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ATHENS, GA., TUESDAY MORNING, MAY 20, 1913.
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WARRANT FOR MOORE COURT
Sensational Developments are Expected
Since Warrant Has Been Sworn for
Arrest of J. C. Moore, Insurance
Agent, Charging Larceny
After Trust.
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Moore-
nnybody around here soon
J. C. Moore? Mr. J.C. Moore,
representatives of the Mutual Life of
X,-w York Insurance Company?
The sheriff of fhis county, the so-
l c-ilor general of the circuit, a nt.in-
lier of Rood business men of Athens,
and the officials of the insurance
company for which he worked would
nil like to know where Mr. Moore is.
A warrant was sworn out yesterday
moraine for the apprehension of J.
C. Moore. It dharged larceny after
trust delegated. The specific trans
action upon which the warrant was
based is tihe case of Mr. .1. B. Wier
near the State Normal School, it is
stated that Mr. Moore took the appli
cation of Mr. Weir for an insurance
policy on h1s life in the company
Moore was agent for; that Moore took
with the application a check to cover
the policy, more tihan a hundred dol
lars the premium was: that later Mr.
well. He secured offices in the South
ern Mutual building and soon inter
ested a number of solid business men
in the old, wealthy company -he repre
sented. He went after the best class
of business. He had one or two well-
known men here to introduce 'him to
the people of the city and county and
promised them part of the commis
sions on premiums for business they
assisted to secure. One such assist
ant sued hint for a part of the big
fifty thousand dollar policy commis
sion.
He rented a house on the •'Heights”
near the State Normal School and his
family lived there—so it was alleged.
Believe He will Come Back.
There are friends here who believe
that he will come back to Athens and
straighten out the tangled web of
notes and policies and premiums and
renewals left in his wake. They point,
in support of this hope that he will
Wier never received a policy but was Ret back, to the fact that he only a
notified that the examination 'had not
tn-en satisfactory and the company
declined to write the policy. It is al
leged that Moore was then not to be
located.
Mr. Moore could not be found by
a representative of the Banner to ex
plain the matter, deny or admit.
Notes Advertised.
The Wier case is one of many—it
Is claimed and it is freely stated
that Moore must have secured any
where from forty to sixty thousand
few days before he left Athens took
out a year's policy of fire insurance
on h’ls 'household effects and paid
cash for the policy. They point to
the further fact that he bought an au
tomobile from Criffeth Implement
Company—and paid cash for it. They
point to the still further fact that the
machine w - as left in the w-arehouse of
the Grlffeth Company and is there
now awaiing the return of the owner.
Tlie machine, it Is also stated, how
ever. has been attached by Mr. Har-
dollars from business men of Athens vey hrtovall. who at first assisted in
in the few monrns of his residence writing some policies, for his share o'
here. J the commissions claimed on certain
A few days ago the following ad- polcies. ... -
Vertfsement appeared in the Banner: | Went to Louisiana?
"The public is hereby notified not It was stated that Moore came to
to trade for or buy two (21 promis- Georgia and to Athens from Ken
gory notes given by me to .1. C. Moore tucky. It was stated also when he
and payable to his order. Said notes left that he went to I-ouisiana. Some
are due two and three years after weeks before he left Athens ,.c em
date of March 18th. There is no val- ployed Mr. G. Press Elder to assist in
liable consideration to said notes.” 'soliciting. He told Mr. Elder upor
This notice was signed l>y W. T. leaving that he was going to Louisi
I.ester. well known in city and conn- ana to personally look after the dis
ty employed by the county for two posal of large property holdings there
y,ats as a cattle inspector. and would return purposing to settle
Sunday morning there appeared the permanently in Athens. Soon aftet
following similar notice in tlie Ban there arose points concerning notes
tier signed by A. M. Dobbs. well sold which wanted explanation and
k. e vn here, oil mill man. large prop- Mr Elder quickly notified the Atlanta
erty owner, a leader in business and offices of the company and two of t'he
church circles. I representatives came to Athens to in-
"The Public fa hereby notified not vestlgate the business done by Moore,
to trade for or buy one promissory j They declared that he did not have
note given by me to J. C. Moore and the authority from the company which
payable to his order: said note bears he claimed to exercise,
date Feb. l»t, 1913 and due three Yesterday morning representatives
years after date. There is no valu- j of the company were here investigat-
able consideration to said note. A ing again—and they are very positive
M. Dobbs.” ) in their declarations that none of
It is said by these gentlemen that their policy holders shall suffer and
these notes were given to Moore and J that so far as their company Is re-
that they received no satisfectory sponsible at all they will give protec-
City Court Could Do
Little Yesterday;
Big Business for
Today.
