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ESCAPADE OF
THE AUTOISTS
BEEN LOCATED
Two Manicurists and Four
Young Atlanta Men Were
Hauled up in Court
Atlanta, June 8—Two pretty man
icure girla and four well-known
young Atlanta men-about-town were
hailed before Judge Calhoun of the
city court yesterday morning and
lined for the queerest automobile es
capade, and In some respects the
most laughalble that has ever oc
curred In this county.
They went for a long, late Joy
ride toward Roswell, and about 1
a. m., coming home, a tire blew out,
while they were in the midst of
wild and woolly country, miles, they
thought, from human habitation.
There was only one thing to do, and
Ihet was to fix the tire. They had
rn Inner tube, but alas, there wasn't
s Jack In the kit to prop up th'e
wheel.
They had all Imbibed freely of
tieer, and with the resourcefulness
bred of snch counsellor, one of the
lads bared a Herculean arm and de
clared he would tear down a small
tree to prop up the wheel. He grab
bed a sapling as thick ns his wrist
and tried to pull It up by the roots.
Being a elty lad, he antlclpnjtcd lit
tle trouble In making It yield. But
the roots were In a little tighter
then he expected. He called the oth
ers to help.
For three mortal hours, until
nearly dawn,' these two .pretty girls
and four beer-soaked boys tried with
their combined strength to pull up
the tree. Sometimes they would
stop and drink another bottle of
beer. Sometimes also they would
atop to swear a little.
TTnknown to them, they were less
than sixty feet away from a b'g farm
horse. In (ho house was a farmer
who,had llttla sympathy wit
Report That an Immense
Cachy of Gold has Been
Unearthed off Honduras.
rnense cache of gold off the coast of
Honduras.
The treasure was burled more than
twenty-five years ago by tho crow of
the Chilean cruiser at the time of
the Chilean revolution and was
worth $50,000,000.
Wealthy San Francisco capitalists
financed a search for the treasure.
Twice-a-Week
JUNE 10, 1011.
LAW ABOUT
AUTO LIGHTS
William L. Knight, of Wa
ington County, Kills Broth
er Whom he Loved.
ite (Law Requires at
t one of the big Lights
San Delgo, June 8.—The Star
steamer Eureka arrived today from
Honduras with the report that treas
ure seekers had unearthed an lm-1 ^ M| J hilled his brot
Nathaniel O. Knight' Nathaniel
Sandernvlllo, Oa., June 8.-
ttagedy occurred In Washington!
county today, In which William
Brother-in-law was Killed
Accidentally and 2 Others
Died in Fights.
Hawklnsvllle, Ga., June 8.—John
Maddox, a young white man who
lived near Cochran, was accidentally
shot and killed at his home by his
brother-in-law, Rufua Atkinson, yes
terday. They were said to have been
playing with a pistol when it wae
discharged, killing the young man
Instantly.’
Cato Wynns was shot and \
near.
wounded In the leg and befo:
physician could arrive on the
Jordan’s Mill, nine miles Tiort|
of Sandersvllle, he bled to dent:
The dead man was a bachelor!
two brothers always had lived'
gether, and made money fai
hut "Bill” Knight, It !g alleged, wa
a heavy drinker and would becofij
erased with drink. He had
eeparated frem Ms wife on account
of this habit.
A few weeks ago Wright was tried;
for lunacy, dne to Ms condit'e*
when nnder the Influence of liquor,'
but wag released.
Apparently he was very much at
tached to his brother. It Is no'
known what precipitated the trage-*“!
today, though it probably wae the
effect of too much liquor.
The bro'hers carried on their bual-
Incss nnder the name of Knlghtj
Brothers and were mutually inter
ested In farming and the operation!
of a grist mill which- formerly wns
the property of Judrf James K. ,
Hines' father, hut In recent yoars
htu been known as Jordan’s Mill, 'i
STOCK MARKET
Active at First, but Later
Declined—Cotton is Firm
on Dry Reports.
PROSPERITY
N
s, Ga., June 8.—How many
lists in Georgia know it Is
he state law to run at night
afithe kerosene lamps burn-
probably very few, for most
tips are doubtless like At-
hcre a man never Btays
t because fh!B big ga s or
rchlight happen not to be
t not until recently. Yes-
county police arreatoJ ..
