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THE WAYCROSS HERALD, SATURDAY, MARCH 4. 1893. HORRIBLE HERDER BY A CRAZY WOMAN IN ATLANTA. Mini Julia Force Murders her Two Sinters in The Mont Brutal Manner. Atlanta. Feb. 23.—Tlie past week has witnessed a carnival of crimes and casualties which was rarely ever equaled in any city. Lewis Red wine's defalcation, followed immediately by the suspension of the bank with which he was connected, had been hardly chronicled before Tom Cobb Jackson, a brilliant young attorney, took his own life, the exact cause for which will perhaps never lie known; then, in less than twenty four hours, Crowley, the dry {foods drummer, who loved a Marietta girl, and by wliom be had been rejected, grew despondent and sent a ballet ploughing through his vitals and died within a few hours. A negro man grew jealous, and blew tbe brains of a woman ont, and finally the climax which is still more appall ing, was reached Saturday evening when Miss Julia Force, 38 years of age, shot and killed her two younger sisters, Florence, 32 years of age. and Minuie, 28 years old, at the residence of their brother, Mr. A. W. Force, at tbe corner of Crew street and Woodward avenue. A short while after the killing Miss Jnlia entered police head-quarters and gave herself up. saying to Captain Wright: *‘I have committed a crime and want to get the protection of the law.” She was immediately taken into the office of chief of detectives. She is thought to l>e insane. A few moments after the terrible tragedy was an nounced at tlie police station, people began hurrying toward the residence with an expression of horror. A small crown hail lieen gathered in front of the residence on Crew street. At first no one save the officers respond ed. Captain Manley and Chief of De tectives Wright were admitted. Force himself answered the knocks at the front door. His face expressed the deejwst jMiiti and his eyes were filled with tears as he shook the hands of his neighbors who called to offer their assistance. He explained to them all that his two sisters were dead and that their sister was in the hands of the police. Mr. Ft fectly sane and willing to suffer for crimes. She has given out a written statement which is substantially the same as the foregoing. After summing up a great many in stances of imaginary wrong she goes on: 1 was willing to bear my private griefs in private. I aid not wish to harrow the public with the story of my personal griefs. Bat when public disgrace is piled upon me by notifying merchants not to credit me, the limit of endurance has been reached. When tbe clerks along the streets can thus point at me. for wbat have 1 to live? Just think of it! I am thus marked out, while my sisters are fa vored and fondled and petted. Public disgrace is too much, and 1 can’t, will not stand it. Miss Jnlia was alone in the house at the time, and it is believed that she crept behind her sisters and shot them while they were not looking. Miss Min nie Force, aged 28. was killed instantly and Miss Florence, aged 32, lingered in great agony for two hours. Locking her victims in the room in which they bad been shot, Miss Jnlia quietly donned her street costume, and walking hurriedly to police headquar ters, she surrendered herself. She had lost uone of her steady nerve and the officers did not notice the maniacal gleam in her calm eyes. She told the officers of her uee<l without a quiver. At an inqnest it was found simply that the two yonng women had met their death at the hands of their sister. Mr. J. L. Hardeman, of Macon, who is a cousin of the Force sisters, came to Atlanta immediately after reading the account of the tragedy and volunteered his services to conduct the defence of prisoner. Mr. Hardeman is one of the best law yers in criminal practice in the south, and won a national reputation as lead ing council in the prosecution of Tom Woolfolk. the Jones county murderer who slew his father and his entire fam ily. and it was due to the skill of Mr. Hardeman that conviction and execu tion was secured. JULIA FORCE INSANE. The Jury II:« elded and Thl ters i scribed how he bad discovered tbe vic tims. At 1-30 o’clock a servant called at his store on Whitehall street for a bun dle to be carried to the house, whica she said Miss Julia had sent her for. There was no bundle at the store for Miss Julia, and Mr. Force said he at once suspected something wrong. He seized his hat. and, accompanied