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‘Nothing Succeeds Like—THE GEORGIAN'
AND NEWS
PRICE
ATLANTA, GA. SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 20, 1909.
MISS WORD DIDN’T LET
ACCIDENTS WORRY HER
TOO FAR III
—HOKE SMITH.
She Went Out For Walk and Married Jesse Cobb in
Spite of Mother’s Warning That She Might Be
Left a Widow.
Governor Replies to
Criticism of His
Recent Card.
Governor Hoke Smith gave to the
press Saturday a statement concerning
the welfare of railroads under hla ad
ministration. This statement Is supple
mental to the one be issued last Sat
urday, and Is a direct reply to criticism
of that card by President Hanson, of
the Central railroad.
The governor accuses Major Hannon
of extraordinary retrenchment, and
shows that while the Central's Income
fell ofT only $400,000, the major, by dls
charging 1,000 men reduced expenses
$800,000.
The statement follows:
Governor Smith's Statement.
••Lust Saturday I furnished n ntatement to
the press giving the returns to the railroad
commission made by eight of the principal
railroad companies of their net earnings
In Georgia for the year ending July 1, 1908.
••I compared their net earning* for their
Inst fiscal year with their net earnings for
tbi* year ending July 1, 1907, and showed
their net losses In Georgia were only one-
tenth ss largo as those of the railroad com
panies of the United States as a whole.
Ml Georgia stood the panic bet
ter than the railroads of the country at
Inrge. and, second, that the railroads of
Georgia were In a prosperous condition.
any false lmpi__ _
fieri ty by the railroads of the state.
••Hevend efforts have been made to an
swer my statement.
Answer to Hanson.
“President Hansou, of the Central of
Georgia railroad, among others, has under
taken to do so. His answer was published
under headlines, ‘No Net .Income for the
Central.’ He began bla answer with T re-
.... errors contained In tho statement of
Governor Smith.’ .
"President Hanson discussed the financial
reports of the Central railroad alone.
Mr
itral
fctntcment with reference to the Central
railroad was an exact presentation of the
report by that railroad to the railroad
commission. The report to tho railroad
commission shows tho following business of
that company in Georgia:
Gross Operating Ne
ir :. ..k&TA A
.. .. S&BIW7.M 6,463,968.44 2,4®,42».U
De.pite objection from her mother
and the warning that If »he married a
railroad man the might suddenly be
left a widow-, Ml.s Nellie Reese Word,
of 422 Whitehall-st., smiled and re
plied:
"Oh, I'll take chances on that. Noth
ing like that can keep me from mar
rying the man I love."
And then, altho she had been closely
watched In an effort to prevent the
marriage. Miss Word Wednesday aft
ernoon outwitted them all when she
ran away and romantically married
Jesse C. Cobb, a railroad man and a
son of former Justice Cobb, of the su
preme court.
The plans for the elopement were
well laid and went thru without a
hitch. Wednesday afternoon Miss Word
explained that she wanted to go out
for a stroll, saying that she would be
back shortly. So cleverly did she man
age her end of the little game that no
suspicion was aroused, and she left the
house as calmly as tho ahe had even no
thought of her fiance.
Out of sight of the house. Miss Word
walked hurriedly down the street and
a few blocks away met Mr. Cobb, who
was waiting for her with a carriage.
They were quickly driven to the home
WOULD DRIVE
TWO ALLECED
TRUSTS OUT
North Carolina Lesisla-
tureTakes Up Bills
Tuesday.
“President fTnnaon doc* not deny that
the** an* the figures furnlfbed by tho Ceu
tral to the railroad romtnlaaloo.
“He chains that tho rule* of tho Inter-
... PM M hat, therefore,
It la Idle fo compare 1908 with 1907.
Figures Were Hanson's Own.
"Tim to iii»t nimmu vviuuiihivu
Inga for tho year ending July 1, 1901, $2,-
4tf.429.12, and that this amount net wai
earned by the Central.
... .1 by .m, —
President Hannon then uses the
Inwka to compare what he calls ‘net Income
of the Central railroad for 1907 and 1908.
