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THE ATLANTA GEORGIAN AND NEWS.
SATURDAY, MAY 11, J90T.
TRAINMEN ENTERTAINED
BY LOCAL COMMITTEE
„„ Saturday the delegates to
*** "wStlon o* the Brotherhood of
fli, convent! inmen were busy paeslng
Jutlwfy ? the Claim, commit-
open J) e .h rl the many claim, was
te«- E*< b . t f he convention separately,
tsken X 8 «V,rk will probably keep the
busy during the afternoon
•interested I" their work, and so
80 ‘XiSi to get It through on ached-
were the delegate, on Sat-
ule dn>e- that a motion to ad-
orda> ',T noon for the day and take a
lourn *t ." /.holiday, wo. voted down
e UI ?he convention "(decided to work
a relaxation Sat-
J u Xhl when the first of a series
urtlay nigto- , the entertainment
of bal " S will be held at the
ef KY ” The ball will be held
Kimball H" u - , h(U1 of t he hotel and
JJgSTS wnlrted by an orchee-
lra - Trolley Over City.
. .... mnmlnff a large number or
trohey cars have been secured
•P«' a ' local entertainment committee
the^ Georgia Railway and Light
Company, and In these the visitor, will
“® ** V u® n a trolley ride over Atlanta
and the suburbs. The car. will be
Placed on Broad street between the
Piedmont Hotel and Walton street, and
will .tart promptly at 9:45 o’clock.
Chairman W. C. Puckett, of the local
entertainment committee, urge, that all
of the visitors report to the car.
promptly, as they will leave on sched
ule time.
•'Trainmen know," said Chairman
Puckett, "what schedule time la. so we
want all of the visitor, to be there and
not set left."
On Tuesday night there will be an
other grand ball In the Kimball House
convention hall, and another affair of
the same kind will be held on Wed
nesday night. On Thursday the visit
or, will be given a good old-fashioned
Georgia barbecue at the White City
Park. At that time they will be shown
Just what a delicious Georgia barbe
cue is, and this one wig be prepared
by the best expert. In that line that
the local entertainment committee can
secure. The White City Park 1. the
new resort that has been built Just
beyond Grant Park.
LIKE PAUL REVERE
Firms Submit to
Charge and Verdict
Is Rendered.
Special io The Oeoijlan. _
Wilmington, N. C- May 11. In the
United States district court today the
Laurlnburg Oil Company submitted to
the charges of rebating and was fined
IH.OOO.
For similar offenses the Lumberton
Cotton Oil and Ginning Company sub
mltted and was fined S5.000.
The cases against the individual of
goers and directors of the two concerns
were nol prossed. Execution In the
case of the Laurlnburg Company Is
stayed until September 1. In the Lum
berton Company It Is left open.
These are the first cases to be tried
tinder the Interstate commerce act as
recently amended by the Hepburn bill.
ran ey council
STRONGLY OPPOSED
The streets committee of council will
Introduce Into council Monday after
noon a resolution asking Tor a charter
amendment which will give council the
potter to elect the commissioner of
public works, the city engineer and the
city sexton. ,
This step was adopted after the con
sideration jn executive session of the
aunrestlon of the mayor that the com
nlssloner and the city engineer be
elected by council.
City Attorney Mayson Is now draw
lag up a resolution providing for the
charter amendment, and this will be
offered by the streets committee.
Henry Collier, commissioner of pub
lic works, has given out a statement
In which he opposes the course recom
mended by the streets committee.
The Journal of Labor this tveok op-
poies editorially this step on the ground
that It Is un-Democratlc and un-Amer
ican.
Train Dropped
Into A Creek
Lexington. Ky„ May 11.—The bridge
ntr kerning creek, Fleming county,
collapsed last night while a Cincinnati,
"mlngsburg an d Southeastern train
passing over it, and the whole
rxin-engina and two coaches—crashed
5* k ,ort T f *« below.
