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Organs, Buggies. VOL. XX.—lB Pages. DIXIE FLYER Saved From Death Trap by Vig ilance cf Engineer Ragsdale. Atlanta, Ga., Sept. 17th.—En gineer T. B. Ragsdale frustrat ed an attempt to wreck the Dix ie Flyer/‘Pride of the Central of Georgia,” at Hampton, Ga., Tues day night at 9:20 o’clock. But for his vigilance and presence of mind the train ,laden with scores of passengers just retiring to their berths, would have dashed into the ditch, a mass of twisted wreckage. Railroad detectives and spec ial agents are endeavoring to find the man or men who, plotting the destruction of the fast train .broke open the lock of a switch stand controll ing the approach of a siding, cun ningly set the switch point in a neutral position between the rails of the main line and those of the side track, and then placed blocks of steel in the opening so the locomotive would be thrown from the track. Bloodhounds brought to the scene from the Monrop convict camp failed to pick up the trail of the men, owing to recent rains. The motive for the attempted vrreek is not known. Robbery is scofffed 'at by railroad officials The crime has the earmarks of the work of a fiend who planned the disaster for revenge or sim ply to gratify an abnormal desire to wreck destruction. Death of Aged Woman. After several months of se vere suffering l "Mrs. GaTrie' TTarri son widow of flip late John ITar rison died recently at the home of her sister, "Mrs. Cal Stanley. Somp months ago she left her home in Lawreneeville and eame to live with her sister. Her re mains were interred at Cedar Creek, the funeral services he- Ingr eondneted hv Rev. "William phimhar, of Winder. She was a "member of the Winder Method's* church and lived a devoted Chris tian life until her death. She was 64 years of age and is sur vived by one brother and five sis ters. Death of Larenceville Citizen. LawreneeA'iTle, Ca.. Sept. 17. Nathan Russell, seventy-five year; ; old and a prominent citizen and farmer, died yesterday at his home in West Larenceville. Tie was a member of the Methodist ohnreh and a Confererate veter an. . He is survived by his wife and four children. Funeral and interment took i place at Harmony Grove church. Revival at Baptist Closes After ten days’ meeting the services at the Baptist church were brought to a close last Tues day, ni^ht. gfeiße-v. Faust did some fine and made many friends 1 'Vfche city. Twenty-ane addition. 1 ajjdte made to tlie church as a ■Unit of the services. Dogs Wanted. I want to trade or buy a good trained bird dog and also a good opossum dog. Give full de scription and lowest cash, price Jjn first letter. W. A. Gordon, Jet Iferson-Ga., Route 5. adv: iIIIV MANY SWAINSBORO CITIZENS PROTEST. Recommendation of Prison Com mission in McNaughton Case Condemmed. A Swainsboro special to Con stitution says: A petition issued as a result of a mass meeting of* Emanuel county citizens at Swainsboro, called for publicly con demning the action of the pris on commission in recommending a full pardon for Dr. W. J. Mc- Naughton, who was convicted here in 1910 of the murder of Fred Flanders, and who has been three times sentenced to death, was sent to Governor Slaton to day. Men who attended the meet ing were greatly incensed at the action, saying they were entirely unable to understand why the courts of the land should be over ruled, the sentence of judges set aside and the verdict of unbiased juries disregarded. “We are convinced. beyond doubt,” they say, ‘‘that if this recommendation is heeded by his excellency, it will directly fos ter and instigate lynch law, as men will feel no protection un der the law .and it will ultimate ly leacj to anarchy ,which know is a blot on civilization, and will impoverish us of justice and the freedom which our fathers fought to establish.” Upon receipt of the petition The governor said: “I wrote Mr. Price today and told him that I) would soon hear arguments in the McNaughton matter, as 1 have gone over th papers in th. cease and notified him to be present at the argu ment date.*” Murderer, Counterfeiter, Thief New Fork, September 18tb. — That Hans Schmidt whose don bit life was exposed Sunday when he was arrested and confessed the murder of Anna Anmuller after killing the girl and dismembering her body in a Bradhurst avneue flat, hired another apartment in which he presumably planned to conceal himself, has been discovered. In ransacking Schmidt’s room detectives found evidence that he had stolen S4OO from the Easter collection at St. Joseph’s church and that he had robbed a visit ing priest who spent the night, at St. Joseph’s rectory. Evidence was found linking closer and for a longer period Schmidt and his alleged coun terfeiting partner, the unlicensed dentist, Dr. Ernest Muret. Moonshimng No Lost Art. Atlanta. Sept. 18. —And yet they write from time to time that moonshining is a lost art in the north Georgia mountains. When Judge Newman calls fhp docket for the criminal branch of the federal court in this city early in October more than one hun dred and fifty North Georgia mountaineers, some in jail and some out on bond, will appear to answer to the charge of the illicit manufacture of whiskey. 