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^ Athens
Gainesville Society Tolk
Who are enjoying a summer camp at Lake Warner, Chattahoochee
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, Henry Estes, Charles Estes, Lester Ilosch, James Merritt and Fletcher Johnson, of Gainesville;
Roy Strickland, of Athens, and Will Logan,''of Atlanta.
Eighth District Physicians Will
Hold an Interesting Session
at Elberton.
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 El
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.
Elberton is planning for the enter
tainment of the visitors and promises !
splendid social features. There will !
be practically the entire Clarke Coun- J
ty Medical Society in attehdance.
The officers of the association of the
district are: Dr. VV. T. Davis, of Cov.
Ington, president; Dr. C. C. King, of
White Plains, vice president; Dr. Ed-
t ward M. Coleman, of Athens, secre
tary and treasurer; and Dr. I. H.
Goss, of Athens, district counselor
of the State Medical Association.
Man and Horse in
Mail Work 12 Years
■ if STATE’S
IE
George W. Gould Continues on Route
With Same Animal in Gaines
ville District.
—
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.
Goulcl. who carries the mail on Route
No. 1 from the Gainesville office. They
are still at It. The horse is 24 years
old. |
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: Revenue Deputy! Griffin Rector Is
New Board of Trade Raids Two Big Stills! Ptomaine Victim
Campaign of Publicity Will Be 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- i
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
' raised by the children of the Confeder
acy. Colonel Sanders was one of the
most beloved men in tills 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 Boan} oi
Trade and the selection of headquar
ters.
Secretary W. B. Royster and his as
sistant, E. Lewis King, are in charge
of the office w’ork of the board, anc
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 manufacturing es
tablishments.
A campaign of publicity will be en
tered upon at once, placing before
the worl4 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.
Pleasure Tours Ends
With News of Death
Mother of Dublin Lad Killed by
Lightning With Gay Party
in New York.
BRUNSWICK. Aug. 9.—The efforts I
made the past week to put in a while
way along Newcastle street no doubt j
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, tor
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 othei
docks of the company in the city.
It is the purppse of the company '.o
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.
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
W’hiteflelfl County Commissioners has
voted to replace the wooden bridge
over Conasauga River, at the Tibbs
farm, with an iron bridge, this county
and Murray to share equally the cost
®f 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, to take
an extensive pleasure trip.
The party left the first of the
month. Besides Mrs. Ballard, it was
composed o*f 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 party was at the Marlborough
Hotel, New York, when the pleasures
were sadly broken into by the news
of Mrs. Stanley’s little boy’s sujdden
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.
Killing of Bachelor
Mystifies Officers
Despite Strong A'libi, Tom Bullard Is
Held for Death of Farmer
Mack Spain.
Pours Out Many Gal ons of ‘Moon
shine’ Beer Within Mile
of Church.
DALTON, Aug. 9.—John F. Camp, a
deputy under Internal Reevnue Collec
tor Blalo<?k, celebrated his appointment
by going to Catoosa County and de- ,
stroying two illicit distilleries.
The biggest was found 5 miles north j
of Ringgold, on Rough Creek. It was a ‘
75-gallon copper stilf, with thirteen fer
menters. 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 j
Mitchell Rhodes and the second to S. 1*. 1
West. He wiil have warrants issued for
the arrest of these two.
Georgia Sun Best
For ‘Movie’ Making
Expert Says Rome Section Offers
Advantages Over New York Stu
dios and California Skies.
ROME, Aug. 9.—According to Charles
M. Seay, 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. V
Rev. Clayton Earle Wheat Danger
ously III From Food Eaten in
Atlanta Restaurant.
GRIFFIN, GA., Aug. 9.—Sorrow
prevails here this afternoon over the
sudden illness of the Rev. Clayton
Earle Wheat, rector of St. Gecvge
Episcopal .Church, who is to-day > -
riou^ly ill with ptomaine poisoning
contracted from food eaten in an At
lanta restaurant yesterday afternoon.
The Rev. Mr. Wheat is greatly be
loved in Griffin and his illness Is all
the more distressing because of bis
recent decision to leave here for a
parish in Hingham, Mass. 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-
nette Wheat, to arrange some im
portant business affairs and while
there ate the food that respited 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.
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 ind: ?tment
against Ed Turner, superintendent of ;
the Oconee Cotton Mills, for working '
children under twelve years of age in
the mill.
aiso 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 ts 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.
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
statement 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.
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. , _
ITactically 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 $14,4S4 available, has spent only
$0,011.96. Out of an appropriation of
$10,280 the tire department has spent
but $3,855.38.
The revised estimate of Income places
thi total for 1913 at $156,442.43. The
estimate when the year’s appropriations
were made was $151,000 The expected
increase will therefore leave 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 l3st year.
$5,493 Suit Brought
For Rescuing Dredge
Owners of Tug Columbia Dragged
the Maryland Out of Beaufort
Harbor.
SAVANNAH, Aug. 9.-r-Claimlng $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 Horne
Dredging Company and the Standard
Fuel and Supply Company, the latter
being th“ owners of the tug. The con
tract price for taking the dredge from
New York to Savannah was $1,500.
The dredge Maryland is now in the
Savannah River. The libel will be tried
at the coming term of the United Spates
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 vveapohs. Clifford
Johnson, a negro, is the 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 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.
