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s Iff 7V H - a RALEIGH, N. C, THURSDAY, APRIL Q9 1909. VOL. XXVII. No. 12. i TARIFF ON LUMBER Free Traders (let a Knock-Ou Blow. WILL VOTE ON BILL FRIDAY Speeches n the TurifT Have Ended And .i!i-inlm'iiti Are Xw Being OtTcnil lo the Rill Florida Sen ator Want Duty on Cotton to Pro tect Southern Industry Renounce ISryan ami His Works Lively Scene in House. Washington. April 6. Wrangling, confusion, captious objections, per sonalities and language bordering on vituperation, marked the first day's discussion of the Payne tariff bill for amendment in the House to-day With practically a full attendance, the members, were brought up to a high tension and were prepared to light to the last ditch for those, things which their constituencies were de manding. The entiie day was practically con sumed it discussion of the lumber and hides schedules. Led by Mr. Tawney (Minn.), the advocates of free lumber in the rough went down to defeat by a narrow margin of six votes, following the striking out of the countervailing duty on lumber. An overwhelming majority was mustered against an amendment by Mr. Scott (Kansas) taking hides from the free list and fixing a duty upon them of 10 per cent ad valorem. The barley schedule came in for a lively discussion and when the bill was laid aside for the day there were two amendments, one raising the rate in the Payne bill from fifteen cents to twenty-five cents a bushel, and the other fixing the rate at 10 per cent ad valorem. The sum total of the day's work, with the exception of the elimination of the countercailing duty on lumber which was a committee amendment, was to leave the bill in identically the condition in which the committee re ported it. This grants free raw hides and a duty of one dollar per thousand on sawed lumber. The Fordney amendment to the lumber schedule adopted by the House, strikes out the proviso in pa ragraph 197 of the Payne bill. The paragrapii fixes the duty on sawed lumber at one dollar per thousand and also fixes the duty on other class es of lumber. The proviso requires that the maximum rate provided for in sections three and four of the bill shall be imposed on lumber coming from any country to the United States or which in any other way re tricts the exportation of lumber or other forest products to this country. The paragraph was directed especial ly against Canada and in case of dis crimination would have had the ef fect of increasing the rates provided for in the main portion of the para graph. South Should Share in Benefits of Tariff. Washington. April 5. In anticipa tion of the bringing by the Commit tee on rules of an order for the final vote on the tariff bill the precincts of the House of Representatives were the scene of great activity and the center of intense interest from an fatly noiir to-day. Indeed from the! moment that the outer doors of the south wing of the Capitol were open ed members began to congregate, and by 10 oclock, a large majority of the members of the House were in the building if not on the floor. Mr. Clark, Democrat, of Florida, got a round of Republican applause when he said that incidental protec tion absolutely was necessary in cer tain cases. Mr. Clark declared that all legislation was the result of com promise. "I don't expect to write the tariff bill for this majority" he exclaimed, "but I say to you that if they put into this what my people want, what they sent me here to get, I shall not dictate to them what else they shall put into it." The Repub licans again applauded and cheered, and the House was thrown into an uproar when Mr. Randell asked "if the gentleman believes in the doc trine that if a representative here gets some of the swag, he ought to go with the Republicans in making this bill." Mr. Clark took violent exception to the use of the word "swag," and said that as long as the people of the South had to bear the burdens of the protective tariff system, they at least, ought to have a division of the bene fits. 