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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.” - " ‘ ... . 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 « 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. I