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The Nashville globe. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1906-193?, 1908-03-27
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no" was shouted from every part of
the hall and on this platform one
Newell Sanders from Chattanooga,
with a halter around his neck, will
take his stand"
He closed his speech with the state
ment that the republican party in Ten
nessee would show material gains if
the republicans had a respectable or
ganization.
John Houk was the next speaker and
opened with the statement that the
question is, Shall the people or the
Federal officeholders rule? He de-
clared that the State Committee had
sought with premeditated and deliber-
ate plans to rob the people Of their
sacred rights, "Are you going to let
them do it?" he asked and cries of no,
never, were heard from all parts of the
hall. He, too, spoke of being locked
out of the hall and said that he had
appealed to his good democratic
! friends and had been given a key with
which to unlock the doors. He spoke
of Old Hickory and in dramatic terms
eulogized him and pointing to his pic
ture on the wall called on the dele
gates to hold the hall against all com
ers. "The hall is ours" he said, "and
any attempt to put us out will be
promptly met We have a right here
and we are going to stay"
j. j. Jennings, of Jellico, spoke next
saying: eve came here with creden
tials from our masters, the people. We
are here by the sovereign power ant
not by the authority of a COMMITTEES
which has tried to rob us No maj
has ever successfully defed the people
and never will. This Executive Com
mittee is a trustee of the people, bu
when they have forgotten that fact VI
are no longer bound by that commit
tee. Tennessee is republican by right
but it will never be in the republican
column so long as selfish politician
dictate party policies. There is n
sense in man talking about harmon
when he is beating you over the hea
with a club This cry of harmon
reminds me of the Arab in the deser
who meeting another greets hir
kindly and at the same time sticks
knife into some vital part. We coul
have harmony if we would let tn
Fvans-HaleSan faction take tn
4 state and Put a fence around it. b.
we don't want harmony at that pric
= Tt would be at the cost of indepen
n nee and mNnhood On what has tn
mon Halo fed that he has waved 6
. fat? Oliver beat him in his own di
g trict and we are going to bury him
the potte,'s field of politics and the
hold a postmortem examination"
a 1t was getting along towards Il
hour set for the opening of the co
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1908-06-26
PARAGRAPH
Summary Of a Weeks News Of
the World.
CULLED FOR BUSY READERS

Condensation Of TeIegraphic Dispatch
es for the Ready Pcrusal of Those
Too Busy to Read the Longer Ae-
counts. M
A new bank is to be established at
Americus, Ca; capital stock $50, 900.
The great council of Georgia Red
Men will meet in Atlanta June II,
1909.
Hon. Thomas w. Hardwick was
renominated for Congress from the
tenth Georgia congressional district.
The large store of the Stichter
Hardware company in this city was de-
stroyed by fire and several nearby
buildings damaged. The loss is esti-
mated at SIS, 900.
Complete but unofficial returns of
the nomination of the candidate for
United States senator from Oregon
give H. NJ. Cake, republican 50,S99,
and George Chamberlain, democrat,
So, ,421.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1908-06-26
NEIGHD(1RHOoD
(Ma NEM),6R( y
Revival at POpIarViIIe.

Rev. J. E. Sampley, an evange-
list of Meridian, is conducting an
interdenominational revival meet
ing at the scshooi hall this week.
He is ably assisted by Rev H.
Faulk of the Meridian Male College,
and the music is conducted by Mr..
A. P Williams, a very talented
musician who is also from Meridian
Male College, being a student of
that institution. Three services
are being held daily, at 10 A. M
a, and 8 P. NJ. The meetings
are we'll attended by people of all
denominations and others, and
great deal of interest is being man
ifested. Each night service is large
ly attended, the large hall being
almost filled to its capacity. Revs.
Sampley and Faulk are able epxo
nents of the gospel and are preach
ing some burning truths into the
ears of the sinner and backslider.
Every indication points 10 a glori-
Gus revival of religion which would
result in much good to the town.
Rev. and Mrs. A. S.Byrd are en-
tertaining the visiting ministers.
Mr.. A. P. Williams during the re-
vival meeting From last Weeks's
Poplarvllle Free Press.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1908-06-26

MAN REFUSES TO EAT.
Broods Over His TroubIes-Has Lost
the Power of Speech.

