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the weather.
Fore Atlanta ana Vicinity: Fair
and colder Monday night and Tuea-
day.
The Atlanta Georgian
and news
SPOT COTTON.
Liverpool, quiet, 6.14; Atlnnfn, easy
10 11-16; New York, steady. 11.70; Sev
Orleans, easy, 11%; Savannah, steady
10 13-16; Augusta, steady, 10 11-16; Mo
bile, steady, 10 13-16.
VOL. VI. NO. 120.
ATLANTA, GA., MONDAY. DECEMBER 23,1907.
PPTPT?. ,0 Atlanta..TWO CENTS.
XTXVAVaEj. on Trains..FIVE CENTS.
IT CLOSING
Bad Loans Cause of
Neal Bank’s Sus
pension.
JAKE WELLS’ THEATER
TO BE BUILT THIS YEAR
IS IN HANDS OF
STATE EXAMINER
Believed That All Deposit
ors Will Receive Full
Amount of Depos
its In Time.
The closing of the Neal bank on
Monday morning, and the announce
ment that the bank waa In the hand, of
the state bank examiner, had very
little effect In banking circle*. Little
demand out of the ordinary waa made
upon the other hank, of Atlanta, and
every check drawn upon a dtpo.lt wa»
met promptly by the bank upon which
1; wa« drawn.
Statement, from heade of Atlanta
bank, show that they expect no urn
usual condition, to develop and they
have every confidence In their ability
tc meet every demand. They all point
out that the condition of the Neal bank
was not brought about by the present
financial depression, but by poorly .pro
tected loans, and Its closing might have
taken place at any time, even In a sea.
.on of the greatest financial securlly.
The closing of the Neal bank fob
lowed the Investigation upon last Sat
urday by Assistant State Bank Exam,
lner J. 8. Holllnehead, and an unusual
drain on the resources of the bank,
which was brought about by soms ru
mor connected with the visit of ths
stste examiner. The Investigation de
veloped tho fact that the bank had out
standing loons of large amounts upon
several Investments, the nature of
which would prevent their readily
being converted Into cosh, and that a
large amount of paper being carried
wa* practically worthleas as a quick
aicet.
The closing of the bank drew a large
number of depositors to Its doors Mon
day morning, but at no time was there
or.y disorder, and those who went to
the bank soon departed, giving place
to others. No Insistent demends were
made and there were none of the
scenes which often accompany the
sudden closing of a bank. The deposl
tor. seemed satlsfled that their only
course was to wait for further develop,
ments, and acepted the statement that
they probably would receive the full
amount of their deposit. In the course
of time.
In other banks, the closing of the
Neal bank was felt only In a slightly
larger number of withdrawals of small
accounts by the poorer and less edu
cated classes, while the number of
new deposits was as large as usual.
Titers was no uneasiness felt at any
time by other Institutions.
Rsaaons for Closing.
The question of whether or not the
depositors will receive dollar for dollar
or less depends upon the value of the
loans made by the Neal Bank.
The saving* bank deposits amount to
1123.000, The Individual, or commer
cial, deposits amount to 1898,000., The
demand and time certificate, amount to
1448.000. The number of depositors Is
between 8,000 and 10,000, estimated.
The loans about which most doubt
seems to exist, and which are probably
the largest, are to the Alabama Sul
phur Ore aand Copper Company, which
‘ - • - ... . 0 smith.
Jake Wells’ new Bijou Theater Is now
a certainty. Plans for the building
were Hied Monday with the city build
ing Inspector by Architect Edward
Okell, Jr., of Montgomery, and It Is
announced that work on the structure
will begin soon after the beginning of
the new year, and pushed to a tormina-
tion.
Mr Wells and Mr. Okell arrived In
Atlanta Monday, and during the morn
ing the architect who has charge of all
the work In the chain of theaters oper
ated by Mr. Wells and his associates
filed the plans at the city hall.
The new theater will be erected on
the lot already secured at the corner
of Carengle way and Cain-st„ and will
be a handsome building. The stage
will measure 88 by 38 feet, and the
building throughout will be of the most
modem construction.
