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THE ATLANTA SEMI-WEEKLY JOURNAL, ATLANTA, GA.. FRIDAY, APRIL 18, 1913.
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iMessrs, Srfffin and McCrary
Will Appeal From Judge
Brand’s Decision
The ntata court of appeals on ‘Wed-
[n&May reversed Judge C. H. Brand, of
the Clarke county superior court, 1rf
his refusal to permit J. W. Griffin and
R. H, McCrary, former president and
former cashier, respectively, of the
defunct Athens Trust and Banking:
company, to withdraw their pleas of
guilty to an indictment ch.arglng them
with having” accepted deposits when
they knew that the hank was in an in
solvent condition.
Griffin and McCrary entered a plea of
[guilty with the undertsanding- that they
would be sentenced as for a misde
meanor, but Judge Brand sentenced each
to five years in the penitentiary, which
was a felony penalty. Immediately
after sentence was passed they made
a motion to withdraw their plea of
guilty and stand trial on the Indict
ments against them. This motion was
|denled by Judge Brand and the defend -
jant appealed to the court of appeals.
The decision of the court of appeals
Iwas* announced by Judge Pottle in a
lengthy opinion, In which numerous
decisions were cited In support of the
rulings made. As a result of this
opinion Griffin and McCrary will be
allowed to withdraw their pleas of
guilty and go to trial on the merits
[of the cases against them.
oSme of the principal features of the
[opinion are summarized in the follow-
ling headnotes:
"A plea of guilty, being but a con
fession of guilt in open court, ought
Ito be received with care and scanned
[with caution. It ought never to be
received unless freely and voluntarily
[made, and if entered under a misappre
hension as to its legal effect or the
consequences which are to follow, hon
estly entertained because of represen
tations made or inducements held out
either by the court or by counsel for
the state, the prisoner ought to "be al
lowed to withdraw the plea, even after
sentence, if he moves promptly on dis
covering that he has been misled.
"TVhijle the record discloses that the
Irial judge declined to commit himself
In advance in reference to the punish
ment to be imposed, the undisputed evi
dence shows that special counsel for the
ptate, with the concurrence of the solici-
pr general, entered into an agreement
vith counsel for the accused
knd that he consented for all of the
Indictments, except the one upon which
khe plea was entered, to be settled upon
bayment of costs, although the judge
had previously declined either to ap
prove or disapprove the agreement,
rleld, that while counsel had no authori
ty to btad the judge, yet where a mo
tion was mads in due time to vacate a
sentence of five j*»ars in the peniten
tiary and to allow the plea of guilty to
pe withdrawn, and the foregoing facts
vere made to appear, it was error to de
ny the motion-
“The agreement among th§ attorney's
not being binding upon the trial court,
|this court will not direct that a misde-
neanor punishment be imposed, but
rules simply that the accused are en
titled, if they so desire, to join issue
vlth the state and go to trial on all of
[the Indictments. If they are legally
{convicted, the punishment to be meted
out, within the statutory limits, is ab
solutely within the discretion of the
|trial judge.” '*,*?”
In the course of the opinion* the court
ays: "It is very reprehensible for
Jcounsel for a person accused of crime
to seek to have the judge commit him-
pelf in advance in reference to the pun
ishment to be imposed, and it is even
nore reprehensible for the judge so to
bommit himself.”
BIEIKTOSISTE
Comptroller General Wright
Says on Jan, 1, Corpora
tions' Cash Boxes Are De
pleted by Bond Payments
David Candler Dies
PHILOMATH, Ga., April 14.—David
Chandler, a well-known citizen of this
place, died last Friday. His death end-
a long, useful career. He is sur
vived by seven children. The funeral
services were conducted by Rev. W. H.
Sherrer.
lines John
Quit Drinking
Due to increased operating: expenses,
the 1913 tax returns of the railroads
and similar corporations, made to
Comptroller General W. A. Weight, show
comparatively , small increases over
their 3 913 returns.
.All qf the. corporations have com
plied with the new constitutional
amendment which requires them to re
turn their taxes before March 1, based
upon the value of their property on
January 1. Heretofore the corpora
tions have had until May 1 to make re
turns, and the returns were made upon
the value of property on January 31.
