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Newspaper Page TextTHE ATLANTA GEORGIAN. Extravagance bis never been a feature In th* management of the Mu tual Benefit Life of Newark, K J. We can't boast of paying the hlgbeat commissions to agents, but when It cornea to low premium ratea, large an nual dividend*. an<1 llljorn! policy contracts, we own no euporior. Hlgh-claaa business men are proud to be our agents, and the popularity of our pol icies enables them to make more money than the agents of the extravagant compa nies. If we are not represented In your town, write us for particulars. Angier & Foreman, State Agents, Atlanta, RAZORS AND PIS'JOLS USED j A 7 NEGRO CAMP MEETING TO SETTLE A CRAP GAME\ to Tlt<» Ueurgiuu. Yntesvllle, Qo.. A tiff. 7,—Sundfiy at a negro camp meetfnit three brothers, who were said to be - drinking and rambling, enraged In a shooting and cutting affray and during the mlxup Joe Stephens, the youngest, was shot through the hand and cut several tl: on bis fee*. * A negro whose name could not be ascertained wan cut with a raa will probably die. . . About two hundred shots were fired on the church grounds by different ne- I 4 NEGRO ATTEMPTED TO FREE PRISONER AND WAS SHOT A 3 MEN HOLD UP STORES 10 GET CASH TO PLA Y RA CES Officer Used His Pistol and Captured Assailant. Dy I’d vats I-rnsed wire. N'sw York, Aug. 7.—A band of three men. each carrying a huge revolver, entered cigar stores on Forsyth, Chrys- tie streets and Second avenue and ob tained n total of mora than 1300. After the first place had been at tacked and one of the highwaymen captured -by a policeman, the two other hold-ups were committed by tho two remaining robbers. The man nr- LOW RATES via SOUTHERN RAILWAY Warm Springs, Qa .... Chick Springs, S. C.. . Asheville, N. C Waynesville, N. C Hendersonville, N. C. .. Lake Toxaway, N. C. „ Tryon, N. C Tats Springs, Tonn .... St. Simons, Ca Cumberland Island, Ga Atlantic Beach, Fla .... Chicago, III .. .. ., ,, Saratoga Springs, N. Y Atlantle City, N. J .. ,, Asbury Park, N. J, .. ,, Detroit, Mich .$ 3.76 8.40 10.50 11.60 . 10.00 . 12.70 . 10.00 . 1145 , 12.00 . 13.00 . 14.60 . 32.05 . 43.80 . 40.00 . 41.60 . 30.05 The above rates are for the Round Trip. Tickets on sals dally limited for re turn until October 31, 1906. Paeaenger and Ticket Office No. 1 Peachtree Street. 'Phone 142. J. C. LUSK, District Passenger Agent. By Print. Leaeed Wire. New York, Aug. 7.—Seven men were badly hurt as the elevator on the Oreene street side of the building at 167 and 169 Sleeker street fell with a crash from the sixth story to the basement today. One of the steel cslves snapped and the elevator shot downward without the least warning. All the Injured were rushed to St. An exciting none was enacted Tues day morning In the office of the Southern Express Company, when rested gave the name of Sidney Jacob. I Hn,,1 Ultchle. a negro, attempted to According to the police, the men be- I rescue Abram Myers, another negro, longed to the "Five Points gang.” It I from Special Officer MeCollnugh and a* further stated by the police that was „ hot at , b , he nfncer . the men had received the "tip to bet Msithnr ,.r kI , on "Nigger Mike." the 100 to 1 shot, * k ".,° f "T bu "“F h" 'heir mork owned by Jack Kanney. of Chatham I ™he shooting attracted considerable ot Square, w hlch won a few days ago. tentlon. "Nigger Mike" Is to run today at I Officer McColIough had arrested Saratoga, and tt Is stated that In order I Myers on a charge of disorderly con- £,h°. ‘Hduet. ns the result of a r6w with an- horse the band planned the hold-up. | othfr negro . Ag h „ wu uk | ng h)g prisoner from the building, Illtchle is said to have walked up behind him and remarked: "You can't nrrest that man.' And with this threat he seized the officer.and Jerked bis loose from the prisoner. As he did an. Officer Me Collough quickly pulled his pistol and fired two shots In rapid succession at ... . . .. .his assailant, who waa