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About Wayne County news. (Jesup, Ga.) 1896-???? | View Entire Issue (July 11, 1906)
FREIGHTS COLLIDE And Crews of Both Engines Meet Horrible Death. IMPACT WAS TERRIFIC Victims Were Engineers Atkinson and Hamilton and Firemen Gen¬ try and Pinson, All Old and Faithful W. & A. Employes. In a frightful head-on collision be¬ tween freight trains on the Western and Atlantic road at 2:45 o'clock Mon slay morning ,at King’s bridge pass¬ ing, Just five miles from Chattanooga, Tenn., the engineers and the firemen •of both trains met Instant death. The cause of the accident has not yet been ascertained, and will profi¬ tably remain unknown until the road •completes an Investigation, which was begun Monday. The dead are: W. P. Hamilton, en¬ gineer of freight train No. 8; K. H. Atklason, engineer on freight train No. 13; Oliver A. Gentry, fireman on NO. 13, and It. F. Pinson, fireman on ■No. 8. . In addition to the killed, four men were slightly injured. Immediately af¬ ter the accident fire broke out, which burned the body of Engineer Atkinson, and also burned up one oar loaded with cattle. No. 13 was southbound for Atlan¬ ta. while the other engine was north¬ bound. The two trains had approach¬ ed very near to the passing (>olnt when the accident occurred, Just •exactly how It happened Is unknown. No. 13 was to have taken the switch, but apparently failed to do so, and the real reason why the two engines smashed Into each other may never he known, as both engineers and fire¬ men are now beyond the power of an earthly investigation. Alter the collision the freight cars on No. 13 caught fire, and as there was no way of stopping the blaze they burned until the fire was satiat¬ ed, eight cars being destroyed. In addition to these eight freight cars -OB No. 13, four cars on No. 8 were ■very badly damaged in the collision. Threo of the men killed, Atkinson, ’Hamilton and Gentry, were residents •of Atlanta. Pinson was a resident of Ellljay, Ga. lit. II. Atkinson was 43 years of age and had been connected with the railroad for the past nineteen years, and during that term of service had made a most enviable record, never having had an accident of any con sequenoe to take place. He leaves a wife and six children. W. P. Hamilton, aged 44 years, had •been lu the employ of the Western and Atlantic for the past twenty years and was one of the most com¬ petent and faithful engineers of the road, lie leaves a wife and two cbil •dren. Oliver A. Gentry was 36 years of age, and leaves a wife and three chil¬ dren. The unfortunate man Jumped In an attempt to save his life, but was thrown under the train and his .'body cut in half. .MURDERER DRINKS FDISON. Hancock Escape* Gallows by Taking Carbolic Add. Fred Leslie Hancock, murderer ol Professor Jesse, Troutman, who fig¬ ured in a sensational trial for the •crime at the last term of the circuit •court, committed suicide in his cell In the Escambia county jail at Brew »ton, Ala., Sunday by taking an ounce of carbolic acid. Hancock made his escape from jail May 9 and had just been recaptured in Kansas Glty, Mo. Sheriff Raney returned to Brewton with him last Friday. He left a note In which he ■said he was going where he would receive a just trial, where only the truth was told and where he would not be tried by the prejudice of the ; people. WIRE TAPPERS GET COIN. r Bettors in Various Parts of Country Badly Swindled. For the first time In several years real wire tappers have been success¬ ful in defrauding bettors in many parts ot the country. The wire lead¬ ing into the race track at Windsor, Ontario, was tapped, the correct in¬ formation withheld and false winners were sent to New York, which is a bettfng distributing point. It is esti r mated that from $60,000 to $100,000 'was won by agents of the tappers. HORRORS OF HYDROPHOBIA. Took Three Men to Hold Hinson in Death Struggle. "Lynch Hinson, a moulder, died in Louisville. Ky.. Saturday of phobia. Hinson -was bitten two weeks ago. He had 200 convulsions, -during bis last hours his -were such that it required the •of three Men to hold him in bed. BRYAN STANDS READY To Answer Call of Democracy, But Will Not Work for the Nomina¬ tion—Writes Ex-Senator Jcnes. A Washington dispatch says: For¬ mer United States Senator James K. Jones of Arkansas, -who was chairman of the democratic national committee when W. J, Bryan made his cam¬ paigns for the presidency in 1896 and 1900, has received a letter from Mr. Bryan In which he announces that he will accept