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VOL. «, NO. 203
Aaeoelated Press Berries
ATHENS, GA., MONDAY, OCTOBER 8, 1923.
A. B. C. Paper
Single Copies i Cents Daily. I Cents Sunday.
WOMAN KILLS PRIEST RFRONT OF ALTAR SUNDAY
■■■■■■■■■■■■MHMHHact of
Felled to Ground With
Blow and Skull .Then
Crushed By Seventy
Pound Stone.
(By Associated Press.)
PITTSBURG—Lorenzo Savage,
negro butler, confessed early Mon
day morning, according to police,!
that ho killed Ml** Elsie Barthel,
a trained nurse, whose body was!
found near an abandoned mansion!
in the East End district Sunday,
with the head crushed by a seten-1
ty pound stone, i
The negro was arrested at his.
home after Miss Barthel’* mother |
told the police that her daughter
had an engagement with the negro
to have her fortune told.
The body of the young nurse was
found beside one of the pillars ^of
the covered carriage entrance at
one side of the house. . Beside the
body was the stone that killed
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Clarke Superior Court Convenes
Mrs. R. S. Johnstone, life-long . .. .
friend of Mrs. Charles Webb, New wea P°n and there arc fewer mur-
York woman who died under mys- ders In the whole of England each
tcrious circumstances, has test!- year than occurred in the western
fled before the grand jury to "all clrcuit before it was divided.”
nouy w«. &. V * W th “ In the opinion of Judge Fort
Ml» Barthel. Police -t.t«d ‘h»t n °t revealed. , son thore wou|d b,. itmt mur(ior
the young woman ,lr ;™InmOnill OMITT ITTm «“«• <» Georglu if people would
twice, once on the ride of the ULHUIIU IIIIIL I HLILII uuit carrying concealed weapon!.
jurist stated that tho condi-
In Clarke county In regard to
'law enforcement wore such that
ho did not think It necessary tn
II I ■ imi■.elircct tho attention of the grand
ILl IliUjjur.v to any particular law in his
charge.
Can Decrease Murder
Cases By Obeying Law
Against Pistol Toting
Fewer murders^ and shooting affrays would occur
in Georgia if citizens in this state would more gen
erally obey the law against pistol toting, Judge Blan
ton Foptson asserted Monday morning in his charge
to the grand jury for the October term of" Clarke
Superior Court.
“In England,” the jurist stated, j
“it Is » felony to carry n concealed I
the elde of
head by the stone, which had evi
dently been thrown the first time,
and then dropped on her head,
crushing the skull, after she had
fallen to the ground.
Tho houso at which the murder
took place le known aa the old
Iluesy Manieon and for aometlmo
had been used -aa an automobile
wrecking establishment. The bod>
was discovered when an automo.
bile owner drovo in to look over a
oar ho had previously sent there
IIo Immediately notified tha police
and shortly afterwards a late!
ilrKrr was taken Into custody and j
held for questlonlpg.
A deck of cards lod to Savage’s
nrrc»t. When Mis* Barthol’s body
was (Uncovered tho pollco found
two envelopes tightly clutched in
one band and the other Under her
heud.
One of tho envelopes contained
tho ace. deueo and trey of diamonds
and the £ve •&*£•** and all were
spattered with blood., The oU»e»‘ ! I»
saM to bars contained three 1 han-
drod dollars and was empty. .
At the negroes honie, police found
a, deck ,.of eards with these four
cards mlpslng. Savage’s wife and
Walter Hauley, a taxi-cab driver,
were arrested and'are being held
ns material jrltnesses.
PRISON QUIET AFTER,!:#
0
CONVICTS SATURDAY ^
Determination can afford to
be gootj natured.
Business success is earned;
it doesn't “happen.” •
Every ad yon print is.a
chapter of your business
•tory. ,
Study Friend Customer as
closely «s you do Friend Com
petitor.
The public has. a right to
100 per cent of what your «d*
vertiaing promises.
Prices and qualities are both
relative. It’s quality-at-the-
price that wins.
Blodcrn buyers depend, on
advertising as modern motor
ists depend on route signs.
A Surprise Coming to Him.
The merchant who doesn’t
advertise assumes that con
sumers are. more ’interested in
. his business than he is him
self. *
Business in general is get
ting Better and Better. Your
business is what you make it.
