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IBRIBLRY BRIBERY AND DUPLICITY DUPLICITYOF
OF oi STANDARD OIL COMPANY
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Agents ents of the Big Monopoly Made Madea
a Business of o Imposing ImposingUpon ImposingUpon Imposingon
Upon on Customers CustomersPRODUCT CustomersINfERIOR CustomersI
INfERIOR i I PRODUCT PRODUCTSystematically PRODUCTSrstematically
Systematically Disposed of Under UnderFalse UnderFalse UnderFalse
False Pretenses PretensesINSTANCE PretensesIfISTANCER PretensesJWSTANCE
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INSTANCE ELATED RIEt > ATED WHERE NAIL NAILAND NAILAND I
AND WIRE E MILL WAS FOROBD FOROBDTO
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TO CLOSE DOWN BECAUSE BECAUSESTANDARD 8EGAUSESTANDARD
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STANDARD INSTIGATED INSTIGATBDAGENTS INSTIGATBDAGENTSTO AGENTS AGENTSTO
TO PUT SAND D IN PRODUCT OF OFCOMPETITORS OFCOMPETITORS OFCOMPETITORS
COMPETITORS COMPETITORSBy
By Associated Press PressMay PresshiralO Pressiirago
hiralO May Ala la 12 1 1The The iavestfgatioa iavestfgatioaof
of hr h Int Interstate tde Ooswaeroe Comratsx Comrats
x iT > n into the relations re tIotttl between the thea tkeIlrlt theaiard
aiard a ianl Oil Co and the railroads was wasiiided wast as astoda
t ° c iiided today toda as t far as this t is sec sect
t > r is is i concerned roft ed It will in be resumed resumedfrrelaad ro resumedveland umed umedfelaad
frrelaad veland oa Jay 1I lr 24 24J 4 4F
J F S Htt6 of 0 Peoria for thirteen thirteenr
r r < is + s in the employ of the Standard Standardus
us a government Rovera eat wKaes today to < < la He Hed Bedptonstrated Hedemonstrated
demonstrated d how he agents of theStan theStandd the Stan Standrd Stan4ard
dd tricked customers into thinking thinkingproduct thlakinghI
hI < product of their company was su suor suor suror
> ror or wae when heR actually it was inferior inferioro
o 0 he h > product of the independent looepenilentcompal1i contpanies corn cornran
ran pal1i panies ies He gave the Barnes of men meahom menThom menwhom
Thom he had hA bribed to give inforina inforinaK
K inn > n of 0 the business of competitors and andcross andtin
tin < 11 > cross examination declared declaredTie declare4TIE declaredTte
Tie Standard Oil Company is doing doiagthese doingll
ll < i these things thl s todayOther today todayOther to toOther
Other witnesses wi told of bribing em emi emiINS em1H
i 1H iINS > Veer of railroads and 41 maatifac maatifacf
r a f 1 ng companies relating rela Bg an instance instancehNre iastaaceh
h hNre > > re a sail a aa and d wire mill ia Indians Indianssas
sas 3 s compelled to shat t dowa because becausehad becauser becausebad
r had beea pfcwod ia the oil pur purv puror
v I sort d of am tadepeadeat eHeRt oeacara 09BC at athe atlh atshe
he lh instance of 0 a Standard salesman salesmanTRAMMELL salmanTRAf1MElL salesmanTRAMMftL
TRAMMELL TRAMMELLACQUITTED TRAf1MElLACQUITTED TRAMMftLACQUITTD
ACQUITTED ACQUITTEDBy
By Associated Press PressDothan PressDothan Presstbthan
Dothan Ala May KIL 12 l 12Byron Byron ron Tram Trammel Trammf Trammel ¬
mel mf > I postmaster at Dothaa was acquitted ac acqukted ACquiH
quitted quiH today toda of the murder of Robert RobertTtarnes Roberti Robert9hrnes
Ttarnes i am whom he accused of undue in intimacy iBimar inl ¬
timacy l with his is wife TIle defenseurSed defense defensetemporary deC deCed
urSed ed temporary Insanity The jury jurys
is s out seventeen hours hoarsMRS hoursMRS oiIrs oiIrs1v1RS
MRS DAVIS IS ISNEAR ISBy
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NEAR TO DEATH DEATHBy
By Associated PressNeW Press PressYork PressXfW
NeW York May 12 1trs Sirs Jeffer Jeffero Jeff er erfoi
foi I o Davis who has 8 been 111 for sever severe
n1 Il days at Hotel Gerard nnI in this city is isreported is1fpor isepored
reported 1fpor ed ia a sinking condition to tonieM tolligM tonight
night Fears for tie worse are enter entertan entertabntd enter1and
tan 1and < id by watchers watchersAUXILIARY watchersAUXILIARY watchersAUXILIARY
AUXILIARY PICNIC PICNICGREAT PICNICGREAT I IGREAT
GREAT SUCCESS 1
Th The annual UD picnic picnicto is of the Ladies LadiesAuxiliary LadiesJlxiliary
Auxiliary to tie Brotherhood Brother eod of Lo Locomotive Latomothe Lotonrotive ¬
comotive engineers Division No 225at 225 2iIPMJ 225Magnolia
at Magnolia IPMJ Bluff Friday was a s sue sucia sueP c cc
c P < > s ia ever particular U The crowd crowdi
ta i hat attended attecI exceeded the fondest ex exrotaUoas exItaUoBs exlc
lc rotaUoas taUens of the 1JReltlOlDOter promoters and those thosereat thoser
reat r r Dt e ealoyetl oyd themselves immense immensely ¬
ly
Games of all kinds kia ls were on and andwere Andrrz andPr
rrz Pr zes were awarded in several in iaFor inr
r DtlS For the best unmarried unmarriedie unmerrledceieers I
ie l ceieers e icons Miss Johanna Christorchseu Christorchseun 11 11n
