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4 THE ATLANTA GEORGIAN. KERO MICE HALLS ; ARE KNOCKED OUT MNATE PASSES BLACKBURN BILL TUESDAY. BOARD TO MEET TUESDA Y; WILL NOT ELECT CAPTAIN Brief Session of Upper House. / Adjourned to Meet at Noon 17 Thursday. f s- A bill n erecting Atlanta particularly (was the Writ to pan both branches of She general assembly. I It was the bill of Representative R. ju lllackbum, of Fulton. to make un lawful the operation of dance bolls In •any county outside the corporate Ilm- jlie of towns containing 80,000 Inhabi tants. It passed the house last sen- (•Ion, and sent through the senate on (Tuesday. i Its particular object Is to do away ■with certain objectionable negro rc- >mtH just outside the city of Atlanta, •ml which are the scenes of nightly {revel*. | The senate session was brief, ad journment coming It minutes after the wsbody was railed to order at 11 o'clock. Adjournment waa taken until noon of Thursday. I The senate met at 11 o'clock, and -after prayer by the chaplain and read ing of the journal, the following sen ate committee was announced to In vestigate the sanitary condition of the •ftoidler*' Homo: Senators Steed, Fos- tier and McHenry. Bills Pasted. ; The following bills were passed In .the senate: ! By Senator Adams—To provide for the otttpensatlon of sheriffs and coun ty court balllfTa for summoning Ju rors Allows 15 for each summons. . By Senator Steed—To amend the charter of the town of Butler. New Bille Introduced, ; By Senator McHenry—A bill to pro vide for the depoelt of eecurttlee with the treasurer by all life Ineorance companies organised and doing busi ness under the legal reserve plan un der the etato lawa to the amount of the net cost rssorvs value of all poli cies as security for payment of llablll- .ties. Hy Senator Toy (by request)—A bill to regulate the business of Ilfs Insur ance In this stats end to provide pen alties for tho violation thereof. By Senator Blalock—A bill to fix tho am-uin- of stock necessary for Indus trial life Insurance cotnpanlea By Senator Reid—A bill to flx li cense upon trading stamp companies. Fixes tax of 1500 on all persons or companies ilenllng In trading starnpa. First Bill to Pass, The first bill to pass both branches this session was the measure Iniro- (liu ed bv Representative Blackburn, of Fuit"t\. i»»t and passed then ■by the house. Tho senate passed It Tuesday. i it in a bin to make unlawful the op- f ration of any donee hall outside of he coriHirate limits of any town with -an.non inhabitants. Thin mensuro was passed especially to do nwny with certain objectionable negro resorts about Atlanta. At 11:11 the senate adjourned until ro.m Thursday. JONES NOT TO HANG ON FRIDAY, JULY The board of police commissioners will meet Tuceduy night In called ses sion. this meeting being held In lieu of the regular monthly session sched uled for next Tuesday night. Ths meeting will be held one week In advance of the regular time In or der that Commlsatoner Oldknow may present. Mr. Oldknow will leave the city Tuesday night at midnight on his vacation and will not be present next Tuesday. For this reason, he asked that the meeting time be chsng- ' A call for tho session was ctrcu- ed. BLACKS ARM late.I Tuesday :m<l waa aliened by all of tha comml-Honere. ’l l • . ..I ■:11p*• I■ • i.• i <l«" :.tP t!.< y nave not yet been »blc to yet together on the nutation of electing a captain to au'ceed Former Captain Moon And tho Indications »re that this matter will not be mentioned. The commiaalon la equally divided, four and four on the dvjl aervlce and captaincyquestlonaand this prevented on flection at the laat tegular Ing. There haa been no change In the altuatlon, according to the commtaalon- (th, and they have no Idea a* to when a captain will be chosen. MANY THINGS IN STORE FOR GEORGIAN NEWSBOYS Long, pool glasses of lemonade. Cakes, sand\vkhes nnd, other things to delight the palate will be handed out to all The Oeerglan's newsboys gathering at the building Wednesday morning—If they be there promptly at I o'clock. And this Is only a part of the treat prepared for the young Americans. After the refreshments, horns and flags will be distributed and the boys lined up to have a picture taken, which will be duly printed In The Georgian. Then the boys will be placed securely In wagons and driven over the city, reaching Piedmont park In time for the morning baseball game, to which, through the courtesy of President Joy ner, of the Atlanta club, and President Kavanaugh, of the Southern League, they have been Invited. All of