The city court convened yesterday
morning. Judge West presiding. The
calendar lias been agreed upon by the
bar but it was found that quite a
number of cases on the calendar had
to be passed for the day. Several
were passed over pending settlements
Which will be satisfactory.
Tyler Watkins, plead guilty to as
sault and battery, and was given a
sentence of $30 including costs or six
months on the gang.
It. (1. Campbell, who was indicted
some time ago for violation of the
quarantine law. appeared on trial and
the case was settled on payment of
costs.
Today’s Business.
The following Is the calendar of
cases, with the criminal docket, to be
taken up today:
Tuesday, May 20th, 1913.
2300—Parr vs. Eppes.
2314 -State Mutual Agency vs.
Georgia Insurance Agency.
2343—Brandt vs. Fears.
2566—Brown & Snelling vs. Bailey
41 Gunnells.
2378— Williams. Guardian vs.
Southern National Life Ins- Co.
2579—Williams vs. Southern Na
tional Life Ins. Co.
Criminal docket.
Yesterday's Business.
Here is the list of cases for yester
day, many of which go over:
2234 Gholston vs. Rvlee.
2279—Maxwell Bros, et al. vs.
Whitehead.
2293 Lanipkin vs. Hamilton.
• 2382—Bank of !>>xington vs. Kidd,
et al.
2483—Williamson vs. Murden.
2309—Athens Savings Bank vs.
Webb & Crawford Co. et al. ( '»
2535—2536—2338—to be . called.
2560— 2662—to lie called.
2565—Bank of Statham vs. White
head. et al. Demurrer.
2540- Wilkins vs. Webb & Craw
ford <’o. et al.
Criminal docket.
Reads Chicken Or
dinance First Time;
Transacts Other
Business.
value for them.
These Few of Many.
It Is stated that these are only
three instances of scores—probably
hundreds. In one instance, it is
averted. Moore wrote t'he life of a
prominent manufacturer here for fif
ty thousand dollars and took bis notes
for three years' premiums—amount
ing to within a few cents of ten thou
sand dollars.
In some cases it is charged the
money or check was paid at the time
the application was signed—and that
afterward t'he policy was never deliv
ered; or a policy for a year was de
livered with no authorized receipts
for the two additional years' prem
iums collected in notes.
Over nine thousand dollars in one
transaction and a hundred in anoth
er—and it Is said that the sums run
nil the way between four scores of
notes.
It Is said that he discounted the
notes in a number of hanks and dis
posed of them in various ways. Banks
handled notes on good parties where
they know them and saw notes of
many others whose paper they did not
buy.
Moore’s Career Here.
It Is hoped by those interested that
Moore can come back and explain to
their full satlsfection these notes'
transactions. If ihe comes back he
will he given every opportunity to
clear himse.lf.
He came to Athens several months
ago late in 1912. He wa? of good
manners, he dressed well and talked
tlon. They were in conference with
the solicitor general, it is said, and
there is none more anxious to locate
Moore and secure from hint satisfac
tory explanations than the company's
special representatives. They Will do
everything in their power, they d(
‘•lure, to straighten o.t matters.
There are, of course, scores of pol
ries written for one year—in cases
where tlie premiums were paid and
the policies delivered. Those trans
actions art* said to be plentiful and
they are legitimate and the policy
holders arc perfectly sa'isLed with
llicir trades.
Whether the warrant sworn out yes
terday will serve lo locate Moore,
bring him back, solve file financial
tangles, and smooth things over with
the signers of thousands of dollars'
worth of notes, with the company,
and with the court officials remains
to be seen.
. L.
Little One of Mr. and
Mrs. Fowler Dead
Yesterday morning about 9 o'clock
occurred the death of little Wilbur
Wade Fowler, the fourteen months
old son of Mr. and Mrs. J. C. Fowler
at their home on Vine stret In this
city.
The funeral and the burial of the
little one will be held today at 11
o'clock at Prospect church, several
miles from this city. The funeral
party will leave the home here at 9
o'clock this morning.
