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HEARST’S SUNDAY AMERICAN. ATLANTA. OA. SUNDAY AUGUST 10, 1913. 9 A 4- \ r , "s Savannah Latest News of South Georgia si Way cross SPEER RESENTS Miss Mary r. Jacobson On e of the popu lar members of the younger soeial set of Tennille. She has many friends in other South Georgia towns where she fre quently visits. Beach Manufacturing Company Bankruptcy Case Goes to Judge Newman’s Court. SAVANNAH, Aug. 9.—That Judge Emory Speer, of the United States Court, has “washed his hands” of the Behch Manufacturing Company bankruptcy proceedings, and desires that Judge Newman, in Atlanta, take over the entire case, is shown in an opinion, a copy of which has been re ceived in the ^bankruptcy court of fice here. It appears from the record that the Beach Manufacturing Cohipany moved to have Judge Speer disquali fied from considering a certain phase of the case because the Judge’s son- in-law, A. H. Heyward, Jr., is one of the attorneys for the receiver of the alleged bankrupt. This motion ap pears to have annoyed the judge, causing him to express the following opinion: “There was a petition filed in this cause in behalf of the Beach Manu facturing Company to restrain the receiver from cutting certain timber for crossties for the purpose of rais ing money to feed the live stock, and when the matter came on to be heard there was some discussion as to whether the Judge of the Southern District of Georgia was qualified. “I do not think I am disqualified in any matters in which Mr. Heyward does not have a pecuniary interes f . He does not have any pecuniary in terest as to whether the mules ars fed from the proceeds of crossties or whether they are fed from the grass and reeds along the swamps or otherwise, but as there is ob viously some little maneuvering one way or the other, I don’t know how, which raises the question of my qualification, I wash my hands of the whole thing. "I will have nothing to do with ic Since he kindly expresses his willing ness to try it, you can go to Judge Newman with the entire case.” Public Inquiry Into Railroad Accident Central' of Georgia Inaugurates New Policy of Investigations of Mishaps on Its Lines. TO REACH TOE I SAVANNAH, Aug. 9.—For the first time in this section of the country, and in furtherance of a rule established by the Illinois Central, the controlling line, that all accidents to passenger trains where passengers are injured, be publicly investigated at the scene of the mishap, the Central of Georgia Railway made an inquiry into the ac cident at Oliver Tuesday morning, when seventeen passengers were more or less badly hurt. The inquiry was conducted by disinterested parties selected by the railroad. They were Marion Lucas and John Kennedy, of Savannah, and Dr. A. D. Kanier, of Oliver. It was decided after full investigation that the accident was due to some ob struction, presumably the tie bar from the front truck under the tank of the engine which was pulling the train. The tie bar fell and was dragged through the frog, breaking the frog and causing the derailment. - The track at the point of the accident was laid with 80*>ound rails, on pine and cypress ties. The switch ties, which were of oak, were also found in good condition. 91-year-old Order in Chatham Court Judge Charlton Passes Paper Au thorized by Grandfather in Same Court. Must Not Tie Barges To Government Piling U. S. Engineer at Savannah Says Wornout Hulks Rot at Moorings. SAVANNAH, Aug. 9.—Because own ers of disabled barges and other vessels persist in tying them up to the Govern ment piling in the Savannah harbor, it is probable they will be arraigned in the United States Court and subject-ed to a heavy fine. Speaking of this violation of the Fed eral law. Colonel Dan C. Kingman, United States engineer for this district, said: “Uncle Sam is patient and long suf fering. He puts up with a lot of an noyance rather than be disagreeable. But finally spurred into action, he is likely to make things lively. It looks to me as if something of this kind is about to happen here pretty soon on ac count of the action of certain impru dent owners of vessels and barges who i persist in tying them up to the pilings forming a part of the training wall of Savannah harbor, and leaving them until they sink. These vessels are not onlyJ unsightly, but are a great menace to j navigation.” Tybee Season May Include September Central of Georgia Willing to Run Trains Another Month if Travel Justifies. SAVANNAH, Aug 9.