'Call it swag if you wish," he said. He called attention to memorials of the Florida Legislature that duty be put on Egyptian and other long staple cotton coming into the United States in comnetition with its Sea Island cotton, a1 yf at a duty be put on citrous fruits. ples and the like. "And," he J. -d. am instructed in that rega. -r no Tl hawkers and ODiniated Democ make me violate a solemn obliga I owe." Florida Senator Renounces Bryan. "I will tell you what I want the country to understand," he said de liberately. "We don't intend, so far as I am concerned, and I believe the people I represent, to follow your Nebraska Populistic leader any more." Declaring that the people who as sumed to speak for the South were not entitled to that right, Mr. Clark said: "I arn sick and tired of hear ing my Southern colleagues talk of the 'poor men of the South.' I want to do something to take them out of that class. The factories of the east are going to the South where the raw material is to be found, where living is cheap, so that we can soon defy the world in the cheapness of their man ufactures." GOVERNOR HASKELL ON TRIAL. Make Hard Fight to Have Indict ments Quashed. Tusla, Okla., April 5. Governor Charles N. Haskell, when called be fore the Federal Court to-day to an swer to indictments charging him with fraud in connection with Musko gee town-lot cases, made a hard fight against the cases coming to trial. Judge Marshall, of Utah, who Is presiding, heard extended arguments by both sides on Haskell's demurrer and will likely render a decision to morrow'. Governor Haskell's attorneys began their fight by asking that the Indict ments be quashed, charging Special Attorney-General Rush with miscon duct in conducting the grand jury in quiry, which resulted In the indict ments. It also was charged that the grand jury had been Illegally drawn; that a stenographer had been present during the inquiry and that incompe tent testimony had been the basis of the indictments. These allegations were vigorously denied by the Gov ernment counsel. A great crowd attended the open ing of the trial. People came from all parts of the State to see the un usual spectacle of a Governor on trial for alleged fraud. COURT FILLS NEGRO PULPIT. Police Confiscate Many Razors Dur ing Election of Pastor. New Orleans, April 5. After a factional row, in which several hun dred negroes of New Orleans have figured more or less strenuously, the pastorate of the Plymouth Rock Bap tist Church was officially filled to-day by order of Judge W. B. Somerville, of the Civil District Court. The pastorate of the church one of the oldest negro places of worship in the South, was recently left vacant by the death of Rev. Dave Young. There were two aspirants for the place Rev. Tom Henry and Rev. Jim Rees. Rev. Tom, declaring that pos session was nine-tenths of the law, took charge of the pulpit. The fol lowers of Rev. Jim then, got out an injuctlon to prohibit Rev. Tom from even entering the church. The court finally ordered an elec tion and not until yesterday were the ballots counted, showing a narrow majority of 11 for Rev. Tom Henry out of several hundred votes. A police detail was stationed at the church during the election and many razors were confiscated as contra band. CHICAGO UNIONS AT WAR. Federation of Labor Expels Amalga mated Woodworkers' Locals. Chicago, April 5. The Chicago Federation of Labor has expelled all the locals of the Amalgamated Wood workers' Union. The action is the outcome of o - ter fight for jurisdiction between the woodworkers and the carpenters, in I which the carpenters charged that union woodworkers had taken places of carpenters on strike. Notice has been served on the of ficers of the Federation by the wood workers' delegates that an appeal from the decision will be taken to the American Federation of Labor. That the ousting of the woodwork ers will intensify the fight between the two organizations is said to be certain, as the carpenters, who have the stronger union, will start a war of extermination against their rivals. They have been prevented in the past from doing so because the wood workers were recognized by the Chi cago Federation or lbor ana naa us support Prominent Fairmont Farmer Commits Suicide, Fairmont. N. C, April 6. C. A. A 111 U1U US, WHO nei ucoi louuiuui, TT-ranir bulk's committed sui- 1 1 1 . J rolomnnl cide FHdflv night at a barn near hl3 home by shooting himself in the head with RW-mm His hndv was fonnd Saturday morning. It was evident that the deceased had placed the muzzle of the gun against his chin and pulled the trigger with his toes. The load entered under his chin and came out on the left side of his head, tearing his left .ear off. His widow, who is a daughter of the late J. B. Lewis, survives. Mr Ammons was a man of considerable means. No cause is assigned for the deed except that he had been drink ing a great deal lately. Constable Killed by Negro Near Whiteville. Wilmington, N. C. April 6. News News reached this city to-day of the killing lMt mght c, Jihn Loog.a constable 1116 