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MONDAY, DECBHBBR i«, uo».
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THE ATLANTA GEORGIAN.
HE BULLET
FELLS TWO
IT
One Dead and One Is
Slightly Injured From
Shot.
PISTOL DISCHARGED
IN BIG CROWD
Was Warding Off Negro
When Shot Was Fired
Through Body of
Young Man.
HALF MILLION FIRE.
VISITS MARIETTA, GA. ;
BIG PLANT DESTROYED
pp.-.lnl in Tim Georgian.
Pnnalsonvllle, Ga., Dec. -I.—Yenter
day afternoon nt 3 o'clock at the At
lantle Coast Line passenger station
eliontlnK affray occurred, In which
young white boy named Will handling
uas instantly killed and Al Sasser, an
oilier young white man and cashier at
the bank In this city, was slightly
wounded, by Malcolm Adams, another
voting white man of tills place. The
shooting occurred In a large crowd at
the depot who were waiting for the
train. It Is said that a negro man who
hud taken offense at something young
Adams had said was advancing upon
Adams and Adatns was hitting at the
negro with his pistol, trying to keep
him off without shooting hint, when
the pistol discharged, accidentally hit
ting voung Handling, the ball going
through his body and striking Sncser,
slightly wounding him.
All the parties are very prominent
hero and the accident Is very much
regretted.
Adams Is being held pending an In
vestlgatlon.
MAY MUSTER OUT
TIIE POISON SQUAD
Washington, Dec. 24.—A resolution
requesting the secretary of agriculture
to Inform congress by what authority
Dr. Harvey W. Wiley, chief of the bu
reau of chemistry, department of agri
culture. conducted his boradc acid or
‘•poison squad” tests, will be Introduced
in the house Immediately after the
Christmas holidays by Representative
James Hay, of Virginia.
The resolution will stato that. In view
of allegations that the test resulted in
the death of Robert Vance Freeman
son of Mrs. I.urea I.atham, of 617
Thirteenth street, Northwest, and
whereas. If this be true. It would seem
u menace to the health of human be
Ings to subject them to such tests, con
gress would like to know by whose dl
r.'ctlon such tests nre made.
HAD BAD MONEY;
LOCKED IN TOWER
l.uchw William* I* now **tlwflt»<l that all
tluit gUttiTH In not gold. Union* ho oan
ni*h a $500 iMind ho will hnvo to remain In
tl»* Tower until Thurariny, when he will
l*o arraigned before United States Uommls
*l«»ner Colquitt on ti charge of passing n
counterfeit gold piece.
He wan arrested Saturday by Patrolman
Kerlln of the police force anil Mondny he
"ns handed over to the federal authorities
and a temporary bond won (lied.
GOVERNOR JELK8 QOE8 HOME
TO 8PEND CHRISTMAS.
Special to The Georgian.
Montgomery, Ala., Dec. 24.—There
are many officials at the capltol today
notwithstanding tomorrow !h Christ
mas. but .several have gone to their
homes where they will spend the holl-
with their families.
Governor Jelkz has gone to Eufaula;
Auditor Carmichael la In Ozark; Su-
leimtendent of Education Hill 1« In
<J i*H«ien; Treasurer Craig Smith Is In
Dallas county; Dr. W. H. Sanders,
President of the board of health, Is In
•Mobile; Adjutant General W. W. Bran
don is in Tuscaloosa.
SECTION or BIG PLANT WHICH WA8 DESTROYED BY FIRE.
Fire Was Discovered at 2 O'clock in the
Morning and it Raged Unchecked For
four Hours. '
By W. C. CARRIKER.
SperlnI to The Georgian.
Marietta, Ga., Dee. 24.—Mari
etta was visited by the most disas
trous fire in its history early thm
morning, and as a result property
to the value of half a million dol
lars is in runs.
The property destroyed is the
mammoth plant of the Georgia
Manufacturing and Public Service
Company, of which M. M. Ses
sion is president. The comapny is
capitalized at. .to00,000, and the
plant, which covered four acres
of ground, is almost totally de
stroyed.
Four Hour. Unch.cktd.
The Are was discovered In the stock
buildings ut 2 o'clock In (lie morning,
raged unchecked for four hours and
was not under control till after day
light.
