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Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1912-12-31
CORONER PROBING DEATH.

ADMISSION. ALA. Dec 3t.-Coronel,
}. l.. Murphy is investigating the al
legged suicide OF Marshal Davis. a negro
of Hobson city found dead today.
Thee is suspicion that murder has
been committed
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1912-12-31

ment. A Bible has also been furnished
her, by urgent request.
The woman is heartbroken at the
refusal of her children to visit her. and
today wrote Nina, her sixteen year old
daughter and favorite child, begging
her not to forsake her mother
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1912-12-31
|: CITY ON SOUND BASIS
: MAYOR NTH SAYS

This statement was made by
. Mayor J. Henry smith:
THE city Of Griffin is sound I
. financially. While the loss Of the
. records mas temporarily demon
. allied affairs, the city is not af- I
. tected seriously. We have on hand I
. a cash surplus Of $6,401.O1, and the I
taxes for the year 1912 are, as yet I
. uncoilected"
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1912-12-31
THROWS CAN OF CORN
IN QUARREL: KILLS MAN

MARKED TREE, ARK. Dec. 81 VIII
liam Johns and Alex Smith QUarreled over
a girl. Johns threw can 70 corn, which
hit Smith on the head ana killed him
Johns was arrested,
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1912-12-31
CITY TREASURER
Of GRIFFIN IS
A SUICIDE
Prominent Citizen Stays Self
After the Burning of His
Account Books.
Continued From Page One.

position to handle their funds for an
other two years.
It was at II o'clock Tuesday night
that he again took the oath so familiar
10 him. A few minutes later he left
the city hail. apparently in the best Of
spirits. bidding his associates good
night" and vending his way to his
picturesque old Southern home a few
blocks away. There few hours later,
with the message Of Mayor Smith,
calling for an audit and new system,
ringing in his ears he placed the muz-
z.e OF revolver In his mouth and fred
a bullet through his brain. Whatever
may have been his motive, it died a
secret with him.
Members Of the city government and
citizens generally were saddened We'd
nesday morning when the news went
out that their longtime and beloved
old clerk and treasurer had been
stricken with apoplexy while preparing
to enjoy his breakfast.
Mayor Smiths desire for a change in
the conduct of city affairs was widely
known even before his inauguration,
owing to the fact that 1t was an issue
In the campaign and had been dis
cussed from day to day.
\ farewell note was left By Nall. In
Il he made no reference to the destruc-
ton Of the city's records. but voiced
his determination that they should
never be examined, AS to the reason
u this determination he gave no word,
so far as has been learned He wrote;
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1912-12-31


Immediately following the announce
ment of the death, Mayor Smith or
dered the clerks office closed until aft
CT the funeral on Friday. On Satur-
day the finance committee, of which
Douglas Boyd, Of the Douglas Boyd
Company, is chairman opened the Of
fee and made the discovery that the
important books were missing. The
finance committee. in called session
Monday, instructed Mayor Smith and
Mark j. James, one of the members, to
go to Atlanta and employ expert ac-
countants.
The report of the accountants is ex-
pected in about a week
The first evidence as to the destruc-
ton OF the records was furnished in a
confession to the finance committee by
Bill Holloway. negro janitor in the city
hall. He said that on Tuesday morn
ing. before the new administration took
charge that night. Nail placed two
books on the edge of the furnace door
in the basement OF the city han and told
him to push them into the furnace He
says he did so.
Members OF the committee later
earned that a negro cook in the Nall
home, Mary Holloway-no relation,
however to the janitor-had condded
to another negro that Nall chad been
burning books and papers in his home
for two weeks before his death She
was closely questioned by the commit
tee, but denied this statement.
She adr9ftfa1 bavrax-os. tfoaf ~, vr,4.e
day morning three books had been
burned. She said her husband came to
the Nall home that morning to build a
ire. as usual, and that Nall gave him
three books and told him to burn them
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1912-12-31
My Books Shall
Never Be Examined.

