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VOL. XXXIII—NO. 48.
I OF
f THE GEurtGIA GAME
I LAW COMES TO GRIEF
I HAD TO PART WITH A TEN SPOT
H * 1
| GAME WARDEN M. F. BOISCLAIR LAYS DOWN THE LAW WITH
I REGARD TO HUNTING IN WHITFIELD COUNTY—THE NEXT
I VIOLATOR WILL HAVE TO DIG UP A TWENTY SPOT.
The first victim of the violation of
jthe game laws passed by the last legis
lature of Georgia got it “ in the neck ’ ’
this morning, to use a phrase of the
street.
Game Warden M. F. Boisclair has
had his eyes peeled every day since
he was appointed to the wardenship
and at nights has slept with one ’eye
open for the violators and last night
his watchfulness was awarded and the
result is that the offender is out a ten
spot of the palimpsest, that like the
money of old, “is curren with the
merchant,” and the state and her
guardians are in the like amount with
an additional sura for costs.
A sporty coon from Atlanta with
I hunting proclivities, shouldered his
trusty musket yesterday and went
poaching. Mr. Boisclair got wind of
his nimrodship and went on the trail
and as a result Frank Mays, who has
[been visiting some colored friends in
H litfield, wi'j not be able to splurge
pround the Gate City with big
Ito relate of the njamber bf fame he
I BUILDINGS
I FOR DALTON
I I THE SOUTHERN RAILWAY TO EX
I | TEND A SIDE TRACK TO DO
I SERVICE FOR THEM—FINE
I CUTLOOK FOR GREAT FUTURE
I I GROWTH-SOMETHING DOING.
Southern Railway continues to
improvements in Dalton to meet
■■the increased business it is getting
and for the business people and
here.
■ Arrangements have been perfected
BHfor continuing one of its tracks on
imvard the lot formerly occupied
the old knitting mill. This track
nm under the Gordon street
■■L'iike an( j will serve (] le Showalter
U<-onipany on the east side of that
■mlniiMing and will go on further north-
BB AT iml in order to serve the Smith-Hall
company also. It is under
that this wholesale grocery com-
B^*P ail , v will erect a. big warehouse in the
■^■ rP;) r of the handsome new business
now under construction. It is
U < ' ll ' l > stated that another concern will
utile a ] ar g e two story building on
l (| t formerly occupied by the old
■ n itting mill and that the new Sou-
ra ilway side track will serve it
V". The new track will be raised
|H a hont eighteen inches above the level
|H r T the rails on the main line of the
|H 1s R lowly but surely coming to the
■jfmnt as ] lap a p along been predicted
|H ■ The Argus. The hotel and opera
|H O’ise and probably a new drug store
arp happily on the way.
B The political luck just simply re
The cards have been stacked
H a dozen times, but he catches four
every time the pot is worth win
—Albany Herald.
THE DALTON ARGUS.
bagged or the many more he winged.
Frank was apprehended by the lynx
eyed wardens and deputies and today
with his tale of innocence of the law he
was made to disgorge the “tenner” in
the court room of Justice S. B. Felker.
Mr. Boisclair saw to it also that
Frank possessed himself of a state
license before he could fire another
cartridge.
Mr. Boisclair desires the Argus to
state as emphatically as possible that
neither he or any of his deputies will
allow any guilty man to escape and it
w’ill make no difference what his oc
cupation, or color or age or previous
condition. Standing in the communi
ty will cut no figure if any one vio
lates the game law are going after
them and that Frank was let off so
light because it was the first offense
but all, hereafter, will have to “dig”
up “twenty dollars bucks,” in the
language of Ben Welch, the comerian.
The act will be no comedy affair,
however. Now is the time for local
nimrods to watch out cfr the warden
will 1 ‘ git -ver.”
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EVER SINCf “
THE DAYS Os
CAPTAIN KIDD
THE YANKEES THINK THERE’S
MONEY HID, OR A JOKE THAT
WAS DISCOVERED BY JUDGE
ANDY LONGLEY YESTERDAY.
