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AND SOUTH GEORGIA PROGRESS
Yhemnevllla Tfanes, Vol XXX.
thoa—■Htle Ratccselae. Tel XI.Yn.
THOMASVUiLK, GEORGIA, FRIDAY FEBRUARYJ*1908.
BIG FORGERY OF IFIRE DESTROYS
CERTIFICATES
■r. Einstein Attempts Te
Forgo Cirtificates aad
Is Arrested.
(From Sunday's Daily.)
Deputy United States Marshal
Zeke Norton arrested yesterdya af
ternoon at Camilla. David Einstein,
a merchant of that town who was ac.
cused of having used the U. S. mall
fraudulently for the purpose of for.-
ging certificates issued by the
Clearing House of Pelham. He was
DILLON HOME
Early Blaze Completely
% Razes House on North
Dawson St.
JAP STEAMER
WATCHES FLEET
Steamer Kas&to Marti
Have Off Uasi
Of Ghilj.
mills and recently married Inta one
of the most prominent South Geor
gia families. He wrote to the En
terprise Publishing Co., of Chica
go and sent duplicates of the Pel
ham certificates, ordering from them
one thousand copies, exact In every
detail. They sent them to him after
s payment of $75. These sere all
of five dollar denomlnstion.
The publishing concern Immed
iately after sending the copies and
being paid for them notified the au
thorities at Pelham of the transac
tion In detail, and warning them of
> the Intent at forgery. The express
* bundle containing the stuff was re
ceived last week' by Mr. Einstein
who Immediately made the necessary
preparations for the forgery.
Early last week he paaaed the first
one on Tnoinas Acree, a merchant of
Camilla, who in turn deposited It In
the Bank of Camilla and received
credit for same. They in turn lent
It to Pelham where the forgery was
Immediately detected by the Far
mers’ Bank of Pelham. The forgery
was very clever. On the front of
the note ho had forged the name of
D. M. Curry Trustee, which Is a very
dlerent one with flourishes and
other peculiarities. The work on
this wsb of the finest and It was al
most Impossible to detect uiy fraud.
On the back he had forged the name
of J. L. Hand, but thla was not so
good and could bo distinguished by
those well acquainted with his writ
ing. The (Initials O. E. B. of one
of the trustees was also forged but
this was likewise not good.
He had rolled these In mud, got
ten them ernmpled and worn so that
the means of discovery would be ap
preciably diminished. When arrest
ed he bad In his pocket 190 of the
certificates which had already been
signed and prepared for passing, al
so |105 which wero unsigned. In
his cash drawer was found the bal
ance of the amount sent him, (4.800
which la a surety that there ara Bo
more In circulation or In eustory of
anyone. The people will bare
need therefore to feel that there
can bo any more forgerya of this cer
tificate from this source at least.
The .maximum for this offence In
the United States court is $500 fine
and one year. The punishment for
forgery In the state courts lp Im
prisonment In the penitentiary. The
young man made a clean breast of
the whole affair and will rely on the
mercy of the court for leniency In
punishment.
This Is the third attempt of this
kind la the atate. One was in At
lanta for $60,000 and a Rome law
yer Is now awaiting trial for that of
fence. The ether wia In Columbus
COLLEGE ON
WHEELS HERE
Shows To Large Crowd-
Prominent Men In
The City.
The state agricultural school paid
Its visit to 'this city yesterday morn
ing and wag enthusiastically received
by a number of tbe most prominent
farmers of this county. The early
hour that the lectures were schedul
ed to take place did not keep the
crowd back. It is the most complete
and interesting experiment that has
recently been tried by the state au
thorities. The train consists of a
Pullman, 2 cars devoted to lecturers
and a baggage car that holds the ex-
hibits of the school. At eight o'clock
Thursday night the train rolled In
after a most profitable and pleasant
trip to Bainbridge and intermediate
^ — 1 - points. The train remained in this
The firemen made the trip In quick «"*« >«terd.,y at eleven. It
..me after the alarm was turned In. ™ ‘ ‘ n ’ , 7*' 8cbp - d " ,pd t for *'»<“*
r-hfor .. ...... ,' he h ° me tolkS knmv ’ ,0 ™ me >ea,er at nine thirty and after all the exer-
day and arrived on the ten thirty ' lse8 were „„„ „ made
train Just after the house was burn- , .
J w -e tender of tho engine did no:
ed. Mr. Dillon has not made any de-.
