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Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1909-01-12
POLICIES OF THE SOUTH
VERY HARDsTO CHANGE

AUGUSTA, Ca Jan. 9-Judge Tafts
progress in breaking into the solid south
does not seem promising to Governor
elect Joe Brown. He does not think that
this new president will make any more In
roads In the south's politics than his pre-
decessors. In an interview yesterday,
Governor-elect Brown said that the
southerners would not be changed unless
they were shown that the policy that
they have held to for so many years could
be replaced Wy more judicial and logical
policies. ~
southern policies are hard to change,
said Mr.. Brown, ut is a popular idea
that the climatic conditions make OF the
southern people a hot-headed. impetuous
race. In reality we are conservative
people 1t is one thing for the southern
people to be pleased with Mr.. TAFT s WIN
ming personality, his charm OF nanner'
his famous smile, and 1t Is another thing
for the south to change its policies.
Mr.. Brown pays Judge Taft high COM
uTiment. "I regard him." said the gov
ernor-elect, las the highest type OF Amer
lean manhood. He will make a great
president. If he has an underlying prin-
cipie Of government that viii make It's
appeal to the logic of southern conservat-
ism. then he may drive in wedge. But
our people viii not swap principle for
an idea" fNftIf FfA
.Governor-elect Brown says that he
wants to swap ideas with the people OF
ahe state so that he can take charge OF
fhe ONCE for the betterment Of present
conditions. He expressed great pleasure
at his entertainment while In Augusta.
After visiting several cities he win return
TO this city on his way to Atlanta.
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1909-01-12
NEGROES IN PANIC
IN CLAYTON COUNTY

solicitor General William Schley How
ard. OF the Stone Mountain circuit, called
at the executive Offices Friday morn
inR. 70 see. Governor Smith relative to
the suppression OF lawIessness IN Clay
ton county. IN the vicinity OF Riverdale,
He states that Wednesday night a crowd
OF sshfe, nsen .tsrrorized thu, negroes OF
the vicinity by shooting up three negro
dwellings,. located on the plantations
OF webb Cox and his father.E "a
Mr. Howard expects to see citizens of
Clayton county again procure additionai
infDrnation relative to the lawiessnesA
and viii Saturday probably file a for
nal petition setting forth the offenses,
and ask for suitable rewards FOR the
arrest and conviction of the men par
ticipating In the crimes.
According to the soiicltor-and he re-
CARDS his Information as reliable-a band
OF whites last Wednesday night invaded
the plantations OF the Coxes, which are
situated on the Flint river and adjoin.
The men visited three negro houses,
and without warning, fred several vol
-leys into each dwelling. A number OF
inmates IN each house were injured more
or less seriously and, In one instance, an
old negro preacher, reading his Bible,
had his face Idisfigured with a load OF
buckshot. -n2f ~ -'
"Nfr. Webb exhibited to me handful
OF buckshot he gathered from the floor
Of one Of the houses said Mr.. Howard,
land IN the yard in front of another
house seventeen empty shotgun shells
were found indicating that many volleys
were fired upon the defenseless inmates.
THE condition Is one that needs att
tention, and as the prosecuting officer OF
the circuit IT is my purpose to try to
run down the culprits" ia. s'HiT
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1909-01-12

