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■I'M I 1 : A l l A VI nI?! 11 A N AND NKWN. DR. HINKLE SEES PLOT BY ENEMIES IN WIFE'S DETERMINE ION TO SUE Teacher Driven to Suicide by 'Blues’- MACON, Sept. 2.—Thus far efforts of mutual friends to bring about a reconciliation between Dr. A. B. Hin kle and his wife, Mrs. Nita Hinkle, who are estranged, have been un availing. and Mrs. Hinkle has reiter ated her intention of immediately suing for divorce. She has placed the matter in the hands of John R. L. Smith, her attornev. and it is stated the suit will be filed as soon as he can prepare the papers. Dr. Hinkle declares that his ene mies are urging his wife to take this course. He says he still loves l.er find their children, and does not pro pose to do anything to bring further disgrace upon them. He declares ne intends to remain in Macon and prac tice his profession and in time con vince the public that he has been a true and loyal husband and father during his 25 years of marriei life. Scores Husband's Conduct. Mrs. Hinkle, on the tther hand, charges that her husband's conduct has been such as to cause her and the children to be ostracized by their former friends, and chat she had fully determined to seek a legal separa tion. Mrs. Hinkle and the children have for the time being left the palatial Hinkle ret. lence and are residing with Dr. and Mrs. J. D. Lanier in the Navarro Apartments. Dr. Hinkle* and his 80-year-old mother, Mrs Laura Hinkle, of New York, whole hip was hroken in the family mele? Saturday nit'.it. are occupying the Hinkle home. Mrs. Nita Hinkle : x.vs she will not molest her husband un til his mother has recovered, but ne must then leave. The aged Mrs. Hin kle is in a serious condition. The home a*.d ppctially all the other property Dr. Hinkle has ac cumulated was transferred to the wife some time ago, the combined value being estimated at $100,000. If she succeeds in holding this property, and indications are that she will, Dr. Hin kle will be left a poor man. He save his wearing apparel and personal trinkets are about all he has left. According to dispatches from Amer icus, Dr. Hinkle and his father. Dr. James Hinkle, killed Dr. James Wor- shum, a prominent Americus dentist, in 1890. The elder Hinkle was given a life sentence and committed suicide in his cell. The son afterward wa“ acquitted. The Hinkle trials \ver*> perhaps the most sensational evei held in Sumter County. To Carry Prohibition Fight to State Board SUMTER, S. C., Sept. 2.—Legal battles, commenced at the canvass if the votes in the election of August 19, will be continued before the State Board of Canvassers on September 9. when the returns will be canvassed oy that board. Sumter. Williamsburg and Lexington Counties will appeal from the counts of the county can vassers. In Sumter and Williamsburg the prohibitionists allege the dispensary- advocates are endeavoring to steal the election by fraud in the counting uf the ballots. No fraud is charged in the election. Python Wraps Itself About Gild's Rescuer WILMINGTON, Sept. 2.—Unable to become reconciled to its new and strange environments, Pongo, a young python, became unruly in its inclosure in Wilson, and when assistance went to the young woman keeper, wrapped the fifteen feet of its lengtn around Henry Wane. After much ef fort, the snake was removed before the man was harmed, except tem porarily hindered circulation. The reptile formerly belonged to a dancer. Mother of Banker Injured in Runaway DALTON. Sept. 2.—Mrs J. W. Stark, mother of Buell Stark, a prominent local banker, thought at first to have been j seriously injured in a runaway accident J here yesterday, is resting easily to-day j an<j is rapidly recovering. The runaway took place on Thornton avenue, and Mrs. Stark, Mrs. Buell | Stark and her son. .1. B. Stark, were i thrown from the buggy-. J. B. Stark being dragged for several yards, suf fering severe cuts and bruises. Assailant of Girl, 7, Makes Insantiy Plea GADSDEN, Sept. 2.—Dave Tarvin, indicted for attacking a 7-year-old girl, was arraigned here to-day. He pleaded insanity. The trial was set for Thursday, September 11. No dem onstration was made when Tarvin was led into the courtroom. Prisoners Taken to Gadsden. ANNISTON, Sept. 2.—Several of the Gadsden prisoners who were brought here as a result of the con demnation of the Etowah County jail yard, have been taken back to Gads den for trial, among ihem being Dave Tarvin. Jay Smith, charged with murdering a policeman, and Wiley Goforth, charged with murdering an aged miner. Pensacola-Mobile Canal Is Approved PENSACOLA, Sept. 2.