While all of the corporations have
complied with the law and have made
returns, ,the comptroller general in a
few instances has referred these re
turns back for certain amendments.
The two notable cases of this kind are
the Georgia Railway and Power com
pany, of Atlanta, and the Southern Bell
Telephone and Telegraph company.
In the first intsance the comptroller
general directed the Georgia Railway
and Power company to prepare detailed
statements showing the value of the va-
rious kinds of property owned ' by each
of its subsidiary companies. It will
b<? JL eVe £ a l ! ays before this be done.
The Sotuhern Bell company did not
return as much as the comptroller
tnougtit proper, and he sent its declar
ation back for revision.
WILL COST STATE MUCH.
According to Comptroller Wright, the
new constitutional amendment, chang-
ing the date for tax returns, in all like
lihood will cost the state several thou
sand dollars a year. January 1, the
date for valuation, is also the date up
on which the corporations pay semi
annual interest on their bonds and other
securities. Therefore, great amounts
of cash leave their treasuries just prior
to •valuation day, and. the state loses
the. taxes on this money.
This is illustrated by the case ot
the Central of Georgia railroad com
pany whose returns, because of this
fact show a decrease this year of
$346,670. Notwithstanding this decrease
due to the slump in the amount of cash
and securities or? hand on January 1,
the Central’s physical properties show
ed a healthy increase in value.
The 1913 returns of this road are
$22,808,346, as compared with $23,155,-
016 i n 1912. Last year the cash and
other securities returned by the Central
were value* at $1,135,721.92. while this
yeare they are given as $638,735. In
addition to the semi-annual interest
which the Central paid upon its bonds
on January 1 it paid on December 31
3 per cent dividend on $15,000,000 worth
of stock. This dividend payment
amounted to $450,000.
SOME COMPARISONS.
Comparative returns of. a number ot
the larger corporations for 1913 and
1912 ’follow:
Southern railway, 1912, $17,910,042;
1913, $18,243,563; increase this year*
$333,521.(J *
Seaboard Air Line railroad, 1912, $12,-
654,063; 1913, $12,854,575; K^rease this
year $200,512.
• Atlantic Coast Line railroad, 1912,
$14,657,221; 1913, $14,721,169; increase
this year $63,948.
Georgia Southern and Florida railroad,
1912, $5,057,169; 1913. $5,072,874; in
crease this year $15,705.
Louisville and Nashville railroad, 1912,
$2,491,867; 1913, $2,470,757; decrease
this year $21,110.
Atlanta and West Point railroad, 1912,
$3,828,539; 1913, $3,973,713; increase this
year $145,174.
Southern Express company, 1912,
$1,216,738; 1913, $1,209,750; decrease this
year $7,088.
Western Union Telegraph company,
1912, $1,178,012; 1913, $1,190,750; in
crease this year $12,263.
Postal Telegraph company, 1912, $234,-
557; 1913, $265,723; increase this year
$31,166.
As stated above, the increased operat
ing expenses served to affect the values
of franchises, but in almost every case
the physical property showed increases.
Bv John’s Wife
COBB BUILDS LINK
IN GREAT HIGHWAY
I’m tb* happiest little woman, «
In all this little town;
And my merry laugh and singing.
Takes the place of sigh andfnwn.
For JOHN HAS QUIT HIS DRINKING
And Is like himself once more,;
And the world Is just a paradise
With such happiness In store!
One day I read some verses—
“Mary’s Miracle,” the name.
And I said, that’s John exactly,
And I’ll send and get the same.
So I sent for GOLDEN REMEDY,
(As sly as sly could be)
And I put it In John’s supper
* lip
And I put it In hls tea.
And It didn’t taste a little bit;
Had no odor, so, you see—
It was smoothest kind of sailing
For little Doctor Me.
And I watched and prayed and waited*
I And cried some, to5M guess).
And I didn’t have the greatest faith*
I’m ashamed now ta confess.;
And John never though: a minute,
He was being cured of drink,
And soon he’s aB well as any one,
It makes me cry to think!
