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Politically independent; always for the best interest of the whole people of the county. Purity of politics; purity of the bal lot box, and clean administration of all places of public trust. Only paper In county. R. F. TATUM, Editor. VOLUME XVI. DEATH GRIPS BRYAN Young Florida Senator Yields in Fight Against Reaper. VICTIM OFTYPHOID FEVER Passed Away in Washington Hospital After Long Illness—Was in Sen at But Little Over Two Months. Repute an r Retaliat ator wmiam rida died at Prov -ii Washington at 8:30 i America .iy morning of typhoid fe i ndi was only seventy-three days , ine took his seat as the suc ; rof the late Senator Stephen R. / 'iallory,- who died December 23, and thirty-three days of that time was spent in his fight against disease. Several times during Mr. Bryan’s ill ness his friends despaired of his re covery, but as late as Saturday night the report was given out that his con dition had taken a turn for the better. His (1 >th, therefore, carne -as a sur prise and a distinct shock. ]n physique Mr. Bryan was unfitted to withstand a protracted fever. He was slight of "build and of a nervous temperament. He came to Washing ton early in January from the warm dim, v of Florida and from the day of his arrival was far from well. Finally he was compelled to give up and was taken to Providence hospital. In Mr. Bryan the senate loses the seventh member by death since the adjournment of the fifty-ninth con gress on .tlarch. 4, a. year ago. They were the two late senators from Ala b;.ma, Mr. Morgan and Mr. Pettus; Mr. Mallory of Flbrida, Mr. Latimer of South Carolina, Mr. Proctor of Ver mont/Mr. Whyte of Maryland and Mr. Hryan. Curiously, the last two were the oldest and the youngest members of the body. Mr. Whyte was 81 years ard Mr Bryan less than 32 years old. Although Mri Br'ypn was in the sen ate too short, a Mme to impress his individuality on legislation or to take a prominent part in the- consideration of matters in committee, it is conceded that he would have become a forceful part of the minority. Mr, Bryan was. born in Orange coun ty, 'Florida, Ofcto'ber 10, 1576. He at tended the public schools of his state and Emory College, Georgia, graduat ing from the latter institution in 1890. Three years later he was graduated from Washington and Lee University and in 1899 began the practice of law in Jacksonville, Fla. Until a short time before his appointment to succeed Mr. Malelrv i n the senate he had served as solicitor of the Duval, county criminal court. He was married to Miss Janet Allan of Lexington, Va., who, with one son, survives him, k ELEPHANTS ROUNDED UP. Two Escapes from Circus in Florida Finally Caught After Long Chase. The two big elephants-which escap ed from the Van Amberg circus in Flor ida were rounded up seven miles from Jasper Saturday night, and were taken in charge by members of the circus. The elephants were at large four days and nights, and created much terror. They were fired upon several times. They swam streams, broke through ponds and lakes, walked through wire fences and tore do'wrn whatever came in their way. TOBACCO FARMERS IN PANIC. Fear of Night Ride Cause Thom to Destroy Beds and Stop Planting. Driven by a panic of fear because of the' warning letters and visits of the night, riders, farmers in nearly all of the forty-two counties In the wnite hurley tobacco district of Kentucky arp busily destroying their tobacco beds. In many counties huge signs have been erected on buildings, de claring the intention of the farmers not to raise a. crop this season. TWO PRIESTS SQUELCHED. Indicted for Attacking Civil Marriage Law of Porto Rico. The federal grand jury at San Juan Porto Rico Saturday, returned an in dictment against two priests, at San Juan, Porto Rico, Saturday, editors of a Roman Catholic publication, for printing a n . article ; in -wMch it was asserted that persons contracting mar* riai;e under the civil law live in a state of concubinage and that their children are Illegitimate. The jury holds that the article in question was obscene and unfit to he published. PERUVIANS INVADE CHILE. Armed Troops Cross Frontier in Pur suit of Smugglers. A dispatch received in Valparaiso from Arica says that a detachment of Peruvian troops invaded Tarata, a Chilean town in the province of Tacna and near the Peruvian Sronti<w, in pur suit of smugglers. The Chilean police disarmed the invaders, but later fresh Peruvian troops arrived at Tarata and entered the houßes, searching for armt 1 SOUTHERN DID RIGHT In Removing Money from State of Georgia, is Assertion of Chairman McLendon of Commission. Regarding the removal of the South ern railway’s funds from the state of Georgia to keep from being hindered in its operations by garnishments and attachments on damage suits, Chair man McLendon of the s|ate railroad commission, in his reply to a Jitter from President Finley upholds the road in its action; after thoroughly in vestigating the matter. Chairman McLendon show's that the