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VIENNA, GA., June 25.—" We find
ffiat the deceased came to her death at
the hands of parties unknown."
This was the verdict rendered today
by the. coroner’s jury that investigated
the lynching of Annie Barkdale, the ne
gress who slew her mistress, Mrs. B. K,
, Jordan, at Pinehurst yesterday after-
noon. The verdict was rendered in the
face of the fart that the automobiles in
whl<h the lynching party pursued the
slayer and the sheriff are known to be
owned by some of the most prominent
of Cordele, Vienna and Pine
hurst.
Great crowds attended the sitting of
the jury and saw the shot-riddled body
of the negress cut from the tree, after
it had swung from a limb for more
than ten hours.
Sheriff Bennett has made no arrests
and none are expected. No further ex
citement has followed the summary
vengeancb taken on the negro slayer,
but great numbers of people from all
about the countryside are coming Into
Pinehurst to attend Mrs. Jordan's fu
neral.
Sympathy Is Entirely
With the Lynchers.
’ The Barkdale negress killed Mrs.
Jordan without the slightest reason.
Mrs. Jordan, wife of a wealthy planta
tion owner, had reproved the negress
'for failure to do some work about the
house. Without a word the negress
' sprung upon her. stabbed her in the
back three time and then, as her mis
tress lay upon the floor already dying,
the woman cut her throat so terribly
that the head was nearly severed from
the body.
Neighbors ran to the scene in time
to catch the negress as she was leaving
the house. A glance showed them the
terrible crime that had been committed
and they fell upon the negress and were
on the eve of carrying her to a tree
. when Sheriff Bennett, who had been
notified of the killing, arrived from
Vienna in an automobile in time to save
her life.
Sheriff Starts Race
To Cordele Jail.
, The sheriff bundled the slayer into
his touring ear and. with the crowd in
full chase, started on the road to the
jail at Hawkinsville. The sheriff knew
i hat the ent aged citizens would never
permit the negress to escape lynching
if they could overtake het. so he
planned a ruse and instead of hurrying
on to Hawkinsville with his- prisoner
lie swerved into the Cordele road and
. Within t<r> minuti aftet th« sheriff
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The Atlanta Georgian
Read For Profit —GEORGIAN WANT ADS—Us: For Result: ,
LEGISLATORS ARRIVE;
READY FOR WORK
The sleepiest bell hop in the Kimball
house lobby had to wake up today and
chase ice water and other things up and
down the stairs. The chairs were all
filled and the lobby began to look like
another convention was about to break
loose. If was the annual day-before
the-legislature crowd, coming in to
boost pet bills, get things lined up for
putting something over or putting
something else In the pigeonhole, pick
ing out a boarding house or landing a
small job left vacant since last session.
The assembly begins tomorrow —to last
50 days, not Including Sundays, holi
days or dies non. which means a day
which "doesn't count.”
The report that the legislature would
convene, call the roll and adjourn over
until next week on account of the Bal
timore convention is discredited by of
ficials of the two houses and those
early arrivals who came prepared to
start business.
"There are not half a dozen legisla
tors In Baltimore, anyway, even in
cluding J. Randolph Anderson." said
one of the house officers. “There's no
reason why we should adjourn. We
all admit that Baltimore has a three
ring circus compared to our sideshow,
but we're going to keep open all the
week if we don’t take in a cent, as the
country storekeeper remarked the day
everybody left for the footwashing. We
likely will pass some dozen bills before
Baltimore turns out.”
Speaker Holder to
Stick to His Desk.
Speaker John N. Holder is here and
likely to stick right at his desk, in spite
of the fact, that he's running for con
gress from his home district and would
like to be in the fray. Rut It would
make pretty good argument to say the
speaker had deserted his post to run for
office, and John Holder is wise. Be
sides, he can see most of the big guns
in his district right here, for they'll ail
be coming to Atlanta during the legis
lature.
The Tippins anti-near-bear bilC first
on the house calendar, will never come
up for passage this summer, according
to gossip In hotel lobbies.
Opponents of the measure assert that
the bill will be "sidetracked” and the
house will never reach a vote on it.