Savannah, Ca, June 23.-1n order
that trained physicians at the state
asylum may be given an opportunity
to work on the case of William Wal
Ter, white man who for ten days
has refused to eat A., ~Hfuch as a
mouthful of food, he WIS not kept
in the Chatham county jail fer ten
days preceding his trial On the charge
of lunacy, as is usually the case in
such matters Though only thirty-five
years of age, Waller looks fifty-five or
sixty. He broods constantly and
within two weeks has lost the power
of speech except for mum5ling that
is inarticulate He charges his wife
with being unfaithful to him and the
neignbors at the hearing accorded him
attribute his condition to this be-
of his Since she left him as he de-
clares, he has not eaten.
His attitude is not so much that of
man seeking death as of one who
does not care how soon death comes.
He does not apparently fight against
food a. much as he just patiently re-
fuses to take it. 1t is not strug
gle for hirr to remain hungry His
case is regaroed as a very unusual
one by Savannah physicians 1t was
evident that his mind is affected. an'
he went to Milledgeville in charge Of
a deputy sheriff
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1908-06-26
OFF FOR OYSTER BAY
President Leaves Washington For
His Summer Vacation.
BABE ALL HEARTY GOODBY

"I Have Had Perfectly. Corkng
Time," He Said, with the Roosevelt
Smile, in Abiding to His Sojourn at
Washington.
Washington, June 20.-On the eve
of his departure for Oyster. Bay. for.
his summer vacation, the president
was reminded that perhaps of all men
ne had fairly earned a rest, to %hicn
lie replied briskly and cheerily. 4
DO not waste any -sympathy-saeH
me. l have enjoyed every minute OF
my stay here and thanks are due to
the American people and not theirs to
me for the opportunity l have had to
serve them. l have had a perfectly
oOrking time, - ne added with a char
acteristic Rooseyent smile and final
handshake. L'i. ' ''-'.
Secretary Root Travelled with the
president to Jersey City, en- route to
Clinton, N. Y, for his summer va
cation. Secretaries Cortelyou and
Straus, and Assistant Secretary of
State Bacon were at the depot to see
the president off. Mrs. Taft was
also present and bade goodby to Mrs.
Roosevelt. The president was in his
usual good spirits and waved his hand
callingi "Goodby; good luck to the
assembled officials and others who
were waiting to see him off. r-..,I.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1908-06-26
WILLIAMS QUITS LEADERSHIP.
Mlssissippian Tenders Resignation in
Letter to CLAYTON.

Washington, d. c., June 19.-In a
letter to Henry D. Clayton, caucus
chairman, made public, John Sharp
Williams resigns the position of mi
nority leader to take the place at the
beginning of the next session. This
leaves the way open to Champ Clark,
who will, without doubt, be elected.
probably without opposition.
Mr.. Williams says ne would have
retired from this position sooner but
that he did rot want to retire under
fire. His reasons are stated at length
in the letter to Mr. Clayton. which
are to the effect that whoever is to be
the speaker of the next house il case
1t is democratic, should have tie ex-
perience of the leadership, CT if IL
is again republican, he ought to have
the experience of one session before
acting as leader in the sixty-first con-
gress.
Mr.. Williams was elected a dele
gate-at-large to the Denver convention
from his state, but his secretary, who
is in Washington, says that it is ex-
tremely doubtful about his attending.
He has started to the middle west to
begin lecture tour
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1908-06-26
LONG HoUEs IN THE sA4h7A.
Curavaneers Fave Little Rest, Accord
ing to Sailor. -, p.

"They ough er start labor unions in
the Sahara desert" said the sailor.
You work 21 hours a day there.
That's too lcng, amt it?
It's the fashionable fad to winter in
the Sahara. and last January, us ly:n'
to in Phillippeyille for a cargo Of
dates, bought a third class tic>et to
Biskra, and pushed from there to
Touggourt with camel caravan.
1t was fine. The sun shone, the air
was like wine, the sand was as white
as salt. We seen mirages-phanton
cities, with white domes and minare S,
palm gardens, and girls walkin' on the
fat roofs of the white houses, lookin'
at you with dark, wistful eyes.
1--WE had a cargo of beer for the
French soldiers In Touggourt, Char
daia, Ouargla, and the neighborin
towns
But what | wanted to speak about
was the hours of the caravaneers
Them poor fellers worked 21 hours
a day. One stop of three hours WIS
all they took, and part of that ti-io
had to be spent in feedin' and groom, a
the camels.
"Camels can get along, it seems, with
three hours rest a day, but men,
Them caravaneers of ourn had littlo
donks, the size of a Newfoundland
dog, to ride on. and they'd lie on thcil
stomachs acrost a donk's back, heal
hangin' down on one side, feet on the
other, and in that position they coule
sleep hour after hour whilst the donks
'trudged on in the sunshine through
the white sand"
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1908-06-26
FIRST TRAIN OVER NEW ROAD.
Great Ovation Extended to A., 3. &
AS Special.