If n eoinpnrlNon made from these book*
by me Is Idle* as te net earnings, why did
he raske one from the ssmo books ‘
Income?
“He gives ‘net Income* of the Central as
fellows:
M26 deficit.
wrs In my statement, he should have ex
plained thnt his figures did not refer to the
wine subject which I discussed
"I gnvc the net profit* derived by the
Central railroad from operating Ita road In
Georgia. He dwelt with the entire system
In Georgia and outside of Georgia, and de
ducted from the net profits payments of
Interest on hands nnd other liabilities. He
wen deducted $324,787.75 *i»ent for what Is
■ailed Iwtterment*. thnt Is to any, perma
nent Improvements classed as Investments.
Mstmw this to be true, because I have ex-
mn hi ml bis printed report to the stockhold
er* nud I found there the calculations upnu
which he Isiscd bis claim of a deficit In In-,
•oinc.
Put More Than Loss on Employee**.
Deficit In Income ns he treats It gives
correct Information ns to net profits of
•»[>cration tinlese accompanied with an ex
planation of what the railroad did with Its
net profits from operation.
. "President Hanson then declares that
effected by a reduction ... — - --
thst the pay rolls In 1908 compared with
19<7 mnoweil a decrease of $8(0.22*. while the
“iitral employed In 1908 an average of 1,044
lens men than In 1907.
"The railroad company had a decrease of
cross earnings for the fiscal year 1908
. ... was Its entire loss of revenue
ivns only about 5 per cent on Its grose
revenue. Why then was the pay roll cut
wns.22s, nearly twice ns much as the entire
loss of revenue?
lhe entire conn
„ as affected than
iier states, it suffered necessarily to some
othi
“itenr.
Why Wat tha Cut MadaT
"The gross Income of the Central In Oeor-
ria for the fiscal year ending Jnly 1. 1907,
was WJTSJltn. In 1908 It was tt.939.J97.56.
loss In gross Income wss 808.118.81. ft*
*»•"«« Income wss larger In 1908 than It wss
— — * ‘ ro Income for 1908
in 1908. Tin* loss of gross Income for 1
rmni that of U07 if distributed portly
••wiiers. partly on Improvements, partly
"peratlres, would not have been serious any-
> barged to the extent of $8u&228. The In
nolry h natural, why did the Central cut Its
nu n 9801.228, when Its gross Income was les-
'••nod only 808,118.18? *Vhat became of the
*•••.'.110 in excess of the entire loss lu buil-
whlch the Central saved by discharge
••s Its men?*'
"President llanson declare* that the net
•nue of hts company bis fallen off over
Raleigh, N. C H Feb. 20.—Both house*
of the legislature will take up Tuesday,
on special orders, the several bills
which are designed to drive the Vlr-
fftoto-Cftroliim «'hemlcal Company and
the American Tobacco Company—two
alleged trusts—out of business In this
state.
The friends of the two companies de
clare that if the bills are passed the re
sult will be disastrous to the state,
while the companies will simply move
their establishments out of North Caro
lina and do business elsewhere.
So potent was this argument that the
senate finally modified ita original bills
thru Its committee. The house stood
pat, however, and will pass tho drastic
measures, the leaders asserting that the
lost Democratic state platform prom
ised this relief to the people, and that
the party pledge must be kept.
If the American Tobacco Company Is
forced out of business In this state,
the real sufferers will be Durham,
where the largest cigarette and cigar
tobacco manufacturing plant In the
world Is located^and Winston, where Is
located the biggest plug and fine-cut
tobacco plants.
Large delegations of tobacco growers
and warehouse men are In attendance
and urging the members to kill the
bills.
of Dr. J. W. Lee, pastor of Trinity
church, where the marriage ceremony
was performed.
Instead of returning home, the happy
young bride then went to a telephone,
called her home, and “wired” this mes
sage:
“I decided to take a carriage ride In
stead of a stroll. It’s all over. I’m
married now.” •
It was the repetition of the old, fa
miliar story—Cupid hud added another
victory to his list of triumphs without
regard for obstacles.
