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A LIVE WIRE IS DEDICATED
A. P, Perham Jr. Met
Death at Waycross
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iWaycross, Ga., Oct. 7—A. r. Per-
taun, Jr., junior editor of the Way-
cross Evening Herald, net instant
death late yesterday afternoon
when he came in contact with an
electric light wire opposite the
Southern Express Company's office
here, -
Mr. Perham was on , his way to
his home apd had Just^spoken to
some friends when he touched the
dangling wire and dropped to the
pavement. He w;a* dead when the
first person who saw. hlm^Jall reach
ed him? The tragedy is the result
of a storm yesterday, which blew
down .a number of wires over this
place. ,
Mr. Perham wag SI years of age.
He was born In Thomasvllle and
came to Waycross In 1893. He was
the son of Judge A. P. Perham. He
leaves a wife and three children
The funeral'will occur Friday.
Mrs. Perham Is a patient
sanitarium at Valdosta and has not
told of the tragic death of her
,nd.
Perham IU in Valdosta,
news of Mr. Perham’s sudden
was telephoned to Valdosta
ight, and came as a great
3 his friends here. Hla wife
In ,the Halcyons Sanitarium
two 1 weeks o r more, where
(erWent a serious operation,
_ Battle at King’s
Mountain
/eh am had made a number
to the city during her St
_ news of her . terrible bereave
ment was not broken to. Mrs. Per-
ham'last night,., but 'Dr. . Holmes
thla'-fnbrnlng decided' that It was'his
duty to tell her' of her husband’s
djMth, which he did as gently as
possible. Coming Ilk* a thunder
clap from a cloudless sky, the or-
deal was a terrible one tor the wife,
hut she withstood the shock well,
and her condition this after
noon Is reported ft satisfactory
under the circumstance*.
Arbitrators to Meet Tomorrow.
Atlanta, Oa., Oct. 7—The meet
ing of the arbitrators In the West
ern Union tax case will be held to
morrow morning. They will' meet
at nine o'clock In tho office of
Comptroller General Wright.
Blacksburg, S. 0,, Oct. 7—With
eloquent oratory and an Imposing
military display the monument erec
ted to commemorate the battle of
King's Mountain was dedicated to
day op the battlefield near this
place. The governor, of North
and South Carolina and Tennessee,
members of Congress and many
others prominent in official life, as
well as a large concourse of citlsens.
ere present. Soldiers of the reg
ular army and of the National
Guard of three States were present
a* a tribute to the Colonial troops
who defeated the Bi^t’sh forces li>
the wilderness of King's Mountain
on October 7, 1780, and thereby
turned the tide of the Revolution
In favor of the American colonies.
The King's Mountain, chapter of
the Daughters of the American Rev
olution had charge -of the day’s
ceremonies. The principal oration
wa s delivered by Dr. .Henry N.
Snyder, president of Wofford Col
lege. Other speakers Included
Governor Antal of South Carolina,
Governor Kitchen of North Caro
lina and Congressman D. E. Fin
ley.
Tho monument, which was erected
by the Federal government, was ad
mired by everyone (who saw It The
PEARY SPRIN6I
A SENSATION
IMPROVE |
THE COLLEGE
TEMPERANCE
Says Cook’s Eskimos Declare
They Never Reached Pole *
Extensive
tor'
New York, Oct. 7—A sudden up
heaval ot the Peary-Codk dispute
was made today by a sensational ut
terance of Boatswain John Murphy,
of the Roosevelt, the man left by
Peary at Etah to guard the stores
Atlanta,\.wh., Oct 7—Big plans
are being made for Improvement*
at Brenah Collcge at Gainesville,
following the purchase by'Dr. H.
J. Pearce,..of the Interests ot Prof
A. W. VanHoose In the oollege prop-
which Dr. Cook claimed were stolen property. >Xa a. begtalng along this
memorial occupies
on the highest r
field.' The grantf
designed by McKlm, Mead and White
of New York, stands lit feet high
anil 1« 11 feet squars’at the base. On
the aides are four bronie tablets. Tbs
tablet on the face of the monument
Is lnscribde as follows:
To Commemorate the Victory of
King’s .Mountain.
King’s Mountain,
October 7, 1789.