a > n the th > ladies prize aDd James Smitha Smith
1I1IS a < Kttoceaefttl w ceesful ia the maeculinaline maeculinalineM DI masculin uUneline uUnelineaDd line line3fr
3fr M and Mrs R J Adkiasoa proved provedfh
fh l bwt 9t aaarrted dancers and won the theThe thelz the1LP
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lzTh The Th baby h F shoW was as a treat The TheT Therfor
rfor T > T C for the t e best boning baby bflb under undertTfe undertrft underaster
aster > veaas of age was Awarded to toCarles tuJJarl toCharles
Charles < JJarl Vaa Meter v Mer aDd tie oaild of ofTr ofr ofqtr
qtr Tr r and Mrs Cttaatagaaxa CttBMng am proved the thelooking theb thebest
b best looking youngster over three threeof threetar
tar of ageRube age ageNfcaelsoa ageRub
Rub Rube Nfcaelsoa Ntc elsoa by a large majority majoritythe
pr I i Cd the most ost popular candidate on ontt onth ontgrounds
tgrounds tt grounds ABel was awarded a stagn stag
i > n inl inketaad tand to grace his ls desk if ife
e s successful su eesC1Il ia the t e race next TuesThe Tues TuesThe TuesThe
The embers of tke auxiliary de def deErc
t Erc f to return taaatas for donations donationsto donationsgale
gale alit to the picnic by the merchants merchantsthe
ft i the public ia general for the thepatronage theJtbfral theliberal
liberal patronage ptttro sge and to The Journal JournalHon Journalaj
aj Hon John JO B S Beard Be rd for courte courteoxt courtefies
fies f oxt extended ended teade4SHOOTIST endedSHQOTIST
SHQOTIST 51 OOTIST PLACED BBVWND BBVWNDBARS B8HNIDBARS BBHNFDBARS
BARS OF COUNTY JAIL JAILV JAII JAIL1irn L Lhu
hu V > r a Mileer a negro tried to shootPine shoot shootPiae shootPine
Pine Barren last Tuesday T1Ies a Mitadr Mitadre MUndi1J1ame MiindrhK
1J1ame hK ame e angry aB with another negro negro and andshooting andtcan
tcan 1 an shooting s Fortunately no one oneinjured oneinjur8fl oneia
ia injured Mfiaer was brought to tot toit
t t ity it D by y Deputy Sheriff Sanders anddeed and andia andbifd
deed ia the couaty CottBt jai <
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AGED F MAN AN AND WIFE WI FE FEt O OBRUTALLY xBRUTALLY
= t BRUTALLY ASSAULTED ASSAULTEDBy ASAUL TED TEDBy
By Associated Press PressNew P PNew PressNew
New York May Ma 12c l 12A A pow powerfully pOWIi powerfully
Ii erfully built man early today todayforced todayforaed K Kforced
forced an entrance into the thehouse thebouie thehouse
house of August Hupfer 76 76years 76rears 76years
years old choked him insensi insens4ble insensible insensible
ble and then assaulted his wife wifefifty wifefifty
3 fifty years old causing herdeath her herfdeath herrdeath
fdeath death The life of the agedhusband aged agedhusband agedhusband
husband is feared The police policehave pollceoio policehave
oio have arrested a man on sus suspldon susplclon suspldon
pldon pldonSiniir plclonTHE
THE TElEPHONE TElEPHONESTRIKE TELEPHONESTRIKE
STRIKE imlitUnion IS ISNOT ISNOTOFF
NOT NOTOFF NOTOFFthat Off OffUnion
Union Men en State tats tatsported that Only n Im Imported 1mported ¬
ported NonUnion on nion Men en are areSTRIKERS areWorking areworking
Working WorkingSTRtIKERS workingSTiRIIKERS
STRIKERS ISSUE A CARD IN INiWHICH INIWHICH INWHICH
iWHICH THEIR SIDE OF THE THECASE THECASE THECASE
CASE I IS > S STATED STATEDWILL WILL USE NO NOVIOLENCE NOVIOLENOE NOVIOLENCE
VIOLENCE AND WILL NOT DISI DIS DlsREGARtD
I j REGARD THE LAW LAWThe LAWThe LAWThe
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The statement that the telephone telephonelinemens telephonelinemens telephonelinemens
linemens strike has been jeen settled is isdenied Isdenied isdenied
denied in most emphatic terms by byChairman byChairman b bChairman
Chairman Snyder of the grievance grievancecommittee grievancecommittee grievancecommittee
committee of the strikers In fact factthe factthe factthe
the strikers J state that the men inOO wordins work working w rk rking ¬
ing for the Bell Telephone Company Companyat i
at present are not union men but on onthe onthe 1 1the
I the contrary contra are men imported here heretoy hereby hereFby
toy the company to take their places placesThe placesThe I IThe
The strikers refer to such men as aascabs asscabs asscabs
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scabs scabsThe scabsThe
I The following follo ng communication which whichis whichis bicllis
is selfexplanatory has been received receivedThere receivedlhere receivedThere
There appeared in an afternoon pub publication public publication ¬
lication lic tion of Pensacola an article saying sayingthe sayingthe sayingthe
the telephone strike of the Unemen Unemenhad Unemenhad linemenhad
had been declared off and the strik strikers strikers strikers ¬
ers had gone back b ck to work We wish wishto
to state to the public that the strike strikehas strikeI strikehas
has not been declared off but the theunion theunion theunion
union men are still out and that those thosemen thqsemen thosemen i
