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BIC EIHATOR
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AMERICAN MALTING COMPANY
SUFFERS HALF MILLION DOL
LAR LOSS FROM DESTRUC
TIVE FLAMES TODAY.
CHICAGO. Jan. IX-A loss estimated at
nearly $5<W.600 was caused by a fire that
broke out at 1:45 this morning in the plant
ot the J. F. Weil branch of the American
Malting company. The property is situ
ated at Fifty-second street and the Pan
handle railroad tracks,
The fire started in the elevator, a great
structure 150 feet high, covering an area
of 380 by 200 feet and having a capacity
of XX>.tW bushels of grain. It was filled
with barley almost to its capacity. The
building was destroyed and the contents
Is almost a total loss.
Just south of the Malting company's
plant are the Panhandle's freight yards
and at the outset of the fire there was
serious menace to a vast amount of roll
ing stock.
The burning elevator set a great glare
aloft in the light of which scores of men
ecurried back and forth in strenuous ef
forts to roll the Pandle freight cars away
from danger of ignition. In this they
were only partly successful, for several
freight cars were destroyed.
Adjoining the elevator was a pickle sac s
tory on the west, owned by J. Weil. Great
efforts were made to protect this plant.
~bt*t it was somewhat damaged.
From the roof of this factory the firemen
fought the flames In the elevator, but they
worked at great disadvantage owing to
the great height of the building. When
the flames broke through the roof of the
elevator, large sheets of iron plates fell
from the building and greatly added to
the danger of the firemen. The sheet iron
plates were red hot and were thrown clear
of the building, endangering the lives of
the men working near.
The American Malting company bought
the elevator with the J. M. Weil Malting
plant at the time the trust was formed
four years ago. The company owns sev
eral other plants tn Chicago and many
more at other points in the west and
some in the east. It carries Insurance on
all the property and it is believed the loss
will be fully covered.
TWO TERRITORIES ARE
KNOCKING AT THE DOOR
CHICAGO. Jan. IL—Governor N. O.
Murphy, of Arizona, is in -Chicago on his
way to New York. Thence he gore to
Washington. Governor Otero, of New
Mexico, is already there and the two uni
tedly will urge the admission of their ter
ritories as states. »
Governor Murphy said:
**We are entitled to statehood and the
privilege of ruling ourselves. We have
not so great a Spanish population as New
Mexico. Our Mormons number only IXOOO.
and they are thriftly. solid farmers. They
no longer practice polygamy and they
are among the best citizens we have.*
VIADUCT TOD COSTLY
r'OR CHATTANOOGA
CIVIL ENGINEER SAYS THE COST
WOULD BE S7OO.OOO—AMOUNT
TOO LARGE FOR CITY.
CHATTANOOGA. Tenn.. January 14.-
O. A. Diets, one of the leading civil en
gineers of the city, has prepared an es
timate of the cost of the proposed via
duct over the crossing of the Nashville.
Chattanooga and St. Louis, Western and
Atlantic tracks, in which he says the
cost will be at least $700,000.
This seems to Indicate that the viaduet
will not constructed, as the city Is not
willing to expend this amount of money
to remedy an evil of the railroads them
selves.
There is an agitation for an extension of
Broad street through to South Chatta
nooga. At-present Broad street goes no
further south than Ninth street, and to
extend the street it would be necessary
to condemn the right of way through the
center of the Nashville. Chattanooga and
St. Louts and the Western and Atlantic
yards.
It i* argued that the value of the prop
erty owned by the railroads would be in
creased by the extension, as the property
would then be worth a great deal for bus
iness purposes. So far nothing has as
sumed a definite shape.
ALL NIGHT SCHOOLS
IN CHICAGO ARE CLOSED
CHICAGO. Jan. 14.—Eor the first time in
more than thirty years Chicago's night
schools are closed temporarily at least. It
is also a serious question if the day
schools can be kept open during the reg
ular ten months. This condition is the re
sult of low condition of the city's finances.
The average attendance at the night
schools has been 4.471. and it was esti
mated that the attendance this year
would have been 4.500 and that 200 teach
ers would have been employed in the
twenty schools planned to be opened. The
cost would have approximated $50,000.