Its opponents are not desirous of go
ing on record against its passage, while
its friends, except a few enthusiasts, do
not seem bent on making it an issue.
"Even should the bill pass the house
it has a small chance in the senate.”
said one member. "And Joe Brown
will veto it even if it passes both
houses. He promised last year to sign
no bill which would change the pres
ent status of the prohibition law un
less the measure should first be sub
mitted to a vote of the people.
"The Tippins bill would have to be
amended to provide a referendum, and
this could not be done and the election
held before the close of this session.”
It is not expected that any other pro
hibition legislation w ill he given much
consideration this summer. There are
a number of local bills to prohibit the
-ale of near-beer in certain counties,
and these will probably be passed with-
out serious opposition when backed by
their local delegations. •
There isn’t much excitement sched
uled this session. There are no officers
to elect, for the president of the senate,
the speaker of the house and all other
officials were elected last year and hold
over through this summer. There may
be a few vacancies to be filled on ac
count of deaths or resignations, and a
few new metnbers to be sworn In for
the. same cause. There will be the
usual flood of new bills on the first day.
ranging from an act to amend an act
regulating a foot bridge across Goose
creek to an act to prohibit running trol
ley cars on Sundays. But all the mem
bers have been seasoned by a year's
experience and fewer “freak” bills are
expected than are the rule at first ses
sions.
Capital Bill
Likely to Sleep,
Nearly every big question brought up
last year has been left over for consid
eration at this session, but they are not
arousing the enthusiasm which followed
their introduction, Bibb county still has
its bill to move the capital from Atlan
ta to Macon, and the selection of a new
site for the governor’s mansion and the
sale of the old property still is pend
ing There are several bills providing
new counties, which means more coun
ty seats and more county jobs.
A change In the present law, to make
the state game warden elective by the
people instead of having that official
'appointed by the governor, will come
tip for passage and will Vrobably be
passed, according to friends of the bill.
Representative Wilson, of Gwinnett,
'one of the veterans of the house, is in
'town for the session. Mr. Wilson is al
•ways one of the first to arrive in At
lanta, first in his seat and the last to
leave. He is considered as much a fix
ture in the house as the speaker's
'stand.
“I’ve got one bill which I want to see
’passed,” he said toda*-. "It provides
for the Australian ballot system, a
secret vote, and It gives every party a
Chance to share in the choice of elec
tion officials and get a square deal.
"I'm referring to regular official state
elections, of course. Yes. I know the
primary is the main thing now, but it
won’t always be. When we really get
rkl of the negro vote, as we shall, we
won't need so many primaries."
SUES FOR RETURN OF
FEE HE PAID TO HAVE
DIVORCE SUIT FOUGHT
J. Q. Jackson has filed suit in superior
court against his former attorney in a
divorce case. 11. W. Crenshaw, for re
covery of the fee paid him, alleging that
Crenshaw did not appear in court to
represent him.
The defendant was retained as attor
ney in 1911 when Mrs. Dual Jackson filed
suit for divorce. Jackson now alleges his
attorney promised to have the bar io mar
rying again removed by the court, which
he did not do. For this service he re
ceived *35 in cash and a lot on South
Pryor street, for which $630 was paid.
Jackson asks the recouem of the prop
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ATLANTA, GA.. TUESDAY, JUNE 25, 1912.
WAR ON CITY
POLITICIANS
ORGED BY
ANSLEY
Edwin P Ansley, prominent real es
tate man, in a letter to the Chamber
of Commerce made public today, calls
upon the citizens of Atlanta to revolt
against "the politicians" and put a
Business Men's Ticket in the field at
the city election fftis year. Mr. Ansley
declares that the city is in the grasp of
politicians who run it for their own
benefit and violate all their pledges of
public improvement.
He charges that there is today an
epidemic of typhoid fever in Atlanta,
and lays the fault upon the open sew
ers. Never before in the history were
the streets in such frightful condition
as at present.
Urges Business
Men to Revolt.
"What the city needs.” he goes on,
"is immediate relief from these open
sewers, but it will take a meeting of
the progressive business men of At
lanta, acting either through the Cham
ber of Commerce or otherwise, to do it.
