS AT ROANOKE
Invoke u. $. protection
Reuben Arnold Honored.
ATLANTA, July 15.—Governor
Smith today appointed Reuben R. Arn
old, of Atlanta, as a member of the
national commission on the uniformity
of State laws. Mr. Arnold was ap
pointed to represent the State of Geor
gia on this commission whose mem
bers are appointed by the Governors
of the various States to discuss and
recommend changes, in the laws which
will bring about a nearer state of uni
formity.
Governor Swanson, Assured
Government Tliey Would
Be Protected
Governor Will Not Speak on Immi
gration. *
ATLANTA, July 15.—Representative
Tift, of Dougherty, did not today
withdraw his resolution offered in the
House last Thursday, inviting Govern
or Hoke Smith to address the General
Assembly on the subject of immigra
tion. but the matter was not pressed
and Representative Martin, of Elbert,
stated that it would be withdrawn. ..It
is definitely assured, however, that
Governor Smith will not address the
Legislature on the subject of immigra
tion at this time.
Ducktown Fumes.
ATLANTA, July 15.—W. H. Shippen,
and a large delegation of business men
from Fannin and Gilmer counties are
in Atlanta with a view to urging tha.
Legislature not to pass any resolution
which will give the big copper confpa*
nies at Ducktown and Isabella, Tenn.,
further time than that allowed under
the decision of the United States Su
preme Court for making the necessary
changes to prevent any further de
struction to forests and vegetation in
that section as the result of the dis
semination of sulphur fumes from
their copper smelting plants. It is
said the copper companies have secur
ed the signatures of 6,000 persons liv
ing In North Georgia to a petition
urging the General Assembly to grant
an extension of time. Mr. Shippen
charges that manyof these signatures
were secured through misrepresenta
tion as many of the people who signed
could not read or write. If the exten
sion of time is granted indefinitely as
has been asked by the copper compa
nies. it is stated it will result in ex
tensive damage to that section of tho
State.
BATTLESHIP GEORGIA WAS
CHRISTENED WITH BLOOD
Six Men Killed and 15 In
jured by Explosion at
Practice .
Terrible Suffering
of Some of Victims
Railroad Chartered.
ATLANTA, July 15.—The OciHa
Finebloom and Valdosta Railroad Com
pany, with a capital stock of $200,000
was granted a charter today by Secre
tary of State Philip Cook. The princi
pal office of the new railroad com
pany will be at Pinebloom. Beginning
at OciHa it will run through Trwin.
Coifed. Clinch, Berrien and Lowndes
counties to Valdosta. B. B. Gray. J
L. Cochran, J. B. O’Berry and others
all of .Coffee. County, are the incorpor
ators-of the-new road.
Secretary Cook today also granted
an amendment to the charter of the
•Batik of Waycross Under which It is
T-orroif‘e.1 to iqcri*s capital stock
from $50,000 to $150,000.
Ministers Discuss Prohibition.
ATLANTA, July 15.—At tho moet-
ing of the Baptist ministers this
morning the principal subject of dis
cussion was the matter of ' encourag
ing those now engaged in the liquor
business to enter Into some construc
tive business after the passage of the
State prohibition bill. The question
of the enforcement of the law in At
lanta and other cities of the State was
also discussed. It was unanimously
decided that there ought to be ward
organizations in Atlanta charged with
the duty of seeing to it that State pro
hibition Is emphatically enforced.
Steps- In this direction have . already
been taken.
Want Joe Hall to Lead.
ATLANTA. July 15.—In spite of the
general belief that the House stands'
ready to pass the State prohibition
bil by an overwhelming majority, there
are still those, among them some mem
bers of the House, who believe in tho
possibility- of a compromise. Two
propositions along this line will be
urged when the measure comes to an
issue in the House. One of these will
propose to postpone the enforcement
of the law until January 1, 1909, and
the other to permit the sale of liquor
in sealed packages in the cities, but
with .strict prohibition against its be
ing shipped Into any of the dry coun
ties of the State. Whether there is
any hope from the local optionfs!
standpoint along either of these lines
remains to be seen.
