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The Danielsville Monitor.
VOL. XXIV.
CUT DEADLY SWATH
A Terrific Cyclone Swoops
Down Upon Meridian,
TWENTY-FOUR ARE DEAD
Many Large Buildings in Center of
City Demolished— Work of Rescue
and Rebuilding Quickly Put
Under Way.
The revised list of dead and Injured
as the result of the tornado which
swept through Meridian, Miss., shows
a total of twenty-four dead and forty
six injured, a number of whom are
not expected to live. No additional
deaths had been reported since Sat
urday night
The property loss has been semi
officially reported at $1,250,000, the es
timated destruction of residences
atone being placed at $500,000, prac
tically all In the Lindsey Hill section
of the east end and Georgetown. Of
the sufferers from the tornado, only
five carried tornado insurance, amoun
ting to $67,000.
Seven companies of state militia
are still on guard and enforcing work
by idle negroes, one hundred being
put to work removing the debris.
Work of relief was continued all
•lay Saturday, and hundreds of me
chanics are ready to begin the work
of rebuilding.
Authentic reports received from
Macon, Marion and Meehan Junction,
nil of which were reported destroyed,
state that there were no fatalities at
either place. Meehan Junction es
caped entirely, the destruction of the
commissary being traceable to other
causes.
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No fatalities occurred other than
those in and around Meridian.
The general relief committee de
cided to accept the voluntary contri
butions from other points, but stated
positively Meridian was not seeking
outside aid.
Many sensational reports were sent
cut of an appalling loss of life, due
probably to the chaotic condition of
affairs immediately following the vis
itation of the storm, but after a care
ful canvass of the situation, the fore
going figures appear to be complete.
A mass meeting of citizens of Me
ridian was called Saturday, and SB,-
000 was immediately subscribed to aid
the destitute and injured. The Mis
sissippi legislature, in session at
■Jackson, appropriated $5,000 to the re
lief fund.
Governor Vardaman at noon secur
ed a special train, and loading it
with convicts from the Rankin coun
ty farm, dispatched it at once to Me
ridian. The city now enjoys the
unique spectacle of state convicts
aiding in the rescue work.
The tornado which played such
frightful havoc appeared in the south
west at 6:27 o’clock Friday evening.
A low, funnel-shaped cloud was seen
to fcim near the city. A heavy
downpour of rain had been falling
when suddenly the humidity became
intense. With a roar that could be
heard a great distance the storm ap
proached from the southwest and de
scended upon the city.
First Reports Exaggerated.
Details of the cyclone as first sent
out were as follows:
Information reached Mobile, Ala.,
Saturday morning at two o’clock
by telephone, all telegraph
wires being down, that a destructive
tornado visited Meridian, Miss., at
<1:30 o’clock Friday evening, killing
twenty-one white persons and over a
hundred colored people and damaging
property to the extent of $1,600,000.
Two large wholesale stores, several
smaller ones, parts of the principal
hotel, the electric lighting plant and
all the small property between the
Mobile and Ohio railroad and the busi
ness part of the city were badly dam
aged.
Twenty men were caught in one res
taurant and several were killed. Two
Btorles of the Young Men’s Christian
Association building were wrecked
und other buildings suffered In tSe
upper stories.
FATALITIES OF MOUNTAIN FWft
Old Trouble Breaks Out Afresh and
Three Men Will Die.
The Johnson-Motley feud in Can
non county, Tennessee, broke out
afresh Saturday night and as a result
the following are fatally wounded :
Sam Blair, shot four times in the
stomach; Bob Motley, shot twice 1
groin; Richard Johnson, throat cut
The trouble between the Motleys
and the Johnsons, two large families
of the Pea Ridge neighborhood near
the Dekalb county line, originated ten
years ago over the operation of an
illicit distillery, when blood was shed,
and has broken out since.
HIS WHISKERS "BOTTLED."
Man Loses Fine Growth of Beard
Through Treacherous Maohlne.
Ike Stinson of Dublin, Ga., lost a
very fine growth of beard by getting
some of it caught In some machinery
at the plant of the local bottling works.
All of his beard under his chin was
torn out by the roots, making a clean
sweep of the hairs on that portion of
his neck.
DEATH CLAIMS A CAVALIER.
