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'Qaston Oazette v"v vy; - , - 1 TH Caatoa k - ... ..Ill county " J:24:;,743. Eanka 7th ia t' e A jreit county fat farmer and investor; - IA ilMiXY ' v MEMBER OF THX ASSOCIATED PRESS ..Jiy.l people, represent ing aa increase of 3$. 3 per cent, a gain unequalled by any other county ia State." VOLrfXLL. K0.221. GASTONIA, N. C., TUESDAY AFTERNOON, SEPTEMBER 14, 1920 SINGLE COPY 5 CEJiTO X WILKHS TBERS ' RESIGTIATIOn TO BOARD Candidate For Lower . House I tri1a hn-k Reiraa.Coun V ty tiecutire Board to Meet ' ti cduckciay to nww ' ; ; aor. ' . , i ' , Dr. 8. A. WUkina, esndidate a the IDeiaocratie ticket- for the lower house of -the North ' Carolina General . Assembly (has offered his resignation on account of the ill .health" of huswife; The Demo ratie executive committee has been call ed t meet Wednesday, September 15, at 11 eVlDek' to 'consider the resignation .and to take such ejteps as are necessary X ill the vacancy. 1 Chairman John O. 'Carpenter has issued the following no--xiee to the Democrats of the" connty, wo ' ones as well as men i '"Dr. J3. A. , Wilkins,' of Dallas, has tendered his resignation as a candidate I the Demoerate Party tor representa tive ia' the Legislature. A meeting .of -the Executive Committee has been called for Wednesday, jkhe 15th, at 11 o'clock, art the court house ia Gastonia, to con adder aueh ; resignation, and to take accessary action with regard to the oa of successor for such va- r, ia ease said resignation is accept- d." This is to give notice to any and jJl Democrats of Gaston county, the wo aaea aa well aa the men, that they are invited to attend such meeting at the court house ia Gastonia, on Wednesday, fiept. 13th, at 11 o'clock, A. M. " I11E0IS CAMPAIGN 7- ' ' BITTER TO THE END i (By the Associated caress.) CHICAGO; Sept. 14. On of the bifc -ieraat primary campaigns in Illinois' po litical history closed, today with leaders f the two republican factions centering Their f gat oa the gubernatorial nomina- tioav At the polls tomorrow democrats .nd republicans will nominate candidates ' for senator, representatives and the vari- us stats offices,. in addition to governor. - ',' lam Binali, former speaker of the Illi- - atoJa boose, who is backed for the guberna l .tonal nomination by-Mayor William Hale - Thompson and . his wing of the re- publican party, is oposed by John G. Oglesby, lieutenant governor, for whom tioveraor 'Frank O. Lowden has taken the ' atnmp. Two other republicans, Oscar . Caxlstrom and Edward N. Woodruff, also ar seeking the nomination. In the -democratic contest for the nomi- matron for governor, James Hamilton Lewie, former senator, is opposed by Gar rat O Hara, former lieutenant governor. - "Becking the nomination for senator on the republican ticket are W. B. McKinley, arepreaeatative from the 19th district, the Lowden candidate; Frank L. Smith, fa wored by the Thompson faction, and Bur nett 1L Chipperfield, former representa tive. The democratic nomination is ought by Robert E. Burke and Peter A. t"- A development today in the republican ght was the announcement of Sheriff Charles W. Peters, of Cook county, that anore than 1,000 men would be deputized to "preserve law and order at the polls,, followed by a statement from Chief of Police Garrity directing the arrest of aay f the deputies if they violated the law relative to carrying weapons, A libel suit resulting from the cam paign was filed b Mayor Thompson against Mr. Oglesby, damages of $100,000 lieing asked. The suit was based on' let ters sent out over the signature of Mr, Oglesby which were said to attack the v mayor as being "seditious and unpatri otic" SECO'iD SENATORIAL PRIMARY IN SOUTH CAROLINA v (By The Associated Press.) COLUMBIA, S. C, Sept. 14. A second democratic state-wide primary, necessitate d by the failure of any of the candidates for the senatorial nomination of the re cent contest to poll a majority of the votes east, is' being held today in Sooth ' CkroJIa. Senator . E.' D. Smith is seek - xag renomination, and has as a lone op Toaoat George Warren, of , Hampton. v "Both candidates conducted a spirited eam ' paiga avnd it appeared certain eihat a fceavy vote would