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The Atlanta Georgian
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VOL. XII. NO. 105.
ATLANTA, GA., TUESDAY, DECEMBER 2, 1915.
Copyright, 190«.
By The Georgian O*
2 CENTS.
WILSON URGES SHERMAN TRUST LAW
CORN SHOW OPENS; YOUNGGEORGIA
WITH GOLDEN HARVESTINVADESCITY
rai Inspector Starts Probe
e in Conjunction With No
ion-Wide Investigation.
knii Tuesday became on© of the
L of activity in the nation-wide
k;ir” when L. J. Baley, head of
Lai branch of the Department
Ltice, began a sweeping inves-
L: among the principal whole-
liounefi of the city to ascertain
[connection, if any, local dealers
■with the alleged egg trust, the
luarters of which are declared to
■Chicago.
■ . ref • • - as a most slgnifl-
ire of the local situation is
Jniisskm of Atlanta dealers that
■ rlrps in this city are governed
| y by the prices in the large cit-
*he North. The Department of
le is determined to probe the
that a gigantic “egg octopus”
| king to control the price of eggs
fhout the country.
| Baley began his work by in-
the storage plant of the At-
Ice and Coal Corporation. This
i largest cold storage house in
la. He did not divulge the re-
■ le will make to Washington as a
of his investigation there. It
ui ierstood that the plant is only
I filled with eggs.
To See All Dealers.
I ure the probe in Atlanta is end-
I 1 "f the large dealers will be
I hewed to And out exactly how
I In their connection with the so-
■ gt rust and to what extent
D* re are governed by the prices
those who are said to have a
of the market.
| Ices in Atlanta are governed by
'rices North,” said one of the
■§- holesale and retail grocers
At nta
| hy-flve per cent of the eggs
i Atlanta come from more than
V* distant,” said another, indi-
that this city largely was at
e 1 terry of the egg speculators of
€ th and would have to pay any
Memanded.
tne Swift & Company plant on
Alabama street, the high price
Explained on the ground of
• Officials of the local
h scouted the idea of a corner.
K>,632,000 Eggs in Storage,
larently in refutation of this
Bent is the fact that James E.
the so-called “egg magnate”
Mcago, is the admitted owner
632,000 eggs now in Cold stor-
is regarded as the head and
|of the egg trust in the United
1^ already are reported to be
| in 4 in other cities from the
*ad boycott that has been in-
lated Word from Detroit. St.
[Kansas City, Baltimore, Wash
ed other sales centers tell
■usands of clubwomen voting to
f° m °re eggg and eat no more
unlil the corner is broken and
rices reduced.
f 1 has taken place in Chicago's
War against exorbitant prices
ma y be duplicated in At-
|^y the clubwomen, who are In-
at the high prices that arc
• hy the dealers. Eggs now are
1 4 ’- ) to 4 5 cents a dozen here.
iare
-•Defense To Be
Ilea in Collins Case
: -
fnspi for Clarence Collins, on
■ !hAr ged with killing Calvin Mad
ne 8T0 employee on the Healey
| r? - indicated Tuesday that he
>iaad self-defense. Collins Is a
- W. Collins, one of the con-
)r * °n the building. The de-
e *t>lanatlon of the manner in
1 killing occurred will not be
n ,J ntll Collins makes his state-
| -ollins case will conclude this
Juage Hill's oourt.
Captain Ernest E. West, of the ma
rine corps, whose sensational attack
on his mother-in-law, Mrs. John H.
Jones, at her home, No. 485 Courtland
street, Monday, caused his arrest on
a warrant charging assault and bat
tery, was bound over by Recorder
Broyles Tuesday afternoon under
what is probably th# highest bond
ever affixed for such a charge, $2,500.
Neither Mrs. Jones nor Mrs. West
were in court. Dr. Willis Westmore
land, who is attending the women,
declared that Mrs. Jones had sus
tained injuries which would detain
her in bed for more than a month;
also that Mrs. West was suffering
from nervous prostration.
FORT WORTH, TEXAS, Dec. 2.—
Eleven persons are known to have
been drowned and many more are
missing in the town of Belton as a
result of a terrific cloudburst early
to-day. The greater part of the town
is under water. Nolanville and sev
eral otner nearby towns are flooded
and it is feared that there has been
more loss of life in that vioinity. The
property loss reaches more than a
million.
