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JURORS MAKE
A COMPLAINT
Too Many Delays in
, Cooper Trial
JUDGE HIKES PROMISES
5he Lawyers Get Into Another
Controversy.
Jtew Pole Has •»< Erfrtfd At the
Boom of the Murder for the
atato to Han Photo Made
Of It.
naahvino. Tenm., March 4—When
oourt adjourned tonight In the Coop
er-Sharp trial, for the murder of for
mer Senator E. W. Carmack, after a
day marked by little progreaa and much
wrangling between attorneys, the Jury
eent word to Judge Hart, through a
i bailiff “that they had a complaint to
make.” The court called up one of
their number. Wlllla-m Hows. The lat
tor i&ld:
“Most of the Jurors are farmers. The
dime for spring planting Is here. We
wajit to get home. The entire crop for
the year depends upon the planting.
We feel that there are too many de
lays and too much argument.
ask the court to hurry thing*
along. We would be glad to have
night sessions and work longer during
the day, but we want to get through.
Wd get through soon.
Judge Hart told Hows he realized
how the Jurors felt and that he would
use every effort to make the case move
& ar"r spTupon
rtThh. scene {■*•
ST new ^pole ST?
getTphotogr'ar“wh?e^ the State will
try to get before the Jui y • than
The crowd was smaller yf... ^
them. _ i tiiov craved the
were In conference and they era
.Indulgence of the court for
'* Thereupon Judge Anderson said:
“Pending the absence ^ ™te;
counsel for the '““turn
tire for a conference. We will return
when vou are ready for us.
The Attorneys withdrew, conferred
returned but still the state delay
Finally after 10 o'clock, Attorney
£ne~f McCam and h.s associates
"5Ei,r Dr*‘McPheeters Glasgow for
*r0CapteaTnminFHzhugh conducted the
cross examination.
"Doctor, when counsel examined you
end read your autopsy statement to
Dr Eve. he described one of_ the
wounds upon Senator Carmack s body
as one and one-half inches from the
median line of the left side. Is that
r%C sir. It was one-half Inch. It
[was typewritten one and one-half, but
Vthe one was crossed out.
"How did that bullet ranger
J “It ranged downward and
! 'It would be possible to receive such
W wound and live for some timer
"Cases have been so reported.
"You are familiar with Dr. Von
Bergman's text book on surgery as
translated by Dr. Bull?
Lawyer* in Controversy. ^
“We object." said Judge Anderson.
“They are not cross examining him.
they are using him as an expert.
"We are not," said Captain Fltz
hugh. We are testing his knowledge.
“The state can do that," commented
H'Hr. vr .srs
so'" theydcannotj£oWmaaSicSUChr ^
■J?." auctionsremarked Judge
Hart. _ nsked If the work of
Fitshugh then „ t report many
Von Bergman through the heart
cases °f people •hot tnro g the de_
ren°seSVeodbJecUeon:^hett doctor said he
dTh, .tate's questions tended to show
The stale . » inflicted upon the
were less
g"‘y toTe instantly fatal than others
; * ^.^TshSr.hat Carmack might
srvfc «=■ kb
Hfibs,’—
°OnanthUPgrtound the court ruled he
Duld not testify as one. . .
He was asked if a wound through
ie spinal cord would not cause muscu
ir convulsions.
The state's object evidently was to
how that the wound In the neck, cut
Ing the spinal cord, caused .Senator
armack's muscles In the hand to con
ract and thus explode the revolver.
The defense objected fi|?ain and the
octor qualified as an expert and said:
"There would be muscular convul
lons. followed hy paralysis."
"So, If the Senator had a cigar In
Is hand and the shot was fired Into
Is spinal cord and paralysis was In
tant what would become of the cigar
ir anythin* else held In hi* hand?"
"It would fall—either cigar or revol
rer—just where the Senator stood.'’
"But you saw the cigar still In Rena*
:or Carmack’s fingers when you ar
•Ived. hence there was no Instant
jaralysla?"
"Yea sir. I saw It. It dropped
ater.”
On re-dlreot examination Dr. Olas
(«w said that any movement made
ifter the spinal cord was separated
would be spasmodic and the victim
would be Incapable of voluntary action,
■mist la Recalled.
The state then recalled 8r"X Bennlng
for further cross-examination. Ben
llng Is the man who claimed he saw
Senator Carmack testing the cylinder
of his revolver a few moments before
the shooting and who was so badly
sonfused on Tuesday.