the nomination for president for the third time it it is tendered to him. The letter is dated June 18 at Stockholm, and is as follows: "I have been watching political de¬ velopments a»d have noted with grat¬ ification the vindication of democratic principles, you have correctly stated my position. As I wrote to Colonel Wetmore, I shall do nothing to se¬ cure another nomination and do not want one unless the conditions seem to demand it. I may add that I enjoy the freedom of private life and feel that I can do some good without holding any office. “There are, however, certain re¬ forms which I would like very much to see accomplished, and to assist la the accomplishment of these re¬ forms I am’ willing to become the party candidate again, If, when the time for the nomination arrives, the advocates of rerorm are In control of the party, and think that my can¬ didacy will give the best assurance of victory. If some one else seems more available, I shall be even bet¬ ter pleased. “1 need not assure you that I more interested In seeing our princi¬ ples triumphant than I am In the personnel of the ticket. The country needs to have JefTersonlan democracy applied to all of the departments or the government, state and national, and t am content to help make this application. Yours truly, “W. J, BRYAN.'' NO TIDINGS FROM PEARY. Fear Expressed That Explorer Has Perished In Arctic Ocean. That Captain Robert B. Peary has sacrificed his life in the effort to discover the north pole Is the fear of naval men in Washington who are worried by the failure to get any tidings or the ship Roosevelt, which sailed for the arctic regions July 16, 1905. Advices from the American Geo¬ graphical Society add to their fears. Reports are that the weather in the far north this spring and early sum¬ mer was more than usually rigorous —that severe storms have been fre¬ quent and that the Ice is heavy. Con¬ sequently, It Is feared that Peary’s ship may have been ground to pieces by the drifting floes. The explorer's plans, when he left last summer, were to proceed to the farthest possible point of landing north of Cape Sabine and within 500 miles of the pole. There he was to establish a winter base and make all preparations for a dash across the Ice this summer as soon as weather con¬ ditions would permit. This he expect¬ ed would not occupy more than -six weeks, and according to his calcula¬ tions he would reach home not later than October of this year. Esqulmos and dogs, it is supposed, were taken aboard the Roosevelt last summer, for it is on the hardy inhabitants of the polar regions that Peary always relied. It was thought, however, that a whaling vessel might bring somo tidings of the Roosevelt, and the fail¬ ure of any news of the expedition to reach the outside world for so many months is arousing the keenest anx¬ iety. TWO KILLED; EIGHT HURT. Explosion of Gasoline Tank Wreaks Death and Destruction. Two persons were killed and eight injured, three of them seriously, by the explosion of a large gasoline tank on the second floor ot the boiler house if the Cosendal Dye Works at Sagi¬ naw. Mich. CLEMENCY FOR PERJURER. President Pardons Judg e Tanner, ths Partner of Late Senator Mitchell. Former Judge O. B. Tanner, who committed perjury in the trial at Port¬ land, Oregon, of his partner, the late Senator John H. Mitchell, has been pardoned by the president Tanuer committed perjury when ne testified in relation to his partner¬ ship agreement with Mitchell, swear¬ ing that a written agreement had been in existence for years, whereas the agreement was not three months old and was drawn after Mitchell got into trouble. CHOLERA SHOWS DECREASE. S’tuation in Manila Indicates More Hopeful Outlook. ; The cholera situation in Manila has improved. The report at 6 o'clock Thursday night showed nineteen new cases since midnight of July 4, and ten deaths. The report for July 4 shows 28 cases and 19 deaths. Two Americans are dead, but to date only five Americans have been seized with the disorder. rAGGART Chairman Democratic Com¬ mittee Says He’ll Stick. <( KNOCKED” BY HEARST Declares Charges of Gambling Ar*. False and Were Made for Revenge Because Indiana Democrats In¬ dorsed W. J. Bryan. A special from Lick Springs, Ind., says: Thomas Taggart Thursday gave to the Associated Press a statement in reply to the demand made by the New York World that he resign the national chairmaaship of the demo cratic party: “The World has allowed itself to be Imposed upon by the false and scandalous publications of a rival