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VOL. V.
FOREST PRESERVES
Given Boost at Big Meeting
in Washington.
CANNON IS WON OVER
6peaker Promises Early Consideration
of Appalachian Bill—Hot Fight
to Be Made for Its
That this nation has reached the
point where it must decide whether it
is to lose the use of the rivers in the
east and sotuh through the non-pres
ervation of forests which safeguard
the water sheds, was the declaration
of Secretary of Agriculture Wilson,
president of the American Forestry
Association, which convened in Wash
ington Wednesday, The secretary
said that the rivers of the west were
fairly well taken care of on account
of forests. He expressed the hope
that congress would take action to
assure the beginning of the work of
the preservation of the forests and
the safeguarding of the watersheds.
Speeches were made at the morning
session by Gifford Pinchot, chief of
the forest service; J. T. Rothrock,
secretary of the Pennsylvania State
Forestry Association, and others. John
A. Walker, game and fish commission
er of Alabama, said that his state
was not only making wise laws to pre
serve its forests, but is enforcing
them.
The membership of the association
is 6,555, of which 1,735 were added
during the past year.
One of the objects of the convention
is to further the movement for the
establishment of national forests in
the White mountains and the South
ern Appalachian range, a bill appro
printing $5,000,000 for the creation of
which is pending in congress. The
territory to be set apart comprises
about 5/OOO.OOB acres in the south
and 600,000 in the White mountains,
To further this project, a hearing
will be given before the committee
on agriculture, to representatives from
the states affected and also represen
tatives of all societies interested in
the preservation of the forests.
At the afternoon session Secretary
of Agriculture Wilson was re-elected
president, and the following vice pres
idents were chosen.
Edward Everett Hale, chaplain of
United States senate; B. E. Burnow,
dean of the Canadian School of Fores
try; J. W. Pinchot, Washington, D.
C.; W. J. Bachelder, master of the Na
tional Grange; George F. Peabody,
New York; George C. Pardee, Califor
nia; Rutherford D. Hayes, Ohio; Al
bert Shaw, New York; W. W. Finley,
Washington, D. C.; D. J. Rothrock,
Pennsylvania; George T. Oliver and
Dr. Van Heiss. Otto Leaukbert wa3
elected treasurer.
Three important resolutions were
adopted, one recommending the pass
age at this session of congress of the
bill providing for the establishment of
national forests In the White moun
tains and the Appalachians; another
providing for a census of the timber
lands of the United States, and still
another asking congress to enlarge
the Hatch fund law, so that out of the
receipts from the national forests an
addition would be made to the fund,
to be spent strictly on forestry educa
tion and experiments.
At the concluding session Wednes
day night Gov. Hoke Smith of Georgia
announced the arrangements for the
hearing before the house committee
on the establishment of the proposed
forests. Addresses were made by E.
T. Watson. South Carolina; Professor
L. C. Glenn, Vanderbilt University ;
Harvey N. Shepard, Boston, and W.
J. McGee, Washington.
“Uncle Joe” Cannon, speaker of tho
national house of representatives, on
Wednesday announced that the com
bination of the Appalachian forest re
serve people from the sotuh and the
White mountain men from New Eng
land was so formidable that he could
no longer defer the consideration of
the Appalachian forest reserve bill.
This means that the bill will be per
mitted to come to a vote in the house.
That it has not done so heretofore has
been due to Speaker Cannon’s attitude
exclusively.
’•FIRST ITALIAN CONSULATE
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Mose Cafelr _ . , 0 at .. Its ,, Head. ,
Senor Mose Cafeiro of Savannah,
Ga„ Wednesday received credentials
appointing him Italian consul at that
city. This Is the first Italian consul
ate to be established ln Savannah. Se
nor Cafeiro is alBo the consular repre
sentatjve of Cuba.
WOODBINE. GA., FRIDAY. FEBRUARY 7. 1908.
BRYAN VISITS HOUSE.
Hl6 Presence Calls Forth Eulogy from
Arkansas Solon — Clashes With
Bailey—Hits Court Decision.
A Washington special says: The
presence of William Jennings Bryan
in the lobby of the house furnished in
spiration to Mr. Wallace of Arkansas
for a vigorous speech in which, while
admitting that Hr. Bryan had made
mistakes and had been charged with
talking too much, he said that the Ne
braskan was Worthy the honor and suf
frage of all the states.
