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GEORGIAN'S POLL
SHOWS SLATDN
eamnner
Atlantan Expected to Sweep the
State in Primary Tomorrow.
Alexander Slated Second.
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on the court of appeals ar, the most
spectacular and interesting, with the
race for solicitor general of the Atlanta
circuit a close third as a thtillei
Tlie general trend of opinion In Ful
ton seems to be that Slaton is to win
over Alexander in the county by a com
fortable but no tremendous majority.
Hall likely will receive a light vote
here.
The legislative race is badly mixed,
and the tight between Blackburn. W M
Smith. McElreath. W. V Smith and
Cochran as to which wo shall be left
at the post is extremely Interesting
Blackburn Expected To Win.
It is generally agreed that 'Hob"
Blackburn is to win Beyond that leg
islative speculation is varied and widely
divergent.
As pretty a race as ever was seen in
Fulton Is the one between Judge "Bob"
Pottle and Recordei Nash Broyles for
the succession to Judge Pottle on the
bench of the court of appeals
Judge Pot th was named by foimei
Governor Slaton a few months ago. to
succeed Judge Arthur Powell on the ap
peals court bench He aspires to the
remainder of the unexpired term to
which he was named
Judge Broyles ha been for many
years recordei of the Atlanta police
court, and has been actively campaign
ing for Judge Pottles seat for the pnsl
three months
It is agreed that the count) is Io he
close between these two
Other Races of Interest.
The race between Solicitor Hugh
Dorsey and .Madison Hell. the present
solicitor’s only opponent, Is close.
Friends of both men are hard at work
in their behalf, and will be until the
last ballot is deposited tomorrow after
noon.
The races for attorney general, rail
road commissioners and commissioner
of agriculture are attracting consider
able attention rind developing some
measure of interesting form, but. com
pared with lhe otliei coittesis they
seemingly ate looked upon in Fulton as
relatively side issues.
The various contests have been car
ried on. as a rule, so far as Fulton coun
ty is concerned, good-naturedly and
with a minimum of bitterness and mud
slinging.
JAMES D. PRICE LOOKS
LIKE WINNER IN RACE
EOR SOIL COMMISSION
Reports from Floyd. Clarke. Baldwin
and Lowndes counties, representing the
four corners of the state. Indicate that
James D. Price is waging a winning
fight for commissioner of agriculture
The dignified campaign Mr. Price is
making, contrasted with the contest of
his competitors. Ims made him many
friends. While Blalock and Brown are
accusing one another of belonging to
the fertilizer tru.-t and being "tools" of
mercenary , olitic lans. "Old Jim" Price
has been talking - to the farmers, face to
sac e . in the fields and along the by
ways and hedges, explaining to them
w hat he propose.- to do for their benefit
when he gets elected to the agriculture
department.
CRISP LEADS OPPONENTS
FOR VOTE IN RANDOLPH
CUTHBERT. GA.. Aug. 20.—The hot
race In this immediate section Is that
for solicitor between Castellow and
Busb. It Is generally agreed that Cas
tellow will carry Randolph, his home
county, but it is freely predicted that
the race throughout the circuit will be
very close
Great interest is also being taken in
the race foi congress between Crisp.
Mercer and Shaw Crisp seems to be
well in the lead in this county
MARKET PROPRIETOR
SAYS HE IS BANKRUPT
W. D. Scott, proprietor of Scott's
City .Market. 14 Houston street, tiled a
petition in bankruptcy today In the
Federal court.
His debts amount . st. .62,16, of i
which $4,800 is seemed by mortgages j
on a 43-acre farm in Cobb county His |
assets are returned as $4.::".
