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0. WILSON PUT
WHS CLUB
HDOSEIELT
Not a Particle of Truth in State
ments About Moose and the
Trusts. He Says.
TRIXII) COLO., Sept. 19.—1 n a
speech here today Colonel
Roosevelt hammered back at Governor
Woodrow Wi'son for his attack on the
p,., zr .-<ive platform at Sioux Falls, in
w likh the governor charged that it
p\<ved into the hands of the steel and
harvester trusts. The cx-president
an grily asserted that the two trusts are
~i rl, orting Mr. Wilson and that the
1,. :ic and Republican platform:-
rnt!ll . r than that of the Progressives
to tile crooked corporations.
"Mr. Wilson should be above mis
stating facts in order to bolster up his '
arguments. Mr. Wilson has an entile |
right to defend his own platfoUn if he
f, . luitd enough to do so. and ar. en
tt-P i, ght to assail the Progressive
nlatfonn. but he should confine himseif
to telling the facts as they are,” said
Roosevelt.
"In !:’s speech yesterday he stated
that th" method now proposed by the:
p , .? sii.s to regulate the trusts was
-aggpst d by Messrs. Gary and Perkins
her, r tl c> inmittee of the home of
rcpri-s-nt-fives to look into the steel
trust. And he suggested that it was
done to s-tv? the United States Steel
C noration from the necessity of do
ing its business better than its com
petitors.
"Not a Particie of Truth in Statement.”
••Neither of these statements is in
a>. - ikon i with the facts and five min
utes’ inipdry on Mr. Wilson’s part
von'.! ive taught him that there wa*
not uie particl" of foundation for the
truth of what he was saying.
"No' erne onlv. but again and again.
:■> s to congress and in speech
-r . . wh> n I «.is | resident'. I
■ ■ v- .it'd I.- i tin ds o’voctited bv
i ■■ I’ ■ g. <--ivi.-. for trust
ipn ■ hi. h i\prai ik’ail" to apply
t ■ "Dclple applied in'.the interstate
<om-nerr.> act.
to call attention at this time
■at a- 'ar as I know the
■ • ’ 't'i- ma’c-ity of the men who
: boi'i in Steel Corporation
'■ -:.r trust arc suppotting
■Hr .'■ ' -o;: himsi-'lf or Mr. Taft.
v a: "■ inly opposing me.
I-'reav f al i know, the only
' itii cither organizu
■■i; ’i . ting m - is M'
f. Einywhere 1 wen: ,
' d Nort a Dakota I wa - I
• 1 < ste; trust was
WlWi.m. and the Steel
th- nearly unani -
V o' its people are con-
I. Cling either Mr. Taft
-aft and V'ilsbn Alike on Trusts.
■ ’ live slightest criticism to |
' ’ 1 :■ tar Barrister tru-t or
t ! '- ; in this matter. I do not
n ’ ' hey are sincere in sup- |
"'■" ! uf' o. Mr. Wilson, but 1
• ' olnt out that Mr. Wilson j
I' " occupy substantially th*
• ■' •' * ' tev.ard the trusts am’.
' ' ■'"''' :s 1 f such proved harm-
't I am not in the least sur-
■ tii.it an- trust, which objects' to
• ifectiyc regulation should
,l! "■ 'H n ror both of them indiffer- '
is against me.
7,1 only result that could possibly;
" from any action of the kind!
: t„fo'c advocated by Mr. Wilson as’
Is either the Steel trust corpora
tlon ' ' Ha vester trust w ould b« ..
• ■ just where the Standard Oil
in tobacco trust have ai
''' ' !, e< ti put by following out the
’' ■ I 1 lev he indicates.
11 being the case, I do not won
all four trusts confine their
trwHwition to the Progressive party and
and are seemingly entliely will-'
have either Mr. Wilson or Mr.
" conn into power.”
If Wilson Really Knew—”
1 "luinuing, Mr. Roosevelt said:
dr Wilson further said that under
I rogr-.-sive plan the corporations
I ■ control the market for labor and
?!| t's that the onl.* chance for labor!
■' - competition. If Mr. Wilson were
■in with a personal and working |
Ige of the conditions and sur- '
nitridings of labor; if he knew at first
how workingmen live and what
1 m-eds are, such a statement on his
ould be wholly inexcusable.
I'Ut Mr. Wilson’s statement is evi
> based only on abstract reason
'"s from what a certain class of laissez
political economists have written,
II is made without even consider
ate workings of the laws now on
"latutc books. He says that the
ition we propose would put the
r! 'ingman in the power of the big
- ttsti ial concerns.