In a window recess of the wide hall
in front of the senate chamber, Mr.
Bryan held an impromptu reception for
senators and representatives for about
an hour.
An animated discussion took place
between Senator Bailey and Mr. Bry
an. As Mr. Bryan said later, the dis
cussion was about the democratic view
of the currency question. Both Mr.
Bryan and Senator Bailey said there
had been very little difference of
opinion. Both stood for the direct gov
ernment issue of money instead of an
issue through the banks. Mr. Bryan
would make no statement as to wheth
er he approved of the complete plan
of Senator Bailey as outlined in the
substitute he will offer for the Aldrich
bill, but he said that its basis was
good democratic doctrine brought
down from the time of Jefferson.
Mr. Bryan’s attention being called
to the supreme court decision holding
that a corporation has the right to
discharge a man because he is a mem
ber of a labor union, he dictated a
statement which, in part, is as fol
lows:
“The subject is one of vital import
ance, and I do not understand by what
course of reasoning the majority of the
court reached the decision announced.
A corporation is a creature of law. It
has no rights except those given it by
law, and it must not be confused with
the natural men. Man was created to
cary out a divine purpose. The corpo
ration was created to make money. The
corporation enjoys many rights and
privileges which are denied to the in
dividual, and it cannot claim the pos
session of any natural or inalienable
rights. The power that creates a cor
poration can restrict it, restrain it and
control it, and congress has plenary
powers in dealing with corporations
in so far as they engage in interstate
commerce.
“The union is a lawful association,
and if a man can be discharged be
cause he belongs to a labor union, by
the same logic he can be discharged if
he belongs to a political party objec
tionable to the employer, or a churcn
again at which the employer Is preju
diced. Followed to its logical conclu
sion, the principle laid down by the
court, as I understand the decision,
would enable the 'corporation to set
itself up as a dictator in regard to the
babits, thoughts and convictions of its
employees on any and every subject."
NO AGREEMENT REACHED.
Railroads Will Take Rate Question in
Tennessee t 0 the Courts.
A conference between Governor Pat
terson of Tennessee and representa
tives of the several railroads operat
ing in the state and the Tennessee
railroad commission was held at Nash
ville Tuesday.
The conference was for th e purpose
of an amicable settlement of the pas
senger rate question, but no agree
ment was reached.
The result is that the protesting
roads will take the matter of rates
to the courts for final adjustment.
DON’T WANT SENATORSHIP.
Georgia Governor Definitely Announc
es That He is Out of Race.
Governor Smith of Georgia has given
out a statement'to the effect that he
will not this year be a candidate for
the United States senate, but will go
before the people in the coming pri
mary as a candidate to succeed him
self as governor.
DECISION AVERSE TO FORAKER.
Call for 8tsts Primaries in Ohio Held
to Be Legal.
Tihe Ohio supreme court has affirm
ed the decisions of common pleas
court for Franklin county und Allen
county in the two cases brought to
test the validity of the Bronson pri
,
been presumed that attorneys
represent Senator Foraker
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“GO FORWARD.”
SUPRRISE MESSAGE
Transmitted to Congress By
President Roosevelt.
REMARKABLE DOCUMENT
Stands Pat on His Previous Recom
mendations and Suggests Strenu
ous Legislation Along Some
Special Line6.
President Roosevelt sent te congress
a special message Friday which is, in
reality an uncomprosmising and
categorical review of his administra
tive policies, an analysis of their
meaning and the necessity for their
existence and a vigorous attack upon
criticis who have sought to discredit
the administration campaign against
commercial corruption, or to hold it
responsible for the recent panic. He
omits no single phase of the war
against “predatory wealth,” points out
the interest of every citizen in decent
government, dwells on the prime ne
cessity of railroad and corporation reg
ulation, touches on federal and state
functions in this direction and on the
question of jailing or fining malefac
tors of “great wealth.” tie calls cor
poratioUs and individuals by name
with unerring fluency.
The president calls for the immedi
ate re-enactment of the employers’
liability law, which has been declar
ed unconstitutional, in such form as
will meet the requirements of the su
preme court. He depends upon the
respective states to do their part to
ward fulfilling the duties of which
the federal government is deprived.
He also urges that an act be passed
compensating government employees
injured in public service.
“It is all wrong,” says Mr. Roose
velt, ‘to use the injunction to prevent
the entirely proper and legitimate ac
tions of labor organizations in their
struggle for industrial betterment, or
undar the guise of protecting property
rights unwarrantably to invade the
fundamental rights of the individual.”
