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Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1911-12-13
THIRTY DAYS CRIMES
In UNCLE SANS LAND
Georgia Came Up Fourth On
Cory List

New York, December 12-An analy-
tical report of all crimes in the Unit
ed States from October 10 to Novem-
Der 10, has been prepared and pub
lished.
Murder, as the most violent as
well as the most frequent of the
crimes recorded, was found on anal
yzing the data to take precedence.
Two hundred and forty-four murders
were found tohave been committed in
% states, resulting in the death
of 245 victims. Instances were fire.
Quent in which several shared in the
killing of one, or one criminal was
responsible for the death of a number
of persons. This variation ranged all
the way from the doing to death of
an old farmer by six rufinly boys
near Chicago to the murder of 10 men,
women and children, five of whom
met death in the month in question,
supposedly by the hand of the same
lone assassin. White murderers num-
bered 1872, negroes "a. AS to the
victims, 189 were white and 50 were
negroes.
During the month in question, l.
successful lynchings were noted, as
well as IL unsuccessful attempts, in
which the accused were rescued from
the mob by the bravery or the re-
sourcefulness of the authorities. In
one case, a negro was elaborateiy
disguised, and thus brought safely
through his pursuers.
The geographical apportionment Of
murders to the various states put Ten
nessee and Alabama at the head II
the list, each with %. Mississippi
and Georgia came next with II each.
Florida pushed them close with 16,
and North Carolina was not far be-
hind with IA as her quota. Thirteen
murders were charged up to Illinois,
mostly outside of Chicago.
Behind these leaders the states
trailed off as follows: West Virginia,
ten; Pennsylvania, South Carolina
and Kentucky, eight each; Louisiana,
seven; Kansas, Nebraska and Okla
homa, six each; Indiana, Missouri and
the District of Columbia, four each ;
Ohio, three; Virginia, Arkansas and
Maryland, two each.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1911-12-13
SAVANNAH GIRLS TO LEARN
TO SEW AND WASH

Savannah, Ga, December 12-Follow-
ing the suggestion of Superintendent
Otis Ashmore, the Board of Education
at its December meeting last night
decided to introduce into the domestic
science course at the HGh school for
girls the instruction of sewing and
laundry work. This new feature will
be tried out experimentally after the
first of the year, and it is expected
much good will result from its intro
;duction.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1911-12-13
GRAND JURY IS CAMPING
ON TRAIL OF tigers
That Body is Almost Ready
to Adjourn

With such celebrity has the grand
jury OF Sumter despatched business
at this term of the court that a
hnish has well nigh been made, and
that august body will be ready to ad-
journ within a day or two, although
il may hold over until the finale OF
the Superior court session. All COM
mittee work has been completed and
each department of the county fully
and thoroughly investigated. 1t was
understood yesterday that the grand
jury was going after some OF the
boldest of the blind tigers said to be
selling whiskey in Americus, to the
end of letting the sunlight into their
foul dens. AS the whiskey business
has proved very profitable here in late
years, and sold almost openly, the
tigers are naturally alarmed at the
attitude of the grand jury.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1911-12-13
HOKE MAY HAVE To
WORK WITHOUT PAY
Unless RGSigning OVGrrOdG
State Constitution
Savannah Press.)