(By Associated Prase)
EDDYVILLE, Ky.,—Two graves
In tho cemetery of tho littlo West 1
orn Kentucky p.-nlt. ptb.ry
over which the earth was freshly
heaped and tho bullet-scarred mesr
hall in the center of the prison
area were imitS'andiidldittdl.B'lSe-
minders J^nday jot Uie lest des.
perr.to stand or a trip of' 'convict
murriferdM ‘vtho killed three guards'
wgro besieged for eighty-one hour*
in the mess nan, xnu found dead
from bullet wound# whert a storm
ing party, entered the ; barricaded
building late Saturday afternoon.
Members of the storming party
entered the me** hall after it had
been filled with ammonia fumes
prepared to meet three despernts
gunmen, and found Monte Walters
Lawrence Griffith and Harry Per-
land stiff in the rigor of death.
alL dead
38 HOUR8
All of the gunmen had been
dead tor at least thirty-six hours
and in the ease* of Griffith and
Ferland, whose wounds j Indicated
death from suicide, opinion was
expressed that the end might lmv#
come forty-eight hours before the
siege was raised. Walters, be
lieved to have been the last to di«
wap shot through the head and had
been struck by a rifle grenade
| Walters nnd Ferland were buried
her#, nrirrifh’a iimw h.M .
■ 'Conditions arc very good in
this county and I hope they will
stated Jsdg* TmU
80 4.
The grand jury was organized
with W. P. Brooks, Sr., as fore
man and the following members:,
Thomas R. Crawford, R. P.
Brooks, W. A. Phillips, R. T. Yar-
* oiigh, K? L. Bramblett, Roy C.
inipbell,‘Jdlion* S. Goetchius, D.
PREPARES TO FIGHT
M. F. FICKETT IS M
OFF TO MARKETS
M. F. Fickett, of the Flckett
Jewelry Company, left Saturday
for New York and other eaitern
markets for the pun»w of buying
a general stock and holiday mer-
chindiee. This concern carries
one of the largest lines of silver
ware. jewelry pf all kinds and
diamonds. The stock this year
y.!i! he one of the largest the firm
has ever earned and the people oi
this section will have the oppor
tunity of making their selection
from a most varied stock. .
Bandits Stage Waring Hold-Up
In Lobby of Ritz-Carlton; Get
$5,000 In Jewels and Escape
(By Associated Press.)
NEWu YORK.—Three armed
men early Monday morning held
up tho night manager and several
other employees of the fashiona
ble Ritz-Carlton Hotel and robbed
the jewelry store, just off the
lobby, of $5,000 worth of gems.
The robbery occurred at three
o’clock but the police were not no
tified until five houro later, after
the hotel employee* had tried to
trail the robbers and had failed.
Charlie Chaplin, famous raoyiu
actor, entering the hotel 15 min
utes after the robbers fled, was
the first outsider to learn of the
hold-up. - .
Just before the hour at wmc»i
the robbery occurred, a large au-jjewel*
tomobile drove up to the entrance
of the hotel and the three ban
dits, well dressed and giving al!
appearance of being Dona fide
guests stepped out and walked in
to the lobby, chatting animatedly
all the while.
As they reached the desk they
whipped out pistols and ordered
the manager to throw up his
hands. The porter, bellman and
elevator operator were herded in
to the elevator cage and kept
prisoners by two of the invaders,
while the third smashed the win
dow of tho shop and scooped out
the jewels When ’ the hotel po
liceman appeared, the bandit*
fled, leaving $45,000 worth of
the
xh.-.J
ELBERTON. G*.—The biggest
Christian Endeavor District Con
vention ever held in the southern
State* came to a clpae Sunday eve.
ning, after a three days* meeting In
the “Granite City” of Georgia.
• Never before has Elberton had
ihe prlvlledge of entertaining such
a lively, f|ne bunch of young
Christians and every home In the
town threw open wide their doors
to entertain something like 100 out
of town delegates.
The doting service was held In
the. Methodist church, wlhen Dr.
Chai. P. Evans, Southern Secre
tary of the United Society of
Christian Endeavor. Boston, Mass.,
conducted the closing service, e-
lng a message to the young people
on the value of surrendering them
selves to Christ for full time ser.
vice, aa well aa volunteer work,
With every head In the house
bowed and In prayer a -number of
yuuu* ycoyit- uown
(By Associated Press) V
OKLAHOMA CITY—Oklahoma’i
political civil war was lulled fiun
day by a calm enveloping both
gubernatorial and legislative head
quarter# on the evo of an extraor.
dinary session of tho state assembly
called tor noxt Thursday by Gov
ernor J. cjiWalLon. 4 -
Walton apparently has
entrenched himself In his residence,
from which all executive effairs of
the fltate have been conducted for
more than a month. The governor
said he did not care to.see press
representatives nnd that his regu
lar Sqnday conference wMh th?m
had been'cancelled. , J' • •
Legislative headquarter* were'
of the house several days before
PPPHSW the executive’s call, returned ti
bbs, Thomas L. the capfto! today, otbvr mwi”
w.„n...u. leaders were not ai'the heiSqmr
ter* in a downtown hotel.
