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NEGRO N THOMAS
‘Wantsd For Acsault On PawoeGirl;
. Crime Stirs_Soutiwest Geergia, 1
. Pavo, Nov. 30.—At 9 o'clock tonight
woerd was received here that a nog‘roi
enswering the description given by
the young woman, was (‘aptnr(“(i'
twelve miles from this place. l’nri-g
jos retuning. from tho scene r.:w!
that the posse, which numbers ap |
preximately five hundred. men, {¢|
preparing to iynch him. Thé nu,mof
of the negro was not known, l
Pavo, Nov. 30-=lt was decided (”,'l
night that the poise, which hag h“hn'
hunting the unknown ncgro who at !
tacked the cighteen‘year-old davight '
Picture Frames
Everyvbody take notice and rush in with vour
pictures yvou want framed for Christmas,- The
time is short and the work is hand made to any
gize pictire, : '
[ also have a beautifid line of ready made pic
tures for vour selection, and some pretty hand
painted water colors.The prettiest line of Swing
Photo Frames in many designs at prices from
85c¢ to $7.00 each. / ;
SWINGING FRAMES
Yes, Lhave them and they are beauties. A
heautiful line of Framed Mottoes for Xmas pres
ents. My Nmas Cards are now open. You
shovld come in and look them over hefore mak
ing your purchases. 1 have the best assortment
that has bheenin Cordele any time hefore,
SCATTER SUNSHINE
With Xmas cards Come carly and get vour pick>
ART'CALENDERS
Something new.. Eaeh in sepavate hox, A
gift that will be appreciated by everybody.
Don’t forget the place—
E. R. OVERBY
. :
Picture Frame and Art Store.
103 Suwanee Hotel Bldg. i CORDELE, GA.
VIRGINIA WINE SAP APPLES
We have just unloaded full car'of Virginia Wine -Sap Hand
Picked Apples, all wine sap, for bulk sale in Cordele.
We will delivef when parchaser takes bushelor over, We will sell smallérqua:ntiti_es =
! to purchasers who come for them. These apples are direct from the growers in Vir
ginia, free from the cold storage and packers’ charge. They are the last that can be
had this season without such charges. = ¥ , ' S
We have but the one car to offer. You canhot duplicate our prices. Any of these
apples will keep till Christmas with ordinary care in handling. ~Get your supply out
of this lot. You will find us.in the rear of the store occupied by Simpson Grocery
| Company in Wall Street, near Union Passen'ger Depot.
Bring your sacks, barrels or boxes and save cost of baskets.
‘ Please come early if you want these apples. 5 ’
——— Jlysses Whipple, Jr.=——
ler of a preminent Thomas — county
fgrmer, while alone at the hcme of
her family near Salem church, Mon:
day aftcrnocn, would be captured be
fore morning. !
The whole section of country near
the uccn‘jcr the c¢rime, which hag
foen deferibad as one o f the aeld
ost as wg as most brutel commiticd
in thiz scetion in a number of years
has beon surronnded and it is confi
dently Lelieved that the negro would
net be alle to escaps. The poaso.
,:urcady pumbering a“out four hund
ved men, was joined lato today- hy
;at least two hundred more, whon
yword got out tlte negrs's carly eap-
Aure was likely. Tt is conswierad ccr‘
tein that he will ~he lynched . if
caughts: - . ‘
The victim was carried to a sant
tarium at Barwick teday.. She lsi
‘wtill in a gerious conditicn, her necl_i!
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PATEVILLE SCHOOL '
14 UYL
OFFERS BOX SUPPER
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FRIDAY NIGHT WLL BE SPLEN-f
DID OCCASION I
Teacher and pupils of the Pateville
school have planned for a sgplendid
bex supper program Friday night.t
I"fiends and the public in goneral are’
invited to attend and help swell the
prozeeds which will go to the pur
chase ¢f an crgan for the school. i
fTncse who live within reach wiil
male the most of this social occasion
and the geacher and pupils of rthe
acheol cxpect to provide entertain
ment for 4l who come, 4 f
arcund which the negro I.ightly;
wound a rope wasg badly swellen and’
cho could hardly speak., The (::ffinez
wes committed in hread daylighh;
near a frequently traveled highway
and within gight of a school house
where schosl was in gession, {
The yeung woman had jusf,.‘rc'mr-‘
ned from a visit to a uoighhcr’s‘homez
and was sitting in front of a dress-|
ing table combing her hair, when!
tho negro entersd the house. He !
had a pist-1 in his hand and stated
that an ouitcry meant death, 'Fo'x'-i
ri.fied the girl leaped {rom her seatf
and ran, The pegrb. did not shm)t:
as he threatened, but gave pursuit.|
Just as the girl® gaindd the door l
lcading to a porch. the negro caught’
her by her hair and she was oyer-,",
powered. .
The negro drew from his p_bg:kétl
a rope and weund it arcund the girl’s
neck. She had alrcady fainted, This|
was about three o'clock, and it was’
after 8 c'clock before she regained
aongeiousness. Her sister ca’im:l
home from schcol about 4 o'clock,
and discovered the crime and gave,
the alarm.
