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The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1910-01-07

T At 4Ac-Large new lot splendid Shaker. Flannel. Only 45c for 10 yards. At 4Hc-Best Light Prints, Merrimac and American; regular price. Sc. At 4Mc-Our best 7c Dark Prints. At 6Ac-Best Amoskeag Apron Cling ham.
 At 6%c-Another lot Shaker Flannel; very heavy. Splendid for any pur- pose. At 6Ac-Our handsome Cretonnes. ; At SAc-RoH good Cotton Batting. At 9Ac-Fruit of the Loom Muslin. At 14c-A. c. A. Bed Ticking.
 ALL DAY SALE At 5Sc-Daisy Air Rifles, At 9c - Set of six fine Plated Nut Picks. At 6Sc-Our Dollar Steel S1eds. At $2.39-Very large and handsome S3 Blankets.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1910-01-07

At 5Sc-Extra good Alarm Clocks. At 19c-Fine Leather Bill Folds. At 12c-Lot extra Hurlburt 25c Box Paper, Special price for. the lot,12c
 box.
 At $1 1.OO-Splendid large White Quilts. At 12Lc-Men's 29c Initial Handker.
 chiefs. Price9 for. Saturday only. At S6c-Boys' Heavy Coat Sweaters, Oxford color. worth 5 0c.t At 49c-Ouh Heavy Ribbed Fancy
 Underwear for Men. This is a big
 bargain. At 19c-Boys' Heavy Knee Pants. At 15c-Men's Very Heavy Winter
 Mittens. #: l. ..,. At 19c-Any of our 25c Wool Stock
 ings for children. >s !. :. At 5Sc-Ladies' Sateen Skirts with
 handsome embroidered ruffles ' . At. 39c-Ladies' Heavy Winter Union
 Suits. .-.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1910-01-07
Funeral of Aviator
 ] ] Most Impressive

Orleans, France. Jan. 1.-The funer- al of Leon De La Grange, the French ayiator killed in the fall of his aero plane at Juvisy last Tuesday, took place. today at the. Cathedral Saint Croix.
 The funeral, the most impressive seem here in years, was attended by representatives of the government and nearly every sporting club in the country. The floral pieces were among, the largest ever seen here, one of them being from the Aero club of America.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1910-01-07
REV. w. D. MCKINNEY, PASTOR
 IN ANSONIA 23 YEARS. DEAD

Ansonia, Jan. Word. has. been re- .ceiyed in this city of the death at Middletown, N. Y., of the Rev. w. D.. Mckinney. for over twenty three years pastor of the First Baptist church sof this. city. MT. Mckinney was one of the best known pastors of this denomination in Connecticut, oc- 'eupyfng appointment position in Bap- list ministerial circles. ..t,
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1910-01-07
STAMFORD MAN BANKRUPT.

Hyman Odler of Stamford has filed. a petition in Bankruptcy in theeUnited States, district .court. He gives his lia-' bilitfes as $9,5751 Is and his assets as $4 0SO07~., He has $1, ,590.O7 due on open accounts saIidi has $2,50O :. in: stock in trade, He has ladies and gentle men s furnishing store!
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1910-01-07
BARBER DOlNNELLY INJURED i

2 sAnqther victim of the icy walks of yesterday is James F. Donnelly, a. well known barber. abrother Of Colfec-. tor John M. Donnelly' who lost his footing in- Shelton street near Brooks street. He broke his left shoulder blade.
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1910-07-04
A. Hutchinson for plaintiff.