.stick to tho track on the Biding
finite arrangements for the future 1 ., . „ ,
.on which It was placed and Just at-
I ler the start, made nn effort to
build at once. In the meantime he , .. .
the house to extlngplsh tfie flames. . . . .. „ ... „ leave the track. Of course this.mis-
h«s wired the Masury estate for the) ... ... .
With what pressure they had the Are •. . .. v , u w « delt »y of about an hour, a ewltcb
\ house in the -«•**« -#
men fought the flames but to no
The elegant home of Mr.. J. W. DU- Valparaiso, Fob. IS.—The doings
Ion on north Dawson street wui total ; on tbe coa8t of Chili of the Japanese
ly destroyed by fire early yesterday ! Steamer Kasato Mam flave. In view
r rning. The family were at break- of the Proximity of the American
fast about a quarter of eight, when i battleship fleet, attracted considers-
someone passing by the house hoi- ; attention here. Tiio Kasato Mn-
lered that there was a fire on tho ; ru left iQuique January 23, and
roof. Mr. James Dillon, Jr., who nothin K waB heard from her until
heard the cry looked out of the win- * wo da y® a K° when she arrived at
placed in Jail at Camilla to a wait Lj ow anf j 8aw jjj a ^ there was a cloud Tocopilla, 14$ miles from Iquique.
trial before U. S. Commissioner R. of mo k e coming from the roof and The fact that tlle ves «el spent twen
J. Bacon at Albany for fraudulent | lmmedIately rua h e d In to tell tho* f °ur days between these two ports
use of the mail. He will also be 1 f ani f|y who were till at breakfast ,eads to suspicion in some quar-
tried by the state courts for forgery- 1 He telephoned the Are department ter8> that she has boen observing the
Mr. Einstein Is a merchant of Ca- | and In the raea n time placed a ladder P ro K res « °f the American fleet or
up to the root so that the Are lad- : 8 t ,,d >'l n K the Chilean coast in the vl-
dies could reach the blaze with no c * n,ty of Toc °P ,, * a -
trouble as soon as they arrived.
Chief Brown was at breakfast when i
the alarm came in but as soon as he [
was notiAed left for the scene of the
blaze. The hose was connected but
the pressure of the water was not . , . .. . A A .
but It Is thought that he will re- >
enough to throw aiiAiclent water on
BUZZARD IS
RAGING WES1
Cities Blocked By Fierce
Snow Storm-Trains
Stop Running.
Chicago,pFeb. 10.—The blizzard
which began yesterday and which al
most paralyzed all transportation fa
cilities in Chicago and suburbs was
ftiil in progress today, although the
greatest fury of the storm had pass
ed. A light snow fell during the ear
ly part of the day and was piled Into
deep drifts by the strong wind.
Traffic on all surface and elevated
Ftreet car lines, as well as steam
ronds, was greatly delayed, and even
worse delays were experienced by
through trains from the West. -v
Flerc** at Milwaukee.
Milwaukee. Feb. 19.—The blizzard
which started In this section yester
day continued with but slightly abat-
d Aerceness today. About a foot of
STEAM SIGNALS
1 BEGIN NOW
New Whistle Here and Wil
Give Weather Report
Each Day.
At four thirty yesterday afternoon
a new sound disturbed the air of
Thomasvllle. It was the bureau
whistle, which has Just been Install
ed at the water works, and It was
being given Its first trial. Probably
all who heard It noticed the different
tone. It Is termed a gong whistle,
an4 has not the harsh scream of the
elrtn, but a deep vibrant tone which
Is not ear piercing. It can be heard
for eight or ten miles.
A feature of Importance Is the
fact that the warning blast of fifteen
to twenty seconds will be given at
exactly eleven o'clock. Thla will en
able anyone within the sound of it
to regulate their time pieces, and Is
Itself an Important advantage. Fol-
avall. Two lengths of hose was
same block, back of
what Is known as the Hanns houss.
The houre was Insured for $1,500
burned wklle they were fighting and _ . .. . . ,, ,
«nl tho furniture for $1,000, which
this caused them to stop a whlla to i „ ■. ■ .. ,
I will not cover fully the loss sustaln-
extingulsh It. .
Crowds of both negroae and wbltea
had In the meantime collected and
many of the things In the house
were
A strange coincidence lit the nf-
; fair .was the dream of Miss Jane Dll.
engine and other apparatus being
used .to bring tab rear axle of the
tender to the track ngaln. On ac
count of the unusual posltlou of the
train at the time, this was accom
pllshed after some difficult work.