He was asked where he had lived be
tides Illinois and Missouri, and hr
:lalmed Oklahoma and Indian Terri
tory as temporary abodes.
General Garner's questions were
timed at Bennlng's manner of living
for a year or more. He said he and
His son went up the river buying logs
for a Mr. Ransom, but he could not
give the name of a single man from
shorn he purchased them nor how
much money he paid.
General Garner passed a photograph
of Senator Carmack, whom he claimed
that he knew.
"It looks like him."
"We offer the picture In evidence."
said Garner.
The defense sent up a chorus of ob
jections. for the picture shows the
Senator's hoy In his arms. The court
excluded It.
"Did you tell Charlie and George
Carroll, In their shooting gallery, an
hour after the tragedy, that If you had
been five minutes earlier you would
have seen the killing?"
“I may have said so to escape being
a witness."
The witness on direct examination
said he went to General Meek's offlc
the morning after the tragedy an.
volunteered the testimony that he sav
the shooting. t
General Garner’s cross-examlnatloi
of Bennlngs was savage and he In
volved the witness In nurherous coif
trsdlctlons before he rested.
When Hie defense began Us re-dlree
examination of Bennlng, a sharp til
ensued between General Garner of th
state, and General Washington' of th
defense. General Garner said:
"General Washington persists li
asking questions which he knows mi<
must know are Incompetent. I ask th
court to Instruct him not to .lo this
will not say why he Is doing It—th
purpose Is too plain."
“I object to being lectured' by th
ton**'" counse'1'” General Washing
r Tlt *J?wn both of you" Interrupt*
Judge Hart. "Any lecture or humor
ous comment In this case are In th
province of the court and the cour
will attend to this feature of the trial
Bennlng was excused and left th
stand with great evidence of relief an
court adjourned until 2 p. m.
Impeaches Colonel Cooper
Charles Hayden, one of the defense
witnesses who was not cross-examine,
when he left, was recalled bv the Rtat
for tn»t purpose.
Hayden was in Judge Bradford’s of
flee when the conference between Col
onsl Cooper. Rohln, Rradford and
Tully Brown took place just before th
shooting. Hayden stated that thedoo
was closed during the conference con
trary to the testimony of Colonel Coon
or and Judge Bradford He denial
too. that anyone called Colonel Coone
to the phone. General Brown swor
he called Cooper to talk to the Gov
ernor, and the Governor asked Coope
to come to the mansion.
If Haydens testimony is accurati
then the excuse the Coopers had fo
being on Seventh Avenue that after
noon falls.
asked °las*ow waa a*a|n recalled an
W ould It be possible. Doctor, to
bullet In the shoulder, such as ■
have heard Robin Cooper received,
work out?"'
"No sir, I do not think so. I do
believe it would be possible for it
get out In twenty-four hours. ’
muscles would close on It and It wo
come out only by suppuration and t
would oe Impossible In twenty-f
hours.”
The defense started to cross-exan
the doctor and Attorney-General
Carn objected, saying:
"He Is your witness, and you cai
impeach him.”
"The doctor Is not our witness.”
Judge Anderson.
"He is—you bought him."
Because you subpoenaed him
would not use him."
’Gentlemen," Interrupted Ji
Hart, "I thought you settled that
tie alralr to your mutual satlsfac
the other day. The defense can
the witness's knowledge or memc
The doctor wa, asked to exar
Rohln s clothing and see If a bi
had not passed through It. The
tor thought one had. To the al
ney's objection, the Attorney-Gen
replied sharply and a laugh folio
Wanted D.iughtes Stopped.
“I wish the court would stop
! Kong from laughig everyr(z!zihx
gang from laughing every time
Attorney-General says anythlnk,"
Judge Anderson.
"Some people here—eight or te
them, have a perverted sense of
nior," continued Judge Anderson.
Judge Hart warned the audience
to make any further demonstrate
"This Is not a theatre,” he said
is a serious law suit and we must
absolute order.”
The State then recalled Major
tree, who gave Senator Carmack
revolver, for cross-examination,
first question developed a fight.
State asked the major to detail all
was said when he gave Carmack
revolver.
"That la pure and open contempt c
court,” Shouted Judge Anderson, al
most before General Garner's questlo
was completed. "They are trying t
show the deceased Senator’s state c
| mind and that has been excluded."