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TEXAS BANKER ARRESTED,
CHARGED WITH FORGERY
KANSAS CITY. Jan. 14.—J. P. Withers,
president of the American National Bank
of Beaumont. Texas, until recently, is at
the Midland hotel in the custody of a
United States marshal, who placed him
under arrest last Saturday upon a charge
of forgery of about $29,000 worth of notes
and $9,000 worth of stock of the First Na
tional Bank of Howe. He is also said to
be under Indictment at Beaumont on a
state charge.
Hfs arrest here was upon a warrant is
sued by the United States commissioner
in Beaumont. The arrest has been kept
secret because Withers has been trying
to adjust matters at Beaumont by tele
graph. Marshal Durham left town im
mediately after Withers' arrest for Jop
lin. where federal court is in session, his
deputies taking the responsibility for
keeping the arrest secret.
Mr. Withers is registered at the hotel
as "John P. Withers, and one."
He is in a room with a deputy marshal.
At at early hour this morning he said:
"There is no shortage in the bank and
the charges against me are merely tech
nical. 1 organised the bank a year ago
and was its president. We had some diffi
culty and 1 withdrew from the bank three
weeks ago. Several months ago I had
trouble with another banker who runs a
bank In Sherman. Texas. He had it in for
me for political reasons and I got a letter
a few days ago informing me that the
state bank examiner would make an in
vestigation of the American National
Bank and that It had been Instituted by
mv enemies. I got telegrams from four
directors of the bank today, who tell me
there is no shortage and they have the
best of feelings towards me."
J WOMAN'S SUCCESS
AN INTERESTING STORY OF HOW
SHE ATTAINED IT.
For a Long Time It Seemed That Good
Fortune Would Not Come —An Ap
parent Trifle Brought It About.
As with many other women, fortune
lingered a long while before coming to
Mrs. Knowles. But finally a trifling oc
currence brought it to her. Mrs. George
M. Knowles lives at No. 16 North street,
Portland. Me., and when a reporter
visited her to learn the facts in the case,
she said: .
"For a year and a half I suffered tor
tures from rheumatism. When I arose
tn the morning or when I got up to walk
after -I had been sitting down for a
while, my joints became stiff and I could
not move easily as I did before the rheu
matism set In. My f ached and I could
not walk without limping for somei min
utes after I started out. It was very pain
ful and interfered a great deal with my
household duties."
"How did you succeed in becoming cur
ed f asked the newspaper man.
"It was one of those apparently little
things that brought It abokt." replied
Mrs. Knowles, with a smile. "I had been
suffering in this way for a year and a
half when one day I happened to pick up
the paper and to see an advertisement of
Dr. Williams' Pink Pills for Pale People.
I made up my mind to try them. When I
had taken one box I felt better, and after
I had taken the pills for about two
months all the pain was gone. This was a
year ago. and the rheumatism has not
troubled me since.”
The above statement of Mrs. Knowdes
was sworn to at the reporter's request
before Marshall H. Purrington. notary
public, at Portland, and published In The
Express, a reliable newspaper of that city.
Dr. Williams' Pink Pills for Pale Peo
ple will not ohly cure cases similar to
that of Mrs. Knowles, but. containing as
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TiMLMW
SOON 10 BE HELD
ROME. Ga.. January 14.—The superior
court of Floyd county convened yesterday
with Judge Henry presiding. Jhe grand
jury was charged by the judge and retir
ed at once to their room for consultation.
The first week of the court will be devoted
to civil business and the second to crim
inal matters. The case of the state against
McGhee, charged with the murder of Mr.
Frank Miller at Cave Spring will be call
ed. It is alleged that McGhee shot Miller
tn the back while the latter was in the
act of stepping in his buggy. There is
much Interest in the case and many wit
nesses will be called. Miller was a promi
nent farmer. The case against ex-Tax
Collector Sanford Will be called. Mr.
Sanford claims that he will be acquitted.
His attorneys are Seaborn Wright, L. A.
Dean, Fouche & Fouche, Barry Wright,
W. J. Keel. There are a number of fel
ony cases against negroes, and some of
these involve the charge of murder. The
court is likely to be in session six weeks.
Farmer Dies Suddenly.
Richard Strange, an aged farmer, died
suddenly today while delivering a load of
pine to a house in the Fifth ward. The
old man had just finished his mission and
went to the fireplace to warm, taking a
seat near the hearth. In a few moments
he fell from the chair a corpse. . It is
thought the old man suffered from heart
trouble. He is survived by a large family.
