VOL. XXI NO. 26.
TRYON, POLK COUNTY, N. C. FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 5, 191&-
ESTABLISHED MAY, 1894.
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FRENCH IMtL WHI I b BUOIv ISSUED BADIN AND WHITNEY
ASSUMES DUTIES
NEVV COALITION CABINET, ALL
PARTY GROUPS BEING
REPRESENTED
FOR FIRST TIME IN HISTORY
NeW Cabinet is Remarkable For t
Personnel and For Ability of IU
Members. .
Paris. A new French Cabinet,
beaded by Aristide Brtand as Premier
jjd Minister of Foreign Affairs has
uien up its work
This is the first time in the history
d the French Republic that there is
t coalition liiinistry of all the oppos
ing parties and factions It foilowe
ciosely on the recent innovation of
forming a British coalition cabinet
of Conservatives and Liberals. -
The action in forming the cabinet
was the culmination of a deep popular
sentiment that at the supreme crisis
'of the war party division should give
tray to united action by . all parties.
Because the cabinet of Rene Vivlani
was representative of only r a few
political groups, the ministers pre
sented their collective resignations
and President Poincare immediately
charged Aristide Biand with the for
Imation of a hew' organization com
;bining all elements. ' -
The composition of the ' Cabinet
follows : - .
; Premier and Minister of Foreign
Affairs, Aristide Briand.
'; Minister I of " State and Vice Presi
dent of Cabinet Charles de Frey
"cet. , ', ... v- . ' - ' "
; Minister of War, General J. S.
Gallieni. ,' . .
! Minister of Justice, Rene VivianL
i Minister of the Interior, Louts,- J.
'f; &tir oi Marine, Rear Admiral
jLwazee. ' : . -' . .
: Ifaister of Finance, Alexandre
Zibot. . . ,..-v
: General Secretary of ' the Minister
of Foreign Affairs, Juies Cambon.
; Minister of Public Instruction and
Inventions concerning National De
fuse, Prof. Paul Painieve.
Minister of Public Works, Marcel
'Zembat. . ' :
Minister of Commerce, Etienne
Clementel.
Minister of Colonies, Gaston Don-
mergue.
Minister of Agriculture, Jules Me-
Hne.
Minister of Lahor, Albert Metin.
Ministers without portfolio, Emll
Conibes, Leon Bourgeois, Denys Qo-
cmn and Jules Guesde. '
Under Secretary of State, War,
Munitions, Albert Thomas.
Under Secretary of State for Sub
sistence, Joseph Thierry.
Under Secretary of State for San
itary Service, Justin Godart.
Under Secretary of State for Avia
ton, Rene Besnard.
Under Seccretary of State for Ma
rine, Louis Nail.
Under Secretary for Fine Art, Ai--krt
Dalimier.
The Under Secretaries of the Min
istries of the Interior and Foreign
Affairs were not made public.
J- P. MORGAN UNDER KNIFE.
Opreated on for Appendicitis Attack
MHd Condition Good.
ew York. J. P. Morean. who had
leen at his desk" a little' over two
Months since recovering from bullet
ounds inflicted bv Erich Meunter,
t!e mad professor of languages, who
attempted to kill the financier lu&t
m? is again confined to his bed, this
llme from an attack of appendicitis
Mr. Morgan went through an per
son which three attendant special
f afterward described as successful
every wav. The annendl was re
ed at noon bv Drs. Markoe. Lvle
i Smith: and the official bulletin is-
shortly thereafter, said Mr. Mor
gan was resting comfortably. Con-
nued Progress was reported unoffl
(lany during the artefnoon.
The attack of appendicitis was mild
lu character, it was said, and the
"ent s condition was very good,
Carranza Asked fr ri-Hr
ashington. Representations have
jeen made to General Carran2a b7 the
united Stataa aittin f. .uwa ap.
aers to military authorities In the vi-
v? Matamros to pursue and ar
rest MeXCans ra1rM Amait.aTi
lemtory. it is understood that such
orders already have been issued,
'ne state denartrwawt -aA th
thT vn0f aeting Goor Randall of
a , ylla government in Sonora
lhe transPortation of Carransa
rutrtl r?U8h Amertcaa territory en
1 ttle t0 Aua priata, -
TED STATES
SECOND INSTALLMENT OF PUB
LIC RECORD ON WAR QUES
TIONS ISSUED.
