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997,000 ADDITIONAL FUNDS TO
AID FARMERS OF GEORGIA
Waslhlngton, NoV. 28.—Additional
advances of $97,000 to finance agri
culture in Georgia are announced by
the war finance corporation. Names
of the financial institutions obtaining
the loans are withheld under the gen
eral policy of the corporation, but the
total of loans approved is announced
periodically.
IA number of Georgia applications
nro now pending before the finance
corporation. During the week ending
November 19 the corporation approv
ed 27 Georgia applications, totaling
$6.71,000.
If you want to go to Florida and
lake a chance at making some big
money this next year, see J. L,. Sib
ley.
i Bin it ME tin
IBUWTINSIH
115,104 Sold and Not One Re
turned, is the* Remarkable
Record for Collier’s Caps
tone, For the Last Four
Months.
DARK SPOT IN IRWINTON IS
QUICKLY PASSED BY NEGROES
Dense Shade of Tree Where
Tames Sheffield Was Slain
33 Years Ago Excellent
Spot for Boogers’.
A compound solution of genuine
Aspirin with other valuable ingre
dients added. Capa tone will not
affect your heart or cause any
stomach disorders.
Capatone is highly recommended
for the treatment of Colds, Grippe
and Flu, headaches, neuralgia,
rheumatism, earache, toothache,
nervous headache, nervousness nnd
lumbago.
Buy a 30c or GOc bottle of Col
lier’s Capatone; take a dose and
ask for your money back if you
are not satisfied with the results.
tfCapatone is sold by all drug
-siores.
By VICTOR DAVIDSON
Irwinton, Ga.. Nov. 28.—There Is
one spot In Irwinton where the ne
groes do not tarry after dark and
where most every one else when
passing there on a dark, rainy night
are likely to find their feet uncon
sciously moving faster than Is wont—
and that is by the corner of the play
ground of Talmudge Institute.on Mc
Intyre street where James Sheffield,
a prominent merchant of Irwinton.
was shot and killed by a negro, Will
Collins. This identical spot is near
several houses and few would have
selected this for the scene of a mur
der and robbery. However, the water
oak with Its thick foliage casting dark
shadows about now makes an excel
lent place for the superstitious to find
“boogers” In.
It was in 1888. Mr. Sheffield was a
man known and respected by practi
cally every person in Wilkinson coun
ty, having been born and reared in
the county and moved to Irwinton
where he went into the mercantile
business. As a result of years of
thrift and close attention to business
Mr. Sheffield amassed considerable
wealth and it became the talk among
the negroeH that lie had fifty thou
sand dollars in cash. It was his cus
tom to carry around with him a small
satchel into which he would put the
money accumulated each day and c-
ery night upon closing his store would
carry it to his home to deposit it in
an iron safe. It became the belief
of the negroes that he carried im
mense amounts of money with him
every day in the satchel, inasmuch as
he had kept up this custom for muny
years, and it was known that lie va?
making money with the store.
About the store Mr. Sheffield occa
sionally employed a slender, ginger-
cake. negro boy, abopt grown, by the
name of Will Collins, to sweep out,
bring water, wood, etc. As the I >y
seemed to he in bad health. Mr. Shet-
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field was very kind to him and on
the day of the murder after having
his wife to prepare a nice dinner tar
ried it to the negro. There was noth
ing that ever happened to arouse any
animosity in the mind of the negro
against Mr. Sheffield.
However, on the afternoon of the
murder, the boy was caught stealing
from the store of Butler and Everett
near by and was told that if he did
not pay for the stolen goods, which
amounted to about $25 ha would be
prosecuted. He promised to get the
money and was allowed to go at lib
erty for a short time In order to bor
row the money. Money being scarce
at the time the negro was not able
to find any one to lend him the money
to pay for the stolen goods and he
faced an assured prosecution, accord
ing to his belief.
Last Time Seen Alive
It being Saturday night Mr. Shef
field did not leave the store until lata
as customerc, then as now, were late
about making their last purchases.
After the last one was gona he strap
ped his satchel about him as was '1*3
custom add closing his store started
for home. That was the last time he
was seen alive by any living person
other than the assassin. Hiding • n
the playground of Talmadge Institute
the negro lay In wait for his coming,
knowing that he would pass this way
and also knowing that he would ha/e
with him the satchel supposed to Le
bulging with immense rolls of money
which would not only prevent prosecu
tion for the theft at the store but
would make him wealthy for life. A
lamp was In a room of the residence
where Miss Ellen King now lives and
was shining out the window casting p
ray of light across the path that Mr.
Sheffield would use. Selecting the
spot where he could use this ray of
light to aid in directing his aim, ‘he
negro with a muzzle-loading shotgun
awaited his coming.
Mr. George Easom, who was liv'.ig
In the house, now belonging t ■ E.
Johnson, heard the gmshot and 1-e
ing so close by immediately hurrlvl
to the scene to investigate. He found
Mr. Sheffield dying with a gunshot
wound in the back of his head. The
alarm was quickly given and search
made for the murderer that night but
no trace found. Next morning the
searqh was renewed. It was soon <v 1-
dent that the shot was fired froth <i
niuzzlo loading shot gun and Use wad
ding was found, consisting of a jor
lion of a newspaper, The Wrightsvillb
Headlight. Barefoot tracks lead
away from t 'e scene and following
the e It was found that the niutdefer
had snatched the satchel off and £lod
across the playground, and after leap
ing tlie fence iu the rear had ril’lbd
the satchel of its contents and thrown
it aside where it was found. Posfteea
followed the tracks until they reached
the home of the negro boy. Arriving
there the boy's mother told them he
had gone to Big Sandy Creek fishing.
Sure enough lie was found in the
swamp fishing and after comparing
his tracks with those fo nd neat the
scene of the murder he was put un-
ffji der arrest. Ilis home was then search-
ed and about twenty dollars in small
change and bills v.as found. A fur
ther search resulted in the finding
of a copy-of t'ae WirightSville Head
light with the ideatjcal portion torn
a way as was found Jn the gun wad
ding.
The trial of*this case became one
of the most widely known ever heard
In the county. Some of the wnite
citizens doubting the negro’s guilt
had their sympathies aroused, on ae
ro, nt of the further fact that the bay
rtowed every evidence of being mber-
cutur. Interest in the case grew as
court day approached. The defendant
employed the famous Date r Hull,
ho had been born and reared it, the
ounty and who lad become of na-
[Sj lion-wide reputuliou as a lawyer in
—g his defense of resident claimants of
~=i tin- lands in Dodge county, again u the
SE ejectment proceedings b. the Dodge
j Land Company. On the clay of the
LTJ trial tlio courtroom was packed and
it is said that Hall made a mo u mag
nificent dec-fuse, succeeding in gel-
t ng a verdict of life sentence instead
of the dentil penalty. The negro was
rent to the penitentiary, where he
lived 1.1,1/ a lev. weeks, d\ing from
tie dread disease with which hr had
alr.-ady be n stricken.
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