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COOPER ROBBED, SLAIN. BELIEF
Seventeen Lose Jobs in County Public Works Shake-Up
CRACKERS LOSE FIRST
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A shake up in the county public
works department-—the biggest to
\&‘t:ke place in any county department
a long while—was made Kknown
Saturday prior. to the meeting of the
County - Public Works Committee
when it was announced that the de«
partment this week had lopped off the
jobs of seventeen employes, saving
to the county $25,200 annually in
salaries.
_The seventeen hit by the official ax
~included six road roller and steam
shovel engipeers and eleven convict
guardg and drivers.
The continued decrease in the num
ber of county convicts was givgn as
the reason for the wholesale slashing
of jobs. The number of convicts now
is only about 300, it was announced.
Formerly the total reached 700 and
800. The number has been falling off
gradually for some time. |
REDUCE GUARD FORCE.
* .. The decision to cut off the seven
teen jobs was reached at an executive
conference the early part of the week
be‘tween the Public Works Committee
and the heads of the departments af
fected—W. A. Hansell Jr, superin
tendent of public works; Oscar Jones,
assistant superintendent, and Capt. A.
A. Clark, convict warden. The offi
cials, at the same time, effected a
consolidation of certain of the convict
squads, so that the work in the pub
lic works départment can be contin
ued without any crippling of its ef
ficiency.
Commissioner Oscar Mills, chair-l
man of the Public Works Committee,
explained that the reduction in the
force was rendered necessary in or-!
der to cut down needless overhead ex-|
pense to the county. ‘
“We regretted to give up Ihesoi
. men, but it simply became a matter
'of necessity to prevent a waste of
county money,” said Chairman Mills,
FORCED TO ECONOMIZE.
.. "We have delayed this action for
some tinie in the hope that the situ
ation might reach such a point as to‘
warrant the keeping of these em-‘
ployees, but such a change failed to
materialize and we finally found it
necessary to let them go. The finan
cial condition of the county is such
now that the commission is forced to
economize at every point possible.”
Chairman "™Mills attributed the de
crease in the number of convicts to
the twe “big P's"-——prohibition and
prosperity. He said:
“The convicts began to drop nffi
direetly after the passage of the pro
hibition law, and now, since money
seems so plentiful, there has her'n nl
&great increase in the number of fines
paid by persons convicted of misde
meanor offenses. Many negroes,
given a fine with the alternative of'
a chaingang sentence, now pay the
fine, whereas in the old days they
went to the gang and worked on thoi
ecounty's roads. - This has brnught‘
about a still greater decrease in the
number of convicts. Most of the con
viets the county receives now come
trom Judge Humphries’ court—felony
cases where no fine is assessed.'
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THE WEATHER, '
Forecast—Showers and thun- |
derstorms probably tonight and
Sunday.
Temperatures—6 a. m,, 66; 8 a,
me 69; 10 a. m., 73; 12 noon, 76,
“Sunrise—6:lo; sunset 7:07. |
Full International News Service
Talk Does Not
Mean_Much to
Mr. LaFollette
By International News Service.)
WASHINGTON, Aug. 30.——
Talk doesn't mean much
to Senator Robert M. LaFollgtte
of Wisconsin. Today he started
on his fourth day of a running
speech in the Senate. For par
liamentary purposes, Senator
LaFollette is speaking in oppo
sition to the oil land leasing bill.
Actually, he is giving the gal
leries a bit of natural history,
some ancient history and a great
deal of future history.
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The sale of hams in bad condition
under the guise of government meat
was stopped effectively in Atlanta
Saturday.
A quantity of the hams which had
been invoiced by a large Chicago
packer through his agents here as
genuine army products was returned
by H. F. Berton, who operates meat
markets in three of the 1. W. Rogers
lstores.
I He had begun an investigation aft
er the publication in The Georgian of
official word from Maj. John A. Gra
‘ham, commanding the Candler Ware
;house, that no bona fide government
bacon or ham had been distributed
here.
The spurious food was said to be
part o fa large order prepared for the
government by the packing house
‘which had been refused by federal in
spectors. It then was put into the
private trade channels.
COMPLAINTS INVESTIGATED.
