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Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1902-12-22
SHOT AND BURIED.
NEAR HIS OWN
HOME

CATAWBA. Fla, Dec. 1S.-Murdered
and buried near his home in the woods,
was the fate of Frederick A. P. Goertner.
a we'll to do young German, who came
here from Rhode Island a year ago. He
was found missing for weeks, and search
began, yesterday when in the woods near
his house, searching party saw human
hands sticking up out of the ground. and
Goertper's body was unearthed. He had
been shot twice in the back. No clue to
the murderer has been found.
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UNCLE SAM WILL
HAVE WIRELESS TELEGRAPH

TAMPA, Fla, Dec. 19.-The brig Daisy
is mere loading with spars and other mate
rial for a wireless telegraph station. at
Key West, which the United States gov
eminent is going to establish there. In
time of war especially. such station would
be invaluable.
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Arc LIahts wIn IIIumlnate eaInesviIIe

GAINESVILLE, Ga, Dec. 1S.-About
$500 electric lights will be burning for the
first time tomorrow night in Gainesville.
The machinery is in operation at the
North Georgia Electric company's plant
at the New Bridge dynamo on the Ches-
tatee river. The wiring has practically
been completed and only some slight con-
nections are to be made.
Cars win ba running on the street car,
line before Christmas.
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ed today that r. G. Whayns. q Louisville
business man, who was found dead last
night, with gunshot wound o. his breast,
carried $3.50, 900 life insurance
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AUTHORITIES WILL PROSECUTE
RLACKMAILERS IN GEORGIA

"If members of the county republican
committees have been levying blackmail
on country postmasters in exchange for
their endorsement for positions they will
be prosecuted"
So declared United States Marshal John
son Thursday afternoon when seen in ref
erence to The Journal Washington dis
patch that such a condition has come to
light and that a secret service man has
been sent to the state at the instance OF
the postoffice department to make an in
vestigation.
As stated in the Dispatch it has been
the practice in the past for all applica-
lions for fourth class postmasters in
Georgia to be sent to Marshal Johnson at
Atlanta, who was formerly chairman of
the Republican central committee and the
recognized head of the party in Georgia.
He would in turn refer the application to
the county committeeman, who are, in
most instances, negroes. Certain of these
committeeman would thereupon levy a
blackmail upon the applicant, it is said,
before they would give him their endorse
ment, which was necessarykt ito secure the
appointment
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JOBS
BOUGHT FOR
MONEY?
THE P0STOFFICE SECRET Of
FICER SAYS He HAS EvF
DENCE THAT P0STMASTERS
PAID FOR POSITIONS.

WASHINGTON, d. c., Dec. 1S-The
postoffice department has had a secret SER
vice man in Georgia for the past few
weeks obtaining evidence of a blackmail
levy, which, 1t is said, has been systemat-
icaIly made for years on country post
masters by members of the county Repub-
lican committees, and it is understood here
that the detective has received sufficient
evidence to send a half dozen or more
men to the penitentiary for the crime.
Representative Fleming, in whose dis
trict the detective secured the evidence.
called at the postoffice department today
to inquire what steps had been taken to-
ward the prosecution of the alleged GRIM
inals, and he was informed that the Sc
cret service mans report has not been
fled AS soon as it is filed, and it is ex-
pected daily, the postmaster general will
order criminal proceedings to begin in
Georgia.
1t seems that it has been the practice
in the past for all applications for fourth
class postmasters in Georgia to be sent to
Walter Johnson, at Atlanta. He would
in turn refer the application to the county
committeeman. who are, in most in
stances. negroes.
Certain of these committeeman would
thereupon levy a blackmail upon
the applicant and hold him up for money,
it is said. before they would give him
their endorsement, which was necessary
to secure the appointment.
In many cases, it is alleged, the commit
teemen would CONTINUED the scheme after
the appointment was made and thus en-.
joy perpetual graft. When a postmaster
made a kick, it is said they promptly pre-
ferred charges against him and had him
fred. so that more tractible victim
might be provided.
In the Tenth district, where the practice
is said to prevail to the greatest extent.
the secret service man, it is understood,
got clear and convicting evidence by con-
cealing himself and listening to proposals
from committeeman themselves as they
extorted the money. This trap he worked
successfully several times, he says.
1t is, of course, clear that Marshall
Johnson knew nothing of these practices
and he will no doubt lead in the proceed
ings which will land the grafters in the
penitentiary.
One of the victims on whom the ext0r-
ton had been tried appealed to Repre-
sentative Fleming, who laid the case be-
fore the postmaster general and saved the
postmaster. The postmaster general is ac-
lively interested in the movement to
break up the blackmailers- I
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The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1902-12-31
CHIEF MULLEN IS
CHOSEN PRESIDENT
Firemen's Relief Association
Holds Its First Meeting
PROVIDING FOR SICKNESS
Every Member of the Department ls
Member of the Association and
Substitutes Are Eligible.
Honorary Members.
PROVIDING FOR SICKNESS