Just makes me cry for gladness*
I’m so proud to be hls wife—
Blnce he is cured of drinking,
And leads a nice, new life.
‘‘Since John he quit a-drlnklng!”
I can’t say it times enough!
„ Anc^hates and loathes a liquor
As h fr-would a poison stuff.
And when I say my prayers at nlgnt
As thankful as can be—
I pray for John the most of all—
Th
Then GOLDEN REMEDY.
iHome Treatment For Drunkards
|Odorlees «nrl Tasteless — Any Lady CaE
Give It Secretly at Home in Tea,
Coffee or Food.
Costs Nothing to Try.
If you have a husband, son. brnther, father or
Ifriend who is a victim of liquor, all you have
Ito do is to send your name and address on the
[coupon below. You may be thankful as long
|as
Free Trial Package Coupon
Dr. J. W. Haines Company,
5081 Glenn Bldg., Cincinnati,- Olfio.
Please send me, absolutely free, by return
mull, in plain wrapper, so that no one can
know what it contains, a trial package o*
Golden Remedy to prove that what you
claim for It is true in every respect.
Name
Street
Olty
State.
(Special Dispatch to The Journal.)
ACWORTH, Ga., April 17.—A most
important link in the great Atlanta-
Chattanooga highway, that from Ac-
worth on the Cobb-Bartow county lint},
to the Chattahoochee river on the Cobb-
Fulton county line, is rapidly nearing
completion. The party of the road from
Marietta to the river has already been
completed, and only a short distance
from Acworth to Marietta is uncom
pleted. All the grades are being cut
down, the road straightened and the
bed macadamized.
The dobb county commissioners de
serve a great deal of credit for this
splendid work. Mr. Randall, the super-,
intendent of the Cobb county roads, is
said to be one of the finest road con
struction experts to be found anywhere.
He originated the method, now famous
as “the Randall way,” of top-soiling his
road. Other very important work will
soon be perfected in Cobb county,
which county is now one of the fore
most in good road building in the state.
ROME “GRAVE” HID
GALLONS OF WHISKY
JIOMPJ, Ga., April 17.—A barrel of
moonshine whisky which had been bur
ied in the ground near a*n illicit still
in Cherokee county, and dirt heaped
above it in the shape of a grave to keep
the inquisitive from suspecting any
thing, was unearthed recently in a
raid by revenue officers, A. J. Spence
and C. D. Williams.
The officers discovered the deception,
and upon digging into the “grave”
found seventy-five gallons of liquor in
the barrel. They destroyed two stills,
eacli with a capacity of 150 gallons and
confiscated 100 gallons of liquor. The
stills were in full blast when the offi
cers arrived, but the operators had es
caped, being warned by friends of the
approach of the revenue men. Another
still of smaller capacity was confiscat
ed nine miles from Dallas.
Mystery of Disappearance of
Memphis Millionaire Baffles
Burns and Scotland Yards
(By Associated Press.)
LONDON, April 16.—The mystery of
the whereabouts of Joseph W. Martin,
of Memphis, Tenn.. still is awaiting a
solution, all the “clues” brought to the
notice of the police since his disappear
ance on April 3 having proved fal
lacious.
Scotland Yard authorities have prac
tically discarded the theory that he has
been the victim of foul play, but are
at a loss to find a reason why he should
have vanished so completely.
The American detective. Burns. is
working^ntently on the “Spanish clue.”
which originated in Barcelona. He was
formerly introduced to the officials of
Scotland Yard this morning by Irwin
B. Laughlin, charge d’affaires of the
United States embassy.
The London police were supplied with
alleged clews as to the whereabouts of
Martin every few minutes today. One
of the latest rumors was that he went
on board the steamer Walmer Castle
with a woman on April 5, shortly before
that vessel sailed for South Africa.
Thirty-four taxicab drivers informed
the Scotland Y”ard authorities that they
had driven men answering the descrip
tion of the lost American.
One cabman said that he drove a man
on the night of April 3 who had Mar
tin’s cash with him. The man alighted
near the Belvedere road where Mar
tin’s hat was found, and tendered a
ten-pound Bank of England note in the
payment for his fare.
