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GREAT WELCOME FOR DEWEY
A MO/NSTEH MILITA'Ry PARADE I/N AT-
L A/NT A, GA., IS AKHA/NGED.
Troops From Other States Are Invited
To Be On Hand and Take Part.
The biggest military demonstration
that has ever occurred in Atlanta or
in the state of Georgia will he given
in honor of Admiral Dewey and Lieu¬
tenant Brumby October 25th. The
general reception committee at its
session in Atlanta Tuesday morning,
recognizing the importance of the mil¬
itary feature of the celebration, appro¬
priated the sum of $5,000 to meet the
expenses which will be incurred from
this source.
Unless the indications fail, and there
is no reason to believe they will, the
militia of Georgia will be backed up
in the parade by troops from Alabama,
Tennessee, South Carolina, North Car-
olina and poRsibly Florida. Telegrams
were hurried off Tuesday by the mili¬
tary committee to the adjutants general
of each ot the states named asking
them to wire an invitation at the
committee ... , expense to . each , company
s
commander in their jurisdiction to
take part in the big military parade in
honor of Dewey and Brumby.
At the lowest estimate made by any
member of the military committee
there will bo in Atlanta over 3,000
visiting troops and the number may
the “*»*“*? different states p oe ^Pt°t to 5,000 replies from
Acting Adjutant General Phil Byrd,
at the meeting of the general commit-
tee, was tendered the position of mar-
shal of the day on the oocasion of the
parade. The selection was regarded
by the committee as a wise one on ac-
count of the familiarity of the acting
general with the military organization
of Jhe state......
Immediately after the adjournment
of the general committee a meeting
of the military committee was called
and in he short session a great deal
towau making the parade the distinct
feature o the Dewey celebration was
accomp ished.
Colonel J. Van Holt JSash was ap*
pointed pointed a a committee committee of of one one to to nrooeecl proceed
troops t cops on on th^blsfa the basm of ol 2 2,UUU 000 or^ or A5UU 500
visiung soldiers.
i eighboiine States invited.
The remarkably cheap rate of one
cent a mile winch has been offered for
certain days by the railroads entering
Atlanta will be extended over military
and Dewey day, which under the pres-
ent arrangements have been made the
same. The low rates it is believed will
he a special induccement to the troops
of the neighboring states that have
been invited to take part iu the cele-
bration.
There was scarcely a command in
the south that did not m»ke an effort
to go to New York and join in the first
ovation to the hero admiral, and the
hundreds who failed to take advantage
of the opportunity will be presented
with the same chance in Atlanta.
telegrams to the adjutants general
file different states were sent shortly
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troorjs that come from a distance will
be compelled to decide at once. In
*!>«»»' *“■ th0 ““'"S'“
confident that each of the states in-
vited will make a good showing and
that the demonstration will be the
finest of the kind ever formed in the
city.
Provision For the Troops.
Out of the appropriation of $5,000
which has been made by the general
committee, will come the expense of
caring for the troops, who, while in
the city, it is understood, will be the
guests of Atlanta. Notices were sent
by telegraph to each company him com¬
mander in the state notifying that
his men will be fed and provided with
a place by the committee and that all
the troopr are expected to bring is the
DELEOALS AOA1N IN JAIL.
Proceeding Was Necessary In Order
to Hove For New Trial.
A Savannah, Ga., dispatch says:
John and Edward Delegal, the two
McIntosh county negroes who were
convicted of the murder of Joseph
Townsend and sentenced to life terms
in the penitentiary, were Tuesday. returned to
the Chatham county jail
Their return to Chatham county
jail was the result of habeas corpus
proceedings whioh had to be instituted
by their attorneys before they could
be token from the penitentiary camps.
The Delegals tell a story of terrible
suffering at the convict camp in Brooks
county. ________
YACHT RACES COSTLY.
The Frequent Flukes Drew Heavily
On the Club’s Treasury.
The New York Yacht club, which
has the management of the cup races,
is one of the principal financial suffer¬
ers by the failures. Officers say that
each attempt to race cost the club
$3 000. This includes the ohib steam¬
boat, the half dozen tugs and the in-
cidental expenses, It will be seen
that the club has thus far expended
$21,000 in the attempts to pull off one
race.
regulation campaign dress and blank¬
ets for use at night.
