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Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-01-29

tanned his present housekeeper, a Miss
Wilmerding. woman who refused to
give her name, but who was believed to
be Miss Wilmerding, talked with the re-
porters at General Sickles' Fifth avenue
home today.
Reconciliation impossible"
General Sickles will never be recon-
ciled to his WIFE" said she He re-
fuses to see her and her son. They de-
serted him and left him to his fate.
Mrs, Sickles never gave him a penny.
The general is poor, but he has now
two weeks in which to raise $4,000 and
he believes he can do it. He has ac-
cepted the kind offer of Mrs. Helen D.
Longstreet, widow of the Confederate
general, who volunteered to raise money
for Sickles among the survivors Of the
Confederate army against whom Cen
eral Sickles bore arms in the war.
Think of it, a mans enemies on the field
Of battle assisting him even before
those who call themselves his friends
will raise hand
Sheriff hamburger was not discour-
aged when he learned Of this inter-
view.
81 viii visit them, anyhow" said he.
sheriff Hamburger, who is an init
mate friend Of General Siclles, was en-
thusiastic when he learned of State
Senator T. r. Browns resolution asking
the Legislature to appoint a committee
10 determine what action should be
taken. As result, he said. General
Sickles may never be called to account
for the $4,000 shortage in the funds
Of the monument commission.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-01-29
ON DEATHBED BANDIT
ISDENIED BY BROTHER.
HIS PARTNER IN CRIME

CHICAGO, Jan. 2S.-Peter Boer, a high
wayman. mortally wounded, confronted
his brother. Albert Boer, today. and
begged him to confess Albert denied
that he had ever seen his brother before
denied that he knew him, and refused Ia
make any admission. few minutes la
ter Peter died. He was shot early today
in an attempt to hold up Clarence Nc
Sweeney, crippled police operator, who
himself was wounded.
The attempt to hold up insolvency was
the fourth robbery of the night in which
Boer brothers participated, according to
a post norton statement by Peter It
was one of series of twenty or more
in which they had taken part. Peter
told the police where they could find his
brother, whom they were seeking They
brought Albert In. Gazing stolidly at Pc
ter. whose breathing was painful, the old
er brother listened to his labored SEN
fences.
Don't be foolish, boy" said Peter.
I've told tho police about the robberies
you and l did. I'm your brother and you
know it, I'm going to die. l know It.
Tell EN- everything"
who is that guy" asked Albert. He's
crazy"
In his cell a few minutes later Albert
was unmoved when told his brother had
died.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-01-29
Texas Girl Banding Women for Uplif of World
TO MOTHER HUMANITY

NEW YORK, Jan 2S.-A new repub-
lie for women of all nations, with the
sentiment that every woman should
have feelings of motherhood toward all
humanity as its keynote was an
nounced here today by Miss Ruth Rich
mond, daughter of justice of the SUI
preme court of the state of Texas.
All women are mothers. You don't
have to have children to be a mother
and every woman should do something
for that big. lovable, needy child-hu-
mainly"
This is the platform feature of The
Muses., an organization which Miss
Richmond is forming in New York. and
which she hopes will be some day ma
tlonal in its scope. Every woman is
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-01-29
SiCkleS Won War.
Said Longstreet

GAINESVILLE, GA. Jan. 2s.-'T will
raise the money to relieve General
Sickles of his Embarrassment. IL New
York pushes the prosecution and none
Of his Northern friends go to his aid.
The ragged manned veterans Of the
South will rush to respond to the need
Of one Of the most gallant soldiers
America ever knew"
Thus Mrs. Helen d. Longstreet wild
ow Of the famous Confederate general
threw down the gauntlet to the nation
following the publication OF her tele-
grams to Genera Daniel p, Sickles in
New York. and the attorney general in
Albany Offering aid in the financial diff
6culties which have beset the old SOL
dier.
MY husband always spoke Of Cen
eral Sickles as the hero of Gettysburg -
she said. They were opposed to each
other in that deciding battle Of the war,
and General Longstreet in the last au-
tograph letter he ever wrote. Septem-
Der 10, 1902, to General Sicklee, told
him that the taking Of the peach or
chard by Sckles corps won the battle
for the Union forces and defeated the
Confederacy. They were always close
friends, and General Sickles wrote the
introduction to my biography of Cen
eral Longstreet
1T was General Longstreets detacn-
ment that shot off the leg of the brave
Union general but as General Long
street said. 'Sickles can well afford Ia
leave a leg on Gettysburg. FOR he has
made sure his place forever ir the
hearts of Americans
- have made no plans as yet. but If
General Sickles needs my aid and tho
~ Mf no @nmlh hN MN ~ -
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-01-29
MAYOR EXPECTS
!. BUDGET vETOT
De SUSTAINED
"They Might as Well Dismiss
Idea of That S276,oOo Gre
matory," He Declares.

