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THE FIT L» LEADER.
Official Newspapon ■win County, Georgia,
Official Newspaper ity of Fitzgerald, Ga.
PUBLISHED EVK»Y THURSDAY BY
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weather report.
At Government Observation and Signal Sta¬
tion—Forcast of Weather Each A. M.
and Cover the Following 30 Hours.
tREPORTED EXPRESSLY YOU THE LEADED BY
D11. COB.l \
For the week ending Wednesday noon, De¬
cember 29, 1897:
ba*s. Temperature. Rain¬ Fro v’ 1
fall. wmi
12 M. Oi
Wednesday 49 CA nw
Thursday. 45 to 8-100 nw
Friday..... ■>:: CH ne
Saturday... ■u ** 119-100 ne
Sunday..... Monday.... 46 IV Oi CC nw nw
Tuesday... O nw
Wednesday nw
Total rain fall, 127-100 inohes.
Sun obscured by clouds 36 hours.
Night rains measured at 6 a. m. and credited
to that day. daylight minute of . Xmas, _
It rained every trom 33 all
and mercury did not vary 1 degree
heaviest and first general white went froston to 23 at the 7
morning of !26tli. Mereury
o’clock.
Christian Science.
da ij^Bchwfi lldKh and Sunday^ eveningse’ndMs and Df®
at 7:30, corner of Pine avenue extended all of what¬
A cordial invitation is to
ever creed or calling.
CITY AND COUNTY.
A man may shop from morn till night;
From now till New Year’s day. his wife,
But he can’t get a bargain like
Because he isn’tbuilt that way.
These frosty mornings make the aver¬
age “Yank” hustle around at a two-
minute clip. _____
All the hotels in the city *re having
a big run of business these days, and
the city is full of strangers.
Comrade Johnson received a back
pension last week to the amount of $500
and $8 per month hereafter.
Ex-Alderman Allen is now the land¬
lord at the Grand Central hotel. Will
will no doubt get his share of the trade.
That jolly hustler of all hustlers,
Major Wood, of Americus, was in the
city last Tuesday od business matters.
Christmas day opened up with
rain and until very near dark the
down pour was very heavy.
G. W. Smith left last Wednesday tor
Jacksonville and other points on husi¬
ness matters. He will return this week.
A fellow asked for a ticket to hades
at the station last week, The agent
gave him one to Atlanta, and he went
away satisfied.
Capt. C. C. Goodnow, of Fitzgerald
Post No. 17, has been appointed aid-de-
camp on the staff of the commander-in¬
chief of the G. A. R.
City Treasurer Fred Clark ate Christ¬
man dinner with his parents at Savan¬
nah, and reports the handsome city in
a flourishing condition.
If you want the official news of the
city and county, then you must sub¬
scribe for The Leader. It is the rec¬
ognized paper of the county.
A cement side walk is being laid in
Iront of the Phiilips brick block this
week. It will be 160 feet on Grant
street and 48 feet on Pine street.
All persons in the colony from either
North or South Dakota are requested to
call at the Enterprise office soon and
register as Dakotans. More to follow.
The colony company are making
many sales these days while the real
estate men report an increased number
of sales, far in excess of any other month.
The Leader still continues to get
letters from parties in the North in re¬
gard to their taxes. State and county
taxes are past due and a small penalty
is attached. __
Architect H. N. Jones, who is now
head contractor for the Armour pack¬
ing company, is at New Orleans,
where he has a big building to erect for
the company.__
The north and northwest have been
in the cold embrace of Jack Frost during
the past two weeks with the thermom¬
eter below z;ro. Brothers of the colony,
we pity you.
Dr. Dennard spent Christmas with
his parents, who reside on a big plan¬
tation near Rochelle. He reports an
excellent good time with plenty of juicy
possum with the turkey dinner.
Public installation of officers of Col¬
ony Post 14, Fitzgerald Post 17, G. A.