The first meeting Of the Firemens Re-
lief association was held yesterday at
headquarters and the following officers
and board of directors were elected for
the ensuing year,
President-Chief ]. Thad Mullen.
e-President-c. NJ. Lane.
Secretary-J. f. Keith
Treasurer. II. Rowe.
Board of Directors-J. T. Mullen, ex Of
fcio; c. M. Lane II. E. Mullen and j..
e. Keith from headquarters; ]. H. Rowe
from engine house No. 2; ]. M. Fielder,
No. 8; ]. c. DAILY No. 4; o. S. Teeter,
No. 5.
The bylaws of the association provide
for a weekly benefit of SO in case one
of the members is injured in the dis
charge of his duty, or is taken sick In
case of death the family of a member will
receive 800, which will be increased later
to $500, as soon as the association be-
comes strong enough.
Every member of the department is a
member of the association, and all the
extra men who are on duty now will be
admitted as charter members. The by
laws also provide for the election of hon.
orary members. who shall pay fee of IS
per annum and shall have the free use
of the gymnasium. Hbrary and baths Of
the association. They will also be given
free tickets to all the balls and other err
tertainments.
A number of the city officials will be
elected as honorary members, and al
ready there have been over twenty appli-
cations received for honorary member
ship. These will be elected at the next
regular meeting of the association.
In the future all the money donated to
the fire department for bravery and hard
work at fires will be turned into the re-
lief fund. The 500 given by the Moore &
Handley Hardware company has been
placed in the relief fund and on this 1t
was started
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1902-12-31
RECORD OF COURTS.

In both divisions of the City court the
settlement of pleadings is still the char
acter of the proceedings for the week.
In the Circuit court yesterday several
Judgments were rendered and a number
of cases disposed of, as follows:
James Hillhouse, Sr., against the Mutual
Fidelity company judgment for the plain
tiff for SIC.
w. r. Farley against the Mutual FL
deity company; judgment for the plain
tiff for S1OS.5O.
c. F. Bedsoe against the Alabama Steel
and Wire company; case dismissed.
R. Pate against G. A. Ash; judgment
for the defendant.
Kaufman e. Co. against c. A. Bowers
c Co.; case dismissed.
Two suits were filed yesterday, as fol-
lows:
Alfred P. Jenkins against the A. G. s.
Railroad company; suit for $4,000 for al
legged personal injuries claimed to have
been received while working for the COM
pany near Alfalfa.
Henry Fisher against John Griffiths &
Sons, ct. al; suit for $5OOO the pltasatiff
alleging he was cult and bruised on a
scaffold while working on the Woodward
building.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1902-12-31
]. MORGAN SMITH
BREATHES HIS LAST
OLD AND HoNoRED CITIZEN
PASSES AWAY--HE WAS ONE OF
THE BEST.KNoWN MEN IN BIR-
MINGHAM.

Mr.. ]. Morgan Smith, one of the best
known and most highly esteemed of the
older citizens of Birmingham, died at
his residence on South Highlands yes
terday afternoon at 2 o'clock, after a
lingering illness covering a period of
several years
Mr.. Smith was born In Columbus, Ca
August 9, 1912. He was the son of Hamp-
ton Sydney Smith, man who was prom
inently identified with the banking and
cotton interests of the south prior to
the war between the states While at
tending college at the University Of
Georgia, the civil war broke out, and
Mr.. Smith promptly resigned school and
Joined the Confederate army being a
member of the famous Mobile cadets Of
the Third Alabama regiment. His record
as a soldier was that Of the bravest.
At the close of the war, Mr.. Smith
married Miss Kate Duncan of Talladega.
She and three children, Ross c. Smith.
Hampton s. Smith and Miss Louciile
Smith, survive him.
MI. 0fnltn inONeQ u birmingham dDoul
fifteen years ago, and until the begin
ming of his declining health had been
very successful in his business affairs
He was a man of splendid capacity-able,
energetic and honest. In his death the
state loses an honered citizen, his fami-
" a devoted husbandsano a loving father,
and his friends q genuine comrade. In
deed, his life was an expression of I'M
usual devotion to his family and friends.
The funeral services will be held from
the First Methodist church tomorrow
morning at 10 o'clock. The Rev. DIR. J. P.
McFerrin will conduct the services and
the interment will be at Oak Hill cemc-
terry. The pall-bearers will be Gen. Fred
s. Ferguson, Capt. Frank p. O'Brien,
Maj. w. A. Moody, Maj. w. J. Cameron,
Capt. Tom o. Smith, j.. NJ. Crowder, w.
]. Rushton and Charles o. Locke.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1902-12-31
M'NAMEE QUITS
The TENNESSEE co.
HE ROLLED THE FIRST lNGoT AT
ENSLEY STEEL MILL AND WAS
POPULAR WITH THE COMPANY
AT THAT PLACE.

