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carter" now free v' I Ex-Captain of Engineers Released from Prison. . I SERVED FIVE-YEAR TERM j Met at Gates by Uncle and Took Train for Chicago?May Now Begin Fight for Seized Property. A few minutes before 4 o'clock last Saturday morning Oberlin M. Carter, V ex-captain of engineers, walked out of the portals of the federal prison at Fort Leavenworth, Kansas, a free man. At the gate he was met by his un cle, L. D. Carter, and immediately driven in a hack to the uunion depot, and boarded a train for Chicago. This last movement was a ruse to throw the newspaper men, whom he wished above all things to avoid, off the track. Carter was sentenced to five years' imprisonment by a courtmartial for alleged frauds in connection with the Savannah, Ga., harbor improvements. With Carter's release there will begin, doubtless, what will be a long legal fight for the possession of cash and securities amounting to more than half a million, the money he was convicted of having obtained by conspiracy with Benjamin D. Greene and John F. Gaynor, from the government which gave him his education and' a position of honor and competence during his life or good behavior. The actual amount of Carter's share in these ill-gotten gains has been found to be some $722,000, of which he spent $150,000 in his defense betfore the courtmartial that convicted him. The government is in possession by seizure of about $500,000, located and attached by District Attorney Marion Erwin, of the southern district of Georgia, now also assistant to the attorney general for the purposes of this litigation, while some $70,000 still remains hidden, and with which Carter wlu, no aoiiDi, xnaae ma uguv iur luu half million, if he can lay his hands on it without discovery by the United States officials. The burden of proof is on the government, it i& true, to show that the property seized is that which Carter acquired as the proceeds of his conspiracy to defraud the government; but Mr... Erwin says he has followed the cash and securities so seized step by step, and is able to present conclusive proof that they represent money which came direct from the United Stites treasury, or, to be more accurate, from the United States sub-treasury in New York city, since that is where Carter's checks were payable. ; MANY CRIMES CONFESSED. 3 , J! ,.A UOy oanaix uonvicxs sell xnai momcr May Obtain Rewards. Peter Neidermeior, one 01 the members of the quartette of young bandits, I fat prison at Chicago, in another confession, made Sunday, added several mpore crimes to the long list already charged against him and his compan> ions. With parental love uppermost in his mind, Neidermeier offered to tell of a score of train hold-ups, burglaries and other crimes, that he has committed, if the rewards offered will oiily be given to his mother. He was given this assurance. A. few of the additional crimes he claims'to have participated in are as follows: Robbery of the Illinois Central limit mi at nrasr at Padnoah TTv in whfr?h. Barnes, one of the robbers, cnt bis throat while surrounded in a swamp. The others escaped. ... Hold-up of a stage coach a mile from Butler, Nevada, two years ago, and robbery of the mails. No one was shot, and the robbers escaped without recognition Hold-up and robbery of Chicago and Northwestern passenger train near Boone, Iowa, six months ago. Hold up and attempted robbery ol Baltimore and Ohio train at Edgemoor, i ted., four years ago. j Minor hold-ups and robberies In and out of Chicago were mentioned by Nei- j dermeier. MORE OF WOOD'S WORK. ______ Belligerent Moros Again Put Rout by Americans. A Manila special says: General Wopd captured the Moros in the hill3 of Jolo, north of Taglibi on the 20th of Novemosr ana aestrcyea tne eanuworks they had thrown up there. Private Martin Brennan, of the Fourteenth Cavalry was killed during the engagement and two privates were wounded, one seriously. The loss on the Moro side is known to have been75, probably more, as the ground is covered with brush and bodies are hard to find. SOCIALISTS AGAINST LYNCHING. Manifito of Protest Issued by International Bureau of Order. The international socialist bureau at Brussels, Belgium, has issued s manifesto protesting against the lynching of negroes in the United Stales and urging the American working pea pie not to permit the governing classes to divert their attention from the so cial question by encouraging racial war. <- . - v.