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SCORES DIE IN FIRE
CHIEF AND 28 MEN
DIE UNDER DEBRIS
IN CHICAGO BLAZE
Terrible Inferno Starting in
Nelson-Morris Beef House
Soon Spreads and Threatens
Whole Stockyards District ’
LOW WATER PRESURE
ALARMS ASS’T. CHIEF
Entire Fire-Fighting Force Or
dered Away From Burning
Structures and Battles to
Hold Flames .in Check
♦ CHIEFS BODY BOuMB. ♦
♦ CHICAGO. Dec. » —At »:»a. m. ♦
♦ word was received at the uptown ♦
♦ office of the firJ department that ♦
♦ the body of Marshal Horan had ♦
♦ been taken from the ruins. ♦
Aueeiate* Pre»«.'
CHICAGO. Dec- 22.—Fire Marshal JamM
Horan and 9 of hie firemen were killed
today in a fire whleh caused *1.90.000
damage to the warehouses end stock of
Morris A Co., packers, and for hours
threatened the great union stock yards.
The injured will number more than 50.
Early this afternoon the fit* had been
headed in and Its spread had been checked
but efforts to save any of the buildings
attacked by the flames were vain.
The buildings destroyed include two
warehouses, ful lof dressed meat, hemp,
etc., a tallow house and other structures.
Assistant Chief William Burroughs and
Lieutenant Fitzgerald were with Marshal
Horan under the fatal canopy when ft
fell and went down to their death with
their chief.
A wooden canopy fell from the beef
house of Morris A Co., where the Are
started, carrying with it tons of red hot
brinks and debris upon two companies of
firemen and the ch.ef. crushing theta to
death and encasing their bodies in a ver
itable furnace Into which their comrades
were unable to dig for several hours, so
that practically ail those who were not
killed outright trhen the walls fell were
roasted to death >efore help could come
to them.
TO SAVE THEIR CHIEF.
Other Bremen, witneeess of the disaster,
for a brief tigie deserted the other parts
of the biasing structure and. rushing to
the pyre, sought with their bare hands to
drag apart the bricks and bring the body
of their chief and his companions out of
the debris. Finding this a vain effort,
they followed the orders of Assistant
Marshal Seyferlich and redoubled their
efforts to check the spreading area of
destruction
The blase was discovered about 4 o’clock
i»y a watchman in the Morris beef house.
ah ammonia pipe, bursting, started spon
taneous combustion and the fire spread so
quickly that the watchman barely had
turned to the alarm before the flames be
gan bursting from the building.
MARSHAL WAS AT HOME.
Fire Marshal Horan, at his home on
the weet side, heard the second call for
fl re apparatus and dashed to the stock
yards—and to bis death—in his automo
bile.
By the time he arrived his assistants, i
who had reached the scene earlier, had'
abandoned the 'effort to save the beef
house and were endeavoring to head off |
tl.e rush of Are toward other buildings. .
Flames were issuing from several struct - ;
urea nearby when the marshal arrived
and the infemojwas bl stering the hands
and faces of the pipemen ard ladder
men, who were sticking by their posi
tions under the encouragement of their
commanders, themselves burned and blis
tered by the flerce heat.
The canopy which later became the
destroyer of a score of lives, seemed to
offer a she’ter from the threatening wave
of heat that ranged for a hundred feet
from the fl re Vnder this the ill-fated
crews fled for protection, led by Horan,
Burorughs and Fitzgerald.
MEN SHOUTED WARNING.
On top of the canopy another group of
flremen with their backs to the roasting
inferno, still played streams of water
Into the heart of the lire. Suddenly Lleu
t-nart Joseph Mackey. leader of the.
brave band above, felt the wall going.’
and shouted a warning to those below
but beneath them the cavernous maw Os j
the canopy was not to be cheated of its
victims, and engulfed the Are fighters
with an awful roar.
Meanwhile, firemen who knew nothing
of*this and augmented by constantly ar
riving aids, were standing in the path
of the raging flame?. They stood their
ground at building after building, only
to be driven back at last, blistered and
scalded by the steam from their own hose
with lungs scarcely able to breathe fresh
air.
IN COMMAND.
Assistant Marshal Seyferlich. on whom
now lay the command, realizing the fu
tility of saving property then ablaze,
drew all the men back to a firm stand
in the lee of the flames.