R„ and W. R. C. No. 2, Tuesday, Jan¬
uary 4. 1898, at 2 o’clock p. m. at G. A*
R. hall. The public cordially invited
to attend. _
The Lutheran church people (bought
two handsome lots on the corner of
Grant and Jessamine streets ^.nd will
build a new church. They wejre pur¬
chased through that hustling 11 rm of J.
A. Justice & Co.
Trade the simply past immense. two weeks Last in jthis Friday city
ha 9 been
Pine avenue was literally packed with
people and a bigger day’s trade was
never known in the history of the town.
Fitzgerald is the biggest little tDj|& in
“This weather is certainly beyond roy
expectations,” were the words of a neV
arrival from the North on Wednesday.
Mrs, B. F. Knapp has been appointed
national corresponding secretary of the
Ladies’ Circle, G. A. R. She will as¬
sume her duties after January 15.
Letters received from Mr. Fitzgerald
and Mr. Nesbitt speak very encourag¬
ingly lor the excursion next month, add
from present indications will bring
down a train load of people.
One of the heaviest frosts of the sea¬
son visited this section on Tuesday
morning and the ground was perfectly
white for a few hours. The sun came
out good and warm, and it was not lqng
until it disappeared.
After January 1st, our sister city,
Ocilla, will have three saloons. Their
license is $360 per year, or $100 m
quarter if paid quarterly. A move
is on foot to reduce the license here at
Fitzgerald to $500 instead of $800.
A new brick building is being erected
on the lot in the rear of Goodman’s
drug store, to be used, as we under¬
stand, by Dr. E. J. Dorminey as his of¬
fice. This will give the doctor a nice
location and a very handsome room.
A letter from Dr. John Spicer says
that he leaves for New York on January
1st, from his old home at Goldsboro, N.
C., where he will take a six week’s post
graduate course. The many friends of
the doctor wish him a speedy return.
Fred Markland was exhibiting a
small box of strawberries last Friday
that for size and beauty were the finest
of the season. They were sent North
to a friend, but no doubt were froze
hard before reaching their destination.
John Seanor received a letter from
B W. Fitch last Saturday dated at
Doctor Town, Ga., in which he states
they are meeting with good success in
hunting, but are not finding any big
game. He expects to reach Darien in
about a month’s time.
Mr. S. Fockler sold his residencl and
lots on the corner of Ocmulgeij and
Gordon streets, last Saturday to Mr.
James Radcliffe, of Dayton, O. who
will occupy same and make this city
his future home as soon as his family
arrives, which will be next wgek.
•‘A good newspaper cannot be made
without good advertisers. What is of
more general concern is the broad fact?
that a good town cannot be made these
days without a good newspaper. It
costs money to make a good town. It
costs money to make a good newspaper.
A $5 greenback appeared in the till
of a Newago (Mich.) bank-the other day
bearing the inscription: “Here she
goes—save your salary—don’t gamble
—never play faro hank—the last of a
fortune of $10,000.” There area num¬
ber of similarly inscribed in circulation.
One who claims to know, says to cure
a felon, saturate a bit of grated wild
turnip, the size of a bean, with spirits
of turpentine and apply to the affected
part. It relieves the pain at once and
in 12 hours or less there will be a hole
in the bone. Dress with sticking salve
and the finger is well.
Rev. J. M. Glenn, tho new pastor of
Trinity church, occupied his pulpit
Sunday morning and night, and
preached two excellent sermons. He is
warmly welcomed by the people of Trin¬
and the outlook is good for a suc¬
year’s work. His family is in
ThomasviUe, but will come here next
week.—Waycross Journal.
A Dakota editor says: Yesterday we
were again married. It will be remem¬
bered that both of our other wives
with the foreman of the office.
avoid any further inconvenience of
kind we have this time married a
who is a compositor, and will set
the type while we hustle for the ducks
who still owe us on subscription.
