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TUESDAY, Jl't.T 10. 1*0*.
THE ATLANTA GEORGIAN.
FLAGGED THE TRAIN
AND AVERTED WRECK
A TERRIFIC RAINSTORM VISITS
RICHLANDS. CAUSING
HEAVY DAMAGE,
to The CItorfUn.
and, Qa.. July 10.—An electrical
const
na*o wan done. It rained for two
hours, the heaviest ever known In this
•ectjon. The storm wan terrific, ac
orn panted by vivid, blinding flashes
at < i- >ie Intervals. Telephones were all
pm out of commission.
five residences were struck, some
dsmaaed, but no lives loot.
.V deep fill on the Seaboard Air Line
r illto.td one-half mile east of town waa
" '-lied out, and came near causlna a
v i. ck. Clinton Dennard, who lives
near, ran out and flagged the West
bound passenger. When the train waa
stopped the engine was W'ithfn two
feet of the roaring chasm.
(Trope were badly damaged. Lands
washed and the Elberta peaches, which
are now being shlppf« from here, were
almost totally destroyed.
D/ Private Leased Wire.
Newbury. N. H., July 10.—The con
dition of Mrs. Clara Stone Hay, widow
• <f the late Secretary of State John
Hay, la much Improved today and Mrs.
Hay Is up snd around the grounds of
her cottage on !«ake Sunapee. Mrs.
Hay Is suffering from malaria, but her
illness is not serious. She went for a
i Me over the mountains yesterday with
l or nurse, snd It was reported that she
was feeling very well.
SECRETARY OF STATE ROOJ
STARTING FOR PORTO RICO\
8ECRETARY QF STATE ROOT.
Snapsh"! of Secretary of State Root, taken during hla trip ilown N«w York bay on the cutter Vigilant to board tlia
irutaer Ctiarleaton. IleloW I, a photograph allowing the launch which carried the aecretary to the aide of the cruller
lurleaton. drawn up alongside the cutter Vigilant. Hecretary Root arrived at San Juan, Porto Rico, Monday.
HUSBAND OF RUNAWAY MATCH
SHOT TO DEATH BY FATHER-IN-LAW
Charles E. Black Shot
to Death by Lon
Church.
HAD NOT SPOKEN
IN THREE YEARS
Rad feeling of aeven year* atandlng
b.iwean a father-in-law and aon-ln-
law, superinduced by a runaway mar
riage, terminated In a bloody tragedy
si Howell Station Monday night a few
minutes after t o’clock, whan R. Alonio
•ftiureh. 47 yeara of age, better
known a, I.on ("hurrh, the father-in
line, shot and almost Instantly killed
i harlas Edward Black, 27 yeara of age,
hi- son-in-law.
The fatal weapon waa a pistol and It
-i nt the deadly bullet Into the region
•>f the heert. Three shots were tired,
hut only one took effect.
Slayer’s Wife Only Witness.
The killing occurred In the presence
of .Mrs. Church, wife of the slayer,
»ho being the only eye witness. Aa
the sharp reports of the revolver rang
• it. the frightened wife and mother-,
in-law cried out to her husband:
•’Stop shooting. Don’t fire any more.
Ton have already hit him.”
Directly after the tragedy Church
boarded a trolley car, came Into the
r It v. and surrendered to Police 8er-
isant Jolly and Policeman Fray, who
sent him to the police station.
The killing occurred In a meat mar
ket operated by Church. In the Mariet
ta road In Howell fetation, directly at
the point where the Ilowell Htatlon and
Marietta trolley lines connect.
8elf-Dsfanee, Says Church.
Church protests that he ected purely
la self-defense, and his story of the
killing Is corroborated-by his wife. Ha
assarts that Black had threatened to
HOTELS AND SUMMER RESORTS.
(t
BROADWAY at 54th St
NEW YORK CITY.N. Y.
The amt Isssrieasly appointed
hotel Is New York. Its furulshlugs
are rare, rick sad In good tsate.