Nearly half a million dollars is being
spent this year in street work and yet
the streets are in such condtion that
tlie health of the city is shamefully
neglected.
"Let the Chamber of Commerce or
the business men get together and se
lect a ticket for council and officers to
be elected this year, composed of good
business men, who will tun the city
government on a business basis. Let
us have a competent engineer* to get
away from the makeshift system we
have been following for years.”
Denounces Neglect
Os City Officials.
“Let us remember that we art build
ing not only for tcHay, but for "tomor
row, and that what is sufficient today
will be wholly inadequate a few’ years
hem e. The public works department is
the one which is suffering most and
needs the most attention."
Mr. Ansley scathingly denounces the
alleged neglect of the city government
in such cases as the coagulation basin,
the fallen Jackson street bridge, the
inadequate school houses and the
Spring street grade.
COTTON COMPANY LOSES
JUDGMENT FOR $10,779.00
Th? Farish-Stafford Company, of New
York, todaj was granted by Judge Kilim
a judgment against Joseph C. Cooper,
treasurer of the Georgia Cotton mills, for
'10.779.Z9. The <*ase grew out of a debt
and was referred to the Georgia court
from the superior court of New York.
Mr Cooper offered no defena*
Vote by States on the
Chairmanship Fight at
Baltimore Convention
Georgia Gives Parker Solid 28
Votes; Nebraska Gives Bryan
13 and Parker 3.
Alabama Bryan 1 1-2. Parker 22 1-2.
Arizona—Bryan 4, Parker 2.
Arkansas—Parker 18.
California Bryan 7. Parker 18.
Kern 1
Colirado Bryan 8. Parker 6.
Connecticut-—Parker 12, Bryan 2.
Delaware—Bryan 6.
Florida—Bdyan 1. Parker 11.
Georgia—Parker 38.
Idaho'—Bryan 8.
Illinois—Parker 68 (under unit rule).
Indiana—Parker 21, Bryan 8. absent 1.
lowa—Bryan 13, Parker 13.
Kansas—Bryan 20.
Kentucky—Parker 17 1-2, Bryan
17 1-2, absent 1.
Louisiana—Parker 10, Bryan 10.
Maine—Bryan 1, Parker 11.
Maryland— Parker 14 1-2, Bryan 1 1-2.
Massachusetts—Bryan 18, Parker 15,
O'Gorman 3.
Michigan—Bryan 9, Parker 20, not
voting 1.
Minnesota —Bryan 24.
Mississippi—Parker 20,
Missouri—Parker 22. Bryan 14.
Montana—Bryan 7, Parker 1.
Nebraska—Bryan 13, Parker 3.
Nevada—Bryan 6.
New Hampshire -Parker 3. Bryan 5.
New Jersey—Bryan 24. Parker 4.
New Mexico —Bryan 8.
New York—Parker 90.
North Carolina—Bryan 9. Parker 15.
North Dakota Bryan 10.
Ohio—Parker 20, Bryan 19.
Oklahoma—Bryan 20 (under unit
rule).
Oregon Aryan 9, Parker 1.
Pennsylvania- Bryan 67, Parker 2.
Rhode Island - Parker 10,
South Carolina —Bryan 18
South Dakota—Bryan 10.
Tennessee —Bryan 7, Parker 17.
Texas - Bryan 40.
Utah Bryan 4, Parker 4.
Vermont- Parker 8.
Virginia Bryan 10. Parker 14
Washington—Bryan 14.
West Virginia—Bryan 6 1-2, Parker
9 1 -2
e
Wisconsin—Bryan 26.
Wyoming—Bryan 6.
Alaska—Parker 4, Bryan 2.
District of Columbia—Parker 6
Hawaii Parker 4, Bryan 2.
Philippines—Parker 4, Bryan 2.
Porto Rico—Bryan 4, Parker 2.
CLUBS AND RESORTS
BEING INVESTIGATED
BY THE GRAND JURY
The Fulton county grand jury paid
especial attention to locker clubs and dis
orderly houses today. In preparing its re
port to be submitted to the criminal court
tomorrow
Embodied in the presentment will be a
report of violations of the Sunday closing
law by locker clubs, of vagrants in At
lanta and a number of minor forms of
lawlessness.
