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REVELATIONS
FOLLOW SEARCH AT THE
GUINNESS MURDER FARM
Astounding Details In Regard to The
Wholesale, Brutal killings on
'Comely Widows" Place
Near Laporte, Ind.
AUTHORITIES CONVINCED THAT
MURDERESS persisted In FIRE
Various Theories Advanced to Explain
the Series of Mysterious Assas-
sinations-List of Victims Grows
as the Investigation Proceeds.

taporte, Ind.-The certainty that
Mrs. Belle Guinness was a cruel STAY
er of men and children has been made
apparent by developments and the
method by which she lured her vic
Tins to their death has also been
made clear. That she, too, died by
the sword" and that her two daugh-
ters and small son; whom she dearly
loved, were brutality murdered, are
the conclusions reached by the au-
thorities. States Attorney Ralph H.
Smith asserts that there is no doubt
that the body of the woman found in
the ruin of the burned Guinness home
is that of the murderess.
The medical experts, after examin-
ing the bodies of the woman's chill
dren - Myrtle and Lucy Sorenson,
hged eleven and nine, and Philip
Guinness, aged six-announced that
each had been killed by blows on the
head: The murderer concealed the
woman's head. If it is found it is be-
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The listeners Point of View.

You can't imagine" said a musi-
cal young woman, how distressing it
is when a singer realizes that she has
lost her voice"
Perhaps not" replied the plain
man, but I've got a fair idea how
distressing it is when she doesn't re-
alize it" = Catholic Standard and
Times.
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Dies From Burglars Blows.

Attacked by a negro on the door.
step of his home in Mt. Bethel re.
Gently, John Bussi, seventy-eight
years old, an honored citizen of the
town, died from the effects of the
blows which he received from his as
s~ailant's club. Mrs Bussi was also
attacked. She is e~ighty-two years
old. A posse was formed and citizens
are looking for a negro who answers
the description of being about twenty.
five years old, weighing about 100
pounds, and wearing tan shoes and i
soft hat. The burglar changed his
hat in the Bussi house, where he took
two cheap gold watches, but missed
$500 which was in a safe.
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SHOOTS DOWN DIVORCED WIFE.
Jealous Man Mortally Wounds Her
Companion, Too.

Kenosha, Wis.-Enraged because.
his wealthy wife had obtained a di-
vorce from him, Martin %Schleyer shot
her fatally, and also Herman Koehler,
whom he suspected of having won
her affections. Both Mrs. Schleyer
and Koehler were taken to the hos
pital, where the surgeons said they
would die as a result of their wounds.
Mrs. Schleyer was one of the largest
property owners in this section of the
State. She and her husband quar-
relied about a year ago., and he went
to Portland, Ore. In his absence his
wife obtained a divorce. Schleyer
heard of it several weeks ago and re-
turned here.
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The Danger Zone.

rs this seat engaged?" asked the
young man.
NO." replied the handsome girl
"but it is only fair 10 state that l am
not, either"
Realizing that it was leap year, he
FASTENED to the safety of the smoker.
philadelphia Ledger:
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Thinking and Thanking.

There is a beautiful suggestion in
the derivation of the word thank"
1t comes from an old An~glo-Saxon
word, the root meaning of which is
ito think The dullest Imagination
can see the suggestion. To think up
on the manifold blessings that have
enriched u lives cannot fail to lead
to thankfulness. Evil is wrought
by want of thought" and it is only
the unthinking one who accepts his
daily blessings as a matter of course.
and whose heart does not feel the
glow of gratitude to Him whose low
ing kindness and tender mercy en-
circles every life.-Canadian Pres
hvtoriap
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Boy Saves Little Girl.

