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TIIE ATE A NT A <i KOKGIAX.
MONDAY. JULY 1«. 39^
THREE ARE KILLED
BY GIANT BLAST
IN POWDER MILL
Shock of the Explosion Is
Heard for Many
Miles.
By Print* Leaned Wire.
Ashland, Wlii, July 1*.—Three men—
J L. Pierce, of Wilmington, irenerml
superintendent; William Wallace, la
borer. and George Woodalll—ware kill
ed and twenty Injured today when an
immen>* powder mill, eeven mile* from
thla city, exploded.
The report tru heard here, sounding
like a blast In a terrific thunderatorm.
Telephone connecflona were deatroyed
temporarily, but a messenger on horae-
bnck arrived and aummoned aaalatance.
More Expected to Die.
A corps of doctors and nursea has
tened to the mill. Advices received Ini
dirate that at least a half dosen of the
twenty will die. ,
The cause of the disaster la not
employee* had “been warned' on this
score. The damage, It la believed, Is
at least 1100,000.
SALVATION ARMY
MAN ISBOUND OVER
Charged with Robbing and
Threatening Noctur
nal Lodger.
John ijrlstlansen, who hea chare* of
the Marietta street lodging house of
the Salvation Army, tvai Monday
morning bound over by Judge Landrum
on the criminal charge of robbing Ou
ter Hilton, an Englishman, who secur
ed lodging at the Salvation Army quar
ters Saturday night. Hilton claims that
In nddltlon to being robbed he was
threatened with mistreatment by the
Salvation Army officials. The evidence
Showed Hint Hilton was drunk when
he applied for lodging Saturday night.
Tir. L. L Woolf appeared for the prose
cution nnd aa several of the witnesses
testified that Hilton had tho money
with him Saturday night and did not
have It Sunday morning, Judge Lan
drum bound the defendant over under
bond of J100, which he did not succeed
In making.
stoleWiTcell
AND PAID HIS WAY DUT
K. L. Lehart, n rather well-known
police character, virtually ralstd tha
limit of nerve Sunday afternoon laet
when he committed larceny within tha
bars of the police station, then with
the stolen money paid his way toawaet
Sfcindam, Howaver, ha was caught
again and Monday afternoon was lined
g i r,.7S for being drunk and disorderly
Saturday night and 115.71 for Jarceny
in prison.
J. R. Adams, a farmer, whose fields
II* In the vicinity of Buckhead, was
the victim of the robbery. Adema was
arrested Sunday afternoon .for being
under the Influence of strong drink.
When ho was taken to the station
house nnd wss being searched a live
dollar note rolled up Into a tiny ball
and held In hie left hand was overlook
ed He was then put behind the bars
•till grasping the Avar. As luck would
have It. Lehart was the only other oc
cupant of the cell In which Adamasoon
fell asleep.
Lehart noticed the corner of the bill
In hie room-mats's flit, and with skill
and patience relieved the sleeper of
It. Lehart then celled the turnkey and
paid hta way out.
On awaking. Adams made known his
loss nnd Monday Lehart was nabbed
■f OMI Offlcer Harvey Wells.
OOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOODClDaO
MANY ARE SLAIN
IN FIERCE FIGHT
Two Thousand Guatemalans
Reported Killed by
Salvadoreans.
HEIDT-M’KINLEV WEDDING
TAKES PLACE WEDNESDAY
By Private la-sard Wire.
San Salvador, July It.—The Salva
dorean army Saturday night again at
tacked the Quetemalan forces at Pla-
tanar and obtained a victory c
them.
It la reported that Guatemalans suf
fered a loss of 2,000 men killed, wound
ed and taken prisoner*.
The Ouatemslsn army which Invad
ed by jay of Santa Fe, waa repulsed
by tne Honduran army. Honduras lg
making common cause with Salvador,
A dispatch from Managua, Nicara
gua, says ihst President Zeloga de
clares that Nicaragua will remain neu
tral.
BACON TELLS R008EVELT
OF GUATEMALAN ROW.
By Private Leased Hire.