At 10 o’clock the Are was practically
out.
The lire wo* discovered by the night
atchmnn and a general alarm was
sounded. The entire city was aroused,
as It was thought the Are would spread
to other factories near by and from
there to the business and residential
along the streets ringing door bells and
tiring off pistols to arouse the people
In that section of the city. Hundreds
were called from their slumbets and
congregated about the Are and on the
buildings to watch the grand spectacle.
Many rushed In to aid the firefighters
In their chilly work on such a cold,
bleak morning.
Spread to 8tore Rooms.
The Are spread from the stock rooms
to tlja store rooms and then Into the
main paper manufacturing plant. The
store buildings and the stock sheds
were entirely destroyed c.nd the greater
portion of the main factory burned.
Thousands of dollars worth of ma
chinery.. stock and Anlshed product
was destroyed. The machinery was
warped nnd bent and In some Instances
mashed to pieces by falling walls, all of
which gave way In the portion which
was totally burned.
300 Out of Employment.
The Georgia Manufacturing and
Public Service Company were manu
facturers of news and wrapping paper,
and employed 300 laborers, working
both a day and night shift. It also op
erated an electric light plant and the
waterworks, supplying the city with
lights nnd water. As a result of the
Are both the light and water plants’
nre crippled and the city is temporari
ly without lights and water.
The plant stood beside the railroad
and as a result of the Are all 'the tele
graph wires out of 'the city are down.
Several W, & A. freight cars standing
on the siding were totally destroyed
GREAT REVIVAL
FOR METHODIST}
IN EARLY SPRING
It was unanimously decided at the
meeting of Methodist ministers at the
Wesley Memorial tabernacle Monday
morning that a great and general
viva! In Methodism would be Inaugu
rated In Atlanta next April or May.
committee was appointed to formulate
plans and make suggestions to this
end, select a certain date and report to
the meeting one week from next Mon
day.
While no definite action will be taken
until the committee reports. It Is un
derstood that several well-known evan
gelists will be brought to the city to
take part In a revival that will be
greater In results than anything yet
undertaken by the religious element in
this section. The revival will possibly
continue several weeks and will take
place In all the twenty-six Methodist
churches in Atlanta simultaneously.
r rtie proposition was generally d
cussed by the ministers at the meeting
Monday morning. While several plans
were suggested, no one I run-clad rule
was adopted that w'ould bind any min
ister or his congregation. The meeting
was addressed by Rev. J. H. Moore,
aged 77 years, and 50 years in the
conference. He was very earnest In
his remarks.
The committee appointed by J.
Eakes, presiding elder, consisted of
Revs. C. C. Jarrell, chairman; H., i\
Christian, 8. R. Belk, W. T. Hamby
and J. S. French.
A collection taken up in ail the At
lanta Methodist churches Sunday for
the benefit of the Wesley Memorial
hospital was reported by several of the
preachers, and the Indications were
that quite a large sum will be collected.
The total sum collected will be pub
lished by the presiding elder at next
Monday's meeting.
BASKET DINNERS
TO
Happiness In the shape of Uhrlstnias din*
■vr* will be given t«\ the 1,200 of Atlanta’s
poor Monday night, ami on Christmas day
that rnauy persons will -have, one good,
square meal.
This happiness will be si-atlered by the
S'alvatlon Army nt the headquarters on Ma
rietta street at 7 o'clock, when 240 baskets,
each containing u dinner for (Ive persons,
will be given nwny.
At first it was the InteiUlou of Major Tier-
rlmnn nml his staff to provide dlnuers for
people, but so many were tho requests
It was necessary to Increase this din-
. All of the 240 people who will nnidv
Monday night for their baskets have
JA CK Fit OS 7 PL A YS JOKE
ON HOLIDA Y SHOPPERS;
COLDEST IN 7 WO YEARS
Evidently wishing to hand out At-I tom of the glaas. On February 14 of
lanta folks a taste of sure enough j that >’*ar the thermometer registered ti
Christmas weather. Mr. Jack Frost ;l«*t«ee»a b oyo zero, nnd for eight days
made himself conspicuous In Atlanta The official forecast for Monday says
Sunday and Monday, and aa a result it will be fair and continued cold for
the lowest temperature since February
1905, was recorded on the official ther
mometer at the weather bureau.