Tiled hath roonu retHIIatluf Into
the ,'pea air a fasts re. Tstephoae In
every sstte.
This hotel ogera to noraunent and
trankl.it nests superior accommoda
tion. service, vtc., at tempt la, rates
Read for Illustrated booklet.
EDWARD R. SWETT.
Proprietor.
CRA CK OF PISTOL BROKE
SILENCE OF MANY YEARS
one. of the moat remarkable features of the Howell Station tragedy la
the fact that Alonio Church, the slayer, and Charlie Hlack, the victim,
although closely related by marriage, being father-in-law und son-in-law
respectively,, had spoken to each other but twice In seven years up to.the
lima of the killing.
With an apparently Irreronclllable bitterness, generated by his daugh
ter's elopement anti marriage to Black, Church would not recognise his
son-in-law evep aa an acquaintance. The last time the two men had
spoken was three years ago. prior to and since that time n alienee has
existed between them as though they had never known one another.
"I did not want my daughter to marry Hlack, because I considered
1 cjiurcb. "And I hud never become reconciled
him unworthy said
to the union. I didn't want to have anything to do with him at ati, and
during all of the seven years mince the marriage we had spoken but twice.
I would pals him aa though I never knew him and woul
stranger.’'
pa*. him aa though I never knew him and would treat him aa a
When asked If Hlack had provided for hla wife and had treated her
, Church replied:
“Ask the.neighbors.’’
kill both him and Mrs. Church and at
tempted to pull a pistol from his hip
pocket to carry out hla threat. The
pistol In soma manner caught In the
pocket, Church says, and this gave him
the advantage. Helling hla pistol,
which was lying on a smell heater
underneath the market counter, he lev
eled It at his son-in-law, who was only
a fsw real away,' hnd o|>ened fire.
At the first shot Black turned and
made an effort to escape the deadly
bullets, staggering from the market
Into the road, where he fell and died.
Edward Wulker, who conducts a gro
cery more a short distance away, heard
the ahota and waa the Itrat person to
reach the scene. Approaching Walker,
the slayer exhibited tw« pistols and
handed him one or them, rsmarWag:
’’This Is lllack'a pistol. Taka It ami
give It to the coroner.
The Twe Pistols.
‘‘One of these pistols Is mine and
the other Is Black's. Take them and
give them to the coroner."
Church states that after I\tack fell
he took the pistol from his pocket.
Church anys Black came Into the
market angry and appeared as though
looking for trouble. Black Is said to
have declared that Church and his wife
had been talking torn much about him
and that he purposed to put an end to
It. Anally threatening to "Ax" both of
them.
First Ward in Three Years.
This Is said to have been the Arm
time the, two men had apoken to one
another In the past three years. Seven
years ago Hlack and Miss Willie
Church, daughter of Church, eloped
and were married, aince which lime the
father-in-law and son-in-law had
spoken hut twice, the last time being
three years ago.
Church bitterly opposed the match
between his daughter and young
Black, and had never become recon
ciled. He says he did not consider
Black a proper itenon to marry hla
daughter, and alto charges that since
the marriage the young husband had
been unfaithful and had neglected hla
wife.
The smouldering feeling between the
two men suddenly burst Into Asms
Monday night when some ’'parties’’
are said to have called Black from hla
home and held a long conversation with
hint. Who these "parties" went Is not
known. Rhortly afterwards Black is
said to have left hie home and to have
gone to a frieiffl In an effort .to borrow
a pistol. He failed there, however, but
Anally obtained a pistol front Jamea
Heagraves. Heagravea says Black told
him he was going to a railroad camp
on some buslneaa, and aa ha would
have to pass through a dangerous sec
tion, wanted the weapon for protec
tion.
Shortly afterwards Black appeared
at the Church market and the tragedy
followed.
Church's Statement.