MUST PAY POLL/TAX
TO COUNTY TREASURER
—■ I- ■
BIRMINGHAM. Ala., Jan. 11—It has
been decided by the circuit court here
that poll tax should be paid to the county
treasurer under the new constitution.
Heretofore this tax has been paid into
the city treasury by citizens of Birming
ham and other cities have also collected
the tax for their citizens. The case will
be carried to the supreme court without
delay, so that the matter, which has
caused much controversy, may be finally
settled.
CENTENARIAN DYINGr“
RECALLS WASHINGTON
NEW YORK. Jan. 14.—Peter Lee. who has
been In the employ of the Stevens family, of
Castle Point. . Hoboken, N. J., upward ot a
bundled years. Is dying at Castle Point.
The date of his birth is somewhat uncertain,
but It was probably in ITS.* or 17K. He was
born In Hoboken of slave imrents. th* prop
erty of Colonel John Stevctw. He became free
in the course of years, but only once wan
he separated from the Rtevene family.
He declares he r.ni<-ml>rx the g'neral mourn
ing for the death of George Washington tn
Itecember. 1799. He can recall the days pre
ceding steam navigation, when norse boats
fumtahed the most advanced methods oi trana
purtation across the Hudson river.
THE REMI-WEEKLY JOUKJNAU ATLANTA, GEORGIA, THURSDAY, JANUARY 16, 1902.
OAVIO SHIVER
IS DEAD IN
AUGUSTA.
WAS FOR MANY YEARS EDITOR OF
THE CHRISTIAN INDEX—HIS
LONG AND USEFUL
CAREER.
AUGUSTA. Ga.. Jan. 14.—The death of
Rev. David Shaver. D.D., at the residence
ot his son. D. Shaver. Jr., last night, at
6:30 o'clock, remdved from his field of use
fulness one of the most prominent Baptist
divines and religious journalists of the
south. ' ,
Dr. Shaver was born In Abingdon. Va.,
In 1821, and his eightieth birthday occurred
only a few weeks ago.
For years before the war, and during
that period, he was the editor and pro
prietor of The Religious Herald, the Bap
tist organ of Virginia.
While still comparatively a young man
he was one of the acknowledged leaders
of his denomination. In Baptist circles.
If
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DR. DAVID SHAVER.
in Europe, as well as in America, he was
quoted as an authority, and his contro
versial discussions with noted men, like
the Rev. J. R>. Graves, made him famous
In his day.
A year or two after the war he came to
Atlanta to take editorial charge of The
Christian Index, the oldest and most in
fluential Baptist paper in this section. In
this position his vigorous work soon made
him widely known from one end of the
continent to the other.
In 1874 he resigned and accepted the
pastorate of the Calvary Baptist church
in Augusta.
When he was in good health he always
attended the Southern Baptist conven
tions, and for a long time he was one of
the most prominent figures in those con
ventions. In 1874. at Memphis, the conven
tion considered and favored the establish
ment. at the proper time, of The South
ern Baptist Review, and elected the doc
tor to Its editorship in advance.
Later he accepted an important pro
fessorship in the Baptist Theological Sem
inary, of Atlanta, where he displayed
signal ability, until he resigned on account
of his failing health.
All denominations loved him, because
he was broad-minded and charitable.
Methodists, Presbyterians and others In
vited him to their pulpits, and all who
served the Master hailed him as, their
friend.
He was recognized as one of the strong
est advocates of Baptist doctrines in the
world, and leading papers across the wa
ter frequently paid tribute to his ability
and scholarship.
While he was a student of history and
was a master of logic, he Wai> always a
reader of the best general literature. Like
Lord Bacon, his mind reached out to em
brace everything that wopld interest
mankind, and the ablest journalists of
England and America frequently compli
mented his perfect style.
In every respect he was a very strong
man. The members of his family were
all successful and distinguished. One of
his brothers. Leonidas, was the best fed
eral Judge Utah ever had. and his sudden
death was attributed to Brigham Young,
who was strongly suspected of having
ordered two secret agents to poison him.
Another brother, Ferdinand, was a prom
inent Methodist divine in Alabama.
Dr. Shaver married Miss Katherine
Nowlin, of Lynchburg, a member of one
of the most aristocratic Virginia families.