newspaper, whose editor Is my per¬ sonal enemy for reasons beat know* to himself. “There has been no raid nor at¬ tempted raid upon the French Lick Springs hotel, nor has such a thin* been thought of save by Mir. Hearst and his correspondents. “A building owned by the French Lick Springs company, wholly dis¬ connected from the hotel property, was leased to a party to be used for billiards and bowling alleys with a strong clause against gambling In the lease. After a time this tenant permitted gambling. We brought suit for the annullment of the lease and demanded judgment. He appealed the case, and It Is now pending trial In the present term of court. "The authorities have supplement ed our efforts to suppress gambling by raiding the building, and that Is all there Is to the grossly sensational publications In which The Wlorld has placed credence. “The French Lick Hotel company has not and will not tolerate gam¬ bling in any form on its premises. This is attested by the court rec ords, which show our efforts to sup¬ press it, and It is well known to Mr. Hearst, who, with such knowl¬ edge, continues the publication oil his vindictive and libelous falsehoods. I regret that The Wlorld has seen fit to dignify these atrocious false hoods by editorial mention. ■•The proposition that I should re sign is preposterous. It deserves and will receive no attention. “T. TAGGART.” Intimate friends of Mr. Taggart,who are usually authorized to speak for him, call attention to the fact that on June 7th the Indiana democratic convention, indorsed W. J. Bryan for the presidential nomination In 1898, and attacks on this action followed, the action of the convention being at¬ tributed to Mr. Taggart’s Influence. Judge Thomas Busklrk at Paoll has grated a continuance of the French Lick and West Baden cases till July 13 on the promise in the meantime that no gambling will be allowed at either place. Fifty additional affidavits were filed by the state Thursday against the eleven attendants of the Casino ar¬ rested when the raid was made. Tho total number of affidavits against them is now seventy-two. John W. Kern, of counsel for the hotel companies, during the argument in court, called attention to the dam¬ age that had been done to the two properties, valued at $2,000,000 kin account of the publication of the raids and insisted that the hotel companies had no control of the Casinos what¬ ever; that the Casinos had been leas¬ ed to third parties for a term of years and after the leases had been signed the hotel companies had brought suit to cancel these leases upon finding that gambling was being allowed i» the Casinos, and that these suits are now pending. ___ CHOLERA INVADES MANILA. Disease of Most Deadly Type Break* Out Among Natives. Cholera of a virulent type has broken out among the natives of Ma nila and surrounding provinces. Four Americans in Manila have been strick¬ en to date, and there has been one death of an American, that ol Charlea Sheehan. Twenty-one cases and six¬ teen deaths were reported Tuesday. The provinces report twenty-six cases and twenty-five deaths. The disease is one of the most deadly types. The suburbs near Fort McKinley have been quarantine. , ON CHARGE OF LARCENY. Son of President of Nicaragua is Ar rested in Washington. Alfonso Zelava, son of the presi¬ dent of Nicaragua, was arrested in Washington Thursday and locked In a cell at the first precinct station on a warrant charging petit larceny. Mr. Zelava recently was married to a young lady in the city. m SL Food For the Plant* Do not be afraid of getting too much commercial phosphate under the crop, except nitrate of soda, which should be used as a top dressing on all pul¬ verized plants. Stray Tool*,' If some farmers would just calculate the time they sometimes use up in hunting for tools that have gone astray there would very shortly be a “place for everything and everything in its place.” It doesn’t pay to use up a dol¬ lar’s worth of time to hunt for a fifty cent tool that has been lost or mislaid. Now That You Are Pro»peron», There Is no getting over the fact that at the present time the greater major¬ ity of the American farmers are pros¬ perous and fairly well fixed financially. This being the case, isn’t the present a most opportune time for you to send your son, or sons, to some good agri¬ cultural college or school? By so doing you can assist him in his pursuit of knowledge, which will, in after years, be of untold assistance to him in ad¬ vancing the business of agriculture and making himself independent of oth¬ ers, so far as this world goes.