The troops will be fed from a gener¬
al commissary which is to be eatab-
lishod at some convenient point to the
troop headquarters. No regular hour
for meats will be fixed, any mau with
uniform can obtain his meals any
time he appears at commissary.
Railway People Hustling.
Railway officials are getting together
all the engines and cars they cau press
into service to handle the great crowds.
From every station the agents report
that the people are talking about “go¬
ing to Atlanta to see Dewey and
Brumby.” be
The estimates of the visitors to
expected run from 40,000 up. No one
would be greatly surprised to see 100,-
000 people in the GnteCity during the
two days of Dewey’s visit.
Now that it is certain that the ad¬
miral will visit no other city in the
sou ^ b( the estimates are hardly limited
at a]1 As Atlanta extended the first
invitation from the south, the admiral
cou j d not refuse, but he plans to re-
turn f ii rec t to Washington,
ENTHUSIAST! OVFiR BRYAN.
Kentuckians Greet Nebraskan and
Party With flatly Ovations.
,
William J. Bryan and his party
i ; spent Tuesday night iu Stanford, Ky..
after another day of hard campaigning
in central Kentucky. The start was
| made from Louisville at 6 o’clock
Tuesday morning. A heavy storm
| prevailed and continued thioughout
the day. Frankfort, the capital city,
wttR reached at 8 o’clock.
Despite the rain and the early hour
a large crowd assembled ill the opera
house to hear Mr. Bryan, who urged
the election of the regular Democratic
state ticket. The lengthy speech of
the day was that delivered at Loxing-
ton, in Chautauqua hall, before, per-
haps, the largest gathering of enthu-
giastic followers met during the clay’s
trip.
. pp 1 ^ AY c R v e FO R SOLDIERS.
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p res j,j en t Declares Our Flag Defend-
ers Should Be Upheld.
ib ' J “faring bearing the presidential
I eago^at “S 0 ai 2-40 ° o’clock cloc ^ Tuesday ine8U “J r afternoon
and left for Michigan points and the
j j mme diatelv In the course of
bis speech at Racine, Wis., Tuesday
^ morning> tbe esident 8gid;
| ><Our ’thoughts ’ our prayers goto
the brave me]1 in distant islands
o{ tbe sea> ’ who are upholding tbe flag
of om . cou u try in honor. And while
they are doiii« that we will uphold
them All hostilities will cease in the
Philippines when those who com-
me nced them will stop and they will
no t cease until our and’ flag representing
jj bertv humanity civilization
shall float triumphantly in every un-
d j S p U ted and acknowledged sover-
eignty of the republic of the United
’ •. (Applause )
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uFlNFO»CF-nFNTS FOR OTIS
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General Will Soon Have Seventy :
Thousand Fighters On Hand.
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Army—Combatants, 63,872; non-
oombatants, 1,500.
Navy—Ships, 45; blue-jackets,
4,997; marines, 1,184.
Growth of Affiliated Orders.
The executive council of the Ameri¬
can Federation of Labor met in Wash¬
ington Tuesday. The secretary’s re¬
port shows a marvelous increase in the
number of organizations formed and
affiliated. It was decided to urge on
congress legislation for an eight-hour
day and the restriction of immigration.
BRITISH PARLIAMENT
Opened at London to Consider the
Transvaal Situation.
The British parliament opened at
London Tuesday in extraordinary ses¬
sion to consider the South African
war situation.
In the speech from the throne, Her
Majesty, the Queen, said among other
things: affairs in South Africa
“The state of
has made it expedient that my govern¬
ment should be enabled to strengthen
the military forces of this country by
calling out of the reserves. For this
purpose the provisions of tbe law ren-
dering it necessary that parliament
should be called together.’’
QUESSING AT CROP.
flembcrs of Savannah Cotton Ex¬
change Hake Unofficial Estimate.
Forty-five members of the Savannah
cotton exchange have estimated the
cotton crop. The estimate was con¬
solidated andaveraged.andthe average
was found to he 10,264,'93 bales. The
highest estimate was 11,111,000 bales
and the lowest 9,185,000 bales. The
estimate while unofficial was posted
on the board.
VICTORIA GALLS
FOR
Army to Be Placed Ori Gi-
gantic War Footing.
LOOKS BAD FOR KRUGER
British Is Determined to Pot a Quick
Stop to the War In the
Transvaal.
