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HERE IT IS AT LAST: AUTO WRAPPED AROUND POLE
In our era of speeding autos and fre
guent wrecks,*everybody has heard the
expression about a car ‘“wrapping itself
around a pole.” Few, however, ever actu
ally saw such a sight. But now it has hap-
T. M. Philpot To Be
I.M. Philpot To Be
M Candid
Mayor UGandidate
Civil Service Commission Chairman
Says He Will Formally Qualify Soon
T. M. Philpot, cotton broker and insurance man, today
gnnounced that he will be a candidate for Mayor in the
Citv Democratic Primary to be held October 26, and that
he will qualify as a candidate with the Clarke County
Democratic Executive Committee in the next few days.
.
Minton Named
rg
I'o Supreme
Court Bench
WASHINGTON, Sept. 15—(AP)
— Sherman Minton of Indiana,
who battled in vain' for the 1937
Roosevelt plan to put younger
blood on the Supreme Court, to
day was chosen by President Tru
man to serve on that bench.
Minton, in 1937 a Democratic,
pro-New Deal Senator, now is a
judge of the Seventh U, S. Circuit
Court of Appeals. That court has
headquarters at Chicago and em
braces the states of Indiana, Illi
nois and Wisconsin,
President Truman opened a
news conference by announcing
his choice of Minton to succeed
the late Justice Wiley B. Rut
ledge on the nation’s highest
court.
He also announced that: |
Judge Walter C. Lindley of the
U. S. Court for the Eastern Dis
trict of Illinois will succeed Min
ton on the Appellate Court.
Casper Platte, now a circuit
judge of Ilinois, will succeed
Lindley,
Now 58, Minton is a Democrat
and a Protestant, but his wife is
Catholie.
There had been speculation be
fore the appointment that Mr.
ruman might choose a Catholic
for the high court. The death of
Justice Frank Murphy in July re
moved the only member of that
faith from the ¢ourt. Mr. Truman
appointed Attorney General Tom
f\ }al‘k, a Protestant, to succeed
Murphy. ;
Minton, a lawyer of New Al
bany, Ind., was elected to the
Senate in 1934, His Senate desk
was next to that of then Senator
Harry Truman of Missouri and the
two became close friends.
As a Senator, Minton was an
embattled “New Dealer” and a
vigorous fighter for the Roose
velt administration’s measures. He
fought hard for President Roose
velt’s plan to add new justices to
the Supreme Court to the number
of those over age 70 who did not
retire, A
(Continued on Page Four.)
OLDEST IN GEORGIA
CITY COURT OBSERVES
ITS 70th ANNIVERSARY
City Court of Athens, oldest of
the 66 eity course now in opera
tion in the state, observed its 70th
anmiversary Tuesday.
A brief examination of old
'ecords in the office of Clerk El
mer J. Crawford emphasizes the
crowth and development of the
State over the period of five years
short of three-quarters of a cen-
Court History .
. One September 13, 1879 Judge
Howell Cobb performed his first
official act, with L, W, Thomas as
‘"¢ first Solicitor. John Caivin
Johnson was the first Clerk and
M. D, Browning was Sheriff.
Judge Cobb continued in office
ntil his death on August 19, 1909.
His successor, Judge Henry Sam
mons West, served ten years and
~as succeeded by Judge Thomas
Fitzgerald Green who resigned
during his first term, his suc
cessor being Judge James Dowse
Bradwei, Judge Henry Carlton
!k presided over the court from
(740 undil his death on December
L 1930, i 3 Svas succeeded DY
Judge Bradwell ‘wlw, on Au-
St 90, xm.“,‘;«a‘f‘;‘) Arthur
Segrs Oldham, the present ju
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ATHENS BRANNER-HERALD
Associated Press Seryice
pened, as you can plainly see. The scene
is in Greenville, S. C. Nineteen-year-old
Garfield Crouch was the driver, police
said. He came out of it with only a knee
injury.— (AP Photo.)
Mr. Philpot’'s announcement
head as follows:
“I hereby announce that I am a
candidate for Mayor of the City
of Athens in the election to be
held October 26 as set forth by the
Democratic Executive Committee
and will appreciate your vote and
support:” .
Mr. Philpot is a native of Au
gusta and has been a resident (of
Athens for thirty-four years, en
terning the University ir. 1915 and
living here since.
