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Wfeit Has Occurred During the Week
Throughout This Gouutry
and Abroad.
EVENTS OF IMPORTANCE
Gathired From All Part* of
Globe and Told In Short
Paragraph*.
Domestic
A hea vy snow Fail Is reported gen¬
eral over Tennessee.
0, M. Phyfer, a prominent Ripley,
Miss., druggist shot and killed his wife,
and sister-in-law and then red a bul¬
let into ids own head. Phyfer had
been drunk, and the killing was the
result.
The body of Hugo Munslerberg, pro¬
fessor of psychology at Harvard, who
died while delivering a lecture, will
be cremated, and the ashes returned
to the fatherland, Germany,
Princess Caraman Chitnay, formerly
Miss Clara Ward of Detroit, Mich.,
died at her villa in Italy. The cause
of death Is not given. She was mar¬
ried lo Prince Chimay at the age of
17 years, and was divorced some time
later, but had remained in Italy all
her life.
With }hi» spinal cord severed, a
young boy in Koine, Ga., is alive a
week after the accident, which Is con¬
sidered almost a miracle by the Koine
physicians.
Meade it, Sutherland, a prominent
Western’Union official of Atlanta, Ga.,
was seriously injured by being run
over by a runaway automobile irt Rich¬
mond, Va.
President and Mrs. Wilson celebrat¬
ed the first anniversary of (heir wed¬
ding by a long ride, a family dinner
and a trip to the “movies."
A New Pork dispatch says that af¬
ter nii exhaustive test upon rats, mice
and guinea pigs, the. use of radium as
a cure for cancer und tumors has been
found to be a failure.
About two hundred and fifty elk
hunters with fifty automobiles and a
like number of wagons and sleighs
have been stalled for seven days in
the upper West Gaiiatin canyon, six¬
ty miles from Bozeman, Mont., by 30
inches of snow on the level, drifts and
enow slides.
The Brazilian bark Nathtis, with 12
men on board, was lost during a snow
storm oil" Bamegat, on t he New Jersey
coast. The Neihtis was in tow of the
Garibaldo on her way to New York
from Muranham, Brazil, to be convert¬
ed into a steam vessel.
Twenty miners were killed and
seven injured in an explosion in the
Reedy & Ryan coal mine at Stone
Cify, 15 miles southwest of Pittsburg,
Kami.
The Merck aids and Miners’ passen-j
ge£_ fjteqmer Powhatan collided with
arf* unknown ship near Norfolk, Va.,
and had to bo beached. Four mem¬
bers of iter crew were injured.
Mexican '
General Carranza’s representatives
. mi the Mexican-American joint com¬
mission mafle’to the Philadelphia, American mem¬
bers assembled in Pa.,
the admission that the protocol signed
at Atlantic City had not been rati¬
fied.
It Is Indicated that Carranza with¬
held ratification of the Atlantic City
protocol not so much because lie found
the terms impossible, but because Sec¬
retary 1,jme’s attitude made it incon¬
sistent. for him to accept it without,
in* turn, defending the position of Ids
government,
- While Carranza refuses to sign the
fti’otoeol prepared at Atlantic City, he
makes - it clear that he desires no
break wjjh the United States govern¬
ment fit inis time or any other time.
A Mexican courier reached the bor
b«w • front Francisco Villa’s camp in
the Guerrero district of Chihuahua,
with proposals for the United States
government that Villa would refrain
from further destruction of foreign
life and property in Mexico*on condi¬
tion that the United States would not
interfere with his campaign against
the Carranza government.
An > J£1 ■ Paso, Texas, dispatch an¬
nounces that a message from a for¬
eign consul in Torreon, Cobulla. con¬
firms tlie report of the killing of How¬
ard Gray, or Howard Weeks, at Par¬
ra! by Villa followers'.
A French named Alexander Hi can It
was killpd .by the Villa soldiers after
they lmd occupied Parral. according
to a telegram emanating in El Paso,
Texas.
European War
Unofficial estimates place the losses
of the French to day 3,800,000 and the
British 1,300,000.
