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His Return from Watson Springs
With His Family Judge McWhorter
Gives the Banner a Statement of
the Facts in the Case.
: Judge Hamilton McWhorter apd his! “Col. Andrews nas not ‘carelessly
family returned on Saturday from dropped’ any such telegram at Greens.
RECOVERED; 227 ARTICLES
ARE VALUED AT JUST 1884.10
.their euromer home at Watsou
Springs.
jeir outing was suddenly broken
‘Recount of a distresisng acci-
Pharr, of Washington,
Mrs. McWhorter, who
a serious injury.
}('. of the Banner call-
lcWhorter at his of
"anil asked if he sent
Alleged telegram relating to the
mileage bill v4to of the governor as
published In a/ recent issue of the At
lanta Journal, to Col. Andrews, which
was claimed/to have been “carelessly
dropped” a/nd picked up at Greens
boro, N. Ci, and, also, if he cared to
tnake any /statement about the situa-
lon. to ,gvhich he replied: "I did
i
ot.”
“The Journal was fairly considerate
Ik calling dpy attention to the alleged
tele-gram,Jbefore. its publication. 1
he^itatedf then about making any
ataUmen.t about it because it involved
’unicaHon between attorney
it, which Is inherently priv-
boro, N. C., or elsewhere, as was
claimed to have been found, and 1
have a letter from him in which he
says that he has received no telegram
l'rcm me stating the facts as shown
in the telegram as published in the
Atlanta Journal.
“Of course by colluding with any
employ of the telegraph office of this
company at Greensboro, N. C., or else
where, any person, who has tli^ dis
position, motive and interest to do so,
could easily fake a telegram to serve
some uletrior scheme or purpose and
such faked telegram could have the
apparent, indicia of genuineness, but
a.iy employee who would be so false
and disloyal would not hesiate to sen
n gold brick.
"A few days before the 20th, I was
‘informed through my chief clerk, Mr
Denikin, on long distance ’phone that
tny office in Athens had been secret
ly entered on the night before and the
desk in my private room opened and
overlooked. I could not then imagine
"bat motive could have prompted this
George Earl and Silas McElvine,
young negroes barely grown, are in
jail here charged in several warrants
with a series of burglaries which
have baffled the police and created
much anxiety among the business
men of Athens for several weeks.
Their capture was the resylt of a
mere circumstance; the apprehension
was due to the ready suspicions and
the logical reasoning of Mr. E. B
Parrish, proprietor of the Athenaeum
hotei; the arrests and the recovery
of the stolen property—nearly a thou
sand dol'ars’ worth of it—was the re
?ult of rrompt and thorough work of
the police force of the city.
That these two negroes, each accus
ing the other, were the ones who en
tered the stores of Michael B:others.
Stern & Co., Wingfield Bros., and the
Athens Hardware Company is evi
denced by the large amount of identj.
fled goods of various character which
were loca.ed where they bad hid
hem.
Selling the Goods.
The all bu: open and public offetin?
for disposal of goods stolen on th?
streets caus;d the arrest3. McElvin?
offered the colored b_ll boy at the
Athenaeum a new p'stol Saturday as.
collateral for a three-dollar loan;' the
Lc 11-hop is an ho .est and careful boy;
:e consul ed the proprietor about the
deal and incidentally wanted the
three dollars to loan the McElvine
hoy. He got the money and a piece
of advice about the value of the gun.
hater Mr. Parrish suspected that the
gun was s o en and negotiations re
suited in the agreement of McElvine
to sell another gun just like it for
lour dolla s. Questioning brough:
out the further fact that one of th?
wo now in the toils had pawned a
good raincoat to the bell-hop for
11.50. The three articles sounded to
Mr. Parrish mightily like the trader
had been mixed up in the burglaiiz
ing of the clothing houses and the
hardware store here. He turned the
clew over ‘o the police and soon th?
arrested; they mutual-
hefts
1 Pistol 18.00
1 Pistol ( ... 17.50
1 Pistol 20.00
1 Pistol ! 15.00
1 Pistol 14.00
1 Pistol 14.00
1 PiBtol 14.00
1 Pistol 15.50
1 PI tol 13.00
1 Pistol 15.00
1 Pistol 14.00
1 Pistol ' 6.00
1 Pistol 15.00
1 Pistol ’ 13.50
1 Pis.ol 16.0 0
1 Pistol 20.00
4 razors 5.00
14 kn ves 15.01
2 holste:s 1.50
lot of cartridges 1.50
2 repeaters 47.00
On County Unit Plan
of Schools to Meet
This Afternoon
at 4:00.