A" posse was formed at once and,
bv nightfall several” hundred men
h;ul joined in the hunt frr the negro
The leaders were handicapped, how
ever, by lack of a description of the
assailant until the girl was able to
give it after she regained conscious:
neEss, * I
CORDELE LODGE, NO. 223,1,0.0. F
J. E. . CLIETT, Sec.
MEETS EVERY TUESDAY
NIGHT AT 8 O'CLOCK
>
Visiting Members Cordially Invited.
THE CORDETE Hrapanen'
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JEWELS SIOUEN 3111
LR B b e
- R D STATES -
; SENT TO' GERMANY.
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New York, Nov. 30~:Publication of
a copyrighted disratch to the ¢hicago
T¥ibune frcm Berlin - gtating - that
many thousand dollars ‘werth of gems
stolen in Amier’c, were being smug
gled into Germany and ' dispesel of
there today, Freught /confirmation
frem Chas, M. Chwab! head cf the
Bothlehiem sthel Company, thato a
‘r,r'ul jewel case . presented to- hiny in
1916 by the eity of Paltimore had
Logw*stelen. . ‘
It was repertett in the digpatch that
2 geld hox bearing. the initials C.' M S
‘hed baen sold in the Gorman Capital
"y a sailor.. . v
Closer watch today wags placel on
cutgeing vescels i(: prevent . stolen
jewels from leasing the country. Pre
ciowts stones valred at saveral mil:
tied dolia¥s have mysteriously disap:
peared within this conntry within the
last year. ! s
FATHER AND SONS |
HELD ~ AS DODGERS
i OF THE DRAFT LAW
San Antonio, Fexas. Nov. 29.—Aft
toer more thap two years wandering
in South ‘America, Mexiéo and west
crn cities of the United States, Tom
Caplis, Jv., and Jee Caplis, farmers
of Shreveport, La., reputed to Dbe
wealthy, were ‘in the city [:il here
today with their father, the three|
‘charged ! with conspiring Lo viogutcl
the draft laws, 5 1
Tha men fyere arrested at their
neme hers ‘early yesterday. They,
are said ‘to have been in San An-!
tenio 2bout two' months. . '
Fugitive complaints were filed -in,
the Uwited Stafes ('mnmi.‘zsimwr'sl
court and bonds fixed at $2,500 cuch.{
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BIG FIRE IN ROME -
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~ Rome . NOv. 30.—Fire tonight as
the plant of thg: Towers and Sulli-{
van Manufacturing “Company practi;
cally ' destroyed the ‘machine shop
and’ cld clr':nsidcra‘)le ‘damage to oth-'
er parts of tha building. The loss isi
cstimated &t from:sso,ooo to) $60,000.
sad is co'\fered Iy insurandce. Thei
company is' now building: a ‘big plant
in West Reme; and’ will. pmhablyi
close “dewn until its (:()mpleti(t,n.i
threwing sevbrul ‘hundred men out of
work., | e Pt ) ‘ l
60 T 0 JURYJODAYI
Miss Saimon Committed Sucide, ls%
Contention of Defense. i
Rome, Neov. 80.—The taking of evi
dence in thy case of Claude Taylor
charged with having caused the death
of Mizs Willie S:lmon on- June 21, of
this yecar, by furnishing‘"her with
“fchloride of mercury tablets, was
concludéd late this afternoon” and ar:
gument by counsel begun. B R
Twd attorneys finished their argu
ments and the conclusion for the de
fense and the prosecutipm Hwill be
made Wednesday morhx'g" i'fyv two
others. Thn case will m;(i,l{;mly reach
the jury by noon or early’in the ai
“terncon. S :
The evidence of the defense today
was aimed toward showivnk that the
girl committed suicide by takivg she
tabl~ts veluntarily. &
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SHOT: WHILE HELPING
POLICE MAKE CAPTURE
DIES FROM WOUNDS
Seyvannah, Ga.; Nov. 29.—Simeon
van Whatering, who attempted to aid
the pelice 5 fow mnights ‘ago. when
they were trying to arrest the’neg
vo, Hrnry Moore, ‘who, barricaded in
his hcuse, fought officers for {wo
hours, being finally shot:to death.
died late yesterday from the effects
of weunds inflicted by the negro.
Van Watering, connected with a
¢arnival company showing near tho
scene. of the fight., whege home is
in. Hackensack, N. J., it is slid, tried
to enter the negro's hous® and-. was
shot in the stcmach. He died at a
Jocal hospital. foay A
STEWART RELEASED ON BOND
Tiftecn, Nov. 29-—The preliminary
hearing for County Policeman 'J: .0.
Stew'irt of this county, charged with
the murder cf R. F. Thornton, a sec
tibn foreman on the Atlantic Coeast
Line Railrcad at Ty Ty on Thanks
ziving Day, was postponed today by
Tudge Hwve until Thureday at 10
2'clock. ;
Stewart was released from jail
where he has been confined since
the shecting, on bail of $2,500, which
was set by the court. The bhond for
the defendant, who has l)eonlfla(‘,{iv(}
in running dewn whiskey distilling
in thi§ county for seéveral ~months
wab signed by fully fifty citizens.
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