“W’ve got to let the rest of it go, men,"
he shouted to those wha still Were re
luctant to quit the fight It close range.
'Get back here and we’ll make a final
stand.”
“Maybe we can save this part.’ pleaded
some of the blistered men close in. crazed
by the heat and unable' to realize their
danger.
“All hell couldn’t stop that fire in that
building, boys.” was Seyferlleh’s answer,
and the men fell back.
STOCK YARDS IN DANGER.
The assistant marshal acknowledged at
10:15 a. m. that the whole stock yards
district was in danger.
■•We're got no water here, and we can
do nothing effectively.” he said. "The
thing really is beyond our control right
now. But we've got to stick out there in
the path of her and head 'er off if >t
takes every man we have got in the de
partmenu”
HORRIBLY MUTILATED
BODIES OF FIREMEN
RESCUED FROM RUINS
•
Work of Digging Into Fallen
Philadelphia Building Ex
tremely Slow, as Whole
Thing Is Solid Block of Ice
DEATH LIST ABOUT 20;
CHIEF HAS CLOSE CALL
One Fireman Has Miraculous
Escape, Lying Face Down
ward, Pinioned to Ground
Tons of Debris Above Him
CBy Associated Preaa.)
PHILADELPHIA. Dec. 22.-Thirteen
known dead, 12 firemen and one po
liceman. and more than 50 injured, of
whom 25 are still In hospitals, is the
record of last night's fire at the leather
factory of Daniel Friedlander in this
city. The monetary loss will not exceed
225.000.
What is believed to be the last body
In the ruins was taken from the fce
cbated mass of debris shortly before
noon.
After steady streams of water from
one whole fire company had cooled the
ruins, the bodies of Joseph Murakeski,
pipe man; Capt. Patrick Collins. Capt.
Dennis Doyle and an unidentified pipe
man were recovered in a few minutes.
Coroner Hoffman arrived early and
empanelled a coroner's jury which sat
ift horrified silence watching the flames.
Ao the bodies were brought the jury it
self joindd with hundreds of civilians
who were lending a hand to the firemen.
After all-night search in ruins of the
leather factory of D. Friedlander, 1114-1120
Bodine street, destroyed by fire last night,
it is thought the number of firemen And
policemen killed by falling walls is under
20. John C. Baxter, chief of the fire de
partment, who had a narrow escape from
death, said at • a. m. that hie repoorts
show that from 11 to 14 firemen lost their
death, said at 9 a. in. that his reports
ate not complete. Superintendent of Po
lice John Taylor believes the number of,
dead will reach 20. Up to 2 a. m. 12
bodies had been taken from the ruins.
The difficulty In determining the num
ber of men killed is due to the fact that
when the catastrophe occured a gener
al alarm a*aa sent in for ambulances
and police patrol wagons and the injured
and dead were taken to Widely scat
tered hospitals and other places.
DIGGING VERY SLOW.
The work of digging into the ruins is
exasperatlngly slow to the policemen and
firemen, who have been on duty all night.
This is due principally to ttie extreme
cold weather, which froze the wet ruins
into an almost solid mass.
It was one of the coldest mornings ot
the present season and the rescuers suf
fered keenly In the wintry weather.
MIRACULOUS ESCAPE.
Lying face downward, with tons of
bricks lees than a foot above his head
and with his lower limbs pinioned to the
pavement. William Glazier, a member of
engine company No. 6, at daylight held
frequent convereations with the scores of
firemen and policemen who were strain
ing ev4ry effort to reach the machinery
which held him a prisoner. Brother
firemen of Glazier were able to crawl
beneath the debris and provide him with
stimulants to make him as comfortable
as posibla A huge tarpaulin was drag
ged Into the narrow passageway to the
helpless fireman and spread about his
body to keep his clothes from becoming
saturated by the water which was being
thrown upon the smouldering ruins. Gla
zier, unless some of the ruins fall upon
him will be taken out alive tn a few
hours. >
HORRIBLY BURNED BODIES.
Some of the bodies removed from the
debris were so badly burned that the
limbs dropped off. When the body of
Assistant Foreman Fred Kalberer was
taken from the ruins it was without the
head, the foreman being recognized by
his uniform.
THE LIST OF DEAD.
The identified dead:
JOHN COLLINS, truck No. 4.
THOMAS PASS, engine company No.
9.
SAMUEL PARKS, ladderman. truck
A.