be cast. ,. Demoeratie nominees for lieutenant governor amTstate railroad commissioner ' sUoo are being chosen in today's primary. -.' VAX. MIWHAKDT KETIKES. v (By The Associated Press.) , BERLIN, Aug. 20. The ; newspapers suinounce tha retirement of Max Bein lukrdt from the active management of his j haia of Berlin theaters. , Bernhardt; who had dominated the Ger anaa dranutie world " for ftnore than 15 Tears, is said to be disgusted at his in ability to indue the authorities to repeal r m edify .tho amusement tax, which, he . tates, is burdening his enterprises to a point -where they aro no longer profitable. He will retire to his country seat near Snltburg, where ha will devote himself Is agriculture and some more complicated problems of dramatic art 1 ' ' Gerhart Hanptmann, a drahnatist, and Helix HoHaender..whov has Jeen' Rein lard t's chief assistant, mentioned as the joint succeeding directors. COUTiTY C0:."MSSI0:iERS '-A MAKE 1920 TAX LEVY Board of ' Commiaaioners Fix County Tax Rate at 58 Cents on $100 Valuation. ; -y At a meeting of the board of county commissioners held Monday the tax levy based oa the ' nw revalution was made. The lite was reduced from $1.44 2-3 to 58 cents and is apportioned as follows; Special road bond tax, five cents; special school tax, eight cents; regular school tax, 18 cents; county general fund, four cents; road tax, 10 rents; state school tax, 13 cents; total, 58 cents.. The poll tax will be considerably less than it was last year. The 1919 levy was as follows State 6Ute School Schools .15 .32 .51 .19 .62 .25 2-3 County General Court House Bonds Boads Special .... Total .11.44 2-3 GEORGIA POSSE- HAS 4 NEGRO SURROUNDED Josh Spillera Killed James Faulkner and Pa tally Wounded Latter Brother. (By The' Associated Press.) " MONTfCELLO,' Ga., Sept. ,14. Josh Spillers, the negro who yesterday shot to death James Faulkner and probably fa tally wounded his brother, John, is sur rounded Tn a swamp near- here by a posse of several hundred citizens and his cap ture is momentarily expected. Blood hounds are being used by the sheriff's posse to track the negro. It is freely predicted that Spillers will be lynched when caught. . . The Faulkner brothers, prominent Jas per eounty farmers, went to 8pillers' house yesterday . afternoon to ascertain whether or not he was the party who had been spreading reports of their operating an illicit distillery. Called to the door of his home, Spillers answered by opening fire on the two men. The first shot struck James Faulkner just above the heart, in flicting a mortal wound. John Faulkner was so badly shot that reports from the Macon City hospital, where he was rushed, indicated that he will probably die. Spillers fled from his home immedi ately after the shooting, and was later surrounded by a posse of several hundred men in a swamp not far from his home. The hunTwas given over last night, tem porarily, but was again taken up this morning by an even larger1 posse. Trained bloodhounds with the posse were on the negro 's trail early this morning, showing, it is stated, that he has not left the swamp. VICE-CONSUL RETURNING HOME ON LEAVE By The Associated Press) WASHINGTON, Sept. 13. John Y. Jordan, Jr., of Asheville, N. C, American vice consul at Brest, France, is returning home on leave. At the state department 'today it was stated that his return wals in no wav connected with the trouble which developed at a dance given by him in a JUrest hotel on August o, in wnicn a number of men wearing the uniforms of French naval officers and several members of the American army and navy graves registration services figured. According to reports of the affair as published in France several enlisted men in the American navy, attached to the graves registration service, as well as civilian employes of the service, were in vited to the dance by Mr. Jordan. Dur ing the dance a man in a French naval uniform attempted nter the ball room ami was informed by Mr. Jordan that the dance was a private one. An7 altercation foUowed in which com panions of the man in the naval uniform took part. Several guests of Mr. Jordan joined in to protect '.the vice consul. NEGRO SENTENCED TO ' DEATH FOife ASSAULT (By The