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VOL. IV.
BRYAN’S PLATFORM
Tariff Reform Will Be the
Slogan for 1908.
NO OWNERSHIP PLANK
National Committeeman Dahlman,
Who is in Close Touch With
Nebraskan, Makes Official
Announcement.
The democratic platform of 1908, if
W. J. Bryan controls the convention,
will not demand absolute government
ownership of railroads. This was au
thoritatively announced at Omaha, Sat
urday, by James C. Dahlman, national
committeeman from Nebraska. The
statement is in the nature of an oifi
ciai announcement for the reason that
Mr. Dahlman is in close touch with Mr.
Bryan.
From the same source it is stated
that tariff reform will again become
a dominant feature of the platform.
While Mr. Dahlman was not able to
go into minute details, he says the
prominent planks in Mr. Bryan’s plat
form will concqM trusts, the tariff,
state regulation and money, the rail
road ownership plank, being conspic
uous by its absence.
Constitutional guarantees will have
a strong indorsement and the accept
ance of campaign contributions from
trusts and large corporations will re
ceive severe condemnation. The plat
form will define the necessity for and
proper use of money contributed for
running campaigns.
Usurpation of power by the presi
dent also will be asked to declare
that President Roosevelt in this re
spect as well as in the matter of ac
cepting or approving campaign con
tributions, has overstepped the true
democratic principles.
Government economics will receive
the usual attention, and a halt will
"bedijnanded in nkvafeirchrs.
be declared that the vast sums spent
on armament may be much better em
ployed in irigating the plains of the
west. Development of river navigation
is to be indorsed.
Election of United States senators
by direct vote of the people, reforma
tion of civil service rules and a strong
foreign policy will he strongly pro
claimed and pledged.
No overtures of any sort is to be
made to the populists, beyond a gen
eral invitation directed to all classes
to join forces with the democratic
party in an effort to enforce tho
principles proclaimed and demanded
in the democratic faith.
BETWEEN SIX AND SEVEN YEARS
Panama Canal Will Be Completed,
Says Stevens.
John F. Stevens, formerly chief en
gineer and chairman of the isthmian
canal commission, was a caller at the
white house Saturday. His visit was
a personal one, he said, as he had
not seen the president since his re
turn to this country. He talked with
the president about the condition of
affairs on the isthmus.
“How long will it take to complete
the canal?” was asked of Mr. Ste
vens.
“Between six and seven years,” he
replied.
SIX BOYS HELD FOR MURDER.
Alleged That They Killed Negro Wom
en Without Provocation.
Tom Walker, John Talbert, Temple
Young, oJe Baugh, Derby Weather
ford and Oscar Geatberly, six white
boys, ranging in age from 14 to 20
years, were arrested and placed in
jail at Danville, Va., Saturday, charg
ed with the murder of Ellen Elliott,
a negro woman who was stabbed aud
stamped to death. It is said that (he
attack upon the negro was absolutely
unprovoked, and ihe killing without
cause.
CANNOT SELL TO CONSUMER.
Coal Dealers Will Boycott Mines if
They Are “Caught.”
At the closing session in Atlanta of
the Retail doal Dealers’ Convention,
the fact was developed that a mine
owner will be immediately boycotted
by the members of the Southeastern
Retail Coal Dealers’ Association, if
sells directly to consumers.
One of the chief objects and aims
of this association is to prevent con
sumers buying their coal direct from
the mine owner.
WESTERN FRUIT KILLED.
Sweep of Wintry Blizzard in Many
States Will Entail Loss of Several
Millions of Dollars.
A sharp drop in temperature fol
lowed the snow storm Saturday night,
14 degrees above zero being recorded
by the weather bureau In Denver and
Pueblo, and fruit of all kinds in east
ern Colorado, according to specials,
was nipped in the bud. At Grand
Junction, the center of the more im
portant fruit region west of the con
tinental divide, the temperature fell
30 degrees Sunday, and the weather
observer there reported that the con
dition of fruit was grave. While dam
age to the fruit in Colorado, accord
ing to some estimates, may ariiount to
several million dollars, nearly all other
crops wili be merely benefited by the
moisture.
A remarkable feature of the snow
storm was that It was more severe
in the lowlands than in the mountains.
While the precipitation covered a
large area, including all Colorado, Wy
oming and part of South Dakota, Ne
braska, Texas and New Mexico, the
snow was mostly confined to the east
ern slope of the Rocky mountains,
and extended from Lander, Wyo., and
Rapid City, S. D., on the north to
Santa Fe, N. M., and Roswell, N. M.,
on the south.