11 "r." - and .tore-keeper, near wmtevme. y.,y ofui a"::r:rr:i,"";;tn ,nf,mnn lhmnt l n Ti7.n a v rrk ttt r rvwi na had under arrest, and with whom he was on the way to Jail. YEGGMAN CAUGHT Officer Has Desperate Fight With Safe Crackers. GEORGE BARTON IS CAPTUkED "Tennessee Dutch" Make Good His Escape After Chewing Up Officer's Ear and Capturing His Pistol Desperadoea Dynamited Jail to Ef fect Escape Are Noted Post-office Robbers and Wanted in Many Sec tions of Country. Asheville, N. C, April 5, After a desperate struggle with Garner Moore alis "Tennessee Dutch," and George Barton, alias "Chicago Army," the two notorious yeggmen and post-office robbers who dynamited the county jail at Greenville, S. C, and escaped Monday morning. Deputy Sheriff Ar thur Rogers subdued and captured Barton at Craggy station and sent him In to the jail here yesterday af ternoon. Mr. Rogers who made a nervy fight against both men at once was so se riously Injured in the melee that he had to have the care of a physician. His hand was badly lacerated and one ear was nearly chewed off by "Ten nessee Dutch," who in the encoun ter succeeded in wresting the offi cer's pistol from him and making his escape. A small posse of officers, Including Deputies Jordan, Mitchell and two or three officers from the city police force, followed the trail of "Tennes see Dutch" all the afternoon and far into the night, but he succeeded in eluding them. Mr. Robers fought desperately, but the two men were more than he could manage, and finally after a ter rific fight in which the deputy's hand was badly lacerated and his ear al most chewed off "Tennessee Dutch" got the revolver and immediately took to the woods. Barton, the other desperado, also tried to get away, but as he made his break for liberty, Mr. Rogers caught him by the foot, throwing him heavily. In a moment the deputy was on top of his man, and the odds being more , even now held him securely until some of the nearby residents came to his assist ance. Then securing his prisoner, he telephoned to the sheriff's office here for help. The yeggmen are two of the most desperate and notorious criminals in the whole history of safe cracking, postoffice robbing, and other forms or stealing. They have criminal records not only all over this coun try, but they have operated in Eu rope as well. They were held in the Greenville jail on the charge of rob bing the Pelzer, S. C, postoffice on the night of March 2. 1907, but there are charges pending against them in a dozen other States. THREE NEGROES KILLED IN FIGHT. A Bloody Brawl Near Columbia, Tyrrell County. Elizabeth City, N. C, April 2. One of the bloodiest brawls that has ever been known in this section oc curred last night at Columbia, Tyr rel County, in which three negroes were killed and one terribly wbund- ed. The dead are William Plaeger T TI nf r.i,Mo and I peter perry Df this city. The wound- eu negro, jawes .Dryaui, ui iuia viijr, i Is locked in jail at Columbia. over two negroes from this city call-1 ing on uoiumDia aamseis, wuicu was i resented. The two Columbia negroes nia in amousn across a unugw wnen tne Jiiiizaom vity negroes pas-1 ea. nrea into mem. ine visitors were evidently well supplied with guns and razors and a bloody battle iouowea. lNomiug was nuunu w iT.iLi i n the trouble until this morning when a white man Dassine heard some one say. "Don't cut me any more." Upon investigation the dead negroes with bloQd fowIng and razorg guns were found on the ground where they presented a horrible spectacle. The surviving combatant is terri- bly cut up and wounded and has small chance of recovering. Peter Perry's remains were - , brought here to-day on the steamer Guide. He was snot tnrougn ine heart. CHAIN-GANG WOMAN ESCAPES. Breaks Her Shackles and Saws Bars of Her Cell. Athens, Ga., April 5. Kate ODwyer broke the shackles mat forced her to work in the chain-gang and escaped last night by sawing the bars of her cell. She had been sentenced to the vomv itnAlwA mnntho frit rl I arkr rifr - 1 conduct but the sentence was sus ly conduct, but the sentence was sus pended on condition that she leave trio i.nn Tit rv on nonrTOt nrn She came back a month ago, was arreted nnr! w ordored shackled ordered shackled - and chained day ana mgnt, as aesper and chained day and night, as desper . . . . T . : ," ate men convicts were. Her treat I ment beoame ow. .he. a, attor - ..v - ifv.v.,.,. . r . . - i nn l iih k ruuuu tuat uv uuo vuu w - demned to infamous punishment ex cept by a jury. BILKJNS IN LONDON. London is a Great