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8 A H Macon IIEARST'S SUNDAY AMERICAN, ATLANTA, C,A„ SUNDAY, ATTITTST 3, 1911. U~. Latest Middle Georgia News m Augusta Lawyer George W. Wood Swears Out Six Warrants for Williams Brothers After Fight. MACON, Aug. #.—Attorney George W. Wood this afternoon swore out six warrants against two Deputy Sheriffs, Deland Williams and Don Williams, brothers. He charges the former with pointing a pistol at him, with carrying a concealed weapon, with assault and battery and with using opprobious language. Don Wil liams is charged with assault and battery and the use of opprobrious language. Mr. Wood claims that the two deputies attacked him unexpectedly, severely beat him with their fists and cursed him and that when he sought to resist them Deland Wil liams pulled a pistol and pointed it. Deland Williams admits striking Attorney Wood, but denies that his brother took part in the fight. He also denies displaying the pistol. The trouble started in the City Court when Deputy Deland Williams reproved Attorney Wood for t< Utng a negro, who had been acquitted t£iat he could depart. The deputy contend ed that the negro could not ve un til the Sheriff* officers said so. Attorney Wood declared that no Deputy Sheriff could give him or ders, and a lively exchange of words followed. The fight took place across the street from the courthouse. Mr. Wood is vice president of the Macon liar Association. Attempts Suicide as His Wife Is Dying Macon Husband Grows Despondent When He Is Unable to Care Properly for Invalid. MACON, Aug. 9.—Despondent be cause lie lacked funds to properly provide for his dying wife, William J. Bettis, formerly In the transfer busi ness, attempted suicide by drinking laudanum and now is in a critical condition at the Macon Hospital. Mrs. Bettis Is a victim of pellagra and i> in the last stages of the mal ady. After being reviv« cl at the hospital, l ettis protested aga ! nst the attention of the physicians C l don’t want to live if my wife is going to die,” he said. Macon Prepares For City Election New Executive Committee To Be Named at Maas Meeting Next Thursday Evening. MACON, Aug. 9.—The citizens of Macon will name a new City Execu tive Committee at a mass meeting to be held next Thursday night at the city auditorium. This virtually will open the active campaign for Mayor. The present committee, W. D. Not tingham, chairman, will retire from office, having served for three years, a year longer than the term for which they were elected. The committee will designate the date f<»r the municipal election and will control Its operation. Alfalfa Growers Will Meet in Macon Loring Brown Calls Meeting of State Association of Farmers for October 25. MACON. Aug. 9.—There will be an organization meeting of the Georgia Alfalfa Growers’ Association in M »- < on on Saturday. October 25. during the State Fair, one having been < ailed by Loring Brown, of Smyrna, who is one of the most active work frs in the alfalfa movement. It Ij proposed for the alfalfa growers to niukt exhibits at »he fair, and the fa*f association will give liberal prerhlums, consisting of Holstein and Jersey cat. 1 tie. Tams worth and Duroc swine, and poultry. This will be th« tirst alfalfa exhibit ever made in this State. Waltz and Swo-Step Enough for Cordele Chaperones Put Ban on Hugs, Tan gos. Trots and Other New Steps. CORDELE, Aug. 9.—The bunnv hug. tango, turkey trot and other modern dances are entirely too im modest In tne opinion of the fair se.: of Cordele who are accustomed to th. waxed floor*. Dike the slit skirt, such dances will probably not come In popular favor at any early time In -his city. Chaperons at loci~l balls recently have positively forbidden the new dances, and the young folk, no mat ter how ardently, but perhaps se cretly, they may desire to introduce them, must let the waltz and two- ste^ sv*»i suffice. AUGUSTA DIGEST SHOWS $l,ivJ,000 TAX INCREASE AUGUSTA. Aug 9.-*-The county tax digest for l!*i3 has been completed and •hows an increase < f over J 1 ,000.000 over 1911. Tax Receiver Steed ha^ been extremely busy the past few weeks get ting ,th* digest ready. It shows, among 1 ‘JbV things, that negroes own nearly >1.5<V.0.