Associated Press,) LYNCHBURG, Va.i Sept. 13. John F. Williams, negro, was convicted in tha cor poration court here this afternoon on the charge of attacking a white woman here a month ago and he was sentenced to elec trocution November 13.' The jury' consid ered the case in eight minutes. Although Williams had previously confessed the crime, he pleaded not guilty upon arraign ment today and denied any knowledge of the crime. GOV. COX INVADES ' OREGON AND IDAHO (By The Associated Press.) ; EN ROUTE WITH GOVERNOR COX, HUNTINGTON, Ore., Sept. 14, Gov ernor Cox, of Ohio, today carried the dem ocratic presidential standard into eastern Oregon and Idaho. Two addresses this afternoon and evening at Boise, Idaho, were his principal engagements today, but en route the candidate, with rear platform and other addresses, barred by his physi cian Sot a few days until lis. voice re covers - its strength, was to confine his campaigning to brief greetings and hand shaking. At Ontario, Ore, here and other stops en route, the governor' train was met by station gatherings. i -- i GASTOalA ISB5TH ; . : CITY lit THE SOUTH Preluhinary Census' Figures Show Many Changes in Rank : ; Southern Cities New Or ' leans,' Atlanta and Birming ham Are First (By The Associated Press.) - :. WASHINGTON, Sept, 14 Remark able growth : in population ' has been shown by a number of Southern cities ia the last ten years, preliminary statis tics of the Bureau of the Census show. Announcement of 1920 'populations have added five cities to those of the 100.000 class in the South, making a total of 11, while seven- cities have advanced into the class with 25,000 r more population, making a total of 3f- in that class. In all, the South has 4.'. cities with 25,nuu or more population. The cities " which advanced into he 100,000 class are San Antonio, Dallas, Houston, Fort Worth and Norfolk. In this etas Houston showed the larg est rate of growth, 75 . 2 per cent . Dallas was second with 72.6 per cent; Norfolk third with 71.6 per cent, and San An tonio fourth with 67.0 per tent. Nash ville showed the smallest rate of growth, 7.2 per cent. In point of numbers Dal las had the largest growth, the increase ia the ten years having been 66,872. San Antonio was second with 64,765, Houston third with 59,276 and Norfolk fourth with 48,325. New Orleans, the South 's largest city, showed a numerical increase of 48,144 which was fifth largest and a rate of growth of 14.2 per cent. Of the cities of the 25,000 to 100,000 class, Miami, Fla., showed the highest rate of growth, its per centage having been 440.1, while Wichiia Falls, Tex., ranks second with 388.8 per cent and Tulsa, Okla., third with 296. 4. per cenH Tulsa advanced from 50th city of the South to 16th. Wichita Falls from 111th to 32nd, and Miami from 175th to 43rd. Other cities of this class which have more than doubled their population in the ten years are Kuoxville with 114.1 per cent and Winston-Salem with 113.2 per cent. It is not possible to give the 1920 rank of all Southern cities of 10,000 or more population as the population of feveral .has not been announced. The following list shows the 1920 rank of cities of 25, 000 or more which is not likely to "be changed by the population of cities yet to be announced. : The remainder ef the list shows the : relative position of the cities having less than 25,000 population. Their 1920 rank will show how they have grown in the ten years in comparison with other cities. The list follows: 1910 CITY Rank New Orleans 1st Atlanta 2nd Birmingham . . 3rd Richmond 5th Memphis 4th San Antonio 7th Dallas 8th Houston 9th Nashville 6th 192j POP. 387,210 200,616 1 7 Q OTA 178,270 171,667 162,351 161,308 158,976 138,076 118,3,42 113,177 106,482 91,558 91,258 83,252 77,818' 72,075 67,957 64,997 60,161 57,895 54,387 Norfolk Hth Fort Worth 10th Jacksonville 15th Oklahoma City 13th Savannah 12th Knoxville 25th Tulsa 5t0h Charleston 14 th Little Rock I7tli Mobile 16th Chattanooga I8tli Portsmouth, Va 27th Macon, Ga 20th Augusta, Ga. J 10th Tampa, Fla 22nd Roanoke, Va . 25th Winston-Salem, N. C. . . 39th Charlotte, N. C. ., 26th Galveston, Tex. 2ord Shreveport, La 30th Montgomery, Ala ...... 