running from Vincent’s hospital, where thtlr condl-1 the scene, tlons were reported to be critical. then gave clmse after The Jlleeker street building ts an caught him. eight story structure and Is occupied Myers wns later taken Into custody by garment makers exclusively. All I again, and both men were arraigned the employees of the various firms I before Acting Recorder Hlrach. Aft- were at work when the elevator fell, er hearing the evidence, the acting re- and hearing the terrific crash, many corder fined Ritchie tin.76 and Myers believed the building waa collapsing IJ.75. It waa shown that both ne- and started In n panic-stricken rushlgroes bears good reputation, toward the one narrow stairway and the single other elevator. ELE VA 7OR FALLS, HURTING7, AND CAUSING A MAD PANT JEALOUS MAN KILLS WIFE FOR TALKING 70 NEIGHBOR next door, OnlueniH' l.npo, n young Italian of 22. xhot anil klllOfj Ills wife, Mrs. Acuno l.uno, today In their homo at 345 East twelfth street, and then tried to put an end to his own life. Lupo tired sersral shots at hln wife as she stood by the window In the front room of their home. As she dropped to the fl«K»r. Lepo turned the revolver toward him self snd fired, but did not wound hlm< self fatslly. ATLANTA NEWS BRIEFLY TOLD BE GOES TO JAIL TO SAVE HIS DOG ly Privets Isvnse-l Wire. Kansas City. Mo., Aug. 7.—Dr. J. A. tarlgm a well-known physician, and andldat, for the Democratic nomlna- b>n for congress, was sentenced to hree days In the city Jail yesterday by ’•dice Judge Kyle for contempt of rvurt In refusing to reveal tha jvhere- b.ruts of his dog. It was charged that lie dog hail bitten an l-year-old girl. Police Judge Kyle ordered the dog inert, and neked the doctor where It nr He replied that It had been sent « ay. The Judge fined him 1106, add- ik that he would remit the fine If the .'g waa produced. The doctor refueed ■ accept the proposition. He waa then eclated In contempt and lent to a .11 The police are now hunting for n do*. Petition for Charter. W. R. Ware. K. H. Thornton, John . Coleman and J. M. Dugger made ppllrntton Monday for a charter under te name of the Ware Furniture Fac tories. They ask to be allowed a capi tal stock of 126,666, and to be permu ted to Increase the capital to nnyeum not exceeding a million dollars. State Horticultural Society. Guy L. Rtcwart, local ngent of the land and tndustrlul department of the Southern, left Tuesday for Macon, where he will attend the annual ses sions of the Georgia Stntn Horticul tural Society. The meeting this year promises to be of tinusunl Importance owing to M gri-.itoi d o|". which i- being given tn* society. President Dercumane, of Augusta, has pr to give some tiller—ting facts to those In attendance upon tho sessions. Sues for Lost Trunk. Through Attorneys Hines & Jordan, Mrs. W. D. Smith has filed a suit against the Southern railway for $200. Mr*. Smith says she went on a visit to Tate Spring- and that her trunk las— t—MrftM wm Me — route to that pla. e Sip. Male- ' ha I her 11 link, . mi raining her personal effects, was lost from June 19 until July 17, and that wben It tvaa returned to her her clothes which she carried In the trunk were damp, moulded nnd mildewed from water nnd exposure. Ernest Willi, Moreen's Gab Charged with brenklng Into the slot of a gns meter. Krncaf Willie Morgan, a large hlaek negro, said to ball from Lad range, poured forth n stream of language the like of which has never been heard before. llrnest Willie 'alkcd hill*. I'll! mu veil I,,mill when he was exhausted Judge Cal houn remarked: " Well. Withe, there Isn't enough evidence to convict you, but from your epeech I am Inclined to believe you have been associated In some way with the gae meter. You may go.* Vete to Eat Melons. At Judge Lnnilrum’s court rooms'em Decatur street Tuesday night the Tlge Anderson Camp. U. C. V.. will bo tendered a watermelon rutting by the 3 RIZE WINNING “AD” Deaths ahd Funerals. STALLINGS WON OUT OVER SOLICITOR POST Hot Contest for A’ewnan City Court SoIicitort|hip Decided. Other, Appointments. W. L. Stallings has won the solid- torahlp of the city court of Kewnan for n term of four years from March 24. 