VERA CRUZ, TEXAS, Dec. 2.—
Special Envoy John Lind arrived here
from Tuxpam this afternoon on the j
battleship Nebraska. He said when j
he left Tuxpam there were few rebels j
in the vicinity and that the report
received at Mexico Citv that the oil
town had been captured by the rebels
is there believed to be untrue. As
the Nebraska anohored two gunboats
were getting up steam to take Gen
eral Maas and his artillery to Tux
pam.
YATES CENTER, KANS., Dec. 2.—
The Yates Center National Bank was
closed to-day by Bank Examiner A.
C. Cutler, because of its failure to
realize on securities. The liabilities
are placed at $300,000 and the assets
probably will be in excess of that
amount. C. C. Ricker, president of
the bank, said he believes depositors
will be paid in full.
WASHINGTON, Dec. Z—The
House to-day began consideration of
the Hensley resolution to approve the
plan of Winston Churchill, Lord of
the British Admiralty, for sn inter
national holiday, with prospects of
favorable action. It was decided not
to limit the debate.
WASHINGTON, Dec. 2.—A special
subcommittee of the House Commit
tee on Interstate Commerce Commis
sion was appointed to-day to handle
the problem of cold storage reform
legislation. It consists of Represen
tatives Adamson of Georgia, Co\jjng-
ton of Maryland, Cullop of Indiana,
Hamilton of Michigan and Lafferty of
Oregon.
INDIANAPOLIS. Dec. 2.—A general
strike of all union men employed in
Indianapolis will be asked of the Cen
tral Labor Union at a special meeting
to-night by General Organizer Far
rell, of the Teamsters' Union, who de
clares that union men and women are
being “shot and beaten up" without
being given a fair show.
Mounted police dispersed numerous
crowds by driving their horses upon
the sidewalks in the downtown dis
tricts this afternoon.
MEXICO CITY, Dec. 2.—Several
bands of Zapata rebels have united
south of here to attack the capital,
according to reports that reached the
Government this afternoon. Minister
of War Blanquet immediately coun
termanded orders which he had is
sued to send Federal troops will be
withdrawn from the Federal district
which surrounds the capital.
MORGAN FI ELD, KY., Dec. 2.—
After being out 35 minutes, the jury
in the case of the Commonwealth
against th# Imperial Tobacco Com
pany of Great Britain and Ireland
and the Imperial Tobacco Company of
Kentucky to-day returned a verdict
of guilty of violation of the Kentucky
anti-trust laws and fined each de
fendant $3,500. This forfeits their
charter in Kentucky. A new trial
will be asked, and in case of refusal,
an appeal will be taken.
LONDON, Dec. 2.—Semi-official an
nouncement was made to-day at
Buckingham Palace that, owing to the
strong disapproval of Kink George and
Queen Mary to the tango, this dance
and similar dances will not be toler
ated at Buckingham Palace nor at any
royal functions attended by members
of the royal family.
HOPKINSVILLE, KY.. Deo. 2.—For
fear of a mob, John Smith and Grant
Waddell, negroes, accused of assault
ing a white woman, were smuggled
out of town early to-day.
CHICAGO. Dec. 2.—An issue of $10,-
000,000 in 35-year bonds was voted to
day by the directors of Swift <4. Co.,
meat packers. The stockholders wiM
be asked to vote on the bond issue
at the annual meeting on January 2.
LOUISVILLE, KY., Dec. 2.—A gen
eral clean-up of clairvoyants, fortune
tellers, etc., has been ordered as *he
result of the arrest of George T. La
mar charged with securing $837 in
cash and a note for $700 from J D.
Taylor in return for shares ot stock
in a mining company which does not
seem to exist. Taylor bought tne
stock on the advice of the spooks with
whom Lamar communicated. So many
swindles of this sort have occurred
that police orders to rid the city of
such characters have been given.
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WASHINGTON, Dec. 2.—A bill to
prohibit gambling in cotton futures
was reintroduced in the House to-day
by Representative Heflin, of Alabama.
It forbids the maintenance of any
stock exchange or establishments
wherein future contracts are handled
without the actual delivery of the
cotton. The publication of quota
tions on futures also is prohibited.
