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VOL. XXVIII. '
FATEFUL PISTOL
TAKES A LIFE
ABE MINCEY DIES TUESDAY
Young Man Kills Cousin
While Riding on
Wagon.
The oft repeated tragedy
through the medium of a revolver
has again been enacted in this
county, and a young man gives
his life to the reckless handling
of the fatal weapon, usdd only in
pleasure or pastime.
Saturday afternoon last Mr.
Fred Mincey, with his cousin,
Mr. Abe Mincey of Toombs coun
ty, went to the blacksmith shop
at the home of Mr. J. C. Johnson
to carry home a pair of timber
cart wheels. Being the rear
wheel set, they improvised a
foot-piece, and the young men
were driving along the road near
Mr. William Calhoun’s place,
when the latter suggested to the
other that he shoot at a spot be
side the roadway. Fred Mincey
drew a revolver and took a shot
at the spot. The report of the
pistol frightened the mules, when
they gave a sudden lunge, up
setting the balance of the young
men. In attempting to regain his
balance, the pistol in the hands
of Fred Mincey was discharged
and a bullet fired through the
body of his cousin, Abe Mincey.
The young man was fatally
wounded, and medical aid was at
once sought, but vital portions
of his body were affected, and he
was sent at once to Hazlehurst
for further treatment. After
suffering until Tuesday the young
man passed away. He was the
son of Mr. Ed Mincey of Toombs
county, while the young man
who used the fatal weapon is a
son of Mr. Elbe Mincey, who
died only a few days ago. This
seems to have been an ill-fated
family, for only in the morning
before the tragedy, Mrs. Mincey,
mother of Mr. Ellie Mincey, had
died. She was buried Sunday.
The Mincey family resided on
the M. T. Moses old place and
have always been recognized as
good and worthy citizens. The
unfortunate affair is to be regret
ted, and the sympathy of many
friends is extended the surviving
members of the family.
Banks’ Sensible Advertising.
There has been much comment
upon an advertisement of a Pensa
cola, Fla., bank which appeared
in a recent issue of the Pensaco
la Journal. The advertisement
was unusual for the reason that
the greater portion of it was de
voted to telling about what Pen
sacola has to offer to home-seek
ers and investors and to adver
tising Pensacola generally. This
is well done, advantages and
attractions of Pensacola having
been described comprehensively
and concisely.
The bank recognized the fact
that every new citizen who might
be secured for Pensacola and all
new investments which might be
attracted to that city would very
likely help to increase the busi
ness of the bank, certainly indi
rectly if not directly.
This is an advertising policy
which might be adopted generally
with good results. That which
benefits a city will sooner or later
benefit practically every business
institution in it. lndustrial In
dex.
Jim Conley, the negro star
witness in the Frank trial, At
lanta, is to be indicted as acces
sory after the crime on F riday.
Sixteen persons were killed and
forty others wounded in a wreck
on the New Haven railroad at
New Haven on Tuesday morn
ing.
American Battleships
To Cruise in Orient, j
Washington, D. C.. Aug. 30—j
Only nine battleships of the!
Atlantic fleet will make the Med-!
iterranean cruise planned for.
this fall, and they will not be ac-1
companied by the torpedo flotilla
as the original programme pro-,
posed. Secretary Daniels an-,
nounced today it had been deter-I
mined that it would be incurring
unnecessary risk to have thedes-j
tropers make the return trip
across the Atlantic in mid-win
ter.
It had been intended to send a
larger number of battleships on
the cruise, but four of them are
being kept in Mexican waters
and four others are held in read-!
iness to relieve them at stated in
tervals.
Secretary Daniels said the fall
cruise to the Mediterranean
would inaugurate a policy of
periodically giving the navy’s
enlisted men a foreign cruise for
education and recreation.
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WHEELER COUNTY j
SUPERIOR COURT
Adjourns To First Mondy In
October For Want of
Facilities.
The regular September term of 1
Wheeler county superior court, I
after convening Monday, was;
adjourned over to the fourth I
Monday in October. The day
was spent in hearing a number
of uncontested cases and taking
judgements, The grand jury
was sworn in and the court put
in order for the adjourned term. I
This postponement was made I
necessary on account of the;
county not having proper facili-;
ties for accomodating the court, ,
the county court house not having j
been built, and the present quar- j
ters not being ample to accomo- 1
date the crowd at this session. !