•Til he there,” was McEee’s only
comment on the governor’s call for
n special legislative session, effec.
tlve a week before the special
house call issued by McGee as n
result of Tuesday’s election at
which a constitutional amendment
was adopted,
Governor Walton*# call demanded
Investigation of the Kii Klux Klan
in Oklahoma on the basts of tes
timony given before various mili
tary courts since August 18, last.
Impeachment proceedings begun
by the house nnd laid before the
senate a* a Jury, may be legally
instituted ut any time. It is gener
ally believed. The Walton call
therefore apparently" brings Jnve*.
Bsajlon ot hi, ow, office on, week
Three Hundred Worship
pers See Woman Walk
Down Aisle At Confes
sional and Kill Priest.
(By Associated Press.)
CHICAGO.— The Rev.
Basil Stetsuk, Greek
Catholic priest, was shot
and killed by Mrs. Emily
Strutynsky, of Remey,
Pa., as she knelt before
him, ostensibly to make a
confession, at the nine
o’clock mass at St. Mich
ael’s Greek Catholic
church here Sunday.
Mrs. Strutynsky declared to tho
police that the Rev. Stetsuk had
accused her husband, himself n
Greek Catholic priest at Remey,
of misappropriating church funds,
while he was minister to a Chi
cago congregation.
She declared the alleged charge#
verc false nnd said she came to
.’hicago from Ramey, nine days
ago. for the express purpose of
slaiivng the priest to avenge what
she believed the wrong to her hus
band. She went to the church last
Sunday, she said, but the oppor-
' ‘ kill the priest
■ait until Sunday.
All New York turned out to welecmo Darid Lloy.l Georur to America, when he arrived with hi* wife
and daughter. Photo shows Newton U, n. Usr, I "me sem tary of v.ar (left) and Roy W. Howard of
the Scripps-Howard newspapers (right.) The pictu-u was taken at a luncheon given the famous states-
by the United Press, attended by many noted niwcpspermen.
a„ u u, ... Wealhedyi ,
jf t divorce cases waa be
gun immediately upon organiza
tion of the court which consumed
but a few minutes, tha judge,
charge being vrey brief.
G. E. CONVENTION
COMES TO CLOSE I
Clarke Citizens to
Help in Big Boll
;!' WeevR'Cawipaigti
Dr. Andrei'Soul#/ Claude,
Tuck and James W. Morton |
have been appointed by Govern j
nor Clifford Walker delegates
to the national conferences one
the boll weevil mqnace In New
Orleans October *4, 25, 1«.
Dr. Soule and Mr . Morton
represent the state at large and
Mr. Tuck, Clarke county.
Among the other northeast ‘
Georgians to attend are, L. L.
McMullen. Hartwell; M. J.
Griffith., Winder; Harry E.-.
Hawke*. Elbertonj J. .Gi RWb>-
hrdaon, Hartwell. Dan Upshaw.
Covington; G. ( W. Adams, Eat-
Brother of Dr.
Ijj.'.P. Proctor
Is Dead in Va.
1RT WILL BE SENT
thl, .land for Christ and Hleltor.
Kingdom.
Not eoon will tho audlonce for
get the exprMrioft that came on
the face of "Oorry" Johnson, when
Southern Secretary Chai. F. Evan,
had him Hand to hie feet and after
a goM pencil and nfter a response
sented the Dletrict Preeldent, who
haa served for tho paat year, with
a gold pncil, and afttr a response
of appreciation win called to atana
again and thle time presented
with a brief case by tho Endeavor
ere of Northeast Georgia.
ViELf' £• J ^«*or returned from
I ? und V where he wa»
mil? lut . w « lt on account of tha
illne.. and death of his brother,
w£tJ h S m “ A . - *£“‘<>7. who died
Wednaday at Drake.* Branch,
K y~ the old Proctor home.