LEGLESS LAD IS EXPERT
SWIMMER AND WRESTLER
PHILADELPHIA. PA. Vug " A
though legless. Tyson Dolwer ag- >14.!
has become an “Xpert sa imine; ano ’
wrestler
GAIN IN BANK STOCKS
LEXINGTON. GA. Aug '.'J E .1
Btay. tax receive: of Oglethorpe coun
ty. has completed his consolidated
port of the taxes of the aunty, which
shows that values have increased
$39,275. This gain is most y in bank
stock, and not due to real tv o person
alty'.
The Atlanta Georgic
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OftYLIGHTBANDIT
ESCAPES IN AUTO
Street Workmen See Burglar
Force Front Door of West
End Drug Store.
VV lii>e a gang of street sweepers
watched him use his "jimmy" with
ski' , a burglar, whose only shield was
an automobile in which he drove to the
scene, entered the West End Pharma
cy and was only prevented from loot
ing the store by the unexpected and
purely accidental arrival of policemen
walking their patrol. The attempted
robbery occurred early today
The street cleaners, under Sanitary
Inspector Butler, were al work at Lee
and Gordon streets when they saw a
big car drive up to the pharmacy and
stop Its lone occupant was well
dressed and entirely disregarded then
presence as he approached the drug
store door He Hied lhe front entrance
but failed to get In. He then walked
around the cornet and tiled a side en
trance It was locked.
He again n pprom bed the front door,
this time with a "jimmy.” The pres
ence of the puffing auto still protected
him The street force thought itltn the
proprietor of the stare Hr had Just
fotced an entrance when two patrol
men strolled leisurely along.
The automobilist saw them. With
out apparent hurry, he entered the co.
and drove off
Investigation proved that no one
connected with the pharmacy had
made this early rooming call. One
hundred dollars in the cash register,
though, was saved
GILCHRIST CALLS
SPECIAL SESSION
Florida Legislature to Consider
Jacksonville's Plan for Docks
Costing $1,500,000.
TALLAHASSEE. FLA. Aug 20
Governor Gilchrist ha o issued his proc
lamation calling a special session of
th, legislature io convene October I
This action Is in response to a petition
of Jacksonville citizens to pass a Dill
giving lite c ity of Jacksonville the pow
er to own and operate municipal ducks
and terminals. The petition presented
I to the governor had attached 3.000 sig
natures of Jacksonville citizens. Ap
pearing as a committee to present this
Petition to the governot were Frank
E ('base. <M. Cooper, Het belt B.
Race and Captain John R. Slattery.
When the special session convenes
lite act. which will be presented for
passage, provides that the citizens of
Jacksonville be allowed to vote upon
a bond Issue of $1,500,000. w hich fund
shall be used for the purpose of buy -
ing owning and operating municipal
docks and terminals
The regular session of the legislature
convenes April I, 1913. only six months
later than the special session, but the
city of Jacksonville wants the special
session because it Is desired to get the
bond issue through in time to allow
the United States engineers to tecum
ntend a large appropriation for the im
provement of the St. Johns river chan
nel.
PIRATES LOOT ISLAND
IN HANKOW. AND FLEE
AFTER KILLING POLICE
HUNG KONG. Aug 20. —Chinese pi
rates loo'ed tin island "f Cheung Chow,
part of the British colony of Hanhovv.
early today after killing an Italian po
lice sergeant and two privates. The
island is used chiefly as a missionary
sanitarium.
After taking all Hie firearms and
ammunition from the police the pirates
looted the sanitarium and a pawn shop,
where they got SIO,OOO. The govern
ment collector of taxes and several offi
cials were captured and had to ransom
themselves.
The pirates fled at daybreak with
their loot Five of them had been
wounded in the battle with the police.
18 ALDERMEN ACCUSED
OF BRIBERY ARRAIGNED
DETROIT tug 20 Preliminary hear- '
r.gs oi the eighteen aldermen accused of !
■ a<-ff|)ting bribes from the Wabash rail- j
road were commenced before Justice
Stein toda\ Councilman T G. King.