CHICAGO, Dec. 2.—Former Federal
Judge Peter S. Groescup was scored
by Judge Petit, of the Circuit Court,
to-day for writing tha court a letter
with reference to litigation pending
over the estate of the late W. T. Ba
ker, once president of the Chicago
Board of Trade. “It wouldn’t make
any difference if it were ten Judge
Grosscups," said Judge Petit. “I don’t
try cases that way. There is no use
in trying to justify Judge Grosscup
in writing a leter to a judge hearing
a pending law suit. It is absolutely
unjustifiable." Judge Grossoup is not
of record as counsel In the case. He
has recently moved to New York.
INDIANAPOLIS, Dec. 2.—Jack
Long, a teamster, was shot in the leg
this afternoon by William Whorton, a
negro transfer driver, with police
powers, who took umbarge when Long
tried to argue with him for alleged
“scabbing.” Scores of heads were
crecked By police dispersing mobs.
One mounted officer's horse plunged
through a shoe store show window
on Washington street while dispersing
a mob.
SH ELBYVILLE, IND., Deo. 2.—Dr.
Ernest C. Reyer, of Indianapolis, was
the first witness to take the stand
in the Knabe-Craig mystery trial this
afternoon. Dr. Reyer was the first
physician to reach the death chamber
after the body was found. He went
into a detailed account of his actions
after hq reached the scene. “My first
observation was that the room was
extremely orderly,” said Reyer.
PUEBLO, COLO.. Dec. 2.—Twenty-
five warrants were issued to-day out
of the United States Court for the
arrest of head officials of the United
Mine Workers of America and leading
State officials of that organization.
The indictment against these men
were returned late yesterday by a
United States grand Jury after weeks
of investigation by the southern
Colorado ooal strike. The indictment
charges conspiracy to monopolize la
bor and conspiracy in restraint of
interstate commerce. Among the of
ficials for whom warrants are issued
are John P. White, president; Frank
J. Hayes, vice president, in Denver,
and William P. Green, treasurer,
M inneapolis.
WASHINGTON. Dec. 2.—A new
scheme to mulct the farmor was re
ported by the Department of Agri
culture to-day. It comprises the ad
vertising under new names at ex-
horbitant price of two old plants. One
is the “asparagus or yardlong bean,”
which is advertised as the “Shanon
pea,” and the other the “Jack bean,”
touted as the “giant stock pod bean.”
LONDON, Dec. 2.—Dillah McCar
thy, a well known actress, came into
a fortune of $250,000 to-day as the re
sult of the death of her father, Jonada
B. McCarthy.
WASHINGTON, Dec. 2.—A resolu
tion directing the Secretary of the
Navy to apoint a committee of three
naval officers to investigate the
availability of a site for the proposed
armor plate plant at or near Rich
mond, Va., was introduced to-day by
Representative Montague.
DURBAN, NATAL, Dec. 2.—The
second strike within a month of East
Indians employed in South African
sugar refineries began to-day. One
hundred and twenty-three ringleaders
were arested and imprisoned,
WASHINGTON, Dec. 2.—A report
submitted to Congress to-day by Post
master General Burleson shows that
during the fiscal year which ended
June 30 last, postal savings banka
deposits increased from $20,000,000 to
$33,000,000.
Receiver Named for
Hardwood Company
Following the filing of a petition in
the Superior Sourt surrendering the
charter of the Atlanta Hardwood
Company Tuesday morning, Paul
Johnson was appointed as receiver of
the company. His bond was fixed at
$6,000.
The company was incorporated
some time ago. and was thought to
be in good condition. A slow market
and other difficulties are said to have
caused the company to surrender its
charter.
Georgia Man Killed
On Mississippi Train
MEMPHIS, Dec. 2.—The body of
Lee Shaw, a railroad conductor who
was killed Sunday at Marks, Miss.,
will be sent to Blackshear, Ga., hifl
old home, to-night.
He leaned to far out of a coach to
signal his engineer, and his head w’as
crushed by a baggage truck.
City Detective Among Victims of
Organization Operating at At
lanta Railway Stations.
Edward J. Wellborn, of Mor
gan County, Ceorgia’a champion
corn grower, on left, and II. G.
Dasher, of Effingham County,
another modern young agricul
turist, here for the Corn Show.
TO MOVE RIVER FLEET.
COLI'MBt'S, Dec. 2. Major Edward
Brown, engineer in charge of river Im
provements in this section, with head
quarters in Montgomery, is preparing to
Bend the Government river fleet to the
St. Andrews Bay canal.