Erected by the Government of
the United States, to tho
Establishment of Which
the Heroism and Patriot
ism of Those Who Par
ticipated In This Battle
so Largely Contributed.
from him. • •
Those two Eskimo* thst were
with Cook were taken aboard the
Roosevelt and questioned by Peary
and confessed that Cook only made-
two journeys north and then camp
ed,” said Murphy. “At the end ot
the first day they cached a heavy
gun. At the end of tne second day
Cook ordered one of them to go
back and get the gun. Cook waited
two day* tor th, man to come wAq
the gun. Then the three turned
and went westward. That wa* as
far a* they ever got.
“It has been stated by the paper*
that I would not take Cook Into the
hut at Etah. I don’t believe Cook
said ttfese things. We were always
friends. I gave him a pair of
trousers when lie needed them and
shaved -him. That don’t look like
cruelty.
"Peary could have gotten back
two weeks before Cook, but ha went
on a hnnt for mask oxen."
Dr. Cook Is now In the West on a
uls elte locturo tour, but Is expected bask lb
No* York on OcM
fur (Or-io n .-.-ivti*
the city. Mrs. Cook li with her
Cotton Steady and Higher.
New Tork, Oct 7—Cotton opened
steady this morning at one to fonr
polnta higher. Later it receded and
wsa reported as unchanged.
cxpncto^ba'K
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line Dr.,‘Pearce proposed at a-call
meeting',of the board of trustees of
the coll^e th- deod a beautiful site
for the dormitory In the Jtfr ot
the* present campus on;' c^dltloa
that the’ hoard raise funds Mqfcct
a dormitory to accomraodJpBtty
girls. This dormitory is to^Bnt
apart foil girls of limited means and
Is to be’conducted under th e dtrec-
tlon ot the board so that students
may reduce expenses tor hoard and
rooms to gboat tan dollars a month,
gjha dormitory will belong to the
b&rd offn&teea and will be leased
In the summer se a summer hotel
and-the’.proceeds will be used to
provide a. loan. tpnd. This rund
will be loaned to ambitious girls to
enable them to secure their educa.
tlon. Dr. Pearce further propos< d
to suhscri!,. 85, to this fund.
Dr. Pearce was ? formally elected
Ipresldent of tho college at the
meeting-of the trustees.
Covington
New Life
Atlanta, Oa., Oct. 7—W. A. Cov
ington. of Moultrie, has been se
lected as provisional president ot
the newly incorporated Temperance
Life Insurance Company of Amerlta
and there Is hardly a doubt that he
will be elected permanent president
at the first meeting ot the stock
holders. Mr. Covington was Identi
fied with life Insurance business In
hi* earlier Hto. and It Is believed
that he will add streagth to the
organisation.
J. F. Fender, a wealthy lumber
man and capitalist of Vsldosts, has
been elected vice president. James
Andrews, of Atlanta, will be
secretary and treasurer. The
organisers of the new company say
that considerable misapprehension
exists about the company. They
will not write Insurance tor any
one using Intoxicants as a beverage,
differing from the old line compa
nies only in the fact that the latter
will not write insurance for. those
using Intoxicants to excess.
Offices have been opened here,
and J. W. Barwlck and Gilbert Led-,
singer, fiscal agents,, are busy se
curing atook subscriptions. About
half , the stock hag bean aubacrtti.iL
BALLOON RACE
HAS ENDED
The Centennial Sailed 485
husband.
Wedded at College Park.
Atlanta, Ga„ Oct 7—Herbert T.
Walker, cashier of tw state tress-
nry department, manned Miss Mar
garet Peavy, of College Park, last
evening at eight o’clock. It was •
quiet home wedding but a number
ot eapltol officials were present Mr.
Walker and his bride are quite
popalsr hi the state house and their
marriage fa a culmination of a ro
mance which began while Mlsa
Peavy was employed at the eapltol.
New Qnarraattae Station.
Washington, Oct 7—Officers of
the public health department and
marine corps have been appointed
tp select a sit* tar a quant
near Galveston, Tana.
and tho Incorporators fool assured
Of SUCCCSS. J. .
purpose
the
ng the session of
• Board they will find
themselves well provided with homes.
Last night the committee charged
with taking ears of these visitor* fin
ished Its labors. A homo has been
provided for every visitor expected
This meeting Is gong to bring to
gether some of the most prominent
women Ih Southern Methodism. Rev.
C. C. Billiot will deliver the address
of welcome. During tho meeting Blah
on next Tusedsy night and Mrs. C
J. A. Thomas, of Thomasvllle, Presi
dent of the Booth Georgia Homs Mis
sion Society will deliver the adrdeas
of welcome on. behalf of tha South
Georgia Conference. Km,. W. H.