Monday morning tho thermometer
registered 16 degrees above zero, but In
some places about the city It was even
lower. At Weather Forecaster Mar-
bury’s residence the mercury showed
15 degrees above and other thermom
eters easily affected took serious tum
bles.
But the people generally took the ad
vice of the weather man on Saturday
and prepared for the weather. Some,
however, forgot about the danger of
frozen water pipes and many of the
pldmbers received hurry calls Monday
morning.
This weather Is the first Arctic In
stallment handed out since 1905. when
the mercury played tag around the bot-
Monda.v night, with a minimum tern
perature of about 20 degrees. Tuesday
partly cloudy nnd not so cold.
This weather la not the limit by any
means, for on February 13, 1899, the
thermometer registered 81-2 degrees
below zero.
As a result of the cold a plumbing
firm Is all to the bad and ft Jackson
residence is without plumbing that
should have been installed before this.
Crooks discovered a bunch of swag nt
this residence In the shape of consid
erable fixtures and lead pipe and ab
sconded with the lot. The plumbers
would like to wait and recover the stuff,
but the people In the house say this
weather won't let them wait. So it's a
case of the plumbers buying another
supply and standing the loss. They
declare it Is a pretty mean crook who
would steal lead pipe with the ther
mometer as low as It Is.
400 LIVES SAVED
BV BRAVE CAPTAIN
AND VESSEL'S CREW
Meu Stick to Posts as
Flaming Ship Races
. For Shore. S'
UNION HANDS LEMON 70
“STAGE’STRUCK” GIRLS
Chicago, Dec. 24 >T -Some axioms de
veloped from hard experience, which
the Actors* Union hopes will be Influ
ential in discouraging the 1907 crop of
"stage struck" young women, was
handed out yesterday at the union
meeting at 165 Randolph street.
A few of the words of wisdom, ad
dressed to the members of the union
and "applicants," are as follows:
"It Is better to be a stenographer
with a steady salury of $10 a week than
an actress out of a job."
"Every woman who goes on the stage
,doe:< not get married within three
months."
"There ate severul persons In the
theatrical profession drawing $1,000 a
week, but that Is not the average sal
ary."
BA By SA W HIS FA THER
COMMIT DOUBLE CRIME
FATHER OF BESSIE JONES
A SEED HER 70 COME HOME
The following are copies of the two letters written by D. H. Jones,
father of Bessie Jones, and which were found In the dead girl’s room:
July 5, 1906.
"Mrs. Bessie Hightower: Will you please send Bessie Jones home,
or will 1 have to send an officer after her? She Is not of age yet and If
you hnrbor her up In your house another night I will send an officer
after both of you. "D. H. JONES."
This Is the letter to the daughter:
"Bessie—I will not come after you, but you had better come. Your
mother and Ruth are both sick I need you here. I will send after you If
you don’t come home tonight. „ Your father,
”D. H. JONES."
Continued from Pag* On*.
lug. Knch of those to whom a basket Is
coming has been provided with n
and these will be presented.
IS
ready citizens
to get the fire
THE CENTRAL BANK
t TRUST CORPORATION
OFFERS TO DEPOSIT
ORS EVERY FACILITY
WHICH THEIR BAL
ANCES, BUSINESS AND
RESPONSIBILITY WAR
RANT.
31-2 PER CENT COM
POUND INTEREST PAID
IN SAVINGS DEPART
MENT.
CAPITAL - - - $500,000.00
ed ut once and alue«l by hundreds of B
a herol^ fight was begun be Re ‘ ,u,,t *
under control. I President Hcsalons stated to The
Hydrants Frozen. I Georgian correspondent that the plant
At first the work of fighting the fire j would be rebuilt. The work will begin
an hampered because of the hydrants ' at once and. Mr. Sessions stated, will be
■In* frozen, but noon this wns over- j an fust a» men and money can
. 1. i J do It. Aa everyone In the city know*
come and some ten I that this statement earrlea with It tho
In* on the lire front different aides. The , ))lir | )0)(( , s of OJ)e of , he m o»t energetic
sprinkle ** n ' JP * J 1 ®. ’’i'JiJ 1 ®, anil public-spirited men here. It I* a
a an turned on and at ted effectlvelj In , B u Hn ,n , ee t|mt , V en a greater plant
checking the onward , will rise on the ruins of the one de-
flnme*. The Are hose of the Marietta | _ lr ., vp ,i
fhalr Company, which stands near by,." 1 ' ’’ *'
was also brought Into piny nnd the lire ,'h* Insurance,
was prevented from spreading to llt.it j The loss, Mr. Sessions stated, Is fully
plant. I covered Ity Insurance and will
Hundred* Watch Fir*. j probably nmount to 80 per cent of tho
Hesldes the general alarm turned in ! loss. The exact amount of Insurance
by the Are department, people ran I could not be leurned this morning.