; who last night repudiated three confes-
e wa.f \ • :r;i f, w.i-
at.-: arraigned The entire morning ses
; sion was taken up with quibbling bj
I counsel over technicalities
WARM RACE IN COLQUITT.
.Ii >I’I.TRIE. Aug 20 Tile i.ieej
. : i representative in Colquitt county is I
■ n warm one. There are three candl- i
date-. Car. - tut.: circular letters have
I bet n is-u. d daily The candidates are '
H I. Shipp. J A Carlton and J 11 j
I Hiri - who is the present rept.»ntn- i
I five The ..suit tomorrow is uncertain ’
an—Premium Coupon
ir Premium P».-lor. 20 Bait AUtom» »t.,
> it premuim aoode d'tp ayed there
ttncrmi’nf on AnotJu’r Page
THE ATLANTA GEORGIAN AND NEWS- TI’ESDAY. AUGLfS l 20. 1912.
FLORA ZABELLE WILL I
DIVORCE HITCHCOCK !
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I'loi’ii Zabollt’. tin 1 actress, and'
her linsbaml. Raynmml llitelicm-k.
matinee idol, whom she infends i
soon Io sue lor divorce. They
have been married seven years.
TUSSLE LEADS ED
CUTTING; 1 DYING
Boy Becomes Angry When His;
Friend Hits Him and Plunges
Knife Into Abdomen.
Johnnie Odom, eighteen years of age.
todaj lies on a col in Grady hospital,
probably mortally wounded, and Walter
Ratteree, sixteen years of age. occu
pies a cell in tlie police station as the
result of the tragic ending of a row
that started in a playful tussle between
the two boys.
Odom was stabbed in the abdomen.
Hospital physicians sai his condition Is
precarious and that he likely will die.
Ratteree says he became angered be
cause Odom struck him over the eye
with llis fist and tiiat he then used his
knife. He says he already bad the open
knife in* his hand.
The trouble occurred in the Atlanta
woolen mills, at Qi mulgee and Wells
Streets, where both boys were em
ployed.
-We began playing." says Ratteree,
"and neither of ns got mad until John
nie struck me over the eye. He sttuck
me a hard Heli, and this made me mail
I had my knife in my hand, and almost »
before I knew what I was doing I baa
stabbed him."
FOUR TRILLION GERMS
ARE SLAIN IN TEXAS
I SAN ANTONIO. TEXAS. Aug. 20
in a fly-swatting contest which has
just closed here, this < its «ot rid of I
3 157.996 flies and 4.000,000.000.000 die- '
ease germs, all killed by children. This I
only m counts tor about 1,000.000 germs |
a fly. according to the doctors
I Douglas Daflin. fourteen xeirs old. j
I won the first prize of $lO by bringing in i
1443.772 dead flies Douglas wotks in a '
i restaurant and trapped every one of;
| the flies where he works. The count-
: ing was done by a committee from th< |
It’hamber of <'otnineree. headed by 1.. J
Hart, capitalist and general secretary I
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TRAIN STRIKES BUGGY.
VALDOSTA. GA.. Aug. -Geergt
h e den and S. L Mlllhous -. ot U
narrowly escaped being killed when the
buggv in wliieh they were driving wa>]
struck i southbound Georgia and
Foi Ida passing, train Harden's leg!
or hip w.i> oroken. Millhouse being only |
ghtli Irnrt
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Actress Returns to America
Both to Play and Get Rid of
Husband.
NEW YORK. Am; 20.—Flora Z.ibajle.
the actress, who in private life is Mrs.
Raymond Hitch, ■ ok. returned on the
steamer France to star for the Shu
berts and ln< identally to get a divorce
from iter actor-husband.
On iter arrival tlie actress discussed
the proposed legal separation in a live
ly. care-free way. confessing that she
feared she had violated the best theat
rical tenets by staying married to Ray
mond as long as she had.
"We’ve been married seven years—
don’t you think it's time 1 got a di
vorce?" she asked the reporters. "Isn't
that long enough for any theatrical
marriage? It surely is longer than most
of them."