21st Beaumont, Tex. .v; 42nd Wichita Falls, Tex, 11th Waco, Tex., ........... 31st Columbia, S. C 32nd Newport News, Va. ....44th - Austin, Tex 28th Wilmington, N. C. 33rd Columbus, Ga 43rd Pensacola, Fla 39th Petersburg, Va. 35th Muskogee, Okla . ....... 34th Lynchburg, Va 29th Miami, Fla 175th Fort Smith, Ark. ...... 36th v AsheviQe, N. C, ...... 48th Raleigh, N. C 46th Meridian, Miss . ....... 37th Greenville, S. C. ...... 34th Laredo, Tex. ...r. ..... 60th Jackson, Miss ,,. 40th Spartanburg, S. C, 51st Port Arthur, Tn., ... 118th Baton Rouge, La. ...... 59th ' Durham, N. C, 49th Danville, Va. 47th 52,548 51,252 50,842 48,398 46,318 44,255 43,874 43,46 i 40,422 4U.079 3S.500 37,524 35.")96 34.S76 33,372 31,125 31,035 31,002 30,277 29,056 29,549 t 28,811 28,504 24,418 23,436 23,127 22,710 22,679 22,638 22,251 ' 21,782 21,719 21,539 19,280 19,039 . 18,869 . , 18,068 18,060 ' 17,931 ; 17,734 -1510 17,065 V 17,038 , 16,748 15,507 . 15,494 1 Fine Bluff, Ark ....... 57th ; ....... 45th. Key West, Fla. Jackson, Tenn. . Waycross, Ga. .. Alexandria, Va. Vicksburg, Miss. Aaniston, Ala. .. Alexandria, La. '. Denison, Tex. . . La Grange, Ga. . Athena, Ga.' .... Selma, Ala. Amarillo, Tex . .. 53rd' . 61st . 55th 4ist ; v 67th 77th 64th 167th . 58th 63rd 92ad MAINE REPIEUCAII :: ; BY BIG MAJORITY - ' ' ' ' ' - i Parkhurst Elected Governor by Majority 65,000 Greater Than Any Previous Majority ui maw iiivi, ; i PORTLAND, Me., 'dept.- 14. Mains gave an overwhelming plurality to the republican ticket in the state election yes terday. With a total vote larger by 55,.. 0Ui man tha highest ever previously east in the suite. Irederio H. Parkhurst,"of Bangor, was elected governor by a margin of 65,000 over his democratic opponent, Bertrand G. McIntire, of Norway. The plurality waa 17,000 more than the largest obtained by any other gubernatorial can didate in tha history of the state. Four congressmen were elected by large pluralities. Congressmen Wallace H. white, Jr., John A. Peters and Ira U. Hersey retained their seats and in the first district, where Congressman Louis B. Goodall, republican, did not seek re election, Carroll L. Beedy, of Portland, republican, waa chosen. Every member of the state senate will be republican, while of a membership of 151 in the state house of representatives the democrats succeeded in electing 13. In the last legislature there- were two democratic senators and 41 democratic representatives. The vote of the state for governor, with returns from forty small towns and plantations in remote districts missing, was: Parkhurst (R.), 133,817; Mclhtire (D.), 89,249. The increase ia the total vote was very largely accounted for by the presence of womert at the polls for the first time. All over the state women showed themselves eager to grasp the opportunity of exer rising their new privilege and they were undaunted by a heavy downpour of rain in the afternoon. The results showed tli ait most of them voted the republican ticket. As the returns cams in, showing from the first evidences of a tremendous rep 11b, lican sweep, democratic state leaders were milent as to the possible significance of the vote with relation to the presidential elec tion in November. Colonel Parkhurst, after being assured of his election, gave the viewpoint of the republicans in a statement in which he pointed out 'that the campaign had been vigorously con tested by the democrats on national is sues," and said that the outcome gave ' ' most conclusive evidence that the voters of Maine resent the autocratic and un American administration that the demo crats have given us. ' ' He declared that it was "equally an endorsement of Hard ing and Coolidge. Matters of merely state importance were hardly touched upon in the cam paign. The leading speakers were men j of national prominence, both parties striv I inn i n AJVAJ,. n or i kit. I oli rtiri n tr in 4 Ik a ' ' Vta . inn to effect a good showing in the ' ' ba rometer state," the only state in the Union to hold its state election in ad vance of fne voting for president. The republicans' addresses were delivered by Governor Cadvin Coolidge, of Massachu setts, vice presidential nominee; Senator Henry Cabot Lodge, Senator Joseph Frel inghnysen and others. The democrats sent intethe state Franklin D. Roosevelt, candidate for vice president; Secretary Daniels,' former Secretary William G. McAdoo and Homer 8.. Cummings, former chairman of the democratic national com mittee. The chief theme of all these speakers was the league of nations, upon which they upheld their respective na tional party platforms. Shawnee, Okla 68th 15,34s 8herman, Tex 69th 15,031 Pans, Tex 76th 14,939 Bristol, Va.