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IJTCARST’S ST T NT>AY AMERICAN, ATLANTA, OA., SUNDAY, AUGUST 31, 1913.
Live News of All South Georgia
Albany Americus
Cordele Thomasville
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Fletcher Copeland in Savannah. (Photograph by Launey,
Savannah.)
GIG SUEUR
Many Old Deputies Will Lose Out
in Order to Make Places for
"Faithful Ones."
SAVANNAH, Auk. 30.—Changes
which will be made in the force un
der Sheriff Merritt W Dixon on
Monday have been agreed upon, and
It is expected Colonel Dixon will ap
prove the selections made by his
friends.
Only one man in the Sheriff's of
fice at th© courthouse will go out.
He will be Deputy Sheriff George J.
Conners, who will be succeeded by I.
Victor.
Deputy Thomas C. Murphy Is an
appointee of Judge Walter C. Charl
ton, of the Superior Court. His po
sition is not affected by the coming
in of a new Sheriff.
There will be a general shake-up
at the County' Jail. Arnold Seyden,
who has been the jailer for a number
of years. Is slated to retire, and W.
M. Kidwell will succeed him W. J.
Fitzpatrick will be succeeded by Dan
Woods as turnkey. Gabriel M. Cohen
and W. M. Smith, guards at th© Jail,
will retain their Jobs, while Guards
Drown, Leonard and Meyer are due
to lose out. The new men for their
places are A. R. Fulford, Frank Mc
Dermott, Nicholas J. Frazell e and
James McGuire.
None of the county officers will re
side at the Jail after this month.
That part of the southern wing of
the building now occupied by the
family of one of th© officers will be
converted Into hospital wards, and
the upper stories will be fixed up for
cells for women and prisoners that
are not charged with serious offenses.
Colonel Dixon became Sheriff about
the middle of the month, but he was
not Inclined to disturb any of the men
under him at once, as they are em
ployed by the month.
Trades Bodies to
Favor Tybee Road
Plin Provides for Bond Issue as
Means of Financing the
Undertaking.
SAVANNAH, Aug. 30.—Savannah
trades bodies are soon to adopt reso
lutions indorsing the road to Tyb*»e
project and urge upon Congressman
Charles G. Edwards to put forth his
best efforts in behalf of Government
aid in the undertaking.
The Chatham County Commission
ers are heartily in favor of the p’an,
but they are not in a position to take
the Initiative. The entire State will
be asked to co-operate In the move
ment. The plan provides for an is
sue of bonds as a means of financing
the undertaking.
Savannah to Get
$325,000 of Fund
SAVANNAH, Aug. 30—The Na
tional Rank of Savannah has been
advised that it will receive $325,000
of the Government’s crop-moving
fund. This is $125,000 more than
the original allowance.
The und rstatiding is that $200 000
will be coming from Washington
within the next few days for the im
mediate accommodation of the farm
ers. The balance Is not looked for
until some time between the first and
the middle of next month.
MOUNTING BIG GUNS IN
DUMMY FORTIFICATIONS
SAVANNAH, Auk. 30.—Detailed to
the work of mounting the 10-lncii
gun and the 12-inch mortar on their
carriages in the dummy fortifications
In the park extension, a corps of 25
men, together with an outlay >f
equipment, under the command of
Lieutenant R C. Chapman, has come
up from Fort Screven.
Boy, Struck by Car,
Crushed to Death
In Tifton Yards
Engineer Fails in Attempt to Res
cue Lad—Was Watching
Switch Engine.
TIFTON, Aug. 3 # 0.—George Baker,
Jr., the 7-year-old son of George Ba
ker. a prominent wholesale grocer of
Tifton. was instantly killed shortly
after 7 o’clock this morning when he
NOTICE TO
PARENTS
Are your children ready (or
school? After you have bought
new books and secured entry
blanks—then be sure their eyes
are all right. Children may haw
serious eye defects that you have
never suspected and which will
greatly handicap them in their
studies. Bring them in and we
will make a careful examination
and If glasses are needed we w ill
make them at a very moderate
charge.
NOTE.—We are specially
equipped for the examination of
children’s eyes and they will be
given most thorough and careful
attention.
A. K. HAWKES CO.
OPTICIANS
U WHITEHALL
was run ovt*r by a car of hunt.. ....
the tracks of the Tifton Terminal
Company on Love avenue near the
postoffiee.