this will be dons by The Geor gian because It Is realised that the boys that carry papers from house to house and sell them on the streets In weather good and bad, have parts as necessary In the making of a great paper as those of the managers, the editors, the printers, the pressman, and although these tatter will be hard at work getting out the extra editions. In appreciation of the good work being done by the newsboy fores the * " time to all of 'em who wish. It wll given. The boys of* also Invited lata In the afternoon to ths sham battle. LOCAL NEWS CONDENSED • will Jones, colored, under sentence of Meath In Murrey county next Friday, was saved from the gallows Tuesday by having his sentence commuted to Ilf.- In,,.r1 Jones killed a negro named Will purr In a railroad comp gambling •crape. He was tried, convicted end ■condemned to death. ' The commutation of the prison com- sm—i -n waa made on recommendation ef the trial judge, tbs solleltor general, gmnd and traverse jurors and all the munty officials of Murray. They were not satisfied aa to the absolute truth of the state's witness. The governor >■1 sued the recommendation. IN PLAYFUL SCUFFLE YOUTHjnTABBED - While In » playful scuffle Sunday afirrtoain In a Decatur street drug store. Walter Nunn, a whits youth, waa pali.MUy stabbed with his own knife Id' Paul Turner, another youth. It was at first thought tho boys ware fixating and cases were entered against them. They were arraigned Tuesday morning before Recorder Rr-'jic- and both protested they were only plnylng. Nunn said he had on open knife In his hands and that ha hnd Turner engaged In a friendly scut tle. during which he was stabbed. Judge Broyles warned ths. boys to unit loafing about drug stores on Bun da, and lined each of them It.75, advanceJrates HELD TO BE ILLEGAL H.- I'rtiete Leased Wire. Buffalo, N. Y, July I.—Justice white, in equity term of the supreme . ourt. has rendered a decision of far- reaching Importance to the members o< the Catholic Mutual Benefit Asso- The judge holds that the advance in rat-ts adopted by ths supreme council et the test convention, held In Pitts- burg, waa illegal on ths ground that a .eninrnte of Insurance Is a contract and the rates named In the certificate cannot be .raised. The judge issued an order directing the Catholic Mutual Benefit Associa tion to pay ths plaintiff In the action. Who la MMhsrl Dowdall all the money paid hy him Into the treasury of the orsamz:dlon In excess of ths rats paid previous to the Increase. It Is said the Se. Islo Mrs. M. Mrs M U Holcombs, 4* years of die,i at her home, IS? Julian , at 5 o'clock Monday afternoon, funcrei was held from her late n, e at 5 o'clock Ttsesday after- and the interment waa at Holly- will be appealed. Another Wreck Suit. W. C. Earnhart filed suit In the superior court Monday seeking to re cover 11,000 from the Atlanta and West Point and Central of Oeorgla railways as Indemnity for Injuries alleged tl) have been received In the picnic train wreck on June I. Struck by a Haok. Carl Reynolds, a minor, filed suit through his mother, Mrs. A. I. Rey- notds, In the city court Monday seek ing to recover 11,000 from ths Atlanta Brewing and Ice Company. The plain tiff alleges that hs was struck by a hack owned by the defendant at the corner of Pryor and Broad streets on May 1, 1000. It Is alleged that ths hack wag driven by a 12-year-old ne gro boy and that ths plaintiff was seriously hurt. County Commissioners Meet. Ths coufity commissioners will hold thslr regular masting Wednesday morning at 10 o'clock in spits of ths day being a holiday, It Is probabls that ths meeting will be a short one, as but fan- matters are to be taken up, end these of a routine nature. It is expected that the bridge committee will submit a report recommending ths building of two steel bridges across ths Chattahoochee river at points aa- Isctsd by ths commutes. If the com missioners favor this, bids will be ad vertised for eight weeks and the con tracts 1st at ths expiration of that time. The coet of ths two bridges will prob ably be about 115,000. Bank of Bsllground. A charter for the Ilgnk of Bsllground, Uallground, Cherokee county, was Issued Tuesday mwnlng by the secre tary of state. Cap! ul stock 125,000 and Incorporators A. V. Roberts of Ball- ground. E. T. Brown, II. N. Randolph of Atlanta, Georgs C. Wallace, J. C. Flournoy of Paducah. Ky, and Barry Beurle of Montroaa, Pa. Name of Cams Unnecessary. A demurrer to an Indictment which charges k person with playing and bet ting for money at a gams played with cards, upon the ground