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I GA. FARMERS ARE ALARMED
OVER COTTON BOLL WEEVIL
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Valdosta, Ga., Sept. 3.—The farmers
(of this county ere considerably nlarm-
ver the appearance In a number
Jnf Helds here of a cotton peet similar
■to the Mexican boll weevil, and, In fact,
liome well Informed farmers are sat*
llifled that it la the Mexican weevil. T.
1e. Goodwin, north of the olty, brought
It stalk of cotton to town Saturday on
|w hlch nearly every boll and square
■had been blighted by the pest. An
1'iomlnation disclosed that without ex-
lieptinn every dead boll had been bored
I into by a worm or weevil of tome hind,
lead several of the larger boll* were
Jfull of a small black weevil. The In*
Iiect I* about the atxe of the ordinary
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grain weevil and looks very much
like It.
The cotton bolls are attacked at any
stage of their growth, most of them
being killed before or just after the
bloom has fallen off. The more mature
bolls remain green for some time after
being punctured, but are soon filled
with weevils which feed on the con
tents and In a short while die.
In one Reid of cotton which Mr.
Goodwin expected to make six bales
he Is now satisfied he will not make
more than a bale, owing to the ravages
of the weevil. Neighbors of his are
suffering in a like manner.
8ome of the weevils will be sent to
the state entomologist for Identifies
tlon, and his advice asked as to the
best method to fight the pest.
SECRETARY TO COME
FI
The next secretary of the city waterworks
will he seleeted from among the employees
of the department.
From four to live of the employees In the
race for the position—all of whom bare
served the department long nod faithfully—
It It Ibe Intention of the co.nmlsalonera to
select from these In tilling the vacancy
canoed by the death of IV. It. Itlmmock.
The water hoard bolds its nest session
Wrdnesdsy afternoon at 4 o'clock, hut It
Is the belief tbit no definite action will be
taken until the following meeting, Heptem
her 15.
GRAY8VILLE MAN
IS BOUND TO COURT
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Chattanooga, Tenn., Sept. I—M. V.
Davis, of Graysvllle, Ga.. has been
bound to the crlmnal court, ft was
charged that, although Davis has a
wife and elx children, he ran away with
Miss Grace Norman, of Graysvllle, and
that ehe died In thle city.
Synoptit of Previout Chapters.
Philip Masters, a gentleman In distress. Is
relieving a night watchman on Klngswuy.
London, when he sees a figure crawl out of
s house and stop In a trench. The next
morning the murdered body of Captain I>o|.
lexfen, a retired sea captain. Is found In tho
trench. The house Is called the Corner
House and Is kept by Adrian Illlgsy. tvbo
furnishes lodging to dlstrr.scd gentlefolk
only at 12 eeuts a night. Philip meets nn
friend. Sir Anthony Dldrlng, from wbnr-
cl ns £260, which relieves Ills pecessltlei
CHAPTER V—(CONTINUED).
Girslds.
The coroner finished writing, and rs
•turned his stare at the portrait of the
Prince of Wales.
Mr. Adrian Hllgay, who followed the
doctor, was the flrst of the witnesses
who wept The respectability of the
Corner House had been shaken to Its
very basis by the murder. The coro
ner eyed him sharply.
"Your lodging house Is a philan
thropic undertaking. Mr. Hllgay?
asked, after the preliminary questions.
"My boarding house’’—
"You need not trouble to correct my
phraseology," Interrupted the coroner.
"I said lodging house,"
Mr. Hllgay (lushed. "It pays
way."
"What do you charge?”
"Sixpence or a shilling a night.”
"And that pays? Rent? Interest
on capital? Managerial expenses? De
terioration?”
"There Is no rent. I am the man
ager. I accept no salary. I make
present of my capital to the concern,
t haven’t had time yet to think of de
terloratlon.”
"When you say It pays Its way, then
you mean that It pays for cleaning and
service and that the meals are not
served at an actual loss?”
"Yes."
"You are new fo philanthropy?”
"We must all begin," said Mr. Hll-
gay.
"Just so,” said the coroner. "You
think you are alleviating the poverty
of London by your venture?"
"Cerlatnlyi”
"Ah! What Is your age, Mh Hll
gay r*
"I do not see"—
"How old are you, sir?"
"Twenty-six.”
“You have Identified the body of the
deceased ?”
"Yes; It Is the body of Captain Pol-
lcxfen, who took a room In my house
about ten days ago.
