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VOL. V. NO. 303,
ATLANTA, GA., MONDAY, JUNE 24, 1907.
PRICE:
GIRL’S FATHER BEING TRIED
IS SHOT DM W KILLING YOUM MAS
E
Young Atlantan Killed
on Excursion
Train.
NEGRO CAPTURED;
LODGED IN JAIL
Leaped From Train and
Fled, But Was Chased
Down by Blood
hounds.
Special to The Georgian.
LaGrange, Go., June 24.—Hal Brew
ster, son of Colonel P. H. Brewster, of
College Park, was shot and killed by
a negro on an excursion train from
Atlanta to LaGrange at noon today.
The shooting occurred between Louise,
a small station, 6 miles from here, and
LaGrange.
According to reports two negroes were
fighting on the train when Hal Brew
ster and Clarence Wlckersham, who
were passengers, tried to separate
them. One of the negroes, named
Early, shot, the bullet striking and
killing Brewster.
Negro Captured.
The negro leaped from the t.aln at
the Dixie Cotton Mills out from La
Grange, and fled through the fields.
Bloodhounds were rushed to the scene
and placed on the trail. They chosen
the negro some distance when be was
captured. The negro was brought here
and lodged In jail.
The body of young Brewster was
brought hero and prepared for ship
ment back to Atlanta. The relatives
of the young man were notified and
will arrive here this evening from At
lanta.
FATHER RECEIVES NEWS
OF HI8 SON’S DEATH
The news of the tragedy was recelv
ed In Atlanta first In a telegram to
President Charles A. Wlckersham, of
the Atlanta and Weat Point railroad,
and he at once communicated the news
to Colonel P. H. Brewster, the young
man's father. Soon afterward, Mr.
Wlckersham and Colonel Brewster left
Atlanta for LaGrange to take charge
of the body and bring It to Atlanta
Monday night.
According to the report received by
Mr. Wlckershaf, the young man, to
gether with several others, had been
deputised by the sheriff to arrest a des
perate negro, and that when this was
about to be done, the negro opened Are,
killing Hal Brewster and wounding
others In the party.
The young man was formerly a stu
dent at Tech and then declde4 to oper
ate a farm owned by his father be
tween East Point and College Park, and
had made a success of this occupation.
He was about 28 years old and was
very popular.
8tory of Tragedy.
Hal Brewster was 28 years of age.
and was married. At his home in Col
lege Park It was stated that young
Brewster had been deputised as a spe
cial officer and was watching for order
on a negro excursion train going to
LaGrange. At the depot at College
Perk he became engaged In a difficulty
with a negro, and knocked him down
twice. Whether this led to the eubse
went shooting on the train Is not
known.
It was reported that Hal Brewster
and Clarence Wlckersham tried to sep
arate tFo negroes who were fighting on
the train Just before It reached La
Grange, and that one of the negroes
Jumped from the train and fired a shot
Into the car, which killed Brewster.
At the home no deffntte reports had
been received at a late hour, ana the
family was uncertain os to whether It
was Hal or Wallace, his brother who
had been killed. Their first authentic
report was received through The Geor
gian, after messages from LaGrange.
Mr. Brewster Is survived by his
father, Colonel P. H. Brewster, of Dor-
MISS ELIZABETH LOVING.
Her fsthor, ex-Judge Loving, shot and killed Theodors Estes, with
whom she had bean driving.
Fate of Judge Loving, Manager For Thomas
F. Ryan, Rests Largely Upon the Testi
mony of His Pretty Daughter.
SID SMITH WILL MAKE
HIS BEST CATCH OF ALL;
TO WED YOUNG ACTRESS
[
Said Thst Roosevelt
Favors Convention
in the South.
Washington, June 24.—Recent devsl-
opments Indicate that the administra
tion Is making calculation for the next
Republican convention to go South.
President Roosevelt has been show
ing marked admiration for Southern
men In a substantial fashion.
When he found that Pearl Wright, of
New Orleans, could not take the posi
tion as commission of Internal reve
nue until December, he appointed John
G. Capers, of South Carolina, as com
missioner of Internal revenue Immedi
ately.
The president la known to have fav
ored Southern men wit hnumerous lit
tle favors. Feeling that Roosevelt has
his admiration for a number of South
ern Democratic leaders also enters into
the calculations to send the national
convention to the South.
T.C.KON DEAD:
Statement D a r r o w :
Says Defense Will
Yet Prove.
