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VOLUME I , HK DEATH HJIISOm 1 Was Chief Moore of Ash burn Victim of Enemy? Ashbtirn, Ga., Dec. 31. —With the passing of another day no ad ditional light has been shed upon the death of Chief of Police J. B. L. Moore of this place, and al though many theories have been advanced, none of them appear to be satisfactorily supported by the truth. Chief Moore was found about 1 o’clock yesterday morning on a back street, with a bullet hole in the back of his head, and his re volv&r clutched tightly in his hand. He was lying upon his face, with the revolver under him. For several days three or four rough characters, white men, ■ have been hanging around Ash burn, and after being told by Chief Mopre that they had better leave town or have charges of disorderly conduct lodged ■ against them, were heard to have made threats that they’d kill Moore. Several people state that about 7 o’clock they beard shots down the street, where later Moore’s body was.fqund. At the time •but little was thought of it. Moore was in the habit of go ing home for the night about 7 o'clock. At 8 o’clock he had not arrived, and his wife, alarmed for his safety, telephoned up town inquiring for him. Immediately .the threats of the strangers were recalled and several searching parties were organized. Shortly after midnight one of the posse found the dead body. The suspected strangers have not been seen in Ashburn since ■ early yesterday afternoon, and it is not known where they are. Their descriptions have been furnished to nearby towns pend ing developments. In the meantime two theories are held as to the cause of death. • -In substantiation to the suicide supposition it is pointed out that the hair of the head arouna the bullet hole showed powder burns, as did also the band of the hat. The other theory is that Moore was lured down this street by two, possibly three, men and that after being engaged in con versation, one of them slipped be hind him and shot him. It would have been an easy matter to place his revolver in his stiff ening fingers to give rise to the idea of suicide. The adherents of the murder! theory declare that this bears out their contention, that his as sailants could easily have over powered him first, taken his gun away from him and shot him with it, so as to uphold a suicide basis. They hold that .no man would shoot himself in the back of the head in attempting to send a bullet through his brain. .Moore is survived by his wife and several children. He was exceptionally well liked in Ash burn, coming here from Valdosta three years ago to become chief , of the local police force. He was a good officer and those who feel that he was foully murdered will ! put forth every effort to appre- ' I M I . .headthe.suspected strangers in an effort to establish’ either their . gnilt or their innocence. The dead man was 45 yb^rs of age. i THE WHEELER HERALD GEORGIA MAY AMEND HER CONSTITUTION Many People Believe That It Is Much Needed— Edmundson To Try it Atlanta, Dec. 31. —Representa- tive Grover C. Edmundson of Brooks county will receive strong support in the next Legis lature, according to gossip cur rent at the capital here, in his ef fort to have a constitutional con vention called for Georgia. If there was ever a piece of , patch-work it is the present fundamental legal document of this state. It was adopted back in 1877, more than 35 years ago, and almost every legislature that has come along since has tacked one or more amendments onto it. Recent legislatures are averag ing three to four amendments each; the last Legislature enact ed nine in its two sessions. Some of these amendments > have only made slight changes, such as the substitution of a word or a clause; others have been radical. But there have been about fifty of them since the con stitution was adopted and the amendment business is getting the old document all out of whack, j Suggestion of a constitutional convention was brought up in ! the Legislature four or five years ago, bpt Joe Hall of Bibb and ' several kindred spirits thought it a dangerous move. Mr. Hall 1 has always been opposed to sub mitting amendments to the peo ! pie unless they related to mat ters altogether obvious and about which no question could be rais ' ed, for the reason that he thinks the people just go ahead and vote ' for them without stopping to ‘ study them out or to think 1 whether they want them or not. On this theory it would be much worse to submit an entire docu ment of the sort to the people, as possibly one-half the voters would not read it. Nevertheless the constitutional convention idea is growing. There are many who think it time to revise the fundamental law to meet new conditions and it would not be surprising if the comin£i Legislature should pro vide for such a convention. ASBURN POLICEMAN SHOT THROUGH HEAD j Much Mystery Surrounds Death of Chief J. D. L. Moore Tifton, Ga., Dec. 31. —The body of Chief of Police J. D. L. Moore, of Ashburn, was found near a seed house of the Ashburn Gin ning Company, last night about 9 o’clock, with a bullet hole in his