—The Centrafof Georgia Railway will continue summer schedules to Tybee Island through Sep tember ff assurances are given that the cottagers and others will remain at the resort in sufficient numbers to justify the expense. The Central has, in fact, been willing to prolong the season for several years, but the people invariably return to the city during the latter part of August, which means that there will not be suf ficient daily traffic to justify the extra trains. It £as heretofore been the in variable custom to officially close the Tybee season after Labor Day. An agi tation on the subject is now on among the people at Tybee. The season at the resort is now in'full swing. Bacon’s Man Named Savannah Collector SAVANNAH, Aug. 9.—An order signed in the cause of Harry Haupt and others against John Haunt in the Superior Court of Chatham County, July 24, 1822, was before Judge Walter G. Charlton, in the same court, this week. The old order was passed by Judge Charlton’s grandfather. Judge Thomas V. P. Charlton. In tracing a record Ed mund H. Abrahams discovered that through an inadvertence the then clerk of the court had neglected to put the old order on the minute book. Abrahams obtained an order nunc pro tunc from Judge Charlton to have the decree recorded on the current minute book of the court. This was done. The old decree was written with pen and ink in an old-fashioned handwriting. There were no typewriters in those days. WAYCROSS HOSTELRY PUT UNDER NEW MANAGEMENT WAY CROSS, Aug. 9.-»Eftective to- day W. A. Jones, Jr., became man ager of the Virdie Hotel, succeeding N. II. Slaughter, who will return to his home in North Carolina. Mr. Jones conducted a boarding house which was recently destroyed by fire here. He proposes to make extensive improvements at once on the Virdie. WAYCROSS CITY COUNCIL TO NOMINATE RECORDER WAYCROSS, Aug. 9.—The new act creating a Recorder’s Court here pro vides that City Council shall elect a recorder to serve until the next city election, and it is probable that City Council will choose the tempo rary Recorder at the next regular meeting. Several men are prospective candidates and are running for the place, wihch can not pay more than $75 a month. THIEF STEALS WARDROBE OF WAYCROSS CANDIDATE WAYCROSS, Aug. 9.—Alderman Srott T. Beaton, of the Fourth ward, a proh- ub're candidate for mayor, is on the war path. During his vacation at May port some one entered his home on Gilmore street and went off with his best clothes, a lot of silverware, some of his wife’s dresses and a shotgun he had just pur chased The kitchen window was smashed with an ax and whoever robbed the place made a good job. Savannah Platoons To Get Gun Practice Dummy Mortar from Government Arsenal To Be Mounted by the Regulars. SAVANNAH, Aug. 9.—Reaching Sa vannah from the Government Arsenal at Augusta, and carried to the Park ex tension by the Gadsden Contracting Company, the mortar for the dummy emplacements of the Savannah Volunteer Guards is now resting on the ground ready to be mounted. This dummy mortar Is an exact rep lica of the most modern 12-ineh mortar in use anywhere in coast defense work, with the exception that it is too lightly constructed to be actually loaded and fired. The Guards will use it in practice firing. The mortar pit is on the Whitaker Street side of the park extension. The mortar will be mounted by a special de tail of officers and men from Fort Screven as soon as the carriages arrive. High Life Lands Boys In Jail at Way cross Youngsters Went to Brunswick and ‘Splurged’ on Lacy Green’s Money. WAYCROSS. Aug. 9.—Fast and reckless living for a day in Bruns wick caused the arrest of two young sters of Waycross, Archie Douberly and Mason Walker, both 15 years obi. and they are in jail pending an effort to get bond. The boys got a sum ofr money said to have amounted to between $30 and $50 from Lacey Green last Sunday night and left Waycross the next morning to enjoy life. They stopped at the most expensive hotel in Bruns wick, rode about in on auto, bough* new clothes and had the best time possible off the money they secured. A relative heard of their whereabouts and they were brought back to Way- cross. The preliminary hearing given be fore Judge Harry M. Wilson resulted in their being bound over to Cit; Court for tttal. I David C. Barrow Is Son of Confeder ate Soldier and Well- Known Lawyer. SAVANNAH, Aug. 9.