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Mot a Particle of Truth in State
ments About Moose and the
Trusts, He Says.
t r|MDAD. COLO., Sept. !». In »
. speech here today Colonel
Roo sevelt hammered back at Governoi
Woodro" Wl'son for his attack on the
P .gre-'Sive p a'form a; Sioux Falls. in
uttiih governor charged that it
piaye.i into lite hands of the i-teel and
pa-vehier trusts. Th' ex-president
ang’iiv a-serted ilia' the two trusts are
s;l pi, orting Mr. Wilson and that the
(l . i, ~ aiie and Republican platform'
, al ... lean that of the P: og; es.sivcs
.... m the crooked corporations.
.1 ■ Wilson should lie above mi
stating facts in order to bolster up bls
arguments. Mr. Wilson has an entile
..... defend his own platform if lie
Tl ”' - ,
lin'd enough to do so. and an on
,l r right to assail the Progressiva
platform, hut he snould confine himself
l 0 tCims the facts as they are," said
KooseveU.
■| t , ids speech yesterday he stated
li)iU th method now proposed by tile
pi.-.- ires to regulate the trusts was
sugg st d Messrs. Gary ami Perkin
befor c tuc . i mmittee of the house of
rjirresrniat'vcs to look into the steel
Irus t And lie suggested that it was
done to save the United States Steel
Co pm at ion from the necessity of do
ing its business better than its com
retitors,
“Not a Particle of Truth in Statement."
X itlirr of these statements is in
gccordani-e with the facts and five min
utes' inquiry on .Mr. Wilson's part
would have taught him that there was
not one particle of foundation for tile
truth of what he was saying.
"Not once only, but again and again,
in messages to congress and in speech
a'ter speech, when I was president. I
niiocat-d the methods advocated by
P ■ g fi-styes for handling the trust
-lues’ton. which is practically to apply
•lie principle applied In the interstate
otmnerce act.
"I wish to call attention at this time
m -he ''act that as far as I know the
nve—.imtmmg majority of the men who
- ontrolled both the Steel Corporation
and the Harvester trust are supporting
Xther M:-. Wilson himself o-- Mr. Taft.
Tiier are certainly opposing me.
"Indeed, as far as I know, the only
•an onnected with either organiza
'ion who is supporting me is M
himself. Everywhere I weir
n Minnesota and North Dakota I wa-
' rat the Harvester trust was
Mr. Wilsc-n. and the Steel
-1 fir as the nearly unani
" of its people are con
s ■ ting eitlie Mr. Taft or
'lt Wil m.
Taft ar.:. /, HsOn Alike on Trusts.
.:>• lightest criticism to
,;l the Harv; stet trust or
t’-' in this matter. I do not
ti.c .hey are sim ere in sup
■'aie 'I T;ifi o- Mr Wi'son. hut I
i pom’ out that Mr. Wilson
I I..ft occupy substantially th<
ttit.id" toward the trusts and
hud.- is of such proved harni
ti.ai I am not in the least sur
ceo .hat any trust which objects to
I'onest ii',| effective regulation should
it either or both of them indiffe -
.' as against me.
only result. t[iat could possibly
from any action of the kind
etofo-e advocated by Mr. Wilson as
j I'Sa’ds either the Steel trust corpora
the Ha vester trust would b .c
■■ flll just where the Standard Oil
' and the tobacco trust have ai
be-n pm by following out the
' I 1 ivy he indicates.
"Such being the case. I do not won
bal all sou:- trusts confine their
i"U to the Progressive party and
; and are seemingly entirely will
’"Sshave either Mr. Wilson or Mr.
aft vome into power.”
** Wilson Really Knew—”
(itinuing, Mr. Roosevelt said:
Mr. Wilson further said that under
I rogiessitc plan the corporations
'"J. ' ontrol the market for labor and
•“ that tite only chance for la hot
in competition. If Mr. Wilson were
‘ 1 with a persona! and working
'"ledge of the conditions and sur
>. oull( ‘ings of labor; if he know at first
'ani; how workingmen live and what
nei needs are. such a statement on his
‘'"Uld be wholly inexcusable.
t Mr. Wilson's statement is evi
based only on abstract reason
_nß from what a certain class of laissez
political economists have written,
' is made without even consider
c workings of the laws now on
“tatute books. He says that the
ation we propose would put the
I-inginan in the power of the big
■' 'ci.-trial concerns.