Carrot P~auderstra, eleven years
old, jumped from the high rail of the
Sixth venue bridge at Paterson tc
saw Susie Blake, six years old, from
drowning in the Passaic River. The
little Blake girl was jumping rope on
the bridge. Her jumping rope slipped
from her hand. In reaching for il
she fell into the river. Pauderstra
saw the girl fall as he looked OUT
of the window of his home. He a
out to the bridge and dived as she
passed in the current. He got her tc
the bank with much difficulty. She
was unconscious, but soon revived.
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Baby in Bag of Oats.

A psetty, dimpled girl baby was
found in a sack of oats at Palmer,
Neb., by James Boutwell,, a farmer,
who was unloading a wagon of sacked
grain. The child was apparently
about three days old and began to
cry when the sack was opened. II
was nestled snugly on top of the oats
and In the first sack Boutwell, opened.
preparatory to shooting the grain
through a trough into the bin of 8
mill.
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Ms Steady job.

Bigley-~You don't believe in a
college education, them"
Jigiey-"No, it units a mar for
everything except to sit around
croaking about how much more in
telligently he could enjoy wealth
than the average man does."-Cath-
Ollie Standard and Times.
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termined, dismembered, and found in
the same hole.
UNIDENTIFIED BODY, dismem-
bered, supposed to be that of a man
from Chicago, found lying face down
ward in a box buried in the barn lot,
UNIDENTIFIED BODY, possibly a
man Of mlddle age,. recovered from
barnyard grave in advanced stage of
decomposition.
UNIDENTIFIED BODY, probably
the same crude grave.
And in the light of the develop
ments the authorities are asking
whether two more victims of the
woman will not be found in Chicago,
namely:
soRENsoN, MAIDS, first husband
OF the woman, who died under mys-
FERROUS circumstances in Chicago, be-
l1eved to have been poisoned, but
nothing was V proved.
GUINNESS, PHILIP, second hus-
band of the woman, died at the house
OF mystery about four years ago as a
result of the skull being fractured
with a meat chopper which fell from
a shelf.
-Four Theories of the Crimes.
The bodies here in Laporte and a
las of circumstantial evidence, COM
blned with a score of suspicious cir
cumstances, afford the basis upon
which the authorities have built up
four theories to account for a series
OF crimes which have startled the
whole country. These ire:
Theory No. THAT Mrs. GUM
ness, fearing exposure of her long
murderous career, killed her three
children and herself, setting fire to
the house to conceal crime, supported
by circumstantial identification of
body AS hers, and reception of letter
just before tragedy making her fear
for life and withdraw money from
bank.
Theory No. 2-That Mrs. GUM
ness, fearing exposure, fled after kill
ing children, putting body of another
woman in house to mislead authori-
ties; head of body identified as hers
not found.
Theory No. 3-That Ray Lamp
here, her farmland, did the killing
from double motive of revenge and
jealousy; was seen near house Just
before the fatal fire, and when told
of it asked if I'M and children es-
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1t Ought To.

Things look rather run down
around here" remarked the man who
had returned after many years to his
native village.
Run down? I should say So" re-
piled the friend of his youth. There's
an automobile comes through here
about every three minutes "-Phila-
delphia Record.
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Bridge Works ON Full Time.

Because of the receipt of a $780,.
600 order 1900 men of the American
Bridge Works at Trenton started or
full time. The men have been work
ing four days a week and but one
half of the number have been EN-
ployed. This order revives the indus.
try The iron is for the Fifth Avenue
Office Building in New York City, the
Pennsylvania Terminaland some sub.
way construction.
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of Terms.

Women had decided to stand white
robed about the polls at Chicago so
that voters would have to pass
through a lane of them.
Wen Just try the effect of tele-
pathy on the franchised male ez-
planned an enthusiast.
rs that ANYTHING like a airta-
tioh asked mi sister. young and
HuenphfsticafeR 49, Phfiadelnhfa Lad
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Prominent People.

e. H. Hartman is sixty years old.
DR.. William T. Manning was elected
rector of Trinity Church.
The Rev. Morgan Dix was rector
OF Trinity parish for more than forty
five years.
John Hays Hammond s new contract
as mining engineer with the Guggen-
helms calls for a salary of 100000 a
yea
The hand Of John D. Rockefeller is
seen in the establishment of the Agri-
cultural Guild at the University of
Chicago, which tho oil naagnate Is III
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She KneM.