that tho In dictment failed to set out tho nemo of the game so played, le of no merit, according to an affirmation by the su preme court <>t the Judgment of Judge Shannon of tho city court of Jeffer sonville In the caaa of Blade vs. ths 8tate. Troops Going to Chieksmsugs. m Saturday ef this week ths Twelfth cavalry, stationed at Fort Oglethorpe, will commence their march to Camp Chlckamauga for tha summer, and on next week (Wednesday) the Seventeenth infantry of Fort McPher son will follow. All necessary orders were leeued from the Department of the Gulf Tuesday morning and all de tails of the trip end ths camp will be completed this week. In accordance with-the usual custom, all offices con- nected with the department wUl be closed Wednesday. Promotion for C. K. Lawrence. J. K. Lawrence, for several years engineer of censtructlon for the Cen tral of Georgia railroad, haa been ap pointed chief engineer to succeed H. M. Steele, who recently resigned to «nf«ic in other work. At one time Mr. Lawrence waa connected with the engineer!tur department .of the New* York Central lines, and Is recognised os one of the beet railroad engineers In the country. Hie headquarters will be at Savannah. Fight for Son Begun Again. Ths habeas corpus csss for the cus tody of tbs young son of Charles C. Jones, which attracted conatderable at tention several months ago, was re- vlved Tuesday In ths city court by the filing of a bill of exceptions by the grandmother, Mrs. B. 5’. Walker, and the unele, Dr. Powell Walker. Tho esse will bs carried to the supreme court. In ths habeas corpus proceed ings ths child was taken from the cue- tody of the grandmother end uncle end turned over to the father, charts# C. Jones, who was alleged In the nrtglnal •ult to he unfitted morally to have the care of Me son. Tha mother had been divorced from Jones ana afterward died. Candidate Fee Poer House. Tom Johnson, a well known peddler and beggar, who for some time haa been under tha ear* of the Salvation Army, was bound over to the higher courts Monday afternoon when he ap peared before Judge Broyles on the charge of vagrancy. He wse arrested Saturday night for drunkenness, tho Salvation Army refusing to care for him any longer. It Is thought that the I will bs admitted to the Speeding Auto Too Fast. For oxceedlng tho speed limit with an automobile which he was driving, Henry Jameson, a negro boy, was fined 15.75 In police court Monday afternoon. The boy was cautioned against run ning an automobile, until hs receives n license. Negro Uses Gun. For attempted assault and carrying concealed weapons, Alex Barnes, a ne gro, was bound over In the recorder's court Mnndsy afternoon under 2200 bonds. The emit was mads Saturday night by Officers Wiley and Arrowood on a etreet car upon which the prie oner wax riding. Negro Gamblers Caught A gambling house conducted by ne groes at the corner of Bell and Deca tur streets Monday night received i visit from the police with the result that an even dosen of the burly occu pants were placed under arrest and iakon to the elation. The raid caused considerable excitement among the members of ths negro colony In that vicinity. Francis Goss to Virginia. Frank C. Francis, who for several weeks has been seriously III with ty- £ hold fever at the home of his aunt, tra. T. C. Jenkins, 27 English avenue, left Mnndsy for his home in Danville, Vs., accompanied by his mother, who was called JO his bedside several days ago. Mr. Francis has been employed by the Georgia Railway and Electric Light Company previous to his Illness, and hie many friends will be glad to learn of hie return to health. Mali Clerk Slightly Injured, A broken finger and swollen left wrist will keep W. J. Martin, a rail way mall clerk, from his duties for the next few weeke. The Injuries were caused by a slight accident near Ham let. N. C„ when his left hand was struck a violent blow by a lever hold Ing a mall sack. He la resting com fortably at his horns, 97 Hill street. New York 8ociety a Succeis. Tha monthly meeting of ths New York Society of Atlanta was held on Monday night at ths Piedmont Hotel, and was fully as Interesting as any of tho preceding gatherings. Owing to the abeonce from the city of Professor Wood the entertainment program was omitted, but a delightful social hour was substituted. President Dr. George Beattie and Secretary W. H. Sears gave short talks of an Intsrsatlng na ture, showing ths great sucreaa which the society Is achieving In Atlanta. Atlanta Officers Commissioned. Lieutenant Oscar Palmer was oomri missioned Tuesday captain of Com pany A, Fifth regiment, to succeed Captain Capron, now of Company C. Arnold D. Parker was commissioned second lieutenant of Company D ‘ succeed F. M. Cot' first lieutenancy. PIRATES OPERATING ALONG EASTERN COAST Rsbbing His Relatives. On the change of burglary from his brother-in-law. Clark Fincher, a young white man, waa on Monday afternoon hound over under IIM hood when he appeared before Judge Broyles. A. L. Thomas, the relative of the young man, who has been the victim of hta burglaries, claims that the youth has broken late hie heme ssvetai times and stolen articles which ha later pawned. Hperlal to The Georgian. Charlotte, N. C.. July I.