In the English house of commons at
London, Wednesday, the first lord of the
treasury and government leader, Ar-
thnr ,T. Balfour, brought in the fol-
, lowing message from „ the queen:
“The state of affairs in south Africa
having constituted, in the opinion of
her majesty, a case of great emergency
within the meaning of the act oi par-
Lament, her majesty deems it proper
to provide additional means for mili-
tary service. She has, therefore,
thought it right to communicate to the
house thau her majesty is, by proem-
mation, about to order the embodi-
meat of the militia, and to coll out the
militia reserve force, or such part
thereof as her majesty may think uec-
ess-ary for permanent service. ”
The calling out of the militia and
the militia reserves has occasioned
widespread wonderment. Old stories
0 f preparations against continental
combinations are revived. It is freely
rumored that the government is de-
termiued to demonstrate to Europe
that the British army is not a negative
quantity Jail
The will be for 35,000 reserves
and f or an added appropriation for
war purposes of £10,000,000 sterling,
The house agreed to consider the
royal message on Thursday.
A motion by Mr. Balfour appropri-
a ting the entire special session for
government business was carried by
279 TO t es against 48.
The debate on the address iu reply
to the speech from the throne was
then resumed. Philip James Stan-
hope, liberal member for Burnley,
moved an amendment strongly dis-
approving the conduct of the negotia-
tions with the Transvaal. He attacked
the policy of the secretary of state for
the colonies, Mr. Chamberlain, and
demanded that the latter should clear
himself of the charge of complicity m
the ,, Jameson roLi raid.
Tbe amendment was seconded by
Samuel Thomas Evans, liberal
her for the middle division of Glamor-
gnushire.
Sir William Vernon Harcourt, lib-
el ' al member for West Monmouthshire,
and former official leader of the liber-
al P ark y. following several minor
speeches fot aud against the govern-
ment, said it was the duty of the party
to support the government in main-
taining the integrity of the dominions
of the queen, but that they had a
right to speak of the policy of the
government in an altogether different
tone - He criticised Mr. Chamber-
Iain’s policy. At the conclusion of
his speech the house adjourned.
EDITOR S A ____• id R.
Members o{ tbe Two Georgia Press
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A ... feature of . the , . of
opening exercises
kbe Georgia State l air at Atlanta was
The two organizations held a joint
meeting Wednesday morning m room
1M °* H '
Cabaniss and Walter Coleman were
present at the meeting and explained
that there was no business to he tran-
sacted, but that the meeting had been
called for the purpose of visiting the
£a£r -
The members of both organizations
went out to the grounds at noon and
dined with Sheriff Calloway on Geor-
gia barbecue. After a hearty indul-
gence of this luscious produot the edi-
tors took in the Midway. They went
through every show in the enclosure
and enjoyed the exhibitions im¬
mensely.
At 3 o’clock they went iu a body to
the auditorium and participated in the
opening exercises.
PRESIDENT OF F. C. & PI
J. Skelton Williams Elected to Suc¬
ceed H. R. Duval, Resigned.
At the annual meeting of the Flori¬
da Central and Peninsula Railroad
company Thursday, J. Skelton Wil¬
liams, president of the Seaboard Air
Line, was elected president to succeed
H. R. Dnval, resigned. No other
business of importance was transacted.
President W’illiams announced that
his system had concluded arrange¬
ments for the operation of through
vestibule trains between New York
aud Tampa.
SAVANNAH OETS DEWEY.
Admiral Will Visit Forest City In the
Near Future.
A Washington dispatch says: Admi¬
ral Dewey has accepted for himself
and Lieutenant Brumby the invitation
from Savannah, Ga., to visit that city,
the time aud date to be fixed later on,
most probably iu December. The
committee from Savannah called at the
Everett on Admiral Dewey Wednesday
The admiral readily accepted the
committee’s invitation, but .said it
would be impossible to go anywhere
other than Atlanta at this time.
CANDLER’S MOVE
FOR REFORMS
will Be Emphasized in
Message to Legislature.
A PURE BALLOT WANTED
Georgia’s Governor Will Also Advise the
Equalizing and Lightening of the
Burdens of Taxation.
In his forthcoming message to the
Georgia legislature Governor Candler
will recommend such an amendment
to the constitution as will restrict the
ballot to the , virtue and intelligence of
the state. The governor will point
out the evils that have grown up as
^ regnH fjf traffi<J m ballot> and
wl11 la down self-evident ...
