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' BRIAN IN LEAD OF
FIGHTONPARKER
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Nebraskan Becomes Nominee
for Chairman When Senator
Kern Gives Way.
Continued From Psge One.
name in face of the name they pre- ,
I beg to tell you, if it ne«d be i
told, that in three conventions I hate;
been the champion of the Democratic
party’s principles and that I have re
ceiver! ihr votes of 6,000,000 T)cniocrats.
If that is not proof nf a parly’s confi
dence I shall not attempt to furnish
H proof
I would not be worthy of the < onti
drnr** of the Democrats "f thi“ nation
if I was not willing to risk humiliation
in the! defense.
Bryan Says He
Tried for Peace.
I recognise that a man can not It- a
leader in public affaire without mak
| ing enemies and since the day I was
first nominated al Chicago titer have
fought me al » vei \ turn
"The t.n t that I live is proof that I
have not des. tied the people. If I bad
thr? would re member now.
"I lake as my text that which the
committee has placed upon the walls.
‘Hr never sold 'the. ruth to -erve the
hour. That is Ibe language of the he: o
of .Monticello
I I lam 'till ■" ■ if ■ our support.
I \Ve are told by th<*-< who support
I th' i ommlttec’s n cummendution ilia’
i It Is disturbing hurnmny to oppose
I ■ their suggestion
"Lei me frei myself from any such
< ha gc that may bi made now 01 hete
afi er.
"I.' t me free myself from any • rltl
' ism that any one may have made b< -
foie or may attempt hereafter. Is there
any delegate here who tried earlier
than I Io secure ha'rnony In this eon
ventioe'.' I might have risked without
•presumption, al the end of sixteen
years of battle, when I find the things I
have fought for triumphant not only in
my own ratty, but In the Republican
party, (lie modest honot of landing
before this convention and voicing my
[£,. rejoicing.
"I was Store interes’ed in harmony
than In any chance to speak to this
K ’Onvention. Not only that, I advised
the committee to consult the two lead
ing candidates who between them have
more than two-thirds of tlv delegates
in this i onvention.
"1 aske I the committee to consult
these meit and gel their approval in
advance in order that there might be
no confusion.
"Befori !,■ -uii'ctmimitiee the
friends of Mr. Clark and Mr. Wilson
vn‘e unable to agree, line supported
M Jamtr and the other Mr. Henry.'
"But in the. full committee list, the
friends of Mr Wilson joined with the
friends of Mr. Clark and supported Mr.
•lames and vet tin comnii'ie* turned
down the Joint request.
Kern a Man With
Heart in the Fight.
"I submit tn you that the plan that
I presented, the plan that l followed,
was the plan of securing harmony, and
the plan th- committee followed was
not the plan designed to q-sure liar
money
Now I'l me for n moment present
the qualification of one titled for this
Position. This is no ordinary occa
sion
I hl? i« an epoch-making conven
tion Me have made such a struggle as
was neve: seen in politics before. I
have been | n the comer of this tight
and I know something of the courage
it has brought forth and the sacrifice
it has required.
1 know of men working upon llie
railroad for small wages with what lit
tle they hive laid up sot future years,
who have d'nied the railroad managers I
Who fight with u at the risk of their
Ml.
I have seen lawyers risking their I
fortunes alienatin’* men of large busi
ness in order to l» the champions of
the pool.
"I have known m.n engaged in busl
ness and carry ing loans in banks who
have been threatened with bankruptcy
if they did not sell their citizenship
walk up to the polls and vote on the
side of the < ommon people against pre
datory wealth.
"It seeing to me that now when itie
hour Os victory arrives the - -i.g of vic.
if tory should be suggc-t.-d Io ih, ~n . .
whose heart has Ken in tlv fight. < Ap
plause. 1
"John \1 K- rn has b» - n faithful la- 1
ery day of that sixteen years t, ba—!
rest him time, it has < ost him oionev
and 1t has cost him wear ind tear of
his body and mind. He has ben in!
the fire always with all th.u !v ad.
and four years apo whin the t mud i
tinn wag laid for the m< m x , ~..
it was John W. K-rn who stood by qv
side when we took Hi- lii snoop
hold.