-Tenn 65tfi 14,776 Gadsden, Ala 82nd 14,737 Bartlesville, Okla 148th 14,417 Brunswick, Ga 90th 14,413 High Point, N. C 96th 14,302 Marshall, Tex 74th 14,271 St. Petersburg, Fla. .. 238th 14,237 Ardmore,Okla 102nd 14,181 Argenta, Ark 78th 14,048 Salisbury, N. C 125th 13,884 Rome, Ga 70th 13,252 Lake Charles, La 75th 13,088 Laurel, Miss 105th 13,037 GASTONIA, N. C. . .. 162nd 12,871 Cleburne, Tex 86th 12,820 Rocky Mount, N. C. ... 115th 12,742 Monroe, La 89th 12,675 Natchez, Miss 71st 12,608 Johnson City, Tenn. .. 104th 12,442 Greenville, Tex 99th 12,384 New Bern, N. C 91st 12,198 Tyler, Tex 85th 12,085 I Tuscaloosa, Ala 107th 11,998 Guthrie, Okla 73rd 11,757 Hot Springs, Ark 62nd 11,695 Sapulpa, Okla 108th 11,634 Greenville, Miss 95th 11,560 Albany, Ga. 112th 1L555 Corsicana, Tex 93rd 11.356 Goldsboro, W. C. 151st 11,296 Temple, Tex 79th 11,033 Florence, S. ft 127th . 10,968 BiloxL Miss. ......... 116th 10,937 Valdosta, Ga. ........ 119th 10,738 Charlottesville, Va. ... 136th 10,683 Wilson, N. C ........ 138th 10,653 Staunton, Va. .. 81st 10,617 Del Bio, Tex. 10,589 Anderson, S. C. ... 94tk 10,535 Florence, Ala. ....... 139th 10,529 Corpus Christi, Tex ... 110th 10,522 Columbus, Miss. 98th 10..501 Abilene, Tex. -V,.,.,... 97th , 10,274. Dothan, Ala. 130th . A 10,034 AT 86 . The city council in regular sessioa as sembled Monday night determined the eity tax rate; heard a delegation from the Ministerial Association and' passed upon a number of routine matters. The tax rate for 1920 is 86 cents. The de tails are given below. The delegation from the Ministerial Association consisted of Revs. J. C. Galloway, D. D., J, H. Henderlite, D. D., J. W Cantey .Johnson, Wi A. Hough and G. R. Gillespie. They ap peared before the council seeking legis lation loking toward the remedying , of certain violations of Sunday observance in the city and immoral conditions in general . 1 As a result of the ministers' protest certain cafes in South Gastonia were ordered closed on Sundays from 10 to 1 o'clock, from 3 to 5 and from 7 to 9 o'clock. The attention of the city coun cil was also directed to the insults of fered ladies by certain drivers of auto mobiles on the streets of Gastonia. Those found guilty of questionable advances 1919 RATE Rate of taxation for city purposes, in cluding interest on all bonds was on old -valuation, per $100 value $1.20 Rate of taxation for school purposes ... .50 Totals 1920 Total real and personal property value for the City of Gastonia under the revaluation act in the sum of $23,751,418. Rate for city purposes as follows : Sinking fund for bonds issued prior to 1919 .t? Interest on bonds issued prior to 1919 Interest on bonds issued after 1919 .... Sinking fund for bonds issued after 1919 NOTE: The law allows a levy in excess of the 10 ner cent limitation for nnv.i ment of principal and bonds issued after 1919. For general city purposes . interest on Total for city purposes including in terest and sinking funds for all bonds For schools iu City of Gastonia. , Under a special act passed at the BH'cial session of the Legislature of 1920, the schools of Gastonia were al lowed to levy a tax on the. value of all real and personal proerty in a Sum not exceeding 35c ; the local school board certified to the City Council a rate of f Total rate for City of Gastonia "" SUMMARY OF RATES Sinking fund for bonds $ Interest on bonds General city purposes For Public Schools Total Poll Tax Cemetery $2.00 $1.00 BOTH PARTIES IN N. Y. . CHOOSE CANDIDATES TODAY (By The Associated Press.) NEW YORK, Sept. 14. Enrolled re publicans and democrats of New York state' went to the polls today to vote for candidatep who seek party nominations for the various state offices as well as for United States senator, representatives in congress and seats