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Major Livingston Mims Passes Away
at His Home In Atlanta*
Hon. Livingston Mims, mayor of At
lanta In 1901 and 1902, president of
the Capital City Club for twenty years,
manager of the Atlanta offices of the
New York Life Insurance company,
gallant Confederate veteran, princely
host at his palatial home on many
memorable occasions, eloquent racon
teur and famous after-dinner orator,
and one of the moost widely known
men in the south, died Monday morn
ing of diabetes at his home on the
corner of Peachtree street and Pjonco
de Leon avenue after an illness of
several days.
Notwithstanding his open-handed
generosity and princely hospitality,
Major Mims left a handsome property,
consisting of his home on Peachtree
street, a block of brick stores on
Peachtree, several dwellings, and a
goodly amount of life insurance. It is
estimated that his estate will not be
less than $150,000.
Major Mims was born in South Car
olina, and came of a distinguished
family with a gallant record in tho
war of the revolution. When a very
young man, he was fired with ambi
tion to go further west, and knowing
of the intellectual giants who at that
time controlled the destinies of Mis
sissippi, he determined to make his
home in that state. He removed to
Jackson, the capital of the state, was
admitted to the bar, and acquired a
large plantation near Jackson, which
became famous for the magnificence
and hospitality of its social gatherings.
He entered politics as a friend and
follower of Jefferson Davis, and soon
occupied a seat in the state senate
where he won the reputation of being
one of the most fluent speakers and
alert debaters of that body. He also
served a term as clerk of the supreme
court of that state.
At the first sound of the war tocsin,
Major Mims donnod his suit of Con
federate gray and offered his services
to bis adopted state.
After the war Major Mims found his
property swept away, but with his ac
customed determination, he buckled on
the garments of peace and started out
anew. Accompanied by General John
ston, he went to Savannah, Ga., and
together they opened an insurance
business under the firm name of Jo
seph E. Johnston & Cos. Attracted by
the growth of Atlanta Major Mims de
termined to cast his lot with the young
city, and removed to Atlanta in the
beginning of the seventies. General
Johnston returned to his old home in
Virginia, where he became a member
of congress and served as commis
sioner of railroads during the first ad
ministration of President Cleveland.
GENERAL DUVALL ASSIGNED.
To Command Department of Gulf
With Headquarters in Atlanta.
Formal announcement is made at
the war department In Washington of
the assignment of Brigadier General
P. Duvall to the command of the de
partment of the gulf with headquar
ters at Atlanta.
General Duvall, who has a splendid
record In the artillery corps, in which
he served many years, is one of the
most popular officers of the army.
LOUISIANA WINS CONTEST.
Boundary Case Lost by Mississippi Be
fore High Court.
The supreme court of the United
States Monday decided the case of
Louisiana vs. Mississippi, involving
the water boundary line between the
states, in favor of Louisiana. As
controversy was between two states,
the case originated in the supreme
court. The dispute involved the pe
ninsula and adjacent islands.
ENGINE CREW MEET DEATH.
Locomotive Turned Over and Three
Men Were Caught Under It.
Three men were burned to death in
a wreck on the Baltimore and Ohio
short line at Smithlleld, W. Va., Mon
day morning. A freight engine turned
over and the engineer, fireman anl
brakeman were buried under the en
gine. They were literally roasted by
escaping steam.
PRESIDENT HIGHLY ELATED.
Greatly Pleased at Turn Take* by the
Hepburn Rate Bill.
President Roosevelt is said to be
In excellent spirits over the favorable
report of the Hepburn railroad rate
bill by the senate committee on Inter
state commerce.
"The president is delighted,’’ is the
way Representative Hepburn, the
author of the measure puts it.
“The president is greatly pleased,”
said Senator Dolliver, a member of
the senate committee, after his con
ference with President Roosevelt.
LONGWORTH HONEYMOON ENDS.
Bride and Groom Land at Tampa and
Proceed to Washingtn.
Mr. and Mrs. Nicholas Longworth
arrived in Tampa Friday afternoon.
Mrs. Longworth said every moment of
their stay in Cuba had been made
pleasant by entertainments offered
them by the Cuban officials and others.
They left at 8:40 p. m. on the regular
Atlantic Coast Line train for Washing
ton.
For* Our* Town, Our* County and Our* State.
GEORGIA BRIEFS
Road la Not for Sale.
Colonel J. Pt Williams of Savannah,
president of the Georgia, Florida and
Alabama railway, denies that the road
is for sale. Several days ago a re
port was published that the property
was on the market.
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None But White Democrats.
The democratic executive commit
tee of the county of Butts met lh
Jackson a few days ago and fixed the
10th of May as the date of the primary
election for the county officers and
representatives. They adopted a res
olution which read as follows: "That
none but registered white democrats
be allowed to vote in the primary."
