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VIENNA, GA„ FIRDAY AFfERNOON, JULY 7, 19OJ.
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| CONSOLIDATED OCT. 1904
'large AND ORDERLY CROWD
TO VIENNA ON JULY THE 4TH
illy 4500 People Was
on Hand Tuesday.-
animous Sentiment Prevailed
In Favor ol Holding the
County Together.
WI1LHHS KILLS THOMPSON.
WHITEHALL BURNS
. ON MONDAY NIGHT
Was the Prettiest and Costliest
Home in South Georgia.
Cost About Sid,OOO and Owned by
Dr. C. T. Stovall-Wa» Fired
by Lightning Stroke,
Says a Great Mistake Was Made
Immediately Following
the Rebellion.
The Aunual reuuTon of the old
confederate Veterans was lfeld in
his city Tuesday and was attend-
d by decidedly the largest crowd
f any in previous years.
The Veterans assembled at the
air ground park promptly at 10
o’clock, ana by that time fully
4,600 people had arrived ot witness
the grandest and most harmoni
ous reunion over held in Dooly
County.
The reunion wot called to order
by Commander I. S'. Lasseter,
in the gran.d stand and opened
with a beautiful and heartouching
prayer by Rev. J. M. Kelly. The
next was the benntifuly song,
“America,” beautifully sung by n
choir of youjig ladies.
Next came the address of Well
come, which was eloquently de
livered by Rev, J. M. Kelly, in
behalf of the Mayor and city
council. He took occasion.during
his remarks to say h word in l e
half of keeping the county s frpm
being 'divided, and as he tried t*.
speak the whole grand stand, con
sisting of fully 4,000 people, was
continually in an uproar of np-
plans. The sentiment was unani
mous in fovor of keeping the coun
ty together.
The respronse was then made
by Commander I. S. Lasseter in a
few iwell ch'oosen remarks, and
“Jackets of Gray” was sung by
the choir.
The report of Historian J. P.
Heard vas made, who then intro
duced the Oritor of the day, Rev.
Mr. Goodwin of Forsyth, who de
li verd a very beautiful find heart-
touching address of one honr to
the veterans, after which followed
•‘Dixie” by the choir.
At 12:15 o'clock a bounteous
barbecue and numerous other
good things yra* spread in the
park and the 4,600 present per-
^ took, and. enough woe earn*
away .to feed five hundred more.
Music was very creditably tar
nished daring the day by the Cor-
dclo band.
At 1:80 o’clock in the afternoon
Young Men of Irwin County Have
Fatal Difficulty.
Tifton, Ga., July. 6—Elijah
Thompson, a young man employee
nt tlie shingle mill of R. T. Ford,
in Irwin county, a few miles north
of Ty Ty,' was shot and killeo
yesterday afternoon by Roby Wil
liams, also white. Accounts ol
the killing are that the two men
quarreled aud that each went af
ter a weapon; thAt Thompson had
a pistol and Williams returned
with a winobostor rifle. Thomp
son,' it is said, began firing while
some distance away and emptied
his pistol* without result, and
Williams then took careful aim
with his rifle and shot Thompson
through the heart. Thompson
was'a young man without family
His parents live in Colqnitt coun
ty. His remains were bnried at
Ty Ty today.
The Ball Game Tuesday.
TheVieuua boys, after havin'
dropped two or three games to
Cordele this season, jnmped into
the diamond Tuesday afternoon
in the presence of something over
2,000 people, and snatched in a
clean game o'f ball frem Cordele
by a score of 10 to 1, Cordele
sooreing their only tally on an
efror in the first inning.
Gordon Bennett did the umpir
ing and gave universal satisfac
tion and no rang’.ing occurred- on
the diamond. , .
The 'battery work for Vienna
was done in grand stylo by Brown
and Broxton. Cordele—Davis,
McMillan and Cawley. Hits off
Brown, 1: off Davis, lti; off Mc
Millan, 7; Struck out by Brown,
S; by Davis, 1; by McMillan, 2;
attendance 2,1(10.
One of tbs most bsanfcifnl and
costly residence in the-e.<unity was
'burned to the ground in tbt» city
Monday night about 9 :i(0 »’elock.
the buildiijg was ereeted by John
B. McDonald, about two years ago
it- a cost of about $10.0n0.
Tlie building w*i* used for
iiotel'for about a ^ear and was
operated by Mrs. J. W. Roberts,
under the nameof the “White
hall,” and was considered by the
travliing public generally as• 1 h
best, most modern and beauti
ful hotel in South Georgia.
A few months ago Mr. McDonald
sold the . building to Dr. C. T
Stovall who has since used it as
residence.
It is not known exactly how the
fire orgnized but it is- generally
belived'that it was struck by light*-
i«K-
The building and contents was
insured for $8,9)0, or thereabout.
The furniture down stars was
nearly all .saved, but was all
badly damaged in moving it oat
Mrs. Stovall lost a handsomo
diamond valued at $400 in the
fire. #
Tho lose of this pieoe of prop4
erty is greatly regretted by thi
entire section.
Convicts Attack Guard.
