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TTTE ATLANTA GEORGIAN AND NEWS.
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GEN. HUERTA DEFIES U.S.
Cabinet Official
Who Aided Trust
Special Cable to The Atlanta Georgian.
MEXICO CITY, Sept. I.—'“Mexico
owe* nothing to the United States
and does not propose to be under ob
ligations to that country.”
ThlB declaration was made to-day
to representatives of foreign financial
groups by President Huerta in ex
plaining why Foreign Minister Gam
boa had assumed such a defiant tone
in answering the two notes of Special
Envoy Lind.
The places of Americans are being
filled by Europeans Representatives
of continental mercantile concerns are
showing great activity in getting gov
ernment contracts.
Agents representing European
bankers are holding daily conferences
with Huerta relative to a pacification
loan. It Is believed Huerta will grant
valuable railway concessions in re
turn.
The Mexican President indicates he
is preparing an Important statement
of intentions. This may be the dec
laration that Mexico will not recog
nise any American indemnity claims.
Advisers of Huerta declare there Is
no chance of his giving way to the
proposals of President Wilson
Huerta Expected to
Invoke Old Treaty.
WASHINGTON, Sept. 1.—An old
treaty, which has lain in disuse for
05 years, probably will be invoked by
the Mexican Government in the pres
ent controversy between President
Huerta and the United States.
The covenant, known as the Gua
dalupe-Hidalgo treaty of 1848, pro
vides that, in the event of disagree
ment between the contracting parties,
commissioners should he appointed to
arbitrate. Mexico will make such a
demand, it was learned from an au
thoritative source to-day.
This is the first occasion for re-
courne to the treaty, and through ths
obscurity surrounding the instrument
officials in the State Department for
got, if they ever knew, that such a
treaty existed.
Text of Main Clauses.
The following clauses are taken
from the treaty:
Article 21. If unhappily any dis
agreement should hareafter arise be
tween the Governments of the two
republics, • • • the said Gov
ernments • • • do promise that
they will endeavor • • * to settle
the differences so arising, and to pre
serve the state of peace • • • using
for this end mutual representa
tions and poctflc negotiations.
And if, by these means, they should
not be enabled to come to any agree
ment, & resort shall not on this ac
count be had to reprisals • • •
until the Government of that which
deems itself aggrieved shall have ma
turely considered • • • whether
it would not be better that such dif
ference should be settled by the ar
bitration of commissioners appointed
on each side or that of a friendly na
tion.
And should such course be propos
ed by either party, It shall be acceded
to by the other unless deemed by It
altogether incompatible with the na
ture of the difference or the circum
stances of the case.
Rules in Case ef War.
Article 22. If • • • war should
unhappily break out between the two
republics they do • • • pledge
themselves • • • to observe the
following rules • • •
1. The merchants of either repub
lic then residing in the other shall be
allowed to remain twelve months (for
those dwelling In t’ - ' - -* *•' 'md s!\
months (for those dwelling at the sea
ports) to collect and settle their af
fairs'. • • • shall have full liberty
to depart, carrying off all their ef
fects • • •
Upon the entrance of the armies of
either nation into the territory of the
other, women and children, ecclesi-
asts. teachers, cultivators of the
earth, merchants, Artisans, manufac
turers and fishermen unarmed and
inhabiting unfortified towns • • •
in general, all persons whose occu
pations are for common subsistence
CASH GRO. CO.
No. 10
Picnic Hams ... 12 j*
25 Ibt. Sugar fl.2o
20 !ba. Sugar $1.06
10c Can Gaorata Cana Syrup 5c
No. 10 Cottalana $1.14
No 4 Cottalana
46c
• • * shall be allowed to continue
their respective employment • • *.
Nor shall their goods • * * b« de
stroyed * * *; but if the necessity
arises to take anything from them for
the use of such armed force, the same
shall be paid for at an equitable price.
All churches, hospitals, schools, col
leges, libraries and other establish
ments for charitable and beneficent
purposes shall be resnected, and all
persons connected with the same pro
tected • • *
Treatment of Prisoners.
2 * * * all such practices as
those of sending them (prisoners of
war) into distant, inclement or un
wholesome < ,'.rlcts or crowding them
into close and noxious places shall be
studiously avoided. They shall not
be confined in dungeons, prison ships
or prisons; nor be pul In irons or
bound or otherwise, restrained in the
use of their limbs.
