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Christmas Day Is Marked by
Many Accidents and Trage
dies and Lives Are Claimed
as Gift of Death
By Associated Prsss.)
WAYCROSS. Ga.. Dec. 26.—R. A. Phil-'
lipaon. of Newberry. N. Y., was prob
ably fatally shot late Christmas day
in his front yard of his winter home!
here by an unknown party. Whether the
•booting eras accidental or intentional
has aot been ascertained.
Two negro-'s have been arrested on
suspicion, and more arrests are expect
ed to follow. Phillipson was standing in
his yard with a neighbor and fell un
conscious witbout a sound. *
Tbe bullet entered his back under
the right shoulder- He was moved # at I
once to a local hospital, where his,
condition was pronounced very seri- ;
oua.
King George of Greece
Was 111 on Christmas
(By Associated Prsss. )
LONDON. Dec. 26.—King George
who Is staying at his country house at
Sondringham was unable, on account of j
a ehill, to attend church on Christmas
day and was also pr.-vented from being
present at the Christinas dinner given
by v.ueen Mother Alexandra.
It was officially stated today that his
majesty has cftiite recovered. .
75 Victims Os Firewoorks
Treated in New Orleans'
(By Associated Fresa. i
NEW ORLEANS, Dec. 26.-For the
twenty-four hours ending last midhight.
the list of Christmas celebration vic
tims had reached a total of seventy
-11 ve treated at local hospitals. A ma
jority of these were minor injuries due
to powder burns from blank cartridges,
premature powder explosions and by
weapons.
The number of "Christmas arrests”
fell so map hat below the usual total,
only 176 having been made dur-
Mib tolflF’period Ninety-three of these
were for ’drunkenness, 78 for disturb
ing the peace and five for discharging
traanap.
N. Y. POLICE UNABLE TO
CHECK AUTO THIEVES
SI ,000,000 in Automobile
Property- Stolen Within
Past Past Five Years
BSOFTL
(By Associated Preu.)
NEW YORK, Dec. 26.—With the po
lice said to be almost powerless to stop
It. toutom bile theft has become so gen- I
era I in New York that the total value
of automobile property stolen in the
city during the past five years exceeds
|t.6Bo,o<rt. than half the number
of cars stolen have been recovered, and
tbe situation is said to be growing so
acute that automobile insurance com
panies have leagued together to hire
private detectives to run down the rob
bers. /,
By actual count 110 cars have been
stolen during the past year. Numerous
arrests have been made, with but few
convictions. The police department has
adopted a drastic method of taking a
census of all the cars in the question
able garages in the city and each day
everjp policemanr is furnished with de
scriptions of cars stolen during the
previous twenty-four hours. The po
liceman who has a garage in his dis
trict is supposed to visit it casually ev
ery day and if he finds a machine that
should not be there according to the
census, be is instructed to see that it
is not removed until identified.
Most of the cars stolen were taken
from tbe automobile, store and theater
districts, the thefts being committed by
gangs in league with the owners of dta
, reputable garages.
TAFT IW BEGIN
BETUfiN TRIP THURSDAY
President Will Sail From Colon
for Key West at 6 o’Clock
in the Afternoon
(By Asscctated Press.)
PANAMA, Dee. 26.—President Taft
has, decided not to nominate the civil
governor of the Panama canal zone or
the subordinate officials until he returns
to the United States. It is, however, i
generally considered probable that Col
onel G. W, Goethals will be appointed
civil governor.
Today's program included a visit by
the president to the Culehra cut on
the canal and also an automobile trip
to the ruins of old Panama City, which
was sacked and then razed in 1671 by
the wetorious buccanneer Henry Mor
gan. who was afterwards made a
knight by King Charles II on his return
to England
The presidential party will sail from
Colon at 6 o'clock this evening on board
the United States warship Arkansas, and
•xpects to reach Key West on Sunday.