Miss Sharpe = er = Vera" he
stammered, you must know why I've
been calling here SO much; why l sit
here in the parlor with you night af-
ter night"
Il suppose, Mr.. Kloseman,1 the
girl interrupted, its cheaper to do
that than take me out anywhere
The Catholic Standard and Times.
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LORD GETS DECREE.
Woman Protests Innocence After Wit
nesses Testify.

Bridgeport, Conn.-Henry Johnson
Lord, the wealthy horseman, of Mich
OILS, Conn.,, received a decree of abso-
Lutte divorce in the Superior Court
here, Judge Robinson finding the al
legations of infidelity against his
wife, Augustine Emanuel Lord, a Vir-
gilman, well grounded. Lord had
named as the only correspondent his
wife's negro coachman, Harry Cam
eron.
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Feminine Notes.

Italy insists that Miss Elkins be
converted to Catholicism. Her bonds
will be celebrated later.
Mrs. Frances Fitz, of Chelsea,
Mass, was elected president-general
of the Daughters of the Revolution.
Mrs. Daniel Lamont was unani-
mously reelected president of the
Army Relief Society at the annual
meeting of the organization.
Viscountess Wordsworth has started
q jam factory at her country home,
Walters Hall, Kent, England, where
the 1ndastry is flourishing III . graft
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Not Much Good.

Car I have a piece OF pie
mothers
Say may T. Johnny, not can
l."
well, mother, nay I have a piece
of pie?"
No, Johnny, you can't."-Lippin-
colts.
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In All Parts of the State.

Alvah Apgar captured near Clinton
a fish hawk which measured six feet
from tip to tip of wings.
Milk took a sudden drop from eight
to seven cents per quart at Pitman
when a Sewan dairyman broke the
milkmen's combine.
The West Collingswood Fire Com
pany has awarded a contract for q
$4,000 combination chemical and hose
carriage.
Seven hundred feet of cement walk
is being laid on the north side OF
Mullica Hill.
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His Only Chance.

Anxious Mother = "Oh, professor.
don't you think my dear little Regin-
aid will ever learn to draw"
Professor Crayon-'No, madam;
not unless you harness him up to a
truck.'-Comic Cuts.
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Again.

She-"I hear Miss Chatter is talk
ing of getting married again"
He-'Didn't know she was ever
married"
She-"She wasn't: I said she was
talking of it again. Comic Cuts.
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he Evnny Eslo3l
Z AEE9ngA1
A Snake Story.

When you told us the tale of the serpent
you slew,
We proclaimed it a rattler without more
ado;
when it doubled its length, as the tale
was retold,
We pronounced it an adder, in accents
more cold;
But now that we list to your story once
more,
I must frankly confess that your snake is
a boa.
j. W. Hughan, in Brookiyp Life.
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ArtfuI Scheme.

Mrs. Knicker-"That little Jones
boy has such beautiful table man
ners."
Mrs. Bocker-'Yes, his mother al
ways feeds him at home before he is
invited out" - New York Evening
Sun.
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The Professors Shave.

Caller-"Is the professor of ap-
piled physics in?"
Boston Butler-"No, sir. He is at
present occupying the chair of applied
lather. "-Harper's Weekly.
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The Best as a Part of Life.

l try to increase the power God has
given me to see the best in every
thing and every one, and make that
best a part of my life. To what is
good I open the doors of my being.
and jealousy shut them against what
is bad.-Helen Keller.
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The Labor World

A San Jose (Cal.) cooperative
bakery is about to begin operations.
The average length of life of a
tradesman is two-thirds that of a
farmer.
The amalgamation of the two bod
les of organized plumbers laborers
at Brooklyn, N. y, has been COM
pleted.
During the year ending October 80,
1907, there were seventy-one strikes
in Connecticut, involving 1880 em-
ployes, and 96,610 days time was
lost. while the loss in wages amouut-
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Rain and Snow BENEFIT Crons.