J as a
proposition that the man who would
sell his ballot is not entitled to it.
TUe corrupt i n g influence upon the
bod J P ohtIC of tb ® purchase and sale ,
of votes and the evils growing out of
such a system are pointed out in
strong laugauge in the draft of his
message.
The steps taken by sister states to-
wards restriction of the ballot are re-
ferred to, and while there is no sug-
gostion of any particular plan for se-
curing the desired end, the governor’s
idea that the mass of the ignorant lie-
gro vote should be eliminated is made
clear.
He is decidedly specific, however, in
his declaration that the distinction
should not be of race color, and that
it should not be based on a property
qualification that would eliminate a
man for lack of this world’s goods,
Virtue and intelligence—good citizen-
ship—that should be the test. It is
understood that several bills looking
to such an amendment to the consti-
tution have been prepared by members
of the legislature, and this franchise
matter promises to become one of the
most interesting before the general as-
sembly.
Tax Commission Upheld.
Governor Candler naturally devotes
considerable space iu his message to
the necessity for lightening the bur-
dens of taxation wherever it is possi-
hie, and for economy in the expendi-
tirre nf oi iite the pnnnin’a people s mnnar money, rnu„f that ww WQa
one of the chief planks on which he
made his campaign, and his whole re-
cord has borne out his professions m
this regard. He will tell of the
work of the tax commission, whose
report will be presented during the
early days of the legislature’s session,
and will commend the whole subject
to the careful consideration of the
state’s lawmakers,
With regard to the public schools of
the state, Governor Candler will urge
that they should be more closely re-
striated to the elementary branches,
as is contemplated by the constitution
and in the acts establishing the public
school system. He thinks there has
been too much of a teudency toward
higher branches; aud this, he thinks,
is a perversion of the intent of the
P ublic sMuxfl system, and one that
does grave injustice to the people who
are really meant to be benefited by the
pu bli 0 schools.
Crime and mob violence will be
t^ssx^si^si than half million ‘r, t
more a dollars for
me ting out justice to the negroes
alone. He points out the injustice of
charging the acts of the criminal class
against the race, and tells of the many
leading negroes who are as law-abiding
as whites, and who join them in
condemnation not only of mob vio-
lence, but of the terrible crimes that
have incited such violeuee.
At the suggestion of very many me-
chanics and artisans throughout the
g t a t, e> Governor Candler will recom-
mend t]j e establishment of a bureau
of labor statistics as a part of the ag¬
ricultural department. Most of the
states of the union have such depart¬
ments, and the statistics they gather
have proven of great value in many
ways.
WILL VISIT MACON.
Central City’s Committee Made Olad
By Admiral Dewey.
A Washington dispatch says: Ad¬
miral Dewey received a call Thursday
from a delegation from Macon, Ga.,
headed by Representative Bartlett and
President Smith, of the Macon cham¬
ber of commerce, who presented au
invitation to him to visit Macon. Ad¬
miral Dewey expressed his thanks and
said that while he regretted that
he could not make the visit at the
time of his trip to Atlanta, yet
he expected to go south during the
winter or early spring, and at that
time he would visit Macon and Savan¬
nah.
Ate Poisoned Cheese.
A dispatch from Warsaw, Ind.,says:
The family of J. F. Rttss were poison¬
ed by eating cheese. Eight of the
family are seriously ill, three oannot
live and Mr. Russ died soon after eat- !
•
ing the cheese. j
McKinley Qt Youngstown.
President MoKinley’s special train
arrived at Youngstown, O.,Wednesday j
evening, and the executive delivered
last speech of his tour.
IN BUCKEYE STATE
Democratic Campaign Is Begun
By Hon. W. J. Bryan
and His Party.
A special from Greenville, O., says:
William J. Bryan, Mrs. Bryan and
the newspaper men who accompanied
the party throughout Kentucky,cross¬
ed the river from Covington Wednes¬
day night -and boarded the special
train provided for the three days’ tour
in Ohio.
The train was run to Dayton during
the night, where the privnte car of
John R. McLean was attaohed, and at
Greenville, Darke county, Thursday
Mr. Bryan delivered his first address
in Ohio. Thera was an immense
crowd present. The decorations were
numerous and tasteful aud the entliu-
siasm pronounced. The visiting party
was escorted to the courthouse square
by n mounted body, largely composed
o£ the farmers of the county. Dr. L.