Colonel Goethals will return to v the
United States at the same time, on
board the battleship Delaware.
Name Tilton Masons
DALTON. Ga. Dec. 24—Tilton lodge.
-*ree and Accepted Marons, has named
•he following officers for the year: W.
,1. Lewis, worshipful master; John
lentles, senior warden;. J. D. Townsend,
lecretary- G. W. Collett, treasurer; Mr.
Campbel'., chaplain; R. B. Maynard,
aertlor steward. - ':
GOVERNMENT FILES SUIT
IGAINST KELLOGG CO.
Monopoly in Toasted Corn
Flakes and Control of
Prices Alleged
(By Associated Brass.)
DETROIT, Dec. 26.—Tbe Kellog
i Toasted Corn Flake company is alleged
jto be violating the Sherman law, in a
I petition in equity, filed in the United
I States district court here today by
I order of Attorney General Wickersham
Ito settle for all time the extent to
(which a manufacturer may control re
; tail prices. The company and its
! officers, engaged in the manufacture of
;Ke Hogg' 3 toasted corn flakes, are
• charged with fixing prices at which the
. flakes are sold to retailer and consumer,
I preventing competition, which would re
duce the price to the public, and creat
ing a monopoly by concentrating the en
| tire interstate traffic in this commodity
lin the hands of jobbers and retailers
| who abide by price agreements exacted
|by the defendants. It is alleged that
! the defendants have invoked the patent
laws through the use of a patented car
; ton, in which the flakes are packed as
;a "mere subterfuge and device” to
(escape the provisions of the Sherman
! law. The government ask* for injunc
[ ticns to prevent the comnahy. its officers
and 4gents from controlling the price of
I the breakfast food after it leaves tbe
' hands of the manufacturer.
The following are named as defend
iants: « ,
Kellogg Toasted Corn Flake company,
and Will K. Kellogg, Wilfred C. Kel
l«g and Andrew Rose, respectively
president .secretary and general man
ager of the company, all of Batle
Creek, Mich.
The petition, filed by United States
Attorney Clyde 1 .Webster, was drawn
iby James A. Fowler, special assistant
i to the attorney general .and is regarded
'by the government as of vast impor
tance because of its bearing upon the
! right of a manufacturer to control
prices to the consumer.
It is alleged that the company sells
jonly to jobbers, refusing absolutely to
deal directly with consumers or with
the retail trade. The commodity, ac
cording to the petition, is sold to job
bers at a uniform price under an agree
ment that the jobbers will sell to re
tailers at a price fixed by the defend
ants. The defendants are charged with
strictly enforcing the agreement of sale
by absolutely refusing to deal with any
jobber who fails to maintain the speci
fied price.
By the use of a patented carton, the
defendants are alleged to control tbe
at which retailers aeH to consum
ers. It iszpointed out that a notice
signed by the Kellogg Corn Flake com
pany is printed on a flap of the car
ton in which the flakes are packed, stat
ing that the package and its contents
are sold jsondltionally with the distinct
understanding that they will not be re
tailed at less than 10 cents per package.
Caught selling at less than that price,
the vendor is warned by the notice that
be is liable to prosecution as an in
fringer of patent rights.
The government insists that the pat
ented carton can afford no protection in
attempting to fix resale prices by re
tailers because, it is alleged:
The carton was not in fact patentable
as all of its material features had long
been in use before the patent was is
sued; the value of the carton is negli
gible, the contents alone being desired
by the purchaser; the defendants hav
ing sold the cartons qnd contents to
jobbers have parted with all title to the
commodities and have no legal right to
flx prices at which the retail purchaser
from the jobber shall be required to
sell; and lastly, “its use is resorted to
as a mere subterfuge and devise to
avoid the provisions” of the anti-trust
law and the principles of the common
law controlling touch contracts.
