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Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1912-11-30
Staying SOLVED
BY CURIOSITY Of
LANDLADY
Robert Sloan Tells Of Killing Of
Aged PeddIer. duplicating
shot" RisIey.

Declaring that had it not been for q
woman's curiosity he never would have
been arrested, Robert Lee Sloan, held
in the police station, confessed today
that he was present at the murder Of
William Franklin. an aged miser. and
named Frank Risley as the actual slay
er RisIey, also held as a suspect, de
MES any knowledge Of the crime, and
says he can establish an alibi.
1t was Mrs. owen Webb, of 100 Gil
mer street. who found Sloans blood
stained clothing in his room and told
the police of this clew. Mrs. Webb is
the former Ruby Gather the woman
whose incarceration in the city stock
ade a few years ago led to crusade
which brought about reform in that in
stitution. 1t was Ruby Gather who
was Strung up" by her thumbs to
hook in the wall and left hanging there.
If | hadn't been fool enough to leave
those clothes in her house I'd never
have been arrested" said Sloan. Trust
a woman for getting a man into trou-
BILE"
Risley, young teamster, known to
his acquaintances as shot" declared
Sloaus statement q "frame-up." He.
denied any knowledge Of the crime
81 was at the house of l.. p. Gibson,
dairyman, in East Atlanta, Saturday
night at the time this murder was done"
he said. Il can prove that"
The two will be arraigned before Re
corder Broyles next Tuesday.
Sloans confession was, in substance,
as follows:
I was standing near Pratt street
(only a few yards from No. 22D when
old man Franklin passed and went into
224 shot Risley came along a few
feet behind, and asked me to step in
with him to buy some apples from the
peddler. l walked in with him. There
was not n hint Of robbery or murder,
and l went with Risley merely to buy
the fruit.
we walked into the old mans room.
There wasn't any light except two can
dies burning on a cigar box. Shot told
the pedd)er he wanted to buy a dimes
worth of apples. Franklin stopped over
his fruit box and selected four apples.
Shot told him ne wanted six for d
dime, and that he could get them at
that price in the Decatur street fruit
stands.
They had a few words. to the best
Of my recollection, and while the old
man was still STOPPING over the fruit
box Shot picked up a window weight
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1912-11-30
T RADE BOARD OF
DECATUR TO SEEK
100 NEW MEMBERS

The committee on membership Of the
Decatur Board Of Trade Will meet at the
council chamber in Decatur tonight at
o'clock 10 plan short campaign for
new members
The organization now has more than
zoo members, and it is expected that this
campaign Will increase the number to 300
The plan is to complete the work by
Thursday night Of next week Each
member Of the committee Will be allotted
several names and ne will see those per
sons.
The committee is as follows: George
+. Jones. chairman; Frank W. Ansley, A.
r. Almou. J. f. Bodenhsmer, A l..
Brooks, Brooks G. Brown, 6. Scott Can
dler, =, F. Callahan, j. V. Dunlap, J.
Taylor Green, John r, Green w Il. ).
Hamilton, G. c. Jossey. y. +. kirkpatrick,
r. b. Knox J. A. Montgomery, Charles
A. Matthews, Charles D Mckinney,
George NJ Napier, w A. Ozmer, W. !.
Dabney, r. c. w. Ramspeck, j. j. Scott,
]. c. Thompson and P. L. Weekes
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DR.. DUNBAR OGDEN TO
PREACH ON SIMS WAGES

Contrasting the different promises of
reward held out to man. DR.. Dunbar
Ogden will preach Sunday morning at
the Central Presbyterian church on
The Wages Of Sin vs.. the Gift Of
Cod" He has just returned from Jack
sonyille, Fla. where he spoke before a
union gathering Of all the Protestant
churches Of Jacksonville
The wages of sin is death, but the
gift of God is eternal life" is the ia
nous quotation from Romans on which
the message will be founded At the
evening hour, o'clock, DR.. Ogden will
speak on "A Vision of Victory in the
Hour of Conflict"
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1912-11-30
ADVERTISING JEsuP.