MORRIS GELLIB. policeman.
GEORGE MACKINSKY. truck No. 7.
WILLIAM BELMIER. truck No. 1.
JOHN If. CARROLL, engine company
No. 4.
FRED engine company
! No. <.
THOMAS ENTWISTLE, engine compa-
Iny No. 21.
HARRY BERTOLET, engine company
No. ». k
ROBERT STUART, fireman, died in
hospital.
CHARLES EDLEMEN, engine Company
No. C
WILLIAM M’CONNCLIa engine com
pany No 28.
The number of firemen and policemen
injured will total nearly 60, of whom sev
eral may die. The injured are scattered
about In a dozen hospitals.
BUILDING COLLAPSED.
While the firemen were fighting the
flames from the roofs of adjoining dwell
ing houses, the south wall of the factory
collapsed, burying nearly two score of
flremen. As soon as the extent of the
calamity became known, policemen were
hurried to the scene in an effort to save
those who were still alive in the debris,
by tearing down the north wall, which
was tottering.
This body of policemen had scarcely
got to work when the north wall crashed
upon them. At the time of this second
fall there werq between 25 and 30 police
men and firemen at work» directly under
the high mass of bricks. When the crash
came, 15 of them manrged to rush to
safety, but the others were crushed be
neath tons of bricks and girders. Eleven
dead policemen and firemen have been
taken frbm under the north wall and nine
from beneath the south wall. Other
bodies can be seen lying under the debris,
I but the work of reaching them is neces
sarily slow, owing to the Ice-coated beams
and bricks which -are tedious to handle.
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Democratic Leaders Plan War
-ott Memterd Who Voted for
a Revenue Duty Placed on
Lumber
BRANTLEY OF GEORGIA
DEFENDS HIS POSITION
Classed as an “Undesirable”
for Ways and Means Com
mittee He Gives Out Inter
view, Deprecating Tendency
BY RALPH SMITH.
WASHINGTON. D. C.» Dec. 22.—Ac
cording to the tentative agreement of
the Democratic leaders of the present
house, the ways and means committee
Os the 62d congress, besides drafting a
tariff bill, will also act as a committee
on committees, to assign all other mem
bers of the house to their respective
committee places. It is proposed to
adopt this scheme of organization at the
Democratic caucus to be held on Janu
ary 19. All of the members-elect of the
next house will participate in this
caucus. This will Include William
Schley Howard, of the Fifth, and Sam
uel J. Tribble, of the Eighth, the new
members from Georgia.
The announcement of this arrange
ment has set the Individual members
of the next house to scheming and
trading for committee places. It has
divided state delegations and it promises
(Continued on page Seven.)
THIS MAN ELECTED MAYOR
WHILE BUSY AT WORK AND
WITHOUT MAKING A RACE
Clarkston Office Goes Out and
Seeks Man and Then Tells
Him What Has Been Done
CLARKSTON. Ga„ Dec. 22.—1 t Is sel
dom that a candidate is run’for office and
elected by his constituents without that
candidate being aware of his race, and
yet that is practically what has happened
to Mayor-elect Frank N. Carter, former
councilman of this place, and one of the
best known “make up'’ men of The At
lanta Journal. Mr. Carter was elected
mayor while he was busy at work in
Atlanta, and all of Clarkston appointed
Itself as a committee to announce his
election when he returned to h's home
on a late train Wednesday night.
A new record for the office seeking the
man was established. The voters of the
town seized Mayor-elect Carter from the
ranks some time ago and made him a
councilman. He protested, but made
such a good councilman, when he saw
resistance was useless, that the voters
made another raid recently and put him
up for mayor.
Mr. Carter paid no attention to the an
nouncement. but went his wonted way.
He could not even be present to vote in
the primary on account of his duties in
Atlanta, so his friends, and they were
practically all of Clarkston, went ahead
and elected him, and then told him what
they had done.
Recently Mr. Carter worked day
and night to help the good wom
en of th* town to "'cover th* Baptist
ATLANTA, GEORGIA, i FRIDAY, QEC. 23, 1910.
TAXI JOY RIDERS
RATES HAVE TAKEN JUMP,
Joy riders were given a solar plexus
I blow Thursday when the Atlanta Taxicab
company raised their rates.
The raise went into effect bright and
early Thursday morning, just In time
to get a good blow at the many holiday
joy 'riders. However, the new rates will
' I not vanish with the passing of the hol
, iday season, but wUI continue indefi
nitely.