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men who went to work today are non nonunion nonunion nonunion ¬
union men who were imported by the thetelephone thetelephone thetelephone
telephone company to take the daces vplacesof > laces lacesof
of the union men This is the third thirdcrowd thirdcrowd thirdcrowd
crowd of strike breakers to arrive arrivein
in the city the other two composed composedof
of eight men refusing to work after afterfinding afterfindIng afterfinding
finding out what they avere imported importedhere importedhere
here for forThe forThe forThe
The union men called on two of tha thanew th21 th21nev t tnew
new men by appointment and were weretreated weretreated weretreated
treated very civilly by these two but butbefore butbefore butbefore
before the conference had been coneluded con concluded concluded ¬
cluded one of the foremen broke in inand inand inand
and made some very threatening re remarks remarks remarks ¬
marks ordered us away from the ho hotel botel hotel ¬
tel and in other ways showed his sup supposed supposed supposed ¬
posed authority and andunAmerlcan unAmerican by bytrying brtrrIng bytrying
trying to deny men the right of con conversation conversation conversation ¬
versation and free speech
We propose to conduct our ns tight tightwhich ugnrwhlch t twhich
which is for principle on a high pane paneand paneand paneand
and believe success will crown our ourefforts ourefforts ourefforts
efforts We will not engage in violence vio violence violence ¬
lence or disregard the law lawSTRIKE lawSTRIKE lawSTRIKE
STRIKE STRIKEMr OOq OOIaMITTE flTlWE flTlWEIr E EMr
Mr Ir Snyder in discussing the matter matterlast matterl matterlast
last l st night nl ht stated that he called by ap appointment appolntment appolntment ¬
polntment on two of the new men at attheir attheir attheir
their hotel While there he was or ordered ordered ordered ¬
dered away by an imported foreman foremanwho foremanwho
who Mr Snyder stated broadly pro proclaimed proclaimed proclaimed ¬
claimed that no union man could have haveanything haveanything ave avean
anything an thiIIg to do wIth the th new men menThis menThis menThis
This insult Mr Snyder stated that he hewould heWould hewould
would have resented only for the fact factthat factthat factthat
that he had another Important appoint appointment appointment appointment ¬
ment with a gentleman and further furtherthat furtherthat furtherthat
that he does not desire to say sa or do doa
a thing that will give the slightest slightestexcuse slightestexcuse slightestexcuse
excuse for the cry that the strikers strikersare
are using violence I
CHILD GUILTY GUILTYOF
OF MANSLAUGHTER MANSLAUGHTERBy
By Associated Press PressCharlotte PressCharlotte PressCharlotte
Charlotte N C May 12 12Busle 12BusleHannon 12SusIeHannon Susie SusieBannon
Hannon white aged twelve years yearswas yearswas yearswas
was found guiltyot guilty of manslaughter at atConcord atConcord atConcord
Concord N C today tods Sentence has hasnot hasnot hasnot
not yet been passed She shot andkilled and andkilled andkilled
killed a young man In her fathers fathershome fathershome fathershome
home some weeks ago Her counsel counseldeclared counseldeclared counseldeclared
declared it was as In se1defense se fdefense
FELL FELLFROM FROM SWING SW1NGAND SWINGAND SWNGANO
AND BROKE BROKtEHIS HIS LEG LEGOscar LEGOscar LEGOscar
Oscar Wilkinson a youth outh had his hisleg hisleg hisleg
leg broken Friday oy b falling faUingrom from a aswing aswing aswing
swing He was conveyed t to his home homewhere homehere homevhere
where at last accounts he was wasresting wasrestingeasy resting restingeasy restingeasy
easy
PRESIDENT PRESI ENT CAffSTIC CAlSTICALLY CA LfSTICALL ALL Y YCR171CISED
00 I ICRITICSED
CRITICSED Ilv SENATE
TAYlOR CHOSEN CHOSENTO
TO SUCCEED SUCCEEDGAR SUCCEEDCRMACK
GAR CRMACK CRMACKfln MACK MACKUFidtll
UFidtll Fiddling i fln ng Bob o defeated Tenn Tennessee Tenqessee Tennessee
essee Senator by from Fif Fifteen Fifteen Hfteen
teen to Twenty went Thousand ThousandBy
By Associated Press PressNashville PressNashYi11a PressNashville
Nashville May 12 12The The American Americanwill
will say sa tomorrow that former Gqver Gqvernor Governor
nor Robert L 1 Taylor was nominated nominatedin
in the democratic primaries s for forUnited forUnited forUnited
United States senator over E W Car Carmack Car1 Car1mack i
mack by b a majority of from fifteen fifteento
to twenty twent thousand votes Carmarck Carmarckretires Oarmarccretires Carmarckretires
retires after one term in the senate senatefollowing senatefpllowing senatefollowing
following a term as member of the thelower thelower thelower
lower house houseTENNESSEEANS houseTENNESSEEANS houseTENNESSEEANS
I IIDIRECT
TENNESSEEANS VOTED VOTEDiDIRECT VOTEDDIRECT
iDIRECT FOR SENATOR SENATORNashville SENiArORNashville SENATORNashville
Nashville May 12 12For For the firsttime first firsttime firsttilpe
time in the history of Tennessee the thedemocratic thedemocratic thedemocratic