The officers shall enjoy liberty on
their paroles • • * and common
soldiers shall be disposed in canton-
mer's * * *
The value of all which supplies
(furnished prisoners^ shall * * *
be paid by the other party, on a mu
tual adjustment of accounts for the
subsistence of prisoners • * *
And it Is declared that neither the
pretense that war dissolves all trea
ties nor any other whatever shall be
considered os annulling or suspend
ing the solemn covenant conveyed in
this article. • • •
Lind to Take Side
Trip, Awaiting Orders.
VERA CRUZ, MEXICO, Sept. 1.—
Unless he receives orders from Wash
ington which would interfere with his
plans, Special Envoy John Lind will
leave here to-morrow for Terra Blan
ca to visit S. M. Emery, of Minneap
olis, who Is munager of a sugar plan
tation owned by the Compania Azu-
caeraray Mercantile de Vista Her-
mosa. He will be accompanied by
Louis Danton. counselor of the Unit
ed States Embassy In Mexico,
It Is not believed Mr, Lind will re
reive any definite orders before Wed
nesday when Dr. William Bayard Hale
Is expected to lay Important informa
tion before President Wilson and Sec
retary Bryan.
.1A M ES (*. Me REYNOLDS
General J. P. Graves
Nears 96th Birthday;
Friends Honor Him
General James Porterfield Graves,
who for some time has been making
his home with John Temple Graves
In New York, but is at present with
Major Hal T. Graves in Washington,
will celebrate his ninety-sixth birth
day Wednesday.
A host of Atlanta friends are ex
pressing good wishes in a postal
shower for General Graves, one of
the South's best known men and an
Inspiring type of a rapidly fading
generation. The general's present ad
dress is Bureau of Pensions, Wash
ington. D. C., Major Graves being in
the Government service. Friends have
been urged to Join in the testimonial.
Hymns for Cabarets
Idea of George Ade
NEW YORK, flept 1. -Georg® Ade
has returned from Europe with im
pressions of folks in foreign places.
He said he found a beer garden In
Berlin where the waiters distributed
THE PLAY
THIS WEEK
Seven Good Acte at the Foreyth.
Ijabor Day week at the Forsyth la
going to be an event In the opening
of the new theatrical season. The man
agement has gathered seven of the most
representative acts in the Keith circuit,
and collectively the bill should prove one
of the moat entertaining that has yet
attracted capacity testing gatherings
to the busy theater
The star offering will be "The New
I reader," presented by Sam Mann and
his company This is a story of stage
life It deals with actual and supposed
happenings at a vaudeville theater at
the Monday morning rehearsals Mr.
Maim will be the leader of the orches
tra, his company will appear as stage
hands and performers, and an interest
ing story is told
A comedy feature will be “Flinders'
Furnished Iflai." the funniest farce in
vaudeville, again introducing Willard
Hlmms. one of the star comedians at
the theatrical profession. There are
other tine features
This morning at 9 o'clock the treatrl-
cal season was formally opened when
the doors of the Atlanta Theater were
thrown open and the sales of seats
began for Wednesday night's first per
formance of "Mary's Iaimb." This mu
sical comedy wifi play at the Atlanta
Wednesday and Thursday ntgnts with
a matinee Thursday, the opening being
two weeks in advance of that in pre
vious seasons
The force at the Atlanta is practi
cally unchanged. Richard Arrowood is
again treasurer, with J. R. MacEach-
ron, Jr., as his assistant. Dan Webster
has charge of all advertising, other
than the newspapers; while the stage
crew is that of last season, with Howard
Norman in charge; A. V. Rymskl, elec
trician. and Cliff Gill property man. The
house is under the management of Ho
mer C George, who represents Klaw
At Erlanger and their syndicate part-
to patrons hymn books -at least, they
looked like hymn books—filled with
German songs. When a number was
put up on the stage the patrons found
the corresponding number in the
book, the orchestra played and every
body solemnly sang the piece.
Ade says he doe* not know what
the songs were, but they sounded like
hymns to him, and that the spirit be
hind the anthems certainly reminded
Mm of the good old days out in In
diana when he joined in the singing
in the meeting house near the old
farm.