Only a slight snow occurred west
of the continental divide. The storm
originated in the north and worked
its way slowly to the south, passing
out of the state late Sunday after
noon.
Frederick H. Brandenburg, district
forecaster, who estimated the snow
i’all in Denver at 17 1-2 inches, said
that though the snow storm was re
markable in that city for April, it was
by no means unprecedented. On April
21, 22 and 23, 1885, the records show
a snowfall of 32 inches, 27 inches
falling on the last day of the storm.
On the whole, it is asserted that
while the storm was heavier than any
of * the .. entire .. winter, infiT . . and , some damage ,
offset ' the < m
Advices from Omaha, Neb., state
that as a result of the unprecedent
edly warm weather which prevailed
during the greater part of the month
of March, and the freezing weather
and heavy snowfall of the last few
days, early fruits, such as peaches,
plums and cherries, in that region
have been injured, but the general
opinion is that the damage is not as
great as has been reported. Indeed,
many are of the opinion that while
early fruits have been injured, and
in some instances killed, benefits re
sulting to the grain crop from the
snow storm more than offset the dam
age.
Snew fell in El Paso, Texas, Sunday
morning at a lively rate for more than
an hour. This is the latest snowfall
ever known there, and the tempera
ture, which was 36 degrees, did much
damage to the small fruit and truck
gardens in the valley variously esti
mated at from $50,000 to $100,000.
THREE TRAINS IN CRASH.
Peculiar Wreck on Southern Kills Two
and Injurfes Many.
As the result of a double wreck on
the Southern railway a short distance
east of Woodlawn, a suburb of Bir
mingham, Ala., early Sunday morning,
two men are dead and a number in
jured.
The unusual character of the wreck
makes it surprising that the casualties
were not more. A freight train with
a dead engine on the rear, was mov
ing towards Birmingham. The opera
tor allowed No. 37, the fast passenger
into the block, and it crashed into
the dead engine, smashing them both
and demolishing several cars.
Three cars of the freight train were
thrown across the eastbound track al
most at the instant that the Southern
wrecker, en route to Heflin, Ala., pass
ed. The wrecker struck them and
practically the whole train piled Into
the ditch. Two men were caught un
CADETS WILL MAKE TRIP.
Military Students to Go Over Route
of Sherman's March.
Several instructors and members
of staff class at the military train
ing school in Fort Leavenworth,
Kans., will shortly begin a horseback
ride irom Chattanooga to Atlanta over
the route of General Sherman.
Two years ago Rev. Sherman, a
of General Sherman, started to
ride over the route taken by his la
ther in his march to the sea, but the
entire south rose up in protest, and
the trip was abandoned.
“GO FORWARD.”
WOODBINE. GA , FRIDAY. APRIL 26. 1 Wi.
BY FRAUD LABELS
Food and Drug Makers are
Cheating the People.
IS ASSERTION OF WILSON
Secretary of Agriculture Declares De
ception is Being Widely Practic
ed, and He Proposes to Ex
pose the Guilty Parties.
‘‘ If these outrageous misrepresent*
tions do not cease, the department
will publish a list bearing the names
of manufacturers, who are indulging
in thia campaign of deception.”
Thjs rcmark was utteiSd br Secre .
tary Wilsou o£ 1Ue department of as ‘
riculture. in an authorized statement
at Washington, and was brought
forth by the fact that there had come
to his knowledge icformation that
a number o£ manufacturers of foods
aud drugs were freely advertising
that the United States government
was guaranteeing their products. Tne
secretary said that the serial num
bar and guarantee required by the
pure food and drug act, to be placed
on food and drug products were be
ing used by these manufacturers for
this purpose.
"The serial number,’ said Secretary
Wilson, “is assigned to fix the re
sponsibility, where it belongs—upon
the manufacturers—and to protect in
“ocent dealers, who have a right, un
der the law, to rely upon his guar
an ty. It is the guarantee of the man
ufacturer, not the guarantee of the
government.
The secretary declared that every
effort would be mad e by the depart
ment t0 put a stop t0 theso state -
nlents -
"j ' ho sald do a WHe m “ .adyerasing £ of the peo my- ’
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pie. * I am growing * tired , of p seeing “
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M mumm'" oa
the walls of the New fork , subway,
and the advertising space of street,
cars of the principal cities. Manufac
turers who will deceive the public
about the guaranty will lio about
the quality of their product.”
He added that the law was to be
administered fairly, and that no hon
est manufacturer need fear that the
department will take “snap judgment”
on him, or harrass him in any way.