Washington, July It.—Assistant
Secretary of State Bacon has gone to
Oyster Bay to dlscusa with President
Roosevelt the Central American situa
tion. It la understood that both Gua
temala and Salvador have tacitly
agreed to leave their difference* to be
aettled by President Roosevelt, though
Mr. Bacon declined to aay anything
further before hie departure for Oy*.
ter Bay than that the situation might
be considered favorably.
Acoordlng to advices received here,
there has been hard lighting along
both the Salvadorean and Honduran
borders, reports from Salvadorean
sources saying that the Guatemalans
have suffered defeat pith heavy loss In
both quarters.
posseInmanThunt
IN THE MOUNTAINS
FDD nESPEHADO
Pled After Killing Man and Fa
tally Wounding an
Offlcer.
KILLS RUSSIAN GENERAL
THINKING HIM TREPOFF
MISS GRACE M’KINLEY.
ARC TO BE TAUGHT
HOW TO DRESS 00LL8.
By Private Leased Wire.
Newport, R. I, July 11—An
Interested class of a doaen lit
tle girls from the cottage col-
only has Juat bean formed to
meet dally between 4 and 5 p. m.
under an accompllahed woman
instructor for the purpose of
learning how to dress their dolls.
Each little mlsa will fetch along
a doll two fast tall and the chil
dren will be taught how.to dress
them aa exquisitely as thty are
themselves.
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“DOOLY” AND TAFT
CALL ON ROOSEVELT
By Private Leased Wit*.
• Oy»t*r Bay, L. I, July 11—President
Roosevelt had a rather buey day of It
today. Among hi* visitor* were Sec
retary Taft, Asilstent Secretary of
State Bacon. General Bingham, police
commlastoner; F. Whltrldge, special
ambassador to the wedding of the king
of Spain and Princess Ena, and Find-
lav Peter Dunn, the creator of "Mr.
Dooley." »*•> •
set retary Teft I* conferring again
with the president on the subject of
brigade army posts. From here the
>e-ortary expects to go to Murray Bay.
Canada, for his vacation.
CANDIDATES CH08EN
IN COUNTY PRIMARY.
ipeolsl to The Georgian.
(iarkeevilta, Ga.. July 11—The coun
ty Democratic primary of Habersham
. lunty was held Saturday. It Waa the
most hotly contested campaign held In
this county In yeara.
Following la the successful candi
dal
l
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tre
col
For representative, J. C. Edwards;
.or dark of the superior court, J. A.
Erwin; for eherlff, J. N. Gables; for
treasurer, C. T. Wlllbanks; for tax
collector, J. D. Hill; for tex receiver,
t. P. Blackburn; for eurveyor. H. C.
msey; for coroner, J. A. Yearwnod.
Special to The Georgian.
Knoxville, Tenn., July 11—Charged
with the murder of Grant Smith,
former merchant of this place, and
fatally wounding Deputy Sheriff WII
llam Walker, John McPherson la i
fugitive from Justice, pursued by two
posies.
McPherson,shot and killed Smith Id,
the houes of Nettts Hall, apparently!
without provocation, lie was necom
(■allied by his father. Dr. Buck Me
Pherson. at the time, and the two left
the city In a buggy, going toward the
mountain*.
Three mile* out their buggy collided
with one driven by Dr. Joseph Waddell,
breaking e shaft, which so enraged
young McPherson that ha pulled the
phyalcluu from the buggy and beat him
"WSi went (o Sheriff Walker's
home and ‘the two pursued the Me
Phersona. One mile farther out they
■net. Walker demanded the surrender
of young McPherson and was shot
through tha right lung aa u result
Walker will dlo. Young McPherson
contlnusd Into the mountains, while his
father returned here and surrendered,
and Is now In Jalk Rewards have been
offered for young McPherson's arrest.
Dr. MrPherson shot and killed a fel
low physician some eight yeara ago nnd
served live years of a seven-year sen
tence before he waa pardoned.
COUNTr AUDITOR
IS BEING TRIED
Br PrlrHte Wirt.