It was agreed to submit a brief an
j await a decision tomorrow.
(From New York Worll. May 29. '08.)
COOPER PLAGES PREPARATION
ON SALE EVERYWHERE
Will Continue To Meet Public A* Heretofore
In Spite Of Change.
The sale of the Cooper preparation
In New York will no longer be con
fined to the one store where Cooper
Jias been meeting the pul.lie. For the
cast week Cooper says more people
Rave called to talk with him than
could be taken care of at one store
and he has therefore decided on a
change of plans.
In speaking of this change he said^
•T have teallzed for some time that I
would have to relieve the congestion at
this store, as the number of people
who call has been increasing each day.
until It IS almost impossible to see
them all. especially at certain hours .n
Ifie day. Beginning Saturday my
preparation will be on sale at ail drug
stores In Greater New York
“By Saturday lpost druggists will
have the medicine in stock and those
who have not obtain 1 it can easi'y
order it for their customers. I shall
continue to meet the public dally as
heretofore. , ,
••The name of the medicine which Is
proving SO successful is Cooper's New
Buoovery It is a success because it
revitalizes wornout. sluggish, dlstond
•d stomachs, and causes the gastric
tolces to become artlve again, .'s 1
Care often stated before the stomach
k fesponslbTe for all these half-sick
people who are leading a sedentar>
life in our large cities.
"People in cities Ilk*- New York can '
tak< enough exercise In the fresh air
and they will persist in hurriedly eat
ing a great deal of food and only hal
chewing It. The consequence Is tha
aimt.it half of them are nervous, thin
pale and lacking In vitality. The:
have little energy and no stamina
What they need Is something to mak<
gastric juices active and virile
When this is done they 1> gfn to as
/imitate their food which affords th< n
th. nourishment they need and tin
tired, listless, wo^nout feeling dlsap
pears. M: in* dicine does this Ver
thing, that’s why I am successful.
"I have now on file the names an<
addresses of two thousand Nr,w\ York
ers who have taken my medicine am
state dthat they would he wl'lfng to te’
, nv one who cared to Investigate whn
-ff*ct the preparation has had.
would be gla 1 to furnish these name
to any on*» who does not know p^r
snnally some one who Is taking ni
medicine. ”
Cooper’s New Discovery Is now o
sale at leading druggists everywhere
A sample bottle will he mailed f*-e
upon request by addressing Tli
Cooper Medicine Co., Dayton, Ohio.
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CENTRAL TO v
EXTEND ROAD
A New Line From
Andalusia*
TO OPEN UP NEW TERRITORY
Will Extend Road from Fiorak to
. Pensacola,
The rirnaa of the Road Will Give a
Near Trunk Line Prom tke
Kant and Pram the At
lantic Seaboard.
Atlanta, Ga.. March 4—A new trunk
line from the East to the Southwest,
by the extension of Its line from An
dalusia, Ala., to the Illinois Central
Just above New Orleans, the extension
of the Florida line to Pensacola,
Fla., extension of the Alexander City,
Ala., line to Union City, and a close al
liance with the Seaboard Air Line, la
the plan of the Central of Georgia
Railroad Company to exploit territory j
between New Orleans and the Atlan
tic seaboard, as announced here today. {
T^e plans of the road will give a i
new trunk line from the East as well |
as from the Atlantic seaboard. From j
Washington, the Seaboard will bring
the traffic to Atlanta, where It will be
turned over to the Central of Georgia.
This road has a traffic agreement with
the Atlanta and West Point Railroad
which will handle all shipments to
Newnan, where the Central will again
receive the business and caawy It on
Its own track to Andalusia, via Colum
bus. From Andalusia the Central will
construct a new line to a point .above
New Orleans, where connection will be
made with the Illinois Ctntral. This
latter named road will furnish the las*
connecting llnl&to New Orleans.
The Centradwwlll also be extended
from Florals and another line will also
he built from Alexander City to Union
City. This line will open up an en
tirely new country and will also give
the Central an opportunity to compete
for the products of the Alabama pig
Iron district.
The new line from Andalusia to a
point on the Illinois Central will be
about 250 miles in length and will
| traverse a section now without a rail
road.
BANQUET TO BRYAN
TADKii OK RECENT CAMPAIGN AND
HIS DEFEAT.
Drclam He Would lint her Be Defeated
Candidate of Democrat* Than
Be a President Elected by
Corrupt Powers.