"What is most needed now," said a
member of the House this morning. I
“Is a leader There arc one or two I
men In the House who could well tak<
BOSTON, July 15.—By the explosion
of a case of powder in the hands of a
gunner in the after superimposed tur
ret of the battleship Georgia in Massa
chusetts Bay today! six men were kill
ed.and 15 Injured. No one of the per
sons in the turrent escaped injury. The
dead:
William J. Thatcher, chief turret
captain, Wilmington, Del.
Faulkner Goldthwaite. midshipman,
Kentucky. „ •
W. J. Burke, ordinary seaman,
Quincy, Mass.
■ G. G. Hamilton, ordinary seaman,
Newport, R. I.
Geo. E. Miller, ordinary seam
Brooklyn, N.-Y.
Injured: ‘ — ’. .
Lieut. Caspar. Goodrich, New York.
Midshipman J. T. Cruse, Nebraska.
Frank Schlapp. North Adams, Mass.,
boatswain’s mate, second class.
Charles Hassell, New York, gunner’s
mate, first class. •
Or.ley Taglan'd, Richford, Minn., chief
yoeman.
' William S. Pair, ordinary seaman,
Brooklyn, N. Y. . .
• S. L. Rosenberger, ordinary seaman,
Philadelphia. . > ■
Edward J. Walsh, ordinary seaman,
Lynn, Mass.
CORDELE. Ga., July 15.—One of the Jo;in °- Mallick, ordinary seaman,
most unusual sensations occurred in Cleveland, _Ohio.-
Crisp Superior Court room this morn-4 n “T “Ush, ordinary seaman, New
NEGRO INDICTED FOR
MURDER I
HE CURSED SHERIFF AND JUDGE
AND ACTED LIKE A CRAZY
MAN.
ing at 11 o’clock, when Charlie Brown,
alias Tukes, was arraigned for the
murder of Frank Kelly. The" Brown
negro murdered- the Kelly negro last
May a few miles from Cordele and
escaped; but was captured a few days
ago by Deputy Sheriff John Dorman
and placed in jail . The grand-jury re
turned Indictment within a few min
utes after its organization. Defen
dant’s kins peoplo had retained Attor
neys Joe Geiter and W. H, Dorris, of
the local bar, -for the defense. For
the past few days the negro has been
apparently crazy, tearing his clothing
from him and mutilating all property
in reach of him. He has fought the
officers and cursed them bitterly for
the past three days. When brought,
into the court room this morning three
deputies were required to handle the
negro. He cursed Sheriff Sheppard
boisterously and applied the vilest of
epithets to those within the sound of
his voice. Hon. U. V. Whipple, pre
siding judge, called upon the prisoner
to keep quief. calling him- by name,
but the negro cursed the judge loudly,
using the bitterest of oaths. Tljc
prisoner stated that he knew he. was
going to *be killed and he wanted the
officers to;’kill him outright and • at
once. Cursing the judge he
claimed:
Kill me, kill me now, why do you
put It off any longer. I have killed ten
already, and don’t care who knows it.”
The negro by tills time had worked
himself into such a frenzy that it be
came necessary to have him bound.
The presiding judge ordered the Sher
iff to see that no harm came to the
prisoneri but that he be . bound and
carried back to jail.
Court adjourned until 2. o'clock.
Another remarkable feature in the
case, is the fact that Col. W. H. Dorris
asked the court to strike his name
from the docket Attorney Geiter also
had his name stricken off.
It is generally believed that the
negro is sane and is only working this
ruse to Interpose the plea of insanity.
York.
L. O. MeC-se, ordinary seaman, Berea,
Ohio..
H. L. Gilbert, ordinary seaman,
Southwick, Mass.
John A. ’ Fone, ordinary seaman,
Trenton, N. J.
■ Charles L. Eich, ordinary seaman,’
Frankfort, Ind.
Three of the injured,' Lieutenant
Goodrich and Seamen Pair and Walsh,
were in a very critical condition when
brought into the hospital and it was
announced that their injuries were
probably fatal. Lieutenant Goodrich
has undoubtedly lost the sight of ‘both
eyes and is terribly burned. Lieuten
ant Goodrich and Seaman Mallick
jumped overboard, immediately after
the explosion, with apparent motive of
ending the terrible suffering from their
burns. Both of the desperate men
were quickly rescued by uninsured
comrades.
