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4 THE ATLANTA GEORGIAN. WKtWBMUAk, OCTUUM, 3, 13W. GETS HEAVY FI FORU.S. SOLDIER John A. Davidson, a private of Com pany H, Seventeenth United States In fantry, was lined $25.75 or thirty days Wednesday morning in police court on the charge of making Incendlar}' re marks while intoxicated. He was arrested by Policeman C. L. Camp and proceeded to heap abuse on the officer. The latter testified the sol dier finally exclaimed: •I wish the negroes had burned this whole town and killed every white man in the United States." The recorder asked Davidson where he hailed from and he replied: "New York state." 'MAN OF MYSTERY’ SOUGHT BY WHOLE POLICE FORCE The entire police force Is on the lookout for a mysterious stranger, who has been acting queerJy in the Second and Third wards recently, and whose strange conduct is puzzling the citizens of those sections. This man is said to have been going to different residences representing himself as an agent of the Singer Sewing Machine Company and by this ruse gaining admittance to the houses. He would ascertain |f the occupants ned a sewing machine and would tell them he came to see if it needed any repairs, stating that if the machine had been in the house leas than five years the company would repair It gratia He would then begin to talk In a rambling way on different subjects, it j about two weeks’ growth. Is said, all the while closely observing very well dressed. the house and occupants and taking In the situation. After apparently satis fying himself with his observations, he would then leave. Some of the citizens became alarmed at the conduct of the man and reported the matter to the police, Call Officer Chandler obtaining a complete descrip tion of the stranger. The sewing ma chine company was communicated with and notified the police there was no such man in its employ; that he was an Imposter. The police say the man Is either crazy or is up to some kind of mis chief and they are anxious to appre hend him. He is described as being little more than five feet tall, very slender, and weighing about 120 pounds. He has a small mustache and a short beard of He was ACCUSED OF RIOTING, YOUNG SHEPARD GETS 30-DAY TERM IN GANG Fred Shepard, of 75 Georgia avenue, the young white man arrested Tuesday by Deputy Sheriff Stipe on the charge of*particIpatlng In the recent rioting, was Wednesday morning sentenced by Recorder Broyles to serve thirty days In the city stockade, in addition to which he was bound over to the su perior court under bond of $i,o00. This is a dose of the same punish ment meted out by the recorder to the several other accused rioters. Detective Lockhart testified he saw Shepard shortly before the outbreak of the riot and advised him to go home, to which he said *the young man re plied: "No; I want to stay here and see a negro lynched." The recorder complimented Deputy Sheriff Stipe on his capture of Shep ard and expressed the hope he would catch others. bullaITsentenced TO DEATH 1)11 GALLOWS Georgia Farmer Must Haug For Murder of His Daughter. BOOZE FAILED TO DROWN TROUBLES OF THIS HUBB Y "Judge, l thought I would drown my troubles In whisky, but I find I have only succeeded in bringing on more trouble." This sad summary ot his conduct was made Wednesday morning In police court by J. B. Shipp, who resides In Ella street, near the old barracks, and who waa arrested by policemen Luck and Blackstone for drunkenness. Shipp said his wife had worried him to such an extent ho had simply de cided to tank up on liquor and try and forget his troubles. He complained that she would visit the sick wife of a neighbor and spend most of her time there, while he and his children were forced to go hungry. "The other night," said Shipp, "I sent my little boy to ask my wife to come home and cook some sapper, and she sent word back for me to go to hell." Mrs. Shipp, who was In court but who refused to testify, vehemently de nied this charge. The wife protested the husband waa the one In the throng. The recorder held the case open against Shipp on his promise to be have himself In the future. Special to The Georgian. Marietta, Ga., Oct. 3.—John O. Bul lard, who shot his daughter to death at Powder Springs, Ga., was on yester day afternoon sentenced by Judge Go- ber to hang October 26. At the conclusion of the hearing the jury returned a verdict ef guilty and the sentence was immediately pro nounced. Bullard shot his daughter about two weeks ago. Bullard was a widower and lie ami his young daughter lived alone. There were no witnesses to the trag edy. Immediately afterthe shooting the girl Bullard went to his brother, told what he had done and then surrendered himself to the officers. He alleged that he shot the girl be cause she was disobedient. TO HOLDJJIVENTION Twenty Churches of West ern District To Be Rep resented Here. COL, WILLIAM PEART SPEARS WEDNESDAY Colonel William Peart, chief secre tary of the Salvation Army, arrived in Atlanta Wednesday morning from