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THE ATLANTA GEORGIAN. UNCLEJIMM Y~ M'bEE PENSIONED FOR ETERNITY James McGm, the oldest member of the Atlanta police force, died nt 9:40 o’clock Tuesday night at his home, 417 flouth Pryor street. “Uncle Jimmy,” us he was familiarly known, was bom In Dundalk county, Louth, Ireland, May 4, 18S5, and carne to America with his parents when he was 6 years old. He lived for a while In Mew York, and later moved to Au trusta, Qa.. Where he was living when the civil war broke out. Enlisting as a member of Company K, Nineteenth Georgia' regiment, he served throughout the entire war, be ing wounded twice. Once he was shot In the head, and this was the final cause of his death. Immediately after the close of the war Mr. McGee came to Atlanta and was one of the first policemen to be chosen to protect the city during the dangerous reconstruction days. Once while trying to protect a cltlsen from one it the Federal soldiers stationed here, he was shot and the bullet struck the buckle of his belt, and burled Itself In his trousers, though he was not hurt. At another time he was shot In the leg while on police duty. “Uncle Jimmy” was several times urged to make the tacc for an officer’s place on the police force, but would not do so on account of his health. For a number of years past he had been on duty at the station house, at tending to whatever duties he saw fit. Last May he was stricken with paral ysis, from which he never recovered, though up until three weeks ago ho was mucit better. For the last three weeks he had been sinking slowly until the end tamt. At the last meeting of the police board n pension was pasesd up to him, but he died before he was ever offi cially notified of the fact. His wife and two children, John and Kate McG»e, and two step-children, James Flynn and Mrs. M. T. Lambert, survive him. Also I wo sisters, Mrs T. . Murphy, of Atlanta, and Miss Anna All his life long "Uncle Jimmie" was devout Catholic, being connected with the Church of Immaculate Conception. The funeral services will be held in the church at 9:80 o’clock Thursday morning, Kev. Father Hennessy of ficiating. The following Intimate friends of Mr. McGee will act as nn honorary escort: Martin Nally, Mike Haverty, J. W. .atnbert, William Krsklne, William Ro- git and Joe Gatens. The pallbearers will be brother mem bers of the police force and will be composed of the following officers: II. Osborne, W. N. Sheridan, G. W. Llnam. E. J. Florence, W. H. Gresham and Charles Mitchell. BOTTLERS READY FOB CONVENTION OF m MONTH Mixers of AU Kiwis of Dope To Meet ill Atlanta in October. Arrangements' for the entertainment of the Georgia Bottler*' Protective As- inclatlon and of the American Bottler,' Protective Association, both of which will hold conventions In Atlanta Octo ber 9, 10 and 11, were completed nt a meeting held by a number of the prom inent men at the head of local bottling concern* Tuesday evening. The meet ing was held In the office* of Donald A. Loyless, ,07 Kngllali-American building, and wa* presided over by A. Montgomery. The convention will be one of the largest to be held In Atlanta this fell. It Is believed thnt 2,000 delegate* will be In attendance. The committee on entertainment has prepared nn elabo rate program, consisting of trip* over the city, n barbecue, a *mnker nnd other features. Arrangement* have been made to lmve Pope Miller und III* troupe In Hie elty to materially help out with the pleasant feature* of the convention. The Committee. The entertainment committee la com posed of the following-named: Donald Doyles*, publisher Southern Carbonator und Bottler, chairman; Dec Hagen, of Hagan & Dodd Company; Frank Dowensteln, Monarch Manufac turing Company; Jams* H. Turner, Crown Cork and Heal Company; Tom Austin, Koca Nola Company; Porter Langston. Dope Company, with Mr. A. Montgomery ex-officio member. Bottled Drinks "Mad* Atlant* Famous.” In the current Issue of the Southern Carbonator and Bottler Atlanta Is claimed to be th* bottling center of the United State* and the allegation Is backed up by the names of the Arms which ere prospering In this city. Be cause of the number of these concern* and their liberality there Is no doubt that th* convention will he most suc cessful from every *taml|Hilnt. It la also the Intention of the Oeorgfn as sociation to become a member of the nations! body at the convention. Many Conventions. Throughout the summer the cunven tlon* which have been held In