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THE ATLANTA GEORGIAN.
FRIDAY. SEPTEMBER 7. UK*.
KILLED By TRAIN
MAY BEDETECTIVE
Was Struck by Train While
Walking Along the
Track.
Sprolal to The GoorKtan.
Etberton, Ga., Sept. 7.—On the ev
ening September 4 the Incoming
Southern train from Toccoa (truck
end fatally Injured an unknown man
j us t within the city limits of this place,
who (lied from Injuries sustained last
night. He was walking up the Sea-
hoard track and, It la supposed, he
thought the approaching train was a
Seaboard train and stepped on the
Southern track In front of the locomo
tive He was hurled a great distance
from the track. Afterwards he never
regained consciousness. Great mys-
terv surrounds the Identity of the dead
man He Is of middle age and his
•kin’While comparatively fair, denotes
eiooeure. He carried a suit case
which contained two good suits of
clothes and a new pair of shoes, a
number of razors and pocket knives.
On his person was found the descrip
tion of escaped convicts and fugitives
from justice, which leads to the belief
that he may be a detective. His body
has been embalmed, photographed and
will be held for several days In hopes
that he may be Identified.
GEORGIA NEWS
IN PARAGRAPHS
Loss Will Reach $40,000.
Special to The Georgian
DeSoto, Ga., Sept. 7.—Fire destroyed
Wednesday night eight principal bust
ness houses In DeSoto and about 5i
per cent of their contents. Messrs.
Moore. Scarborough, Session Luke
Bagley, Ferguson A Son and Delamar
burned out. The loss Is 440,000. Moore,
Bagley, Ferguson's loss Is partly In-*
aured for $7,000,
Storm Not Violent.
Special to .The Georgian
Savannah, Ga, Sept. 7.—Storm warn.
Ings have been put up against the
tropical storm from the West Indies.
It Is not thought that It will strike this
port with sufficient violence to do any
damage to shlpnlpg.
Change in Chatham Delegation.
Special to The Georgian.
Savannah, Ga., Sept. 7.—There was
some change In the Chatham delega<
in to the congressional convention
at Statesboro, M. A. O’Byrne, vice
chairman of the convention, not
turning. Captain U. H. McLaws Joined
the delegation this morning.
Voted Against His Measure.
Special to The Georgian
Savannah, Ga„ Sept. 7.—At a meet
Ing of the city, council the report
of the police committee 'regarding the
polled department' was received
formation. One feature was the action
of Dr, Harmon In vqtlng against recetv.
Ing the report, though he was the man
who drew It up.
Accepts Call to Quincy.
S|i‘ol:il to The Georgian
Brunswick, Ga., Sept. 7.—The Rev.
tVyllys Rede, who recently resigned
as rector of St. Marks Protestant
Kplscopal church, In this city, has ac
cepted a call from the diocese of Quin,
cy to become dean of the cathedral at
Quincy, 111., and will go to Quincy
some time during the present month.
Big Vessel Clears for Boa.
Special to Thy Georgian
Brunswick, Ga., Sept. 7.—The steam
ship Vnuxhafl, a British tramp, and
about the largest vessel that has been
In this port for some time, has Just
cleared from Brunswick with a full car
go of rosin and spirits, consigned to
parties In Hamburg.
Cotton Oponing Fast.
Rpcoini t„ The Georgian
Harnlson, Ga., Sept. 7.—Cotton la
opening fast. Scarcity of labor to
gather the crop threatens the farmers.
ELEVEN MEMBERS
AT LARGE NAMED
Two From Three Dis
tricts and Three Dis
tricts Not Honored.
Negro Procures 14 Warrants.
Special t„ The Georgian
perntur, Ala., Sept. 7.—Ben Hayes,
colored, swore out warrants against
fourteen men yesterday, charging them
with trespassing. The cases are set
for trial In 'Squire William Douglass'
court today.
Minister Declinea Call.
special to The Georgian.
Darien, Ga., Sept. 7.—Rev. Dr. N. KefT
smith, who some time ago waa given a
unanimous call to the Presbyterian
thumb at Rock Spring, Ga., and who
nas been supplying, that church for
several Sundays, declined to accept the
tall to the pastorate.
To Become Y. M. C. A. Secrotary.