—United States army engineers for this district have approved a project to construci an inland canal from Pensacola to Mobile. The permanent board on riv ers and harbors last year agreed to indorse the project provided it was approved by the distriefengineers. The canal is now said to be prac tically assured, as the chief engineer will make favorable recommendation to the Rivers and Harbors Committee. The last Congress provided for a sur vey. It is .said the canal can be con structed for $400,000. Clings to Boat Keel 4 Hours Till Rescued Memphis Girl Dead In Automobile Crash MEMPHIS, TENN.. Sept. 2.—Miss Lee Monroe, of Memphis, was killed and R. C. Haines, of St. Louis; Jennie Shields, of Memphis, and H. H. Rhodes, of Birmingham, Ala., were seriously injured early to-day when their automobile collided with a ped dler’s wagon. The accident was the termination of an all-night joy ride, according to the police. EX-SENATOR DEAD. WILMINGTON, Sept. 2.—Dr. W M. 1 Culbreth, a prominent dentist of Wil mington. well known throughout North Carolina, is dead after two years’ failing health. He served as State Senator and held other impor tant offices. He was 64 years old. He leaves a wife and eight children. Tna funeral was held to-day. FIRE ESCAPE WARNING. GAINESVILLE. FLA., Sept. 2.— State Hotel »’ommissioner A. L. Mes ser has sent to hotel men in this flec tion a warning to beware of agents selling lire extinguishers and scr-ens purporting to have his approval, as he has. never given any one authority to use his name. HEALTH BOARD PROPOSED. GAINESVILLE, FLA., Sept. 2.— Great interest if manifested in the passage of an ordinance now before the City Council on its second read ing to establish a city board ot h?ahh of five members, with a regularly employed physician. COSTS MORE TO RUN CITY. GADSDEN, Sept. 2 —Figures com piled by City Clerk Balfour show the cost of operating the city of Gadsden for the last twelve months to have increased $1,800 over the year before. BOND ISSUE FAVORED. GAINESVILLE, FLA.. Sept. 2.— The voters of Newberry expressed themselves in favor of issuing bonds for a municipal water and electr e lighting plant. ROAD WARRANTS BRING PAR. ST. AUGUSTINE, Sept. 2.—The First National Bank of St. Augustine was to-day awarded the $70,000 issue of time warrants tor road improve ment work in St. Johns County at par. The funds will be applied to caw paving and bridge work. MIAMI, Sept. 2.—Unable to swim F. M. Goldsbury clung to the keel of a capsized boat in Biscayne Bay for four hours until rescued just at dusk by Captain Pinar, after many excur sion boats carrying thousands of La bor Day picnickers home from the beach had passed him by unnoticed. An overloaded excursion steamer returning from the beach ran on a shoal and listed to such an extent that Miss Florence Saunders was thrown overboard. She was rescued and the boat righted. Gilchrist to Seek U, S. Senate Seat WAYCROSS, Sept. 2.—That former Governor Albert W. Gilchrisf, of Florida, who has large real estate in terests in VVaycross, will announce as a candidate for t< United States Senate upon his return from Denver is the information received here by close friends of the ex-Governor. He will oppose Si nator Duncan U. Fletcher. Governor Gilchrist has many warm admirers here, and in the event he enters the race his Waycross friends will be wanting to go into Florida and help him in his campaign. Dies Ignorant of Inheriting Estate DALTON, Sept. 2.—Before she had learned that she was one of the heirs to an estate in Gainesville, Miss Sa rah Cook died at her home at Mount Pleasant, near Dalton. Miss Cook and her sister left Hall County 40 years ago, coming to Whit field. Inquiries were received here ltust week from Gainesville attorneys, seeking to locate them and advise them of their inheritance. MISS NAOMI WELLS. GIRL TEACHER IS PI Miss Naomi Wells’ Attempt at Suicide Is Successful at West Point. WEST POINT, Sept. 2.—Remain- ing unconscious for more than twelve hours after she had swallowed six drams of carbolic acid with suicidal intent. Mia* Xaomi Wells, newly elected teacher of EngliMh and his tory in the West Point High School, died late Monday. Thus far the mo tive for her self-destruction remains a mystery, except to those to whom she left sealed notes, and they are closely guarding the secrets of those farewell message.*-'. From the first physicians gave no hope for her re covery. stating that her death was only a question of a few' hours. J. M. Wells, a farmer, of near Thomson, who was notified by tele graph Monday morning of his daugh ter’s act. reached here late in the af ternoon, but not in time to see* her alive. He Is heartbroken. The news .-*o prostrated Mrs. Wells mat she was unable to make the trip from Thomson. The suicide’s body has been taken to Lavonia for burial to-day. Besides her parents, Miss Wells is- survived by two young brothers at Thomson and an older brother, Bur- dell Wells, of Augusta. FIRST BALE AT DALLAS. DALLAS.