The accident ■ happened while * the
battleship was several miles off Pro-
vincetown and the men were engaged
in. target, practice, together with other
vessels of the battleship squadron of
the Atlantic fleet. The powder had just
been taken from the.ammunition hoist
to load an eight inch gun. It was seen
to be burning and in an instant it ex-'
ploded in the very face of the loader
of the gun. No damage was done to
the vessel, as the powder was not con- ,
fined, and early this evening, under or- i
Governor Will See
To It Personally
Swanson Instructs Mayor.
RICHMOND, July 15.—Governor
Swanson today communioated by long
distance telephone with Mayor Joel L.
Cutchln, of Roanqke, to'inquire as to
the present state of affairs in that city
after Saturday night’s rioting. Mayor
Cutchin reported all quiet. The Gov
ernor instructed the Mayor that should
rioting begin again and there was any
need 6f State aid to telegraph at* once.
Ho said that peace must be kept and
that the State would bo prepared to
enforce it.
NEW YORK. July 15—1. C. Maxi-
mos, acting counsel of Greece at New
York, today made representations ,t-
Secretary of State Root, at Washing
ton, protesting against the action of
the mob. at Roanoke' Va., on Satur
day night, when several Greek restau
rants-and places of business were
wrecked during the progress of a riot,
and asking that the Greeks be given
the fullest possible protection of the
law. A telegram was received at the
consulate here today* faoth Rohnoke
signed by' 160 Greeks, appealing for
protection against a mob of rioters.
The Greeks telegraphed that the
Roanoke police were unable : to cope
with the situation- and afford them
protection from - the rioters.
> State Department Active.
WASHINGTON, July 15.—The State
Department today received a telegram
from Acting Greek Consul General
Maximos. at New. York, transmitting
a report of the rioting at Roanoke, Va.,
Saturday night, involving an attack
upon nine Greek business places .there
and invoking the protection of the
State. Department..- The message was
Immediately transmitted by the State
Department to Governor Swanson at
Richmond, with the request for a report
on the subject. The Governor’s reply
reached the department at the closing
hour and was of a most reassuring
ders from Washington, the ; Georgia J character. He expresses full confi-
sailed 'back for the target grounds off
Provincetown. How . the powder be
came Ignited is not yet known, but the
theory held at the navy yard is that it
was set off by a sparlcfrom the smoke
stack of the warship. Immediately
after the accident the Georgia headed
for the Charlestown navy yard. There
the dead and injurede were taken
ashore, the wounded 'being conveyed to
the naval hospital at Chelsea. The
Georgia is one of the battleships of the
second division of the Atlantic fleet
which has been at target practice off
Princetown for the last two weeks.
Georgia is one of the newest battle
ships in the navy, having been in com
mission ..only about ten months. She
is commanded by Richard McRea
Continued on Page Two
GOV. SMITH WILL BEGIN M
WITH $750,000 DEFICIT
denee in the ability of tho Roanoke
municipal: authorities to maintain or
der and promises that, in any event,
he, himself, will* loo it after the safety
of the Greeks in that city.' He
promises to make a detailed report to
the State Department as soon as 'he
can secure the information which he
is now seeking.
FOUR MEN WILL BE TRIED
FOR RIOTING IN ROANOKE, VA.
—-ROANOKE, Va., July 15.—There
have been no further arrests of alleged
members of the mob which Saturday-
night wrecked all the Greek restau
rants and shoe shine parlors. Four
men arrested Saturday nightmare still
In jail. The case has been set for trial
on Thursday of this week. Judge
John W. Woods, of the Corporation
Court, ■-today ordered a special grand
Jury which will meet tomorrow to hear
evidence and investigate the affair
thoroughly. The penalty in this State
for rioting, or damaging a building, is
from two to five years in the peniten
tiary. Both branches of the City
Council .will meet in extraordinary ses
sion tomorrow night for the purpose
of considering what course to take in
the matter. Last night the Creek col
ony-, numbering more than a hundred
people, stayed together in a large room
over one of the wrecked restaurants on
Jefferson street, but they were nor
molested. Today the proprietors of the
restaurants said their employes have
gone about the streets without hind
rance. None of the placfes. have been
re-opeped. It was said today that an
attache of the Greek consulate.at New
York would arrive this af.ternoon to
look into the situation, but that per
sonage has not yet come. Last night
the entire police force and the chain-,
gang guards were kept on duty- until a
late hour as a precaution, but nothing
unusual transpired.