A richly dressed woman, about 30
years old, and beautiful, Is being
hunted Tuesday by detectives as the
probable leader of a band of daring
pickpockets who are charged with a
long list oft hefts on the streets of
Atlanta, following the wholesale rob
bery of passengers on a Seaboard
train as it steamed out of the Union
Depot Monday afternoon.
The woman was first apprehended
by W. F Pflngstay, supervisor ot
leased lines for the Southern Bell
Telephone Company, after she had
robbed him of $110 In cash and two
checks aggregating nearly $200 on a
Decatur street car line late Monday
afternoon.
Mr. Pflngstay reported his loss to
Chief of Detectives Lanford Tuesday,
and minutely described the woman,
whom he declared was his nemesis.
Wallet and Checks Gone.
“She was standing next to me In
the crowded car." said Mr. Pflngstay.
“and I noticed that her actions were
strange. However, her refined ap
pearance deceived me.
"Suddenly she left my side and
hurried trom the car. Immediately I
became suspicious and felt for my
wallet. It was gone, together with
the checks and cash.”
Another victim of the gang's activ
ities Monday night was City Detec
tive J. W. Hollingsworth, who was
robbed of $63 while assisting some
relatives on a Birmingham train at j
the Union Depot.
Hollingsworth says he had two |
small children In his arms and did |
not feel his money leaving him.
That the amassing series of rob
beries is the work of experts there
Is little doubt. It is believed that
two well dressed strangers who were
seen to jump off the Birmingham
train as it pulled out of the yards,
were the men who worked the pas
sengers of this train.
Passengers Robbed.
A man whose name the police have
not given out reported Monday night
that he had been robbed of a large
amount of money while In the depot
waiting for a Western and Atlantic
train to Birmingham.
The first news of the wholesale
robbery on the train came from the
officials of the Seaboard Air Line ex
press to Washington and New York
which left Atlanta at 1:40 o'clock
Monday afternoon. A telegram from
Roadmaster J. B. Harrlll, who was
himself robbed of tickets and $30 in
money, announced the depredations
on the train.
Money, handbags end suitcases
were taken from the passengers, who
complained of their losses a short
time after the train left the station.
The theory Is that the men pur
chased tickets to the first city out of
Atlanta, and then after robbing the
passengers, left the train. The names
of the victims on the Seaboard train
have not yet been reported.
Woman Contesting
Lee Will Scores Her
Sisters From Stand
POLICY FOR
RACING
RESULTS
Sensational attacks on the charac
ter of her sisters, Mrs. Maude Thomp
son and Mrs. Claude Stamps, were
made by Mrs. LaRue Mizell on the
witness stand Tuesday In the hear
ing of the Iy©e will case, which Is be
ing tried before Judge George L.
Bell.
Mrs. Mizell Is contesting a will
purporting to be that of her mother,
Mrs. Emma G. Lee. in which the $50,-
000 estate Is divided equally among
the three slaters.
Mrs. Mizell, on Wednesday, is ex
pected to testify regarding the actual
signing of the will, and probably will
repeat her chargee of fraud and for-
gery.
AT CHARLESTON.
FIRST ▼ Five furlongs: Run May 100
(Derondo), 10. 3, Zmb, won; Bastante 104
iTurner), 15, 0. 5-2, second; Roger Gor
don 105 (Wolfe), 9-2, 7-5, 1-2, third.
Time. 1:03 2-5. Also ran: Belle Terre,
Munson, Colfax. High Class, Transfor
mation and Single Day.
SECOND Six ami one-half furlongs:
Chilton King 111 (Nathan). 4-5, 2-5, out,
won; Robert Bradley 114 (Turner), 11-5,
1-4, second; Gerrard 111 (Obert), 25, 8,
4. third. Time. 1:22 1-5. Also ran:
Bernadotte, Turkey in the Straw, Willis,
Discovery, Prospect anil Captain Jinks.
THIRD -Five furlongs: Trade Mark,
112 (Burxton). 4-5, 7 20. 1 -5.'won; Lost
Fortune, 112 (Turner). 9-2, 4-5, 3-5, sec
ond; GraZelle, 105 (Deronde), 12, 4. 2,
third. Tmle. 1:02 3-5 Also ran: Bulgur,
Flatbush. Hudas Brother, Otranto, Cas-
tara.