—David C. Bar- row has been appointed Collector of Customs at Savannah to succeed Wil liam R. Leaken. The nominee is the personal choice of Senator Bacon. Leaken’s terra of office expires about the middle of the month. Tt is thought that Barrow will be con firmed by that time. Barrow is a member of a very distin guished Georgia family. He is a son of the late Pope Barrow, who was judge of the Superior Court of Chatham County, a member of the Georgia Legislature in 1880. and a lieutenanv in the Confeder ate army. He is a nephew of Chancel lor Barrow, of the University of Geor-> g:a. He is a graduate of the 'University of Georgia, a practicing attorney in Sa vannah, and was assistant city attorney under the last Tiedernan administration. For several years he has been promi nent in Savannah politics. Negro Gun ‘Parties' Denounced by Judge Judge Charlton Suggests Militia Kill Everybody Found on Festive Battlefields. Stage Door ‘Johnny’ Has Fractured Skull Theatrical Man at Savannah Hits Loiterer With Revolver—Now Under Arrest. SAVANNAH, Aug. 9.—George Prince, director of a theatrical com pany playing at the Princess Thea ter, is under arrest charged with as saulting W. P. Kehoe, who is suffer ing with a fractured skull. According to Prince, Kehoe. with other young men had been loitering at the rear of the theater, annoying the performers. He warned them to stay away. Kehoe, he says, attempt ed to strike him when he hit Kehoe over the head with a stage revolver. At first Kehoe was not thought to be seriously hurt. Not only is his skull fractured, but there is probably con cussion of the brain. PIERCE - INSTITUTE HAS FLATTERING PROSPFCTS WAYCROSS. Aug. 9.—According to President W. A. Huckabre. Pierce Col legiate Institute. Georgia’s newest col lege. located at Bicckshear. east of Way- cross, will open in Seutember with a very flattering attendance The coliege is a Methodist institution and owns buildings valued at $60,000. SAVANNAH. Aug. 9.—In sentencing a man in the Superior Court for shooting another not in his own defense, Judge Walter G. Charlton denounced in strong terms certain places in the county where colored people congregate and fight. The particular trouble before him oc curred at Crescent Park, near Sandfly Station. These places are a terror to the com munity,” declared the Court. "It would be a good idea to have the militia or dered out sometimes to kill everybody who is found at these places.” Monteith, Woodsville, Baker’s Cross ing and several other places of equal familiarity in court records were men tioned by the Court in the course of his remarks. The jury did not think the crime jvas assault with intent to murder, and so found the Defendant guilty of shooting at another not in his own defense, rec ommending that he be punished as for a misdemeanor. The Court disregarded the recommendation and sentenced the prisoner to two years in the peniten tiary. . The prisoner was William Jones. He and John Pauline were conducting a dancing pavilion at Sandfly, and Jones shot Pauline while trying to wing an other negro. WAITER SLAPS MESSENGER; IS HELD ON TWO CHARGES WAYCROSS, Aug. 9.—Because he attacked a messenger boy of the Western Union Telegraph Company here two charges have been preferred against C. G. Mototis, a waiter. The waiter slapped Thornton S‘a- ley, claiming that the boy had killed a pet cat. Later he said he was mere ly playing, but the affair treated con siderable excitement at the time. An older brother of Staley wanted to handle the waiter personally, but friends interfered. White Way Proposed On Brunswick Street Landowners and Merchants to Form Stock Company and Install Lighting System. Commercial Leaders of Savannah Urge Extension of Estill Ave nue to Resort. Trustee After $30,000 of Wesley Realty Transferred to Wife of Failed Merchant. SAVANNAH, Aug. 9.