8 Pet la I to The Georgian
Oxford, Ga., Sept. 7.—At the Wed-
nenday evening prayer meeting J. A.
Brou n , of Jacksonville, Fla., made an
interesting talk on the “Duties of
thrljtian People." Mr. Brown Is a
member of the 1S0« class of Emory Col
lege and Is now on his way to the
I nlverslty of Mississippi, where he will
JT*. »* a Young Men's Christian As
•aviation secretary.
Deaths ahd Funerals.
„ Henry Cass Dsad.
ep-tloi to The Georgian
Decatur, Ala., Sept. 7.—Henry Case
“ |p d at hla home in East Decatur
r °nt a stroke of paralyils. Some days
•go he was overcome with heat and
Pad to be carried to his home. Later
'* ‘a* 1 ln the dining room from a par-
huer° Btroke ' fbsultlng In his death
Mrs. Amanda Lea.
Hr» Amanda Lee, 60 years old. died
inurMay at Orady hospital. Funeral
gf). *1 w «* held at Swift & Hall
e » n cha P** at 4 o’clock Friday after-
* sod Interment was at Westvlew.
Joseph A. Scott.
8c °tt died Thursday af-
i/" “ n at 1 o'clock at his home, I*
Fun . av *nue, Howell's Station.
rrawl 31 wrv, cea Will be held at the
i-_ nr f «t 10 o’clock Saturday mom-
viL Bn ?. ln,erm *nt will be at Weat-
«n- .him* ** * urvlTed by a wifp and
Judge A. L. Miller, of Macon, chair
man of the state Democratic executive
committee, Friday morning named the
eleven members of the executive com
mittee from the state at large. They
are as follows:
Pope Brown, of Pulaski.
Seaborn Wright, of Floyd.
2°hn P. Knight, of Berrien.
Sim T. Blalock, of Fayette.
Newton A. Morris, of Cobb
W. J. Bush, of Miller.
E. H. Mason, of Glynn.
Boykin Wright, of Richmond.
Fuller E. Callaway, of Troup.
Reuben R. Arnold, of Fulton.
Robert L. Berner, of Monroe.
At the same time Chairman Milter
called a meeting of the executive com
mittee for September 12 at noon ln the
Piedmont Hotel, Atlanta, to discuss
the new court of appeals. The question
of the election of the three judges will
be discussed.
Though the committee was supposed
to represent the eleven congressional
districts It will be observed that two
members are named from the Seventh,
Seaborn Wright, of Floyd, and N. A.
Morris, of Cobb; two from the Sec
ond, Knight, of Berrien, and Bush, of
Miller; two from the Sixth, Blalock, of
Fayette, and Berner, of Monroe. No
committeeman Is named from the First,
Eighth or Ninth districts. Just why
these districts are Ignored does not ap
pear.
As predicted In The Georgian, Boy
kin Wright was named from the Tenth
In spite of the endorsement of Clem
Dunbar by the delegates from that dis
trict
TRUSTEES TO PLAN
FOR NEW COLLEGE
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DRIFTS TO
IN HJS_ AIRSHIP
When Last Seen, Matterey
Was Over Lake Mich
igan.
Joint Meeting of Boards
Will Be Held Mon
day.
The district agricultural colleges will
prove good feeders for the State Ag
ricultural College provided for In the
Connor bill.
On next Monday, the 10th, the true
tees of the new $100,000 agricultural
college will meet In conference with
the board of trustees of the State Uni
versity at Athens to provide-for the
establishment of the new college.
This, Is the new college provided for
In the Connor bill. The trustees re
cently named by the governor are Hon.
J. J. Connor, Bartow; Hon. J. A.
Thrash, Meriwether; Hon. J. I.. Hand,
Mitchell; Hon. A. J. McMullan, Hart;
Hon. L. H. O. Martin, Elbert; Judge
E. H. Calloway, Richmond; Hon. R. C.
Neely. Burke; Hon. John W. Bennett,
Waycross; Hon. L. G. Hardman, Jack-
son; Hon. D. M. Hughes, Twiggs; Hon.
T. G. Hudson, commissioner of agri
culture.
