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Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1911-12-19
Henry Zierer Dead

MACON, Ca, Dec. 16.-rhe funeral Of
Henry Zierer, who was electrocuted in
an unknown manner at the Royaster
Guano company Friday morning, will be
held from ST. Joseph Catholic church,
Monday morning at 10 o'clock, Rev. Fa-
Their Madden to officiate. The interment
will be made in Riverside cemetery.
The deceased has been residen tot
Macon for some time and has a score of
friends who deeply feel his loss. He
leaves a wife, one son and two daughters
a mother, two sisters, and one brother,
of New Brunswick, N. j., and one sis
ter, of FramingdaIe, N. j..
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1911-12-19
Ask HOLIDAY Office

MACON. Ga, Dec. 16.-A committee
has been appointed from the chamber
of commerce to call on the officials of the
Southern Express company in an eff
fort to have them establish an uptown
office to distribute their holiday express
packages. The merchants are at pres
emit very busy sending Christmas express
packages out of the clay and in view of
the fact that the company will be over
flowing with business from now until
the end of the year, an effort will be
made to have them better the situation
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1911-12-19
Unbalanced Kills Self

MACON, Ca, Dec. 16.-EIiza Thorpe.
a negress mentally unbalanced over the
religion of the Holy Rollers, committed
suicide yesterday morning by walking
down to the Ocmulgee river, just below
the Ocmulgee street bridge and wading
right out in the water. where the swift
current soon drowned hsr. Witnesses
of the suicide, who were too far from
the woman to prevent her from exc
cutting the deed, stated tina tshe shout
ed: II am going to walk on the water"
and waded in and soon drowned.
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1911-12-19
ITALY WANTS BAN ON
WAR FILMS IN AMERICA

WASHINGTON. Dec. 16-Italy. through
her ambassador here, today appealed to
the state department to stop the exhibi-
ton in the United States of motion PIC
lures alleged to portray the massacre OF
Arabs and Turks in Tripoh by italian
soldiers. The ambassador insisted the
pictures were faxed and had been pro-
duced by motion pictures firms on Amer
lean soil"
bassador that 1t would do what it could
toward stopping the exhibition of the
Objectionable pictures.
copy OF the ambassadors letter
was sent by the state department to the
mayors of large cities with the request
taht eevrything possible be done to stop
the exhibition.
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1911-12-19
Reunion Plans Renun

MACON, Ca, Dec. 15.-The reunion Of
ficers will begin actual work in collect
ing the subscriptions to defray the ex-
penses of tn ereunion on December 81
Twenty-one soliciting committees have
been named and over $500 names of firms
and individuals have been collected and
will be called on for subscription. The
reunion officers expect to collect $4,000
for the purpose of showing the Confeder-
ate veterans splendid time while in the
Ia
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1911-12-19
Lodue Officers Named

HAzLEHURST, Ca. Dec. 1e.-At the
regular communication of Hazlehurst
Lodge No. 2SS E. & A. NJ, yesterday af-
ternoon, the following officers We're
elected: Worshipful master, III. g.
Moore; senior warden, F. M. Haynes;
junior warden, s., C. Josey; secretary.
S. d. Dell; treasurer, T. r. Moore; tyler.
J. ]. O'Quinn.
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1911-12-19
MACON ELECTRICIAN
DIES FROM SHOCK

MACON. Ca. Dec 1s-Lying across a
large cable wire heavily charged with
electricity. the body OF H Zierer. an
electrician. was found Friday shortly af-
ter noon burned 10 a crisp He had been
in charge OF the electrical room Of the
Register Guano company for the past
two months No eyewitness TO his
death The coroner's jury verdict was
ugence. asa
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1911-12-19
GIVEN MONTHS IMPRISONMENT
FOR THEFT OF ONLY 2 CENTS

the margins. Return to the sender;
nothing ordered" and threw them into
the letter box.
The postal authorities regarded the
words nothing ordered" as new COM
munication, but instead Of asking for the
double postage they prosecuted him on q
criminal charge The first court regard
ed the offense as merely formal and in
hicted the minimum sentence of "a hours,
but the public prosecutor appealed. and
che higher court increased the penalty to
one months hard labor.
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1911-12-19
MOTHER CHARGED WITH
MURDER OF HER SON