The agreements exacted from jobbers
and the conditions of sale imposed upon
and accepted by the retailers, continues
the petition, restrain the interstate com
merce in this breakfast food in that
they prevent it from moving In inter
state commerce at prices other than
those fixed by the defendant company
and prevent all competition between
dealers which can affect its cost to the
retailer or consumer. "They produce,”
it is added, "a monopoly of said inter
state commerce in that they concentrate
in the hands of those who abide by the
terms of said agreements and conditions
of sale the entire traffic in said article
and exclude therefrom all dealers who
refuse to enter into or abide by said
agretments and conditions.”
SIITEHLMI)
SCORED Bl DR. WYMAN
Says Epidemic at Midville
Was Partly Due to Inac
tivity of Officials
(By Associated Press.)
AUGUSTA, Ga.. Dec. 26.—Dr. Hast
ings Wyman, of Aiken, S. C., criticises
the Georgia state board of health for
inactivity in the Midville meningitis
epidemic and the railroads for hauling
; away some 200 panic stricken people
when he asked them not to do so.
Dr. Wyman attributes the spread of
the disease to the fact that it was
brought to Midville from Florida by a
negro. He died, and when his funeral
was held, he negroes of the community
flocked to the home. In a few days
they were victims.
Dr. Wyman criticises the Georgia
state board of health for its inactivity
In the epidemic. Had the proper steps
been taken and assistance sent, he says,
there would not have been so serious a
situation.
Dr. Wyman commented upon the fact
that only two physicians were there
when the situation was at its worst,
two South Carolinians, himself and
Dr. Kershaw.
JUDGE 0. W. PUTNAM
IS DEAD AT CANTON
CANTON. Ga.. Dec. 26.—Judge O. W.
Putnam, one of the oldest and most
highly respected citizens of Canton, died
at his home here on Tuesday evening.'
Judge Putnam was a faithful Confed
erate soldier, losing an arm*in the ser
vice; was ordinary of Cherokee county
WILSON ILL WITH GRIPPE;
MUST REMAIN INDOORS
President-Elect, However,
Transacts Business During
Day at His Residence
f'B’- Associated Press.)
PRINCETON. N. J., Dec. 26.—More
as a precaution than as a consequence
of his slight illness, President-elect
Wilson decided to stay in his room all
day today so as not to expose himself.
He had his appointments transferred
from the state house to his home here.
The governor had been fighting what
he thought was a mere cold since Mon
day, but he learned today from his
physician, Dr. James Carnochan, that
he had met and conquered a second at
tack of la grippe. |
The governor spent a restful night
and said he felt much better today,
nevertheless he took his physician's ad
vice about staying Indoors. The doctor
pronounced Mr. Wilson well enough,
however, to make the trip tomorrow to
Stauntan, Va.
The governor had an appointment
this afternoon to receive Representative
Carter Glass, of Virginia, chairman of
the house sub-committee on banking
and currency and other members of the
house, who were to talk with him about
currency reform. They were advised to
come to Princeton instead of Trenton.
Dr. Carnochan shortly before noon
pronounced the governor’s feondition
“very much improved.” However, he
prescribed as a diet today only broth
and eggs, and suggested that the gov
ernor rest as much as possible. All
engagements, therefore, except the one
with Representative Glass, were set for
a day next week, and the governor sat
up in bed reading letters and newspa
pers. He was somewhat disturbed by
seine exaggerated accounts of his Ill
ness.
SEA CAPTAIN IS DEAD
FROM BITE OF PET DOG
(By Associated Press,)
MOBILE, Dec. 26.—A special from
Gulfport to the Mobile Item says that
Captain S. Hoten, of the Norwegian
bark Sofie is dead at a hospital there
from hydrophobia, the result of being
bitten by a pet dog at sea fifteen days
ago. The disease was well developed
when the Sofie came into port Owners
of t'ne Sofie have Instructed Captain
Rolf Seeberg, of Mobile, to take charge
of the vessel until a successor to Cap
tain Roten has been named.