Those of the State University are:
From the state at large, Hamilton Mc
Whorter, George F. Gober, Clark How-
ell, Jr., W. E. Simmons; from the city
of Athens, A. L. Hull and Howell
Cobb; from the eleven congreslsonal
districts, Samuel B. Adams, Byron B.
Bower, Jr., William H. Fish, Henry
Persons, Henry D. 1 McDaniel, A. V.
Boen, D. B. Hamilton, John T. New
ton, Howard Thompson, E. H. Callo
way and John W. Bennett. P, W. Mel-
drlm, of 8avannah, and George Foster
Peabody, non-resident, are also mem
bers.
These two boards will map out the
plan of campaign for the new Institu
tion and set the machinery In motion
for the erection of the new buildings.
It Is expected to prove one of the
most popular Institutions of learning
In the state, and the new district col
leges provided for by the Perry bill will
prove good feeders to It.
Oconto, Wis., Sept. 7.—The fate of
William Matterey, an aeronaut from
Chicago, who could not control the air
ship In which he made an ascension,
and drifted helplessly for 14 miles
while 2,000 feet above the earth, Ms a
matter for conjecture only. When last
seen he and his air craft were drifting
out over Lake Michigan. It was then
growing dark. No word has come of
him today.
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COTS OFF WATER
By Private Leased Wire.
Ripley, Ohio, Sept. 7.—An incendiary
Are early today destroyed the pumping
station of the city waterworks. The
■waterworks trustees will ask for an In
vestigation. The Incendiary will
summarily dealt with If discovered.
DEMOCRATS MEET
TO CANVASS VOTES
AND NAME COMER
Conspicuous in Capital City
Is Senator Pettus, Now
Re-elected.
Special to The Georgian
Montgomery, Ala., Sept 7.—The ntate
Democratic executive committee was
called together at noon today by Chair
man H. S. D. Mallory, of Selma, to
canvass the returns, declare the result
and to name the temporary chairman
of the state convention, which meeta
Monday. Many of the delegates to the
state convention are In the city to
watch the proceedings of the commit
tee and to see who will be the tem
porary chairman. The state commit
tee also makes all arrangements for
holding the convention, which will be
held In the auditorium.
Secretary John Pugh, of Blrmlng.
ham. Is present, and so Is Pat Me.
Gauley, the official stenographer. John
C. Eyster.a prominent member of the
committee. Is absent on account of 111
ness.
conspicuous Agure In the city Is
that of Senator E. W. Pettus, of Selma,
who arrived here yesterday. He Is be
ing greeted on all sides by his friends.
Ho appears to bh In good health and
fine spirits, and the alternate senators
wilt not have a chance to All his place
In the next six years, unless his health
falls considerably. He geta about live,
ly and Is a splendid conversationist.
Another well-known Agure Is that of
A. M. Tunatall, former speaker of the
house. He Is taking much Interest In
the meeting.
SHIP'S PASSENGERS
ALL REPORTED SAFE
it
ATLANTA NEWS
BRIEFLY TOLD
Christian Endsavor Union Meoting.
The annual meeting of the Atlanta
local union of Christian Endeavor will
take place at the Central Congrega.
tlonal church Friday night at 8 o'clock.
A special program has been arranged,
Including music by a quartet and vlo
lin solos by David Silverman. A re
view of the past work of the local
union, as well as plan for the future,
will be presented at the meeting. All
members of the society are cordially
Invited. Any others Interested In the
work of Christian Endeavor will be
welcome.
Will Hava Charge of Music.
The state convention of the Sacred
Harp Singers will have charge of the
Sunday morning services at the Bap
tist Tabernacle and will take part in
the singing at night, Rev. W. L. Walker
preaching.
Ice Cream Festival.
For the beneAt of those who held
tickets and were unable to get served
Thursday evening, owing to the large
crowd present, the ladles of the Pryor
Street Presbyterian church will give
another festival on the church lawn
Friday evening, at which tickets sold
for the former occasion will be valid.
hipple planned
TO KILL SEGAL
Continued from Page One.
Earle, and a plan has been adopted
In an Interview with Receiver Earle
he authorized the following statement.
He Is to be president of the concern
and will give $100,000 toward Its reor
ganization. HIs acceptance Is as fol-
lows:
"J accept the position In the hope that
the company can be saved rather than
liquidated, and \ have been In session
with the members of the board seek
ing their co-operation to this end.