’e’e is a very simple way of test
the worth of this statement. Has
interstate commerce law put the
h| ngman more in the power of the
| 'roads? Let Mr. Wilson answer this
I ion if it has, then it is his busi-
I ' t" .advocate the repeal of the in-
I ' e commerce law.
I ilsnn is championing the cause
I big crooked trusts when he op
| Mie Progressive platform for e.x-
I 1 B the powers of government over
"' a trusts Just a.» it is being ex
over the railroads.
' ■‘II your attention to th. fact that
s a constructive policy and Mr.
m does not put forth a single eon
'• proposal. His pell.? is not
■itructlvc '' Is only mul.v-be
" J tru< tlon Hts policy .9 merely
tlo nothing,"
Will Get s2s,ooo,ooo—His Full Fortune—on Oct. 20
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Johnson Berates
[G. O. P. in Indiana
j VINCENNES. IND., Sept. 19.—Gov
ernor Hiram Johnson, of California,
who is on a tour of Indiana today, was
greeted by a crowd of a thousand peo
i pie here. The governor spoke briefly
. on the new party, as expressed in the
i platform adopted at Chicago in Au
' | gust, as a party whose duty was to
I conserve human resources. He berated
: the political Republican government as
one which has forgotten that its chief
asset was the people. No set of men
' like Pentose, Payne and Guggenheim
have the right to transmute the minor
ity of American citizens into a major
ity, said the governor, and no set of
■ men have the right to nominate a pres-
■ ident of tin i'nited States who has
been repudiated by the majority.
That in August men and women with
■ a broad view met in Chicago to form a
1 new party as a government for red-’
piled men. women and children was
emphasized by the speaker.
This party chose as its leader the
greatest two-hande’d fighter whose
! vor<l m er failsand the man who will
■ r,.cei\” n the hands of the people this
p,p hat he lias faithfully won, and
Theodoie Roosevelt will come into his
own and will b. elected by an over
whelming majority," concluded the
governor amid a tumult of applause.
Taft Ignored by
Wisconsin G. O. P.
MIEW AI'KEE. tVIS Sept. 19 No
tm ntlon is mad* of national issues nor
lof tin name of President Taft, a r<wi
llutlon indorsing the president having
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THE ATLANTA GEORGIAN AND NEWS.THTRSDAY. SEPTEMBER 19. 1912.
Son-in-Law “Nick”
Not a Bull Mooser
CINCINNATI. OHIO, Sept. 19. In a
j Statement before the Republican county
' central committee here Nicholas Long
worth. congressman from the First
Ohio district, and son-in-law of Colonel
Roosevelt, made the following expres
sion : egarding ,his attitude in the com
ing election:
"If the question be asked as to my
present position I reply that I am. as I
have always been, a Republican, and I
shall support, as I have always sup
ported, the Republican ticket.
"At the same time I want it under
stood that as a Republican I am a pro
gressive."
ANNISTON TO BE WORLD’S
GREATEST PIPE CENTER
ANNISTON, ALA., Sept. 19.—Annis-
1 ton got on the map as the greatest pipa
center in the world today when an
nouncement was made of the location
here of two more big pipe plants.
The Lynchburg Pipe and Foundry
Company, with resources of over sl,-
500.000. and the Alabama Pipe and
Foundry Company, backed by local
capital, with capitalization of $30,000,
are the new concerns. H. E. McWane,
of Lynchburg, heads the big concern
and W. F. Johnston, of this city, heads
the Anniston Company.
SI,OOO REWARD OFFERED
FOR SOUTHERN BANDITS
CHATTANOOGA, TENN . Sept. 19.
The postoffice inspectors office here
has been notified of an offer of SI,OOO
reward for Hie arrest and conviction of
the two bandits who held up and rob
bed the postal ears on the Memphis
special neat Stevenson, Ala., Tuesday
morning. (
MISSISSIPPI BROTHERS
KILL MAN GIRL ACCUSED
JACKSON. MISS. Sept. 19 Pen y
and Louis Dennis, brothers were ar
rested for tite murder of Mannle Wat
son. whom they say they killed because
h* w ronged their sister,
- nj< n
He recently was paid.med while serv
ing a life sentence.
■
Second Half of His Enormous
Inheritance Soon To Be
r
His Absolutely.