right temple. Mi’- Moore had been missing since 6 o’clock, and when his body was found it was thought he had been murdered, as there have been a number of crimes in that section recently. He was wearing a white hat and the impression of the muzzle of a revolver showed plainly on its band, through which the fatal bullet had passed, his .revolver was clasped in his right hand and contained one empty cart ridge." He was a popular officer and was not a drinking man. ALAMO, GEORGIA, FRIDAY, JANUARY 3, 1913 PIIBLIWSJDTICE. The management of the Wheeler Herald is now negotiating the purchase of a first-class printing plant, which will be installed at Alamo within the near future, and which will enable us to give the people of Wheeler county a much improved service. We propose to make The Herald one of the best and newsiest small weeklies in the state, and guarantee to all who favor us with their patronage that they will re ceive one hundred cents in real value for every dollar expended with us, and at the same time aid in the progress and uplift of the splendid section the paper will serve. WHEELER COUNTY’S FIRST PRIMARY. Wheeler County’s first primary for the nomination of county officers, held on Tuesday, December 31st, resulted in the election of the following: Ordinary, W. B. Kent; Clerk Superior Court, J. D. Brown; Sheriff, J. F. Wright; Tax Receiver, W. E. Haddon; Tax Collec tor, J. A. Martin; Treasurer, Daniel Pope; Surveyor, E. Miller; Coroner, J. J. Brantley; County Commissioners, Thomas Kent, J. R. Sumner and T. F. Williams. • The regular election, at which the nominations of the pri mary will be ratified, will be held on Monday, January 7, 1913, at which time a representative of the new county in the General Assembly of Georgia will also be elected. Hon. J. W. Clements will in all probability be chosen to this position without oppo sition, which would only be a fitting tribute to him in reward for ■ his enthusiastic labors in behalf of the new county. ‘ Following is a statement of the result of the primary by ; districts: " FOR ORDINARY— -1 Wm. B. Kent 145 28 57 84 40 65 419 -S. L. Fulford —7 0 7 6 0 2 22 - George Snelgrove 7 87 78 45 63 6 286 . FOR CLERK SUP COURT— . J T. Geiger 23 69; 99 8 36 3 238 J. D. Brown 45 32 13 64 53 64 271 ’W. Henry Clark 88 14 30 66 21 5 224 5 FOR SHERIFF— ’M. J. Wilson 6 1 21 7; 15 21 71 >F. E. Forrester. 11; 15 56 1| 17 0 100 :J. C. Patterson J 94 4 11 39 20 21 189 J. F Wright 9- U 53 16 52 15 239 ’W. H. Hinson 5 0 0 67 |4 6’ 82 W. H. Perdue 30 1 0 5 1 9 44 FOR TAX RECEIVER— >H. S. Peavy 38 4 19! 60; 1 1123 i W. T. Haddon •. 41 66 371 26| 58 25!256 R. Newton Wood 42l 4 4j 22| 6 12| 90 IW. C. Riner 1 0 4| 1| 12 101 28 A. J. Grimes 24 18 76 28| 21 5[172 H. B. McLendon 11 23 5 2! 12 18 71 FOR TAX COLLECTOR— -IJ. A. Lowary 28 11 14 3| 25| 6 79 ! J. L. Sumner 3: 29 27 24; 7| 3 90 : J. A. Clements 41 44 73 161 15| 8 140 . J. F. McDaniel 2 27 14 29 73| 13 158 J. A. Martin 129 4 13 73 4 43 266 FOR TREASURER— L. M. D. Nobles.... j 27 9 20 60 12 10 144 S. G. Elkins 88 7 16 33 4 5;153 J. T. Harbin 33 1 6 31 25 56 152 Daniel Pope 10 98 101 13 70 2 294 FOR SURVEYOR— P. B. Ryals 62 56 48 57 54 45 322 E. Miller 95 55 86 71 52 24 383 FOR CORONER— T. J. Brantley 157 144 137 134 110 72 720 OR COUNTY COMM’R— T. F. Williams 1021 31 13 91 7 34 278 J. A. Clegg 31 23 38 60 52 25 229 '. J. Elton 46 36 16 41 20 62 221 J. R. Sumner 74 34 43 118! 17 37 323 Thomas Kint 74 97 123 19 64 20 397 H. J. Purser 1 48 63 3 80 18 213 D. G. Anderson...... 5 51 67 5 22 4(154 T. H. Nelson 118 6 11 51 2 5|193 C. A. Pope 4 0 10 15 0 ij 26 POLITICAL SPEAKING HELD AT GLENWOOD Last Saturday one of the largest crowds ever in Glen wood gathered to hear a three cornered debate on the issues of the campaign for Ordinary be tween the. candidates. The meet ing had been extremely adver tised, and several hundred • citi zens from all sections of the county came. The crowd was too large to be accommodated in any hall in town and so the speaking was had in the open, a large , wagon being used for a platform. Mr. Fulford rhade the first speech and attacked j I Alamo Landsburg Glenwood Erick McArthur Spring Hill Total Mr. Kent very bitterly, espec ially charging that he was not a fit and proper person to admin ister on estates and to be the guardian of the widows and or phans of the county. Mr. Kent followed with a speech, mixed with fun and facts. He showed conclusively that the Ordinary does not administer on estates and is not the guardian of the: widow and orphan, but appoints l some relative or competent man i to do these things.. After re peated calls, Mr. Snellgrove said a few words, claiming that, he was -not a public speaker. Mr. Fulford rfiade a short conclud i ing talk. LOCAL AND PERSONAL * Mr. Earnest Weitmon was in J the city a fe w days this week, t Miss Lucile Clements is at home this week with her par -1 ents. r Misses Futrall, -Browning, ) Stewart and Carrie Bond are guests of Mrs. Paterson. > Ben Sikes is now at home with his parents. He will be ■ here for several days. Misses Fannie Sanford of , near Towns and Sadie Davis are visiting