Atlanta have been numerous and now that the cooler weather of the full 1s on they will come even thicker ami faster. On the last day of this month the National Retail Druggists' Association will hold a convention nnd some 3,o0u delegates are expected to find tlielr way to the Gate City and participate In the entertainments which are being carefully prepared by the entertain ment committee, which I* headed by A. L. Curtis. This convention will be an important one und will he In session for severe! days. The largest convention of the year will be held directly after the State Fair closes, and In Itself will be an ex- hlbltton of no little extent. The Na tional Carriage Buildera* Association will be In session for about one week. The agricultural building nt the fair ground* will be entirely given up to the exhibits of the elemental twrts of vehicle*. The feet that this Is the first time this association has ever met Houth of the Mason-DIxon line la a compli ment of which Atlanta ha* shown Its appreciation by the Interest which Is being taken. INSANITY EXPERTS EXAMINE THAW it Is Believed Prisoner Will Plead That He Is Crazy. FEA R OF DEA IH PRE VENTS CZAR FROM ATTENDING THE FUNERAL OF TREPOFF Col. Nicolaieff Stir- rounde \ by Crowd in Warsaw. Warsaw, Sept. 19.—While Colonel Nicolaieff waa walking In the streets today he waa surrounded by a crowd and shot dead by an anarchist. U. S. ARMY TO IXVADE CUBA IF|PEACE ISN’T DECLARED BY OCT. 1. Continued from Pago One. New York, Sept. 19.—Harry K. Thaw was put through a trylngly exhaustive examination In the hospltul rooms of the Tombs today by three alienists brought there by the prisoner's court sel, Clifford W. Hurtrldge. This new move on the part of the defense leads to the belief that after all Thaw's opposition he has agreed finally to permit his defense to be based on a plea of Insanity. The three physlcluns who examined Thaw were Dr. II. D. Evans, of the New Jersey state hospital for the In sane at Morris Plains, who acted fur the defense in the Terranova trial; Dr. Christopher C. Hellng. of the sume In stitution, and Dr. Charleji G. Wagner, superintendent of the New York state hospital for the insane ut Blnghumptnn It bus become known that Mrs. Wil liam Thaw, the mother of the young man charged with the murder of fltun- ford White, Is trying to negotiate a lease for the lmndSmne property known In Muttewun ns the Howland estate. If Harry Thaw Is finally Sent to the Mattewan asylum his mother will be leasing the Howland property be able to he near him. SCHOONER WRECKED Bl STORM'S FURY Special to The Georgia u. Charleston, B. C., Sept. 19.—Chief .Mate Gardiner Goold, Caleb Herring, cook; Frank Harrlngtonn and Manuel Crabterr, sailors of the schooner R. I). Bibber, were picked up nt sea and brought to the shore yesterday by Clyde steamship New York, which rived hero from New York twenty-four hours overdue yesterday morning. The men were clinging to pieces of wreck age and nearly exhausted, having been In the water several hours. On board the New York. Mate Goold told of the \;oyage of the schooner Bibber, Captain Suyres, beginning ut Huvunnuh September 9, when the vessel cleared with a cargo of yellow pine lumber for New York. The weather was bad from the 12th, and on the night of September 16 It was found that the schooner was leaking. The storm was upon them, and the lash ings of the deck load parted and the lumber was adrift. The port main rigging was carried away, and a little later the vessel turned turtle, casting the crew Into the sea. A sailor named Munucl had been lost before this, and there were remaining five men. The captain und u sailor named Anthony caught a spar, and Mate Goold and three others clung to a piece of the deck. For hours they searched for fuutaiu Suyres nnd the man, but they had dtsapt>eared. The rescue was made at the height of the storm. GANG FOR LOAFERS IN THE FUTURE New Yolk, Sept. 19.