James D. Johnson, attorney for tho
Greeks, tonight stated that all the
restaurants will re-open for business
tomorrow with tho exception of the
one in which the trouble started. The
proprietor of this one has left town.
ROOSEVELTS LETTER TO
YOUNG RIFLE SHOOTER
CRAZY NEGRESS SHOT HER
HUSBAND WHILE HE WAS ASLEEP
k'
• o r o 5nvclYpr) 1 nit'll in uie nuuM 1 w no unmi wei, laK'!
any ^cause ii ‘ * ‘ ’ I the leadership on the local option side
, . _. . Miin-or In +hel°f th ? question, and perhaps with tell-
Palder Finds Change.of Humor in the Jnff but thej> do n<}t seem fn _
'f \ v T v Tnlv 15—\n effort was c,ined t0 do !t - For instance, there is
Wider to *et W* MU H®”* Bibb. who. I upder-
Ecgutattng the speed of automobiles on!?*®"* will vote agalnsrthe State pro-
thA Canute todav but hlbltion bill, but his friends tell me
its ron^erted to let will not organise any working
ft e go ov^r in deference to" the request]*»«* a ^ ain J st it and that lie will not
of President Akin, who called Senator take P a rt in any filibustering move-
Camp to the chair In order that he j = ■
might take the floor.
is?: JURY COMPLETED IN
know that the rights of the country!
(T people have been violated all over the
Btat^ by reckless automobilists, but if
the‘Senator from the 22nd will agree.
*.to hnvn this mpflsurp ert
over* until Tuesday so that 100 copies
of if may be printed for-the use of the
members of the House."
"I am agreeable to such direction.
inn 1IILLS TO
(LOSE EOS
HAHXCILLE. La.. July 15.—The
Jury which will try three-men and a
woman for the murder of little Walter
Lamana. was completed today. Many
talesmen were excused because they
objected to bringing in a verdict which
might mean the hanging of Mrs. Cam-
pisciano. the woman pr'soner. Owing
to the fact that this u-ial is expected
as far as possible to furnish an ex
ample-which will check Italian olack-
mailing. great care wa* 'exeraised to
secure the most intelligent class of-
jurymen. Seven .of them are* planters.
VTLANTIC BEACH. Fla., July 15,— The trial will open at 11 ojeiock to-
Bv • vote of 27 to 7 the Georgia and morrow.
Florida Saw Mill Association today | The prisoners were kept ?n the local
,vi.iod to shut down all saw miils;Jail tonight without any extra gtfards.
,,xvn. <1 or operated by members of the They appear to be in absolutely no
• -'i- Htlon. for one month, beginning; danger of violence from mobs. There
■\ugtist J. i are sis prisoners
This action was taken on account of Frank Gebbia and his sister. Xicoli-
’liig that the high prices paid V> same murder, having been brought
there for timber lands ana the prices j here as witnesses. Tony Costa, who
roce'ved for their output causes them i attempted suicide in New Orleans last
to operate at a loss. They will on- ; night, although uninjured. looked very
deavor to secure similar action fc
IT
REV. JAMES A. DREWRY
COMMITTEE FULLY INVESTIGAT
ED CHARGES MADE BY MRS
LOUISE CASTINO, OF BOSTON,
Reuben Arnold Says Prohi
bition Will Cripple His
Administration,
House Committee
Concludes Hearing
ATLANTA, Ga., July 15.—The House
temperance committee pratclcally con
cluded its hearing on the State prohi
bition bill today. It was>in session
for three hours this afternoon, during
which D. G. Fogarty, of Augusta; Reu
ben Arnol’d and Morris Brandon, of
Atlanta, spoke against the passage Pi.
the bill, while Walker Dunson. Judge
George Hillyer, E. C. Callaway, H. Y.
McCord,' R. A. Broyles, Dr. John E.