Mr. and Mrs. Cobb then drove to Mr.
Cobb’s boarding house, 97 Grant-st.,
where they remained until Friday,
when they went to Athens to visit the
home of Justice Cobb.
It Is presumed the usual parental
forgiveness will be forthcoming, altho
it Is understood Mrs. Word has not yet
become reconciled.
Mrs. Cobb Is a sister of the well-
known Word brothers, the soda water
dealers. Her elopement marks the
fourth romantic marriage in the Word
famtly fn the past few years. The
other members of the family to figure
In romances are W. R. Word and
Thomas M. Word, brothers, and Miss
Jessie and Miss Elizabeth Word, sis
ters. *
G.V.GRESS WILL ADOPT
LITTLE LILLIAN WOOD
!•
To Issue $27,000,000.
Big Part For Im
provements.
Bank clearing* for the week ending
Saturday amount to tS,0(7,051.1f, ae
against J3.697.IS6.34 for the correspond,
ing week In 190J. Allowance muet be
.made, however, for a holiday In the
week of loit year, but even allowing
that day at 1600,000. there remalna a
substantial Increase of eomethlng like
three-quarters of a million dollars for
the present week. In other worde. an
Increase of about 20 per cent over 130S
has characterised the bank clearings
up to date In I90J, a most slgnlflcant
Indication of Atlanta'* complete recov
er)- from the business depression of a
year ago.
Announcement Is mode that an-ogres-
ment has been reached between of.
flcl&la of tho, Southern railway at
Washington and the shopmen concern
ing a wage scale on the Southern sys
tem.
Under the new agreement which has
been under consideration at Washing
ton for several weeks, the employees
are to have a nine-hour day. Instead of
a ten-hour day. at the scale heretofore
In effect.' Machinists are to receive 33
cents per hour. Other crafts affected
by the new scale Include boiler
makers, blacksmiths, carmen and pipe
men. General satisfaction Is expressed
that the matter has been amlcabiy set
tled for another year. Atlanta railroad
men now In Washington will return In
a few days.
New York, Feb. 20.—The Southern
railway Is expected to announce an Is
sue of 127,000.000 In development and
general 4 per cent bonds shortly. The
bonds will be Issued to meet the *16,-
000,000 of 5 per cent notes of the com
pany now outstanding, which mature
April 1, and to finance Improvements
which are contemplated.
Wilmont Files Suit
Against Eight Atlanta
Money Lenders.
ALFONSO WITNESSES
WRIGHT'S AIR TRIP
Pau, France, Feb. 20.—King Alfonso,
of Spain, witnessed the'flights of the
Wright brothers- aeroplane today. He
said he was Immensely Interested In
the Wright aeroplane and believed that
the aeroplanes were destined to bring
about great changes In modern warfare.
He said further that he had always
wished to be the flrst monarch to fly,
but he regretted to have to say that he
had nromtaed Queen Victoria that he
would not atetmpt a flight under any
circumstances.
WE PAY HUNDRED MILLION
ANNUALLY FOR OUR COFFEE
This Amount Represents Value of Coffee, Tea and Co
coa -of Which Three-Fourths Is For the First—Im
ports in Cocoa Show Large Growth,
IV'-mie or hi, n,ni|iitnr ha« f«ll-*ii -in over
n.'joo.o* -liicf I9M. Wbeu / lw*sn ley flrst
ii that wan-ely anything the mud
Jn» -Ion,* fur the limeflt nr the pul,lie liss
'-••ii rmnlred ss a roanlt of my admlnlstro-
Continued on Page Three.
Washington, Feb. 20.—Two billion
dollars worth of tea. coffee and cocoa
have been Imported Into the United
States during the past 20 yeers. or sn
annual average of about 1100,000.000.