The drouth which had continued
for eight months and threatened Sc
rious curtailment of the crops in
Northern Colorado has been effectu-
ally broken by a rain and snow storm.
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.Manle Sweets in Dull Demand.

large receipts of maple sugar are
still the feature of the market. The
make seems to have been a large one
this spring, and more sugar and syrup
are offered than "a be readily sold.
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The Prime Convenience.

Mrs. Brown-"Has your apartment
every convenience for modern house
keeping?"
Mrs. Gray-"Yes, indeed-a fine
restaurant right in the building
Brooklyn Life.
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Born, Married and Died on May s.

Charles A. Gundaker, seventy-foul
years old, whose dates of birth, mar.
riage and death were each May 5
died at his home in Railway, leaving
q wife, four children and sixteen
grandchildren.
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Seeing. ALTHOUGH Invisible.

Cultivate the habit of the presence
of God. 1t will strike all compromise
with evil out of your life; it will in
spire in all men confidence in you,
WHOM they come to know that YOU
arc continually living as seeing Him
who is inyisible.lCarslake
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Patience - see dainty Indian
muslins are made from fbres of the
banana tree"
Patrice-"They ought to be easy
to slip on."-Yonkers Statesman.
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.AFGHANs KILLED IN BATTLE.

Brltish Forces Ordered 70 Evacuate
the Khyber Pass.
London, England.-Sixty Afghans
were killed in the fighting which took
place between a large Afghan force
and the British troops at a point in
the Khyber Pass near Landi-Khotal,
according to a dispatch sent in by a
correspondent with the British col
umn. A message is published here
from Lahore giving the Afghan dead
at 300, but this communication is dis
credited.
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Mrs. Haymowe What do you
wear that mask for?"
Chauffeur-"Well, I'll tell you. ]
wear it so that the people I run ove
won't be. able to recognize me-
From Ally Sloper.
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to the suspicion that. Mrs. Guinness
herself was not dead; but that she
had cleverly- substituted another WONT
ans body for her own and disap-
npared
The morning journal-courier., 1908-09-08
ORDINANCE COMMITTEE TONIGHT.

The committee on ordinances of the board of aldermen will hold q meet ing tonight for the purpose of pub lie hearing on petition for the lim- itlng of the width of street cars and of street car tracks. The petition Is presented by City Engineer Kelly. Be sides this matter, 1t is said that the committee will, in executive session work on the drawing ID of drafts ot ordinances regarding the licensing of newsboys. and revision of that re- lating 10 the licensing of peddlers which the court found void
The morning journal-courier., 1908-09-08
LAD CHARGED WITH GAMING.

Morris smullen, a young lad of eighteen years of 9 Ward street was arrested yesterday morning by Patrol men Landy and Hoffman for playing crap on Commerce street. He Is charg ed with gaming.
The morning journal-courier., 1908-09-08
rr,I, UPSTAIRS, pRokr SHOULDER

Returning home late last night, Dam iel Malloy of s)2 Wallace street fell upstairs and fractured hls left shoulder. He was taken to the New Haven hos pital. where 1t was found that the shoulder had been broken.
The Nashville globe. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1906-193?, 1908-05-01
WILLING WORKERS.

