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The Elbert County tribune., 1905-06-29
MURDER AND SUICIDE
FEARFUL GRAND LAKE TRAGEDY
Insane Mother Kills Four Of Her Chill
dren and Then Shoots
Herself

Denver, June PA dispatch from
Hot Sulphur Springs, Colorado, last
night says: Mrs. Watt C. Gregg. who.
, while In q fit of temporary insanity. shot
and killed four of her five children ana
then shot herself through the abdomen.
at Grand Lake on Thursday, died at
2:30 o'clock thi- afternoon Mrs. Gregg
was woman about forty-two years of
age. Seven years ago she lost three
children by scarlet fever and was for
a long time Frustrated with grief. and
it is thought that constant worry over
the loss of the children affected her
mind. The family had pleasant home
and was financially comfortable. The
funeral OF the mother and children will
be held at Grand Lake tomorrow at 10
o'clock. The four children will be bur-
led in two collins.
The oldest boy, Lloyd, about fifteen
years old, was away from home, and SO
escaped.
The children killed were a babe six
months old, who was sitting in a high
chair and whose head the mother shot
off. Its body was found in the chair.
Josie. nine years old. was shot twice
through the breast; Ralph, five years
old, was shot through the heart, and
Harold. three years old, through the
stomach. All the children died almost
@tnstantly. The mother then shot her
self in the left side, the ball passing
through her body and out of her back
Watt Gregg, the husband, was at
neighbor's house near by, and on hear
ing the shots started for his home ac-
companied by man. They first dis
covered the body of Mrs. Gregg lying
in the doorway in a great pool of blood.
She begged them to kill her. Passing
on into the house the grief-crazed hus-
band found the lifeless forms of his
four children where the cruel bullets
had stricken them down.
Neighbors Immediately telephoned
to this place and the coroner, sheriff,
district attorney and a physician
started for the scene of the awful
crime.
The inquest was held to-day and the
verdict was that the children were
killed by the mother while deranged.
A second inquest held on the body of
the mother. resulted in verdict of sui
eide.
The father is so distressed over the
calamity that friends fear he will make
an effort at self-destruction and are
keeping him under surveillance.
The Elbert County tribune., 1905-06-29
Rebate Prosecutions.

Washington. June 27.-The attorney
general has placed the matter of carry
ing out the Presidents directions to
prosecute certain railroad corpora
tions. including the Atchison, Topeka
& Santa Fe Railroad Company. for
giving rebates. under the direction OF
Assistant Attorney General Purdy.
The latter viii devote all of his time
for the present to this work and has
gone to Kansas City for that purpose.
The Elbert County tribune., 1905-06-29
Harvest Hands Wanted.

Topeka, Kas.. June PAT. B. Gerow,
state employment agent, issued a call
yesterday for 1000 more harvest
hands. The need is pressing, as the
wheat is ripe and cannot be harvested
on account of lack of help. The en-
ployment agency reports that less men
than usual have come from other
states to help in the Kansas harvegt
this year.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-11-11

Birmingham, Ala, Nov. 1o.-Hon. Henry B. Gray. one of Alabama's most popular citizens. and well known in public life. has announced for the Democratic. nomination for Lieutenant Governor of Alabama
 In full the formal announcement of MT. Gray Is as follows:
 To the Democratic Voters of Alabama
 I hereby announce as a candidate for Lieutenant Governor, subject to the ac- ton of the Democratic party, and wish to make plain my position on questions which conceive to he of the greatest interest to the people of Alabama: proper settlement of which will bring about greater prosperity and satisfac- ton to all.
 I believe that the absolute regulation and control of freight rates by the gov ernment the one question on which de- bends the future welfare of the com mercial, agricultural, manufacturing. and mining interests. It is the essen- fial element in our advancement. and whatever the State of Alabama is to accomplish depends upon its correct solution. Railway corporations doing business in the State of Alabama have been authorized by law. and exist by virtue of such authorization. The off- spring should not be greater than the creator. The law that made these corr porations should be extended and en- iarged till it exercises complete su-. pervision of them: There Is now no adequate law to control them. What ever there is they defy--dictating rates and charging what they will, so long as the freight will move and can bear
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-11-11

