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See Great Clubbing Offe. i age Eight Of This Issue. HHIiMl ► §;% J ‘^AND SOUTH GEORGIA PROGRESS roixzx. , TaL SBW1L THOjdASVILLE, GEO ROM, FRIDAY FEBRUARY 7, l««t. NEGRO WOMAN BURNSTODEATB Colored Wem&n Suffers Oeatbln Fire Son- day Night. RODDENBERY THAW VERDICT RUNS AND WINS NOTGUILTY Canard From Atlanta Befendent Thought By Nailed—He Stays Until Jury Insane-Will Be The Finish. Sunday night at ona o'clock the i are department waa aroused from their peaceful clumbers to attend a ‘ are aald to be In Fletebervllla. They made the customary quick run and ’ found that tha house occupied by ' Alec Robinson to be slmoet burned ' to the (round. Zn was a rather large, substantial looking Art room « house owned by the negro who was occupying it After a faw mlnutea the Bremen were told ns on a former occasion that there waa a negro woman In | tha honae burned to death. They Immediately aeked the location of tha body and attar a few mlnutea of • investigation found the body and pulled It out with their hooka. The body was In a most horrible condi tion, the flesh being burned of the arms, head and limbs, leavinb tha mlddla of tha body la a horribly lacerated mutilated condition. I waa a charred mass of burnt flesh and bouts and praoeatod'a most give some spectacle. The bedy lay there all mornlag until the husband of the women wH> was in Temps could be gammoned end funeral arrange ments could he made. The coroner Went out to view the remains and • found that It wtw ao case for a Jury. Upon laveetlgation It waa found that tha house was almost burnt up bsfora tha lamatas were aware that U ijas on fire. The whole of the back of tha building had burnt and tha .flames were spreading with great rapidity to the front when the In mates awoke sad found out the con dition. There were In the building , at the time two women and three children. . It teems that the wife of Alec Robinson the owner was sick end being alone, with two small children had asked Platic Wood ward to come over and spend the children had asked Platts Wood- sod brought with her a young child. After being aware of the Are In the honae they all got np and made haste to escape. Thi children of the owner of the house were all gotten out and tha two women also escaped, but when the Woodward . found that her child was still In the building she Immediately, In the face of the awful heat, dense smoke and raging ftamss, rushed Into the room, without any thought for hertelf or her safety. So great was tbs mother leve that absolutely disregarding her own danger she went to the rescue of her child. After getting Into the room she managed to gat the chill sad the m stress K waa lying an. hear tha window, whse aba most have beta overcome by tha flames MB great wan the heat that the child was bnraed about the face sad body very severely, before willing bands going to the window managed > to pull It oat sa it lay on tha mat rass. me woman waa left to bum to death. It seams that (bars waa no rsaaan for tola, aa someone could have maaaged, If they had been st all level headed, to have gotten the body eat . Bet ft was oaly n crowd of soared to ddaih negroes who at a time fflte this have absolutely as ’mm-ft* lying to • tot from the Sent To Asylum. A telegram was received la Thom- New York. Feb. 1.—Harry K. Seville Saturday advtelug that It was Thaw has been declared not guilty reported that Judge Roden be ry had on the ground of Insanity at the time withdrawn from the coagnaaional he killed Stanford White. A great race, and asking tor confirmation of demonstration took place In the the report. The reply was couched In the most vigorous terms, and stated that the report was malicious political canard, and without founda tion. Judge Roddenbery was not In the city, bqt a friend who la close to him said that not only waa Judge Rod- denbery going to stay In tbe race I but that be was even now a sire winner; tbat be Is dally receiving most encouraging letters, and that the constituency of the Second Con- Sessional district Is gathering to him In Increasing numbers dally, as a snowball gathers more snow roll ing down bill. Tha report was evidently hatched by soma of the present Incumbent’s friends, and Is without foundation. Judge Roddenbery will remain In tbs race to