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VOL. X NO. 247.
IS. SENATE
TOUNSEIT
IMIMER
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Famous Case Against Illinois’
Solon Comes to a Vote for
Second Time.
OBTAINED OFFICE BY
CORRUPTION. CHARGE
Accused Was Whitewashed at
Former Probe—Adverse Vote
Expected This Time.
WASHINGTON. July 12. —The sen
ate is expected to reach a vote some
time today on the committee report
recommending the unseating of Sen
ator William Lorimer, of Illinois, who.
for nearly two years, has been under
fie. it being alleged that his seat in
the senate was obtained by fraud and
corruption. Several former members
of the Illinois legislature confessed that
they had been paid sums of money to
vole for Lorimer.
Senator Lorimer addressed the sen
ate in his own defense yesterday.
It is generally predicted that the sen
ate will vote to oust Lorimer. He was
whitewashed at a former inquiry by
the senate.
Senator Lorimer resumed speaking
this morning, scoring Taft, Roosevelt,
Bryan and the Chicago “newspaper
trust."
LIGHTNING KILLS TWO
AND WOUNDS 16 IN
CAMP AT ANNISTON
ANNISTON, ALA., July 12.—Two
soldiers were killed and sixteen bad
!v injured when lightning struck the
mess tent of Company B, Second Ala
bama infantry, of Birmingham, while
the militiamen were at supper last
night at Camp Pettus.
The dead:
Charles Kirby and H. Rape.
The injured:
M C. Sullivan, Carl O. Jackson. E.
Y. Lockhart. Herbert Moore. H. I.
Leonard. James Jameson, F. Jefferson.
" T. Evans, Leopold Speigler, Samuel
"alters, R. R. Parsons. Earl Holcolmb,
Travis Downing. J. R Robison and two
negro cooks.
Sullivan is not expected to live.
The injured were rushed to the army
hospitals and are. under treatment by
■regular army surgeons.
The catastrophe created consterna
tion in the camp.
CRACKERS SELL DESSAU
TO KANSAS CITY CLUB
frank Dessau the Cracker pitcher,
was sold this noon, io the Kansas CitJ'
club, of the American association.
Dessau has been having a heap of
trouble with his arm all season, and
as the Crackers are fighting hard to get
a berth in the first division. Manager
Hemphill figured thar he could no lon
ger keep an uncertainty.
BRUNSWICK WANTS POSTMASTER.
BRI NSWh K ? GA.. July 12.—This
r| t.’ will make an effort to secure the
~|l - convention of the Georgia. State
Association of Presidential Postma 5 1-
, ' hich meets in Savannah July 19-
- Postmaster Elliott will present the
n "tation from the board of trade.
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Read For Profit —GEORGIAN WANT ADS —Use For Results
“Moonshine” King of
N. Georgia Mountains
Mixes His Last Mash
LaFayette Lannon. 75 Years Old,
Drowns on Way to Market,
With Corn “Licker."
CUMMING. GA.. July 12—Old La
fayette Larmon. the moonshine king of
the north Georgia mountains, has mixed
his last mash. Friends fount! his body
In Daves creek, six miles from Cum
ming. drowned in his wagon. A dozer
jugs of mountain dew in the wagon
bed told the story of old Lafe's last
running of the revenue blockade. He
had been caught by the flood on the
way from his still to market.
Lase Larmon was 75 years old. but
his blue eyes were just as keen as
when he followed the flag In the 60 s.
and in his hands the six-foot squirrel
rifle held just as steady a bead. The,
revenue officers were never anxious to
trail the old man into his den, and
though his stills had been broken up
again and again old Lase retained his
freedom and kept on turning corn into
white liquor. He had the stern re
ligion of the Georgia mountaineer, de
scendents of the Roundheads, and was
a regular attendant at the church his
father had helped to build. But he
maintained the right of a free-born
citizen to use his own com for meal or
whisky as he saw fit. and he refused
to admit that the government had any
right to interfere. He had been
“moonshining" for 50 years.
Daves creek was swollen by the
heavy rains and old Lase must have
misjudged the depth at the ford, for
he drove his mule into water six feet
deep. Caught In the harness, the mule
was swept down stream and drowned,
and the old man evidently made no at
tempt to leave the wagon and swim out.
Friends found him and the mule dead
together, washed against the bank, with
jugs of moonshine, tightly corked with
corncobs, floating by the old man's
side.
