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Tho nature of the report! about the
organizations was not disclosed.
"THE MAN OE
MYSTERY” CASE
TO BE AIRED
DANGER OF Aft EXPLOSION.
Atlanta Mika had to be Very Oars*
ful for Half and Hour Yesterday
Atlanta, Dec. For the nerv
ous spare of half an hour last night,
a smouldering match end or cigar
ette stump thrown Into the Innocent
looking gutter anywhere within tit
ty feet along the Pryor street front
of the Kimball House would have
Mown several people Into kingdom
” come, exploded a couple of automo-
Second Trial ot Famous X/S* “ “ - "
insurance Swindle Case -“tSSTS
down along the sidewalk, gestlcula-
THE CASE INVOLVES THE IDEN- ting, and begging of every passing
TITV OF A MAN WHO IS SUP. smoker that he be careful as he
POSED TO BE DEAD AND Vttlu * d hto “»■ Where he threW h ‘ S
niu'ch.
BIIIUED. , q<| le {rouble started when a well
■■ known AtWnffnn, who had left his
big automooile standing In front of
S». Louis, Mo., Doc. 4. The cele- ^ hotel came back and got to fool-
-brated case of George A. Kirnmel, i n g with the carbureter when it
“the man of mystery,i* to have wouldn't crank off. Ife managed to
airing in the courts again this pet the carbureter open in such a
week. In the federal court here way that the contents of a fifteen-
today tho suit brought iby Kimmei’s gallon gasoline tank began to leak
Jieirs and other interested parties out under the car and streamed into
to recover the amount of a policy the gutter, forming a thick scum on
held by the massing man in the New the top of the stagnant water. A
York Life Insurance Company was match touching the surface would
called for trial. This will be th© have sent the. flame back like a train
second trial of the case, in the of gunpowder to the auto tank, and
firm trial the Jury disagreed, being what would have followed goodness
unable to determine to their own only knows.
satisiucti^n whether Kimmell was. He was afraid to leave bis auto
dead or alive. Since the first tria» long enough to get help from a gar-
there have been gome new and in- age. and was in a pitiful plight
tereat-ng developments and it is be- when a friend came by and went for
lieved that the present trial may a policemaa, who stood guard over
- solves the mystery that has puzz.cd the’dangerous gutter until a garage
tho people oi half a dozen States man came,
for nearly fifteen years.
The Kirnmel cave is among the
most singular in this country, in*
volviug the identity of a man sup
posed to be dead. George A. Kim- j
uiei was born in Miles, Mich.,
■REPORTS AT,
WANTS LODGES PROBED.
Judge Pnrker Also Goes After Pistol
Tofcers.
„ , , . . Waycross, Ga., Dec. 4.—In his
1807. Alter receiv.ng his education . . * ’ . . T
charge to the grand Jury today Judg*
in the public schools he entered the
employ of hi* uncle, Charles A.
Johuaon, as a bank clerk. Later ho
engaged in real estate and mve.t- Jurymen tQ lnve , tlgat ,
m«U la Omaha andl attU later he any rBportB rece ived of any
T. A. Parker said be bad heard var.
iuos things of organisations having
lodge rooms or homes here and in
, _ , any reports the* —
became cashier of th. t^rmer s State „ whatever of lew.
Beak at Arkansas City, Kas.
any
He n'd
'birds and animals" formed organl-
™ Preeldent of vanou. colors- and not , iempt reg ard-
tloae which owed money to hi. un- ^ of what name the order took .
. cle's hank end other banking Jnstl-
tutlone
In July, 1898, while cashier ait
Arkansas City, Kimmell went to
Topeka to have some ibdhili redeem,
-ed. From Topeka he went to Kan.
.gas Clfr. Reallytng he could not
reach Kansas City before the close
KEPT MONET IN TOOL BOX.
Thief Left Hammer and Sew, Bat
Took Uie Coin With Him.'
