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About The Rockdale banner. (Conyers, Ga.) 1888-1900 | View Entire Issue (July 28, 1899)
rtiil Give You Ali Uau» " Dr e C „d Rock of Conyers a 1 ' -m .k iOL XXIV. l OFFERED h aStresl Car Company Makes jiaiiosal Proposition. g OPTION TO PURCHASE Was Totally Unexpected. iy Result In Municipal Ownership. , ta aispatcH says: The fol ' proposition {rom Joel Hurt, ilans to give Atlanta a percent the earnings of the Atlanta alK l Power- company and I where it become at the city may epurchaser of the street rail stem, was made to the electric ■committee at a meeting Wed Iafternoon. The offer was the Izing point of the day’s sensa ,bi 1 threw into the background liter feature of the long debat iminding over the franchise m Ga., July 26, 1899.—To , Electric and Other mmittee on Gen lys of the City of Atlanta, i: I herewith suggest the fol ; propositions to the city goy it which, if acceptable, I will mend ami endeavor to have itly accepted by the Atlanta iy and Power Company and the s Railway Company, recent financing of these com iprovides for a bonded stock is | $2,000,000 aud a bonded in loess of $5,000,000, of which ;is reserved for future extensions improvements $750,600, The jin reserve will build a new r and lighting station of snffi [ opacity supply to light the and lights city’s kind to power imestic and manufacturing pnr ; It is estimated that after teg a lighting station there will niu reserve a large amount of E, which will be used for future [lions bland of is the be lines. provided A proper the to for issue. The bonds will all bear t cent, except $225,000 of the [of the old which Atlanta will Street bear 6 Rail company, per ppose that out «f the annual b, commencing January, 1900, CteT [SOI, '‘■pS'tSt-IS Tie 5 per cent and thereafter 6 k All dividends above 6 per fill be divided one-fourth to the piers pimproving and three-fourths to the the streets and for 1 schools. (companies, ant acting w ! ith the city, and build all extensions of Filch may be needed, and in. the ofany disagreement, the same determined by a commission to the ^^legislature. iW. 1 t :«T r lera ,g r i °? t th ? l\m f the faCt iand fe l ll w! , haVG i gle tin to 0 t? 0 f W f Tears erS 0f proven the Street an U2 Cf ZZ' o r- • i a iV 7 0W nC1 gr ' ea ° f W j NionStbi Kinf? advisability y ^’ h ui-r er of , *l the a ‘a ths fnlr 89 | rowth ’.f of the Wv owil ( S1£l( . ra tthe C0 " : * Nhestock Tk v a , arge ma] ° r ' kcitizen^ il i Wl11 companies be satisfied are 1 C KssonabD b l t for . their m m- 1 & wfiL IV ’ 80 14 a ad j US b ! * h r th -f d e ’ 'ntilifi Cts I 860t0 the i° £ otherleL in F - iT\ Z gD li in wblfi th A H t t 0 ek 0f v C ° m ’ | and tbf could m not be re HftancLp 3 until 8 atlon of tbe ex P lr 5 rUnmng . fr f lty jvears ’ ° m ° 13 # believe tbat ,, . by , thlS ... '^holdl city L an t Can D A . pr pertGs {; L m vT m 4 tn Nly, be 6 deemed p a “ i - Be K Ilalian p apmWr^i,t Up. 1 ffpgT t0 tbe Rome correspond Stat Jj0adon Daily Mail, the It 68 & ovei 'ument has inform a i ; au j^fborities e 1 0 discover that it is im the Tallulah lent news Papers, the cor «lv j' 8 ’ are indignant, and r ° un ce wb at they call baerir. i^^civilization.” . ** flGoueTrinHiam. Lrr Sd WiUi^s^ f Ja C0b 3 ° , , , Rockdale Banner. Ill 18 81111. NEW YORK MAN IS SELECTED AS SUCCESSOR TO ALGER. HE ACCEPTS THE PORTFOLIO. General Alger Scnila Congratulations—A Brief Sketch of the JJew Head • of Wav Depart meat. A Washington, special says: Eliliu Root, of New York, has accepted the war portfolio in President McKinley’s cabinet. The telegram of acceptance was received shortly after noon Satur da y, while Secretary Long was with ,he f jresidfut - Secretary Alger had just left. Tko tender of the war portfolio was made Mr. R 00 t Friday night after the conference at the white house, Secretary Alger had confidently ex peeted the appointment of Mr. Root, and was ver y much pleased at the president’s choice. This was evidenc¬ ed in the following letter which Secre¬ tary Alger addressed to his successor: My Dear Mr. Root: A" I know is what the newspapers say, that you are to succeed me as secretary of war. Should it come to you I most earnestly urge you to make the sacrifice and accept the position. With your great knowledge of law and your ex¬ cellent health, you can serve the country in a way given to few men. Sincerely yours, R. A. Alger. “To Hou. Elihu Root, New York.” Who the New Secretary Is. Elihu Root was born February 15, 1845, at Clinton, Oneida county, N. y He graduated from Hamilton col¬ lege in the class of 1864 and entered the New York university law school. He was admitted to the bar in 1867, since which time he has been in the active practice of his profession in New York city. He was United States attorney