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VOLUME XII.
ATLANTA, GA.. ,TUESDAY, MARCH 25, 1913.
NO. 53.
100 KILLED AND 240 INJURED IN OMAHA TORNADO
LOSS;
ISO HOMES HAZED;
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MORE TRAN THIRTY ARE
KILLED AT TERRE HAUTE
Associated Press Gets First
Wire Out of Wind and'Fire-
Swept-City and Sends First
Reliable Information
200 Homes Wrecked When
Tornado Strikes City in
Nebraska
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(By Associated Press.)
SSOCIATED PRESS OFFICES.
Omaha, Neb., March 24—(By
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(By Associated Press.)
TERRE HAUTE, # Ind., March 24.—
Twenty-four victims of a tornado which
swept the southern part of Terre Haute
and Vigo county late last night had been
identified today-and.-more than 75 in
jured were being cared for in improvised
hospitals.
Several more bodies are expected to be
found when the ruins of 200 homes, level
ed by the storm, have been cleared
away.
Telephone messages from Prairieton,
nine miles south, state that nearly every
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Boon reliable reports placed number j house in the town had been destroyed
of dead in yesterday's tornado at i and that many homes between here and
1.00 with 240 injured. More than that place had been leveled.
150 residences were destroyed and
250 were badly damaged.
The financial loss will be very
heavy. The storm did not hit the
main business district but swept a
path of four to six • blocks wide
through the residence section.
Governor Morehead has called out
the militia to guard the ruins. Fed
eral troops also are on duty.
The first and main storm struck
Ralston, three miles west of South
Omaha, shortly before 6 o'clock yes
terday evening and moved in a north
easterly direction through the city of
Omaha.
THIRTY DIE IN MOVIE SHOW.
The only point at which the force
of the storm struck the business sec
tion was Twenty-fourth and Lake
streets. Here the Diamond theater,
a moving picture concern, well filled,
was wrecked. According to the best
available figures at least thirty of
Its patrons were killed.
Between forty and fifty were
killed in the wreck of a pool hall
patronized by negroes.
The well defined path of the storm
ended at Carter Lake, near the Mis
souri river, north of the city. Fire
broke out in the debris and wrecked
buildings. Fires burned themselves
out except In Instances where flames
were brought under control by vol
unteer ‘‘bucket'Brigades.’’
The second storm swept across the
Missouri river about'6:30 p. m., do
ing considerable damage in Council
Bluffs.
Figures compiled early today place
the number pf known dead in Coun
cil Bluffs at nine with a score in
jured.
BUSINESS HOUSES ESCAPE.
The stretch of Omaha covered by the
tornado reaches from the southern lim
its to the suburb of Florence, six miles
north o fthe point of origin.
The storm swept the western part of
the city for its entire length. The east
ern Ii^lf of the city—generally compos
ing the business sesetion—was out of
the path of the storm but suffered
greatly.
The section damaged is the residential
portidn of the city. • A number of out
lying. business thoroughfares also are
in the destroyed area.
The greater part ql the damage was
done west of Twenty-fourth street, a
north and south cross town street ex
tending the length of the city. Numer
ous streets with retail stores are in this
section, with the residence portion of
the city scattered in intervening sec
tions.
One part of the storm area was be
tween Cuming street, on the south, and
Ames avenue, on the north, and from
Twenty-fourth street on the east to
Fiftieth street on the west.
This is the most thickly populated
residence district in the city and con
tains some of the largest public schools.
Many of the leading churches are in
that part of the city. Omaha universits-
was in the path of the storm and was
presumed to have been badly damaged.
On account of the appalling character
of the catastrophe only a few names of
the known dead and injured were avail
able.
The following Is a partial list of the
identified dead:
WILLIAM FISHER.
MABEL M’BRIDE.
NELS LARSON.
G. F. COPLY.
WALTER pfeTRSON.
SAM DENGELER.
P. B. HARRIS.
CARY HARRIS.
MRS. GEOGE SCHRODER, killed on
farm near Plattsmouth.
Six dead in vicinity of Thirteenth and
Ames street. Among them:
T. B. NORRIS.
BENJAMINE BARNES.
MRS. NEWMAN.
MRS. SULLIVAN.
MRS. E. F. FITZGERA*LD.
FORTY DEAD IN HALL.
About forty negroes in burned ruins
of a hall. Thirty or more men, women
and children in the Diamond picture the
ater. The names of the dead follow:
JEAN BROOKS
HENRY BLEAUVELT.