Atlanta^' Oa., Dec. 5.—The men
-of backing hours, he telephoned his wb0 k c~jf his money- bidden under
hank correspondent to have 9580.80 a sto neln the areplaodjo badontfar
4bt over to the Midland Hotel. a | 0 ,oM JTvr -“W 1 «Wie»-WWndB >to
■prer .t hides hers away In an old stocking,
handed him the currency, Most people have lamed that banka
Immediately after he left the hotel, are safer. Rut occasionally some-
and from that hour he esnever been tody ‘akes the old chance and looei
olive, according to the declaration j. j. Lee, of lngleside, kept his
of his relatives and intimate no- money la an old tool chest on his
eualManccs. I back porch. There wai over 9300.,
The Kimmell family attempted to j c f It In gold. The thief left the
-collect Insurance after the aeven-, hammer and saw.
year period, after which a missing
man Is presumed to he dead. Kim. The Reorganization Sale at the Ilia
me!, three months before Ms disap-1 ptro Store
tvaranco, had taken out Ineurance' Begins Saturday, December
to tho value ot about 926,900. At end lasts until January 1„ 1912. Wo
the time of. hi* suit, Ktmmel owed have sold thousands of dollars'
nearly 945.000 which haa since been j wdrth of S«ods since we put on our
made good. bankrupt sale, but we bought an
In the meantime the Insurance othcr bl K ,ot ot merchandise at
comiJfty discovered a man In the tacrlnco P r, «' and we are "°» In a
asylum for the criminal insane at 1 '°? ltloa *° crter as Broat or Brt '- Ucr
Matteawan, N. V., who claimed to be ' n,ucs th8n w0 dld in our ba ”l<r.ip'
Kirnmel. He bore the name of An- Ba
drew J. White. In the coure of In- . N ° w we aro f olnK t0 ^organize
In January, or In other words, wc
mean to open up a brand new lino
f goods then, hence our reason for
ter view the man gavo a number of
ntartllng facts about himself pur
posing to prove that he was Klm-
puttlng on this sale at these
mel. According to his original story tremely low prices la to sell ever/-
he hart been assaulted by footpads thjn g „ e have on hll „ d RO
In Kansas City and the attack had „ nave nothing but absolutely
left him mentally irresponsible and now goods when we reorganize in
time he was unaware of his January.
THE EMPIRE STORE,
135 N. Ashley St.
Second door from 10c store.
13-5deod3twlt
own Identity. While i n this condi
tion, he declared, he had committed
crimes which led to his imprison
ment. * , 1 1
Several years ago the Insurance
company proceeded in earnest to try
to lcgrlly establish the man’a jdenti-
Arrcsted for Fighting.
The police officers last night ar
ty by inducing friends and ro’.atves rested a negro named Yancy WI1
to visit the convict at Matteawan. lip ms on a charge of flghtfng a /o-
Many of these witnesses declared the man It Is Yancy has
convict was tho George A. Kirnmel b°en do ..«? officers for some
whom t v **y had known Intimately. time and that there Is another war-
Mr?. ,Tu!la Kirnmel, the mother, and ,nn t out for hfs arrest, rf ho had
Mrs. Edna K. Bonslett, the sister, bpp n content to keep out of a row,
sifter (studying the convict carefully, be mI Pht have escaped tho first
Aonouncnd the man as an Imposter. char *»® against him. As It is, ho
. | will have to answer^for both.
Ends Winter’s Troubles. !
To jnanv, winter Is a season of Progressives Active in Milwaukee.
treub 1 *. The frost-bitten t°e* and Milwaukee, WIs., Dec. 4.—The
Sneers, chapped hands and lips. Milwaukee branch of the National
e TbTs^’ nuf such’trou* Progressive Lehgue has completed
before Bucklen's Arnica arrangements for Its first mass
* (.rial con/Ince*. Oreateet meeting to be held In the Audito-
hea’ ' ,fi bo'fis, piles, cuts, Hum tomorrow night. Prof. Charles
^» brc .» r^ma and sprains. h Men .| am of Chicago, and Georgo
Only S'ic at DlmmocK * Pharmacy, . , v , " ' ”
W D Dunnway, I- Drug Co. ** Dccord, of N«w Jersey, will be
tns Breakers.