—New York Witness. Alfalfa at a Ho* Foot!. At one of the Canadian institutes a speaker said that “In no way will alf¬ alfa yield a larger return than as a pasture for hogs. A great many of the farmers are doing this, and are getting very large returns. I know one who kept ten head of hogs to the acre of alf¬ alfa, and they were not able to keep it down, and he cut it for hay once and got a ton to the acre. It is possible to grow good large hogs on alfalfa with¬ out any other food, but the best results have been obtained from feeding a small amount of some other food along with It, such as corn. I would feed about two ears per day to hogs pas¬ tured on alfalfa,” Why Plowing Kill* the Bag*. On most soils fall plowing lays the ground open to the action of the ele ments, rendering fertility available, loosening and fining the soil and de¬ stroying Insects and vermin. Another advantage is that it enables the farmer to sow his grain earlier than he other¬ wise could, for at the first thawing, be¬ fore plowing Is possible, he could sow his wheat. Besides, If it should be a bug year he gains on them by early planting, and the grain is out of the way before the chinch bug becomes uu merous. The harrow cannot be used too much for surface fitting. The roller Is a dan¬ gerous implement except on light sandy soils. If used on heavy lands if should generally precede sowing and at least one harrowing lollow it. On fall plotted lands disking and harrowing In the spring is sufficient. Plowing may safely be omitted when the wheat fol¬ lows corn or some clean-cultivated crop but on grass lands or where weeds or other growths are prevalent It Is best to plow to a depth of five inches, turn¬ ing under ail green growth, then pre¬ pare with disk and steel-tooth harrows. Don’t skimp the harrowing, it is the Important part.—Farming. Kohlrabi For Stock*. This root is cultivated much in the same way as Swede turnips, but is somewhat more hardy—that is, bears a little more roughing it in a general way. Manure at the rate of sixteen tons of good farmyard dung to the acre, work the ground to a fine tilth, and drill on the flat as soon as the ground Is ready. It is a characteristic of the crop that It may be varied in Its time of sowing from early In April un¬ til after mid-summer. It is really of the cabbage family, and, like the cab¬ bage, may be transplanted. If It is found more convenient to rear the plants on a nursery bed. Unlike the Swede, it flourishes on clay land. If sown directly in field, drill In rows twenty inches apart, four pounds of seed per acre, lightly roll to cover the seed and to leave a level surface to the ground. Top dress as soon as the plants appear with some active dress¬ ing—say, guano—at the rate of 400 pounds per acre, or it may be sown as soon as the seed is drilled, or even with the seed Slngle the p i aTlt s out In due store in precisely the same man ner as niangel or Swedes, and serve to stock in a similar manner. It is claimed for kohlrabi that when served to dairy cows it does not make the but¬ ter strong, as Swedes are so apt to do. There are only two varieties in use— the “short top” and the “hardy green.” Both are suitable for field or garden. The former is the earlier, but the latter suits sheep and lambs quite as well— probably a bit better.—Boston Cultiva tor. Kenov*tliii * IT or**. Farm horses generally have a hard spring, as arrears of work have to be caught up hurriedly, and the soil is exceptionally heavy to work. The horses will, undoubtedly, enjoy and benefit by a rest or less work, and be iD ? out at tbe S™ 88 is a great ease ’ nient in many ways. The buggy or riding: horse on the farm is not usually overworked, and unless on extra duty the grass alone should keep it in condi tion. Any partial cripples that have been ma,le as much use of as P ossib1 -^~ and an old horse or two are often very useful on the farm—should be given a complete rest on the grass to recoup against haying time. When there is a milk run, the milk cart horse is the one which has as much hard work to do as any one on the farm. He is at it daily, Sunday included, which sooner or later generates weakness, mostly in the legs, and a rest on the grass is not only well merited, but highly advan- a as. ta^eous, especially if given in time, anil before the horse has become a chronic cripple. and When these horses are put out rested a month or so—and this is none too long—they should hare their shoes taken off and run barefooted. Hacks which