Lectures began at eight and Pro-
cssor Soule who Is In charge of the
taken out by "these men. It *° n before. She related at i school made a most Interesting end
, . . , . ilhe breakfast table that she had i
Is not known just how much was sav-
... . „ .. . . . dream In which the house, and ev-
ed but a aafa estimate placet the loss
erythlng In Its was totally destroyed
of household furniture at one half j
of the total contents.
While making an endeavor to get
things out of the building two young
men came very near losing tiielr
lives. In the front room, of the house
there were some things that had not
been taken out and these young men
ere making an endeavor to save
them. Messrs. Willie Quinn and Bas- *
comb Buckhalt while In the room
had a part of the chimney and the and th,t “ h,<1 been burn,n * ,ome
celling of the room to fall In on them rtlnu,e * befor * U WM ^covered. | thla be given them and expressed a
Mr. Quinn was hit by a falling win- Tb ® fluc w “ D robabl J' 4 defectiva ons i willingness to back the efforts made
| and made the remark to a servant
'standing near by that If It should
catch to save a certain article of fur
niture which she prlxed very high
ly. It was hardly three minutes af
ter this remark that her brother
heard the cell of fire and to notified
them.
It Is thought that the firs first he-
gan In the flue of the dining room
Instructive talk after which Chancel
lor Barrow of the State Unlversltv
entertained the crowd for a few min
utes. His remarks as those of Mr.
Soult, were directed toward attract
ing the attention of the farmers or
the state to the Importance and ne
cessity of more and hotter agricultur
al education In this stale. They were
both of the opinion that tne farmers
would be tho ones to benefit directly
while the whole country would be
benefltted lndlorectly,<and also that
unless the farmers demanded that
snow has fallen In Milwaukee and vl- ,owln S the warning blast the signal
clnity. The storm is universal : ^ or the weather predictions as de-
throughout the upper lake region, j ncr ^ be d below will be blown. This
Heavy Snow and Stiff Wind Through, j w,n me “» « great deal to farmers
out Michigan. t Qnt ^ gardeners, especially in cold
Detroit, Mich., Feb. 19.—The bllz- ; we » tb er when frost or heavy freeze
zard which swept down upon the low- j ** espected. .To Capt. Strong, the
cr portion of Michigan yesterday still j “OUfteoua and efficient observer nr
prevails with great severity, ahd al- j tb ^ locaI Weather Bureau la due the
ready tbe snowfall ranges from eight! Installation of thin service, as It we*
Inches In Detroit to'eighteen Inehen r bj, - hto *“*•*»• * 0I > »»<l ndvlce that 11
In the southwestern section of the j **•
state. Accompanied by a 20 to 30-j Tb * following schedule has be**
mile an hour wind, the snow Is drift-1 *d°P ted «• signals for the- weather,
log badly through the country dls- 1 “ n< * 0,r< ’* Will be distributed allNfver
trlcts and roads ara badly blocked, i tb * coon,r J r with theta la datall for
Trains are late everywhere.
I the benefit of those living out of
town.
the A warning blaat
dow sash and his hand severely
and tbe fires of tho past few days
bruised and cut. He also received bot enon * b ,0 cao "* ,b * bU *-*' Th *
only other solution la that (parks
fell from the chimney and Ignited
the roof. v
BRADSHAW’S SALE.
bruises on \thar parti of hla body.
Mr. Buckhalt had the misfortune to
catch a load of brick from a chimney
and he was burled under It. The cries
for help from tbe room attracted
■he attention of tbe department and i
these men were dragged from tha Attracts Big Crowds by the Bargains
room. Mr. Qnlan’a' hud wan horn- j Ogered.
ed and lacerated and he received j The “tractive appearance of the
brnlses on hla back, thigh and In i ,,ore of c p - Bradshaw , nd Co., fpr
tbe past two days has been the cause
of much comment of a favorable na
ture from all who have visited the
■hop. He has all hla china, glass
ware and other articles displayed tn
the best advantage and In a moat at.
tractive manner. This however Is
but the smallest part of the arrange
ment because the most desirable part
of the display la the low prices he
has placed upon all goods In the
■tore. He Is determined to sell what
he has If the people want It and Is of
fering It to anybody at a very small
price.
The (tore Is made very alluring by
tha numerous signs of n unique and
catchy character, hung along the
whole length of tba store and in the
windows. Bach signs as -Big crash
ud there hare Man three arrested fa-Chiu/* ~ Ught prices In Lamps”
many other places over hla body.