XEW YORK. Sept. IS.—Alfred!
Gv. ynne Vanderbilt, suzerain of the
much-moneyed house by virtue of his ;
father's will, which nullit'ul the usual;
operation of primogeniture, is keenly I
awaiting two events. The first, one I
that will bind him more closely to his
charming bride, who was Mrs. Smith ;
H .Ilins M. Kim, is expected a i ■ st mo-
| mentarily. .Mr. and Mrs. Vanderbilt;
jare quarte ed in their houseboat on j
{the Thames awaiting the birth of the;
! expected heir.
' As soon after t'.ie birth of the child I
ias the y oung mother s condition per
mits. Mr. and M s. Vanderbilt will take
passage for America, wiiete on t.icto
ber 20 the former will celebrate his
' thirty-fifth birthday. On that day the
young man will take rank'with the real
financial giants' of America, for he will
then automatically . ome into posses
sion of a sum estimated at $25.000.u00
T.’js 1 >e young man. at the age of
3a y, a s. b t omes one of lite financial
powers of the. country. In the course ;
of his bi’ef career he has been twiei ‘
ma rled. His first wife was Elen'
French Vanderbilt, by whom he had
one child. . His marriage to Mrs. Mc-
Kim took place last year.
Provisions of the Will.
This sum which he will get on Octo
, ber 20 represents the half of Vander
, hilt’s patrimony willed to him by his
. father, Cornelius Vanderbilt. The sev
t enteenth provision of the remarkable
1 document, in which the then head of
. the powerful family of American mil
. lionalres cut off his eldest son. Cor
nelius. Jr., with a “paltry" $1,500,000.
■ read as follows:
[ Seventeenth —All the rest, resi-
[ due and remainder of the estate,
including al! lapsed legacies and
the principal of annuities, is given
to the executors in trust, to hold
and invest and reinvest and collect
rents, incomes and profits for the
use of his son. Alfred G.. and to
pay to him the net income as re-
, reived until he becomes 30. when
I he is to come into possession of
one-half of said estate, the in
come of the balance to be paid to
* him as before until he becomes 35,
when he is to come into full pos-
1 session thereof.
On October 20, 1907, A. G. Vander
bilt came into possession of $25,000,000,
the first half of his patrimony. He will,
therefore, on October 20 next be com
plete and outright master of $50,000,000,
1 together with his surplus income, which’
is estimated at several millions more.
1 Thus this smooth-faced, young Amer
ican will possess a fortune approxi
mating that of the Phippses, the
Moores, the Reids, the Goulds and the
Archbolds, whose fortunes range from
, $50,000,000 to $150,000,000.
Not in the First Rank.
Mr. Vanderbilt's fortune, however,
• can hardly be placed in the "stupen
) dous" class. According to figures re
’ cently compiled by Boston economics,
the leading nine fortunes in America
t rank as follows:
John D. Rockefeller. . $1,000,000,000
Andrew' Carnegie 500,000,000
J. P. Morgan.. .. ~ .. 500.000,000
William Rockefeller .. .. 250.000.000
I George F Baker 160,000,
James B Duke 200,000,000
James Stillman 200.000,000
Henry <’ Frick 150.000,000 I
15 K. Vanderbilt 150.000,000
The estate of "Cornelius Vanderbilt, I
de. eased,” has been In tile hands of I
Mrs Vanderbilt, es executrix and Al
fred G Vanderbilt William lx Vander- i
blit, 1 tiaun.ej Depew V. w, llvi.Lxr .
and Reginald Isre-tere—
PEACE PROPOSAL
REACHES MADERO
Orozco Sends Message to the
Mexican President. Which
Will Likely Be Ignored.
MEXlt'O 'ITY. Sept. H< Peace po-
I rosait made by Co one: R. G. Robelo.