Mayor Woodward said today he
would veto the budget on account of
the $4,000 crematory appropriation and
would expect council and the alder
manic board to sustain him.
They might as well dismiss the idea
of ever building that s276,00O crema-
tory while l am mayor" he said.
Mayor Woodward said there were
some other things in the budget with
which he was not pleased especially,
but that he did not expect any serious
difference with council over any other
item
Budget Rushed Through.
Both branches of council rushed the
budget through yesterday afternoon,
expecting Mayor Woodward to veto it.
number of amendments to the sheet
providing for new appropriations tenn
porarily We're withdrawn by agree
ment. At meeting on Monday the
council will act on Mayor Woodward's
veto.
1t takes a two-thirds majority In
both branches Of council to override the
and four in the aldermanic board. May
or Woodward declared he was sure of
four votes in the aldermanic board and
he expected more than seven in council.
His appointment of the charter re-
vision committee Of % which has been
called to meet tomorrow morning at II
o'clock to begin its work was an
nounced to council and ordered filed
with the records.
Asks $500 For Auto.
An amendment to the budget appro-
priating $4,000 for an automobile for
the use of the mayor and the council
committees was offered by Councilman
knight and referred TO the finance
committee
An ordinance was adopted requiring
each city department to paint its auto
mobiles bright red with the name CITY
Of Atlanta" in white letters on them.
On the motion of Councilman Boynton,
the city doctors were exempted from
this requirement
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-01-29
CIVIL SUIT WITNESS
ACCUSED OF GIVING
"SHADY" EVIDENCE

Superior Judge Ellis today asked the
solicitors office to make an investigation
of the case Of M. L. Farnell, witness in
a civil suit. Farnell was charged in
court with having made contradictory az
fdavits.
Farnell is clerk in the grocery store
of j. f. Fowler, at Cascade avenue and
Gordon street Fowler recently was made
defendant in an injunction suit brought
by II. l.. Earl, Cascade avenue drug
gist. The court action grew out Of an
arrangement said to have been entered
into by the two merchants regarding the
neighborhood cigar and tobacco trade
Attorneys for the litigants protested
to Judge Ellis today that Farner had
made affidavits first In behalf of Earl
and then Of Fowler
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-01-29
A DRUMMER'S TALE
They Sometimes Tell True Ones,

quarter Of a century ION the road"
gives one some knowledge of hotel life
and the old drummers experience with
food is worth listening to.
after % years service as a CONNER
cial traveller with its vicisstudes /
found myself about a year ago very
much the worse for wear
'At that time | was suffering from
nervous dyspepsia, my appetite was
poor and | could not sleep. finally reach
ing q state bordering on complete
breakdown.
AS medicine had failed utterly to
help me, | was forced to look into the
diet end Of It, and what | learned in
duced me to try course of Grape
Nuts and cream.
] asked for IL and usually got IT: so for
several months | made my complete
breakfast on Grape Nuts with now and
then bit of toast
Improvement commenced immedi-
ately and has kept UP steadily and
now my general health is fine, better
than it has been for years, and I at
tribute the improvement to the use Of
Grape Nuts
Il have proved in my own case this
food is perfect for stomach and nervous
troubles and can recommend 1t to all
my fellow commercial tourists"
Name given by Postum Co, Battle
Creek, Mich.
Although Grape Nuts is not always
on the bill of fare. nearly every hotel
has II In the kitchen and the guests can
get it If called for
There's reason" why Grape Nuts
restores health and strength
Look in plxss. for the famous little
book, The Road to Weifvilie."
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-01-29
Sulzer to Give 500
To Aid Gen. Sickles

ALBANY, n. Y, Jan 2S-The sympathy
in the predicament Of General Sickles is
so great that Governor Sulzer will con-
tribute 500 toward the amount due the
state from him. This statement was
made by the governor today
The career Of General Sicl,les has been
remarkable one" said the governor.
while in congress + advocated bill to
retire him as a lieutenant general and I
know his history. Few men in the couu-
try did more for the state. The country
and the nag than he and my sympathy
goes ont ,n him Officially ] can do
nothing because have sworn tu enforce
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-01-29
TROOPS PUNISH
UNRULY MOROS
Hot Battle Fought With Ma
tiVeS = Three Americans
Are Wounded.