Their living children are Mrs. Wallace P.
Reed, of Atlanta: David Shaver, of Au
gusta. and A. H. Shaver, editor of The
Jackson Argus.
Thousands will mourn the death of this
golden-hearted servant of Christ—the
friend and benefactor of the poor—the
sympathetic helper of the distressed. It
may truly be said that none knew him but
to love and uiess him. . X
Our latest offer, the Youth’s Compan
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californFa’crops
TO FLOOD MARKETS
LOS ANGELES. Cal.. Jan. 14.—The fol
lowing nummary of the orange crop is
made by the Express:
Southern California will ship a total of
'20.000 cars of citrus fruit during the pres
'ent season. The new crop is expected to
fall short more thin 4.000 cars of the
output last year. The estimated shipment
of vegetables will aggregate 2.000 cars.
Frost has not damaged oranges up to this
time, but the new crop of summer lemons
will be short.
Oranges this year arc smaller in size, a
fact to which nearly all of the shortage
13 stated to be due. Shipments of the new
crop to Saturday aggregated 3.233 cars, as
against 3.299 cars for the same time last
year. The new crop is of a superior quality
and the .acreage this year is the largest
in the history of the Industry int this sec
tion.
obear'ordered retired
BY GOVERNOR TODAY
An order was issued by Governor Can
dler Tuesday, which order retires In
spector General William G. Obear from
active duty, except when he is wanted by
the governor. The order has been printed
ano will be sen, to the various commands
over the state.
georgFpThoward
MAY GET HIS MONEY
WASHINGTON, Jan. 15.—Congressman
Livingston introduced a bill in the house
yesterday directing the secretary of treas
ury to pay George P. Howard, of Atlanta,
the sum of S64S for the use by the gov
ernment of property tn I’M.
MILTON SAUL.
LARGE CUBAN PARTY
WILL LEAVE THIS WEEK
It is expected that quite a large party
will accompany Dr. W. W. Landrum, Dr.
F. C. McConnell and Judge George Hill
yer on their trip to Cuba tn the interest
of the home mission board of the South
ern Baptist convention.
Among those who have announced their
intention of going are Beaumont Qavlson,
Samuel D. Jones and Rev. John E. White,
of Atlanta; H. T. Ellyson, of Richmond,
Va., and Rev. C. C. Brown, of Sumter,
S. C. Both Dr. McConnell and Judge Hill
yer will be accompanied by their wives.
The party* will leave this week,
proceed to Tampa and go by steamer from
that point to Key West, where they will
inspect two Baptist missions. They will
then proceed to Havana.
Dr. Landrum, Dr. McConnell and Judge
Hillyer go as commissioners from the
home mission board and will investigate
the missions of the church on the island
with a view to readjustment in anticipa
tion of the recognition of Cuba as an in
dependent country. The trip will consume
about three weeks.
PATRICK WILL FACE
A JURY ON MONDAY
NEW YORK. Jan. 14—Albert T. Patrick,
who Is to be tried next week on the charge
of murdering William Marsh Rice, was
brought before Justice Beach In special
term of the supreme court on an adjourn
ed writ of habeas corpus obtained in De
cember by his counsel. It was arranged
that his trial would begin January 13th,
but it was decided to postpone it until
next Monday.
woman'srash act
COSTS THE LIFE
OF NEGRO
SHE SETS FIRE TO AUGUSTA’S PO
LICE BARRACKS AND A PRISON
ER/ LOCKED IN A CELL IS
SUFFOCATED.
AUGUSTA, Ga., Jan. 14.—The reckless
act of a whisky crazed white woman con
fined in the police barracks created a
scene of excitement and caused the death
of a negro prisoner in one of the cells this
morning. '
Last night Harry Cook, a negro, was
arrested for stealing an overcoat, and
locked up In one of the cells at the bar
r&cks* i
About 6 o’clock Nellie McGriff, a white
woman of bad character, who has figured
conspicuously in police circles of late, was
brought in drunk. She was placed in the
lockup, but not confined to a cell.
The night being cold, she was left in the
corridor, where there was a stove, an
overcoat being given her to wrap around
herself. These two were the only prison
ers.
Shortly after being locked up the wo
man removed coals from the stove and
fired the entrance steps. The fire was not
discovered until the cries of the woman
attracted attention. Policemen on duty
dashed in through the smoke and flames
and brought the woman out. She was un
injured, the heavy overcoat having pro
tected her from the fire.