In the region of Buzeu he soldiers
of Fiyld Marshal von Mackeusen have
Hen itucpessful in minor engage¬
ments.”
On the western Moldavian frontier
the Russians have taken two ridges
of heights.
The kfliser, in a speech to the sol¬
diers in Lorraine, said the Germans
were but instruments of God for di¬
vine judgment, and added that if the
German offer for peace is rejected
•lie "hewing will proceed until our
adversaries have had enough.”
Prisoridrs taken in the latest thrust
at Verdun by . the French total more
than eleven J thousands in addition to
many oann&n and machine guns.
It is stated that all Greek troops
with be withdrawn from Thessaly, and
only a certain number cf Greek sol¬
diers will be concentrated in Pdiopon
tyeums. ’
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THE CLEVELAND COURIER. CLEVELAND. GEORGIA.
French troops have again made an
effective thrust in the Verdun region,
driving the troops of the crown prince
back over two miles and capturing
over seventy-five hundred prisoners,
together with many guns and muni¬
tions of war.
British troops have taken the offen¬
sive in the fighting around the Gar¬
den of Eden, and have taken several
important Turkish positions.
The allied powers have made de¬
mands for reparation for the events
of December 1 and 2, when fighting
took plac? between entente landing
forces and Greek troops, but. the for¬
mula of the demands has not been
announced.
Fighting is in progress between the
Greek regular troops and the French.
This is the report sent out from Ber
iin, and the report further says the
fighting is taking place north of Kai
erina, about 60 miles southwest of Sal
oniki.
Russian troops captured a line
to *
Teutonic trenches on the heights
the south of Agusualia in the region
of the Trotus valley of Roumania.
None of the Bulgarian territory has
yet been captured by the allies.
Washington Advocates otdhe Underwood referen¬
dum amendment to the District of Co
lurnbia prohibition measure say it will
be adopted, ’
Seventeen Americans were killed
by a torpedo fired by a submarine
in the Mediterarnean on the 14th of
December, recording to London dis
patches
The public health service has sent
out a bulletin telling the people to
quit, worrying and study the lower
animals—for instance: “No bird ever
tried lo build more nests than its
neighbor.”
Secretary Baker asks congress to
appropriate $8,500,000 for immediate
use of dependent families o*t enlisted
men and National Guard during the
present fiscal year.
The $75,000 aprpopriated by con- j
gross last session tor a public build
ing at Ripon, \Vi»„ arid which Ripon j j
citizens asked the government to re
tain for an aviation field, was voted
back into the treasury over the protest
of the representative from the Ripon i
district, million House leaders said appropriated several j j
dollars bad been
for aviation and that Ripon bad show
ed it needed no public building,
Genera! Wood and General Scott, j
speaking before the senate sub-corn 1
mitted considering the universal mill- : j
tary training bill, said the mobiliza
tion of the National Guard for border
service wgs a signal failure, and era- :
phasized the urgent need of abandon- .
ing tiie volunteer system as the na
lion’s reliance for defense. j
Frederick C. Walcott of New York, j
who Poland recently investigated conditions Rocke- ]
in and Belgium for the
feller foundation, told a number ’who qf sen- j
ators and representatives met at
Ho* homo of Miss UabeT T. ftottMflten ;
of the Red Cross, that a fund cf live i
hundred million dollars collected in j
this country and offered for relief of
non-combatants in Europe, would be
a powerful peace influence ut this
time.
Every one in official Washington and
in diplomatic quarter* is awaiting with
profoundest interest some word indi
eating what nature of replies will be
received frem the triple entente pow¬
ers in answer lo Germany’s imace pro¬
President Wilson sent the following
to W. W. Marsh, treasurer of j
the Democratic national campaign
’T do not want to be lei"
out In the work cf paying the UeflcJs
ln the campaign which you and voui
associates are working so unselfishly
to make good, i therefore beg that
you will let me contribute and lake
pleasure in enclosing my check for
$2,500.”
Completion of long-iaiked-of plans
for substituting automobiles for pie
tuvesque horse-drawn stages in Yel¬
lowstone National park is announced
by Secretary Lane.