"It was John W. Kern wb.. st,, .<| wpu
me on that Denver platform t. u <],
manded tin- election of United States
senators by direct vote of the i . -p|.
when the Republican convention turn
ed It down by a vote of seven to one
"And now he is in the senati •■ her.
h< i an make a. senator look as big a
a senator ought to look to the Aim
ban people.
And now he is leading a fight in th.
United States senate to purg- tliuf
body of senator Lorimer, who typlfi
the supremacy of the old regime.
He helped fight for that amendment
for th' income tax. and he has lived
to »ee the president, who is opposed
tn u" take that plank <>n and still see
34 members of the house to ratify It.
He was interrupted by’ a cheer In
which cries of Parker, Parker.” min
gled
U ha' b»tt*i man could we have to
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A 'fi'tiiip of dclconf.es at the Democratic National < 'onvent-ion !• rom left to right are Tom Brown, of V ermont : E. -I. Giddings, of Oklahoma ; H. A. Daly, of
Alaska, ami Mrs. Daly; Perry Belmont, of New York, ami -I. Ham Lewis, of Illinois.
open this convention?” I
The convention burst into an up- I
roar of culls for Mr Parker’s name. I
Mr. Bryan's voice was drowned and I
he paused a full 30 seconds. i
Thomas !■'. Ryan, sitting in the Vir
ginia delegation. heard himself de- t
nounced b.v Bryan 1
"There arc 7,000,000 of Republicans in I
this country, or were at the last elec- !
tlon, and I have never doubted most '
of them were men of good character 1
and high intent, hut we would never
Invite one of them to open this con- 1
veiftion," Bryan finally proceeded.
"IWe have a great many Democrats 1
who are not in sympathy with the ■
purposes of the party. I not only voted
the ticket but I also made speeches for *
the candidate when 1 was not at all
satisfied with the candidate or the in- '
fluences that nominated him and di- <
reeled the campaign in 1904." >
Again I lie speaker was interrupted I
with shouts for Parker. The chairman l
lapped for order. 1
"And I assume that no friend ot ’
Judge Parker's w ill contend that lie was 1
satisfied in 1908 with either the inn- ■
diilate or the purpose of the party, i
remind you that this is not a question 1
where personal ambition or personal
compliments are uppermost. We are ■'
making bistort today and tiie conven- '
tion is to announce to the country
whether we take up the challenge 1
thrown down in Chicago by a conven
tion ruled by great wealth, or answer ’
them by not giving our party over to i
the same control. ,
"We need not deceive ourselves that
that which Is done In a national con
vention is done in secret. If every ]
member of this convention entered into (
an agreement of secrecy, we still act
under the eyes of the press, who not
only know what we do but why we do
it.
"The delegates "f this convention ’
must not presume on Hie ignorance of
those people who did not come be- ,
cause they did not have enough money ]
to lie delegates to this convention.
"And lll'' people now know of the in- 1
fluence that dominated in I'hicago and
made conclusive there a farce, and they
know that the same influences are at :
work here and more brazenly than they
w er< at ' 'hii ngo.'
Kerns Efforts for
Compromise Fail.
Then tanio John W Kern with th*’
o||\« brunch of peace He asked a
hearing when Mi. Bryan closed, and
then said.
I believe that by 40 years of Kcivic»>
io ins parts. I have earned the rigid
to such a hearing at the hands of the
Democratic partx I have been for
many years a persona! friend to tin
gentleman who has been named by the
nat ior.al < ommitt< e."
He recited hU friendship for Judge
I*.trio a hD < ampaigns in l?is behalf,
and added:
’ I am going to appeal het? for that
Lind of harmonv that will bring vi< -
tory •
M\ friends Judge Park?' sits he
per. this convention, he representing
ih? national • ••mmittee and I. thank
I God. noi any la- tiou, but < portion of
the party.