An able writer has said that an en¬
gine that stands on the track puffing
and blowing off steam all the day long
and which never turns a wheel, ought
to be hauled to the round-house for re¬
construction. A Christian who never
reaches out a hand to help a poor sin¬
ner to Calvary, but who wastes all his
strength in vociferous shout and song
wouldn t be missed on earth or wanted
in heaven.__
Farmers, Fitzgerald is the place for
bargains in boots and shoes, ready¬
made clothing, dress goods, groceries
and lumber. If there should be one of
your number who is not in the habit of
trading in this city, it will pay you to
call on our merchants and learn prices.
Our husiness men carry large stocks of
goods, and we feel positive in saying
you can save at from 15 to 25 per cent,
by trading in Fitzgerald. Try it for
once and be convinced.
An exchange uses the following
pointed and sensible remarks: “Young
man, when you jeer at a lady passing
along the street or haunt and startle
her with your glances, does it occur to
you that some other scoundrel might
insult your sister, your wife, or, in
coming years, your daughter, in the
*ame infamous manner? How would you
like that? Would you think it smart?
Would you regard It manly or an evi¬
dence of blood? If so, you ought to be
kicked from one end of the continent to
other and horse-wbipped back
The Way Girls Kiss.
WRITTEN BY A FlTZOERAT.D GIRL.
The Tifton girl bows her stately head,
And Axes her stylish dish-washing- Ups
In a firm hard way, and lets them go
In spasmodic little snips.
The Abbeville girl removeth her speos
And fresheth herfaoe with a smile!
As she sticks out her Ups like an open book,
And oheweth her gum meanwhile.
Thelrwlnvllle girl says nevera word,
And you’d think she was rather tame,
With her practical view of the matter in hand
But she gets there just the same.
The Valdosta girl, the pride of the world,
In her dinging and soulful way,
Absorbs it all with a yearnful yearn,
As big as a bale of hay.
The Sycamore girl gets a grip on herself,
As she carefully takes off her bat;
Then she grabs up the prize In a treasured
way.
Like a terrier shaking a rat.
I have sung the song of the girls who kiss,
And it sets one’s brain in a whirl,
But to reach the height of earthly bliss
You must kiss a Fitzgerald girl.
With your arm around her waist, herfaoe up¬
turned,
In a sweet confiding way,
You care not a cent for the whole wide world.
Though the mud through yoyr whiskers
play.
And close together your lips do draw,
Till they meet In a rapturous glow,
And the small boy hidden behind the fence
Cries, "Gallagher, let her go!”
L. B. Jones and Jl. Colwell, jr., of
Cordele, the first named president and
the last cashier, of one of toe strongest
banks in that enterprising city, were in
Fitzgerald, last Tuesday on business
matters pertaining to another bank for
our city. More particulars next week.
L. Shumway, the Pine street grocery-
man is greatly improving his store
building by having a new glass iront
erected. It will be after the pattern of
The Leader, and when Mr. Shumway
gives the building a new coat of paint
it will greatly improve the same.
A local newspaper is a photograph of
the town it represents, and is the only
evidence its foreign readers have of the
town’s prosperity. In order to make
the impression good every business firm
should be represented by a standing ad¬
vertisement, be it large or small.
Mrs. Amy Woodrey, Mrs. Anna
Swain, of McCune, Kas., Mrs. A. N.
Nevin, of McLouth, Kas., and Mrs. J.
B. Zook and daughter, Zola, and Gladys
Moore, Gibson City, Ill., all came in on
the excursion last week to spend a
month with Mr. Samuel Emmons and
family.
_
Ex-Alderman Fockler, who sold his
property on W; Ocmulfee street last
Saturday to Mr. Radcliffe, of Ohio,
purchased two fine lots on the corner of
Jackson and Central avenue last Tues¬
day, of the colony company, and will
immediately commence the erection of
a fine residence.
FitzgeijUd Post No. 17. G. A. R. have
made application for lots 21 and 22 east
of the big hotel to tbe colony company,
last Tuesday night for the erection of a
building to be used as a lodge room. All
orders are asked to go in with them
and in all probability will soon com¬
mence the erection of a brick building.