The Savannah Press has received a
letter from Atlanta calling attention
to telegram about Senator Hoke
Smiths refusal to accept the salary
as senator while he continued as gov
ernor of Georgia. From this article the
conclusion was drawn that Senator
Smith could not, even had he wished
to do so, accept the salary of senator
of the United States from Georgia ac-
cruing from June to December, 1911.
This conclusion, our correspondent
says, is eminently correct" but does
not in his opinion go far enough Sec
tion GAIL of the Code of 1910 contains
these words
Sec. 6471, (Sec. 5SO5) Par 2, Gov
ernor: Term of Office, salary, etc.
The executive power shall be vested
in a governor, who shall hold his Of
flee during the term of two years, and
until his successor shall be chosen and
qualified He shall not be eligible to
reelection after the expiration of a
second term, for the period of four
years. He shall have salary of three
thousand dollars per annum (until
otherwise provided by law passed by
a two-third's vote of both branches Of
the general assembly,, which shall
not be increased or diminished during
the period for which he shall have
been eIec'ed; nor shall he receive,
within that time, any other emOlument
from the United States, or either of
them, or from any foreign power But
this reduction of salary shall not ap-
ply to the present term of the present
governor"
According to these words, and the
language is very plain, in the opinion
of our correspondent, who happens 10
live on West Peachtree street, the
governor and members of the legisla
ture in Georgia cannot receive ap-
pointment to office or pay from the
United States "for the time during
which they shall have been elected" !"
Not while Occupying Office" but, for
the time for which he was elected"
Senator Smith has refused to receive
the extra pay accruing to senator
while he was actively occupying the
office of governor. If this construction
holds he cannot accept any pay for
senator from December, 1911 to Jun :,
1913. the full term for which he was
elected governor of Georgia. Whether
by resigning the governor can nullify
the constitution, which prohibits his
receiving pay from the United States
for the two years for which he IS
elected" Our correspondent plainly
thinks he cannot and believes that
"the only construction that can be
placed upon the language used is that
Senator Smith cannot for IS months
draw his pay as senator without vio-
lating the state constitution, which ne
swore to support.
This is a nice question, and wemust
leave the construction of the law 10
other and ADLER authorities.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1911-12-13
4 = + 4 + 4 \ + y
TO THE LADY SHOPPER.

= Here's to the girl with the Christ 4
= mas enterprise
= And kindly beating heart, who
y does not leave
= Her shopping till the tardy Christ =
mas Eve
= But day by day her loving pres =
= ents buys =
= And thereby proves unselfish and =
most wise.
= 'Tis thus that generous fore =
thought doth retrieve
y The thoughtlessness of others and :
y relieve
y In measure slight the poor clerks =
= So when with wild and frenzied ="
y shopping rush
= Through store and street the gift "
y pursuers go, =
= At home she sits unmfndful of the =
crush
*And basks within the Yule logs !
= crimson glow, =
= Collecting as her due, with modest >
\ Her toll beneath the pearl-strung :
= mistletoe. =
= \ 4 + 4 4 = y y \ = =
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1911-12-13
SAYS PUBLIC BATHING AT
PIEDMONT PARK is IMMORAL.

Atlanta. Ca, Dec. 12.-Maj. R. 8.
Quinn, president of the local Forward
Movements" has created sensation by
denouncing the Sunday bathing at
Piedmont Park and inaugurating a
movement to stop it next spring. He
says: at is unsanitary to allow so
many people, clean and unclean. TO
make use of such small body OF
water and it's immoral also for the
majority Of the hundreds who Skier
on the banks are there for no good
purpose" s .ns !.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1911-12-13