—Dallas has received its first bale of 1913 cotton from the farm of H. K. Griffin. It was classed mid dling and was bought by the Dallas Grocery Company at 14 cents a pound. $5,000,000 Tobacco Crop in Pee Dee Belt CHARLESTON, Sept. 2.—Tobacco planters in the Peedee section of South Carolina are reaping a rich harvest from the crop this year, con servative estimates stating that be tween $4,500,000 and $5,000,000 will be realized from the sale of the weed planted on more than 25,000 acres. The tobacco crop of the State is estimated 35 per cent larger than in 1912. The average price runs to 15 cents. The average was 9 1-2 cents in 1912. Thus far $1,500,000 w’orth of tobacco has been marketed. CONVICT SLAYERS TO HANG. SELMA, Sept. 2.—Judge B. M. Mil ler. in Bibb County Circuit Court, has sentenced Percy Mackey and Randall Woods, tw'o life-term convicts, to hang October 17. They killed a life- term companion. Convict Woods drove a coal pick through the neck of his victim. LATEST NEWS GAINESVILLE, FLA., Sept. 2. F. J. Hyland, representing an At lanta company, has been arrest ed by Sheriff Ramsey, charged with violating the “blue sky” la w passed by the Legislature la s t spring, in that he was attempting to dispose of stock in the com pany without a license from the State. He is under $300 bond, pending preliminary trial before County Judge Mason Saturday. GALVESTON, Sept. 2.—The United States battleship Michi gan, which for several months hs been stationed in Mexican waters, will arrive here to-mor row morning for a stay of ten days. She will pick up the sail- ors of the New Hampshire, who were left here when that ship left suddenly for Vera Cruz with John Lind on board. WASHINGTON, Sept. 2.-John Kirby, of Dayton, Ohio, presi dent of the National Association of Manufacturers told the Sen ate lobby inquiry committee that the association had attempted to defeat President Wilson be cause of the labor plank in the Democratic platform, that the association had attempted to elect or defeat congressmen and expected to d oso in the future. Kirby attacked, unsparingly, or ganized labor as represented by Samuel Gompers. WASHINGTON, Sepi. 2.—John A. McDemott, a brewery agent, of New York, oefore the Senate lobby investigation committee to day admitted he gave $500 as a personal contribution to support James T. McDermott, of Illinois, in the primary campaign of 1911, but he denied that McDermott received $2,000 from him or his organization, the Brewers,, in the Cannon rules fight. CHICAGO, Sept. 2.—One per son is dead and four were over come to-day from the intense heat here. The thermometer registered 97 degrees at 4 o'clock which was within one degree cf all September records. WINDSOR, VT., Sept. 2.—Presi dent Wilson left this afternoon for Washington and will arrive at 10 o'clock to-morrow. None of his family accompanied him. He took his last spin over the New Hampshire hills to-day and played golf with Dr. Cary T. Grayson, on the Hanover links. | Judge Fines Himself Without Being Tried ASHEVILLE, Sept. 2.—Police Judge Adams to-day assessed a fine of $1<» and costs against himself without first : being given a hearing on a charge of j: violating the traffic laws. A defend-': ant had been arraigned charged with : driving his automobile past a moving : street car. i: "Is thut a violation of the law?" ■ asked the Police Judge. “If it Is, J I; am guilty of having committed a like IJ offense several days ago.” 1 « Turning to the clerk of the court. : Judge Adams said : ! “Mr. ‘ ’ferk, assess a fine of $10 and . costs against myself and draw up the [| warrant immediately.” j The paper was served on the judge]: by a waiting policeman. The fine was \ • paid. 2,500 Ship Negroes On Strike at Mobile MOBILE, Sept. 2.—About 2,500 ne gro longshoremen went on a strike here at noon to-day because they had been refused one-half of the timber and cotton work that has been done for 50 years exclusively by white la bor, and for an increase in wages from 25 and 30 cents to 50 cents per hour for loading lumber. The strike threatens to be serious and tie up shipping. Hllllllllll!lll!lllllllllllllllllll!lllllllllllllllllllllllllllllll!lllllllllllll|||l|||||il||||;|||||||||||||||||l!lll||||||||||||||||||| IIIIIIIIQS $550,000 IN BUILDINGS. COLUMBUS.—SUatitfUcs compiled , for the year ending August 31 «n Columbus show that $550,000 was spent in building, the largest single item being the handsome home id' Senator B. S. Miller, which is now be- j ing completed at a cost of $75,000. SUES FOR $50,000. ANNISTON, Sept. 2.—Charging criminal negligence. attorneys for Mrs. Howard Bill have filed suit against the Alabama Power Develop ment Company and the Anniston Electric and (las Company, its local* subsidiary, for $50,000 for the death of Howard Dill, who was shocked to death while on a tower a few weeks ago. INJUNCTION SUIT POSTPONED. COLUMBUS.