u am determined that nay books
snail never be examined. ] have
checked and rechecked them, and have
found them absolutely correct. / am
satisfied that no one else could have
found anything wrong.
Then he added:
But the horror OF ii all, and the
thing that caused me to determine on
this course, is the fear that I might be
stricken helpless and left a burden on
those lily able to care for me"
Another sentence read:
II am very, very tired"
Nails friends are firm in their belief
that he was simply laboring under the
hallucination that he was suspected Of
some possible wrong, and that this err
roneous thought that his honesty ana
his long used system were questioned
drove him to desperation and to his
tragic end.
They say Nall suffered a slight stroke
OF paralysis a short time ago, and since
then seemed to fear that he would be
stricken helpless and would have to be
cared for by his three daughters. Nall
Was a Widower
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1912-12-31
WOODWARD FOR
SANDS REFORMS
Heads of Police and Park
Boards, Hit by Experts Re-
port, Are Angry.
Continued From Page One.

would see the police department as en-
tirely different-they have, in fact
We've got the best police depart
ment Of any city Of the size of Atlanta
In America
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1912-05-17
Sir Almroth and the suHrauists

one of the most entertaining feat
ures of the suffrage campaign in
England-if-- at this discreet
distance one may venture to ind en-
tertainment in anything so desperate
lv serious is the controversy rag
ing over the rude and odious letter
which the distinguished physician
Sir AImroth Wright wrote to the
London Times, and in which he eA-
plained the woman movement as
pathological phenomenon The poor
man must have had reason since 10
regret that women were ever allowed
10 learn the alphabet; II cannot truly
be said that an Englishmans nome
is his castle so long as the postman
brings in the papers with their poi
soned darts. The Times has, OF
course. been the main battle ground,
but the other papers have been iull
of the fury of controversy, ana II IS
no longer a secret what the sunra.
gists think of Sir Almroth. One OF
his most vigorous ASSISTANTS has been
the novelist May Sinclair author oil
THE Divine Fire." and her replies
TO Sir Almroth have been collected
into tract which is sent out official
" by the suffrage league Of American
writer's.
The amazing thing in all this fury
of discussion has been the abysmal
ignorance Of each sex revealed by
ll'the other. know myself was the
foundation of Greek wisdom; know
the other half must evidently be the
supplementary maxim of modernity.
II would hardly be credible that such
ignorance could survive in a world
so long tenanted by men and women
but for the social arrangements that
tend. and perhaps will Increasingly
! tend. to keep them IN ignorance OF
each other The more sophisticated
society becomes the less opportunity
Is Afforded or that plain matter OF
fact association found in humble and
primitive life. The pioneers OF Am
erica were fortunate above most peo'
pies I'm this respect. Seldom have
| the sexes met on such simple and
candid terms, free from romantic
I nOnNtllNt anu IT. ~ lhtiA wat AA'e
knew more of each other a century
ago than they do now Discussion
and the reading OF books are poor
substitute for the rough, homely life
, of the farm where no pretenses can
be kept up, and people are too busy
doing their work to argue whether
men or women could do II better
The work Of office and factory Is OF
too limited and artificial a sort "a
give any such trying OUT process II
is a question OF who gets the jot
rather than OF who is nc for Il. The
whole absurd discussion as to the
relative merits and capabilities oI
men and women springs from the ev
olutlon OF an artificial life which eX
ercises only a limited range Of pow
ers and brings the sexes into com
petitive rather than complementary
relation. When Adam delyed ant
Eve spun such questions took care o
themselves.
In the same way as social orgRni
zation becomes more complicated I
tends toward a mechanical separa
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1912-05-17
A Story Of Joe Manley.