Great Ovation Extended to A., 3. &
AS Special.
Atlanta, June 20.-The first train
over the Atlanta, Birmingham and At
lantic railroad entered Atlanta on Fri
day
Twenty-Five thousand citizens of the
place lined every vantage point to
tion
AS the train, bearing the members
Of the chamber Of commerce AMI
other important personages, swept
into the city, steam whistles began
screaming and they never stopped un-
til the last passenger, guests of the
Atlanta chamber of commerce, de
trained at the union derot.
1t was an ovation which has not been
cxcelled in the history of Atlanta and
was only equaled when President
Roosevelt raid this city a visit.
All along the route, from Thomas
vile to Atlanta, the special train was
given an enthusiastic reception by the
citizens of the various towns through
which it passed.
1t was a continuous ovation for the
300-odd miles over which this train
ran, from the time Conductor j. W.
Brady gave the "On to Atlanta" sig
nal at Thomasville until Engineer n.
H. Fans applied the airbrakes and
pulled the train up to halt amid
10. coo applauding Atlantans at the
union station.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1908-06-26
FIRE SWEEPS GEORGIA TOWN.
Omega on the A., 3. and A. Road,
Suffers Serious Loss.

Triton, Ga, June 20.-The town Of
Omega, on the line of the Atlanta, Bir-
mingham and Atlantic railroad, ten
miles southwest of Triton, was almost
destroyed by fire Friday morning at
l o'clock. ...
Flames were first discovered in the
front part of the hotel building, and
they got under such hea1way that all
attempts to extinguish them were fu-
tile, until every building within reach
was in ashes. The Eotel was owned
by w. NJ. Logan and occupied by
Aaron Griffin, and was destroyed with
its entire contents.
The general merchandise store of
Miles Cowart and the greater part of
his stock Of goods, were the next to
go up in flames. ..r ..
Dr. w. E. DeVane's Office was de-
stroyed and nearly all of his stock
of medicine and another store nearby.
The flames made a complete sweep
of the northwest business part of the
town.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1908-06-26

vice PRESIDENT OF OnIted states.
ened and in a few minutes the grape
vine" telegraph was carrying around
the hall the statement that an agree
ment had been reached on the much
discussed question.
J. Sloat Fassett, of New York, con
firmed on his arrival, the report that
1t was to be Sherman, and ne asked
Chairman Lodge to delay calling the
convention to order until two brass
bands which had been hired by the
New York delegation, could arrive.
The chairman agreed to this, saying:
81 know there is nothing to it but
Sherman.
Chairman Lodge called the conven-
tion to order and the nominations for
vice president were almost Immediate
ly proceeded with.
Timothy L. Woodward presented the
name of Congressman Sherman, of
New York state, who was nominated.
Mr. Crane, of Massachusetts, NOV
ed Sherman's nomination be made
unanimous. Governor Fort, of New
Jersey, seconded the motion. The
motion prevailed unanimously, and
Mr., Sherman was declared nominated
unanimously. -t- h.
The republican convention %jf 1908
for the nomination of man to head
their ticket in the coming presidential
election and also the candidate for the
vice presidency of the United States,
came to a close in the Coliseum at
Chicago, ILL.,, at 11:47 Friday morning.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1908-06-26
"CCL. HAM" YOUNG DEAD.
Was Retiring President of the Old
Time Te!eqraohers' Association.

Was Retiring President of the Old
Time Te!eqra2hers' Association.
Chicago, H., June 19-William
Hamilton Young, manager of the
Washington cfice of the Western
Union Telegraph company. and fa-
miliarly known to newspaper men all
throughout the United States as "COl-
onel Ham" Young. died Friday at the
home of his son, Frank NJ Young, in
this city He came here On duty con
nected with the republican national
convention. and was taken i'll at the
Coliseum.
Mr.. Young was one of the oldest
telegraph operators in the country,
and was the retiring president of the
old time telegraphers' association. He
entered the telegraph service in 1850,
and during the war served in the war
department
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1908-06-26
INJUNCTION PLANK
In Republican Platform Is Adopted by
.- the Convention,