democratic voters today voted direct directly ¬
ly for a United States senator to succeed suc succeed succeed ¬
ceed Senator E W T Carmack He was wascrposed wasfposel wasorposed
crposed for reelection by b former Gov Governor GOvernor Governor ¬
ernor Robert L Taylor TaylorTaylors TaylorTaylors I ITnlors
Taylors campaign managers to tonight tonight tonight ¬
night claim Taylors nomination by byfifteen b bt1ft byfifteen
fifteen t1ft en thousand 1 plurality over Car Carmack CarI Carmack Carmack
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mack Of twentyfive twenty 1 ve counties heard heardfrom heardfrom heardfrom
from Shelby is the only one to give giveCarmack giveCarmack giveCarmack
Carmack a substantial majority majorityCONFEDERATE majorityCONfEDERA majorityGURA1
CONFEDERATE CONFEDERATEGENERAL TE TEI
I GENERAL I DEAD DEADBy
By Associated Press PressiRoanoke PressRoanoke
I Roanoke Va May 12 12Geil 12General General ral G GC GC GC
C Wharton C S SA A is dead at his hishome h15home hishome
home in Radford Va aged 82 years yearsHe yearHe ears earsHe
He was one of the best known men in inSouthwest inSouthwest
Southwest S < > uthweot Virginia and did much lot lotthe fOIthe forthe
the development of the coal fields Hit Hieserved H Hserved I Iserved
served through the Mexican war and andentered andenter andentered
entered enter d the Confederate service as ascolonel ascolonel ascolonel
colonel of Infantry He rose to therank the therank th thI
I rank of brigadier general having havingtaken han hanI
I taken part in all the principal battles battlesof
of Southwest Virginia and East Ten Tennessee TenneSSee Tennessee ¬
nessee until 1864 when he joined joinedEarly jolneaEarl jolnecEarly
Early Earl
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Debate e ate on Railroad Rate Bill E De Develops Develops Develops ¬
velops velopse Some Sensational SensationalFeatures Sens SensationalFeatures tional tionalFeatures
Features FeaturesPresident FeaturesPresident FeaturesPresident
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President Brands Statement Stat tale ment of ofTillman ofTiUman o oa
Tillman i man a Falsehood FalsehoodSENATOR Falselioodj
j 4SENATOR
SENATOR BAILEY MAKES MAi ES SENSA SENSATIONAL SENSATIIONAL SENSATflONAL
TIONAL ATTACK ON PRESIDENT PRESIDENTWHO
SENATORI SENATORICARTER
WHO IS DEFENDED DE BY SENATOR SENATORCARTER SENATORCARTEREXECUTIVE
CARTER CARTEREXECUTIVE EXECUTIVE ACCUSED ACCUSEDOF
OF BEING A MAN OFjCLAY OF CLtAY CL + AY AND ANDVERY ANDJ ANDVERY
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VERY COMMON COMMONCLAY CLAY Y AT ATTHAT ATTHA ATTHAT
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By Associated AssoclatedPress AssoclatedPressWashington Asso AssoWashington Press PressWashington
Washington May M3 12The 12 The he Senate Senateproceedings Senaterroceedings Senateproceedings
proceedings today were er evoted ex exclusively e ec1usiveh exelusively ¬
elusively to the railroad rate billwhich bill billwhich bmwhich
which included many man interesting and andsome amIoSome andsome
some sensational e1 sational features among the thelatter thelatter thelatter
latter being a statement by > Senator SenatorTillman Senator1 Senator1Ti1lman SenatorTillman i I i
Tillman covering the details of his and andSenator andSenator andSenator
Senator Baileys negotiations throughformer through throughformer thrcrughformer
former Senator Chandler tt with ith thePresidnt the thepresident
1 1Jiresid
president Jiresid nl and Senator Lodges reply replyfor replyf replyfor
for f r the president Scarcely less ex exciting exciting ¬
citing was the attack upon the presi president president president ¬
dent by b Bailey and his defense by bySenator bySenator bySenator
Senator Carter Senator Tillman f ain galathe aiathe
the president had referred slightly toSenators to toSenators toSenators
Senators Knox Foraker and Spooner Spoonerand Spo meri meriand
and Senator Lodge saidthe said the presidentcharacterized president presidentcharacterized IJresidentcharacterized
characterized the statement stat ment as a afalsehood afalsehood afalsehood
falsehood falsehoodSenator falsehoodSenator falsehoodSenator
Senator Baileys criticism cri Cism of the thepresident thepresident thepresident
president was made in response response r ponse to a aspeech aspeech aspeech
speech by b I Senator Carter Carter c rtettlaudingthe rtettlaudingthechief lauding ° the thechief thechief
chief executive ex utive in high hightelU1l9 terans and ndcon ndcontrasting con contrasting contrasting ¬
trasting his course with that thatof of < the theTexas theTexaseIJato theTexas
Texas TexaseIJato senator IDHlsi1Jf ud ndHUfer er r democratswho democrats democratswho deinQc ts tswho
who he said ha < TQ atOOtr a < o3tr but little tomeet to tomeet
meet the demands of the people for forrailroad forrailroad forrailroad
railroad legislation legl latlon Senator Bailey Baileyaccused Baileyaccused Bal1e Bal1eaccused