Jwy Thomas, Of Covington, and an
^"."cro killed, and seven-
n were hurt, several fatally. Er.gi-
«*ath * 1 * * * b2 re f 1 11 Umb « r * swaying i«s-
«ts ts. . *£f ,n ®’ but *°° •*'« *® save
buhlm T h i? r, ' r I»e of George Ran-
btmino V 0 " tn Hillsboro, Ky_ for
Sank n, - h ** of h <» brother, Charles
Buffi < ?“« ht ln 'be crash and
Knkin. 1 T " n<1 Identification. Charles
iftk,I*," lf e nn< l daughter In charge
embody,"ere all fatally hurt.
Complete
Bank Service
n./L' 1 " ,horo «(?h equipment and
KT, Ve yet conservative meth-
J enable IIS to fulfiH tbe
ihe« m f DtS of tlle mo#t ictive bus-
tit, f0r 8 POm P'ete bank ser-
t/!,:' 0 ' 1 an ' Oiinkingf of opening
fir o* transferring or
ikonidl >0 , U j P re *ent one, we
fatal Bank &
Trust Corporation,
Candler Building,
, Cor. Mitchell and Forsyth.
TO FLAG EAST TRAIN
Memphis, Tenn., May 11 Unable
without assistance to extinguish the
flames of a burning railroad bridge,
Mrs. Dora Jasper mounted an unbrok
en colt and rode 3 miles over hills and
gullies to warn the crew of an ap
proaching train. Mrs. Jasper's farm Is
near Eureka Springe, Ark., on the Mis
souri and North Arkansas Railroad.
When Mrs. Jasper first noticed the
little bridge had been fired by sparks
from a passing freight, so It was
thought, she attempted single-handed
to put out the blaze. Finding this Im
possible, she ran to the barn to get a
horse and ride to Intercept the train
ahe knew waa due. Every animal and
every saddle and bridle were In use,
except an unbroken colt and n rope
halter. Bareback, with the halter as
a bridle, Mrs. Jasper raced the colt
to the switch which she reached in
time.
There were fully 100 passengers and
a high official of the railroad on the
train. The official’s first order was for
the finest side saddle which could be
obtained, with a suitable Inscription
stamped on It.
FIELD DAY RESULTS
The annual field day exercises of the
Boys' High School were held Friday
afternoon at Piedmont park. Owing
to the rainy weather, two events were
left to be run off next week, the run
ning brood Jump and shot-put. After
these two events have been decided the
winner will be declnred. W. W. Rice,
Jr„ Is leading the team In the number
of points scored. The following are
Friday's results:
100-Ysrd Dash.
First, W. W. Rice, Jr„; second, C. R.
Klnchlnsky; third, Ben Frank. Time,
10.4.
220-Yard Dash.
First, W. W. Rice, Jr.; second, C. R.
Klnchlnsky; third, H. Klnchlnsky.
Time, 25 1-5,
Running High Jump.
First, Akers; second, Ben Frank;
third, A. F. Solms. Distance 4 feet 9
Inches.
Half-Mils Run.
First, W. W. Rice, Jr.; second, B. V.
Stiles; third, A. F. Solms. Time, 2.52.
Relay.
First, Classical, time 4.41; second,
Claaalcal, time 4.50; third, Tech, no
time.
Wrsstllng.
Featherweight—First, W. W. Fran
cis; second, Brown; third, Joel Hurt,
Jr.
Lightweight—First, Randolph Loeb;
second, Edwin Austin; third, Gcorgo
Osborn.
Middleweight—First, Edmonds; sec
ond, Albert I.oeb; third, Turner.
Heavyweight—First, A. F. Solms;
second, James Hinton.
Troops May Co
After Convict
Lexington. Kf.. M«jr 11.—While Attempt-
Inc to serve a warrant on Jnme* Hlotwell,
a parole*! eenvlet from tbe penitentiary,
who had violated tho parole. Bhorlff Croley
and Deputy Word were shot nmt fxtnlly
wounded by Khotwell, who opened tire oil
them from the house us the officers sp*
protifhed.
