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THE ATLANTA GEORGIAN.
UNCLEJIMM Y~ M'bEE
PENSIONED FOR ETERNITY
James McGm, the oldest member of
the Atlanta police force, died nt 9:40
o’clock Tuesday night at his home, 417
flouth Pryor street.
“Uncle Jimmy,” us he was familiarly
known, was bom In Dundalk county,
Louth, Ireland, May 4, 18S5, and carne
to America with his parents when he
was 6 years old. He lived for a while
In Mew York, and later moved to Au
trusta, Qa.. 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. McGee 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 cltlsen from
one it the Federal soldiers stationed
here, he was shot and the bullet struck
the buckle of his belt, and burled Itself
In his trousers, though he was not hurt.
At another time he was shot In the leg
while on police duty.
“Uncle Jimmy” was several times
urged to make the tacc for an 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 ho
was mucit better. For the last three
weeks he had been sinking slowly until
the end tamt.
At the last meeting of the police
board n pension was pasesd up to him,
but he died before he was ever offi
cially notified of the fact.
His wife and two children, John and
Kate McG»e, and two step-children,
James Flynn and Mrs. M. T. Lambert,
survive him. Also I wo sisters, Mrs T.
. Murphy, of Atlanta, and Miss Anna
All his life long "Uncle Jimmie" was
devout Catholic, being connected with
the Church of Immaculate Conception.
The funeral services will be held in
the church at 9:80 o’clock Thursday
morning, Kev. Father Hennessy of
ficiating.
The following Intimate friends of Mr.
McGee will act as nn honorary escort:
Martin Nally, Mike Haverty, J. W.
.atnbert, William Krsklne, William Ro-
git and Joe Gatens.
The pallbearers will be brother mem
bers of the police force and will be
composed of the following officers: II.
Osborne, W. N. Sheridan, G. W.
Llnam. E. J. Florence, W. H. Gresham
and Charles Mitchell.
BOTTLERS READY
FOB CONVENTION
OF m MONTH
Mixers of AU Kiwis of Dope
To Meet ill Atlanta in
October.
Arrangements' for the entertainment
of the Georgia Bottler*' Protective As-
inclatlon and of the American Bottler,'
Protective Association, both of which
will hold conventions In Atlanta Octo
ber 9, 10 and 11, were completed nt a
meeting held by a number of the prom
inent men at the head of local bottling
concern* Tuesday evening. The meet
ing was held In the office* of Donald
A. Loyless, ,07 Kngllali-American
building, and wa* presided over by
A. Montgomery.
The convention will be one of the
largest to be held In Atlanta this fell.
It Is believed thnt 2,000 delegate* will
be In attendance. The committee on
entertainment has prepared nn elabo
rate program, consisting of trip* over
the city, n barbecue, a *mnker nnd
other features. Arrangement* have
been made to lmve Pope Miller und III*
troupe In Hie elty to materially help
out with the pleasant feature* of the
convention.
The Committee.
The entertainment committee la com
posed of the following-named:
Donald Doyles*, publisher Southern
Carbonator und Bottler, chairman; Dec
Hagen, of Hagan & Dodd Company;
Frank Dowensteln, Monarch Manufac
turing Company; Jams* H. Turner,
Crown Cork and Heal Company; Tom
Austin, Koca Nola Company; Porter
Langston. Dope Company, with Mr.
A. Montgomery ex-officio member.
Bottled Drinks "Mad* Atlant* Famous.”
In the current Issue of the Southern
Carbonator and Bottler Atlanta Is
claimed to be th* bottling center of the
United State* and the allegation Is
backed up by the names of the Arms
which ere prospering In this city. Be
cause of the number of these concern*
and their liberality there Is no doubt
that th* convention will he most suc
cessful from every *taml|Hilnt. It la
also the Intention of the Oeorgfn as
sociation to become a member of the
nations! body at the convention.
Many Conventions.
Throughout the summer the cunven
tlon* which have been held In Atlanta
have been numerous and now that the
cooler weather of the full 1s on they
will come even thicker ami faster.
On the last day of this month the
National Retail Druggists' Association
will hold a convention nnd some 3,o0u
delegates are expected to find tlielr
way to the Gate City and participate
In the entertainments which are being
carefully prepared by the entertain
ment committee, which I* headed by
A. L. Curtis.
This convention will be an important
one und will he In session for severe!
days.