1906, over the Incumbent, W. G. Post. This has been one of the (tnrd problems for the governor to solve, be cause both men had come to him with hundreds of Indorsements. A. C. Wright will succeed C. 0. Tin Mrs. Rebecca Brown, Mrs. Rebecca Brown, wife of W. O. „. ........ ..... Brown, died at her residence, 113 West I rtall as solicitor of the county court of Fair street at o clock Monday Rfillngham for n term of two years morning, lunernl services were held from May 26, 1906. Tho governor has at the residence at I oclock Tuesday made the following other re-appolnt- afternoon, and the Interment waa at menta: Weitvlew cemetery. R. l. Bennett, to be solicitor of the ,, 77—county court of Waynes for two years Mrs. Martha Chandlsr. from October 2, 1906. Mrs. Martha Chandler, 73 years old, R. G. Tlaon, to be solicitor of the died at 30 Carlton street, Monday county court of Echols for two years morning. Funeral services were con- from October IS, 1906. N ducted at 10' o’clock Tuesday morning The governor baa n large number of at the residence, and the Interment other appointments to make before the waa at Weatvlew. general assembly adjourns, and he will —— probably decide some pf the more 1m- Miee Trypheea Marshall. I port ant where strong contests are on Funeral services ovar the body of I before this week le ended. Mlaa Tryphoea Marshall were held on ... — ; 7. Monday nlgltt at 8 o'clock at Bnrclay A Malaria Causes Lost of Appetite. Brandon's chapel. Dr. A. T. Spalding The Old Standard. Grove's Tasteless snd Mr. B. H. Peacock officiating. Miss ChUI Tonic, drives out malaria and Marshall was the second daughter of builds up the eystem. Sold by nil the late Dr. A. A. Marshall, at one | dealers for 27 years. Price 60 cents, time pastor of Jackson Hill Baptist SHE SUES FA 7HER IN LA W ASKING HALF A MILLION DOLLARS . i FOR HER “HUBBY'S” LOVE\ Union Central Life Insorance Co. PREMIUM RATES. By Prlmte !««»>.] wire. New York. Auff. 7.—Another Plttg- hurff millionaire Is In trouble. He is Gilbert T. Rafferty, known ns the - coke king,** who resides at the Wal dorf Astoria. Rafferty's daughter-in- law, Dora H. McIntyre Rafferty, has brought suit against hlin In the su preme court of Kings county for 3500,- 000. She charges him with having alienated the affections of her hus band, Georg** R. Rafferty, lately a pri vate In tho United Htates a Any In the Philippines. Young % Rafferty and Harry Thaw ere friends. The elder Rafferty and le elder Thaw formerly were asso ciated together In business. The nnd i present suit Is the brought by young Mrs. Rafferty. Four! years ago she. sued John Harold Hay- j don. of New York, for 320,000. She J 'h.iiK'-'l him viih :ilf**n;ttln« In-v In- band’* affections. In her complaint she I .illfgf'd th. t H;iv,l..n .igrct-il f.»r to cause a separation betwen herself j and her husband. Mr*. Rnfferty was a photographer at | Alexandria Ray. She was hand? and dashing and young Rafferty’s rents were Indignant and cast him The young ninn then enlisted, leaving | Ids wife, and was sent to the .Philip pines, where he served three years. He | resides now at* the Imperial Hotel. “I married iny wife when I was un- | der the Influence of liquor,” he said. JIM GRIGGS ASKS DOLLAR OF 30,000 BRYAN MEN; PAPERS ARE TO AID FUND\ $29 17 31 99 35 50 39 89 45 58 34 67 37 97 41 99 46 95 53 16 45 96 50 28 55 48 61 77 69 44 Rates and particulars furnished at request. THOMAS H. DANIEL, Gan’l AgdnL Engllah-Amertcan Building. NATHAN F. WOLFE, Supt. Agents, ANNUAL DIVIDENDS 20-Paymen- Life. Um\. DIVIDENDS 15-Paymenl Lift. ANNUAL DIVIDENDS 10-Payment Life, ffil /4<> \45 j | Is (25 \30 .35 iO ',45 By Private Leased wire. Washington, Aug. 7.