*9 worth of property in this county The digest f.jr 1913 amounts to ap proximately $29,500,000. Bibb Commissioners At Last Pay Voucher Body Had Held Up Account, as It Questioned Grand Jury’s Authority. MACON, Aug. 9. The County Com missioners to-day decided to pay the hill of $1,500 made by R. W. Jemlson a public accountant, for auditing the bonks of three of the county offle s. pursuant to a contract with the Grand Jury. For m%.r«* than six weeks the Com missioners have refused to pay this bill, notwithstanding that it was or dered by two grand Juries and ap proved by Judge Mathews. They took the position that grand juries had no legal right to make contracts, and es pecially contracts that would bind the Commissioners. After a long discussion this morn ing It was finally decided, on a di vided vote, to pay the voucher. Jem- lson claimed to have worked 100 days on the books. The Commissioners contended that he only worked 15 days. J UDGE HENRY C. HAMMOND, of Superior Court at Augus ta, who says that a dog is not a good dog unless it is ugly, and who has the same views about umbrellas. When he went on the bench years ago he affected an ugly Airdale terrier and a large ungainly, green sunshade. The terrier died and he got an other, but he still has the original “shade.” “Rags” is said to be one of the finest Airdale pups in the country. THIS FILL TO BE Jury to Pass on A Bankruptcy Suit Judge 8pecr ‘Washes Hands’ of Beach Manufacturing Company Case—Newman to Preside. MACON. Aug. 9.—The petition of creditors to put the Beach Manufac turing Company, of Appling County, a half-million dollar company, In bankruptcy, will be heard before Judge Newman, of Atlanta, In the United States Court at Savannah on September 15. The raae will be tried before a Jury, a demand for Jury trial The Judge, the dog and the umbrella are inseparable companions. Augusta's Police To Be Governed By Civil Service Many Burglaries and Factional Fight ing Cause Change in Method of Administration. Poultry and Live Stock Exhibits Will Again Be Feature of Annual Exposition. Photo by American staff photographer. AUGUSTA, Aug. 9.—Secretary Frank E. Beane, of the Georgia-Caro- lina Fair Association, announces that the fall fair at Augusta will be un dertaken this year on a far more ex tensive scale than ever before. The fair will b gin November 5 and con tinue through November 15. It is expected that at least six of the farmers’ clubs of the Savannah River Valley will have exhibits. Those announcing their intention of exhib iting are the Richmond County Agri cultural Society, the Beech Island Club, the Schultz Hill Club, the Meri wether Club, the (’lark's Hill Agricul tural Club, the Aiken Club, and there will also be others. The clubs that win are awarded cash prizes of such amounts as to make competing worth while, and there is always lively com petition. The poultry exhibit by the Augusta Poultry Association Is expected to be a big feature, as usual, and more than 2,000 birds are to be on exhibi tion. From all parts of this section and from a distance birds will be sent here for display, and handsome prizes are given the winners. The live stock feature, which was such a big attraction at the last fair, will again be splendid. Dast year was the first year that a great deal of attention was paid to the live stock display, and it improved the fair fully 50 per cent. There will be cows, horses, hogs, goats and sheep of the best quality here. There will be a better midway than ever before and Secretary Beane has already booked a great number of high class shows. He says that this year the Midway will be located be tween the main fair building and the live stock building, which is far more convenient than the arrangement in the past. The brass band this year is to be a splendid one. It Is a band which was organized just prior to the Jamestown Exposition, and it played there and has played every week since that time. having been made by the company. This is the first demand of thgt kind ever entered on the records of the court for thit» district, it being the custom to have the judge try bank ruptcy matters. Judge Sp*er requested Judge New man to preside, stating that he would “wash his hands of the case" when the claim was made that he was dis qualified because his son-in-law. .V II Heyward, Jr., is one of the attor neys for the petitioning creditors. Th* petitioning creditors have claims tha’ aggregate several thousand dollars. Augusta Rejoicing At New Ballot Bill Secrecy Enforced by Garlington Measure Expected to Stop Many Prevalent Abuses. AUGUSTA, Aug. 9.