The largest convention of the year
will be held directly after the State
Fair closes, and In Itself will be an ex-
hlbltton of no little extent. The Na
tional Carriage Buildera* Association
will be In session for about one week.
The agricultural building nt the fair
ground* will be entirely given up to
the exhibits of the elemental twrts of
vehicle*.
The feet that this Is the first time
this association has ever met Houth
of the Mason-DIxon line la a compli
ment of which Atlanta ha* shown Its
appreciation by the Interest which Is
being taken.
INSANITY EXPERTS
EXAMINE THAW
it
Is Believed Prisoner
Will Plead That He
Is Crazy.
FEA R OF DEA IH PRE VENTS
CZAR FROM ATTENDING
THE FUNERAL OF TREPOFF
Col. Nicolaieff Stir-
rounde \ by Crowd
in Warsaw.
Warsaw, Sept. 19.—While Colonel
Nicolaieff waa walking In the streets
today he waa surrounded by a crowd
and shot dead by an anarchist.
U. S. ARMY TO IXVADE
CUBA IF|PEACE ISN’T
DECLARED BY OCT. 1.
Continued from Pago One.
New York, Sept. 19.—Harry K. Thaw
was put through a trylngly exhaustive
examination In the hospltul rooms of
the Tombs today by three alienists
brought there by the prisoner's court
sel, Clifford W. Hurtrldge.
This new move on the part of the
defense leads to the belief that after
all Thaw's opposition he has agreed
finally to permit his defense to be
based on a plea of Insanity.
The three physlcluns who examined
Thaw were Dr. II. D. Evans, of the
New Jersey state hospital for the In
sane at Morris Plains, who acted fur
the defense in the Terranova trial; Dr.
Christopher C. Hellng. of the sume In
stitution, and Dr. Charleji G. Wagner,
superintendent of the New York state
hospital for the insane ut Blnghumptnn
It bus become known that Mrs. Wil
liam Thaw, the mother of the young
man charged with the murder of fltun-
ford White, Is trying to negotiate a
lease for the lmndSmne property known
In Muttewun ns the Howland estate. If
Harry Thaw Is finally Sent to the
Mattewan asylum his mother will be
leasing the Howland property be able
to he near him.
SCHOONER WRECKED
Bl STORM'S FURY
Special to The Georgia u.
Charleston, B. C., Sept. 19.—Chief
.Mate Gardiner Goold, Caleb Herring,
cook; Frank Harrlngtonn and Manuel
Crabterr, sailors of the schooner R.
I). Bibber, were picked up nt sea and
brought to the shore yesterday by
Clyde steamship New York, which
rived hero from New York twenty-four
hours overdue yesterday 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 \;oyage of the schooner
Bibber, Captain Suyres, beginning ut
Huvunnuh 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 16 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
Munucl had been lost before this, and
there were remaining five men. The
captain und u sailor named Anthony
caught a spar, and Mate Goold and
three others clung to a piece of the
deck. For hours they searched for
fuutaiu Suyres nnd the man, but they
had dtsapt>eared.
The rescue was made at the height
of the storm.
GANG FOR LOAFERS
IN THE FUTURE
New Yolk, Sept. 19.—Five ferry lines
innrrtlng Manhattan with Green
Point nm! Williamsburg went out of
commission ut noon today when the
forty-live tlremen struck Tor higher
wages nnd thousand* nf person* were
held up, while eeveral of the ferry boat*
In midstream took an hour or more In
making it landing.
President Palma's aides, called on
Messrs. Taft and Bacon. Mr. Sleeper,
American charge d'alfalrea, accompa
nied Senor O'Farrell anti conferred
with them for about thirty tr)lnutea.
After the Interview he nald, In an-
awer to Inquiries, he had been very
much pleased, but lie refused to say
more. It Is understood that Mr. Taft
listened to O'Farrall fully nnd the latter
explained Palma’s point of view, laying
stress upon the fact that the president
waa the more popular of the candidates
In the presidential election, on account
of Ills long service In the Cuban cause,
Taft Call* on Reims.
The conference this morning, how
ever, wa* not formal, but a mere af-
fnlr of courtesy.
Mr. Taft went at 10 o’clock to the
palace to see President Palma. Sec
retary Taft said that afterwards he
and Mr. Bacon would go to the Ameri
can legation on 8nn I.egnro street, and
then to Minister Morgan’s residence at
Mariano, which Is ten miles outside the
city of Havana. It la thought that Mr.