accused the president of variability variabilitynnd variabmtnnd
nnd said instead of being a man of ofiron ofiron ofiron
iron he was a man of clay and very verycommon ver vercomm verycommon
common comm n clay at that thatActual thatActual thatActual
Actual accomplIshniBnts accompli hD1 nts of the day dayconsisted da daconslsted dayconsisted
consisted of completions of considera consideration ¬
tion of the Allison amendments cover covering covering covering ¬
ing review by the courts of orders of ofthe ofthe ofthe
the interstate commerce commission commissionhere
here were ere adopted as presented by bythe b bthe bythe
the Iowa senator showing almost per perfect perct perfeet ¬
feet ct agreement among the republicansenators republican republicansenators republicansenators
senators LaFollette continued tovote to tovote tovote
vote with the democratsWhen democrats democratsWhen democratsWillen
When the senate adjourned at sixoclock six sixoclock sixoclock
oclock there were still prospects of ofmuch ofmuch ofmuch
much debate
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A COMMENDS ECOVMMENDSITHREE I ITHRIENEW I
THRIENEW THRIENEWBISHUPS THREE NEi NEiBISHO
BISHUPS BISHUPSMethodist BISHO p9 p9Methodist
Methodist Conference Considers Considersand
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an and Acts Upon p pbons on Recommenda Recommendations ecammen a ¬
tions of o Committees CommitteesJF Comm Committees CommitteesBy itte s
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By Associated d PressBirmingham Press PressBirmingham
Birmingham May Ma 12 12Ai At todays todayssession todayssession
session of the general conference ot otthe ottthe
the Methodst Episcopal E > iscQpal Church ChurchSouth ChurchSouth ChurchSouth
South the committee on episcopacy episcopacyrecommended episcopacyrecommended episcopacyyrecommended
recommended the theelectton election of threenew three threenew threenew
new bishops It recommended recomm nded the thecontinuation thecontinuation thecontinuation
continuation of Bishops Granberry and andFitzgerald andFitzgerald andFitzgerald
Fitzgerald on the superannuated sup ral11Uated list Hstand listand listand
and that o of Bishop Duncan be be granted grantedtwelve grantedI grantedtwelve
twelve months exemption from active activeduty activeduty
I duty on account of of4ll j ll health The Thesalaries Ibesalaries
salaries of active bishops was fixed at atfour atI atjfour
jfour I four thousand dollars doll rs superannuated superannuatedbishops superannuatedt
t bishops at tWo tho thousand sand and widows widowsof
of deceased bishops at one thousand thousanddollars thousanddollars thousanddollars
dollars each eachThe eachThe eachThe
The education committee recom recommended recommended recommended ¬
mended that steps be taken to perfect perfecttitle perfecttitle perfecttitle
title of the Vanddbilt University in inthe Inthe inthe
the Methodist Church South SouthThe SouthThe SouthThe
The temperance committee report reported ¬
I ed a resolution that parents make makeearnest maernest makeearnest
earnest rnest efforts to save their iboys from fromthe fromthe fromthe
the cigarette habit and that young youngpreachers youngpreachers oungpreachers
preachers be advised against the use useof useof useof
of tobacco tobaccoFREEDOM tobaccofREDOMOf tobaccoPRESS
FREEDOM OF THE THEPRESS TtiEI TtiEPRfSS
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PRESS IN INDIANA INDIANABy INDIANAByAssociateti
By ByAssociateti Associate Press fEressIndI PressIndlaimpolis PressIndianapolis
Indianapolis IndI nitpolis May 12 124Ted IFred L Pur Purdy Purdy Purdy
dy editor and publisher p blishet pf pfth the India Indianapolis IndlanapoUs indianapolis ¬
napolis Sun was sentenced Ito thirtydays thirty thirtydays thirtydays
days in jail and to pay a fine of 250 250by 250y 250by
by y Judge Alford of ofthe the Marion county countycriminal countyeriminal countycriminal
criminal court for editorial criticism criticsmof
of Judge Alfords course in the recent recentindictment recentindictment recentindictment
indictment of Chief of Police Metzger Meizgerfo
fo for an alleged al1e ed assault on prisoners prisonersPurdy prisonersPurdy prisonersPurdy
Purdy was taken from the court co rt room roomand roomand roomand
and locked up upI
Small Blaze BlazeThe BlazeThe BlazeThe
I The fire department was called out outyesterday outyester outyesterday
yesterday yester a morning about 9 oclock to toextinguish toxtinguish toextinguish
extinguish a small blaze in the resi residence residence res resdence ¬
dence of S J Gonzalez on North NorthSpring NorthSpring NorthSpring
Spring street stree The damage was wasslight wasslight wasslight
slight
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> L > FUNERALS DELAYED DELAYEDBY
BY STRIKING DRIVERS DRIVERSBy RIS RISBy
By Associated Press PressNew Pressa
7 New York May 12 12Fun 12Funorals Fun Funerals 0 0erals
erals in New York city cit today todaywere todawere todaywere