When seen Tuesday morning In the
pallet station, Church gave out the fol
lowing statement, which Is submenu
aleil by hla wife:
’’My wife and myaelf were alone In
had already
Black was In an angry mood and
would probably seek trouble. A few
minutes later my wife attracted my
attention - by remarking. There la
Charlie.’ Black came Into the market
and saltl with an oath that he was
gelling tired of my wife and myselt
talking about him. and that he was go
ing to stop It. He said he was going
out last night snd gst evidence that
we had talked about him. I told hint
to get hts evidence. After some more
words he Anally declared he Intended
to Ax both of ua right there, and made
an effort to pull a pistol. The pistol
must hnve caught In the pocket, nr for
some other reason he failed lo get It
out. I then seised my pistol from un
der the counter and began to Are. Aft
er Black fell 1 took hla pistol from his
pocket.
"I regret this affair very much, but
I feel that I waa perfectly JusttAed.
If I had not killed him. I am satisfied
he would hare killed both my wife and
myself."
Black, father of the dead man, knew
each other as boys anil have been life
long friends. Although a close friend
of the father, church would never con
sent for the son to marry his daugh
ter.
Inquest Tuesday Afternoon.
The coroner will hold an Inquest Into
the facte of the tragedy at 4:fo o'clock
Tuesday afternoon.
Malarie Causes Loss of Appetite.
The Old Standard, Grove’s Tasteless
Chltl Tonic, drives out malaria and
builds up the ajmem. Hold by all
dealers for 17 years. Price it cents.
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THIS!
IWXSvSiwJ
Cheapest Town
Lots Ever
Offered the
Public.
Three Lots 25x120 On Corner for $33
and Four Lots All Joining on the In
side 25x120 Feet for $25. One
. Railroad Completed to South-
land and Another Going
7 a
Right Away.
The Miona Springs Railway Company has completed the permanent sur
vey of their line from Southland to Miona Springs. The company have their
charter for this road from Fort Valley to Southland running through the fin
est farming section of Georgia. This new line runs into Southland and will
connect with the A. B. & A. at that place. This new road runs right through
the section of lots we are now offering you. All these lots are right on the
Miona line and are close to the A. B. & A. depot also. You cannot go to any
unoccupied place and get such splendid railroad locations. The depot of the
A. B. & A. is completed at Southland and it will do credit to a town of
twenty-five hundred people.
Now we come and offer you these lots in sets at dirt cheap prices and
they are worth twice the money.
READ CAREFULLY
AND ACT AT ONCE!
For as soon as construction begins on the Miona line we will, positively not
offer these lots at these prices any more. We expect to begin construction in
August at the town of Southland and right through these sets of lots.
We will sell you three lots for $33.00 on the corner of the block. ‘ In
this set you will get the corner lot, 25x120 feet, and the two lots next to
the comer, both 25x120 feet, for $33.00. [
Then we will sell you four inside lots, all joining, for $25.00. These
inside lots are 25x120 feet each. If you buy the inside lots you will get
100 feet front by 120 feet deep for $25.00, and if you buy the comer
you will get 75 feet front by 120 feet deep.
We mean what we say when we say that these lots are on the railroad—
right bn the line of the Miona Springs Railway Company. Some of these
sets are on the very blocks through which the road will run, and none' of
them are far, not more than a few hundred feet at farthest. Now we propose
to give the first ones to take advantage of this offer the best location on the
line. If your money comes first we will do our best to select the best loca
tion for you and send you a deed—warranty deed—by return mail, with a plat
of the town and showing the line of railroad which is to run through the
property we are offering.
If you want a set of these inside lots, send me $25.00 and I will make the
best selection for you possible and the first letter bringing me $25D0 for four of
these lots gets the first selection. If you want a set on the corner, send me
$.33.00 and I will select the best location possible for you and send you a
deed and plat at once.
Really these lots are worth far more than the price we put on them, and after construction begins
you cannot buy them at this price.
We will not sell more than two sets of these lots to one individual for as there are not many of
them we want as many people to get the benefit of these low prices as possible.
There- are uo taxes on these lots this year.
We believe you will double your money on any set of thesfe lots you buy in less than twelve
mouths.
Make all checks and money orders payable to
Rev. George B. Culpepper,
Fort Valley, , Ga.