~ Complaints had come to the office
of Mayor Key for several days from
purchasers of the hams. All said the
meat was in bad condition, unfit for
consumption, but that exchange had
been refused when they returned
them to the stores. All the purchas
ers weer assured the hams were gov
ernment products.
To meet this Mayor Key issued a
statement Thursday pointing out that
the government would make good any
food purchased of bad quality. At the
same time Major Graham branded as
spurious any so-called government
am on sale here,
With Walker T. Lee, the mayor's
secretary, perton went to the Candler
Warehouse Saturday morning to in
terview Major Graham. As a result
of this conference the return of the
spurious ham to the packers was de
termined on.
The officials weer also to confer
with federal authorities Saturday aft
ernoon ot investigate a report made
by a purchaser of ham, who had at
tempted to return it to the Berton
market in the Edgewood avenue Rog
ers store,
He asserted that a clerk at the
store had explained Major Graham's
statement as to the character of the
ham was caused by pique of the of
ficer.
“We got this stuff direct,” the clerk
is alleged to have declared. “It didn't
come through the Candler Warehouse.
That's why the officer is ‘sore,’ and
that's why he says the ham is no
good.”
Berton promised that if the identity
of the olerk could be learned he would
be discharged. 3
RESUME SALE TUESDAY.
Announcement was made by Col.
M. Gray Zalinski, the zone supply of
ficer, Saturday that sale of foodstuffs
from the Candler Warehouse would
be resumed Tuesday. The sale had
been stopped Friday so that an in
ventory might be held.
~ Quantities of genuine bacon and
ham from the vast army stores will
be available as will also every product
listed on the government schedules.
‘Tho conference planned by Mayor
Key with Atlanta dealers, which had
peen abandoned because of the ending
temporarily of government sale, prob
ably will be held next week.
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! Mayor Key in an address at Fire
r
Station No. 1 Saturday morning ap
pealed to about 200 firemen bf the
Atlanta fire department to take the
lead in a broad movement by which
it is hoped to bring conditions back to
normal.
The mayor's address was delivered
rfor the purpose of getting the fire
‘men to withdraw their petition-for a
S3O per month increase in wages to
come before the City Council Monday.
The meeting was arranged by mem
bers of the firemen’'s committee
whidh conferred with the mayor Fri
day and to which the mayor had pre
viously outlined his plans.
The firemen have not withdrawn
their petition for the wage increase,
although it is understood that meet
ings will be held at some of the sta
tions Saturday for the purpose of
discussing the mayor's request.
LABOR’'S CHANCE NOW,
In opening his address Mayor Key
declared that organized labor now
had its opportunity to win world wide
recognition for patriotism and hu
manity.
“l would like for the firemen to
take the lead in winning this recog
nition. I know their demands are
justified, but a start must be made
somewhere toward getting back to
normal conditions, and it would be a
fine thing for the credit to come to
the employees of the city of Atlanta.
“Unless some one takes the lead
in this direction and the strikes now
pending are averted,” the mayor said,
“we are going to. experience losses
that will make those we suffered dur
ing the war seem paltry in com
parison,
WARNS OF CALAMITY, ‘
“If the operation of railroads s tied
up by a nation wide strike it will
mean that millions of men, women
and children will be thrown out of
employment, for it will tie 'up trans
portation facilities to such an extent
that it will be impossible to conduct
business. It not only will force the'
rail workers themselveés into a state
of idleness, but will force millions to
starve from the lack of work, {
“It is the firemen of Atlanta that I
want to see take the lead in the bruadi
movement that will place organ!zed‘
labor as the most patriotic class of
people in the world, If you men take
the lead and other unions follow, it
will result in not only winning yuur‘
demands, but you will win the heart
of humanity along with them.
“lI do not blame the rallroad men,
nor do I blame you for wanting an'
increase in wages. During the war |
every one was imonm-’y patriotic and |
made every sacrifice necessary to car- |
ry it through to a su‘rwrdul conclu- l
sion, but now conditions have re
versed and it seems as though Ihnl
biggest thought is how much we can |
grab.”
SCORES DEALERS.