COMPARED to the small boils that often
times come on human bodies, while the
big eruptions are like the death con-
suming carbuncle risings that destroy
life.
II has been only few years since Mt.
Pelee ON the Island OF Martinique blew
itself out and destroyed thousands OF
inhabitants and desolated hundreds OF
buildings.
That disaster came on a hot day in
May when the world was full OF sum
mer sunshine. sweet flowers and sing
ing birds.
In the twinkling OF an eye the in
ternal fires did burst forth, the earth
upheaved and the waters of the sea
rushed into the vacuum, already at
white heat. This thrush made a tidal
wave that rose up over the stricken
island and washed OF people as we'll as
boats and ships in their return to the
sea
Natural philosophy teaches that ma
ture abhors a vacuum and the floods
pour inside when gigantic forces prizes
up the masses OF earth outlying, and
We cannot appreciate what is under
meath US when we lie down TO sleep on
calm summer nights with this, boiling
caldron below ~
That these fires are banked and latent
in most places wesare also taught, but
when a volcano is on the outside with
an opening into the fury cavern, II
should be esteemed a miracle of grace
that earthquakes and tidal waves do
not happen at every full or change OF
the moOnA IL
Human beings will eoiitinue. TO occupy
these Volcanic territories 50 long as
earth endures They build and plant on
the yery slopes Of these fiery mountains
without a care az TO- the future. With
a vent-hole Id touch and the heavy
! rumblings Of shre ~ the bowels OF the
/ earth, theyEpRfrY and give in marriage
dance and play on the crust OF vol
The destruction OF Italy As fearful
/ The fact that 100000 persons were
death-struck In less than half a min
ute Of time Is beyond our comprehen-
sion. ~ 1
A battle in which zone thousand are
killed will convulse the human. mind
with terror. but this earthquake and
/ tidal wave horror we cannot appreciate
unless we were on the ground to see 1t
The whirIwind and the storm are
powerful agents to destroy. Water and
fire are oftimes- terrific, but when the
/ earth upheaves and inside fires rush up
ward, opening the inside cavern to tho
waters OF great sea. Nothing in ma
/ ture can compare with its stupendous
/ power to destroy. t
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1909-01-12
Earthquakes and Volcanoes

When we rec0llect that Herculaneum
and Pompen were intimately connected
with Vesuvius In eruption, Il is not
strange that the Island OF Sicily should
be cOnvulsed with Mount Etna's vagaries.
All these commissions In the bowels OF
the earth would be made plain to US II
we could see the internal fires that oc-
cupy the inside Of our world. Just as the
red hot engines occupy the hold OF our
great modern ships. when these ocean
greyhounds are racing across seas and
oceans. II one OF these mammoth en-
gines should explode thousands Of the
crew aud passengers would be blown up
into the air afterwards TO be sunk into
the engulhng waters below them.
Early historians were familiar with
earthquakes. and the Bible tells Of them
in a familiar strain also. They are dis
turbances that come without warning or
at least with small prem0nition. We in
America have had hints Of earthquakes.
especially at Charleston and San Fran
cisco
II we had active volcanoes on our sea
coasts we would be more acquainted with
earth-bursts and the inrushing Of water
in the openings made by the quakes like
water hollis on hot griddles.
II is doubtless all owing to the steam
generated By the terrific thrush OF water
into vast cavities heated seventy-tirnes
hot BY volcanic fires.
Some Of these hot openings may be
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1909-01-12
MARIETTA ST. MERCHANT
MYSTERIOUSLY SHOT

william Lawrence Buck, age Al years.
owner of the B. e. B. Coal and Wood
yard on Marietta street, was mysteriously
shot and killed, Saturday night shortly
after . o'clock, within fifty yards Of
his home, 1Ts Curran street. lie was
found lying face downward in the gut
ter, a bullet wound through his right
side, another through his cheek, and a
third through his hand. Life was fast
leaving him then, but he lived Until he
could be taken to his home, where he
died with his wife holding his hand and
his two little babies by his side. He new
er spoke after assistance reached him.
There is no clue to his slayer. When
found he was lying in the gutter of the
street with the light of bright moon
shining about him. With the exception
Of himself and the men who came to his
assistance, the street was deserted and
lay silent and bare.
II was on Curran street between EN-
NETT and Hemphill avenue that the dying
man was found. His home lay not fifty
yards away, within full sight The water
works Is only about three blocks distant.
The fact that the shooting should have
taken place where il did is very strange
The moonlight was very strong and clear,
so much SO in fact that 1t was almost as
Iieht as day There are no shadows
where MIR. Puck was found. It is en- open
place, with houses all about. And still,
though he was killed shortly after
O'Clock and though the shots that fore
told his death were heard. by a dozen or
more people, no one saw his slayer. He
seemed to have fired the shots. then TO
have literally vanished. He left no clue
He left no evidence except the dying man
in the gutter Who he was, what his me-
tive was. are things that make deep mys-
teries now.
1t is certain that robbery was not the
motive for his death. His pockets were
left untouched though he had several
dollars of silver change in one, and bag
of money in the other which contained
fifteen or twenty dollars Neither the
change nor the bag of money was
touched.
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1909-01-12