by his brother, Mr. G. H. Force.lmrried home As lie entered the honse he fonnd every thing hnshed as if the place had been deserted. He hurriedly examined the house, ami rushing upstairs to the room where his Florence lay in her sick bed, he fonnd her laying across the bed. welter ing in blood that poured from a wound in front of and just above her left ear. Mr. Force said that he hardly stopT**! to take a second look at the awful sight that met his gaze, but turned and ran down stairs to soo if the worst hail come. In the sitting room, on the north side of the house, lie found the body of I means .T. C. <> his other sister. Minnie. Her body was lying near the door of the room, and blood was oozing from a great hole in her right temple, directly above the right eye. Mr. Force sent his brother for physicians and then started to look for Alisa Julia. In Miss Julia's room, which is jnst in front of that in which the dead body of Miss Minnie lay, he found lying on the burean a small hammer, with which he at ouco suspected that the crime had been committed. He examined it, but could find no blood on it. He then ob served a small pistol lying on the floor. He picked that np, and, on examination fonnd two of its chambers empty. Mr. Force, as s-xm as the officers arrived, begged them to go and find his sister. Miss Jnlia. **My GodP be exclaimed, “go and find mv sister.” “She is crazy. My two sons are both at the store, and she will kill them too.” The policemen assured him that Miss Jnlia was already under arrest. This seemed to reassure him. Miss Julia Force, who did the killing, is the eldest sister of G. H. and A. W. Force, the proprietors of a shoe store on Whitehall street She is about 38 years old, and is a fine specimen of physical womanhood, thongli not beautiful in face. Since the family removed here, some years ago, Miss Julia Force has made her home with her two brothers. She received every attention that broth erly love could prompt. She had always 'the Mutter. Atlanta. March 1.—Uuder a writ of lunacy sworn ont before Judge Calhoun, ordinary of Fulton county. Miss Jnlia Force lias been tried by that official and adjudged insane. The evidence of Drs. Baird. Olinstead and Kendrick, three of the most promi nent physicians in Atlanta, was heard before the jury, and they were all per fectly agree*', that Miss Force is mentally unbalanced when she committed the fearfnl crime of murdering her two sis- old blood last Saturday evening: 5v*pay MON PAY Tje^pay March - EPNEJW Fripay 5 12 19 26 6 13 20 27 7 Ml \z\ 28 1 8 15 22 29 2 9 16 23 30 3 10 17 24 31 4 II 18 25 &)< •i- M MM *0 •b» 1-.** f2V» UN 17 33- K" ££ f«ST Ovult* 2nd ■ 4* 33-M The XUtemaU&c Power. This is what Aldace F. Walker, chair man of tho joint committee of the Trunk Line and Central Traffic associations, says about railroad rates in The Railway Age and Northwestern Railroader: “The fact is—and it is so often overlooked that it must bo 6tated strongly—the ratemak ing power of a railway company is its highest corporate function. It is a char ier power. Its control rests ultimately in the state. In* acts of incorporation this power is universally conferred upon tho boards of directors—the highest seat of corporate authority. It should have been treated with seriousness and as rep resenting the most important duty of the several boards. But instead of this our country has been treated to a carnival of rates—rates—rates. Hundreds of thou sands of tariffs have been filed in Wash ington during the last five years. The directors of every corporation have prac tically abdicated this most important dnty and have left it in the hands of sub ordinates, who have patiently developed a most ingenious confusion through which they alone aro competent to pick their wav. ** LEGAL ADVERTISEMENTS. WARE COUNTY'. Foreclosure of Mortgage. Will be sold liefore the court house door in the city of Waycross, Ware county, Geor gia, on the first Tuesday in April next, with in the legal hours of sale, the following property to-wit: That tract or parcel of land described as follows: commencing on the north side of Prendergast street at the southeast corner of the land of Jordan and Jeffords, which street at that point is sixty feet wide, thence east along said Prendergast street two hundred feet, more or less, to tlm center of the south prong olTebeau branch, thence northeaster ly down the center of said branch two hun dred feet, more or less, to