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Lazarus Bros. Dry Goods & Clothing Store
FOR TEN DAYS, BEGINNING APRIL 1st, 1911
Biggest Sale Ever Been Give By One Business House
in the State of Georgia 4
It will be remembered by the public for a good many years. Lazarus Bros., means business now. Just ar
rived from the eastern markets; our buyer spent the last,two months, where he purchased a large stock of
the finest and most up-to-date line of merchandise aM we are ready to serve our friends with the lowest
prices ever known in the history of Berrien county. Come and see that you may be convinced that our
statement is true. Our entire stock of Clothing and Shoes and Hats of the high grade variety for Men,
Women and Children will be turned loose. There have been sales and sales, but nothing like this one!
This sale is straight from the shoulder, honest, bona fide, reliable, a money maker for you. Such bargains
as have never been offered in this or any other establishment will be given this sale; we have reserved noth
ing. Everything is turned loose; come see what we are doing.
LAZARUS BROS.
ADEL,GA.
CASON KILLED
HUNTER POPE
Fugitive from Madison Coun
ty, Florida, Lives Under
an Assumed Name and Dies
Tho following article which will
prove of much Interest to reildenta
of Madlion and Madlaon county ap
peared In a recent edition of the
Penaacola Nows:
Horen apparently Insignificant
linen wedged in between advertise-
mente appeared on an lnalde page of
an Alabama etate paper Wedneaday
morning, and to the man who knew
not the hlatory of tho cans the little
■tory with a tingle lino of email
type for lt« headline waa of little
Intereet. But upon thet little Item
“The funeral of John L. Trot man,'
hangm a tale of great coo sequence to
Florldlana who knew John Caaon,
the man who killed Hunter Pope,
probably hie deareat friend, In Mad,
laon. In 1876, 35 years ago. .
FUNERAL OF JNO. L. TROTMAN.
"Troy, Ala., March 19.—The
funeral of John L. Trotmnn was
held here this afternoon. The
melni were laid to rest In the fam
ily plot at Oakvrood cemetery. The
cervices were conducted by Capt. L,
H. Bowles, a lifelong friend of Mr.
Trotman."
Now Mr. Trotman of Troy, Ala.,
waa no more nor leaa than John Ca
non. once cf Madlaon. Having ihot
Hunter Pope be fled from thle state
to Texas, and It la supposed that
Troy, Ala., waa at near to Florida
aa ha ever dared to come again.
The people of Madlaon, oven, will
not know they read this story
where John Cason has been In hid
ing all these years. Old residents of
state will remember the story
of tho tragedy, hut tor the benefit
of the new generation It will be
briefly related here again.
In lS7g Dr. W. Henry Pope, an
do of Hunter Pope, waa playing
with John Cason. A differ*
arose, tome words were pass-
. and one of the gentlemen (truck
. other with a billiard cue. Hunter
Popo, straight, tall, young andi hand,
tome, waa a great horseback rider,
but w*« a greater lawyer (one of
the best In Florida at that time)
and hla law olllce waa near the pool
room In which bt* uncle and John
Cason were playing the game of bil
liards, which resulted In the row.
Another member of the Pope family
It seems, ran to the taw office of
Hunter and told him that John Ca
son wna fighting hla uncle, the doc
tor. Hunter’* Ire waa aroused spon*
tnnooualy. Ho rushed to the billiard
room, and la said to have told Cason
that he would settle with him for
his uncle's difference. More words
were pnssed. Cason knew that he
had aroused tho Pope blood, which
ran hot. Hunter Pope entered a near;
by grocery store shortly after the
troublo In the pool room. Cason
paused tho store and shot him down
through the open door or window,
whichever It was. Hunter Pope, who
was then admitted to be the brain
lest man In Florida and a power In
the legal world, died eeveral hours
later. Hla assassin fledthe state and
went to Texas.
In Texas John Csson married and
from there moved Florldaward,
stopping and making hi* home at
Troy, Ala. In the meantime he had
changed his namfe to John L. Trot-
man. H> lived there and prospered,
rearing a family and taking a high
social position in the comn\u«ilty.