Here the mayor took a wallop :|t!
local dealers and landlords. He de- |
clared that it was enough to cause
the firemen to seek an increase in
wages when they were charged dou- |
ble prices every tine they made a
purchase of food or clothing, l
“The merchants force us to pay SSO
to $75 for a cheap _hand-me-down
suit of clothes, he safi, and the Bro
cery dealers are just as bad about
charges for foodstuffs, and the land- |
lords are contributing their bit to the
present state of unrest by vhurulnzl
unheard of remts for houses and
rooms to live in, These are the things
that are causing the great unrest
among workers, but unless some one
starts things in the other direction it.‘
is easy,to see what the result will be
in the end.”
ATLANTA, GA., SATURDAY, AUGUST 30, 1919
! R. H. &
New Orleans
000 201 000~ ~3 , |
At Atlanta '
limo‘mnotm o' 14 1,
i &
. PONCE DE LEON PARK, Aug. 30.
The first game of the doubleheader
between the Crackers and the Pels
was called promptly at 2 o'clock. The
stands were packed.
Daniel Boone and Bob Higgins did
the battery work for the Crackers.
They were opposed by “Red” Tor
kelson and “Sam” Agnew,
FIRST INNING,
Daniels lifted to Mayor. Knaupp ground
ed out, Galloway to Griffin. Sullivan struck
out. NO RUNS, NO HITS, NO ERRORS.
Kopp lifted to Sullivan Damrau was safe
at first when Fielder booted his grounder.
Herndon flied to Sullivan, Mayer hit a
long deuble to center, scoring Damrau.
Griffin popped to Deßerry. ONE RUN,
ONE HIT, ONE ERROR.
1 SECOND INNING.
Gilbert dumped one in front of the plate
and was out, Higgins to Griffin Deßerry
lifted to Herndon. Fielder- grounded out,
Damrau to Griffin. NO RUNS, NO HITS,
NO ERRORS
Galloway lifted to Gilbert. Dykes struck
out. Higgins flied to Daniels. NO RUNS,
NO HITS, NO ERRORS.
THIRD INNING.
D’Aubert grounded out, Dykes to Griffin
Agnew was tossed out by Boone Torkel
son fanned. NO RUNS, NO HITS, NO
ERRORS,
Boone singled to center., Kopp sacrificed,
Torkelson to Deberry Poone was caugh
napping off second and was out, Agnew
to Knaupp to Fielder. Damrau grounded
out, Knaupp to Deberry, NO RUNS. ONE
HIT, NO ERRORS.
FOURTH INNING,
Daniels grounded out, Dykes to Oriffin
Knaupp singled to right and went to seg
ond on DDoone's wild throw, Sullivan
popped to Damrau, Gilhert walked De
berry algo walked, filling the hases
Fielder singled to center, scoring Knpaupp
and Gilbert, and Deberry went to third
Daubert foreed Fielder at u-runq, Dykes
to Galloway TWO RUNB. TWO HITS
ONE ERROR,
Herndon grounded out, Daubert to De
berry Mayer doubled to ‘Center Gris
fin grounded out, Daubert to Deberry, and
Mayer took third. Galloway walked
Dykes was tossed out by Melder NO
RUNS, ONE HIT, NO ERRORS
FIFTH INNING.
Agnew grounded out, Galloway to Grif
fin Torkelson popped to Galloway Dans
jels went out, Dykes to Griiffin NO
RUNS, NO HITS, NO ERRORS
Higgins was tossed out by Daubert
oone grounded out, Torkelson to Deberry
Kopp walked and was out stealing, Agnew
to. Daubert, NO RUNS, NO HITS, NO
ERRORS
SIXTH INNING,
Knaupp singled to left Sullivan sac
rificed, Boone to Dykes, who covered
first Gilbert lifted to Herndon Deber
ry singied past short, and on Galloway's
wild throw to the plate Knaupp scored,
and Deberry went to third. Flelder walk
ed Daubert popped to bDanrau ONE
RUN, TWO HITB. ONE ERROR.