The cell door of the negro could not be
unlocked until the fire department arrived,
which it did quickly. When the door was
reached the negro was dead, having suf
focated from smoke, as the fire had not
touched him. z>
The damage to the building was slight.
The woman was transferred to the jail
and will be tried for arson.
STOPS THE COUCH
AND WORKS OFF THE GOLD.
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one day. No Cure, No Pay. Price 36 cents,
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SUCCEED WELLINGTON
ARTHUR P. GORMAN IS ELECTED
UNITED STATES SENATOR BY
A GOOD MAJORITY.
ANNAPOLIS, Md., Jan. 14.-Arthur P.
Gorman was today elected United States
senator to succeed George L. Wellington.
The total votes was, Gorman (Democrat)
68; Jackson (Republican) 52.
The vote for senator in the senate was,
Gorman 17; Jackson 9.
In the house, Gorman 51; Jaackson 43.
Both houses met in joint session at 1
p. m. to vote for state treasurer.
The legislature in joint session re-elected
Murray A. Vandiver (Democrat), state
treasurer for two years. The total vote
was:
Vandiver. Democrat. 69: Shryock, Re
publican. 51; D. K. Thomas, Democrat, 1.
Two Republicans voted for Vandiver.
prisonerTsTidnaped
FROM HIS CELL IN JAIL
KNOXVILLE, Tenn., Jan. 15.-A special
to The Sentinel from Bristol, Tenn., says;
Kidnapers entered the Bristol. Va., jail
at midnight and forcibly took Will King,
a negro prisoner, across the state line in
to Tennessee, turning him over to Bristol,
Tenn., policemen.
King, it Is charged, assaulted a 12-year
old son of O. F. Bunn. The negro re
ceived a knife wound in the face In resist
ing capture by the boy’s father and others,
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Cured—32 Years of
Awful Pile Agony.
SIOUX FALLS, 8. D„ Feb. 18. 1901.
“For 32 years I suffered constantly from
protruding piles and finally had to aban
don my trade of stone mason. Four
months ago I began using Pyramid Pile
Cure, and before I had used up one 50c
box the disease had entirely disappeared
and there is no sign of its ever returning.
I am completely cured. F. Capps. 216 N.
Minnesota Ave.” Sold by all druggists. 50c
a box. Book. “Piles, Causes and Cure.”
mailed free. Pyramid Drug Co., Marshall,
Mich.
till 15 ISSUE!
FUR OM
REUNION
THE REUNION THIS YEAR WILL
LAST FOUR DAYS INSTEAD OF
THREE AS IN FORMER
YEARS.
The following order from General John
B. Gordon, commanding officer of the
United Confederate Veterans, announcing
the Confederate reunion in Dallas, Tqxas,
April 22. 23, 24 and 26, inclusive, has been
received in Atlanta.
NEW ORLEANS, La., Jan. 14, 19«.
General Orders No. 267.
1. The general commanding announces,
that under tke custom established by the
association, leaving the dates ot the re
union to the general commanding and the
department commanders; by unanimous
agreement, and at the desire of and ac
quiescence irt by ‘our host," the next re
union will be held at Dallas, Texas, on
April 22. 23,'24 and 25. 1902. Tuesday, Wed
nesday, Thursday and Friday, respective
ly-
2. On account of the rapid growth of
the association, and the Immense accu
mulation, of business which demands
urgent attention at the coming session,
four days will be given for this important
session, unless the business is sooner dis
posed of by the delegates.
3. With pride the general commanding
also announces, that 1,390 camps have now
joined the association and applications re
ceived at these headquarters for many
more. He urges veterans everywhere to
send to these headquarters for organiza
tion papers, form camps at once, and join
this association, so as to assist in carrying
out the benevolent, praise worthy and pa
triotic objects.
By order of J. B. GORDON,
General Commanding.
GEO . MOORMAN, Adjutant General
and Chief of Staff.
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HERJOOM
CHATTANOOGA, Jan. 14.—Foster Spen
cer, a fireman of company No. 4, a son of
Aiderman E. G. Spencer, was shot about
1 o’clock Sunday morning by a Mrs.
Burton.