HUotwell escaped to the mountains, where
he hns hnrrlcnded himself. He Is so well
protected that the militia may Ih» sent to
dislodge him. Captain C. W. Lonimlre. <>f
the .tate militia, who went to Invest irote,
returned toilnv on hl» wny to Frankfort.
He said that ho hud the wurrnnt for Kliot-
well which was In Sheriff Cniler's pocket
when he waa shot. It was stained with
Crolsy'e blood.
Deaths and FuhSrals
Mattie Bell Pickrell. '
The funeral services of Mattie Bell,
the t-year-old daughter of Mr. and
Mrs. L. A. Pickrell. who died Friday
afternoon at the family ««>»» 81
Tennelle street, were conducted Sat
urday morning at !> o clock. The body
waa sent to Monroe, Ga., for Inter
ment.
Mrs. W. M. SkStes. '
The funeral service* of 5frs. W. M.
Skate*, aged 5»year*whodled Fri
day morning at her c** 1 ' 1 *’""' 374 Pul-
Ham afreet, were conducted Saturday
LSTrntJoTat 2:30 o’clock. The Inter-
ment was at Sylvester cemetery.
Myrtis France* Mimms.
Myrtls France*, the 2-yesr-old
daughter of Mr. and Mr*. J. P. Mimms.
died Friday afternoon at the family
residence 354 Pulliam street. The
.Evicts will he conducted Sun-
THE LACK OF READY FUNDS
CAUSED HONEYMOON TO WANE
MRS. BESSIE MARIANA.
' New York, May 1.—After all, the
trouble between the Marianas was the
lack of money, which, according to the
late story of the separation of Mayor
Tom L. Johnson’s handsome daughter
and her Italian husband, eclipsed the
honey-moon. " One of the bridegroom's
moat Intimate friends declares the
young married couple reached New
York with about enough money to pay
a week's board bill and that each ex
pected tho other to provide the fare to
Europe, the board bills and tho.Inci
dentals necessary for a wedding trip
through Europe.
According to Mariana's most Intimate
acquaintances In New York, he belongs
to a poor but noble family In Italy. He
has no title. His bride is said to havs
understood the poverty waa of a com
parative kind and thought he still had
enough to keep up a showing for a
time.
On the other hand, Mariana la said
to have expected a "dot" with hla bride
and to have believed Miss Johnson was
possessed of considerable means In her
own right. Their marriage was at first
bitterly opposed by Mayor Johnson, but
he gave way.
According to the friends of the young
husbnnd, he mentioned he would he
glad of n few thousand dollars and the
wife said she had spent all her money
in preparing for the marriage. „
MME. CHARLOTTE MACONDA
WILL SING A 7 THE FESTIVAL
Mine. Charlotte Mnronda. a soprnno of
wonderful charm, who&e flinging at pre*
vloua featlval* hero has made her well
known to Atlanta mtmlo lovera, will appear
here again at the May-June mualc featli
■*•1,1.«4- •••111 Im i*l..nn si Ihn Wl Vli'hr
her performance wltn . , .
moat wonderful of Italian bnritonea. In
••The God and the Maid*." n work composed
especially for Citmpnnnrl. Mnconda, lw*
•Idea her wonderful voice, la a beautiful
woman, and her oppenrnnee on the atage
bring* immediate applause. 8ny» the critic
of the New York Telegram: “I know of
no Atnerlenn coloratura aoprnno, save one,
who enn equal her. The voice ltaelf la of
flrat quality, velvety and round, and dis
creetly used."
The sale of season tickets to the festival,
which Is being conducted at 519 Empire
building, will close May 21. nnd on May 22
tbe sale of single tickets will begin.
LABOR CHIEF NOT
CHICAGO BURGLAR
Boise, Idaho, May IT.—Senator Bo
rah. one of the attorneys for the state
In the Moyer-Haywood-Pettlbone case,
states that there Is absolutely nothing
In the charge that Moyer Is a former
Chicago burglar, who served time at
Joliet. He said that tho story had been
Investigated at length somo time ago
by the authorities and found to be
without foundation except for a simi
larity of names.
