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THE ATLANTA GEORGIAN, MONDAY, DECEMIiKK 3, Ifr 11 NEGRO KILLED SUNDAY BELIEVED TO BE ONE OF SLAYERS OF JIM HEARD John Anderson Kills One and Wounds Another. ~ As the result gf a row Sunduy night shortly gfter 6 o’clock at the home of John D. Anderson, a negro, 49 Wal lace street, Anderson shot and killed Arthur Asbury, a negro, and danger ously wounded his brother, Ernest As bury. Thf Asbury. .brothers were regarded by the police as bad characters, and, after his arrest, Anderson declared they had both boasted to him of having been In the crowd of negroes that shot and killed County Policeman James Heard, In Brownsville, during the riot. John Asbury, another brother, who Is thought to be In Memphis, was ac cused of assassinating Policeman Carl Mills, In Whitehall street. In August, 1898, but was acquitted. Anderson says the Asbury negroes had also boasted that John really did kill Of ficer Mills, but that It could not be proven. Anderson protests that he acted Sunday night purely In self-defense. Anderson's wife and the Asbury broth- tors are related, and Anderson found them at his home Sunday night, both intoxicuted, he says. He states that the negroes started a disturbance and that when he Inter fered Arthur Asbury attacked him with u knife, slashing his coat just over the left breast. Anderson then seised a revolver, he says, and pushed Asbury away from him. Anderson says As bury made a second advabce, and that he then shot him. He says that Ernest Asbury also made a % movement as though to attack him, at which he shot him. Arthur Asbury was shot In the lower part of the neck, the bullet cutting the JuRular vein. He bled to death within a short time. Ernest Asbury was shot twice in the abdomen and once In the left arm. He Is In the Grady hospital Hnd denies the story told by Anderson. After shooting the two brothers An derson summoned both the police and the hospital ambulance. He said he thought he was cut himself until after his arrest. He was taken Into custody by Bicycle Policemen Brftnnan, Norris, Coker and Doyle. Anderson is a porter at the shop of the waterworks near the Tech school. APPOINTMENTS REID IN S, GA. CONFERENCE Continued from Page One. MAJOR WALTZ GOES TO WAR COLLEGE Major Millard P. Walt*, formerly with the Department of the Qulf in Atlanta, and who was assigned to the general Juis been appointed secretary of tne war college In Washington. General Barry, who was formerly head of the Department of the Gulf here. Is president of the war college. 00000000000000000000000000 o CONFISCATES COAL; O DEFIES RAILROADS. 0 O 0 O Topeka. Kans., Dec. 3.—One O . vinter with not more than one . O day's coal supply on hand. Peo- O O pie in central and western Kan- O O sas say the situation is serious. 0 O Tho railroads say they can't get O O cars, and suits are being lost!- 0 'O tuted to compel them to furnish O 0 coal. Ellis (lariIn, mayor, and 0 0 editor of The Cimarron Jackso- v 0 nlaq, confiscated a car of coal and 0 0 distributed It to the people. He 0 0 has defied the Hanta Pe railroad O O people to sue him. O 00000O0C000006000000000000 Oakfleld, C. J. Mall.th, Columbus District. J. O. A. Cook, presiding elder. Columbus, St. Luke church. John P. Me Kerri n. St. Paul, Guyton Fisher. Rosehlll, J. M. Foster. East Highland, L. O. Lewis. North Highlands, Broad Street and mission, W. T. Lamber, supply, and H. S. Allen. _ Cataula, W. W. Stewart. Midland, C. A. Norton. Hamilton, J. P. Dickinson. Waverly Hall, J. It. Jordan. Geneva, G. W. Thomas. Talbbtton, F. McCullough. Talbot circuit, J. G. Harrison. Butler, A. H. Huzemore. Reynolds, E. E. Gardner, Bethel, C. B. Johnson, supply. Buena Vista. J. J. Ansley. Marion. C. M. Weeks. Cusseta, H. L. Pearson. Atnericus District. J. B. Johnstone, presiding elder. AmerlMu*, J. P. Warwiaw. Summer circuit, J. H. Allen. Ellavllle circuit, C M. Ledbetter. 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Kent $90 per month. roT- is mi the north aide ufrtaker street between t •;.i-htree and Ivy streets; the owner of ‘•‘is property is preparing to |»nt thla bouse In the very best repair; It Is Hose lu umi In !l u-hjiI lu'lghlsirbood: will Is* ready for oc- ••*ip.i»»cy about I>eeemlH»r 15. Kent $60 per m-rnth. JOHN 3. WOODSIDE, THE RENTING AGENT, 13 Anlmrn Avenue. Both Phone 611. Baconton circuit, c. \V. Jordan. Horton circuit, N. T. Pattord. Attapulgu. circuit, M. VV. Carmi chael. Pavo Circuit—Reese, GrRTln. Brinson and Ml.alon, E. E. Rose and Elijah Morrl. supply. Hlllton circuit. D. B. MerrltL Metcalf circuit, W, C. Embry - , .upply. Hold Spring circuit, J. IV. Hlnea, .up ply. Grndy circuit, J. U Funderbuck, sup ply. Falrcloth circuit. 