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Judge Emory Speer is
SupremeHinI Georgia.
HENRY JAMISON CASE.
CITES OFFICIALS TO APPEAR QUESTION
AT ISSUE-THE OUTCOME DOUBTFUL.
JAIL THE MACON CITY OFFICERS?
VIII HE AL THE MACON cry oPF1cERs1

MACON, GA, Nov. 25,-The ex-
pected sensation in the Jamfson
case came tonight when Judge Speer
signed an order requiring Chief OF
Police Conner. City Attorney Minter
Wimberly and Superintendent +. A.
Wtmbish OF the Bibb county chain
gang, to appear before him IN the
United States court on Jan. 2, 1906.
and show cause why they should not
be attached and punished for con
tempt OF court.
Attorney Alexander Akerman ap-
piled 20 Judge Speer tonight for an
attachment for contempt. and after
reading the petition the order was
signed and served on the three Of
flcials.
In addition TO the contempt pro-
ceedtngs, Attorney Akerman secured
a writ OF Aabeas corpus from Judge
FELTON,, Of the superior court. re-
turnable on Tuesday morning, at
which time Superintendent Wimbish
viii show cause why Jamison should
not be released from the gang. This
is in accordance with the procedure
through the state courts as provid-
ed by the decision OF the United
States Supreme court.
CAUSE OF THE ACTION.
Without waiting for Judge Speer
to quash the writ OF habeas corpus
which released Henry Jamison from
the Bibb county chainganE. Chief
Conner this morning re-arrested the
cause OF the famous fight ON Ma
cons recorders court, and early
this morning he was sent again
TO the chaingans and clothed In
the stripes which Judge Speer de-
clared Infamous punishment.
Tho mandate of the United States
supreme court directing Judge Speer
to quash the writ and dismiss Jami-
sons petition was received in Ma
con last Tuesday and yesterday City
Attorney Minter Wimberly went be-
fore Judge SDeer and asked that an
order be passed. Al the time Judge
Speer was hearing bankruptcy pro-
ceedings. and he declined TO take
up the matter at that time.
Last night, shortly after midnight
Chief Conner went 20 Jamison's s
house, in Pleasant Hill. and placed
him under arrest. The negro re-
sisted, II is said. aod applied very
uncomplimentary epithets TO the
head OF Macon's finest, but he was
lodged behind the bars of a head
QDarters' cell, where he spent the
night.
Early this morning. the chain
gang authorities were notified to re-
ceive Jamison. that he might COM
plete the sentence imposed upon
him over a year ago by Judge Not
tingham, and he was delivered 10 the
gang at $3.50 o'clock.
Attorney Alexander Alderman who
with Secretary OF State Elihu Root.
was counsel in the Jamison case In
the United States supreme court, at
once began steps for the release of
his client from the chaingang
When ne heard of Chief Conner's :
action, he was highly incensed and
declared that Jamison would not
long remain on the gang. 1t was
currently rumored that Chief Con-
nor would be Jailed for contempt OF
Judge Speer's court, but throughout
he acted under the advice OF City
Attorney Wimberly.
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ATTORNEYS OPINION.

Just whether or not Chief Con-
ner's action was in contempt is a
question on which attorneys differ
Some say that Jamison was a free
man until the habeas corpus which
discharged him was quashed and HIS
petition dismissed by Judge Speer,
and that to arrest him before that
time was Ia contempt.
Others, however, claim that when
City Attorney Wimberly filed the
mandate OF the United States SUI
preme court in Judge Speer's court.
the case was settled and it was up
TO the city authorities to carry out
the sentence imposed upon Jamison
over q year ago by Judge Noting
ham.
II is known that Attorney Aker-
man intended fighting for Jamison' q
release by the state court route and
that ne would ask Judge Felton. OF
the superior eourt. for d writ OF hs-
beas corpus before Judge Speer
paused An order "A directed by the
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Mrs. Carrie B. Brown. wife Of
Mr.. Claude Brown was. removed
from her residence. No. SIC N. srd
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Prof. d. D. Bruce. N. d. OF
Philadelphia. PA. was In the city last
week
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ARRESTED SATURDAY.