AUGUSTA, Ga, Jan. 9.-The CITY is
considerably stirred up over the recent
and many blind tiger raids. Several
prominent young men of the city are tho
chief witnesses in the cases against the
alleged tigers. The men causing the ar
rests of the suspects went to the different
dealers and purchased whisky to be used
as testimony In one case It is reported
that self-appointed spy played games
of pool with negroes and treated them to
soda water to gather his testimony. The
lawyer for the defense severely criticised
the prosecuting witnesses. telling them
that they did not do the work of respect
able gentlemen, but acted as dirty hired
spies. ~
The sentiment of the city IS very bitter
against the way in which testimony was
gotten. One or two of the men who
acted as spies have either resigned their
positions with local firms or have been
fired
DIR. Wilkinson. a local pastor, says that
on Sunday night he win devote some time
on criticising the way in which the re
corder has been handling the cases and
the remarks that he made before the
hearing. 1t is understood that he will be
strong in his statements and no doubt
large crowd will be on hand to hear the
caustic remarks that the gentleman
might make.
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1909-01-12
Lunatic Jailed who TerrOrized Town

SAVANNAH, Ca, Jan. al. F. Bum
ton, a. resident of Monteith, a station u
miles on the Atlantic Coast Line, is
in Jail here on charge of lunacy. He
was at first arrested for assault with In
tent to murder but when the officer saw
his condition he decided that Bunton was
crazy and had Mrs Buntori sign a war;
rant for his arrest. Ff#@
/ Bunton terrorized the town in which he
lived for a day and night before he was
arrested He shot up one ~r two buildings
with a Winchester rifle nd threatened
to throw himself under the wheels OF an
Atlantic Coast 1Ane train. He lives very
near the Coast Line track and hts family
had to overpower him to prevent him
from carrying out his threat of self
destruction. This was after he had lost
his rifle through the strategy of a clerk
in his store who succeeded in getting
possession of 1t and hiding IT,
When Bunton was put in jail We'd
nesday night and searched, eight long,
bladed knives We're found in his pockets.
After losing his rife he tried for a time
to get hold of some of his family to kill
them with an axe but did not, succeed in
doing so. He WIN probably be tried for
lunacy In short time.
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1909-01-12

The sun shines from cold but clear
skv As write today. and this fatefui
year OF le0s il about to leave us with
smiling face TO the last.
IT came In with panic troubles, but Il
biis- ms goodbye with satisfying reports
OF progress and developing prosperity.
Business Is looking up, and there Is bread
for the. eater in the land and work for
those who are willing to earn day
wages at reasonable prices.
The manic was a strange one. and
car oniv diagnose the trouble as q set
Ting down after long season OF infa-
ton and over reaching In speculative
business. Things had been going about
on stills. for 3 good many years. The
world was rushing like mad, crying Ike
the horse .leech's- daughter for more.
Greed and graft were both in the sad
die.
Many enterprises were begun on Dor
rowed capital and many banks had put
out money with reckiessness and haste.
When the stills eareened TO one side or
the other. the silt walker had 70 get
down lower. TO the solid ground and he
got down
when money takes scare Il Is q mir
acIe II there is not a wave OF bank
rlptcy in It's rear and so. when $685. made
its bow on the stage Of action. twelve
months ago. everybody was holding
breath for the business world
But 1sos has come and gone and We
have been kept TO the end In the Provi-
dence OF God and sustained with count
less blessings and merciful privileges. All
praise be given 20 the Almighty maker
and Preserver.
What 1873 holds for us no living man
can know. but we do understand that
forsaken or denied preserving mercies. II
we continue faithful 10 our pledges.
Hail 1897 May grace and goodness at
tend you
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1909-01-12
GEORGIANS THROWN
INTO MEXICAN JAIL