T. H McNamee, superintendent of the
blooming mill at the Tennessee Coal, Iron
and Railroad companys steel plant at
Ensley, has left the service of the Ten
nessee company. When asked yesterday
If he had any statement to make touching
his action, Mr.. McNamee said: 81 did not
resign, but simply quit. Further than
that have nothing to say for publica-
ton"
Mr.. McNamee rolled the first ingot at
the steel plant and was regarded as a
fixture there. He is one of the best known
and most popular men in the Birming-
ham district, and it is known that the
officials of the Tennessee Coal, Iron and
Railroad company esteemed him highly.
1t is understood from Mr.. McNamee's
friends that he and General Superintend-
ent Sam Mcdonald had disagreement
about technical matters on Monday night,
whereupon the former quit.
Mr.. McNamee has position in vieA
but declined to say where it was. He left
for Admission yesterday afternoon, to
spend a day or two with an old friend.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1902-12-31
Presumably Here in Connection
With Convict Mines
MATTER OF SUPERINTENDENT
Governor jerks Discusses Message-He
Has Not Vet Begun Its Prepara-
ton, But 1t VIII Not
Take Long.

Governor William D. Jellks came to Biz
mingham last night from Montgomery.
He is stopping at the Hillman.
Presumably the governor came to BIZ
mingham for the purpose of comforting
with the members of the state convict
board relative to the change in the man
agement of the state convicts, but he did
not state this. as the particular object of
his visit. He saw President Carmichael
and DR.. Bragg last night, however, and
the three held quite a lengthy confer
ence 1t is known that the governor is
taking an especial interest in the new un-
dertaking to have the state manage the
convicts in the mines, and he has before
visited the city to look into the matter.
The governor said that the board had
not yet reached an agreement as to who
would be placed in charge of the con-
victs as general superintendent. THE
board is being troubled with the matter
of salary for the superintendent" he
said. 1.-The members of the board them
selves draw only about 5000 per annum,
and for this amount 1t is doubtful If a
perfectly qualified man could be secured
for superintendent but it would seem a
little odd for the members to pay a SUI
perintendent a salary in excess of their
own"
Governor Jelks said that he had not yet
begun the preparation of his regular mes
sage which is to be submitted to the leg
islature at the coming session in January.
II will take an evening off within the
next few days and write it," he said.
you know 1t is not much trouble to
write when you know well what you want
to say" Judging from this last remark,
the governor has given the matter of his
message some thought. He said he would
not write an unusually long message,
though there are a good many matters
concerning which he will probably advise
legislation. IF l should undertake to
say something about all of the legislation
that ought to receive the attention of
the approaching session my message
would be about as long as the constitu-
ton itself" was the language employed
by the governor in speaking of the mat
ter.
Governor Jell1s will return to Montgom.
cry this afternoon.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1902-12-31
CHANGING BILLS
FROM 81 TO $40
NEGRO ARRESTED IN BEssEMER
ON CHARGE OF PASSING RAISED
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES WAS
SKlLLFULLY DONE.