Comrade Johnson received a letter
from Major Withey dated at Sioux
Falls, S. D., in which he states that the
thermometer is hovering around 25 be-
below zero, and plenty of snow on the
grouni. He also says that his old com¬
plaint, rheumatism, is bothering him
again, and that he misses the sunny
South.
_
Editor II. D. Smith, of the Ashburn
Advance and Miss Cora Woodard were
joined in the holy bonds of wedlock last
Thursday at Cordele. A number of
“Yankee” girls in which Henry had
told his unbroken love, are in mounng,
but strong hopes of their recovery will
be looked for if this office is furnished
with a piece of wedding cake.
Capt. R. A. Majors, of Morrison, Ill.,
formerly a colony director, who re¬
signed last summer on account of his
business interest in the North, arrived
last Saturday to visit his wife and
daughter, who are building a handsome
home on W. Central ave. The captain
expects to return to the North on
Friday.
_
Columbus E. Freels, of Americus,
Ga., an old “vet,” who has resided in
tho South for twenty years, visited
Fitzgerald last Tuesday, and while
here purchased a beautiful 5-acre tract
and bargained for another. He will
move his family here and reside among
us. Tuesday night a special meeting of
Fitzgerald Post No. 17 was held and be
was given the royal coffee cooler degree.
It is expected that Mr. Fuller, who
was here a few weeks ago to open up a
plant for the manufacture of curry
combs, brooms, etc., will be here next
week to perfect arrangements. A meet¬
ing of the citizens will be called by the
mayor when he arrives to heab his prop¬
osition. Mr. Fuller also writes that he
will run in connection with his industry
a grist mill and ginnery.
John Seanor and bride arrived last
Sunday evening from Cleveland, O.,
and are at present stopping at the
boarding house of Mrs. Clark. After
January 15th they will be at home in
the residence of the late H. B. Lanning,
on E, Ocmulgee street. The Leader
takes pleasure in welcoming the worthy
couple to our city and trusts their
honeymoon will be everlasting.
The many friendB of Col. Geo.
um, of Macon, will bo glad to know
he has been appointed one of the com¬
missioners of the Omaha exposition
be held next year. Governor Atkinson
made a wise selection.
The Leader man will make his reg¬
ular monthly visit next Saturday to our
business men and others who are in
debt to us. We must have our money,
and trust each one will be prompt in
making his settlement.
Mrs. L. P. Thompson, who is a teach¬
er in the ThomasviUe high school, to¬
gether with her two little children, is
here spending the holidays with her
husband. When you meet L. P. and
discover that happy smile (so child-like
and bland) plying over his face, you will
then know the cause thereof.
Swift’s salocn, on the corner of Pine
avenue and Grant street, will move
from their present location this week to
the Allen building across the street
from the Dempsey hotel. We also un¬
derstand that Mr. Swift will move
his livery stable on the rear of the lots
.back of his saloon.
M. S. Wright sold his handsome fi¬
acre tract No. 916, north of town, to C.
C. Lobinger, of Pittsburg, Penn., last
Monday for $1,800. Mr. Wright’s place
was a beautiful one and well worth the
money. He is making arrangements to
build a handsome home in the city. Mr.
Lobinger is a wealthy man and will
make a good citizen for Irwin county.
Chief Jones and his policemen de¬
serve much credit for the good order
maintained on last Friday, when so
large a crowd was in town buying
Christmas presents and Xmas whiskey.
A few darkies got a little “chuck" and
and the hotel de Jones boarded them
for a day and Judge Fleming gave them
$5 and costs, or th’rty days on the
“gang.” They paid their mon.
All of our different churches had
Christmas trees and other amusements
for the little ones on Christmas Eve.
Old Santa Claus was in evidence in dif¬
ferent kinds of fur coats, in fact at one
church he wore a black bear skin and
at another a brown coat, but neverthe¬
less he was richly enjoyed by the little
folks. The presents distributed by the
churches made many a little heart glad.