WOMAN OF MYSTERY,
KINGS’ ENTERTAINER,
LIES IN GEORGIA JAIL
MACON. GA.. July 12.—Mrs. Dixie
Jarrett, possessor of a gold bracelet
given in person by the late King Ed
ward, of England, upon the completion
of one of her before-royalty perform
ances. is in Bibb county jail charged
with lunacy, as the result of a warrant
sworn out by a young man named Fred
Haygood, who claims to be her son.
Asserting her sanity in rational
terms. Mrs. Jarrett declares that Hay
good is only an adopted son, and that
he is persecuting her because when she
made her will recently she omitted him.
For fifteen years Mrs. Jarrett has
toured the world, giving exhibitions of
her strange magnetic power, which she
has even demonstrated in jail since her
confinement for the benefit of fellow
prisoners. Her mere touch invests pins,
iron and steel with the power of mag
netism.
Mrs. Jarrett must remain in jail ten
days pending a hearing for lunacy in
compliance with the law’. She be
lieves that the jury will declare her
sane, and if acquitted she intends to
prosecute, a warrant now pending
against her alleged son for assault
and battery. She is quite wealthy,
owning property in Philadelphia, Ma
con and Milledgeville, besides valuable
jewejs.
PLAGUE QUARANTINE
IN CUBA HOLDS MANY
BOUND FOR AMERICA
HAVANA, July 12.—Hundreds of
Americans bound for Florida are held
up here by the rigid quarantine estab
lished against bubonic plague. Cere
melo Hegluera. who has been under
treatment for two days as a plague
patient, died today, but it can not be
determined definitely whether he was a
victim of the plague or not until a bac
teriological examination has been com
pleted.
CONTEMPT BILL PASSES.
WASHINGTON. July 12.—The house
has passed the Clayton contempt
bill by a vole of 233 to 18. The Repub
lican substitute offered for the Demo
cratic bill was defeated on a viva voce
HORSEWHIPS
HER FOE IN
DIVORCE
TRIAL
Mrs. Pettitt Uses Cowhide on
Man Who Testified Against
Her in Court.
VICTIM’S ARMS PINNED
WHILE SHE PLIES LASH
Arraigned in Court. She De
clares She s Proud of It.
Says He tid’d.
Mrs. Lillian Petitt. of 42 Doane
street, is today under bond of SIOO be
cause she cowhided C. B. Reeves before
a score of spectators in broad daylight
at the corner of Marietta and Spring
streets.
Reeves had testified against her tn a
divorce suit won by her husband, A. P.
Petitt. manager of the Joel C. Roper #
Cigar Company of Ivy street. Her
brother-in-la.w, Edward Hurst, who
held Reeves’ hands behind him while
the infuriated woman literally wore out
a whip across his head and shoulders,
has thus far eluded the police, but her
brother. Vernon Hines, who stood by
and applauded the thrashing. Is also
under SIOO bond in Justice D. K. John
ston's court.
His Evidence Helped
Husband Get Divorce.
A week ago Petitt won his first ver
dict in the divorce suit before a jury in
the superior court. His principal wit
ness and the one who gave the most
damaging testimony against Mrs. Petitt
was Reeves, an employee of Petltt’s in
the cigar factory.
Just after the verdict Mrs. Petitt
was informed that it was Reeves’ evi
dence that hadl won her husband the
suit, and she set out promptly from her
Doane street home to get revenge.
Hurst and Hines, her brother, joined
her and, after searching the city a day,
she spied Reeves entering the store of
Steve Glass near the corner of Mariet
ta and Spring..
Mrs. Petitt did not follow him at
once. She stepped to the curbing,
where a negro's dray was standing,
and borrowed his long, heavy whip. At
the same moment Reeves, all unsuspi
cious of his emerged from the
shop door and started leisurely up the
street.
Pinned Him While
Woman Used Whip.
Hurst rushed at him, according to
his account, and pinioned his two hands
behind his back. Then he faced the
man toward the enraged woman. The
crowd at the corner looked on wonder
ingly.
“You'll lie about me, will you?" cried
Mrs. Petitt. raising the heavy whip
above her head. “Well, take that for
it. you coward."
The whip descended again and again
upon the head of the helpless Reeves.
Great welts rose wher the thong struck
him. Mrs. Petitt rushed around him
plying the whip with all the strength
of her arms, while Hurst still held him
in a vicelike grip, so that he could
neither run nor resist. Amidst the swirl
of the woman’s blows the horsewhipped
man cried to the spectators for help,
hut he got no aid. Hines stood by, it is
declared, either expressing his approval
or advising his sister how to reach a
particularly tender spot. Mrs. Petitt
had given the agonized Reeves a severe
lashing when the whip, worn out by
the strenuous thonging, snapped near
the butt.
