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HKARST’S SUNDAY .AMERICAN, ATLANTA, GA., SUNDAY, AUGUST 10, 1913. 9 A 1 Athens La test A r eu)s of North < Georgia J Rome at Lake Warner, Chattahoochee le* ‘Sf'vffptl I Ppdb Who are enjoying a summer camp VJvJ 11 V 1IIU- iJULi U I y | UM tv Park, near that city. Members of the camping party are Misses Ruth Smith, Helen Estes, Fay Simmons, Leila Robinson, Susie Ham, Helen Pope, Zilla Robinson, Annie Lou Padgett, Sadie Robinson, Isabelle Charters, Elizabeth Kimbrough and Carol Dean, of Gainesville; Miss Mary Lucy Turner, of Atlanta; William Slack, Henry Smith, Lawrence Atkins, Edgar Dunlap, Walker Smith. Ed Kimbrough, Leonard McConnell, Claud Burnett, Sidney Smith, Price Charters, James Rudolph, Henr.y Estes, Charles Estes, Lester Hosch, James Merritt and Fletcher Johnson, of Gainesville; Roy Strickland, of Athens, and Will Logan, of Atlanta. . ONE Of STATE'S Georgia Fruit Men Plan Big Meeting Horticultural Society Convention at Clayton Sure to Draw Monster Crowd. Eighth District Physicians Will Hold an Interesting Session at Eiberton, ELBERTON, Aug. 9.—Pellagra will be a special theme of a series of pa pers to be read by some of the lead ing physicians of this section when the Eighth District Medical Associa tion holds its annual meeting in Ei berton August 20. Over several years past the obser vations and notes of these expert* have run, and the papers are, there fore. of greater Interest than any other—with the men who made the observations giving their personal ex periences with cases in which the pa tients are well known to many of the members of the association. Eiberton is planning for the enter tainment of the visitors and promises splendid social features. There wilF be practically the entire Clarke Coun ty Medical Society in attendance. The officers of the association of the district are: Dr. W. T. Davis, of Cov ington, president; Dr. C. C. King, of White Plains, vice president; Dr. Ed ward M. Coleman, of Athens, secre tary and treasurer; and Dr. I. H. Goss, of Athens, district counselor, cf the State Medical Association. Man and Horse in Mail Work 12 Years George W. Gould Continues on Route With Same Animal in Gaines ville District. Slight Wind Makes Huge Bowlder in Oglethorpe County Swing Gently as Baby’s Crib. GAINESVILLE, Aug. 9.—A record of service for Uncle Sam’s mail delivery of twelve years continuously for both man and horse is that of George W. Gould, who carries the mail on Route No. 1 from the Gainesville office. They are still at it. The horse is 24 years ©Id. The route was the first rural free de livery route established in the Ninth Congressional District of Georgia, and with the exception of the first six months Mr- Gould has carried the mail over it. Griffin Organizes New Ptevenue Deputy- New Board of Trade Raids Two Big Stills Campaign of Publicity Will Ee Inau gurated to Place Town’s Ad vantages Before Nation. Daughters to Unveil Shaft to Col. Sanders Grandchildren of Confederate Chief tain to Take Part in the Ceremonies. GAINESVILLE, Aug. 9.—Arrange ments are being made by the United Daughters of the Confederacy, Long- street Chapter, for the unveiling of the monument to Colonel C. C. Sanders on the postoffice lot. The memorial was erected several months ago with funds raisecUby the children of the Confeder acy. Colonel Sanders was one of the most beloved men In this entire section. The life-size statue, in sitting position, was made In Italy and has just arrived. The monument is one of the most beau tiful in the State, with marble columns and fountains. Six little grandchildren of Colonel Sanders will likely lift the veil. GRIFFIN, Aug. 9.—The chief fea ture of business operations of Grif fin this week has been establishing of the City and County Board ol Trade and the selection of headquar ters. Secretary W. B. Royster and his as sistant, E. Lewis King, are in charge of the office work of the board, ano have rented a large room in the new Griffin Hotel. The office is being fit ted up in a modern style, and will not only contain the official head quarters of the board, but also will carry a permanent exhibit of the re sources and products of Spalding County farms and manufactui ing es tablishments. A campaign of publicity will be en tered upon at once, placing before the world the advantages of Griffin and endeavoring to bring here new manufacturing enterprises. White Way Proposed On Brunswick Street Landowners and Merchants to Form Stock Company and Install Lighting System. 