—The passage ol the secret ballot bill by the Senate Friday was cheering news to Augus- tans. The bill was introduced in the House early during the present ses sion by Representative Garlington. The bill insures the secret ballot in all general and special elections in Augusta in the future. Of course, under the white primary system the Secret ballot is not used, but in the general elections here the open ballot Is the method. Mayor Hayne was elected in De cember by the open ballot after his adherents had refused to allow him to enter the primary. LATE REGISTRATION FOR LABORERS TO QUALIFY SAVANNAH. Aug 9 —Beginning on Thursday, the registration books for the auditorium bond election will be kept open until 4 o'clock in the afternoon, until they are finally dosed on August 15 An order to this effect has been is sued by Mayor Richard J. Davant. The request that the hooks lie kept Open until a late hour in the afternoon rame from the Chamber of Commerce in order that working men might have a better opportunity of registering Here tofore they have been dosed at 2 o'clock each day Harvard Negro Held Wants Civil Service As Pension Swindler For Public Works Secret Service Men Locate Him in Sparta and Arrest in Macon Follows. MACON, Aug. 9.—Herman Watson Grant, a negro graduate of the Har vard School of Medicine, and aD*o the graduate of a school of pharmacy and a law school In Washingtoh, has been arrested iiere for the authori ties In Alexandria. Va„ where he Is wanted on a charge of embezzlement. There is an indictment, found in the United States Court against him for stealing from the Pension Bureau, where lie practiced in the claim de partment. Grant jumped bond in Norfolk and Indians polls, where he was arrested after twice failing to appear for trial in Alexandria. Secret service men located him in Sparta by gleans of a letter which he wrote to a relative in Augusta He was conducting a drug store in Sparta. FORT SCREVEN BAND TO PLAY FOR SAVANNAHANS SAVANNAH. Aug. 9 -Arrangements have been made for public concerts Monday ami Thursday evenings each week by the band at Fort Screven. Because of objections raised by the ' Musicians' union, the Fort Scfeven j band has been prevented from playing I at Tiiice this summer, previous sinil- [ lar ofScetlons not having been effective. ! This year the band was permitted to I , give only a few concerts at the pavll- j 1 ions. , < $57,357 Increase in Tift County Returns Tax Receiver Fletcher Finds 6,000 Acres of Land Not on the Books. GRIFFIN. Aug 9—Tift County tax returns for the present year show an increase of $57,357 over the returns of last year. Figures were compiled by Tax Receiver George \V. Fletcher. Throe districts, (’hula. Omega and Eldorado, cthow increases, while five Tlfton, Tytv. Brookfield. Brighton and Dosia. show a decrease. An interesting fact concerning the returns was that nearly 6.000 acres t f unreturned land were found by the tax receiver and placed upon the books. This in part accounts for the increase In returns. The increase in 1912 was $15,945. SAVANNAH WIVES SUE BROTHERS FOR DIVORCE SAVANNAH, Aug. 9.—Alleging cruel treatment and statutory causes, Mrs. Frances Zlpperer has filed suit for divorce against Robert Zlpperer in the Superior Court of Chatham Coun ty This Is the second divorce peti tion filed by a Mi's. Zipperer in two weeks. Mrs. Aline Zipperer, a sister- in -laxv of Mrs. Frances Zipperer, tiled the other. t Triennial Shake-up in Augusta Dis courages Efficient Men, Says Commissioner. AUGUSTA, Aug. 9.—Nisbet Wingfield, Commissioner of Public Works at Au gusta. has come out in favor of the civil service plan for the employees of the public works department. Now that the policemen and firemen are to be removed from politics, Mr. Wingfield thinks that the city should go a step further and throw the mant e of protection over efficient employees of th*- waterworks and other departments. The public works department receives a shake-up triennially, just as every other department in the city, for a new Mayor gels in eevry three years and off go the heads of those who happened to vote against him. Mr. Wingfield argues that Augusta wants just as competent men to look after tiie water supply as to patrol her streets or tight her fires. Albany Bankers Ask fart of $50,000,000 Want Government Money to Aid in Moving Southwest Georgia Cotton Crop. Augusta W.C.T.U, Is On Trail of Saloons Police Committee of City Council Refuses to Discuss Report It Has Prepared. AUGl’STA, Aug. 9.