Quite a bit of excitement was caus
ed Monday by the report that two
new made graves were to be found
over on the big hill just south-east
of the city.
Judge Andy Longley and Chief
Fincher got out the black Maria and
with some help went over to the place
designated and there sure enough were
two newly made graves. One of them
was about eight by three and the oth
er six by two feet. They at once be
gan to remove the new-made earth
and the men worked with a vim owing
to the excitement of an alarming ex
pectancy. Just before the bottom
was reached a bright little girl came
up and told the men that a few days
before the recent rain two men spent
two days digging the graves and said
they were looking for some pots of
gold. Judge Longley then saw the
joke was on them for he knew the
propensity of two Daltonians who
have frequently made trenches in and
around Dalton on her hillsides under
the belief that gold was around here
somewhere, having been hid by the
Indians. All of which reminds one
of the old couplet:
Ever since the days of Captain Kidd.
The Yankees think there’s money hid.
Hon. E. B. Russell, editor of the
Cedartown Standard was in the city
yesterday afternoon, and when asked
about the gubernatorial situation in
his “deestrick” said there wasn’t any
situation.—Romt Tribune.
LEADING PAPER OF NORTH GEORGIA. BEST ADVERTISING MEDIUM IN PIEDMONT SECTION.
DALTON, GEORGIA. THURSDAY OCTOBER 26. 1911.
LOUISIANA
’ SHERIFF IN
BAD REPUTE
A MURDER TRIAL STOPPED TO
INVESTIGATE CHARGES
A SENSATION IN THE N’REA CASE
District Attorney Says He Has No
Confidence in the Fairness of the
Special Venire Summoned to Try
the Case.
Opelousas, La., Oct. 25—Develop
ments of an unexpected nature, em
bracing sensational charges against
Sheriff M. L. Swords, of this parish,
and involving the integrity of the spe
cial venir of 150 talesmen which the
court had ordered summoned for jury
duty, brought a sudden halt to the
trial of Mrs. Zee Runge Mcßea, for
the alleged murder of Allan Thurman
Garland. Immediately following the
carges, which were filed by the prose
cution, counsel for the defense, filed
a motion that R. Lee Garland, district
attorney, be barred from active par
ticipation in the trial.
Judge Pavy will announce his de
cision on the motion to bar District
Attorney Garland from participating
in the trial immediately and thereaf
ter the .charges against Sheriff Sword
. .lull ba.it aken up- - .
No progress was made today in the
selection of a jury. The two jurors
chosen yesterday are the only two in
the box.
At 3:30 this aftrnoon, following two
short adjournments because of the lack
of talesmen, only 43 of ti e 150 ve
nirmen had been brought hito court.
At this juncture. Acting District
Attorney DuMuisson filed his‘motion
for the dismissal of the special venire.
Tn an affidavit he alleges that Sheriff
Swords, in executing the court’s or
ders to summon the extra venire, had
been accompanied by Pickens Butler,
“a man identified with and activly
engaged in assisting the defense of
the accused.”
“The mover, as the sworn repre
sentative of the state in this case,”
continues the affidavit, “had no con
fidence whatever in the fairness and
impartiality of a venir of talesmen
selected and summoned under such
circumstances.”
Captain A. D. Hendriques, of coun
sel for the defense, then submitted
his motion that Attorney Garland be
barred from active participation in
the trial, the grounds being that he
had been recused because he was an
uncle of the deceased, he was now in
eligible to assist in the prosecution.
Mr. Garland, although recused on his
own motion several weeks ago, has
actively assisted in the trial thus far.
Tn a brief interview today with an
Associated Press representative Mrs.
Mcßea expressed confidence in estab
lishing her innocence.
“If there are not twelve fair men
in St. Landry Parish,” she said, “I
shall feel sorry for the parish. I
know twelve such men ean be found
and am confident of my acquittal.”
