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SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 2, 1913
SHOOTS MAN BECAUSE
SOKES HIM
PRETTY CALIFORNIA MILLINER
SHOOTS ADVERTISING AGENT
9}f AFTER SEEING HIM WITH AN
OTHER GIRL CLAIMS SH3
STILL LOVES HIM.
San Francisco, Cal., Nov. 1. (Spec
ial.)— Miss Leah Alexander, a milliner
awaiting trial in this city on a charge
of having murdered Joseph D. Van
Baalen, an advertising agent. She ad
mits that she killed him and gives as
her reason that he violated her love.
One day last week she called on him
at his office. They were closeted to
gether in a private room for an hour.
Then a shot was heard, and Van Baa
len staggered through the door to the
outer office. Several spectators sa v
Miss Alexander calmly Are four more
shots into the body of the wounded
man. He died several hours later.
Van Baalen was married, but had
no children, and had become estrang
ed from his wife.
Miss Alexander, who will become a
mother shortly, was in a hysterical
condition when interviewed at the
city prison. In reply to a query, she I
said she had met Van Baalen three
years ago in Golden Gate park.
It was a chance meeting. She was .
walking with a young woman friend
and Van Baalen was riding i 1 an auto
mobile with his wife. Something caus
ed the car to stop and the four en
gaged in conversation. Before Van
Baalen had left he had written his,
name and address on a cigarette leifj
and had managed to slip it into her
hnd.
The chance meeting was the begin
ning of their acquaintance. Miss Alex- j
ander accompanied Van Baalen on ajl
trip east a year ago. Then, in At
lanta, she said, he threatened to kill
her because she “looked at. another I
man.”
Throughout the past year the two I
had been often together. The woman j I
Bays she urged Van Baalen to return d
to his wife, from whom he had become I
estranged in the meantime, but he per- il
eistently refused. Once she went so I
far as to telephone the wife that her I
husband was in the Alexander apart- 1
ments. Mrs. Van Baalen, accompanied j
by a policeman, hurned to the place, j I
but just before they got there Miss A!-!
exander relented and Van Baalen fled
down a fire escape.
“He kept telling me he would di
vorce his wife and marry me,” sain
Miss Alexander. “I was trying to
break the attachment, but all the time I
my affection, especially during the I
past few months, was growing I
stronger for him. It flamed to a high I
degree a few nights when I saw him I
in company with another young wo- I
man.”
Her trip to Van Baalen’s office, she I
says was for the purpose of reproach
ing him for his infidelity. She de
•clares he refused to discuss matte s
with her, and asked her to leave his
office. Then, seized with a blind pas
sion, she drew the revolver and fired,
she does not know how many times.
“He said, ‘I believe you love me’.”
•sobbed Miss Alexander. “I replied, ‘Do
you love me?’ he said, ‘Yes, but it's
all over. I’m through. I quit.’ ”
Steals Coal for
Sick Wife and Child
Atlanta, Nov. I—l. L. Lanier stole a
basket full of coal from a coal yard
because his wife and child were shiv
ering and ill from cold. He was ar
rest.d and put in jail. But when the
truth of his defense was shown in po
lice court he was immediately releas
ed.
Fifty years ago when a man stole a
loaf of bread, even though he proved
his wife was starving, he was given a
long penitentiary sentence and made
to serve it out.
Denver Shows New York
New York, Nov. I.—A unique expo
sition opening here today is the Col
orado Industrial Exposition, held at
the new Grand Central Palace. The
City of Denver in minature is a feature
of the show.
Notes From Ladies’ Auxiliary of
the First Methodist Ourch
(Contributed by Miss Annis Pilsbur")
The Juevenile Missionary Society
will Iheet in the Methodist church this
afternoon at 3 o'clock. A large attend
ance is desired. There is something :
good in store for you, don’t fail to be i
present.
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The Woman’s Missionary Society
will meet in the church Monday after
noon at 3 o’clock. Members are urg
ed to be present as matters of im
portance are to be considered.
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Home Mission Work: A port mis
sionary, who meets the immigrant and
helps him to enter Port Galveston .’s
a part of the Gulf Coast work. St.