MANILA, p. l., Jan. 2S.-News of a
battle between United States troops
reinforced by native constabulary, and
rebellious Moros on the island OF Jolo,
in which three American soldiers were
wounded and number of natives were
killed, was received here today by Brig
adler General John j. Pershiug, com
mander of the department Of Mindanao
The report of the fight was received
from Colonel Swift. OF the Eighth cav
airy, United States army, who is in
command OF the forces on the island OF
Jolo.
The Moros attacked Troops r and G
Of the Eighth cavalry from ambush. A
company of 27S native constabulary
who were supporting the cavalrymen
rushed the Moros, and hand TO- hand
fighting with bolos ensued
The Americans fired volley, killing
number OF Moros. The latter fought
bravely and rushed upon the troopers
with drawn knives. Percival Under
wood was dangerously wounded and
Privates Keller, Tracey and Young
were severely slashed about the body
Several of the scouts and the constabu-
larry were cut to pieces.
Details OF the battle on January %
also were received. A detachment OF
United States troops attacked q Moro
biockhouse, and in the lighting which
ensued there were many notable acts Of
gallantry. The Americans had a felC
gun, with which they drove the Moros
from the fort
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-01-29

eligible to membership
There are many clubs explained
Miss Richmond, but the ideal club is
the one that has two purposes-to fos-
ter the good things and to make the
bad into good. And these purposes
shall be ours
"The Muses. will have a club house
where women can meet and talk things
over 1t does woman so much good to
talk things over with one Of her own
sex l have known women who were
simply starved for the companionship
of another Men are well enough in
their way, but they have not the I'M
derstanding of a woman.
I'VE will be big sisterhood and de-
vote ourselves to the uplift of hui
mainly"
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-01-29

the law without fear or favor Person
ally | want to help him. Although poor
man, 1 will contribute 800 toward any
fund started to make up his shortage. II
such fund is started l believe that "a
triouc Americans will make 1t up"
Governor Sulzer said that the case NJ
General Sickles' was one of man who
had lived too long
The governor today received a telegram
from Senator William A. Smith, of Michi-
gan, asking him to appeal to the patriotic
citizens of America to help General Sickles
out of his predicament
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-01-29
SURVIVOR SAYS
He DID NOT FEEL
$1,000 VOLTS


weak and unnerved after his adven-
..,.. with q veritable magnet of death,
" ! Brown, a young lineman, lies at
INC Atlanta hospital today struggling
,ofrrv 70 recall the sensations he ex-
..-iancad while II 900 volts of electric
~, shot through his body for nearly
TWO minutes yesterday.
The right side of Browns face is
ARMED and swollen and the flesh of his
4gbt foot is cooked, but besides these
md few other lesser burns there is no
,,.rk Of the terrible ordeal through
n.5,ch he passed in the transfer room of
40 Georgia Railway and Power Com
.anv-an ordeal through which prob
~, not one man in a million has
PASSED and lived.
But he win return to electrical work
when he is we'll
81 don't remember anything" said
Brown this morning. And then he
frowped. visibly trying to recall some
hing an intangible something that
came TO him as he was near death.
Rut he could not grasp it, he said.
Remembers Only Violent Jerk.
~ remember that my head was
ierlsd backward, but that was an" he
said. MY head came within two feet
Of the heavy cable of the transformer.
An arc must have been formed that
drew me as a magnet draws a needle.
But | remember only the first jerk.
They say ] stayed fixed against the
cable for nearly two minutes. The two
minutes are lost to me forever After
the Jerk of my head I remember only
the feeling of nausea and dizziness that
came to me with the first ray of con-
sciousness at the hospital.
Death from electric shock must be
marciful There was nothing of pain,
nor OF any sensation whatever, Not
even the burns were painful when l
began to realize them after | had re-
covered consciousness. And vet the
burns were bad. was slowly cooking
to death and could not have lived many
seconds longer"
Brown told the story of the incidents
following the shock as they had been
.o.d to him by his partners.
They say dropped to the floor when
they cut off the switch. The room al
ready was heavy with the odor of
Scolching flesh, and they say the
stencil has not gone away yet.
Every Muscle Rigid.
Every muscle of my body. they tell
me, was rigid and every Joint fixed
They had 10 pry open my mouth with a
sclewdriver and put blocks of wood
within to hold it open while they work
ed with artificial respiration in the at
Tempt to bring me back to life.
If they had not worked so hard and
50 quickly | never would have come
pack at that was paralyzed, and had
stopped breathing, they tell me. If the
cd rent had passed down the left side
NY heaIi would have been stopped and
eoflseaIed at once Even as it was. /
4 non see how lived. The rubber boots
>dFed me. ] know. There was nothing
10 make circuit, no metal at allg
Jntl Browns right foot. which is
. burned deeply, heals, he will be forced
10 Keep MS bed at the hospital. After
"slt ne will return To his electrical
""FN, Bun he says he will be more
.@-eidI after this and not risk two
'o' margin between his head and a
heavily charged wire.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-01-29
SINISTER OUT, RUSSIA TO
GET PERSIAN RAILROAD