JESUP, GA, NOV. 30.-The Jesup
Board of Trade is beginning a cam
paign of advertising for this city and
county. A descriptive booklet is to be
published. The board now has a paid
secretary treasurer to answer all in
quiries concerning this section.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1912-11-30
EXPLODING GAS KILLS
TWO DRILLING WELL

WHEELING, w. VA, Nov. 3O-While
drilling for oil last night on the Robert
Fifth farm, mile above Martins Ferry,
Ohio, two men were killed and a third
seriously injured as result of a terrific
gas explosion.
Today flame of fire is spouting so
feet up in the air, and the well will
probably be complete ruin before the
fire is checked
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CAS- MEN Of j. {.
GATHERING FOR
CONVENTION
Feature of Big Meeting viii Be
Exhibition of Appliances
at Auditorium.

The men who have done more, per
hap.. to throw light on various sub
jects throughout the United States,
Canada and Mexico than any other
group Of Americans, are arriving in
Atlanta today for their national con
vention. which opens az the Auditorium
next Monday and 3azts all the week.
They are the gas makers Of the coun-
Try, the men who put bah bearings i'f
the meters. the folk to whom living is %
pipe They are coming from as far
West as San Francisco and as far East
a Boston to discuss ways and means
for inducing consumers 10 cook with
gas. warm by gas read by IT,, sleep by
it, have teeth pulled by IT,
They are bitter rivals Of the electric
companies, It may be said. notwith-
standing the fact that 80 per cent II
them also are the main works ia their
home electric plants. They expect to
get together on campaign which will
make them rich as gas producers and
break them as electricity makers,
thereby preserving the balance and re-
manning in comfortable circumstances.
To Show Appliances.
The convention is that Of the Ma
tsonaI Association Of Commercial Gas
Companies. Almost every city where
there is q gas plant and a meter reader
mas a member. They come armed with
papers on chemistry. metallurgy and
engineering. besides several reports on
the psvcholopv Of knowing bow long to
wait before cutting off the gas Of de-
nnouent consumer
But It won't be Gil convention. The
biggest thing OF the week to the aver
age man or woman is the exposition Of
gas appliances which hundreds OF man
ufacturers will have at the Auditorium.
The exhibits have been coming in by
the carload FOR the past week and are
being installed in the Auditorium and
connected to the miles Of gas pipe which
the local company nut in 10 furnish the
uice for. the show.
There are gas stoves lust the size for
"a. one-egg breakfast and on through the
ordinary small family size up to a range
which would furnish food for the con
vention. There are gas irons ready TO
n~ess bubbv's trousers while he waits
i'm tbe hath room There are gas heat
r, for tba hath warranted to produce
q t,hfuI Of boiling water while Won dis
robe There are gas heaters which STAY
down in the basement ana send M hot
v-a+ar fbr,,,e,,, n5,ae 1,ber, ,-o,, turn the
epirot and wait awhile
Also Some Lamps.
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JUST RECEIVED.

We are prepared to supply you with
every style, or pen point in the worlds
standard fountain pen from our com
plete stock NEaterman's Ideal Foun-
tain Pens are absolutely guaranteed to
give complete satisfaction AZ n. Broad
st. John L. Moore q Sons. (AdvtD
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1912-11-30

There could be no better medicine
than Chamberlains Cough Remedy. My
children were all sick with whoopng
cough. One Of them was in bed, had a
high fever and was coughing up blood
our doctor gave them Chamberlain's
Cough Remedy and the first dose eased
them. and three bottles cured them"
says Mrs. r, A. Donaldson, of Lexing
ton, Miss. For sale by all dealers.
(Advt)
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TO DEDICATE TEMPLE DEC. 5.

DALTON, Ca Nov 3O-Arrange-
meuts have been completed for the
dedication of the handsome Masonic
temple here on the evening Of Deem
Der 5.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1912-11-30
SEARCHING SIDELIGHTS
ON GEORGIA POLITICS
BY JAMES B NEVIN.