Morgan's house will be the best place
In which to receive and hear the revo
lutionary representatives, as then the
Insurgent leaders will not have to come
Into the city of Havnno.
NEW DEAL De'mANDEO .
BY INSURGENT LEADERS.
By MANUEL CALVO.
Havana, Sept. 19.—The United State*
cruiser Des Moines with Secretary Taft
and his party aboard steamed quietly
Into Havana harbor early thla morn
ing. They wore Immediately landed
and went to the home of United States
Mlnlltor Morgsn, where they will re
main during their stay In Havana. This
was done to avoid any possibility of
excitement due to the landing of the'
party In the day time. The arrival of
the Dee Moines waa 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 Palma tndny and
then arrangements will be made for
the negotiations for peace. The revo
lutionists have placed their forces
around Havana wtlh a view of Impress
Ing the American visitors.
"Nothing to Arbitrate,"
General Castillo Is quoted as follows
today:
What have we to arbitrate with
Palma and hi* clique? His govern
ment, elected by fraud, Is Illegal and
must go out of existence. We have him
and Ills hired soldier* now like rate
In a trap. In 24 hours we could de
stroy them. We wilt not recognise
him. We have fought for a principle
and we will keep on lighting until we
have established our point.
"For President Roosevelt and his
deputies we have the highest admira
tion. and respect them as sincere
friends nf Cuba, as you may Judge
from our suspension of hostilities pend
ing their good offices, but we wont
nothing else from Secretary Taft but
an Investigation of the last election,
which explnlns why we took the held.
It the United States Intervenes to up
hold Palma's power, we will light on as
we did against Spain."
Rebels Want to Fight.
The rebels rsgret the suspension of
hostilities. They say that If lighting
had not been stopped they would have
captured Havana and their caueo would
hove been victorious. The demand for
the release of the prisoners created an
Insurmountable obetaele to further ne
gotiation*.
At a meeting of the Liberal commit
tee, Senator Zayas, who was enthusi
astically received, reviewed the events
that led to the present situation. The
party gave him a vote of confidence and
authorised him to carry on negotia
tions for peace.
Committee Is Chosen.
He told the committee that he would
enter upon no negotiations with the
government until all the Liberals now-
in Jail ware released. He said the
party would Insist upon the nullification
of the recent election. Thl* was agreed
"St. Petersburg, Sept. 19.—The funeral
of the inuch-iiut'fd 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 bo foolhardy for
the monarch to attend the funeral nftcr
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 person* present.
Every precaution was taken to pre
vent an antt-bureaucratlc 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 *he lyt 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 vessels 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 Badncr ran up to
the Annex, passed It a line and 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
WANTED!
Ttvo school boys its bundle-wrappers, for
Saturday evenings. Ciood pay.
Apply at once at
McConnell Shoe and Clothing Co.,
30-32 Decatur Street.
San Jose, Cal., Sept. 19.—Bud Doble,
the famous drover and trainer, who
has handled trotting horeea for the last
forty years, and Is known throughout
the country, Is In a serious condition
here as the result of belfig seized by
a vicious horse's teeth, shaken like a
rat and thrown to the ground. Before
he could rise the animat reared, then
threw himself on the prostrate form
of the trainer, crushing Dobte Into
Insensibility. Only the timely arrival
of a stableman, who beat off the ani
mal, saved Doble's life. Several bones
are broken.
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 so bv
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 tickets
as soon as possible.
Eight splendid attractions have already been engaged—the John
$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.
OFFICER FIGHTS ACTORS
AFTER THE PERFORMANCE
Special to The Georgian.
Bristol, Tenn., Sept. 19.—Being de-
cllntd the courtesy of admittance to
the performance by the “Little Duch
ess" Company, which played at the
Harmeltng 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
Combe, of the *ho\v, 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,
knocked down by a friend of the
fleer. 7
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, anticipat
ing a shooting. Odell said he could
not possibly refrain from resenting the
Insult of being classed with negroes.
Won V Let Miss Bryan *s Pet Poodle
Anywhere Near School She’s Attending
Roanoke, Va., Sept. 19.—Miss Grace Bryan, daughter of the famous
Nebraskan, Is In the depths. The authorities of Hollins Institute, here,
whore Miss Bryan Is attending school, will not permit her French poodle
to "matriculate."