He waa J. L. Trotman, of Troy, Ala.
and one of tho best cttlsens of that
town. He regretted hie act, and
once, when he met a man from Flor
ida, he told him In confidence that
hla name was John Caaon. that he
had killed Hunter Pope, a bosom
friend, that he had been sorry for It
ever since, thst he believed be had
slain unnecessarily the brainiest
mha In Florida. He ag(d to the Flor
ida man that he had often been
tempted to open hla heart to the
good people of Troy and tell them
all that he wae a murderer and that
hla name was not Trotman. Tho
Florida promised tha. he would
not give him away to the people 01
Troy nor to the people of Madlaon.
Borne yean after that confidential
talk, about five yean ago, Trotman
surprlaed \the whole community at
Methodist revival by confessing
In the open meeting that he waa
John Caaon and that he had killed
Hunter Pope.
There was little said about It at
the time, Cason, as Trotman, con
tinued to live and thrive at Troy
MAIL CARRIER
DOT THOUSANDS
STRIPLING IN
GOV’S HANDS
He Robbed Mail Bags and
Then Said that Bandits
Held him up and Got it.
Salem, Ky., April 1.—J. J. Thom-
as, tor sixteen years a mall carrier
Ibetween Marlon and Salem, to
day confessed of robbing the mails
of thousands of dollars In currency,
last Monday night.
Three bags In currency was taken
while It waa en route from the Cin
cinnati sub-treasury to the Salem
State Bank.
Thomas had reported that two
masked men held up the stage and
took the money.
Saved Her Own Lire.
Tecumaeh. Okie—”1 believe," says
Mra Elisa Epperson, of this place,
''that If it naan’t been tor Uardul,, l
would have been dead today. Be
fore 1 began using Cardul, 1 suffered
from pains In the bead, moulders,
back, side, limbs and tne lower part
of my body. Cardul belpod me more
than anything, and I am now m Get
ter health, slnco taking It, than tor
four years.'' Nobody can deny that
the beet tonic for a woman to take,
la a toqtc for women—Cardul. Please
try It
until the oilier day, when he pasted
away. The account of'the death of
John Cason reached Florida In the
shape of the above little story from
The Montgomery Advertiser of
Monday morning, but only those who
remembered the confession of- the
Methodist revival knew the lltUe
paragraph waa sequel to a life'*
story thst nearly equals the classic
pages of Nick Carter.
Hon. Hunter Pope, who, as haa
been said, was a leading member of
the Florida bar, and whose future
was nowhere equaled la brightness,
was survived by several brothers who
are prominent In this state today.
One la Frank W. Pope, an able and
distinguished attorney of Jackson
ville, who has represented that dtp
and county tn the legislature. An
other la Honorable Randall Pope, a
well-known dtlsen of Madlaon.
The Executive Spent Whole
Night Looking Into it and
the Rawling Case.
Atlanta, Ga., April 1.—Governor
llrown will be in a degree prepared
to past or the Edgar Stripling par
don! case when the recommendation
or declination of the prison commis
sion reaches him.
He secured the court record# In
the case from the supremo court a
few days ago, and last night he
spent from 11 o'clock to 3 o'clock
this morning reading It over care
fully . When Governor Brown be
comes absorbed with matter which
be has to deal he becomes absolutely
oblivious of time, and he was rath
er astonished when he abound up
his task this morning to note the
time
“The record, tor some reason, is
tn a badly mixed condition,” I
Governor Brown, “and this accounts
for the time I spent on it. I mean
that the papers do not run in su h
a way as to make a couutluuoua re
cord of the case, and I had to hunt
about quite a lot to get them In
shape."
course. Governor Brown ex
presses no opinion whatever on the
case, but as he knows the general
Interest and anxiety of all concern
ed for as early a decision sa possi
ble, 1 he thought ho could be pre
pared In advance on the trial papers,
which be Invariably reads In Im
portant cases of this kind.