City Tbe Lead ing Seaport of the World Eng land a Nation With a Counties Population Tbe Real Secret of Her National Strength English Foresight and Method of Assimi lation The Major Tells Something of the English-Boer War and the General Result. Correspondence of The Caucasian Enterprlse. London, E. C, April 5, 1109. I her bin rambiln' over this town some sinse I writ you last. Hit It a whopper. They iz towns In the Unit ed States, especially in North Caro lina, that think they air bigger than London an' they ain't big enuff ter be incorporated an they can't be found on the latest map. We Amer icans awlways did brag more than they wuz any need or; In fackt, er bout half ov the sober truth we tell would have choken Annanias plum ter death ,an he had a big reputa tion az a liar in hlz day. But Btill we hev a grate an growin' country, the best on the map, I reckon. London hex a poulation ov nearly six millions, being almost twice az large as the city of New York. More than one-fifth of the population of Old England, the British Isles, live in the city. It iz the greatest seaport in the world, for while London iz built on the River Thames hit Iz virtually built on the seacoast, also. England iz one of the smallest kingdoms in the world so far az ac tual ariginal territory iz concerned, being but little, if any larger than the State ov North Carolina. But she hez a population ov forty mil lion people in her original territory an' awlmost countless millions in her territorial possessions, which lie at every point ov the compass. Eng land iz a territory grabber. But in every case it may be sed that the people who hev come under Brittish rule, generally by force ov arms, or else by purchase ov territory, hev bettered their condition, for Eng land now hez a splendid system ov government and her people hev grate foresight. If the people ov the Unit ed States, then the "colonies," had not fought so hard America would now be a part ov England. Ireland and Scotland, foremerly independ ent territory, are now a part ov Eng land. The Spanish .discovered Ameri ca. But when things had progressed to a certain stage England managed to get control ov our country and it took the colonists nearly eight years ov thar fltin' to break England's grasp. England owns territory in every portion ov the civilized and uncivil ized world. Canada, "a vast country, probably as large as the United States, lying just north oy us, iz owned by England, an it iz a great country, but purty cold. England also owns Egypt, India, Australia and Africa. India iz a vast an' fer tile country, containing probably one-fifth of the population ov the world. She awlso hez islands and other territory in every section ov the globe. Some ov the islands air used as naval bases. Awl ov these conutries air controlled, governed, by England, but some ov them have what iz termed "home rule." In late years some ov these countries hev had practically free rein. At one time Spain and France each owned more territory than England. But those people did not understand how to hold and manage colonial terri- been az sturdy az ... vj y.A fliti hnn. the United States, Canada, and probably other rich ter-1 rnory uugui. now ueiuus w citu i Spain or France. But, while the pie, just erbout az smart In some respects as me augiisu, iue; ii gay anMight-hearted people an do i not, or aid noi, ias.e a great uxauj I . . . . , ii. tnings seriously ana enowea. wcineara irom uum ma wiie ictcucu i greatest ov opportunities to sup oy hust az individuals often do. England, Ireland and Scotland air I - . . . . , i i iairiy guae . iarming; tuuuuiea, though the climate Iz cold and damp. But thev air more noted in a manu - facturing way. England iz a vast factory, making practically awl grades and classes ov goods. This j merchandise iz carried to awl parts I Qv the" world and sold to whoever cares to buy. Cotton iz raised to some extent in Egypt and goes into I coarse goods. But England gets the bulk ov the American cotton crop I and spins and weaves It, Liverpool and Manchester being probably tne greatest cotton manuiactures in r-ng- land. The manuiacmre ov cotton goods iz a so vast and so many things air made oy cotton that the! American mills do not yet seriously interfere with the business in Eng- land, and may not for many years to come. JoUt Hingiana nas a vast uuoi - ness in other manufacturin lines an might do well even if the cotton milling business wuz ter gradually be transferred to Tother countries. which iz not likely, for America iz the only real competitor