In some years the total of coffee, tea
and cocoa is considerably more than
1100.000.000. t'offee Imports alone have
on certain occasions, approximated
*100,000.000 In value, while there haa
ranged from 11.000.000 to *11,000.000
worth of tea per annum and cocoa hea
grown from *2.000.000 to *10.000,000 a
• ■ • an* _ «.1 tOAo alia Inail
The Atlanta Georgian outgrow* Ita
facUWss Ilka a boy doe* hla clothe*,
fortunately f, r mme of oa. clothe* colt
looo than printing —
I preeaa* -Macon 3m.
year, having In 1*07 anil 1*08 attained
practically the same rank ao tea.
Roughly speaking. It might be said
that the annual Importations into the
United States of coffee, tea and cocoa
Amount to *100.000,000 a year, of which
three-fourths Is coffee and the remain
der about equally divided between co
coa and tea.
Death of Infant.
Lithonis, Ga„ Feb. 20.—The 10-
months-old baby of Professor and Mrs.
A. H. Whitehead died of meningitis
Thursday night. Professor Whitehead
Is at the head of Uthonla Institute.
I-'lagrantly usurious- practices are
charged against eight Atlanta loan es
tabllnhments In an Injunction suit filed
with Judge L. S. Roan, of the superior
court, Saturday morning, by George D.
Wilmont. an employee of the Southern
railroad.
The Arms, who are charged not only
with demanding usury, but also with
violating the provisions of the loan law
with regard to furnishing the borrower
with a duplicate of their entries of
interest payments nnd renewals and
with violating the criminal statute,
which prohibits the charging of more
than 6 per cent a month on loans, are
Stephen A. Ryan & Co.. King Brothers
A Co., A. N. Thom. P. P. Jackson. W. K.
Archer. D. H; Tolman. Setae A Fife
Investment Company and A. R. King.
The story of tho financial straits to
which the loan companies are alleged
to havo brought Mr. Wilmont Is pa
thetic. He states that for flve years he
has borrowed various sums from these
concerns and that he has paid and Is
still paying Interest. In some coses, as
high as 300 per rent, until now his total
monthly interest payments are more
than hie monthly wages, which are be
tween *S0 and *60: that he has a fam
ily to support and Is entirely dependent
upon Ills wages, nnd that the Arms are
now threatening to present the assign
ments of his wages to the railroad com
pany. slid that If they do. he will lose
nls position.
Loan Companies Cited.
On this showing Judge Roan granted
a temporary reatmlnlng order against
the loan Arms and ordered them to
show cause on March 6. before Judge
Pendleton, why they should not pay*
over to the plaintiff all money they are
alleged to have usurious)*- received
from him.
The petitioner also says that the
firms, when they got hla assignments
of wages, promised not to use them. He
charges that the assignments are Illegal
and a mere scheme to avoid the usurv
laws.
Some Interest P»ld.
The petitioner save thst he |« now
paying to Stephen A. Ryan A Co. on
an orlginnl loon of *30 a monthly In
terest nf J3 nn<] tn two years’ time has
paid a total Interest of *72 and a bal
ance of J40 Is still claimed against him.
To King Brothers A Co. on *30. a to
tal Interest In fifteen months *18*. bat
ance claimed *30.
N. Thom on *40. a monthly
Interest of J4.G0. total Interest In three
yeas *162. balance claimed >60.
To P. P. Jackson on *30. a monthly
Interest of 36. total Interest In ten
months *61, balance claimed >36.
To W. E. Archer A Co. on *10. a
monthly Interest of ». with a balance
of *10 claimed.
The petitioner says that D. H. Tol-
man charged him *16.80 Interest for one
month on a loan of *56; that Setse A
Fife Company on *100. charged him
*46 Interest for two months and claim
a balance of 169: that A. R. King on
*30. charged him >108 Interest for three
years, and now claims a balance of Jlo.
The Attorneys- Opinions.
John A. Boykin filed the petition for
Mr. Wilmont. Mr. Boykin states that
he believes there are no less than 200
railroad men In Atlanta who have been
ground down by loan concerns In the
manner charged by Mr. Wilmont. Mr.
Boykin Is very much wrought up over
the wrongs he says loan companies
commit upon emplovhes. He says their
rates of Interests are clearly Illegal In a
majority of rases and that they operate
also In deflonce of the penal statute of
1908, making It a misdemeanor punish
able by line and Imprisonment, to
charge more than 6 per cent a month.