He is a member of *he City Civil
Service Commission, being in his
second year on that body and cur
rently serving as chairman.
Mr. Philpot is a member of the
First Baptist Church, the Masons,
Gridiron Club and a charter mem
ber of the G Club' of the Uni
versity of Georgia, where he was
an outstanding athlete, being a
varsity pitcher on the baseball
team for four years and on the
All-Southern nine for two years.
For fifteen years he .was in de
mand as baseball umpire through
out this section. He was one of the
organizers of the Georgia Booster
Club to raise funds for promotion
of athletics at the University.
Mr. Philpot married the former
Miss Hortelle Hood, member of a
well known Athens family and
they have one child, Miss Dorothy
Philopt. The Philpots reside at 160
Hampton Court.
Mr. Philpor -is a veteran of
World War One, having served
with the Army at Camp Gordon.
Inter-Club
.
Council Meets
Athens Inter-Club Council will
meet tonight at 8 o'clock in the
Council Chamber of the City Hall,
i* has been announced by Shair
man Tyus Butler. :
~ No meeting ot the Council
have been held during the sum
mer, tonight’s meeting being the
first in three months.
The Council is composed of
clubs and women’s organizations
presidents and secretaries of civic
in Athens.
S e e
Toombstone
.
Kills Youth
TAMPA, Fla., Sept. 15—(AP)—
A three-year-old boy was killed
here yesterday when a tombstone
toppled over on him.
was elected on September <6
1940,
When the City Court was es
tablished seventy years ago there
were only 20 Superior Court
Judges in the State and Judge
Alexander E. Erwin, of Athens
had just succeeded Judge George
D. Rice of Gainesville, and only
six years -had elapsed since the
court house had been moved from
Watkinsville to Athens and Oco
nee County had been created in
1875 by Act of the General As
sembly.
n- " Mhomae cerved less than
‘two years as solicitor, the latter
part of his term being filled by
Richard B. Russell, who was to
serve many vears as Chief Justice
of the Supreme Court. Beginning
in 1881 Sylvanus Morris was soli
citor for ten years, leaving the
court to serve as Dean of the
University of Georgia Law School
for a period of 38 years where he
became one of the country’s most
famous teachers. |
' From 1891 to 188§ ihe soliciter
of ihe court was John N Mell who,
!;njqred the ministry and seryed
for more than a quarter century asl
" (Continued on Page Four.)
SERVING ATHENS AND NORTHEAST GEORGIA OVER A CENTURY
- CATTLE HERE
e et
I A sale of registered cattle will
~ be held at the Northeast Georgia
Livestock Sales Barn Wednes
day, September 21. The sale
starts at 11 o’clock a. m.
From thirty to forty Angus
and Hereford cattle and ten to
fifteen bred Angus heifers will
' be offered in the lot to he sold.
. The Angus cattle "f, from Beav
‘ erdam Farm and the Herefords.
- from George Hansford Farm.
| The sale will be conducted by
| the Northeast Georgia Livestock
| Auction, Inec.
4 it et
D Seeks
vanner €eKS
Re-Electi
| e-fiection
i
: & :
As Councilman
; Walter N. Danner, ccuncilman
- from the Third Ward this morning
| qualified as a candidate for re
election im the October 26 City
Democratic Primary, with the
| Clarke County Demoeratic Execu
| tive Committee.
\ In asking an endorsement
| term, Councilman Danner pointed
| out the many improvements that
' have been made durig the past
Itwo years in the city and asked
| re-election on the basis of his rec
?crd in council,
' Mr. Danner’s statement follows:
| “During the past two years the
. Mayor and Council have worked
in harmony to carry on a con
lstruct’ive. progressive program for
the people of Athens. I am deeply
interested in seeing this program
iexpanded and continued so as @o
' render greater services to our citi
| zens. -
. “The tax equalization program
will become effective in Janua'ry.
The construction of the new high
' school will be started scon. Water
; and sewer systems have been ex
tended to many parts of our City.
- Other desirabie and.needed ser
l vices have been provided.
. “It is .my desire o serve the
'citizens of Athens tfor another
term. On the basi: of my record
I offer for re-election as Council
men from the Third Ward. -
WALTER N. DANNER.
Greek Threats
Stir Concern
ATHENS, Sept. 15 — (AP) —
Greece’s decision to invade Al
bania in self-defense if necessary
appeared today to have Washing
ton, London and Moscow worried.