for the southern district of New York from March, 1888, to July, 1885. He was vice president of the association of tho bar of the city of New York for a number of years; vice president of the New York Grant Monument Association; at one time president of the republican club, and is the present president of the Union League Club. He has been a trustee of Hamilton college since 18S3 and has served as president of the New England Society in the city of New York. He was one of the most prominent members of the last New Y 6 rk state constitutional con¬ vention, where he served as chairman of the judiciary committee. MAY DEMAND SATISFACTION. - Italian Government Seeking In¬ formation About Lynching In Tallulah, La. A Washington special says: The lynching of five Italians in Louisiana la st Friday promises to assume an m ternational aspect through the action G f the Italian government. Count yinchi the Italian cbarge d’affaires, called atthe state department at made an early hour Saturday morning and representations to the officials con the atroei{y in Louisiana. In order to get full information as a basis for action by this government, Secretary Hay thereupon telegraphed the | governor of Louisiana requesting all t e fflcts in the case. Count Yin chi’s action was predicated on reports from the Italian consular officials in Louisiana, and by the press reports. There is reason to believe also that the Ita!ian foreign offic e is already fu]] iu f ormed on the occurrence. It . g probabl(?! however, that the repre sentations of the present are only pre liminarv with the view to calling at teniion to the facts reported and to pave the way for any protest or de¬ “and of reparation which may follow. Count Yineki’s repreEentations based to th<j state de partment were the acting upon a brief dispatch from con sul at New Orleans, Pabini. Count Yinchi at once directed that all the particulars in the case be se cured and that special inquiry be made as to whether the victims of the lynch ing were Italian citizens who had not become naturalized . M’LAURIN HAS “CINCH.” Manager* of "Private” Allen Give Up Fight In Mississippi. 4 special from Jackson, Miss., says’ The campaign managers of “Private” John Allen now concede the i ect ion of Governor McLaurin to the e altkonght they United State senate, majority. ma ke no estimate of the McLaurin now lacks only five votes of the number necessary to elect on joint "°°* tor , ” e " 6 “ins conceded that the McLaurin me,y will tzstts? “ CONYERS. GA., FRIDAY, JULY 28, 1899. THREE VICTIMS OF A MOB Assailants of the Ogletrees Are Quickly Put to Death. ONE MADE A FELL CONFESSION. Eight Other Negroes, According to the Confession, Were Implicated. < Three negroes were lynched in Early county, Ga., Sunday morning by a mob. The first one put to death was Louis Sammin. He was captured near T Brinson , . and , carried to Saffold Sunday morning about 4 o’clock. Has was taken before Mr. and Mrs. Ogletree, who identified him as one of the party who robbed the man aud assaulted the woman. The negro was carried a short dis¬ tance from the house of the Ogletrees and strung up to a limb. Before dying he confessed to the deed and gave the names of the ne¬ groes assisting in the devilish work. He said that there were eight negroes in the gang and that they came from Augusta, Ga. He also said that Wo of the party were only a short distance from where he stood. The mob divided, one portion swing¬ ing up Sammin and the other two no groes, who were overtaken and shot. How Sammin Was Caught. On Saturday night . Sammin . ap peared at the cabin of an old negro near Brinson and asked for lodging. The old man suspected that the way farer was one of the assailants of the Ogletrees and gave his consent for the stranger to remain awhile. The old darkey then went to Brinson and in¬ formed the officers of the strange ne¬ gro’s presence in his house. A posse was soon organized and in a short time Sammin was a captive. Wire Probably Escapes. A dispatch from Augusta states that while no positive information has been secured, it is thought that the six ne¬ groes mentioned in Bainbridge dis¬ patches are those who escaped from the Richmond county jail on June 7th. They had all been convicted at the su¬ perior term, and were awaiting trans¬ portation to the various places of pun¬ ishment when by the aid of a nail, spoon handle and a piece of wood - admit - ., they dislodged , , , , enough , brick , ■ , , to tkeir bodies through the wall. They were next heard from at Lula ville, some seven miles west of Au gusta. Some female residents of that place wired to Augusta that they were terrorized by the escaped convicts. The sheriff failed to find any proofs of identity, but offered a reward of $lo 0 for the arrest of the escapes as well as