Savanpah, Ga., July 6.—An or
ganized attack on the guards at
the Chatham county convict farm
was started tonight, but was* nip
ped at its inception by Guard H
White, who was attacked by sev
eral negroes, shooting tho srm of
Robert Gilbert almost off. The
short attacted the attention of the
other guards and put them on the
outfo k. They made a show of
fores that quelled the convicts
immediately.
HE SOUTH AND
■ THE NEGRO RACE
ir. IHcLauflin Delivers Interest
ing Address in Atlanta.
FENCE WINS OUT IN
DOOLY WEDNESDAY
Received a Majority of
One Thousand. Votes.
Vienna Give a Big Majority For
Fence—The Total Vote
By Districts.
MISSED MAN BUT WOMAN.:
— <\*
Rev. W. H. MeGtaufiin,•former
pastor of the Universality church
of Atlanta who is now located at
Minneapolis as northwestern su-
pirinteudont of Univeraaliat
churches, is making a splendid
impression in his new field. Re
cently in a talk before the mem
bers of one of his church,s Dr-
McGlaufiin touohed on the race
problem in the south. He is
quoted by The Standard, of Albert
Lea, Minn., in pari as followp:
Going from Maiue to the
south, as I did, I was naturally
baised in fnvor of the negroes.
But now, as 1 hove had opportu
nity to study the question at close
range and to analyze it, I may say
that that in the opinion of many,
that the great mistake made. im
mediately foiling tqe rebelion yes
conferring immediate enfranchise
ment upon the negroes regardless
of capability to feel or discharge it*
grave reepaoneibilities. I heard
it paid, while I was in the south,
that 95 per cent-of the white peo
ple could get along nmloably with
95 percent of the negroes. That is
tossy that 5 percent of each is re
sponsible for the outrages yrhiob
have marred the reputation of the
peoplo of that section of the
| country. And, however much we
The stqck law election which
was held ia this county Wednes
day, July 5th, resulted in an over
whelming majority for fence. The
total vote polled all over the coun
ty was 1,051,.of this number
“fence” received 1,1(84 and “no
fenoe” 8l9. The vote by districts
is as .follows:
KOK FENCE PRECINCTS, AIIANST F
1st. District, uo election.
15
17
45
80
150
284
20
194
118
148,
187
175
1,884.
2nd Diet.
21
8rd Diet.
28
Unadilln,
■ 111
Plnehurst,
88
Findlay,
10
0th Dist. * •
08
Vienna,
* 68
0th Diet.
00
Cordele,
29
10th Dist.
-07
,11th Dist.
12
18th Dist.
02
14th Dist.
00
81b.
HONEYMOON ENDS
IN GROM'S DEATH
After Atempt to Murder Bride',
Flynn Commits Suicide.
sne was' hold and the old officers
were re-elected, and the reunion
adjourned over to be remembered
a business meeting of the veter- by every one present.
Then Harris Turned Pistol on
Himself, Dying Instantly.
Conyers, Ga., July 5.—About
a mile south of this place, yester
day evening, Stewart Harris, a
white mun,- fired five bullets from
his pistol at a negro, named Bnr-
roll Stevens, without effect., The
balls all missed the negro man,
but one of them severely wounded
a negro woman, who happened to
be standing close by.
Whon Harris saw the woman
fall and heard her wild cries, he
thought, no doubt, that he'had
killed her accidentally, nnd at
once turned the pistol and shot
himself through the heart. Ho
expired* immediately. His aged
mother had come out and caught-
him l>y the shoulder os he fired
the fatal shot and- fell to the
ground with her son. She hsd
to be carried into the honso. She
is in a precarious condition. The
negro woman (rill live-. The negro
man owed Harris some money and
refused to pay it.
Shot Jlls Wit* Five Times,
Richmond, Vs., July 5.—Joseph
\V.‘ LeBuner,- au employe of
local barrel works, shot his wife
five times and then tried to end
his own life with a bullet here
this if.ernoon. LeBaner shot
himself in the abdomen. It is
doubtful whether he will live.
The woman was .shot through
of tpft. north may depreciate the Yopng Misslsslpplan Trias to En
atrocities frequently committed act Double Tragedy and
down there, I ani'frank to say that
perpetration of similar outrages
upon women ignite into flames
the indignation of the uortli
But ordinarily, one of the
most annoying features of life in
the south is the petty pilforings
of the negro .servant. When one
sets down his umbrella, bungs up
his coat Or puts away his gold pen
or cuff buttons dowa thero I10 has
no ussurance whatever that he
will over see them again, Perhaps
this inherited from she time ,
generation ago, when, being de
prived of the fruits of histoiT, the
n -grd felt impelled to steal as the
only -method-by which, he could
get that which belonged to him.
IGHTHIH6 STRUCK DYNAMITE.
One
I NEW FURNITURE ARRIV
INfi. DAILY.
« ... .* 4S| the right shoulder, the upper lip
Everything Now, Ole&n uild. Strictly A and the neck. She may recover
Up-to-date, Any Style you want and
Prices to' suit your purse. $
WE HAVE THE NOBBIEST LINE OF
FURNITURE IN VIENNA.
