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THE ATLANTA GEORGIAN.
VLJtnl»-AV, Jl I.V 3. IX*.
NEGRO DANCE HALLS
ARE KNOCKED BIT
SENATE PASSES BLACKBURN
BILL TUESDAY.
Brief Session of Upper House,
Adjourned to Meet at Noon
Thursday.
. A bill affecting Atlanta particularly
wag the ant to paaa both branchaa ot
. the general assembly.
it was the bill ot Representative It,
U lilnrkburn, of Pulton, to make un
' lawful the operation of dance balls In
any county outside the corporate llm
Its of towns containing 10,000 Inhabl
tents. It passed the house last ■■
•ion. and went through the senate on
' Tuesday.
Its particular object Is to do away
with certain objectionable negro re
sorts just outside the city of Atlanta,
and which are the scenes of nightly
revela
The senate sessTon was brief, ad
j journment coming It minutes after the
b >dy was called to order at 11 o'clock.
■ Adjournment was taken until noon of
J Thursday.
i The senate met at 11 o'clock, and
after prayer by the chaplain and read
: Ing of the Journal, the following sen
ate committee was announced to In'
\cM|gnte the sanitary condition of the
H"idlers' Home: Senators Steed, PoS'
: ter and McHenry.
Bills Pssssd.
i The following bills were passed In
'the senate:
By
Senator Adams—To provide for
of aherl
the compensation of sheriffs and coun
ty court bailiffs for summoning ju
: rors. Allows |u for each summons.
Hy Senator Steed—To amend the
; charter of the town of Butler. ■
New Bills Introduced.
. By Senator McHenry—A bill to pro-
; vide for the deposit of securities with
the treasurer by all life Insurance
companies organised and doing busi
ness under the legal reserve plan un-
tie: “the state laws to the amount of
■ he net cost reserve value of all ooll-
‘ ciph as Security for payment of liabili
ties.
; Hy Senator Poy (by request)—A bill
,to regulate the business of life Insur
ance In this state end to provide pen
alties for the violation thereof.
Hy Senator Blalock—A bill to fix the
amount of stock necessary for Indus
trial life Insurance companies.
Hy Senator Reid—A bill to fix II
cense upoq trading stamp companies.
Fixes tax of $soo on all persons or
'companies dealing In trading stamps.
First Bill to Pair.
The first bill to peas both branches
thu session was the measure Iniro-
dm ed by Representative Blackburn, of
Fulton, last session and passed then
by the house. The senate passed It
Tuesday.
; It la a bill to make unlawful the op
eration ot any dance hall outside of
d he corporate limits of any town with
'so.ooo inhabitants.
. This measure was passed especially
to do away with certain objectionable
negro resorts about Atlanta.
, At ll:lt the senate adjourqed until
noon Thursday.
JONES NOT TO HANG
ON FRIDAY, JULY
! Will Jones, colored, under sentence of
death In Murray county next Friday,
whs saved from the gallows Tuesday
V having ,hlx sentence commuted to
life linprisunnient.
Jones killed a negro named Will
pmrr in a railroad camp gambling
ecrape He was tried, convicted and
condemned to death.
: The commutation of the prison com-
tension was made on recommendation
of the trial judge, the eollcttor general,
grand and traverse Jurors and all the
< oi,nty ottlrlals of Murray. They were
not eidianed as to the absolute truth of
the state's witness. The governor
signed the recommendation.
IN PLAYFUL SCUFFLE
YOUTH IS STABBED
ti'hlle In a playful scuffle Sunday
afternoon In a Decatur street drug
store. Walter Nunn, a while youllt, was
painfully stabbed with hie own knife
by Paul Turner, another youth.
It was at Ural thought tha boys were
fighting and canes were entered
ag.nnec them. They were arraigned
Tuesday morning before Recorder
Itroytes and both protested they were
only playing. Nunn said he had an
open knife In hie hands and that he
ami Turner engaged In a friendly si
lie, during which he was stabbed.
Judge Broyles warned the boya to
quit hioflng about di-tg stores on Hun-
dny and fined each of them (1.75.
advahceIFrates
HELD TO BE ILLEGAL
Hr Private leased Wire.
Buffalo, N. Y, July I.—Justice
White, In equity term or the supreme
< mu. has rendered a decision of far-
ir.ohing Importance to the members
of the Catholic Mutual Benefit Asso
< lailon.