—**JIm” Griggs, of Georgia, chairman of tho Democratic congresMlonal committee, docs not pro- that "Jim” fihennnn, clmlrrftan of the Republican committee, shall have a copyright on* the one dollar plan of ecurlng campaign contributions. A circular letter Is to be sent out to each of the 30,000 enthusiastic Demo crat** who subscribed one dollar each to the first Bryan campaign. Then n circular letter Is to be sent to each of the editors of 3,600 Democratic news- 'JUDGE fi, 0, RUSSELL SPEAKS IT DALLAS TWENTY-ONE BABIES ROLLICKED AT THE MARION HOTEL TUESDAY papers throughout the country, calling I upon, them to open subscription lists | among the subscribers. The first dollar received as a lrlbutlon to the Democratic campaign | tUnd t»'** yesterday panted on a letter I head and hung up in the offices of the I committee. The dollar came from | Judge J. H. Neville, of Mississippi. Un- J der It appear these words: “He con- I special to The Georgia trlhuted the first dollar to the Demo- I Dallas, Ga., Aug. 7.—There Is a largs atlc conip-esslonal committee s earn- J gathering of voters here today to hear palgn fund. He has proved himself a I .. . 7 .. . good, loyal Democrat." Judge R. B. Russell speak In the In- i‘ i 4*<f of his < itmllihicy fur the nomina tion for governor. "If anybody In Atlanta believes In the race suicide theory they had better pay a vMt *<• this hotel today," stated Chief Clerk James F. de Jarnctt, of the Marion, Tuesday morning. "Twenty one babies In this small house In one day Is a record hard to beat, especially when thl* Is known as being almost exclusively a hotel for traveling men, Eighteen of the youngsters arrived 1th their parents Monday afternoon, and with three already here made quite a nursery scene Tuesday morn Ing. I reckon a baby convention or church, nnd the fifth lineal descendant In a line of Baptist ministers dating back to colonial days. The body off Mlaa Marshall was taken to Monte- luma, Ga., nt 7:10 o’clock Tuesday morning for Interment. Gilbert N, Fleming. Gilbert N. Fleming, 60 years old. GEORGIA NEWS IN PARAGRAPS Fivs Injured in Accident. | Special to Th,' Georgina. Columbus, Os., Aug. 7.—John died Monday morning at his residence, Wsmock, acid maker. Green Butler, 111 Greensferry avenue. He le eur- Ed Jsckeon. E,l Walker and Hender- vlved by hie wife. The funeral ser- » on Ballsy, four negroes, were Injured vices were conducted Tuesday after- ln “ n •evident due to the falling of a noon at I ’clock at the residence and —•*»« »' the plant of the Home Mlxt- the Interment was at Oakland. uro Guano Company ysstordny after- noon. Major J. B. Davenport. I Negro Shoots Negro. The body of Major J. B. Davenport Fpccl”! •" The «eor*tnn. woe taken to Austell, Gs.. Tuesday i Columbus, Ga.. Aug. 7.—Jim Stark, a tervlces and Intsf- I negro man. was shot and killed by an- ment. His sleter arrived from Texas other negro, supposed to be John Roun- Monday night, and together with Pro- tree, at a house In the Bottom, east of feasor John P. O'Donnell)-, an old I the city, Sunday morning at I o'clock. friend of the deceased, accompanied the I body. Majot Davenport, who was s Change ie Satisfactory, prominent rnsrrhant end business man I Special to The oeorxtnu. nr Ne* Orleans, died In Atlanta Sat- I Columbus. Os., Aug. 7.—The passage of the Mil to allow four terms of the ■uperlor court of this county, Instead ,of two, meets with general approval W. M. Skates. here, as It will greatly facilitate the W. M. Fkntes died at hts residence business of that court, on Fist Shoals road Monday night aft- ~— ev an Illness of two days from parsly-1 Body Rtcovsrsd From Rlvsr. ■Is. He Is survived by hie wife snd Special to Tlir Urorgtan. three daughters, Mrs. XV. S. Taylor, ML Vernon, Gs., A.ug. 7.