Birmingham, Ala., where he has been conducting a several days' council with the officers of the Salvation Army In the southern division. He was assist ed there by Colonel R. E. Holz and wife, of Cleveland, Ohio, who ure pro vincial officers of this territory, and Major J. M. Berriman and wife, of At lanta, the leading officers for this dl- Islon. Colonel Peart Is an able speaker. He has spent more than twenty years in active Snlvatton Army work, the most of this time in Australia, where he held an Important position with the army. He is Hecond in command of the Sal vation Army in this country, with headquarters In New York city, and tills is his first Visit to the South. The street service at 7 o’clock Wed nesday night will be followed by a meeting at the Baptist Tabernacle, where Colonel Peart will deliver an ad dress on "The Breuking of the Dawn." Colonel Holz and wife, Major Berri man and wife and visiting officers from different parts of the division will as sist In the services. The convention of the western dis trict of the Christian church will Jiegln Thursday evening at 7:30 o’clock at the West End Christian church, Rev. Ber nard P.Smlth pastor, und will continue through Sunday. Some 20 churches and 2,000 members •re represented in the convention. Aside from the business to be trans acted, interesting devotional exercises will be held. The program so far as made up Is as follows: Thursday evening—Sermon by Rev. E. L. Shelnut. Fdrlay morning, 11 o’clock—Sermon by Rev. F. L. Adams; Friday evening, sermon by Rev. If. K. Pendleton. Saturday morning, 11 o'clock—Ser mon by Rev. A. E. Sedden. FAKE RIOT VICTIM POT BEHIND BARS On the charge of fMm-fiainming sev eral citizens by representing himself as a victim of the recent riot and so liciting aid, Palmer Pease, a negro with a police record, was Wednesday morn ing bound over to the state courts by the recorder and his bond fixed at $300. He was held on the charges of cheat ing and swindling and vagrancy. It waa shown that Pease had gone to certain i^opie and begged for money on which "to return tq his home In Au gusta," stating he had been beaten by the white mob Pease recently completed a term of five years In the state penitentiary for burglary. The reeoruer said he wanted to send him back there as he regarded him as a dangerous citizen. He waa arrested by Policeman Cowan. COTTON SEED 8PROUTING FROM CONTINUED RAINS. Special to The Georgian Anniston, Ain., Oct. 3.—Farmers ar riving In the city yesterday for the first time since the big storm report that the cotton crop throughout the section has been very largely damaged by the high winds und severe rains. The seeds are sprouting in the bolls and budly damaging the limb. The heavy ruins huve beaten out hundreds of bales from the bolls and now it lies deep in the mud. 8uit Filed for Damage. Special to The Georgian. Hpartunburg, 8. C., Oct. 3.—Alleging that the Pacolet Manufacturing Com pany, while building a new cotton mill blasted rock on the lands of Mrs. Mary K. Wood, she has brought suit against the company for damage In the sum of $6,000. The case is now on trial In the court of common pleas. Sentence Suspended. Special to Tho Georgian. Homer, Ga., Oct. 3.—J. B. Lipscomb, charged with selling whisky, was sen tenced to the chaingnng for twelve months and fined $250 in the superior court, but the sentence of twelve months is suspended so long as he does not sell whisky In the western circuit. WAR ON COW-TICK RE WAGED IN EARNEST I»r. E. II. Baughman, of Chicago, nn ex pert veterinarian In the employ of the United States department of agriculture, has arrived here, and will be located at Cornelia. Habersham county, in the work of eradicating the cow-tick from north Georgia. I»r. Baughman was in concultntlon with Captain It. F. Wright, assistant commis sioner of agriculture, at the eapltol Wed nesday morning. Two other veterinarians In tho employ of f the national department of agriculture, will reach here In n feu- days, and aid ill the work. One will lv I orated in the middle section of the upper comities, and the other at Ellljay. TO MEET THURSDAY io rnllrond commission will be In ses sion Thursday morning'nt 10 o'clock, at which time several Important matters will be taken up for notion. One matter of great local Interest is the question of eompeiJing railroads to switch and transfer ears promptly. The commission is of the opinion that it has tlic authority under the Hew Steed act, and will determine at Its meeting Thurs- GEORGIA NEWS IN PARAGRAPHS STATISTICS. BIRTHS. To Mr. nnd Mrs. W. 11. Uutinhoo, at 113 Windsor street, a girl. To Mr. and Mrs. !.ouis Hoffman, nt 263 E. Fair street, a girl. To Mr. mid Mrs. Burnett Pollock, at 38 Fraser street, a girl. To Mr. and Mrs. Philip F.sslg, nt 56 West Fifth street, a girl. To Mr. nnd Mrs. G. U. Richardson, nt 31 Hills avenue, a girl. DEATHS. J. W. Kelly, 26 years old, died nt 125 Mc Millan street. C. I. Brown. 