The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1914-04-30
LITTLE NEWS ITEMS
THROUGHOUT STATE

local yards and his death followed
two hours later. Both Of his legs
were horribly mangled. Az the coro-
ner's inquest it was testified that
Eyers was in the yards in an intoxi-
Gated condition and had apparently
lost his way. He was 36 years Of age
and unmarried
Rome.-A loud shrek Of the alarm
whistle of the Massachusetts, mills
caused an unusual alarm and then
turning out Of the fire department, but
the cause was man swinging 81 sAe
whistle cord to save himself from
4O-foot fall. A workman engaged in re-
pairing the engine in the boiler room
Of the mill lost his balance and fell
from the edge of the roof Had It not
been for the whistle cord, which he
caught. he would have been thrown
forty feet to the ground.
Macon. Harry Jacobs, an automo-
bile dealer of Cordele, was killed out
right and three other we'll known Cor
dele men were injured when the au-
tomobile in which they were travelling
from Cordele to Atlatna overturned
at Dunbar, fourteen miles south Of
Macon. The injured men are A. J.
Little. cashier for the Seaboard; II. II.
Purcell, employed by an implement
house. and ]. A. Smith, q wholesale
hide dealer. Charles Greer, promi-
nent farmer, the other man In the
car, escaped unhurt.
Columbus For the forty-ninth
time the memory Of the Confederate
dead was honored in Columbus on the
anniversary of the original memorial
services in this city. Remarkable to
state, these exercises have never been
prevented by rain in the half century
the custom has prevailed and ideal
weather prevailed. Open air exercises
were held in the afternoon at Llnwood
cemetery, where perhaps 10000 PEG
pie assembled An Grafton was delly-
cred by. Hon. T. Hicks Fort, introduc
ed by Hon. H. r. Goetchius, and both
the tribute to the Confederate dead
and the declaration that every section
Of the Union would respond prompt
" and loyalty to the call Of patriot
ism in the present crisis were re-
ceived with applause. An impressive
ceremony was laying the cornerstone
Of the foundation for an old Confed-
crate cannon which will be mounted
in Linwood cemetery, commanding
the graves of the Confederate dead.
Alamo.-Colon Clinton P. Thomp-
son, As years old, was found dead IN
his bed with bullet in his brain.
Persons who heard the pistol shot fore
ed the door and found the body. A
coroner's jury said it was suicide. His
father, Col. P. G. Thompson, died only
a short time ago in Atlanta.
West Point.-Quite number Of the
good citizens of West Point had their
early morning rest disturbed by the
distressing cry of "Help! Help! Every
where. help!" The cry came from a
negro who had stolen a ride to West
Point on an early morning train from
Atlanta. Just as the train reached
the bridge. over the Chattahoochee riv-
err, the station is called, and the negro
thinking he had reached the town,
made leap from the train and land
ed in the river. He was 'skeered
negro" when he was rescued and TAX
en- to a house nearby to dry his clothes.
But when an officer called on him a
little later he had vanished and has
not henn heard from since.
Marietta.-Seven hundred Of the
travelling traders known as "Clan
O'Hara," celebrated a wedding here.
Patrick O'Hara was married to Miss
Jennie Carroll, Father Jackson per-
forming the ceremony. An immense
dinner was spread under the trees on
a table 100 feet long, and many Mari
eta citizens dined with them, the en-
tire crowd being estimated at 1000
people at the dinner table. Among the
prominent ones there we're Sheriff
Swanson, Solicitor Clay, Chief Of Pc
lice Looney, Constable Stephens and
many others. The marriage was a
pretty ceremony, well carried out. The
dinner was unusually fine, abundant
and without any form Of drink.
Triton Mitchell William Bass, the
seaman on the battleship Utah
wounded in the fighting at Vera Cruz,
was from Tiff county. He and his
brother ran a farm near Triton few
years ago. His brother was later kill
ed by a negro he was trying to arrest
while serving as deputy sheriff at Cor
dele. The wounded seaman's only
known relative is a brother ]. H.
Bass, at Bluffton, Ga.
Pelham. Robert, the 11-year-old
son of Kelon Jones, a farmer living
near Sale city, fifteen miles east Of
Pelham, in this county, was instantly
killed by a falling tree. Mr.. Jones
and his son were working in the field
and the father cut tree down which
had caught on fire. When he thought
the tree was about ready to fall he
sent his son to get mule which they
had in the field with themy out Of the
way. when a sudden puff Of wind eaus-
ed the tree to fall. The boy was
caught under the trunk and was terri
bly mangled. The father is almost
prostrated over the fatal accident.
Augusta.-The Savannah and North
-, ,,acea1e,or train an rol1to to