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 encouragement, 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. Pleasure Tours Ends With News of Death Mother of Dublin Lad Killed by Lightning With Gay Party in New York. Griffin Rector Is Ptomaine Victim Pours Out Many Gallons of ‘Moon shine’ Beer Within Mile of Church. Rev. Clayton Earlt Wheat Danger ously III From Food Eaten in Atlanta Restaurant. DALTON. Aug. 9.—John F. Camp, a deputy under Internal iieevnue Collec tor Blalock, celebrated his appointment by going to Catoosa County and de stroying two illicit distilleries. The biggest was found 5 miles north of Ringgold, on Rough Creek. It was a 75-gallon copper stiU, with thirteen fer menter's. With the still and ferment ers, Camp found and poured out 1,500 gallons of beer. The other was found within a mile of Rock Church. It was of 40-gallon ca pacity. According to the information received | by Mr. Camp, the first still belonged to Mitchell Rhodes and the second to S. P. West. He will have warrants Issued for the arrest of these two. Georgia Suu Best For ‘Movie’ Makiug Expert Says Rome Section Offers I Advantages Over New York Stu dios and California Skies. GRIFFIN, GA., Aug. 9.—Sorrow prevails here this afternoon owr the sudden illness of the Rev. Clayton Earle Wheat, rector of St. Geoi'go Episcopal Church, who Is to-day \ - riouoly ill with ptomaine poisoning contracted from food eaten in an At lanta restaurant yesterday afternoon. The Rev. Mr. Wheat iy greatly be loved in Griffin and his illness is all the more distressing because of his recent decision to leave here for a parish in Hingham, Mas9. Hundreds of citizen:-' of Griffin in a written re quest petitioned him to recall his de cision and remain here. It was in preparation for his de parture that he went to Atlanta yes terday with his mother. Mrs. Cor vette Wheat, to arrange some im portant business affairs and while there ate the food that resulted in his poisoning. At this time both of them are under the immediate care of physicians and nurses and grave fears are felt for them. 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 $20,000 has been made. Cement foundations will be built under the buildings at the Turtle River docks, and other im provements will be made on the othet docks of the company In the city. It Is the purpose of the company to rebuild Its present facilities and put them in the best of condition so os 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. ROME MASONS FEAST ON BARBECUE AT ARMUCHEE ROME, Aug. 9—More than 100 Rome Masons went to Armuchee to day to attend a rally and barbecue given there by the Armuchee broth ers. Colonel J. Lindsey Johnson, Past Grand Master Max Meyerhardt, John W. Bale and others made ad dresses. TWO COUNTIES TO SHARE IN COST OF NEW BRIDGE DALTON, Aug. 9.—The Board of Whitefield County Commissioners has voted to replace the wooden bridge over Conasauga .River, at the Tibbs farm, with an iron bridge, this county end Murray to share equally the cost of the new bridge. DUBLIN, Aug. 9.—Mrs. H. M. Stan ley, mother of John Stanley, the 13- year-old son of the State Commis sioner of Commerce and Labor, who was killed by lightning at Dublin Thursday, was in New York with her daughter at the time the accident occurred. Mrs. Stanley and daughter were members of a party organized | by the Rev. L. J. Ballard, pastor of the Albany Methodist Church, tb take an extensive pleasure trip. The party left the first of the month. Besides Mrs. Ballard, it was composed of the following: Mrs. Ballard, Miss Ray Ballard, Master Lee Ballard and Miss Catharine Muse of this city; Mrs. J. E. Smith and daughter, of Dublin, who Joined the party at Macon, and Mrs. H. M. Stan- # ley and daughter, of Decatur, who joined them at Atlanta. The party went to New York by way of Chattanooga, Cincinnati, De troit, Buffalo, Niagara Falls and Montreal. Canada. The papty was at the Marlborough Hotel, New York, when the pleasures were sadly broken into by the news of Mrs. Stanley’s little boy’s sudden death at Dublin. The party had planned to visit Philadelphia, going thence to Washington and then down the Potomac to Norfolk and home by rail, arriving home about August 20. ROME, Aug. 9.