—That regularly organised band of pirates ■houtd exist with twenty-seven of their number In North Carolina, and that they should airy on their bloody craft from the ea«i coant of Maine to the aouthern coast of Florida, sounds like a fairy story In the twentieth century, but unfortunately the federal authori ties at ths port of Wilmington, where the Harry A. Bsrwlnd was brought In some months ago and three negroes on board were condemned to death for mutiny, ‘seems to bear out most point edly this well nlgh'unlmsglnable story- Recently one of the three men, Scott, received a letter at Wilmington, and, according to custom, the jailer pro ceeded to ascertain the nature of the contents. Whan he opened the letter he found evidence that such a band aa is men-. Honed above, really existed, and that the terrible fate of the Harr)' A. Ber- wlnd was a part of the work of this band of pirates It la believed. The letter was turned over to the federal authorities, and they have re fused to give out one jot of Information regarding the same, until they have gone to the bottom of the affair. ADMITS HE MADE FALSE AFFIDAVIT apodal to The Ueorgtea. Macon, Oa, July 2.—In the United States court here yesterday George Katepan. a Savannah Greek, was fined 2200 by Judge Speer on the charge of making falae affidavits to naturalisa tion papers. He pleaded guilty to the charge. several Savannah Greeks were Im plicated. Threaten to Kill Men Who Lynched Negro. By Private Ix*n*od Wlrr*. * Purcell, I. T, July 8.—Intense excite ment prevail* hero over the report that the negroes of Womack have armed themselves, with the Intention nhootlng down members of the mob fhat lynched rtnd burned Will Davi a member of their race, for assaulting the 14-year-old daughter of Ira Rob ertson, a farmer. l*arge armed posses of business men and farmer* left Norman, Okla., Noble,' Okla., and Purcell, I. T., for Womack. Three leaders of tho mob of whites are declared to be marked for aspiissl nation and further trouble of a serious character 1* expected. Judge Dickerson, of Chickasaw, haa announced that he will Immediately Impanel a special gmnd Jury to In vestlgate the lynching. JETT SAYS WHITE WANTS TO CONFESS By Private Leased Wire Beattyvllle, JCy., July J.—Breathitt county and the town of Jackson turn ed out en masse to witness the trisl of James Hargis snd Ed Callahan their former Judge and sheriff, who are charged with procuring the death of James B. Marcum three years ago. A rumor, partially verified, to the effect that Curtis Jett has sent word to representative* of tho commonwealth that Tom White waa ready to'make a confession of what we know of the al leged pipta formed against James B. Marcum and the other men assassi nated In Jackson. A report Is In circulation that Ed, Callahan was trying to get the com monwealth to promise him Immunity In case he made a clean breast of the en tire Breathitt county muddle, but the story Is not confirmed. when seen In Jackson jail regarding an alleged confession both John Smith and John Abner, charged with the mur der of Dr. R. D. Cox, emphatically de nied that there woe any truth what ever 1 nthe report. M'MICHAELSCHOOLACT AMENDMENT IN HOUSE A bill Introduced In the house Tuesday morning by Ua,rrsentaUvs Bowden. Monroe, is framed to meet ths objections to the McMichsel epedal school set, is the supreme court decision irooxht out In the « h ^eproaaota l tlv# 0 Howden'e bill plscee duty of nurselng and collecting for school districts In tho bonds or tho —I collector, Instead of district commissioners, ss Is now tho cnee. The amendment covert other features, which, scnirdlnx to the supreme conn, mnde the district machinery Inoperative, snd It Is believed that It will pass FIGHT IN COURT AGAINST STANDARD By rrlrata I-eased Wire. TAIedo, Ohio. Joty S — la tho probate court of Hancock county waa brftiu yesterday tho tight against tha Manhattan Oil Com pany and tha Buckeye lips Une Company, mrcbaaing pipe line companies for tho Standard Oil Company. The charga la con spiracy In roatralnt of trade. The nutter waa not taken before the grand Jary. hat waa brought directly In irobata court by tha proaeeutar. Tha stand ard's attorneys have Mad a motion to qaash the proceeding, oa the, ground, that ton probate court la without Jurisdiction. TELLS TENANT8 TO QUIT “HOUSE OF MYSTERY" By Private Leased Wire. New York. July I.