—Five ferry lines innrrtlng Manhattan with Green Point nm! Williamsburg went out of commission ut noon today when the forty-live tlremen struck Tor higher wages nnd thousand* nf person* were held up, while eeveral of the ferry boat* In midstream took an hour or more In making it landing. President Palma's aides, called on Messrs. Taft and Bacon. Mr. Sleeper, American charge d'alfalrea, accompa nied Senor O'Farrell anti conferred with them for about thirty tr)lnutea. After the Interview he nald, In an- awer to Inquiries, he had been very much pleased, but lie refused to say more. It Is understood that Mr. Taft listened to O'Farrall fully nnd the latter explained Palma’s point of view, laying stress upon the fact that the president waa the more popular of the candidates In the presidential election, on account of Ills long service In the Cuban cause, Taft Call* on Reims. The conference this morning, how ever, wa* not formal, but a mere af- fnlr of courtesy. Mr. Taft went at 10 o’clock to the palace to see President Palma. Sec retary Taft said that afterwards he and Mr. Bacon would go to the Ameri can legation on 8nn I.egnro street, and then to Minister Morgan’s residence at Mariano, which Is ten miles outside the city of Havana. It la thought that Mr. Morgan's house will be the best place In which to receive and hear the revo lutionary representatives, as then the Insurgent leaders will not have to come Into the city of Havnno. NEW DEAL De'mANDEO . BY INSURGENT LEADERS. By MANUEL CALVO. Havana, Sept. 19.—The United State* cruiser Des Moines with Secretary Taft and his party aboard steamed quietly Into Havana harbor early thla morn ing. They wore Immediately landed and went to the home of United States Mlnlltor Morgsn, where they will re main during their stay In Havana. This was done to avoid any possibility of excitement due to the landing of the' party In the day time. The arrival of the Dee Moines waa timed with this end In view. While the plans of Mr. Taft are not known, It Is understood that a visit will be paid to President Palma tndny and then arrangements will be made for the negotiations for peace. The revo lutionists have placed their forces around Havana wtlh a view of Impress Ing the American visitors. "Nothing to Arbitrate," General Castillo Is quoted as follows today: What have we to arbitrate with Palma and hi* clique? His govern ment, elected by fraud, Is Illegal and must go out of existence. We have him and Ills hired soldier* now like rate In a trap. In 24 hours we could de stroy them. We wilt not recognise him. We have fought for a principle and we will keep on lighting until we have established our point. "For President Roosevelt and his deputies we have the highest admira tion. and respect them as sincere friends nf Cuba, as you may Judge from our suspension of hostilities pend ing their good offices, but we wont nothing else from Secretary Taft but an Investigation of the last election, which explnlns why we took the held. It the United States Intervenes to up hold Palma's power, we will light on as we did against Spain." Rebels Want to Fight. The rebels rsgret the suspension of hostilities. They say that If lighting had not been stopped they would have captured Havana and their caueo would hove been victorious. The demand for the release of the prisoners created an Insurmountable obetaele to further ne gotiation*. At a meeting of the Liberal commit tee, Senator Zayas, who was enthusi astically received, reviewed the events that led to the present situation. The party gave him a vote of confidence and authorised him to carry on negotia tions for peace. Committee Is Chosen. He told the committee that he would enter upon no negotiations with the government until all the Liberals now- in Jail ware released. He said the party would Insist upon the nullification of the recent election. Thl* was agreed "St. Petersburg, Sept. 19.—The funeral of the inuch-iiut'fd Trepoff was held today at the chapel at Peterhof. Cxar Nicholas was not present, owing to advice from Premier Stolypln, who Insisted that It would bo foolhardy for the monarch to attend the funeral nftcr the discovery of the terrorists plot to blow up-the chapel during the services. Full arrangements were made for the attendance of the emperor and as a consequence there were many promi nent person* present. Every precaution was taken to pre vent an antt-bureaucratlc demonstra tion, and the guards were Instructed to shoot any one who might be seen loit ering about the chapel during the fu neral. PANIC FOLLOWS A CRASH OF BOATS IN NEW YORK New York, Sept. 19.—The Pennsyl vania railroad's annex ferry boat No. 5, loaded with passengers, was run down by the big Pennsylvania tug Ashmore, Just as *he lyt her Brooklyn slip to day. The bow of the tug became firm ly fixed In the broken and tangled port paddle wheel of the ferry boat and the two vessels thus locked together float ed up the East river on the strong tide, while the 200 passengers fought and scrambled In the throes of a panic. Just then the tug Badncr ran up to the Annex, passed It a line and towed It and Its passengers over to the Penn sylvania station In Jersey City. There the passengers were put ashore, none having been hurt. HORSE TRAINER ATTACKED AND INJURED BY ANIMAL WANTED! Ttvo school boys its bundle-wrappers, for Saturday evenings. Ciood pay. Apply at once at McConnell Shoe and Clothing Co., 30-32 Decatur Street. San Jose, Cal., Sept. 19.