ATLANTA. GA„ FRIDAY. JULY 12. 1912.
Accident Imperils 1.000 Passengers and 860 Sailors
GIANT BATTLESHIP IS RAMMED IN FOG
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Stern of the Dreadnought New Hampshire, showing damage inflicted by passenger steamer.
TO PASS ACT FOR
KINDERGARTENS
Women Leaders in Educational
Work Have Assured Success
for Anderson Measure.
•
The free kindergarten bill, sponsored
by Randolph Anderson, of Chatham,
and urged upon the legislature by wom
en prominent in educational work in
Georgia, has received the sanction of
the educational committee and will go
to the house with a report which will
assure its passage.
Kindergarten workers, club women
and school teachers appeared before the
committee yesterday afternoon and
convinced the legislators of the abso
lute necessity of free kindergartens in
Georgia cities. Among those who
availed themselves of the opportunity
of voicing thsir approval of the bill
were Mrs. E. B. Smith, of the Federa
tion of Women’s Clubs: Mrs. Mary Mc-
Lendon. of the W. C. T. U.; Mrs. Ed
ward T. Brown, of Atlanta; Miss Carol
P. Oppenheimer, director of the kin
dergarten training school at Athens;
Miss Edwina Wood, superintendent of
the Columbus kindergartens; Gunoy
Jordan and George A. Baldwin, of Co
lumbus. and ex-Governor Norther.
The members of the local committee
who have been urging the bill are Miss
Gertrude Cohen, Mrs. J. S. Lacy, Miss
D. Laudauer, Miss Mary Barnwell. Mrs
William V. Kriegshaber, Mrs. Carl
Kaiser and Mrs. R. C. Little.
The kindergarten bill is general in its
nature and provides that money from
the common school fund of the state
may be used by county or municipal
boards of education for kindergartens,
if deemed advisable. The adherents of
the measure believe they will have won
a real battle if the state places the
right to establish kindergartens in the
hands of local'school authorities.
BEWARE OF BROKERS,
THIS GIRL’S ADVICE
CHICAGO, July 12.—Miss May Mc-
Gowan, who lost everything after run
ning SI,OOO up to $350,000 in stock spec
ulation. says "don't allow any man
friend to introduce you to brokers."
Will Require Two Months and
Sum of $30,000 to Repair
Dreadnought.
NEWPORT, R. 1.. July 12.—The Unit
ed States battleship New Hampshire
was badly damaged in a collision here
when she was rammed nearly head-on
during a dense fog by the steamer Com
monwealth. with 1.000 passengers on
board. The passenger boat collided
with the stern of the battler. The acci
dent occurred at 4:25 a. m. The 856
officers and men Immediately sprang to
the lifeboats to rescue the passengers
on the other vessel, but no rescue work
was needed.
The tremendous Impact crushed In
the New Hampshire’s armor plate,
which at the stern is eight feet wide
and four inches thick. It will cost
$30,000 to repair her. The work will
require two months.
AUTO AND OIL WAGON
CATCH FIRE AND BURN
WHEN THEY COLLIDE
MACON. GA.. July 12. Four people
had narrow escapes last night when
the automobile bearing Mr. and Mrs.
J. W. Hancock crashed into a kerosene
oil delivery wagon, smashing noth ve
hicles and setting fire to the oil. Mrs.
Hancock was badly bruised, and so was
her grand-baby whom she held in her
arms, even when thrown from the ma
chine. They had just moved to a place
of safety when the kerosene ignited
and made a big blaze, burning the
wagon and the auto. The accident oc
curred on the Houston road, two miles
from the city.
9,000 COCOANUTS LEFT
FROM ‘VETS’ REUNION
FLOAT DOWN RIVER
MACON, GA., July 12.—Nine thou
sand cocoanuts are bobbing their way
to the sea upon the tawny breast of
the Ocmulgee river. They were dumped
in by the food inspector as spoiled
goods left over from the Confederate
reunion, in anticipation of thousands
of coeoanut pies for reunion visitors, a
Macon merchant last .' ear purchased in
advance the entire output of a cocoa
nut dealer in South America, but sold
less than a dozen.
BRIBED SENATOR
TO PENITENTIffi
Isaac Huffman, of Ohio, Is
Given Sentence of Three
Years in Federal Prison.