No definite date for the beginning of
work has yet been announced, but con
struction will begin shortly after the
first of the year. The plans are pre
pared and all arrangements made, and
everythfng Is ready for awarding ths
contract for the theater's erecttoit
200 RIOTERS KILLED
BY CHILEAN SOLDIERS
Washington. Dee. 28.—Cables to the
state department today report that
Iqulque, Chile, Is in an uproar, martial
law prevails. Inhabitants are panic-
stricken. business paralysed and 200
miners dead as a result of the riots
Saturday and Sunday. The trouble la
due to a strike by workers In the ni
trate Held. They number 10,000. An
other strike. Involving 20,000 more, Is
reported to be on In Anto Sagasta.
Censorship prevails. Saturday the
strikers marched to the city and tried
to take possession of all the buildings.
The striker* were charged upon by
mounted soldiers and 200 of their num
ber slain.
The soldiers made a bayonet charge
and many strlkera and soldiers were
killed. Two transports and two cruis
ers arrived at Iqulque with troops from
Baltaralae.
Is owned, It Is stated, by A. O. Smith,
Percy Smith and E. H. Thornton. Mr.
Thornton la president of the Neal Bank.
Thl» loan conatst* of J223,00(), secured
by first mortgages on the property.
The company's mine Is at Pyrlton,
Ala. It waa represented to the At
lanta Clearing House Association that
the mine wa* worth much more than
this amount, and that fully thla much
had been spent recently In fitting It
“P It was the opinion of the clearing
house that the asset was a slow one.
Cuban Land Loans.
About 8126,000 was loaned to a Cu
ban land company, owned. It Is said, by
C. T. Ladson & Co., which is composed,
»s represented to the clearing house
association, of C. T. Ladson, B. H.
Thornton and W. F. Manry. the last
two being officers of the bank.
About 390,000 Is still due for the pur
chase of the property, and a first lien
I* held on the tract of land for thla
amount. The property consists of about
800,000 acres, and It was represented to
the Atlanta Clearing House Association
that this was worth from 33 to 36 an
acre.
A Pittsburg capitalist. It Is stated,
has bought 3100,000 of this property
from the company. The clearing house
association, at Its meeting early flatur.
o«y night, was shown a telegram from
this capitalist, stating that 360,000
would be placed on deposit to the credit
°f the company In part payment, but
'his money, It Is stated, has not been
•.reived.
The loan* to the Cuban Land Com
pany are protected In part by 350,000 of
bends of the Buena Vista Land Com
pany,
Another loan of about 8140.000, It Is
stated. Is outstanding against the
nare-Hatcher Company, a local manu
facturing concern. This, It la stated, la
»mp!y protected.
t-Pon the value of these lean* de
pends, to a large extent, the,amount
the depositors will receive on the de
posits.
If the notes and bonds can be llqul-
pwted at anything like the value
MAY FORCE U. S. COURT
TO REMAND RATE CASES
Washington, Dac. 23.—Th# state of Ne
braska has won a preliminary victory In Its
light In the supreme court of the United
States with the railroads over patseoger
and freight rate# within the state. It waa
today granted permission by the court to
(lie a petition for a writ of mandamus to
> remand to the state supreme court
ui« luiL for an Injunction prohibiting the
Chicago. Hurllngton and Quincy railroad
from putting into effect unlawful Intrastate
nnascuger and freight rates In violation of
N’ebrauta'a statutes.
January 6 has been set for argument.
PASSENGER TRAINS
COLLIDEJEAD-ON
Two Slightly Injured and
Engine Was Badly
Wrecked.
Special to The Georgian.
Falrburn, 0<L, Dee. 38.—Atlanta and
West Point passenger train No. 33 and
Central passenger train No. 18 collid
ed head-on while running very slow
In the yards near the station hero this
morning at 10:80 o'clock! The trains
were slowing down, and come together
with a crash. Engine No. 170, pulling
train No. S3, was wrecked, and Engi
neer John McWaters waa slightly In
jured.
A negro fireman on engine No. I«,
pulling No. 18, was slightly Injured.
Engine No. 170 was thrown from the
track, but the track was not blocked
to any extent. Traffic was soon re
sumed.
