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We Can Sell You Properly in the Banner County ol the State and Lend You Hall of the Purchase Price at a Low Rate ol Interest.
Q. A. wiqht, president. w. t. CRMvroRO, gen'L mor. and seg>y and tubas
THOS. WIQHT, VICE-PREIDENT, ■ p, c. BELL, GENERAL COUNSEL.
Three Young Men Held On the
Charge ol Killing Young Man
Who Lately Disappeared.
Albany, Ga., Oct. 17.—Wrapped
in a blood-stained bed quilt, and
horibly decomposed, the body of
Earle E. Barksdale, of Tampa,Fla.,
who had been missing for a week,
was found in an abandoned well on
a cotton plantation'between Newton
and Leary, yesterday.
Following an investiga'i >n by the
coroner it developed that one of the
most revolting crimes in the history
of this section of the state has been
committed and three men are in
jail, charged with murder, and a
fourth warrant is out for a woman
who is suspected of complicity in
was found
the homicide,
in a well on the Dilldine place.
Trying to Force Settlement.
Barksdale went to Baker county
county several w^eks ago for the
purpose, it is stated, of securing a
settlement from Jesse Hudgens of a
financial claim amounting to sev
eral hundred dollars.
Hudgens, who is a young man,
had worked for Barksdale in Tam
pa, and Barksdale followed his for
mer employe to Georgia for the pur
pose, it is stated, os forcing a set
tlement.
Barksdale is said to have declared
that forgery figured in the Tampa
case, and had in his possession cer
tain. checks and other papers which
are expected to play an important
part in further investigations into
the tragedy.
Barksdale followed Hudgens to
the latter’s mother’s place, where
Hudgens went after- coming from
Thampa. It is alleged that-a settle
ment of the claim was promised,
WANT TO
Several small farms within six miles > f airo. If you own a place of this
description come to see us and make your best price. We have sold prac
tically everything we have close in and must have more to meet demands.
Since our last advertisement we have bought the Wm. Allen place 7
miles north of Cairo and within 8 miles of Whigham, contains 500 acres
well improved, nicely located, with 5-horse farm open, and will offer this
place for a short time only at the remarkably low price of $15.00 per acre.
Lands adjoining it are selling for $20.00 and upwards. We will sell all or
any part of it. ' . .
We have also bought the Dea’s property in the city > ! airo, contain
ing 18 acres of land and two nice dwellings. We will you either of jthe
houses, any vacant lot, or all of this land at prices that will please you.
If you want to do any land trading see us. We have sold already
this year Ten Thousand Seven Hundred Dollars worth of land and have
bought more than Fifteen Thousand Dollars worth and will continue to do
both.
sist in raising the money. In the
meantime. Barksdale remained at
Hudgens’ home.
Disappeared a Week Ago
A little over a week ago Barksdale
disappeared; and it was given out
that he had returned to Tampa.
Saturday morning a negro? reported
finding a body in an abandoned well
in a cotton field and an investiga
tion showed the corpse to be that of
Barksdale.
The coroner’s jury made a thor
ough investigation of the case, and
as a result Jesse Hudgens has been
arrested, charged with Barksdale
murder,. Robert Hudgens, Jesse
Business Manager,
WALTER L. WIGHT. J. S. WEATHERS.
Wight & Weathers
CAIRO, GA.
Ladies’ Trimmed Hats,
Three or four nice
2 to 4-horse farms
from 3 to 4 miles of
Cairo. Price must
be right.
WE HAVE
THE CASH.
store and examine the great values for
money before you purchase elsewhere,
in Grady county, we
are prepared to serve
you.
The Demand
for Property
in fhis section is on the
increase all the time.
Now is the time to buy
or sell your real estate.
See us for farm or tim
ber lands.
RemstnSsr th e Place: orner Broad and Bryant. $
I. SHAPIRO, Proprietor. |
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Cairo, Ga,
Attention, Farmers,
FARM LOANS
Promptly negotiated at
reasonable rate of inter
est. Now is the time
to arrange for your fall
needs. Call on or write
R. C. BELL,
Cairo, Ga.
We have now a complete stock of Chattanooga and
Golden’s Cane Mills, Evaporators, Sugar Kettles,
Galvenized and Black Iron Pan Bottoms, Grate Bars,
and Furnace Fronts and Doors. Come in to see us
when you want anything in the above lines and we
are certain we can please you.
We also have Just received a car Chattanooga • < > j
One and Two-horse Plows and Repairs.
Wight <& Weathers
Cairo > Ga.
Office in Court House.
Yours truly, Wight Hardware Co
Cairo, Georgia.
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