1 "'o is a eery simple way of test
“ >■!•• worth of this statement. Has
interstate commerce law put th.*
"Ingman more in the power of the
■ro.Hls? Ret Mr. Wilson answer this
"on If it has, then It is his busi
' J to advocate the repeal of the in
" '■-’■ue commerce law.
1 1 W ilson Is championing the cause
I'ig looked trusts when he op
the Progressive platform for ex
-1 g the powers of government over
trusts Just as It Is being ex*
’d over the railroads.
■ ill >our attention to the fact that
Is a I Olistrui'tive policy ami' Mr.
oi io. » pot pm forth a .“ingle < on
'ivi proposal His |>oli< y Im not
' ■ -truetlv. It It only triaki -be
m tlon. Hl pole > tv men ly
Will Get s2s,ooo,ooo—His Full Fortune-on Oct. 20
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Alfred G. Vanderbilt as lie
looked when 30 years old. and.
above, his latest photograph.
Johnson Berates
[G. O. P. in Indiana
VINCENNES. IND., Sept. 19. —Gov-
i rnor Hiram Johnson, of California,
who is on a tour of Indiana today, was
greeted by a crowd of a thousand peo
ple 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 Penrose, Payne and Guggenheim
have the tight to transmute the minor
ity of American eltiadhs into a major
ity, said the governor. ’ and no set of
men have thy right to nominate a pres
ident of the United States who has
been repudiated by the majority.
That in August men and women with
a broad view met in Chicago to form a
nev party as a" government for red
blooded men. women and children was
emphasized by the speaker.
"This party chose as its leader the
greatest two-handed fighter whose
word never fails and the man who will
receive at the hands of the people this
fah what he has faithfully won. and
Theodore Roosevelt will come into his
own and will be elected by an over
whelming majority.’ concluded the
governor amid a tumult of applause.
Taft Ignored by
Wisconsin G. O. P.
MILWAUKEE. WIS . Sept 19 No
mention in mad' of national i-sues nor
of the name »f President Taft, a reso
lution Indoising tin president having
been killed 111 the l.epublican slate
pi.ilfoim adopt'd al the convention
In l.al o||i th will support tl)v ticket
THE ATLANTA GEORGIAN ANP NEWS.TIIURSDAY. SEPTEMBER 19. 1912.
jSon-in-Law “Nick”
Not a Bull Mooser
CINCINNATI, OHIO, Sept. 19.—1 n a
statement before the Republican coupty
central committee here Nicholas Long
worth. congressman from the First
Ohio district, and son-in-law of Colonel
Roosevelt, made the following expres
sion legqrding 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." V
ANNISTON TO BE WORLD’S
GREATEST PIPE CENTER
ANNISTON, ALA., Sept. 19.—Annis
ton got on the map as the greatest pipe
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,-
500.0011, 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 the arrest and conviction of
the two bandits who held up and rob
bed the postal cars on the Memphis
special near Stevenson, Ala, Tuesday
morning.
MISSISSIPPI BROTHERS
KILL MAN GIRL ACCUSED
JACKSON, MISS, Sept, lit I*, r. •,
and Louis liennjs, brother- weie ar
tested for the murder of Maunie Wat
son, whom they any they killed be. a us.
lie w rouged their sister.
Louis has i re. Old of killing five nil'll
11. t..,nv\ wa.- p.iKlon. d whilv »«rv-
.
Second Hast of His Enormous
inheritance Soon To Be
His Absolutely.
NEW YORK. Sept. 19.—Alfred |
GWynne Vanderbilt, suzerain of the
much-moneyed house by virtue of his
father's will, which nullified the usual
operation of prirnoy nitui'e. is keenly
(awaiting two events. The first, one
that will bind him more closely to his
j charming bride, who was Mrs. Smith
Hollins McKim, is expected al n< st mo-
I mentarily. Mr. and Mrs. Vanderbilt
: are quartered in their houseboat on
I the Thames awaiting the birth of the
expected heir.
I As soon after the birth of the child
as the young mother's condition per
mits, Mr. and Mrs. Varfderbilt will take
passage for America where on Octo
ber 20 the former will celebrate his
Uhirty-fifth birthday. On that day the
young man will take rank with the real
financial giants of America, for he will
, then automatically come into posses
sion of a sum estimated at $25.000,090.