The little fellow was standing on
the track watching the switch engine,
which was on another track, and did
not see the car of lumber In time to
get off the track. The car passed over
him. mangling him, death coming ln.
stantly. Engineer McDuffie u\v the
danger and attempted to save him. but
just as he reached out for the boy
and the little fellow tried to catch his
hand the car struck him.
New Steel Bridge
County Line Center
Divides Thomas and Grady—Is of
Reinforced Concrete
and Steel.
THOMASVILLE, Aug. 30.—The new
steel and concrete bridge being built
by the Comnrssioners of Thomas
County across 1 irnetts Creek forms
a (’onnvi ting link between Thomas
land Grady C- unties, as the line be-
Iwen them crosses exactly the cen
ter of the brdlge.
Although this bridge is being built
b\ Thomas County. Grady shares
I half of the expense of the work.
The body of the bridge Is of the
steel reinforced by concrete, and it
rest* upon heavy piers of concrete,
which extend down into the water,
where thi y in turn are supported by
piling wnu ll is driven by steel points
down into the solid rock which forms
the bed of the creek.
DATE OF DUBLIN FAIR
CHANGED TO NOVEMBER 3
DUBLIN Any
r the Twelfth 1
Idod to cl
iis fair fr
ember 3 tc
pr<
a b.
distr.
The directors
th District Fair have de-
nge the date of holding
m October 14-17 to No-
V inclusive. This change
because of the fact’that it
more time in which to
'how and would result in
xhibit being made by the
AWAKES IN MORNING TO
FIND WIFE DEAD BY SIDE
JESSUP, Aug. 30.—A petition ask
ing for the pardon of J. Dillard
Stringer will be presented to the Par
don Hoard on September 25 by Thom
as & Gibbs, Stringer’s attorneys.
The old father of the petitioner, C.
E. Stringer, is getting the gTand Ju
rors who indicted his son and other
court officials to sign the pardon pe
tition. It is reported that he has been
successful in this.
Last April a package of money con
taining $5,000, consigned to an Atlan
ta trust company by a Brunswick
bank, way opened and the money re
moved in transit. After an investi
gation, Dillard Stringer, a young ex
press messenger from Pine Park, in
Grady County, was accused and con
fessed to the crime. He returned the
$5,000, claiming that he was drunk at
the time, and asked for the court's
mercy.
One week after the theft, he plead
ed guilty to Judge E. I>. Graham, in
Superior Court, and was sentenced to
eighteen months in the penitentiary.
Tobacco Is Grown
In Wayne County
Farmer Realizes Profit of $121 Per
Acre on First Crop
Planted.
SOUTH GEORGIA
FOB SAVANNAH SUPERIOR SEAT
Davant Outlines Ideas of Recrea
tion—Will Be Put Into Effect
About January 1.
To Ask Pardon for
Messenger Stringer,
Confessed Bobber
Jesup Expressman Pleaded Guilty
to Taking $5,000 While Drunk.
Money Returned.
PELHAM. Auk
Fackler a\v<>k<
rnZEm ■ ‘ £
When E. A.
mi his Voung
m. Death
HRl NSW 1CK, Aug. 30.—Wayne
County is soon to take her stand in
the front ranks of the country as a
tobacco section, if the experiments of
W O. Roberson, who has a farm near
Jesup, are made a general practice in
the county.
There are several small experi
mental tobacco farms everv year in
the county, but this is the first at
tempt at raising the weed on a large
scale, and marketing as a commercial
crop.
Mr. Roberson not only raised this
crop on his land, but he had pre
viously prepared his drying houses
and cured the weed ready for ship
ment. About August 10 ne shipped
the tobacco to Timonsville, S. C.,
where he sold it at 13c to 19c a pound.
Mr. Roberson had four acres planted
m the weed, and on the acreage he
realized a profit of $121 an acre. It is
thought many Wayne County farmers
will take advantage of the experi
ments and reduce their cotton acreage
and make it up in tobacco next year
For Society News of the South
see Page 9. this Section, and the
Society Section.
SAVANNAH, Aug. 30.—Mayor
Richard J. Davant has outlined to the
representatives of all the organizi-
tions which to date have signified
their intention of participating in the
movement and to T. ri. Settle, South
ern field secretary of the Recreation
and Playground Association of Amer
ica, his plans for a complete system
of public playgrounds in Savannan,
with the park extension as the prin
cipal one.