78 years old, died of heart failure nt 325 South I’ryor street. Mrs. A. M. Barker. *8 years old. died of paralysis at 14 North Butler street. Mrs. Liura Wlnnnt, 54 years old, died at llnnlee- street. Fred Hamhrtck, 6 months old, died of pneumonia at 200 Haynes street. Henry Holttclnw, 77 years old, died of paralysis nt Soldiers’ Home. J. P. Logau, 37 years old, died at 17 West Cilin street. Mrs. Ellxa J. Green, 67 years old, died nt 327 East Hunter street. I’. T. Young. 37 years old, died of typhoid fever at I'd Butler street. Mrs. Little English. 29 venrs old, died of i rebral congestion nt 96 Jones avenue. BUILDING PERMIT8. . $3A*l— Mrs. Nancy A. Walker, to build a two-story frame dwelling at 34 St Charles streef ng brick building at ml Forsyth streets. *I.3K>— A. W. Lily, to build a one-story frame dwelling nt 27 Rosalie street. -H. Basil, to repair building nt 35 Marietta street. ffrtt-riry of Atlanta, to build brick hot oust* at unklaud cemetery, Negro Boy Commits Murder. .special to The Georgian. Columbus, Ga., Oct. 3.—A half-witted negro, Peter Rainey, was shot nnd In stantly killed by a negro boy only 14 years old, In a negro store In this city yesterday. The negro killed was 25 years old nnd apparently harmless, and the two had n few words when the boy, whose name is Harvey, picked up a shot gun und deliberately shot the other negro. Railroad Contract Let. Special to The Georgian. Rochelle, Ga., Oct. 3.—The contract was signed here yesterday and the money paid over for the building of the Ocilln and Valdosta railroad from Ocllla via Fitzgerald to Rochelle. It is to be completed to this point by January 1, 1908. Macon is the ulti mate point of destination. Negro 8hot at Dance. .special to The Georgian. Yatesvtiie, Ga., Oct. 3.—At n negro church. In Monroe county, near this place, the negroes had a fight, in which Joe Allen shot Louis Howard, killing him Instantly. Allen Is still at large. Florida Club Organized. Special to The Georgian. Emory College, Ga., Oct. S.—The Florida Club had a very enthusiastic meeting, the number of members was larger than ever before. The following officers were elected: President, C. M. Tramel, Lakeland. Fla.; treasurer, W. J. Delaney, Key West, Fla.; secretary. J. It. Hlocker, Plant City, Fla. The first banquet will be held In Coving ton. Colonel 8. B, Baker. Special to The Georgian. Dublin. Ga., Oct. 3.—Colonel S. B. Baker, of this city, died Sunday night at 11 o’clock at the home of his broth er, Dr. T. M. Baker, of Macon. He had been ill only a short time, and death came as a result of a stroke of paraly sis. His remains were Interred in the family burying grounds at Irwlnton yesterday. Will Make Highest Bid. Special to The Georgian. Covington, Ga., Oct. 3.—The mass meeting for the purpose of securing the agricultural school was presided over by Hon. L. F. Livingston. The meet ing appointed a committee necessary each district. Newton is deter mined to make the highest bid in the Fifth congressional district. SPARTANBURG Y. M. C. A. ELECT8 NEW SECRETARY. Hat pictured here is a new creation in rose clipped felt with brown Mirabeau plume, clusters of rose grapes and green apple leaves. Finished with brown meline. You have long since learned that this is not a millinery shop of “spring” and “fall” only It keeps pace with Paris. Paris that creates, wears, discards and creates again all within a few weeks. All the new styles can not be produced for one occasion—that’s self-evident, so we keep in close touch \ with Paris—the.Paris that makes no mistake. There are new things here this week that you did not see. The hat we show here gives the keynote to many HEAVY DAMAGE RESULTS FROM CONTINUED RAINS. Special to The Georgian. Newberry, S. C., Oct. 3.—The con tinuous rains which have been pre vailing In thin section for the past month, show no signs of abatement. As a result, the farmers are blue over their prospects for even a fair cotton crop. Many of the field* :,r>- white, hot the staple ran not be pi-li**,1 |Cau?e of the rain* Much «.f the ,„t. ■pn la beginning to rot in the fields. 1 PROPERTY TRANSFERS. JM00-M. I.. Petty to A. L. Slaton, lot on Siuitti Pryor street near Ormond street. Warranty deed. $4.5»*i \V. A. Foster to A. II. Goodwin. lot oti Washington streer near Ortuond street. Warranty deed. l>-»- \V. It. Turman, Jr., to S. II. Turnmn, nenr Burton »tre lot on Turin Warranty deed. ll.M.i \V r llmi'Tk..|>r ,. t j nn •leu. lot -in !hiiierko|tf street near Mat* street Bond f-r title. ' I Erwin nnd B B I lay to Mrs. »: < .i» g|».~iiiif -.iieet n>'ut Lin lieu street. Bund lui title. Special to The Georgian. Spartanburg. 8. C., Oct. 3.—J. W. Griffin, of PInewood, S. C., first honor graduate of the South Carolina Uni versity, has been elected secretary of the local Y. M. C. A., succeeding H. R. Howell, resigned. Mr. Griffin will as sume charge of his duties October 15, and until that date Mr. Howell will re main In charge of the Y. M. C. A. During the past three years .Mr. Grif fin has been assistant st ervtury of the M. A. at Norfolk, Vo. of the new hats of the moment. Chamberlin-Johnson-DuBose Cq.