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THE ATLANTA GEORGIAN. TT’ESBAT. FliPTEMRER I. 100*. 4 UTO BEHEADS RICH MAN; WOMAN ESCAPES UNHURT BT l'rlrnta Leased Wire. New York. Sept. «.—C. W. J.yndr, *hnso divorce litigation hu become famous In the court* of New Jersey, Now York and In the United Bute* supreme court, and whose remarkable career would All a volume, recently a we ii hy resident of East Pnthngu, and o« ner of the Tiger estate, met Instant denth under his own automobile on th, south country road at Iellp, I* I. H< vas pinned under the car and be headed when the automobile was over tone d hy striking a curb. Mystery surrounds the Identity of a w nan who was with him when he v. i killed and escaped with only ellrht bruises. J.ynde was the son of Charles W. I.' ude, a millionaire lawyer, of Brook lyn His mother was a daughter of <:< erg* Wesley Harper, of Harper Bros. The young man was graduated from j# served three years In the Seventh cavalry, then married Mary Yard Wright, of Trenton, ( daughter of Judge Wright. His pa rents were opposed to the marriage, and he went to work In a foundry for 112 a week. Disagreeing with his wife, he went to Florida gnd became an orange grower. Next he was an advertising agent, then he went to Australia, where he made a small fortune In gold min Ing. Meanwhile his two children died and his wife obtained a divorce. Then the father died and left him 1526,000 His wife sued for alimony and got 115, 000, though the esae was fought to the bitter end In the United States supreme court. Lynde declnred he could not ge tlce In America and, like William dorf Aster, became an Englishman. Two years ago, however, he returned to hla estate at Pathogu. LIVED IN TIME OF JEFFERSON; NEGRESS DIED AT AGE OF 115 Sp„elal to Tbs Oiorgtnn. Chattanooga, Tenn„ Sept. 4.—Mary Prather, a negro woman, commonly known as “Old Aunt Mary," Is dead at Athens, Tenn., at the age of 115 years. She had lived In Athens <2 years andl rna the mother of ten children, who vent ah slaves with their mother to that little town. When she waa bom there were only 460,000 negro slaves In the United States, but she lived to be one of 4,000,000 slaves. When she was bom George Washington was 6* years of nge nnd Thomas JefTerson was 4S years of age. Bhe was a mother when Abraham Lincoln was bom. She was originally the property of William Gib son, of Kentucky. She was married: four times. One of her sons by her first husband was hsnged In Athens In 1856. He was convicted of the murder of William Rowland, a storekeeper of Athens. JUDGE ANDY COULDN’T SENTENCE NEGRO WHO SWIPED HIS BUTTONS “Arch Ford, what Sr* you Charged with?" Judge Andy Calhoun was preparing ; to eerlteiice the fourteen prisoners who ; had * pleaded guilty before him at the • Opening of thb city criminal court Tuea- ■ day morning. Tint negro vouchsafed no Informa tion arid the warrant was looked up. 1 That document complicated matters. f"r.lt charged, that Arch was guilty of i iho “larceny of one pair of cult buttons to th* value of 25 from the residence : of Jjldge A. E. Calhoun." He was the negro who last week Appropriated the Judge* Jewelry when he went to the Judge* home to get a trunk. Arch was turned over to the sheriff and. Judge Reid will give him what' coming to him. The other prisoners who admitted their guilt were Frank Bradley and Tom Tidwell, little white boys, who had been arrested for stealing pennies from a "penny arcade." They were sent to the reformatory. right last Sunday, acknowledged the corn and got a line of t>0 each. Several other negroes were fined for carrying concealed weapons, larceny and other offenses. About thirty-five prisoners wer* arraigned, and of this number fourteen pleaded guilty. This le the largest percentage on record. FERRELL'S SLAYER Fight Arose in Bar Room Over a Union Card. NOT YETHNISHED Several More Speeches Yet To Be Made in Case. Ed C. Ferrell, n boiler maker of Au- ff fusts, Qa„ was slabbed by Tommy Lu P can. a holler maker who lives at 212 [■ East Hunter street Monday evening at 1:10 o'clock and died at the Grady Hos pital half an hour later. I.ucas es ' raped and It Is believed made