The first day’s session was large- j
ly attended,
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Col. Huff Victim of Painful
Accident
Macon, Ga., Aug. 31.—C01. W.
A. Huff, 82 years old, ex-mayor
of Macon, who has been very
much in the public eye recently
because of his connection with
the charges against Judge Emory
Speer and also because of his trial \
and conviction for contempt of
court because of a letter he wrote j
Judge Speer, fell down a flight:
of stairs at his Hardeman avenue 1
home at 2 o’clock this morning
and was painfully injured.
Col. Huff had gotten up to get
a drink of water when he lost
his balance and fell headfore
most down the stairs, spraining
his wrist and badly bruising his
side and hip. It has not yet
been determined whether he sus
tained internal injuries. He will
be confined to his bed for several
weeks.
Alabama Man Celebrates
His 106 Birthday With ’Cue
Birmingham, Ala.,Sept. 2.
More than 2,000 people attended
the barbecue yesterday at Serrett,
Seelby county, Ala., in honor of
Asa Goodwin, who is now 106
years. Mr. Goodwin has 318 di
rect decendants and counting
relatives by marriage more than ,
400 relatives were present.
Mr. Goodwin is hale and hearty,
shook hands with hundreds to- i
day, kissed scores and partook
abundantly of the barbecue.
A special train carried the
relatives from Birmingham.
MT. VERNON, GEORGIA, THURSDAY, SEIT. 4, 1913.
General News Items
Told in Short Meter.
Fire in the Nessian, a steamer
of the Leland Line, came near
destroying the ship at New Or
leans on Monday, the loss being
SIOO,OOO.
W. D. McKinnon of Geneva,
Ala., killed his wife on Sunday
with a double-barrel shot gun,
and is in jail. He shot at the
officers who came to arrest him.
Municipal ownership won out
in San Fransisco, and the city has
voted $3,500,000 in bonds to ex
tend its own system of street
railways.
Bolling Jones, recently ap
pointed postmaster in Atlanta in
the place of Hugh L. McKee
removed, will take charge about
the 16th inst.
G. W. Oglesby, living near
Statesboro, was run over by an
automobile in that town on Sun
day afternoon, but escaped seri
ous injury.
A girl of 2 and a boy of 5
years fell down an elevator shaft
seventy-five feet to their death
in New York on Monday.
Three men at Rome, Ga., were
badly shocked when lightning
struck a tree Monday, and one of
them is fatally injured.
Nine men were killed and six
injured on Sunday when the
steamer Alice was blown up on
the Ohio river near Zwickley.
Dennis Camp, a negro burglar
of Atlanta, had $4,300 in Con
federate bills on his person when
arrested.
Two houses in Dublin, Ireland
collapsed Monday night burying
several families, and killingseven
persons.
W. R. Arnold of Dublin
Victim of Painful Accident
Dublin, Ga., Sept. 2.—W. R.
Arnold, superintendent of the
Empire Cotton Oil Company, of
this city, lost his right arm in an
accident at the place of the com
pany here last night, when his
arm was pulled into a gin and
horribly mangled, it having to
be taken off above the elbow.
Mr. Arnold is superintendent
and was repairing the machine
while it was in motion. His
sleeve caught in the gearing or
some other portion and before
he could help it had pulled his
arm into it also. He had great
difficulty in keeping his entire
body from being drawn into the
machinery before he was able to
get loose. The flesh was stripped
from the upper side of the arm
from the wrist to the elbow, and
the elbow crushed and broken so
that it was impossible to reset
the bones. Amputation was de
cided upon and his arm was
taken off immediately after the
accident. He is a man with a
family and is well known in the
city and has many friends who
were very much pained to learn
of his misfostune.
The School Tax Tate.
I
At a called meeting of the
Board of Education held here
Monday, the tax rate for public
school purposes of the county
was fixed at $3.50, being fifty
cents higher than last year. This
was done in order that the coun
ty commissioners might complete
the levy at their meeting Tuesday.
The levy as completed by the
commissioners will be published
later.
The entire Board of Education,
composed of E. C. McAllister, A.
T. Miller, Willie Gay, G. L. Pe
terson and W. A. Peterson, was
present.
George Baker, a boy of 7 years,
was run over by a flat car at
Tifton Saturday morning and
killed; his b )dy being almost cut
in two.