"The exact date?"
"The tenth October, I am nearly
sure."
"What wa* hi* Christian name?"
”1 do not know."
"Of what ship was the captain?”
"I do not know."
"He hAd retired from service?"
"I believe so.”
"What were his habits?”
“For a week past he had been unwell
and stayed In his room, except occa
sionally for meals.”
"Did he strike you as being poor—In
reduced circumstances?”
"I Imagined him to be like most of
my boarders—hard put to It, but re
spectable."
"He did not talk much ?”
“He didn’t talk at an."
"Never chatted with you
"Never,, except about the weather.
He would usually mention the precise
direction of tho wind."
“At meala did he join In the con
versation?”
"Very little.”
“And he had no friends, no ac
quaintances?”
"There wns a negro named Coca who
came to see him sometimes."
"In hta room?”
"Yes.”
"Do you know If he had Just come
from a voyage?”
"I do not."
"When did you last see him?"
"On Tuesday evening about
o'clock." It was at this point Mr.
Hllgay wept.
"Where?"
"He came Into the hoqie and went
up stairs. Hfa room was on the .first
floor.”
You said he had not been out for a
week.”
That was the first day ha had been
out. He had been out twice. Once In
the afternoon about five, and again In
the evening, after our dinner.”
How do you know that?”
I saw hltn come In each time.”
Where were you?”
In my office to the left of the hall.
The. door of my office Is of glass,.and
from my desk I can see every one who
comes In or goes out.”
How long did he remain the second
time?"
“About half an hour."
"You saw him leave?"
"Yes. I went Into my office after
dinner, nbout seven, and I was either
In my office or the hall continuously till
4 o'clock the next morning—Wednes
day."
Did you receive any new lodgers
that day?"
No. The house was full.
And your old lodgers behaved as
usual?”
Absolutely.”
How many went nut after Captain
Pollexfen came In at 8 o'clock?"
None."
Now, mind what you are saying, Mr.
Hllgay. You told us that no one
could leave your house without your
knowledge, and that you saw no one
leave It after the captain came in. Here
he Is In the house, presumably In his
room, at 8 o’clock at night, and yet
early the next morning his body Is
found In the sewer trench. How do
you account for that?"
I can not account for It.”
Hither he waa murdered In your
house”—
Impossible, sir! protested Mr. Hll
gay.
have crept past your office door un
seen by you?"
“I think not."
"Where are the stairs?"
"They begin Just nt my office door,
and are In line with the hall."
"There are no other statrs In the
house?"
"There are the back stairs,’’ sa|d Mr,
Hllgay. “Used exclusively by the
household staff.”
"Ah! There are the back stairs.
What Is the household staff?"
"Five boys nnd two female cooks.”
"Where do the back stairs lead to?"
"To the back of the house. The
kitchen. There Is a back yard."
Here the policeman, with nn air of
apology to the coroner, lighted the gas,
after having struck two matches.
"Yes,” Mr. Hllgay answered, blinking
In the new glare. "It gives on Little
Glrdler’s Alley. It Is bolted at night.”
"What time?”
"After dinner—about 7 6’clock.
"Boited un the Inside?"
“Yel."
So tfint anyone could open It from
the Inside?”
•Yes,"
"Could a person go down the hapk
stairs and get out without going
through the kitchen?"
“Yes."
“What time are the lights turned out
In the back house?"
About II O’clock."
Little Glrdler’s Alley fun* Into
Strange street at right entries, and
your house Is at the corner?"
•Yes."
’Where was the captain’s room situ
ated
"The window looks on the alley.'.’
"Who occupied the room next to It?"
“A widow lady named Vpbttery."
"She Is here?" ,
"She Is III In bed.”
"And on the other side?”
"The other side IS un outer wall of
the house."
Then the door of the room Is nearer
the head of the back ataira than to the
front stalreT'
Mr. Hllgay meditated. "Yes. Nearer
to the bacjc aialrs.”
"You agree now that It would after
all have been possible for the captain
to hare gone, or to have been carried,
out of your house without your knowl
edge at any time of. the evening?”
"Y—es," said Mr. llllgay. “Only.the
back stairs are not used by my board
ers."
"Doubtless,” snapped the coroner.
‘Still as he didn't probably jump out
of the window"—
"He must have walked down the
back stairs after the staff had retired,”
"But why should he do that?”