A correspondent at Stockholm. Swc
don, telegraphs that during the meet
ing of the last Roumanian crown conn
cil it was resolved that the Rouman¬
ian foreign office should be (ransport¬
ed to Petrograd, the other ministers
for the present being established at
Kiev. It is also announced that the
Roumanian parliament will Isold its
session at Petrograd.
A London dispatch says tiiai Sylvia
Pankhurst, the militant suffragette,
and a number of sympathizers endeav¬
ored to hold a “demonstration" at the
East India dock gates to demand
peace, but the meeting was broken up
and Miss pankhurst mobbed
After fifteen years of experimenta¬
tion in breeding and selection, plant
specialists of the department of agri¬
culture have developed a second new
variety of the valuable Egyptian cot¬
ton grown in this county.
President Wilson has proved the ac¬
tion of an army court in sentencing L
O. Gardner a National Guardsman of
New Mexico, to dishonorable discharge
and a year in prison at hard labor, for
failure to obey the federal cal! for
border duty last June, but remitted
the prison sentence because the case
had been made as a test case.
The entente powers have decided to
grant safe conduct to Count Tarnow.,
kl von Tarnow,. recently appointed
Austro-Hungarian ambassador to the
United States.
A note of explanation front Germany
in response to the inquiry of the Unit
ed States concerning the sinking of
the steamer Lanao on October 28 lia,
reached the state department from
Charge Grew at Berlin, it says ilia'
the Lanao was sailing under the Brit¬
ish flag and was sunk by a submarine
after provision for the safety of he;
crew had been secured because she
was carrying contraband.
WILL GET $50,000
INHERITANCE TAX
Comptroller general William A. Wright
Claims This is Georgia’s Share Of
The Big Egleston Estate
MUSTBE PAI01N12 MONTHS
y—
Comptroller General Claims Fifty
Thousand Dollars As Georgia’s
Share Of Estate
Atlanta—
The state of Georgia is to receive 5
per cent of the entire Egleston estate
as inheritance tax, according to Comp¬
troller General William A. Wright.
This will amount to $50,000 or more, as
the estate is estimated to be worth
one million dollars.
General Wright made this announce¬
ment December 18 following the re¬
cent decision of Judge Pendleton, in
which the superior court official clear¬
ed up the relation of the original will
and a codicil drawn up later while Mr.
Egleston was in a Philadelphia , , . bosjn
lal - *
When the will was written the to¬
heritance taxwas not a lavv. When the
codicil was written the inheritance law
had been passed, and w hile the cedi
cil ,n ade no specific mention of the m
heritance -ax it provided 'hat the
codicil should be liheraiiy consumed,
Taking ibis to mean that Mr, Egleston
wished the legatees should be pro
vided for first of ali, Judge Pendleton
decided should that, the inheritance tax |
'he estate he paid that, out each of the legatee residue will ofj |
so
receive without any the reduction exact amount for inheritance, ^Wrtded j
tax. I
Comptroller General Wright rules I
that the inheritance tax must be paid I
on the entire amount witliou any ex
eruptions, and that the rate shall be
5 per cent, the limit allowed by the
law. This tax must be paid the state
of Georgia within twelve months after
the death of Mr. Egleston.
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Macon Man Strikes Mother
Atlanta -
Patrolman Newby will never again
permit himself to become locked up
in a room with a crazy man*—that is.
if he can prevent it. He answered a
call to East Macon where . Jennings
Thomas, a white man, measuring six
feet two inches, was on a rampage,
Going into the room where the man
was seated in front of the fire with a
hammer on his knees, Newby made a
grab for the hammer. He missed and
Thomas made for him The insane
«itn’s .mother stepped between them
he struck her twice across rthe
*«ad with the harotfror ihfi.k.Hng serl
ous wounds. He dropped the hammer
and grabbed the policeman, burling
him across the room. When he again
stooped to pick up the hammer, the
policeman escaped,
police reserves were called cm to
.ubHuo the man. who was landed tie
hind The bar of Bibb county jail. He
v , i 11 be tried for lunacy,
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Government Gives Up Right Of Way
Atlanta —
The Western and Atlantic railroad
commission has been notified that the
United States government has relin¬
quished its claims to a strip of right
of-way of the Western and Atlantic
railroad adjoining the national ceme
tPry flt Chattanooga.