No Pspsrs 8igned.
I now announce that they.have re
sponded to my solicitations and their
responsibilities In another manner, no
matter what any one may say, and
so nobly, that so soon ns I can verify
the calculations submitted to me of
the value of the present assets of the
comnany 1 can reopen Its doors with
e«r? one receiving'what I believe to
be the full value ol his claims, pro-
vlded the creditors will meet my views
In the same spirit that their board of
directors already has done.
"No papers have been as yet signed,
and I am not In physical condition to
properly master the details of the plan
that I wish to submit, so that I must
have every one's forbearance for a
few days. But for the Arst time I see
daylight and my conviction has grown
almost to certainty that I am to re
ceive my reward In the success of the
plans that Induced me to become a part
of this trying situation. I make this
statement, as you know, upon the as
sumption that the reports that I now
have will, upon verlAcatlon. be found
correct, but I see no present reason for
doubting that they are.
(Signed) "GEORGE H. EARLE, Jr.
Depositors to Got Cosh.
Under the plan of the organization
depositors are to be paid the amount
of their deposits In this manner: SO
ner cent of the deposits at once upon
the reopening of the bank; 30 per cent
in preferred stock, guaranteed by col
lateral bonds; 40 per cent In thirty
or sixty days ofter reorganization. De
tails of the reorganization are to be
settled by depositors and stockholders
a meeting to be held at once.
This procedure will not Interfere
with the prosecution of Segal, North
and Collingwood.
Auditor Martin Lesvas Central.
News has reached Atlanta that B,
D. Martin, auditor of traffic of the
Central of Georgia Railway, had hand
ed In his resignation, effective Septem
her 1C. He will move to New York,
where he will be connected In a promt
nent rapacity with a large banking
and brokerage corporation. The resig
nation of Mr. Martin had been rumored
for several weeks, but It could not be
officially conArmed until today.
Probation Rsstrictlon* Lifted.
Probation restrictions will be re
moved Friday nfternoon from thirty
Ave youths, thirty-one being white and
four colored. The probation period
for erring lads runs from four months
to two years, and the thlrty-Ave to be
turned loose from the Job of reporting
to Probation Officer Gloer every week,
have been good and win the reward
of such conduct. Officer Gloer aqd
Recorder Broyles will make talks to
the assembled lads Friday afternoon.
B. Y. P. U. 8ets Masting Day.
The Atlanta Baptist Young People's
Union will hold their regular monthly
meeting with the North Atlanta Bap
tist Church, corner Hemphill avenue
and Emmet street, Thursday evening,
September 20. This la expected to be
one of the moat helpful meetings of
the fall work, especially of Interest to
the Baptist Young people.
A. D. Adair, 8r., Bsttsr.
A. D. Adair, Sr., who has been 111 for
several days at his home on Washing
ton street, waa reported very much
better Friday morning and his friends
hope to see him on the atreets at an
early date.
MAY NOT STAND
FOR RE-ELECTION
Rlieclsl to The Georgian.,
Montgomery, Ala., Sept. 7.—It Is not
likely that A. M. Tunatall, of Greens
boro. will be a candidate for speaker
of the next house of representatives.
He Is In the city today, but states that
he will later give out a statement, but
did not say whether or not he would
make the rare. HIs Intimate friends,
however, assert he has decided not to
run. and that when he makes hla state
ment It will be to that effect. He was
speaker of the last house and when he
was elected again as a member of the
house it was predicted he would be
come a candidate for speaker. This
leaves the Aeld to J. J. Arnold,' of Jack
sonville, and Captain Tyler Goodwyn,
of Montgomery.
TRY A WANT AD
IN THE GEORGIAN
Is Believed That the
Sheridan Is a Total
Loss.
By Private Leased Wire.
Detroit, Mich., Sept. 7.—Congressman
Edwin Dundy today received the fol
lowing telegram from Major General
Ainsworth, military secretary In Wash
lngton:
"All pasengers In steamship Sheridan
reported safe. Friends desiring to hear
from any particular passenger should
telegraph him care of department quar
termaster, Honolulu.”
The fact that passengers are only
reported safe leads Mr. Dundy to be
lieve the Sheridan had broken to pieces.