When informed by the driver that he
was unable to change the note, the man,
according to the cabman, on searching
his pockets for silver coins, pulled a
blood-stained handkerchief and several
article of jewelry.
Martin’s, Brother and
Nephew Disappear Also
(By Associated Press.)
NEW YORK, April 16.—The American
end of the Martin mystery demanded at
tention today because Hill Martin,
brother of the man for whom the Lon
don police are searching apparently had
dropped out of sight. About 1 o’clock
this morning Hill Martin was aboard a
steamship ready to sail for England,
when a telegram from Memphis caused
him to abandon the trip. He left the
steamer immediately.
Mr. Martin did not disclose what the
Merqphis message told him. He said
as he left the steamer that he inted-
ed to return to Memphis, but did not
say when he would do so. No trace of
his whereabouts could be found today,
nor of his nephew, H. Martin Dunscomb,
who accompanied him.
1—*
BLEASE NOT SURPRISED
AT MITCHELL’S ACTION
QOLUMBIA. S. C„ .April 17.—Speak-
ing of the resignation of Dr. S. C.
Mitchell ( president of th© state uni
versity, when asked for an expression
this mornnig, Governor Blease said:
“I am not surprised at Dr. Mitch
ell’s leaving. I knew when i made my
inaugural in January that I was send-
—- in a center shot, and when I intro-
ducea my resolution ..at the board meet
ing the .^ther, whiqii^L alone voted for,
I saw before me O. resignation. Broken
down and retired politicians may vote
against you, but they are generally
losers, and T never get disheartened
when they disagree with my ideas. It
is a sign that I win and I did. When
a fellow is passing between two jobs
a resolution like that from the gover
nor and chairman of the board makes
him hasten to the other job, even if the
other fellows do vote no. So after
that resolution I am not surprised that
- won my victory as soon as I diu. And
now, answer me a question: How do
you suppose those trustees, the stu
dents, this chamber of commerce here
and others feel, saying to Mitchell:
‘Oh, doctor, we can’t do without you,
ear doctor; please don’t go,’ and he
replies: “Aha, good little boys, I lov«s
to hear you beg, but I have another job
back at my old home. I care not for
i-iee, only teinporanlee, tra-lee!’
‘Who knew him best they are 1,’ it
ri an old saying and a very trufe one,
‘He is a wise guy who knows when to
cult.’ ”
ILL HEALTH DRIVES
WOMAN TO END LIFE
(Special Dispatch to The Journal.)
WAYCROSS, Ga.. April 17.—The
funeral of Mrs. J. R. Carter, who killed
herself at her home near Schlattersvllle,
east of Waycross, Saturday, was held
yesterday at the home.
No letter or note of any kind that
would throw any light on the cause for
the woman’s deed has been found, and
beyond the supposition that continued ill
health caused her suicide nothing is
known.
B’NAI B’RITH PLEDGES
GIVEN FOR HOSPITAL
(By Associated Press.)
NAHSVILLE, Tenn., April 17—At to
day’s session of district No. 7 of B’Nai
B’Rith, the building committee for the
Leon H. Levi memorial hospital, to be
erected at Plot Springs, Ark., at a cost
of $80,000, reported pledges this morn
ing. District No. 7 comprises seven
states.
ECZEMA
SAVANNAH SCHOOL BARS
FINE GRADUATION CLOTHES
SAVANAH, Ga., April 17.—There
will be no fine graduating dresses worn'by
the girls of the Savannah High school
this summer. At a meeting of the board
of education last night a resolution was
adopted directing the principal of the
High school to adopt a price that the
sweet girl graduates can pay for their
dresses.
Mr. B. F. Pickett, the principal of the
school, announced today that $10 would
be the maximum sum that could be
spent for a graduating dress.
This rule will be rigidly enforced.
WILLIS id IS
TUFF SILL WILL NOT
REACH SENATE BT Mi 1
Weather Prophet Had Tender
ed Resignation Effective
July 31, but Was Summarily
Dismissed Wednesday
Atso Called Tetter, Bait Kheum, Pruritus, Milk-
Crust. Weeping Skin. etc.