He promises to send a special mes
sage to congress on the case of Adair
vs. the United States, the effect of
which is far-reaching, but which of
ficers of the government have not yet
had the opportunity to study' in all
its bearings.
The president would give the inter
state commerce commission the right
to pass on any rate or practice of the
railroads cn its own initiative. He
would also give the government super
vision over the financial affairs of in
terstate railroads, to the end that over
capitalization might be avoided, specu
lation eliminated and bond proceeds
devoted only to legitimate purposes.
He declares that overcapitalization al
ready of fixed value must be recognized
as affecting, thousands of innocent
shareholders. Many rates, he contends,
are already too low, and it is better
in the interest of imperative improve
ments that earnings should be too
liberal rather than insufficient. The
Sherman anti-trust law, he says, calls
for immediate amendment, In its
present shape it is entirely unfitted to
meet the conditions of today, often
tending to produce the very evils it
aims to suppress. The president speci
fies certain combinations which are
lawful and expedient for the railroads.
The president attacks stock and mar
ket gambling in strong terms.
The message created a great deal
of comment among the nation’s law
makers. The president’s friends com
mend it enthusiastically. Some of the
talks in the cloak room and corri
dors turned upon a third term for
Roosevelt and discussed this action as
a bid for support from those who be
lieve President Roosevelt is the only
man with the determination, grit and
perseverance to fight through congress
the aggressive policies outlined in the
special message.
It came as a surprise that the presi
dent should send another message to
congress calling for further corporate
regulations; particularly since he reit
erated his old recommendations in his
December message. In the senate- the
message was heard in decorous si
lence. In the house it was continuously
applauded, particularly the reference to
punishment of wrongdoers and his de
fense of federal judges.
“A splendid democratic doctrine,”
said Senator Jeff Davis. "A bid for a
third term,” said Representative Clay
ton of Alabama. Senator Davis mov
ed that 10,000 copies of the message
be printed and the motion was
adopted.
SLAVERY STILL EXISTS.
Criticism Aimed at Taft During Dlaous
tentlon Won by Louisville,
in the Senate.
Greatly to the surprise of everyone,
the subject of slavery was introduced
in the senate Monday during consider
ation of the penal code bill. Secretary
Taft was directly charged with hav
ing a knowledge of slavery in the
Philippines. The debate was pertinent
to the sections of the bill revising the
criminal code of the United States,
which provide* penalties for dealing
in slaves.
■ The old law's against the slave trade
have been retained in the code by the
committee, reporting it with a change,
by which the word “persons” is sub
stituted for the words “negroes mulat
to's and colored persons.” Mr. Hale
declared that slavery being a thing of
the past all reference to it should be
taken out of the code.
Mr. Heyburn, in charge of the hill,
contended for the retention of the pro
vision saying that there are forms of
slavery other than those that were
abolished by the civil war. He cited
coolie slavery, and slavery for immoral
purposes, which he said exists in this
country, and said the prohibition
would apply to such practices. He said
that he had heard it charged that slav
ery of the old-fashioned kind still ex
ists in one of the islands of the Philip
pine group.
Mr. Halo said he was glad the sen
ator from Idaho had in his researches
found so good a reason for continuing
this prohibition against slavery.
He declared, however, that he had
uever supposed slavery existed in the
island after American occupation.
“I am surprised,” asserted Mr. Till
man, “to hear any senator on the re
publican side disclaim knowledge oi
what has been notorious since w<= took
possession of the Philippine Islands
and known to exist there.”
Mr. Tillman said he was still more
surprised that “the party which had
gathered so much glory from the de
struction of slavery in this
and which has absolute control of our
foreign affairs, had done nothing to put
an end to slave trade in the Philip
pines “Why don’t the men,” he said,
‘who are responsible for the Philip
pine government enforce the law?”
Senator Stone called attention to an
agreement made by General John C.
Bates with the sultan of Sulu for con
tinuing slavery and polygamy.
“We have even gone further,” Mr.
Tillman said, “and have given sala,
ries to the sultan and his dattos.”
Mr. Hale here again said that if
these monstrous conditions exist in the
Philippines and receive the sanction
of this government or of the senate
the fact had certainly not been appre
ciated by him.