This closes negotiations extending
over a period of about fifteen years.
The strip is eleven feet wide and
about half a mile long, and is very
valuable. Its value to the railroad is
enhanced by reason of the fact that
it will permit of the installation of
an additional tract. The original
right-of-way at this point is 66 feet
wide. The national cemetery was oc¬
cupying 11 feet of this width, and the
Cincinnati Southern railroad occupies
-’G feet move of it. thus leaving the
state road but a very narrow strip.
Bryan To Visit Waycross
Atlanta—
William Jennings Brytyi has aecept
! : ed an invitation to spend December
J6 in Waycross, stopping over on his
way from Miami, Fla., to Lexington,
J ' Ky. He will be tendered while a luncheon Way
and informal dinner in
cross and will deliver an address dur¬
ing liis stop-over.
Italy Sends Georgian Home
Atlanta—
Paul Haskell, a prominent Savan
; hah man, has notified his family that
: he will be home from Italy for the
j Christmas holidays. Mr. Haskell is
' understood to have had a very trying
experience in Italy. About three
i months ago he was detained by the
| authorities because of alleged German
connections. It required some time
' to straighten out bis record so that
he could proceed with his business
and return home. His family was
ve / ranch worried about him for a
time.
Record Liquor Shipment
Atlanta—
The ordinary of Fulton county has
made his report to the state treasury
department upon liquor shipments into
j Fulton county for the month of No¬
vember. showing the largest total ship¬
ment of packages and the largest re
turn of money to the state of any re¬
port that has so been made to the
treasury department from any county.
During the month of November, ac
cording to the ordinary's report, a
total of 50,622 packages were received
i in Fulton,
LOOKS LIKE GEORGIANS
REMAIN ON THE BORDER
Artillerymen Will Soon Have Far
More Comfortable Tents Tiian
At Present
Atlanta—
An El Paso dispatch says: The Geor¬
gia artillerymen, encamped at Fort
Bliss had a considerable crimp put
in their hopes of an early , return home
when a caravan of array trucks rolled
up to their camp and began to unload
thousands of pieces of lumber which
are to be used in making floors and
aides for the tents of the Georgia
battalion of artillery.
About three thousand planks were,
unloaded for each of the three Geor¬
gia batteries.
Up tc this time the artillerymen have
been sleeping in the bare, army tens.-,
with their coats on the ground and on
cold nights the men nearly froze.
When the tents are floored and wail¬
ed, however, it will be a much nearer
approach to the comfortable, though
it wili be nothing like home.
Many Georgians take this as ah in¬
dication that they will be kept in their !
several month* , , longer Anortn- . ,
camp
adication of the same likelihood cam
in the news that Rxteen thousand Nx- ;
tionat Guardsmen nave pis, been or
dered home without any Georgia
troiips being included to the order- .
Troops from fifteen different state.
are included in the sixteen thousand
men, but no Southern troops are
among them except of one regiment of
Virginia infantry.
The member.-; of the Georgia artil¬
lery are in fine shape, and they are
making an excellent showing in the
heavy field drills they are now having
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$1,000 _____ Fired O: By Georgia Gunners _
from Ft Paso says that l
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^ a thousand dollars’ worth of
amm unitio n was tired by the Georgia
battalion of artillery at a special
of firing conducted on the ar
target range near Fort Bliss
by United States army inspector.--.
More than a hundred rounds of slump- j |
were fired . and .... each ____u shot ...... was |
worth ten dollars. *
The firing followed a very rigid
equipment inspection, which
all morning on the drill ground
Fort Bliss.
The Georgia boys had a very siren- ,
day. of it indeed. They had re- ,
an hour and a half before sun- j
ate breakfast in the dark and j
up about three hundred hqrses [
the guns just as the sun was rising j
order to be on the drill ground for i
at the appointed hour. Af¬
the long and tedious inspection was j
they ate sandwiches in the field |
started away.