There were indications that the
Western Powers might try to get
the Athens government to alter its
)position.
" On Tuesday, a high-ranking
'member of the Greek delegation
to the coming United Nations Gen
eral Assembly said Greek troops
would invade Communist Albania
if Guerrilla forces launched any
new attacks on Greece from Al
banian soil. He said the U. N.
would be told of this decision dur
ing the debate on the Greek case.
Today, both the American and
British ambassadors in Athens
were scheduled to confer with vice
Premier Constantin Tsaldaris. It
was believed that U. S. Ambassa
dor Henry F. Grady and Sir Clif
ford Norton, Britain’s top diplo
mat here, will try to persuade the
Greeks to soft-pedal their talk.
Reports from Washington said the
U. S. and Britain frown on the
Athens decision. Tsaldaris will
head the Greek U. N. deiegation.
Foreign observers in Moscow
said Russia would take a grave
view of any Greek invasion of
the little country on her northwest
frontier. These scurces said the
current situation contains diplo
matic dynamite. They added that
any movement of Greek troops
across the Albanian border would
have serious consequences. i
The Moscow press carried stor~4
iee today stressing the friendship
between Albania and Russia, Braw;i
da displayed & headiine ‘wiich
read: “Albmhnl&viet_gm
ATHENS, CA., THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 15, 1949.
Suit Is Filed To Break Up
Giant A&P Food Chain
DANCE TO OPEN TEEN-AGE
CANTEEN SATURDAY NIGHT
The Athens teen-age canteen will have its Fall opening Saturday
night with a dance from 8 to 11. it has been announced by the
Recreation Department. . :
An orchestra is being sought for the opening of the ciub, which
is located at Memorial Park.
The Club House has been remodeled during the summer, the
floors refinished and a new paint job throughout. All high school
students of Clarke County will be the guests of the Club for
Saturday night's opener, but irom that point on a membership
card will be required.
Throughout the school year, the Club will be open each Friday
and Saturday night, 8 to 11,
| .
Strike
U. S. Steel Won't
Accept New Peace
Formula Sans Talks
PITTSBURGH, Sept. 15—(AP)
—A nationwide steel strike on
September 25 is a distinct possi=
bility.
U. S. Steel Corporation, bell
wether. of the industry, says it
will not accept the presidential
Fact Finding Board’s steel peace
| formula without bargaining.
| The next move is up to Philip
| Murray, president of the CIO
'United Steelworkers.
; Murray forced -the issue. He
itold Benjamin F. Fairless, presi
| dent of U, S. Steel, that he wasn't
| satisfied with Fairless’ initial
| answer that bargaining be resum
ied——-withoq,t committing big steel
ifo the board's findings -4 ;
| It didn’t take Fairless Tong to
;reply. Within a few hours he
told Murray the labor chief can’t
dictate U. S. Steel’s acceptance of
the board’s recommendations as a
condition to bargaining,
But Fairless reiterated he is
i perfectly willing to resume nego
3tiations. Murray didn’t comment.
j His aides said they don’t know
when, or if, he will.
l In giving U. S. Steel's reaction
to the Presidential Board’s report,
Fairless made it plain he didn’t
like many of the recommenda
{ tions. He was nparticularly angry
‘ai the board’s suggestion the in
| dustry bear the entire cost of a
| pension plan.
l The board suggested this peace
formula:
| 1. The union should give up
| demands for a wage increase.
2. Labor and industry should
work out company financed pen
sion plans to go into effect next
year,
3. The union and company
| should work out now satisfactory
linsurance plans—also paid for by
l employers.
Ng Committal |
Murray promptly accepted all |
the board's recommendations. Six
steel companies said they would
be willing to resume® negotiations.
But none committed themseives to
the fact finders’ recommendation
for a 10-cent‘hourly package cov
ering insurance and pensions. -
Fairless had this to say:
“In spite of the fact the cost of
producing steel will be increased
by any new contributory program
of social insurance, United States
Steel is willing to pay up to four
cents an hour, the amount sug
gested by the presidential. steel
board, as its proper share of the
cost of a proper program for social
insurance on a contributory basis
arrived at throughout col]ectlvel
bargaining.” 5
PRISON ROMANCE BLOSSOMS
Blonde Carries On Fight
For Convicted Burglar
BALTIMORE, Sept. 15—(AP)—
Peggy Peterson, 22, blonde and
pretty, fell in love with a con
vict. ; :
She was a receptionist and typ
ist in one of the offices at San
Quentin Prison, California. '
William J. Sansbury, a 24-year
old convicted burglar, was as
signed to the same office as a
clerk.