Come early and inspect our line. It
Cp-t* you Nothing to Look.
VIENNA FURNITURE STORE.
Jealousy is given as the cause of
the shooting.
s
Turning Loose T.ieir Cotton
Americus, Ga., July 5.—-The
largest single lot of cotton held by
atiy fanner here, 250 bales, has
just been sold at a price within
fraction of 10 1-2 cents. This
large lot belonged to W. P. Jowers
and represented the large portion
. of bis crop. Many farmers here
who held portions of their crop
are selling now at prevailing high| shed,
prices.
Hottfe Demolished and Six
People Are Hurt.
Atlanta, Ga. July 8>—Light
ning atruck a magazine obtaining
dynamite and giant powder own
ed by E. A. Hudson, a contractor
living a few miles, out of Atlanta
on the road to the river, last
night, causing an explosion which
practically demolished one house
and badly damaged two others
Six people were injured, none of
them fatally, however. Tho in
jured are:
Mrs. John Gary, cut on head
left arm and hand, by Hying
glass.
Mrs. L. X. Pitts shocked.
T. J. New, injury to foot,
Mrs. T. J. New, struck in the
side by a Hying piece of timber.
A C. Elliott, struck on the
back by a Hying sash.
W. P. Wood, cut about his head
and face by a Hying glass.
The magazine, which contain*
208 cons of powder and five coses
of dynamite, and which was about
8 by 10 feet, was situated betweei
the houses occupied by E.
Huds m, John Gary and T. „
New, Gary’s bouse, a onestoi
ft ime dwelling was almost demol-
A1I the windows And doors
Hudson’s house, also a onestory
Then Dies Himself.
New Orleuns, July (J.—Ending
two months’ honeymoon, John
. Flynn, a. Mississippian, lias
made a desperate attempt to mur
der hik young bride at Kaplan
I-a., and then suicidAd. Flynn
was employed liy a large cotton
house here. v / ,
In May last C. F. Hudson, an
aged confederate , veteran
Greoley, CoL, arrived hero with
his daughter, Miss Virginia Bud-
a handsome young woman
to meet -Fiynn Gy appointment
Ou May 27 the couple were mar
ried at a boarding houscr, and the
father returned to his, home
Subsequently the youug couple
went to Kaplan, where, apparent
ly, they lived happily until yes
terday.
Flyun fired two shots at his
wife and then blew his own brains
out. » • .
frame Hbuse, were blown in and
tho plastering knocked off. The
gable end of New’s two-room
houso was split in hand his furni
ture demolished. The chimney
of « bouse belonging to L. N.
Pitts, a half mil$ from the explo
sion is demolished.
Many Others Injured by Storrit
Wide in Its Range
The Tornado Fortunately Skipped
the Small Towns, Going
From Farm U Farm.
Fort Worth,. To*., July 6.—A
tornado, which struck Texas in
the upper edge of Montague coun
ty, coming from the northeast, *.
this afternoon cost it is believed
over forty lives, injured A large
number of people and did untold
damage to growing crops and cat
tle.
Fortunately the tornado missed
the small towns in the seotiou
through whioh it swept, but it
seemed to take a fiendish delight •
in zig-zagging in suoh a way os to
take in the homes of many farm
ers and stock raisers in the sec- /
tioh.
TERRIro AT JACKSBORO.
JncksLioro the force ot the wind
was terrific. The Baptist ohurett
and twenty other buildings totally
destroyed.
Mrs. Travis Calhoun was ser
iously injured and is not expeatdd
to live. Travis Calhoun, Mrs.
Thomas Norton and Henry Veuer
and family were also injured.
At Montague no lives wete lost
iu the town, but in the oountry
there is gr- loss of life reported.
Owing to the faot that wires are
down in all directions, it is diffi
cult to get particulars.
Ten persons are known to be dead
n that neighborhood, nnd un
confirmed reports pre to the effect
that the list of dead will go ns
high as forty. -Most of those killed
lived on £ult Creek, along which
the tornado swept with terriflo
force. ...
Horror Near Nocond. -
At Nooona the tornado passed-d
few miles to the south, and the
latest reports give the dead at
fourteen and the injured at forty
one.
Many farm houses jvore swept
entirely away. The long Branch
school house was destroyed, and
the Baptist and Methodist oiiuroh
at Belcher were practically des
troyed.
A reliable man at Nooona, who*
bus been over the scene, says that
reports were being received of the
dead when he left there. He
places the loss of life at sixty.
Owning to the widely separated
homos and the fact that in many
instances whole families were wip
ed details and names are hard to
get. -
The country through whioh the
tornado passed is one of the rich
est farming section of Texaa, ly
ing along the northern border of
the state.
The Baptist and Method!*
churches at. Belober were consider
ably damaged. The Methodist
Church at Montague ia reported
wrecked and the Court House
damaged, also other- churches.
The Dixie sohoolhouse, six mile*
south of here, was entirely blown
away. Ha its topes as large as ben
eggs fell here, breaking out many
window glasses.
Reports of the work of the tor
nado are still comiug in., The
number of killed and injured will
probably reach sixty
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