The sun was setting as the last !
was fired by the Georgia artillery j
the men had to make the long
home in the dark, finishing the j
work about 8:30 o’clock, after
hours of continuous work.
Bartow County is Working
Atlanta—
The designated reuse of the Dixie
from Rome to CarteraviUe via {
Kingston is now being improved be- :
ween the Floyd county line and Car¬
Heretofore this eleven-mile
has been In bad .shape, and most i
of the travel between Rome and Car |
iersvilJe has been by another route, j
The Bartow county chain gang is now j
grading the roadbed, eliminating the j
sharp faced with curves, fine and macadam. the link will The be stir j i
route
will pass through Carterwville, a town
of will roach take historic until about interest. the first The of work July j !
to complete, and with this done the j
entire distance from Rome to Chattu- ;
nooga will be a hard-surfaced road l
passable in all kinds of weather. Chat
tcoga county road forces are now coin- j
pleting their link of the highway j
through their county.
Shriners Give Concert For Poor
Atlanta —
Approximately about seven thou¬
sand people thronged the Auditorium
Sunday afternoon to bear the Shriners’
band and chanters give a number of
selections of genuine merit and pop¬
ular appeal.
It was the Shriners’ annual concert
for the benefit of Atlanta’s poor chil¬
dren. and when the collection was tab
en nearly $750 was contributed o
make Christmas- a happy season for
the little! ones.
Oil Wells Bored In South Georgia
Atlanta—
The quarterly report, of State Geolo¬
gist S. W. Callie, which he has just
made to the advisory board of the geo¬
logical survey, reveals the fact that
there is considerable interest now be¬
ing displayed in parts of Georgia as a
possible oil field, and that prospecting
is in progress. Interest seems to cen¬
ter largely in Ware county, where a
well has been bored, and in possible
oil deposits in Ben Hill, Wilcox and
Jeff Davis counties. Inquiries have
come from several sources to the state
department of geology concernin.
these prospects, and Prof. R. R. Rio
state geologist of Pennsylvania, ha
made a trip to Jeff Davis and Ben
Hill counties to investigate.
Wreck On West Point Road
Atlanta.—
Fast passenger train No. 37, New
York to New Orleans, on the Atlanta
and West Point railroad, which lef
Atlanta about 10 o'clock Sunday nigh'
was wrecked half a mile east of Fair
burn. Ga.. at 10:30 o’clock.
Seven cars, including the diner,
were derailed, the first car to jump the
track being the diner, which was turn¬
ed completely over and then fell cross
j wise on the track. In this car wer
5 the cook and porters
PEACE SPURNED
BY GREAT BRITAIN
German Peace Offer Denounced As Noose
To Strangle Allies—France And Rus¬
sia Take Same View.
FULL RESTITUTION REQUIRED
Premier Says German Chancellor's
Speech For Peace Was Realty
Long Paean Of Victory
London.—The announcement in the
house of commons by David Lloyd
George, the new prime minister, that
the first act of his administration was
the rejection of the proposal of the
central powers for a peace conference.
constituted one of the most momen
tons scents which the oldest parlia
icetuary veterans had ever witnessed.
The new premier declared that be
to , be ail , eg wuld eiv , favorable con
<Werati u , K#ch an mvitation they
knwtt . thal Germany was pro
allies’ terms,
* « c01Dli , et e restitution, full
. - an d effectual guarantees” upon'the and
cWrence invite
Mon of , Germany, ,, proclaiming lierselt
victorious, without ... , any f , knowledge ot
■
, hgr proposals , would ,. be „ •■putting ... our „
heads into a noose with the end of the
rope in Germany’s hands.”
Mr. Lloyd George assorted that at
the moment Germany was penning the
note, assuring her convictions as to
ihe rights of other nations, she was
dragging t> e {g ians into slavery.
announced that the no;:e presented
through Washington contained no pro
pos&is of terms, but was a paraphrase
of Chancellor von BeHimann-Hollweg’s
speech and that the allies had sepa¬
rately concluded to reject it, although
they had- informally exchanged views
and would, within a few days, present
a joint reply.
Mr. Asquith, the former premier, sec
onded Mr. Lloyd George's decisions
with even stronger words.