"I cannot guess. There could be no
reason. He wa* a man of Irreproach
able respectability.’’
Then it appears most probafile that
he was carried out?"
"I cannot admit tha possibility of
foul play having occurred In my house.”
"How many lodgers have you?"
“About sixty."
"You satisfy yourself that all are re
spectable v
”1 use fny Judgment."
The coroner put hts lips together.
"Any questioner’ he abruptly turned to
the Jury.
The foreman of th« Jury, who was
retired chemist, would have given
guinea to have been able to think of
few shrewd questions to put to Mr. Hil
gay. But he could evolve nothing, and
Sir. Hllgay stepped down, wondering
why a philanthropist should recelv
the treatment of a suspected criminal,
The coroner resumed the contempla
tion of the chromograph, nnd then an
old negro, dressed In ample shining
broadcloth, with n red necktie, was
maneuvred by a policeman Into the
witness box. He wns clearly in a
high state of nervous excitement, and
the tears were already starting from
his eyes.
"What Is your name, my man
gan the cprontr. _
My name, Judge? Massa Coco,
»«h."
"But yo.ur real mime?"
"My name Massa Coco ebber since
was cook at de lea House." Hi spoke
In a thin, whining, high-pitched voice
the voice of his race.
"The Ice House?"
“Yes.sah. In Broad street. Bridge
town. Judge." ,
'Bridgetown—Devonshire f
'No, ash. Blm, eah.
Blffi r
'Barbados, sah. You see, sah. Ice
House, big restaurant, sah. I was do
head cooH, salt. And de Odder niggers
dey call me Massa Coco because I was
so respectable, Judge. Captain Pollex
fen tuck me away from dere, sah.'
You knew Captain Pollexfen?"
Oh, yes, sah. I was one pf hls bee'
friends, sah. We was Intimate, sah."
And he took you away from the Ice
House?"
"Yes, sah. He took Massa Coco to
be cook on hls ship—de Cobra, sab."
What line?"
No line, sah. Just a dam tramp,
sah."
Do not swear, my man.
I’se so sorry I spoke diereapecTul,
sah. But she was just a dam tramp,
sah."
'Was that long ago?"
‘Long ago. Judge? I should say It
was long ago. It was 20 years ago."
"And you stayed with the capisln
••Yes, ash. I stood by dat 'bomlnable
ship sixteen years, Judge. Because I
like de captain"
'And then you left the ship?"
De ship left us. Judge. She sank In
"He been raptaln of anudder dam
tramp, sah—beg pardon, Judge."
"What was the name of the ship?"
“I don't know, sah. But he been to
Russian ports, sah."
"And how soon were you to go to
Barbadoes?”
"Soon, sah! Oh! Soon! But de
captain couldn’t settle wjv hls owners,
sah. I not understand. Then he was
III. eah."
“When did you laat see him?"
"Tuesday, Judge. Tuesday afternoon.
Two o'clock, sah.”
“He tras better then?"
“Oh, yea sah. Plenty better. Judge!
Plenty better. He cftjlto cheerful."
"What did he tell you when you last
saw him?"
HP said xvs start soon, sah. He said
he take berths next week, eah.”
"Do you know If the captain had any
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your house and hls body carried out. or
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Oh. me good sah, don't you aak me
who her owners were, because I don’t
know, sah.”
And what did you do after that?"
I Jus’ stopped In Bridgetown, aah,
and sold mangoes, eah."
"And the captain?”
"He left Blm, sah. In a royal mall
boat, sah.”
•That was five year* ago. When did
you meet him again?"
The sing-song voice fell a little as
the negro answered, "I had to leave
Barbadoes. Judge. 'Count of difficulty
with colored prisoners. I shipped cook
on anudder boat, eah, and come to
Southampton, Judge. And there I eeee
the captain, eah, on de quay at South
ampton.”
"When was that?"
"In September. And I run aft him
like de debhll, Judge. He gled to
eee me. He bring me to London, eah.
He say* he going back to Blm, soon,
and he take me, becauee he want me to
help him.”
"Whet with?"
"A secret. Judge! Must I tell you.
Judger
'Certainly.
'Treasure, eah! Hidden treasure!
Bunk treasure! He tell me and he
tell nobody else. Judge.”
The court smiled.
• So the captain waa going to Bar-
hadoes again to seek for treasure, eh?