__B5rJnci> man of Atlanta,
L. Cooney, because he ha-11 ribs $s.05; hogs are & points higher,
New York, Juno 8.—Stocks are
active today and generally a shade
higher at the opening, later declin
ing on heavy property taktfig.
Cotton is Arm on tho strength ot
droughth reports and from one to
seven points higer, July 15.85. Oc
tober 13.50*
Chicago Provision Market.
Chicago, June 8.—Wheat Is easier
and. %e to He lower. July 91%c.
Provisions are a shade higher; pork
Is normal. Septqmb-r lard $8.32,
ly the oil amp horning.
Cooney protested vigorously, but
The ' officers pulled the state law on
him and turned to a section which
reads:
" There shall bo displayed on
the front of every machine at least
one white light, throwing a bright
light at least 100 feet In the direc-
tloi In 'Inch tho machine la going.”
lit] Is o.intended that tho little
KtoHnpnpe are not white lights
a|i. ; hat they throw no appreciable
r v i t nil, In fact that tho light
Ogltpjjaly-know as the "headlight”
i i” f at .-Might” Is plainly menat by
th ]la--”. It will eventually bo
tiirtolie.l out in the supreme court.
t
cattle strong.
NEWS OF A DAY
The Life of J. C. Hunter,
Convicted Wife Murderer,
is Saved for Awhile.
Savannah, June 8.—J. C. Hunt
er. the convicted murderer of his
wife, and who was under senteneo
of death to he hanged tomorrow, Is
the happiest man In the state today.
He got a respite from Goverpor
Brown yesterday until October 27.
J)y that time It la believed the state
will have tried John Coker, the no-
Indicted Jointly with Hupter,
IhJs-hfillered thebe will
ms m
OK THE COAST
The Georgia Banker*, 500
Strong, are Enjoying a stay
at Tybee Island.
8avnnrtah, June 8.—The bankers
of the state of Georgia and the
members of their families and
trlenda are at Tybee Island today
more than BOO strong. The Geor
gia Bankers’ Association went Into
convention there this morning and
the attendance la record-breaking.
The new Hotel Tybee, the scene of
tho convention, has been overrun
will, guests since yesterday morning
and some of those now attending the
convention will hare to come up to
the elty to sleep tonight.
The exercises of the morning be
gan with an .Invocation by Rev. W.
A. Nlsbet, D.D., pastor of the West
minster Presbyterian church. He was
followed by Rt. Rev. RenJ. Kelly,
Catholic bishop oil Savannah, who
delivered an address of welcome.
The bishop made all the hankers feel
at homo. Mr. Tv. H .Searcy, of
Cairo, Go,, responded to the address
of welcqme In a very happy manner.
After ttfese/alddreeses there came
the annual address of the president.
Mr. W. W, Osborne, the president
of the Exchange Bank of Savannah.
The address was In Mr. Osborne’s
most vigorous and telling style and'
made a big hit with the assembled
baukere and others.
The report of tho different officers
followed <fie address of Mr. Oshome.
Then came the principal address of
tho morning, that of Mr. Edward
Vrerland, a congressman of New
York, who spoke In behalf of the
Aldrlch-Vreoland currency hill which
he hopee to seh endorsed hy the con
vention. Hon. BenJ, F. Perrys-the
assistant treasurer OH Georgia, alsq
delivered an address. The social
invention will he taken
}ornlng,
motorcycle policeman
and had the whole bunch run 1n.
T.oromotlve Workmen f’rtke.
Philadelphia, June 8.—Fifteen
hundred workmen struck at tho
Baldwin locomotive works, the I *■
cat In the world, today. The trou
ble occurred over the discharge of
1,200 union employees.
DISREGARDS
TAFT’S STAND
Senate Finance Committee
Agrees to Report Amend
of Senator Root.
Washington, June 8.—Disregard-
ing the opposition of President Taft
to any amendment of the Canadian
reciprocity amendment, the finance
committee of the senate today agreed
to report the measure with the Root
amendment, but with the recommen-
drtlon next Tuesday.
The Root amendment provides
that there shall he no free exchange
of pulp and paper products until ex
pert tax imposed by Canada shall
^e removed.
COURT SCORES * PARMER.
An Opinion Handed Down in Caae of
a Farmer and a Negro.