If my friends will join with me now
and here in the '■ lection of a tempo
rai\ chairman if he will join me in
-ugg< ting that great representative of
N w Y"ik. Senator Jajnes O’Gorman
<’harks i’ulbei st>n. of 'Texas. H D
r'laylon. Luke Lea Jame? E. <’ampbell.
•>f J" eph I’olk, or Ben E. Shive
ly til of this discord will cease.
Will Jiuigt Parker meet m? on this
ground w hit h means victor y or death .’”
I It yyus rc< <H?d that Senator O'Gor
m»iu yy.is i < alko .it the Belvedeie thD
morning just after the Bryan faction
held its < onfereni »■ and conferred yvith
th? persons most prominent in th?
• on f.t i •
Then w is ri" F’urkei reply Mr
Kern w ent up :
You will not noi n attaining vit
toi> by deriding the man who led you
in three campslgns You may put
him to th*' wheel arid you only grieve
the six million men who would gladly
die fm him You may kill him but
you do not > ommit homicide, you min.
tnit S’|l' I'je
HIE ATLANTA GEORGIAN AND NEWS. TUESDAY. JUNE 25. 1912.
et the responsibility rest where it be
ongs. If Alton B. Parker will come
lore and join me in this request for
larmony. his name will be among the
nost honored of American Democrats.
"If this Is to be a contest between
he people and the powers; if it Is to
>e a contest tilled with strife.— a con
est which I pray may nor take place—
t will be a contest too great for me to
cad. If this deplorable battle must gu
m there is only one man fit to lead It
---that is the mon who has been at the
orefront for sixteen years.
"The leader must be worthy of the
ause and that leader must be VViJlia'm
lennings Bryan "
Mr. Bryan at once came forward. He
■hitched a palm leaf and began again:
"I went to Senator O’Gorman and
irged him to accept this nomination
ind he appealed to Senator Kern to
iccept it," he said. "I have tried to
tet the committee to agree upon a
irogressive and w lien it did not agree
ipon a progressive 1 went to the man
y ho received the second largest num
ber of votes, but he could not decide to
ueept tiie leadership.
"And I appealed to Mr. Kern to ae
epi it. I stand ready to support any
progressive. But if ho other progres
dve appeals I shall accept the ieadqrr
'hip al d let you express through me
our advocacy of or opposition to what
ve have fought for for sixteen years.”
Theodore E. Bell, of California, next
i poke.
Bell Says He Must
/ote for Parker.
He referred to the fact that at the
Denver convention he was permitted
he privilege of presiding as temporary
•liairman.
"And I am here today," he said, "to
hand for the same kind of Democracy
hat I stood for at Denver.
“I would not have been selected for
hat position unless my Democracy had
■cceived the stamp of approval of the
tentleman from Nebraska.
"it is a matter of keen regret to me
oday that I can not find myself in
iceord with either of my two friends."
There came a strong series’ of Bryan
alls. Again and again the Bryan wor
■hippers broke into the attempts of
he speaker to be heard.
"I shall, as much as I regiet to dif
fer from my old friends, east my vote
for Alton B Parker." he said at last.
Bell concluded at 2:05 and Senator
Shively of Indiana moved that the roll
tie called and that all nominations be
■losed. Disorder followed, and at 2:21
the sergeant-at-arms announced that
his deputies were instructed to clear
tiie galleries unless the speakers could
tie heard. Most of the noise, however,
was coming from the delegates.
J .1 Fitzgerald, of Ndw York, came
to aid with a speech for the Parker
.■ause, but the convention was in an
apron: Fitzgerald's words were hard
y audible ten feet from tiie speaker's
stand.
Shively's motion was not put and
Fitzgerald tried to float his voice over
the storm's sway. Finally the sergeant,
it-arms announced that unless the
noise stopped tile convention would ad
journ and the visitors would not be al
lowed t.o return.
"Judge Parker has earnestly support
'd the Democratic, party." shouted Fitz,
gerald.