She said she was very much in ear
nest about divorcing Hitchcock.
"We don't agree about anything—|
about financial matters or theatrical
matters —or anything. So what's the
| use of being married?"
With the actress were her father, M.
.Mangasariaii; her pretty sister. Chris
tine. .seventeen years old. and also
"Cousin Charlie. ' who was down on the
passenger list as Charles Kondazian. it
| was over "Cousin Charlie" that lliteh
-1 cock was said to have quarreled with
Illis wife on board Hie steamer Moltke.
I Just before she sailed on July 7.
' Fassengeis on the Fiance said that
ion tlie last voyag' the actress and
i "Cousin Charlie" had a peppery w rangle
| wliieh ended with her telling "Charlie"
| that she was "through with him."
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BOND ELECTION IN OGLETHORPE.'
LEXINGTON, <;a., Aug. 20.—Thej
I road commission, rs of Oglethorpe I
I county have called an election forth“ I
j voters to decide whether or not an is
; sounce of bonds to the amount of,
; $40,000 for road pit: poses should be
i made, the election to be held tomorrow I
JAIL BREAKERS CAUGHT
HAWKINSVILLE, GA Aug 20. j
jSix of the len prisoners who broke
Jai ist week !• C ag.iin in custody , two I
slayers and two hous. burners being,
tmong p> ie -, p; >i d John Donaltl
|-en. on,- rn' tn.' negroe- 'M totiav being'
I t ied on u killing that s.
INSURANGE BILL i
BECOMES fl LAIN
Long Campaign to Systematize
and Strengthen Regulation
of Risk Firms Won.
The general' insurance bill, consid
ered the most important work of the
1912 session of the Georgia legislature,
opposed desperately by a certain class
of insurance companies in both houses,
has been approved by Governor Joseph
M. Brown.
The governor's approval of the bill
means that the long campaign to sys-'
tematize and strengthen Georgia's in
surance laws has been brought to a
successful end. To Comptroller Gen
eral Wright, who for years has urged a
change in the state’s antiquated sys
tem of regulating insurance compa
nies, Is due great credit. The law,
while drawn by inter-session commis
sion appointed for that purpose, is lit
erally the comptroller's suggestions.
A rigid supervision of co-operative,
assessment and fraternal companies, as
is now provided for stock companies,
after formation, is perhaps the most
striking feature of the new law. Un
der the ancient statutes, assessment and
fraternal companies were amenable to
nobody. These concerns have run wild
in the Georgia field.
The new measure creates a depart
ment of insurance, separate apd dis
tinct from the comptroller general's
office, but W. A. Wright will be at the
head of the new department. By the
terms of the new measure rhe insur
ance commissioner will be given power
to Investigate the formation of all
Georgia companies, stock companies as
well, before issuing a license to sell in-,
syrani e.
SENATE HEAD TO
APPOINT PAGES
Governor Kills "Rider” in Ap
propriations Bill. Over Which
Legislature Squabbled.
The squabble over the appointment of
senate pages, which furnished the fea
ture of the dying hours of the annual
-ession of the general assembly Hie last
two years, was terminated today by
Governor Brown.
The chief executive vetoed the "rider”
to the deficiency appropriation bill, pro
viding the manner in which senate
pages shall be appointed. He put the
appointment back in the hands of the
president of the senate, where it for
merly reposed. All other sections of
the bill were approved.
The governor's action is a victory for
lhe lower house of the legislature and a
defeat tor Flynn Hargett, messenger of
the senate, who has been accused of
! having caused the "rider" to be in
i serted in the appropriation bill to pre
! serve his patronage.
At the close of the 1911 session Har
| gett lost out on the appointments at
the passage of an amendment giving
I the president power to name tne pages.
| At tlie close of the 1912 session the ap
'propriatlons bill bobbed up in the house
with the Hargett "rider" very much in
evidence.
