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Twice- a-Week Valdosta, a! iTA T1MJ1S, President of Michigan Cen tral was 'Killed and his Wife is Held for Money. tot Been Able Every Safeguard Will be Used to Prevent him from Being Assassinated. eople of Phillippi, West Virginia, and Surrounding Country Celebrate.' The Course a Letter Travels in Goinu From the Writer San Francisco, Hay 29.—A refuge arriving by steamer from Mansanlllo, Mexico, reports that Robert Sweazy, 1 Juares, Ujfr 29.—A strong guard Philippi, W. Va.j May 29.—The great Home-Coming week, arranged by the local board of trade and the citlsens of Philippi in general, to commemorate the 50th anniversary of- the Am land engagement of the Civil War, iwhleh took place" it Philippi, began this morning under Suit <Agalst Tobacco "Trust." Raleigh, N. C., Hay 29.—The damage case of the »Wc(re-ICramer la maintanid over General Madero today, following the exposure of a plot to askasalnate hi. Provisional Sweaty refused to give the ban dits money, Hie wife le now held for a ransom. ,. the American Tobacco Company came up for trial In the Federal court here today. The suit Is for 21,200,000 damages for alleged Vi olations of the Sherman anti-trust law. Statne of Queen Victoria. Berlin, Ont„ May 29.—Bari Grey visited Berlin today for the onvell- ing of the Queen Victoria statue In Victoria Park. Interesting ceremo nies attended the unveiling. The stntuo waa erected by the Daughters of the Empire at a cost of $6,000. Two Women in Worth Coun ty are Accuged of Killing a Newly Born Babe. wo Engineers and two Fire men are Killed in Double- Header’s Plunge. i /0„ May 29.—A lal triyln plunged lg trestle two miles late this afternoon, jjtc'v, and. firemen ti:er members Chari double-i through east of killing and stjj A FarqiiHand Kills un Ej OgBMjHP' i Forces Iaj was n Ithat u, Lon Neely, colored brakeman, was seriously Injured. 1 ! Capt. Frank Howell of Cbarlottb was conductor of the .train snd monger reports at hand do pdt ^mention his fate. Fifteen‘qf the twenty-qlne loaded Panee City, Neb. May 29.-4james MeVlttle, s farmer near bare was ahot and killed by James Flslder, a farmer there this morning. Fielder then killed Mrs. MeVlttle and two children, badly wounded a third child, captured Mary MeVlttle, 18 years ot age, and forced her to accompany him in his effort! to es cape. He was over taken by Sheriff Fuller, but Fielder fatally shot and wounded the officer. Then seeing that escapo was Impossible he com mitted suicide. The McVitters family objected to fair companion I* hold ui bond In one case. Fire at Edilyvlilo, Ky. Eddyvllle, Ky., May 20.—The Galnea hotel and several other build- Inga were burned today. Tbs loss I* forty thousand dollars. It Is worse than useless to taka any medicine Internally for muscu lar or chronic rheumatism. All that la needed is a free application of Chamberlain’s Liniment. Fori sale Early Lewis, colored flremnn, report ed killed, Is etlll alive though mor tally Injured. ce-a If* Officers H&v to Locate Sapp Last Week. Quitman, Ga., May 29.—after Atlanta, May 29.—What becomes scrupulous work on the part of Chief, of a letter from the moment you ot police Wade and members of the dr °P into the green box on the , _ murder corner to tho tlme 11 arrives at the , % coronet: a Jury, tne pp desk of the man you directed it to? President of the Central of Michl- Preal<I * nt Barra has Issued orders mystery remain, unsolved-in fa«. iHo w many peopIe baTe ever , topped l ftn Am#rican cKllen bad becn lfor the Governor to use every means It is more amyBtery thsmever. Every *o think? How many hands do yoh| k „ A ^ v • to rnndtta plotters to earth. rumor, .very clue, has .been sifted | suppose It must pass through, out and followed up Without throw-J Broadly speaking only thoae of lin ing any light on the identity of Mrs. ( ele Sam most, people Imagine Daisy Sapp’s murderer. jyetj^etween the two poxtn"- -• So far as known.-Abe^lK^eraon'tnure Is a third hand, which Uncle Who heard Mrs. SaPp^Pbourae, ex-, Sam must trust, and on which de- cept her slayer—was a white woman pends the rapid or delayed transmts- who lives on the McRae farm. She ; «'on of the malls. That hand is the passed the house Just before sunset. ra |J™ ad * - „ , , and heard Mrs. Sapp talking. T !