Slaton Party Visits
Wyoming Governor
Governor John M ; Slaton and party
consisting of Mrs. Slaton, Colonel
Faxon and Mrs. Faxon, spent Sunday
and Monday in Cheyenne, Wyo., the
guests of Governor Carey, according
to a dispatch received by Major Hur-
dy Ulm, the Governor's secretary,
Monday morning. The party will
leave Cheyenne Monday evening
probably and will reach Atlanta Wed
nesday.
Governor Slaton’s visit to Governor
Carey of Wyomine was the result c.f
a warm friendship which began dur
ing ihe early sessions of the Gove-n-
ors’ Conference at Colorado Springs.
Pope Joins Fight on
Dread White Plague
Special Cable to The Atlanta Georgian.
ROME. Sept. 1.—The Vatican is the
latest agency to be enlisted in the
universal war against the white
plague. Pope Pius X to-day ordered
that all persons in Italian convents
afflicted with tuberculosis be sent at
once to the new sanitarium.
The Pof*e is also sending recom
mendations to all the blshoos to have
hospitals for the treatment of con
sumption of the lungs built In the'.r
bishoprics.
The Lyric Reopens.
The Lyric Theater reopens for the
season to-day. after being dark all sum
mer. with Mias Emma Bunting and her
company aa the attraction. It is said
that Miss Bunting has appeared in At
lanta in at least five hundred per
formances, and the advance sale of seats
indicates that there has been no diminu
tion of her popularity with Atlanta play
goers The play which the little actress
offers this week is & comedy In four
acts railed "The Circus Girl." George
Whitaker, the leading man. also has an
agreeable role The character in "T m
Circus Girl" which Miss Bunting wiA
portray gives her an opportunity to wear
some striking new costumes.
Jersey Setback for
Votes for Women
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At the Bijou.
The second week of the Jewell Kelley
Company's engagement will begin this
afternoon at the Bijou, presenting the
very interesting comedy drama, “The
Man from the West " This play is in
four acts, the first representing Matthew
Lawton's drawing room, the second a
garret in New York City, the third
Matthew Iawton's office, and the fourth
Matthew Lawton's drawing room The
story of "The Man from the West" has
empt of Matthew
to ruin him by rie-
k of the San Diablo
ned by Matthew Law-
ton. Brilliant scenic effects will give
the production a metropolitan air and
every detail of the staging will be care -
TRENTON, N. J., Sept. 1.—
Woman suffrage In New Jersey has
received a setback of at least one
year through an opinion of Assistant
Attorney General Gasklll that the
failure to properly advertise the pro
posed changes in the State's constitu
tion renders impossible the ratifica
tion of suffrage by this winter’s Leg
islature.
Crop Was 14,167,000
Bales, Hester Says
NEW ORLEANS, Sept. 1.—Hester,
in his annual estimate, posted in the
windows of the closed Cotton Ex
change to-day, makes the commer
cial crop for 1912-1913 14,167,000 bules,
against 16.138.000 for the preceding
year and against 14,090,863, the Gov
ernment estimate.
By States, the crop, according ts
the secretary of the New Orleans Ex
changes. was:
Alabama 1,390.000
Arkansas 820,000
Florida 62,000
Georgia 1.920,000
Louisiana 390.000
Oklahoma 1,051.000
Mississippi . 1,042,000
N. C. . . . ! 972.000
S. C 1,281.000
Texas 4.822.000
Tennessee, etc 375,000
Total m m » a m m • *14.167,000
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TRUST'S IE.
DIMERS REST
TO CELEBRATE
Mercer’s Trip Taken
As Dismissal Omen
United States Attorney General
Says He Advised Corporation
How to Evade Law.
NEW YORK. Sept. 1.—Following
the revelation that United States At
torney General McReynolds had been
counsel to the National Fuel Gas
Company, a Standard Oil concern. In
a scheme to circumvent the “seven
sisters’* act of the Sherman anti
trust law, the New York Press to-day
prints the following:
Washington, Aug# 31.—That
James C. McReynolds soon will
resign as Attorney General of the
United States was a positive
statement made to-day to the
correspondent of the Press by a
Senator to whom McReynolds ex
pressed this intention.
Although he feels he has been
subjected to unjust criticism, said
McReynolds to this Senator, he
also believes his presence in the
Cabinet is a handicap to Presi
dent Wilson's administration and
he intends to retire from his of
fice.