“I don’t know when or how we
fell in love exactly,” sne said.
~ But she does know that it has
'sent her life up a new, uncharted
road that has not been easy to
follow.
Sansbury was released on parole
from San Quentin recently after
serving 21 months for burglary.
He was brought to Baltimore to
stand trial on a two-year old
charge that he forged $875 in
checks. ;
The trial was held yesterday in
:rfliminal court before Judge Rob
) 1 Ce. 4. £ ey
‘é&%&‘é?‘aflafié}' teld the |
4-H Champs
Entertain
| Lions Clul
ions Club
.
Two 4-H Club state achieve
ment winners entertained mem
bers of the Athens Lions Club at
their luncheon meeting in the
Georgia Hotel today.
Shirley Ann Beil, Canton, did
several dance numbers including
a comedy skit, She won the Cher
okee county talent contest then
went on to take the district con
tast and topped this off by being
one of the state 4-H talent win
ners. Two of her :iumbers today
were “Easter Parade” and “Di
nah.® She danced and sang to
these two. Mrs. M. C. Ivey, Ath
zeps, accompanied Miss iiell on the
piano.
{ Lloyd Whitaker, jr., Greensboro,
spoke on “What 4-H Club Work
Means To Me.” He toid ¢f his 4-H
Club projects along with other
iphases of the program. Mr. Whit
l aker won the Greece .county publie
speaking contest, was first in the
‘district contest, and placed second
in the state 4-H affair.
l His 4-H projects are soil con
sefvation, poultry,” leadership,
reading, and public speaking. He
is a senior in high school this year
nd has been a 4-H clubber for
| seven ya2ars. ;
! There are 117 thousand 4-H
Club members over the state.
County achievement contests are
"eld in the spring of each year.
District and state contests take
lplace during late summer. Some
| of the state winners compete for
national honors.
Guests at the club today were
W. A. Sutton, state 4-H club lead
er; and Alexander Nunn, editor
|sf Progressive Farmer of Birm
ingham, Ala.; and Walier Broun,
directo. of Georgia Extension Ser
vice.
| J. W. Henry was program chair
lman, and O. B. Copeland, a club
| member and editor of Gieorgia Ex
itension Service, introduced the
, two 4-H club members on the pro-
Igram.
Lady Storeckeeper
|
Breaks Up Holdup
| ATLANTA, Sept. 15— (AP) —
Two armed men walked into Mrs.
M. R. Jackson’s grocery store and
parked, “This is a holdup, lady, be
careful,”
Mrs. Jackson, just on the verge
of closing late last night, retorted,
“God will take care of me” and
- arahhed for the gun. |
Both bandits, one armed with a
knife, fled—right into the arms of
police. |
One escaped down an alley but
the other was shot in the leg.
Police Capt. W. L. Duncan identi
fied the wounded man as Ray
Anger, 27, (no street address) of
Buffalo, N. Y., and said he was
‘booked on suspicion of robbery.
Mrs. Jackson, thinking over the
results, observed, “God rebuked
the devil’s spirit 1 man.”
stand. She had quit her job to
lcome east to help Sansbury.
“Judge, I know hell go
| straight,” she pleaded. ‘
| She offered S2OO of the $240 she
| had left from her savings to help
Sansbury make restitution for the
offense he admitted.
Peggy disclosed she has applied
for a marriage license. Whether or
’not they can be wed she said,
depends on permission of the Cali
fornia parole authorities. And on
the outcome of the Baltimore?
Itrial. 5
. Judge France, although sympa-i
thetic, said he will postpone a de- |
cision until he gets more informa-‘
tion on the case from the Mary-!
land probation department. :
Meanwhile, Peggy is trying to|
find a ioh. “They all tell me I’ml
foolish.” she said- with a 'smile, E;
“but 1 wnow' Bill won’t gbl'
‘ ‘
Court Action Seeks To Halt
Mass Buying, Selling Power
WASHINGTON, Sept. 15.— (AP) —Attorney General
J. Howard McGrath today filed suit to break up the great
Atlantic and Pacific Tea Company’s nationwide food
chain, 4
The civil action was brought in Federal District Court
at New York City this morning.