MOBILE, Ala, Jan. ct. C. shep-
herd and T. c. Common, both of Geor-
gia, and s. S. Smith, of Florida, arriv-
ed in Mobile today from Vera Cruz,
coming by way of New Orleans. The
men say that they were engineer, con-
ductor and fireman, respectively, on
the Mexican Central railroad in June,
1900, when. in backing into a switch
they ran into and killed a Mexican peon.
served until October Is. last. without
trial, when the state department
through the efforts ofra travelling Amer
lean photographer, Eho learned Of the
facts in the case, Secured their re-
lease.
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1909-01-12
FIcar. Grain, Hay and Feed

Flour sacked, per Observation-Disclosures Best
Flour $3.50: Swansdown. S5.S5! Puritan (fuil
patent) $3.50: Home Queen. $3.50: Supreme.
Isl so; ocean Spray Second Patent). $3.50; Sun
Rise (second Patent). $3.50, ..-,.+
Meal sacked. per bushel-Plain, se-lb. saclkA
nc; plain. 4S-lb. sacks, Slei plain, 24lb. sacks,
S5c. --rt e e d- r
Grain. sacked. per busheI-Corn. new white.
sac; yellow No. 2. 8sc oats, white clipped
fancy 6Sc oats, white clipped 65c; oats No. 2.
white, &C., oats, No. 8. white. e4c; oats, mixed.
6sc -.r or9 rr.r ~ Hir g.T
Seeds sacked per bushel-wheat. Tennessee
Blue stem. 81 50; oats Burt. 15c; oats, Texas
Rust Proof. 6sc oats, Blue Spring, 6Sc.
< Hay. per scNt.-Alfalfa. s1.Io; timothy, choice,
large bales. sl.Osi timothy, choice. third bales,
800: timothy. No. 1. small bales, 800; timo.
thy, No 1 clover mixed. s0c; timothy. No. q
soc: choice clover, SIC; Bermuda, 7oc.
Feed Stuff. fper cwf..-Chicken feed, 50-lb
sacks 81 90; Turina scratch bales / dozen,
50 20: Purina scratch, 100lb. sacks, SOS; Sue
cess scratch feed i00-lb. sacks. SisS; Purina
feed l75-lh. sacks, s1.7o; Purina feed. 100-lb.
e. cle = 81. IS: Arab lorse feed sf.S0; Germ
meal, Sl.55: Alfalfa feed, $150; shorts, white.
81 rs: shorts. fancy, 75 lbs, $ls5; shorts. pure
wheat cotton sacks, rs lbs 81 Gu, shorts.
brown 100 lbs $780, bran, Is and 100 lbs. 81. IS;
salt brick holders, per doz. S2.25i salt brick per
case. $780, salt brick, med.csted. per case,
81 30: salt. rock. per cwt. 800; salt. 1o-lb.
sacks sc: cottonseed meal. per ton. SIS. 90
square sacked hulls. per ton, $500; round
tackled huils per ton IS so. erf
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1909-01-12
NEGRO HIGHWAYMEN GET
OVER $1,000 IN MEMPHIS