FOURTH—Milo and 20 vards: Pard-
ner. 109 (Deronde), 5-2. 2-5, out, won;
Dartworth, 107 (Buxton). 7-10, 1-4, out,
second; Counterpart, 100 (Keogh), 12, 3,
7-10. third. Time, 1:44. Also ran; L. H.
Adair, Chemulpo.
FIFTH—Five and half furlongs:
Amerieus, 110 (Corey), 10, 4, 2, won;
Amoret, 113 (Buxton), 12-5, even. 1-2,
second, Tom Holland, 107 (Martin), 8.
3, 8-2, third. Time, 109 4 5. Also ran;
Rye Straw, Flying Yankee, Berkeley,
Judge Monck, Gagnant, Concurran, Pre
mier
AT JUAREZ.
FIRST—Five and half furlongs:
Hinlata, 110 (Wods), 3, even, 1-2,
won; Little Bit. 103 (Benton), 3, even,
1-2, second; Anna Kenedy, 110 (Ma
thews), 8, 3, 3-2. third Time, 1:06 2-3.
Also ran: Augustus Heinze, Ave, Bar
bara Lane, Old Gotch, George, Irish
Ann, Attica. Art Rick, Fool o’Fortune,
Alabama Bam, Bq Buena.
Race Entries on Page 2.
Alabama Candidate
For Governor Here
Charles H. Henderson, president of
the Alabama Railroad Commission
and the local option candidate for
Governor of the ‘‘Here We Rest”
State, is In Atlanta on a business
visit.
He expresses himself as confident
that he will defeat B. B. Comer, pro
hibitionist, and that Oscar Under
wood will humiliate Congressman R.
P. Hobson for the Senate.
PROJECTING NEW RAILROAD.
COLUMBUS. Dorn 2.—P. M. Carlisle,
a capitalist of Panama City, Fla ., has
b**en spending several days In Colum
bus in the Interest of a proposed rail
road to connect Columbus with Panama
City.
Capitol Rotunda Piled High with,Crowd Cheers Knife
Wonderful Displays of Maize Duel tO the Death by
Glare of Coke Oven
and Fruits.
Old Dame Fortune tilted her well-
known Horn of Plenty over the Slate
Capitol Tuesday morning, and out of
it poured in a golden rain the wealth
of the Young Soutn.
The Corn Club Show was open.
The Golden Rain came down in
marvelously orderly fashion, too. In
stead of deluging the first floor of the
Capitol in a cluttering and unseemly
fashion, the shower grouped itself In
2.500 clustered pyramids, one pyramid
to the boy, ten ears to the pile,
ranged on acres of long red-covered
tables, representing 125 Georgia coun
ties.
Besides the rain of corn, Mrs. For
tune show'ered down a wonderful as
sortment of fruits and vegetables, all
tastefully canned or daintily pre
served in Jars —the exhibits of 28
county Girls’ Canning Clubs And
that exhibit was given a well-de
served place of honor, just outside
the ante-room of the < ;<*v« rn>.r’s suite.
Boy Corn Grower# Arriving.
And w'hlle the early morning crowds
of visitors were walking and talking
and measuring and praising and
wondering. 1.000 exhibitors -1,000
Georgia Corn Club boys—were ad
vancing on Atlanta. Some of them
arrived Tuesday morning; others—
say 200 in all—came in about noon.
But that was only the advance guard.
The main body will arrive Wednesday
morning. And then the fireworks!
Acres of orderly corn, marshaled
ten ears to the pyramid, and repre
senting a stability expected to outlast
the Cheops Pyramid of Old Egypt—
that was the crowning glory of the
Young South.
In the advance guard celebrities
were not lacking.
There was Edward J. Welborn, the
champion, for example.
Edward is rising 17, and you can
see in his face that he was cut out by
nature t*r be a winner.
Edward’s Reoord Crop.
Edward lives and raises com in
good old Morgan County, and his
champion acre Is upland, not river
bott< m. That acre produced this year
-hold your breath!—that acre pro
duced 181 bushels of corn and .72 of a
bushel more.
That is the championship yield in
Continued on Page 6, Column 3.
UNIONTOWN, PA., Dec. 2.—With
only the glare from the coke oven
men fought a duel with knives at the
fires to guide their movements, two
plant of the Brownsville Coke Com
pany near here early this morning.