"I was never In prison in Illinois and
I was never convicted of burglary or
any felony. In 1888, during the time 1
am reported to have been In the Illi
nois prison, I was working for the Cas
tle £h1ef Gold Mining and Milling Com
pany at Rocheford, South Dakota, ln
the fall I went to Colorado, where 1
worked for the Caribou Mining Com
pany nt Caribou. I remained there ten
years,” said Moyer.
TROOPS ARE READY
TO PROTECT CARS
IN SAN JRANCISCO
Governor Gillette Views Sit
uation and Says Soldiers
Are Ready.
San Francisco. May'll.—Four hun
dred strikebreakers from the Eaat ar
rived here today. They are being held
In readiness to operate cars on sev
eral lines through tbe burned district.
The force Is now sufficient to oper
ate 400 cars. Four hundred police have
been assigned to protect the cars, nnd
If they fall to keep order, an official
call will be issued for state troops.
Governor Gillette, who has been ln
Lob Angeles, arrived here today to look
oveh the situation. Troops are In read
iness ln several cities and if It becomes
necessary he will call them out.
ENGINE BLEW UPi
CONVICT KILLED
As the result of Injuries received
Wednesday, by the explosion of a lo
comotive ait the Chattahoochee con
vict camp, John Adams, a negro con
vict, died Saturday morning.
Adame, the only penon hurt by the
explosion, was working near the lo
comotive at-the time, loading brick on
a car. The engineer and fireman, Wil
son Palmer, white, and Sherman Jones,
colored, both convicts, had a remark
able escape, neither being Injured.
The engine, which belongs to the
brick company, had Just backed some
cars Into the brick yard*, for the pur
pose of being loaded, at the time of
the explosion. The locomotive .was
blown Into fragments, and the engi
neer and flreman hurled some distance
away. Beyond a shock, however, they
were unlnjdred. A piece of the buret
boiler struck Adams with terrific force.
Injuring him fatally.
HOW THE SHIPPERS
FEEL ROAD’S POWER
Continued from Page One.
MME. MACONDA.
LUMBER TRUST IS NEXT
IN LINE FOR U. S. PROBE
Toledo. Ohio, May 11.—A* • result of
pleas of guilty by lumbermen who
were recently Indicted for conspiracy
In restraint of trade, much valuable
evidence he* been secured by Mr.
Wachenhelmer that wtll be used ln
furthering a national Investigation.
When the lumbermen were arraign
ed they astonished the Judge by sur
rendering completely on every count
and throwing themselves on the mercy
of the court. The only extenuating
plea they offered was that they were
forced to do aa they have done by an
all-powerful national lumber trust.
This statement by Barton Smith,
representing the Indicted men, togeth
er with the books and records of the
local company’s dealings with the no
tional organization, are being carefully
gone over by Prosecuting Attorney
Wachenhelmer. wh has already In
formed the interstate commerce com
mission of the evidence he hoe.
SPANISH HEIR IS A BLONDE;
ATTENDANTS DECORATED
Madrid Mur 1L—The nsw-bora heir to
:: tXftrBoA
jS‘"H "d^m 1 ^’rtJSUT?
aceonchMWBt of ***• I y h I C ^UjJ{ D SJ
with tradition, shortly sft«r to# blrto or
the heir to the throne th# king will confer
B unrd, who were on duty at tho time of tbe
Irth.
The hall»erdler who waa on guard at the
door of tbe queen's bed chamlxtr when the
child was born will also be decorated, and
In addition will rtetfre tbe piece of gold
N C. POLITICIAN THINKS
ROOSEVELT MAY RUN AGAIN
Washington. May 11.—Former Judge
Spencer B. Adams. Republican •■tot*
chairman of North Carolina, who hni
been ln Washington a couple of days
and has had an Interview with the
president. Is enthusiastic over the poa •
slhlllty that Mr. Roosevelt may be per-
suaded again to be hi* party * candi
date
Tf the name of Presldeat Roosevelt
presented to the convention I am
day afternoon at 2:30 o’clock. The In
terment will be la Weetvlew cemetery.
John Leerment.