The compilation Of The national pres
.aentaI vote is approximately complete.
and the results are most interesting,
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1912-06-18

FIRE FIEND RUNS RIOT
Where the Insane Fourth is Observed
the Day Might Well Be Called
lncendlaries'
Day.

July 4th, Is approaching and the Ma
tional Fire Protection association ).
early in the field with circular en-
titled Sanity VS.. Gunpowder' issued
to show the horrors of the insane"
Fourth. The circular contains statis-
tics showing the vast number Of peo-
pie killed and manned by giant crack
ers and explosives in the annual
slaughter.
The following is part of the circular:
independence Day is coming; day
of powder-poisoning and lockjaw; day
of hospitals and ambulances; day of
mutilation and fire and death. II
there Is anything that Is sane in the
American people it is the growing re-
volt against our insane manner Of
celebrating the Fourth of July. 1t
might be called sIncendiaries' Day"
for on that day the fire-fiend runs riot.
No man having any public responsible
ity fails to dread it. No fire depart
ment gets through the day, and the
nights on both sides of it, without ex-
harstion. 1t is doubtful if on some
fifth OF July an entire city may not
complacently burn itself up in the
faces of firemen and fire horses too
exhausted by silly firecrackers the
day before to cope with it. The fire
fighting apparatus of our cities and
towns is SO overtaxed by the number
less calls which begin on the evening
of July Sd that response to possible
summons for help by neighboring
towns or cities is impossible. What
fire chief would dare allow even a
hose wagon to go beyond immediate
recall while alarms in his own city
are coming in at ten-minute intervals?
Even the large number of false
| alarms, due to the reckless use of the
| day. have their dire significance, for
they tire out the horses and the men
and reduce the ability of the depart
ment to cope with actual fires. Wher
the gong begins to ring at headquar
tiers, its call is as imperative for a
/ rubbish heap ablaze as 1t is for the
! home of a citizen. The wear and tear
of the apparatus, and even the injury
| to the horses during thirty-six hours
of almost constant runs, may be as
great for false alarms as for real
ones. 1t seems sort of folly almost
too unspeakable to relate, but there
! are instances where American firemen
have been killed in runs to fires on
July 4th by being thrown from trucks
by frightened horses swerving from
their course at explosives thrown un-
der them as they galfoped past
Heavy Hand Of Disaster.
Never an Independence" Day but
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ferer in the past month, having had
her face severely burned three weeks
ago while lighting the auto lamps.
FAIRFIELD MAN
GETS NOMINATION
Senator w. S. Allen Named For secre.
tsry of State by Majority of
76S

DIES MONIES, June is. Senator
w. S. Allen of Fairfield is the repub.
lican nominee for secretary of state.
The official canvass of votes by the ex
ecutive council yesterday gave plu.
rality of 76S votes for the Fairaeld
man over E. D. Chassell of LeMars.
The result of the canvass was Allen,
62,270 votes; Chassell, 61,502 votes.
Mr.. Chassell, who at present is in
Chicago, conceded the nomination to
Senator Allen yesterday morning by
TAO votes, according to kilograms
from the convention city. That he
had based his figures on the returns
Of the county auditors is borne out
by the figures reached by the secre-
tary of state in the official count Up
to yesterday, Chassell was thought to
have a margin of some $40 votes.
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scores of human beings are made de-
pendent for life. Life and limp are
ieopardized by explosives thrown from
windows above the level of the street,
setting fire to clothing and menacing
the eyesight of those passing, while
upon the child, who in his innocens
love of noise and objectice demonstra-
ton responds to our present absurd
kind of celebration, falls the heavy
hand of disaster When our civiliza-
ton was not so complex, it was pos
sible for those who had the courage
to leave their homes to the mercy Of
possible conflagrations. to shut them
up and escape to the quiet of the coun-
try. Not so today. The trolley car
and the automobile follow the seeker
after peace to his country retreats,
throwing explosives at his head as
they roar past in their reckless ire
sponsibility.
And for what! Nobody stops to in.
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PROOF OF WILL.

