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TUESDAY, Jl't.T 10. 1*0*. THE ATLANTA GEORGIAN. FLAGGED THE TRAIN AND AVERTED WRECK A TERRIFIC RAINSTORM VISITS RICHLANDS. CAUSING HEAVY DAMAGE, to The CItorfUn. and, Qa.. July 10.—An electrical const na*o wan done. It rained for two hours, the heaviest ever known In this •ectjon. The storm wan terrific, ac orn panted by vivid, blinding flashes at < i- >ie Intervals. Telephones were all pm out of commission. five residences were struck, some dsmaaed, but no lives loot. .V deep fill on the Seaboard Air Line r illto.td one-half mile east of town waa " '-lied out, and came near causlna a v i. ck. Clinton Dennard, who lives near, ran out and flagged the West bound passenger. When the train waa stopped the engine was W'ithfn two feet of the roaring chasm. (Trope were badly damaged. Lands washed and the Elberta peaches, which are now being shlppf« from here, were almost totally destroyed. D/ Private Leased Wire. Newbury. N. H., July 10.—The con dition of Mrs. Clara Stone Hay, widow • <f the late Secretary of State John Hay, la much Improved today and Mrs. Hay Is up snd around the grounds of her cottage on !«ake Sunapee. Mrs. Hay Is suffering from malaria, but her illness is not serious. She went for a i Me over the mountains yesterday with l or nurse, snd It was reported that she was feeling very well. SECRETARY OF STATE ROOJ STARTING FOR PORTO RICO\ 8ECRETARY QF STATE ROOT. Snapsh"! of Secretary of State Root, taken during hla trip ilown N«w York bay on the cutter Vigilant to board tlia irutaer Ctiarleaton. IleloW I, a photograph allowing the launch which carried the aecretary to the aide of the cruller lurleaton. drawn up alongside the cutter Vigilant. Hecretary Root arrived at San Juan, Porto Rico, Monday. HUSBAND OF RUNAWAY MATCH SHOT TO DEATH BY FATHER-IN-LAW Charles E. Black Shot to Death by Lon Church. HAD NOT SPOKEN IN THREE YEARS Rad feeling of aeven year* atandlng b.iwean a father-in-law and aon-ln- law, superinduced by a runaway mar riage, terminated In a bloody tragedy si Howell Station Monday night a few minutes after t o’clock, whan R. Alonio •ftiureh. 47 yeara of age, better known a, I.on ("hurrh, the father-in line, shot and almost Instantly killed i harlas Edward Black, 27 yeara of age, hi- son-in-law. The fatal weapon waa a pistol and It -i nt the deadly bullet Into the region •>f the heert. Three shots were tired, hut only one took effect. Slayer’s Wife Only Witness. The killing occurred In the presence of .Mrs. Church, wife of the slayer, »ho being the only eye witness. Aa the sharp reports of the revolver rang • it. the frightened wife and mother-, in-law cried out to her husband: •’Stop shooting. Don’t fire any more. Ton have already hit him.” Directly after the tragedy Church boarded a trolley car, came Into the r It v. and surrendered to Police 8er- isant Jolly and Policeman Fray, who sent him to the police station. The killing occurred In a meat mar ket operated by Church. In the Mariet ta road In Howell fetation, directly at the point where the Ilowell Htatlon and Marietta trolley lines connect. 8elf-Dsfanee, Says Church. Church protests that he ected purely la self-defense, and his story of the killing Is corroborated-by his wife. Ha assarts that Black had threatened to HOTELS AND SUMMER RESORTS. (t BROADWAY at 54th St NEW YORK CITY.N. Y. The amt Isssrieasly appointed hotel Is New York. Its furulshlugs are rare, rick sad In good tsate. Tiled hath roonu retHIIatluf Into the ,'pea air a fasts re. Tstephoae In every sstte. This hotel ogera to noraunent and trankl.it nests superior accommoda tion. service, vtc., at tempt la, rates Read for Illustrated booklet. EDWARD R. SWETT. Proprietor. CRA CK OF PISTOL BROKE SILENCE OF MANY YEARS one. of the moat remarkable features of the Howell Station tragedy la the fact that Alonio Church, the slayer, and Charlie Hlack, the victim, although closely related by marriage, being father-in-law und son-in-law respectively,, had spoken to each other but twice In seven years up to.the lima of the killing. With an apparently Irreronclllable bitterness, generated by his daugh ter's elopement anti marriage to Black, Church would not recognise his son-in-law evep aa an acquaintance. The last time the two men had spoken was three years ago. prior to and since that time n alienee has existed between them as though they had never known one another. "I did not want my daughter to marry Hlack, because I considered 1 cjiurcb. "And I hud never become reconciled him unworthy said to the union. I didn't want to have anything to do with him at ati, and during all of the seven years mince the marriage we had spoken but twice. I would pals him aa though I never knew him and woul stranger.’' pa*. him aa though I never knew him and would treat him aa a When asked If Hlack had provided for hla wife and had treated her , Church replied: “Ask the.neighbors.’’ kill both him and Mrs. Church and at tempted to pull a pistol from his hip pocket to carry out hla threat. The pistol In soma manner caught In the pocket, Church says, and this gave him the advantage. Helling hla pistol, which was lying on a smell heater underneath the market counter, he lev eled It at his son-in-law, who was only a fsw real away,' hnd o|>ened fire. At the first shot Black turned and made an effort to escape the deadly bullets, staggering from the market Into the road, where he fell and died. Edward Wulker, who conducts a gro cery more a short distance away, heard the ahota and waa the Itrat person to reach the scene. Approaching Walker, the slayer exhibited tw« pistols and handed him one or them, rsmarWag: ’’This Is lllack'a pistol. Taka It ami give It to the coroner. The Twe Pistols. ‘‘One of these pistols Is mine and the other Is Black's. Take them and give them to the coroner." Church states that after I\tack fell he took the pistol from his pocket. Church anys Black came Into the market angry and appeared as though looking for trouble. Black Is said to have declared that Church and his wife had been talking torn much about him and that he purposed to put an end to It. Anally threatening