White and John -Temple Graves spoke
in f'/vor of the bill’s passage. •
The feature of the session was the
statement made-in the speech of Reu
ben Arnold that the passage of the
State prohibition bill would, seriously
cripple the administration of Governor
Hoke Smith.'for if it passed the ad
ministration will begin the new year,
he stated, with a deficit of three-quar
ters of a million dollars in the treas
ury. The other arguments were along
the well-known lines heretofore out
lined.
Chairman Seaborn Wright, of the
committee, prevented any-applause or
cheering during the meeting by timely
warning at the beginning. The House
galleries were crowded, as was the
floor, of the House, and there was
plenty of prohibition enthusiasm ready
to burst forth at the slightest provo
cation. The committee adjourned to
meet at noon tomorrow. It is conceded
that the committee will report the bill
favorably to the House, but it is re
ported there will be some filibustering
to prevent its immediate passage.
By unanimous vote the House com
mittee on military affairs this after
noon made a favorable report on tho
bill to increase the-salary’ of the Adjur
tant General from $2,000 to $3,000.
K. of P. Insurance.
As the result of the proposed re
moval of the insurance .department of
the Knights of Pythias from Chicago
there is much talk of its coming to
Atlanta the only other cities under
consideration being Indianapolis and
Washington The department emplaVs
about seventv-five men and handles
about $2,000,000 annually.
GRIFFIN. Ga., July 15— Joe Rucker,
a negro farmer, was killed by his wife,
who is crazy,’ about 1 o’clock Monday
morning; ' Rucker was in his house
asleep and several neighbors were
watching the’crazy woman, who ask
ed them to .leave the room a moment.
They compiled with her .request- amt
while alone the negress secured a shot
gun and shot Rucker, while he slept.
She was brought to Griffin and 1 lodged
in jail pending a trial for lunacy.
HO MO KILLED 3 CARS DERAILED
SUPREME COURT WILL HEAR
TELEGRAPH OPERATORS’ CASE.
WASHINGTON. D. C-. JuIjr 15.—The
appeal of the Order of Railway Teleg
raphers vs. the Louisville and Nash
ville Railroad Company was docketed
today in the Supreme Court of the
United States. The suit was brought
by the telegraphers to secure 351 in
junction "tinder the Erdfnan act, which
prohibits corporations from discrimi
nating against labor organizations.
They charge the railroad company
with preventing their agents from se-
_ curing interviews with the railroad
prices of lumber, the mill men I na. who will be tried next week, for the I operators and with threatening to di3-
■ — • -• ’ ’ ’ —■— —“ ’—’ —— 1— — w ’ charge such of them as join the union,
and this course they assert is a viola
tion of the law. The decision in the
_ _ Circuit Court for the Western District
vui w II much like an insane man when he ap- ! of Kentucky .was against the tMegra-
th'''' yeHow'pine lumber .associations' '•eared in "ourt :<xlav. His eyes were I phers on the ground of the vagueness
ATLANTA, Ga.. .July 15.—The Shi
loh Baptist church of Monroe county
has just completed an investigation of
the alleged breach of promise charge
against Rev. James A. Drewry, of Grif
fin, who serves that church, brought
bj- Mrs. Louise Castino, of Boston.
The Teport of the committee, S. H.
Zellner. C. O. Goodwin and B. H. Man
or completely exonerates Rev. Mr.
Drewry, and said that the charges
were an effort to blackmail him. pure
and simple. His conduct in the mat
ter is pronounced exemplary-
The church criticises the Constitu
tion for publishing the charges made
by Mrs. Castino.
AUGUSTA. Ga., July 15.—It is re
ported iri both Tennille and Sanders-
ville, according to long dista'nce mes
sages to the Chronicle, that Dennis
Bouyer, the negro who killed Con
ductor Mason, was located at thte John
Mays place, a mile and a half from
Chalkor. and riddled with bullets. It
Is said his # body contained four bullets,
the number of shots fired by Capt.
Mason, and that he -was in an almost
dying eondtiion.
The marshal of Tennille states that
he cannot confirm the report of the
lynching, but knows two posses were
on either side of the Mays place
searching for the negro at 7:30 o’clock.
TWO NEGROES UNDER ARREST
IMPLICATED IN DIXON MURDER.