Mr. Boykin thinks that public senti
ment should become aroused over this
matter.
"Why, one man I knew." said Mr.
Boykin, "got Involved with these loan
men. finally low hie Job. went to Chat
tanooga. and not being able to get work
there, committed suicide."
A railroad man In the city says that
It le his belief that there Is not one
railroad employee In six but who are
seriously embarrassed by the charges of
OF TRAGEDY
Slayer of Senator Car
mack on the Wit
ness Stand.
Photo by Edwards.
LILLIAN AND DRURY WOOD.
loan concerns.
Historic Hall
Is in Flames
Annapolis, Md., Fab. 20.—McDowell
Hall, the main building of the historic
fit. John* College, at Annapolis, the
corner stone of which was laid by
Washington, Is burning this afternoon.
At 2 o'clock the fire had spread and the
cupola of the building had toppled over.
The building at this hour le a seething
mass of flames. Very little. If any, of
Its contents can be saved.
To be educated In a good Georgia
school and becomo a member of a
prominent family. Is what will conic lo
little Lillian Wood, on the result of her
mother’s appeal thru The Georgian for
a home for her children. Mrs. Laura
Meador, of 229 Crew*st., the mother,
has decided to accept the offer of G. V.
Gress, now In New Jersey, made In a
telegram to The Georgian Inst week.
Little Drury Wood. Lillian’s brother,
has attracted ns much Interest as his
slater, and his mother Is now consider
ing M-veral offers mini families who
wish to .'idopi him N » <!• Unit* -I- .-i in
has* been marie ns yet.
No story in years has attracted more
genuine sympathy and Interest from
The Georgian’s readers than that of
Mrs. Meador and her children, told a
week or more ago. The mother, a
woman of refinement and education and
splendid family connection, found her
self unable to give her little 8on_nnd
daughter the education and other ad
vantages she wished for them, and In a
lltf !•• ml ill Th» <;•••! ginu
offered them to persons who would pro
vide homes for them. This was
lowed by more thun a hundred letters
Inquiring about the children nnd nu
merous offers to ndopt them, togethe
or separately.
Two days after the publication of the
story the Georgian received a telegram
from O. V. Gress. a former Atlantan
and one of a well-known and wealthy
• k lit f.i 11111 \ off*»i ing to ndopt the
lltf lo girl and educate her as a child of-
his own. This offer lias now been ac
cepted, nnd Mr. Gnms has telegraphed
again asking that little Lillian be placed
In a scluiol he named until the family
returns to Georgia from Somerville, N.
J.. where they are now staylnr. He
states that she will find a genuine home
with hla family when not In school.
GEORGIA GIRL PLAYS
SURGEON IN EMERGENCY
Eatonton, ,Ga.. Feb. 19.—Unaided
alone, without aaalatancs or *ugge*tlor
from any one. Mlee Fannie Belle Wal
ton, of Eatonton, a few weeks ago am
putated a railroad engineer’s .lex ant!
did It so successfully that the engineer
upon his recovery, presented her with
a handsome gold watch.
It was an unusual feat, one of cour
age, and denoted a degree of self-pos
session possessed by few tnen. And
yet the announcement came as no great
surprise to the many friends of Miss
Walton here, who know her Intimately.
Miss Walton Is the youngest daugh
ter of Mr. and Mrs. Albert J. Walton,
of this city. She haa Just graduated
with high honors from a nurses' train
ing school In Temple. Tex., prior to
which time she won a scholarship to
Bellovuo Hospital, and took a special
course In surgery.
A few weeks ago Miss Walton re
sponded to a railroad wreck call. She
saw, at a glance, .that a surgeon was
needed much more than a nurse; and
Immediately she appointed herself to
the unpleasant task of supplying the
deficiency In surgical assistance.
One of tha engineers was found In
terrible agony. It was apparent that
his leg should be amputated If hla life
was to be saved.