The raise was In the price for the
first half mile. This was raised from 30
to 50 cents. The price for each succeed
ing quarter mile, which is 10 cents, re
mains unchanged. Neither was any
change made in the number of passengers
allpwed in the cab. four riding just
■ as cheap as one. Night and day prices
I will be the same.
SHE WORE MAN'S CLOTHES
AND CARRIED A REVOLVER
———
That Mrs. Frances E. Rebb occasion
ally garbed herself in masculine attire,
and that on at least one occasion she
• walked abroad armed with a revolver,
were some of the details of the testl
’ 'mony that came out in the superior
1 court Wednesday In the divorce pro
-1 ceeding brought by her husband,
! Charles E. Rebb. Mrs. Rebb had filed
. a cross bill, and the jury granted a
total divorce to both parties.
Incidentally In connection with the
’ pistol, Rebb testified that his wife had
’ drawn it with the apparent Intention
■ of shooting him in a row which occur
‘ red near the state capltol some time
’ ago, when Rebb encountered his spouse
1 in the company of one S. J. Nelms.
■ I Rebb and Nelms had a lively fight at
’ the time, which was duly recorded in
police court annals.
The suit was pretty hotly contested
1 ’ before Judge Pendleton, Attorney Sam
L. Hewlett appearing for th* husband,
1 and R. B. Blackburn, Esq., for thq wife.
' . Both gentlemen Indulged in eloquent
I flights of oratory, while Mrs. Rebb wept
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HON. FRANK N. CABTEB.
Who was elected mayor of Clarkston
without announcement or race.
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i church with a quilt's proceeds. In this
I also he was most successful.
:! Among the other good officials elected
at the primary were the following coun-
- 1 oilmen:
J. J. Wallace, W. T. Richardson, M. St.
i McDonald, C. E. Lane and W. E. Kilgore.
i During the past few weeks taxicab I
, companies throughout the United States i
i have found it necessary, they claim, to,
raise their prices, and the act of the
! Atlanta company was in keeping with the
: policy of the companies in larger cities.
■ All the companies, during the past year,
I it Is said, lost money on short hauls of
less than a half mile and for this rea
son the raise was only for this dis-
, tance.
> According to Manager Macon Sharp, of
• tht local company, too many passengers
who wished to ride less than a half
mile were the cause of the company arls-
1 Ing prices for this distance. Thirty <
i cents for one trip was considered too
low, hardly being enough to pay for
i the gasoline, oil, hire of driver and wear
| on the cab. I
copiously and occasionally blew her i
nose. A young Rebb, apparently about I
12 years of age, elected to take !
with his father in the suit, and sat
through the trial with his arms around
that parent’s neck. Attorney Hewlett
did not neglect to call attention to this
latter touching circumstance.
CHARLESTON DEPOT
WILL BE REMODELED
j
CHARLESTON. S. C., Dec. 22.—1 n or- |
der to accommodate the steadily increas
ing passenger traffic, arrangements are
being made to enlarge the Union pass
enger station here. The station Is used
jointly by the Southern railway and
the Atlantic Coast Line, and was built;
about three years ago at a cost of.
$165,000.
Umbrella sheds and other structures
will have to be constructed and some
minor alterations made in the present |
scheme of things. '
TRANSPORT PANTHER
GOES TO CHARLESTON
CHARLESTON. S. C., Dec. 22.—An
nouncement is made that the transport>
Panther will arrive at the navy yard here
early next month, with additional equip
ment of the school for machinists recent
ly established here for the naval machin-i
ists.
The navy department is thoroughly 1
quipping this trades school, which will
ecome an Important feature of the yard.
3,739,000 POLES USED
IN THE YEAR 1909!
WASHINGTON, Dec. 22 the
year 1909 there were 3,739,000 telegraph I
and telephone poles used in this coun
try, according to a report of the cen
sus bureau, ’ which was published to
day. Sixty-five per cent of the poles
were cedar and 16 per cent chestnut.
VICKBURG. MISS., HAS.
POPULATION OF 20,814
WASHINGTON, Dec. 22,-Census re
turns for 1910 issued today give Vicks
burg, Miss., a population of 20,814,
against 14,834 in 1900.