Two unidentified negrofes.
A. B. STANLEY.
BERT H. FIELDS.
Infant of Mrs. Schristenson.
MRS. E. A. SAWYER.
MRS. J. D. HOGG.
FERGUSON.
BACH.
MRS. and MR. HARDY. of Cedar
Creek Valley, reported dead.
HECK.
Unidentified woman at 2723 Blondo
street. . *
BARNES. \\
J. B. BROOKS
C. B. WEI SON
GRIEB.
HELEN NOWS.
Unidentified woman brought to Wise
hospital.
CLIFF DANIELS, his wife and two
daughters.
MRS. R. R. VAN DEV AN.
Aged woman, unidentified.
MISS FRTDA HULTING.
MRS. DAVIS, baby Thelma, two year-
old.
HOXIE.
MISS CORALIE NORRIS.
MRS. B. DAVIS.
C. E. COPLEY.
JIMPSON.
MISS HEINE and sister.
J. B. NICHOLS.
COUNCIIL BLUFFS DEAD.
Known dead at Council Bluffs:
MRS. WILLIAM POOLE.
J. R. RICE.
TLfDL ianuoriT.fi onH fa hfl-hii TCnr-
Torrential rains accompanied the tor
nado and probably saved many persons
pinned in the wreckage from burning
to death.
The revised list of dead follows:
MRS. HANNAH TULLEY.
MISS PELL, aged 12.
CHARLEY DAVIS.
MOSES CARTER, wife and child.
JEFF FOX.
NEAL YEAGER.
McBRIDE.
CHANDIS EDWARDS, aged 8.
J. V. HOUR.
DR. ERNEST LEMOOR.
JAMES BROWN.
WILLIAM RODGERS.
WILL MATHERLY, of Gardentown.
IDA DAVIS.
MRS. FRED KING and baby.
WILLIAM F. GIEFENS.
MRS. GRIFFITH. Prairieton.
Two unidentified men.
Unidentified pine-year-old boy.
Mrs. Flora Woods, 2424 South Third
street, was found unconscious seventy
feet from her home. She had her smrxll
1 aby clasped in her arms. They were
carried into the Third United Brethren
church, which. with - the Greenwood
school, had been converted into a tem
porary hospital, and given medical at
tention.
On Voorhees street, between Third
and Fifth streets, every house was
blown down. When the ambulances
and automobiles which were pressed
into service reached the devastated dis
trict, the injured had to be carried two
blocks on account of the debris, which
blocked the streets.
The Root glass factory was demol
ished and ‘the Cartland foundry was se-
verel;- damaged. The glass plant em
ployed 300 men, and the loss is esti
mated at $67,000. The storm wac ac
companied by a severe electrical display
and rain that almost equally a cloud
burst. Crossed wires and lightning
started fires throughout the debris,
but they were quenched by the heavy
rain.
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[HOT DECLINES CHOICE
POST TO CHEAT BRITAIN
President Wilson Has Not De
cided on Who to Tender
Place to Next
(By Associated Press.)
WASHINGTON, March 24.—Official an
nouncement was made at the White
House today that former President Eliot,
of Harvard, has declined President Wil
son’s offer to be ambassador to Great
Britain.
Mr. Eliot wired his thanks but said
he thought he could be of greater serv
ice to the country at home, working in
a familiar field than abroad.
So far the president has selected no
one for London. It is understood, how
ever, that before the end of the week
he will make a choice as to that post
and some other important European em
bassies.
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Secretary of War Garrison, by
Orders of the President,
. Sends Army Hospital Corps
to Lower Peachtree
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(Bv Associated Press.)
WASHINGTON, March 24—Under rush
orders from Secretary Garrison, a medi
cal officer and three members of the
army hospital corps are proceeding from
Fort Oglethorpe, Ga., to Lower Peach
tree, Ala., the town virtually wiped off
the map by Thursday’s and Friday’s tor
nado. The action was taken after an ap
peal for help was received by President
Wilson.
The American Red Cross today notified
the governor of Alabama that it would
give all aid possible to the sufferers in
the stricken districts. The Red Cross
agent at Birmingham was asked to make
a report on the extent of the damage
done by the tornado.
TOWN WIPED OUT.
Advices received this morning from
Lower Peachtree, the Alabama river
town practically wiped out by a torna
do Friday, indicate that the story of
the disaster has not half been told.
Every store in the town was ".wept
away by the storm and supplies of
every description destroyed.