the and, and be and his friends are confidant that the count of the ballots on election dty will confirm their present firm belief tiff ha win he the nefe copgrsesmas from this district window burned so . badly - that any signs of recognition were Impossi ble. - The child was taken to s neighbor, tag house badly burned. After morn- tag bad corns a request was made that they ha allowed to taka the ehlld to tbe hospital and this waa granted. Dr. Jarrell waa In atten dance and it Is having tb? best of medical attention. It Is probnblt that It wUl live but win he badly scarred. This Is one of many dally exam ples of wbat a mother will do/for her child Disregard bar own safety, fare many and terrible dangers when there la the slightest chance to save her offspring. The other case whe> e a woman was burned waa not at all like this one but there Is some talk of serious crime being commit ted before, the burning. This was a plain case of a negro mother giving np bar life to save tbat of bar child. NEW COUNCIL GETS TO WORK. Various Officers Elected, Salaries court room, and the verdict was cheered for several minutes. Justice Dowling committed Thaw to Matteawan Asylum for the crim inally Insane and ordered him taken there at once for an Indefinite per- At the request of the defendant’s counsel, Justice Dowling has delayed execution of the order committing Thaw to tha asylum until 8 p. m. to allow counsel to confer as to whether or not a writ of habeas corpus will sued out to have his sanity tested by a commission before be Is taken lod. Justice Dowling said that he deem, ed Thaw’s discharge wonld be dan gerous to the pubbllc safety. Thaw's Wife hi Court Room. Both Thaw and his wife, the lat ter being the only member of his family In court when the Jury unex pectedly returned Its verdict, seemed pleased and satisfied with the out come. Thaw stood and smilingly bqwed his acknowledgements to the Jurors as they filed out District Attorney Jerome seemed' satisfied as he has contended, ever Since the crime was. committed, that Thaw was medically Insane if not legally. Thaw's counsel thanked the jurors with a hearty handshake. Attorney Littleton also filed excep tlon to Justice Dowling's decision In retaining Thaw In custody and com mitting him to the asylum. Only a few spectators were allowed to en ter the court room when the Jury re ported. One young man who viola ted Justice Dowling’s Injunction against a demonstration was lined 125 for contempt of conrt. away to Matteawan. Tbe Jury all refused to divulge .the secrets of their deliberations fur ther than to say that fourteen ballots were taken. OBEY THE LAW ORJUFFER New Mayor’s Record Ii Bis First Po lice Court. (Prom Tuesday's Dally) Tha first session of Police Court under the new mayor waa held yes terday and Judge Montgomery pre sided with the aplomb of a veteran. The record of Mayor Pittman In his vigilance to apprahsnd and punish .violators of tha law was one that, the city la profid of. This record blda fair to bo squalled by the pres ent Incumbent He goes at matters with a will, thaj la calculated to make the most hardened offender quail and when there Is a guilty party he won’t fall to put on the pro per penalty. Tha first caaejjfidge Montgomery called was that against a white man named Frank Doyle, charged with discharging llrtafrfis In the city 11m- SEAB WRIGHT IS DOUBTFUL if Early Primary He Will Not Be a Candidate. a DEBT KILLER” COTTON SEED Magnificent Speciaes 0! Cotton Stalk Dis played on Streets. Its. This gentle the charge bnt think that there r plead guilty to constrained to were extenuating After the usual reading of tha min utea and their adoption. The city council, with a fall board present, started In to transact tha business of the city for the second time since their Installation, The TbomaavtUo Press was given tha Job of printing tbs pamphlet for tha dty containing tha statement of the expert employ ed by the dty. Their bid waa twen ty-five dollars tor tha Job. Water and Ught Assessment. Alderman Pringle, Chm. of the new water and light committee, in a re port showed the cadency of the plant as it new stands hat comment- efi upon come of .the Irregularities sow prevailing. Chief among thane wee toe price to to charged agatad the dty for their Meet Dgkt and water and a mntoal mo, prmWat