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Details oj ‘Brutal
Husband’s Deed
A telephone rm-BHage from Bruns- spent tlie night Hitting up with the
wick last night stated that the feeling : body. Shaw, in his half-drunken con-
against H. B. Shaw, who is charged j dition, slept soundly In a near-by
with murdering his wife in that city, room. The weeping children were
is very strong. The Herald printed ( carried to Mrs. Murray a on I’nion
a brief account of the horrible and street and cared for.
brutal crime yesterday. Shaw former
ly resided in Wayoross, and only re
cently moved to Brunswick. He has
been a heavy drinker for some years, j
When dawn came the neighbors,
! convinced of foul play, telephoned
! Chief Barney, who at once responded.
| Shaw was put under arrest in his
and kept there until the arrival
and gradually developed, It now ap-. G f sheriff Berrle and Coroner G. A. H.
pears, into an inhuman monster. His . Jennings. At 8 o'clock Coroner Jen-
U. J. WILLIAMS WRITES.
’ Washington, D. C„ March 20. ISO*.
The Evening Herald:
1 have been pleased to observe that j
In but few of the congressional dis
tricts In Georgia, is there opposition j
to the re nomination and return of
our present delegation, and especial
ly gratified that In our own (the lltb)
there 1h universal satisfaction with
our able and capable member, whose
high statesmanship, genuine worth
and loyalty to party principles is ap
preciated as much by his colleagues
here—as his character and fitness Is (
among the people of his own district.
The Influential men In both houses
of Congress, the men who control j
legislation, and are able to render real I
service to the country and particular •
ly to their own constituents—are
those who are continued in position
and permitted to remain In Washing
ton long enough to "learn the ropes"
as the common expression goes. This
is based upon the plain proposition
that to do anything wall one must
know how, and the knowledge of the
duty of a congressman, must be ac
quired by experience and service as
in any other occupation the greater
the experieace and longer the service
the greater the efficiency.
This is demonstrated by the fact,
Well known at least in Washington,
that a mere handful of representa
tives run tbe lower house, and these
are the veterans whose repeated re-
elections hive familiarized them, not
only with the affairs of the House,
but also with the multldunous details
of the several executive departments.
Naturally the Important committee
assignments are given to the older
members In point of servloe, and it
follows that their Influence In ail mat
ters exceed" that of a novice whose
constituents believe in active rotation
in office. The det'fe to equally dis
tribute honors among tbe different
counties of a congressional district,
by selecting n representative from
one county for one or two terms, and
then making another selection for the
next term and so no, may be commen
dable as a matter of sentiment, but It
la what a great statesmn once called
"mighty poor politics," for the obvi
ous reason that the district following
this custom Is always represented by
a green hand—and a brand new con
gressman. however brilliant or the
hustings however prominent at home,
cuts very little figure In Washington.
If you want a "Federal building" In
your town, nr a "river and harbor ap
propriation," if you want a committee j ♦’td^rtug (he bedroom found her In
to report a claim, or a private bill for | condition. Dr. H. M. Branham J 7^ 0 f thls yegr
congressional action. It is highly ad*; Wfti cal,ed ,at * r at 9 o’clock. He M|gg Fry Krap hic*iiy described the
visable to have a representative who fownd th *' woman cold In death, hav- ( | eath gc * ne> s he j, ad been , n the gU .
knows the Ins-and-outs and curves of ( ,n * evidently died two or three hours ting ^th the little girl. At 5:3A
congressional proccedure and routine.. P"**lona. o’clock she went In and noticed that
Thla condition ia an natural and | A Wach an< * »»rk ove r the left Mrc. Shaw wag dying
Coast Line Wor* uoi
From the Valdosta Times.
The Atlantic Coast Liu
Mw.u.-.y to put in the Convei
ha l quite
. 10.1ml !
\A Deep Political Scheme Is
: Responsible Tor Long Delay
• av
and paid off nil the n,» n
cro.vl immediately quit v
juld
wife had seen better days, but after
marrying him was finally driven by
his drunkenness and ill treatment to
drink herself. She was raised by
highly respected Christian people who
bitterly opposed her marriage to Ike
ker Shaw. Tbe following details of
tbe horrible affair are taken from
yesterday’s Brunswick Journal:
tthrouded in a black dress, her pal
lid features giving her the appearance
of an old woman, Mrs. Mollie Shaw
lies In the coffin in her late home,
70S George street this Afternoon.
Two young children, Somerfleld, a
boy of 12 and Willie Thelma, a girl
of 10, are gating into the faces of the
neighbors who are about tbe house,
and between their sobs are asking.