Advices from Selma are to the effect
that the steamboat City of Mobile,
which turned back from Lower Peach
tree on its south bound trip, will leave
there this afternoon with supplies for
the survivors. The steamer furnished
sleeping quarters to many of the storm
victims whose homes had been blown
away.
W. S. Irby, wife and child had an
almost miraculous escape from death.
While the house was being wrecked by
the tornado they leaped from a window
to a small chicken house in the yard
where some heavy timbers had been
placed, and hung there while their home
was swept into the Alabama river by
the gale. None was seriously injured.
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CALLED OUT OF CHIIHCH
AND KILLED BY COUSIN
1
Alleged That Fusillade of Shots
Began as Soon as Man
Stood-ifl Doorway
ASLEEP AT HIS “POST"
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(By Associated Press.)
ASHEVILLE, N. C., March 24.—Called
odt of church by an usher while at
tending divine services at WayneSville
Sunday morning, Henry Sorrells walked
into a fusillade of bullets, fired by his
cousin, Hardy Sorrells. Three of the
bullets took egect, the victim dying
almost instantly in front of the church.
Witnesses state that no words passed
between the two men prior to the shoot
ing. They assert that Hardy Sorrels
began firing as soon as his cousin ap
peared in the doorway of the church.
It is reported that the killing is the
aftermath of a violent quarrel between
the two men several weeks ago. The
slayer was arrested about two hours
after the killing and lodged in the
county jail. He refuses to make any
statement.
WILSON AND UNDERWOOD
TO CONFER ON TARIFF
HAAS. EATON AAAY BE
TRIED LOR LI
FOUR DEAF NECRO BOYS
HELD ON MURDER CHARGE
President Said to Favor Omni
bus Bill Method of Handling
Schedules
Grand Jury Investigates Mys
terious Poisoning of Rear
Admiral Eaton
Killing of White Superinten
dent’s Son Laid to Pupils of
State Institution
gaard.
.BENJAMINE BENNINGHOFF, Dutch
Hollow.
Known dead at Ralston:
H. E. SAID and wife.
Unidentified man supposed to be Bert
Thomas.
MARY MORAN.
MRS. EDITH KIMBALL, 29 years old,
Winnipeg, Canada.
P'RANCES KIMBALL, two years of
age.
INJURED.
Miss Davis, dangerously injured; will
probably die.
George Duncan, advertising man. fa
tally hurt.
Mrs. E. R. VanDeven, unconscious
from blow on head.
Mrs. Edward Baggett, Chicago, badly
hurt.
Mrs. Ben Dallagher, dangerously hurt.
Mrs. McBride, injured by flying
bricks.
Henry Johnson, head cut.
Baby of Mrs. Babcock. t
Child of Henry Starman, leg broken.
W. H. Steinbaugh, badly hurt.
. Utah Hayde. head cut.
Walter Hayden, leg broken.
Mrs. Fred Hayden.
Fred Ohme and child, badly hurt.
D. Dagett, head cut by flying glass.
Charles Black and family, slight
bruises.
E. W. Dixon, slight bruises.
M. A. Hall, injured by flying planks.
Mrs. Arthur Levidge and baby, mor
tally injured.
M. H. Halm, slightly hurt.
W. M. McDonald, bad scalp wound.
Mrs. McAlpin, badly cut.
1 Mrs. E. C. Sells, injured internally
and gash on the head.
Little Sells girl, bad scalp wound.
Mrs. Griffin, serious internal injuries.
Mrs. C. C. Swann, head badly cut.
D. E. Baum, head cut and ankle
broken.
Thomas McPherson, badly bruised and
internally injured.
Estimated Property Damage
Is Placed at $12,000,000
(By Associated Press.)
CHICAGO, March 24.—The West
ern Union Telegraph company has
been advised by its Omaha office
that the damage from the tornado
will amount to more than $12,000,-
000, and that more than 100 lives
were lost.
TWELVE FIREMEN HURT
IN BALTIMORE BLAZE
Falling Wall Catches Flame
Fighters—$100,000 Damage
Done
BALTIMORE, Md.v March 24.—Twelve
firemen were more or less seriously hurt
and damage estimated at $100,000, was
caused with a specticular fire at the
plant of the Union Abattoir company
In the southwestern section of the city
today. The injured firemen were caught
under a falling wall. It is not thought
any of them will die.
BLECKLEY FARMERS
HAVE FINE MEETING
(Special Dispatch to The Journal.)