AMERICUS.' Ga.. July 15.—Two
deaths haye resulted from the tragedy
at La Cross Saturday night and two
negroes are tonight in jail at Ellaville.
charged with the murder of young
Thomas Dixon. From later reports
concerning the tragedy, it seems that
several young white men. including
Thomas Dixon, went to a house where
negroes were having a festival. Trouble
ensued and Thomas Dixon was killed.
6ut not before one of the negroes Roy
Baisden. was fatally shot, dying this
morning.’
OKLAHOMA ELECTION
CALLED FOR SEPT. 7.
In the Southwest
wild and he talked as if dazed.
(of the charge.
GUTHRIE. Okla., July 15.—The con
vention today adopted the election
ordinance calling the State election for
Sept. 7. when States officers as well
as the constitution will be voted upon.
Governor Frantz will issue an election
proclamation at an early date.
WASHINGTON, July*15—As the re
sult of thjj»defailment of three cars of
a northbound passenger train on the
Southern Railway at Jamestown, N.
C., near Greensboro today, all persons,
mostly employes of the railroad, -were
injured. According to an official
statement issued by the railroad here
tonight the derailment was due to
“trucks buckling under the dining car.”
Among the injured are:
Francis N. Bl^wett, a passenger.
Brooklyn, N. Y.; E. Torrey, superin
tendent of telegraph, Mobile and Ohio
Railroad, Jackson, Tenn.; E. W. Moore,
superintendent Mobile and Ohio Rail
road, Murphysboro, Ill., and W. L.
Pierce, assistant superintendent South
ern Railway, Strasburg. Va.
The others, all trainmen, sustained
minor bruises.
With the exception of Pullman Con
ductor F. C. Taylor, of Jacksonville,
and dining car conductor, F. E. Perry,
of Charlotte, N. C., the injured were
taken to Greensboro where they are
being cared for by the Southern Rail
way Company’s physician.
The train was running about thirty-
five miles an hour when the dining car,
a Pullman car and a Mobile and Ohio
Railroad car was derailed. The train
was delayed an hour.
REAL REASON WHY
DREYFUS RESIGNED
PARIS, July 15.—The Patrie today
says the real reason for the recent
resignation from the army of Major
Alfred Dreyfus, the former captain of
artillery, who was sentenced, on a
charge of treason, to Imprisonment on
Devil’s Island, was because General
PIcquart, the Minister of War, refused
to give him the rank^of lieutenant-col
onel. According to’ this newspaper
Dreyfus thought that in addition to re-
cehdng back pay for the years he
spent on Devil’s Island and the deco
ration of an officer of the Legion of
Honor, he should be promoted to the
rank he would have held had he cpn-
tinued to serve in the army. General
PIcquart thought it would be impolitic
to re-open the entire affair by making
this promotion, and therefore Dreyfus
resigned. Dreyfus has not as yet
issued any statement.
SPEAKER CANNON HAS NO
FEAR OF-WAR WITH JAPAN.
President Gives Hearty Ap
proval of Public School
. Rifle Practice
I
Would Be Benefit.
In Event of War
MILWAUKEE-, Wis.. July 15.—
Speaker Cannon, of tho House of Rep
resentatives, passed through, here to
day en route to Cononomowoc on a
pleasure trip. In regard to the Jap
anese situation Mr. Cannon said:
“The United States will never, in
my judgment, give Japan or any other
nation on earth, just cause for war,
and I have no fear that Japan or any
other nation in sight will give us any
just cause for war with it” ‘
SEVEN PEOPLE HURT WHEN
CAR COLLIDED WITH POLE.
NIGHT RIDERS GAVE ROUGH
DEAL TO J. W. BAREFIELD.
HOPKINSVILLE, Ky., July 15.—
News reached here today that a band
of between thirty and forty “night
riders” visited the farm of J. W.
Barefield in Trigg county Saturday at
midnight, fired a number of shots at
the house and took Mr. Barefield into
the woods, where it is reported he was
roughly dealt with. Barefield is a
strong unassociation man and has
been- warned to join or suffer the con
sequences. Some time ago his tobacco
was taken from the barns and thrown
into a pond.