\*- - vV; a ,-v - \ # '*: ' ; THIRTEEN MINERS DIE, : Unfortunates Hurled to Quick Doom j in Frightful Gas Explosion in Arkansas Coal Pit. I Thirteen miners were killed and j great damage was done by an accident- ! al explosion of gas Tuesday afternoon J in coal mine No. 20 at Bonanza, Ark., j twelve miles from Fort Smith. At j nightfall only six of the victims had been recovered. The explosion occurred at 1 o'clock . in the afternoon. There were about | 175 men in the various shafts at the j time. All escaped without injury ex-1 cept the thirteen men who were em' j ployed in entry K, the scene of the ex- j plosion. The force of the explosion j tArriflp the timbers were torn i from the walls of the passages for i several hundred yards at the mouth of i entry K. The passages were so completely obstructed that the work of i rescuing the entombed men was tedious in the extreme and several hours were consumed before the first body was found. It was thought the gas was accidentally ignited by a miner's lamp. i FINED ON PEONAGE CHARGE. i Judge Speer, cf Federal Court, As ! . sesses Georgians $1,000. ! In the United States court at Savannah, Ga., Edwsrd J., Frank and William McRee, cf Valdosta, entered : <-vf trt tnTrfppn Indictments VA ^U4?V^ W Vfc*. VWVM ? ? charging them with peonage. Judge Emory Speer sentenced them to pay a fine of $1,000 in two of the cases and suspended sentence on the others. The fines will be paid. W. E. Crawley and T. J. McClelland, who were indicted with the McReep, gave bond for their appearance to answer the charges. In sentencing the McRees, Judge Speer delivered them a lecture in which he said that in discussing the race question in the south some talk wildly and extravagantly of the shot gun policy, but they do not represent the gentlemen of the south. Judge Speer stated, not from- the bench, but later, that his reference to the shot gun policy not representing the feelings of southern gentlemen was directed at the utterances of Senator Tillman In Savannah last Friday night. The senator suid that the solution of the race problem might lead to the shot gun in South Carolina. After fining the Mcxtees, Judge Speer met them in hia private office and told them that under the law and in face of their pleading guilty he could have fined them $260,000 and given them 65 years in the United States prison. The defendants said they realized that when they entered the plea, but believed he would temper Justice with mercy. house Takes day off. Lawmakers Adjourn for Thanksgiving by a Strict Party Vote. A Washington dispatch says: When the house convened Tuesday, Mr. Payne moved that when adjournment is taken it be until Friday. Mr. uearmona (.democrat, moj, asked as to the purpose of the house with reference to adjournment, saying the house had transacted the business for which it had been called in-extra ordinary session and that it was known what action the senate had taken. Mr. Payne said he had not been advised as to what the senate was going to do, but thought the house capable of determining "so momentous" r question^ as that of adjournment. On demand of Mr. Dearmond the yeas and nays were ordered on Mr. Payne's motion. The previous 'question was ordered 1? ? %??? ?? ?? /> TJin mnflnn JLO WW lVl), a ?jai WJf vuvc* UV UIVUVII for adjournment until Friday then prevailed. Seeks Railroad Franchise. Several officials of the new railroad from Pensacola, F?a.. to Memphis. Tenn.. are urging the Pensacola city council to pass the franchise granting the new route privileges. Those heading the enterprise are President Ches ter A. Pond.. General Manager Seely Dunn, Chief Engineer H. P. Farrar FREAK YOUNGSTER BORN. Boy Baby Comes Into the World With Two Necks and Two Heads. Mrs. William Gillespie, of Philips burg, W. Va., is the mother of a mal* I child which has two necks, each j mounted by a perfect head. From the ! shoulders down the -child was perrecuy ! normal and fully developed. Each i head had perfect eyes, ears and a nor i mal nose and mouth and apparently i each head had connection with the lungs perfectly developed, for respiration was for a time perfect in each head. The child did not live long. HELD WHITE MAN SLAVE. Alabama Farmer Bound Over on Mosl Sensational Charge. j G. D. McElvain, a white farmer, ol I Geneva county, Ala., was bound ovci ! by United States Commissioner Tut j wiler, of Troy, under bond of $300 or a charge of peonage. It is said he held a white man, Tom Berry, in a condition of peomg*. f , \ BRIBEOSRCED' Sehwab Accused of Tryingto j Purchase Lewis Nixon. ATTORNEY'S ALLEGATION j I Hearing in Notorious Ship Building j Trust Case is Resumed at New York With Usual Sensations. i