Mr.. Harris was arrested Saturday
afternoon on the two warrants.
charging the theft OF the forty-two
dollar bale and the taking OF the
money for it He was baiied in the
sum OF 1900 for his appearance in
the mayors court wednesday morn
ing.Mr. Alex. +. TRtum being his
bondsman. The third warrant.
charging the theft OF = second bale,
valued AZ S52, on November 23ri.
was served on Harris this morning
while he was on his way TO take an
electric car for Richmond. and was
the re5ult OF confession by Robert
Trainor. eolored porter employed
by Mr.. J. c. Robinson. cotton
broker whose ONCE adjOins that OF
Aessrs. Arlington and Green.
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IMPLICATED BY TRA1NoR.

Trainor was sent on 20 the grand
jury by the mayor last Friday morn
ing on the charge cf stealing the
hfty-two dollar bale from Arlington
and Green. He at nrst stoutly de-
MED his guilt. but weakened, and
yesterday made a confession to
Chief of Police Ragland, duplicating
Mr.. Harris, for whom a third war
rant was then issued.
Trainor is accused OF taking, on
Nov. 20th, a bale of cotton shipped
20 Arlington and Green by ]. H.
Richardson, and marked ~. II. r., :"
from the sidewalk IN front OF their
store and hiding 1t in the cellar Of
the Robinson store, where 1t was
found with the -. II. r." mark cut
out, and "a. w. H." substituted, the
money for the cotton, s42.1S, hav-
ing in the meantime been collected
at Mr.. Robinson's once by William
railey, colored. who is employed In
W. Harris Office, in this city.
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DENIES ALL CHARGES.

Daley denies all knowledge of
any crookedness in the matter, but
is said to have made statements
that involved Harris
Trainor was arrested after the
disappearance OF a second bale from
the front of Arlington and Green's
store on Nov. 23d. which was also
found in Mr.. Robinson's cellar with
the initials "a. w. H." substituted
for the owners mark. An attempt
to collect for this bale at Mr.. Robin
sons Office failed. Trainor's con-
fession accuses Harris OF instigating
the trick and receiving all the pro-
ceeds.
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DIR. ALEXANDER ON BOND.

After the second arrest this morn
ing, Mr.. Harris was bailed in the
sum Of $500 for his appearance In
the Mayors Court Wednesday morn
ing. DR.. c. r. Alexander, a we'll
known colored physician, was his
bondsman.
Great interest has been aroused by
the arrest OF Mr.. Harris. who is a
leader among the coIored people,
and hsa heretofore had a good repu-
-tation. He denies the charge. and has
engaged Messrs. Hamilton and Mann
as counsel.
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through a hoop with piece OF paper
pasted over it. But my. you cant ten
about the men these days. / don
reckon. however, they've changed. very
much. ! recollect that shortly after
me and Mr.. Wigglesworth was married
we went to .circis-and when a wom-
an dressed as no daughter OF mine
would dress-unless mebby she was a
soin' in a-swimmin'-come out and be-
gan to flop about on a boss. says TO
my husband, says I. Dan'l, it is time
for us TO 60 And he says. Well no,
not as long as this sort of thing keeps
up Said that to me and we hadn't
been married more than three weeks
Did they have the sacred OK, Limuel?"
No" Linn answered, they didn't
have any beef cattle at all. This
want 4 circus, Aunt Becey. 1t was a
theater, play"
''Oh, somethin' like old Sister Phe-
by, how merry was she? l should
IF cavortin, Limuel. / lay you didn't
20 with him. Susan" she added, ad-
dressing Mrs. Jucklin-
Double deed l didn't. 1 had some
thin else on my mind. The hens are
a-nestin' Linn has been tryin' to tell
me about it. but l cant make heads or
tails of it"
AT our college" said the preacher,
we performed a Shakes. .)earian play
with certain eliminations. 1 we'll
remember the declaiming of young
Oscar Pruitt as Hamlet. All. but the
applause he received was his ultimate
downfall. 1t lived in his mind and
years afterward he shamelessly de-
serted the pulpit and took to the
O Eryff A.~r,s ,. =,
made his first appearance a minion
of the evil one struck him between
the eyes with goose egg--in the SOL
UoQuy scene-and he was so mortified
that he fed to the Mississippi River
and spent the remainder OF his life in
what play did you see, Brother Linn
uel?"