TAKES SIS,000,000
TO
THOUGHTS OF GOOD BREAKFAST
TEMPTS THIS RELEASED CONVICT
. TO BREAK INTO PENITENTIARY
Special to Tbe Georgian,
Nashville, Tenn., Sept. 7.—-Because
the “grub" at the state prison waa bet
ter than that put up by his landlady,
Bob Jenkins, colored, a discharged pris
oner, “broke In" the state prison here
last night. The negro scaled the high
atone wall surrounding the pen, swiped
a convict’s suit, fell ln line for break
fast and then got to work ln the foun
dry before being discovered.
He claims his landlady would put
the butter across the table and only
allowed him two biscuits, while "Cap
tain Sol," the prison steward, didn't
hbld back anything to eat.
Jenkins had been discharged on Au
gust 10, after serving three years for
grand larceny. He will not be allow
ed to remain, but the officials will try
and get him a home.
PLANS BURIAL, DRESSES FOR GRAVE,
AND DIES ON EMBALMER’S TABLE
By Private Leased Wire.
Temple, Texas, Sept. 7.—After writing a note to his employer telling
of his determination to commit suicide, and giving full directions for the
disposition of his body, W. J. Adams, an undertaker’s assistant, who came
here several weeks ago from Little Rock, Ark., yesterday dressed himself
for burial, lay down on the embalmer's slab and swallowed poison. It Is
said that financial troubles caused the act.
MAYOR AND POLICE
AGREE TO RESIGN
TO ESCAPE COURT
Contempt Proceedings to Be
Dropped Against Kan
sas City Officers.
ATTEMPT TO WRECK TRAIN
WAS ALMOST SUCCESSFUL
Special to The Georgian.
Montgomery, Ala., Sept. 7.—It haa
Just come to light here that a daring
effort was made to wreck the Louis
ville and Nashville passenger, south
bound, near Spelgners Tuesday night.
This train usually carries a large num
ber of passengers and why the effort
was made to wreck it la not known.
Two crosa ties were placed upon the
rails a mile above Spelgners and the
engineer did not see them in time to
bring hla train to a full atop, and hla
engine hit the ties and they were
thrown from the track.
The trucks were badly damaged and
the train was three hours In gettln
ready to move on. The Loulsvlle
Nashville officials wired for the state
bloodhounds at Spelgners and they
were put upon the track and soon two
negroes were raptured and locked up.
They deny being guilty.
Special officers of the Louisville and
Nashville are still busy at work on the
matter and further developments are
expected.
WOMAN KEPT IN PRISON CELL
AS RESULT OF JUDGES ERROR
New York, Sept. 7.—Through a "mis
take,” a woman has been held ln the
Jefferson market police court, for 12
days, without any charge against her.
The woman Is Mrs. Agnes Peterson.
She was arrested on a warrant August
27, charged with a misdemeanor. Mag
istrate Cornell, who was then sitting at
Jefferson market court, dismissed the
case and Mrs. Peterson was dls
charged.
By mistake Magistrate Cornell signed
a commitment paper, Instead of a re
lease, and the woman waa led back t<
prison. It will be Impossible to obtain
the woman's freedom from jail until
papers of release are signed by Mai:
Istrate Cornell, who Is at present ■
North Carolina on an extended vaea
tlon.
It takes Just four and a half times
more “scads” to run the Massachusetts
state government than that of Georgia.
And this, too, notwithstanding that
the population of Massachusetts ex
ceeds that of Georgia only a few hun
dred thousand.
This fact was elicited from a state
ment furnished State Treasurer R. E.
Park by the Massachusetts money
handler.
The amount It takes to run the Geor
a state government Is about $4,100,
10. It takes over $13,000,000 to keep
Massachusetts going.
EMORY DINNER SEPT. 1i
WILL BE FINE AFFAIR
MEN IN STA GE BOX WANTED
IO JOIN IN STAR CHORUSES
An act not down on the bill was
presented to the patrons of the Star
theater at Thursday's matinee and
the members of the cast held a dress
rehearsal In the police court Friday
morning. It all happened because two
young men ln the stage box persisted
In Imitating Frank Daniels' latest stunt
and talking to the girls on the stage.
No, they didn’t kiss any of the girls.
This was at the Star.