State of Iowa, Lee County, So. In
District Court.
To All Whom it May Concern:
Notice is Hereb yGiven, That on the
4th day of June A. D., 1912, a paper
was opened and read by the Clerk of
the Dictrict Court of Lee County, Iowa
purporting to be the last Will and Tes-
lament of CART A. Dobbs, late of Lee
County, in the State of Iowa, deceased
and that proof of the genuineness OF
said instrument will be heard in the
District Court of said County at Keo-
kuk, on the 23rd day of September A.
D., 1912, at the hour Of two o'clock p.
m. of said day, being the first day OF
the September Term, 1912, of said
court, when all persons interested in
said Will are required to be present
and make their objections to the
same, If any they have.
In Witness Whereof. hereunto set
my hand this 4th day of June 1912.
G. B. LAKE,
Clerk of the District Court.
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quire. Nobody any longer cares We
have gotten wholly away from the edu-
cational significance of "Indepen-
dene" Day, and lost ourselves In an
orgy of fire and noise.
1t is, perhaps, too much to expect
any sudden return to sanity; but some
effort at least may be made by cities
and towns toward leading their people
into more moderate and more intelli-
gent forms of celebration. If explo-
sives must be used the authorities can
limit their use to the public parks
during certain hours of the day, where
the folly-hunters may kill and MAIN
themselves and each other to heart
content, without injuring other peo-
pie, or destroying property by fire.
The firing off of explosives among the
-'~eelv built shingle-roofed frame
houses, which compose the greater
part of our cities, is wholly in accord
with the reckless spirit of Americans
regarding fire.
If before every Fourth of July all
cities and towns were given thor
ough cleaning of rubbish. and all use
of explosives then restricted as to
time and place. the police and public
wardens might have at least fight
ing chance to minimize the disastrous
results Of our public folly during the
years 1t may require to inspire in our
people desire for rational kind of
celebration. And such desire must
be inspired. 1t Is the duty of ever
city to arrange for its people suitable
amusements or exercises definitely
calculated to educate them in a ration
al observance of this historic holiday.
Habits of folly can be most easily
eliminated by substitution of some
thing better. The things city can
do to interest its citizens in sane
and wholesome celebration are unlim-
tied, and the municipalities. which, in
the past two years have taken steps
in this direction, are already receiving
national praise for their wisdom and
their high sense of civic responsible
ity.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1912-06-18

Have you corn, calious, bunion,
wart? Use judgment-use "Bingo :"
Don't try to slice it off or dig it out
don't run the risk of blood poison
ing. Don't let corn surgeons cut or
sandpaper your feet How can he
know how deep to go without hurting
you-without drawing blood Why
pay him for temporary relief when a
whole bottle of Bingo" costs e
bits)? Don't use sticky plasters with
thin coating of dope to affect surface
only-with straps to bulge the stock
ing, increase the pressure against ten
der, painful spot--and make you wear
larger shoes
Bingo's better, quicker, safer, more
thorough. Gets rid of these pests en-
tire. Allays pain and shrivels up
you pick 1t off, throw it away! Harm
less to normal flesh.
Bingo's CSC at drug stores, or sent
direct by Dennison Pharmacal Co.,
III No. Dearborn St, Chicago, HI.
Sold in this city by WILKINSON
& co.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1912-06-18
ANOTHER AUTO
LOST BY FIRE
pr. E. F. stannus, Former Keokuk
Man, Lose Touring Car Near
Quincy.