BAD AXE. Mich. Dec 16.-Mrs. Car
rie 3 Sparkling, wife of the late John
Wesley Sparkling, and mother of Cyril.
Albert and Peter Sparkling, all of whom
are dead. was arrested early tonight
charged with the death of her son, Cy-
I'll.
Mrs. Sparkling was at the home OF
relative when the warrant was served,
and she was taken to jail. The warrant
was issued yesterday and Mrs. Sparkling
was expecting arrest.
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1911-12-19

Especial Cable TO The JournaL) !
LEMBERG. Dec. IA business man
named Max Trinezes has been condemn
ed 70 a months Imprisonment here on
the charge OF having defrauded the post
ONCE OF two cents
In Austria one is allowed TO return let
ters which one does not accept TO the
sender without paying any extra postage
Herr Trinezes had recei-ed four post
cards from q firm announcing that they
had sent goods ordered by him. AS he
had not ordered anything he wrote on
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1911-12-19
tspecIaI cabIe 70 The Journal.)

Special Cable TO The Journal)
PARIS. Dec. is--The begging habit In
Paris theaters which is a source of con-
siderable annoyance to the players. led
20 an amusing scene. not on the stage.
hut In front OF the house. in the Theater
de Ia Porte. St Martin. the other even
ing One OF the attendants asked a
speetator. whom she had just shown to
hfS plsce IN the stalls. for her little
profit" THIS Is the Paris theater at
tendants gentle reminder Of the tax
which Is resented so much
The spectator got up and made a little
speech. He refused to pay for being
shown 70 seat which he had bought
-sAnother man. in the front row OF the
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1911-12-19
Kindness Is REPAID

NASHVILLE, Tenn, Dec. 16-Gen. @.
P. Thurston. of this city, president OF
the Society of the Army of the Cum
berland. is today racking his brain over
tho identity of the person who yester-
day sent him 500 from Los Angeles.
An unsigned note said:
1.-THE enclosed 500 New York ex-
change, is the return of kindness
done many years ago.
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1911-12-19
MADE SPEECH FROM HIS BOX
WHEN USHER ASKED FOR TIP

dress circle. seconded the motion that
begging In Paris theaters should be
abolished, and there has been quite a
small fuss made in all the Paris news
papers about their protest.
Now the management of the Porte St
Martin and Ambigu intend to bell the
cat and institute method by which beg
ging in Paris theaters is to become i'm
possible They mean TO pay their thea
ter attendants. and any money given
them for cloak room fees. or other ex-
tras. by the public may be accepted only
in return for a printed receipt. This will
mean that the theatergoer viii be wor-
ried a little less. but will pay as much
as ever.
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1911-12-19
Convicts Inspected

CAMILLA, Ga. edo. 16.-A committee
from the state senate and house of rep
resentatives was in Camilla the first of
the week Inspecting the convicts in the
county and looking into the conditions
under which they are worked. In the
party were DIR. Mason, of Decatur; j..
B. Kincaid. of Blue Ridge; w. c. Tarver,
OF Whitefeld: S. K. Christopher. of Hall,
and ]. c. Mcclure, of Macon county.
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1911-12-19
ShopIifters BUSY

MACON, Ca, Dec. officiating shop
filters have begun their work in the de-
partment stores of the city. A number
of them have been detected in the last
few days. Several arrests have already
been made and others are expected to
follow before the holiday season has come
to a close. The clerks and floorwalkers
are keeping sharp lookout for the
dips" and several Of the stores have
employed extra plain clothes detectives.
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1911-12-19
Withersnoon Summoned

NEW ORLEANS, Dec. Iii. morn
well Witherspoon. manager OF the Amer
lean Sugar Refining company in this city,
has been summoned to appear before a
New York court to give testimony. He
refused to say from what court the sum-
mons was issued, but stated that he
would not leave this month. He denied
that II had any connection with ANY dis
solution idea"
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1911-12-19
Electrician Burned

WAYCROSS. Ca, Dec. 16.-J Lee
Parker. chief electrician of the Atlantic
Coast Line shops, was severely shocked
and badly burned about the hands last
evening when testing some equipment
He was unconscious for more than an
hour. but is now resting easy. His In
juries are painful, but not serious.
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1911-12-19
Still Is Raided