Mark's Hall, at New Orleans, furnisn- <
es the Italians with social, educational
and inspirational influences. The
church for Italians which meets at the (
Hall, is the result of the work of five i
deaconesses and missionaries at St. ,
Mark’s Hall. At Biloxi the Wesley '
House carries night schools, sewing 1
classes, clubs, and Sabbath school to
the oyster shuckers who find a place :
in a new country which they hope to j
call home. The City Mission Boards !
1 ELECTRICAL
CONTRACTOR I
■ • M
I On and after Nov. 10th, we will be* located in our new quarters I
I on Lamar St., opposite the postoffice. Owing to the demand for I
I expert electrical men, we have decided to add another graduate I
I Electrician to our force. When located in our new and com mo- I
I dious quarters, we will then be able to carry and properly dis- I
I play our complete stock in every line of electrical appliances I
I and electrical fixtures. I
|H Y'V'f,.
Contract W ork I
a Specialty I
I With a band of expert electrical co-workers we will then be I
I more than ever in a position to handle our larger, and out of I
1 town contracts; then too, you will not have to make your selec- g
1 tion of fixtures from catalogues, but in our commodious quarters 1
I will be found at all times a complete line of electrical fixtures, ■
I You can bring your wife,or wife-to-be,to our office and go through I
1 our display and select just what is best suited for your needs. I
Mcßath Electrical Co. I
CAUL D. H’BATH, MGR. “WE DO IT” AIRICUS. GA. I
.«
carry on systematic settlement
among the miners at Thuhbeh, Tec,
in the Lead Belt of Missouri, and at
Attalla, Ala. This work tabulated i
shows eighteen different communities
served by fifty-seven trained workers j
in tne schools and fourteen settle- i
ments. The cost of maintenance in t
1912 was $51,791.98. The pledge money I
and offerings during the week cf <
prayer is used for the maintenance of I
the following schools: Wolf Mission 1
School, Tampa. Fla.; night school, j
Tampa, Fla.; West Tampa School; t
Ruth Hargrove Institute, Key Wesc,
Fla.; Sue Bennett School, London, Kv.
(Mountain); Brevard Institute, Bre- i
vard, N. C., (Mountain); Holston la- j
dustrial School, Greenville, Tenn, s
(Mountain); Ann Browder, Dallas, t
Tex., (Rescue); Vashti, Tbomasville s
Ga., (For Friendless Girls); Paine An- s
nex, Augusta, Ga., (industrial negro); c
Japanese Night School, Alemeda, Cal. t
This does not cover the entire field of 1
home mission work, it reaches out d
tarthur. Thus it is seen that all the t
money does not go to the foreign fieri
to the neglect of the needy in the
home land as some people claim. a
THE AMERICUS DAILY TIMES-RECORDER.
Great movements move slowly; Takj
for instance China. The first mission
ary entered that great country in 18(*G.
He and several more who went to
help him w orked 50 years and got onlv
50 converts. That looked like those
who opposed foreign missions had the
best of the argument. But the last
fifty years are bringing results. There
are now about 300,000 actual members
of the Christian church in that coun
try, and about 2,000,000 w-no believe,
but are waiting results to join the
churches. Formally they were hostile
to the missionaries now- every city,
hamlet and village has its doors open,
and are calling for missionaries to
teach them the way of eternal life.
* * *
In Korea the work is marvelous.
Since the missionaries entered there 20
years ago, a native has been converted
and joined the church every hour day
and night. For the last few years they
are coming in by the minute. Thev
soon become missionaries. The people
of that country are extremely poor, yet |
they pay from $2.00 to $5.00 per mem-
her to carry the gospel to others. Ho v (
does that sound for missionary collec
tion?
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One hundred years ago we had a 1
w'ave of infidelity and there were many
- who would take the stump to talk
against the Bible. The last of that
tribe went out with Bob Ingersoll, and
now we do not see anyone who would
do such a thing. The Christians
answered the argument Bob Ingersoll
and Tom Payne with more churches,
more Bibles, more prayers, more
songs of praise, more missionaries.
Bishop Lambuth writes: “It is my
opinion that we should refer to the
mission in Africa officially as the
Methodist Episcopal Congo Mission. 1
believe that our own designation of the
mission had better be ‘Congo Mission’
than ‘African Mission,’ because the
former has the advantage of Indicating
specifically where we are at work."
.Successful Root and Ilcrli Remedy.