Ho] will do nothing further In the
matter until the prison commission
hears] the application for pardon on
April 16, passes on It and sends tho
decision to him. Petitions and let
ters I In the case continue to come,
and tiro big Alee are now necessary
to hold alt of tho papers la eonneo-
Uon with the matter.
Governor Brown la now reading
the ct art records In the R&wUngs
hoys' ease, and will probably au-
nounci shortly whether or not he
will nterfere with tha declination
of the prison commission.
LAWSUIT OVER COURT HOUSE
Citizens of Liberty County Cannot
Agree Over County Site.
Savannah, Ga., April 1—Down In
Liberty county they are preparing to
go to court to prove it the erection
of a court house at Hlnesvllle. The
County Coramlsvioners bare ordered
the court house built an • i.ro ready
to give out the -ontracc for It nut
the pcoplo of Ludtwlcl which la also
in Liberty county are as equally de
termined that they shall not. They
say they will stop proceedings with
an Injunction In the Superior Court.
Ludlwlcl has long cherished the hope
that some day she would be the
county seat of old Liberty and she
realises If the new court house la
built the Jig is up with her.
For that reason the Ludlwlcl en
thusiasts are willing to go to any
bound to get tho court house build
ing plan, abandoned or delayed until
.something else can happen.
THEIR GOLDEN WEDDING.
Father .and Mother .of Savannah’s
Postmaster Celebrates
Savannah. Ga., April 1,—Capt.
and Mrs. Henry Blun are today re
ceiving congratulations upon having
been married fifty years. There has
been no formal reception at the
home but many have called to ex
tend their congratulations. Capt.
Blun Is the father of Capt. Henry
Blun, Jr., postmaster and a member
of the Republican national execu
tive committee. He is also Presi
dent of the Germania bank and one
of the most prominent citizens of
Savannah.
BASE BALL IN SAVANNAH
The .People There are Much Inter
ested in the Opening Season
Savannah, Ga., April 1.—Savannah
Is much Interested In the opening
of the Sally league season on Mon
day and there are high hopes the city
la to have a pennant winning team
this season. Manager Magoon gives
the fans assurance that be baa a
bunch of pennant winners. They
will get away to Charleston tomor
row prepared to do. die or be did In
that city on Monday afternoon.
Spanish Ministry Resigns,
Madrid, April 1.—The ministry
headed by Premier Canalja resigns
today.
APRIL FOOLS
INATLANTA
Members of the Athletic Club
Gathered in Vain to See
Fancy Swimmer.
Atlanta, Ga., April 1.—One of the
biggest hoaxes ever pulled off on the
unsuspecting public Is about to be
perpetrated on the membership of
the Atlanta Athletic Club, a leading
social organization, this afternoon in
celebration of the First of April.
The athletic club, In addition to
its handsome country club grounds,
has a splendid down-town building,
with a big gymnasium and ndtato-
rlum. Annette Kellerman, of Austra
lia, champion woman swimmer of the
world, who was recently described
by a Harvard professor as the most
perfectly formed woman on earth,
happens to be here this week doing
a vaudeville stunt In a local theatre.
Three wags of the athletl; club,
after persuading Miss Kellerman to
humor the Joke, have extensively ad
vertised In the local newspapers that
Miss Kellerman will swim and dive
In the club natatorlum this after
noon In an exhibition for members
only, and will after meet the club
members at an Informal reception.
The result Is that at this hour, noon,
the athletic club is crowded, literally
packed and Jammed, with expectant
men.
The Joke part Is very simple. Miss
Kellerman simply won't be there.
Child Bitten by Mad Oat.
Savannah, Os., April 1.—Little
George Hlott, the small boy bitten
by a cat which is declared to have
suffered from rabies does not seem
to be worrying much over hla con
dition. He Is leaving that for hla
parents to do. Goe. will be treated
with the pastuer treatment as soon
si a supply of lymph is received from
Atlantia. It Is expected today.
Senator Clapp to Address Grain Men.
Boston, Mass., March 31.—United
States Senator Clapp, of Minnesota,
came to Boston today to deliver the
principal address at the annual ban
quet of the New England Grain
Dealers' Association.