The house and the senate promptly
yyent to the mat. It took three confer
ence committees *o straighten out the
tangle. The straightening at the best
was little more than a compromise
which allowed Hargett 25 days of pat
ronage and gave the senate the right
to select the manner of appointment for
the other 25 days.
The question raised by the house was
sustained by the governot. The house
had held that the matter was entirely
foreign to an appropriation bill and did
not belong there
The governor said today that the
"rider" was not germane to an appro
priations bill, and he would not sta«d
for it being insetted.
PENROSE WILL TELL
ABOUT OIL LETTERS IN
SENATE TOMORROW
WASHINGTON, Aug. 20 —Senator Pen
rose. of Pennsylvania, today notified the
senate that he will discuss the corre
spondence between John D. Archbald, of
tlie Standard Oil company, and himself
relative to the $25,000 check immediately
after the reading of the journal tomor
row. Pending this statement the Penn
sylvanian declined to discuss the matter.
It became known today' that John D.
ArehbaM. whose $25,000 check has stirred
up the Penrose matter, was invited by
Senator Clapp to appear before the sen
ate subcommittee investigating campaign
expenses.
Archbald's secretary replied to the in
vitation that bis employer now is in Eu
| rope and is expected back in September.
, The secretary expressed his belief that
| Archbald will not object to appearing be
, fore the senate Investigators.
FOI'ND -If you lose anything and will
advertise it here, you will surely recover
Il if found by an honest person A three
s time ad seldom fails. Remarkable recov
-1 cries are brought about every day
j through this column.
1 Do you want to change jobs? Perhaps
the one you have doesn't suit your 'aste.
lor surroundings are disagreeable. Or
1 salary isn't large enough, ot there's no
chance for advancement If so. your
• hance to change is offered today tn The
I Go' i gian s Classified Pages
BERTH SEARCHED;
SUE FDR SGO.DOO
Man Charges Wife, in Night
Clothes. Was Humiliated by
Pullman Conductor.
Charging that his wife, clad only in
her night robes, was subjected to the
gaze of her fellow passengers of a Pull
mam car when the conductor searched
his compartment with the idea that he
had slipped a woman other than his
wife into the berth. Oliver B. Bur
' roughs filed suit for $30,000 today in su
perior court. His wife filed a similar
bill, asking for like damages.
Both the Pullman Company and the
Central of Georgia railroad are made
defendants in the action.
Burroughs avers in his complaint
that he bought railroad passage and
Pullman accommodation for himself and
wife to Jacksonville. Fla., on the Dixie
Flyer.
They had retired, he claim?, when, to
his great humiliation, the Pullman con
ductor entered the privacy and seclu
sion of his berth, forcibly tearing aside
the curtains, subjecting his wife to the
gaze of the curious passengers.
For this alleged humiliation he asks
damages.
Up and Down
Peachtree
i Old Bill' Minor
Is a Bull Mooser.
Ira Damon Steiner and Frank Pythias
Liebman, two Atlantans known of every
body locally, journeyed recently to Mil
ledgeville, where Clayt Robson lives, and
"Joe" Pottle breathes, and a notorious
character named Whittaker has Ills being
Milledgeville is the place where the
state sanitarium for the weak-minded is
located, and also' the place where the
state reformatory is operated, and the
place where —but Ira and Frank didn't go
there to see any of those things. They
went to attend a barbecue, and to inspect
some "sure things” in real estate, for
which the Liebman end of the friendship
firm bath a keen eye.
"The most interesting sight in or around
Milledgeville," said Mr. Steiner today, "is
old 'Bill' Minor, the erstwhile train rob
ber and general all-around cut-up and
bad man.
