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106 N. Hill Street. T. H. WYNNE.
GRIFFON, GEORGIA, WEDNESDAY MORNING, JULY 4, 1906.
! \ Good Investments 4
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by; Seeing
DAVID J. BAILEY,
Beal Estate and
- 1 Insurance,
GRIFFIN. GA.
FIRST-CLASS LIVERY.
Six Good New f ronts.
Everything in Good Style.
Nice New Rubber Tire Hack iu service at
ft/1 tunes. Calls answered quickly.
Patronage of public solicited.
Phone 252. J. B. THURMAN.
I have For Sale
Handsomest residence lot in
Griffin, blocks located on Htli street
two from business
district.
Four nice dwelling houses
and lots.
Ond handsome residence.
Also IJvery business, stock
and stables. Oldest estab¬
lished business in Griffin.
I want to list about ten
dwelling Have houses for rent.
cal Is every day for these.
Boyd Real Estate agency.
JOSEPH D. BO YD, Mgr.
, M. P. Bank Building. y
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ANNOUNCEMENTS.
For Judge of Superior Court.
Jackson, Ua., May 15th, 1906.
To the White Voters of the Flint Judicia
Circuit;
I am before you for the high and honorable
position of Judge of this circuit, snbject to the
result of the Democratic Primary to be held
on the 22nd day of August next for that pur¬
pose. In submitting my name to the people
for this position, I do so with a deep sense of
its great responsibilities. The experience of
Twenty-Eight yeare practice of my chosen
profession, the law, has ripened into what I
deem a true conception of the duties of the
office. If you elect me, I assure yon that
my best abilities shall be devoted to the fair.
Just with and Bpeedy administration of the law’
equal justice to all. I shall go into the
«J5ce untrammelled by favoritism, with no
friends to reward, and no foes to punish, but
with an earnest purpose to do right by all and
dispatch the afiairs of the Courts with thal
rapidity consistent with the most economical
administration possible. I p«k your support.
Yours to serve,
Y. A. WRIGH T
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HENRY O." FARR,
Attorney at Law,
No. U-tj Hill Street,
GRIFFIN, GA.
Will practice in State and Federal Courts.
Money Loaned on improved real estate,
rt J: OARLAND,
DENTIST.
Office over Griffin Banking Go
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GRIFFIN 0A.
COUNTY COMMISSIONERS WILL
BUILD A COURT HOUSE
A Tax Levy of % Mills to be Made for This
Year to Apply on Same,
Chairman W. W. Champion and
W. L. Bowers, composing the board
of cotinty commissioners, held an im¬
portant session yesterday and sprung
a great sensation by ordering that a
direct tax of 7 i-2 mills on the dollar
be levied for the imtnediaie construc¬
tion of a court house on the site re¬
cently purchased by the county.
It was thought that the proposed
construction of Spalding’s new tem¬
ple of justice had been abandoned for
the present and the order issued yes¬
terday was a great surprise to the
entire citizenry of the county.
The cost of construction was re¬
duced from $66,000 to *45,000 aud it
is the intention of the board to adopt
immediate measures for the accumu¬
lation of this amount.
The proposed levy would produce
about $30,000 of the necessary amount
aud plans are being formulated for
the speedy execution of the order
issued yesterday.
While the court house tax will be
7 1-2 mills on the dollar it is au-
TRIED TO MURDER
HIS ENTIRE FAMILY
And Mississippi Man Almost
Succeeded.
MAO BECAUSE WIFE LEFT HIM
He Thought He Had Killed the En¬
tire Family When He Fired a Bul¬
let Into His Head—Brewer’a Wife
Refused to Return.
Lucedale, Miss., July 4.—In an at¬
tempt to exterminate hia family, Chas.
Brewer Monday night shot and killed
Kis wife and his mother-in-law, wonnd-
ed his wife's grandmother, and his
infant child, and then shot and killed
himself.
The tragedy was prompted by anger.
Brewer’s wife left his home a few days
ago, alleging that he was treating
her badly. She went to her moth¬
er’s home, where Brewer called and
entreated her to return to him.
He became angry when his wife re¬
fused to leave her mother’s house and
drawing a revolver began shooting at
the women.
When bis wife and her-mother had
been killed. Brewer continued to
shoot until he thought every other
member of the family was dead, and
then fired a bullet into his own tem¬
ple.
Vacate Service of Summons.
New York, July 3.—Supreme Court
Justice Giegerich entered a motion
Monday to vacate the service of the
summons on Governor Winthrop, of
Porto Rico, in the suit brought by
Frank H. Richmond, ea-assistant at¬
torney general of the Island and later
judge of the district court at San
Juan In an endeavor to collect $500 for
legal ser/ices from the government of
Porto Rico. The summons was serv¬
ed on Governor Winthrop here while
he was returning from Washington to
Pprto Rico after appearing before a
congressional committee. The motion
was entered on the ground that the
New York courts have no Jurisdiction
in Porto Rico. Judge Giegerich
agrees with this view, holding that the
island possesses enough of sovereign¬
ty to exempt it frpm the jurisdiction
of our courts. ,
Fesr the Ship Is Lost.