NEUTRALITY IS MAIN TOPIC :
Both British and German Authorities
Complain Lansing Always Had
Unanswerable Reply.
Washington. A second instalhnent
of the United States Governmenit'a
White Book has been issued by the
srtate department. It contains im
portant diplomatic correspondence
with the belligerent governments of
Europe sijice the publication of the
first installment last "May.
Besides constituting 'a public record
of the position of the United States
as precedent for the future, the vol
ume reveals a series of charges and
counter-charges by the belligerents
that reflect the difficulties constantly
encountered in observing neutrality.
One of the most interesting features
s the publication for the first time of
i memorandum of the German For
eign office referred to in a colloauv'
between Chairman Flood of the House
Foreign Affairs Committee and Rep
resentative Bartoholdt of Missouri, at
he hearing on tfae bills proposing, an
embargo on arms. Mr. Flood quoted
the memorandum to sustain his argu
ment, that Germany did not hold ship
ments of munitions to the Allies as
illegal. The corresipondence with tlhe
German Government developed as a
consequence of a ruling by the United
States 'that it was a violation of neu
trality for merchant ships to - leave
American ports for the express pur:
pose of supplying belligerent warships
at sear--' --'--.: . :-" . v .. .
TWENTY CHILDREN BURNED.
School Building at .Beatoody, Mass.,
'Burns. Many Are Injured.' ,
' Beabody, Mass. Twenty children,
most of them girls ranging in age
from 7 . to 17 years, lost their lives in
a fire which destroyed St. John's
Parochial School.. Another girl has
injuries regarded as probably fatal,
whiile others were less severely hurt.
The 600 chlldreitf had just entered
bueir classrooms when the fire was
discovered, and although a majority
were guided to safety by Sisters ot
the Order of Notre . Dame, who were
their teachers, panic seized a large
number as they neared the front door
and in their rush to escape they lost
their footing nad their bodies block
ed the exit.
. 11 of the sisters escaped, but Moth
er Superior Marie Carmelita was ser
iously burned. At the convent house
it was said that her injuries probably
were not fatal, although she .is pros
trated by the disaster and the suffer
ing of her charges. -
How the fire started may never be
known. An early theory that a boiler
explosion caused it having been di3-
mised,' state police officials were of
the opinion that a store room in the
basement, where a gas meter, was lo
cated, was its source.
Austro German Forces Advance.
London. The German official state
ment records the advance of the Aus-
tro-German 'forces and the capture by
the Bulgarians of Zajecar, and Knia-
jevats, both on the Timok River
northeast ofNish and the heights of
Pirol, almost directly east of Nish, but
beyond this there is little or no auth
entic news of the invasion of Serbia.
Kind Peter May Go to Italy.
Amsterdam, via ' London. A tele-
CTam from Budapest to The Cologne
Volks Zeltung ays that King Peter
of Serbia probably will leave that
country and go to Italy.
c.,- nrman Steamers Sunk.
f V M '
A via Ijondon. British
X OT. vre,-
BUbmarlnes (have sunk four more Ger
man teamers in the BalUc. This an
nouncement Is made In the Russian
official statement. - ;
Favor National Prohibition,
Tiflitimnre. irtJnanimous . authoriza
tion of a petition to Congress to sub
mit, to the states a national prohlbi-
flmpmdmemt was voted by . ttoe
Presbyterian Synod of Baltimore to
annual session . here. Petitions also
were approved asking 4or . a federal
Mvcihin rif moTine picture films
and a inhibition agaiost the "export-
BtSoa from tlhe umiea cyuuies
-riait' Hauors to Africa. Each
XAJ.r'' 'O
of the petitlona it was said, -would be
. . .M
suTXPorted by a national movemw
c&iwclhea to wwwuea y w
BY UNI
ALUMINUM COMPANY OF AMERI
CA HAS PURCHASED THE
PROPERTY.
WORK TO BE RESUMED SOON
French Syndicate No Longer Holders
of Development at Narrows of the
Yadkin River.