MENINGITIS SCIRE INIS
(MONG NEGRO WORKMEN
Situation Well in Hand, Says
Dr Benedict, in His Re
port to Governor
A written report on the state board
of health’s investigation of the alleged
epidemic of cere bro-spinal meningitis at
Midville was made to Governor Brown
Thursday morning by Dr. E. C. Benedict,
president of the board.
Dr. Benedict states that of the eigh
teen persons in the Midville section who
contracted meningitis twelve died, and
that eleven of those who succumbed
were negroes. He says the situation ap
pears well in hand and that there have
been no new cases reported since Mon
day. ’
Following is a copy of Dr. Benedict’s
report to the governor: •
“Athens, Ga., Dec. 24, 1912.
"Thd Hon. Joseph M. Brown, Governor,
Atlanta:
"My Dear Governor: I returned from
Augusta this afternoon and beg to make
you the following report as to past and
present conditions in Burke county as
to the epidemic there. Two weeks ago
there developed on the Inman placd,
nine miles east of Midville, two cases
of cerebro-spinal meningitis, which place
is operated by Mr. Neely, of Waynes
boro, and who employs over 200 negro
hands.
“Five cases developed rapidly there
with quick deaths. There was no ef
ficient quarantine employed, if any at
all, and there appeared other cases in
portions of the county at once. The
disease was very virulent and with but
one physician to care for the patients.
He did as well as he could, but the
dlseAse was of a malignant type, and
as a result he soon worked himself
down and had to leave.
“We had been furnishing antitoxin
as freely as desired and in sufficient
quantities, so far as I can ascertain.
My first knowledge of the trouble
came from Dr. Harris Thursday even
ing, December 19. He informed me that
he had been furnishing serum and had
advised a rigid quarantine. This has
proven effective in past situations of
this kind, enabling local doctors to
promptly • control the trouble.
“In Burke county there was a lack
of physicians to properly handle the
epidemic, but this was not ascertained
until there had been ten deaths.? Under
the law controlling the state board of
health we have neither authority nor
money to provide services of physicians,
but I Instructed Dr. Harris to have
Dr. Park, our new man for publicity, and
who was in Boston taking a special
course, to proceed at once to Midville.
"On Sunday, finding that the situation
was more acute than we had known, I
ordered Dr. Harris to proceed at once
to Midville, make an investigation and
report to the executive committee in
Augusta. His report showed that Dr.
Kershaw, of Augusta, who had been
sent down by Mr. Neely, had established
a quarantine: that affairs were quiet as
to Midville and Burke county, and that
there were no new cases.
"The fatalities, with one exception,
were al lamong negroes. The white pa
tient died at a sawmill five miles from
the Neely farm. Two sisters, who came
from the Aiken, S. C-. developed minin
gitis, but are now recovering. So far,
the?e have been eighteen cases with
twelve deaths. There are now six cases
under treatmnt.
"There have been no new cases or
deaths since Monday morning. Dr. Park
is on the ground with instructions to
enforce a rigid quarantine against each
case and to assist the local physician
in every way possible.
"I feel that the disease is under con
trol. I will keep in daily touch with
conditions through Dr. Park and if the
need should develop will not hesitate
to call on the marine service, but I do
ATLANTA, GA,, FRIDAY, DECEMBER 27, 1912.
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4 DAYS UNTIL NEW YEAR'S
A VALUABLE AND SINCERE TRIP TO
STUDENTS IN SOUTHERN COLLEGES
Status of the College Classes in The Journal’s Inauguration
Trip Campaign Shows That Those Who Enter These
Classes Now Obtain a Place in The Journal’s Washington
Party-Entry Lists Close January 1
Are you a student in a southern col
lege? If so would you appreciate a
five-day trip to the city of Washington
for the inauguration of President Wood
row Wilson and to see all the wonder
ful things of interest In the capital city?
