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THE ATLANTA GEORGIAN. TEDSESDAT. SEPTEMBER 19, 1**. “UNCLE JIMMY" M'GEE PENSIONED FOR ETERNITY James McGee, the oldest member of the Atlanta police force, died nt 9:40 o'clock Tuesday night at his home, 417 South Pryor street. "Uncle Jimmy," ns he was familiarly known, was born In Dundalk county, Louth, Ireland, May 4, 1885, and came to America with his parents when he was 6 years old. He lived for a while In New York, and later moved to Au gusta, Ga.. where he was living when the civil war broke out. Enlisting as a member of Company K, Nineteenth Georgia regiment, he served throughout the entire war, be ing wounded twice. Once he was shot In the head, and this was the final cause of his death. Immediately after the close of the war Mr. McOte came to Atlanta and was one of the first policemen to be chosen to protect the city during the dangerous reconstruction days. Once while trying to protect a citizen from one 3f the Federal soldiers stationed t\ere, he was shot and the bullet struck the buckle of ids belt, and burled Itself In his trousers, though he was not hurt. At another time f.e was shot In the leg while on police duty. "Uncle Jimmy" was several times urged to make the lace for on officer's place on the police force, but would not do so on account of his health. For a number of years past he had been on duty at the station house, at tending to whatever duties he saw fit. Last May he was stricken with paral ysis, from which he never recovered, though up until three weeks ago he was much better. For the last three weeks he had been sinking slowly until the end ian". At the last meeting ot the police, board a pension was pasesd up to him, but ho died before he was ever offi dally notified of the fact. Ills wife and two children, John and Kute McO.m*, and two step-children, James Flynn and Mrs. M. T. Lambert, survive him. Also two slstets, Mrs C. Murphy, of Atlantu, and Miss Anna 8. AH his life long "Uncle Jimmie" was a devout <'Htboilcv being connected with the Church of Immaculate Conception. The funeral services will be held In the church at 9:30 o'clock Thursday morning, Hev. Father Hennessy of delating. The follow ing intimate friends of Mr. McGee will act as an honorary escort Martin Nally, Mike Haverty, J. \V Lambert, William Ersklna, William Ro ga and Joe Gatens. The pallbearers will be brother mem bers of the police force and will be 'oinposed of the following officers: R. 1. Osborne. W. N. Hhertdun, G Llnam, E. J. Florence, w. H. Gresham and Charles Mltrhell. BOTTLERS REM FOR CONVENTION OF NEXT MONTH Mixers of All Kinds of Dope . To Meet iu Atlanta in October. . Arrangements for the entertainment of the Georgia Hot tiers' Protective As sociation and of the American Bottlers' Protective Association, both of which • will hold conventions in Atlanta Octo ber 9, 10 and II, were completed at n meeting held by a numbpr of the prom inent men at the head of local bottling concerns Tuesday evening. The meet ing waa held In the offices of Donald A. Loyless, 407 Engllsh-Amerlcnn ■ building, and was presided over by i A. Montgomery. The convention will be one of the largest to be held In Atlanta tills full. It Is believed that 2,000 delegates will be In attendance. The committee on ' entertainment has prepared an elabo rate program, consisting of trips over 'the city, a barbecue, a smoker and , other features. Arrangements have been made to have Pope Miller and Ills troupe In the city to materially help out with the pleasant features of the convention. The Committee. The entertainment committee Is com posed of the following-named: Donald Loyless, publisher Houthern Carbonator and Bottler, chairman: Lee Hagan, of Hagan 4i Dodd Company; Frank Lowensteln, Monarch Manufac turing Company; Jntnes 14. Turner. 1 Crown Cork and Heal Company; Tom Austin. Koca Nola Company; Porter Langston, Dope Company, with Mr A. Montgomery ex-officio member. Bottled Drinks "Made Atlanta Famous. 