"And the I'nnnon lule: " shouted the
ilelegates in derision because l''itzger
ild hid ben one of the Democrats who
had helped "Uncle Joe" once in a pinch
Fitzgerald still tried to speak. He
never had a chance The delegates
sent roar after roar and shout after
shout over th? hall Threats were made
to clear the house The galleries,
igninst which the thriat« were direi t' d.
were not making tlu> noise.
"I have an important annour. ement
to make." called the sei geant-.v-arms.
"Unless order Is restored the tonveii
Hon will adjourn and those people in
the galleries will not be permitted to
come back "
A ‘urge force of I'olieemen with
drawn clubs • ntered the hall and
marched down the center aisle to )>re
sert e order Some one had sent a
hur y call sot them.
CHANGESMADEIN
NEW COMMITTEE
Clark Howell Is Re-elected to
Represent Georgia at Bal
timore Convention.
BALTIMORE, .lune 25.- Some im
portant changes appear in the person
nel of the new Democratic national
committee which was chosen today by
members of state delegations attend
ing the convention.
Clark Howell, of Georgia, was re
elected. Charles Boeschensteln was
elected to succeed Roger Sullivan from
Illinois. The Indiana delegation re
flected Thomas Taggart, A.- M. Pal
mer was cluisen to smceed J. M Guffey
representing Pennsylvania. John Mayo
represents Kentucky In, place of Urey
Woodson.
ethers re-elected were: Connecti
cut. Home'- Cummings: Delaware. Ed
ward Saulsbury; lowa. Martin .1.
Wade. Kansas, William F. Sapp:
Maine, E. L. Jones; Maryland, J. F. C.
Talbott; Minnesota. F. B Lynch: Mon
tana, J. R Keener: Nebraska. P. L.
Hali; Now Hampshire, Eugene E.
Reed; New Jersey, R. s. Hudspeth;
New Mexico. A. a. Jones; North Caro
lina. Josephus Daniels; Rhode Island.
George M. Greene; South Carolina. B.
R. Tillman; Tennessee, R. E. L. Mont
castle; Vermont, Thomas H. Brown;
\ irginia. J. T. Ellyson: West Virginia,
John 1 McGraw; Wisconsin, Joseph
E. Davis.
Other elections were:
Alabama, James Weatherby; Arkan
sas. W. M. Cavanaugh; California, John
B. Sanford; Colorado. Thomas J. Mcs
Cue; Florida. ,1. T G Crawford. Mis
sissippi. Robert Powell; Missouri. Ed
ward F. Goitra: North Dakota. John
Bragger; Ohio, E. H. Moore; Oklaho
ma, Robert Galbraith; Oregon, William
R. King: Texas. Cato Sells; Utah. Wil
liam R. Wallace; W ashiriglon, John
Pattison.
roll call was put and carried amid so
much confusion that the delegates and
even many of those on the slage did
not know what was going on.
Bryan came to still the tumult.
Charley White and sou; policemen
tried Io jmi J. T Hall, a Michigan del
egate, mil of tiie hall. Hail had no
seat and a row followed that resulted
in his-staying with his delegation.
Mr. Btyan said:
"1 rise to a jjoint of order. Our con
vention is not being conducted accord
ing to rules. Tiie chairman said tile
roll would be called while persons were
standing ready to speak and awaiting
recognition.
Bryan Protests
Stopping Debate.
"My point of order is that there can
be no limit on either number or length
of speeches; that, the chairman has no
light to close this debate and It must
proceed In accordance with the call."
Senator Luke Lea moved that each
side be allowed five minutes to talk.
Cone Johnson, of Texas, came first to
la-ke the time thus granted without
dissent He sought to get enthusiasm
by speaking of the recor,! of the party.
His t ibute to Clevelsnd got n mere
shadow of demonstration.