expenses expenses incurred. incurred. The negroes were John Dogan sen tenced to seven years in the ary, convicted of assault with intent to murder. H« is a man who shot and attempted to kill Bridgeman McEl murray at Port Royal bridge over the Savannah river. Dogan has his full name tattoed on his left arm. Ben Lark, sentenced for five years, convicted of burglary at the Walter place. Easterling and Dred Hender Will son, each under sentence of s-ix years convicted of burglary. They bur¬ glarized Sim Walton’s store on South Boundary. sentence of Columbus Ray, under five years, was convicted on an indict¬ ment for burglary at the home of Mail Carrier Bruner. Will Campbell alias “Boar Hog,” sentenced to six years in the peni¬ tentiary, convicted of larceny from the car. SOUTHERN SHIPPERS LOSE. Eight Car Loads of Watermelons Given Away In Jersey City. A New York dispatch says: Eight car loads of watermelons were given away Saturday at the freight yards of the Pennsylvania road in Jersey City. This was done because the company wanted th^ cars, and the New York consignees did not send for the fruit. The loss falls on the consignors in the south. FIGHT OVER EVANS. Rumor That Pension Commissioner Will Ue Given Post in Cuba. A Washington dispatch says: rol lowing a report that the president will make a change in the administration of the pension bureau, it is now re ported that Mr. McKinley w i ap point Pension Commissioner H. Clay Evans governor general of Cuba. Mr. Evans has aroused the antago nism of the old soldiers by the strict construction he has placed on the pen sion laws, and it is understood if he is not removed the GAR., at its en campment in Philadelphia, will ac op a resolution censuring the admmistra tion for its pension policy. Ml IIS if KEPI ■ ENGLISH CORRESPONDENT NOW HAS A ROAST FOR OTIS. SAYS THE TROTH IS NOT KNOWN. Important Happenings In tho Philippines Cannot Bo Made Known Out¬ side the Islands. A private letter received at London Tuesday from a war correspondent ,, Manila .. and , dated , , , June*17th, T snys: “There seems to be no end of the war in sight. The censorship is con¬ stantly becoming more troublesome, Genera! Otis recently established a rule that any matter relating to the im 'T must be taken to tKe commander of the licet for bis approval, and after wards submitted to the military cen aor) thus adding to our difficulties. “For some reason which the censor ' vonld not explain, General Otis re¬ fused to allow us to send the death of the Monaduoek’s captain (Nichols) for two days after its occurrence. The general also refused to allow us to send news of the disappearance of Captain Rockefeller (April 28th), on the ground that it would worry his family, or of the killing of Captain Tilley, of the signal corps, until the next day. The correspondents are all very tired of this arrangement, which simply means that they must go out and run large chances of getting shot several times a week with no fthance of making reputations because their stories must always reflect Otis’s views. “It is impossible to write the truth aDoiit the situation. The resources and fighting understood qualities of the natives are by the American papel . 8> and we cannot write the facts without being accused of treason; nor mn we tell of the practically unani¬ mous opposition to and dislike of the war among tile American troops. The volunteers, or at least a portion of thein, were at one time ou the verge of mutiny, and unless General Otis had begun lending- li* there would have been sensational de velopments. refused “We have been absolutely all hospital figures.” (LEVELAM) WELL GUARDED. Twenty Companies of Soldiers Now Parade tbe city’s streets. Tuesday brought forth no new re ports of riding and violence at Cleve land, Ohio. Rain fell during most of thfl afternoon and d j d what the police have been unable to do—keep the evowds from co n ec ting and molesting cftrs ^ ^ ' Axline ’ adjutant t£ eneral of stato tr oops< is in con ima a d of the mijit and ap p rox j ma te 8 the force uu d er him at twenty companies, ag . nearly 1,200 men. Four hundred of them from Columbus, Newark 7 and “" Chillicothe ~“and '"were' arrived Tues af e 0 distributed &bout the city at po i n t 3 where trouble may occur. COMBINATION IN TEXAS Of Big Cotton Seed OH Mills Arouses At torney General of That State. A dispatch from Austin, Texas,says: Information reached the attorney gen¬ eral’s office Tuesday to the effect that six of the largest cotton seed oil mill firms in the state were being organ¬ ized into a combination to be known as the Continental Oil Company, with headquarters in New York. This com bination is to have a capital stock of nan rnn IHs the intention of this gigantic oil trust to control the cotton seed oil output of Texas and it