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VOLUME XIII.
ATLANTIA, GA,. FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 14, 1913.
NO. 15.
HUERTA CHIS NEW
CONGRESS 10 MET:
Tells Lind He Cannot Dissolve
Legally-Elected Representa-
tives—Lind Says It Must Be
Done Anyway
WASHINGTON, Nov. 13.—-The stat
us of the Mexican situation up to noon
today may be summed up substantially
as follows:
The demands which the American
government made yesterday on the pro
visional authorities at Mexico City .had
• not up to that time brought any re-
; sponse from Huerta or those represent
ing him.
The American charge, Mr. O’Shaugh-
: nessy, had not been instructed to call
for his passports, nor have, any steps
been taken thus far toward the with
drawal of his diplomatic functions.
Any further steps in that regard are
still to be determined.
The latest American demands calls
upon Huerta for action which will pre
vent the meeting of the congress voted
upon at the election held on October
-t> and no rejoinder has been made % to
that demand.
(Unofficial negotiations - which Wil
liam Bayard Hade is carrying forward
with General Carranza at Nogales,
Mexico, have to do principally with the
question of raising the embargo of
arms, although it is expected to devel
op much other information concerning
the constitutionalists.
General Carranza, head of the Mexi
can constituionalists, said today at No
gales. that he would not accept media-
tion^ in any form by the United States
or any other foreign government. He
reiterated previous statements that the
constitutionalists desired only the right
10 import arms and ammunition from
the United States.
Huerta Calls New Congress
' -- to Meet and Do Business
MEXICO CITY, Nov. 13.—An official
notification was published here today
under yesterday’s date ordering those
Mexican senators and deputies who were
elected on October 26 to assemble dur
ing the afternoon on Saturday, Novem
ber 15, in their respective houses to
effect their organization.
Provisional President Huerta showed
no signs of weakening this morning and
the American embassy was in a state of
suspense, not knowing what to expect
next. *
An early caller on Nelson O’Shaugh
nessy, the American charge d’affaires
was the German minister to Mexico.
Admiral Paul Von Hintze, who arrived
before Mr. O’Shaughnessy had break
fasted.
. It /'developed today that in the course
, of the preliminary exchanges of views
between John Lind, the personal rep-
i resentative . of President Wilson, and
the Mexican officials, on the question of
the- dissolution »of the New Mexican
congress, General Huerta advanced the
idea that he could not dissolve it be
cause it had been legally elected.
Mr. Lind's reply to this was the pre
sentation of the demands made by the
United States government accompanied
by the declaration that what General
Huerta had been able to do with the
former congress he must do with this
one of his own creation.
LIND LEAVES MEXICO CITY.
Mr. Lind left Mexico City last night
and is now in Vera Cruz. Nelson
'O’Shaughnessy, charge d’affaires of the
United States legation, awaits ipstrue-
, tio\s from Washington. It is generally
believed that Washington will instruct
Mr. O’Shaughnessy to close the embas
sy or tc turn it over to the legation of
some friendly power.
All speculation as To the future, hcw-
ever, is tempered by some doubt as to
the state of affairs at the national
palace.
* Representations were made late yes
terdav to both John Lind and Nelson
O’Shaughnessy that in reality Provisional
Piesident Huerta-had not been apprised
, of the demands from Washington.
This appeared to be substantiated by
statements made at the government of-
lrces early today.
11 was declared that Adolno Do La
Lama, Mexican minister of finance,
J imself had engaged in the search for
iurrta and up to a late hour had not
succeeded in finding him either at the
. national palace, at his family home or
.at any of the places wnere he was ac
customed to go.
ARGENTINE WELCOMES
COLONEL WITH BANQUET
BUENOS AIRES, Nov. 13.—Friendly
enthusiasm was shown toward the
United States at the banquet given here
last night in honor of Colonel Theodore
Roosevelt and the distinguished visitor
himself was warmly welcomed. The na
tional hymns of the United States and
of the Argentine Republic were sung in
a -spirited manner, while hundreds of
women in the galleries threw flowers
upon the floor of the banquet hall.