MACON, Ga, Dec. 16.-After wading
through water over a foot deep and
through a heavy downpour of rain. Uni
ted States Deputies Dave and Frank
Riley raided a moonshine still at Browns
crossing, in Baldwin county, near MIL
Iedgeville, last night and captured John
James and will Miller, both negroes. The
still was destroyed. together with about
500 gallons of mash and beer. They will
be given a preliminary hearing before
United States Commissioner Erwin next
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1911-12-19
Held for BURGLARY

MACON, Ga, Dec. I'D. II. Green.
alias Walter Jackson. white man. was
arrested yesterday on Fourth street by
Macon deputies, on the charge of bur-
glary. He is alleged to have smashed
the jewelry window of a store in For
syth, early Thursday morning, and car
ried away a quantity of jeweiry. He was
disposing of the stolen goods when ar
rested. Several bracelets, rings and neck
laces were found in his room. He was
carried back to Forsyth to answer to the
chn
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1911-12-19
MISTRlAL is ORDERED
IN CASE OF CANT0NS

NEW ORLEANS. Dec. IA mistriaI
was ordered this morning in the trial OF
Rene and Lucien Canton. the brothers
who were on trial in the district criminal
court. charged with the murder OF Edgar
II. Farrar. IT.. son of the fomer president
OF the Ameican Bar association. in this
city on November ! last
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1911-12-19
Crosbv Exonerated

CAMILLA, Ga, Dec. 1.-THE grand
jury returned no bill in the case OF
Mr. w H. Crosby. who was driving a
car on the evening of October 10. when
Mayor Bayard Perry's little daughter
was run down and killed.
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1911-12-19
Road Bonds Defeated

GREENSBORO, Ca. Dec 16.-At re-
cent b. I'd election for roads in Greene
county the majority for bonds was
about 80. but the bonds failed to Sc
cure the required two-thirds majority
as required by law. The vote was as
follows: For bonds. ss7; against bonds,
339.
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1911-12-19
EDNA GOODRICH TO GET $615,OOO
FROM FORMER HUSBAND GOODWIN

living in retirement with her mother.
She is not intending to marry a noble
man or anybody else as reported.
and this $615.00O Is not stage
money!" EA
"Its the goods" declared Mr.. Roth.
earnestly.
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1911-12-19
Hutchinson cantain

LAFAYETTE, Ind, Dec. 16.-At a meet
ing of II Purdue varsity football men
this afternoon, Roy r. Hutchison, quar-
terback on this years eleven, was elected
captain of the 1912 team.
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1911-12-19
cOIonisfs Arrive

MONTEZUMA. Ca. Dec. 16.-Another
party of eight families from Hickory
Grove s. c., headed by J.. W. Feemster,
arrived today to take charge of farms
recently purchased near Montezuma.
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1911-12-19
r. F. Capers Dead

GREENvILLE, S. c., Dec. 1s.-F. #.
Capers, prominent banker. son of the
late Bishop Capers. Of South Carolina,
died here today. after an illness cover
ing several months.
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1911-12-19
Get Ria Of Elastic Bands, Springs ana
Leg-straps. Such Harness Has
Forced Thousands to Undergo


Trusses like those shown above-the belt
and leg-strap. elastic and spring contraptlons
sold by drugstores and many self-styled
ssHernia Specialists make life miserable for
everybody who wears them.
Moreover, they often do immense harm
they squeeze the rupture, often causing strang-
ulation-dig into the pelvic bone In front
press against the sensitive spinal column at
the back.
The Plain ruth is This.
Rupture-as explained In our free book
can't be relieved or eured-can't even be kept
from growing worse-unless constantly held
in place.
Just as a bandage or splint Is the only way
a broken bone can be held-tne night KIND OF
truss is the only thing in the world that can
What difference it will make when you
get that kind OF truss
And You can get exactly that KIND OF truss
without risking cent OF your money.
It's the famous Cluthe Truss or Clutne An-
tomato Massager.
Far more than a truss-far more tnen
merely a device for holding the rupture IN
place.
SeIf-reguIating self-adjusting.
No belt elastic belt or springs around your
waist and no notwithstanding 70 pinch'
chafe. squeeze or lind.
Try Tt without Risking Penny.
We have so much faith in the Cluthe Truss
we have seen ii work wonders for so many
others-that we want TO make one especially
for your case and let you wear Ii at our risk.
Wen give you plenty Of time TO test ft-f
IL doesn't keep your rupture from coming ont
when you are working aud at all other times
If il doesn't put an end 10 the trouble you've
heretofore had with your rupture-if you don't
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1911-12-19
Trusses Like These Are a Crime