ECZEMA CAN BE CURED TO STAY, and
when I say cured, I mean just what 1 say—
O-U-JJ-E-D. and not merely patched up for
awhile, to return, '.vorse than before. Remember,
1 make tills broad statement after putting
twelve years of'my time on this one disease and
handling in the meantime nearly half a million
cases of this dreadful disease. Now, I do not
care what all you bare used, nor how many
doctors have told you that you could not be
cured—all I ask is Just a chance to show you
that 1 know what 1 am talking about. If you
will write me TODAY, I will send you a FREE
TRIAL of my mild, soothing, guaranteed treat
ment that will convince you more in a day than
I or anyone else could In a month’s time. If you
are disgusted and discouraged, just give mo a
chance to prove my claims. By writing me today
I believe you will enjoy more real comfort than
you had ever thought this world holds for you.
Just try it and you will see 1 am telling you
the truth.
Dr. J. E. Cannaday, 824 Court Block, Bedalia, Mo.
Refernces: Third National Bank, Sednlin, Mo.
Could you do a better act that to send tuts no
tice to some poor sufferer of Eczema?—(Advu)
WASHINGTON, April 16.—Willis L.
Moore, chief of the weather bureau,
whose resignation has been in Presi
dent Wilson’s hands to become effect
ive July 31, was summarily removed
from office today, charged with “se
rious irregularities.”
This announcement was made at the
White House while a conference was in
progress between Secretary Houston
and President Wilson.
Prof. Moore declared today that se
cret charges had been preferred against
him and that they had been secretly in
vestigated. He had not been shown a
copy of these charges, he said; had not
been jt.iyen an opoprtunity to investi
gate them himself and was given no
opportunity to cross-examine the wit
nesses who testified against him. No
'ppu tunity had been given him to de
fend himself, he declared.
“I have been treated like a prisoner ex-
-d to Siberia,” said the former weather
chief.
Moore handed in his resignation less
than a month ago, under circumstances
which led to persistent reports that
he had been asked to quit. It was then
announced he would stay until July 31
to permit the selection of a successor.
Prior to President Wilson’s inaugura
tion an active campaign was carried
on for Moore's appointment as secre
tary of agriculture. After President
Wilson took office the White House
was virtually flooded with letters and
telegrams from all parts of the coun
try suggesting the retention of Moore
as chief of the weather bureau. Some
officials declared President Wilson did
not view the activity in Mr. Moore’s
behalf with favor and some of the
weather chief’s enemies charged that
he himself was behind it.
From time to time charges against
Moore’s conduct in his office have been
made to congress, but nothing ever came
of them.
It developed after the "White House
conference that President Wilson had
referred^ the charges against Moore to
the department of justice, where they
are under investigation, and also had
suspended Charles T. Burns, another
employe of the weather bureau.
MASSACHUSETTS ELECTS
ANOTHER GOOD DEMOCRAT
(By Associated Press.)
BOSTON, April 17—John J. Mitchell,
a Democrat, was elected to congress
from the ^thirteenth district yesterday
after a three-cornered contest in which
tariff discussion figured prominently.
Mitchell’s plurality over Alfred H.
Cutting, Republican, was 4,148. The
vote for Norman IL White, Progressive,
fell 3,200 short of that for Cutting.
Today’s special election was necessary
on account of the election of former
Congressman John W. Weeks to be
United States senator. In the election
last November, Mr. Mitchell, who • was
successful today, was defeated by Mr.
Weeks by 2,351 votes.
The total vote today was:
Mitchell, 12,991; Cutting, 8,843; White,
5,678.
The vote last November stood:
Weeks, Republican, 15,934; Mitchell,
Democrat, 13,583; Fiel, Progressive.
5,853.
The tariff and recently the Underwood
bill were practically the only topics de
bated in the campaign. All three candi
dates and their supporters on the stump
placed their views on the different sched
ules before the shop-workers of Marl
boro. the watchmakers of Waltham, the
textile operatives in the small towns
and the home dwellers in the residential
sections /
SHARKS MENACED LIFE
OF CREW FROM WRECK
(By Associated Press.)
