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Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1909-09-28
ALABAMA NEWS

SELMA. Ala. Sept. 24-News reached
Selma today of the robbery and attempt
ed murder of Postmaster Dick Carter, of
Summerfield last night. Mr.. Carter had
closed his store and started home about
Q o'clock when attacked by unknown par
ties. robbed and left for dead. The post
ONCE and store is in same building and
the postmaster had with him at the time
SIs. 80 belonging to the government and
s25 of his store money.
When about half way between the post
office and home he was knocked sense
less. receiving three blows on the head
with a blunt instrument. After robbing
the man, who, is 50 years old. his body
was thrown over wire fence into BUSH
es where it was found by a searching
party during the night.
Carried to his home he regained con-
seriousness. but, is unable to give any ac-
count of the affair. He may recover.
Three negroes as suspects have been ar.
rested.
MOBILE. Ala, Sept. 24.-Halted for a
time by the decisions of Judge Julius A.
Afford declaring certain portions of the
Fuller prohibition bill unconstitutional,
Sheriff Drago has resorted to the injunc-
ton in an effort to break up the alleged
lueBdl SdiS OF AQuOISs anu says Nhdb AZ
every instance he proposes to confiscate
liquors and fixtures.
Five injunctions against alleged opera
tors of blind tigers and owners Of the
building where they are said to be locat-
ed were issued today out OF the chancery
court.
BIRMINGHAM. Ala, Sept. 25.-Not less
than 100 housekeepers of Birmingham ap-
peared in the police court this morning
police on charges OF obtaining money
around among the housewives and sold
a chance In addition on some larger piece
OF crockery or furniture.
The time for the drawing was passed.
and the women could not locate the goods
for which they had drawn.
The men were arrested just as they
were preparing to leave the city, after
having sold chances to something like
/. 500 women. The same scheme was work
ed in other cities before feaching Bir-
mingham.
BIRMINGHAM Ala. Sept. 25.-The big
brewery plant and property OF the Schil-
llnger Brewing company here, which was
put out of business by prohibition in this
state has been sold to the American Ice
and Fuel company, which was recently
organized by John s. Leedy and others.
The property sold for $4,000 and the ice
company will be the nucleus of a concern
to be worth 100000 a little later, and
will enter the cold storage as we'll as ice
manufacturing business here.
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1909-09-28

The long list of memorials which the
south has erected. in the past, to her
immortals will soon be augmented by a
monument to the lamented Daniel Deca-
tur Emmett author of Dixie" This me-
mortal has been considered and talked OF
in the southern press but the first actua!
move toward it's contamination will come
at meeting to be held next week at Nash
Vile. Tenn. between Cor. 8. a. Cum
ningham. editor of the Confederate Vet
eran; Col Walker Kennedy editor of the
Commercial Appeal. Memphis. and Al G.
Field. the minstrel. These three. foar
many years closely associated with the
dead musician. have appointed them
selves a committee to look after the COL
lection Of the memorial fund and are
confident that, with the necessary head
organization to lead, the south will come
forward promptly and generously.
WILL MEET IN NASHVILLE.
Details of the manner IN which the fund
is to be subscribed. and collected. and
the form which the memorial will take are
to be discussed at the meeting. That all
who desire may be represented among the
donors to the fund only donations of one
dollar or less will be asked. As to the
form of the. memorial II is believed that
the committee and those whom they call
into consultation will favor a simple shaft
of granite or marble and most appropri-
ate of the unassuming personality of the
bard II commentaries.
Though many cities have asked the
honor of the location of the memorial,
Memphis being particularly aggressive in
her demands for recognition, Richmond.
Va, as capital of the Confederate states,
has practically been chosen, and work on
the monument will begin there in the
spring. 1t is believed.
Georgia is particularly interested in
anything that pertains to the memory of
Dan Emmett. While he was born q
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1909-09-28
STARVING SAILORS
BATTLE WITH STORM

PENSACOLA, Fla, Sept. o4.-Short of
coal and her crew without food for near
IL three days. the British steamer Tocan-
titus, from Santos for New YORK with a
cargo of coffee, crept into port last night
after a furious battle with the gulf hur-
ricane.
The vessel encountered the storm early
Sunday afternono, and by Sunday night,
according to the ships master, the gale
was blowing at a 100-mile-an-hour clip.
The steamers decks were stripped of
everything movable and saI, water COW
cred all stores aboard, leaving the crew
in a pitiable condition when they reached
Pensacola.
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1909-09-28
South Carolina News