All of Miss Bryan's pleadings In behalf of her pet have come to
naught, and tho authorities of the school have refused point blank to
enter into any negotiation*. Whether Miss Orace will part with her poo
dle or tso to some other school where the rules are less rigid, remains to
be seen.
7 WO WRECKED STEAMERS
SIGHTED OF THE COAST
Hpetdiil to The Georgian.
Charleston. S. C., Sept. 19.—Tho
steamer FTamfleld, with Captain Me*
Donald, put into port here today, being
damaged by the storm off the Caro
lina coast.
She la 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 Pan Shoals two derelicts are
reported In latitude N. 33, longitude W.
approximately.
From schooner J. H. Jackson, Master
Pearsons. 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 I* operated at 7 Central avenue,
«ay* he never allows negroes In hi*
place.
This statement Is made because of a
complaint made against the publication
In Tuesday's Georgian of the special
committee's findings In the number of
negroes nnd whites In saloons In and
near Decatur street.
The figqre* used were those formu
lated bv member* of the committee
from council and tho police department,
aa the reault of the Saturday night
trip.
A rommlaalnn of xlx was appointed to
meet the American commissioners to-
day to explain the situation and answer
all questions relating thereto.
Henor Zayas said the Platt amend)
ment had been used aa an Initrumenr
of tyranny to prevent the Cubans re
belling against Illegality. He sakl It
wa* the duty at the Liberals to stand
by their leader* In Ihe field.
A telegram from Guerra de Molena,
Havana province, report* u skirmish
there. A loyalist bullet killed a child In
the town. Three railway culverts be
tween Artemisia and Candelaria have
been blown up with dynamite.
8hipa Reported Bought.
The reported purchase by the Cuban
government of the swift »teani yachts
Allecn. Candida and Anita and the ru
mor that the government has author
ised the purchase nt the Tarantula
and Diana Is causing all aorta nf oil
er** comment by sympathiser* with
the insurgent movamsnt against Presi
dent Palma and his advlasrs.
With four such vessel* at their com
mand, the loyal Cuban* might succe**-
fully combat any attempt on th* part
of the rebels to *ecure arm* and am
munition from abroad. Properly armed
the boats could head off any attempts
nf filibustering expeditions to land any
where upon the island.
The little navy would be of great
use also In transporting troops and
supplies to various points where they
might be needed In a hurry.
PALMA MUST RE8IGN,
DECLARE CUBAN REBELS.
Havana, 8ept. 19.—A commissioner
from General Menocal, returning to the
rebel camp, says the revolutionary
army will not accept any term* other
than the annulment of the elections,
Including that of President Palma.
One of th* Liberal commissioners at
the revolutionary headquarter* In Ha
vana province states that the leaders
demand the resignation of the govern
ment and the holding of new elections.
He add* that thl* decision seemed to be
final. Had 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 a* to what the reb
els might do If the American coinmts
aloner* decided In favor of Prealdent
Palma or to occupation of the country.
1,800 HORSES AND MULES
ORDERED BY GOVERNMENT.
Omaha. Nebr., Sspt. 19.—That the
United State* la making active prepa
rations for possible trouble In Cuba
was shown In n rush order for the
shipment of 1.500 horse* and mules,
received from Washington at the chief
quartermaster's office in this city. The
order came by telegraph. While It I*
not stated that the animals are for
• 'uba. It ta understood that I* their
ultimate destination. On September 21
proposals are to be opened and fifteen
days after the awards are made the
horse und mules are to be delivered.
Nursing Meinara and Malaria.
The ohl Standard, Grove's Tasteless
Chill Tonic drives out malaria ami
builds up the system. Sold by all
deslsrs for 17 year*. Pries 60 cents.
T
GIVEN 50 YEARS
AND J LASHES
Armed Fanners Are Dis
gusted with Leniency
of Sentence.
AN ATLANTA GIRL
IDENTIFIES MISSING
HEIR TO FORTUNE
Continued from Pago One.
Tom," raid Miss Hawks to herself. “I
knew he came from up In this country,
but I wonder what they Want with
him/
Tho young: lady told her father about
the conversation she hud overheard by
accident. Mr. Hawks hunted up the
two 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?” ht asked.
"We did,” said one of the attorneys,
"but Coart has been dead twenty
years.”
HE’S THE LIVE8T CORPSE
THAT YOU EVER SAW.”
“He’s the 11 vest corpse you ever saw,”
rotorted Mr. Hawks. ‘Tie lives in my
house In Atlanta.”