—-Burton W. Olb- son, formerly attorney tor Mrs. Stan ton, the mother of tha murdered Mrs. Alice Ktnan, secured dispossess war rants today in the Bronx municipal court to evict Mrs. Maria Shlppo and other tenants of the old Stanton noma In the Bronx by Thursday at noon if they still persist In refusing to move. In the testimony of Lawyer Gibson be fore Judge Tierney It appeared for the first tlm# since the murder that both Mrs. Blanton end Mrs. Klnan. accord ing to Gibson, were merely tenants In tha Bronx houss, and had no longer any proprietary rights at all. It ap pealed In other words that Lawyer Glbaon could have put them out at any time at will. WOMAN IN GERMANY CLAIMS 220.000,000 By Private Inward Wire. Cincinnati. July 2.—An aetata of 220,090,004 la claimed by a woman, who wrote a letter to Mayor Dempsey In regard lo It yesterday. She gave her name as Magdalena Bantle (nee Bchmeh). She lives at Wellendlngen, In the kingdom of Wurtambarg, Ger many. Her brother Matthew Bchmeh, living at Np. 121# Rest etreet (proba bly Race street), she says, reported to her some time ago that James Bucher, also of Wellendlngen. had died In Hoi- land and left them an estate worth 220.000,004. WONT GRANT~MEW TRIAL TO LODGE’S SECRETARY By Private Leased Svire. Boston, July I.—Judge DeCoursey, of the superior court refuses to grant a new trial to Robert O. Proctor and haa sentenced him to serve ten nemths Hi the house of correction. It Is un derstood that the rase will be carried to tha supreme sourt. Judge Bynum III, Special to The Georgian. Charlotte, N. C, July 2.—Judge W. P.. Bynum, one of the best-known cltlsens of the state and at tha same time one the wealthiest. Is quite Ul it hie home in tbU siejr. ATLANTA FIGHTS PLAYING HANGMAN INAKED WILD WOMAN FOR LOW RATES YOUTH IS KILLED! CAPTURED BY COP FREIGHT BUREAU WANTS AD JUSTMENT ON FERTILIZER FROM THE SEAPORTS. fipsdsl In The Georgian. Havann.-ih. Go., July 3.—The 8t nah Chamber of Commerce will fight the petition of the Atlanta Chamber Commerce asking for a reduction I raw fertilizer materials from the ports of Savannah and Brunswick to Atlan Charles Ellis, chairman of the transportation committee, will appear before the railroad commission next week to present Savannah's protest. The action of Atlanta Is viewed as an attempted effort to cut In mi mu' --f Mi<- foremost Industries of Savannah and Brunswick and without Just reason. The Atlanta freight bureau has < tered before the state railroad commls slon a protest against discrimination In freight rates on raw fertilizer terlals In favor of Nnshville Birmingham from the ports of Savnn nnh ami Brunswick. The commission has called upon the railroads to answer the charges at discrimination anti the matter will be decided In a short time. According to the schedules of freight rates , published by the railroads the rate on raw fertilizer material, Spanish pyrites, brimstone and other minerals used ns a basis for fertilizers, Is higher from tho porta of Savannah and Bruns- w I- k t-1 Atlanta than from im ports to Birmingham, Ala,, and Nash ville, Tenn., where Iurge fertiliser plants are located. The rato from Savannah and Bruns wick to Nashville Is 22.35. The rate fr.-m H.ivuunuh and Hiiiu- ■ u k to A' - lanta, a great deal shorter distance. Is 12.57. In spite of the fact that the greeter part of these shipments pass directly through Atlanta, n lower rate Is given to the points beyond, nearly twice the distance. Following the filing of a protest by the freight bureau a abort time ego the railroad commission called upon the of ficials of the various railroads to make answer, showing why such an apparent discrimination exists. These answers have been filed by several of the rail roads between the two points end sev eral answers are to bs yet received. Th railroads, In their answers to the commission, take ths ground that the rates to Nashville and Birmingham are fixed by other railroads leading Into those cities and that the roads In Geor gia have no control over the ratee. • The fertilizer plant! In Atlanta who are Interezted In the reduction of rates are the Armour, Swift, Furman