CHICOGA. July 15.-*Seven people
were injured today ,ono fatally, when
a street car jumped the track at Nine
ty-seventh street and collided with a
telegraph pole. All of the; passengers
were thrown to the floor and bruised
and cut by flying glass. James Mc
Cormick will die.
RAID ON POKER GAME
PLAYED IN GREENWOOD.
GRIFFIN, Ga.. July 15.—John W.
Allen, Ode Crowder, Ben Miller, Walter
McGhee, Drew Goins and George Phelt-
man, as the result of a Sunday morn
ing game of poker played in the woods
of West Griffin, are under bond to ap
pear at the June term of the City
Court and explain the. game ttf Judge
E. A. Hammond. Excitement was
high pitch at on show-down of the
game during which Preston Upshaw-
shot Pheltman in the -hip, inflicting a
severe flesh wound. The flight of
Upshaw prevented his arrest, in which,
he was accompanied by other partici-<
pants in the exercises.
JOHN MARKS FIRED FIVE
SHOTS AT HIS WIFE^
MIAMI Fla., July 15.—John Marks, a
restauranteur, shot and seriously
wounded his wife this evening. ’ He
fired five shots at her. but only one
took effect, loding in the right shoul
der. Marks was arrested. Jealousy
is said to have caused the trouble.
OYSTER BAY, N. Y„ July 15.—
President Roosevelt has put his hearty
approval on^ public school rifle prac
tice. In a letter of congratulation to
Ambrose Scharfenberg, of Brooklyn,
winner of the shooting trophy of the
Public School Athletic League, he .
takes occasion, to' encourage the sys- . ’
tern of rifle practice inaugurated by
Generai George*B. '\Ving5-te, rfticed./
That the letter fo young Scharfenberg %
may have, as far reaching influence as
possible, it was made public at the
President’s direction today. It is as
follows: . • ■
"Oyster Bay, N. Y., July 13, 19£)7.
“My Dear Young Friend: I heartily
congratulate you upon being declared
by the Public B c hool Athletic League
to stand first in rifle shooting among
all the boys of the high scho.ols of New
York city who have tried during the
last year. I am glad to see how well
you have done in all the competitions <<-
in which you shot during, the year,
alike in the Whitney-trophy competi
tion; the individual match shoot at
Creedmor and inter-scholastic' match.
Many,a grown man who regards him- i>
self as a crack rifle shot would be
proud of such a score.
“Youf skill is a credit to you, and
also to your principal, your teapher.s
and to all connected with the manual
training school which you attend, and
I congratulate them all. Practice in
rifle shooting is of value in develop
ing not only muscles, hut - nerves,
steadiness and judgment unaer excitfe*.**
ment. It is therefore of 'valvfbto every
man throughout. life. • *
"The Public School Athletic League
has done fine work for the city and
for the country in introducing and
promoting athletics and a love for
manly sports in the public schools of
New York, especially as the leagfie
most wisely allows no one to compete
who is not up to the passing mark
both in studies and deportment. I am
especially glad of what it has done in .
establishing’instruction in rifle shoot
ing. The United States has a very
small standing army. In time of war
it must depend for defense upon hasty
levies of volunteers and it is a prime •
necessity that the volunteer should
already know how to shoot if he is to
be of value as a soldier. In no mod- *
ern war wcrtild it be possible effectively *»
to train men to shoot during the brief 7
period of preparation before the army
takes the field. In consequence, the
training must come ip advance, and
the graduates from our schools and
colleges should be thus trained so as
to be good shots with the military, .
rifle. When so trained they constitute
a great addition to our national
strength and great assurance for the
peace.,of the country.”
PRESIDENT WINCHELL SAYS '
ROCK ISLAND PUT OF POLITICS.
DES MOINES, la., July 15.—At a
luncheon tendered him today by J)es
Moines business men. President Wln-
chell, of the Rock Island railroad, said
that the Rock Island 13 out of politlca
and will do away with its, lobbies and
lobbyists both in the State Legislatures
and the national Congress.
John Sebastian, general traffic man
ager of the same road, who was en
tertained with President TTinchell, said
that the Rock Island will not reduce
its passenger Service on account of th .
two cent rate iaws, but has and w™ 0 '
improve It further.
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