Ales t : thin* that Col. ——~_
r» —say of Wharton Mr *’ 8 - **• Cannon and children
BsrkJr was he wae a pipe hav e to Waycross to spend a
dreamer. few daya with relitives In that city.
CONFERENCE
Interesting Information
Regarding the Churches.
SOME QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
THAT WERE READ OUT AT
l'HE CONFERENCE AT BAIN.
I11UDGE YESTERDAY.
Tho following stallsllcal question*
an.l answers were read before ihtr
Joulh Georgia Conferenie at the]
meeting at Bainbrldge , yesterdayi
They give many Interesting facts id
short form:
How many local preachers'!
Answer, 190.
How many members? AM'
87,645.
How many infante have been ha
tlzed during the year?/ Answ<
1,311
How many adults have been bnj
tlzed during the year? Anew'
2,835.
What 1b the number of Bpwor|
Leagues? Answer, 165.
What la the number of Epwoi
League members ? Answer, 6,0
What is the number of Sum
schools? Answer, 664.
What is the number of Sum
school officers and teachi
Answer, 459.
What is the number of Sun'
school scholars enrolled during
year? Answer, 47,107.
What waa asseaaed by the
conference for tho auperannui
preachers and the widows and
phans of preacheraT Anawer, 6
760.
What haa been collected on
foregoing account and how can 1|
applied? Anawer, paid claim j
<14.915.
What haa been contrlb'
mission*? Answer, foreign,
442.90; domestic, 921,209.06.
What haa ’ been contrlbnti
church extension? Answer,
£96.86.
What has been contributel
American society? Answer. 9
What haa been contribu
the support of the presldln'i
add thw preacher*..la ' "
' ding eiders? Answer,
What has been contributed tor
the support of bishops? Answer,
<3,840.80.
What Is tbe number of the hs'isea
cf worship and the coddles?
Auswer, houses of worship, 74l| so
cieties, 700.
What Is the value of the houses
of worship and what Is the indebt
edness thereon? Answer, value of
houses, $1,945,785.60; indebtedness,
<178,701.12.
What Is the value of parsonages
end what la the amount of lndootctl.
ness thereon? Answer, value, <40,-
602.0; Indebtedness, 918,084.
Tho value of tho nine parsonages
'n the ten districts of tb e Jurisdic
tion of the conference was placed at
141,500, with an indebtedness el
13.014.
low ready to show you one of the
(fctejines of CLOTHING that
has ever been brought to Valdosta. If you
need anything for the coming fall and winter
we can save you money, as we are going to
guarantee Style, Quality and Price. : : :
INS’ ALL WOOL SUITS FROM $10.00 TO $20.00
Shoes sold in our city
Frco! Free. Wo will give away
absolutely free two 42-ploce dlanei
ono to each person who buys
tho second and third largest aino.iat
of gooda of uh during our reorgani
zation sale. We will determine who
8 entitled to these dinner sets by
reeplng and giving a correct record
of each purchase made during this
sale. THE EMPIRE STORE,
!2-5eod3wl. 135 N. Ashloy »t.
News From Cecil.
Cecil, Ga., Dec. 6—•Several of our
boys - went over to* Savannah last
week. They report a nice time.
MiM Pearl Black, of Sparkn, Ga.,
visited relatives here las* week.
Mr. R. E. Wells, the machinist
the Cecil Ginnery and Storage
,appeued to the misfortune cf
getting his arm broken last week.
Ho is getting along nicely and will
soon be able to go hack to work.
Dr. F. W. SchanuBs and daughter
visited In Barretts Sunday.
Miss Ethtd Schnauss returned to
school In Tlftou Monday.
Miss Aggie Graddy, who has been
»n Behoof at Tlfton, Is at home for a
few days.
Mr. Jesslo Moore visited h!s broth
, Mr. Robert Mooro, here iaaf
week. 1
Mr. A. Dixon went to Valdosta
last week on business.
Prof. Duggln, who has been teach
ing school at this -place, returned
home Saturday.
Mr. J, D. Mathis, of Albany, vlo-
lied relatives boro Tbauksglvlng,
Th© Laugh was on Dr. Scruggs.