C. Anderson presided and introduced
John R. McLean, th« Democratic
candidate for governor.
Mr. McLean introduced Mr. Bryan
the unchallenged leader of the dem-
oor.tic masses. Mr. Bryan to avoid
the criap morning air, put on a skull
cap> w ki c k provoked good naturod
laughter, in response to which he said:
“My hair is not as much protection
ns ik ufled to be - 7 0U on 8 bk not to
complain g if I am getting * s * a little bald, ,
In x 95 tbey eaid I wft too young to
be president. Then I had to depend
upon the constitution to protect me.
How I can depend upon my baldness,
“The Chicago platform, to which
you gave such loyal support in 1896, is
8 till the platform of the Democratic
party and the platform of the Ohio
Democracy again endorses that plat-
f orm . I believe the planks of
platform are stronger today than when
they were written.”
Mr. B ryan then entered into an
elaborate defense of the income tax
and predicted a popular indorsement
of the proposition. He cited the ef-
forts of the government to raise a rev-
enne to conduct the Spanish war be-
oause of the decision
court against the income tax. He said
the money question was still unsettled
and the tight would be continued. He
treated the matter of trusts in praci-
cally the same manner as
ized his Kentucky utterances.
LONDON IN SUSPENSE.
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ExcltedOverAbsencsofNewsFrom
the Seat of War.
Wednesday was one of the most ex-
citing days at the war office in London
since the crowd attended there to
learn the result of the relief expedi- F
tion .. to . Gordon r, q at i.-rr Kaartoum. i.
The news that the Fifth Lancers
had been engaged brought many ladies
and other friends of the regiment to
inquire for news.
The gravest intelligence seems to
be the report of the capture of a train
with officers at Elandslaagto, because
it was understood that the
cross-country line was regularly pa¬
trolled.
As- j correspondents are allowed at
the front, it is impossible to gain deli-
nite information, but it is known that
General Sir George Stewart White has
been making some extensive moves of
the troops iu that neighborhood, and
developments are hourly expected.
It is rumored that Commandant Jou-
bert’s northern column, with twelve
guns, is now at Dannhauser.
Although the Boers have shown eon-
sidrrable activity in Natal, there is
nothing to indicate that they are yet
prepared for a serious combined at-
tack, and the general belief here is
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TRUE BILLS RETURNED
By Fulton County Grand Jury Against
the Pickerts.
The Fulton county grand jury at At¬
lanta., Ga., Thursday, returned bills of
indictment against A. F. Pickert and
his son, Vincent F. Pickert. A. F.
Piokert is charged with receiving stol¬
en goods and his son is accused of
burglary.
Will Etberedge, the negro burglar
who made a sensational statement to
the detectives in regard to tbe alleged
crooked operations of A. F. Piokert,
Sam Wilkes and Detective* Hewitt
and Wooten were examined by the
grand jury and it was the evidence of
these witnesses that the true bill* were
returned
RECEIVER ASKED FOR.
Building and Loan Stockholders /Take
Some Serious Charges.
Four stockholders of the Southern
Home Building and Loan Association,
at At!ante,Ga., through their attorneys,
filed a petition in the superior court
of Fulton county Wednesday after¬
noon asking that a receiver be ap¬
pointed.
The association is alleged to be in¬
solvent, and it is charged that a large
amount will be paid out in withdraw¬
als unless the association is taken
charge of by the court to proteot
stockholders who have not given no¬
tice of withdrawal.
LAWTON DRIVINO FILIPINOS.
One American Killed In Engagement
and Fifteen Rebels Captured.
A special received Thursday from
Manila stated that General Young’s
advance guard of General Lawton’s
column left Cabiao Wednesday morn¬
ing and entered San Isidro at half past
1 o’clock, The American loss was one
killed and three wounded. One Span-
' a ^ alld fift *en msurrectos were cap¬
tured.
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STATE FAIR
GATES OPENED
Parade and Sptechjs Were Features
of First Day.
WAS A SUCCESSFUL START
Exposition of State’s Resources
Better Than Ever Before.
