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1 i xjuLEi amaauta uunHgHBF RAGGED THE TRAIN secret a r y of sta te rooi AND AVERTED WRECK, STARTING F0R P0RT0 RIC0 ' A TERRIFIC RAINSTORM VISITS RICHLANDS. CAUSING HEAVY OAMAGE. *!"'• I»l !■' Th« (icorKtnn. Richland. Oa.. July 10.—An electrical \ litad Richland and vlcnlty ye»- tei<ln> afternoon, and considerable damaae was done. It rained (or two hour*, the heaviest ever known In this •e. tlon. The stonn was terrific, ac- romi tnled by vivid, blinding flashes st , lose Intervals. Telephones were all put it of commission. Five residences were struck, some badly damaged, hut no lives lost. deep ail on the Seaboard Air Line railroad one-half mils east of town was washed out, and came near causing a '■reck. Clinton Dennard, who lives >,ear. ran out and flagged the west- hound passenger. When the train was stopped the engine was within two feet of the roaring chasm. Crops were badly damaged. I.ends wn-hed snd the Elbert a pfsChes, which are nos- being shlppr.' from here, were slmost totally destroyed. Ity Private Lensed Wire. Newbury. N. H., July 10.—The con dition of Mrs. Clara Stone Hay, widow of the late Secretary of State John Hay, Is much Improved today and Mrs. Hav Is up and around the grounds of her cottage on Rake Hunapee. Mrs. Hay Is suffering from malaria, but her Illness Is not serious. She went for s ride over the mountains yesterday with her nurse, and It was reported that she was feeling very well. 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 seven years standing between s father-in-law and aon-ln- law, superinduced by a runaway mar- rlagt, terminated In a bloody tragedy at HowaJI Station Monday night a few minutes after I o'clock, when R. Alonso Church, 47 years of age, better tnown-as I-on Church, the father-in- 1,, iv, shot and almost Instantly killed i lmrles Edward Black, ST years of age, hie son-in-law. The fatal weapon was a pistol and II -rnt the deadly bullet Into Ihs region of the heart. Three shots were fired, but only one look effect, 8lsyer'e Wife Only Witness. The killing occurred In the presence of Mrs. Church, wife of Ihe slayer, she being Ihe only eye witness. As me sharp reports of the revolver rang • .ut. the frightened wife and mother- In-lanr cried out to her husband: stop shooting. Don't lire any mors. Ton have already hit him." Directly after Ihe tragedy church boarded a trolley car, came Into the . tty, snd surrendered to Police Ser- geant Jolly and Policeman Prey, who sent him to the police elation. The killing occurred In a meat mar ket operated by Church. In Ihe Merlet- is road In Howell Station, directly at ihe point whsrs the Howell Station and Marietta trolley lines connect. Self-Defense, 8ays Church. Church protests that he acted purely In self-defenee, and hla story of Ihs killing Is corroborated by his wife. He •s.erts that Black had thrsstened to CRACK OF PISTOL BROKE SILENCE OF MANY YEARS Ons ut tht most remarkable features of the Howell Rtallon tragedy Is Ihs fact that Alonso Church, the slayer, snd Charlie Black, the victim,’ allhough closely related by marriage, being futher-ln-law and aon-ln-law respectively, had spoken to each other but twice In seven yean up to the time of Ihe killing. With an apparently Irreconclllable bitterness, generated by hla daugh ter's elopement and marriage tp Black, Church would not recognise his son-in-law even as an acquaintance. The last Urns the two men had sinken was three yean ago. Prior to and since that time a silence has existed between them ns though they had nsver known one another. "V did not wont my daughter tu marry Black, because I considered him unworthy of her," said Church. y "And I had never beoome reconciled to the union. I didn't want to have anything to do with him at all, snd during nil of Ihs seven yearn since Ihe marriage we had aiioken but twice. I would pass him as though 1 never knew him and would treat him os a stranger/' When asked If Rlsck had provided for hla wife and had treated her well, church replied: "Ask the neighbors.” HOTELS AND SUMMER RESORTS. Hotel Cumberland BROADWAY at 54th St NEW YORK CITY,N.Y. The smst lusrioosly appointed hotel Is New York. Its furnishings are rare, rick sad la go.