The judge holds that the advance In
rates adopted hy the supreme counci'
at the INS convention, held In Pitts'
burg. »a Illegal on the ground that a
yum ate of Insurance Is a contract
and the rates named In the certificate
j,‘ judge issued an order directing
Catholic Mutual Benefit Assoc la
in pay the plaintiff In the action,
l- Michael Dowdell, all the money
l y Mm Into the treasury of the
mutton In excess of the rate paid
I"’,- to the Increase. It la said the
■Inn will be appealed
Mrs. M. L. Holcombe,
rs M. L. Holcombe, 40 yean of
die.t at her home, I0T Julian
■t. at 5 o'clock Monday afternoon.
funeral was held from her late
lenre at 1 o’clock Tuesday after-
i and the Interment was at Holly-
The board of police commissioners
will meet Tuesday night In called ses
sion, thla meeting being held In lieu
of the regular monthly session sched
uled for next Tuesday night.
The masting will ba held one week
In advance of the regular lime In or
der that Commissioner oldknow may
be present. Mr. Oldknow will leave
the city Tuesday night at midnight 1 on
his vacation and will not be present
next Tuesday. For thla reason, he
asked that the meeting time be chang-
lated Tuesday and was signed by. all
of the commissioners.
The commissioners declare they
have not yet been able to get together
on the question of electing a captain
to succeed Former Captain Moon and
the Indications are that this matter
will not be mentioned.
The commission la equally divided,
four and four on the civil service end
captaincy questions and this prevented
an election at the last regular meet
ing. There has been no change In the
situation, according to the commission
er!, and they have no Idea as to when
ed. A call for the session was clrcu- 1 a captain will be chosen.
MANY THINGS IN STORE
FOR GEORGIAN NEWSBOYS
Long, coot glasses of lemonade, cakes,
sandwiches and other things to delight
the palate will be handed out to all The
Georgian's newsboys gathering at the
building Wednesday morning—If they
there promptly at I o’clock. And
this le only a part of the treat prepared
for the young Americans. After the
refreshments, horns and Hags will ba
distributed and the boys lined up to
have a picture taken, which will be
duly printed In The Georgian.
Then the boys will be plsced securely
In wagons and driven over the city,
reaching Piedmont park In time for the
morning baseball game, to which,
through the courtesy of President Joy
ner, of the Atlsnta club, and President
Kavanaugh. of the Southern League,
they have been Invited.
All of this will be done by The Geor
gian because It Is realised that the
boys that carry papers from house to
house and sell them on the streets In
weather good and bad, have parts as
necessary In the making of a great
paper aa those of the managers, tha
editors, the printers, the pressman, and
although these latter will ba hard at
work getting out the extra editions, in
appreciation of the- good work being
done by the newsboy force the Jolly
time to all of ’em who wish, It will be |
given.
The boys are also Invited late In tho
afternoon to the sham battle.
BUCKS ABM
Threaten to Kill Men
Who Lynched
Negro.
By Private Leased Wire.
Purcell, I. T., July t.—Intense excite
ment prevails here over the report that
the negroes of Womack have armed
themselves, with the Intention of
shooting down members of the mob
that lynched and burned Will Davie,
a member of their race, for assaulting
the 14-year-old daughter of Ira Rob-
orison, a farmer.
Large armed posses of business men
and farmers left Norman, Okie- Noble,
Okla., and Purcell, I. T., for Womack.
Three leaders of the mob of whites
are declared to be marked for assassl-
natlun and further trouble of a serious
character Is expected.
Judge Dickerson, of Chickasaw, hat
announced that he will Immediately
Impanel a special grand Jury to ta
ilgate the lynching.
LOCAL NEWS CONDENSED
Another Wreek Bulb
W. C. Knrnhart filed suit In ihe
superior court Mondsy seeking to re
cover 11,000 from the Atlanta and West
Point and Central of Georgia railways
as Indemnity for Injuries alleged to
have been received In the picnic train
wreck on June 0.
Struck by a Hack.
Carl Reynolds, a minor, filed suit
through his mother, Mrs. A. 1. Rey
nolds, In the-city court Monday seek
ing to recover 11,000 from the Atlanta
Brewing and Ice Company. The plain
tiff alleges that he was struck by a
hack owned by the defendant at the
corner of Pryor and Broad atresia on
May 1, 1000. It Is alleged that the
hack was driven by a ll-year-old ne
gro boy and that the plaintiff was
seriously hurt.
County Commlteionsre Meet.
The county commissioners will hold
their regular meeting Wednesday
morning at 10 o'clock In spite of the
day being a holiday. It Is probabla
that the meeting wilt be a short one,
as but few matters are to be taken up,
and these of a routine nature. It le
expected that the bridge commltteo
will submit a report recommending the
building of two steel bridges across
the Chattahoochee river at points se
lected by the committee. If the com
missioners favor this, bids will be ad
vert lead for eight weeks end th« con
tracts let at the expiration of that time.
The cost of the two bridges will prob
ably be about (15,000.
Bank of Ballground.
A charier for the Bank of Ballground,
Ballground, Cherokee county, was
Issued Tuesday morning hy the secre
tary of state, t’aplt j stock 01,000 and
Incorporators A. W. Roberts of Ball-
ground. K. T. Brown, H. N. Randolph
of Atlanta, George C. Wallace, J. C.