Buffalo, N.fY., July W.—'Tlitro wan ft gru*
rrat •sodus from Buffalo today, the trial
of John W. Neff, former Ue|>utdlcau au
ditor* under varloua Indletmenta. calllag
many attorney a, wttneeaea and other Inter
*«fe«l parties to Warea*'.
Mr. Abbott moved the trial of Neff, on
ludirtiuent charging .him with atenllng $?,-
GOO from ICrte county. Octotmr 1, ItOl. At
torney lluyt objected to bolding the trial,
on the ground that the court nnd no Ju
risdiction. and that the governor** author
isation of a special term la nijconstltiltloii-
The tnotiou waa deuied.
FIFTY PERSONS HURT
IN TROLLEY CRUSH
By Private Leased Wlr».
Hr. Loali, July 11—One person was prob
ably fatally Injured nnd .fifty others were
more or less lirutucd and badly shaken
by * rear end collision between s Broadway
Jdeut wss i|ne to * broken ttnlley
Seventh street car.
Owing to his heroism In sticking
it Hr the face of danger, Motormnn
idwa;
the
to hi*
post Itr"the face of danger. Motorman John
t'. lion ill, of the Broadway car. will prob
ably dir. lie was aaeoasclou* when rescued
from under the wreckage.
Down* wse crushed lietween the vesti
bule sad the door of the car. The curs
were In such * wrecked rendition that they
rould not be mu with their owu power.
BUFFALO ICE TRUST
IS TO BE PROBED
By Trlvste leaved Wire.
Buffalo. N. T.. July IL-DUtriet Attorney
Abbott has announced that Buffalo la to
have an Investigation Into the local Ice
business, and at once.
Paid the district attorney:
"There hat Ixen popular complaint thnt
the price of lc» In Buffalo Is too high In
many quartern. When people complain like
With & simple home wedding, at
which only a few Intimate friends of
each of the contracting parties will be
present, on Wednesday afternoon. Miss
Grace Howe McKinley, niece of ex-
Prealdent McKinley, will become the
wife of Captain a. V. Heldt, a former
resident of Atlanta, and son of Dr. and
Mrs. John W.. Heldt, of this city. The
ceremony will be performed at the
home of the brother of Miss McKinley
at Fort Dea Moines, Iowa, and Dr.
Heldt will officiate. The simple home
ceremony will be followed by an elab
orate military reception, to which
friends of both parties have been In
vited.
Mias McKinley la considered one of
the most beautiful women In the
country and has often been written of,
especially since the tragic death of
her uncle, President McKinley, whose
ward she whs.' After hla death the
young girl left Washington and want
to Iowa to live quietly with her broth
er, who Is ttn-offlcer In the United
Stateh army. .
Captain'Heldt la a member of the
quartermaster's staff anil la connected
with the transport Dix. which leaves
soon for Manila. Mrs. Heldt will prob
ably not make the trip, but will come
to Atlanta for n-vlelt to her husband's
parents. Captain Heldt„ls oqe of the
most prominent -graduates of West
Point, at which Institution he received
considerable glory In the athletlo
world,' being for two years the center
rush of one qf the best football teams
which ever, represented the school on
the gridiron.
, Immediately after the wedding cere
mony on Wednesday the young couple
will go to Seattle, where they will re
main until Cnptaln Heldt la ordered
back to hie post on -the Dix.
Army Offioers Reach Atlanta.
Tho delegation of young army offi
cers from Fort Leavenworth, Kan.,
who have been mnklng the trip from
Chattanooga to Atlanta by easy stages,
reached this city Sunday evening and
left Monday by rail for their Kansas
barracks. Tho following metnbera of
the party registered at the headquar
ters of the department of the gulf:
First Lieutenant Hrlce P. Clique, of
the Third Cavalry; Major E. M. Swift,
of the Twelfth Cavalry; Captain J. A.
Woodruff, of the Engineer Corps; Cap
tain 8. C. Nestal, of the Artillery
Corps; Second Lieutenant R. M. Camp
bell, of the Twelfth CaValry; First
Lieutenant E. A. Kregar, of the Twen
ty-eighth Infantry; Captain Farrnnd
Sayre, of the Eighth Cavalit; Captain
H. W. Butner, of the Artillery Corps;
Second Lieutenant Kenyon A. Joyce,
of the Sixth Cavalry; Cnptaln Stunrt
BLACKMAIL CHARGE
HEARD AT INQUEST
By Private I-hM Wire.