further testimony. This gave the de-
tense the opening and concluding a.
gument in the first rial which was
not true yesterday, as the introduce
tion of further witnesses by the de-
fense gave the concluding argument
to the prosecution. Solicitor General
Williams opened the argument for the
prosecution late in the afternoon.
AS preface to the reading of his
statement to the jury and the court,
Childers said that the typewriter
statement he was about to read was
In substance the same statement that
he had made at the first trial After
the initial declaration of his inno-
cencs of the crime charged against
him, the defendant recited the cir
cumstances leading up to his marriage
to Miss Eta Richardson in March of
the present year, asserted that he and
his wife had been devoted to each
other, claimed that he had bought
poison at the instance of his wife to
poison dog, but that upon her insis-
tence the poison had been destroyed
and that he had been greatly sur
prised and deeply grieved at his
w
urally be. Childers was perceptibly
moved as he read his statement, just
as he was when he made his state
ment without manuscript in the first
trial.
The first new testimony of the day
was introduced when Mr.. T. L. Teas
ley, of Smithville, was called to the
stand by the prosecution. The wit
ness testified that in either May or
June of the present year Childers had
endeavored to sell him a joint policy
for $4,000 on the life of himself and
that of his wife. Childers had said,
according to the witness, that he
himself had taken out a similar pol
icy on the life of himself and wife.
In rebuttal of this testimony the de-
Tense introduced Mr. Duncan Forres-
ter, of Leesburg, who brought forward
the record of the insurance company
which he represents, declaring that
Childers, who was an agent for the
same company, had at his suggestion
made application for joint policy
for $4,000 on the life of himself and
wife, but that the company refused to
issue the policy on the ground that
no policy Of this kind was issued un-
til after the wife had been married
two years. Mr.. Forester said that
it was the policy of the company for
all of its agents to take out insur-
ance with them in order that they
might use it as a talking point" in
soliciting insurance from others.
Other new testimony was introduc-
ed when the prosecution sought to
show that the marriage OF Mr.. and
Mrs. Childers occurred at l o'clock at
night, or later, and under mysterious
circumstances. Miss Mary Lizzie Ans
ley, of Smithville, testified in re-
buttal to this, that she had been pres
ent at the marriage, which occurred
about 11:3O o'clock at night at the
home of Mr.. J. D. Snellgrove, a no
tary public in Lee county. There WIS
nothing mysterious about the mar
riage, she said, as it was generally
known that the two had been engag-
ed for some time. Mr.. R. ]. Richard
son. father of the dead woman, FUR
ther refuted these charges by stat
ing on the stand that he had consent
ed to the marriage of his daughter 10
Childers several months before 1t oc-
CURED and that he believed that they
were both happily married.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1911-12-13
$4,000 GIVEN FOR SHAFT
TO CONFEDERATE WOMEN

Charleston, S. c., Dec. 12.-Col. S, A.
Horne has given $4,000 for the erec-
ton of monument to the women of
the Confederacy at Raleigh, N. G., af-
ter the Kinney design, according to a
telegram received here today from
Gen. Julian Carr, by Gen G. Irvine
Walker, as chairman of the executive
committee on women's monuments In
the South,
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1911-12-13
MISS BYNE FIRST TO BE
BAPTIZED IN NEW CHURCH

Albany, Ca, December 12.-Miss
Marilu Byne, daughter of Mrs. G. VI.
Byne, in memory of whose departed
husband the Byne Memorial church
was built, was the first person to be
baptized in that handsome new house
of worship. A large congregation
attended services Sunday night when
Miss Byne, with three others, was
baptized.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1911-12-13
PUMPKIN AT THE CAPITOL
WEIGHS OVER 70 POUNDS

Atlanta, Ga, Dec. 12.-Paul Foster.
of Alpharetta, Ga, is bringing to the
capitol pumpkin weighing 79 pounds
and l ounce, said to be the largest ev~
er grown in Georgia. Mr.. Foster grew
ii on his farm, from seed which he will
probably name Fosters improved" It
will be exhibited in the department OF
agriculture offices.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1911-12-13
BRAVERY o FNEGRO BOY
SAVED A CHILD'S LIFE

Atlanta, Dec. 12.-An unknown ne
gro rescued Marion Chambers, a r.
year-old-ginl, from the fangs of
huge bulldog. The dog had the child
down, when the negro drove up in a
wagon. He leaped down and choked
the dog off, letting the child. who was
badly hurt, get home. Then the negro
drove away.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1911-12-13

no TANGIBLE MOTIVE
SHOWN.