C. C. S. Callaway, Freight Rate Expert and
Publicity Man for the Athens Cham
ber of Commerce Opened His
Offices Yesterday Morning.
2.00
13.09
1.50
To’al $375.50
Goods recovered, stolen from Chas
Stein Company.
1 hat . .$ .75
1 cap .75
2 pr. hose
26 pr. hose .
2 hat bands :
3 silk handkerchiefs
9 handkerchiefs .. 4.50
3 handkerchiefs .. .75
21 ties *..... 11.50
6 ties 6.0?
2 p'. supporters 1.0P
1 shirt 2.50
1 shirt 2.00
1 shirt 1.50
1 shirt 2.00
3 shirts. 4.0 f '
1 shirt 1.25
1 shirt .. 2.50
1 doz. collars 1.50
1 tie clasp 50
3 pr. cuff buttons 3.75
>7 col ar buttons .. 4.15
7 collar buttons 70
2 suits 40.00
1 eu't... • 15.09
1 suit case 7.50
Much Interest is being; manifested
in the proposed county unit system
of schools for Clarke county. Sinco
the passage of the bill and its publi
cation In the Banner, citizens
throughout the county have shown
much interest in it and a full and
free discuss'on of the proposed meas
ure will be given to every citizen.
A meeting will be held this afte - -
noon at 4 o’clock at the city hall for
the purpose of formulating plans to
give publicity to the measure in or
der that every citizen in. the county
may become thoroughly acquainted
with it before they will he called up
on to cast their ballots.
The following well known citizens
are among the members of the com
mittee: Judge A. J. Cobb, Chancel
lor D. C. Ba row and Messrs. C. D.
Flanigen, W. F. Ddrsey, John D. Moil,
Thos. S. Me 1, H. C. Tuck, G. C.
Thomas, John J. Strickland, Thos. F.
Green, B. E. Park, H. J. Rowe, E. H.
Dor ey, B. F. Woods, E. L. Hill, Troy
Beatty, J. E. Talntadge, Jr., E. C.
Branson, J. S. S.ewart, G. G. Bond.
T. H. Dozier, W. M. Coile, J. W. Col-
l'er, W. W. Puryear, Watson Daniel,
J. H. Towns, G. H. Thurmond, Janies
Payne, James W. Morton and N. B.
Davis.
Total 131.10
Goods recovered from thieves, stol
e;i from Michael Brothers.'
comb-and brush set . ..$ 6.0'
JUDGE HAMILTON McWHORTER.
ileged ai.d confidential and i di i not
feel that, i had the professional tight
to publicly discuss it and therefor.>,
1 ret.Uaiut-d myself into merely re
pudiating the authenticity of the tele
gram as read to me on the long tlis-
‘ance ’phone.
"1 did not have, either directly, or
indirectly, any advance information
about th** governor's v<.casssage of
the mileage bill.
“The iirst *d\ h.- i bad that the
governor hart ve.c* d the mileage bill
was from my Secretary, sir Johnson,
and from our Division Counsel in At
lanta, Messrs. McDaniel & Black, on
Tuesday morning tn- 20th. .
"I sent Mr. Johnson to Atlanta on
the 19th on business rr.d especially
burglarious entrance, but since that
fake t< 1. gram has been ’careless!;.
-'copped' end picked r.p at Greensboro.
\ e„ i have no doubt but that who
ever entered my office did so for th:-
iarietiv of some -Imaginary private
t (it-.-espondence and r.di discovering
anything to serve their purpose, in
their desperation. they decided to
fake what could net b* found.
“The easiest tiling to counterfeit
won a telegram and such fake tele-
gram could have been carefully drop
ped al Greensboro, X. or else
where. thus got into the papers and
its publication e.ou’.d thereafter have
been in good faith.
“I desire in conclusion to emphasize
the statement that I was without any
faund that the goods
places indi at d.
Police Deliver Goods.
The value of the goods actually re
covered and returned to their re
spective owners was nearly a thous
tnd della s. There were 227 different
srtieles—ranging from a thirty do’
tar suit to a collar button, from a pis
o', to a penknife, from dozens of silk
tese to a mesh bag and an operr
glass, and rings ftom the dollar kind
o the fifteen-dollar variety. Th.
1 chisf of police yesterday turned over
to the owners the following lists o:
goods inventoried:
Goods recovered, stolen from th;-
Vthens Hardware Company:
1 Pi tol .$14.Q5
1 Pistol 17.50
l Pistcl. .., 17.1
1 P s cl 15.00
Interesting and Im
portant Prelimi
nary Meeting
Last Night.
1 scarf pin ..