"What are they doing to papa?" Then
they turn to another* and sob, "Ob,
my mamma, I want her to live." Even
a stoic cannot face the scene. It la
piteous.
In the W’arden'n office, stretched
out on a cot, lies Harry B Shaw, aged
44, boiler maker by trade and a well
made man. Shaw la recovering from
the effects of a debauch which start
ed a week Ago. He as yet. can but
dlnly rraUzc bl. wife I. dead. He l»j door guardlng blm> rel ,„ ed „ tlmei
flings. after questioning the Fry girl
and neighbors, decided to hold an In-
quest. A Jury was empaneled and
opened its work at 10 o’clock, adjourn
ing at noon until Dr. Christie could
attend the bearing.
Miss ^Imray Fry, tbe 17-year-old
girl, who has no parents nor relatives
and who has lived with the Shaws
for thirteen years, though not an
adopted daughter, came to tbe wit
ness stand. On her story Shaw was
held and may have to face a jury for
his life.
Miss Fry told a fearful story of a
Lome cursed by the thirst for liquor
by both mother and father. The din
ing room In which the jury sit was
crowded with the jurymen. Sheriff
Berrie stood at the door. The break
fast dishes had been shoved to one
side and the place was anything but
presentable. In the east front bed
room lay the body cf the dead mother.
Neighbors In the other room sought
to comfort the weeping children
throng of spectators were gathered
about the front fence. Shaw in bis
flannel undershirt lay on a bed In a
little room leading off from the main
living room. Officer Goins 6at at the
which hud been recelv
Haidly any of then
yesterday, though the
ia.g^r today and the siding will be
, uf In before the week ends.
!’ understood, too, that the Coast
Mae has given Its tenants In the old
depot no*ice that they would have to
vacate on the first of June. It is
no* known exactly what this means,
but the presumption Is that the road
wants the house for Its own use, or
It wants to tear It down and put some
thing else In Its place.
;e side j
along By Telegraph to tfie Herald. close to the Inside comes lnforma-
id the J Indianapolis, Ind., March 2C.—That tlon that the question of wages was
until j a deep political scheme lies back of not the real cause of delay, but that
the money j the so far, unexpected delay of the the trust forces are, la reality, seek-
I miners and operators coming to an ing to embassass President Roose-
vere at work [ agreement as to wages, has come to velt. The people who will give big
owd Is much j he one of the prevailing topics of the orders have determined that at all
hotels where the representatives are costs Roosevelt must be put out of
stopping. Continuing today the joint the running as a great political fac-
scale committee has been in session tor. From the same source It is stat-
for six days. It is well known that ed that the operators have since the
the representatives of the great rail- matter of wages was first brought up.
road interests have prevented any set- been determined that there shall be*
tlement so far, and from sources no strike.
held under instructions of a coroner's
Jury who will meet tonight or tomor-
by Chief Burney.
Miss Fry told a pitiful tale.
row to pan upon the cause of the wo- J g a t ur ,j ay Shaw. hl> wlfe . th , „„„
death. In the meantime the j boy and herw)f bad goae crabblEg .
body I. held .0 that an autop.y m.yj Shaw w „ balf drunk He slruck „„
be performed If the evidence of Dr.
Christie warrants such. Dr.
Christie Is near Albany today, called
there by a serious case. He is ex
pected home late today.
Mrs. Shaw died nbout 6:30 o'clock
yesierdoy afternoon. She had been
In bed since Sunday. Dr. Christie at
tended her nbout 3:30 o'clock and. at mon ths.
wife on her left side with the handle
af a crab net.
Miss Fry continued to tell of Shaw’s
brutality to his wife. At High Springs,
Fla., he bad broken his wife's left
hand during a row. Both were heavy
drinkers. Shaw getting drunk every
week or so and his wife every few
her urgent appeal administered aa I
Mrs. Shaw, she said, was 36 years
o,.|,te. Two hour, Inter. Jimmie FTy. ]old , nd bad foar cblldr „. Tw0
a 17-year-old girl, who had been *lv. |now Th , fa!n||y mov(d , rom
Ing with the family 13 year*, npon j H |gh Sprlnga. Fin., in June. 1905, to
j Wnycross, and came to this city Jan.
reasonable as to accord to a seasoned G'r attracted Dr. Branham's atten-
and experienced lawyer or physician 1,on - He ca,,wS ,n the *nd ex-
a degree of deference not paid to the am,n,n K body, found several
young and untried. Northern con- ( bnl,M ‘" on tb, K b * 'and hips.
Neighbors who had been called In
lly cared for by neighbors.