SISTERS FIGHT FA TAL DUEL
OVER A MAN ROTH LOVED
Havana. Cuba. !>•*«•. 24.—Two ri»ters. Ma
ria nnd CnrnifH Hldnlguet, who lived on a
farm near Ln* I.:»Jn*. foughr a duel with
pistols l»eeau*e each loved a handsome
youth named Jnnlllo. who
lie dl-
lietween the two
Kirin went to a lonely tobsrro field
nnd fought. Carmen returned home alone
Itural guards found the body of the *lttlo
In the Held. Carmen flldalgnoz has not
CHEROKEE LANDS
SOLD FOR TIMBER;
CHIEF SIGNS DEED
Special to The Georgian.
Asheville, N. C., I>ec. 24.—A deal.
Involving 35,006 acre* of virgin limber
land, has Just been consummated here,
whereby the Eastern Band of Cherokee
Indians have sold to Wirt iWurd and
associates a pat* of the Qualla boun-
dary In Swalno county, the considera
tion lielng 121.'),000. I
The negotiations for this land have
been j .ending before the commissioner
of Indian affairs and the secretary of
the Interior since last October. The
deed Is signed by the Eastern Band
of Cherokee Indians, through toeli
principal chief nr.d council. Tills band
of Cherokee Indiana was Incorporated
by the legislature of North f nrotlna in
1 'tUI* land has I e'en tied up since the
treaty of New Echof
Fnltcd States g
Cherokee Indian
between the
vernment and the
The Indians still
re* of tine Umber land
“CARNEGIE LAKE"
IS THREATENED
New York, Dec. 24.—Loch Carnegie,
Princeton University's newest play
thing, Is threatened.
Henry Dunn, assistant superintend
ent of the Raritan canal, said today
that be "will drain Carnegie Lake
whether be gets permission from the
lake commission or not." The level of
the lake, be says, Is three feet higher
than that of the canal, and if It rained
for any length of time the lake would
overflow into the canal and would flood
the streets of Trenton.
Big Fire at Moortsvilla.
Special to The Georgian.
Charlotte. X* C., Dec. 24.—The town
of Mooresvllle. on the Atlantic, Ten
nessee and Ohio railroad, between here
and Htarrsvllle, was visited by a dis
astrous fire Friday, entailing u loss of
nt least $25,000.
the 35,000 acres disposed of will be
1 held for them by the treasury Uepart-
nosscss 70,000 acres of fine grocer iano item m.
and the $24'*#ooo purchase money for ment ut Washington.
A handsome gold headed silk umbrella waa
presented to Judge John F. Wilkinson, ordl
nary of Fulton county, by the clerks at
tached to his office Monday morning. The
presentation • speech was made by Thomas
II. Jeffries, clerk of Judge Prndleton'i
court, In the presence of the donors and t.
tew Interested spectators who happened In
the office at the time. Mr. Jeffries- In msk
Ing the presentation, made sn eloquent,
though brief, speech. In which he paid n
high compliment to Judge Wilkinson.
Moved almost to tears by the remarks of
his old friend, Judge Wilkinson begged to
be excused from making a speech, simply
thanking the givers In a few words.
STATE OFFICIALS GET
CHRISTMAS TURKEYS
State Treasurer R. E. Park and Cap
tain Charles F. Furlow, his assistant,
will enjoy Tuesday as fine a Christ
mas dinner as anybody In Atlanta.
Monday a big turkey, plenty of eran
berries and a quantity of fine oysters
went to the hnmea of these popular of.
ficials. with the compliments of the
Neal Banking Company.