Pittsburg:, Pa., March A—Democrats
noted nationally as well as In tills
State, were speakers late tonight at a
banquet tendered here to William J.
Bryan by the Allegheny County Bryan
Dengue? More than 1.000 guests were
at the dinner.
Otying to a lectore engagement ear
lier In the evening, Mr. Bryan did not
arrive at the dinner till after midnight
and It was considerably later when he
began to speak on "The Present Hour."
Prior to his arrival, addresses were
made by several Plttsburgers, and Kyle
B. Price, of Elba, Ala
Mr. Bryan was loudly applauded
when he rose to speak. He launched
at once Into a resume of the recent
campaign and said that before the elec
tion he had expected to win, but now.
Instead of being surprised at being
defeated, he feels more surprised that
the Democratic party polled as many
votes as It did.
Mr. Bryan said he would rather be
the defeated candidate of the Demo
cratic party and have the support he
received and the votes of the six mil
lion people, than be President and feel
that he owed It to the powers that
corrupt.
NECKLACE IS FOUND
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In a Jewelry Store While Try
ing to Dlapoae of the
Necklace.
Omaha, Neb., March 4—White trying
to sell a necklace to Ed Holman, a lo
cal jeweler of this place, valued by lo
cal Jewelers at $50,000. John D. Slav
itnls, who, for the convenience of
American ways, calls himself Savis,
was arrested today by the Omaha po
lice.
The necklace consists of a single
string of sijfty-three pearls, carefully
matched, and fastened with a claap
set, with a diamond of unusual al*e.
Savis entered the Jewelry store this
afternoon and presented a single pearl,
which he offered to sell. Assuring him
self of Its genuineness, Ed Holman
gave him a valuation of $50 or $60.
whereupon the Greek offered to sell a
dozen at $40 each, but sajld a friend had
them. By a ruse, the jeweler succeed
ed in notifying the police and two de
tectives were sent to the store, where
the man was arrested.
In his possession was found a large
revolver, but he made no resistance.
Mr*. Helnie’n Jewel*.
New York, March 4.—The police here,
when notified tonight of the arrest in
Omaha of a Greek, John Savis, who
went there from New Y'ork, having in
his possession a valuable pearl neck
lace, said the Jewels were probably
those lost by Mrs. Otto C. Hetnze, in
or near the Hotel Knickerbocker, on
the night of Nov. 26, last. The same
i opinion prevailed at the Hotel Knick
| <»rbocker when the news of the arrest
was told there.
Savis. the man Held in Omaha, said
he was a street cleaner, and that he
found the Jewels in mass of refuse
which he had swept together near the
i Knickerbocker Hotel.
DEMOCRATIC SENATORS TO
RETURN TO TENNESSEE
Hopkinsville. Ky., March 2—Follow
ing a conference with Ex-Oovernor
y John 1. Cox tonight, eight Democratic
. Senators, who (led from Tennesse to
c break the quorum In the Legislature.
, announced they would return tomorrow
" ! morning to Nashville. In order to per
J ! mlt the passage of Important leglsla
l, thin.
They assert that the action of the
y 1 joint convention In holding elections
“■ Wednesday was Illegal and will be
; contested In the courts.
s- I >|HS. POTTER DEAD.
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,e [ willow 'of Bishop Henry C. Potter
I nsses Away.
•Y \',.w York, March ♦.—Mrs Elisabeth
Srriven Potter, widow of Bishop Henry
ol C Potter, died today at h»r home here
<- after an Illness, extending over several
id ; d;vs.
•'ll she survived Bishop Potter only
nt I eight months. Mrs. Potter, whose ilrsi
I : husband, Alfred Corning Clark, left
rs | her ail estate of several millions, was
r- VPry much interested In charity, and
l.v jt was through her Interest In charit
able Institutions, conducted hy the
>11 Protestant Episcopal Church. that
■e : friendship "as first formed which re
... ! eu]ted in her marriage to the late
lie Bishop of New York. Three sons are
I abroad at present.
SPEAKS AT ELBA
WILLIAMSON TKLM FARMERS OF
CORN METHOD.
Farmers blocked Into Elba to Hear
(ke DUtlnriilahrd Speaker and
Accorded Hina a Hearty
Reception.
fclba, March I^Speclal.)—The news
of Mr. E. Mclver Williamson, of Co
lumbia, 8. C-, coming: to Elba. was
spread throughout the country.