Did he tell you what he hod been do
ing during the four years T’
friends ?"
"He had Massa Coco, aah."
“Ye*, bfit other#?"
"No, sah."
"No relatives?”
The negro paused.
"Yea. sah. He - hab relatives.'
•■Well?”
"He hab a bruddef, sah. Free weeks
ago I go tvlv him to see hls brudder,
sab. At de Obelisk hotel, Waterloo
road, *ah, London, sah. I told all dnt
to the gem'men yesterday. You sea
judge, I was Just coming to see de eap-
taln Wednesday rooming—I lodge In
Seven Dials, eah—Ana l sees hls
corpse, sah. I cry, fhen poltremnn
asks me qqesUona, Most rude ’peril-
nent policeman, sah"
"Yes, hut about tbe brother. You say
the raptaln saw hls brother at the
Ohellak hotel. What passed between
them?"
"Don’t ask me. judge. I don't know.
But 1 heard the captain spoak berry
sharp to hie brothif.” ,
"Have you seen the brother since?”
"No, sah.”
"Any other relatives?"
“Yes. salt. Lady, sah. The captain's
daughter, sah. But captain tell me he
not speak to hls daughter for long time.
Because she gone on stages Hussy,
sah! It make de captain very angry. I
walking down Klngswfty wlv him one
day. nnd he show me her portrait very
big on de walls.”
"Ah! Whnt was her name?”
"On de portrait, sah?”
"Yes.”
"Gfralda, sah.".
At the Introduction of this famous
name a rustling, uneasy movement
passed like a wave'across the court;
and everybody except the coroner, the
policeman and Mr. Varcoe, whom Philip
now noticed for the flret time, seemed
to be suddenly excited nnd expectant.
An hour ago there had been only one
reporter, a youth, at the reporter's ta.
ble. There were now three. A silence
ensued, and the gas sang In the silence.
“Can you throw any light on the
death of the captain?" demanded the
coroner. In a low tone.
“No. no. Judge! No, I can't frow
any light,” whined the negro.
The coroner glanced at the Jury.
“About this treasure?" the foreman
Inquired.
"Don't ask me! Don't ask Coco!
the negro droned, "Captain never told
me nuffln.'
But the foreman had at length'
thought of a masterly query.
"What were you doing on the night
of Tuesday?"
"You are not bound to answer that
question unless you like,” said the
coroner quickly. t
•'Oh! I answer It, Judge,” Coco ob
served, wiping hls eye* anew. "I was
just asleepin', as I -sleep ebbery night.
I give my 'ddfeis to de young police
man, sah.”
Mr. Varcoe etepped on ttp-toe to the
coroner'e desk and whispered In hls
ear.
•The Inquiry la adjourned until 10:30
tomorrow, aald the coroner, consulting
hls watch.
And In an Instant he was packing
hls brown bag.
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CHAPTER VI.
The Verdict.
Philip's feelings, to hls own surprise,
were profoundly stirred by the drama
of the Inquest. The vision of the sail
ori* corpse remained with him; he
could not get rid of It And than the
sudden dlactpaure of tha name
Gfralda! And the hounds of Justice,
at fault yet, and yapping with eager,
puttied Indecision; but sure ultimately
to find the scent and to single out the
murderer from six millions of hls fel
low men and mark him fur doom! It
was Impossible that tho murderer
should escape! • Ho existed at that mo
ment! Somewhere, probably In Lon
don, he lived and breathed, ate and
tried to steep.
Philip had half promised to dine with
Sir Anthony, but yielding to an Instinct
for solitude, he ate economically In
Burton Road, and hours elapsed after
ward before ha could persuade' himself
to go to hls quarters at the Corner
House. The Illness of Mrs. 11 pottery
had prevented her from vacating her
room, and on the previous night Philip
had slept at Sir Anthony's fiat under
the elaborate ministrations of Oxwtch.
But now the cubicle of the dead cap
tain was empty, precisely that and no
ether, the police hod finished with It;
Mr. Hllgay had offered It, with a cer
tain air of apology to Philip. And
Philip, after an Instant's Irrational
hesitation, had accepted It.
A* ha passed Into the Corner House
ha saw Mr. Hllgay'at hta post In tha
office. They nodded to each other. Mr,
Hllgay's thoughts were too deep for
words that evening—and Philip went
Upstairs. The cubicle, with Its electric
light, It* narrow green bed. Its com
bined washstend and dressing table, Its
armchair, its row of hooka Its polished
bare floor and Its three reproductions,
costing threepence each, of master
pieces from the National gallery, hod
the mildest appearance m the world.