New York, July 1*.—Lawyer Bur
ton Wi Gibson was the principal wit
ness today at the session of the coro
ner's Inquest Into (he mysterious mur
der of Mrs. Alice C. D. Kinun, which
waa resumed from last Friday. Gibson's
attitude during the examination was
apparently frank and candid.
Ulbson went Into detail on the
charges of blackmail which he had
brought against Mrs. Mary Shlppo,
the Italian woman who lived In the
basement of the Stenton house.
Twelfth Cavalry, nnd
C. A. Truall, of the Fifth Infantry.
Elevator Boya on Strika.
The elevator boys of the Candler
building went on a strike Saturday
night and as a result hut two elevator*
were In commission Monday morning,
one oiierated by the starter Bnd the
other by *n offlee boy. There "were
other boy* looking for work, however,
and before noon the strika waa broken.
Senator King's Sister Dead.
Senator C. N. King received a tele-
5 ram Monday morning announcing the
euth of his sister. Mr*. Harris, wife
of Judge 51. B. Harris, of Fort Worth,
Tex., Sunday. Senator King was away
and did not receive the message until
yionduy, Mrs. Harris had been In bad
health for some months. She Itnd lived
In Fort Worth for fourteen year*. The
funeral was held In that city Monday.
Chancellor Barrow Here.
Chancellor Barrow, of the University
of Georgia, was at the capllnl Monday.
He stated Hint the outlook for the uni
versity this fall Is unusually promising,
and that the attendance, will be large.
The attendance at the summer school
la better than usual, and line work I*
being done. The chancellor look*
In splendid health, and was given a
warm greeting from hi* friends.
Mr*. Callaway Ml.
Mr*. Frank E. Celloway, wife of
Major Calloway, I* fast Improving from
an Illness which at one time was
thought to be of a fatal nature. Mrs.
Calloway has been III for over two
weekt at her residence on Fourteenth
street. She was formerly e Miss Hel
ena Bpencer, daughter of L. W. Spen
cer, of Columbus. Ga., where she haa
many friend* as well aa In Atlanta.
Sues 8tr**t Car Company.
Thomas Coleman filed suit In the
,-lty court Monday morning, claiming
damages in the sunk of 110,noo from the
Georgia Railway and Electric Company
for personal Injuries alleged to have
been eustalned on April 1* of thla year.
Mr. Coleman state* that he was rid
ing a horse on Peachtree street, near
Ellis, when hie horse was struck by a
car and he wae knocked to the pave
ment.
Negro Business League.
A meeting of the Atlanta Colored
Business League wilt be held at the
colored Young Men’i Christian hall, on
Auburn avenue. Tuesday night at
rangementH for the convention
National Negro Business League. Iff
Atlanta, August 29, 20 and 21.
Embalmsd Beef Again.
Another case against a meat dealer
for handling embalmed beef was
brought In tha recorder'* court Satur
day afternoon when W. IL Langley
was (Hied 115-and costa for the of
fense.
Lutheran Church Reopened.
After being closed for several weeks,
owing to the absence of the pastor, the
English Lutheran.church was reopened
Sunday morning. Rev. Dr. Uvtry Elater
Jacobs, dean of the Lutheran Theolog
ical College of Philadelphia, officiating
both morning and evening. Rev. EL C.
Cronk, pastor -of the church, Is very
much Improved In health and '‘will
f irobably be able to resume his preach-
ng next Sunday.
Dr. Lee to Speak.
On Monday night at No. 122 Pencil
tree street, near the piedmont hotel,
Dr. J. W. Lee, pastor of the Trinity
church, will deliver an address before
the members of the Atlanta Psycho-'
logical Society,, nnd those of the public
who may care to attend An Interest
ing musical program haa been ar
ranged to be given In connection with
the lecture.