—According to Charles M. beay, this part of the State is ideal for taking moving pictures. Recently Mr. Seay was in Rome with a company of photo players and film-makers. He declares that the Georgia sun light brings out with remarkable clear ness and exactness every detail of the motion pictures. Heretofore most of the moving picture studios have been lo cated in California and in New York. Mr. Seay, who is a native of Rome, is) now confident that Georgia is the best place for the work in which he is en gaged. $5,493 Suit Brought For Rescuing Dredge Owners of Tug Columbia Dragged the Maryland Out of Beaufort Harbor. 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 week, but In spite of which he was bound over to the fall term of Superior Court. Bullard asked a friend to kill Spain 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 of its whereabouts. A careful search has so far failed to find any of the money the farmer had with him and at his home. Parents Are Indicted For Working Children Mill Superintendent Also Faces Charges—Fathers Said to Have Lived From Youngsters’ Wages. DUBLIN. Aug. 9.—The Laurens Coun ty Grand Jury returned an indictment against Ed Turner, superintendent of j the Oconee Cotton Mills, for working chiklrpn under twelve years of age in the mill. Also two fathers, Jesse Rogers and Joe Mays, were indicted along with Tur ner, for living on the wages of their small children in the factory It is said the fathers did not work at all. Too Much Money to Spend in Waycross City’s Income More Than Pays All Expenses—Tax Rate To Be Cut Down. WHITE MAN AND NEGROES INDICTED FOR SLAYING DUBLIN, Aug. 9.—Robert Williamson, a white man, and four negroes were indicted to-day for the killing of J. T. Hewell and wife several weeks ago near this city. 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 finanefa* 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 $14,434 available, has spent only $6,011.96. Out of an appropriation of $10,280 the fire department has spent but $3,855.38. The revised estimate of income places the total for 1913 at 5156,442.43. The estimate when the year’3 appropriations were made was $151,000 The expected increase will therefore leave the city a neat halonce 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 >ear. 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 owner 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., and claim $3,500 of this amount for the work of salvage or rescue done by the tug. , The dredge, which is said in the libel to be worth $50,000, •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 dredgeafrom New York to Savannah was $1,500. The dredge Maryland itf 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. SENTENCE OF 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 for persons found guilty of carrying concealed weapons. Clifford Johnson, a negro, is t.he latest to find that 'It means a year’s Job with the county chaingang to carry a gun. Hardly a case of this kind has bc?en 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. 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 created con siderable excitement at the time. An old^r brother % of Staley wanted to handle the waiter personally, but friends interfered. WAYCROSS PAVING LAWS HIT ATLANTIC COAST LINE WAYCROSS, Aug. 9.—Because its tracks pierce the heart of Waycross and are parallelled In aimost every instance by some of the main streets, the At lantic Coast Line is being put to heavy expense by the sidewalk and street pav- ing campaign. The latest saving ordi nance. covering Plant avenue from But ler street to the city limits, will cause the Coast Line to pay a third of the cost for the entire distance, the avenue run ning along the road’s right of way. The other portion of Plant that is paved is of brick and the Coast Line paid a third of that. BRUNSWICK BOY CHOSEN FOR WEST POINT CADET Athens Is Quiet on Test Farm Removal People Would Like to Have Experi ment Station, but Are Not Worry ing About It. GAINESVILLE, Aug. 9.