1 cuff set. ...;
1 ring (diamond—14)
1 scarf pin ... .
1 beauty pin set
4 pr. operti glasses. ...-
1 mesh bag
30 rings...
... 7.50
_ ..$47.50
.... 7.50
... 1.75
, .40.00
3.75
. .. .133.0 <
Total.. $269.00
Goods recovered, stolen from Wing-
ield Pro he s Company.
' suit case $20.00
i suit 27.50
1 suit 30.00
suit case 14.00
7 ties 14.00
'tie 50
' shirt 1.00
4 collars 1.75
Tofl .- . . . Si 08.50
to have changed the address of the ! advance knowledge of the governors
daily papers from Athens to Watsou 1 vet.o message of the mileage bill, and
Springs, about which I had previously j <bat my first information that ho
written, but which had not been done, vetoed the mileage bill was rece J e(
and on Tuesday morning, the 20th, he j on the morning of the 20th, an a ter
heard that the governor had vetoed ; it had been made public. ave no
the mileage bill, and thereupon called j dis position to enter into any news-
me on the ’phone and so advised mo I wiper controversy, and s a no o
--at the fame time 1 received a tele- so."
pram by 'phone through Madison, Ca.,
from our Division Counsel, McDaniel j
& Black to the same effect. This was ]
after it had been given to the press |
and was public. ,
"I requested Mr. Johnson to procure
a copy of the veto; as the papers
sometimes only publish extracts and
not the full text of such document?
This any attorney representing any
Client with an interest In the subject
matter had the right to do.
‘‘As assistant general counsel, with
Jurisdiction In four states including
Georgia, 1 am in constant telegraphic
correspondence With the general
counsel, general attorney, and first
vice president, who is ex-officio the
executive head of the law department
relating to the law business, and other
quer.ticns affecting the interest and
OVER THIRTY-FOOT EMBANKMENT •
AUTO PLUNGED; TWO PASSFN
E CONSIDERABLY
IT
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welfare of the c^mpa^y, in my terri
tory. and I have discharged and shall
continue faithfully to discharge, in
Loner, apd as efficiently as I may, the
duties devolving uoon me so long as
the relation of attorney and client ex
ists,,a*d for which I. have no apology
to stake.
'• ’ *
Mr. Sanges, Local
Hotel Man Has
a Narrow
Escape.
(Special to the Banner.)
Atlanta, Ga., Sent. 2.—W. E. San
ges, proprietor of the Sanges hotel, of
Athens, who drove up from Athens
Sunday, enme very near haopening to-
a very serious auto accident here th’s
"fternoon wh'le motor’ng to Marietta
to see his mother. Between Inina”
v «rds and Bclton hls car blew a tire
and' then* deliberately skidded Into a
nearby telephone pole, breaking It in
Sunday afternoon two Athens cit
izens had one of the narrowest es
capes of recent times in one of the
scariest automobile accidents that
has occurred in this part of the coun
try In some time. \
In a little open runabout Messrs.
M. F. McKinney and J. H. Kimbrough
were taking a Sunday afternoon ride.
The car was driven by Mr. McKinney
All around the town they went and
hen decided to enjoy the good coun
try roads for a few hours. They went
down the road towards Winterville
and in returning they took in the
•ights of Barnett Shoals—the power
plants and dam and lake and other
points of interest. Coming back a:
the fork of the road there is an em
bankment some thirty feet high. They
were bowling along at a reasonable
-"to of pnpcd when suddenly, without
warning or apparent cause, the steer
ing gear broke and the machine went
#ild. The accident was imminent
ar.d inevitable. ‘The machine was
headed for the edge of the bank and
the two men jumped—clearing all of
'he machine save some flying piec§3
of g'asa windshield, which was broken
by the jolting. The men rolled down
the bank and sustained painful in
juries—though, fortunately not se
rious. Gashes and bruises and torn
clothing there were in plenty but no
broken bones. The machine turned
a few summersaults and went fifty
feet or more from the road down the
bank, turning right side up in the
branch at the bottom of the hollow—
apparently ready to run again at the
touch of the button.
That both' men were not killed is
’•♦♦to Fh^rt of marvelous.
twain and then tearing the remainder
out of the grounli. ^The automobile
then run up a fifteen foot embank
ment before It stopped."
Fortunately and- miraculously, San
ges was no' hurt beyond a few
scratches, while the auto is almost a
complete wreck, especially the wood
work. He returned to Atlanta In
tend of continuing hia Journey to Ma
rietta.
voted today by a vote of 59 to 39 to
annex Itself to Atlanta, to go in'o ef
fect Tuesday. This .adds about 1,000
more people to the city.