M. Freen, a member of the house of
deputies, who delivered the speech of
welcome, referred to the visitor as “the
defender of the Integrity of the Ameri
cas,” and paid him the tribute of hav
ing entirely dispe^ed. any feeling of sus
picion that may have lurked among the
Latin-American countries of the friend
ly advances -of the Unted States!
In his reply Colonel Roosevelt deflned
the Monroe Doctrine, explaining that
it was not an international law, but a
policy of the JJnited States for all
America. He said times had changed
since the adoption of that policy so
that the Argentine was now a great
modern nation which needed no protec
tion. He added:
“I hope the example of the Argentine
will be emulated by all the other Latin-
American republics and that they will
all accept the Monroe Doctrine as the
leading article of their policy.”
The ex-president entered into explana
tions of the United States in Panama
ami Santo Domingo and his audience
manifested its approval. When he con
cluded with the expression of a fervent
hope that independence and peace should,
always exist throughout the new world
the women in the galleries threw down
their volleys of flowers while the ap
plause of the men on the floor continued
tor several minutes.
The minister of foreign affairs,
Cosarco Carrera, the justices of the su
perior court and the ..members of the
diplomatic corps were among the guests
at the banquet.
Mother version
of THE
THREE DETECTIVES HURT
BATTLING RIVER PIRATES
(By Associated Press.)
NEW YORK, Nov. 13.—A miniature
naval battle was fought under the
shadow of Brooklyn bridge just after
midnight this morning when detectives,
concealed aboard barges, and policemen
in launches exchanged shots with armed
river pirates. Three detectives were in
jured, but three pirates were captured
and three motor boats loaded with stolen
coffee were recovered.
Watch had been set because tne New
York Dock company complained that
coffee valued at more than $2,500 had
been Stolen during the last .two nights
from their barges in the East river.
Early thhi morning three large motor
boats with engines muffled were seen
to draw up alongside flhe of the coffee
barges. Three men climbed aboard the
barge and began td throw bags of coffee
into their motor boats. The hidden de
tectives ordered the men to throw up
their hands, but instead each drew a
revolver and began firing.
The detectives closed in, however, and
a hand-to-hand fight ensued in which
one of the detectives wag thrown into
the river and three others slightly
wounded. One of the pirates succeeded
in getting away in his boat and was
rounding the battery at full speed when
two police launches intercepted him and
effected a capture. The other prisoners
were taken on board the barge. They
gave thefr names as Albert Brecknel,
Charles McNeil and Andrew Johnson, all
of Jersey City. Each of the men was
more than forty years old.
Candidate for Office
40 Years Saddles Mule
And Starts Once More
Let Postmasters Lick
Your Holiday Stamps;
Uncle Sam Orders It
WASHINGTON, Nov, 13.—Christ-
WASHINGTON, Nov. 11. —Christ
mas givers this year will not be forced
to lick their own stamps when they af
fix the proper postage to their parcels
for mailing, unless they wish to, for the
postoffice department announced today
tha£ postmasters and their assistants
would attend to that duty if requested.
The innovation is put in force in the
interest of better mail service during
the holiday rush and is expected to fa
cilitate the movement of the vast crush
of matter that will tax the resources
of the department’s many employes.
Orders were issued to postmasters to
affix postage when requested on
mail matter of the second, third and
fourth class, the latter being parcel
post matter. The stamps will be pre
canceled and the plan is expected to
j.-. event the great waste of time expe
rienced by postoffice patrons. while
waiting in line to buy postage and mail
their packages.
(By Associated Press.)
POCAHONTAS, Ark., Nov. 13.—After
having been defeated seventeen times
for county judge and once for the leg
islature, W. Blackstone McCoy has
again announced that he will be a can
didate for the legislature at the Dem
ocratic primary nekt March. McCoy
already has started his campaign rid
ing over the county on his little mule
which has become almost as familiar
a figure as McCoy himself.
Defeat makes no impression on Mc-
i Coy, who has been “running for office”
at every election for nearly forty years.
Ho says he intends to continue running
r l he is elected.
FLETCHER WILL EXPLAIN
RURAL CREDITS MEASURE
’"’VaR. by
Relay
A MEXICAN PROBLEM -
AMERICAN SENSE -
\fORX IY BY ALGEBRA
-LET X EOOAU R
Florida Senator Leaves for
Palatka to Attend Meeting of
Farmers Saturday
BY RALPH SMITH.
