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DIES REFUSING TO
REVEAL NAME Os
HIS SLAYER
Farmer Shields Brother-in-
Law. Who Surrenders and
Goes to Tower.
After refusing for more than a week
to tell the authorities how he came by
a fatal wound in the head, James
Mitchell, a farmer. living in the vlclni
t> of Easton off the Piedmont road,
turned hie face to the wall earl? this
morning and expired without revealing
the name of bis assailant.
Not an hour after his death E. B.
Echols, lii c brother-in- law. walked into
the office of the count? police and gave
himself up. H- told Chief Rowan that,
he had hit Mitchell over the head with
a shovel on Wednesday, October 16,
after the latter had attacked, him with a
heavy hickory club. According to Ech
ols, the two fought over the payment of
a promissory note Echols had given
Mitchell for the loan of $155. •
Kinahip Caused Silence.
For the sake of the kinship, Echols
asserted, and the police who have
known of the affair for a week corrob
orated him In his assertion, Mitchell
and his wife remained silent, thinking
that the injured man was not seriously
hurt.
On a warrant sworn out before Jus
tice Orr, rhairglng murder, Echols was
taJgen to the Tower at noon. He will
be given a preliminary hearing next
week.
According to the man's statement, he
used the heavy sand shovel only In
•elf-defense He struck Mitchell twice
over the right ear after he had been
knocked down by a blow of Mitchell's
walking gtfek. He maintained that
Mltdhell waa the aggressor 1 hroitghont.
Money Was Demanded.
“He came to my place Wednesday a
week ago." said Bohors, ‘"while 1 was
drawing sand out of the branch. He
told me that he had decided not to take
the horse and cow I had agreed to give
him for the loan of $155. He said he
wanted the money Instead.
•1 told him that I would pay the
money when the note fell due and he
called me a Bar and began cursing. My
sister had told me several days before
that 1 would have trouble with him over
the money.
"Then he hit me with his cane and
stood over me when I tried to get up. 1
dodged him a.nd grabbed the shovel and
hit him on the head twice. He didn't
seem to be badly hurt and some by
standees helped him Into his wagon at.d
he drove home.”
According to the county police, the
dead man was 50 years old and a crip
ple. Echols gave his own age as 47.
He said that he had never quarreled
with his brother-in-law before the day
of the fight.
FULTON MEMBERS OF
ODD FELLOWS PLAN
FOR A HOME-COMING
Governor-elect John M. Slaton and
other prominent men in official and se
cret order life will take, part Wednes
day night 1n "home coming" exercises
to be held in the temple of Fulton
lodge No. 32, Odd Fellows, at Decatur
and Moore streets. The occasion will
mark the reopening of the temple,
which has Just been remodeled, refitted
and Improved and beautified through
out.
Numerous distinguished Odd Fellows
of Atlanta and other places will be
present and participate, among them
Grand Master Coleman, of Cedartown,
head of the grand lodge of Georgia,'and
Grand Secretary Robertson, of Gaines
ville Refreshments will be syved,
and everything possible done to make
the occasion enjoyable and memora
ble.
Fulton lodge has a membership of
nearly 700. and is one of the leading
Odd Fellow organizations 1n the South.
SAME OFFICER WHO
ARRESTED NEGRO
BARS HIS ESCAPE
Within a few hours after ha had es
caped from the Cobb county convict
<amp. where he had served but a few
months of an eight-year term for bur
glar?. Ed Wright, a negro, was cap
tured today in Decatur street b? Po
liceman Hannah, the officer who ar
rested him in the original case and
caused him to get the eight-year sen
tence.
"If It wasn't for you, Mr. Hannah, I
< ould get away, all right, but it looks
like you've sure got my number," re
marked the convict as he was led into
the police station and locked in a cell.
Wright made a daring bolt from a
convict camp near Marietta late yes
terday afternoon. Walking all of ihe
way and keeping close in the woods, he
arrived in Atlanta during the night.
Early today he sought his old haunts
in Decatur street, and this proved his
undoing.
OUT OF WORK. WOULD
AUCTION HIS CHILDREN
LONDON. Oct. 24. Unable 1., find
work. Georgt Gough has petitioned the
board of guardians fur permission to
• ell his children at auction
RIOT DRILL FOR MACON.
■'aptain Kimbrough, of th. state »at
department, inspector of instruct urn fm
the Georgia National Guard, est \t
lanta fur -Macon toda? to conduit a
two days school of riot dut\ for tht
benefit of the Macon troops.
Eugenie Blair in “Mad-
X this week at Lyric.