ORCHARD AND LABOR i
CHIEF NOT FRIENDS <
She 1s a member of the George
Fawcett Stock Company, appearing
at the Grand, and confirms the re
port of her engagement to Sid
Smith, catcher for the Atlanta
baseball team.
Houston, Va., June 24.—At tbs con
venlng of the circuit court here this
morning at 10 o'clock the work of Im
paneling'the Jury to try Judge W. G.
Loving for the murder of young Theo
dore Estes In Nelson county on April
22 was Immediately begun.
Neither side would issue any state
ment today concerning the case, ex
cept that the friends of Judge Loving
look for an acquittal on the grounds
of the "unwritten law," It being al
leged that young Estes drugged and
maltreated Miss Elizabeth Loving, the
18-year-old daughter of Judge Loving,
while they were out buggy riding on
the afternoon prior to the killing.
On the other side tho relatives and
friends ot young Estes anticipate that
Judge Loving will be given the full
extent of the law. They contend that
Judge Loving acted In haste. They
will produce numerous witnesses to
show. It possible, that Miss Loving was
not maltreated.
The following men were selected on
the Jury: W. M. Royster, S. A. Moore,
W. B. Powell, W. T. Arendell, C. C.
Hockson, C. D. S. Hartner, W. G.
Puckett, R. L. B. Bsssar, J. L. Hardy.
They are all farmers about middle age.
Judge Loving and family, with a
corps of attorneys, are present. Miss
Elizabeth Loving, on whose story hangs
the life of her father, sat next to Judge
Loving. Loving appeared haggard.
No women are present.
Loving shot and killed Eetes In a
freight car at "Oak Ridge,” on April
22, believing Estes hod drugged and
wronged his daughter. The Estes fam
ily denied this and declared the girl
was not maltreated.
The so-called "unwritten law" will
be Invoked In the case as Judge Lov
ing admits that he did the killing, that
ho "could not have been stopped" and
that he was Insane at the time. After
Continued On Pegs Three.
CALLEDJO REST
Father of City Attorney
and One of Atlanta’s
Best Known Men.
MANAGERS ARE FORCED
TO OPERATE THEIR KEYS
*• l lie I. L/UlUIlvl 8 • *•* ulvne.v*|
sey, Brewster & Howell, his brothers,
Wallace and Errttlne Brewster, and
two sisters. His mother died several
years ago.
LITTLE GIRL FALLS
Sin Francisco, Juno 24.—Th. outlook for
Ho union men on strike ngnlnzt the \Ve«t-
era Colon and Postal Telegraph companl,.
today look* very encouraging. Three deser
tions from the non-union to the union ranks
were reported yesterday. Today another
now-comer Joined the ranks of the higher
officials who sre compelled to work a wire
la order to get off some of th. piling bull-
no... He I. Manager Hawk of the Salt
Lake City office of the Poetel. _
Mr
and
office
Manager
WTO ILLBIOR PIT
St. Louis, June 24.—While feeding
live rats to the alligators at Delmar
garden, Annie Woods, aged 18, fell Into
a pit containing six large reptiles. She
was knocked down by the tall of one
and was bitten on the leg before ehe
could be taken out. Only by her pres
ence of mind was the girl saved from
being badly bitten by the ferocious
creatures.
RACE RESULTS.
8HEEPSHEAO.
First Race—Cairngorm. I to 1, won;
Ginnett, l to 8, second; Sister Frances,
eub third. Tima 1:182-8. ...
also working s wire In the local office.
Altogether there Is quite s large number
if hlA-saltrled employees of both compa
nies doing tho work of ordinary operators,
but this can not keep up. The business Is
coming In too ripidly for the smell force on
duty to handle It.
Intimations that there are Inner Mcrets
In the operating methods of the Western
Union and Postal companies which. If re
vealed. might tend to rero utlonlie the
workings of tho two corporations and cre
ate sentiment In favor of the government
"firulSwmeSain on file nt the Western
Union here sre twsnty-fonr hours behind,
sodstiff Increasing. Only three operators
are at work, one man and two woman, who
were retired from the business, scabbed
*°The^commerctal world la disgusted, and la
sending another appeal to Clowry ashing for
arbitration or settlement. The stock ex-
IF 8TRIKE 18 8T0PPED
WESTERN UNION WILL TREAT.