—Bud Doble, the famous drover and trainer, who has handled trotting horeea for the last forty years, and Is known throughout the country, Is In a serious condition here as the result of belfig seized by a vicious horse's teeth, shaken like a rat and thrown to the ground. Before he could rise the animat reared, then threw himself on the prostrate form of the trainer, crushing Dobte Into Insensibility. Only the timely arrival of a stableman, who beat off the ani mal, saved Doble's life. Several bones are broken. THE SALE OF SEASON TICKETS FOR THE TABERNACLE Lyceum Course HAS BEEN EXTENDED TO OCTOBER 1st. The sale of season tickets was to have closed September 15, but many people who were anxious to secure seats were unable to do so bv that date, so the management has decided to extend the sale until oc* tober 1. Nearly a thousand good seats are left, but they’re going fast and if you want to attend these fine entertainments, you should buy your tickets as soon as possible. Eight splendid attractions have already been engaged—the John $1.00 for Season Ticket TICKETS ON SALE AT Phillips & Crew Co., 37 Peachtree St. Edmondson's Drug Store, 14 S. Broad St. Knott & Awtry Shoe Co., 25 Whitehall St. OFFICER FIGHTS ACTORS AFTER THE PERFORMANCE Special to The Georgian. Bristol, Tenn., Sept. 19.—Being de- cllntd the courtesy of admittance to the performance by the “Little Duch ess" Company, which played at the Harmeltng theater here last night, and being told, It Is said, that he could go to the gallery among the negroes, Po liceman Samuel Odell, after the per formance, twice knocked Manager Combe, of the *ho\v, down with his fist, then floored two other male mem bers of the company who took It up. A fourth member, who entered the me lee and struck Odell In the back, knocked down by a friend of the fleer. 7 The encounter occurred In the lobby of Hotel Tip-Top, and In the pretence of a number of the lady members of the company, who were badly fright ened and fled to their rooms, anticipat ing a shooting. Odell said he could not possibly refrain from resenting the Insult of being classed with negroes. Won V Let Miss Bryan *s Pet Poodle Anywhere Near School She’s Attending Roanoke, Va., Sept. 19.—Miss Grace Bryan, daughter of the famous Nebraskan, Is In the depths. The authorities of Hollins Institute, here, whore Miss Bryan Is attending school, will not permit her French poodle to "matriculate." All of Miss Bryan's pleadings In behalf of her pet have come to naught, and tho authorities of the school have refused point blank to enter into any negotiation*. Whether Miss Orace will part with her poo dle or tso to some other school where the rules are less rigid, remains to be seen. 7 WO WRECKED STEAMERS SIGHTED OF THE COAST Hpetdiil to The Georgian. Charleston. S. C., Sept. 19.—Tho steamer FTamfleld, with Captain Me* Donald, put into port here today, being damaged by the storm off the Caro lina coast. She la loaded with sugar and molasses en route from Cuba to New York. The superstructure Is damaged and the hold half filled with water. Off Frying Pan Shoals two derelicts are reported In latitude N. 33, longitude W. approximately. From schooner J. H. Jackson, Master Pearsons. Mate Lung, Seamen Hans and Gerchan nnd Cook Frahr were res cued by United States ship Cleveland late yesterday afternoon. WALLACE SAYS HE ALLOWS NO NEGROES J. C. Wallace, In whose name a sa loon I* operated at 7 Central avenue, «ay* he never allows negroes In hi* place. This statement Is made because of a complaint made against the publication In Tuesday's Georgian of the special committee's findings In the number of negroes nnd whites In saloons In and near Decatur street. The figqre* used were those formu lated bv member* of the committee from council and tho police department, aa the reault of the Saturday night trip. A rommlaalnn of xlx was appointed to meet the American commissioners to- day to explain the situation and answer all questions relating thereto. Henor Zayas said the Platt amend) ment had been used aa an Initrumenr of tyranny to prevent the Cubans re belling against Illegality. He sakl It wa* the duty at the Liberals to stand by their leader* In Ihe field. A telegram from Guerra de Molena, Havana province, report* u skirmish there. A loyalist bullet killed a child In the town. Three railway culverts be tween Artemisia and Candelaria have been blown up with dynamite. 