—Probability of the Chatham County Commission ers issuing bonds for the extension of Estill avenue to Thunderbolt, making it a mode! highway throughout, has brought forth two suggestions—one from Joseph F. Gray, executive offi cer of the Chamber of Commerce, and the other from Arthur W. Solomon, secretary of the Savannah Automo bile Club and a member of the board of directors of the trade body. “The extension of Estill avenue to Thunderbolt as a model road,” said Secretary Solomon, “is a splendid idea, and I hope the plan will be car ried through. The county owes only $25,000 in bonds. Why can not the new issue be made for $1,000,000 if necessary? Then we could extend Estill avenue on to Tybee Island, by the Wilmington Island route, making a fine automobile road to that re- | sort. This would be a splendid thing for the development of a vast ter ritory as a farming country and trade center easily accessible to the local merchants w'hen it becomes settled, j which would result in a short while if there was easy vehicle access to and from the city.” Thunderbolt Has Road. “The plan to improve the road from the terminus of Estill avenue to Thunderbolt is a splendid idea,” said Executive Officer Gray. “But there is already a fine road to Thunderbolt. It certainly would be a great thing for the County Commissioners to build a model road from Savannah to Tybee by the Wilmington Island route. But if bonds are issued to put through the- whole scheme, let’s start the work from Tybee to Savannah. When we get the road to Thunder bolt It will be plenty of time to build from Savannah to that point.” Secretary Solomon in urging the Tybee highway scheme points out that Tampa, Fla., has just authorized the construction of a brick highway 27 miles out of that city to meet the southern terminus of the road which is being built out of Jacksonville. He thinks if the people of the county In which Tampa is located can appro priate money for a 27-mile highway | the people of Chatham, a much more wealthy and prosperous county, could provide for a road from Savannah to Tybee. a distance of eighteen miles. Solomon Revived Scheme. The matter of building a road to Tybee was revived some time ago by Secretary Solomon, as a director in the Chamber of Commerce. The proposition was at that time referred to a special committee. The matter present remains in statu quo. However, it is quite likely that the scheme to have the County Commis sioners issue bonds for the Thunder bolt and Tybee road will be brought to the attention of this special com mittee. There is now no Intercourse with Tybee except by the Central of Geor gia Railway. Tybee Beach is the most popular summer resort on the Geor gia coast. Such a j*oad as proposed would immediately become popular with automobilists. Tourists also would take advantage of the oppor tunity to visit the resort. SAVANNAH. Aug. 9.—Suit for the recovery of a large part of an in corporated town in Emanuel Coun ty, as a bankruptcy asset, has been filed in the United States Court by R. A. Flanders, trustee in bankruptcy for Cook and Fountain. The property was transferred to Mrs. Hattie Foun tain. wife of one of the parties, a short while before the bankruptcy petition was filed. The real estate involved Is situated in Wesley, a township located about halfway between Swainsboro and Vi- dalia. There are nineteen town blocks in the tract, much of which Is im proved. The postoffice has been erected on one of the lots, and there are numbers of residences going up on others. As soon as suit was filed J. Ben Wilson, deputy marshal, vent to Wesley to serve the papers on Mrs. Fountain. Land Worth $30,000. It is estimated that under fair mar ket conditions the land sought to be recovered would bring $30,000, in which case all of the creditors would be paid in full. But there is certain to be a lively fight unless a compro mise is effected. Cook and Fountain, merchants, failed lash December. Their petition was filed at that time, and Flanders was apponted trustee. The liabilities of the firm as scheduled amounted to about $20,000. There were only about $3,000 n assets. None of the land named in the suit now filed teas scheduled. It did not develop until some time later that this property figured in the case. Trustee Charges Plot. It has been now ascertained that almost immediately prior to the filing of the suit in bankruptcy the firm had deeded to Mrs. Fountain, wife of on** of Its members, the parcel of land which constitutes practically the heart of Wesley. Under the law as sets transferred within four months of the date of filing a bankruptcy pe tition may be recovered. The con tention is made that Cook and Foun tain were insolvent when the deed to Mrs. Fountain was made. The charge is made by the trustee that the transfer was made with the intention of hindering, delaying or de frauding the general creditors. Mill'on Dollar Gain In Ware County Taxes Collector Chases Dodgers and An nounces Intention of Making a Perfect Record. WAYCROSS, Aug 9.