Mr. C. S. Baldwin has accepted a po¬
sition with the New York Optical com¬
pany and will leave Feb. 1st for Flor¬
ida points, where he has been placed to
look after the interest of this wealthy
firm. Mrs. Baldwin will accompany
him on his trips, and his jewelry store
here will no doubt be closed until future
arrangements are made. The Leader
is sorry to see the worthy couple leave
Fitzgerald, but trusts their new busi¬
ness will be profitable and everlasting!
I -
Local news items are always in order
and are always welcomed by newspaper
•men; It is wrong to suppose that the
local page of a paper is filled (by the
personal observations of the news
gleaner merely. Many an item is vol¬
unteered or ;suggested by people who
are regarded as the best sort of friends
oUa newspaper. The time has long
passed when it was considered obtru¬
sive to tell the editor that you wife is
off on a visit, or your daughter is ill, or
that you are entertaining friends or
relatives from another town. There is
not an editor in the land who does not
consider such a manifestation of
thoughtfulness on the part of the citi¬
zen in the light of a favor. So please
act accordingly.
Mrs. L. F. Johnson had quite an ex¬
perience last Monday night while her
husband was at ledge. A rap was heard
at the door about 9 o’clock, and she sup¬
posing it was her husband returning
from lodge, opened the door and in
stepped a drunken white man. He sat
down in a chair and said he just came
for a little talk. Mrs. Johnson was
frightened pretty badly, but had pres¬
ence of mind enough to pick up a 38-
calibre revolver and told the fellow to
get out or she would shoot him. It
didn’t take him long to grasp the situ¬
ation, and it is said that a game of
checkers could have been played on his
coat-tail. Mrs. Johnson described him
as a short, heavy set man with gray
moustache who wore a dark suit of
clothes.
Mrs. Flora M. Davey, ofDulth, Minn.
National President of the Ladies of the
Grand Army of the Republic, arrived
in this city last Sunday morning. She
is on a tour of inspection of the local
organizations throughout the Southern
States. Her stay in Fitzgerald was in¬
deed a happy occasion, and while here
won a host of friends - During her so¬
journ in Fitzerald she was the honored
guest of the ladies of the local organi¬
zation. Monday afternoon, in company
with Mrs. B. B. Knapp and Mrs. Pieper,
a trap was called and drive over the
city and a number oi five-acre tracts,
Mrs. Davey expressing great surprise
at the rapid and substantial growth of
our truly wonderful city. Tuesday eve¬
ning Mrs. Davey was given a reception
at the palatial home of Prof, and Mrs.
F. W. Mtlntosh, ^ the reception -being
under th auspices of the local lodge.
The evening was happily spent in a
social way, a superb repast being serv¬
ed at 10 o’clock. It was indeed a happy
occasion, and will long be remembered
by those present. 'Mrs. Davey left
Wednesday morning for Texas via New
Orleans. I
The 19-year-old'son of C. E.
three miles northwest of town,
with what may terminate in a
accident, Thursday of last week.
young man was head sawyer in
mill, and while in the act of turning
log a 1x0 stick of timber struck the
the same striking the young man on
right side, causing a fracture that
prove fatal. At last accounts he
getting along as well as could be
pected under the circumstances.
A good town is one in which the
farmer spends hie money with the home
merchants, the laborers spend the
money they earn with their local trades¬
men; where'the feeling and good will of
every citizen is in sympathy with home
industries and where every article, that
can be, is bought of the local dealers or
manufacturers, This spirit of reci-
procity between business men and mer¬
chants, tradesmen and laborers, farm¬
ers and all makes business lively, the
town prosper and grow, and above all,
is a pleasant place in which to live.
The new city council have their first
meeting on January 3d. It is also hinted
that the bond election will be called off
as the school district will not be in need
of that amount of money, and what is
left after debts are paid goes into the
school fund, should go into a fund to¬
ward getting a deep well for the city.
This is a move in the right direction
and instead of issuing $9,000 in bonds it
should be $12,000, and give the city a
deep well of some ^importance. When
the well is finished then pay the man
his price, but don’t pay a red cent until
it is finished.
A Card from Rev. Blitz.