—The body Mrs. C. A. Williams and Mrs. J. M. of John Flckllng, who was drowned Davis, of Macon. Funeral services will In the river nenr here Saturday even- held at the residence Wednesday Ing. s-sa recovered yesterday aftrr- below whi urday night In a private sanitarium. WITNESSES EAGER TOTELLON TRUST Probing in Chicago Against the Standard Oil Delayed. What though on homely fare wo dine. Wear hodden gray, ami a'- that? Gle fools their silks, and knaves their wine, A man's a man for a'that. -—Robert Bums A men may be a man for a' that, but there's s big difference In labels. This one afternoon at 1:16 o'clock, and the In-I noon tome distance below where the torment will be at Sylvester, church buggy was found and s' verdict was burying ground. | reached that his death was due drowning. Mrs. Paul Hausmaa. Mrs. Paul Hausman, II years old. I died nt her residence, 417 Washington street, nt 9 o'clock Monday night after i an Illness of three weeks with typhoid ANNOUNCEMENTS stands for the best ot workmsnshlp and the fairest of methods. It’s the workman's pro tection snd the business man’s guarantee of quality. That's all. Atlanta Typographical Union, POST OFFICE BOX 266. bj it J. Carroll, 154 Central avenue, Atlanta. fever. Hha la survived by her husband and a S-ycsr-ohl son. No funeral or-1 | respectfully announce myeelf _ 'l k-?. n i, nOU J15* <i csndidlte for council from the Third Q ***** arid**' of her brother from wxriL eubject te the white primary en d l Yorlc I Auauet 22. 1 C, W MANGUM. Italy own lots In NVw Yorti: Vs'’weir"ae| | respectfully announce myeelf . Ksleer Wilhelm, who has alsi> l-es « heavy candidate for council from tho Fourth ttSSKpl jSSTI* WK se!',®*** 1 t0 v,h ‘ t * •‘ rlmmry #n {Nroptriy^ frem Ms tnnlfi#r snd owns worn*| R U 8 U W **• nD B m DBAarc tnls «f NffM of Wi*st«*ru In nils. DR. B. E. PEARCE. I rnspnctfully innounc* rtiysnlf a nnw cotnniandnr. N. T. Gann. Judg* cnndldntn for council from tho Sixth Landrum ts a past commander of the *“&*“ ta th * wh,u P r ‘"'* r F on I—► _ * August 2£ JOHN W. GRANT. Registration Still Small. The number of registered voters of I Fulton cuunty will hardly exceed 11,- 660. and unless an unexpected over-1 FOR COUNTY TREASURER. pectfully te for C announce myeelf ■ ounty Trescuror, eub- uguet SHI flow of voters sign their names to the ..-didst, registration slips In the next few days 1 ; the number registered will hardly roach 11,600. According to Andy Stew art. tax collector, this Is a very i»or showing for Fulton county. Tnslng a| snr YOU going to paint? I general average of ths population of . I ,,,' 0 , ,.. this county, there should be at least! I.lnsced Oil Is the llfo of pnlnt. See .twenty-five or thirty thouesnd regie-j that It Is pure. Spencer Kellogg Old tered voters at every election, snd con- I Procoss Unseed Oil Is tho oldest )elderlng the fset that two of ths five [ brand In tho United States. Sold tar madldatea for governorWrs natives of _ . ___ I Fulton county, the news of such u F. J. COOLEDGE St BRO., small registration wtu com* as a sur- I . prise to s good many. Atlanta- Savannah. By Private Leased Wire. Chicago, Aug. 7.—Investigation the relationship between the Standard Oil Company and railroads handling Its product was scheduled to begin at 3 o’clock this afternoon. The failure of several of the veniremen for the grand Jury to appear yesterday de layed the Impaneling of the Jury until 3 o’clock todny. Seven additional names wero drawn. Most of the men have been Investigated by the secret service men. District Attorney C. ft Morrison's office was crowded all the morning with pro posed witnesses, who will testify be fore the grand jury. The district at torney spoke to many of them regard ing their testimony. Assistant Childs also Interviewed many of the men. They are all rail road emploje.-es. n majority being at tache* of the I-ske Shore and Michi gan Southern Railroad Company. 3,000 ANGRY CITIZENS STORM COUNTY JAIL; 3 NEGROES LYNCHED Continued frem Page One. negroee, and Solicitor Hammer, stood on the Jail «tep* nnd addressed tho crowd, which at that time numbered The speech was along the usual lines and his followers are well pleased with the reception given the Judge. POLICnSlElP TO CENSOIIIZE NEWS the Clerk de Jarnctt. Mr. and Mr*. F. K. Vjcm. ><t Mfifi Loro, with their five small children;. Mr. and Mrs. E. D. I It Is expected that the board of po- Graham and two children, of McRae; i| ce commissioners, at Its regular Mr*. G. W. Perkins and child, of Mil- ... ledgcvllle: Mrs. J. 8. Gibson and child. n ?