>« fu " ct,on „° * he ra,,roadB ln Chief',Vade went out to see thi. ^"^ ‘ h « “ al > '? mor f »«pbn woman this morning. She S*ld she! tent ’ BB ft B T*‘ mere , •„ _ ,, . .. , way official nere, than the mere knet? Mrs. .Sapp^wen and passed the throwing 0 „ of home often, and Mrs. Sapp always I bag8 Instead , t „ ^ XTnc , e Sam came to the door or window to talk >t a „ but the rallroad(1> wh1ch de . to her. Monday afternon when the „ 7er the maI , from the B , a t !on , to went by.the house the windows and tbp poato fflce 1n the majority of doors were wide open. MrB. Sapp’s 1 CMeBj Jlttle do^ ran to the door and harked j New i ntereat has been awakened at her. She half-way paused, ex- ln the process because of the fact porting Mr»,: Sapp to follow, but‘th at tbe railroads .are seeking for there was-no’stir In the house. Then j more equitable adjustment of the the woman says she heard . Mrs. rates they are paid for handling the Sapp talking and a man’s voice la, mall,' and. have quoted figures to reply.. The tones of both were low (show that though the volume of and there was no cxcltment to lndl-1 business e hqs been Increasing, the cate they were quarreling. The ln- ( govera&ent has been paying, less cldent scarcely attracted the woman's and less.' attention as he went on home. No Clue Yet. fjere la not the least clue as to man: was. Chief V.’ado Is It was not David Sapp. Iplclan pointed strongly to Sapp _ being the only person who could have killed her, but every point of -the evidence has so far dissipated tbls suspicion, and Chief Wade with those officially investigating are convinced Sapp had nothing to do with it. Only a short time before the woman friend of Mrs. Sapp passed the house old man Bryan, passing by, saw her go to the well after a bucket of water When Sapp came home that night a bucket of berries, fresh picked, was on the kitchen, It Is certain that the woman, Micah about beating swor s A Quitman County Boy ha* Invented a Device for Plow ing by Steam Power. Atlanta, Ga., May 29.—There is famous quotation In the Book of table. was not attacked in the woods while! plowshares and spears into pruning out picking berries. Chief Wade has i hooks. But a Georgia farmer boy has beat that. He has beaten a ga»- examined evfcry foot of ground be tween the house and the sink hole In the swamp. He found no evi dence of a struggle anywhere except around the pooh Monday afternoon it rained very hard here, but that was previou* to the murder. Tues day rain* fell which would have oblit erated any tracks. DIAZ’ NEPHEW LEADS REVOLT Revolution Against the New Government Starts -Treas urers Absconded. Mexico City, May 29.—A counter revolution against Madera Is gather ing force in South Mexico, led by Phelix Diaz, a nephew of the abdicat ed President, who has a following of three thousand soldiers and la said to have the support of the former Pres ident. Porflro Diaz la now on the high ■ea entente to Havanna to confer with Reya. Rioting la reported at Puebla Nan- ■111a, Collna and a number of other towns where several have been killed. The treasurer of the rebel forces at Chlpias has absconded the treasurer of Colima has fled with Six thousand dollars. Famine la threatened and laree areas are devastated by the revolu tion. Much uneasiness la felt at th* capital. ollne engine Into a plowshare, and It plow without the necessity ol hitching a mule to it. The boy Is J. V. Boyett, 20 years of age, of Morris Station, Quitman county, now a student apprentice at the Georgia Tech. Hla Invention so simple and built on such prac tical lines that experts who have seen the model declare It will do tho work. As for tho hoy himself, ho has tried It In the field, and known It will. He has applied for a patent. The moter plow, of one-mule pow er, for that It what It Is, consists simply of a single board, lugged traction wheel, to which tho power communicated by' a small engine like those used on motorcycles. The Mutch anti complete controla are In the plow-handle*. Boyett was assisted In perfecting the invention by his eighteen-year old brother, Eugene, who Is hla Part, ner In the venture. , He declares that the machine can he built for less than the cost of a good mule, and will cost leas after wards to operate and keep up. That a 20-ycar-old farmer boy In vented this motor plow Is a source a pride to all eorgians who have heard of It. TORNADO IN