8hipa Reported Bought. The reported purchase by the Cuban government of the swift »teani yachts Allecn. Candida and Anita and the ru mor that the government has author ised the purchase nt the Tarantula and Diana Is causing all aorta nf oil er** comment by sympathiser* with the insurgent movamsnt against Presi dent Palma and his advlasrs. With four such vessel* at their com mand, the loyal Cuban* might succe**- fully combat any attempt on th* part of the rebels to *ecure arm* and am munition from abroad. Properly armed the boats could head off any attempts nf filibustering expeditions to land any where upon the island. The little navy would be of great use also In transporting troops and supplies to various points where they might be needed In a hurry. PALMA MUST RE8IGN, DECLARE CUBAN REBELS. Havana, 8ept. 19.—A commissioner from General Menocal, returning to the rebel camp, says the revolutionary army will not accept any term* other than the annulment of the elections, Including that of President Palma. One of th* Liberal commissioners at the revolutionary headquarter* In Ha vana province states that the leaders demand the resignation of the govern ment and the holding of new elections. He add* that thl* decision seemed to be final. Had fighting not been stopped they would have captured Havana and, their cause would then have been vic torious. The commissioner preferred not to express an opinion a* to what the reb els might do If the American coinmts aloner* decided In favor of Prealdent Palma or to occupation of the country. 1,800 HORSES AND MULES ORDERED BY GOVERNMENT. Omaha. Nebr., Sspt. 19.—That the United State* la making active prepa rations for possible trouble In Cuba was shown In n rush order for the shipment of 1.500 horse* and mules, received from Washington at the chief quartermaster's office in this city. The order came by telegraph. While It I* not stated that the animals are for • 'uba. It ta understood that I* their ultimate destination. On September 21 proposals are to be opened and fifteen days after the awards are made the horse und mules are to be delivered. Nursing Meinara and Malaria. The ohl Standard, Grove's Tasteless Chill Tonic drives out malaria ami builds up the system. Sold by all deslsrs for 17 year*. Pries 60 cents. T GIVEN 50 YEARS AND J LASHES Armed Fanners Are Dis gusted with Leniency of Sentence. AN ATLANTA GIRL IDENTIFIES MISSING HEIR TO FORTUNE Continued from Pago One. Tom," raid Miss Hawks to herself. “I knew he came from up In this country, but I wonder what they Want with him/ Tho young: lady told her father about the conversation she hud overheard by accident. Mr. Hawks hunted up the two men who roomed next door. They proved to be lawyers who were try ing to gain a right of way for a rail road. “Did you want to find Thomas Sin gleton Coart?” ht asked. "We did,” said one of the attorneys, "but Coart has been dead twenty years.” HE’S THE LIVE8T CORPSE THAT YOU EVER SAW.” “He’s the 11 vest corpse you ever saw,” rotorted Mr. Hawks. ‘Tie lives in my house In Atlanta.” “If he can prove his identity he might p»ck up a mighty tidy sum over in Cra ven county,” said the attorney, “but he is a little late I’m afraid. The prop erty has been sold.” When Thcinaa Slngltton Coart heard of the search for him he laughed. Then he remembered that his grandfather had owned large estates In North Car olina and thought it worth while to in vestigate matters. C. L. Pettigrew, an attorney, was retained ns his counsel and the fight for n fortune began. Four years ago on the court house door nt New Berne, county seat of Craven, a bailiff posted a notice requiring one FAKE STORY TOLD OF KU-KLUX KLAN STIRS UP THE CITY Continued from Pag* On,. qulrements for admission. It has ben organised solely for tho protection o! white women nnd the moving spirit, are determined that It shall not he unri for lawless purposes. The fact that the organization of the Klsn wns sdvo. rated by Colonel English, who Is chief of staff to Governor Terrell, Is of itself a voucher as to the character of th, organization." In large letters down Ihe side of th, drawing Is printed! "What will he th, end of the deadly menacing uprising of Atlanta to crush out with guns, rope nnd dogs the fearful epidemic of negn crime against her women?’ A photograph of some seven or eight dogs bears the following caption: "Part of the pack of bloodhound, which Colonel English has presented t» the Klan to smell down lawless n». groes." LOCAL ASSESSMENTS MORE THAN NEEDED The sub-committee which had chirp pf the recent primaries for the Atlant* Democratic executive committee ha* wound up Its affairs and paid all In debts. Regardless Of the fact that more had to be done than In 1904, the committee was put tp less expense and Thomas Singleton Coart, If living, or was able to return to the candidates 14 his devisees, heirs or assigns to come per cent of their assessments. Into court on April 29/ 1902, and make Several members of the commutes answer to a "petition. The columns of advocate the purchasing of tents to b« the New Berne Weekly Journal con- erected at election times as polling talned hidden away among other dull places, thus saving house rent, which and uninteresting legal . notices the same enll for Coart. But the court house door Is a far cry from Washing ton street and the New Berne Journal has but a limited circulation In At lanta. Thomas Singleton C'oart sold shoes contentedly and knew nothing of the summons from the superior court of the county of Craven. Six weeks later, on Juno 14, the estate of 13,000 acres was knocked down to the high est bidder for $250. A GRANT FROM THE CROWN FIRST TITLE TO THE LAND. The title to that property was older than any of the veterans who Idly watched the sale from the court house steps. It dated back to 1775, when George the Third ruled over the colo nies of Great Britain and granted lands to his subjects tn return for services, or because It pleased him. The canal through the great Dismal camp, the dank morass which after wards Inspired Irish Tom Moore to write of a spirit maiden on a ghostly lake, wa* Just being excavated at that Wilmington, Del., Sept. 19.—Justice moved swiftly today In the case of Charles Conley, a negro, who on Sep tember 9 attempted a felonious assault on Mrs. Albert Frankish and brutally assaulted her 12-year-old daughter, Gussle, Conley was arrested yesterday and an hour later confessed the crime. In the county court this morning he was Indicted, nnd nt 11 o'clock this morning wns on his way to ths county work house to serve a 50-year sentence. Saturday he will also be whipped with thirty lashes. He also was fined $200. Feeling Is running high among the farmers, hundreds or whom are In the elty attending market, and many are carrying guns and talking about the leniency of the sentence. SAFE OF 8EAT8 18 EXTENDED. Seaton Tickets foe Tabernacle Lyceum Course Obtainable Till October let. Many people who have not vet cured seats for th* Tabernacle Lyceum Course will be delighted to learn that the sale of season tickets ha* been ex tended to October 1, The price for the entire course, reserved seat. Is $1. Eight high-class attractions have al ready been engaged and two more will probably be added. Dates have been positively announced a* follows: Oc tober I, John Thomas Concert Co.; Oc tober 29. Ople Read; November 15, Arthur W. Hawks; December 3, Italian Boys' Band and Elbert Roland; Janu ary 11, Spillman Riggs; March 12; Gil bert A. Etdredge; April 2, Mattlson W, Chase; April 16, Whitney Bro*.' Quar tette. A* will be seen from this list, talent of unusual excellence has been secured and the course will, no doubt, prove to be the heat yet offered In Atlanta. AU attraction* will appear In the splendid auditorium of the Baptist Tab ernacle, corner Luckle street and Tab ernacle place. Ticket* are nmv nn sale at Phillips A Crew Co., Edmondson's drug store and Knott A Awtry Shoe Co Seats will be reserved at Phillips A Crew Co., where diagram of house la displayed. ••• time and Spyor Singleton," a Carolina gentleman, furnished a number of IctaTmcd*b^Wm f/ he'shouM ever ap nai and posted upon the court hou?* door. Nothin* wa* heard of the lost heir to the Singleton land* and a court order for the Kale wan Issued, the suction n i take place on June 14. 