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Ledger-Enquirer from Columbus, Georgia • 9

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rije Colnmtms nquivcr taut COLUMBUS GEO RGIAJ SUNDAY MORNING SEPTEMBER 81 912 i SfSW0NGRESSMAN ADAMSON UNANIMOUSLY NOMINATED RACES AT CUMMINGS HON ADAMSON a A member was yesterday nominated to many nol Plaistcd The the BURMAN LOWERS RECORD (Continued Pace our) 4MU or Quality today thusiasUc western welcome by The Chancellor Co New Store Rooms ept 7 Xhenra 1106 1108 Broad St TRAVERS IS CHAMPION a AMOUS BUGS RAYMOND MRN Removal Sale Prices 1 4 to 1 2 Off PRINCETON THE WINNER at to prevent its dive keepers the the for killed by an his Pollen another Parker by in NATIONAL AND STATE PLATORMS ENDORSED of i stablfsi a exjerler' K'd nothing (ttsturb shnpo of llHl de fl ad San' (rancisco Sept Owner of the liner Meriposa yesterday inform ed Miss Mabel Ipdse wireless opera tor that her position wag vacant baring their action upon sn objec tion of th depart errnnt of comraereo and labor to omployiisont of wo men thug employed on tho Pacifi? An attempt will bo made to find position for her in the office of the government wireless Inspector hie Jim bed jv mine MAY STINT BE RESCUED ld lie de Ing mu! i brintt icut a iiurp re duction in Bteel 1313 should b' an even better year In output lipin Id 3 point to stood pri1' for the far An Admirable Ticket and An Admirable Says the Governor WOMAN UTItEBESS OPERATOR JS IRED inrrr alike agd could nnt tndnrse ny movm nt rooking toward tn Inflation" COWBOYS GREET COLONEL ROOSEVELT A ive Hundred Mexican Rebels Said to Be Marching on the Town DOG HERO SAN JUAN KILLED BY AUTOMOBILE threatened to blow up Cumming with dynamite If a lynching took place The si? negroes arrested yesterday are still in Jail Thus far they have ta I not ueen jnwn peiiiniiiary nvariup it being considered satpr to hold them iii jail than to take them to court Strong circumstantial evidence has secured against Tony Howell one of the negroes and if a lynching takis place he will probably be tho victim Grant Smith the negro preacher under guard in the court house fol lowing a severe whipping adminis MAY ATTACK AGUA PREITA ATTACK EXPECTED TO BE MADE TODAY RESISTED ARREST AND WAS Ml LEI i niiLiiiirv iituv ISE TOOTIimtVSHE'l 'SHERI IX) YD kills Escaping man any ray of ticket papers have an Are being renovated throughout and will be fitted with the most modern and up to date fixtures to be found in this country York tinder and president nt the of Good baa presented not luvk for atid would not sane turn an upward mnvement I' a level hat would In any waj' 'roans ge con 1 believe the mafortty SCHWAB PREDICTS MORE PROSPERITY 7: Democrats Arc Confident They Will Erect Elect Governor The drill which was nperat'on yesterday officers ho tia whites the Who democrats to succeed himself congress Chicago Suburb Shaken by Recital of Serio of Crimes In dueling the mob spirit White Men Crowd Town of Cumming During the day fully 500 white inc 6 came to Cumming from the surround ing country ws of Thursday assault had spread' through out this adjoining counties yes terday and aroused a spirit of speedy vengeance among the more hot headed Others Mr Schwab leaves for con lldnt that the prosperity the steel and oh industry Is now enjoying In this country Will bn lasting He said' "We eotild not rope for better strol conditions than now prevail anti there Is every Indication that the prosperity we are enjoying will be permanent The Bethlehem Steel eorioration'B plants arc opera ting full As a mat ter of fact there Is very little capacity available for additional nw business up te the first of the year "In the current year production of Ivor and ste will high record If we New York Sept Bob Burman driving a new three hundred horse poser Benz low ered the rec ord for a mile on a circular track at the Brighton Beach course making the distance in 478s nearly a second better than his previous rec ord SHOCK Dfi EORTS ROM NICARAGUA Washington Sept 7 reports of famine Ricknos and bri gandage In the rebel Nicaraguan zone are beginning to reach tre state depart mnl and arc being re ferred to the Red Cross The 51 nd CroSs already has made a cash con tribution of two thousand dollars Hastings on Hndson Sept Santiago a Gordon setter which Went through the Cuban campaign of IM the Kansas regiment is dead here was automobile in front of home Tire setter was known diers during the Spanish American war and after peace was declared ho was he pubjeeL of many newspaper articles lie went up the bill as San Juan with the negro troops when they cut the barbed wire fence and stormed the block house Carter toothbrushes" to hundreds of East tjlde children and Is instructing them in the use this very Important arjlcl of cleanliness Miss Carted born tn Seattle and was educated at the Uni versity of Washington She Is foster ing movement to establish branches of her society In the larger cities of the country igures show that 92 per cent of the children of the United States are not taught to Care for their teetb" said Miss Carter "and it Is this ettltavith Its consequent diseases hat we are fighting" Biwabik Minn