New York, July 8.—Though many
anxious persqns whq have friends on
board the belated liner America, have
sought the office of the company in
lower Broadway for Information of
the ship, which is now eleven days
over due at this port, the officers here
of the company do not consider un¬
usual that she has not been reported.
The route from the Azores which she
left June 11 for New^York, is several
hundred miles south of the usual
course of trans-Atlantic liners, though
it Is crossed by vessels from Cape
Haytlen and Kingston to Southamp¬
ton, Liverpool and St. Thomas to Ply¬
mouth. The trips of these steamers
are Infrequent, however, and the pos¬
sibility of meeting one is by chanee.
Condition of Injured.
Ballbury, HJngiaod, July 8—The Bul¬
letin posted Tuesday mem lug at the
Infirmary where these injured in the
wreck here Sunday meraing of the
express train taking passengers ef the
steamer Now York frees Plymouth
to London, art being eared for, an¬
nounced that Bid ward A. ffeutell, of
Brooklyn, N. T„ had net passed a good
uight, but that his eondlUen is about
the same. fWhsrt B. Criteheil, of
Ohleago, had a rsstleee night, but is
slightly Improved. Miss Margaret
fltAfttlfeU llwtIL JtMt. Jam.
nounced that the general county tax
will probably be 5 mills on the dollar,
which is a reduction of the general
county tax. The substance of the
order of the board of commissioners
follows:
After due consideration of the fhets
that Hpaldiug county has purchased
a courthouse site, and that the erec-
tion a new court house with a vault
for the preservation of the books
and records of the different county
officers Is considered necessary, it is
therefore ordered that an extra tax
of 7 1,2 mills on the dollar be levied
on all taxable property for the con¬
struction and ftiruishlng of the same.
A message was immediately sent
to W. Chamberlain & Co., of Birming¬
ham, Ala., advising them of the order
iasued by the commissioners.
Before adjourning the board ap¬
proved all accounts against the coun¬
ty.
The contract for supplies lor the
county chaingang for the month of
July was awarded to R. p. Mc¬
Williams & Son, the lowest bidders.
London, whose legs Tiave heeS ampu¬
tated, passed a restless night, but Is
no worse. Miss JL S. Griswold, of
Borough Heath, near Epsom, is slight
ly better.
Ihockefeller’s Gift a Certainty.
New York. July 3.—Through the
generosity of some person known only
to the officers of the New York associ.
ation for Improving the Con¬
dition of the Poor, the deficit
In the fund needed to build a seaside
hospital for children suffering from
tuberculosis of the bones and glands,
was made up and the gift of John D,
Rockefeller Is made a certainty. It
is two years since the movement was
started. President Roosevelt took a
keen Interest in the proposition.
Tornado Visits Texas.
Waco, Tex., July 3.—A tornado at
West Station, 23 miles north of Waco,
Monday night blew down and Injured
a score of residences. Mrs. Mary
Allen was badly injured and a child
of Charles Adams had an arm broken.
The Adams family were blown a dis¬
tance of a hundred feet The town
has 2,000 Inhabitants, and was in to¬
tal darkness ail night, the electric
wires having been blown down. The
path of the storm was two blocks in
width.
Fatalities In Mines 1 no rests.
Birmingham, Ala., July 8.—The re¬
port of State Mine Inspector J. M.
Gray, for the paat six months, shows
a notable increase in both fatalities
and serious accidents In Mis Alabama
mines. During that time there were
M fatalities in the oeai mines of the
state. Twelve ef these were killed
by windy shots, and 22 by falls of
rock, ooal, etc.
Seertary of Legation.
Washington, July 3.—Maurice M.
Langhorne, of Virginia, has been se¬
lected as secretary of legation at the
City of Christiania and will accompa¬
ny Mr. Pierce to that new post about
the middle of the present month. Mr.
Langkerne was commercial agent at
Dalny in 1903, preceding the Russo-
Japanese war and was obliged to sur-
render the place as an inofdent to the
outbreak of hostilities.
Anticipate Many Accidents.
New York, July 8.~In anticipation
of the accidents likely to result from
the celebration of the Fourth of July,
the board of health is distributing anti!
toxtne and copies of a bulletin In re¬
gard to its use in an attempt to pre¬
vent fatalities from lockjaw.
Congressman Williams at Home.
Jackson, Miss., July 3.—Congress¬
man John Sharp Williams returned
home Tuesday morning from Washing¬
ton. He will make a few speeches in
the state during the week, and about
the 15th of July will sail from New
York for London to attend the inter¬
parliamentary conference aa one of
the delegates from America.