Charlotte. Perhaps the biggest
single deal' ever negotiated in North
Carolina property is that which has
just been 7 concluded whereby the
Southern Aluminum Company has
transferred title to its Badin and
Whitney holdings to the. Aluminum
Company of America, . with headquar
ters in Pittsburg, Pa., the amount In
volved in the transaction, it is under
stood approximating $10,000,000. The
negotiations were concluded at a con
ference participated in by officials of
the French Syndicate and the Alumi
num Compnay of American at the Ritz
Carlton Hotel In New York on Satur
day, October 23, and definite informa
tion is just transpiring. It is stated
that the development work will move
rapidly ahead and that the . plans of
the original designers will be carried
out with only very alight modifica
tions. The outstanding feature of
this announcement is that the several
thousand employes formerly given
work on this development will be re
turned just as soon as the details of
transfer can be consummated and
arrangements perfected for the re
sumption of operations. - This will
probably require several weeks and
maybe a month, but it will be forth
coming within the very near future.
, The announcement of this trans
fer and the information that work will
be .resumed within a&ojctlme is one
of the most important to the business
and commercial interests of this sec
tion that has been made fin a Ions
time. The Aluminum Company of
America Is a monster corporation
with bisr nlantia at Masspma. N. Y..
,r i . r
Pittsburg and various other places
throughout the country. The Tennes
see plants is the one that is nearest to
the Jatest acquisition of the company.
The work at Badin and Whitney
was undertaken several years ago
when the French Syndicate acquired
tue holdings of the original Whitney
company, then owned by Pittsburg
interests. The plans of the original
company were changed and a new
development mapped out, the power
site being located nearer the foot of
the narrows of the Yadkin River and
a great aluminum plant being propos
ed for Badin the new town to be built
The money was provided by French
bankers and was moving splendidly
ahead when the great war came on.
A magnificent little city had been
almost finished, the immense build
ings to house the hydro electric plant
and other machinery was completed
and an order was placed for the ma
chinery when every thing was closed
down on account of the outbreak of
war in Europe.
Seven Injured in Accident.
Asheville. Seven persons were In
jured, three, of them being pinned be
neath the car when a big automobile,
driven by I. N. Breazale failed to make
a sharp turn on a mountain road
about 12 miles from Asheville, plung
ing 15 feet down a bank and turning
over against a tree. The approach
to'-the turn is down a steep grade and
the brakes failed to hold the heavy car
and its load. Only the presence of a
large tree prevented the car's plung
ing 50 feet further with the possibility
of going over a steep cliff.
Fishing fs Unusually Good.
Morehead City. The largest catches
of fish ever seen here were made last
week by local fishermen and visiting
sportsmen with hook ahd line and rod
and reel. It seems as if the surround
ing waters are filled with cero, trout
and sheepshead, as the inexperienced
person has little difficulty in catching
large numbers of the finny tribe when
ever he goes after them.
Internal Revenue Tax Collections.
StatesvUle During October, Collec
tor Watts of Western district collect
ed Internal revenue taxes amounting
to $986,053.68, as follows: -
Tobacco (all forms), $962,913.48;
income taxee, $13,696.52; emergency
(war) taxes, $9,329.26; fines and pen
alties, $45.69; narcotic taxes, $36.23;
liquor Mcense. $25;' oleomargarine 14
censes, $8.50,
This is a decrease from last month
of $49,409.55 and an Increase over
October ; of last r year of $387,650,18,
r 64 3-4 rer cent, T
SYNOD CLOSES ITSSESSI0N
Presbyterians Will Meet at Salisbury
In i 1916 To Build Summer Homo
For Its Members at MontreaL
; Gastonia. The Presbyterian Synod
o North Carolina"" concluded its. one
aundred and second annual session
here, following a busy business ses
sion which began four days ago. . Th
delegates left for their homes, declar
ing the present session to 'have beer
.one of the best as well as most enjoy:
able in the Synod's history. Just be
fore adjourning the body adopted un
inimously a set of resolutions thank
ing the local church and the peoplt
of the town for the splendid manne.
in which the delegates had been enter
tained.
A resolution was adopted accepting
an offer made by the t Mountain Re
treat Asociation of a free site at Mon
treat Association of a free site a Mon
members of the Synod could havt
free lodging and whtre they coul
gather for res tand recuperation dui
ing the summer months. The tasl
of erecting a suitable building on thi:
Bite was put in the hands of a com
imtittee composed of A. T. McCullum
W. H. Sprunt, B. R. Sellers, Rev. W
Mc White, Rev. W. M.. Fairley anc
Revt D. H. Rolston. They are aufcb
Prized to provide the building but art
restrained . from Incurring any debt.
