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TILE GEORGIAN'S NEWS BRIEFS.
YEGGMEN BATTLE IN STREETS WITH CITIZENS’ POSSE
BRNO TRIES TO ROB Marlboroughs To Be Reconciled
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BANK AT KINGSTON Queen Urges Their Reunion
EGG TRUST HEAD
DEFENDS METHODS
Declares He’s a Real Benefactor
to the Poor People of
the Land.
Whole Town Is Aroused by Dyna
mite Explosion—Bullets Fly
as Thieves Flee.
i CHICAGO, Nov. 27.—Janies B.
Wetz, head of the egg trust, has the
| upper hand of the egg market, and he
is going to make the public like it
Found watching the board in the
Chicago butter and egg market.Miirine
Building, where eggs bought by him
at 17 cents last spring were selling at
28 cents, Mr. Wetz smilingly declared
; himself a benefactor.
“If it wasn’t for egg speculators
who stored eggs there wouldn't be
any eggs to eat now,” said Mr. Wetz,
who is making a profit of $1 200 a car
, «>n 178 carloads of c*ggs. He retains
116 cars, the largest single consign-
, rr.ent in the United States.
“Has it ever been suggested to you,
| Mr. Wetz,” the interviewer asked,
i “that you we re speculating on the
; necessities of life, and that your profit
in many cases came out of the wash
woman's pocketbook?”
“Tut, tut. young man: 1 am a bene
factor. If men like me did not make
I it worth while to store eggs, people
would be paying $1.50 to $2 a dozen,
and the poor man couldn't have them
at any price.
“I haven't cornered eggs. Condi
tions have cornered the market, and I
am one of the conditions.
“I bought eggs before they w’ere
j laid, last March. There had been an
I oversupply last winter, and I bought
them cheap, around 17 cents. These
egpg went into storage in April and
May, and are the ones on sale in Chi-
i cago to-day. There are no ‘fresh’
j eggs in any market to-day. Hens
| don’t lay in September, October and
- November.
“The hennery of the United States
comprises the States of Missouri, Illi
nois, Iowa and Oklahoma. These
! States were burned out last summer
! with weeks and weeks of 100-degree
weather.
“That created a shortage. Men
who have stored eggs on speculation,
and there are 46 storage houses in the
association, therefore have at this
time the only eggs on the market, and
we make a big profit on our specula
tion.
“In 1910 I lost $35,000 on the egg
i market. If MoReynolds wanted a
1 Federal investigation, why didn't he
order it then, when the public was
putting the boots to me?*’
KINGSTON, CA-. Nov. 27. Follow
ing an early morning battle in the
streets of Kingston between a band
of safe blowers and a party of citi
zens, a posse, headed by Detective
M« Intyre, of the Western and Atlan
tic Railroad, is to-day searching this
section for the would-be robbers,
supposed to be three or four in num
ber.
The battle Interrupted an attempt
to blow the vault of the Bank of
Kingston at 1:30 o’clock this morn
ing. The yeggmen were routed by
Mayor L. .1. Barrett, B. W. Blackmon,
cashier of the bank; Clay Broad wai
ter, night telegraph operator, and W.
J Barrett, a laborer.
Four Dynamite Explosions.
They were aroused by the explo
sion of the first of four dynamite .
charges fired by the burglars in their |
efforts to penetrate the vault. They
had blown a hole halfway through
the brick and concrete wall of the
vault when the citizens reached the
scene and the battle began.
Mayor Barrett and Cashier Black
mon attacked the bank from the rear,
while Operator Broadwarter and W. J
Barrett fired from the front. Under
the cross fire the burglars hastily re
treated and escaped, supposedly in
buggies, leaving their unexploded dy
namite and tools In the bank. They
returned the attacking party's fire
with Winchester rifles, one bullet
passing through Broadwarter's right
leg, inflicting a serious wound. An
other shot was fired into the home
of Mayor Barrett. Only Broadwarter
of the four attackers was wounded.
It is not thought any of the robbers
was shot.
Reward For Robbers.