WASHINGTON, Nov. 13.—Senator
: Duncan U. Fletcher will leave Wash
ington this afternoon for Palatka, Fla.,
where he will address a farmers’ gath
ering Saturday and explain the features
of his rural credits bill, pending in con
gress. After the farmers’ convention,
| Mr. Fletcher will remain in Palatka
! through the following Tuesday, attend
ing the annual convention of the Mls-
sissipjM-Atlantic Inland Waterways as
sociation, of which he is president. Sev
eral Georgians are interested in the work
of this organization and will attend the
convention.
This association is interested in the
construction of an inland waterway
from the Mississippi river to the At
lantic ocean, from a point at or near
New Orleans, extending along the gull
to the west coast of Florida, and thence
across the state to the ocean., A con
siderable portion of this waterway is
now available for use and is In opera
tion.
The system contemplates the connec
tion of St. Andrew’s bay with the Apa
lachicola and Flint rivers, \?ith an in
land route from Apalachicola to Carra-
belle, Fla. The route across Florida
| that has been approved by the army en-
j gineers leads up St. John’s river via
; Jacksonville and Palatka to the mouth
j of the Ocklawsha river, thence to
jlake Harris, there connecting with a
j chain of lakes, and thence through the
Willacoochee river* to the gulf.
The Inland Waterway association has
worked in season and out for the con
struction of this canal, and It seems
probable Its purpose soon will be
achieved.
The delegates to the Palatka conven
tion will join the delegates to the At
lantic Deeper Waterways convention,
which will meet at Jacksonville, No-
! vember 18-21. This association is in-
! terested In the construction of an Inland.
waterway along the Atlantic coast from
! Cape Cod to Key West. A considerable
portion of this also has been construc-
j ted.
THE ELIMINATION OF HUERTA?
FEWER PEACH GROWERS;
JUST AS MANY PEACHES
Since 1908 the number of peach
growers in Georgia has decreased 59 per
cent. Tills startling statement was made
Wednesday morning by President W. B.
Hunter, of the Georgia Fruit Exchange,
in his address' to the members of the
exchange at their annual meeting, held
at the Piedmont hotel.
President Hunter did not offer an ex
planation, but it is presumed to be due
to the. fact that many of the north
Georgia growers have abandoned the
peach industry to raise apples, which
are a more hardy fruit and better with
stand the north Georgia climate.
It was stated by President Hunter,
however, that the remaining peach
growers had increased the number of
their trees until there were about the
same number of trees in the state now
as in 1908-.
Many other matters of interest to
the peach growers were touched upon
by President Hunter. Some of them
fpllow:
In 1913 the number of cars of peahes
shipped out of Georgia was 1,219 as
compared to 7,157 in 1912. The early
frosts cut this year’s crop short, but
also resulted in a better price to the
growers. Owing to the short crop the
exchange shipped to only thirty-four
cities in 1913 as compared to eighty-six
cities in 1912.
Eighty-four per cent of the fruit
growers in the state are now members
of the exchange, which has 493 stock
holders. In 1913 the earnings of the
exchange amounted to $24,205.99; its ex
penses were $18,205.57, and its net bal
ance was $6,750.44. After paying a 10
per cent dividend., the exchange still had
$2,508.32 to the good. In 1911 the ex
change suffered a net loss of $12,800.78,
and last year it made a small profit.
During the present year the exchange
has collected $75,000 for its membeds’
claims on 1912 shipments, the collec
tions equaling $16 a car.
167 Sailors Lose Lives
In Storm on Lake Huron;
Ten Ships Go to Bottom
Kirkpatrick Has Money
That Can't Be Spent So
He Divided With Wilson
^ (By Associated Press.)
WASHINGTON, Nov. 13.—Representa
tive Kirkpatrick, of Iowa*, has found
$200,000—but can’t spend a cent of it. He
gave President Wilson some in $3 denomi
nations today.
“Here’s some money for you,” said Mr.
Kirkpatrick. “I thought your interests in
currency legislation might extend to some
of this money.”