Damrau was tossed out by Daubert
Herndon was safe at first when Deberry
booted his grounder, Mayer grounded out,
Torkelson to Deberry, and Herndon took
second, Griffin singled to right and Hern
don scbred Galloway forced Griffin at
gecond, Daubert to Knaupp. ONE RUN
ONE HIT, ONE ERROR
SEVENTH INNING,
Agnew. fanned Torkelson also fanned
Daniels grounded out, Galloway to Gris
fin NO RUNS, NO HITR, NO ERRORS
Dykes lifted to Sullivan Higgins
gMunded out, Fielder to Deberry. Boone
fanned NO RUNS, NO HITS, NO ER
RORS
EIGHTH INNING,
Knaupp grounded out, Galloway to Gris
fin Sullivan was tossed out by Dam
rau. Gilbert rolled out, Dykes to Griffin
NO RUNS, NO HITS, NO ERRORS
Kopp aingled over third, Damrau sac
rificed, Tarkelson to Deberry Herndon
popped to Daubert, Mayer was tossed out
by Daubert, NO RUNS, NO HITS, NO
ERRORS,
NINTH INNING,
Deberry rolledy out, Dykes to Griffin
Fielder singled to right and took second
on Kopp's wild throw to the Xkeystone
Daubert fouled to Hlggins Agnew hit to
Boone and was out at first to Griffin, NO
RUNE, ONE HIT, NO ERRORS,
Atlanta, no runs.
RH K
Mobile
BT e
At Birmingham -
W - . - - - 5
FIRST GAME, a
. ‘AN B
Chattanooga
010 . ‘- - off i
. i
At Memphis
MR- - e TMY
Noel and Neiderkorn; Canavan and Bis
choff. Umpires, Campbhell and Bbennan.
a. H. i
. H.
... Chicago
0 W . - > -
At Cleveland
o .« = v R - -
3 : e
At t |
; 00 - - | -
At Bt. Louis : |
101 0600 - =~ s
] . R. H. E
Philadelphia
W e e
At New York
W e WLI e v
Noyes and McAvoy; Shawkey and Ruel.
Umpires, Connolly and Nallin.
_Wumngton-anon game postponed;
rain.
R M K
New York
00e 000 1 - T
At Brooklyn—
-100 200 o.° - i
Benton agd Snyder; Mamaux and Mil
ler, Umpires, Klem and Emslie,
St. Louis
o » .-- - . 2
Chicago
LR TN
Cincinnati.
000 9 .~ = @ i
At Pittsburg
000 00 «. = = = =
Ring and Wingo; Adams and Schm!idt,
Umpires, Harrison and McCormick
FIRST GAME.
Score by innings: R B B
Boston .. . .. 200 020 001 6 11} 0
Philadeiphia , . . 100 110 100 4 10 0
R H E
Boston
0 { -,
At Philadelphia
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. OH, SHAH!
(By Universal Service,)
LONDON, Aug. 30.—~The Shah of
Persia is not going to visit the I'nited
States after all, the Daily Express
learns. Three delegates from the
shah are, however, now on the way
to America, the paper asserts,
lCall Main 100 Now—
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Issued Dail and Entered as Second-Class Matter st
the Postoflice at At}mu Under Act of March 3, 1879,
(By International News Service.)
BILLERICA, Mass., Aug. 30.—
Boston and Maine car shopmen here
voted overwhelmingly against ac
ceptance of the government’s gward
of a 4-cent per hour advance in
wages, it was announced today.
Sixteen hundred men are employed
at the plant. The result of the
vote will be made known to nation
al officers Sunday.
“By JOHN EDWIN NEVIN,
WASHINGTON, Aug. 30--A gen
eral strike of the organized workers
in the iron and steel industry is in
evitable unless President Wilson can
find some means to avert it,
Leaders of the metal trades depart
ment of the American Federation of
Labor so declared today. They said
that, so far as they personally are
concerned, there is nothing more they
can do. The representatives of the
steel workers presented the details
of their gide of the situation to the
President in th eWhite House yester
day, leaving the matter temporarily in
his hands. Nothing the President said
at that time has changed the situa
tion, it was stated,
Today the committeemen were scat
tering to various quarters of the
United States to make speeches at
L.abor Day celebrations on Monday.
TO RETURN TUESDAY. |
The only one left this afternoon was
John Fitzpatriek, who was to leave
this evening. All are to return Tues
day, when definite action regarding
the strike proposed, including the
date, is adopted. *
The time limit in the notification
to the United States Corporation ex
pires today, and the committee has
notified Judge Gary, chairman of the
board of the steel corporation, that
they would remain in Wasßington un«
til last night to receive any reply he
desired 1o make,
“So far as Judge Gary ‘is con
cerned,” sald Mr. Fitzpatrick today,
“we are through, The incidents con.
necting him with our plans are
closed.”