Southern railway had on deposit in banks in the state during the monfch of February some $600,000, against which amount pay checks for $235,430 were drawn. He states he is inform ed that the average percentage paid on personal Injury claims by the road since Its organization. Has been 3 per cent. Further, he shows That the amount of damage suits against the road in the state is $334,888. Three per cent o.f this amount is SIO,OOO, but In order to give bond and keep the $334,888 In legitimate business chan nels the 'road would be required to give bond for over $600,000, thus com pletely exhausting every bit of availa ble cash they had in their depositories in the state. In closing his letter. Chairman Mc- Lendon tales the following: “The railroad commission of Geor gia very deeply regrets the circum stances which compel you to remove your deposits from the state of Geor gia and which justify you in making such removal.” President Finley In his letter to Chairman McLendon, says that attor neys in unadjudicated personal injury claims under the existing garnishment laws of the state, are permitted to garnishee the funds of the railroad company, impound its equipment, tem porarily tying up both funds an-d equipment, preventing business to con tinue. For this reason the official says his road was compelled to take their out of the state and place tt in other states. “BLACK SPORT” SENT TO DOOM. Slayer of‘Policeman Mainier Dies on Gallows in Atlanta Jail. At 11 o’clock Wednesday morning, Sheriff Nelms, in the tow'or at Atlanta, sprang the trap on Andrew Johnson, alias “Black Sport,” and in fourteen, minutes the slayer of Policeman Ma nier was pronounced dead of strangu lation. . - . His only words on the gallows were: “I know I am saved. God has forgiv en my sins. I am ready to go.'’ ■ , . Johnson, through fear, was almost in a state of complete col’apse, but ad ministration of nitroglycerin and opium afbout an hour before he was taken to the gallows gave him some courage, and he stood without assistance, INSURRECTIONISTS DEPORTED. Refugees Are Allowed to Leave Haiti Aboard French Cruiser. Consequent upon the decision of- the Haitien government to fSermit tho par ticipant in the late insurrection who have asylum in the various consulates, to leave the country unmolested, the French cruiser d’Estrees, at Port-au- Prince, is preparing to take on hoard ail the refugees in the French, Ger man and Spanish consulates, at GOll - at Sit. Marc and Port-au-Pnix. The cruiser will take the revolution ists to St. Thomas. LOTTERY bill knocked out. Sports of Porto Rico Disappointed at Wind-Up Of Legislature. The -Porto Rican legislature adjourn ed at San Juan Wednesday. The lot tery and cock fighting hills, the for mer providing for the allotment ef SIO,OOO a month in prizes, which was introduced by natives and passed by the house was killed in executive coun cil. The public utilities bill, drafted after that of New York, was parsed Big appropriations for education and good roads were made. BALKED AT W. J. BRYAN. Rhode Island Democrats Refuse to En dorse Him for President. The Rhode Island democratic state convention, in a lively session at Providence, decided not to endorse res olutions favoring the nomination of William J. Bryan lor tho presidency, but referred the resolution to the dele gates at large to act-upon at their in dividual discretion. Th j delegates at large will go to the democratic conven tion unpledged. twenty injured in wreck. Smashup Occurs Between Special Pas senger and Freight Trains. Twenty people were injured, three' fa tally, in a head-on collision between a Blue Grass special passenger train on the Queen and Crescent railroad a,nd a special freight train at Curville crossing, between Burgin and High Bridge, in Mercer county, Ky., Tuesday. The Blue Grass Special wag on it# way to Lexington and Cincinnati. BROWN ANNOUNCES Enters Race for Cover >cr of Georgia Against Smith. OUTLINE OF : PLATFORM Favor Modifying Railroad Commission Law, Strict Enforcement of Pro hibition, Payment of Veter 'l ■ erans in Lump Sum. Hon. Joseph M. Brown, of Marietta, former railroad commissioner, Wednes day issued an announcement to the people of Georgia of his candidacy for gc-vernor, in opposition to Governor Smith, subject to the democratic pri mary of June 4. An outline of Mr. Brown’s platform Is as follows: I. A return to the payment in one sum of Confederate pensions, such prevailed before the advent of the pres ent stajje administration. “2. The -reduction of taxation as quickly and as to as great an extent as can be made practicable/. “3. The regulation, of the railroads. This should be done with firmness, but with judgment, holding equally in mind the rights of the public who travel and ship, of the stockholders who own the properties and of the lives and fair wages of the employes. “4. The proper support of all public institutions. “5. As liberal appropriations for the common schools as the public finance will allow. “6. Changes in the railroad com mission law, viz.: First, the