It seemed to be leagues away from any
tragedy. He looked around. The di
mensions of the place were ro restrict
ed that, owing to the situation of the
toilet stand, he could not shut the door
Without almost getting behind It. He
examined everything with a sharp af
frighted curiosity, and then he shut the
door, pressing himself against tha J>ed
In order to do so. Chance directed bU
gate to the corner behind the door,
and he observed that the boy cleaners
had demonstrated that they were hu
man and boylah by omitting that cor
ner from their scheme of things. In
the day tlma that corner would be In
the shadow, and It was only due to tha
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light went out, the hour being mid
night.
He got Into bed, and did not sleep
till 5 In the morning, a distressing phe
nomenon conceivably due to the violent
pattern of Sir Anthony's pajamas, ■
choice sample of which he was wear
lng, as hls own little bag of necessaries
had disappeared since the disappear
ance of the navvy from the Corner
House by Jtu Jltsu.
He overslept himself, and had to In
terrupt hls regime of economy by tak
ing a cab to the coroner's court; and
even then he was Into. The eourt wa*
packed; an extra table had been
brought In for the reporter*.
The ganger la charge of the sewer
trench was being examined.
"How long would It take to dig out
the earth, put the corpse In, and re
store the earth?" the coroner was ask-
lng.
“That depends!" grumbled the ganger
"On what?"
"It depends whether him os was
digging It knowed one end of the
spade from the other?"
"Should you say that the person who
burled the corpse knew one end of the
spade from the other.?"
"Ay! Aa well as I do myself.'
"Tha work was well done, by on ex
pert?'
"Yea 1
Then how tong should you say It
took?"
"Piece work It 'ud tsk* about three-
quarter* of a hour or hardly. Day
wage It might ha’ taken a couple o’
h 0 * 1 ”'" .
The coroner checked a smile. That
will do, my man."
"Yes, that’* all very well," the gang
er muttered, "But what about my ex
pensea? What about my expense*?
And he. was led away reporting In a
disgusted diminuendo murmur; "What
about my expense?"
Tbe next wltne.ee* were ‘he watch
men, Charlie, whose# place Philip had
taken, and who slated that he had been
summoned to hls wife’s bedside by a
boy, seed about twelve: and two much
more prosperous Individuals, the land
lord of the Obellsque hotel. In Water
loo road, and Mr. Qecar Talke, the
lessee and manager of the Metropoli
tan theater and Pleasure house.
The landlord Mated that the man
whom Coco asserted to be the de
ceased's brother had quitted the hotel
at 6 o'clock on Monday, the 12th Oc
tober, saying that he should be beck
In five minutes, and had left a new
empty portmanteau and an unpaid bill
of twenty-two shilling* and three penco
behind him: he had never returned.
Mr. Oscar Talke stated that on tha
afternoon of the 14th October he had
received a telegram from Miss Olralda
saying that she could not play that
night. Her part had since been taker
by an understudy, a# Mis* Gtratda hiu
mode no further sign of Ilf*. Her flai
In Shaftesbury avenue waa shut up,
and her servants had been dismissed.
Ha had no knowledge of Mis* Olraldn’s
parentage. Mr. Talk* resembled the
ganger In this, that he seemed to have
a grievance against the entire court;
he spoke as though some on* bad mur
dered Captain Pollexfen In order to
spite Mr. Oecer Talk*.
Then, after a minion of Mr. Varcoe
hod described to the coroner how he
had searched the cubicle of the dead
man and found nothing In the shape of
a clue, nothing even to Indicate Ihe
slightest struggle; Philip heard the
coroner's officer discreetly enunciat
ing: “Philip Master,” and be stepped
Into the box end wa* sworn.
The coroner examined him with a
■wlft and Impartial glance.
"Wbnt have you got to tell tie?"
asked the coroner ehortly.
Philip related, nervously at flret, hi*
by the Jury, and made a sensation. The
reporters rejoiced in excellent copy and
foresaw a cause celebre of the first
order.
"Now, Mr. Masters, you say that
you were practically pennllese on Tues
day night, and that you accepted the
offer of the watchmen on that account.
You no longer have the air of being
penniless. In fact, I should aajr quite
the reverae.”