Quincy Herald, June II: The Max
we'll touring car OF DR.. Edwin T. Stan
nus Is no more. 1t caught fire Sunday
afternoon when eight miles south of
the city and about all that was left OF
1t were the holes between the spokes.
For several minutes before the fact
OF the fire was discovered Mrs. Stan
nus had felt intentionally warm in
the feet and had spoken to the doctor
about it and had been assured that it
was warm day and that the roads
were absorbing and throwing out
chunks of heat like great balls of fire.
This was reassuring for a short time,
but when the smell of burning wood
was added to the heat an inyestiga-
tion was made, and none too soon, for
when the machine was stopped the
flames that had been confined to the
lower part of the machine burst out
and enveloped 1t. Mrs. Stannus lost
gold-headed umbrella and coat and
the doctor lost his fine assortment Of
fishing tackle and everything he had
except pair of gum boots and a min
now bucket. He doused the contents
Of the minnow bucket. fish and all, on
the burning machine and then hasten
ed away. fearful of the explosion of
the tank of gasoline.
The machine was valued at $1,000
and was partly insured in one of the
Berger agency companies.
| DR.. Stannus and wife got home at
10 o'clock Sunday night. when news
of the accident had been telephoned
to the Doctors father in the city and
a rescuing party was sent down.
The return trip was made in COW
cred wagon and the horses became
Iunmanageable on the way up and the
wagon was upset and the passengers
spilled out, fortunately all escaping
injury except Albert Gilbert, who was
on the front seat and whose arm was
painfully injured.
The accident was the second in
which Mrs. Stannus has been a suf-
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Gate City want ads. bring results.
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sponaes Left In Abdomen.

A suit like that brought few weeks
ago by woman against a physician
for leaving a towel in her abdomen
following an operation has been
brought by Philadelphia man against
two surgeons of the German Hospi-
tai staff, in that city, for $4,000 dam
ages for alleged neglect in leaving in
his abdomen two sponges following an
operation at the hospital The man
alleges that the defendants perform
ed the operation. He went to the
hospital on January IA, 1911, and was
discharged as cured on March 4. He
suffered much pain after that, and
went to another surgeon who per-
formed a second operation on the
plaintiff, and found in the wound two
sponges and other medical material.
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Certificate Re-extending
Charter

treasury Department,
Office OF the Comptroller of
the Currency,
Washington, D. c., May 25, 1912.
Whereas, by satisfactory EVIL
dence presented to the undersign-
ed, 1t has been made to appear that
"The Keokuk National Bank" 10
Gated in the City of Keokuk. in
the county of Lee, and State Of
Iowa, has complied with all the pro-
visions OF the Act of Congress ito
enable National Banking Associa-
tons to extend their corporate ex-
istence. and for other purposes"
approved July IL, 1882, as amended
by the act, approved April IL, 1902;
Now, therefore, I, Lawrence o.
Murray. Comptroller Of the Cur
rency, do hereby certify that 1.-THE
Keoluk National Bank" located in
the City of Keokuk, in the County
Of Lee, and State of Iowa, is author
lied to have succession for the
period specified in its amended
articles Of association: namely, I'M
til close of business on May 25,
1882.
In testimony whereof witness
my hand and seal of Office, this
25th day OF May, 1912.
(Signed)
LAWRENCE o. MURRAY,
Comptroller of the Currency.
Extension No. I'LL.
Charter No. 1892.
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REVERE, MO.
, = : : . . . . . : . Z, . .

Miss Lena Painter our popular
central girl, has returned from an ex-
tended visit with relatives in and near
Keokuk
o. NJ. Lucas spent Sunday in Peak.
esville with relatives.
The Methodist supper Saturday
evening was not very we'll attended on
account of the threatening weather.
There was preaching at the c. P.
church Sunday morning and evening.
Master Kenneth Lucas was quite
sick one day last week
D. E. Norton and family expect to
move to TT. Madison soon.
Mrs. NJ. P. Devance attended church
at Peakesville Sunday.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1912-06-18
erlaht Definition.

A teacher asked a boy the differ
ence between an island and a PENN
sula. The boy replied: Take
glass of water and glass of milk.
Catch fly and put it In the water; It
will be an island. because it is entire
ly surrounded by water. Put 1t in the
milk and it Will be peninsula, be-
cause it is nearly surrounded by wa.
ter"
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Beneficial Laughter.

Nothing is better for man or WON,
an than to have good hearty laugh.
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