Shortly after the battle officers in
nearby towns were notified and a
reward of $100 was offered by the
bank officials. The posse started out
about 2:30 o clock and is scouring the j
woods of this section. The men are j
supposed to have gone toward Stiles- j
boro and Cartersvllle.
Kntrance to the bank building was
effected by forcing the front door and '
a rear window. Picks, chisels and !
other tools were used to dig into the
outer brick wall of the vault and
drill holes for the dynamite.
Aged Pair, Playmates
In Childhood, Marry
RED BANK, N. ,T.. Nov. 27.—John B.
drover, aged 83, and Mrs. Mary E. Boyd,
aged 73, a widow, playmates in tlieir
youth, were married, saying they felt
the need of companionship in their de
clining age
ACCEPTS WINDER PASTORATE.
LEXINGTON, GA„ Nov. 27.—The
Rev. W. H. Faust, of Lexington, has
accepted the pastorate of the Bap
tist Church at Winder and will com
mence work at his charge Decem
ber 1.
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SAYS HE STOLE MILLION.
NEW YORK, Nov. 27.—James Ed
ward Foye, a $75-a-month clerk, ac
cused of the theft of more than $1,000,-
000 from the Farmers Loan and Se
curity Company, to-day defied his ac
cusers to prove their charges.
Foye, who was arrested as he
stepped from a Philadelphfa
train, was taken to police headquar
ters and photographed to-day and
later arraigned in Tombs Police Court.
At police headquarters the prison
er said:
“I worked for a trust company for
$76 a month. They knew I was 35
years old, and they ought to know that
a man can’t honestly live on such
pay. That's all. And they can’t get
me on it, either.”
PRESIDENT’S THANKSGIVING.
WASHINGTON, Nov. 27.—Thanks
giving was celebrated quietly by of
ficial Washington to-day. President
Wilson opened the day by attending
thePaa-American Thangsgiving mass
at St. Patrick's Cathedral and then
returned to the White House for the
balance of the day. The Thanks
giving dinner was served to the fami
ly and a few friends and relatives.
The President went automobiling in
the afternoon.
RATIONS FOR OFFICERS.
WASHINGTON, Nov. 27.—Recom
mendations that commissioned navy
officers be allowed rations while
afloat are made in the annual report
to-day of Rear Admiral T. J. Cowie,
paymaster of the navy.
Officers now, while cruising, not
not only have to pay for their own
food, but are forced to foot the bills
when entertaining aboardship, much
of which is purely official.
VALUE OF LUMBER.
WASHINGTON, Nov. 27.—The
lumber industry of the United States
ranked third in the value of products
in 1909, the Census Bureau reported
to-day. There were 44,804 establish
ments in the business with a total
capital of $1,182,330,552.
They employed 797.825 persons,
who received $367,863,055 in salaries
ajid wages. The products totaled
$1,160,644,628 in value.
NEGRO IS LYNCHED.
TUNICA. MISS., Nov. 27.—Early
Thanksgiving churchgoers discover
ed the body of James Higgins dan
gling from a tree near a church.
The negro was taken from the of
ficers early this morning and lynched.
He was accused of a double murder.
RETURNS TO PAY DEBTS.
JAMESTOWN. KY., Nov 27.—Da-
Vis Lyons, a Chicago ticket broker
who went through bankruptcy here
ten years ago, returned and paid ev-
fu y creditor in full.
$25,000 COTTON FIRE.
LAMK1N MISS.. Nov. 27.—Ninety
>ales of cotton, a car of cotton seed,
. gin and sheds burned here to-day.
fcuafog A Iona of UA.QOA.
Southeast Georgia
Has 500 Corn Exhibits
TIFTON, Nov. 27—Agent G. V.
Cunningham, of the Boys' Corn Club,
whose district embraces practically
all Southeast Georgia, says that this
district will have 500 exhibits in At
lanta next week at the Corn Show.
I^ast year there w r ere only twelve
boys from Mr. Cunningham's district
W’ho attended the Corn Show. He ex
pects 150 to go to Atlanta nexr week.