New York, June 24.—It was official
ly announced at the offices of the West
ern Union Telegraph Company today
that the ogrqggient entered Into by ths
company anfl the promises and concea.
slons made to the .operators in Presi
dent Clowry’s letter to Commissioner
Niel are now off? and that In view of
action by the Commercial Telegra
phers' Union In declaring the strike at
Ban Francisco Immediately after the
company made the concessions and
agreed to a settlement of all difficulties,
all promises are off.
The Western Union officials say that
as long as the San Francisco atrlke is
on they can not treat or meet the rep
resentatives of the operators on peace
ful terms. The Western Union also
takes the attitude that calling off the
San Francisco strike will put telegra-
phers on a proper basis and all con
cessions made to them will go Into ef
fect the same as If the Son Francisco
strike had not been called. The Com
mercial Telegraphers' Union committee
went Into-secret session following the
announcement.
ADMITS DAUGHTER’S MURDER
Avondale. Pa, Jane 24.-Irvln Lewis,
under arrest on the charge of mur
dering his step-daughter. Mary Nowlin,
aged 5. by burying her alive, hat made
a partial confession to District Attor
ney MacElree.
Lewis claims the child was killed ac
cidentally and thinking he would be
occusod of her murder, he threw a bur
lap bag over the body and dug a pit
at the rear of his house and after plac
ing the body In It, filled the hole In
which the body was found Friday.
O WEATHER OUTLOOK IS O
a STILL FOR SHOWERS. O
o o
o Seems to be a striking monot- O
a ony about the weather forecasts O
O recently. For the past several days O
g it has read about as follows: O
"Local thunder showers Mon- O
O day night or Tuesday; stationary 0
0 temperature." O
O 7 o’clock a. m 73 degrees O
O 8 o’clock a. m 78 degrees O
O 8 o’clock a, m. 78 degrees O
O 10 o'clock a. m. 78 degrees 0
OH o'clock a. m 78 degrees O
O 12 o’clock noon 77 degrees O
O 1 o’clock p, m. 72 degrees Q
O 2 o’clock p. m 80 degrees 0
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Miss Vera Youngs, of Fawcett Stock Com
pany, To Be Bride of Atlanta
Idol.
HON. T. C. MAY80N.
Well known citizen who died
Monday morning.
Hon. T. C. Mayson, the father of
City Attorney James L. Mayson, and
one of Fulton county's pioneer dll-
sens, died Monday morning at I o'clock
at his residence, 81 Walker street, at
the age of 88 years.
The funeral services will be con'
dueled at the residence Tuesday morn,
lng at 10 o'clock, with Interment at
Oakland cemetery. Mr. Mayson will
rest by ths side of his wife, who died a
little more than three years ago.
T. C. Mayson was ths son of James
L. Mayson, a pioneer who settled in
Fulton county while the Indians were
still In possession of much of the land,
and the family name la closely asso
ciated with the country's history. The
old home was near the Mayson and
Turner ferry, which took Its name
from the family.
When the Civil War began, T. C.
Mayson Joined the army of Virginia,
and fought for several years. He was
afterward transferred to the postal de.
partment of ths Confederacy, and did
ilsndld work In running the malls
rough the disputed territory.
Upon his return to Atlanta after the
war, Mr. Mayson -began a grocery busi
ness which soon grew to be the roost
Important of the city. He contlnned
this until a few years ago, when 111
health caused him to retire from active
business. He was a member ot coun
cil in 18(8 oml 18(8, under Mayor Por
ter King’s regime.
Mr. Mayson was a prominent mem
ber of the Walker Street Methodist
church, and gave a great deal of his
time and energies to mission work, be
coming Identified In recent years with
ths United Brethren work end being s
prominent factor In their movement
fe was for several years superintend
ent of the Sunday school at jhe Walker
Street church.
Mr. Mayson had lived In the house
where he died, 88 Walker street, for
forty-two years. He Is survived by
his son, Hon. James L. Mayson, city
attorney, and a sister, Miss Amanda
Mayson, a woman widely known for
her lovable character and her helpful
ness to her friends. He was a broth-
or-ln-law of John J, L. Mcll and Is con
nected with the Mayson family of De
catur and with many well-known At
lanta families.
Rev. O. A. Barbee, of ths United
Brethren, and Bev. W. T. Hamby, pas.
tor of the Walker Street Methodist
church, will conduct the funeral cer
emony,
The footlights and the baseball dia
mond are to be united.