hla way to Chattanooga on a train which left shortly after ths killing. The affair occurred In Cheatham's saloon, 46 Decatur street, and arose over a short quarrel about a union card. Neither man, it Is said, was drinking to excess. Th* body of Ferrell was turned over to undertakers Tuesday morning by . ins relatives, who live In Atlanta, and ; will be sent to Augusta for Interment. , Ferrell was married and leaves a wid ow and one little daughter. They live In Ninth street In Augusta. Tlia police department made every effort to have Lucas apprehended by otjlcon In Chattanooga, where he la known, and In the places along the . railroad. No news of Lucas' capture : had -been received at a late hour. Lu- ' cae Is married and has no chili,ran. Ferrell Was from Augusts. Ferrell came to Atlanta from Augua la Monday to see ths Labor Day cels Pratlon, At (: 80 o'clock he walked Into Cheatham* saloon at 45 Decatur street At the bar were W. C. Oury, foreman : at the Atlanta Machine Works; Tommy Lucas, an employee si that shop; A. . D. Lundbont and G. W. Windham, all boiler makers and union men. Ferrell recognised the union badges on the men* coats and greeted them as brother boiler makers. In the conver sation that ensued over n glass of I- er Lundbom produced hla union card and handed It to Ferrell. The two then began a good natured argument over the card, when Lucas, who had previously taken no part in the dis cussion, demanded that Ferrelt return the card to Lundbom. D. 8. Mahoney, a bartender in the place, made the following statement: "Lucas said: '(Jive that card hark or I'll rut you,' and at the same time hr lunged at Ferrell, as I thought with hie fist. Then 1 saw that, Ferrell was stabbed with the knife nnd 1 grabbed him. “Lucas turned «nd walked nut of the liar and disappeared. I telephoned for a doctor and then we sent the Injured man to the hospltnl. I didn't see any more of Lucas. Neither man had been drinking much. Lucas was certainly not drunk an<2 Ferrell had taken only one glass of beer." At the hospital Ferrell was given prompt treatment, but It was found that the knife had penetrated the left lung and It was not |»>eslble to save his life. He died within fifteen minutes after reaching the institution. Lucas Told Wife Good-Bye. According to statements made after the stabbing, Lucas went to his home. :i: East Hunter street, and bade good bye to his wife. He returned to De- SCHOOL BOOKS AND ALL SUPPLIES AT JOHN M. MILLER CO.’S, r—- The argument In the Cumberland Presbyterian factional fight before Judge Pendleton was not finished Monday afternoon and Is being con tinued Tuesday. Judge Pendleton took up the Jury docket of hie court Tues day morning and the church case did not again get his attention until the afternoon. Several more speeches are to be made, but It la thought probable that both sides will hsv* their arguments before the court by adjournment Tuts day evening. NEW cimiCE IIMEIJfEDIESMT About 200 Applications Arc on File for the Job. The county commissioners meet Wednesday to select those twenty-four new county policemen for whom they made provision soma ten days ago. They have on file about two hundred applications, among them several front every district In the county and many from the city. The committee on ronds and bridges has not yet met, but robably will In lime to report to the »ard Wednesday morning on suitable locations for the three stations which will be provided for the quarters of the men. Malaria Caueee Lou of Appetite. The Old Standard, arove* Tasteless Chill Tonic, drives out malaria and builds up the system. Sold by all dealers for 27 years. Price 50 cents. catur street, where he met Lundbom and told him that he was going to Ma rietta on the car and then take the train to Chattanoogn. Lundbom made this slatement to officers. Officers Hamilton and Roberts made an Investigation and learned that Lu cas had probably carried out hie In tention of leaving the city. He came to Atlanta from Chattanooga about live months ago. According to his ac quaintances he Is of r. quarrelsome dis position though not a heavy drinker. Joe Reynolds, who Is employed at Oppenltelm's