Failure to take a switch at Falr
burn, It Is said, resulted In a head-on
collision between train No. 18 and train
No. 33, which leaves Atlanta at 9:40
o'olock. No on* waa badly Injured,
altho the engineer of the Atlanta train
was badly shaken up and bruised. This
Is ths regular meeting point for the
two trains, and No. S3 from Atlanta
should have taken the sidetrack at this
point. Just before the switch wa*
reached, the air brakes failed to work
properly, and the switch was struck at
too great a speed, causing the train
to go on Into the other train wait
ing for the train from Atlanta to pass,
TWO LITTLE BOYS
ACCIDENT VICTIMS
TRIAL OF SIMS
DRAWING TO CLOSE
Birmingham, Ala., Dec. 31.—It will be
late this afternoon before the case of
Broker J. W. Sims goes to the Jury
after fifteen days' trial. Sims Is
charged with having encouraged Atek
R. Chisholm, while paying teller of
the First National bank, to speculate
In cotton futures at bis office. In which
Chisholm made a net loss of 350,000,
losing the same amount In the office of
P. O. Smith, who Is to be tried, for
the same offense as Sims.
It Is charged that Sims knew where
Chisholm got the money, and that h*
advised Chisholm to uso the assumed
name of S. M. Webster. The principal
witness waa Chisholm, who Is serving
a five-year-term In Atlanta on a charge
of embesslement. The argument for
the prosecution ocoupled the entire
forenoon.
U. S. Supreme Court
Refuses to Review
\
Their Cases.
FOR TEN YEARS
CASES WERE FOUGHT
DRESSED LIKE A MAN,
SHE RAN TROLLE YCAR
Arrest at Louisville Re
vealed Identity
of Girl.
Accused of Conspiracy to
Defraud U. S. in Work
at Savannah.
Continued on Pag. Three.
Two holiday accidents hare been
reported In Atlanta and vicinity, and,
tho neither resulted from fire works,
they may serve as a warning to boys
to be careful.
Little Asbury Bryant, of 68 West
Cain-st, fell Baturday night, and a
piece of sharp wire penetrated hi* eye
and Imbedded Its point In hi* skull.
The little fellow Is In a critical eondl
tl0 Llttle Roy Lewis, of Decatur, had a
piece of broken slate penetrate hie eye
Saturday and It was necessary to take
Mm to Dr J H. Powell, In the Cen-
tury building, who removed the eye In
order to save the other.
The Christmas fire works, especially
the big cannon crackere. may be ex
pected to produce tbelr share of holi
day accident victims.
BOY’S BODY FOUND
RIDDLED BY SHOT
Hartwell, Go., Dec. 23.—Solomon
Harrlf. a 18-year-old boy. was found
In a pine thicket dead. Saturday night,
with a load of gunehot In his body,
which caused hie death.
He nae been mleelng elnce Wednes
day night. Harrie wa* the son of
Elisha Harris. Sheriff Kidd la working
diligently on eome theory that will
lead him to the right direction to cap
ture the guilty partlee. It Is thought
that the next few days will reveal
some startling developments.
Noted Doctor Dead.
New York, De . 81—Dr. Henry Pat
terson Lomla died of pneumonia yes
terday after an Illness of five months.
He was bom In New York In 1859, and
was professor of therapeutics and cllnl-
" F .. rsomall ITnltrderailV And
JOHN MITCHELL
MUCH BETTER
Indians polls, Dec. 28,-The condition of
President John Mitchell, of the United
Mins Workers. lg.se far Improved tbst his
physicians state that he may return to bis
boms lo Spring Valley Tuesday.
CAT SUCKED INFANT'S BREATH,
CAUSING IT8 DEATH.
Special to The Georxlnn..
Gainesville, Ga., Dec. 28.—That the
breath of Maudle May, 3-monthe-old
Infant of Mr. and Mre. C. E. Emmett,
who lives In the suburbs of Gaines
ville. wae sucked by a cat, causing the
death of the baby, la the firm belief of
Its parents. Friday night, when Mrs.
Emmett retired, she put the 8-montha-
old twins In the bed with her. Some
time during the night, she awoke and
found the cat with Its face close to
the mouth fo the Infant on her left.
To the great horror of Mre. Emmett,
she discovered that the twin baby on
her left was cold In death.