Yesterday morning at an early
hour occurred the death of Mr. Wil
liam L. Arnett, a student of the Geor
gia University, member of the junior
i lass in the law- school. He was tak-
t n ill less than a week ago and in a
i.ay or two his condition was serious
—delirium being succeeded by un-
i on.sciousness. His father, Mr. A.
Arnett of Odessa, his mother, two
: isters and a brother, were all at his
bedside, but he never regained con
sciousness to recognize the loved
ones.
The body was prepared for burial
and yesterday afternoon left over the
Central for Grangerville where the
luneral and burial will be. The grief
stricken family was accoinpaui* i] by
a special escort from the University.
The entire law school with its pro
''cssors. and a number of other stu-
dents, the chancellor ami dean and
olbers of the faculty accompanied the
party to the train. The floral tributes
went sent liv classmates anil friends,
by little children and by even the
servants in the Sanges hotel, where
Mr. Arnett acted as night clerk
while pursuing his law school work.
The young man was twenty-six
years old. Ho had been In college
two years. He took a lively interest
in football and last fall in the games
toward the close of the season he was
a star as tackle. Much of his work
in rounding the rest of the team into
rhape was never known to the ap
plauding crowds. He was faithful In
bis work In college; absolutely hon-
«st and honorable, accommodating,
and courteous In his duties as clerk
in the hotel. He was strong in body
and clean and true in heart and life.
No nobler, purer young man, none
who made and deserved to make
more real, genuine friends among col
lege and town folk alike, no finer ex
ample of the bette” type of young
manhood has ever come to Athens.
His departure caused sadness in Ath
ens yesterday.
A called meeting of the mayor and
council was -held yesterday afternoon
at which time a number of important
matters were presented to the meet
ing.
Pulaski Street Pavement.
Mr. Louis Camak appeared before
the council and requested Chat Pulas
ki street be paved with Belgian block
instead of concrete foundation and
bitulithic covering. He argued that
the property owners desired the Bel
gian block in preference to the other
pavement and that a large majority
of the property owners on that street
preferred to pay the additional cost
in order to get Che pavement desired.
After some discussion the matter
was carried over until the next.meet-
ing, at which time. Col. H. C. Tuck,
representing Mr. Camak and other
property owners on Pulaski street,
can be present and urge the pave
ment of the street with Belgian block.
Right-Of-Way Granted.
Mr. B. F. Hardeman, of the firm o’
Hardeman & Phinizy, appeared before
the council and presented a petition
asking for rile privilege of building a
spur track to the warehouses of the
firm of Hardeman & Phinizy. The
Georgia and L. & N„ lessees of the
Georgia propose to build the lines and
the work is to lie done within the next
sixty days. After the reading of the
petition and t'he submitting of maps
showing the streets desired for the
line, council granted the petition.
Paving Ordinance.
An ordinance was passed providing
for the paving of Bearing street. A
petition was presented to the eouif 11
some time since, signed by a lai'ge
number of the property owners of tills
street, asking that the-wvork be doifcp
as early as possible^The petltl
was referred to the street commltti
Later t'he council considered th^ mat
ter and on yesterday an ordinany
was passed providing for the prjjy-
nient.
Chicken Ordinance.
An ordinance which will be welcom
ed by many citizens had its first
reading yesterday. The proposed or
dinance requires the owners of chick
ens to keep them up, and in cases
whore fowls are not kept out of the
gardens, or off of the flower beds of
■neighbors — then the owner of the
chickens will he subject to having J
cases entered against them and a
fine of not less than five dollars nor
more than two hundred dollars wilt be
imposed.
The ordinance has attracted much
attention and a great deal of comment
since the first suggestion made by
Alderman Gordon, some time since.
Citizens generally are in 'hearty fa
vor of the passage of such an ordi
nance and ii is believed that hearty
support will be given to the officials
in their effort to enforce it.
The ordinance will be read for the
second time at the next meeting of
the council and put upon its pas
sage.
Joint Committee.
Tonight at half after eight o'clock,
the joint committees of the city coun
cil and members of the board of edu
cation will meet for the purpose of
POLICE
Civil Service System
for Police of Athens
Hereafter Seems
Certain.
Alderman Gordon, of the Fourth
ward, brought to the attention of the
council a new departure for the po
lice department at a called meeting
of the mayor and council yesterday
afternoon. He presented to the coun
ci! a suggestion for a civil service re
quirement for applicants for positions
to the police department.