The president expressed gratitude and
examined the bills. He found they were
issued by state banks in 1833 which be
came worthless when the national bank
ing system was instituted.
Shorthorn Bull Given
As Corn Show Prize
By W. H. White, Jr.
The chamber of commerce committee
for the Georgia Corn show, which will
be held here in December, has received
another prize offer of a thoroughbred
short horn bull, given by W. H. White.
Jr., president of the White Provision
company, under such rules as may be
provided by the committee.
This prize is given to stimulate the
interest of the boys in cattle raising
Mr. White points out the growth of the
cattle industry in Georgia, declaring
that out of 10,000 head of cattle slaugh
tered by his company last year, 6,000
;wore Georgia raised.
Hart Blue Ribbon Bale
Brings $ 1.09 a Pound
(Special Dispatch to The Journal.)
HARTWELL, Ga.. Nov. 13.—The blue!
ribbon bale of cdtton of the Hart coun- !
ty fair was sold on the streets of Hart
well last Saturday afternoon at the
close of the fair to McAlpin Thornton
for $1.09 per pound. Mr. Thornton 4s
one of Hartwell’s largest dealers in
cotton and fertilizers and is an enthusi-
Asks Court to Stop
Son and Grandchild
From Visiting Him
(By Associated Press.)
NASHVILLE, Ind., Nov. 13.—An uni
que suit in which a father asks a
perpetuating injunction to prevent his
son arid granddaughter visiting him ex
cept on specific invitation was filed in
the circuit court here yesterday by At
torney W. J. Beck for Colly M. McCord,
farmer.
It is alleged in the complaint that
Charles P. McCord, the son, for many
years refused to speak to his father or
mother, but that in March, 1912, the
son, accompanied by liis daughter, ar
rived at his father’s home and announced
they were to stay. Since then the com
plaint states that the two have lived
at the elder McCord’s without paying
board.
The father asks the privilege of in
viting his son and granddaughter to
visit his home and that the duration of
the visit may be determined by the
host and hostess and not the guests.
Father Shoots Young
Suitor of Daughter
MAYFIELD, ICy., Nov. 13.—Copeland
Pentecost, twenty years old, was fatal
ly shot last night by J. D. Flora, a
resident of Mayfield, because of atten
tions paid to Flora’s daughter against
the father’s wishes.
White House Kept Busy
Receiving VI edding Gifts
For Miss Jessie Wilson
(By Associated Press.)
CLEVELAND, Ohio, Nov. 13.—That a
total of at least ten ships and 167
lives were lost in the blizzard that en
veloped the Great Lakes from Sunday
until Tuesday is indicated in the com
pilation today of reports received here.
In addition twenty-one other vessels
were partially or wholly destroyed,
their crews escaping. The financial
loss will amount tdfs $3,000,000.
The list of lost s vessels and their
dead is apportioned as follows:
John A. McGean, of Cleveland, crew
of twenty-eight, lost somewhere off Sar
nia, Ontario, in Lake Huron.
Charles S. Price, of Cleveland, crew
of twenty-eight, off Goderich, Orftario,
in Lake Huron.
James S. Carruthers, of Toronto,
crew of twenty-five, off Grand Bend,
Ontario, in Lake Huron.
Regina, Toronto, crew of twenty, cap
sized in Lake Huron.
Wexford, Toronto ,crew of twenty,
believed- to have collided with Regina
and sunk.
Leifield, Sault Ste Marie, Ontario,
crew of fifteen, wrecked on Angus Is
land, Lake Superior.
Plymouth, Menominee, Mich., crew of
seven,, sung off St. Martin’s island, Lake
Michigan.
Lightship No. 82, crew of six, sunk
off Buffalo.
M. F. Butters, Milwaukee, crew of
fifteen, believed foundered in Lake Su
perior.
William Nottingham, Cleveland, three
of crew of twenty-five missing,
wrecked near Sand island. Lake Supe
rior.
Rain which fell last night ceased for
a time this morning and a thaw is
progressing that is helping restore
normal conditions in Cleveland. Effects
of the two days’ blizzard are disappear
ing. #
FARMER CHARGER WITH
' POISONING A FAMILY
(Special Dispatch to The Journal.)
HAZLEHURST, Ga., Nov. 13—J. B.