A significant report was that of the
evangelistic, committee. The repor
showed 500 more professions of fait',
and 100 more additions to the churc
thanany previous year. The work o.
thf geneial and local evangelists wa
siiLimerizied as follows: 3,858 ser
mens preached, 2,736 professions o.'
faith. 1,252 additions to Presbyter
ian .church, 81 additions to othe
ctuiches; 17 Sunday schools organiz
ed, 10 churches organized, $2,149 rais
ed for the Synod's work.
.The First church, Salisbury, war
chosen as the lacpe for meeting next
year and the time is the fourth Tues
day in October.
. Big Fire at Reidsville.
. Reidsville.- Fire broke out in the
new. prize "room of the F. R. Penn
branch " of -the A,mftriin Tfthrr
COTwpaib'y's big:1tbiMco factory here
and did considerable damage before
being extinguished. ,
The automatic sprinklers in an ad
joining room also injured a great Meai
of tobacco. The prize room Jn which
the fire originated did not have the
automatic sprinkler completed other
wise the ; flames would have gained
but little headway. By hard work tht
big plant was saved from destruction
About 00,000 pounds of plug were
damaged by water and smoke. This
will have to be reopened and dried
out.
The total damage has been various
ly estimated at from-$30,000 to $60,
000 but the precise amount will not
be known until a survey is made.
Handle Plant-Burns.
. Wilmington. The handle works of
the Leavering Manufacturing Company
just outside the city, was destroyed
by fire presumably caused by a spark
from the boiler, entailing a loss of
about $25,000, fully covered by insur
ance. v
NORTH CAROLINA MARKET.
Prices of Cotton, Corn, Oats, Peas,
Butter, Eggs, Etc., on North Caro
lina Markets During Past,
Week.
Asheville Corn. 60-6oc bu: oata. 60o
bu; peas, $1.50 bu; Irish potatoes, $1.80
Dui; sweet potatoes, 4Uc per bu; apples,
$1.50-$3.00 bbl; N. C. butter, 30c lb; eggs,
25c doz. '
Charlotte Cotton, I214.c: cotton seed.
50c bu; corn, 95c bu; Irish potatoes, $2
bbl; sweet potatoes, 60c bu; N. C. butter,
JOc lb.; esrgs, 30c doz.
Durham Cotton, 12c; cotton seed, 40o
bu; corn, 9ac bu; oats, 60c bu Irish pota
toes, $2 bbl; sweet potatoes, 75c bu; ap
ples, $3 bbl; Western butter. $30c lb; N.
C. butter, 30c lb; eggs, 25c doz.
Greensboro Cotton, 12c; corn, 95c bu;
peas, $1.50b u; Irish potatoes, $2 bbl;
sweet potatoes, 40c bu; apples, $3.50 bbl;
Western butter, 30c . lb; eggs, 25c doz.
Greenville Cotton, 11 c; . cotton seed.
60o bu; corn, 85c bu; oats,, 65c bu; Irish
potatoes, jl.ao ddij sweet potatoes, 8te
bu: Western butter, 30c lb; eggs, 30c doz.
Hamlet Cotton, 11 c; cotton seed, Oo
bu; corn, 90c .bu; oats,-60c bu; peas. Jl
bu; sweet potatoes, 75c bu; N. C. butter,
80c; lb eggs,, 30c doz.
Lumberton Cotton, llc; cotton seed.
65c bu; corn, 90c bu; oats, 60c bu; sweet
potatoes, 50c bu; western Dutter, hoc id;
ceres. SOc doz.
Maxton Cotton. 11c : cotton seed, 50.
bu; corn, 90c bu; oats, 55c bu; sweet pa-
. . , y. i . . o 11. . '
tatoes, uc du; S. V. uuuer c u; BS,
?8n doz. ' f
Monroe Cotton. 12c; cotton seed.' 55o
bu; corn, 90c bu; oats, 55c bu; sweet po
tatoes, 60c bu; N. C. butter, 30c; eggs,
28c doz.
New Bern Cotton, 12c; corn, 75c bu;
oats, 50c bu; sweet potatoes, 40c bu; eggs
n28rv doz.
Newton Cototn, 12c; cotton seed, 60a
bu; corn. 90c bu; oats. 75c bu; Irish po
tatoes, $2.25 DDI; sweet potatoes, ac du;
Ofrara 2aO -dOZ. ' "
Raleigh Cotton, llc; cotton seed, 60q
bu; corn, 90c bu; oats. 48c bu; peas,
J1.75 bu; Irish potatoes $1.75 bbl; sweet
potatoes, owe du; appc, .uv-i.w uw,
to,tprn butter. S2c lb: eegs. 28-S0c doz.