The suggestion met with the hearty
approval of the other members of the
council and on motion the matter was
referred to the police committee, Al
derman Gordon and City Attorney
Shackelford. A conference will he
held before the next regular meet
ing and a system will be agreed upon
for the installation of a civil service
requirement hereafter before the
election of police officers.
The proposed change will not af
fect in anyway the present force, but
it will be applied only to cases where
new men are elected to fill vacancies
caused by death, resignation, or re
moval.
Chairman Young of the police com
mittee has advocated such a system
for several years, but no definite ac
tion was ever taken on the matter.
Now that the matter has been
brought before the council and de
finite action taken, it is quite certain
that hereafter all applicants for posi
tions on the police force will be re
quired to meet demands of the ex
aminations before they can hope to
he elected to the force.
That the new system will prove
of great worth to the department,
there can be no doubt and the aid It
will be In building the department
with efficient men and improving tho
service will be absolutely certain.
An ordinance, providing for the
new system wllf he presented at the
next meeting of the council and the
members will then discuss the fea
lures and provisions of the ordinance
which they will in all probability
adopt.
A. & C. RY. ATLANTA
AUGUSTA BY ATHENS
The Atlanta & Carolina Railway
will he built from Atlanta to Augusta
via Athens. This is certain and steps
have already been taken towards this
end. The promoters of the line have
secured sufficient funds to complete
the work and those in charge of the
affairs of the company are now ac-
tiiel.v engaged in preparation far tlie
building of the line.
It will be recalled that back in 1906.
tnis line was commenced and several
miles graded and tracks laid, com
niencing in Atlanta and coming to
wards Athens. Tlie promoters at
that time visited Athens on a number
c 1 occasions and finally the project
took on definite plans and application
was made to the mayor and council
for a franchise on a numebr of
streets in this city. A franchise
was granted provided the work would
lie commenced at once and the ordi
nance giving the franchise to the
company stipuated certain improve
ments to be by the company on the
streets for the consideration of the
franchise and it further limited the
lie of the franchise requiring that
tlie line bo completed to this city by
a certain date . The conditions were
r-ever carried out. Financial trou
bles arose and the promoter of the
company at that time died and the
whole matter dropped. Now the com
pany has been reorganized and ample
capital back of it to build tho line
from Atlanta to Augusta and work
will be pushed rapidly. The officers
of the new company are now seeking
to re-establish the franchises secured
in 1906 and a petition has eben filed
with the mayor and council asking
for the franchise on the same condi
tions as granted in 1906.
The matter was discussed at the
meeting of the mayor and council
yesterday and at the next regular
meeting of that body, the matter will
be thoroughly entered into and. no
doubt, the franchise will be granted.
In the meantime the matter will be
referred to the chamber of commerce
and active work will be commenced
by that organization to aid in every
way possible the building of the line.
The proposed line will traverse
some of the best farming section in
the state, besides it will pass
through some of the best towns tribu
tary to Athens in this section. The
survey brings the line via Social Cir
cle. Covington. Monroe, High Shoals,
Watkinsville—then Athens on to Lex
ington, Crawford. Union Point, Wash
ington and other important points.
The building of the line would
mean much for this city and every
line of business here would profit by
it.
PRINCIPALS OF ALL DISTRICT AG-
LIURAL
“EASUP”
The Popular Play Makes a
Decided Hit, Even Though
Seen Here Many Times.
For tlie begining of their last week
the Lawrence Players are producing
the never grown tiresome drama,
"East Lynne”. In all probability
there isn't a man. woman or child
that hasn't read the book or seen the
play, for that reason alone gives as
surance the Colonial will do an ex
cellent business today and tonight.
cellor
Stewart, superintendent of high
schools, and the heads of the depart
ments of the State College of Agri
culture. was held at the college.
ouglasrtTbf. .
Prof. M. G. Acree, "Madison; Prof.
George White. Jr.. Sparta; Prof.
Hunt, Powder Springs; Prof. Walker.
The purpose of the meeting was to j Monroe; Prof. J. S. Stewart, Super-
discuss the course of study for these Intendent of Secondary Education:
schools, the co-ordination of the | Chancellor Barrow of the University
schools with the College of Agricul- of Georgia; President Andrew M.