Spencer was on a spree Saturday night
and went to the house of Mrs. Burton
on Lindsu street to see a young woman.
The young woman had .been boarding
with Mrs. Belle Burton, but she and her
husband had sent the young woman
gway.
On Saturday nlght«Spencer was seen
on Market street in company with the
girl and was evidently drinking heavily.
..ater in the night, seemingly not know
ing that the young woman was living no
longer at the Burton woman’s Spencer
went to the house and demanded admit
tanc©.
When he knockeu at the door he was
told that the girl was not there. How
ever he said that he did not believe it
and cried that if he was not admitted he
would break the door down and come In
any way.
The woman responded that if he did
she* would shoot hkn.
Not terrified by the woman’s warning,
Spencer did break the door open. As
soon as he entered the room Mrs. Burton
without getting out of the bed reached
up on the mantelpiece and getting her
pistol fired at Spencer, the bullet striking
him about one inch above the heart and
lodging in the lung tissue.
Spencer is still alive, but the physicians
at Erlanger hospital, where he was car
ried, say that he cannot possibly recover.
The Burtons are said to be respectable
people. Mr. Burton was not at home at
the time and there was no one else in
tne house. Spencer is a heavy drinker
and an excessive cigarette smoker. He
has been In the fire department for sev
eral months, having gotten the position
through his father, who was for some
time at the head of the committee having
charge of the ».re department. Mrs. Bur
ton was arrested and released on bond.
SMALLPOX VICTIM
EIGHTS THE POLICE
DECLARED HE WOULD DIE RATH-
ER THAN GO TO PEST HOUSE.
IS TAKEN BY FORCE.
CHARLOTTE. N. C.. Jan. 13.—Covered
with smallpox eruptions and declaring
that he would rather die than be sent to
the pesthose, a few miles from the city,
a negro named Sol Griffin, had to be
thrown and bound hand and foot and
placed in a conveyance before he could
be started to the institution Saturday af
ternoon.
As the wagon drove off towards the
pesthouse the negro w*as heard to reiter
ate that the police could not keep him
in the pesthouse. Griffin has been employ
ed on the city street force and has caus
ed the police much trouble. It was with
a great difficulty that Griffin could be got
ten td the pesthouse when he was first
taken with smallpox, some weeks ago,
and when he became an inmate of the in
stitution he gave the physicians and at
tendants much trouble. A few days ago
he made his escape and had been at large
four days when he was captured by the
police.
A guard with a double-barrel shot-gun
was placed over Griffin as an additional
precaution against his again gaining his
freedom and imperiling the health of the
city. When arrested Saturday he was In
a deplorable condition, and was on one
of the principal streets of the city.
Fire in Acworth; Loss is *15,000.
ACWORTH, Ga., Jan. 13.—The large
flour mill of Cowan, Moore & Co., lo
cated at this place, was totally destroyed
by fire this morning at 6 o’clock'. The loss
is estimated at $15,000. Two-thirds of this
lose is supposed to be covered by insur
ance.
The Cowan-Moore mill was one of the
largest manufacturing plants in this sec
tion. It had a capacity of 125 barrels per
day. It will likely be rebuilt.
PURE RYEfIWHISKEY
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Quarts jOJi •CiF’TT
Direct from Distiller to Consumer. Express Charges Prepaid,
Our entire product is sold estab-
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WOMEN STILL SENDING
CASH FOR CHERRY TREES
CHARLOTTE, N. C„ Jan. 11.—Echoes
from those women who lost money In the
Amos Owens Cherry Tree company fraud
continue to come in. Among those who
are implicated is a Baptist minister. He
and his son, who found it agreeable to re
move to Florida a few months ago, are
the only two of the defendants not yet ar
rested. The others are under bond for a
preliminary hearing to be held in Ruther
fordton, N. C., on the 15th. It Is said
that money is still being received by the
concern, women not being willing to put
It down as a fraud. As a matter of fact,
it is generally accepted as true that the
concern, first and last cleaned up at least
SIOO,OOO. A special from Rutherfordton
gives the following interesting details
about the gigantic scheme, which, as a
money-maker for its owners, was a great
success:
“The owners of the concern in the order
in which they come in are as follows:
TEN MINERS LOSE
LIFE IN MINES
SOUTH M’ALTSTER, I. T„ Jan. 15.-
The following miners lost their lives in
the explosion Monday night in mine No.