—Secrecy is the word with regard to the action of the police commitee here yesterday on the matter of enforcing the prohibition law. The City Council referred the matter of closing the saloons to the police com mittee. This committee had a meet ing and the members refuse to discuss their report, although they admit having prepared one A few weeks ago Mrs. Mary Harris Armor and a large number of members of the Augusta W. C. T. U. appeared before the council and pleaded for the closing of the saloons. Nothing was done at this meeting and at a meeting held Monday night council was asked what it would do about the matter. A letter was rend at that time from Mrs. A. M. Verdery, president of the local W. C. T. U., asking council to state in plain terms what action it would take. The matter was referred to the police committee. Council has granted licenses to nearly 100 saloons at $500 each, and although there was no expressed agreement, still it was tacitly understood that they were to be allowed to sell liquor without molestation. Heirs of Seaborn Jones Win Long Fight for Large Tract of Land in Jenkins County. AUGUSTA. Aug. 9.—By a recent decision of the Supreme Court of Georgia the Chew family, prominent people of Eastern Georgia, have re covered 1,200 acres of rich farming land left by their grandfather, the late Seaborn A. Jones, and worth approximately $40,000. The land is located in Jenkins County, near Mll- len. Before the Civil War Seaborn A. Jones was one of the wealthiest in this section and was a foremost citizen of Burke County and Waynes boro. Jones married a Northern wo man and from this union there were two boys and two girls. When he made his will shortly after the Civil War his heart was heavy and his hatred of the North was intense be cause of the defeat of the Southern arms. Forbids Northern Residence. lie stipulated that if his wife should carry his children, into the North to live, or if they remained on a visit above Mason and Dixon’s line for more than three months at a time, the mother should no longer be guar dian for the children. One of the daughters, Mary, was wooed and won by William H. Chew. The property of the late Seaborn A. Jones was divided equally among his four children and Mrs. Chew decided that she wanted her husband as her trustee instead of the trustee her father had provided under the will. Chew received an order from the court to be trustee for his wife. To the Chews were born three children, Benjamin A., Hull S. and Ruth. The property had been left by Sea born Jones to certain trustees for his daughters, which they were to hold In trust for their use during their lives and at their deaths to their children in fee simple. William H. Chew sold the land to a Baltimore concern that in turn sold it to W. O. Wadley and thus it re mained until the death of Mrs. Mary Jones Chew in 1906, when action was begun by her children to recover the land which their grandfather had in tended for them to have. Sale Declared Illegal. The suit has been in the* courts ever since. It was won by the Chew heirs in the Superior Court of Jep- kins County and has been won in the Supreme Court. Wadley simply purchased land from William H. Chew which Chew had no right to sell and the sale was declared to be illegal despite the fact that Judge Gibson, in chambers at Augusta in March, 1873, passed an order authorizing the sale. The courts have held that William H. Chew has the right to sell only a life Interest in the estate owned by his wife and he was not entitled to sell the realty because it was left to the mother in trust to Jpe held for her children and to be awarded to them in fee simple. The case created much interest in this section. Pierce Brothers, W. K. Miller and Judge Horace M. Holder represented the Chew heirs, and Judge A. D. Miller, of Macon, repre sented Wadley. AUGUSTA, Aug. 9.—Beginning the firsrt of next January the policemen and firemen of Augusta will be under the control of a civil service board. Just now the department is under fire because of the many burglaries in the city and also because of the refusal of the head of the depart ment to enforce the prohibition law. The civil service board will take the place of the present commission. All of the present members of the force will be retained without examination, but there will be an examination in case of promotion to sergeant’s or lieutenant’s places. Under the civil service plan the men are prohibited from taking an active part in politics. It is speci fically stated in the act. however, that no policeman or fireman shall be appointed, reduced or removed be cause of his political beliefs. City Council on the first Monday in September next will choose a board of civil service commissioners, each to have a term of five years. There will be five members of the board. The examination will be purely on a competitive basis, the applicants shall be between 21 and 36 years of age and the competitors shall be ad mitted to the department in the order of their standing in the examina tions. jinn order Richmond County to Quit Building Roads Policy Henceforth Will Be to Keep Highways Already Constructed in Better Shape. AUGUSTA, Aug. 9.