The Mayor, it has been agreed,
shall appoint a committee from the
members of all of the delegations rep
resenting the organizations taking
part in the movement. This commit
tee will map out and perfect the
general plan. It Is planned to put the
proposition into effect before . an-
uary 1.
The Mayor will have the play
grounds under municipal supervision.
There will be a playground commit
tee of Council and a layground com
mission* as an advisory body. An
athletic director, or play supervisor,
will probably be employed. Th?re
will be tennis courts, baseball dia
monds, football gridirons, basketball
courts, swings, running tracks and
all of the adjuncts of a model out-of-
tioors recreation place and athletic
field. The Mayor will use for this
purpose a number of the squares or
parks in different sections of the city.
Diamond Mystery
Is Solved by Bain
Downpour Uncovers Jewels Thought
to Have Been Stolen
From Home.
SAVANNAH, Aug. 30.—A mystery
that taxed the ingenuity of the po
lice department has been solved by
the rain
Several hundred dollars’ worth of
diamonds supposed to have been
stolen from Mrs. Thomas Burke dur
ing the latter part of March were
turned up by the rain and were found
by little Katie Sheehan, who was
piaying in front of the Burke resi
dence. The child’s attention was at
tracted by the bright sparkle In the
sand, and she picked up one of the
stones. She called her playmates and
soon other gems were unearthed.
Members of the Burke family Identi
fied the gems.
Chatham Artillery
In Instruction Camp
Two Platoons of Militiamen Spend
ing Three Days at Coffee
Bluff.
SAVANNAH, Aug. SO.—In lieu of
their regular summer encampment,
about 100 members of the Chatham
Artillery, composing two platoons,
are at Coffee Bluff for three days of
general camp instruction. The bat
tery w’as accompanied by all of its
officers.
The entire battery was mounted
and carried four gun sections. Fifty
horses were used to move the battery
to Coffee Bluff.
MITCHELL COUNTY TAX
RATE IS INCREASED
THOMASVILLE, Auk. 30.—The
County Oommlnsiorers of Mitchell
County have fixed the tax rate at 13
mills, which is an increase of 3 mills
over the levy of last year. The in
crease in the rates of taxation will go
to pay off the indebtedness of the
county.
RURAL MAIL CARRIERS
TO MEET AT QUITMAN
QUITMAN, Auk- 30.—The South-
west Georgia Rural Letter Carriers
Association will meet here on Labor
Day, September 1. President J. J.
Bonnell and Secretary J. A. Dickin
son, of Valdestn. announce they are
making preparations for a record at
tendance.
DECREASE IN ILLITERACY
SHOWN IN LAURENS CO.
DUBLIN, Aug. 30.—The consolida
tion of the recent school census just
announced for I^aurens County shows
that the decrease of illiteracy during
the past five years was 4.2 per cent.
The percentage of Illiteracy in the
county in 1908 was 16.5, while in 1913
it had dropped to 12.3 per cent.
K0REA-N MISSIONARY
VISITS PARENTS IN FLORIDA
THOMASVILLE, Auk 30.—Miss
Mary Johnston, a missionary from
Korea, Is visiting her parents, the
Rev. and Mrs. J. B. Johnston, here.
Miss Johnston Is a missionary from
the Southern Methodist Church, and
is stationed at Songdo, in the north
ern part of Korea. It Is her first visit
to the United States since she left
five years ago.
ALLEGED CHECK RAISER
FLEES FROM SAVANNAH
SAVANNAH, Auk 30.—It is be-
lleved that Robert Newton, a well-
known young man, accused of raising
a check signed by his mother from
$16 to $1,600, has left Savannah. De
tectives who have been looking for
him since they were asked to arrest
him by the People's Bank appear cer-
uuu not in tho oiyu
Waycross Judicial Circuit Teem
ing With Candidates—Con
tests in Ware County.
WAYCROSS, Aug. 30.—Judging by
present indications, the next race
for judge of the Waycross Judicial
Circuit is going to be a three-corner
ed affair.
The prospective candidates are the
incumbent, Judge T. A. Parker, of
Waycross; F. Willis Dart, of Doug
las, and J. I. Summerall, former
Ordinary of Pierce County, now a
resident of Waycross.
