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VOLUME XV.
ALBANY, GA.. WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON, JUNE 6, 1906.
NUMBER 193.
Foilr-Year-Old Negro Boy
Found Instant Death Un
der Wheels of Mr. B. M.
Wilson’s Touring Car.
Charlie Fisher, colored, the 4-year-
old son of Hhina Fisher, was run
down and Instantly killed near the
western end of Pine street this morn
ing by Mr. B. M. Wilson's big touring
car.
The accident occurred about 10:30
o’clock, and seems to have been un
avoidable, so far as Mr. Wilson, who
was driving the machine, Is con
cerned.
The accident occurred at a point
about opposite the plant of the Vlr-
ginia-Carolina Chemical Co. The child
was some distance from his mother's
home, having been playing with sev
eral other children who live in the
same neighborhood.
Mr. Wilson was returning from his
farm, which Is a short distance beyond
the western limits of the city. He saw
several children ahead of him, but
they were some, distance from the
road, which was perfectly clear.
“I noticed that the smallest child
was walking towards the road," said
Mr. Wilson to a Herald man after the
accident, “and gave warning. My ma
chine was going down hill at the time,
but the speed was not great.
“Suddenly, a negro boy, apparently
about twelve years of age, who was
with the smaller child, seized the lat
ter by the hand and started with him
across the road. I shouted a warning,
just as the smaller child stumbled and
Mill Supply
Department:
Genuine Gandy
Belt, Atkin’s Cir
cular and Cross
Cut Saws, Marsh
Steam Pumps.
Implement
Department:
Harvesting Ma
chinery, Thresh
ing Machines in
stock, all sizes
IBWWS0 OUT Bm.
OF A POPULATION OF' ONE THOUSAND,
EIGHT HUNDRED ARE LEFT HOMELESS.
Gasoline
Engines,
Towers
and Tanks
Albany
Linery
NEW ORLEANS, June 6.—Duck Hill, Miss., a town of one thousand
Inhabitants, was destroyed by Are this morning.- More than eight hundred
people are homeless. The Are wa s so rapid that the efforts of the entire
population were conAned to the saving of the food supply. The postoAice
was destroyed with most of Its contents.
P
fi
TAKE NOTICE”
BIG CHICAGO PACKING HOUSES GET BUSY
CLEANING UP.
Chicago, June 6.—The Tribune says:.
“One of the Immediate effects of the
President’s disclosure of packing
house conditions was seen in an at
tempt In at 1&ast three of the big
plants yesterday to remedy the condl.
tions condemned In the report. Many
of the arrangements were removed,
Aoors cleaned, walls scraped and light
and ventilation Improved.
“The surroundings of the workers
In these three plans were Improved 50
per cent, in one day.
"Besides renovating the plumbing,
the packing companies put up a vari
ety of signs all over the plants, en
joining cleanliness.
“The foremen were told that the
rule against expectorating must be
enforced or discharge would result
Another new rule posted conspicuous
ly was the forbidding the use of to
bacco in all food producing rooms.”
The Stench Crosses the Ocean.
London, June 6.—The sales of
canned provisions In London today
were lnAniteslmal. All the dealers
had the same tale, namely, that for
the last week their sales had dropped
daily until today when the oAlcial con-
Armatlon of the packing disclosures
was published. Many of the large
provision stores did not sell a tin of
meat or a pound of sausage. The
boycott affects British colonial as well
as American supplies.
fell In the road. The older boy, in
stead of attempting to drag his com
panion out of the way, abandoned him
to his fate, and continued to run.
“I had absolutely no warning, and
was unable to stop the machine, which
passed entirely over the body of the
prostrate child. - i.
"The act of the older child was ab
solutely foolhardy and without excuse.
There would not have been the slight
est danger had he acted in any other
manner than as he did."
The child struck by the machine was
killed almost, instantly. Seven or
eight ribs were crushed Immediately
over the heart. . Dr. W. W. Bacon was
on the scene in a few minutes, and
found life entirely extinpt.
* Mr. WilBon, of course, greatly de
plores the accident, though he feels
that he' was exercising all due dili
gence, and that the running down of
the child could not, under the circum
stances, have been avoided. He has
requested that an inquest be held, and
the taking of testimony began at 2
o’clock this .afternoon. All the facts
will be fully Inquired into.
IN MEMORY
OF CORNEILLE.
France and Yale Honor the Great
French Poet and Writer of Tragedy.
Paris, June G.—Three hundred years
ago today there was born one' who was
destined to leave an Indelible mark on
the literature and drama of France.