relatives here this week. L Mrs. Paterson has almost a house party this week, four . beautiful young girls with her. Miss Clyde Stroud spent a few days this week in Glen wood. Miss Lena Rogers went to Mcßae Saturday night to spend Sunday with her mother. Mr. J. B. Fordham has been real sick all this week, but is improving now. Rev. S. A. Witman of Ohoo pee was with his daughter, Mrs. J. P. Johnson, Saturday and Sunday. Miss Pearl Ryals returned to Glenwood yesterday afternoon, after a few days visit with Mrs. Gordon Elkins. Mrs. Paul Clements and chil dren went to Douglas last week, where they will spend a while with her parents. Mrs. Curry and children came up from Ailey Wednesday to take, dinner with her daugh ter, Mrs. Gordon Elkins. They returned on the afternoon train. Little Gracie Johnson left Sunday for Ohoopee and Glen ville, where she will spend the i rest of the winter with her oth er sisters. Miss Hester Sikes is, at home again, and we are glad to have Miss Hester in our city. Hope she will remain with us Jar a long while. Mr. Waters says that Santa Claus treated him dreadful this time, didn’t even bring him a pair of socks, something that he always needs. Hunting has been quite popu lar this week with the men. Think they all had good luck ex cept those that went on a rainy day. Col. and Mrs. S. .D. Dell came through from Hazlehurst in their car last Tuesday, and stay ed a few hours in the city. Mr. Wade and wife went to Dexter last week to spend Christmas, and it might be pos sible that they will make Dex ter their future home. The singing at Mr. Sikes Sun day night was greatly enjoyed by all, and we wish to extend our many thrnks to Misses Hes ter and Nettie for entertaining us so nicely. FOR REPRESENTATIVE. I To the Voters of Wheeler - County: Yielding to a laudable ambi tion I am making the race for . Representative of Wheeler County in the January election. I worked hasd to secure the county, having spent the great er part of the time with the last •two ■ sessions of the General As sembly. My anxiety for the i cause I represented caused me I to keep in very close touch with i < the actings and doings of the!] Legislature and I therefore feel < that I am well qualified to rep- ] resent our county. I may have : other statements to make be- < tween now and the election. If < so, I will address the voters i through the columns of Ilie i Herald. Youfs truly, John W. Clements. ]1 - NUMBER 5 MT POSITItIS FOR HOKE ms MES Some Slices of Patronage Pie May Go to His Supporters Atlanta, Ga., Dec. JLr-It is an interesting and peculiar fact that every Georgian said to have been slated for a federal appointmen ■ so far is a strong and well known supporter of Senator Hoke Smith in all of his campaigns notwithstanding the fact that Senator Hoke Smith intimated in an interview that he proposed to keep hands off in the Georgia appointments. The latest reoort from Wash ington slates A. 0. Bacon of Fayette, candidate for commis sioner of agriculture last year, for the position of collector of internal revenue, now held ^y Henry S. Jackson. Mr. Blalock has fouget every one of .Mr. Smith’s political battles. The same is known to be true of Hooper Alexander, said to be slated for district attorney of , the Northern district; Howard “Slick” Thompson of Gaines ville, said to have “copped’’ th^ • job of marshal of the same tri . J Bolling Jones of JR ! lanta Te seeming'best beV Atlanta’s post-mastership. It is said by the way of exE planation that it has been cust^ ’ mary for the United states-, saiafe tors to control the offices of disfy trict attorney, marshal, collectq^ ; and postmaster in their homsM cities, leaving the other appoint^ ments to the congressmen. If these reports, which seem® to be authentic, are borne out y ! Senator Smith has picked somS of the strongest political friend^ he had. Just how far this may® or may not conduce to Georgia 3 harmony remains to be seen. CHRISTMAS TREE IN THE KITCHEN . Mrs. W- G. Hartley had a ’ Christmas tree in the Yankee form at her home kitchen last Wednesday night for the little fellows that were visiting her. The tree was beautifully deco rated in Yankee style, and was enjoyed by all who were pres ent. DAVIS—McLEOD. Sunday afternoon at 3 o’clock Miss Sadie Davis was married to Mr. Tom McLeod at the home of the bride’s aunt. Miss Davis is a charming young lady, and was well liked by everybod y in Alamo. Mr. McLeod is an engineer on the Ga. and Fla. R. , R. The young couple le’t on the Seaboard afternoon train for Vidalia. They will make their future home at Douglas, Ga. Their many friends wish them much happiness during ' their married life. MRS. McDANIEt ENTERTAINED FRIDAY EVENING On last Friday evening Mrs. McDaniel entertained a few of her young friends at her home on Oak street. The house was beautifully decorated with the Christmas colors. Games were played which were enjoyed by all, and after a reading by Mr. Cleve . Hartley, delicious hot chocolate was served. The eve ning passed away in a hurry and each and every one regretted to °ee the hour come when they had to make their departure.