An appeal was being circulated to
day for funds to send the Fry girl to
some place where she can get a home.
The two children are being temporar*
FREE ADVERTISING.
Tbe Lincoln News-Herald comment
ing on the Increase cost of publish
ing small dally newspapers over a
few years ago, says:
"F. E. Pinkerton, formerly editor
of the News-Herald, now of the Ur-
bana Courier Herald, annonuces that
it costs him $12,000 a year to operate
that paper, and he ia telling the truth.
It costa that much to operate the Lin
coln dally papers. When it is con
sidered that each of tbe local offices
must make $40 each day before the
ewner can realize anything above ex
penses it can be seen that tbe news
papers cannot afford too much freee
work. Every line of type composed
for the paper costs the proprietors
money. Don’t ask the newspaper for
too much free advertising for any
purpose; they cannot give it without
paying the men who set the type,
make-up the forms, run the presses,
etc. Every piece or parcel of work
connected with the Issuance of tbe
paper must be paid for; why should
the publisher pay the total bill? Can
anyone tell?
The truth is that a news-paper la
not a free bulletin board provided aa
a labor of love to the pubic, but a
business proposition. Those who use
It for their profit should pay for it
as certainly as they pay their dry
goods or hotel bill. It haa taken a
good while for some people to learn
thla but a lesson once learned even
though learned slowly is apt not to
be forgotten.
JEROME TO VISIT GEORGIA.
Some Rattlesnake Stories.
New York District Attorney Will Ad- j w Pear80 n f the oil man, was
dress State Bar Association. telling a big rattlesnake story Satur-
’ day, which he brought from Crystal
William Travers Jerome, district at- %<ter He gaJd a ra ttler was killed
toroey of New York city, will be tbe uiwn there a few days ago with 36
guest of the Georgia Bar Association, rattles and his carcass filled a bushel
which meet, at Warm .Spring, In b »« k « l ,0 overllowlng. It wa, the
biggest snake known to have been
killed in that section.
July.
In order to have the distinguished
jurist and political reformer as Its
guest, the State Bar Association has
changed the date of holding the an
nual meeting of the lawyers from
July 4 to 6 inclusive to July 18, 19
and 20. ’
Hon. W. G. Brantley for Re-election
To Congress.
The Democratic Executive Commit
tee of the Eleventh Congressional
District met on March 9th, and adopt
ed resolutions calling a nominating
convention at Waycross on June 6th
to nominate a candidate for congress.
Each county in the district is to
have two delegates for each represen
tative In the lower house of the Geor
gia Legislature, who are to be elected
at regular primaries wherever held
prior to June 6th, otherwise to be se-
This reminds us of a snake atory
teld by Judge Wynne, of Eastluke
Saturday when in the city. Mrs.
Whitman had occasion to pass
around her front porch and saw coll-
el up on the edge of the porch a big
rattler. As soon as the snaks saw
Mrs. Whitman It struck at her, hut the
wire netting around the porch saved
her from any harm except the fright
It gave her, which so effected her
nerves that she had to go to bed for
the day. The snake was killed and
upon examination the wire netting
was found to be covered with poison
at the point where the snake struck.—
Ocilla Star.
Productivity of Com.
One of the most remarkable things
with from fifty to sixty kernels to
lected .. the county executive com- “ d ,,,ultlI,I5, A * ood “ r “
mlttee may arrange. ; corn h “ from ,lxte * n ' t0 twentJr row *-
Hon. W. O. Brantley will again be wlth from «** “> kennel * t0
a candidate for re-election, and again
the row. Thus In a single season
THE NEW8 FROM MANOR.
stltucnts seem to appreciate this point
more than those of the 8outh, and It
ia due to the long service of moat of
the New England Congressmen, that
states like Vermont, or even little
Rhode Island, frequently wield an In
fluence much greater than that of
Southern atates having larger repre
sentation In Congress.
Legislation and law making fa a|
business, that must be learned like |
any other, and a new congressman
soon discovert that tho Federal ma
chine has many ramifications..
A large number of our Southern
Congressional Districts, actuated by a
spirit of fslrness, and a generous In
clination to spread their honors
around, commit the error of retiring,
their representatives before they have j
time to develop. A man’s service in
any line Is valuable exactly In pro
portion to hit knowledge of his busi- [
ness. And It is the point of wisdom!
to hold sn to a good man when yon
find him. That our district appred-j
ates the services of Will Brantley and j
U .0 return him without oppoHtlon 8uty . fm . r yoa „ ag0 lkJD Dlcgo u who w „ ltuck 0B tb4 ^ „
I, to It, credit, and ■ compliment <o J Madrid, wu .hot.
him which Is truly merited. J Find one of th, executiooem. ' —
V. J. WILLIAMS.
The people of Manor were pleas
ed to hear of Dr. Johnson dismissing
quarantine on small pox at this place
and at the home of Mr. M. L. Al
dridge.