1 In the current issue of the Houthern Carbonator and llottler Atlanta claimed to be the bottling center of the United States and the allegation Is backed up by the names of the firms which are prospering In this city. B«- cause of the number, of these concerns and their liberality there is no doubt that the convention will he most suc cessful from every standpoint. It Is also the Intention of the Georgia as sociation to become a member ot the national body at the convention. Many Conventions. Throughout the summer the conven tions which have been held In Atlanta have been numerous and now that the cooler weather of the full Is on they will come even thicker and faster. On the last day of this month the National Retail Druggists' Association w|ll hold a convention and some 3,000 delegates are expected to find their way to the Oate city nnd participate In the entertainments which are being carefully prepared by the entertain ment committee, which Is headed bv A. L. Curtis. This convention will l»«* an important one and will be In session for several days. The fargest convention of the year will he held directly after the State Fair closes, and In Itself will be an ex hibition of no little extent. The Na tional Carriage Builders' Association will be In session tor about one week. The agricultural building at the fair grounds will be entirely given up to the exhibits of the elemental parts of vehicles. The fact that this is the first time this association has ever met Houth of the Mason-Dlxon line is a compli ment of which Atlanta has shown Its appreciation by the Interest which Is being taken. INSANITY EXPERTS EXAMINE THAW AT TOMBS PRISON Is Believed Prisoner Will Plead That He Js Crazv. New York, Bept. 19.—Harry K. Thaw as put through a trylngly exhaustive examination In the hospital rooms of the Tombs today by three alienists brought there by the prisoner’s coun sel, Clifford W. llartrldge. This new move on the part of the defense lends to the l>ellef that after nil Thaw's opposition he has agreed finally to permit his defense to be based on n plea of Insanity. The three physicians who examined Thaw were I)r. II. I>. Evans, of the New Jersey state hospital for the In sane at Morris Plains, who acted for the defense In the Terra nova trial; Dr. Christopher C. Ilellng, of'the same In stitution. and Dr. Charles G. Wagner, superintendent of the New York state hospital for the Insane at Hlngtmmpton. It has become known that Mrs. Wil liam Thaw, the mother of the young man charged with the murder of Stan ford White, la trying to negotiate a lease for the handsome property known In Mattewan as the Howland estate. If Harry Tlmw Is finally sent to the Mattewan asylum his mother will be leasing the Howland property be able to be neur him. SCHOONER WRECKED STORM'S FURY Mperlsl in Tile Georgina. Charleston, 8. C., Kept. 19— Chief Mate Gardiner Goold, Caleb Herring, tiaiuuiri 9 <11*1, IK-IIIIIK, ook; Frank llarrlngtonn and Manuel Crabterr, sailors of the schooner R. I). Bibber, were picked up at sea and brought to the shore yesterday by the Clyde steamship New York, which ar rived here from New York twenty-four hours overdue yesferday morning. The men were clinging to pieces of wreck age and nearly exhausted, having been In the water several hours. On board the New York. Mate Goold told of the voyage of the schooner Bibber, Captain Huyres, beginning at Savannah September 9, when the vessel cleared with a cargo of yellow pine lumber for New York. The weather was bad from the 12th, and on the night of September 10 it was found that the schooner was leaking. The storm was upon them, and the lash ings of the deck load parted and the lumber was adrift. The port main rigging was carried away, and a little later the vessel turned turtle, casting the crew Into the sea. A sailor named Manuel had been lost before this, and there were remaining five men. The captain and u sailor named Anthony caught a spar, and Mate Goold and three others clung to a place of the •leek. For hours they searched for Cantata Sayres and the man, but they had disappeared. The rescue was made at the height of the storm. FEA R OF DEA TH PRE VENTS CZAR FROM ATTENDING THE FUNERAL OFTREPOFF Co!. Nicolaieff Sur- rounde I by Crowd in Warsaw. Warsaw, Kept. 19.—While Colonel Nicolaieff was walking In the streets today he was surrounded by a crowd nnd shot dead by an anarchist. U. S. ARMY TO IXVADK CUBA IFlPEACE ISN’T DECLARED BY OCT. 1. Continued from Pago Ons. President Palma's aides, called Messrs. Taft and Bacon. Mr. Sleeper, American charge d’affaires, uccompa nled Senor O'Farrell and conferred with them for about thirty minutes. After the Interview' he said, In an swer to Inquiries, he had been very much pleased, but lie refused to say more. It Is understood that Mr. Taft listened to O'Farrell fully and the latter explained Palma’s point of view, laying stress upon the fact that the president was the more popular of the candidates in the presidential election, on account f his long service In the Cuban cause. Taft Call^ on Palma. The conference this morning, how ever, was not formal, but a mere af fair of courtesy. Mr. Taft went nt 10 o'clock to the palace to see President Palma. Sec retary Tuft said that afterwards he and Mr. Bacon would go to the Ameri can legation on Han Leguro street, and then to Minister Morgan's residence at MArlano, which Is ten miles outside the Ity of Havana. It Is thought that Mr. Morgan's house will be the best place In which to receive and hear the revo lutionary represent fives, as then the Insurgent leaders will not have to come Into the city of llavuna. St. Petersburg, Sept. 19.