Hire and tlie University of Georgia Soule, of the State College of Agricul-
-iml their general welfare. j ture and the heads of the various de-
Tbe meeting was most helpful, the partments of the College of Agricul-
Iceenest interest being manifested by ture.
cons-idering plans for the improving,
remodeling and enlarging the present
school buildings, it is practically cer
tain that a plan will be agreed upon
whereby the congestion now being ex
perienced can be relieved and ade
quate room provided for for several
years to come with the amount of
money to be received from the sale
of bonds recently authorized by the
j people.
REMER TOMORROW: “POSTCARDS"
Tomorrow. Wednesday. May 21st
is Postcard Day in Athens.
The Banner has called attention to
the fact and tomorrow morning will
call attention to it again.
Everybody is expected to send out
at least—the minmum—five post
cards with views of Athens upon
them and the written words: "Ath
ens, Ga.. Postcard Day. May 21st.
1913."
Send tin-in in your letters: put
stamps on them and send them out
on their advertising, news-telling mis
sion alone.
Do any way that is nice—only send
out the five Athens cards.
Remember to tell everybody else
to remember that tomorrow is Post
card Day.
the University and college authorities
in the welfare of the agricultural
schools.
The curiculum was discussed in de
tail and very few changes were made.
In fact hardly any changes were
made other than to introduce a few
new text books that had recently
been issued.
The course of study has not only
met the cordial approval of the prin
cipals of the schools but it has won
for Georgia the distinction of having
district agricultural schools of the
secondary class, a rank that the gov
ernment has recognized. This is a
ranking not yet accorded neighboring
states.
Uliancellor Barrow made an inter
esting and inspiring address. The
work of the Secondary high schools
has been gratifyinglv advanced by
the able corps of principals and tlie
scholastic year which is just closing
The meeting was concluded Mon
day. In a short time, the State Col
lege of Agriculture will issue the an
nual bulletin on the District Agricul
tural Schools of Georgia. This bulle
tin will give the most detailed in
formation concerning the work of the
schools and is widely distributed in
Georgia and is annually sought after
hv educators all over the country for
information as to how the Secondary
Agricultural education of Georgia is
progressing.
The District Agricultural Schools
have had difficult problems to meet
and obstacles to overcome and
friends of agricultural education gen
erally will be rejoiced to know that
they are now progressing satisfac
torily.
At the meeting tho problems of the
high schools were discussed and
plans for their future promotion
agreed upon.
“He Had Confidence of Men
and of Community,” Tribute
Oconee Street Meeting Outgrows
the Capacity of the Meeting House
The revival services at Oconee
street church, now beginning the
third week, have outgrown the church
house and a tent, sufficient to seat a
thousand persons will be stretched
today and ready to accommodate the
congregation for tho evning ser
vice.
Rev. Marvin Sullivan will return
this afternoon and will do most of
the preaching—and the meeting will
run another week: probably two
more weeks. Interest still grows.
Igist night there was not as large
congregation as usual—on account of
the. rain storm—but Interest was not
diminished. Great good is being
done.
The tent will be up—on the lot
oext the church—by tonight.
The following will be of interest to
every one here and elsewthere who
knew William I,. Arnett, whose death
occurred yesterday morning:
William Luther Arnett.
This young man died last night af
ter an illness of eigf.it days. He was
for several years a member of the
University community and we all
knew him well.
William Arnett had the confidence
of the men of ibis community. We
believed in him. believed that he
would stand in his 'place. We saw
him stand in his place and from tlhiil
came our confidence. We respected
him. He was a modest gentleman. He
bore his burdens. He did his work.
He made his way. He was much
loved and he deserved to be.
Though he “had a short life he was
able to make full proof of liis manli
ness. A good student, a brave ath
lete. a man who made his way. As
far as he 'had traveled life's road he
had shown 'his worth. The best that
any of us can ilo is to travel the road
in manly independence. It takes some
of us longer than it took William Ar
nett. to make the proof, but in the
short time allotted 'him he made
proof.
One of his professors said to me,
"It makes me feel humble when I
tihink of what this boy accomplished.
I could not have done what he has
done."
A young man who has fought and
won life's battle fills us with admira
tion. And William Arnett had fought
and won. The sadness In his deatia
is the loss which the world experi
ences. whioh his community endures,
which his family suffers. It Is not
that he needed more time but that wo
need him.
DAVID C. BARROW.
Peaches—
Clear stone Honey Peaches.
Williamson’s.
At
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