COCHRAN, Ga., March 24.—The
farmers of Bleckley county held an en
thusiastic meeting at the court house
Saturday afternoon. Mr. Graybell and
Mr. Stradford, farm improvement ex
perts employed by the Southern railway,
delivered practical and very intelligent
lectures on corn and fertilizers.
At the conclusion of their talks Dr.
J. B. Peacock, of Cochran, made a
splendid address on corn culture and
seed selection. Dr. Peacock has devel
oped his seed and has experimented un
til he is authority on corn in this sec
tion.
WILL PLANT COTTON
ALONG RIGHT OF WAY
(Special -Dispatch to The Journal.)
SHEBOYGAN, Wis., March 24.—The
Sheboygan Railway and Electric com
pany will try a novel experiment this
summer by planting cotton in places
along its interurban right of way. It
is stated employes of the company ex
pect enough of the cotton to mature to
furnish them cotton for their own use.
President Gon-zenbach of the company
imported the seed from Alabama where
he traveled last year.
(By Associated Press.)
WASHINGTON, March 24.—President
Wilson and Representative Oscar Under
wood will confer tonight on the details
of tariff revision.
Although Mr. Wilson has ha’d several
conferences with the Democratic house
leader, they have been along general
lines. It is expected that tonight’s con
ference will report specific subjects and
that the president immediately there
after will finish his special message to
the first congress, including therein a.
discussion of the tariff that will conform
to plans already agreed upon by house
leaders.
It always has been Mr. Wilson’s cus
tom to study the possibilities of legisla
tion and write his messages with an
idea of what actually has been deter
mined upon by party leaders than by
presenting new and undiscussed policies.
It is believed, that his message will
cover, in a general way the character of
tariff revision that he hopes to see ac
complished and also will point out spe
cifically the goals of reduction which
should be reached.
The conference with Mr. Underwood
will give the president a detailed, ac
quaintance with the work of the ways
and means committee and will be fol
lowed by other conferences through
which the president hopes to secure a
common agreement among members of
the Democratic party for a tariff bill.
The idea* of a single tariff bill is said
to appeal strongly to the president as a
means of expediting legislation. The
question is to be settled by the Demo
cratic caucus but the wishes of the
president will be consulted by house
leaders during the week when the mer
its of the schedule-by-schedule process
and the omnibus bill. method will be
presented to him.
JUDGE HAMILTON HURT
BY SHATTERED WINDSHIELD
SELMA, Ala., March 24.—Judge Peter
J. Hamilton, of Mobile, was painfuly
hurt here Saturday when a glass from
a shattered windshield cut his cheek
just beneath the eye. An automobile
In which he was being taken from the
Union station ran over a bad place in
the street, breaking the windshield. On
the spot -where his father In antebel
lum days was sworn In as United States
attorney of this district, Judge Hamil
ton will Wednesday morning take his
oath of office as United States judge of
the district of Porto Rico.
(By Associated Press.)
PLYMOUTH, Mass., March 24.-
-Evi-
dence in the case of Mrs. James May
Eaton, who is charged with the murder
of her husband. Rear Admiral Joseph
G. Eaton, by administering poison, will
be presented before the grand jury which
will meet in special session here today.
The jury will determine whether the
widow of the admiral shall be Indicted
or allowed her liberty.
More than twenty-five witnesses are
expected to appear before .the grand
jury. Those who have been summoned
include neighbors of the Eaton family
in the town of Norwell, and county au
thorities and others who have been con
cerned in the investigation.
As intimated at the time of the arrest
of Mrs. Eaton, some of those conversant
with the case believe a lunacy commis
sion may be appointed to examine her.
District Attorney Barker, who has
been conducting the investigation, is
said to have conferred with Chief Jus
tice Aiken, of the superior court, regard
ing the appointment of such a commis
sion.
Mrs., Eaton spent Easter quietly at
the Plymouth county jail. She receiv
ed no visitors and did not attend the
Easter services In the jail.
Search was continued yesterday in an
endeavor to locate the source of the ar
senic alleged to have caused the death
of Admiral Eaton. Thus far the author
ities admit they have not learned where
the poison was purchased.
FARMERS OF GORDON
FAR BEHIND IN WORK
(Special Dispatch to The Journal.)
CALHQJJN, Ga., March 24.—Owing to
the heavy rains during the past month,
the farmers of this section are several
weeks behind with their work. With the
exception of plowing that was done last
fall, scarcely anything has been done
to prepare the soil for the crops. The
condition, though, is not yet as bad as
it was last year, when there was an
unusually late spring.