A. Hutchinson for plaintiff
Chas Depo VS.. Jas. Clark; Islander
and damages. Wilson Buttner for
plaintiff.
Norris Britt VS.. Caroline Britt;
divorce. o. NJ Nelson for plaintiff.
c. f. Brownell VS.. Federal Mill Co.;
punishment. Frank Beam for plain
tiff
Potsdam Clothing Manufacturing
Company VS.. p. S. Cyr; complaint not
filed. ]. C. Hogan for defendant
Makins Produce Company VS.. |. p.
Callison; complaint not filed. J. C.
Hogan for defendant.
L. n Rosenbaum VS.. J. B. Haynes
complaint not filed. j. C. Hogan for
defendant
Jens Anderson VS.. A. Foss and
Chris Olson; promissOry note, J. A.
Hutcheson for plaintiff.
Fay T. Beach VS.. VIM. Beach; di-
vorce. Wilson Buttner for plaintiff.
Cora e. King VS.. Cliff A. E. King;
divorce C. w. Hodgdor for plain
tiff.
b. N. MacLafferty VS.. J. w. Cook !;
plaintiff.
!.
Der & Single Company; complaint
not filed. J. G. Hogan for defendant
Victor Keckonen VS.. c. II. Fenner;
foreclosure of tax lien. H. ]. Hughes
for plaintiff.
Helmi S. Wartiainan VS. Carl
Wartiainen; divorce. Wilson Butt
ner for plaintiff.
Bell & Company VS.. G. o. Swanson;
on debt. Morgan & Brewer for plain
tiff.
A. e. Wilson VS.. the Pacific Tele
phone & Telegraph Co.; malicious
prosecution and damages. Wilson
Buttner for plaintiff.
Julia f. Hembling VS.. VIM. Hembl
ing; divorce. Wilson Buttner fol
plaintiff.
jeanette De Mars VS.. Napoleon Dc
Mars; divorce. Wilson Buttner fol
plaintiff.
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1910-07-04
Miscellaneous Transfers

w. f. Schmidt to G. H. Hitchings
mortgage part lots 5, 6, block 3,
Karr's addition Hoquiam ...... 1906
Vigre & Carlson to Clark Invest
ment Company chattel mort
gage stock of liquors, ETC., Ho-
GUAM ........ .............. 23|;
Chris Thompson to Vigre & Carl
son, bill of sale same ......... .2S7s
G. E. Hogan to E. j. Bradley, chat
tel mortgage undivided " don
A. NJ. Abel to E. ]. Bradley, mort
gage lot 10, block 2, Benn's Gen.
trail addition Aberdeen ........ 50(
A. r. Dabney to G. F. Karshner,
mortgage pat lots /, 2. block 43,
Aberdeen ......... .2OO'
Chas. Johnson to A. A. Moller
and O. A. Larson, chattel mort
gage stock of merchandise, Abb
erdeen ........ $500. ....'' oo'
G. B. Preston to Porter Brothers,
bill of sale II head of cows. 50(
A. A. Moler and o. A. Larson to
Chas. Johnson, bill sale general
merchandise stock Aberdeen. Co.
J. H. Ross to Louisa Karshner,
mortgage part block II First adj
dition South Aberdeen ........ 35
Albert Carroll and T. M. Struth-
err to S. ]. Collins, chattel mort
gage bowling alleys, etc ..... lao,
Moore e tanning to S. J. Collins,
release chattel mortgage same. =.
Ketchum Hill Company to West
& Slade Grocery Company, chat
tel mortgage stock of merchan-
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1910-07-04

A. J. West to Frank Workman,
lots /, 2. block %, Northern Pa
cific addition South Aberdeen. %
c. f. Ale to Anna Biberger, lots
20, q. %, block IA, Rice's addi-
ton Aberdeen ................ 20
Ed S. Goldsmith to l.. F.. Derllin,
lots / to 16, block Z, and lots s
to IS, block s, Fleets addition
MOntesano ......... ..........
]. A. Mapes to b. |. Eaton, lot 90,
block /, Melrose addition Aber-
J. Y. Irvine to Chas. Stenscn, lot
8, block SO, North Aberdeen. ... 90
Jas III. Lewis to Fred G. Zeigler,
lot 3. block 6 Anderson & Comb
es addition Elma ............ 80
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1910-07-04
ROYAL ARCH

Meets the second and Fourth Thurs
day of each month. in A. 0. U w.
Hall. at 3 D. m. Visiting Sir Knights
are always welcome.
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1910-07-04
SMITH or IOWA MAY WIZ!
SPElNERSHIP OF HOUSE
G. O. P. Regular Who Defeated In
sureent In Primary May
Succeed Cannon.