GEORGIAN A SUICIDE.
Brother of Legislator Bell Shoots
Himself.
Athens, Ga., Oct. 25—Lying in bed
this morning while his wife prepared
breakfast Mark B. Bell, an older bro
ther of Representative Thomas M.
Bell, of the Eighth Georgia district,
committed suicide, shooting himself in
the head. The reason for the act is
not known.
GEORGIAN
FOUND WITH
THROAT CUT
C. W. MORRIS, OF LaGRANGE
DEAD IN TAMPA.
OFFICERS WORK ON MURDER THEORY
Body Found in a Lonely Cabin—a Ra-
zor and Bible Found in the Hands
of the Cadaver—Who He Was.
Tampa, Fla., Oct. 25 —With his
throat cut in three places, the body
of a man known as Charles W. Mor
ris, of LaGrange, Ga., was found in
an isolated cabin eight miles from
Tampa yesterday. The body was in
a bloodsoaked bed, in the right hand
was an open razor and under the dead
man’s head was a Bible.
The circumstances surrounding the
death are mysterious, officers express
ing the opinion that it is a case of
murder. This belief is based on the
razor in the dead man’s hand and the
number of wounds, any one of which
would have caused death. One of the
cuts almost severed the head from the
body. Morris, who came to Tampa
several months ago, at first stated that
he was from Oklahoma City. Later,
it was stated he had been living in
Atlanta. Search amtnTg his pffects’to
day disclosed a letter apparently writ
ten by his wife, in which she inti
mated that he had better go to South
America, where she would join him
later. Another letter signed D. V.
Stevens, LaGrange. Ga.. was found and
a telegram was immediately sent to i
this address informing him of Mor
ris’ death. He answered to have the
body turned over to an undertaker and
stated that he would leave immediately
for Tampa.
Morris had been employed recently
at the Tampa stock farm. He didn’t
show up to work Monday or yesterday
and a friend went to bis small cabin
where he had been living, to look for
him. There he discovered the body.
Officers here advance the theory that
Moris was killed by someone whom
he had wronged, a stranger having
been noticed in the vicinity recently.
This theory is also based on some
letters which the officers decline to
make public. Pat Williams, the man
who discovered the body, is in jail,
held as a witness. The remains of
Mo"-" —■ re interred yesterday after
noon, being in a state of decomposi
tion.
JUDGE T.J.OVEBY
MARRIED AGAIN
Hon. T. J. Oveby, of Fairy, Geor
gia, was in the city this morning.
It is not generally known, but is a
fact that the Judge has again taken
unto himself a wife.
Some two weeks ago he came over
into this county and married Mrs.
Charles Spann, out near the store of
Clines Cross Roads, not far from
Dawnville. Reverend 11. D. Keith
performed the ceremony for his old
time Murray friend. The bride’s
maiden name was Bryant and was a
daughter of the late James Bryant,
who lived up near the Tennessee line,
not far from the dairy farm of R. W.
Weatherly.
The marriage was kept secret both
'by Judge Bogle and Judge Oveby for
reasons beet known to themselves, but
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NEGROES THREATEN
TO DESTROY WHITES
OUT IN OKLAHOMA
>■ I ,
AN UPRISING OF ELEVEN MOBS >
s
MUSKOGEE NOW FACING A TER RIBLE RACE WAR—HUNDREDS
OF WHITES PREPARING TO A SSIST THEIR NEIGHBORS—MILI
TIA CALLED OUT—TELEPHO NE WIRES ARE CUT.
Muskogee, Okla., Oct. 25 —With re
ports and rumors constantly coming in
that 11 mobs, made up of more than
1,500 desperate, heavily armed negroes
are marching on Coweta, Okla., de
termined to destroy the town and wipe
out every one of its white inhabitants,
hundreds of white men here begun the
aid of the besieged white families in
the race war stricken town.