CONVENTION BUREAU
| COMMITTEE CHOSEN
BY PRESIDENT MOORE
I Wilmer 1.. Moore, president of the
Chamber of Commerce, announced to
day the appointment of the following 24
leading citizens of Atlanta to serve as
I the committee on con vention'bureau,"
authorized at a dinner at the Piedmont
hotel last Frida? night:
J. R. A. Hobson, chairman; C. E.
I'acerl?. Ivan E. Allen, John S. Can
d'er, A dine Chambers, Herve?- Hatch
er. I? H Leah?, Beaumont Davison.
R E O'Donnelly. \\ H. Glenn. H N.
| Dutton James T. Williams. .1. Lee
Barnes. E L. Adams. W. O. Stamps,
I'' P. Glover, R O. Cochran. I. S. Op
i penheimer. Home: George. Hugh Car
ilozH. W. S Elkin, Jr., and .1. <l. Evans.
The committee is composed of two
[representatives from each local busl
ines s interest most directly affected by
conventions in Atlanta, and its work
will be to study the Important conven
tions of the country' with the view’ of
bringing them to the city. This step is
preparatory to establishing a perma
nent convention bureau in connection
[ with the Chamber of Commerce.
TAKING DEPOSITIONS
IN DUCKTOWN COPPER
FUMES DAMAGE CASE
• ———
CHATTANOOGA, TENN., Oct. 24.
R M. Watkins, deputy* United States
court clerk, this afternoon is taking
depositions in the suit of the Shippen
Brothers Lumber Company et al., of
Ellijay, Ga., against the Ducktown Cop
per, Iron and Coal Company, of Duck
town, Term.
The basis of the suit Is the allegation
of the plaintiffs that fumes from the
smelter of the copper company’ have
seriously Injured 103,000 acres of tim
ber land owned by them between Duck
town, Tenn., and Ellijay, Ga.
A number of similar cases have been
pending in Federal court for two years.
The defendant company Is being repre
sented by W. B. Miller, of this city,
while Judge J. L. Gober, of Atlanta, is
retained as counsel for the plaintiffs.
Mora than 60 witnesses from Ducktown
and adjoining towns have been brought
here.
BROWN HURRIES TO NAME
JUDGE TO HELP COURT
Governor Brown today decided to ap
point Clayton Jones judge of the city
court of Albany, to be commissioned
immediately, notwithstanding the fact
that he is an unopposed candidate for
the judgeship in an election to be held
on November 7,
It was discovered that the forthcom
ing term of the city court of Albany
is set for November 11, and that No
vember 7 would be too late for the
newly elected judge to summon a jury
for service. In order to avoid missing
an entire term of the court, the gov
ernor decided to appoint Jones for a
brief intervening term of 18 days.
BRONWOOD BANK ASKS CHARTER
The department of state today re
ceived the application for charter of
the Farmers bank of Bronwood, in Ter
rell county, to be capitalized at $25,000.
DON'T TAKE THE
WRONG MEDICINE
If Your Liver Gets Lazy You Need a
Liver Tcnic, Not Merely a Laxative
for the Bowels,
Many people take a simple laxative
when their liver .gets sluggish rather
than lake calomel, which they know
to be dangerous. But a mere laxative
will not start a sluggish liver. What
is needed is a tonic that will liven up
the liver without forcing you to stay
at home and lose a day from your busi
ness
You have such a tonic in Dodson's
Liver Tone. Dodson's Liver Tone must,
be all they claim for it, because they
guarantee it to take the place of dan*
gerous calomel and agree to hand back
the money with a smile to any person
who iries Dodson's Liver Tone and Is
not satisfied with the relief ft gives.
Dodson's Liver Tone is a harmless
vegetable liquid with a pleasant taste,
and is a prompt and reliable remedy for
constipation, biliousness, sour stomach,
and the other troubles that come from
a torpid liver.
All Atlanta druggists give it their
personal guarantee, and if you will ask
about this guarantee you will protect
yourself against imitations that are not
guaranteed, Large bottle of Dodson's
Liver Tone is 50 cents.
Bifocal
Glasses
Nearly ever? bod? knows
what Bifocals a:e far and
near sight lenses in the sum.
frame;—(with an unslghtl?
dividing line in the old
style). But do you know the?
a e now made entii'el? In one
piece, with no line showing—
the new Fused or Invisible
Bifocals?
I'oinr in and talk to us
about your eyes and we will
take pleasure In .-bowing sou
the new Bifocal.
Ask to see those big. shell
Library Flames, th.- solid
comfort kind.
A. K. Hawkes Co.
OPTICIANS
14 WHITEHALL
THE ATLANTA GEORGIAN AND NEWS. THURSDAY. OCTOBER 24. 1912.
FENN RETURNING
TO RIS OLD HOME
Long Lost Cordele Man Leaves
New Orleans With Sons-in-
Law and Sheriff. •
NEW ORLEANS, LA.. Oct. 24.—With
his two sons-in-law, Augustus Fenn,
the supposed!?’ "dead” timber and tur
pentine operator of Cordele, Ga., who
himself here. Monday,
started back to his home this morning.