The Georgia Sta'e Fair was opened
in Atlanta Wednesday with all the
splendor of procession, eloquence of
speech and animation of interested
spectators that could have been wished
for, aud the events of the day were
such as will long be remembered by
thousands who witnessed the parade,
listened to the speeches and viewed
the countless interesting exhibits
which make the Georgia State Fair of
1899 the biggest and the best in the
history of the state.
The advance guard of the visiting
contingent In gan to pour into the city
Monday and kept coming all day Tues¬
day, and on Wednesday—hours before
the parade—the business streets were
crowded with strangers, attracted to
Atlanta by the fair, and Expofition
park was througed with a heteroge¬
neous mass of moving humanity that,
swarmed through the buildings, in¬
vaded the Midway and otherwise put
in the time before the exercises as
their inclination* prompted.
Everyw here the crowd went,whether
it was to inspect the interesting ex¬
hibits in the manufacturers’ building
or to gaze on the queer sights ou the
Midway, the unanimous verdict was
that Atlanta in providing Georgia with
tbe sUte fftirbad accomplished a task
the completed , results of which would
be J* The k day the at the * outh grounds for ; ye “ rP brought Cl " ne ;
was
toa ™ oineP . fattln ?°] the osebytheforma auAitorixxm, where * cere a '
cr owd gathered to 1 is ten to the
bnlbant j *P ee « b e 8 of £ haneellor V al-
ter J Th b Hill bl and military Hon - and J. Pope Brown parade
* g civic
which , ushered . into existence the fair
was complete and brilliant. Long be-
fore the hour of 2 o’clock, '"hen the
parade was scheduled to start, White-
balland Pe a ehtreestreetsfromMitoh-
ell to Fourteenth street w ere thronged
surging humanity,
Tbe for "'‘ al opening of the gales
^ . Ihe hundreds sold ers and already the in civic the orga.. grounds. za-
tions made a magnificent showing and
the tae narade P ala(i « was was in ln ever* everyway wav a a bier big
s ess '
UNIQUE PROPOSAL.
Filipino Leader Offers to Overthrow
Insurrection For Cash.
A Manila dispatch says: General
Otis has received messages purporting
to come fr ? m the general, Pio del
Pilar, offering to sell out his army and
to Oliver Aguinaldo into the hands of
the Americans. Although he is not
satisfied that his offer is authentic, it
is not improbable. The policy of
General Otis is firmly set against buy-
ing any surrenders.
Pio del Pilar offers, foi the sum of
$50,000 to refrain from attacking Ma-
nila; for $250,000 he offers to surren-
<J er bis army after a sham battle, both
s '^ . es fi r i n 8 i Dto the air, and for the
8Um o£ $500,000 he says he will pro¬
oure the overthrow of the insurrection
and the capture of Aguinaldo, and the
other leaders.
In the course of the communication
he refers to Aguinaldo in contemptu¬
ous terms, indicating that strained re¬
lations exist between them. Reports
are being received from the districts
occupied by the enemy that the Fili¬
pinos believe that Pio del Pilar has an
audacious plan to break through tbe
American lines into Manila and seize
General Otis and the arohbishop.
Possibly these rumors were started
with the idea of helping him to make
a deal with the Americans. It is iia-
necessary to say that the Americans
would welcome an attaok of that sort.
There has been much speculation of
late regarding the whereabouts of Pio
del Pilar. The recent attack at La
Loma is credited to him. It is believed
that he is now in the vicinity of San
Mateo valley with a force of from
1,800 to 3,000 men.
FOOLED THE HOB.
Prisoners Were Removed From Jail
at Opportune Tim®.
Sunday night the county jail at Val-
dota was fer the second time the scene
of a mob who were after the two pris¬
oners who murdered Henry Vickers,
some three weeks ago. The citizens
of Valdosta, were in some way notified
of the coming of the mob, and the two
prisoners—Jim Goddin and Wash
Powell—were put on the train and
sent to Way cross. hundred
The mob was about four
strong. The jailer assured them that
the two prisoners had been taken away
to Waycross, but a thorough search
was made before the men went away.
PROni NENT OEOROIAN DEAD,
Judge Henderson Passes Away‘at the
Age of Seventy-Two.
Judge J. T. Henderson, who was
for twelve years commissioner of ag¬
riculture for Georgia, and for many
years a prominent figure in the state,
died at the home of his son-in-law in
Atlanta Monday morning after a long
illness.
He was seventy-two years of age,
and had been in feeble health for sev¬
eral years.