8. E. Grenfell. Facevllle circuit, J. TV. Wells, sup ply. Thoinasvllle mission, O. S. Smith. Secretary of tho Young People's De partment, of the board of missions, Ed. F. Cook. Field secretary of the conference Sunday school board, H. C. Jones. McRae District. E. F. Morgan, presiding elder. .McRae, J. TV. Domingos. Helena and Sumter City, J. W. .Wes. ton. Jacksonville, E. A. Sanders. Abbeville and Mission, TV. T. Stew art. • Eastman, B. S. Sentell. Alamo, H. C. Fentress. Mt. Vernon, TV. C. Glenn, llazlehurst and Mission, S. A. Hearn. Springfield, C. C. Hines. Rhine, J. B. Stewart, supply. Baxter, J. B. Grlner. Baxley circuit, H. C. Erwing. Surrency, J. TV. H. Hunter, supply. Rledsvllle and Shiloh, J. S. Jordan. Hagan and Claxton, TV. M. Blltcli. Glenvllle, Guy D. Moses. Altamaha, F. A. Ratcliff. Lyons and Collins, S. TV. Brown. Ohoopee, C. E. Pharr. Belleville, P. H. Crumpler. Cobbtown, C. T. Buckley, supply. Chauncey, T. D. Strong. Valdosta District. H. M. Morrison, presiding elder. Valdosta Station, M. A. Morgan, i Remerton Mission, TV. S. Heath. Lake Park "circuit, U. P, Fain. Quitman, T. M. Christian. Morven circuit. Paul Kendall. Hahlra circuit, J. F. Yancey. Mllltown circuit, J. C. G. Broox. Moultrie, J. H. Mathes. Moultrie Mission, supplied tty Walter Williams. Norman Park circuit, J. D. Mathews. Norman Park Mission, to bo sup. plied. Sparks and Nashville, J. T. Ryder. Sparks Mission, J. F. Yancey. Adel circuit, TV. G. Allabln. Tlftoa, E. M. Whiting. Humnec, G. P. Hendry. Sylvester. TV. L. Wright. Doerun, H. G. Graves. Parkersvllle, D. L. Lastinger. Ashburn, R. E. Bailey. Ashburn Mission, to be supplied Sycamore Mission, I* B. McMIchael, Alapalia circuit, J. C. Grlner. Huiucrvlllc circuit, A. B. Wall. Sparks College Institute, ( Woodward. Waycress District. J. B. McGhee, presiding elder. Wnycroes First church, J. A. Har mon. TVnycrnss. Trinity, B. E Whittington. City Mission, J. TV. Lilly. Nichols circuit. L. R. Kelly. Douglas, L. A. Hill. Broxton. Thomas V. Drake. Ambrose Mission, R. F. Owens, sup ply. Jesup, H. c. Brewton. LASTRAY OF HOPE FOR RAWLINS DIES WITH GOVERNOR’S REFUSAL Crime One of Most Terrible in History of Georgia. TWO SONS MAY'FOLLOW OLD FATHER TO SCAFFOLD Unleu the prison commission interferes In Its special meeting Thurs day, Milton and Jesse Rawlins will follow their father to the gallows on Friday. Apparently the commission has awaited until the eleventh hour to de cide in order that an opportunity may be given for any confession Tues day by J. Q. Rawlins or the negro, Alf Moore. Old Man Rawlins has steadfastly contended that his boys played no part fn the tragedy. Alf Moore has as firmly contended all the time 1 Jesse were present and aided In the butchers* of the Car- that Milton and . _ , ter children. Nothing ha* moved him from that position. . Will the shadow of death wring words from him that may mean life to thc t boys? i OLD MAN RA WLINS PREACHES SERMON FROM JAIL WINDOWS; OLD MOTHER WON’T COME JOHN R. COOPER, attorney who has fo hard for J. G. Rawlins' I OfTerman Mission, L. U. Pe.plcs. Rluckshear, G. O. N. MacDon.ll. Atkinson Mission. R. B. Rom. Whlteoak and Woodbine, E. L. Pad- rick. .. „ . _ _ St. Mary', and Klngstend, J. E. Sum- Folkston and mission, TV. T. Clark. Htiiexvllle. J. N. Tippetts. VVIllacoochee, Oeorge P. Rlvl.re. Pearson Mission, M. Booth, TVareaboro, B. C. Prlckett. Guy.tr and ml.alon, D. F. Mile, and on« to be supplied- Darien and Ludowicl, R. R. Norman. Brunswick, Find church. • Robert Kerr. ... . ,, Brunswick, McKcndreo, J. tt. Sim mons. Brunswick supply. Mission. M. C. Austin, Student to Vanderbilt, O. K. Hop kins. Dublin District. Dublin, W. F. Smith. Georg* C. Thompson, supernumerary. Dublin Mission. J. L. Scruggs, sup- By PAUL E. WILKES. Valdosta, Go., Dec. 3.—Never before In the history of Lowndes county were the people so stirred to a high pitch of fury as when news reached Valdos ta on the morning of June 13, 1003, that on the night before assassins had aurrounded the bouse of W. L. Carter, some ten miles In the country, and had shot down in cold blood his two children, Willie and Carrie. And when more details of the crime became known this fury increased. The people of Lowndes demanded that the murder of these children be avenged. They wanted the guilty parties caught, and they were In a state of feeling to deal awlft Justice to them when they were caught. ■ Evidence aa to who committed the crime was soon forthcoming. W. L. Carter, father of the. children whose lives were snuffed out by assasslps' bullets, came to town and the story he told led to the arrest of three sons of Carter's neighbor end bitterest enemy, 1th a negro, Alf Moore. Special to The Georgian. Valdosta, On., Dec. 3.