—Richmond County is to quit building roads. This was de cided at a meeting of the board of commissioners last week. This county now has hundreds of miles of the finest roads in Georgia and there are many more miles of roads built by the county that are not so good. The policy of the commissioners of roads and revenues in the future will be to have the roads already built better cared for and stop building more. Roads go out of Augusta into prartl- caPy every section of the county except one. down the Savannah River valley Into the rich alluvial lands of the hay farmers. BIBB TO HAVE 1,000 ACRES PLANTED IN ALFALFA MACON. Aug. 9.—More than 1.000 acres in Bibb County will be planted in alfalfa and clover this fall as the result of a winter crop campaign promoted by W. G. Mlddlebrooks, tne county farm demonstrator, and the Bibb County Agricultural Society. At a meeting this morning of the socie ty enough farmers pledged themselvc* to insure the cultivation of at least the thousand acres in the winter feed crops. Mayor John T. Moore’s phe nomenal success with alfalfa has en couraged the farmers in this section to take an interest in the crop. Benjamin J. Symons of Savanna Will Probably Be Chosen to Head the Council. MACON, Aug\ 9.—I.arge delegations from all councils of the Junior Order United American Mechanics In Geor gia will attend the State conventlhn of the order to be held In Macon Monday. Tuesday and Wednesday at which convention Benjamin J. Sy- j mons, of Savannah, will be elected 1 State councilor Symons will succeed Judge Walter W. Shappard, the present State coun cilor, who is also a member of one of the Savannah councils. That two Savannah members of the order should successively hold the highest office in the order in the State Is thought to he a high compliment to the personnel of the Savannah organ ization. The convention, which Is held ev ery two years, will convene in Odd Fellows’ Hall. At this convention it is thought that John Stofer. of Savannah, will be in dorsed for the position of national councilor. At the last national con vention, which was held in June at Fabyans, X. H., Stofer was elected national council warden, and his friends think he is eminently Quali fied to fill the higher office. At present the officers of the State council are Judge Walter W. Shap pard of Claxton and Savannah. State councilor: Benjamin S Symons, of Savannah, State vice councilor: T. D. Ridley, of Macon, junior past State councilor; J. E. I.ovelace, of Atlanta, State secretary; O. H. Puckett, of Atlanta, State treasurer; A. B. Coog- ler. of Riverside, State conductor; John W. Kersey, of Macon. State war den: E. S. Horton, of Macon. State outside sentinel: Rev. W. E. Porfer, of Brunswick. State chaplain. FORMER MAYOR BARRETT HEADS CANAL COMMISSION AUGUSTA. Aug 9.—Ex-Mavor Thom as Barrett. Jr., who was one of the best chief executives the city ever had. has accepted the position of chairman of the River and Canal Commission and all of the levee work will he under his supervision F. TV Pope, the former chairman, was forced to resign because of ill health. SPECIAL COURT CALLED TO CLEAR CROWDED DOCKET MACON. Aug. 9.—A special term of the Superior Court will be convened during Stpeember for the purpose of clearing the congested civil docket There are nearly 200 cases on the docket. CLEAN ENTERTAINMENT AT BOHEMIA THEATER, 100 WHITEHALL STREET If you enjoy a clean, good show, go to the Bohemia, 100 Whitehall Street, where there is the cleverest and prettiest bunch of show girls to be found anywhere. They can sing and dance and the costumes are new and pretty. The come dians are good, too. Manager Glenn has a stock company that is making the Bo hemia the most popular little playhouse in Atlanta. Every com fort—every care. New Phone Concern In Central Georgia Company Will Operate Exchanges in Seven Towns and Later Extend to Macon. MACON. Atig. 9.—A new Mlddl* Georgia telephone company, whl -h proposes to operate in many of ihe towns in this section, as well as in Macon, has been organized here, with a paid-in capital of $200,000. J. A. Faucett, of Macon, is president; M. C. Arnold, of Danville, vice president, and H. M. Fleetwood, of Macon, sec retary and treasurer. The company will operate the ex changes in Dublin, Jeffersonville, Dud ley, Irwinton, McIntyre, Toomsboro and Cary. Later the service will be extended to Macoj where it is pro posed to make a cut of 50 per cent in the prevailing rates. Empire Life Building ' Will Be 17 Stories Augusta Skyscraper Must Be Ready for Occupancy October 1, 1914. Has 250 Offices. AUGUSTA, Aug. 9.