It is a follow-up to a eriminal conviction of the A. and P.
Company under the anti-trust statutes at Danviile, lii.,
three VeRES &RO, .=« . o - 00 (R N )
The conviction was affirmed in
the U. S. Court as Appeals at Chi
cago early this year and the
company paid fi es totaling $175,-
000.
The action in New York re
quests a court order requiring A.
and P, to separate its manufactur
ing and processing business from
Pre - Dawn
Fire Hits
Basketeria
By GEORGE ABNEY, JR.
Assistant City Editor
A pre-dawn fire of undeterm
ined origin caused unestimated
damage to the Basketeria on South
Lumpkin street today.
Insurance adjusters arrived<here
early this afternoon and began in
specting the damage. They had
not made a complete report of the
totai damage at presstime.
W. A. Richards, owner of the
Basketeria, said the concern will
be in limited operation for sev
eral days, The meat department
wasn't damaged and was in full
operation today and will continue
to be.
A small section of the roof of
the Athens Laundry pick-up sta
tion was burned and some of the
front of the business was slightly
damaged. The Top-Of-The-Hill
wasn’t damaged except for the
fromt being seorched slightly,
o Main Damage
Main damage to the Basketeria
was to the produce department
and roof. Mr. Richards said a new
refrigerated produce counter will
have to be purchased. Most of the
other facilities of the store suf
fered only small damage.
Firemen were called at 3:13
this morning and on atriving at
the scene found the Basketeria
enveloped in flames, but were
able to confine most of the blazes
to the one building. They readily
brought the- fire under control
and trucks were back to the sta
tion by 5:40. Several firemen re
mained on the scene until later
this morning as a precautionary
measure, The off-shift firemen
did not have to be called in to
fight the fire.
- Mr, Richards told the Banner-
Herald, “I think the fighting done
by our Athens firemen on the
Basketeria is as good a job as I've
ever seen.” He added that the de
partmient “did a magnificent job
in getting the fire in the already
blazing building under control so
quick and to confine the fire al
most to one building.”
The fire was discovered by Mrs.i
Edmund Hoffman, 1195 South
Lumpkin street. She heard what
she thought was shooting and got
up, discovering that the- noise
was bottles popping from becom
ing overheated. She called the fire
department immediately, |
Other Calls .
Firemen were called to 185
North Rock Springs street late
this morning where an electric
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TALE OF SEX, VIOLENCE UNFOLDS IN JUDGE'S TRIAL
Civil Judge Robert Carpenter (left) bitterness between Carpenter, his wife,
sits with his stepdaughter, Barbara, 20, and Lockwood. The two men formerly
in Superior Court in Atlanta, during his were close friends and business asso
trial on charges of attempted murder. He ciates. The judge has accused Lockwesd
is accused of shooting and wounding and his wife of conspiring to defrauf’.
John Lockwood (right), attorney for the him of his property and then get mar
judge’s estranged wife. Testimony in the | ried. Barbara, daughter of Mrs:iCarpen
trial is unfolding a'tale of sex and vio- ter by a former marriage is standing by
lence. The shooting climaxed months of her stepfather.— (AP Photos.) '
Read Daily by 35,000 People In Athens Trade Area
its buying and selling business and
to separate it present seven retail
store divisions into seven inde
pendently owned retail food
chains.
The Justice Department propos~
es to dissolve the Atlantic Com
mission Company, A. and P.’s
wholesale purchasing and sales
agents in the produce markets.
Reduction Sought
Under the proposed break-up of
the present national c¢hain into
seven independent companies, A.
and P. itself would ret be per
mitted to own more than one such
‘division, probably covering about
800 stores, in contrast to the 6,000
retail outlets it now operates.
The department pointed out,
however, that the final form of
the proposed dissolution would be
a matter for the court-to deter
mine.
McGrath described the A. and
P. system as ‘“the largest enter
prise in the food industry in.the
United States” with annual retail
sales amounting to about $1,900
000,000 or about 6.4 per cent 5
the national total of retail food
store sales.