get better right away-then the truss won't
cost you cent. At
How It Strengthens and Heals.
In addition to holding the rupture. the
Cluthe Truss or C1uthe Automatic Massager
is constantly giving a soothing, Strengthening
massage to the weak ruptured parts.
All automaticaily-the massage goes on all
day long. all without any attention whatever
from you
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tion-all about the Cluthe Truss-Just how u
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how You can get IT on trial-and gives names
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Emmons County record., 1911-09-07
CAUGHT THE COWBOYS.
a Warm Reception For .,he Guy vAA
Took on the sur..

For real scSn,v variety syiNr rx'
the cattle town, the min:ns saul,
palcs before IT. said Scott Cooper.
the actor. whose earlier .iy 5v night
Years Yielded spnorens eNper.eaee.
This town WAS in Montana. It was
III the eighties. ans! l was tio,as $
STAR part The theatvr vas i sN...-
ing rink. with canvas sulleI dress
ing rooms Tho boys vcre al ssayro
with their "ferty-iomrs" in t.lci-
holsters.
"rhc curtain went iew,. ana i
was removing MY makeup wl,en =
knock camo pn the door. Outside
stood y crowd ct az least twenty.
six.
"Where's ter rsy tha, tcek OF
the hum said ono ci Them
Tho tenr was NOT rcassu,i,,, i
recalled y former eNrcr,oncu wl'en
= man M tlp gallery had th,cat,ac,,
70 shoot mo Whom. na Mil Sil>,w. tAN
l'nos Of Tho r'sv naAr 'm rrnta,
To Nancy
I'm that hrsef ,ln,unut VI wn,tiYs
! concentrated M much ~ ,nN mini
aH could. trying sn remomhpr .,
amy Of my lin'e THAI nigh. m,s'n
hayc offended them
Como. got +" n'.',N ~, VOW. ean'
tho apolsraman
"lAero Noa nothing O. n, hut
Emmons County record., 1911-09-07
DEATH OF An AGED NAN.
Nc w.s. eesiters o, the Northwest
Before the Civil Mar

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Emmons County record., 1911-09-07

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Emmons County record., 1911-09-07
LIVONA LINGO.

Correspondence Of ,..e Kaeara -, pi
5. NJ. Noale is busy hauling lum.
Der for bis new house.
Miss Emeline Burbage has gone
to her home at Bismarck.
Ben Klabunde was cut from Ha.
zelton last Saturday on business
trip.
Claude Bidwell was out from Haz-
elton last Saturday on a business
trip.
Miss Grace Campbell is down
from Bismarck for few DAYS visit
70 her claim.
Several parties from here at
tended the harvest ball at Hazelton
last Friday night.
Joe Baker has discarded one of
his crutches. His ankle, though
able to bear his weight, is very
painful.
j. A. Scott is here for a visit TO
his mother, Mrs. S. E. Chandler.
scotty,' as he is betser known. has
spent the past year in Iowa.
Wesley sr. and Peter Baker came
from Bismarck on to-day's stage.
Pete went up to register. and will
try to win happy home for him
self on the Berthold reservation.
"Frisky. .
Emmons County record., 1911-09-07