—From his hasty examination of the 1913 tax returns for Ware County, Tax Collector J. T. Strick land is confident a large amount of prop erty subject to taxation has not been re turned and he announced to-day that he intended getting every bit of it on the tax books within a few months. That his work will give Ware an increase of at least $1,000,00 Ois practically certain. As the report now stands the returns for 1913 snow an increase of $546,349 over 1912. The big growth of Waycross is the main cause for the gain shown. The tax rate, now $13 a thousand, will probably be reduced to $10. The col lector says he thinks he will make a collection record for the year of 100 per cent, something that has not been done in this county up to date. BRUNSWICK, Aug. 9.—The efforts made the past week to put in a white way along Newcastle street no doubt will culminate in this improvement being made in the near future. It is the intention of those working for the white way to form a stock company composed of the landowners and merchants along the street, who will be called upon to take an amount of stock on the basis of the frontage of their buildings. The movement has met with considerable encouragemen*, and it is now considered a certainty that the principal business street of the city will take on this Improve* ment in the next two months. Southern to Improve Brunswick Terminals Railway to Spend $20,000 on Build ings to Handle Naval Stores Business. BRUNSWICK, Aug. 9.—Extensive improvements will be made by the Southern Railway upon its buildings in the local yards and docks, for which an appropriation of $20,0(10 has been made. Cement foundations will be built under the buildings at th? Turtle River docks, and other im provements will be made on the othei docks of the company in the city. It is the purpose of the company lo rebuild its present facilities and put them in the best of condition so as to be able to handle the increased traf fic which will come through Bruns wick owing to the changes in the na val stores business. Killing of Bachelor Mystifies Officers Despite Strong*Alibi, Tom Bullard Is Held for Death of Farmer Mack Spain. WAYCROSS, Aug. 9 —Whether or not Mack Spain, the eccentrac bachelor far mer of Mexico, a small place west of Waycross, was really murdered and robbed or committed suicide in a fit of despondency, is a question that has arisen in view of the alibi offered by Tom Bullard at the preliminary hear ing given him this wepk, but in spite of which he was bound over to the fall term of Superior Court. Bullard asked a friend to kill Spa.n and get all his money, but claims the statebent was made merely as a joke. Spain’s body was found in a small pond 2 miles from his home three weeks after his disappearance. Bullard himself found the body, which fact argued in his favor, although the testimony of wit nesses was to the effect that no one could have seen the body in the pond without having had previous knowledge J of its whereabouts. j A careful search has so far failed to find ary of the money the farmer had I with him and at his home. New York Gas ‘Tips’ Wasted on Waycross City Council Ignores Wall Street Promoter’s Proposal to Build Plant. \ WAYCROSS. Aug. 9.—Aldermen of Waycross have evidently had enough of the gas proposition, judging by the lack of interest taken by City Council in a communication from a New Yorker showing how the city could build a gas plant and operate it at a profit instead of giving a franchise to outsiders. The proposition was made to the city when it was learned that a bond of $2,5T/Q given by George W. Deen and L. M. Aldrich as evidence of their in tention to spend no less than $20,000 within a year, had been declared for feited. _ , By spending $85,000, the New Yorker claimed, Waycross would have a money making plant. The success of the mu nicipal gas piant at Albany was given as an Illustration. The Waycross City Council ignored the proposal. SENTENCE 0F’YEAR FOR, CONVICTED GUN T0TERS WAYCROSS, Aug. 9.