have been much employed dur tng the winter, but are now not so much used, should never be kept in the stable, as a run at grass is much the better way of either resting or im proving them, if the winter work has been hard and the horses are run down, the sooner the rest and grass cure is begun the better. To run them on till the fall will only increase their ail¬ ments, while a rest in time will often quite cure deficiencies, which, if let go or aggravated .by further cause, may end in serious loss or permanent flaws. A horse that really needs a rest should have nothing short of one month. Two wou!4 be better in many cases, while three months will rejuvenate most animals in a satisfactory manner. If possessed of any ailments which no veterinarian can relieve or remove, this attention should be given when grazing begins, or grazing should fol¬ low the treatment closely, if It cannot be accomplished when on grass and out The most favorable land for re¬ cruiting horses is that of a marshy character. Leg and foot ailments are the most common, and soft ground is desirable as a remedy, but it should always be associated with good grass. A good water supply should invariably be a condition of horse grazing fields, which should be absolutely free of barbed wire, broken rails or sharp pro¬ jections, which are likely to enter either foot or body. Shade in hot weather is also enjoyed, and if not suf flciently supplied by trees, an open shod should be erected. In that case rough, strong posts and any bind of cool roof answer the purpose perfectly, —W. R, Gilbert, in Massachusetts rlougbman. * V , JE*g-Eatlng Habit. “The egg-eating habit is laid to a good many causes. However, in my experience I have seldom noticed it where plenty of oyster shall or shell forming material was at hand. It generally has its beginning where fowls get to laying soft-shelled eggs. There are two reason for this—a soft shelled egg is an invitation to a fowl to help itself and also If they did not need the shell element they would not lay soft shells unless in the case where the fowls are over-fat,” says C. A. Stone in Poultry Standard. “There are a good many remedies, but I have never run across any that were abso¬ lutely sure every time. The most prac tical way I have ever struck is to catch the leader, if possible, at the very be ginning, before the flock has learned the trick, and apply the hatchet cure, Or where -the habit is universal supply all the oyster shells they can eat. Keep them hustling for their feed. Gather the eggs as often as possible; don’t leave any In the nest If you can possibly help it Also supply a liberal amount of animal food, a piece of raw meat hung up where they will have to for it will detract their atteu tlon, as with other habits. Then stock up with a number of loaded eggs. a few eggs and cr-ck them keeping the shell as whole aa Then make a paste, mixed with a liberal supply of red pepper, too much for comfort, or similar; now by filling the we have an egg which, if sup soon. This remedy combined with keeping the nests in a dark loca¬ tion will almost always effect a cure." Farm and Garden Note*. There is no soil too good for the gar¬ den. Poor seed In good soil is making a poor use of a good thing., For the best and most tender vegeta¬ bles the ground must be rich. Every orchard that is well cultivated can be made to pay handsomely. Keep the stables clean; standing in wet manure tends to make the feet of the horses tender. Systematic training is of value in handling young colts; teach them one thing at a time and loarn it thoroughly. With poultry, as with other farm products, one secret in being able to secure good prices lies in the offering of good stock. The proper way to feed corn to young chickens is to give in a crushed or cracked condition, and it may be fed dry or scalded. In breeding for color, always select birds a shade darker than the color you want to breed, as fowls are in¬ clined to breed lighter. ' The crowding together of young chicks is productive of more evil than almost any other form of mismanage¬ ment, and especiallly so in summer. Catch the first toad you see and place it in the garden. Aside from his usefulness in catching insects he is an amusing creature, for when he stands he sits and when he runs he hops. Seeds of all vine crops may be sown on inverted sods in the cold frame. After danger of frost has passed, the sods and plants should be removed In¬ tact to prepared hills in the garden. Place four plants to the hill. In the mountains of Panay