Flournoy of Paducah, Ky., and Barry
Bcurle of Montrose, Pa
.Name of Game Unnecessary.
A demurrer, to an Indictment which
chargee a person with ploying and bet
ting for money ut a game ployed with
cards, upon the ground that the In
dictment . failed to set out the name
of the game so played, Is of no merit,
according to an affirmation by the su
preme court of the Judgment of Judge
Shannon of the city court of Jeffer
sonville In the case of Slade vs. the
mate.
Troops Going to Chlckamauga.
in Saturday of thla week the
Twelfth cavalry, stationed at Fort
Oglethorpe, will commence their march
to Camp Chlckamnuga for the summer,
and tin next week (Wednesday) the
Havenleenth Infantry of Fort McPher
son will follow. All necessary orders
were Issued from the Department of
the Gulf Tuesday morning and all de
tails of the trip and the camp will be
completed this week. In accordance
with the usual custom, nil offices con
nected with .the department will be
closed Wednesday.
Promotion for C. K. Lawrence.
C. K. Lawronee, for several years
engineer of construction for the Cen
tral of Georgia railroad, has been ap
pointed chief engineer to succeed H.
4. Htrele, who recently resigned to
engage In other work. At on# time
Mr. Lawrence was connected with the
engineering department of the New
York Central lines, and la recognised
as one of the best railroad engtneera
In the country. Hie headquarters will
be at Savannah.
Fight for Son Bogun Again.
The habeas corpus case for the cus
tody of the young son of Charles C.
jonee, which attracted considerable at
tention several months ago, was re
vived Tuesday In Ihe clly court by the
tiling of a bill of exceptions by the
grandmother, Mrs. 11. F. Walker, and
the uncle, Dr. Powell Walker. The
case will be carried to the supreme
court. In the habeas corpus proceed-
ngs the child was taken from the cue-
.ody of Ihe grandmother and uncle ami
turned over to Ihe father, Charles C.
Jones, who was alleged In the original
suit to be unfitted morally to nave the
care of his son. The mother had been
divorced from Jonea and afterward
died.
Speeding Auto Toe Fast
For exceeding the speed limit with
an automobile which he was driving,
Henry Jameson, a negro boy, was lined
15.75 In police court Monday afternoon.
The boy was cautioned against run
ning an automobile until he receives
license.
Negro Uses Gun.
For attempted assault and carrying
concealed weapons, Alex Barnes, a ne
gro, was bound over In the recorder's
court Monday afternoon under 1(00
bonds. The arrest was made Saturday
night by Officers Wiley and Arrowood
on a street car upon which the prls
oner was riding.
Negro Gamblers Caught
A gambling house conducted by ne
groea at tho corner of Bell and Decs
tur streets Monday night received i
visit from the police with the result
that an even dnxen of the burly occu
pants were placed under arrest and
taken to the station. The raid caused
considerable excitement among the
members of the negro colony In that
vicinity.
Francis Goes to Virginia.
Frank C. Francis, who for several
weeks has been seriously III with ty
phoid fever at the home of his aunt,
Mrs. T. C. Jenkins, (7 English avenue,
left Monday for his home In Danville,
Va, accompanied by hie mother, who
was called to his bedside several days
ago. Mr. Francis has been employed
by the Georgia Railway and Electric
Light Company previous to hia Illness,
and his many friends will be glad lo
learn of his return to health.
' Mall Clerk Slightly Injured,
broken finger and swollen left
wrist will keep W. J. Marlin, a rail
way mall clerk, from his duties for the
next few weeks. The Injuries were
caused by a alight accident near Ham
leL N. C., when hie left hand was
struck a violent blow by a lever hold
ing a mall sack. He le resting com
fortably at his home, (7 Hill streeL
New York Soslety a Success.
The monthly meeting of the New
York Society of Atlanta was held on
Monday night at the Piedmont Hotel,
and was fully as Interesting as any
of the preceding gatherings. Owing to
Ihe absence from the city of Professor
Wood the entertainment program was
omitted, but a delightful social hour
was substituted. President Dr. George
Beattie and Secretary W. II. Hears
gave short talks of an Intereating na
ture, showing the great success which
the society le achieving In Atlanta.
Atlanta Officers Commissioned.
Lieutenant Oscar Palmer was com
missioned Tuesday captain ot Com
pany A, Fifth regiment, to succeed
Captain Capren. now of Company C.
Arnold D. Parker was commissioned
second lleutennnt of Company I) to
succeed F. M. Cochran, promoted (o the
llret lieutenancy. AU are Atlanta men.
PIRATES OPERATING
ALONG EASTERN COAST
Candidate Far Poor House.