A crowd of spectators urging them
on, the men battled until John Jones
went down with a deep thrust through
his abdomen and another through the
right lung John Bokoff, the other
principal, a few minutes later gave a
queer sob and crumpled up.
When the spectators picked up
Jones life was extinct. Mortally
wounded, Bokoff w'as hurried to a
hospital by the police.
The cause of the fight is not known.
Winecoff to Banquet
Newspaper Scribes
Almost every newspaper man in At
lanta wrote a letter to-day, saying
‘‘YES’’ enthusiastically and unani
mously to an invitation extended to
the scribes of the city by Frank Har
rell, manager of the new' Hotel Wine
coff, to be- his guest at a banquet at
the new hostelry on tho evening of
December 8. The feast will begin
promptly at 9 o’clock, and continue as
long ns the guests can stand up un
der tho assaults of the combined
armies of the Nectarial and Ambrosial
departments of the hotel.
The fame of the Winecoff banquets
has spread afar in the land, and the
newspaper men are awaiting the oc
casion eagerly and with tremendous
appetites—and thirsts.
Tomato Plants in
Bloom in New York
TOMPKINSVILLK. N Y., Dec. 2.—
Tomato plants are In bull bloom in the
cellar of Edward Silas Te expects ripe
tomatoes for Christmas dinner.
President, in Message, Says It
Should Be Unaltered, but Clar
ified as Business Aid.
WASHINGTON, Dfio. 2 — AssertJn*
thati there can be no peace In America
until President Huerta surrenders his
usurped authority, President. Wilson,
in his first annual message to Con
gress delivered in person to-day, de
clared that despite that fact he did
not believe the United States w’ould
have to alter its policy ot watchful
waiting. The President said Huerta's
power and prestige are crumbling a
little day by day, and the collapse is
not far aw r ay. With the end of the
Huerta regime, he said, he hoped to
see constitutional order restored in
Mexico.
Besides pleading for the swift en
actment into law’ of the Administra
tion currency bill, the President told
Congress that he believed the Shet-
man anti-tTust law should stand un
altered, but that Congress should .is
rapidly as possible enact legislation
which would clarify and make explic
it "that great act” facilitate. its ad
ministration and make it fairer to p.l!
concerned.
First Word on Trust Law.
This is the first expression of any
kind that has come from President
Wilson regarding the Sherman law.
Business men and financiers have
been waiting with a great deal of in
terest. not to say trepidatL n, to learn
what the policy of the Wilson admin
istration was to bo with regard to
the Sherman law, about which has
arisen so much confusion. The Pres
ident to-day said it is of capital im
portance that the business men of t^e
country should be relieved of all un
certainties of law’ with regard to their
enterprises and a clear path indicated
wrhich they can travel without anx
iety.
“It Is as Important that they should
T relieved of embarrassment and set
free to prosper as that private mo
nopoly should be destroyed,” the Pres
ident declared.
President Wilson broached a new
election reform plan during tho
course of his address, which would
provide for the direct nomination of
Presidential candidates.
Instead of the present delegate sys
tem for the Presidential conventions,
the President asserted he w’ould have
the conventions consist of the nomi
nees for Congress, the nominees 'or
vaca-t seats in the Senate, the Sen
ators whose terms havo not yet end
ed, the national committees and the
Presidential candidates themselves, lx
order that the platforms might be
drawn by those responsible to the
people for carrying the: i Into effect.
Suffragists Hear Message.
The galleries were well filled with
spectators hours before the President
arrived, many suffragists, who are in
convention here, being present.
As on former occasions of this
kind, Vice President Marshall was
Continued on Page 4, Column 1.
Panic on Whitehall
Cars as Negro Dies
In Double Collision
Pa ssengers on tw'o Whitehall-
Peachtree street cars were thrown
into a panic Tuesday by a collision
at Forsyth and Brotherton streets,
which resulted in the Instant death of
a negro driving a wagon loaded with
whisky.
The negro turned from Brotherton
street Into Forsyth street and dror - '
across the tracks Just in time to get
in the way of a car coming from each
direction.
Sounds of crashing glass were
mingled with the cries of women when
the car, bound for the West End
struck the negro’s w'agor. The driver
was hurled to the pavement. His
head was crushed and he was dead
when bystanders picked him up.
The northbound car also struck the
wagon, but its speed had been checked
considerably and little damage was
done by the second accident. Thi
front of the southbound car was bad
ly shattered and all of the glass was
broken out _
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