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To Test Money Lending AeL
Asa test of the new money lend
ihg act an Atlanta money lending
firm has employed counsel, and will
see whether the act of 1904 is con
stitutional. The constitution pro
vides that all laws shall be uniform
in their operation and shall not dis
criminuate against any individual or
sat of individuals. The law will be
argued in the supreme court shortly.
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New Guests for Atlanta Pen.
It is stated that at an early dale
about 200 additional prisoners will be
brought to Atlanta from various
points and placed in the federal pri
on. This will make the total number
of prisoners housed there about 700
and greatly assist in the building ol
the new cell block. When this new
cell block has been completed the
federal prison will have a capacity of
2,400 prisoners.
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Wanted for Stealing Watermelons.
Governor Terrell issued a rather
unusual requisition a few days ago.
He called upon the governor of Ten
nessee to turn over to the Georgia
authorities a white man who is want
ed in Walker county for stealing six
watermelons. After making way with
the six watermelons, the culprit es
caped across the Georgia line and has
finally been located In Tennessee,
from where he will be brought back
if the governor of Tennessee will give
him up.
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A New Railroad Chartered.
A charter has been issued to the
Sparks Railway and Construction
company by Secretary of State Philip
Cook. This company has been or
ganized with a capital stock of $150,-
000, for the purpose of building a rail
road from some point on the Georgia
Southern and Florida between Lenox
and Adel, in Berrien county, west
ward to some point on the line of the
Atlantic and Birmingham at Moultrie
or between Moultrie and Norman
Park, a distance of about twenty-five
miles.
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Life Company for South.
The Southern State Life Insurance
company, a big old-line organization,
with prominent Atlantans at the hetid,
will begin business in the Gate City
about April 1.
This announcement will be received
with the liveliest interest all over the
south, for the south will be the pe
culiar territory of the new company.
The capital stock of the company will
be SIOO,OOO with a $50,000 surplus.
Capital and surplus are all paid up,
and will probably be doubled in the
next two months.
Pension Money Loaned the State.
In order that his comrades and the
families of deceased veterans who
fought for the south during the war
between the states may receive their
unpaid pensions which are included in
the deficit over the fund appropriated
by the last legislature without wait
ing until that body can authorize an
additional appropriation, a former
confederate soldier and a prominent
Georgian has offered to lend to the
state of Georgia whatever funds may
be necessary to pay off all claims
The money will be loaned without
Interest.
The offer is made upon one condi
tion, however, and that is that the
name of the party who agrees to con
tribute the funds will not be divulged.
The offer was made to Governor Ter
rell by letter, and he promptly ac
cepted it on behalf of the state, and
has written the benefactor of the vet
erans to this effect. Under the terms
of the loan, Governor Terrell is not
at liberty to make known the name
of the party.
The deficit in the pension appropri
ation is about $17,000 and affects prin
cipally the pensioners in Newton and
Clarke counties.
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Alleged Cracksmen Jailed.
Dynamite cartridges, dynamite
fuses, nitro-glycerine and four big
bulldog pistols were discovered in a
grip at the Cannon house in Atlanta
a few days ago. As the grip had
been found in a room which had been
occupied by a.gang of supposed ho
boes, who had been arrested and sent
to the stockade, the officers at once
concluded that the gang were bur
glars and safe blowers.
There are nine members of the
gang, and they .were sentenced to 30
days in the stockade, and bound over
for vagrancy in the recorder’s court.
When the grip with Its deadly ex
plosives and arsenal was found, the
DANIELSVILLK. GA„ FRIDAY. MARCH 0. 1906.
police decided that the best and saf
est place for men who had such au
outfit was the tower. Accordingly,
the nine men were taken from the
stockade and placed in the tower.
For some weeks past the police have
received information of burglaries
and safe blowing in the small towns
near Atlanta.
Janies M. McMichael, night mar
shal of Forsyth, accompanied by 1). G.
Hunt, of the same place, arrived in
Atlanta shortiy after the incarcera
tion of the prisoners, and, going. to
the tower, took a look at them. Mc-
MJchael identifies a pistol seized with
the other plunder as one that was
taken from him recently when he was
bound and gagged and a bank In For
syth robbed. Hunt Identified one of
tho men as one who had been in his
store the day before was
committed.
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Geergla Boys’ Com and Cotton
Contest.