In Republican Platform Is ADOPTED by
. %. the Convention.
Chicago, June 19-The platform
submitted to the republican convention
by the committee on resolutions, and
which was adopted, differs in few and
unimportant features from the tenta-
tive draft. e....l t
The, injunction plank asserts that
the republican party always. has and
always will uphold the processes and
proceedings of the court and has ab-
solute faith in their integrity and up
rightness; nevertheless, it believes
that the Injunction practices should be
so modified as to provide that only
where irreparable damage to property
is imminent, the courts may grant in
functions without notice 1t is also
specified that due notice shall be Civ
en- of impending injunction proceed
ings. f3- ~ .esIt.. 1e-.4.
The platform began with a highly
laudatory Endorsement of President
Roosevelt's administration, copying
precisely the language used in the
tentative draft. 1t further declares
unequivocally for tariff revision at a
special session of congress immediate
ly after Inauguration t r.bls =.
Among the new features injected
by the committee. on resolutions is
a declaration that native citizens of
Porto Rico should be collectively
made citizens of the United States. 1t
also favors admission of New Mexico
and Arizona as separate states. It
declares with respect to the negro,
without reservation for enforcement of
the thirteenth, fourteenth and fif-
teenth amendments to the oonstitu-
tion. ...,3r 9,3 81. rt liJnH oa
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1908-06-26

Elephant Takes CoIIectIon. n
= An elephant takes Hp'the collection
in Some of the Hindoo temples. 1t
;o# around with a basket extended
IHaroah its trunk. ft'.h%'
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1908-06-26
BIoodshed at a Primary.

Lexington, Ky, June 23.-As the
result of bad blood engendered by a
hotly contested republican primary, ].
J. Turner shot and killed a young man
by the name of Arrowwood at Canoe
10 miles from Jackson, in Breathitt
county In Terry precinct, after six
ty ballots had been cast, a general
fight ensued, poll books and remaining
ballots were destroyed and the elec
ton in that precinct ended.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1908-06-26
CONGRESSMAN SHERMAN OF
NEW YORK.

Nominated by Chicago Convention for
Vice President of United States.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1908-06-26
Garfield at Honolulu.

Honolulu, June Secretary of
the Interior Garfield inspected num-
ber OF sugar plantations. During the
trip the auto broke down and the par
ty had to walk a distance Of seven
miles Secretary Garfield was the
guest of honor at a banquet given by
the Sons of the Revolution. A public
reception attended by thousands was
given to the officers of the battleships
Maine and Alabama.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1908-06-26
Experiments of AeropIanist

Milan, June 19-Leon Delagrange,
the French aeroplanist, made mis-
first experiment before thousands of
spectators who included the prefect
and the mayor, but the tests were not
very successful, owing to the motor
of his aeroplane. He made four
ascensions, on one occasion remain
ing in the air for four minutes and
thirty-five seconds. In this expert
ment, his machine was about eight
feet from the ground. The specta-
tors warmly applauded his effrots.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1908-06-26

vention, but only 978 votes were cast,
rs one delegate was absent from South
Carolina and also one from New York.
Such is the record of the republican
national convention, effected amid
scenes of tumultuOus enthusiasm, and
after a nerve-racking continuous ses-
sion lasting nearly eight hours. With
president named and platform enun-
ciated, there remained only the nomi-
nation of the vice president
rs A Tumultuous Scene. ..-.ir+
The picture within the walls of the
vast amphitheater as the presidential
candidate was named was one truly
Rrandiose in its magnitude. In front,
to the right and left, below and above,
the billowing sea of humanity, rest
less after hours of waiting and stirred
from one emotion to another, was in
a fever of expectancy for the culmin
ating vote. The favorite sons OF
other states had been named, save
Knox and LaFollette, and now on the
roll call came Ohio. -at.at.t .s.- 81
As the Buckeye State was reached
the tall, gaunt form of Theodore E.
Burton, with student-like face and
severe black, clerical garb, advanced
to the platform to nominate Ohio's
candidate. He spoke fervently, with
the singing voice of an evangelist
which went ringing through the great
building. The close of his speech
of nomination was the signal for loos-
ing the long pent-up feeling of the
Taft legions. Instantly the Ohio del
egates were On their feet, other states
following, while the, convention hosts,
in gallery and on floor, broke into
mad demonstration.
"Taft-Taft-W. H. Taft" came In
a roar from the Ohioans.
MaeIstrom of Gesticulating Men.
All semblance of order had been
abandoned, and the delegates arena
was maelstrom Of gesticulating men;
the guidons- of the states were snatch
ed I'D by the Taft enthusiasts or borne
under by the storm of disorder. The
band was inaudible-a mere whisper
above the deafening volume OF sound.
For ten, fifteen, then twenty minutes,
this nproad continued. 1t was a rep
etition of the scene when the name of
Roosevelt threw the convention into
a frenzy, repeated in intensity and
almost in duration. But there is a
limit to the physical resources OF
throat and lung, and at last the tired
voices died down to horase shout,
and finally subsidized, and the conven-
ton then proceeded with the legiti-
mate business of the day. ....,
Four Hours Over Platform.
It was not until four hours had been
spent over the platform that the con-
vention was ready to proceed with the
nominating speeches for president.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1908-06-26