Rnrkv Mount Cotton. 12c: cotton seed
BOo bu; Irish potatoes, $1.75 bbl; sweet
potatoes, oc du; appies. bbi; nei-
ern butter, 33c lb; eggs, ?7c doz.
saiiahurv f?ottoru . L2Uc: cotton . seed.
55c "bur corn, I1 bu5 Pas. H-75 bu; Irish
Dotatoes. J1.Z0 DDI: sweet potaioea,
Km' Accra SOo dOZ. '
artist riA vck Cotton. UUc: cotton
seed, 60c bu: corn, 90c buf oats, 55c bu;
si.75 bu? Irish potatoes. $2 bu:
gweet .potatoes, 75c bu; N C. butter, 80o
TEUTONIC ALLIES
CLOSE III ON SERBS
BULGARIANS HAD TO STAND
HARDEST PART OF THE
. WORK.
DRIVEN INTO THE MOUNTAINS
South of Uskup Drive Has Been Check
ed by Reinforcements from French
and British Armies.
London. The Germans have occu
pied Kraguyeatz, the arsenal town of
Serbia, while their Bulgarian Allies
are pushing their way through the
mountains to Nish, Serbia's war capi
tal. From all sides the Germans, Aus
trians and Bulgarians are slowly
closing in on the Serbian armies, the
position of which grows graver daily.
They are fighting fiercely however to
save their country and have inflieted
such losses on Field Marshal von
Mackensen's force that he has been
compelled to send for reinforcements
and leave the more serious work of in
vading the eastern and southern part!
of the country to the Bulgarians, who
have had more experience in moun
tain warfare such as the Serbians are?
waging.
From the junction of the Danube
and Timok River!s' in the northeast to
Uskup, in the south, the Bulgarians
are moving westward, driving the
Serbians out of the towns into the
mountains but from Uskup southward
they have been checked as the Ser-
bans in that territory have been re
inforced by the French and British
with modern guns and with gunners
who gained valuable experience in
France and Gallipoli.
Russian transports have been re
ported off Varna but the report lacks
confirmation. There is, however, evi
dence in dispatches from Bucharest
that "the- people oi" RuniaTrhr 'at Heasri
desire intervention and that pressure
is being brought on the kng and cabi
net to induce them to join the Allies
and permit a Russian force to pas3
through Roumanian territory to attack
Bulgaria from , the east. Greece con
tinues her friendly neutrality.
HERMAN RIDDER IS DEAD.
One of Promnent German Americans
In New York.
New York. Herman bidder, former
rreaaurfir nf the Democratic National
Committee and publisher of the New
York Stafcts Zeitung, died suddenly at
his home in this city.
The cause of Mr. Ridder's deat,Ti
was kidney trouble in an acute form,
He had been ill about 10 months and
for two weeks past his condition had
been critical. He was in his sixty-
ififth year.
Among a large number of promt
nent" German-American citizens of the
iUnited States, Herman Ridder was
one of the most conspicuous figures
in the newspaper publishing business
iuvd in politics. He at one time wa
president of the American Newspaper
Publishers' Association and for many
years he held high offices in the As
eociated Press, as treasurer and a
director.
ie was talked of at the 1908 Demo
cratic National Convention at Denver
as a possible nominee for vice presi
dent on the ticket with Bryan, wholh.
however, Mr. Ridder opposed at that
4ime.
Date For Wilson Gait Marriage.
Washington It was formally an
nounced at the White House that the
marriage of President 'Wilson and
. n.u , , , t ti - it .
i mrs. u-ait wiu tase piace near uie
close of December"- and that it will
be private, at Mrs. Gait's home here
This statement was issued by Sec
retary Tumulty:
"In order to quiet speculation Pres
ident Wilson and Mrs. Norman Gait
authorized the announcement that
their marriage will take place neai
the dose of December. Their plans
are for a very simple ceremony. It
will be quietly performed at Mrs.
.Galfs residence. No invitations will
be issued and it is expected the only
guests will be the members of the two
families."