Farm and Improvement Company, Old Do minion, Marietta and ths Atlanta Oil and Fertiliser Companies. In Birming ham and Nashville are several large competing companies, the largest of which Is said to be controlled by the same stockholders who control the largo railroad systems and which would thus be In a position to dictate rates. SOCIALISTS WILL PUT OUT TICKET The socialists of Georgia will meet In state convention In the senate cham ber of the capital Wednesday morn Ing at 10 o'clock and It la announced that a full state ticket will be put In the field by that party. J. SS. Osborn, of Atlanta, states that the convention will be amended by delegates from all parts of the state and that he expects a large and rep resentative convention. SHU WASN'T A WIFE, SO ENDS HER LIFE By Private Leased Wire. Terre Haute, Ind., July 2.—Learning that her supposed marriage with Bos- 'coo Keecher was Illegal, Bessie White, IS years old, comfhltted suicide by tak ing strychnine snd carbolic sold. She was found dead In a room where they had been living. She left letters to her parent*, giving her reasons for ending ier life. QOV. BECKHAM DENIES LETTER WAS RECEIVED 8psdsl ts The Georgian. Jackson, Ky.. July 2.—John Smith and John Abner, confined In the Breathitt county Jail here, charged with assassinating Dr. B. D. Cox In April 1202, James Cockrill In .July, 1202, snd James B.. Marcum, In May, 1202, have mads complete confessions detailing their complicity In th* affair of the noted feudal outbreak. This Is according to a story told by Bam Field, of Hamilton, Ohio. Thin story Is, however, denied by Governor Beckham to whom It la aald the confession was sent In a sealed letter. BODIES OF VICTIMS t HAVE BEEN EMBALMED By Private Leased Wire. Salisbury, Eng., July 2.—Tbs Injured poaiengtr* from the wreck of the Bouthsmpton-London boat train were reported today by the physicians at tending them as comfortable and all out of danger save Edward W, Srntell, of Brooklyn, whoaa condition Is critl- cal. Bsvsn embalmers have completed the work of caring for the bodice of Americans killed in the wreck and the entire twenty-three are now ready to be taken to the United States. Th* lead cases are expected to arrive to day, to be placed about th* coffins. DISTRICT MASONS ANNUAL CONVENTION Special lo The Georgian. Thomaatillc, Oa^ July I.—The an nual convention of the Maaone of the Second congressional district will meet at Thomasvllle on tomorrow and wlH be In session fdr two days. This Is the third successive veer that the Ma sons of this section nave gathered to- but It Is the first time that svllle has had the honor of en tertaining them. Webb is Renominated. Special to The Georgias. Charlotte, N. C, July J.—At Llncoln- ton yesterday the ninth congressional convention nominated by acclamation Hon. Edwin Tates Webb for a third term in congress. Mr. E. R. Preston, of Charlotte, was elected permanent chairman of the convention. • BOY STRUNG UP BY PLAYMATES, DIES BEFORE AID ARRIVES. By Private Leased Wire. : Lockport, N. Y-, June 2.—“Let’s pi. hangman,” said a youngster to Lew Jordey, at Barkers, 9 miles north of this city. • “All right,” answered Jordey. Sev eral other youngsters who were play Ing with Jordey volunteered to e Jordey was the one picked out to be hanged. A rope was placed around his neck while he stood on a box. waa then tied to a limb of a tree and th» box was kicked out from under him. Ills struggles frightened playmates and they ran away'. A man happened upon the scene and quickly cut the rope. Young Jordey fell face downward on the ground. H wag unconscious and before medical at tentlon could be summoned, was dead. GEN. $, D. LEE IS IN ATLANT General Stephen D. Lee, commander- In-chlef - of the United Confederate Veterans, Is In Atlanta to promote in terest in the bill Introduced In the lost house by Representative Longlcy, of Troupi to appropriate 250,000 for monument to Georgia eoldlers In the Vicksburg national pane. General Le* Is a member of the park commission, and Is anxious to see the state of Georgia pay tribute In endur ing granite and marble to the brave men who died there. He bears In Invitation to the gen eral assembly to visit the Vicksburg park, and In the event that this should prove Impracticable to name s Joint committee from both bodies. General Lee addreesed the legislature last ses slon, when the bill was Introduced, end Is ready to do eo again If the bofiy so desires. He spent tho forenon meeting mem hers of the general assembly and re calved much encouracnnent as to tha probable passage of the 