Far more important to the nation
than to the local situation In Iowa Is
the denomination of Walter |. Smith as
Ninth district If Smith be elected and
the Republicans remain in power the
chances favor his succession to Joseph
G. Cannon as speaker Of the house.
1t was because of this possibility Of
future greatness that the house gave
him IL great welcome on his return
from Iowa. Regulars and insurgents
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1910-07-04

lie lOllOWluS is INC record OIL DIS
mess transacted in the superior court
hast week:
Wishkah Boom Co. VS. Mary Haml-
ilton, ct al. Verdict for respondents
as follows: John Landers, $1,000;
Mary Hamilton, and Wallace, 5000, In
gram, $500
In re estate of iona J. Haaland, de-
ceased. John Hegdale, J. G. Pearson
and NJ. Ryan appointed appraisers.
In re estate of Joseph Bernard, de-
ceased. Certain banks cited to pro-
duce life insurance policy on July 9.
State VS.. Bert Collins. Defendant
ordered discharged from the state
training school.
Sarah NJ. Clapp VS. Irving B. Clapp.
Divorce granted.
Cora E. King VS. Cliff A. E. King. Same.
S. G. Collins ct us VS. Aberdeen Con
struction Co. Dismissed
Felix Soldowski VS.. Peter Mcclure.
Judgment for defendant
In re estate of Merritt Wood de-
ceased. e. F. Foster. Z. L. Brewer
and Jas. Gleason appointed apprais-
ers.
State VS.. Jos. Gauthier. Dismissed.
Jens Anderson VS. A. Foss ct al.
Judgment for plaintiff for $213 and
costs.
In re estate of Lille e. Mcclure,
deceased. July 80, fixed to hear pc
tition to sell or mortgage realty.
In re estate of Anna Schafer, de-
ceased Hearing of final report set
for July go.
E. E. Boner VS. A. Strom ct al. Tax
lien foreclosed.
In re estate of Phoebe ]. Rulings,
deceased. Executor authorized to set
tie estate.
In re guardianship. of Leo. w. Noel,
ct al, minors. July 8, fixed to hear
petition for confirmation of sale.
In re estate of G. w. Mackk, de-
ceased July 8, fixed to hear petit
ton for letters of administration.
In re estate of Thomas e Anderson,
deceased. July Is, fixed for same.
G. H. & P. S. Ry. Co. VS. Lindstrom
Shipbuilding Co. Judgment for re-
spondent for $4,000 damages.
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1910-07-04

lots 6, Z, s, block 1, Cooper &
Calder's addition Montesano.
G. H. Hitchings to w. f. Schmidt
part lots 5, 6, block 3, Karr's adj
dition Hoquiam ............. /
|. Northam to w. II. Lovett, block
21S, First addition Ocosta go.
G. Fl. Hitchings to J. r. Hoskins,
lot 4, block II, Sunset Beach. =.
East Hoquiam Company to r. G.
Gordon, lots IS, 10, block 43, On
tario addition Hoquiam ...... Z
Dan Pearsall to ID. r. Martin, q
d lot Z, block II, Hoquiam. :.
q C lot 8, block A, Weather
wax & Benn's Second addition
Aberdeen ......... ..........
L. J. Mason to Fyren No. so, Swe-
dish Finnish Temperance Asso-
citation of America, lot Z, block
"A, HOQuiam ..................
Z. F.. Jones to ]. B. Karshner, lots
/, 2, block /, Hopkins addition
Aberdeen and lots Is, 10, block
1, Pencils addition Aberdeen. Is
Nina l.. Calder to e. p. Curry,
land in Montesano 20
f. J. Becker to l.. A. Webb, lot 3,
block 20, Pleasant Home addi-
ton Aberdeen ..............
Donald Smith to f. A. Fischer,
lots A. 5, block 2, Western addi-
ton Aberdeen ................ 5
Jacob Saari to Daniel Peterson,
lot Is, block II, Frances addi-
G. Burrows Company to A. A.
Brauer lot 6, block c, South Aber-
deem and lot Z, tract II, Aber-
deem Tide & Shore Lands ....
Same to same, lots 4, 5, block C,
South Aberdeen, and part lot 6,
tract II, Aberdeen Tide & Shore
Lands ....... .............
Catherine Harris to Alice Nc
Cornell, lots %, %, 81, block 10
Northern Pacific addition South
Aberdeen ........ ............
e. l.. Wade to l.. l.. Gale, lots I,
8, block s, Byles & Dabneys' add-
ton MOnteSanO ...............
F.. H. Monk to H. D. Mckinney.
lot 5, block As, Ontario addi-
ton Hoquiam ................ G
VIM. Evers to F.. A. Jackson, lot
Z, block 8, Montesano .........
L. Snyder to A. e. White, lots /,
2. and e1a lot 3, block 1, West
End addition Aberdeen ........
e. e. Stafney to J. G. b. Johanson,
lots s, 8. block 26, First addition
South Aberdeen ............
w. J. Hopkins to N. p. Willis, lot
s. block II, Hoquiam .........
Lucy d. Mack to Frank Beam,
otis 8, 10, block 10, Rice's addi-
ton Aberdeen ................
L. E. Mayhall to M. J. Wage, lot
~. block 7, Frances addition Alb
erdeen ........ ..............
r. E. Dawdy to Town of Hoquiam
&C d part lot IA, block 25, Ho-
GUAM ......... ..............
J. NJ. Yochem to same q d, part
lot 6, block "a, Hoquiam .......
R. Durney & Geo. Hubble to pub
lie q c d part lot 10, block 5,
Hoquiam .............. ......
Aberdeen Brewing Company to
Grays Harbor Hardware Com
pany, lot IL and part lot II,
block so, Aberdeen ............
Chas. Johnson to same part lot
II, block so, Aberdeen ........
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1910-07-04