TEHERAN, PERSIA. Jan. 2S-Rus-
STA frightened her grip on northern Per-
sia today by securing a concession for
the building of railroad between Ia
briz and Daschulsa. This grant was
first proposed during the admlnistra-
ton of Morgan Shuster, the American
financial agent of the Persian govern.
ment, who bitterly opposed it.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-01-29

and cream.
and cream.

His health began TO improve for the reason that
once in while will reach place where the sys-
TEN becomes clogged and the machinery doesn't
work smoothly.
change of this kind puts aside bulky food of
low nuritive value and takes up food of the highest
value-party pre-di gested and quickly changed into
good, rich blood and healthy tissue.
few weeks use of Grape Nuts food gives one
degree of nervous strength and comfort well worth
the trial.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-01-29
Sheriff Appeals to Rich Men,

sheriff Hamburger who arrested the
general and who has been his lifelong
friend. has sent a letter to J. P. Nor
gan. John D. Rockefeller Andrew Car
negie and 400 members Of the sheriff's
naneI composed Of wealthy New York
men. asking them TO aid the aged vet
eran.
Sheriff Hamburger yesterday, instead
Of serving the warrant. waited until
General Slckles' lawyer, Daniel P Hays,
had arranged with a. surety company
for 100000 bond for the veterans
freedom. Mr.. Hays brought it to the
sheriffs office and they went to Gen
eraI Sickles' Fifth avenue home yes
terday afternoon.
Sheriff Hamburger said today ne would
20 outside of his official routine and
trv TO reconcile General Sickles and
his wife. stanton Sicldes, son Of the
general acting AS spokesman for Mrs.
Sickles. said that there could never be 4
reconciliation eo long as t.. genera. re-
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-01-29
woRsAAM ON VACATION.

State Entomologist and Mrs Lee Wor-
sham left Atlanta today for Florida
where they will spend two weeks. Nj
Worsham has been heavily overworlled a.
late, and goes to Florida to recuperatc.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-01-29
HOW GEN. SICKLES,
AT 81, STANDS ON
THE ROLL OF FAME

. Admitted to the bar, New York, I
. 1886.
Member legislature, 1s47.
Secretary legation, London, 1853. I
Member congress, 1S57-1s61.
Colonel First regiment, u S. ", I
. 1861.
Fought at Antietam, Malvern I
. Hill. Fair Oaks, Gettysburg, where I
. he lost leg
Brevetted brigadier general for I
Q gallant service, 1867.
Retired with rank of major gen I
. eral, 1868
Awarded congressional medal of ,
. honor for bravery, 1897.
. United States minister to HoI-
. land, 1866; Mexico, 1869; Spain,
9 1S69-73.
Decorated by France comman-
. der Legion Honor, 1879
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-01-29