It is rumored that a fourth can
didate, as strong as any of those
named, will enter the race, making
his announcement at the proper time.
He is a resident of Waycross. and has
a number of friends throughout the
circuit.
Judge Parker was opposed the last
time he was a candidate, but the vote
counting showed him a big leader.
This time, it is said, his opponents
will make the race more interesting.
Like all men who serve on the bench,
he has made enemies, but it is prob
lematical, as the effect their work
will have in the next campaign.
Besides the talk of candidates for
the judgeship, there is a lot of gos
sip about the contests to be waged
in Ware next spring. It is certain
that a few county officers will be
elected without opposition, while
others will present a' spirited race.
The office of Sheriff has always de
veloped from three to seven candi
dates, and next year will hardly prove
an exception. There is no talk of op
position to either the judge of the City
Court or the Solicitor, nor has any
opposition to Clerk E. J. Berry de
veloped in the rumors. From none
of the counties of the Waycros Cir
cuit are reports made of any oppo
sition to the present Solicitor General,
M. D. Dickerson, of Douglas, and he
will most likely be re-eleeted unop
posed if he wants the office again.
The contest for Representatives in
Ware will probably prove interest
ing.
To Make Paper From
Lumber By-Products
Waycross Plant Will Be Completed
and in Operation by
October 1.
■WAYCROSS, Aug. 30.—Wavcross-
made paper will be on the market be
fore the month of September passes.
And US' appearance will mark the
commencement of an industry that is
destined to work wonders in the de
velopment of this section of Georgia,
due to the fact that the paper to be
manufactured here will be made of
waste products of sawmills and fields.
After careful tests and experiments
made during the past few years, it
was found that an excellent paper
could be manufactured at a very low
cost of production by the use of cer
tain by-products of mills of South
Georgia. Having In view the steady
demand of a good paper and recog
nizing the progressiveness of Way-
cross, promoters of the new indus
try located a mill here early this year,
and the plant is now' just about ready
to start work.
It occupies a five-acre site In Way-
cross, and has been equipped with
r every modern machine known for pa
per manufacture.
Plans New Courses in
Schools of Waycross
Superintendent Miller Proposes to
Add Commercial and Domestic
Science Departments.
WAYCROSS, Aug. 30.—If Superin
tendent A. G. Miller, of the public
schools of Waycros9, has his way, the
board of education will add commer
cial and domestic science depart
ments to the high school, and pro
vide for the addition of a manual
training department. He considers
the three departments absolutely nec
essary to make high school work
thorough.
Active preparations are being made
now for the opening of the fail term
of school on September 15. Although
two new' schools have been added to
the system this summer, it is real
ized that some grades will still re
main badly crowded, so rapid has
been the increase in pupils. Attend
ance figures for the Waycross schools
show' up remarkably well, and it is
believed the average attendance here
is slightly higher than that of any
public school in Georgia.
Live Issues Before
Waycross Council
Additional Firemen and Gas Bond
Forfeiture Subjects of
Discussion.
WAYCROSS, Aug. 30.—When Coun
cil meets for the first regular Sep
tember sesison next Tuesday two live
topics are scheduled to receive at
tention.
First, the proposed addition to the
fire department, over which there has
been a little wrangling in previous
meetings, will bring on an interesting
and perhaps warm discussion.
The gas bond forfeit is the other
live topic. A resolution declaring a
bond of $2,500, given by George W.
Deen, has been adopted by Council,
and the City Attorney has started
steps to collect hte bond. One of the
Aldermen who voted in favor of the
resolution has given notice of re
consideration, and his friends are up
in the air over the uuesLium,
South Georgia
Normal School
Opens Sept. 3
Branch of University to Begin Sec
ond Term at Valdosta With
Bright Prospects.
VALDOSTA, Aug. 30.—The fall and
second term of the South Georgia
State Normal College, branch of the
State University in this city, will be-
gin^ on Wednesday, September 3.
Nearly all the members of the fac
ulty reached the city this week, and
the others are expected to arrive on
Monday. R. H. Powell, president of
the college, has spent the summer in
the city, foregoing his vacation, in
order to get the institution in trim
for the fall opening. Professor J. M.
Guilliams, who has been at the Uni
versity of Chicago during the sum
mer, returned this week. Professor
Creel, who spent the summer at tha
University of Wisconsin, arrived
home yesterday.