—J. G. Rawlins, Lowndes county's most noted prisoner, delivered a regular sermon Sunday to a large crowd of people who assembled around the Jail. His cell overlooks the street and he can see and easily con verse with people standing on the aide- walk end In the’street. The burden of his remarks was a warning to young men. In wblch he stressed the point that mere goodness or morality would not save them front the torturea of the damned, that they must Join tho church and be baptized. He spoke of the un certainty of life, nnd said: "I have only forty-eight hours to live, but some of you standing out there may not live even as long as that. But If you live forty-eight years, or a hun dred years, what does that amount to compared with eternity? I ask you eternity? That Is the question of all questions, nnd you had better be giving It your serious thought." A number of ministers who have been nttendlng the South Georgia confer noon, accompant . ... and a few of the brethren undertook to minister spiritually to the con demned men, but with absolutely no success. One brother asked hint: "Don’t you believe that God Is merciful and will leged wrongs done him by TV. L. Car ter. the prosecuting attorney and other officials connected with his trial, and wound up by saying: "Now, If you together will The story of the feud which led up to the killing Is a- long one and ex tends back to a time when J. O. Raw lins and his family lived In Coffee county. He had for Ms neighbor there TV. L. Carter, and a series of Inci dents led to a bitter feeling between the two. Then Rawlins moved to Lowndes county, near Valdosta, and It was not long before he was doing well. He owned his farm, bad a good house and FJirnd* In the county he had hundred, nnd many a time parties of these friends would visit bis place and these friends would visit bis place s partake of his generous hospitality. One day Rawlins found he had new neighbor, and further Investigation Ay. Brewton, F. L Stokes. Wrightsvllle circuit, TV. M. Cnnsey, lupply. Rlddleville, to be supplied. Davtsboro, TV. A. Brooks. Bartow. J. P. Dell. IVadley, J. N. Pencock. l-nulsvllle, TV. TV. Reals. Adrian. C. G. Earnest. Adrian circuit, TV. C. Davis. Hwalnsboro, H. P. Myers. Swatnsboro circuit, f. K. Chambers. Rockledge. J. A. Sconyers, supply. Vidal la circuit. A. TV. Rees. Hllllmore, C. TV. 8nuw. Bulloch Mission, R. S. Stewart. Uraymont and Monte, V. P. Seville. It. M. Wesley, supernumerary. Garfield, E. C. Willis, supply. Empire, A. P, Began*. Dexter, J. P. Bross. Cochran, J. P. Chat Reid. Cedar Grove, C. C. Lowe, supply. Mldvllle, T. B. Kemp. Nannie Lou Warthen Institute, TV. F. Qullllan, president. cs," returned Rawlins, "I know God merciful, but He will not save me unless I get rid of the malice In my heart and forgive those who have wronged me, and I can't do that. "1 Just want'to ask you a few ques tions, minister,” he continued, and then launched out Into a recital of the ah showed him that this new neighbor was his old Cofree county enemy, TV. L. Carter. Old Feud Renewed. It was not long before they began having trouble. The first clash came when people to whom Rawlins leased part of his land for turpentine pur poses encroached on Carter's land. This was followed by. other thlnge which caused the bitter feeling to increase and both men were constantly In court with their disputes. Both Rawlins nnd Carter were preachers—Rawlins being connected with the Baptist church and Carter with the Methodist church. But It was Rawlins who had the friends and the Influence. His sons, Leonard, Milton and Jesse, knew this, and In taking up their father's fight with neighbor t’ar give and forget Knows the Bible, Rawlins knows the Bible almost by heart, and waa quick to combat the pleas of the preachers with some pee sage of Scripture which he contended doomed him to eternal punishment. One minister finally told him that If he be lieved ns he said he did (the preacher) thought, too, that he was eternally lost. Sheriff Passmore