„ NEW YORK, April 17—The crew’ of
the schooner Lottie R. Russell, which
was abandoned seventy-five miles off
Cape Henry on April 13, reached New’
York today on the oil tank steamer
Georgian Prince. For forty-eight hours
they were adrift in the Atlantic, most
of the time without food, and in a small
open boat, surrounded by sharks.
The schooner sailed from Charleston,
S. C., for Philadelphia last Friday. Sat
urday morning she was hit by a terrific
gale and soon became water-logged.
Nearly all the provisions w r ere sw’ept
aw r ay, and as the cook could not leave
the pumps, the crew of seven men and
the W’ife of the mate lived on a few
mouthfuls of brine-soaked bread.
At 2 o’clock Sunday the vessel was
abandoned. During the time the crew
and the mate’s wife were adrift in an
open boat they had no water, and lived
by wetting their lips with the juice of
canned peaches, of which they had a
small quantity. The Georgian Prince was
sighted and they were taken off on the
afternoon of April 14.
ESCAPED CONVICT IS
CAUGHT MAKING WHISKY
(Special Dispatch to The Journal.)
GRIFFIN, Ga.. April 17.—Drew
Smith, an escaped convict from the
state prison farm, was captured Tues
day in Pike county while engaged in
the illicit distillery business and will
again don prison stripes.
Smith was caught by Deputy Collec
tors E. J. Hinton and R. S. Ison and
bis son, Frank Ison, of this city, at hls
still in Pike county, about two and one-
half miles north of Jolly, while he lay
sound asleep by the mountain sia~. Sud
denly awakened, he made no attempt to
resist arrest, though a dangerous dirk
and a one-pound slingshot was on his
person. The distillery was destroyed
by the raiding officers and about SOo
gallons of moonshine liquor seized.
GOES ON TRIAL FOR
POISONING WIFE
(By Associated Press.)
SPRINGFIELD, Ohio, April l&—Dr.
Arthur B. Smith, accused of having fa
tally poisoned his first wife, Florence
Cavileer Smith, was placed on trial
here today. Apparently the outcome
oi # the case hinged on the testimony
of medical experts aligned on either
side.
Smith was arrested last October a
few days after his marriage to Miss
Mabel Merchant, of Newton Heights,
Mass., wuh his first wife. Smith for
merly was a Springfield social leader.
Long Consideration and Tink
ering With Measure in House
Will Hold it Until June
WASHINGTON, April 17.—Slow prog
ress in consideration of the new tariff
bill by the Democratic house caucus has
upset the early prediction of adminis
tration leaders that th e bill would be
ready for the senate by May 1.
After a week of deliberation the cau
cus is less than halfway through the
proposed measure with several of the
important schedules yet to be isposed of,
notably wool and cotton.
The income tax is sure to require con
siderable time in discussion as members
desire to have it thoroughly explained.
Representative Hull, of Tennessee, au
thor of the income tax section, will have
charge of it in the caucus. It probably
will not be reached before the last of the
week.
Today the caucus resumed considera
tion of the agricultural schedule, wheat
first being taken up. Northwestern repre
sentatives opposed the free listing of
flour, declaring it inconsistent with a
proposed duty of 10 cents a bushel on
wheat. Citrus fruits also were the tar
get for opposition as well as the free
listing of potatoes.
When deliberation was resumed today
many members predicted that the caucus
would not be through the bill until the
middle of next week. In that case its
consideration in the house cannot begin
until late in the that w’eek and the pros
pect is that it would be nearer June 1
than May 1 before the bill is ready for
the senate.
UNDERWOOD RECOVERS.
Representative Underwood was suf
ficiently recovered from his illness to
resume charge of the bill in the cau
cus.
He was so anxious to guide the ad
ministration measure through the cau
cus and to hasten its consideration as
much as possible, that he remained on
the floor in spite of his illness.
Representative Levy, of New Y"ork,
moved to place wheat on the free list.
Representative Fowler, of Illinois, of
fered an amendment to increase the pro
posed duty on wheat from 10 cents to
15 cents a bushel.