England hasje(j Up in jau at Columbia - . yet coun - - ... . - w tries. n,n a meriMn rnin nev one I "'""& . . LT." the raw material at home, am nns iv. vn4-iai or hATTiA ktii r.Ti& - adtantages. her vast - ?? hVr vJtl - - awlmost un - 1 her 7ouoUs i fniniaa ant fi at iw mnsi nni..A. mmm nrM in i n inem. 1 limited maraets ana ner .cuuu mimons ov subjects. Some ov her subjects, in maia ana n, ior i (Continued on Page 3.) BURKED JO DEATH Six Perish ia Barnes at Fort Worth. PROPERTY LOSS $$00,000 Fire Breaks Out la Fashionable Res idence District and Gets Beyond Control in a Few Minutes, and ts Only Checked by Use of Dynamite. Assistance Rushed to Fort Worth From Neighboring Towns on Spe cial Trains Homeless Keeking Shelter. Fort Worth, Texas, April 3. Fanned by a stiff wind, a fire which originated in a barn at Jennings Ave nue and Peter Smith Street, in the southern .portion of this city this af ternoon swept over an area of ten blocks in length and seven in width, destroyed property roughly estimated in value to he In excess of $5,000, 000, and caused the death of six per sons. The fire, which broke out in a fashionable residence district, was beyond all control within fifteen min utes after it started, and was not checked until dynamite was resorted to, four hours later. The local fire department being unable to cope with the situation, as sistance was rushed from Dallas and Weatherford on special trains, but even with these reinforcements the spread of the flames was not checked until they had eaten their way to the Texas and Pacific Railroad reser vation on the east. On the south the fire was checked at the Texas and Pacific passenger station, this steel and stone structure forming a bul wark that saved the wholesale dis trict of the city, which at one time was in imminent danger of destruc tion. The Texas and Pacific round-house and twenty engines, the repair shops, four churches, two public school buildings and Walker's Sanitarium were the public buildings destroyed. The others were residences, most of them new and pretentious, in the most exclusive residence section of the city. So rapidly did the flames spread that people living within a radius of three blocks of the place of origin had no time to save anything except the clothing they wore. A patient whose identity has not been learned, perished In Walker's Sanitarium and three men were elec trocuted and their bodies burned to cinders in the Sawyers electric plant. Herbert Stacy was fatally burned In an endeavor to save his dwelling, and a fireman fell from a house-top and was killed. The Rev. H. O. Cowan, assistant pastor of the Broadway Presbyterian church, is missing. The burned dis trict to-night is being patrolled by troops to prevent looting and it Is estimated that 500 families are home less. Many of these have gone to Dallas, where shelter has been of fered. MISSING PREACHER LOCATED. Rev. A. C. Rund, Who Disappeared From His Indiana Home, Found at Macon, Ga. Macon, Ga., April 3. Rev. Albert v.nA who has been straneelv missing from his homo in W.- ind., was discovered at a hotel in mis city lu-uaj wucu mtukJ Charles Moon arrived to accompany I The minister left home on March b ior waoasu, mu., ucio " I to conduct a meeting. He did not i arrive ai vvaua&u uu uv I . . Jl,, i -vij i special delivery ieu.er cuuMuaj J stating he had become rational here after his wandering and asking for i . v.i i some one 10 accompauj mm uuwr. J The letter waa written in Macon last 1 Sunday, at which time the minister! stated he came to himself. The of - J nCer stated his family believed his temporary mental derangement was I due to overstudy. THREE NEGROES MURDERED. Negro Swains of Colnmbia, Tyrrell Damsels by Outsiders ana a liiooay Battle Follows. l special unariotie oDserver.j Elizabeth City, April 2 One of the bloodiest brawls that has ever been known in this section occurred J it night at Columbia, Tyrrell Conn ity m wmcn tnree negroes wcio . l ne e(j ana one terribly wounded. dead are: William Plaeger and Les- J ter Harrell, of Columbia, and Peter I perry, of this city. The wounded ne- gro, James Bryant, this city, is iock , - retcd arose L, twn neeroea from this city I . . . - " " . - i Aoiiinff nn rninmb a aamseis wnicu " ZTJ 7w Columbia ne- I " . . . ... .T," ' .v-k t. - irrtum laid in amousn across u - 1 iaM in ATTinnan across uiei Krfdee and when - JL ZZ thV Elizabeth City - L." nas8ed fired Into them. The nnmu villi 1.1 w.u7nPPUed .itb visitors were wu yy" " " 6!T and razors and a bloody batue. ioi- . , . a s ,owea.