Nineteen counties, embracing every
section of the State, are represented
in the enrollment so far. There are
only two places vacant in the dormi
tory, and before the opening on next
Wednesday it is believed that many
applications for room in the dormi
tory will have to^be turned down.
The classrooms and faculty are am
ple to serve 250 students, but what is
needed is more dormitory room.
The city public schools will open on
September 15.
Sues for $30,000 .
For Death of Son
Mrs. Overstreet Files Case Against
Georgia Southern and Florida
at Valdosta.
VALDOSTA, Aug. 30.—Suit has
been filed by Mrs. Rebecca Overstreet
in the City Court here against the
Georgia Southern and Florida Rail
road for $30,000 for the death of her
son, William Overstreet, who lost his
life last November by a fall from a
train.
Overstreet was killed at a point
four miles north of this city. It is
alleged in the petition for damages
that he was asleep in the coach when
the conductor or flagman came
through the car and, waking him up,
informed him that he would have to
go into another car, as the one he was
on was cut off at Valdosta and did
not go to the Florida point to which
he was a passenger. It is claimed
that none of the train crew warned
the deceased that the train was ap
proaching a sharp curve, and that
when he stepped on the platform
bound to the other car the train
struck the curve, throwing him head
long from the platform.
The mother claims that her son
was making $150 a month, w’as strong
and vigorous and had a life expectan
cy of 33 years.
Editor Long Leaves
The Times-Becorder
Will Take Charge of Lee County
Journal—O. Q. Melton to
Fill Vacancy.
AMERICUS, Aug. 30—Effective
September 1, Frank T. Long will re
tire from the editorial management
of The Times-Recorder to take edito
rial charge a.id general management
of The Lee County Journal at Lees
burg.
For several years Mr. Long has
been in charge of the editorial w’ork
here, ihaving come to Americus from
Savannah, where he was actively en
gaged in newspaper w'ork for a time,
prior to which he was connected with
an Atlanta daily.
O. Q. Melton h^s been added to the
staff of The Times-Recorder to flk
the vacancy.
Cotton Market Hit
By Heavy Bainfall
Receipts in Albany About One-Half
Amount Expected—No Last
ing Damage Done.
ALBANY, Aug. 30.—The number of
bales of cotton that should have been
received in Albany will be cut in half
on account of the heavy rains during
the past 48 hours.
This is the case also in Lee County,
as the fields have become so wet that
the hands can not w r ork. The rains
have not done any lasting damage to
the cotton so far in this immediate
section. The movement is expected
to start roiling heavy by the middle
of next week.
There were 1,600 bales of cotton re
ceived in Albany from August 22 to
August 28. The cotton brought in has
brought an average of $60 a bale.
Something like $96,000 has been paid
out for the fleecy article at this point
in the past week.
GIVEN EIBEHTY
Dublin Minister Scores Police in
Sermon and Council Will
Take Action.
DUBLIN, Aug. 30.—Dublin has been
in the midst of a small sensation for
the past week that began when one
of the city firemen was caught in a
house that was raided by the police
several nights ago.
During the progress of the sensa
tion, one of the ministers of the city
preached a sermon on the matter
from his pulpit, and called on the
chief of police, who was present, to
explain why the fireman w'as not tried
and punished as the other offenders
caught in the same raid were, which
the chief readily did.
The whole matter is now under in
vestigation by a committee from the
City Council, which will make its re
port to the next regular meeting of
the body Tuesday night next.
It seems that when a negro house
was raided several nights ago, one
of the city firemen was caught stand
ing in the back door of the house.
Another white man was found inside,
and a charge of disorderly conduct,
together with a State charge, w'ere
docketed against him. The fireman,
however, was doing nothing which
the police department could call a
violation of any ordinance or law,
and they made no case against him.
At the trial before the Recorder, the
disorderly conduct case against the
other man fell through, but he was
held on a State charge.
One of the ministers of the city
prepared a red-hot sermon on the
happening, entitled "Immunity From
the Law.” In w r hich he charged that
the fireman should have had a case
made against him, and called upon
the chief of police, who was present,
to explain why he had allowed one
man to go free while another was
prosecuted.
The chief explained to the minister
and the congregation that there was
nothing upon which a charge ag’ainst
the fireman could be based, and that
he had therefore not even made a
case against him. The fireman could,
however, he stated, be tried for im
proper conduct as an officer of the
city, but the police department had
absolutely no jurisdiction in this mat
ter, and it would have to be done by
the City Council.