Testimony i.i a sensational nature | was introduced at the United States ship building hearing, which was resumed at New York Tuesday. During the course of nis redirect examination of Lewis Nixon, president of the ship building company, Mr. Dntermeyer,counsel for the complainants, brought out from Nixon the statement that of the $5,000,000 additional stock issued when the company was reorganized to take in the Bethlehem company, $1,000,000 went to Max Pam, Mr. Schwab's counsel, and $1,000,000 ! each to Mr. Nixon, Mr. Dresser and the | Trust Company of the Republic, leavj ing $1,000,000, the disposition of which he did not know. He uld not know I whether Mr. Schwab obtained it It was also brought out that, at the | time the Sheldon reorganization plan ! was under consideration, Mr. Schwab i offered to purchase $100,000 bonds, | with the accompanying Bonus of 25,} 000 shares eommon and 25,000 shares [ preferred stock, issued to Mr. Nixon, i for $90,000, while the market valus was | far less than this, 'Mr Untermey^r , making the direct charge that this was in the nature of a bribe to induce Mr. Nixon to agree to the Sheldon plan ol reorganization instead of the plan for an assessment of stock which he ha? , previously advocated. The offer was shown in two letters ' of Mr. Schwab to Joseph H. Hoadley dated May 26, 1903, copies of which were introduced In evidence. Mr Hoadley, it was testified, had conducted the negotiations with Mr. Schwab when Mr. Nixon was endeavoring to persuade Schwab to accede to the as sessment plan and had, after the proposal, urged Nixon to accede to the Sheldon plan. Nixon said that at Hoadley's request he had done so. Schwab's letters are. as follows: "Providing the United States ship building reorganization is perfected, 1 V i f r%n A now f-r iivreujr guarantee w tunc auu ya.j ??? $100,000 of first mortgage boafls of the United States Ship Building Company, 25,000 shares of preferred and 25,000 shares of common stock for the sum of $90,000, plus interest on said bonds, on or before December 1; 1903, Said j bonds and slocks to be deposited with I Messrs. Mclntyre and Marshall, 74 Broadway, New York, and to be exI changed for securities of the reorganized company as designated by agrce ment issued by the reorganization committee. C. M. SCHWAB." i "Providing the United States Shipbuilding Company reorganization is perfected, I hereby guarantee to pay to your order $40,000,000, amount of payment which has been made to the Sheldon syndicate on a subscription of $100,000 made by Lewis Nixon. I also A an*AA 4a V* o TTA cnM ntf/W) rvfa peH cvr uc*rt ouiu ^/iMvww to my account and guarantee to have a complete release isued to said Nison , by said Sheldon syndicate. . "UHARLES M. SCftWAB." EGG-PELTING PROVES COSTLY. Erstwhile Candidate Sea we If Awarded Verdict Against Seaboard. ! The North Carolina supreme court has dismissed the petition to rehear the Seawell case. This aSrms this notable case. Seawell gets nearly $5,000 damages j from the Seaboard Air Line because j while he was in its station at Shelby having purchased a ticket and being about to take a train, he was pelted with eggs, the company's agent not interfering to prevent, hut encouraging the attack. Seawell was at the time the republican and populist nominee for lieutenant governor. He had just made a political speech at Shelby. | AMERICA'S BEAUTY CREMATED. I Mrs. Bracken Meets Tragic Death at Her Home in Tennessee. j At Murfreesboro, Tenn., Sirs. Silas Brackin was burned to deith in an out building used while their residence was being remodeled. Mrs. Bracken was cremated before she could be rescued by workmen. Mrs. Braeken was Miss Mae. Belle Gregory before her marriage, and sey oral years ago was acknowledged the most beautiful woman in America in a pnntpcf conducted hr a New York . newspaper. QUICK TRIAL FOR BANDITS. Caee of Young Desperadoes at Chicago Taken Up by Grand Jury. ' At Chicago, Saturday, while Harvey Vandine, Peter Neidermeier and Emil Roeski sat silently in their cells at the Harrison street police station, the story of their crimes were being prej sented to the grand jury, i Fallowing the return of indictments , it is planned to have the young desperadoes brought to immediate trial. 