- Notmng w trouble until this morning when white man passing heard some or.s ay: -Don't cut me say more." Up oa Investigation dead aegrtws with blood still fioaiag. rasors sad guaa were found oa the ground, present ing a horrible spectacle. The surviving combatant Is terri bly cut up sod wounded and ha small chance of recovery. Peter Perry's remains were brought here to-day on the steamer Guide. He was shot through the heart. INCREASE IN ILUCTT DISTILLING Revenue Officials Say That Recent Reports Indicate Greater Activity Among the Lawless Element la North Carolina, Alabama Cieorgia Than i Maay Years lUame is Placed oa ProhibtUoB Law. Washington. April 4. Officials of the Internal Revenue Bureau of the Treasury Department are of the opin ion that the temperance movement. wnicn nas taken such a strong hold of certain sections of the coun try, particularly in the South, has resulted in increasing the number of violations of the internal revenue laws In the distillation of illicit whiskey. Recent reports indicate that In many Southern Slates, especially in Alabama. Georgia and North Caro lina, there has been greater activity on the part of the lawless mountain element, who always have been troublesome to the revenue agents, than in many years. These three States now have laws prohibiting distilleries from operating within their borders. In Alabama the law went into effect on July 1, 1908; in Georgia on January 1, 1908; and In North Carolina January 1, 1909. Many legitimate distilleries have moved to Florida and other States where the inhibition does not exist. Whiskey being more difficult to ob tain in a legitimate way has greatly increased the result that the activi ties of the internal revenue bureau at this time is largely directed towards tbe mountain sections of these three States. In 190S there were 1,130 illicit stills destroyed; in 1907 there were 1,139, and in 1906 there were 1,376, but the returns for the nine months of the present fiscal year show a decided Increase in the num ber destroyed, the number so far re ported this year being 1,017, with the probability that by July 1, that number will have been increased to approximately 1.300 The section of the South where there is the most activity among the so-called "moonshiners" embraces the Atlanta district, where it- la re- ported 120 stills were seized and de- tsroyed in December last. The Ashe- ville, N. C. district is another sec- tion that has to be constantly looked after, as do those of Columbia, S. C, and Louisville, Ky. At Atlanta the collector has seven-1 teen deputies; at Asheville fifteen and at Columbia, twenty-eight, most of them constantly employed in raid- Ing work. In addition nearly eight hundred possemen have been employ- ed from time to time in the last few months, with a number of guides. The records of the last eight years show that casualties to officers andueen observed. men employed in raiding was only He waa uken to the tower and f' 11, four of the raiders having been killed. During this same time 6,700 persons were arrested, and a large proportion of them sentenced to pris- nn sinr Jnlv 1 thr fcaa hn nr.lv one casualty, that of Denutv Marshal J. C. Mullins, of Kentucky, who was killed during a raiding ipoiltion on Cbrt"- aay, 1908. NEGRO LYNCHED NEAR JAIL. atjthMt iolkeman to Death; Was Hanged and Shot. i rensacoia, ., I Alexander, a negro, was lynched eany i lo-uay ior ie uiuiuo . I ..Kw t uanion, wnom mw uiu w laeam eany sunuaj uw"""1 restating arrest. The police station waa compar- I . . . j auveir aeseneu, wmci men at the point of revolvers, took the negro from his cell and hanged 1 him from an electric light pole, ba'flAp" '. I a block from the Jail. ". ". I . . . Actor Who Saw lincol. A-aasiaated Follows His Wife tn Death. Chicago, April 5.--Earl Stirling. who was a member of the company that played at Ford's Theatre the A fgw monthg ago he was playing at a Chicago theatre while his wife lav dvine In a hospital. There was no one to take his place and he was! ..,4 tn. an An performance, when he leSTned that hlg wife had dled. he collapsed. He never recovered fromDje what a foolish delusion! I the shock. The Immediate cause ox I . . , , . nis aemise was erjupviu. Cool Weather Coming. tr---V--- 41 1 Tft fnllow ing bulletin has been Issued at the t7,.u. Weather Bureau: "Several days of comparatively . .1 ' tAitxA tnr I . ',-J, ... .X. m, I i cwi weucr v - eastern half of the-Unlted States, . I . i- mtAA.t mnA nnnerltbem whu m.. MUsissIppi and Ohio valleys, and the WIIU rr iiiiinDiii'r,i v- - rf