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THIRTY-EIGHTH TEAR.
ALLEGED MURDER
CAR WAS DRIVEN
BYAM ERICUS MAN
Marvin Jones, a former resident of
Americus ,was the driver of the auto
mobile in Macon Monday night from
which it is alleged that a shot was fir
ed which took the life of Miss Rosa
Lee Eubanks, of Macon.
The following story of the shooting
is told in Tuesday morning’s Macon
Telegraph:
On her way home from work to dress
for a valentine party of the Philatbea
class of Centenary church, to which she
belonged, Miss Rosa Lee Eubanks, 127
Rembert street, fell victim last night
to a bullet fired from a gun in the
hands of J. A. (Doc) Branam. The bul
let was fired from an automobile going
at the rate of forty miles an hour driv
en by Marvin Jones, ana penetrated
the right breast of Miss Eubanks, punc
tured her heart and left the body at
the left breast.
The tragedy occurred on Second
street, between Arch and Oak streets,
at ten minutes to seven o’clock. There
were four eye-witnesss to the tragedy;
three of whom rushed to Miss Eu
banks after she was shot.
Doc Branam, who did the shooting, is
held at the county jail, chadged with
the murder, and Marvin Jones, taxicab
driver for the Stallworth companw, 1,3
held as a witness. The two men were
caught an hour after the shooting oc
p curred by Sheriff Hicks and Deputy
Sheriff Wilt&e Birdsong.
Held Gun on Chauffeur.
Jones told the officers that Branam
Shot Miss Eubanks from the automobile
in which he (Jones) was carrying him
to his home. The chauffeur stated that
he received a call from the Saratoga
buffet in Wall street alley about 6:40
o'clock, and that when he reached the
saloon at that point, Branam got into
his car. ‘‘Open her up,” he is alleged
to have called to the driver, at the
same time firing a shot into the air.
Jones was driving a Dodge car.
Upon the order of Branam, Jones
stated he speeded the car out Second
street, with Branam firing his pistol
at frequent intervals. ‘‘Branam fired
five or six shots,” stated Jones to
Sheriff Hicks. ‘‘He reloaded his guu
after we passed Oglethorpe street. I
took him to J. B. Branam’s store on
Oglethorpe street, and he got out ther ?.
I don’t know what became of him then.
1 w.ent back to the taxicab headquar
ters.”
Branam in Drunken Stupor.
Mranam was in no condition to talk, j
as he was in a drunken stupor when
the officers pulled him out of bed at his
home on Winuship sreet. He talked
at random, incoherently, and was not
conscious of what he had done, and
sank off into a drunken stupor when
locked up in the county jail.
His pistol was not on him when he
entered his home on Winship avenue,
his sister stated last nighht. The offi
cers are now looking for the pistol.
There was some talk of violence
shortly after the crime was committed,
and both city and county officers, with
the latter Inside and the former out
• side, were placed at the jail as a pre
caution. Little knots of people gath
ered on the corner nearest the jail,
waiting to see what would happen.
However, early this morning nothing
r. the way of concerted action toward
lakeng the man out of jail has bieen
token,’ although feeling is high against
I im.
Branam was not acquained wih he
ictim of his bullet, but fired at random
vlth the effect that Miss Eubanks fell
lead.
Car Going 40 Miles an Hour.
According to eye witnesses to the
ragedy, the automobile in which Bra
lam was riding when he fired the fatal
10 MINERS DEAD
IN DIG COPPER FIRE
BUTTE, Mont., Feb. 15. —At least ten
miners perished during a fire which
was discovered last nigh in an airshaft
of the twelve hundred-foot level of the
the Pennsylvania mine, belonging to
the Anconda Copper Company, near
here. The bddies of several of the
victims have been recovered, but these
are so terribly burned and blackened
until identification is difficult.
Twelve or fourteen miners report
ed as missing at the companys’ offices
this morning, are believed to have gone
to their homes without reporting their
escape. Messengers have been des
patched to ascertain their wherea
bouts. It is possible three or four of
these may have lost their lives in the
catastrophe, but it is believed at noon
that all escaped. A number of ani
mals confined in the mine undoubtedly
perished.