the south side of Wadlcy street, three hundred feet, more or less, to the northeast corner of said Jordan and Jeffords land, tlience south along said land to Jordan and Jeffords two hundred feet to said Prendergast street to the point of licginning. said land with all and singular improvements thereon to Ik*sold as the prop- of I). J. McIntosh together with all his ‘ le, interest or demand, in or to the public outcry, to the highest bid- Now is The Time to Plant, the opinion prevailed among the physi cians that lier malady was of long stand- ! ing, and that, fof years, she had been i laboring under an insane delusion that i her sisters, and her mother, who had been made a •‘fat's paw” of. had con- J spired to injure lier and cause her , brothers to mistreat her. After the jury had heard the evidence j of these physicians, and members of tho j family they were not long in reaching ; a verdict which consigns the nnfortn- | nate woman to a home within the cheer- j les* walls of a lunatic asylum. FURNISHED THE FIGURES. j *'«• “f Appropriation. S« T*t j PiiKsrit by C'ongrett* This Session. 1 Washington. March 1.—At the re- j quest of the committee on ways and ts, clerk of the honse committee for appropriations, has sub mit ted to the committee a statement of appropriations, exclusive of miscella neous matters, made by the honse this session. It shows an aggregate of $513,- 783,083 aud this amount has been in creased to $519,273,447 by changes made in bills by the senate. Following is the statement of appropriations contained in the bills according to their present status as agreed upon in both houses: Army. $124,225,639: fortification. $2,- 219,055; District of Columbia, $5,413,- 223 (conference reported agreed to but not yet adopted.) As passed by tbe sen ate: Diplomatic and consular, $1,570,- 045; military academy, $342,556; sundry civil. $43,934,475. As reported to tbe senate: Legislative, $31,908,828; navy, $22,082,131; pension. $166,561,350. As passed by the honse: Agricultural, $3,- 294.300: Indian. $7,088,615; postoffice, $83,904,314; general deficiency, $31,- 209,633. A comparison between appropriations and estimates for the past five years shows that contrary to what has been the generally accepted opinion the ap propriations have exceeded the estimates 1)0 NOT ITT IT OFF ANOTHER DAY, But come at once and see them, or write them for prices. For the Balance ok the Season, LIBERAL DISCOUNTS Will be made on all cash orders amounting to Five Dollars or more. Agents wanted in every county in the South. CHEROKEE HD^SE^Y CO., "WAYCROSS, GEORGIA. been regarded as queer, was willful, and wonld become melancholy and wretched for days at a time over some fancied slight. She was of an extreme ly jealous nature, aud it was a favorite delusion of liers that her mother and two younger sisters were her enemies, and were coutinnally plotting to make her unhappy. The family is one of the oldest and best of Charleston, S. C. Before the war they were prominent in tbe social life of the Carolina city, and were types of the old southern aristocracy. After the war George H. Force and his brother. Albert W„ came to this city, and have lived here since. They are ex cellent business men. After the death of their fa her they brought their mother and three listers here to live with them. Of recenJ years they have lived at 44 Crew stnet. on the’eorner of Woodward avetirp. The elder of the two brothers. Mr. A. W. Force, has been married for twenty-two years, bnt lost Iris wiff twoYBJUths ago. He has two sons, aboit grown. Mr. George Force has never married, al though he is past middle age. He has devoted his time to the care of his wid- owed mother and fatherless sisters. In a statement given by the murder ess she states tliar. for years her two sisters have been preferred before her in everything, aud that the whole fam ily showed snch' partiality in favor of her younger sister* against herself that she could not bear it any longer; the climax coming when Miss Minnie went to one of the leading dry goods stores of this city and requested the proprie tors to extend no further credit to her sister Jnlia. and to sell her nothing else except for the money. She stated that, after having helped to raise and eve for her younger sisters, she could not I bear the treatment any longer and d^ermined to-rid herself of averaging $350,000 or more per anum. Tbe reason for this is fonnd in the fact that appropriations have been made for the Indians and for rivers and harbors, which were not included in the esti mates. By an amendment to the sun dry civil bill, it is provided that in the future river and harbor work must be regularly estimated for. Boston, March 1.