I ci>:e-eniatiTC t-f General Cftozco. the
| Mexican revolutionary leader, were re
ceive.: by p-csident Madero today
Th-y -xpre-ss Hie willingness of the
j 1 evoh.iionisls of t-hi north to proceed |
|in the delibe aeons which there shall I
I be between . epresentatives of the Ma-I
|d?:o got, nment, th- federal-army the
vo!«.;tion,,r. army r>{ the north and |
I lite . t voliitionary a: nr. of the sou'b.
and tl var’ous civil elem.-nts of in ;
irepublh. They p obably will be la
I noted. |
Tite peat e offi i .- is aeeompmied by a I
I Iter, in wnich Colonel Rotbelo says:
“General < > ozt o has been told that |
the government wishes to bring about
peai-e. The general wishes to bring ;
about liln-rty We air ready to meet
■ ith tiic government, the army and the
till' t-'ements of the republic in this
I matter. '•'
"We believe that a mix 1 delegation
I'oriu.’d of representatives of Hie gov
ament, the federal army, the inde
pendent civil e 1 emeu's and of the revo
lutionary army of the north and of the
soul! should be ch.t-g.-d with ti e study
ot definite points r,f an agreement.
■'l'pon the onimuhle-ttion of these
• -o utiinis we mal.e a supreme appeal
i you duty to the fatherland."
Mexico Must Pay
For Yankee Deaths
WASHINGTON. Sept. 19.—The Unit
led Slates will demand reparation from
Mexico for the deaths of Joseph Meyer
!and George Reterman. Americans
j found murdered near San Pedro Ma en
land Cusohui ranches.
As yet no i eport has reached the
state department showirfg that the
Americans were killed by revolution
ists. Ambassador Hen-'y Lane Wilson
at M xiic, City was 'oday instructed to
make a iho ough in re-ligation and to
report io Wasi,ing.mi whethe. they met
de: 'h wide* opposing rebels ■> whether
.they were mu.de.yd for p.ofit by ri.f
lians unafti iati I with the rebel forces.
, ll' ’be former, the United States, will'
intake immediate demand upon the Mex
' ican government for pecuniary recom
| pense for the deaths of the .Americans
and wil' back up this demand by a
show of forces along the border and if
| necessary by immediate withdrawal of
i support with which Washington has
favored ilw Maderlst administration.
Quick Punishment
For Conspirators
M EXIt 'O CJTV, Sept 19. —Quick
punishment is being meted out to con
spirators involved in the plot to de
liver the Mexican capital to Zapata
rebels, forty of those arrested have
I disappeared from the prison in which
they were confined, and it is believed
all have been shot, to death secretly.
A strike of textile workers was called
last night, and today 20,000 men are
idle, bringing another menace to the
government A strike at this time is
dangerous, as a great number of the
unemployed are likely to swell the
ranks of the rebels. Revolution con
ditions in the south are becoming more
serious. Some Zapata bands have
joined tile Salgadistas. Huetamo. state
of Michoacan, and Teleopam. state of
Guerrero, are besieged.
ANDREW COLLEGE BEGINS
ITS 59TH YEAR'S SESSION
CUTHBERT, GA . Sept. 19. Andrew
college has begun its fifty-ninth yea:.
Cuthbert Hall, the new connecting
building, is in use and other substan
tial improvements have been made
upon the plant. The enrollment prom
ises to be the largest in the history of
the institution
The formal opening exercises were
held in the college auditorium. Speeches
of welcome were made by Mayor R. L.
Moye, County School Commissioner
Walter AfcMichael and others. Dr. J.
W Malone, the president, responded
for the college.
UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA
BEGINS ITS 112TH SESSION
ATHENS. GA.. Sept. 19.—The Uni
versity of Georgia formally opened its
doors for the 112th session with short
I but appropriate exercises presided over
by Chancellor Barrow The entire stu
dent body assembled m the eha pel and
the faculty appeared in caps and
gowns, not heretofore customary.
The regisi ration up to date is slightly
behind that of the same date last year,
but is expected to increase today and
tomorrow .
DENY U. S. SLEUTHS ON
SENATOR DIXON'S TRAIL
.... __ ~,_ I
WASHINGTON. Sept. 19.—(rffieial
I denial was made at the department of
justice today of charges by Senator
Dixon. Colonel Roosevelts campaign
manager, that ag-nts< of the depart
' ment were ep'.ng mi the senator and I
.VI ed 111 .Vl<-( <>i mick. one of pi - chief I
; lieutenant -
CLUB TO HAVE BARBECUE.