I Thus the young man, at the age of
.'ls yeats, becomes one of the financial
powers of the country. In the course
of hjs brief career he has been twice
ma’ ried. His first \. ife was Elsie
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-
• bilt’s patrimony willed to him by his
. father, Cornelius Vanderbilt. The sev
t enteenth provision of the remarkable
I document, in which the then head of
. the powerful family of Americar mil
. lionaites cut off his eldest son, or-
nelius, Jr., with a "paltry" $1,500,000,
r read as follow s:
I 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
his son, Alfred G., and to
pay to him the net income as re
, ceived 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-
I ‘
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
-1 plete and outright master of $50,000,000,
together with his surplus income, which
■ is estimated at several millions more.
1 Thi s this smooth-faced, young Amer
ican will possess a fortune approxi
mating that of the Phippses, the
Moor.-s, the Reids, the Goulds and the
Arehbolds, whose fortunes range from
i $50,000,000 to $150,000,000.
Not in the First Rank.
Mr. Vanderbilt's fortune, however,
• <an hardly be placed in the "stupen
i dous” class. According to figures re-
I I’ently eojnpiled by Boston economies,
the leading nine fortunes in America
• :ank as follows:
John II Rockefeller $1,000,000,000
Andrew Carnegie 500,000,000
J. it Morgan soii.ooo,o<io
William It.'i'kifellcr ~ ~ 270,000 000
| Geo « e F llakei 250,000,000
Janus I! IHlkf 200,000,1in0
James Stillman 200.000,0110
Henry <’ Frick 150. uo 1 ,,n0n
W K V.tndel blit . , 150,000,000
Thi i state of ■ < urnellus Vanderbilt,
ili'iiiml," has been In the hands of
Mrs Vanderbilt, as evcuirlx, and Al
in Hi Vanderbilt. WTliiam « v.imh-r-
• hilt I'hmili"' li. js a, v. W. K.issitvr
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PEACE PROPOSAL
REttj «
Orozco Sends Message to the
Mexican President, Which
Will Likely Be Ignored.
MEXICO CITY. Sept. 19. Peace pro
posals made by Colonel R. G. Robelo,
representative of General Orozco, th'
Mexican revolutionary leader, were re
ceived by Pi' sident Madero today.
They express the willingness of the
revolutionists of the north to proceed
in the deliberations which thiie shall
be between representative's of the Ma
dero government, th- f*. deral army tin
revolutionary army of the north and
the revolutionary army of the south
ami th" various civil elements of th
republic. They piobably will be Ig
nored.
The peace offi -er is acecmpn tiled by a
l-tter. in which Colonel Robelo says:
"General Orozco has been told that
the government wi h-s to bring about
peace. The general wishes to Jiringt
about liberty. We are ready to meet
with the government, the army and the
eivii elements of the iepublic in this
matter.
"We believe that a mix' d delegation
formed of representatives of .the gov
ernment. the federal army, the inde
pendent civil elements and of the revo
| lutionary army of the north and of the
'south should be charged with the study
of the definite points qf an agreement.
"I,'pon the ommunication of these
resolutions we mak ■ a supreme appeal
to you duty to the fatherland."
Mexico Must Pay
For Yankee Deaths
WASHINGTON, Sept, 19. The Unit
ed States will demand reparation from
Mexico for the deaths of Joseph Meyer
and George Reterman, Americans,
found murdered near San Pedro Maren
and Cusohui ranches.
As yet no report has reached the
state department showing that the
Americans were killed by revolution
ists. Ambassador H r.ry Lane Wilson
at Mexico City was today instructed to
make a thoiough investigation and to
report to Washington w hether they met
death while opposing r-bels or whether
they were murdered for profit by ruf
fians unaffiliated with the rebel forces.
If tho forme . the United States will
make immediate demand upon the Mex
ican government for pecuniary recom
pense for the deaths of the Americans
and will back up this demand by a
show of forces along the border and if
necessi-y by immediate withdrawal of
support with which Washington has
favored the Maderist administration.
Quick Punishment
For Conspirators
MEXICO CITY, Sept 19.—Quick
punishment is being meted out to con
spirators involved in the plot to de
live' the Mexican capital to Zapata
rebels. Forty of those arrested have
disappeared from the prison in which
they were confined, and it js 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 the 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 McMichael and others. Dr. J.
\\ 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
but appropriate exercises presided over
by Chancellor Barrow. The entire stu
dent body assembled in the chapel and
the faculty appeared in caps and
gowns, not heretofore customary.
The registration up to date is slightly
behind that of the same date iast year,
but is expected to Increase today and
tomorrow.