"Tiie time has come to act." he said,
"and if we don't hesitate but put our
[bark boldly to sea th- Republican par
ty will go down in defeat
"I care not where this- suggestion
came from. All J know is that the
fight is on and Bryan is on one side
and Wall Street is on the oth"r. ' Great
applause followed.
He confessed that he had not voted
for Bry an in tß9t> and said he diight to
have done So
"To put the knife in Bryan will be
Ito pm the chill on 51)0.000 Democrats
in Texas and on 8.000."P0 D' mo- atg in
the United States."
As the roll was ordered called Tom
Taggart, of Indiana, advanced to the
stand and stood among the tally clerks.
The first struggle over the unit rule
came over the vote of the Alabama del
egation when the chairman of the del
egation announced that the state dele
gation was instructed to vote under the
unit rule. This was denied and the
resolution binding the delegation to
the unit rule was read.
Governor O’Neil Claims
Unit Rule.
At the very Jump Governor O’Neil, of
Alabama, claimed that Iris delegation
was instructed as a unit, and choked
off the Bryan vote in his delegation.
There -was lively dissent and the
chair exiled for the resolution of the
state convention. It was read and it
only provided for the unit rule to be
applied on questions affecting the can
didacy of Underwood.
Senator Luke Lea was at once on his
feet.
"I deny that the candidacy of Mi.
Underwood is any way connected with
the question of the, election of Judge
Parker." h*e said, ''and if the chair so
rules I shall appeal from the decision
of the chair.”
The chair decided 'hat the unit rule
did not apply. One and a half votes
from Alabama went to Bryan and the
roll went on.
"t'al! the roll,” demanded the Ari
zona delegates. "We want tm see who
was for Bryan and w ho votes for Wall
street.”
There came an interesting scene
when Oklahoma was called. A tali fig
ure. innocent of coat, stood in his chair
and grasped the standard of his state.
His long form, typical of the cowboy
days, with slouch hat. held instant at
tention.
"I challenge the vote of Oklahoma.”
he drawled, so all might hear. The
speaker was W. H. Murrav, known as
"Alfalfa Bill."
"Does your delegation vote as a
unit?" demanded the clerk.
"We vote as a unit sep-a-rate!y,”
drawled Murray while the crowd roar
ed. The chair decided that the vote of
Oklahoma was 20 for Bryan under th
unit rule.
Parker’s Choice
Declared Unanimous.
The '•oatless and dishevederi com
batants kept up their fight. Murray
called down a pe'spiring warrior be
hind him, anil the convention passed
the state while it settled its own trou
bles.
Murray did not like the idea. 11?
>tood high in his chair, clinging to the
standard.
"Sit down!" said an assislanJ sei
geant-at -a rms.
“You git out ’en heah!" rejoined
Murray, and he held his fighting top
until he got all of his state's votes for
Bryan under the rule. When the final
vote was announced as Parke' 578;
Bryan 509 1-2 Senator Luke Lea said
"Mr. Chairman. Inasmuch as Judge
Parker has received a majority of the
votes. 1 move that his election be made
unanimous."
“No! no!" cam? from many parts
of the hall.
Nobody heard the motion put. but the
chair declared it carried.
Chairman .Mack named Senator
Stone. Senator t.ea and Judge Huds
peth. of New Jersey, to escort Judge
Parker to the chair.
Derides Roosevelt, and
G 0. P. Row.
In bis speech Alton B. Parker, tem
porary < hairmfln. said:
"We meet while the hills yet echo to
wild cries of 'Liar!' 'Thief!' and 'Trai
tor!' and furious wails of fraud, brib
ery, treachery and corruption, and our
rars are wearv with the din of the ar
ticulate shrieks and passionate vlllfia
i alien of the most shameful brawl of
our political history.
"Our candidates, however, are with
out exception men of such lofty mien
that we meet immune from the dis
temper which seized the Chicago con
vention and privileged to discharge a
solemn public duty calmly, deliberately,
seriously.