Early today the fire continued to
blaz.e fiercely, notwithstanding efforts
to extinguish the flames. A large force
of workmen are engaged-in the task
of subduing the flames, and entrances
to the mine are being closed to assist
in the work. The origin of the fire is
mysterious, and a strict investigaation
into the affairs will be made by mine
officials, as incendiarism is feared. The
Anconda company has recently been
engaged in filling large orders for cop
per placed by the Entente powers and
German agents are suspected of being
connected with last night’s catastro
phe.
AMERICUS NEWSIES
EONHO ATLAHTA
One thousand newsboys who deliver
the Atlanta Georgian and Sunday
American will gather in Atlanta Wed
nesday for their annual meeting. These
boys come from all parts of the stat,
and their expenses to and from Atlanta
are defrayed by the Hearst newspa
pers. Americus will be represented in
the person of Herman Mize, and he
leaves for the Capital city Tuesday
night.
The boys while in Atlanta will be
carried through every department of
«
the newspaper office, and will get a
better knowledge of just how a news
paper is printed.
The trains passing through Ameri
cus Tuesdaay were filled with these
youthful carriers, and Americus was
the headquarters for many of them
who came from points east of the city
in orde’ - to catch trains here for A
ianta.
shot, was going at the rate of forty
miles an hour, passing cars at a dan
gerous clip. When the automobile
reached Oak street, it swayed to the
left and two flashes were seen by spec
tators. Miss Eubanks dropped to the
ground, ten feet ahead of Howard
Green.
The car continued on its way up Sec
ond street at the same dangerous rate
it had approached the scene of the
tragedy. Miss Eubanks was placed in
the caar of E. L. Gostin, an eye-witness
who was following the car of the as
sassin, and carried to the hospital. She
died before that place was reached, in
the arms of Officer E. P. Rohe, without
having uttered a word. She was un
conscious after he bullet penetrated
her heart.
When the young woman met her
death she was in front of an apartment
house at 812 Second street. Just at
(this point the lights on the two neigh
boring corners are shut off from view
by trees and those who witnessed the
tragedy saw the two flashes of the gun
tut were unable to tell whether the
person who fired the shots was white
or black; and they so reported to the
officers.
AMERBLSSBESSHORDER
MEMBER ASSOCIATED PRESS
WESTERN FRONT
IS CENTER NEWS
FOR BIG TROUBLE
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LONDON, Feb. 15. —Fighting along
the western front today still holds the
center of interest in the war news.
The French have succeeded in retak
ing a portion of the advanced trenches
lost to the German February 13th, ac
cording to an official announcement
from Paris. This statement adds hat
German attacks in the Artoir and
£ham apngreegions are really all local
actions, attended only by insignificant
gains. In explaining the course of
pperations in these localities, the
French statement declares the posi
tions could easily be retaken, but mil
itary commanders have refrained from
attempting this, because the results
attained are not worth the price paid.
From Berlin comes a statement to
the effect that German guns have bad-
Jy damaged the French works about
Belfort which have been under fire dur
ing two weeks. The bombardment has
been wholly at long range, and many
high explosive shells were used. There
is n o information from Paris concern
ing Belfort.
Austrian aviators raided Monsea,
Italy, killing one civilian and Injuring
jive others. The raiders sustained no
losses so far as is known here.
In German East Africa furious fight
ing between Teuton troops stationed
there and a force investing the Kais
er’s colony from the eßlgian posses
sions in that region.' The Belgians
are fighting stubbornly, and the Ger
mans are being gradually pushed back
into their own territory. Both sides
lost heavily during th erecent sighing,
but no really decisive result has been
attained.
The British parliament reassembled
today, and among the important legis-
1
imation to be considered soon is the
new war credit which will be asked by
the government.
Another Aeroplane Raid.
LONDON, Feb. 15.—A Reuter’s dis
patch from Vincenza, Italy, says hostile
aeroplanes bombarded Schiofetal dur
ing yesterday .killing six and wound-'
ing a number of others.
Conference in Paris.