to "Ax" both of them. First Ward in Three Years. This Is said to have been the Arm time the, two men had apoken to one another In the past three years. Seven years ago Hlack and Miss Willie Church, daughter of Church, eloped and were married, aince which lime the father-in-law and son-in-law had spoken hut twice, the last time being three years ago. Church bitterly opposed the match between his daughter and young Black, and had never become recon ciled. He says he did not consider Black a proper itenon to marry hla daughter, and alto charges that since the marriage the young husband had been unfaithful and had neglected hla wife. The smouldering feeling between the two men suddenly burst Into Asms Monday night when some ’'parties’’ are said to have called Black from hla home and held a long conversation with hint. Who these "parties" went Is not known. Rhortly afterwards Black is said to have left hie home and to have gone to a frieiffl In an effort .to borrow a pistol. He failed there, however, but Anally obtained a pistol front Jamea Heagraves. Heagravea says Black told him he was going to a railroad camp on some buslneaa, and aa ha would have to pass through a dangerous sec tion, wanted the weapon for protec tion. Shortly afterwards Black appeared at the Church market and the tragedy followed. Church's Statement. When seen Tuesday morning In the pallet station, Church gave out the fol lowing statement, which Is submenu aleil by hla wife: ’’My wife and myaelf were alone In had already Black was In an angry mood and would probably seek trouble. A few minutes later my wife attracted my attention - by remarking. There la Charlie.’ Black came Into the market and saltl with an oath that he was gelling tired of my wife and myselt talking about him. and that he was go ing to stop It. He said he was going out last night snd gst evidence that we had talked about him. I told hint to get hts evidence. After some more words he Anally declared he Intended to Ax both of ua right there, and made an effort to pull a pistol. The pistol must hnve caught In the pocket, nr for some other reason he failed lo get It out. I then seised my pistol from un der the counter and began to Are. Aft er Black fell 1 took hla pistol from his pocket. "I regret this affair very much, but I feel that I waa perfectly JusttAed. If I had not killed him. I am satisfied he would hare killed both my wife and myself." Black, father of the dead man, knew each other as boys anil have been life long friends. Although a close friend of the father, church would never con sent for the son to marry his daugh ter. Inquest Tuesday Afternoon. The coroner will hold an Inquest Into the facte of the tragedy at 4:fo o'clock Tuesday afternoon. Malarie Causes Loss of Appetite. The Old Standard, Grove’s Tasteless Chltl Tonic, drives out malaria and builds up the ajmem. Hold by all dealers for 17 years. Price it cents. m READ i ■ THIS! IWXSvSiwJ Cheapest Town Lots Ever Offered the Public. Three Lots 25x120 On Corner for $33 and Four Lots All Joining on the In side 25x120 Feet for $25. One . Railroad Completed to South- land and Another Going 7 a Right Away. The Miona Springs Railway Company has completed the permanent sur vey of their line from Southland to Miona Springs. The company have their charter for this road from Fort Valley to Southland running through the fin est farming section of Georgia. This new line runs into Southland and will connect with the A. B. & A. at that place. This new road runs right through the section of lots we are now offering you. All these lots are right on the Miona line and are close to the A. B. & A. depot also. You cannot go to any unoccupied place and get such splendid railroad locations. The depot of the A. B. & A. is completed at Southland and it will do credit to a town of twenty-five hundred people. Now we come and offer you these lots in sets at dirt cheap prices and they are worth twice the money. READ CAREFULLY AND ACT AT ONCE! For as soon as construction begins on the Miona line we will, positively not offer these lots at these prices any more. We expect to begin construction in August at the town of Southland and right through these sets of lots. We will sell you three lots for $33.00 on the corner of the block. ‘ In this set you will get the corner lot, 25x120 feet, and the two lots next to the comer, both 25x120 feet, for $33.00. [ Then we will sell you four inside lots, all joining, for $25.00. These inside lots are 25x120 feet each. If you buy the inside lots you will get 100 feet front by 120 feet deep for $25.00, and if you buy the comer you will get 75 feet front by 120 feet deep. We mean what we say when we say that these lots are on the railroad— right bn the line of the Miona Springs Railway Company. Some of these sets are on the very blocks through which the road will run, and none' of them are far, not more than a few hundred feet at farthest. Now we propose to give the first ones to take advantage of this offer the best location on the line. If your money comes first we will do our best to select the best loca tion for you and send you a deed—warranty deed—by return mail, with a plat of the town and showing the line of railroad which is to run through the property we are offering. If you want a set of these inside lots, send me $25.00 and I will make the best selection for you possible and the first letter bringing me $25D0 for four of these lots gets the first selection. If you want a set on the corner, send me $.33.00 and I will select the best location possible for you and send you a deed and plat at once. Really these lots are worth far more than the price we put on them, and after construction begins you cannot buy them at this price. We will not sell more than two sets of these lots to one individual for as there are not many of them we want as many people to get the benefit of these low prices as possible. There- are uo taxes on these lots this year. We believe you will double your money on any set of thesfe lots you buy in less than twelve mouths. Make all checks and money orders payable to Rev. George B. Culpepper, Fort Valley, , Ga.