$13,000,000 IN VAULT8
°F MISSISSIPPI BANKS.
Special to Tbs Georgian.
Jackson, bliss., Dec. 28.—Auditor
Henry Issued compilation bank atate-
ments today showing the state bonking
Inetltutlone carrying over 313,000,090 In
actual cash In their vaults, which is
equivalent to 38 per oent of the de
posit*. All the banks are In an ex
ceptionally healtfiy condition.
Funeral Hold at Quitman,
Special to The Georgian.
Montgomery, Ala., Dec. 23.—The re
mains of Mrs. Wade H. Barnes, the
young woman who shot and killed her
self Saturday morning, were shipped
to Quitman, On., her old home, Sun
day morning. The suicide was one of
the best known young women In Mont
gomery, and had a large circle of
friends.
JOHN F: GAYNOR.
He was Indicted with Captain
Befijamln Greene anid la-.in prison
at Macon. Ga Because of 111
health he wap. allowed to spend a
short time last' summer at Indian
Springs.
an lS-yesr-old girl, who says her homo V
Birmingham, Is under arrest hpre, having
tkeu In custody white wearing a suit
months and during tL__
a wagon driver, a inotormnti ami n flreainn.
The girl says she left home after n quarrel
with her father, her mother being dead.
She made her way north, working aa a
wattreaa. benching Owenettoro, Ky., she
fell In with a girl who had the hahtt ol
wearing trouaera occasionally. She per
suaded kills Beatty to Join In some of her
larks She secured n position ns a motor-
man Anally, A strike came on. however,
and ibe qdlt. Her next step waa the boldest
of all, ns she became a substitute ttremnn.
assigned to one of the hook and ladder
houses. She says she made several rims anil
did aa good work flghtliiK lire as any of the
men until she met a alight accident, which
crippled her. She mine to Louisville then.
BIG STICK FILLS
FORASKI
Negns May Dl* of Injury.
Special to The Georgian.
Montgomery, Ala, Dec. 23.—J. M. Al
len Is locked up af police headquarters
on the charge of assault with Intent to
murder Will Evans, a negro. Evan*
Is In a critical condition.
Governor Patterson to Sptsk.
Special to The Georgian.
Chattanooga Tenn, Dec. 23.—The
375,000 Central High school bullying at
Rldgedal* will probably bq dedicated
January 3. Among thoee who will de
liver addresses are President Brown
Ayres, of the University of Tennessee:
Governor M. R. Patterson, Professor R.
L. Jones, state superintendent of pub
lic Instruction: Professor P. P. Clax-
ton. of the University of Tennessee, and
Judge Seth M. Walker, county judge.
Dontld Fraser Vacation,
The Donald Framer School at Deca
tur haa cloaed for the Christmaa holi
days. and the boys have returned to
former'preildent ^'of 11 [tT'T^TlcIn their, home. unUI January 3, when
Academy of Medicine.
school will b* resumed.
Washington, Deo. 23.—Benjamin D.
Greene and John F. Gaynor were today
denied a review of the Judgment of the
lower court by the supreme court of
the United States. This ends their case
and they must go to the penitentiary.
The two men were accused of con
spiring with Captain Oberlln M. Car
ter, United States corps of engineers, to
defraud the government In connection
with Improvement work In the Savan
nah harbor.
For nearly ten year* they have been
fighting to escape punlehment. Captain
Carter ha* served his sentence.
Greene and Gaynor were arrested In
New York shortly after their Indict
ment at Savannah In 1899.
United 8tates Won at Every Turn.
In the face of all the obstacles that
the shrewdest lawyere In thla count/y
and Canada could devise, the United
States government has won at every
decisive point.
Arrested in New York shortly after
their Indictment at Savannah In 1899,
they were taken before a commission
for extradition to Georgia. Judge La-
combe refused to release them on ha
beas corpus proceedings, and then they
were ordered extradited. They appeal
ed to the supreme court of the United
States for the first time, but that court
sustained the order.
Under these circumstances, they
took up their residence In Quebec," so a
Canadian paper reported It.
Arrested in Quebee.