"They' keep old 'Bill' chained to a post
in the state penitentiary, and they per
mit visitors to see him and converse with
him now and then, at respectful dis
tances. 1 talked to him quite a while,
and I found him most engaging. He reads
everything he can get his hands on. and
he is remarkably well informed on cur
rent affairs. I was not surprised to find
that he is a full-fledged 'bull moose' and
' an ardent champion of Colonel Roosevelt.
He thinks the colonel is the greatest man
> the world has produced since Napoleon,
and if only he ('Bill') could get away
from that post to which he is chained
he would be a Rough Rider 'rooter' from
away back. I am sure’”
"I was a witness to that conversation
' between Ira and 'Bill' Minor," hutted in
Frank Liebman. "and. believe me. it was
some conversation! I never before saw
a man keep so ‘respectfully distant' a
Ira kept from old ’Bill.' He gave the for
mer train robber a 25-cent cigar, which
is the only kind he smokes —the only kind
Ira smokes, nek 'Bill'—and he poked it at
him on a long stick. As for the conver
sation, it should have been conducted,
really, by long distance phone. Ira talks
mighty big about what he said to ’Bill'
and what ‘Bill' said to him, but it was
almost a street car journey between
them when the conversation took place.
1 think Ira was afraid old 'Bill' would bite
him!"
"Well, anyway," said Ira, who never
gets mad at anything Frank Liebman
says, "Old ’Bill’ Minor is a fine old scout,
if he does rob trains and shoot up the
place when he isn't in the penitentiary—
. and he knows all about the bull moose'
party, and what it is dofn"' and where
it is going!”
And Liebman didn't dispute that.
MAN IN HIS HOME
IS BEATEN UP AND
ROBBED BY THUGS
J. Prysock, 49 Vernon street, last hight
was waylaid in his own home by two
masked robbers, brutally beaten and
kicked into insensibility, and then robbed.
Although Prysock's injuries are pain
ful and he was considerably bruised, he
is not thought to be seriously hurt.
Prysock lives alone in the Vernon street
home, and the assailants, evidently aware
of this fact, broke into the house early
in the night and secreted themselves,
awaiting his arrival. One of the bandits
hid behind the door of Prysock's bed
room, while the other waited just inside
of the room. As Prysock entered the
room and struck a match, the hidden ma
rauders pounced on him. extinguishing
' lhe lights and quickly beat him to the
floor. Not satisfied with this, both as
sailants then viciously kicked him in the
side and chest until he lost conscious-
■ ness.
When Prysock regained his senses, the
robbers were gone and ssl. which he had
in his pocket, was missing
The victim was unable to give a de
scription of his assailants
DRUNKEN NEGRO.
ALBANY. GA. Aug 20.—F C Mor
gan and D. L. Henderson, Jr., of Vi
enna; W. O. Folks, of Montezuma, and
Ray Slade, of Byromville, composing
an party from Vienna to
Albany, were held up by a drink-crazec
negro about four miles from this city
The negro, who was driving a mule
hitched to a buggy, turned across the
toad in such a manner that the auto
ists could not pass and pointing a pis
tol at them cursed and threatened
them until by a dextrous move the
men were enabled to escape. Sheriff
Barbe was notified and arrested Wl'ev
Dixon, who wa» identified as the Itul i
ttp neg'o
GIRL WIFE JESTS
OF SUICIDE AND
ENDS HER LIFE :
Marriage a Disappointment,
Mrs. Nona Wynne Gaily Pre
pares to Kill Herself.
Joking of death as she planned her
own, Mrs. Nona Wynne. 23-year-old
wife of Ernest L. Wynne, a painter, of
110 Walton street, sought advice from
her employer as to the best way of
committing suicide. Her husband de
termined her identity today immediate
ly after he had read how she drank poi
son and died last night in a soda water
parlor, while a dozen pleasure seekers
sipped their cooling drinks at the ta
bles surrounding the one where the
tragedy was enacted.
Disappointment in her married life is
the sole explanation of her act. Hes
husband, a painter and paperhanger,
protests that there was no trouble be
tween them "If she had any troubles,
they were of her own.” was his laconic
answer when asked for explanation of
her deed.