\ A noticeable feature of the I
\ second trial of Childers is the 4
\ failure of the prosecution to
\ show clearly and definitely any
! sufficient motive for the crime. :
! As will be remembered, the lack =
! of sufficient proof of motive was =
; also manifest at both the com :
: initial hearing and the first jury =
. trial. The effort of the state =
. Yesterday to prove the existence ,
Of an insurance policy on the =
; fe OF the dead woman failed =
} completely, as did also the at ,
} tempt to prove that Mr.. and y
Mrs. Childers were married un- =
der mysterious circumstance =
that might furnish a motive for y
tbe crime. The failure to prove \
definite motive has shrouded =
the Childers case in mystery =
from the very beginning of the =
legal proceedings last September. 4
= \ = 4 4 4 = 4 4 + + y
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1911-12-13
life OR Death IS HANGING IN
BALANCE FOR CHILDERS TODAY

Argument Should be Concluded and Case Submitted to the jury Before
AOOn twenty Witnesses Heard Yesterday Together With te
Opening argument FAILURE 10 Prove Motive Was as Marked as In
Former hearings Argument viii Be Resumed This Morning at $3.50
O'clock
Bryan daily eagle and pilot. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1909-1918, 1911-01-11

day sol5 al $3.50. rot zaany below this
fgure. ana dealers say he arerags
quality is ru1nkDg very high Average
value Of the hogs f0r last week Vas
1872. average same week lasi year
ss-Ss. Slippers are buying aboai l.
per cent O. tie hogs noE. Rhieh Is a
fairly good quota for that channel ana
sufficient 70 keep the nsrket o. a
fairly keen edge
Sheep and lambs wobbled d liiile
last week bur ana1lY closed 1502-c
higher for the week Rzs To-Day is
15oo0 head, market steady on sheen
about Zoe lower On lambs Top lambs
today brought $500 and ysarlings
made a new mark a. s5e0. wethers
are worth S40o@s.25- ewes $500
4.e0. Transactions in feeding stock
are OF slight moment Oh sec0unt OF
lack o. supplies OF Thar class Prices
are holding up pretty good. but nerE-
ousness is ruling characteristic Of ths
market ard the footing ,s not al al
sure. IA RICKART.
Market Correspondent
Bryan daily eagle and pilot. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1909-1918, 1911-01-11
PATENTS TO TEXANS.

Jack A schley United States patent
attorney Of Dallas announces the is.
suance Of the following patents TO
Texans:
kas N. Anderson. Temple, locking
device for lubricating cups.
Ida N. Argo. Dallas, catamsnial
bandage.
Henry R. Decker. Houston. we'll
screen.
Thomas H. Diserens, Dallas, baling
press.
ROber, L. Duniyant, For; Worth. rail
band.
Alfred P Finley. Sherman. railway
mail and nut lock for fish plate bolts.
James A Henson, Aubrey, backband
buckle.
Howard R. Hughes, Houston. roller
boring drill.
Samuel 5. Johnson, assignor Of one
half to T. Finn, Fort Worth. combined
crutch and chair.
Horace C. Johnson, Corslcana. liner
for steam pumps.
Carol D. Kirk, Mortens, cultivator
tooth adjuster.
William W. Lilies, Mineral Wells,
churn.
Bryan daily eagle and pilot. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1909-1918, 1911-01-11
SELLING STREETS

The selling OF eErh8nsi1g o. s.asS's-
or portions thereof. by TIE city ooon-
eli is q b88 policy. and moreover. il
is contrary 10 The law az INTERPRETED
bv the higher courts The right 10
control vested IN the city council Goes
not carry with IL the risht to sen bar
ter o. exchange To-day The MAt4n
p-blis suffers inconve1lence and the
looks Of the city are d-sfgured IL 2
number Ct instances as Q result o. the
council IN former yesrs swapping
This street for that selIns portions q
streets. leasing same o. permitting
parties 10 close them up OF uespass
upon Them. We repeatthst the streets
and alleys are for the use and con
Tenience Of The general public as vel
as the admitting properly owners and
The latter can nc, forfeit tie right o.
the general public Neither can the
city council legally dc so. The practice
ought to stop once and forever
Marlin DemCcrat.
Bryan daily eagle and pilot. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1909-1918, 1911-01-11
GO RIGHT At II.
Frienss arc ksigh5ors i- Bryan viii
Sncw You How.