and other islands of the southern Philippines moths can be scraped up by the quart The natives have learned tc prize them as an article of food, and they now collect and eat them in large . D? PRICE'S WHEAT FLAKE CELERY FOOD a perfect food, as it contains the St essential elements to sup energy r tor the , performance . ^he various body functions, Its .... daily tends , to strengthen , use j regv & d ate the bowels, 10 JO cents a package For sale by all firooers CATCHES RABBITS IN NUMBER, Victim Trap* Himself and Reset* The Snare for Others. Consul General Bray reports from Melbourne that a new rabbit trap is being used in Australia with great success, whereby rabbits may be caught alive in very large numbers. It is used in connection with small trap yards, diagrams for the construc¬ tion of which are supplied by the patentee of the traps. The trap It¬ self is 18 inches long, 12 Inches high and 6 inohes in width. It has a bal¬ anced moving floor and a door at each end, which opens and closes au¬ tomatically. The weight of a rabbit on the inverse end of a floor closes the door behind him by which he has entered and opens the door in front leading to the trap yard, so that the rabbit has no option but to go on, and when he leaves the trap it goes bock to its former position, thus re seting itself. The small trap yards are constructed of doable-wire netting fences, in the spaces between which green fodder or hay is cultivated or provided, and, although these foods cannot be reached by the rabbits, it gntices them to enter through the Jraps to try and get out the from the other side. Two, more traps may be used in tlon with each trap yard. The inven tion has been tried with great sue cess on several extensive ranches in Australia, and the inventor has a number of certificates from leading ranchmen, one of whom states that with two of the traps set at a small wat0 r hole he caught G30 rabbits ia one night. Excessive Use of Ices. It was estimated a few years ago that the Ice cream consumed during tb0 summer months In the city of Cincinnati alone would « e a m. aln taller than the hlg est P u building in the city. This gives u a faint Idea of the extent to w ich the American people use ices and a kinds of iced drinks. physicians tell us that ices eaten hurriedly or in large quantities ar rest digestion and are otherwise in jurious. In addition to this, much of the Ice cream sold In cities is of the most Inferior kind and the cheep flavoring as well as the ingredients use( j j n ■•‘doctoring” it, and the fact that jt is frequently left standing for seve ral days at a time render it most un healthful. The English give us an example of moderation in the use of ices that we might well Imitate and the sooner we learn to check our appetite along Says the Richmond Times Despatch —"France has more small proprietors than any other country in Europe of the same size, These men suppor: the government." DOCTOR S SHIFT New Gets Along Without It. A physician says: “Until last fall I used to eat meat for my breakfast and suffered with indigestion until the meat had passed from the stom¬ ach. “Last fall I began the use Grape-Nuts for breakfast and ve soon found I could do without mea for my body got all the nourishment necessary from the Grape-Nuts, and since then I have not had any indi¬ gestion and am feeling better and have increased in weight. “Since finding the benefit I derived from Grape-Nuts I have prescribed the food for all of my patients suf fering from indigestion or over-feed ing and also for those recovering from disease where I want a food easy to take and certain to digest and which frill not overtax the stom¬ ach. “I always find the results I look for when I prescribe Grape-Nuts. For ethical reasons please omit my name.” Name given by mail by Pos tum Co., Battle Creek, Mich. The reason for the wonderful amount of nutriment, and the easy digestion of Grape-Nuts is not hard to find, In the first place the starchy part of the wheat and barley goes through various processes of cooking to per¬ fectly change the starch into Dex¬ trose or Post Sugar, in which state it *• ready to be easily absorbed by the blood. The pans in the wheat and barley which Nature can make use of for rebuilding brain and nerve centres are retained in this remark¬ able food, aad thus the human body is supplied with the powerful-strength producers so easily noticed after one has eaten Grape-Nuts each day for a week or 10 days. “There’s a rea¬ son.” Get the little book, "The R-oad to Wellville,” ia pkgs.