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. Mototls, a waiter.
The waiter slapped T.hornton 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
older 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 almost 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
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 Is Quiet on
Test Farm Removal
People Would Like to Have Experi
ment Station, but Are Not Worry
ing About It.
ATHENS. Aug. 9.—Athens is quiet on
the proposal to move the Georgia Ex
periment Station from Griffin to the
State College of griculture. President
Andrew M. Soul-, of the Agricultural
Col.ege, 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 now
work, while Chancellor Barrow an
nounced several months ago hut he
would oppose, or at h ast 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 better service to the Stete.
but no effort will be made to bring the
station here.
Slight Wind Makes Huge Bowlder
in Oglethorpe County Swing
Gently as Baby’s Crib.
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 th* immediate vicinity of the
rock there are many huge grani.e
bowlders. From points near by a
number of pieces oDgranite 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 tral 1
Close to “shaking rock" the grounds
are beautiful for picnics and dinn r
-'arties, 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 nersons seated upon its sum
mit, the mammoth piece of stone can
be moved by a slight push. A pres
sure of this sort . ets it moving back
and forth a distance of two or three
inches.
(•*.! 50 years it has been thus stand
ing, and until a few years ago, when
the point at th* base had become
worn, the rock would move backward
and forward twit * this distance. A
wind a little stronger than the ordi
nary summer zephyr blowing upon the
rock from a certain angle would sat
it to rocking.
The rock is upon the - ^operty of D*.
W. 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.
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 >f
a $200 bond each from .Justice Christo
phers court. They attacked Will Leckie,
who carried the mail from the depot to
the postoffice here, and demanded his
money. They cut his shirt in several
places. Lcckie broke away and they se
cured nothing from him. He was not
’njured. 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, tho 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
A. J. Maddox Refuses to Go Further
in Litigation Involving
100 Acras.
SfilX wife utter
Horticultural Society Convention at
Clayton Sure to Draw
Monster Crowd.
ATHENS, Aug. 9.—Plans are be
ing made for the best meeting ever
held of the oldest horticultural so-
rity in the South, the Georgia Hor
ticultural Society, which will hold its
annual meeting at Ciayton, in the
heart 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. R.
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. I>. T. H. McHatton, 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 blocum
the raillery of his friends a ere.
The bailiff, armed with u warrant for
the arrest of Oscar Ashworth, charged
with a misdemeanor, went to Ash
worth’s home and p’aced him under ar
rest. Ashworth, who lias only one leg,
re-fnested permission to go Into another
room anti 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 of his yard,
making good his escape.
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 oi
the families, has been of intertsi in
this section of Georgia for a long
time, during which a bitter fight 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 Imlton 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 i nese, combined with those bap
tized during the meeting, brought the
new membership of the Second Baptist
Church up to 71 «is a result of the meet
ing.
BOY SCOUTS PATROL AT
MINERAL SPRINGS CAMP
DALTON, Aug. 9.—The patrol of Boy
Scouts recently added to the Dalton
troop and containing hoys 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,
Jr., DeWitt Jones, Manly McWilliams,
Ernest Farmer and Ramsey Black.
GRIST MILL ENGINE SETS
GIN AFIRE; LOSS IS $5,000
DALTON, Aug. 9.—Catching fire
from the engine of the grist mill the
cotton gin owned by Gus Yeager, in
the southern part of the county, was
totally destroyed last night, the 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 Mrs. 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.
AS3URY HODGSON DIES;
INTERMENT AT ATHENS
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 her© for Interment to-mor
row. He is survived by a wife and
several children.
FORMER STUDENT LOST 3
MONTHS; MYSTERY DEEPENS
ATHENS, Aug. 9.—The people of
Athens are very much interested in the
disappearance of R R. Martin, whose
home is in Carrollton. Martin grad
uated In the 1911 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 an
other Georgia graduate, Harold Tel
ford, who was lost in the Alps several
years ago.
LIGHTNING PLAYS PRANKS
ON TWO GAINESVILLE MEN
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.
GAINESVILLE, Aug. 9.-Sunday rihxt
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. *
lyebanon camp meetings is one of the
few f 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 was
known in this city is now drawing
to a close, as Harry A. Smith, is
charged wife abandonment, is now
confronted with a charge of bigamy.
Several days ago 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 when 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 afterw’ard 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
made 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 Expt-mnent Station
as evidence of their alertness during
the present disturbance over the ef
fort to move it to South Georgia.
Griffin sent from day to day as
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.
Kimball
FIFTY FARMERS IN AUTOS
SEE COLLEGE AND ROADS
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.
GOOD VAUDEVILLE
TAKES PLACE OF TABLOID
AT BONITA THEATER
$6 WRIGHTSVILLE
BEACH AUG. 23
Round trip, six days. Special
trains, sleepers and coaches leave
6 pm. Make reservations early.
SEABOARD.
Tabloid musical comedy will give
way to vaudeville at the Bonita,
beginning Monday. Following is
the splendid bill:
Kemyon Quar, a real harmony
singer
Mabel Blondell, singing and
dancing.
Bud Fogg, monologist, and a
good one. too.
Anderson sisters, songs andj
dances.
Four first-class acts that will
please.
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