+ were subjected to serious de delay dolay
7 lay by the strike of funeral funeraldrivers funeralyo z zdrivers
yo drivers for two dollars a week weekincrease weekincrease weekincrease
increase in pay pa Caskets were werecarried werecarrIed werecarried
carried to the graves in plain fc fcwagons I It
t c wagons or on trucks and the themouners themouners themouners
mouners rode in street str et cars carsaHEJHHH carsS carsCHRIST
S cc ccCHRIST
aHEJHHH aHEJHHHMammoth
CHRIST CHURCH CHURCHNEW CHURCHNE
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i ment Will i Be e Used se for forFirst forFirst or orfirst
First first Time TimeThe ime imeThe
The new organ which has lately latelyLeen latelyreen latelybeen
been erected in Christ Church Churchthis Churchthi Churchthis
this thi city and which will be dedicated dedicatedand1
I and1 a 1i used for the first time at the thechurch thechurch thechurch
church services this morning is the thelargest thelargest thelargest
largest most modern and complete completeorgan completeorgan completeorgan
organ In the state and ranks among amongthe amongI amongthe
the finest in the south southThis southThis southThis
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This instrument which is a com complete comllete comlilete ¬
plete three manual organ is built in intwo intwo intwo
two divisions placed at different ends endsof endsof
of the church One division divl ion the thegreat thegreat thegreat
great organ with its appropriate heavy heavypedals heavyCdals heavypedals
pedals Cdals being on a specially provided providedgallery providedI
I gallery over the main entrance to the theitave theIltaVe thei
i itave of the church while the swell swelland swellandcholr swelland
and andcholr choir organs with their accom accompanying acconrpanging ¬
panying pedal organ are placed in the theorgan theorgan theorgan
organ chamber attached to the chan chancel chancel chaneel ¬
cel The console containing the key keyboards keyboards keyboards ¬
boards is placed on the opposite side sidein
I in In the chancel the connections from fromthe fromI
I the keys etc to the different parts of ofthe ofI ofthe
I the organ being by b electricpneumatic electricpneumaticaction
action which is silent and instantane instantaneous ¬
I cus The wind supply is from dupli duplicate duplicate duplicate ¬
cate double acting feeders operated operatedby
by two Spencer water moters placed placedir
ir the basement of the church churchThe churchThe churchThe
The organ was built by an organ organcompany organcompany
company of Hartford Conn on their theirpatented theirratented theirratented I
ratented universal windchest wind chest system systemThe sstemThe systemThe
The companys representative G E BFertlg EFertig EFertig
Fertig erected the organ in the thechurch thechurch thechurch
church and it has been voiced and andtuned andtuned andtuned
tuned by the companys expert In this thiswork thisworl thiswork
work Frank M King The instrument instrumentIs
Is guaranteed to represent the highest highestdevelopment hlgh highestdevelopment t tdevelopment
development in modern organ con construction construction construction ¬
struction
There are about two thousand1 pipes pipesin I
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in the two divisions distributed as asfollows asfollows asfollows
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follows the great organ has eight eightstops eightstops eightstops
stops sets of pipes the swell thirteen thir thirteen thirteen ¬
teen the choir six and an < l the pedal pedalorgan pedalorgan pedalorgan
organ five there are twenty couplers couplersand I
and numerous combination pistons pistonsand
and pedals and other accessories accessoriesThe
The erection of this large instru instrument Instrument instrument ¬
ment the principal portions of it became be became became ¬
came possible by gifts from friends friendsof
of the church The first of o these gifts giftswas giftswas giftswas
was the donation by E F Skinner of ofthe ofthe ofthe
the grand gallery dlvilon which as asmentioned asmentioned asmentioned
mentioned above consists of the great greatorgan greatorgan greatorgan
organ and the large pedal pedalplpe pipes form forming fonhlug formIng
ing the foundation of the Instrument InstrumentThis
This handsome gift was a nucleus on onwhich one onewhich I Iwhich
which to build1 bulb and soon afterwards afterwardsthe
the swell organ which Is unusually unusuallylarge unusuallylarge
large and powerful was donated by bythree bythree
three friends members of the church churchthe churchthe churchthe
the stop Vox Humana Is also a aspecial aspecial aspecial
special gift and the completion of the thescheme thescheme I Isheme
scheme has been carried out by private pri private priI priIvate ¬
vate subscription by which the choir choirorgan choirorgan choirorgan
organ and chancel l pedals have been beenadded beeni beeniadded I Iadded