aA~''T
Get az the roo; Of the trouble.
Rubbing an aching back may re-
leve it,
Bur IL Won't cure IT,
You must reach The root Of it-.Ae
kidaeys
Doan's KiGnsy Pills 60 rglt a. s.: ~
Reaches the cause; relieve the pain
They cure. TOO, 50 Bryan people say.
John J. stacey. Astin street. Bryan.
Texas, says; When seventeen years
Of age ! strained my back and from
that time until was relieved By
Doan's kidney Pills, suffered terribly
from pains in NY Joins. ! was also
bothered greatly by q kidney weak.
ness When had the good fortune 20
hear Of Doan's kidney pills made up
ny mind 10 Try them. AMI obtained a
box Al Emmer 4 Naloney's drug store.
They strengthened my kidneys ard re-
Heyed the pain in ny back. thereby
convincing me Of their value"
For sale by all dealers. Price SOC.
Fotser-MIburn Co, Buffalo. y Y. sole
agents for the United States.
Remember the name-Doan's-ahd
AXE no other.
Bryan daily eagle and pilot. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1909-1918, 1911-01-11
MONEY BACK
On That Basis Z. }. jenkins viii ssu
You Bottle Of Partisan Sage
Hair Grower.

i'Iti ~ -HcIs
Hair must have n0urisame1- OPP die
!. f. does not have proper nourishmen.
II viii lose its vitality. grow weak. and
become an easy prey 10 the rsvaeeg OF
the vicious germs OF dsndrun
Partisan Sage is a hair nourisber: e.
Is the result Of sincere study and ey.
pertinent By one Of the worlds leading
scientists
!, should be used regularly as a
hair dressing by everyone with healthy
hair. because 4. never fails 10 prevent
dandTuf, falling hair, or any scalp dis.
ease.
But Partisan Sage is not only a nre.
Ventive. it is a certain cure FOR dan.
dru1; it stops itching Of the scalp in.
stantly: it makes hair grow thick and
luxuriant Il is especially in demand
by ladies. because it makes the hair
beautiful. soft and fluffy. It is sold by
E. J. Jenkins and druggists every.
where. under positive guarantee to
DO all that is claimed for it. or money
back.
Mail orders filed. charges PREPAID
by the American makers, the Giroux
Mfg. Co., Buffalo, n Y The girl with
Auburn hair is on every package.
Bryan daily eagle and pilot. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1909-1918, 1911-01-11

Especial 10 TIE Bryan Eag1el
Houston. Texas, Jan 1l-Trade COB
didons are now squsr.ng away for The
new year. The money situation il
easier than at the beginning Of last
rear. and there is q spirit Of progress
sireness apparent in all channels. but
there IS enough caution in the ali &c
prerer< any bad breaks One failure
was reported last week in the Hous-
ton district. The dullness Immediately
following the holiday season has dis
appeared. Collections continue good
Business failures for the United States
for the week ending January were
ISL against 27l for the same period
in 1910 and 32s in 1909.
January Witnessed the arrival Of
the coolest weather period Of three
days which South Texas has expert
eneed insthis month for z period Of
twenty years All garden truck was
killed and much damage suffered
Careful inspection OF orange and hg
orchards shows that these passed
through the test Of Il degrees Fahren-
heit successfully. There viii be much
defoliation- b1i this cold snap should
not affect the production next .ail
Another severe freeze coming within
the next few days might cause heavy
loss while the trees are less able 10
Withstand the cold than theT we're
two weeks ago. but this is not prob
able Tie prolonged dry season also
helpe- IL keeping down damage 10
orchards. The freeze proved souSb
Texas 10 be an orange country.
This market is about bare Of poul-
Try and all grades have advanced soc
per dozen Turkeys are in good de-
mand and are quoted at 15c. NON
would be good time 10 ship. Both
fresh country eggs and cold storage
stock are down le under last weeks
quotations selling Al 27c. Country
butter is quoted at l4c.
The Houston Packing Company is
still il the market FOR hogs al top
market prices. Every encouragement
is being offered the farmers TO devote
mere attention 10 hog raising.
On the morning ot January 10 the
government report on the total amount
OF cotton ginned TO January /. 1911.
was issued 1t showed a total Of H.
OS7,4s2 bales. as against 9.647.327
bales last year and 12.4s5.2ss bales
year before last. For Texas the total
reported was zS5g,479 bales. as com.
pared with 232s.sli for this period
last year On this report the market
advanced few points. as 4, was con
sidered rather bullish. Spots still hold
steady At 15e and that is the back
bone Of the present market.
Bryan daily eagle and pilot. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1909-1918, 1911-01-11
Kansas City Livestock