The Willing Workers of Kayne Az
enue Baptist Church met in their
regular weekly meeting at the resi-
dence of Mrs Rachel Thornton, 1416
Fifteenth avenue, South, on Monday
evening, with an extra large number
of members present. The meeting
was particularly interesting and a
deal of business was transacted
Some of the most important business
was the favorable reply to the letter
of appeal sent out to the Baptists Of
the State by the Superintendent Of
Missions, Rev. E. M. Lawrence.
They gladly responded with dona-
ton which in all respects they con-
sidered as the Widows Mite, with the
hope that it will be cheerfully re-
ceived.
After the regular routine of bust
ness was transacted, an elaborate
two-course menu, prepared by Mrs.
jamie Brown, was served, and an en-
joyable hour was spent in trying to
work the puzzle presented by the
president, which mastered all who
tried it. Those present were Rev. ].
C. Lott, Mr.. and Mrs. o. w. Stokes,
Mr. and Mrs. Giles Thornton, Mr.. and
Mrs James Sumner, Mesdames Sarah
Allen, Fred Johnson, r. L. Miles,
Chas. Cloyd, Lizzie Gregory, Queenie
Turner, Brunette, Jas. Gentry, jamie
Brown, Miss A. L. Morton, Secretary;
A. L. Anderson, President; Messrs.
VIM. Sykes, D. G. P. MCGEE, and lit
tie Miss Rachel Sumner. The next
meeting is to be held in the pastors
study Monday evening, May 4.
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MuRFREEssoRo NOTES.

Mr.. Walter Page is spending few
weeks in Nashville.
Mrs. Ida Whitfield, of Mt. Pleasant,
has returned after spending a week
with her mother and friends.
Mrs. J. B. Mcclellan entertained
Mrs Ida Whitfield at a 5 o'clock tea.
A very pleasant evening was spent.
Those present were Mesdames Walter
Page, Tennie Williams, ]. B. Sublett,
Alice Sparrow, G. B. Brady and Annie
Jones.
Mrs. Ida Whitfield spent Thursday
with Mrs. J. B. Sublett and was en-
tertained at dinner by Mr.. and Mrs.
j. B. Sublett.
The Ladies Embroidery Club met
with Miss Elma A. Williams last Sat
urday evening, at her home on For
rest street. After the business meet
ing was over a two-course menu was
served.
Mr.. and Mrs. Horace Whitaker, Mrs.
Eugene Clayton, Mr.. and Mrs. War
field spent Sunday in the city the
guests of Mr.. A. j, Anderson.
The funeral of Mr.. Walter Ander-
son was held at the Missionary Bap-
fist Church, Revs. S. Florel, Lillard
and Crutcher, officiating.
Mrs. Matte Woods, of Nashville,
was the guest of her aunt, Mrs. Nan
ME Kirk, Sunday.
Mr. Eugene Miller of Nashville, was
the guest Of Mr.. and Mrs. Sam Nc
Cauley last Sunday.
Miss M. r. Hargrave, of Nashville,
is in the city.
Miss Pearl Fletcher, daughter of
Mr.. and Mrs. VIM. Fletcher, died Mon
day, April 20. Funeral services were
conducted at the family residence, cor
ner University and E. Castle streets,
Tuesday, April 81, by Rev. Mr.. Reed,
of the A. M. E. Church. Interment at
Mt. Pleasant, the young lady's former
home.
The friends in this city Of Mr. Joe
Edwards. who recently died at Nash
vile, were deeply grieved to hear of
his death.
Mrs James Long and Mr. JAS Sub
lette, of Blackman, visited Miss Flor
ence Kirk last Saturday.
1t has been announced that the
Club of the South" is preparing for
a Calico Contest, which will take place
at the First Baptist Church on Mon.
day night, May a. Contestants are
Misses Beulah Miller, Lura Meeks, Dill
Gle Butler, Willie Todd, Lorell Brown
Willie M. Cowan. Each young lady
will be attired in calico in many styles
and the two who receive the highest
number of votes, at cents per vote
will be awarded handsome prizes.
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HELIoTRoPE CIRCLE.