Macbeth. 1 had read II over and
scarfin' up the eye OF day-could see
the bats skimmin' the dark edges of
the comm night and could hear the
screech owls. / could hear the wind
mournin among the winter-stiffened
twigs of the trees-could see the
ocean turnin' red as Macbeth tried to
wash the blood off his hands-could
hear the poor wretches mutterin' in
their sleep as Duncans gore was
smeared on their faces-could see and
hear everything. 1t was real. But
the thing 1 saw in the theater fell
short. l knew that the walls were
canvas. And then I thought of a
great fact. that Shakespeare carried
his scenery between his lines, that he
threw valley. Il Hill into the mind
and made ii live. a. reality. This play
/ saw was overloaded with fiimsy
things, flaps that shook-and the men
and women didn't make me believe
they were in earnest. I'd rather read
ii. for then Shakespeare acts it HIM
self and we know he was in earnest
and believed il was all a truth. L
waited for the utterance of the great
ideas that sometimes in the dark of
night when the wind vas a-blowin'
and the creek a-roarin' had pulled me
up out OF my-chair: and l looked for
ward TO the wonderful pictures that
in my loneliness had been flashed
upon me, but they didn't come. the
ideas nor the pictures There want
No-I hardly know what to call it
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.bere want no jolt. I didn't get
scared / didn't feel like somebody
had jumped out of the dark at me-
Then you were disappointed, said
the. preacher. s,.,.,s
thing on the hilltop I couldn't climb
the hill. for it crumblec under my feet.
The woods moved up toward me IKE
shadows Mebby I'm too old don
know But after / got back L toCA
down my book and turned 10 the play,
and the first thing / knowed there was
that somethin' a-creepin up my oaeK.
and lived if ii again. Yes, I'd rather
nlay II myself. Then the old castle
is made of real rocks. Then can
look away up and see the banners
tluutin' the sky an fannin' the people
cold / reckon that is what you cali
Imagination. But too much paint an
cloth kill it. There is too much OF
label everywhere, tellin' you what II
is
II like right good slight-of-hand
show" said Brizintine. There was a
feller ever at our schoolhouse one
night not long ago that could call the
cows home, / tell you. He swallowed q
knife as long-long as stick OF stove
wood And he done the funniest tning
you ever seen. He called on somebody
to go up on the platform, and BIZ
hat and pulled out baby clothes till IL
looked like a weeks washin'. Oh, he
done a good many things-about as
great a man as / ever saw. And now
mebby he could have helped your show
out. LimueL, Wouldn't you have liked
it better il a few OF them sort of tricks
had been put into 1T? That would
have made it look real Why, you
couldn't ketch this feller, a-lookin
right at him. Talk about things bein
reall Stuck "a butcher knife through
his arm and there it was-beat up
gold ring and put it into a pistol and
shot II into the middle or a lemon
and 1t come out, Hgad. as good as ever
and with a ribbon tied to it, Why,
Miss SaIlie Lanes got the ribbon till
now, and it's a real ribbon. too. Don't
you think he would have helped your
show, Linz"
Yes, he might have kept some OF
them mush- -utterin' fellers from talkin'
They talked as no human bein'S ever
talked on this earth-and the faces
they made at each other would sour a
right good fiddlin'. They played all
the evenin' and didn't break string.
Dock Spillers over here on the creek,
would have broke five or six in the
same length OF time. But / guess they
must be better hddlers than he is. but
L Delieve ne can play louder. MebDy
il is because he generally has more
room. He sets out on the shed and
plays. Yes. l was disappointed in my
trip. All of my life / had been a
lcngin' TO see Shakespeare played. But
turnin' from the book to the actin was
like putin aside the Bible to listen
to some Jim crow of a preacher beg
your pardon. parson. l mean one of
these fellers that answers when the
L.rd has called some one else. No
body likes good preachin' better than
l do. But want sincerity. / want TO
be convinced that the preacher has
himself been convinced. And that was
what them actors didn't do. They
didn't make me believe that they wa MT
actin They didn't tell me the truth,
and you may have all the music and
all the pictures and fail TO tell the
truth and you have accomplished
nothin'.
copyrighted, 1905, by Opie Read)
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DISCOUR SFS

while she whispers to me. surely.
Cheemes, dis is too easy; but we can
make good use of a flyer dis sweet
spring morning. Go ahead and woik de
gent"
Well. / goes back to de gent and 1
says dat me good wife was willing to
give 'em two hundred dollars for de
lottery ticket, for to let him hurry
home to his old modder before she died.