To those who can answer these two
questions in the affirmative The Jour
nal’s Inauguration Campaign Trip Ed
itor offers a sincere and valuable tip.
This paper is going to take 125 south
ern college and school boys to Wash
ington. Forty of these will be college
boys—twenty who attend colleges in At
lanta and Fulton county and twenty-five
who are enrolled in colleges anywhere
in the south outside Atlanta and Fulton
county.
In the last standing of the campaign,
published Monday, December 23, only
twenty-four of the boys entered in the
Atlanta and Fulton county college class
had as many a,s 200 coupons to their
credit —just three more boys than there
will be free trips. The ratio in the
class devoted to college boys outside
Atlanta and Fulton county was about
the same. Out of forty-four entries
only thirty had as many as 200 coupons
to their credit. In this latter class
there are twenty-five free trips.
It can be seen at a glance that the
competition in these two classes is, at
this time, merely nominal. College boys
who enter either of these classes now
will have a very excellent opportunity
to obtain one of the free trips. Just a
little determined, energetic work in se
curing subscriptions to The Journal will
turn the trick.
The entry lists close at midnight on
January 1. College boys who delay en
tering after that date—which is but
jmsfimin
FOR WILSON’S INAUGURAL
Chairman Eustis, a Southern
Democrat, Too, Plans Truly
Jeffersonian Affair.
(By Associated Press.)
WASHINGTON, Dec. 26.—Jeffersonian
simplicity is to mark the coming in
auguration of President-elect Wilson.
There will probably be the greatest out
pouring of people that has ever marked
the inauguration of a president, but
according to Chairman William C. Eus
tis. of the committee, there will be no
ostentation. He contends that true de
mocracy demands that there be no dis
play and he is upheld by Thomas Nelson
Page, who is quoted as saying:
"President Jefferson’s act of riding up
Pennsylvania avenue on horseback has
been derided, but the people who have
studied history have realized that he
did it in a dignified manner, and that
his inauguration had at least as much
real dignity and true simplicity as that
of any president.”
The subscriptions to the $150,000 fund
for the Inaugural affair is growing fast,
notwithstanding the Christmas season.
It undoubtedly will be oversubscribed.
not believe that this will be neces
sary.
“Very respectfully yours,
"SAMUEL C. BENEDJICT.
“President State. Board of Health.’*
six days off —will lose the opportunity
of a lifetime.
While there is more competition in
the schoolboy classes, there is yet a
good opportunity for new entrants to
secure a place in The Journal’s Wash
ington party. Those who intend to en
ter should do so at once, and get down
to work. There are going to be 125
happy and fortunate boys when this
campaign closes on February 1, and
those college and schoolboys who neg
lect this opportunity will regret it.
The Journal’s special six-car Pullman
train will leave Atlanta at 1:30 on March
3, and will arrive in Washington early
the following morning. The boys and
their escorts will be taken to the Ard
more hotel, where they will live during
their three-day stay in Washington.
These boys will occupy reserved seats
at the inauguration of President Wil
son; they will be provided with a place
of vantage from which to view the
magnificent inaugural parade; will be re
ceived in private audience by President
Wilson; will be given a special reception
by Mrs. Wilson and her charming
daughters; will visit all the interesting
government buildings in Washington
and other points of interest; will go on
excursions to Mount Vernon, George
Washington's old estate; Arlington, the
old home-place of General Robert E.
Lee; Annapolis, the historic Maryland
city in which, is located the United
States Naval academy, and many other
places.
No one ever got anything by sitting
around with folded hands. A place in
The Journal’s party is open for you,
but you can not get it by simply wish
ing for it. Anything that is worth hav
ing is worth working for. So get down
to work and do so with the determina
tion to succeed.
•SIGS” BIGIN NATIONAL
SESSION IN NASHVILLE
Sigma Alpha Epsilon College
Frat Begins Interesting
Convention
'By Associated Press.)