disc. fixtures, etc, Aberdeen. .2641
Chas. F. Staggar to Chehalis Co.
Bank, chattel mortgage en-
glne ......... JIG
T. J. Preston to ]. G. Leith, north
so feet lot 6, block 10, Weather
wax & Benn's addition Aber-
deem ...... ................ 500
J. G. Leith to G. M. Powell, mort
gage same ........ .......... 6OO
West e. Slade Grocery Company to
Albert Ely. stock of cigars, etc.
Aberdeen ............ ........ 126
S. J. Fesenfeld to Robt Pattison,
satisfaction of mortgage land in
Aberdeen ...... ........ 100
L. P. Dudley ct al to Ed Thomp-
son, mortgage lot 5, block &c.
Weatherwax & Benn's Second
addition Aberdeen .......... 800
Mrs. Birdette M. Boyle to Cohn
Bros, mortgage lots 10 to "a,
block 2S, First addition Ocosta 240
Estella c. Beam to Frank Beam
general power of attorney 80. 80.
Mrs. Ella Eggleston to E. H. Stor,
mortgage part lots 4, 5, 6, block
IA, Westport Beach ........... $50
S. Shryock to Joe Nork, real es-
tate cont lot 1, block IA, NORTH
Aberdeen ............ ........ loO
Mike Kobylka to Albert Christ
real estate cont lots II to 20,
block go West End addition Alb
erdeen ........ ...... .... 1910
Chas. e. Williams ct al to A.
Xenos ct al, mortgage NE of NV
"A section %, IS, .......... 200
A. Xenos to Mike Zanthos, assign
ment mortgage same ......... 10
John E. Trathen to Geghart Koch
mortgage lots II, -, block II,
Eureka addition Elma ....... so
Thos. Porter to C. l.. French,
mortgage 10 acres lots Is, Sec
ton So. Is, 10 ............... $50
G.. w. Ninemire ct al to w. J.
Hopkins, satisfaction of mort
gage lot s, block II. HOquiam. 1855
J. NJ. Simmons to Oakville State
Bank, chattel mortgage cattle. $50
Otto KChvakka to Ida Ojala, mort
gage lot II, block -, Frances
addition Aberdeen ........... 500
y. NJ. French TO f. L. Nethery,
mortgage lot 1, block 2, Byles &
Dabney's addition Montesano. 1000
]. G. B. Johnson to e. J. Bradley
mortgage lots 8, 8, block 26,
First addition South Aberdeen so
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1910-07-04
Real Estate Transfers

Instruments filed for record in the
office of the Auditor of Chehalis coun
ty for week ending Thursday, June
80, 1910.
G, L. Simmons to Jno. McCubbin,
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1910-07-04

has given him choice committee posi-
tons and has aided him in getting leg
islation enacted.
But Mr.. Smith has so conducted him
self as to maintain friendly relations
with many insurgents. There is today
large number of representatives who
would be willing TO elect Mr.. Smith to
the speakership if Mr.. Cannon should
be removed. Those who favor Mr..
Smith believe he would profit by the
mistakes Mr. Cannon has made. and
those who are opposed to him admit
he would be fair and just in his deci-
sions and interpret the rules in accord
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1910-07-04
At The court HOUSE:
Till WEEKLY RECORD OF LEGAL
DuINGS AT COUNTY SEAT.
f1inuteS of the Superior Court and
New Cases Filed. List of Real ES-
tate Transfers and Miscellaneous
Instruments FILED With County
Auditor.
IN THE SUPERIOR COURT