CALLED DOWN BY CARNEGIE.
Sharp Debate Enlivens Ssselon cf the
Peace Conference.
At the peace meeting at Carnegie
hall in New York Monday night Pro
fessor Hugo Munsterberge, who holds
the chair of philosophy at Harvard
university, called down upon his head
the criticism of Andrew Carnegie by
stating that conscription was not look
ed upon as a hardship in Germany.
Tho professor made the statement
to emphasize his point that universal
peace should be looked upon not as
a material but as a moral matter.
Mr. Carnegie, in replying, called at
tention to the thousands of people
who are said to have come to Amer
ica to escape military service, and
added that no one could make him
believe that it was not this burden
of conscription that caused by far
the greatest part of German immi
gration. Mr. Carnegie said;
“That statement was one of the
greatest surprises that I have ever
had. I wish he would go to our mills;
at Pittsburg and ask the thousands
if men there why they come here. It
is too late in the day for any pro
fessor to tell me that conscription is
not a burden.”
Pennypacker Libel Law Ousted.
The bill repealing the Grady-Salus
libel act, which was advocated by
Governor Pennypacker, and opposed
by the entire press of the state, pass
ed the Pennsylvania senate Tuesday
without a dissenting vote.
CABLE FROM COLON TO CUBA.
Permit Issued by War Department for
Landing at Guantanamo.
The acting secretary of war ha*
issued a permit to the South and Cen
tral American Cable Company to land
a submarine cable at GuanUJbamo,
Cuba, connecting that naval station
with Colon. It is believed that the
establishment of this line of cable un
der private ownership will relieve the
government from the necessity of lay
ing a purely military cable connecting
the isthmus with the United States
bv way of Cuba.
HUSBAND WAS TIED
M.
While Wife and Daughter Were As
saulted by Masked Men—Crime*
in Tennessee and Alabama.
At Kingsport, Tenn., in the pres
ence of her husband and 14-year-old
daughter, Mrs. Frank Belcher wag
assaulted at an early hour % Thursday
morning by two masked white men.
With drawn weapons the men eute'r
ed the Belcher home and compelled
Belcher to get out of bed and be
One man theu assaulted Mrs.
Belcher, while the other made an
attempt on the girl. The latter went
into convulsions from terror and was
abandoned by the assailant, who turn
ed his attention to the older woman,
just released by her first captor.
Belchers frantic eorts to get at
the men were stopped by a blow on
the head which renderd him uncon
scious, and Mrs. Blcher was badly
beaten and choked. Her condition is
critical, that of the girl being also
serious. The men, after making
threats, left, aud the crime was not
discovered until daylight. Citizens are
wildly excited over the outrage, and
there is open talk of lynching the
guilty ones if they can be captured.
Mrs. Belcher says she could identify
them. Posses are scouring the coun
try, and several suspects have been
taken into custody, but in each in
stance have established their inno
cence.
Montgomery Girl Assaulted.
Miss Tura Ogletree, aged 19 years,
cashier at a moving picture show,
was knocked down and robbed of $5,
all the money she had, on a well
lighted street, within three blocks of
the old state capitol in Montgomery,
Ala., at 10 o'clock Thursday night,
and lay on the ground for an hour
' before recovering consciousness.
She was within 15 feet of her board
ing house door while in this state,
inside of which sat half a dozen per
sons, knowing nothing of the crime
until the girl walked in so dazed by
The effect of chlo roform which had
M that stagered
i^PPHlL She was!al*j
criminally assaulted.
In addition to striking Miss Ogle
tree twice, the assailant chloroformed
her and left her for dead on tne
ground.
In the struggle that ensued, the
young woman made a valiant fight be
fore losing consciousness, her clothes
being almost torn from her body,
and she was seriously injured by the
rough handling she received. The
man who struck her was concealed in
a milk wagon, jumping out and fol
lowing her after she passed the ve
hicle on her way to her residence.
BRONZE STATUE OF DAVIS
Hauled Through Richmond Streets by
Three Thousand Children.
The bronze statue of Jefferson Da
vis for the elaborate monument to Mr.
Davis to be unveiled in Richmond,
Va., June 3, was drawn through the
streets of the city to the monument
site Thursday by some twenty-five
hundred or three thousand children,
who did the hauling by means of a
double rope some two or three squares
long.
The children were led by Lc. a»d
Picket camps of the Confederate Vet
erans, and these in turn were headed
by a handsomely uniformed boy life
and drum corps. Many of the girls
among the children were dressed in
white, and a large proportion of the
youthful enthusiasts in the “lost
cause” carried small confederate bat
tle flags, which they waved indus
triously throughout the -march.