GREENvILLE, s. c., Sept. 24.-Early
this morning, Whit Galloway, an opera
tive at Woodside mill, in suburbs Of the
city. became involved in a quarrel with
his wife. with the result that he killed
her and then turned the gun on himself.
The only witness to the double tragedy
was a 4-year-old girl. She told Of the
quarrel and how her father tried to shoot
her, but was so nervous he could hardly
hold the pistol in his hand.
COLUMBIA, s. c., Sept. 2A-At yes
terday afternoons session of the lnVes-
tigation of the alleged graft in the man
agement of the state dispensary, Henry
Samuels testified that he had received
number of checks from Farnum Tor
wylie and that he had cashed them and
turned the money over to Wylie sam
uels denied that he had received any
part of the money for his services.
Samuels' testimony, in the main, was
along the same lines as Wylie's and cor
roborated it on most points The defense
attempted to impeach the character of
the witness by having him tell of what
he did on some of his former visits to
this city.
.Samuels said that the only commission
he received were paid him by the whis-
ky firms, which he had represented
The states case against Farnum CON-
sisted in tracing the progress Of draft,
which, it is charged, was paid to Wylie,
from the hands of Farnum, through the
Bank OF Chester and back to Farnum' s
office in Charleston.
The other defendants, who will be tried
at the conclusion OF the Farnum case,
are:
Jodie NJ. Rawlinson, H. Lee Solomons,
John NJ. Black, John T. Early, L w.
Boykin, w. o. Tatum, Dennis Weiskopf
and NJ. A. Goodman.
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1909-09-28
WOMAN AGENT
THREATENED WITH JAIL

HARTFORD, Conn. Sept. 25.-Miss E.
Griffith, agent of D. H. Tolman, the
Chicago money lender. was fined 5000
and sentenced to 90 days in Jail by Judge
Burpee in the superior court today for
violation of the loan laws. stay of
execution was granted the defendant I'M
til Tuesday upon the filing Of bond Of
5000.
1t is understood that the case will be
carried to the supreme court.
In the trial violation Of two different
statutes was charged-that making it IL
legal to charge more than Is per cent
per annum for a loan, and making it an
offense to accept note for an amount
greater than that actully loaned.
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1909-09-28
SOUTH TO ERECT MEMORIAL
TO THE AUTHOR OF DIXIE

northerner. his vocation as a travelling
minstrel and musician brought him large
ly through the south, where, in the early
days his talents were most appreciated
Georgia was a favorite spot and in his
studies of economic conditions this state
afforded him an ideal field of investiga-
ton, and it is believed by many that here
he obtained the inspiration that begot
Dixie.
HISTORY OF DIXIE.
The poem was written and set to music
in the summer of 1852 In the fall of that
year it was first presented for public ap-
probation in the so-called modern MIN
streI organization, of which Emmett was
the creator. This was in a northern city
and the new song gained popularity at
once. A few years later it pervaded the
south to such an extent that the land
south of Mason and Dixon's line became
symbolical in name with the title Of the
song.
The last public appearance of Emmett
was in the company of Al G. Field in the
winter OF 1851 While on tour that season
the aged minstrel celebrated his S4th
natal anniversary at Dallas, Tex. and the
Daughters of. the Confederacy there join
ed with the members of the Field minstrel
in presenting the old gentleman with
gold watch. In the spring he sickened and
retired to his home in Mount Vernon,
Ohio. lost to public attention, almost to
public memory until his death. which oc-
Cured in July. 1904. Al G. Field, his
friend, officiated at the funeral
shortly afterwards the Mount Vernon
lodge, Is. P o. E., appointed commit
tee to solicit a memorial fund. but
through outside influences interfering the
work of the committee came to naught.
AS chairman of that committee, Mr.. Field
was asked to join the recent movement,
which it is considered on all sides has
every reason for being successful
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1909-09-28
1 KILLED, MANY HURT, IN
COLLISION OF CARS

DIES MONIES. Iowa, Sept. 25.-William
Kiser of Des Moines, was killed, and
many persons hurt, some of them fatally,
by an interurban car from Boone striking
a street car today on a trestle near the
Highland bridge in this city.
Kiser was the conductor on the street
car. The motormans legs were cut off.
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1909-09-28
U. s. MARKS GRAVES OF
CoNFEDERATES IN NORTH