IT, following is the record of bus
mess transacted in the superior court
laat week:
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1910-07-04
New Cases

c. E. Brownell rs. Federal Mill com
pany; punishment. Frank Beam for
plaintiff.
Alfred Beaulieu VS.. Susan o. Wat
son; foreclosure of tax lien. J. A
Hutcheson for plaintiff.
Same VS.. J. D. Heustis; same. J
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1910-07-04
ance with precedent and the facts.

ance with precedent and the facts.
What adds to Mr. Smiths chances Is
the fact that he is IN high favor with
the administration. 1t will be recalled
that the president wrote letter in his
behalf to General Granville NJ. Dodge.
which the latter made public during
the primary campaign.
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1910-01-14
Attorneys Are Confident
Bows VIII Not Suffer

Hon. Herbert Clay, of counsel for the
Edge boys in Marietta, when requested
by The journal for a statement, said that
he did not believe there was the slightest
possibility of connecting the two boys
with the attempt to burn the hotel in
Austell.
"why, P. W. Edge was at work trying
to put out the fire and was run over
and knocked down by horse while he
was carrying a bucket of water from the
well to the hotel.
Joe Edge will prove by any number
of witnesses that he was not in the vicin-
ity of the fire, but was soundly sleeping
in another part of the town at the time.
''Tke two boys are of the very best
family in the state, and are in no way
connected with the fires start. You may
say for me that their arrest is due TO fac
tionalism in Austell, and we viii
show a clean hand when the commitment
trial is held I'm a day or two. There are
numbers of prominent citizens of Austell
who will gladly sign bonds for the boys.
The Edge boys are represented in Mari
eta by Clay & Morris.
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1910-01-14
French Aviator May Next ES-
say a Flight to San Diego or
PaSadena--IS Given Press
ina Invitation
HIS EXACT HEIGHT
is YET IN DOUBT
Believe He Rose Little Short
of Mile, or to Mountain Sum-
mtis, Which He Said He'd
Reach
(Br Associated Press.)

LOS ANGELES, Cal, Jan. 1S.-Exhil-
arated by his success in breaking all high
flight records, Louis Paulhan, the French
aviator, may next essay fight to San
Diego, which lies more than 100 miles
southwark in an air line from the Do
minguez aviation field.
After enthusiastic visitors from the
southern city had presented Pauihan with
the $500 silver cup trophy for his thrill
ing achievement, they extended him a
pressing invitation to visit San Diego.
at your convinience."
Paulhan replied:
! ience.'
When he was asked today IL that meant
that he would attempt such a fight, he
answered.:
"It is not impossible. In endurance
tests other aviators have Travelled more
than 100 miles. though never between
cities that far apart"
HIS MACHINE EQUIPPED.
Then he recalled the fact that Curtiss
machines have fuel capacities for flights
of ten hours duration at 80 miles an
hour and remarked that as his Farman
bi-planes were much larger, with cor
| respondingly large motors and tanks, he
saw no reason why he should not make
| such a flight
This, however, is Pasadena day at avi-
alton camp and that may suggest to the
Frenchman a fight to Pasadena in
stead. The exact height Paulhan reach
ed yesterday in his marvellous flight
is yet in doubt. Ihe judges today were
still working out the figures of the tri-
| angulation. But il is certain that he
has surpassed Latham's Mourmelon rec
ord by at least 500 feet.
The last figures the judges announced
were 4,14s, but before Anal calculations
are completes today n may be found that
the attitude reached was but 100 or 200
i feet less than a mile. In that event the
Frenchman has reached the height OF
the snow-mantled mountains that sur
round the aviation field. And that is
what he said he would do. the day he
arrived
| BISHOP is ENTHUSIASTIC.
CortIandt Field Bishop, of New York,
president of the Aero Club of America.
was one OF the most enthusiastic witness
| es of the flight.
| cit was a magnificent achievement and
one of the most important of the age
he said, and he added that 1t was all the
more marvellous because of the fact that
PauIhan has been an aviator not more
than six or eight months.
| Paulhan is still under 80. Just how
much under he politely declines TO say.
Mr.. Bishop first knew him four years
ago as the engineer of one of the French
governments dirigible war balloons. Be-
| fore that he is said TO have been an
aerial wire walker, so that he became
an aviator by. degrees. He is his own
best mechanician, but that is natural, as
he started out as mechanic and ex-
| changed the overalls for the spangled
| tights of the wire performer.
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1910-01-14
ATLANTIANS PETITION
FOR MORSE'S PARDON