—One of the natural curiosities of Georgia is to be found in Oglethorpe County half a mile from the courthouse in Lexing ton. Hundreds have visited Lexing ton for the sole purpose of seeing the ‘shaking rock.” In the immediate vicinity of the rock there are many huge grani.e bowlders. From points near by a number of pieces of granite have been obtained for monuments and build ings.’ The base to a large shaft erect ed at Chattanooga was hauled from the quarry here by a special trai j Close to ’’shaking rock the grounds are beautiful for picnics and dinn .r •artiefe, and many from Lexington. Athens and other places take advan tage of the grounds for occasions »f ♦his nature. “Shaking rock’ weighs about twen ty tons. It is poised on a triangular base upon another large rock. With several persons seated upon its sum mit, the mammoth piece of stone can he moved by a slight push. A pre3 sure of this sort . ets it moving back and forth a distance of two or three inches. For 50 years It has been thus stand • Ing, and until a few years ago, when the point at tin. base had become worn, the rock would move backward and forward twlc 3 this distance. A wind a little stronger than the ordi nary summer zephyr blowing upon tho Wick from a certain angle would sat it to rocking. The rock is upon the -*'operty of Dr. YV. H. Reynolds, on the estate former ly owned by Governor George R. Gil mer. The people of Lexington take a pride in showing the peculiar freak of nature. ATHENS, Aug. 9.—Athens is quiet on the proposal to move the Georgia Ex periment Station from Griffin to the State College of Agriculture. President Andrew M. Soule, of the Agricultural College, is in Niagara Falls for his sum mer vacation, Professor DeLoach, the new head of the Experiment Station, has gone to Griffin to take up his new work, whhe Chancellor Barrow an nounced several months ago that he would oppose, or at least make no move, to have the station moved to Athens. Of course Athens would like to see the Experiment Station moved here in con nection with the State College of Ag riculture and most people believe it would be of bfftter service to the State, but no effort will be made to bring the station here. TWO NEGROES HELD FOR WAYLAYING MAIL CARRIER GAINESVILLE, Aug. 9.—Charged with assault with intent to rob, three negroes, Ed Goss and John and Frank Roper, were carried to jail in default of a $200 bond each from Justice Christo pher’s court. They attacked Will JLeckie. who carried the mail from the depot to the postoffice here, and demanded his money. They cut his shirt in several places. Leckie broke away and they se cured nothing from him. He was not injured. The negroes say they formerly lived In Forsyth County. DALTON CLUBWOMEN AID IN PUBLIC FLAG RAISING DALTON, Aug. 9.—Impressive and interesting exercises were held at Five Springs school yesterday afternoon, when the Dalton Council. Junior order of United American Mechanics, pre sented to the school a large Ameri can flag and a Bible, the flag being raised to the top of the pole near the schoolhouse following the exercises. In addition to the members of the local council, several prominent clubwomen of Dalton participated in the exer cises Land Suit Ends as Case Is Withdrawn ATHENS, Aug. 9.—Plans are be ing made for the best meeting ever held of the oldest horticultural so- city \p the South, the Georgia Hor ticultural Society, which will hold its annual meeting at Clayton, in the Iteart of the commercial apple or chards of North Georgia, August 19 and 20. C. C. Newman, of the horticultural department of Clemson College, State Commissioner James D. Price, H. It. Hart, president of the Tennessee Hor ticultural Society; E. J. Watson, commissioner of South Carolina; E. F. Cole, horticulturist for the Southern Railway, will be on the program. The president of the State orga nization is R. C. Berkmans, of Au gusta, whose father was president many years ago, one of the first presi dents the old organization had. There are district vice presidents, but B. W. Hunt, banker and orchardist of Eatonton, is the general vice presi dent. D. T. H. Me Hatton, professor of horticulture of the Georgia State College of Agriculture, is secretary, and J. B. Wright, of Cairo, is the treasurer. The selection of the convention place of Clayton with Tallulah Falls nearby and other mountain resort at tractions means a big attendance. Search Is Made for Harry Smith, Accused of Having Family in Cincinnati, Ohio. Bailiff Loses Race To One-Legged Man Accused Goes to Change His Clothes and Disappears Over Back Fence. DALTON, Aug. 9.