—Charley Mitchell, the fighter, and his backer, Abingdon, arrived in the city at 7 a. m.. and regis tered at the Parker house. At 3 p. in. they met David H. Blanchard at his home on Columbus avenue, and a pri vate consultation was held, at the close of which Baird said the money was all up for the Mitchell-Corbett fight, but wonld give no particulars regarding it. After the Hall-Fitzsimmons fight Mitch ell will go to England to do some pre liminary work and return to this coun try about eight weeks before the date of his fight. Mitchell expects to weigh in at 170 or 176 pounds. Immense Trade! I F you do not believe that A. R. BENNETT in Owen*s Block, is doing a big business, jnst look at the sidewalk in front of his store, it is wom (lowif to such an extent by the continuous stream of customers that pass in and out buying groceries, that he has had to have boards laid till such time as it can be repaired. Application for Tear’s Support. GEORGIA, Ware County: To All Whom It May Concern! Sarah J. Wilds, widow of John Wilds, late of said county, has applied for a year’s sup port to be set aside out of his estate for her self and one minor child; appraisers for that purpose have been appointed, who have filed their report setting aside the entire es tate of said deceased for that purpose. Notice is hereby given that I will pass upon said return on the first Monday in March next. ness my hand and soul this January 28. 1803. Warren Lott, Ordinary. Georgia, Ware County: To the Superior Court of Said County i The pe*ition of J. 8. Williams. A. H. Mor gan. E. II. (Yawley, Sr., W. M. Wilson, E. II. Crawley, Jr., J. C. Rippard. W. B. Folks, H. F. Butler, J. A. Miller. J. A. Jones, . .. Lott, L. Johnson, J. L. Crawley, and such other persons as may hereafter be associated with them, desire to be ineorpo- rated under the name of “Life Preserver Medicine Company,” for the purpose of manufacturing, bartering and selling a medi cine known as Wonderful Life Preserver, and such other medicines or drugs as they may deem proper in carrying on their busi ness. That the capital stock of said com pany shall be two thousand dollars($2,000.00), divided into eighty shares of twenty-five dollars ($25,00) each, twenty per cent, to be paid in on organizing and the remainder in such installments as.may be culled for, each share-holder to be liable to the extent of the stock subscribed for by him and no more, which capital stock may be increased at any time, or from time to time, not exceeding twenty-five thousand dollars ($25,000.00). That the officers of said company shall con sist of a president, vice-president, secretary, treasurer ami board of directors, and that the principal office of said company shall be at Way cross, Ware county. Georgia, and they desire to establish their business in other places through agencies or otherwise, as they may deem expedient. They therefore pray that they and tlieir associates and successors 1h* incorporated for tlie term of twenty years, with the privilege of renewal at the expiration of said term, under the name of Life Preserver Medicine Company, with all the rights, {towers and privileges authorized by law, including the right of purchasing, holding and using any real or personal property, or both, that may be necessary or proper to have in the con duct of their business, to alienate, dispose of or incumber at pleasure. And your petitionc: This January 4th, ISO: will - r pray, ertv of right, t dor for I’uVIi, under and by virtue of.•imurt- I'i!,-,! in „m,v imd‘ wordi'd.' diisd.Vnuurv yuec ejvra thorn,n by smd l>. I Mc Intosh , 4tl , , W1 \y. M. WiUKW.niTkS.V. W. C. to J. H. Wnglit, dated April lith. 1891, to, . .... secure payment of two certain promissory Vk!!!kv. Uric's I hereby . •opy« unty. rtify that tlie foregoing is a true • petition for incorporation of ver Medicine Company, as up- • oil file in my of- ord no J. McIntosh & Co., payable t Dr. R. P. Daniel and the othei i« .m>. n.v. . Hines for four ami six hundred dollars each ■ * l ‘‘ ,. r<s and due January 1st, 1892. on which there j p t * 1 | rs ,ro1 is now past due the sum of eight hundred | 1 , , , , tea lollars principal and one hundred and t..»» : . D«ven under