Credit Mtn to Meet
The legislative committee of the
Credit Men's Association will meet at
4 o'clock Monday afternoon In the
Kimball house, for the purpose of con-
elderlng the Boykin bill, which will be
Introduced to the legislature on Tues
day.
At Jaekson Hill Baptist
Will D. Upshaw occupied the pulpit
of the Jackson Hill Baptist church
both morning and evening Sunday, and
was greeted by large congregations at
both services.
Petitions in Bankruptcy.
J. D. Langston, a merchant of thla
city, has flled a petition In bankruptcy
with the clerk of the United States
court. IfIm liabilities are Hated aa 12,-
851.25, with no available assets.
Rev. Sam Small Prsachts.
Rev. Sum W.-Small preached before
large audience at the Baptist tab
ernacle on Luckle street Sunday after
noon at 1 o'clock.
Colville liTTn Buffalo.
According tn messages received In
Atlanta Saturday night. Fulton Col
ville, the local attorney who started
with Edward Inman several days ago
tor a long automobile trip to Massa
chusetts, was taken seriously III at
Buffalo, N. Y„ and I* ronflned to a
hospital In that city. No further par
ticular* have been received.
Wilson Burk* Har*.
Wilson Burke, an v old Atlanta news
paper man, formerly connected with
tho Journal nnd the Dally News, now
with the Cincinnati Post, Is the guest
for a few dnys of his mother. Mr*. A.
M. Burke, Weat North avenue.
Local Office Opened.
Mr. and Mr*. Walter Hawkins, B. K.
Buck nnd W. E. Sweeney, of the Geor
gia l’ench Orower*' Association, ar
rived In the city Sunday night and on
Mondny morning Mr. Hawklna formally-
opened the local headquarters of the
association.
Tha Bank of 8op*rton.
The Bank of Soperton, In Montgom
ery county, waa granted a charier Mon
day morning by Secratary of State
Phil Cook. Capital stock, $26,000. and
Incorporator* J. F. Cook,’ W. F. Luckle,
T. W. Boothe and other*.
MR8. LOUISE D0BBIN8.
Sirs. Lml» Itaslanil Itohln* died st the
boon* of her father. T. K. lUaland. S Cur
rier street. Hntnnlay morning. The fuller-
—
jy an
.. line officiating,
was st SVestvIaw.
Ily Prtrate Leased Wire.
St. Petersburg, July 18.—General
Kosloff, of the headquarters staff, has
I ' been shot down by an assassin In tha
Peterhof park. Before firing three
shots, each of which took effect, the
'slayer gazed intently on a photograph
of General Trepoff.
The police seised tha murderer, but
hare learned nothing as to his Identity.
He Is well dressed and Is believed to be
a socialist revolutionist. Tha murder
Is mysterious, as General Kosloff was
not connected with any political agita
tion. * ■
Soldiers Fever Union.
At a meeting at Gatcbklna. thirty
tnlle* from St. Petersburg, attended by
three of the guard regiments, an offlcer
addressed the men on the subject of
the soldiers' union, which Is being or-
DOOOOOOCKHjOflDOOOOOaOOOOOGC
8T. SWITHIN'S DAY
AND THE WEATHER.
ganlzcd. He i- -Inted out that the league
wax democratic and was being organ
ized for the purpose of guarding the
constitution and establishing constitu
tional Institutions and to prepare the
army to come over to the people when
they were ready and armed for realst-
ance. The soldiers received the speech
with much applause.
Peasants Are Killed.
A new terrorlrts party, styling Itself
"The Red Squadron," Is agitating the
Baltic region. The members say this
Is no time to bandy words, but tp an
swer government repressions by Killing
offlcer*. Circular* distributed call up
worklnmen to “speak the language
the cartridge ami the bomb.”
Troops stationed at a refinery' at Or
lovdavldnv attacked a party of pea
Hants, bent on destroying th* building.
One offlcer was killed and many pea
sants wdre wounded.
St. Swtthln's day. If thou dost
rain.
For forty days It will remain;
St. Swlthln's day, If thou be
fair,
For forty day*, 'twill rain nae
malr.