Boys or girls desiring to enter the
corn and cotton contest for prizes
this year may obtain the conditions
from the proper official In their own
county. The contestants In the vari
ous counties must submit their speci
mens of corn and cottoh to Judges
to be named by the
each county offering its own prizes
to stimulate Interest in its Immediate
territory.
The judges at the respective county
seats are to award the local prizes,
and their winners will then compete
for tho grand prizes offered by the
State 'Fair Association, the exhibit
of which will be held in Atlanta next
fall. These state fair prizes are as
follows:
Corn. Cotton.
First prize $75 $75
Second prize 60 50
Third prize 2o 25
Four prizes at 10 10
Five prizes at 6 6
Nor does this complete the large
and attractive array of premiums.
In order to encourage the counties
to secure as large a number of en
tries for tho county contest and for
the state fair as possible, two prizes
are offered for the greatest number
of entries of corn and cotton from
the individual county: first prize $5O,
second prize $25. In addition there
will be a $1 prize to the best exhibit
of either corn or cotton from counties
not receiving one of the large twenty
four prizes.
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Idle Cotton Mills Sold.
Under a foreclosure of the mort
gage held by the United States Mort
gage and Trust company, the Atlanta
Cotton mills, which have been shut
down for over a year, were bought in
by the bondholders of the company
at a recent sale conducted by the re
ceiver.
The price paid for the property was
$10,500, and was made by the trus
tees for the bondholders.
The plans of tho bondholders who
have secured the property are not
known, and it has not been learned
whether the mills will be put In opera
tion soon or not.
To Investigate Killing of Convict.
Warden Jake Moore of the state
penitentiary went to Macon under in
structions from the prison commie
sion to investigate the recent killing
of the convict, Wlade Berry, who was
sliot by G. W. Oxley, one of the
guards.
The coroner’s verdict was one of
justifiable homicide, witnesses testi
fying that Berry was making an at
tack upon Oxley with a piece of coal
or rock at the time the fatal shots
were fired.
The prison commission Is determin
ed, however, to get at tho bottom of
the affair. Berry was one of the short
term felony convicts furnished to Bibb
county by the state under the new
penitentiary law, which provides that
any county may take its quota of con
victs in lieu of a share of the re
ceipts from convict hire for educa
tional purposes.
These felony convicts, though work
ed by the sountles, are still under the
exclusive jurisdiction of the prison
commission, and it must, therefore,
look into this matter.
FINS FACE HORRIBLE DEATH.
Eight Hundred Fishermen and Their
Families Afloat on Ice.
A dispatch from Helsingfors,
Finland, says: It is feared that 800
fishermen, with their families, who
aro afloat on the Ice in the gulf of
Finland, are doomed to perish. A
fortnight ago about 1,000 persons, whb
had with them their horses, were
fishing off the east land, when the
ice parted, and was driven by a storm
Into the Baltic Sea. I-Ater the ice split,
tho wind changed to east, and Sat
urday a block on which there were
200 persons, came ashore at Frederlk
shald. The fate of the others Is un
known.
PRIZE FIGHT EN©B FATALLY.
Death Comes to Tenny at .Result of
a Knockout Blow.
Harry Tenny, who was knocked out
Wednesday night by Frankie Neil, the
bantamweight champion, died In San
Francisco Thursday.
Orders were gfVen at police head
quarters to arrest all ooncerned. Nell
soon surrendered himself, as also did
James Coffroth, Eddie OTaney, Willis
Britt, Morris Levy and Mark Shaugh
nessy. All were charged with man
slaughter. They were released on de
positing SSOO oash balL
THE MANY WITHAM BANKS.
Most Practical and Successful Bank
ing System in the World.
This country, progressive und brig
iiltll as it is. has not furnished a busi
ness development morn successful and
interesting or of greater practical val
ue to the people and territory affected
than the Witham system of banks, em
bracing a system of seventy institu
tions, each separate and distinct, and
yet. a part of the whole, scattered
throughout the state of Georgia with a
central home in Atlanta.
Mr. Witham and his scores df asso
ciates and assistants have demonstrat
ed that the banking Held is as sue
ceptible to the influences of new ideas,
advanced methods and practical im
provements as those of railroading,
manufacturing, commerce or any other
branch of modern business.
About seventeen years ago the first
Witham bank was organised at Jack
son, Ga., w'ith a capital of $25,000.
At the end of the third year the
combined capital of the Witham banks
was $75,000 —now the combined capital
of the With am banks amounts to $1 ,-
272,800, with a surplus of over $500,-
000, which is over 14 per cent of the
entire Capital employed by the state
banks in Gedrgfii at the beginning of
the year 1905.