® etln ® nex * Tu ®* <,ay nlKht - " ,l1 con - of Nswnan: Mrs. K. Schnufele and *' der Komc feasible p'.an for the cen- four children, of Dublin, with five chll- Soring of news issuing from the ppllce dren with a party from Tampa, Fla., department to the local newspapers. child rCn' ,, Monday* ni£m"'b'r*e“w2g tt aM .7** 011 very >nuch records at this hotel. ,n favor of * uch “ l ,lnn - nnd - " '» un * derstood, will bring It to the attention of the commissioners. »• There has been considerable discus sion of late concerning; the giving out of news at the police station, and Chief Jenninga Is anxious to systematize the problem. It Is said that news has been furnished the press at times In regard to cases being worked by the officers that has proved Injurious to the cages. The matter reached a climax Sunday, when a story was published concern ing the solution of the mystery veiling VT tt_ *4 A „ Ithe If-11'!.! **f pM]ii'tm;in All»**rl nin** New York Hospitals Are years ago. This case was being work- SEVENTEEN SLAIN BV BAVS Of Crowded with Heat Victims. ed by the detective department and be fore It was completed the story was K ubllshed. This publication Is said to ave Interfered with the case. | CALL MAN “JOHN D.” , . AND ARE FIRED By Private Lfeased Wire. N«w York, "Adg. 7.—New York fly I’rlvstc \Vlrr. writhed today under th* burning heat Rockford, HI., Aug. 7.—Dr. James H. of n pitiless sky. A gentle breexe wss Jacksun may bear n resemblance to the alt that made the weather a little more published photographs of John D. bearable than that of yesterday. Rockefeller, but he does not fancy be- The continued heat hnd claimed 17 I Ink told of It In public. At any rate, victims at midnight. he appeared as the complainant ln the Hospitals were crowded with those police court yesterday against Joseph who had been overcome In the stifling | Leonard, Reynolds Bean and Lee atmosphere. Thousands slept on the Bvo"ng«v, whom he charges with call- benches nnd In the down-town parks, Ing him John D. The trio pleaded but even In their places the suffering guilty and were fined, the fine being - - ■ 'suspended on condition that they re frain from mistaking the physician for the oil man. was fearful. the lynching s blot on the state, nnd | says he will at once take steps to dis cover snd bring to Justice the guilty parties. Local Militia Called Out About 9 o'clock Mayor Boyden called upon the local military company, the Rowan Rides, for aid. They assembled quickly, but were supplied only with blank cartridges, having no orders to shoot to kill. Fireman McLendon, of Charlotte, s Southern railway employee, was shot In the stomach by a bullet said to have been fired by a member of the mob. He was fatally wounded. Will Troutman, s negro drayman, wns also seriously shot at about the same time. Both are said to- have been accidents, occasioned by some of the few wild shots fired by members of the mob. .V™ M ?n n r d n C 1lme*'lh. l r. m wss r n r U COURT WILL INVESTIGATE th* mob. but for a time there fiasco LYNCHING OF NEGROES. By Prirste LtsmsI WIit. Salisbury, N. C„ Aug. 7.—Wlth'every move—th* mob lacking a leader. While they were appealing to the mob, two men slipped through the crowd, and were entering the Jsll.