Sunday- wa*. St. Swlthln's day
and It didst rain some and wast
fair some. So lie'll evidently
have a little of both rain and
sunshine for forty days, Fhlch
Is guessing some.
When asked what about the
effect of St. Swlthln's day on
th# weather, Mr. Marbury
glowered over his specs and
said:
"Rot!"
Forecast: Occasional showers
Monday night and Tuesday.
Monday temperatures: ,
7 a. m. i. .. .. ..75 degrees
8 a. m ,.77 degrees
9 a. 78 degrees
1# n. 79 degrees
11 a. m. 82 degrees
12 noon .84 degrees
1 P. m .. 86 degrees
2 P- in .' ..88 degrees
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LARGE ATTENDANCE
NT FARMER'S UNION
Special to The Georgian.
Marietta, Ga., July 18.—The Cobb
county branch of tlje Farmers' Union
held n rousing meeting In the court
house here today. .-y ...
The crowd was estimated at about
600. farmers from all over the county
being present.
The meeting wn» addressed by Hon.
Ernest Blnnegar, state lecturer of Ala
bama Farmers' Union, who spoke for
about an hour and a half. The speech
■i'll enthiisfnxtlrnlly- received nnd fa
vorably commented on by the farmers
who heard IL . '
Hon. J'lhn Temple- Graves was to
have addressed the meeting, but was
prevented on account of Illness,
MAN SHOT DEAD;
TWO WOMEN HURT
Ily Private Is-aseil wire.
New York, July 18.—One man wa*
shot dead and two women seriously In
jured at 149th street and Trinity ave
nue, tha Bronx, today. The two women
nre In the Lebanon hospital. 'Police
headquarters haa juat baan-notified.
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12,000 8WITCHMEN
JOIN A. F. OF L.
By Private Leased Wire.
Washington, July 18.—The
railway switchmen's union, with
Its 12,000 memben, has affiliated
Itself with th* American Feder
ation of Labor, according to a
statement made today by Prtal-
dent Gompera.
The headquarters of the union
are at Buffalo.
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WANTS WHEAT CROP
BURNED TO KILL PEST
Uy Prlvata*Leased Wlr*.
Tacoma, Wash., July 18.—The burn
ing of the entire wheat crop of thla
state this yaar aa a means of extermi
nating th* Heaalan fly, which has mads
Ha appearance, la recommended by En
tomologist Metander, of the State Ag
ricultural College, who says It would be
better to lose one crop than to see the
Insect gain a foothold In the state and
destroy a large percentage of all suc
ceeding crops,
I. 0E8GCHER.
.. Oesgrher died at 7 o'clock Saturday
night at a private sanatorium. He was a
member of Schiller lodge. No. 71. Inde
pendent Order of Odd Fellow*. Th* fn-
nrrat services wilt he coadncted Tuesday
morning at I'stlerson'S undertaking estab
lishment. .
TYPOTHETAE MEETS.
By Private leased Wire.
Buffalo, N. Y., July 18.—The twen
tleth annual convention of the United
Typothetae of America will begin today
and continue several day*. The body
composed of emphatic printers.
SIX PERSONS INJURED.
By Private leased Wire.
Philadelphia, July 18.—It Is reported
here that In a wrack on the Reading
railroad near Germantown six parsons
were hurt.
Net a Fan.
iiggtns doesn’t take any Interest In
baaebalT."
How do you know?"
He say* he never allows himself to
become af-gry or excited."—Washing
ton Evening Star.
Th* Rossa With Thorns.
Some people seem made to be ala-ajrs
cttlng thorn* In their fingers or their
..earts. but they are Usually those who
care enough to pick roaea and run the
risk.—Maarten Maarten*.
A Toast to Tta.
Tea! Thou soft, thou sober, sage,
and venerable liquid, thou female
tongue-running, smile-eoothing, heart-
opening, wink-tipping cordlaL—Colley
Cribber.
Latest photograph of Admiral Chouk
nln, commander-ln-chlef of the exar's
Black Sea squadron, who died Friday
from a pistol shot Arid at him. *up
posedly by one of his tailor*.
SUPREME COURT
OF GEORGIA
Criminal Docket.