Tom Johnson, a well known peddler
and beggar, who for some time haa
been under the rare ot the Salvation
Army, was bound over to the higher
courts Monday afternoon when he ap
peared before Judge Brnylea on the
chaigs of vagrancy. He waa arrested
Saturday night for drunkenness, the
Salvation Army refusing to care for
him any longer. It la thought that the
will be admitted to the poor
bouse.
Robbing Hlo Rolativoo.
On the charge of burglary from hie
brother-in-law. Clark Fincher, a young
white man, waa on Monday afternoon
bound over under 1500 bond when he
appeared before Judge Broyles. A L.
Thomas, Ihe relative of the young
man, who has been the victim of hie
burglaries, claims that the youth haa
broken Into hts home several times and
•toiec articles which be later pawned.
Hpn-lst to The Georgian.
Charlotte, N. C, July 1.—That
regularly organised band of pirates
should exist with twenty-seven of their
number In North Carolina, and that
they should carry on their bloody craft
from the east coast of Maine to the
southern coast of Florida, sounds like
a fairy story In the twentieth century,
but unfortunately the federal authori
ties at the port ot Wilmington, where
the Harry A. llerwlnd was brought In
some months ago and three negroes
on board were condemned to death for
mutiny, seems lo bear out moat point
edly this well nigh unimaginable story.
Recently one ot the three men, Scott,
received a letter at Wilmington, and,
according lo custom, the Jailer pro
ceeded to ascertain the nature ot the
contents.
When he opened the letter he found
evidence that such a band aa' Is men
tioned above, really existed, and that
the terrible fate of the Harry A. Her-
wlnd waa a part of the work of this
band of pirates. It le believed.
The letter waa turned over to the
federal authorities, and they have re
fused 10 give out one Jot of Information
regarding the same, until they have
gone to the bottom of the affair.
ADMITS HE MADE
TALSE AFFIDAVIT
Special lo The Georgian.
Macon, Q«., July (.—In the Catted
Slates court here yesterday George
Katapan. a Savannah Greek, was fined
(too by Judge Speer on the charge of
making false affidavits to nature"~
JETT SAYS WHITE
WANTS TO CONFESS
By Private Leased Wire.
Beattyvllle, Ky., July (.—Breathitt
county and tha town of Jackson turn
ed out en maaae to witness the trial
of James Hargis and Ed Callahan their
former Judge and sheriff, who are
charged with procuring the death ot
James B. Marcum three years ago.
A rumor, partially verified, to the
effect that Curtis Jett has sent word to
representatives of tha commonwealth
that Tom White was ready to make a
confession of what we know of the al
leged plots formed against James B.
Marcum,and the other men assassi
nated In Jackson.
A report le In circulation that Ed.
Callahan waa trying to get the com
monwealth to promise him Immunity In
cnee he made a clean breast of the en
tire Breathitt county muddle, but the
story Is not confirmed.
When seen In Jackson Jail regarding
an alleged confession both John Smith
and John Abner, charged with the mur
der of Dr. B. D. Cox, emphatically de
nied that there was any truth what
ever t nthe report.
M'MICHAELSCHOOLACT
AMENDMENT. IN HOUSE
A bill Introduced In the house Tuesday
morning by Representative Ilowdrn, of
Monroe, Is framed to meat the objection*
to the McMtcbssl special .school act,
collector. Instead of district commissioners,
as Is now tha case.
Tho amendment rovers other features,
which, according to the supreme court,
made tha district machinery Inoperative,
and It 4s beKsved that It will pass..
FIGHT IN COURT
AGAINST STANDARD
By Private Leased Wire.
Toledo, Ohio, July 1.—In the protista eourt
of Hancock county wss begun yesterday
the light against the Manhattan OH Com*
mny and the Ducksye llpa Line Company,
S un-basing pine line companies for the
tandard Oil Company. The charge Is con
spiracy In restraint of trade.
The mutter waa not taken before the
grand jury, hat was brought directly In
irotiate court by the proeecutor. The Stand
ard'* attorneys hare Hied a motion to
nnaah tha proceedings on the ground that
tho probata court la without Jurisdiction.
TELLS TENANTS TO QUIT
“HOUSE OF MYSTERY"
Ily Private leased IVIn.
New York, July (.—Burton W. Gib
eon, formerly attorney for Mrs. Btrn-
ton, the mother of the murdered Mrs.
Alice Klnan. secured dispossess war
rants today In the Bropx municipal
court to evict Mrs. Maria Shlppo and
other tenants of the oldiKtenton home
In the Bronx by Thursday at noon It
they still persist In refusing to move.
In the testimony ot Lawyer/Jlbeon be
fore Judge Tierney It appfored for the
tint time since the murder that both
Mrs. Stanton and Mrs. Klnan. accord
ing lo Gibson, were merely tenants In
Ihe Bronx house, and haul no longer
any proprietary rights at all. It ap
peared in other words that Lawyer
Ulbeon could have put them out at any
time at will.