250,000 appro prlatlon. SUPREME COURT OF GEORGIA Judgments Rtndered Monday, July 2, 1906. Affirmed— Fears vs State (two cases), from Butts superior court. Before Judge Reagan. O. M. Duke, for plaintiff in error. O. H. B. Bloodworth. solicitor general, and W. P. Bloodworth, con tra. Devereaux vs. State, from Baldwin superior court. Before Judge Lewis. C. T. Crawford and Jero M. Moore, for plaintiff in error. John C. Hart, attorney-general, and Joseph E. Pot tle, solictor-general, contra. Potts vs. State, from Heard superior court. BKefore Judge Freeman. Frank B. Loftln, for plaintiff In error. * ~ Terrell aollcltor-genernl. contra. Green vs State, from Fulton supe rior court. Before Judge Roan. J. 8. James, for plaintiff In error. John C. Hurt, attorney-general, and Charles D. Hill, sollctor-gencral contra. Tinker et at. vs. State, from Dade superior court Before Judge Fite. J P. Jncoway, for plaintiff In error. H P. Maddox, solicitor-general, contra. Mslvln vs State, from Wilcox nupo rior court. Before Judge Martin. Mar tin Cannon and Max E. Land, for plaintiff In error. E. D. Graham, solic itor-general, contra. Ihide va. State (two cases), from Fulton superior court Before Judge Roan. Robert L. Rodgers, for plain tiff in error. Charles D. Hill solicitor- general, contra. Campbell vs 8tate, from Berrien su- -jerior court. Before Judge Mitchell. Hendricks, Smith & Christian, fop plaintiff In error. John C. Hart, attor ney-general and William EL Thomas, sollcltor-gsneral. contra. Bundrtck vs. Stats, from Crisp supe rior court. Before Judge Littlejohn. Whipple A McKenzie, for plaintiff In error. John C. Hart, attorney-general, snd Frank A. Hooper, solicitor-gen eral contra. Sslter et si. vs. State, from Wash ington superior court. Before Judge Parker. Evans & Evans and James K. Hines, for plaintiff In srror. Brown et al. vs Southern Railway Company, from Henry superior court. Before Judge Reagan. Brown A Brown snd G. W. Bryan, for plaintiffs In error. Charlton E. Battle, contra. Reversed— Healey vs. City of Atlanta, from Fulton superior court. Before Judge Pendleton. John L. Hopkins A Sons, for plaintiff In error. James L. May- son snd William P. Hill, contra. Williams rs. State, from Taliaferro superior court. Before Judge Holden. W. N. Maltbie. J. W. Hlxuh snd Joel Cloud, for plaintiff In error. David W. Meadow, solicitor-general contra. Herrington rs. Gtsts, from Buries superior court. Before Judge Holden. Phil P. Johnston and Brinson * Davis, for plaintiff In error. Joseph S. Rey nolds, solicitor-general and Lawson A Beales, contra. • Lester vs. State, from Jackson su perior court. Before Judge Roan. L C. Russell, for plaintiff In error. 8. J, Tribble, eolieltor-general contra, Georgia Railroad and Banking Com pany vs. Hutchinson, tax collector, at al.. from Hancock superior court. Be fore Judge Lewis Joseph B. A Bryan Camming snd William H. Burwell. for plaintiff In error. Seaborn Reese, con tra.' Dl»ml«»sd— . _ Piedmont Company et al. vs. Kelley et at., from Fulton superior court Be fore Judge Pendleton. HL D. Thomas and Felder, Rountree A Wilson, for plaintiffs In srror. Candler. Thomson * HlnJch and a L. D. McAllister, con- tra. _ , . Mandamus Dr-usd— Hendricks rs. Reid. Judge of city court of Atlanta. Anderson A Ander son snd U W. Thomas, for applicant T. Hopkins and x~ Z. Rosser, con- tr vanderford vs. Brand, Judge. Briefs submitted. . Ktaste Parks vs. Le* V. Parks, from Morgan. Argued. Judgments rendered Tuesday, July 1000: . Affirmed. Parris r. Stale, from Chattooga su perior court before Judge Wright C. fa. Rivers, for plaintiff tn error. W. H. Ennis, solicitor general contra Shockley v. State, from Floyd su perior court Judge Wright M. B. Eubanks for plaintiff In srror. W. H. Ennis, solicitor general contra Shuler v. Stats, from city court of Balnbridge. Judge Harrell. EL 8. Long- ley, far plaintiff tn error. M. FL O'Neal solicitor, by R. R. Arnold, contra Cannon V. Htate. from Habersham superior court. Judge Klmaey. J. C. I POLICEMAN USES HORSE BLAN KET TO CATCH NYMPH ON ROAD. By Private Leased Wire. Toledo, Ohio, July 2.—With a inob of at least fifty people, headed by Of ficer Kheeder In close pursuit a sup posed wild woman w as run down Mon day evening on Manhattan road, a mile or two from the city, Th-- woman was stark naked, and, dashing Into a barn, Sheeder appro priated a hm-se idanket and started in pursuit, finally eecurlng the woman tn a field. She fought vigorously against wearing the blanket. , She was sent to the infirmary, where she gave her name ns Mary Smith. LIMITED EXPRESS REPORTED WRECKED By Private Leased Wire. New York, July 2.