«l isste. I led bath ronns reatllsllng Into tbs open sir a fsstore. TslepU.au lu hotel offers te perauaeet and transient guests superior acoomnioda- tloes. Berries, etr.. at tempting rales. Send foe tl lustra ted booklet. EDWARD R. SWETT. Proprietor. kill both him and Mrs. Church snd at tempted to pull a pistol from Ills hip pocket lo carry out hie threat. The pistol In some manner caught In the pocket. Church rays, and this gave him the advantage. Melting his pistol, which was lying on a small heater undernenth the market counter, he Wv- eled It at hla aon-ln-law, who was only a few feot away, and opened Are. At the first shot Black turned and madn an effort to escape the deadly bullets, staggering from the market Into the road, where he fell and died. Edward Walker, who conducts a gro cery slurs a short distance away, heard the shots and was the flfst person to reach the scene. Approaching Walker, the slayer exhibited two pistols and handed him one of them, remarking: 'This Is muck's pistol. Take It nnd give It to the coroner. The Two Pistols. "One of these pistols la mlr.t and the other Is mark's. Take them and give them to the coroner.’’ Church stntes that after Black fell he look the pistol from his pocket. Church says Black came Into the market angry and appeared ns though looking for I rouble. Black Is aald to have declared that Church and his wife had been talking too much about hltn and that he purimsed to put an end to It, Anally threatening to "flx" both of them. Flea! Ward In Thrss Yeses. This Is said lo hava been the first time the two men had spoken to one another In the past three years. Seven years ago Black and Miss Willis Church, daughter of Churrh, eloped and were married, since which time the father-in-law and son-in-law had spoken but twice, Ihe last time being three years ago. Churrh bitterly opposed the match between his daughter and young Ularfc, and had never become recon ciled. fie says he did not consider mark a proper tierson ’to marry hie daughter, and also charges that sine* the marriage the young husband had been unfaithful and had neglected hie wife. The smouldering feeling between the two men suddenly burst Into flame Monday night when some "parties" are said to nave called Black from hla home and held a long conversation with him. Who these “parties" were Is ncl known. Shortly afterwards Black Is said to have left his home and lo hava gone to s friend In an effort lo borrow a pistol. He failed there, however, but finally obtained • pistol from James Sesgrsves. Sesgrsves soys Black told him he was going to a railroad camp on some business, nnd ns he 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 Ihe police elation. Church gave out the fol lowing statement, which la substanti ated by hla wife: "My wife and myself were alone In Iho market last night about * o'clock, snd 1 was preparing to close up. 1 had already been Informed earlier tt muck was In an angry mood and would probably aeek trouble. A few minutes later my wife attracted my attention by remarking, 'There Is Charlie.' mack came Into the market ami said with an oath that lie was getting tired of my wife and myself talking about him, and that he was go ing lo stop tt. He said he was going out last night and get evidence that ws had talked shout him. I told hint lo get hla evidence. After some more words he Anally declared he Intended to flx both of us right there, anti made an effort to pull a pistol. The pistol must have caught In the pocket, or for some other reason he failed to get It out. I then seised my pistol from un der the counter and began to lire. Aft er Black fell I took hla pistol from hla pocket. "I regret this affair very much, but 1 feel that I was perfectly justified. If I had not killed him, 1 am satisfied he would have killed both my wife and myself.” A peculiar feature of the tragedy Is the fact that Church and John T. Black, father of tha dead man. knew each other at boys snd have been life long friends. Although s close friend of ihe father, Chutch would never con sent for the son to marry his daugh ter. Inquest Tutsday Afternoon. The coroner will hold an Inquest Into the facta of the tragedy at 4:10 o'clock Tuesday afternoon. Malaria Cause* Lees of Appstlts. Tha Old Standard, Grove’s Tasteless Chill Tonic, drives out malaria and builds up the system. Sold by all dealers for 27 years. Price Co cents. READ THIS! Cheapest Town Lots Ever Offered the Public. Three Lots 25x120 On Comer for $33 and Four Lots All Joining on the In side 25x120 Feet for $25. One Railroad Completed to South land and Another Going 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 comer of the block. In this set you will get the comer 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 on 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 $25.00 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, f ^ 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 Tiot sell more than two Bets 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 no taxes on these lots this year. We believe you will double your money on any set of these lots you buy in less than twelve months. M&ke all checks and money orders payable to Rev. George B. Culpepper, Fort Valley, Ga.