ATLANTA FIGHTS
F0RJ.0W RATES I
FREIGHT BUREAU WANT8 AD
JUSTMENT ON FERTILIZER
FROM THE SEAPORTS.
Rperial to Tbs Georgina.
Savannah. Oa_, July (.—The Sayan
nah Chamber of Commerce will tight
tho petition of the Atlanta Chamber of
Commerce asking far a reduction for
raw fertilizer materials from the porta
of Qavannah and Brunswick to Atlan-
Charles Ellis, chairman of the
transportation committee, will appear
before the railroad commission next
week to present Savannah's protest.
The action of Atlanta le viewed as an
attempted effort to out in on one of the
foremost Industries of Savannah and
Brunswick and without* Just reason.
The Atlanta freight bureau has en
tered before the state railroad commis
sion a protest against discrimination
In freight rates on. raw fertiliser ma
terials lit favor ot Nashville and
Birmingham from the ports of Savan
nah and Brunewlck. The commission
has railed upon (ha railroads to answer
the charges of discrimination and the
matter will be decided In a short time.
According to the schedules of freight
rates published by the railroads the
rate on raw fertiliser material, Spanish
pyrites, brimstone and other minerals
used as a basis for fertilisers. Is higher
from the ports of Savannah and Bruns-
wick to Atlanta than from thb same
ports to Birmingham, Ala,, and Nash
ville, Tenn., where large fertiliser
plsnts are located.
The rate from Savannah and Bruns
wick to NaShvllle le (t.(5. The rate
from Savannah and Brunswick to At
lanta, a great deal shorter distance, la
((.57.- In spite of the tact that the
greater part of these shipments pass
directly through Atlanta, a lower rate
Is given to the points beyond, nearly
twice the distance.
Following the filing of a protest by
the freight bureau a short time ago the
railroad commission called upon the of
ficials of the various railroads to make
answer, showing why such an apparent
discrimination exists. These answers
have been filed by several of the rail
roads between the two point# and sev
eral answers are to be yet received.
Th railroads, In their answers to the
commission, take the ground that the
rates to Nashville and Birmingham are
fixed by other railroads leading Into
thoae cities and that the roads In Geor
gia have no control over the rates.
The fertiliser plants In Atlanta who
are Interested In the reduction of rates
are the Armour, Swift, Furman Farm
and Improvement Company, Old Do
minion, Marietta and the Atlanta Oil
and Fertiliser Companies. In Blrmlng-
hnm and Nashville are several large
competing companies, the largest of
which is said to be controlled by the
same stockholders who control the
large railroad systems and which would
thus ho In a position to dictate rates.
SOCIAUSTSWiU
PUT OUT TICKET
PLAYING HANGMAN
YOUTH IS KILLED
BOY ‘STRUNG UP BY PLAYMATES,
DIES BEFORE AID
By Private Leased Wire.
Lorkport. N. Y., June 3.—“Let's play
hangman.** said a youngster to Lewis
Jordey, at Barkers, 0 miles north of
this city.
“All right," answered Jordey. Sev
eral other youngsters who were play
ing with Jordey volunteered to assist.
Jordey was the one picked out to be
hanged. A rope was placed around
his neck while he stood on a box. It
was then tied to a limb of a tree and
the box was kicked out from under
him. His struggles frightened
playmates and they ran away.
A man happened upon the scene and
quickly cut the rope. Young Jordey
fell face downward on the ground. He
was unconscious and before medical at
tention could be summoned, was dead.
GEN, S, D, LEE
IS IN ATLANTA
General Stephen D. Lee, commander-
In-ctiief ot the United Confederate
Veterans, le In Atlanta to promote in
terest In the bill Introduced In the last
house by Representative Longley, of
Troup to appropriate (50,000 for
monument to Georgia soldiers In the
Vicksburg national park. ,
General Lee Is a member of the park
commission, and le anxious to see the
state of Georgia pay tribute In endur
Ing granite and marble to the brave
men who died there.
He bears an Invitation to the gen
eral assembly to visit the Vicksburg
park, and In the event that this should
prove Impracticable to name a Joint
committee from both bodies. General
Lee addressed the legislature last sea
sion, when the bill was Introduced,
and Is ready to do ao again If the body
so desires.
He spent the forenon meeting mem
here of the general assembly and re
ceived much encouragement as to the
probable passage of the (50,000 appro
priation.
SUPREME COURT OF GEORGIA.
The socialists of Georgia will meet
In state convention Id the senate cham
ber of the rapltol Wednesday morn
ing at 10 o'clock and It Is announced
that a full state ticket will be put in
the field by that party.
J. Z. Osborn, ot Atlanta, states that
the convention will be atttended by
delegates from all parts of the state
and that he expects a large and rep
resentative convention.