—The funeral of the much-hated Trepoff was held today at the chapel at Peterhof. Cxar Nicholas was not present, owing to advice from Premier Stolypln, who Insisted that It would be foolhardy for the monarch to attend the funeral after the discovery of the terrorists plot to blow up the chapel during the services. Full arrangements were made for the attendance of the emperor and as a consequence there were many promi nent persona present. Every precaution was taken to pre vent on anti-bureaucratic demonstra tion, and the guards were Instructed to shoot any one who might be seen loit ering about the chapel during the fu neral. PANIC FOLLOWS A CRASH OF BOATS IN NEW YORK New York, Sept. 19.—The Pennsyl vania railroad's annex ferry boat No. 5, loaded with passengers, was run down by the big Pennsylvania tug Ashmore, Just as she left her Brooklyn slip to day. The bow of the tug became firm ly fixed In the broken and tangled port paddle wheel of the ferry boat and the two veAels thus locked together float ed up the East river on the strong tide, while the 200 passengers fought and scrambled In the throes of a panic. Just then the tug Radner ran up to the Annefx, passed It a line nnd towed It and Its passengers over to the Penn sylvania station In Jersey City. There the passengers were put ashore, none having been hurt. HORSE TRAINER ATTACKED AND INJURED BY ANIMAL San Jose, Cal., Sept. 19.—Bud Doble, the famous drover nnd trainer, who has handled trotting horses for the last forty years, nnd Is known throughout the country, Is In a serious condition here ns the result of being seized by a vicious horse's teeth, shaken like a rat and thrown to the ground. Before he could rise the animal reared, then threw himself on the prostrate form of the trainer, crushing Doble Into Insensibility. Only the timely arrival of a stableman, who beat off the ani mal, saved DoWe’s lift*. Several bones are broken. OFFICER FIGHTS ACTORS AFTER THE PERFORMANCE GANG FOR LOAFERS IN THE FUTURE New York, Sept. 19.—Five ferry lines connecting Manhattan with Green Point ami Williamsburg went out ot commission at noon today when the forty-five firemen struck for higher wages And thousands of persons were held up, while several of the ferry bouts in midstream took an hour or more In making a landing. « WANTED! Two school bovH as bundle-wrappers, for Saturday evenings. Good pay. at once nt Vpply McConnell Shoe and Clothing Co. 30-32 Decatur Street. NEW DEAL DEMANDED BY IN8URQENT LEADERS. By MANUEL CALVO. Havana, Sept. 19.—The United States cruiser Des Moines with Secretary Taft nnd his pnrty aboard steamed quietly Into Havnna harbor early this morn ing. They were Immediately landed and went to the home of Unltod States Minister Morgan, where they will re main during their stuy In Havana. This as done to uvold any possibility of excitement due to the landing of the pnrty In the day time. The arrival of t)ie Den Moines was timed with this end In view. While the plans of Mr. Taft are not known. It Is understood that a visit will be paid to President Pnlmn today and then arrangements will be made for the negotiations for peace. The revo lutionists have placed their forces around Havana with a view of Impress ing the American visitors. "Nothing to Arbitratf.” General Castillo Is quoted as follows today: What have we to arbitrate with Palma and his clique? HIs govern ment, elected by fraud. Is Illegal and must go out of existence. We hove him and his hired soldiers now like rats trap. In 24 hours we could de stroy them. We will not recognixo him. We huve fought for a principle and we will keep on fighting until we have established our point. "For President Roosevelt and his deputies we have the highest admira tion, and respect them ns sincere friends of Cuba, as you may Judge from our suspension of hostilities pend ing their good offices, but we want nothing else front Secretary Taft but an Investigation of the last election, hlch explains why we took the field. _ the United States Intervenes to up hold Palma's