WASHINGTON. Sept 25.-To cornmem-
crate the lives of the federal prisoners
of war, who died at Fort Delaware dur
ing the civil war, a monument to cost
$500 will be erected in the Confederate
section Of Firms Point National ceme-
terry, near Salem, n. j.. and close to the
old prison.
The war department has just closed a
contract with the Van Amringe Granite
company. of Boston, Mass, to construct
the monument of Pennsylvania white
marble 1t is to be completed by De-
cember 10, 1909. The shaft viii be 81 feet
high.
Similar monuments are being erected
by act Of congress throughout the north
wherever there are many unmarked
graves of Confederate soldiers
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1909-09-28
CHAMPION LOST BOY" is
MISSING FOR SD TIME

CHICAGO. Sept 24-Reymond Will
Hams years old, known as the
champion lost boy 5 missing for the
SD time. Yesterday the lads mother
asked Chief of Detectives wood to de-
tail detectives to find him.
Since Raymond has been able to walk
he has continued to worry his mother and
the police by repeatedly running away
from home. He is usually gone for two
or three days and then returns to tel!
his parents that he was tired OF staying
at home all the time"
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1909-09-28
TWO MORE ELEPHANTS
"BAGGED" BY ROOSEVELT

NAIRoBI. British East Africa. Sept a.
Theodore Roosevelt. who is hunting i'm
the Mweru district. has bagged two more
elephants. Mr.. Roosevelt will soon leave
the Mweru territory for the Guaso Nytro
river.
Kermit Roosevelt has killed an ele-
plant and a rhinoceros. He will shortly
move over to Lake Harrington, i'm Nal
vasha province. and continue his hunting
thCre
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1909-09-28
MIsTRIAL RESULTS
IN sTEPsoN's TRIAL

CHATTANOOGA. Tenn. Sept. ga
mistrisi resulted in the case Of Tom
Dyer. charged with numbering his step
father. Rudolph Buol by throwing a
stick OF dynamite under MS bed on the
night OF April 90
At O'Clock this morning the jury re-
ported unable to agree and was sent bacE
for further elaboration. Thirty minutes
later the jury reported a second time that
agreement was impossible. A lnistriaI
was then ordered and the jury dismissed
A second trialswas ordered FOR the. next
term Of criminal court The jury stood
six for conviction and SIX for acquittaL
The case went TO the jury last night and
the FIRST report was mace IS soon as
court opened this morning.
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1909-09-28
JosEPH'S WHEAT, 3,4o0
YEARS OLD. IS RECEIVED

NEW HAVEN. Conn, Sept. A.--Some
of the wheat that Joseph, or some one
equally as ancient. stored before the seven
years famine IN Egypt, has been received
by Valentine Hammer. of Branford.
The wheat was stored in the 18th dynas-
", /. 500 years before Christ. or more than
S,40O years ago.
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1909-09-28
WARD WILL
SLEEP IN HOUSTON

NASHVILLE. Tenn. Sept. PA cable
gram received here today from Kobe. ia
pan, announced that. the body of the late
Bishop Seth Ward, of the Methodist
Episcopal church, south, VINO died last
Monday, will leave Kobe on October 8
and will reach San Francisco about Oc-
tober %.
The remains win be inferred at Hous-
ton, Tex.
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1909-09-28
Bragg Is Electrocuted

RICHMOND. Va. Sept. 4.-Howard Fl.
Bragg was electrocuted In the peniten-
tiary here today for the murder of his
bTother-.n-law, Thomas Drawboro. In
Rock Bridge county. last September.
Bragg was the second man to die in the
electric chair in Virginia.
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1909-09-28

Adolph o. EDerhardt, by succeeding
John Albert johnson as governor OF
Minnesota, restores control of the state
to the Republican party for the first
tima in five years. Though Minnesota
has had a Republican legislature and
Republican state officers, the extraor-
binary success or Governor Johnson
has given the Democrats control or
the executive branch OF the government
since 1904.
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1909-09-28
Rural Carriers Named

WASHINGTON, D. c., Sept z5.-Ths
following rural carriers have been APP
pointed: Perry, route ], McMurray Rain
ey. carrier. no sub; TenniIIe route 3. Rob-
ert G. Hatch, carrier, Bernard z. Hatch,
sub; route 4. Horace L. Boatright, carrier,
Colon J. Sessions, sub.
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1909-09-28
Both Companies Report
Crippled Service in FoYt Worth