learned Tuesday morn ing that Ferrell, who was his cousin by mnrrlsge, had been killed. He went to the hospital and made arrange ments to have the body shipped to Au gusta. "Ed Ferrell was a line fellow," told r. Reynolds, "a perfect specimen of a man physically. I never knew him to get diunk and he was always good- natured. He lived on Ninth street In Augmta nnd leaves u widow and a baliy girl. Mrs. Ferrell Is my cousin Eil also leaves a brother, Lucius Fer rell, of Augusta. The police officers do not believe that Luca- went to Chattanooga and are making efforts to locate him elsewhere. It Is probable that he Is In hiding In Atlanta. WIFE OF MILLIONAIRE TAR TO FIGHT FOR HIS RELEASE By Trieste Leased Wire. Norfolk, V*, Sept. 4.—J. Raynor Stores Welle, the millionaire blue Jack et, who has been confined In the brig of the receiving ship Franklin for ten days on bread and water, secured shore leave, his term having expired, and wu last night a guest at the Montlcel- Io hotel In this city, where his wife Is stopping. Among the guests at the hotel Is aji attorney, retained by Mrs. Wells for the purpose of securing the release of her husband from the navy, but hla name ran not be learned. Wells pledged the hotel management to secrecy re garding his whereabouts. ARCHBISHOP KEANE SAYS POPE HASN'T LONG TO LIVE By Prlrate Leased Wire. New York, Sept. 4.—Among the dis tinguished visitors In New York today le Archbishop John J. Keane, of Du buque, Iowa, formerly rector of the Catholic University at Washington, and one of the distinguished prelates In the American hierarchy. Archbishop Keane has Juii returned from a visit to Rome and Is spending a few days at the Paullst house In West Fifty-ninth street. He made some most Interest ing statements concerning the pope and church matters to friends. Among oth er things, he Is quoted as saying: "Pope Plus was practically forced on the papal throne. He did not wish to take the responsibility. He will not live long. He does not want to. In my opinion, he will never hold a con sistory, and the outlook for the crea tion of an American cardinal Is/not encouraging. The pope, a few days aft er his elevation, declared that he would never hold a consistory, and that he did not wish to hava a long pontificate. I believe hla wishes will be fulfilled. "If the pope should decide to honor this country I believe he would not create one cardinal, but two; and they would be the archbishop of New York and Archbishop Ireland." % — ■ —== .V THE “The Little Lady” “The Little Gent” ■ SCHOOL Guaranteed and Kept in Repair FREE for All Time 75c $1.00 $1.25 BUY NOW ' Come and Select Handle to Suit. UMBRELLA “TAYLOR=MADE” • Taylor Umbrella Mfg. Co. MANUFACTURING RETAILERS 32 1-2 PEACHTREE ST. BELL PHONE 3748. ATLANTA PHONE 3762. SKETCH BY FREDERICK OF WE J. BRYAN DELIVERING ADDRESS TO VAST CROWD IN MADISON SQUARE GARDEN, NEW YORK Fireman Is Badly Scalded and Unknown Tramp Is Killed. By Private Lenaed Wire. Cheyenne, Wyo., 8ept. 4.—Train No. the west bound Los Angeles limited, went Into a ditch near Red Buttes on Sherman mountain, 45 miles west of Cheyenne, at daylight, the engine and four cars rolling over. An unknown tramp was killed and another Injured. Fireman Zook, of Cheyenne, was badly scalded and Rrakeman Donnelson, of Cheyenne, was severely Injured. Traffic was not de layed. The cause of the wreck Is not known. TRY A WANT AD IN THE GEORGIAN DIVORCE CASE STARTED FROM PAIR OF ROLLER SKATES H|teolal to The Georgia ik Chattanooga, Tenn., 8ept. 4.—Rev. C. Waller, pastor of the Second Bap tist Church of this city, would oust the roller skate erase. In a sermon he said: “I admire a lot of Innocent boys and girls on roller skates about on the streets, but I protest against the greed for gain In taking this childish play away from ths children and bringing It Into the role of questionable amuse ments simply for the sake of specula tion.” He quoted a prominent Baptist preacher In Knoxville who said that a separation and divorce case In hts church started with a pair of roller skates. ODUM UP AGAIN; NE BEAT HIS WIFE \ Judge Broyles Gives Him Heaviest Possible Sen- * tcncc. T. J. Odum, who