UN. S.
GREATER ATLANTA.
Atlanta, Ga., Sept. 2.—Capital View,
one of Atlanta's popular suburbs, products.
MR. JASPER HAYNES
-WILL ENTER BUSINESS
- Mr. Jasper Haynes, for some time
bookkeeper at Miller’s Furniture
Company, has formed a co-partner
'ship with Richardson & Co. for the
business of handling cotton seed
■ : •. ■/ ■&.-$ f-
The regular monthly meeting of all
the committees of the city council was
jiite a number of
eit zens appeared *fl0fet*e-’the. m$yor U ics e who are st
and council on various matters whtchT^* 6 fict»>ahcpit.
received the attention of the proper
committees
Mr. W. N. W atherly presented r.
pe’iticn signed by all the property
owners ar.king that Barrow street bo
graded and filled at the intersection
of Childs street. The petition was
referred to the street committee and
ity engineer with the request that
a report be made at the regular meet-
i lg on Thursday evening.
Mr. P. H. Corbett appeared before
‘.lie council and called the attention
of that body to the condition of the
sidewalk on Dougherty street at the
corner of Thomas. The matter is
now in the hands of the city engineer
and the property owners have been
notified to make the repairs at once.
Mr. J. S. Keese petitioned the coun
cil for the privilege of opening a near-
heer saloon at 195 Washington street.
Another petition signed by the occu
pants of the Morton building was read
and on motion the council declined
to grant the license.
A number of applicants were read
for th; petition on the police force
made^ vacant by the resignation of
Mr. D. A. Nelms. An election was
entered into and Mr. D. J. McCunu
was elected. ► ,
The street committee reported, that
at a meeting held some days since, i;
had been decided to move the Con
federate monument :‘rom the present
location on College avenue to Broad
street, opposite^ the University cam
pus. The council endorsed the rec
ommendation and within the next
iew days work will be commenced
on the removal of the monument.
An electric motor will be installed
at the quarry for propelling the ma
chinery at that place in crushing
rock. It was found that electric pow
or was much cheaper for the city
than steam; for that reason the street
committee made a favorable report
on the Installation of the motor which
wa sadopted by the council.
The water works committee report
ed the completion of the two new
filters at the water works station
The filters are now in operation
which gives quite an addition to the
piant. The hypochkclte of lime plan»
Is practically completed and Mr. Jen
nlngs, a civil engineer of Chicago,
will arrive In Athens on the 19th toi
ihe purpose of inspecting the work
and testing the plant;, before -it is pu<
in operation.
A petition, signed by all the near
beer dealers asking for the Hour of
closing be extended to eleven o’clock,
was re^d and on motion the hoof ot
'dosing was extended from ten o’clock
in the evening until eleven o’clock.
On motion council’ adjourned until
Mr. C. C. Callaway, formerly of At
lanta, but now OF and FOR ATH
ENS, the new secretary of the cham
ber of commerce, freight rate expert
and active publicity man for the Ath
ens chamber of commerce, yesterday
morning opened temporary offices at
rocm number six hundred and four In
the Southern Mutual building and got
immediately to work.
His opening of an office and begin
ning actively to prepare for the work
marks an era in the further progress,
the substantial usefulness of the
trade organization which is pullirj
for Athens and accomplishing things
for the prosperity and permanence of
this city and section.
Permanent Offices.
Before a great while Mr. Callaway
hopes to secure a room in a promi
nent place on the ground floor in the
heart of the business section of the
city, wile e he may be easily access!-
lie to the business men of Athens
and to the stranger, the prospector,
the interested visitor in our gates.
He will be a busy man. As soon
rs possible he will have a full set of
fre ght tariffs in his office and in
r.a.h for immediate reference. He
will audit the freight bills of the
members of the chamber of com
merce and see that they conform to
ihe rates which the business men
should secure. He will handle tht
claims which the members of tin-
trade body hay have f ont time- to
time. From an experience of several
years in the traffic business and as
an “a tuary” in railroad rates, his
services will be on a business basis
worth thousands of dollars to the
shippers of this city—those who send
fre’ght to other points and those who
teceive goods by freight lines.
Publicity Man Also.
As soon as he shall have accumu
lated definite information about Ath
ens and Clarke county he will begin
systematic advertising for the city
and section—v. ith the end in view of
placing at the notice and disposal of
these who are seeking a location jut,t
———_—the advantages of
Athens that wheTidmo-sefiketr, the" In
vestment seeker requirs. He win
have the assistance and co-operation
of every member of the chamber of
those who do not know of the town.