my hand and seal of oil lollars interest, I interest from January 12,1891, ... thority given therein by said 1>. .1. McIntosh tosaidJ. H. Wright in case of default in said property. Said mortgage with all right and title having been transferred by said J. H. Wright to A. M. Knight for value receiv ed, said transfer being recorded in book J of leeds 333, Febr lary 14. Application for Letters of Administra tion. GEORGIA, Ware County; To All Whom It May Concern: J. II. Hillhousc having, in due form, ap plied to me for permanent letters of admin stratio! i the rW. II. Manglia unty, this is to cite all and reditors and next of kin of l appe Application for Letter* Dismissory. GEORGIA, Ware County: : To All Whom It May Concern: * W. M. Wilson, guardian for Oliver I Murphy, applies to me for letters of dism sum from saul guardianship, and I will p: U|K>n his application on the first Monday ! Mareh next, at my office in Wayvross, st j county. ! Witness my hand and official sigmitui i this January 30, 1893. Wakkkx Lott, J Ordinary Sheriff Sale. GEORGIA, Ware County: Will he sold, on the first Tuesday in 0 f -March,1893,next, at the court house, in said said deceased, to he and appear at mv office county, within the. legal hours of sale, to the on the first Monday in March next, and highest bidder for cash, the following prop- show cause, if any they can. why pernia- | nent administration should not he granted j , as applied for id official signature. j ther Which Plainly Shows That The Place to Buy GROCERIES A. R. BENNETT S, OWEN’S BLOCK. WAYCROSS Tobaeco Growers anil Manufacturers taiatiea, LEM JOHNSON, President, — / Waycross, G-eorgia. IWflHUFACtU^EHS OF CIGARS. OTT iS HPF.CIAL BRANDS “Boijnet tie Havana,” ‘‘Street Whispering*." “ Elegant AH our Goods are Manufactured of Imported Tobacco. And are as well made and of as fine quality as any in the market. SOLD BY ALL DEALERS IN WAYCROSS. Witness my hand , this January 28, 1893. Ordinary. Georgia, Ware County: To AU Whom It Shy Concern. All persons in ten's ted are hereby notified that if no good cause Ik 1 shown to the con trary, an order will he granted by the un dersigned on tlie 7th day of March, 1893. hanging the public: road as marked out by the road processioners appointed for that purpose, commencing at the end of the lane on the north side of the residence of T. A. W. Little, thence north about seven hun dred yards, thence west about seven hun dred yards, more or less, until it intersects with the present public- road. Also establishing a new road us marked out by the road processioners appointed for that purpose, commencing at a point near John Mullis’ and running in nearly a direct line to Mr. Bennett’s, from that point in practically a direct line to the interaction of the Glenmore road, in west Way cross running by the lands of D. J. Jeffords and others. Also road as marked out by the road pro cessioners appointed for that purpose, com mencing at a point in west Waycross, al ready located and graded, by tlie city au thorities, easterly, through the land of the land as Glenmore avenue, to a point, where said Glenmore avenue, as laid ont in said plots, intersects with said Glenmore road, then continuing westerly in the line of said Glenmore road; the new road being from the tirst indicated point, in west Waycross, to the point of intersection with the Glen more road as already established. February 7th 1893. Warren Lott, Chairman. W. A. Cason. J. W. Davidson, I). J. Blackburn, Commissioners Ware County, Georgia. of land Xo 172 in the ~ county together with all impmveii mi. levied on to satisfy two ji ed by D. K. Walk. trict of •N. Orders Solicited from Abroad. Give Us a Trial SWEAT & WILSON, (JK QUITMAN, GEORGIA. [gjj & BILUIBP Sjjjjjjjg ' QUITMAN, GA. l> RETAIL BUUlt 1 And Dealers in Fine Whiskies, Wines, Rums, Gin* anti Brandies, direct from the Distilleries and the best markets and will give our customers jhe benefit of same. We have tlie largest stock in South Georgia. Orders by mail accompanied by the CASH will receive prompt attention, j Xo Charges for Packing. Heart/ anti Fancy GROCERIES, ~~ Country Produce of all kind:. Orders solicited and satisfaction guaranteed. Special Attention poUl to Packing and Shipping Goods. i\ ex. off. J. 1*. of 1372d favor of J. L. Johnson 8r. against I>. I). Sillinant. lYoporty levied on by 11. A. Thorn- OFFICERS OF CHARLTON COUNTY. Aaron Dowling, Ordinary. A.G. Gowen, Clerk Superior Court