The scene was especially inspiring,
and was witnessed by thousands of
people. The rope used in hauling the
statue was, after the ceremony, cut
into many thousands of pieces for
souvenirs.
KILLED FOR NOT STRIKING.
Car Cleaner Assaulted and Murdered
in Chicago by Three Men.
Because he refused to go on strike
three weeks ago, Edward F. Fago,
a car cleaner, employed by the Chi
cago and Northwestern railroad, was
hit ou the head with a brick at Chi
cago Wednesday night and then jump
ed on and kicked by three men. He
died later.
SOLONS WAR ON CIGARETTES.
Illinois House Passes Prohibitive Bill
Which Goes to the Senate.
The Illinois house of
tives at Springfield, Thursday,
ed, the Young anti-cigarette bill,
ing it unlawful to seil cigarettes
cigarette papers in Illinois, The
bill now goes to the senate.
Terms: $1.00 Per Annum in Advace.
SNOW IN THE WEST
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A Fall of Six Inches Record
ed in Some Sections.
SEVEN STATES VISITED
Missouri, Iowa, Nebraska, Kan**c,
Colorado, South Dakota and Wyo
mlng Report Hea>y Storm.
Effect on-Fruit Problem.
At Omaha, freb., five inches of snow
fell during \\ edntsday night and con
tmubd Thursday. The fall was gen
e-ral over eastern Nebraska, and is
the heaviest known in April for many
years.
The snowfall extended over a wide
area, according to advices from
points in Iowa, Kansas, Missouri and
Colorado to the south, Which report
a light snowfall, while 4 northern Ne
braska, southern South Dakota, north
east Wyoming and Black Hills are
covered with a blanket of snow six
inches deep ou the level, witich is
still faling. At Northwestern railroad
headquarters in .Omaha, it was "said
that the storm is practically the same
over the entire system, west of the
Mississippi river.
Opinion as to the effect on fruit
in southern and central belts, cher
ries, peaches, plums and berries are
said by some to have been ruined
almost entirely, while other growers
und dealers report that fruit was not
far enough adviced to be seriously j
endangered.
In grain circ'i- , it is believed that
the snow will lix all the green bugs,
which hare been ravishing the winter
wheat crop.
GRAFTERS WERE IN CLOVER.
Rich Pickings in Building of Penn
sylvania’s New Capitol.
Astounding testimony' was given by
Frank G. iHarris,
Hftrn£bufg,
Pa., Thursday. Harris was a mem
ber of the board of public grounds
and buildings, of which the governor
and auditor general were also mem
iers. During the time he was on the
board from May, 1902, to May, 1904,
contracts for capitol furnishing
amounted to millions of dollars. At
torney Sorelotte brought out the fact
that the contracts for the metalic fur
nature were awarded three month*
before the contract for construction
of the building was awarded.
During the examination of Harris it
developed that Architect Josepn M.
Huston collected 4 per cent commis
sion on $2,000,000 for designing the
,u ' n f‘
Harris admitted , that the bsaiu
spent money ... blindly .. in . f„.-) furnishing C hi n o
the capitol, and that when th the , con
tract for the metallic furniture wa*
made, there . was no definite . „ .. idea of .
’
the cost. „ He thought . ., it .. would ., co*t „ .
between $100,000 . ’ ’ and $ 200,000 and had
not 1 the slightest idea ., that .. it .. would ,,
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amount to $2,000,000. „ ’ ’ Harris .. declared . , .
it was the duty , of Huston, ,, 4 who . was
the architect, to keep watch over
the contractors and see that, all con
tracts were faithfully fulfilled.
“If the architect had been faithful
in his duty,” he went on, “and had
the contracts been lived up to, as
h« could have forced them to, 1 be
lieve there would have been no trou
ble and that there would have oeen
no scandal.”
ROOSEVELT DEEPLY TOUCHED
By Action of Georgia in Erecting Fac
Simile of His Grandfather’s Home.
Judge Land and Mr. Harris of Cor
dele, Ga., called at the white house
Thursday and were received by
President Roosevelt, who said:
"Nothing has ever touched me so
deeply as the action of the people
of Georgia in erecting a fac simile
of my granfather’s house as the Geor
gia building at the Jamestown expo
nation.”
TO DISFRANCHISE NEGROES
Is Aim of Resolution to Amend Flor
ida Constitution.