Kansas Cry Stock Yards. Jan. g.
Cattle receipts increased last week
after Tuesday. and the proportion Of
good weight fed steers was larger. re.
suliing in declines the last DAYS o.
the week which wiped out The gains
Of The first two days. Butcher stun
held up better than steers. and stock.
erS and feeders remained firm. Today
the run is liberal here. 1900. and
heavy a. Chicago. with lower prices on
The card from al the markets: decline
Aete Zoe on steers. steady TO Zoe lower
on COWS, steady on stockers and feed
ers. 4 large share o. the stuff coming
Is Zine 70 lz0-day fed. and the same
Is making money for the feeder. as a
rule while the long fed steers are
seA-lg only little above The others
and coul- have been csghed several
months ago for more money than they
are now bringing Bulk Of the steers
sell at s5.jO9625. With TOD steers 10.
day ~ $3.50. nothing OF merit below
sos. Butcher stuff T. showing ro-e
quality than any time before this win.
ter due 10 the Ginger feeds, and Drices
look pretty high. decent COWS selling
al $40o45.25. heifers S475a5.75. tons
around $500. bulls $4O0a5.15. Ton
reals bring $3.50, heavy calves $500
Demand for stockers and feeders Is
strong, and prices are highest in sev-
erai weeks. Buyers now get the ad.
vantage OF having had the cattle put
nall through the winter, a consider.
able item on stock cattle. Stock steers
sell al $4,000 $40. feeders s5.OOa $40.
stock COWS and heifers $1,000 $50.
quarantine supplies have picked up a
title, consisting mainly OF medium
lass steers at s5.3OG5.75. Offerings
u guarantees today 80 cars; quality
letter than last week, most Of the
steers al s5.5Oa 5.S5. one load Of the
Johnson yesrlings, from Chickasha, at
is.l5. Receipts from Colorado and the 1
Vest have been very small in the last /
week.
The hog market was on the I'D. 1
'rade last week, and closed a quarter 1
higher for the week. Run today il
1000 head, extra large for Monday. /
md most sales were 5d1Oc lower. /
The market closed little stronger
oday, and last sales we're at the top, |
Is7 ~. Three-fourths Of the hogs TO.
Bryan daily eagle and pilot. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1909-1918, 1911-01-11
e. PAso HOTEL ROBBERY.

The Eagle Of las. Thursday con.
tanned an accom-; o. a Lorel holirn
which occurred in E. Paso. where two
masked men entered tEe hotel forced
the clerk and bellboy into The base.
ment and robbed the SAFE an6 a 'o.
Of safety deposit boxes. securing five
or six thousand dollars. Wha, gives
i more than usual interest 10 the PEG.
pie o. Bryan is tia; the hotel is owned
by Charles Knoblauch g former citi.
zen Of Bryan The hote, los. $500. the
remainder belonging 70 guests OF the
hotel.
Bryan daily eagle and pilot. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1909-1918, 1911-01-11
INSURE WITH
SOuthW eStern

Life Insurance Co.. Dallas, Texas.
Sl,0zs.i5L5s Assets December 81, 1909,
with s72s,S7s.g5 IN excess Of the Legal
Reserve.
JOE g. REED
VIII explain different kinds Of policies
50 you viii understand. Do not give
Your insurance 10 a stranger who has
no Interest In you, only for what
money he can make o. first premium.
Also writes Accident and Sick Benefit
Insurance. All should be members Of
the Friend in Need Society.