This was demonstrated by the large
crowd of farmers who thronged here
to hear him, and long before he reach
ed here from Opp, at which place ho
was met by automobiles, the crowd had
begun to get very anxious to see and
know the man who has made such a
marvelous success raising corn.
Mr. Wllllamnon Is the originator of
the method of raising corn which bears
his name. He came here not as a
atrangsr, but a man to whom many of j
the farmers throughout this section are
already Indebted for their success in .
raising corn.
Mr. Williamson was accompanied by ;
Hon. W. H. Seymour, Director of the
Alabama bureau of cotton statistics,
to whose credit Is due the opportunity
of hearing Mr. Williamson.
Mr. Seymour was Introduced by Mr.
M. S. Carmichael, after which he en
tertained the people on some of the
needs of the Southern farmer. Mr.
Seymour stated that the success of the i
South in every respect depends upon
agriculture. He affirmed his state
ment by referring to the success of
countries in the past.
Mr. 'Williamson was introduced by
Mr. Seymour as the greatest benefac
tor of the country.
MY. Williamson l* a man of pleas
ing appearance, and the crowd greeted
him with much enthusiasm./
He first told of ids failure in rais
ing corn, and how his failures prompt
ed the discovery of his great method
of stunting corn, thereby causing
more stalks on the row, and better
resultJ. He illustrated by some sam
ples he carried. These showed big,
well-developed ears on very small
stalks. “Nature has provided.” said
Mr. Williamson, "that every plant must
reproduce Itself, and the time comes in
the life of corn when it will put on its
fruit, it matters not how small the
stalk is, and if the stalk is small there
will be more sustenance from the soil
to develop the ear.”
All during his lecture, Mr. William*
son was askd queslons by Interested
farmers. His method in pamphlet form
was distributed for the future refer
ence of the farmer. y
This occasion marks an epoch In the
history of the/ State. Many farmers
returned home determined to try the
new plan. The result of the test will
be loaded cribs next fall.
Williamson At Troy.
Troy, March 4.—(Special.)—Court
was adjourned this morning rom 10 to
12 o'clock by Judge Henry A. Pearce
In order that the Court room might
be used by W. H. Seymour and E. Me
Iver Williamson, who addressed the
citizens and armers of Troy and Pike
county on the Williamson corn method.
An Immense gathering of representa
tive farmers and Troy citizens and a
number of ladies and school boys as
sembled at the court room to hear the
addresses, every seat in the room being
filled and mosKof the standing room.
Purely if ever has an audience been
seen to show more interest in an ad
dress than was shown by this one in
the very interesting lecture given by
Mr. Williamson.
Mr. Seymore was first introduced by
Mr. Charles Heiulerson in a few well
chosen remarks and Mr. Seymore 'in
turn introduced Mr. Williamson. Mr.
Seymore was profuse in his praise of
the S'outhern press which has done so
much to help the good cause along.
Mr. Williamson'B address was inter
spersed with much good sound advice
and many useful suggestions. He
jcheerfully answered every question
propounded to him when he could and
he did not hesitate to say so w’hen a
question was put that he wras unable
to answer.
One of our Pike county armers, Mr.
A. F. Benton, has been using the Wil
liamson method for several years
with great success and for this rea
son as well as on account of the exten
sive advertising it lias had the Pike
county farmers and citizens in gener
al are deeply Interested in the method
! of making one acre of land produce
the same amount of corn which it has
heretofore taken from five to ten
acres to produce.
Mr. Williamson and Mr. Seymore left
this afternoon for Union Springs,
where they- will address the Bulloch
county farmers this evening
HEDGE PLANTS AT HALF PRICE.
California privet, strong two year
old plants, home grown, nt $2 per 100
I for a few days only. Special prices
on large lots.
S. B. STERN A CO., Phone 1001.
Lumber Plant Burna.
Mobile. March 4.—A special from
Hattiesburg, Miss., says the Ten Miie
Lumber Company's plant and telegraph
office, was destroyed at Ten Mile, Miss.,
this morning. The loss was over $75,
000.
Mother and
Son Took Drug
Treatment
Five Year* Ago Both Were
Cured.
ARE NOW INTERESTED IN OTHERS
Mother In Willing to Spend Money t«
Aid In the Rescue of Her Friends
Who Need Treatment, nm Her
Heart Is Set on Reclaim
lng Them.