power, we will fight on ns e did against Spain." Rebels Want to Fight, The rebels regret the suspension of hostilities. They any that If fighting had not been stopped they would have captured Havana and their cause would have been vlotorloue. The demand for the release of the prisoners created an Insurmountable obstacle to further ne gotiations. At a meeting of the Liberal commit tee. Senator /.uyas, who was enthusi astically received, reviewed the events that led to the present situation. The party gave him a vote of confidence and authorized him to carry on negotia tions for peace. Committee la Chosen. He told the committee that he would enter upon no negotiations with the government until all the Liberals now In jail were released. He said the party would Insist upon the nullification of the recent election. This was agreed Hjiecfnl to The Georgian. Bristol, Tenn., Sept. 19.—Being de clined the courtesy ot admittance to the performance by the "Little Duch ess" Company, which played at the Harmellng theater here last night, and being told. It Is said, that he could go to the gallery among the negroes, Po liceman Samuel Odell, after the per formance, twice knocked Manager Combs, of the show, down with his fist, then floored two other male mem bers of the company who took It up. A fourth member, who entered the me lee and struck Odell In the back, was knocked down by a friend of the of ficer. The encounter occurred In the lobby of Hotel Tip-Top, And In the pretence of a number of the lady members of the company, who were badly fright ened and fled to their rooms, antlclpat Ing a shooting. Odell said he could not possibly refrain from resenting the Insult of being classed with negroe3. THE SALE OF SEASON TICKETS FOR THE TABERNACLE Lyceum Course HAS BEEN EXTENDED TO OCTOBER 1st. The sale of season tickets was to have closed September 15, but many people who were anxious to secure seats were unable to do go by that date, so the management has decided to extend the sale until Oc- tober 1. Nearly a thousand good seats are left, but they’re going fast and if you want to attend these fine entertainments, you should buy your ticket* as soon as possible. Eight splendid attractions have already been engaged—the John Thomas Concert Company, Ople Read, "Sunshine" Hawks, Italian Hay*' Band and Elbert Foland, Spillman Higgs, Gilbert A. Eldredge. Mnttison W. Chase nnd Whitney Bros.' Quartette. Two more attractions win probably be given without extra charge. Seats reserved at Phillips & Crew Co. $1.00 for Season Ticket TICKETS ON SALE AT Phillips & Crew Co., 37 Peachtree St. Edmondson's Drug Store, 14 S. Broad St. Knott & Awtry Shoe Co., 25 Whitehall St. AN ATLANTA GIRL IDENTIFIES MISSING HEIR TO FORTUNE Continued from Page One. Won V Let Miss Bryan’s Pet Poodle Anywhere Near School She's Attending Roanoke, Vo., Sept. 19.—Miss Grace Bryan, daughter of the famous Nebraskan, 1s In the depths. The authorities of Hollins Institute, here, where Miss Bryan Is attending school, will not permit her French poodle t«i "nintrtmilnto •• "matriculate." All of Miss Bryan’s pleadings In behalf of her pet have come to naught, nnd the authorities of the school have refused point blank to enter into any negotiations. Whether Miss Grace will parr with her poo dle or go to some other school where the rules are less rigid, remains to be seen. TWO WRECKED STEAMERS SIGHTED OF THE COAST Special to The Georgian. Charleston, 8. C., Sept. 19.—The steamer Framfleld, with Captain Mc Donald. put Into port here today, being damaged by the storm off tlio Caro lina coast. She Is loaded with sugar and molasses en route from Cuba to New York. The superstructure Is damaged and the hold half filled with water. Off Frying Pun Shoals two derelicts are reported In latitude N. 33, longitude \V. approximately. From schooner J. II. Jackson, Master Pearson*. Mate Lung. Seamen Hans and Gerchan nnd Cook Frahr were res cued by United States ship Cleveland late yesterday afternoon. WALLACE SAYS HE ALLOWS NO NEGROES J. C. Wallace, In whose name a sa loon is operated at 7 Central avenue, says he never allows negroes In his place. This statement Is made because of a complaint made against the publication In Tuesday’s Georgian of the special committee's finding* In the number of negroes and whites In saloons in and near Decatur street. The figures used were those formu lated by members of the committee from council nnd tho police department. uh the result of the Saturday night trip. T GIVEN 50 YEARS AND 30 LASHES supplies to various points where they