Vi., ng 111 -i “ li.i-M been < Hi. i.|< ■<m
sol■ tln • to rl:' 'Witent and tin -u of
|i , :i L' -’gt:, Allilill-- I'h.ti tonight. Toe
jeoinmlttei- of uriangi in< nt« have pro |
videu ait iniereatlng pivgiauc
PANAMA CANAL BILL
FORCES SHIP LINE TO
GET OUT OF BUSINESS
SAN ERANCISCo. Sept. 19.—Can- I
I celling orde si so fwur new 38.000-ton I
j steamships, th- Pacifii Mail Steamship
Company is preparing to go out of
business as a result of the Panama rat?
i bill. This statement was made today
by A. .1. Urey, assistant to President
and General Manager Schwerin, of the
Pacific Mai!
According to Frey, every tailroad
owned steamship line will have to so -
low suit as a result of the Panama ca
nal rale bill. The Pacific Mai! is owned
largely by the Southern Pacific railroad.
"There is only one thing that can
prevent every similar concern on the
Pacifii- following- oui examine." said
Frey. "That is fm the government to
change its attitude toward railroad
I owned steamship.-."
Whither the Pacific Mail would <« i.-e
up its business at ome or would wind
i up its affairs gradually was not stated
jby Frey
j The Pacific Mai; operates a line of
| pas-enger sfeani<->-s between Pacific
Coast ami O iental points and engages
tin -oast trade.
REPUBLICANS NAME
ELECTORS TO GO ON
TICKET IN GEORGIA
Walter Johnson and Henry S. Jack
son. repre-enting the Republican regu
lar organization in Georgia, today filed
with the executive department of the
state a list of Taft electors to he voted
for in the national presidential election
in November.
rhe following persons are named:
For the stab nt large, David Wood
ward. Atlanta, and John I. Taggart,
•Savannah: for the First district, Wal
ter I. Cooper. Savannah; Second dis
trict. <'. VV. Arnold. Albany ; Third dis
trict, Charles Taunton. Cuthbert:
Fourth district, A. H. Freeman. La-
Grange; Fifth district, D. B. Casson.
Atlanta. Sixth district, W. .1. Massee,
Macon. Seventh. J. D. Dyar. Adairs
ville; Eighth district, B. I-’. Check, La
vonia; Ninth district, T. W. Scott. Toc
coa; Tenth district. Warren Edwards.
Milledgeville; Eleventh district, I. N.
Spain. Quitman, and Twelfth district
C. F. Smith. Lumber City.
PASSERBY’S MATCH
IGNITES GASOLINE;
PHYSICIAN IS DEAD
NEW NAN. GA.. Sept. 19.—Dr. J. H.
Jordan, a highly respected colored phy
sician of this city, is dead from burns
received when his clothing caught fire
while he was filling the gasoline tank
of his automobile Sunday.
While making a call. Dr. Jordan's au
' tornobile ran out of gasoline. Procur
ing a supply, he was pouring it In the
■ car when a passerby struck a match,
which caused the gasoline to explode.
1 The clothing of Dr-. Jordan was satu
rated and instantaneously he was
ablaze. His torture caused him to run
like mad. When the flames were ex
tinguished he was found horribly burn
ed and died last night.
COX FACTION IN GILMER
WILL HAVE OPPOSITION
ELLIJAY. GA.. Sept. 19.—As an aft
ermath of the recent judgeship contest,
in which the vote of Gilmer county was
thrown out as fraudulent, the entire
Cox faction will have opposition in the
general election.
Colonel A. H. Burtz. a leading attor
ney of Ellijay, who was prominent in
opposing Judge Morris in the contest,
is a candidate for Hr? senate against J.
Gordon Cole, a Morris partisan. Judge
A. M. Johnson, ex-ordinary and a
prominent Baptist minister, will op
pose W B. Janies for representative.
W. A. Cox is opposed for ordinary by
B. L. Hensley, ex-tax receiver and a
prominent farmer of Tioga, and the en
tire county ticket will probably have
opposition.
ELECTRIC LIGHT GLOBES
FOR U. S. COST $400,000
WASHINGTON. Sept. 19.—The Fed
eral general supply committee today
awarded a contract for furnishing elec
tric globes foi- the use of the govern
ment to th» General Electric. Westing
house and Franklin Electric Companies.
Globes for every government depart
ment and for the use of the army and
navy come under the provisions of this
contract, which provides $400,000 for
the purpose.
AUSTRIAN AMBASSADOR
TO U.S. TO BE SUCCEEDED
VIENNA. Sept. 19. —Konstantine
Theor Dumba. present Austio-Hunga
rian minister to Sweden, was today
nominated to succeed Baron Hengel
mue'ler VonHengevar as ambassador to
the United States. Baron Hengelmuel
ler has represented Austro-Hungary at
Washington for eighteen years.