1t looks as though .s=.s aa5-
erable unceytain.y as - ..,e &c .ss-
ment Of reciprocisy b. liz s1s6iaa
people through the re.u-nsa. .s.-
liment Of anothe. L.bs.s IA
North Dakotans sh1 aays ..
travelling in the Doms..z II.
the campaign i red Ri 8s-5-
the Conservative an.i II.
leader, Is playing op3a .ns aa...s.ic
sentiment of the psaf.e ard s..y-
ing to impress upon them .hs. ..es
trade between tne sections w esd
to annexation. These .N9..n DAKOTA
visitors report. also. .as. Ii rss!.
Judgment the Conserve ..yes win
The cities are against Ii. ,3ac., 3e
cause its adoption would csuse The
diversion Of trade from those cities
to the great American milling cen
tiers. The people q eastern Caasss
are opposed to it fl. the ,sasor..
aside from patriotic sentiment. ,ha,
IT would injure thei. cities The
railroads are against il because +,
would take much Of th.ir freight,
that IS now hauled In Canada be-
tween east and west, across the Inc
tobe hauled by American RAILWAYS 10
American markets The Canadian
Liberal newspapers are making
their principal argument fo- yeci-
procIty on the truthful ground ths.
1he agreement would be entirely
favorable 70 ana6.ian farmers. Can
aua, although frost has done much
damage IN some sections. vii soon.
harvest record-breaking crop oi
grain. As recently shown 5v a Win
hlpee Liberal newspaper, hard
spring wheat is raised in a limited
area. None Of it is exported from
the United States across the ocean,
all beng mll!ed in this country.
The price Of this species of wheat
IL. therefore, not governed by Liv-
erpool or any other European mar
ket prices. And the Winnipeg pa
per tells the Canadian farmers that.
to secure the best prices for their
hard wheat, they should have free
entry to the American market. Of
course, there is no foundation what
ever for the Canadian fear that this
country wants to annex the Domin-
ion; but that fear is being success
fully worked upon by the Canadian
antl-reciprocity politicians. and so
Tar 1T is "anybody's fight" in the
matter of parliamentary majority.
Emmons County record., 1911-09-07
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Emmons County record., 1911-09-07

.-e al. NJ. Cooper, / sad.
l have spoken longer lines that were
easia. = =. ol.
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es....- IL. an: NJ marched If
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word MS ssoss. / fit ,.aa: he
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cys- !: v.e ts-S rassta things ~.
ea.-s. r:
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-e.:..as :. - house good e-o1ga
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Emmons County record., 1911-09-07
On Easy street.

From an unconsidered territory.
. far as population was concerned,
North Dakota during the past two
decades has gained in number
Of lis inhabitants until now it stands
3.th in that respect in the roster Of
the states. This in itself is no in
considerable accomplishment, when
i is remembered that at the com
mencement Of that period but one
railroad traversed its surface and its
capabilities were practically un-
known.
But this is by no means the only
criterion Of progress and mate
rial prosperi.,- which North Dakota
has TO show for the Years that have
interviewed between admission into
the union and the present day In
per-capita wealth approximating,
as that item does, $1,000 the state
is believed 70 lead every other mem
Der Of the national family. a bank
for every Ssl inhabitants is also a
strong proof Of material prosperity.
Last but not least come the figures
Of the United States postotiice mon
ey order department. which shows
that. Of the 50 states and territor les
doing business between themselves
and foreign lands, North Dakota.
stands o9th in the list. with total of
Sc, ,5ls.3333S. Thirty seventh in ortic,
Of population. but 29th in capacity
to buy money orders. in a state
where more than - per cont of the
people are directly engaged in agri
cultural pursuits is not so had
showing for the tillcr Of the soil, hc
the comparison made with New
York. illinois. California. or amy
other of the big money ccntors nf
the United States. or with other
commonwealth also occupied with
agriculture. C,ilhrcath's State Hul
sletin
Tho Revolver Won.
Robert rinkcrtnn once tall i
story Of his fnther, the founder ~
the detective agency. Mlu,h ,llua
tratcs tho elder FlnLe,ton'a = .nui,on
\ noted criminal waa Detained il
Pinkerton's Chicago nIlipr Tho
elder Pinkcrton lott tho rnom and
when he returned taal tho pracna,
tion of holding ~ revolver in f,ou.
of him.
He saw the criminal atsminr l.,
the door with nnutYl,a, ho hna
picked up from l''nkertnn'n n .'osl, in
his hand.
"This is good m,u'r." aivoh, ~
marked tho crook m ho t,,ol, ~ sn;lr
"For the cyru or Tho n.,s, r.
asked PinlScrson. who Anpw ,.o,
the crook hnd iutomlel u, hli.d
him in nn effort Il, oaeapr
"Wcll," remarked tt,n mI,nin.l
I'm sorry 10 any that thu ,,aec ,,,,,r
it this time"