SHE WASN'T A WIFE,
SO ENDS HER LIFE.
WOMAN IN GERMANY
• CLAIMS (20,000,000
By Private Leased Wire.
Cincinnati, July S.—An estate of
CO,000,000 le claimed by a woman,
who wrote a letter to Mayor Dempsey
In regard to It yesterday. She gave
her name as Magdalena Bantle (nee
Schrneh). She lives at Wetlendlngen,
In the kingdom of Wuriemberg, Ger
many. Her brother. Matthew Schrneh,
living at No. 1(10 Rest street (proba
bly Race street), she says, reported to
her eome time ago that James Bucher,
also of Wallendlngen, had died In Hol
land and left them an estate worth
110,000,000.
WONT GRANT TTeW TRIAL
TO LODGE'S SECRETARY
By Private Leased Wire.
’Boston, July (.—Judge DeCourney, of
the superior court, refuses to grant a
new trial to Robert O. Proctor and
haa sentenced him to serve ten mmtha
In the house of correction. U ta un
derstood that the case will be carried
to the supreme court.
Judge Bynum III.
Sperisl te The lieorxlas.
cMdsIta N. C„ July (.—Judge W. P.
lion papers. He pleaded guilty to the I Bynum, one of the beet-known rltieeaa
charge. I of the state and at the same rime ooe
Several Savannah Greeks —ere' 1m-1 of the wealthiest, te quite 111 at hie
plicated. '.home In this city.
By Private Leeeed Wire.
Terre Haute, Ind.. July (.—Learning
that her euppoeed marriage with Roe-
coe Keecher was Illegal, Bessie While,
It years old, committed suicide by tak
ing strychnine and carbolic acid. She
waa found dead In a room where they
had been living. She left letters to her
parents, giving her reasons for ending
her llfo. •
GOV. BECKHAM DENIES
LETTER WAS RECEIVED
Sperisl to The Georgian.
Jackson, Ky., July (.—John Smith
and John Abner, confined In the
Breathitt county Jail here, charged
with assassinating Dr. B. D. Cox In
April, 1(02, James Cockrill In July,
1(01, and James B. Marcum, In May,
1401, have made complete confesMons
detailing their complicity In the affair
of (he noted feudal outbreak.
This Is according to a story told hy
Sam Field, of Hamilton, Ohio.
Thla story Is, however, denied by
Governor Beckham to whom It le said
the confession was sent In a sealed
letter.
BODIES OF VICTIMS
HAVE BEEN EMBALMED
By Privets Leased Wire.
Salisbury, Eng, July 3.—The Injured
passengers from the wreck of the
Southernpton-London boat train were
reported today by the physicians at
tending them as comfortabla and all
out ot danger save Edward W. Sentell,
of Brooklyn, whose condition le crttl-
cat
Seven embalmera have completed
the work of raring for the bodies of
Americana klUed lu the wrack and the
entire twenty-three are now ready to
be taken to tbe United States. The
lead rases are expected to arrive to
day, to be placed about the coffins.
DISTRICT MASONS’
ANNUAL CONVENTION
Special to The Georgias.
Thomasvlllr. Oa, July (.—The an
nual convention of the Masons of the
Second congressional district will meet
at Thomaavllle on tomorrow and will
be In session for two days. Thla la
the third successive year that tha Ma
sons ot this section hare gathered to
gether, but It Is the llret time that
Thomaavllle has had the honor ot en
tertaining them.
Webb is Renominated,
Sperisl to TW Georgian.
Charlotte, N. C„ July (.—At Lincoln-
ton yesterday- the ninth congressional
convention nominated ,by acclamation
Haa. Edwin Tatra Webb for a third
term In congress.
Mr. E % Preston, of Charlotte, was
elected permanent chairman of the
convention.
Judgments Rendered Monday, July 2,
Affirmed—
Fears va. State (two cases), from
Butte superior court. Before Judge
Reagan. O. M. Duke, for plaintiff In
error, O. H. B. Bloodworth, solicitor-
general, and W. P. Bloodworth, con
tra.
Devereaux re. State, from Baldwin
superior court. Before Judge Lewis.
C. T. Crawford and Jere M. Moore,
for plaintiff In error. John C. Hart
attorney-general, and Josaph E Pot
tle, solictor-general, contra.
Potls vs. State, froth Heard superior
court. BKefore Judge Freeman. Frank
S. Loftln, for plaintiff In error. J. R.
Terrell, solicitor-general, contra.
Grcyn v». State, from Fulton supe
rior court. Before Judge Roan. J. S.
James, for plaintiff In error. John C.
Hart, attorney-general, and Charles
D. Hill, solictor-general, contra.
Tinker st aL vs. State, from Dade
superior court. Before Judge Fite. J.