received a letter yesterday from J. a. Rawlins’ aged mother, who lives at Jacksonville. In Telfair county. In reply to one he had written at Rawlins' request. The mcih- cr was acquainted with the day and hour set for the execution of her son, and was asked If ehe had any wishes as to tho disposition of his body, or desired to attend the execution. She wrote that she waa so old and so feeble and heart-broken that she would not make the trip here. She In structed the sheriff that If Rawlins' wife did not carry the body to Coffee county for Interment for the sheriff to see that It was given a decent burial In the cemetery here. Rawlins' mother Is more than 80 years old. Sheriff J. F. Passmore received a message from Hahlra today informing him at the sudden death of his brother, Is a brother-in-law of Sheriff Pass- more, of Lowndes county, and this made the case all the more sensational The arrest of Milton, Jesse and Leonard Rawltne followed Immediately and these arrest* were followed by that of Alt Moore, the negro. Old man J. G. Rawlins was In Valdosta the nlglit of the killing and remarked to Sheriff Passmore while In town that If Carter and his family were burned I death that night he would be charged careful, with the crime. He was very too, to see several persona and have the time noted In order to prove in alibi. Alf Moore's Confsssion. After his arrest, the negro. Alf Moore, made a full confession and de clared old man Rawlins had hired him to kill the Carter family and bad sent his three sons with him to assist In the Job. The negro said Rawlins told him to kill Carter and his wife, set fire to the house and as the children ran out of the house to deal death to them. According to his confession, neither he nor Leonard fired a shot, but It showed that the bloody work was done by Mil- ton and Jesse. Except for the statement made t>y Carter that Tim McDonald and his son were with the assassins, Alf Moore's confession tallied wtlh what Carter swore on the witness stand. The Mc Donalds, however, were never Indicted, although Carter's statement and that of his family Implicated them. When all these bloody details became known the people demanded a speedy trial and for a time It was feared that the entire crowd would be lynched. They were Indicted and tried at special term of Lowndes superior court In July, ltof- and convicted. Old man J. G. Rawlins and his sons, Milton and Jesse, and Alf Moore were sentenced to hang. Leonard was recommended to mercy by the jury and got a life term In the pen. Then It was that Attornsy John R. Cooper, who haa made such a strenu ous fight for the lives of Ills clients, began his hard work to sagSitiism from the noose. He appealed fhb'ckkes of the father and three sons to the su- 1303. that tribunal affirmed the de cision of the Lowndes superior court. Attorney Cooper then sued out a writ of error and carried the cases to the United States supreme court In Wash ington. That court affirmed the de cision of the Georgia supreme court In April, 1301, and once again the old man and hla sons heard the sentence of death passed upon them. A Fight for Life. But even then Attorney Cooper did not give up hope. It was- old man Rawlins himself who Came to his at torney's rescue this time. He made a confession. He admitted that he had hired Alf Moore to kill Carter, but he denied that the negro received instruc tions to kill any other member of the family, and h* denied, too, that hla D. TV. Passmore, one of the leading cltl- sena of the county. No dealle were e was walking In his yard be had fallen and died. The deceased was a prominent farmer, and had served a number of terms on the board of coun. ty commissioners of thla county. To protect himself Carter hod Rawlins placed under a peace bond. This hap pened a few days before the tragedy for which Rawlins paid the death pen alty and for which Milton and Jesse are under death sentence and Leonard to a life term In the pen. Night of the Tragedy. So thla was the condition of things when on the night of June 13 Carter's house was attacked. On that night he heard a noise In Ms yard and the two children who were killed went out >o ascertain the cause. As they went Into the yard a shot rang out in the still night nnd Willis Carter fell to the ground with a groan. His sister, Car rie, ran to his side with a cry and as she bent over her wounded brother there were two more flashes, two more their father's light with neighbor far- there were two more flashes, two more ter, they depended on him to get them| h , d lhc . mtJe Rir , ftl , OV e r dead, out of scrapes they might get Into. ' And he generally did. with his nelghl gain ground in public sympathy. Their differences Increased and a scries of squubbles. In which both Rawlins and hla boys participated, resulted In war rants being sworn out for the old man and Ms sons. This was the stale of affairs when. In the spring of 1303, Carter was shot at from ambush and FRENCH TRAINING SHIP VI8ITING ORLEANS PORT. Hpc-ial lu The (tcurxlan. New Orleans, Dec. 3.