LONDON, Feb. 15.—A general con
ference of the Entente Allies will soon
te held in Paris, at which it is pro
posed to consider all the political and
strategical aspects of the war. Prem
ier Asquith made announcement to this
effect in the house of commons this
afternoon.
FUNERALITmR.
MATHIS TUESDAY
The funeral of Mr. Emory Mathis
was held Tuesday morning from the
Furlow Lawn Baptist church. Many
friends joined in paying th.e last trib
ute to his memory.
The students of the Furlow Gram
mar school formed a line from the
home of Prof. J. E. Mathis to the
church through which the funeral
party passed. The students of the
Americus high school formed another
line at the cemetery from the down
the driveway to the grave.
The services were conducted by Rev.
R. L. Bivins, assisted by Dr. Lansing
uirows.
The pallbearers were J. E. High
tower, Frank Sheffield, Cleve Davis, D.
R. Andrews, R. L. Maynard, J. T. War
ren, J. E. Sheppard and J. Elmore
Poole.
AMERICUS, GEORGIA. TUESDAY AFTERNOON. FEBRUARY 15, 1916
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4 JACK FROST VISITED. 4
4 FLORIDA POINTS TODAY ♦
♦ TAMPA, Fla., Feb. 15.—A kill- 4
4 ing frost extending over north- 4
4 ern and central Florida, from 4
* Jacksonville to Gainesville, did *
< much damage to early vegetation 4
4 today. In the southern portion of 4
4 the state crops are unhurt At 4
* Jacksonville the thermometer 4
4 registered 28 degree, and at Tam- ♦
4pa a temperature of 36 was 4
4 recorded. 4
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INOUIRTONDWNERS
WASHINGTON, D. C., Feb. 15.—The
senate early this afternoon voted
in favor of an exhaustive congressional
inquiry into the advisability of govern
ment ownership of public utilities, as
opposed to government regulation and
control of these institutions.
hTe Borah omendment to Newlands
resolution, providing for an inquiry
into the adequacy of railroad legisla
tion and affecting the interstate com
merce commission was adopted dur
ing the late session.
SEVERAL ITEMS OF
INTEREST OF A.H.S.
The Americus High school is getting
everything in shape for publishing its
annual "The A-Meri-Clan,” and have
already put the financial affairs on a
firm basis. The seniors of the school
are now having their pictures taken
for the annual and at some time tn
the near future the other classes will
have their pictures taken. Every mem
ber of the graduating class is to pay
into the business department of the
annual three dollars and fifty cents,
pud the willingness which they are
displaying in this is enough to almost
insure the success of the undertak
ing.
The school is also busy at work
preparing for the big District High
school meet to be held at Cordele dur
ing the latter part of April, and the
different classes are already preparing
for the school’s exhibits. The practice
for the athletic events has not begun
yet, but Prof. Holst, who will have
charge of the candidates, has announc
ed that the boys will be called out for
work just as soon as the weather takes
some decided turn. But in the literary
contests the boys and girls are active
ly at work and they show the results
of much hard work since the last meet
held at Vienna.
The students are discussing the feas
ibility of having a special train take
them to Cordele and are already mak
ing preparations to attend in a body.
Ihey believe this is the best plan to
make the contestants for Americus do
their best for their town and their
school, and it is a safe wager that
when the first event is called Americus
will be there in large numbers.
NIRS. FRANK WILL
OPEN MODISTE STAND
ATLANTA, Ga., Feb. 15. —According
to word that comes in a roundabout
way to Atlanta, Mrs. Leo M. Frank,
widow of the man lynched near Mar
ietta, is going to open a woman’s wear
ing apparel store in Memphis, and
launch into the modiste business.
Mrs. Frank still lives in Atlanta. Her
family resides in Brooklyn, N. Y. A
request for verification from her attor
fiieys here elicited the statement that
they knew nothing about her business
plans.
Mice search fob
MAN El 10 BE
CONNECTEDIN PLOT
CHICAGO, Lils., Feb. 15.—The police
cf Chicago and neighboring cities to
day continued the search for Jean
Crones, assistant chef at the University
of Chicago club, who is wanted on ser
ious chargee. The authorities now
believe Crones is at the head of one
of the most extensive bomb plots yet
unearthed in this country, the ramifica
tions of which are believed to have ex
tended as far south as Nashville,
Tenn.