w Lake region and thence over the mid- I ... . . mm uc ua ivfcv-M w , I ... MnU, and Ne. EdW 8Ut n T:: nJ... I m , f rost n-u T:"l them all Into c - " a i ittraMAf rvw ina rn i sun nuuiu a, v ssa na a I tie States. BOY BLACKMAILER Atlioti MiQfootirt Receives Tt rrible Threats. SUM OF $35,000 TESUNDEO The I toy Ctafw the Oime, lUt Says He Was Forced by Mrangnr Fader Penalty of IW-th Was Oftwgttt by a !Wffu lWkAC Mr. Candler Withdrew Munry From IUak Ilwt Had it GaardVd at II U Hovuw Atlanta. Ga.. April C Charted with attempting lo Mack malt As tl Candler, of the Atlanta Chamber of Commerce, backer, and rrputed to bm Atlanta's wealthiest rtllten. of JS. 000 by blarkhaud method. Daniel' V. Johuaou. Jr.. eighteen jears old. and a member of Mr. Candler Sunday school class. n arreatrd to night at the Instance of post-office Inspectors and lodged In the Fulton County jail. Johnson admits writing the letters and takers his arrest very coolly, lie. however, declares that he u the cat's paw of three alrsngera. who be claims dictated his every action In connection with the affair and forced him to write the demands tor money under penalty of death, lie furnlah ed the authorities with a description of the three men. On Friday of lat week Mr. Can dler received the Drat of two letters written by the blackhand plotters In which he was asked to place f 36.000 under the steps of the pastor's study of the inmsn I'ark Methodist Church on Monday night, April 5th. "or you and your family will meet a horrible death at our hands." Sunday he re ceived a second letter warning him to comply with the demands and fur ther threatening him and his family if he failed to comply or if be made mention of the matter to a living soul. Mr. Candler called George M. Sut ton, chief post-office inspector of the Atlanta division. In consultation, and it was decided to track the black mailer. Mr. Candler drew $35,000 in cash from the bank, of which be la president, so as to guard agalnat any possible betrayal of his plans. Mon day night he made up a package and Placed It at the point designated, tbe rel money In the meantlne remain- log at his residence, guarded by de- tectlves. Two detectives kept watch nr where the fake package was placed, but no one appeared during the night for the pscksge. Tn'8 morning Mr. Candler received a telephone message demanding that h Place $1,000 at a secluded spot on Moreland Avenue between Annabel street aoa wsuer awey. Again a ak package was prcpsred snd P,aced at the spot designated, to- Kbt, Johnson appeared irom tbe darkness, grabbed up the pack ae and tarted on a run but was overtaken by Detectives lxckbart and looker before ne was sware ne naa "r gruemng exammauon maue a comessiou au.wu naving iuicn the two ,ette"' but a,n ,he ed compulsion. The police give credence to his story of hairing been rced to write the letters by three 8 ?B - The flret Utter dated April 1st, warned Mr. Candler that If he failed to put tbe sum at the spot indicated. "You shall meet death. Tell any on of It and you and yoar housethat is. all that live with you shall meet t J Vt J Jli. ..h . h.nd. I pony up with the sum and keep your I m .1 -1 It .nt .11 will Kj I n nrt thm sum there or i - - 1 , v- i.ait, I ing more nor less man aeaiu i second letter advised Mr. Can I ...uj.. i n t h mtAm I" an4 t ,t ttnar thni 1 auu .u . hinwn n t J . ,, n-,,. I t Mr. Candler was little disturbed over the incident, and it was stated I to-nlrht that he would lose no sleep home belng dyna- mited. DEMOCRATIC PRINCIPLE A DE LUSION. Some Young Men in Party Recaose They Do Not Know Jnt How to Get Out. New Tork American.l I A lYMnmrtl mAtnr fit !SOrl& l.lr- 0iIaa gaM the other day that "the gob waa Democratic from prtnd- I The Democratic party In tbe boutn I . . .ti . t.- i was consirucieu eniircij i w. pressing issues of the Civil War. I That war is nearly fifty years behind I m W . falail Knt f Vi A - IUS. IIS lBSUe Uw . "-v old war party still hangs on to the organization simply because It does noTw how et gV UoT know how to let go. organization til Tlie ISlCerS Ol IU l The fathers present South i . . ... r were pan 01 tuem w hem from principle. 1. .v c I . . The aon. in tne . .1 a. I . . mm ml mtrn liamflPTIII H I III Ft I V they are if?" J". 1 .... . . .. I -m. "t ersts. and because Reconstrectwn forced them all into one party. They A0 not know how to get out. a w f)
The Caucasian (Clinton, N.C.)
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April 8, 1909, edition 1
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