to and at tho dttaa, win' ordered. charged daring the coming year, this will enable the bookkeeper to tell exactly the prodte over the ex penses of these two plants for .1908. Police Elected, i . There being no more routine bus iness the body went into executive Med on to elect police for the coming year and transact other badness of that order. The day police ss se lected by the body for If OS'will' be the same as the past-year t one exception. Tha day police Will' he Does, who Js also assistant Mrash al and Fuller. The night men are Dawkins, Dickey and Hilton; Tha only change was the election of Mr. Fuller as day man, putting officer Dawkins Into the night, force leaving out Ofleer Singletary. circumstances and that no fine should he Imposed. The mayor dis agreed most heartily with this and fined the gentlemen $10 and coats. - Dave Mitchell, a negro waa next and he was charged with sweeping, trash on tha alfiawalk. The offender finally admitted that this bad been done and a fine of two and costs Was the result, the mayor giving a warn ing that others .who'violated this taw after this cas* would get'tbs limit oi the law. Apios Lester and T. Sampson wars both called up for keeping fish for sale on tbe streets of the city and plead guilty. The mayor then fined both g5 and cost with the Injunction to "go and sin no more.’’ This Is a good evidence that the present council through their chief oxecutlve mean to give to the citi zens of the town what they want and desire as a unit, well kept, neat anJ clean streets. If this can be done by law the present mayor says he In tends doing It, and that any and all offenders will be given the same mod Iclne. The stlak barrels on Jackson street and any and all other nuisan ces will ba moved and kept away In the futnre. Neal Cargill plead guil ty to disorderly conduct and was fined |8 and coat Lu'Mitchell re ceived tha same dose for the same of fence. Walter Parnell discharging firearms In the city limits plead guilty and fine was Imposed to the tune of |10 and cost. 1 - The salaries . of the Superinten dents of water and light ware raised both bob re-elected. Rapt. Ep- ply gets 11,70* this year ss against tl.Ul Mat year and flap! PriajW |1,too Instead of »UM, The sal ary of thqtlty attorney was mads yico.aad ion. W.JL Hamjnoad rw Card of Thants. Mr. Frank Jones wishes to preat deep and sincere appreciation for the many expressions of sympa thy and. condolence that have bean offered him la hie lose of n recent date. While enable to properly ex press to each end every one what ha feels,’ Mr. Jonss takas this method of extending to everyone thanks for their ktndnsas and good will. Mr. Ctaas.B. Darrah of New Tort if-to the city, and In tha future trill fill the place of elerk at tha ifaaury Hotel, formerly held by Hr. & a Hudgins. .Mr. Hudgins has as pel made no definite arrangements for the future. Atlanta, Ga., Feb. 3.—Seaborn Wrtglt la evidently "up In the sir." yet shout his candidacy for the Uni ted States senate. As elected, he Is. susd a signed statement 8unday morning through the Rome Tribune- Herald. He brings hie possible can didacy on the Issue of the primary if It le an early primary, then he won't run; If It le a late one, he will have a go at Steve Clay. Mr. Wright la a member of tha state Democratic executive committee from the state- at-large, and It Is Indicated In hla card to the public that he will make a rod hot fight for a late primary. Incidentally In hla statement ha touches off some bomb-shells. Among other things he says: "It looks now ss If some cf my fellow soldiers of two years ago In the great army of reform have some what modified their Ideas as to the desirability, I might say the neces sity, of lata primaries In Georgia." Just who this thrust Is aimed at doss not appear, hut there la no mis taking his Jab at Senator Clay. Ha says of Clay; ; "Couple tha above with the light ning record to the last faw month*, made by the distinguished senator' who would ba my opponent If I ran for the senate, on, the question of temperance. Finance .