COLUMBIA OHIO. July 12. —Sena
tor Isaac Huffman, Os Butler county,
was sentenced to serve three years in
the penitentiary for accepting a bribe
in the legislature,.by Judge Rathmell
today. The motion filed by Huffman
for a new trial was overruled.
Senator Huffman stated he would ap
peal his case at once to the circuit
court on error.
Judge RathmeP. j n overruling the
motion for a new trial, made an ex
haustive review of the case, denying
the defendant’s contentions on all
points. The court declared that Huff
man had had a fair trial.
When asked what he had to say be
fore sentence was pronounced. Sena
tor Huffman protested his innocence.
"I care more for the good opinion of
my wife and mother, who believe in my
innocence.” said Huffman, “than I do
for the opinion of the entire population
of the state of Ohio."
Huffman declared he had spent ev
ery dollar he had in fighting the Charges
against him, and said his wife would be
forced to work while he was in the
penitentiary.
Senator George K. Celone, of Dayton,
another alleged bribetaker, who was
to be tried in September, has been re
ported sick and his trial may be post
poned.
WEST POINT.' NEWNAN AND
LA GRANGE TO GET POWER
COLUMBUS, GA.. July 12.—The
transmission line of the Columbus
Power Company, between Columbus
and Newnan, has been completed, with
the exception of installing the insula
tors. The wires are strung on steel
towers 60 feet high. The line will car
ry current from the Goat Rock plant
of the Columbus Power Company to
West Point. Newnan and LaGrange.
The $2,000,000 dam that is being built
by th,- company at Goat Rock will be
completed by September 1. and will
furnish sufficient current to generate
30,000 horsepower.
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YANKEE SETS
NEWREGORD
INBROAD
JUMP
A. L. Gutterson, of Vermont,
Wins First Place in the Final
at Stockholm, Sweden.
FINN BREAKS OLD MARK •
FOR THROWING DISCUS
Eight Americans Qualify in the
Trial Heats of the Four Hun
dred-Meter Event.
STOCKHOLM, July 12.—Another tri
umph for the Star Spangled Banner
was scored in the running broad jump
final, which was won by A. L. Gutter
son, of the University of Vermont. Gut.
terson not only won, but broke the old
Olympic record. His distance was 8
meters and 60 centimeters, or 26.41
feet.
The discus event gave the United
States three more points. bringing
America's point total for track and field
events up to 53.
America did well In the 400-meter
run trial heats. The Yankees who
qualified for the semi-finals in this
event were James Rosenberger. Mel
vin Sheppard. James E. Meredith. D. B.
Young, Harold B. Haff. Clarence S.
Edmundson. Charles R. Reidpath and
Ira N. Davenport.
Lieutenant George F. Patton, of the
Fifteenth cavalry, IL S. A„ a member
of the American team, collapsed at the
end of the 4.000-metr cross country
race. This event was the climax of
the modern pentathlon, in which Pat
ton was entered. The American was
quickly revived, but was very weak.
U. S. Men Sweep
Opponents Off Feet.
Determined to make it another "Amer
ican day," the Yankee athletes compet
ing In the Olympic games dashed into
the seventh session of the contest with
a vim that nearly took their opponents'
breath away. The program opened
with victory for the United States, for
James Rosenberger, the fast Irish-
American Athletic 'dub runner, breezed
home in front in the first heat of the
400-metr run. Mel Sheppard, another
’member of the Irish-American club,
took the second heat, while James E.
Meredith, of the Mercersberg (Pa.)
club, the most talked of school boy ath
lete in the world today, qualified for
the semi-finals by running second in
the third heat. This heat was won by
a German runner. v
The American athletes and the
American spectators were alike ncour
aged over the successful assault upon
the point column yesterday.
Weather conditions continued ideal
today, and another vast crowd saw the
opening contests. The gayly decked
stadium roared with applause when the
Americans continued their victorious
course. Japan showed up for the first
time today in the track and field con
tests. Mishimi, of Japan, tan second
in the fourth preliminary heat of the
400-meter event. Mishimi was given a
cheer by all the cosmopolitan throng in
the stadium for his plucky run.
When James E. Meredith, the phe
nomenal Pennsylvania school boy, came
to the scratch in the third trial heat of
the 400-meter event, a roar went up
from the spectators from the United
States. Meredith waved his hand to
the grandstand and the spectators ac
knowledged by shouting "What's the