“The suit,” McGrath said in a
statement, “is designed to elimin
ate the abuse by A. and P, of its
mass buying and mass selling
power.” e 3
The complaint alleges that the
big chain has used its power and
position to “impose uvnreasonable
restraints of trade upon competi
tors at all levels of the fcod indus
try from farm to table”
It asserts this was done by bo
taining discriminatory price pre
ferences over retail competitors
“by exercising a dual threat per
mantly to withhold its patronage
(from supplies) or to renufacture
for itself.” j
In New York, an A & P official
branded the suit as “a threat to
the welfare and living standards
of every American citizens.”
Entering a general denial of the
government charges, a spokesman
for the big food chain said “the
yv7ilole basis of this attack is the
fact that we sold good food too
cheap.”
“This is not just an effort to de
stroy the A & P, but an attack on
the entire system f efficient low
cost, low-profit, mass distribution
which this company pioneered,”
he said.
“A & P was the first chain store
in this country and the methods
we developed have been adopted
by other grocers as well as mar
chants in other lines, There are
today literally hundreds of chain
stores and voluntary groups of in
dividual merchants operating with
the same methods and in the same
nattern here under attack.
“If the anti-trust 'awyers suc
ceed in destroying A & P the way
will be cleared for the destruction
of every other efficient large
scale distributor.
ATHENS AND VICINITY
Fair and warmer foday, to
night and Friday. Lowest tem
perature in the morning near
65. High iomorrow afiernoon
near 88, Sun sets today at 6:40
and rises at 6:16.
GEORGIA — Filir and warm
this afternoon, tonight and Fri
day,
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ITUNLL
EDITION
’H tel Date
l ATLANTA, Sept. 15.—(AP)—
A jury heard today that a judge,
accused of -attempted murder,
romanced drunkenly in a hotel
room with a woman.
. The testimony came fromr Wil~-
liam Lockwood in the trial of
- Fulton Civil Court Judge Robart
Carpenter.,
‘ Carpenter is charged by the
state with attempting to kill his
one time partner and friend, John
Lockwood, an attorney and father
of the witness.
The state accuses the 44-year
old judge of chasing Lockwood,
representing the judge’s wife in &
divorce action, four blocks the
- nig' t of July 27 and shooting him
four times in *he face. '
Young Lockwood told of going
to a football game with the judge
and Mrs. Estelle Manful and then
returning to a hotel room.
There, said Lockwood, the
judge and Mrs. Manful kept on
drinking and Carpenter kissed
her “several times.”
The jury heard the defense con
tention yesterday that the elder
Lockwood was shot because he
had conspired to take from the
judge “his wife, his money and
his good name.”
Rapid Questioning
Lockwood spent the betfer part
of a battering, two-hour cross
examination denying insinuations
that he and Mrs. Carpenter ever
had improper relations.
Time and again Defense Attor
ney Ellis Barrett snapped pointed
questions suggesting intimacy.
Lockwood repeatedly retorted
that the relationship between him
and the judge’s wife was one of
lawyer and client.
| Part of Conspiracy .
. The judge’s attorney told the
- court: “We -expect. to prove thai
| this is all a part of a conspiracy
to take this man’s wife, his money
and his good name.”
Special Prosecutor Elmer Tut
tle quickly replied: “If they
proved every word of what they
said, it would not be justification
for hamicide.”
The night of the shooting,
Lockwood admitted, he and Mrs.
Carpenter were trying to catch
the judge and Mrs. Estelle Man
ful together in a lakeside cabin.
(Mrs, Carpenter Is suing her hus
band for divOorce and. 48 xapng
Mrs. Manful for SIOO,OOO for
alienation of affections.)
Lockwood said he and Mris
Carpenter spent three hours
watching a road hoping to see the
judge’s car. He said he got inte
the back seat because of an old
hip injury and that Mrs. Carpen~
ter followed so she wouldn’t have
to crane her neck to talk to hin:.
Asked if Mrs. Carpenter rub
bed his leg, Lockwood snapped &
curt, “No, sir.”
Denies Embrace
The attorney denled he em-~
braced Mrs. Carpenter when he
returned her to her home,
Barrett then established that
Lockwood was armed and accus
ed him of being “out to waylay
the judge.”
Lockwood replied he was only
seeking evidence for Mrs. Car
penter’s divorce case.
Earlier, Lockwood’s 24-year
old daughter Dorothy testified
that as early as mid-March Judge
Carpenter threatened *“to break
and ruin my father and run him
out of Georgia.”