This caused the minister to ask the
question why the fireman had not
been tried for this by the Council,
and made some pointed remarks
about the matter to some of the
Councilmen who were present. After
some little discussion of the matter,
he was informed that the fire com
mittee of the Council was investigat
ing the charges and would make their
report at the proper time. This had
the effect of putting the city officials
straight on the matter, and the meet
ing w'as soon closed.
Albany Banks Best
Bival at Valdosta
When Exchange Charges Are Re
fused Checks Are Paid in
Bulky Silver.
ALBANY, Aug. 30.—Banking cir
cles have been stirred a little here by
a small war that is being w'aged be
tween local banks and a well-known
bank of Valdosta.
A Valdosta bank, in sending checks
to Albany, was charged exchange,
which it refused to pay, and started
doing business with other banks. All
of the local banking institutions are
members of the Albany Clearing
House and are governed by rules, the
charge of exchange being one of the
rules.
When the Valdosta bank found that
all Albany banks charged the same
exchange, it sent checks to an Albany
merchant to have them cashed. The
banks retaliated by paying every dol
lar on the checks in silver
The exchange charged on the
checks was about 75 cents per $1,000,
while the express rate on silver to
Valdosta was 90 cents per $1,000, 15
cents more than the exchange.
EPW0RTH LEAGUERS ASK
FOR A FIELD SECRETARY
TIFTON, Aug. 30.—The cabinet meet
ing of the Epworth League of the South
Georgia Conference was held in the
Tifton Methodist Church, the object
being to discuss plans for league work.
The meeting voted to ask the next
conference to reappoint the Rev. A. J.
Moore Epworth League field secretary
and to provide that he devote three
months exclusively to league work.
RECORD IN SLAYING CASE
CONTAINS 46,000 WORDS
TIFTON, Aug. 30.—The record of the
trial in the case of I. B. Hall, who has
been sentenced to hang for the killing
of Dennis Hall, has been forwarded to
the Ftate Supreme Court by Clerk Henry
D. Webb, of Tift Superior Court. The
record of 133 pages contains approxi
mately 46,000 words.
TIFTON WAGES WAR ON
BLIND TIGER OPERATORS
TIFTON. Aug. 30.—The fight which
the Tifton authorities are making to
wipe out the blind tigers is best shown
by a reference to the Recorder’s Court
records. %
Since January 1 there have been 21
cases made for blind-tigering and con
victions w’ere secured in every case.
Seven of these were against w’hite men
and fourteen against negroes. The to
tal of the fines in the caeca is $1*400.
TEACHERS AND PARENTS
TO ORGANIZE IN TIFTON
TIFTON, Aug. 30.—At a meeting
which has been called for September 10,
efforts will be made to organize a
parents-teachers’ association in Tifton
The purpose of the organization will be
to bring the teachers and parents into
closer touch. However, another purpose
which means much to Tifton and the
school, will be to organize for securing
the establishment of a manual arts de
partment in connection with the school.
COAST LINE EXHIBIT MAKES
IMPRESSION IN CANADA
WAYCROSS, Aug. 30.—Very flattering
reports have been received here of the
work being done in Canada by the ex
hibit car sent there by the Agricultural
and Immigration Department of the At
lantic Coast Line. This railroad, like
all of the larger roads of the country,
has for some time aided in every way
possible the exploitation of the resources
and advantages of the country through
which its lines pass.
BIG ENROLLMENT FOR
TIFTON PUBLIC SCHOOLS
TIFTON. Aug. 30.—The fall term of
Tifton public schools will open Monday
with Professor Jason Scarboro, super
intendent, in charge. The indications
are that the enrollment for the term
will total 400, though this number will
hardly enter the first day. One extra
grade will be added to the school this
year, making eleven.
THOMAS COUNTY MASONS
TO HOLD CONVENTION
THOMASVILLE, Aug. 30. — The
Thomas County Masonic Convention
will be held with Horeb Lodge of Bos
ton on Wednesday, September 10. AH
of the lodges of the county will send
delegations and a number of visitors
pre expected* _
FOR DEATH IF
LEE PLANTER
Negro Youth Charged With Being
Acessory to Killing R. L.
Josey Now in Custody.