has been work¬ ing quietly to that end for some time. The attorney general intends to take steps at once to look into the matter, and if he can establish the fact that the trust has been formed he will take steps to dissolve it under the anti¬ trust law of the state. Virginia Dentists Meet. The thirtieth annual session of the Virginia State Dental Association opened at Old Point Comfort Tuesday with President Charles L. Steel of Richmond, in the chair and a good attendance. MILITARY IN CLEVELAND. Four Companies Located In Ohio Town ^re Called preserve Order. Orders were issued at Cleveland, q Saturday f or the assembling of fonr compan i e s of the Fifth regiment, located at Cleveland, to do strike duty . Q tbe B t ree t 8 of the city during the pre sent street railway trouble, Decifiion to ca n 0 ut the Fifth was made after a long conference between Mayor Farley and Director of Police g arre ^ > g was decided that it was a fo so lntely necessary not only for the ga p et y 0 f the property of the street railwa _ COJa panies and lives of its cm p i 0 y ea> but for the protection of the Hveg aud propert y Q f citizens, 1 7 Official Organ of Rockdale Conn ty. Has Largest Circulation in The County. II MtillfS HI. KENTUCKY DEMOCRATS DECIDE TO ORGANIZE A “HOLT.” GATHERING EXTREMELY LIVELY. Syatoinatle Fight Is to Be Waged Against Nominee of Uouisvllle Convention. ltesolutiong Adopted. Tho anti-Goebel meeting at Bowling *P'^ in the greatest ont ^ disorder. a y •* ft or noon Personal ended violence . , resowed , to several times was before the convention was adjourned. One man* was struck with brass kuiteks and several others received blows. For a time it looked as if the meeting woiUtLeifd in a general riot. Pistols am} knives were drawn, and but for a temporary adjournment, more bloodshed would surely have followed. It was county court day and an un¬ usually large crowd was in the city. The meeting lmd been widely adver¬ tised aud w as largely attended. A num» her of prominent speakers from a dis¬ tance, among the number being Har¬ vey Myers and Theodore Hall man, of Covington; Hou. Thomas n. Hays, of Louisville, the defeated candidate for the nomination of lieutenant governor; William H. Smith; ex United States District Attorney Jim Williams, of Louisville; J. C. Flournoy, attorney, of Fulton; J. J. Constantine, of Sparta, and others were present, J. McKenzie Moss, a gold democrat of Bowdiug Green, called the me- ling to order. An effort was made to elect a secretary from the local newspaper ranks, but each one suggested refused to serve, Trouble Is Precipitated* Mr. Moss was continued as perma¬ nent chairman. Harvey Myers, of Covington, an oldtime enemy of Goe bel, attempted to address the conven tion, but he had scarcely begun the addr ss when he was interrupted by .'•...' 1 /Hu iU* hall with *ho qnos tion: “Did you betray Hon. Will T. Cox, whose picture you now face, in the race for the speakership of the Ken¬ tucky house of representatives?” Mr. Cox was a resident of Bowling Green and was a very popular man. He was defeated by Myers, his per sonal friend, by a few votes for speaker, in This remark set the convention an uproar. A great howl went up and in a minute there was the great est confusion ever witnessed at a po litical gathering in Kentucky, During the disturbance the commit ten on resolutions reported. The res olution was declared carried. Fearing more serious trouble, a motion to ad journ was declared carried and half the crowd left the room, when several personal altercations occurred on the outside. When part of the crowd had left the hall something like order was again restored * ** and ’ many persons were in¬ duced to remain and hear a number of speeches. ticket The resolutions deny that the is entitled to or should receive the support of the party in the state. The convention repudiated the so called nominee, and “in order to pre¬ serve the integrity of the party and to secure the election of democrats,” re¬ quested a “provisional executive com¬ mittee” of twelve to meet at Lexing¬ ton, August 2d, and meanwhile to ake , steps to , secure a full ... representa- . tion at that meeting of democrats throughout the state who are in sym P-tby with the movement, Ovvoiih S«ml* Iifitter. Ex-Congressman W. C. Owens sent the letter condemning the movement inaugurated by so-called democrats aud eastern states to abandon the principles of the Chicago platform and indorsing William Jennings Bryan for president, and charging that the state convention in Louisville which nomi¬ nated Goebel ‘was perverted from its true purpose by corruption, fraud and force; by intrigue and treachery; by infamous rulings of the acting chair¬ man, thereby setting at naught the time-honored principles of democracy that the will of the