MEMPHIS. Tenn. Jan. s.-Ne9ro highway
men in two sections Of the city held up
white women in broad daylight today and the
net results Of their operations was some
thing close to IS, 900. Both Of the attacks were
characterized by their holiness and In each
instance the hIghwaymen escaped.
Mrs: John Kelley. so years Of age, Of JEFF
ferson avenue. suffered. most from the hold
up men She. was returning from the bank at
3 o'clock this afternoon after she had cashed
a check for 600 when she was attacked
close TO her home She was thrown violently
to the ground and the negro made away with
her purse which contained besides the 81. o09
a note for $500 and 500 in small bills. Mrs.
hKeliey was badly injured
Two negroes stopped the carriage in which
were Mrs Robert Armistead and Mrs. Hat
tie Solomon as II was being driven along
the speedway near OvertOn Park One hello
the horses while the other compelled the Ia
dies to give up their money which amounted
to something over $50.
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1909-01-12
WEST VIRGINIA TOWNS
VOTE FOR PROHIBITION

WHEELING, w. Va, Jan. S.-Reports
received here today from eighteen small
municipalities where yesterday an election
was held 20 decide the question of the
licensed sale OF liquor, show that ten
went dry and eight wet" The prev
alence OF ''keg parties" I'm the eight
"wet towns. 1t is said. decided the voters
In favor Of licensed saloons.
At wIlliamstown, w. v. opposite Mari
eta, Ohio, the "drys were victorious and
Marietta people Joined with the Williamsl
town people in celebrating with a stree,
parade and the ringing of church bells.
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1909-01-12
Shoots Himself Between the Eyes

ATHENS, Ga, Jan. 81 r. Cain COM
mitted suicide at his home on Jackson
street about s o'clock this morning. he
had been sick for a few days and the
deed was no doubt the result of temper
AIRY insanity. ,e- sr3-v srshp fJ7-9a
|, For some, nights, he had been resting
badly, and on arising this morning ne
placed a pistol to his forehead and the
ball entered between the eyes, producing
instant death. His son, Reuben, was IN
the room at the time. fs.sf- 1- l
Mr. Cain was about sixty years old, and
was for many years street commissioned.
He is survived by wife, a son, Joe, In
Texas, and daughter and son in Athens,
Mrs. f.. H. Cooley and Reuben, aged about
u years. +its
Funeral exercises win probably be held
Sunday afternoon. 1taf a
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1909-01-12
Live stock

CHICAGO. Jan. 11.-cattIe: Receipts est
mated 4. co., Zoe 70 29c lower. Beeyess $4,000
7.s5; Texans, s4&05.0o: westerns, S4.o045.eo
stockers and feeders, 81. 25@500; cows and heit
ers 81 75d5. 80; calves, s750@9.25.
Hogs-Receipts estimated $1,000; 10c lower
light IS Sa676o0. Mixed $5.656e15. sheapy $6-5'
0is 20: rough. S6.6Od575; good TO choice, heavy
s575Qs.20; pigs, S4.S@5.&;, bulk of sales, $5.T'
66.O5. L.
sheep-Receipts estimated $4,000; steady; ma
tive Ss1065.I5; western, $3.15d5S5; yearlings
Se.0Od7.25; lambs,y native, S5.00@S.OO; western
S5OOds.00.
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1909-01-12
BOY TWELVE YEARS OLD
breaches II NEW YORK

NEW YORK, Jan. n.-MichaeI RuccI,
boy u years old, is perhaps the young
est preacher in the city. He delivered a
sermon last night in an east side Catholic
church, taking for his text Behold! 1
Bring You Tidings of Great JOY"
The child composed the entire sermon
himself and his effort was well received.
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1909-01-12
Major J. If. Hanson Injured by Auto

Major j. f. Hanson, president of the
Central Of Georgia railroad; suffered q
painful fracture Of his right arm early
last evening by stumbling from the step
of his automobile to the sidewalk curbing
directly in front of the Elysee apartments
near Paachtree place. ~
In an agony that was little short OF
excruciating. President Hanson was
assisted back into his machine and hur-
rfed down Peachtree street at fun speed
to the Ellkin- Goldsmith sanitarium, on
Luckie street. There his injured member
was dressed and set by Or. w. 8. Elkin
and Dr. " s. Goldsmith, who had beer
summoned post-haste They pronounced
the INJURY not serious and predicted that
the major would be out again in a few
days.
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1909-01-12
PARIS GREEN IN CANDY
SENT TO WOMEN