added so that with the exception of ofD ofl oflt I
D t small echo organ which has been beenprepared beenprepared I Iprepared
prepared for the organ now stands as asioriginally asoriginally I Ioriginally
originally designed It is a credit to tothe tothe tothe
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the city citras as well w ll as to the church In Inwhich inwhich I Iwhich
which it stands aria an the public Is in informed Informed informed ¬
formed by the organist that he hopes hopesto
to t soon arrange arrange for a recital on it byexpert by byexpert b bexpert
expert organ recitalists that the pub public public public ¬
lic may have an opportunity to hear hearit hearitto itto it itto
to best advantage the beauties and andcapabilitiesof andcapab11ifles andcapabilities
capabilities of this fine instrumentI Instrument InstrumentSECOND instrumentSECOND
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By 9yAasocfated Associated Press PressChattanooga Pre PressChattanooga I I
Chattanooga May 12 12The The seconddays second seconddays geconddars
days session of the Southern Baptist Baptistconvention Baptisttonventlon Baptistconvention
convention openetf with devotional ex exercises exercises exercises ¬
ercises lasting an hour The remain remainder remainder remainder ¬ I
der of the morning session was ag devot devoted devotIed ¬ I
ed to Sunday schools aDd affairs of the theSouthern theSouthern
Southern Theological Seminary at atLouisville atLoui atLouisville I
Louisville Loui ville Among the speakers on onthe onthe onthe
the latter subject were President Presid nt E EY EY EY
Y Mullins and Joshua Leveringpresident Levering Leveringpresident Leveringpresidentot
president presidentot of the board of trustees Theafternoon The Theaiternoon TheaIternoon
aiternoon session was devoted to tohome toborne tohome
home missions and miscellaneousbuslnesS miscellaneous miscellaneousbusiness miscellaneousbu
business bu lnes c
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Pensacola Circulation Manager Managerof W 11 11of
of o a Montgomery Newspaper NewspaperMissing 4 4Missing H t tMissing
Missing Since Wednesday WednesdaySHORTAGE WednesdaySHORTAGE a nos a aSHORIAGEHINTED i
SHORTAGE SHORIAGEHINTED HINTED HINTEDBenton p c Ji JiBenton
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Benton Said He a Was as Going Fish Fishing Fishing Fishin ¬ ry
ing in Last Wednesday WednesdayNOTHING
NOTHING HAS BEEN SEEN OR ORHEASRiD ORHEARiD ORHEAD
HEAD OF HIM SINCE AND EM EMPLOYERS E EPLOYERS ¬ t tPLOVERS
PLOYERS AND BONDSMEN ANX ANXIKHJS ANXliOU5JUITT1LE ANXi1t
IKHJS liOU5JUITT1LE i1t US + UITTLE FEAR EXPRESS EXPRESSBD
1 1ED
BD CONCERNING HIS PERSONAL PERSONALSAFETY yj yjSAFETY J JSAFETY
SAFETY SAFETYThe l lThe V t tThe
The whereabouts of one < m J P Pton Ben Benton Benton
ton a young man about 35 years of ofage ofage ot otage
age erstwhile manager of circulation circulationfor
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for the Montgomery Advertiser in inthis inthis inthis
this city oit is giving hjs employers and andethers andethers t tethers
ethers a great deal of concern concernIt 1 1It
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It is understood from a reliable reliablesource reliablesource a asource
source that Benton is 1 < shy in his ac accounts accounts ¬ r
counts with his paper to the extent of oCnearly ofnearly ofnearly
nearly 100 It I t is also understood that thathe t i l lhe j jhe
he reported that he had paid 1 > aId the theboard theboard theboard
board and room om rent of two of his so solicitors solicitors ¬ l llIcitors
licitors for the past week that ia tho thoweek tboweek
week ending Saturday May 5 but bothof both bothof J J Jof
lt ltweek
of the solicitors deny this Imputation ImputationIt 1 1It
It is also stated that the carrier boys boyjboys OOjllbos boysboys
boys are shy their salary for the theweek 1 1week
y yweek
week ending May 5 or at least wereuntil were wereuntil
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until made good by representatives representativesof
i iof
of the Montgomery paper paperMissing paperMissing JMperMissing
Missing Since 5 5The
Wednesday WednesdayThe tf t
The last seen or heard of Bentonwas Benton Bentonwas Bentonwas
was last Wednesday morning about i
6 oclock when he Informed the boardinb board boarding bouting
ing g m mistress 5tressof of o f on one e of his h is solicitors solicitorsto so citot + s sto
rto to notify the solicitor lo cteMvw thepapers the thepapers e 1 1lapers
papers to the carrier that morning DIOrDt DIOrDthe ae aehe aghe
he did not think that he would be b a athe ICe a8theofce Jj Jjthe
the theofce office at the proper time timeto to do dohimself eo o ohimself
himself himselfBenton hlm2elfBenton himselfBenton J
Benton it is understood told some someof IroIReof someof
of his friends Tuesday night that bIn h hvas 11ftvas
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vas going fishing From what can canbe cIlbe canbe