NASHVILLE. Tenn., Dec. 26—The na
tional convention of the Sigma Alpha
Epsilon fraternity opened here today
at the state capital with representa
tives present from all parts of the
country. The morning session was de
voted to welcoming exercises. A busi
ness session was had this afternoon, a
feature of which was an illustrated lec
ture on the history of the fraternity by
W. C. Levere, of Evanston, 111. A ball
in honor of the visitors will be given
tonight.
Phi Gamma Delta Frat
Meets in Indianapolis
(By Associated Press.)
INDIANAPOLIS, Dec. 26. —Delegates
from more than fifty colleges of the
country are here for the national con
vention of Phi Gamma Delta fraternity,
which opened here today.
Applications for charters from Wil
liams college and from Stetson univer
sity, Stetson, Fla., will be acted upon.
HERfI OF MANILA IS IS
TEARS OLD ON THURSW
Admiral George Dewey Will Be
Given a Surprise Recep
tion During the Evening
(By Associated Press.)
WASHINGTON. Dec. 26.—Admiral
George Dewey, the “hero of Manila,” is
seventy-five years old today. Scores
of his friends will attend two recep
tions today, one in the afternoon that
is to be a surprise to the veteran sea
fighter, and the formal occasion at
night. The admiral, through his love
of outdoor exercise and his extreme
fondness for driving, has retained his
jubilant spirits and Is as young as the
merest ensign. He attends regularly
to his duties as president of the general
board of the navy.
IOC RESCUES SAILORS
| AS SHIP GOES ADRIFT
Captain and Twenty-Six Sea
men Are Taken Off and
Carried to Wilmington
(By Associated Press.)
WILMINGTON. N. C-, Dec. 26.—The
tug Columbia, Savannah to Norfolk, has
arrived here, with Captain A. Carrod
and twenty-six members of the crew of
the British steamer Alcazar, 2,020 tons,
bound from Portau Paix, Hayti, with a
cargo of log wood, for Chester, Pa.,
which was driven ashore during the
severe gale off the Carolina coast fif
teen miles south-southeast of Cape
Lookout, on Monday of this week.
The Columbia was attracted to the
Alcazar by signals of distress, and de
spite the heavy seas, succeeded in pull
ing the vessel afloat, but after attach
ing the hawser and proceeding with her
some distance,, she became so badly
listed that it was deemed best to take
the crew off and proceed to a port of
safety.
The steamer was left adrift, and soon
after the arrival of the Columbia here
with the crew the revenue cutter Sem
inole proceeded in search of the dere
lict.
MOULTRIE TO HAVE
A NEW COUNTY JAIL
(Special Dispatch to The Journal.)
MOULTRIE, Gq., Dec. 26.—The recent
escape of S. B. Bruce from the Colquitt
county jail has served to hurry up the
plans for the building of a new prison
here and bids will be advertised for at
once for the erection of the structure.
Architect Lewis Benz, of Atlanta, who
was seletced by the board of county
commisioners to draw the plans. Iras.
turned over his drawings and specifics- ,
tions to J. W. Coleman, chairman of the
board, and they pronounced satisfactory.
The new jail will be one-story and will
be built of brick.
Colonists Arrive
(Special Dispatch to The Journal.)
HOMELAND, Ga.. Dec. 26—Four fam
ilies. all of the same name, arrived as
permanent settlers to the town of
Homeland from Michigan last week. The
colonists are shipping sweet potatoes b>-
the carlcad to Minneapolis and St.
Paul.
MOSLEMS WILL NOT \
GIVE UP ADRIANOPLE I
to oom or pen '
Demands of Balkan Allies Will
Never Be Conceded Without
Another Bloody Conflict for
Territorial Possession
(By Associated Freaa.)
LONDON, Dec. 26.—Possession of the
Turkish fortress of Adrianople, which
has been the principal bone of ennien- Jw
tion since the beginning of the war be
tween Turkey and the Balkan allies, |’J
still remains the real stumbling block
in the way of the attainment of peace.