A spark from a passing engine
started a fire at Chester, lowa,
on Saturday, causing a loss of
$125,000,
The preliminary trial of Mrs.
Edna Godbee, in jail for killing
her former husband and his bride
at Millen, has been postponed.
Miss Naomi Wells of Thomp-
I son, Ga., attempted to kill her
self at West Point, Ga., on Mon
day, where she had gone to ac
cept a position as teacher in the
High School.
I Following the government re
port on the cotton crop, the price
i jumped $3.50 a bale on Tuesday,
It is said that the volume of
travel in New York on Tuesday
exceeded anything before, over
a million people being enroute,
one railroad running 191 extra
trains in five days.
The elegant home of M. B.
McWilliams at Rome, Ga., known
as “Bonnie Virginia, ” was burn
ed with all its contents on Mon
day.
:
Over one hundred applicants
are seeking appointment at the
hands of Gov. Slaton as state
game warden, Hon. J. E. Mer
cer’s term having expired.
On Tuesday morning G. H.
Hargrett and Mrs. Estella Ef
fel of Atlanta got into a heated
argument over the verdict in the
Frank case, and the lady got the
matter before the recorder where
Hargrett was fined $5.75.
Millionaire’s Son Is
Killed In Auto Race
Pensacola, Fla., Sept. I.
Henry Lindsay, son of Martin
Lindsay, millionaire capitalist of
Mobile and Pollard, Ala., a re
tired sawmill operator, was killed
yesterday near Pace, Fla., while
speeding from that place to the
Florida town.
A tire blew out while the young
! man was speeding his car and he
; was thrown twenty-five feet
! from his car. He sustained in
ternal injuries from which he
I died in fifteen minutes.
His body was brought here to
-1 day on a special train for inter
ment. •
Bailiff Kills Lad
Fleeing Board Bill.
Columbus, Ga., Sept. 2. Lu
ther Hawkins, a lad about eigh
! teen years old, was shot and kill
ed Friday afternoon by Bailiff J.
Willis in North Highlands as he
was fleeing from the officer. The
officer is held at police head
quarters, charged with murder.
“I wouldn’t have done this for
a million dollars,” he said last
night.
Hawkins came here a day or
two ago from East Point, near
Atlanta, to seek employment, in
a cotton mill. When settling his
board bill Tuesday afternoon he
lacked 50 cents of the required
amount and the bailiff was sent
for. Hawkins ran out of the
yard and the officer gave pursuit.
He fired at the fleeing lad with
a pistol, the bullet crashing
through his head. The boy died
in less than half an hour without
regaining consciousness. The
bailiff declares he was merely
“shooting in the air” to frighten
the lad.
Three automobile drivers were
killed in a crash of cars on the
speedway at Nashville on Mon
day, one of them being Way man
l Sherard of Atlanta.
21 Rattlesnakes Killed
On One Farm In Day
Stillmore, Aug. 30. —Jack Col
lins. who lives on what is known
as the old Brinson cantaloupe
1 farm, four miles south of Still
more, reports that he killed
twenty-one rattleshakes one day
last week, one large rattler having
thirteen buttons, and twenty
young ones. '* v
He also states that within the
last few months there have been
five other rattlers killed on this
farm, two with nine buttons, one
having twelve, another thirteen,
the fifth having fifteen buttons.
At the same time a large one
escaping, making a total of
twenty-nine killed on this farm.
This is said to be the high record
for s .ke 1 fling.
MARVIN CLARK STABBED
SUNDAY NIGHT LAST
William and Patrick Collins
Lodged In Savannah
Jail To Await Trial.
After a sensat ion a 1 chase
through several countit%. the
Savannah police succeeded in
I catching William and Patrick
I Collins, the two brothers who
j almost fatally assaulted Marvin
Clark last Sunday night. Thfty
are now in jail in Savannah
awaiting the outcome of Clark’s
condition.
The following statement was
given out by the older Collins
boy yesterday, irr explanation of
how the fight started:
Sunday night, he said, he and
his brother, Patrick, who were
here on a visit, went to Clark’s
place to get lunch and something
to drink. A week before he had
obtained drinks there and owed
the proprietor for them. On
this occasion the proprietor re
fused to extend credit,, so he
paid for the drinks, lie then
ordered something to eat, but
Clark could not serve it, as he
did not have anything in stock,
According to the older Collins’
statement the younger brother
remarked that they would go to
•the B. & B. restaurant. Clark
became angry and told them in
an insulting manner to “go spend
i their money with the Greeks,”
adding that they looked like
Greeks anyway. Collins said he
called Clark a liar and walked
out, thinking no more of the in
cident.