Bette de sure ting gents had all dey
could do for not to show what soft
game dey links me and Duchess; but
dey makes a good bluff at it. and says.
how would we pay de money. says
dat we has Just sos left in de bank.
and would give EN- a check for it all.
and collect de ticket. and go about our
shopping, and not be troubled wit go
ing to de bank any more at all.
Dey says dat was good plan. not
to have any more to do wit de bank;
dat dey would collect de money on her
check. and we could go about our busi-
ness wit no more bodder.
When 1 calls up Duchess to make
good she gets cold feet. How did
she know dat de ticket was wort
tousand dollars?'
Let me see it," says de second sure
ting gent like he was bank teller
himself. II will settle dat in minute.
Well, he takes de ticket. and he
toms it over and upside down. and
pipes it off hard to be sure dat it
wasn't a counterfeit. and he says. SOL
emn as a Judge in de Tombs. Oats
all right, fren. I'll go wit you to de
lottery office If you want. and see dat
de cashier pays you witout no trouble.
Den Duchess says dat it wouldn't do.
after ALL We had ten dollars wort of
shopping for TO do before we could
collect de ticket. and de change of
five from her check of sos wouldn't
be enough.
She puts up her checkbook in her
ridicule. and says to me for to come
away, quick, for she didn't quite be-
lieve it was all right.
At de sight of de checkbook. which
was de real ting. and showed where
Duchess had made checks, de gents
mouts was watering like bull pups
at de sight of a plate of chops. and
dey looked like dey could murder
Duchess when she put it away.
Il tell you what I'll do" says gent
number one. Il hate to let dis lottery
ticket so so cheap, but give me de
check and I'll give you de $40 in ready
money you need for your shopping be-
fore you get de ticket cashed.''
Duchess she takes me aside again.
and she makes bluff OF arguing dat
she ought not to do 1t, and makes out
like i was urging her to do it. and all
de time she was whispering: "Oh. it's
too easy. We should stood out for fif-
teen. But perhaps dey has not got
much real money. Here's de check.
Cheemes. You. finish trimnnin' -'em.
can't keep from laughing
Well, p-chee, She takes out her spout
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ing pen ard she writes a check for
SOS. and signs it Mary B. Green and
/ take it over to de gents. and 1 saws
like 1 was giving up de last plunk we
had on cart. Nov. gents. must have
your woids of honor dat dis is on de
level, and all right: for if we only gets
a tenner out of dis. and can't collect de
tousand, we are ruined
Dey gives me deir woids of honor
so hard dat j knew den, for de foist
time. how de real farmers are fooled.
Honest, it did sound like dey was tell
ing de trutel
So says, holding on to de check
like l hated to part with it. We'll.
give me de tenner and we will hurry
away about our business
On de level, dey was 50 keen to get
dat check dey passes me over a good
tenner before dey looks at de name.
and his mug fell mile, and he says:
Say. young fellow. How about dis
name 1t sounds little on de blink
Mary b. Green. Is dat straight
Would you doubt a lady's void p"
i says. Anyway. 1 can prove it. Here
is Officer Kelly i used to know on de
Bowery. and he seems to want to have
look-in on your game at dat. He'll
tell you wedder our name is Green or
Fadden, or what tell Hello. KeI?'' I
says as de copper comes up. Desc
gents has just sold me a gold brick.
and
Stung:" says the foist gent, making
a swipe at me coco. But 1 duckeds
and couldn't help Kel. for I was near
dying wit laughing. But picks. up
Gle Mary Is. Green check de mug had
dropped and puts it in me pocket.
As we wcrc strolling down de avenoo
again. enjoying ourselves after a good
look at de sights of spring, Duchess
says. "Cheemes, you did your part OF
dat trick very we'll. Give me de ten
ner.
Excuse me. me dear" 1 SAYS. sI'u
do better dan dat by you: here is your
check for SOS. Keep it. and be a good
old lady; and when you get rich re-
member dat l started you in your for
tune
But she wouldn't stand for dat. and
de best could do was to hold ont five
OF de Doodle. When We gets down bv
de hotel district desc same two mugs
sees US. and dey comes up Wit a sorrv
grin, and one OF 'em says: .On de level
boss, dat was de only long green we
he'd. and de price Of a meal would come
in handy. Let us have five Of il back. {"
Il can't / says. for I've been
touched already. But here is quarter,
go and have banquet. bote OF YOU"
Dey took de quarter. and den one OF
EN- says: Boss. we takes our medi-
cine, but. for de love OF heaven, what
did you wear does close for?"