About 50 members of the local mil
itia company are now in Coweta, and
stood guard throughout the night, per
mitting the white men of the city to
get a little more sleep and prepare
for the battle which every one feels is
certain to come.
Telephone wires from Coweta were
cut about midnight, and it is impos
sible to get any news of the negro
army of attack. The negro mobs are
believed to have cut the wires to pre
vent the white men from sending for
STOCKHOLDERS
OF THE NEW
BANK TO MEET
*
A CALL WILL BE MADE IN A DAY
OR TWO—WILL PROBABLY BE
KNOWN AS THE BANK OF DAL
TON.
There will be a stockholders’ meet- j
ing of the Bank of Dalton at the office
of Mr. Dennis Barrett at ten o’clock
on the morning of Tuesday, October
31st. *
All of thos who have subscribed to
the stock of this, the third, bank for
Dalton, are urged to be present when
it is understood the organization will
be perfected and probably the elec
tion of officerk take place.
It is known that three well known
architects will submit plans for the
bank’s handsome new building to be
erected on the Hamilton street lot just
next south of the postoffice which was
recently bought from the Green estate
by Air. John Holland and transferr
ed to the new banking company.
These sketches may be shown at the
meeting.
—
RINGGOLD BUSINESS MEN
FORM AN ORGANIZATION
Ringgold. Ga., Oct. 25—At a very
enthusiastic meeting wich was held
here quite a number of the represen
tative citizens met and effected a per
manent organization.
The object of te organization is to
m- re successfully advertise the busi
es interest of the town and com
u.. iity and to encourage all matters
of general improvement throughout
this section. The movement has been
on foot here for some time.
those who know him say it was due
to his modesty. Judge Oveby was the
ordinary of Murray county for twelve
years and made a splendid one. It
is said that he never had a decision of
his carried up or reversed. His friends j
have been congratulating him.
ONE DOLLAR A YEA*
further aid.
Whether the battle of extermination
has already begun, no one here can tell.
Relatives of Coweta people who live
here were awake throughout the night
trying to obtain some news from the
besieged town.
Several posses of armed white men
left in automobiles early this morning
for Coweta. Others will follow as
rapidly as they can be organized and
armed.
Great anxiety for the safety of the
town is expressed because the race
war became desperate so quickly that
the white men did not dare send their
women and children out of town. They
feared the negroes might attack and
massacre them. Women and chiNren
have spent many anxious hours in bar
ricaded houses, while fathers, hus
bands, sons and brothers stood guard
with loaded rifles.
DALTON MASONS
Min t S I
MAY BUILD
LODGE SOON
A COMMITTEE WAS APPOINTED
BY WORSHIPFUL MASTER F. T.
HARDWICK MONDAY NIGHT
TO DEVISE WAYS AND MEANS
FOR SUCH.
•
Chapter No. 105, Blue Lodge of Free
and Accepted Masons of Dalton, held
a most interesting and entertaining
meeting Monday night.
Worshipful Master Frank T. Hard
wick presided and called upon every
one present for a few words and every
one responded and the result is that
the meeting was a most enthusiastic
revival of Masonic interests here.
A committee has been appointed to
devise ways and means for a new
lodge and it is possible that some of
structiony thm thm -?tsc
the new buildings in course of erec
tion and proposed to be erected will
have added to it a fine lodge room of
ample proportions.
THE MAHION MAKES
REDUGIIOIi II! PRICES
The Marion, Dalton’s new vaudeville
house, had things working smoother
last night.
Everything is in ship shape now
and the prices have been reduced.
Matinees will be put on as soon as
the city can furnish current in the
daytime.
| The personel <jf the attachees is
as follows:
Mrs. Nancy Langston, treasurer.
Mike Brock, stage carpenter and
painter.
| Jim Foster, stage manager and elec
trician.
Roy Foster, chief usher and door
man.
W. E. Quillian, musical director.
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