New York, June 19.-Emil L. Bo-
as, general manager in America of
the Hamburg-American line, has re-
turned from a hurried trip to Europe.
He volunteered the information that
there will be two new vessels of his
line between New York and Hamburg,
beginning next season, to be named
the Cincinnati and Cleveland. They
will be of 1880 tons register, with
a speed of sixteen knots an hour. They
are being built at Hamburg.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1908-06-26
EIyinu Machine Ready for TriaI.

Hammondsport, N. Y, June 10
The Aerial Experiment associations
new flying machine is completed and
read for trial Dr. and Mrs. Alex
ander Graham Bell are here and prep
arations are being made for trial
flight. This is the associations third
machine and has been named the June
Bug. 1t will be operated by G H.
Curtiss under whose direction it was
built.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1908-06-26
REPORT ON COTTON.
Plant In FIourishing Condition In g.,
AN,~L

Plant In FIourishing Condition In Spite
of Too Much Rain.
New Orleans, June 23.-The Plea
yune weekly cotton crop report says:
Reports to the Picayune from Louis
lana, Mississippi and parts of Alabama
show that cotton is in a. f1ourishing
condition, in spite of too much rain,
preventing work in scme places.
In several places in the state of
Louisiana boil weevils have appeared
but they have rot done much damage
and planters are burning the squares
in which they are found.
The overflows have ruined a great
portion of the crops in some regions
of this state but these regions are not
numerous or extended enough to have
a very serious effect on the total out
put in the state.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1908-06-26
DEATH CLAIMS OLD EDITOR.
Donelson C.. jenkins Won Renown as
NeWSpaper Man. --- .

Los Angeles, CAL, June 2O,-Don-
elson Caffery Jenkins, in the fifties
and sixties one of the the best known
newspaper editors in the country, be-
ing owner and chief editor of the New
Orleans Delta and later of the Plea.
yune, died at Sierra Madre Saturday,
aged eighty-three.
After removing from New Orleans,
Mr.. Jenkins went to Galveston where
he was editor-in- chief and vice-pres-
ident of the Galveston News. When
the Dallas News was annexed to the
Galveston Journal, Mr.. Jenkins edited
it from his Office in Galveston. e f
After securing a comfortable fortune
he sold out his interests in the two
papers and moved to Los Angeles,
where he made his home. Mr.. Jen-
kins was born at Vicksburg, Miss, in
1925. He leaves a widow, one son
and five daughters.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1908-06-26
S,ays With Temperance.

A German spoke at temperance
meeting as follows: Il shall tell you
how it vas put my band on my
head There vas one big pain. Then
put my hand on my pody. and there
vas another. Then put my hand In
my pocket and there vas nothing. Now
there is no more pain in de head. DE
pains in my pody are all gone away
put my hand in my pocket, and there
ish twenty tollars. So | stay NIT de
temperance.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1908-06-26
A GREATER ATLANTA.
Proposed Extension of Limits Gives
City 1875 900 Population.

City 1875 900 Population.
Atlanta, June 19.-Greater Atlanta
has been agreed upon by the special
council committee The new city
will contain 26 square miles, instead
of IL square miles of the present At
lanta, more than twice the size.
The increase in population will be
between 15COO and 20, 900, and this
will swell the population of Greater
Atlanta TO about 125, 900.
The extension of the city limits is
to go into effect on January 1, 1910.
The special committee has finished
fits work. The report will be for
mally drawn up, and will be presented
to a special meeting of council.
The new territory taken in by the
committee will embrace the following
we'll known towns and districts:
Edgewood. Brookwocd. Oakland
City. Cooks District. Copenhill. East
Atlanta. South Atlanta, Druid Hills,
ReynoldstoWn.