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HUB VALDOSTA TIMES VALDOSTA, QJL, SATURDAY, NOVEMBER B, 1010.
NEWS OF A DAY
IN ATLANTA
The Atlanta Federal Prison
is to Have Another Famous
Prisoner Soon.
Atlanta, Nor. 3—The Atlanta
federal penitentiary is going to have
another famous prisoner. G. E
Ellis, magazine publisher, and fi
leading spirit in the notorious Kor
nit Manufacturing Company, ol
Brooklyn, has just been brought here
to serve a three-year sentence. El
lis Was all right as long as he stuck
to publishing magazines, and some
of his periodicals had considerable
vogue, but ho couldn't make money
fast enough *knd went into a scheme
to make handles for hair brushes
out of cow's hoofs, or something
equally ridiculous. People from all
parts of the country took stock tn
the Kornit Company, and hundreds
of thousands of dollars were made.
Then the federal mall Inspectors got
wise and soaked Ellis for using the
mails to defraud.
No Levying of Assessments
George S. Dounell, secretary of
the United States Civil Service Com
mission in Atlanta, has Just receiv
ed instructions from Acting Presi
dent William Washburn, ordering
that political activity among civil
service employees, especially the
levying of assessments, will not be
tolerated. This prohibition effects
all civil service employees, no mat
ter where stationed or how employ*
ed. \ •
v Blind Pilgrims on the Sands
Twenty-six blind, pilgrims crossed
tfiehot sands of the Arabian desert
last night In Atlanta, when Yarab
Temple, Ancient Order of the-Nobles
of Mystic Shrine held a big meeting
presided over by Illustrious Poten
tate Forrest Adair.
This is tho last shrine meeting
that will bo held in this territory
until after tho Scottish Rite reunion
November 28th. At that time can
didates will bo given all the degrees
from the 4th to the 32nd and at the
conclus'on will be initiated Into the
mysteries of the Shrine. Under the
old regime it took candidates from
one to two years to make this same
Journey.
Woman Postmaster Indicted
Mrs. M. A. Melton, recontly the
postmistress at Conyers, Ga., has
been indicted by tho federal grand
WANT AUDITOR
IN SAVANNAH
Representative Citizens of the
Town Want the City** Af
fair* Checked up.
8avannah, Not. 3—A number of
representative Sarannahlana have
prepared a communication to tend
to the mayor and aldermen calling
upon them to appoint an auditor
charged with the duty of making a
thorough investigation of tho city's
affairs ana puonsning their findings.
The city hag an auditor now but ho
makes only a cursory examination
of the books at stated Intervals
What Is wanted by the gentlemen
bphlnd this movement la an exam'
lnatlon at the hands .of experts so
that It can be determined just what
the situation la with the city affairs
financial and otherwise.
Mayor Tledeman says when'such
a. letter is presented to the members
of council that It will receive the
proper consideration and will bo re
ferred to the pifcper source for ae
lion and report.
it Is claimed by those who are be
hind tho movement that the city has
not had an accounting so far as tho
public Is concerned within tho.past
22 months It having been that long
since the last mayor’s report
presented.
was
F< Atl^ta GUI Nlv O 3^o^"m I d ON 0t|n hndren ’ an<l beB8 " l ° ,nalBt that to Mc Shcrllr Mangum bow his head
u^TaTLt. Craw,ey 8c ” d the ” a " o« »• “ w: "Well. 1911 try to do hot-
serving a laborer’s lien for 63 cents
on a poor woman named Mr*. W. G.
Overby, and maktng^^mjve bond
In the sum o{„*3.8oMBBBch only
$1.17 ■ v a*_ ever, returned to her,
John W. Dtan, a former constable
tn Justice r! R. Jackson’s court, was
found guilty of extortion tn the
criminal court of Atlanta yester
day and was sentenced to pay a fine
of $300 or serve on the chalngang.
Dean pleaded not guilty and set up
a defense. The case has been ap
pealed.
Jury for unlawfully taking $600 of
the government’s money. She was
removod from her office a short time
ago by postoffice Inspectors. Mrs.
Helton and her friends say that
there Is no ground for tho charge of
defaulting, and tho prosecution la
really a political persecution.
Mra. Molton was appointed under
GrOvcr Cleveland.
CRAWLEY BEGS
Unhappy Atlanta Man Ac-
Murder the Family)-..