Mr. Hale then asked that the para
graphs relating to slavery be passPd
over in order that full information
might be received and Senator Hey
burn agreed.
ROCKEFELLER F1RE8 ITALIANS.
Oil Magnate to Fill Their Places With
American Unemployed.
To aid the large number of unem
ployed of Tarrytown, N. Y., who have
appealed to him for help, John D.
Rockefeller sent word from Augusta,
Ga., to the superintendent of his es
tate at Pocantico Hills to lay off all
of the foreigners, and give employ
ment to needy residents. In addition,
Mr. Rockefeller has given permission
to those in want to go to his woods
and cut wood to warm their homes.
PASSED BOGUS CERTIFICATES.
Counterfeit Clearing House Money Gets
Negroes Into Trouble.
Charley Walker, colored, was bound
over to the superior court at Rome,
Ga., Monday morning on bond of $2,
000 for passing counterfeit clearing
house certificates, Will Collier, col
ored, will be tried for the same of
tense. He is held under $1,000 bond.
THAW TRIAL NEARS END.
Evidence All in and Littleton Begins
Argument for Defense.
With no attempt on the part of the
state to combat with scientific testimo
ny the claim of insanity urged in be
half of Harry K. Thaw, the taking of
evidence in the second hearing of the
Madison Square Garden murder trial
at New York, ended Tuesday.
Wednesday morning Martin W. Lit
tleton began his plea for the defend
ant.
XI'
Terms: $1.00 Per Annum in Advace.
Georgia Briefs
Items of State Interest Culled
From Random Sources.
Comptroller Issues FI. Fas.
Comptroller General Wright has is-
1 sued tax fi. fas. against the Savannah
Electric company for $11,596.88; the
Brinson railway for $297.93, and against
the Western Union Telegraph compa
ny for $420.03. The executions were
issued at the request of the tax col
lector of Chatham county for taxes al
leged to be due the county.
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Must Continue Conyers Train.
The railroad commission has given
Superintendent W. S. Brand of the
Georgia railroad and the people in
terested to understand that it w'ould
not permit the discontinuance by that
road of the daily accommodation train
between Conyers and Atlanta.
This announcement was made fol
lowing the conclusion of the hearing
on this subject.
Slayer of Policeman Doomed.
Andrew Johnson, the negro who kill
ed Patrolman Manier in Atlanta, some
months ago, will have to hang., accord
ing to a decision of the state supreme
court, handed down last Friday morn
ing. The opinion was rendered by
Justice Atkinson (all justices concur
ring), and affirmed the decision of the
lower court in refusing a new trial.
County Liable for Debt.
In a decision handed down a few
days ago by the state supreme court,
Butts county’s liability to the Jackson
Banking company for money loaned
the county by the bank is fixed.
From February to October, 1906, the
Jackson Banking company loaned
Butts county about $48,000 on notes.
All but gome $119,000 was paid, then
the county treasurer declined to pay
any more of the amount on the ground
that the county was not liable.
Big Power Company Projected,
A company has been formed in Jesup
with a capital of $300,000, for the pur
pose of developing water power and
generating electricity for manufactur
ing purposes.
The company will erect a cotton
mill and a cotton seed oil mill and
storage warehouses, and will build
and operate an electric railway from
Jesup to several other surrounding
towns.
Application for charter is now be
ing prepared. The privilege of increas
ing the capital stock to $500,000 Is
asked.
Postal Clerks Transferred.
Twenty railway postal clerks and
about $26,000 a year in salaries spent
in Atlanta will be taken away as a re
sult of changes recently made by the
Southern railway in its train sched
ules. Orders to this effect moving
away from Atlanta this number of men
have been issued by L. M. Terrell,
superintendent of the United States
railway mail service.
Under the schedules as changed
there was no other alternative for Su
perintendent Terrell, and he was com
pelled to have twenty clerks transfer
red to Washington.
Appeals to State Supreme Court.
B. C. Sloan, son-in-law of the late
Rev. Sam P. Jones, has appealed from
the decision of Judge Fite, in which
he awarded the little grandson of the
great evangelist to his grandmother,
Mrs. Sam Jones, at Cartersvllie, for
five years.
In an effort to obtain possession of
the baby his wife waived her claim to
the boy to her mother, Mrs. Sam P.
Jones, and Judge Fite, after reviewing
the case, ordered the child to the care
of Mrs. Jones, its grandmother.
It is from this decision that Mr.