P. Jacoway, for plaintiff In error. 8.
P. Maddox, solicitor-general, contra.
Melvin vs. State, from Wilcox supe
rior court. Before Judge Martin. Mar
tin Cannon and Max E. Land, for
plaintiff in error. E D. Graham, solic
itor-general, contra.
Pride vs. State (two rases), from
Fulton superior court. Before Judge
Rosn. Robert L. Rodgers, for plain
tiff In error. Charles D. HIIL solicitor-
general, contra.
Campbell vs. State, from Berrien su-
parior court. Before Judge Mitchell.
Hendricks, Smith A Christian, for
plaintiff In error. John C. Hart, attor
ney-general, and William E Thomas,
solicitor-general contra.
Bundrick vs. State, from Crisp supe
rior court. Before Judge Littlejohn.
Whipple A McKenxIe, for plaintiff in
error. John C. Hart, attorney-general
and Frank A. Hooper, solicitor-gen
eral. contra.
Salter et at. va. State, from Wash
ington superior court. Before Judge
Parker. Evans A Evans and James
K. Hines, for plaintiff In error.
Brown et al. vs. Southern Railway
Company, from Henry superior court.
Before Judge Reagan. Brown A
Brown and G- W. Bryan, for plalntlffa
In error. Charlton E Battle, contra.
Healey ve. City of Atlanta, from
Fulton superior court. - Before Judge
Pendleton. John L. Hopkins A Sons,
for plaintiff In error. James L. May-
aon and William P. Hill, contra.
Williams va State, from Taliaferro
superior court. Before Judge Holden.
NAKED WILD WOMAN
CAPTURE^ 8Y COF
POLICEMAN USE8 HOR8E BLAN
KET TO CATCH NYMPH
ON ROAD.
By Private Leased Wire.
Toledo, Ohio, July 3.—With a mol
of at least fifty people, headed by Of*
fleer Sheedar Ift close pursuit, a sup*
posed wild woman was run down Mon
day evening on Manhattan road, f
mile or two from the city.
The woman was stark naked, and
dashing Into a barn, Hheeder appro
priated a horse blanket and started ir
pursuit, finally securing the woman It
a field. She fought vigorously against
wearing the blanket.
She was sent to the Infirmary, when
she gave her name as Mary Smith.
LIMITED EXPRESS
REPORTED_WRECKED
By Private Leased Wire.
New York, July 8.—The Montreal
limited express on the Delaware and
Hudson Railroad was reported to have
been wrecked early today near Ball*
ston, N. Y.
No details are given.
D, A, R, WILL ENTER
NEW HOMEWEDNESDAY
With colors flying, the Daughters of
the American Revolution will enter
their beautiful home at Piedmont park
Wednesday afternoon, and promptly at
5 o'clock commence what gives prom
ise of being an exceptionally pleasing
program.
Tuesday n committee of the members
of the patriotic society Mtt ne
morning decorating the building and
getting everything In readlneae for the
Fourth of July exercises.
Rev. Dr. R. O. Kllnn, chaplain ->f the
Thomas Jefferson chapter. Daughters
of the American Revolution, will open
the exercises with an Invocation. After
which tbe assemblage will Bing “Amer-
lea.**
Mrs. Dr. Hutchinson, regent of tho
Thomas Jefferson chapter, which chap
ter Is the host of the occasion, will
then deliver a short address, to which
Mrs. Thomas Morgan, regent of the At*
lantu i-hupter, will respond.
Mrs. W. B. Yeates, the well-known
vocalist, will render a song of patriotic
nature.
Thirteen of the members of the local
chapters wll give each a toast to one
of the thirteen original states.
After a tenor solo by Mr. Wood. Hon.
J. S. Slhvr will deliver the oration of
the occasion, and the program will be
brought to a clone with “The 8«ng of
the Revolution." dedicated to the
Daughters and the Sons.of the Revolu
tion.
The entrance to the grounds will be
made through the Piedmont Driving
Club gate, and It will be necessary to
the D. 4 “ ‘
have t
. A. R. colors.
DISPUTE OVER GIRL
ENDS IN SHOOTING
W. N. Maltble. J. W. Hlx..n end Joel
Cloud, for plaintiff In error. David W.
Meadow, solicitor-general contra.
Herrington vs. State, from Burke
superior court. Before Judge Holden.
Phil P. Johnston and Brinson A Davis,
for plaintiff In error. Joaeph 8. Rey
nolds, solicitor-general and Lawson A
Scales, contra.
Lester ve. State, from Jackson su
perior court. Before Judge Roan. L.
C. Russell, for plaintiff In arror. S. J.
Tribble, solicitor-general contra.
Georgia Railroad and Banking Com
pany vs. Hutchinson, tsx collector, et
al7 from Hancock superior court. Be
fore Judge Lewis. Joseph a A Bryan
Cutnmlng and William H. Burwell for
plaintiff In error. Seaborn Reese, con
tra.