Crone’s arrest is sought on the direct
charge of having placed arsenic in
soup served more than a hundred
guests at a banquet tendered Arch
bishop Mundelin, at the Universitv
club, Thursday night, the act having
resulted in nearly all of the guests be
ing made seriously ill. No deaths have
yet occurred. Following the illness of
eo many guests, Crones disappeared
and a search of his apartments re
vealed startling Information.
As a result of their discoveries, Chi
cago police authorities today an
nounced Crones was at the head of an
extensive bomb plot, involving the de
struction of buildings and the murder
of prominetn clergymen, bankers and
public men in dozens of cities. The
police say they found in Crones quar
ters accurate plans of several large
buildings, including plats ot the Union
League club here and the Chicago fed
eral bulding. A bottle which had con
tained 480 grains of arsenic was also
found and is being held by the authori
ties as evidence agains Crones.
Following the search of Crones’
apartments, the police visited the
rooms occupied by John Allegrini, who
was known to be his confident, and
there unearthed further evidence of
the existence of a bomb plot. The evi
dence found in Allegrini’s room in
cluded a number of leters and import
ant documents that are said to abso
luely establish the existence of an
anti-clerical organization, the influence
of which it is feared will be found to
be widespread. The headquarters cf
this alleged anti-clerical organization
are probably located at Rome, where
, its activities are directed by a ‘‘Com
mittee of Fifteen,” reefrence to whom
occurs frequently in the letters found
in Allegrini’s quarters. The man has
disappeared, and is being sought by
the police, along with Crones.
CDNGRESSTAKESUP
AMENDMENTS 11. S.
WASHINGTON, D. C., Feb. 15
Congress will not likely consider any
proposed constitutional amendments
seriously at this session. This course
was indicated today when hope for the
woman suffrage amendment was lost,
through action of the house jed/ciary
committee in deciding to postpone ac
tion of the Susan B. Anthony amend
ment until December. The prohibition
amendment, it is stated, will be the last
considered by the committee, and there
Is yet hope that it will be feted upon
F. 11. THOMAS ENTERS
BROINARY’S RACE
Dr. F. A. Thomas, of Americus, an
nounces his candidacy for the office of
ordinary in this issue of the Tlmes-
Recorder. He is well known in the
| county, and will receive warm support
among his friends for this office.
FLORIDA SPECIAL
HITS IJBEICHT
N. C., Feb. 15.—The Sea
board Florida Limited, the finest and
fasted train operated over the Sea
board Air Line, crashed into the rear
of a stalled freight train at Franklin
ton, N. C., thirty miles north of this
place today, and was wrecked. The
failure of the freight crew to properly
protect their rear is held responsible
for the accident.
Two members of the crew of the
Florida flyer were hurt, and one of
the freight’s crew killed, but names of
the victims have not yet reached Ra
leigh. A relief train left tills city at
J o'clock this morning, and is now al
tie scene of the wreck. None of the
passengers were hurt, though several
cars were badly damagd.
Th Seaboard Florida Limited is a
cfsolid steel equipments operating on
fast schedule between Richmond, Va.,
and Tampa, Fla., with direct New York
connections in the former city. It was
wrecked a few weeks ago in. South
Carolina, but officials of the road do
not believe there is any connection be ■
tween the two occurrences.
LEVEE AT NATCHEZ
BREAKS ANO FLOODS
NATCHEZ. Miss., Feb. 15.—Two
additional breaks in the Mississippi
river levee at the Limerick plan
tation, about twenty-five miles above
St. Joseph, La., on the Louisiana side
of the street, occurred today. Infor
mation concerning the breaks reacheJ
Natchez at noon, and many refugees
are already making their way toward
thi s city.
As a result of today’s breaks, three
and probably four parishes in Louis
iana will be flooded, and other points
in the levee are seriously endangered.