The caucus rejected both amendments
and left the wheat rate as fixed by Mr.
Underwood and his colleagues.
When the citrus fruit prqvisions were
reached, Democrats from California and
Florida began a fight to maintain pres
ent duties on lemons, limes and oranges.
Representative Church, of California,
offered an amendment restoring the
rates of the Dingley act, a compromise.
Representatives Raker and Ketner, of
California, and Sparkman, of Florida,
supported the resolution, and Represent
ative Harrison, of New York, defended
the rates proposed by the committee.
The Church amendment was rejected,
as was also an amendment proposed
by Mr. Clark, of Florida, to increase
the duty on pineapples. This disposed
of- the citrus fruit fight before the cau
cus aril the bill so far remained intact.
HARD WORIO PRESERVES
LIFE SAYS CENTENARIAN
(By Associated Press.)
PHILADELPHIA, April 16.—Mrs.
Anne Elizabeth McGill, 105 years of age.
is celebrating her birthday at her home
here today. She is wonderfully pre
served and with the exceptoin of her
failing sight, has full possession of her
faculties.
Mrs. McGill attributes her long life to
hard work, regular living and absence
of worry.
Goes to Hospital
Shoots Woman Dead,
Blows Out Brains
(By Associated Press.)
GREENSBORO, N. C., April 15.—
Prompted, it is alleged by jealousy,
Cleveland Prince, a well-to-do farmer of
Wayne county, Monday, went to a hos
pital in 'Goldsboro, N. C., inquired for
and on being shown the room of Mrs.
May Carter Lomax, entered, drew a pis
tol and shot her dead, then turned the
weapon upon himself and blew out his
own brains.
Mrs. Lomax was in the hospital re
covering from injuries received a few
nights since while automobile riding ’
with Prince and others. She was the
wife of a Southern railway baggage-
master and conducted a millinery store
in Goldsboro.
This Should Keep
The Baby Healthy
When It is III Don’t Become
Alarmed But Give This
Fine Laxative
It is often difficult to tell just what is
the matter with a crying, peevish baby
or child too young to express its feel
ings in words, but as a. general rule the
mother will find that there is a ten
dency to constipation, which has brought
on a headache or nervousness. The lit
tle one has no pain, but feels “out of
sorts.”
The first thing to try is a family rem
edy containing good but mild laxative
properties, and many mothers will say
that their choice would be Dr. Cald
well’s Syrup Pepsin. Thousands of
mothers keep it in the house for such
emergencies, among whom may be men
tioned Mrs. Jennie Manuel, Altamont,
Ill., who began to give her baby, Fred
erick, Syrup Pepsin when he was 6
months old, and has used it ever since
with gratifying results. She writes that
Frederick was not growing well and
threw’ up his food, but after a few days
use of Syrup Pepsin he w r as able to re
tain his food and gained rapidly in
weight. Thousands of others are glad
to say that Syrup Pepsin saved them
many an illness and many a large doc
tor bill, for by administering it prompt
ly, w’hen the first symptoms of illness
w’ere noticed, they prevented a serious
ailment.
It is so pleasant-tasting that no child
will refuse it, and as it does not gripe,
the child is glad to take it again. A
bottle can be obtained of any druggist
for fifty cents or one dollar, the latter
being the size bought by families already
familiar with its merits. Results are al-
FRE DERICK MANUEIi.
ways guaranteed or money will be re
funded.
Syrup Pepsin is for all the family
from infancy to old age, and because of
its mildness families should prefer it
over all other remedies. It is absolute
ly safe and reliable. You will never
again give cathartics, pills, salts or such
harsh physics, for they are usually un
necessary, and in the case of children,
women and elderly people are a great
shock to the system, and hence should
be avoided.
If no member of your family has ever
used Syrup Pepsin and you would like
to make a personal trial of It before
buying it in the regular way of a drug
gist, send your address—a postal will do
—to Dr. W. B. Caldwell, 425 Washing
ton St., Monticello, Ill., and a free sam
ple bottle will be mailed you.