“It Is too much for me,” said
McReynolds to his visitor, “and
I feel that I must retire.”
Says He Has Been “Goat.”
As he further explained his po
sition he has been worried by
criticism of his conduct of the
Union Pacific-Southern Pacific
dissolution case, of the Diggs-
Caminetti case, of several of his
recommendations for appoint
ments and for his advocacy of
certain pardons, to say nothing of
minor affairs. 4
He maintained he has been
right in every Instance and he
resents being made the “goat” of
the administration.
Attorney General McReynolds stands
revealed as counsel for the Standard
OH. He admits that while employed by
the Government to break the iniquitous
Anthracite Coal Trust, and while
under consideration for the high of
fice he now holds, he advised the Na
tional Fuel Gas Company how to cir
cumvent the “Seven Sisters” Anti-
Trust law. This company is a $16,-
00O.0CJ subsidiary of 26 Broadway.
More amazing still, the very law
that Mr. McReynolds was asked to
circumvent is one formulated by his
present chief, President Wilson, then
Governor of New Jersey. Its express
purpose is to crush just such monop
olies as the National Fuel Gas Com
pany.
In the company John D. Rockefeller
is chief stockholder. He owns 11,000
shares. William Rockefeller holds
3,195 shares; John D. Archbold, 1,276
shares.
Rogers Once at Head.
At one time its president was H.
H. Rogers. Walter Jennings, a di
rector in many Standard Oil subsid
iaries, is now president.
President Wilson has publicly stat
ed that he would be glad to see a Fed
eral statute similar to the "Seven
Sisters’’ act take the place of the
Sherman law.
From the beginning of its career,
in 1902, the National Gas Fuel Com
pany went into the business of gob
bling up gas companies in northern
and eastern Pennsylvania and in
northern New York State.
Independent oil men, such as Pierce,
of the Waters-Pierce Company, de
clare it has assumed such formidable
proportions as to completely control
business in its territory.
In fact, it had created such a mo
nopoly that it feared to face the
"Seven Sisters.” Then Mr. McRey
nolds was called into consultation.
When seen in Washington Mr. Mc
Reynolds said:
“1 do not recall going to the Stand
ard Oil Building, at 26 Broadway,
during the latter part of the winter
to confer with the officers of the com
pany, of which Mr. Walter Jennings
is president.
"It probably was the National Fuel
Gas Company. They wanted to know
what they could do and what they
could not do under the 'Seven Sisters*
law.
Calls it “Muck-Raking.”
“I am not sure whether the seven
bills which constitute this law had
been enacted or whether they were
still before the Legislature. It 1* suf
ficient to say the legislation had, in
the opinion of the officer* of the com
pany, made it necessary to seek legal
advice &• to future operation.
“I was a practicing attorney at the
time and did not see any wrong in
giving legal advice where it was
askea.
"Just about this time I had been
employed by the Government In the
anthracite coal suits, but that had no
possible connection with the ques
tions presented to me or the New
Jersey law.
"I consider this only another effort
at muc.k-raklng For the life of me I
can not .«»ee how I can be criticised."
"Will you give any of the details of
the advice tendered Mr. Jennings and
his associates?" was asked.
“Further than that it related, as I
recall, to the transfer of certain stock.
It would be unprofessional for me to
talk about what tcok place at the con
ference.” replied the Attorney General.
"Do you recall who asked you to
confer with the officers of the com
pany?”
"I do not remember."
The conference did take place in
the Standard Oil Building at No. 26
Broadway ?’*
“Y es.” . _ ^
Annual Holiday Observed Quietly
Without Parade—Hundreds
Visit Parks and Picnics.
Labor Day is being celebrated in
Atlanta by a complete surcease from
labor by the men who earn th?ir
bread by the toil of their hands—
as well as a host of others.
It is a holiday, but quite different
from many Labor Days of Atlanta’s
history. No parade has served to
draw huge crowds to the principal
streets; no demonstrations of any
kind were planned. But labor is en
joying itself. Scores of picnics are
being held, while ball games, theaters
and amusement parks draw enormous
crowds.
For the first time in fifteen years
Jerome Jones, Southern organizlr for
the American Federation of i^abor,
editor of The Journal of Labor and
president of the Southern Labor Con
gress, Is not scheduled for a Labor
Day address, and instead of partici
pating in any labor demonstration he
is resting quietly at home. He has
been ill for some time. Thousands >f
other members of unions are also
making a quiet home day of it.