might be needed In n hurry. to. commission of six was appointed to meet the American commissioners to day to explntn the situation and answer all questions relating thereto. Senor Znyos said the Platt amend ment had been used ns an Instrument of tyranny to prevent the Cuban* re belling against Illegality. He said It was the duty of the Libera Is to stand by their leaders In the field. A telegram from Guerra de Molena, Havana province, reports a skirmish there. A loyalist bullet killed a child In the town. Three railway culverts be- ieen Artemisia and Candelaria have •en blown up with dynamite. Ships Reported Bought. The reported purchase by the Cuban government of the swift steam yachts Alieen, Candida and Anita and the ru- >r that the government ha* author ized the purchase of the Tarantula and Diana In causing all sorts of ad- erse comment by sympathizer* with the Insurgent movement against Presi dent Palma and hi* adviser*. With four Much vessels at their com mand, the loyal Cubans might success fully combat any attempt on the part of the rebels to secure arm* and am munition from abroad. Properly armed the boats could head off any attempts of filibustering expeditions to land any- here upon the inland. The little navy would be of great use also In transporting troops and PALMA MUST RE8IGN, DECLARE CUBAN REBELS. Havana, Sept. 19.—A commissioner from General Menocal, returning to the rebel camp, says the revolutionary army will not accept any terms other thun the annulment qf the elections, Including that of President Palma. One of the Liberal commissioners at the revolutionary headquarters In Ha vnna province states that the leaders demand the resignation of the govern ment and the holding of new elections. He adds that this decision seemed to be final. Hail fighting not been stopped they would have captured Havana and their cause would then have been vic torious. The commissioner preferred not to express an opinion as to what the reb el* might do If the American commis sioners decided In favor of President Palma or to occupation of the country. Armed Fanners Arc Dis gusted with Leniency of Sentence. Wilmington, Del., Sept. 19.—Justice moved swiftly today In the case of Charles Conley, a negro, who on Sep tember 9 attempted a felonious assault on Mrs. Albert Frankish and brutally assaulted her 12-year-old daughter, Gussle. Conley was arrested yesterday und nn hour later confessed the crime. In the county court this morning he was indicted, and nt 11 o'clock this morning was on his way to the county work house to servo a 60-year sentence. Saturday he will also be whipped with thirty lashes. He also was fined $200. Feeling Is running high among the farmers, hundreds of whom are In the city attending market, and many are carrying guns and talking about the leniency of the sentence. Tom,” said Miss Hawks to herself. "I knew he came from up In thi.- country, but I wonder what they want with him." Tho young lady told her father about tho conversation she had overheard by accident. Mr. Hawks hunted up the men who roomed next door. They proved to be lawyers who were try ing to gain a right of way for a rail road. "Did you want to find Thomas Sin gleton Coart?’' he asked. "We did," said one of the attorneys, "but Coart has been dead twenty years.” HE'S THE UVEST CORPSE THAT YOU EVER SAW." "He’s the IIvest corpse you ever saw," retorted Mr. Hawks. "He lives In my house In Atlanta." "If he can prove his Identity he might pick up a mighty tidy sum over in Cra ven county," said the attorney, "but he Is a little late I'm afraid. The prop erty has been sold." When Thcmaa Singleton Coart heard of the search for hhn he laughed. Then he remembered that his grandfather had owned large estates In North Car olina and tlnuight It worth while to In vestigate matters. C. L. Pettigrew, an attorney, was retained as his counsel nnd the fight for a fortune began. Four years ago on the court house door nt New Berne, county scat of Craven, a bailiff posted a notice requiring one Thomas Singleton Coart, If living, or his devisees, heirs or assigns to come Into court on April 29, 1902, and make FAKE STORY TOLI) OF KU-KLUX KLAN STIRS UP THE CITY Continued from Pag, 0n«. quiremental for admlaaton. It has b«a organized aolely for the protei tlnn of white women nnd the moving spirit, are determined that It shall not he used for lawless purposes. The fact that the organization of the Klan was rated hy Colonel Kngllsh, who Is chief of staff to Governor Terrell, Is of lts.lt a voucher as to the character of tin organization.'