in both houses of the legilature. Leaders of both parties predicted a large vote. The most important contests of a state wide nature are for United States senator and governor on the republican ticket and for United States senator on the demo cratic ticket. United States Senator James W. Wadsworth, Jr., who received the indorsement of the unofficial republi can state convention, is opposed by Mrs. Ella A. Boole, state president of the Women's Christian Temperance Union, and George Henry Payne, cityt tax com missioner. Nathan L. Miller ,of Syracuse, former judge of the court of appeals, designe-s of the unofficial republican state convention convention for governor, is opposed by Senator George F. Thompson. The contest for the senatorial nomina tion on the democratic ticket is between Lieutenant Governor Harry C. Walker, of Binghamton, and Mayor George Lunn, of Schenectady. . Lieutenant Governor Walker is the des ignee, of the unofficial democratic state convention. : . , 4 ' - ' -v The mixed quartet of the First Pres byterian church, composed of Mtsdames H. Butter and J. Holland Morrow, and Messrs. W. Y Warren and C. J. Mc Combs, assisted by Misses Marfan Har vey and Mary Ramsey and Mr." J. H. Thompson, will sing at the Piedmont chapel tonight at the services beirs con ducted there by Eev. G.. H. Gi;:e?pie. FIXES TAX CENTS ON $103 will be prosecuted to the limit of the law. These representions were made to the city council following a meeting Mon day 6f the eity ministers and of th Gaston County Baptist Ministers Aaae-' elation, both of which bodies deaovaced in no mild terms the growing immorali ty in thej city and eounty. Strong protests were registered. Aa a result,' a. county-wide campaign against vie and immorality will soon be launched fream the pulpits of the oounty churches. V The eity eouncil gave the minister av very cordial welcome and assured them that their interests were appreciated . ' They were commended for their actio in wishing to cooperate with the legal authorities. '- ?,'; ;Jf c ' .- The City Council of the City of Gas tonia in regular session on -September 13th, 1920, made the following tax rates applicable to the City Of -Gastonia for thl year 1920. A statement ia givea of last year's taxes that the tox payers may know how the present rate waa de ' rived. :: RATE REVENUE RATE REVENUE DERIVED 79,694-86 31,862-90 11-70 $111,557.76 BATE REVENUE : . ESTIMATED RATE REVENUE .07 .13 .11 .03 17,422-00 29,950.00 25,800.00 7,400-00 a- - .17 40,50.0$. $ .51 $121180.09 .A -5 VkW 35 83,129.00, $ .86 $204,109-00 .1$ .24 .17 ,35 I .86 ts.. M'SWINEY'S DEATH WOULD PUT AN END (By The Associated Press.) LONDON, Sept, 14. Negotiations foe the settlement of the Irish question which are described as the most promising ear yet initiated will be nullified if Terence MacSwiney, lord mayor of Cork, dies ia Brixton prison, where he is continuing his -hunger strike, says the Dublin correspond ent of -the Times. " Secret negotiations on the basis ef full self-government within the empire have been going on during the last three weeks between the most prominent leaders of modern opinion and influential republi cs a, he declared. The moderates have at last been told, he adds, that nothing far ther can be done while MacSwiney ia near death, and if the lord mayor dies the last hope of settlement on the proposed basis will disappear. AUTOPSY HELD OVER 1 BODY OF OLIVE. THOMAS (By The Associated Press) PARIS, Sept. 13. The autopsy oa the body of Olive Thomiav American . motion picture actress who died in the American -hospital at Neuilly last Friday, waa per formed today by Dr. Paul, official physi cian of the city of Paris, ia the preseaes of five American doctors. Dr. Joseph Choate, who had charge of Miss Thoaua. during her illness, represented her family. ' The doctors concluded that death was due to "poisoniag through intoxieatioa with a sublimate'. taken accidentally. Judge Pamar now has the matter ander advisement and probably this evening or early tomorrow wiH issue a permit for re moval of the body. 1 Mr. W. A. Capp. of Athens. Cv, 'is the ' guest for a few days of I s ( brother, lit. Emark Cans. I
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