PRESIDENT SECLUDED.
At the White House the President
was secluded for the best portion of
the day. He was said to be "spegding
up” preparations for his departure for
the West next Wednesday. A circum
stantial report that already he had
communicated with Judge Gary ask
ing for a reconsideration of the re
fuenl to meet the union committee
was in circulation here. The White
House declined to discuss it
However, it was generally creditéd
in administration circles In the
event that Judge Gary stood firm in
his refusal there wag a growing be
lief that when tae steel men returned
to Washington next week the Prcgsi
lent might ask them to refrain from
ordering a walkout pending his re-|
turn l{}‘urn the West, }
MUST ACT WITH WISDOM,
The labor situation Is one “whien
must be dealt with with as much
wisdom as energy,” President Wil.
son today sald in a telegram express- |
ing his pleasure at the return of
striking painters and paper hangers
in Hoboken, following his appeal .'u!‘
a truce between capital and labor,
The telegram, addressed to the
gecretary of the union, follows: |
“May I not express to you and,
through you, to your fellow members
of Local 78 my tadmiration, of the
public spirited action they have taken,
an action which I am sure Is in the
interests of the whole country as set
ting an example of patriotic co-oper
ation In relleving, not complicating,
Continued on Following Page.
FINAL
-
Pershing Tells
French Good-by
In Press Note
(By International News Service.)
PARIS, Aug. 30.—~“None of
us will ever forget the
period of the war when
the American forces were as
sembled and trained for battle,
under the protection of the ar
mies of France and England
while these armies were holding
the enemy at bay,” said General
Pershing in a farewell message
to the French press today. “Nor
will we ever forget when we
joined with you in the second
battie of the Marne.
“Upon this past foundation
our future relations must rest.
We will regard these days of
comradeship and strife and
struggle more and more an ever
lasting bond between our peo
ples.” ¢
l £ | —
L By JACK VEIOCK.
International News Sperts Editor.
FOREST HILLS, L. 1, Aug. 30.—
William Johnston of San Francisco
dethroned National Champion Lindley
Murray of Niagara Falls in the fifth
round of the national tennis singles
tournament here this afternoon,
Johnston eliminated the champion
' from further compétition in the tour
inament by taking three out of four
sets, 6-7, 6-1, 6-2 and 6-4.
| Murray's playing lacked the zip that
chrried him to the championship. And
’lrom the first it was evident that
Johnston was his master,
! Murray was excellent in service.
Johngton outplayed his rival cleanly
and scored many points of placement
shots that weer driven to Murray’s
right., Murray is a left handed player.
| By his victory Johnston enters the
lsemi«flnal round, schedulec for Mon
day. He will meet the winner of the
Wallace F. Johnson-W. M. Hall
match. As he is much the superior
of either of these players, he is prac
tically sure to fight it out for the
championship in the final round.
The point score of the Murray-
Johnston mateh follows:
First set—
' Murray \.. .. ..042 374 141 445-39-—-17
| Johnston.. .. ..424 552 424 113-37—§
| Second set—
Johnston .. .. .. ..424 544 5-28--6
Murray .. .. .o oo ..042 312 3-15-1
Third set—
Murray .. .. .. ..320 164 20-22-2
Johnston .. .. .. ..042 481 44-32--6
Fourth set—
'Jflhm\ton ee e +0244 535 0423 4-34—6
| Murray .. .. ..412 353 425 2-31—4
McLOUGHLIN LOSES.
I Maurice McLoughlin and R. Norris
Williams followed Murray and John
| ston on the grand stand cgurse.
‘ The appearance of the twoex-cham-«
pions was the signal for wild ap
plause on the part of the fans.
More than 6,000 spectators assem
' bled for today's matches, despite the
| murky weather.
l Williams took the first set, 6-0, Me
| Loughlin was as a novice against the
Bostonlan. The erowd refused to ap~
lp::md the “comet’s"” defeat, as he is
| extremely popular.
' Williams won the second set, 6-2,
»
{Campaign in England
»
Shows Hate of America
(By Universal Service.)