ALBANY, Aug. 30.—Zelma Mathis,
the 16-year-old son of Doc Mathis,
who killed R. L. Josey In Lee County
a few weeks ago, was arrested here
yesterday by Officer Ralph Perry, of
the local force, on a warrant sworn
out for him in Lee County, charging
him with being an accomplice.
Deputy Sheriff Coxwell came to Al
bany last night and carried the ne
gro back to Lee County.
This is the third one of the Mathis
boys to be rarested In this vicinity.
Willis and O. C. Mathis, two older
sons of Doc Mathis, were arrested
during the first of the week on the
same charge as their younger brother
and carried to Leesburg last Thurs
day, where they will await trial.
The Sheriff of Dougherty County,
assisted by a local police officer and
Deputy Sheriff Tarver, arrested the
two last-named negroes.
Mathis is the father of eleven boys,
and if the Lee County officers have
warrants for the remainder of the
family as accessories, the officers in
this section probably will be busy lo
cating them until the time for Mathis*
trial at the next term of court.
Silver Service To
Be Given Brantley
Former Congressman’s Work Is Ap
preciated by His Friends
in Brunswick.
BRUNSWICK, Aug. 30.—A hand
some silver service will be presented
to former Congressman W. G. Brant
ley by his friends and admirers here
who appreciate his sixteen years of
service in Congress.
At a meeting several days ago the
committee having the matter in
charge decided on Saturday evening,
October 11, us the date for the‘presen
tation of the testimony. An appro
priate program, to include a few short
addresses, will be arranged for the
event. It is probable that Congress
man Walker, of this district, will be
in attendance among the invited
guests.
W. A. HANCOCK
Announces as Candidate for Al
derman From Eighth Ward
Inasmuch as our present representa
tive from the Eighth Ward in the Alder-
manic Board will not stand for re-elec
tion, and recognizing the sterling worth
and ability of former Alderman W. A.
Hancock, we, the undersigned, earnest
ly request that he become a candidate
for this office, at the coming municipal
election:
Dr. A. H. Van Dyke, Alex W. Smith,
Sr., Alex W. Smith, Jr. Victor Lamaf
Smith, R. M. Walker. W. D. Ellis, Jr.,
E. H. Thornton, E. C. Peters, John E,
Murphy, Frank O. Foster, W. LJ*
Cosgrove. Gerald Selby, M. D. #
W. E. Hawkins, Charles F. Whitner.
Fair Dodd. William A. Wimbish, L. I*.
Stephens, W. T. Ashford, Charles Gate-
ly, C. J. Simmons, Paul Goldsmith, H.
H. Cabaniss, F. E. Calloway, Macon
Martin. C. R. Winship. J. O. Wynn,
William J. Davis, George A. Campbell,
R. L. Campbell, D. H. Dougherty. H. A.
Maier, H. W. Anderson, J. V. Doll, R. P.
Stahl, R. L. Spain, Harvey Johnson,
D. N. McCullough.
Messrs. A. H. Van Dyke, Alex W r .
Smith, Sr.. E. C. Peters. John E. Mur
phy. C. R. Winship, William J. Davis,
D. H. Dougherty and Others—Gentle
men: 1 beg leave to acknowledge re
ceipt of your petition requesting that r
announce as a candidate for Alderman
from tiie Eighth Ward. I appreciate
very much, I assure you, your expres
sion of confidence in me, and I cah not
decline the request of such representa
tive men in the Eighth Ward. There
fore, it will afford me pleasure to serve
as Alderman from the Eighth Ward if
the good people of Atlanta see fl* to
elect me to that office. Permit me to
say that if elected I will assume the du-
t es of such position with a.determina-
tlon to work for the good of the Eighth
" a fd and the whole city. My platform
shall be Atlanta, and having served five
years as a member of the General Coun
cil and as a member of the most im
portant committees, this experience
will be of great assistance to me in
serving the citizens of Atlanta as Alder-
1 to say I am not connected
with any interests, factions or ticket in
making this race, nor will I he if elect-
ed. My race shall be made strictly on
us merits, based on my record as a busiJf
ness man, as well as the records I mad©
as a. member of Council, of which I am
proud. I am an Atlantan, having lived
f ere a11 my life. Again thanking you
for vour confidence. I am,
Yours respectfully,
W. A. HANCOCK.
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