Sept Up to nn early hour today the three Impris oned men in the Rubby mine abaft had not ben rescued in spite of fev brlBh hastd with which the crews of mon worked plnred in brought the distance between the victims and r'8Citer? tc about five foot Rut Jiist there a big rock body watt strmk and today Hint la ill bo blasted Despite the number of hours the inn have boon wiihont food nr drink there nn many who believe they still are alive Alleged to Have Made Insult ing Remarks Concerning a White Woman Attempt ed Assault Several Negroes Are Under Arrest Hillings Sfont Sept Amalga mated Copper company was assailed by Cidouri Roosevelt today In campaign through Montana elared he oipc fed the company would do ail cmdd to defeat him for tlm rnpubllean nomination aud it would have benefited him none come out here "When I can appeal to the people tnnteivs i do declared colonel "but when appeal is to politicians I know there's no use me to make Colonel Roosevelt was given an THK WEATHER Low middling 10 ICc viecrgla: Local show vrg (Sunday Monday proraldy fair light variable winds Borno Sept 7 While fleeing Dunehoo In a boat on the Coosa river Roan Baker was shot and killed today (by the sheri'f with a revolver Baker was charged with assaulting Jack Allen with a knife He was captured at the river but wepped and mm to an island In midstream A deputy was sent Ip pursuit and was badly cut and the boat taken by Raker who then at tempted to get away iHathaway Mont Sept 7 After an ail night ride fromj argo Colonel Roosevelt came into Montana today In a brief speech Imre Colo nel Roosevelt said his opponents had made every charge against him they could think of' Including the state ment that Im wanted to be king "I am accused of wanting to rule Hie country with an iron be said "I always feel to tins war that the people who make this state ment don't know kings or else they wpuld not put it down as my ambi tion fo be one The constitutional monarch of the present limo cotm nearer being a cross bet Risen a per petual vice president and tho leaders of the four hundred than anything else I "Mind yon" the colonel went on "I am not saying anything against the job of king but just wouldn't have The colonel discussed the enforce ironr of the anti trust law by the Taft administration and the attitude of the progressive party toward connr at ions "The two old parties are fooling about the trusts" he said "Take the ease of the Sandard Oil company The country has come to Grid out that instead bt the govern ment's action being the death of the Standard OIL it waa only a maka llevn death I che the Standard company to you as a particular In stance of wnacranfbling that did not help any body but the owner of the ri nibled eggs purpoite is not to unscramble' the eggs' but to exercise such con trol as will prevent any Mr Chancellor while in New York recently contracted for store fixtures that will modernize store methods make selling easy and save time to seller and buyer The best contract ors carpenters plasterers painters electricians and other mechanics are useing their hands and heads to make Chicago Sept 7 Arthur better known in the baseball world as'Bugs" Tlavmond former pitcher with tho New York National league bajO4 bail team was found dead In a down town hotel at noon today a coro physician said death was Iu to heart disease which bad been aggravated by the cxccsrlvc heat Raymond first became famous In the basrbap world by his marvolo is pitching far Charleston and Savan nah in the South Atlantic leapun Head of Bethlehem Works Says Immense Steel Mill Ac tivity Will Continue most up to date Chancellor company has pace and will continue A JIEKIGANS DEEAT AUXXICAN RBEfS (Douglas Aria Sept Confirm ation was received today of an en gagement between the United States soldiers and Mexican rebels crosM the international line Lanz's ranch fifty miles ernt Douglas our rebels were killed one wounded and none captured None of the AWX loans was tsjur3 Thirteen Americans eKoanteibd twenty five rebels COTTON firm Good middling lll 4a Str middling 1114c Middling 11c Torsyth County Placed Under Martial Law by Gov Brown tNEGRO PREACHER CAUSES THE TROUBLE Chicago Sept Twelve perBons two then and ten woman are under arreat today as a result of the anU vite war at West Hammond and detectives ate seklng woman alleged by Ethel known also as "rankie ord to know nil the ins and outs of the re markable scries of crimes she alleges took place In West Hammond Tho wetnan sought Is Clark Sb is said to he hiding In Gary Ind and police theje have bcon iq btdn in locating her Tho arrests at West Hammon 1 followed a raid by county city an I federal officers led by Miss Virginia Broka who has headed the vice crimade and by Mrs John Bass Chicago society woman who has come Interested hi tho case a heavy guard has Irnei? thrown about Miss homo In West Hammond fdriictlon by the their friends VOL 84 NO 201 JiO ptc the ap pealed to Governor Brown for troops Leaving thirteen mllHiamen guard the two companies of troops left tonight for Marietta Ing wiih them the rcgro Cumtnlngs Ga Sept TTwo com panies of state militia were rushed liere today and orsyth county