Chief Justice Fuller Of the United
States supreme court was on a visit TO
Maine some years ago and while there
was entertained by Joe Manley. Mr..
Manley was held In great reverence by
his fellow citizens all over Maine and
especially in Augusta, his home. He
took Mr.. Fuller for a drive about the
place, but was forced by pressing
business engagement to leave his guest
before the drive was finished. When
Mr. Manley had disappeared the driver
turned to the Judge. whom he did not
know, and, drawing out a cigar, said:
81 suppose you don't mind If smoke.
When we are driving Mr.. Manley We
never light up, because he's rather Il
distinguished citizen" Fuller repress-
ed a laugh and told the driver TO 20
ahead, which he did. Later the chief
justice retalled the joke to Mr. Manley,
who at the first opportunity told the
driver few things, winding up, you
miserable three ply idiot. that was the
chief justice Of the United States"
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1912-05-17
A Swarm Of Flies

II sometimes takes a pocket-full OF
bugs and things to get big trout in
terested in what you are trying TO
do, but what a thrill of satisfaction
travels up your spine when you fin
ally strike on the kind OF grub
Mr.. Fish has an affinity for.
That is the reason why successful
fishermen carry a good variety OF
Trout Flies in their book.
That is the reason we have 231
different named patterns and sizes OF
English, Scotch and American flies;
enough kinds to satisfy the most fas-
tidious taste Of every fisherman and
supply every fussy fish in the brook
with a regular course dinner.
Remember this: Our flies are tied
to our order. They are true to name.
They are good quality They look
alive. They are silk flies tied to
good quality gut and hollow point
hooks, and they sell for the popular
price of so cents per dozen.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1912-05-17

"0nce upon n time" says 0ple Read,
IL was In a sanitarium where IL was
customary to starve people almost to
death in order to make them live. l
endured that treatment three days and
then sought a restaurant downtown.
A walter came 20 me. and said:
az want something TO eat. Bring
me a steak
. Been up therer inquired the wait.
er, pointing toward the sanltarium.
AYES; three days ! replied.
zone sanitarlum steakr yelled the
waiter.
81 sunk dIsconsolately into n chair,
for II seemed that the whole town was
conspirlng to starve me. But l should
have known that there were others
who had been there before me The
'sanltarium steak was nicely served
by the waiter. who cheerfully said.
"'Here you are, sir; fine slrloln. top
cut and extra large New York
Tribune.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1912-05-17

ton which has the effect OF promot-
ing mutual ignorance. One OF the
triumphs Of American unsophistica.
ton was co-education against which
We see so strong reaction nova.
days In many quarters. Even suffra-
gists share in it, yet the co-educa.
ton which began at Oberlin in 1888
has been a great factor in forward
ing the cause of suffrage in the
West Boys and girls who are edu-
Gated together and find no difference
in their mental powers in the class
room are much less likely to feel that
only men are fit for the ballot. When
men and women meet mainly in a
conventional way. for compliments
and small talk. they have little
chance 10 get at the reality that lies
behind this courteous insinoerity and
Illusion and misunderstanding grow
apace. Evidently one of the tasks
still left TO woman is TO effect a sci
entitic demonstration of what she
really is The ignorance Of Sir Aim.
roth Wright Is pitiable, 10 be sure,
but Il is likely that many share his
views without being reckless enough
TO publish them. Where ignorance
/ is so complete. instruction must com.
mence at the beginning. and the best
advocates OF the cause are those who
show the most patience, good humor,
and recognition of the great gulf of
prejudice and misconception which
lis between men and women and for
which nobody is TO Thanksgiving
field Republican.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1912-05-17
She Was Lucky.