BOSTON PEOPLE VOTE
Vote In Favor Of License Was 53,
459 With 29,997 Against
Local Option
Boston.—Boston voted to continue
the licensed sale cf liquor after the
liveliest campaign o nthe liquor ques¬
tion that the city has had in years
The vote in favor of license was
53,459, with 29,997 against. Last yeai
the vote for license was 46,115 and Sl.
$87 against.
The total vote was the largest ever
east here on the license question,
which overshadowed ali other issues in
;he campaign.
Women holding banners bearing pic¬
tures of small children and the words,
“Please Protect Us by Voting No Li
cense,” were stationed in the vicinity
of most of the polling booths. Motor
trucks and brewery wagons carrying
printed appeals to vote “Yes” were
sent through the city by the iic-ense
forces.
RUSSIANS MUST MAKE
STAN DOR CROSS DANUBE
Only Artillery Actions Are Reported
From Other War Theaters—
Fighting In Carpathians
Berlin.- - Fhe Russian ami Uouman
: n troops, who have been in retreat
before the 1 eutonic allies in Dobrudja
a n- now at a point where they must
erHei cross the Danube or make a
5iiand -
An official communication says that
n Dobrudja the Russians have re
rested pas their newly fortified po
virions in the north and that the Teu¬
tonic allies now are advancing toward
the lower Danube.
Attacks favorable to the Turks and
Bulgarians in the Struma region of
the Macedonian front are reported,
Reciprocal bombardments took place
along the British front in France anu
also along the line in Belgium,
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Girl Awarded $170,000 To Salve Heart
Pittsburg.—Miss Nettie Richardson,
aged, 40. cashier of a hotel, was given
a verdict of $170,000 in her suit for
$503,000 far breach of promise against
Henry Denis:on, aged 78. millionaire
eehise of Swissvale, a suburb.
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3riand Attacked For Conduct Of War
Paris.—Henry Berenger, senator for
Guadeloupe, in the senate, accused thp
i-abinet of weakness and dilatoriness,
nd said the new ministry bad only
brought about a change in personnel.
This was shown in the way in which
he war was being directed—the allies
had been unable to drive the Germans
beyond the frontier. The speaker re
■ Toadied the ministry with defects in
he organization of the economic
f the country and charged that there
had been a lack of organization in the
•reduction of war material.
Special Board Named On Armor Plant
— Washington.—A -“ special - - board of
•\-,',vv officers was I appointed by Seere
arv Daniels ________ to make ________ a ______. study of m site- ______
recently approved by the general board
for Hie projected $11,000,000 govern
menf armor plate plant The general
, board recommenced that no site with
j cLSaf ... . ..
De chosen for reasons of military se
curity in time of war. Final selection
will depend almost upon the selection
of the special board just appointed
Secretary Daniels.
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CONDENSED
Quitman.—Mrs. L' J. Harrell, 79
years of age, the daughter of the late
Judge Isaac Johnson, of Marshallville,
died here.
Columbus.—A Southern railway pas¬
senger train ran over Mrs". Mattie
Elizabeth Martin, 56 years of age,
while she was standing on the track
on Sixth avenue talking to a friend.
She did not notice the train, which
came around a curve. Part of her
right foot was cut off and,her left,
foot broken. She will recover.
Tifton.—Because they leave at
night the number of negroes going
north from Tifton and immediate vi¬
cinity is not generally realized. Labor
agents have been very active in this
section all fall, but so cleverly have
they done their work that officers
have been unable to ger, a line on
them. For several weeks the daily
exodus, it is said, lias ranged from
ten to twenty-five.
< . umbus.-Seventy-two . 0 . .
° negroes Er¬
. f Co, mtous ^.Chicago.
nve ,n “ Some
^eks ago they, with hundreds of oth
er *** f ‘ om tn ' s s< ! WBt
“? nh to 8 at h ‘f h *'****•
{ hose vho . f° od returned ♦ mone say * Chicago, that f - while the
weather there is almost ( unbearable
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cold, and living expenses * are high,
i Many ,, of ot ... those those who who returned returned . , will will ... go s
back to the farm.