—The Montreal limited express on the Delaware and Hudson Railroad was reported to have been wrecked early today near Ball- ston. N. Y. No details are given. D, A, R, WILL ENTER NEW ROMEWEDNESDAY With color* Hying, the Daughters of the American Revolution will enter their beautiful home at Piedmont park Wednesday afternoon, and promptly at 6 o’clock commence what gives prom ise of being an exceptionally pleasing program. Tuesday a committee of the members "f th- patriotic .society .spent the morning decorating the building and getting everythlngln readiness for the Fourth of July exercises. Rev. Dr. R. O. FUnn, chaplain of the Thomas Jefferson chapter, Daughters of tho American Revolution, will open the exercises with an Invocation. Alter which the assemblage will sing "Amer ica." Mrs. Dr. Hutchinson, regent of the Thomas Jelferson chapter, which chap ter 1m tho *h'»st of the occasion, "ill then deliver a short address, to which Mrs. Thomas Morgan, regent of the At lanta chapter, will respond. Mrs. W. B. Yeates. the well-known vocalist, will render a song of patriotic nature. Thirteen of the members of the local chapters wll give each a toast to one of the thirteen original states. After a tenor solo by Mr. Wood. Hon. S. Sllcer will deliver the oration of the occasion, and the program will bo brought to a close with • The Song <<f the Revolution,” dedicated to tho Daughters and the Sons of the Revolu tion. , , The entrance to the ground* will be mado through the Piedmont Driving and it will b* , A. R. colors. DISPUTE OVER GIRL ENDS IN SHOOTING By Trlrate Leased Wire. Akron, Ohio, July X—Jealousy over Mis* May Hurley, a nurse at the ('ayahogn Fall* sanatorium, resulted in n shooting nffrny early this morning. In which George Del* rymplo was shot by Daniel G. l’ntty. One hall entered Pnlrymplo’s right lung, and his condition l» very serious. Patty nn«l Miss Hurley were walking _j tho sanatorium grounds, when Do I rim* i-i.-t.-Kt.-.l ngiiliixt tlx-ir bring togrth.T, and nn nttrrcntlon ensued. In whl'b Hai ry in pie was shot. KILLED IN BUGGY BESIDE HIS .WIFE Spvrial to The Gi-oratnn. . Charlotte. K. C, July 2.—A special from Wadezboro states that early oa Monday morning, near the Union coun ty line, Wat Hill shot and killed Marlon Burge,,. Burgess' wife nrse In th* buggy when he was killed by her side. The cause of the killing 1* not stated. Edwards, I. L. Oakes and IL H. Dean, for plaintiff In error. W. A. Charters, solicitor general contra Miller v. State, from city court of Co. lumbar. Judge Wllllz. Peter Prrer, for plaintiff In error. H. H. 8u 1ft, solicitor, contra. Slade v. State, from city court of Jeffersonville, Judge Shannon. Henry Bunn Wimberly, for plaintiff in error. No appearance contra Chunn v. State, from Houston supe rior court. Judge Felton. John R. Cooper, for plaintiff In error. William Brunson, solicitor general contra Fordhsm v. State, from Laurens su perior court, Judge Rswllng,. John R. Cooper end Griner A Darts, for plaintiff In error. John C. Hart, attorney gen eral, and Joseph ZL-Pottle, solicitor general, contra Jones v. State, from Hancock supe rior court. Judge Holden. R. H. Lewie, for plaintiff In error. John C. Hart, attorney general and David W. Mead ow. solicitor general contra. Bowlaml t. State, from Whit# pertor court. Judge Klmzey. I. L. Oakes and R. T. Jaynes, for plaintiff In srror. W. A. Charters, solicitor general con tra Crawford v. State, from Charlton su perior court. Judge Parker. A. E. Cochran, for plaintiff In error. John C. Hart, attorney general snd John W. Bennett, solleltor general contra. Jackson ▼. Augusta Southern Rail way Company, from Richmond superior court. Judge Hammond. George T. Jackson, for plaintiff In error. Joseph “L A Bryan Camming, contra Hell V. Simmon*, from Effingham superior court. Judge Beabrook. J. H. Smith, for plaintiff In error. No ap pearance contra Creel r. Turner Brothers, from Ful ton superior court. Judge Pendleton. Joseph W. A John D. Humphries, for plaintiff in error. Helms, McCalls * Maddox, contra. Darien and Western Railroad Com pany v. Thomas, from McIntosh supe rior court. Judge Sesbrook. W. deR. Barclay, for plaintiff In error. C. M. Ttson, contra Atlanta and West Point Railroad Company v. Georgia Railway ww Electric Company, from Fulton *ttp»- rior court. Judge Pendleton. Lamar Rucker, for plaintiff In error. Roaaer Brandon, W. T. Colquitt and B. X Coajrar*, contra. Ions for rehearing denied In Caf- PltU and Illll v. City of Afltttfb fram Fulton superior copr^ i In Yklfti