A man who had just come from q
visit to friends house where he had
seen five ladies' engaged in sociable
game of poker. said:
II looked on awhile. Pretty soon
one player asked for three cards.
They were given her, and she put
them with the FIVE she had been given
first She had eight cards In her hand,
but didn't notice il until her turn TO
bet came. Then she said:
"Oh, my land. have eight cards"
"'You forgot TO discard, dearle, said
the dealer. Throw three OF them
away
"'Well. let me see which ones ! can
spare replied the other She studied
moment and then discarded three.
Now she said, I'm going to bet
dime. have three aces
"'Gracious me- came from another
woman 4 only have two kings, but
suppose mus call,
"She called, and the woman with
the three aces took In the money.
"Tsn't it funny how lucky l Nmr
she said. Then she added: oh. May,
how much did that new hat you got
last week cost | think it's just a
dear
"That was all waited to see" con
cluded the man. New York Tele-
graph.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1912-05-17

TVVUIs IIIF MIN 0IIAI T I'D
whats become LEGS
Of that little runt with the jag that
ordered this cocktail?' he asked.
The senator's friend got on the wa
ter wagon right there. 49, New York
World.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1912-05-17
DEALER in
THAT BOY OF YOURS

1t seems like yesterday that mother
mourned the transition from skirts
to trousers-his rocking horse will
soon give way to the baseball and
the pigskin.
He's developing, changing every
day, and you havn't had his picture
taken in more than year, So. please
remember
"There's a PHOTOGRAPHER in
your town" at,
1876 Main ST., Bennington, VI.
The CONE Studio
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1912-05-17
Rule or Ruin

With Massachusetts. Maryland and
Texas following in the footsteps OF
Pennsylvania, will President Taft
continue in his efforts to drag the
Republican party down to defeat. or
will he set Roosevelt the pace by
stepping aside and allow the Chicago
convention to place in nomination a
candidate that shall unite the fac.
tons and save the party.
The Republicans should face the
issue sQuarely and II they do they
must admit that the Democratic par.
~ Is In fairly good form. II has
elected governors In states that we
usually place In the republican col.
umn, New York. Maine. Massachu.
sets, Indiana and Ohio. and Il has
turned It's face from Organism and
is considering men Of different stamp,
Wilson, Marshall and Underwood,
Harmon and Champ Clark.
Republicans are drifting apart. fol.
lowing two impossible candidates
while the democrats are certainly so.
lidifying their party Taft cannot
be elected II nominated. Roosevelt
Is the Eve who tempted Taft with
the Canadian reciprocity act, and
TAFT fell. And now Roosevelt would
repudiate all responsibility. Il is an
open secret that before he went IA
Africa he dictated most OF Tafts acts
and was even then paving the way
to the 1912 convention. We recog
nize that II Is possible Roosevelt car
be elected It nominated but we hope
that TAFT may solve the problem by
Withdrawing Il is time now thai
TAFT may solve the problem by with
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1912-05-17
FRECKLES
New Drug That Quickly Removes
These Homely Spots

There's no longer the slightest
need Of feeling ashamed of your
freckles, as new drug, othine--
double strength, has been discovered
that positively removes these home
ly spots.
Simply get one ounce of othine-
double strength, from w. L. Gokay
and apply a little of 1t at night and
in the morning you will see that even
the worst freckles have begun TO
disappear, while the lighter ones
have vanished entirely. II is seldom
that more than an ounce is needed
to completely clear the skin and gain
a beautiful clear complexion.
BE sure to ask for the double
strength othine, as this is sold under
guarantee OF money back If 1t fails
to remove freckles.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1912-05-17

drawing 1t is time now that he
should consider whether he shall jeo-
pardize the Republican party and the
prosperity of the people who have
honored him or whether he shall sa-
crifice his ambition for the lasting
good OF his party, and ninety millions
of people.-Brandon Union.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1912-05-17
SpRINGBROOK
Shoe Repairing