Ursery, a farmer living near here. Is
In jail In Baxter on a warrant charging
that he attempted to poison J. G. Ross,
a wealthy farmer and Ursery’* father-
in-law, and the latter’s family.
The charge is that Ursery put strych
nine in the farmer's flour. The family
became very 111 last Sunday, but prac
tically all the members of the family—
Mrs. Ross and several children—have
recovered.
Mr. Ross was in town today and said
that he was confident that Ursery was
the guilty man.
There Is no jail so Ursery was taken
to Baxter. He denies that he poisoned
his wife’s family to get her inheritance,
and his wife is said to believe in his
Innocence.
Plague of Pigs Paralyzes
Pryor Street Traffic, on
Way to Be Pork Chops
Three hundred pigs invaded the heart
of Atlanta Wednesday. -
Charging down the railroad tracks,
sweeping into Pryor street at the Union
depot, and continuing their mad flight
down Decatur street, snorting, squeal
ing, rooting, grunting, they bucked a de
livery wagon, made a flying wedge on a
limousine, ran over an electric, and very
ably managed to push everything in
sight into the discard in their bristly
rampage.
Three freight cars disgorged them
shortly after noon beneath the Forsyth
bridge. Having come all the way from
Fayetteville, Tenn., in the stuffy pig
Pullmans, they felt rather frisky. In a
jovial, jocular, pig-like way they tum
bled out on the railroad tracks and
started full tilt to see what was on the
signs across the way.
In pursuit went Walter Davis, who
played nursemr^d to them on their little
excursion. At his heels six little dark
ies, hired for the occasion, sprinted
after the pigs. Some they caught by
the curly tails, some they grabbed by
their stubby legs, some they seized by
the snout, and some they didn’t seize
at all.
While the watchers on the Forsyth
bridge screamed with mirth the pigs
finally were corralled behind the rail
road fence and started toward the east.
Behind them the trampled dust looked
like an army had blazed its way.
At the depot, the parade wheeled to
the left. Two automobiles and a mule
were coming, into the other end. The
mule tried to climb a post;- the auto
mobiles looked startled around the steer
ing gear, and the pigs grinned.
A fat porker tinted gray winked at
a spotted sow and galloped at the
mule. The mule kicked him once on
the nose, the pig grunted aggrieved-
ly. shut both eyes, and led a flank move
ment against the mule’s sides. The
mule whimpered while the pigs fled be
fore the wrath of a black imp with a
whip.
Over by the entrance to the Kimball
house a razor-back was trying to regis
ter through the front door. A bell-boy
tried to shake legs with him, and found
out just why the razor-back is so call
ed/ From the upstairs windows a riot
ol! heads peered down on a sea of spotted
backs. The limousine was-making two
knots an hour through*heavy waves of
snouts; the electric had foundered on
a shoal of Berkshires, and the mule
was scudding under bare poles before a
heavy gale of Poland Chinas.
A sudden shift of the wind in the
shape of blows from the colored youths
sent the storm around the corner into
Decatur street, leaving tangled wreck
age along the shores of Pryor and the
odor of bacon in the raw.
The shriek of the gale could be heard
vanishing down Decatur street.
Late reports indicated that it would
die out on the coast of the slaughter
house in East Atlanta.
LOSES $100,000 ESTATE BECAUSE
NO ONE WITNESSED THE WILL
(By Associated Press.)
WASHINGTON, Nov. 13.—The family
circle at the White House is busily en
gaged these days in opening boxes,
breaking seals and unraveling packages
*of every shape and size, all containing
presents for Miss Jessie Woodrow Wil
son, who is to be married November 25,
to Francis B. Sayre.
Some of the gifts have come from of
ficials in distant lands. Strict secrecy,
however, is being maintained as to the
nature of the presents.
OlMAHA. Neb., Nov. 13.—John T.
Culavin, of Omaha, is the heir to the
$100,000 estate of John O’Connor, the
Hastings, Neb., recluse who died Au
gust 18, leaving no known heir, but
Culavin will never inherit the money,
for the will left is unwitnessed and in
valid. The will, after a search of two
months for heirs to the estate, was dis
covered in Hastings, after having been
stolen and secreted since August 1,
when it was written.