6ROVER'S PLAIN TALK. I Cleveland Declares He Will Never J Again Accept Nomination for President at Hands of Party. Ex-President Grover Cleveland has sent the following letter to the editor ! of The Brooklyn Eagle: "Princeton. November 25.?Mj Dear j McKelway: I have wanted for a long j time to say something which I thini: should be said to you before others. \ "You can never know how grateful \ I am for the manifestation of kindly ; feeling toward me on the part of my fcountrymen, which your initiative has brought out. Your advocacy in The Eagle of my nomination for the presidency came to me as a great surprise, and it has been seconded in such manner by democratic sentiment that con dieting thoughts or gratitune ana amy , have caused me to hesitate as to the time and manner of a declaration on j my part concerning the subject?if such a declaration should seem nccesssary or proper. "In the midst of it all and in full [ view of every consideration presented, I have not for a ^moment been able, nor am I now able, to open my mind to the thought that, in any circum- \ stances or upon any consideration, I should ever again become the nominee cf my party for the presidency. "My determination not to do so is unalterable and conclusive. "This you at least ought to know from me, and I should be glad if The Eagle were made the medium of its conveyance to the public. Very sincerely yours, "GROVER CLEVELAND. "St. Clair McKelway, LL.D., Brooklyn, N. Y." The Brooklyn Eagle, to the editor of i which Mr. Cleveland's letter was ad* * ii?i ! aressea, announced mat me du^uh it had given Mr. Cleveland for the democratic presidential nomination would now be given to Alton B-. Parker, at present chief judge of the court of appeals of New York state. REWARD FOR LYNCHERS. Governor of Alabama Determined to Stop Work of Mobs in the State. The governor of Alabama Friday afternoon again showed that he is determined to stop lynching in the state by offering a reward ol $400 for the arrest and delivery of the white men who lynched Tom Patton, a white citizen of Choctaw county. Patton stood well in his community. He was arrested for assault with intent to murder Ab Smith, a white man. Constable Clark Cooper arrested Pat I ton and carried him to the home ot Justice Buckalow for his preliminary hearing. Cooper stayed in the room that night with Patton. About 12 o'clock several white men broke in and took Patton away from Cooper. This was in January. They disappeared with Patton and Patton was never heard of until about two months ago, when his bones were found in the woods nearby. It is learned that several men were in the party, but evidence could not be procured that would convict them. The reward is offered mainly to get evidence to convict these men. RUNCIE ON THE STAND. General Wood's Former Confidential Adviser Tells Some Secrets. The senate committee on military affairs Friday heard Major James E. fexidie, of Havana, probably the most witness that will be offered H'y the opponents of General Leonard Wood in their attempt to prevent his confirmation as major general. Major Runcie told the committee of a dinner at Santiago, Cuba, attended by himself, General Wood and a newspaper man, at which, it is alleged, was planned the magazine article attacking Major General Brooke tjiat has figured conspicuously in the Wood case. FOR NOT DOING BUSINESS. | Democrats Attack Republicans?House Adlonn.. I I ? 411 V7. ? -I-.,. nujwfcl 119 VIHII I UW9UA/? A Washington dispatch says: The house met Friday and adjourned until j Tuesday. The proceedings were marked by a debate on the motfon to adjourn over during the course of which the minority took the republicans to task for not proceeding to the transaction of business. CAROLINA BANK ROBBED. Five Men Loot Institution at Brunoen. Only Small Sum Secured. ! At an early hour Tuesday morning | at Bnrason, S. C., a band of five ! white men robbed the bank of that I ! pi&CU. They held up the watchman, RicrTard Youmans, dplored, one of the robbers being placed as guard over him. Securing tools from a blacksmith shop near by, the four men made their j way into the bank. They blew open the safe within the vault, finding $700, j which they took. * i SPAIN OUT WITH VENEZUELA. i ! Serious Trouble May Come from Cift respect Shown Consul. j A Washington dispatch says: Spair I has taken the first step toward i breach of the relations with Venezuela The state department has been notified that the former government hac withdrawn the exequateurs of all Venezuelan consuls in Spain. a ... -v-V OFFERSFREE CANAL New Proposition Sprung by Colombian Government. REYES IN WASHINGTON Representative from Bogota Makes His Mission Known?Not a Cent Will Be Asked for Concessions for Waterway. That the republic of Colombia grantto the United States all the concessions provided for in the Hay-Herran treaty, but. absolutely tree 01 cost, is the proposition which General Reyes, envoy