—The injunction suit of the city of Columbus against the Central of Georgia Railroad to pre vent the building of additional switch tracks across Eleventh street, in the eastern part of the city, which was to have been heard yesterday, was postponed, as Judge S. P. Gilbert was out of the city. ENROLLMENT FOR THE FALL TERM AT SOUTHERN BUSINESS COLLEGE ON WITH A BIG RUSH Indications Point to the largest Fall Enrollment in the History of This Long Established and Well Known Business Training School. Enrollment for the fall term of the Southern Shorthand and Business Uni versity, 10 West Mitchell street, begins today Judging from the applications already received, this September enrollment is going to break all records. “Since arriving in Atlanta I have In vestigated the business schools and made inquiry about them. and. as so many have recommended the Southern, tell ing me that its pupils are more thor oughly trained and secure better posi tions than pupils from other business schools, 1 have decided to enter your college.'' said a young man who has just enrolled at the Southern Business College. To-day Mr. Humphries Mr. Waterson, Mr. Hull and Mrs Adams, all pupils of the Southern, accepted positions and be gan work. Mr. J. O. Williamson, a recent grad uate. and a splendid young man from Cerro Gord. North Carolina, writes to the managers of the. Southern as fol lows: “I have a good position and am get ting along fine.'' A phone message: “Send your catalogue to Mr. . I have recommended the Southern Busi ness College t«. him, Although I myself attended another school. I have done so because I know that your students make good.” Call, phone or write for further infor mation. Enter now with the opening of the fall term. Inquire among the business men and then you’ll attend the South ern. J. O. WILLIAMSON, A Recent Graduate of the Southern Shorthand and Business University ] Who Now Holds a Good Position. I Address A. C. Briscoe, Pres., or L W . Arnold. Vice Pres., 10 West Mitchell ' street. Atlanta, Ga. Professor Thomas L. Bryan, lecturer and representative. Send 25 cents In stamps for his book on Punctuation. (Advt.) LOCKJAW KILLS FARMER. EUFAULA. Sept. 2.—Tom Taylor, aged 49 years, a farmer, of this city, is dead from jock jaw which resulted from a foot mashed by the kick of i mule about a week ago. Tetanus, which set in Thursday, baffled the ef fort* of physicians. Last installment city tax now due. Pay now and save cost. There Is No Purer Water Than VtW.VS.CTV.Y PV)Wt The purity of Pura Water is absolute. This water ^ is distilled by most improved scientific processes, and, as is well known, distillation is the only method by which water can be perfectly purified. Pura Water is the one safe water to drink—in sickness or in health. With one of our perfect water coolers in your office, store or other place of business, you can always have a supply of absolute ly pure, germless water to drink. We install these coolers, keep them constantly supplied with Pure Water and iced daily, for a moderate charge. ■niMBOMmy; jmghcqkpMi A Sale of $1.50 Crepe Kimonos Wednesday Here’s the most unusual and most interest- EE ing bargain news we have announced recent ly. We have just unpacked and checked off a splendid lot of beautiful new crepe kimonos that we had intended selling at $1.50 each, but for a special trade reason, and to demonstrate our supremacy in value giving, we offer you these beautiful crepe kimonos, made of choice quality serpentine crepes and the newest, most popular fall models, 7 | While They Last Choice 98 c = Black Goods Specials! Crepe de Chine Black Matelasse, 45 42-inch wide Crepe inches wide; new, de Chines in street iust arrived and evening shades, tl A9 Monday <rr» -i a n pl#U7 Yd. Yd. I Hack Serges Silk Failles All-wool 40-inch French Failles in Serges for Suits street and evening and Skirts rtL shades J7C Yd. Yd. Black Silk Bargains 36-inch Black Taffeta and MessaSine Standard $1 Quality, Wednesday, One Day Y A R D == Here's the most remarkable news about black silks = you have ever known: To-morrow, Wednesday, one EE day, we shall sell while 5 pieces last, standard $1.00 Er quality 36-inch black taffeta silk and standard $1,00 == quality 36-inch black messaline, one day only, at 69 Mail Orders for This Most Unusual Special Will Be Filled Provided Orders Reach Us by First Mail Wednesday Morning. Remnants Domestic 10c, 121c Grades To-morrow Tomorrow (Wednesday) we place on sale 2,000 yards mill-ends and remnants Bleached Domestic in 3 to 20-yard lengths. 10c and 12 l-2c grades soft finished Bleaching, and they’ll go quickly at— PHONES: AtU.7 3226 VbdlcJ