ARKANSAS. an Inquest yesterdaj- evening. The verdict of tho Jury was that the child’* death waa caused uy a ble w on the head. Coroner Coram ordered both Mrs Harmon end her daughter held for, as is alleged making way with the ohild, Mra. Harmon la an aged wo man. Her daughter appears to he 25 years of age or more. 8h« states that she was married .in ’.910, but both octher and daughter re fuse to give much Information about themselves. Persons hero that know them say that they are connect ed with some of tho most prominent families In Mitchell .county. T,hey are being guarded (by the sheriff until the young mother is able to be moved. A CORNER ON MAY WHEAT Shorts Were Squeezed and the Price was Sent way Above the Dollar Mark. New York, May 29.—Stocks are dull awaiting the tobacco trust decis ion. Cotton to steady at three to *1* higher, but later lost advance. July lu.65. October 15.10. Chicago Provision Market. Chicago, May 29.—Wheat steady at a ahade higher. Provisions lower. Lard $8.30, ribs $7.95. Hogs and cattle aro steady. What la believed to be a corner today boosted wheat to a dollar and one and three quarter cents. Wednesday Is settling day and th# shorts aro being squeezed. AFTER COLQUITT'S SCALP Methodists of Texas Want Governor to Quit the Church. Cotton Mill and Several Rest- Ga , Tetton , Tex. May 29.—Because donees Were Demolished. j hn R n RI , Pd against Prohi- Barton. Ark., May 29—A tornado b]t)on 0oTernor Colquitt Is today un- TOBACCO CASE HANDED DOWN Supreme Court This After' - noon Decides that Tobacco Trust is Good, Too. • B *B - Washington, May 29.—Tho promo court of the United .States thin afternoon banded down a decision that ' the Tobacco trust is not monopoly ln restraint of trade un der th# Sherman law. MACON TRAGEDY TODAY Je*ae ‘Land Shoots Edward Hughes ' Dead In East Macon. Mg£»n, Ga., May 29.—Jesse Land, a botcher, this morning shot and kill ed Edward Hughes, a merchant of East; Macon. Tk killing waa tho result of a family quarrel. Land was Jailed. > Work Will Soon Start, after you tako Dr. King's X'cw Life demolished the Premier cotton miu' der Gre from the Methodtot chore? and Y 011 ' 11 quickly enjoy their and Several residences last night fol-j and b(a resignation as a communicant result*. Constipation and indl- lowed by a terrific hall. ha* been demanded. *£?«» vanl.h and fine appetite Jeff Smith, a negro, was killed, The Governor refuse* to resign [turn*. They regulate stomaci and J. West was fatally hurt. and he also refuses to he expelled. Uv*r and bowels and Impart new The church It divided and a bitter|strength and energy lo the whole Turpentine Market Today. fight is in sight. T i B,Btem ' "ft ,h, m °"' y Savanrph, May 29.—’Turpentine' The campaign Is on for state pro-[Dlmmock s Pharmacy^ W. I). Duna- ii„ 56'Ac. Rosin $7.50 to $6.40 . hlhitlon. I way, Ingram Pharmacy. Couple in Atlanta are Held on Suspicion of Stealing Many Diamonds. Atlanta, May 29.—Five days ago Mr.' and Mra. Porey Brown, the for mer nattily attired, and the latter decidedly handsome enme to Atlanta nd obtained rooms In an exclusive apartment home. Since the advent of the couple, both of whom havo many Influential acquaintances, sev eral of the largeit Jewelry firm* have bean missing solitaire diamond rings On Thursday Percy Brown, who is docketed gt -police headquarter* a* Will Edwards got In bad with tho 'ooal police, when he attempted to lure a ten-year-old school girl to hie , apartment. Following hie- arrest, hit past was Investigated and It de veloped that ho and the woman, who styles herself are known tq the po lice ot several cities. Detectives Black and Bullard, upon going to Brown's apartmnt to mako a search for stolen goods placed tho pretty young woman under arrest. At tho time of tho arrest she was wearing two beautiful solitaires. Tho Jewelry firms, which have miss ed rings In tho past week, were no- timed, and ln one Instance damag ing evidence hns bee develped. A clerk for -C. W. Crenshaw, one of the largest Jewelry dealers ln tho ^ty, Identified Brown and tho wo- ns aAtapl.e. who has been Into ..king at diamond rings the a -euco noticed. Ho , Fielder s attention to tho girl. hy a. rc. uimmoc*. Fit ;ld: Pf ;as Lowest prices for sound seed, fol lowing varieties. Speckled, Unknown, WhippVwill Clays, Mixed Cow Peas. Ingram Drug Co. Valdosta, - - Georgia