Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1909-10-01

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ing been captured by the brave daughter
of farmer, eight miles from Statesboro.
during the late hours of last night, after
he had broken into her room and at
tackled her, Otis Hendricks. burly negro
later escaped from the men in whose Gus
tody he was placed, and is at large.
The news of the attempted assault and
Hendricks peculiar escape reached this
! place this morning. 1t is said the young
woman the negro attacked, is large and
unusually athletic for a woman. and the
negro had no chance to get away after he
| attacked her, before her cries for help
brought several men to the room.
The men took him into the nearby
woods. It is said to wait for morning be-
| fore bringing him here. They built big
| fire and were all standing around it when
! Hendricks disappeared. The Negroes
shoes. hat and coat were found on the
premises of the farmers home this morn
ing. where he had placed them before
entering the young woman's room.
MACON. Ga, Sept. 2s.-Never before in
the history of Georgia state fair, have
there been agriculture exhibits shown.
/ like those that planters in all sections
of Georgia, promise to bring to the Ma
con state fair.
Secretary r. w. Jemison has assigned
space to many individual farmers who
will bring large exhibits of the various
products raised on their plantations,
while he has also been assured by repre-
sentatives from is different counties that
large county exhibits would be made by
them.
Among tine counties !hat will exhibit
are Bibb, Hall, Habersham, Baldwin,
Butts, Troupe. Cobb, zones, Worth,
Camden, Crisp Coffee, Telfair, Carroll.
Gwinnett and Houston.
MACON, Ca, Sept 2s.-W. H. Adam
son. the self-confessed forger, who is
wanted in Hawkinsville to answer to that
| charge, has been taken to Pulaski coun-
ty by officers from the. sheriff's depart
ment. Adamson says that he will plead
| guilty and will serve his sentence with
out a whimper.
Adamson was i'll at the city hospital
| here with typhoid rever for a month and
| it was during his illness that it was dis
covered that he was the man. wanted to
answer to the Hawkinsville forgery
charge He denies that Adamson is his
right name, but will give none other.
A collision on the Atlanta, Birmingham
and Atlantic road at Fife, three miles
east of Union City. shortly after midnight
Tuesday morning, resulted in injuries to
Engineer "A Dickroy and damages to
| two engines .. b.. 20 ,'..,S
Deputy Sheriff c. H. Lindsey. of De-
Kalb, was severely cut and bruised and
Express Messenger ]. d. Bedenbaugh
was caught and hurt under a heavy iron
box that pinned him in a corner Of his
car. .-..I
The passenger train was reported to be
running at high rate of speed.
| Train No 4 the pasSAnRer train which
| left Atlanta at II 10 Monday night
was due to meet the northbound freight.
No. 81, in the siding at Fife. The freight
train did not get completely into the sid
in before the passenger train bore down
upon it, going at rate of about Is miles
an hour The two engines crashed to-
gether and Engineer Dickroy, of the
freight train. jumped from his cab, sus-
tanning several cuts and bruises. The for
ward trucks of the baggage car left the
track. but no other DANA ge was wrought
to the passenger train coaches. No pas
sengers were injured. .3
The line was cleared promptly and traf-
fic was resumed early Tuesday morn
ing.
AUGUSTA. Ca. Sept 2S-whiIe on
Joy ride in one of the new auto fire en-
gines, last night. several men from Cot
ION ROW ana FIREMAN LOnK were thrown
to the ground, when the machine over
turned. AIph Beane was rendered uncon-
scious for a while and Fireman Long
sprained his, ankle and had toe broken
in the accident. .@ -"t
Since the two machines arrived, a few
days ago, several joy rides have been in
dulged in by city officials and others. This
will probably put an end to the Joy
rides. 20
The roaob;,a ,,,as .,;ot,.,,,' aov...-..oa :. =,
is all ready for use again this morning.
VIENNA, Ca, Sept. pa serious, and
possibly fatal difficulty, occurred yester.
day between James Sumerford and Aleck
Jones. two well known white farmers of
the Lilly district, at the home of the
former.
1t seems that Mrs. Jones had stopped
at Summerford's house on Sumerford's
invitation. and Jones arriving later was
greeted at the door by Sumerrord with d
shotgun.
1t is alleged that Sumerford began firing
on Jones Immediately, who returned fire
with his pistol Both men are badly
shot and are in a critical condition.
SPRING PLACE. Ca. Sept. 2s-Miss
Dora Gallman, daughter of ]. H. Gallman,
a prosperous farmer living near here, dis
appeared from her home Monday night
about o'clock, and not trace of her has
been found. There has been a large posse
Of her friends and relatives searching for
her since her disappearance from her
home.
Miss Gallman is a niece OF ]. D. Call
man, clerk Of the superior court of Muir
ray county, and there is a great deal OF
excitement over her disappearance and
the fact that no trace of her can be found
Miss Gallman has been in very bad health
for the past several moths. .......
DOERUN. Ga, Sept. &.-The Farmers
bank has been organized here, with a
capital stock Of $4,000. The bank build
ing is now nearing completion and the
bank fixtures and furniture are arriving
The promoters of the new bank expect To
have It in operation by the middle of
October.
John d. Walker. of Sparta, is financial
agent of the bank. W. B. Jones has been
elected president, :. Cook. OF Albany, vice
president, and r. L. Free, cashier
VALDOSTA. Ca, Sept 2S-while pre-
pairing breakfast at home in this city this
morning, Mrs. G. r. Hale had the misfor-
tune to have her clothing caught on fire
and as a result she sustained serious
burns, which. 1t is feared. may prove IA
tai. AS soon as she discovered that her
clothing was on fire, she dashed from the