The deposits in the Witham banks
also amount to one-eighth of tho entire
department in state bnnks in Georgia.
In addition to the siirpitls accumu
lated, the dividends to stockholders
will average 20 per cent per annum,
thus showing that, the stockholders
have, on the average doubled their in
vestment every five years.
The Allahta office of the Witham
bnnks, which is headquarters, handles
over $5,000,000 per annum, and is con
ducted by W. S. Witham, president
and financial agent, and a large corps
of ablo and experienced assistants.
Tlie Witham banks are not a chain
of banks, as each one has its own
capital stock, surplus, stockholders,
and boat'd of directors; they have no
connection one with tho other. Many
attempts have been made in the Unit
ed States to conduct a system of
blanch banks or chain of banks, and
community of interest banks, but.
they ail failed of their purpose and
r>cw are following the Witham plan,
which is remarkable for its wonderful
success and safeguards. This plan has
been adopted by others; two In the
west and one in Pennsylvania, and
have proved very successful.
A unique and Interesting feature of
tlie Withnm banks is. the depositors
guarantee fund, which insures the de
positors against loss. There are no
other banks in the world that offer
this protection. There is a bill pend
ing in the present congress for the
adoption of this plan to secure na
tional banks.
This is not only a great, compliment
to Mr. Witbam's genius as a practi
cal financier, but. the highest, possible
indorsement of his methods of money
handling
In addition to this, the Witham
banks have created the casli emerg
ency fund of $200,000, and this, to
getber with their financial backing,
gives each bank a direct foreign back
ing of over $750,000, although the indi
vidual capital of tho hanks, in many
instances, does not. exceed $25,000.
The Witham banks have a corps of
traveling auditors, who examine care
fully and audit each bank two or
three times each year. They also
have a mutual law department to
which the legal questions are referred.
The Witham banks have been of in
calculable benefit to the rural districts
of Georgia and have accomplished
more in the way of substantial and
permanent improvements than any
other agency with ten times the
amount of capital they employ. They
have created means for the concentra
tion and economical handling of scat
tered funds. Opportunities for profit
able investment have encouraged de
velopment and improvement and have
placed the country towns and com
munities on the same basis as the pop
ulous cities for marshaling their cap
ital and developing their resources.
They have assisted in erecting
school houses, putting in water works
and electric llgl+s, have encouraged
in/migration, agriculture and have on
couraged the building of brick stores
Instead of wooden shacks; thus in
creasing the valuation of town prop
erty, increasing the population, build
ing cotton warehouses, enabling the
farmers to hold their cotton for better
prices and many other enterprises of
profit and convenience.
In many instances six months after
a Witham bank is organized in a small
town the property increases In value
over 50 per cent. —Atlanta Constltu
tion.
PREBIDENT CANNOT ATTEND.
Forestalls Invitation of Atlanta Whee
ler Memorial Committee.
Colonel Livingston and Senator
Clay went to the white house Friday
and presented to the president the
memorial of the Wheeler Memorial
committee relative to the proposed vis
it of a delegation to extend to Pres
ident Roosevelt an invitation to be
present.
The president told the Georgians
that it would be absolutely impossible
for Kim to leave Washington to ab
tend the reunion and memorial exer
cises and discountenanced tho sugges
tion of sending a delegation to extend
the formal invitation.
SEABOARD
AIR LINE RAILWAY.
BETWEEN NEW YORK, WASHINGTON, RICHMOND, PORTSMOUTH
AND ATLANTA.
Schadul* in Effect January 8, 1905.
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AN EDITOR’S APPEAL
To Brother Publishers In Behalf of
a Lost Six-Year Old Boy.
If tho editor of every paper In the
central west will republish these lines
thero is no question but what Dr. R.
L. Byers of Seeloyville, Ind., will re
cover his little son who was stolen
fiom ills homo ono year ago last May.
Dr. Byors Mas spent his entire re
sources in search for his child and
unless the big hoarted members of
the press come to his assistance his
son will probably grow up an outlaw
and an outcast. It Is believed that if
this article is reprinted in the news
papers it will uncover tho lost boy’s
concealment and return him to his
distracted parents. In doing this tho
profession of Journalism will be fulfill
ing one of its highest destinies.
There is a reward of SSOO awaiting
any information that will lead to the
boy’s recovery. No questions will be
asked and if the abductor himself
would deliver the boy to his parents
he would not bo molested. Tho be
reaved parents are heartbroken with
grief end want only their child.