Reaching the sidewalk Collins
says they were overtaken by
(dark, who had a brick in his
hand. Clark remonstrated with
them about the epithet. Collins
refused to apologize when ('lark
refused to make amends for his
remark that they were Greeks,
j Collins says he was manicuring
his finger nails with a pocket
! knife at, the time. Clark, he
; said, grabbed him in the throat
iand started to strike him with
i the brick. As Clark raised the
j brick Collins says he stabbed him
•with he knife and walked away.
T' night at the boarding
! hoie at 418 Liberty street west,
!an employe of Clark who wa
i boarding there told him that
Clark had been stabbed to death.
Collins says he became frightened
and left. They walked out of
the city some distance, caught a
train and went to Sylvunia.
From Sylvania they walked to
the Savannah River and caught
the steamer for Augusta, whore
they were arrested.
William Collins is a carpenter
and had been employed on a
building on Broughton street
west which is being remodeled.
The other brother does not live
here, but come to Savannah on
a visit. Their home is in Vidalia.
They are sons of William Collins.
—Savannah Press.
Savannah, Ga., Sept. 3. Mar
vin Clark has sufficiently recov
ered to attend court and the Col
lins boys will be given a prelimi
nary hearing in police cout to
|day.
B.P. INSTITUTE
OPENED TUESDAY
ADDRESS PROF. JERE POUND
Conditions Most Promising
Toward Continued.
Success.
The regular fall term of the
Brewton-Parker Institute, Mt.
Vernon and Ailey, began Tuesday
under most flattering conditions.
The occasion was marked by a
festive event of unusual merit,
and indicated to a large extent
the interest taken in the institu
tion by the public, visitors being
1 esent from quite a distance,
while the enrollment was above
the average.
Possibly no opening event in
years has eclipsed that celebrated
Tuesday. The address by Prof.
Jere M. Pound, president of the
State Normal School of Athens,
was heard and received with full
appreciation by a large audience.
Prominent in Mr. Pound’s dis
course was the theme of vocatio
nal training. He took occassion
ro emphasize the importance of
direct and specific training for
chosen lines of endeavor. He is
recognized as one of the ablest
educators in the state, —a man
who has made educational work
a life calling —and his coming
was the occasion of delight to
the faculty, student body and the
public at large. His address was
timely, and the fruits of it should
be in evidence for years.
Patrons of Ailey, Mt. Vernon
and surrounding territory were
present to take part in the exer
cises, after which a bountiful
dinner was served, to the success
of which all contributed. This
feature deserves special notice,
since it was pronounced by every
one present to have been a most
perfect success, both from a
standpoint of quantity and quali
ty. The school officials wish to
extend thanks for the splendid
co-operation of the patrons and
citizens in this feature of the
day’s program.
The pupils have been classified,
and the work begin in regular
order yesterday. The Brewton-
Parker Institute is now in its
eight year, and has been a re
markable success from its organi
zation in 1905. From time to
time changes have been made in
the faculty, and some slight
change in the management, but
in the main the work has gone
forward along the same progres
sive lines that have marked the
history of the school.
I)r. .1. C. Brewton, one of the
founders of the school, has la
bored long and faithfully for the
upbuilding of the institution, and
while his resignation as president
went inH) effect this year, he
still enjoys a close and active in
terest iri the work. He is ably
succeeded by Prof. R. E. Robert
son, who is now in charge of the
school, and has the co-operation
of art able faculty. The public
school department is under the
management of Miss Inez Mcßae
as principal, and this department
will be kept up to a high standard
of excellence. Again attention
is called to the importance of
the patrons co-operating with the
faculty. Place the children in
the school room and keep them
there. Nurture their brains,
whether you have gold to bestow
upon them or not. They will
later rise up and call you blessed.
The resignation of Marcus Ba
ker, postmaster at Savannah, has
been called for, and Marion Lucas
has been endorsed by Represent
ative Edwards and Senator Hoke
Srhith-for the place.
A plan is being considered by
the house commerce committee
to bridge the Potomac river at
Washington. The proposed bridge
would cost $4,000,000.
NO. 19.