Dismissed—
Piedmont Company et a), vs. Kelley
et al., from Fulton superior court Be
fore Judge Pendleton. E D. Thomas
and Felder. Rountree A Wilson for
plaintiffs In error. Candler. Thomson
A Hlracb and R. L. D. McAllister, con-
Mandamus Denied—
Hendricks to. Reid. Judge of city
court of Atlanta. Anderson A Ander
son .and L. W. Thomas, for appllcast.
C. +. Hopkins and v* Z. Rosser, con-
tr vanderford ve. Brand. Judge. Briefs
submitted.
Klsale Parks vs. Lae V. Parks, from
Morgan. Argued.
Judgments rendered Tuesday,
I. 1»M:
July
Affirmed.
Parris ». State, from Chattooga su
perior court, before Judge Wright. C.
D. Rivers, for plaintiff In error. W. H.
Ennis, solicitor general, contra.
Shockley V. Stats, from Floyd su
perior court. Judge Wright. M. B.
Eubanks, for, plaintiff In srror. W. H.
Ennis, solicitor general contra. _ -
Shuler v; State, from etty court of
Ratnbrldgr. Judge Harrell. K 8. L mg-
ley. for plaintiff In error. M. E. O'Neal
solicitor, by R. R- Arnold, contra.
Cannon v. State, from Habersham
superior court. Judge Klmsey. J. C.
By Prtrete Lette<l Wire.
Akron, Ohio, July (.-Jetlossy nrer Ml-s
Msy Hurley, a nurse at the Cayolinua Kalla
sanatorium, resulted IU n riMotlng affray
early this morning. In wtileh George I ml-
rymple waa shot liy Daniel G. I'ntty. Gne
I-all entered Dalrymple's right lung, nnd
his condition Is very eerlona.
Patty and Mias Hurley were walking
_j the sanatorium ground*, uie-n Dnirvm-
ple protested Kgnlnnt their being together,
nml un nlterruilon ensued. In whl'h Dob
rymple wos shot.
KILLED IN BUGGY
BESIDE HIS WIFE
Hpeetsl to The Georgian.
Charlotte, N. C., July (.—A special
from Wadeeboro states that early on
Monday morning, near the Union coun
ty line, Wat Hill shot and killed Marlon
Burgess. Burgess' wife was In Ihe
buggy when he was killed by her side.
The cause of the killing Is not stated.
Edwards, I. L. Oakes and H. H. Dean,
for plaintiff In error. W. A. Charters,
solicitor general, contra.
Miiter v. State, from city court of Co>
lumbua. Judge Willis. Peter freer, for
plaintiff Id error. H. H. Swift, aollcltor,
contra.
Slade r. State, from city court of
Jeffersonville. Judge Shannon. Henry
Bunn Wimberly, for plaintiff In error.
No appearance contra.
Chunn v. State, from Houston supe
rior court. Judge Felton. John R.
Cooper, for plaintiff In error. William
Brunson, solicitor general, contra.
Fordham v. State, from Laurens su-
£ trior court. Judge Rawlings. John It.
ooper and Griner A Davis, for plaintiff
In error. John C. Hart, attorney gen
eral, and Joseph E Pottle, solicitor
general contra.
Jones v. State, from Hancock supe
rior court, Judge Holden. R. H. Lewis,
for plaintiff In error. John C. Karl
attorney general and David W. Mni*
ow, solicitor general contra.
Rowland v. State, from White su
perior court. Judge Klmsey. I. L. Oakes
and R. T. Jaynes, for plaintiff In error.
W. A. Charters, solicitor general con
tra.
Crawford v. State, from Chariton su
perior court. Judge Parker. A. E
Cochran, for plaintiff In error. John
C. Hart, attorney general, and John W.
Bennett, solicitor general contra.
Jackson V. Augusta Southern Rail
way Company, from Richmond superior
court. Judge Hammond. George T.
Jackson, for plaintiff In error. Joseph
B. A Bryan Cutnmlng, contra.
Hall v. Simmons, from Kfflngnam
superior court. Judge 8eabrook- J. H.
Smith, for plaintiff In error. No ap-
pe* ranee contnu
Creel v. Turner Brothers, from Ful
ton superior court. Judge Pendleton.
Joseph W. A John D. Humphries, for
plaintiff in error. Helms, McCalls. A
Maddox, contra,
Darien add Western Railroad Com
pany v. Thomas, from McIntosh supe
rior court. Judge Seabrook. W. deR.
Barclay, for plaintiff In error. C. M.
Ttson, contra. 1
Atlanta and West Point Railroad
Company v. Georgia Hallway and
Electric Company, from Fulton supe
rior court. Judge Pendleton. Lamar
Rucker, for plaintiff In error. Rosser
A Brandon, W. T. Colquitt and B. X
M -ti
ter r. Pitta
from Full
for i