This appeal was projected originally
by a publisher who saw Dr. Byers only
once, has no personal interest In ills
quest other than the bond of sym
pathy that makes the world akin, and
is inspired from the belief that the
lost boy can only be found through
tho united effort of the country press
of which he Is proud to be a member.
Following is a description of the
boy:
Richmond Byers, If alive, was C
years old last: July, is of light complex
ion, has gray eyes, left eye noticihly
crossed, has a small V shaped nick in
the edge of the left ear, has a sharp
chin and a narrow, projecting fore
head. He is rather small for his age,
nnd is unusually bright and Intelligent,
talking after the manner of a hoy
much older.
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BEABOARD OFFICE BURNED.
Headquarters of Road at Portsmouth
Wiped Out by Fire.
The general office building or til#
Seaboard Air Line railway in Ports
mouth, Va., was entirely destroyed, ex
cept the walls, by a fire, which started
at 8:30 o'clock Sunday morning and
while the monetary loss was only ap
proximated at $25,000, there were
many valuable records and official par
pers of the road destroyed. The build
ing cost about $50,000, and the loss
Is estimated at one-half that amount,
the walls being apparently Intact.
MANY INJURED IN THIS WRECK.
Four Deaths May Result from Acci
dent on Branch of Southern.
A passenger train on the Asliboro
division of the Southern railway was
wrecked near High Point, N. C., Mon
day, two coaches and a box car being
hurled down a steep embankment..
About a score of persons were hurt.
Conductor Burns, Captain Might ot
Greensboro, E. I. Rudd of Winston and
Mail Clerk Frazier received the worst
Injuries. Later reports Indicate that
tlioir death is not unexpected.
NO. 40
WOMAN TELLB OF WHOLE PLOT.
Mrs. Aiken Created Burprle In Court
When Called to Testify.
The preliminary trial of Mell Ad
kins, Alex Adkins nnd Mrs. Benja
min Afkon, nil charged with complic
ity in a plot to kill Benjamin Aiken,
on the night of February 10, was held
in Washington, Ga., Thursday morn
ing before Judge Hardeman of the city
court. A dozen witnesses testified
that Mell and Alex Adkins had been
soon on tho afternoon of February JO.
going in tho direction of Aikon’B
home. They were In a top buggy,
with all curtains down, although there
were no signs of disagreeable weather.
One witness testified that Mell Adkins
had been seen to go to Alex Adkins’
homo on tho same afternoon that Aik
en was seriously shot from ambush,
secure two shot guns, which were
wrapped in an overcoat, and drive off
In a closed buggy.
M,rs. Aiken, wife of the man who
was shot, was the last to testify, and
created a sensation In laying bare th*
whole plot, which, she said, was in
stigated by Mel) Adkins to kill her
husband. Bhe said that Mell Adkins
threatened to kill her In the event
that sho said anything to her husband
or any one else about designs he had
upon Aiken.
Judge Hardeman bound the two Ad
kins' over under SI,OOO ball each. They
wore returned to iall !r default of
bond.
MoCALL LEFT "PUNY” ESTATE.
Probate of Will Show* Valuo to Bo
“Over $20,000."
The will of the late John A. Mc-
Call, who was for many year* pres
ident of the Now York Life Insurance
company, was filed for probate In New
York Friday. According to the peti
tion for the probate, the estate Is
valued at "over $20,000." It Is left
entirely to his wife, who Is the sole
executrix.
FOR IMMENSE MARBLE QUARRY
Papers of Incorporation Are Filed
With Alabama State Secretary.
Papers of Incorporation of an Im
mense marble quarry In Talladega,
Ala., were filed Tuesday In the office
of the secretary of state at Montgom
ery. The company Is capitalized at
$300,000, and will mine marble on aJS
extensive scale In Talladega. The
Incorporators are H. M. Atkinson, T.
S. Arkwright, H. £l. Cumnane and O.
Morettl. , ,
WAS STILL HOLDING REINS. <
Bodies of Missing Boy and Mule Found
In River.
The body of Mosc Bailey of Pooler
together with that of a mule for which
the boy had been sent were found In
the Ogeechee river near Meldrlm,
Ga., Saturday night. The boy was
holding on to the reins, and still had
his foot in the stirrup. He had been
dead several days. Sixteen days ago,
the hoy had been sent Into Bryan coun
ty for the mule. A search and an in
quiry were Instituted, which resulted
In finding the body. It is supposed
that the boy rode the mule off the
bridge In the dark.