♦ mother DRINKS POISON; ♦
♦ BABY DIES FROM FUMES ♦
♦ NEW ORLEANS. - *•
♦ ter swallowing a large dose of ♦
♦ carbolic acid at her home here ♦
*- vesterday, Mrs. Mary Kadolich ♦
♦ lay down on the bed with her lips
♦ pressed to those of her five-days- ♦
*- old Infant, which she firmly clasp- ♦
♦ ed in her arms. When found the ♦
♦ baby was dead as the result of ♦
-* absorbing the fresh acid from her *
♦ mother's lips and Mrs. Kadolich ♦
♦ was in a dying condition. She -*>
♦ is said to have quarreled with her *-
♦ husband last night. ■*
♦ ♦
WEIGHT? DECISION
IS RENDERED IN
BANWTCY CASE
Judge Newman Decides
Against Petition to Enjoin
Money-Lender From Attach
ing Bankrupt’s Salary
ARE SALES OF SALARY
BONA FIDE? WAS ASKED
Judge Newman Decides Bank
ruptcy Court Has No Juris
diction—Bases Decision on
Finding of Judge Pardee
A decision on a petition for an in
junction made by C. B. Cannon, a
bankrupt, has-been made by Judge Wil
liam T. Newmhn, of the United States
district and circuit courts, in which he
holds that the bankruptcy court has no
authority to prevent a money lender
from attaching and collecting money
that a man who afterward goes into
bankruptcy has assigned to him.
When • Cannon went into bankruptcy
his only assets was S4O in salary owed
to him by the Southern road, by which
he had been employed as engineer. Af
ter he had filed a bankruptcy petition,
P, P. Jackson, a money lender, had this
S4O attached before it passed out of
the hands of the Southern railway.
Cannon petitioned Judge Newman to
restrain Jackson from collecting this
money, contending that he had not as
signed or sold his salary, but) had
merely borrowed S4O from Jackson and
that Jackson had no greater claim to
this money than apy of his other credi
tors. Thii petition was made several
months ago and has since been pend
ing. Judge Newman's decision dis
misses it.
TEXT OF DECISION.
Following is the decision:
“In my opinion this case is fully con
trolled .by the recent decision of the
circuit court of appeals for the fifth
circuit, in Copeland vs. Martin, Novem
ber 2, 1910, not yet reported.
“While the pleadings here and the
method attempted to reach the results
are somewhat different fro mthe Cope
land case, the facts are so much alike,
and what is sought to be attained is
so much the same, that the decision
fully covers this case. The purpose in
both cases is by summary proceeding,
Issuing out of the bankruptcy court, to
leach this loan assignment and to pre
vent the money lender from enforcing
his alleged assignment of wages.
“It is perfectly clear, from the opin
ion in the Copeland case, that the cir
cuit court of appeals intended to hold*
that the proper procedure is by plenary
suit in other courts of competent juris
diction. and that the bankruptcy court
is without jurisdiction.
“This proceeding will be dismissed.”
JUDGE PARDEE THE AUTHOR
The decision of the circuit court
i appeals, by which Judge Newman was
! guided, was handed down by Judge
j Don A. Pardee of Atlanta.
The Copeland case grew out of the
• bankruptcy petition of Clifton Martin.
H. J. Copeland had $71.80 of Martin s
! assets attached, declaring that Martin
' had assigned or sold this much money
to him.
The referee in the case disregarded
I Copeland's claims and he entered an
(appeal. Judge Pardee’s decision sup
ported his claim.
The Cannon case, because of the con
test over Jackson's claim, has attract
ed a great deal of attention. That
. phase of it relating to Jackson’s claim
has been argued several times before
i Judge Newman.
* The fundamental question under de-
I bate was whether or not a borrower
' ever actually sells his salary to a
money lender. It was contended that
the assignments of salary that money
GEORGIA BREEDERS
ID DISCUSS PLANS
FDR WO MEHL
Improvement of Agricultural
Conditions ill General Will Be
Theme of Dairy and Live
Stock Men
SEEK TO DECREASE
THE COST OF LIVING
Beef Cattle, Hog Production
.and Horse Breeding Will Be
Fully Discussed by Promi
nent Educators
ATHENS, Ga., Dec. 23,-The l«th annual
meeting of the Georgia Dairy and Live
Stock Breeders’ association will be held
in Athens on January 17 and IS.