MOTION GRANTED
AGAINST CONTRACTORS
Judge Pendleton ha* granted an In
junction In the auperlor court against
Lane Broa. Company, reatralnlng them
from further work In plowing up the
alley back of the property of the peti
tioner, Richard Boettcher, 107, 169 and
171 Haye* atreet. Petitioner allege*
that the alley I* the only way In which
he can reach the rear of Ilia property,
and thi>' the defendants have blocked
It up. The property Is worth 130,000,
petition states, and Is being damaged
by the work of defendant.
MONTGOMERY P1.EA8ED
WITH APPOINTMENTS.
Special to The Georgian.
Montgomery. Ala.. Dec. 34.—Govern
or-eleet Comer’s appointments, recent
ly announced, are pleasing to the peo
pie of Montgomery.
Charles Henderson, who Is to take
Mr. Comer's place as president of the
railroad commission, was recently
elected by a large vote as associate
commissioner.
tV. D. Nesblt. who takes Mr. Hen
derson's place as associate commission
er, Is not as well known as the other
appointees.
Craig Smith, tvho head* the convict
department, has lived In Montgomery
for many years and has been state
treasurer for a number of terms.
Hugh M. Wilson, who Is u> be on Ihe
board of convict Inspectors, Is one of
the owner* of The Opelika News.
W. E. Fore, the governor's private
secretary, is already popular in tills
city.
Hightower shot Wilmouth was used to
slay Bessie Jones Mondny morning,
and the same which sent a bullet Into
Hightower's own head.
Hightower leaves a wife and three
children, tho youngest only two months
old. Ho Is nbout 33 years old nnd of
a splendid physique.
Coroner Thompson will hold an In
quest over the b<Hly of Bessie Jones on
Monday afternoon.
Jealousy the Motive.
Jealousy Is believed to have been the
motive for the tragedy. It Is known
that Hightower and Bessie Jones quar
reled Sunday, Hightower upbraiding
her for receiving attentions from other
men. He is also said to have previous
ly threatened the girl.
Little Henry Hightower, the 7-year-
old lad who was the only eye witness,
states that hot a word was spoken by
either his father or tho Jones girl at
the time of the killing.
I have heard papa before threaten
to kill Miss Jones,” said the little fel
low, "but he didn't say why he wanted
to kill her. Miss Jones begged papa
to let her live and not kill her.”
Mrs. Hightower, wife of the slayer,
gave no motive for the deed. When
asked If she had ever heard her hus-
band threaten the girl, ahe replied:
"When Miss Jones first came to live
with us, Mr. Hightower told her ho
would kill her If she didn’t conduct
herself like a lady.”
Was a Stenographer.
The dead girl, who until about two
week* ago worked as a stenographer
In the office of the Atlanta Box Fac
tory. had been living with the High
tower fumlly since July 3 last. Mrs.
Hightower states that her husband
brought the girl to the house. Her
home Is at «« Hampton atreet, and her
father Is D. H. Jones, a feed merchant
In Marietta street.
Why Bessie Jones took up her abode
with the Hightower .family Is not
known. A relative of Hightower stated
Monday that the slayer had known his
victim for about live years and that
there appeared to be a mutual Infatua
tion. Mrs. Hightower, It Is stated, sep-
nrated from her husband on one occa
sion because of his attentions to the
young stenographer. They wore living
apart at the time of the Wilmouth
tragedy.
Two Letters Found.
Shortly after the killing two letters
were found In Bessie Jones' room,
showing that her father objected stren
uously to her living at the Hightower
home, nnd that he was endeavoring to
Induce her to come back to his own
home. One of these letters was ad
dressed to Mrs. Hightower, advising
her to send his daughter home, stating
that she was not of age and threaten
ing to send a policeman after both of
them If this was not done. This letter
was dated July 5. 190*. Just two days
after the girl went to the Hightower
home.
The second letter was addressed to
Bessie Jones, Ihe father threatening to
send after her If she did not come home
at once. These two letters ware found
in the dead girl's trunk. Whether Mrs.
Hightower had received the letter writ
ten to her Is not known.
Mrs. Hightower stated to a Georgian
reporter Monday that ahe was aware
her husband and the Jones girl were
together in the front room Sunday
night. How long they had been to
gether, however. Is not known. Mrs.