Ellas Allred vs. State, from Dawson.
Argued.
Chub Wall v*. State, from Rabun,
Submitted.
Witcher Uayea va. State, from Sum
ter. Submitted.
Roslin Nance v». State, from Coweta.
Submitted.
Milton Rawlins e( ill. vs. State, from
Lowndea. Argued.
Watson Alaobrook vs. State, from
Berrien. Submitted.
W. H. Parnell vs. State, from Bibb.
Argued..
George Brown vs. State, from Crisp.
Submitted. a
Parker Rumsey .vi. State, from Ste
phens. Submitted.
R. L. Vanderford vs. Stale, from
Gwinnett. Argued.
John Flower* v*. State, from Sum
ter. Submitted.
Clarence Herndon va. State, from
Sumter. Argued.
In addition to the foregoing felony
cases, the following misdemeanor cases
were submitted on the briefs: Nathan
Shuler et al. va. E. J. Willis at al., from
Decatur; W. W. Welch va. State, from
Spalding; Isaiah Edwards vs. State,
from Bibb; Arnold Veaeey vs. Mayor,
etc., of Crewfordavllle, from Talia
ferro: Ha Thomas vs. State, from
Hancock; Zeb Jones va; 8tate, from
Rabun; Bennett Barren va. State, from
Laurens; Henry Bridges va State,
from Terrell: Willie Howard v*. State,
from Hancock; T. C. Langley et al. vs.
State, from Chatham; Pearl Winn va.
State, from Bibb; Tom Duren vs. J. J.
Stephens, from Thomas; George Ster
ling v*. State, from Coweta; Walter
Wright vs. State, from Bibb.
The following civil cases were sub
mitted on briefs:
M. F. Martin va J. W. Pattlllo.
K. R. Foster va M. F. Case, executor,
from Baldwin.
R. Houseworth et- al. va. W. F. Ste
vens et al., commissioners, from Car-
roll.
E. M. Brand va. city of Lawrenceville.-
from Gwinnett.
Hattie Hart va. Lewis, Shore 41 Co.,
from Brooks.
. Town of Blackshear va. A. M. Strick
land, from Pierce.'
J. S. Rogers, guardian, va Joslt
Hlghnote, from Muscogee.
Pcnnlba—Scribbleton tells me he I*
making a specialty of, smart "child
saying" Jokes now.
Inkerton—Yes, poor fellow! He's
In his second childhood.—Chicago
News.
Piggmua—I’m glad It la good form
not to wear a watch with a dress suit.
Dlamukea—Why?
Plggmus—Because l never have both
at the same time.—American Specta
tor.
“There's one point of resemblance
about these Arctic explorers," said
Tate de Veau.
"Whet la that?" asked L'OIgnon.
“They're ell married men."—st.
Louis Globe-Democrat.
Office Boy—Plea**, air, my grand
mother died.
-Boas—So did mine, and I am going
to the game.—New York Sun.
COURT REBUKES
ALL THE LAWYERS
• IN HARTJE TRIAL
Judge Says Case Has Been
Tried in Newspapers
of Country.
Ily ITIrate Leased Wire.
Pittsburg. Ta., July 18.—Severe and
cutting rebukes were delivered from
the bench to the attorney* on both
sides of the HartJe divorce case this
morning by Judge Frazer, who charged
that tho lawyers were talking too much
outside of court to create Impreaalona
through the newspaper*, while an In-
ilivldn.il relinki- nas )mu-I—J Hi ;'
lawyers for,the manner In which they
have held on to the famous forty let
ters and kept the other side from seeing
them ns far as possible.
"It ta a disgrace the way counsel haa
been acting In this case," said Judge
Frazer. "I mean about giving out to
I be lu-M-i-i per* in a-lv.iii- iii- ■- i.
mony they expect to produce. I want
them to be a little more careful, lhave
thought about this a great deal and
once almost decided to close the doors
and keep everybody out of the court
room."
When Judge Frazer had granted an
adjournment until tomorrow morning
to allow Mrs. Harije's attorneys time to
go over the letters more fully, with
their experts, 3!r. Marron said:
"The respondent's case has been a
newspaper from the flrst. It has been
tried In the panera from California to
New York."
