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THE FIT L» LEADER. Official Newspapon ■win County, Georgia, Official Newspaper ity of Fitzgerald, Ga. PUBLISHED EVK»Y THURSDAY BY B.F. J.G. KNAPP, KNAPP, \ l R Kmrl ] IRS and PUBLISHERS. Subscription Kates:— tone oopy, one year 11.50; Terms— Six Invariably months, 75c; ’Three months, 50o. In ad vanep. Job and advertising rates made known on application. Your patronage solicited. 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.