The members of the Heliotrope
Circle spent a very pleasant after
noon Friday at the residence of Mrs.
Chas. Gotten on Fogg street, with
Mrs. Dave Britt as the guest of hon
or. The house was beautifully deco
rated with heliotropes. Mrs. Gotten
was assisted in receiving by Mrs. j.
T. Timer. After the business was
transacted the ladies were served
strawberry cream with individual
cakes with the initial of the club on
each piece of cake in pink. Those
present were Mesdames 1. e.
Alsup, W. P. Phillips, w N. Hill, Jno.
Cunningham, S. V. Lortln, Christy,
Franklin, S. T. Shelby, J. B. Bate and
Katie Richmond. The next meeting
will be with Mrs. J. B. Bate, of
Stevenson avenue, May LIST.
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pR. REDMOND A BENEDICT.

The news of the marriage of DR..
r. L. Redmond, who finished with the
class of 1908 Meharry Medical College
at Indianola, Miss, was quite a surprise
to his Nashville friends, though
it was known that he was engaged
The announcement cards received in
this city last week stated that Miss
Julie P. Thomas, the daughter of Mr.
and Mrs. r. A. Thomas, and DR.. Red
mond were married on Sunday even
ing, April 10, at half-past o'clock, at
the A. M. r.. Church in Indianola
Miss. At present Mr. and Mrs. Red
mond are residing in Indianola.
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Jackson, Miss, April 29.-The Re
publican State Convention, held here
to-day, developed rather unanimously
lively fisticuff preceding the opening
of the session when number of those
who favored the selection of Senator
Foraker for the Presidential nomina-
ton attempted to force their way into
the convention, which was controlled
by the supporters of President Roose-
welt and the policies of the present Ma
tional administration Quiet was re-
stored, however, when a special officer,
stationed at the door of the convention
hall, drew his pistol and threatened to
shoot any one who attempted further
to force an entrance. The outcome
was the holding Of two conventions,
the regulars" indorsing the National
administration and selecting delegates
known to be favorable to the policies
of President Roosevelt.
The "bolters" adopted resolutions in
announcement Of the Presidents Ma.
tional administration, and instructed
their delegates to vote for Senator For
aker for the Presidential nomination.
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TWO IMPORTANT CONVENTIONS
w. r. Pettiford Elected Delegate at
LARGE from Alabama.


Birmingham, Ala, April 29-The
Alabama Republican State Convention
of the anti-administration faction of
the party was held in Birmingham to-
day with practically every county in
the State represented The surprise of
the convention was the utilization of
National Committeeman Charles H.
Scott, of Montgomery, with this fac
ton of the party. Mr.. Scott was elect
ed Permanent Chairman Of the conven-
ton, and made a ringing speech call
ing for IAN Independent Republican
party in Alabama untrammeled by the
influences of Federal officeholders."
The sessions appeared to be harmo-
NOUS the only ripple being created
when there was an attempt on the part
of the negro delegates to make H. V.
Cashin, of Decatur, one of the best
known negroes in the State, Temporal
ry Chairman. The coiored delegates,
however, were given places on all of
the committees.
The convention Endorsed the Con-
gressional District delegates which
have been chosen to the National Con-
vention where the Congressional Con-
ventions recognized the legality of the
Davidson wing of the party. Candi-
dates for all State Offices to be filled
at the November election were named.
Four delegates-at-large to the Nation
al Convention at Chicago were chosen,
as follows: Judge Asa e. Stratton, of
Clanton; Charles D. Alexander, of At
ITALIA; w. R. Pettiford (colored), of
Birmingham; Maj. Charles Allison, of
Birmingham. The report of the Reso-
lutions Committee indorses the Nation
al Republican administration, is en-
tirely non-committal as to candidates
for the Presidential nomination, and
takes a pronounced stand against the
anti-corporation activities of the Dem
ocratic party in Alabama.
The administration wing of the par
ty, headed by j. o. Thompson, of Bir-
mingham, will hold its convention in
Birmingham next Wednesday.