Sid Smith, the big, husky star book-
stop of the Atlanta baseball team, ao-
cordlng to a story that leaked out
Monday morning. Is soon to become a
benedict.
And his marriage will make the cul
mination of a pretty romance of the
stage and the diamond,, his bride to bs
being Miss Vera Youngs, ono ot tho
prettiest and most popular footllght
fairies of the George Fawcett Stock
Company, now holding the boards at
The Grand.
Sid arrived In Atlanta Monday with
the Atlanta team, and the wedding, It
Is understood, will take place within the
next two or threo weeks. The affair
has been kept strictly on the quiet and
only leaked out Monday morning. Ac
cording to present plans, the wedding
will be witnessed only by the members
of the Fawcett company and the base
ball team.
A Pretty Brunette.
Miss Youngs, who Is a striking bru
nette, vivacious and pretty, and but 17
years of age, has been with the Faw
cett company for the past three weeks.
She has been In this city for the post
month and a half, however, her last en
gagement being with the "Old Home
stead" company, and during this time
she was mot. wooed and won by tho
popular baseball catcher. The meet
ing between the petite little actress and
the big ball player proved a case of
love at ffrat sight, and they decided In
a Jiffy that It would be better for both
professions for them to link their fu
tures.
Since this meeting, only a few weeks
ago, the actress and the catcher have
been together almost constantly, while
the latter was In the city, and It was
only a short time until the friends of
both began to suspect. The fact that
matrimony was contemplated, how
ever, had not been divulged publicly,
although the little actress, unable to
keep the secret, had whlepered It
among some of her confidential friends
In the company.
"Can’t Keep It Quiet,"
Miss Youngs was seen Monday by a
Georgian reporter at the Grand Opera
House, during a rehearsal of "The
Christian,” and expressed great sur
prise on learning that the news had
"leaked.” She was at first reticent and
professed to be dumbfounded, but her
dreamy eyee told the story. What ap
peared as though It might form Into a
frown suddenly developed Into a smile,
and, with a twinkle In those same
dreamy eyes, she confirmed the rumor.
“My, my!” she exclaimed, dramatic
ally clasping her hands, as though act
ing some part behind the footlights,
"It seems you can’t keep anything quiet
In this town."
Continuing, she said:
"Yes, It’s true, all right, but I didn’t
want It to become known yet Mr.
Smith didn't want any of the members
of the ball team put wise until the
thing was all over. I suppose ho was
afraid he might be guyed.”
Miss Youngs will take the role of
Betty In "Tho Christian." She was In
the cast In the "Cowboy and the Lady"
and played the part of the maid In
"The Charity Ball."
She declined to state whether she In
tended to give up the stage after her
marriage.
Sid Smith, Atlanta’s popular catch
er, could not be located before the
game.
TECH GRADUATE
BREAKS HIS NECK
WHILEJATHING
Trip to Tybee was Given
in Honor of His Return
Home.
month, Injured his spinal column by
diving head first Into shallow water at
the pavilion at Tybee yesterday. He
Is not expected to live.
He la a son of Mark Apple, of this
city.
.Young Apple arrived home Friday,
and his trip to Tybee was one of the
pleasures of his homecoming.
Jack Joseph Apple, who on Sunday
afternoon was probably fatally Injured
while surf bathing at Tybee Island, was
one of the most brilliant members of
the class of thirty-three young men
who received their diplomas from the
Georgia School of Technology last
Attorneys Say Proof Will
Be Offered That Or
chard Boasted.
By J. 8. DUNNIGAN.
Boise, Idaho, June 24.—The largest
crowd of the Haywood trial attended
the opening of the defense this morn
ing. Promptly at 10 o’clock Sheriff
Hodgln called for order, the doors were
closed and Clarenee 8. Darrow began
the opening statement. Haywood's wife
and daughters were present and his
mother was In her usual place at bis
side.
Mr. Darrow took a friendly attitude
with the Jurors, standing close to them
with hands In his pocket and opening
his argument In conversational tones:
"You have heard the evidence and
the theory of the stats," he said. "It
Is now our story. This case, like ev
erything else, has two sides. Nominal,
'y Haywood Is charged with the mur-
er of Governor Steunenberg. The '
state has gone Into a wide field to
show a case.
"We will show you before our side .