The farmers have not been idle, how
ever, for there has been much extra
work to be done. Since the recent storm
scores of barns have had to be re-
erected or repaired and much fallen
timber cleared. Notwithstanding these
conditions the workers are hopeful that
with a spell of fair weather the crops
this year will be given a good start.
KNOXVILLE, Tenn., March 24.—
Four negro boys, pupils of the colored
branch of the State Deaf and Dumb
school, have been held in connection
with the tragedy at that school last
Monday morning, when Louis Mann,
son of Superintendent and Mrs. Mann,
was killed, and four others injured, In
a murderous assault at an early morn
ing hour.
A coroner’s' jury sat for seven hours
today, listening to testimony; then held
Haynes Terry on the charge of mur
der, and Hiram Armstrong, Wade Wood-
folk and Hiram Johnson as accessories.
Terry was positively identified by Car
rie Mason, matron of the school, who
is still cpnfined to a hospital and a
strong chain of circumstantial evidence
was woven Involving all four of the
students name^.
Of the four injured persons all are
doing well except Mayme Steele, a girl
student, who has never regained con
sciousness since struck with a baseball
bat last Monday morning.
THREE KILLED, EIGHT HURT
IN FLORIDA BY STORM
Ten Houses Are Blown Down
by Tornado That Swept
Holmes County
GWINNETT FARMS
ARE HURT BY RAINS
(Special Dispatch to The Journal.)
LAWRENCEVILLE, Ga., March 24.—
The continued heavy rains are placing
the planters in this part of the state, in
bad shape. One of the heaviest and
hardest rains of the season occurred
here this morning, accompanied by
wind, lightning and thunder.^
Some hail was reported. Farm land
has been fearfully washed in this sec
tion. The crop situation appear£J as
gloomy as it did last year at this time.
SPEEDING IN AUTO,
SHOOTS BOY ON STREETS
MONTEZUMA, Ga., March 24.—Sunday,
A1 Joyner, a young man from Byrom-
viile,, while passing in an automobile
Osce Walters, a young man of this city,
opened fire on Walters with an auto
matic shot gun, wounding Walters seri
ously, If not fatally.
It is said bad feeling has existed be
tween the two men for somd time. Both
arc prominent. The shooting happened
on one of the most prominent residen
tial streets In this city. Joyner was
driving towards Byromville.
CROPS IN FINE STATE
OF PREPARATION SO FAR
That the Georgia crops are in fine
condition of preparation is the declara
tion of M. F. Holahan, general agent of
the International Harvester company in
Atlanta, who has returned from an ex
tensive trip through the state.
Mr. Holahan says that economy will
mark the 1913 crop. Banks and mer
chants are not encouraging extrava
gance this year as they did last, he
says, and the result is that the farm
er’s returns this year will net him
more than ever before.
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SAYS SOKE SMITH
Junior Senator From Georgiy
Arriving Home Monday, De
cries Stories of "Friction”
Among Democrats in Senate
(By Associated Press.)
MOBILE, Ala.,? March 24*.—Three per
sons were killed and ten houses demol
ished by a tornado which swept the ru
ral districts of Holmes county, Florida,
Friday, according to advices just re
ceived here.
The mother-in-law and two children
of a farmer named Rucker near Bonifay
were the victims. Eight were Injured
and a number of houses demolished at
Gracgyille.
Scouting the suggestion that serious
friction had been engendered among the
Democratic members of the United
States senate as a result of the assign
ment of committee, places, and thor
oughly optimistic concerning the pros
pects for a highly successful adminis
tration of the government by the Demo
cratic party, Senator Hoke Smith ar
rived at his home In Atlanta Monday
morning from Washington.
He came to look after some business
matters and will remain here until the
latter part of the week. During his
stay he will be at his home, 197 West
Peachtree street, where he will be glad
to confer with his friends.
“These stories which have been going
the rounds about friction among the
Democratic senators are without foun
dation of fact,” said Senator Smith.
"Some of us were disappointed that Sen
ator Bacon .was defeated for the place
of president pro tempore of the senate,
but he obtained the chairmanship of
the foreign relations committee,
one of the most important Of the senata
committees. t
“Whatever disappointment there was
now has blown over and the Demooratio
senators are absolutely In harmony on
party policies. In reorganizing the
senate the old seniority rule was ob
served as to chairmanships but disre
garded as to second places on commit
tees.