Bob Johnson, a negro, is now In the
county jail on a charge of raising seY-
eral 81 silver certificates to So He was
tried before Commissioner William K.
Cornish and bound over to the grand jury
in the sum of $500. and not being able
to make bond was committed to Jail.
Johnson was arrested at Bessemer Mon
day and brought to Birmingham by E.
B. Shaw, special agent Of the secret SER
vice, and A L. Wilson, deputy marshal.
Testimony given at the preliminary trial
was to the effect that Johnson had passed
$40 bills on several merchants in Besse-
mer. 1t was afterwards discovered the
bills had been raised from 81 denomlna-
tions. johnson claims he received the
bills from another negro in exchange FOR
silver change.
The work of raising the bills was skill
fully executed, the change in the figures
evidently having been made by carefully
pasting over the original figures on The
bills the figures cut from some old Con-
federate paper money.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1902-12-31
JUDGE DECIDES IN
FAVOR OF TMOHER
MRS. MARY LEABY GETS POSSES
SION OF HER GiRL-FATHER
HAD SECURED A WRIT OF HA-
REAs CORPUS.

At the conclusion Of a hearing before
Judge Dan A. Greene yesterday. as to
whether the father or the mother of lit
tie Mary Leahy should have possession of
Der, the Judge rendered decision giving
possession to the mother
The contest was between John Leahy
and Mary Leahy. a couple who have
separated. The mother was in possess
sion of the little girl. 5 years of age, and
the father secured a writ of habeas cor
pus in an effort to take the child.
The girl was in North Birmingham
with her mother when the writ was serv-
ed by Deputy Sheriff w. l. Love. An ar
rangement had been made for the child to
stay with her grandmother until the con-
clusion of the hearing yesterday after
noon.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1902-12-31
TIE DOCTORS EXTEND THEIR TINE
Owing to the Large Number Who
Have Been Unable to See the British
Doctors, These Eminent Gentlemen
Have Extended the Time for Giving
Their Services Free for Three
Months to All Who Call Upon Them
Before February z.

Owing to the large number of invalids
who have called upon the British Doc
tors at their office, corner Twenty-second
street and Third avenue, and who have
been unable to see them, these eminent
gentlemen have, by rquest. consented to
continue giving their services entirely
free for three months medicines except
ed to all invalids who call upon them
for treatment between now and Febru-
airy 7.
These services consist not only of con-
sultation, examination and advice, but
also of all minor surgical operations.
The object in pursuing this course is to
become rapidly and personally acquaint-
ed with the sick and afflicted and under
no conditions will any charge whatever
be made for any services rendered for
three months to all who call before Feb
ruary Z.
The doctors treat all forms OF disease
and defornities. and guarantee to cure
In every case they undertake.
Male and female weakness, catarrh and
catarral deafness, also varicocle. rup-
ture. goitre. cancer, and all diseases of
the rectum are positively cured by their
new treatment.
Hours: 8 to s; Sundays, 10 to 1.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1902-12-31
MINING BY THE
STATE C0NV|CTS
Officers of Board Here to In
vestigate New System
The TRANSFER TOMORROW
President J. M. Carmichael Is Rot Yet
Ready to Announce Appointments
In Connection With the
Convict Mines.
THE TRANSFER TOMORROW

Tomorrow the state of Alabama will
begin to work the conviets in the mines
on its own account. This is in keeping
with a recent decision of Governor jerks
and the convict board, a contract hav-
ing been made with the Tennessee Coal
and Iron company and the Sloss-Sheffield
Steel and Iron company to this effect.
The members of the convict bureau are
now in Birmingham preparing for the
transfer to the new system. Yesterday
President J. NJ Carmichael and Physician
Shirley Bragg came to the city from
Montgomery. They were accompanied by
Robert TAFT of the department They
went to the stockades during the after
noon and began the work preparatory to
transfer The old contract of the two
companies expires at u o'clock tonight.
Very few of the convlcts will be moved
from the present stockades however. I'm
der the provisions of the new contract
the Tennessee company is to have not
less than 400 convicts and the Sloss-Shef-
field company not less than 200. Both
will receive numbers in excess of the
minimum.
President Carmichael said yesterday
that he considered the transfer of the
convicts a matter of great Importance to
the department and to the state. and
that he had therefore come here to per-
sonally superintend the work.
1--WE have come to press the button and
see that everything starts off properly"
he said.
what have you done in the way of
making appointments of a general SUPER
intendent, watchmen. etc.?' President
Carmichael was asked.
You newspaper men seem to know
more about that than I do he replied.
II observed that one of the Birmingham
papers made these appointments about
ten days ago. Well, he knows more
about it than l do. No appointments
have been made and none determined
upon. 1 am not in position to say when
the appointments will be made, but 1t
may be that the announcements will be
made before we leave the city,
The party will remain in Birmingham
until Friday. They are stopping at the
Metropolitan hotel.