C. C. J. A. Wainright, Sheriff. James Thompson. School Commissioner. Forclosiire of Mortgage. GEORGIA, Ware Comity: Will be sold before the court house door, in the city of Waycross, Ware county, Geor gia, on the first Tuesday in March next, w’itliin the legal hours of sale the following property to-wit: That certain lot, trai t or pan el of land sitnate, lying and Ireing in the connty of Ware, and state of Georgia, ami more par ticularly described as being situated north easterly from Wares boro, in said countjr. GEORGIA, Cliarlton County: Rufus S. Lang, residing in the state of Georgia, having applied to he appointed guardian of the person and property of Ru pert Liston Lang, a minor under fourteen yeftrs of age; this is to cite all persons con cerned to be and appear at the term of court of ordinary to be held next after the expira tion of thirty days from the first publication of this notice, and show cause, if any they can why saul Ruffin S. Lang should not be en trusted with tlie guardianship of the person and property of said Rupert Liston Lang. Witness my official signature this 13th day of February, 1893. Aaron Dowling, Ordinary. : known Cox’s Sheriff Sales for Taxes. GEORGIA, Charlton County: Will be sold, on the first Tuesday in March next, at the court house, said county, within the legal hoars of sale, to the highest bidder, for cash, the following property, to- wit : Lots of land, first section.Xoa. 1,2, 20, 27. 28, 29, 43, 45, 40, 47, 49, 50, 51,52, in the 11th district. Second section ti, 19,20 and 21 in the 10th district. First section C, 7, 22, 34, 35, 30,58 and 59 in the 10th district of said connty levied on under and by virtue of an execution issued by J. R. Hodges, tax collec tor of said county for state and county taxes due for the year 1892, levied on as the prop erty of A.G. Butts agent for B. B. Liewes. Also at the same time and place will be sold lots of land 21, 50, 81. 83, 92, 179, 204. 257, first district 129,153,174. 79,180,125, 152 and 172 ofJCharlton county for state and All of the above lots and parts of lots of land are being sold as wild land. This Feb. 1.1893 J. A. Wa; ■, Sheriff. just over lieing a part of lot of land number 103 in the 1 8 tli district of said county and di-scribed as —■—— : follows, commencing at the Mattox ford on GEORGIA, Charlton County ; said creek, thence running easterly along j W| lt M . * tlie south Side of the Waltertown road a I To All Whom It May Concern: distance of seven acres*., more or less, to a i Rufus Duig of said state having in corner post, thence southerly a distance of : proper form applied as a person selected by three acres, more or loss, to %a corner post, i the next of kin for letters of administration thence westerly a distance of seven acres . on tlie estate of William tang late of said more or less to said Ox’s creek thence nor- ■ county deceased. This is to cite and ad- therly along said creek a distance of three ; monish ail ami singular the creditors and acres more or less to the point or place of heirs of the said William Lang to he ami beginning. appear at my office, in the court of Ordin- SSaid land with all aud singular the -im- : ary, in ami for said county, at the March provements thereon to be sold as the prop- j term 1893 of said county, then and there to erty of Catherine Wilcox, together with all ! show causes, if any they can, why penna- deinand. _ _ . . y, to the’ highest bidder for cosh, under and by virtue of a mortgage given thereon, by said Gatherim- Wilcox to Warren Lott, dated 7tli day of July 1892, to secure payment of certain promissory notes of same date, on which there is . now* past due the sum of $1,090 principal, besides one other of said notes for the sum of $1,000 principal, to beeorae due January 1st, 1894, both of said notes bearing interest from date, and the authority given therein, by saul Catherine Wilcox .to said Warren Lott, in case of default in payment of said notes, to sell and convey said prop erty. This February 1st, 1893. Warren Lott, Mortgagee. letters bi administration should not be granted to the said Rufus 8. tang upon the estate of said William tang. Witness my hand and official signature this 21st day of Jannary-1893. * A A ROX Dow LINO. Oxtlinaay. Dr Jonn Hull’s Worm Destroyer taste goml and quickly remove worms from Xo other worm medicine is so safe and surer Price 25 cents at drug stores, or sent by mail I... Iskfin II Pfirl* A Ort ITS rttwl 17?