“If he can prove his identity he might
p»ck 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 Thcinaa Slngltton Coart heard
of the search for him he laughed. Then
he remembered that his grandfather
had owned large estates In North Car
olina and thought it worth while to in
vestigate matters. C. L. Pettigrew, an
attorney, was retained ns his counsel
and the fight for n fortune began.
Four years ago on the court house door
nt New Berne, county seat of Craven,
a bailiff posted a notice requiring one
FAKE STORY TOLD
OF KU-KLUX KLAN
STIRS UP THE CITY
Continued from Pag* On,.
qulrements for admission. It has ben
organised solely for tho protection o!
white women nnd the moving spirit,
are determined that It shall not he unri
for lawless purposes. The fact that
the organization of the Klsn wns sdvo.
rated by Colonel English, who Is chief
of staff to Governor Terrell, Is of itself
a voucher as to the character of th,
organization."
In large letters down Ihe side of th,
drawing Is printed! "What will he th,
end of the deadly menacing uprising
of Atlanta to crush out with guns, rope
nnd dogs the fearful epidemic of negn
crime against her women?’
A photograph of some seven or eight
dogs bears the following caption:
"Part of the pack of bloodhound,
which Colonel English has presented t»
the Klan to smell down lawless n».
groes."
LOCAL ASSESSMENTS
MORE THAN NEEDED
The sub-committee which had chirp
pf the recent primaries for the Atlant*
Democratic executive committee ha*
wound up Its affairs and paid all In
debts. Regardless Of the fact that
more had to be done than In 1904, the
committee was put tp less expense and
Thomas Singleton Coart, If living, or was able to return to the candidates 14
his devisees, heirs or assigns to come per cent of their assessments.
Into court on April 29/ 1902, and make Several members of the commutes
answer to a "petition. The columns of advocate the purchasing of tents to b«
the New Berne Weekly Journal con- erected at election times as polling
talned hidden away among other dull places, thus saving house rent, which
and uninteresting legal . notices the
same enll for Coart. But the court
house door Is a far cry from Washing
ton street and the New Berne Journal
has but a limited circulation In At
lanta. Thomas Singleton C'oart sold
shoes contentedly and knew nothing of
the summons from the superior court
of the county of Craven. Six weeks
later, on Juno 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 the sale from the court house
steps. It dated back to 1775, when
George the Third ruled over the colo
nies of Great Britain and granted lands
to his subjects tn return for services,
or because It pleased him.
The canal through the great Dismal
camp, the dank morass which after
wards Inspired Irish Tom Moore to
write of a spirit maiden on a ghostly
lake, wa* Just being excavated at that
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
and an hour later confessed the crime.
In the county court this morning he
was Indicted, nnd nt 11 o'clock this
morning wns on his way to ths county
work house to serve a 50-year sentence.
Saturday he will also be whipped with
thirty lashes. He also was fined $200.
Feeling Is running high among the
farmers, hundreds or whom are In the
elty attending market, and many are
carrying guns and talking about the
leniency of the sentence.
SAFE OF 8EAT8 18 EXTENDED.
Seaton Tickets foe Tabernacle Lyceum
Course Obtainable Till
October let.
Many people who have not vet
cured seats for th* Tabernacle Lyceum
Course will be delighted to learn that
the sale of season tickets ha* been ex
tended to October 1, The price for the
entire course, reserved seat. Is $1.
Eight high-class attractions have al
ready been engaged and two more will
probably be added. Dates have been
positively announced a* follows: Oc
tober I, John Thomas Concert Co.; Oc
tober 29. Ople Read; November 15,
Arthur W. Hawks; December 3, Italian
Boys' Band and Elbert Roland; Janu
ary 11, Spillman Riggs; March 12; Gil
bert A. Etdredge; April 2, Mattlson W,
Chase; April 16, Whitney Bro*.' Quar
tette.
A* will be seen from this list, talent
of unusual excellence has been secured
and the course will, no doubt, prove
to be the heat yet offered In Atlanta.
AU attraction* will appear In the
splendid auditorium of the Baptist Tab
ernacle, corner Luckle street and Tab
ernacle place. Ticket* are nmv nn sale
at Phillips A Crew Co., Edmondson's
drug store and Knott A Awtry Shoe Co
Seats will be reserved at Phillips A
Crew Co., where diagram of house la
displayed. •••
time and Spyor Singleton," a Carolina
gentleman, furnished a number of IctaTmcd*b^Wm f/ he'shouM ever ap
nai and posted upon the court hou?*
door.