(of the pop ulistic variety,) rural-mat) expan sion, suppression of emigration to the South and other magnltudlnooa Issues of the hour have hedged him In with a kind of Chinese wall against my opposition. I am very sure It would take me six weeks to find my bearings and get Into the ring and at least six months to over take the distinguished senator on sny of the questions above enumer ated.” He then says that the “rapid and radical expansion of the sonator makes It somewhat Improbable that tha people will have an opportunity of nominating mo for the senate this year." He pays high tribote to Tom Watson, and congratulates him "on the progress hs Is making as school master with hla now (tuplls.’^i Tbs Roms Tribuno-Hhrald la tbs same Issue contains a latter from its Washington- eorresppndont, James M. Karla, , who Is a Georgia man, la which Senator Clay Is made to deny that ho over directly or Indirectly gave Governor Smith to understand that ha tCter) would not have op- possd Smith la th* event of the gov ernor's candidacy tor tha i Senator Clay said that' tha only con verse rion between himself and tha governor was la a Jocular vain. Gov ernor Smith la aald to have told Clay that ha had hla eye on Clay’s asst To which Clay replied that his health waa sot good emd nnleaa U Improved Quite a good deal of attention was created on Broad street yesterday af ternoon by a farmer from Wilkes, county near Washington, who was in the dty to sell cotton seed. Hs had with him two cotton stalks with shout the finest bolls filled with cot ton that has even been seen hero. It was literally covered with the fleecy staple, beautiful, white and clean, even more beautiful than tha exaggerated pictures sometimes seen with tha cotton stalk. It Is said to be the most prolific cotton seed that haa ever bean put on the market. He haa boon selling It for about four yean and haa met with great luc es**. Never having boon Into South Georgia he is trying at this -time to put some of the seed with tbe farmers of this section. . He says that ho can readllyfhtee cotton that will class well, about four balsa to tha acre. This seams hard to believe but a glance at the two stalks he carries with him will rsadl- lly persuade anyone of tha correct ness of tha statement. A cotton man who saw the two stalks remarked tbat ha had seen many kinds of cot ton hot never anything that' could touch this. It Is called by tfre owner yho still taps about two thousand frqkheie. pt-toe Med left "the Hgr- . din Debt Killtaf?’ He «aya l( > haa been tried end tound ell to the good' he would not bo to Smith’# way. Clay aMs that ho Is Mw‘ta.perfWt health, which mean* that be wlltV • candidate for r»eiaett»a'afid feels pretty ears of too result. iat he may something further to Mr aftor lbs meeting of tha stats ZtoMocratl* •stt'nursday. WOM!#KWLHD by ,. . T ; Knocked off Trestle and Killed by Coast Una Train No. gp. The Atlantic Coast Llaa trala No. It Sunday'morning. killed a negro woman Sunday morning three-mile# toll side of Boston on a trestle of tha road. This woman had been warned according to the itory of too watchman employed by tbe Coast Line, not to go across, tbat In some unguarded moment the train would come along and knock her off. Tha woman disregarded this warning * and aarly that morning before thk watchman could see her was on the treetle walking across. She htd hardly gotten to the mid dle when the noise of the approach ing train waa heard but too late for too woman to make her escape. It was also too late for the engineer'to stop the train and aha was knock ed off being killed instantly. The Ooronsr. Mr. Ches Gandy was sum moned and responded with hie nsnnl promptness, going Immediately to too scene of tbe disaster. ■ He found that this wee no case for a Jury, there being aaveral eye witnesses to too affair sad all agraetag that it waa csiwIsmbms on the part of tha wo rn man to go on the track When the mast have known that fi train was approaching. > Ctapt. Ma c Leaa. Tha cUImm of Thomas eodaty hire delighted to loam that Capt K. T. MapLeaa will serve ths couity again, for the next four years as County >ol Superintendent. During his term of. oOeete has made one at the best ofloers that the county cab beset of. Always on- toe. alert fbr to# good of too aehoots.and working for .tootr advancement gad progress •srrfcao hiToheen to every way . i factory. 7t U'» fitalUrofgreat ' iknro that .ba in to. continue, this gaod-work, and It can confidently be •led Oat the advsaoamsat.or the «Mwtog Mat tear-yearns ; will bO area mere marked.