‘ when discovered snd arrested. Mob Reinforced. At 16 o'clock there was a sttr ln the mob—It ws* augmented by fully five hundred men, who came. It ts said, from Whitney. It wss but a few min utes after their arrival when a eras'd of fifty, forming a eort of flying wedge, made a break for the Jail doors, over powered the officers, and effected nn entrance. The crowd outalde surged In behind the leaders, and tn s few min ute* more merged from the door with their victims, who were quietly march ed to Henderson’s bell ground In the edge of town. There the negroes were given time to confess the crime. Did Not Canfexe. They refused to either deny or con fess and were so thoroughly frightened ns almost to have lost the power of speech. John Gillespie wept piteously and begged for his life. Tiring of its efforts to secure statements from the negroes, at midnight the ropes were aulrkty brought forward and adjusted and th* three were strung up to the limbs of one tree, and with howls snd curses the crowd riddled the dangling bodies with bullets. George Kivln was taken from the Jail with hla associates and closely questioned. Then the mob ted him back to lit. cell. Near* Otlle.pte main- tslned hla Innocence to the end. The other two would neither confess nor deny th* crime. Gevernor Glenn Notified. Governor Glenn was at 11:16 o'clock told of the mob by Judge Long over th* telephone. He at 00c* wired order* to the military companies at Charlotte. Greensboro and Statesville to hurry by special trains to Salisbury, rinding these were too late, he countermand ed the order*. He Mates that time ago aervlc# foot of space Jammed to the utmost. Judge Long called to order the second day’s session of the- criminal court to day, following the lynching of the three prisoners placed on trial yes-1 terdsy. Jack Dillingham. John allies- | pie and Neaae Gillespie. The excitement wss Intense, and al though the court was convened overt an hour later than usual, many sat two hours In the sweltering heat wale- I Ing for the expected words of the court. Judge Long first ordered every one seated. Sheriff Julian was some minutes In carrying out the order of the Judge, while a strange silence per- ] vailed the room. The Judge next or dered the sheriff to call the grand I Jury Into court. Sheriff Julian was so under the Influence of some powerful emotion that he appeared to speak with difficulty. In fact, the aged sher iff seemed almost overcome. Solicitor | Hamtnon then announced that would ask for a continuance of the I esse against Henry Gillespie, Della Dlnllngham and George Erwin. Next j the solicitor asked that the continued from day to day. as the I prisoner* were In the Charlotte JalL Court Will Investigate. The Judge said In hla new charge to I the grand Jury that he believed there were still good people In Rowan and that he would like for them to.be In ! attendance ui>on the court from day to day. He said, however, that If there were rltlxens present as waa th* case last night. It would be better that they keep away from the court. He told th* grand Jury that he would want them to remain with him longer than usual and that he would talk to I them later on an Important matter. I “God Almighty still reigns" said the Judge, "and this court will not adjourn until this affair of laat ntght la Inres- ligated." The special venire of 360 men sum- offered the sheriff the raoned In the murder cases was dir. militia, bat t&e affer wma 1 rhwrged and tha court at 11:20 o’cloex I Insurance \ That Insures Is what a man wants when he aeska protection for those do- pendent upon him. A Policy in the PACIFIC MUTUAL LIFE protects him, while he Is pro tecting them, as It provides In surance against the loss of his Earning Power by Accident, Ill ness or Total Disability as well ss by Death. A broken leg or a case of ty phoid fever would not seem so bad It he knew bis Earning Power was Insured and he wax not suffering a Financial loss As well as pain. Annual Dividends to reduce the premium or In crease the Insurance as desired. tn asking tor Information and rates, give your age and occu pation. J. Clements Shafer, MANAGER, 413*14 Peters Building, ATLANTA, GEORGIA. . ueitlned as unnecessary. He declares took a recess. j sent rml I B. M. WOOLLFY. M. D. . Office 164 N. Pryor S*fSSfc

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The Atlanta Georgian. (Atlanta, GA.) 1906-1907, August 08, 1906, Image 2