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Early County News.PUBLISHED EVERT THURSDAY. ’OFFICE IN NEWS BUILDING, lt;BLAKELY, GEORGIA. ISubscription Bates:One copy, one year................... „ $1.00Oneoopy, nix month* ........... .00One copy, three month*.....................28A. J. W. W. FLEMING,Editors and Publishers.Thursday, July 9, 1903.Has Discarded the Fob.The following is from Jos. Ohl, the well known Washington correspondent of the Atlanta Constitution :There was once a time when the most valued possession of Hon. Clarence Wilson, representative from Clay, was a handsome watch fob which hung as a brilliant setting to that portion of his anatomy which might be called his “manly bosom,” but isn’t. Today it is missing, however, and the reason it is no longer in evidence was revealed to anxious inquirers during a visit which the Clay county statesman paid to Secretary of State Phil Cook yesterday.It has to do with certain experiences of the Georgia contingent which accompanied the governor upon his recent visit to New Orleans during the great reunion of confederate veterans. Col. Wilson attended that reunion, and so did Secretary of State Cook. They are great friends and were boon companions upon this interesting occasion.On the day of the great parade they were standing together gazing interestedly upon the files of grizzled veterans as they marched past when Col. Wilson felt a sudden jar in the region of the watch pocket of his trousers. Secretary Cook saw a man dart into the crowd and grabbed him. As he had suspected that watch fob hanging upon the outer rim of the portly gentleman from Clay had proved too great a temptation to a passing snatch thief, and when Phil Cook caught him he had the watch in his hands.By a strange coincidence,a policeman was at hand. A word from Col. Wilson was all thot was needed to secure bis property. The colonel was effusive in his thanks. “I am Col. Wilson, of Goorgia, and this is the secretary of state from Georgia”—he begaB.By this time a note book in the hands of the guardian of the law attracted the attention of the Georgia secretary of state. The copper started to jot down the names, at the same time keeping a hold upon the criminal. “1 will want you gentlemen to appear as witnesses before the recorder and later in the courts ; what names, please ? And he turned inquiringly toward Secretary Cook.“What’s that?” asked the latter. “I don’t know anything about this thing; and as for this man”—turning to Wilson—“why, I’ve never seen him before.”Then and there was the Clay statesman paralyzed in astonishment. “What do you mean, Phil?” he asked, in what might be called a dazed tone. “Do you pretend to say that you’re not Phil Cook, secretary of Btate of Georgia?”“Certaily not,” was the prompt reply. “I never saw you before. Mr. Policeman, my name is Brown, and I’m from Missouri, and I know nothing whatsoever about this alleged crime.”About this time a glimmer of light began to pierce the brains of Colonel Wilson and the accommodating policeman. “I’m very sor ry gentlemen,” saicf the latter,“but of coarse if nobody saw this crime I can have no testimony against the man and I’ll have to turn him loose.”He did, and the necessity of two Georgia witnesses spending days in New Orleans was averted. But Clarence has never quite forgiven Phil for repudiating him in that way, and to avoid the possibility of repetition he has discarded the watch fob.
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Blakely Early County News
Blakely, Georgia, US
Thu, Jul 09, 1903
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