RACE 535 HAILES l
Daucourt Flies From Paris to
Berlin in Less Than
Fourteen Hours
“Wart and Shrimp*’
Are Terms Applied
To Illinois Speaker
(By Associated Press.)
SPRINGFIELD, Ill., April 16.—Fro-
JOHANNISTHAL, Germany, April 16.
Pierre Daucourt, a French aviator, ar
rived at the aerodrome here at 6:39 this
evening from Paris, winning his race
with Edmund Audemars for the $l,oOu
Pommery cup.
The two men lewt sulfcirbs of Paris
shortly after 5 o’clock this morning.
The distance is 535 miles.
Audemars w r as unable to i roceed far
ther than Wanne, Germany, today. Tne
feature of the race was the long and
* -.ring daylight flight of Daucourt. He
encountered decidedly stormy weather
wnile crossing the Adennes, but his
flight was very little affected until he
arrived in the valley of the Rhine,
where his aeroplane was tossed up and
down in the air sometimes for a dis
tance of 150 yards by the strong and
varying winds.
SHOT TO DEATH IN DUEL
ON BIRMINGHAM STREET
ceedings in the Illinois house of repre
sentatives were enlivened today by an
attempted personal attack on Speaker
William McKinley^, of Chicago, by Rep
resentative Lee O’Neil Browne during a
debate.
Brown rushed from hls seat toward
the speaker’s rostrum waving hls fist
and shouting therats at the speaker.
Speaker McKinley called upon Ser-
geant-at-Arms Kein, a Browne ap
pointee, to force Browne to take hia
seat, but without avail.
But for the interference of several
men Browne would have succeeded in
reaching the speaker.
“You wait! You shrimp, you’ve insult
ed every member of this house,” shout
ed Browne as he ran down the aisle.
‘‘You’re not teaching school out in the
Iowa brush now and I’ll show you that
you can’t handle this house In this man
ner.”
As Browne neared the rostrum a num
ber of representatives surrounded him.
After several moments of confusion
Browne was prevailed upon to return to
his seat.
The trouble started over a resolution
calling for investigation of political and
business affairs in the state for the past
two years. #
(By Assroiated Press.)
BIRMINGHAM, Ala., April 15.—In a|
pistol fight early this morning on a|
prominent corner in North Birmingham
a part of Greater Birmingham, Roland]
Shugart, a ■well known lawyer, was kill-]
ed and his brother-in-law, Hayne*
Moore, was shot and fatally wounded.
Shugart married Moore’s sister about
year and a half ago, but was separated!
from her and there has been feeling be-j
tween the two men.
When they met this morning before 8 1
o’clock both pulled a pistol and began
firing on one another, four or five snots
being fired by each man.
Several years ago Shugart killed
man named Bonholzer, whom he did not|
know, but was acquitted on the ground
cf temporary insanity. He was also in
a shooting scrape a few months ago with
another lawyer in the heart of Birming
ham. Shugart leaves a widow and
three children and two children by his
first wife.
THIS
JEWEL
ELGIN
■N28YEAR
GOLD CASE ONLY
Mistook Carbolic .
For a Big Drink
And Dies in Agony
Mary Walker Tries
To Break Wilson’s
Rule on Patronage
Goes to White House to Urge Her
Appointment—Met by Assis
tant Secretary.
(By Associated Pres6.)
VALDOSTA, Ga., April 15.—Mistaking
a jug of carbolic acide for whiskj’, J. W.
Aldridge, foreman of a woods camp at
Fargas, Ga.. took a big drink of the
poison last night, dying a few minutes
afterwards in great agony. He is said to
have been drinking. j
Aldridge was twenty-eight years old;
and is survived by a young wife. He;
will be buried at his former home in I
Appling county.
l
(Ey Associated Press.)
WASHINGTON. April 1C.—Colonel
James Hamilton Lewis, senator-elect
from Illinois, called today on President
Wilson to pay his respects. Fred
Lynch, national committeeman from
Minnesota, discussed -vyith the president
a proposal that postal savings fund be
invested in highway bonds. Dr. Mary
Walker went to ask President Wilson
to appoint her commissioner of pensions.
Assistant Secretary Brahany took
charge of her application.
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