the burden. The power should be giv- en to the Railroad Commission where a railroad company appeals from Its de- cision to the courts, requiring a cash deposit of at least $40,000 with the State Treasurer, in order that if it's decree be sustained a small shipper can by proving his claim collect from the State Treasurer without additional litigation.
 Unless prompt relief can be afforded. the railroad can exhaust the funds and patience of all small claimants, and practically defeat collections. Under present conditions, because of the laws delay there is denial of substantial Justice. Where such law has been tried, appeals by railroads have been few and far between.
 fn addition to having a law author ising the Railroad Commission to reg ulate freight rates, the people should elect Commission which would sec that Alabama has as low a rate with in her borders as any other Southern State. While 1t is true that regulation of rates has become a national as well as State issue. the people of Alabama should not wait for relief by Congress, as the Legislature has power necessary to pass laws which will give the peo- pie the needed relief. Let the people see that law is placed upon the stat ute books to control the situation, and men elected to office who can and will enforce the laws; and the people of Ala bama will again be in control of their State government and will no longer bend to corporate domination.
 Only second in importance to railway legislation Is the question of the pub He schools. The appropriation for
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-11-11
HENRY B. GRAY'S ANNOUNCEMENT
 FOR LIEUTENANT GOVERNORSHIP

schools should be increased till every district in the State shall have full nine months term free of cost and good and substantial school houses in which the schools shall be held. The time has come for the State and cities to furnish free such books as are required by all in the public schools. and a law authorizing this should be passed The strength of citizenship in every State lies in the intelligence and edu- cation of Its people. and Alabama should take such strides in the years to come that she will assume and hold the place in the sisterhood of States she is entitled to--that Is. stand at the head.
 The pensions for Confederate soldiers should be increased till every veteran of the great war shall be given enough to make his declining days comfortable and his lot happier. We of the younger generation owe these men debt of gratitude that money can never pay. Those who are needy we must take care of and protect at all hazards. My earliest recollections are filled with the stories of the bravery and suffering of the veterans who wore the gray stories learned at the knees of my mother, who had known and felt all the suffering that the devoted women of the South have passed through and from my father. who shouldered mus ket at the first call of war, enlisting as a private and serving throughout the great struggle, and was the only one of four brothers to return alive when the war was over. I would, therefore, be recreant to my dearest memories
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-11-11

of the South in recent years has att tracted attention all through the coun- try. There is a realizing sense of the magnitude and the significance of this growth. The too common view of the South as sluggish inert. unprogres- sive section of the Union, its active re- sources almost wholly limited to few staple agricultural products, Is giving way to truer estimate of Southern conditions and prospects as now we have a national consciousness of the destiny of the South as one of the most active and progressive sections of the country.
 An intelligent visitor who observes without prejudice must soon perceive that the Suth Is not only fortunate in possessing what altogether are the richest and most diversified natural resources of any section of the United states. but that the potential wealth thereby implied will at no distant day very extensively become actual in the accumulation of the profits derived from the increasing utilization of these resources
 "The South is still suffering to no llttle extent from tho impoverishment inflicted by a devastating Civil War It is therefore customary to speak of existing Southern conditions as those or comparative poverty as contrasted With Northern affluence.
 Yet one has but to look about him m the South to perceive that these con dltlons are but temporary in the brlefest sense of the word. Educa- tional conditions are steadily improving Tn some sections the facilities provided are of the highest class. And the new prosperity is making possible the realization of important public improve ments that in scores of towns are giv- ing new and inviting aspects to the communities
 Just as the United States has chang cd in recent times from the status of a borrowing to that of lending nation by reason of the rapid accumulation of wealth from the development of it's own resources: just as the West has heaped up wealth at home, so the south must soon not only possess ample capital for it's own development but as the richest section of the Union. will possess In reserve large funds for in vestment elsewhere. No one can look at our American Mediterranean and Its shores-the Gulf of Mexico and tho Caribbean Sea-and consider the poten' tialities of the canal at Panama with out a profound sense of the imperia future of the South.
 Tn the early industrial days of thu South, as we'll as the North, had iti important manvtacturIng beginnings
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-11-11