Attorney General Knox carried the
fight Into the Canadian courts,
tradition warrants were lesued by
Judge Lafontalne, of Montreal, and the
fugitives were arrested In Quebec. In.
terference waa feared, and the transfer
to Montreal was made In a dramatic
manner. The tug Spray, said to be the
fastest boat on the St. Lawrence at
that time, had been chartered by the
United States, and was placed at the
disposal of the arresting officers, who
did their work secretly and effectively.
The Spray wa* chased by another tug
from Quebec, but outdistanced her.
An attempt was then made to Inter
cept the Spray at Three Rivers, where
the high constable of Quebec, with a
force of police, chartered a steamer and
summoned the Spray to halt "In the
name of the king." The captain of
the Spray was either hard of heating,
or perhaps he did not catch the name.
Any how, he was not greatly Impress
ed, the Spray sped on her way and
the fugitives were landed at Montreal.
Judge Lafontalne kept them In jail.
In the meantime writs of habeas corpus
had been Issued by Judge Caron In
Quebee. The United States again
moved to quash the writ, but the Judge
ordered the prisoners discharged on the
ground that the offenses charged
against them were not extraditable
ones. This seemed to leave the fugi
tives triumphant. But the attorney
general had not yet exhausted all hla
resources.
Suit Carried to England.
One postibh chance remained, and
that was an appeal to the privy council
of London. Ir. February. 190E, the
privy council rendered a decision, up
holding the Jurisdiction of Judge La
fontalne before whom proceeding* were
originally Instituted. In June. 1305.
Judge Lafontalne decreed that Oreene
and Gaynor must be returned to Geor
gia for trial. The contractors had ex-
Roosevelt Too Wary to Get
Caughtiu Labor
Row.
Washington, Deo. 23.—There la strong bus-
plclon among poopla familiar with the Inalde
facts of the Nevada labor troubles that If
the president had done whet was wanted of
him he would have put himself In the posi
tion of using Federal troopa to enforce the
open ahop In Nevada.
That la believed to be Just what the mine
ownera and allied Interests wanted him to
do In the labor troubles In the state. They
were In position to appeal to the national
administration, because Nevada baa no
militia of It# own.
Back of the sharp rebuke which the presi
dent administered to Governor Sparks when
the facta had been Investigated, there
the atorr ot an alleged plot of political and
moneyed Interests in the estate to smash
the nnlona. Such a thing wonld have
aroused the whole mountain West.
CATHERINE BEATTY.
Eirmlnghntn Girl Who Worked as Mo-
torman, Fireman and Wagon Driver.
RDOSEVELTTO HEAD
THOMAS LAWSON 1 !
POLITICAL PARTY
According to Financier Gov.
Johnson Will Have
Second Place.
MAN DISAPPEARS
WITH $329 CASH;
LED DOUBLE LIFE
Washington, Pec. 23.—James J. O’Shea,
aged 18, la missing today, 8329.90 baa been
■tolen from the safe and a warrant charging
grand larceny hna been sworn out for his
arrest by the Kegal Shoe Uompany, of
which he was assistant manager here.
From his wife the police pay they learned
that O’Shea had been lending a double life,
nnd that hla salary was not sufficient to
meet his needs.
DECATUR ORPHANS
TO HAVE XMAS TREE
The Decatur Orphans' Home will give a
Christmas tree at the home on Friday after
noon at 4 o'clock, when presents for the
IK children In the borne will be distributed.
The management of the Institution requests
ot that those who care to make gifts of
money or packages of any kind leave them
at the store of the George Muse Company,
where they will be cared for nntll delivered
to the homo.
CANNON CRACKERS
New York, Dec. 23.—Preeldent Rooee.
velt will hend s new party to be
launched soon by Thomas W. Lawson,
according lo the financier, who will
eoon make public a statement. Mr.
Lawson called on Mr. Roosevelt laet
Tuesday.
Governor John A. Johneon, of Min
nesota, It Is understood, will be candi
date for vice preeldent with Mr. Roose
velt. Lawson claims an organisation
In every etate.
"It matters not,” said' Mr. Lawson,
"whether President Roosevelt approves
of the new party or not, whether he
consents to run aa Its presidential can
didate or openly refuses to do so. He
will be nUr candidate Just the same,
nnd by vote of the people will be com
pelled to complete the Job he has com
menced, the rescue of the country from
the wholesale thieves of Wall street, 1 '
LEAVES BED,.
