Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1909-09-28

ficer any relief.
The officer is not in any pain-just suf-
fering from a continual spell of hiccoughs,
which interferes with his duties and keeps
him from sleeping at night.
MACON. Ga. Sept 24.-Another at
tempted murder mystery is in the
hands of the county officers for solving
as yesterday a man nance Acaway Mize.
was fired upon as he was driving load
of cotton to the city.
Mfze escaped with his life and has fur
rished police officers with description.
This is the fourth attempt of the kind
in the last week and persons travelling
the roads of BIB are now carrying guns
as a means Of protection.
FATONTON, Ga, Sept. A.-An I'M
known negro who is supposed to be
wanted for felony has been arrested by
Sheriff Phillips.
The negro is black and about 26 or %
years of age. His height is feet, or
10 inches. He weighs about lis, and is
clean shaver. One of his left jaw teeth
is out, underside and his face is slight
~ pitted He claims to have worked on
a bridge gang between Elberton and Abb
beville, S. c. The negro gives the name
Of Will Guyton.
SAVANNAH, Ga. Sept. 24,-Col. Thorn
as G. Hudson, state commissioner of ag-
riculture while in the city yesterday gave
out an interview on the cotton situation.
He says he expects that Georgias crop
will run to about 100000 bales and that
the south will yield 100000 to 11,5Oo.OOo
bales.
would have been even better had it not
been for the particularly bad weather
condition. first too much rain and then
not enough of 1t. These conditions pre-
vailed largely In middle and north Geor-
gia.
SAVANNAH, Sept. 24:-"Teddy" VII
liam Peters, the man with the broken
neck" who has been traveEng extensive
~ over the country and abroad for sew
eral years subsequent to an accident In
Canada. i'm which he received AL almost
fatal fall arrived in Savannah yesterday
and will be here several Gays. Peters
neck was broken in 1907 White working on
bridge spanning the 81. Lawrence
river at Quebec. The bridge fell In. car
rying Peters, who was one of the work.
men. and many others with him.
Peters landed on a policeman, killed the
latter and received his own injury He
states that 254 people tworKmen) were
killed in the disaster. The doctors sue
ceeded in saving Peters life by putting
his head in a frame work and there 1t is
today.
Formal orders have been issued from
the department of the gulf announcing
the double acauittal of Lieut.. L. w. Ha-
zlehurst and Private Grover Elan. of the
18th L. s. infantry, who were recently
tried before a general court martial. at
Fort Mcpherson, on the charge of man
slaughter. That the verdict amounted
practically to acquittal was known the
same day the court martial was COM
pleted and on that date categorical
statement was printed in The Journal to
the effect that an acquittal would result.
The verdict relieves Lieutenant Hazle-
hurst and Private Elan of all blame. le-
gal or moral, in the death of Private
Coulter, who was killed August Z, 1909.
while running away from patrol squad.
Lieutenant Hazlehurst it will be re-
membered. was in charge of a squad
which went to near-beer saloon near the
post to arrest some soldiers who had
been violating orders. Coulter tried to
escape, was ordered to halt three or four
times. but kept on running, though Lieu
tenant Hazlehurst had also called out to
him that he was under arrest. Finally
the officer gave an order to fire in the
air; Elan heard only the word fire. and
killed Coulter MOP by taking deliberate
aim. but simply firing in the general d.
rection of the fleeing man.
CHATSWORTH, Ga. Sept. 24.-Sixty
five people were baptized in Holly creek
here this morning. after a protracted
meeting of several weeks, led by T. E.
McCutcheon, of Atlanta.
DUBLIN, Ga. Sept 25.-Upson, Thurs
day, November 4. a meeting will be held
in Dublin to which all of the farmers
in this county are urged to attend.
1t is the campaign planned to try to
devise means by which the black root
among cotton can be eradicated. Several
experts will be here.
DOUGLAS. Ga. Sept 25-A Farmers
institute was held here yesterday. The
attendance was very good and the
meeting was very much enjoyed.
The addresses were we'll prepared
an6 will be productive of good results.
The program was as follows:
Introductory Remarks-Hon. j. Z. w.
Smith
rhe Work of the State College of
Agriculturc-R. l.. Nixon, Asst. IN Elk
tension Work, State College of Agri-
culture.
Black Root of Cotton and It's Con-
trol-Mr. a. G. Lewis, Asst State
Entomologist.
The Importance OF Live Stockton.
G. +. Hunnicutt, Editor Southern Guilt
vator, Atlanta. Ga.
Breeding and Selection of Comp.
o. Vanatter, Supt. of Field Demonstra-
ticns, State College of Agriculture.
Though he ia 81 years old, accord
ing to the claim of his counsel, Attor.
ney Lowndes Calhoun, a man in feeble
health, G. w. Moore, night clerk of the
Fulton hotel will have to serve 80 days
at the stoclxade and pay a fine OF $500
for an alleged violation of the city pro-
nibition law. He was tried, convicted
and sentenced in recorders court Fri
day afternoon.
Moore was arrested with Lawrence
Polk, who runs a barber shop on the
first door. under the Fulton hotel A
detectives assistant had bought whis-
ky from Polk. and turned him mp"
Polk absolutely denied having sold
any whiskey, claiming that he merely
accommodated his customers by refer
ring them to Moore. The case against
him was dismissed.
Through the efforts OF his attorney.
Mr. Moore was not sent Immediately to
the stockade, but hold over until an
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