FORT WORTH. Tex. Sept. 25.-Both
the Western Union, and Postal telegraph
companies today report all their wires
over the state out of commission for long
periods of time, due, 1t is believed, to
the effect of the aurora borealis render.
ing the wires useless.
Messages are piled up in the Dallas re-
Law office.
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1909-09-28
Bodies of Fishermen
Washed Up on Beach

MOBILE, Ala, Sept. 24-Local
Weather Observer AshenberEer. of this
city, was notified today by the weather
bureau at Gulfport, Miss, that nine
bodies had been washed on the beach
near that place.
They are all presumably fishermen
and are supposed to have been in the
marshes when the hurricane struck
them.
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1909-09-28
Batteries Are Shut Off in
Cincinnati. 106 Volts Reachefl

CINCINNATI, Ohio. Sept 25.-In Cincin-
natl the earth currents reached a maxi
mum of los volts.
At the Western Union Office the bate
ries were shut off and a single wire be-
tween here and st. Louis was worked by
the power of the earth electricity. The
wire worked as long as the earth current
lasted steadily. but the experiment proved
not to be feasible for general work
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1909-09-28
Did Atlanta and Mars
Talk With Each Other?

Did Atlanta talk with Mars Saturday?
Tho wise men will tell you that it was in
close proximity to the earth-only 35,-
900. 900 miles away. Anyway, there was an
electric current all during the day that
yet remains to be accounted for; and
whether 1t can be attributed to the visit
OF Mars or the aurora borealis has yet
to be decided.
The telegraph operators will tell you
the electric current from the web of thou
sands of wires entering Atlanta played
hide and seek with them practically all
the day-due, they say, to the coming
of the comet Vielas (due to reach here
some time in November), the shifting OF
the earths magnetic field, atmospheric
conditions and many other suggestions.
but to make a long story short-it was
Atlanta talking with Mars.
The currents were playing havoc with
the telegraph and telephone lines early
Saturday morning. and 1t was 10 o'clock
before the wires did begin to carry the
news and when it did the story was tolc
that not only Atlanta was suffering from
the earth currents" but the whole coun-
try had been affected also.
Anyway, in Atlanta, the Southern Bell
Telephone lines were not affected for a
few hundred miles from the city. but be-
yond this were seriously affected. No
serious damage was done, pus consider
able annoyance by a connection only be-
ing able to be got now and then, and
perhaps in the midst of a long distance
conversation you were disconnected in
the midst of the most interesting part.
Until o'clock Saturday the Atlanta Of
flee of the Southern Bell was unable to
get Richmond, Va, and 1t is stated in the
latter city that there was surncient cur
rent arising from the earth early in the
morning to almost move street car.
The Western Union and Postal Tele-
graph report their lines all over the coun-
try were more or less affected but more
I'm the northwest than in the southwest.
Early Saturday morning all arrIncial cur
rent was turned of and theoperators
of the Western Union discovered there
was sufficient earth current" 90 get
In touch with Augusta.
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1909-09-28
CURRENT ANTICS
ALL OVER COUNTRY
instruments Measure 800 Volts in
New York, Greater Voltage
Than for Land Service-Have
Trouble With Gable Lines.

Violent electrical earth currents believ-
ed TO emanate from the aurora boreans
today disturbed the telegraph service
over the entire country and for time
stilled the ticking of the Morse instru-
ments in the offices of the great tele-
graph companies.
In Atlanta both the Western Union and
the Postal Telegraph companies report
that the earth currents were plainly
dscernible.
The drift of the currents noticeable in
cities from San Francisco to New York.
was apparently to the east. The south
was affected as well as the north, though
in less degree.
The currents were first felt IN the north
ern portion of the United States about
o'clock this morning and increased in
intensity for two hours, reaching the
heaviest wave at 7:1o a. m, when all
the telegraph activities were at stand
still.
The force of the disturbing currents
was so great that fuses were blown out
and resistance lamps lighted UP brilliant
ly. Then the currents began to substde
and intermittent service was resumed.
The northern lights" as the aurora bore
ais Is usually called are invisible through
the day but should be visible tonight
in this vicinity.
NEW YORK, Sept. %.-During the
height of the disturbance, caused. it is
believed, by. the aurora boreals, the
measuring instruments in the telegraph
Offices in this city registered the pres
ence on the wires of upward OF 500 volts,
greater voltage than is supplied for
the operation of any of the land wires.
The disturbance continued intermittent
ly throughout the day. The principal trou-
BILE was with the cable lines and financial
dispatches from Europe, usually received
in New York at 7:9o a. m, had not reach
ed here q IN n
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1909-09-28
Wire Trouble Causes Bad
Delay in Louisville Offices