Carl Smith and John Lupo, young
railroad men, were the defendants In
the case. It developed that they had
occupied box seats for which another
railroader hud given them coupons.
Their unaccustomed prominence went
to their heads and they persisted In
lending their voices to aid the per
formers on the stage. An officer re
fused to eject them from the house
when the ushers demanded It and the
ushers tried It themselves.
Arriving at the exit, the two patrqns
Invited the ushers to come outside and
start something. The ushers declined
with thanks. Thereupon Smith and
Lupo seised several heavy cuspidors
thoughtfully provided for lovers of the
Star type of vaudeville and hurled them
at the ushers, several of the utensils
landing where they would hurt most.
Judge Broyles heard the case i
length and assessed a, line of 15.76
against each of the defendants. The
ushers were dismissed.
great deal of Interest Is being
shown In the Emory dinner which will
take place on September 17. The com
mittee in charge Is very much en
couraged, and say It will be one of the
largest college dinners ever given In
Atlanta.
Many of the moat prominent men In
Atlanta are Emory men, and tbe even
ing of the 17th will find them renew
ing the associations of their college
days. Many jokes will be told at the
expense of those who have achieved
prominence since their college days,
and some of the traditions—other than
academic—of the quaint old college
town will be rehearsed.
The college term opens on Sept
ber It, and students from all parts of
the state, returning to Emory, will
atop In Atlanta to attend the dinner.
7'he oldest living graduate of the col-
lege Is Robert W. Lovett, who gradu
ated In the class of 1843. Mr. Lovett
lives In south Georgia, and will possi
bly be present. Classes graduated be
fore the war will be represented, a
will the classes of the seventies and
eighties.
Announcements, with return postals,
are being sent to all the Emory men
ln Atlanta. It will be Impossible to
send these announcements to the grad,
uates and students outside of Atlanta.
The committee desires that all meg
throughout the state who Intend at
tending the dinner to send their names,
with check for $1,60. to T. W. Connal-
ly, 24 1-2 Whitehall street.
The committee In charge of the din
ner Is composed of Thomas H. Jeffries,
William D. Thomson and-T. W. Connal-
ly.
BRYAN WILL COME
TO CHATTANOOGA
Special to The Georgian.
Chattanooga, Tenn.. Sept. 7.—William
Bryan Is coming to Chattanooga.
He will probably come here from Nash-
llle, when he makes his tour of the
NOOKS AND CORNERS OF AMERICAN HISTORY
NATHANIEL MACON
By REV. THOMAS B. GREGORY.
IMIlMIIMtIHIIHHIIIIMHHIINIIHMIlli
It la my purpose, In this abort article, to
bring to the remembrance of the American
people the unme of one of the grandest
men that ever lived In our grout country,
Nathaniel Macon, liorn In Warren
North Carolina, December 17, 1757.
When the revolutionary war licgnn young
Macon waa a atudent at Princeton, but
with hla countrymen struggling for lllierty
he coubl take no further Interest In hla
atmllea, aud, returning home, he volun
teered na a private aoTdler In a company
he waa. never aboen „
ready for duty, and doing that duty like a
man.
From 1780 to 1785 Macon waa a member
of the North Carolina leglalnture, and
while serving la tbat capacity be waa the
unyielding roe of every form of compro-
mine with tvranur and oppression.
An n member of the nHnemhly lie'fought
the bitter end ngnlnnt the
of the Federal constitution.
lie did this, not bemuse he was unpa
triotic. but Itecauae he wna nn Intense lover
of liberty, and wna afraid that the govern
ment of the constitution would turn out
t$» In* the octopus which should strangle
liberty and transform the free common-
-enlth Into im» many denemlenelcs upon
le central power at Washington,
lie declared that government, at beat,
..ns a necessary evil, and that the less we
had of It the better. "Let tbe people
alone," be iiwm! to say. "and they will
pretty nearly always do what Is right.
Prom 1791 to 1815 Maconi wna n member of
congress, and from 1816 to 1828 l ulled
Htotes senator, when he resigned his seat,
having nerved In the national congress for
tbe Jong juried of thirty-seven years with-
it n break. .
Nathaniel Macon never nought in office
In Iila life. The office always sought him,
Whan plough-
.... ... one day be was luformeil
by hla neighbors that he had Just been
Ing In hla ttch
elected a member of tbe leglalnture. where*
Upon he replied: "You must lie mistaken.