DENER. Jan. S-POison I'm the shape OF
Paris green sufficient TO kill fifty people.
was found in the candy sent through the mails
to Mrs. Marie Smith and Mrs. Amelia Wit
wer. according to state Chemist Edward c,
Hill. who analyzed the contents Of the boxes
received BY the two women last SATURDAY..
Ocie and Viola Smith. children Of Mrs
Smith. ate some OF the candy and were made
seriously 81.
sutton Of Mrs Smith in connection with their
investigation
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1909-01-12
Naval Stores

SAVANNAH. Ca Jan 1l.3Tlrpentine firm,
4iaAAc: sales. s14: rosin firm W W, S. 5oi
Sc S5aa 4O;- @, So 15a3. a0:s F. ss12l5aS. 15;. u,
e. 1e6ls. 1919 d. $40; b. $40; sales, LTD;
turpentine receipts. 157; shipments SIS; stocks,
stocks. 10 $50. ~ 2 ~ ..t hf u Ea
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1909-01-12

Invested fD a pair OF our ELECTEIC
INSoLES win bring you HEALTH ind
HAPPINESS.
CHRISTMAS DAY. we sent a Florida
man a pair aud have received this letter
from aim: when your ELEC1 RIG In
SOLES were received. could not walk
now / am walking anywhere want 70
and am selling them. Please find
Money Order for which send me the fol-
lowing order at once. / am q great
believer In your ELECTRIC 1INS0LES
and win do BIG BUSINESS FOR
YOU in this. section" We win furnish
his name en- application and we win
pay you we'll to act as our AGENT in
your section. Give size of shoe when
ordering. Wholesale SUPPLY CO.,
DIRT. Al, VALD0STA, GA.
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1909-01-12

GRIFFIN, Ga.g Jan. SNIP q. N! Clio
zier committed suicide yesterday after,
noon by shooting himself through the
head with a Ss-calibre Smith g. Wessor
pistol. The tragedy occurred at the home
Of Alderman j. NJ, Bassett,. g. nephew OF
the deceased with whom he had been liy-
ing for the, past few years = 2r;vaA Js
Several weeks ago Mr.. GlozieT, who was
70 years, Of age, fell and was seriously
injured about, the head, and itswas while
suffering ornamental alteration that he
committed the deed. svsa- asss1es~
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1909-01-12
New York Produce Market

NEW YORK, Jan. u.-Sugar: Raw firm; fair
refining s.2s; centrifugal IS test S.IS; molasses
sugar, ass Refined steady; crushed, b.S5 pow
dered. AS: granulated. 4.65. Er
Petroleum steady, refined all ports ss.45@S. 80,
Coffee steady; No. a Rio, ihG7he No.
Santos, ShaS%c.
Moiasses firm: New Orleans. 2sQl2e.
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1909-01-12

I1Dnncv Cured; Quick reis removes an swelling IN 9
0nUISI 70 20 days; 80 to 90 days effects psamaneni
cure Talsrsasent gwen free to sufferers: nOhhs iais
o.. H. H. Gresns Sens, Box Atlanta. c.
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1909-01-12

ROTLEDGE.-R. 7. nIcElvaney has been
elected mayor OF Rutledge, succeeding Judge G..
w. Oxford The councilmen named Ernest
Ponder. A. A. Barker. w. p. Wallace and
Joseph knight. -ttE
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1909-01-12

AtneEJ Il the time to buy homes In sotlth Ga.
NUN You can buy cheaper now than year
- from now. Quit climbing hills, Jumping
gulIies and pilins rocks and come where land -
easily cleared and cultivated and Crops nevef
fan. Terms easy. !. A. Fulwood, Tiftons Ca
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1909-01-12

TENNILLE. Mrs. NJ +. Smith. Of Tennille.
wants to learn the names and addresses OF
any of the surviving members Of Company
+, Tenth Georgia regiment