KILLED ON WAY TO RACES.
MILWAUKEE, WIS.. Sept. 19.—Har.
ry S. Wendell, of Sussexville, on his
way to see the try-outs of the Van
derbilt cup race, was killed today. The
automobile he was ririt*ing was over
turned.
Are you worried over the high cost of living ? Practice
economy by using
Bent quality goea further—coata lean; a whole pound
for 20c.-’' lb. 10c—X lb. sc.
All good Grover* 001 l it or will got it lor you.
SLAVER ESCAPES
NOOSE:BLOCKED
JAIL BREAK
Governor Brown Commutes the
Death Sentence of Negro for
Heroic Conduct.
Basing his action upon the ground
of a reward for heroic conduct upott
the pa i t of a convicted murderer await,
ing execution. Governor Brown today
commuted from death on the gallows to
life imprisonment the sentence of John
son Webb, a negro, to have been hang
ed in Early county on Friday next.
. in an executive order the governor
tells how Webb probably saved the life
of his jailer and several of the depu
ties. and certainly served to keep with
in the custody of the state not less
than fifteen desperate criminals plan
ning to escape
The governor particularly stresses the
duty of recognizing the good work ot
all persons who help in the enforce
ment of the law. and makes it mani
fest that he will reward, "as the inter
ests of society will admit as being
proper and just,” all such persons.
Good Conduct Saves Negro's Life.
The order of commutation sets forth
certain of Governor Bro-wn's views on
executive clemency significantly and
interestingly.
The governor touches lightly upon
one other phase of the ease, but ha
makes It plain that Webb owes his
commutation to his good conduct, in
grave circumstances, and not particu
larly to anything else.
The order, among other things. say»;
In the enforcement of the laws of
this state, it must be made clear
that not only will law-abiding citi
zens be protected, but that each
person aiding in the enforcement
of the laws will receive such re
ward as the interests of society will
admit as being proper and just.
The hope of this reward should not
be denied even to convicts who are
under sentences and who, as in this
case, aid in protecting the lives
and officers of the law, or otherwise
preventing crime.
Reprieved at Eleventh Hour.
Webb was to have been banged two
weeks afgo, but the governor, at th*
eleventh hour, decided to reprieve him
for fourteen days, upon a shelving that
there was much to show: in favor ot
i commutation that had not been shown.
Colonel Jesse Perry, the governor’s
private secretary, had quite an excit
ing time getting the message of re
, prteve through to Early county in time
to head off the hanging, only placing
the order in the sheriff’s hands an hour
before sentence was to have been car
ried out.
Webb was convicted of killing an
other negro in a fight, and the jury try
ing him petitioned the governor to ex
tend clemency, inasmuch as there may
have been a doubt that the negro was
guilty of deliberate and malicious mur
der. In the firet instance.
WEDDING, SHAVING
TRADE BOOMS FOR
PREACHER BARBER
BIRMINGHAM. ALA. Sept. 19.
George A. Sharits, a barber of Bir
mingham. who is also a minister, has
performed eighteen marriage ceremo
nies this year, three of which he per
formed Monday night of this week. He
says that on Monday, he cut throe
men's hair and shaved ten men. H»
was then asked to perform a double
wedding at the Colonial hotel. When
he went to his home he found a couple
waiting to be married and he accom
modated them
He says that he expects to marry at
least seven more couples before the end
of the year so as to make the number
25 for the year, his average.
Mr Sharits 23 years ago worked for
a liquor dealer, but remained in the
business a short while, taking up his
profession, and also pleaching.
BOOTBLACK SUES FOR
SIOO FOR FINDING RING
Evans Epps, a negro bootblack, today
began his plea to a jury to obtain a re
ward of SIOO offered for a valuable dia
mond ring he found at the Piedmont
hotel last March. The case is being
heard in superior court.
Epps asserts that he discovered the
ring and returned it to the owner. The
hotel people say he is not entitled to
the reward, as he. attempted to keep the
ring.
GETS PANAMA POSITION.
JACKSON. GA.. Sept. 19.—John R.
Foster, formerly of Dalton, but now lo
cated at Jackson, has accepted an im
portant position with the lighting com
pany at. Colon. Panama. He will sail
about October I
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