On the evening of the 22d inst. we
looked upon the city of Fitzgerald for
the first time, having come to this city
by appointment of the South Georgia
conference at its late session, to succeed
the Rev. J. M. Glenn in the pastorate
■of the M. E. church, south, at this
place. Upon our arrival we were met
by two oi our stewards and driven to
the parsonage, where we received a
most hearty welcome. A bountiful sup¬
per was provided, and quite a number
of our members and friends supped
with us. For all of these kindnesses
we. return our grateful thanks, and
hereby extend to the entire church,
city of Fitzgerald and The Leader,
our best wishes for a happy New Year
and prosperous future.
Very respectfully,
W. M. BLITCH, Pastor.
The Boyd hardware company stock
has been sold to a gentleman at Thojnas-
ville, Ga., who will be here the first of
the week. The Leader is happy to
state that no more goods will be sold at
receiver’s sale, for if it had kept up it
would have hurt the legitimate hard¬
ware business of (Aw city to such an e:t-
tent that it would have taken years to
recover and a bank full oi money to
keep above water. The same thing is
in all classes of trade, and their sh'otld
be a law compelling the receivers to sell
all stocks in a hunch and not to distrib¬
ute it out at less than cost. We under¬
stand the new owner is a practical hard¬
ware man, and The Leader takes
pleasure in welcoming him to our city.
Conventions are being called in the
interest of the farmer and to get the
cotton area decreased. One of the dif¬
ficulties of the former is want of market,
and it is a duty ol the business men to
look into this question of market. If a
Georgia farmer has syrup to sell, he
knows not where to sell it. His home
market is glutted with it. But here are
the great cities which know not the
sweetness and deliciousness of Georgia
syrup put up in new cvpress barrels and
would be willing purchasers. But the
individual farmer cannot manage this.
Here is a new line of action for our
business men. They can'.open markets
for our farmers and when this is done
then less cotton will be planted. No
Georgia farmer can ship sweet potatoes
by railway; the freight kills that in¬
dustry. The merchants of a town should
turn off none of the barter that comes
to them, but encourage home produc¬
tion; but to do this they will have to be
those who must find the markets and
not the individual farmer.
The city (Wednesday) council met in special session
last night for tho transac¬ has
tion of some routine business that
been laid over from time to time. It
was also expected that the different city
officers would have their annual reports
to submit, but owing to the treasurer
being in Savannah, the matter was de¬
ferred until Friday night. The com¬
mittee appointed to settle with the col¬
ony company reported everything the col¬ sat¬
isfactorily arranged, and that
ony company had been given their tax
receipts for the year 1897, which
amounted to $5,200, $185 paid in cash for
extension of school furniture debt and
two city warrants for $600 each to settle
all claims held by the colony company
against deeded'to the city. the The city colony 210 company city lots
in turn
and two 10-acre tracts, (2 5’s doubled up)
close to the the city to be handsome used for park school pur¬
poses, and two
houses. A number of old bills were al¬
lowed and two new ordinances ordered
printed. Considerable discussion came
up on the bill of Mr. Nelson for taking
care of John (1. Maher, who has been on
the care of the city since September,
On motion of Alderman Miller, the bill
of Mr. Nelson for taking care and board¬
ing him for forty-Bix days at $1 per day
was ordered paid, and also that he be
sent to Washington. Maher carries
two discharges from the regular army.
On motion the board adjourned to meet
Friday evening at 7 o’clock.
H.B. CARTER ARRESTED
For Burning Depot and Goods
At Brentwood, Georgia.
RESIDENT OF FITZGERALD
When the Big;Fire ora Year Ago Started
in His Store That Burned Nearly All
the Business Part of the Town—
His Arrest Created Con
siderable Excitement.
The arrest of H. B. Carter, the prom¬
inent merchant of Brookville, Fla.,
who was arrested and landed in At¬
lanta’s jail by Detective Connally last
Saturday night, created some excite¬
ment in this city when it was known
that Carter was the same man who
lived in Fitzgerald a year ago, and
whose store burned up the town last
December.