—The Empire Life Insurance Company’s building committee has decided on a seven teen-story building in this city, work to commence just as soon after Octo- | her 1 as the contractors can tear down and remove the present buildings. Th » new building will have a frontage of 75 feet on Broad street and will run back 125 feet toward Reynolds. Ther^ will be 250 offices, three elevators and twelve main floors. A basement and a tower of four stories will make up the additional five stories. The architects are G. Dioyd Preach er. of this city, and W. D. Stoddard of New York. The building is to be ready for occupancy by October 1, 1914. AUGUST 15TH Is the Last Day On Which it Is Possible to Buy BEST JELLICO LUMP COAL AT &-4.5Q PER TON Henry f¥3esnert Coal Co. Both Phones 1787 ALBANY. Aug. 9.—That the Al- I bany banks should receive a portion of the $50,000,000 Government money j that is to be placed for the market- i ing of cotton in the South is the gen eral feeling among Albany bankers. Two banks here are United States depositories and are called upon to furnish money for the marketing of cotton several weeks earlier than the banks in Macon. Atlanta and Savan nah. J. S. Davis, vice president of the Citizens First National Bank, has re quested D. U. Hillyer, president of th© Georgia Bankers’ Association, to make a personal appeal to the proper authorities in Washington for a por tion of this money to be used in Southwest Georgia. CONFESSES TO SLAYING WHEN REFUSED PARDON SAVANNAH. Au*. 9— Frank Col- Her, a negro whose application for pardon was refused by the Prison Commission in Atlanta, to-day broke down and made a complete confes sion of his responsibility in the mur der of Lewis Robinson, another ne gro, pleading only that Robinson was attempting to cut him with a knife. Collier has heretofore maintained in nocence. GIVES UP $1,200 OFFICE TO SEEK ONE PAYING $300 MACON, Aug. 9.—The most inter esting political development of re cent months In Macon is the an nouncement that W. H Fetner. chair man of the Water Board, at a salary of $1,200, will resign that office aqd run for Council on Bridges Smith's ticket. Aldermen receive $300 per yea r. Mr. Fetner was formerly in Council, but resigned two and a half years ago to run for the Water Board, to which he was elected, leading nine candidates. It is said that it Is the nlan of the Administration party to run Mr. F« t- ner for Mayor two years hence, and for that reason his presence in Coun cil was deemed desirable, so that he will stay more conspicuously In the public eye. TAMPA BUSINESS MEN TOUR GEORGIA IN AUTO MACON, Aug. 9 A party of Tnm- I pa business men. who arc touring Georgia in an automobile, arc- upend ing a day or so in Macon. They will leave to-morrow morning over the National Highway for Atlanta In the party are T. C , W. M. and E. P. 1 Taliaferro, C. E. Tuft, B. Martin 1 Withers, W. E. Hunt and T. F. Gil- letL BIBB COUNTY JURY LISTS TO BE REVISED MACON, Aug. 9 -The biennial re vision of the jury lists of Bibb County will begin Monday morning, and the new list will be in readiness for ur nt the fall terms of the courts. W. A. Goodyear and A. R. Willingham are the new members of the jury com mission. having been appointed by , Judge Mathews. MACON RIFLE TEAM ~ OFF FOR CAMP PERRY MACON. Aug 9.—Major W. P. Wheeler. Captain C. r. Harrold and Sergeant A S. Brown, the Macon representatives on the State rifle team, left to-night for Camp Perry, Ohio, to take port in the national shoot. MADE SAME DAY Your Teeth Examined WITHOUT CHARGE DR. E. G. GRIFFINS GATE CITY DENTAL ROOMS 24£ Whitehall Si. Telephone M. 1708 Over Brown & Alien’s Hours: 8 to 6; Sundays, 9 to I For social news of the South see page 10 of this section and the society section. WRIGHTSVILLE BEACH EXCURSION $6 round trip. Saturday. August 28. Special train leaves 6 p. m. SEABOARD. TWICE EACH YEAR CROWN AND BRIDGE WORK You should have your teeth examined at least once every six months, to see that they are kept healthy. They may or may not need treatment. WE MAKE THESE EXAM INATIONS FREE. OUR PRICES, WITH FULL GUARANTEE; SET OF TEETH . . $5 GOLD FILLING . . $1 GOLD CROWNS . . $4 AMALGAM FILLING 50c s« BRIDGE WORK . . $4 PLATES REPAIRED. 50c up TEETH CLEANED, NEW PROCESS . . $1 up