—Tho French training sblp.Duguay Trouln has ar rived In port on a visit, coming from I “"as 7 rasuit of this attempt' on when shot and Rawlins told that he had at last killed Carter. He said further that Carter hod been look. Ing for him with a gun, but he shot him ftret. , Carter was found where he fell, but no gun was there. He told his side of the story, which showed he had been shot from ambush, and this caused more of the friend* of Rawlins to de sert him. They began to believe now that he was determined to kill Ills en- Santlago >le Cuba. The Trouln In- Carter's life, a warrant was sworn out tended visiting Havana, but tile yellow against Rawlins charging him with a»- fever there brought about a change In I aault with intent to murder. This only tho plan* and the Cuban capital w.is j Increased Rawlins’ anger and he made cut out of the list. As these two shots were tired Carter opened the door to call his children and saw them. He taw assassins were at tacking his family and he barricaded the bouse. Some time later the wound ed lad crawled to the door, begged ad mittance nnd was dragged through. He lingered through the night and died the next morning. It was a nlgbt of terror that Carter und his family spent. Every now and ■ben a shot would ring out and a bullet would bury itself In the side of tlw house. Another daughter Inside the house came to her father's help—for he was still crippled from the wound he had received when shot by Rawlins from ambush—and tearing a board from the kitchen, poked a gun through for her father to use. He tired a shot und this caused tho attacking party ;o leave shortly afterwards. This was about midnight, but until daylight the family remained behind barricaded doors watching the life of young Willie Carter pasa away, wMIe the body if the little girl stiffened In death in the yard. In telling his story Carter declared thut he saw the sons of his enemy 'n the attacking party, and he also named d Attorney Cooper made an extra ordinary motion for a new- trial on the grounds of newiy-discovered evidence, but Judge Mitchell, of the Lowndes su perior court, refused this motion, and once again the supreme court of Geor gia affirmed tbs “ " court. The nsxt step In th* legal battle was when Attorney Cooper asked Judge Emory Speer In the United States court In Macon tor a writ of habeas corpus on the ground tbst preachers had been excluded from the jury Hat when Raw lins was tried and It was declared that thla was class legislation and uncon stitutional. Judge Speer refused the writ and an appeal was taken to the supreme court In Washington. This court affirmed Judge Speer's decision In November of this year. In th* meantime Attorney Cooper had made an appeal to the pris on commission asking clemency tor Milton and Jesae and to have their sen tences commuted to life Imprisonment while for Leonard he aekad a pardon. A final etep In the fight w-ae taken when at the November term of th* Lowndes superior court Attorney Coop er asked Judge Mitchell for a new trial on the grounds that the reconla of the court did not ehow that either Rawlins or his counsel were present when sen tence was passed. Thla was refused and Judge Mitchell refused to sign the bill of exceptions which Attorney Coop er took to his rulings. Attorney Coop er then asked the Georgia supreme court to compel Judge Mitchell to do this and thla was refused. In one of the most Important decision* ever render- CURTAIN IS RUNG UP UN SESSION OFCONGRESS Continued from Page Ont. resign later. 