. “J- *^wtor had visited his
hfother here eeveral times and
waa known h*rm *}*c
““ ifnends and relatives of Dr. Proe-
Husband, Wife and Young
Baby Missing. Car
Found Near River Bank
Sunday. J 1
(By Atsonlated Prcza)
KANSAS CITY—Police were In
vestlgating the mysterious disap
pearance of Georgs J. Schletelhcln,
his wife, Rebecca and their S3
Hugh Gordon Is
Boosters’ Speaker
Hugh H. Gordon, Jr„ president of
the Commercial Bank of Athena,
and oni of the leading citizens of
the community, was the principal
speaker at a meeting of the Boost
ers* Club of the University
Georgia held Sunday afternoon.
Mr. Gordon le a person who le
always Interested in the university,
its students, and their activities,
and is a man who is liked by the
student body. His address
interesting and beneficial.
Robt. J. Smith
Dies in Calif.
The friends and acquaintances
of Robert J. Smith and E. J.
Smith will be sorry to learn of Uie
degth of the former at his home
in Santa Barbara, California, last
Saturday morning. Returning
from a business trip Jn his usual
good health, he waa Stricken with
paralyses last Sunday morning a
week ago and passed kway the
following Saturday 8:30 o'clock.
Jle is survived by his wife and,
six children, who were all with'
him at the time of bis death, and
by his only brother, E. I. Smith.
Mr. Smith was bom in Athens,
May, 1862, married Misa Belle
Hutcheson, youngest daughter of
Judge P. W. Hutcheson. Caose
railroading aa his Ufa work,
achieving a commendable auxess
in this line of work, and he had
been with the Southern Pacific
interest for more than thirty
years occupying a position of im->
portance and responsibility with;
that system. J
Month* old, baby.
Their, automobile was found
Bundaf night on the hank of a rivet
here.. Along the.hank near,the cat
was .discovered several articles of
clothing ^belonging to the wife and
baby. ’ ,, ’ ..
' A note written,in a feminine hand
•and ,n5(lrcH*eil to the hutbonft
fend, yWf ft waited., until seven
Olcloek for .you and you did not
cdrjie. f We ended it,all In the Hyer
I love you so much that my heart
iches. I hope your mother Is sat
isfied”
Police are working on the theory
that the )vomah drowned herself
In the river and that the husband
upon finding the note also commit.
(By Associated Press) ted suicide.
ATLANTA—Major Lee H. Coart,j mm,
will be a^nt to the State Farm at^ MOVE LAW OFFICES
Milledgeville to’serve hia life sen. I Thomas J. Shackelford aril
tenee for the ktll’n* of A. B Mr-[Frank C, Shackelford have moved
Niece, Superintendent of Tabot [their law nf*!/•«■ *»•"-- the
county schools, unle* the prison is on-Shackelford building to , the
commission give* other Inetruc- j eighth floor of the Holman buifd-
in*** Secretary TssceV com- intr. These two well knovin law-
mosalon stated. lyem will be pleased to have their
Warden Owru of Taibot courJ^J friend* and client* call at their
chaingang. anprhrrd ' before the; hew offices to see them.
Bcoreury with the request* of elev. -—
1ury that con- PREPARE'FOR EDITORS
victed Coart and official# and cltl- J ATLANTA — Commissioner of
xi^ns of Talbot county asking that; Commerce and Labor Hal 8tanlpy
Coart be allowed to serve hi# sen-J who also in corresponding secre.
tenco In that county askings that‘ t*fy of the Georgia Pres* Associa-
Coart be allowed to serve his *ert.'4t|on, Is qompletfng preparation^
tehee' in .that county. - i for the entertainment of the edi*
ftpr* when' they, visit the Boutl^
I ehstera Pair negt weey. The newr
piiper men will arrive I nthe city
. Thursday f night and meet at the
;fdir ground# the 'next moriting
, ridny has beep designated as “Gov
. ernor’s and Praia Day.-
Salvation Army
Asks Clothing
i; For Sufferers
The Salvation Army Is urgent
j In Its uuueai for clothli
Jhpaiifs^ anfferers’- and next
Tuesday has been act as the day
for gathering the clothing here.
Tho Athens lodge of Elk# ha#
consented to furnish cars to
collect the goods given nnd
those who wish to contribute
may telephone the Salvation
Army headquarters, phone 1481
and a car'will call for the pack
age. *
Here is a list of those ar.
tides needed mostly:
For men: Suits, overcoats,
'underwear, rltlrt*, socks, shoe#,
dtps arid soft felt Hath.
*■ For women: Dresses, under;
'garments,' Htockings, shoes, *'
‘Cloaks, or mats.
f For children: Any and all
children’s' garments, shoe#,
f Miscellaneous: ' Blankets,
sheeting*, face towels, shawl*.