Saratoga Limited Wrecked.
Ballston, N. Y„ July 3.—The Chica¬
go limited on the Delaware and Hudd-
son railroad, the finest and fastest
passenger train running between Sar¬
atoga and New York, was wrecked
in this village early Tuesday and al¬
though the train was completely de¬
molished, not a passenger was seri¬
ously injured.
Terrorists Kill Policemen.
Warsaw, Russian Poland, July 3.—
The Terrorists determination to ex¬
terminate the police force shows no
signs of watering. Before noon Tues¬
day two more police sergeants were
aided to the already long death roll.
Both men were shot and killed to the
streets and in each case the assassins
escaped.
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CENTRAL TO HAVE A LINE Sill
FROM GRIFFIN TO THE GULF. ■ 1
Extension to be Built From Albany to Apali
Known at Georgia Central and Quit.
Another railroad will soon be com¬
pleted from Griffin to the sea. This
is an extension of the Central from
Albany to Appalachtcola. The ex¬
tension will be known as the Geor¬
gia Central aud Gulf. Incorporators
have been given charter right for
101 years. Secretary of State Cook
has just grouted the charter.
Alllof the ineorporators are prom¬
inent railroad owners-and promoters.
Most of them are stockholders iu the
Central of Georgia. They are: J.
F. Hanson and C. C. Williams, of
Bibb county; A. R. Lawton, W. A.
FORMER FUEDIST SAYS
JUDGE PLANNED PLOT
To Assassinate Men in Breathitt
Fued Troubles.
SAY HARGIS PLANNED KILLING.
Confession of Mon In Breathitt Coun¬
ty Jail Aro Said to Corroborate
The Statement of Curtiss Jett Mads
Several Days Ago.
Lexington, Ky„ July 3.-—John Smith
and John Abner, confined 1a Breathitt
couny jail at Jackson charged with
assassinating Dr. B. D. Cox in April,
i»02, James CockrtU, tn July, 1902,
and James B. Marcum, in May, 1903,
during the Breathitt troubles, have
made complete confessions detailing
their complicity in the assasinatlon of
the three then. The news was brought
here by Captain G. ML, Henry, de-
toctlve, from Dallas, who has been en¬
gaged to work up fued cases.
Sam Fields, of Hamilton, Ohio, for.
mer feudist, who was charged with kill¬
ing a man named Spicer, during fued
troubles, told Henry of the confeg-
ton, stating that he had seen Smith
and Abner in the Jackson Jail and
that they had told him that they had
confessed, but that pending develop¬
ments that would qome up the con¬
fession would not be made public in
full for two or three weeks.
Fields stated that the confession
corroborated Curtiss Jett and Asbury
Spicer In their confessions of two
weeks ago regarding the Breathitt
assassinations and there were most
sensational developments in the last
confession that neither Jett, 8picer or
Most Feltner, who made the first
statement regarding Breathitt assassi¬
nation plots in February, 1905, did not
mention and that many new people,
never Protore mentioned would be
brougMt to. Fields says that Smith
and Abner both appeared relieved
since confessing.
Fields said that he was the first
man that Judge James Hargis bad
ever employed to assaeelnate James
Cockrill. Fields said that he was
standing on the street tn Jackson one
day some time before Cockrill was
killed, when Judge Hargis approached
him and told him that he would pay
him $10,000 if he would kill Jim Cock-
nil.
Fields says that he was afraid to re¬
fuse the offer and when he accepted,
Hargis detailed the plot to him. Fields
was to engage Cockrill in a card game,
take offense at some trivial thing and
then kill Cockrill before the latter
had a chance to shoot back, but to
wait until he bad drawn a pistol, so It
would give Fields some semblance of
self-defense.
Fields said that he did not carry out
Hargis’ order* and that the plot was
afterwards detailed to Curtis Jett,
John Smith and John Abner, but was
never carried out. Irttelds said that
after he had failed to carry out Har¬
gis’ directions in killing Cockrill, he
was always afraid while he was in
Jackson. Whenever he went to the
court house or whenever a crowd con-
gregated, he was always on the watch
against assassination, knowing he
would be killed if opportunity offered.
He said that before Cockrill wag
killed and after he had been offered
$10,000 by Judge Hargis to murder
Cockrill, he wrote lvtro to Governor
Beckham, detailing plots against Cock.
rtlT* life, but that Beckham did not
reply. When Hargis, Callahan and
others were indicted in Fayette cir¬
cuit here for murder of Cockrill, who
died In a hospital here, Fields went to
Frankfort and visited Governor Beck¬
ham and requested the return of let-
terg he bad written regarding plots
to kill Cockrill,
Beckham denied having ‘ ever re
ceivert such leters. Fields then re¬
turned to Jackson, but said that be
became more frightened every day.
and O., finally left there going to Hamil!
ton, where he had since lived.