9 of the Milby 4 Dow Mining company,
at Dow, I. T. The vitims:
JACK M'COY.
W. F. KEITH.
B. F. FARHURST.
E. M. PRICHARD.
BERT GATLIN.
JOE BEMMAS.
THOMAS BLUA.
M. BROW,
JOHN BEATAL.
The ten men who lost their lives were
the persons in the pit and none was left
to tell the story. AH the bodies were re
covered and as none was burned the con
clusion is that death was due to after
damp. The explosion did not injure the
shaft, which was a new one and the fire
that followed was put out before it did
much damage.
STATE HASTHE MONEY
TO PAY ALL PENSIONERS
State Pension Commissioner J. W. Lind
say began Tuesday to dispense $835,-
000 pension money to the people on the
state pension rolls. He began his
payments in Fulton county that day.
The other counties surrounding Atlanta
will be taken up in the order named, and
by Februhry 25 Commissioner Lindsay
hopes to pay every claim against the
state. Treasurer Pafk is prepared to pay
the money to the pensioners at once,
and there will no doubt be a big rush on
the
The pensioners all over the state have
been clamoring for some time for their
money, and the ordinaries and’the pension
commissioner have been flooded with let
ters and visitors since the Ist of January.
The ordinaries in the 137 codnties have re
ceived the proper notices from the pen
sion commissioner, and now they can tell
the pensioners the exact day on which
they will receive their money.
Damage Suit Settled.
MACON. Jan. 14.—John H. Neel, a
butcher, was run over and killed by a
Southern railway train at North Macon
bridge crossing a year ago. His family
brought suit for damages. They were set
tled with this morning for $1,200.
■■ ■ i
Frank Bright, who Is the founder of the
concern, sold to his father. Rev. T. Bright.
The latter took into partnership his
daughter, Miss Sallie, and Charles Wat-'
kins. They had the business chartered by
the state with a capital of SSOO. T. Bright
then sold the corporation to C. D. Wilkie,
who ran it for about ten days and sold to •
G. W. Rollins, of Forest City. Rollins sold
it to his brother-in-law, M. C. Padgette.
Padgette sold to C. F. Geer and E. M.
Carver. Geer and Carver ran the concern j
only a few days. They sold to/the pres
ent owner: W. H. Hester, who is the pres
ident; Dick Taliaferro, director, and W.
H. Clowen. secretary and treasurer.
“The present assets of the Amos Owens
Cherry Tree company, which has brought J
many thousands of dollars to its owners, *
now consists in about SI,OOO In cash, a few
knotty shrubs of cherry trees, which have
not been nearer Amos Owens mountain
than Rutherfordton, and about $25 worth
of office fixtures.
COOK COUNTY MEN.
WILL BE GIVEN
ROYAL TIME
For the entertainment of the Cook Coun«
ty Democracy, the famous organisation of
Chicago, which will visit Atlanta on Feb
ruary 13th, active preparations are now
under way and the various political or
ganizations of the city will meet this week
to arrange a program that will be follow-/
ed in impressing the Cook county Tnen . ’
with the idea that Atlanta welcomes them.
Fulton Colville, chairman of the county
Democratic executive committee, and
Charles T. Hopkins, chairman of the city.
Democratic executive committee, have
both issued calls to the members of their
respective organizations instructing them
to meet this week.
Other organizations of the city will meet
during the wwek and will make arrange
ments for entertaining the Chicagoans,
and by next Saturday a full program Will
have been arranged, several klnus of en
tertainments are being talked of. including ’
a banquet and a barbecue. It may be that
both will be given, but in any event the
Cook county men will be made to enjoy
their stay in this city.
SISTER MAURICE DEAD?
WAS BELOVED BY ALL
TERRE HAUTE, Ind., Jan. 14.—Sister Mau
rice. for flfty-flve years a member of the
community of the Sisters of Providence at
St. Mary’s of the Woods, in this county, the
mother home of the order in the United States,
is dead at the age of seventy-two years. She
had been at the head of the department of
literature, art and science and girls college,
conducted In connection with the St. Mary's
for half a century. Her name was Madeline
Schnell and she was born on the Rhine, be
ing brought to Indiana when a child and en
terinr St. Mary’s about the time It was opened
by the six sisters who came from France to
found the order.
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