CONFERS WITH WILSON.
WASHINGTON, Nov. 27.—William
F. McCombs held a long conference
with President Wilson to-day, and it
is believed that New York polities
was considered. Mr. McCombs de
clined to discuss his visit.
n- T-egart. ‘one of the Demo*
lenders of Indiana, also saw
the President for a few minutes.
FATHER KILLS SELF, TOO.
DECATUR, ILL., Nov. 27.—His
mind unbalanced because his son
committed suicide a month ago and
because he was behind in his rent,
8. C. Gabbert, 50, of this city, com
mitted suicide.
BOYS TO ATTEND SHOW.
DALTON, Nov. 2 7.—Ten or m< re
members of the Whitfield County
Boys’ Corn Club, accompanied ny
County School Superintendent Sapp
and C. L. Foster, will attend the At
lanta Corn Shox next week. The
club will send between 30 and 40
exhibits.
The boys certain to attend are
Wilburn Fraker, Ernest Baker, Frank
Hall, Otto Casey, Noyce Griffin. Wal
lace Bates, Judge Kile, Will Qarrisoo,
Paul Bailey and Ed Baker.
HAS A CERTIFICATE.
WASHINGTON, Nov. 27— Homer
B. Terrell, a Treasury Department
clerk and Uncle Sam’s eugenic bride
groom. is en route to Iola. Kans., to
day to wed Miss Belle Reed Decem
ber 2.
Terrell bears a certificate from the
Public Health Service announcing
that he is physically sound. He is
the first young man to be examined
by the service to determine his fit
ness to embark on the matrimonial
sea.
WOMAN TRIES SUICIDE.
JACKSONVILLE, Nov. 27.—Mrs. V.
P. Avery, of No. 1413 West Church
street, an attractive young woman,
with two small childr€*n. who at
tempted suicide with a rifle at a
small store at Myrtle avenue and
Adams street, is in a serious con
dition at St. Luke's Hospital.
Before shooting herself the woman
wrote a pathetic letter to her hus
band, from whom he had been sep
arated about three months.
GOWN FOUND IN SALOON.
WASHINGTON, Nov. 27.—A suit
case lost from a taxicab by Miss
Henrietta L. Stattleman, of Wilming
ton, Del., which contained the gown
she planned to wear at the White
House wedding, was found in a sa
loon here to-day.
A negro rag picker picked up the
case in the street and took it to a
barroom, where it was recovered by
the police.
TO MAKE NOSE AND LIPS.
BALTIMORE. Nov. 27.—Surgeons
at St. Joseph’s Hospital will attempt
to build a nose and lips on the face
of Ross Allen, who lost them in a
saw’mill accident.
Tissue from other parts of the pa
tients body will be used.
Ambition of Duke to Enter Politics and ('hil-
dren to Assume Station Are Factors.
LONDON. Nov. 29.—The corre
spondent of The American learned
from a high authority to-day that as
soon as certain matters can be ar
ranged without attracting too much
notoriety the Duke and Duchess of
Marlborough will start their lives
anew and resume together their rec
ognized position in society.
The reconciliation of the most pop
ular Duchess In all England and her
husband is something for which the
friends of the couple at court have
hoped for years. Queen Mary has
tried to bring it about. She has
used all the arts of diplomacy for
two reasons; the first because she is
particularly fond of the Duchess, and
the second because of the children of
the pair.
The Duchess has sacrificed much
for the children, her two boys—Lord
Tver Spencer Churchill and the Mar
quis of Blanford The boys are now of
an age—one is 17 and the other 18—
to realize their positions before the
world.
They are at an age when they long
for all the social advantages to which
their parentage entities them.
A third reason for the reconcilia
tion aside from the children and
Queen Mary’s interest is the keen
anxiety of the Duke t .> be included in
the next Tory Cabinet. This is prac
tically impossible under the present
condition of his matrimonial affairs.
The Duchess of
Marlborough.
who is to
become recon
ciled tc the
Duke through
the kindly
offices of
King George
and
Queen Mary.