1902. Romului A. Nunn waa appointed commissioner to have the sale in char***. The Sw 1 Berne Weekly Journal was once mori used to advertise tho wile. But Thom- aa Singleton (’oart, busy in Atlanta, did not rend The New Berne Weekly Journal. The day of the sale rolled round as all days do and the property waa knocked down to James A. Bryan and J. A. Meadows for 1250. Some* body must have been asleep to let such property go for that sum, especially when timber lands were being snapped up by eager buyers from the cities. But Thomas Singleton Coart, hundreds or mile* away In Atlanta, knew nothing : •« land* or auction, and the hour set for hla appearance panned by and he w*j absent. The nlxth Interest In the 1250 whs set aside by the courts f» slaves for the work. In return his gra cious majesty was pleased to grant tn Spyor Singleton nnd hln heirs a tract of land near Catfish Lake and embrac ing 300 acres set out by the metes and bounds of the period. Later grants of similar tracts were made and then Mr. Singleton took in partnership Richard Dubbs Speight nnd John Daves. When George Washington took the reins from the hand of the king the grants were continued, the last being recorded In 1795 and the land aggregating 13,000 acres. flpyor Singleton was gathered to his fathers nnd the land remained un touched. The other owners followed .Singleton, each bequeathing a third in terest to their heirs. The Singleton third wns divided between bis son and daughter; the daughter became the mother of Thomas Singleton Coart, now of Atlanta, nnd the lands in North Carolina were forgotten by the grand son of the original owner. OTHER HEIRS AWAKE; AND PROPERTY IS SOLD, But the heirs of Daves and Speight, or their assigns, lived near the timber lands and realised their value. In 1902, when railroads and lumber camps set the price of yellow pipe soaring high, J. A. Bryan, J. J. Wolfenden and Caro line Wolfenden, his wife, then owners of the two-thirds, or, ns they claimed, five-sixths, of the timber lands, made petition to the courts for a sale of the property for a division of the proceeds, setting forth that the land could not be fairly divided without a sale. Tlielr petition forms a part of the record In the case of Bryan and Wolfenden vs. Thomas Singleton Coart. The petitioners set forth In their pe tition to the court that they owned five-sixths of the property described In the will of Thomas S. nnd W. G. Singleton, and that Thomas Coarf Sin gleton, then unknown to any of the pe titioners, owned an undivided one- sixth IntereHt. Thomas Singleton Coart wns not a resident of the state of North Carolina, and could not by due dili gence be found within its borders. The petitioners had no knowledge of wheth er he were living or dead, or his heir at law or his next of kin. The superior court of Craven county decreed that publication be made, or dering the defendant, Coart, to be pres ent at the court house door on April 29 to answer the petition, and that the order be printed for six consecutive weeks in The New Berne Weekly Jour- pear. ' A LUCKY ACCIDENT. Three years after the sale nt th* | court house door MUs Hawks decided to spend a week or two at Moreheaa City. There she overheard the conver sation of the two lawyers wh<* dered what had become of Thomas Sin gleton Coart, and that bit of luck «»r fate began the litigation for the Sin* gleton estate. Acting through his counsel, , Pettigrew, Mr. Coart filed an affidavit before the courts of Sorth Carolina j seeking to recover his interest, not in the magnificent sum tor which tn® i lands were sold, but in the estate it* self. He demanded that the sale nj set aside, for the reason that ne h* no notice of* the proceedings. “ e n ' J only claimed the one-sixth inte ^; conceded to him by the petitioner*, dui another sixth left him by his unci* Richard Singleton. He alleges fur* ther that the plaintiff Wolfenden «u enter Into a contract with the uj Lumber Company to deed certain i!i "' for the sum of $21,500 and that I were tho same Tands purchased * ■ f court sale for $125. He alleges tn the purchase at the sale ws» not i bona fide purchase, inasmuch as ' I purchasers knew the value of the lan I and purchased them for the tnsiK** , I cant sum of $250, the total amount P* I for the various tracts, which w* r *_ I according to the divisions of tne or ® . nal grants. He asked a motion ,,r | court to set aside the sale. Mr. Pettigrew paid a visit w —Tiber lands after being retaine_ | the case and estimates their 1 $100,000. The suit Will be heard inw a courts of Craven county, and Mr I Is confident that he will win hi*.^1 and become owner of propertj I $33,000. *tll I ”lf you recover that property ■ you continue to sell shoes to tn .... | and women of Atlanta?” Mr. * 0 asked. But he merely smiled marked that he liked his work. “JAP-A-LAC ” “Liquid Veneer,” '‘5\ax*l enc” at the GEORGIA PAINT AW| GLASS CO., 40 Peachtree-