He wants to get acquainted with the
members of the chamber of com*
merce—first. He wants to know the
business men generally—those who
do not as yet belong actively to the
organization. He wants to meet the
stranger who comes to Athens—to
show him the city, to tell him of what
we have; to present him with the
actual, concrete, definite figures he
may want in h's conidera'ion of Ath
ens as a place to come to and tie to«
Believes in Boosting.
Mr. Callaway is a booster—not a
hot-air artist hut a constructive, safe,
system ’.tie builder. He believes in
organizing at home and advertising
abroad. He believes in keeping the
interest up among those who are in
the chamber of commerce and in tell
ing the world what we are doing.
He ca’led attention yesterday
morning to the series of “Ten Min*
uta Talks on City Building” which
tho Chamber of Commerce has begun
cn the editorial page of the Banner,
and commended the feature as “good
stuff.”
To Make Office a Help.
He is already planning a number of
lines of work for the chamber of com
merce to make it a source of help to
the city. He called attention to Hie
following little news sto-y from Tif
ton and proposes to institute a simi
lar work here:
Tifton, Ga.,,Aug. 30.—A plan' b(
the Tif on chamber of commerce for
the protection cf the citizens and
business interests of Tifton and Tift
county against extortions of unauthor
ized solicitors and confidence work
ers has been put into operation. It
is:
If a solicitor for any publication or
alleged charity applies at a residence
or place of business the applicant is
asked if lte has a letter or an indorse
msnt of the chamber of commerce. In
case the reply is “no," the citizen ap
proached politely ends the inHtrvlew
Front this the solicitor will under
stand what is required.
A Banque
• At in early date 1
chamber of commerce is plarming to
have a banquet and it is expected that
commerce in th;s work and it will nor, every member and many new mem
be long before his efforts will tell i:i . bers wi I be on hand on that occasion
new citizens who come to Athens to Th ngs will b e discussed end consld-
make their homes, educate theii | crcd for ihe fall and winter cam-
children, their sons and daughters, in j pa gn. The chamber of
vest their money in bin*ness enter
prises, in new' enterprises of manufa?
Hiring character, and in farms in this
county.
Wants to Meet Folks.
Mr. Callaway is a man of strength
in his line. He is systematic and
skilled in his work as ah- expert. Hr
is a mixer and has the gist of getting
close to those who are interested in
i town and of sirring interest anions
commerce
can be made a mighty factor in fun
therirg tile bsuiness of the city and
it will be so employed. Mr. Callaway
is here to work for Athens; he is get
ting onto the ropes in a hurry; he is
sar.e and steady and earnest about It.
His work, with the backing of tha
body of splendid business men which
he will enthusiastically have, will re-
su t In the greatest good that a trade
body can accomplish.
TODAY
The formal opening of the State
Normal School will occur this (Tues
day) In the auditorium at 10 o’clock.
There will be a brief program—ap-
propriate to the occasion.
Athens is cordially invited to at
tend. It is^ hoped that there will bo
several hundred who will go and
make the students feel that they are
welcomed to th's ci’y of education,
culture, and hospitality.
More than five hundred young la
dies have arrived and there are more
who have sign fled their Intention of
being on hand today.
PLANS ARE
Yesterday morning the county com
missioners and the advisory commit
tee or commission named by the
grand Jury and the by the board of
commissioners held an Important
meeting.
They adopted formally and official
ly the plans recently submitted for
the new $175,000 courthouse for
Clarke county as submitted in the
unique contest held—the plans drawn
by Mr. A. Ten Eycke Brown of At
lanta. The plans were thoroughly
gone over and were found to conform
in almost every little details to the
need of the county. There were no
material changes made In the plans
in any way. Mr. Brown was present
at the meeting and went over the
plans with the commission and the
commissioners.
One Unique Feature.
There will be in addition to the de
scription of the plans as given In the
Banner several weeks ago, one unus
ual feature about the building. The
same system which will be employed
to distribute heat In the. courtrooms
In winter will be used to cool _thel
courtrooms In summer — carrying
cooled air to the room Just as the hot
air is conveyed in the cold months.
Today the commissioners hold their
regular me e ing and the legal adver
tisement for bids on the contract will
be prepared. Advertisements will
also be sent to prominent dallies and
to the Manufacturers’ Record. As
~oon as this advertisement is ran ac
cording to law the contract #111 be
let and the actual work will be be
gun.
the regular meeting night on Thure
day evening at which time the actios
of the council will be rtaifled.
LITTLE BOY BETTER.
,‘r
The many friends of Paul Fellows
ir be glad to learn that” he is stead
ily improving now atfer a long *.i-
* npaa his home, on Barrow street.