be learned Benton borrowed or rented renteda
a skiff from a Mr Ir Bloomer Wedneu Wedneuaay Wednes Wednesday V9dnena
day na morning to go fishing and sincethen since sinesthen sincethen
then nothing ilL ha been hoard of aim himnor aimnor htmnor
nor has his body been found In the thebay thebar p pbay
bay bayIn barIn
In view of rfevelopments concernf concernfthe concerning concerningthe n
the accounts of 0 young Benton nton little littlefear Httlefear ttt18fear
fear is expressed concerning his safety safetyby
by his former associates They The seem seemto seemto i ito
to be of the opinion that the circulation circula circulation circulation ¬
tion manager has to use a slang ex expression expr expression ¬
pression pr ssion blowed the town and left leftfor lefbfor
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for parts unknown unknownWife unknownWife unknownWife
Wife Left Monday MondayIt
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It is stated that Benton B nton sent his hiswife hisWife
wife out of the city Monday night and andIhier andi
Ihier r destination is I presumably Mil Milwaukee 1111wa11kee ¬ t twaukee
waukee from what has beon said saidEenton MidEenton saidBenton
Eenton and his wife resided on East EastGovernment Ea t f fGovernment tGovernment >
Government street ana it Is alleged allegedthat al1egedtI a athat
that he sold all of his household goodsbefore goods goodsbefore goodsbeCore
before his wife left or immediately immediatelyafter
after her departure dep rture That is the thegoods theboods thegoods
goods were removed from the hoase hoaseand 4011B8and loose V Vand
and it is presumed by those th e familiar familiarwith famUlarwith
with conditions that the goods goodsdisposed were were weredisposed I twith t tCiLsposed
disposed of by the young man I
Others Stuck StuckThe StuckThe t tThe
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The Montgomery Advertiser ia not notthe notth note notethe
the th only onl paper to suffer financially btf btfthe b1the byFthe >
the sudden absence of Benton In con connection CoRnection cone
nection with managing the th thof e circulation circulationof
of the Advertiser AderU er it is stated that thatBenton thatBenton thatBenton
Benton represented repre ente o an Atlanta paper paperand psperand paperand
and his bondsmen had to make goodsome good goodsome j jsome
some shortage shortageAppeared shortageAppeared r rAppeared
Appeared as Model ModelBenton ModelBenton I It
t Benton previous to his present presenttrouble presenttrouble presenttrouble
r rman
trouble was 8s considered a model young youngman YO youngman og
man by his friends and the commun community CORnDunIty community ¬
ity in general In appearances an andisposition <
disposition he wsw wa rather femlnlnft feminlndand femlnlnftand femJnhtand
and as far as Ii known neither drank dranVnor dran1ror
ror gambled gmnl > ed He appeared to be al althat alt r rthat
that leads to a successful imcce ul business businesscareer b buelnesecareer tnes tnescreer
career careerBenton careerBenton creerBent
Benton Bent n was wa seen Tuesday night nightabout nl nightabout hl hlabout
about 11 oclock by Mr 1 Neal one on of ofthe ofthe ofthe
the Adrverti Advertiser er solicitors I thought thoughtit i iit
to Benton out late lateat ateat
it strange see Benton so i iat
at night said Mr Ir Neal I knew that thathe thathe J Jhe
he usually was at home early each eachevening f fevening fevening
evening I chided him about his late latehours latehours te tehours
hours We walked on Government Governmentstreet
street a few hundred feet wh when > n suddeniy sud suddenly S1IdenJy ¬
denly he stopped and stated that he hemust beI hemust
must return and tell the boys some something Roething 0IIIething ¬
thing about where to find nd the boat I Ithought Ithought i iI
thought nothing more about the mat matter matI ¬
ter until his nonappearance and the tnerecent tberecent therecent
recent developments concerning hiss 111 111Checking hissChecking nittChecking
Checking Up AccountsManager Accounts AccountsManager i iIanager r
Manager Nobles of the circulationdepartment circulation circulationdepartment circulationoepartment
department of the Montgomery Adver Advertiser AdrI Advertier ¬
User arrives arrlY yesterday ye terclay and is busily busilyengaged busilyI basilrchecking
engaged in faof checking rip up the accounts accountsof
of Benton BentonBenton BentonBenton
Benton may have been drowa drowned drowDedbut d dbut
bu but t little belief is expressed concern concernng concerning i ing
ingt out to tc tcyoung 1Myoung theyoung
ng ingsuch such a fate being betH meted >
young man It i is belteved ft by byfonner h Ms Msformer s sformer
former business associates that he to tosafe 1 1safe Issafe
safe and well tWgB they state staWtit > U Uit t tIt
it is possible po Ible that he Is ftHfas a awatery awatery i iwaterY
watery grave raYe
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