and traditions if l did not believe that Confederate veterans should be hon. order and sustained in comfort, and that the first appropriations that should be made should be to care for them.
 The State should have better roads. Better roads would benefit country and city alike, and enhance the value of all farm and town property, and pay the State handsomely now and in the future.
 The policy to have the State control it's convicts is wise and humane one, and should be followed until every convict is at least fed clothed and guarded by the State and not by prI- vate parties.
 Immigration carefully safeguarded should be encouraged till every county in our State is thickly settled. Care should be exercised to see that anarch- istic and degenerate scum of foreign nations is not indiscriminately dumped upon us. es ..
 A municipal code Is great need in Alabama. My experience with muni- cipal affairs for the past ten years makes me know what such a code should be. and will be valuable in its preparation. If elected I shall give my best efforts to having such law enacted-one that will be fair and just alike to the smallest and largest muni- cipalities in Alabama.
 The office of Lieutenant Governor is next to the highest in the gift of the people. Any man should be proud to hold it. If elected, I pledge the people of Alabama to perform the du- ties of the office in such a way as to win their approval and confirm their con noence Tn me. Henry B. Gray.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-11-11

and its great engineering undertaking Railway construction was entered upon as largely, as comprehensiveiy. as In the North. Az a factor fin Southern devel- opnent the railway era was retarded by the war and the conditions thai grew out of 1t. while in the North It forged ahead, In the past fifteen years. however. the railways or the South have had an extraordinary im- petus.
 The example set by the North In tne consolidation of small and detacneo into homogeneous systems has been extensively followed This has made possible. the phenomenal industrial do- velopment of recent years; tke raiiways have prospered accordingly ana tne South as whole has progresseo cor respondingly"
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-11-11
-----------------
 THE REGULATION
Of Railroad Rs.e. |. strongly Opposed

of Railroad Rates is Strongly Opposea. Decatur. Ala, Special.
 Al the close of it's annual meeung here the Alabama Commerclai ana ID d,tstrial Association uhanimousiy |. adopted n resolution putting itself on racor1 as opposed to legislation grant ing the Interstate Commerce Commis- sion power to fix railway rates. The resolution follows:
 .Whereas. representing as we do col lectivefy the commercial organizatlons of the State of Alabama. the hrst on the roll call of the Nation. the first Tn unoe- yeloped mineral wealth, and the nrst Tn the high and noble impulses and as- pirations pf her citizens; and,
 .swhereas we realize that we are fast developing and that we can see in the not distant future that we will be among the first in the race for com mercial supremacy. and that the continued development of the vast re- sources which are hidden:in the depths of our hills yet unattained on the sur faces of bur plains and in the heart Of our woodlands; and.
 "whereas, we deplore the methods which have recently been employed, as we think to stifle continuation of prosperity and growth Of the entire country, more especially the South; now, therefore. be 1t
 Resolved, That we. the Alabama Commercial and Industrial Association. in annual meeting assembled. do desire to express our appreciation of tho pa- triotic stand taken by such q vast ma jority Of the delegates at the recent Interstate Commerce Law Convention held In Chicago in declining to become pa arties to such means as were con- templated to lessen the possibility Of the natural growth of the country and minimize the power of that greatest of developers, the railroads of our coun- try, whereby those agencies for good would be at the mercy of political faction rather than under the control. as Is now the case. of their rightful and legal owners.
 Resolved. further, That while no State in the Union respects more than does Alabama the wishes of the Prest- dent of the United States, whose ac- complishments will henceforth shine on the pages of history, and no conquest is more complete than his conquest of the South, we think he does not wish to be an advocate of any policy which will have detrimental or retarding effect upon any section of the country; and while we coincide with his ideas to do away absolutely with every form of discrimination by the railways, by any method by which they are wrought, we do not think he contemplates anthing that will stop the onward march of prosperity in this greatest Nation of the earth"
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-11-11
I.obor scarce at Ensley.