Americus.—A short session of the
Sumter grand jury resulted in indict¬
ments being returned against J. W,
! Dennard for cock-fighting and betting
I on cocks and Allen Borch for the same
two charges. The indictments allege
she violations were made on Tha.nk.s
j , giving is said day to be in ... from this ^county. Pine view, ,Dennard Ga., and
j Booreh from Hawkinsville, both white
{ men.
: Decatur.—-DeKalb superior court is
| being extended over the regular term,
■ which closed December 15, till the De
[ cember 23 in order to clear the docket.
j | Charlie Loyd, a negro, who made a
pectaculur escapef rom the superior
! court room by jumping through a sec
| ! ond-story window, has been captured
and pleaded guilty to the charge at
j burglary. He was sentenced to -tSn
| years in the chaingang. The charge
I against him was burglary.
Brunswick.—Plans for the erection
J : of a 5,000-ton dry dock in Brunswick
were made at a meeting of the ofli
cqrs and directors of the Brunswick,
Marine Construction corporation here.
Atlanta.—Anxious to be married in
i Dixie, Roy Butler, a former Atlantlan,
j brouhgt his fiancee, Miss Gertrude
Riehay, all the way from Boston to
j his city to have the Gordian knot ce
! inented, the tying of which was ac
j ••umplished by Judge J. Coy Pearce.
Atlanta.—A number of new faces
; will be seen on the police board at.
; their first meeting in January, and
! there is a likelihood of more changes
in the board March 1, when terms of
several commissioners expire. Rumors
ire abroad to the effect that James L.
Beavers, ex-chief of police, will be giv*
i en a new trial by the police board and
: 1 hat the new members will favor re
; instating him as chief. It is reported,
however, that Beavers will resign im
j mediately upon reinstatement and
| another man— a Beaver's man—will
j he elected to fill the place of chief, and
; that present Chief of Police W. IT.
Mayo will be made chief of detectives.
Americus.—Monday, January 8, th»
, date set for the first trial of the six
■ defendants charged with the murder
. a{ Walter Wade near Americus on
August 17, conflicts with the city
court of Americus, which is scheduled
to convene on the first Monday in Jan-
1 . nary. Judge W. M. Harper, of the
<; ity court will convene at the time
stipulated by law, but that he does
j no t know yet what provision he will
make for business during the week al
] lowed before the Wade cases are call¬
ed. The public interest mainly hinges
on the array of counsel which is being
j gathered in the case. Already there
are fourteen lawyers announced as
| connected with the case. For the state
j there are Solicitor Jule Felton, J. A.
Hixon and Harry Hawkins.
Fitzgerald.—F. A. Greenway was
killed and W. T. Hinson and Mr. Mc¬
Gahee were seriously injured when
the car driven by Hinson ran into
Dodd’s delivery wagon at the Sheri
j 'lan street railway cross. The car,
front seat and Greenway and McGahee
i with Hinson and Elbert Smith on the
rear seat, slowed down to make
_
j ihe crossing. As the car light waa
dim, the occupants of the car did not
the wagon approaching on the oth
i er side of the tracks. The driver of
: he wagon did not see the car. but his
mule, when the car lights flashed up,
was startled and whirled around,
j throwing the wagon directly in front
| of the car. Hinson turned sharply to
the right to avoid a collision and tho
,
ear turned turtle, sending Hinson and
i Smith under the car and throwing
j Greenway and McGahee some distance
away. Green wav, whose neck was
broken, lived abou an hour.
i Valdosta,—Waler M. Kennedy, rail*
road man, was convicted in the Unit-
1 ed States court of violating the Mann
j white slave act. The charge was
‘ brouhgt by the father of a 12-year-o!d
j from who, her home it was at charged, Adel was to lured High
j Springs,
j Florida, where Kenendy is al
' 'eged to have introduced her his
as
niece. The trial of the case consum
e d two days, and Judge Speer will im
pose sentence later.
Maysville.—A thunder storm, follow¬
ed by hail and snow, struck town De¬
cember 18 at 11 o’clock. Clear, freez¬
ing weather followed.