—Permitting a one- legged man to outrun him and make his escape has brought upon Bailiff Slocum the raillery of his friends nere. The bailiff, armed with a warrant for the arrest of Oscar Ashworth, charged with a misdemeanor, went to Ash worth’s home and placed him under ar rest. Ashworth, who has only one leg, requested permission to go into another room and change his clothes, which the bailiff granted. But instead of stopping, he went on through the room and over a high fence in the rear ©f his yard, making good his escape. A. J. Maddox Refuses to Go Further in Litigation Involving 100 Acres. GRIFFIN, Aug. 9.—A land suit which consumed the greater part ol the time of the Spalding County Su perior Court this week came to an abrupt close when the plaintiff, A. J. Maddox, announced that he would withdraw the case. The suit involved the ownership oi 100 acres of land in Orr’s District and, on account of the prominence of the families, has been of interest in this section of Georgia for a long time, during which a bitter light has been made. Camp Meeting of Old Type Planned Tadmore District, Where Custom Survives, To Be Scene of Great Revival. 71 CONVERTS BAPTIZED; BAPTIST REVIVAL ENDS DALTON, Aug. 9.—The revival in progress in North Dalton for the last three weeks, under the direction of Rev. E. B. Farrar, of Alabama, has closed, 31 being baptized at the closing ser vice These, combined with those bap tized during the meeting, brought the new membership of the second Baptist Church up to 71 as a result of the meet ing. SOY SCOUTS PATROL AT MINERAL SPRINGS CAMP DALTON, Aug. 9.—The patrol of Boy Scouts recently added to the Dalton troop and’containing boys 12 years of age, has spent this week on a camping trip to Mineral Springs. The youngsters are doing the work around camp like experienced campers. Seven scouts make up the party, being Newt Tram mell, Winfrey Browder, Frank Sims, ,Tr., DeWitt Jones, Manly McWilliams, Ernest Farmer and Ramsey Black. FORMER STUDENT LOST 3 MONTHS; MYSTERY DEEPENS GAINESVILLE, Aug. 9.—Sunday next will be a great day at old Lebanon camp ground, in Tadmore District, low er part of Hall County. In years gone by religious camp meetings were held and participated In much more than they are now. Lebanon camp meetings is one of the few surviving. Dozens of Gainesville residents are contemplating a trip to the place Sunday. There are a half dozen Methodist preachers at Lebanon to furnish the pulpit oratory and a thousand or fifteen hundred people will gather to spend portions of the ten days through which the meeting will extend. For social news of the South see page 10 of this section and the society section. DURHAM. N. C, Aug. 9.—One of the greatest sensations that ever w r as known in this city is now drawing tli a close, as Harry A. Smith, is charged wife abandonment, is now confronted with a charge of bigamy. Several days *go Smith was arrest ed in Rome, Ga., charged with aban doning his wife, formerly Miss Rosa lind Wright, who is a member of a prominent family of this city. He was brought back to the city to be tried, and w r hen the time for the case to be completed came a peaceful settle ment was made by the parties con cerned. Smith promised to take care of his wife and left this city with her for Richmond, Va. Hardly had the couple left Dur ham before a message was received here from Cincinnati stating that Smith, up until a few weeks past, had been an employee of a firm there. After being discharged he left Cin cinnati, supposedly in search of an other position. A short while afterward he reach ed this city and became acquainted with Miss Rosalind Wright. A quiet marriage followed and the couple went on an extended honeymoon, the bride’s money being used. The message from Cincinnati states that Smith has a wife living there and a 9-month-old boy named Ban- ard. Another message unsigned was received by the Chief of Police of Durham, stating that Smith had madg a recent visit to Atlanta, and that while there he became engaged to a young woman. No names- were were given in the message. A search Is now being made for Smith, who is supposed to be in Richmond, Va., with his Durham wife. The girl’s friends here are making every effort to locate the couple. Griffin Is Fighting To Hold to Station Delegations Are Sent to Capital to Protest Against Removal to South Georgia. GRIFFIN, Aug. 9.