Captain Henry said that Fields was
badly frightened and was continually
watching while he was talking to him
Fields said that his life was not safe
in Jackson and that he was only In
that section because Hfe had to appear
to the Hargis trial at Beattyvllle, dur¬
ing the coming week.
FlMf wag formerly a mem ber of
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WlmbUHh, H.C. and T. M. Cun
Bingham, Jr., T. 8. Motoe, W. D.
Reymer, H. W. Johnson and George
Rich tor, of Chatham county.
It will be 157 miles long when
completed and will pass through
Dougherty, Baker, Miller and De¬
catur counties, of this State.
This apparently disposes of the
project recently discussed for a di¬
rect line from Chattanooga via New-
nan, Greenville and Columbus by
the same road. The directors of the
Central probably decided that this
would not be a sufficiently direct
outlet for Griffin’s growing trade.
Judge .Tames Harffrs" Thus faction, and
he and Hargis were close friends. It to
said that Hargia assisted him in ob¬
taining his release when he was charg¬
ed with killing Spicer. Fields was on
his way to Beattyvllle when he was
seen by Henry, He said that he was
not out of danger of assassination so
long as he remained in that section.
He said that Smith and Abner were
evidently much relieved at having
made their confession. ClRptain Hen¬
ry said that white he waB at Torrent,
members of the Hargis faction, Cock-
rills, Fields and others prominent In
mountain troubles were present In
large numbers, and that while seem¬
ingly friendly were watching each
other cloBely and that the least bel¬
ligerent movement would have precipi¬
tated a conflict He said that nearly
all of them were armed with eight¬
shooting magazine pistols.
Efforts were made to keep the con¬
fession of Smith and Abner secret,
but they told Fields about It a
The trial ofUudge James Hargis,
charged wjtfi the'murder of James B.
Marcum was begun at Beattyvllle. Lee
county, Monday.
GIFTS OF * ri;
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Premiisent People Declare Sensational
Reports Aro Not Justified.
Macon, Ga, July 3.—The stir last
week over the report that Ordinary
Wiley bad sentenced three waifs to
the orphan asylum around .Macon baa
caused considerable dtscusifton.
.It waa claimed by some people that
a horrible state of affairs existed in
Macon, and extensive circulation was
given to such reports. A number of
prominent people now declare that
such sensational reports are not justL
fled. In view of the fact that, ao mat¬
ter how revolting the story of finding
even one waif neglected and cast
aside, there nq condition here that
could not be found in other cities of
similar size, and that it- there to any
difference it is to Macon’s credit, be¬
cause of the orphanages and the homes
for waifs, this city perhaps having
more of such institutions than per¬
haps any other city in America. V
Efforts have been made at great ex¬
pense to advertise Macon before the
world as a city wherein reside Chris¬
tian people, and people of culture, and
It la Insisted that such a people do
not allow depravity to go too far or
to exist to a great extent.
One of the Macon ministers while
discussing the subject, declared that
Macon has more churches than many'
other cities of similar size have bar-
tootna.
Mayor Heads Posse In Chase.
Springfield, July 3.—A man unknown
to the police, to escape arrest, killed
Benjamin f^derle, wounded Polled Ser.
geant Fehr, probably fatally, stole a
horse and buggy and fled with hun¬
dreds of citizens, led by Mayor D#v-
ereaux, and guided by bloodhounds on
his trail. Sergeant Fehr today was
Informed by telephone that a man was
trying to sell a bicycle, evidently sto¬
len property, at a pawn shop. Fehr
went to the shop and arrested the
man. The man quickly drew an Iron
bar from a pocket and felled Fehr,
struck/hlm a second blow and fled
over/The prostrate form of the ser¬
geant, taking the officer’s revolver.
Police Record In Fines Smashed.
Atlanta, July 3.—Monday was a rec¬
ord-breaker at the police station here
in cash fines. In the nistory 0 f the
department they have oeeer taken to
as much cash for fines as on Monday.
The total amount was $1,196.55. The
number of cases waa 112, 19 of which
were dismissed, 7 were bound over.
Of these fines there were two $260
fines. This day’s work is for above
the average, the highest ever strain¬
ed being $950. The average day’s
amount of cash fines is about $250.
. Me Naught Retires 't*om Call.
San Francisco, July 3—Following
ths retirement of John McNaught of
the San Francisco Call, it was an¬
nounced Tuesday that S. C. W. Hor-
nick will be editor and general man¬
ager of that paper. He formerly wag
manager of the St. Paul Dispatch, and
Is a director in the American News¬
paper Publishers’ association. John
D. Spreckels, owner of the Call, has
placed Mr. Hornlck to full control of
ail departments of the paper.