Her entile action, though, previous
to the tragedy indicated that, trouble
had weighed heavily on her mind and
that the decision to commit suicide
was not the result of sudden impulse,
but had been reached after careful, al
most uncanny consideration.
She left a note, appealing to the
husband for forgiveness. She left a
request as to the future care of he;
baby boy. The exact spot in the cem
etery. where she wished her remains to
rest, was indicated. Prayers for het
soul were pleaded for; She had con
sidered her hereafter as a result of
her act. She • had chosen poison as
her method after others had been con
sidered.
Her married life had not been one of
( ease and pleasure. Five years ago at
Pell City, Ala., where she was born and
: reared, she was united to Wynne. A
i boy, James T. Wynne, was born. De
spite the mother n sponsibilities. Mis.
Wynne went to work to aid in tlie sup-
' port of herself and her baby.
Gay Questions
About Suicide.
She was employed as a clerk tn the
retail grocery establishment of S.
Glass. 133 Marietta street. Her hours
were long. Still she was regarded as a
cheerful, willing worker and was pop
ular with her associates in the store
and its patrons.
It was to the proprietor of the s'ore
that she first gave intimation that she
intended to end her life, but so cheer ily
wete the questions in reference to sui
cide asked him that he had no thought
that his questioner actually intended to
profit by his advice.
There was no apparent change in the
girl’s good humor yesterday in the
store.
She waited on het customers blithely
and laughed and joked with her co
workers. It was during an afternoon
lull that she broached the subject of
suicide to her employer.
"What do you think would become
of a girl who committed suicide?” she
asked There was a smile on het lips
as she spoke. Her eyes twinkled. She
seemed unusually merry.
"1 hardly think she’d go to heaven.”
Mr. Glass replied. The answer did not
( affect her demeanor.
"Well, if a girl did. what would be
the best way?" she next asked. Plainly
the clerk was jesting, the employer rea
soned as he returned her laugh.
"Why, I think I'd ride out to Lake-
, wood and jump in,” he said.
"Oh. that wouldn't do.” she bantered
back. "Somebody might pull you out.'
and you would have had all your trou
ble for nothing.”
The conversation drifted to othet
subjects.
Later in the afternoon .Mrs Wynns
asked to be excused from duty in the
store for a brief time. It was then that
she purchased the poison. She bought
25 tents worth of strychnine in a drug
store, telling the preset iptionist that
she wished to use it in killing rats.
She then returned to the store and
resumed her work. Later she wrote
a letter and showed the envelope to Mr
Glass. "I m not going to snow you
what s in it. ’ she said, and still she
laughed. The grocer thinks this was
the suicide note.
A letter was also written to a school
friend in New Hampshire. She had
told a teacher of the kindergarten at
tended by her son that her entire mar
ried life had been a disappointment.
Leaving the store at 7 o’clock, she
joined iter husband and with him went
to Pink Cherry market. She seemed
in unusually high spit its. At the mar
ket they separated, he going home and
she back to the city.
Where she spent tlie remaining hours
between then and the time she had
chosen for her tragic deed is not known.
STATE TO ASSIST IN
CHECKING SCARLET
FEVER AT MOULTRIE
State aid will be given Moultrie, Col
quitt county, in its fight to stamp out a
scarlet fever epidemic which threatens
the town.
Ten cases have been reported in th«
last few days, and citizens sent re
quests for the co-operation of the state
board of health that the epidemic be
cheeked before it gains more serious
proportions. It is believed systematic
work can stop the advance ot the epi
demic In a ft w days.
Secretary Hart ls announced the board
is ready to act with the Colquitt au
thorities at any time.
REFRESHING SLEEP
Horsford s Acid Phosphate
Halt > teaspoonful in a glass of '-old
Rater before retiring induces restful
sleet’ •••