O’Connor’s real name was John
Brady. He married in the northwest,
then fled from a mysterious crime, com
ing to Nebraska in the iate ’70s. Here
| he managed to have published an itein
! that John Brady had been killed. Then
l he changed his name to O’Connor. For
j more than thirty years he lived at
i Hastings, accumulated $100,000, then
| died, apparently leaving no will. Near-
i ly 2,000 persons put in claims for the
estate as a result of the countrywide
search for an heir.
Culavin is a rich real estate man who
befriended O’Connor in the hermit’s
early days in Nebraska. He refuses to
tell much that he knows about O’Con
nor’s earlier life, but has revealed the
whereabouts of O’Connor’s two grown
sons, who are farmers in the northwest.
They will inherit the $100,000 and Cul
avin will not contest the will.
Sand-Fed Chickens Are
Heairy But Not Juicy;
New Trick to Avoid
WASHINGTON, Nov. 13.—Uncovering a
trick of unprincipled dealers in chick
ens, the department of agriculture today
issued a warning to housewives to be on
their guard against sand-stuffed fowls*
The government experts announce that
the practice of stuffing chickens with
sand is one that is causing considerable
proportions. Of the unprincipled poultry
shippers the department says:
“Some of these poultry shippers, a day
or two before the chicken is f Mled fed It
red pepper, which makes the chickens
have an abnormal appetite, then they feed
a mixture of fine sand and a little corn-
meal. The chicken eats this mixture
ravenously and as a result large quanti
ties of sand are introduced into the craw
and the intestines as well.
“This addition of sand may amount, in
the cast of a single chicken, to only an
ounce or &o, but where thousands of
chickens are sold the aggregate charge
for sand becomes important.
ft
Study Live Periodicals,
Not Dusty Old Tomes,
Is Prof. Hosiers Advice
WASHINGTON, Nov. 13.—Complete re
organization in the methods of teaching
English in the high schools of the United
States is declared to be imperative by
Prof. James F. Hosic, of the Chicago
Teachers' college, whose views are con
tained in a statement issued today by the
United States bureau of education.
Literary knack and a knowledge of
oratory are held to be necessary by the
educator, who would devote more atten
tion to the studj’ of modern books and
periodicals and less to the dry and dutty
tomes of the past.
The proposed revision of the English
high school course is part of a general
reorganization plan mapped out by the
National Education association.
Five DeKalb Towns Plan
Ga. Products Dinners
DeKalb county is out to lay all rec
ords behind for the number of “Geor
gia products dinners” to be given within
its borders next Tuesday—“Georgia
products day.”
Five “live wire” towns in Fulton's
sister county will have feasts on Georgia
produce on that date and they believe
this will be an unsurpassed record for
any one county in the state.
Kirkwood, Clarkston, Stone Mountain
Lithonia and Decatur have made ar
rangements for dinners through their
commercial organizations. No other
county in Georgia has five organizations
—so that is two records that DeKalb
claims.
French Army Aviator
Killed as He Landed
VILLACOUBLA, France, Nov. 13.—
Captain de la Garde, one of the most
noted French army aviators, was killed
here today as he was landing after a
flight. .
TWENTY MSIED TO
DE1TH III ALABAMA;
250 MEJJIED
Central of Georgia Train,.
Packed With Excursionists,
Hurdles High Trestle Trying
to Make Up Lost Time
_____ A
(By Associated Prosa.)
MONTGOMERY, Ala., Nov. 13.—Twsrn-
ty people were killed outright and 260
Injured at 8 o’clock this morning when
Central of Georgia passenger train NO.
18 laden with human freight, fell
through a trestle four miles easts of
Clayton, Ala. The names of the dead
learned to this hour are:
MONROE FLOYD, of Clayton.
POMP UTSEY, keeper of the poor
farm at Clayton.
MRS. M’LANE, of Clio.
’IRENE ROUNTREE.
Wash McGllvery and a son of Curve
Bell are also reported among the miss
ing. Details at 1 o’clock this afternoon
were still meager. Relief trains have
been ruhsed to the scene from every di
rection.