Report* from Balnbridge Indicate
hat the members of the Methodist
Conference had a hearty laugh yc 3 tfer-
day at the expense of Dr. J. H.
•Scruggs, occasioned by a little piece
of pleasant repartee on tho part if
Bishop Morison. Dr. Scruggs ha|
read hl s report of his year’s work
n Valdosta and after finishing It bL
usually. remarked: “Bishop, mf,
oeoplo at Valdosta seemed to want
me to come back another year.” j an(1 w m bo
“l tee no reason why their wislj
should not be gratified,” retorted
the Bishop, "since no one else is &sk4
Saved Hls Wife’s Life.
”My wife would ha» e been in her
grave today,” writes O. H. Brown,
of Muscadine, Ala., “if it hud noi
been for Dr. King’s New Discovery,
She wiis down In her bed, n<H able
to got up without help. Sho had
a severe bronchial trouble and a
dreadful cough. I got her a bottle
of Dr. King's New Diwcovery, and
sh6 soon began to mend, and was
well la a short time.” Infallible for
ooughiand colds, Its the most ta k
ed off remedy on earth for desp-rate
lung trouble, hemorrhages, lagrlppe,
asthma, buy fever, croup and whoop
log cought. 50c and $1.00. Trial
bottle free. Guaranteed by Dimmock
Pharmacy, W. D. Dunaway, Ingram
Drug Company.
To be Married at Olympia.
Mr. II. IL Hamlin, fo|morly of
Val lOBta, but now a resident of Live
Oak, Fla., wae in the city thi# morn
ing on his way to Olympia, Ga.,
where, he is to ho married In the
moral A at 10 o’clock to Mias Fena
Dickinson. The ceremony will occur
at the home of the bride’s parents
witnessed by relatives
and Intimate friends.
Th* father of the prospective
Hog Killing
Red and Black Pepper, Sage, Borax,
Saltpeter, Liquid Smoke for ?
Curing your Meat.
Syrup, Corks and Si
Vinson’s Drug Store
Formerly Vinson & Barnes
Fresh Seed, Drugs, School Books and Stationery.
121 Patferaon St., Valdosta, Ga.
... , _ ^ hi, who resides In the state ot
in* for you." It la said that Dr.| MllxU .n, and „ edltor of B pap «r
Scrubs took hi. soot while the tberet cam0 down u attcnd thc
conference laughed hoartll, at h:. ; rercmony and <TIWctl t0 <pend , ome
time In this c'ty and section.
Child Dies of It* Bums. \
The little daughter ot J. M. Cot- \ Five pofils or sugar free to each
line, of Adel, who wee so fearfully
burned Sunday morning, died yes
terday a little aft-r noon. The child
was five years ot see
customer wao makes s 96 P urchase
during the reorganization sale a*
thc Empire Store, 235 N. Ashley St.,
second door from 10c store. .
Positions Secured
-n, Tho Students Of The-
SOUTHERN SHORTHAND
AND BUSINESS UNIVERSITY
10H West Mitchell Ktreet, Atlanta, Go. ,
After taking a course la Rookkeenlng, Shorthand, Typewrit
ing. Rankin*. J eomauahlp, etc., at this loug-establlibed and rep-
utable Ruulnesa Training School.
OVER 17,000 HTCD'WIH IN fOSlTIONU,
Purchasera o' Moor’s B'isincsn College, which wa. founded
46 years ago. Under Us present management 21 years.
Ranking bo.iirtmcnt eautppeii with Addlnr Machines, ate.
Large Ty .ewritljg Department Ilxpcrlonced and capable faculty.
In ezlsteate taught. The famona Graham-
d, the ayWem which la adopted for expert
ntnry bookke ping which make* expert ae-
Rezt tysi
PltmnniC Shoi
work The 201
countanta.
flDENCE OF MERIT
of this school Is more than doable that ot
ollege Id ihla section, which Is a most lip
The patn
any other Busina
ntfleant fact.
Enter at Once. Write To-day for Catalog.
Addreat A. C. BRISCOE, Pres.
Or L. W. ARNOLD, Vice-Prea. Atlanta, Ga.
Prof Thos. I-. Bryan, well-known Educator, in with tbe Southern