One of the drawbacks that is caus- ing delay to the unusually large amount of construction work at Ensley is the continued shortage of labor. The cry in all the plants and with all the contractors and builders for the past six months has been a shortage of la bor While most of the big manufac- turing plants have gone about the work of securing more men in a systematic manner, and put to work several hun dred additional men, there Is scarcely any relief felt yet. It is given as a safe estimate that no less than 5000 men could be given employment in Ems ley at present and at satisfactory wages.
 While the principal shortage Is in common labor. there is demand for men in almost every profession. In the building line there has already been contracts let for about $40,000 in new structures and this work Is suffering delay because of a lack of men.
 Practically all the industrial plants in Ensley need more men and have a standing order for additional men.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-11-11
VIE WE'D BY THE YANKEE
NEW ENGLAND's IMPRESSIONS OF
 THE SOUTH.
Gradually is the Fact Making Itself Known That This Sections
 Resources are Richest of Nation.

Baltimore, Nov. 10.-(Special.) )-Com- plimentary to its series of articles recently published giving the impress sions of a Southerner in New Eng land. the Manufacturers Record be- gins this week the publication of articles embodying New England view of the" South. The author Is MT. Syl- vester Baxter, who, on an extended trip through the South short while ago, was able to compare conditions there with those he had observed fifteen years ago. In the course of hIs first article MT. Baxter says:
 The phenomenal industrial growth
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-11-11
4 SWAPPING OF JOBS
FERGUSON AND BIRCH CHANGE
 OFFICIAL POSITIONS.
Former Succeeds Latter as Commits ? sioner, and Latter Succeeds Form
 CT as Referee i'm
 Bankruptcy.

Birmingham, Nov 10.-(Special.)- )- Judge T. c. Jones, of the United States Court today appointed Alexander c. Birch referee of the bankruptcy court at this point, vice General Fred s. Fer guson, who was appointed United States Commissioner, vice MT. Birch. The contest for the appointment has been on for some time. N. w. Trimble, the first referee in the bankruptcy court, will hold over.
 Both General Ferguson and Alexan- der c. Birch have a large following of friends and petitions in their behalf were sent to Judge Jones. day or two ago delegation of creditmen call ed on Judge Jones in behalf of General Ferguson for re-appointment to the position of referee of the bankruptcy court, explaining that General Ferguson has done well in the office and that by defining the benkruptcy laws closely the merchants and wholesale dealers would be saved much. as often the laws were used as a bulwark. behind which some men sought protection from paying debts. .
 The appointment of Mir. Birch as referee and General Ferguson as com missioner relieves the situation caused by the application for the same office by two men.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-11-11
Birmingham wants Another Convention

Archy McGillivray. president of the local Machinists' Union, and Ed. Flynn. president of the Alabama district or- ganization of the United Mine Workers of America, left here today for Pitts burg to attend the annual convention of the American Federation of Labor which will meet in that city Monday! The two men represent the local and State federations of labor. They will extend an invitation to the American Federation of Labor to meet in Birm- ingham next year.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-11-11
Remains of Gartrell.

F. C. Chapman. of the firm of Chap man Brothers, today telegraphed Lige Loy. undertaken, to hold the body of B. E. Gartrell. who dropped dead on the streets last afternoon from heart failure, superinduced by lung troubles until instructions were received from relatives of the dead man. Considera- ble telegraphing was done last night and this morning to locate some rela- tives of the dead man. It was learned this morning that, sister of Gartwell whose. name Is said to be Mrs. Hickson lives in Chattanooga, Tenn. Tele- grams were also sent to that city. One hundred and twenty-four dollars and sixty-five cents in cash were found on the clothing of the dead man.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-11-11
.Iuare RanIka on Yisit.