Many Picnics in Parks.
With the approach of fall but a few
weeks away, many of the workers
took advantage of the holiday to give
their last picnic of the season. Be
fore 10 o'clock Grant Park was alive
with a dozen picnic crowds and each
car was bringing more. Piedmont
Park, Lakewood, White City and the
other amusement places have beet
thronged with crowds a” day.
The morning game at Ponce De
Leon attracted a great crowd, while
the afternoon game i6 expected 'o
prove the record-breaker of the
Southern League. The determination
to show Birmingham up in baseball
attendance has caused thousands to
plan attending this game.
Crowds Throng to Lakes.
The cooling waters of Lake Clara
Mere at Piedmont Park proved at
tractive to a great throng all day.
At 6 a. m. a large crowd of earlv
morning bathers were .*ut while their
numbers continued to increase as the
hours grew'. Out at Lakewood things
began to liven up at an early hour.
Many picnics were planned, many
locals having arranp’^f’ for social
gatherings and a dance.
W r hile all of the theaters have sold
out and the movies have done a rush
ing business all day, the downtown
section of the city has been compara
tively quiet.
The mysterious departure for
Washington Monday morning of Fish
and Game Commissioner Mercer was
said to be a further indication that
Mr. Mercer eventually will be dis
placed by a new appointee by Gov
ernor Slaton.
Mr. Mercer is a warm personal
friend of Hoke Smith and those who
are keeping in close touch with the
affair say he may have gone to Wash
ington to get a plum at the hands of
the Georgia Senator.
Should Mr. Mercer be relieved from
the duties of Fis»h and Game Commis
sioner he will retain office, probably,
until October 1, when t..e new' Com
missioner be sworn r.
Suffragists in Parade.
NEW YORK, Sept. 1.—Prosperity of
working people caused the Labor Day
parade to number less men and wom
en in its line than last year. Of the
25,000 persons in line nearly 6.000 were
women. As practically all the women
are suffragists, they took advantage
of the occasion to advertise the
“cause.” They carried banners with
such inscriptions as the following:
“Equal work, equal pay, equal say and
votes for women.”
Three thousand members of the
Women’s Trades Union marched in
white dresses and straw hats.
“Holy Day,” Says Gompers.
WASHINGTON, Sept. 1.—Samuel
Gompers, president of the American
Federation of Labor, to-day issued a
Labor Day proclamation, in which
he characterized the national holiday
as “a holy day,” consecrated to the
cause of labor.
President Plays Golf.
WINDSOR, VT„ Sept. 1.—President
Wilson is observing Labor Day by
golfing on the links at Hanover, N. H.,
and by touring around the country
side.
Joyner in Macon on
Hunt for Incendiary
Colonel Huff Injured
By Fall Down Stairs
E LIST FIGHT FOR
IF CHARTER IS
Continued from Page 1.
MACON. Sept. 1.—Colonel W. A.
Huff, former Mayor of Macon and
widely known as the chief antagonist of
Judge Emory Speer, who was rendered
unconscious and painfully hurt Sunday
by falling down the stairway of his
home on Hardeman avenue, is confined
to his bed to-day and probably will be
for some time. He was found sev
eral hours after the accident by an ear
ly rising member of the family. Colonel
Huff was delirious for several hours. It
has not been determined yet whether he
was injured interflally.
As he is 82 years of age. Colonel
Huff’s relatives and friends are appre
hensive lest the accident may prove se
rious.
Big Firms Pay State
$100,000 in Taxes
An additional $100,000 in corpora
tion taxes was received Monday
morning by State Treasurer Speer.
The total amount now paid in is
something like $400,000.
Mr. Speer said Monday he expected
to receive the remainder of the tax
this week. The corporations pay in
about $700,000 this year.
OBITUARY.
The body of Harry Robson, a former
Atlantan, who died Friday at Cuba.
Mo., arrived in Atlanta Monday
morning. Funeral service" were
held at the chapel of Barclay &
Brandon immediately after the ar
rival of the remains. Mr. Robson
was the manager of an amusement
park at Cuba. Interment was at
Oakland.