Compensation for Bulgaria, however, in
some parts of European Turkey will
probably In the end remove even this
difficulty and enable her to consent to
the retention by Turkey of the great
fortress 1 which the " allied troops haw
been unable to subdue. «■
Saloniki has been suggested as a pos
sible bait to induce the Bulgarians to
abandon their claim to the northern city
which the Turks refuse to yield.
Perhaps, with some such idea in their
minds, the Turkish delegates have, it is
reported, included In the counter pro
posals they have offered to the peace
conference the stipulation that Saloniki
shall remain in their hands, a line be- J
ing drawn from that southern port i
through Serres and Adrianople to Midia.
The maximum demands of the Balkan
allies and the minimum offer of the
Turks will thus be before the peace del
egates when they assemble again in St a
James palace on Saturday, and a defi
nite basis for bargaining will have been
formulated.
If the Turks are successful in retain
ing Adrianople, they will doubtless con
sent to limit their demands to a west
ern boundary running from Adrlanoplto
southward along the railroad to Enos,
on the Aegen sea. thus leaving the
Dardanelles straits in their hands.
Diplomatic circles here consider there
is certain to be a gradual approximation
of the excessive terms put forward by
the Balkan allies, and the Turks, when
that stage has once been reached, third
parties may have a chance to Intervene
in order to reconcile the remaining dif
ferences between the adversaries.
“Old Grapevine” Ale
House in New York Is ]
To Be Torn Down Soon
NEW YORK. Dec. 26.—Luke so
many old teeth New York Is pulling out
one by one most of the few old land
marks that are left among the newet
buildings. The passing of the old
grapevine ,a little gabled-roofed ale
house at Sixth avenue and Eleventh (J
street, is announced for the New Yeai
to give place to a modern structure |
Alex McClelland, a Scot, who has pre
sided over its musty ale and mutton pi« j
for forty years, is going into retire
ment. The old two-story frame house
has many traditions and in its time
has been visited by many distinguished
persons. The last mug of ale will be
served across its bar when the old yeai
passes out.
FOUR ARE KILLED WREN
TRAIN HITS CARRIAGE
Happy Family Was Returning
From a Merry Christmas
Celebration
(By Associated Press.)
CHAMPAIGN, 111.. Dec. 26.—The four
members of the family of Edward H.
Miller were killed today when their
carriage was struck by an Illinois Cen
tray train near here. Opal Scott, ths
eleven-year?old child of a neighbor was
fatally hurt. They were returning froiq
a Christmas celebration.
Tired of Hunting,
Falls Asleep on Track;
Is Killed by Train
(By Associated Press.)
SAVANNAH, Ga., Dec. 26.—D. G.
Brinson, of Millen, Ga., went hunting
Wednesday and sat down to rest on the
tracks of the Central of Georgia rail
way.
He went to sleep and was struck by
a freight train.
He lived only a few minutes there
after.
INDIANS WIN PRIZES
OVER COMPETITORS
(By Associated Press.)
WASHINGTON. Dec. 26—Officials of
the Indian bureau are much pleased be
cause at the state fair at Muskogee,
Okla., a number of full blood Indians
having won prizes over their white com
petitors for exhibits of corn, cotton,
beans and some other products. Joe
Kelley, a full blood Mississippi Choc
taw, living near Ardmore, took firet
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and fourth prizes for his corn and a
second prize for cotton; and Silas Ba
con, of the same tribe, carried off both
first and second prizes for his fine field
beans. There were other scattered
prizes.
“These good results we can attribute
largely to the work the expert farmer* -
have been doing.” said Acting Commis
sioner Abbott. “We are hoping to ex
tend the work of this expert who is
teaching the Indian how to make thU4 J
bes tuse of his land.’* ■ W 3
NO. 28.