People in Bennington and vicinity
know that /, the widow of the late
G. Himovitz of 1O4 Gage street, keep
the store for repairing shoes and try
to make a living for my children, to
avoid charity. l ask all mothers and
fathers to sympathize with me and
to give me work. / have a very good
workman, as shoemaker, of New
York, who is ready to give all kinds
of the best work in shoe repairing,
and the best goods will be furnished.
A free shine will be given with
every pair Of shoes repaired. The
work is done by hand, not by mach
inery, so you shouldn't be afraid that
it will tear like that done by machin,
cry.
Mrs. Y. Himovitz
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1912-05-17

ing on his short
leg. While the
bartender mixed
the drink the man
shifted legs and
stood on the long
leg. The bar
tender placed the
drinks on the bar
and looked puz-
Zled. He picked
up the cocktail
and | o o k e d
around the bar
room.
WNVhot'e hocoma
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1912-05-17
Doinq Your Part.

If the song spun Of my sadness
Has lightened another's pain,
Then the hours that l spent in grieving
Shall not have been wholly vain.
II the song / spun of my gladness
Has Quickened anothers mirth,
Then the hours that | spent in laughter
Shall have had their bit Of worth.
II either my Joy or my sorrow
Has nourished another's heart
Then / in life's clamorous workshop
Shall have done my little part
Charlotte Becker
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1912-05-17

ORDERED a 0o0Ai AL he played no ia
vorltes and stood on either foot
The senator walked into the Denison
hotel bar in Indianapolis one day with
his friend with the zigzag legs. They
called for drinks, and the senator's
friend ordered cocktail while stand
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1912-05-17

as the next man.
He was equipped
with a six cylin
der drinking ca
pacity. but was
not so well fitted
out with legs, one
being about three
inches $ h ort g +
than the other.
Ordinarily t h e
man stood on his
long leg, but In
his quest for the
bottoms of glasses
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1912-05-17

- The -
Scrap Book
Down and Up and Out.

Senator John W. Kern Of Indiana
tells a story of a friend of his in In
tilanapolis who liked drink as well
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1912-08-17

masses must not benefit from the inn
provements.
These are to be grabbed by the eA-
oeptionally keen-witted, twilight-zone-
operating. monopolizlng iew-by those
who have SO controlled the law-nlak-
ing power and the law-admlnistering
regime that robbery on the most pro
digious scale could not be punished
nor the bandits Of privilege compelled
to disgorge-
For the first time IN thirty years
there appears q prospect that the peo-
pie will use the power Of the ballot to
enforce a more equal distribution Of
the general wealth Of the land. Az
this opportunity is presented we may
expect to hear more Of such siren iul
labies as Theodore Vail is singing.
1t is indeed high time for Ulysses
as represented by the masses, to bint
himself to the mast and sail on!"-E
Reno Democrat.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1912-08-17
When Greek Meets
Greek Next Sunday

The next victims Of the reiuvenated
baseball machine will be an aggrega.
lion sailing under the Tuttle colors and
the battle win be staged Sunday at
University park
The dope is handed down the line
that when the gong taps Sunday after
noon Tuttle will be on the field with
what is the cream oi Grady county
bali tossers. They have overlooked
chiekasha, Of course, in making this
statement. Even at that all the stellar
ball artists from the north end Of the
county have been garnered and the
aggregate culled until the clan that Is
to invade the home camp is composed
Of artists Of absolutely known worth.
they come exuding confidence from
every pore for they feIgn would mon
up a section Of the landscape with the
homo tribe; but when the storm cloud
clears away after the contest, our
own little bunch win be seen Oh the
Job till the last day IN the evening,
Walter Golden Of pocasset, who has
helped win games for Chickasha, viii
do the receiving for the Pirate bunch
aud you'll have to give it to Walter,
he is some catcher.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1912-08-17

Evidently the people OF Oklahoma
are going to have something good to
eat this winter From all parts OF
the state come reports that the sale Of
fruit Jars Is the heaviest In years.
Mighty wise, too, as when the good
fruit now being put up and stored
away for winter use is opened it VII
not only be mighty toothsome, but it
will be far superior and very much
cheaper than that taken out Of the tin
cans bought at the grocer's.