The funeral of Mrs. Dell Tyler At
wood, who died Saturday at the
residence, No. 107 Glennwood ave
nue, will be held at Barclay &
Brandon’s chapel Monday after
noon at 3 o’clock. She was 79 years
old, and is survived by her hus
band, H. L. Atwood. Interment at
Westvlew.
The funeral of James E. Small, who
died Friday at a local hospital, was
held Monday morning from the Sa
cred Heart Church. Interment at
Westvlew.
A. L. Maddox, who died Saturday
night, will be buried in the Dora-
ville churchyard Monday afternoon
following funeral services at the
church at 3 o'clock.
Mrs. Virginia Richardson, sixty-eighi
years old, died Sunday at the resi
dence. No. 478 Courtland street. She
is survived by three children, M. G.
Robertson. Mrs. W. L. Harrison
and Mrs. Luke Langford, of Thom-
asville, Ga. Funeral services will
be held at 3:30 o’clock Monday aft
ernoon at Patterson's chapel, the
Rev. J. B. Robins officiating. In
terment at Oakland.
The funeral of Mrs. Henrietta ' ueen,
who died Saturday at the residence,
No. 373 Formwalt street, will b^
held at 2:30 Monday afternoon at
Poole’s chapel. She was twenty-
two years old, and i c survived by
her husband, J. L. Queen. Inter
ment at Westvlew.
Police Commission and the controlling
spirit in the body, Is for it, though It
hazards a continuation of his undis
puted sway.
Mayor James G. Woodward has
been bitterly opposed to it, but the
fact that its passage would give him
and his supporters an opportunity to
get control of the police department,
a department in which they have been
an insignificant minority, is said to be
working a reversal of attitude.
Aids Chance for Passage.
These two conditions, the fact that
Council wants the charter to pass to
stave off radical charter reforms and
the fact that the Woodward element
may support it in an effort to get con
trol of the police department, greatly
strengthen the chances of the char
ter to pass. A vigorous opposition to
it by the Men and Religion Forward
Movement is expected.
The present Board of Health, the
Park Board, the Smoke Board and
the Cemetery Commission are abol
ished by the charter and their author
ity transferred to new commissions.
But little significance is attached to
these changes.
In the councilmanic races the old
crowd will endeavor to get men fa
vorable to them elected. If the new
charter passes, practically all of the
present membership of the Police
Commission will ask for re-election.
It’s a fight, more or less, of the “outs”
against the “ins.”
Real Test in Elections.
After all, the real test will come in
the election of the five aldermen and
ten councilmen, for should the char
ter pass the new Council will decide
who shall compose the Board of Pub
lic Safety. The requirements for
election to this board will be the at
titude of the Chief of Police.
The list of candidates so far is:
C. B. Alverton, for First Ward
councilman; C. D. Knight, Second
Ward councilman; C. H. Kelley, Sec
ond Ward alderman; James E. War
ren and J. C. Harrison, Third Ward
alderman; Orville Hall. Third Ward
councilman; R. E. George and A. W.
Farlinger, Fourth Ward councilman,
Albert Thomson, Fourth Ward aider-
man; Jesse B. Lee and Dr. W. M.
Ethridge, Fifth Ward councilman;
Jesse M. Wood, Sixth Ward council
man; Dan Walraven and Jesse Armi-
stead. Sever.th Ward alderman; Frank
Reynolds, Eighth Ward councilman;
John S. Owens and W. A. Hancock,
Eighth Ward alderman; Charles W.
Smith, Ninth Ward councilman, and
Claude C. Mason, Tenth Ward coun
cilman
Doomed Man’s Attorneys Dec
They Have Proof of Innocenj
Go Before Prison Boardi
Declaring that they had the
showing Dr. W J McNaughton.l
J Emanuel County physician u|
sentence of death for the killln
Fred Flanders, to be an innd
man without the shadow’ of a dl
Judge F. H. Saffold, of Savai{
and Coionel John W. Bennettl
Waycross, attorneys for the def«|
ant, Monday afternoon prepared!
wage a hot fight before the Pris
Commission for the life of their cliefl
The hearing of the case began at
o’clock.
Shortly after the commission con-4;
vened Colonel Bennett and Judge Saf-»
fold presented a lengthy brief, which
was explained in detail, containing a
series of hypothetical question af\^
swered by a board of Savannah’s most
prominent physicians, which, it ia
claimed, establish the fact that Flan-*
ders could not have met his death
by arsenic poisoning.
