The Atlanta constitution. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1885-19??, 1896-05-04
ALL THROUGH DIXIE.
Happenings of a Week in the Sunny
Southland.
NEWS ITEMS OF THE WEEK.
Georgia Alone Is Not Our Domain.
The Entire South from the Poto-
mac to the Rio Grand.

Charleston, S. c.. April Sat an election
here today to determine whether factories
established in Charleston should tie exempt
from taxation for FIVE years. the question
was carried afiirmativeiy by almost a
unanimous vote Only fifteen ballots We're
cast against exemption.
A Terrible Accident.
Birmingham Ala. April 27.-(Special.D-A
terrible accident happened near Decatur
Yesterday afternoon Rev. S. Tippitts. the
minister i'm charge OF the West Decatur
Methodist church. was kicked in the head
BY a horse and died an hour afterwards
from the injuries received
Another Cotton Mill for North Carolina
winston. n c.. April 29-Gncorporation
papers have been filed in Rockingham
county for the establishment Of $l2o.upo
cotton factory at Spray, with the privi-
lege of increasing the capital stock 10
sl00O.00o The Souths'de cotton mills m
this county. viii be enlarged at once by
the addition Of '2a loornS.
A Son Kills His Father.
Gate city. Va. April 27.-At Rosedale,
Russell county. Mr.. Outer and his son
quarrecd over "A money transaction. The
father fired several shots at his son. his
wife knocking down the pistol. Finally
ball took effect in the sons breast AS ne
fell he shot his father through the heart
killing him The son lived half an hour.
From the Top of a Tree.
Raleigh, ~ C., April 27.-(Special) Hen
ry Kirby, aged thirty. patient at the IN
sane asylum here. while walking in the
grounds with other patients in charge OF
an attendant. suddenly dashed away and
climbed a tree When ne reached its top
he threw himself down hcadlons ana fell
upon his head. fracturing his skull and
injurinE his spine. Death quickly followed.
Kirby had suicidal mania.
Fifteen Convicts Break Away.
Nashville. Tenn. April p. (Speciai)-
Fifteen convicts made their escape from the
pcnitentiary farm last night and none OF
them have been rccaptured.
Among those who escaped were Larkin
BittIe, sullivan county; Tom STAFFORD,
Rhea county. George Collins. Knox coun-
IS: Jim Greene. Hamilton county; John
Scott Knox county. Charles Womack and
Dennis Woods. Hamilton county.
Just Out of the Pen.
Chattanooga. Tenn. April Especial
As Station Agent Wolfe was sitting in ms
office at Pinoy Flat station last night
mask "a man entered and ordered him to
throw up his hands. Failing to do SO. the
intruder fired. the bail passing close To
VOTES head. Wolfe then drew "a pistol
from the drawer and brought down IN"
burglar with a shot in the neck. from which
he cannot recover.
lie proved to be "Skeeter'' Crouch. son
Of highly respectable parents Of Johnson
City lie was masked and had his face
and hands blackehed. II" has served a
term in the penitruUary for the attempted
robbery of the Watausa bank
Found Dead in Jail.
Galveston. Tex. Aprl -7.-(Specialo-
Charles A. Schroeder. at one time a promi-
ueut real estate dealer and United states
commissioner. was found dead in ms cen
in the county Jail this morning.
When discovered hc was lying upon ms
back on his cot. his feet drawn up toward