At the time of the wreck the train
was heavily loaded with people en route
to the county fair at Eufaula. The
ft*ain was hurling througn space front
making up for enforced delaye when
the entire rear section dropped through
the trestle and was demolished.
Among the Injured were Sheriff R.
Teal, of Barbour county, and Jeff Clay*
ton, brother of Congressman Henry D.
Clayton, who was caught between heavy
timbers and the akin of his legs strip
ped to the bone.
Ten Namesakes Act
As Pall Bearers for
Judge J. B. Gaston
(Special Dispatch to The Journal.)
MONTGOMERY, Ala., Nov. 13.—Ten
persons named for Dr. J. B. Gaston, for
mer probate Judge of Montgomery coun
ty. acted as pallbearers when his bo<?y
was borne to Its grave today. Judge
Gaston died Saturday afternoon after a
long illness and the funeral services were
conducted at the Trinity Presbyterian
church by the pastor, Rev. W. P. Neil-
son this morning. Interment was at
Oakwood cemetery.
Judge Gaston has lived in Montgomery
since 1857. He was elected mayor in 1881
and was appointed probate Judge of
Montgomery oounty in 1895 by Governor
W. C. Oates. He held this office until
lost week when he resigned and was suc
ceeded by Charles B. Teasley.
Judge Gaston is survived by his wife,
one sdn and two sisters, Mrs. T. S.
Monse, of Savannah, and Mrs. W. P.
Redd, of Birmingham.
Civil War Heroine Is
Dead at Tifton Home
(Special Dispatch to The Journal.)
TIFTON, a., Nov. 13.—Mrs. Char
lotte Briggs Carson, aged seventy-one
years, died at the home of her son,
Briggs Carson, this morning at 1
o’clock. She was the daughter of Rev.
W. S. and Mary Keith Briggs and was
born at Orange Court House, Vau, Feb
ruary 7, 1843. With her parents, she
fled to Georgia in 1863 and soon after
wards married her escort on that mem
orable trip, Captain Josepli P. Carson, a
young Confederate officer. He died in
1888.
Mrs. Carson had lived in Tifton for
twelve years and organized the local
United Daughters of the Confederacy,
which was named for her, and of which
she was president until failing health
forced her retirement. She is survived
by four children, Mrs. J. W. Bivins, Cor-
dele; Briggs, Keith and Joseph H. Car-
son, Tifton. Interment will be at Tifton
Wednesday morning.
Snow and Wind Couldn't
Change ThosePlans for
Wedding in Open Air
(Special Dispatch to The Journal.)
DALTON, Ga^Nov. 13—Undaunted by
the snow flurries and the penetrating
northwest winds, Miss Winnie Robert
son, of Grove Levn, and Mr. Ernset Rol
lins, of Dawnville, were married at the
foot of Cedar Ridge, Sunday afternoon,
by Rev. S. M. Hair.
The young people had planned an open-
air wedding. Sunday was an unusually
rough day, for snow fell almost continu
ously during the day, Bui the young
people had made their arrangements and
were not to be cheated by the unfavor
able weather conditions.
Partially sheltered by the ridge, they
stood on a rock ledge while the ceremo
ny was said in the presence of a few im
mediate relatives. Throughout the wed
ding, the sun shone as a benediction, to
disappear behind clouds afterwards.
V
Can't Look at German
Cop Without a Fine;
It's a Deadly Insult!
BRESLAU, Germany, Nov. 13.—Sen
tence of a fortnight in prison for star
ing at a policeman was imposed on a
business man of this city today.
In his defense the citizen said he be
lieved the policeman was observing him
toe conspicuously, so he stared back
The court in pronuoncing judgment said
th^ defendant had been guilty of a
“most serious insult to an official.”
Falls from Fast Train
And Escapes Injury
(Special Dispatch to The Journal.)
VALDOSTA, Ga., Nov. 13.—When a
train on the Seaboard Air Line road
swerved on a short curve, between Lake
City and Florida, last # night, James
Hightower, formerly of this city, lost
his balance and fell through the win
dow. The train was running at a rate
<»t thirty miles an hour, but Hightower *
was not seriously hurt. He had been ill
and was weak from sickness. His wife
was with him at the time and grabbed
him, spraining her arm in the effort to
prevent, his falling.