He was Pierre Corneille, the writer of
Immortal poems, comedies, and trage
dies, and today the learned sodtles of
Paris united In paying tribute to his
memory.
Born of a lawyer, Corneille was as
deAnltely headed toward his father’s
profession' as was Sir Walter Scott
after him. Like Scott, Corneille stud-
led law and actually began practice,
but the Arst comedy from his pen met
with such success that the law was
abandoned for good and all. After
producing several successful comedies
Corneille turned bis hand to the writ
ing of tragedies. “The Ctd,” ‘‘Clnna’’
and “Polyeucte" led the way to that
mass of work which today'numbers
thirty-three titles. His works have
been criticized keenly, but France still
insists that he was the creator of her
tragedy.
Yale, Too, Honors Corneille.
New Haven, Conn., June 6.—In cele
bration of the 300th birthday anniver
sary of Pierre Corneille Interesting lit
erary exercises were held today under
the auspices of the Yale French Club.
The exercises were attended by M.
Jusserand, the French ambassador,
and / by Robert S. McCormick, the
American ambassador to France.
Mexican Governor and Gen
eral Torren Unite in a
Signed Statement to* the
Associated Press.
Los Angeles, Cal., June 6. — Gov
ernor Yzabel, of Sonora, and General
Torren, commanding the Northern
Zone of Mexico, have united in a
signed statement to the Associated
Press, in which it is declared that
peace has been restored at Cananea
since Monday and that public tran
quility is increasing every moment in
the mining district. They also give a
review of the occurrences from June 2.
WASHINGTON CO.
SCHOOL CHILDREN
Make a Sight-Seeing Trip to Savannah
and Tybee Island.
Special to The Herald.
Savannah, Ga„ June 0.—Prof. Wade,
superintendent of the public schools
of Washington county, Georgia, and
about 300 pupils of the public schools
of Washington county, arrived In Sa
vannah this morning on a tour of in
spection and recreation. The pupils
were from almost every grade, and
they seemed to enloy their trip to thf
city. Later In the day they went to
Tybee, where the afternoon was spent.
They are to come back to the city In
the morning and -will take In many
sights of Interest. They will return to
Sandersville on Thursday afternoon
at 1:30 p. m. This was the Arst time
many of the children had ever been to
the’ seacoast, and they enjoyed the
novelty Immensely. The surf at Ty
bee Is Ailed with school children from
In and around Sandersville this after
noon.
SOUTH DAKOTA
REPUBLICANS
Name Crawford for Governor and Rob-
ert J. Gamble for 8enator.
Sioux Falls, S. D„ June 6.—The Re
publican state convention early this
morning completed jts work and ad
journed, having named Coe I. Craw
ford for governor and Robert J. Gam
ble for United States Senator.
IS QUIET TODAY
TOE OHIO MINING DISTRICT.
/.
SOLDIERS WILL BE GIVEN TEN DAYS OUTING
WHERE THEY WILL BE HANDY.
Dlllonvllle, O., June 6.—The situa
tion at all points in the mining dis
trict Is quiet today. At Plum Run ad
ditional non-union mlnerB went to
work. One company of the Fourth
Ohio regiment arrived from Bucyrus
today, and the Seventh regiment Is
expected to reach here today. While
more troops are not needed, It Is In-
tended to mobilize soldiers here and
order them in camp for a ten days’
outing.
HUNDREDS OF MILLIONS
INVESTED IN BREWERIES.
NATIONAL BREWERS’ ASSOCIATION MEETS
AT INDIANAPOLIS.
Indianapolis, Ind., June 6.—The for
ty-third annual convention of the Na
tional Brewers’ Association gathered
here today, the' delegates present rep
resenting nearly every state, in the
union with an estimated Invested capi
tal of $500,000,000. Albert Lieber, of
the local brewers, In welcoming the
visitors, said he believed that the
brewers were entitled to thanks for a
perfect art of brewing, and that It
would be more practical wisdom In
legislation popularizing beer than in
that dictated )>y the unjustlAed preju
dice of over-zealous temperance advo
cates, .
Employers’ Association De
clares a Lockout of Car
penters Which Will Affect
Thousands of Others.
New York, June 6. — The Building
Employers’ Association yesterday de- -
dared a lockout of the Brotherhood
of Carpenters in the metropolitan dis
trict, and will throw Into Idleness
thousands. In other trades. The lock-
out 1b to continue until the striking
carpenters In Brooklyn return to work
in accordance with the arbitration de
cision of Justice Gaynor. The decision
has been submitted to the local unions
for a referendum vote of approval,
which will require ten days.
T
T
S.