John I-earmont, aged 80 years, a na
tive of Scotland, died Friday afternoon
(5 Went Peachtree street. He la
satisfied the North Carolina delegation
will cast Its solid vote for him. The
president I* personally very popular
with all classes in North Carolina As
evidence of this focL th* mayor of
Charlotte, a prominent lawyer lnd ex
cellent citizen, prior to th* Democratic
primary and before hlz election, de
clared publicly that, although a Demo
crat, he would vote for President
Roosevelt If he Is renominated.
survived by his wife and three chil
dren. Misses Marion and Jesae Lear-
mont nnd J. B. I-earmont. Tbe funeral
services will be conducted Sunday
morning at 10 o’clock. The Interment
will be In Hollywood cemetery.
ble trouble to explain this details of
the switching business. He denied
most emphatically that the Central was
trying to strong-arm or sand-bag The
Georgian Into using the Central-Sa
vannah line. Mr. Collins declared that
delays were caused by congestion of
traffic and many other little details,
but he denied that these delays were
Intentional and done for tho purpose
of making The Georgian use the Cen
trnl’B route from tho East.
The Central epd the Georgia roads
have arrangements whereby each road
handles each’other’s cars. Each road
Is supposed to give the tame attention
to the other’s cars as It would give to
Its own. The consignee Is allowed
forty-eight hours to unload hla car,
and as he generally takes the limit,
there Is no margin left for the.railroad
doing the switching to return the car
without paying any demurrage.
"The consignee gets the benefit of
this,” said Mr. Collins, "and the de
murrage comes out of the railroad.
Most of this Is really done at a lose. "
Just Intricate Detail.
Another Central official who was
seen by a Georgian reporter was Mr.
W. E. Estes, assistant goneral freight
agent. He, too, talked willingly and
explained t)ie Intricate detail connected
with the switching of car*. Mr. Eatea
said the question of changing the routo
of a shipper’s business never entered
Into the switching of cars and that
there was no attempt at all to use the
strong-arm or the sand-hag.
But the delay goes on. It may be
some men higher up who knows. May
be ' President Hanson can tell. The
Georgian would like to know from the
man higher up to the man down the
line.
One of the shippers using the Cen
tral's side-track Is Mr. F. H. Cox, of
the F. 8. Cox Company, a concern
that doe* a great deal of shipping from
the East.
Mr. Cox talked.
"They make no bones about trying
to strong-arm me, aa you cell It," said
Mr. Cox to the reporter. "They have
told me frankly that If I use their line
from the East I will get better service.
But when my stuff comes from New
York and Boston via the Clyde-Chariee-
ton Una there It delay. The last car
I had remained In the poaaeaelon of the
Central from Thursday' morning to
Monday afternoon.”
Better Service From West.
When the Central twitches care com
ing In over line* not competing with
the Central It baa been noticed that
there le better service. Mr. H. II.
Whitcomb, of the H. H. Whitcomb
Company, la also on the Central’s track.
He doesn't have much trouble now.
Hla stuff for tho most part comes from
the West. The Central doesn't do busi
ness from there except from Chatta
nooga Often Mr. Whitcomb ships
stuff over the Central from Chatta
nooga on He way from the Weet, al
though It Is twelve hours longer. The
Central strains a point to have It here
te soon as If It came over another
route. In other woMs, Mr. Whitcomb
hands th* Central a slice of velvet now
and then, and has rather good service.
He Is not so much at the mercy of the
Central. 5Ir. Cox’* shipments are more
from the East, ije has trouble.
If such a plan as this strong-arming
was pushed to the limit the Central
could come pretty nearly tlelng Its side
track user* up unlen the Central-Sa
vannah line waa used. The Central
hasn't .done It. but It Is possible.
The Central official* hav* denied that
the strong-arm Is being worked.
When the shippers get real mad there
Is a hustle and a missing car 1c found.
But the delay makes business men
tired, and If they weren’t so Intent upon
using the Clyde-C'harleston line they
might rush to th* Central. Bu: they
don't.
So these denials and efforts to help
out come and go and the delays ksep
on occurring.