of Colombia to the United States on special mission, brings tor the consideration of the administration. General Reyes arrived at Washington shortly after 9 o'clock'Saturday morning. He was met at the station by a son of Dr. Herran General Reyes talked with a representative of the Associated Press about his mission. He said: "You will readily admit the propriety of my refraining from discussing my mission, whfch is of a confidential character, but of the offers which Colombia is ready to make, I desire to say that my energies and those of my fellows will be devoted to the granting of the canal concessions to the United States without the payment of a cent. Even at this Colombia will be the gainer." "Are you authorized by President Marroquin to maek this offer to the Washington government?" General Reyes was asked. "That would be divulging my in structions before I have executed them. I cannot say more about this now," he replied. "You can further say," continued the general, "that all Colombia is afire with the zeal for the building of the canal by the United States and that the unfortunate political troubles which were the sole cause of the treaty's death before the Colombian congress have entirely disappeared. We want the canal and I have come to Washington to see what the people of the United States are prepared to accept. I come with instructions from the president of Colombia- airect. My mission in no way will interfere with the prerpgative of"Dr. Herran, the Colombian charge for whom both my government and myself - personally have the greatest respect. I shall be in daily conference with him." "What is the feeling in Colombia about the Panama revolution " "Feeling is running high, and there is indignation over the events on the isthmus. We can and will put down the rebellion if not interfered with from the outside. So tense is the feel ?i-ii. ~a ing and so national me spirit ui uetermination to bring the Isthmus back into the republic that President Marroquin will have no trouble in raising an army twice the size necessary to put down the disturbance. Such an army can march overland to the Isthmus, the ppinion of ill-advised persons to the contrary notwithstanding." ' "What can the United States do, now that a treaty has been signed by Secretary Hay and M. Bunau-Varilla?" "That treaty has not been ratified. The Colombian government does not abk the United States to aid it in putting down the revolution on the isthmus. All we ask is to be allowed to conduct our own affairs free from outside interference. The Colombian gov ernment can put down the rebellion without violating a letter of the treaty of 1846. I refer to the treaty that we always have respected and adhered to, and not to the treaty as Interpreted In these later days. If the United States maintains a neutral position, the revolution will be put down." When his attention was called to the report from Panamans and other sources that he had come to Washington to conduct a lobby to defeat the ratification of the treaty, he said very emphatically: "I authorize the Associated Press to | say for me at the outset of my visit that my movements here shall be strictly in accordance with the powers with which I am clothed. FATALITIES ON THE GRIDIRON. Seventeen Deaths and Scores of Play I era Injured During Past Season. The old question as . to whether foot ball Is worth the while is being serious ly discussed all over the country again just as another football season ha: I come to an end. During the past season seventeen persons have been killed and over six ty-three others mere or less badly in jured. And even this large number ol Injured does not cover the ground, foi many injuries never find their waj into the newspapers. j POWELL REFUSES RECOGNITION United States Will Net Meddle with Dominican Affairs. United States Minister Powell has refused to acknowledge the provisions government of San Domingo and alsc denied its demand for the withdrawn] of Former Finance' Minister Galvan who, with Judge George G. Gray, ol Delaware, had been appointed to arbi trate the Santo Domingo Improvemenl Company. |** i ***** 11 i i i 1***1 14 I *** -3 | Cream of News.1 ? $* ?:! TTv-M'*** FT-IH44 IWiH '-'M Brief Summary of Most ;J Important Events v?|M of Each Day. ?Mrs. Onie Tanner, of Hall county, , 'fl Ga., charged with poisoning her hUs- | band, Wylie F. Tanner, was found not guilty of^he charge. ?After an absence of 54 years, Jacob Wesley Cloy, father of Jndge ..Jj Tnhn r piov of Augusta. Ga., has re- ,Jf turned to his former home. ?Mgr. E. D. J. Quisiey, who acce?