The study of roots and herbs, their
character and power over disease,
was what led Lydia E. Pinkham, o f
Lynn, Mass., to produce for woman’s
Ills the most successful remedy the
world has ever known, and while she
j passed to her reward some years age,
her work among suffering women is
still carried on by trained assistants,
and many tons of roots and herbs
are consumed annually in the manu
facture cf the now famous Lydia E.
1 Pinkham’s Vegetable Compound, as
originated by her. —advt.
Where would you be most likely to
meet a friend or acquaintance?
At onr meat shop, of course!
IT IS METE
That you should have
The best meat.
Meet us at our counter
And it will
Be meted out to you! -
You’ll meet youi friend here
too!
The friend of your appetite! i
THE AYASHERY MARKET
W. A. AY ASH, Proprietor.
PHONE S'
PAGE THREE
• AMERICUS DENTIST
HEADS LARGE SYSTEM
OF BtNTAL PARLORS
Americas is headquarters for a se
ries of dental parlors located ail over
southwest Georgia. Dr. J. R. Hair is
at the head of the system and by per
sonally superintending the work of all
the offices, be has built up a practice
that is as large as any in this section
of the state.
The local office of Dr. Hair is the
“Mecca” for people suffering withth?
toothache and kindred aches. This
popular dentist does up-to-date wont
and guarantees that it will give satis
faction. Only the most modern meth
ods are employed by Dr. Hair and his
work is as painless as it is possible
’o do good work.
The many friends of this enterpris
ing man will be glad to learn that
from this date on he will devote all cf
his time to his white patrons. Hereto
fore, Dr. Hair treated a few cegroes in
a separate office, but he will give up
this feature of his work and will spec
ialize on work for the white people of
Americus. Advt
QUIT MEAT WHEN
BOTHER
Take a Glass of Suits If Your Back
Hurts Or Bladder Troubles You.
No man or woman who eats meat
regularly can make a mistake by flush
ing the kidneys occasionally. Bays v
well known authority. Mebt forme
uric acid which clogs the kidney pores
so they sluggishly, filter or strain on
ly part of the waste and poisons from
the blood, then you get sick. Nearly
all rheumatism, headaches, 1 ver trou
ble, nervousness, constipation, dizzi
ness, sleeplessness, bladder disorders
come from sluggish kidneys.
The moment you feel a dull ache a
the kidney or your back hurts, or if
the urine is cloudy, offensive, full
sediment, irregular of passage, or at
tended by a sensation of scalding, get
about four ounces of Jad Salts from
any reliable pharmacy and tak* a
tablespoonful in a glass of wter Be
fore breakfast for a few days an.l
your kidneys will then act fine. This
famous salts is made from the acid cf
grapes and lemon juice, combined with
lithla and has been used for genera
tions to flush clogged kidneys and
stimulate them to activity, also to
neutralize the acids in urine so It no
longer causes irritation, thus ending
bladder disorders.
! Jad Salts is inexpensive and can
not injure; makes a delightful effer
vescent lithia-water drink which a.I
regular meat eaters should take now
and then to keep the kidneys clean
and the blood pure, thereby avoid
ing serious kidney complication**.
Hooks’ Pharmacy. advt
WILL TRY SLAYERS
OF POLICE CHIEF
Havana, Nov. I.—Members of the
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Cuban Congress are gathering here
today for the reassembling of the na
j tional legislature and a stormy ses
’sicn is anticipated. It is probable that
the trial of Representative Arias and
Senator,Vidal Morales, charged with
killing Gen. Arniado Riva. chief of the
Cuban National Police, will he begun
as soon as Congress gives assent. The
Supreme Court has declined to accede
to the opinion of the public prosecu
tor that the assent of Congress is not
n- rts.w v>.
I To Decide Castellan Divorce Plea
Rome, Nov. 1. —The Segnatura Trib
unal, of which Cardinal Yencenzn
Vanutelli is prefect, reassembled to-
I dav. Among the important decisions
I which the tribunal will hand down
I very shortly is that of the appeal ot
I the Dutchess de Tallyrand from the
I verdict of the Rota tribunal, annulling
I her marriage when she was Anna \
I Conid, of New York, to Count Boni de (
I
I that the Segnatura tribunal will grant J
I tb" "p,neal P n .d, send th,e, case back
| the Rota .trjbuna! for p. new hearing
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