If no one else can. I will,” Miss Wal
ton announced, to the great astonish
ment of those around.
Then the plucky young Georgia glrj
went to her work like a veteran with
the knife, and. without hesitation or
fear, performed the difficult operation.
The leg was amputated, It la said; as
quickly and as skillfully as the In
structors under whom she graduated
could have done It. The engineer,
whose life, at first, had been despulred
Criminal Court Room. Nsshvills.
Tenn., Fob. 20.—The biggest crush ami
crowd since the celebrated Coopei -
Sharp esse begin January 20 was wlt-
nessed this morning, the reason being
none other than the opening of the de
fense to present its proof.
As early-as 8 o'clock this morning,
shortly after daybreak. In fact, the
crowd began to gather In the gallery,
where the choicest seats are located.
At 7 o'clock, two hours before time for
court to convene, the gallery was parke I
nnd the downpour to tho lower floor
ensued. At 8 o’clock all seals were
gone and men and women who had
come for miles to gain ndmlsslon to the
court room were turned away. Ne
sente were left.
The frail widow In black and the lit
tle golden-haired boy were again the
center of attraction on the state’a "Ids
of the house, but the scene shifted
somewhat to the white-haired man
across the room.
Cooper Expected to Talk.
It had become generally understo-xl
that Colonel Duncan Brown Cooper
would go on the stand flrst nnd for Hie
flrst time since November 9 would
the lips of defendants be unsealed and
the world would know the Cooper ver
sion of the tragedy. Each 'men-her in
the audience leaned and listened every
moment to seo and hear how the de
fendant would meet this, the supreme*!,
test, of hla long and eventful career.
At 9:20 o’clock two of counsel for
defense entered tho court room and
nsked Indulgence of the Judge for fur
ther conference of thirty minutes. This
was granted.
Robin Coopsr Testifies.
Contrary to expectation, the flrst wlt-
nfs- nut on the stand was Robin J.
Cooper, the man who fired the shots
that killed Senator i 'armack. Every
one had been expecting Colonel Cooper
to be the next witness.
Robin Cooper took tho stand shortly
before 11 o’clock. Prior to that time a
flutter of excitement went thru the
court room whan It became noised
about that Robin Cooper hail left the
Jail In a closed carriage In the cus
tody of Sheriff Borum and accompanied
by General Washington, his attorney.
It wns rumored thnt young Cooper had
gone to have un X-ray photograph ta
ken of his shoulder. The mission of
the departure was not disclosed, but It
developed that Judge Hart had glv
MISS FANNIE BELLE WALTON.
Eatonton girl who met emer
gency by amputating leg of engi
neer tn wreck. .
of, recovered and presented Miss Wal
ton with a handsome gold watch, while
the medical profession of Temple has
never ceased talking about the remark
able surgical feat of the plucky young
Georgia woman.
Carroll Wright Naar.Death.
Worcester, Matt., Feb. 20.—The death
of Carroll D. Wright, former coinmls-
sloner of labor, la hourly expected. Mr.
Wright haa been aerioualy III for aome
time.
Two Dead in Fira.
Towtr, Mich., Fab. 20.—In a Are that
destroyed the Hotel Flnan at * o'clock
this morning, two men were burned to
death and a number of boarders were
lesrued with difficulty.
MASTERSON FLEES FROM
WHITE HOUSE FUNCTION
President Roosevelt Insisted on His Attendance—“I've
No Dress Suit,” He Wailed”—“I’ll Loan You
One,” Said a Friend.
Wafhington, Feb. 20.—President
Roosevelt Invited Bat Masterson to
take luncheon with him Thursday. At
the close of this nodal function, Presi
dent Roosevelt slapped Masterson on
the back end said:
-•Hat you must come to the reception
tonight. It will la- the last function In
my official life. Tou must come. I
ON MONDAY—
The Georgian will print its special Masonic edition to commemorate the dedication of
Atlanta’s new Masonic Temple. This edition has been in preparation for nearly a month, and it
will be of especial interest to every Mason in Georgia. Watch for it l
will look for you In the line.”