Last August Carter was in business
at Brentwood, Ga., a little town fifteen
miles north of Jesup. His father-in-
law was agent for the railroad at the
same place. Carter’s establishment was
rather large for a country town. He
handled general merchandise, buying
most of his goods from Atlanta and
Macon.
The road did not regard Brentwood
of sufficient importance to erect a depot,
and an old box car was made to serve
the purpose on a side track. Last Au¬
gust Carter ordered an unusually large
hill of goods from Atlanta, trading
mostly with John B. Daniel, Coleman,
Burden & Warthea, Stovall, Callaway
&Co., Stovall Bros, and Waxelbaum &
Sims, of Macon. According to Carter’s
figures the shipment amounted to about
$3,300 worth of goods.
On Saturday night, August 28, this
freight car depot was burned to the
ground under mysterious circumstances.
The people of the vicinity made an ef¬
fort to locate the source of the fire, but
without success. Carter claimed he
had lost his goods in the fire, and later
filed suit against the Southern road for
the above amount.
When this suit was filed the road
suspected fraud. Likewise the various
firms who had sold Carter the goods.
On conseDtof the roads and the mer¬
chants. J. W. Connally, the detective
who succeeded in collecting sufficient
evidence to convict the Bohannon gang
at Dalton, was employed on the case,
and he went at once to Brentwood. Af¬
ter making careful observation of the
surroundings he was satisfied Carter
had removed his goods from the car and
then set it on fire.
According to the detective, further
investigation developed the fact, he
charges, that Carter and Moody hauled
the goods from the car a night or two
before the fire, and hiding them in some
lonely spot, had afterwards set fire to
the car themselves. Recently these
goods were hauled, it is said, forty
miles through the country and shipped
to Carter at Brookville, Fla.
The railroad refused to pay Carter’s
claim on the ground that they had his
receipt for the delivery of the goods,
and that they were in the freight car at
his risk.
This the authorities say, kept Carter
from suspecting that they were about to
fasten the crime about him, and De¬
tective Connally had a clear field for his
work.
The detective secured a small pile of
the ashes from the burned car and
shipped them to Atlanta for examina¬
tion. By the careful application of
chemicals and the running of the ashes
through a screen, it was found that
there were no shoe nails or other evi¬
dences of goods in the car, or the ashes
would have been of a more composite
substance, say the experts.
But Connally realized this was not
sufficient evidence to convict. He there¬
fore followed Carter to Brookville, Fla.
last September, where the latter was.
engaged in the turpentine business, and
seemed to have captured the com¬
munity.
Connally soon became acquainted
with Carter, and was not long in estab-
lishihg himself as one of his best friends
This unique friendship resulted in the
employment of Connally as a clerk in
Carter’s store.
Last week the store wa3 ready for the
goods. It was not long before goods
began to arrive in large quantities.
Connally velopments. kept his by eyes skinned for de¬
and examining the orig¬
inal inventories of the goods alleged to
have been burned in the Brentwood car,
he says, was not surprised to find they
corresponded exactly to the daily ship¬
ments that Carter was receiving from
some point in Georgia—doubtless the
hiding Connally place. continued
with closed his checking
game mouth until, he
claims, he positively indentified $2,000
worth of the goods that had been
claimed shipped Carter have at Brentwood and were
to been burned. Carter
and Moody have made affidavits, it is
said, that these goods were in the car
when it was burned.
Connally deemed this sufficient proof
of Carter’s guilt, and greatly surprised
his employer last Friday morning by
placing him under The arrest on the charge
of car robbery. balance of the
goods were traced to the store oi Car¬
ter’s nephew in San Antonio, Pasco
county. Herrington, who
was also arrested,
suspected of having a hand in the game,
is a nephew of Moody, Carter’s father-
in-law.
Carter says he is a married man and
the father of one child. Herrington,
who is a fair-haired, blue-eyed youth,
is unmarried.
The prisoners say they believe they
can explain everything and that nego¬
In tiations meantime, are pending for a settlement.
the they are in Fulton
county’s jail.