Philip, who wore, Indeed, a new frock
coet, made by a good, artist, not to
mention a dark necktie, chosen by Ox-
wlch, quelled Involuntarily at the cor
oner's tone. HI* absolute Innocence
notwithstanding; be had a tremor as
the light of Justice ctune beating down
Into the privacies of hls career, lie
Informed the coroner that a friend
had furnished him with money.
’Ah!” remarked the coroner, and re
sumed hls stare at tho Prince of Wales’
portrait. Philip comprehended that tlx
coroner, while reserving hls opinion,
had don* with him.
"That I* nil. sir," the coroner's of
ficer whispered to tha coroner.
Excuse me,” said a Arm, rich, con
tralto voice. “I wish to be heard.”
And a middle-aged, rather stout,
rather tall woman stood up and pushed
forward to tho front of the court.
“Who are you, madam?” the coroner
blandly Inquired.
"I pm Mrs. Upottery.” was the reply.
"I was III In hod yesterday, and 1 ought
to ho ill In today, but seeing my
name dragged Into tho papers this
morning, I got up, weak a a l mas. and
I have come hora lo clear my charac
ter."
"If you can auRlst this Inquiry,” mild
tha coroner,. “I shall b« glad to hear
you, but I am not awaro that your
character has been assailed.”
"Not assailed!" protested the wo
man. "Than”—
"Calm yourself, my good lady,” the
qoroner soothed her. "And take the
oath.”
She fook the oath at Caroline Upot-
tery. widow,
"Now,” gold tho coroner.
(Continued In Tomorrow's Georgian.)
REDUCED RATES TO
MACON
Via
CENTRAL OF GEORGIA
RAILWAY.
Account of Democratic State Conven
tion September 4th. The Central of
Georgia Hallway will, on September
. ami 111!, and fur trains scheduled
to arrive Macon before noon Sep
tember 4th. sell ticket! from oil
points at rata of one .fare, plus 25
cents, for round trip; final limit, re
turning, September 8th.
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Atlanta. Go.
could not now ue the pile nf dust
bent down and picked up a small am
ber-colored object; It was a tooth of
a tortoise-shell comb. He attached no
importance to this discovery until It
occurred to him that the comb to which
thst 1-Inch tooth belonged could not
have beep a man’s comb; It must have
formed part of the structure of a wo
man’s coiffure.
At th* same moment the electric
MT fillip 4*I • 11 — -r 111—
encounter with the watchman, and how,
after hi* sleep, bo had eeen n mys
terious form emerging from th* sower
trench.
"What time wa* that?"
"About 3 in the morning.”
"Did the figure seem to you to dis
appear Into ibe Corner House or up
Little Glrdter’* alley?”
"I ran not be sure, but my Impres
sion 1* up the olley." •
•"Anything el»V*
”1 found n bit of stone with a finger
mark on It—which I now think must
have been In blood—In the trench, and
I put It In my bag. But the bag has
been mislaid."
“Mislaid?"
"Yes." ,
"Anything eluo?”
And Philip produced the fragment
of tortoise shell which he hod discov
ered behind the door of the cubicle.
It was examined by th* coroner and in south Georgia
THE WAY TO FLORIDA.
When traveling to any point In south
Georgia or Florida, be sure to see that
tour ticket reads via. the Georgia
louthern and Florida. Railwuy from
Macon. Ga. This popular line operates
five trains dally from Macon to Tlfton,
four trains dally from Macon to Val
dosta; two trains dally from Macon to
Jacksonville, and two train, dally from
Macon to I’alatka. All night trains
carry sleeping core, and Uuv trains
sorry parlor cars and nlcr coaches.
The Georgia Southern and Florida
Railway operates more trains lo points
In south Georgia and Florid* than env
other line running out of Maeon. The
S -t - ir t-citl.-e between Macon and
acksonvllle Is unsurpassed. Only .10
cent* Is charged for a seal In th* parlor
car between tbe** points. Local sleep
er* running between Macon and Jaek-
aonvUle on midnight train, are ready
for occupancy at 3:36 p. in. Buffet
lunches are served In the car to
through passenger*. Interchangeable
mileage I* accepted between all points
on the Georgia .Southern and Florida
Railway.
With It* modern eoutpuient, sptendl-1
track*, fast and convenient schedules,
the Georgia Southern and Florida Ran.
way offers the best route to all points
id Florida.