repeal of those parts which give the commission jurisdiction over such local institutions as telephones, gas and electric lighting plants, cotton compresses and street railways. Secondly, to insert the re quirement that one of the commission ers shall be a rate expert, and to repeal that section providing for a rate ex pert not a commissioner, thus saving $4,000 per annum in that office. Third ly, to compel railroads to properly light and heat passenger stations and to re quire equitable demurrage rules. “7. The eatabiishment of a depart ment of labor. - “8. The strict enforcement of the present prohibition law. If the people in the coming election choose members of the general who, in ac cordance with the will of their constit uents, make any changes in the present law, I will sign the bill thus ordered by the people. “9. The enactment of a law against lobbying, so as to preserve the purity of our legislative system, the same as the purity of our jury system. . '“10. The encouragement, by a .prop er administration of the laws,- of- the agricultural;’ mercantile and manufact uring industries bf fhe state. The as surance;' • not only to' of this state, but to citizens of other -states that a T I capital invested in legitimate enterprises In Georgia shall have The equal friendly consideration of th?se' who administer the laws of. Georgia.. l “11. The discouragement by all legal methods, of undesirable immigration. T make no promise that I individual ly, or in my official capacity, will ac complish any o 7 the results above indi cated, for, while one man, If he be governor, may cripple and possibly wreck the prosperity of the state, It re quires the co-operation of the people and the executive restore confidence anti upbuild that which has been pro-rated: HCnce,' I. should ask your earnest co-operation. I confess that 1 have ndne of the traits of the politician and no great newspaper tQ urge my candidacy, but I have faith in the people. >: ... ,/• “In conclusion, Jet us unite, to prove that Georgia-Afrill be just to ail. whose citizenship, or‘investments, are within her borders, bet us unite to restore employment, with food wages, to those who are now the unmerited victims of a unnecessary panic. Let us unite to prevent cotton from falling to an up profitable price. Let us unite to'fecing back prosperity to Georgia. •Respect fully your fellow citizen, “JOSEPH ;m. BROWN. “Marietta, Ga., March * 18-, 1908. - TAFT INDORSED IN IOWA. Republican Delegates -at Large Are In structed to Vote for Secretary. The lowa republican state conven tion at Des Moines. Wednesday, elect ed four delegates at terge to the na tionalcon vention,' instructed them to vote for William H, Taft, endorsed Senator William B. ..Allison and ap proved the plank of the Ohiq platform ca’llng for a revision of the tariff. PRIMARY LAW DECLARED VOID. Louisiana Statute N. G., According to Decision of This Judge. Judge King of the civil district court at New Orleans has declared the pri mary election law of Louisiana uncon stitutional, and the matter will go to the supreme court. The decision will have no effect on the recent primary election held by the democratic party. OFFICIAL ORGAN OF DADE COUNTY. TRENTOV.GA , FRIDAY. MARCH 27, 1908. POPULISTS OF GEORG A Through Executive Committee, Con demn Present Administration and Will Put Out a State Ticket. A resolution condemning the present state administration as exemplified by the present governor, and calling for a state convention,- subject to the call of the chairman, to put out a state pop ulist ticket, from the governor down, and the selection of forty-nine dele gates to the national convention in St. Louis, was the action of the Georgia state populist executive committee meeting in the senate chamber at At lanta Tuesday. A heated discussion was precipitated by a resolution, which not only rapped tl.e present administration, but endors ed the candidaey of Joseph M. Brown. It was apparent that this resolution was going to bring on a discussion that would last indefinitely, so Chairman J. J. Holloway promptly named a com mittee of three on resolutions to settle the matter. This committee was out but a short time and returned with the resolution shorn of the' endorse ment of Mr. Brown, and amalgamated with a call for a state convention to name a populist ticket. . The resolution passed with only two dissenting votes. It is as follows: “Resolved, by the representatives of the populist party Here assembled, That we deplore the disastrous policies of the present state administration as ex emplified by the present governor, and we think the best interests of the farm ers, laborers and business men of the state would be well -conserved by a change in the administration. “That it is our desire to call a popu list convention in the. eapitol, Atlanta, for the purpose of. .putting out a full state populist ticket, from governor down.” The section referring to the candi dacy of Hon. Joseph M. Brown, which was stricken out, whs as follows: “Whereas, Hon. Joseph