ICE PLANT DAMAGED
BY-MORNING FIRE
Special to The Georgian.
Macon, Ga., July 18.—Fire this morn
ing partly destroyed the plant of the
T. G. Holt Ice Company on Oak street.
The damage waa $5,000; partly covered
by Insurance.-
SOLICITORS GENERAL
SWARM TO CAPITOL
Solicitors general are almost as nu
merous About the capitol as members
of the general assembly Monday.
* few lines In the papers a day or
go caused It. Tuesday morning at
■lock the general Judiciary commit
tee will meet to discuss the bill to put
the solicitors on a salary.
That was a mighty Important mat
ter to these gentlemen, and they are
coming In crowds to appear, pro or
con, before the committee on
Tuesday. Rome whose fees'run Into
large figures are naturally opposing It,
while others, not so fortunate tn the
fee line, will advocate IL
1,801 M0U8E TRAPS.
Washington Cor. New York World.
“e one thousand eight hundred and 8r«t
* tr*p ban Juat lieen patented. Ibilert
L. Htronglellow, of White Illnff. Tenn.. Is
the uiau who lielleres that he has Invented
the best mouse trap In the world. But ns
B -- appear
to Manhattanites.
Mouse traps bare lieen our of tho mmt
frequently patented things the offlee here
has had to deal with. Jay Gould laid tho
foundation of his colossal fortune with it
mouse trap, which Is still In use. There
are traps that kill, traps that don t kill,
and all aorta of trapa. Bot the Increase of
mice still goes on. and It Is csttmnb-l
thnt the race Is now many million times
Ian
. , tha amrket.
Few people realise the Importance of
cleaning out the mice. Few know of the
vaat amount of barm they do every year
and of Iks enormous aulir
seated by the property t
Government experts bn
employed In an effort to wipe oat tne conn-
try • auppty of mle. and ests sre- aapporten
In mlnta, nulitrrasurten and other pahllc
Imlldlnga tn destroy the nests: hut the nilie.
so fsr, laugh st every effort to exterminate
them. Win tha naw trap do Itl
Oldest Body of Human Being. ••
From Th* American Antiquarian.
The oldeat body of any human be
ing now reposes In the Egyptian gal
lery of the British museum. It Is the
body of a man who was buried In &
shallow grave hollowed opt of th*
sandstone on the west bank of th*
Nile, In Upper Egypt.
This man mint have hunted along
the banka of the Nile before the time
of the earliest mummied king which
the museum possesses—before the time
of Menes, who waa supposed to have
ruled Egypt at least 6000 B. C. There
w*r* previous to that time two prehis
toric races, on# the conquerors ana
the other the conquered, from which
sprang the Egyptian race of the earn-
eat dynaatlea.
It I* with these remote stocks that
thla men he* to do. Considering the
condition lu which he wa* found, It is
evident that he was associated with a
late period of the new afone age "t
Egypt. He wan buried In a character
istic neolithic grave, with his neolithic
pots and Instruments of flint about him.
There la, of course, no Inscription "t
any kind on the pots, knives or grave,
all having been long before the Inven
tion of any written language.
Important In 8alling-
From The Washington Star.
"What la the moat Important thing
about handling a sailboat 7"
The old salt looked the novice over
thoughtfully, nnd then replied, -Kno»
tng how to swim."
A Senator In Doubt.
From The New York World.
Senator All**, of Delaware, votes Mtm
on a rollcall. The senator Is ft*
*—eler la th* senate and he uanally * *
guidance to Senator Aldrich, who v> t
They were plugging away at the ndf J’hj
recently, and lb# time cam# for a vote •»
an amendment. Aldrich had gone oc f - . ]M
EL.ss t: .t“fisrho-...
against his own party.
Street Car Conductor—That tr*"*
fer Is no good on this line. .
Uncle Zeke—Then what hev y* «“
boy* jellin' 'em at three cent* * P 1 .
for beck there at that corner. »*
another darned swindle.—\\ ashing
Star.