Desc is our garden close dat we
wears at our country place. We wore
EN- dis morning because we was out
looking for green tings. Tata. Copy
right. 1906, by Edward w. Townsend.
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use of such word is not known, but
the genius of the country editor lies
in the uttcrance of the unexpected"
.Well.'' said old man Brizintine, mop
ping hot biscuit into a plaster of
molasses, II reckon you went to the
revival you 50 spoke about.
Yes, l was there both carly and
late" Limuel replied.
putty good preachin' at the reviv-
all" Brizintine inquired.
''Preachin'
Yes Didn't You say it was a re-
vival?'
All, hah; but it was a Shakespeare
revival. It was What you might call a
show.
Old Aunt Becky Wigglesworth raised
her hands. "Limuel, is it possible you
went all that distance to shoWg /
should think you had lived long enough
not to want TO see Il feller dressed
scandlous furn BACKYARD summerset
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home before his good old modder. died.
You should seen our gent at dat
What ever will do wit me winning
lottery ticket"' he says Il must go
home to me dear old modder, and I
would sell dis ticket for couple of
hundred dollars if 1 knew where to
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ssCHIMMIE'' %

y = L living in and Duchess. she
M piece in de paper where de reporter Cat
signs of spring butting into de landscape out
in de country where de landscape 1t makes
me bit of it, for de only landscape sees
from de back window de back windows
OF de ros OF houses in
Dis is. our afternoon out Duchess. so let
put on gardening close and to de park and
has of dose signs of spring de ferries and
gone into business in Manhattan
Sure" l Let stroll de avenoo and pipe
off de lads de boxes has signs of spring
about dem. woik up park in buds
and tings dis be found
glasses wit you"
Well. de little old avenoo all right but de only
signs of dere under carriages But
when into de park rubbers hard and p-chee
We did find bud two, and rubberng SO hard
TO could tings reporter
says was out on top OF de landscape dat a
piping Off he TO from de country, and
homesck for de springtime comes gentle Annie.
was mad at foist at being mistook for farmer
dat i going 10 give him jolt but den remembers
de logs gives wink to Duchess and
to de dat dat homesck for de country
where from going o buy load
OF hay and take il to our hotel to stuff bed wit
or course Duchess tumbIes den dat against
sure ting gent and she plays de game wit all her heart
and she can play any game or de kind when she gets
a steer dat dere is fun funds i sight
Well say, de way dat mug snuggles up TO us made
me almost sorry for him-but only almost. He he
as ike wes. refresh himself wit de foist
.ng dat looks like it could Duchess,
she turns her and gives sigh. and
gent was almost as good as de country itself for one
couldn't de real pastures de best ting
10 meet gent dat loved did My. my. how
ting He goes to tell he
had just had bit OF good luck made his in
wicked and CRASHES city hard bear.
AZ dat good start at de old story. had
away from Duchess so dat wouldn't grin stupid
head off. and dat it dat ny goil
TO keep straight mug her.
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find anybody DAT was wise to get such
a good ting
Duchess. she nearly pops her eyes
out Of her head at dat. and she takes
me TO one side like she was telling me
to get in on good ting, but all she
was doing was trying not TO laugh
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Yes" says me fren. Il has just hold
dat J win a tousand dollars in lot
terry, and am going around to collect
me money. but had to take a peep at
desc dear buds foist.''
Duchess she nearly weeps wit SYM
pathy for de sentiment of de good man,
and says ] was glad TO hear he had
such good luck. for all de money had
in de woild was about two hundred dol
lars, and anodder tousand would give
me chance to buy stock of goods for
me hotel in Cohose. and dat was what
we was in town for.
Well. at dat. ! sees de gent give a
signal fer anodder gent of de same
kind. who was looking for green tings.
too: and de new gent comes UP in a
hurry and he gives our good fren a
telegram telling him he must hurry 10
catch train, or lose a chance to get
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respect if not in
avonder, and sew
cral of the neigh
bo-rs went with the
old man 10 the
county seat, TO
shake his hard at
the steps of the
train. -Four days
later it was known
that he had re-
turned. His friends
gathered a b u (
him, and in the
evening he broke
warm bread with
them. At the table
were sthe inteIli-
eence and the
morality" of the
community. The
country editor aft
.erward remarked
that not q word
was spoken that
would have offend
ed the most fas-
tidious. Why there
should be d de-
fense against the
possibility of the