Is completed Juet what actuated the
Orchard crimes. We will show you
that he was for years an Intimate
friend of the detectives for the mins
owners’ association; also that he nev- i
er was a close personal friend of Hay
wood, as he asserts.
"He killed Steunenberg for revenge, j
and for revenge alone.
"We can prove to you that he told
n dozen peoplo of hie utter hatred of i
the man he claimed robbed him ot hlgj
competency, and made him a vaga
bond. Orchard's testimony Is utterly
beyond belief, yet this creature would
try to save his craven neck by offer.;
lng up as a sacrifice the men whop
helped him when he needed financial
aid."
Mr. Darow declared that tho defense :
w-ould not apologise for anything tho
Western Federation of Miners had j
done. It had to fight from the date of!
Its birth In Jail and It would dlo fight-'
lng.
Darrow then recited the outrages lm-
>oSed upon the union miners, detailing
he assaults and depredations commit- I
ted by soldiers, detectives and mine.
owners.
WAYNE MADE ASSISTANT
TO GENERAL AGENT
Portsmouth, Va., Juno 24—Announce. (
ment was mode today of the appoint-
ment of Clifford D. Wayne, chief,
clork to General Passenger Agent Ryan
of the Seaboard Air Line Railway, to
be assistant general passenger agent, i
with headquarters In this city, effective
July 1.
Thursday night.
Entering "The Tech" ae a freshman
four years ago, he made a brilliant
record throughout his entire course.:
and when tho final records were posted
It was seen that he had achieved Ills
great ambition and graduated at the ,
lead of his class. He. stood first of
the eighteen young men who received
their degrees as electrical engineers.
~ in Jack Apple, no man was bet-
iiown on the college campus, and
he was always a bright and cheerful
mover In anything that might make for
the good of the Institution he loved.
The newe was received by his formor
classmates and fellow students In At-
lanta with the deepest regret and sym
pathy.
JACK APPLE.
Savannah, Ga., June 24.—Jack
J. Apple, the young man who was
injured while diving into the sun
at Tybee yesterday, underwent an
operation this afternoon. This
disclosed the fact that his neck
was broken. The fourth and fifth
cervica vertibrae were taken out
in an attempt to save his life.
The chances are slight.
Savannah, Go., June 24,—Jack Apple,
aged 20 years, and honor man in the
graduating class at Georgia Tech, this
Growth and Progress of the New South
The Georgian records here each day some
economic fact In reference to tho onward
march of tbo Booth.
BY
B. LIVELY
President Lanier, of the Lanett Cotton Mills, ths West Point Manu
facturing Company, the Rlverdale Cotton Mills and the Chattahoochee
Valley railway, announced the awarding of a contract for the erection of
the building for the mammoth new mill to be built by the West Point Man
ufacturing Company on tho Chattahoochee Valley railway, about half
way between West Point, Ga- and Langdale. The purchase ot machin
ery for this mill was mode by Mr. L. Lanier, the president, last February,
to be delivered In November, and when It was bought It was the Inten
tion ot the West Point Manufacturing Company to extend Its present
already large mill at Langdale, and until recently this was the Intention
ot the company, but for reasons considered good these plans have been
changed, and on last Thursday a new location was selected and a con
tract closed with the J. F. Galllvan Building Company, ot OreenvIUe, S.
C., for the erection of the main building and warehouses for an entirely
new mill.
About 200 acres of land have been bought for the home ot this new
mill, and engineers will begin this week to plat this property for a vil
lage ot wide streets, large lot for each house, recreation parks, etc.
Choice locations In the village will be selected for churches, school build
ings, public hall, and a kindergarten school, all of which will be erected
by the company. Something over 200 homes for operative* will be erect
ed at once, each to have a large lot with ample ground for a garden, the
houses to be of modem design and comfortably arranged, and with all
conveniences. In fact, It Is the Intention of the company to make this an
Ideal village. s
The main building of the new mill Is to be more than 800 feet In
length, or a few feet longer then the Immense building of the Lanett
Cotton Mills, which contains now greater floor space than the largest mill
In the South, and to be three stories high; will have 16,080 spindles and
looms, and; equipped with electric power throughout.
When this new mill is completed, the West Point Manufacturing
Company will be the largest manufacturers of duck in the world—turn
ing out the heaviest and widest duck manufactured, from 22 Inches to
120 Inches wide. The mills at West Point will also be the largest con
sumers of Cotton ot any town In the South, the annual consumption
reaching the large figures of 76,000 bales.