Dr. McIntosh wss called to attend
(he sufferers and he Immediately
made an examination and dressed the
wounda. He eays that while both
are painfully wounded and brlused
that there Is no danger to (heir liv
es and tna( both will recover In a
abort time, with the Inconvenience
of having the aorenees caused by the
bruises. Their escape was somewhat
miraculous and they are being con-
congratulatlone upon the acclcdent
being no worse.
The house was completely destroy
ed In tbe space of an hour, although
the firemen played water upon the
biasing members until lata la tba
morning Mrs. Dillon wan In Bran*
charged with the crime.
and othar*a**aByapprop-'r.tc.
In their behalf with their whale sup
port that It would never be obtulned
The Children of tbe public schools
were treated to the whole show, be
ing marched In a body three hundred
of more strong and taken through
the whole exhibit. They expressed
their delight at being allowed this
privilege and also of getting an extra
I recess during this performance.
Thera were some of the most
prominent men In the atate with the
party among whom wero Chancellor
Barrow, Prof. Soule, Commissioner
of Agriculture Tom Hudson, State
Etomologist Worsham, State Super
intendent Pound and others. The
correspondents for the large papers
of the state were also with the par-
ty.
Chancellor Barrow, Prof. Soulo
and Commissioner Hudson during
their stay the night before called up
on Railroad Commissioner McLen
don at the residence of Dr. R. J.
Miller and were pleasantly entertain
ed by that distinguished gentleman.
They afterward, at the request of
Dr. Miller, went to Young's College
and spent an hour looking over the
building, grounds and In discussion
with tho President Mr. I. C. Hunt.
They expresed themselves an being
delighted and much surprised at tbs
tva.v things are conducted and tne a warning blast of fifteen to
size and usefullness of tile buildings. ! twenty seconds duration Is sounded
Mr. Barrow while here faked very to attract attention. After this warn-
cncouraglngly of the prospects of the j Ing the longer blasts (or from four
University for next year and the fine ' to six seconds duration) refer ts
work that Is being done there, !o weather, and shorter blasts (or from
many of the graduates of that Instl- one to three seconds duration) refer
tutlon with whom he was closely as- to temperature; those of weather are
soclated during their stay In college, sounded first.
He says thst a determined effort is BLASTS INDICATB
being made to Increase the number One long fair weather
of attendants next year to eight hun- Two long rB ( n or
<Ir * d ' Three long ... . local rain or snow
One short lower temperat • re
DELEGATES KETl’RX- Two short higher temperature;
‘ Three short cold wa
Report a Most Delightful Session Of By repeating each combination
The Diocese of Georgia. few times, with Intervals of
" eeconds, liability to error In readl&ie
The delegates to the first conven- j the signals may be avoided,
tion of the Diocese of Georgia, held
this week have returned from An-! “®hdlng committee of the church,
gusts. They report a moat pleasant I wb * tb •* tb ® largest and moat inl
and profitable session and great cn
thuslaSm and zeal for the newly cre
ated diocese. Those who represent
ed St. Thomas Episcopal church
were Rev. O. A. Cornell and Messrs.
L. H. Jerger, B. H. Wright and R.
C. Balfour.
Rev. Frederick F. Reese was elect
ed ss Bishop on fourth ballot and af
terwards made unanlmons. Rev.
Reese Is a very strong and able man
and will prove a great addition to
the church work In thla atate.
was at one time for thirteen years
rector of Christ church In Macon and
was afterward at the Conventldn of
Bishops offered the high position of
Missionary Bishop of Arixona.
The Thomasvllle delegation took
a very prominent part In tbe pro
ceedings of the convention. Mr. Jer
ger wan appointed on-the first com
mittee named for the porpoee of
examining and passing on creden
tials. M. Wright' irae-oa$*.('mem
ber of the financial committee.' He
wan afterward' nominated on the
portent In the W9rk. T^o nomina
tion was declined by M. Wright, but
notwithstanding that he received
eight complimentary votes. M. Bal
four was also a member of. the Im
portant committees. Rev. Cornell
was not allowed a vote In the con
vention but made a fine Impression
In Its deliberations by his earnest
ness and clear thinking.
Mrs. H. T. Pace and children who
have been visiting friends and rela
tives In Montgomery and Haynevllle,
Ala., have refnrned home accompan
ied by Mias Laura Lardner of Mont
gomery.
Mrs. J. R. Salter and two little
girls who bavs been at Havana, 71a.,
ever since Mr. Salter’s house wan
burned, have returned home, the
house being rebuilt end reedy for oc- _
eupancy. ’ , mmm'
Mr. Chao. F. Cogswell of-TaUahas-
spe wan la Ike' my- tor a abort- time. ;
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