I guess youfwlll be surprised at re
ceiving a letter from me at this late
date. Before I toll you my motive ir
writing you I want to tell you that I
have never taken a dose of morphine
since I left the Sanatorium. I am sure
there haa never been a patient that re
reived a more perfect cure than I did
My son, who also took treatment with
you, never resorted to the use of thf
drug'agaln Now. Mr. James. I warn
to ask you what you would let m<
have the whiskey, wine and beer run
at by sending three orders at a time
There are three gentlemen that I an
personally interested In for whom
want treatment, and as the money wil
have to be paid by me T feel that yen
will help me all you can. My heart 1:
set In trying to reclaim these parties
They are three periodical drinkers
Please let me hear from you at once
! as one party Is Juft getting over i
i spree and ’I want to commence on bin
before time for another. Do the bes
you possibly can for me. as T am de
termlned to try your home treatmen
on these parties. T think it was flv
years ago when my son. Dr. Bryar
and myself, took the treatment
With best wishes for yourself an
1 Sanatorium? I am. very respectfull
your friend. MRS. J. B. BRYAN.
Perry. Ark.
JAMES HOME Cl’RB REMEDIES
For Drug Addictions. Alcoholism, To
ba««co and Cigarette Habits. Nervous
ness and Insomnia, will he furnlshe
at the following prices:
Whiskey, Wine or Beer.|12.5
Tobacco. Cigarettes or Snuff. . . . 5.0
A.11 forms of Nervousness or In
! somnia.. . • • • • • • ■ ■ t. 5.0
Prices for Hypodermic or Interna
Home Treatment fof Drug Addition
1 will be furnished on application, wft
a free sample treatment, charges pre
I ^Booklet on Drug Addictions, Drunk
j enncsn. Nervousness and Insomnia an
Tobacco and Cigarette Habits contain
ing testimonials, etc., sent sealed un
der plain cover. Correpsondence con
j fldential. Address Charles B. Jame:
j Sanatorium. 210 Delta Bldg., Memphis
made by jHE brown sHoe Company, st.louis
as per letter reproduced above, Sample No. B-51. Ask your dealer
for this or other styles of
WHITE HOUSE SHOES
For Men, $3.50, $4., $5. and $6.
For Women, $3.50, $4. and $5.
MjMOUttmr
SPECIAL ADVERTISING FOR DEALERS.
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TO CONTEST SALE
SOUTHERN STEEL COMPANY TO GO
AT PUBLIC OUTCRY.
There Will be the Sllffest Kind of a
Fight By the Minority Cred
itor* to palk the
Plan of Sale.
Birmingham. March 4.—(Special )—'
All the properties of the Southern Steel
Company, In bankrupt, will be sold at
public outcry before the Jefferson
County Court House, If an order, au
thorized by a majority of the credit
ors of the corporation, meeting in .the
Federal building this morning. Is per
mitted to escape delay of the law. Ac
cording to a resolution adopted today.
Special Referee Sterling A. Wood was
instructed to draw up such an order.
Attorneys for the minority creditors,
however, declared they would ask for
a review of the order by the United
States Circuit Court, and failing here,
they would carry the petition to a
higher tribunal. They declare they
are not willing to have the properties
sold, until a set-up price is agreed on,
and until some $2,500,000 still due on
the stock of the company is collected.
The majority favored immediate ac
tion, pointing out that this was the
first time they ever had a chance to
collect even part of their money, and
further that iUlvas costing about $1,000
a (lay to maintain the property in idle
ness.
It is certain that the sale will not
be made without a hard legal fight. A
rough valuation of $50,000,000 was put
on the property, some stating that it
would be wrong under forced sale to
bring less than $27,000,000.
DR. CHARLES W. ELIOT
SPEAKS IN NEW ORLEANS
New Orleans, La, March 4.—Charles
\V. Eliot, retiring President of Har
vard University, accompanied by Mrs.
Eliot and Prof. Joseph W. Warren,
Assistant Secretary of Harvard cor
poration, arrived in New Orleans to
day^
Dr. Eliot delivered an address this
afternoon to the public school teachers
of New Orleans and ton;ght was the
guest of the Harvard Alumni Club of
New Orleans, at a banquet He will
spend tomorrow at the Louisiana State
University In Baton Rouge and return
ing to New Orleans tomorrow evening,
will attend a banquet of the Tulane
Alumni Club. He will be the orator at
the celebration of founders* day at Tu
lune University Saturday, upon which
occasion that Institution will confer the
doctor's degree upon him
A similar degree will be conferred at
the same time on Henry Vigna^id, re
tiring Secretary of the America*! em
bassy In Paris. Mr. Vingnaud, how
ever, will not be present.