tornev general of New York was as fol
lows:
THE South is shocked and sor-
rowed by the report that the state
Of New York has issued warrant
for the arrest of the hero of Get
tvsburg. In the midst of the finan-
cial trouble that shadows his last
DAYS. we remember Daniel +.
Sickles as the grim warrior who
poured out his heroic life blood In
the nations defense; we remember
him at the brilliant court of Spain,
an illustration of the craftsmanship
of the republic he had fought to
save. Before New York arrests the
commander who offered his life
that the Union might live, let her
blot from the nations flag her star
of statehood, and bid the curfeW
toll the knen Of her parting day.
and let her write over her gates
what Jugurtha proposed TO write
over the gates Of Rome: For Sale
4 yenal state, If she can find
purchaser If the New York au-
thorities will allow sufficient time,
will try to raise money among the
ragged. destitute, MANNED veterans
who followed Lee, to pay the
amount which the great Northern
Empire state demands Of her war
worn son.
,,,1r-r v-H- Z, ynN-C.GTET-F-rr "
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-01-29
Change The Vibration
It Makes For Health

man, at odds with his stomach, tried leaving off
his usual diet, and adopted breakfast of
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-01-29
"There's a Reason"

Read letter to right.
The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1913-11-18
J. G. Adams,
OPENING OF BOOKS OF SUBSCRIP.
TION.

Notice is hereby given that the un-
designed Board Of Corporations COM
an!ssioned by the Hon. R. M. McCown,
Secretary of. State, will on Saturday
the 22nd of November, at nine o'clock
a. M, ct the Office of Messrs. Blease
& Blease, Attorneys-at-law. at num-
Der 1917 Boyce street, NeWberry,
South Carolina, open the books Of
subscription to the capital stock of
Newberry Drug company, a corpora
ton to be organized and created under
the laws of the State of South Caro-
lima, the capital stock Of which said
corporation will be five thousand dol
lars, divided into one hundred shares
of the par value of fifty dollars each.
Eugene E. Stuck,
J. Edwin Stokes,
W. o. Miller,
Jas. w. Johnson,
Board Of Corporation.
The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1913-11-18
& Weeks.

over to the city Democratic executive
committee on Friday, November 81,
1918. The said club rolls certified to
by the secretaries Of the various ward
clubs shall be furnished by the sec
retary of the city Democratic execu-
tive committee and certified by as
roll furnished by the secretary Of the
ward club, to the managers, and shall
constitute the registration for said
wards, and only those Democrats
whose names appear on these certi-
fed rolls shall be permitted to vote.
If no candidate for the Office Of
mayor or for alderman or for trustees
of the graded schools in ward.
shall have received a majority Of votes
at such election, second election for
the nomination Of mayor, or for alder
man, or for trustee Of the graded
schools, as the case may be, shall
be held on Friday, November 28th,
1913, under these rules; at which Sec
ond election only the two candidates !
who receive the highest votes at the I
former election for the respective Of
fices shall be voted for; and, Provided
further in the event there should be
a tie at the second primary for mayor
or aldermen, or trustees Of the graded
schools third primary shall be held
Tuesday, Dec. 2, 1913.
The candidates are assessed as fol-
lows: a..
Mayor-S25.Oo.
Aldermen-$750.
School Trustees-$1.00.
0. B. Mayer,
F. P. Devore, Chairman.
Deege4Tb
The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1913-11-18
Neryous and Sick Headaches.

Torpid liver, constipated bowels and
disordered stomach are the causes Of
these headaches. Take DR.. Kings
New Life Pills, you will be surprised
now quickly you will get relief. They
stimulate the different organs to do
their work properly. No better regu-
lator for liver and bowels.
Take 25c. and invest in box today.
At all druggists or by mail.
a. E. Bucklen & Co. Philadelphia and
st. L0His.
The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1913-11-18
NOTICE OF PRIMARY ELECTION,

Notice is hereby given that demo-
cratic primary election will be held on
Tuesday, November rs, 1913, in
the town Of Newberry, South Carolina,
for mayor and aldermen, to serve for
wo years; and trustees for the graded
schools for wards 4 and 5, to serve
for two years; said primary
election to be according to
the rules and regulations of the
Democratic party of the town of New
berry, South Carolina; the polls to be
opened at o'clock a. m, and to be
closed al o'clock p. m.
There will be separate voting pre-
cinct in each ward and in ward 8 two
voting precincts, as follows:
Ward Council Chamber.
Ward 2 New court house, super
visor's ONCE.