DENY U. S. SLEUTHS ON
SENATOR DIXON'S TRAIL
WASHINGTON, Sept 19.—Official
dental was made at the department of
Justice today of charges by Senator
Dixon, Colonel Roosevelt's campaign
manager, that agents of the depart
inent were spying on the senator and
. Medtll .McCormick, mm of hl chief
lieutenants.
CLUB TO HAVE BARBECUE.
Kt n ng rnvnt“ have | > i-n < moplei. <f
for tin ' nt< rtnlnment ami imr'a u< of
Ou <" iglti tlhlctic club lotilglit 'l'iie
j • illimll!'" "f ItriHllKi merits liave pro-
, ' • I . I■' .1- “I'llll
PANAMA CANAL BILL
FORCES SHIP LINE TO I
GET OUT OF BUSINESS
SAN FRANCISCO, Sept. 19. —Can-
I celling orders for four new 38.000-ton
steamships, the Pacific Mail Steamship
Company is preparing to go out of
business as a result of the Panama rat
bill. This statement was made today
by A. .1. Frey, assistant to Presideut
and General Manager Schwerin, of the
Pacific Mail
;According to Frey, every railroad
owned steamship line will have to fol
low suit as a result of the Panama ca
nal rate bill. The Pacific Mail is own. d
largely by the Southern Pacific railroad.
"There is only one thing that can
prevent every similar concern on the
Pacific following our example,” said
Frey. "That is for the government to
change its attitude toward railroad
owned steamships.”
W hither the Pacific Mail would close
up its business at once or would wind
up its affairs gradually was not stated
by Frey.
Ihe Pacific Mail operates a line of
passenger steamers between Pacific
coast and o‘iental points and engages
in coast trade.
REPUBLICANS NAME
ELECTORS TO GO ON
TICKET IN GEORGIA
Walter Johnson and Henry S. Jack
son, representing the Republican regu
lar organization in Georgia, today filed
with the executive department of the
state a list of Taft electors to be voted
for in the national presidential election
in November.
The following persons are named:
For the state at large, David Wood
ward. Atlanta, and John I. Taggart,
Savannah; for the First district, Wal
ter I. Cooper. Savannah; Second dis
trict, C. AV. Arnold. Albany; Third dis
trict, Charles Taunton, Cuthbert:
Fourth district. A. H. Freeman. La-
Grange; Fifth district, D. B. Casson,
Atlanta; Sixth district, W. J. Massee,
Macon; Seventh, J. D. Dyar*. Adairs
ville; Eighth district, B. F. 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
NEWNAN. 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
: | tomobile ran out of gasoline. Procur
-1 J ing a supply, he was pouring it in the
1 | car, when a passerby struck a match,
? which caused the gasoline to explode.
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 the senate against J.
Gordon Cole, a Morris partisan. Judge
A. M. Johnson, ex-ordinary and a
prominent Baptist minister, will op
pose W. B. James 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
awvarded a contract for furnishing elec
tric globes for the use of the govern
ment to the 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 $400,001) for
the purpose.
AUSTRIAN AMBASSADOR
TO U.S. TO BE SUCCEEDED
VIENNA. Sept. 19.—Konstantine
Theor Dumba, present Austro-Hunga
rian minister to Sweden, was today
nominated to succeed Baron Hengel
mueller VonHengevar as ambassador to
the United States. Baron Hengehnuel
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 driving was over
turned.
1 """" "" 1 ' ' "" 1 " ■■ IIIWI11
Are you worried over the high cost of living ? Practice
economy by using
Beat quality goea further—coats leaa; a whole pound
for 20c.—lb. inc.—X lb. sc.
All guotl Grovers sell it or will get it lor rou.
SLVER ESCAPES
IHJOSEiBLDGKEII
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 upon
the part 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 of
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 Brown’s views on
executive clemency significantly and
interestingly.
The governor touche- lightly upon
one other phase of the case, but he
makes it plain that Webb owes his
commutation to his good conduct, in
grave circumstances, and not particu
larly to anything else.
Thf> order, among other things, says:
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 bcm hanged twa
weeks ago, but the governor, at the
eleventh hour, decided to reprieve him
for fourteen days, upon a shil ingthat
there was much to show in favor of
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
prieve through to Early county in time
to head off the hanging, only placing
the order in the sheriff’s hands an hout
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 first 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. H»
says that on Monday he cut three
men’s hair and shaved ten men. Ha
was then asked to perform a doubla
wedding at the Colonial hotel. When
he went to his home he found a coupla
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
1 a liquor dealer, but remained in tha
business a short while, taking up hi»
profession, and also pieaching.
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 supetior 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 hq 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 1.
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