Concordia, Line and Cata
houl parishes lie directly in he path
of the escaping flood-waters and hun
dreds of acres of lowlands there are
already covered. In Madison parish
there is considerable high ground, but
an immense area there will also be
flooded.
Profiting by previous experience :a
time of freshets many planters liv
ing in the inundated districts had
remover their cattle and valuables to
places of safety before the levee gave
way, and because of these precautions
the property damage will be reduced to
a minimum. Valuable rice crops, how
ever, have been utterly destroyed.
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MOONSHINERS ON
TRIAL TO KILL
ATLANTA, Feb. 15. —On a charge of
conspiracy to kill, the United States
district court is today arranging Dean
{Satterfield, Box Knox, Roby Hill and
I A. Collum, four Cherokee county
farmers and alleged moonshiners, who
are accused of firing at revenue offic
ers.
A large crowd of witnesses and In
terested spectators are thronging the
federal building.
According to the evidence, Deputy
Marshall Curtis and other revenue
raiders discovered a still in Cherokee
county, and were engaged in destroy
ing it, when the moonshiners in am
bush fired upon the officers, some of
the bullets hitting so close around
them that ashes from the fire were
knocked all over them. The raiders
answered the shots, but nobody was
actually hit.
These defendants deny that they
were the men who did the shooting or
■that they had anything to do with the
affair.
riTv
edition!.
PDULTBYSHUWTO
BE IFEIIM HI
THIRD BIST. FAIR
The poultry show at the coming
Third District Agricultural fair at
Americus, October 23rd to 28th, will
be one of the best of its kind ever pull
ed off in Georgia ,as some of the best
breeders of poultry in this country
will send prize-winning birds to be
shown. The farmer who is wise will
buy his fowls for a starting of the
poultry industry at the fair.
A word to all who contemplate buy
ing fowls from among the ribbon
winners is here given. It will be wise
to study the points laid out in this ar
ticle, if you are on the market for
fowls.
In buying male birds at the Third
Agricultural Dlsrict fair, it is best te
buy a bird for the blood and the per
formance behind it, rather than for the
appearance of the bird itself. October
birds should make a good showing thia
time of the year. They should have
been spring hatches, and if so they
should make very good birds by this
time of the fall. The spring bird that
is us to weight and size makes a good
breeder, the damage that he does te
other birds is that he dwarfs bird*
which may be fine, well-flrown speci
mens ot the breed at that age.
No one knows so well as the breeder
what his stock may reasonably be ex
pected to produce; no one knows so
well as the farmer what he wants to
buy. It is equally as important to take
taw to make the best possible selection
cf a "cock-o’-the walk” as In any other
head of a herd or flock. Visit the
poultry building early; one of the best
poultry men in the state will take
pains to show you through. Don’t
(wait until the premiums are awarded
to buy stock. Buy farm breeding
stock for the points you need to
strengthen in your flock, not for the
(prizes won by the breeder. Visit the
poultry building often. Judge the
class you are interested in in your
own mind before the judges plaoe the
awards. If you cannot see the wisdom
of the awards, ask the judges why
they placed them as they did. There is
not much chance of a farmer losing
the money he puts into poultry.
If the actual return from farm
poultry could be written up in gold
trick advertising style, the farmers
wouldn’t believe it. At this early date
the Chamber of Commerce has secured
seevral silver loving cups and many
valuable prizes to be given away in
the poultry building.
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EABTHODAKE SHOCK
RECORDED_ TODAY
WASHINGTON, D. C., Feb. 15.—A
very severe earthquake, the scene of
which had not been ascerta ! ned at 11
o'clock this morning, was recorded
by the Georgetown university seism»-
graph at 7 o’clock today. The shocks
•continued during approximately one
hour ,and the upheaval was the most
violent recorded in some time. It is
probable the quake occurred at sea.
The Georgetown seismograph re
cording the shock indicated the dis
turnbance took place a distance of 4 -
500 miles from Washington, and Direc
cry Tondorf, in announcing he quake
sated hat it would undobutedly heard
from if it occurred on land anywhere
it. the world. Should the upheaval
occurred at sea, it may yet be heard
,from in reports of typhoons or in the
formation of new Islands.
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