Nothin* wa* heard of the lost heir to
the Singleton land* and a court order
for the Kale wan Issued, the suction n i
take place on June 14. 1902. Romului
A. Nunn waa appointed commissioner
to have the sale in char***. The Sw 1
Berne Weekly Journal was once mori
used to advertise tho wile. But Thom-
aa Singleton (’oart, busy in Atlanta,
did not rend The New Berne Weekly
Journal. The day of the sale rolled
round as all days do and the property
waa knocked down to James A. Bryan
and J. A. Meadows for 1250. Some*
body must have been asleep to let such
property go for that sum, especially
when timber lands were being snapped
up by eager buyers from the cities. But
Thomas Singleton Coart, hundreds or
mile* away In Atlanta, knew nothing : •«
land* or auction, and the hour set for
hla appearance panned by and he w*j
absent. The nlxth Interest In the 1250
whs set aside by the courts f»
slaves for the work. In return his gra
cious majesty was pleased to grant tn
Spyor Singleton nnd hln heirs a tract
of land near Catfish Lake and embrac
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
Dubbs Speight nnd 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.
flpyor Singleton was gathered to his
fathers nnd the land remained un
touched. The other owners followed
.Singleton, each bequeathing a third in
terest to their heirs. The Singleton
third wns divided between bis son
and daughter; the daughter became the
mother of Thomas Singleton Coart,
now of Atlanta, nnd the lands in North
Carolina were forgotten by the grand
son of the original owner.
OTHER HEIRS AWAKE;
AND PROPERTY IS SOLD,
But the heirs of Daves and Speight,
or their assigns, lived near the timber
lands and realised their value. In 1902,
when railroads and lumber camps set
the price of yellow pipe soaring high,
J. A. Bryan, J. J. Wolfenden and Caro
line Wolfenden, his 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. Tlielr
petition forms a part of the record In
the case of 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 Coarf Sin
gleton, then unknown to any of the pe
titioners, owned an undivided one-
sixth IntereHt. Thomas Singleton Coart
wns 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 knowledge of wheth
er he were living or dead, or his heir
at law or his next of kin.
The superior court of Craven county
decreed that publication be made, or
dering the defendant, Coart, to be pres
ent at the court house door on April
29 to answer the petition, and that the
order be printed for six consecutive
weeks in The New Berne Weekly Jour-
pear.
' A LUCKY ACCIDENT.
Three years after the sale nt th* |
court house door MUs Hawks decided
to spend a week or two at Moreheaa
City. There she overheard the conver
sation of the two lawyers wh<*
dered what had become of Thomas Sin
gleton Coart, and that bit of luck «»r
fate began the litigation for the Sin*
gleton estate.
Acting through his counsel, ,
Pettigrew, Mr. Coart filed an affidavit
before the courts of Sorth Carolina j
seeking to recover his interest, not in
the magnificent sum tor which tn® i
lands were sold, but in the estate it*
self. He demanded that the sale nj
set aside, for the reason that ne h*
no notice of* the proceedings. “ e n ' J
only claimed the one-sixth inte ^;
conceded to him by the petitioner*, dui
another sixth left him by his unci*
Richard Singleton. He alleges fur*
ther that the plaintiff Wolfenden «u
enter Into a contract with the uj
Lumber Company to deed certain i!i "'
for the sum of $21,500 and that I
were tho same Tands purchased * ■ f
court sale for $125. He alleges tn
the purchase at the sale ws» not i
bona fide purchase, inasmuch as ' I
purchasers knew the value of the lan I
and purchased them for the tnsiK** , I
cant sum of $250, the total amount P* I
for the various tracts, which w* r *_ I
according to the divisions of tne or ® .
nal grants. He asked a motion ,,r |
court to set aside the sale.
Mr. Pettigrew paid a visit w
—Tiber lands after being retaine_ |
the case and estimates their 1
$100,000. The suit Will be heard inw a
courts of Craven county, and Mr I
Is confident that he will win hi*.^1
and become owner of propertj I
$33,000. *tll I
”lf you recover that property ■
you continue to sell shoes to tn .... |
and women of Atlanta?” Mr. * 0
asked. But he merely smiled
marked that he liked his work.
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