HEADLINES UNDER WHICH THE ROME AND
ALBANY DEBATES ARE ANNOUNCED.
Here, jn parallel columns, are the headlines under
which the Atlanta Constitution and the Atlanta Journal
respectively announce the joint debates to be held by
Candidates Smith and Howell at Rome and -Albany:
From the Constitution. (From the Journal, ,
SMITH AT LAST - —
ASKS MEETING.
Following Howell’s Re
quests, He Now Seeks
Dates.
Howell Promptly Replies, Agreeing
to Meet Him at Rome June 23,
and at Albany Later.
Rules Same as at
Columbus.
CLARK HOWELL WILL
debate AT
LAST.
His Campaign of Evasion
Having.Failed, Mr. Howell
Will Meet Mr. Smith at
Rome and Albany.
MR. 8MITH CHALLENGED;
MR: HOWELL ACCEPTED.
Letters Paeeed Between Two Candi
dates Tuesday Morning — De
tails Arranged for the
Debate In Atlanta.
Indianapolis, ind., June 6.—A strong
sentiment favoring the nomination of
William Jennings Bryan for president
in 1908 Is noticeable among the Demo
crats gathered for the state conven
tion, which VIII begin here tomorrow.
ANNUAL MEETING
AT OLD MIDWAY.
8peclal to The Herald.
Savannah, June 6.—The postponed
annual meeting of the Midway Society
which went' over from early In May
because of Inclement weather. Is be
ing held at the historic old cemetery
today. This morning at 10 o’clock a
large delegation of Savannahlans {eft
on a special train for the cemetery
and old Midway church. There are
to be two addresses during the day.
Rev. W. P. McCorkle will deliver one
and Mr. Neyle Colquitt the other.
,The people of Georgia are well ac
quainted with the history of old Mid
way cemqtery. The annual observ
ance of the day always attracts a
large crowd. This year was no ex
ception.
Extra quality table peaches (In, sy
rup), 20c can, 2 for 35c: pie peaches,
15c can, 2 for 25c; sliced and grated
pineapple, 15c can. -
’Phone' 70. W. E. FIELDS.
CELEBRATE LANDING
OF OGLETHORPE.
Patriotic-Movement In Savannah for
Celebration In February.
Special to The Herald.
Savannah, Juno 0.—At the moetlng
of Council tills afternoon a communi
cation will bo received from several
patriotic organizations asking Council
to appoint representatives to serve
with the representatives of the organi
zations for the purpose of arranging
for the proper observance of the 176th
anniversary of the landing of General
James Oglethorpe In Savannah next
February. At that time It Is hoped) to
lay the cornerstone of a monument to
Oglethorpe.
GOOD RECORD OF
SUPREME COURT.
Review of Business of the Court for-
the Past Term.
Washington, D. C-, June.,6.—A re--
view of the business of the Supreme
Court of the United States' for the
term Just ended shows 463 cases dis
posed of, being 61 more than In the
last proviso term. Cakes-to the num
ber of 488 were added during the termi
and' 305 are still oh the docket. For
the first time in thirty-five y«are the
court reached eases on regular call
within eleven months of filing.
EMPEROR OF GERMANY
VI8ITS EMEPEOR OF AUSTRIA.
Vienna, Austria, June, 6. — Emperor
William arrived here this morning mi.
a Vlsrrtir Emperor -Francis-Joseph,,
who greeted him, at tho railroad sta
tion. The welcome from the 1 people
was enthuslnstlc.
Some
Brushes
We are showing
a beautiful line of
bristle goods, includ
ing
Hair Brushes,
75c to $4.
AN ATLANTA BOY
ROBBED BLIND MAN.
8peclal to ■The Herald.
Atlanta, Ga„ June 6.—Lee Davis, a
white boy about 16 years of age, was
yesterday bound over to the state
courts by Recorder Broyles on a
charge of having robbed W. E. Haly-
burton, a blind man, who was the
youth’s, employer. Davis has been
working for the blind man for some
time. It Is. charged that he broke
open a trunk belonging to his employ
er and stole a pocketbook containing
$60. Then, it ,1s charged, Davis made
a bee-iine for a Whitehall street store
and Invested some of the money In a
new suit of clothes. He was soon after
arrested and $36.55 found in his
pocket. The boy has already served
three years In the reformatory, und
steps will be taken to have him re
turned there at once, as he is now on
parole.
Tooth Brushes,
10c to $1.
Nail Brushes,
25c to $1.
Shaving Brushes,
25c to $1.50.
Clothes Brushes,
25c to $1.
Bath Brushes,
75c.
HilsmanUSale
DrugjCo.