NEW YORK, Aug. 30.—"“John Bull,
Shall Amerlea Boss the World?” is
the slogan belng used in a campaign
throughout Fngland to stir up Brit
‘lnh ill-feeling against the l'nitod‘
States, it was declared by army offi
'raru who returned on the transport\
Plattsburg ‘\
' The campaign, the propaganda “’i
| which includes flaunting bHI posters
‘nlong England's highways and rall
roads and cards in newspapers, wus}
l«lcvlarmi to be headed by Horatio
Bottomley, editor of John Bull, a
magazine sald to be :mn-Amerlvnn.J
.
Aviators See Batlles
»
Fought in Kronstadt]
LONDON, Aug. 30.--An Exchange
Telegraph dispateh from (‘,openhlnn}
says that aviators flew over Kron
stadt Thursday and observed several
battles going on in the streets. They
also reported seeing numerous bodles
lying about the streets, 1
: 3
Mrs. Perry Fisk Wins
Women’s Golf Title
DETROIT, Aug., 30~The cham
plonship of the women's Western Golf
Association was won today by Mrs.
Perry Fisk, DeKalb, 11, who defeat
ed Mre, F. C, Letts of Chicago, 3 up
and 2 to go. ‘
NO. 24
’ (By International News Service.)
NASHVILLE, Aug. 30.—Convinced
by strong circumstantial evidence
that Robin J. Cooper was murdered
by two or'more men some time after
10 o'clock Thursday night near his
handsome country residence in Belle
Mead Park, and that rebbery was
the motive of the slayers, officers
were still working diligently early
‘this afternoon in an effort to clear
up the mystery and find a clue to the
guilty parties.
After the time Mr. Cooper left his
home in company with a strahger
who called him out of his rmcm
shoftly before 10 o'clock Thursday
night, nothing was seen of him until
10:30 o’clock this morning, when his
lifeless body was dragged from the
Shallow waters of Richland Creek,
where the Nashville, Chattanooga
and St. Louis rallway bridge spans
the stream, haif a mile north of the
Cooper home.
GOVERNOR OFFERS REWARD.
Officers at work on the case were
spurred to greater activity ,by Gov
ernor A. H, Roberts’ offer of a SSOO
reward for the capture of the slayer
or slayers, The action was taken by
the chief executive as soon as he
learned that the murder had been
enacted and that the guilty persons
were at large,
The results of the officers’ investi
gation up to.noon today are summed
up as follows:
SUMMARY OF FACTS.
At 9:45 o'clock Thursday night
Robin Cooper was aroused by a noisy
rap at the front door. He answered
the knock and greeted a stranger,
who was seen by no one but himseif.
D. E. eMtealf, gardener at the Cooper
home, heard the caller ask Mr, Cooper
for something. Mr. Cooper accom
panied the man, driving away with
him in his (Cooper’'s) automobire, a
five passenger car, and they went In
the direction of the Harding pike, 200
vards from the house.
At 10 o'clock Thursday night resi
dents of that section were startled
by the report of a pistel. Philip Pat
ton, a negro houseboy; W. O. and S,
E. Parmer and Josie tSarnes, a negro
cook, heard the shot and ad thought
it was the report of a pistol. The
sound came from the vicinity of the
bridge, where the car was later found,
and all said it was not loud enough
to have been the report of a shotgun,
BODY IS DISCOVERED.
Shortly before 6 o'clock this morn
ing the tell-tale evidence 0f the targ
edy was first discovered when a pas
serby, noticing the car standing un
occupied just off the golf club road
and headed south, Jnade an~investiga
tion and found the bloody papers, rock
and pocketbook,
At 10:30 o'clock the body was found
in Richland Creek. *
Robin Cooper was well known In
Nashville, where he had a wide ac
quaintance, He became known
throughout the country because of his
trial in 1909 in connection with the
killing of Secnator Carmack,
He was convicted of second degree
murder in March, 1910. The case was
reversed by the Supreme Court April
13, 1910,
Robin J. Cooper, through his
mother, was allied to the noted Poik
family of Tennessee,
Story of Political
Feud in Tennessee
BY EUGENE TRAVIS.
Robin Cooper was one of the stas
figures in a Tennessee political feud
culminating in a tragedy that stare
tled the nation,
| It was In the early autumn of 1904
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