majority of the people shall be the governing power.” OLD SUBJECT REVIVED. Question of General AVheeler's Seat In Congress It U|* Once More. A special to the Chattanooga Times from Birmingham, Ala., says: “Since General Joseph Wheeler has been ordered to the Philippine islands a renewal of the discussion about de¬ claring vacant his seat in the house of representatives from the eighth dis¬ trict has begun. The Montgomery Journal, which is looked upon as the organ of the state administration, was the first to spring the question. This leads to the suspicion that it is sound¬ ing public opinion for the governor with a view to his declaring General Wheeler’s seat vacant.” NO 29. SAMMIN fiANG IS DOOMED The Pursuing Posses Continue Work of Extermination. LIST OF VICTIMS REACHES FIVE Additional Particulars of Lynch¬ ing of Sammin—Great Ex¬ citement Prevails. A state of terror reigns in Decatur and Early counties, Georgia, as the result of the outrage upon the Ogle¬ trees at Safford; the lynching of some of the perpetrators aud the exciting chase of others of the gang. The officers of the law are power¬ less to check the fury of the people, even if they were so disposed, as the feeling that the criminals have com¬ mitted a diabolical crime and are de¬ serving of no sympathy, is general. Five members of the gang so far have been made way with, while an exciting chase is yet going on for the associates of those who have been dis¬ posed of. It is said that no mistakes have been made by those who have taken the law in their own hands, for in each instance it was known beyond all doubt that the victim of the mob was guilty of the crime for which he was executed. Olio of the captives was Charles Mack, the companion of Sammin. It was Sammin and Mack who outraged Mrs. Ogletree in the presence of her husband at Saffold, one holding a pis¬ tol at tho head of the husband to pre¬ vent his interference. Mack was captured at Iron City by a white man named Cardell. Cardell tried to get his prisoner through to jail, hence secreted him. A mob of several hundred country people met Cardell and asked the whereabouts of his prisoner. He declined to say. A Vopo wa» ijuicklv put about, minutes lus neck and be was given teu in which to give up the rapist or his life. He then told where the negro was. In a short while the crowd had Mack, who confessed, corroborating Bam min’s statement. The men, lie said, were banded together for murder, rob¬ bery and rape. Smimiln'it Execution Dramatic. The scene presented at the execu¬ tion of Sammin was a dramatic one. Sammin had been completely identi¬ fied by both Ogletree and Mrs. Ogle¬ tree and had not opened his month in denial of the charges. He was being led to a place of execution and those about him were discussing how they would put him to death. Suddenly Sammin turned to one of his captors and asked to ho allowed to have a word. Ho was given permission to talk, and then in an off-hand way he told how he and his comrades had en¬ tered the store, robbed Ogletree,made him lead the way to Mrs. Ogletree and how one had held the gun against Ogletree's breast while his wife was at the mercy of his associate. Sammin begged for his life, promis¬ ing to take the authorities to where he could find six other members of the gang The mob, numbering some two hun¬ dred men, were too highly incensed, and nothing but justice on the spot would quench their thirst for revenge. They at once chained him to a tree and after mutilating parts of his body he was riddled with bullets. Two Dead Near Balnhrldge. Early Sunday morning the bodies of two unknown negroes were found on the Plant System railroad embank¬ ment near Bainbridge. A big crowd congregated at the place and examined the bodies. It was believed by some that tho men had been accidentally killed by a train, but others asserted that the negroes had been hanged by a moVi and their bodies placed on the track to be run over by a train to make it appear that that was the means of their death. So divided was the opinion that the coroner was summoned, and he em panneled a jury which, after several hours of deliberation, returned a ver¬ dict that the negroes came to their death accidentaly. INDUSTRIAL LEAGUE MFETS. Many Delegate* Attend the First Conven¬ tion In Atlanta, Ga. Delegates to the number of three hundred were in Atlanta, Ga., Tues¬ day, in attendance on the convention of the Southern Industrial league. The objects of the league are so closely allied to the advancement of the business interests of the southern states that the interest of the entire south was centered on the convention. Merchants from every section of Georgia, and manufacturers also, oc¬ cupied chairs in the hall. They were present for the purpose of reviving the industrial lines of this section.