*• In large letters down the side of the drawing I* primed: “What will he the end of the deadly menacing uprlslni of Atlanta to crush out with Kun», rop, and dogs the fearful epidemic of nezrj crime against her women?’ A photograph of some seven or elzht dogs bears the following caption: •Tart of the pack of bloodhound, which Colonel English has presented to the Klan to smell down lawless LDCftL ASSESSMENTS MORE THAN NEEDED The sub-commit tec which had rharft of tho recent primaries for the Atlanta Democratic executive committee has wound up Its affairs nnd paid all Its debts. Regardless of v the fact that more had to be done than In 1904, the committee whs put to less expense a tv! was able to return to the candidates 14 per cent of their assessment Several members of the Committee advocate the purchasing of tents to he erected nt election times as polling answer to a petition. The columns the New Berne Weekly Journal tnlned hidden away among other dull j places, thus saving house rent, which and uninteresting legal notices the | has heretofore been a considerable Item same call for Coart. But the court -of expense, house door is a far cry from Washing- j ton street and the New Berno Journal has but a limited circulation In At lanta. Thomas Singleton Conrt sold shoos contentedly and knew nothing of the summons from the superior court of the county of Craven. Six weeks later, on June 14, the estate of 13,000 acres was knocked down to the high est bidder for $250. A GRANT FROM THE CROWN FIRST TITLE TO THE LAND. The title to that property was older than any of the veterans who Idly watched th" sale from the court house step*. It dated back to 1775, when George the Third ruled over tho colo nies of Great Britain and granted lands to his subjects In return for servit or because It pleased him. The canal through the great Dismal swamp, the dank morass which after wards Inspired Irish Tom Moore to write of a spirit maiden on a ghostly lake, was Just being excavated at that time and Spyor Singleton, a Carolina gentleman, furnished a number slaves for the work. In return his gn luus majesty was pleased to grant to Spyor Singleton and his heirs a trac* of land near Catfish Lake and emhrar Ing 300 acres set out by the metes and bounds of the period. Later grants of similar tracts were made and then Mr. Singleton took In partnership Richard Dubhs Speight and John Daves. When George Washington took the reins from the hand of the king the grants were continued, the last being recorded In 1795 and the land aggregating 13,000 acres. Spyor Singleton was gathered to his fathers and the land remained un touched. The other owners followed Singleton, each bequeathing a third in terest to their heirs. The Singleton third was divided between his son and daughter; the daughter became the mother of Thomas Singleton Coart, now of Atlanta, and the lands In North Carolina were forgotten the grand son of the original owner. SAFE OF 8EATS IS EXTENDED. 1,500 HORSES AND MULES ORDEREO BY GOVERNMENT. Omaha, Nebr., Sept. 19.—That the United States Is making active prepa rations for possible trouble In Cuba was shown In a rush order for the shipment of 1.500 horses ami mules, received from Washington at the chief quartermaster's office In this city. The order came hy telegraph. While It is not stated that the animals are tor Cuba, it Is understood that Is Jhelr ultimate destination. On September 2l proposals are to be opened and fifteen days after tlie awards are made the and mules are to be delivered. Nursing Moiesrs and Malaria. The Old Standard. Grove's Tasteless Chill Tonic drives out malaria and builds up the system. Sold by all dealers for 27 years. Price 60 cents. Season Tickets for Tabernacle. Lyceum Couree Obtainable Till October let. Many people who have not yet se cured seats for the Tabernacle Lyceum Course will be delighted to learn that the sale of season tickets has been ex tended to October 1. The price for the entire course, reserved seat. Is $1. Fight high-class attraction* have al ready been engaged and two more will probably be added. Dates have been positively announced as follows: Oc tober 1, John Thomas Concert Co.; Oc tober 29, Ople Read; November 15, Arthur W. Hawks; December 3, Italian Boys’ Band anti Elbert Foland; Janu ary 11. Spillman Riggs; March 12. Gil bert A. Eldredge; April 3, Matt Ison W. Chase; April 16, Whitney Bros.’ Quar tette. As will be seen from this list, talent of unusual excellence has been secured and the course will, no doubt, prove to be the best yet offered In Atlanta. All attractions will appear In the splendid auditorium of the Baptist Tab ernacle, comer Luckle street and Tab ernacle place. Tickets are now on sale nt Phillips A Crew Co., Edmondson's drug store and Knott & Awtry Shoe Co. Seats will be reserved nt Phillips & Crew Co., where diagram of house is displayed. OTHER HEIRS AWAKE; AND PROPERTY IS SOLD. But the heirs of Daves and Speight, or their assigns, lived near the timber lands and realized their value. In 1902, when railroad* and lumber camps set the price of yellow pine soaring high, J. A. Bryan. J. J. Wolfenden and Caro line Wolfenden, hi* wife, then owners of the two-thirds, or, ns they claimed, five-sixths, of the timber lands, made petition to the courts for a sale of the property for a division of the proceeds, setting forth that the land could not be fairly divided without a sale. Their petition forms a part of the record In the case ot Bryan and Wolfenden vs. Thomas Singleton Coart. The petitioners set forth In their pe tition to the court that they owned five-sixths of the property described In the will of Thomas S. nnd W. G. Singleton, and that Thomas Coart Sin gleton. then unknown to any of the pe titioners, owned an undivided one- sixth Interest. Thomas Singleton Coart was not a resident of the state of North Carolina, and could not by due dili gence be found within its borders. The petitioners had no know ledge of wheth er he were living or dead, or his heir at law or his next of kin. The superior court of Craven countv decreed that publication he made, or dering the defendant, Coart, to he pres ent at the court house door on April 29 to answer the petition, and that the ►rder he printed for six consecutive •veeks in The New Berne Weekly Jour nal and posted upon the court hoti.«# door. Nothing was heard of the lost holr t the Singleton lands and a court order for the sale was issued, the auction t take place on June 14. 1902. Romulus A. Nunn was appointed commissioner to have the sale in charge. The New Berne Weekly Journal was once more used to advertise the sale. But Thom as Singleton Coart, busy in Atlanta, did not read The New Berne Weekly Journal. The day of the sale rolled round as nil day* do and the property was knocked down to James A. Bryan and J. A. Meadow** for $250. Home body must have been asleep to let such property go for that sum, especially when timber lands were being snapped up by eager buyers front the cities. But Thomas Singleton Coart, hundreds - 1 * miles away In Atlanta, knew nothing "f land* or auction, nnd the hour set f r his appearance passed by and he wa* absent. The sixth Interest In the 123*) was sot aside by the courts to claimed hy him if he should ever ap pear. A LUCKY ACCIDENT. Three years after the sale nt the court house door Mljs Hawks decided to spend a week or two at MoreheaJ City. There she overheard the conver sation of the two lawyers who won dered what had become of Thomas Sin gleton Coart, and that bit of luck "f fate began the litigation for the Mn- gleton estate. Acting through his counsel. <’ L Pettlgrew, Mr. Conrt filed an affidavit before the courts of North Carolina seeking to recover his Interest, wot * n the magnificent sum for which tne lands were sold, but In the estate H* self. He demanded that the sale b« set aside, for the reason that he ha* no notice of the proceedings'. He not >nly claimed the one-sixth Interest conceded to him by the petitioner*, nut another sixth left him by his unci®* Richard Singleton. He alleges fur ther that the plaintiff Wolfenden W enter Into a contract with the tin* Lumber Company to deed certain l »nu* for the sum of $21,600 and that he-« were the same lands purchased at m court sale for $126. He alleges tnai the purchase nt the sale was wot bona fide purchase, Inasmuch a.< t purchaser* knew' the value of the ian« and purchased them for the Inslgnm* cant sum of $250, the total amount P* " for the various tracts, which were * according to the divisions of the orig • nal grants. He asked a motion or tn court to set aside the sale. Mr. Pettigrew paid a visit t • - timber lands after being retain* <» the case and estimate* their 'am* $100,000. The suit will be heard In court* of Craven county, and Mr • "• I* confident that he will win hi* • and become owner of property $33,000. wl ,| "If you recover that proper you continue to sell shoes to tlw » ^ and women of Atlanta?" Mr. « asked. But he merely smlle‘1 marked that he^ liked hi* work. and re* "JAP-A-LAC.” “Liquid Veneer,” aX ‘ one” at the GEORGIA PAINT GLASS CO., 40 Peachtree. and -J