1 atn sure you got me mixed up with
aomelHHly else."
congress, to the senate and to ail of the
liniMirtant conventions simply because they
Indicted In blui and wanted him to repro'
sent them In the public councils.
Macon was absolutely Incorruptible. No
man's bribe could buy hlln, no, man’s frown
could ware him. T$» what he believed to
be right he wna unflinchingly true, and
when he laid down his coiiimlsalou us pub
lic servant It was stainless.
A Democrat be was of the old school aud
In the lieat and highest sense of the word.
He wore homespun clothing made by the
wrvauta at home, shoes and hat a made by
those same servants, and In his manners
Afraid of oo uian. be' despised no
ami wna with every one a brother and
friend. Meeting all men upon tbe level and
parting with them upon tha square, he
cxeinpflfled In hla every action the princi
ples of the truest and flneat Americanism.
Macon wna the warm personal friend of
Jefferson and Madison, and those crest
men trusted him with a confidence that
knew no limit.
Jeffcraon called him tbo "Last of thr
Homans," and the celebrated John ltan-
dolph said of him In hla will: "He la the
Iwst, purest and wisest man I ever knew."
This great and noble American died on
his farm In Warren county. North Caro
lina, on tbe 29th day of June, 1887, In the
80th year of bis age, and when It waa
whispered abroad that Nnthsnlel Macon
wiis no more the people wept like little
children.
efore bis death Macon **
, of burial a shady ridge upon hla
Ittle farm, and there. In a coffin made «»f
plain boards, be was laid away, with noth
ng to mark bla resting place but a pile of
loose atones.
position taken by Mr. Bryan on the
government control of railroads ques
tion, but declared that Mr. Bryan doee
not want to commit his party to thle
doctrine. He termed It as a “big stick,"
to be held over the railroads. Mr. Hood
believes that Mr. Bryan will carry the
solid South.
WOMAN ARRESTED
IN MURDER CASE
Richmond. Va., Sept. 7.—Mrs. Wil
liams Muse, of Roanoke, hae been ar
rested In a resort In this city In con
nection with the murder of C. C. Hen- verelty.
COMMENCEMENTS
Hon. Peter W. Meldrlm, of Chatham,
who will meet with the university
trustees at Athens Monday, can claim
a distinction due to no other man In
Georgia.
He has attended forty-one consecu
tive commencements of the State Unl-
Some three or four of these
derson. She was In the house at the
time of the murder. She denies ac
knowledge of the assault, and subse
quent death. A warrant was sworn
out this afternoon for Mrs. Nora Bain,
the woman who accompanied Mrs.
South in a few wcek. The Bryan „„ |he Norfolk and We , tern
•lub held a meeting tarf nl * h, ’ a,,h ® excursion. The two women are said
Invitation of F. A. Hood, president of .
the club, who has Just returned from lo have been In company with Hender-
New York, where he assisted In re- »on and another man, who Is said to
cetvlng the "boy orator of the Platte." have struck Henderson the blow which
In an Interview Mr. Hood Justifies the (caused bis dsatb.
were during the time he wae a student
there.
Colonel Meldrlm formerly represent
ed Chatham ln the house. He waa
among the truatees of the university
who visited Madison, Wig., to Inspect
the Michigan State University.
TRY A WANT AD
IN THE GEORGIAN
By Private Leaned Wire.
Kansas City, Kans., Sept. 7.—May
or Rose, V. J. Rose, chief of police, and
J. K. Kelly, captain of police, today
agreed to resign their offices upon
promise of the state officials that con
tempt proceedings brought against
them recently in the Kansas supreme
Court would be dropped.
At Topeka today the attorneys for
both sides reached this agreement,
three justices of the supreme court co
inciding. The contempt pr»>cee<1Inga
grew out of the fact that Mayor Rose
assumed the office of mayor after the
supreme court had ousted him for not
enftirclng the prohibition. law.
SENATOR DEPEW
TO occupy SEAT
New York, Sept. 7.—Ifcjs learned that
United States Senator Chauncey De
pew has so greatly Improved In health
that It Is likely he will be In his seat
In the senate when congress convenes
this winter. He has been suffering
from a nervous breakdown.