Atlanta, June 8.—The court of
appeals in a decision handed down
yesterday severely criticized Jona
than Bryan, an Oglethorpe county
farmer, who appeared as the prose
cuting witness against a negro, An
dy Johnson, for larceny. It devel-
cpfd that Bryan had offered not to
prosecute if the negro would agree
to work for him two years without
wages.
The court of appeals handed down
eighty opinions yesterday, breaking
all past records.
which W^nne had driven to Cochran
without th© consent of Simpson.
Beth are well known young farmorrr
Wynne leaves a wife and one child,
nnd Simpson has a wife and tw^
children.
Simpson left after the
hut It is said that he will surrender
to the sheriff this week.
A negro named Henry Houston
was shot and killed by another ne
gro, George Clayton, nt Tippett’s
still, two miles from town. Sunday
night, as the result of a difPcuV
growing out of a “skin” game.
HORSE HAS NICE MUSTACHE.
Yet It Is a Family Animal Owned by
Wealthy Fanner.
Cordele, Ga., June 8.—W. A. Tuck,
a wealthy and prosperous farmer of
Wenona, five miles south of Cor
dele, has a freak In the way of a
family horse with a mustache. The
animal has a fully developed mus
tache, three Inches long and verv
thick. The animal attracted much
attention on the streets yesterda
and many sought to find what uac
the horse has for tho mustache.
Hakes Home Baking Easy
^Tk*
Absolutely
The onlv ’•■ ....ay powder
ma.'. ant Royal Grape
• -ream of Tartar
noaltm.no ume phosphate
Atlanta, Juno 8.—Secretary I'bl
State, Phil Cook, believes that ti]0
people of Georgia are enjoying un
precedented prosperity because the
people of this state are now invest
ing an average of $52,500 every day
for automobiles, amour, ng to more
than a million and a half dollars
each month.
Tho registration hooka show that
up to Juno 1st automobiles aggre
gating tho value of $12,005,o00 had
been registered since tho first of
the year..
Fully half of the new cu.a, eays
Mr. Cook are registered from tho
small towns and country, showing
that tho farmers and small mer
chants are buying their share. Mr.
Cook hasn't much sympathy with the
pessimist, who try to gay that most
of tho people who buy cars mort
gage their house or go In debt some
othor way to do It
Mr. Cook Buy a he has not more
than once In bis life heard of a man
who owned an automobile going
bankrupt or making a mass of his
business.
Barracan to Kansas city.
Atlanta, Ga., June 8.—Tomorrow
morning the Georgia Bavrncas and
Phllatheas who intend to go to the
Wide World convention of tjio two
organizations, will leave for Kansas
City, Mo., on a special train out of
Atlanta over tho Seaboard, equipped
with tourist aleepers, which will ho
taken straight through. S. J. Wil
kinson, president of tho Atlanta
Rararag, is transportation leader for
Georgia, and members of the organ
izations from different parts of the
elate are coming to Atlanta so that
all can go l^one party. ’
The train leave, at 6 30 tomor
row morning and arrives In Kansas
City st 10.25 o’clock the following
morning. The party wl l return
8boiit June 18th.
Aviator Bron* to Death.
Rome, June 8.—Aviator Marro
ess killed today when his ae
roplane dropped 400 feet.
, •'Mexlfo City, Juno 8,—Three
thousn/d -troops aro today clearing
away /the debri:; and slowly uncov
ering the dead who perished in tho
jfreat- earthquake shock on yester
day-
Although tho co* plcto number
Sill not l^knfiWn 'or several days,
tho pollcM^imate that one hundred
and elgBf five people are dead.
Many •'e>r crushed to death by the
collapse eje adobe and brick houses.
The Molest fatalities wore
among tlfrsoldier;; In th© barracks.
Relief mfisure, aro now nnder care.
7 he viicano Popocatapel was this
morning ?ivlng Indications of a vol
canic eri ptlon and tho volcano Cc
lima wa throwing out volumes of
molten i tod and red hot lava and
ashes, b lleved to be tho result of
the qnal s yesterday.
The niws coming Into the capital
from thp outlying districts greatly
Increases the number of the dead.
REWARD FOR MURDERERS.
Eleven Rewards Offered for That
Many Early County Fugitives,
Atlanta, June 8.—Eleven rewards
of $100 each were offered yesterday
by Governor Brown for the capture
of eleven different murderers, all of
wboho crimes were committed In
Early county. Tho board of county
commissioners of gnarly county has
also offered reward*.