Pemberton of Little Rock, Ark, if ill
driver tha response to tha addressee
of weloom. Daring tb masting Blah
FRESH
S$EDS,
Seeds Th
iafm»row.
Brooks*County Seed Oats and Rye, *
Texas Seed Oats,
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S- Ruta Baga and Turnips, Onion Sets, red 2
and white. Barley.
Seed Wheat. 1
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Ingram 1
7 * B
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School Books, Drugs and Seed.
VALDOSm //-
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- GEORGIA. .
In
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Som of the most prominent orators'
MACON MEN ON OUTING.
Week at Warsaw Island.
Savannah, October 7.—Mr. J. T.
IH
le not letting the
E*f spe.
-Col.* M
Commandlng^he , M Itegi-
of Infantry Georgia .State
Troops, h«d s narrow escape yester
day from death or serious Injury.
While driving In hi* automobile, he
collided with s street ear on West
Broad street. The car was badly dam
aged. Col. O’Leary had hla hand hart
but was not otherwise Injured. He
did not have to go to bed baesnse of
the accident A short time ago the
Colonel bad s flna automobile horn
ed while he was engaged In construe-
tag a rifle range.
St. Louis, Oct. 7—The winner of
the aeronautical race Is still In
doubt. The last word received from
the Centennial balloon was that It
was still In the air four hundred
mllea away and beaded for Florida.
It will have to cover over flve hun
dred and eighty miles to best the
St Lonls III, 'which landed at
Wahkon.
The balloon Cleveland covered
four hundred and forty-four miles,
landing at Alexander City, Ala
bama. .
The balloon New York reached an
altitude of 14,200 feet, encounter-
tag a temperature of , forty degrees
below aero. , It remained In'the air
ninety-eight boor* and twenty-six
minutes-and broke the record for
bright. dA,*';, •£■V-
The balloon Centtffiiilals waa 'Inter •
reported a* having ianfled at Silas,.
Ala., a distance pt'i "tour hundred
and elghty-flve miles from St Lonls.
This balloon wine tbs race ana
exceeded the Labn cup rhea for dis
tance. •>.
cnusHEDiShr oar wheels.
School Money Has Been Sant Oat.
Atlanta, Ga., Oct 7—Vouchers
tar 8108,000 has been mailed to
the school teachers ta'various parts
of the stoto ss part payment on sal-
ary aeeonnt.’for tha last school
term. Vouchers were for salaries
earned last March. Eo r years the
state of Georgia has been a whole
ysiir'Wbtad In Its payments to tha
teachers. x
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K. of P. Mating at Statesboro.
Savannah, Ga., October 7.—Savan
nah will Stoda apod steed delegation
of Knights of Pythias to Statesboro
next Tuesday tor the purpose of at
tending tbs 8th Nights of Pythlss
District Convention.
Allen Snipes Met Tragic Doath at
Moultrie Yesterday Morning,
Allen Snipes, a white man em
ployed nt Nace's planing mill, mot
a tragi'- death yesterday at about
eight o'clock tthllc^oadlug lumber
In the yards. ■»
He wns loading '"flat car with
lumber out by the lumber yards
when jjiome' box care ' that were
elandftiSg np on the hill orokt from
their mooring and started rolling
down the hill. Other men who
ware employed on tha yards saw
the cars coming and began trying
to stop them bnt. warp not success-
They called to Snipes who
ful.
was atsndlng on the partially load-
ed list car with his back to the
moving cars, hnt ha failed to hear
because ot tha note# from tne plan*
tag mill near by. When tha box
ear* ran against the flat K tripped
Bnlpa* and ha fell back between
the cere and to the ground la front
of . the moving wheels. Ha was
caught under the head trucks gad
hts bead was eanght by on* of the
wherig with the result that his skull,
was crashed Into a tally. Death
weg Instantaneous. The ear* stop-
P«d with th* trucks over the dead
man and tt wa* thirty mlantse be
fore tho body eohld bo gotten out
Snipe* was' a yonng man and
leave* a wife and one child. Ho
be* lived In Moultrie only tan days,
having coma -her* from Florida.—
Moultrie Observer.
Tiger* and Pirate to Battle.
Pittsburg, Pa., Oct. 7—The De-
world’s base
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