Bat made* a few dozen excuse*. He
did not have an evening suit with him.
He didn’t take much stock In social
doings. He could not come.
The president Insisted.
Masterson sorrowfully went to his
hotel und unbosomed his trouble* to a
friend. When he spoke of having left
his evening dress duds In Xew York,
the friend offered to lend him his outfit.
It wee agreed that Masterson begin
dressing at 5:30 and appear for dinner
at 7. The friend counted the mlnut* s
after 7 o'clock? At 8:10 a page saun-
tered around yelling the friend’s name.
A telegram was bunded him.
It was dated Baltimore, and read:
“I ain't going to the reception. I’m
headed easu”
let him bn gone 30 minutes,
away an hour nnd a half.
Father Called on Son.
Robin Cooper/ attired In a nest suit
of gray, toon the stand and wan ex
amined by Judge J. M. Anderson, le.ai-
Ing counsel for the defense. He said
he was 27 years old. lived with Ills
,in. I.-. J.inifM c. Mi mlf'ii tJ; had gradu
ated from the Vanderbilt law school at
1 7 \ fitrs ..r agf.
Colonel Cooper was at witness’ of
fice that morning. Colonel Cooper said
Carmack had no right to use his name
ns he was doing. The colonel said he
feared trouble with Henator Carmack;
that Senator Carmack had been *h«v>t-
Ing “poisoned darts” Into hint day after
day and It had become unendurable;
that he had a right to protect himself.
Witness testified further that he
(witness) suggested to his father that
Mr. Bradford might arrange thru mu
tual friends to get Carmack to stop the
mention of Colonel Cooper’s name.
Witness said Colonel Cooper related the
efforts of Ed. Craig to settle the matter
nml Colonel Cooper understood from
Kd. Crnlg that Carmack was In an ugly
mood and would agree to nothing. Colo
nel Cooper snld the town was not Pig
enough to hold them both.
Father Sought Peace.
Young Cooper, continuing, said his
father declared to him that he believed
;t !.- H - ..i.M.-i jifi-i t..u:.i ikp Car
mack he (Cooper) believed things could
be M-tth-d iiiiilc.ibly. Miii’li urangllng
concerning the evidence of Robin Coop
er ensued along here. The coul
Robin Cooper could explain the c
Hatton or what transpired at the
but the state objected that mi
young Cooper’s statements wen
serving declarations. The court
with tha stkttt
Robin Cooper said he got the colt
automatic pistol from his uncle. Robin
Jones; Hitt In- ili'l m-t u.mi his father
on the streets, but If It was necessary
for hltn to be on the streets witness
w.mt.ii t.. b#- abb- pr<>»*-«*t him; that
the message his father sent Senator
Carmack was a strong one and witness
feared Senator Carmack would re
sent It.
Didn't Seek Meeting.
Robin Cooper said ns a r esult of the
conference held In the office «*f Mr.
Bradford, Colonel Cooper agreed not to
send the note to Carmack The con
ference! was held about 3 o’clock. Gov-
ernor Pitteraon sent for Colonel Cooper
to come to tho mansion,
er started and dlu not
go with him. Colonel
anticipate meeting Sem
Court adjourned at 12 until 2
The audience refused to lea
ate lunch In the court room.
Trial Making History.
The battle that i*« being fought out
m ii..' new criminal court room of Da
vidson countv is a memorable one and
will rank** history In Tennessee. It Is
’olonel »'oop-
int Robin to
oper did not
r « armack.
tftute a I read v
s criminal trial ever
temple of justice In
killing may be termed
al one. and. a* a rule.
«n. after the hour -«f
- tlie\ vaere during the
leal stiife and tin*
enacted In Tenne«**-e
‘•e tj.igu death of the
li ed States senator.
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THE WEATHER.
Fair Saturday night; Sunday
fair and warmer. Temperaturea
Saturday (taken at A. K. Hawke*
Co/s store): -8 a. m., 40 'degrees;
10 a. m., 53 degrees; 12 noon, 58
degrees; 2 p. m., 60 degreees.
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