was declared under martial law by Gov ernor Brown to prevent a clash be tween the whites and negro inhabi tants The trouble was precipitated by a thrashing given Grant Smith a negro preacher on the public square because of elleged Insulting remarks about a white woman Two negroes were arrested today Charged with attempted assault on a white woman Thursday night There was no trouble until the alleged com ment Smith made The preacher was rescued from the crowd by and locked up In the court Threats of lynching by brought forth threats from groes attending a barbecue and nic near here of dynamiting town The sheriff and mayor Seagirt Sept to nomi nal ion of Oscar Straua by the pro gresJlveH in Now York Governor today said: "It's an admirable ticket and an adndiabh platform It will put us 01 our mettle" The rrovcrnoi was asked if he fa vored the nomination of progressive democrats for governors and xtaro offirrs throughout the country "That goes without aaylng" he re plied Democrats of ourth Congrei sional District in Convtn tion at Warm Springs LirrLfi TO Americans in Douglass Just Across the Street ear Stray Received in Washington Are by No Means Reassuring ALL THE CANDIDATES ARE GIVEN A JOB New York Sept All candidate's for the democratic presidential nomi nation before the Baltimore conven tion were today appointed an advisory committee of the democratic national committee with William Bryan as chairman One additional from each state was also appointed on the eontmitil including one wom an Mrs MJalsh of Tocoma Wash The Hst inclmies lorida Duncan letcher arid Bryan OU Bacon rd Hoke Smith North Carolina Leo Ovt met and Julian Carr while still others rarne to allay mob sentiment it passible A report was circulated this mon night la still in a critical Ing that the negroes of the condition Douglas Sept Aguft Preita a Mexican town across the border ex pects an attack tomorrow of lie bundled rebels who arc marching toward the border Ohly the streets separates Agua Preita from Douglas and Americans fear stray bullets If an engagement occurs KI7 RGAIITED AH HXTRDHXY GRAVE Washington Hept 8 Ordering of two additional regiments of cavalry to the Mexican border and tho fait that tho Madero government ron tonrplatjng asking the United States for permission to transport troops through Texas to attack marauding rebels on the frontier led observers to regard the situation today is grave It is generally believed the United States would permit troops to pass through this territory as the state department has demanded that the Madero government send federal troops Into northern Mexico to iSro Tpet Americans Wilson and Marshall and Sla ton Endorsed Ringing Words of Praise for Good Work Done in Congress by Judge Adamson M'anii Springs Ga Sept 7 (SriS ial Democrats of the ourth con grorsional district met in convent lop I hero today when Judge William Adamson was again named tor representative in congress from the district and good old time demo cratic resolutions were adopted Thb following platform was unanimously adopted by the onventton The democracy of the ourth con gressonal district of Georgia In con vention assembled endorses the na tional democratic platform recently promulgated at Baltimore and the very strong and excellent ticket nomi nated beaded by those wo eminent dettioerals and statesmen Wjltjon and Thomas Marshall 1 "We bespeak for the ticket and platform tin hearty support of the people of the ourth congressional dulrict and firmly believe that th ticket will sweep the country there in restoring the federal government to (he control of its only friends pro tectors and upholders the democratic party commend the work of Ute sixty second congress and the faithful effort to serve and relieve the people and as far as could be done with only one house of congress redeem the party pledges also heartily endorse the state democratic platform lately adopted at Macon Ga and the state ticket there nominated headed by that great statesman and patriot John as our candidate for governor "We endorse the career and com mend the services of Hon TWELVE UNDPIR ARREST in anti vkt crusade Wheaton Ill SepL Travers (or the third time won the United States amateur golf champion ship when he defeated Chick Evans Seven up six in the finals today Travers clearly outplayed his oppo nent New York gept Charles Schwt provident of thp Brthlehem Steel tiwrpvrwtion accoiutwrihal 1y a staff of engineer frmn iheBcthiehrni works sailed for Europe on the strain ahii Washington Th trip to Europe is principally tn conneetlun with large I European steel orders recently booked ty the Betbietnem company pithough Mr Sriiwwh who wilt rompnfiy Mrs Schwab will ttorUtae hlS taj abroad largely to Carlsbad will re turn early in October The Bethlehem Steel corporation en g'lneers will visit Grwt Germany Italy nl Sweeden in rnnnectlun with' work tt be dune by the Delhlt mem eompany ESTABLISHED 1828 uvv M' MILITIA PREVENTS CLASH HAVE JOB BEING A KING Colonel Rosevelt Has Nothing to Say Against it But Have It I xm VEN Tl NIAY It 1 1 NEXT MOVE TUT Beverly Sept Though Presi dent Taft win not intervene In Blex Ico without deliberating his friends tonight