The Florida senate Tuesday adopt
ed a resolution to amend section 3,
article 6, of tl onstltution of the
state of Florida which the four
teent’n and fifteen: imendmqnts were
adopted. The resolution, by a vote
of 23 to 6, was passed. The resolu
tion is aimed to get tho constitu
tionality of the ratification of these
amendments before the United Status
court and looks toward the disfran
chisement of the negroes.
no. 23.
PARSON BIFFS ROCKYI
New Pastor of Oil Magnate’s Chu*#h
in Gotham, Just from Liverpool,
Eng., to Show No Partiality.
i
The Rev. C. F. Aked, who comes
from Liverpool, England, to accept
a call from the Fifth Avenue Bap
tist church in New York city, arrived
on the steamer Carmania,
Mr. Aked said the only comment he
cared to make on his mission to this
county was that he felt he had de
la ved bis coming to America ten
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years too iong. The Fifth Avenue is.
Rockefeller’s church. ,
When a newspaper clipping in
which he was alluded to as “Rocke
feller's new pastor” was shown to Mr.
^ked, by a reporter, he said:
“1 know nothing of Mr. Rockefel
ler. It is not fair. 1 can’t talk about
him. 1 think it is very hard to keej*
calling that church ‘Rockefeller’*
church.’ Why, he is not a member.
it is a powerful and influential
church without Mr. Rockefeller. He i*
a seat holder and belongs to a
Church in Cleveland.”
Mr. Aked was informed that Mr.
Rockefeller, Jr., was connected with
the Fifth Avenue church. He replied:
“Yes, I know young Mr. Rockefel
ler is a member of the church, a trus
tee and a leader of the Bible class.”
Mr. Aked said that his Liverpool
congregation was probably the most
cosmopolitan in the world, but he
added no distinction would be made
at the Fifth Avenue church. “Th*
poor stranger will be welcome just •*
heartily as the richest man or wo
man in the congregation.”
“My message is 'A Ministry of Re
conciliation.’ ”
He was asked whether he intend
ed doing active work in the suppres
sion of gambling houses in New YCrk
as he had in Liverpool. He said:
“It will take me a little time to
learn the existing condition in th**
city. I shall feel my way at first I
think my fighting day: are over. The
things I have been /fighting against
in Liverpool are not here.”
THOUSAND DOL j S REWARD
Will Be Paid for Missing Boy aw?*
No Questions Asked.
Letters are being sent out by W1I
bam Spencer, of 2148 Germantown
avenue, Philadelphia, Pa., enclosing a
postal card containing a photograph
of Horace N. Marvin, Jr., the four
year-old boy who disappeared from hi*
other’s home near Dover, Del., o*
March 4th last, i he card gives a de
Bcription tb e boy and states that
a reward of $1,000 will be paid by
Mr ‘ S P encer for the dellvery , of „ 4l the _
], ttle «ne to him.
* promise 18 stated aay 111 the one card: delivering \ sacr this, ^
boy to me that my bps shall b*
sealed and silent forever and I will
never give the slightest clue that
might lead to their arrest. . T I will ... pay
the cash L without asking any que*
l '° ^ whatever »
The r card , gives with ... the photo- 4
graph of the , hoy careful . , description ...
b - a *
°t him, and states that Mr. c Spencer
will send any number of , the postals ,
to any one who is , desirous of , assist- .
mg . in . finding „ .. the .. child, ....
FOR MURDER OF SISTER
Boy and Two Girls Must Answer
Mother Also Implicated.
Affidavits were filed in court at
Dayton, Ohio, Wednesday, charging
Mrs. Leah C. Gilman, mother; Collins,
brother, and Fayne and Bessie, sis
ters, with murdering Dona Gilman,
whose body was found on a commons
near her home November 20 last
q> be grand jury recently ignored the
case against the Gilmans. z
CRAZY FATHER KILLS BABE.
Dodson Also Made Desperate Effort
to Kill His Wife.
At Gadsden, Ala., Wednesday at
ternoon, O. P. Dodson, a telegraph
operator, shot and mortally wounded
his three-year-old son, while ill a de
nl ented condition, and at the same
time tried to kill his wife, shooting
at her twice, hut missing her.
S’iulEN FUNDS ARE TRACED.
Walker Disposed of Loot to Two New
York Banks.
Securities to the value of $300,000
which were stolen from the Savings
Bank of New Britain, Conn., by Wil-
11am F. Walker, the absconding tress
u rer of that institution, have been
traced to two New York banking
bouses, according to a statement made
l’’ rid ay by Detective Vallely of the
New York police department. He sa d
the two banking houses stand in the
position of innocent purchasers.