LOUISVILLE, KY, Sept 26-The cleo
trical disturbance was felt in Louisville.
both telegraph companies experiencing
the greatest trouble between / and /:
o'clock this afternoon. The trouble ex-
tended from st. Paul to Texas delaying
business in the majority OF cities within
those towns as well as in nearly every
city
A noticeable feature Of today's disturb
ance is the fact that this phenomenon
rarely occurs after sunrise. Although its
occurrence is not infrequent it generally
happens at night
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1909-09-28
VICTIMS OF STORM
ESCTIMATED AT 80

NEW ORLEANS, Sept. 24-Belated re-
ports received here today of death and
destruction from Mondays hurricane in
Louisiana and Mississippi show a further
loss of life and property. The list of dead
now includes more than 100 persons. With
little hope that number Of others report
ed missing escaped, the total number Of
dead may be brought to not less than 150
News of Is additional deaths along the
waterways between Morgan City, La,
and the gulf and on the adjacent coast
have been received. Nearly all of these
were fishermen caught in small craft by
the storm.
Stories brought here by persons arriving
from the stricken districts reveal many
pathetic and unusual occurrences. A f.
year-old child was found lodged in the
branches of tree on the lowest coast Of
Terre Bonnie parish. having survived for
three days without food or water
Two other children about the same age
were found on a mound in the middle of
the prairie between Terre Bonnie bayou
and Little Gallon. No other signs of hui
man life were in evidence in the vicinity.
Travelling on foot to his home in lower
Terre Bonnie. after being released from
the penitentiary where he had served
many years for manslaughter. an; aged
white man was swept to his death just as
he came in sight Of his house. Another
story is told of man who, after search
ing for hours for his wife and four chill
dren, discovered their dead bodies.
Without help in sight, alone he dug
their graves and buried them.
One of the striking incidents of the re-
lief work along the coast was the rescue
of family in a small boat in which a
baby had been born but an hour before
the relief steamer arrived,
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1909-09-28
United Kingdom Is
Stirred by Magnetic Storm

LONDON, Sept. 25.-The whole tele-
graphic system of the United Kingdom
and all cable services are seriously af-
fected' by the magnetic storm experienced
here soon after noon today.
The underground wires suffered more
than the overhead wires. the telephone
system being little affected. The last oc-
casion on which the wires were similar
ly put out OF working order here was six
years ago. The trouble is attributed by
cable experts to the aurora borealis.
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1909-09-28
Hundreds of Sea Gulls
Driven Inland by Gale

PINE BLUFF, Ark, Sept. 24.-Hun-
dreds of sea gulls, driven far inland by
the hurricane, the first ever seen in this
section, are attracting much attention
on the Arkansas river at this point
They were driven in from the gulf.
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1909-09-28
Weather Changes From Fall
tn Ralmv, Cnrin0 in Utah

OGDEN. Utah, Sept. 25.-Unusual me-
neurological conditions prevailed in this
part of Utah today. The weather sud
denly changed from the frost conditions
of fall to that of balmy spring.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-03-12
Real Estate Transfers.

Deeds of conveyance were filed in the office of the probate court yesterday in the following transactions in real estate in which amounts of s1o0O or more were involved
 $15e0-John w. Rarden to Mrs Matte B. Rarden, jet i in block of P. J. Me Adory's subdivision of the northeast quar- ter of the southwest quarter of the south- east quarter of section 16, township IS, range 1 west.
 sl3o0-Joseph Martin and wife to Elem Ali Shoemaker, lots and 10 in block { of Hobson's survey in the southeast quar- ter of the southwest quarter of section 30, township 17, range { west.
 s1o0o-W. A. Riley and wife to Artlisa Davis and c. H. Davis, the west half of lot in block or J. M. Ware's survey. fronting 100 feet on the north line of Tenth avenue between Eleventh and Twelfth streets, north, and extending back So feet.
 s2C0o-Marv F. Pickens and husband to Standard Home company, lot in block 3. Fairview park.
 ssSoo-Woodlawn Realty company to Henry G. Brabston, lot II in block 12 of the Wosdlawn Realty company's first ad- dition to Woodlawn