1 The other new members succeeded to vacancies caused by death. Two vacancies remain, those caused by the deaths of Representatives Ketch- sm, of New York, and Hoar, of Massa chusetts. After appointing the usual commit tees, as was done In the senate, and adopting resolutions In memory of the late Representative Hitt, of Illinois, and other members who died during the re- the house,adjourned until Tues day. To Read Message Tuesday. The flrst business. to be transacted will be the rending of the president's message. Before, during and after the brief session uf the house today, bills and resolutions In great number were poured Into the hopper, gobbled up by the clerks, run through the stamping machln'e and chucked away In pigeon holes, many of them to remain there. They covered every variety of subject from simplified spelling and the dis missal of the negro troops, to the Pan ama canal and the currency question. They do things differently In the sen ate. every bill and resolution being pre sented In open session by the member fathering It. As the rules of th* sen- forbld *n: ate i l any business of tills chnrac- dent's message, the senators will not be revealed to the public until Tuesday afternoon. Unfinished Bueineee. The list of unfinished business wblch w-snt over from the flrst session of the present congress Is formidable. Here It Is: Immigration restriction (In confer ence). Santo Domingo treaty. Isle of Pines treaty. Morocco treaty (upon which a vote will b* taken on December 13). Decision In Senator Hmoot'e case. Campaign fund publicity. Prohibiting corporations to contrib ute to campaign fund. « Ship subsidy. To make Porto Ricans United States citizens. , ' Reduction of tariff on products of Philippine*. United States io own Its embassies ■nd legations abroad. To build government powder factory: Appalachian and White Mountain foi-est reserves. Copyright Revision. Copyright revision. ■ ye « Copy-i _.. Modification of Chinese exclusion law. Prescribing punishments on high Codification of revised statutes. Navy to have biggest battleship ;edsion of the lower! afloat. : Removal of custom* duty on works of art. Swamp reclamation similar to Irri gation statute. Cable to Guantanamo and canal zone. Antl-lnJunctlon bill. Klght-hourlaw. . Nominations of Isthmian canal com missioners. Army and navy dental surgeon corps. Increase of artillery corps. To punish Improper use of Stars and Stripes. Retirement nt superannuated Federal clerks .• To establish .postal savings banks mud parcel* pozt. Limiting working hours of railway employees. FRANCE AND II, S, WED BY JAPAN Paris, Dec. 3.—La Presse devotes two columns to an inquiry Into the proba- w H bllltles of a Japanese-American war. ed by the Georgia supreme court. The w „ h i nt . rv | e , v whi< a, |„ ( tsss.l onneLlai- »h*x llvaa ixf Wl111 Wllllll I HUM* Ull* court had to consider the live* of fount■ ...... ■ men on the one side and on the other M* not *“■***> comlnclng. the enforcement of the law and the The writer encountered a man wh ending or litigation. The court took the he described e* n compatriot of 1’ latter ' Th* Last Card. The last card was played Saturday when Attorney Cooper asked Governor Terrell to respite Raw lins In order that his sanity might be tested and at the same time lie petitioned the prisoti commission for clemency. The trial of old man Rawlins and his sons was Intensely dramatic at times. At one stage of it Mrs. J. G. Rawlins, the mother of th* condemned buy*, asked Sheriff Passmore to bring her a hand satchel she carried with her and In this satchel the sheriff found a re volver. He entered court flourishing this gun und dramatically exclaimed that he had found It in Mrs. Rawlins’ satchel. The owner explained, how ever, that she had come from her home In the country alone, that her husband and nil her sons were prisoners and that she carried It for her own protec tion. All during the trial Mrs. Rawlins has seen devoted to her husband and boys and she has presented a pathetic plc- dent Roosevelt, a* a well-informed -li| lomat. accredited to a nelghhoiina po er. This diplomat, according to i..i Presse, explained that th* Mltuutloo was as Important to France as America. He sgid that Japan bad menaced France before, but gave rref- ere,ice to Russia. ’ Japan 1 had her bat teries ready to attack and take Indo china. i ! open threats to take the Ilfs of Carter. Tim McDonald and his son. McDonald tur* all tba wav through. dpctinl to The 'Georgian.. Norfolk, Va., Dec. 3.—Geon convicted by a Jury and given In the penitentiary under tha I ginla law for conspiring to wife for divorce evidence, .-if:- r In- bad married Hugo, to save* him from serving ten years In the penitentiary, was today set free. • Judge lianckel decided that the evi dence was Insufficient to warrant s conviction of conspiracy and the ,uti ha«l no new evidence. •