And occasionally the Central officials
gik:
Why don't you us* our llnal®
, A, MOORHEf
SIBLE POSITION AFTER El EEKS'
STUDY Of
WHICH IE THE BEST SYSTEM
OF SHORTHAND?
THE CHARTIER.
WHY?
1. It can be written faster than any
other syatem,
2. It con be read with far greater
ease and Accuracy.
3. Those who write the syatem give
better general satisfaction to their em
ployers and a much larger per cent of
CHARTIER writers succeed with their
first positions than those who write the
old systems.
4. It Is vastly SUPERIOR for heavy
work like COURT REPORTING, be
came It can be WRITTEN 25 PER
CENT faster and READ FIVE TIMES
more accurately.
5. It can be learned In ONE-HALF
the time and with ONE-FIFTH the
EFFORT
8. It saves the pupil 3100.00 to 3200.00
on t|ie course.
7. The great majority of those who
study CHARTIER accept posltlona
within THREE MONTHS. FIVE .to
EIGHT MONTHS are required to at
tain the same protlctency for 95 per
cent of those who study the old sys
tems.
HERE IS THE PROOF:
1. actual results secured.
Bagwell Business College has. pub
lished from time to time and twill con
tinue to publish the records made by
•tudenta, giving In every case the name
of firm with whom placed and the time
spent In school. Many are now hold
ing positions with leading firms of At
lanta and giving entire satisfaction
who completed their courses In from
sight to twelve weeks.
2 CHALLENGE TO CONTEST
-THREE MONTHS’ PUPIL AGAINST
FIVE M0NTH8’ PUPIL.
Bagwell Business College has re
peatedly challenged schools teaching
old systems to a public contest, agree
ing to contest three month*' students
of the Chartier against five months'
students of the old system. This chal
lenge has never been accepted and It
la still open.
BOOKKEEPING AND ACTUAL
BUSINE8S.
The student “learns to do by doing.”
Nothing Is copied. The school room Is
turned into a "Business Community,"
a record of every transaction Is made
ln book*, nnd the work Is Just as real
and practical as that of the ACTUAL
MERCHANT. Our graduates, there
fore, are avoided the necessity of
"learning over” when they enter the
business world.
For further information, address
J. O. BAGWELL, Pree,
198 Peachtree St., Atlanta, ua
WILLIAM A. MOORHEAD.
Head stenographer Banna Cot
ton Mills, Goldvilte, S. C„ after
eight weeks’ study of Chartier
Shorthand.
O O
O Goldvllle, S. C„ April 4, 1907. O
O Professor J. O. Bagwell, Atlanta, O
O Ga.: a
O Dear Professor Bagwsll—I en- O
O tered your college on November O
O 1, 1908, and left January 8, 1907, 9
O losing ten days during Chrlstmaa o
O holidays. 9
9 I have been head stenographer 9
9 for the Banna Manufacturing 9
O Company since January 19. On 9
O arriving at the above place I tvas 9
O given twenty-five letters after 4 0
O o'clock ln the afternoon and by 6 9
O o'clock I had them transcribed 9
O accurately on the typewriter. 9
O I have never bad any trouble In 9
O doing my work satisfactorily from 0
9 the first day. 0
0 Very respectfully, 0
0 WM. A. MOORHEAD. 9
O 9
O Employer'* Letter. 9
9 Goldvllle, S. C„ May 8. 1907. 0
O Professor J. O. Bagwell, Atlanta, 9
D Oa: 9
O Dear Sir—It gives me pleasure 0
O to state that Mr. William A. Moor- 9
O head, whom I understand recently 9
O completed a course of stenography a
O In your college, has proved him- 0
O self proficient In his line. 0
O Yours very truly, O
0 BANNA MANUFACTURING CO. 0
O (Signed) GEO. M. WRIGHT. O
9 President o
0 0
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BY DEATH
After a lingering Illness resulting
from a stroke of paralysis and *ztend
ing over a period of several years, Mrs
J. Jefferson Thomas passed away Sat-
urday morning at * o’clock at her home,
64 East Alexander street.
Mr*. Thomas was the daughter of
Colonel Turner Clanton, of Augusta
She graduated at Wesleyan College
Macon, and at tho ago of 18 waa mar
ried to Dr. J. Jefferson Thomae, with
whom she lived happily for 54 year*.