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Atlanta. Nov. 3—’’No I do
want to see my wife arrested
put In tho penitentiary, la; her
All I want la to be separated
her forever and never sec her again
na long as I live. Please don’t let
the police bring her back! I don’t
want her back here!"
Such Is the statement of J. V.
Crawley, of Atlanta, whose wife,
Mrs. Georgia Crawley, is charged
with Having attempted to murdef
him and a whole family of five chil
dren by putting carbolic acid In the
drinking water.
And because Crawley Is unwilling
to .prosecute In the criminal court It
la probable that the alleged erlme
will go unpunished. ^
The attempt to poison the whole
family, according to Crawley, who
has filed suit for total divorce,, oc
curred somo time ago. Crawley was
a widower, with five enttdirn when
he fell In love with the present Mrs.
Crawley, an attractive young wo
man. and got her to marry him.
Their life waB happy, Crawley
says, until the stepmother began to
conceive a dislike for’ her five atop-
GRANO JURY
FOR DIVORCE, IS CRITICISED
1M
Charge is Made That
cuses his Wife of drying to Pifagentments are Colored
ft
rale Has h
brother’s permanently. They were
Crawley’s own flesh and blood,
he refused. Then the. i
peevish and disagreeable, treating
the little ones like the ''stepchil
dren” In the story book, and made
life most unpleasant for heriwaband
was . obdurate, however, and
steadfastly refused to send tho lit
tle one* away.
Finally, unable to get rid of them
by fair mhans > says Crawley, hi* un
natural wire, decided to poison the
whole lot, and with this purpose lr
view put carbolic acid In tho .drink-
Ihg water where tho family were ac
customed to get up and drink from
the pitcher, one by one, every, morn,
tng. Crawley went to tho pitcher
first and fortunately sipped at the
glass Instead of taking a deep
draught. He detected tho burning
tasto at once. Tho wlfo fled to
Reno, California, and will probably
not bo brought back.
with a Political Bias
Alanta, Ga. f November 3.—For
rat time probably in the history
his county* the integrity and falr-
of a superior court grand ju *y
been called into question and 'ts
pworfi presentments have been criti
cised as bearing the alleged stamu ot
political blab’.
The circumstances are so unusual
that it is ndt known whether tho
drand Jury, which has been dismiss
ed, will ask tho privilege of recon
vening to deal with tho charge
against certain of its members or
[t, but it Is certain that the affair
going to make moro trouble.
iMV’hen the grand Jury made its gon-
al presentments, the sensation of
fhe report was a stinging critic'sm 'if
io sanitary and othor conditions *tt
ie Fulton county Jail, and a rebuke
Ministered to Sheriff C. W. Man-
gpm whom they said ought to b»
&nt out to inspect the federal prls
on to lenrn how a decent Jail ought
t3 Ife run. The report said the count/
jail was dirty and that its manage
ment "could not well be worse. 1
Now, those sworn grand Jury pre
sentments aro usually regarded as
"$bo last word" and people expected
THE HARVEST DAYS ARE ON
Good old winter time is at hand, when we will be
closed in'doors during the frosty and freezing mornings
Have you made preparation for the winter in
furniture and household furnishings ? Have
you beautified your home with library suits,
dining-room suits, parlor suits and bed-room
suits? We have them in Weathered Oak,
Early English, Fumed Oak, Golden Oak, Ma
hogany and Bird-Eye Maple.
Ma tina from 20c to SOc per yard
Art Squares from $5.00 to $40.00
Comforts from $1.00 to the best downs, 6.S0
Counterpanes from $1 00 to 2.50
We are agents for the famous Knoxville Cen
ter and Library Tables, made in Dixie Land,
guaranteet^Sn every respect. :: ::
We Cordially Invite You to Csll and Look Through Onr Immense Stock.
The Ousley Company,
VALDOSTA. GEORGIA
Instead of ttf*| out came Shor-
,rtgn a with ^-thoroughly un-
n^^-chMlarliig the
kepit in apple-pie order, a
^ »l,e lot betted in fact, than under
hip predecessor who had warm o-
lltlcal friends on tho grand Jury,
and* that tho whole report was fhe re
sult’of the political malice of certain
man on tho grand Jury.
bn top of that, Justice of the
Peace Robert R. Jackson, one of (he
justice*? whoso court wns sever'*y
criticised by tho presentment, came
out in a public letter saying that the
grand Jury committee had let Itself
be directed by a certain fanatical «s-
former who was not a member of ll»<*
grand Jury and had therefore y»-»n
tho case In a prejudiced light.