:wraps, cloth, soap and dress-',
making supplier. •
About 300 worshippers sat in
the pewa of the church as Mrs.
Strutynsky, heavily veiled* —
down tho middle aisle, to the •!-)
I far, and then to the confessional
box, at the right. There, out of
sight of the congregation, she
knelt as though to offer confesv
cion, hut instead drew a pistol
from the fold*, of her dress and
fired five shots at the priest,,
standing before hor.
through hi* head. Exclaiming,.
“Oh, God help me,” the Rev. Stet
suk staggered to tht main aisle
rfnd the steps of the church where
he collapsed. He died in an am
bulance on the way to a hospital.
mirn
DEAD AT GAINESVILLE
MR. JOHN E. GORDON
DIED
Mr. John E. Gordon, aged 71
years, well known Madison couAy
citizen, died at his home In Datr.
Colonel Howard Thompson,
prominent citizen nnd attorney of
G-ilnenvMle and well known In Ath.
on*, died Monday morning at 2
o’clock following a week’# illness.
Mr. Thompson was well known
all over Georgia nnd ha# been
prominent In the poltical life of
the state for a number of year#
j He had served as U. 8. Marshal at
Gainesville, solicitor of the Su
perior court circuit there, mayor of
tho city nnd until the recent ap
pointments were made was on tho
Board of trustees of tho Fnlver*
fity of Georgia. He graduateed
at the University with the close
of 1877 nnd was a first cousin of
Mr*. E. H. Dorsey,
A number of Athens people,
friends and relatives, will attend
the funeral services which wIH-k*-
-Id HI
STILL. AT
. it
(By Areoclst.d Press.)
LOS ANGELES.—Irma Gladys
Blue, who charged her husband.
Monte Blue, motion picture' ac
tor with desertion was granted
a divorce here Saturday. She
said they had been happy until
he left hla job In Chicago aa a
■hipping clerk to Become an
actor.
II. P. Gerko. who chargod hla
wife, Marie Prevoet. i-.treaa,
with desertion was granted a
divorce also. They were mar
ried in 1916.
lelavlU. Sundav mjAW-Mp —reatyn
o'clock. He' waa III rix ronths. f afternoon at 3 o'clock.
Mr. Gordon Is survived by his 1 ,
widow ami eight children, E. C PDlIRlnil 11P|
HnMnn (Ih.ns. Jnhw I I III I III I II HflLI
Ed Gpnion. jianlolsvllle. JameslUUUIIUIL IVILI
Gordop of- Elherton: Mrs., o. E
Klewart and Mrs. B. J. Smith. At-1 n . n ■ ■
Funeral aerylhet were held from) U 1 t*
le Oanlelsvlllo Preebyterlan' -
church at 2:30 O^lock’Mdnday af-j , ' “—“
ternoon. Rev, A. d. Eprayberry, j , Oty council hold:
' church of jbary mcctioE ‘ '
■ prelimi-
which’.. Mr.’ Oonlon' vAffa member! I Monday- night at-8 o’clock’ The
offictatsd. j regular meeting will take place
Interment was In the DanleisvIU* Wednesday night. ‘
i Abney to Attend
Fair For Kiwanis
Martin J. Abney will repreaent
the Athens Kiwanis club st the
Southeastern Fair in Atlanta
Tuesday when the Kiwaniana of
the atate will have charge of
thinga there, the day being act
aside as -Kiwanis day.” '
Mr. Abney will go over Tues-
dtv morning nnd act as the offi-
rial representative from the local results, in some'
dub lions, from ili-di
cemetery,With Dorseys, funeral dir-
fetors, in charge.
SAYS NAPPING MINDS
SfAKE US SUBNORMAL
NEW YORK.—Detailed photo-
graphic atudiea of the motions of
human beings, made possible
through tha invention of an appa
ratus called the scale cage, have
led to the conclusion that absent
minded persons temporarily in
dulge in motions similar to the
motion behavior of imbeciles, ac
cording to the Engineering, Foun
dation of this city. The founds
says a.iso that great wash
ual. occiipa*
ntolion.
Among the. matters
brought to the attention of coun
cil arc the Broad.street paving,
definition of the scope of the curb
market and election of a member
of the board of education from
the fifth ward.
HOLDS UP A
JAIL
MUSKOGEE, Oklahoma — A
masked bandit held up the
county Jail at Jay, the county
seat of Delaware county, late
Sunday night and released Ed
Lockhart, a notorlou« bandit,
acdrdlng to a upeclal dispatch
to the TImea-Democrat from
Grove, Monday morning.
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