Sheriff Ward, of Cordele, was also in
the party.
The sons-in-law. J. F. Williams,
president of the Exchange bank, of
Cordele, and Joseph Espy, manager of
the Espy Cotton Company, wealthy and
prominent' In Georgia, positively iden
tified Fenn, although he was much
changed.
The party stepped out of the hotel
quietly and refused to talk about the
case further. They will arrive in Cor
dele late tonight.
GOVERNOR POSTPONES
DAY OFF AT MARIETTA
Governor Brown, after announcing to
his official family at the capitol yes
terday that he likely would be absent
from the city today, surprised all the
members thereof by walking into the
executive, office shortly after 11 o’clock
this morning
The. acute situation in Cumming and
the consequent ordering out of the state
troops caused the governor to call off a
contemplated visit to his home In Ma
rietta todav.
Salves Can’t Cure Eczema
In regard to skin diseases, medical
authorities are now agreed on this:
Don’t imprison the disease germs in
your skin b?’ the use of greas?' salves,
and thus encourage them to multiply'
A true cure of all eczematous diseases
can be brought about only bv using the
healing agents in the form of a liquid
WASH THE GERMS OUT.
A simple wash: A compound of Oil
of Wintergreen, Thymol, and other in
gredients as combined in the D.D.D.
Prescription. This penetrates to the
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'>•'} »< <•■*<’ J T : two-toned mixtures and fancy novelties of every descrip- P
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and many other various rich Autumn colorings, every garment is a perfect gem—exquisitely 1
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Fenn’s Wife Really
Thought Him Dead
That the wife of Augustus J. Fenn,
who was supposed to have been
drowned two years ago. but has been
found in New Orleans, believed Fenn
to be dead when she entered suit for his
life insurance was the assertion of
President Wilmer L. Moore, of the
Southern States Life Insurance Com
pany, today. Fenn was Insured in the
Southern States for $5,000.
"We believe that neither Mrs. Fenn
nor her sons-in-law knew anything
about Fenn's disappearance, nor did
they know he was still alive." said
President Moore. "But we do believe
that Fenn knew his wife would get
$15,000 in life insurance, though he
could never have obtained any of it
for himself. '
Fenn will not be brought hack to
Georgia, as his identity has been con
clusively proved by his son-in-law and
as his wife refuses to bring the charge
of wife desertion against him in order
to have him brought back. If he is not
brought back, no effort will be made by
the insurance connpan?' to prosecute,
and lie will go unpunished.
Wife Refuses to
Talk of Husband
CORDELE, GA., Oct. 24 —Mrs. Nan
cy E. Fenn, wife of A. J, Fenn, the for
mer wealth?’ turpentine man of Cor
dele, supposed to have been drowned in
the Apalachicola river two and one
half years ago. has made no statement
whatever as to whether or not she de
sired him to return home.
Married children, since reading the
statement of the supposed dead man in
the newspapers and learning the rea
son of his disappearance, have ex
pressed the desire that he come back,
and two so‘ns-in-law are now returning
from New Orleans with him.
No expression could be elicited from
Mrs Fenn, and she is in a despondent
mood, brooding over the affair.
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soothes and heals the skin as nothing
else has ever done.
A 50-cent bottle will start the cure
and give you instant relief.
We have made fast friends of more
than one family' by recommending this
D.D.D. Prescription to a skin sufferer
here and there, and we want you to try
it now- on our positive no pa?’ guaran
tee.
Jacobs’ Pharmacy, 6-8 Marietta St.
(Advt.)
BUTCHER SAYS HE ONLY
TEASED FIERY MADDOX
J. P. Pylant, the butcher who got
into a row with Aiderman J. W. Mad
dox over charges of graft in city coun
cil. was fined $10.75 by Recorder
Broyles this morning. The hearing de
veloped no sensations, much to the
disappointment of a waiting crowd.
Pylant said he was merely teasing
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PRINCESS MAY NOT READ
KING EDWARD’S WRITING
LONDON, Oct. 24.—A censorship has
been established over the Royal libra
r?- at Buckingham palace. The queen
surprised Princess Mary reading one of
King Edward's books.
the aiderman about ‘ Uncle Jim” clean
ing up city council when he took hold
as mayor.
THREE CO-RESPONDENTS
(WOMEN) WEIGH 665 LBS.
NEW YORK. Oct. 24.—Three , 0 r .
spondents named by Mrs. Ida G a „ „|, f .
in her divorce case weighed n. '
lively, around 200, 230 and 23.', "
John E. Campbell, the husband '
appear. The suit was uncontested 01
Eugenie Blair in “Mad
ame X” this week at Lyric,