Sioan appeals to the supreme court
of the state.
Ocilla Declared County Seat.
According to a decision handed
down by the state supreme court,
Ocilla will be the county seat of Ir
win county instead of Irwinville, the
old capital of the county.
Following an act passed by the last
legislature a new county, named Ben
Hill, was created with Fitzgerald as
the county seat, out of parts of the
county of Irwin and adjoining counties.
Irwinville was at that time the county
seat of Irwin county, and was left
in the old county. A petition was got
ten up, signed by the required number
of tax payers, seeking to change the
county site from Irwinville to Ocilla,
also in the old county. On the fjee
o? the returns Ocilla won. Proceedings
NO. 1 2
were begun by certain citizens to stop
{be transfer of the county seat te
Ocilla, and in the lower court, OcIIla
again won. The case was brought up
for review, with the result that the
lower court was sustained, and Ocilla
won out again.
Uncle Sam Issues Liquor Licenses.
From the records of the internal
revenue office in Atlanta, information
is gathered that since the first of Jan
uary, 66 federal licenses have been
issued for the retailing of spirituous
and malt liquors in the state of Geor
gia.
The purpose for which these licenses
are secured is of course not apparent.
With a prohibition law operative in the
state, making illegal the sale of intoxi
cating liquors or beverages, the num
ber of licenses issued by the federal
authorities, expressing the permission
of the national government for the
holders of those licenses to do the
thing which is prohibited by state law,
becomes exceedingly interesting.
A perusal of the internal revenue
record of these licenses shows that
most of them were issued to people
who give Savannah as their place of
business. Only four of the whole
number are charged to Atlanta, with
an additional license issued to a fish
ing club located at Brooks Station in
Fayette county.
Decision in Favor of State Fair.
There will be a state fair at Pied
mont Park in Atlanta this fall. The
old machinery hall will be torn down
this spring. These two things were
agreed upon by the park board after
a three-hour session, at which a num
ber of prominent citizens, including la
dies, were heard from. There were ar
guments against the holding of the fair
at the park so all the old buildings
might be removed, and there were ar
guments for the holding of the fair
for commercial reasons.
The argument to tear down the old
machinery hall came in the way of a
compromise, as this will give room for
the immediate beautifying of a portion
of the park which Will not be used
for fair purposes.
Crime Decreases in Atlanta.
Here is the record of Atlanta’s first
month under prohibition. It speaks
for itself:
Total number of cases tried in police
court in January, 1907, 1,663.
Total number of drunks, 841.
Total number of cases tried In Jan
uary, 1908, 768.
Total number of drunks, 64.
The first month under the reign of
prohibition shows a slump in police
court business of 895 cases. The de
crease in the number of cases ef
drunkenness is even greater than in
the total number of cases.
The police court acts as a splendid
barometer and gives a good idea of
the effects of the “dry” reign.
The Atlanta Journal says the most
popular business man is always the
man who minds his own business.
JEROME LAMBASTS THAW.
Likewise District Attorney Severely
Scores White in Summing Up.
A New York special says: William
Travers Jerome, representative of the
people, made a masterly plea Thurs
day that justice be done in the case
of Harry Kendall Thaw.
Vindictiveness, sneers, insinuations
all were lacking; logic, analysis and a
calm consideration of the facts were
their substitutes.
It was no blind appeal for the ven
geance of the law that Mr. Jerome ad
dressed to the jury, but ever and al
ways there was the note of fairness,
oven at times of mercy.
The year that has elapsed since the
first trial had wrought a wonderful
and startling change in the prosecutor.
No longer attempting to shield the
name of Stanford White, he accepted
the story told by Evelyn Nesbit Thaw
as true—all but the drugging—and he
made frank confession to the jury that
the velvet swings and mirrored rooms
of the studio houses described by the
girl were indeed a miserable reality.
No longer attacking Evelyn Thaw
as a skilled adventuress, Mr. Jerome
pleaded for the girl, because she never
had had a chance for any of the higher,
cleaner, sweeter things of life.
The climax came, however, when
Mr. Jerome denounced both Thaw and
White in one breath and classed them
as “two degenerates quarreling over
a woman.” And the woman, the pros
eoutor declared, knew no more—had
been taught no more by the world—
than to play one against the other
until In jealous rage, in blindest rage,
ln vengeance of “an undeniably gross
wron g done to his wife,” Harry Thaw
shot and killed the architect.