- | panied B.'shop Lynch to Rome oa his 'i'| j mission in the interest of the confed* -| eracy, died in Charleston, S. C., a few ?Governor Jelks, of Alabama, has offered $400 for the arrest and deUveiy : of the men who lynched Tom Pstton * ^ in Choctaw county. ?The senate committee on military^ attain heard Major James E. Runcfe, ) of Havana, probably the most import--^ 'j ant witness that will be offered by the i opponents of General Leonard Wood J| in their attempt to prevent his can* >| flrmation to be major general. Kttaefe's || evidence was damaging to Wood. V;J| ! ?Oberlin M. Carter, former ! in the United States army, who was convicted of complicity in the Sevang ;'j Vnr)v>, fMllils was rplpaspd from mm I nau uai uv/i i&wuuw, ?? ? Fort Leavenworth prison Satarday^^M ?While President Roosevelt wasinj^?j; New York attending a funeral, a ha?mr-;^y^ less crank eluded five hundred po^ee^ ,'t men and presented him a letter in re- \ ;J? gard to a panacea. . J ?Harvey Vandine and Peter Niedea-|| meier, accused of sensational murder* ^^?| : and robberies at street car barns " far J Chicago, were trapped in a dog out :?-|jg near Miller Station, Ind. ?Grover Cleveland has written a _f|| letter to The Brooklyn Eagle, in which || he states that be will not again he candidate for the presidency. ?Preaching the annual sermaai he-'v; fore the South Georgia contereaee Sandersville Sunday Bishop J. Sw Kej|| | took a strong siana agaiaet wo* iaw? ?December 22 has 'been set br Judge Littlejohn as the day for 1m8|| ing the suits against the stockholder! jjj of the old Bank of Amerieus, Go. >||S; j| ?Owing to the disappearance i:| Manager J. W. Bowen, the EnglWS^ Tailoring and Weaving Company, of Chattanooga, has been closed and jf sons who were in on the scheme | not get their clothes or their moneg^ ^ ?Near Jackson, Miss., four negroee, '^ children of William Ellis, were buried to death, having been locked in a '\'m cabin while their parents went to a'jjjlH ?Reports from Belcher, La., alldge^ that three negroes were lynched *era| that place Sunday by an infuriated'-- || mob of citizens avenging the snooting ; 4| of Robert Adger. | ?Elks of Mississippi are maJdag.'aJgj | strenuous kick against the issue of a'fs charter to the "Elks of America, Adt \ .j I and Ainca," a coiorea orgtuiumxuua. > ?Peter Neidermeir, one of the mea||| f bers of the quartet of young ba^HS?j| |? who for the last six months have ter-"'3 :* rorized Chicago, in another confeesian added several more crimes^to the loag:.f. list already charged against him and. .: :$| his companions, Vandine, Marx ag&l|jB ?President Roosevelt has made pnb*Jl flie a memorandum on the report of [fi | Fourth Assistant Postmaster General'^ J8 | Bristow in regard to the postal soan*^ r! dal. The president finds that Beairer^'ljffi Machen and Tyner were the chief of-* ./? fenders. ? ?The new wage schedule adopted by M : hp Rhndft Island cotton mills. Whidfeii reduces the wages of operatives 10 per M1 i cent, went fnto effect Monday. 3 strike is anticipated. | ?It is reported that Russia has ae&ge&'C. : a battle ship and three torpedo boat? destroyers to Chemulpo to support 5 demands for redress in connectkaa^ '-j with the recent affray between Russian | | and Japanese sailors. ?Former First Assistant Postmaa- *> ter General Heath says all charges^ f against him in the report of Bristol* and the comments of the president."'! i ; thereon are false. > i ?Advices from South China report ; the loss of thousands of lives as a -* ? jnf ftnnilppHa nf' "'-t4 ' : suit en Luti uesuutuuu vi. ' ; fishing boats by a typhoon. ?The newspapers of the isthnftft> * ' are asking the republic of Panama to-53 . ; occupy several islands in the CarrilK|8 ( ! bean sea. i ?From Charlotte it is given out j mill men are only buying cotton for*^H ; their immediate needs, thougn tbej^|g.i: , fear price will go higher. J ?The supreme court of North Care^ ^^g iina has affirmed the verdict of the^H j . lower court giving * Former Populist j ; Candidate-' for Lieutenant Governor j | Seawell $5,009 damages for the eggfng i : received at oueivy. ?A committee has been appointed 4 J ' by Governor Terrell to raise funds tor \ a Georgia building at the St Loul* 1 exposition. { ' ?Five bandits looted the bank vault ^ I at Brunson, S. C., Tuesday morning, j , dynamiting the vault and safe. They ^3] I secured $700. .7.^ , i ?By the agreement of both the "pro- I T his" and the "antis" in Hall county | I - Ga., the proposed liquor election is to ] t be called off in the interest of the- . I I peace of the community. fgjjjfa