Miss Eva Odom returned Monday
from Blackshear where she is at
tending school, to visit her father,
Mr. J. M. Odom, of Manor.
J. K. Daniel made a flying visit ts
Homervllle Saturday on business.
On last Monday In some way Mr.
J.T. Lloyd accidentally dropped an axe
on hit hand inflicting a serious wound,
from which we hope he will soon re
cover.
Mr. R. E. James, of St. Augustine,
Fla., was on our streets Friday fil
ling his office as cross tie Inspector
for the Florida East Coast Railroad.
Mrs. E. P. Little left Friday for
Jacksonville where she will spend a
few weeks with relatives.
Miss Mamie Corbitt, of Glenmore,
is in town visiting Mrs. W. K. Booth.
A certain young man of this dis
trict has gone In the cotton seed
business on n large scale. He says
he don’t like his job much, but we
hope he will have good success.
Will close for the time, with three
cheers for the Herald. Dick.
will hive .0 opposition. The people one kerael oI com *“'• “ nd «
are well pleased with Mr. Brantley * bIe condition., produce a thousand
and hi. record. He h„ been a repre- k * rneI *’ or rou * h1 ’'' thr **- ,ourthB of
sentatlve of all the people of hi, dls- * Pound.
trlct, and every aeotlon ha. been “ th " thou “ Ild »« *>»»•«>
specially benelltted by hi. nntlrlng “ d •>">" "•“'U' P rol “ e > «>« , « ond
effort. In their behalf. We do not ,roaIa net 1.000.000 kernel.,
know of a single man In thla entire wUch wonld ““ount to about Unbimh
section but who would take peiaonal *'*■ The tblrd *“«» »ould see
Interest In Mr. Brantley', campaign J 0 ' 000 b “* b «l». *»« fourth 10,000.000
were he oppowd. and everybody la and tbe flfth 10.000.000.000. or about
gratliled that he will have no oppo.l- tmT tlmM *•>« “nual yield In the en-
tlon.—Clinch Oounty New..
tire United States, and four times
enough to plant the entire land area
A Lapland Birthday Present
A, soon aa n Lapp baby la born a
reindeer It presented to him. Thla
reindeer I* literally hta Hart In life,
for not only that deer, but all ita
young, and aa they grow up, all their
young deer, belongs to tbe child.
When be la of age be hat quite a herd
of hta own.
This custom la of much greater use
to him than If every annt, uncle and
cousin he had In the world presented
him with the heaviest .liver spoon to
be found.
Elliott F. Shepard, of New Tork,
does not secure the clemency of the
French government for killing a
French lad with his motor oar, and
three month! in Jail awaits him.
Still, there Is doubt that Mr. Shepard
will ever serve a day In prison. The
government may now forget to gather
him In, for he la out on ball. At any
rate it appears from this disclosure
that millionaire vtoateri of the law
stand a better chance of punishment
In France than In this country.— Ex-
change.
She
The Problem Solved.
any trouble
-F-
-"Do you have
keeping your servant?"
Ho—“ No* I'm married to her."—
Ally Slopcr.
Governor Curry Turns Up All
'Right After Being Lost 36 Hours
Washington, March 2«— An official wore killed. Gov. Curry anj other
dispatch from Governor Ide, which. Americans escaped by swimming the
was received at the War Department, river. Curry became separated from
states that Gov. George Curry, of 8a-1 the rest of the party and got lost in
mar, Is safe. There was an engage' the underbrush and remained lost for
moot between Putajanes and the con- 3* horns. According to Ide'a tele
atabulary In which It of the bandits | gram he was uninjured.
A Pretty Trench Girl Shot By
Waiter In lather’s Restaurant
Vices.
‘‘I suppose you prefer a rasbler who
von't drink or gambler
“Tea: and If possible we also like
o get one who won't steal.”
New York, March 2*.—Louis'. Fren- name of Vlctora, and la not expected
chlnl. a pretty French girl twenty one to live. After shooting the young la-
years of age, and who was employed
at her father's restaurant, at West
Twenty Third street, as cashier, waa
shot this morning by a former waller
at that place who la known by the
dy tbe man then shot himself In the
head, dying almost instantly. Vic-
tor's passion for tha girl and the fact
that she did not return affection for
him led to the tragedy.