V
Shots Fall on American Side.
llvered his long-expected attack "on
the Carranza garrison of Agua Prieta
and within two hours after the first
un was fired, machine gun bullets
and shell fragments showered over
American territory, seriously wound
ing Louis F. Taylor, a restaurant wait
er, and endangering scores , of Ameri
can soldiers in trenches two , miles
eouth of Douglas. Taylor was 'shot
lixrwn in front of the United States
custom bouse, where more than 70
m&oMne. gun bullets fell.
VILLA WILL KEEP 1
UP ACTIVE FIGHT
IF NECESSARY HE SAYS HE W I LI,
FIGHT THE UNITED STATES
! ARMY. j
TO , CAPTURE AGNA PRIETA
This is His Frst Steps Meanwhile H
is Plumb .Through With Amsrl- '
cans W All Kinds, f " !
Douglas, Ariz. Villa troops in vad- V
ing , Sonora arrived - within - striking ,
distance, of Agua'Prieta, opposite here
and the expected "attack against the
Carranza garrison apparently is a mat .
ter.of hoursL -Advance cavalry .of tha "
invaders halted three and a half milea :
east of Rgua Prieta, V ' v ;
Gen. Francisco . Villa, who arrived v
at the International border several .
miles further east a few hours earlier,- "
talked with Americans .across the.
boundary and announced that , he in- "
tended to attack the Mexican town, r
regardless of any action. United States st
iroops might take. ' , v v
'If necessary I will fight the United ' "
States Army assembled along the bor-
der," he said, v 1 - . -'
General Villa, learned for the - first
time that permission had been i given .
by the United States government for ,
Carranza to move troops ' through ' .
American territory to reinforce the "
Agua Prieta garrison. ' -X?; ' :
Four Carranza troops trains' jour- -
neying through United States territory
arrived bringing the fighting strength, '
of the Carranza garrison to 6,000 men. -
Villa, according to reliable ' advices, -
has 10,000 soldiers.
Villa himself was with his , cavalry,
which passed along the border to take .
position just out of range of the gar-.
risen. It Was during this march that.' '
Aa ftarnftfothfri rliMriT rainfojee- ;
ments had been transported over" Am-"
t .. .'...
"Agua Prieta will be mine," be as- -
serted, ''Americans or no Americans.
We may have to fight the whole .'
American army if necessary, but no
matter; it will be ours."
Wheh?" he was asked.
"I know," was the reply.
Suddenly Villa asked again if it
was true that the United States gov
ernment had permitted General Car-:
ranza to transport reinforcements
over American territory. He .then.
said : . .
.'!This is the way the United States
repays me for protection I have given
foreigners in Mexico. Hereafter" I
don't give - what happens to
foreigners in Mexico or in my
territory.
"I am through with the United
States. I can fight my battles. Let
them fight theirs.
"I can whip Carranza and. his en
tire army, but it is asking a-great
deal to whip the United States also;
but I suppose I can do that, too."
Villa declined to pose for a photo-
graph. "No more of my pictures for
the United States," he exclaimed.
BULGARIANS CAPTURE PIEROT.
Important Fortress is Described as
Key to Nish.
London. The Serbian fortress of
Pierot, described as the key to Nish,
is in the hands of the Bulgarians.
while the Austrb-Germans, advancing
from the north, are endeavoring to
form a ring around Krauguyevatz, the
Serbian arsenal. Thus, besides en
dangering both the Serbian war capi
tal and the town where the Serbian
munitions are manufactured, the Cen
tral Powers with Bulgaria are narrow
ing the gap through which the Ser
bian army must escape.
Simultaneously the Austrians are
attacking Montenegro, tto remove if
possible the danger of having an
enemy army on their flank. Little
has been said about the fighting be
tween the Austrians and Monteneg
rins along the Drina river, but appa
rently it is of a most sanguinary char
acter, as it took the Austrians with far
superior equipment more than a week
to force acrossing of the river at one
point alone, that soutn of Vishegrad.
Were Not After Slaton.
Atlanta, Ga. Fulton county police
after an investigation of the source of
shots heard near the country home of
former Governor John M. Slaton, said
there was no 'reason to believe the.
disturbance had any connection with,
alleged threats against Slaton shortly
after he commuted the sentence of
Leo M. Frank- The - shots were fired.
tbe police believe, by" a boisterous au
tomobile party, or possum hunters
Former Governor Slaton returned to
Atlanta three weeks ago following an
absence of several month,
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