—Judge John C. McDonald has shown that he pro poses to stick to the twelve-month sentence fur persons found guilty of carrying concealed weapons. Clifford Johnson, a negro, is the latest Jo find that it means a year’s job with the county chaingang to carry a gun. Hardly a case of this kind has been disposed of in City Court without the twelve-month sentence being imposed, and the gun-toting habit is said to be declining rapidly as a result. Too Much Money to Spend in Waycross City’s Income More Than Pays All Expensed—Tax Rate To Be Cut Down. WAYCROSS. Aug. 9.—With a $780 ap propriation for twelve months, the com mittee on parks and cemeteries of Way- cross City Council expended only $1.30, according to the financial statement for the first six months of the year just issued. Practically every department of the city is keeping within its budget, and will end the year with a balance to its credit. The engineering department, with $14,454 available, has spent only $6,011.96. Out of an appropriation of $10,280 the fire department has spent but $3,865.38. The revised estimate of Income places the total for 1913 at $156,442.43. The estimate when the year’s appropriations were made was $1 at.000 The expected increase will therefore ipav** the city a neat balance to start 1914 with. In addition to these expenditures the city is spending $100,000 In permanent improvements, this money coming from a bond issue voted last year. $5,498 Suit Brought For Rescuing Dredge Owners of Tug Columbia Dragged the Maryland Out of Beaufort Harbor. SAVANNAH, Aug. 9—Claiming $5,- 498.50 damages and salvage, a libel has been filed In the United States Court by R. S. Salas and F. H. Meader against the dredge Maryland. Salas, as chief ov/ner and president of the Standard Fuel and Supply Com pany, and Meader, as master of the tugboat Columbia, claim this sum of money for time, labor and material ex pended by the tug in hauling the dredge in and out of the harbor at Beaufort, S. C., ami claim $3,500 of this amount for the work of sfiTvage or rescue done by the tug. The dredge, which is said in the libel to be worth 850,000, was towed out of New York harbor on May 27 last by the tug under contract between the Home Dredging Company and the Standard Fuel and Supply Company, the latter being the owners of the tug. The con tract price for taking the dredge from New York to Savannah was $1,500. The drefie-e Maryland is now in the Savannah River The libel will be tried at the coming term of the United States Court. The libel recites a full account of the rescue of the dredge on her way down the coast. WAYCROSS PAVING LAWS HIT ATLANTIC COAST LINE WAYCROSS, Aug. 9.—Because Its tracks pierce the heart of Waycross and I are parallelled in almost every instance | by some of the main streets, the At- j lantic Coast Line is being put to heavy ! expense by the sidewalk and street pav- j irg campaign. the latest sav : ng ordi nance covering Plant avenue from But- j ier street to the city limits, will cause j i he Coast Line to pay a third of the cost j for the entire distance, the avenue run ning along the road’s right of way. The other portion of Plant that is paved 's of I < and the Coast Line paid a third of that. BRUNSWICK BOY CHOSEN FOR WEST POINT CADET BRUNSWICK, Aug. 9.—George Bennett, son of Judge J. W. Bennet, of this city, has received the appoint ment to the West Point Academy from President Wilson. He will leave next month to attend a preparatory school in Washington, expecting to enter West Point the following sea son. SEEKING OFFICE 0F16YEAIS City Editor Lucas of The Morning News Wants to Succeed Baker as Postmaster. SAVANNAH, Aug. 9.—On the sup- position that Marcus S. Baker, post master at Savannah, who has recent ly been investigated by the Postoffice Department in Washington, is about to be retired as a result of that in vestigation, Democratic candidates for the positiort are becoming active. Among these is Marlon Lucas, at present city editor of The Savannah Morning News, who seems to have the lead over prospective opponents,* both in the energy with which he is work ing and the political support which is behind him. Lucas was active In the last munic ipal campaign, and stands well with the present Administration. There is scarcely any doubt that he will secure the backing of the Administration. It also is said that he will have the in dorsement of Congressman Charles G. Edwards, although th© latter has stated that he is not promised to any candidate and will not advocate anyone for the position until he has conferred with the President on the • ubject, Lucas has addressed a circular let ter to practically all Democratic vot ers in Savannah asking for their sup port. He has a great many friends among the rank and file of the peo- rle. Lucas himself says that he has the 'promise of sufficient support to land the job. It Is believed that the retirement of Postmaster .Baker will be in effect within the next 30 days. Brother’s Tireless Quest Results in Capture of Negro Who Killed B. C. Booth. Efficiency Idea in Vogue in Savannah Auditor’s Report Expected to Start General Shakeup Among City Officeholders. SAVANNAH, Aug. 9.