Th' ian r of government by the
people the world over has been mate
rially checked by the disgraceful brawl
which terminaled in the bedlam of Chi
cago. Every good citizen has been put
to shame b.v the brutality and the
abuse which characterized this wrangle
between a president and an ex-presi
dent. Friendship, gratitude, party loy
alty, patriotism and common decency
were forgotten in the tussle.
"The assault upon the unwritten pro
hibition against a third term made in
the wild scramble for the Republican
nominations warns us of the vital ne
cessity of incorporating in our consti
tution a safeguard against repeated
terms.
"Unquestionably we have been wrong
in assuming that a tiadition against a
third term constitutes a sufficient safe
guard against unscrupulous ambition
for unlimited power. We need A defi
nite constitutional limitation which
shall prevent imperialistic souls from
forcing personal continuation in office
for long periods or for life and the per
sonal selection of a successor in office.
And the constitutional provision should
go ofte step farther than our recently
assailed tradition. The provision should
limit to a single term.”
“Not a Reactionary
Among Us.’’
"The time has come when the sal
vation of the country demands the de
struction of the leaders of a debauched
party and tiie restoration to place and
pow'er of men of high ideals who will
wage unceasing war against, corrup
tion in politics, who will enforce the
law against both rich and poor and who
will treat guilt as personal and punish
it accordingly.
"Victory will be ours if we but do our
duty this year.
"What is our duty? Tn think alike
as to men and measures? Impossible,
even for our great party. There is not
a reactionary among us. Ail Demo
crats are progressives. But it Is in
evitably human that we shall not agree
that in a single highway is found tiie
only road to progress or each make
the same man of all our worthy candi
dates bis first choice.
"It is possible, however, and it is
our duty to put aside all selfishness, to
consent cheerfully that the majority
shall speak for each of us and to march
out of this convention shoulder to
shoulder, intoning Hie praises of our
chosen leader—and that will be his due.
whichever of the honorable and able
men now claiming our attention be
chosen.”
Negro Author Urges
Race to Support T.R.
CHK'AGO, June 25. —Sutton 1,.
’t' iggs, negro author end educatoi of
Nashville. Tenn., in an address laat
night before the Baptist Young Peo
ple's Union congress at Providence
Baptist church, urged the people of his
rac' to support Theodore Roosevelt In
his fight for progivssive principles.
' if the young negiocs of this country
should believe in anything." the speak
er said, "it shou’d be in the square
deal. Theodore Roosevelt typifies Hie
square deal in the political affairs of
tliis country. <
"The negroes at? free American citi
zens today as the result or product of a
change in political affaiis. At the be
ginning of the Civil war neither the
Democratic party nor the Whig party
w as ideal in its attitude toward slavery
and the Republican party, with Abra
ham Lincoln, as president, proved the
salvation of the race The negioes of
today therefore, should oe the last to
oppose the breaking away from estab
lished cu-toms or to say that they
should slick to the old Republican par
ty merely because of its name.
"The battle that was before the coun
try in Civil war times is before th?
people of this country now in a new
guise. The negroes were held in bond
age then by masters, but the great
mass of the American people, wjiiie
and black, a: > now under Hie bondage
of political masters and seekers after
speela! prlvileg'."
BLAME NONE FOR
GEORGIAHANGING
Coroner’s Jury Declares “Un
known Parties” Lynched
Pinehurst Servant.
VIENNA. GA„ June 25.—“ We find
lha.l the deceased came to her death at
the hands of parties unknown."
This was the verdict rendered today
by the coroner’s jury that Investigated
the lynching of Annie Barkdale, the ne
gress who slew her mistress. Mrs. B. E.
Jordan, at Pinehurst yesterday after
noon. The verdict was rendered in the
face of the fact that the automobiles in
which the lynching party pursued the
slayer and the sheriff are known to be
owned by some of the most prominent
citizens of Cordele, Vienna anti •Pine
hurst.
Great crowds attended the sitting nf
the jury and saw the shot-riddled body
of the negrees cut from the tree, after
it had swung from a limb for more
than ten hours.