Hightower said her husband was In her
room during the early part of the
night.
Wif* Terribly Shocked.
Mr*. Hightower was so shocked and
> greatly wrought up over the terrible
tragedy she was unable to make a clear
statement. She wept and moaned al
most continuously and the afforis of
sympathetic women neighbors to com
fort her only seemed to Increase her
grief.
Mrs. Hightower was In her kitchen
at the time of the shooting, shortly
after 6 o'clock, and heard the two pis
tol shot*. Instantly she realized what
had occurred,' but made no effort to got
Into the room. By the time the sound
of the last report tiled away her little
son. Henry, ran screaming front tho
room, nnd. frightened almost out of 111*
wits, Informed his mother of his fa
ther's deed. Retailing her presence of
mind, Mrs. Hightower, weakenod and
almost prostrated by the shock, dis
patched the little boy to the home of
Henry Gault, 12G Powell street, a cou
sin of Hightower. Gault hurried to
the scene and os he entered the house
nnd Mrs. Hightower saw him her
nerves gave way and she swooned,
falling In a faint to the floor.
Police Called In.
Gault then notified Policeman J. B.
Bishop, who was about two block*
away, nnd he took charge of the house.
An Investigation showed that the girl
was dead, on ugly hole In each side of
her head. Hightower, with blood spurt-
Ing from a bullet hole In hie own head,
lay unconscious and apparently dying.
The fatal derringer was taken from
hla hand by Policeman Bishop.
The Grady hospital was notified and
the unconscious slayer taken there In
an ambulance.
To a Georgian reporter little Henry
Hightower. In an excited tone, made
the following statement:
•'This morning mamma told ms to go
In the front room and wake papa.
When I opened the door and started
Into the room I saw papa pick up his
Istol and shoot Miss Jones In the head,
le then shot himself. I then ran and
told mamma. Neither one of them
said anything and I think Miss Jones
must have been asleep.”
Sams Fatal Derringer.
The derringer Is double barreled and
of 41 calibre. This Is the second trag
edy It lias figured In In less than a
year, Hightower having used It at the
time he ended the life of Benjamin
Wilmouth. officers Coogler and Roaser,
after on Investigation, sold they were
satisfied Mrs. Hightower was afraid
of her husband and for this reason
allowed the Jones girl to stay In the
house.
In addition to Henry. Hightower has
two othsr children—Corlnne, aged 2
years, and Gladys Irene, 2 months old.
Halifax, N. R. Dec. 24.—The marvet-
ouh cc-irage nnd unexcelled bravery on
the part of Captain Reid and his crew
saved the live* of 40ft passengers when
tho steamer Strathconla was destroyed
by fire at sea within a little more than
a hour.
With flames bursting from the mid
dle of the stern of the vessel, with tho
panlr-atrlcken passengers huddled hi
their night clpthlng In the bow. the
captain directed streams on the Are.
Tho enginemen and firemen stuck *.o
their posts below, shoveling on the coal
to drive the Strathconla to th* coast
several miles away.
Passengers in Terror.
The glare of the burning ship lighted
up the ocean for miles around. Tho
faster ahe sped toward the land, the,
more the flamee were fanned, until It:
seemed that tho outer edge of terror-
stricken men and women must ba
licked up by them. Finally, after what
seemed an age, the ship’s bottom grat
ed on a reef a short distance from
shore, and all were taken off In boats.
The fire was discovered In tho after
hold. Notwithstanding the efforts nt
Captain Reid anil the crew, tho fire de-.
veloped amaslng headway, and It waa
seen within a quarter of an hour thajb
the vessel was doomed.
Maddened With Faar.
At the cry of fire the passengan,
many of whom were students from
Dolhouslo University, Halifax, rushed
on deck In their night clothes nnd
dashed for the life boats. Tho rush of
scores, maddened with fear, must have
at this point resulted In the loss of life
had not tho officers and crew kept
them bock. The sailors prepared the
boots for use In case the flames envel
oped the entire ship before tho laud
could be reached. Then the passenger*
we*e driven to the front of the boat,
while her nose was pointed for Port
Dufferln.