lives at TO Henry street, was sent to the stockade by Judge Broyles In the police court Tues day morning on a charge of beating hie wife. Odum was arraigned on the same CATARRH CURED PERMANENTLY T UB RIGHT remedy seed In the right way win core Ce- terrh st easily as eny other dis ease Is cored. Herring’s Catarrh Cure this le the nicillT way. cored t boons ode—It will core you. tl per bottle. For sale by sll n rtf-els «• drag stereo MANl'FACTt'UKD ONLY BY Herring Msdicin* Company Bex 305, Atlanta, Os. charge over four weeks ago nnd was released after taking a solemn oath thnt he would never touch another drop of liquor. That he did not keep his oath was shown by the testimony of his wife, who appeared as a wit ness. Mrs. Odum stated thnt her husband had been on two protracted sprees since his oath before the court and that he kept her In a state of constant dread. He had threatened her and had sworn that none of his money should go toward her support. She testified As to his beating her and Judge Broyles gave Odum the sternest sentence he could Inflict. AERONAUT ALIGHTS ON DECK OF SHIP By Private I/’awl Wire. Norfolk, Va., Sept. 4.—A balloon op erated by Arthur Lane, an actor-aero- naut, landed on the hurricane deck of n ferry steamer while In the Rerkely slip, In Norfolk, and the aeronaut, who Jumped for his Ills, escaped by seizing a wire over the roof of the ferry sta tion. Th* airship was sent up nt the pleasure.park and soared over the city for some time before It descended. The balloon was badly damaged. BRANNEN A ANTHONY WILL GIVE AWAY $100. One hundred dollars will be given away by Brannen & Anthony, drug gists. at the Bijou Theater Thursday night, September 6. Judge Howard Van Eppe and Luther Rosser will have charge of the dis tribution of the money. The gift will be the result of a promise made at the formal opening recently at 102 White hall street. An enormous crowd will be Iri attendance. TRY A WANT AD IN THE GEORGIAN NEGRO IS ACCUSED Df STEALING DIAMONDS Fred Jones, a negro, was arrested Monday night by Officer Boiichoff and locked up at the police station charged with larceny. He In accused of steal ing money and diamonds from the pro prietor of the New York restaurant, 100 Whitehall street. The restaurant keeper Btated that Jones had secured the pocketbook, which contained a considerable sum of money, several diamonds and a num ber of valuable papers. He said the negro went Into a toilet room where he was followed, and the pocketbook with the papers was found In a sink where It had been thrown but the money and dlanyonds were missing. DISTRICT SCHOOL WANTED AT VIDALIA Special to The Georgian. Vldalla, Oa., 8ept. 4.—Wldalla Is go ing to contend for the agricultural school to be established In the First congressional district, and It ofTers many advantages. While Vldalla la In the extreme western part of the dis trict, it Is about half way and on a di rect line from the southeastern to the northwestern corners, and Is so situ ated that It is more accessible to ali parts of the district, being a railroad center already, with three more lines chartered and work to begin on two of these lines this month. Vldalla has the best arranged school building out of the city of Savannah, and well con ducted school, with a large enrollment. The healthfulness of the town, together with the adaptability of the soil for an agricultural school, cannot be Bur ns used by any town In the district. NEGRO MURDERER IS SEARCHED FOR BY A NEGRO MOB Special to The Georgian. Columbia, S. C., Sept. 4.—Lawson Addison, a negro, murdered two colored women at Lowryvllle, Chester county, last night, and Is being bunted by a mob of his own color. TRY A WANT AD IN THE GEORGIAN AMUSEMENTS GRAND FRIDAY AND 8ATURDAY—MATI NEE SATURDAY, TIM MURPHY AND DOROTHY 8HERR0D IN OLD INNOCENCE Night prices 25c to *130—Matin#* 25c to $1.00. Sale opens Wednesday. THE BIJOU MATINEE TODAY—TONIGHT Haverly’s Mastodon Minstrels Heeded hy Billy Beard and a Compeer M 40 PEOPLE -^ n Semi* Bijou Prices. Rale • iCASINO MATINEE TODAY—TONIGHT «==Right Vaudeville”” INCLUDING THE THREE COATES, AND JOHNSON A HARTY. Order Stats. Bell Phone 236 North-