TRAIN HIT WAGON IN FOG.
Several Members of n Family Were
Killed and Others Injured.
Duran, Mich., pune 8.—A Grand
Trunk trs’n struck a wagon In a for
th!* morning. Three people were
killed, one fatally and one sorlnus'v
ldjfircd. Tho victim* were *11 of
ono family of beet growers.
Becomes Army Captain's Rride.
Boston, Mass., Juno 8.—The mar
riage took place today of MIks Isa
bel Poland Rankin, daughter of Mrs.
Henry Otl* Cushman of this city
and granddaughter of the late United
State* Senator I.uko P. Poland of
Vermont, and Captain Homer Blal-
kie Grant, U. 8. A.
t man he hanged for
sriother. The old man Is not vory
strong nnd It Is feared ho cannot llvo
vory long.
Automobile Club Meet* Today.
There will ibe an Important meet
ing of the Snvnnnnh Automobile
Club this evening nt the DeSoto Ho
tel for the purpose of ratifying the
notion of tho committee representing
the clubs which went to New York
and secured the Grand Prize Race
and tho Vnnderhllt Cup race for Sa
vannah next November. It In hc-
ljoved much enthusiasm/will he
shewn nt tho meeting tonight and It
Is possible something may ihe done
toward trying to got tho Glldden
tour to come this way next fall.
Snrannnh If** a Small Cyclone.
Savannah suffered a little yester
day afternoon when struck hy a sort
of local cyclone. The wind wag very
Msh, esnecfttl'y along the rlvor front
The schooner Viking, which was dis
charging coal, broke away from her
ranorlngs and for a time It was
feared she would he carried out Into
the river and perhaps would capsize.
Prompt work, however, got her back
to her dock. There ws* s largo
dredge In the middle of tho rlvor
getting a lead of sand. This dragged
Its anchor and was carried some
distance serosa the river. T.ueklly
little damage wna dene. There were
several windows broken In building*
throughout the eltv and over a hun
dred telephones were put out of
commission. .
Proof Positive tn Divorce Cages..
Judge Walter G. Charlton before
concluding the divorce calendar In
•he superior court yesterday, nut
lawyers end their clients on notice
that In future he would reoulre post,
tlve proof that, s man was n drupkb
nrd before he would permit n jury
to consider the granting of a d'-
vorrs for that cause. He warned tt>»
attorneys against having esses of
this kind based entlrelv pnon the
evidence of women. "Women.” set*
Judge Charlton, "are not good
Judges as to whether s man Is en
hnb'tual drunkard. 1 want the testi
mony of men, and men, too, who are
not In the family.”
-rn Rank,
convention, entertaining with n
qnet,
Tho business session will end to
morrow, hut moat of the visitors will
remain through Saturday for tho
purpose of attending •, boat ride out
to sea In tho nftcrnooo. This Is to
he a very strong part of tho enter
tainment features of the week.
ARCHITECTS
The Technological School
Turns out the First Class
in History of State.
Turpentine Market.
Savannah. June 8.—Tnroentlne Is
54 cents, rosin 7.20 to 5.20.
Atlanta, Juno 8.—The first class
of architects ever graduated In Geor
gia will take tholr honors at com
mencement this year nt tho Georgia
Tech. The Tech Instituted a Gill
architecture course In tho tall of
1008, and tho graduates have com
pleted the course In that art.
The course Is adapted to put tho
etudent In line for becoming a mas
ter architect In tho end, and to make
him a valuable and capable assist
ant architect from tho time he leaves
the school.
Design has been much stressed,
sod the students hsvo been .called on
frequently to solve architectural
problem* by tbelr c .. n lgenutty. The
Tho hoys have competed In some of
the big Northern eontests and have
won more than one honorable men
tion.
Whl'o Jnst closing the third year
of Its existence, the department now
has enrolled over forty students, and
seven will receive the degree of
Pachelor of Rclence In Architecture
this year. They are; I. Met}. Attld,
of Orlando, Fla.; William Pope Bar-
rcy, of Columbus: R. Archtbs’d
Burroughs, of Jacksonville; John T.
Clarke, of Albany; J. Eckhnrd
Crene, of Atlanta; Morton Henry
Tutvy, of Savannah: William Arthur
Markley, of Atlanta,