TAKES OWN LIFE
Well - Known Lumberman
Shoots Self in Head
With Pistol.
T
. IN A DUEL
ThreeYoungMen Fight
With Pistols in
Close Room.
DISCHARGE SET
CLOTHES ON FIRE
Two Drop Dead and Third
Walked Wounded to
Doctor’s Office. ’> f
Valdosta, Ga., Dec. 23,—Ben Par
rish, a well-known saw mill man, living
3 mllea north of Sparks, Ga., commit
ted suicide this morning by shooting
himself with a pistol between the eyes.
The deed was committed at 4 o’clock,
when Parrish walked out on his front
porch and fired the shot. He lived
about two hours. Parrish left no ex
planation, and no reason la known for
the deed, unless It be that his mind
had become unbalanced by the financial
lWTT^lT RIP PUT OUT I Mringency, which had affected his busl-
4U.U0A oc.i v/u * vu 1 1 He WR . , 0 yes,. „| d> am i leave*
a wife and three children.
Mayor Joyner lute Issued en order warn
ing agalnat the uae of high esploalrn* dar
ing tbe cbrlatmna bolldaya and netting
down rnlea In regard to discharging of fire,
works of all descriptions. The order fol
lows:
To the rltlsens of Atlanta: Daring the
Christmas holidays there will be, I pretumo.
from the number of placee where fireworks
nre now being sold, the usual manlier of ex-
ploatres used In the celebration. I am there
fore writing this notice to yon to forewarn
you agalnat the nae of certain klnda of fire
works* which, I hare been Informed, nre —
"’••The use of firearms will not lie permit
ted anywhere or snr time Inalde the elty
llmlta. The law agnlnat the dlnehanrlng of
firearam will lie atrictly enforced. Thla ap
plies even to blank cartridge!, which will
not be permitted. .
•The dlacbnrgtng of toy cannon a pro
hibited by lew, and the diaehnrglng of
them will not lie permitted Inalde the elty
llmlta. Neither wilt large cannon craekera
' "•The^orttfmtry amall fire craekera and
Other fireworks, except the kind mentioned
above, will be permitted on private prop,
erty, but the police department hna lieeu
notified to prevent their uae on tb« streets.
B. JQYNF.lt, Mayor."
of that year they were returned to the
United States Grave fears were en
tertained that a rescue would be at
tempted, and during their last daye In
Montreal the Jail waa carefully guarded
by secret service men of the United
States, who also accompanied the pris
oners on their Journey across the bor
der.
Altho Greene and Gaynor spent three
years In Canada, they were In Jalt only
during the last seven months, spending
the rest of the time In luxurious sur
roundings at the Hotel Frontcnac, at
Quebec.
Thel-'trial at Savannah lasted three
months. They fought agalns*. Judge
Speer presiding, but lost In that. They
then, as nov, claimed they were not
tried for the offense for which they
were extradited They were found guil-
y. The sentence Imposed wae 3575,-
49.10, equivalent to the amount em-
bezsled by each, according to the In-
, dlctm.nl. and four year. In the Federal
hauated all legal reeourcea. In October penitentiary.
SALVATION ARMY
GAINS INJUNCTION
A sweeping; temporary injunction
has been aecured In the supreme court
of New York by the Balvatlon Army
against the organisation known an the
American Salvation Army, and it la
the Intention of the Salvation Army of
ficials to begin similar action In aov-
eral states as noon aa the Injunction Is
made permanent or the litigation dis
posed of.
Thla temporary restraining order waa
granted by Justice Truax and prevents
the American Salvation Army from us
ing that name and from Issuing a pub
lication called The War Cry, or any
publication with a similar name, and
from Imitating the uniform* of the
Salvation Army, together with many
other details, such as the Imitation
of the ritual and manual.
The local official* of the Salvation
Army nay thi» action wa* taken be
cause of the criminal acts of some
members of the American organization,
which brought discredit on. the .Salva
tion Army because of the similarity of
names.
date has been set when the de
fendants must show cause why the In
junction shall not be majle permanent.