M. Brown, a patriotic and capable business men, in whom the elements of intellect and af fection are admirably commingled, fit ting him In a rare degree for the prop er discharge of the great responsibil ities of this exalted office, we, there fore heartily cojnmend his. candidacy to all .the, people pf^Goqrgia.” Chairman Holloway will later take action on the-calling of a stats conven tion for the pmTose : bf nominating a state ticket. SWORN TO STOP LAWLESSNESS. League Organized Against Night Rid ■ ' ers in Tennessee. A law and order league has been or ganized for _Clarksville and Mont gomery counties, Tennessee. A perma nent Organization was perfected ty sup press lawlessness in' that part of {lie dark tobacco district.. The league al ready, .has over 'three* hundred fhem God 'is- my .witness, I solemnly and sincerely promise and swear, with .out reserve j qr equivocation, that 1 ac cept the purposes of the league; that 1 pledge my best endeavors to. securing these purposes; that I shall hold se cret all proceedings of the league.an,d that I shall not divulge the name of any member of the league,, so help me God.” CIVIC FEDERATION MEASURE Seeking to - ntroduced in the House.^^^k The bill prepared by the Civic Federation after conferences vM the president and representatives capital ami labor fa relieve gency of the Sherman waft intrniiac.'d in tlr* hous" HBBB by Repp-s.-ntatKe Hyphim chairman of tbo committee staff, and l':n • ■>. i ■ < aad^B nl^B concerning it. WAS PLOT OF KOREA^^^ -Shooting of Stevens in ’Frisco Result of a Conspiracy. The attempt to assasinate Durham W 7 '. Steven's, the political adviser of the Korean council of state, in San Fran cisco, it is now said, was the result- of a carefully hatched conspiracy inspired immediately by a manifesto of the Korean “righteous army," calling upon all loyal Koreans to consecrate them selves to a holy war and exterminate all Japanese. SENATE VACANCY FILLED. Stewart Succeeds i-ate Senator Red field Proctor In Vermont. John W: Stewart of Middlebury, for mer governor of Vermont, has been ap pointed to the United States senate by Governor Fletcher I). Proctor to fill the vacancy caused by the recent death of Senator Redficdd Proctor. - • art’s term will expire this com ng fall, JAPS TO SEE FLEET Cordial Invitation of-Mikado Has Been Accepted, CABINET ACTS PROMPTLY' *' '* * Washington Officials Believe that Chi na Will Also Request a Visit, Thus Making the World Itinerary Complete. The American battleship fleet is to visit Japan The desire of the em peror of tlw island kingdom to play host to the “big sixteen” was laid before Secretary Root at Washington Thursday by Baron Takahira, the Jap anese ’ambassador. The invitation, which was couched in most cordial terms, was made the sub ject of extended consideration by Pres ident Roosevelt and his entire cabinet Friday. Secretary Root was directed to accept the invitation, and the accept ance was laid before the Japanese am bassador later in the day. I It is regarded in official circles as ’more than likely that China will be next to bid for a look at the fleet, and [that should this be the case the in tvitatidn would be accetped. Secretary Metcalf and Admiral Piils bury, chief of navigation, are arranging the details of the new itinerary. With the exeeption of China, it is believed to have been determined that all other invitations, should any be received, will be declined, for, at best, the fleet will not be able to reach the Atlantic until next March. The intinerary which seems to be most-direct includes stops at the Ha waiian islands, Samoa, Melbourne, •Sydney, Manila, Yokohama—should that port be selected as the stopping place in Japan —possibly a Chinese port, back to the Philippines, and then home by way of the Suez canal. The fall target practice has beeu jplanned to occupy a month at Manila, Either before o r after the visit to Ja pan. ••‘’.though target practice is re garded as decidedly important, and Lhe custom is to have the ships occu py a month each spring and fall in gun practice, the desire. -to have • the !j#et return to its home station may. lead to a curtailment of .the month planned for Manila. Japan will have the ships a week, according to tentative plans. W’hile the stops in foreign- ports so far made have been on an average of ten days’ duration, a part of that time was oc cupied in taking on coal. The acceptance of the Japanese in vitation is regarded in official circles ‘as of considerable importance in the way of a demonstration of the cordial ity existing between the LAmerican and Japanese governments. Late Friday night the state depart ment gave out the Japanese note invit ing .the American battleship fleet to visit-Japan and the president's re sponse accepting the invitation." • CREEKS WfthkLD SELL LANDS. lay v "i - .