A number of city and count) officials
have been called into consultation. as
have proprietors of certain business
houses in the city.
PARKER RESTS DM
ffl CHAIRIMIIW BF
MIlffUL CBM™
BALTIMORE, June 25,—Judge Alton B. Parker was elected
temporary chairman of the Democratic national convention over
W. J. Bryan this afternoon.
The vote was, Parker 578; Ery*n 509 1-2. Judge Parkei
delivered his “keynote” speech after which the convention ad
journed until 8 o’clock tonight.
The vote cartie at the conclusion of several speeches, the firs!
being a lengthy address by Mr. Bryan, in which he urged the se
lection of John W. Kern, senator from Indiana, for temporary
chairman instead of Alton R. Parker, of New York, the choice
of the Democratic national committee. In his speech Mr". Bryan
contended that he had worked conscientiously for peace in the
convention, and charged that the committee had done the oppo
site in choosing Judge Parker. At the conclusion of his address
Senator Kern obtained the floor and proposed to Judge Parker
that he enter a peace compromise by joining with him in agree
ing upon the selection of a man from a number of names which he
submitted, the first of which was Senator O’Gorman, of New
York. No response came from Judge Parker and Senator Kern
then offered the name qf Mr. Bryan as hrs substitute.
Mr. Bryan immediately an
nounced his willingness to accept
the leadership of the fight. After
further speaking the roll call on
the name of Judge Parker and
Mr. Bryan for temporary chair
man was ordered.
Chairman Norman E. Mack rapped
for order at 12:15 p. m. There was a
great deal of noise, and the audience
was in no hurry to become quiet.
At 12:22 the chairman and sergeant
at-arms made a vigorous attempt, to
get the delegates to take their seats.
The hall was still in confusion.
lour minutes passed and Chairman
Mack gave the order to clear the
aisles.
“Tita < hair desires to slate that the
sergeants--at.-arms will clear the aisles,
the delegates will take their seats and
the convention is now opened,” said
Sergeant-at-Arms Martin from his
lofty perch on the stage.
At 12:25 p. m. it was announced that
150 delegates were in line waiting ad
mittance. The convention was still in
confusion. Sullivan, the human meg
aphone from New York, again attempt
ed order. “There are several hundred
delegates in line a block and a half
long," shouted Mr. Davis, of Wisconsin.
"They can't get in. Notify the i-halr
tnan of the fact.” t
“Tammany. Tammany," sent out the
hand in striking strains as the New
York delegation came In. The boys
with the two-quart hats, the canes and
the long coats who came along, too.
were shunted along the galleries.
At 12.30 p. m. the chairman again
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EDITION
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called on the sergeant-at-arms to
clear the aisles and have the delegatee
take their seats. The second gavel re
lay station, located at the sergeant-at
arms' desk, worked away until the din
sounded like a cooper’s shop in full
blast. The 'chair’s gavel chipped in on
the chorus.
“The secretary will read the call sot
the convention. The convention will be
in order,” shouted Chairman Mack, and
Urey Woodson, by proxy, read the call.
The immense audience rose and ab
solute silence prevailed as Cardinal
Gibbons came to the fore to pronounce
his invocation, as follows:
"Let the light of Thy divine wisdom
direct, the deliberations of this conven
tion and shine forth in all its proceed
ings and enactments, so that they may
tend to the preservation of concord and
harmony.
“May authority be exercised without
despotism and liberty prevail without
license. May this convention demon
strate once more to the American peo
ple and to the world at large that the
citizens of the United States have
solved the problem of self-government
by exercising and tolerating the broad
est and most untrarnmeled freedom ot
discussion in their political assembles
without dethroning reason and with
out invading the sacred and inviolatf
lights of law and public order.
"May the delegates assembled to se
lect a candidate for chief magistral'
be ever mindful that they are eons o
the same heavenly Father; that the.
are brothers of the same national fair
fly; that they are heirs of the gam
heritage of freedom, and may it b