The following interview, relating to the
purpose of the meeting has been given
by Secretary Milton P. Jarnagin, of the
association;
“The organization has accomplished
much good during the past 16 years in
Georgia, but its usefulness has been
greatly handicapped by the lack of sup
port from the men who should be ben
efited by it most. It is an organisa
tion that directly and Indirectly benefits
every phase of industry in the state.
“In recent years nrtich has been said
about the increased cost of living. The
dairymen and live stock breeders of the
state should furnish an appreciable pro
portio nos food stuff for the people. Since
the increased cost effects the man in the
town as well as the man on the land,
all should lend every reasonable effort
to promote any organization which has
for its object the bettering of live stock
conditions In the state, and thereby
cutting down the cost of living. It is
therefore, urged that every one, whither
he be banker, lawyer, merchant, doctor
or preacher, use every argument to per
suade the farmers to come to this con
vention, Identify themselves With the
most progressive stockmen, and receive
the benefit from lectures of leading au
thorities who have agreed to prepare pa
pers for this meeting.
“An able and comprehensive program
has been provided and in addition to this
ample time will be given for the discus
sion of any problems which delegates
may have to put before the conven
tion.
“The boll weevil is advancing toward
Georgia by leaps and bounds and it is
as certain as death itself that in but a
short time the Georgia cotton grower
will be confronted by a greater pest than
he has ever dreamed of. A change In
our general system of agriculture will
have to be made. Let us prepars for
war In time of peace. The successful
man is the one who discerns the signs,
looks Into the future and Anticipates
conditions instead of becoming the vic
tim of conditions.
“In the past most attention has been
given to specific dairy problems. In the
present convention this phase of the sub
ject will receive its due share of atten
, tion. However, beef cattle, hog produc-
Itlon, and horse breeding will be am
ply discussed.*
MAN’S SKELETON FOUND
IN LOUISIANA HAMMOCK
HOUMA, La.. Dec. 22.—The skeleton of
a man, With red hair still clinging to the
skull, was found in Bayou Blue Ham
mock Wednesday afternoon by Philomen
Bergeron, a trapper.
A search of the neighborhood revealed
clothing concealed in a barrel. The cloth
ing was badly decayed and contained
nothing to show to whom it had belong
ed, but indications were that it had been
worn by the dead man.
There is no clew to the identity of the
man. He was evidently murdered, and
authorities are trying to trace down th*
supposed
MOISANT WILL SOAR
OVER NEW ORLEANS
NEW ORLEANS, Dec.
John B Moisant, one of the internation
al aviators here for the ten days’ meet,
which opens next Saturday, announced
late last that if weather condi
tions ate favorable today he will try
for a flight over the city.
During a recent meet here 4t was said
by the aviators that flight over New
Orleans would be especially dangerous
owing to the peculiar air currents cre
ated by the location of the city with re
lation to the Mississippi river. Moisant,
however, will take a chance on getting
over the city without a fall if the
werther permits.
lenders take, are merely an evasion of
the law against usury and ar* not
bonafide sales.
SAME AS ACTUAL SALE.
Judge Newman's decision that th*
bankruptcy court has no authority to
prevent Jackson from collecting the
money owed to Cannon that the Sou
thern road is holding, seems to b*
equivalent to his declaring that the >
assignment was an actual sale.
If the salary had not been sold and
was merely owed as a debt it would
come under the jurisdiction of the
court In the same manner that any
other debt owuld. That is, it would be
held by the court and divided equahy
among the bankrupt’s creditors.
The Legal Aid society, which was
formed to fight the money lenders, has
directed the Cannon case to establish
the fact that assignments of salaries
are not sales at all: and also to set a
precedent preventing money lenders
from securing a borrower’s debts on
the plea of assignment, after he has
entered bankruptcy.
Cannon was represented by Ogburn,
Dorsey and Shelton as attorneys.
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♦ THIS PREACHER WILL WED ♦
♦ COUPLES FOR EIGHT CENTS ♦
♦ NASHVILLE. Tenn., Dec. 22. ♦
♦ Rev. J. L. Weakley, of Nashville, *■
♦ not to be outdone by the Youngs- •*
*- town, Mo., magistrate, announced ♦
today that he would go the west- ♦
♦ ern minister $1.90 better and marry ♦
*■ couples during the holidays for 8 •*
*- cents, stamps accepted. The Mtz- ♦
«■ souri man made a holiday bargain ♦
*- price of $1.98. ♦
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NO. 27.