1 Moving Picturse. Manager Sharp f on of the Lyric is still pleasing large audiences nightly with splendid pictures at his playhouse. If you have no} got the habit, now is a good time to get it on you. Everybody else is doin’ it. Winder, Jackson County, Ga., Thursday, September 13, 1913. U. C. V. BARECD. After Being Invited Confederates Not Allowed in Parade . Chattanooga, Tenn.. September 17—Enforcement of an order ex cluding women and civilans from the fortyseventh annual Grand Army of the Republic parade to day prevented Confederate Veterans from participating in the pageant. Clad in their gray uniforms the southerners were preparing to form* in the line of march when the order was exe cuted. An invitation to join in the parade had been tendered to Col onel L. T. Dickinson, commander of the Forrest camp, by Colonel Henry N. Hanson, commander of the Forsyth post. Just whe.n they were ready to take their places Colonel Han son informed Colonel Dickinson that the commander of the de partment of Ohio, had been in structed to bar every one from the parade except union veterans. Colonel Hanson expressed deep regret over the incident. The con federate veterans also appeared distressed. Half a dozen confederate veter ans clad in gray uniforms, were taken prisoners by union veter ans during the progrses of the* parade and amid shouts of laugh ter forced to participate in it. Laughing and chatting with their captors the confederate Veterans brought forth repeated cheering from the spectators. Many unique features marked the demonstration. Umbrellas were more numerous by far than arms. Tn many instances red. white and blue pennants were substituted for guns and tin* Louisiana, Mississippi, mostly composed of negroes , carried stalks of sugarcane, topped with cotton bolls. Can’t Collect for Sunday Hire. Atlanta, Ga.. Sept. 18. —If you hire your automobile or horse and buggy out on Sunday, better get. your money first, or else you can’t collect it in tin* event the party hiring is inclined to avoid payment. The Court of Appeals recently ruled: “A contract made on Sun day in furtherance of work of the ordinary calling of one of' the contracting parties cannot be en forced by him. New Weekly Jourtial. Oahrles S. Barrett, head of the National Farmers’ union, has been in Atlanta for several days arranging for the publication of the weekly organ of the organiza tion, which will be begun early in November. The name of the new paper will be the National Field. Ac cording to Presidnet Barrett, it will start with a circulation many times greater than most agricul tnral journals achieve after a number of years. At the head of the new publi cation will be Mr. Barrett him self ,assisted by the national sec retarv, A. 0. Davis In charge of the editorial end will he Mrs. Grace Kirkland ,of Los Angeles Gal. Mrs. Kirkland has been for many years with the Scripps- McLane publications and has experience as a newspaper wom an. SOUGHT FOR DEATH IN VAIN Experience of Two Men Goee to Prove That the Black Angel Will Not Be Hurried. Ever since his first wife 1< ft him In 1909 Peter B. Hicks of Passaic, N. J., has wanted to commit suicide, but, as he told Special Master of Chancery Van Bl&rcom recently, he lacked the nerve The other day he hit upon the alternative expedient of seeking em ployment In the Du Pont Powder Mill company's works at Wayne, N. J. Death kept away frem him there until 1912. Then he recovered his cheerful ness. Shortly afterward there was an explosion and he was blown through a window. Hicks’ case is not unlike that of Robert P. Schroeder, of Oak Park, Chicago. His sweetheart died the night before they were to be married, just a year ago. He was Inconsolable. He had been In the United States army, and with the soldier’s Instinct for danger to help him forget his mis ery—and to help him out of It if pos sible —he went to Mexico, joining the rebels arrayed against Madero. He had not been three days In the rebel ranks before Madero was taken prisoner. He went to the coast and got aboard a vessel going to Banto Do mingo, where there was still a fair sized revolution In progress. He had no sooner reached San Pedro de Mb coris when the revolutionists fought their last battle and marched triumph antly into the capital. Schroeder be gan to feel better by this time and last reports had him engaged to a Spanish girl visiting in Santo Domingo.