I.KWI.M rt<> RVL.
4 quarts 9K.OO; 8 quarts 90*50; ex. paid
tiKEIL TRADING CO.
I*. O. Box *37. IVnsacoln,
ATTACKS trained nurse.
i Negro Servant I'ulled Most of Woman's
llalr Out.
Meridian, Miss., March 4 —Enraged
, because Miss Hitt, a professional nurse
1 at the home of Jeff White, had criti
[ cised her method of handling the fam
ily milk, a negro woman named Sa
j rlna Wilson, this morning attacked the
* I young lady and pulled out most of her
, I hair, leaving a large part of the
nurse’s scalp perfectly hare,^
1 i The screams of Miss IIittattracted
i ihe attention of neighbors and the wo
I man was arreste/1.
BIG STEEL SHIPMENT.
Birmingham. March 4.—(Special.)—
^ One hundred cars of steel rail leaving
) the Ensley steel plant in one shipment
was a striking exhibit of prosperity
) Thursday. The rail was intended for
1 the Louisville and Nashville Railway.
* and will he distributed at twenty-six
1 different places. It is understood that
' the- Louisville and Nashville !a about
to r»lace another big order that will
l keep the plant In opera tiori'Nfor some
- j months.
- ; Contentment Is the heritage of the
'• j man who gets used to Just any old
'' i thing.
LIFE IMPRISONMENT
IOB CLEMENTS IS SENTENCED BY
JUDGE WEST.
rheSeateaee Wm Suspended For Ten
Dan Priding an Appeal to the
Supreme Court of Alabama.
Decatur. March 4.—(Special.)—'This
no miner 1® o'clock Bob Clements,
vho was convicted of murder In the
Irst degree by a Jury of Morgan
iounty citizens on Monday night, was
wrought before Judge Thomas W. Wert
ind sentenced to life Imprisonment,
rile sentence was auBpended for ten
lays pending an appeal to the Supreme
Jourt. When asked by Judge Wert
what he had to say Clements merely
laid. "I am not guilty." After a
ihort consultation with his attorneys,
"lements was taken back to jail by
Sheriff Thomas R. Shipp.
While Clements was being sentenced
this morning by Judge Wert, he was
chewing tobacco and there was no
change on Ms face when sentence was
pronounced upon him.
Clements was tried and convicted of
the murder of NeAUe Edmondson, the
little daughter of Tom Edmundson, of
Woodland Mills. There are oth^r
warrants against him charging him
with murder In the first degree of
other members of the Edmondson
family. According to the evidence
brought out In the trial, Tom Edmond
son. his wife mother and two children
were murdered and their home and
barn burned near Woodland Mills on
the night of November 25, 1908. A
recent grand Jury Indicted Clements
in several cases for murder In the first
degree, but Clements was not Indict
ed for arson, County Solicitor D. F.
Green deeming the murder Indictment
sufficient. ,
Sheriff Thomas R. Shipp and one of
"his deputies have been circulating a
petition to secure money for Clements'
family and to aid him in taking an
appeal to the Supreme Court. The
petition says the people contributing
to this fund do not believe Clements
guilty of the Edmondson murder
Quite a sum of money was raised In
this way for him.
There were but six or seven persons
!h the court room this morning when
Clements was sentenced by Judge
MEMBERS OF WATERWAYS
.COMMISSION APPOINTEE
Washington. March 4—In accordant
with the provisions of the rivers a„,'
harbors bills, the following have beer
appointed as Waterways Commission
Senators Galllnger. New Hampshire
Burton. Ohio: Piles, Washington
Smith, Michigan: Simmons, North Caro
ltna. and Clarke, Arkansas; and Rep.
rescntatlves Alexander. N«\v York
Lorlmer, Illinois; Stevens, Minnesota
Wangrer. Pennsylvania; Sparkman
Florida; Moon, Tennessee.
THEODORE PRICE MUST
ANSWER THE CHARGI
New York, March 4.—Judge Wart
in the United States Circuit Court to
day dismissed the writs of habeas cor
pus and certiorari obtained by coun
sel for Theodore H. Price and re
manded the prisoner to the custody o
the United' States marshal.