Sheriff Bennett has made no arrests
and none are expected. No further ex
citement has followed the summary
vengeance taken on the negro slayer,
but great numbers of people from all
about the countryside are coming into
Pinehurst to attend Mrs. Jordan's fu
neral.
Sympathy Is Entirely
With the Lynchers.
The Barkdale negress killed Mrs.
Jordan without the slightest reason.
Airs. Jordan, wife of a wealthy planta
tion owner, had reproved the negress
for failure to do some work about the
house. Without a word the negress
sprung upon her, stabbed her in the
back three time and then, as her mis
tress lay upon the floor already dying,
the woman cut her throat so terriblv
that the head was nearly severed from
the body.
Neighbors ran to the scene in time
to catch the negress as she was leaving
the house. A glance showed them the
terrible crime that had been committed
and they fell upon the negress and were
on the eve of carrying her to a’ tree
when Sheriff Bennett, who had been
notified of the killing, arrived from
Vienna in an automobile in time to save
her life.
Sheriff Starts Race
To Cordele Jail.
The sheriff bundled the slayer into
his touring car and. with the crowd in
full chase, started on the road to the
Jail at Hawkinsville. The sheriff knew
rhat the enraged citizens would never
permit the negress to escape lynching
if they could overtake her, so he
planned a ruse and instead of hurrying
on to Hawkinsville with his prisoner
he swerved into the Cordele road and
made all speed to that town.
Within ten minutes after the sheriff
left Pinehurst, the crowd was in pur
suit. A half dozen of the residents
who knew of the crime brought forth
their automobiles. They were instantly
filled with angry men armed with guns
and pistols and they started full speed
in chase of the negress. When the
road swerves off to Cordele the leading
chauffeur saw the tracks of the sher
iff's automobile, and turned to follow
the m.
Just a few minutes after the Bark
lale woman had been put into the Cor
dele jail the pursuers rushed up in a
great cloud of dust. They demanded
the woman of the sheriff and were
about to storm 'he jail when they learrt.
-d that 'he negress had ben spirited
away to an empty house about 500
yards away. Upon this house they de
scended more tnan 50 strong and
though the sheriff and his few deputies
resisted stoutly for a moment, they
were too greatly outnumbered to hold
the negress against the mob.
Some of the mob would have lynch
ed her then and there, but others who
had known Mrs. Jordan, planned a more
graphic vengeance. They put the cring
ing woman aboard one of the six auto
mobiles and began the sixteen-mile
run back to the scene of the crime. The
other automobiles, with the rest of the
crowd, followed swiftly and silently
straight through Vienna and on to
Pinehurst. When they reached Pine
hurst. the' drove direct to the. negro
quarters of the town. They stopped
the automobiles, lifted the negress from
the leading machine and carried he l
beneath a tree at the roadside. One
of the crowd threw the free end of a
rope over a limb, a dozen hands grasp
ed it and a second later the slayer was
dangling ten feet above the ground:
Hardly a word was spoken. Then pis
tols were drawn, two volleys rang out
and the negress’ body was riddled with
.bullets.
The crowd dispersed quietly, leaving
the body of the Barkdale woman t wing
ing from the tree.
Mrs. Jordan will be buried this aft
ernoon. Friends from all this section
of Georgia are coming to Pinehurst to
attend her funeral, for she was one of
the best-loved women of the neigh
borhood. Beforq marriage she was Miss
Jennie Bartow, ot Americus. Her hits
band is at the point of collapse from
grief and shock,
Watson Will Not
Go to Baltimore
THOMSON GA.. June 25. The re
port that Thomas E. Watson win join
the Georgia delegation in Baltimore is
w ithout foundation. Mr. Watson’s con
dition is reported as better todav but
the statement Is made that he Is too
unwell to make th? trip. It is positive
ly stated that Mr. Watson will not at
tend the Baltimore convention.
STRENGTHEN THE NERVES
Take Horsford’s Acid Phosphate
A teaspoonful in a glass of cold water
make' an Invigorating, refreshing bee’-
age ’