ROAD IS PROJECTED
TO ENTER ATLANTA
Bpwlsl t« The Georgian.
Statesboro, Qa., Sept. 7.—An appli
cation for charter for the Savannah.
Statesboro and Western Railway Com
pany will be filed with the secretary of
state ln a few days. It will be an ex
tension of the Savannah and States
boro, which operates between Savan
nah and Statesboro, and the extension
will reach Atlanta. The road will be
210 miles long. The counties through
which It Win run are Bulloch. Eman
uel, Johnson, Washington, Baldwin,
Jones, Putnam, Newton, Rockdale, De-
Kalb and Fulton.
The company Is to be capitalized at
$1,000,000.
MRS. WM. ASTOR
REPORTED BETTER
Boston, Sept. 7.—Mrs. William Astor,
who is ill at the Hotel Somerset with
a complication of Indigestion and a se
vere cold, passed a comfortable night
and Is resting well today. Dr. Ste
vens said today that Mrs. Astor will
be removed to. Newport probably to
morrow.
NEGRESS IS SLAIN
* BY WHITE MAN
By Private Leased Wire.
Mobile, Ala., Sept. 7.—Jack Camp
bell, a well-known business man of
Evergreen, Ala., called Abble Kemp,
a negro woman, to her door and shot
her six times. She died Instantly.
STATISTICS.
BIRTH8.
To Mr. and Mrs. 11. F. Pngs, at 173 Powell
street, s son.
To Mr. niul Mrs. W. J. O'Brien, at
Hlmpwm street, a »on.
*'■ ” L. Harris, at 140
DEATH8,
Mrs. lla Hawes. 21 rears old, «1I«» 8 1 of
ItolBotiluc it 861 Marietta street.
Dsvld It. 8m ally an, 3 years old, dleil of
dyaentery at 343 Kdgewood arenue.
Amanda I.ee, to yeara old, died at Craily
hospital.
propkrty”tran8fers.
•900-Henry kliUyer to Ml ha AIIcu Huther-
land, lot on Itock street uear Tyler gtreet.
Warranty deed.
• 11,500—Mrs. II. W. 81ms to DI< klnaoa
TruNt Co., lot on Gordon street near Lea
gtreet. I.oun deed.
$1—MIm M. t\ Sheehan to K. Gllh^ple. lot
ii Little street uear-Martin street. Quit
elalm deed.
|»j0. Penal Hum—I.ynwood Land Co. to A.
1. \erner, lot on Ormwood avenue
Confederate avenue. Bond for tltlu.
: 1700— Mrs. Tussle Cantrell to G. J». TunuJf,
it on Grady place uear Gordon Ht *
Warranty deed.
|6, Isovp and Affection—C. It. Wes
Mrs. Laura Wai hendorff, lot on Mure
avenue. Warranty deed.
$4,»>—Mrs. J. B. Francis tq French
Brownell, lot ou Whitehall street
Hood street.
BUILDING PERMITS.
13,506—T. C. Wesley, to build two
story frame dwellings at M2 W. Fifth
street.
ISOO-Xora Ellen, to hulld one-story frnnii
dwelling at 334 Walnut street.
1200— Mrs. M. Graves, to move frame
dwelling at 349 Ponce DeLeon avenue.
12,000—J. K. McBlroy. to hulhl two story
frame dwelling at 180 Luckle street.
1200—Seaboard Lumber Co., to hulhl frame
fflee on Elliott street.
8106—Mrs. 8. M. Dean, to re-cover
one-story frame dwellings at 21-27 1
street.
•175—J. C. A. Brannon, to add to om* *
frame dwelling at 90 Loomis avenue.
1166—Mrs. A, K. Hayne. to hulhl servn
huiise at 150 Ellxalietb street.
82.3&-J. C. A. Brannon, to hulhl I
story frame dwelling at 2\S Glen wood .
Important Change of Sched
ule on Seaboard Air
Line Railway.
Effective Sunday, September 9th
Important chaneo of schedule will be
made on the Seaboard Air Line. Par
ticular attention Is called to the fact
that train No. 38, which now leaves
Atlanta. 9::!r, p. m.. will on and after
September 9th. leave Atlanta at 8:04
p. in.. Central time.