Judge J. J. Banks of Denver, CoIa, who has been in the city for several days, engaged in the trial of an im- portant law suit, will leave for the West tomorrow. Since he has been here Judge Banks has met many of his old friends who are delighted to see him looking so well and to note his splendid health. He was judge of the Tenth Judicial Circuit for six years and prior to that time was City Attorney of Birmingham. Since going to Dem yer, Judge Banks has built up splen- did law practice and is thoroughly in love with his new home.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-11-11
NOTICE

Application will be made at the next reg- s,lar rneeting of the City Council of Mont Eonery by the undersigned for ,A franchise for the purpose of constructiaE and ope1I necsssary switches and turnouts from and connecting with the present terminus of what Wontronaery Euburbap 7 Street Railway Company, on Race Street. thence on and &cross Race Street to Furnace Street: thence ilsaisa nortn a'0ns rlpAes s'fse' '0 'hs ''s
 ;. MosrcobERY STREET RAILWAY,
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-11-11
Notice to Stockholders.

South 6 North Alabama Railroad Company. Office of Secretary. MontEomsry. Ala. Oct. 2Sth. 1905.
 CTS of the South q North Alabama Rail- rosd Company will be held at the office of &he company. in the city of Montgomery. Aiabsma. on Saturday. November 9s. 1s0k. Rt l2 o'clock noon. for the purpose of elect Ing Directors for the ensuing year. and for the transaction of Ruch other business as
 c. W. cRAIK. 0 gAcretAry
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-11-11

was large Mir. Dill was a represen- tative in the legislature from Jefferson County few years ago. At the time of his death, he was member of the law firm of Allen and Dill. He was son of the late Dr. Dill, one time presi- dent of Howard College and during his life time one of the best known edu- cators in Alabama.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-11-11

vs. Louisville and Nashville Railroad Company. IA another suit in the Circuit Court. Plaintiff alleges that the inte- state was a fiagman employed by the defendant and through the negligence of the defendant and its agent on May 1, 1905, that a train of the defendant company hit the intestate and caused his death. Damages in the sum of S25 900 are asked
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-11-11
BIDS WANTED.

Bids for a four story brinck YornE Mems r,hrisfian Association building. will be open eS Decernber q 1905. Plans and speeifi- cations at office of Frank Lockwood. Arshi- tect. MontEomery. Ala. Right ressrVea so w reiect any and all bidn !"
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-11-11

Bavarians have long insisted that beer Is better and more wholesome if drunk Dr. W. Schultze has now examined the matter scientifically. and has found that beer is made injurious by a chemical process which dtssolves the oxide of lead in the glass.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-11-11
BIJOU FAMILY THEATRE, MATINEE TO-DAY,
 "A BREEZY TIME.V Prices, 15 to & Cents.

washington. Nov. 10,-The newly ap- vointed Mexican Ambassador to this Country, Senor Don Joaquin D. Casa. ans. arrived in this city today With bis wife, seven children and large suite of attendants.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-11-11
Jury Was Dismissed.

Quite a sensation was created in the criminal court today when one of the petit jurors was dismissed by. Judge Samuel Weaver at the request, of Soli- citor John Mcqueen. A negro was tried on a charge of burglary and grand larceny and some strong evidence was brought out. The jury brought in a verdict of not guilty. This was fol- lowed by an urgent demand on the part of the solicitor that the court dismiss the jury which was done by Judge Weaver This Is the first time that such proceedings have taken place in the criminal court here.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-11-11
Additional Juage wanted.

The conference of representatives Of bar associations in North Alabama to discuss the ways and means to relieve the situation in the United States courts, the need of an additional judge being asserted. will take place tomor- row in the Government building on Second Avenue It Is believed the at tendance will be large as the matter Is of much importance. Judge Thomas G. Jones. of the United States Court, has been invited to attend the meeting, as we'll as Congressman Underwood. and other Representatives in Congress and the Senators from this State.