Prices removal to Washington fo
trial had been ordered, 'on Indictment
found there charging him with con
spiracy to defraud the government b'
obtaining advance, information froii
the cotton report of 1905.
The writs dismissed today were ob
talned ill opposition to the remova
order.
ROSE VALLEY WHISKEY
I quarts $4| S quurts *7 hOi ex paid
GRKIL TRADING CO.
P. O. Box S37. Pensacola, Pis
Firea la New Decatur.
Decatur. March 4—(Special.)—Ther
were two tire alarms In New Decatu
this morning. The first was the res
ldence of Alderman Patterson In Wei
Decatur, and the second was the real
dence of Mr. Lee on Fifth Avenui
South New Decatur. The damage 1
both cases waa light and fully covert
by Insurance.
WOMAN DISAPPEARS
WIFE OF PROMINENT NEW OR
LEANS BROKER.
Thn Attending Circumstances Indicate
That She Haa Been Kidnapped—
Huaband Invokes the
Aid of Police.
New Orleans, March 4.—Mrs. Edward
W. Baker, the wife of a prominent
commission merchant, who recently re
moved to New Orleans from San Fran
cisco, has mysteriously disappeared
from her home. The attending cir
cumstances Indicate that she has been
kidnapped.
The missing woman left her horns
yesterday morning, having with Her
valuable Jowels and considerable
money The day before she nad
spoken of meeting a woman in one ol f
the department stores on Canal Street
and said that she hod told this woman
she might meet her again at the same
place. Mrs. Baker's husband believes
that she met this mysterious woman a
second time and was led off and drug
ged by her in order that she might
gain possession of the former s Jew
elry and money.
The aid of the police department war
Invoked, but their efforts have tltu»
far failed to result In any clue which
might lead to the discovery of tha
missing woman.
HEDGE PLANTS AT HALF PRICES.
California privet, strong two year
old plants, home grown, nt •- per 100
for a few days only. Special prices
on large lots.
STUDENT VICTIM HERE
ON WAY BACK TO SCH00I
William Merrill, of Eufaula, silent
yesterday In Montgomery with his
cousin. Kev. Wyatt Hunter Brown. He
was on his way to Tuscaloosa to re
sume his studies at the University.
It will be recalled that he was way
laid and assaulted by unknown paries
a few weeks ago, and was dangerous
ly hurt. He was taken to his horns
and has fully recovered from the In- /
Juries he received. His assailants are
supposed to have been moved by mo
tives of robbery ,as the young man was
very popular and had no enemies.
CALHOUN COUNTY SOIL.
Illit Profit* Made on One Acre ot
Ground.
Anniston, March 4—(Special.)—-J. U
McCurry, yi'lio resides nearMc Fa 11. fur
nishes proof of what can be done with
une acre of ground properly utUixed
Upon this acre of ground Mr. MtCur
rv raised 600 bushels of rutabega tur
nips which he sold at 60 cents per
bushel. On the same ground he raised
bushels of Irish potatoes, for which
hi "ed *1 per bushel. The gross
receipts for the f-roductof this one
acre of ground were *485 The Med «
and fertilizer cost him *13 85. making a
neThU°shows*Vujit can be done with *
Calhoun County soil when properly
cultivated._
wak is 1\BV1TAH1.E.
Sallna Cruz, Mex., Mcli 4. The
steamer Heathor. which has arrived
here from Ajajutla, brings the news
that war is Inevitable between Nicara
gua and Salvador and that troops are
being mobilized by both countlres.
The battleship Presldente, whlcn
comprises the entire navy of Salvador,
has sailed under sealed orders and 4
it is presumed it will bombard Nic- I
araguan ports.
Turks-Bulgartau Dispute.
St Petersburg. March 4—Rifat
pasha, the Turkish Minister of Foreign
Affairs has arrived in St. Petersburg
to negotiate directly with Foreign
Minister Xswolsky. the finacial ar
rangement of the Tmko-Bulgarian dif
ficulty and the liquidation of the Turk
ish war Indemnity.
Baldwins Third Daughter.
San Francisco. M'ch. 4.—The will of
1, the late E. J. Baldwin has revealed the
t fact that he had a third daughter of (
whose existence few were aware. The '
youngest child is Mrs. David F. Selby,
n wife of an Oakland candy manufac
3 turer. She profits to the extent ot
*50.000 by the will of her father.
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