WIDOWS CAN USE * ltEE PASS
Attorney Jiin lllnog (JIvoh nn Opin
ion Regarding Widows of Trainmen
Atlanta, Nov. 3—Judge James K.
Hines, special nttorey for th»* Htatn
railroad cominlrolun, hns handed
dolvn an Opinion to tho effect that
willows of railroad men who havo
dldd in the service, of the railroad
company may legally uso free trans
portation on the railroads of Geor
gia. The board had called for an
opinion on the subject as a response
to several inquiries recently relative
to the construction of the anti-pass
rules. It Is expected that the com-
mUtalon will adopt Judge Hines'
opinion.
Recent orders havo to somo ex
tent modified the general original
rules against freo passes, but they
can only be used now by bonaflde
iopendent relatives of railroad men.
Going for fipeeil Demons
Savannah. Nov. 3—This evening
there will leave for Atlanta a dele
gation of prominent Sa’annahlnr:'?
end automobile men Intent upon
getting all the entries possible for
the b*g automobile meet in Savan
nah from among those who will tako
part in the meeting In Atlanta.
Mayor Tledeman will head the
delegation and ho will be accom
panied by Mr. F. C. Rattey, presi
dent of tho fiavannah Atomoblie
Chib, and Mr. Robert Leo Morrell,
chairman of the executive commit
tee of the Automobile Club of Amer
ica. It is expected that, the com
mittee will land many new entries
for the Savannah races.
GO ON TRIAL
He is Charged With Conspir
ing With a Voo-Dooist to put
his Wife Away.
Savannah, Nov. 3—Tomorrow in
the superior court B. Frank Bfown
| Is going to go to trlnl charged with
attempting to commit a murder.
Brown is the man who It Is al
leged conspired with a negro voo
doo doctor to kill his wlfo and when
that plan failed entered Into a con
spiracy with another negro to shoot
her with his rovolvor. Mrs. Brown
wns apprised of the plot and kept a
close watch on her husband. Tho
authorities were also notified and
they had Brown arrested after they
had seen hint hand tho negro a re
volver.
Tho negro confessed h*« In
tho plot to the dty detective*
Messrs. Twiggs and Gazan arc tho
attorneys representing Drown and
they promise to mnko a strong de
fence for him. Brown says him
self, that there will be somo unex
pected developments In tho case.
Duke of Connaught Keeping Busy.
Capetown, November 3.~The
Duke of Connaught today Inaugurat
ed tho great Selborne Dock recently
completed at Rlmomtown,' Tomorrow
his royal Highness will attend tho
opening of tho first union parlia
ment. Tho event will bo iqarfced &y.
elaborate ceremonies.
RRIBERY FUND
Spaniards Contribute Largely
to Cause Trouble for King
Alfonso.
Madrid, Nov. 3—That * bribery
fund of several million dollar* has
been railed to buy up the army of
ficers to betray the monarchlal gov
ernment Into the hands ot the re-
publlcans became known today.
Member* of noble fsmlllo*. who
have been estranged from King Al
fonso by_,a dlBlIko for. thA Tpglt«b
Queen, havo-contributed liberally. •
The plot baa been betrayed to
Premier Canaleja*. and *ever»l army
officers, who accepted money, were,
secretly arrested today.
Negro to Pay Deatn Penalty,
lndlanola, Mice., November 8.—
Arrangomenle havo been made $ •ortn„
execution hero tomorrow of the • ne
gro murderer Jease Scott, whoveftaso
bnn attracted considerable attention.
Scott wns convicted of tho murder of
W. L. Embry, a white man. Mrs.,
bry. the widow ot tho vlctom,’
tried for complicity In the crime, 1
acquitted.
Mlkado’a Birthday Celebrated.
Toklo, November 3.—The fifty-
eighth birthday of the Emperor Mut*
auhlto Was celebrated with great tc*>
tlvlttes today throughout Japan.
P. G'Quartprman,
p hvsirian ?nd Surpprn
Offic • nyir Vinaon & Bttips
VAf.D )STA. GA.
An opportunity for you to save one half
on your next purchase of Cut Glass and
Hammered Brass. -j-
0dd and End Sale
Of different patterns
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