—New York Herald. Press Talks About Degenerates The Associated Press is send ing out colums of slush about the noted degenerate, Harry Thaw, Jijn Woodward and a publicity seeking preacher are having a powwow over Atlanta’s kissing bugs and Jack Johnson has been refused permission to fight in Paris, hut 13c cotton is of more interest to us than the antics of all these red-light fellows. Old Henley Rowing Match. It is a far cry from Henley to Ven ice, but there is at any rate one con nection between them. For our first English regatta was introduced from Venice, and took place ofT Ranelagh Gardens in 1775. Cotemporary ac counts give us full details of the fes tivities and the splendor of the lord mayor's barge, but have not much to say about the racing, which was con fined to the professional watermen It Is a curious fact that our early row ing was almost entirely fosterd by the proprietors of Ixindon’s places of amusement. Vauxhall Gardens of fered prizes each year, and Astley, of circus fame, was an early patron of the sport It was not until the nineteenth cen bury that rowing ceased to be regard ed &s merely hard work by the ama teur sportsmen. The Leandar club was formed about 1818, and the first mention of rowing at our public schools occurs five years before. Then the sport went ahead by leaps and bounds, and by 1829 the need of a central spot for an anual regatta was felt, and Henley was chosen after a due consideration of rival sites. Walks With Neck Broken. Waldorf Miller, who broke his neck driving from the rocke at Hudson Park two years ago, put his crutches under his arms the other afternoon, with the intention of walking to the place of the aocident from hts home on Clifton avenue, a distance of two miles. He hobbled along for a quar ter of a mile and then had to give up the attempt. But he got there anyway, for a friend who was passing in a machine drove him the remain ing distance. Fred Miller, Waldorf's brother, broke hts neck in the same manner at the same spot five years ago and died. When Waldorf was fished out of the water two years ago the doc tors said he could live only a few hours. Sinoe then he has improved steadily. It was a year before he could stand. Fifty feet Is the most he had walked before this attempt.—New Rochelle Corespondent to the New York Times. Will Gath right , colored, con victed of the murder of George L. S,*ay, near Duluth is to be hung in Lawreneeville Ock 10. SHINGLEMAN. 18 Pages.—No. 23 FOR COURT OF APPEALS. Will Not Make Formal Announce ment Until April or May, 1 Though. Atlanta, Ga., Sept. 17th.—City Recorder Nash R. Broyles will be a candidate for appellate court, bench in the election the latter part of next summer. This is a practical certainty. Judge Broyles would not make positive announcement Tuesday morning, however. Ho said that it was yet too early to declare himself. ‘‘ln all probability I will be a candidate,” he said. ‘‘l wilt not make formal announcement until April or May, though.” Suffragists After Stark. The following clipping is taken from the Georgian of Wednes day. Should masculine womui and .sissy fied men he the only stumbling block placed in the way of Judge Stark’s political as pirations, we predict for him smooth sailing in the state of Georgia : Georgia sufffragists are plan ning a winter of activity, center ing in Atlanta, by which they hope to bring their cause promi nently before the people of Geor gia. Several open meetings are planned, at which time there will ht heard some of the most prom inent advocates of suffrage in the United States. Among them will be Jane Addams, fo Chicago the noted haed of Hull House. Those who say they are in fa vor of woman suffrage will be given the indorsement and sup port of the suffragists; those who openly express their opposition or fail to make their opposition plain will be fought by the suf fragists. T|n view of the faet that Sena tor Stark, of the Thirty-third District, led the opposition to woman suffrage during the last session of the Legishature and prevented them from holding a meeting in the Senate Chamber, it, is understood that the guns of the suffragists will be trained on him when In* runs for office The laeders of the “votes for women” movement have the names of several other State Sen ators and several members of the House of Represenatives who will meet with opposition in their campaigns for re-election. Commiss:cm Gcver/gmnet Athens will soon have an elec tion to determine whether not the people desire to change from pres ent form of governmnfct to the commission form. Already the advocates and opponents of the bill recently passed by the Geor gia legislature are present ing their argumnets in the city press, and in other ways. The campaign is fairly under way. Another in Jea-sey River. Newark, N. J., Sept. 17th—The hodv of Alice Hopper, 16 years old, who had been missing since Saturday night from her home in Kearbiy, N. J., was found in the Passaic river, at Harrison, to night, her -kirP* weighted with StOueg.