—Because of the absence of Chairman W. J. Pier- pont, of the Finance Committee, the report on the audit of the city’s books was not submitted to Council this week. Before the report goes to Council it will be considered by the Finance Committee. Chairman Pierpont is now on a vacation. A special meet ing of Council will likely be called to act upon the report. The auditors have suggested that a controller be appointed and placed in charge of the administration of the financial affairs of the city. This will do away with the office of City Treasurer. In all probability Captain C. S. Hardee, who has served the city efficiently for over 30 years, will be retired on a pension. All departments of the city that are not managed properly are criticised in the report. The auditors have found, for one thing, that the office of Tax Assessor can be greatly improv ed. It is also pointed out that the work in this office does not require the appointment of three assessors. WAYCROSS, Aug. 9.—After elud ing officers and the persistent search, maintained by a brother of the man he killed at Manor January 25, 1897, Will Eady, a negro, has been appre hended near Blountstown, Fla., and unless he demands requisition papers, will be lodged in Ware County jail w’ithln the next week. Eady shot and Instantly killed B. C. Booth at Manor when Booth called at his home to see him about a debt of $12. The negro went Into th* house on seeing Booth approach and refused to reply to his calls. Think ing the negro vvouiu ’in out of the back door. Booth started from the front of the house toward the rear. As he turned a corner he was shot down by Eady who stood by a win dow and fired three shots from a revolver. Negro Makes Escape. An hour’s start enabled the negri to escape, despite the vigorous ef forts to overtake him. At the April term of Ware Superior Court that year an indictment charging Eady with murder was returned, and on this he w ill be tried at the next term of Superior Court. From the time it was known th* negro had gotten away until his cap ture near Blountstown a brother of the slain man, W. S. Booth, kept up a search for the negro. Probably "»0 negroes arrested in various sections as suspects have been viewed by Booth. It was learned to-day that sine© his murder at Manor, Eady was in volved in another crime in Florida «•t a place known as Cooks on St. An drews Bay, twelve years ago. Eady s father-in-law, a negro named Giles, had a dispute with a w r hite mail named Smith, whose home was Valdosta, and shot him While Smith was in a dying condition on the ground Eady approached and kicked him, saying that th^ man was not dead and asked for the gun. With an oath, he then fired thr^© shots into the white man’s body. Eady and Giles went into Alabama, where a search covering several months was conducted without suc cess. As far as is known, Giles 'S still in Alabama. Eady Reported Lynched. But for a report that Eady had been lynched shortly after the shoot ing of Booth it is believed the officers would have located the negro and brought him to trial. As it was, the report was believed and people who had been aiding in the search stoppel and returned home. W. S. Booth has kept a standing reward of $100 for information lead ing to the arrest of Eady, and it is thought that the State’s reward of a. like amount, while not now standing, will bo renewed and paid to those re sponsible for the finding of Eady. For social news of the South see page 10 of this section and the society section. Kimball A Piano of Proven Worth Si $8 WRICrETSVILLE BEACH AUG. 23 j j Round trip, six days. Special > I > trains, sleepers and coaches leave J 6 p m. Make reservations early. SEABOARD. 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