CHIEF TURNER'S MEN
DO NOT FORGET HIM
Chief Turner of tbs Fulton county police
wa« the recipient of s Christmas remem
brance from the members of the force
Monday. The gift, a handaome gold seat
ring, ha* the Initial “T” set la diamonds
In the i
seal, while Inside the circlet Is cn-
nntler
le ring
Chief
Turner's command. There
FREEDOM 18 GIVEN
ALLEGED M00NSHINER8.
Special to The Georgian.
Macon, Ga., Dec. 24.—United States
Commissioner Erwin has given free
dom to four of the six men brought to
Macon by Deputy Relley on a charge of
moonahinlng. The two men detained
are George Evans and Jesse Goodlsh.
HARPER8 8TILL AT LARGE)
ENGLAND CANNOT RECOVER,
Special to The Georgian.
Mineral BlufL Ga, Dec. 24,—In "Hot 1
House” settlement, three miles west
from Mineral Bluff, late Friday evert
ing Alison England, a quiet. Inoffen
sive young man. wblta driving his team
along the public highway, waa met by
two Harper brothers, who lived near by.
one of whom ordered him to hold up
his hands, and Immediately began fir
ing at him with a pistol, three ball*
piercing hie body, aa he sat In hi*
wagon, from the effects of which he
will die. There Is no chanca for hla
recovery.
The perpetrators of the deed are stilt
at large.
SURVEYING NEW ROAD
THROUGH DOOLY COUNTY;
Special to The Georgian.
Americas, Os, Dec. 24.—The corps
of surveyors locating the Western and;
Gulf Railroad are .pushing the work
this way through Dooly county.
Hon. Crawford Wheatley, one of the
corporators, and who Is tairing a deep
Interest In the connecting line, return
ed Saturday from a trip through Dooly
county, when ha waa Inspecting tho
route and working up the people In tho
Interest of tho Western and Gulf.
ADMITS SHE STOLE
$15,000 FROM STEIN
Utica, N. \\, Dee. 24.—Madeline Kreger,
who, with Franz XledselskI, has bwn ar-
rested here on the charge of stealing $15,000
frqm Charles V. Hteln, of Chicago, nud try-
DR. KIRBY-SMITH
TO RETURN TO CITY
Dr. Reynolds Klrby-Smlth, of the
well-known Southern family and for
mer resident of Atlanta, has resigned
his commission In the United Ntates
Army and will return to Atlanta,
where he will begin the practice of
medicine. He Is expected to arrive in
a short time.
Driver Is Hsld Up.
Special to The Georgian.
Decatur. Ala., Dec. 34.—While re
turning from Auatlqvllle, a suburb of
this city, where he had delivered a load
of coal Saturday night. Worth Red
ding, a negro who drives a coal wagon,
was held up by an unknown man and
robbed of f!l9. |54 of ihe money be
longing to the negro and 15 to the
osl
• rd.
CHAMBER OF COMMERCE
TO BUILD A HOME.
Special to The Georgian.
Macon, Ga. Dec. 84.—A provision for
a sinking fund will bo Incorporated In
the new charter of the Macon Chamber
of Commerce, out of which a hand
some office structure Will be erected ts
provldo a home for the body. Tha
plans were discussed at a meeting und
Secretary Anderson and Attorney
Washington are drawing the charter.
Each member of the body will have a
stock certificate, which will give the
required property Interest In the build
ing and home. Arrangements, when
compIefM, will be such as to require
a steady fund to be set aside as the
sinking fund. This, when sufficient, will
be spent In a handsome building.
SENATOR BACON AT HOME
TO SPEND CHRISTMAS.
Special to The Georrlan.
Macon,' Ga., Dec. 24.—United st.v,-*
Senator A. O. Bacon has returned from
Washington to spend the holiday*.
While In Washington Senator Ba.-on
took an active part In several Ma-Mns
of the senate and seemed glad to
reach hfs home again In time for th*
Christmas festivities.
December 24, IX.
To the thief of Police:
In tho Interests uf lb* .
Iter of the city, jrou are hereby I
that every plaee where i u
liquors are sold, either
lined close at 4 o'clock p. u... ,
hW:. nuil remain cloned until L , . ..
1986, nl 5 o'clock n. m Yon will see th.it