doqSared that Intervention was nearer than at any time since American troops were rushed to the border eighteen months ago It 1 stated on high authority that should the president decide upon ir terventlon be will call a special ses sion of congress and demand author ity to send troops across the border Tbs president today authorized Gen eral Wood to send two additional regiments of cavalry to the Texas bonier He also learned of the in tolerable conditions affecting Ameri cans In Southern Mexico wtiore Is reported tho Madero government Is unable to cope with the rebels OUND DEAD IN HOTEL IN CHICAGO SATURDAY Will commence Thursdays Sept 12 This sale will continue only a tew days as we move out about October 1st Craigsville Va SepL 7 Warner Tomblin was shot and killed If County Office Darnell today while resisting arrest after he had threat ened to kill a girl who refused to marry hl nr Tomblin attempted to draw his gun but Airnsll was tho quickest en the cowboys he Tnew In the state thirty years ago Philadelphia Sept 7 Princeton won the Intercollegiate singles In tho tennis championship today when Church defeated Nelron of Darmouth three sets to two INTEREST CENTERS ON MAINE ELECTION New York Sept more than satisfactory election from the democratic standpoint having passed Into history the attention of the country ia now directed towards Maine 4pf0rraationeqtslvcd daily at 3ho democratic national headquarters in New York indicates strongly that the voters of Maine will not only re elect Oovernor lafsted but will elect a number of democratic con gressmen i The betting odds as tn the various leading cities of Maine are as high as three to one in favor crats made a greater gain than rc democratic success Tho odds New York are lower and a number of wagers have Len recorded at two to one in favor of the democratic ticket An analysis of the Vermont turns by even the partisan Roose velt papers fails to find hope for the third term Leading democratic throughout the country nounced in glowing editorial terms that tho Roosevelt movement receiv ed a decided act back Such papers as the New York Press and the New York Tribune that aro supporting Taft acknowledged that the demo publican leaders had anticipated Democratin leaders were careful not to make my claim as to the Ver mont rr nits but the speakers jto hive touring Maine arv openly that there to but a slight chrco the democrats revel ring setbrck In the Pine Treetatata or state tak preacher who was flogged and live negroes ar rested suspects Jn connection with the attempt 1 assault Thursday The negroes are reported' to confessed to attempted assault town is quiet The husband and fathT of young white woman 4wbo was attacked by a cro whip alone in hr home throe jmsles from town Thurs day nurft 'which tod to tarrest of I the seven negroes and the threats ot lynching yerimday and today held a long conference with court officials In the court bouse thia aUernoon What happened has not been trade public ive hsndrcd or more negroes from orsyth and adjoining counties gath ered at a negro church tn the negro quarters of Cumming today for a bar becue but a hundred or more white men went to the scene and ordered the negroes to disperse They accept ed the warning and hurriedly left town Every negro that has passel passed through town today has been searched and all weapons taken from them Preachers Appeal Against Lynching After the appeal had been mad? to Governor Brown by long distance tel ephone to rush troops to Cumming Sheriff Reid Mayor to Har ris Rev Serr and Rev Tribble addressed the hundreds of white men gathered about the cour bouse and pleaded with theta to tot the 'law take its course and lea ye the negro prisoners in the custody of the county officers Their appeals were availing as the mob that had been forming all morning waited the com ing of the troops Once during the morning an effort was made to storrri" the courthouse where Grant Smith a negro preacher was held under guard in the law of fice of Colonel Wisdom recent nomi nee tor representative' from th isrunty The officers stoutly resisted and the attempt was unsuccessful Sheriff Reid deputized 2f or inorc of tlie cooler beaded citizens as iai vuiveiv anu iuey ukhi guaru at the Jail and court house throughout ttrofj 0 him bj the mob in the streets the day Sheriff Crowe of Hall ty Is morning made a remark that the county arrived this morning from vittltn of thc aS3ault was' a and assisted Sheriff Reid white This ho enraged the mob on the streets that he was sum marily dealt with As two men held him two oth rs vigorously applied the lash whfto a hundred or more looked on apnrovingly: Officers took charge of Kmith after the whipping find ear rind hhn In th' nfHrn Af CnlCincl il determined Wisdom In the court house where a WH rUALi HI 5U lV JHVUAVl UHII rania from further violence Colonel here just to see Wbat would happen Hom is the recent nominee for rcp whlto still othern rarne to allay the roEenfatlve from orsyth county The woman who was attacked 7 i 1 i b' I 7 Eli! 4 I'' Bi A Kt KWr 4 4 tai a I 1 si 1 a LM'iy'ij U5 taSfAti taw WSb ta 4 1 A I.

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