—The citizens of Griffin and this section nave not been unaware of the efforts to take from them the State Experiment Station as evidence of their alertness durifig the present disturbance over the ef fort to move it to South Georgia. Griffin sent from day to day many as twenty men to Atlanta to appear before the legislative com mittees and present the claim of Grif fin in the matter. The citizens of this county years ago generously gave to the State the land to establish the station and It would manifestly be unjust and unfair now to take the station from Griffin. It may be taken for granted that Griffin and Spalding County citizens are ready for a good stiff fight over the matter before ever consent will be gained for the station to be moved. ATHENS, Aug. 9.—The people of Athens are very much interested in the disappearance of K. R. Martin, whose home is in Carrollton. Martin grad uated in the 1311 class at the Univer sity and was well known. He has not been heard of since May. His case is very similar to the disappearance of am other Georgia graduate, Harold Tel ford, who was lost in the Alps several years ago. BB LIGHTNING PLAYS PRANKS ON TWO GAINESVILLE MEN GRIST MILL ENGINE SETS GIN AFIRE; LOSS IS $5,000 DALTON, Aug. 9.—Catching fire from the engine of the grist m m the cotton gin owned by Gus Yeager, in the southern part of the county, was totally destroyed last night, A he loss being between $2,500 and $5,000. The loss Is only partially covered by In surance. 86 YEARS OLD ON 63D WEDDING ANNIVERSARY ROME, Aug. 9.—Mr and-Mr?. E. C. Hough, a venerable couple of Rome, recently celebrated the sixty- third anniversary of their marriage. The occasion also marked the eighty- sixth birthdays of both Mr. and Mrs. Hough. GAINESVILLE. Aug. 9.—Standing in a slaughter house during the progress of an electrical storm, peculiar experiences came to T. S. Jackson and Henry Stephens, two Gainesville men. After the storm was over Stephens discovered that the heel to one of his shoes was clipped off as smoothly as with a sharp knife. Jackson found that his watch- chain had been melted. CAMPERS TAKE BAND TO GAINESVILLE MOUNTAINS GAINESVILLE, Aug 9.—Headed by the C. W. Barber band, a party of 35 men and boys, clad In khaki and stout shoes, passed through the city en route farther up in the mountains to spend two weeks camping and fishing. This is only one party of several which are now spending a while in the mountains of Northeast Georgia. FIFTY FARMERS IN AUTOS SEE COLLEGE AND ROADS Kimball ATHENS, Aug 9.—Fifty farmers from Franklin County Invaded Athens In their own automobiles this week for an in spection of the State College of Agri culture and for a ride on tne coutny’s roads. ASBURY HODGSON DIES; INTERMENT AT ATHENS BRUNSWICK, Aug. 9.—George Bennett, son of Judge J. W. Bonnet, 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. ATHENS. Aug. 9.—Asbury Hodgson, a wealthy member of the Hodgson fam ily of Athens and a prominent fertilizer manufacturer, died at his summer home at Dillard last night. The body will be brought here for interment to-mor row. He is survived by a wflfe and several children. ;$6 WEIGHTSVILLE BEACH AUG. 23 Round trip, six days. Special trains, sleepers and coaches leave 6 pm. Make reservations early. SEABOARD. GOOD VAUDEVILLE TAKES PLACE OF TABLOID AT BONITA THEATER Tabloid musical comedv will give way to vaudeville at the Bonita, beginning Monday. Following is the splendid bill: Kemyon Quar, a real harmony singer Mabel Blonde!!, singing and dancing Bud Fogg, monologist, and a good one, too. Anderson sisters, songs and dances. Four first-class acta that will please. A Piano of Proven Worth The piano you select by all means should combine rare qualities of tone with gTeat durability such as the Kimball. 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