- advisejH 'lff! ' ’j 51 | BF jB rap pWjggler. Wagf* FAILS. Liabilities of Conoern in Neighborhood of Two Million Dollars. The Mclntyre Lumber Company at Jackson, Ala., failed Friday. The com pany originally represented a capitali zation of $1,000,000. Recently it pur chased the Zimmerman Lumber Com pany in the same vicinity, capitalized at SBOO,OOO, making the total liabilities of the company about $2,000,000. No reason is assigned for the failure other than the financial conditions. ABE HUMMEL GOES FREE. New York Lawyer Doffs Prison Garb After Two Months in Sing Sing. Abraham H. Hummel, the lawyer who was sentenced to serve a year in Sing Sing prison for conspiracy in connection with the Dodge-Morse di vorce case, was releaned Thursday. His term was reduced to about ten months by the allowance tor good behavior. MEMORIAL.TO CONGRESS Presented to Sf ;aker Cannon and Vice President F3 ‘banks by Delegation HeadecH y Sam Gompers. H .er —: Speaker Ca qn and Vice President Fairbanks The 'ay announced their belief that the present congress will pass an employers’ liability act which will fneet and overcome the unconsti tutionality of the present law, pointed out by the supreme court of the United States in a recent decision. These statements were made to a delegation, led by President Samuel Gompers, of the American Federation of Labor, from ©ighty-seven national and international trade and labor un ions and organizations of farmers, as sembled in a national conference in Washington. The delegation called oh the speaker to lay before the house of representatives, through him, a me morial entitled “Labor’s Protest to Congress.” The scope of this memorial-was set forth in the -following opening para graphs: “We, the official representatives of the national and international trade and labor unions and organizations of farmers, in national conference assem bled, in the District of- Columbia, for the purpose of considering and taking action deemed necessary to meet the situation in which the working people of the country are placed by # decisions of the courts, nuw fore congress to voice the emphatic protest of the workers country against the indifferent actual hostility, which congress has shown toward the reasonable and right eous measures proposed by the work ers for the safeguarding of their rights and interests. “In the name of labor, we urge upon congress the necessity for immediate action ior lehef irom the most grave and momentous situation which has ever confronted the working people of this country. This crisis has been brought about by the application bj the supreme court of the United States of the Sherman anti-trust law to the workers, both organized and in their individual capacity. “There is something ominous in the ironic manner in which the courts guarantee to workers: “The ‘right’ to be discharged for be longing to a labor union; - “The ‘right’ to work as many hours as employers please, and under any conditions which they may impose. “Labor is justly indignant at the be stowal or guaranteeing of these worth less and academic ‘rights’ by the courts, which, in the same breath, deny and forbid to the workers the practical and necessary protection of laws which define and safeguard their rights and liberties and the exercise of them in dividually or in association.” MURDER CHARGED TO THREE. Trio of Negroes Bound Over for Kill- in Atlanta. \ Jim Tom Frazier and Wood three negroes, were bound Broyles of the'Atlanta ( 1 a -4* n • u f. :r!!i : Igjljfc ‘DC > r - • ■m% Dh M fl Mississippi Threatened by .Jultti Woniiifk. h if.uninent ;-:r:w*i’<- \1; - ■ No against black band They were ordered td^H county within thirty hemp,” meaning they would IB ed. Governor Noel advised to return to- their homes and tPW active guard. No other protection is announced as guaranteed them. COSTLY BLAZE IN MILLS. Pickers’ Building Burned, Entailing m Loss of Over SIOO,OOO. The pickers’’ building, warp an<®§| chine room of the Cooleemee coBB mills, in David county, N. C., were de-, stroyed by fire, which started in the picker building Friday, entailing a lobe of over $100,00(1, fully covered by Insurance. The orifin l* unknown. W Items mH From Randal Meeting 0 f School Cos ii t\ / 4f§ .. \%zkJ 9 : ' < U ar: a:;::--.!. * Dividend of N9HH99P The IT a • ''^9 iff 91 M ef ,•? /- claims. m l //' " * 9H Major Palmer jm '% for dj ffjjjp m 1 a which .ap989H999^i8 Cis's Revenue of Tire Central of Georg9| pany has filed a petition road commission asking its sion to remove certain suburban train* running between Atlanta and boro, on the ground, that the ment of the electric trolley line tween Atlanta and Hapeville has Interfered with the business of th' M trains as to make them The Central seeks to take off Sunday and two daily' trains. Will Not Canvass from Stump. Hen. Joseph M. Brown, who has an nounced for governor, states that he will not attempt to canvass the state from the stump. * J It is Mr. Brown’s purpose to reacMj the voters o-f Georgia rather correspondence and the daily tha fu fflat it ary thing oi' * * -■ Shad Fisher^ta® y||j§ -- v - -Ly t Vj . f • ,' J ■, >? , || ffp ■ Wt jtffl arid : i :- 0-^ |i -|S 1 _ Bp. ri-YT^ s V John 'V i,v - I jM mil JH i-ii" ' ' ' ■ jv. ary "1' and she rub. 1 jA