An effort is being made by local people
to secure pardon for Charles w.
Morse, who is now serving term of 10
years in the federal prison, and severai
petitions are being circulated asking that
President Taft restore him to liberty. 1t
is stated that the petitions are being
signed by many.
The petitions are identical with those
being circulated in the north, They set
forth the fact that Morse's guilt was
technical and that he did not intend to
injure the National Bank of America;
that no stakeholder or depositor lost any
thing and that the verdict of guilty was
due to the excited state of the public
mind and the popular clamor for vic
tim 1t is set forth that Morses long
confinement in the Tombs has been SUI
ficient punishment.
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1910-01-14
MANIAC KILLS ONE BOY
AND WOUNDS ANOTHER

NEW YORK, Jan. 13.-A black-bearded
maniac yesterday fired five shots into
crowd of Harlem school boys who had
been taunting him. Robert Tomas, s
wears old, was shot through the heart
and died instantly. Arthur Shivley, also
years old, was shot through the left
lung and taken to a hospital, critically
wounded.
The man. whom none of the frightened
youngsters can describe accurately, sham
bled off into the bushes surrounding the
boys playground and was soon lost to
sight. One hundred and fifty policemen
and a posse of citizens are hunting for
him. The woods nearby are encircled by
police, the Harlem river is picketed and
the search is slowly tightening its line
on the northern extremity of Manhattan
island. but in the meantime the murderer
may have slipped into a downtown sub
way train and escaped.
Half a hundred children. just freed
from school, were coasting in the woods
while a group of grown-ups stood watch
ing the sport. Among them was the man
with the black beard. He drew away
from the crowd and edged up the side
of the hill Just then down came little
Arthur ShivIey. His sled halted on a
bare spot and as he stood up the mad
man drew his pistol and fired.
The boy shrieked and fell, and in the
subsequent excitement everybody ap-
parently thought of the boy and nobody
of the man in black, for he ran of north
wards unmolested. 1t was some minutes
before a policeman arrived and small
boy tugged him by the skirts OF his
coat.
He's up there" gasped the boy. land
he's shot another boy"
At the edge of the woods they found
Robert Tomas dead.
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1910-01-14
MACON CITIZENS GUARD
HOMES FROM FIREBUCS
(special Dispatch to The JournalO

Especial Dispatch to The Journal)
MACON, Ga. Jan. ia reign Of terror
sbEolSen- out in entire South Macsn.
as the result of fires of an incendiary ma
ture. Last night hundreds of families dld
not sleep at all and twice that number
mixed slumber with restlessneSS and wax
ing spells. 1t is not exaggerating matters
one bit to say that the residents of that
suburb are afraid to close their eyes to
sleep, unless some one is on guard.
So desperate has the situation become
that mass meeting of the citizens has
been called for tonight at which time
Sheriff George B. Robertson will make an
address, and will try to outline a plan
to prevent further trouble. The meeting
should really have been held Wednesday
night, for it might have quieted some OF
the intense feeling that now exists.
This weeks record is six houses burn
ed to the ground without an apparent
cause The houses have not all been in
the same part of South Macon, either but
Just far enough beyond the city limits
to render the efforts of the fire depart
ment almost .fruitless. 1t has been said
that arson was committed by negroes in
order to draw crowds to the fire so that
the unmatched houses might be robbed.
There may be something in this report,
for many places were robbed while the
residents were watching the fire.
South macon people are up III arms over
the trouble, and will guard their homes
from now on with their dives. Already
property valued at several thousand dol
lars has been destroyed, but still no trace
of the wrong-doers has been found. That
lynching will occur If the culprit is
ever discovered in the act is believed
without a shadow of a doubt
Only day or two ago an attempt
was made to burn the Tyner residence in
South Macon, but 1t was ntpped in the
bud. It is not believed that white per-
sons have had anything to do with the
arson cases but that negroes have been
the guilty ones. There is no reason why
the negroes should nourish a grudge
against South Macon, and in view OF
this. no reason other than burglary can
be attributed to their actions.