She was tile mother of Dr. Julian
Thomae. of Now York, the famous aer
onaut; Colonel Turner C. Thomas and
Jeff Davie Thomaa of Augusta; Mr*.
Fred L. Ingraham. Mrs. George Mc
Millan and Mlsa,Cora Lou Thomas, of
Atlanta
Mrs. Thomas was well known all
over the Southern statea for her great
love for tbe United Daughters of the
Confederacy, and In her death this or-
gnnlzntlon lose# on* of Its mo«t loyal
frlende. Until she was stricksn with
paralysis a few yean ago Mn. Thomaa
woe one of the most active worker* In
this organization and waa frequently
honored with responsible position*
among It* offleen.
For five years the waa treasurer of
the Notional U. D. C„ and vice presi
dent and recording secretary of the
Ladles' Memorial Association In Au
gusta, and a prominent member of the
Atlanta Ladles’ Memorial Association.
She was vice president of the Home
Missionary. Society of the Methodist
church, vice president of the Atlanta
W. C. T. U. and honorary life member
and vice president of the Woman*’
Suffragist Club. ,
The arrangement* for the funeral
have not been completed.
HER HMD
TO DEFEND STOCKS
Reuben R. Arnold has been employed
by Thomas F. Stocks to defend him
In the Investigation to be held by th*
board of water commissioner*.
'Mr. Slocks has done nothing wrong,"
elated Attorney Arnold Saturday aft
ernoon, "and at the proper time before
the board he will make a complete
showing and prove IL”
Further than this, the attorney had
nothing to say. Mr. Stocks has not
made a statement of any kind since
the board called for the Investigation,
preferring fi>r the Investigation to
speak for Itslef.
Mr. 8iocks Is secretary and treas
urer of the Stocks Coal Company and
a member of tbe water board. The
board hae a contract with the Rag
land Coal Company for all the coal
used by the department, and the
charge. In brief, against him Is that he
had entered Into a deal of some kind
with President W. T. Brown, of the
Ragland Coal Company. In which the
dtv contract I* Involved.
The evidence consist* of letter* from
President Brown. In which he I* said
to have made reference to this deal.
Attorney Arnold says the entire matter
can be satisfactorily explained by Mr.
Stocks.
The Investigation was to be held on
next Thursday afternoon at 3 o'clock,
but I hsltooch morSHRDLUUPUP
but It fa thought It will be postponed,
as President Brown, It la said, can not
attend on that date.
Marvin Child's
Death Accidental
Dover, Del.', May 11.—This mystery
of how little Horace N. Marvin. Jr.,
th* 4-year-old son of Dr. Marvin, of
Kitts Hammock, came to his death was
practically cleared up this morning,
when the report of Dr. Robin, of .Wil
mington. was submitted and read.
In It he said It wae his belief that tha
boy met 'an accidental death by ex
posure; that the stomach contained
particles of partially digested foods,
the same aa he ate for his breakfast
the morning he disappeared.
Dr. Robin also declared It to be his
belief that death had occurred from
■lx to twelve hours after the last meal
had been eaten; that the boy had been
dead from six to eight weeks before
tho body was found, nnd that It had :
been In water for about that period.
The hair and nails, he said were In- ;
tact, a condition which could not exist
If the body had been exposed to the
sir that long.
A CITY LOT FREE!
On Tuesday, May 14, at 3
p. m., there will be sold to
the highest bidders, 26 va- i
cant lots and a now, two-1
story, 7-room house, located
on State and W. 3d streets,
only one block from State
Street School, and one and
one-half blocks of the Tech.
School. We will give away
one lot free to some one in
attendance, whether they
are a purchaser or not. You
can’t afford to miss this.
Phone us or call at office for
plats and information.
S. B. TURMAN & CO.