“The seniority doctrine was not per
mitted to stand in the way of a reorgan
ization of the senate which would In
sure the. enactment of the progressive
legislation demanded by the country and
promised In the Baltimore platform.
AUTOCRACY HAS VANISHED.
“The present senate Is antagonistic
to the old theory of autocratic rule as
Inspired and directed 1 by Aldrich and
Hale. No longer Is the senate to be the
graveyard for the people’s measures. It
win now co-operate with the house in
bringing about legislation in the interest
of the great body of the people. The
day of the special interests has passed.”
Senator Smith said that In the matter
of tariff revision there exists perfect
harmony. Jle stated that on a few of
the items In the tariff schedule some
senators might disagree because of local
conditions, but that on the whole the
party would stard shoulder to shoulder
in revising the tariff downward.
The senator does not anticipate any
special financial depression as a resull
of the tariff legislation.
“There may be some little timidity
and uncertainty,” he said. "Thato la
nothing more than Is to be expected
The patient must be taken to the hos-
pital and the knife applied. However,
when It’s all over the business of the
country will be on a more stable basis
than ever before, and if the results are
what they should be the democratic
party will retain its hold upon the gov
ernment for the next twenty-five years
at least.”
Senator Smith predicted that a wise
and conservative currency bill will be
perfected within the next twelve months.
He did not know whether it would be
possible to enact the needed currency
legislation at the extra session which
begins April 7. The revision of the
tariff would be the principal subject con
sidered at this session.
PRAISES MR. WILSON.
“President Wilson has more than made
good and he enjoys the hearty support
and sympathy of every Democrat con-'
nected with the administration,” said
Senator Smith In reply to a question as
to how the congressmen and senators
view the president’s attitude toward the
“six-power” Chinese loan.
Southern Democrats were given the
majority of Important committee assign
ments, said Senator Smith. ,
Senator Bacon heads the committee on
foreign relations; Senator Martin, of
Virginia, the appropriations committee;
Senator Simmons, of North Carolina, the
committee on finance, and Senator Cul
berson, of Texas, the judiciary commit
tee.
Quite a number of other Important
committees have Democrats for their
chairmen.
In view of the fact that the big com
mittee places were to be given to the
southern Democrats and to further par
ty harmony other sections of the coun
try were recognized in the distribution
of the caucus offices. The middle west
Is represented by Senator Kern, of In
diana, who was made chairman of the
Democratic caucus; the far west by.
Senator Newlands, of Nevada( who was
chosen vice chairman, and the east by
Senator Salisbury, of Delaware, who,
Was elected secretary.
WHITFIELD FARMERS
DELAYED BY RAINS
(Special Dispatch to The Journal.)
DALTON, Ga,, March 24.—Farmers of
Whitfield county are growing anxious
over the recent protracted rains, for
the ground has been kept in such con
dition as to make farm work practically
impossible.
Many of the farmers have not yet
broken tlVeir land for this year’s crops,
for at thfe time the ground would get
dry enough to begin work, another
hevy rians would come, causing another
interruption.
During the past week the creeks and
rivers in this section have been higher
than they have been during the past
twenty-five years, the bottom lands h<»-
ing flooded.
The crops this year will apparently be
unusually late in Whitfield and adjoin
ing counties.
PAROLED FROM GANG
TO SEE DYING WIFE
(Special Dispatch to The Journal.)
ROME, Ga., March 24.—James Henry;
who is serving a sentence of twelve
months on the Floyd county chaingang,
having been convicted on a charge of
selling liquor illegally, is at present at
liberty on his own recognizance, hav
ing been given a ten-day leave of ab
sence by Judge Moses Wright.
Authentic information had reached
the judge that Henry’s wife was at the
pcint of death, and he was given his
liberty until jlhere was a change in h6r
condition, to’extend for ten days if ne
cessary. f
FISHERMEN CAUGHT
DUCKS ON TROT LINE
(Special Dispatch to The Journal.) A
QUITMAN, Ga., March 24.—Catching
wilds ducks on a trot line set for fish
is the exploit which enlivened a fishing
expeditions at Blue pond in the Groover-
ville district.
W. A. Jones and J. J. Willaford, of
Quitman, are two of the best-known
sportsmen in this section and hearing
the fishing was good at Blue pond, they
went there Friday.
They set out a trot line with live bait
on it, and going back to the line later
found a large trout and two wild duck*
fast on the hooks.