Considerable interest Is being manifest
ed In the proceedings In Atlanta be
cause of the fact that the American
organization recently established head
quarters here.
BATTERED DOOFIN
AND WAS SHOT
Special to Tim Georglao.
Opelika, Ala., Dec. 23.—In a fight of
cotton mill employees here, Saturday
night. Joe Nichols shot and killed Jim
Ellis. Ellis was drunk and Insulted
Nichols. Bills returned to Xlchols’
home, battered down the door, and the
shooting followed. Nichols Is In jail
awaiting a hearing today.
i
Kershaw, 8. C., Dec. 28.—In a barber j
shop at a lata hour Saturday night, tw. t
prominent young business men wer* |
killed and a third was wounded.
There was an altercation between H, i
W. Welsh and Berry Mobley, In which
pistols were used. While the shooting j
waa In progress, T. L. Clyburn sought |
to Interfere os peacemaker, with the !
result that he and Welsh ore both dead ;
and Mobley seriously wounded, Cly-< j
burn was killed accidentally.
Berry Mobley, the only on* of th. ,
three participants who waa not Instant- ■
ly killed, Is resting very well at hla -
home here, and will probably recover, j
He was placed under arrest The firing :
woe at eo cloao range that Mobley’s
coat was set on fire, and when he
walked acroas the room, his garment -
wae blazing from top to bottom.
Whisky played Its part, and ths Irri
tation engendered by a prevloue quar
rel had something to do with It Th.
young men were peraonal friends. Cly
burn was a first coueln to Welah, the
man at whoso pistol muzzle ha met hla
death. A prevloue altercation had been
patched up, and they were amicably
discussing the mutter, when Berry
Mobley remarked that It was a good
thing Unit all the partlee were too
good friends to fight with each other.
At tills stnfe, It Is said Steven Welch
drew his revolver and etruck Mobley
over the hend with It, then, stepping
back, began firing.
Clyburn, who rueltod between th.
two, received the first three bullets
from Welsh’s pistol. By this tlm«y
Mobley had gotten out hla pistol and
commenced firing. Clyburn had drop
ped to the floor, and, within a moment,
Welsh's body lay proatrato, while Mob
ley, his coat afire, and blood streaming
from his wounds, walked unsteadily
across the street to the doctor's Ota
flee.
SCALDED IN VAT,
HE REACHED PHONE
AND CALLED POLICE 1
Watchman Hilsman Falls
Into Great Tub of Boil
ing Water. m.itt'i
While walking thru ths darkness la
the fan room at the Fulton Bag and
Cotton mills Monday morning at 3
o'clock, A. P. Hllsmon, of 165 Mill,
street, the night watchman In th* mill,
accidentally fell Into a big vat of boil
ing water, and waa so badly scalded
that It Is feared he will die.
There was no one else In hearing dis
tance. and Hilsman floundered In th.
scalding water for several seconds, his
frantic cries of pain and screams for
help being of no avail. Ha finally
managed to clamber out of the vat, and,
altho suffering Intense pain, hurried to
the telephone, and called up the pollc.
station. When Call Officer Anderson
answered the 'phone, an agonized
voice at the other end cried out: dD
T am burned to death. Send an
ambulance to the Fulton mllla at once.”
The officer could plainly discern th.
tone of distress, and h* promptly no
tified Grady hospital. An ambulance
hurried to the mill, and the burned
watchman was taken to the hospital.
Hilsman was terribly scalded. He Is
64 years of age, and on account of his
age It Is feared the btfrns will prove
fatal.
REV. AKED FORCED
CHURCH FOLKS TO
HAND OVER $7,000
New York. Dec. 23.—T want 37,009
from you before you leave this church
this morning,” said Rev. Charles Aked
In the pulpit of tho Flfth-ave. Baptlat
church yesterday. He got the money.
He protested against the possible
deficit for the year and said the rtcti
saddled the burden on the poorer mem
bers.
"I am tired of hearing this church
called Mr. Smith's. Mr. Brown's or Mr.
Robinson's church. I want 37,000 be
fore you leave thla church. The finance*
must be reorganized so that nothing el
thla kind can ever happen again."