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' i TILE ATLANTA GEORGIAN. FLAGGED THE TRAIN secretary of state rooi AND AVERTED WRECK; STARTING F0R P0RT0 RIC0 TERRIFIC RAINSTORM VISITS RICHLAND8. CAUSING HEAVY DAMAGE, fi" il to The Georgian. Ilk-bland, Oa.. July 10.—An electrical atm in vlated Richland and vlcnlty yaa tndny afternoon, and conaldarable damage waa done. It rained for two h"t]i *. the heavleat ever known In thla nr Hon. The atorm waa terrific, ac- r .m|,anted by vivid, blinding Aaanea at < l>«e Intervals. Telephonea were all put out of rommlsalon. rive residences were struck, tome bu lly damaged, but no llvea lost. A deep All on the Seaboard Air I.lne railroad one-half mile east qf town wai washed out, and came near causing a wreck. Clinton Dennard, who lives near, ran out and dogged the west bound passenger. When the train waa stopped the engine was within two feet of the roaring chasm. Crops were badly damaged. Lands washed and the Klberta peaches, which are now being ahlpp>«' from here, were almost totally destroyed. By Private Leased Wire. Newbury. N. H.. July 10.—'The con dition of Mrs. Clara Stuns Hay, widow of the lale Secretary of Stata John llay, Is much Improved today and Mrs. Hay Is up and around the ground! of her voltage on 1-ake Hunapsa. Mrs. Hay la suffering from malaria, but hsr Illness la not serious. She want for a rlda over the mountains yesterday her nurae, and It waa reported 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 Bad feeling of seven years standing between n father-in-law and son-in- law, auperlnduced by a runaway mar riage, terminated In a bloody tragedy at Howalt Station Monday night n few minutes after I o'clock, when R. Alonso Church, 47 years of age, better known as Lon Church, the father-in- law, shot and almost Instantly killed Charles Edward Black, 17 years of age. Ills son-in-law. The fgtsl weapon was n pistol and It sent ths deadly bullet Into the region of the heart. Three shote were Ared, but only one took effect. Sleyer't Wife Only Witness. The killing occurred In the presence of Mrs. Church, wife of the slayer, she being the only eya wltnsss. Aw the sharp reports of the revolver rang ost, the frightened wife and mother- ln-lnw rrled out to her husband: Shooting. Don't nre any more. Tou have already hit him.” Directly after the tragedy Church hoarded a trolley car, came Into the city, and surrendered to Police 8er- yrant Jolly and Policeman Prey, who -•■nt. him to ths police station. Tha killing occurred In a meat mar ket operated by Church. In the Mariet ta road In Howell Station, directly at i lie point where the Howell Station and .Marietta trolley lines connect. Self-Defense, Ssys Church. Church protests that ha acted purely In aelf-defense, and his story of the killing Is corroborated by hla wife. He aa-'Tts that Black had threatened to HOTEL8 AND SUMMER RESORTS. Hotel Cumberland BROADWAY at 54th St NEW YORK CITY,N.Y. are rare, rick and *■ *°oii '•*»»• Tiled balk routes reatlTatlig Into the open sir a feature. Tetepkose lu **■?& hotel offers to nermanest and tresalest sweets superior eeeotumnde- Hons, service, etc., at tempting rates Send for Illustrated booklet. EDWARD R. SWETT. Proprietor. CRACK OF PISTOL BROKE SILENCE OF MANY YEARS One of the moot remarkable features of ths Howell Station tragedy Is the fact that Alonso Church, the slayer, and Charlie Black, the victim, although closely related by marriage, being father-in-law and son-in-law respectively, had spoken to each other but twice In oeven yean up to the time of the killing. With an apparently Irreeonclllable bitterness, generated by his daugh ter's elopement and nmrrlngc to Black, Church would not trcugnlae lils son-in-law even as un acquaintance. The last time the two men had spoken was three yeera ago. Prior to and since that time a silence has existed between them aa though they had never known one another. ‘‘I did not want my daughter to mnrry Black, bemuse I considered him unworthy of her,” said Church. “And I had never become reconciled to the union. I didn't want to have enythlng to do with him. at all, and during all of the seven years since the marriage We had apoken but twice. I would pass him ns though I never knew him and would treat him aa a el ranger. When naked If Black had provided for hla wife and had treated her well, Church replied: "Aek 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 somo manner caught In the pocket. Church says, and this gave him the advantage. Belling his pistol, which was lying on u small heater underneath the market counter, he lev eled It at his son-ln-lnw, who was only it few feet away, and opened Are. At the llrst shot Black turned and made an effort to eacapa the deadly bulk is, staggering from the market Into the road, where he fell and died. Edward Walker, who eonduefe a gro cery store a short distance away, heard the ihoti end was ths Aral person to ranch the scene. Approaching Walker, the slayer exhibited two pistols and banded Itlm one of them, remarking: "Thle la Black's pistol. Take It and give It to the coroner. The Two 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 Black fell he took the pistol from his pocket. Church says Black came Into the market angry and appeared ae though looking for trouble. Black Is said lo have declared that Church and hie wife had been talking too much about him and that he purposed to put an end to It, Anally threatening to “Ax” both of them. First Word in Three Years. This la said to havd been the Arst time the two men Had spoken to one another in the past threa years. Seven years ago Black and Mlaa Willis Church, daughter of Church, eloped and were married, since which time the father-in-law and aon-ln-law had apoken but 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. Tie says he did not consider Black a proper person to marry his daughter, and also charges that since the marriage the young 'husband hud been unfaithful and hail neglected hie wife. The smouldering feeling between the two in*n suddenly burst Into Asms are said to have called Black from t\la home and held a long conversation with him. Who these "parties” were Is not ■ known. Shortly afterwards Black is said to have lett hla home and lu have dealers fur 27 ysars. Price it cents. gone to n friend In an effort to borrow a pistol. He felled there, however, but Anally obtained a pistol from James Beitgraves. Heagraves says Black told him he was going to a railroad camp on some business, and ae '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 the polios station, Church gave out the fol lowing statement, which le substanti ated by hla wife: "My wife and myself were alone In the market last night about 8 o'clock, and I was preparing to close up. 1 had already been informed earlier that Black was In un angry mood und would probably seek trouble. A few minutes later my wife attracted my attention by remarking, ‘There Is Charlie.' Black came Into the market and said with an oath that he was getting tired of my wife end myself talking about him, and that he was go ing to atop It. He said he waa going nut last night and get evidence that we had talked about him. -1 told him to get hts evidence. After some more wonts he Anally declared he Intended to Ax both of ux right there, anil made an effort to pull a pistol. The pistol must have caught in tha pocket, or for some other reason he failed to get It out. I then aelxed my pistol from un der the counter and began to Are. Aft er Black fell I took hla pistol from hla pocket. "I regret this affair very much, but 1 feel that 1 waa perfectly JuetlAed. If I had not killed him, I am aatlsAed he would have killed both my wife and myself.” long friends. Although a close friend of tile father. Church would never con sent for the son to marry hla daugh ter. Inquest Tuesday Afternoon. The coroner will hold an Inquest Into the facts of the tragedy at 4:10 o'clock Tuesday afternoon. Malaria Causes Lett of Appetite. The Old Standard, Orove'a Tasteless Chill Tonic, drives out malaria and builds up tha ajelam. Bold by all j 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-live 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 corner 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 vour 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. Really these lots are worth far more tliau the price wc 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 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. ' Make all checks and money orders payable to Rev. George B. Culpepper, Fort Valley, Ga.