Colonel Bennett presented further
evidence In which he claimed that
the examination of the stomach of
Flanders for traces of arsenic waa
made by parties who were not ex-*
perts in any sense of the word.
Before the hearing both attorneys
declared they were confident that
Dr. McNaughton would be pardoned
by the prison board.
Following the hearing of the evi-«
dence. which mav extend throughout
Tuesday, the Prison Commission will
reach a decision, which will be re
ported direct to the Governor before
it is given out for publication.
Among other cases which are being
considered by the board are the
Maugham case of Griffin, In which
efforts are being made to obtain a
pardon for J. J. Mangham, cotton mill
man. who is serving a four-year term
In the penitentiary.
The board also considered Monday
the case of Lige Lane, negro, con
victed in Clinch County of an attack
on a woman and sentenced to bo
hanged.
Worth $25,000, He
Grinds Street Organ
CHICAGO, Sept. 1.—Mike Rocco
will appear in court to-morrow’ to ex
plain why he insists on playing on a
grind organ for pennies when he has
a fortune of $26,000.
Rocco was arrested, but obtained
his release in a few minutes on bonds
signed by his sister, who scheduled
19,000 unincumbered property.
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The body of F. E. Timmons, a Con
federate veteran, who died Sunday
afternoon at the Soldiers’ Home, is
at Poole’s chapel pending funeral
arrangements. He was eighty-two
years old.
There Are atLeastlOOOMen
in Atlanta Earning Perhaps
$1500 Per Year
Who ran easily make $5,000 or more soliciting life Insurance.
If you are an Intelligent, high grade man and not satisfied
with your present position, it is your duty to Inquire in regard to
our propositions by letter or In person.
Anyone reading this ad who can suggest to me the name of a
man whom he believes will make a good solicitor will do a serv
ice, and I will be glad to Investigate.
R. F. SHEDDEN, Mgr.
The Mutual Life Insurance Company of New York
Assets Over $600,000,000.00
Grant Building Atlanta, Georgia
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MACON, Sept. 1.—W. R. Joyner, of
Atlanta, State Fire Inspector, is probing i
the recent burning of the old Plant
home, a $15,000 residence on Mulberry
Street. He states that it has already
been definitely ascertained that the j
house, which was unoccupied at the
time, was fired with kerosene.
The officers have a clew to the iden
tity of the incendiary. Captain Joyner
is leading in the Investigation.
Gets Napoleon Set
That Cost $20,000
PHILADELPHIA, Sept. 1.—The
most desired collection of works on
Napoleon, “The History of Napoleon,”
has been brought here by Charles
Lessler from Europe, where it was
compiled forty years ago at a cost
of $20,000.
USE OF CALOMEL
PRACTICALLY STOPPED
Dangerous Drug Giving Way for
Reliab “
Safer, More
able Remedy.
Hundreds of people in this vi
cinity alone have stopped the use
of dangerous calomel when their
liver is acting slowly, and take
Dodson’s Liver Tone instead.
Dodson’s Liver Tone is always
safe and has none of the bad aft
er-effects which so often follow the
use of calomel. It is a pleasant-
tasting vegetable liquid that starts
the liver gently and surely, and
relieves constipation and bilious
ness and causes no restriction of
habit or diet.
Many preparation* have sprung
up that Imitate the claims made
for Dodson’s Liver Tone, but re
member Dodson’s Liver Tone is
the tried and tested remedy that
has proven such a good medicine
and is so satisfactory to every
user—is the reason these imita
tions are on the market.
Dodson’s Liver Tone can not
hurt anyone, and if it fails to do
all that is claimed of it, all drug
gists who sell it will glv# your
money back with a smile.
Cut No. 8
FALL 13
KNOX Styles
Cut No. 3
\ There is the refinement of taste which amounts to instinctive judgment.
Possessing that, a man does not accept a second-rate hat style; he de
mands a Knox. Every quality that a hat should have is behind that name.
All the civilized world knows Knox Hats.
See The Fall KNOX Models Now On Display
EIGHTEEN OR TWENTY NEW BEAUTIES
KNOX Soft and Stiff Hats $5.00
Carlton Special $3 to $4
Carlton Shoe & Clothing Co.
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